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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09

Making his motion for dismis-
sal. Mr.. Lane said:
"The prohibition tree has
been chopped down by the
voters Of the nation"
To which Assistant District
Attorney David A. Hart re-
sponded:
But the twiggs are still
here"
Judge Hit overruled the mo-
ton for dismissal, pointing out
that the Attorney General has
held the VolStead act still to be
in effect.
Mr.. Lane did not ask a jury
trial for his clients, stating later
that he wished to argue his case
before the judge and that he is
confident he can show that the
dry law is dead and so there
is no foundation for . case
against his clients. 90
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AMERICANS
NENACED
A5REV)LT
SPREADS
Havana Shops Looted While
Police Assist Army;
U. S. Ships Ready

HAVANA, Nov. 9 (I.N.S.).
In a decisive effort to bring
an end to Cuba's latest revo-
lutionary uprising, forces loyal
to President Ramon Grau San
Martin today opened a bonn
bardment of Atares Fortress,
rebel headquarters.
Small field guns were brought
into action as troops sought to
dislodge the insurrectionists, who
announced they would stand their
ground until the last man was
killed. t.
70 Civilians Killed
Two civilians. were killed and
five wounded in the exchange Of
firing. They were struck by
bullets while congregated near
the plant Of the Cuban Electric
Company, whose boiler room was
man. 4
which arrived today, was not
permitted to dock because Of the
firing. Employees Of the Pan
American Always evacuated
their offices in the harbor.
It was feared other shells may
cripple Havana's light service.
The electric plant is almost in
the direct line Of fire between
the federal emplacementS and the
rebel stronghold, an ancient
thickwalled fortress built $50
years ago.
Brisk fire was exchanged be-
tween federal cavalry and snipers.
Scattered shooting occurred
throughout the city.
Police Disarmed
Many uniforme e policemen
were disarmed when they re-
ported for duty this morning.
With the death toll mounting,
rebels and federal troops squared
off for a battle which may de.
eide the fate of President Ramon
Grau San Martins government.
A Estate Of war" declared
throughout the island brought
martial law as the government
marshalled all its forces to cope
with the rebellion. Virtual an
archy, however, prevailed in Eia.
vana throughout the night az
hoodlums took advantage of the
absence Of policemen to loot shops
and rob paSsersby.
Dead Put At 70
Government officials placed the
known dead at % and the wounded
at rs, characterizing as "exag.
gerated" reports cabled abroad
that the dead were numbered in
the scores.
Heavy casualties were, feared
today. however.
American tourists were among
those affected by chaotic condi.
tons prevailing during the night.
The regular police force was
hastily transformed into a mill.
tary detachment and rushed to
the scenes of rebel outbreaks, de-
priving Havana Of its usual pro-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
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50 Voters Give TOIUn
Its OlUn POUer Plants

SHELBYVILLE, KY, Nov. 8 Il.
N.SJ.-Floating of $125, 900 bond
issue for construction of a mu-
nicipally-owned power plant here
had been voted today. The issue
was authorized by the required
two-thirds majority vote, with SO
to spare. The city proposes to
borrow $4,000 from the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation to
be used with the bond issue. A
privately-owned utility now serves
this city.
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Of R|7CH|E
GAIN STRENGTH.

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 9.-Strong
opposition to Gov. Albert C.
Richie and his henchmen is
rapidly developing within his
party.
Petitions urging that Richie
should not be a candidate for a
fifth term are being showered
through the mails by disgruntled
Democratic factions. BEST inter-
ests of the people" are cited in the
petitions as the reason for a
change in administration.
Sponsors of the revolt, it is be-
lieved, will gather the signed pc
titions for presentation to the
governor by January /.
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SMITH DEALS
To AID BANK
REVEALED
Raskob Tells of Syndicate in
Stock Designed to Prevent
Disastrous Runs

John J. Raskob, former
Democratic national chairman,
today told the Senate banking
inquiry how he and Alfred E.
Smith, former governor Of
New York, organized a syndi-
cate to prevent a run on the
County Trust Company of
New York.
Raskob said the syndicate traded
only in stock of the County Trust
Co. He explained this step was
taken to retain public confidence
in the bank following the suicide
Of James J. Riordan, then preSi-
dent Of the bank, in November,
1929 ,s.:.s3 II, ....s.
Borrowed from Chase ~
Raskob revealed the syndicate
had borrowed $511,549 from the
Chase National Bank. The money
was borrowed at the Bankers Trust
Co., but this institution immediate
ly transferred the loan to the
Chase National Bank. He said he
didn't learn of the transfer until
long afterwards. He added the
loan had been repaid.
Raskob was a voluntary witness.
He said the syndicate purchased
1874 shares of the banks stock for
a total of $916,6O9.56. It sold
1890 shares for $267 ,596.53. Its
net holdings were 1854 shares,
which cost the syndicate $685.
O13.0.3
Holdings Distributed
Raskob said the syndicate was
dissolved and "the stock distrib-
uted among members of the syndi-
cate"
Ferdinand Pecora, special Sen
ate counsel, questioned Raskob
about the loans. He first an
nounced the Chase records of
loans to the So-called Syndi-
Gates" revealed an initial loan of
1850 to a syndicate managed
by William H. English and Raskob.
RaSkob explained the syndicate
was organized to protect the
bank following Riordan's death.
Raskob said:
"Mr. RiOrdan, president Of
the County Trust Company,
met with an unfortunate death
ON Friday evening, November
10, 1929. On account of him
being president Of the bank,
Governor Smith and I ar
ranged to keep the news Of
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GANG. DEF|ES
H|NDRANCE
BY CAPONE
Story Cites $4,000 Payment
BY Al In One Case; Chicago
Mayor Listed for Snatch

CHICAGO, Nov. 9 (I.N.S).
Details of the activities Of a
nationwide kidnap ring that
has taken tribute of 100000
from prosperous bootleggers
and gamblers in the past three
years today were revealed ex-
clusively by International News
Service following a full confess
sion by the kidnapers to Fed
eral investigators.
The confession was made in the
dining room of a large house on
the outskirts Of Chicago by a
member Of the gang who had
been captured by Federal opera
tiveS. g.
Seated in the middle of the
room were Frank Souder; Bar;
Jones and Dean swolley, an
prisoners.
kidnapping Detailed
Also present were Pat Roche,
once a chief investigator for the
States Attorney of Cook County:
Nal Coughlan, ace Of the States
Attorneys office, and a stenog-
rapher.
Haltingly, one of the men,
whose identity was kept secret,
told his story:
"JOhn Lynch, a stakeholder
Of the General News Bureau,
always used the Lake Geneva
road, so we got cottage near
the road and put two men ON
the front porch. Jones was on
the road. AS soon as We spot
ted Lynch's car, Jones started
out ahead Of it and the two
men followed.
1--WE forced Lynch to the side
Of the road. He jumped out
and started to run across .
field. We finally got Lynch
and took him in his own car to
Aurora, ILL.,"
The man making the confession
said Lynch fought all the way to
Aurora.
The gang was compelled to
break two Of his ribs and knock
out five Of his teeth. The story
continued:
1--WE held him IL hours until
we got q call from AL Capone
in Chicago. Things were get
ting hot so we moved Lynch
70 Joliet, ILL.,, and kept him there
five days.
eve called Lynch'S wife first
and then got in touch with
Marty GuiIfOyle, and told him
to get in touch with CapOne.
CapOne then called, and we told
him we didn't want any grease
balls in the case and to keep
his hands off,"
CapOne Defied
Further details of how the gang
defied Capone were then revealed,
6S follows:
"CapOne wanted us to come
In, and finally he was given his
instructions. We met him at
hotel in Chicago Heights. He
had the $4,000 we had asked
for. We put q machine gun on
CapOne and told him to hand
over the money. After that we
burned the car"
The confession told of the next
kidnapping in Burlington, a.:
owe picked up two and got
$4,000 bucks. One of these was
q brother of a nationally known
politician. Jack Bevins, of Au-
rOra, was the next victim. We
got $1,000 there"
The kidnapers had designs on
William C"Billy") Skidmore, long
reputed to be gambling car of
Chicago, and Mayor Edward j.
Kelly, of Chicago.
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853,21O Majority
For Vets in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 9
G.N.SJ-Ohio voters balloted
prohibition into the discard by a
majority of s53,21O, complete un-
official figures revealed today.
Final unofficial figures tabulated
by Secretary Of State George S.
Myers gave the following results
on the prohibition question:
For repeal of the 18th Amend
ment. 1,433,157; against repeal,
5!8,947.
For repeal of the State Prohibi-
ton Amendment 1,245, 1856; against
repeal, 573,741.
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Balloon PLunges
In Lake Chan1DIQin

PLATTSBURG, N. Y, Nov. 9
U.N.SO "A balloon fell into Lake
Champlain early today between
this city and Cumberland Head,
VT, according to police reports.
Workers on a construction job
at the Plattsburg barracks re-
ported that they saw the balloon,
coming from the north, plunge
into the lake about a mile and
a half off the New York shore.
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Paroles Due
Offenders
OfDwAct

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 Q.N.S).
Prohibition is over so far as the
local office of the United States
district attorney is concerned.
Assistant District Alto rney
David Marcus said that prisoners
on prohibition cases will be eli
gible for immediate parole, pro-
vided they show they are not hab-
itual criminals.
Those charged with illegal
manufacture or smuggling of
liquor, however, will not be
paroled, Marcus said.
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World Fair to Close
Until Next June

CHICAGO, Nov. 9 GN.S0.
Century of Progress Exposition,
now in its last week for this
year, will reopen on June /, 1884,
with a collection of new shows
and exhibits, President Rufus C..
Dawes announced today. Legis-
lation necessary for reopening
the Worlds Fair has been assured
to the management.
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Fiern1Onte on Wan
Back to Mrs. Dick

PARIS, Nov. 9 G.N.S0.-Enzo
Fiermonte, handsome Italian
boxer who has announced his
Forthcoming marriage to Mrs.
William K. Dick, the widow of
John Jacob Aston, has left Paris
secretly for New York, it was
learned by International News
Service today.
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Parade to Start
TGkOnla Celebration

In celebration of their fiftieth
anniversary, Takoma Park will
start off Thursday November %.
with parade, to be followed by a
series Of events and displo - which
will cover the next two days. i,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-10

islands which made the Ceylon-
ese take pleasure in singing a
line which proclaimed that the
Javanese were vile. Or, it may
be that the explanation is to be
found in the demands of pro-
sody. The word that was to re-
place Ceylon must be of two syl-
tables, with the accent on the
first. Of course the island in the
hymn must be well-known it
couldn't be some obscure place
like, for example, Luzon. You
will search your geography in
vain for any welI-known island.
except Java, that fulfills the
metrical requirement. Sumatra,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-10
Alien Bulbs Prove
Costly for Lighting

Many people, without being aware
Of the fact, are spending money for
which they receive nothing in return,
because they are burning inefficient
incandescent lamps.
These lamps, most Of them made
in Japan, although sold for a very low
price, produce so little light in ex-
change for the electricity they con-
sumo that, actually, they cost the
user much more than standard Amer
ican-made lamps, the initial price Of
which is twice as high
The very nature Of an incandescent
lamp helps the unwary purchaser in
this waste of money. An incandescent
lamp is simply device for turning
electric current into light. Looking
at lamp viii not tell you how much
light it will give or how long it will
live The only sure way, in fact, to
test lamp is in a laboratory equipped
with delicate and costly special ap-
paratus.
This figuring is expensive because
actually he is buying not lamps, but
electric current, for which he will
spend ten times the cost of the lamp.
HIS most economical move, therefore,
will be to disregard initial low price
and make sure that the lamp he buys
will give him all the light possible for
the current it consumes.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-10
Daisy Ross
Notary Public
South Building

In this essential particular. the
cheap japanese lamps fail woefully
Laboratory tests have shown that a
large percentage of them not only
last but very short time, but that
they give much less light for the cur
rent they eat up than America
lamps built to American standards.
These laboratory tests have shown
that the average 40 watt japanese
lamp costs 80 per cent more for toe
light it gives than the average Amer
lean lamp; the SO watt, 40 per cent
more; and the go watt, 50 per cert
more.
Figured in dollars and cents, this
means that if electric current costs
10 cents a kilowatt hour, a 30 watt
japanese lamp burns up $l20 worth
Of electric current for which it gives
no return in light; the SO watt, $500
worth; and the 60 watt, 1912 worth
If Mr.. Average Man had under
stood how his purchase of japanese
lamps was wasting his money, he
would have paid ten to fifteen cents
more for his lamps and lighted his
house much more brightly. Or if the
light from his cheap lamps was sui
ficient, he could have bought lower
wattage American lamps and have
saved himself tidy sum.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-10

Borreo, Celebes, New Guinea
these and others all over the
globe are syllabically ineligible.
Hence, Java. AS a matter Of.
fact. Java is more suitable in the
hymn than Ceylon. because the
Bishop. to get his metre, had to
abandon the correct pronuncia-
tion of Ceylon and shift the ac-
cent 10 the penult. (Louis GraUes
IN the Baltimore Erening Sun).
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er way around? Anyway, they
now feed upon one another. Each
is both cause and effect. They
operate in vicious circle.
Bishop Heber," continues Mr..
Wirasinha, wrote the hymn six
years before his only visit to
ICeylon. One should turn to his
published diary for his senti-
ments in reference to the people
Of Ceylon. Let me quote a pas
sage: Our visit to Ceylon has
afforded US very great pleasure
and interest from its agreeable
society, the beauty cf the seem
cry, its curiosities, and far,
above all, the religious state of
its native inhabitants. No i'm
polite reference to the people
of Ceylon is found anywhere in
his diary. Sir Bernard's use Of
the epithet. 'impolite,' is not
justified, and ! think he may well
be proud Of the fact that his wife
is distant connexion Of Bishop
Heber's, rather than regret it,"
After weighing all the evil
dence, I believe that those who
absolve the Bishop from special
animus against the Ceylonese
have rather the better of the ar
gument. But they are not on
firm ground when they hold
that he was referring to man in
general. The most plausible as
sumption, it seems to me, is that
he had in mind all heather as
distinct from Christians. Ger
tainly this is borne out by other
lines from the hymn: the last
half Of the first stanza,
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call US to deliver
Their land from errors chain,
and the last half Of the second,
In vain with lavish kindness
The gifts Of God are strown,
The heather in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone,
and the whole Of the third,
Can we whose souls are light
ed,
With wisdom from on high,
Can we to men benighted
The lamp Of life deny?
Salvation o, SalvatlOnl
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation
Has learned Messiah's name.
Even though the Bishop did
not impute vileness to the Cey-
lonese in particular, he did i'm
pute tiff the theory just stated
is correct-to the whole COM
pany Of heather, and that com
pany included the Ceylonese. So
they had good cause for resent
ment. But this does not touch
the question: why did they shift
the insult to Java? Possible, at
the time the substitution in the
hymn-book was made, there was
a spirit of enmity between the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-10
CeylOn Pins ''Vile" ON Java

pious jingle Of their childhood
should be cast into the cauldron
of dispute.
The argument goes deeper
than the question Of fact into
the subtleties Of Interpretation.
It involves a plumbing Of the
Bishops mind. What did he
mean by man is vile ." Did he
mean man in any particular part
Of the world or man in general ?
If he meant man in general,
then il does not appear that
there was any good reason for
the CeylOnese Christians to have
the London publishers print
them d special hyrn-book shift
ing the odium Of vileness to the
inhabitants Of Java.
Not long ago the State Coun-
Gil in Colombo gave a farewell
dinner to Sir Bernard Bourdil-
Ion, the British Colonial Secre-
tary. Sir Bernard's wife is a
relative Of Bishop Heber's, and
it appears from the newspaper
reports that this kinship, though
remote, moved the departing
knight to apologize for the i'm
putation Of yileness to the popu-
lation Of Ceylon. He expressed
regret for the Bishops ''impo-
lite" words.
This after-dinner talk re-
awakened the contrQyersy about
the Bishop and his hymn, and a
food Of letters TO the editor
poured into the sanctums Of the
Times of Ceylon and the CeyIo1l
Daily NeWS, That most Of them
come from the native Sinhalese
is evidenced by the signatures
Sandarasagara, Wirasinha, and
other non-British formations.
And a flaming spirit Of national
ism is reflected in some Of the
communications. For example,
Mr.. H. A. p. Sandarasagara
writes:
Il have given some little
thought to the hymn Of the Met
ropolitan Bishop Heber, who
paid one visit to Ceylon and
wrote up the estimate of man
kind in our country as vile ,
There is no doubt that, like the
civil servants and the travelling
missionaries Of that period, he
met only his own countrymen.
In Africa, New Zealand, and
such like places an Englishman
speaks Of man or men when
he has in his mind his own peo-
pie Nobody else counts.
Il therefore conclude that
when Bishop Heber depicted
man as vile he had in mind
only his fellow countrymen set
tied in Ceylon for trade or evan
gelistic purposes. This interpre-
tation ought to set at rest the
controversy as to the true mean
ing Of the venerated Bishops i'll
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-10

A friend of mine who lives or
the island OF Ceylon came back
TO America on a furlough, and
in the course Of one Of our con
versations happened to quote
the lines:
What though the spicy breeZes
Blow soft DER Ceylons isle,
Though every prospect pleases
And only man is vile
That's not the way it reads
in Ceylon," he said You should
say. Java's isle"
Now, / had been familiar, all
my life, with Bishop Heber's Gel
ebrated hymn. I had heard il
sung scores Of times, and / in
sisted that | had my quotation
correct.
You are right as far as most
Of the world is concerned, my
friend went on to explain, "but
the people out in Ceylon don't
sing it that way. In the Church
Of England hymn-book in Colon
bo, and everywhere else on the
island, the first two lines Of the
second stanza run:
What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft DER Java s isle
"In send you d copy Of the
hymn-book and let you see for
yourself"
Two or three months later the
postman brought me a package
containing little green book en-
titled THE English Hymnal -.
Services for Young and Old"
II carried the imprint Of Hum
phrey Milford and the Oxford
University Press, London, fol
lowed by the line Printed in
Great Britain There was
nothing about it to show that it
was made specially for Ceylon-
except on page $50 There, in
hymn SAT, | found the spicy
breezes blowing over Java in
stead of Ceylon.
There is story current in
Ceylon that Reginald Heber Bish-
op Of Calcutta, first wrote it Java
and changed it because he be
came incensed at being cheated
by merchants in Colombo when
he was on a tour of his diocese.
Consulting all the records avail
able in a large library-encyclo-
pedias, the biography Of Heber,
and his Journal can find no
historical support for the story.
Maybe the Ceylonese Christians
invented it in order to Justify
their substitution.
Every now and then the Bish-
ops coupling of Ceylon with the
vileness Of man becomes burn
ing issue among the literati of
the island, both native and
British. While the opposing
factions have at each other, back
and forth, the few Americans
stand aside and sorrow that the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-10
timed utterance. Peace to his

bones
| Mr.. Sam S. Weerasuriya can.
not see why anybody should be
excited by the Bishops use OF
the word vile" Of course man
is 1:ile-in Ceylon and every
where else. What Of it? There
should be no criticism Of Bishop
Heber, even If he had Ceylon
only in his minds eye when he
wrote the word. Though Ceylon
/ is endowed with the richest gifts
Of Nature, is it not true today
as It probably was a hundred
years ago, that man is vile, and
vile in the Scriptural sense, too,
for it is manifested in the rec
ord Of murder, and, what does
not generally see the light Of
day. perjury, oppression, corrup-
ton, and malice. If even a Sin
halese does not feel now as Bish-
op Heber felt, there is then lit
tie hope for him. The worst we
can do under the circumstances
is TO try to make comparison
with other lands, as Greenland,
Ireland, or Africa, and say that
we are not so bad as We are
painted and are better or no
worse than the people Of other
lands. ! would have been pleased
if the Colonial Secretary, instead
Of apologizing for his distin-
guished kinsman, had tried to
justify every word Of the famous
hymn"
The theory Of Mr.. James Wira-
sinha, writing from Bambalapi-
tiya, is that a prevalent misquo-
tation is involved in the century
long, worldwide misconcepti0n
of Bishop Heber's meaning. He
understands that at the State
Councils dinner party Sir Ber-
nard Bourdillon himself, who
ought to have known better,
spoke the lines not only with
where for though" but with
''but" for and" thus:
Where every prospect pleases
But only man is vile.
'Sir Bernard errs with many
others who have not taken the
trouble to verify their quota
TONS" says Mr.. Wirasinha. Il
find it the almost invariable
practice to misquote the hymn
by reading where for though.
The Bishops allusion is to man
kind in general in the unre-
deemed state. This is not d Pc
culiar view Of Bishop Heber's
Mans sinful or vile condition is
the assumption behind all reli-
gious systems which seek his re
demption. The hymn contrasts
the natural beauty of the phys
ical world with mans innate sin
fulness. Every prospect in
cludes all that the preceding lines
refer to, viz, Greenland's icy
mountains, India's coral strand
Afric's sunny fountains, and
Ceylon's isle over which the
spicy breezes blow.
what has happened is that
the reference has been unwar-
rantedly applied to Ceylon, and
then, to make the lines more in
keeping with the wrong inter
probation, though has been
changed in popular free quota
tions to where.
This reminds one of the fa-
nous question: which came first
the hen or the egg? Did the
misinterpretation lead to the
mlsquotation, or was it the 9th
The Washington times., 1933-11-17
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