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The Washington times., 1934-03-31
CLARK CHARGES
To Be VO|DED
BYPRESCOTT
Failure to Obtain Conviction
In 4 EmbezzIement Trials
Leads to Decision

Stedman Prescott, States attor.
ney for Montgomery county, to-
day announced he intends to set
aside the 81 indictments against
Berry E. Clark, former clerk to
the county commissioners.
charged with embezzling approx.
mately $4,000 from the county.
Mr.. Clark has been tried on the
first Of the indictments, charging
embezzlement of $426, four times
and each time the jury has dis.
agreed, the last time being in
Ellicott City when the jury was
out nearly "a hours before being
discharged Friday.
Mr.. Prescott's statement fol.
lows:
"The grand jurors for Mont.
gOmery county in March, 1892,
returned 81 indictments against
Berry E. Clark. 1t then became
my duty to present the evidence
to the petit jury. Since that
time he has been tried four
times, each time the jury being
unable to agree.
ut would have been much
easier for me to determine what
my duty was had be had a de-
cision one way or another at
any one Of these trials.
II am informed the cost to
the county in each of these
cases would average under $500.
/ now feel that 1 have COM
pletely discharged my duty as
States attorney for Montgom-
cry county and if it meets with
the approval of the court 1 in
tend to set aside the remaining
cases."
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Arlington LegiOnP POst
Plans Dance TOH,iQht

Arlington Post No. SO, Amer
ican Legion, will sponsor a pre-
Easter dance tonight in Powhatan
Lodge, Wilson Boulevard, Arling-
ton county.
Dancing will be from 8 to IL,
and refreshments will be served.
William E. Nichols, adjutant Of
the post, announced.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
JEWELRY STOLEN

Thieves broke into the apart
ment Of Franz Richey, of the
1900 block Sixteenth st. N. w.,
last night and stole jewelry and
an old. Derringer pistol valued
at $50, he told police.
Evening star., 1934-10-25
RAP AT PRESIDENT
HELD UNJUSTIFIED
Representative Hancock Declares
North Carolina Bankers 0pin-
ion Is Not General.

Criticism Of President Roosevelt by
Robert M. Hanes, North Carolina
banker, does not represent the ma
jority Of the States bankers, according
to Representative Hancock, Democrat.
Of North Carolina.
In q statement, Hancock took issue
with a speech made Monday by Hanes,
president OF the Wachovia Bank 81
Trust Co., Of Winston -Salen, before
the American Bankers Association in
which Hanes said the President i'm
piled that American bankers had not
done their part toward aiding recovery.
Hancock, q ranking member Of the
House Banking Committee, who Is also
attending the A. B. A. sessions, said:
"' Bob's thrust at the best
friend the good bankers have ever had
was in my judgment both uncalled for
and unjustified.
Those who are criticizing the spend
ing program should realize that
America Is worth approximately twice
today what it was when Mr.. Roosevelt
took the oath Of ONCE and that the
Ultimate cost to the taxpayers is prop
erly chargeable to the old rather than
to the New Deal"
Hancock said since enactment OF
deposit insurance there was no neces-
sity for banks to keep a large per-
centage Of their assets liquid, asserting:
And the institution that continues
this policy. which is doing more to
retard recovery than all other factors
combined, will in time suffer a serious
loss Of prestige and public confidence"
Evening star., 1934-10-25
Amos m Andy Get
r. F. C.. Loan of 81
On'Cattle Mo'gage'
Com e dams "TOuch"
Directors to Assist
Weber City.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Amos and Andy yesterday tapped
the r. F. C. for a loan Of s2-and
got it.
Accomplishing In q few minutes
what usually takes big business men
weeks to do, the radio comedians
calmly stepped into q meeting of
the board of directors and before
anybody could protest, outlined their
proposition. They are old friends Of
Chairman Jesse Jones.
"Gemmen of the Deconstruction
Finance Compilation" intoned Amos,
me and Andy wants to borrow two
dollars. We Is building Weber City.
Dis is a model city where candi-
dates TO ONCE can make speeches
when they amt got no chance to
talk no other place. We gives you
as security a cattle mo'gage on de
taxicab our pussonal note, and Andy's
hat. And we wants de two bucks
right now"
In his most serious manner. Jones
declined the hat as not meeting the
Governments standards for collateral
He accepted the taxicab mortgage,
however, and ordered the check
drawn. The startled members Of the
board agreed. Then the comedians
left to keep an appointment at a
local theater.
Evening star., 1934-10-25
SUSAN B. STURG|S
HEADS BANK GROUP
Other Officers Are Elected
as Women's Association
Ends Sessions.

The Association of American Bank
Women late yesterday chose Miss Su-
san b. Sturgis of Boston as president,
concluding a three-day convention at
the Mayfiower Hotel. She succeeds
Miss Agnes M. Kenny Of Milwaukee.
Other officers chosen included Miss
Anne Houston Sadler, New York City,
vice president; Miss Ellen L. Whitney,
Boston, recording secretary; Miss
Ethel T. Gammons, West Newton,
Mass, corresponding secretary, and
Miss Sara J. Macleod, Cleveland,
treasurer.
The following were named regional
vice presidents: Mrs. Doris B. Bryant,
Quincy. Mass. New England division; |;
Miss Henriette J. Fuchs, New York
City, Middle Atlantic division: Miss
Annetta @. Foster, Grand Rapids,
Lake division; Miss Mabel D. Robson,
Atlanta, Southern division; Miss Ma
tnilde M. Woltjen, st. Louis, Mid
western division; Mrs. George F. Ar
mold. Houston, Tex, Southwestern di-
vision, and Miss Jennie Taylor, San
Francisco, Western division.
Miss Sturgis spoke briefly in &C.
cepting her new ONCE.
Prior to the business session, the
delegates met for luncheon in the
Sulgrave Club and heard Miss Helen
Carloss, special assistant to the At
torney General, discuss the income
tax, and Miss Mae Benson of the
Federal Housing Administration, speak
of that organiza lions work.
Evening star., 1934-10-25
Roosevelt Urges Bankers to Take Lead in Recovery
oToRnsD DcARD IN

should come as the reward Of hard
labor of mind and hand. That is
what we call q profit system. Its
real fulnllment comes In the general
recognition of the rights Of each
factor of the community. 1t Is not
In the spirit Of partisans, but part
ners, that America has progressed.
The time is ripe for an alliance Of
all forces intent upon the business Of
recovery. In such an alliance will be
found business and banking, agricul-
ture and industry, and labor and cap
ital. What an all-American team
that Is! The possibilities Of such a
team kindle the imagination-they
encourage our notwithstanding
make easier the tasks Of those In
your Government who are leading It.
The Nation does not merely trust
or hope that we will do our duty
the Nation Is justified In expecting
that we will do our duty.
Evening star., 1934-10-25

ent security Of our banks bears wit
ness to the wise course that we
pursued.
I find almost general agreement
among bankers that these agencies
must continue until such time as the
banks and other private credit agen-
cies are themselves able and ready to
take over these lending functions.
And when that time comes shall be
only too glad to curtail the activities
OF these public agencies in proportion
to the taking up Of the slack by the
privately owned agencies.
Security Of All Rescued.
venture to suggest to you that
when the history of these years comes
to be written, while the closing and
the reopening Of the banks will occupy
q prominent place. even greater in
terest will be centered in the fact that
within a few months not only was the
banking structure strengthened, but
the great governmental lending agen-
cies went into action and also saved
from disastrous det1ation, liquidation
and loss vast portion Of the farm
homes, railroads and corporations of
the Nation. This definitely rescued
the security and happiness of all Of us.
Just as it is to be expected that the
banks will resume their responsibility
and take up the burden that the Gov
ernment has assumed through its
credit agencies, so I assume and ex-
pect that private business generally
will be financed by the great credit
resources which the present liquidity
of banks makes possible. Our tradi-
tional system has been built upon this
principle. and the recovery Of our eco
nomic life should be accomplished
through the assumption of this re-
sponSibility.
The present steady and unmistak-
able revival Of public demand for goods
and services should provide the assur-
ance necessary to the financing Of in
dustrial life. The Government Is
bending every effort through the
Treasury. the Federal Reserve System.
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton. the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the Federal Housing
Administration to facilitate and en-
courage the revival of private invest
ment. I commend the objectives of
the Housing Administration to your
immediate consideration, but at the
same time ask you to note that all
Evening star., 1934-10-25

Of these new agencies are seeking
consultation and cooperation with
you bankers.
Revival to Reduce Burden.
necessity for large expenditures for
the relief OF unemployment, I think
We should all proceed in the expecta-
ton that the revival of business ac-
tivity will steadily reduce this burden.
l am grateful TO know OF the express
sion Of belief, public and private, of
your members that the speed that We
shall make toward this objective is
something that no one has the wisdom
or the hardihood to estimate. This
recognition reflects a growing appre-
citation of the problems resting upon
a responsible Chief Executive.
With respect to international rela-
tlonships. l have been glad to note
the growing appreciation in other
nations Of the desirability of arriving,
as quickly as possible, at q point Of
steadinesS of prices and values. This
objective Of a greater steadiness we
have constantly kept before us as our
national policy.
The fact that American business
men and bankers are devoting more
and more individual study and at
tention to the wider problems of our
Nation and Of international affairs
is manifesting itself in many ways.
1t seems to me that this is a very i'm
portant DEVELOPMENT.
Let me make 1t clear to you that
the Government of the United States
has daily and even hourly contact
with sources Of information which
cover not only every State and section
Of our own country, but also every
other portion Of the habitable globe.
This information is more complete,
Informative and accurate than that
possessed by any private agency.
I need not tell you that true wealth
is not a static thing. 1t is living
thing. made out of the disposition Of
men to create and to distribute the
good things Of life with rising stand
ards of living.
Means for Growth Of Wealth.
Wealth grows when men cooper
ate: but 1t stagnates in an atmosphere
Of misunderstanding and misrepresen-
tation. Here, in America, the material
means are at hand for the growth
Of true wealth. It Is In the spirit
of American institutions that wealth
Evening star., 1934-10-25
CONVICTIONS REVERSED
Chicago Bankers Get New Trial
on Fraud Charges.


SPRINGFIELD, Ill, October IS Up.
The conviction of John Balm, for
mer head Of q Chicago banking chain
and onetime political power, and his
associates, on charges of accepting
deposits at the West Englewood Trust
& Savings Bank when 1t was in
solvent yesterday was reversed by the
State Supreme Court and remanded
to Cook County for q retrial.
Convicted with Balm and sentenced
to terms of one to three years each
were his son, John H. Balm, and his
son-in-law, w. Merle Fisher.
Bain's Is banks closed in 1880.
The State charged that the collapse
Of Bain's holdings cost Chicagoans
about 100000
Evening star., 1934-10-25
PRICE CUT SOUGHT

Reduction IN Ium Der costs ASKED
by Hardwood Industry.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, October IS CP).-
An approximate decrease Of IA per
cent in minimum code lumber prices
was recommended to the National
Control Committee of the Lumber
Code Authority here last night by
leaders OF the hardwood industry.
The recommendation was taken un-
der advisement by the Control Com
mittee, headed by C. C., Sheppard
Of Clarks, La, and It in turn will
report to the N. r. A. In Washington.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06
JOVIAL JUNIORS

The days grow cooler and the
nights longer; for fall Is now here
and winter is not far away. Dances
parties. Joy rides and so forth. fea-
tured the past week.
The Trojan Club gave a dance
at the International Hall recently.
Currents laddies furnished the
music for the event. The evening
was wonderful, with the exception
of the downpour OF rain which
came early in the evening; but
this did not stop the J. Us from
attending. Lurlene Hicks, Marie
Lucas. Gladys Davis. Doris Gayles,
Mozella Davis, Katherine Spiller,
Irene Cleveland were there, also
Iris Hardeman, who came out in
company with the well-known
young politician. Eugene Butler
This indeed was surprise to me
and everyone else. Others present
were Harold Guines. Willie Estel-
lie. Garnet Ice. and William Hend-
lly.
Taking up my old role as Roam
ing Reporter" | jurneyed 10 the
Birdhurst section Of the city re.
Gently and found that the J. Us
who have been publishing the
community newspaper. THE Repor'
ter" are still at It. That is the pa.
per OF which little John Whistor
Is editor.
COrine Walden is going 10 entel
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ANN ARBOR
BY Wesley Byrd

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrison,
ll3 Allen Drive, have returned
home from Chicago where faty re-
port having had a zine time.
Mrs. l.. +. Johnson. @ Detroit,
was the recent wtek-end guest Of
her daughter Mrs John II Byrd.
ll5 Allen Drive
Mrs. Maggie rerduc 442 Haw-
kins street Ypslanii. and her lit
lie daughter. I,ugh. spent last
weekend with Mrs. : J.. Bostic
Mrs. A. Sewers. of First avenue
fpsilanti. and niece. Lillian, spent
Sunday. Sept. -. with Mrs. BCstic
SIG Fuller.
Mrs. Nellie Green and Samuel
Russell of Detroit. called Sunday
Sept. %. at the home OF Mrs. Mar
tina Davis who has. been quite i'll
Mrs. l.. +. Johnson. who was visit.
ing here. returned with them &c
| Detroit.
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Development of
Our Own
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~ itNli AAt
WAY IN which they qnicly suffer
the greatest privaiions in order TO
reach their goal--such a man
would surely maintain that the
Japanese soul is essentially mas
culine. Both such students would
be right.
Ecoro Continuing 20 develop MY
arc nym would iike 40 mention
Bare q .raii.r, oi JApaue~ charac-
trr nf ia her tradition OF their
race. Which Is less known To
iafcieneis. Is thr corresponding
irsdition, the kO,o ageseru' or
'inp-i Now foreigners have US
nu A 90 lv ui understood Lao
~ NU-N IT, WHich is akin 10
fac Au-i." E,cn Giles and s.
IJaAen tAought Il was TO some eX-
az ~ dea of praising inactivity.
ihis is wrong The best / can say
about IL Is that it does not sane
,.On inaciivi'r or silence. which is
"a negath. Quality; but 1t rather
condemns a useless waste of ener-
gy. and aims at concentration OF
personalities, an introspection pre-
cediag action or word. return
from the peripheria TO the Centre
as 4 hermeAst would put il. 1t EN-
pnAsi.es the preSSdence of Goa
ale" over solve"
AS a matter~of fact speeches ar,
the curse OF moder- times. Mer
have abused the spoken word, ant
hnnApa.. Is Tod xtstfl
words. A modern French thinker
has said. THE best propaganda Il
secrecy and silence" A Taoisti'
philosopher said thousand years
ago. Now-a-days the best way Il
be listened TO is to say nothing.
Watch the Japanese in official ant
private life and you will see how
, often they are guided by the in
nate principle of "Koto agesenu' Z.
think. ladies and gentlemen, tina
, II "a superior being had to judg
, and appraise the life of man-al
, he has done. SAY. lhougn,. .O,e,
endured. all he has wasted an
, tracelessly lost before enterin
! eternity--he would just mentio
two or three OF his deeds fe'
= words or perhaps only a smile h
had given to a passer-by Wei
, that is what Is meant by 'mu-i.'
! Now we must bear In mind thu
he yang and yin elements in III
9 soul of the Japanese have not a
Q ways acted In harmony. FORT zoo
: ways acted in harmony. For 2O'
: years the pendulum Of history hs
n swung In turn between the two e.
tremes. both deeply anchored
r the japanese heart. In polite
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over backward nations and OF as
sisting countries afflicted by poll
tical struggles and moral distress.
II does not. II must not. use ply
steal weapons, bu only spiritual
tools. II Is benevolent rule and
not despotism. May 1t live long!
How long? Who can answer this
question pc h a p not even
sage? And therefore. instead OF
demonstrating myself. l prefer
to put seven years old child on
my knee and put the question to
him. With wide-open. pure and
sincere eyes he gazes at me and
truth speaks through his lips. II
70. ha. no. he. to chi ri nu ru"
meaning:
Though gay in hue--the blossoms
flutter down, helas.
Who In this world of sorrows last
forever!
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N Q r T II E N d
SOCIAL N E w S
BY Mrs. M. l.. GIL

Mrs. rannye d. Yancey, OF
Lumpkin street. Is a patient at the
Parkside Hospital. She is one OF
the very efficient agents OF the
Great Lakes ms. COMPANY also a
member OF Peace Baptist Church,
and the Cheerio Study club. Her
many friends are wishing her a
prompt recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Griffin, OF
Goddard. entertained Thursday
evening at a lovely dinner party,
honoring Mrs Pauline Norman, OF
Chicago. who Is soon 10 wed Har-
~ C. Ross. Beautiful flowers with
place baskets 20 match, decorated
The table. Rev. Martin rendered q
vocal solo. "Unclouded Day ac-
companiad by Mrs. Gill at the
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piano Other invited guests we're:
fc aui Mrs Lee 4. Clay, Rev.
and Mrs a. +. Martin. Of Port
Huron and Mrs NJ. l.. Gill.
The Young Woneus Peerless
Art club Will open for the fall,
Thursday. Oct :. With Mrs. Hilda
Mason of Goddard street Mrs. ).
Lindsay Is president
Rev a ~ Marin motored to
CAic1go last Monday 10 0fficiate
go THE wedding OF Mrs Pauline
Norman and II. G. Boss ON his re-
TURN, he viii conduct The fall re-
yiyal Al Hartford Avenue Church.
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What I would like to impress
upon so many people OF the West,
engrossed In crude materialism. IL
that there is nothing In the natur-
al resources OF japan, to account
for her having become a great
world power. Her underground
wealth is practically null. Her soil
is fertile but not everywhere are
able. But has firmly taken up her
position as world power. on ac-
count OF her unique spirit. Japan
is living example of the triumph
OF spirit over matter.
4. While fostering the preserva-
ton of the national spirit, Japan
does not GUST Western knowledge
or progress. II touches them up
with the march of its "addltive
originality" in the words of hap
eHnression by Prof. d. ARM
strong.
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dual freedom. In this exaltation ol
the State and the suppression oil
the individual. the German theory
of "Staat" exercised great influ-
ence, the theory that the state II
the source OF all authority and the
highest goal OF moral life" Mind
you, I am not talking of Hitlerism
or OF the Showa Renovation, but OF
what happened forty-five years
ago.
The early years of the twentieth
century again saw a powerful rise
OF individualism and spiritual un-
rest. These were the days when
Takayama published his Beautiful
Life" mixture OF Plato and
Nietsche.
The great war, as you know
brought sharper antagonism be-
tween radicals and conservatives
and still further STRENGTHENING of
individualism and egotism. The
whole world is ailing and Japan Is
trying TO find the remedy among
the spiritual treasures OF her his
torical past The Showa Ishin with
its theology centralized In "Kodo"
is a call 10 the racial spirit. Mr.
ponded the true idea OF the "King-
~ Way" and I can only refer you
to his words which are penetrated
with deep insight. We know that
IL Is the way OF devotion, of
of seK-renouncement.
leading from the humblest citizen
towards the Throne and from the
Sovereign back to the humblest
all OF whom he loves
'qually as father loves his chill
lren. The Japanese nation must
,e considered as one organic fami-
v. Mr.. Fujisawa particularly
welt on the hormonizing sense of
Sodo-the welding of contradic-
ions into an organized unity. He
mphized the great task of Kodo |
$ the harmonizing OF the pro-
ress of the West with the stabiiny I
+ he East. This should be suffi-
lent. but ] am tempted to say
do" part of Kodo. do" is the
hinese tao" which means the
'ay. ! have already spoken 10
on about the In-yo (Onyo-do) as
fundamental cornerstone OF ORR
ntal philosophy. ! have mention
4 the "Mu-i," and its psychology
Al meaning in the formation OF
he Japanese character must
ow add that the third most I'm
ortant element of far-eastern
fought II the "Way' "michi"--
To-" The man who can grasp the
rofound background, and oeculy
Gaming of "inyo" "mu-i" and do"
lssess the clue to far eastern
isdom. The way IS the eternal
w OF the cosmos. 1t is the link
,tween the finite and the inf
tie. II is the ideal of Heaven
allied in the heart OF man. Ito
nsai is. therefore. right in saying
40 means love ana Justice" but
akae Toju Is equally right in
IL with truth. Tao or
10" Is "the trodden oath the de
KIN OF the Hebrews az Prof
arada puts IT.; ii is "the Way"
G Truth and the Life as Jesus
mself called It; it is the Logos
Plato and especially OF Philo of
exandria. The Way is the Spirit
the universe. To dive into the
o and to dwell in 1t II TO COM
une with the essence of life, it is
listen to the utterings of the ]
ord: 1t means to attain cosmic
)nsciousness. Tao Is justice, love.
nth and life at the same time,
cause these are always" lead
& to Unity.
| have tried to show you the
ialism Of the Japanese soul No
e edo" is the connecting link |
tween the two poles, il leads
ON Yang TO Yin and back from
in TO Yang; II maintains the
luilhrium. And that IS the real
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]. A. ROGERS PUBLISHES A
NEGRO believe IT OR lot"

others tell Of an American Presi-
dent who sold his white daughter
ie'o Negro slavery and that Ex-
Kaiser Wilhelm OF Germany has a
Negro uncle by adoption and that
a Negro servant girl OF Itlay be-
cemc the concubine of a Pope and
he mother OF the ruler OF an
European country Rogers Is locat-
ed al 1898 Seventh Avenue.
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Wayne L. in January. TO study to
become a recreation teacher. /
think shall have to change my
curriculum
Ma.o Crawford is stepping ont
lately in someone's Aurban.
Henry Anderson says: Since
Joe Neil has gone to college. the
town doesn't seem the same"
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enumerated in the work. Is the
capture of a colored woman as a
slave which caused a war of two
years In the Ualted States In
which 20.02G u. s. Army troops
were engaged and during which a
troop OF 10 white soldiers were
led by q trusted Negro guide into
an ambush IN which log OF them
were massacred.
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New York City--(ANP)--"One
Hundred Amazing Facts About the
Negro" a believe Il or not sum-
mary of interesting incidents re-
Iatlng to the race. has just been
published by J. A. Rogers, journal
ist and writer. who has Travelled
extensively In Europe, Africa,
America and In Asia.
Among the interesting subjects