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The Washington times., 1935-04-01
EdisOn's Son Opens
SpOrtSmen's Inn

TROY HILLS, N. j.. April l
Charles Edison. son of the late
inventor and presidenO of the
Thomas A. Edison industries, be-
gan today what he termed "a
little side venture" as he opened
the Beverwyck Inn on South
BeverWyck Road.
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viii Rogers
Says:

NEW YORK, April 1.-Herc
Il New York city where all the
money In the world Is. And
where every guy with = dollar
Is doing better than he was a
year ago. "Say. what's this
country coming to. I tell you
this income tax is terrible"
''My business is picking up
every day. But I am scared. "
'T am doing better than 1
have since '29, but when are
we going to get back to the
good old days?" Well, the good
old days with most Of us was
when we didn't earn enough to
nav an income tax.
Copyright. 1898. by Mcknight
Syndicate. 1ne.)
The Washington times., 1935-04-01
Suspect Arrested
In Fatal Shooting

An argument during a crap
game ended fatally for John
Rickens. colored, 81. of the 100
block K st. N. w.. early yesterday.
William Taylor. colored, 26, has
been arrested in connection with
the death. Shot through the
heart, Rickens body was found
lying in the 100 block Third
st. N, w,
The Washington times., 1935-04-01
TREASURY CONDITION
international News Service

International News Service
Treasury balance as Of March
20, $2,429, 069, 29S.54: intern a
revenue, $4,679, 753.03; customs re-
ceiptS, $30,578, 780.98.
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World News
ENGLAND
ENGLAND

LONDON, April /. G.N.S).
A Reuter- dispatch from Rome
stated that a cyclone which
swept the western coast of the
Adriatic Sea sent 3 fishermen
to their deaths and threatened
the lives of so more, now missing
in a score of small fishing boats.
FRANCE
PARIS, April / (U.S0.-Emu-
lating the man who knocked him
out-Jack Dempsey-Georges Car.
pentier, former French heavy
weight champion, has turned to
catering to the inner man by open.
ing a bar.
The one-time idol of France has
his counterpart of Dempsey's food
and-drinkery on the Rue Arsene.
Houssaye, near the Arc de Tri,
omphe.
The Washington times., 1935-04-01
HUNGARY

HUNGARY
BUDAPEST, April / U.S.l.
Prime Minister Julius Gomboes'
government has won IS per cent
of the votes in 174 country dis
tricts in an election which as.
sures him a large majority in
parliament. The Hapsb
legistimists suffered a crushing
defeat.
BUDAPEST, April / G.NS0
Proponents of the restoration of
the Hapsburg monarchy today
blamed their crushing defeat in
yesterdays parliamentary election
on the fact that the peasants had
to vote publicly.
Premier Gomboes' party won rs
per cent of the votes in 174 coun.
try districts, insuring a big ma
jority in Parliament. Elections in
the cities will be held later this
week. One peasant was bayoneted
to death for disobeying a soldiers
order.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
MODERN G.O.P.' ;
FLETCHER AIM

NEW YORK, Feb. / GN.SO.
can open, free and unpacked con-
vention" will select the next
G. o. P. presidential candidate.
Henry P. Fletcher, national Re
publican chairman, made this
promise in a speech before the
second forum of the New York
county Republican committee at
Cooper Union.
Denying reactionary or stand
pat control of the party organiza-
ton, Mr.. Fletcher declared that
keeping the party in step with
modern political thought and
changing economic conditions"
was essential if it was to con-
tinue as a virile force. He added:
"SOme members and part
time members of our party and
some prospective candidates for
the presidency seem fearful lest
the National Committee may
seek to dominate the next con-
ventiOn in the interest of reac-
tiOn or a particular group or
candidate.
Personally, I have no control
over the individual conduct and
action of any member Of the
National Committee, but as
chairman shall not cOun-
tenance nor be a party to any
thing of this kind. I shall en-
courage an open, free and un-
packed convention"
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
COURT UPHOLDS'
RULE ON BIDS

An injunction suit instituted by
A. Ames and Company, New Jersey
manufacturer of iron and steel
products, against Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, Secretary OF
Interior Ickes and Thomas H. Mac
Donald, chief of the Bureau Of
Public Roads, Department of Agri-
culture, was dismissed in an opin-
ion today by Justice F. Dickinson
Let's, of the District Supreme
Court.
The suit asked an Injunction
to restrain an Executive order of
President Roosevelt which provides
all bidders on work or supplies
for a Federal agency should GER
tify with the submission of their
bids that they are complying with
the code of fair competition or
the Presidents unemployment
agreement for their particular in.
dustry.
The company contended putting
this order in effect amounted to
a boycott against it from bidding
on highway work in the State of
New Jersey. The company ad-
mitted it had never signed or
agreed to the code nor the re-
employment agreement.
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PODERJAY FILES
GUILTY PLEA

NEW YORK, Feb. / G.N.SO.
Capt. Ivan Poderjay, international
bridegroom, today pleaded guilty
to a bigamous marriage with the
now mysteriously missing Agnes
TufverSon.
Judge George L. Donnellan in
General Sessions Court remanded
Poderjay to the Tombs for SEN
tence February IA.
While Poderjay awaits sentence
police will continue efforts to
learn the fate of Miss Tufverson,
43-year-old Well-to-do corporation
lawyer. She disappeared Decem.
ber 20, 1888, four days after Poder.
jay married her.
The former Jugoslav cavalry
man then went to Vienna, from
where he was extradited to face a
charge of bigamy.
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D. c. ELOPERS.
FACE PARENTS
IRE TODAY
Cook Girls and Ex-Chauffeur
Due to Return Home
After Runaway

The sensational elopement Of
a young daughter of a wealthy
Chevy Chase family with the
chauffeur was expected to come to
a close today with the couple re-
turning home to face the music
and, incidentally, the wrath of an
irate mother.
Mrs. Jane Cook SC a rlette,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Cook, socially prominent family
of Chevy Chase. and her newly &C.
quired husband George S. Scar.
lette, until a few days ago the
Cook family chauffeur, we're on
their way to Washington today.
according to dispatches received
yesterday from Brunswick, Ga.
Mother Adamant
The couple is accompanied by
the brides sister, Anne, who osten-
Sibly is acting in the capacity Of
general manager of the sudden
runaway. Mrs. Cook. mother Of
the girls is reported to be adamant
in her resolve to prosecute her SON.
in-law on charges of stealing the
family jewels. She has stead
fastly maintained she will refuse
to admit the couple to her home
when they return here.
The trio is reported to be travel
ing with a very limited supply Of
money, which fact was given as
another reason for their return
here today.
Bride Firm
According to dispatches yester-
day the bride said:
1--WE will never go back to
them if they don't want us. We
are very much in love and will
make out without them.
II know mother is furious
and she will be even madder
when she finds out this was
going on under her very nose
for months. We decided a
month ago to elOpe. If they
don't want to accept the mar.
riage, 1 don't care. It's mine.
And we can make out"
The couple dropped from sight
after visit to the bridegroom's
home in North Carolina. Mr..
Scarlette's family appears as luke
warm toward the Cook family as
the Cook family is reported to be
to the former chauffeur. Mrs.
Scarlette, according to dispatches,
remarked that the Cook family,
just because they had money,
could assume no prerogatives in
treating her boy like a tramp.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
THIEF AT COPS FETE

BOSTON, Jan. U.N.SO-The
coat of Edward Green, a mu-
sician, was stolen while he was
entertaining at the Boston police
ball.
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COURT FAILURE
ST|RS ROPER
TRADE PLAN
World ParIey Urged to Fix
Quotas on Production of
Goods in Commerce
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
ILterna tiOnaI News Service

International News Service
Deeply disappointed over the
Senate's rejection of the League
Court, several of President Roose-
velts advisers are turning to
other fields of international en-
deavor.
Secretary of State Hull. perhaps
the most disappointed of all the
court advocates, for he was instru-
mental in persuading Mr.. Roose-
welt to push the issue, is in favor
Of reviving the long-dormant
world economic conference.
Secretary of Commerce Roper is
in favor of another kind of world
conference, a conference to create
an international board" which
would allocate to various countries
what they could produce in goods
and commodities that enter heav-
lily into world trade.
Both Secretaries Hull and Roper
have long advocated drastic tariff
Slashing as the best means of in
creaSing international trade.
There is no indication that the
White House is prepared to enter
tain either the Hull or Roper pro-
poSals seriously at this time.
Mr.. Roosevelt is more occupied
for the moment with pushing his
domestic program through a Con-
greSS that is showing some signs
of insurgency.
Those Administration advisers
who are not as internationally
minded as Secretaries Hull and
Roper believe that their proposals
are not feasible under existing
world conditions.
The world economic conference
in London, in the summer of 1888,
finally blew up with little to show
for its accomplishments except
weeks of wrangling.
Ramsay Macdonald, the British
Premier, almost killed it at the
outset by injecting the controver-
sial subject of the war debts.
The American delegates were
not authorized to discuss debts.
Since that time the debtors, all
save little Finland, have defaulted
outright on their debts to the
United States.
Since then, too many South
and Central American private
debts have gone to default.
Mr.. Roper's proposal is more
startling than Secretary Hull's.
The whole trouble with world
commerce, Mr.. Roper thinks, is
the lack of purchasing power of
peoples abroad, and the surpluses
that clog the international ave-
nues of trade.
He believes it would be possible
to work out some plan whereby
each country would be assigned
specific quotas of goods and com,
moditieS. with a super-interna-
tional board acting as arbiter.
Secretary Roper said:
eff these assignments were
given and the nations of the
earth, through some regulatory
power, could compel the mem.
Der nations to stick to their
quotas, the question of over
production and surpluSeS would
be soon wiped out"
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
SAVED
FROM CAS-

Three children we're saved from
death by gas poisoning this morn
ing when they were found un-
conscious in their beds in a house
in the 400 block H st. N. w.
They were rushed to Casualty
Hospital by the Fire Rescue Squad
and a hospital ambulance crew.
The victims are Ruth Trumbull,
IA; her brother, Jack, 9, and Doro-
thy Garner, 81 months old.
Firemen said they found a gas
stove, with the oven open, had
been left burning in the apart
ment all night.
The children were discovered
by Mrs. Mary E. Mosler, mother
of the two older victims and
grandmother of the youngest.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
Balm Suit Loser
Jailed by Ex-Wife

CHICAGO, Feb. l G.N.SO.-
Robert Isaacson, who lost a. $780,
900 breach of promise suit against
Mrs. Mary Byrn Alexander, a
wealthy widow. today tried to
make the best of things in a cell
in alimony row at the county Jail.
Isaacson was sentenced to serve
six months in Jail for failure to
pay 1894 alimony to his divorced
second wife. Mrs. Sylvia lsaacSOn.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
CUMMINGS FOR
ARMS CHECK
Internal tiOnaI News Service

Despite inconvenience to law
abiding citizens, Attorney General
Cummings expressed the belief TO-
day that all firearms should be
registered with Federal authori-
ties.
Legislation to this effect is be-
fore Congress, the proposal pro-
viding a 81 tax on all transfers OF
pistols and revolVerS, machine
guns, sawed off Shotguns and
short-barreled rifles. Such laws
would strengthen the Govern
ment's campaign against crime,
Mr.. Cummings said.
He declared in effect it is i'm
possible to control the traffic in
firearms unless all classes are
registered. This registration in
cludes all pistols and revolvers
held by law-abiding citizens. Fail
ure to register would be made q
Federal offenSe. Existing laws
only compel registration Of ma
chine guns, sawed-off shotguns
and short barreled rifles, ordinar-
lily employed by gangsters.
Considerable opposition has de-
veloped from the manufacturers
Of firearms to the Justice Depart
ment's program. Nevertheless.
Mr.. Cummings is convinced there
is no other solution to the
problem. He realizes criminals
will refuse to register their
weapons, but believes if such &C.
ton is made Federal offense it
will strengthen the Governments
drive against the predatory Grim
inal.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
GLEE CLUB ON AIR

COLLEGE PARK, Nd, Feb. 1.
Broadcasting over station WMAL,
the mems and women's glee clubs
of the University of Maryland will
be heard on February IL from AIS
to 4:45 p. m. in the first of a Sc
rieS of University of Maryland
broadcaStS.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
NEW POSTMASTER

ORANGE, Va, Feb. (SpeciaD
P. M. Watts, recently appointed
acting poStmas' at Orange as.
Sumed office today.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
Keeps Courage

The procedure is even simpler
in the case of socialists other
than communists, i.e., of social
democrats or social revolutionaries
as we'll as of anarchists: they are
told at the time of their arrest
that nothing can save them from
exile save a written declaration
that they renounce their former
convictions and if they are not
willing to do this, their exile will
be for life. Though sentence for
life is theoretically unlawful, as
the maximum term of measures
for social protection" in the U. S.
S. r. does not exceed ten years
still, in actual practice these limi'
tationS are freely circumvented by
the imposition of various addi.
tional terms and similar tricks of
which the OGPU are past
masters.
Korolkov clearly understood
that he was in for life, now that
his name was added to the cate
CORY of enemies of the working
class" In spite of this, he bore
his misfortune heroically and
never lost courage. During the
year in which I saw him almost
every day I never noticed even
momentary despair in the expires
sion of his eyes.
In spite of Korolkov's sense of
humor our predicament was de-
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
Last Warning

The convoy-chief got his men in
line and commanded them to aim
their rifles at the rioters. A tense
pause followed.
"I'm telling you for the last
time" shouted the flushed COM
mander as loudly as he could.
"Start Immediately when you
hear the command. Anybody
who stays behind will be shot.
Understand? Attention! Co."
This decisive command was ef-
fective. The criminal gang gave
in and slowly started forward.
The column left the village. The
peasant women whom the shoot
ing had scared away. now came
back and saw us off with loud
vociferations in their native
tongue. They threw bread-cakes
into our ranks and the prisoners
fought for them like dogs.
The hungry men resumed their
march. 1t was difficult to walk
in the deep snow and the weaker
ones in the criminal gang soon
showed signs of exhaustion and
fell in their tracks. They were
mercilessly beaten with clubs and
rifle butts. At 3 o'clock we en-
tered a dense forest, it grew easier
to walk, but there was no sign Of
the promised village. The rests
became more frequent, men
stumbled and fell again and again.
I'VE have lost our way again."
said KOrOIkOv. taking me by
the arm and breathing heavily.
was surprised at his endur-
ance. He was about so and.
judging by his face and by the
size of his waistline. he must have
been fond of good food and
drink. Still he marched on in
defatigably and did not miss a
chance for a pun, a funny story
or a laugh. His supply of humor
was inexhauStible. The strength
of his determination was partly
responsible for his long sentence.
After serving a three-year term of
exile, he had gone to the local
OGPU to obtain his release docu-
mentS. He was asked to step in
"for a moment" to see the head
of the department in his private
office. The latter asked him
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the doorstep indicated that the
owners of the cottage were out.
This was a quite effective guaran.
tee that nobody would enter the
house. Even the influence of is
years of Soviet rule had not dis
placed the traditional broom.
Time flew; we left behind one
kilometer after another. One
group marched on boldly and was
kept in good humor by Korolkov,
our invaluable wit. We soon
reached our destination, large
village with a beautiful boarded
up church. We had no difficulty
finding quarters for the night.
The monk, the priest and the
Pole Immediately went to look for
food.
Our hostess gave us a pot Of
boiled potatoes, the only food she
could scrape together. We paid
for it with a pair of trousers.
After an hour and a half the
Pole came back with an empty
sack. Our countenanceS fell, we
had only one hope left-in the
Lord. We began making bets. AS
the daylight dwindled and the
clergy did not come back, the
odds were five to two in favor Of
divine intercesSion, and when it
had grown quite dark they were
ten to one.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10

KKOTHERS just aren't bothering
N1 to fix lunch for their school
kiddies because they know how de-
licious and wholesome the home
made sandwiches and fresh baked
cakes are at The Chevy Chase Phar-
macy, 5626 Conn. Ave. Only 1Oc
apiece.
X PERMANENT wave from The
"A Chevy Chase Beauty Shop
End floor at Conn. Ave. and Nc
Kinley St., has that added some
thing that will make a whole club
porch turn for a second glance.
Permanents, $500. Ends $500.
CL. 4076.
ttp ABLY Take A Bow" in one of
- the adorable Shirley Tenn
pie dresses featured at The Neigh!
borhood Shop, 5614 Conn. Ave,
for $1.95. Sizes to II. Other
school frocks, sizes to 16 from
$t.OO up.
NON'T get ''mummsy" out of
- bed these frosty mornings to
get your breakfast when you can
get crispy, hot waffles, maple
syrup, coffee :. and anything you
want at The Dairy Fountains, 5510
Conn. Ave. 15c to Csc.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
Beg for Food

The Zyryan people proved very
&ind-hearted. AS we passed through
villages the criminal group loudly
shouted bread, give us some
bread" and stretched out their
hands to the Zyryan women. The
women rushed back into their
houses, brought out some barley
cakes and buns in their aprons
and threw them into our midst.
The criminals pounced on the
bread-cakes like wild animals.
One old woman ran for a long
way alongside of our group. She
mumbled something in her native
tongue, pointed to my feet, Ia
mented and wept.
This Northern woman, who was
used to warm clothing, was ap-
parently shaken to the core at the
sight of my stockings and low
shoes. Finally she rushed up to
me, took off her thick, embroid-
cred, woolen mittens and handed
them to me with a sob. I was
deeply touched by this manifesto
ton of motherly affection. Later
on these mittens rendered me
faithful service and I still have
one of them, violet-colored with
primitive design in bright yellc~
and green.
We wondered at the large size
of the zyryan cottages as con-
trasted with the small Russian
peasant cabins. The Zyryans did
not believe in sparing timber. The
corners of the cottages were all
painted dark red and some were
decorated with fancy balconies.
The windows were disproportion'
ately small.
The logs in the walls were we'll
cut and accurately fitted. We
noticed that many cottages had
brooms standing outside their
doors. The Zyryans had remained
true to the Finnish traditions of
honesty; they had no locks on
their doors and broom left on
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
db&Siyqbi6esbttIliipii OPP liipiinqaht(dt

IN MANDY's day out lunch
~ and dine at The Ho Toy Res.
taurant, 5522 Conn. Ave, if you
want balm" for your budget.
Luncheons 35c and 45c. full course
dinners including fried scallops,
broiled fish, ETC., Csc. Chinese din
ners 75c.
FLORENCE ANN Hat and Dress
i Shop announces the arrival of
kiddies' hats. Berets, bretons, etc.
=. for the little gal who wants to
be as smart as her mother. Also
a new shipment of $685. dresses
have just been unpacked. 1913 Liv-
ingston st.
CILEX Coffee Maker, complete
- with electric stove and tray.
$4.a5 at The Chevy Chase Paint
and Hardware Co., 5512 Conn. Ave.
This gadget makes the most
"scrumptious" coffee and tea, too,
if desired. What gift!
GIVE flowers for all occasions.
~ They're doubly appreciated this
time of the year. when garden
flowers are a thing of the past.
Order them from our only Chevy
chase Flower Shop, GUIDES, 5016
Conn. Ave.
Copyright 1884
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
FOOD STRIKE
OF C0NVICTS
BROKEN

whether the three years of exile
had made him change his formr
convictions as to the incapacity Of
communists for fruitful work.
Just this conviction. expressed at
the wrong moment, had led to his
arrest and exile.
Anybody else would have de-
cided on a slight compromise
with his conscience and answered
in the negative. Korolkov, how
ever, Immediately told the fable
of the gypsy who tried to teach
his horse to do without food by
reducing the measure of oats
from day to day. The horse died
in spite of all his efforts at the
very time when he thought
he had accomplished the desired
result. Korolkov then explained
the parable and stated that he
was too old to change his con-
victionS.
The head of the local OGPU
listened to him attentively,
laughed at his story and finally
expressed his regret at being un-
able to release him at once. The
( BILE was written into the report
and sent to Moscow and Korol-
kov was temporarily detained
pending receipt of instructions
from headquarters. Thus his fate
was decided. The answer came
in three months and read: Ten
years imprisonment in the penal
labor camps"
Full liberty is never really re-
stored to those unfortunates who
rec We a five or ten-year SEN
tence in the U. S. S, r. for their
political convictions. When they
finish their term, they are exiled
for five years and after this they
have to spend three more years
in socalled partial exile. Then
they acquire the right OF resi-
dence in any part of the country
except Moscow and Leniugrad,
Therefore as a rule it takes Ii
years before a man imprisoned
for his political convictions is
again able to return to the cen
ters of population.
OF late this rule has been rig
idly adhered to and many tens
of thousands of people at The
present time continue to live in
exile in Siberia and other remote
districts of Russia even after hav'
ing completed their original term
of penal labor.
The Washington times., 1935-10-10
HUNGRY MEN
FORCED TO
MARCH0N
By GEORGE KITcHIN
CHAPTER XXI


The vast Komi territory is
but very sparsely populated
by the Zyryan race. The
Zyryans are descendants Of
Finnish tribes which were
pushed north by the slavs.
They settled in the impene-
trable forests and swamps,
forcing the slavs to leave
them alone. The very name
of the people, Komi," " means
"the pursued. "
The Komi people had been
Christianized by Greek -ortho-
dox missionaries and monks.
Then came Russian traders
who gave them manufactured
goods, especially alcohol, in
exchange for furs. Alcohol
brought the usual dread re-
suits; the people were dying
out, and at the time Of the
Bolshevik revolution they
numbered only some $4,000.
Our last stop on Russian
territory was marked by the
escape of 10 city buns who
managed to make their get
away in spite of the renewed
vigilance of the guards.
In the morning, it was found
that the village cooperative
store had no supplies to give
US in exchange for the note
which our convoy-chief had
procured with great difficulty
from the village Soviet. The
convoy was panic-stricken.
What could they do? We
were far from telephone or
telegraph lines. They decided
to 90 on. The hungry criml-
nal gang loudly protested dur
ing the roll-call and threats
were made to report the con-
voy for spending the money
and food on drink.
MY group was in a gloomy mood.
we had almost no supplies. HaV-
ing shared all our food the night
before. we had nothing except a
little sugar, lard and garlic.
We had only 18 kilometers to
go that day.