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, 1935-02-10

February 3, lS35.-In pursuance Of
an order OF Juan Elquezabal, mill
tary executive OF Coahuila- Texas,
elections we're held for officers OF
governor. vice-governor and men,
bers of the legislature. The legiSla-
ture was TO assemble on March LIST
when a canvas OF the vote would be
made. But the elected officials we're
40 occupy IN house OF cards. Santa
Anna held the reins OF supreme au-
thOrity over the nation. Envious Of
the increasing importance OF Tex
nS, he revived a former decree which
authorized the government TO APP
point commissioners TO contract
with the legislatures of the states
for the purchase, by the nation, Of
lands suitable for the establishment
Of new colonies of Mexicans and
foreigners; TO enter into such ar
rangements as they may deem prop
or for the security Of the republic,
with the colonies already establish
ed: to watch over the exact COM
pliance of the contracts on the
trance OF new colonists. and to in
vestigate how far the contracts al
ready made have been complied
with" Further. the decree empow-
cred the nations chief executive to
take possession OF such lands as
might he suitable for military de-
lenses and new colonies; to remove
convicts from Vera Cruz to the new
colonies. give them land and imple-
rnents at the end OF their terms and
are for them for q year. Mexican
cnloniStS were to be similarly pro-
vided for. III was obvious that the
decree was directed solely toward
Texas, for II was the only state OF
the Mexican Confederacy selected
for colonization.
February 10. 1S35.-The drastic
present plans OF the ruling authority
Of the Mexican nation-obviouSly d.
rected solely toward Texas-concern-
ing existing and future colonization.
prompts the quoting of an article Of
the colonization law passed during
the reign OF Emperor Iturbide. While
that colonization law. like other laws
of IIurbide's reign. was annulled
when he was overthrown. ii formed
the general basis of subsequent leg
islation on the Sr$iect OF colonies.
The article. which was after wards
excluded. reads a. If IL might have
been the precursor OF passages In
Henry Georges Progress and Pow
rrtv.- Tt ran-"As one Of the prin-
ripal objects OF Law In free govern
merit. taking into consideration the
provisions of this law. viii adopt
measures for dividing out the lands
which NAV have accumulated in
large portions In the hands OF in
diriduals or corporations. and which
not cultivated. indemnifying the
n~ronrietors for the Just price Of such
TO be fixed by appraisers"
Other conditions of colonization.
having 10 do with the s made of
Iand. and which became parts Of the
existing state law. provided that new
rrfflcrs who had not. within six years
an concessions. cultivated or occup-
|rd. according to quality. lands grant,
rd would lose them and that a non-
resident could not hold title 10 lands
acquired under the law. !
, 1935-02-10

Cheetahs r caught and trained
to hunt BY natives of southwestern
Asia and northern Africa. The
cheetah hunts by sight rather than
sense Of smell.
, 1935-02-10

Sons STANCE collier HAS A pAaaCT
MONKEY THREE DOGS AND A SAhESE
CAT ALL CF WHOM Are PERMTTED THE.
FREE Run O. ne AousEs
The Washington times., 1935-09-24

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The Washington times., 1935-09-24
Bond Maturities Rise

Corporate bond maturities dur
ing October will total $90,601 ,460,
according to the Standard Sta
tistics Company, Of New York.
The number of bonds and notes
making up the total is 1873, Of
which 13 amount to $1,000,000 or
more.
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
PROBE OF H0EY
JURY ASKED

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Sept. "a
G.N.SD.-A grand jury investiga-
ton of the coroner's jury sitting
at the inquest into the death Of
Evelyn Hoey, Broadway stage
star, and of newspapermen cover
ing the case was demanded here
today by District Attorney Will
liam E. Parke shortly before a
session postponed from last night
was to reconvene.
Parke revealed that his action
"a direct outgrowth of the post
ponement caused by "the illness
of two jurors" last night-would
also include the activities of Dep
uty Coroner Harvey G. Cox, pre-
siding at the inquest.
Parke made his demand before
the Chester county court, which
took the matter under Amusement.
It was believed, however, that the
court will reserve it's decision until
completion of the inquest into the
girls death at the Indian Run
farm, near here, of Henry Hud'
dleston Rogers, I'd, the night OF
September II.
The Washington times., 1935-09-24

The status of more than 400 di-
vorce cases was settled temporar-
lily, at least, when District Supreme
Court Justice Daniel D. O'Don-
ghue ruled today that the new Dis
trict divorce is retroactive in rela-
ton to suits based on separation.
It was stated by counsel that
the Court of Appeals will be asked
to pass on Justice O'Donghue's
ruling before the matter is finally
settled.
In passing the new divorce bill
which makes desertion, separation
and cruelty grounds for absolute
divorce, Congress intended that
the liberalized law should be made
Immediately available to litigants
in domestic relations difficulties,
Justice O'Donoghue said in his
opinion.
Under the old law, unfaithful.
ness was the only grounds for alb,
solute divorce. The new law.
which became effective two
months ago, liberalized the old
statute so that many 9th or
grounds could be pleaded for abso'
lutte divorce. The bill provided:
"No decree of nullity of mar
riage or divorce shall be rem
dered in favor of anyone who
has not been q bona fide resi-
dent of the District of Columbia
for 1T least one year next be-
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
District Divorce Law
Ruled Retroactive

, fore the application therefor.
and no divorce shall be decreed
in favor of any person who has
not been a bona fide resident
of said District for at least two
years next before the applica-
ton therefor, and for any cause
which shall have occurred out
of said District and prior to
residence therein"
The latter clause provided the
challenge to the act which was
made by attorneys for j. Ronald
Tipping, whose wife, Mrs. Eliza
beth Tipping, 1900 block of Nine
tenth st. N. w., had applied for
divorce on grounds of two years
desertion.
Mr.. Tipping's attorney, Bruce
Aitcheson, in motion to dismiss,
commended that the desertion oc-
Cured before August 7, the day
the bill was enacted, and could
not be used for a cause for com.
plant unless the court should
hold the act to be retroactive.
Louis H. Mann, Mrs. Tipping's
attorney, was assisted in uphold.
ing the retroactive features of the
act by Attorney Jean M. Board.
man, who represents several
clients similarly involved, and
George c. Gertman, secretary of
the District Bar Association, who
was instrumental in obtaining
passage of the act.
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
PLANS
STUDIED BY
= CABINET
0F|TALY
Concessions to Geneva
Banned by Dictator;
League Waiting
International News Service

Premier Benito Mussolini
and the League of Nations
matched wits today, each ap-
parently cautiously waiting
for the other to move next in
the East African war crisis.
Today's developments:
ROME-Important Cabi-
net session held at which
II Duce discussed possibility
of Leagues applying sane
lions against him, but only
definite action announced
was calling of another ses-
sion for Saturday-after a
meeting of the League Coun-
Gil in Geneva.
GENEVA-Council's Com
mittee of Five unanimously
adopted report recording its
failure to effect a settle
ment between Italy and
Ethiopia, but Council will
not get it until Thursday,
apparently hoping Premier
Mussolini would make next
move.
LONDON - British full
cabi, It meeting held to dis
cuss crisis. Cabinet under
stood to have approved
governments firm stand to
date.
Adds ABABA-H. R.
Knickerbocker reveals Eth
opia is still pessimistic re-
garding possibility of war
against her, and that she
believes easing of European
tension during past few
days does not especially
brighten horizons for her.
ROME, Sept. "a Q,N.s0.-
Again deferring definite action
which the world had looked for
him to take, Premier Benito Mus
solini today cast out what many
believed to be hint he would &C.
cept a mandate over Ethiopia as
part of a settlement of the East
African crisis.
II Duce presided over an i'm
portant three-hour session of his
cabinet, after which a cryptic
communique was issued. The only
definite action taken was calling
of another cabinet session for
Saturday, indicating Premier Mus
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The Washington times., 1935-09-24
MAX KEEPS
OPPONENT
WAITING
Sports Fans Throng to
Heavyweight Fight in
New York Tonight

NEW YORK, Sept. "a G.N.sO.
Meeting for the last time before
they enter the ring at the Yankee
Stadium tonight for perhaps the
greatest of all inter-racial prize
fights, Baer and Louis faced each
other across the scales at the box
ing commission office this after
noon.
Baer, underdog in the betting at
2La to !, enjoyed more than a 10
pound pull in the weights, the
former champion doing 2101s
pounds. Louis, still seemingly in
different to the widest excite
ment this town has known in
years, weighed 1914.
Joe Kept Waiting
The ceremony at the Commission
was concluded only after q pro.
tracted stage wait while Baer was
making up his debonair mind to
put in an appearance. He had
merely to make the run down to
the rendezvous from a midtown
hotel. Louis came all the way in
from Pompton Lakes, but arrived
about noon, composing himself to
wait by reading a newspaper. Min
utes dragged into an hour and
then an hour and a half before
Baer came in breezily with his
retinue in tow.
Fighters have been kept waiting
in their corners before, but this
was the first time a man had ever
been kept waiting at the scales
And whether consciously done OF
not, the gesture left the Negro
hugely indifferent.
Hand Is O. x.
Outside a mixed crowd milled
and struggled 10 deep along the
curbstone for a glimpse of the
principals. Further uptown men
waved 500 bills in spectators
faces while a crowd of more than
100000 prepared to invade the
Yankee Stadium.
buC LOUIS only response TO 1t all
was to take seat by the window
pick up a newspaper and begin to
read.
"Baer picked to win," the head.
line read, and the Negro grinned
wryly at his own expense. Asked
to comment, he only said:
We'll know more about that
tonight"
Both of the principals, when
finally face to face, were sar.
torial itrumphs. Both, according
to the examining physicians, were
physical marvels, this diagnosis
effectually disposing Of the story
that Baer's right hand had been
injured in trainig last week.
DR.. William H. Walker exam.
ined this member very thoroughly
and then pronounced it to be as
sound as a section of concrete.
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
The Times Index

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ice every evening. Should you
fail to receive yours, call DIS
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The Washington times., 1935-09-24
MEN
SNAGC0AL
STRIKE
Lewis Says Of Wage
Offer, axe 1t or
Leave 1t

The United Mine Workers TO-
day served an ultimatum upon
bituminous coal operators that
they must accept the miners last
wage offer or the strike of 100000
men which began Monday morn
ing will continue.
"Take it or leave it,"
That was the message John l..
Lewis; battling chief of the mine
workers, sent to a meeting Of q
subcommittee of two miners Of
ficials and two operators which
met at 10 o'clock this morning at
the Shoreham Hotel in an effort
to settle the strike.
Pennies Difference
Only one and one-half cents
separates the miners and opera
tors and threatens to prolong a
strike affecting more than $780,
900 persons, the most serious
walkout since the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration took office. The
miners are demanding 9 cents a
ton for piece workers and the
operators are offering 71a cents.
While the deadlock continued
scores of miners representatives
and representatives of the opera
tors gathered in the hotel lobby
awaiting word from the meeting
room.
Operators Silent
The operators representatives
declined to comment upon Lewis
ultimatum. They still expressed
the hope that a settlement could
be reached before nightfal and
the strike order cancelled by mid
night.
A representative committee Of
both sides spent most Of yester-
day and last night trying to reach
an agreement without success. II
returned to its deliberations today
and if an agreement is still far
from sight it will continue in ses-
sion until it is agreed a settlement
is impossible.
Edward F. McGrady, Assistant
Secretary of Labor and President
Roosevelt's personal representa-
tive at the conferences, said the
situation looked hopeful'-so
CONTINUED on Pare 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
CONFESSION
FOUGHT BY
SHERMAN
Choir Singer, Defen-
dant in Tragedy Trial.
Battles for Life

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. "a
G.N.SO.-Defense attorneys for
Newell Paige Sherman, 26-year-old
Sutton choir singer on trial for
the American tragedy" murder
of his wife, Alice, %, this after
noon launched a desperate fight
to bar from evidence a COMES
sion" Sherman allegedly gave pc
lice.
Judge Thomas j. Hammond ad-
vised the jurors they would be
excluded from the court room
during part of the session while
he heard arguments Of counsel
and decided whether the comics
sion can be admitted as evidence.
Speaking in level, emotionless
tone, Prosecutor Owen A. Hoban
had sketched a word picture Of
the mad infatuation of Sherman
for 17-year-old Esther Magill, IN
his opening address to the jury.
It was this infatuation of the
ex-scout master for the buxom fac
tory girl which led him to upset
a canoe in Lake Singletary and
drown his wife, Alice. mother OF
his two children, on the night Of
July 20, the prosecutor charged.
Parents Watch
Hoban demanded the electric
chair for the Grant young hus-
band, whose parents, the respected
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis P. Sherman.
sat in the court room.
After telling how young Mrs.
Sherman's body was found in Lake
Singletary last summer and how
Sherman, through his hysterlcaI,
conflicting stories, finally was sus'
pected of tipping over the canoe
then was arrested for murder, the
prosecutor related details of Sher'
mans courtship of Miss Maglll'
He told of rides home from work
at the factory where both were
employed, of night pleasure rides,
of liquor parties and other esca-
pades.
Model Young Man
The prosecutors address brought
out some surprising facts. NOBODY
around here knew Sherman, the
model young man." would take
a drink. They hadn't suspected
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
New Orleans Warns
Of Tropical Storm

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. "a
G.N.SD IA tropical disturbance
of slight to moderate intensity
was central this morning about
$50 miles west of Roseau, Do
minicia, and is moving west-north-
westward, according to an ad-
visory release by the hurricane
forecast division of the Weather
Bureau here. Caution was ad-
vised in its path.
The disturbance was termed by
DR.. I. M. Cline, chief of the New
Orleans bureau, as mot serious"
at present.
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
MAX 5 BRIDE
STAYS HOME

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Mary
Ellen Baer went shopping today
but not to buy clothes to wear to
the fight tonight.
Baer's wife will listen to the
fight broadcast in her hotel room
She explained:
"That doesn't mean I'm not
interested. I know Max can't
lose, but still I couldn't stand to
see him hurt"
Mary Ellen said she was very
interested in Marva Trotter, fl
ancee of Joe Louis, and that she'd
like to meet her. Suddenly her
face changed. Mary Ellen flared
up and said:
at is libelous, that's what
it is. They've been saying that
Max might make some remark
about JOe's girl. He won't.
''Max is a gentleman"
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
! ARE SLAIN
BY BANDITS

FORK UNION, Va, Sept. pa
State trooper and a student of Fork
Union Military Academy were
dead today as police and citizens
combed the countryside for the
second of a pair of thugs who
yesterday attempted to hold up
the Fork Union Bank.
The State trooper, w. R..
Thompson, was shot and killed
when he opened fire on the
thugs as they entered the bank.
One Lands In Jail
The student, 18-year-old Frank
Wicks. of Wellesley Hills, Mass,
was killed later in the day after
joining in the search for the ban
dts.
One of the thugs, j. H. Dough-
erty, of Charlottesville, was in
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The Washington times., 1935-09-24
D.C.POlice Radio Calls
Visitor to Ill Father

seriously i'll. The telegram, from
Mrs. Firms sister, gave the type
of automobile the party is driv-
ing and the license numbers.
This information was broadcast
at once and Alexandria Police
Cruiser No. 8, patrolling Wash
ington Street., the Alexandria
link in the Mount Vernon Boule-
ward, picked up the call. Almost
Immediately Mrs. Finn drove by
in the direction of Mount Vernon.
She was overhauled and the mes
sage given her.
The Washington times., 1935-09-24

Washington's police radio today
informed a woman her father was
seriously i'll at his home in Salem,
Mass, and the family party, on a
sightseeing trip, Immediately be-
gan preparations for returning to
the New England city.
Shortly after 9 o'clock this
morning, Lieut.. Benjamin Kueh-
ling, on duty at the Detective Blu
reau, received a telegram from
Salem asking him to notify Mrs.
Lester Finn that her father was
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
'Barter-Bui|t Ship
Near New York Dock

NEW YORK, Sept. "a G.N.SO.
The Polish liner Pilsudski, be-
lieved to be the first ship ever
constructed and commissioned
through international barter,
comes to dock late today on her
maiden voyage.
The new ship was built in
Trieste, Italy. with payment = to
be made, over period of five
years. by delivery of 100000 tons
of Polish coal. Mayor LaGuardia
is to meet the vessel at Quaran.
tine and ride her to her Hoboken
docks,
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
care Statistics
In a Nutshell on
Louis-Baer Battle

PRINCIPALS Max Baer, OF
Livermore, Cal. VS.. Joe Louis OF
Detroit.
LENGTH OF BOUT-Fifteen
rounds.
SCENE OF BOUT Yankee
Stadium, N. Y.
PROBABLE ATTENDANCE
100000.
FIGHTERS SHARES-L o ui
and Baer will each receive 80 per
cent of the net.
LOCAL STATIONS-WRC, and
WMAL, will broadcast a blow-by-
blow description of the fight.
Fighters Comparisons
The Washington times., 1935-09-24
Two Stills Seized in Raid

Raiding a home in the 900 block
of Fifty-Sixth st. N. E., yester-
day, the police vice squad con-
fiscated two stills and 1000 gal
Ions of mash. John Albert Hyder,
II, colored, was arrested, charged
with possession of a still and VIOLA
ton of the liquor tax act.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-03-21
MANY FACTORS.
MAKING DUST.
Storm SERIOUS
Farm Expansion in War
time, Succeeding Drouth
Both Involved

WASHINGTON, March 2l.-
(UP)-World' war agricultural
eypansion, and unprecedented
drought are the major factors be
hind the dust storms winch are
robbing midwestern farmers OF
their top soil, the U. 5. soil Gro
sion service explained last night.
When the price of grains sky
rocketed during the World war,
farmers took over the previous
grazing lands, plowed under the
normal sod and planted crops.
Now the winds are sweeping this
top soil at such an alarming rate
that automobile and even railroad
traffic has been halted in the
great plain states and tons OF dust
have drifted over the eastern sea
board.
The drought baked the fields to
a powder dryness so that the
slightest breeze whipped up its
quota of dust. Winds caught these
dusty frogs and whipped them
eastward into the Atlantic.
Some 60,000,000 acres Of land
are listed as susceptible to severe
wind erosion by H. II. Bennett,
director of the soil erosion service
of the department of interior.
In the short time since the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-03-21
UNCERTAINTY EXPENSIVE

Business would be better off if congress could
complete its labors and adjourn says Speaker
Joseph Byrns of the lower branch of the congress.
Speaker Byrns will find few persons who are
not in absolute accord with this view. The uncer-
tainty which has been created by congressional de-
lays and congressional disputes over controversial
legislation has perhaps done more than anything
else to retard business and industry during recent
months.
Evidences are to be found in many quarters of a
very definite upturn in business and industry, but
the upward trend of the trade cannot exert its full
force and effect as long as there is uncertainty
over what is going to happen in Washington.
Members of the congress might well consider the
words of Speaker Byrns and pass up some legisla-
ton which can go until the next session with
out seriously hampering governmental plans and
agencies. An early ADJOURNMENT, even if some
business must be left unfinished, would undoubt-
edly exert very wholesome effect upon business
and industry at this tme.-The Anderson Is. g.
Record
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-03-21
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
HE WILL PASS

MANY serious-minded people are no little wor-
ried over what appears to be the Huey Long dam
ger. They sense that a great body of American
public opinion can be stampeded by spectacular
methods, exaggerated statements and generally
fambuoyant language.
Now the American people-many OF Them at
least-do like a good show. They are eager at all
times for something new. But the hopeful aspect
is that they tire just as quickly as they enthus"
And when their enthusiasm turns loose it can drop
a deadenng thud
Look what happened to tree sitting, miniature
golf nah johngg. transcontinenta fOotraces, the
Florida boom, the stock gambling BOOM crossword
puzzles jig-saw puzzles and all the catalogue Of
rnomentary whims Bobbed hair and rolled hose
are about the only popular stampedes that appear
to have taken a deep hold in recent years, and
even these have been sgnally modified and shorn
of the initial freakishness. Even cold Man Hen
derson" and Aimee Semple Mcpherson have faded
hack into the picture considerably, not to mention
that professor fellow up at Gary whose name most
of us can't even recall.
So indeed, there is substantial reason to hope
that the Huey fad itself will shortly be dunked into
comparative oblivion. Why even the Mae West
Jokes are beginning to latten-The Lexington
Dispatch.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-03-21

and 2 tourist business that is limited only
bv our efforts to develop it. No doubt the
manufacturers are making the most OF
their opportunities under conditions that
are not highly favorable; and although
farm production is limited, in comparison
with some parts of the country, there IS
certainly room for advancement on the
land There is not much hope for indus
trial development or expansion under pres
ent conditions. The most inviting oppor-
tunities in this region, according to our
conclusion, are to be found on the land.
The tourist business has great possibilities
for the future; but Henderson county
number one chance to reap lasting DEMENT'S
from the influx of visitors is in securing
their lasting interest and their investments
in this area.
Spring has returned. That means the
busiest months of the year are just ahead.
The citizen who does not help himself to
do business for the next nine months Will
have only himself to blame for failure. The
citizen who fails to cooperate with other
citizens to push this section ahead in the
year 1885 ought to get out of the way. He
is an obstruction to community and county
progress.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-03-21
PORK PRICES UP

Out of the middle west hog market comes the
report that prices are back in high again and that
the popular and luscious pork chop now costs more
than three times as much as it did eight months
ago.
Which probably is good news to somebody, al
though certainly not to the average housewife or
man of family.
Along with this news also we note that the AAA
is going right ahead with it's program of keeping
down corn and hog production in 1885.
This is justified by AAA spokesman by the as
sertion that the shortage which has sent prices
kltlng Is not all the result of last years program
for the curtaiment of pork production, but was
largely the result of the drouth
This may well be true, but also it pretty well
upholds the contention that there never has really
been any such thing as overproduction but great
deal of underconsumption- Rock Hill IS. c.
Herald