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Evening star., 1936-07-04
BELGIUM AIDS u. S.
ILLICIT RUM DRIVE
Ships to Be Prevented From
Loading Stocks on
Runners"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
After months of negotiation. the
United States has secured a pledge
Of Belgian cooperation in plugging
what officials have termed the last re-
manning ''spigot" through which Illicit
rum and alcohol has poured into this
country.
The Belgian government has In
formed Ambassador Morris it will take
effective measures to prevent ships
flying the Belgian flag from continuing
to unload Illicit alcohol on the high
seas for transshipment in rum run
ners" to the American coast
The United States has similar CO.
operative agreements with Canada.
Cuba, France, Great Britain and
Mexico-who control the gateways to
to the American borders.
Foreign alcohol, made for only a
few cents gallon. is subject to a
tariff of $5 a proof gallon and 81
excise tax gallon. Some American
officials estimate that a least 500 900
gallons. made in Belgium, has been
smuggled into this country during the
last year.
The cheap Belgian alcohol. officials
said, has been cut" colored and
mixed to be sold as whisky, gin, rum
and other liquors.
The Belgian pledge of future CO.
operation resulted from an exchange
OF correspondence which began when
the Coast Guard trailed three Nor
wegian ships suspected Of smuggling
alcohol from Belgium.
Evening star., 1936-07-04

change for a few battalions of troops.
In 1840 Yucatan seeded and re-
manned independent for short time
before It voluntarily returned to the
Mexican Republic. Withdrawing again
in 1847, the country was ravaged by
internecine warfare until 1876, when
it once more slipped back into the
Mexican fold. Since then, the Yucca
tecans have attempted twice to secede,
once in 1910 and again IA years ago.
but in each case Mexico threatened
to shell Progresso. the only harbor
town of any size, and lay waste Mer-
ida, and the Yucatecans succumbed
before many shots were fired
Today, however, they are angling
for American support. They make it
a business to entertain influential
Americans on an elaborate scale and
place before them their plans and
hopes. If Mexico should be torn by
revolt again. the patriotic Yucatecans
would make bid for recognition by
Washington and place the United
States in the embarrassing position of
either refusing people who are eager
for American protection, or of Offend
ing Mexico to the point of war.
A similarly precarious situation, al
though entirely different in its roots,
exists in Lower California, where many
are intensely angered at the Federal
Government because Cardenas closed
Aqua Caliente and the other casinos,
depriving thousands of their jobs. Half
starving, they are in the bread lines
today and Mexico is maintaining peace
only by providing the necessities of life
for many thousands.
The Lower Californians talk, and
so far it has not passed the stage of
pure gossip, of revolt, but they will
have none of Representative Charles
Kramer's suggestions that the United
States buy the territory. They have
seen too many Americans to wish such
a protectorate and most of them are a
little suspicious that President Roose-
velt'S program may not be so different
from that of Cardenas. But thev do
want their freedom to operate Aqua
Caliente and transform Lower Cali
fornia. even more so than it has been
in the past, into a mecca for Amer
leans.
Here again, President Cardenas is
moving swiftly these weeks to block
such sentiment before it passes from
the talking stage to that of action.
And he believes that here, too, trans
portation is the all vital question. His
engineers will arrive In Santa Ana,
Sonora, within a few days to begin a
survey of a railroad from there to
Mexicai, which would span one of the
hottest desserts in the world.
To reach Mexico City by a land
route it is necessary now for Lower
Californians to enter the United States
and travel over California, Arizona
and sometimes Texas before crossing
the border into their own country. This
also makes the movement of troops a
serious question. Like the proposed
Yucatan railroad. this one across the
scorching sands that border the Gulf
of California would be a feat in
The problem Of developing eaoser
Evening star., 1936-07-04
.Culpeper Citizens
Not Sure TheyLke
Ne,U Mail IDeIiuery
Miss Going to Post office
and Object to Modern
Boxes on Old POrcltes.

CULPEPER, Va, July 4.-For the
first time in the lit years of its exist
ence the town of Culpeper has city
delivery service Of its mail, and the
citizens are not sure whether they like
It or not. They say they miss going
to the post ofiice, long the general
gathering place In the mornings, and
some object to porch mail boxes on
esthetic grounds-these modern con-
trivances do not harmonic so well
with Colonial columns. However, the
city delivery is here. having COM
menced on July /, and two carriers are
In charge.
It is rather a coincidence that Sir
Alexander Spotswood, first Postmaster
General Of the Colonies, should have
at one time owned the land upon
which the present Culpeper post ONCE
Is built, and that q hundred years
later, in stage coach days, Extra
Billy" Smith. whose network of mail
coaches ran from Washington to At
lanta. Ca, also owned this property,
which was his home for many yeasA
Evening star., 1936-07-04
JAMES M|RTHFUL
AT MURDER TRIAL
Woman's Testimony He Pro-
posed Week After Wife
Died Brings Laughter.
Py tie Associated Press.

Py The Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 4.-Robert 8.
James murder trial jury pondered
an impression Of him today as a jovial
defendant moved to loud laughing
and back slapping. by the testimony
of an important State witness.
The trial was In adjournment until
Monday.
Pursuing its charge that he drowned
his seventh wife, Mary, in bathtub
after exposing her to a rattlesnakes
fangs, the State introduced Mrs.
Madge Reed, pretty Los Angeles
woman, who testified yesterday he
proposed to her q week after his
wife's death.
Not the Mourning Kind.
Mrs. Reed testified James told her
he didn't believe in mourning. He
said as soon as he buried his wife
and collected the insurance he wanted
me to marry him and 60 North"
she said.
Her testimony appeared highly
amusing to the defendant. He
chuckled and guffawed. He slapped
a defense attorney on the back with
great merriment
Mrs. Reed testified James discussed
his wife's death with her and tried
to enlist her as an alibi witness II
he were charged with murder.
He said If he was indicted he want
ed to spring me as surprise wit
ness" the witness continued. He said
he would pay me $1,000 If would
testify that on the morning OF her
death happened to go by their home,
saw her on the porch and stopped.
Sore Not to Be Mentioned.
He told me to say that she was
lying on the swing and complained OF
not feeling we'll"
She said James told her: above
all. don't mention that she had .
sore on her leg"
An autopsy on the body Of Mary
James disclosed leg wound which q
toxicolosist testified was caused by a
rattlesnake bite.
Defense counsel recalled to the stand
yesterday Charles Hope, ex-sailor. who
has pleaded guilty to first-degree
murder in connection with Mrs. James
death and testified he purchased
snakes for James to use in torturing
his wife.
Hope angrily denied he had en-
tered into a conspiracy with the
defendant 10 kill Mrs. James.
Evening star., 1936-07-04
LEAGUE SEEKS END
OF WAR DEBATE
Resolution Is Submitted by
Steering Committee-Vote
- on Motion Delayed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, July IA lengthy reso-
luton TO wind up debate on tie Italo.
Ethiopian War was submitted TO the
League Of Nations Assembly today by
q Steering Committee.
Action on the motion was post
poned after several delegates informed
Premier Paul Van Iceland of Belgium.
assembly president. they wished time
to study the document. Delegates
were called back for q meeting at
pm. moon, Z. S. IT,.
The committees unanimous recon-
mendation followed lengthy debate on
the language Of the motion to suspend
Italian sanctions and pave the way
for prospective reform of the collective
security system.
Stefan Lux. Czechoslovakian news
paper man who startled the assembly
by shooting himself in the chest yes
terday, died in a hospital as the CON-
mittee tackled Its complicated task.
Protested Jewish Persecution.
Death came from an internal
hemorrhage after Lax. a Jew. repeated
a. protest against treatment of Jews in
Germany. Funeral services we're
planned here after the arrival of his
wife from Praha.
informed sources predicted a three
pointed motion would emerge from the
committee room, including:
l.-Suspension of economic and
financial sanctions against Italv for
her declared aggression in East Africa.
Some pronouncement, possibly
without mentioning Italy, on the poll
icy Of non-recognition Of territories
acquired by force
3.-Some mention of future reform
of the League and the existing system
of collective security.
Delegates expected the resolution,
winding up what some diplomats have
called the Ethiopian drama" would
be placed before the Assembly for a
vote tonight
Revision Threat Raised.
Fears Of the permanence OF post.
World War treaties were aroused in
some quarters as result OF declara-
tions by DR.. Halvdan Koht. foreign
minister Of Norway. who urged re-
vision of article XIX of the Covenant
dealing with peaceful riyision OF
treaties. II such step were to be
contemplated. some delegates declared.
the f1oodgates might be thrown open
to Jealous revisionists. imperilling the
status of the war settlements
The Assembly faced another session
Of speeches with the alleged German
attempt to draw the free city of
Danzig from under a league protect
crate listed as one of the principal
subjects.
The death of Lux closed the second
incident in a week to create an uproar
in the auditorium. Sitting in a gall
lery, the newspaper man-photographer
whipped out a pistol, shot himself in
the chest and slumped TO the hoor.
gasping:
Il want to die as public protest TO
the way Germany is treating Jews. 1
am not sorry. MY mind Is completely
lucid"
Evening star., 1936-07-04
ITALY LISTS RULES
FOR COLONIZATION
Development of Ethiopia's
Resources to Be "SIoW
but Steady"
Ey the Associated Press.

ROME, July 4.-Italy's policy in
Ethiopia will be mo gold rush, but
slow. steady. well-planned concentra-
tion," Count Giuseppe Volpi said to-
day.
The former secretary of the treas
ury was charged by Premier Mus
solini with organizing branches of
industries in large groups, including
technical, scientific and practical ex-
perts, to study the resources of the
new empire.
Count Volpi. who arranged Italy's
war-debt agreement with the United
States and is now president of the
Fascist Confederation of Industry,
declared:
1--WE will 60 ahead carefully. Al
though we thoroughly admire Amer
ica's development of her empire of
the Far West. our tactics are going
to be different"
Six principles will govern the de-
velopment, Count Volpi said. They
are:
l. Adequate preparation in ad-
vance so effort and money will not
be wasted.
2. Private enterprises will be pro-
tectea, but
3. There will be no monopolies,
and
4. There will be no harum-scarum
rush of mushroom businessmen or
carpet-baggers.
S. mo black army will be built UP.
The natives will be needed a. work
men to fructify the country.
6. ''The italian race will be kept
pure and every effort will be made
to prevent commingling of the whites
and blacks"
Sees Economic Possibilities.
Count Volpi summarized these eco
nomic possibilities in Ethiopia:
Cofiee-"Plenty Of it. Not much
needed"
Cotton-"Possibilities, but much
needed"
Wool-"Possibilities. Kenya Colony
is growing good wool. Conditions In
part of Ethiopia are similar"
Minerals-"We shall see what we
shall see. Reports Of prospectors are
being awaited"
Asked how long it would be before
the first settlement Is founded, he
replied:
We'll take It in our stride The
French went into Algeria in 1880 and
y Was not until the end Of the een-
Evening star., 1936-07-04

ties between Yucatan and Lower Cali
fornia and the rest of Mexico has i'm
pressed itself more on the Mexican
public recently than ever before. The
reason is the opening. Of the Texas
Centennial Exposition at Dallas. News
paper editors and statesmen have re-
peatedly pointed out how Texas slipped
away from Mexico, and are warning
that the federal government must pay
more attention to its distant states
and territories or Mexico will expert
ence another Texas tragedy.
Remember Texas" has become al
most a watchword in the present
handling of the Yucatan and Lower
California problems.
Evening star., 1936-07-04
M|DD|ES ENJOYING
HOLIDAY LIBERTY
Destroyers Bring 1870 Jun
iors Back to Annapolis in
Time for Fourth.
BY the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, July 4.-Five de-
stroyers dropped anchor at the Naval
Academy yesterday. bringing 180
members of the second (junior) class
of midshipmen back from a four-week
cruise in time for the Fourth OF July
holiday.
The entire second class, which Is
studying at the academy this Sum-
mer. was given liberty in Annapolis
and vicinity from $3.50 pm. yesterday
until $40 pm. today. The ACT mem
bers OF the new plebe class got their
first liberty from the midday meal
until evening formation today.
All ships at the academy are in full
dress, with flags flying, today. The
U. S. S. Re.na Mercedes. station ship
fired a national salute Of 81 guns at
noon.
The civic clubs Of Annapolis have
joined to arrange a community cele-
bration on Weeks Greek. A program
of swimming. sailing and sport events
has been arranged for children
The destroyers Claxton, Taylor.
Barney, Biddle and Babbitt arrived
at the academy shortly before noon
yesterday. They left here on June
8 and cruised TO the Navy proving
grounds. Dahlgren, Va; Newport
r. l., and New York City. In New
York the midshipmen visited the
Hayden Planetarium.
On Monday the destroyers. with
another third of the second class
aboard. will leave on a similar cruise,
returning TO the academy on July
81. The remainder of the second
class will leave on the cruise on
August 5.
Evening star., 1936-07-04
Treating Snakebite
Starts Girl, Is, on
Career as Nurse
Mary Parker, Senior at
Roosevelt High School,
SaUes MANS Iife

Mary Parker, 1s. who hopes to be
nurse some day, got a good start
few days ago when she was credited
with saving the life of a man bitten
by copperhead snake.
Miss Parker, q senior at Roosevelt
High School, was on q visit near
Castiemans Ferry, on the Shenandoah
River, when Richard Owens, "a, Bal
timore salesman, entered q store there
70 ask for aid. He had been bitten
on the hand by a snake while pick
ing berries.
With a razor blade, Miss Parker
made two incisions in the hand, where
the marks Of the snakes fang showed,
ana squeezed the wounds. Applying
q tourniquet midway up the arm, and
bathing the wound with an antiseptic,
sne sent Owens to a doctor In Berry,
vile, Va, for treatment.
Miss Parker, who lives at 7525
Georgia avenue, said upon her. re-
turn home yesterday that she hopes
to enter training as a student nurse
soon.
Evening star., 1936-07-04
CUlPEPER WHEAT CROP
EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
Grain Well Above Average De-
spite Severe Drought Dur
ing Month of May.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
CULPEPER, Va. July 4.-That the
drought prevailing throughout this
section during the month of May did
not cut the wheat crop as much as
at first feared was shown by speci-
mems exhibited in Culpeper this week,
when from 4 grains of wheat 10 stalks
were produced and all of these heads
were well filled. Straw, both with
wheat and barley, Is unusually short,
but the heads of grain are we'll above
the average This remarkable yield
was grown in the farm of A. G. Hud-
son, near Mitchells, but similar re-
ports come from different sections of
the county.
Evening star., 1936-07-04
ONTARIO RURAL FOLK
VISIT AT MARYLAND U.
BY a Stan Correspondent of Tne Star

BY Stan Correspondent of Tne Star
COLLEGE PARK, Md, July A.
Thirty-eight Canadian farmers and
homemakers of Lincoln County,
Ontario, visited the University Of
Maryland and inspected the Depart
ment of Agriculture's research center
at Beltsville yesterday as they con-
tinued their tenth annual tour of the
East, Middle West and South.
The nine-day American trip, which
left Canada June 81, is designed to
give the group a picture of agricultural
conditions and governmental husban-
dry agencies in this country. F. c.
Meier of the Department of Agricul-
ture conducted the party yesterday.
Evening star., 1936-07-04

tury that they really began to de-
velop it."
Count Volpi's connections with the
United States have been numerous
and various. He has made many trips
to America. has had frequent busi-
ness ties there and is president of the
Italo-American Association in Rome.
Evening star., 1936-07-04
FOUR ON LYNCH LIST
First Half of Year Records Three
of Victims in Georgia.

TUSKEGEE. Ala, July Pl.-Four
lynchings-three in Georgia and one
in Arkansas-were recorded for the
first six months Of 1896 by Tuskegee
Institutes Department Of Records and
Research.
All of the victims were colored. The
number equaled the first-hah record
for 1895. In 1894 there were six
lynchings before July l.
The report showed the following
offenses charged to the 1896 victims:
Rape, two; attempted rape, one; mur-
der, one.
Evening star., 1936-07-04
EDUCATIONAL.
TOUCH TYPEWRITINC
GREGG SHORTHAND

Opening new classes for college students
and high-school graduates desiring to make
use of shorthand and typewriting in their
COLLEGE work Beginning and advanced
wishing employment Exclusive place
ment service for all qualified students
MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL
FOR SECRETARIES,
Tivoli Building. 14th St. and Park Rd.
Telephone Columbia 1000
Evening star., 1936-07-04
Iran Curtails Business.

Private business enterprise is being
gradually eliminated by the govern
ment of Iran.
Evening star., 1936-07-04
final TRIAL
examination
THURSDAY, JULY .

On Thursday, July ., ut Z
PM, the Mount Pleasant
School Tor Secretaries will
conduct another complete
trial examination for . lin
ited number Of stenographer
and typist applicants for
Civil Service examination.
The examination lasts 3tl
hours, and the material b
similar to that ef fermer
examinations. For . nomi-
nal fee. all papers will be
graded according to Civil
Service Standards and re-
turned by mail. Telephone
Columbia 5000 for reserva-
tion before 8 pm. on Thurs
day, July 3, at Z pm.
Tivoi Theater Building
14th Street at Park Road
Evening star., 1936-07-04


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Representation in the
United States of America!
Washngtons 500, 900 Inhabitants Are Voice
less the Nations affairs as We're the Colonies
Prior the Declaration of Independence!
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cent
the Federal Government the same OBNOXIOUS Wdemocrac situation prevails which
produced War the Revolution.
Wasngtonans dhranchied and
ing the they must the making of the laws they obey and
declaring the wars which they will have to fight
this Independence Day the District Columbia invites the
consider its votes plight and pledge remedy
CONGRESS- must adopt the Amendment pending before it,
Congress the residents of the District of Columbia
the House Electoral College and
citizens to the courts of the United States
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Evening star., 1936-07-04

Information and available
Building Phone National 5000,
Evening star., 1936-07-04
Autonomous Once.

"Yucatan was an autonomous ma
tion at one time. 1t broke away from
Spain when Mexico declared its in
dependence in 1921, but it did not
join the Mexican confederation. The
Yucatecans, though, didn't have an
army large enough to protect the coast
from the savage raids of Indians liv-
ing on the nearby islands, and even
tually the republic agreed to enter
the Mexican confederation in ex-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-10-10
TURKEYS READY
FOR FINISHING

In finishing turkeys. advises Miss Il.
E. Cushman, extension poultry special
ist, whole grains should be kept before
the birds cit all times Straight wheat Is
satisfactory, she says, or mixture Of
available grains may be used. In adj
dition, she states, turkeys must have
constant access 10 q dry mash, either
commercial or home mixed
Miss Cushman stresses that at this
time Of year turkeys are converting
pin feathers into mature body feathers,
and so mus have feeds which build
feathers, namely animal rass51@ss and
minerals. III sufficient milk is not avail
abEe, meat scrap or dried milk products
must be added to the ground grains,
sine says. When milk is not available
the mash should contain from IA to IS
percent milk scrap.
In addition turkeys must receive
plenty of vitamin A, best source for
which is alfalfa leaves. When growing
alfalfa Is not available, the dried leaves
may be fed in racks, or ground, and
about 6 TO 10 percent added TO the dry
mash. In the absence Of green feeds,
two percent Of good tested cod liver oil
must be added either to the mash or the
whole grains. The oil should be dis
continued at least a month before
marketing to avoid fisfy taste to the
meat.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-10-10

Is certainly a lady. il q bit OF a darE
lazy IN the manner Of the sonnets.
The young man Is very much in love
with her. and am no doubt q senti-
mental old fool In having a sneaking
sympathy with the misguided youth
Who IS sneaking around the moated
Grange; and was getting into quite
pastoral frame Of mind about this
ldyu when suddenly the thunderbolt
zen. And I, who am the only person
who ever had any sympathy with these
people, am sent down 10 Be the mes
sen9er Of doom"
Yes" said Father Brown, ~and why
were you sent DOWN"
The doctor answered with a sort
Of groan:
hdrS. Maltravers Is not only q widow,
but she is the widow Of Mr. MaltraverS,
and Ar. Maltravers was the man who
was apparently murdered In this very
village some years ago, supposed to
have been Dashed on the head by one
Of the simple villagers"
Il remember you told me-" said
Father Brown. ''the doctor, or some
doctor, said he had probably died of
being dubbed on the head with g
clldgel"
DR.. Marlborough was silent for a mo-
ment in frowning embarrassment, and
then said CURLY: Dog doesn't eat dog,
and doctors don't bite doctors. not even
when they are mad doctors I shouldn't
care to cast any reflection on my emil
nent predecessor in Potter's Pond II