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The Washington times., 1936-02-01

remove them therefrom?
Did you know that there are
country communities in America
where rs per cent Of those on re-
lief are aliens?
These dependents are not visi-
tors caught in sudden emergency.
Were that so, they would be en-
titled to our fullest sympathy and
help. But they have lived here
for years - many for a lifetime.
They have done business here,
raised families, accumulated
money and sent money back to
the Old Country. Yet they still
regard themselves as loyal citizens
of their mother nations - and to
them America is simply A MT.
WIT SANTA CLAUS!
SUCKERS ...
I am not Q government expert.
AS an authority on sociology or
economy, I'm good waffle cook.
And tickled pink to leave all polit-
ical discussion to the Wise Boys.
Moreover, I have a lively apprecia'
ton Of the difficulties facing
those who are administering re-
lief, and sincere sympathy for
them. =.
Yet I can't escape the con.
clusion that somebody is being
played for a sucker .. and I've a
horrid suspicion, partner, that it's
US.
This country Is going into debt
at the rate OF TEN MILLION
DOLLARS PER DAY. That ten
million dollars is coming out Of
your and my pockets. Which Is
jake with any decent citizen, as
long as it is being spent for those
who are rightly entitled to it.
But when it comes to bankrupt
ing our own lives and mortgaging
our children's futures to support
a lot of people who aren't inter.
ested enough in this country to
throw their share into the kitty
I, for one, get . good fit Of pouts
Yes, I know all that talk about
brothetly love. I've made . Lot o.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Wise Words

The best way for a young man
who is without friends or influ-
ence to begin is: First to get a
position: second, to Keep his
mouth shut; third, observe; fourth
be faithful; fifth, make his EN-"
ployer think he would be lost in
the fog without him; sixth, be
polite. Sage.
I think it is rather fine, this
necessity for the tense oracing
of the will before anything worth
doing can be done. rather like it
myself. I feel it is to be the chief
thing that differentiates me from
the cat by the fire-Bennett.
Justice is strictly due between
neighbor nations as between
neighbor citizens. A highway
man is as much a robber when
he plumbers in a gang as when
single; a nation that makes an
unjust war is only a great gang.
Franklin
Few men have virtue to with
stand the highest bidder.
Washington.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

UNFORTUNATE, doomed to failure, is the
young man who does not listen attentively
to the whispering of Ambition, and ACT upon
her advice. Ambition is the condensation Of
courage and will power. 1t is to man what steel
reinforcement is to concrete, to success what
gasoline is to an automobile or airplane.
With ambition everything is possible, with
out it, nothing worthwhile is possible. It pos
sesses the force that starts man on the up-
ward path and keeps him going. It may drive
too fast or too far as it drove Napoleon first
to Moscow, then to st. Helena-but who would
not rather be Napoleon with Moscow and st.
Helena included and now lie in the glorious
tomb under the golden dome of the InUGItdeS IN
Paris, than some nobody, whitening away in
obscurity.
The old Cardinal, disappointed embittered,
charged his young friend to put away ambition,
warning him "by that sin angels fell. " One
foolish, misguided angel, Lucifer, the Light
Bearer, did fall and took others with him, but
his trouble was not ambition, it was diabolic
jealousy of Heavens Ruling Power.
Regardless of Lucifer and his troubles, the
young man who puts away ambition also puts
away SUCCESS.
One says, ambition has no rest" but who
wants rest in life so short, that it ends al
most before you know it has begun.
Gray placid, in his university, writing pleasant
poems, wrote the path Of glory leads but to
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
.WO-Minufe
Journeys
WESTERN ENGLAND

A correspondent sends this de-
partment a most interesting &C.
count Of a motor bus tour from
London to the west country Of
England, a most delightful route.
We remember it well, for the
first stop is Winchester with its
quantity named hoStelry Of God
begot. One lunches under a
lovely old raftered roof that must
often have looked down on Queen
Elizabeth and her encourage. But
queen BesS couldn't roll along
in a swift motor coach over good
roads.
Leaving winchester with its
cathedral and castle, the route
takes us through the New Forest
to Bournemouth, one Of Eng
lands incest SeaShore resorts
where roses bloom all winter on
the wooded cliffs overlooking the
ocean, bordered by famous
rhododendron walks that con
tinue for miles.
CATHEDRAL
The cathedral at Exeter is
surely one of the loveliest any
where. It enthralls even those
who ordinarily won't even look
at a cathedral. The moors
around Exeter are as lonely and
desolate as one could ever see.
The run from Exeter to Plym'
outh is through pleasant, Ieafy
Devonshire lanes, with q stop at
Torquay, a very lovely shore re
sort. Near Torquay is Kent's
tavern, an underground fairyland
of weird beauty. It is said that
these cavernS were the refuge OF
the cave bear. the mammoth
and the saber-toothed tiger when
these animals roamed Britain.
Certain it is that there are
many mammoth animal skeletons
embedded in the structure and
quite plainly in the roof IS to be
seen the full skeleton Of a cave
bear, firmly embedded in the rock
PLYMOUTH
Plymouth Is full of beautiful
old timbered houses and, OF
course, there is the famous Hoe
At Plymouth, we cross the Devon
port ferry into the delectable
duchy of Cornwall with its leafy
lanes Just filled with fragrant
flowers growing by the wayside
in colorful abundance.
Looe is a most picturesque fish.
ing port where narrow lanes and
tiny houses huddle together. It
is a charming drive past Fal.
mouth and st. Michael's Mount
to Penzance with its Srnuggler's s
caves and quaint streets.
Inland, Cornwall is even more
beautiful than its coast. There
is Launceston with its children's
playground in the shadow Of an
old Norman castle with keep and
dungeon, surrounded by lovely
grounds. Then there is a church
famous to architects for the elab
crate carving Of its exterior stone
work, Veritable sonnet in stone
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

meaning food,
b ard q n d
clothes for as
long as your
emergency con-
tinueS?
Did you know
that there are
over five mil
lion unnatural
lied foreigners
in A m e rica,
and ha q
large part Of
them are on
the dole - and
that there's no
L.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

out even glancing in the mirror)
80, what?"
The average man is much shyer
than a woman about expressing
his thoughts, and his mind is as
full of reservations" as a popular
restaurant on Saturday night.
Marriage is not lottery, in it
self; the Big Gamble about 1t Is
in the human conundrum whom
you select to help you bear It
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

only ole has
risen to a spot
where he could
be called one
Of the thre e
leaders of a
Congress.
He is Repre-
sentative, John
]. o. nm o r
I'D Of : e W
York and chair
man of the
very important
Rules Commit
tee.
Wars a~ a
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
TWIN BROTHERs

Representative Thomas s. Nc
MILAN CD of South Carolina,
has a twin brother John B. Nc
MILAN, a member of the South
Carolina legislature.
John Mcmillan came to Wash
ington the other day but the word
was not passed along to MarcelluS
C. Shield, clerk to the House Ap-
preparations Committee on which
Tom Mcmillan serves as chairman
Of the subcommittee on State,
Justice, Commerce and Labor ap-
propriations.
Shield was hard at work the
other day when John Mcmillan
entered his office and demanded:
'Marc, will we be ready to 60
ahead with work on our supply
bill MOnday?"
So much did John resemble his
brother Tom that Marc replied:
"Yes, work can start on 1t
Monday. I've talked to the
chairman Of the Appropriations
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
The Greatest Show On Earth
Bv. John Snure, J.

} Committee and he told me you
could start hearings on your
bill"
John Mcmillan and Marc dis
cusSed the proposition for several
minutes. Then in walked the
real chairman of the State, JUS
tice, Commerce and Labor Sub
committee and introduced his
twin brother from South Carolina
to the astoniShed Mr.. Shield.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
OTHER REASONS

Representative Schuyler Mer.
ritt (R) Of Connecticut, is the
oldest man in the House in point
Of years. Despite 80 years he is
active.
Representative Simon M. Ham
lin Cd Of Maine, is 70 years old.
A recent publication issued by
the proponents Of the Townsend
old-age pension plan list both
men as being opponents Of the
| proposal
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

Tammany man Rep. J.-J. O'COnnOr
was chairman Of the Appropria-
tions Committee but in that day
that committee did not rule the
House as it does today.
Strangely enough, O'Connor did
not want to enter Congress.
When Bourke Cochran, a Tam
many man and one Of the great
orators Of the House, died, how
ever, Tammany leaders including
the well-known Charles F. Murphy,
urged .O'Connor to enter the race
for Congress although it was not
much Of q race with Tarnmany in
control. @ f
O'Connor was elected to the
Sixty-eighth Congress and when a
vacancy occurred. ON the Rules
Committee he was shunted into
the post. ...<
Since that time he has risen
rapidly in Importance in the House
and has not only been a strong
candidate for House leader but
for the Speakership as well.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

Did you know that 1t isn't neces-
sary to be an American citizen to
obtain Federal relief in America
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
RAPID RISE

Despite the number of men that
Tammany has sent to the House
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
The Book of Success Is at Hand, but
Unless Guided by Ambition, We Can
Never Open 1t.


Never Open 1t.
the grave" What of iti EVery path leads to
the grave. We are ALL going to the grave
together. Why not go in way befitting A
MAN, achieving something on the way, not
sinking from cradle to grave, aimlessly timidly,
like some alley cat furtively passing from one
back yard to another.
If young man says with self-satisfied
smirk, Il am not ambitious" he means, says
in other words, II am not COURAGEOUS.
Some call ambition ''the minds immodesty
and one called it 'the glorious frailty of the
noble mind.' Certainly, as Montaigne says:
ambition is not vice of little people"
Who wants to live and die "lttle" per-
son? Who wants to trudge forever in the rut,
with the herd, going from bedroom to office,
and back to the bedroom eternally, until Time
says, you've gone back and forth long
enough" and buries you.
Madame Necker, wife Of the able Swiss
financier and statesman who served France so
well, and mother of the famous Madame de
Stael saw at the French court great ability
and vile intrigue rise to high places and said,
remarkable places like the SUBMITS of
rocks; eagles and reptiles only can get there"
There is a difference: the eagle FLIES to
the highest peak, the reptile crG0Ls in his
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
LOST CUSTOM

There is one time that members
of the House believe in economy
for themselves. And that is at
lunch.
Since the prices in the House
restaurant have been increased,
members have taken more and
more to eating in the Republican
and Democratic cloakroon1S ada
cent to the House floor. --..~--
Sandwiches in the restaurants
for members and the general pub
lie are IS cents.
They cost a dime in the cloak
rooms.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Marry-Go'
Round
By HELEN ROWLAND

by HELEN NVWUAINU
Marriage, says Reno Ruth. is the
air-cooling system which changes
a m ms solicitous ''What's-the-
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
EAGER TO WORK

GAUCN AZ VVO1tA
On the walls of the office of
Representative Robert L. Dough
ton CD Of North Carolina, and
chairman Of the powerful Ways
and Means Committee, hang q
pair Of caribou horns which he
purchased while on the Philip
pines trip Of last autumn.
His colleagues say Of Dough-
tons purchase that he encoun-
tered a small boy Juggling the
horns.
Said Doughton:
"HOw muCh?"
The boy responded:
Twelve dollars"
Frugal Mr.. Doughton offered 81
and the boy said:
"SOId."
So Mr.. Doughton had a pair Of
caribou horns several feet long to
carry on the rest Of the trip.
Doughton, who fails to list his
age in the Congressional Directory,
but who is one Of the elders in the
House, took more exercise than
any other person on the trip, and
was so anxious to get back to work
that he rushed to his office at
a. m. the first morning after his
arrival in Washington.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

Continued From First Page.)
District of Columbia Bar and with
setting the precedent Of admitting the
public to all meetings of school board
committees.
DR.. johnson was born in Washing
ton on February %, 1874, the son
of Robert NJ and katherine johnson.
He studied at the public schools here
and graduated from Washington High
School in 1898.
His legal schooling was received at
Georgetown University, where he re-
ceived an LIB. degree in 1895 and
an LIN. degree In 1896. After teach
ing law at National University for
several years he received an LID.
degree from that institution in 1925.
Immediately after his graduation
from law school, DR.. johnson entered
a private practice with John Paul
Earnest, prominent Washington at
torney; the late DR.. Charles Francis
Carusi, former dean of the National
University Law School, and several
other young lawyers who had Offices
on the second floor of the Columbian
Building.
One of the country's outstanding
equity lawyers, DR.. johnson was coun-
sci for several Washington business
firms, including the Commercial Ma
tional Bank, the Mount Vernon Sav-
inss Bank and The Real Estate Mo-t-
saes dy Guarantee Corp. He vas
associated in recent years win r.
Gotosu Donaldson and nad o1ces il
the Commercial National Bank Build
Ing.
DR.. johnson was made member OF
the Bar Examining Committee 20 years
ago and with his partner, Mr.. Earnest,
worked persistently for higher stand
ards of education and ethics In the
legal profession. After. an extensive
survey Of requirements in other States,
the committee under DR.. Johnson's
leadership recommended to the District
Supreme Court in 1920 that no lawyer
be admitted to practice here without
having had at least four years of high
school education. The motion was fire
defeated but adopted five years la/er.
Appointed to the Board OF Educa-
tion in July, 1882, DR.. johnson was
made president in October and served
in that capacity for three years. He
succeeded Daniel Roper, now Secre-
tary Of Commerce.
AS School Board president, DR..
johnson insisted upon open meetings
Of all committees and worked con.
scientiously to provide all persons
with the right to fair hearing before
the board. He Is credited with set
ting the precedent for conducting
School Board meetings In a reasonably
formal procedure.
Under DR.. Johnson's direction, the
School Board for the first time
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Epicures Will Tuck
Napkins in Collars
And Dine Tonight
''Friends of EscoHfer''
Ban Smoking, Order
Silence at Table.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 4.-One hundred
epicureanS, getting ready to dine to-
night, ruled napkins must be tucked
In collars.
The Friends of Escofder," a society
recently organized with tie primary
purpose Of eating, set that and other
rules:
"At the service Of each new plate,
absolute silence will reign, for one
cannot appreciate good food in the
midst Of uproarious noise.
''The wines must be drunk during
the course for which they are in
tended.
Smoking will be absolutely forbid
den up to the time dessert IS served.
A person who smokes while eating
does not deserve the title of 'gour-
met"
The society was named for the late
August Eseofier, famous chef.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Adds ABABA BURIAL
ISLIKELY FOR NURSE
Mrs. Stadin, Killed by Stray Bull
let, May Lie in Same Cemetery
as Another Missionary.

The body Of Mrs. Elfreda Stadin.
wife OF DR.. A. r. Stadin of the
Seventh Day Adventist Mission in
Dessye, Ethiopia, who was instantly
killed by a stray bullet during the
rioting in Adds Ababa yesterday.
probably will be buried in the same
cemetery at the Ethiopian capital
where Miss Esther Goodman, another
missionary, was interned last Deem
Der.
No details Of the accident were
received. DR.. and Mrs. Stadtn had
been in charge Of the Taffarie Ma
konnen Hospital in Dessye for more
than a year, but were forced to fee
to Adds Ababa a few weeks ago.
Mrs. Stadin was Norwegian and DR..
Stadin Swedish by birth, but both
were naturalized American citizens.
Mrs. Stadin was a registered nurse,
graduate Of the Skodsborg, Den
mark, santarium, and had served as
nurse at the College of Medical
Evangelism at Iona Linda, Calf. =,
where her husband received his medi-
cal training. They were naturalized
during their residence there.
They sailed from New York in Janv-
s--, 1888, 70 vtcit relat;ves IN Norway
a1o sweden before reporting to their
new posi- &. DesSye. Most Of the
officials OF the general conference
were on their way to San Francisco
today TO attend the conference con-
vention which opens next week. 1t Is
expected that memorial services will
be held at the San Fransisco meeting.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
K.AS9Is CaAaGES PRESSED.
Minneapolis 10 Seek Indictment for
Robbery and Murder.

aoDoery 2nc Murder.
B. the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, May 4.-The Govern
ment today planned an early arraign-
msnt of Alvin Karpis on kidnapping
charges as county authorities at Min
neapolis moved to seek his indictment
there for bank robbery and murder.
United States District Attorney
George F. Sullivan said Karpis would
be arraigned on four kidnapping and
conspiracy counts in the abductions
Of two st. Paul business leaders, Will
liam Hamm, jr., brewer, and Edward
G. Bremen, banker. The time has
not been set, he said, but it would be
soon. The maximum penalty for kid
naping is life imprisonment.
Protracted questioning of Karpis
continued today as Federal agents
attempted to learn additional details
OF the kidnapping plots and the names
OF other accomplices-particularly the
money changers who handled the
100000 Hamm ransom.
Minneapolis Indictment Sought
While Karpis was held in the Fed
eral Building. Ed ]. Goff, Hennepir
'Minneapolis) County attorney, an
nounced he was taking steps to have
the outlaw indicted for murder and
bank robbery in that city.
Golf asserted the charges were based
on Karpis' participation in the hold
up of the Third Northwestern Ma
tional Bank in Minneapolis in 1882,
when two policemen and a motorist
we're slain by the robbers. Golf said
witnesses to the robbery would view
Karpis, and if they identify him, the
case would be presented to the grand
jury.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

adopted the policy of taking an active
part in the appointment Of school
officials. Where previously the choice
had been left almost exclusively to
the superintendent Of schools and his
assistants, DR.. johnson and other
members Of the board in 1888 began
personally interviewing candidates for
administrative positions.
Named Chancellor.
After teaching classes In equity
jurisprudence for many years, DR.
johnson was made chancellor of Ma
tional University In 1891. He sue
ceeded DR.. Carusi, who had also been
Board of Education president at one
time.
In addition to the District Bar As
sociation, DR.. johnson belonged tc
the University Club.
He Is survived by his widow, Mrs
Jeanette johnson, the former jeanette
Blanchard Gatewood Of Kentucky
and brother, Frank M. johnson oi
Denver, Colo.
Funeral arrangements have not beer
completed.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
Moss Makes Fertilizer.

Peat moss, to which chemicals have
been added, Is used as O new fertilizer
in Germany.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
KNIGHTS IN CONVENTION

The annual convention OF the
knights Of st. John was held yester-
day at St. Cyprian's Church, when the
st. Thomas Commandery and Auxil-
iary were host and hostess to the
Baltimore Grand Commandery. A
dinner, with Mrs. Lena Edelin, as
chairman, preceded the session.
Rev. Henry F. Graebenstein, pastor
Of the church, opened the meeting with
an address of welcome. Daniel Spriggs
was reelected president. Other off,
GERS are: William B. Bruce, first vice
president; M. A. Simmons, second vice
president; C. w. Cropp, secretary:
George D. Brown, treasurer: R. N.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
TO STAND
TRIAL IN Staying
Murder Charge in Torture
Death Prepared-Friend
Accused by Suspect.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May IA murder
charge naming Robert James, 3s-year.
old barber, as the slayer Of his fifth
wife. who survived a reported rattle
snake torture only to die by drowning,
was prepared today by District Attor-
ney Buron Fits.
Also held, as a material witness, was
Charles Hope, 81, unemployed cafe
man allegedly accused by James as the
fellow-plotter who drowned the 28-
year-old woman in her own bathtub
last August. Her body was found face
down In a fish pond.
A story Of fiendish plots to kill the
woman, attributed to James by the
district attorney, told of forcing her
foot into a snake box after shopping
long at q reptile put for "a good
striker" Of submitting her to black
widow spiders. and of other death
plans. including shooting her, burning
her to death in bed or an illegal
operation.
The barber, who had been held on
a morals charge involving his 2l-year-
old niece, a manicuriSt in his shop,
was booked on suspicion of murder.
After a coroner's jury returned q
verdict Of death by accidental DROWN
ing-noting that sting on Mrs.
James leg might have been a contrib
utary cause-James endeayored to coll
lect double indemnity on his wife's
life insurance policy.
James and Hope agreed, the district
attorney said, that Mrs. James had
been drowned in the bathtub of her
home, but each accused the other Of
the actual crime.
James version, as made public by
the official, was that Hope drowned
her after he had taped her to table
10 perform an operation to which she
had consented.
Some hours later, James said, he
left the house with the assurance
from Hope: you go on and 60 to
work and III take care of her."
That afternoon, he said, Hope came
to the snop and told him, Every
things all right" What did you do?"
James said he asked. Il threw her
in the bathtub and drowned her." he
quoted Hope as replying. to which he
said he retorted: You fool, that's the
worst thing you could have done. I
had wife drown in bathtub in Col
orado little while ago."
James third wife drowned in the
bathtub Of a tourist camp at Manitou.
Colo, while the couple was on a va
cation trip.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
FIGHT THREATENS
DRY CONVENTION
Proposal to Change Name
and LiberaIize Party Raised
at Niagara.
By the Associated Press.

0y tnc ASSuCldLcu EIcbSs
NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y, May A.
A bitter battle over liberalization Of
the prohibition party and a proposal
to change its name lcomed as the first
delegates arrived here for the opening
tomorrow Of the national prohibition
convention.
The first skirmish of the convention
on these controversial questions Is ex-
pected tonight when the Executive
Committee meets in a pre-convention
session.
Edward N. Blake Of Chicago, chair
man Of the committee, was the first
to intimate the existence Of dissension
when he said that Harley w. Kidder
Of Barre, VT, national secretary. had
designated another hotel as the head
quarters Of the national committee.
Confirmation came from Howard L.
Holmes o; st. Louis, Michigan ma
tional committeeman and a member
Of the Executive Committee. Holmes.
Evening star., 1936-05-04

former resident Of Michigan, moved
to st. Louis after his election.
Holmes told the Associated Press
that Blake was in opposition to his
factions desire to hberalize the party
and change its name so as to meet
the issues as they exist" .ts
He accused Blake Of "Steam-roller-
ing" previous conventions and said he
would bring the matter to an open
fight" on the convention floor II
similar tactics were adopted at the
convention.
Evening star., 1936-05-04
johnson

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-05-04
PALMER RECOVERING

A. Mitchell Palmer, former Attor-
ney General. who was stricken Thurs
day with an acute attack of appendi-
citis, was reported progressing salts
factorily" today following an operation
In the Emergency Hospital.