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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
ORTIZ RUB|O GIVEN
CORDIAL WELCOME
Mexican PreSident-EIect and
Wife Will Be LavishIy En-.
tertained Here.

All the military fanfare and oficial
honors usually accorded the active head
Of nation greeted Pascual Ortiz Rubio.
President-elect Of Mexico, and his wife
on their arrival here today for four
day visit.
Not forgetful Of the Latin American
homage paid Americas PreSident-elect
and Mrs. Herbert Hoover during their
good VIII" tour q year ago, the United
States rendered the highest coutesies TO
Senor and Sonora Ortiz Rubio when
their special train arrived from Baltt-
more at noon today.
President Hoover sent to the station
q fleet Of White House automobiles and
designated Secretary Of State Stimson
and other dignitarieS to meet the dis
tinguished guests in the presidential
room at Union Station.
Hoover to Repay Call Personally.
Later this afternoon he will nav an
unusual personal tribute by going to
the Mexican embassy to repay In per-
son brief call to be made earlier by
the Mexican President-elect at the
White House. Mrs. Hoover also will 20
in person to the embassy to bring
Sonora Ortiz Rubio to Q tea at the
White House.
AS the special train bearing the
Mexican party rolled into the station
there was flourish Of trumpetS that
brought to attention lane Of Marines
extending from the tracks into the
presidential reception room and which
had its effect also on q war-strength
troop Of Cavalry lined up at the plaza
entrance.
Accompanying the president-elect
and his wife as they descended from
the train were DR.. Puig Caussarance,
director of the federal district Of Mexico,
and his wife; Gen. Manuel Perez
Trevino, leader Of the National Revolu-
tionary party, and his wife, and Senor
Hernandez Chazaro, private secretary
to Senor Ortiz Rubio. A stair Of aides
completed the retinue.
Children Come Here Earlier.
Senorita Megia, cousin OF the Presi-
dent-elect, had preceded him here at
IL o'clock, bringing with her the chill
dren Of Mexico's future head, PaScual,
6 years old; Ofelia, about Z, and Eu-
genio, 4 years old. Senorita Megia met
the party at the station.
Secretary StimSon and Mexican Am
bassador Manuel c. Teller shook hands
with the President-elect and his wife
as they stepped to the platform. Senior
Ortiz Rubio using perfect English in the
conversation which followed the intro
ductions.
The group then walked rapidly be-
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RADIO BAN ASKED
ON QUACK CURES
New York Health Commits
Sioner Says Public Is Men
aced by Fakes.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 26.-Fake
doctors and quack healing concerns,
driven from the advertising pages Of
reputable newspapers and magazines by
the combined action of publishers and
health authorities, now are finding re-
newed prosperity through radio adver-
tising. This became known yesterday
when it was learned that DR.. Shirley
w. Wynne, commissioner OF health, has
written confidential letter to the
Federal Radio Commission at WASH
ington, outlining this new invasion and
asking what can be done to stop it.
The National Better Business Bureau,
Of 383 Madison avenue, also is at work
on the problem. Through its a affili-
ated local bureaus 1t made q survey sew
eral months ago and subsequently in
duced number of the larger broad
casting stations throughout the country
to maintain self-imposed standards.
Old, exploded treatments are being re-
v1ved, DIR. Wynne said, either by men
who formerly engineered them or by new
workers who have inherited the ap-
paratus and sales talks. Mechanical
devices vie with drugs and herbs for a
share Of the gullible radio listeners
money. Among these devices, sold at
prices ranging from $40 to $lOO each,
are medically useless electrical and me-
chanical contraptions offered as cures
and treatments for virtually every hu-
man disease.
Dangerous Treatments Sold.
DR.. Wynne said that treatments
which were distinctly dangerous unless
administered after a thorough physical
examination, and then only by skilled
practitioner, were being sold to the
general public for home use. Not only
has he found that this kind of self
dosing is being urged over the radio,
but also that medicines, diets and ex-
ercises are being dispensed by fraudu-
lent and irresponsible concerns which
have no connection with any registered
physician.
said, these wares have not been con-
cocted by licensed physicians, as suf-
ferers are led to believe. but by hawk
ers, "pitchmen," vaudeville strong
men" and other commercially minded
laymen. Some, recommended to cure
obesity, contain harmful drugs which
may produce serious illness and death.
Others suppress annoying symptoms
and dissuade the victim from obtaining
competent physical examination.
The production of a false sense Of
security In Ill persons Is one of the
most insidious and dangerous phases
Of such quack treatments, 1t is pointed
out.
akin to medical quackery, a number
Of cosmetics and hair restorers, recon-
mended by persuasive announcers for
the treatment Of blemished skin and
sioner said. "In many cases these prep
(Continued on Page 3. Column az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
GALES FOR CHANGE
IN AGRARIAN POLICY
Former President Discusses Pay.
ments From Public Funds for
Lands Taken by Government.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, December 26.-El
Universal today published an interview
with Gen. Plutarco Elias Gales, in
which the former Mexican President
advocated changes in the national
agrarian policy.
Principally, the former President
said. there should be advance or i'm
mediate payment for lands, which
under the agarian laws it may be
necessary to take over, this payment
to be taken from the public funds, since
otherwise the virtue Of the operation
is lost.
The former President advocates also
a study of national distribution methods
to avoid the bad results likely to arise
If the land is handed out in too small
parcels, such as. he said had been done
in cases In France.
Consolidation of all the nations debts
SO as to become payable from the coun-
try'S resources, leaving q surplus for
payment for lands, was the closing re-
concentrations in the interview which
was granted to Antonio Galvan Duuue, a
close friend and former chief of his secre-
tarial staff, while Gen. Gales and his
party were coming back recently from
Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
BYRD WHALING SHIPS
REPORTED CRUSHED
Crews Rescued After Vessels Are
Caught in Jam-Identity of
Craft Is Not Disclosed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 26.-Exchange
Telegraph dispatches from wellington,
New Zealand, yesterday reported that
the crews of two whaling expeditions
sent out by the Byrd Antarctic Expedi-
ton had been rescued after their boats
had been crushed in the ice.
The news was received by the Byrd
supply ship Eleanor Boiling by wire
less. The Eleanor Boiling is now at
Dunedin, New Zealand.
Capt. H. H. Railey, New York repre-
sentative of Rear Admiral Byrd, said
last night that he did not know of any
whaling expeditions having been sent
out by the Byrd party. He said, how
ever, that the whaling ship Nielsen
Alonzo left her base recently in New
Zealand for the whaling grounds and,
as an accommodation to Rear Admiral
Byrd. carried a load of supplies for the
exploring party on the Ice Barrier.
The Nielsen Alonzo had planned to
transfer these supplies to one Of the
small chaser" whaling ships accom-
panying her and this chaser" was to
take the supplies through the Ross Sea
to Little America. It was due at the
Barrier on December 10.
Whether it was this chaser" that
was meant in the Exchange Telegraph
dispatches from Wellington, New Zea-
land, as quoted by the Associated Press,
could not be determined.
Capt. Railey said that If the chaser"
had been crushed In the ice and its
supplies for the Byrd expedition lost,
no serious hardship would befall Byrd
and his men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
Divorces in Chicago
Granted at Rate of
/ Each SIS Minutes
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, December 26.-The
divorce rate in Cook County
Courts for 1929 was revealed to-
day, showing an average Of one
divorce every SIS minutes for the
fiscal year. The number Of
divorces granted In Circuit and
Superior Courts was 1859, this
being 220 more than in the
preceding year. The figures were
made known by the clerks Of the
two courts.
The divorces averaged one to
each 103 homes and affected
5,793 children. A majority Of the
parties involved, however, were
childless. Wives were the petit
tionerS for divorce in three of
four cases. Desertion and cruelty
were the principal causes for
which women sought the sever
ance Of marriage bonds. The
majority of men based their suits
on charges of infidelity.
The reports showed that only
approximately Is per cent Of
the contestants were native
Americans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
FLOOD CONTROL TOPIC
OF FORUM SPEAKER
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana to
Deliver Address Over Column
bia System Tonight.

Senator Ransdell of Louisiana will
discuss Mississippi Valley flood control
in q radio speech tonight at 1890
o'clock during the National Radio Fo-
rum. arranged by The Evening Star
and sponsored by the Columbia Broad
casting system.
Locally the address may be heard
through Station WAdAL., a unit Of the
Columbia system.
Senator Ransdell represents a State
whose people are deeply interested in the
Governments flood control program. He
Is thoroughly familiar with the progress
OF the work In the Mississippi delta"
and played a part in shaping legislation
providing for Federal regulation of floods
IN the valley. He Is a member Of the
Senate Commerce committee, which
sponsored the fiocG control measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
s'SANTA" SEIZED BY POLICEMAN
CRAWLING IN WINDOW WITH BAG
Gifts He Said Were for Friends Found to Have Been
Collected in Other Homes.

a policeman observed him. He pulled
Buck back out of the window and in
quired what was the idea.
"I am Santa Claus" said Buck. MY
friends who live here are away and I
to slip in the window and deposit gifts
about the place."
You may" said Officer Sachs, "be
Santa Claus to little children, but
you're just a suspicious character
to me-"
There was no denying Santa had
some nice presents in his bag. It was
not surprising. for. he later explained
collected from some of Evanston's best
places.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
PRESIDENT MOVES
into NEW OFFICE
Occupies Room in Which
Famed Proclamation Was
Signed.

In sunny room on the second floor
of the White House, overlooking the
rear grounds, which was the Office in
which Abraham Lincoln signed the
Emancipation Proclamation, President
Hoover is today carrying on the busi-
ness Of the Government.
By tomorrow afternoon he expects to
move into the large room on the Sec
ond floor of the State, War and Navy
Building, now used by Gen. Pershing
as the head Of the Battle Monuments
Commission, and until recently the
private office of the Secretaries of the
Navy. Hoover's several secretaries and
virtually the entire executive force will
be located in rooms adjoining and
nearby. The work Of carrying the files
and that furniture which was not badly
damaged during the executive office fire
to these temporary quarters was under
way this morning and If the plans are
carried out the President and his force
will be at work as though nothing had
happened within the next "a hours.
Likes Lincoln Office.
Mr.. Hoover is rather pleased to have
this opportunity to carry on his work
in the Lincoln office. The historic
room has a most peculiar fascination
residence at the White House he re-
stored what Lincoln furniture and ar
ticles remained in the White House tc
this room and has since been using
it as his private study. There is not
the slightest question but that he has
more interest in this room than in any
other part Of the White House.
The desk he Is using today Is the
one used by the Great Emancipator a1e
one of the several bookcases around
the walls belonged to him. Although
it Is understood that the chair at the
desk and one or two others in the room
were used by Lincoln.
Akerson i'm Hallway.
In the wide hallway outside, George
Akerson, one of the secretaries, Is car
rying on his business at long mahog-
any table which was used by President
Lincoln and his war cabinet during that
dark period.
Secretaries Richey and Newton are
using rooms directly across the hal
from the Presidents temporary Office
one of which was used by Alice Roose-
velt, now Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, a.
as a bed room. The other was a bee
room for White House guests. Another
room at the northeast corner of the
building, Immediately north of the
Presidents Office room, has been turned
over to the Presidents private stenog-
raphers. The remainder of the execu-
tive business is being transacted ir
rooms on the basement floor of the
White House, although all those clerks
and stenographers whose services were
not absolutely necessary today were
excused from work and those who were
on duty were occupied principally with
sorting out papers and books and Other
articles which had been salvaged from
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BYRD PLANNING TO CITE FIFTEEN
I. FOR WORK ON POLAR EXPEDITION
Leader of Little America Party Acknowledges Promotion
to Navy Department.

the Nays radio station at Tutuila,
Samoa, and thence to Secretary Adams
Signed Byrd" the message said:
Tne departments message, inform
miral, is respectfully acknowledged and
send sincere appreciation for the de-
partment'S congratulations.
Immediately upon return to the
States there viii be forwarded to the
Navy Department commentators of is
Navy men who have contributed greatly
to the success Of our enterprise and who
therefore deserve great credit for the
work of the expedition for which the
leader has been promoted"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
TOXIC POLICE ARREST
1870 KOREAN STUDENTS
Group Is Charged With Participa-
tion in Recent Trouble at 40
Provincial Schools.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, December 26.-Arrest by To-
kio police of 180 Korean students Of
Toxic universities alleged to have been
implicated in recent student troubles in
Korea was revealed here today.
Japanese authorities in Korea allege
the trouble with the students was orig
inally student affair, which developed
q political character under the direction
Of secret society Of Communist ten
dency."
More than 900 students were arrested
at Seoul, Korea, on December 8 and
many still are held for examination.
The Vernacular papers here assert the
movements involved 40 schools in 6 Ko-
rean provinces, but q recent statement
from the Korean governor general as
serted the trouble was ended there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
3B|G CABIN PLANES
LAST E|ELSON HOPE
Ships Arrive at Seward and
Are Rushed North to
Aid in Hunt.
BY the Associated Press.


SEWARD, Alaska, December 49,
Arrival here Of three powerful cabin
type planes, with complement Of ex-
perienced Canadian flyers to man them,
revived today the fading hope Of the
Northland that the search for Pilot
Carl Ben Eielson and Mechanic Earl
Borland, missing in Siberia since Mo-
vember 8, might prove successful.
The planes and flyers, brought here
from Seattle on the Coast Guard cut
ter Chelan. were speedily transferred
to a train on the Alaska Railroad and
were proceeding today to Fairbanks,
where they are to be reassembled and
flown either to Nome or Teller, Alaska,
to engage in the search. The train is
due at Fairbanks today.
Can Garry Six Passengers.
Each of the planes has room for six
passengers in addition to the pilot and
can lift sufficient gasoline to enable
them to undertake long flights. They
are equipped with everything neces-
sary for the safety of those flying
them. The expedition will also be
equipped with an aerial camera, with
which 1t was said they might be able
to pick up details Of the areas passed
over which would not be noticeable to
the human eye.
Although Alaskan pilots have been
making strenuous efforts to find Eielson
and Borland, they have been handi-
capped by lack Of proper equipment.
Prior to the arrival Of the three cabin
planes here yesterday. the only planes
available In the North were open cock
pit machines, incapable Of carrying the
required amount of fuel and which af-
forded their operators little protec-
ton from the elements
Reach IcebOund Nanuk.
Pilots Joe CrosSon and Harold Gillian,
however, managed to reach the fur
trading ship Nanuk, icebound at North
Cape, Siberia, to which Eielson and
(Continued on Page 8. Column a.
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r. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. ILL.,. December 26.-Santa
Claus stories are not Of much account
December 26. Folks don't feel just the
same about the jolly old fellow the day
after.
Still, in a way, it is no more than
riSht to tell about the Santa Claus who
a. held in jail under the name of James
LICK. To overlook this would, likely
as not. be passing the buck.
Mr.. Buck, or Santa Claus, as he chose
to designate himself, was climbing
through the window Of home on Har-
tray avenue last night with a pack on
his back. BY a strange freak Of fate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
By the Associated Press.

Richard Evelyn Byrd. recently made
rear admiral by Congress, viii recon-
mend is members Of his expedition for
as soon as they return from the South
Polar regions. because, he explained by
radio today, they deserve great credit
for the work Of the expedition for which
the leader has been promoted
The message from Byrd, acknowled1-
ing an announcement Of his advance
ment In rank, was made public by the
Navy Department. It came from the
expedition base In Little America, TO
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Radio Programs-Page g
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WEATHER.

20. s. weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair, warmer tonight and tomorrow;
minimum temperature tonight about 80
degrees.
Temperatures-Highest, SO. at noon
today: lowest, %, at am. today.
Full report on page z.
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CONTINUED on Page 2, Column g.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-01
REED RESIGNS
MANACERSHIF
Had Charge OF Local w. u.
Office For Past
19 Years

A w. Reed. manager IF the West
ern Union here for the past 10 years.
has resigned his post following re-
ceipt of orders that he is 10 accept
the managership Of a smaller off e
with a reduction in rating. The
veteran was on vacation at the time
of notification.
He had been manager of the
Brownsville office since 1910 with
one break of several months.
Reed. a director of the chamber
Of commerce. has taken an active
interest in civic affairs since COM
ing here. During his managc-ship
he has received numerous congratu-
laticns on services rendered. The
most notable Of these came after
President Harding'S visit 70 Point
Isabel. Numerous letters Of appre-
citation were received from noted
war correspondents during the bor-
der troubles also.
Reed is noted for his humorous
writings and he has been recording
secretary Of the local Rotary cluo
for the past 10 years. The veteran
Of telegraph service also is an expert
botanist and chemist.
He has made no immediate plans
for the future.
r.. @. Reynolds Of Dallas. tempo
rary manager, relieved Reed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-01
MANY suburbs

Continued from page one)
into the basement Of some nearby
building.
an onlooker, Mortified AZ the trag-
edy. fell into the water a few feet
away and met a like fate.
AT Fort Worth. a negro boy swim
ming in the high water OF the Trim
ity. was carried away. Police used
125 sticks Of dynamite in a futile
effort 70 bring the body % the sur-
face. The river was IL feet above
normal but was not out of banks.
Seven persons lost their lives earl
Ter in the week.
a levy which broke in Madison
county flooded 10000 acres in Hous-
ton county and relieved the situa-
ton somewhat in Madison county.
More high water. however. was due
in Madison county today down Be-
dias creek. one Of the largest tsreams
in the county.
The Trinity and San Jacinto riv-
ers flooded 10000 acres near Cold
Spring In San Jacinto county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-01
Funeral Services
To Be Held Today
Fer Clarence Owens

Clarence Owens. retired business
man. died at hts home here ~ ? 10
e. q. Friday. the victim Of a heart
attack.
Funeral services are 70 be held
az 400 D. m today at the Morris
chapel. with the Rev. Z. p Day. OF
the Presbyterian church. officiating
Fsmains will be inferred IN the
Buena Vista cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his
widow and one daughter, Mary Lula
He was 81 years Of age, and was a
native Of Somerset. XIV. He came to
the Valley about six years ago. from
Oklahoma. and was interested IN
the Dinero Sand and Gravel COM
pany. and also had otacr business
interests.
P~allbearers are Hugo Mildc
Henry Gay. James McDsvitt. l. l..
Dudley. c A. Manahan. and H B.
Galbraith.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-01
DEATH OF MAN

Continued from mage nne.l
detective squad. was the first to fan
before the mad mans onslaught.
After mortally wounding him.
Preuss fired at Policeman Herbert
Hagberg. who whirled. screamed.
took a dozen steps and fell dead.
Police got a call that 2 man ives
a~uarreling with his wife and
threatening 70 kill her and Police
man Conley's detective squad went
TO the flat where Preuss and his
wife lived.
The house that had been quiet
when they approached echoed with
the roar OF a pumpgun ar a charge
OF shot crashed through a window
and tore into Conley's chest. a
second roar and HagherE. his face
nearly shot away. whirled and fell
dead.
Policeman j. ] Murphy. Conlev's
chauffeur. who had remained In the
car. seized a shotgun and started
to the help of the other policemen.
He had taken less than a dozen
steps when Preuss' pumpgun biazed
through a front window. and Muir
ply fell badly wounded.
"A second later Gus Karcs. who
lived three doors away from the
Preuss home. and John Chorazak
another neighbor both attracted
by the shooting. met where Murphy
had FALLEN. KaroS had rushed out
to meet his blind law
Rudolph Krusche. who had been Ia
a nearby store and was expected
home.
Another shot and Chorazak
standing not 10 feet from the win
dow. fell dead. Ka-oS Jumped Ia
shield with his body his brother
in-law who vas passing the house
The fifth shell in Preuss' gun was
discharged and struck him in the
back.
The slayer a second later rushed
our OF the rear door ar he home
stood cursing over the bodies Of
Conley and Hagberg. and then fled
into an alley.
In the alley. Preuss met Franz.
Vodicka. who was running toward
the scene Of the shooting. Vodka
turned and ran into a narrow ms
sageway when he saw Preuss. foam
ing at the mouth and aiming the
shotgun at him. Preuss fired one
shell. then threw the weapon ny
Vodicka as the latter fled.
Mrs. Rose Preuss. the sIaver's
wife, was found in the home "
a %neighbor, where she had taken
refuge. She said her husband had
served in France during the war
and had won honorable mention for
his Workmanship.