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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HINTS NAME BORAH.
Reports Say Hoover Wants
Him for Job, but Idahoan
Prefers Senate.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Finding an Attorney General is CIV
ing President-elect Herbert Hoover con-
Germ, 1t was reported as Mr.. Hoover re-
turned to Washington today from his
Florida vacation.
One of the most recent reports is
that Mr.. Hoover has sought to be pre-
vailed upon Senator Borah of Idaho. to
head the Department of Justice in the
new administration
Senator Borah, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, who is promi-
nently mentioned In connection with
office of the Secretary of State, Is to
stay IN the Senate, however, according
TO the Information at hand today.
Senator Borah, himself, declined to dis
ctiss In any way the report that he
had been offered the ONCE OF Attorney
General. 1t is known, however, that
the Idaho Senator is welded to the
work of the Senate. He Is an outstand-
ing figure in that body and doubtless
can remain a Senator as long as he
desires to seek reelection.
The President-elect is anxious. it is
said. to place at the head of the De-
partment of Justice a man who is
known to the country and man of
great legal attainments Further
more, one OF the issues of the next few
years will be the enforcement of the
prohibition law, and it is likely, 1t is
said, that the next Attorney General
will be picked from among those who
personally favor national prohibition.
Senator Borah has all the qualifications
to fill the Office. but while he has made
no public answer to the suggestion that
he head the Department of Justice. 1t IN
understood that his inclination is to
continue as Senator.
A number of men have been promi-
nently mentioned in connection with
the office Of the Attorney General In the
Hoover cabinet. Among them is Col
William j. Donovan of New York, at
present an assistant to the Attorney
General. warm friend and supporter
of Mr.. Hoover during the campaicn.
The prediction has been made on a
number of occasions that Col. Donovan
would have the Office of Attorney Cen
eral. More recently, however, reports
have placed Col. Donovan in the office
of the Secretary of War. provided he is
to enter the cabinet. Silas Strawn of
Chicago Is another whose name has
been used in connection with the spec
ulation.
If anything would lead Senator
Borah to consider favorably appoint
ment to the Office of attorney general
1t is believed it would be the fact that
the problem of enforcing the prohibi-
ton laws is likely to be placed under
the Department of Justice. In the opin-
Ion of the Idaho Senator, the problem
of enforcing the laws is one of the
most important which confronts the
country today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
FRENCH FLYERS SEEKING
RECORD, ON WAY TO CAIRO
LIE Brix and Paillard Complete
First Lap of Hop to Hanoi
by Landing at Tunis.

BY the Associated Press.
TUNIS. February 19.-Joseph Lebrix
and Sergt. Maj Antoine Paillard. noted
French flyers, who are on trip to
Hanoi, Saigon, left Tunis for Cairo at
1880 O'Clock this morning, Greenwich
time
The men, who hope to establish new
record for a flight from France to
Hanoi, accomplishing it in less than
five days, started from MarSeille last
night and completed their first lap to
Tunis in good time.
Sergt Maj. Paillard has been chiefly
interested in efforts to break the long
distance flying record, while Lebrix is
particularly noted for the combined
round-the-w plane and ship trip.
which he and Dieudonne Costes made
in 1929. Costes and Lebrix made a
brilliant flight across the South Allan
tic to Port Natal, Brazil. and eventually
continued on in short hops to the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
PEACE IN MEXICO
PUT UP TO CHURCH
Catholic Compliance With
Constitution Will End Con-
fIict, Official Says.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, February 19-Act-
ing Secretary of Interior Canales told
Mexican Roman Catholics in a state
ment published in Mexico City news
papers this morning that the church
authorities had it within their power to
restore peace in Mexico. 1t was mere
ly necessary. he said, to comply with
the constitutional regulations on re-
ligious subjects.
The statement is an answer to that
published yesterday from Mgr. Miguel
De La Mora, Bishop of San Luis Potosi,
and spokesman for the Mexican Epis-
copate, which denied participation and
responsibility in recent Mexican bomb
outrages. This responsibility had been
alleged by President Portes Gil.
Secretary Canales said that the Cath
olic clergy continued its work from
1919 to 1926 under the same consti-
tuition which Is now in effect. 1t finally
suspended religious services in 1926 with
SAACA SSAASht VI bAtC lChdk ICkuldtlOIlS
based on the constitutional provisions
as preteXt. These legal regulations.
he said. do not affect the religion it.
self and are similar to regulations the
Roman Catholic clergy meet in other
countries without objection.
Cites Insurgents Activities.
The statement says it is public knowl-
edge there is an armed movement
against the government. referring to in
surgent activities in states of Jalisco
Guanajuato and Michoacan, and that
this movement. rightly or wrongly. is
taken as a defense of the clergy against
"so-called attacks on them" II is
logical also, he said, to attribute the
of the presidential train Feb
ruary 10 to such a defense"
Referring to that part of the eccle-
siastic's statement which said the gov
ernment's requirement that all priests
inform the civil authorities of their ad-
dresses Is humiliating, Canales declared
this to be untrue. The demand for ad-
dresses. he says, is merely a measure
taken as a part of the investigation of
q crime. apparently referring to the at
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W0MAN'S KIDNAPPING
STORY BELIEVED HOAX
Probe of Bethlehem, Pa, Police
Dropped After Plea Led Them
on Futile Search.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BETHLEHEM, Pa, February i9.-
Belief that frantic telephone appeal
to State police from a woman to rescue
her from kidnapers was a hoax led
State police to drop their investigation
of the case today.
A woman who called the local State
police barracks last night said she was
Mrs. Lloyd Schaeffer of Mauch Chunk
and was being held by kidnapers in a
house at Highland Park. Salisbury
Township. The connection was then
abruptly broken. 1t was at first reported
that the wires at the house had been
cut, but this was later found to be un-
true.
When squad OF State policemen
reached the house they found it aban-
doned
1t was learned that a Mrs. Floyd
Schaeffer resides at Mauch Chunk, but.
was not at home State police said
that relatives at her home were not
concerned about her whereabouts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Little Red Dog Who Sang Like Bird Dies
OF Old Age at National Geological Park

The celebrated dog which sang like a
bird at the National Geological Park
died of old age yesterday.
This little red dog was the only
specimen of his kind in captivity in
the world He was the South Ameri-
can bush dog. native of the dense
swamps of interior Brazil, whose ex-
istence had been considered legendary.
Even the swamp Indians seldom see
one OF these animals.
1t Is, according to Dr. William M
Mann, director of the Zoo. almost en-
tirely nocturnal animal which in
habits only the denser tangles of the
jungle swamps. Nobody goes into the
swamps at night, so 1t escapes all con-
tact with man. The animal is real
dog, DR.. Mann says, but approaches
the otters with its partially webbe1
feet 1t probably spends a good deal
of its time In water.
The Zoo animal was kept for several
years as pet by an American diplo-
matte officer in Brazil before 1t was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
$5,OOO.Year Pension
Is Sought for Widow
Of Woodrow Wilson

The House committee on pen
sions, In executive session today.
voted a pension of $4,000 year
for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and
$3.50 a month for Mrs. Leonard
Wood.
The pension for Mrs. Wilson is
identical with the pension now
received by Mrs. Theodore Roose-
velt. widow of the former Presi-
dent. The pension for Mrs. VIII
son was voted after Senator
Swanson and members of the
Virginia delegation appeared be-
fore the committee requesting
that such action be taken.
The committee also voted to
include members of the Coast
Guard under the general pension
legislation for service branches.
This places those injured in line
of duty with the Coast Guard on
the same footing with those SINH
larly injured in the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
EUROPEAN FLOODS
BRING new MENACE
Localities Hard Hit by Cold
Now Face Toll of
High Water.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 19.~-F1ood ter
rors replaced rigors of bitter cold over
large part Of Europe today. 1t was
feared that when the toll Of the intn-
dations, real and prospective, was COM
plete, it would equal or surpass that of
the cold.
The Danube and tributaries swelled
over their banks and forced many from
their homes. Melting snow and ice
caused disastrous floods in Macedonia
and Thrace. Bavarian rivers over
flowed, while rising temperatures in
Northern Italy foreshadowed rapid
swelling Of rivers there.
Temperatures Less Extreme.
Temperatures were less extreme than
they have been. but in many localities
the thermometer had not risen to above
zero, or freezing, centigrade.
Advices from the Danube district,
where ice and snow have been piled
feet thick over the surface of the
river, indicated a worse situation, pos
sibly, there than elsewhere. The DAN
ube and It's tributaries had not only
to carry off the huge load of melting
ice and snow, but faced the hazard OF
ice dams which spread its waters over
wide areas before they could be broken.
Widespread havoc was reported from
Thrace and Macedonia, where the
Struma and other rivers overfiowed
sweeping away bridges and hundreds of
cattle and flooding homes. A number
of peasants were drowned Part OF the
City of Cavalla, site of an American to-
bacco depot, was submerged, while
Heraclia was transformed into a vast
lake with inhabitants being fed by
merchants who piled their trade In
boats. Jugoslavian and Grecian sol
diers co-operated to save lives and prop
eity.
Large Areas Flooded.
In Bavaria large areas were flooded
by overf1owing rivers, the situation add
ing greatly to the suffering from what
was still extreme cold.
Meanwhile it was reported from
Stockholm that the ice barrier along
the southwestern and southeastern
coasts of Sweden was growing steadily,
although once day communication
was being maintained with Denmark
and Germany. Numerous steamers
were still stranded, icebound in the Bal
tic Sound and the Cattegat
A huge snowstorm stopped all train
service in Southern Sweden and In some
sections of Scania inhabitants had to
dig their way out of houses through
second-story windows, so deeply they
were buried Continued intense cold
was predicted.
Britain's hope of thaw has not yet
been realized although the cold has
greatly moderated and at present does
not exceed what Is often found here. :
Storms off the Spanish coast did seri-
Gus damage to the fishing fleet. One
| boat was wrecked and another barely
made its way into Bilbao, while all
! fishing at Almeria was suspended
Asturias Province experienced a touch
of cold with freezing temperatures
! recorded at Oviedo. Spain until now
has escaped the general European cold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
EVERY DETECTIVE
IN CHICAGO QU|zzED
525 Members of Mobile
Squads Questioned in
Gang Murders.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 19.-Every de-
tective squad member on the Chicago
police force was called In for question
ing In the gang massacre investigation
today. Each was asked:
Where were you last Thursday
morning between 10 and II o'clock2"
That was the hour in which seven of
George Bugs Moran's men were lined
up in North Clark street garage and
slain.
States Attorney John A. Swanson Is
sued the order for questioning of the
policemen.
1T isn't because Swanson believes the
gang killers were led by city detectives, /"
one of his aides explained. "It is be-
cause he is not absolutely sure that they
were not"
Coroner's Life Threatened.
Coroner Herman N. Bundesen re-
vealed today his life had been threat
ened twice In the past three days which
he attributed to his activity in investi-
eating the massacre.
Sunday, DR.. Bundesen said, he re-
ceived an anonymous telephone call, in
which he was told you will be the
next to go If you don't watch out" Yes
terday, he said, he received an ancny-
nous letter, asking him how the YOU'D
''like to kick the bucket"
Most witnesses have mentioned that
the Slayers were using detective bureau
squad car. Several said that two of the
five men in the automobile wore police
uniforms
Police Commissioner william Russell
is convinced that no policemen were in
volved, but he is lending his assistance
to the States attorney to clear up the
mystery
1t is the commissioners theory that If
any of the slayers wore uniforms 1t was
as disguise,
Every squad car that has been sold
in the last few years is being traced.
In this manner, police believe, they. may
find that the machine used by the muir
derers was, as witnesses said, a police
car, but one that had been disposed of
by the department.
There are 525 men composing the
mobile squads of the detective bureau.
One hundred were questioned last
night by members of the States at
torney's staff. 1t was not revealed
whether any of the several persons who
saw the murder car were called upon
to attend the inquiry and attempt iden-
tification.
Siege Ordered Home.
Deputy Commissioner John p Siege,
one of the departments aces In gang
crime investigations, has been ordered
home from Havana. where he had gone
on a months furlough. Siege is ex-
pected to take charge for the police
tomorrow.
Investigators were still searching for
Dan McGurn, who Is known to police
as an expert with machine gun
McGurn during the past years has
twice been marked for assassination
being desperately wounded on one occa-
sion. Police are certain that the execu-
ton of the seven Moran gangsters was
the work of markSman. pointing out
that. between 20 and 80 slugs were fired
into each body, and that only a few
hit the brick wall in front of which
the victims were lined.
Mayor William Hale Thompson made
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sent to Washington. 1t was one of
the gentlest and most friendly ami
mails In the Zoo. but remained asleep.
curled up in the straw, most of the
day.
When its back was stroked, It would
start singing In tone that was very
close to that of bird. 1t never barked
like dog. There was even a birdlike
sweetness in its chirping.
The bush dog had been ailing for
several weeks before its death, but there
seemed nothing definite the matter wi h
1t except senility.
This probably is the one animal In
the Zoo, says DIP. Mann. that cannot be
replaced for any amount of money. It
is so rare that even biologists sometimes
question whether there Is any such ami
NAL In existence. attributing the occa-
sional accounts of seeing one to Indian
phantasies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Brazil River on Rampage.

SAC PAULO Brazil, February 10 UP).
The Tiete River, in the heart of Bra
zils coffee-g growing district, is expert
encing the worst food in 40 years.
1t has overflowed it's banks for sew
eral miles. Five thousand houses are
under water and twenty-five thousand
people homeless. Heavy losses are ea-
pected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Two Escape Kidnapers.

MEXICO CITY, February 10 (P).--
Dispatches TO FL Universal from Yure-
cuaro. Michoacan, say that two en-
ployes of the express car of the train
from Los Reyes which was dynamited
Thursday escaped from insurgents who
kidnapped them and returned to Yure-
cuaro safely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Bank Statements

Washington bank clearings, s4,875,-
&0571.
, United States Treasury balance,
sT4,237, ,546.l8.
New York exchanges, sl,976, ,OOO,o 600;
balances, $l92,000,000.
Customs receipts. S363L1l4.79.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
CONVICTED AS TRIGGER MAN."
McDermott Sent Up in 1926 i'm Staying
Of Canton Editor.

CANTON, Ohio, February 10 R).-
Pat McDermott, who escaped from Ohio
Penitentiary today, was convicted as the
trigger man" in the Staying on Don r.
Mellett, Canton editor.
McDermott, Cleveland underworld
figure. was serving life sentence, hav-
ing been convicted of first-degree mur-
der, with a recommendation of mercy.
Mellett was shot to death the night
of July is, 1925, as he was putting his
car in the garage. McDermott had hid
In Cleveland and later went to Manly
Clio, Pa, his home, where he finally
agreed to surrender.
McDermott, who is 28 years old, YVES
taken to the penitentiary on January
IL. 1926, after vain attempts to gain a
new trial. n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Wales Plans to Visit Canada.

LONDON. February 10, (P.-While
visiting the Canadian section of the
British Industries Fair today, the Prince
OF Wales said that he intended to
endeavor to visit Canada again in the
near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
MISSION UNPLANMED.
Argentina Will Not Send Special
Party to u. S. for Inaugural.

BUENOS AIRES, February 10 R.-
The Argentine government has decided
not to send special mission to WASH
ington to attend the Inauguration of
President-elect Hoover.
A special ambassadorial mission will
be sent later aboard an Argentine war
ship to reciprocatc Mr.. Hoover,s visit
here, however,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
II PERISH FROM GAS.
Homeless Parisians, Seeking Haven

Homeless Parisians, Seeking Haven
From Cold, Asphyxiated.
PARIS, February 10 UP).-Eleven
homeless Parisians who sought refuge
from the bitter cold in house in
the Batignolles quarter were found
dead this morning from asphyxiation
resulting from a broken gas pipe
A twelfth was found unconscious, but
was terminated after considerable ef-
fort. Two mothers in the group were
poisoned to a lesser degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Yesterdays Advertising
Local Display.
Star excess.

Merchants use The Star more
than all other papers COM
bined. as The Star covers prac-
tically the entire community at
one cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Gain. 4,714
The Stars circulation grows
with the city and suburbs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
WEATHER.

20. g. Weather Bureau ForeeTst)
Snow. or rain and slightly colder to-
night: tomorrow snow or rim. slightly
colder; minimum temperature about %
degrees. Temperatures highest, 81, at
3:l5 pm. yesterday; lowest, 36, at 7:35
am. today. Full report /1n page 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Yesterdays Circulation
CIR Eufning Star

Monday, Feb. 1S, 1929. .1O9,793
Monday, Feb. 20, 1928. 1885, ,079
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Specification Accuses Him of
Writing Love Letters
to PaImiSt.
CITIZENS TRIAL BOARD
HELD ILLEGAL BY BRIDE
Capitol Conferees Eliminate Cara
ways Amendment to D. C.
Bill Hating Pay.

The board to try Capt. Guy z.
Buriingame was announced this
afternoon as follows: Maj. ID. A.
Dawson, Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner; DIR. Edgar A. Bocock, super
intendent Of Gallinger Hospital, and
William p. Richards, tax assessor.
The Kusko times., 1929-08-10
MINNESOTA LEMON
 PRODUCES $40. .ooO, ,O0o

VIRGINIA, MiniA-Minnesota owes a debt of gratitude to squatter who 38 years ago forced the State to take a lemon" worth S40,0000,000 or more.
 The squatser had settled on 16O- acre tract in Southern Minnesota which was part of the Federal Gov ernment's school land grant to the State. Officials told the St:te that it would have to take instead 160 acres near here or nothing at al. It was denounced generally as a bad deal for the Stat4.
 Then, ia 1891, iror ore was discov- cred on the alternative tract, 2se Mi sabe Mountain miae was launched, and the State treasury began recep- tion of the largest flow of riches from any single source in the common wealth.
 An inventory just completed shows that the "lemcn" has already paid more than s2O,O0O,oOo in royalties and taxes and is only half exhausted.
 It was cnly necessary to go little below the grass roots to get at the ore, and open-pit mining is possible with rail tracks laid right into the 18O-acre crater.
 Down in Southern Minnesota the tract the State thought it was being cheated out of is now worth less than than S20,0O0.
The Kusko times., 1929-08-10

test these varieties for their adpta- bility in Alaska, but to breed new varieties adapted to local climatic conditions. Many of the different va rieties which are now being planted this spring originated in Siberia and were obtained through the Bureau of Foreign Plant Introduction, Washing ton, D. C. It will take several years before these hardy trees are expected to produce fruit. As soon as hardy fruits adapted to Alaskan conditions have been developed, they will be dis tributed to settlers as the small bush fruits were distributed heretofore"
The Kusko times., 1929-08-10
THE COST PER MILE.

Not every. owner of an automobile goes very deeply into the exact science of cost accounting. He knows the price of gasoline and he knows in a general way how many miles he may count on getting to the gallon, but beyond that point he is usually vague as to what it costs him to do his part in making traffic congestion a natural problem.
 There are, however, plenty of mathematical .geniuses to do his fig uring for him. They have masses of statistics to work with and well-tried formulas to apply, and when they an- nounce that the aferage cost of run ming a car is 1-2 cents mile, the car owner may be confident that nothing important has been over looked. He knows that the figure includes depreciations, carrying charges, interest on interest and all the other little items that modern business uses in its bookkeeping.
 
 The car owner does not have to he be satisfied with the cost index for the average car. He can come even closer to the truth. If he has a me- dium-weight six-cylinder car, a mile cost shim 8.4 cents. If he is up in the eight-cylnder class it is a little more. But a Flight car of popular make," although it may he as shiny and as nickel-plated as it's more high toned relatives, can usually get about over the country for as little as 4 cents a mile. As this type of car usu- ally carries not fewer than four pas sengers at time, the per capita cost is not distressingly high.-Ex.
The Kusko times., 1929-08-10
A Good Thing.

Paul Poiret, the Paris dressmaker, said one day to a reporter in New York:
 Cruel things happen sometimes in dressmakers' shops. In my shop a manneqnin was once displaying din- ner-gowns to "a middle-aged couple. The .mannequin was about 19, tail and supple, with gorgeous eyes. She put on dinner gown after dinner gown, and she certainly was beautiful in them
 "As she posed in her eighth or ninth gown, rather daring creation, the middle-aged wife. nudged her hus- band and hissed:
 George, you never look at mo like that
 "'Well.' murnLled George, yon never look like that!'"
The Kusko times., 1929-08-10
A Soft Job! Yes?

In his recen tbOok, Life and the Student" the late Professor Charles H. Cooley recounts an episode of his young instructor days. He had gone for a long walk in the country, and caught a ride with farmer driving bobsled.
 "We talked a little, and on his ask ing what sort of work I did I told him 1 was teacher in the university. He thought about this awhile, and then said:
 "Well, l don't blame any man for getting his living easy if he can do it."