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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
CRITICAL SITUATION
MENACES CHICAGO
AS DEBTS INCREASE
Citizens Committee Fails to
Obtain Emergency Funds
to Meet Pay Rolls.
GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE
F0RESEEN BY STRAWN
Financial Pinch Is Felt by Inst.
tutions-workers Wait for -
Salary Checks. -.
az the Associated Press.

6y tuS ASSOClSbe0 EE0SSS
CHICAGO. January 22.-The finan.
cial crisis Of the city, county and schoo
board was described today by Silas H
StrawH, chairman Of the citizens COM
mittee, as critically desperate"
The local governments, he said, fol-
lowing three-day search by his com.
mittee for "a way OUT are "flat
broke" with no prospect Of any aid
from the banks. Efforts to induce sub.
stantial property owners to buy tax an
ticipation warrants which they could
use later as payment of their 1928 tax
bills, also have been unsuccessful.
Complete collapse Of the local gov
ernments" is only "a matter Of days
unless some means Of producing cash Is
found, Strawn warned. Even q special
session Of the Legislature. he said
could not get under way quickly enough
to forestall the crisis. Such q pro-
cedure has been suggested as a possible
remedy.
Hospitals Feel Pinch.
The local governments, Strawn said
are $290,000,000 In debt and this Is
costing an estimated $4,000 q day In
interest.
II do not believe the public grasps
as yet what q really serious situation
this is" Strawn declared. ~ hope that
before the poor people who are in oul
institutions either starve or freeze tc
death our citizens will come to q reali-
cation Of the existing conditions and
do what they can to help"
The pinch already has been felt, he
pointed out, in the Cook County Hos
pital, the Municipal tuberculosis SAM
tarium, the Blind Relief Fund, the
Mothers Pension Fund, the Public
Library and other philanthropic insti-
buttons.
Pay Rolls Due Tomorrow.
In the county no pay rolls have been
met for q month. Another pay roll, due
tomorrow, will not be met, officials said
In the city, the last pay day Of police
men and firemen found the treasury I'M
able to issue checks Since January /
no city pay roll has been paid, or bills
met. The school board Is behind one
pay roll and has announced it will be
unable to meet the next nav roll. due
Friday, when $4,000 had hoped to get
salaries totaling $1,750, 1000.
The county controller has informed
the Strawn committee that by March I
the county viii owe $2,250,0 900 in
salaries and $3,215,000 in other
liabilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
BURR BUYS. SHARE
IN WESTERN RAILWAY
Deal Involving Denver and Salt
Lake Line Considered I'm.
portant Skirmish.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 22.-George
II. Burr, New York banker, last night
announced he had purchased for S.
0O0, 900 o 40 per cent interest in the
Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Co.
Mr.. Burr said the stock, purchased
from the voting trustees Of the road.
consists Of 10000 shares out Of q total
common stock capitalization of $4,000.
Others are interested IN the deal, y
said Mr.. Burr, land possibly an an
nouncement viii be made about 1t with
In the next few days."
The New York Times story Of the
sale says:
There were many guesses In railroad
circls In the financial district as to the
identity Of the principals, particularly
since the deal was regarded as an i'm
portant skirmish In the railroad battle
In the Far West for control Of important
transccntinental routes. One Of the
guesses by those who knew of the deal
was that It had been purchased for
the account Of Arthur Curtiss James.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
.ENERG|zED.CHEST
ACTIVITY URGED
Chairman NeWboId Noyes
Says Slump in Special
Gifts Creates Threat.

Members of the special gifts COM
mittee Of the Community Chest cam
paign were called upon by Chairman
Newbold Noyes to redouble their efforts
in securing gifts Of $500 or more as q
result Of a decided slump in the con-
tributions to the 1890 Chest reported
at today's meeting.
Eighty-eight new pledges accounted
for only $s5,026.14 as the days total,
as compared with $106,091.69 reported
yesterday. This brings the grand total
to 1851, 02S.s1. with only four more
week days remaining before the city
wide campaign opens next week.
Big Deficit Threatens.
Unless individual contributions are 20
per cent larger this year than last. ow-
ing 10 the increased needs Of the 1890
budget, the campaign Of the special
gifts committee viii show deficit Of
$4,000 on the basis of today's returns,
Chairman Moves declared. The per-
centage Of gain in pledges dropped to
IL per cent, compared with little less
than 10 per cent yesterday, affording
additional reasons why the campaign
efforts must be redoubled If the full
amount Of the committees quota is to
be raised.
Three gifts Of $1,000 each were the
largest reported today. These were from
s. Kann Sons Co., Edmund I. Kauf-
mann and Christian Heurich. Robert
v. Fleming, one Of the vice chairmen.
reported that the Washington banks
would be 100 per cent in the Chest list
Of contributors before the special gifts
committee ends its work.
Reports Of Vice Chairmen. :
Reports Of vice chairmen today were
as follows: Barry Mohun. $15,950;
Mrs. Charles G. Glover, jr., $7,1o0; Mrs.
Charles A. Goldsmith, $500: William
$3.50; w. w. Everett, $2,950; Mrs.
Sidney F. Taliaferro, $18.385; Thomas
B. Sweeney, $3,205; Robert v. Flem-
ing, S7,461.14; executive committee,
$14,250.
Other Units Prepare. ~
Meanwhile, the metropolitan unit.
which constitutes the army Of solicitors
who start combing the city for gifts
AlCAt WCCA u1AO J4AC kkO0P CO1AS4tdbAO1t
unit are making last%moment prepara-
tions for the opening Of the campaign.
The latter group WIN solicit gifts at
approximately 500 firms in the city
which employ more than 20 workers.
Yesterdays Donations.
Vice chairmen Of the special gifts
committee and the amount of pledges
reported by their teams yesterday were
as-follows: Barry Mohun, $685.: Mrs.
g. G. Glover, IT,, $l0,452; Mrs. Charles
A. Goldsmith. $3.50; william Knowles
Cooper, $4,550: Arthur HELEN, $13.210:
w. W. Everett, $2,350; Mrs. Sidney F.
Taliaferro, $2l, IT'S; Thomas B. Sweeney.
$3.50; Robert ". Fleming, $11 ,249 so,
and the executive committee, $19,500.
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin. president of
George Washington University, in Wig
orous appeal for support Of the Chest
campaign at yesterdays meeting, said
the first requisite is to get before the
public the fact that the care Of depend
CONTINUED on Page 8, Column a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
COLD GRIPS NATION. :

Associated Press dispatches today tell
Of increasing cold and blizzard weather
in many wide areas Of the country.
Little or no relief Is in sight. -"
The Taxas Panhandle reported zero
temperature, frigid conditions extending
south to the Gulf. It was zero In Okla
homa City. Ice reigned over, the Pa
cific Northwest. The town Of Cathla-
met, on the Washington shore Of the
frozen Columbia River, was isolated.
Chicago IS promised 10 below tonight
Milwaukee recorded 10 below last night
Nebraska had an extreme of % below
In the South, 1t was below freezing
In Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana
There was snow in Arkansas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
II HOURS IN. CASKET CONVINCES
SLEUTH HES FAILURE AS CORPSE
Detective Hides in Undertaker's Garage to Detect
Bootlegger, but Mission Fails.

he whiled away the hours and wondered
when his quarry would show up, II ct
all.
Mostyn had been detailed by Sergt
o. j. L,etterman, head Of the police
vice squad. to make the arrest, and
Sergt. Letterman locked him inside the
garage at z o'clock yesterday morning
At o'clock last night Letterman re-
turned, let himself In and retrieved his
mournful assistant from his hiding
place.
"Brrrr," muttered the detective a
he clattered out. "Say, but It was cold
In there. Maybe I've caught pneu-
monia; . anyhow It seems ! can
hear my casket 'cofa1.'
The bootlesseryis sim ct large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22

Eleven hours in Q. casket amid the
funeral surroundings Of an undertaker's
garage In the 900 block Of H street con-
vinced Detective James A. Mostyn that
he was q failure as . corpse. although
he felt he could do pretty well as Q
mourner.
The detective arranged himself within
the CONN yesterday to watch for the
return Of bootlegger who had left 23e
quarts Of whisky concealed In the ga
rage.
With only q pocket cigarette lighter
the lid Of the CONN for Light and air,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
20 KILLED IN MONTH.
Bus Accident Toll Mounts With Fourth
Ohio Crash

COLUMBUS, Ohio, January % Dr.
The school bus-train accident at Berea
today in which 10 persons were killed
brought the death toll from bus acct
dents In Ohio to 20 and the injured to
nearly 80, in less than month.
Seven persons were killed and IL
injured January when a Pennsylvania
train demolished a school bus at Shreve,
Ohio. On the same day 10 persons
were injured, two seriously, in collision
between a bus and truck at Bellevue,
Two persons were killed and several in
jured on January when a bus skidded
from the highway at West Alexandria.
January 81, 1929, Lake Shore cleo
trio train struck and demolished a bus
at a crossing near Bellevue, killing 81
persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
Man ElectrOcuted
AS Electric Heater
Falls Into Bath Tub
BY the Associated Press.

LEXINGTON. N. j., January
22.-Simeon Swift, 20 years old,
was electrocuted last night when
q small electric heater fell into
the water as he was taking a
bath.
The heater had been placed
on a towel rack, directly above
the tub. 1t fell into the water,
and Swift took hold Of it, appar-
emily not realizing that water was
an excellent conductor Of cleo
tricity. His screams attracted
members Of the family, but he
was dead when they reached the
bath room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
MRszFELToN SINKING.

Physicians Hold No Hope for For
mer Member Of Senate.
ATLANTA, Ca, January az R.-
Hope for the recovery Of Mrs. Rebecca
Latimer FELTON,, only woman who ever
sat as member Of the United States
Senate, was diminishing here today as
doctors worked with little success TO
arrest an attack Of bronchial pneu-
Ynonia.
She was said to be much weaker, al.
though conscious this morning. A slight
rally yesterday was followed by . re-
lapse today.
Mrs. FELTON,. who Is "a years old, con-
tracted pneumonia several days ago
while en- route from her home in Car
tersville, Ca, to Atlanta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
TOTS START TRAIN TRIP.

Girls, 8 and 4, on Second Trans
continental Journey Alone.
PORTSMOUTH. N. h. January az
R.-Lillian, 3, and Margaret Tourgee,
{, started their seco transcontinental
journey today, uraccornpa but rifl-
der the watchful eyes Of q relay Of rail-
road conductors who have been charged
bed on time and generally keep out Of
mischief
The girls are the daughters Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rodney Tourgee Of Hayward,
Calf. They have been visiting their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Tourgee. The grandfather is chief
boatSwain's mate at the headquarters
here Of the FIRST Coast Guard district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
WAX. CANDLE FIRED FROM GUN
PIERCES BOARD AT 100 YARDS
British Army Taccians Are Seeking Weapon for Defense
Against 'Iand Battleships.'

A remarkable experiment IN high
velocity was described at the Royal
Artillery Institution last night. An
ordinary wax candle, fired from l2-
bore shotgun ct range Of. 40 yards,
pierced q hree-quarter- deal
board and travelled another 100 yards
without sustaining any damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 22s-Iike other
tacticians, British Army authorities are
searching INCREASINGLY for weapon
that can successfully fight the tank.
as rapidly in psacstime as in war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
FIVE DIE IN PLANE.
Crash Thought to Have occurr
During Freak storm.

DIEPPE, France, January "a R).-
Five persons were killed when q taxi
airplane crashed against q cliff near
Dieppe. probably on Monday. Four Of
the dead were passengers and the NTH
was the pilot. The plane had been
missing for two days and Il was an
nounced the smashup came In the storm
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dali!
News. Copyright, 1880.

LONDON, England, January %
The French and British have
Just agreed to take as basis Of
the negotiations the Franco-Brit-
iSh memoranda exchanged before
the London Naval Conference.
Some points Of agreement have
already been found in the ar
rangement, but others still require
calculation.
In view Of the Importance OF
the questions involved, it has been
decided to bring the United
States, Japan and italy into these
conversations, which, it is eSti-
mated, will continue at least until
Friday. This viii, therefore, be
the essential work of the confer
ence for the present.
Tomorrow the full session. although
private, will, it is said, be largely for
NAL, each delegation limiting itself to
only the most general expression Of It's
national views.
Vagueness Of Program.
Up to the time of the foregoing de-
cision the chief task Of the delegates
had been that of reconciling the French
to the vagueneSs Of the program. Every
body knows in a general way that the
aim Of the conference Is to limit, and
if possible, reduce the number Of auXil-
iary ships, but nobody seemed ready to
offer any definite proposals.
This vagueneSs, which still exists, has
certain advantages, for it prevents any
one from taking too rapidly positive po-
sitions from which retirement afterward
would be difficult. This is what the
japanese have done by announcing their
demands before they left Toxic and re-
peating them with great flrmness ever
since. It Is also what the Italians have
done, to some extent, by demanding
parity with France.
But the~British and the Americans
both have avoided this step. They feel
that it Is better to 60 slow and work
things out gradually.
The French, however, have been i'm
patient. They have complained that
the British never sent them the detailed
proposals promised last October. They
have protested that since their arrival
Saturday. they have been unable to
learn anything definite about anything.
They had supposed that the British and
the Americans had made an agreement
and were ready with concrete proposals.
But both the British and the Americans
have assured them that this is not SO;
that no concrete proposals are ready;
that the figures employed in the Anglo
American conversations were merely
tentative, and that no program for
making the conference success has
been drawn In advance.
Surmises Not Correct.
Thus the French, who feared that
they were going to be confronted with a
solid Anglo-American lineup, found no
lineup at all, and instead of having to
listen to definite proposals from the
others, they were asked to make definite
proposals themselves.
But this they were not prepared to
do, until they could find out something
about what the British and tn Ameri-
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
Groundwork Is Laid for Five
Power Conference by De-
cision by London Leaders
in Armament Talk.
JAPAN AND ITALY SHOW
SIGNS OF IMPATIENCE
Tokio's Rigid Demands and Rome's
Vagueness First Problems to Be
Met-Dinner of Delegates Helps
to Iron Out Wrinkles, but Talk
Held Secret.

b. the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 22.-Pre-.
mier Tardieu of France today
requested the Associated Press
; to issue a denial of a report
published in the United States
that in an interview he had
said Great Britain and the
United States were far apart
on a naval treaty and that he
was acting as mediator on sew
eral outstanding points.
This report is absurd" said
the French premier, who added
that he had given no such in
terview and asked that a cate
gorical denial be made Of it.
(This reported interview was
not carried by the Associated
PreSS.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
ON Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton IS delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
WEATHER.

Snow and much colder, probably fol-
lowed by clearing tonight: tomorrow fair
and colder: lowest temperature about IA
degrees Observation-Disclosures. "a, at
noon today; lowest. 80, at 4 am. today.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-22
DR.. HENRY F. H0YT DIES.

Continued on Page 8, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17
NAVY ORDERS

Rear Admiral Frank H. Clark. de-
tached General Board, Navy Depart
ment, about october ID, to duty as
director Division of Fleet Training, Navy
Department.
Lieut.. Comdr. Stewart A. Manahan
detached command U. S. S. Humphreys
to Bureau of Engineering.
Lieut.. Comdr. Theodore M. VALID
schmidt, detached U. S. S. Overton
about october IL to Army Industrial
College, War Department.
Lieut. Lewis man, detached Ma
tional Board of Elections of Nicaragua
to Navy Yard, Norfolk.
Lieut.. (Junior Grade Robert B.
Alderman, detached National Board OF
Elections of Nicaragua to U. S.. s.
Gilmer.
Lieut.. CJunior Grade) Cecil T. eau
field, detached National Board OF Elec-
tions of Nicaragua to u. S. S. Alden.
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Harold B.
Edgar, detached National Board of Elec-
tions of Nicaragua to U. S. S. Bridge.
Lieut. (Junior GRADE Paul L. High,
detached National Board of Elections of
Nicaragua to U. S. S. Hovey.
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Melvyn H Nc
Coy, detached National Board of Elec-
lions of Nicaragua to U. S. S. Elliott.
Ensign Richard r. Ballinger. detached
National Board of Elections of Nicaragua
to temporary duty Naval Air Station,
Pensacola, Fla.
Ensign Gordon F. Duvall, detached
National Board of Elections of Mica
ragua to U. S. S. Sacramento.
Ensign Samuel B. Frankel, detached
National Board of Elections of Mica
ragua to temporary duty Naval Air Sta
ton, Pensacola, Fla.
Ensign Earl A. Junghaus. detached
National Board of Elections of Mica
ragua to temporary duty Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla.
Ensign Robert D. McGinnis, detached
National Board of Elections of Mica
ragua to temporary duty Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla So much of
orders May % to return u. S. S. New
Mexico approved.
Ensign Robert H. Wilkinson, de-
tached National Board of Elections of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17
MRS. MILLER SETS
AIR MARK FOR SEX
British FLYER Reduces Time of
U. S. Aviation in Coast
to-Coast Flight.

6y the Associated tFeSS.
LOS ANGELES, October 17.-Mrs.
Keith Miller, British flyer, clipped
nearly five hours from the womans
transcontinental flight record yesterday.
Leaving Valley Stream, N. Y. Monday
morning. she made the coast-to-coast
transit in IS hours A minutes elapsed
time.
The previous woman's record, 80
hours q minutes, was made by Miss
Laura ingalls,, st. Louis aviatrix, last
week. She is now flying eastward to
set West-East feminine record. Mrs.
Miller, who won fame by flying with
Capt Lancaster from London to Aus
tralia three years ago. will leave here
"in two or three days" in an attempt
to lower whatever record her American
rival sets.
I've been up at 4:30 every morning
for week" Mrs. Miller said at her
hotel. Now I'm going to have the
luxury of sleeping few mornings The
start of my return fight will depend
largely on weather conditions. want
to be sure I'm not going to hit any
thing like / did coming over the Ale
ghenies and the Midwest"
The British woman, who announced
at first she might hop of Saturday for
q one-stop flight eastward, said slight
repairs and changes would necessitate
remaining perhaps longer.
"One of the wheel struts which got
bent before / left New York caused
some roughness in landing" she said.
at will take a day to straighten it.
Also I want to see If I can have an
additional oil tank installed If the me-
chanics can find room for it. If can't
carry more oil, I don't think I can
make a one-stop schedule"
Mrs. Miller made five stops on the
flight. making the last hop from Win
slow, Ariz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17

cisco, to Bureau Supplies and Accounts.
Lieut.. Josephus M. Lieber Supply
Corps, detached Submarine Base, New
London, Conn, about November 20. to
Office of District Communications
Officer, San Juan, P. r.
Ensign Cecil o. Hamrick Supply
Corps, detached Submarine Base, Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, about December 81, to
ASiatic Fleet.
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) John w. Tun-
ner chaplain Corps, detached Naval
Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va,
about November 5, to u. S. S. Memphis
l. Chief Boatswain oscar Eng, order
August 81 to U. S. S. Saratoga revoked
Chief Boatswain Walter w. Hedges
detached U. S. S. Brant about october
20 to command u. S. S. Undaunted.
Chief Boatswain James C. Legg, de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17

Nicaragua to u s. s. Lexington.
Lieut.. (Junior Grade Albert lex
stadt, jr. medical Corps, detached
u. S. S. Saratoga to Naval Hospital,
Puget Sound, Wash.
Lieut. Comdr Edwin F. Barker (Sup-
ply Corps. detached Navy Yard, New
York, N. Y, about November IS, to
u. S. S. Dobbin.
Lieut. Joseph G. Hagstrom Supply
Corps, detached Navy Yard, Puget
Sound Wash. about November /, to
Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Lieut.. Percy j. Hutchinson Supply
Corps, detached Naval Air Station.
Pearl Harbor. to continue duty as sup
ply officer Naval Air Station, Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii.
Lieut.. Arthur A. Lee Supply Corps)
detached Receiving Station, San Fran
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17

tached U. S. S. Undaunted to o. 8. g.
Chicago.
Electrician Elwood L. Knaus, detached
U. S. s. Florida to U. s. S. Dobbin.
Chief Pay Clerk Robert Nelson, de-
taeched Receiving Station, San Fran
cisco, about November Is, to Sub
marine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Chief Pay Clerk Barr K. Parker, de-
tached 18th Naval District, about No
vember "a, to u. S. S. Saratoga
Chief Pay Clerk George F. Wenzler,
detached u. S. s. Lexington, about
January Is, to 13th Naval District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17

The poison which caused the illness
Of q number of persons who ate a con-
signment of candy sent out from fac
tory in England was found to be arsenic
sold by mistake in good faith as French
chalk used for candy busting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17

Franc Pinkerton, and to allow his sis
tiers. Mrs. Anna P. Glib and Mrs. Mary
P. Carlisle, to select from the Pinkerton
collection such jewelry as they might
desire.
william A. Pinkerton. an uncle. of
Chicago and J. +. Carlisle, brother
in-law. of Islip, N. Y, were named
executors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17

Legislation to protect the public from
unskilled treatment in sight testing was
suggested by an Australian delegate to
the International Optical Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17
PlNKERToN WILL READ
Entire Estate of Detective Agency
Head Is Left to Son.

NEW YORK, october II (P.-Allan
Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton De-
tective Agency, left his entire estate
to his son Allan, jr., by the terms of
the will filed yesterday.
The surviving Pinkerton was directed
"honorably and appropriately" to pro-
vide for the care of his mother, Mrs