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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
EAST OF DRATIANU !
LEADERS IS DEAD.
80-Year Domination of Royal
House of Rumania Ended
on Carols Return.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, December
23.-Death has ended the Balkan his
toricaI drama written by the three
Bratianus, Jon, the father, and Jon and
VantHa. sons, who crested Rumariian
dynasty which toppled their line from
Sixty-three years old, Vintila Bra
tiafiu, the last influential member OF
the family which for nearly 80 years
nodded Rumanian politics, suffered a
stroke of apoplexy last night at his
estate, Milhaeti, and died soon after
ward, leaving his bitterest enemy, King
Carol. a clear field where he himself
once had welded power. Nine. Bra
tiaru was absent in Bucharest when
the END came.
- Bratianu Stands Alone.
last ..Iune the Rumanian Parliament
vOted 486 to to enthrone the returned
urodigal, Prince Carol, as King OF Hu-
mania. The single dissenting vote was
that Of Vintila Bratianu. It marked
the end of the fanilyS political power.
Jon Bratianu, father, led the revolu-
ton of 184S, was instrumental in the
union of the principalitieS of Moldavia
and Wallachia in 1859 under Prince
Cuza was a leader in his deposition,
ana III 1000 Drought EIlIlCS SNAOl VI
Holaenzollern-Si gnaringen TO Rumar1ia
to found the present royal line.
Jon Bratianu, son, followed him to
POWER and ruled Rumania with high
hand.
Family Exiled Carol.
Vintila Bratianu played second fiddle
TO- his brother, but together staged the
exile of Carol to France after he had
dif1culties with his father and displayed
personal animoSity to themselves.
stories published abroad averred that
q woman friend Of Carols was sent
from Rumania after him, the suisse
quent association forming the basis of
charges which the Bratianus used to
secure his remuneration of the throne
and to bring about succession of Carols
son, Michael, to the throne when
Ferdinand died. Associated with the
Bratianus was Prince Barbu Stribbey, d
friend of Queen Marie.
Jon Bratianu died in 1927, the reins
of power passing to Vintila, who later
was caught on the crest of the wave of
rising Peasant party sympathy and re-
signed his premiership to Juliu MANU-,
Peasant party leader.
Vintila Bratianu was mayor of
Bucharest before the war, minister Of
war and minister of munitions during
tina war and in the succeeding Jon
Bratianu cabinet, minister of finance.
He was educated as an engineer and
was one of the builders of the various
Danube bridges in Rumania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
LEGION HITS POLICY
OF SALVATION ARMY
New York Commander Says Organ
ization Discriminates Against
Needy Veterans.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December ga charge
that the Salvation Army "has dis
eliminated against the veteran be-
cause he was a veteran" was made
Sunday by Edward J. Neary, State COM
mander of the American Legion, in a
statement sent to each of the Legion's
IT'S posts in New York State.
In New York City. Comdr. Neary
said, veterans applying for relief to
organizations such as the Salvation
Army, American Red Cross and others
were referred by those organizations to
the American Legion relief agencies"
THE legion has been attempting to
tide these destitute veterans over this
period, but the demand has been 50
heavy that the funds are now
exhausted" he continued
He described the situation in letters
to the Salvation Army and the Red
Gross and asked their help for needy
veterans. "1n their reply the Saliva
ton Army disregarded the request" he
said. land wrote general letter call
ing attention to the great demands
made upon them during this period.
The Red Cross, he continued, replied
with request for a conference with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
SOV|ETS IN DRIVE
ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Government, Cooperating
With Anti-AIcohoIic> Society,
Rapidly Reducing Supply.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, December 23.-The Soviet
government, working hand IN glove with
the Anti-Alcoholc Society, is gradually
cutting down Russia's liquor supply.
The rapidly growing prices Of vodka
tell the story. The powers-that-be are
trying to make liquor hard to get with
the idea that ultimately the Soviet re-
public will be without an alcoholic taste.
The government apparently is not con-
cerned with the huge monetary loss 1t
will suffer when the comrades give up
their tippling. Last year. for instance
Russians spent some $T50,000,0o0 for
vodka, beer and wine.
Demands Liquorless Country.
AS one oficial views the situation
"Sovietism and alcoholism do not 60
together. We must some day have q
liquorless country. When that will be,
it Is hard to say Like some Of our
other ideals. It may be dtfiicult to at
tain. But some time it viii be reality.
We do not intend to enforce prohibit
ton. We hope to succeed by education
and by gradually cutting down the sup
ply of alcoholic beverages. We envision
day when there will not even be beer
in the republic
Tourists Report Scarcity.
From the standpoint of the foreigners
visiting Russia, there is not a decent
drink in the country today. On his first
few hours in the Union of Socialist
Soviet Republics the ordinary tourist
experiments with a shot of vodka.
Once, but not twice. He almost inn
mediately goes on the wagon" For
vodka IN the 1fninitiated Is chain light
ming It also Is bitter and most unap-
petizing. The beer Is also scarce and
not good. The wine is little better,
but still far from being nectar Of the
gods.
At present there are no saloons or
cabarets, night clubs or speakeasies IN
| Russia. Mild beer can be had only In
tate-owned hotels and restaurants and
| in the various union clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23

certain puzzling motions of the planet
Mercury, is a mistake.
When American scientists are asked
to name Einsteins greatest achievement
they often reply:
He set men thinking"
This they hold is an imperishable ac-
complishment, regardless Of what hap
pens to relatively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23

him next Tuesday to discuss remedies
for the situation.
mo criticism is made of the Red
Cross pending the outcome of this con-
ference" the commander said.
A representative of the Salvation
Army denied the accusations of the
Legion head. He declared all veterans
or veterans families that had applied
for aid had been assisted as the cases
warranted.
The statement by Comdr. Neary
accusing the Salvation Army OF discrim-
mating against needy war veterans was
criticized today by Capt. George H.
Names, past commander of the Adver-
Using Mems Post Of the Legion, as rep
resenting only Nearys personal opinion.
Capt. Names declared he had never
known personally of any case in which
a veteran had been unfairly treated by
the Salvation Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
WRIT BASED ON CLARK
DECISION THROWN OUT
st. Paul Judge Refuses to Free
Nan Accused of Violating
Prohibition Law.
BY the Associated Press.

ST. PAUL, December 23.-Refusing
to consider rer-.lC decision of Federal
District ,T''S,e William Clark of Newark,
N j, mat held the eighteenth amsnd-
liquor law violator in United States
District Court in ST. Paul yesterday.
The alleged violator, Frank Hitler
farmer, sought release on writs OF
habeas corpus and certiorari, which
cited the Clark decision in support.
Judge Molyneaux said: II am not
going to take the time to go over Judge
Clark's opinion. In my opinion his
decision is fallacious. The fallacies
easily can be pointed out but am not
going to do so at this time because the
case has been appealed to the United
States Supreme Court"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23

although 1t is a
curious fact that
the father of rel
ativity himself al
ways had admitted
the possibility of
an ether of some
sort.
Ether went into
the discard just
after the famous
Nicholson - Morely
ether-drift expert
mentS in America
failed to prove ex-
istence Of the ether.
Many authoritative
scientific books now
assert that this ex-
pertinent found no
oxyi f4onao IF ofhor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
!. Aviatrix to Wed Director.

LOS ANGELES, December % P.-
Marjorie Crawford, 22-year old avia-
trix, today announced her engagement
10. William WellmaGi, motion picture di-
rector and aviStion enthusiast. The date
Of the wedding WIS not set, as both are
awaiting final divorce DEGREES from their
AfB2 mates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
ECONOMIC SITUATION
FAILS TO ALARM SLOAN
Recovery Only Matter Of Time, De-
clares President Of General
Motors in Radio Address.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 23.---Alfred
p Sloan, jr.. president of General
Motors Corporation. asserted over the
radio last night that there is no cause
for encouragement" in the present
economic situation.
Similar conditions have been with
us before" he said mo one can
possibly prophesy as to when change
will take place, but no one will deny
that it is only question of time. Out
of it all Is sure to come q better order
of things and eventually greater heights
of prosperity than we have yet enjoyed"
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Chilean Wine Men Seek Market.

SAN ANTONIO, Chile, December 20
R).-Chilean wine producers yesterday
made bid for the European market,
shipping 100000 liters about $4,000
quarts of the beverage aboard the
Steamer Almelo for sale In Germany,
Belgium and Holland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
BANDIT SLAIN IN DUEL
Oklahoma Citizens Surround Store
During Robbery.

JENNINGS, Okla, December % up
Charles Glisson, former clifton room
ing house proprietor, was shot and
killed here last night by posse as he
and an unidentified companion sought
to escape after attempting to rob q
department store.
George M. McAningh, Jennings ON
Ger, was injured in gun fight with
the two rohbers inside the store
passerby gavc the alarm and group
of citizens ar1 ed with shotguns, sur
rounded the pla e.
Gibson and his -ompanion attempt
ed to shoot theI way through tht
posse. The second i Nber escaped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
BODY OF HERO PRELATE
IS REMOVED TO CHAPEL
Blue Marble Mausoleum Will Mark
Last Resting Place of Car
dinal MERCER.
By the AssociAted PICS.

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, December 23.-The re-
mains Of Cardinal MERCER, Belgium S
hero prelate, were transferred unoSten-
tatiously yesterday from the crypt under
the high altar at st. Rombolds Arch
episcopal Church to the adjacent rosary
chapel, where a blue marble mausoleum
will henceforth mark the cardinals last
resting place.
The church was closed during the
removal, which was performed in the
presence of Madame MERCER, the cardi-
nails sister -in-law. and few members
Of the clergy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
PRAIRIE CRUDE OIL BAN
CALLED BLOW TO IDLE
Oklahoma Governor Wires Hoover,
Asking Conservation Boards Aid
to Solve Problem.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, December
23.-Gov. W. j. Holloway yesterday
telegraphed President Hoover urging the
Federal Conservation Board to take ac-
ton to solve a problem created by an
nouncement that the Prairie Oil & Gas
Co., would accept no more crude oil
after January 1.
Explaining that the action will throw
hundreds of Oklahonians out of employ
naent, Gov. Holloway Joined Gov. Clyde
M Reed of Kansas, In q plea TO prevent
this disaster"
Il have just had a telephone CONVEX
Sation with Gov. Reed Of Kansas and ]
am in thorough accord with the view
he has expressed TO you by wtre," the
Oklahoma governor said
Oklahoma and Kansas are similarly
affected in this situation. Oklahoma
alone has approximately 10000 small
wells affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
ORIENT WILL GREET U. S.
WITH HOLIDAY BROADCAST

Shanghai, Manila, Toxic and Homo
lulu to Join in Fluctuations to
Citizens of America Christmas.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 23-The Far
East is to greet America by radio on
Christmas morning.
Shanghai Manila. Toxic and Homo
lulu are to join in the most ambitious
Short-wave rebroadcast yet attempted
from across the Pacific The program,
to cinsist of native music will last 40
minutes Ten-minute pick-ups will be
made in each city, starting in the order
named at 1920 &c. S. To and con-
tinuing until IL over the combined
WEAF-WJZ chains. +'-.-..
The success of the rebroadcast will
depend upon reception conditions. The
pickup station will be at Point Reyes,
Calf. with San Francisco as the con-
Meeting point for the network.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
.E|NSTE|N TO VISIT
OPPOSITION CAMP
Cleveland School Exhibits
Proof Books Are in Error
Regarding Ether.

hSSUNIdVtu FItSh.
NEW YORK, December 23.-Albert
Einsteins visit to the United States
brings him into a scientific camp which
sees possible flaws in relatively.
One is a troublesome question about
existence of ether" the hypothetical,
all-pervading atmosphere of space in
which light waves once were supposed
to travel
Many relativists assert that relatively
ignores the possibility that ether exists,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23

Books that squeak, talk. sing or form
themselves on opening into houses or
castles, are the most popular for chill
dren in Europe this Winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23

Australia expects to export $4,000, 900
bushels of wheat this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-07

filler spoutS. The fuel wasted was included In
the total consumption Of $40 gallons
Brother Feltes' flight to the West Coast at
another time, and only a few months ago. would
have been considered an epochal event Of world
wide importance, for It was the first transconti-
mental flight ever made with Diesel aircraft
engine.
After putting in as many flying hours as DOS
sible at San Francisco Brother Feltes had the
plane disassembled, Grated and shipped by rail-
to Seattle, whence it was shipped by boat 400
miles up the Yukon to the little hamlet Of Holy
Cross which is TO be his home for the next
few years.
Since receiving notice of his new opportunity
Tor service he has spent q year in intensive
study Of the practical side Of aviation He
started his training July 16, 1923, at the Ala
media airport near San Francisco, and made his
FIRST solo flight August S, after eight hours of
dual-instruction flying. Less than q month later
he had won his private license from the De-
partment Of Commerce.
While learning to ny Brother Feltes at the
same time was seeking all the knowledge OBJ
tainable about conditions in the back country
of Alaska and about flying in Arctic climates
He received much valuable information from
members of Admiral Byrd's South Pole expe-
dition.
From Father Delon, in the many DAYS of
their close association, the flying brother
learned much of the people and Of the country
into which he is going. He came to know the
fallacy in the moving pictures of the North
Country" which show great teams of 10 or q
dozen big dogs racing across the show with
sled. driver riding behind yelling 'Mushl" and
cracking long whip. He learned instead the
true picture of danger, sacrifice and ton
THE Marquette Missionary is a big Bel
lanca cabin monoplane. It is equipped
as an ambulance or an emergency hospital
ship. It will carry much surgical and medical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-07
Continued from Nineteenth Page

be most unusual, and the "Zambra" q Spanish
gypsy dance, will also be given as solos.
The Gardiner dancers will assist the solo
artist in trios, quartets and large ensemble
Three of the "Chopiniana," dances set to music
Of Chopin will include "Mazurka" by Alice
Louise Hunter, Ann Vucinovich and Maurne
Mulliner; waltz" as solo by Kathryn Null
lowney, and "Nocturne," by the ensemble
negro spiritual viii be interpreted by the
large ensemble and Strauss "BIue Danube win
be trio by Miss Gardiner, Alice Louise Hunter
and Christine Stewart. claire de Lune" by
Debussy, is given as quartet with Miss Gardner,
Miss Hunter, Miss Stewart and Maurine MuI.
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and prepare himself for next Winters work has
been that. There were no heroies, for instance
about such thing as a trip of $500 miles from
Coast to Coast
Roosevelt Field, Long Island, on the first leg of
his journey into the far North country. with
Father l. p. Delon, s. J., his superior, and the
priest In charge of the mission to which he has
been assigned, and accompanied also by Can't
George Pickenpack, who was to give him his
final instructions in cross-country flying, and
Walter Kade. mechanic, he set out as II on
prosaic trip to Philadelphia.
A BLITY to travel on schedule meant more
to him than any record shattering cross
country run, as test Of the equipment with
which he is to dare the rigors Of the Arctic.
His route took him to Buffalo on July 10 and
to Detroit on July 20. Three days were given
to study Of his motor in the Detroit plant where
it was built. He new to Chicago on July g. to
Dubuque, Iowa, on July a. and there he had
a meeting which held him day. wichita was
reached July 26 and Albuquerque on the next
day. From Albuquerque he few to Phoenix
through terrific heat on July %. going on to Los
Angeles the next day. He reached San Fran
cisco July 80. His schedule was maintained
throughout almost to the exact minute.
This part of the journey covered $500 miles
and was accomplished in "a hours flying time
and with the use of $40 gallons Of furnace Oil
for the Packard Diesel engine with which the
Marquette Missionary, his specially designed
Bellanca, Is powered
Little or no comment was made on the trip,
despite the fact that four men Travelled from
New York TO San Francisco in "a hours at
fuel cost of only $34 only a fraction more than
a cent a mile. Kade, the mechanic, by the way,
offered profuse apologies because, he said, each
time fuel was taken on a few quarts were
spilled. due to the construction of one Of the
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~ cracking Win StaC1c IN "A teTnUer-
AZURE Of 40 below Zero A dead world
ia shroud. completely barren of life and move
ment except for six tiny dots creeping up the
Eade of q mountain
Close up, each tiny dot is a painting. sweating.
etxaining thing of life. creature with life ia
enough abundance to fight OF the fingers Of
death reaching. sometimes clawing sometimes
tmperceptibly feeling, but never stouuine
searching for a weak spot in an armor of win
and something more
Five tiny dots are shaggy wolf-like husky
Qogs tugging against taut traces fastened 70 q
loaded toboggan. The sixth, parikee hood
thrown back from his sweat-dampened hair Is
man, adding the power of q big muscular
physique to the fight over q zig-zag course I'M
thGs side Of q mountain.
And the valley finally accomplished, only a
ecant half mile and then another snoW-clad
left behind
Little time out for permmican and tea for
man and frozen white fish for dogs. Occasional
stop to painstakingly remove caked ice from
paws and nurse and bind up lacerated footpads.
Saeep-most persistent among the clutching
ungers increasingly active allies-therefore not
20 be thought Of for more than q half hour at
time in sweat-soaked clothing with a temper
ature of 40 below.
Eleven days and nights of this that q doomed
Eskimo woman might die with the Last Sacra-
ments-established a record of hardship and
the amazing tales Of human endurance and sac
rifice that have been the almost daily story of
little Jesuit mission at Holy Cross Alaska.
Eleven days Of unremitting toll to accom-
plish distance of 1875 miles.
N this coming Winter. already beginning to
set in throughout the back country along
the famous Yukon, snow-covered peaks win
fade away in rapidly passing procession under
Brother George J. Feltes, s. j., IL the call again
sends one OF the Fathers Of the mission out
over this same terrifying trail One hundred
ana eighty-five miles viii roll away beneath
him In no more than two hours as the only
nytng missionary speeds on his Grand Medi-
eines arriving in time, or a now easily reached
hospital cot, may rout death time and time
again where until now he faced only pitifully
inadequate competition
Fame. fortune ana hero worship have been
the fruits OF accomplishment for many pioneers
OF the air. For Brother Feltes, and the Fathers
whom he will carry in his plane, there win be
little more than that which comes to men of
the cloth from knowledge of helpful ministry to
others.
Flying across snow-clad crags where any
failure OF man. plane or engine could result
only In disaster, defying nature In all the stark
pitilessness she exhibits to those who travel the
Arctic trails, will be all part Of the days work
% Brother Feltes. His flying TO obtain license
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-07
Marine Band Concerts.

HE concert schedule Of the United States
Marine Band and Orchestra for the COM
ing week will be as follows: Monday. Deem
Der 8, at pm; Wednesday December 10, at
8 PM, and Friday, December IL, at pm.
These concerts will be given in the auditorium
at the Marine Barracks. Capt. Taylor Branson.
leader Of the United States Marine Band. win
conduct. .FNl 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-07
Passing of the Horse.

Delaware and Rhode Island can be used
as examples, the passing of the horse Is
proceeding with great rapidity These two
STATES census figures indicate have seen almost
. oO per cent decrease in their horse populations
"a the past 10 years. Rhode Island has dropped
nom $50 in 1920 to 3,164 this year. while
delaware has dropped from 27T52 to 1866.
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Resting Much Easier.

FTLOWERY beds of ease of which the poets
speak, may be scarce, but nevertheless the
country rests more comfortably year by year,
1uoglng from the Census Bureaus figures on
mattress and spring output. The total value
OF these products in 1929 was Sis, OOO, 900, a 20
per cent increase over the figures for 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-07

equipment and hospital cot in which n suf-
ferer may be moved swiftly through the air to
the nearest hospital perhaps 100 or 200 miles
receiving set which can be used while flying or
when the plane is at rest on the ground.
Service stations for airplanes are few and far
between in Alaska. Brother Feltes win be his
own mechanic. In q pinch. it Is believed the
plane could be run on whale oil which Is
usually available in the North country.
Brother Feltes who is but 80 years old, has
been q member of the Jesuit order for IS years
On the same day that the plane was solemnly
blessed and officially presented by the Mar
quette League of Brooklyn, N Y. its donors
20 the Jesuit missionaries Of Alaska eight of his
brothers who gave their lives more than 400
years ago for the work to which he now more
adequately armed by modern science has couse-
Grated his life, received perpetual honor. An
eight, Jesuit missionaries In the North died
for their faith at the hands of Irouuois indians.
AT almost the same hour as the solemn service
over The Marquette Missionary In st. Peters
at Rome Pope Plus XII canonized these other
eight sef-sacrifcing brothers of the past
TITLE may be heard in the next decade Of
Brother Fetes and his 225 horsepower TO
~Soe"A VA 1Atc all LUZ The WOrkS OF men such
as he go unheralded to the world
However, among Indians and Eskimos i'll in
1ured, dying and without food and cut OF from
the rest OF the world, he may well become re-
earded as q real angel Of mercy from heaven
And II his great winged aerial chariot and
ms own self carry any ease and comfort to
those dying or in distress he will have received
reward. 1t Will be to him compensation far
beyond that accorded other successful pioneers
OF the uncharted airlanes. He Is that type Of
man.