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The Washington times., 1930-02-10
UBMARINE EXT0LLED AS CHEAP MEANS OF DEFENSE
MAIL BRINGING
ADDITIONAL
CHEST GIFTS

Members of the Junior League
began active solicitation of funds
in the Community Chest cam
paign today. Stands were estab-
lished at the Palais Royal, Gar
finckePs, Lansburgh & Bro, S.
Kann's Sons. Woodward g. 10th
rop's. the Hecht Company, the
.Mayflower Hotel, the Willard Ho-
tel, Federal-American National
Bank, Riggs National Bank, Met
ropolitan Bank, American Secur-
ity and Trust Company, Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company,
and the Union Trust Company.
In charge Of the stands and
working in relays were Mrs. Lewis
Arthur, Mrs. Claude Langlais,
Mrs. Richard Dunn, Miss Emily
Mackall, Miss Margaret Boss, Miss
Elizabeth Dunlap, Mrs. Frank
Harmon, Miss Anna Southard
Larner, Miss Anne Butler, Mrs.
Rodney Dean, Mrs. Owen AL
bright, Mrs. Herbert Clarkson,
Mrs. Gadwin Moore, Mrs. Charles
w. Eliot, Mrs. Thomas baltimore,
Mrs. Reeve Hoover, Mrs. Maurice
Crumpacker, Mrs. Blaise De
Sibour, Mrs. Theodore Gill, Miss
Louise King, Mrs. Dean Acheson,
Mrs. Benjamin Weems, Mrs. Sam
uel Beach, Miss Alice Parker, Miss
Suzanne Bradley and Mrs. John
r. Ewell.
Government department pledges
were already making their ap-
pearance at Community Chest
headquarters this morning, COM
ing through the mail, and this
encouraged chest officials to be-
lieve the departments might even
exceed their contributions of last
year when they returned approx
imately 100000 through the same
method of solicitation.
Banks of the city united in
offering to receive pledges and
each appointed a Community
Chest teller" for handling these
pledges.
All the churches of the city,
Protestant and Catholic, diStrib-
uted pledge cards yesterday and
each pastor spoke in favor of the
Chest. Indications were that
large number of pledges would be
received from this source. espec-
tally in view of the fact that the
Rev. Lawrence j. Shehan, in
charge for the Catholic churches,
came back to headquarters for
additional cards.
Pledges continued to come in by
mail and telephone. Mrs. Sum
neral, wife of Major General
Summerall, chief of staff, sent
word that the committe in charge
of the Military Exposition and Car
nival, held annually at the War
College, had decided to increase
its gift to the Chest from $500 to
$1,000.
1T appears as if the whole city
were aroused" John Poole, cam
paign chairman, said. I'VE are
hvaing proffers of assistance from
all sides and many of the people
are signing the little pink success
cards, calling for an additional
subscription. over what they have
already pledged.
There are still a large number
of people who have not gi:en, and
who, believe, will give. In fact,
knowing Washington as I do,
just cannot believe that the city
will fail in as important a task as
this. I have faith that the people
will rally to the support of the
Chest during these last two days
and will put it across"
The Washington times., 1930-02-10
CHURCH CALLS.
EDUCATORS

. TAKOMA PARK, Nd, Feb. 10.
Educators from conferences of
Seventh-Day Adventists in the
Middle Atlantic States will gather
here February "a for the biennial
meeting of the Washington Mis-
sionary College Corporation, ac-
cording to an announcement made
by President F. H. Robbins, OF
the corporation.
The meeting will elect trustees
for the forthcoming two years.
Representatives from the Columbia
Union, Southern Union, South
eastern Union and the General
Conference COMMITTEES viii be
present.
The Washington times., 1930-02-10
Lighting Style Show
To Feature Convention

The annual convention of the
Artistic Lighting Equipment AsSo-
citation opened today at the May
flower Hotel, with the expectation
that hundreds of Illuminating ex-
perts from all over the Nation
would register.
One of the features of the gath
ering will be a style show of light
ing equipment in the Washington
Auditorium, under the auspices Of
the Electric League Of Washington.
The Washington times., 1930-02-10
BRAND STARTS
FIGHT TO HALT
ABOLITION
BY HARRY R. FLoRY

LONDON, Feb. 10. Battle
lines" were being drawn among
the delegates to the five-power
naval disarmament conference
today as the time approached for
the plenary session when the sub
marine will go on trial for its
life.
With a full open meeting of
the parley scheduled to take
place at st. James Palace tomor-
row, the undersea boat, indicted
on one hand as a ruthless and
lnhuman instrument Of warfare,
and extolled on the other as an
economic, effective means of de-
tense, will be placed in the in
ternational scales in an Anglo
American move to relegate it to
q position where it can do but
little harm.
BRAND Launches Drive
While it has been known since
long before the start of the con-
ference that France would vigor-
ously oppose any move toward
abolition or strict limitation of
underSea craft, the Gallo attack
against the American and British
anti-submarine proposals came
sooner than had been expected.
Aristide BRAND. French foreign
minister, buttomholed Secretary
Of State Henry E. Stimson at a
friendly meeting for tea yeSter-
day, and expressed few Of the
fears felt by his country as a
whole if any concerted efforts
were made to open the sink valves
Of the worlds submarines and
leave them open.
M. Brands initiative was some
what unexpected, as it had been
anticipated the French would
await the return of their chief,
Premier Andre Tardieu, from
Paris before launching into the
Anglo-American proposals.
It is understood on good au-
thority that Foreign Minister
BRAND obtained some measure of
satisfaction from his talk with the
chief American delegate, as Secre-
tary Stimson is reported to have
told him that the American dele
cation realized there was no posi-
bility of abolishing submarines en-
tirely at the present time.
Tardieu'S Views Awaited.
Whether StimSon'S assurances
to M. BRAND we're sufficient TO
quiet all French fears on this mat
ter is a debatable point, and will
not be answered until M. Tardieu
arrives and makes the statement
which has been awaited ever since
the British and American delega-
tions made public their revolu-
tionary plans for naval limitation
and reduction.
In some circles it is believed
that M. Tardieu will choose to di-
vert the course of tomorrow's meet
ing from the submarine question,
and that he will elect instead to
set forth Frances entire naval
viewpoint as complete answer to
the Anglo American proposals.
The submarine problem is such
a vexed issue, however, that the
slightest mention of undersea
boats at tomorrow'S session is not
unlikely to bring about some sort
of clash among the delegates
Ever since the British and Ameri,
can proposals were made, a sharp
French retort has been antici,
pated, particularly to the former,
which came out flatly in behalf of
total submarine abolition.
Considerable opposition also was
The Washington times., 1930-02-10
Air Students to Build
Two Planes in School

The Aviation School of America
has acquired the Simmons Air.
craft factory of this city, and
will start work Immediately on
the construction of two planes,
officials announced today. The
planes will be- constructed and
placed in flying condition by stu
dents. .-.
The staff of instructors in.
cludeS Bruce LeGore, Morgan w.
WickerSham, T. r. Buchanan and
Robert Earl. The shops are
under the supervision of Cloud
Newman, licensed airplane me-
chanic. He is assisted by Charles
S. Dills and Earl H. Lol1n.
The Washington times., 1930-02-10
HOLDS ITS LUNCHEON

The University of Michigan
club will hold its weekly luncheon
at the Cosmos. Club Wednesday
at 1890 o'clock. AL alumni are
invited. F.
The Washington times., 1930-02-10

Photo by Underwood & Underwood
DIR. IRVING LANGMUIR
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Of
the General Electric research
department who has been
awarded the 1880 willard Gibbs
gold medal of the Chicago sec
tiOn of the American Chemical
Society for his chemical con-
tributiOnS during the past year.
looked for from the Japanese con,
tingent, which is expected to pro
test against the auxiliary strength
accorded her in the Anglo-Ameri.
can programs.
Former Premier Reijiro Wakat,
suki, of Japan, in a radio address,
continued to be optimistic in his
hopes a naval agreement will be
reached, but there seems little
doubt ne will lead his delegation
in a demand for a larger ratio
than that accorded in the pro
grams.
All speculation aside, however
there seems little doubt that this
will be the most important week
of the conference to date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

like manner. Her cousin, the late Duke
Of Cambridge, was for decades its COM
mander-in-chief. and q good one, too,
while that Duke Of York who was
brother to George Nv earned and
merited the title Of THE Soldiers
Friend"
While royal blood by no means i'm
plies military ability-there have been
too many ridiculous examples OF
crowned and coroneted military MIN
compoops-no one can say that it i'm
plies the contrary, and the training
that princes get is generally thorough
one. No student Of military history will
deny the high ability of that Duke Of
Cumberland. son of George II, who put
down the rebellion of the Young Pre-
tender" and also won glory on CONT
mental fields. True, his nickname was
Butcher" but he knew his stun, never
theIess. A more recent example is the
Grand Duke Nicholas of Czarist Russia,
who was O leader Of outstanding abil-
ity, as his father had been before him
against the Turks, and who. had he
been properly backed UP at home, might
have made q great name for himself.
It well might happen that years from
now Britain will discover the pres
ent Prince Of Wales to be the most
competent soldier she possessed. Let
no one grudge him his adrniral's or gen.
erals insignia, nor, for the matter Of
that, q field marshal's baton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
The Royal Road to Promotion.

Somewhat reminiscent Of the Civil
War veteran who was the only man
ever to hold commissions in the forces
of the United States Of both general
and admiral, is the news from London
stating that H. r. H. the Prince OF
Wales will probably be promoted to
both OF these grades in the British
armed forces within the year. He has
been a captain in the navy for eleven
years and O colonel, both regular and
honorary, for a similar period OF time
He is q Woodworking, conscientious and
competent young officer and deserves
the advancements.
i: Let no one scoff at the thought OF
sprig of royalty attaining grades IN ad-
vance Of many high officers who are
years his seniors. Holding such ranks
in army or navy is not only a preroga-
i. tive. Of royalty, but Is one Of It's serious
and onerous duties, and, in the case OF
the British ruling house, at least, nc
nonsense Is tolerated; royal ofdcer'
must know their jobs just as thoroughly
: as Father George learned his, when he
started in the grade Of midshipman
scrubbing and holystoning the decks
The connection between the House o.
+. windsor and the British forces Is
close personal one and has been 81
for centuries. Queen Victoria used Il
sneak Of my army" in very kaiser
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
'Who Won the Treaty?'' Is Now the
FavOrite International Problem

But what did the Americans there
upon do?
they inserted into the treaty, IN
article 20, q clause limiting British
cruiser requirements actually - to
OIL 900 tonSi Meanwhile no such re-
striction Whatsoever was put upon the
cruiser requirements Of the United
States.
u n
Could any further proof be wanted
by Britishers-of the overpowering and
Supplying cotemporary superiority Of
American diplomats2
Abroad our diplomats were Machiavel-
lis. Here they are NUTS. Many people
mere think that only one conclusion
Is possible. Each country at London
outwitted both Of the others: and, in
the process, each 80 outwitted itself
that 1t can be sunk at will by the fleet
Of either Of the other two. The treaty
Is like the cockney soldier who was
walking along the parapet Of his trench
on November IL, 1918. Hey, Bill"
shouted one Of his comrades, 1.-THE wars
over" who won9" inquired the cock
ney.
Copyright. 1sSo)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

Research has developed that deeds more
than Q hundred years cid refer 10 land
located on what IL now whiskey Greek
as being on Castle Spring branch. II
Whiskey Greek n q traditional and not
an authentic name, how or when It
became known by that eosnomen 10 not
clear. but 1t is believed that al one umc
a couple OF brandy stills were located
on Its banks. Thus the proposal 10
rechristen Whiskey Greek has created
q volume OF opposition as we'll q,
approval, and the controversy has grown
to Statewide proportions. The state
Highway Department, the state Com
servation and Development Commission.
. member of the virginia Senate and
the Churchville Community Club are
tackling from various angles the propo-
sition Ito change. or not to change"
The name OF the creek. Even tho home
town advertisers. or so~called boosters.
have Joined in 70 maintain that Whiskey
Greek IL unique In that II is perhaps
the only stream Of water in the world
bearing that name and that It will
attract more attention than any other
identification that could be given It.
It all boils down to the question. Is
Whiskey Greek really q bad name, aud
does Churchville really have q griev-
ance? And the answer seems to be as
specific and to the point as that Of q
reputedly wise and worthy oriental
whose reply TO curious queries was In
variably "Mebbe SO. yes. Mebbe 80. no.
Mebbe %. don't know" etc.
The word whisky itself has been the
subject Of much study and research, but
no definite conclusion has been reached
as to its exact origin or derivation. It
Is agreed, however that its next nearest
relative in photography is "usquebaugh, +"
an Erse word meaning water Of life"
Perhaps 1t Is after all not such ter
ribly bad name for q clear. clean,
sparkling stream Of water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
Police and Firemen PAY.

Action Of the Senate on Friday IN
passing the police and firemens pay
bill 10 gratifying and It u TO be hoped
that the House will concur soon and
repeat the action Of its District COM
mittee In indorsing Il. The upward
revision Of the salary scale in these
two departments Is only Just and the
legislation has been widely recommend
ed and favored. The only objections
have come from the guardians Of the
public funds in the House, who have
cited the bill a. another item that
will cost the District money. OF
course it will cost money, but the pro-
posal represents q pretty safe invest
ment for the taxpayers. Equitably d.
vided between the District Of Columbia
and the Federal Government, joint
beneficiaries, as well as Joint supporters
of police and fire protection. the burden
of adequate salary for the men is
nothing to be feared, nor should there
be efforts to escape 1t.
It is to be presumed that the changes
in the scale made by the Senate are
proposed In the best interests Of the tax
payers as well as the majority of the
men who will receive the higher pay.
If there are inequalities that become
obvious later they can be pointed out
and corrected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
"MORE ABOUT HOME"
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES T. FREEMAN. D. D. IL. d.
Bishop OF Warrington.

home" It Is well to be reminded at
this time what we mean by this ideal.
A Christian home is one in which the
fine precepts of Christian living have
the place Of pre-eminence. It Is a
place in which character development
Is given first place. 1t is a place In
which reverence Is inculcated and
rather than the precepts OF their par
ents those elemental virtues that con-
tribute to wholesome and clean living.
It is a place in which the Bible Is as
an open book: where its immortal
truths are studied and discussed with
the same freedom and naturalneSs with
which other themes are considered. It
is q place where Christian convictions
are rendered articulate and where cul-
ture and refinement grow out of spirit
ual atmosphere. In its highest ideal
1t is a place where the family altar is
set up, and where the father occupies
his sovereign office as priest Of his
household. It was the conception Of
such q home that prompted the Scotch
bard to write:
From homes like these old Scotia's
glory springs,
That makes her loved OF home, revered
abroad"
In the newer conceptions that are
abroad today concerning life, we find
ourselves so confused and bewildered
that We are giving less heed to these
things than we once did. Accelerated
motion and q more colorful life, with
an increasing variety of new-found
luxuries, will hardly compensate us for
the loss Of those homelier, simpler ways
to which we trace our growth and
progress. Schools and colleges and
other institutions that develop us along
many lines have their distinctive place,
but all of them combined are inconse-
quential when compared with the home
as a Understanding institution. If
our children are to be saved from an
overindulgence In luxuries of one kind
and another that are enervating and
that tend to looseness Of habit, we
must rebuild the home life Of America
and give 1t stability and o character
that, in the present stage of our de-
velopment we are giving scant heed to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
Racketeering in St. Louis.

St. Louis Is emulating Chicago in the
matter Of crime prevalence. That Is to
say, certain residents Of the Mound
City are setting up in business as
racketeers in q manner to give the city
on the lake lively competition for law
breaking. The st. Louis gang is evolv-
ing its system. First the process was
the kidnapping Of operators of shady
enterprises, particularly gambling re-
sorts, and the extortion Of ransom
money. Then the game was extended
to include business men Of more repu-
table line Of activity. Since the latter
part Of December nine persons have
thus been abducted and held for pay
nnents amounting, It - estimated. 10
$l5o, 900.
Now the racket 10 extended. The
gang has organised itself, or ut least
given itself q title, 1.-THE Lawbreakers
Protective Association" Letters In the
name Of this syndicate Of crime are be-
ing sent out to gamblers and book
makers-returning thus to the first field
Of operation-demanding "dues" In
sums ranging up to $4,000. If the pay
ments are not forthcoming the objects
Of this attention will be eliminated"
Recipients Of the letters with more
than usual nerve have made them pub
lie, thus defying the association"
Now is the time for st. Louis to act,
vigorously and effectively. This sort
Of thing can be checked, with pluck on
the part Of police and prosecutors.
There seems TO be no lack of evidence.
In Chicago there has never been any
great degree Of doubt regarding the
identities Of the racketeers. They were
known to the police In most cases. The
timidity Of the victims sometimes
checked the punitive process, but in the
main the system Of blackmail and ex-
tortion and eventual murder proceeded
with effrontery born of confidence that
the police were not greatly concerned
There is no security In inaction. Nor
does the fact that the victims Of the
extortion racket are in most cases them
Selves SuBhScu ia QucottVHubAeS Al INV
illegal, enterprises justify inattention on
the part Of the authorities. It Is but q
short step by the racketesrs from IL
legitimate to legitimate business o. Q
field for blackmail In st. Louis al
ready the kidnepings have included
some Of the city's most reputable nner-
chants.
These outbreaks Of crime are indica-
tive Of the trend Of the times toward
leniency for lawbreaking. Society
cannot indefinitely continue on this
plane. It was just such o condition.
with failure of law enforcement and
public protection, that led to the or
ganisation and operation of vigilance
committees in the pioneer days Of
the West. Surely this should not be-
come necessary now, in our present
supposedly high state Of organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
Whisky Greek and churchvills.

Churchvtlle, on the banks Of whiskey
Creek. believes It has . grievance.
Maybe it has. It believes that the name
Whiskey Creek is detrimental to the VII.
lage through which the stream runs
and that 1t is q stigma upon the spar
king waters themselves.
Whiskey Greek rises in the mountains
Of Augusta County, Va, nve miles or
90 above Churchville, and follows liter
ally . staggering course as 1t loses itself
in jennings Branch, . tributary Of
Middle River, which flows into the
Shenandoah, eventually becoming the
Potomac, and, finally, Chesapeake Bay
and the Atlantic Ocean. 1t ripples,
swirls, cascades and sparkles as II
dances its merry way over Its crooked
bed Of jagged rocks.
Four hourishing churches within its
borders have bestowed the name OF
Churchville upon the little town OF
about 800 people, which II now making
strenuous protest against . placsrd
placed by the State Highway Depart
ment on q $4,000 bridge now in process
OF completion, proclaiming 1t to b
"whiskey Greek Bridge" ChuYchville 4
described as q community having
larger percentage of sober, intelligent
God-fearing. church-loving people. Will
no faint Of whisky upon their lives Of
breath, than any known community o.
It's size. For that reason 1t resents thu
name Whiskey Greek and its community
club has filed petition asking that thu
stream be rechristened and that th'
signs on the new bridge bear the nam'
Castle Creek"
1t Is claimed by some that Castle
Greek or Castle Spring was the origina
name, bestowed because Of the series o.
castlelike rock formations over which thu
waters flow. Others claim that 1t hai
always been known a. Whiskey Greek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
Tert. ! Timothy. ~: "Let them learn
first to shoW ptety at home"
BE it ever so humble,
There In no nlanA like home. v

pTsI 20 shoU p1ety ot nome.
BE it ever so humble,
There Is no place like home"
This sentence in one Of the most be-
loved Of songs was written by a man
who was denied much Of the Joy and
privilege Of home life. It often hap
pens that the worlds wayfarers, who
see the joys and Satisfactions of the
home from afar, are the ones who love
It most dearly.
We are reminded that in His later
ministry Jesus declared concerning
Himself. Foxes have holes, and the
birds of the air have nests, but the
Son Of Man hath not where to lay His
head" In those few tragic years in
which He moved among men, He yearned
for the intimacies and companionships
of home life. There was one humble
home In Bethany to which He fire.
quently resorted. Here, environed by
understanding friends, He found relief
from the haraSsing cares of life. What
He lacked in His later life He had in
its wholesome simplicity In His early
life. It Is o singular fact that the
major portion Of the life Of the Master
is obscured to our vision. From in
fancy to IL years of age little or moth
ing Is tolo uS concerning Him. We
know that He lived with Joseph, the
carpenter, and Mary. His mother. We
read that in his twelfth year He went
down to Nazareth and was subject unto
them" The following 10 years has no
record to tell US Of His ways and habits
Notwithstanding these facts, we may
gain enough from the Gospel narrative
to give US q conception Of what His
home life must have been His chival-
rous treatment Of His mother, coupled
with her unfailing devotion which grew
out Of an understanding heart. consti-
tute one Of the most idyllic pictures set
before men. That the home environ
part in his public ministry is clearly
evident. No teacher Of men has lifted
the home to o higher place than did
He. Out Of His ideals we have con-
Strllcted what Wa call The "Christiara
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Relief Always Expected.

Relief Always Expected.
Election Day will soon be here.
It can't delay for many year.
When one Election Day Is gone.
Another CLOVIS like distant dawn.
We fear that crime waves cannot cease
Debate goes on Of war or peace.
We seek new rules for what to think,
And also for what not TO drink.
And 90, when disappointments come,
We do not yield to feelings glum.
We always say with hopeful cheer,
Election day will soon be here!"