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The Washington times., 1930-01-27
POLICE TRAP q
AS GEM RING
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leader here, was said to have been
overheard in several conversations
with Thomas Abbott, alleged head
of a robbery and narcotic gang.
Abbott was one of those arrested.
Busch is being held for question
ing.
The arrests, police announced,
were made as a result of the
robbery of the home of Charles
M. Richter, where gems valued
at $4,000 were taken.
Roche said he believed the
gang committed 25 to so rob-
berries in the last few months
and was planning to go to De,
troit today for a $4,000 job"
At the home of James HouS-
ton, one of the men seized, police
found four revolVers and a
Sawed-off shotgun. In the 1uSh-
ion of Houston's automobile a
zipper-like arrangement made It
possible to pull a corner of the
cushion open and to reach a
revolver kept there.
Others seized in the raids in,
cluded Abbott's wife, Lillian,
Houston'S wife, Evelyn; Nick
Knauf, Allen Swelander, Betty
Thorn, William Ward, Frances
Sterling, Margie Jackson, Will
liam Frances, David Rose and
Mike Hoffman. Several others
of the gang are being sought.
The Washington times., 1930-01-27
Christian Church Cleric
Becomes EpiscOpalian

The Rev. ALVIN Lamar Willis,
pastor at Lexington, KY, has
accepted a call as assistant
rector of the Church of the
Epiphany in this city, according
to an announcement made last
night by the ~sRev. ZeBarney
Phillips, rector of the church.
The Rev. Willis has resigned
his charge as pastor of a Chris
tian Church and accepted the
Episcopalian faith. He will prob
ably be ordained within a few
weeks and will come to this city
about March l to assume his new
duties. The Rev. Willis is AZ
years old, is married, and the
father of two children.
The Washington times., 1930-01-27
HUNT E|ELSON
NEAR PLANE
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itself and the drifts of snow that
all but buried it revealed no trace
Of the two fliers. Some ex-
pressed the hope that the two
men made their way to a reindeer
camp nearby, but this theory is
given little credence.
Crosson and . Gillian, flying
from ice-bound schooner Nanuk
Saturday, sighted the planes
Wreckage 80 miles southeast ofo
their flying base and 10 miles
inland from the coast.
Reported Crash
The two fiers returned to the
Nanuk and reported the ship de
molished. Yesterday they sat
out for the crash once more,
mad successful landing and
examined the plane minutely
They found among other things
that the cabin was practically
undamaged by the fall.
Search for the two men cen
ters in the Amguiema River val
ley, when recent report came
through Moscow stating that ma
tiveS in that neighborhood had
found the wrecked plane.
Eielson and his companion have
been the objects of a WIDESPREAD
aerial search since their disap-
pearance November 8 while the
two airmen were ferrying the
crew and furs from the ice-bound
Nanuk to safety. They had al.
ready brought six men to Laod.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Borland.
parents Of Eielson's mechanic,
were informed here of the dis.
cover in a message from Alfred
Lomen. director of the Avia-
ton Corporation of America s
relief expedition.
Flew Over Camp
It means to me that Eielson
and my boy have been injured
when the plane crashed. They
are known to have flown low
over reindeer camp and I be
lieve they set out for it when
they landed. leaving their food
supplies behind because they we're
not needed and would burden
them" he said.
They carried two pairs Of
skis on the plane. My message
did not mention the skis and
probably Lomen was unaware that
they had them. The fact that he
did not mention them indicates
that Crossan and Gillian did not
find the skis.
In that case they were not
injured. Where they went or
why they have not been heard
from are questions that time must
answer"
Crosson sent a message telling
of the discovery to EielSon'S father
at his home at Hatton, N. D.
1t read:
Sorry to inform you, found
Ben's plane badly wrecked, about
90 miles east of here (Nanuk)
Plane buried deep in snow. Did
not locate bodies. Very evident
killed instantly. Pilots cockpit
torn away with engine, which
lies about one hundred feet from
cabin. DispatChing dog teams To
excavate snow around plane"
Joe CroSson."
The Washington times., 1930-01-27
To LIMIT
SUBMARINES
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to straighten out a number Of
differences, while the British and
French delegations will meet at
$50 at st. James Palace.
Until the agenda is agreed
upon the conference can hardly
be expected to produce results.
Study of the agenda brought out
number of conflicting views
which when boiled down pro-
duced one big queStion-should
the conference start with the dis
cussion of national needs or
should 1t plunge into limitation
OF definite categories below bat.
tIeships right at the outset.
Britain HaIts Cruisers
AS the conference swung into
action the British admiralty to-
day announced that the conStruc.
ton Of the 10,000-ton cruisers Sur
rey and Northumberland has been
definitely abandoned.
This news was accepted in
naval conference circles as evi-
dence that the British govern
ment fully anticipates that the
agreement reached by President
hoover and Premier Macdonald
IN their conversations last fall
1or cruiser parity at Is ships each
Will become effective at the con.
ference.
Great Britain now has il cruis-
ers OF this type in operation and
TOUR more under construction
Ihree more had been appropri.
ated for, including the Surrey
and Northumberland. They were
already under construction last
July when Premier Macdonald
announced that work on them
hao been suspended temporarily
Leaves Total at IS
The announcement today that
construction work on the cruisers
had been definitely abandoned
leaves Britain's 1O,oOO-ton cruiser
total at IS.
All discussions Of limitation of
battle ships have been ruled ont
until a formal agreement has
been reached on limitation of
auxiliary ships. This decision has
been reached in accordance with
the American viewpoint which
holds that this conference was
called primarily to effect limita-
ton OF cruisers and other aux
iliary craft.
| AT the present time there are
no existent treaties providing for
curtailment of auxiliary craft
whereas battleship limitation was
provided for at the Washington
conference Of 1921-1922.
Secretary Of State Stimson had
long conference with Premier
Macdonald late yesterday at
ChequerS. There they discussed
the question fully. it is believed.
Later Ambassador Morrow and
Senators Reed and Robinson had
similar conference with Premier
Tardieu of France.
All appearances indicate that
this controversy will eventually
yield to- compromise based
either on the Boncour or Jones
proposals under which a certain
degree of elasticity permits each
power to transfer its strength
from one category to another
below the battleship class.
The Washington times., 1930-01-27
Exclusion Act Faces
so Parrots on Ship

Then last Friday President
Hoover signed an emergency meas
ure not only denying parrots the
freedom of the port but forbidding
them to enter at all. Next day the
captain Of the parrot boat was
told by wireless to stick all the
birds in the hold of the ship and
keep them there, so they would
not have an opportunity to spread
parrot fever, should they be af-
flicted with it.
The lessons in English stopped;
so did the enchanting visits from
members of the crew and all in
all it became a sad world-far at
sea in Grated cages deep down in
the ships dark hold.
The Washington times., 1930-01-27

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 GNSO.-
Out on the high seas that sepa
rate New York and the country
called Colombia there were so
very unhappy parrots today, all
with ingrowing thoughts and un-
doubtedly considering themselves
much abused.
Until a few days ago they were
very happy birds, painStakingly
mastering the English language
and saying over and over again,
Polly wants cracker, Turn off
the radio" and other things par
rots are supposed to say. They
looked forward to warm welcome
in New York.
The Washington times., 1930-01-27
Lions Club to Hear
Address by Baxter

Norman w. Baxter, local news
paper man, and Melvin Sharpe,
publicity director for the Wash,
ington Railway and Electric Com.
pany, will be the guest speakers
before the Lions Club at their
weekly luncheon at the Nav
flower Hotel Wednesday.
Rufus E. Milor will be in
charge Of the program. Baxter
will speak on Feeding Washing
tons Breakfasteers the News"
The Washington times., 1930-01-27
STRAUS SEES NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 GN.SD
En- route to Hollywood where he
will compose operettas for the
screen. Oscar Straus, noted Wen
nese composer, was a visitor III
New York today. He will attend
the revival tonight of The Choc-
olate Soldier" his own work,
which he has never heard in
English.
The Washington times., 1930-01-27
Riverdale Man Robbed
By Bandit in Northeast

Special squads of Ninth pre-
cinct police last night were
searching for bandit who held
up and robbed John Montgom-
cry, East Riverdale, Md, of $12
as he stood at Sixth and I SITS.
N. E.
Montgomery told police he was
waiting on the corner for a
friend when he felt the barrel
of gun pressed into his back
accompanied by a command to
stick EN- up" The bandit then
rifled his pockets and escaped.
The Washington times., 1930-01-27

How Much to Give to
Community Chest

How much should one give to the Community Chest?
The following basis of giving suggested aver
age from the experience of this Community Chest and
of other community chests guide to the person who
wants to have sort of measuring rod by which
to estimate conscientiousy and fairly the amount he
ought to give his share to the Chest 75fod appeal
This scale is based upon the budget of the average
family of five persons
Some persons with more responsibility than the aver
age only give less while others with less resopnsi
bility able to give more.
The Washington times., 1930-01-27

Larger Incomes, Gifts in Proportion
Cash gifts at the time of the campaign are not
desired but subscriptions divided into four equal
parts payable March /, May 1, July l. and septem
ber preferred Pledge four times what you would
give in cash to these 75 appeals combined in one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-09
Reversal of Prices
Seen Eventual Good

From the New York World.
The slight decline in wholesale COM
modify prices shown by Dun's and
Bradstreet's index numbers at the be-
ginning of this month caused some busi-
ness commentators to conclude that the
had come at last. 1t now seems that
this decision was premature. The index
of the Federal Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, which is based on $50 commodities
and is therefore the most representative
of all the composite price series, shows
a further decline of l 4 per cent in the
average during March.
During the current month there has
been no indication of a reversal of this
trend. Cotton, wheat. silk, rubber, CO.
Goa and sugar have all showed a tend
ency toward softneSs. Still more i'm
portant was the slash of cents in the
price Of copper. Whatever may be the
effects of the decline in the prices of
other basic commodities, this readjust-
ment of the price of copper appears
certain to be wholesome. For exactly a
year the price of copper had been pegged
at Is cents in defiance of economic law
and eventually to the injury of the cop
per industry. In the opinion of some
buyers the present price of IA cents is
still too high, in view of the decline of
about per cent in the general price
level since the price of copper was
pegged IL months ago. There is no
doubt that cheaper copper will Stimu-
late many business projects which have
been held back in anticipation of a re-
vision of the price of this essential ma
terial. This should help the employ
ment situation, and in fact should serve
as a tonic to business all along the line.
There are still many who believe that
rising prices are essential to proSperity
generally regarded as one of the most
prosperous in our history, and 1t was
also period of declining prices. In
March, 1925, the index of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics stood at 1914: by
March, 1929, it had dropped to CTS.
The decline in prices in recent months
appears to be a symptom rather than a
cause of business depression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-09
The 1892 Estimates.

The Commissioners endeavor TO re-
ceive the preliminary estimates from
department heads a month earlier than
usual this year is complicated by the
uncertainty as to the fate of the cur
rent appropriation bill. For the de-
partment heads are confronted with q
lack of definite assurance as to the
final treatment OF their ltemS in the
bill that the Senate is about to send to
conference, and upon the treatment OF
these items depends the size and char
acter of the tentative suggestions to be
incorporated in the 1882 lists. The
school estimates, completed yesterday,
were based on the bill as it was re-
ported to the Senate and not as II
passed the House. The estimates are
greater than the total allowed by the
Senate appropriations committee in the
current bill, but this is usually the
case in tentative estimates that are to
be pruned in the process of sending
them to Congress.
It is well for the Commissioners to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-09
Unemployment Legislation
~ Believed Practical Effort

municipalities should have their con-
structive programs as well. all being
effectively co-ordinated. Undue de-
pendence on the National Government
Is unsafe and unwholsome. The best
way to prevent unemployment, how
ever, is, of course, to encourage legiti-
mate private enterprise, promote for
eign trade, enforce wise economy in all
varieties and departments of govern
ment and thereby eliminate wastefuI
taxation"
Convinced that "any measure that
would contribute to the sterilization of
conditions in an off-year through the
creation of opportunities for useful and
sustaining employment has something
to commend it," the Dallas Journal
turns to other possible results with the
comment: Just what relation unem-
ployment may bear to recurrent crime
waves might not be wholly determined.
That 1t is provocative cannot be
doubted. Any sound sterilization meas
use, whether this one or some better
one, might contribute not only to the
progress of the Nation, but to the elm
nation Of crime"
Support for these proposals" states
the Kansas City Times, has come from
labor organizations, students of indus
try and employment and from social
workers who have had contact with the
conditions affecting families that have
been made victims of the existing sys-
tenn. There has been an evident desire
to move intelligently in an effort toward
relief. Any plan devised, of course,
would need to be supplemented by SIM
ilarly directed endeavor on the part of
State and local authorities and of
private industry"
"The public is somewhat wary Of
plans which might lead to the creation
of additional bureaucratic organiza-
tions at the Capital" thinks the Terre
Haute Star, with the further conclu-
sion that the public must be convinced
that the desired cooperation cannot be
provided by agencies already in ex-
istence." The Chicago Daily Tribune
offers the criticisms: Because Of lack
of aggressive action in Congress. Gov
eminent projects, the need of which Is
manifest and the money for whfcA has
been voted, are still to be started. ~ -
In the face of an emergency Congress
is devoting its attention to planning for
future emergencies. It Is no criticism
of the longtime program, but serious
reflection upon Congressman to say that
Congress is putting last things first"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-09
Courage Acknowledged
Back of Canadian Town

FROM the Ottawa Journal.
We have been reading with the great
est interest a delightful publication
ABOUT the town of Camera which is
singularly reminiscent of the Western
boom days of before the war. Then
was time. as many people have good
reason TO recall, when every town was
an embryonic metropolis, when every
crossroads was designed by a benev-
client Providence as the perfect site of
an inevitable city, when optimistic
gentlemen could market a suburban
farm In a 30-foot lot through prop
critics consisting of a pair of stone
pillars and a set Of street signs. There
are, alas, cases where wheat still is
raised on the plot set apart for the
city hall and the sound of the tractor
| and the binder echoes through vacant
avenues and imaginary parks.
But Camera is different. Canora, on
the authority of its promoters-an
American company-is the North's
new gateway to the sea-" and Is
marked for tremendous growth"
because Significant world forces" are
converging upon 1t and forcing the
issue. Canora has about 1900 in
habitantS today, but for tomorrow it is
privileged to name anything within
reason" because 1t is about to func-
ton "as the junction point between the
new Hudson Bay Railway to Port
Churchill and the nearest of the three
great arteries of tranScanadian traffic"
This Saskatchewan town furthermore is
to be 1.-The turnstile through which the
trade of rich and growing territory
must pass; there are basic reasons why
Canora must become the pivotal point
in the handling of Canada's grain crops
and inevitably huge elevators will clus-
ter around the freight yards; Canora,
in fact, must prosper" Canora must
grow. Regina had 2,249 people in 1901
and has $4,000 today. Saskatoon has
jumped from 118 to $4,000 in the same
period. Are there limits to Canora
when the North, in the graphic words
of the writer of the present pamphlet,
is thus being cracked OPEN?
1t is a glowing prospect-and pros
pectus-and we trust it all comes true.
Certainly there is faith and courage
born of the prairies' invincible OPP
timism behind such a venture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-09

begin their study of the 1892 needs as
early as possible. The procedure is new
to the present occupants OF the
offices, and they cannot devote too
much time to studying the makeup of
the budget as well as the relative i'm
portance of the different requests. They
cannot pass judgment on the size of
their next years budget until the cur
rent bill is out Of the way. For they
should govern their decision on 1892
needs entirely upon what Congress does
to the 1881 bill. Budgets have a re-
markable propensity to increase in size.
But it will be the duty of the Com
missioners to overcome that tendency
and begin to retrench, unless Congress
Is willing to take care of an equitable
proportion of the increased demands
for revenue. The deficit between rev.
enue availability and revenue needs is
not to be wiped out by raising the local
tax rate. If there is a definite maxi
mum of Government contribution, there
should be definite maximum for the
local contribution. The Commissioners
will only be exercising their preroga-
tives in keeping the local contribution
within the sum to be raised by the
existing tax rate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-09

cent Pinchot scientific expedition to the
South Seas. The governors lady trav-
els with considerable motor caravan.
BY primary day, May 20. she will have
covered practically every county in
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Dwight w. Nor
row Is also taking hand in friend hus-
bands political affairs. Shes giving
ems clubs on "Sidelights and Per-
sonalities at the London Naval Confer
ence."
James M. Cox of Ohio and Florida,
who ran for President on the Demo-
cratic ticket against Warren G. Harding
In 1920, Is about to return to the politi-
cal arena. Whether he's doing so with
an eye to 1882 is causing a good deal
of speculation at Washington. On June
Ohio Democrats are going to hold a
Statewide rally at Columbus. 1t will
be brought to close with a victory
dinner" at which Cox has agreed to
preside. A few months ago he declined
to let his name be used as a possible
candidate for the United States Sena-
torShip from Ohio, indicating he was
out of politics. Now his friends are
waiting to see what Jim" may have to
say on the subject next month. Jouett
Shouse, Democratic national executive
chairman, will speak at the Columbus
lovefeast, too.
From the Navy to Wall Street Is the
jump just made by two men who con-
Stitute the New York Stock EXCHANGES
most recently organized brokerage firm,
D. M. Collins & Co. Mr.. Collins was
graduated from Annapolis in 1914. He
served on the presidential yacht May
hover and later was aide to the COM
mandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
collins Is Son-in-law of l.. F. Loree
president of the Delaware & Hudson
railroad. His partner is the former
Lieut.. Comdr. Paul Fitzsimmons, An
napolis 13. Fitzsimmons served in the
Navy several years as destroyer off,
GER. Both Collins and Fitzsimmons
were Navy foot ball teammates of Rear
Admiral Dick" Byrd.
Lumbago is the latest of ancient in
StlCutlons to Succumb to radio. The
scene OF its surrender is the sick bed of
Or. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of
commerce. DR.. Klein has been laid up
Tor a fortnight with some annoying
acheS ana pains in the back, but de-
cEned to let them keep him from his
weekly engagement on the air. So he
arranged with Station WMAL, Wash
mgton station Of the Columbia Broad
casting System, to talk straight from
MS pillow. WMAL installed a tenn
porary transmitting outfit alongside DR..
kleins bed, strung a goose-neck mi
crophone across it, and made it possible
Tor Uncle Sans go-getting expert on
foreign and domestic commerce to
broadcast as comfortably as If he were
at his work desk.
Copyright, leS0)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-09
War Starts in China.

Military operations have begun in
China between the Marking and north
ern armies, representing respectively
the Nationalist government of Chang
Kai-shek and the newly formed Picking
government of Yen Hsi-shan. Marking
troops have gone up into the northwest
ern corner of Kiangsu Province, to con-
troll the railroad junction at Suchow,
and Pekingese troops have met them
and have, it is reported, cut around
behind them and severed the railroad
line to the south. An engagement in
some force has occurred, with heavy
casualties. Chang Kai-shek, on his way
to the 'front.'" has halted at Pengpu
where the railroad crosses the Hwaiho
about a hundred miles northwest OF
Marking, lest the cutting of the rail-
road might cause him grave embarrass-
ment.
This is the opening chapter in the re-
newed serial OF Chinese conflict. Nobody
can foretell how many more chapters
will be written. It may be a short in
stallment, or protracted one. In the
telling of it, to Western readers the dis
patches will contain some puzzles that
can be solved only by those very spe-
officially informed as to Chinese geogra-
ply and place names. To attempt to
follow the campaign on the maps avail
able here and with the westernized
glossary of geographical terms, will be