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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
$4,000, 900 RED CROSS
DROUGHT GOAL PASSED
Fund Exceeded by $4,000 as Work
Is Gradually Being Completed
in Some Localities.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Red Cross campaign for a $1o,-
100000 drought relief fund today reach
ed its goal, with a total of $40 zoos, 900.
President Hoover issued a proclama-
ton asking for $10,000,000 January IS,
and the fund collecting was begun
Immediately.
The funds were being expended in
At the peak of the demand, Febru-
airy %, approximately 100000 persons
in $50 counties of % States were being
aided.
When the goal was reached, it was
reported the emergency had already
been met in some southern localities,
and the Red Cross was gradually with
drawing from the field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
RACE NEWS FIRM BOMBED

ST. LOUIS, March 18 (P.--The
eighth floor of the Buder Building,
which houses the offices Of the Empire
News Co., racing information service,
was demolished here today by a bomb
explosion. The building was damaged
to the extent Of probably $4,000. No
one was injured.
The bomb was placed in the corridor
of the eighth floor and the explosion
demolished three Offices, breaking the
floors and doing damage on the floor
beneath
The blast, occurring at TIL am,
awakened guests in the American
Hotel nearby and was heard for a
number of blocks in the downtown
district. Seventy-two windows were
broken in the Buder Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
Gov. Roosevelt Makes Public
Allegations Against New
York Mayor.
WASTEFUL, INCOMPETENT
ADMINISTRATION is SEEN
Noted Clergymen and City Affairs
Committee Join Attack on
Executive.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, March discharges
preferred against the administration of
Mayor James j. Walker of New York
by the City Affairs Committee and
made public by Gov. Roosevelt today,
allege misfeasance in Office in 10 specific
cases.
The charges said the Mayor had
managed his Office in the government
of the city "in a wasteful and in
competent fashion"
Departments Cited.
The charges were contained in a
letter to which was attached a
memorandum containing allegations of
failure to act in instances involving the
Board of Standards and Appeals, the
department of licenses, condemnation
proceedings, health department, director
of budget, department of hospitals, the
dock department and the Sinking Fund
Commission, recalcitrant officials and
the grand jury, Magistrates Courts and
the Police Department
He has failed properly to administer
the government Of the City of New York
In the interests of the people" the
charges said of Mayor Walker. He has
ignored conditions of inefficiency and
corruption, and If, under public pres
sure, he has initiated Investigations, he
has allowed such investigations to lapse
without report or result. He has ap-
pointed unworthy men to public office
and kept in Office unworthy men sub
iecf nv law IN his removal "
Incompetence Charged.
"His conduct Of the Office Of mayor
since he took Office on January /, 1880,
has been incompetent, inefficient and
futile, with the result that the local
machinery of government has failed to
function properly and the administra-
ton Of the city has been brought into
diSrepute."
The charges also allege the mayor
"has brought the administration of the
city into disrepute by daily neglect of
the affairs of his Office, by careless
standards of public life and by complete
indifference to the inefflciency and dis
honesty of appointed subordinates.
Nothing more clearly reveals the
incompetence, ineffectiveneSs, unfltness
and grave dishonor of the mayor as
the highest public official of this city, "
the memorandum states, than his re-
lation to the problem of the Magistrates
Courts. The shocking conditions in
these courts, recently revealed by the
inquiry set on foot by the Governor,
were commonly known long before this
inquiry was instituted At no time did
the mayor make the slightest attempt
to correct existing conditions in a field
in which his is the appointive power,
nor did he display the slightest inter-
est in a situation which was bringing
the law into contempt, denying justice
to the people, and destroying the conf
dence of the citizens in the integrity
of their courts and, therefore, Of the
whole substance of their government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
SOUND AND SIGHT BROADCASTS
DUE FROM NEW YORK BY APRIL 1
WGBS to Send Aural Programs in Conjunction With
W2XCR Televson Transmission Next Month

operation in Chicago, where WN1AQ
and WHO operate short-wave tele-
vision transmitters in conjunction with
some of their sound programs.
TeleviSion transmitter W2XCR is
owned by the jenkins Television Corpo-
ration, while WGBS is a general broad
casting company station.
Listeners will requlse a broadcast set
to get WGBS and a special short-waye
television receiver to tune ID the visual
part of the entertainment from W2XCR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
BOMB FOUND IN THEATER

Cuban Firemen Prevent Explosion
at Santa Clara.
HAVANA, March 10 (R.-A large
bomb was discovered in the Marti Thea
ter at Santa Clara last night, but fire.
men smothered it before it exploded.
Meanwhile, Rafael Fumes, a fireworks
expert. was sought by Capt. Hidalgo,
directing an inquiry into the bomb fac
tory found yesterday by the govern
ment in San Sebastian street Police
believed the Cuban bombing ring had
been dealt a telling blow with the raid
on the house, which they padlocked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
z AMERICAN WOMEN
MURDERED IN CHINA
Crime Laid to Discharged
SerVants-SkuIIS Frac-
tured by. HatchetS.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONGKONG, China, March 1S.-Mrs
Vera Mosebar White of Battle Ground,
Wash, and Mrs. Victoria Marian Miller,
whose mother lives at 11o8 East Olym-
pic avenue, Spokane, Wash, were slain
in their sleep Sunday night at Yannan-
flu. They were missionaries of the
Seventh-day Adventist Mission.
The crime was attributed to Chinese
servants at the mission, who had been
discharged. The husbands of the wom-
en- had gone on business to Talifu, $50
miles away.
A message to the United States lega-
tion here from Consul Harry Stevens
brought word Of the killings.
The skulls of both women had been
fractured by hatchets. Two children
of Mr.. and Mrs. White were not mo-
Tested.
Yunnanfu authorities were searching
for the assailants, but had made no
arrests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 18.-Sound and
sight radio broadcasts will be inaugu-
rated in the metropolitan area about
April /, an announcement today said
Arrangements are being made by
WGBS, a broadcast station on 254
meters, and W2XCR, television trans
mitter station on 147.5 meters, to broad
cast aural and visual programs. The
plan is somewhat similar to that in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
Special DISPATCH to the star.

FALLS CHURCH, Va, March 10
the mountains Of Virginia until within
a month or so ago, when he purchased
a secondhand automobile in Culpeper
and travelled to Fairfax County, where
he purchased a home in the bright
lights of Dunn Loring.
Sisk had never been to Washington, so
decided to ride to town to see the
sights. His journey was a short one,
for in the town of Falls Church he ran
afoul of the law. At the mayors court
last night Sisk presented an unusual
defense. He stated that he had not in
tentionally broken the law, but he had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
SEVERE QUAKE NOTED
HERE LASTS 4 HOURS
Georgetown U. Savant Holds It
Probably Was in Korea, 5000
Miles Away.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A severe earthquake disturbance be-
ginning at 3:13 am and lasting for four
hours was recorded today at Georgetown
University.
Father Sohon, seismologiSt, said the
disturbance reached its greatest inten-
sity at $3.50 am, but continued until
z o'clock. 1t appeared to be north
westerly and more than 5000 miles
away, which, Father Sohon said, would
put it probably in Korea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
Ten Feared Lost on Shin.

PORT ERIN, Isle of Man, March Is
R).-Ten lives were feared lost today
when the small steamer Citrine of Glas-
Bradda Head, bold cliff on the South
west Coast. Only two men off the boat
are known to haze reached shore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
Four Killed in Explosives Plant.

WITTENBERG, Germany, March 10
(P)-The superintendent of an explo-
Sives factory and three workmen we're
killed today in blast while they were
moving equipment of the plant to new
site. The cause of the explosion was
not determined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
Husbands Mission OmciaIs.

The murdered missionaries are wives
of two officials of the Yunnan mission,
maintained at Yunnanfu, capital of the
Yunnan Province, by the General Con-
ference Of the Seventh Day Adventist
Church, with headquarters at Takoma
Park.
Mrs. White, the wife of Rev. d. r.
White, Is surgical nurse, and formerly
served in the Adventist sanitarium at
st. Helena, Calf. Her father, Frank
Mosebar, was formerly connected with
that institution, according to informa-
ton received this morning from the
offices Of the General Conference. Rev.
White is secretary and treasurer of the
mission
Mrs. Miller's husband. Rev. c. B..
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
Body-Fender Works Burn.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa, March
10 (P).-Fire of unknown origin early
today destroyed the garage and body
fender works of Robert e. Mertzler,
causing loss estimated at $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
Paper Manufacturer, 81, Dies.

WATERFOWL, N. Y, March 10 Up.
George w. Knowlton, 81 dean of New
York State Paper Manufacturers as
president of the Knowlton Brothers,
Inc, died last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
LOS ANGELES CRUISES

Navy Dirigible Leaves Lakehurst
and May Come Here.
LAKEHURST, N. j., March 18 Dr.
The naval dirigible Los Angeles left
this morning on days training cruise
over New York, Philadelphia and pos
sibly Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18

Radio Programs on Page ALI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18

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, 1931-03-18
WEATHER.

(U. s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Increasing cloudineSs, with lowest tenn
perature about 38 degrees tonight; cloudy
tomorrow and somewhat warmer.
Highest, A, at noon to-
day: lowest, "a, at am. today.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
DOROTHY DX'S LETTER BOX

YEAR and
and T sq09 mSther AND GOOD ] am @ & man
being she companionabe
in the nehoorhood When home there
but for their mother to be destroying for
there anything that do about it?
pee boy naggng Woman her he has Kept the secret Himself
only faulthnding it.
which arraigned did didn't
doesn't
bully her out Of her life
all wife the spirit
stage domestic rebellion and he lost He will be henpecked to the
That is the easiest
like
wife what
keeps
three mind she model wife she feels that should
thanking having bestowed undeserved blessing
boiled dinner clean hearth
satisfy
a
appreciation
out
who will hssov
understand umiates
children look small
thousands other like her these
she good
make comfortable
mores kitchen
than
Many
perfectly
husbands their the death little
hufyruf1e whose housekeeping scandal but who
made them DOROTHY DIX
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

tiers. An embassy-certainly this one
in Berlin-is more than a place where
brilliant social functions are given.
Probably 1t more closely resembles a
small Office building.
For in the American embassy ONCE
space must be provided for a person.
mel Of 135.
There are Offices for the entire Amer
lean diplomatic staff, numbering 81;
the entire consular staff, numbering So;
the members of the American military
attaches staff, IL; naval attaches staff,
z; commercial attaches staff, %; two
Treasury Department representatives. a
public health surgeon and a Labor De-
partment adviser.
Ambassador Sackett now rents q
residence in Berlin for which he per-
sonally pays $4,000, and toward this
he is given rent allowance Of $4,000.
The State Department estimates that
the Government is now paying a total
Of $32, 400 in rent annually for embassy
Offices in Berlin.
A conservative value of the building
alone on the Butcher property is placed
at 100000. The net cost of the land
works out at $1640 a square foot. A
square foot of similar property in Wash
ington, city of considerably smaller
size than Berlin, would cost $50, it is
estimated.
For the location of the new embassy
is regarded as the center of Berlin. 1t
has two frontages; one looks out on
the Central Park, the other faces Par1ser
PlatZ, across which is located the French
embassy. The British embassy and
the German foreign Office are located
around the corner on Wilhelm strasse
The rear joins the government gardens
behind the Presidents palace.
The American Government regards
with favor such purchases in the larger
capitals of Western Europe. In Paris
site has been acquired for an office
building in the Place de la Concorde.
These large capitals were selected be-
cause they are centers through which
most American travel passes and be-
cause of our vast business commitments
there.
1t has been variously estimated that
investments in Germany of American
capital now total as high as $4,000
900 900. The convenience to an Amer
lean traveller in finding all his officials
centralized in one building instead OF
being scattered in various parts of the
city is the Governments expressed goal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
Supply of Simple Cotton Dresses
By MARY MARSHALL

the sort shown in the dress in today's
sketch?
You can use it in joining two pieces
of the dress together. or you can ar
range it as a border trimming between
the dress and band of material to
give the effect of a hemstitched hem.
The two pieces of material between
which you want the hemstitching to
appear should be placed together as
for a seam. Then between the two
pieces slip piece of thick blotting pa
per or, rather. soft cardboard. Be sure
that your machine needle is strong and
sharp and thread it with strong cot
ton-No. SO or so. Now stitch the two
pieces of material, A and c. together,
as indicated in the diagram, working
through both pieces and the blotter or
cardboard. B.
When the seam has been completed,
pull out the paper. open up the seam,
turning back the material so that the
stitching shows up like a row of mar
tow hemstitching.
Before starting with the work on the
dress you should experiment on a few
scraps of material to see that the ten
sion and stitch of your machine are
properly adjusted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
Everyday Psychology
By DIR. JESSE W. sPRoWLs.

II you may believe what the mental
hygienistS say, everybody suffers now
and then an attack of the blues"
This mental malady is just as common
as the common cold" Who can say
that he has not at some time had his
down" spells?
Do you know how to cure the blues?
Better still. do you know how to pre-
vent them? These are not exactly two
different questions. From about every
way you look at mental hygiene, pre-
vention is cure and cure is prevention.
In other words, when the blues are on
you, simply take some steps toward
keeping them from going on.
Some find cure in Abraham Lin
coins prescription. Just think to your
self This also shall pass" There's
virtue in this psychological medicine.
1t helps you take your mind off your
troubles, even If you don't know what
your troubles are. There's virtue also
in the fact that Lincoln's prescription
is administered by no one but yourself.
You are the doctor.
Macbeth: "Can'st thou not minister
to a mind diseaS'd?"
Doctor: Therein the patient must
minister to himself
Another good way to cure the blues
Is to go to work on some useful prof.
ect. AS soon as you begin to find out
that you can create something, you
have lifted yourself out of your self.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

This afternoon there was nuthing to
do on account of none of the fellows
being around, and 1 went down our
celler for no special reason, and the
wood bin looked even fearser than
usual on account of the wood being
split around every wich way except
strate, me thinking, G, wouldent ma
be serprised if 1 piled it all up meet
as If it was in store window or some
place?
WITCH I started to do, being harder
than / thawt on account of a lot of
the wood having males and lot having
splinters and lot acting as If it did
ent wunt to be pulled out and put back
meet. and 1 got hot as anything and
every once in while a lot of the wood
would fall down agen just when I got
1t piled up rite, and 1 stayed down
there about hours on account of
having made up my mind and feeling
stubborn about it, and when l got
through the wood bin looked as If 1t
would of took prize if anybody gave
prizes to wood bins. and ma called
down the celler steps, Is that you,
Benny, what on erth are you doing
down there?
If you Wunt to see something swell
come on down. l Sed.
WITCH ma did, saying. Well I think
that's PERFECTLY marvellis. that's Just
grand, that wood bin looked like the
last days of Pompay. I was absolutely
ashamed of it. 1t just goes to show
that you can do thing just as thor
roughly as anybody elts if you make up
your mind, and now that you're aired
dy all nice and derty you mite as we'll
kill herds with one stone and pile up
those dusty newspapers there in the
corner, their a disgrace, she sed.
AW good mite, ma. G, don't feel
like it now, ma. aw heck I'm all wore
out, G roozlem ma, what the dooce, I
sed and ma sed. I dident ask you if
you felt like it, the ideer telling me
you don't feel like it when I delibritly
ask you to do something, now you get
bizzy.
And she went up again and piled
up the newspapers agenst my will.
Proving the dangerous thing about
proving you're a good werker is that
you're libel to half to keep on proving it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
A Sermon for Today
BY REV. JOHN r. GUM.

Therefore, let us run" Hebrews.
Kill.
No lettering. but running, as in a
race. That is life. The idea is in
tensity-life in earnest.
Joseph Cook. the famous lecturer,
said in one of his lectures Gentle
men, this life up to the edge of the
tomb is no joke" Some people may
make a joke of life, but before they
are through with it life will make a
joke of them. Life is serious business.
1t is a race in which we cannot afford
to loiter. Therefore, let us run"
without earnestness no man is ever
great; nor does he ever do really great
things. He may be the most gifted
of men; he may be brilliant and ac-
complished he may be smart and
clever; he may be entertaining and
popular; but he will want force and
! effectiveness.
A wavering, yacillating. dead-and
alive man, no matter how talented he
may be. will never amount to much
/ This world reserves its prizes for the
men in earnest Only the man with a
flaming passionate soul ever plays a
big part in the worlds life and work.
AS another says: He who would do
| some great thing in this short life must
| apply himself TO the work with such
/ concentration of his forces as, to the
idle spectators, who live only to amuse
! themselves, looks like insanity"
| The man who is dead in earnest is
not the man to be baffled or discouraged
when he gets into tangled and hard
| situation. EarneStneSs strengthens pur-
| pose, inspires determination, gives en-
durance, braves dangers, suStalns hope,
makes light of difficulties, and leads on
to conquest and victory. All things else
being equal, you can depend on the
earnest man to put across any job or
enterprise to which he sets his hand
Lack of earnestness. not lack Of ability
or opportunity, is the cause Of most
failures. If you wish to master any
accomplishment. give yourself to it with
your whole heart, and it lies beneath
your feet. Go at it in a half-hearted
way. and you might as well not go at
1t at all.
Earnestness is the secret of all noble
life and great attainments. We can
| never realize our possibilities until we
| approach Life and its work in earnest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
BEDTIME STORIES B. Thornton .,"ss.'

Jumpers real fear was more for his
small cousin than for himself. He
knew that those long hindlegs OF his
could keep him out of reach of Yowler's
claws even though Yowler Is himself
some Jumper for short distance. But
Peter cannot cover half the distance
in single jump that Jumper can, and
Jumper knew this.
So did FOWLER He would much
rather have Jumper, for the latter was
so much bigger that he would make
far better meal. but Peter would do
very well and would be. or should be,
much easier to catch. So Yowler didn't
so much as look in the direction Of
Jumper He fixed his eyes on that lit
tie bobbing gray-brown form which was
Peter Rabbit, and bounded after him.
Run, Peter, rum" Jumper kept re-
peating over and over to himself, for
you know he hasn't much of a voice.
Run, Peter, rum" screamed Blacky
time to see Yowler leap out from under
that tree
Run, Peter. rum" screamed Mrs.
Blacky, hurrying up to see what was
going on.
Peter didn't need to be told to run.
No, indeed! Never had he run faster
and never had he had greater need of
running his fastest. Had Peter been
only a very little nearer that cedar
tree when Yowler leaped out, he would
have had no chance at all. Yowlers
first leap was mighty bound that car
ried him a long way, and his second
bound was almost equal TO it. If he
could have kept up those long leaps
Peter wouldn't have had chance, but
he couldn't.
AS 1t was he was near enough to
Peter TO fill the latter with such fear
as he had known but once or twice
before in his life. And that fear was
lending wings to Peters feet, which
made 1t seem as If he fairly flew over
the snow. What that really means is
that Peter was so frightened that he
was running faster than he had sup
posed he could.
There was no place of safety short
Of the big brush pile toward which he
was running. He must reach that
brush pile first or furnish dinner for
Yowler the Bobcat. That great pile of
brush was his only possible hope for
life, and it didn't look like very much
Of a hope
Run, Peter. rum" shrieked Blacky.
Run, Peter, rum" screamed Mrs.
Blacky.
Peter didn't hear either of them. He
heard nothing. His whole attention
YVES centered on reaching that brush
pile before Yowler reached him, and
he was beginning to doubt if he could
do 1t. 1t seemed as If that brush didn't
get one bit nearer 1t seemed as if it
were going away from him faster than
he went toward It, OF course, this
wasn't so at all Every jump was TAX
ing Peter nearer to that big pile of
brush. 1t didn't seem so. simply be-
he E.-s-
so very, very anxious to get there.
GO it, Peter! Go it! Run, Peter,
rum"
(Copyright, 1870