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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04
OF STRIFE
ON MANY ISSUES
AWAITS CONGRESS
Administration Leaders In
tent Upon Avoiding Special
Session, if Possible.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Congress reaSsembles in Washington
tomorrow with a tough two months
ahead Of it.
Administration leaders are intent
upon avoiding special session of the
new Congress in the Spring. They are
laying their plans to whip the regular
annual appropriation bills through as
speedily as possible ard to give the right
Of way also to any relief measures that
may come up.
The first of these relief measures may
be taken up in the House tomorrow
bill appropriating $45 100000 to aid in
the drought-stricken areas of the coun-
try. 1t supplies the necessary funds au-
thorized by the drought relief bill pass
ed before the Christmas holiday began.
During the recess the House Appropria-
tons Committee, headed by Representa-
tive VIII r. Wood, has been working
on the appropriation bill.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee has ready also the War Department
appropriation bill and if the drought
relief measure is not taken up Mon
day, that measure is likely to be given
the right Of way.
Senate Faces Controversies.
In the Senate wing Of the Capitol,
however, many controversial subjects
await debate, if not action. It is there
fore to the Senate that the eyes of
the administration leaders are anxious
ly turned on the eve of the reconvening
Of Congress.
Threats continued yesterday to seek
reconsideration of the nominations OF
DR.. George Otis Smith, chairman of the
new Federal Power Commission, and
two Of his colleagues who declared va
cant" the three principal positions I'M
der the power commission and thereby
aroused the wrath of some of the pro-
gresSive Senators who favor the reten-
ton of two Of these officials and the
elimination of third. Senator Brook
hart of Iowa was still planning for mo-
tons to reconsider these nominations
although he admitted that the invita-
ton to these former officials to file APP
plications for their old jobs might have
some bearing on what is done.
Senator Couzens of Michigan, chair
man Of the Committee on Interstate
Commerce; Senator Brookhart and
others who have been critical of the
Presidents announcement that Eastern
railroad executives had reached an
agreement for consolidation into four
great competing systems, are expected
to go into action in the Senate Cham
Der. too.
There is the row over the effort OF
Robert H. Lucas, executive director OF
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MANY LIVES ARE LOST
IN PORTUGUESE RAINS
Worst Downpours in rs Years De
stroy Homes; Swollen Rivers
: Sweep Away Bridges.

LISBON, Portugal, January 3.-Tor-
rental transforms, the worst in rs years,
swept Portugal today, costing many lives
and driving hundreds from flooded
homes.
The agricultural region near Leiria
tonight presented a picture Of desolation
and misery. Hungry men, women and
children, fleeing before the invasion of
the waters, trudgsd through mud. push
ing wheelbarrows and carts piled high
with household belongings.
Relief workers and troops were rushed
70 the affllcted area.
Near Oporto, where the storm un-
rooted houses and smashed windows,
two persons were killed IN the collapse
of a dwelling. Three girls were crushed
TO death by chimney stack that was
blown over.
Scores Of rivers burst their banks. A
few pedestrians were washed into
swelling streams. Two bridges at ARA
dable and Alvenaria and the massive
stone bridge at Regueira de Ponies were
swept away.
Several peasants were reported
drowned at Barrosas, and two little
girls were carried away by the flood al
VarzeaS de SoutoS.
The city of Argauil was in darkness
because of damage to the electric plant
and ell train and road tEafic was In
terrupted by the water
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FRANCE PREPARES
TO HONOR JOFFRE
World MournS Passing of
Hero of Marine on Eve
of His 10th Birthday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 3.-All the world,
no less than France itself, tonight
mourned the passing of Marshal Joseph
Jacques Joffre, savior of Paris in 1914,
who died at 1923 am, after long
and grim struggle with arteritis.
His country, plunged in grief, was
preparing to honor by great national
funeral the memory of one of the most
illustriouS soldiers of her history.
Marshal Joffre-the Papa" Joffre of
the French poIlu and all his country
men-passed away peacefully the day
before his seventy-ninth birthday. He
had been critically i'll for more than q
fortnight and on December 10 suffered
the amputation of his left leg, which
had become infected with gangrene.
Stages Amazing Fight.
Given up by his physicians as lost,
he fought with amazing vitality, and
although he had been unconscious
most of the time for nearly a week
before death came, he was able to
arouse himself at times to smile at a
friend or mlrmur a Few words 70
Nine. Joffre, who throughout his illness,
remained almost constantly at his bed
side.
Definite plans for the funeral have
not yet been made known, but if
Joffre'S wishes are respected he will lie,
not like his illustriouS comrade Ferdi-
nand Foch, under the great dome of
the Hotel DIES InvalideS, but in a mod
est chapel in the grounds of his country
home at Louveciennes, high on a
plateau overlooking the winding valley
of the Seine.
Joffres visit to the Tomb of Wash
ington in 1917, friends revealed tonight,
inspired him with the desire for a
simple burial on his own homestead,
La Chataignerie chestnut Grove) 1,
which he and Nine. Joffre had built
and laid out.
Col. Jean 'F1abry, the marshals aide
during the war and his closest friend.
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MANY TASKS HOLD
ALFARO IN CAPITAL
New Panama President Says
He Is Not Urgently
Needed at Post.

BY the Associated Press.
The legation of Panama was con-
yerted into the headquarters of Pana-
mas new President yesterday as DR..
Ricardo j. Alfaro wound up the affairs
Of his ministry in preparation for his
journey home.
At nightfall the Minister was still
undecided as to the date Of his en-
barkation. He said that first there
were numerous tasks at the legation to
be finished, and that his immediate
presence in Panama was not urgent.
Throngs Of Panamans fiocked to
the legation to congratulate the Presi-
dent-designate. With him to receive
the guests between business affairs was
Nine. Alfaro and their i've children.
In a newSreel interview, DR.. Alfarc
said: ST have been called to assume
the presidency and have unhesitatingly
answered the call of my country. ]
have been here a little over eight years.
The strengthening of the exceptional
ties existing between my country and
the United States has been my con-
slant endeavor.
''I will do my utmost as the head OF
the Panama government to further
promote friendship and good under
standing between the Panaman and
the American peoples.
THE day leave the United States
my farewell message will be essentially
one of deep gratefulness for the won
derful hospitality and good will I have
enjoyed here"
Under tentative plans, Nine. Alfaro
and their two daughters, Amelita and
Yolanda, will go to Panama with the
new President. Their sons, DR.. Victor
Alfaro of Philadelphia, Ivan and Rogelio
will remain in the United States, the
latter two to complete terms at the Ma
tional Catholic University and Western
High School of Washington.
DR.. Alfaro planned to visit the State
Department as early as possible to fill
an engagement he was unable to keep
this morning 1t was understood that
upon this call and the reaction of State
Department officials to the new regime
would be hinged the President-deSig-
mates plan for departure.
Settled Conditions Awaited.
The question of recognition by the
United States Of the new governments
in both Panama and Guatemala are
being held in allegiance by the State De-
partment pending more settled politi-
cal situation in the countries.
Secretary Stimson indicated the Pana-
manian situation was too complex for
any immediate decision.
The department has received from the
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SCHOONER STRUGGLES 40 DAYS
ONLID OF DAVY JONES LOCKER
Capt. Nicklas Tells How Craft Was Driven
800 Miles OFF Course by Gales and
Waves, at Times 80 Feet High.

Georgetown, S. c., with a cargo Of
cement She was towed in here yester-
day after being found is distress of
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
She was off the Virginia Capes when
gale lashed her of her course. For
days the ship wallowed in billowing
waves, spreading oil to keep them from
breaking over her decks. There were
lulls, some for whole day at a time,
before another cross gale would pick her
up and shift her far from her position.
Every drop of oil aboard-even the
deck oil-except what was actually
needed to run lights and other neces-
stiles, was put overheard, drop by drop,
from two canvas buckets on either side
Of her bow.
I'VE were dashed about for days, the
skipper said. 1.-THE waves were 80 feet
high. Our food and water supply began
to run low. We caught enough rain
water, however, to keep us from thirst.
Then one of the men became i'll Of
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ASSAtLED
IN FORUM SPEECH
Wood Declares Convention
Election Plan Is More
Representative.

In broadside attack against the di-
rect primary, Representative viii r.
Wood of Indiana last night charged
this system of choosing candidates for
public office was destructive of repre-
sentative government"
Speaking in the National Radio
Forum, arranged by The Washington
Star and broadcast over the coaSt-to-
coast network of the Columbia Broad
casting System, Representative Wood
bitterly arraigned the primary system
for being the cause Of many evils in
the body polite today.
Says Glasses Rule.
The speaker reviewed several 'in-
fluences" which he charged were at
work through the primary and de-
clared they were getting their hands
on the throat of popular government"
There is no way to get away from
this condition" the speaker said, 'ex-
cept to repeal the primary laws and
go back to the convention system"
Under the primary, he charged that
1--WE do not have representative govern
ment, government of the people, but
a government of interests, or classes, or
organizations, who back men to fill pub
lie Offices and finance their campaigns,
fully expecting to control their actions
after they have taken the oath of Of
fee"
Convention Plan Insures Ability.
The old convention system, Mr.. Wood
said, obtained men for Office who were
of high caliber, but the primary, he
said, "has eliminated the very class of
men which the American people should
have in public Office" The convention
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By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FERNANDINA, Fla, January g.
Forty days and nights Capt. Charles
Nicklas and the crew of the four
masted schooner Purnell T. White
struggled literally on the lid of Davy
Jones' locker.
Capt. Nicklas, a mild-mannered,
elderly man, today recounted the epic
Of raging seas, short rations, no water
except rain and even exhaustion Of the
oil supply that had kept the mountain
Gus waves from breaking aboard. He
told the story as the ship rode at
anchor here, safely in port after being
given UP for lost for the third time in
its history.
The storms drove the schooner more
than 800 miles of her course toward
the Bahamas after she cleared Balti-
more, her home port, November % for
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INSURGENTS SHOOT
TWO U. S. MARINES
Privates Seriously Wounded in
Brush With SANDING Forces
in Nicaragua.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. January s.
Guerilla warfare hared again today In
the densely wooded country between
Totogalpa and Ocotal. and in brush
with SANDING followers two United
States Marines were seriously wounded.
The wounded men are Pvts. James
Robert Earnhardt of Concord, N. c.,
and David Monroe Kirkendall of
Chicago. Earnhardt suffered serious
wound in the spine. It was said Kir-
kendall probably would recover. They
were brought here by airplane.
After the battle their comrades, under
command of Capt. Ernest Russell.
pushed on toward Ocotal, driving their
opponents before them.
When news reached Ocotal of the
clash which followed closely upon that
of Wednesday in which eight Marines
were killed and two wounded by tie
insurgents, another Marine patrol Bet
out 20 aid In the pursuit.
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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
MAY HALT CONSTRUCTION
Delay in Collecting Amounts Due
From Irrigation Districts Laid
to Farm Prices.
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne Associated EreSS.
Curtailment of Bureau of Reclama-
ton construction activities was in pros
pect yesterday as the result of delay
in collecting amounts due from irriga-
ton districts in western States.
Annual payments Of the districts to
reimburse the Government range from
100000 to 100000. Accounts re-
ceivable at present total approximately
$2,500,000. A total Of $153, $50, 561 is due
the bureau, but these payments are to
be extended over many years.
Commissioner Mead attributed flnan-
cial difficulties to the general decline in
farm prices, saying crops on the recla-
nation projects last year were better
than ever in the history Of the bureau.
The farm income, however. he said was
only about half in preceding years.
I'VE are making collections" the COM
missioner added, but they are coming
in slowly. 1t is likely that our con-
struction program, which heretofore has
averaged Sl,000,000 monthly, will have
to be curtailed. preventing the bureau
from completing projects under way
for some time"
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POLICE ROUTED AS CHICAGO MOB
PROTESTS TRANSFER OF PRIEST
Successor of Beloved Spiritual Adviser Is Hooted and Not
Allowed to Leave Car.

cameraman was beaten and another's
camera was smashed.
Reporters and curiosity seekers were
ordered to move along"
The trouble started on New Year day
when the veteran pastor, Father Fran
els Kowaleski, announced at mass he
had been ordered by the office of the
Chicago rhdiocese to quit the church
in favor of a new pastor. Early yester-
day a crowd gathered when it was ru-
mored the new priest Id take charge
then. Father KoWaleski pleaded with
the crowd vainly to quit the church and
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EXECUTIVE WHO FORGETS TO LOCK
DOOR OF BANK CREATES eMYSTERY''
Depositor Arrives Finds Office Empty and Calls Police
Who Discover Robbery Evidence.

An expert safe-opener was called.
He drilled open the strong box door.
Bales of bank notes were found, but
nothing more.
Twenty policemen guarded the build
ing while other officers sought an ex-
PLANTATION of the mystery. Efforts to
locate officers of the company were
futile.
Then President Dale C.@Lucas, en-
joying his usual Saturday afternoon
holiday, was attracted by the crowd.
Came explanations.
my heavens, was sure locked
that front doorl" he exclaimed.
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Hv the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, January 3.-The
front door Of the National Savings,
Building and Loan Association opened
readily this afternoon when Mrs. Ted
Bohammus arrived to make deposit.
Mrs. Bohammus stood uncertainty
before the cashiers cage, which was
conspicuous by its emptiness.
Alarmed, she called police. The ON
GERS were enchanted by the mystery
Here perhaps, they reasoned, Mrs.
Marie T. Mclean, the secretary, had
been locked inside the vault by q
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Broken Sextant and Shift
in Winds Throw Ship
Off Course.
HOP AGAIN MONDAY
Transatlantic Flight Fails
but Craft Lands at
Hampton Roads.
BY WILLIAM s. MacLAAREN,
Navigator Of the Seaplane Trade Wind


HAMPTON ROADS, Va, January 3
R).-A shift in the wind knocked us
off our mark and Mrs. Hart and ]
missed Bermuda today. The only
course left was to return home. We hit
Norfolk on the nose coming back We
got bad break on the take-off at New
York in our transatlantic adventure
the telescope fell off the sextant just as
we scared off the ground. We're going
to fix it tomorrow and take of again
Monday.
Mrs. Hart and I talked it over and
decided to keep on going and hope for
the best. There were three steamers in
our path to Bermuda-the Pam
America, the Bermuda and the Veen-
dam. AS we progressed SoutheaStward,
we passed over each of them. Every
thing went fine. Visibility was good and
it looked as If we would make it, tele-
scope or no telescope.
Then a second piece of Il-1uck came.
1t was shift in the wind. Too, our
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8 DIE OF POISON LIQUOR

Omaha Coroner Reports Findings
After Autopsies.
OMAHA, Nebr., January (P).-
Eight deaths in Omaha during the past
three days were attributed tonight to
poison liquor by police and county au-
thorities.
Autopsies in each case proved the
presence of poison liquor, the county
coroner's Office reported.
Five of the dead were "fioaters" who
lived in the cheap rooming house and
hotel district where it Is the custom to
buy denatured alcohol and dilute 1t
with water for drinking, police reported.
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BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. January 3.--A mob Of
more than a thousand persons sur
rounded the st. Mary Magdalene Ro-
man Catholic Church in South Chicago
tonioht. Determined to prevent new
pastor from taking over the keys to
the parish, in an ugly mood over the
impending transfer Of priest, 81 years
their spiritual adviser, the crowd this
afternoon routed a small police detail,
sent to maintain order. "A newspaper
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CHICAGO MAYORALTY
VOTE SCHEME REVEALED
Police Commissioner Offers Protec-
ton During Campaign to Any
Candidate Who Feels Need.
By the Assoclated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 3.-"I have in
formation" said Police Commissioner
John H. Alcock today, that one of the
mayoralty candidates is going to have
his house bombed, his automobile shot
full of holes, and probably receive a
black eye himself, for political pur-
poses, in order to sway public opinion
in the coming primary fight.
ANY mayoralty candidate who con-
siders he needs police protection dur
ing the campaign can make his wishes
known to me and will receive full pro-
lection, both to himself and to his
family"
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TODAY'S STAR

PART ONE-26 PAGES.
General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
Organized Reserves-Page B-4.
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Page B-4.
Educational News-Page BIS.
PART TWO-s PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Marine Corps NoteS-Page z.
At Community Centers-Page Z.
Y. w. C. A. News-Page 5.
PART THREE-12 PAGES.
Society Section.
Parent-Teacher Activities-Page 10.
D. A. r. Notes-Page 10.
PART FOUR-1O PAGES.
Amusement Section-Theater, Screen
and Radio.
In the Motor World-Page 4.
Aviation-Page S.
District National Guard-Page 5.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve
Page 5.
American Legion-Page 5.
Fraternities-Page 7.
Radio-Page 9.
w. c. T. U. Notes-Page 10.
PART FIVE-4 PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIX-10 PAGES.
Financial News and Classified Adver-
Using.
News of the Clubs-Page 10.
Serial Story, Golden Dawn"-Page 10.
Spanish War Veterans-Page 10.
PART SEVEN-24 PAGES.
Magazine Section
News of the Music WorId-Page 10.
Reviews of the New Books-Page 20.
Notes of Art and ArtistS-Page 81.
Crossword Puzzle-Page %.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTIONS PAGES.
Moon Mullins Mutt and JEFF; Mr.. and
Mrs; Little Orphan Annie; Brutus:
the Smythes; ,,Reg'lar FellerS; High
lights Of Hist<<y.
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ceiling was fairly low and composed Of
mist. Thus we could not fly high
enough to spot the island from a great
distance and have perfect visibility at
the same time. It was hard to guess,
but we did the best we could at gaug-
ing the drift and making allowances on
the compass point.
After about five hours we knew we
had made the $50 miles between New
York and Hamilton but we did not
sight land.
We decided to cruise as long as we
dared and then streak for home. This
we did, and none too soon, for we had
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column a.
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WEATHER.

%. s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Mostly cloudy today and tomorrow,
occasional rain; little change in tenn
peratllre.
Temperatures-H Highest, 81, at pm.
yesterday; lowest, %, at am. yester-
day. Full report on page Z.
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PART TWO-8 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Marine Corps NoteS-Page z.
At Community Centers-Page z.
Y. w. c. A. News-Page 5.
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PART THREE-12 PAGES.
Society Section.
Parent Teacher ActivitieS-Page 10.
D. A. r. Notes-Page 10.
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GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.

Moon Mullins; Mutt and JEFF; Mr.. and
Mrs; Little Orphan Annie; Brutus:
the Snythes: Regular Fellers; High
lights Of HistL<y.
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National 5000 TO start immediate delivery.
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The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Wives of Policemen
Protest Their Use
On Vice Squads

NEW YORK, April 16.-With
only 100 applicants for the
new vice squad, Police Com
missioner Mulrooney yesterday
took steps to draft replace.
ments for the 16 lieutepants,
six sergeants and 245 patrol.
men who go back into uniform
at 8 a. m. today.
There is widespread baking
against succeeding the old squad
that acquired such an unsavory
reputation through the revela-
tions of Referee Seabury.
The first protests came from
the wives of patrolmen when it
was announced married men
would be selected for the new
squad. This led to an announce
ment by Mulrooney that new
squad members need not be
married, but they must be
young with good records.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Kentucky Society
To Hear COLILnlniSt

General James Tandy Ellis,
columnist of the Louisville Times
and Cincinnati Times-Star, will
give a humorous talk. with banjo
accompaniment, before the final
meeting of the Kentucky Society
at the Willard ballroom tomorrow
at 8:45 p. m.
Mr.. Ellis is scheduled to address
a National Press Club luncheon
Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Derr Giving Lecture
Series on Gdrdenin0

Fairfax county agricultural
agent, H. B. Derr, is giving a
series Of Illustrated lectures be-
fore civic organizations of the
county on the subject of improv-
ing homes and gardens.
The lectures are in connection
with the county cleanup cam
paign being conducted by Mr..
Derr.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Ak Killing Victim
Is Found by Wife

REVERE, Mass, April 16
GNSO.-A victim of a brutal ak
murder, Marciano Coggino, Sc, Of
Boston, was found by his wife late
yesterday in a small two-room
building on their farm here.
Three gashes we're found on the
head, apparently inflicted by a
stained ak near by.
His pockets we're turned inside
out.