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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
BANK FAILURES BOOM
U. S. POSTAL SAVINGS
Deposits in New York Doubled in
Short Time, Totaling
H. $20,239,s15
By the Assoeiatsd Press.

~ the Assoc1ated Press.
NEW YORK, March 20. - Postals
savings deposits in New York have dou-
bled IN the last nine months, and $50
additional persons have turned TO the
United States Government for custody
Of their cash.
The phenomenal rise Of deposits from
SIC, 239,s15 on June so, 1880, to more
than 10000, 600 this month is attrib-
uted by post ONCE authorities to bank
failures.
In the same period, post ONCE au-
thorities revealed, the number Of de-
positors had grown from 97,167 to
1l4,30I.
The Post Once Department publishes
total savings figures only once q year,
on June 80. 1t is impossible to deter
mine whether the rise In New York de-
posts is criterion.
The big rush has come from small
savers. The Government pays per
cent interest and deposits the funds in
designated local banks on collateral
security.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
STRANGE PHENOMENA OF LIFE
SHOWN TO PHYSICIANS HERE
Medical Men View Living" Viscera Re-
moved From Cat and Hear of Rare
Mental Cures.

the utmost dificulty once her fingers
are closed on 1t.
Here also was announced for the first
time what promises to be one Of the
most notable advances in modern
psychiatry- apparent lasting cure OF
catalonia, . sort Of living death, whose
and from which there have been few
recoveTies. Catalonia is one Of the four
types Of dementia praecox. Patients in
the advanced stages are in an almost
continuous stupor, living almost entirely
within themselves and apparently COM
pletely cut on from the world. They
refuse to talk and communicate in any
way. They refuse to eat and must be
fed. They will remain In practically
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
5 Children Lose Lives When
23 Are Stranded in School
Bus SO Hours, IS of Others
Suffer Pneumonia.
DRIVER EXPIRES IN VAIN
EFFORT TO GET HELP
Hundreds Of Cattle Found Standing
Frozen to Death in Huge Drifts.
Teacher and 20 Pupils MaroOned
Two Days and Night in School
House at Horace, Kans.
By the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
A tragic story of death, suf-
fering and widespread damage
began its revelation today in
the wake of the binding biz
yards which have swept the
Rocky Mountain and Plains
States.
Twelve were dead, including
five children found frozen to
death in a stalled school bus
near Towner, Col.
Four persons were missing,
. believed to have persisted.
Scores were in a serious condi-
ton from froStbite and ex-
posure.
Stockmen found hundreds of
cattle, standing upright in
snowdrifts, frozen to death.
The area covered by the
storm included Wyoming, Colo
RADIO, South Dakota, Nebraska
and the Westerns parts Of Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
U. S. JUDGE STUDIES
COUNT ON SEYMOUR
b. the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr., March 2s.-Federal
Judge T. c. Munger today took under
advisement AemurrerB TO indictments
for perjury against Victor Seymour,
Nebraska Republican leader, and George
w. Norris of Alva, Okla, former
Broken Bow grocer, growing out OF the
Republican senatorial primary contest.
The question argued before Judge
Munger hinged largely upon the con-
stitutionality of the authority OF the
United States Senatorial Campaign
Fund Committee in its inquiry into the
1880 Nebraska primary campaign.
Both men were indicted on tner
testimony before Senator Gerald p. Nye
and his committee at hearings IN
Nebraska last year regarding the Ming
OF Grocer Norris In opposition 70 the
veteran Nebraska Senator Of the same
name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

A pep talk" designed to inspire them
to greater efficiency during the Easter
season Is believed to have been the
cause of q walkout Of all the Fox Thea
ter ushers in the middle Of perform
ance last night. With military precision
the deserving youths stepped on the dis.
lance from their respective posts to tho
locker room. There they left their uni-s
forms, first aid kits and other trappings,
neatly folded In the best Fox manner.
Then they all departed. The walkous
occurred at T:2O pm.
Donald johnson, the treasurer Of the
organization, leaped to the door and
started taking tickets. Stanley Halla.
house manaeef, stood Aetl1e lobby en-
trance, waNsng the patrons t8 the right
entrances md assuring them thAt there
were vacNilt seats. Once inside ne au-
ditcrium the patrons were left q md
their way to their seats. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
SHIPS WRECKAGE
BEARS OUT S 0 S
Debris Found in Center of Oily
Patch After Supposed Fake
Call Is Sent.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 2s.-Wreckage
floating on an oily patch in the At
lantic Ocean, is miles OF Atlantic City,
late today led Government oficials 10
hope for definite information about
mysterious O S messages they earlier
thought to be a rum runners fake.
Just as Coast Guards had decided
that their mission Of rescue" was due
to be blind 50 that cargo Of liquor
could be landed, the Coast Guard patrol
boat Sebago radioed having found the
wreckage and the oily area.
100 Lanterns Found.
There was heavy layer of oil, such
as a laundering ship might leave on
the water. and many bits Of debris that
might have been cargo. The spot was
in the general location given In the
rather vague distress signals before
dawn.
The wreckage included more than 100
lanterns, with red glass and green bases
and with IL. A. Co. painted on their
sides. There we're several barrels
labeled "A. c. L. crystals-Lot 137, -
several boxes Of paper drinking cups and
quantities Of broonls, spars and
wreckage.
All these articles were found float
ing about in the oily area and the
fact they were still so close together
indicated they had not been there long.
A possible explanation Of the presence
Of the articles lay in the fact that carly
Thursday morning, in heavy fog near
Barnegat, the freighter Pacific Cedar
and the old barge Raritan Sun were in
collision. The freighter had q seven
foot hole in her bow after the crash and
there was the possibility that merchan-
disc found may have been from this
vessel.
Leaving Now. Good-by."
The S o S messages started at 1890
am. and ceased at 2:06 a.m-the last
word from the air being an tronic
Leaving now. Good-by."
Seven Coast Guard vesselS-destroy-
ers, cutters and power lifeboats-went
chasing 80 miles on Barnegat, N. J..
Messages from the ship" said there
were passengers aboard, that water was
rising In the radio room, that ifeboats
were about to be launched.
But the radio operator failed to give
the name OF MS SNIP 1Ilbp anu the
fact the operator seemed unfamiliar
with the business Of sending, aroused
suspicious. but the rescue fleet was not
ordered back.
Radio Grows Faint.
Capt. Philip Lauriat. chief Of sta1 at
Coast Guard headquarters here, at one
time was convinced the service had been
hoaxed. The evidence was q message
from the Munson liner Pan-America,
outbound from New York.
When the first call came the Pam
America was about rs miles from the
position given--30 miles OF Barnegat.
She sped to the rescue, but her radio
officer noticed the nearer he got to his
destination the fainter were the signals
for help. When the Pan-America
reached the scene she found neither
ship nor wreckage.
Radio has been used by rum-rlnners
for several years on both the Jersey and
Long Island coasts for the purpose of
directing ships at sea. Commercial
stations went of the air when the dis
treSS messages were received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
BONUS SLIP IS BURIED WITH SON,
SO MOTHER SEEKS DUPLICATE
Poverty Prompts Request, But Colored Family Fears Evil
Spirits If Grave Is Opened.

Sation certificate. This certificate, how
ever, which bore his mothers name
as beneficiary, was among the papers
which he took with him TO the grave.
|. A tinie-honored superstition Of her
race that the sanctity of the grave
must never be violated keeps the mother
from having the body exhumed, de-
spite her desperate need. The brothers
say that II the bonus meant even more
than II does 10 her. no spade work
could be expected OF them. The eyil
spirits that would dog their footsteps
forever after are more TO be feared
than poverty, they say
Consequently they are endeavoring to
ascertain II the Government win issue
duplicate certificate. II is uncertain
however, whether the Veterans Bureau
viii grant the request with the kflowl-
edge that the paper Is not lost, but
merely deposited few feet under the
soil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
GAS, SOLDAT Sl.5Q,
MADE FOR s. CTS.
Kephart Gathers Data in
Fight to Lower Rates in
Arlington County.

Statistics showing that gas sold in
Arlington County, Va, as high IS $3.50
a thousand cubic feet. is manufactured
at a cost of 35.2 cents thousand cubic
feet. were compiled at the Public Utili-
ties Commission yesterday for Q. /.
Kephart, secretary OF the Arlington
County Public Utilities Commission,
who IS directing q campaign for . re-
duction in rates.
Gas used in Arlington County Is dis
tributed by the Rosslyn Gas Co., sub
sidiary Of the Washington and George
town Gas Light companies. The Ross
lyn company buys the gas from the
Georgetown company at so cents
thousand cubic feet.
a0-Cent Profit Seen.
Figures developed at the commission
from the records of the washington
and GEORGETOWN companies show the
bare cost Of production, including plant
maintenance, Is 35.2 cents. Overhead
expenses, IL was said, increase the cost
to about 40 cents, giving the George
town company q net profit OF 20 cents
a thousand cubic feet on gas delivered
to the RoSslyn company.
Existing rates in Arlington County
under the so-called reduced schedule,
which has been in effect several
months, range from IS cents, the
house heating rate, to $50, the domes-
tic rate for the first 1000 cubic feet
consumed. The domestic rate drops
frcaa $3.50 to 80 cents for gas con-
zumed in excess Of the first 1000 feet.
MIR. Kephart is gathering the infor-
nation for presentation TO the Corpp-
ration Commission Of Virginia when IT
begins hearings In Richmond April 9
on the protest of the Lyon Park (Va)
Citizens Association against the rates
in Arlington County. He viii represent
the Board Of County Supervisors at the
hearing, assisted by J. o. Basham, an
other member of the Arlington County
Utilities Commission.
Object to Service Charge.
One Of the principal objections to the
gas schedule Is the $50 domestic rate
for the first 900 cubic feet. II Is con-
tended the average consumer Is no5
benefited because he does not use
enough gas TO get on the 90-cent sched-
ule.
Another objection is made to fee
for connecting new service. A charge
OF 20 cents foot from the main to the
meter is made for new connections.
This charge is not made In Alexandria,
It was said, although the Alexandria
Gas Co. Is owned by the same inter-
ests which own the Rosslyn company.
Interest in the fight Is keen In Ar
lington County and several civic leaders
plan to so to Richmond to attend the
hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
TONY VOLPE FACES
NEW FEDERAL TRIAL
Deportation Proceedings to Be
ReOpened by Officials
at Chicago.
nr th. Associatad pr.ns.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 28.--The Govern
ment plans to try Tony Volpe, gangster
and public enemy" on deportation
proceedings again.
Assistant United States District At
torney Dodd Healy has been instructed
by Secretary of Labor william M. Doak
to withdraw the deportation warrant
Al undesirable alien. A rehear!ng nay
be asked on new evidence, designed to
strengthen the Governments case. A
writ Of habeas corpus for Volpe is set
for hearing Tuesday by Federal Judge
James Fl. WiIkersor. Government
counsel said It probably viii be con-
tinued IN view Of the latest develop
nnent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
IT. PICKETT DENIED RIGHT
TO REMOVE BODY OF HERO
Custodians Threaten to
Lock Cemetery Gates if
Grandson Persists.
LEGAL ACTION SEEN
Descendant Now Wants to
Bury General and Widow
at Arlington.

Two huge locks that guard the gates
Of Gettysburg Hill, at Richmond. Va,
the last resting place Of Gen. George e,
Pickett and his men, win remain locked
to Lieut.. George E. Pickett, Sd, If he
persists in his announced intention of
removing the remains Of his grand
father, the famed Civil War general,
from Hollywood Cemetery in the Vir-
ginia capital.
There will be no disinterment Of Gen.
Pickett, II legal means can prevent it,
Mrs. j. F. Bauer, president of the Holly
wood Ladies Memorial Association, the
Richmond organization which has juris-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

Special Dispatch TO the star.
DANVTLLE. Va, March 28.-Wayer-
ing between the demands Of poverty
and an ancient superstition, an almost
destitute colored woman here IS going
10 ask for q duplicate bonus certificate
for her son. Jim Myers. so she may be
spared the ordeal Of opening his grave.
Jim, who served with the Army dur
ing the war. was stricken III several
years ago and died. His last request
was that all bis papers be buried with
him, and this was done by his mother,
Martha Myers.
After Jinl's death hard times came
10 the little farm from which his mother
and brothers drew their scanty living.
The need Of money became increasingly
acute.
Then Congress passed the legislation
which would have entitled Jim 70 bor-
- from $500 TO $500 on his compen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

TOWNER, Colo, March % (R.-
Physicians battied desperately tonight
70 save the lives Of Is children, suffer-
ing from pneumonia or severe frost bite
which already has exacted a toll Of six
lives from bus load Of school children,
marooned for IS hours in q blizzard.
Carl Miller, driver Of the bus, one OF
the six victims, lost his life In a vain
effort 10 obtain help for his charges.
His body was found tonight less than
8 miles from the bus, which he had
abandoned after instructing the children
regarding precautions TO prevent death
from freezing.
Two atrplanes were pressed into sery-
ice late today to rush five Of the VIC
Tins TO a Lamar, Colo, hospital The
ships were plotted by Jack Hart Of
Lamar and Eddie Brooks Of Denver.
Night fan prevented removal OF more
Of the sufferers to the hospital.
Recovery Is in Doubt.
Recovery Of the children now being
treated at Lamar, and Of 10 being cared
for in their homes or IN Holly, Colo,
hospital, was problematical. Doctors
and nurses refused to commit them
selves.
The children were found last night by
Andrew Reinhart, ranchman, who
was seeking lost cattle. Efforts Of par
ents Of the boys and girls, ranging from
8 to IA years old, TO find the bus had
proved futile.
Two doctors, aided by crews OF work
men, later battIed their way through
snow drifts to the isolated ranch house
from Holly and Tribune, Kans. The
doctors gave first aid and other relief
soon was forthcoming:
Teacher Found Safe.
The known victims are Louise Stone
breaker, Is; Robert Brown, IL; Kenneth
johnson, 3: Orio Untiedt, 3, and Mary
Miller, z. Mary was the daughter OF
the bus driver.
The children undergoing treatment at
Lamar are Blanche Stonebreaker, 10;
10; Charles HusSaker, IL, and Bryan
Untiedt.
Maude MoSer, the teacher Of the
children, for a time believed lost in the
storm, was discovered safe late today, In
o farm home near the school.
Bus Reaches House.
John Doll, driving school bus from
Sheridan Lake, several miles east OF
Towner. was caught in the storm with
four children, but he turned about and
managed to reach farm house, al
though his hands and face were frozen.
The blizzard marooned the teacher
and 20 students in the school house at
Horace, Kans., for two days and night.
The other dead included Levi Doty,
SO. sheepherder near Riverton, Wyo.;
Fred Snyder, A, who died in tourist
cabin at Kit Carson, Colo; Miss Fern
Terrill, ~, frozen in a one-rcom shack
near Cheyenne Wells, Colo: an uni
ssev1f444ad man whose body Was found IN
Al abandoned home at Roggen, Colo;
man, IS, believed 70 be Charles Ciscle
OF Quincy, ILL.,, found frozen to death
north Of Hannibal, Mo-: 8. z. S. Huso
Of Mankato. MINI, who perished after
his ear was wrecked in the binding
storm.
Near Max, Nebr., a hundred searchers
were trying TO find Boyd Edwards. 2,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
BRAND SEES PERIL
IN GERMAN TARIFF
Says France Win Not Go
Down the Path of Peace
Embodied.

BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 2s-Foreign Minister
Aristide BRAND said today that Frances
prompt action In protesting the pro-
posed Austro-German customs union
and in notifying other powers to do like
wise warded on real peril to the peace
Of Europe.
Speaking before the French Senate,
BRAND admitted the projected accord
constituted q setback in Franco German
relations and criticized the manner in
which both Austria and Germany sought
to attain their ends
He maintained, however, the accord
awoke no sympathy throughout the
world, being disapproved in Germany
itself.
Not BIindfolded, He Says.
There remain precautions to be
taken. We are not going down the path
to peace blindfolded, but despite dis
appointments we should perseVere," he
said. +
Germany isn't the only thing in the
world. 1t has been said we have been
ignoring Italy. We have always COLI
Tolerated with her in perfect equality. I"
Despite what he called the decep-
ton he experienced IN the attitude Of
Germany, BRAND said he would pursue
his efforts to keep both Austria and
Germany from trying TO violate their
solemn engagements.
VIII Defend Rights.
Nobody win think France has fallen
to such point of weakness that . thing
like this can be menace to her" he
said. France is strong enough to preach
reason, and to defend her rights while
calmly discussing them"
BRAND said he was going 10 pursue
the matter to its bitter end. "On the
day when it Is no longer possible to
count on the loyal execution of interna-
tional conventions" he said, there viii
be nothing left"
"You must gather around me and
give me the means Of following out
Frances policy Of peace"
Because Of the serious view which
BRAND takes Of thes situation, 1t was
announced tonight the foreign minister
will not accompany President Doumer-
que on his onicial visit to Tumisia next
month. Justice Leon Berard Is to 90
in his place.
RTEpT. nrrrNTnS TARIFE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
GEN. GOMEZ, MEXICAN
FLYER, AT HOPKINS
Seeks to Save One Remaining
Eye, Threatened by Infec-
ton.
By the Associated Press.

by tIle AA8UCIHLeu FIeSss
BALTIMORE, Md, March "a
Gen. Abundio Gomez, distinguished
Mexican army leader, was admitted to
the Wilmer clinic of the Johns Hop
kins Hospital today In q last resort to
save the sight Of his one remaining eye.
Hospital attaches declined to discuss
details Of the generals condition, but
said the danger from an infection in
the left eye was Every serious" He lost
his right eye several years ago. Col.
Francisco Aguilar, military attache Of
the Mexican embassy, came to Balti-
more to arrange entrance into hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
AUDITORIUM MAY
Be RAZED BY u. S.
Huge Opera House to Make
Way for Army-Navy Build
ing Project.

The Washington Auditorium. erected
a few years ago to provide huge opera
house for the District, viii be bought by
the Government and RACED to provide
space for future development Of Army
and Navy building projects in the area
west Of Eighteenth street and Consti-
tuition avenue, under plans disclosed
yesterday.
The Public Buildings Commission an
nounced several weeks ago the new War
and Navy Buildings would be erected in
the area bounded by Eighteenth and
TWenty-third streets, New York and
Constitution avenues. Members Of the
commission yesterday confirmed re-
ports that plans for further Development
OF the War and Navy projects would
call for acquisition OF an additional
area TO the north, including the site Of
the auditorium at Nineteenth and =
streets.
Authority stu Lacking.
The commission members emphasized
however, there Is no authority at pres
ent for acquiring the additional land
and special legislation must be pre-
sented TO Congress, so there is no inn
4aAc SA0tS EAS9kCSe @SA eAAS RaANAAeoC Va
this area.
The new area, according to present
plans, will include two squares north Of
New York avenue to Z street, between
Nineteen and Twenty first streets.
Development of the War-Navy group
would be started first in the area south
Of New York avenue, where the Gov
eminent already owns a large part of
the site. The Washington Auditorium
Is the largest structure in the addi-
tional area contemplated for this Fed
eral development This structure, COM
pleted in 1925, was the elimination Of
so years of hopes and plans by local
civic interests for an opera house.
Largest Theater Of Kind.
At the time of its completion It was
reputed by its owners to be "the largest
theater Of its kind in the world" Hav-
ing q seating capacity of 5000, 1t was
admitted to be something smaller than
Madison Square Garden in New York,
but it was said to contain better facili-
ties. Its cost was reported to be nearly
81, 000, 600.
Robert N. Harper, q leading spirit in
the movement for It's construction, was
elected president Of the Washington
Auditorium Corporation, and civic or
CARNATIONS and leadeys invested In
stock and bonds by which the develop
ment was financed.
The auditorium. however, did not re-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
STILL BLAST HURTS 8
Five Federal Agents injured Dis
mantling Plant.

TRENTON, N. T., March 40 H).--
Eight persons. I'VE OF them Federal dry
agents, were injured tonight when q
and set fire to brick house which coll
lapSed
The blast wns heard for miles. among
the injured was the chief Of police Jo-
seph Hopkins Of Lawrence Township.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
SEVEN DOCTORS ACCUSED
Charged with Unlawfully Issuing
Presentations for LIQUOR.

NEW york, March az H9.-The
Government struck another blow today
at doctors alleged TO have diverted
liquor prescriptions to bootleg channels.
As q result Of recent raids on mid
town hotel. drug stores and ofnces,
seven physicians were charged with un-
lawfully Issuing prescriptions IN an in
on similar charges several days ago.
Thousands Of prescription blanks have
bscn seized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
LADY MARY EXAMINED
British Aviatrix Asks to Have Fly
ing Licenae Renewed.

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. X, March
20 R).--Lady Mary Heath, noted
British aviatrix who was seriously IL.
tured at the Cleveland air races last
year, was given q medical examination
today on her application for q renewal
Of her pilots license.
The board withheld its findings, but
said a report would be sent 70 the
Aeronautical Division 81 the Depart
nent Of Commerce at washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
RIEDL DEFENDS TARIFF.
Former Austrian Ambassador Says Plan
Is 20 Years Old.
NV TnTYTS VnryVTNHR

Is 20 Years Old.
BY LOUIS LOCHNER.
Copyright. 1891, by the Associated Press)
BERLIN, March 2S.-Dr. Richard
Riedl, former Austrian Ambassador TO
Germany and Austrias leading au-
tllority on foreign trade, told the Asso-
ciated Press today the idea of an
Austro- German customs union was 40
years old and its contamination origi-
nally was prevented by the outbreak OF
the World War.
DR.. Riedl Is the Austrian delegate to
the International Chamber Of Com
merce and a foreign trade specialist for
the Austrian Industrialists' League.
Credited with being its author, he Is
visiting here to confer with German In
dustrialists relative to the proposed
trade accord.
First Move in 1912.
Gas far back as 1912 was requested
70 submit an expert report on q Gus
toms union of the AuStro-H Hungarian
monarchy with Rumania ana Serbia,
but careful feelers showed union OF
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