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The Washington times., 1931-01-29
MINE DEATH.
TOLL MAY
REACH9l
Fear Burns and Injuries Will
Claim More Lives; Charred
Bodies Taken From Gas Pit

LINTON, Ind, Jan. 80 GN.SJ. .
An official death toll Of 20 was
announced today as the last Of
the charred bodies were taken
from the Little Betty mine, near
here, scene of Indiana's third
major mining disaster since 1925.
AS the twenty-ninth body was
brought to the surface, officials
announced that they had &C
counted for all men who were
in the mine when deafening
blast shook the entire country
side yesterday afternoon. The
number of those rescued alive
was announced as nine, three Of
whom suffered severe injuries.
The last of the injured to be
rescued was Jouie wellington, Of
Sullivan, Ind, whose face and
upper body were burned so badly
that officials refrained from
questioning him regarding his
version of the explosion.
All Accounted For
With all men accounted for,
the official work was turned to
positive Identification Of the dead
and investigation of the cause Of
the blast. Several of the dead
were burned so badly that identi-
fication was difficult.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
Photo by Brooks

convictions, with fines imposed
totalling $65,576,156.
Until 1923, no record was kept
Of the penitentiary sentences
meted out, but since that year a
total of 35,165 years imprison-
ment have been imposed upon
violators.
Record Is appalling"
The commission regarded this
record as an appalling one in rela-
tion to public respect" for the
law. And considering that all ex-
cept few States have their own
enforcement laws, and that State
courts and judges are steadily
grinding away at their gristS OF
cases, it becomes even more ap-
palling, in the opinion Of the
membership.
The Department of Justice is
about to launch upon a new and
vigorous drive to obtain the maxi
mum amount Of enforcement.
The House has already endorsed
an appropriation that will give
the department 500 additional en-
forcement agents. Thus, the rec
ord for arrests and CONVICTIONS
this year and next is expected to
greatly exceed that Of any preVl-
Gus year. ,,,;o,,
Even so, the verdict of the Wick
ersham commission was tnat
there is considerable 10 u o I
whether conditions can be mucn
improved.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
Boy, 10, Is Injured
When Hit BU Auto

Marvin Goldberg, TO- Of 3211
Thirteenth ST. N. W.. was pain
fully injured yesterday when he
was knocked down by an auto
mobile at Sixteenth and @ Streets
northwest. He was treated at
Children's Hospital and later was
sent home.
The machine, according to po-
lice, was operated by Mrs. Mar
garet F. Moreno of 3540 Massa-
chuSetts Ave. NV.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
SHOALS ISSUE
THREATENS
DEADLOCK
TWo.ThirdS Rule Temporarily
Saves Administration As
Senator Black Forces Vote

The power issue, involving the
Governments Muscle Shoals
project and the new Federal
Power Commission, captured the
spotlight in the Senate today,
showing the equally tempestuous
prohibition issue in the back
ground.
The immediate contest was an
effort by Senator Black CD Of
Alabama to suspend the rules to
get consideration of a plan for
operating the Muscle Shoals fer
tilizer plants, as an amendment to
the War Department appropria-
tion bill.
Administration forces, although
in q sad minority, were able to.
defeat two previous attempts
merely. because a suspension Of
the rules requires a tvo-thirds ma
jority. They were confident Of
defeating Blacks latest effort.
Special Session Threat
This two-thirds rule temporarily
saved the Administration from
facing a serious impasse over
enactment Of the war bill. If
Black succeeds and a willing Sen
ate votes some Muscle Shoals
legislation into the appropriation
bill, the Administration will face
a choice of accepting the legisla-
ton or killing the bill.
The latter act would force Spe-
cial session. Consequently, Ad-
ministration leaders were rallying
their forces in another battle
against this threat.
Walsh Move Blocked
The Federal Power Commission
came into the spotlight through
the Walsh resolution, directing
the District Attorney here to in
stitute custer proceedings against
Commissioners George Otis Smith,
Marcel Garsaud and Claude L.
Draper.
After a favorable report from
two Senate committees, Senator
Walsh CD of Montana, sought
action on the resolution yester-
day but was blocked by an
Administration objection. He
gave notice he would press for
it's adoption at the first oppor-
tunity and there was every indi-
cation it would carry.
The Administration also saw a
threat of a special session in the
two votes taken on Blacks earlier
motions to suspend the rules in
favor of action on Muscle Shoals
legislation. Blacks maneuvers
were endorsed 43 to 26 and 80 to
81. These votes were interpreted
as showing a majority of the
Senate staunchly in favor Of en-
acting Muscle Shoals legislation.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
DRY LAW SEEN
AS FAILURE

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prompted one member of the COM
mission to observe humorously
that if there was adequate en-
forcement everybody would be in
jail"
U. S. Arrests Grow
The yearly arrests by Federal
agents show steady increases.
In 1920, the first year of en-
forcement, for example, there
were only 1o,548 arrests. The
next year it jumped to 34,175, the
next to 42,223, and in 1928 to
66,936. The most arrests in a
single year was in 1928, when
75,307 citizens were taken into
custody by Federal officers for
violations. The present fiscal
year, which ends June 80, may
see new record set.
Convictions range roughly about
IS per cent of the arrests. Up
to this year there were 415,448
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
HOUSE SPEEDS
MOVE To KILL
FOOD BILL
Republican Chiefs Plan Early
Vote on Senate $25, 900, 900
Measure; Red Cross Scored

Republican House leaders
planned an early vote today in
an effort to kill the Senate's
$25, 10000 food relief appropria-
ton as both branches of Con.
gress resounded with agitation
over refusal of the Red Cross to
accept the proposed gift.
The House chieftains appar.
emily believed their cause was
strengthened by the statement
Of Chairman John Barton Payne,
Of the Red Cross, that a Congress
sional "dole" would not only hurt
the Red Cross, but would virtu-
ally kill private charity.
Test Vote Tomorrow
The test vote is expected to-
morrow. said Representative
Wood (RO of Indiana, chairman
of the Appropriations Commit
tee, as the subcommittee in
charge Of the appropriation pre-
pared to recommend rejection.
The fight in the Senate for
the appropriation, however, was
strengthened. Senator Robinson
D) of Arkansas, author of the
amendment, threatened a finish
fight. and Senator Mcclellan CD
of Tennessee suggested a fill
buster against all legislation un-
til the relief fund is provided.
The House plan was to reject
the appropriation and send 1t
to conference with the Senate.
In this there is the possibility Of
compromise.
Representative Tilson of Con-
necticut, Republican leader OF
the House, however, declared:
"NO compromise. / am glad
the Red Cross took the attitude
it has. A congressional apprO-
priation would be a death blow
to private charitable Organiza-
tions. 1 believe the House will
reject the amendment"
Robinson Resumes Attack
Refusal of the Red Cross to
handle the fund, If voted, will
force amendments. Senator Rob
inson suggested an entirely new
agency be set up. He was ready
to renew his attack that the Red
Cross was being made IAN instru-
ment of political oppression" by
President Hoover. Other Demo
Gratis. including Trammel CD Of
Florida and Copeland CD OF
New York, joined in the attack
on the Red Cross.
But Chairman Payne stood his
ground. He said:
"The Red Cross expects to
raise the $1O,OOO,OOO relief fund
it is now seeking. The Red
Cross has pledged itself to fin
ish this job of drought relief,
and it has the funds, with
what it expects to get, to finish
it, even If it costs three times
as much as we think 1t will"
Accepts City Aid
He said the Red Cross does not
function in unemployment rellef
in cities, and said he could not
object to Congress making an ap-
preparation for that kind Of aid:
Details of the methods OF
feeding destitute in Arkansas
and other drought-ridden States
brought an expression Of amaze
ment from Representative Byrns
CD of Tennessee. A Red Cross
worker said $40 would feed
family of five for 80 days. with
what greens and other aid they
had in rural sections Of Arkansas.
Byrns said:
81 didn't think that in this
great country of ours any family
would be forced to live on such
a sum, especially in the winter
when there are no vegetables
on the farm"
Payne insisted the Red Cross IL
doing a good job, and that the
people in the drought areas are
satisfied.
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The Washington times., 1931-01-29

sCRATCHED-snta Merldianse
BardaIid Grand King Matt
BEST BET-CRAZY
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
BUTLER FACES
ARMY TRIAL
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from the italian foreign office.
The State Department asked the
Navy Department to investigate
the incident, and Secretary Of the
Navy Adams called upon General
Butler for an explanation.
In a letter General Butler
placed in Adams hands today he
is understood to have admitted
making substantially the remarks
attributed to him. The order for
the court-martial followed.
President Hoover is said to
have taken a personal as well as
official interest in the case. AT
any rate, the Butler-Mussolini
episode was freely discussed at
Tuesdays Cabinet meeting, and
Mr.. Hoover was said to have
been considerably exercised over
it.
Has Stormy Past
General Butler has long been
q spectacular and to some extent
q stormy figure in Marine Corps
circles. Although possessed Of a
fine service record, which in
cludes the Congressional Medal
of Honor, he has, nevertheless,
managed to figure in a number
of spectacular episodes.
During the Coolidge admins
tration, he was loaned" to the
city Of Philadelphia as its clean
up crusader" He was given
charge of the police force and
supposedly a free hand to rid the
city of bootlegging, vice and
racketeering.
After a period Of tempestuous
service. in which there was much
publicity, he returned to the
Marine Corps and Philadelphia
returned to it's normal ways.
Has Officer Charged
One of General Buffers first
assignments after his Philadelphia
experience was to command the
marine base at San Diego. Dur
ing this assignment he again
came in for much publicity by
preferring charges against a dis
tinguished Marine Corps colonel
whom he observed taking a drink
at a private dance. General But
Ter incurred a great deal Of re-
sentiment in the service over this
affair.
Of late, General Butler has
been much in demand as a lee
turer. It was one of these lee
lures, before the Contemporary
Club, of Philadelphia, on January
10, that brought him into his
present trouble.
Although General Buffers let
ter to Secretary Adams was not
made public, it is understood
that the general admitted telling
the story of Mussolini'S alleged
hit-and-run auto escapade, and to
have further stated that the
incident was related to him by
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., writer
and one-time newspaper pub
Usher.
An officer of General Buffers
rank is rarely tried by a general
court. A heavy draft will have
to be made on the admirals OF
the Navy for personnel sufficient
to constitute the court.
No general officer has been
tried in either the Army, Navy OF
Marine Corps since Brig. Gen
William Mitchell, who waged
long and spectacular warfare
with the army general staff and
the Navy general board over the
relative merits of airplanes ano
battleshipS.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
500 Homes Wrecked
In Albanian Quake

An earthquake at Korcha. Al
bania, yesterday cost one life,
With two persons injured and
@A houses wrecked.
Evening star., 1931-12-01
SLEEPING SICKNESS SOLUTION
MADE SIR DAVID BRUCE FAMOUS
Death of British Military
Figure Recalls Tsetse
Fly Discovery.
Medical Leader Was Known
as Sherlock Holmes
of Science.
by JAMES WALDO FAwCETT.

Mai Gen. Sir David Bruce, whose
death in London was reported Friday
last was popularity known as the Sher-
lock Holmes of science, but his real
claim to enduring fame was based on
his discovery of the connection between
the tsetse fly and sleeping sickness.
Sir David was rs when he died. He
had been i'll for several months. The
end came while services were being
held for his wife, who had succumbed
to a similar ailment on the previous
Monday.
Born at Melbourne, Australia. May
90, 1855, and educated in Scotland, Sir
David spent his life until his retire.
ment In 1919 in the medical service OF
the British army. He was In Malta
and in Egypt between 1884 and 1889:
the Army Medical School at Netley,
is8s-94; served in South Africa, 1894:
1901: was a member of the Army Med
ical Advisory Board, 19o2-ll. and held
the post OF editor o. the Journal CT the
Royal Army Me ical Corps, l904-08.
In 1908 lie went to Uganda as direc-
tcr of the Royal Societys commission
for the investigation of sleeping sick
ness His observations prompted his
return 10 the same nelSApoIlool III
1908. Meanwhile he had been at Malta
as leader of the commission for the
investigation of Mediterranean fever,
l9o4-o6. His method was that Of the
famous detective created by the genius
of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He was,
above all else, an observer. He be-
lieved in watching his patients study
ing their environment, analyZing their
histories. He was one of the pioneers
in the mo5ern attack on infectious dis
ease. To his mind 1t was not enough
to cure sick people; it was imperative
to discover what made them Ill. He
worked with vaccineS and serums. He
identified and destroyed insects which
carried diseases for which there was no
apparent cure. He determined the
range CT infection arcuni a disease
Evening star., 1931-12-01
u: S. ASKED TO BAN
DRINKING VOYAGES
Shipping Board Report Seeks
More Money to Build Up
Merchant Marine.

Voyages to nowhere" short drinking
excursions aboard palatial foreign flag
liners to just beyond the 12-mile limit
would be prohibited II the United States
Shipping Board has It's way.
Besides asking Congress to prohibit
such cruises, the board, in It's annual
report made public today, requested
Congress to allow it to lend more money
for the purpose of building up the
American merchant marine, to grant it
more regulatory authority over common
carriers by water and for higher COM
pensation for exceptionally fast mail
carrying ships.
The present limit of construction
Evening star., 1931-12-01

focus and shifted whole populations
out Of that range.
He discovered the cause and cure OF
Mediterranean fever in 1905. Tnree
years later he announced the identih-
cation of the tsetse fly as the carrier
of sleeping sickness. In NyaSaland be-
tween 1911 and 1914 he established the
relation between wild animals and ois-
eases in humans and in domestic stock
through flies which transmitted pro-
tozoon from the wild animals. in which
it was a harmless blood parasite, to
humans and domestic animals, In which
it 6e eloped the disease known as ma
gana a form of sleeping sickness.
HCnors OF every variety were show
cred upon Sir David. He received
medal with seven clasps for his services
at the siege of Ladysmith in the South
African War. He was made Com
panion of the Bath in 1905 and was
knighted in 1908. He was Cameron
Prize man, Royal Medalist Of the Royal
Society, Stewart Prize man OF the Brit
ish Medical Association, Leeuwenbock
Medalist Of the Dutch Academy OF
Sciences, Albert Medalist Of the Royal
turer at the Royal College Of Physicians,
head of the governing body of the Lis
ter Institute and fellow of the Royal
Society. He served as commandant of
the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1924-25,
and as president held the chair at the
meeting OF the British Association for
the Advancement of Science, held at
Toronto in 1924. He received the Good
Service Reward in 1928 On which occa-
sion Sir Ronald Ross spoke of him as
"A medical genius"
Evening star., 1931-12-01

loans is $1s5, ,oo0, 900. The board wants
this increased 10 $3.50, ,0ue, 900.
IS Ships Bring S1,oss,6 $50.
An increase in loans from the re-
volving fund was reported, as was prog
ress in the boards program of selling
Government ships to private lines.
Seventy-three vessels were sold for
81 ,088, $50 during the r1scal year ended
June 80, 1881. reducing TO 39S the num-
ber in governmental control.
Advances on construction loans to-
tailed $28,704,7 796, as compared with
$40, ,384, 100 for the 1880 fiscal year
The total operating cost of the Mer-
chant Fleet Corporation, In charge of
the Government fleets operation, was
given as approximately $9,245,0 or
81 100000 below the 1880 loss. 1t was
described as "the lowest in point in a
gradual scale of reductions from the
total loss of SAL ,000, 900 reported in the
fiscal year 1924"
A pay roll reduction of 164.employes
with salaries totaling S334,081, or cut
of about II per cent" was reported.
Evening star., 1931-12-01
SHIP DIVERS REACH
FIVE TONS OF GOLD
Salvage Job on Liner Egypt
Done Under Difficulties
and After Tragedy.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
BREST. France, December IA grim
battle against the sea, which aireaoy
has engulfed ship and taken IL lives
since the fight began, is going on 20
miles on this port, where the 1tahan
salvage ship Artiglio II is trying to re-
cover the treasure Of the sunken liner
Egypt g
Five tons of gold bars and As tons OF
silver, worth about $5.27o,o00, is the
prize. The metal lies in the strong
room of the Egypt, 696 feet down, 70
miles southwest of Ushant and 80 miles
on Point du Rag. 1t is a spot swept
by vicious tides. where divers can work
only at slack water and only In Ialr
weather.
The Egypt was sunk in crash with
the French steamer Seine on May ~
1890 with the loss of 100 lives. swirl
Ing tides and errors Of navigation made
her almost impossible to find and she
was not located until August 81, 1880
Work Under Difficulties.
Special diving equipment, designed
for the job, was put into use ana olVers
from the Artigiio went down ana identl-
fed her They were working almost
blind. locked in steel-armored suits ano
fighting tides and cross tide; that swept
them of their feet without warning.
FOR three months the men worked
when the tide and weather would let
them. In that time they opened the
wreck. lifted the captains Safe to the
surface and blasted their way into the
decking. Then came the tragedy.
The Artiglio had baen driven away
by bad weather and was trying her
hand at salvaging the American mu-
nitions ship Florence. sunk by oomo
of Saint Nazaire in 1918.
Salvage Ship Blown to Bits.
Divers went down to the Florence,
laid depth bomb and returned to the
surface, when the charge was hred
tons of wartime shells, rusting In the
hull of the Florence, exploded. The tiny
salvage ship, which had been British
minesweeper during the war, was al
most blown to bits and she sank IN
a few minutes. OF he crew OF l9, only
z men were saved.
Work was begun again on the Egypt
in May, 1881. by a second ship with
new crew. All Summer and Fall they
have been working away. The weather
has been against them. Storms have
kept them tied up in BreSt for days at
a time. Deceptive calms have turned
to wind as the men went over the side
They have not yet recovered a single
bar of gold or silver, but they have cut
through the decks and opened the
treasure chamber. The end is in sight
and If they get working weather they
may finish the job this year. If MOI
they expect to do it next Spring.
Evening star., 1931-12-01
Man Lives 12 Days on Water.

The mysterious disappearance of NAL
colin Mcintyre Of Arrochar, Scotland,
has been solved by the finding of the
man in Kenmore Wood Mcintyre was
In a very weak condition and could
only say that he had lived solely on
water for IL days. Because of his un-
usually strong constitution he Is ex
pected to recover.
Evening star., 1931-12-01
GRANDMOTHER BANDIT
CONVICTED OF ROBBERY
Mrs. Anna Daranski, e7, Faces
Prison-Sentence Is Delayed as
Attorneys Plan to Ask RetriAl.
Hy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December Mrs. Anna
Baranski, 67-year-old grandmother
bandit" was convicted by a jury in
Criminal Court on a charge of robbery,
carrying a mandatory sentence of to
20 years imprisonment
Judge Robert Desort delayed sen
tence and defense attorneys announced
they would ask for a new trial
Mrs. Baranski was charged with COM
plicity with her son, later killed in a
robbery, and Harold MARCEL, now under
arrest. She was said to have made small
purchases in stores which they planned
to rob, paying with $50 bill, watching
where the merchant placed the cur
rency and thus learning where the sup
plySof funds was kept.
Evening star., 1931-12-01

The story is told of pre-war German
prince who was being examined by
his professor for a degree. The profess
Sor asked a question and the prince
answered. Your highness," said the
professor, there are two ways to an
swer that question and you have de-
cided on a third way"
Evening star., 1931-12-01

Large London banks are handling as
high as 81 900 900 a week in notes. sl-
yer and copper.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15
MILLER GIVEN
new CONTRACT
San Juan Firm to Plant
Adams Tract To
Citrus

SAN JUAN, Feb. 14s-Tmmediate
development of the 10000 acre Ad-
ans Gardens tract, was assured this
week when Charles Laid and asso-
ciates awarded a contract TO Banks
l. Miller. prominent nurseryman,
and citrus developer. who viii head a
corporation 70 develop the only re-
naming virgin lands between Har-
lingen and Mission.
Clearing win begin at once, and
Mr.. Miller expects to have several
hundred acres planted In trees
within a very short time. It In IN
derstood that the contract calls for
the expenditure OF more than a mil
lion dollars for this work. The
company's headquarters will be 10
Gated on the tract: also q special
nursery. under the personal super
vision OF Banks Miller. for the next
years tree requirements IN order 70
obtain the high quality Of trees that
viii be demanded In the planting Of
this tract.
Charles Ladd and associates are
going TO develop the Adams Gardens
In the very latest and most complete
manner. and Mr.. Miller predicts that
this tract viii be in a few years. the
Valleys outstanding development IN
quantity and quality or fruit which
IL will produce. He insists that
nothing but the finest citrus trees
be nlanted.
The Miller Brothers have grown
and planted and developed over one
half million citrus trees In the VAL
ley in the past ten or twelve years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15
CITRUS COOP
IS FAVORED
Growers Reported As Ready
TO Join Regional Body
When Formed

McALLEE. FEB. l4-A Valley
wide citrus cooperative marketing
organization. formed along the
lines recommended by c. G. league
Of the federal board on his visit 70
the Valley. seems assured before
next season. directors OF the Nc
Allen Citrus association and the
Rio Crande Valley Citrus Growers
associations Of Mercedes reported
at their joint meeting this week.
This prediction was made following
heir survey among the growers in
the different communities OF the
Valley during the past 10 days. when
scores OF owners or large groves
we're interviewed and expressed their
Eagerness 70 join the regional body
ms soon as IL was formed.
IN every community visited the
sentiment was strongly In favor u
organizing. the growers expressing
their doubts or the present selma
methods In the Valley being able
10 take rare Of the greatly increased
crop which is expected next season,
In some communities II would
now be pcssible 10 SIGN up n mini
mum OF IS per cent Of the tonnage
one OF the directors stated. ~and
from what the orchard owners tell
me, thev are anxious 70 organizes
now. while the citrus industry Is In
It's infancy IN the Valley. rather
than wait until the tonnage becomes
no large the deal will be demoraliz-
3D."
The only form Of organization be-
ing talked Is that recommended by
Mr.. league. which win receive the
financial aid Of the federal farm
board IN building additional packing
nlnnts.