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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
PAY RAISE HOPES
KILLED FOR YEAR
Senate Yields to House on
interior Supply Bill, Paw
ing Way for Precedent.

The beginning of systematic pro-
gram Of promotions for Government
employees now receiving under-average
salaries is virtually certain to be post
poned until next year as result of the
Senate's action yesterday in yielding
to the House by dropping these in
creaseS from the Interior appropriation
bill.
Although similar increases are in all
the other departmental appropriation
bills as Senate amendments, it was
freely predicted on Capitol Hill yester-
day that. having yielded in one case,
the Senate will take the same course
as the conference reports on the other
bills come in for approval.
Couzens Makes Appeal.
Although the dropping of the salary
increases from the Interior bill ives
overshadoweu in the debate yeStsriay
by the more important issue of drought
relief, Senator CouzenS, Republican, Of
Michigan, fired a final volley of argu-
ment in defense of underpaid Federal
workers before the Senate yielded.
when the Committee on Appropria-
tons submitted the Interior Department
bill" said Senator Couzens, at stated
the committee had put in $248,194 for
underpaid grades.
Not only have the underpaid Gov
ernment employees been cheated and
fooled by Congress for a number of
years, but that has been going on for
eight years. In this case the President
says, am informed, that he approves
proved 1t, the Senate has approved it,
and yet in conference, in spite
Of all these agencies approving
this appropriation, the House stands
adamant and refuses to accede TO these
amendments put in by the Senate.
Heads May Grant Promotion.
"If we surrender this appropriation
for the payment of the underpaid Gov
eminent employees in this bill, it viii
establish a precedent for Surrendering
on every other appropriation bill which
is still to pass through conference"
Even If these increases are eliminated
from all the supply bills. it will be pos
sible for department heads to grant
some promotions by using unexpended
balances resulting from deaths or resig-
nations of employees, but not to anything
like the extent of the program which
the Senate advocated.
The salary increase items which the
Senate has been inserting in the vari-
GUS supply bills amount TO 80 per cent
of the total required to take care of all
underaverage cases, the theory being to
spread this salary eQualizing program
over three-year period.
Would Cost 100000.
II the Senate amendments had been
sustained, the total for such increases
in the coming year throughout the Gov
eminent service would have been about
$4,000 900. For the entire three year
program, the estimate was something
over $4,000 900.
A few hours after the Interior con-
ference report had been disposed of, the
Senate passed the legislative appropri-
alton bill, which also contained the SAL
airy increase amendments Senator
CouzenS deplored the fact that the Sen
ate was putting these amendments In
this bill, when, he said, it was a fore
gone conclusion the Senate would not
insist upon them in conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
THREE BOYS, PLAYING IN GARAGE,
OVERCOME BY CARBON MONOXIDE
Mother Runs Blocks to Telephone and Rescue Squad
Pulls Youngsters Through Safely.

Their mother ran two blocks TO the
nearest telephone and called the Fire
Department Rescue Squad. Squad No.
/ responded, and Lieut.. A. c. Kefauver.
PEELED to summon the auxiliary truck.
as the squads wagon carries only one
inhalator. The squad worked over the
young trio with inhalators fos about IS
minutes. DR.. A. S. GrosbC q Of CaSu-
atty Hospital pronounced the boys out
of danger.
Lieut.. Kefauver said there was no
doubt that the boys we're suffering from
carbon monoxide poisoning. even though
father, however, who was in the garage
all the time the engine was running,
said he felt no III effects from the gas
whateYers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

Three small boys, playing in their
fathers garage last night, were over
come by the fumes of carbon monoxide
gas. They were given prompt treat
ment by the Fire Department Rescue
Squad and all recovered.
The young boys are Frederick Berg
ling, 10 years old, and his brothers
George, Y years, and Theodore, 4. Their
father, George Bergiing, had been work.
ing on his car in the garage with the
engine running last evening and the
three boys had been playing in the ga
rage. He drove the car out, on his way
to work in the circulation department.
Of the Washington Post TIE three
youngsters went back ipto tin house,
complained of feeling SICK and almost
immediately fell unconscious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
TAHNCKE AND PIGEON ION LEAVE"
ENJOY NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS
Citizen Finds Bird in Yard Officials Here Authorize Il
to Have Good Time During Celebration.

Pickett Magruder, commandment Of the
eighth naval district in which New
Orleans is located, what to do with the
bird
Pigeon No. 444 discovered in yard
of citizen of New Orleans. this date.
Request instructions" We the message
sent to the Navy Department by Ad-
miral MagrIder.
Pigeon Is on authorized leave of abb
scence with permission to visit New
Orleans during Mardi Gras. Show him
or her good time and let 60 when
ready" was the DepaTtmApt'S reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

At least two representatives Of the
Navy were in New Orleans today for
Mardi Gras.
They were Ernest Lee Jahncke, AS
eistant Secretary of the Navy, whose
home Is in New Orleans. and Navy
carrier pigeon.
While Secretary Jahncke delivered a
scheduled address there yesterday, the
pigeon roasted in a citizens yard, doubt
less wishing it were back home at the
Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N. j.
The citizen asked Rear Admiral T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Will Suppress Party.

WARSAW, February IA R.-The
minister ;3f the interior announced to-
night the left wing of the Polish So
cialist party would be suppressed. The
members OF this faction are accused
of communistic tendencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
NEW REFINING METHOD
Beet Sugar Improvement Ends
Danger of Canning Corrosion.

SAN FRANCISCO, February "a up.
Announcement of a new process of
refining beet sugar was made today by
Pierre Philippe, president Of the Inter-
national Sugar Corporation.
Philippe said it is an electrolytic and
carbon method, is cheaper than the old
lime and sulphur method and will per-
NIT use of beet sugar in fruit packing
in tins.
The beet juice is put through the
electrolytic and carbon treatment prior
TO boiling or evaporation. BY elimin-
alton of lime and sulphur treatment the
refined sugar Is freed from mineral
compounds, which heretofore have pre-
vented its use in fruit canning in t.e
cans due TO danger of corrosiOii of the
tin containers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
united states.sweden Pact Ratified

The Senate today ratified a treaty
between the United States and Sweden
providing for arbitration of claims by
the Swedish government on behalf Oh
Swedish corporation for losses in
Cured as, result of the detention of
the mot0t ships Kronprins Gustaf
Adolf and Faciflc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
BLAST IN HOTEL INJURIES
TWO, PROBABLY FATALLY
Police Believe Explosion Linked
With Recent Labor Disturb
ance in Tulsa, Okla.

BY the Associated Press
TULSA, Okla, February 1.-two
men were injured tonight, probably
fatally, in an explosion in the Lynn
Hotel, which shattered the interior OF
the building and attracted thousands OF
persons to the scene.
Oficers said the blast apparently had
centered in a &c I'M occupied by Frank
Disney, so, a boilermaker. one Of the
injured. Bugs" Riley. news vendor
occupying the room beneath was the
other victim
Nelson j. Moore, chief of police, be-
lieved the explosion was linked with
recent disturbances but said exact cause
OF the blast had not been determined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
PART THREE-14 PAGES.
Society Section.

society section.
PART FOUR-1O PAGES.
Amusement Section-Theater, Screen
In the Motor World-Page 4.
News of the ClubS-Page 5.
FraternitieS-Page 6.
Marine Corps Notes-Page 8.
American Legion-Page z.
District Of Columbia Naval Reserve
Page Z.
Aviation-Page 8.
w. G. T. U. Notes-Page 8.
Radio-Page 8.
PART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIx-I2 PAGES.
Financial News and CLASSIFIED Adver-
Using.
Serial stor-- "JilteG"--Page IL.
At Community O. rs-Page IL.
Army and Nav SywS-Page IL.
Organized Res -J--Page IL.
PART sEvEN-24 .'AGEs.
Magazine Section.
Notes of Art and Artists-Page 10.
News of the Music World-Page 20.
Reviews of the New Books-Page 81.
Crossword Puzzle-Page 20.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTIONS PAGES.
Moon Mullins: Mr.. and Mrs: Mutt and
JEFF; Regular Fellers; Brutus; the
Smythes: Little Orphan Annie:
Highlights 4os HISTORY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
TODAY'S STAR

PART ONES PAGES.
General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
Educational News-Page B-4.
Spanish War Veterans-Page B-4.
Parent-Teacher ActivitieS-Page BIS.
PART TWO-S PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
District National Guard-Page 6.
D. A. r. Activities-Page 6.
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Page g.
Y. w. c. A. Notes-Page s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

The Star Is delivered every evening ana
Sunday morning 20 Washington homes uy
The Stars exclusive carrier service. Phone
National 5000 TO start immediate delivery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
PART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.

GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

Fair. continued cold today: tomorrow
fair, rising temperature.
Highest, IS, at IL mid
night Friday; lowest, "a, at 10 pm. last
night.
Full report on page 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
By J. Frank Dobie,


birthright their tribal name an inseparable
element in the memorials of the Southwestern
world.
or all the seekers for the gold Of the Guada-
lupes, "Old Ben" SubIett civilian Colum
Sublett being his correct nance was the most
picturesque and has become most famous. Like
the much besung Joe Bowers, he went west
from Missouri-"yes, all the way from Pike
to prospect in the Rocky Mountains. But, unlike
Joe, he took his Sallie with him. In time they
had three babies. Up canyons and over noun
tains Ben dragged his family. He saw other
men grow rich from virgin gold, but the pay
streak never opened under his pick. He went
In rags; ct times his wife and children went
hungry. Life for them must have been fearfully
hard. It killed his wife. At length Sublett
turned southeast and made for civilization"
Civilization was the new Texas g. Pacific
Railroad track-a double line Of steel that
glittered across hundreds Of miles Of West Texas
land too waterless at that date even for the
scant population Of ranches. Sublett put up q
tent beside a section house where the town Of
Monahans now stands, where well had been
dug. He got odd jobs from the railroad Other
men were coming in. They contributed to the
support Of "the children In the tent"
In fact, strangers were so charitable that one
day Ben Sublett drove away alone In his rickety
old blackboard pulled by a pair bony horses
and carrying a meager supply Of frijoles, flour
and coffee. He did not need much. He could,
as the saying goes, live on what q hungry
coyote would leave. He again took to prospect
ing in the nearest mountains Of any size, the
GuadalupeS. This was long before an oil well
was dreamed Of In West Texas. It was before
the Mescalero Apaches had been securely
rounded up. Men who packed lead under
their skins and could show the scars of arrow
wounds warned Sublett that he had better stay
away from the GuadaIupes and the Apaches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

He laughed at them and carried q gun only for
meat. Trip after trip he made into the noun
tains, returning only to work long enough to
buy fresh store Of supplies and to contribute
q little to the direct needs Of his children.
He moved them over to Odessa, where there
were q few saloons but no churches; where
women were scarce and where the click OF six
shooters synchronized with the click OF spurs.
There the oldest child Of the family, girl,
made something by taking in washing. The
father was freer than ever to prospect. He
knew what he was about. Every time he came
In, his return was surprise TO the people OF
the town. They scoffed at his crazy mode OF
life. Occasionally he brought in q nugget, but
hardly Of enough value to keep him in shoe
leather. In vain his children begged him to
quit the mountains and settle down TO some
steady-paying job. He was stubborn; he had
q bunch" that some day he would find gold.
At times he trapped little. Once, 1t seems,
he had trapped In the White Mountains Of
Arizona. This must have been before he came
to Texas. After he had been prospecting for
years he admitted that an Apache whom ne
had met in the white Mountains had toLs him
q story of gold in the Guadalupes and had
headed him toward it.
"Old Ben, the crazy prospector," became the
lest Of the country. Then one day, after having
been gone for an unusually long time he drove
his rickety rig up to Mollie Williamson's saloon
in Odessa, Strode-despite his habitual limp,
caused by an old bullet wound-boldly to the
bar, in hearty voice invited everybody present
to Join him and called for drinks all around.
The barkeeper hesitated, the men sniggered.
But when Old Ben threw buckskin pouch fun
Of nuggets on the bar the crowd went wild
Boys" he said, 81 have been poor, but
amt poor no longer. I can buy out this town
and have plenty left Drink"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

THEY drank. They cheered. They drank
again. Then between drinks Old Ben went
out TO his blackboard and brought In q small
canvas sack filled with gold ESQ pure that q
jeweler could have hammered it out'
MY friends" urged the crazy prospectos.
drink all you want Drink all you can hold.
have at last found the richest gold mine In
the world. can build q palace Of California
marble and buy up the whole State Of Texas
Is q back yard for my children to play IN.
LetN celebrate"
Old Ben never built the palace, it seems. OF
encountered himself with leagues Of land. In
reality he had no desire for estates or cushioned
halls. His wants were few and elemental That
verse in the old ballad Of Mustang Gray fts
Subaett finely:
He ne'er would sleep within tent,
No comforts would he know.
But like a brave old Texian
Arranging he would CO.
He was not greedy for riches. The golden
secret that he bore in his breaSt-like the hid
den light of the Lantern Bearers"-and the
notoriety that the secret brought meant moro
10 him than any amount of taxable properties.
He had kind of hunger for fame. Human
chicanery and the mad graSping for property
perplexed him. and thus he came to distrust all
prosperity friends"
After he 'struck it rich" he was never known
10 work at al. Every few months he would slip
out to the mountains alone; he generally
brought back around a thousand dollars worth
Of gold His chief pleasure seemed to be in
displaying &c zone time while I was in Mid
Iand.~ said Charles Dixon of 81 Paso, 81 SAL
Old Ben Sublett lug two sacks Of gold into ttla
saloon and call to the world to drink on him!a
washer taaeB were twO-bushel corn sacks a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

-HE tradition of gold in the Guadalupe
Mountains runs back long, long
way. Spanish conquistadores, as the
- story must have it, were Led by
treacherous Pueblos to q wonderful
vein and were then extirpated Geronimo,
wiliest Of all the Apaches. has been associated
In q hundred stories with nuggets of that
Eegion-nuggets "as big q goose liver"
While the Apaches were still taking scalpS
prospectors were looking for the great lode.
They are stin looking for 1t and adding to the
tradition. Old Ben Sublett is supposed to have
found it and nowadays it Is best and most 1T
tngiy known as the Lost Sublett Mine. The
legend represents an enormous cycle OF the
Southwest and the West IN which Adams
Diggin's, the Lost Cabin Nine the Lost Niger
Nine Yuma's Gold, the Gunsight lode, Eng1-
neer's Ledge and many another elusive bonanza
weave through extraordinary folk narrative.
The setting Is worthy Of the legend Guada-
lupe Peak, the highest point in Texas rises
$500 feet above sea level, just below the New
Mexico line. Back In the age Of horses travellers
coming down the Pecos River could ride for
three days within sight Of the peak. 1t Is q
beacon from all sides. The long, narrow chain
Of mountains to which 1t belongs extends, with
gaps, southwark clear to the Rio Grande and
northward for nearly hundred miles.
Here In the Guadalupes the only mountain
sheep left In Texas and a majority Of those
left in New Mexico are under the protection
Of the law. making their last stand. Eagles and
panthers modest them more than man. Their
haunts are 80 wild, rough and waterless that
only occasionally does a human being intrude.
Here the Apaches made final retreat, and on the
Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, hardly q
days horseback ride from the northwestern
spurs Of the Guadalupe chain, remnants Of that
fierce people yet live-secretive, diStrustful, too
proud TO forget Caucasian appropriation Of their
The Washington times., 1931-05-13
SAME GIRL AFTER HER
TEETH HAVE BEEN
CHISELLED AWAY.
BATTAK GIRL WITH HER
WHITE TEETH.


bother about the soul of the rce anyhow if it has
soul? Now the moral
Whv do lovely American girls destroy the shape of their
feet? Why do they around twisting their ankles on
heels several high? Why do they their poor
little toes pointing straight downward into tight shoe? They
know what agony they suffer- they know how hard it is to
walk how impossible to rum
But they don't realize how 1t spos their grace Of
ment.
They don't realize that suffering hereafter when
the toes twisted squeezed out of shape will endless
trouble
The Battak girls fooshness is in her head and she can't
help herself The priest of her religion and her elders
force her to undergo torture and Disagreement.
The fooshness of American girls is at the opposite
end in their feet They deliberately do foolish things of their
own accord without compuon except the silly idea that they
must look like other girls"
Their trouble used in the middle when they squeezed
their waists niurng lungs and liver That for the present
thank Heaven bad it used to be- although certain
women especially fat concealed tight corset on
their bodies tight rubber bandages on their hips trying to
look slim and only looking unnatural.
GIRLS WHY NOT BE NATURAL? Why be Battak?
The Washington times., 1931-05-13

These pictures contain moral. And probably ninetynne
girls out of hundred will ignore it completely.
First we tell you the story of the pictures
Among the Baak avage that collect heads and do other
queer things white gstening teeth considered ugly
Baak will say you Il do not want to have white teeth
like dog"
He will not marry girl with teeth like dog"
Therefore, you in the upper picture young Battak
girl married is subject cruel treatment She
lies flat perhaps supplied with drug while her teeth
chseed away the roots They then filed that even
the roots seen and the sumps of the roots
blackened.
When this DONE the girl is considered beautiful
ready for marriage.
There religion mixed up with it, often happens
in various customs among barbaran not Christians OF
course.
These people believe that the which they ve has
And they think the soul objects to having its body the
rice savagey bitten by sharp, white teeth.
WHY the soul of the rice objects to this biting process
since the rice swallowed and dgested anyhow do
not understand the Baak understand it. And we
have some theological theories that they, aso would not
understand should not argue about their theories
When girls teeth have been chseled away, the stumps
filed and backene she mumbe her rice with her gums
and the of the rice has objection to that process
Young American girls would call this ridiculous brutal
ty" WHY suffer pain WHY destroy beautiful teeth? Why
The Washington times., 1931-05-13
Play Space Shortcomings in
Our Public Schools

Revelations in the of The Times of the serious
scarcity OF play for many public schools Washing
ton will be astonishing to those of the
school system who seek to do everything they can to
Its welfare.
These friends and all Washngtonians who schools
10 day be models for public schools of the nation will
Join in efforts in Congress and elsewhere remedy
shortcomings rapidly be DONE
that school buildings the are constructed
sites that large enough.
It is worth while for Washington people understand the
view point Of educators and child welfare agencies about this
most important matter of playground space around school
buildings In report to the recent White House conference
on child health and protection it forcbly stated:
"A school house without adequate playground is
educational deformty and presents gross injustice to
childhood
That is appropriate description Most unfortunately it
ds many public schools in this city, comparatively few Of
which do have adequate space and large numbers Of which
have practically playground space at all.
Here vital civic problem that hit and hold the at
tenon of all people until properly solved matter
how long it takes or how much effort is involved.
The Washington times., 1931-05-13
Inheritance, Income Taxes
Proposed for District

Senator King of Utah. ranking Democratic member of the
Senate Committee the District of Columbia has long been
giving thought to income and inheritance taxes for the Dis
rc and may introduce bills for these at the next session
of Congress
It of interest also that Senator Cappe chairman of
that COMMITTED rather favors the idea of income taxes in
the various States of reducing the taxes
small taxpayers putting greater burden upon people Of
wealth
In communication to this paper some time ago Wash
tngon attorney, commenting upon Times editorial drew
attention to the fact that inheritance tax provided
for the District there would be comparatively small add
tonal burden upon those having to pay
The explanation in the fact that the Federal Govern
men collects estate inheritance and legacy and credits
the estate with 80 cent of its payments to any of the
several States and would do if the District had in
heritance tax.
That is the District had inheritance law and
estate paid 100000 to the District would get credit for
$4,000 when paying the Federal tax
That would give the District considerable with
out estates having to pay double the Federal Government
The writer explains that recent Federal tax he
handled the State of Virginia $4,000 and the Fed
eral Treasury $1,000 of total collection of $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-05-13
Control of Interstate BuSSeS

The matter of routing and berhng the large number of inter-
state buses coming into and going of Washington will be
taken up by the Public Utilities Commission in short time and
decision reached to what shall be done controlling their
operations in this city
The commission has power adopt restrictions that will
lessen congestion caused by cumbersome vehicles Until Con-
gres acted last winter the commission virtually poweress
Public hearings will give the companies operating the bus
lines opportunities to present their views and to indicate how
much progress has been made toward constructing and
office accommodations of union depot nature
Richmond Keech peoples counsel indicates that these big
buses should be kept Of the congsted downtown alto
geher At least they should be prevented from using streets
the business district terminals adding traffic blokades
and dangers
This bus problem has caused much complaint here and just
solution will be welcomed.