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HOME TOWN GANCsTERs RESPONSIBLE RELEASE
 KANSAS CITY WOMAN

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 21. (AD-That the mysterious release of Mrs. Don Nelly, wealthy founder of a garment company, and her chauffeur, was brought about through influence of the Kansas City underworld, Is now brought to light as it appears that Kansas City racketeers objected to outsiders muscleing in on their ter ritory.
 Mrs. Nelly and her chauffeur were held for 36 hours by three kidnap- pers who demanded $75,000 under threat of death to Blair, the chaf- feur, and blindness to Mrs. Nelly. The money was not paid yet, they were both set free unharmed
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LAFOLLETTE PLAN IS
 OUTLINED WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Dec, 21, (P- The LaFollette plan contains the specific goals of increasing the proportion of incomes going to the majority of lower income ranges who will spend more of it for pro- ducts! raising the lowest wage rates making purchasing power more staple than the business ac- tivities from which it is derived. Also, by the use of reserves or in surance against unemployment and stability of price levels so far as practicable but not a price system begged at certain points only"
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CONFLICTING REPORTS

TOKYO, Dec. 21. (P-Conflicting reports received said that Japanese General Honjo had given his ulti- matum to the Chinese saying that they must withdraw from the Chin Chow area. It was also said that the Japanese continued to proceed upon Chin Chow where the Chinese have been concentrating their Man churian troop movements and from whence the Japanese general wants them to withdraw immediately.
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CALIFORNIA SENATOR
 BLOCKS HOOVER MEASURE

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21. P)-President Hoover's moratorium plan went from the House to the Senate Saturday. It passed i'll the House but was blocked in the Sen- ate by Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, who is one of the most strong opponents of the measure. An effort is to be made to ratify the measure before the Christmas recess.
 The House passed the measure with reservation with regard to cancellation of the war debts.
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LEAVE FOR COAST

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21. (P)-The University of Tulane's football squad left here Saturday evening enroute to the coast where they will play the Trojans of the University of Southern California on New Years day. They will make two stopovers on their way to the scene of conflict for the National Cham pionship, for practice scrimmages. One stopover will be made at Fl Paso, Texas, and the other will be made at Tucson, Arizona.
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MUssOL|N|'s BROTHER
 PASSES AWAY AT MILAN

MILAN, Italy, Dec. 21. P)-Ar- mold Mussolini, 46 years of age, a brother of Benito Mussolini, Pre- mier of Italy, died in hospital here. Arnold was stricken in his automobile with heart attack. He was editor of Popolo Ditiala, a Milan daily newspaper, which he and his brother, Premier Benito Mussolini, founded.
 Arnold was a direct anthesis of his brother Benito. They were shy in each others presence but were united together by bonds of strong brotherly affection.
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CHURCH MONEY FOR
 DESTITUTE IS STOLEN

CHICAGO, Dec, 21, (P-Three of five robbers walked into the rectory of the Holy Trinity Cath olic church, crowded with parish CTS attending a Christmas service, and held up two priests and the secretary.
 They stole from the strong box S1,0OO which the pastors were get ting ready to distribute to deSti- ute families.
 Two companions waited in an automobile, out in front, and all escaped.
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DROP SEARCH

NEW YORK, Dec. 21. (P-Inves- 'tigation into the killing of Jack Legs" Diamond, racketeer, was vir- tually dropped by Sunday. AS Dia- mond died broke his widow has been making a plea for funds with which to bury him but she has not received very good response and there will be no golden casket for the once big racketeer but he will be buried in a plain wooden one.
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EXPECT FULL RECOVERY NTA MONICA Ca]if Dec.

SANTA MONICA, CaIlI., DeC. q. (P)-Pola Negri, Polish film actress, who underwent an operation in the hospital here for the removal of 3 serious intestinal obstruction, ap- peared to have conquered her four day fight for life Saturday, accord ing to her three physicians. Her physicians issued bulletins which stated that the film star had taken nourishment that day and that un- less complications set in they ex- pected complete recovery
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BIG FIGURES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21. tP)-The United States will spend $4, ,112, ,9Oo,9 ,95O exclusive of payments from postal revenues in 1893, ac- cording to table of Federal costs made public by the White House.
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BIKES AGAIN POPULAR

NEW YORK, Dec 21. tP)-Switch-
 ing from Europe, the bicycle will shortly be the vogue again in Am erica, it is announced here, but this time not so much as method to go places but as an exercise fad.
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CONTINUES TO IMPROVE

SANTA MONICA, Dec. 21. (P)-- Pola Negri continued to show inn provenent Sunday, according to re- ports of her physicians at hos pital here.
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TTALY's yoBLEss INCREASE

ROME, Dec. q. (P)-Italy's un- employment increased 78,00O during the month of November, bringing the total on November 30 to sra, ,000.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-21

The largest circulation of sny newspaper in the End, srd. 4th Divisions ot
 Alaska
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-21

The Seward Weekly Gate. way Is the best f6-pagc Weekly in the Territory
 of Alaska
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-17
DRAF TSMEN HELD
TRADE BAROMETER
New York Architect Believes
Reports on Total at Work
Would Serve as Index.

A business barometer for the build
ing industry, which would serve as q
guide for business generally, Is advo.
Gated by Electus D. Litchfield, Of the
New York Chapter of the American
Institute Of Architects. Such an in
dicator could be created, he declares,
by keeping q monthly check on the
number OF craftsmen employed by the
architects Of the country.
New York City will be faced with
a housing shortage in two years" says
Mr.. itchfield, outlining his plan to
the Architects Emergency Employ
ment Committee for the Region Of
New York. Although the city's pop
ulation continues to increase, the build
ings are growing obsolete. In the build
ing industry. and suppose 1t is the
same in most industries, depressions
cure themselves.
To-day we are. perhaps, at the zero
hour. Return Of confidence will be
indicated the moment a definite gen.
eral increase In employment comes into
the Offices Of the architects.
Now. II monthly reports can be
employed by the architects, we will
have the most sensitive possible bar
ometer Of the attitude OF the public
mind. Such barometer could be
taken as an indicator for all industries
in so far as the building industry re-
fleets the true nature OF business con-
ditions generally"
Congress took q definite step toward
guarding against future depressions in
enacting the Wagner Bill at the last
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session. according to Mr.. Litchfleld.
This legislation contemplates the plan
ming of public works some years in ad-
vance Of actual construction, so that If
an emergency should arise public works
activity could begin without delay.
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Ten Years Cost
OF Office Space
Is $780, 100000
Increase i'm white Collar
Occupations a Factor
inU. S. Conditions.

Sociologic trends and population
changes have welded an influence in
office building activities, according to
study completed by L. Seth Schnit-
man, chief statistician, F. w. Dodge
Corporation.
He finds, for instance, that changes
in volume Of commerce and large in
creases in the professional and other
white collar" occupations created de-
mand for $3.50, 900, 900 of office space
in the 10 years, 1921-l930.
Using check payments as o yard
stick. it is found that the rise between
the depression year, 1921, and the peak
in 1929. disregarding the effects OF
price changes during the interval, ap-
proximated 100 per cent. AT the same
time the advances in new ONCE build
ing expenditures Appropriated 600 per
cent between 1921 and the peak Of the
cycle, in this instance, the year 1927"
he states in the Architectural Record
THE large increase in office building
construction from 1921 to 1927" the
writer continues came about fully as
much because Of genuine demand for
space as because Of any other single
factor or combination Of factors. This
was the period Of reconstruction after
the war when virtually all building OF
this type had been at a StandStill. these
were the years Of readjustment of earn
ing power to advancing land values and
rising taxes. Then, too. the release Of
factory workers to non-industrial occu-
pations, incident to technologic ad-
vances, proceeded apace. and a large
absorption of workers into commercial,
financial and professional pursuits took
place.
This was the period when our
schools and colleges released more
'white-collar' graduates than in any
similar period in our history. This
was the period when the dentist and
the physician forSook the home as the
place Of his practice for the more con-
veniently located Office building"
Mr.. Schnitman states that SO per
cent Of new Office building construction
during the decade was concentrated in
the Is largest cities of the country.
For these same 10 centers, commercial
transactions, as measured by the VOL
ume OF check payments over the dec
ade. represented approximately IS per
cent Of the entire money turnover Of
the country.
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10 CONSTRUCTION
GROUPS AFFILIATE
Billions in Capital Represented by
League Under Direction OF
New Yorker.

Plans for the affiliation Of 10 groups
Of the construction industry In an or
ganization to be known as the Con-
struction League, for the purpose OF
cooperative effort for the good OF the
industry as a whole, are proceeding
under the direction Of Robert D. Kohn
of New York, chairman.
Billions IN capital are represented IN
the groups shortly to be aflliated under
corporation charter to be applied Tor
here.
Mr.. Kohn is president Of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects, one OF the
cooperating bodies.
The other groups to be included In
the league. as announced today by the
Institute Of Architects, are:
American Engineering Council. Amert-
can Federation Of Labor, building de-
partment; American Institute of Steel
Construction, Associated General Con-
tractors Of America. Contracting Plas-
terers' International Association, Elec-
trical Guild of America, Heating and
Piping Contractors National Associa-
ton, International Cut Stone Contrac-
tors and QuarrymeniS Association.
International Society of Master
Painters and Decorators, National As
ISOLATION OF Builders Exchanges. Ma
tional Association of Building Trades
Employers, National Association Of
Marble Dealers, National Association OF
Master Plumbers of the United States,
National Association OF Ornamental
Iron and Bronze Manufacturers, Ma
tional Association of Sheet Metal Con-
tractors, National Committee of Build
ing Congresses, Producers Council and
the United Association Of Journeymen
Plumbers and Steam Filters.
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BULB PLANTING HAS
VARIETY IN METHOD
Narcissus Family Should Be Buried
at Surface, but Layered
Group Lower.
BY ELLEN EDDY SHAW.

Some Of our layered bulbs such as
hyacinthS and tulips are planted one
inch below the surface Of the soil. A
striking difference in method Is shown
by the treatment Of the narcissuS group
Common members we'll known to all Of
us are the paper whites, daffodils, jon
quilS and poeticus.
The Chinese lily is never ported III
soil. but raised in stones and water
For most homes the paper white mar
cissus is much better to use in stone
and water treatment than the Chinese
lily.
Let us assume that we have some DAFT
fodils-fine, big fellowS-Von Sion, En-
peror and Empress are splendid. Some
may be single bulbs with one nose;
others may have bulblets on the side.
Each year bulb tends to reproduce it
self by throwing off bulblet, that is
by producing on its side little bulb,
which, after from two to four years. be-
comes mature, and is ready for bloom
ing.
The one thing to remember in the
potting of these members of the mar
cissus group is to leave the noses just
sticking out Of the surface of the soil.
Then start as before. with flower pots
or pans; put piece Of crock over the
hole in the bottom of the pot, and fill
in with soil. perhaps a two-inch layer
tamping it down. Now hold your bulb
at the bottom Of the pot and see just
where the soil should end when the
bulb is placed upon it.
Remember that from the rim of the
pot to the top surface of the soil should
be one-half inch. and that on the sur
face of the soil you should see the
noses of the narcissus Just sticking up.
You will have to decide for yourself
just how much soil will be needed. Re-
member, too. that beneath the bulb an
eighth-inch layer Of sharp Cor buildersO
sand is placed. Be sure that no two
bulbs touch each other or touch the pot,
but give them an inch Of space. Fill in
with the soil and press firmly down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-17
CONTRACTS SHOW DROP
1852, 1oe, 700 September Building
East Of Rockies.

Construction contracts awarded In
September in the 81 States east Of the
Rocky Mountains totaled $252, 109, 700,
as compared with 1891, s63,5o0 in the
corresponding month of last year, de-
cline Of "a per cent, according to F.. w.
Dodge Corporation.
The month represented an improve
ment of $19OO3,6O over August, when
contracts totaled 1898 LOG. 100. or SO per
cent below August, 1880.
OF last months total, non-residential
was the most important major conStruc-
ton class. forming $ll2,417,500 OF the
entire total Residential building
amounted to $54,552, 300 and public
works and utilities to $85, 139, 400.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-17
AUGUST RECORDS DROP
IN REALTY MORTGAGES

Dropping back again from the Sum-
mer peak reached in July, real estate
mortgages recorded in the principal
urban districts of the country during
August declined Is per cent below the
same month a year ago, according to
monthly compilation by Nelson, Hunt
& Co. of Chicago.
Figures from IS leading metropolitan
areas throughout the United States on
which comparative data are available
showed a total volume of $152,492, 465
for August, as compared with $219.-
1872, 700 in July and $l83,122,9l5 in
August, 1880.
Seven cities, according to an analysis
of the figures, reported increases over
August, 1880 Four of these were in
the Middle West. two in Connecticut
and one in the suburban area Of New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-17
LIGHTING CONFERENCE
ADDRESSED BY POWELL
Contractors, Architects, Dealers
and Electrical Engineers Hear
Specialist.

A large group of contractors. archi-
tectS, dealers and electrical engineers
attended the ninth and last of the
series of lighting conferences held here
under auspices Of the Electric League
Of Washington, concluded this week.
A. L. Powell, illumination specialist,
principal speaker, declared designers of
lighting fixtures up until recent times
have been bound by tradition and have
been constantly copying classical forms
and subjecting incandescent lamps to
all the limitations imposed on flame
illuminants.
French artists, decorators and de-
signers in 1924, he said, began to grasp
the use of incandescent lamps in radi-
cally new fashion, for decorative as
well as practical purposes.
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BUILDING INDUSTRY
URGED TO ORGANIZE
Truman S. Morgan Advises
Greater Coordination
at Kansas City.

Coordination between the various
factors Of the building industry in the
form Of organized effort for construc-
tive planning was emphasized as the
best possibility for advancement by
Truman s. Morgan. president. F.. w.
Dodge Corporation, in talk yesterday
before the Kansas City Real Estate
Board.
Urges Building Congress.
He urged the formation Of building
congress in Kansas City, which, like
those congresses In New York and other
centers, would act as a common meet
ing ground for owner, realtor, architect,
contractor, building trades worker,
banker and material dealer.
Many glarfng evils exist in the build
ing industry" Mr.. Morgan said. Some
are an inheritance from practices OF
previous generations, and others are as
modern as the radio and airplane. Ger
tain communities have recognized the
situation and taken constructive steps
to correct 1t. Local organizations
known as building congresses have
been formed in a number OF cities. In
which practically all the factors enter
ing into building operations are brought
together around a table, where problems
common to the business are discussed.
Home Ownership Costly.
Home ownership has been retarded
by prohibitive building, financing and
maintenance costs, Mr.. Morgan said.
If the building industry is to re-
sumo before incalculable damage is done,
it must be on the basis Of reduced pro-
duction COSTS" he said. THE cheaper
ing and broadening Of the market Is
the logical answer to two Of our most
perplexing problems. If the price Is
brought within the range that the pub
lie can afford, consumption will be re-
sumed. II the reduced price succeeds in
broadening the market, unemployment
on a large scale will be stimulated and
with it will come in turn increased
ability to consume"
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Today's Heroes of the Air.

Washington has in the past few years
honored many ayiators who have
made notable records and performed
outstanding deeds in the air. Today it
pays tribute to two men who have
earned particular prestige by a flight
that has no parallel. These men, Wiley
Post and Harold Gatty, few around
the world" in eight days, fifteen hours
and fifty-one minutes. Their course lay
between the fortieth and the sixty-f1fth
parallels OF latitude and covered 5,474
miles. 1t was around the world" IN
the sense that It completed a circuit.
But even though it fell short by some
ten thousand miles from the maximum
batting Of the globe, it was a wonder
flll feat. 1t demonstrated the possibility
Ct swift and virtually continuous flight
over a very long course, with no devia-
ton from prescribed route, with no
failure of plane or operatives. 1t was
a triumph Of human skill and endur-
ance and of mechanical achievement.
The roll Of h,nor in American avia-
ton is long and growing. Men and
women are accomplishing marvels Of
speed and prescribed route flying and
endurance to contribute to the advance
ment OF the flying art at rate not
previously conceived as possible. Medals
Of honor 9have been bestowed upon
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM EILE.

along. 1t may just be that he was
brought into Secretary StimSon's serv-
ice few weeks ago with an eye fore
most to what's now happening At
any rate. he's the acknowledged master
mind OF the department where the
Young plan Is concerned. FeiS knows
Its figures and endless intricacies al
most by heart-annuitieS. guarantees,
non -postponable payments. conditional
payments, payments in kind, and all
the rest OF 1t. A youngish, scholarly
person. with head Of curly gray hair.
almost white. and usually Juggling at a
pipe Feis has world economics 1T his
fngertipS. He was pretty nearly
Heayen-sent for the Governments pres
that, like Castle. Mills, Mariner and
most Of the others on the moratorium
job, Feis is Harvard man?
Seldom has the press room at the
State Department known so interna-
tionsl flavor as these days. Half a
dozen European correspondents on duty
IN washington are constant attendants
at the seances held twice or thrice daily
for the scribeS benefit. The Germans
are Kurt @. Sell of the famous semi
Official Wolff News Agency of Berlin
and Paul Schetfer Of the Berliner Taee-
blatt. From France come Pierre Des-
meyers, cultured young correspondent of
lie Petit Parisien, and Jean Gachon.
who acts for the governmental Havas
Agency Of Paris. The British press is
represented by two Smiths--Denys H.
H. Smith OF the Tory" London Morn
ing Post and Charles Oliver Smith. who
writes for a great chain OF Canadian
papers. and Claud Cockburn, acting
correspondent Of the London Times.
Mr.. Cockburn is q great-great-nepheW
OF the British admiral who set of some
historic fireworks on Capitol Hill in
1912.
Before Wiley Post and Harold Gattv
leave Washington this week they're
sure to have something to say about a
Government official to whom they give
major credit for the success of their
epochal world flight. He is James H.
Kimball. meteorologist extraordinary.
who supplied all the weather dope for
the globe encircling adventure. A De-
troiter by birth. Kimball has been with
the United States Weather Bureau
since 1898, serving in all sections of
the country and the West Indies. The
first North Atlantic weather maps for
transoceanic flying were prepared by
Kimball, who since then has served
successfully as consulting meteorologist
for Lindberg11, Chamberlin, Byrd, Ber-
taud. Brock. Haldeman and other
ocean hoppers. Storm Log of the At
lantic Ocean" is from Kimball's pen
standard work on herring-pond
weather.
4 r r
From the local diplomatic corps
comes to this observer a suggestion
worth attention before the Senate
begins discussing the Hoover debt plan.
1t concerns the diplomatic gallery. The
acoustics of that exclusive section of
the Senate chamber, just above the
clock and Immediately facing the Vice
Presidents rostrum: are said to be
atrocious. Ambassadors and Ministers
even on the biggest days. seldom take
the trouble to go to their gallery, be-
cause they claim that hearing is diff
cult, to the point of impossibility. Sen
ator George Moses Committee on Rules
NAV want to look into this before the
I ides Of December.
(copyright, 1919
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What Independence Day Cost.

Computations have shown that the
pendence day was 4s3, while 2,4os per-
sons were injured in more or less de-
gree. This is the largest number OF
lives lost in celebration" in many
years. The Fourth Of July has not
been made safe and sane"
Analysis of this compilation shows
that only six deaths were attributable
to fireworks, one-haf as many as last
forting, even though there should in
fact be no casualties from this cause.
But there is no comfort whatever in
the fact that 2.4o8 individuals we're
harmed to some extent by explosions.
The greater percentage OF the cas-
ualties were due to motor car accidents
and to drownings. One hundred and
sixty persons lost their lives through
nishaps on the road and l81 in the wa
ter. Bad driving and incompetent
swimming! Carelessness and reckless
ness and incompetence! Taking chances
at the wheel and in the open bath!
The road toll this year was shock
ingly large Nobody can possibly COM
pute the percentage of casualties in re-
lation to the numbers who went awheel
on the holiday, for there is no traftic
count. The chances are that the per-
centage was small. But the total was
too great nevertheless. 1t is sadly to
he recognized that there are hundreds