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munities and municipalities success
fully met the situation generally, but
where for special and unusual reasons
local communities cannot fully cope
with the problem presented the Amer
lean Red Cross has demonstrated its
readiness and capacity to step into the
breach and completely perform the
functions for which it is so generously
maintained by the American people.
No! There must be ether reasons than
necessity for the proposed departure.
Change Held Harmful.
There is not only no necessity for
such a change Of policy now, there is
the certainty that such a course will
do direct and positive harm. 1t will
surely tend to dry up the proper and
natural sources of income for our
charitable organizations, and transform
even the noble work of the Red Cross
from that Of an agency to carry out
the warm hearted aspirations of gen.
erous giverS and change it into a semi
governmental agency for the distribu-
ton of dole collected by the cold,
clammy hand of the tax gatherer.
ApologistS for Federal appropriations
may attempt to disclaim their purpose
to establish a dole, but the policy pro-
may attempt to call it unemployment
insurance, which is a proper subject
for the consideration of private indus
try and the States, but as applied to
the Federal Government it can mean
nothing but dole. When Great Brit
ain embarked upon the dole system,
still in effect there, it was concealed,
to a certain extent, by the disguise of
labelling 1t unemployment insurance and
nominally requiring contribution, but
the law was never fully carried out.
Long since the disguise has been
dropped so that it is now a straight
dole with no questions asked. Its
effects upon that country, and eSpe-
cially upon unemployment, have been
far from satisfactory.
Relief Must Be Supplied.
Let me repeat that in the present
crisis, as in all others, the wants of
those in distress for the necessities of
life must be supplied. Always in the
past, and thus far at present, they have
been supplied. In my Judgment there
is no danger whatever that these wants
will fail to be fully supplied without
Intervention of the Federal Govern
ment, and if there is such intervention
1t will not only not solve our present
difficulties, it will involve us in other
problems far more serious than those
now confronting us. Let me close with
another quotation from the famous
drought relief veto message of President
Cleveland, in which fully concur:
THE friendliness and charity of our
countrymen can always be relied upon
to relieve their fellow citizens in mis-
fortune. This has been repeatedly and
quite lately demonstrated. Federal aid
in such cases encourages the expecta-
ton of paternal care on the part of
the Government and weakens the
sturdiness or our national character,
while 1t prevents the Indulgence among
our people of that kindly sentiment and
conduct which strengthens the bonds of
a common brotherhood"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-19
ASTOUNDING GRAFT
IN CHICAGO Barred
Prosecutors Say Seized Gang
Records duplicate High
Public Officials.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. January 10. - Records.
described by prosecutors as revealing
astounding graft" that reached into
high places. we're in possession Of the
Jaw today for presentation to the spe-
cial grand Jury investigating the police
department.
The records were seized from two
safes found in the Rex Hotel, head
quarters on the South Side for bench
men of AL "Scarface" Capone, in an
early Sunday morning raid. Assistant
States Attorneys Charles j. Mueller
and Charles E. Lounsbury said they
showed dealings between Capone gang
sters, politicians, policemen and pub
lie officials whose names they did not
even dare to talk about"
Dennis THE Duke" Cooney. operator
of the hotel, the prosecutors said. was
shown to have had business or social
connections" with various officials
Purported "pay-off lists, ledgers and
other papers pertaining to liquor, gam
bling and vice" were among the docu-
ments seized.
Panic in Underworld.
Panic prevailed in the underworld
after the raiders, described as trusted
detectives from the States attorneys
Office, surprised the operators Of the
hotel and kept 1t under guard for
more than four hours. Newspaper in
vestigators reported that virtually every
speakeasy In the Loop was quickly
closed. So, too. were gambling houses.
Cooney Is reported to be in Florida.
He Is known as THE Duke" because
he wears q different suit each morning.
afternoon and night. In his place the
officers found George "Tubby" Miller,
whom they arrested, as well as IS other
men and 8 women. In addition to the
records, the officers found in the safes
about $4,000 in currency, revolvers,
blackjacks, o shotgun and police night
sticks.
While the raiders were in charge two
uniform policemen and two detectives
sauntered in, saying they had been un-
der instructions to call at the place
every hour to see if there were any
violations Of the law, but that they had
never found any.
How long" asked Mueller, "have
you been blind?"
Jury Summons Woman.
Miss Bernice Shaw, 81, was under
subpoena to appear before the special
grand jury today and testify regarding
her charges that police Sergt. Jack
Hordegen had been q "go-between" for
vice operators and Jack Zuta, slain
business manager for George Morans
North Side gang. Herdegen was ar
rested on the charge of buying his pro-
motion with 81 500 obtained from, zuta.
Hotel proprietors were summoned to
testify regarding her charge that she
lived with Herdegen for four years, and
bankers to tell of their reputed joint
bank account of $4,000.
Former Representative Harry W.
Starr testified in a contest over Zuta's
will that the slain gangster told him he
was forming an organization TO support
Mayor Thompson and expected to be-
come "a power in politics"
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WASTE ELIMINATION ADMIRABLE
CHEST FEATURE, SAYS MERC CHANT
Mark Lansburgh Calls Atten-
ton to Showing of
Two Years.
United Campaign Is Given
Whole Hearted Support as
Permanent Policy.
BY MARK LANSBURGH,

President washington Merchants l. Manu-
facturers Association.
To the hard-headed business man
accustomed to counting costs to the
fraction of a cent, one of the admit
rable aspects of the Community Chest
is its elimination of waste effort.
In its two years of existence the
Washington Chest has made a remark
able showing in the cutting of its ad-
miniStration cost almost in halves.
Under the old haphazard system of
financing drives Independently I be-
lieve, this sum amounts to about Is
per cent Of the entire sum raised. BY
combining the rs agencies in one ap-
peal this has been reduced to less than
7 per cent-a formidable saving which
is now applied directly to the Chests
activities.
This, in itself If for no other reason,
affords abundant justification for the
Chest. Absence of duplication of work
in the various agencies is another fac
tor which naturally follows this drastic
pruning OF expenses.
Experiment Stage Passed.
The Chest is no longer an expert
ment. 1t has proved its worth in many
ways. Its united program, however, Is
"Aiab dPPSalS SIIOHBly W Tie merchant
or manufacturer who serves either as
a campaign worker or as a donor. It
is so appropriately timed each year after
the Christmas rush that the merchant
can enter Fundamentally into the role
of solicitor. So effectively does the
Chests teamwork operate that it en-
forces wherever possible the principle
Of buying from Washington merchants
and manufacturers.
For relief from rs separate appeals, as
formerly made, the merchant as q con-
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tributor gives unbounded thanks In
any solicitation, either for private or
public causes, the merchant is usually
approached first. No matter how gen.
erous he may be, it is impossible for
him to investigate each of the numer-
Gus demands. But the Community
Chest not only removes any doubt, but
also supplies an accurate accounting of
all funds received. The giver knows in
advance that his contribution will be
wisely spent for its intended purpose.
Careful Planning Possible.
Because the trained workers and ad-
ministrative groups in the agencies
which make up the Chest are free from
worry about finances, more stress can
be placed on service. They know def
nitely for a period of at least year
ahead what their resources will be and
can plan accordingly. This reinsurance
in itself is no small factor in their use
fulneSs.
The 300 member firms of merchants
and manufacturers in our association
stand squarely behind the program of
the Community Chest and give it our
unqualified Endorsement. Determination
on the part of Wsshingtonians to carry
It through to a successful goal is shared
by our group collectively and individ-
ually.
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HOTEL DIRECTORS
MAY AID SIGN FIGHT
Several HoSteIries Cooper
ate to Clean Up Approaches
to Washington.

Discontinuance of billboard advertis-
ing within the metropolitan area of
Washington will be considered at the
next meeting of the directors of the
George Mason Hotel of Alexandria, Va,
it was learned today through Frederic
A. Delano, president of the American
Civic Association.
Mr.. Delano has been writing to users
Of billboards in the Washington area
with view to getting them to abandon
this method of landscape DETACHMENT
prior to the 1892 bicentsnnial celebra-
bration and has been receiving many
favorable replies from leading firms.
The Lord Baltimore Hotel of Balti-
more is another hotel that has given
assurances Of cooperation in the cam
paign.
In a letter to Representative Sol
Bloom of New York, associate director
Of the Washington Bicentennial Com
mission, the management of this hotel
said: I'VE are not aware that there
are any signs or billboards within two
miles Of the boundaries Of the District
of Columbia. If we find, however, that
there are any Of our signs within such
boundaries, we shall Immediately take
steps to secure other locations"
H. F. Neason. manager of the Hotel
Annapolis Of Washington, replied that
he has not now and does not intend
having any billboard advertising along
these roads leading to Washington at
any lesser distance than 10 miles from
the CITY,"
The Annapolis is one Of the group of
local hotels and apartment houses which
recently agreed to abandon all billboard
advertising within the two-mile radius
of the District Line.
Both Mr.. Bloom and Mr.. Delsno are
appreciative of the good will and inter-
est displayed by so many business firms
in efforts to improve highway ap-
proaches to the Capital and are conf
dent that most of the objectionable
highway signs will be removed by the
end of this year.
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EROSION CHECKS PROPOSED.
Officials Look Up Past Proposals for
Niagara Falls.

BY the Associated Press.
Rock slides at Niagara Falls over the
week end which threatened to destroy
or diminish the scenic beauty Of that
natural wonder interested Government
officials today in looking up records of
proposals which have been advanced In
recent years to stop the erosion by arti-
fetal work
At the instance Of Congress and pub
lie organizations such projects have
been repeatedly taken up, though no
action in the way of inStituting engi-
neering bars to the further breakdown
Of the falls has ever been set on foot
Most of the proposals advanced have
contemplated the reinforcement with
concrete and steel of the rock layers
which constitute the lip of the falls, I"
commented w. c. Mendenhall, acting
director of the Geological Survey cit
is obvious that there would be difficult
ties in the study Of the geological char
acter of the rock strata constituting the
fall, and such study has probably not
been carried far enough to enable q
definite plan to be drawn"
None of the old plans for hating
the natural wearing process has been
recently considered, since this is the
first time in five or six years that a
single rock fall has been important
enough in size to change the contour
Of the water chute and attract atten-
ton, he said.
The eventual disappearance of Niagara
Falls unless steps are taken to prevent
erosion was predicted by Mr.. Menden-
hall.
Although the process would take thou
sands of years, he believes the falls
would be gradually fiattened out.
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NEW HUNGER REPORTS COME IN.
$59s,OO0 Raised in Red Cross Drive for
S1O,OOO,OOO.

New stories of hunger and hardship
were written yesterday into Red Gross
records.
Reporting that the last II DAYS had
doubled the number being given drought
relief, the organization disclosed that
its $10,000,000 drive thus far had
brought it $598,000.
An appeal to Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution to join in the campaign
for funds went out late today from Mrs.
Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president gem
eral of the organization.
Meantime word came from Texas that
300 families were destitute in Red River
County and 200 families In Wilbarrer
County. A letter from q mother of
seven in Texas said the crop had failed
and the children were ragged and with
out food.
An Oklahoma county reported food
and clothing exhausted and 500 fanni-
lies to be cared for. The report said:
Destitute does not mean they are
merely in need, but are on the verge
of starvation and without suficiefit
clothing to prevent suffering. Should
we have q severe blizzard, such as we
had in January last year, some would
actually freeze to death If not cared
for. Local people have done all they
can to relieve the situation"
One worker reported finding q fathes
and five children barefooted in the
snow, but too proud to ask for help.
Memphis reported heavy demands
within hllndred-Hnile radius, including
nearby Mississippi
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consideration of its relief plan came
from Senator Reed. Republican, Penn
sylvania, who urged this method Of
keeping the fund from conflicting with
the Red Cross campaign. Yet Reed is
among the Republicans who are ready to
support the $25,O0O, 900 appropriation.
Democratic spokesman have voiced q de-
sire to see the Red Cross drive succeed
also, but they contend citizens are with
out money to contribute.
Borah Prefers Private Giving.
Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho,
said in statement last night he was
not in favor of any appropriation if it
was not necessary, but If necessary
certainly am, even If 1t sweeps the
Treasury dry"
at had hoped from the beginning
that the Red Cross and other voluntary
organizations would be able to take
care of the situation, feed the hungry
clothe the naked and administer to the
sick. That is the way we all wanted
to see it done.
But the unmistakable proof came
to us that the situation was not being
taken care of. According to the Red
Cross statement in the beginning they
Ql0 uOI nave Tic IuuQS 10 lake care
of the situation, and at that time the
Red Cross was not asking for addi-
tional funds.
"Under those circumstances Congress
had no alternative. No Senator, l
venture to believe, wanted to supplant
the Red Cross. No Senator wants to
vote money out of the Treasury for
these purposes If there is any voluntary
organization ready to do the work. On
the other hand, few Senators, indeed,
would refuse to vote money to take
care of the starving, care for the sick
in the absence of relief from other
sources.
THE trouble with this situation Is
precisely the same as IL was with ref
erence to unemployment, and that was
an effort to minimize its seriousness
and to criticize those who urged its
seriousness.
Now If there has been an awaken
ing to the real situation and the Red
Cross is prepared to take care Of the
situation, I for one shall be happy to
know it, but let me say had It not been
for the agitation In Congress thousands
OF men, women and children would
have bitterly died of hunger and ex-
posure."
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BORAH GROUP PROBE
OF JUDGES STILL ON
Hearing on Groner Nomination
May Be Held, but Appears
Unlikely on Hitz.

A Senate subcommittee, headed By
Senator Borah of Idaho, is still study
ing the nominations Of Federal Judge
D. Lawrence Groner and Justice Will
liam Hitz for elevation TO the District
Court Of Appeals, with indications that
a hearing may be held on Judge Groner
Senator Borah. IL refraining from dis
cussion of the nature of the questions
which have been raised in advance OF
any hearing that might be held. II
was indicated today, however, that 9
hearing probably would not be held
on Justice Hitz.
At the same time Senator Blaine OF
Wisconsin announced that q hearing
would be held on the nomination of
Judge George c. Aukam for another
term in the Municipal Court, but that
the time has not been fixed for it,
Senator Blaine said there were protests
regarding Judge Aukam, but he did
not indicate what they were.
Justice Hitz Is on the bench of the
District Supreme Court and Judge
Groner is at present q Federal Judge in
were selected by the President for the
two additional places recently created
in the Court OF Appeals.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held
its regular weekly meeting today, but
the subcommittee hantNing these local
appointments were not ready to report.
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North Carolina Bank Reopens.

MARSHALL, N. c., January 10 OP.-
The Bank Of French Broad reopened
here this morning after being closed
since December is. BY IL o'clock In
the morning new deposits Of almost
S25, 900 had been brought to the bank,
and officials were convinced that this
figure would run much higher before
the end Of the day.
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Norway Has 2,sOs, 900 People.

OSLO, Norway, January 10 H1.-Nor-
ways population on December 81 last
vas $500 900, the of11cial census figures
show. This represents an increase Of
per cent in the last 10 years, the small
est increase over q l0-year period since
1900, with two exceptions Of lS00-16l0
and ls80-1B90. The City Of Oslo has .
population Of $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-19
SALESMAN HELD IN THEFT
Accused of Taking SIS, 900 in Jew.
elry From Woman.

NEW YORK, January l9 GA
salesman was freed OF a Washington
burglary charge only to be brought here
today accused of being an insurance
agent" who gained admittance to q
Bronx house, bound Sadie Gurien and
escaped with Jewelry worth $4,000.
The man Reuben Singer, 81, recently
Rarved Q term in Baltimore for burglary.
police said. He was then taken 10
Warrington, where he was held for
Few York detectives after q burglary
kharge had been dropped.
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Two Die in Air Crash.

WINCHESTER, England, January 10
R).-Two officers of the Royal Air Force
were killed and nine persons were in
jured today when q bombing plane
crashed into the airdrome at Worthy
Down, near hare.
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Virginian's Injury Fatal.

GREENWICH, Connecticut. January
- (P.--Hafold o. Macdonald Of
Petersburg, Va. died today In hospital
qf inJIkies suffered last week in an
automobile accident in which Eugene
mhnntek. was killed
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COMMITTEE WILL MEET.
An-India Group VIII Take Up British
Policy Declaration.

ALLAHABAD, India, January 10 Up.
The working committee of the ALI
India Congress has arranged to meet
here Wednesday Ito consider the stu
alton arising from the declaration Of
British policy to be made by the British
premier and to advise thereon"
The committee has been declared an
unlawful association.
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MAYOR WAL ER IMPROVES
Another Examination by Special
lists Scheduled Tomorrow.

NEW YORK, January 10 CP).-May-
or Walker, described Saturday as on
the verge Of physical breakdown, was
reported slightly improved today.
He was expected to remain abed un-
til tomorrow, when specialists at the
Rockefeller Institute will give him
another examination.
\ The mayer has refused to cnmply
with the advice Of his physician IA q
away for q long rest.
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English jockeys are said to be hav-
ing difilculty in keeping down to weight
this Winter, many employing tennis,
walking, dieting. hunting and Turkish
baths to keep their avoirdupois from
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lem, the prime minister told them, has
not been completed yet.
I'VE have gone as far as we can go
here" he said Now you must go back
TO India and We must go back to our
public opinion, both of use striving to
complete the tasks We have begun
COMMITTEE WILL, MEET.
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TILSON STATES HIS POSITION
AGAINST HUGE RELIEF FUND
Declares American System
of Government Has No
Place for Dole.
Cites CIeveIand's Veto of
Drought-Aid Bill as Basis
for Stand.

Representative TiIson, majority leader
of the House OF Representdtires. tUho
mill lead the foht in that body against
a Federal appropriation Of $4,000. 900 for
relief OF drought and uHem ployment sui
terers, has stated his UieWS in the fol-
lotDin0 article. Mr.. Tilson stands NTH
President Hooper in favor Of voluntary
rather than Federal Government aid to
meet such emergencies.
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0KLAH0MAN Is NAMED
Horace Thompson Fills Vacancy in
Once of Secretary Hurley.

Once Of Secretary Hurley.
Secretary Hurley today announced
me appointment Of Horace Thompson
0f Oklahoma as an executive assistant
In his ONCE to I'LL the vacancy caused
by the appointment Of John Martyr to
the ONCE Of executive administrator and
ehief clerk Of the War Department.
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REEDS RED CROSS
DELAY MOVE LOSES
BY CURTIS RULING

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BRITAIN GRANTS =
INDIA SELF-RULE
AS FARLEY ENDS

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