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Evening star., 1933-12-22
COAL STRIKE AREA
FINDS PEACE AGAIN
Pennsylvania Miners Prepare
for "Best Christmas
Since 1929"
BY the Associated Press.

UNIONTOWN, Pa, December 22-
Glowing Christmas trees illuminate
miners homes in this great soft coal
center as workers prepare for the best
holiday since 1922
Wives who only a few months ago
crowded into relief stores to get State
donated food while picketS stood guard
over dozens of closed mines now are
humming contentedly while they put
the finishing touches on many re-
decorated cottages.
Husbands who fought police and
and among themselves in one of the
bitterest coal strikes in years are spend
ing their own money in no less than
400 retail stores in this thriving city.
Children who watched wide-eyed and
in tattered clothing while their fathers
shouted, Wen starve before we'll be
slaves to industry" are romping in
newly-found happiness and eagerly
awaiting Christmas.
Return of Peace.
For the spirit of peace on earth and
good will to men" has come to the
region.
A survey by the Uniontown Chamber
OF Commerce discloses that nearly ST.
100000 per month is being spent in its
territory, and that activity in the coal
mines steadily is increasing.
Says w. P. Schenick, secretary of
the chamber:
While the industrial business of the
city and county (Fayette) has been
far below normal during the past year,
the outlook for the immediate future
is brighter, and 1t is reasonable to
suppose that our many coal mines and
other types of industry soon will be
employing upwards of IS 900 persons
Inquiries for large purchases of coal
and coke are being received by county
operators, indicating that the new year
will show a marked Improvement in
business generally.
Coal Basic Industry
Our basic industry still is bituminous
coal mining. and with 4,0O0,0O0,OOO tons
of marketable coal yet to be mined
1t will remain SO for many years to
come
There is occasion for optimism as
we approach the new year and every
reason to feel that it will show a
marked improvement over 1e33'
He estimates that the 400 retail
establishments In the city paid more
than $500, 600 in wages to approxi-
mately l500 employees during the past
year, and that stocks on hand at pres
ent have total value of s2,5o0,00o.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

charges Of public utility influences ova
the State Assembly.
Il want to understand the situation
before I say anything he said
Seabury was investigating Walkers
administration when Farley was the
salesman" for Franklin d. Roosevelt'a
presidential nomination campaign.
Roosevelt was Governor then and sat
In judgment of charges aimed al
Walkers dismissal The mayor re-
signed. however, just before Roosevelt
concluded his hearings, and departed
for Europe.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
69 INDIANS TO CO
TO ST. EL|zABETH'S
Arrive Here From Confine-
ment in Asylum in
Canton, S. Oak.

Released from what the Interior De-
partment describes as "sickening, in
tolerable and inhuman confinement in
an asylum in Canton, S. Dak.," SO In
dians needing mental care reached here
today for transfer to st. Elizabeth S
Hospital.
At the same time, preparations were
made for removal OF 20 other Indians,
long held in the Canton institution but
to their homes.
The action today ends bitter fight
of the Interior Department, through
Secretary Ickes and Indian Commits
sioner John Collier. to clean up in
tolerable'' conditions in the Canton
asylum, begun with an official denuncia-
ton of DR.. Harry R. Hummer, head
of the institution, followed by DR.. Hum
mer's summary dismissal by Secretary
Ickes.
Institution Probed.
The action was taken on the basis
of report to the Indian Office by
DR.. Samuel A. Silk Of st. Elizabeth S
Hospital, who made an investigation of
the institution
time ago, Commissioner Collier made
arrangements to move insane Indians
to Washington for treatment and to
send those not regarded as insane to
their homes. As the plan was about to
be carried out, Canton interests fought
the action and secured an injunction
preventing removal of any Indians from
the institution, thus condemning sane
as well as insane Indians to remain in
what DR.. Silk described as filthy and
revolving surroundings"
However. this injunction was re-
versed by James D. Elliott. Federal dis
trict Judge for the district of South
Dakota, and the removal plans re-
newed
In his report on the institution. DR..
Silk said he found helpless Indians
shackled to beds and water pipes. One
defective, but sane. boy was found
strait-jacketed in a padlocked room.
An epileptic was found shackled to his
bed. He reported that the only ap-
parent reason for the unusual restraints
practiced on patients was to allow at
tendants to leave the wards unattended
and thus leave the inmates at the
mercy of fire or attacks of other in
mates.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
SHOT IN ATTEMPT
TO HIDE EVIDENCE
Harry Stein Wounded in Leo
When Arrested by Mar
cotic Squad.

His efforts to extract damaging evi-
dence from his hip pocket and hide it
in his mouth cost Harry Stein. 20, a
bullet wound in the leg last night at
Union Station, when Federal Officer
Thomas Maxwell mistook the movement
for an attempt to draw a gun and re-
sist dope sale arrest. Caught in a
trap laid by Maxwell and Detective
Sergts. Charles E. Mansfield and DAN
iel H. Jones of the metropolitan police
narcotic squad, Stein finally was sub
dued and the package Of alleged drugs
jerked from his mouth. He was found
! to be unarmed.
Two other men for whom the snare
had been laid escaped, one of them
taking with him marked money pre-
pared for the transaction involving a
$40 purchase.
Sale Arranged by Phone.
Maxwell said he arranged the sale
by a telephone conversation with Stein.
and later met the man at Union Sta
ton, while Mansfield and Jones stood
by to cover" him After a brief par
ley Stein summoned an accomplice,
who left the station and returned with
third man prepared to make the de-
livery. The instant the drugs were in
his hands. Maxwell flashed his badge
and told the men they were under ar
rest.
All three began to run, with the off,
Ger in pursuit of the man who had
taken the money. Suddenly, the agent
reported. he saw Stein standing nearby
in crouching position. his right hand
reaching for his hip pocket Maxwell
whirled and fired one shot. the bullet
piercing STEMS thigh.
Package Thrust in Mouth.
Jones and Mansfield. who had been
| stationed at a distance because they
were apt to be recognized, came run
ming up at that moment and grabbed
Stein as he thrust a small package In
| his mouth. Mansfield shook the pris-
oner violently and forced him to dis
| gorge the evidence again.
Stein. after his arrest, gave his name
as Harry Stein. alias Max Stein. but
police said they found papers in his
quarters here indicating his real name
is Harry Altman. He was treated at
Gallinger Hospital for the bullet wound,
and his condition today was reported
to be not serious.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
G. P. 0. BOOKBINDER
BROWNS IN POTOMAC
Two Companions Fail in Effort to
Rescue w. L. Mccarthy When
Boat Capsizes.

william L. Mccarthy, 81, book
binder at the Government Printing
Office. was drowned in the eastern
branch of the Potomac yesterday after
noon when the small dinghy he oc-
cupied with two other men overturned
and spilled the trio into the Icy waters.
His companions, Watson P. Sheppard,
Ala Tenth street northeast, and Steward
w. Tebbs, 1909 F street northeast, saved
themselves by clinging to the capsized
craft after their efforts to rescue Nc
Carthy had exhausted them.
Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald said certificate of accidental
death would be issued in the case today.
McCarthy's body was recovered by har-
Dor police.
Mccarthy, who lived at 1918 Perry
street northeast, is understood to have
been on his way out to the yacht
Gypsy Jane. owned by J. E. Marson,
when the tragedy occurred. He had in
tended TO repair the boat engine, police
said. He was in the Naval Aviation
Corps during the World War and was
member of the Marine Reserves in re-
cent years. Surviving him are his wife,
Mrs. Marona McCarth., and one child
Mrs. Mccarthy is an employe OF the
Department of Justice.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
THREE ARE EXECUTED
FOR ILLINOIS KILLINGS
Torture Slayer of Elderly Woman
Sings in Electric Chair,
Awaiting Death.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHESTER, Ill, December 22-Har-
ry Shelby, As, and John Allen, 26. tor
ture slayers of an elderly Jasper County
woman, and Martin Gray, 28. colored
slayer of colored woman in Centralia
were executed in the electric chair early
today.
Shelby and Allen we're convicted for
the murder of Mrs. Mary Schrader, 81
who died from beating and criminal
attack she suffered the night of August
20 last, when three men invaded hel
farm home near Newton
Gray, whose home was in Macomb
Miss, was executed for Staying Susie
Gregory. He told officers he had COM
mitted four other slayings and had
three wives living in the South.
Shelby, asked if he had anything to
say, started to sing. Finally authori-
ties told him he would have to stop
well. if I can't sing, cut it loose,
he shouted.
The current was thrown on.
Allen said only, y am not guilty"
Evening star., 1933-12-22
Demand Held Pivot of Monetary Policy
Dr. Sprague Shows Past Reyvas From Depression Were Not
Preceded by Adopting Extreme Measures.

now engaged in public works will find
employment In related work under pri-
vate auspices.
In other words, there is no strong
likelihood that the need for relief ex-
penditure on public works will be less
ened in the course Of the next IL
months.
The measures of relief which have
been adopted by the Government do not
seem to have been designed exclusively
for the purpose of providing relief
Both statutory provisions and admin
istration policies have been most in
huenced by the idea that an increase
In consumer purchasing power would
contribute materially to a recovery In
trade.
Points to Risk.
! do not doubt that an increase In
consumer purchasing power, however
brought about, will increase the imme-
diate demand for many kinds of con-
sumner goods. I do insist, on the other
hand, that an increase In consumer
purchasing power that arises from an
increase in governmental expenditure
runs the risk of creating situation in
which either this expenditure must go
on indefinitely or. when it ceases, in
volve the same problem of readjust-
ment that presents itself when Govern
ment expenditure is reduced at the
close of a war.
A policy Of liberal prices for materials
and high wages for those employed ON
public works tends to create situa-
ton in which construction costs ad-
vance to levels which are incompatible
with widespread expansion in the pri-
vate demand for such materials and
labor. In sum, necessary permanent re-
adjustments are being sacrificed for the
sake of temporary advantage, just as
happened when corporations, at the in
stance of the Hoover administration,
continued capital expenditures after the
collapse in 1929.
Copyright. 1893. BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1933-12-22

which there shall be either an increased
demand for these products, at home
and abroad, or the possibility of finding
employment in other occupations for
some Of those now on the land.
Errors of Judgment.
A somewhat similar statement may
be made about public works and civil
relief. Those for whom employment is
thus being provided were unemployed
through no fault of their own. The
lack of demand for their labor Is
result of the errors Of judgment of all
those. both In public and private life
who made or influenced executive de-
cisions during the years preceding and
following the collapse in 1927
We have chosen in lieu Of charity,
and in the absence Of any system Of
unemployment insurance. public works
as means of relief. The question pre-
SentS itself. however, whether public
works expenditure is being so handled
as to bring about an early decline i'll
such expenditure. BY establishing lib
eral wage rates for this work and by a
failure to insist upon low prices for
materials, we seem to be creating a
situation in which few, If any, of those
Evening star., 1933-12-22

Because OF the widespread public
interest in the recent resignation
of DR.. o. M. w. Sprdgue from
the Treasury and the issues Which
brought it about, The Star today
publishes the eighth OF a series OF
articles by DR.. Sprdgue in 1DhicIl
he presents a critical analysis OF
policies lpith lDhtch he disdgrees.
These articles DiH reflect the
opinions of DIR. Sprdgue, and The
Star presents them merely as an
important point OF DietO in the
present controversy oper FISCAL
and recovery policies.
The ninth article iDiH appear
Tuesday,.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

Finnish Jobs Increase. .
Employment in Finland is much
greater than year ago.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
DANCING MASTERS SEEK
FLOURISHES FOR WALTZ
Old, Dreamy "Hesitating" Dance
Returned With Repeal,
They Report.
The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 22,-The
old. dreamy waltz, with a lot Of
away.
At a conference of New York State
dancing masters yesterday they were
racking their brains about the waltz.
which returned, they say. with repeal.
They were seeking some new flourish
es for the old 1928 way of drifting
and dreaming, to the strains Of kiss
Me Again"
And all the time they knew that
the young-the very young-will go
right on dancing the hoppity things"
Evening star., 1933-12-22
LIQUOR RAID NETS TRIO
Mississippians Seized With Evi,
dence, Two Autos and Truck.

GULFPORT. Miss, December % up.
Federal agents reported here yester-
day the arrest of three men and the
seizure of l62 gallons of liquor. The
men were booked on charge of con-
cealing with intent to defraud the Gov
ernment of internal revenue.
The officers said they also confis-
Gated two automobiles and large
truck. The men reported taken into
custody were Henry Ladner, Lucius
Necaise and Wilson Smith
Evening star., 1933-12-22

PACKARD sedan. engine No. 1880. will be
sold Saturday, Dec. 23. for storage. repairs.
Acc Garage I4jS North Capitol
Evening star., 1933-12-22
Hungary Wants National Garb.

BUDAPEST CP).-Prizes totaling $500
have been offered for the best designs
for holiday costumes for the middle
classes. Peasants and noblemen wear
costumes designed hundreds Of years
ago.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07

The Sixty-eight Latin Amer
lean concert given on the Esplan-
ade of the Pan American Union
last evening attracted a dis
tinguiShed company Of diplo-
mats and officials. The guest
artist of the evening was Senor
Don Hector de Lara, and a pro-
gram of North, Central, and
South American music was Civ
en- by the United States Navy
Band under the leadership OF
Lieut.. Charles Benter.
Those in the large company
included:
The Turkish Ambassador, Mr..
Ahmet Muhtar; the Minister OF
YugoSlavia, DR.. Leonide Plta-
mie; the Minister of South
Africa and Mrs. Louw; the
Minister of Venezuela and Sonora
de Arcaya; the Minister Of CO.
lombia and Sonora de Lozano;
the Minister Of the Dominican
Republic, Senor Don Roberto
Despradel; the Minister of
Panama and Sonora de Alfaro;
the Minister of Paraguay and
Sonora de Bordenave; the Min
lister of Honduras, Senor DR.. Don
Miguel Paz .Baraona; the Min
lister of Persia and Madame
Djalal: the Charge d'Affaires
of Chile, SenOr Don Benjamin
Cohen; the Charge d'AffalreS
of Mexico and Sonora de Padll-
la; the Charge d'Affaires OF
Portugal, Mr.. H. Gabriel da
Silva; the Special Representa-
tive of El Salvador and
Sonora de Melendez and Coun-
selor of the Embassy, German
Embassy and Frau Leitner;
the Charge d'Affaires Of
Egypt, Nocolas Khalil Bey; the
Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dern, Miss Betsy Dern, and Mr..
James Dern; the Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Wallace;
the Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Roper, Miss Grace H.
Roper.
Senator and Mrs. William H.
King. Senator Carl Hayden,
Senator and Mrs. Nathan L.
Bachman, Representative George
w. Edmonds, Representative
Sol Bloom, Mrs. Bloom and Miss
Bloom, Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers, Representative
J. Walter Lambeth, Represen-
tative and Mrs. Everett M.
Dirksen, Representative and
Mrs. Thomas F. Ford, Repre-
sentative Virginia E. Jenckes,
the First Assistant Secretary of
the Interior and Mrs. Walters,
and the Misses lone and Lois
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
Social Notes

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Louis Smith,
of Washington, are at ChaI-
fonte- -Haddon Hall in Atlantic
City for a brief visit.
Mrs. William B. Holmes, Of
New York City, is at the Carl
ton for a few days, accom-
panied by Miss MilIicent Fay,
also of New York.
II X
Senator Frederick Van Nuys
of Indiana, is at the Willard
during a short stay in the
Capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hay Whit.
ney, of New York and Upper.
vile, Va. who spent August at
their place at Saratoga, have re-
turned to their home at Man
hasset, L. I.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07

To Attend Meeting
Both the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt will attend the mar
riage Of their young cousin,
AIda Robinson, daughter Of the
former Assistant Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Theodore
Douglas Robinson, to Mr.. Ken
meth S. Walker, which is sched-
uled to take place Saturday.
September 30, in st. James
Episcopal Church at Hyde Park.
A reception will follow the cere-
mony at the residence of Mrs.
James R. Roosevelt, who is a
Step-grandmother of the bride.
At the conference yesterday
morning, Mrs. Roosevelt looked
wonderfully rested and she has
a gorgeous coat of tan. She
wore a perfectly charming dress
of crisp lime green and white
cotton voile, made with deep
cape collar edged with a tiny
white net frill. A vest of tucked
muslin with inserts of Valen-
ciennes lace lent a becoming
touch, and the skirt was pleateo
at the waistline.
The sitting room at the end
of the corridor on the second
floor. where the conferences are
held, presented a very cool and
delightful aspect. Palms en-
circled the great oval window
looking toward the south, with
pots of gay pink flowers and
ferns on the wide window sill.
A great bouquet of pink roses
intermingled with heather oc-
cupied the place of honor on
the desk in front of the win
dow, and a plate with huge
red apple was on the beautiful
"sideboard," which is a feature
of this room. Another thing
which caught my eye was an
old.fashioned silver canister
on one of the shelves which had
four cut-glass cruets, which I
thought had gone out with
bustles. Books appear every
where on tables about the room,
which is remarkable for its gay
chintz furnishings; and two
other outstanding features Of
the room include a very fine
The Washington times., 1933-09-07

macy At the dinner be given night
Mayflower in connection with the twoday meeting Of the
National Committee for the 1888 Mobilization For Human
Needs she will make address, in which she will express her
thought what required to help make the Recovery Pro-
gram maintain normal community life She heads the Ma
tonal Womens Committee of this organization, which will
meet at the White House tomorrow morning at ten O'clock
at the invitation of President Roosevelt and he will address
them at that time.
Following this first the program outlined for the
Committees during their twoday Mrs Roosevelt will
hold meeting of the Women Committee in the East Room
of the White House, in which she will call upon the
bes to lend their aid in seeing that the work they have
bled discuss be accomplished At the time the for
Secretary of War; Mr. Newton D. Baker, will preside at
meeting OF another group and there will be luncheon for
the delegates that day we'll the dinner the evening
1t is estimated that through the efforts of the National
Committee from five hundred thousand to million
will be enrolled to public opinion to support social
work in hundreds of American cities, this Fall
7 o Spend Several Weeks in Adrondacks
Private charities must be supported during this time
to improve living conditions for those who in distress
and in this vast program the needs of the children parcu
arly regards education, must not be overlooked for
only they learn all that the schools possibly teach
them with regard to booearnng but also what they
teach them with regard to employing their leisure time
Mrs Roosevelt stressed the Importance Of making
close study of their child in it's early years, and make
effort to educate their offspring along the most help
full lines their future She all times mindful
of the word She spoke with enthusiasm of the return
today of her son, Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt r, 'Brother
she affectionatey calls him. who has been abroad
with three young companions and enthusiastic he
his experiences that he be looking forward max
ing similar jaunt next year. The possibility of this plan
being carried out however, appears to be little in doubt
for gathered from her conversation that it will be young
John Roosevelts turn next year to travel in Europe.
With regard to Mrs. Roosevets immediate plans she
poets to leave Washington tomorrow night to spend
time at her the Adrondaks and before her return
October 5, she will to Boston that young Frank
n % installed comfortably Harvard University, which
seat of learning he enters this year.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
MRS. ROOSEVELT SON YORK ON HIS ARRIVAL FROM EUR
Miss Strauss Is
Betrothed

Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss,
U. S. NJ, retired, and Mrs.
Strauss, have announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Miss Helen Strauss, to Mr..
James Spear Taylor.
Miss Strauss was educated at
the National Cathedral School,
and is a member of the junior
league. She made her debut in
washington several seasons ago.
Mr.. Taylor is a son of the
Rev. DR.. William Rivers Tay.
Ior and Mrs. Taylor, of Chest
nut Hill, Philadelphia. He is a
graduate of Harvard and men,
Der of the Harvard Club of
New York and the Cosmos Club
Of this city. He is now chief
Of the division of building and
housing of the Department of
Commerce
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
Celebrate TODAY

The Ambassador of Brazil,
Mr.. R. de Lima Silva, will en-
tertain at reception this after
noon in the Chinese room at the
Mayflower. in celebration of the
independence Day of Brazil.
His guests will include the men,
bers of the Touring Club of Bra.
zil, who ere in this country to
attend the Century of Progress
Exposition in Chicago. Last eve
ming, this entire group was
present at the S1atin-American
concert given on the Esplanade
at the Pan American Union and
at the conclusion of the pro-
gram DR.. Rowe, the Director
General, welcomed the visitors
and felicitated Brazil on the oc-
casion of the national holiday.
The members of the Touring
Club will entertain at dinner
dance at the Mayflower this
evening in honor of the Ambas-
Sador, and this will be attended
by members of the staff and a
few other distinguished guests.
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The Minister of Panama,
Senor DR.. Ricardo j. Alfaro,
has received word of the death
Of his mother, Sonora Hortencia
de Alfaro. in Panama on Tues
day. The Minister and Sonora
de Alfaro will observe a period
Of mourning and there will be
no entertaining at the Lega-
ton for the present.
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Noted Visitor Coming
The charge d'affaires of
Egypt. Nicolas Khalil Bey, has
returned from New York, where
he went to meet the under sec.