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Evening star., 1933-03-13
QUAKE AREA G|RDS
TO REPAIR LOSSES
Death Toll May Reach 125;
R. F. C. Aid Urged With
$4,000 900 Damage.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 13.-After q
week end Of terror, shattered Southern
California cities today counted the loss
Of life from a devastating series of
earthquakes at 119 and property dam
age near the $40. .000. 900 mark.
As agencies of reconstruction were set
in motion. fear was largely dissipated
through the growing infrequency Of the
earth shocks.
A fairly strong earthquake was felt,
however, at 5:l8 am. today. The shock
came q few moments after Henry
Ufen, IS, Of Los Angeles, the 18th
victim. died at the General Hospital.
The latest tremor was of sufficient
violence in Inglewood to awaken Sleep
ing residents. In San Pedro it was de-
scribed as pretty heavy" and Long
Beach officials added that lit was about
as strong as any we've had since the
original one on Friday"
A preliminary survey failed to reveal
additional damage.
Threads of confusion still weaved
through the work of relief squads, CEN
tering principally among the injured.
Officials estimated there were about
1000 in hospitals and 1000 others prob
ably received emergency treatment.
Nearly q score OF persons were listed as
missing.
In the piles of twisted wreckage
which have not been explored searcherS
believed other bodies lay, and they con-
sidered it likely that the final toll Of
the earthquake would be around lbs
lives.
Medical Work Rushed.
Although the unidentified dead had
been reduced to approximately 10, the
addresses Of a considerably larger
group, or the names OF their relatives.
had not been learned. Particularly
among the injured was this true because
of the vast amount Of medical treat
ment necessary to relieve their suffering.
The element of doubt put an addi-
tional strain upon relief workers In the
form of countless inquiries from dis
tant relatives concerning the safety of
their kin. Through telephone and tele-
graph channels these poured in from
every State.
Oficials believed the press Of medical
attention would be past late today and
they would be able to turn their efforts
toward accumulating accurate informa-
ton about sufferers.
Three principal plans to speed re-
construction were to be laid before
civic and governing bodies today.
In Long Beach, where the catastro-
phe reached its apex, claiming about
So lives and working havoc to property
estimated at $25, 5,00O. 900, State emer-
gency council meets at IL am. to hear
the needs Of surrounding communities
with view to obtaining liberalization
of rules on the use Of Reconstruction
Finance Corporation funds.
Under the present restrictions OF the
corporation, funds for the relief Of .
disaster may not be made available.
In Los Angeles the directors Of the
Chamber of Commerce indicated they
would take up discussion of applications
for loans from the finance corporation.
Frank Shaw, chairman of the Los
Evening star., 1933-03-13
ARSENAL BLAST FATAL
TO ONE; TWO INJURED
Baltimore Man Dies at Edgewood
When Mixture Used for
Smoke Screens Explodes.

lockwood ARSENAL, Md, March
13 (R.-William A. Machande of Bal
timore died today of injuries received
when a mixture used for laying smoke
screens exploded in one Of the chemical
buildings here
Three other men were burned. two
of them seriously. They are Martin
H. Galladay of Baltimore and Harvey
F. Cage and Stanley E. Stamford of
Van Bibber. Cage and Galladay were
in a serious condition at the arsenal
hospital
All were civilian employees at the post
experimental station.
Flames which followed the explosion
ignited the building and a thick
blanket of smoke spread over an area
of more than a square mile. The fire
was extinguished with difficulty.
Evening star., 1933-03-13
D. c. BANKS AWAIT
LICENSES TO OPEN
First List to Start Program
Here Tomorrow Due
Some Time Tonight.

washington banks, up to noon today,
were still awaiting the required licenses
from the Treasury permitting them to
reopen on q 100 per cent basis tomor-
row morning. It was understood that
the names will be announced late to-
night.
Assurance already has been given by
President Roosevelt and the Treasury
that the banks in this city which are
frst granted licenses under the sound
bank rule will resume normal operations
tomorrow.
First licensed local banks will open
simultaneously, in accordance with a
request made by the Washington Clear
ing House Association that no local
institution be given any preference over
others.
The Clearing House also requested
that the banks in one city not be given
precedence in the openings over those
in another city. This request went by
the board, however, when President
Roosevelt announced that the banks
would be reopened progressively, with
the banks in the IL Federal Reserve
Clues as the urSt on tne llSC.
Restrictions Drafted.
Early this afternoon it was indicated
that the list of licensed banks here
would be delayed until late tonight
In order to give Treasury officials more
time to delve deeper into the condition
Of every bank in the city where any
question prevails over the immediate
granting Of q license.
Banks In Washington will be under
certain restrictions when they reopen
which are aimed at the prevention OF
boarding, according to Treasury regu-
lation sent all over the country last
night. Secretary Woodin stated that
every effort would be made to stop with
drawals for boarding purposes. Money
for actual business and personal needs
will be paid out as in normal times.
Government officials stressed the
statement again that banks which did
not receive licenses to open on full
service schedules today are in exactly
the same position as to soundness as
are the ones that did open today. 1t
was impossible to arrange the banking
machinery so that every licensed bank
could be opened at the same time. The
Treasury repeatedly has stated that
some banks are sound, but not liquid"
In such instances these banks may,
with Government and State assistance,
work out their own salvation and be
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Evening star., 1933-03-13
D. C. INCLUSION IN BILL
FOR BEER SALE SOUGHT
Representative Black Will Ask
Action While Measure
Is In Committee.

While the House Ways and Means
Committee is considering the general
beer bill recommended today by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Representative Loring
Black Of New York viii ask that pro-
vision be inserted to cover the District
Of Columbia.
Representative Black today pointed
out that the House District Committee
would not be organized by the time ac-
tion Is taken on the legislation.
Black sponsored the District beer bill
through the House District Committee
during the last session.
Evening star., 1933-03-13
LegaIization of Beverages
of "Such Alcoholic Content
as Is Permissible Under
Constitution" Is Sought.
RAINEY AND GARNER GIVE
COMMITTEES PROPOSAL
Prospect Is for Approval Within
Few Days of Legislation to Add
$3.50, 100000 to Income of Gov
ernment-Note Is Termed Brief.
est in History.

In a surprise message of two
sentences, President Roosevelt
asked Congress today to enact
beer legislation Immediately.
Democratic leaders of both Sen
ate and House let him know at
once that they would follow his
recommendation.
Vice President Garner referred
1t to the Senate Finance Commit
tee. Speaker Rainey turned it over
to the House Ways and Means
Committee. The prospect was that
within a few days both branches
would approve the legislation and
put taxes on the beverage aimed
to bring in sl5O,OOO,OOO a year to-
ward balancing the budget.
Briefest in History.
Called at the White House "the
briefest presidential message in His
tory" Mr.. Roosevelt's 70 words were:
Il recommend to the Congress the
passage of legislation for the immediate
modification of the Volstead ect, in
order to legalize the manufacture and
sale of beer and other beverages of such
alcoholic content as is permissible under
the Constitutions; and to provide
through such manufacture and sale, by
substantial taxes, proper and much
needed revenue for the Government.
Il deem action at this time to be OF
the highest Importance"
The Democratic leadership and anti
prohibitionists expressed confidence the
votes to pass the bill without ado were
to be had.
Economy Comes First.
Il hope it may be disposed Of as
promptly as may be found practicable"
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, said, adding that
I'VE will have to get this economy pro-
gram out of the way first, however"
Few members knew the message was
coming When A. E. Chaffee, reading
clerk, read the first line, shortly after
the noon meeting hour, the house
burst into wild applause.
Persons in the sparsely filled galleries
joined the members. A few rebel yeils
were shouted.
At the conclusion of the short mes
sage some members stood and ap-
plauded.
Others shouted and smiled broadly.
Kahn Asks About Wine.
After Representative O'Connor,
Democrat, of New York, advocated a
beer of 80 per cent alcoholic content
Representative Kahn, Republican, of
California, asked about wine.
II understand 80 per cent wine is
not very invigorating." O'Connor re-
piled, as members laughed, but he
added that he thought something could
be done about wine.
Then Blanton, Democrat, of Texas,
a prohibitionist, took the floor to say
his confidence in the President still is
unchanged"
"He has not requested the House to
legalize beer of an alcoholic content
that is intoxicating" he added.
Il want to call your attention to a
report on the Collier beer bill signed
by some of the finest Republicans who
ever sat in the House.
They said that 32 per cent beer
would be intoxicating and that they
could not stultify themselves by vio-
lating their constitutional oaths and
voting for it."
Patman, Democrat, of Texas, inter-
rupted Blanton to say that his Texas
(Continued on Page 2. Column g.
Evening star., 1933-03-13
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WINSTED, Conn, March 13.-Louis
E. Stone. the newspaper man who made
Winsteds freaks of nature famous
throughout the country. died today at
the age of 81.
The originator Of the 'Winsted Wild
Man" Of 1895, the man who made
famous the story Of the hen that laid
an egg on the pilot of q speeding train
in 1911, whose yarns included those OF
the cat with the hairlip that whistled
Yankee Doodle" and the cow that
was so cold one Winter day that she
gave ice cream, was treasurer and gen.
eral manager Of the Citizens Publishing
Evening star., 1933-03-13
CREATOR OF WINSTED'S FREAKS.
FAMOUS NEWSPAPER YARNS, DIES
Louis e. Stones Stories Included One About Cat Tha,
Whistled ''Yankee Doodle"

Co. and managing editor of the Winsted
Evening Citizen. tt
Through his correspondence with
large city newspapers, his stories gained
wide circulation.
His ingenuity made Winsted the
gathering place Of metropolitan news.
paper men in 1895, when he circulated
the story Of the "Winsted Wild Man,
described as q naked savage living In
the hills, who had chased . town ON
cial. The visiting newspaper men
wrote thousands Of words, but none OBJ
tanned an interview, although ore paper
published what It described as an ex-
elusive photograph
Evening star., 1933-03-13
u. S. DOLLAR IS SOLD ABOVE PAR
IN TRADING AT PARIS EXCHANGE
Unofficial Quotation Is Above Rate Before Banking
Holiday Was Declared.

tions on the United States dollars were
resumed here for the first time today
was posted by banks at the opening.
Early reports were, however, that the
highest bids were ct is per cent pre-
MUM, with no takers.
The pound and French franc, on the
other hand, were down. The pound
was quoted at $4.l2 here and the franc
at 4.6o% cents. Saturdays closing fig-
ures were $4.l7t and Ana cents, re-
spectively.
WIN Curb Dollar Trading.
NEW YORK, March IL @.-Lead-
ing hanks and foreign exchange dealers
CONTINUED On Page {. Column ~
Evening star., 1933-03-13
Draft Completed
For Crop Control
To Hell p Farmers
Plan Would Give Wallace
Sweeping Powers to
Boost Prices.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Farm organization leaders completed
today the draft of a proposed measure
to extend to Secretary Wallace sweeping
powers to deal with agricultural relief
and planned submitting it to President
Roosevelt later in the day, confident Of
winning his approval.
The leaders are hopeful Of having the
measure recommended to Congress by
the President for action on an emer-
gency basis so as to make possible re-
lief in time to affect crops Of this year.
The Agriculture Committee Of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States also met today to consider the
proposal. Under it Congress would
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column s.
Evening star., 1933-03-13
RESCUED SHIP LOADS

NORFOLK, va, March 13 R.-
Pulled of Harrison Bar at high tide
early yesterday, the British ship Sheafe
Holme today Is at Newport News re-
loading 800 tons Of cargo Of which she
was lightened.
The tug Dauntless hauled the ship
of. Tugs had been at work since Fri
day, when the ship went ashore while
making her way down the James from
Hopewell, where she took on nitrate.
The heavy nor'wester that prevailed
was blamed for blowing the ship out Of
the channel.
Evening star., 1933-03-13
RUTH REJECTS OFFER;
RUPERT STANDS PAT

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 49,
Babe Ruth and the New York Yanks
were further apart than ever today.
After brief conference with Ruth at
the training base here today Col. Jacob
Rupert, Yankee owner, announced
that the home run slugger had refused
his offer of $5G,000 and that there
would be no compromise.
Evening star., 1933-03-13
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, March 13.-The American
dollar shot above par today in trading
after the close Of the Bourse, on which
1t was not quoted ofIlcially, pending
quo. tion in New York.
In earlier transactions the dollar
brought between $3.50 and IS 40 francs.
In the afternoon the figure jumped to
25.57. Par Is 25.52x francs.
Later the unomcial quotation was
25.46. On March 3, before the declara-
ton Of the bank holiday In America,
the close In Paris was Is .32h francs.
Montreal Situation Uncertain.
MONTREAL, March IS @.-An un-
certain situation prevailed when quota
Evening star., 1933-03-13

DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 13 R.-
Maj. Charles John Kalbearer, q. s. A..
retired, died in his motor car IS miles
east of here yesterday on q trip to
Douglas with his brother, Chris Kali
bearer, from their home in Ell Paso,
Tex.
Evening star., 1933-03-13
Advertising the Life
Blood of Trade.

The popular reaction today is
confidence. The atmosphere
has cleared and there Is an en-
tire change in the spirit Of the
people and in business.
Washington merchants are
advertising their merchandise
with every idea Of increased
business.
Yesterdays Advertising
Q,ocal Display
Lines.
The Sunday Star. 1880
I'd Newspaper :. 22,114
Sd Newspaper. IL, ,S02
Evening star., 1933-03-13

The dominance Of The Star
as an advertising medium Is
due to the dominance Of its cir
culation In the homes Of Wash.
ington and suburbs.
Evening star., 1933-03-13
DENIED BANK PRIORITY

Veterans Lack Right Over Other
Depositors, Court Rules.
World War veterans, the Supreme
Court decided today, are without priority
over other depositors in the claims
against insolvent banks for the money
received from the United States.
Evening star., 1933-03-13

T>~.f (Two other Sun u nrr
1Otal day newspspers) 33,SlO
Evening star., 1933-03-13
Dies on Motor Trip.

Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1933-03-13

Continued on Page 3, Column -
Evening star., 1933-03-13
WEATHER.

co. 9. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Occasional rain tonight and tomor-
row; warmer tonight, colder tomorrow
afternoon and night; increasing south
erly winds Temperatures-Highest, so,
at IL noon today; lowest, 50, at 3 am.
today. Full report ON page 8.
Evening star., 1933-03-13

Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1933-03-13

Saturdays Circulation, 122,91e.
Sundays Circulation, 136,225.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-08
Lands RULES
ON OWNERSHIP
OF GOLD FIND
OWNER OF LAND WHERE PI.
RATE TREASURE HAPPENS
TO BE FOUND is ENTITLED
TO SAME
tBy Associated Pressp

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. March
8.-Pirate gold found in Florida
belongs to the owner of the land
on which the treasure trove" is
discovered, Attorney General
Cary d. Lands has ruled.
Anyone desiring to seek for
buried treasure should make ar
rangements with the owner of the
property for a percentage division
of the find, the attorney general
said in his opinion. If the find
is made on state land in Florida,
the state would have first claim
to the treasure.
The opinion was contained in q
letter which Lands wrote to
Frank P. Blair. In his letter the
Chicago man said he had been en-
pIoyed by residents of Georgia TO
seek and salvage "a chest, pre-
sumably of pirate origin, sunk in
quicksand on the coast of Flor
ida"
Treasure hunts are not new in
Florida. Efforts. organized and
unorganized, are made at intervals
to locate the treasure supposedly
left hidden in Florida sands by the
pirates who once ruled south At
Iantic waters and made the Flor
ida KEYS their rendezvous.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-08
Chinese And Tbetans War OUer Village,
Prize In 200 Year Old Boundary Dispute
BY MORRIS J. HARRIS
thy Associated l'reaNb

SHANGHAI, March 8.-A 22A-
year-old boundary dispute be-
tween China and Tibet again has
flared into active warfare, mark
ed by renewed slaughter and the
laying waste of productive coun-
try.
The battle prize in this long
dispute is Batang, a Chinese-Tib-
etan village hidden in the noun
tains of extreme West China,
some $500 miles west of Shang-
hal.
Britain Once Took Hand
AS the maps show it today Bat
ang is in the Chinese province of
Szechuan. The Tibetans for 200
years have been saying it is part
of Tibet. The present warfare is
an outgrowth of an attempted
settlement of the dispute in 1918
when officials Of the British gov
eminent took hand in negotia-
tons that put Batang into Szechu-
an. Tibetans say it must be a
part of Tibet.
The trouble has caused the clos
ing of an American mission sta
ton insBatang and the departure
of M. Fl. Ducan, his wife and
three children for their home in
East Liberty, Ohio.
For the past IL years Duncan
has represented the Disciples of
Christ mission, a branch of the
United Christian Missionary So
ciety.
Family Hid In Dugout
When the Batang fighting start
ed a. few months ago with an on
slaught by Tibetan horsemen
swooping down from the very roof
of Asia they fired on the mission
station and hospital, virtually de-
stroyed the place and forced the
Duncans to live in a dugout for a
month before they were allowed
an opportunity to escape.
After leaving it took them three
months to get to Shanghai, their
journey across the immense prov
ince of Szechuan being perilous
and slow.
This rekindling of the fires OF
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-08
CONTINUING WORK
TO HELP SCHOOLS
FLORIDA EDUCATION As
ISOLATION WILL PRO.
cEED WITH EFFORTS
nr As.eelaaea Pres.,

TALLAHASSEE, March g.
Officials OF the Florida Education
Association today said the or
ganization will continue its ef-
forts to "saye our schools" despite
the fact that the current banking
holiday neeessitated indefinite
postponement of the associations
annual convention.
The meeting was to have been
held jointly with the annual con-
vention Of the State Association
Of School Boards at Tampa to-
morrow, Friday and Saturday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-08
MAKING SEARCH
FOR ABDUCTORS
OF BOETTCHER
HUNT SPREADS ACROSS IN
TERNATIONAL LINE INTO
CANADA; FOUR IN CASE
ARRESTED ALREADY
nv Associated Prcssl

DENVER, March S.-Search
for the abductors of Charles
Boettcher, II, spread across the in
terpational line into Canada to-
day.
Two of six persons against
whom kidnapping charges have
been filed were believed by Police
Chief Albert Clark to be fleeing
this country.
They are Germ Sankey, IL,
named by police as the probable
leader of the gang which held the
wealthy broker captive for more
than two weeks and then col
lected $50, 900 ransom for his
safe release. and Gordon Elkhorn,
alias Gordon Best, 33.
Police said both men formerly
lived in Canada and were en-
ployed by the Canadian National
Railway.
Two men and two women have
already been arrested in the case.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-08
new CHAIRMAN
FOR COMMITTEES
in SENATE BODY
FLETCHER AND TRAMMEL
ARE GIVEN IMPORTANT AS
SEDIMENTS IN MANY Sc
LECTIoNS MADE
tBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, March S.--The
senate steering committee today
selected a new chairman of all
standing committees for the new
congress and assigned important
banking and finance post to Sem
ators Fletcher, Florida, and Har-
rison, Mississippi, respectively.
Among other major commit
tee chairmanships was Trammell,
Florida, naval; foreign relations
committee Craftsmanship went to
Senator Pitman, Nevada; agricui-
ture, to Smith. South Carolina.
and rules to Copeland, New York.
Glass of Virginia was assigned
TO the appropriations committee
Craftsmanship.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-08
WIN. Gates DIES
THIS AFTERNOON
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE
CONDUCTED TOMORROW
AT 4.3o O'CLOCK

William Gates, manager Of the
Key West Investment Company
and allied organizations. dicd
$50 o'clock this afternoon al his
residence after . long illness.
Funeral services will be held
4 30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from the residence 10 ST. Mary
Star Of the Sea catholie church,
Rev. r. X DougheEty. y. j., Of
fieiasing.
The benjamin Lopez Funeral
Horae will be in charge Of ar
rangemeHts.
Mr.. Gates 6 survived By his
widcw. Mrs. Ruby Julia Gates; ere
dasghter. Mrs. Doris Readdsek ;
one hrother, Harold Gates. aad =
granddaughter, Barbara Jeanne
Reaadiek.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-08
STR. PAWNEE DUE
TOMORROW NIGHT

Freighter Pawnee is due in
port tomorrow night from New
Orleans en- route to Miami and
Jacksonville.
The S. S. Cuba sailed for Ha-
vana yesterday afternoon with IS
passengers, iI6 sacks of mail and
one automobile.
The Florida arrived yesterday
from. Havana with n passengers.
four aliens anS two automobiles
The PoineiAna. lighthouse ten
der, which arrived Saturday from
a repair trip TO Miami and points
between there and Key West. left
tkls week to repair and replace
heaeoRs on the insracoastal water
way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-08
Five Persons Killed
During German Riots
Several Also Injured In
Political Disturbances;
Imperial Flag Reappears
In Berlin
my Associated Press)

NNN@NSNA~@NNN@
BERLIN, March s.
Five persons were killed
and several injured today
in political disturbances
in four German cities.
The republican flag of
Germany was taboo
throughout the Reich
with the old imperial flag
and Nazi Swastika hoist
ed over public buildings.
The imperial flag ap-
peared over the Berlin
city hall for the first time
since 1918.
In all probability there
were others possibly
slightly injured during
disturbances at remote
points, and further re-
ports are. are now being
awaited in this connec-
ton.