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Evening star., 1933-12-28
EVENING WASHINGTON
Disastrous Drought Forecast
At End of Warm, Dry Century
Scientist Yarns of Changing Weather
Until Year 2OOO-W0rId Var Held
Worse Than All Others Combined.

creasing warmth have been recent Sc
we're droughts which still continue in
many regions.
Discovery that the sun rules the
weather to a large extent by governing
movements of "centers of action" in the
atmosphere which in turn bring definite
kinds of weather with them was an
nounced by H. H. Clayton OF Canton,
Mass. another weather expert.
Scientists previously have been un-
able to understand the laws ruling move
ments of centers of action, though they
knew the centers affected weather, but
now, said Clayton, "meteorology should
show a marked advance, more especially
in forecasting for long periods.
World War Worst.
The first universal, scientific war
curve. plotting 902 major wars since
500 years before Christ, shows the late
World War eight times bigger than all
the others rolled into one.
All of ancient Greece, or Rome and
10 centuries of Europe's eight foremost
lighting nations dwindled before the sta
tistics and implications of 1914 to 1919
as presented to the association TODAY
by Prof. Pitirim A. Sorokin, Harvard
sociologist, and Lieut.. Gen. N. N.
Golovin.
Their curve showing nearly the whole
historical rise ard falls In warlike spirit
among men, points to universal peace,
in their own words, as only miracle" !"
1t shows wars steadily worse in modern
times; their apex nearly always at the
peak of cultural" and commercial in
fiuence
The analysts do not say what twists
in this snakelike curve may give hopes
Of peace, but there is one upon which
many statisticians might seize That is
the completely erratic flow, with long
time variations, suggesting that in the
past man has done nothing about it.
The modern nations in the curve,
with the wars of each, are:
Austria, 1871; France, 1856; Holland,
%; Spain, IS; England. l76; Germany,
"a; Italy, 80, and Russia, ISL.
Evening star., 1933-12-28
SOCIETY TO MARK
BIRTH OF WILSON
Roosevelt Will Address Dim
ner Commemorating 77th
Anniversary.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
With President Roosevelt taking
leading part, Nationwide commemora-
tions of the 77th birthday anniversary
of Woodrow Wilson today were centered
in the National Capital.
AS a prelude to an address tonight
by the President, associates and friends
of the wartime Chief Executive ar
ranged to place wreath upon mis- tomb
in the Bethlehem Chapel of the Wash
ington Cathedral during the afternoon.
Two wreaths, one from President
Roosevelt were laid on the Wilson tomb
this morning, it was said at the Cathe-
dral. The White House wreath, bearing
the simple inscription The President"
was delivered by Col. Edwin Watson,
Mr.. ROoSevelt's military aide.
The other wreath was received from
the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Wreath
Fund at San Francisco, an organization
formed to pay tribute each year to Mr..
Wilson. 1t included native California
flowers.
Meanwhile, throughout the country
other observanceS were planned by
members of the 124 woodrow Wilson
Clubs.
Will Speak at Dinner.
Mr.. Roosevelt, in an address to be
broadcast by the two principal radio
chains beginning at 1920 o'clock to-
night, will speak before the woodrow
Wilson birthday dinner at the May
flower Hotel as the first Democratic
President to participate in this OBJ
servance since Mr.. Wilson's admins
tration. He served as Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy under the war Presi-
dent.
Eight hundred guests are expected to
attend the dinner.
With Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt tonight
will be Mrs. Woodrow Wilson as guest
of honor. Vice President Garner and
members of the Supreme Court and of
the cabinet, with their wives, were in
vited as other honor guests.
Roland S. Morris of Philadelphia,
former Ambassador to Japan, will pre-
side at both the wreath ceremony and
the dinner as president of the Wood
row Wilson Foundation. Present also
will be the war Presidents son-in-laW,
Francis B. Sayre, Assistant Secretary
of State
One of Original Members.
President Roosevelt was one of the
original members of the foundation, or
ganized in 1920 to perpetuate the ideals
of Mr.. Wilson for world amity and
preservation of peace. 1t has made
awards to Viscount Cecil of England,
Elihu Root and Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh for their contributions to world
amity.
At the wreath ceremony this after
noon at the Wilson tomb, Bishop James
E. Freeman will offer a prayer and
speak of President Wilson's ideals and
efforts to effect world peace.
In the group at the tomb with Assist
ant Secretary Sayre will be two grand
children of the war President, Eleanor
and Francis Sayre, jr.
Evening star., 1933-12-28
WITNESS IN WYNEK00P
SLAYING CASE MISSING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 28.-John Van
Pelt, aged handyman at the Wynekoop
mansion and believed by the defense
attorney for DR.. Alice Wynekoop to be
an important witness in Chicago's
operating room mystery, was missing
yesterday.
DR.. Wynekoop, 62-year-old physician,
goes on trial on January 4, accused Of
Shaving her pretty daughter -in-law,
Rheta, %, wife of Earle Wynekoop:
Attorney Frank j. TyrreE said he
had been informed that Van Pelt, who
recently had been living with friend,
was called from the house a week ago
Sunday by two men who refused to
enter the building He had not been
seen since, the attorney said.
Evening star., 1933-12-28
2. The removal of obstacles to Soviet

2. The removal of obstacles to Soviet
exports to the United States.
The Soviet position on these two
points was enunciated by high Soviet
official in the United States:
1T would be difficult to increase sub
stantially our purchases in this country
before the existing restrictions on the
importation of Soviet products is cleared
up and assurance is received that there
will be no special obstacles placed in
their way.
1T is scarcely necessary for me to
state that any large-scale development
of purchases m this country is de-
pendent on the availability of accept
able financial arrangements"
The question of import restrictions,
it was pointed out, undoubtedly will be
removed with the establishment of con-
sulates in Russia and by some sort Of a
trade agreement.
Evening star., 1933-12-28
GIVES VIEWS ON BONUS

Representative Patman CDemocrat) Of
Texas said yesterday he did not believe
Congress would force cash payment OF
the bonus at the coming session if that
would interfere with the Presidents
monetary program.
He reiterated however, that he
thought the best way to distribute
money among the people was through
payment of the bonus.
Evening star., 1933-12-28
SENTENCED TO DEATH
FOR RECKLESS DRIVING
Chauffeur Kills Four Soldiers and
Injuries Five on Outskirts
of Moscow.
By the Associate Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, December 28.-Although
Soviet Russias criminal codes provide
a maximum sentence Of 10 years i'm
prisonment in such cases. the Moscow
City Court today decreed death for
Valentine Ivanov, a chauffeur convicted
of reckless driving in an accident which
resulted in four deaths.
The 28-year r-old chauffeur was found
guilty of driving speeding automobile
into a marching column of red army
soldiers on the Leningrad Highway on
the outskirts of Moscow, December 3.
Two soldiers were killed outright,
two died later and five we're injured.
Evening star., 1933-12-28
ROGERS RESIGNS

Cleveland Plain Dealer Official
Leaves His Post.
CLEVELAND, December % (P).-The
resignation Of George M. Rogers, wide
ly known newspaper man, as vice presi-
dent and director of the Plain Dealer
Publishing Co., here. was announced last
night by B. P. Bole, president of the
firm.
Rogers, vice president and director
of the American Newspaper Publishers
Associationt had been associated with
the Plain Dealer for 35 years. He re-
signed the general managership Of the
company early this year because of i'll
health,
Evening star., 1933-12-28
H. F. LIPPITT DIES

Former Senator SuccumbS to Heart
Attack at Age of 76.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., December %
R).-Henry F. Lippitt. United States
Senator from 1911 to 1916, head of the
Manville- -Jenckes Co., largest textile
corporation in the State, and well
known as a yachtsman. died today Of
sudden heart attack. He was 78 years
old.
Lippitt attained note as high-tarif
Republican in his days at Washington.
In 1915 he was married in Washington
to the former Lucy Hayes Heron,
sister of William Howard Taft and
daughter of Rutherford B. Hayes law
partner. 1t was Lippitt's second mar
riage.
Evening star., 1933-12-28
OFFICIALS WIDOW DIES
Mrs. Blanche c. Freeman Succumbs
to Heart Attack in Home.

Mrs. Blanche Cranmer Freeman,
widow Of Louis G.. Freeman, connected
for many years with the United States
Geological Survey, died suddenly last
night Of heart attack at her home,
l700 Columbia road. She had been q
resident of Washington all her life.
Funeral services will be held Friday
at 2 pm. from her late residence. Rev.
John C. Palmer officiating Burial will
be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Surviving are a brother, Clarence r.
Cranmer, and two nieces, Miss Blanche
E. Cranmer. and Mrs. william Corey,
all of Washington.
Evening star., 1933-12-28
Noise Damage Heavy.

Noise is estimated to cost England,
through development Of nerves and loss
of efficiency, as well as depreciation OF
property, $250,000, 900 year.
Evening star., 1933-12-28
NORRIS PROPOSES
EXPORT AGENCY FOR
SURPLUS PRODUCTS

counsels prevail In Japan. the two coun-
tries can live in amity, but he added
that Russia feared that the militant
faction may push the saner policies into
the background"
Evening star., 1933-12-28
By the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, December 2s-


CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December 28.-
A warm and dry" weather forecast for
the rest of the twentieth century and
warming of a coming period of disas-
trous droughts were issued by weather
specialist today before the American
Association for the Advancement Of
Science.
Playing a role much like the biblical
Joseph, who warned the Egyptians Of
lean years" to come, H. w. Clough of
Arcade, N. Y, told the scientists that
along about the turn of the century
there are likely to be prolonged and
extensive migrations Of people now in
habiting regions that border upon
deserts"
These great droughts will result, ne
said, from the fact that four great
weather cycles controlled by the sun
will synchronize somewhere around the
year 1000 At that period the hot, dry
phases Of each Of the four cycles all will
strike the earth at about the same Time.
The cycles are 81, 80, 300 and l 400
years in length, the short ones repeat
ing themselves several times during each
long one with weather swinging al
ternately from hot and dry to cold and
wet through each.
Explains Present Weather
The United States is now having ex-
ceptionally warm, dry weather because
the warm, dry phases of 37-year and
83-year cycle are now roughly coincid-
ing, Clough said.
Around 1850 or 1885, the weather
will be considerably cooler and wetter
than at present" he added. However,
it is probable that the present century
as whole will prove to be exception
ally warm and dry as compared with
the past two centuries"
The United States and foreign coun-
tries have been growing warmer in gen.
eral since the 1905, Clough said, cul-
minating in January, 1882, which was
the warmest January In 155 years in at
least one section. Coupled with the in
Evening star., 1933-12-28
Children's S Coughs
Need Creomulsion

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Evening star., 1933-12-28

PLUMBlNG-HEATING.
Repair work a speciality; all makes fur
naces and stoves repaired. Established 1910
r. Z. DOVE. zoos G st. ne. Lincoln 1864
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04
CHICAGO IS FREED
OF GANG KILLINGS
None Reported in November.
States Attorney Points
to 1888 Record.

by the Associated Press
CHICAGO, December 4-State's At
torney Thomas j. Courtney yesterday
a gang killing and asserted Chicago
is now freer from crime than any large
city"
Elected on an anti-gang and anti
racket platform as the youngest prose-
cutor to hold the Office of States attor-
ney for Cook County Courtney added
Winkler and Ted Newberry-have been
slain since January !.
There is not single organized gang
in the sense We knew them in the day
of the Capones now functioning in
Chicago" the prosecutor asserted.
TOuhys Make Last Stand.
"The last stand of the syndicates was
made by the Touhys-and we've got
them on the so aplenty. One of that
mob (referring to Willie Sharkey) COM
mitted suicide the other day in st.
Paul. Can you imagine a gangster of
the old days committing Suicide?"
The Chicago Crime Commission sup
ported the States attorney with its
that during November not a gangland
death was recorded.
Going back to the time when Chica-
70 was frequently referred to as a crime
center of the Nation. Courtney said
there We're So victims OF gangland kill
ings in 1929 from the time of the St
Valentines day Staying of the seven
Moran gangSterS to the end of the year
AZ Gang Murders in 1880.
I'm the following year there we're Al
such deaths" added Courtney. This
most of them minor characters.
Not aiming to talk platitudes,' he
said, ANY city can be made clean and
Chicago now is freer from crime than
any large city. Continual harassment
OF criminals and cooperation Of cit.
that some racketeers threaten him. IN
vestlgators rush to his place and war
rants follow.
WheIa II beer Iet1 1717St caed the
musclinG in any more than we did. The
ultimatum was given. AS soon as one
of them employed any muscleman to
force beer sales we warned we would
recommend revelation of his Federal
license. There have been only three or
four reports of such tactics and they
were stopped pronto.''
Taught to Fear Law.
HIS campaign also resulted in indict-
ments of % persons alleging a huge
conspiracy to control cleaning and dye
ing establishments; it brought convic-
tons of about a dozen hoOdlum leaders
for gun toting; it resulted in sentence
of dozens as warrants.
1T threw the fear of law into the
n1obSter who knew no law" Courtney
said. Murray Humphreys. Capone
successor, has fed; the lesser lights
have gone out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04

Mile, Cocoa played in the first under
ground theater during the World War
and was starred in shows that had
long runs in Paris
Recently she tried a comeback in the
face of unpopularity resulting from the
suicide in August, 1882, of Lieut.. Vic
tor Point, a French naval officer, after
he and the actress had quarreled.
Mile. Cocoa is the wife of Count
Stanislas de La Rouchefoucald. They
we're married in 1925 after an attempt
by the counts father to prevent the
union. AT the time Of Lieut.. Point
death, the count was quoted as saying
Mile. Cocoa intended to marry the Off
Ger after obtaining a divorce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04

serted that, in all-around efficiency, the
ccuntry's National Guard was never
before at so high q point"
Leach said "the National Guard is in
the best condition of its long history
and asserted his intention Ito continue
with present policies. which have proven
sound and proper for the best interests
of the National Guard and under which
1t has prospered."
The strength of the Guard was an
nounced as l85,925 in all ranks, with
500 headquarters and 1886 units organ
lied or authorized for organization.
Armory training attendance averaged 81
per cent, as compared with IT In the
previous year.
Leach said decided impetus was given
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04

In the motorization Of the Guard, suf-
ficient new motor vehicles to equip 20
been obtained.
He added that a progressive policy
has been adopted in the Air Corps, with
10 squadrons equipped and ALLEGATION of
eight observation planes to each unit
and five radio-equipped planes to each
squadron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04
Six Samoan Chiefs Arrested.

SAVAII, Samoa, December 4 R.-
Six chiefs of the Mau. native Samoan
League, were arrested yesterday for
allegedly engaging in extremist activ-
tiles Police said they had seized a
number of documents. All the chiefs
pleaded not guilty. Last month seven
Mau chiefs were imprisoned at Apia
for unlawfully collecting money and
engaging in seditious activity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04

Mrs. Ernest Kedger, her sister, As, and
an 18-month-old boy, adopted son Of
Mrs. Kedger.
The three were trapped in an apart
ment by rapidly-spreading flames. Mrs.
Olsen was found burned to death in
bed and her sister and the baby were
found in the debris Of a stairway
which had collapsed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04
BLOOD POISONING PERlLS
! LIFE OF FRENCH ACTRESS
Alice Cocoa, Pursued by Tragedy,
Ill After Pricking Finger on
Lobster Claw.

Lobster Claw.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December Alice Cocoa, a
noted French actress whose life has
been logged by tragedy, lay gravely Ill
today with blood poisoning. the result
of pricking her finger on a lobster claw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04
THREE DIE IN BLAZE

VERDUN, Quebec, December 4 (4).-
Three lives were lost yesterday in a
fire which destroyed six dwellings and
damaged three Others. The victims
were Mrs. Caroline Maude Olsen. AT:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04
Philosopher SEccumbs.

PARIS, December Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency Emile Meyerson.
author of a philosophical explanation
OF the Elnstein theory and a widely
known philosopher. died today at the
age of "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-04
NATIONAL GUARD HEAD
|LAUDS UNIT IN REPORT
Efficiency Never Before So High,
Maj. Gen. George E. Leach
Declares.

BY the Associated Press.
Maj. Gen. George E. Leach, chief Of
the National Guard Bureau. Ia his an
nual report, made public yesterday, as
Evening star., 1933-10-27
0(YEAR-OLD SALT
SAILS SEAS ALONE
~capt." Thomas Drake, s
Feet in Height, Is Own
Skipper and Crew..
~ the Associated Press.

0y the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 27.-
Alone. through raging tempests, over
mountainous waves. a 70-year-old salt
steers his 37-foot schooner as he voy-
ages thousands of miles about the
world.
Only feet in height, with one leg
4 inches shorter than the other because
Of boyhood accident, Capt" Thomas
Drake has roamed the oceans as q
solitary mariner for more than 20
years He cannot swim stroke. He
does his navigating with a sextant, q
dollar watch and a compass.
Born in England, the captain took
to the sea when IA, and has been af1oat
ever since. For IS years he sailed the
seven seas on liners and freighters be-
fore becoming master and crew OF his
own craft.
Three Boats Wrecked.
-Four boats have carried his flag, and
three Of them have been wrecked.
Drake, who believes himself related to
the ancient mariner of that name,
said:
Il lost my first boat, the Sir Fran
els !. near Port Angel. on the West
Coast of Mexico. 16 years ago. We got
too close to shore and were caught in
the comberS. Some OF Villas men
seized me and stole everything from
the wreck
-Four years later piled up with the
Sir Francis II one dark night on a
coral reef off Cuba.
Then, in Holland, four years ago. I
lost the Pilgrim in quicksands Of the
River Scheldt during a gale in. fog and
rain. We(the Pilgrim and had
Travelled $4,000 miles and visited lit
ports. We stayed out Of Asiatic waters,
though-couldn't take q chance on
Chinese pirates"
Built Boat Himself.
brakes present boat IS the Progress,
. stubby. round-bottomed two-masted
schooner. She is 81 feet long, with a
1272-foot beam. She draws feet, and
8 tons Of concrete ballast keep her
steady In heaviest seas. A 5-horse-
power gasoline engine is used occasion
ally. but only in harbors. The Progress
tonnage is 10.
Il built most of her myself, in Ia
coma, and wouldn't trade her for any
yacht af1oat," said Drake proudly.
"She is built of 1E2-inch Oregon pine
tlmbers and she is constructed for
comfort.
mo matter how rough the sea- she
never takes water aboard. No. her
maSts don't roll into the waves; she
doesn't even cover her gunwaleS. She
rides level.
In heavy weather I head her into
the seas or heave to, and eat and sleep
In the cabin until the storm blows out,
Evening star., 1933-10-27
JAPANESE SEE u. S.
AIDING COMMUNISM
Recognition Serious Blow to His
Country, Says Shiratori, Envoy
to Sweden.

ny the Associated Press.
MONTREAL, October 27.-The spread
OF Communism in the Far East, Toshio
Shiratori fears, would be accelerated by
American recognition of Soviet Russia.
That IS why such recognition would
be "a serious 4. after to Japan" said
Shiratori, here en- route to. his new post
as japanese Ambassador to Sweden.
Unless Japan or the Western nations
Interfere" the Communists undoubt-
edly will gain control Of China, he as
serted.
'Of course" the Ambassador went
on, lit Is their own business. But If
the United States advances money to
Soviet Russia 1t will help consolidate
propaganda work in the Tar East"
As for war with Russia. he said there
was no reason why we should want it.
All we want Russia to do Is to stop
propaganda throughout the Far East"
Evening star., 1933-10-27
N0VENA OF HOLY SOULS
OPENS AT ST. AL0YSIUS
Devotions and Deliver Series
of Special Sermons.

A novena In honor of the holy souls
began with mass yesterday at St.
Aloysius' Church, to continue until
next Thursday Rev. James NJ Cotter.
8. J., will conduct the devotions and
deliver q series Of special sermons
Mass Is said each day of the novena
At am, while the evening services are
held at 1880 O'Clock. The services in
clude prayers for the holy souls, short
instruction and benediction Of the most
blessed sacrament.
The subjects Of Father Cotter's ser
mons follow In the order in which he
will present them:
l, 1.-THE Parish Beyond the Grave:
7, prisoners of the King in Need Of
Mercy; 3. I'VE Hold the Key Of Mer.
cy"; 4, what Help Can We Send?"::
s, "AIl Debts to Be Paid: 6. How
Long Should We Help the Souls?": Z.
"Gratitude of the Souls to U.s.; 8. "The
Church Suffering and Gods Justice"
and 8, Heaven Sure After Purgatory."
Miss Katherine RUPERT will be choir
director during the rovena and the So
loists will include Miss Agnes Whelan
Mclaughlin, Mrs. Irene Fitzhugh and
Gerald Whelan.
Evening star., 1933-10-27
LARGEST FLAG TO FLY

ROME R.-The largest tag In the
world, as 1t Is described here, will wave
to the breeze when the Futurtst Art Ex-
hfbit Is opened here tomorrow.
The tricolor was made in 1924, but
has never been hung in Italy because OF
its size. II has surface OF nearly
1000 square feet and weighs $50 pounds.
A steel tower $50 feet high was rushed
to completion as the standard for the
banner.