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Evening star., 1933-01-01
New Year Creeter
Steals Taxi After
TwO-Hour Cruise

A drunken New Year eve cele-
brater, whom patient taxicab
driver had ridden around for
nearly two hours, demonstrated
his gratitude by stealing the cab,
according to a report made to
police.
At that, though, the culprit
was only jump or two ahead
of the hacker. who had driven
him to the second precinct with
the intention Of turning him over
to police.
The taxi driver-Charles w.
Soper, 1881 L street-said the
man hired him at Columbia road
and Mintwood place about II
pm, but couldn't make up his
mind where he wanted to go.
After driving him around until
shortly before am. Soper went
to the second precinct. When he
came out with an officer he
found that his fare drove of In
the cab.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
P0LICEMAN'S SONS
LAND ESCAPED MAN
Suspicious Aroused When Fugitive
Asks Way and Telephone
Father.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS.
BALTIMORE, December 31.-Henry
Cross, 26-year-old murderer and life
termer. who escaped early in the day
from the Spring Grove Hospital, was
captured tonight because two sons OF a
Halethorpe policeman thought ANY one
ought to know the way to Washington. .
Patrolman Wade. who made the cap
ture, doubted the statement of the man
found on the Washington Boulevard
and took him to the Halethrope police
station, where he was identified by two
hospital officials as Cross
The two sons of the officer, Earl, IA,
and Jack, l6, were alone at their home
when man raped at the door and
asked the direction of Washington. The
boys became suspicious and one Of them
telephoned his father.
Cross escaped from a barred room at
the hospital by cutting the bars with
bits of hack saws. He had used soap to
cover traces of his work. This was his
third escape from. the institution.
Sentenced to the penitentiary in May,
1924, for killing James E. Miles, a
Charles County farmer, he was being
transferred to the hospital in 1928
when he got away, but was recaptufed
shortly.
Evening star., 1933-01-01

BY THOMAS +. WOODLOCK.
TT would at least be little helpful
If those who want to see some
thing done for silver" would seq
i regate their arguments into nat
ural classes.
If those Senators, representing States
interested in producing silver, who want
somebody-n possible the United States
to buy their constituents product at
higher prices, would be satisfied to say
SO with frankness, and leave TO others
the merits Of himetallism and the inter-
ests of the silver using East, the cause
Of silver would not suffer.
If those who are interested in East
ern trade" would note the fact that Of
all the countries in the world these
silver using countries alone in this dis
tressful year seem to have done g larger
volume of foreign trade" than they
did in pre-war years. and tell us how
and why that requires us to raise the
price OF silver we might better under
stand their arguments.
And if advocates of bimetallism who
tell us on the one hand that 1t is nee
essary to remonetize silver in order to
raise prices Of commodities, and that
on the other hand the quantity of
available silver is so small that there
is no danger Of Greshams law operat-
ing, would elect one or other of these
stools TO sit upon, we should be less
confused. They cannot have it both
ways. A small addition of silver to the
stock of money will obviously not af-
feet commodity prices much; addition
of enough to put prices up would in all
probability set Gresham's law working,
and drive out good money with bad.
Management in Natures Hands.
One thing at least can be said for
silver as against all other methods of
tinkering with the money unit" in
order to put up prices of commodities:
the management" of silver currency will
be in natures hands. She will de-
termine how much money" Is to issue.
With all her remarkable capacity for
supplying things when they are badly
needed (and there is profit in their
production) she still cannot match the
printing press. II we must have cur
rency imitation, by all means let it be
silver imitation" and not paper. But
let us measure the probable results, the
good against the bad
We are told that an advance in the
price of silver to 40 cents an ounce
would increase the consumptive power
Of the majority of the population of
the agricultural world so per cent
actually, and an added per cent psy-
chologically." and we are told that "sil-
yer is used by rs per cent of the world S
agricultural population" We are also
told that st would stimulate trade be-
tween the so-called agricultural and the
so-called industrial countries" China
and India are supposed to contain some
300 millions of people and the silver
boards in the two countries are esti-
mated at some five billion ounces. At
90 cents an ounce, the total wealth
represented by these boards would be
two billions of dollars, which would be
two and one-half dollars per capita
To raise the present price of silver to
40 cents would increase the per capita
wealth of these countries by about
Evening star., 1933-01-01
POLICE CONF USED
BY M'CO|N CLUES
Blood on Glove, indicating
Murder, and Man Reported
Seen Alive.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 81
A myriad of conflicting developments
baffled police tonight as they sought to
learn whether R. S. McCoin, missing
Henderson. N. c., attorney, was dead
or alive.
Columbus police were presented with
two stories today, and each upset the
theory advanced by the other.
The first was the report OF Dr. James
Beer that stains, found on glove and
in the automobile of the former North
Carolina State Senator, were made by
human blood. This seemed to
strengthen the report received by Of
ficials Of the Southern State that the
missing man was slain in Virginia De-
cember 20 by robbers and his body
buried in Maryland
Reported Seen Alive.
The second story told by two Orleans
was they had'seen McCoin several days
after he was reported to have been
slain-strengthening the report that
McCoin had been in this region as late
as Christmas eve.
Announcement Of the developments
in Ohio came from Assistant Chief OF
Detectives Thomas Scully of Columbus,
after Roanoke, Va, police declared a
man giving the name of "Dr. M T.
Yergin" had been questioned there be-
cause he had been talking" He was
not arrested.
Body Detecting Machine.
"Yergin," the police of the Virginia
city said, told them he had a machine
that would detect the spot where the
body was buried. He said his instru-
ment showed McCoin was murdered 90
miles north Of Roanoke. "Ye-gin, y
aout go, said Re was from Missouri, and
that he became interested in the strange
case Of McCoin while travelling through
Virginia. He said he would wait around
to show his body detecting machine to
North Carolina officials
youth 'Eho gave the name of A. L.
Holden, was grilled for several hours
at Henderson, but he denied any con-
nection with McCoins disappearance
Authorities said his fingerprints would
be checked with those found on the
McCoin automobile in Columbus.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
THINKS ROOSEVELT NEUTRAL.
National Committee Secretary, How
ever, Denies Statement.

BOSTON, December 81 GP.-Robert
Jackson. secretary OF the Democratic
National Committee, today said he had
not made any attempt to state the
position Of President-elect Roosevelt
toward the selection OF a Speaker in
the next House of Representatives
At the same time, Jackson said he
had never heard OF Mr.. Roosevelt tax
ing position for or against any candi-
date for the speakerShip.
Jackson's statement was the result
OF reports that Representative Rainey
of Illinois, majority leader of the House
and a candidate for the speakership,
had received letter from James A.
Farley. chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, to the effect that
the secretary had mo authority what
ever" to say that Mr. Roosevelt fav-
ored the candidacy of Representative
McDufhe Of Alabama
i have never been SO presumptuous
as TO attempt to state Gov. Roosevelt's
position jackson said HE has a
habit OF speaking for himself, In this
particular instance, have never heard
of his taking position for or against
any candidate. I am sorry that my
good friend Henry Rainey should have
paid any attention to such a rumor."
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Cuba Pays $s, 1os,25o on Debt.

HAVANA. December 81 R.-The
treasury yesterday paid Chase National
Bank the $s,l06,250 due today on the
governments public works debt. Public
works serial certificates maturing De-
cember 81, to the amount Of s6,250. 900.
were retired.
The remainder went TO pay interest
on Sl,250,00o of the serial certificates
maturing June 80, 1888, interest on the
s340, ,0o0. 900 gold bond issue maturing
in 1e45, and interest and commission on
the recently obtained $4,000, 900 short-
term loan.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Octopus Replaces
Pink Elephants
And Snake Visions
Spokane Police Busy With
Temporary Mystery of
Sea Monster.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash, December 3l.-If
1t had been snakes or pink elephants
that dozens of Spokane residents had
called police headquarters today to de-
scribe, the desk would have remembered
1t was New Year eve. But an octopus
that was something else again.
The calls kept coming. An octopus
"as big as barn." one frightened resi-
dent reported was squirming in Spo-
kane River, hundreds Of miles from salt
water. So the sergeant sent out a
squad.
The officers found the octopus just
as reported, but It's tentacles were only
eight feet long and il was dead.
1t was a mystery until they found
Art Hook, who said he was a deep sea
diver here on q holiday. He caught the
octopus, he said. in the ocean and
brought 1t here TO show his land lubber
friends. Then he threw II In the river.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
NINE BUILDINGS BURNED
two Firemen Hurt in $500, 900
Philadelphia Blaze.

PHILADELPHIA, December 81 tF).-
Fire tonight swept nine buildings be-
longing to jacob Stern g. Sons manu-
faeturers ct tallow and leather goods,
in the Brseashurg section OF Philadel-
phia aionN the Delaware River.
Due to exploding chemicals, the
flames spread rapidly and police said
they feared the loss would total 100000
upward. Two fremen were reported in
tlfed
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Shoplifter Returns
Stolen Goods and
Demands Refund
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GREEN BAY. Wis, December
Sits bad enough to 'shoplift"
a sweater from a store, but then
TO bring it back and demand a
refund because it's the wrong
size proved too much for the
patience of local merchant.
As the result, Paul Clark, who
rays hts home is In Grand
Rapids, Mich, will spend the
next 80 days in the Brown Coun-
ty Work House. He pleaded
guilty in Municipal Court today
TO q charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
S4,80O,000 Gold Arrives.

NEW YORK. December 81 (R.-A
shipment of s4,80o,ooo in gold con-
signed from France to New York bank
ing houses arrived today on the liner
Albert Ballin. There were unconfirmed
reports aboard the ship that quantity
of gold had been shipped from Ger
many by parcel post.
Evening star., 1933-01-01

Senate, is to be reported by the group.
Some Of them privately say that Presi-
dent Hoover will not sign 1t, If it reaches
the White House. They have expressed
the same doubt about whether Hoover
will approve the Democratic farm relief
measure II it reaches him.
Because Roosevelt is anxious that this
session act on the Democratic outright
prohibition repeal proposal, there is a
possibility that another effort will be
made TO obtain House approval, al
though it was defeated on the first day
of Congress by six votes. Much de-
pends, however, on whether the Senate
approves a repeal proposal its Judiciary
Committee has under consideration.
Meanwhile, the Senate will begin
consideration of the Glass banking bill
next week. pending House action on
farm relief.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Explorers Ex-Wife Poisoned.

SEATTLE, Wash, December 81 (P).-
Mrs. Dorothy de Staffany. divorced wife
Of Lyman de Staffany. arctic explorer
and fur trader, was in the City Hospital
here today in serious condition. Police
said she drank poison last night ut q
party. Friends reported she had been
despondent since her divorce Ia 1891,
Evening star., 1933-01-01

number Of votes were pledged to any
candidate TO elect him were ''ridicu-
lous"
If a deadlock at the party caucus
develops, the choice might be Repre-
sentative CroSser of Ohio or Representa-
tive O'Connor OF New York, both of
whom have been placed in the running
The names OF Representative Warren
OF North Carolina and Representative
Bankhesd of Alabama have also been
mentioned as possible compromises.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Influenza Kills Tire Maker.

AKRON, Ohio, December 81 R.-
Frank e. Holcomb, IS, former president
of the Kelly Springfield Tire Co., died
at his home today OF influenza.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
ANNA CASE KIN DIES
Pneumonia Fatal to Sister-in-Law
of Singer.

CLEVELAND, December 81 P).-
Mrs Lois A Case. 35. sister-in-laW Of
the former Anna Case. Metropolitan
Opera star, died at her home in Lake
wood today Of pneumonia.
The body VIII be taken TO South
Branch, N j.. the home of the Case
family, for burial next Wednesday,
The former Anna Case . the wife
Of Clarence Mackay OF tie Postal Tele-
graph Co.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
RANKIN ENLIVENS
SPEAkERSHIP RACE;
CAUCUS DISCUSSED

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Evening star., 1933-01-01
LEHMAN Is GIVEN
OATH AS GOVERNOR
IN NEW YORK HOME

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star., 1933-01-01
ROOSEVELT PARLEY
MAY AVERT EXTRA
CONGRESS SESSION

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Evening star., 1933-01-01
Silver's Destiny
Writer Points Out Dangers as Well as Contradictory
Motives Inyolyed in Various Propositions
of Currency Imitation.

Reprinted by Permission From the WI
Street Journal)
Evening star., 1933-01-01
$500, 100000 REDUCTION
IN APPROPRIATIONS MADE,
HOUSE DEMOCRATS CLAIM

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Evening star., 1933-01-01

person at the smaller dinner clubs and
restaurants. The other leading hotels
charged 81 and SIS a nersnn
Evening star., 1933-01-01

DA ihOMAo r. WoODAOtns
I T would at least be little helpful
if those who want to see some
thing done for silver" would seq
/ regate their arguments into nat
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
Winners Call
Birds Best
Friends

PARIS.-A plea for hunters
to spare the birds of the vine
yards was made at the opening
Of the game season by Bordeaux
wine growers. They fear that
war on birds might relieve
vine insects of their chief enc
mics and that the insects might
thus be free to decimate the
clusters of grapes that soon
will be Bordeaux wine.
A sparrow has to eat 40C in
sects daily, or it feels under
nourished, the vintners point
out. Such birds as the night
ingale and warbler consume
each a half million larvae or
insects during the vine growing
season.
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
MURRAY BACKS
FEDERAL WAR
ON OUTLAWS
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
1copyriEht, 1898. by international News
Service.)

BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
NCopyriSht, 1898. by International News
Service.)
! OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 5
W.N.SJ.-'Tet's fight fire with
fire. Let's pit our machine guns
against theirs"
Governor William H. Murray, of
Oklahoma-the State where the
Federal Government is now en-.
gagged in the wholesale prosecution
Of kidnapers-used these brisk
words today as he took time out
from his official duties to discuss
che abduction racket" with Inter
national News Service.
Okays Machine Guns
He expressed hearty approval of
Che Governments show of force in
the use Of machine guns to guard
the courtroom at the Urschel kid
naping trial and the turnout of
armed men to meet George cMa-
chine GunD Kelly and his wife,
Kathryn, when they were flown
here from Memphis, Tenn, for
trial. He said:
"The criminals have their
guns; let's let them know we
have ours. have advised
every county in the State to
buy machine guns. bought
three machine guns for the
State criminal bureau. Six
shooters are of no avail against
machine guns
The picturesque, long -limbed,
Eray-haired governor, familiarly
known as Alfalfa Bill" sat
hunched down on his spine in
big leather chair, his feet parked
comfortably on his desk.
Glad Of Convictions
He expressed satisfaction over
the conviction of the super
desperadoes, Harvey Bailey and
Albert Bates, and five others for
the $200,O00 Urschel kidnapping
conspiracy and the plans of the
government to waste no time in
bringing Kelly and his red-haired
wife to trial next Monday.
Speaking of the conviction Of
Bailey, Bates, and the others,
Governor Murray said:
''TheSe convictions have
broken the organized lines Of
0riminality."
But, he hastened to add, there
Ghould be no relaxation in the
war on the kidnaper and racket.
GERS, He said:
For ., while these convict
ions win have a good effect.
But we need more convictions.
We must follow this drive up
vigorously to prevent the GRIM
lnals from reOrganizing."
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
GRANN|ES DIE;
So CLERKSG co
To GAME

The grandmothers of Govern
ment employees in Washington ap'
parently have been dying by
dozens during the last few days.
The cause isn't sleeping sick
ness, accident, or any Of the other
customary causes of death OF
grandmothers. It seems to be 2
severe attack of baseballitis SUI
fered by the employees themselves.
An unusual number of appllca-
tions for leave this afternoon was
reported by officials of several
Federal departments. The alibl
may be the sudden demise OF
granny. or an unexpected case OF
neuralgia. Orwell, you think OF
a good one.
But the officials merely smile
knowingly to themselves, approve
the applications, and make a
mental note to ask the employe
tomorrow how he like the game.
OF course, the great majority
Of Federal workers here haven't
the money to attend the world
series, have no more leave coming
to them. or can't screw UP cour-
age to tell the boss about The sad
end Of grandmother.
In several Federal offices radios
have been set up, and for the past
two days knots of clerks have
gathered around the loud speaker
to hear broadcasts Of the games.
For instance, group of en-
ployes in the correspondence diviS-
ion of the NRA. and in the De-
partments of Agriculture and
Commerce were seen listening in
tently to descriptions Of Goslin's
home run and other thrilling de-
tails of the second game. And to-
day, it is whispered. ears will be
more closely glued to the radios,
as Washington battles in the
crucial third tilt.
Do the bosses mind when this
goes on? No, they're usually
among the most avid Of the lis
teners.
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
GERMANS OPEN
FIRST CASINO

BERLIN.-The first German
gambling casino designed to
bring back to. the county the
tourists who'll recent events
have kept away has just opened
in Baden with bacarat, roulette
and boule as the permitted
games.
The casino will be financed
by a syndicate of foreign capital
lists headed by Paul SALES.
Frenchman.
The admittance of foreign cap
ital is explained by the necessity
for Squaring the German restric-
tions on the export of money
with the natural desire Of fo..
eigners to take THEFT winnings,
if any, with them when they
leave. The F.eichsbank has ruled
that such Winnings may be car
ried out of h Intry without
any limitation.
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
HOME ON LINER
DENIED WIDOW

PARIS, Oct. 7 U.N.S).-The
French government decided today
that an ocean liner cannot be-
come a permanent residence. in
spite of the fact that an elderly
woman insisted she wanted to
stay on the steamer and not leave
it at any port.
Nine. Vischer d. Assonleville, a
61-year-old widow, who recently
made her first journey across the
ocean, decided that she felt hap
piest with the sea always about
her. So when the vessel docked
at LIE Havre she calmly sat among
her baggage in her Stateroom and
said she wasn't landing.
The skipper said he wasn't able
to decide on such question. The
woman pointed out to him with
logic that her living expenses were
less aboard steamer than on land.
She saved money.
On the captains insistence
Nine. d. Assonleville went to dis
cuss the matter with French OF.
ficials on shore. They unearthed
a law requiring incoming trans
atlantic passengers to debark at
the arrival port.
Until the law is changed, they
said, Nine. d. ASsonleville will
have to be content with keeping a
permanent domicile on terra
firma,
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
Rival of One-Eye Connolly
Here to Root for Griffs

"I'm the rootinest, tootineSt
rooter in this country"
So says Harry s. Thohe, SO, OF
oxford, Ohio, here after 43 years
absence, to see the Griffmen win
today's game.
Harry wanted his bricklayer
friends to know that he is in
town. He predicts the Griffs will
win the game 50.
Thobe is equipped with a horn
Of 1902 vintage. and an umbrella
equally as old. His "rootin" outfit
consists Of an old white Palm
Beach suit. a straw hat. and the
"loudest tie" in the world.
Thobe says his methods OF
gate-crashing are better than
those of "One-Eye" Connolly. He
boasts:
81 got Onc.Eye beat a mile.
can crash gates where he
can't"
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
Miss Byrd Is Queen
At Mountain Fete

Although West Virginians are
complaining loudly, Miss West.
wood Beverly Byrd, of Winches.
ter. Va, daughter of Senator
Harry Floyd Byrd, will be crowned
Queen of the Intermountain Fes.
tival at Elkins, w. Va. today.
West Virginia newspapers, di.
vided into two camps, have waged
a bitter war over her selection.
None has denied her qualifica-
tions, but while one group has
maintained, with many adjectives,
that West Virginia has plenty Of
charming girls and that it is a
West Virginia affair. the other
group has argued with equal
fervor that the festival is for the
entire mountain section, and Miss
Byrd is eligible.
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
Priest-HerO Takes
Place in Chamber

PARIS G.N.SJ.-The hero Of
the French Chamber of Deputies
this winter will be a priest, Canon
Polimann, who played a distin-
guished part in one of the most
dramatic episodes Of the world
war.
During the fierce fighting near
verdun in June 1915, his detach-
ment Of the 18th Regiment held
a position adjoining the famous
trench of the bayonets" which
collapsed under terrific lombard
ment and buried its defenders,
leaving nothing visible except the
points of the bayonets.
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
British Prelate
Surprised at
MRA Loyalty

LON N.-The dean Of
Windsor, the Very Rev. A. v.
Bailey, returned to England
after a six.week's tour Of the
United States. He said:
my outstanding impression
Of the trip was the extraOr.
dinary loyalty everyone showed
to President ROOSevelt's nation
al recovery scheme. There are
definite signs Of recovery"
He also found general salts.
faction over, the approaching end
of prohibition. He said:
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
U. S..AUSTRIAN TRADE

In the face of drastic curtail-
anent in general import trade in
the first hall of 1888. Austria's
imports Of American products
maintained practically the same
aevel as in the corresponding 1882
period, according to a report to
the Commerce Department from
Its Vienna office.
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
DEATH TANK BUILT

DENVER, G.N.S0. - A large
steel tank costing approximately
81, 300 is being built by Denver
firm for the new lethal gas cham
ber being installed at the Colorado
State penitentiary at Canon City.
The tank will form the main part
Of the chamber, with masonry en-.
casing it. The last session Of the
State legislature substituted lethal
gas for hanging in executions.
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
HOBO PIGEON RIDES TRAIN

There's a hobo pigeon in the
railroad yards at Moncton, N. B.
Its favorite roosting place is the
tender and cab of a switching
engine,
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
GOLDFISH CODE
STUMPS NRA

Goldfish producers of the coun-
try have asked the NRA for a
code. And the big chiefs down at
NRA headquarters don't know
what to do with them.
In their application the gold
fish men said that there were rs
concerns in the country produc-
ing fish and that the market is
greatly overstocked. They begged
the Administrator to relieve them
from the disastrous ef ects Of
overcapacity."
The industry, they said, employs
about 1000 people and their an
nual sales amount to $l,200,000.