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Evening star., 1934-05-20
LOCALE Of BLAZE
IN 1871 DIFFERENT
Historic Chicago Fire OF
That Time Lett City
a ShambIes.
Bv the Associated Press.

DN 'nc ASsotldicO
CHICAGO. May l9-The great FIRE
that destroyed most Of Chicago in
1871 started about miles north Of
today's fire, on the west side OF the
south bank Of the Chicago River The
blaze, reputedly started by Mrs.
OLearyS COW in kicking over q lam
tern early one October morning. swept
rapidly nOrthwsrd along the river
while embers were blown across the
water TO the business center
Famed by a brisk breeze, the flames
lesped from building 10 building
throughout what is now known as the
Loop, despite the best efforts of the
entire fire department
For many hours the CONFEDERATION
spread northwsrd after razing the
main business section. lesped the main
reach of the Chicago River and swept
northwsrd some miles where it
f1nally burned out IN the Sparsely
built edge OF the then comps ratively
small city.
Few OF the buildings in those days
were fireproOf and the water supply
and pressure were entirely Inadequate.
Many stories are told today of spec
tacular rescues made in that fire; the
most hazardous was reported to have
been Of a hotel guest who. on a high
floor, leaped downward from fioor TO
floor, catching onto sills until he was
safe
As was the case with that historic
fire. Lodays was bred and fed from a
drought that had sapped sll moisture
out of buildings and grass and straw
and offered them as tinder TO the
blaze.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
500 GROUPS JOIN
COLORS SERVICE
Arrangements Virtually Com.
plete for Cathedral Pro-
gram Next Sunday.

ARRANGEMENTS for the annual mass
ins Of the colors service At Washing
ton Cathedral next Sunday are sp-
preaching completion, and it was en-
Dounced last evening that approx
mately 500 Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
Coast Guard. National Guard. High
School Cadet, Veterans, patriotic,
frsternal and civic organizations will
parade their banners through the
lanes of the Cathedral close to the
open air smphithester on the south
slope Of Mount ST. Albans. where a
woodland altar has been erected for
the occasion.
President Invited.
President Roosevelt has been in
vited 10 attend and to speak. Right
Rev. James E. Freeman. Bishop of
Washington. will give the memorial
address. Admiral william H. Stand
lev, u. 8. N; Col Alva j. Braisted.
chief of chaplains, U. 8. A., and Capt.
Arlington A. McCallum. chaplain gen.
eral, Military Order of the World
War. also will participate. Canon
Arson Phelps Stokes will be master
of ceremonies
The United States Marine Band will
give a concert from $50 to $50 pm.
and will play the instrumental accom-
paniment to the hymns. Arthur S.
whitcomb, second leader. will sound
taps after the commemoration The
Cathedral choir, led by Edgar Priest
will sing.
Mothers TO Be HOnOred.
A special feature OF the service pro-
gram will be tribute TO the memory
OF the Gold Star Mothers, who have
died during the past year. The Ma
tional Convention of the Gold Stal
Mothers will attend in a body.
Special invitations have been sem
to members of the cabinet. ranking
officers of the Army, Navy. Marine
Corps and Coast Guard, members o
the diplomstic corps, and others
Seating reservations may be obtained
from Mai. Edwin s. Bettelhelm, jr-
100 / street northwest.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
OIL COMPANY SUIT
TAKES new TURN
Cities Service Asks Cancellation
Of Dates for Depositing
Bonds.

b, the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. May ls-The legal
battle between Cities Service Co. and
Standard Oil Co over reorganization
of Richfield Oil Co. took Q new turn
today when Benjamin F. Bledsoe. at
torney for Cities Service, filed Fed
ersl court motion asking that present
dates for withdra wal or deposit OF
bonds under Standards plan be can
celled.
Cities Service declared 1t impossible
to hold q sale of the Richf1eld prop
erty by June 80. the expiration date
fixed by Standard when 1t offered
$23 SOC, 900 for the Richf1eld assets.
Eiyon Musick general counsel here
for Cities Service, said the new movs
will force q ruling also by the court
on whether bondholders must deposit
their bonds with the Reorganization
Committee II they wish TO participate
IN reorganization of Richfield.
Cities Service claims to be the
largest holder of Richield bonds and
has on appeal its case against the
order of Federal Judge william P
James approving the reorganization
plan.
Hearing on the motion was set fol-
next Monday.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Relief Paid Back
By Man Who Vas
.JObless in Winter
Npm York Municipal
Lodging House Keep
ers Surprised by Gail.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. MAY 1s.-Edward
Topek was out Of job last Winter.
and broke. For Sc nights he slept IN
the Municipal Lodging House. at cost
Of 30 cents a night TO the city. The
Bowery "Y" fed him.
Then he got a job as . porter In an
apartment house.
Yesterday he appeared at the lode-
ing house. He laid $3.50 on the
superintendent,s desk.
Here's what owe you" he said.
"Owe us?" repeated the superin-
tendent. You don't owe us anything
The beds are free"
Not TO me-" Topek told him. i
pay my debts"
The idea was more than the super
intendent could cope with. He went
into conference with First Deputy
Commissioner of Public Welfare STAN
ley Howe on the telephone. Howe
pondered the matter and finally de-
cided the city could accept the money
Topek left for the Bowery. He ex-
planned that he owed" the Y. M
c. A. $3.50.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
GIRL SCOUTS PLAN
ANNUAL BREAKFAST
Elaborate Program of Entertain.
ment Arranged for Next
Saturday.

Girl Scouts will hold their annual
May breakfast next Saturday at noon
at Pierce Hall. Sixteenth and Har-
ward streets. and. an elaborate pro-
gram OF entertainment has been ar
ranged.
Scouts OF Troop 70 will sing a group
OF folk songs and Miss Grace Powell
OF Alexandria will present q number
Of violin selections. Mrs. w. r. Cros-
by. chairman of the Camp Committee
will outline plans for the Summer ct
Camp May Fiather.
Girls from Troops 20 and 20 will
be hostesses and Scouts in Troop SO
will serve as mattresses. Mrs. Pau
Howe will be the tosstmistress.
Among the guests invited are Mrs
Curtis Dali, Ambassador Paul May. of
Belgium. and Nine. May; Mr.. and Mrs
Gerritt s. Miller. jr; Mai. Gen. B. F
Cheatham and Mrs. Cheathsm, Mr.
and Mrs. c. Marshall Finnan, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Hagadorn. Mr.. and
Mrs Crosby, Mrs Frederick Brooke,
Mrs. Henry Flather, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Harris Franklin, Mrs Gertrude Bow
man, Miss Adela ide Werner and Miss
Jeanne Christy.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Cannibal Trout Wiped Out.

One advantage of the drought in
Scotland has been the wipins out OF
cannibal trout In the lake near May
bole. Efforts to restock the lake In
recent years have proved unsuccessful,
and it has just been learned that the
older fish have been eating the new
comers. Some Of the larger trout
found at the bottom Of the lake were
ugly and obviously unpalatable. They
have been killed and new trout placed
in the lake. - -.-.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

water pressure an order was flashed
to all police sta tions demanding they
stop the sprinkling of lawns. One OF
the cribs out In the lake announced 1t
was pumping more than 10000, 900
gallons OF water over the normal
amount per hour.
Authorities announced at $50 pm.
Central standard timeD they had OBJ
tanned control in the southeast section
OF the holocaust. but added q shift In
the breeze from southwest to south
east was sending the fire into the
north division of the yards and that
it already had progressed beyond the
elevated structure 10 reach Thirty
ninth street. In the wake the flames
left gsunt steel skeletons.
The blaze ate on to the main build
ings Of the packing concerns and
Tapped at the walls of the main ofIice
of the mammoth Armour Il Co. plant.
checked without further danger TO
that neishborhood.
..500 Volunteers Used.
More than $500 persons were
pressed into service to aid the ofi1cisl
army in the specta cular combat.
The Omaha Packing Co. was con-
sumed by the roaring tide and the
Mercury Tractor Co. Building was
lost.
Pstrolmen raced through the streets
and warned residents-mOst of them
employees of the meat firms or Of
manufacturing companies further
north-tO evacuate. The people
poured from their small dwellings.
carrying as many of their possessions
as they could. In sorrow and terror
they scurried through the binding
haze toward such hsvens As they
could find.
Railroad engines pulled through
the throngs. pulling refrigerator and
cattle cars to safety, but many were
destroyed. along with uncounted au-
tomobiles, equipment and diversified
chattels.
At tbs pm. &C. s. t., the general
offices of Armour Co.. q seven
story brick edifice and one of the
! BCot uAO hIOSG VII thfS
grounds, burst into flames.
Controlled on South.
Fire Marshal Corrigsn said stimuli
taneously that the south end Of the
fire front seemed under control. but
that the blaze went unconquered to
the north-just miles from where
the 1871 holocaust took its root.
The force Of firemen was constant
ly increased as battalion after bat
TALON was hurled into the grim fray
They fought it out on the south along
Forty-third street and appeared win
ming there. but met stubborn resist
ance at Thirty-ninth street.
Police started to investigate q rn-
NOR that an empty benzine bottle was
| found near the origin Of the Are.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
REPORT DESCRIBES
SPIRITUAL GAINS
Presbyterian Committee Cites
Prosperity Despite De.
creased Funds.
By he Associated Press.

By he Associated Press
MONTREAL, N C.. Nav la-The
past year was described as "nne of
great spiritual prosperity for the
Southern Presbyterian church In spite
OF greatly decreased appropriations"
in statement released todav by the
Committee on Stewardship and
Finance OF the church's General As
sembly.
Sketching briefly some of the COM
mittee reports which will be made 10
the General Assembly here next week,
the statement said:
All of the Southern PRESBYTERIAN
boards except one. not only paid in
full for last years work. but were able
also to accumulate surpluses which
were applied against their indebtedness
incurred during years of prosperity
The total received by the general
boards, not including gifts to synodicaI
or presbyterial institutions. was
slightly over 1857 900. divided as fol-
lows: Foreign Mission Board. Nash
vile. Tenn. $572. 900: Home Mission
Board. Atlanta. Ga, S268.000 Minis
SSA AhfA iNCbCl AoOrlhs lbUl6NllC, N ".
Sl53 900: Religious Education Board.
Richmond. Va, $4,000: assembly's
training school. Richmond. Va. S11 =
900. and the American Bible Society.
New York. S7.273.
The Committee on Stewardship and
Finance. with headquarters in Atlanta
Ga. is recommending to the General
Assembly the following budgets for the
various boards of the church: Foreign
Missions. s60s.s20: Home Missions.
1858. 15s: Ministerial Relief. S20s s.a53 ::
Religious Education, S71 PAL: assem-
bly's training school. S39 500.
Drastic reductions in the apportion-
ments for assembly agencies sent down
to every congregation are also being
recommended. so that the total sp-
portionments are reduced from k2.-
900 600 to 81 300 900.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
India Wars on Malaria.

India is conducting a determined
war on malaria this year. DR.. j. E.
Measham is carrying on investigations
at the Ross Institute of Tropical Hy-
giene research station in the Sana-
mallais. Southern India, on malaria =
carrying mosquitoes with view of
institutins methods Of biological con-
troll on tea and rubber estates. These
processes have proved successful in
Malaya. Bengal and Assam, and are
expected to be effective in lndla.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Stock Yards area
Medley of Closely
Erected Buildings
Al Types Of COnstruc.
ton Found, With Frame
Predominant.
By ne Associated Press.

BY me Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Nav ls-The stock
wards, in which oil city f1remen bat
tied a raging hre TODAY, covers an
area of several square miles on the
middle South Side
The district is cOngested WITH
wooden structures, brick buildings.
pens. corrsls runwsys. loading plat
FORMS garages and sheds. marrow
streets, psssaseways. An elevated
railway structure cuts through the
region.
Halsted street, lined with stores.
shops, thesters. hotels and homes.
forming one OF the most densely popu-
lated neighborhoods In the city. skirts
the yards.
Most of the Nations ma joT packing
concerns are located in different sec
tions Of the district.
Ordinarily thousands OF workers are
al their posts, but many had left for
4 Saturday half holiday.
The total value of the meat Arm
holdings runs into millions Of dollars.
Because Of the districts predomi-
nsnt wooden construction. 1t has been
the scene OF many fires. but the blaze
today was the first In many months
which called out all available fire
fighters Of the city.
The stock Yards area was the scene
on December 20 1910. Of . fire that
cost the lives OF Fire Chief James
- -.
The chief and most OF his men were
trapped under falling wall and
burned under tons OF debris. They
were under a canopy when the wall
fell and caught them.
The FIRE In which the ~ met death
destroyed the plant Of Morris & Co.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Biography Gives Praise.

Contrary to the prevailing custom.
J. D. Orifith Davies has published 4
biography which upsets popular belief
and makes . man better than his
reputation. The subject, Owen Glyn
Dwr, has been accused of Welsh fac
tiousness in rebelling against Henry
VIII, but Davies shows him to have
been q cultured gentleman of Wales.
an inspiring leader, and . man Of
vision.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

mile square-from Thirty y-first to
Fifty-f1rst and from Ashland to Went
worth-snd officers, perspiIins IN the
record d-breaking heat Of 81 degrees. in
addition TO the suffocating heat Of the
conf1agrs ton, fought to preserve some
semblance of order and make way for
the two-thirds Of the citys fire appa-
ratus that wss rushed into the battle
The flames shot high into the air
as ammonia tanks and oil reservoirs
let 20 with jarring explosions. Smoke
billowed up and darkened sector OF
, the sky. Aviators reported they coulc
see the swirling cloud a distance OF
Is miles.
Firemen performed many deeds oi
bravery. and one of them was feared
to have lost his life in the Swift blaze
They rescued four men from the
fame e-enshrouded Exchange Building
roof with extension ladder and an
, other leaped Is stories into a net.
The telephone girls-ll0 Of them
left their boards only when the wave
Of fire severed cables leading into
their exchange.
At 6:15 pm. Central standard time
the elevated railway structure, which
makes q loop Of the stock yards. was
reported to have been partially de-
stroyed. and q car standing near ont
of the terminals was reported to have
plunged down into the station
An American Express Co. building
was added TO the list of destroyed
property.
Meanwhile. with every fireman ir
the city recalled 10 duty, the gigantic
fight went on.
Crowds Hamper Fight.
Movements were hampered by TIT
milling throngs which raced from sl
sections of the metropolis 10 form {
showing. eddying mass for mile
around. Traffic was tied into knots ans
snarled in long serpentine stretche!
of honking automobiles and changing
street cars. Pstrolmen labored tt
| move man and vehicle aside loni
enough to afford passsseway for su
burban fire companies summoned sfte
most of the city's forces had hurriet
to the front
Water pressure was another hin
drsnce, as the supply had been grave
ly reduced by the protrscted drouth.
Three hundred policemen sought t.
control the widest psndemonium TIT
| city has seen In years. Spectator
swarmed everywhere, elbowing eacf
other and stumbling over the vas
network Of hose
Fire Marshal Corrisan paused in hi
work long enough to state: In al
my years with the department. thi
is the worst fire I have ever seen"
Others of the veterans described l
as the greatest conflagration since th'
city was nearly wiped out by the dis
sstrous blaze Of 1871. Condition.
under which both fires sprang VI
were strikinely identical.
When corrisan demanded = highe
Evening star., 1934-05-20
NEW TYPE MINISTRY
URGED AT CONVENTION
More Consecrated Work Held
Vital to Healing of Present
World Conditions.

By the Associs ted Press.
FORT WORTH. May lS.-An
evangelical session for the ministers
themselves, in which appeals for more
consecrated work were made. marked
the Southern Baptist Convention ses-
sion today.
"A spiritual ministry is not a min
istry of sinless sanctimoniousness. OF
inspired piety or just negative or neg
ligible goodness" Rev. John W. lnzer
of Montgomery. Ala, said.
TO be spiritual Is to be good, but
also to be good for something"
Soul winning Is the sharing OF an
experience-not an experience that Is
moth-eaten and rusty, but one that is
up to date, Rev. Perry F. Webb of
Pine Bluff. Ark, declared.
The crisis before us is not pri-
marily economic or social or political,
but moral and religious and spiritual, VI
he continued.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
MRS. GEORGE c. SHAFFeR
GRANTED $500 MONTHLY
Award Is Ordered by Court
Pending Divorce Suit
Here,

An order awarding Mrs. George c.
Shaffer, 1929 Thirty-fourth street,
5000 month maintenance pending
determination Of her suit for limited
divorce was signed in District Su-
preme Court yesterday by Justice
Daniel W. O'Donoghue.
Mr.. Shaffer, well known local florist.
obtained a divorce decree recently in
Reno, New but this was ignored by
the local court.
The wife. represented by Attorney
William E. Leahy. also contended Mr..
Shaffer has not contributed to her
support since the Reno decree.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
INDIAN Staying II.
NEARS SOLUTION
Navajo Policemen Report
Confessions From 4 OF
S Suspects.
Nv The Associated Press.

BY he Associs ted Press.
GALLUP, N. Mex. MAY l9.--Heed-
men on the Navajo Indian Reservation
looked with pride upon their newly
created force Of 30 brawny tribal po-
lice today as confessions were re-
ported from four out OF five suspects
arrested in connection with the brutal
staying Of Sam McCabe. prominent
Indian. This was the police forces
first big case.
When the sdministra ton provided
emergency work for the braves and
gave them cash to jingle in exchange.
the elders decided their tribesmen
needed protection from gamblers, pur-
veyors Of liquor and vice sponsors.
Only Five Speak English.
With the consent OF John Collier,
Indian commissioner. the Navajo
Tribal Council created a police organ
ization composed Of 30 stslwart braves
and gave them power TO make arrests
in minor offenses and settle minor
disputes. Supervision of their sctiv-
tiles was vested in Forrest NJ. Iarker.
supervisor OF the Indian emergency
conservation work on the reservation.
Five Of the best men in each Of
the six jurisdictions on the reservation
were sent 10 Fort Defiance, Artz..
where they underwent training BY the
AID Of interpreters and pantomime.
Only fve Of their number speak Eng
lish.
Ride Own Ponies.
Each patrolman is dressed In
regulation Indian Bureau khaki uni
form and rides his own pony-which
he rents 10 Uncle Sam at so much a
month 10 pay for feed and upkeep.
For their services the police receive
$40 a month from emergency conser-
vstion works funds.
Their chief task is 10 keep outsiders
from entering the reservation and
trickine the Navajos into parting with
their funds-especially for liquor.
They ride TO every dance or celebrs-
, tion on the reservation, settle all
minor disputes and make arrests in
minor offenses. Those arrested are
brought before tribal magistrates at
| agency centers and punished.
Their first big case-coming Just a
few days after they began riding the
reservstion-was the Staying Of Nc
Cabe near Gallup May /. McCabe
was sllegedly slain by five apparently
drink-crazed Navaios for s25 and
some bracelets he had on his arm.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
HEART ATTACK TAKES
NATHANIEL R. HEAT0N
Purcellville Resident, Native of
Loudoun County, Expires
at 6S.
Special Disps lch to The Star.

Special Disps Lch to The Star.
LEESBURG. Va, May l9.-Na-
thaniel r. Heaton. IS. prominent Pur-
cellville rssident died suddenly at
his office here yesterday from a heart
attack. He was q civil engineer. a
former editor of the Loudoun Times
Mirror, a politician. churchman and
member Of the order OF Fraternsl
Americans He served as clerk in the
House of Delegates during the past
session of the General Assembly.
Mr.. Heaton was son of the late
Capt Nathaniel r. Heaton of Con-
federate fame and q native and life
long resident of Loudoun County
He Is survived by his widow, who
was Miss Elizabeth Davis Of Loudoun
County: one son, Rev. Henry Heston,
rector of Old Aqua Episcopal Church; !;
two daughters. Miss Elizabeth Heaton.
teacher in Aide High School, and
Miss Catherine Heston, New York
City, and one sister. Mrs. E. H. Pur-
cell, near Round Hill.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Shanghai Building Pushed.

Among the buildings erected In
Shanghai. China, last year were five
modern Chinese banks. two up-to-date
hotels. a motion picture theater. many
ONCE buildings. scores Of apartment
houses. hundreds Of residences and .
large number Of industrial plants.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
AIDING D|LL|NGER
TOLD BY DOCTOR
Physician Testifying in Trial
Says Fugitive Threat
ened Death.
By tho Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
ST. PAUL. May ia word pic
ture of q wounded. cursing John Dill
linger. who, he said, threatened him
with death, was given today by DR..
Clayton May testifying In his own de-
fense at his Federal court trial on
charges of conspiracy to hsrbor the
fugitive.
Or. May took the stand after Judge
Gunnar Nordbye denied q motion for
dismissal upon completion OF the Gov
ernment's case. Thomas McMeeKln
st. Paul. counsel for May and Mrs
August Salt. q nurse. argued the Gov
ernment had failed 10 prove con-
spirscy.
DR.. Mays version Of how he treated
the desperado after Dillineer had shot
his way out of q st. Paul apartment
last March 81 included how Eugene
Green drove him in Green's auto
mobile to g friend hurt in a still ex-
plosion."
Went 10 Apartment.
Green. referred to by the physician
ss Eddie" was killed April 3 by
Federal agents.
Il asked Eddie" said DR.. May, Elf
his friend was wanted by the authori-
ties and he said no. We went 10 an
apartment on Thirty-third and FIRE.
mont and stopped. Eddie and ! went
to q black sedan parked across the
! street. There was q man in the back
seat with his leg propped up. He was
very pale.
! Eddie told him I wanted TO take
him to hospital. but he said to -
! with that You take me TO the place
you said you were, a private place.
He uncovered a machine gun as he
| talked I'll blow your brains out ii
you don't do what I tell you the
| man said"
They drove to Mrs. Salts apartment
and the physician went in. he testi-
fed. telling Mrs Salt, There's a ma n
out here that's been hurt and he nas
threatened me and I have to take
| care of him. l saw a rife on the
! floor Of the automobile"
"ToOk Automatic From Belt"
The patient the Government claims
/
/ apartment and put TO bed. where
Or. Nav continued, he took an auto
| matte from his belt and put 1t under
| the quilts
| Did you ask him his name?" ques-
! toned McMeekin.
Yes, but he said, The - with
| that. You 60 ahead and take care OF
| me or the same thing will happen tc
vou that happened to the doctor in
! Kansas He threatened me with the
! gun.
/ He asked me for a shot in the
arm so l won't get lockjaw, and
| left In q taxicab"
/ Or Nav said he had no idea then
who the patient was, though he saw
Il dark-haired woman there He
Identified her as Evelyn .Frechette
sweetheart OF the outlaw. also on
trial for conspiracy to harbor him.