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Evening star., 1934-01-02

the highway grading. The Lower Grif-
fifth Park Golf course was flooded, as
were the bride paths and the highway.
In some instances the terrain was be-
meath 10 feet Of water.
Zoo Animals Escape.
part of the Griffith Park Zoo was
wrecked by a heavy landslide. Scores
of animals were freed Caretakers were
searching for the frightened beasts.
Highways in the San Fernando Valley
were clOgged with mired cars
A search was still under way for two
girlS and q youth believed drowned
when two cars plunged into the raging
Los Angeles River on Riverside drive
One OF the tragic aspects OF the dis
aster centered around the family of
Charles Warfeld Of Montrose Warfeld
received a fractured skull when the
torrent swept his modest home; his
wife was injured internally and his
youngest son "Biddy." S, was cut and
bruised severely by falling debris.
The Warfields' other children,
Charles, jr., Is, and Edith, 6, were
missing. rs the relief workers sought
to complete their check of the dead
and injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Brooks re-
manned in their small frame house all
night after 1t had been hurled nearly
rs yards by the food waters and came
to rest against the back of a neighbor-
ing dwelling.
Evening star., 1934-01-02

fornia Disaster.
SAN FRANCISCO, January P).-
Central and Northern California TO-DAY
remained shrouded by the wake Of the
storm which spread death and destruc-
ton in the Los Angeles area as new
disturbance moved down from the
Washington coast. >.
While predicting probably clear"
skies for Southern California by tomor-
row. the Weather Bureau reported the
rest of the State may expect more ram
and snow from the north.
Though much less severe than the
Los Angeles downpour, rains SWellea
streams in the Sacramento, Santa cara
and San joaquin Valleys damagea eI
Heavy SHOWS were reported from the
high Sierra and other mountain re-
gions.
Declaring flood conditions IN Los
Angeles County have created public
emergency" Capt. Edward Macauley'
California C. w. A. administrator, au-
thorized C. w. A. agencies in tine
southern county to organize for relief:
using c. w. A. labor, equipment ana
funds.
Immediately following JNe duIiioi I'D
ton. Macauley telegraphed Harry l..
Hopkins civil works administrator in
Washington, asking approval OF his
step.
Have authorized local C. w. A. Or
ganize as necessary and expedient," he
wired Using c. w. A. equipment,
quota and funds, offering same to
mayors, Boards of Supervisors and pub
lie bodies concerned in relief. Will
further assist from here if necessary"
Evening star., 1934-01-02
Police Head Issues Warning
against SSClristmas Rifles
Most Dangerous Part of Year for Juve.
nile Shootings, Bro'On Says-Gift of
Guns to Children Criticized.

A warning against use Of so-called
cat and rat rifles and other guns by
children was issued today by Maj
Ernest W. Brown, superintendent Of
police.
This is. perhaps, the most dangerous
part Of the year, so far as juvenile
ShootingS are concerned" said Maj.
Brown. Many boys have .22-caliber
rifles, or air rifles, given to them by
their parents as Christmas presents.
I'VE consider use of any kind OF
weapons by children highly dangerous.
We have had numerous cases in which
boys playing with guns have accidentally
shot playmates, older people, even them
seas. Parents should not permit
youngsters to play with guns under any
circumstC nces.'
Similar views were expressed by In
spector Lewis l. H. Edwards. executive
said:
There's hardly a week that you don't
see something in the papers about some
boy or girl shOoting-and, very often
killing some other boy or girl. And,
nearly always, the shooting is done with
a gun that is supposed to be unloaded.
Borrowed Guns"
MANY of these shootings are done
with guns Surreputiously borrowed
from some older male relative. invari-
ably with nothing more malicious in
mind than an oId-fastlioned game of
cowboys and Indians Too often, how
Evening star., 1934-01-02
ARGENTINA JA|LS
RADICAL LEADERS
Former President and Ex.
Envoy Here Linked With
Brief Rebellion.

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. Argentina. January
2-One hundred and three national
leaders Of the Radical party, including
Marcelo T. de Alvear, a former Presi-
dent, and Honorio Pueyrredon, once
Ambassador to the United States, today
were imprisoned on Martin Garcia Is
land, following the short-lived rebel
lion of December 20.
Leaders of the Radicals. blamed di-
rectly by the administrator for the
revolts which took 20 lies, were
brought to the island from Santa Re
where they had hecn detained when
the rebellion broke cue.
The revolt came :, Tnultaneously with
the decision of a national Gadical con-
vention to abstain from the March
Chamber elections.
Martin Garcia Island is a few hours
from BuenoS Aires on the River Plata
1t was the site Of the detention OF
the late President hipolito Yrigoycn
when he was overthrown i'll 1880. De
Alvear was conhncc there after
RaOlCal plOC was hlppeo IN DeCeinOtI
1882, and had since been released.
Il was not announced wat dSpO'
sition would be made of the 103 .pris-
oners who constitute a virtual direc-
torate of radlcalisrn throughout the
nation.
A state of siege was invoked primar-
ily to deal with them. as it gives the
government greater lower in that it
enables suspension of habeas corpus
proceedings and imposes censorship
while not interfering with the normal
functioning of the courts as would
martial law.
Evening star., 1934-01-02

ever, investigation discloses the guns
were given the children by their parents.
Parents who give their sons such
gifts ere doing a very bad thing. The
police regulations, which have been in
force for years, make it unlawful to sell
or give a child under 10 any kind of
firearm. Section 3, article 8. of the
regulations not cnly covers guns, but
gun powder. fire works or anything else
involving use of an explosive.
Section of the same article makes
1t unlawful for any child under l6 to
have. or carry on the street. or in any
public place, any kind of gun, pistol or
air rifle. 1t also prohibits use Of bean
shooters. dart throwers and all other
forms of notwithstanding weapons"
Permit Necessary.
These regulations, Inspector Edwards
pointed out, are strengthened by the
comparatively new District firearms law,
which forbids sale of any kind of gun
to any one who has not first obtained
a permit from the Police Department
These permits" Inspector Edwards
said, ARE issued only after the Detec-
tive Bureau has made a thorough in
vestigation of the applicart and is con-
vinced that he has legiti1,ctn -ccson
for wishing to purchase a s."
Before Christmas. Inspector Lewis
said, several persons applied for permits
to buy small-caliber guns as Christmas
none of these applications was ap-
proved"
Evening star., 1934-01-02
VANDENBERG PRAISES
DEPOSITS INSURANCE
Removes Any Excuse for Hoarding,
Author of Plan Says-Favors
Expansion.

BY the Associated Fress.
Praising the insurance OF bank de-
posits. Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan, who was author OF the
plan, said today it provided safety for
savings and removed any remote ex-
cuse for boarding"
Vandenberg, who wrote the amend
ment to the bank law providing for the
temporary insurance plan which went
into effect today, said the Federal De-
post Insurance Corporation and the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
had done a superb piece of work in
augurating the plan.
Saying the temporary p. n covers 81
per cent of the Nations depositors
Vandenberg added: This is the mass
among whom hysteria generates runs
upon the one hand, and among whom
social tragedies occur when banks
close, upon the other hand"
He said the fund actually risks less
than 30 per cent of the total banking
resources Of the country"
This spells maximum fiscal ano
social service and minimum hazard,
he added. Personally I should be glac
to see this temporary formula and this
81. 800 limit substituted for the perma
nent formula which otherwise becomes
effective in July, if our experience dur
ing the next few months vindicates oul
expectations"
Evening star., 1934-01-02
CONVICTION OF BEDELL
Is UPHELD IN LARCENY
District Supreme Court Sustains
Verdict in Breyer Ice Cream

The conviction of William E. Bedell
In District Supreme Court on a charge
Of housebreaking and larceny of 5000
in connection with the looting of
safe of the Breyer Ice Cream Co. was
upheld today by the Court of Appeals.
Bedell and three other men were
tried for the theft. which occurred in
July, 1882. One defendant, James E.
Grove, allegedly made a statement to
detectives duplicating all four of them
in the crime.
At the trial. however. Grove repudi-
sted this written statement and said
he had not seen Badell on the night Of
the crime. The Government expressed
surprise at this point. and over objec-
tionS of defense counsel. obtained per-
mission to croSs-eXamine Grove, its
own witness. The defendants con-
tended this, together with the action
of the court in permitting the prose-
cutor to read to the jury excerpts from
Groves written statement, constituted
reversible error. The Court of Ap-
peals, however, refused to accept this
contention. affirming the position of
Assistant United States Attorney John
j. Sirica that the examination was
proper.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
PERU'S PRESIDENT SEES
PEACE WITH COLOMBIA
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIMA, Peru, January 2.-Gen. Oscar
Benavides, provisional President OF Peru,
in a New Year message to the peo-
pie said he was ''justifiably confident"
that permanent peace between Peru
and Colombia would be the fnal out
come of negotiations at Rio de Janiero
over the Leticia dispute.
He said Perus monetary conditions
were sound with various internal debts
being paid regularly and the national
budget substantially reduced.
The New Year was welcomed here
as noisily as possible, the sounding Of
sirens and automobile horns mingling
with the pealing of bells and the rattle
of firecrackers to produce the tradi-
tional New Year din. Night clubs were
filed.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
MARINE
UPBULD|NG URGED
Shipping Board Recommends
Commodity Purchase in
Domestic Bottoms.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Making recommendations for up
building the merchant marine, the
Shipping Board. in its annual report,
the commodities purchased in the
United States by foreign loans be moved
in domestic bottoms.
The board further urged that the
coaStwiSe laws should be amended to
make it unlawful for ships under for
eign flags to engage in 80 called voy-
list purposes, these originate at some
United States port and terminate at the
same port without touching a foreign
port.
Other recommendations included
Continuance of Federal appropria-
tions to aid the merchant marine
Provision for tax exemption C-l Amer
ican vessels operating in foreign trade,
including allowance of deductions from
taxable incomes derived from operating
profits to the extent that such profits
are devoted to new ship construction in
An orican yards.
Legislation looking to the transfer
to privately owned American shipping
died by Army and Navy transports
and by Panama misunderstanding
establishment of free ports or for
eign trade zones il American ports
probably only under direct authority
Of the Government ut first.
Removal of the sle5, 900. .oGc linita =
ton on the amount of construction
loans and making it s250,000,000.
Legislation granting authority 10
the board to extend, rearrarge or hold
in abeyance payments due the con-
Struciion fund to protect the iateresis
of the Government
Repeal Of laws which permit allie 4
searnen who have filed declarations OF
intention to become citizens of the
United States and who served for three
years on American vessels TO be
classed and hold the same status a.
American-born or fully naturalized
citizens"
Amendment of the chipping act to
include ocean trampS in the definition
Of common carrier by water in for
eign commerce"
Evening star., 1934-01-02
ssHOUSE THE DEPRESSION BUILT
COST OWNER ONLY FEW DOLLARS
Rooter Out of Job Snaps Labor With Other Skilled
WOrkmen and Declares He Earned
5000 Month.

cost him less than S100-for nails and
some cement.
Welliver will pay s25 a month for
the ground but when Spring comes
he's going to have big garden and
hens and ducks.
The house is in the hills just outside
Of Bloomsbury.
"You see" Welliver explains, 'I was
paying IS a week room rent and l fig
ured was foolish for doing 1t. That's
how got the idea of working for ma
terials and supplies.
It found the right piece of ground
and then went hunting for work"
He painted a roof for man who
gave him some lumber He put roof
on house for a bricklayer and the
bricklayer built the fine fireplace of
which Welliver is so proud
He laid a water line for another man
END received the roofing materials he
nee:ed. He built the house himself.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
WOODIN EXPRESSES FAITH
i'm ROOSEVELT PROGRAM
Former Secretary of Treasury
Terms President Greatest
Leader of Modern Times.

BY the Associated Press.
TUCSON, Ariz.. January 2-William
H Woodin former Secretary of the
Treasury, expressed complete confidence
in President Roosevelts recovery pro-
gram. as he gave his undivided atten-
tion to regaining his health.
Woodin. who retired as Treasury
Secretary after an extended period of
absence from active duties because OF
ill health. declared President Roosevelt
was "the greatest leader of modern
times" He extended his congratula-
tions to his successor in office, Henry
Morgenthau. jr.. and said: Il believe
he will make great success as Secre-
tary of the Treasury"
Evening star., 1934-01-02

ton, was made special assistant to the
administrator.
George R. Wicker of Evanston, Ill,
was named to succeed George Carlson
as head of the licensing and enforce
Commodities Division.
Twelve Sections Unchanged.
Twelve sections will be continued un-
changed under their present chiefs.
They are: Cotton. Gully A. Cobb; to-
bacco, John B. Hutson: wheat. George
E. Farrell: corn and hogs. DR.. A. G.
Black: dairying, Acting Chief J. H
Mason; general crops, Jesse w. Tapp;
sugar and rice. A. j. S. Weaver, cattle
and sheep, Harry Petrie; replacement
crops. Joseph F. Cox: meat processing
and marketing. Guy c. Shepard: grain
processing and marketing, Frank A.
Theis; contract records w B. Jenkins:
consumers counsel, DR.. Frederic c.
Howe.
Predictions were made that Smith w
Brookhart. former Senator from Iowa.
who has been acting as special market
ing adviser in the administration, also
would accompany Peek. Officials how
ever, refused to confirm or deny the re-
port.
Paul A. Porter. formerly cotton in
formation expert in the press section.
will succeed Stedman as head of that
section. He is publisher of the La
Grange, Ga Daily News and has been
associated with general newspapers in
the South for several years.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
HASTINGS TO LEAD
REELECTION FIGHT.
MCNary Appoints Republican
Senate Campaign Com
Il. mlttee. III
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator McNary of oregon, Repub-
lican leader of the Upper House, yester-
day named a committee of nine to con-
duct the campaign for reelection of
Republican Senators this year. Headed
by Senator Hastings of Delaware, the
committee is closely balanced between
the conservative and progressive fac
tionS of the party.
McNary made a bid for a united front
with the announcement that the COM
mittee would support all Republican
candidates and would not go behind
their nominations to determine what
faction they represented.
There will be do discrimination with
respect to the definition of the word
Republicanism" he said.
Dickinson Vice Chairman.
Senator Dickinson of Iowa, one of the
Republicans who has been most out
spoken in criticism of the Democratic
administration, was named as vice
chairman of the committee. Others
named were Capper of Kansas, Norbeck
of South Dakota, White of Maine. Nye
of North Dakota, Barbour of New Jersey,
Steiwer of Oregon and Carey of Wy
oming.
Ordinarily Of minor Importance, the
Senatorial Campaign Committee is eX-
pected to play an Influential part in
this years election because of the hnan-
Cial impotence Of the National Com
mttee.
McNary said it would conduct its own
campaign to raise funds for support of
the Republican candidates. with head
quarters in New York and subhead-
quarters in Chicago
hn mo l. Of ha nl
mittee has been the subject of long
under-the-s surface conflict within Re-
publican ranks because of the contest
for control of the party between the
various factions.
West Outnumbers East.
Though McNary managed to keep a
fairly even balance between the con-
servative and progressive factions, he
selected six of the committeeman from
the West and only three from the East.
Not one could be considered a member
of the old guard" faction of the party
formerly led by Senators Watson of
Indiana and Moses of New Hampshire
Hastings the chairman, is regarded
by his colleagues as more conservative
members, but he was prominent figure
in the young Turk" movement in
Senate ranks a few years ago which
revblted against conservative leader
ship.
Norbeck and Nye have been associ-
ated more or less closely with the
western independent faction of the
Senate group. while Capper. Steiwer
and Carey have voted with them at
times. Barbour and. White, though
Fasteners, are not known as dyed-in-
the-wool conservatives.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
SEVEN PASSENGERS
.HURTIN BUS COLLISION
Five Taken to Hospitals After
Crash With Taxi, but None
Badly Injured.

Seven passengers in a bus Of the
Capital Transit Co were injured yes
terday afternoon as a result of a
collision between the bus and a taxicab
driven by Charles E. Watson, "a, OF
BIT New Jersey avenue southeast, at
Thirtieth and @ streets. Two were
treated at Georgetown University Hos
pital, three at Emergency Hospital and
one at home None was critically in
jured, police reported
The injured persons were listed by
the police as follows: John F. King
70. 3541 street: Julius A. Shuler, As,
1909 w street; Jacob E. Fiddesop, SO,
and Flora A. Fiddesop, 40. of 2210
Tunlaw road; Walter Girton. "a. 2213
Thirty y-eighth street, and Helen Wells,
COlOred, 20, 1920 Oregon avenue.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
DRIVE ON LIGHTS
Police Arrest 13 for Improper Auto
Illumination.

After several complaints that many
automobile drivers have been operating
without proper lights. Traffic Bureau
police made l3 arrests for this offense
between $3.50 am and daylight today
The offenders included both those
driving without proper headlight and
those without taillights.
Inspector B. A. Lamb. Traffic Bu-
reau head. said he had received COM
plants that a number of commercial
vehicles were being driven in the early
morning hours without proper lights
and that he had ordered Traffic Bureau
policemen to pay special attention to
lights on both commercial and passen-
ger vehicles.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
Two to Aid Christgau.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BLOOMSBURY. Pa. January q
From his new home-a house the de-
preston built-Clyde Welliver, a roofer
out of job, waved happy New Year
greetings to his neighbors
Many other Pennsylvanians have
managed to exc out a living by trad
ing their labor and talents for supplies
in the past four years and Welliver in
sists ''the depression was the best
thing for lot of guys like me-
Why. I made 5000 month the past
six months. out of this depression" he
explained to group of friends.
Somebody expressed doubt and that's
how the story first got out about the
house the depression built"
Welhver. who should know about
such things, says the house. a three
room frame structure with an artistic
fireplace, is worth upward tef $1,000. 1t
Evening star., 1934-01-02
COPELAND TO SPEAK

Senator Copeland of New York,
chairman of the Congressional Com
mittee now engaged in the study of
crime and racketeering, will be the
speaker at the regular session Of the
forum on contemporary world events
conducted by the American University
Graduate School at s pm. tomorrow
at the school. 1901 F street.
The subject of the Senator's address
will be THE Nations Grapple With
is expected to deal with many phases
of the investigation by the congress
sional group.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
FIRE SCARE AT CAPITOL
Smoke From Fireplace in Warren's
Office Proves Cause.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Capitol yesterday suffered a
short lived fire scare when reporters,
who remembered the White House fire
several Yule seasons ago. rallied around
the Office of Representative Warren,
Democrat, of North Carolina. where
smoke was pouring through a doorway.
Police and an engineer were sum-
had been started up couple of Offices
away. Since 1t was a holiday, the
blowers were not in operation and the
smoke. instead of going up the chimney,
filled Warren's Office.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
MRS. JENCKES TO SPEAK
House D. C. Committee Member
to Address Civic Group.

Representative Virginia E. Jenckes,
member of the House District Commit
tee, will address the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association tonight at its reg
ular meeting. She is expected to dis
cuss national representation for the
District and restoration of the Govern
ment pay cut.
Reports will be submitted to the as
sociation on liquor control, an enforce
able smoke law for the District, the
Pittsburgh plan of taxation and on the
request that both the District incin-
orators be operated SO as to eliminate
smoke from dumps.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
Enraged Over Gift
OF 10 Gents, Beggar
Puts Mans Eye Out
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OAKLAND. Calf. January 2.
An enraged beggar jabbed his
thumb into William Lentz's eye
after the latter gave him a
dime. and physicians said sight
in the optic was destroyed.
Lentz, 40. told police the beg
gar asked him for enough for
a little something to eat" and
Evening star., 1934-01-02
Bomb Exploded in Austria.

BREGENz. Austria, January 2 [P).-
A bomb which ushered in the new year
here shattered 1870 windows in head
quarters of the provincial government
and nearby buildings and threw the city
into an uproar.
Police said they suspected Nazis.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
Lutero Vargas Injured.

RIO DE JANEIRO. January 2 (P).-
Lutero Vargas. son of President Getulic
Vargas was injured yesterday in ar
auto crash. His injuries were not seri-
Evening star., 1934-01-02
Fewer Sing Sing Prisoners.

OSSINING, N Y, January 2 (P.-
Warden Lewis E. Lawes reported yes
terday that during 1888 Sing Sing
Prison received 1,738 criminals, 43
fewer than in 1882.
Evening star., 1934-01-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.


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installation Of officers January 3rd. Rath-
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bills unless contracted by myself personally.
r. E. MILOR, 1851 L St. or Rockville. Md.
THE AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST
Company of the District of Columbia, trustee
under a deed of trust dated February 10,
1906. made by the Metropolitan Club of the
City of WASHINGTON. District of. Columbia;
pursuant to the provisions thereof. as stated
sinking fund has drawn for redemption at
par at the office of the trustee on February
-, 1894, bonds numbered 43, 252. 299 and
:}3a. for $1,000 each. and 353 and 354. for
,S209 eaGh; secured by deed Of Try trust The M
purpose OF the sinking fund. and the interest
on said bonds viii cease on the 18th day OF
February, AID 1894
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