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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21
MEMBERS of the Mid Continent Re
lXl association rorrocnnf.

MEMBERS of the Mid Continent Re
1V1 clamation association, represent
ing 10 states, met in Chicago and per-
fected plans for a soil erosion and
flood control program, to cost 100000
600, which the association will recon-
mend to the federal government with
a request for survey to determine its
practicability. The plan, which was
developed by A. B. Hulit Of Chicago.
involves the construction of canals and
dams over an area extending from
northern North Dakota through Texas
to control flood waters originating on
the eastern slopes of the Rocky noun
tains.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21
The survey estimates that 81 per cent
of the funds would go directly and in
directly into wages.

p ESPONDING promptly to the Pres
~ idents invitation to cooperate
with the government, the committees
for business recovery recently appoint
ed by the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States and the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers called meet
ing for December II at White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va.
Invitations have been sent to 100
leaders in the fields of commerce, in
dustry, finance, and agriculture Ito con-
slider various suggestions for con-
structive program to accelerate recov-
cry from our existing economic con-
6ition."
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, in its weekly Washing
ton review, says the question Of unem-
ployment continues as the one over
shadowing problem confronting the
government" The review adds that
the new congress will be faced with
arguments both for and against large
public spending, but that there has
been no indication OF any final con-
clusion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT returned
from Warm Springs to his recondi-
toned executive offices in Washington
with the greater part of his winter
program completed. 1t will be pre-
sented to congress in his annual mes
sage on January 3. The major items
have to do with expansion of the pub
lie works administration to provide
work relief, revision of the NRA and
the AAA,' extension of power develop
ments, social security insurance and low
cost housing, and the pairing down of
the budget.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21

uENRY FORD believes, as do many
L i others, that recovery can be
brought about by reviving industry
and creating employment, and he is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21

NORMAN III. DAVIS, American am
Y bassador-at-large and our chief
representative in the naval limitation
conversations that have been going on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21

INTERESTING statements were made
L to the American Congress of Indus
try in New York by two of the Presi-
dents closest advisers, Raymond Moley
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21

Washington says the President, in
a financial imitation of Hamlet, asks
himself just now: ITO spend, or not
to spend" If he proceeds with the
full program Of relief, supplying Jobs
and food. he must ask congress for
more billions, perhaps nine of them,
$9.OOOO0O,OOO.
If congress says yes, and the au-
thorities foolishly decide to issue in
terest-bearing imitation" bonds, that
will mean paying not S9.OOO.OOO 600,
but s1s.OO0,OOO,0OO, the original plus
interest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21

Senator Huey Long, of Louisiana,
says he has enrolled 100000 Ameri--
cans In his "share-the-wealth" plan.
That seems small figure for q
plan to divide big fortunes New
York and Chicago had thriving share
the wealth" organizations before Sem
ator Long started his. Some original
gentlemen with share-the-wealth in
clinations are in Atlanta penitentiary,
some In a Colorado prison, some on
Alcatraz island, in the bay back OF
San Francisco.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21

farm equipment. One or the methods
employed to control soil erosion is the
construction of terraces on hillsides.
Now, the Department Of Agriculture
has discovered that machines hitherto
satisfactory for cultivation Of fiat or
rolling land are no good for cultivat-
ing terraces. So Ralph w. Baird, one
of the departments experts, has in
formed the American Society of Agri-
cultural Engineers that machines for
farm use hereafter must be more fiex-
ible.
The engineering society members
were grateful Some of them told me
that they appreciated the governments
interest in their problems and that
doubtless modification of designs would
result in many instances. but few of
the engineers were impressed with the
necessity for the far flung government
methods. They appeared to think that
the governments engineers had gone
somewhat afield in making plans to
prevent soil washes.
Q. Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21

Senator Borah, a sincere, indie
pendent American. wants the Repub-
lican party to reorganize itself. giving
its liberals" control.
He would drive out the reaction
aries" II he did that, what and how
many would he have left? Strip the
blubber from whale. humps from q
two-hump camel, and you have little
whale or camel remaining.
g, King Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-12-21

At Tivon. N. Y, the courtroom
cheered when a jury acquitted a
teacher, thirty-seven years old. for
beating a thirteen-year-old boy with
rubber hose and allegedly hitting
him with his fist The man admitted
using the rubber hose. but denied
using his fist.
Had he admitted beating a young
dog with rubber hose, the court
room would not have cheered.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
LODGE OFFICERS CHOSEN

Gaithersburg x. OF Z. Cnancelior
Commander Is Luther Thompson.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
GA1THERsBURG, Md, December
17.-Forest Oak Lodge, No. 123,
knights of Pythias, has elected officers
as follows:
Luther Thompson, chancellor COM
mander: Charles Pope, vice chancellor: !:
J. Thomas Martin, keeper OF seals ana
records; Brawner Harding, master OF
finance; Kenneth Miller, master OF
arms; James T. English, master OF ex-
chequer: Earnest Beall, prelate; j. A.
Schwartzbeck, inner guard; Clifford
Thompson, outer guard; Samuel B.
Briggs, trustee.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Airmail Is to Be Started.

Spain will open its airmail service
between Madrid, Bordeaux and Paris
on April IS.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Rediscounts Disappointing.

Activities Of Czechoslovakia's new
Rediscount Bureau have not been up
to expectations.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
GAS
HEARING OPENED
Three U. S. Judges in BaIti-
more to Determine le-
gality of Cut.

BALTIMORE, Md, December H.
Hearing on an appeal of the Rosslyn
Gas Co. Of Virginia from decision
of the Circuit Court, upholding a re-
duction ordered by the Virginia Cor
poration Commission, opened this
morning before three-judge United
State District Court. The judges
hearing the case are Morris A. Soper
of the Fourth Judicial Appeals Court,
Luther B. Way Of the Virginia Circuit
and w. Calvin Chestnut of the Mary
land Circuit.
$4,000 a Year Saved.
The cut was ordered by the Cor
poration Commission on May 81, 1888,
to become effective the following day,
and provides saving Of S50,000 a
year to consumers in Arlington
County. The gas company, in its
petition to the court, asked that the
order be declared invalid, on the
ground that the act creating the
commission was unconstitutional in
that it failed to provide for a proper
judicial review Of its orders.
Attorney E. Randolph Williams Of
Richmond, Va, in his opening state
ment to the court, declared that the
Legislature creating the Corporation
Commission empowered the body with
legislative functions which were not
subject to proper review from a judi
cial body such as the Superior Court
Of Virginia.
Right Under Act.
He also contended that the Superior
Court of Virginia If reviewing an or
der of the Corporation Commission,
was given the right under the legis-
lative act, If finding that a cut in the
rates was an order, the court could
order such a cut, but that it failed
to provide for any authority on the
part of the court to order an increase
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Railroad Employees
Get Ne,U Year Gift
OF Big Pay Raise
Wages of Million to Be
Raised $3O,OOO,OOO
Annually.
BY the Associated Press.

ny the AsSoClateo FIeSs'
Nearly 1000, 900 railroad workers will
receive New Year gift Of $4,000. 900
a year.
On January the railroads Of the
country will increase the wages of all
their union employees 5 per cent in
accordance with an agreement reached
last April between managers Of the
carriers and union chieftains.
There were approximately 100000
railroad workers on November IS.
The wage increase is a part Of
plan for restoring to workers the 10
per cent deduction from their pay
checks to which they agreed in 1882.
Their basic wage rate was not reduced
but when pay rolls were made up 10
per cent was withheld from each pay
check.
Workers received a fourth Of the
cut on July /, last, and will receive
the remaining one-fourth beginning
April !, 1885.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

ride to while away the tedium between
church services.
An outgrowth of the trial was post
ponement this morning of hearing
for w. A. Bell, brother of the ac-
cused, on charges of striking Lewis
Brown, photographer for a Washing
ton newspaper, over the head with a
bag of coins a week ago.
Hearing was postponed until after
conclusion of the Bell trial. Brown
attempted to SNAP" Bell as the latter
left church services at which he had
taken up the collection.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
"T0OTHPICK BURGLAR"
SUSPECT DENIES GUILT
Stillwell Enters Not Guilty Plea
When Arraigned on House
breaking Charge.

Lonnie L. Stillwell, 29-year-old col
ored ''toothpick burglar suspect,
pleaded not guilty to a charge Of
housebreaking and was held for action
of the grand jury under s50,0o0 bond
when arraigned before Police Court
Judge Ralph Given today.
Only one charge was placed against
Stillwell, though Assistant District At
torney Matthew Cary told the court
more than 100 cases were standing
against him.
Stillwell was charged with grand
larceny of S1,137 worth of jewelry and
cash from Albert Kasson, 4503 Fourth
street, recently.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
TAXI DRIVER ROBBED
Armed Pair Take 80 and Ma
chine,

Allen H. KoontZ, a taxicab driver,
was held up early today by two white
men and robbed of So in cash and his
taxicab.
Koontz, who lives at 624 Eleventh
street northeast, was employed by the
men to drive them to the first block
of w street, he told police. When he
arrived there one of his fares pressed
a revolver against his neck and or
dered him to surrender the wheel. One
of the Men then drove the car to
Soldiers Home grounds, where the
robbery was effected. They drove of
in the cab, leaving Koontz to walk
downtown.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

Nearly 200 cats of all sizes, color
and breed were entered in the fif-
teenth annual show of the Wash
ington Cat Club, which closed
Saturday at the Arcade. No. /:
Miss Frances O'Connor, 90l Thir-
teenth street, with General Persh-
ing, famous house cat and winner
of a second-place ribbon, owned
by Rexford L. Holmes Of the An
napolis Hotel. No. 2: Mrs. James
P. Schnider, 612 Sixth street north
east. with her blue cream Persian
cat, Bonnie. No. 3: Miss Olive
Dyer, 1913 Harvard street, holding
Graceland Pixie, a black Persian.
which won first place in its class.
No. 4: White Persian kittens owned
by Mrs. A. M. Olmsted, 1927 Bat
terry lane, Bethesda, Md. No. S:
Mrs. Agnes Taylor Miller of the
McReynolds Apartments, with her
cat, Jim-Ken Toy, brown tabby
Persian. Star Staff Photos.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
BELL HELD INSANE
AS DEFENSE RESTS
IN POISON CASE

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Bean Growers Worried.

Germany's financial condition Is
worrying bean growers of Manchoukuo,
who fear that Germans will not buy
as many beans as in former years.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
II found that such an order was justi-

II found that such an order was Justl-
fed.
Appearing in the case with Mr.. Will
liams for the gas company are T. JUS
tin Moore and Stoddard M Stevens,
a corporation counsel of New York
City
Edward D. Campbell, counsel for the
Corporation Commission, and Collin
Denis, assistant attorney general Of
Virginia, are representing the State.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND
part loads to and from BALTIC. Phila. and
New York Frequent trips to other East
stieS BapTbs6N sHNsrER ssTysHs snSs
sTeoRAGE Co. Decatur $500.
WEEKLY TRIPS TO AND FROM BALTI-
more; also trips within "a q hours notice to
RRpns RGnnis n soRSE T5tse sses co Nofih shiTa4s ss4s
OYSTERS. SALT WATER. OPENED.
clean. soc Y gallon, by parcel post, pre-
paid. J. r. HOPKINS. st. Georges Island.
AUCTION sALE-FURNTTURE OF EVERY
description to be sold for storage charges
on Thursday. December 20, at 10 am, in
our warehouse. 420 10th st. NV, first
floor. consisting of living room suites, bed
suites S5ns ssns ssse'' dsbes Books
rugs, etc. UNITED STATES STORAGE
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the National Savings and Trust
for the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before 1t will be held
at the ONCE Of the company; northeast
corner of 18th street and New York avenue
northwest. on Tuesday. January s. 1885. at
& oetGefp PRESCOTT galley. President.
e. PERCIvAL WILSON. Secretary.
ELECTRICAL slTIns. REpAIRs sl.esS,o aND
nSp so%p % Sn seTVe You. See Your Teephone Di-
rectory for branch nearest you or call WIS.
consin 1921 No lob too small or too large
ROOFS
Our for ,ch thGFGHsh GBs rm iasiins msin
tains at any cost. We make specially
Of repairs. Send for US Eesi SAFE!
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Evening star., 1934-11-20

aster off the New Jersey coast last
September. Investigation of that
tragedy showed a need, officials said
for greater ship discipline and stricter
inspection requirements. Capt. Fried
was chosen as an expert capable OF
holding down the main Eastern or
second inspection district, comprising
the ports of New York, Philadelphia,
Albany and New Haven, Conn.
Fried, who succeeds Capt. John L.
Crone, retired, was praised by j. P.
Weaver, new director of the Bureau
of Navigation and Steamboat Inspec-
ton Service, as the outstanding man
in the United States merchant ma
rine" Weaver disclosed that Fried
would take a salary cut when he
leaves his command of the steamship
Washington, possibly tomorrow.
Evening star., 1934-11-20
DR.. GEWEHR SEES
new WAR OUTBREAK

Drawing a parallel between events
prior to the World War and today,
DR.. Wesley NJ Gewehr, professor of
history of American University, last
night warned that the militant spirit,
armed peace, intense nationalism and
great military budgets today threaten
another war in Europe as soon as
economic recovery and realignment
of friends and enemies become more
thoroughly established.
Speaking at the Washington Club
in the first of a series of lectures on
THE World Today" DR.. Gewehr dis
cussed THE War Nobody Won" The
world was hoping that as result OF
the World War democracy and the
people would triumph, he said, but
the five treaties resulting departed
from the principles laid down by
woodrow Wilson in his IA points,
thus failing to keep the peace.
Danger of another war was fore
seen by the speaker in certain factors
such as the collapse of disarmament
efforts, the belligerency Of Japan, big
war budgets, the hair-trigger situa-
ton in Central Europe, and the
''seething" Balkans.
Disclosure of archives Of the COM
batant nations of the World War, DR.
Gewehr said, revealed that the war
in reality was collective affair.""
Evening star., 1934-11-20
LOW.COST HOUSING
HELD TAX BURDEN
Lusk Says Cost, Less Rent, Must
Be Met by Tax
payers.

Taxpayers may have to help pay
the difference between estimated rent
and actual cost of operation of the
proposed public housing here, accord
ing to Rufus S. Lusk, secretary of the
Washington Taxpayers Protective As
sociation.
Speaking before the Monday Eve
ming Club last night, Lusk declared
the object of housing enthusiasts to
have the Government provide better
living quarters than many can now
afford to be "laudable one"
ITO do this" he said, "the Govern
ment must provide and operate this
new housing as cheaply or cheaper
than private individuals can. If it
cannot do this it will not be able to
provide proper living quarters for
those whose rent is $40 to $50 a
month unless there is some sort of a
subsidy or handout to help make up
the difference of what these tenants
can pay and how much it costs to
provide them with what they get.
This difference, as it always has in
the past, will come from the tax
payer"
Evening star., 1934-11-20
Widespread Western Storms
Declared Beginning of Cycle
Retired Macy Mathematician, Who Pre-
dicted Drought Era, Cites Sun Spots.
IA Deaths in Pacific Regions.

tlemen were warned to remove their
stock from the lowlands.
Capt. See. explaining floods depend
on the sun spots. which chill the earth
and act as rainmakers, forecast cycle
of storms and floods, but declared
he was confident that 1856 and
1887 will be good years and add to the
comfort and relief of the whole world. 1"
Capt. See, whose researches on the
direct radiation through the outer
layers Of the suns globe have been
carried on for 80 years. recently pre-
dicted the cycle of droughts of the
last several years was drawing near
its end.
Storms Not Isolated.
These notable storms and floods are
not isolated. accidental phenomena,
but parts of the increasing cycle of
storms and floods which will continue
for several years." he said.
The sun spots reached their mini
mum in November or December, 1898.
and in the early months of 1894
showed appreciable increase, which
oScillated somewhat. but now gives
distinct signs of steady rise to the
flood and storm phases, for perma-
nent relief from recent droughts."
The Navy professor of mathematics
explained that when sun spots are in
creasing. as in 1927. floods follow, and
when the reverse process sets in, with
the spots vanishing, droughts prevail.
Evening star., 1934-11-20
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. November 90
A storm from the ocean lashed at
parts of the Pacific Coast yesterday,
causing IA deaths. and Capt Thomas
J. j. See, retired Navy mathematician,
declared a cycle of severe floods was
beginning.
Capt See said he based his fore
cast for the ending of droughts and
the beginning of floods on the in
crease of sun spots.
Snow and heavy rains were borne
on clustering gales and the precipi-
tation, causing slippery pavements,
was blamed for five traffic deaths in
the San Francisco Bay region and
six at Los Angeles. Three men
drowned in the bay here when their
fishing boat was swamped.
Nearly 3 inches of snow fell at
klamath Falls. Greg, during the
week end Baker had an inch. At
Norden, Calf, the snowfall meas
ured 81 inches. at Truckee inches
and Emigrant Gap 10 inches. Snow
plows were clearing the Donner Sum-
NIT Highway.
Heavy Rains in Southwest.
Heavy rains continued in the Sac
ramento River watershed and there
was noticeable rise in the stream
level, which approached 16 feet Cat
Evening star., 1934-11-20
NEWSPAPER CLUB
FOR RWOMEN0PENS
Quarters at 1406 H Street
Will Be Scene of Formal
Tea Monday.

The Newspaper Women's Club OF
Washington opened its headquarters
at 1406 H street yesterday afternoon.
The club rooms are the first such
headquarters for newspaper women in
Washington and the formal opening
will be held Monday afternoon when
Mrs. Hull and the wives of the other
members Of the cabinet will be guests
at tea. The party will be for men,
bers of the club only.
Margaret Hart of The Washington
Star, president Of the club, presided
yesterday and Kate Scott Brooks of
the Chicago Tribune, honorary presi-
dent OF the club, was at the tea table
Among the other members who were
there were Marie McNair of the WASH
ington Herald, first vice president;
Lora Kelly Of the Washington Post,
second vice president; Katharine Nc
Keiver, N. c. w. c. News Service,
recording secretary; Ned Brunson
Harris. Minneapolis Star, cores
spending secretary; Margaret Ger
mond, Washington Star, treasurer:
Elisabeth Ellicott Poe, Sallie v. H.
Pickett, Margaret Wade, Josephine
Tighe Williams, Leila Bathon, Esther
Prayer, Georgia Knox Berry, Grace
McGerr, Hazel Grant Edgar, Mary
MacCracken Jones, Evelyn Condor,
Katharine Brooks, Lillian Arthur,
Flora Macdonald, Roberta Bradshaw,
Helen Essary, Alice Eversman, Ann
Parks Marshall, Jessie MacBride, Rob-
ert Crawford Milliken, Mrs. C. l..
Landaker and Blanche Mcknight.
Mrs. Edward A. Hartman, the only
associate member present yesterday,
was given rising vote of appreciation
for the furnishings given the club by
her, as well as Mrs William N. Doak.
also an associate member, who pre-
sented silver tea service, and Bas-
com N. Timmons, former president of
the National Press Club, who pre-
sented a flreside chair and q card
table and chairs to the club.
Evening star., 1934-11-20
MYSTERY DEEPENS
| IN ISLAND DEATHS
Second Body Found May
Have Been Man-Let-
ters Discovered.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, November 20.-One
Of the little volcanic rocks of the Gala
pagos Archipelago that Charles Dar-
win a century ago said offered clues
as to how life first appeared on the
earth, today holds strange mystery
of death.
A tattered rag distress signal, little
skiff, a bundle of baby clothes and two
human bodies, ravaged by the ele-
ments after a slow death by thirst and
starvation, formed the unfinished
story.
Dispatches from tuna fishing clip
per, the Santa Amaro, told this much.
In addition they disclosed one of the
bodies apparently was that of a large
man, slightly bald. The smaller form
was in such condition it could not be
certain whether it was of a man or
woman.
A packet of letters also was found.
signed Margaret Whitman.
The lonely, waterless isle Is known
as Marchena, 160 miles northeast of
the old convict Isle of Charles, which
is near the Equator, 500 miles of the
coast of Ecuador.
Nine persons are known to have
been on Charles Island, including the
Whitman woman. They were Arthur,
her husband; l4-year-old son and
2-year old baby, the only white per-
son known to have been born in this
strange archipelago; Dr. Friedrich
Ritter, Berlin raw food exile, and his
mate, Frau Dore StrauGh Korwien,
also OF Berlin, and the Baroness
Eloise Bonsquet de Wagner of Vienna,
with two companions. Alfred Rudolph
Lorenz Of Paris and Robert Philipson,
| her mate.
All were self exiles seeking an is
land paradise.
Scientists here who know all of
them, said the only man who was
| slightly bald was Whitman.
The baroness, self-styled empress
OF the archipelago. and her two COM
| panions. disappeared, after three years
of sensational episodes on the island.
in the middle Of June A letter writ
ten June 16 by DR.. Ritter came july
80 to Capt. G. Allan Hancock. patron
OF science and explorer, who each year
| takes a scientific party to the archi-
pelago. 1t told of the mysterious de-
parture of the baroness and her COM
panionS.
HEARD LORENZ WAS DEAD