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Evening star., 1934-02-04
VIOLENCE BEGINS
IN TAXI STRIKE
Disorders Reported as
Gotham Drivers Try to
Halt Independents.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February 3.-As taxi
cab owners and striking drivers met
in conferences with representative
of Mayor Fiorello H, La Guardia late
today, the strikers issued an ulti-
matum to independents to stop hack
ing
The ultimatum was effective at 4
pm, and strikers at once proceeded
to enforce it, bringing the first re-
ports of violence.
Mayor La Guardia, who Endorsed
the strike of cab drivers with an
admonition against rough stuff. y
named Morris L. Ernst, well known
attorney, to represent him in effect
ing peace between owners and
drivers.
Drivers of the cabs of the large
companies walked out in demanding
the distribution among drivers of the
full returns of the scent tax col
lected by the preceding administra-
ton. The levy since was declared
unconstitutional. The dispute rests
OlI VA lAAS NOAASSoNN AAAOAASJ
Recognition Demanded.
The operators, it was understood,
insisted on go per cent share. The
drivers demand $3.50 split, plus
recognition of the newly organized
United Taxi Drivers Union.
The union opened headquarters to-
dav and a long line of striking drivers
sought application cards.
It was estimated $4,000 of the city's
1867 licensed cabs were idle to-
day. Independent and smaller cab
companies operated as usual, with a
constant flow of busines.
The reports of violence came into
police headquarters soon after the
deadline set by the strikers for in
dependents to quit.
Woman Slapped.
Several drivers in congested traf-
fic areas were stopped by strikers. A
passenger of one of the cabs, Miss
Ruth Mock. charged she was slapped
by striker after she demonstrated
with him for halting the cab.
The picket, John Billellin. was ar
rested. charged with disorderly con-
duct
The strikers, preparing for mass
meeting tonight in Madison Square
Garden, brought to their aid Harry
Gailbreth, Colgate College graduate
who organized the Philadelphia Taxi
cab Drivers Union and led the sue
cessful strike there recently.
Early in the day, William Gan
dali, organizer. informed Mayor La
Guardia the strikers were getting
,, out of hand"
Evening star., 1934-02-04
CIV. A.PAY ROLL HERE
LOWER LAST WEEK
Change Attributed to Work Week
Reduction-Direct Relief Fig
ures Show Increase.

The pay roll for civil works en-
ployes Of the District, disbursed yes.
terday, showed a considerable de-
cline from the level of the preceding
week, but disbursements for direct re-
lief by the District increased.
c. W. A. employees. numbering
17.769. received a total of s199. .2O8. as
compared with 1929 942 paid out the
week preceding to 1882. Persons in
the civil works service" classes, num-
bering 1928. received sl2,854 as COM
pared with s6,225 the week preceding
for a similar number of persons.
Direct relief disbursements yester-
day, for 2,018 persons. amounted to
Sl6,883 as compared with s6.059 given
out the preceding week to 825 persons.
The change in the figures was at
txibuted to the reduction of the work
week for construction workers from
30 to "a hours and for clerical workers
from 80 to 80 hours Because of the
reduction in individual pay checks
some Of the civil works employees have
peti.ioned for aid through direct re-
lief.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
FEDERAL BAR GROUP
TO PROPOSE RULES
Will Submit Plan for Establish
ing Code for Government,
Practitioners.

The Federal Bar Association will
submit to President Roosevelt and to
Congress proposals for establishing
rules OF practice for persons appear
ing before Government departments
Tor clients. under decision reached
Yesterday by the executive council of
the association.
William A. Roberts, president. said
the association is supporting the
proposals made by administration
leaders for ending a tie-up between
legal representation and office-hold-
ing. but proposes new system for
dealing with the subject.
The executive body opposed the sug-
gestion made to Congress for limiting
the amount of the fees to per cent
OF the amount of an award, advance
OF funds or claim payment made by
the Government Roberts said the
council believed a fixed percentage
rule for fees would be injurious to
the purpose desired"
He said it was believed highs stand
ing lawyers would refuse to take
hard" cases for a per cent fee and
that the rule would tend to raise the
cost Of the fees up to per cent even
in easy cases where the fee other
wise might be less.
The council proposed establishment
of bar in each Government depart
ment or agency for which there would
be formal system for admittance,
creation of a code of ethics and a
system for disbarment.
The council opposed a suggestion
that there be a rule forbidding Gov
ernment officials from practicing be-
lore departments where they had been
employed, except after lapse of two
years from the time they left such
Government employ This was
termed unfair" to a person who had
spent years specializing in one re-
stricted field of work.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
INSURED DEPOSITS
HERE ARE HIGHER
More Than S96,O00,0OO, or
45.5 oCt. Guaranteed
in Capital.

A larger percentage of bank de-
posits in Washington are guaranteed
by the Government than the average
fer the entire country, figures issued
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration disclosed last night.
While the average ratio Of insured
deposits to total deposits throughout
the country was fixed at 36.l In .
tabulation of figures from all sections,
the District of Columbia showed q
ratio of ass per cent.
Here there are 403,067 insured ac-
counts in 81 banks, amounting to
ss6,S12,7l3. out Of total deposits of
S212,882, $50
The statistics. as made public by
E. G.. Bennett, director of the Insur-
ance Corporation, are complete up to
January 81, 1884, and for the whole
country they show: 54,25o,240 de-
positors are insured, number Of banks
holding membership in the temporary
fund, 13,434: total deposits in all
banks throughout the country (based
on latest available figures), $42 ,460,-
253 800; insured deposits. $l5,345,-
1872 955. and the ratio of insured de-
posits to total deposits, 361 per cent.
New York leads the parade of the
States in the number of insured ac-
counts with 11257.839 Other lead
erS are Pennsylvania, 5.863 ,439; Cali
fornia, 36l9.824; New Jersey, 3.121,-
1862; Illinois, 2,9l2,823, and Ohio,
2,8O3,9l6.
In total deposits the Empire State
again leads with Sl5,393, 1926, $50, fol-
lowed by Pennsylvania with S3,821,-
034900. Massachusetts, $3,6l6,809, :
$50; California, S2,787, ,4O927O; Illi-
nois. 80 1853 1877, 800, and New Jersey,
81 684. .OO2 $40.
There are more insured deposits,
IS 242. POI ,567 in New York than in
any other State, while Pennsylvania
has 81 .570,954,7l1: California, s1.155.-
145981; New Jersey. 1868. .568. .551 :;
Illinois. s691 ABB ,855. and Ohio, $685.
032.423.
Maine leads the Nation in the ratio
OF insured deposits to total deposits,
o@ per CellI. new MEXICO insured
deposits are 60.7 per cent of all the
deposits in that State Oregon, SAB
per cent; Mississippi, $50 per cent;
Wyoming, 53.9 per cent, and West
Virginia, 53.6 per cent. The lowest
percentage Is shown by Massachusetts,
with only l29 per cent of total de-
pOsits insured.
The nearby State of Virginia
showed ratio of insured deposits to
total deposits of 529. s194074,Ol2 de-
posts out of total of 67,O2481O
being insured There are 1,O88345
accounts insured in Virginia.
In Maryland the figures show that
1926 ,074,925 out of S599.l13.4lO. or
44.9 per cent of deposits, are insured.
The insured accounts total 1,06l.4l1
in MARYLAND
Evening star., 1934-02-04

chief Of the Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice. advising him the gas attack
would be impractical.
Mr.. Lynn said his next move will
be to have Capitol policemen march
around the building at roosting time
in the evening and fire blank cart
ridges in the general direction Of the
ledges and cornices where the starl-
ings gather in droves. He plans to
begin this experiment Tuesday eve
ming.
Experiment Unsuccessful.
The architect sought the advice of
the Chemical Warfare Service after
officials of the Agriculture Depart
ment had taken the view that gas
might be an effective solution of the
problem.
In his letter. however, the chief OF
the Chemical Warfare Service pointed
out that experiments were conducted
at one time to see if gas would be
successful in getting rid of crows.
sparroWs and blackbirds. He said the
tests showed this method was not
feasible because the birds displayed
a marked resistance to toxic gases. He
also pointed out that during the war
pigeons nearly always returned to
their cages when liberated in a gas
cloud This was somewhat of mys-
terry to observers, until it was realized,
he explained. that the pigeons
escaped by rising so rapidly above the
gas.
'Starlings would unquestionably at
tempt to fly out of the gas cloud in
the same way as soon as they felt
its irritating effects" Gen. Brigham
added He reached the conclusion
therefore. that to build up, out OF
doors. sufficiently high concentrations
of these gases to be effective. would
require such large quantities of gas
'as might be difficult and dangerous
to release in the vicinity Of the Cap
itol."
Evening star., 1934-02-04

the operation to move out on little
farm and he is pretty sure will not
be sick any more.
But how can that be possible If
my daddy is so far away We went
without him because he is working in
Pittsburgh. He only makes s22 a
week and he has to keep himself there
and US here on that, but 1t was bet
ter than giving up the job to come
here with us then we wouldn't have
anything.
Ever since we have been here
mother has been trying to get daddy
a job here, so we could be together.
but she hasn't had any luck. Dear
President, could you help my daddy
to get a job in Denver. so we could
all be together? I miss my
pal daddy so much and am getting
out of practice in checkers and chess
I like to play with him so much"
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Confused Foreign Exchange
Works Traders Orertinre
Bankers Arise at 4 Am. to Keep abreast
of Developments abroad as
Dollar Declines.

On busy days. such as those in the
latter half of this week, an interna-
tional telephone line is kept open to
the principal European branches for
several hours a day At other times
direct telephones from the traders
desk to cable companies are available
for quick transmission of orders. In
the case of London and Paris. where
the unofficial" markets remain open
until or O'Clock, an enormous
amount of business is done after the
official markets close at 3 pm. in
Paris and pm. in London, equiva
lent to 10 O'Clock and II o'clock, re-
spectively, in New York.
Important Information.
Other things besides a slide rule
and quick, alert mind for intricate
mathematics, are standard equipment
In foreign exchange departments. The
name of every steamship, together
with an up-to-date schedule of sail
ings and arrivals and the number of
cubic feet vault capacity, is kept. This
is information of the highest impor-
tance to the buyer of foreign exchange
for the purpose of paying for gold to
be transported from one center to an
other, since he must know how long
the funds are to be tied up in transit.
The number of days and hours il
takes ship to go from one port 10
another; the insurance rate applicable
to each vessel: whether it may be de
layed by adverse weather; whether
the day of scheduled arrival is holi
day, which would mean an additional
tie-up for the funds-these and other
data are assembled and kept up to the
minute.
Traders were highly incensed Friday
when they could not get prompt ship
ment of gold bought in the London
open market and obtained from the
Bank of France. While steamship
companies will accept the metal for
transportation in other quarters Of
the ship, the insurance rate is almost
prohibitive when the metal is not
transported in a boats vaults
Evening star., 1934-02-04
PLANS FOR CENTRAL
KITCHEN ALTERED
Revised Proposals for Handling
School Lunches to Be Sub.
mitted to Allen.

Revised plans for development of
. central kitchen for preparation of
lunches for undernourished school
children in the old Wisconsin avenue
manual training school building. are
to be submitted to Commissioner
George E. Allen by a special commit
tee, headed by DR.. Louise Stanley of
the Bureau of Home Economics.
Early estimates were that remodel
ing of portion Of the building and
the provision Of needed new equip
ment would cost about $4,000 A new
estimate will be presented by DR..
Stanley on the basis of a revamping
of the plans by the District Repair
Shop. 1t is expected the cost may be
somewhat reduced.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou. superintendent
of schools, has approved use of the
Wisconsin avenue building for the
purpose, it is reported.
The central kitchen operation, at
which food for more than 1000 chill
dren will be prepared, is to be placed
in the charge of Mrs. Katherine Nc
Farland Ansley Of st. Paul, who is
to arrive there today.
Evening star., 1934-02-04

Y INTIMIDATION has yielded to
diplomacy in the fight to rid the
Capitol dome of It's unwelcome
L host of starlings.
Plans for the use of poison
gas were abandoned yesterday after
drenchings from a fire hose, blank
cartridges and noisy rattles had failed
to drive the birds from the home OF
the Nations lawmakers.
Now it is proposed to trick the
starlings into voluntarily vacating
their fashionable lodgings in favor of
new roosting places to be known as
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that will add
beauty to parks and also attract the
birds away from buildings where they
are not wanted.
This latest proposal comes from
Lillian Stewart of Riverdale, Md, who
believes the embattled starlings will
prove more amenable to overtures of
peace than warlike gestures. Her con-
ception of starlingerie is hollow
tower, either square or round, with
ledges both inside and out for the
birds to roost on. She would plant
trees inside the starlingeries for pur-
poses of atmosphere, and ivy around
the base, flooding the whole with
lights to keep away the owls that prey
on starlings.
Three Homes Suggested.
Miss Stewart suggests that one Of
these starlingeries be located along
the Eastern Branch. one between the
Lincoln Memorial and the washington
Monument and third in Rock Greek
Park.
The only thing left to do now is
build them and then figure out some
way of letting the starlings know
where they are and what they're for
David Lynn, architect Of the Capt.
tol. disclosed yesterday the abandon
ment of plans for using gas in the
war against the pests. He made the
announcement after receiving a re-
port from Maj. Gen. C. e. Brigham
Evening star., 1934-02-04
COUNCIL
LAUDS BANK PLAN
Foreign Trade Body Warns
Against Preferred Nation
Plan, However.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 3-Plans
for the formation of a bank under
Government control to finance Amer
ican exports, announced in Washing
ton yesterday, was described by the
National Foreign Trade Council as a
measure of highest importance to con-
Germs doing foreign business
This question has been agitating
the minds of foreign traders for a
number of years" the council stated
and is part of policy which relates
to the entire field of foreign trade
financing through the assistance OF
the Government.
I'm postwar years, the United
States has Jagged behind other coun-
tres in the long term credit and
financial facilities available to those
engaged in foreign trade. The Ma
tional Foreign Trade Convention held
in New York in 1881 urged adoption
by the United States of an exports
credit insurance scheme similar TO
that in Great Britain and leading
European countries.
Warning Issued.
THE concern of foreign traders was
so great that many even favored a
bank to be established unded private
control. in which the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation would hold pre-
ferred stock this bank to act as an
agency for the administration of
government insurance plan for for
eign trade
The proposal to concentrate on Rus
sian markets as the first objective OF
the new bank drew from the council
a mild warning that the danger is
always present" in special arrange
ments Of this kind with a single coun-
try.
The applica ton of this Government
banking scheme in the first place a S
a means for opening up trade is eX-
planned on the ground that the Soviet
authorities are ready to buy without
waiting for reciprocal tariff arrange
ments provided they secure the neces-
sary long-term cerdlts, the council
stated.
Equality Advised.
"While the responsibility for this
special trade arrangement rests upon
the Government. the danger is always
present in special arrangements of this
kind with a single country Of render
ing more difficult our reciprocal trade
negotiations with other nations. The
general principle hitherto adopted by
the United States in its foreign trade
policy was equality of treatment for
all countries
Great care requires to be exercised
that our policy of reciprocal tariff
agreements. as the most effective
means toward the restoration of in
ternational trade shall rot be prelu-
diced by exceptional arrangements
with any country which would deprive
the United States of effective bargain
ing powers with other and larger mar
kets"
Evening star., 1934-02-04
SCREEN WRITER TO WED

HOLLYWOOD Calf.. February 3
lP)-Edward Z Paramore. jr, screen
writer. and Felicc Fa~roW. former wife
of John FarroW. will fiy to Aqua Cali
ente. Mexico. tomorrow II t7 married.
Mrs. Farrow. the former Felice
Levin Of San Francisco. and Farrow,
himself screen writer and now tho
fance of MaureCn O'Sullivan, Irish
film actress. have been divorced for
several wears.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
WOULD END STRIKE
Miners Counsel Declares He Will
Advise Return to Work.

AuNlSt xtclui II " w Ot "a
SCRANTON. Pa, February P).-
e. c. Marianelli. chief counsel for the
United Anthracite Miners of Penn
sylvania. announced today that he
will recommend to leaders Of the
union that they call off their strike
a once.
Ma.ianeln made the announcement
after having been informed that
James A. German, umpire of the
Anthracite Cancellation Board. had
been named by the National Labor
Board as sole arbitrator of mine dis
putes in this region.
Marianelli said leaders of the union
regarded German as being honest,
fair and impartial.
Henry Schuster. secretary treasurer
of the union. said he expects the
strike TO end soon.
Several dynamitings and minor
disorders in scattered sections Of the
county marked the close of the third
week of the strike A pickup in
operations was reported by several
companies.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Sermon Topic Announced.

M1TCHELLvILLE, Md, February
3 (SpeciaD.-Rev. w. Hedley Clews
has chosen for the topic OF his reg
ular Sunday morning sermon at
Mount Oak Methodist Church "The
Problem Of the Resurrection. Serv-
ices will begin at II o'clock. The
Young Peoples organization will hold
the regular evening service at 7:30
o'clock.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
AIR TRAVEL INCREASES.

CHICAGO. February 3 GP,-Air
transport lines In the United States
increased total passenger trafiic from
so< SIS In 1882 to approximately $50 :
O00 In 1893. and express from 324-
<3e pounds In la3? 10 about 660 900
pounds In 1893 oficialS of the United
ALI Llnss rspJl led yeste. day.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Sermon Topic Set.

HERNDON. Va, February (Spe-
ciaD Rev. Chancellor N. Brown, pas
tor Of the Baptist Church. will de-
liver the third Of series Of sermons
on The Meaning of Prayer" tomor-
row morning at IL o'clock.
Special music will b. rendered BY
the church choir. unCHr the dircc. on
OF Mrs EinCst G.Ss-n.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
ARRANGES CARD PARTY
Mrs. Ernest Klinge Heads Com
mittee of Macfarland P.-TA.

Mrs. Ernest Klinge is general chair
man of the Arrangement Committee
of the Mcfarland Junior High School
Parent Teacher Association. which is
sponsoring the annual card party for
the benefit of the association at the
school on February l3 at pm. There
will be door prizes. table prizes and
refreshments. Other members of the
committee are Mrs. William j. Nor
row, Mrs. Charles J. Weeks. Mrs.
James D. Bligh. Mrs. George c..
Scheuch. Mrs. Claude w. Owen. Mrs.
Nick Bobys. Mrs. Alfred j. Steinberg
and Mrs. Charles E Hallaron.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
MAY CLOSE ESCAPE
Pact Contemplates Bar to Grim
inals at Mexican Border.

Ell PASO, Tex. February (P.-
Criminals no longer will find refuge
on the border if resolution adopted
today at the convention of border i'm
migration officers is approved by Mex
leo and the United States.
The Mexican delegation recon-
mended that each country refuse pass
ports to known criminals. and that
such criminals be detained for the
country seeking them.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Oyster Beds Planted.

Oyster beds have been planted at
Weathers Cove. Alaska. in an effort to
inaugurate the industry in the North
ern Territory
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-27
BENNY YAMAGAMI

Funeral services were held Mon
day morning at the st. Joseph's
Catholic church for Benny Yama-
gami, IL, son and only child Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry ,Yamagami, who
passed away following long i'll
ness with tuberculosis. For many
months he was a patient at the
Personette nursing home, later be-
ing moved to his own home, where
q room had been built special for
him, and he received all the low
ing care fond parents, doctors and
nurses could give him. For a time
he was thought to be improving,
but for weeks the end had been
near. He was born February IL,
1922, and attended the Kennewick
schools until illness prevented.
Father Chas. MacAleer was in
charge of the services. Burial was
made in the River View Heights
cemetery.