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Retail Prices Drop.

Soviet Russia claims that retail
prices have dropped 40 per cent since
the start OF the second 5-year plan.
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Armory at Sixth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. or call National
1000. ask for precinct five, and ask that
squad car be sent to your home fol
anything you wish to donate.
John ]. Payette, general zone man.
ager, Warner Bros. Theaters, an
nounces the programs for the toy mat
inees, all films having been contributed
by their local distributors.
John J. Payette, general zone man.
ager, Warner Bros. Theaters. an
nounces the programs for the toy
matinees, all films having been con-
tributed by their local distributors.
Earle-Gene Autry in Boots and
Saddle" Republic picture.
Metropolitan-Laurel and Hardy in
M-G-Ms Way Out West"
Tivoli-Errol Flynn and the Mauch
twins in Warner Bros Prince and
the Pauper."
Ambassador-Joe E. Brown in R
KOS "When's Your Birthday?"
Savoy-William Boyd in a Para
mount picture, Trail Dust"
Avalon - Spanky Mcfarland in
M-G-M's General Spanky."
Uptown--Laurel and Hardy in
M-G-M's Way Out West"
Calvert-Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros Polo joe
Sheridan-Jane Withers in the
Twentieth Century-Fox production,
Angels Holiday"
Colony-Spanky Mcfarland in M
GINS General Sparky."
York-Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros Polo Joe"
Penn-Jesn Arthur and Gary Co.,
per in Paramount picture, THE
Plainsman."
Applicability Mauch in Warner
Bros "Penrod and Sam"
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SEDER KIDNAPPING
TRIAL OPENS SOON
First of Trio Accused in
Fatal Abduction Faces
Jury Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Dec. "A
tenant charged with kidnapping his
landlord to settle differences over q
bouncing" check prepared himself
tonight for appearance In court Mon
day to defend his life.
The trial Of Arnett A. Booth, 46, for
the abduction Of DR.. James I. Seder,
79-year-old prohibition leader, was
set to open with prosecution demand
for the death penalty.
The ace witness for the State, DR..
Seder. was missing. He died of ex-
posure four days after being freed
from an abandoned mine in which he
was held captive.
Booth was one of three men ac-
cused Of the crime, but he will 20 on
trial alone. His two alleged COM
panions, John Travis, rs, and Orville
Adkins, "a. obtained separate trials.
Held in Mine 10 Days, Is Charge.
The State contends Booth, Travis
and Adkins kidnapped DR.. Seder on
November l and held him in the mine
for 10 days in vain attempt to &c.
$50,000 ransom.
The three defendants, all Of whom
have prison records, were arrested
within "a hours after the retired min
lister and former Anti-Saloon League
superintendent was found laboring
weak and exhausted, across a Wayne
County hillside rs miles from his
east end apartment.
Alleged Kidnap Method.
Federal Agent r. e. Vetterli said
the accused trio. in signed confessions.
related that Booth, a tenant of DR..
Seder, enticed the doctor from his
home with the promise of payment of
money due on a bad check.
D. B. Daugherty, attorney for Travis
and Adkins. claims DR.. Seder was
freed through the efforts of the moth
ers of his two clients.
Travis. 1t was disclosed, had been
married between the time OF the kid
naping and the day of DR.. Seders
return. His wife. Verna. 10, said she
wanted to sit with her husband at
his trial because Il love him."
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Toy Campaign
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Of the campaign. His chief aides in
planning the Commerce Department
campaign are John Garland, E. w.
Libbey, chief clerk; Fred Fagg, direc-
tor of air commerce; William L.
Austin, director of the census; Alex
ander v. Dye, director of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce;
Lyman ]. Briggs, director of the Ma
tional Bureau of Standards; Frank T.
Bell, commissioner of fisheries; r..
S. Patton, director of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey; Joseph B. Weaver,
director of the Bureau of Marine In
spection and Navigation. and Conway
P. Coe, commissioner of patents.
The chief aim of the Government
division is to inform the $4,000 Fed
eral employees of the opportunity for
them to play the part of Santa Claus.
More than 10000 children are de-
pendent on charity for their day-to-
day existence, and many more face a
toyless December rs.
Fourth Broadcast Tomorrow,
Mr.. Burke already is organizing to
include both the House and Senate,
plans drives in all departments and
agencies similar to the one under
way in the Department of Commerce.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
the fourth broadcast in the Christ
mas campaign series will bring a pro-
gram tomorrow night from the Po-
lice Boys Club at the fifth police
precinct station.
The program, which will begin at
and continue IS minutes, is to include
talks by Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
superintendent of police; Mr.. Burke,
and Capt. Joseph c. Morgan of the
fifth precinct. The Police Boys Club
Harmonica Band, under the direc-
ton of Leon Brusiloff, will play
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" +"
Jingle Bells" and Holy Night"
Vincent Lopez and his orchestra,
now playing at the Earle Theater will
be on the air for half an hour Tuesday
night on behalf of the Christmas Cam
paign. He will play over Station
WMAL from 1890 to II pm.
Boy Needs Wheel Chair.
A request for a wheel chair has
come in. Do you have one not in use?
The police report family with q boy
who was injured recently. He must
stay in bed long time unless a wheel
chair, which his parents cannot pos
sibly afford, is donated. If you have
one to give you may call Mrs. Ada
Minnix at Republic 08S3 or 08s4.
Your part in seeing that no child in
Washington is forgotten this Christ
mas, and that no family Is without a
Christmas dinner, can be managed In
the following ways:
l. Attend toy matinee Saturday
morning, December 18, at any Warner
Bros. Theater A new toy or new arti-
Gle OF clothing is the only admission
cost.
2. Leave a new toy, new article
OF clothing or non-perishable food
Canned food is excellenD at Federal
building collection centers, at any Peo-
pies Drug Store collection box or at
any night club toy party. Donations
made at all Of these places 20 to The
Star-Warner Bros. N. B. c. Christmas
Campaign.
3. Deliver food, clothing or TOYS to
any police station, the National Guard
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P.W. A. POWER CASE
TO BE REARGUED
Right to Finance Municipal
Plants to Be Debated Second
Time by Supreme Court.

BY tne ASSOclateQ freSS.
The right of the Public Works Ad-
ministration to finance municipal
power plants will be argued for a
second time before the Supreme Court
tomorrow.
Scheduled for hearing are the
appeals Of the Duke Power Co., Char
lotte, N. c.. and the Alabama Power
Co. Of Alabama.
The Duke company is seeking to
prevent construction by Greenwood
County, S. c., Of a $4,000, 900 p. w. A.
financed hydroelectric plant at Buz-
yards Roost, S. c.
In case involving similar issues,
the Alabama company opposes use
of P. w. A. funds to finance municipal
power projects in Decatur, Gunters-
vile, Hartselle and Russellville, Ala,
for which the P. w. A. allocated
approximately $522, 900.
The Duke case was before the
Supreme Court a year ago following
an opinion upholding P. w. A. and
the county in the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals.
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Puzzle
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tContlnued From First Page)
plus twice the number of the rector's
daughters. One way of going at it,
presumably, would be to determine all
possible values of times x-minus-1 l
which, subtracted from 109, would
leave a number divisible by 2, one
half OF which would be a reasonable
number Of daughters for a rector to
have. Then again, perhaps all the
girls kissed the rector.
In fact, II they all did kiss the rector
the problem seems to figure out
nationally.
A possible value of x is 10. Then x
times x-minus-l Is 80. Add for
the number Of kisses received by the
rector and it totals 100. That leaves
. difference Of 9. Therefore. 9 out
OF the 10 girls must have been dauah-
ters of the rector.
Some Half Reasoning,
II all the girls didn't kiss the rector
there must have been half a girl in
the company. Very likely, of course,
anybody familiar with the first
principles of mathematics will find
this attempted solution idiotic.
But supposing the same problem is
applied to mixed company-not at
church party-as it naturally can be.
Then two kisses are merged into
one kiss and there is room for in
Unite argument, susceptible to the
aforementioned laborious and self sac
rif1cing experimental procedures, as
to the smallest possible number of
kisses by which everybody can kiss
everybody else. It would seem to be
an arithmetical progression, or some
thing of the sort-that is, three people
could kiss all around with two kisses
four people with five kisses, etc.
But supposing the party is COM
posed Of some such mixture as a man
and three girls. The man could kiss
each Of the girls and each OF the
girls could kiss the man with a total
OF only three kisses but-at least SO
It seems to the dull lay mind-it
would require total of six kisses
for each of the girls to exchange
kisses.
And That's Not All.
As can easily be seen the varia-
tions are infinite and the mathematics
OF kissing gets as complicated as the
mathematics of EinStein.
And that's not the only thing abou,
kissing that leads to complications
and every complication adds to the
mathematical abstrusity Of the prob
lem until 1t gets altogether beyond
the most ingenious and powerful
arithmetical. algebraic and geometri-
cal methods.
But the geometry and trigonometry
OF kissing are something else again
and likely to be badly complicated
by the presence of rectors, husbands
chaperons, etc. All told, 1t looks a.
II new mathematics was in the
ofnng, requiring lot Of conscientiou,
or demonstrations - experimental
verification
Evening star., 1937-12-05
LINKS ROOSEVELT
DVARGAS IDEAS
Senator Burke Quotes Pres.
ident's Speech on Visit
to South America.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Senator
Burke Democrat, OF Nebraska), to
mig htsought to link President Roose-
velt in philosophical kinship with
President Vargas Of Brazil, who re-
Gently promulgated cooperative state
form of government for that country.
In an address prepared for a dinner
Of the American Defense Society held
in honor of Senators who opposed Mr..
Roosevelt's Supreme Court reorgani-
zation proposal, Burke asserted the
President was reported" to have given
Vargas part of the credit for originat-
ing the New Deal.
1T is startling thought" the Sen
ator said, that the American form of
government should need defense
need 1t probably more than at any
other period since it came into being"
Cites Roosevelt Speech.
I'm the last few years a devastating
change has taken place in many coun-
tries. call your attention to one ex-
ample only, the most recent one and
In some respects most closely con-
nected with our own affairs.
Il refer to the South American re-
public-if it may still be called by that
name-Brazil. A year ago when our
Chief Executive (Mr. Roosevelt) Wis
tied that country he is reported to
have said:
1T was two people who invented the
Ned Deal-the President of Brazil and
the President Of the United States.'"
Turning to Brazil's recent departure
from the traditional democratic forms.
Burke quoted the Brazilian minister of
justice as having made this statement:
There Is worldwide movement
to withdraw from parliaments the
power of initiating legislation and
have parliaments delegate their func-
tlons to the executive"
With such a spirit prevailing" said
Burke, we need hardly argue the
necessity OF organizing for the defense
OF the Constitution and the American
form OF Government"
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RETIRED ENGINEER
DIESAT RESIDENCE
Thomas F. Collins Piloted Capitol
Limited for Eight
Years.

Thomas Francis Collins, IS, retired
locomotive engineer Of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad. who for eight years
was engineer on the Capitol Limited,
died yesterday at his home, 324 H
street NE, after q long illness.
Mr.. Collins was employed by the
railroad for ~ years. He had been
inactive, except for short time, since
being injured in 1888, when his head
was struck by an iron bar from q
signal tower as he leaned out the cab
while plotting the Capitol Limited
from Washington. Although stunned
by the blow, Mr.. Collins brought his
train to stop and was rushed to
Emergency Hospital. He was retired
recently.
A native Of this city, Mr.. Collins
was the son OF the late Thomas Col
Inns and the late Mrs. Mary Collins.
He was q member of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers and the Holy
Name Society of st. Aloysius Catholic
Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Connors Collins; q son, DR..
Thomas Francis Collins, jr.; a sister,
Mrs. Katherine Beuchert, and a grand
daughter.
Funeral services will be held at 8
am. Tuesday in st. AIoysius Catholic
Church. Burial will be in Mount
Onvet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

North China Winters Severe.
North China experiences the cold
est winters In the world for its lati-
tude.
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HYDE DENIES HOOVER
STARTED SCARCITY IDEA
Borah in Error Says Former Sec
Tetary of Agriculture-Ex-
plains ex-Chief's Stand,

plains ex-Chief's Stand.
b the Associated Press.
TRENTON, Mo-, Dec. 4.-Arthur M
Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture in the
Hoover administration, today denied
Senator Borah's assertion that the
policy of scarcity as q cure for eco
nomic ills was originated by President
Hoover.
THE country will welcome the op-
position of Senator Borah to the COM
pulsory crop control bill," Hyde said
IN statement.
But the Senator is wholly inaccu-
rate when he says Herbert Hoover
originated the idea of scarcity as a
cure for economic ills MIR. Hoover
did no such thing.
"On the contrary, Mr.. Hoover has
been in the Record for more than
30 years as an opponent of the theory
OF scarcity -"
What the Hoover administration
advocated was production voluntarily
balanced to the effective demand-and
demand included export demand plus
reasonable carryover."
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CELL MUSIC HAILED

Director con Outside" AZ Trio
Practices.
LOGAN, w. Va. P1.-Three string
strumming musicians in the county
jail play from inside their cell block
while the director stands outside, but
they boast it won't be long before
they Will charm more than Just the
inmates.
Charley johnson, San Edridge and
Charley Cline twang the strings of
their instruments while Moss Steele
Beats the baton on the bars.
And Jailer c. w. Bias is just as
proud as they are. He says:
The old grand opera hasn't got q
thing on my boys"
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Home-Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros polo Joe"
Each picture is supplemented with
comedies, Mickey Mouse. Popeye, Silly
Symphony, Merry Melody or Color
Rhapsody cartoons, in many cases
three to a program.
At the Earle and Metropolitan the
shows start at 9 am. and at all others
10 am.
Evening star., 1937-05-23

excluded by law, they could not even
attempt to keep an eye on the long
stretches Of border between these
points. It was too much like a string
of locked doors. with no walls what
ever between them. Smuggling of
aliens consequently became a highly
lucrative, as we'll as relatively simple
business.
In 1911 handful Of mounted
watchmen," as they were called, were
stationed on the Mexican border,
equipped to stop the influx Of aliens
along a 2,OOO-mile front. But men
at border ports alone were not enough
to stay the flow Of coolies that had
been augmented by Mexicans fleeing
from revolutionary chaos in their
own country. It was not until 1924
that the urgent necessity for a more
adequate force brought action from
Congress and the appropriation act
Of that year provided that at least
81 1,0O0,O shall be expended for ad-
ditional land border patrol, Of which
100000 shall be Immediately avail
able" Thus was inaugurated the
border patrol Of the Immigration
Service. There has been steady de-
velopment in its efficiency, training,
appearance and equipment. The ideal
patrolman combines the attributes of
the expert woodsman or plainsman,
the veteran soldier, the accomplished
diplomat and the astute Secret Serv-
ice operator. It is not easy to find
such men, and appointees, in addition
to the usual civil service tests, are
put through rigorous six-month
probationary period. Those assigned
to the Mexican border are required
to gain . working knowledge Of
epsnish. Approximately Is per cent
Evening star., 1937-05-23

was stormy one in Washington, when
the sentiment on the slavery question
was about equally divided. Indeed in
1648, an angry mob laid siege to the
Office for three days and finally sepa-
rated under the influence of an elo-
quent harangue by the editor. Dr..
Bailey, who died while on a voyage
to Europe for his health.
But to those who recall their child
hood days. and few do not, perhaps
the most important place near the
Intelligence Office was the toy shop
of Christian Rupert at 403 Seventh
street, where our thoughtful and kind
ly disposed parents annually inter-
ceded in our behalf with Kriss Kringle
as We used to call this neurological
old gentleman to supply us with our
Christmas presents. But then, this
was during the horse and buggy days,
which some would have US now for
get.
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warfare Is engaged in along these
frontiers between the border patrol
and alien invaders, and there are
many dispassionate accounts in Gov
eminent records Of bloody engage
ments.
Since the establishment of the pa
troll, little more than a decade ago,
l8 members Of the organization have
been killed in line of duty and many
more than this number OF fatalities
have resulted at the hands of forces
of outlawry. 1t has been borne out
by the facts that in esprit de corps,
discipline and effectiveness the I'M
migration Border Patrol does not suf-
fer by comparison with the famed
Royal Northwest Mounted Police or
the best Of the State constabularies.
Many years before the border patrol
took over its duties there was def
mite need for protection from incom-
ing hordes Of aliens. The first wave
Of invasion was from the Orient, pre-
cipitated by the demand for cheap
labor in the development Of the Far
West. Immediately upon passage of
legislation excluding Chinese, there
was inaugurated a wholesale system
for smuggling aliens. and with thou
sands of miles of unprotected border
the country was practically powerless
to stop the steady inflow of Chinese
coolies. The stock answer of all such
aliens, when caught, was me born
Hi Fow"-Hi Fow representing San
Francisco. There was an effective
Chinese boycott Of American-made
goods whenever the roundup and
quizzings became rigorous.
WHILE regularly established I'M
w. migration forces effectively
edooed al A91 ports a entry to Aliens
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Of the present members Of the or
ganization saw service during the
World War and many were commits
stoned officers.
The authorized strength OF the
border patrol is 1000 officers and men.
Approximately 300 passenger auto
mobiles and Is trucks are kept IN
operation and in mountainous and
desert regions, where motor transpor-
tation is impracticable. horses and
pack animals are used. The force
is about equally divided between
Canadian and Mexican borders, with
the exception of more complete cover
age Of the Florida East Coast, grow
ing out Of the increasing popularity
Of Cuba as base for smuggling
aliens.
T IKE any lucrative field, the snug
Cling Of aliens has attracted many
promoters, many Of unusual cunning
and daring In the course Of time,
every known means of conveyance has
been used to get smuggled individuals
over the border, from covered wagons,
rowboats and freight cars to air.
planes. As early as 1927, at least Is
planes were being operated by snug
glers Of aliens in the Los Angeles dis
trict alone. The science of tracking
has been revived since the days of the
Indian fighters by the men who keep
Illegally entering aliens out Of this
country. Broken reeds on river bank
may indicate to these alert patrolmen
the landing of a smuggler's boat. Au-
tomobile tracks on lonely trail may
lead to capture Of further quarry.
As Deputy Commissioner / F. Wixon
has stated It:
"The exclusion Of criminal aliens Is
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occupied by Col. Seaton, with extern
sive additions, Ed Abner was conduct
ing his famous Summer garden. The
Seaton property had a frontage of so
feet, and extended back 100 feet. The
house was 40 feet square. and, appar-
emily, Mayor Seaton was not a tee
totler, for, according to the late Henry
E. Davis, who spent his early life in
the neighborhood, the ground floor
contained in the front, partly above
and partly below the street level, three
wine cellars, two of them with and one
without bottle racks on the walls, and
each was without flooring except for
the natural earth. At the back on the
west and south, Jewel with the lot at
that point, was the kitchen, fully 20
feet square, and adjoining it on the
east was room Of the same size used
as q storeroom for fuel, etc. In the
kitchen on the west was large range
set into the wall In recess, from the
top of which. over the range, hung an
old-fashioned roasting spit.
The entrance to the house was up
flight OF granite steps with wrought
iron railings. and through a doorway,
semi-circular at the top, and with
panes OF glass on each side. Entering
through the door one came into
high, capacious hall having a groined
ceiling, with the door to the living
room on the left. that leading to the
passageWay and storeroom on the
right, the one leading into the drawing
room at the rear, to the right of this
the doorway leading into the dining
room. and to the left blind door to
preserve symmetry"
MANY of Washington's old business
houses and firms were once in
this neighborhood, including W. 3.
Moses, who sold furniture many years
ago at the northeast corner Of Market
Space and Seventh street, and a few
doors above. at No 3l6, Saks & Co.
got their start in the clothing business.
the firm, in 1880, being made up of
Andrew Saks and Isadore Saks. |
Where is now the Lincoln National
Bank, once was located the Patriotic
Bank, in the building erected by the
latter in 1924
Across the street. at the northeast
corner Of Indiana avenue and Seventh
street, is the Firemen's Insurance Co. |
of Washington and Georgetown, which |
is just 100 years old. and has spent
nearly all of this time within a few
feet of its present location. The Bank
Of Washington, nearby. is also a very
old institution. and many will recall
Wash. B. Williams furniture store at
3l7 Seventh street In the block to
the north. at No AIS. was the trunk
and harness factory of James S. Top
ham, and few doors away, at 4l9,
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Continued on Sixth Page.)
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stood the original building Of Odd
Fellows Hall, one of the outstanding
amusement places and halls within the
recollection of the old Washingtonian.
Nearly all of the early patriotic.
charitable and civic events we're held
here. and just 80 years ago. ball was
given for the relief Of the sufferers
by the famine in Ireland, which
yielded handsome return. The
building that preceded the present one
was dedicated, May 25. 1916.
A site of considerable importance in
this block was at No. 427 near Odd
Fellows HalD, for here was published
the National Era, in which first
appeared. in 1851. Harriet Beecher
Stoves Uncle Toms Cabin" which
had about as much influence in bring
ing on the Civil War as any one thing.
John Greenleaf Whittier contributed
articles to this paper, which was
edited by Gamaliel Bailey, whose life
Evening star., 1937-05-23

ing and drinking place called Johns
Restaurant, especially noted for its de-
licious fried oysters-and other things.
unfortunately, at times, it occasionally
happened that some Of the white-rib-
boned brethren forgot their VOWS, and
stopped in at the restaurant below on
the way home, and then it was a case
of reobligating them at the next meet
ing. But fine work was done by
these bodies, and it does seem as
though they might be revived today to
very good purpose. At this time the
temptation was great-maybe greater
than 1t is noW-and in addition to
Johns Restaurant, Tip" Hoy had a
grogshop at the northeast corner Of
Eighth and D streets, and John B.
Peters served liquid refreshments at
709 D street.
ON THE north side of the square. at
T08-l2 e street in the house once