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STAR, WASI—IINGTON D. ¢, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 1929. GUNMEN'S RELEASE ILLINGIS PROBLEM THE EVENING SETTLERS CUT OFF BY RAGING FIRES CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. ‘Washington Aerie, -Fraternal Order of Eagles, will meet tonight at Pythian ‘Temple. Old-time smoker. Business and Professional Women's Club meets tonight, 8 o'clock, at the A. A. U. W. headquarters, 1634 I street. Miss Mary Stewart will be the speaker. Operator Whose S O S Brought Four Ships Arrested By the Assoclated Press. VALETTA, Malta, November 25.—The wireless operator on * SPECIAL SESSION WORK OVERLOOKED Reapportionment to Have Far-Reaching Effects in Future Congresses. BY MARK SULLIVAN. As this special sessfon of Congress spends a week of recess, the principal comment about it, both outside the Sen- ate and within, deals with criticisms and resentments of criticism. This is char- acteristic. The day-to-day record of every Congress emphasizes merely its superficial aspects. ‘What history will say about the spe- clal session of the seventy-first Con- gress is first, that it passed a reappor- tionment bill, which must have a far- and Fifteenth Business women invited. Midcity Citizens’ Association will hold entary card party for its members tonight, 8:30 o'clock, at the ‘Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets. Max T. Pimes, chairman. Curley Club meeting is scheduled to- night at the Gordon Hotel, 8 o'clock. All members urged to be present. Rimsky-Korsakoff and Mrs, Joseph Goldberger will conduct “La Causerio du Lundi” at the meeting of their group to be held tonight at the Montello, 1901 Columbia road. ‘The farce, “A Pair of Sixes,” will be given tonight and tomorrow night by the Mackin Club of Washingto auditorium of Church, V street between Fourteenth streets. Proceeds for a compl Mme, St. Paul's reaching effect on our future politics. | benefit of church. ‘Th» passage of the reapportionment | took place in the early part of the ses- sion, and today, current comment on| the session as a whole says literally | nothing about it. Yet the reapportion- ment was more important than the tariff. The reapportionment will de- termine future tariffs. ‘The new apportionment will, speak- ing roughly, take about 23 members of the House away from districts prevail- l:”w rural, and add them to city dis- ts. This change is dictated by the shift in population from country to city that has gone on since the last re- apportionment 20 years ago. It will have, automatically, a powerful effect upon the relative x]mwer of the two sec« tions, rural agriculture and city indus- try, which are right now dramatically White Eagle Council, No. 4, s giving a card party at 2315 Twentieth street tonight at 8:30 o'clock. FUTURE. Loyal Knights of the Round' Table will_meet at the University Club to- morrow for luncheon, 12:30 o’clock. A symposium on “The 1929 Scientific Explorations _in the meeting of the laska” Civitan Club will hold its usual lunch- opposed to each other in the tariff con- | €on meeling tomorrow, 12:30 o'clock, at troversy. It will have an effect on pro- | t! hibition. taking 23 members away from Tural districts that favor it, and add- ing them to city djstricts which oppose it. It will have & similar effect on residential nominating conventions. | 1 e new apportionment will flow on hay profound consequences long after today's excitement is forgotten. he La Fayette Hotel. Henry T. Blow School Parent-Teacher Association will hold its first luncheon of the year Tuesday, November 26, at 2:30 o'clock at the school, Nineteenth and Benning road. Ad Club will meet tomorrow after- 4 noon, 12:15, at the National Press Club Step in Immigration Policy. 1 or luncheon. Merle Thorpe, editar of Next in basic quality to the Te-|the Nation’s Business, will speak. apportionment was: the fundamental in our immigration policy, the putting_into effect of the national origins basis for quotas, thus modifying the very make-up of the Nation. As to the passage of these two great meas- ures, reapportionment, and national ori- gins, there was and is no particular criticism about the way Congress man- aged. History will also emphasize the fact that this session passed a farm reliec law. This law is accepted practically universally as a most carefully planned measure creating an institution, the Farm Board, in which there is the highest confidence, and from which there is general hope of success. The Farm Board, with half a billion dollars | ¢omotrow night. held at the University night. ” Dinner at 8" o'clock; dancing at 9. address will be broadcast over WMAL and Columbia network. ‘Thanksgiving dinner-dance will be lub * tomorrow Business Women's Council will meet tomorrow evening at the Church of the Covenant. of Hamline M. E. Church, wiil have charge of the devotional period. Miss Rebecca Dial, B. A, will give a talk 'i’nl “Self-Development Through the oice.” Rev. Chesteen Smith, pastor night” for the Ionic Club Dancing and cards *Ladies to loan, is an impressive institution by’ at 5400 Sixteenth street. any standard, and constitutes an inno- vation in our Government. The in- stitution, the law and the Sehate de- liberations that created it, can con- fidently invite comparison with the im- rtant actions of any Scnate in story. That a very narrow majority of B. MacDonald, City Club members will hear Howard international lecturer, Thursday night, 8:15, at the City Club. He will give an illustrated travelogue. Butchers' Local, No. 393, of Washing- tor hold it: 1 ball the Benate belleved In BRA foUghE 107 | Kmiehie o Golembrn oy % the afl, 916 Eight- an acutely controverted feature, the|eenth street, Wednesday evening. debenture plan, will not be, to any reasonable historian, ani other than normal. feature was defeated in conference be- g Rev. Dr. George Fiske Dudley will de-| ‘That this controvertéd | liver an address at a luncheon of the Lions Club in the Hotel Mayflower yfl tween Senate and House is_testimony | Wednesday afternoon, 12:30 o'clock. Vo- to the orderly functioning of Congress | cal solos are to be rendered by Mrs, as a mechanism for democratic gov-|Deborah Lawson, accompanied by Mrs. ernment. Cause of Acrimony. In addition to the completed legisla- tion already mentioned the session dealt incompletely with the tariff.. It is about lmmscmw's “gg&m)&? tariff fi':: acrimony now AS K Senate, history will woh‘bf’; say merely | T, that & majority of the total membership made a successful figh$ agninst a given bill. As an incident of the fight, this majority opposition Built up a public opinion which as & whole is favorable to it and opposed to the bill. In the process Senator Borah achieved a domi- | Arthur G. Grace Stanley Stevens. A TWO D. C. PHYSICIANS CONVENTION SPEAKERS | % nternational . X-Ray . Stardardiza- tion Problém to Be Topie. Two Washington physicians, Dr. nance of personality and of argumenta-| g Taylor, are expacted to address the tive and political talent such as RistOIy | greenth annual convention of * the only likes to praise. Tt is true that. part of Borah's method | Radiological Society of North America, eonsisted of leading & faction away|meeting in Toronto December 5. from his party. Judgment about that is something within the field of what- ever conviction individuals may have about the sanctity of party solidarity in the responsible role that parties are to have under our system of government. when the froth of momentary peev- ishness within and without the Senate | I is blown away history will at least say that the coalition led by Borah fulfilled the useful function that an opposition party is supposed to have. At this ‘point, however, comes a break. From this point onward the co- slition and the Senate may or may not have to endure reasoned criticism, de- upon how the event turns out. 1 the original tariff bill was one thing, and a majority of the Senate @i it, according to the normal and wholesome role of an opposition’ party. Substitute Tariff Different. To write a substitute tariff, however, is quite a different matter. That calls for the role, not of opposition party, but responsible party. It calls for a different attitude of mind and a dif- ferent temperament on the part of leaders. It calls for constructive minds and constructive methods. This func- tion calls for exact, minute informa- tion in an immense and intricate field. That the coalition was a little doubt- ful about its own capacity to write con- structively an alternative tariff bill was occasionally made clear by members of the coalition themselves, The verdict on this latter part of the Senate's record cannot be known until it is seen just ‘what kind of bill they will present when their work is concluded. What can be sald so far is that the fundamental work of this Senate to date does not eall for any invidious comparison with the Senate of past Congresses. For the ephemeral disapproval now raging prec- edent can be found at the close of prac- tically every session of Congress in his- tory. It must be admitted that much of the present criticism either ema- nates from within the Senate itself or is caused by incidents in the Senate, which, though glaring, are immaterial. That the human beings who compose this Senate have been in many cases overworked, tired, and therefore not at their best, is a fact and & judgment held by most of the Senators them- selves and frequently put in words by many of them. CENTRAL UNION MISSION APPEALS FOR CLOTHING Supply of Wearing Apparel for Needy Men Here Has Be- come Exhausted. The Central Union Mission has Issued an appeal for second-hand clothing to be given to the unemployed and needy men of the city who seek shelter from the Winter in the mission building. ‘The sul of clothing which the Lt had on hand has become exhausted. All who wish to make donations in the way of any discarded clothing will either send it to the mission at 613 C street or telephone National 4349 and | the articles will be collected. Cyclone Hits Argentina. By Caple to The Star. SAN PEDRO, Santiago del Estoro Province, Argentina, November 25.— Many houses were blown oveé :nd some damage to crops was caused by a cy- clone’ which struck Southern Tucuman and N Santiago del Estoro Prov- cyclone inces Saturday. The was ace compgnied by hail . PN A committee which Dr. Christie heads will report to the convention the result of its study of several years on the cost of medical care. Dr. Taylor of the Bureau of Standards will deliver an address before the some 800 scientists | funds donated by the and physicians on “The Problem of |heim Fund for the Advancement of nternational X-ray Standardization n_at the Catholic will feature ‘ashington Academy of Sciences tomorrow night, 8:15, at the Cosmos Club. Argyle Study Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank Burger, 1318 Dela- fleld place, 1 o'clock nocn. tomorrow after- Christie and Dr. Digurjston | air, Blaze of Incendiary Origin Perils Residents of Towns in Oregon Hills. By the Associated Press. GRANTS PASS, Oreg., November 25. —A mountain trail through forests threatened by fire today was the sole avenue of escape for ranchers and resi~ dents of small towns between Gold Hill and Palmer Butte, Oreg., where a forest blaze of incendiary origin resisted hun- dreds of fighters and seared its way toward the coast line. United Ststes Forest Service officials here expressed apprehension over the position of families in the narrow yal- ley leading into Gold Hill, and broad- cast a general alarm as meager news of the spread of the fires reached them. Hundreds of men were fighting the Gold Hill and Jack Creek fires and scores of others were pushing through short cuts in' the wilderness to aug- ment forces. Incendiarists Sought. Ranchers, under the direction of James H. Billingsles, superintendent of the Siskiyou National Forest, were searching for unidentified persons be- lieved guilty of starting the blaze. The last line of communication was destroyed between Grante Pass and Brookings, .a village of 200 persons, which was swept by the advancing Rouge River Valley fire last night, and forest officials dispatched runners to re- turn with information. the British steamer Baron El- cho, who started four destroyers to his aid when he sent 8 O 8 calls last Thursday was being made destroyer Witch. ‘The master of the Baron Elcho said the operator still maintained everybody was trying to poison him. He was found Saturday night hiding in a ventilator. The Witch, with the three other destroyers that answered ;;ln"g O 8 calls, headed back to HOMESTEAD LAW REPEAL IS URGED Annulment of Water Power Act Also Is Suggested by Hoover Aide. By the Associated Press. Repeal of the Federal water power act and‘of the homestead law was sug- gested today by Chairman Garfield of President Hoover's Public Lands Com- mission in a statement. The question was raised as to the field the commission should enter in its con- sideration of a possible turning over of Fanned by Brisk Wind. K Fanned by a brisk wind which shifted during the night, the California- Oregon boundary line blaze, which has stubborn resistance since gnn ters edn was reported to have changed course toward Crescent Although _ virgin forests of the district probably were saved by the shifting wind, the flames threatened several homes. Humidity was reported rising, but a strong wind developed. SEARCH FOR EIELSON IS CLOTHED IN SILENCE Four Dog Teams Scout Shore Line as Plane Awaits Turn in Weather. By the Associated Press. } SEATTLE, November 25.—Shrouded in the silence of the Arctic northland, the search went forward yesterday for Pilot Carl Ben Eielon and his me- chanic, Earl Dorgland, who disappeared early in November after they took off from Eller, Alaska, in an attempt to reach the fur trading ship Nanuk, ice bound near North Cape, Siberia. Four dog team parties were sent out from the Nanuk to scout the shore line in the vicinity of North Cape for the missing flyers, but none of them has re- ported as yet. A native dog team driver, who arrived at North Cape Saturday after a trip of 150 miles from Kolitchin Bay, travers- much “of the country where the missing plane might possibly have come down, reported that he had seen noth- ing of the craft. Meanwhile, Pilot Frank Darbandt, who, with Eielson, was engaged in re- moving passengers and furs from the Nanuk, was reported at Nome as ready to take off when the weather cleared to conduct a search for Eielson from the Chile to Buy Two U. S. Planes. public domain to the 11 Western States lYithln which most of the public land es. Garfleld sald President Hoover had asked a complete report on public lands, and added, in_ his opinion, & recom- mendstion on the homestead and water the commission’s province. ‘The water power act, he said, is net at present in a' satisfactory state ‘of operation, its appropriation having been insufficient for the proper carrying on of its work in disposing of power sites. He asserted homestead and timber laws appeared to have outlived their usefulness, and that the homestead law, especially in its soldiers’ preference phase, had worked actual hardship, “Nothing is worse than to give land preference to a man who is not a natural farmer,” he declared, Other commission members also criticlzed the homestead law, saying the homestead in the States concerned is not an economic unit and has offered false promises to settlers. BANDIT’S NOTE TO GIRL LEADS TO GUN BATTLE Sherifi’'s Posse Keeps ‘‘Date” and Hold-up Gang Is Ambushed. One Outlaw Wounded. By the Associated Press. MUNCIE, Ind, November note making a “date” with & 15-year- old girl led to a police ambush of a Muncie hold-up gang and the fatal wounding of one of the bandits in a gun battle with police Saturday night. The girl's mother found the note and appealed to the police. A sheriff’s posse kept the “date,” and when Angus Cox, 21, of Muncie, walked into the rendez. vous in a deserted cross-roads village 6 miles north of Hartford City, Ind., shots were exchanged. Two companiqns carried Cox away in an automobile, dropping him in a dying condition at the door of the Grant County Hospital at_Marion, Ind. ‘The automobile ‘was found early to- day at Danville, 11, bullet-riddled and blood-soaked. Cox’s two companions, who are sought, are Albert Nickerson and Irwin Jones, both Muncie youths. The three, with Robert Warren, re- ported under arrest at Dayton, Ohlo, are charged with a serles of hold-ups and auto thefts in six Indiana cities. By Cable to The Star. SANTIAGO, Chile, November 25— Chilean’ Ambassador Carlos Davila, at Washington, was authorized yesterday by the governnient to purchase two Ford tri-motor planes for the Chilean army. The planes are to be bought by Dariel Guggen- Aeronauties. Chilean Envoy Leaves. By Cable to The Star. GO, Chile, November 325.— ‘The newly appointed Ambassador to Argentina, Jose Francisco Urrejola, left for Buenos Aires yesterday to take over his, new duties. New Law Threatens to Free 647 Convicts in State at One Time. By the Consolidated Press Association, CHICAGO, November 25—What to do with 647 convicted gunmen is an immediate question troubling the con- sclence of Illinois officials. ‘These criminals, robbers and hold-up men, who used guns in théir depreda- tions, are serving sentences under a 10- year to life law, enacted as an emer- gency measure in 1919. In 1927 the Legislature reduced the penalty for the same offense to one of 1 year to life. Gunmen convicted during the 8 years of operation of the 10-year to life law now are clamoring for relief. ‘The State Supreme Court recently ruled that unless a pardon is given the men must serve a minimum of 10 years, 25.—A | beca with no time allowance for good be. havior. With paroles out of the ques- tion under the court interpretation of the statutes, Gov. Louis L. Emerson is confronted with the problem created by the cases. S Police Are Alarmed. To let out 647 criminals all at once —121 of them from Chicago—would create a problem which already has brought expressions of alarm -from police and prosecuting officials, as well as from judges. But to punish the men who happened to be caught be- tween 1919 and 1927 more severely than the ones caught after that date does them some injustice. The men are reported to be displaying an ugly mood because of the apparent discrime- ination, Local officials say that past perform- ances indicates that a large proportion 'of the men freed after one conviction for robbery with a gun are soon back At their trade. To turn them out wholesale at this time of year would be particularly. dangerous. In view of this Gov. Emmerson is expected to de- cide upon some plan that will permit consideration of each case on its merits, “It is an appalling situation,” Judge Michael L. McKinley of the local Su- perior Court, declares. “While justice must be done, these men who are serv- ing penalties under a severer law than usual for robbery with a gun, yet the claims of society are uppermost, and soclety must have first consideration. Would Probe: Cases. “I would like to see:the parole board take up the cases one by one, consider their. records, the promise -of employ- ment for them and gradually release them as they individually merit free- dom. To hold them all tely for the full 10 years is to make them suffer the more, and in a sensé reward the later convicts who got one year to life and can be paroled at 11 months,” Governor Emmerson now is struggling with the problem 6f dealing with these hundreds of gunmen. If he lets them out and a crime wave develops, the re- action might be severe politically. To hold them raises a bad prison problem use of the attitude of the criminals. (Copyright. 1920.) s . MEXICO COUNTING VOTES. Revolutionaries Claim 1,700,000 Plurality at Recent Elettion. MEXICO. CITY, November 25 (#).— ‘The Chamber of Deputies committee on computation of elecfion returns prob- ably will meet today to begin fina) tab- ulation of votes in the pmesidenti election November 17, -which the Ni tional Revolutionary party declares swept its candidate, ~Pascual Ortiz Rublo, into office by & plurality of over 1,700,000. Once the committee has completed its work, a joint session of Congress will be called to officially announce the winner and declare him President-elect of Mexico. It is hoped to have this meeting November 30. o e Mrs. Graichen Dead. WINCHESTER, Va., November 25 (Special).—Mrs. Laura Forney Grai- chen, 74, widow of former Mayor Wil- lam C. Graichen, died at her home here yester fter a paralytic stroke. HERE'S a great variety of Winter luncheon salads to help you keep your weight down. They’ll do it, too, if you use only Gold Medal Cooked Salad Dressing —the non-fattening dressing that makes dieting a pleasure. (Incidentally, it bas a new flavor—sweet, tart ) and spicy that the men folks will like, too). 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