Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1930, Page 16

REVEALED BY WORK 4 INANCIENT CITY !arneme Excavations in Uaxactun Push Back Rec- ords 1,000 Years. ARCHEOLOGISTS DISCOVER OLDER SETTLEMENTS {Wnd Pyramidal Structure, Prob- ably Great Altar, Preserved for 2,000 Years. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The record of one of the world’s two great civilizations has been pushed back &t least a thousand years by recent ex- cavations under the principal square of the ancient Maya city of Uaxactun, in aunfunul, it was announced today at the Carnegie Institution of Washing- Uaxactun is the oldest of the Maya cities whose Tuins have been uncovered, dating from approximately the time of mL It uvresenu l(‘cordmg w Dr . Kidder of tl ve-k of the “com clvmufion" ot the New World as distinguished from the “wheat civilization” which arose about { the Mediterranean. It was one of the magnificent, temple-adorned cities of aa “old empire” when Maya culture in the arts and in astronomy reached its height. <. The Carnegie archeologists found this year that Uaxactun itself had been built llpm the site of an older settle- ment and further excavations showed layer after layer where new towns had been built on older towns, in much the same fashion as has been found in the Babylonian cities. Each layer shows a more primitive culture. Houses Built of Wood. The houses of the older towns pre- sumably were built of wood and the materials have dhlmured Founda- tions were found, wever, and the spades of the excavators :’:!m: into the "mmmhupn"o e ancient people -— debris from the temples : Clue to the origin of the Mayas who the time of Uaxactun supremacy abandoned some of the folk-ways of their ancestors. It opens o trail to the “hick towns” of the Maya , says Dr. Klddzru ‘where h;!hkl clung er to the primitive ways. The ulm is that as much time first settlenient the final abandonment from that time to the level “: were found pot- nndn- presumably of the corn god- dess, of & nm similar to that found logists in the rub- BET i 'u practically co- excavators during the years also have completed during the year k uncovering of a very early pyra- midal structure, probably s great altar, which has been preserved for 2,000 e pyFamid checied above and around e aroun: 1. !lhbum,o{m thickly coated with lime stucco. Its truncated top is by four flights of stairs, flanked e masks of heroic propor- 1 which has so far come to light, may be the only butlding of its 'h has escaped the ravages the later Maya city of Chichen in Northern Yucatan, established the abandonment of Uaxactun cocurled suntil shortly before the of the Spaniards, the Carnegie ts this year have completed the excavation and repair of a curious, | tower-like building, the Caracol. It is believed to have served both as a 'tblple { begins only at about time of Chfll! but before then they must have spent many centuries per- their material earts which, through ramification and _diversion, ultimately gave birth to all the higher developments in the New World before the coming of Columbus, including th-se of the Aztecs in Mexico. When the ‘white men came these highly civilized peoples already were falling under the dominance of tribes from Central Mexico and had entered a period of decadence. Advanced by Agriculture. archeologists also turned this to the frontiers of the corn oivili- represented in a ruined pueblo an the La Plata River in Northern New umoo. They have found evidence that this site was inhabited for a long time, which took place important ad- mmmx.he-mmmbuumn;mm- Indians, it is pointed out, lived "l far from fertile country where no it accumulation of wealth was pos- and hence remained democratic it mug way to aristocracies or ed among. the . Thelr record, it is believed, will it & picture of the rise of a people nomadic savagry to a relatively decne of civilization through of the latest nnds of the Cll- archeol logists exhibit at the institation bufldm(l ma will be explained in a lects ‘Dr Kidder this evening. e ¥ "{{HELD AS JOY-RIDERS #wo Boys in Custody—Six Charges Proj i3 Filed Against One. C. Jeffers, 16 years old. 6600 of Sixth street. and William S, , 13 years old, 400 block of Cedar ‘were arrested on joy-riding by Pvt. A. H. Pool of No, 13 after a short chase last night. boys from an automobile in they tried to escape capture, Pool and Jeffers was found hiding in a , while Brock was taken into cus- i of .rhmc h!‘fnrr'ed cases ol Jeflm while one chute was tion PR HUGE AIRLINES SCHEME OUTLINED AT OTTAWA 13.—Prelimi- ber plans to establish lines eon- Otnmm:mtheunlmm:- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO. $414,000 LOANS T0 SMITH C0. CLERKS Emory L. Coblentz of Fred- erick, Md., Says He Did Not Know of Connections. NOTES WERE SECURED BY SECOND MORTGAGES Admits Presence at Pitts’ Home When Attempt to Serve Summons on Valet Was Made. Emory L. Coblentz of the Central Trust Co. of Frederick, Md., told the jury in the F. H. Smith Co. conspiracy trial today that hiy'bank recently held Herbert hhm librarian of the Library of Congress, with the famous|notes aggregating $414,000 of two Gutenberg Bible, the fm by John FIVE ARE ARRESTED IN HOLD-UP CASES Three Men, Two Women Held. One Identified by Four Taxicab Drivers. Police of the eighth precinct station today were holding three men and two ‘women for investigation- following the alleged identification of one of their number yesterday afternoon by the victims of four taxicab hold-ups re- ported early Wednesday. They are booked under the names of Edward E. Barton, 26 years old; his wife, Betty Barton, 26; Frank Lee Bar- ham, 24, Barton’s half brother; Fred T. Jones, 38, and Kathryne Haddleston, 19, all of whom gave their address as 1301 Belmont street. Four cabmen—George B. Israel, Sher- man Wiley, Willlam J. Mitchell and William Lane, are sald by police to have identified Barton as the bandit who robbed them of small sums of money in four of the seven cab rob- beries reported Wednesday. Israel was held up in Arlington County and the O:her three in outlying sections of the city. ‘The complaint of Elmer T. Ross of 310 Buchanan street, and Floyd E. Ryan of 3613 Eleventh street, that '.h!! hld béen held-up and robbed of -personel effects after being invited to the Bel- mont street address by ‘the Barton wm‘nnn‘ ‘l"l’\:rlgu nllhi led to the .: rest of ive people yesterda; Robert L. and Chlrl’u on exhibit at the Library today. Gutenberg, inventor of prin The Bible was printed ting. —Underwood Photo. HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER SOUGHT IN VIRGINIA Witness Pursues Auto Which Struck Woman and Fled Across Bridge. A police search for a hit-and-run driver of a motor truck that struck Mrs. Alice_Grace Bennett, 32 years old, of 401 Washington street, Aurora Hills, Va. in the 2500 block of Pennsylvmll avenue about 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, extended into Virginia today. Mrs. Bennett and her husband visited police at the third precinct station shortly after the accident occurred and made a report of the affair. An un- identified motorist near the scene of the accident pursued the hit-and-run driver but lost him at the north end of Key Bridge. He said the car had a Virginia tag. The injured woman was treated at Emergency Hospital. A bus of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., driven by Rupert C. Quick, 30 years oid, of Park Lane, Va., and an “automobile operated by Jack J. Angel, 26 years old, of 4928 Nln(-h street, collided st Ninth and Allison_streets last night about 8:30 o'clock. The bus was only slightly damaged, while one side of the automobile was practically demolished. stenographers and a clerk employed by the Smith company. This testimony was brought out by Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General, while cross-examining the witness, who was called by the defendants, G. Bryan Pitts, C. Elbert Anadale and John H. Edwards, Jr., for- mer company officers, charged with a conspiracy to embezzle funds and de- stroy records. Coblentz admitted that the notes were secured by second mortgage bonds of an apartment hotel. He 'said the bank did not think this collateral was of much v:lue. and finally isisted that the notes be taken out. Names Trio Obligated. E. G, Felmer, a Smith Co, m rapher, was obligated under one to the .extent of $140,000; Charles M. Wentz, law clerk of the company, for $138,000, and Ellen C. Dowling, ltenol- rapher, for $136,400. Coblentz said these were the names of the persons obligated under the notes, but he de- clared he did not know they were Smith Co. employes. Coblentz nld he believed the Dotes were taken out of the banl wmz syndicate of peo&le negotiating a deal.” He said bank does not hold any Smith Co. paper at this time. The witness also admitted under cross-exaniination that he was at Pitts’ home several months ago when an at- tempt was made to serve a subpoena on Joeeph Howard, Pitts’ valet. id you. see Hawnd in Pitts’ home ing?” Mr. Dodds uked “Tht hard w answe: going upstairs that morning lnd 1’ met a colored man I thought was Howard. ‘When I spoke to him, owever, he didn’t answer, so 1 wasn't sure.” “Did you have any conversation with Pitts at that time relative to obtain- ing service on Joe?” oy Passengers in the bus escaj in; and Angel was only lhockedp“ e by JEROME KEN KENDALL DIES; U. S. SERVICE VETERAN - | Planning Estimator in Government downtown hotel and Miss Haddleston at | hu:!r plwe of employment in a local tepp and Van Doran -Hughes for investigation into the recent series of taxicab hold- ups, was released yesterday when police became satisfled that he had no part in the robberies. THIRTEENTH STREET WIDENING IS ASKED Commissioners Send to Congress Bill Covering Space Between Mon- roe Street and Spring Road. The District Commissioners yester- day sent to Congress a bill for the wid- ening of Thirteenth street from Mon- ;oeoueetwflpnnlrmdlmm(oweo eet. The widening, designed to facilitate | ing traffic on this heavily traveled artery, will be accomplished, should the bill be passed, by setting back the curbs on the east side. The condemnation costs are expected to be in the neighborhood of $50,000 to $75,000, part of which will probably be recouped in “benefit” as- sessments. ‘The Commissioners approved pur- chase of the Tolman Laundry pmpmy at 499 C street for $85,000, as part of the new Municipal Center area. Lieut. G. A. Bassler of the Fire De- partmerit was retired on account of physical disability incurred in line of duty. Policeman Lester G. Pulimer, ‘Traffic Bureau, was order suspended on Printing Office Was Leader in Masonic Activities. Jerome Kendall, 61 y“" old, plan- ning estimator in the planning division of the Government Printing Office, with which he had been identified for many years, died in Naval Hospital yesterday after a long {llness. Mr. Kendall was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and was known widely in this city, where he was par- ticularly active in Masonic circles. Xon. identified with the Government Printing Office, Mr. Kendall helped organize a branch of the office in the glm‘lpplnn shortly after the war with pain. His, Masonic affiliations here included memlfiemnp in Dawson Lodge, No. 18, P A. M.; Columbia Chapter, No. 1, Rfl]ll Arch Muana and Orient Com- mandery, No. 5, Knights Templar. He aiso was a member of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine and Harding Camp, United Spanish War Veterans. He is survived by two sisters, Mr: Allie K. Ordin of Revenswood, W. Vi and Mrs. Mollle Quinn of Charleston, W. Va. His wife is dead. Funeral arrangements are to be an- nounced later. It is thought probable, however, the services will be held Monday. Interment will be in Arling- ton Cemetery. BT N e CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Federation of Citizens’ As- lodl.tlonl board room District Build- p. ueeuni Biological Society of Wash- , Cosmos Club 8 p.m. Meeun Missouri Socfety of Wash- ington, Wuhlnjmn Hotel 8:30 p.m. Card party, Ladies_ Auxmlry‘ Strawn- Turner Post No. 1627, Veterans of For- elgn Wars, S8at Pleasant Community Hall, Seat Pleasant, Md., 8 p.m. Card party, Columbia Lodge No. 174, International Association of Machinists, Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Acacia Mutual Life Associa- tion, Acacia Temple of Service, 101 In- a charge of passing bad checks. Full- mer n‘:l‘le be cit>d to appear before the Police Trial Board on a charge’of con- duct prejudicial to the gnod order, rep- ntation and discipline of the force. A contract for the construction of a etormwater sewer in the vicinity of Everett, street and Nebraska avenue was | awarded to the Warren F. Brenizer Co. for $2, !lb 57. MORNING SERMON TEXT The subject of the sermon to be de- liver i the Church of the Epi) at l.he 11 o'clock service wm!r?o% Wil be o] oo )(ulu! n( ," suggesf lneyfl in the (on!v!h ;:hhlpwr of ti His sermon at evznwnz. at 8’o'clock, will be the second in a series of three son. The subject will be “The Modern Interpretation of Hell” tion of holy communion. o'clock, Epiphany Bllnfll)' school vli‘l meeting of l.he R4 n‘ People’s Society "!Il be held. —_— REV. DR PHILLIPS LISTS ed by Dr. ZeB. Phillips, rector of -auunn the Orownlnl rof the of the prophet g delivered during the advent sea- At 8 o'clock there will be a ulehu- assemble, and at 6:15 p.m. the weekly CAB DRIVER IS BEATEN Eugene Proctor, colored, 516 Twenty- | p: nm -trzet driver of a taxicab for the ic .Bervice Cab Co., was struck on the hud with a brick and robbed of $7 in bills and a small amount of change ltut ;fihl. according to his report to Proctor reported that he was diana avenue, 9 p.m. Esperanto Mtetlnl. 330 Cedar street, | Takoma Park, 8 p. | Smoker, Universty of Michigan | Alumni, Army and Navy Club 8 p.m. Play, Foundry Players, Foundry M. E. Church, Sixteenth and P streets 8:15 pm. ‘Talk, Charles M. Fyfe, gue for the | Larger Life, 1336 I nreet 8: 16 pm. Dance, Women's City Club, 22 Jack- son place 9 p.m. FUTURE. | __Hike, Wanderluster Club, | Twelfth strest and Pennsylvania ave- 1 | nue tomorrow 2:45 AS pa. Fourth street and Michigan avenue northeast tomorrow 2:30 p.m. Annual sale, Annie and Henry Hart ‘Home for Blind, 3050 R strest remaind- er of month. Unemployment _benefit card _party, 30 | Carpenters’ Hall, Tenth and K streets, Monday 8:30 pm. Deaths Remrteci ge H. Hodge o:&tm 1 c'stfl s, a;fi' ."'e'nn-n e: h efima, 64, Building B & . .French, ¢4, Walter Reed Hos- Mlnllm Parsons, 42, St. Elisabeth’s Hos- pital. T %2‘ E“l:' ;’Hm of the Poor u-nn- § i z vid_GHas r J. 60. Preed: Eics Siae. 5. 6h0 4y binso Gspita rmnf e ot Ol ¥ eedanen's Hor. 5 jospital. e n:-: Gajiin iah 'R Pinketi. 30, Casta hale Marsusy. s months, Gelinger Hos- ol i meet | Hike, Red Triangle Outing Club, meet ! “What was it?” “I told Pitts that if I lace he didn’t care whemer they him cr not.’ Pitts Controlled Interests. On his direct examination, Coblentz Hoancia nieres in two Buiding rog, | s a1 wo proj- handled h subsidiaries of Che Smlth Co. He l-l-\d these were the Law & Pinance of lebur:h and the My".hlrd ant Apartments at Phflmlphh Coblentz said he had control of the Law and Finance Building at one time, but that he sold out his interest to Pitts. He also testified that Pitts was authorized to handle the financial af- fairs of these concerns and that the Smith Co. had been authorized, through Pitts, to disburse funds and charge the same to the accounts of the j::zsmluy corporations handling the Ppro; Deteme Attorney Wilton J. Lambert told the jury. in his opening statement that much of the money allegedly em- bezzled by Pitts was in fact rightfully due him from surplus fundl in the treasuries of these we?ar Coblentz was called by the defense primarily to lay the foundation for the subsequent proof of this contention. Pitts is expected to take the stand Mon- day snd testify in detail regarding|is these transactions. MISSION NEEDS AID 1,500 Christmas Gift Bags for Chil- dren Is Goal for Annual Observance. Out of the 1,500 gift bags for chil- dren whi"h the' Central Unlon Mission will distribute at its annual Christmas party December 24, Mrs. John 8. Ben- nett said, quite a large number remain to_be filled. Friends of the mission in the various churches of the city have taken over & majority of the 1,500 bags, which are being filled with practical gifts, as well as toys and candies, for the host of young people who look to the Cen- tral Union Mission each year for the fulfillment of their simple Christmas wishes. Bags will be distributed to in- | dividuals and churches as long as they hold out, 85 th=t none of the chfldren will suffer a dicappointment. Besides the children and about 200 | individval famililes for whom the mis- sion has obligated itseif this Christmas | the white inmates of th: Home for the 'Aged and Infirm, at Blue Plains, will be the recipients of gift bags also. ‘There are 165 of these poor persons and {each will receive a bag containing suit- {able comforts. A number of these also remain to. be filled, Mrs. Ben- nett explained. Plans are being made for the Christ- mas party and Mrs. Herbert Hoover has been invited to take part in it as she did last year. The Fox Theater has been engaged. DEPRESSION FAILS T0 CHECK CHURCH! Bishop Cannon’s Resignation In- siisl. | Pall meeting of the Co boy. | Bishop tentions Discredited by Methodist, By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., December 13.— Repom ot.?prouw in’ the ‘work of the Methodist 1 Ghurch South, de- spite business on, were made yesterday at the opening sessions of the lege of Bishops bio €0 Attend. the meetin® o was unabi: atten: e meetin, sent his report to be read. s There had b-en l’cpom that various charges against Bichop Cannon would be_consi ered by the conference. B\ého'n pn}klurnl I;uboteh of N-xhvll,lz nn., s n for e u| sal lmwem. that the college had no Juris- | diction discredited ided was able to FOR HOLIDAY PARTY | The students of the Stusrt Junior High School, who Front row, lmlln‘ h“ ‘.0.' Third row, standing: auditorium December 19. Christmas play, “The Toy Shop,” in the school Annie O’Bannon, Ruth Lanham, and Dorothy agemann, Mary Huddleston, Frances Gregory e Stanford, Edith lay Sparling and John Shelton. —Star Staff Ph.okz SGH[]U[ GAR FARE DISPUTE CONTINUED Trolley and Bus Companies Object to Certain Clauses in Latest Bill. ‘The = Public Utilities Commission would be “empowered and directed” to determine the amount of reduction in car fare for school childréen not over 18 years of age, under a substi- tute bill submitted to Chairman Capper of the Senate District Committee hy Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the commission. The substitute fol- lows the outline suggested at a Senate hearing several days ago, including the proviso “that such reduced fares shall not exceed one-half of the correspond- ing concurrent adult fares.” ‘Gen. Patrick advised Senator Capper that the street car and bus companies oblech to including in the bill the words d directed” and that the companies omission of the proviso rate shall not exceed This would be a substitute for the t | pending bill, which sought to fix the rate for school children at 2 cents. The committee will probably take up the question again at .n nfly date. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEMORIAL PI.ANNED Member of Original Staff to Unveil Tablet in Star Building Today. ‘The authorization.and o the United States be commemorated this afternoon in The Star Building, where a memorial tablet is to be unveiled by Frederick' D. Owen, & member of the original survey staff. The memorial is to be placed later in the main office, on the ground floor, of The Evening Star on behalf of the sur- viving members of the survey. Authorized by Congress March 3, 1867, Geological Survey was_organized with Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden as the first Uniud States geologist in charge, and shortly after 1867 moved to headquarters in the upper part of the old bullding of The Evening Star on the site of the present building. Surviving members of the Hayden Survey are Dr. Wml:m H. Holmes, George B. Chi Ernest. Ingersol, William H. Ju:kson. . B. Ladd and Frederick D. Owen. Dr. Holmes or Mr. Jackson will preside at this afternoon’s meeting. Representatives Guy V. Hardy and Ed- ward T. Taylor of Colorado and Dr. Ed- gar L. Hewett, president of the Archeol- ogist I tutn of Ameflca NEWSPAPER WEEKLY SEES BETTER YEAR 122,000,000 People Consuming, Says Editor and Publisher, Urg- ing Libsral Advertising. anization of By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 13.—Edifor |day and Publisher, newspaper weekly, fore- cast yesterday in an “advertising re- vival issue” that business in 1931 would be better than in 1930, and that adver- tising would lead the way. “There is a wide disparity between prices of many raw materials and those of manufactured articles,” it says, “but 122,000,000 people are consuming and living to hl;‘h standards_hitherts un- known to the world. The ro-called buvers’ ‘strikes’ is a myth. * * * “We look for an improved business condition in 1931, led by a liberal and intelligent use of newspaper advertis- ing. It possesses a power which has never beeli\ kngy'nht!ou{lll :fl any ::rll!f when applied elligent men. Nzw.pcggr advertising is the best hope for a restoration of public confidence and improved trade in 1931.” POLICEMAN BADLY HURT Jumping from a police car on l!lldengbur[ road near the rallroad bridge northeast about 8:30 o'clock last ' night to halt a suspected rum car, Policeman Leroy E. Batchelcf, member of Inspector Bean's proh'b‘tion enforce- ment lqu-d fell to the readway and was severely injured. Batchelor, 30 years old, residing at 1703 C street ncrtheast, was taken to Casualty Hospital by Policeman C. F. Fox ot the eleventh precinet and treated | by Dr. J. L. Green for an injufy to his back and possible internal injuries. He 80 home after receiving Geological Survey will Snydfl Addresses will be made by | Bishoj SEES VETERANS’ FUNDS SAVED BY VIGILANCE By the Assoclated Press. ster lawyers and dishonest gua; are lurn!nl it doesn't pay to prey upon World War veterans and their dependents. Maj. William Wolff Smith, general cm‘wmel for the Veterans’ Bur;::i m\; this conclusion repol almost a million % is being l.'ed annually (or the veterans h the vigilance of bureau. officials. In 1927, he said, Euu'dhn embezzle- ments totaled ll Cll 15, of which $794,- was recovered. For the fiscal year just ended, recov- eries ‘totaled $285,613 out of lppml- mately $400,000. More than $3,000,000 has been recovered to date, Hundreds of thousands of dollars also are saved, he , for veterans’ widows and children through return by attorneys of excessive fces. collected f pressing claims. HONOR TO MEMORY OF MAJ. SYLVESTER 23 Flags on Police Stations at Half-Staff—Arrangements Made for Funeral. o IR lne '-l Mny“c f upoec?!‘u stations out, of r lor luv;br. former chief of wvare held ln ‘Wilmington, Del were Isaac Gans, Piflz‘D J. Kaufman, A. W. Hl W. Noyes and E. C. ‘The. arrived at Union Sta- tion this rnoon at 2 o'clock, where it was met by a committee of his former associates m the Police Depart- ment here. These include Assistant Supt. E. W. Brown, Inspector A. J. Headley and W. H. Harrison, c.pu C. L. Plemmons and C. H. Bi an lnfl Lieut. H. R. Lohman. Willlam 8. Shelby, acting Mljm and supertnfendent of Pnliee‘ c:-dsred the placing of the flags at half Maj. Sylvester died in the Hotel du Pont,* Wilmington, Thursday after a long fllness. "He was chief of police here until 1915, and later. headed the police farce for the du Pont Powder Co., until resigning {mm the latter poumun several weeks A committee Club, com; P, | Hamilton, .was appointed to attend funeral. yaster- CAPPER FOOD INQUIRY PLAN WILL BE TAKEN UP Senate District Committee Will Meet Wednesday to Consid- er Proposal. The ‘Capper. resolutfon ‘proposing sn investigation into food prices in Wach- he “Attorés Genetal tor amend. \is amen cendemnationt law will be taken up at a meeting of the Senate District Com. mittee called for 2:30 o'clock Wedn: afternoon. The eommmee hld ted to take up the quiry 2t its last: meet l. bu! thl time was taken up cn the reduced car fare bill for school children. Congress enacted a new law last year to speed up the public buildings amd. other projects by enabling the Federal Oflvmznt to nbbnln edllufos be acquired by y '.ed fair value in ad- vance of condemnation proceeding. Any additional amount found by the jury is paid at the conclusion of the pro- cesdings. The Attorney General has recommended an amenament to mak= this new law supply to procesdings that were underway before the passage of the new. law. WOMAN’S WOUNDS FATAL Police Search for Man Accused of Being Assailant. Julia ‘Johnson, colored, 47 years 3 died of ‘hlood-poisoning at Preedmens | Hospital early today as a result of an altercation on November 2, in the 1200 block -of Ninth street, with a colored man said wwbe blind. Th® woman re- ‘the altercation, was | taken to the honplul with blood-pnltnn- |ing ana her death followed today as the result of the wounds. A warrant has been sworn out for a man named as her are conducting a search for him, it A yallway station 0 be erected at R‘h.culfi. 'IIIMMM the | National Ter assailant end police | 1 25,000,000 ARE HIT BY LIVING GOSTS i Chinese Find Acute Problem. Famine Always-Present Specter. By the Associated Press. C'HVNOK!NG China, December 13. —The high cost of Ii has become an acute pmblem ln zhe le of 25,000,- 000 or more in the west half ince. of s:echuen Chlxul provi sent povmynmenn con- dlwm of the w\’y s attributed to ditry md the m paying th l'lllln- Is Specter. In many sections of the taxes th-t tu-mm hlv: little mz snal To forestall actual starvation as Rfll‘ as possible, soup kitchens have opened in many towns dnd vllluel constan| m Count Trebled. * The beggar population has managed to treble since the arrival of cold Weather and & man with a prosperous appearance has no business on. the streets unleu he has eno\glh copper pass out -manl screaming who mde like the crops and the tax-ridden flrmerl has beén hard hlr.. Business has fallen off heavily in th services |past six months and this once prosperous Yangtse River port has al- most become a deserted d@ . Taxes Hit All Activities. This particular phase of the de« pression is attributed more to high taxes than the low price of silvers There are taxes for unloading cargo, taxes for moving goods from the doek to the merchants’ shelves, a dozen different kinds of military taxes, an even greater number of civic taxes. * By the time a box of freight reaches its dest'nat.on, if consigned to this city, it bears no less than 42 different tax stamps. Communism presents another prob- lem. Discouraged over their present condition, the peasants are turning to Communists to show them a way’ out’ of their dmwmu DRY CAUSE LEADERS HELD INADEQUATE and th-y are kept more or less in W‘ndl T ARRESTS SOUGHT IN SANTARY DRIVE AGKINTD.C.FIR Warranh Asked for Pro- prietors of Restaurants and Delicatessen Stores. SMOKE VIOLATIONS ALSO CHARGED BY INSPECTORS Papers in Five Cases Expected q " Be Served Today and Others Monday. A drive against unclean and un- healthy conditions in local restaurants, delicatessens and confectionery stores and other similar’ establishments has been initiated by the District Health served today, R"b dthao'.henw\ubemc'm 0. A, smoke nuisances. It is tions will as further HELD ON THEFT CHARGE Employe Arrested M\ur $39.75 Dis- THE WEATHER of Columl h’md tonight, f 4 t et o Todersie. v u‘l’!hnd—ckmdy followed by raln o e B o e o u tomorrow; not much n perature; fresh north winds. Virginia—Cloudy, followed morrow in south portion’ or snow in northeast portion night or tomorrow; not quite’ southwest portion thl;; o District .hchuy ec Committee Brands Forces “Invisible Army. ~ Without Banners.” The leadership of the tem, forces, which s now devising a of campaign for the 1932 prefldmtlll electicn, was dmrlbed as “an invisible army wvithout banners” by Clinton"N. Ho:wud Rochester, N. Y., dry speaker, mr, chairman of the National United Commit! o: Law Enforcement, Wwho conducted meetings here for thy weeks last year to agitats for bef law_enforcs; ital, reported to the annual meeting of his committee. Earlier yest:rday the Women's Or- ganization for National Temperancs Reform, with Miss Belle Gurney, chair- man of the District of Columbia Coun- cil, named a legislative committee to tebulate members of Congress accord- ing to their slflon! on prohibition. Plans for holding a month during the Winter were upon. COMMUNITY DRAMA UNIT Guild Announces for Professionals, Nonprofession- als and Amateurs to Affiliate. “Opportunity night,” for profession- als, semi-professionals and amateurs ef the Community Drama Guild dur- ing the Winter, ‘I“l be_held Ifl the guild in-the Columbia Heights Com- munity Center, El>venth and -Harvard streets, Tuesdey night at 8 o'clock. Robert D. Chase is chairman of. the committze in charge of the night's pro- ong those who have tered their acts are th: Maciarland Players, who have never been scen as a group ton and Edwa lips, JB 6.8 Virginia had professid Beir line of work. trations for appearandg on Tues- Wil be received at the O Guild up to and inclul 'd Morris, beth M. Gharline Springs: inger, all oi le ence Chairman | P22 ent in the National Clp— IR “repeal nlly”.:_'rl;g Galv o INVITES NEW MEMBERS "o ! Qmana., “ i ‘Opportunity’ Sils desiring to affiliate with the activities So° east West Virginia—Cloudy, followed rain or snow late tonight or not much change in temperature. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermomet:r—4 p.m., 45; 8 pm., 43; 12 midnight, 42; 4 am.,, 41; 8 am, 38; noon, 40. %, i Barometer—4 tm., 20.98; 8 's,m. 30.02; 12 midnight, 30.06; 4 a.m., 30.08; 8 am, 30.12; noon, 30.14. Highest temperature, 48, occurred at noon yesterday; lowest temperature, 38, ocflmed at 7 m a.m. today. turs same date last :lu— ‘Hig] 43; lowest, 28, Tide Tables. (Purnished United States Coast IM d':odm 2 pm. Today—8un rose 7:18 am.; 1: oetd 4:46 p.m. rises 7:19 am.; sets 4:46 p. Moon Hises 12:18 sm.; ohts 13:8 Aulomobllphm bhlnhu( on halrhm(x:r e plan | Stations. irmingham Blsmarck, N Bomels, N*%: harleston, 8. §'hlc s S N e 38522385 frs S S e R R PR e B S S Y R = S458 878 Zop" 25 i CEA 35ABWLEBEES! (" a.m., Greenwicl II-Q- todas.) Tempera Entu ice. xn s, Austiis. lin, Shockhotn "Swiden ¢ Horta (h{nll? femilton, rmu juas, Forto R