Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1930, Page 31

ERANESCPES MEXGAN BANDT Engineer Held for ‘Ransom Reported to Have Fled Mountain Stronghold. - By the Associated Press. | ¥, PASO, Tex., Decembsr 25.—Of- | ficials of the American Smelting & Re- fining Co. here awaited details today of | the reported escape of Hugh M. Craigie, | 30-year-old engineer, from Mexican bandits, who held him in a mountain | rendezvous for ransom. | Craigie, a graduate of the Massachu- | setts Institute of Technology and fore- | man of the mining company’s property | near Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, 350 miles south of E\ Paso, was kidnaped ‘Tuesday. It was the first affair of the § kind in Chihuahua since the revolu- tionary days of 1916. Santa Barbara # residents were indignant. © " Juarez military authorities endeavored to communicate with Gen. Matias Ramos, commander of federal troops in the state. They said mounted men probably were sent after the kidnaping gang. Mrs. Craigie notified ' company ‘offi- clals she would remain in Santa Bar- bara until the safety of her husband was_assured. | The mine foreman, well known in | El Paso, had been emploved by the American Smelting & Refining Co. since 1924. NORTHEAST STATES GET WHITE CHRISTMAS Bnowfall General Over Wide Area. Storm Strikes in Maine, Moves South. By the Associated Press. NEW_YORK, December 25.—It's & white Christmas in the Northeastern States. Snow, which began falling Tues- day, mantled New England, New Jer- sey, Pennsylvania and up-State New GEORGE W. CUTSHALL. GEORGE W. CUTSHALL RETIRES NEXT WEEK i Veteran Employe of Department of Agriculture Was Once Captain of C. & 0. Canal Boat. George W. Cutshall of 1209 North Capitol street, 74 years old, today will retire December 31 from his position on,the watch staff of the Agricultural Department. A former canal boat captain and sol- dier, Mr. Cutshall has been employed in various sections of the Agricultural Department for 30 years. He first was stationed in the department green- houses and later in virtually all of the main buildings here. Mr. Cutshall's last day at work was December 18, when he left to go cn leave, which will conclude his service. FORD PLANTATION TENANTS EVIGTED Brazilian Troops Are Rushed to Amazon Rubber Grove to Curb Rioting. By the Associated Press. | RIO DE JANEIRO, December 25.—, An eviction by the Ford rubber planta- [ tion in Northern Para was said in dis- | patches and private advices from the capital of the state today to have brought trouble with native residents of the area. Plane Carries Police. | A Pan-American Airways plane at Para City, or Belem, was commandeered | by the state for transportation of police to investigate the situation. The plane arrived Tuesday at Santarey Junction, on the Amazon, and yesterday went on to the plantation, on the Tapajos River. As explained here, the trouble arose as & consequence of the concession to the rubber plantation, including land already occupied when the concession | was granted by the state. | Occupants Evicted. 1 Recently. it is said here, the Ford | company gave notice that certain hold- | ings, on part of which s an orphan asylum, would have to be evacuated | before December 31, since the planta- ! tion needed the land for expansion. Those occupying the area then | marched upon the Ford headquarters | armed with guns and other weapons, determined to halt the move to evict them from their homes. Police sent | from Para hope to quiet the trouble and bring an agreement between them | and the Ford company. TRAIN HITS AUTO; 2 DIE Driver of Family Car Blinded by Heavy Snow. NEW YORK, December 25 (#).—A brother and sister were killed and three other members of their family were injured yesterday at Southold, Long Island, as a train hit their automobile on a crossing in a whirling snowstorm. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘MISSING GRUB’ MYSTERY | ON OCEAN LINER SOLVED By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 25 ‘The mystery of the missing grub” or “Who robbed the pantry?” was solved by Capt. Thomas Simmons of the Munson liner Western World while the ship was | headed for New York. The story was told when the vessel docked Tuesday. When_ food disappeared from _the larder, Capt. Simmons thought a while. Then he studied the design of the ves- sel. He found that forward was a sec- ond wash ‘room which had been closed up by a bulkhead. The skipper order his crew to knock down the barrier. Inside were 10 stowaways. If &ou sp;nci‘ your holidays| Jin New York SPEND them at the 1200 room Hotel Governor Clinton where you will be GUARANTEED A room with private bath, circulating ice water and Servidor at $3 single, $4 double. Club breakfast .40, .60, .75—Iluncheon $1—de luxe dinner $1.50, $1.75. D. C., THURSDAY, DECE IBER 25, 1930. NEW YORK York. Mr. Cutshall, & native of Washington | M Joseph Savage, jr. the driver, and | Vagrant flakes drifted down lazily |County, Md., Was captain of the old into the skyscraper canyons of New |mule-drawn Chesapeake & Ohio Canal :‘m{edcé;" té:‘-‘mflmm:- lg" tsr?&di{y | boat Evening Star as a young man. H]e | . On the out- | loyed by Lewis Miller, skirts of the city and on Long Tsiand | desier and siore proprietor of Gamber- there was sufficient snow to provide the land. The retiring Government worker setting for an old-fashioned Christmas. |today regrets the passing of the old' New England had plenty of snow | canal, which, he said, “was home.” and some to spare as a result of me| Following his canal boating, Mr. Cut- first heavy fall of the season. . |shall enlisted in the Army Signal Corps | Kk “'0“ flfle “gu 1.6”1 rhspreahklk an- | in 1885, and upon the expiration of his | N i Ry et ne mAred InyISGaNd | - moved to Washington. His father was | l_’;“’;m‘;m m:"; ‘Eg';w?‘l;;h&?f‘m | Solomon Cut.tshlll, who will killed in t{\e { ‘som c s | e = S mont, served 10 months in France in ey et d““dfl"-s R‘P; the World War, and Mr. Cutshall him- D owlall of & inches in parte of the |3lf is & member of the “President's Statoviall of 9 Inches in parts of the | Own Garrison,” Army and Navy Union. ‘There was snow throughout most of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Scran- ton, Pa, had the heaviest snowstorm in 20 years, with a fall of more than 7 758 ll’ldats» State h‘!h;\ !Pltl'llfls snidd;he | One Husband and One Wife Charge roads were open, buf iravel was n- gerous. Abandonment. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | 25.—Two suits for divorce on grounds | TO LEAGUE EMISSARY 2! Abendonment were filed in Circuit Court yesterday. May Nowak tells the e court that her husband, Joseph, deserted Sir Eric Drummond to Be Received Ambassador on an Arthur C. Keefer represents Mrs. Nowak. ity e e | " John H. Snowden petitioned for & Ordinary Visit. divorce from his wife, Irene, who he charges left him in 1924. They were 25.—Chile, which is considering drop- | represented by Attorney Clarence ping its membership in the League of | Roberts. ations, will greet Sir Bric Drummond. | secretary-general of the League, only as | [ . A foreign office bulletin published to- | Regular Delivery day denied dispatches from Geneva | Over 100,000 familles read The published here which,s#id that Sir Eric | | Star every day The great ma- had been invited to Chile in his ca- | | Jority have the paper delivered stead he would be received with all cents daily and § cents Sunday courtesies and_prerogatives correspond- | If you are not taking advi ing to his rank as Ambassador. ‘I —_———— | riage. They have no children. Attorney SANTIAGO DE CHILE, December | the husband's bill states. 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