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A-2 : U. . POWER POLICY HELD RATE LEVER Roosevelt Attitude Seen in Favor of Operating Units Acting in Good Faith. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Roosevelt is encouraging & crusade against holding companies, but is not hostile to the operating companies, and, indeed, believes the bonds of the latter are as sound as Government securities. In this dec- laration, officially revealed at the White House, may be seen the lines of battle which the administration has marked out for its war on utilities. The inference which may be drawn from this latest information is that confiscation of private properties through Government competition will not be resorted to if adjustments of electric light and power rates can be forced. ‘This means that the Public Works Administration, which has Federal funds to lend to municipalities to build their own power plants, will become in a sense a Federal rate- making body. It will, of course, have the assistance of other Government egencies like the Federal Power Com- mission. But it looks as if the final decision whether to allow Government funds to come in and compete with an existing plant or company will be made by the P. W. A. after all efforts to force rate reductions have failed or succeeded as the case may be. No Projects Yet Begun. On the face of it, there would appear to be an inconsistency between the apparent friendliness which the President has exhibited in conversa- tions with utility executives who have sought to make peace between the White House and the electrical in- dustry and the latest developments, as. for instance, the readiness to lend money to New York City to build its own plant. But the truth of the matter is that Government competition has not actually begun—that is, no very large projects have been approved and no work has been started in any of the major situations. This leads to the belief that the President is trying hard to drive elec- | tric rates down and that he will not hesitate to use governmental funds as a weapon to attain his objective. Operating Firms Not Hit. But to those investors who have been startled by this warfare assurance has now been given that those who hold securities in what are known as operating companies have nothing to fear. Life insurance companies and savings banks, which have such large investments in public utilities, have bonds in operating companies. Some of them also have preferred stocks, and nothing has been said about these as yet. 1t would appear, however, that the charge of “watered” stock has now been defined as relating to holding companies. It is true that hundreds of thousands of small investors hold such securities, which now are endan- + gered, and nothing has come from any official source as to the extent to which the Government's warfare on the utilities takes into account the possible losses to such investors. Need for Separation Seen. Much talk is heard about the need ] What’s What Behind News In Capital Business Men Change Attitude Toward New Deal. BY PAUL MALLON. OU could see a wholly different H/ business attitude toward the administration on the inside of that White Sulphur Springs meeting of industrial master minds. { Six months ago, these same busi- ! ness leaders were tearing and snort- |ing at the New Deal. But at this meeting, they actually held up their program until they could get word from the White House that it would be acceptable. | There was no whispered criticism of President Roosevelt or his policies, |but only a genuine and somewhat meek desire to work things out ami- | cably. ‘What the effort will amount to re- mains to be seen. The real reason | that the meeting was called was to | create unity among the white shirts. The United States Chamber of Com- merce was always saying business wanted one thing, while the National Association of Manufacturers fre- quently asserted it wanted something else. The administration has often told business representatives pri- vately that it could not do very | much for business until business agreed on what it wanted. The new co-operative organization is supposed to keep the New Deal | advised on what business needs from ilhe Government. In that respect, it probably will work out very well, Sparring for Contrel. There was a lot of inside sparring at the start of the meeting between the Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers’ Association. Both wanted to get control of the key posi- tions. The manufacturers’ crowd is young- er and more militant. The chamber group favored a liaison —ith the New. Deal, all right, but it did not care to move as far or as eagerly as the man- ufacturers. The manufacturers thought they walked off with the show when they got seven of the mine key commit- tee chairmen. However, this coup was not as sweeping as the figures indicate, because some of the seven are also members of the chamber, although their first love is supposed to be for the manufacturers. Five of the sevem are officials of the N. A M. The rivdlyy really did not go very far outside- of the officers of both organizations. The delegates did not seem to care much about it. ‘There may be some ‘trouble on that score later, but no one believes it will interfere with the new co-opera- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSbAY.~ DECEMBER 20; 1934. “MONARCH” HELD eers Reveal Ffees of Daughter forv . Vanderbilt || (NG BILL LEVIES NECESSARY IN WAR Du Pont Tells Munitions Probers Other Courses Are a Failure. By the Associated Press. Irenee du Pont told the Senate | Munitions Committee today “the only way to wage a War is to have an ab- | solute monarch at the head of the, | government.” The powder manufacturer made his observation while being questioned about the advisability of conscripting industry in time of war. ! Earlier committee members said they had under scrutiny the war- time income tax returns of Hugh S. Johnson, the late Alexander Legge, Joseph F. Guffey and others who held high positions during the conflict. | The committee also is investigating | the destruction of the income tax re- turns of a number of high war-time officials, such as the 1918 and 1919 returns of Bernard M. Baruch, chair- man of the War Industries Board. In his remarks on war, Du Pont said conscription of industry would bring “a terrible amount of lost mo- tion and confustion.” Must “Prepare in Advance.” “We will have a hell of a time in case of war, whatever the system,” Du Pont testified. “The only way to wage a war is to prepare in advance, otherwise you (are going to have a hell of a time. If we are well enough prepared we will never have a war.” Du Pont’s expression resulted from a question by Nye as to whether he! had any fears about how industry would respond in case of conscription of industry and wealth in time of war. Thé question was inspired by pro- posals from Senator Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, & member of the com- mittee, and others that there should be a universal draft in case of an- other war. Confusion Is Foreseen. “The only way to wage a war" said {Du Pont, “is to have an absolute | monarch at the head. Caesar found that out and so did Napoleon. “But there would be a terrible amount of lost motion and confusion under conscription. The economic structure is so complex it would be impossible for a newcomer to straighten it out.” Earlier Nye introduced evidence in- dicating the Du Pont company had offered to sell powder to foreign gov- ernments cheaper than to the United States Government. He read a letter from Casey in 1932 to the Du Pont representative in Paris quoting prices on powder and noting they were less than to the United States. Giving no indications they thought there were any irregularities, com- mittee members meanwhile expressed determination to scan the tax docu- ments of all men connected with the War Industries Board, which mobil- ized resources under direction of Baruch. Further Destruction Opposed. Chairman Nye served a written re- quest on the Internal Revenue Bureau { to destroy no more tax papers; he told his agents to find out why the returns were destroyed and whe in the bureau was responsible. The testimony’ was that the papers were destroyed by the bureau. Officials ,/.\ b muc R ] 4 [ Yhe Sent love you MoTher 1 Thoy my in Paris persetf whiic e Wae Untz in Fogler—u SCHAFFNER HUNT SPREADS 10 SEA Dogs Follow Womans Trail; to Edge of Pacific—Foot- print in Sand. By the Assoclated Press, CARMEL, Calif, December 20— Search for Mrs. Eliot Boke Schaffner, 36-year-old Chicago society matron, was resumed today by land, air and water. Sheriff Carl H. Abbott of Monterey | County, who used dogs in an unsuc- | cessful search for the wife of Joseph Schaffner of the firm of Hart Schaffner | & Marx, said he believed she had | committed suicide by walking into the surf at Carmel ocean beach. He scouted suggestions she might have been kidnaped. Trail Leads to Ocean. Twice yesterday the dogs, after be- ing given the scent of one of Mrs. Schaffner’s dresses, followed a trail to the edge of the Pacific. 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No. 2—This letter, sent from France, was signed “Lovingly, Gloria,” and addressed to “Dear Momey.” resent hugs and kisses. The circles and crosses apparently rep- —A. P. Photo. No. 3—Another letter, addressed to “Dear Momey,” with more hugs and kisses, written from France. No. 4—Recent picture of little No. 5—The reverse side of this bears the message: “If you love me love in two.” No. 6—Mrs. Vanderbiit. —Wide World Photo. Gloria. —A. P. Photo. letter, sent by Gloria to her mother, as I love you, no knife can cut our —A. P. Photo. —A. P. Photo. Jail Party Tonight Reminder Of Artist’s Back-Alimony Days By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 20 —McClel- land Barclay, the artist fellow who went to jail last year because he slipped behind in his alimony pay- ments, is going back to jail tonight— but it's all in fun. He's throwing a jail party up in his swanky apartment overlooking Central Park. The “prison popula- tion” will include some of the leading lights in New York society. Severe Prison Motif. Barclay has fixed up his apartment along severe prison lines, possibly his former wife and has avoided jails ever since. Barclay has turned his tastefully decorated bar room into a prison cell, where the principal liquid refresh- ment will be prisoner's delight (one drink and you're out), together with bean soup and other jail fare. Invitations Are Summonses. ‘The 200 “prisoners” who will be his guests got their invitations in the form of very real-looking summonses in which they were commanded to appear and testify in an action “be- tween your nature, plaintiff and your conscience, defendant.” vv-vo-r s M0 0 o2\ % i&*—ofxc' ?, + X o | up ‘\1'1. moltmim rida v it e kz‘rs, i RECORD NUMBERS - OF LOBBIES FOUND ‘Returning Members of Con- gress See at Least 400 Organizations. By the Assoclated Press. Senators and Representatives re- on the scene in record numbers today, prepared to have their say on many | questions. Corridors of the Senate and House | Office Buildings began to resound with | the tramp of men and women, repre- | senting at least 400 organizations, ! seeking support for their views. Variety Represented. Relief, old-age pensions. the bonus, labor legislation, social welfare, power, taxes, monetary ref are just & few of the issues upon which legislators will be asked to take a | turning for the new Congress found | | lobbies, associations and individuals | TAXONGRUDEOL Impeachment Recalled by Plan—Huey to Make a “D. C.” of Baton Rouge. By the Assoclated Press. BATON ROUGE, La, December 20 —Senator Huey P. Long today put into the Senate legislation to levy an occupational tax on crude ofl, which he claimed resulted in his impeach- ment in 1929 when he attempted to | levy it. The Senate met to enact Long’s 31 dictator Jaws before adjourning the | third special session of 1934 sine die. The House likewise met at 9 o'clock, but members sat around waiting for the Senate to send over the bills for concurrence in amendments, Steamreller at Work. It was a steamroller procedure in the Senate. The clerk would read the title of bills sketchily. An administrationist would move final passage and the electric voting machine would flash green, the “yes” vote color. As the session got underway, Sen- ator Long moved about in the rear of the Senate chamber, talking to Gov. O. K. Allen and other political leaders. One absentee senator, A. F. Pred- ericks, president of Louisiana Normal College, was told to take his place or submit to arrest. Fredericks hopped premptly into his car at Natchitoches and drove to Baton Rouge to vote, Would Isolate Foes. Long's bills give him authority to isolate his political opponents, annex the Capital City of Baton Rouge to his machine, separate the hostile eity administration of New Orleans from added operating revenues from a liquor tax and put further penalties upon “big business.” Officials of East Baton Rouge Parish, who have opposed Long's reign from his towered $5,000,000 capital palace, met with silence his mandate that Baton Rouge should be made the “Dis- trict of Columbia” of the State of Louisiana. Long revealed his “District of Co- lumbia” plan by amending a bill to codify laws governing police juries deliberative bodies which govern the State’s 64 parishes. | Would Control Jurors. His amendment gave him abso- lute control of the East Baton Rouge police jury through appointment by the Governor of 13 police jurors to equal the number elected by the peaple. Since a few of the present 13 elected nolice jurors are friendly to Long, the appointed members would give him majority control. Parish of- ficials receivad the decree in silence. “The State owns just about ev thing that's worth anything here, Long told his Finance Committee, which obediently approved his bill | without question, “and its got to have | some interest in the way things are run. “Up at Washington, the Govern- ment runs the District of Columbia, but nere in Baton Rouge the State is at the mercy of the will-o'-the- wisp whim of the local authorities.” 'LIRE MILLIONAIRES The male guests will don prison | definite stand. tive effort. Just a New Attitude. imprint of a bare foot found on from impressions he received while | the sands. Mrs. 'ner was be- dungarees. The ladies have been or- | he lingered in the county jafl in | dered to appear in their most beau- | The prevailing view in Congress has there said it was legal to burn old been that lobbying is perfectly legiti- for recapitalizing utility holding com- MADE IN LOTTERY pany structures and the importance of separating holding companies from operating companies. There can be no doubt that a much healthier situ- ation would ensue if the holding companies were subjected to strict regulation and if they were forbidden, for instance, to use operating com- panies as a means of marketing the securities of holding companies. In- deed, there are many reforms which are undoubtedly needed and upon which fair-minded and disinterested tribunals would agree. Meanwhile, a bill to regulate hold- ing companies is being drafted by aides of the President for presentation to Congress next month and preparations are being made for further conference " between the President and utility leaders in January. ‘What is most perplexing, however, is that all the weapons of warfare are not in the President’s hands. The ex- perience with the railroads showed that it took more than a decade to | * ascertain the proper valuation of the railroads and the issues raised in the courts have not yet been decided. Flood of Suits Seen. Btockholders in electric light com- panies, who feel they have everything to gain and nothing to lose by court action—since they would be threat- ened with complete losses anyway— are bound to pile up suits and re- straining orders. Nobody here has yet figured a way out of this hurdle, For even the bondholders of holding com- panies, or any others who might be willing to go along with recapitaliza- tion plans, would hardly be able to prevent stockholders who think they are going to be wiped out from exer- cising their rights to argue that prop- erty is being taken from them in vio- lation of the fifth amendment to the Federal Constitution. Also, it is difficult to see how the operating companies can be held in- tact if their parent companies and the holding companies on which they depend for financing are threatened by the Federal Government. There are, of course, different types of hold- ing companies and different local it- uations on which the White House is inclined to caution the press not to generalize. The need of a national power policy and a definition of Federal purpose, however, is becoming more apparent as uncertainty is added almost daily to the situation. But the favorable remarks being made by the President with reference to bonds of operating companies would seem to lead to the belief that much of the present threat- ening of Government competition is really to force rates down without ac- tually plunging the country into Gov- ernment ownership of all power or electric light systems. (Copyright. 1934.) —_—— ROOSEVELT APPROVES ANTI-TOY GUN CRUSADE Chicago P.-T. A. Program to Com- bat Gangster Complex Gains Momentum. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 20.—The anti- toy gun crusade in the Chicago public schools has been approved by Presi- dent Roosevelt. There’ll be no “wooden gun” ban- dits bred in the Chicago schools, if the Parent-Teacher Association can help it, and Mrs. Rose Dursotde Simone, author of the movement, an: yesterday she had received a letter commendation from the President. Twenty-five more public schools have joined the crusade. First achieve- ment was a gun-burning staged when 2,000 Ryerson threw their “weapons’ J Bchool pupils " into a festal bonfire. A . This new business spirit does not mean that the business organizations have changed their economic policies and embraced Mr. Roosevelt's. The manufacturers started the move for the conference and they have & fixed program which does not jibe with the New Deal. They want a balanced budget, dollar stabilization, no Gov- dustry, reduced relief, outlawing of sympathetic strikes and abandonment of the majority rule of unions. The change merely means they are going to try to get these things by co-operating with the New Deal rather | than fighting it. New Deal Ballyhooing Council. The New Deal is trying to whoop up the Business Advisory and Plan- Council and make it the really | representative and influential liaison agency. It is composed of about the same crowd that met at White Sulphur, but business men do not like it very much because they believe it 1s under the thumb of Commerce Sec- retary Roper. However, the hedd of it, H. P. Kendall, Boston textile manufacturer, conferred with Mr. Roosevelt a few days ago on ar- rangements to step up its activities. The council has been meeting every two months, but henceforth will meet monthly. The Executive Committee | will meet every two weeks. The extent to which N. R. A. is be- ing challenged in the courts these days is shown by & private check-up from the files of its litigation division. 200 Cases Docketed. In the past six weeks more than 200 N. R. A. cases have been docketed for legal action. Altogether, a total of 874 cases have been docketed since N. R. A. began. Of this number 485 have been referred to the Justice De- partment. There are 152 cases now pending in courts. Virtually all these cases result from efforts of N. R. A. to get compliance with codes or administrative orders under them. The Census Bureau has completed a survey showing that one-fourth of the factory wage earners of the coun- try are in 11 counties. A total of 11,700 banks have signed up with the Housing Administration, but only 3,867 actually have made loans. The Supreme Court discovered only one error in the oil code, but there were two. The word “organize” was left out of the labor section, which took the heart out of it. The omis- sion has now been corrected. has even been published. The first time the New Deal eyer. called itself Santa Claus was an sh- nouncement (December 12) from the Emergency Relief Administration. The announcement said the F. E. R.- A. would play Santa Claus for handing | ernment competition with private in-| returns. They offered no immediate explanation of why Baruch's 1917 ( return was saved while those for 1918-9 are missing. Baruch, recently named by President Roosevelt to head a group studying ways to make war profitless, last night | offered to supply the committee with copies of the returns from his own files. In a statement in New York he called the testimony yesterday “cheap and unjust.” Declaring “my record remains clear,” he said that when President Wilson named him to the Council of National Defense, he sold his securities, placing substantially all his savings in Liberty bonds. Unable to sell his 20 per cent interest in the Atolia Mining Co. of California, he said, he gave all returns from them to charity. Robert A. Lovett, whose father, the late Robert S. Lovett of the War In- dustries Board, also was named as be- ing among those whose 1918-19 returns were missing, called the testimony “ridiculous and rather shameful.” He said his father lived and died a man of modest means and entered Govern- ment service “at a sacrifice.” Others Under Scrutiny. Besides, Guffey, Pennsylvania Demo- crat who defeated Senator Reed; John- son, the former Blue Eagle chief, and Legge, chairman of the Farm Board in the Hoover administration, others whose income returns were listed to- day as under scrutiny are: Eugene Meyer, former governor of the Federal Reserve Board; George N. Peek, special adviser to President Roosevelt on foreign trade; Gov. Al- bert C. Ritchie of Maryland, and Clarence Dillon, New York banker. All were members or officials of the War Industries Board. Others listed included: Harry Payne Bingham, Cleveland; March F. Chase, | St. Louis; Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher; Hugh Frayne of the American Fed- eration of Labor; H. P, Ingels of New York, Charles A. Otis, Cleveland, and J. L. Replogle, New York steel mag- nate. All were connected with the ‘War Industries Board. Still others were: John D. Ryan, war- time Second Assistant Secretary of War; Gen. C. C. Williams, wartime chief of ordnance; G. M. Brill, who headed the requirements section of the Ship- ping Board; Maj. Gen. Herbert Hunter of the ordnance department, Army; Samuel Vauclain of the Baldwin Loco- motive Works, and Pope Yeatman, New York engineer. $24,000 T0 WIDOWS OF AGENTS PLANNED Cummings Says He Will Ask Con- gress to Care for Mrs. Cowley and Mrs. Hollis. Attorney General Cummings said today he will ask Congress to grant $12,000 each to the widows of In- spector Samuel P. Cowley and Special Agent Herman E. Holis, who sacri- ficed their lives in shooting to death George “Baby Face” Nelson. Deploring the fact that agents of the Justice Deparetment’s Division of Investigation are ‘“underpaid and without retirement privileges,” Cum- mings sald at a press conference he would seek similar grants for the fam- ilies of six other justice agents wno have been killed in action against the underworld. - Cummings announced, moreover, lieved to have left her home wearing a nightgown, a fur wrap and slippers, Mrs. Schaffner was released Monday from the Monterey Hospital, where she had been taken for a rest. She disappeared from her Carmel home early Tuesday morning. Plane to Search Bay. Plans were made today for an air- plane to fly over Carmel Bay and the ocean beach. Meanwhile Joseph Schaffner, the husband, was hurrying here from Chi- cago by rail and plane. Sheriff’s deputies quoted Mrs. Fannie Reeves, a Monterey palmist, as saying Mrs. Schaffner six days ago announced her intention of “going far away. — 22 TONS OF BANANAS ON CHICAGO 200 MENU $12,000 to $13,000 a Year Cost of Feeding Animals That Enter- tain 15,000,000 Visitors. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 20.—The Lin- coln Park Zoo menu is nearly as sur- prising as its population. The cuisine for the year, Director Floyd S. Young reported, required 600 grapefruit, 22 tons of bananas, 100 crates of lettuce, 50 tons of beef, 8 tons of Irish potatoes, 300 bushels of sweet potatoes, 1,000 pounds of grapes, 50,000 loaves of bread and 21!, tons of fish. And though it costs from $12,000 to $13,000 & year to feed them, Young pointed out the animals entertain about 15,000,000 visitors annually. October of last year, when his former wife, Nan Barclay, had him locked up for not coming across with a $1,000 alimony payment. Later he reached a settlement with tiful evening frocks. To add reealism, professional models will be there in prison garb. And, to be sure, an orchestra will play “The Prisoner's Song.” RANKING OF BRIDGE PLAYERS IS URGED Culbertson Would Follow Custom Just as Tennis Players Are Graded. By the Assoclated Press. CINCINNATI, December 20—Ely Culbertson came out for a national ranking of bridge players, just as the tennis world grades its experts of the courts. “There is a decided need,” he said, “for some national ranking of bridge players like the national ranking of tennis players.” His statement was issued here by Charlton Wallace, regional chairman of the U. 8. B. A, under authorization of Geoffrey Mottsmoth, secretary of the association. A meeting of representatives of the U. 8. B. A, the American Bridge League and the American Whist League has been suggested by Charles B. Little of Scranton, Pa., president of the Whist League, to organize in- ter-league play for an annual “cham- pionship.” Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. EUGENE BLACK PAID NATIONAL TRIBUTE | Funeral Services Today for For- mer Governor of Federal Reserve Board. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, December 20.—Words of tribute came today from financial leaders of the Nation as final rites were planned for Eugene R. Black, close friend of President Roosevelt and former governor of the Federal Reserve Board. The 61-year-old financier died yes- terday following a heart attack. Fu- neral services were set for 3 pm to- day. Governor of the sixth district Re- serve Bank for many years, Mr. Black was called to Washington by President Roosevelt in 1933 to head the Federal Reserve Board during some of the most turbulent days in the country’s financial history. Several months ago Mr. Black re- signed his post as governor of the board to return to his old post at the sixth district bank here. Following his resignation from the Washington post Mr. Black continued to serve as contact man for the ad- ministration and the bankers. KIRWIN TAKES BLAME IN VAN METER CASE Ex-Convict Admits Harboring Slain Dillinger Gang Member. By the Assoclated Press. DULUTH, Minn, December 20.— Thomas F. Kirwin, St. Paul ex-convict pictured by the Government as the key figure in the alleged conspiracy to harbor Homer Van Meter, yesterday admitted his part in the affair. He added that he had known the slain Dillinger gangster through most of the period marked by his frantic flight from the law. With his testimony the defense rest- ed in the Federal Court trial of Kirwin, desperado was shot down by St. Paul police last August. Defense counsel told the jury Kir- win’s only defense was ignorance of warrants out for Van Meter's arrest and pleaded chiefly for Gray and Mrs. McCarthy. Lives on Lonely d. mate, but some want all those pro- moting or opposing legislation regis- tered so their activities will be matters of record. At least three bills for registration were introduced last year. More are expected this year. Back in 1913, President Wilson said lobbyists were so thick that “one can't throw a brick without hitting one.” Since then the number of organiza- tions interested in proposed laws has grown Hits Pretense of Influence. A drive against individuals who “seek to sell their influence” was out- lined today by Representative Mc- Swain, Democrat, of South Carolina, demeanor to appear before Govern- ment departments “under the pretense of having influence.” McSwain estimated there were be- tween 100 and 200 persons in Wash- ington who were “pretending” a word from them would influence official action. One bill for the registration of lobbyists was proposed last year by Senator Norris, Republican, of Ne- braska. Norris was chairman in 1929 Senate Judiciary Committee in 1929 which set up a subcommittee to in- vestigate lobbying. 'PARAGUAY TO GET NEW PEACE CHANCE gram, Seeking Reply by January 11. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 20.—The Ad- visary Committee of the League of Nations decided today to give Para- guay another chance to accept the Chaco peace plan, objected to by her two days ago. A telegram will be sent to the Paraguayan government answering various points raised by it and the message will probably indicate strongly that Paraguay must reply definitely by January 11, when the League Council will open its session to follow the Saar Basin territory Pplebiscite. Bolivia has already accepted the peace plan. Delegates said the message would emphasize that Paraguay apparently misunderstands the true purpert of the plan. The committee is divided as to whether Asuncion has not already categorically rejected the plan. CHOCTAW WOMAN, 125, EXPIRES IN OKLAHOMA charges. | Rode “Trail of Tears” Into New Region When Evicted From Mississippi in 1823, By the Assoclated Press. MILL CREEK, Okla, December 20—Kiziah Hotato, 125-year-old full- blood Choctaw Indian woman, died at her home near Granite Mountain yesterday. As a i5-year-old girl she rode a over the “Trail of Tears” fol- who has a bill ready making it a mis- League to Send Government Tele- | Today's Drawings Ordered by Mussolini to Convert Gov- ernment Bonds. | By the Associated Press. ROME, December 20.—A platoon of new Italian lire millionaires came into being today with the drawings of a $50.000,000 lottery—one of the most ambitious raffles ever pulled off in Europe and perhaps the world. The new millionaires numbered exactly 180. The ranks of the nearly rich were swelled by 360 persons re- ceiving prizes of 500,000 lire and 2,400 receiving awapds of 100,000. The prize winners received still another though less tangible prize. By pulling their millions out of the hat this morning they automatically came into title as “exemplary patriots.” The lottery scheme was devised by Mussolini’s government to speed the machinery of the gigantic consolidated | bonds conversion law of December, 1934. Holders of consolidateds were told at the time that they must cash in their bonds within 10 da s or pre- sent them for conversion from 5 to 3.50 per cent. e AIR LINER LAUNCHED BALTIMORE, December 20 (#).— The giant flying Clipper No. 7, built for trans-Pacific service, was suc- cessfully launched here today in preparation for her maiden flight. The great air liner was the first of three similar planes, being built by ,the Glenn L. Martin Co. for the Pan-American for service across the Pacific. ' E.&gw CHRISTMAS SEALS ) %%@Ggfl 1n German provin- cesall try to blow sparks on each other froma suspend: €d Yole log brond GERMANY In some parts of Germany the people burn & Yule log. Some- times this is & huge log that will last through the three days' fes- tivities, and sometimes it is one so small that the family sit before it until it is entirely consumed, Sometimes a part of the log shopping days to Christmas room and each person present blows at it hoping to make a spark all on some watching face. Others carry a piece of the log to bed to protect them from