Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1923, Page 5

PROPOSES WORLD TRADE LANGUAGE Science Delegate Favors Use of Simplified Form of English. Ty the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December World-wide use of a simplified form ©f the English language in com- merce and international intercourse as urged upon the American Asso- clation for the Advancement of Selence today by J. W. Hamilton of St Paul, Minn, who has spent much time in the development of a pro- vosed universal language. Dr. J. Me- Koen Cattell of New York city was elected president, succeeding Prof. C. D. Walcott, secretary of the Smith- sonfan Institute, Washington. smo English,” as the new lan- suage would be known, would in no way interfere with standard Eng- lish now existent in litcrature, buf would ser as a sort of “sccondary language” and be uscd only for inter- national communication. The plan s been indorsed by a number of ominent men and nations, Mr. Adamiiton deciared Peculiarities of the human body also were discussed by the sclentists. Prof. R. Hoskins of Ohiv State Uuiversity deciared t the pineal xland in the human body, represented in extinct reptiles by the “third eye, uow Is regarded as the “secat of the human soul.” Its derangement vauses severe derangements of the vody. Other glands also v an important part in human existence, he said. Most Distinctive Insect. Entomotogists, discussing plant lite, were told by Dr. N. Ji. Mcindoo. cnat {is cotion Loll weevil is aving more amage than any other insect in the sid. Feeding upon the leaves and oung buds of the cotton plant, the do wimost immeasurable dam- o far they have vutwitied man attempt to control them, he D. Harkins, pre or_of cmistry at Chicago Uni- nounced that he had dis- the zeta T expected to broad emect in the neld of s , and Dr. Wilils Whitney of Schenect » N. Y., demonstrated the possibitity of transmitting electrical vurrent by wireless. Dr. Harkins sald that he had found the new ray in his attempt to break up atoms in s8ases by directing the energy ot yadium into them, and had succeeded in isolating it It comes from the alpba particles of radium, he said. und may revolutic science by per- ; mitting the liberation of atomic energy and pe itting its introduc tion into practical use. Dr. Whitne: a demonstration conducted to sho ihe varfous uses of vacuum, trans mitted through a short pace of air sufficient high frequency current to light an incandescent lamp. Analytical Research. Scientific, analytical research should be applied to the labor problem to bring about its solution, Dr. Francis 1i. Bird, director of the department of rasearch of the United Typothetae of America, declared in an addre: to- day befort the social conomic sclence section of the n As- ociation for the Advancement of Science. Groups directly concerned often fail to grasp the basic factors in industrial controversies which would be apparent to scientific in- tigators, he sald. onstruetive research work s bheing done b both open and closed «hop” printers and by employing printers to bring about an under- standing of their problems, he de- clared. he employing printer has not =solved his labor problem, but is making an effort to study it intelli- zently,” Dr. Bird declared, adding That the Typothetae is contributing to the work by doing research in the labor problem and maintaining, an extensive service on labor informa- tion and counsel for its members. “Man Only Cousin of Ape.” Man, although the product of evo- lntion, did not descend directly from the ape of today and had his origin in Furope, a hundred thousand vears ago, instead of Asia, as gen- erally is presumed, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the National Museum, Washing- ton, D. C., declared yesterday. The relationship of the existent ape 10 man probably is that of a “cousin,” Dr. Hrdlicka said, the two having prung from branches of the same Tamily hundreds of thousands of vears ago. “If we went far enough back, however, both probably would be found to have had their origin in the state of simple, double molecule,” he added. The development of the human race he pictured as similar to that of a tree, all of which is the product of ntral trunk. Man, he said, might be compared to the top, which had srown and developed to the supreme noint, while all the branches and off- shoots could be considered as the lower animals—all originating from a4 common source, but developing along different lines. While some sort of anthropold or manlike ape probably was the pre- cursor of the present human race, Dr. Hirdlicka said, there must have been a transition period during which man existed in various grades down to the animal state. “The distance between the lowest form of man and the highest form of ape, however, is too zreat even to be passed by mutation. he declared. Microstoma Lowly Creature. The m toma, 4 lowly worm, so simple in construction that it has only two minute nerve centers, but which is wonderfully equipped by nature 1o defend itself, was cited as one of the marvels of the animate world by Dr. William A. Kepner and John P, Barker of the University of Virginia, Colored lights given off by plants, presumably “in their food-making processes, h finally been seen through a new achievement in pho- tographic science. This announce: Prof. Francis versity, retiring vic botanical section of the association, discoverer of the proce: He de- clared that a “fluorescent” property of plants caused them to give off light of a color peculiar to_the sub- stance, after having been exposed to white light. The green coloring mat- ter gives off a red light, while other substances produce vellow. orange or green fluorescent light, Prof. Lioyd said. Amer to | was made by vd of MeGill Uni- president of the Louisiana Health Fight. The battle of the state of Louisiana to free itself from vellow fever, ma- laria_and cholera, probably the great- est drawbacks to its early progress, “stands as a brilllant example of | man’s conflict and eventual conquest of environment. and disease,” Dr. Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana state board of health, told the convention yesterday. The low-lying terrain of Loulsiana, ofttimes beneath the level of the Mississipp! and only a few feet higher than the waters of Lake Pontchar- train, offered apparently insurmount- able health difficulties, he said. A book contsining all the facts and fundamentals of physics could be written in wenty-five pages, the subjects of astronomy and mechanics eould be covered in the same space, and & “wonderful book on chemistry uld be written in the same length if we take out the ‘cook book stuff,” C. H. Kettering, automotive engineer of Dayton, told’ the engineers' group ai the convention yesterday. FORTE S T The New Year gift custom is sup- posed to have been derived from the Romans, but is g‘mbwlv mach older. Suetonlus and ‘Tacitus mention it (audius issued a decree forbidding the demanding of presents except New Year da; The Roman col- onists in Britain found that the .*m‘n kept New Year in the same on, i Rl We can't recall a Christmus when ther’ wuz such a wide va- riety of acceptable gifts fer a best girl—a plug o’ t’hacco, we firmly believe, would be about th” only thing we’'d be takin’ chances on. Who’s seen Ben Franklin’s picture on th’ new $100 bills. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) EPISCOPAL CHURCH PEACE HELD NEAR Sect Leaders Say Conference on Doctrine Better Than Controversy. Lie Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 29. A doc- trinal peace in the Protestant Episco- pal Church and a healing within the | church, far from the public eye of dissensfon between modern and con- servative factions which recently threatened an open schism, was seen today by prominent churchmen as the Intention of a series of confer- ences, initiated yesterday, of clergy and prominent laymen. An_official statement issued after the first conference, attended by six bishops, deans of two theological schools, a rector and two laymen, ex- pressed the belief that a right solu- tion lay in conference rather than in controversy. Frank intercHange of opinions and convictions at the conferences, it was predicted, would remove any animus from the disagreement over “funds: mentals of faith” and probably would result in making permanent the Christmas truce observed locally at the request of Bishop William T. Man- ning of New York, who presided at the meeting. 80,000 BELGIANS ARE SUING GERMANY Collective Damage Action, Based on Versailles Treaty Articles, for Deportations During War. BRUSSELS, December 29.—Eighty thousand Belgians deported by the Germans during the war are bringing a monster collectlve damage suit against the German government by virtue,of article 304 of the treaty of Versailles. The suit will be heard in accordance therewith by the Ger- man-Belglan mixed arbitration tri- bunal sitting in Paris on January 7, under the presidency of Paul M riaud, head of the law faculty of Geneva. Unlversity. (Article 304 of the Versailles treaty provides for the establisiment of & mixed arbitral tribunal between each of the allled and assoclated powers on the one hand. and Germany on the other. These tribunals are empow- ered to decide, among other things. questions concerning debts, property rights and Interests, contracts, pre- scriptions, judgments and industrial property.) WILL PROBE CHARGES OF BRIBING EX-PREMIER Newfoundland Authorities to In- vestigate Record of Sir Richard Squires. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHNS, N. F. December 20— Premier has made _public charges against Sir Richard Squires, who resigned the premfership last summer, which charges are to be in- vestigated by T. Hollis Walker, nomi- nated for the task by the colonial office. Mr. Walker was instructed to con- duct an inquiry into charges that while negotiations were in progress between the government and two iron, steel and coal companies re- garding obligations of the compa- Tiies to the government “certain mon- eys were paid to the then prime min- ister by the companies” and into charges that revenues of the depart- ment of the liquor controller were paid to private individuals instead of Into the treasury. Mr. Walker was also instructed to Investigate expenditures of relief ac counts in 1922 and 1923 of the depart. ment of agriculture, mines, public works and public_charities, which were controlled by Dr. Campbell, who resigned with Sir Richard. Both the former ministers, it was expected, would arrive from England in January. The former premier's re- port, it was sald, probably would be ready for submission to the legisla- ture late in February or early in March. WESTORY THE - EVENING ' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, BATURDAY G.OP. FOR COOLIDGE{¥ zst New World Thrown Open IN NORTH DAKOTA State Committee Urges Vot- ers to Support President in Primary March 18. By the Assacisted Press. . BISMARCK, N. D., December The candidacy of Calvin Coolidge for the republican nomination for Pres- ident was commended to the repub- lican voters of North Dakota at a meeting here yesterday of the repub- lican state committee of which Roy Frazier of Crosby, is chairman. The session adopted measures call- ed & “harmony program” and agreed on delegates to the' republican na- tional convention voted on March 18. The resolution which indorsed President Coolidge was adopt- ed without a record vote after its adoption was opposed by ¥. C. Walk- er and 0. McGrath of Glen Ullen. One section reads: “At a primar; to the Jaw on 3 ple of the sta to be held pursuant 18, 1924 the peo- will be called upon 10 preterence of candi- it of the United cctfully commend the alvin_Coolidge to the voters of North Dakot | believing that from b the farm, he is | qualified to understand the need of the agricultural sections of the north OHIO FAVORS COOLIDGE. State Committee Indorsement Be- lieved to Assure 51 Votes. By the Associated Press. . Decomber 29.— The republic rty in Ohio yester- day officially went on record favor- ing the nomination of President Cool- lidge by the national convention at i Cleveland in June | Indorsement of the Presider made at a meeting of the | tral committee here at | headquarters presided_over by { Chairman Charles W. The indo: have be Montgomery committeeme Montgomer: glven their nt to indorsement. Party leaders belleve the indorse- ment of the President by the state central committee practically insures that Ohio’s fifty-one delegates to the national conventfon will go there pledged to support Mr. Coolidge. COOLIDGE ACCEPTS. id they pre: didate in South Dakota. { By the Associated Press PIERRE, S. D., December 29.—Ac- ceptance by President Coolidge as the republican majority was flled with the secretary of sta herc yesterday, along with the a ceptance by Hiram Johnson of a tition proposing his name s date on the independent s the republican primary South Dakota. !COHALAN MAY DIRECT CAMPAIGN FOR REED Ex-Judge of New York Considered Probable Manager of Missouri Senator's Presidential Race. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, _ December Whether or not Daniel F. Cohalan, a state supreme court justice, who resignation yester- day, would manage the campaign Senator James A. Reed of Missouri | for the democratic presidentl nation, was a matter for_conjecture for' politiclans today. recently predicted that he would head enator Reed's forces, but Ju tice Cohalan has refused commen on_the subject. What he termed insufticien salary of supreme court forced his resignation, Mr. d. A resolution providing for increase from $17,000 to §: year was introduced in the b estimate Thursday. A leader in cal circles, Mr. Cohalan has been on the bench since 1911. He is a leader in the Friends of Irish Freedom movement and a_bitter opponent of the League of Nation UNDERWOOD HAS RIVAL | i candi- ion of ballot in the IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE L. B. Musgrove of Alabama Bids for Votes in the Preferential Primary. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Decembeor 29. —L. B. grove of Jasper. will Saturday as a candidate st Senator Oscar Underwood in the preferential presidential primary to be held in Alabama next May, it was said by his close friends after z conference here tonight which was attended by anti-Underwood leaders from all counties of the state. Under the preferential primary law the man who wins in the primary will have the right to name the state delegates to the national demo- cratic convention to be held in 1924. Musgrove’s friends say his cam- paign will be placed in high gear at once and that his leaders will go Into every county and attack the senator for his attitude on Muscle Shoals, prohibition and union labo: FATHER JOHN'S MEDICINE SOOTHES and HEALS BUILDING 14th and F Sts. Desirable Office Space for Rent All Outside Rooms and Bright APPLY f STORY & 812 17th Fr. COMPANY St. N.W. 4100 ‘ > or SUPERINTENDENT IN BUILDING Files Statement as Majority C:\n-l candidate | { pe- | i | wspapers | i ammany Hall politi- To Science by Sound Detector Ty the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 29.—Har- nessing for the use of practical sci- ence the potentialities of ultra-audi- Lle ether vibration was seen today by =clentists as the practical significance of the announcement by the Westing- house Electric and Manufacturing Company of the perfection by Dr. Phillips Thomas of an electric micro- phone, which, it was claimed, record- «d sounds too faint for perception by the human ear. The possible uses of ultra-audible vibrations, it was pointed out, were clearly imaginable in the light of the practical uses to which X-rays, elec- Uric waves. ultra-violet rays and radio waves have been put. The microphone, said to employ an entirely new principle, will open vast flelds of entomological research by making possible the recording of sounds made by Insects apparently mute, it was asserted. The new device, S. M. Kintner, Westinghouse research director, as- serted, would do_for thé human ear what "the microscope had done for the human eye, and possibly would 2dd as much to the store of human knowledge of physical and blologl- cal phenomena. The instrument consists of two small electrodes placed diametrically opponite each other In a ring of in- sulating material. /A high voltage applied to the electrodes is said to form between them a “glow dis- charge” having the peculiar property of being affected by sound waves and causing changes exactly correspond- ing to the sound waves in the flow of current to the electrodes. DEC'EM‘BER 29, 1923 IWARNS CF EXPECTING MUCH FROM RUSSIA Westminster ~ Gazette Deplores Trade Condition in So- viet Nation. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 20.—The West- minster Gazette, discussing the pros- pects of a renewal of Russo-British re- lations, prints today, a word of caution, saying that great harm will be done if too much is expected in the way of economic benefits. * Russia, the article says, 18 governed by the executive of the communist party, which is quite un- scrupulous. * Obstacles to trade are being steadily increased. corruption is rife and per- who in haste have attempted to t for the value of goods delivered arrested by foreign traders, have been sples, it and are expelled as economic is asserted. Bribery s rampant, the newspaper continues, and litigants speak openly of arrangements to pay the judges a per- centage of the proceeds of their ¢ Great hope of trade should not for export do 1ot exist in sufficient quan- tity to make an appreciable difference in the volume of Russia’s commerce, the article adls. (NUT OF HARDEST SHELL Delicious Product of Australia Was for Years a Puzzle to the Horticulturists. By the Associated Press. SYDNEY, N. §. W., December For many years the delicious bush nut of Australia, known the Australlan, Queenslund and polar nut, has baffed horticulturists. It had a rare and dolic: flavor, was a dish encouraged for & long time, as materials | KNOWN IS SOFTENED | usly as | for an epicure, but its shell was ahout the hardest known to mankind The size of a small pigeon's egg brown and shiny, one one might jum) on 1t and hammer it with one’s hee hout leaving the: faintest impres sion, save on the heel. One migh put it in the crevice of a door hing nd it would be the fulcrum to break |down the door. Something in the na ture of a blacksmith's hammer anc anvil was required to smash the | sherl. | After years of disappointed experi | ments in various parts of the work | official word comes now that J. S ‘Waldron, who lives on the north coas ew South Wales, has produced & shelled bush nut. Several plan generations have demonstrated the success of the new nut, according to the Queensland government botanist and the director of fruit culture, whe inspected the Waldron farm. The made-over bush nut is sald t« retain tl flavor and the indestruct ible shell has been replaced by on: that may be opened with reasonabl. facility. —_—_— In France the ing N Y | longer than country. of exchang as survi in any other Europea: '3 in and ca an $55. high or in lovel $29.50. Then, here are the clothes to take with you on your Southern Sojournings. Bright-colored sports clothes, for the morning hours, before the sun gets too hot. Sea and sand clothes for the hours between eleven and one. Floating, summery frocks and hats for tea-time in the cocoanut grove. And, for the bright lights, the brilliance, and the formality of evening resort life in the South—exquisite evening gowns. iringed, $3.50. prefer, clever ings, $5 :QIMPLE sports Frocks; shim, straight, boyish, severely plain, are to be considered first of all. In tile blue, in canary yellow, in white with smart little Vest-like Coats to match are sports frocks of flannel—striped, im- ported flannels trimmed with cire satin, and one very new and very smart middy frock, with pleated skirt and monogram in yellow, $39.50 to $59.50. HEN, when tea-time comes, sum- mer's own fashions appear— floating Frocks of sheer French batiste or voile, exquisitely embroidered, hand-drawn and frilled with Valen- ciennes lace, $65 to $95. FIGURED Georgette Frocks, smart- ly pleated, in lovely soft browns and greens—and smart little French crepes charmingly beaded in their own OTE CHEVAL is the name of a or contrasting colorings, $39.50 to $85. very attractive new imported fabric which fashions a smart Sports Frock in a new moss shade; and silk alpaca becomes fashionable again in the smartest frocks imaginable—soft ys, azure blues and bright yellows, g:.so to $75. ND, too, the flexible, practical’and decidedly smart Knitted Sports Clothes are going south in numbers. Frocks in wool and fiber, Two-piece Suits of chic design—frocks with glint- ing metallic threads against their own vivid coloring, $25 to %?15. N the evening these Frocks sketched will be seen at the brilliant resorts. The white crepe frock, showing a new, Spanish influence in its black embroid ery and fringe, $65. The lovely orcl d crepe Frock, exquisitely beaded and ap- pliqued in many-colored, tiny velvet flowers, $69.50. sweater: ers all HERRY-colored chiffon velvet and silver brocade fashion the gor- geous Wrap, $135. or w model F Hats, one takes many—and of many colors—exquisite new red- dish browns, crab-apple pink, moss and almond greens, exquisite gray— vivid orange and old tile blues; taf- fetas, pleated crepes, straw, hand- fashioned flowers and embroidery—a sparkling rhinestone pin—these make hats of charm, color and loveliness, $15 to $35. ? KNITTED Cape in every trunk —if you would have a complete southern wardrobe. Of white, prefer- ably—sometimes appliqued in color— or in bright yellow or soft tans and grays, $19.50 to $39.50. R the smartest of White Coats in the new fabric, Mah Jong— faced in black velvet, bound in gold braid, $95. CAPE on a frock makes a2 most A charming little afternoon cos- tume—if it is of black crepe finely pleated—the blouse in a lovely flame- crepe, gorgeously embroidered, $59.50. HITE Canvas Oxfords one may wear with sports clothes— these have covered military heels and plain tip, $7.50. While for evening— silver and gold and brilliant Paisley colored metallic cloth fashion the smartest of dance slippers, $12.50, $15 and $18. are the real type—others of rubber- ized satin—artificial silk, artificial HE smartest of Bath- 2 Suits has a cape p to match; of brick-dust red wool, with unusual broidered Other suits design em- tan wool, have low necks—many swimming in y colorings, $5 to ANY are the Scarf that quite attractive are these hand-woven ones of wool, are worn— and in the smart- est of color combinations, If you, however. there are smart silk scarfs in and vivid color- and $6.50. WEATERS and Skirts match their brilliant colerings sweaters of wool smartly combined many times; with fiber; s, all wool; sweat- fiber, $7.50 to $10.75; and skirts, pleated wrapped—one new finely tucked—in tile blue or brick-dust red, $15 to $25. Habit is of first im- portance to the woman tweeds Waoodward &Wothrop GETTING into a good who rides; habits, correct- ly tailored, are of mannish or Bedford cord; in the tannish or grayish mixtures, $39.50 to $75.