Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1924, Page 12

WINS PRIZE WITH MONUMENT McVeigh Hutchins, wife of the secretary the Yale School of Fine Arts, and 'AL FIGURE. Mrs. Mand Phelps of Yale. herself a student of her figure. “Disarmament,” which awarded first prize in the Beaux Arts Institute of Design compe- PRETTY PICTURES ON THEIR Wide World Photo. GOLOSHES. These art students of Omaha University DEDICATES bird fountain in the grounds BIRD FOUNTAIN. f the Jo Ambassador Jusserand dedicating a n Dickson Home. The retiring representative of France, in an address, paid tribute to the feathered ngers of Washington. Hazel Babcock. Doris Roberts and Carmen Longman -have started a fad which certainly helps the appearance of the lowly golosh. They have painted all sorts of designs, in many colors, on their storm shoes. RAIN HALTS DRIVE | ONMOORISH REBELS Spanish Aviators Unable to| Carry on Raids Over Troops | North of Tetuan. By tlie Associated Press, TETUAN, Morocco, Deceniber Drenching rains during Christmas prevented the Spanish ayviators carry- ing out raids over the territory where rebellious Moorish troops have concentrated north of Tetuan. Large for of Spaniards stationed in Tetuan and vicinity since their retire- ment from Chechauen consequently en- joyed a pericd of comparative tran- quility. The been consid- owing to battalions have erably reduced in numbers the return to Spain of soldiers who have served in Morocc ince 1921 Other units have been sent back to the Melilla zone. A plete reor- sanization of the occupying forces is taking place under the supervision of Gen. Primo River: Spanish military dictator, Behind the stretching from most of the former panish forts have been abandoned This obviates the necessity of frequent convoys and leaves the flyin columns under Gen. | ro and Col. Franco to operate n the work of suppressing uprisings among the natives. The tribesmen at the present moment are showing a disposition to submit, although eral groups still maintain hostile ac- tivities in the ncighborhood of Zoco- El-Telata Native tribesmen arriving here from the camp of Abd-El-Krim report that he has ordered all the tribesmen who are not soldiers di med. This order sald to have created considerable | il-feeling g the chieftain's fol-| lowers { Another report brought in by na- tives is to the effect that meinbers of th eBeni Idir tribe have come out 'in | open_opposition to Abd-El-Krim and | follower: 1t said they have declined to give bread to the chief- tain's men, and that this is causing great misery in the western zone. newly Tet formed line, n to Tangier, his is PAPER IN NEW HANDS. Manchester Mirror, 0ld New Eng- land Journal, Joins Union-Leader. MANCHESTER, N. H., December 27, ~The Union-Leader Publishing Co., publishers of the Manchseter Leader and the Manchester Unlon, announced today the purchase of the Manchester Mirror, one of the oldest afternoon daily newspapers in New England. The Mirrez will be consolidated with the afternoon Leader. The two papers will be pub under the name of the Leader. Mirror, since its purchase some years ago from Rosecrans W. Pillsbury, has heen published by a company headed by John H. Fahey, former president | of the United States Chamber of Com- merce, Maj, Frank Knox and John P. Muchling are publishers of the Union and Leader. The highest telephone in the United States is located on the summit of Pikes Peak, in Colofado—an altitude | of 11,110 fect, or almost 3 miles, | Court. “Cocotte” Not Term| Of Slander, Court | Asserts in Suit| Former Ship Stewardess Loses Case Against Liner Steward. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December the Appellate Divi —Even ion of the Supreme is divided as to whether one may call a woman a “cocotte” with- out slandering her, finally. voting three to two that one may. The de- cision affirmed a judgment by Justice Thomas C. T. Crain, dismissing a $5,000 suit brought by Mrs. Helena P. Rovira Alonzo, former stewardess of the Ward liner Orizaba, against An- drew Boget, steward of the same ship, for applying the term to her. The dissenting justices were Johx Proctor Clarke, presiding, and Victor J. Dowling, both French scholars. Herman Carte, Supreme Court inter- preter, said “cocotte” was a slang word indicating a woman who led a fast life, “but not a common woman.” Mrs. Alonzo, mother of two boys and two girls, declared through her lawyer that the defendant had em- ploved the appellation before a group of passengers who understood French and ' so caused her mental anguish. She alleged his remarks were made after she had repulsed his advances. Counsel for the defense quoted the bill of fare, “eggs en cocotte” (poach- ed eggs). to illustrate the harmless sense of the word In which, he said, his investigating client had used it. MINE CONFE PROGRAM COMPLETE President to Hold Gathering of Experts Here Early in Year. [ The program for the conference| called Dby President Coolidge, to which about 10 States having exten-| sive coal mines will be invited to send representatives, has been com- pleted by the Department of Interior and its Bureau of Mines. It is the intention of the President to hold the conference at an early date so that seek legislation along lines agreed upon by the conference can do so at the forthcoming sessions of the vari- ous State Legislatures. Coal mine accldents during No- vember took a toll of 155 deaths, ac- cording to reports furnished by State mine inspectors to the Interior De- partment and made’ public today. Of the 155 men killed, 114 lost their RENECE | governors desiring to! | | V jment with the Attorney | assistant, Wide World Photy. OPPOSED BY ‘DRYS, QUITS OFFICE RACE Edge’s Candidate for Rev- enue Collector Withdraws, Seeing'No Hope of Success. By the Associated Prese. JERSEY CITY, N. J. December —George H. Johnston of Scotch Plains, N. J.. who was recommended by Senator Walter E. Edge to Presi- dent Coolidge for appointment as col- lector of internal revenue at New- ark, telegraphed to Senator Edge vesterday asking that his name be withdrawn, “1 wired the Senator because T do not think that I will be named by the President, or that my nomination would go through, because of the op- position of the Anti-Saloon League and of charges that have been made egainst me,” Mr. Johnston said at the Tnion County Republican headquar- ters in Elizabeth. “Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair told me two or three days ago that he had inves- tigated all of the charges and found them baseless. All of them, whether made by the league or by individuals, are false. I hold no animus against the Anti-Saloon League and am a good loser.” Col. George T. Vickers, special prose- cutor assisting Prosecutor Milton in the New Jersey rum scandal, in a_statement issued last night said: “While I have been mak- ng personal investigations of the bootlegging and rum-running activi- ties in Hudson County, I am not ready at present to make any recommenda. tions to United States Attorney Gen- eral Stone. I have not seen Mr Stone yvet regarding the situation in Hudson County. I expect, however, o confer with him very shortly.” It is understood here that Col. Vickers will leave soon for Wash- ington and that he has an appoint- General on District Monday morning. Federal Attorney Walter G. Winne and his Walter Van Ripper, are also expected to go to Washington Monday to see the Attorney General. CHILD BURNS TO DEATH. Three Others Injured When Trap- ped in Blaze. TOWANDA, Pa., December 27.—En- trapped on the third floor of a burn- ing business building at Waverly, N. Y., near here, yesterday, a ehild was fatally burned and three persons were severely burned before they were res- cued by firemen. Eleanor Wiswell, § years old, died late last night from her injuries, while Henry Mulford ix in a grave condition. Damage to the lives at bituminous mines and 41 at|Ellis building, to which the firo was e |the anthracite mines in Pennsylva- | nia. The fatality rate for the entire industry was 3.26 per million tons of coal mined, as compared with 3.45 for November last year, a reduction of about 6 per cent. Fatalities for the first 11 months of the vear numbered 2,135, indicat- {ing a fatality rate of 4.22 per mil- lion tons. The corresponding rate | for. the first 11 months last year was 3.87. The increase, the Interior De- partment said, was due entirely to explosions of gas during the early pl;( of the present vear. i confined, was estimated at $2 is believed the blaze originated from an exploding kerosene stove. Woman Poison Victim. Mrs. Mabel Musselman, 21, 1227 Trinidad avenue northeast, suffering trom poison she had taken at home, the police reported, was removed (o Casualty Hospital yesterday after- noon. . She was treated by Dr. Cud- ney, who reported her condition as being undetermined. = Nationsl FPhoto. This is a real Georgia peach healthy youngster who is attracting more or less attention around the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Brog- don of Atlanta. The baby, 9 months old, weighs 32 pounds. Wide World Photo. is a Mrs. Florence Kahn, widow of the late Representative Julius Kabn of California. who is to be a candidate for the congressional seat vacated by her husband’s death. Wide World Photo. RS IN COMMUNITY PL Sara Bergling performing the “bal by the Southeast Community {OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID BLAMED ON OYSTER FORECAST BY U The recent outbreak of fever in New York City and its en- virons, which is being blamed by of- | ficials of the city on the eating of oysters, bears out the warning by Bureau of Fisheries officials that un- less something drastic was done to curb the pollution of waters near the oyster beds serious consequences might follow They do not make any claim that the present epidemic is due to eating of oysters, but they have pointed out the menace to health in eating oy ters that come from waters close by the outlet of sewerage systems. They have pointed out several evils now existing in the oyster industry that require almost immediate rem- edying if the industry is to live. typhoid | Three Outstanding Problem Three problems are outstanding, the pollution of water, the failure to re- turn shells to the beds and overdredg- ing of the beds, with the result that insufficient seed oysters are left for breeding purposes. Maryland, at great cost, is en- deavoring to overcome one of these evils, the failure to dump shells back into the water. The life of the oyster is such that the return of shells to the water is an absolute necessity. The voung oysters, after ybeing hatched, swim around as free- | swimming fish for a period of ten to two weeks, depending upon temperature of the water in which they live. At the expiration of that period they sink slowly to the bottom, where they attach them- selves to rocks for shells and begin to develop into the orthodox bi- valve. However, if, when they reach the bottom, they find no hard sub- stance to which to attach them- selves, they sink into the mud and die. That is where the necessity of dumping shells into the water comes in. Years ago this was no problem, for| the gregt accumulations of shells | along the shore became a nuisance Problem of Recent Origin. and the fishermen, partly to make room and partly for ballast, took loads of shells out with them when they went out to the beds and dumped them in the water somewfere nearby. In this way they provided for the foundations for new beds which became populated with oysters in the following breeding seasons. However, “efficlency” hit the oyster Industry and it became necessary to end what the ignorant thought was | a huge waste of material in the dumping of the shells into the ocean By-products were sought and there sprang up a new industry that used oyster shells by the millions of tons to make grit for chickens and lime, to say nothing of the great quanti- tlos that went into the bullding of roads. Such u profiigate waste and failure to provide for the future has brought the Industry to the verge of ruin. | Overdredging Prescnts Problem. | Another great problem is that of ovordredging the beds. In a desire for galn and an utter indifference W to the future has led many oyster mon to drag the beds over and over until so few adults are left that the propagating of new generations of oysters has been seriously curtalled. This practice continued a few years Menace of Pollution Stressed by Exper Warn of Dangers Besetting Bivalve Industry. Who more will find the oy less a thing of the past. The third of the main problems is that of pollution. The ovster is type of living sieve that strains from the water all the little organisms that come his way. If he is in clean water he obtains nothing harm- ful. If there are the organisms of typhoid in the water around him it is a different matter. From time to time typhoid has been suspected a having been of oyster origin and frequently traces have been found in oysters from certain localities. In each case the source of infection has been located and the spot generously treated with chlorine. In the present case in New York City no definite data have been collected, the oyster simply being “held on suspicion.” One Haul Was Pink. One case has come to the attention of the Bureau of Fisheries’ officials in which a load of oysters were found to be pink. Careful analysls failed to uncover anything of a harmful na- ture in the oysters, but neither was there found any who cared to sup of them. It was definitely established that in this case yeast finding its way to the oyster bed had caused the blush of modesty to come to the oyster. It was even hinted that per- haps the sugar in the oyster and the yeast in the water got together, as veast and sugar sometimes will, with the usual result and that the blush more or instead of being a blush of modesty | was the blush of insobriety; in fact that the oyster was in reality an oys- ter “‘cocktall.” While nothing harmful was found in this particular infected oyster the case demonstrated the danger that lurked in the oyster from infected waters. The danger, limited now be- cause of the vast majority of the oyster beds are free from danger of pollution, is a great problem for the future as cities along the seaboard continue their growth and pollution continues to increase. Factories and ships all have their part in this pol- lution apd some drastic curb must be provided by the various States af- fected. U. S. Can Advise Only. The Federal Government can advise only, for the control of fisheries along the coast is entirely within the hands of the States. The Bureau of Fisheries' officials are urging that the States act quickly to provide, as Maryland is now providing, for the dumping of great quantities of shells In new localities, free from pollu- tion, where new oyster beds are to be established. These beds are to be kept closed for a few years, until they are properly developed, and then will be opened under license, a fee sufficient to cover the costs of the enterprise be- Ing charged. The States are urged to provide a proper supervision of their oyster beds to prevent their depletion through the avaricious overdredging of thoughtless fishermen, The bureau highly ‘recommends the leasing of offshore waters to oyster fishermen with proper protection, in order that men who look ahead may have their opportunity to develope the industry in a scientific manner, just as the wheat farmer, for in- stance, developes his wheat feld. The oyster farmer would establish a num- ber of beds, which he would fish in alternate years, giving the beds am- AY. SCENE FRUM CHRISTMAS PLAY GV east Community Center presented “The Christmas Carol,” under the direction of Miss Evely N BY COMMUNITY CENTER. Club of the South- Davis, Jast night The Dramatic Left to right: Bob Dunnigan, Grace Morgan, Sara Bergling, Edna Newman, Florence Estes, Catherine Wal- ker, Barbara Alvey, Samuel Sinrod, Dorothy Bell and William Smith. Misses Lillian Matthews loon dance.” in the play and produced enter last ni (ONE GRAVE TO HOLD QD0 HOBART DEAD Burial of Fire Victims Delayed by Inability to Finish Digging. By the Associated Pry HOBART, Okla., December Babb's Switch, a little farming settle- ment south of here, today continued burying the 35 victims of the fire |which ~ wrecked the community's school house during a Christmas eve entertainment. Eight bodies were buried yesterday after a memorial service at the Ho- bart auditorium in which ministers from all denominations took part. Stores closed while all Hobart turned out to pay tribute to the dead. Plans for burying the other victims y day were held up because of inabiiity to get the graves finished. One large |grave was being dug in the little snow-covered cemet to receive 20 of the victims today. Families of the others requested separate burials. No new services were planned for today, those vesterday sufficing for all. At least three of the injured are not expected to recover. Pioneer Plowman Dies. GRAND FORKS, N. Dak., December 27.—Barney ' _Hagger: 85, credited with having hauled the first plow into this district on an ox cart, in 1874, died yesterday of pneumonia. He came here from Ontario, Canada. —_— ple time to recuperate from each sea- son before again being dredged. He would provide “fertilizer” in the shape of shells for the homes of the young. He would keep his water- farm clean, guarding against infec- tion and acting quickly iIf any dan- ger to health became apparent. The farms under this system would be located at points far enough dis- tant from cities to prevent the ty- phoid Infection. It would be beset by a single difficulty, one now met with in States where the farming is car- ried on. The oyster pirate hovers around, ready to raid a bed just about the time the farmer gets ready to do his dredging. At the present time the penalties for this type of piracy are so insignificant that the oyster pirate can pay his fine several times over out of the profits of one raid. He is in a class with the bootlegger in this respect. The Bureau of Fisheries officials, not desiring to be viewed as alarm- ists, nevertheless are firm in their | prophecies that unless something drastic is done in the way of meet- ing the problems of the industry within the next few years, the oyster will pass along the way of & | good part of the game, both bird |and fish, that has been hunted and fished until the once plentiful supply has been cut to the point where almost any size bag or haul comes under the head of an accom- plishment. If the people of the country are to continue to have the | benefit of an efficient and tasty food in the way of the oyster, something must be done and done promptly, or for a number of years, if not many years, the oyster will be off the market while belated efforts are being made to restore the beds to a point where once more they may be used for market purposes. THE TROUSERS OF A PRINCE. does not wear them all the time. cently unveiled amemorial at Wellington barracks. official reg of the Foot Guards. Victim of Aphasia W ears Diamond and Reads Greek Easily |Well Educated Girl Who | Has Forgotten Past Mystery to Chicago. pecial Dispatch to The Star CHICAG 1L, December “Charlotte,” the girl of stery, the most intriguing personality men- tal specialists and hospital authori- ties have ever encountered is ing a diamond ring, possessed of more than ordinary beauty, “Charlotte” dropped into the heart of Chicago on the evening of November 19, not knowing who she is or where she came from. Day in and out the girl prays that her mother may find her. On the evening of November 19 she was found in a state of hysterical collapse in the Union Station. For days she seemed obsaessed by terror. People from all parts of Chicago and other cities have visited the hos- pital, but no one could identify her. The girl insists her name is Nor- ris and that her father is an editor on a New York paper, but this has been disproved. She weighs 120 pounds, i feet 4 inches tall, with light brown hair and large, gray-blue eves. She speaks with a suggestion of a drawl, which hints of the East or South. She reads Spanish easil knows Latin and Greek and says she remembers Wall Street, the Stock Exchange and Coney Island. She says her family included father, mother, a brotler 2 years older than herself and a young sister. She was attending some university and taking a course in medicine. BUILDINGS EMPLOYES GATHER AROUND TREE First of Three Christmas Parties Held at Interior Department Auditorium. Employes of the 40 buildings under the jurisdiction of the office of public buildings and grounds held the first of their series of three Christmas parties last night in the auditorium of the Interior Department. After an entertainment Santa Claus appeared and picked presents for the children from the large Christmas tree. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, of whose official family these employes are, spoke briefly. The United States Army Band start- ed the entertainment with a concert, which was followed by a dance by Miss Ella McKenzie. Jacob Town- | pieces on-the guitar; Miss Eileen Lally sang popular songs, accompa- nied by Arthur McCreight. J. B. S. Kinsella sang and Orrin Eadie, ac- companied by Miss Marion Eadie, gave a violin solo. There was a reading by Mrs. Mary Disbrow, fol- Jowed by 20 minutes of fun by the National City Minstrel Fiye, com- posed of Messrs. Stern,” Wise, Mar- shall, Porterfield and Yowell. Miss Mary MclIntosh danced. ‘ After the distribution of gifts by Santa Claus there was dancing-uftil midnight. Well educated, well dressed, wear-| send then played a series of old-time | Washington Star Photo But the heir to the British throne They were donned when he re- The uniform is the Copyright by P. & A. Pbotes. WILBUR TO EXPLAIN NAVY GUN PLACING | | Will Discuss Before Senate Committee Elevation Pro- posal and Other Phases. Information Senate naval « fairs committee, in response to t inquiries recently propounded by t | committee, is being prepared by Se: | retary Wilbur of the Navy Depar ment. The Secretary will appear be fore the committee Monday, when begins work on the naval appropria tion bill for the coming fiscal year. | At the instance of Senator Gerry c | Rhode Island, the committee has ask | ed’ whether any foreign power has | protested against the proposed eleva | tion of the guns of American battie ships to give them range comparable to those of the guns on British and other capital s Secretary Wilbu would not indic however, whether the queries received touche on that question. he has Secretary Examines Records. Mr. Wilbur took occasion yester day to look up records of the naval battle off Santiago and the logs o certain ships engaged in the fighting along the Cuban coast in 1888 in o1 der to verify a recollection he ha that American ships at that time ha | been 1isted in order to increase the range of their guns, a procedure which has be experimented wit recently by the British an American navies, He found that th battleship Indiana, on July 11, afte { the naval engagement, and while eu [(Ic}\u. to bombard the city of Santiago over a high bluff, had swung her two main battery turrets to the offshore side, which listed the ship several degrees and added to the elevation of her 8-inch secondary battery on the shoreward side. Comparizon of Navies. Mr. Wilbur also found in old A ican and British scientific magazine comparisons of the American and Spax ish navies, made before war was declare: between those two countries. The “experts” of that day, he discovered held the two navies to be relatively equal in strength, as far as their ships were concerned, although the Spanish naval strength consisted largel of Theavily armored fast cruisers, while the American Nav included a far larger proportion of battleships. The Secretary made n. comment in connection with his ex plorations into the old records, sa) ing he had looked the matters up only to verify his own recollections SHIP CREW OUT ON BOND. Captain and Men Given Hearing on Rum Charge. HOBOKEN, N. J, December Capt. St. Clair Tanner and five men: - bers of the crew of the British schooner Patara, seized off the Je sey coast the day before Christmas with $200.000 worth of liquor aboard were held for a hearing before United States commissioner, yesterda charged with conspiracy to the prohibition Taw “ Capt. Tanner was released in $1,500 bail and the members of the crew gained their liberty on bail of $1,000 cach. | th violate