Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1925, Page 2

EINSTEN'S THEORY PROOF INCREASED Scientists Told of Results| Obtained by Star Observation. What is regarded as the first def-¢ inite evidence tending to prove Ein stein’s theory of relativity th the spectroscopic observation of stars, has been found by Dr. Walter S. Adams, director of the Mount Wil =on observatory of the Carnegie In stitution of Washington, and was re through | Wins Second Place ported at the annual meeting of the ] National Academy of Sciences here today | +-Dr. Adams' discoveries were de-! scribed to the meeting by Dr. Ge Ellery Hale, honorary director of the observatory o obtain the substanti ation. Dr. Adams phot phe spectrum of the faint companion st of Sirfus for his observation. with the assistance of the 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson. “Dr. Adams,” found a new confirmation stein's theory of relativity by his ob: servations. According to the theory of Prof. Eddington of England, the itoms of the chemical nt must be broken into single electrons .'n\dl Hale, “has of Ein aid Dr. protons under the enormous temper tures and pressures prevail many of the stars “Platinum with its atoms intact has | 7 times that that that 1 density and is the densest of the elements on the earth. Only by breakin ms into their constituent unit of positive and negative electricity can these be crowded together sufficiently to pro-f duce much greater densities. “Eddington calculates that the faint | star that rotates about Sirius, in which the atoms are thus disinte. grated, should have a density of about 50,000 times that of water. He also calculates that on Einstein's theory the lines in its spectrum should ba shifted by a certain amount toward the red “Dr. Adams has now accomplished with the 100-inch Hooker telescope the dificult task of photographing the| spectrum of the companion star and| measuring the position of the lines in its spectrum. He finds them to be shifted toward the red end of the spectrum by an amount in :los2 ac- cord with Eddington’s prediction. “These results thus tend to confirm instein’s theory of relativity and also Eddington’s theory of stellar con- stitution.” Ether Is Stationary. In the absence of Dr. A. A. son, head of the University cago’s physics department, because of illness, his associate, Prof. A. H Compton, read hi: paper yesterda afternoon, entitled “The Latest Te: of the Einstein Theory,” which de termined that when the earth is going forward in a straight line the velocity of light is apparently affected, but that rotation has no effect on light velocity. Dr. Michelson's experiments, con- ducted in_conjunction with Prof. H. ! G. Gale, dean of the graduate school | of science, University of Chicago, | indicated proof, Prof. Compton said, of the theory that the ether does not go along with the earth. A race| between two beams of light, travelling in opporite directions around a rectangle, was d in his experi- ments by Dr. Michelson, whose earlier work credited with having set Einstein on the road to his relativity theory. Michel of Chi- Boll Weevil Bait. Preliminary experiments by erick B. Power and Victor K. nut, Bureau of Chemistry, ment of Agriculture, in the cotton belt in analyzing the odorous con- stituents of the cotton plant, the sclentists were told, have disclosed that ammonia and trimethylamine were present in appreciable amounts in the distillate, but the ammonia largely predominated. Both sub stances were also found to be emana tions from the living plant, and al- though further tests remain to be conducted, it is considered possible that the a the boll weevil might be produced artifically for use as a bait to lure the pest to its_execution. The Agriculture Department chem- ists started th@r boll weevil baiting experiments in the-Summer of 1923, Messrs. Powe and Chestnut said in thelr joint paper, Government ento- mologists having attributed the at- traction to the cotton plant of the weevil to some volatile, odorous sub- stance emitted by the plant which could be detected by the pest at a considerable distance. Preliminary experiments with the odor as a lure tend to prove the effectiveness of the theory, scientists say, and while it must be con- sidered in an unproved stage, hel ful results are hoped for. As sc entists described the plan, the odor- ous bait would be used fo lure the weevil into traps, from which they cannot escape, or into water. Expects New Helium Finds. Although the United & the only nation possessing helium in commercial quantities, Dr. S. C. Lind, chief chemist of the Bureau of Mines, declared that when other countries are drilled for oil and gas 10 an equal extent there is a po bility that the non-ifiammable g will be found to exist elsewhere. takes some 20,000,000 years for he- ltum to leak up from minerals or rocks to the pools of natural gas | where it is now found, he said. | Dr. Oscar Riddle of the department of genetics of the Carnegic Institute | of Washington In a paper last night described sex reversal experiments with frogs. Science has only 40 minutes in the next quarter of a century to ob- serve total solar eclipses, Heber D. Curtls, director of the Allegheny Observatory of the University of Pittsburgh, told the academy in dis- cussing the January eclipse. Ox gen and additional helium were ob- served in the recent eclipse, Mr. Curtis declared, adding that each point of light on the milky way “is a sun much like our own sun. GUESTS OF FRATERNITY. Eight Men Welcomed to Member- ship by Delta Phi Epsilon. Eight newly initiated members of the Alpha chapter of the Delta Phi Epsilon, professional foreign service fraternity, were welcomed into full membership at a banquet held last night at the Hotel Lafayette, Among the guests were the Minister of Greece, Dr. Willlam S. Culbertson, vice chairman of the tariff commission; Representative Willlam P. Connery of Massachusetts, Wilmott Lewls, correspondent of the London Times; J. KEugene Harley, professor of international law of the University of Southern California; Dr. Willlam F. Notz, dean of the foreign service school of Georgetown Uni- versity; Dr. Richard S. Harvey, Georgetown University, and Dr. Arnold Spanhoofd of the foreign service school of Georgetown Uni- versity. The _initiates Fred Ches- Depart tes is now It were—William Amis, Harold S. Condon, Charles Y. Duncan, Thomas J. Gleason, John .J Hassett, Larkin Hundley. Fred C. Rogers, William F. Sweeney, % -~ 'HOEHLI D. | von second place and was chosen ! alternate representative of the Dis- trict in the National Oratorical Con- SEARCHFORGIRL AND AN PRESSED Vermont Orders Capture of Ex-Convict Dead or Alive. Has Rifle and Food. By the Associated Prese GRANVILLE. Vt. April A score of searchers from Granville, Braintree and Hancock. led by Dep- uty Sheriff H. B. Ford, pressed farther northward today in quest of 11-year-old Lucille Chatterton and Earl Woodward, former convict, with whom she disappeared from her home here last Friday. Following reports that the pair were seen on Braintree Hill the night before last and dis- covery vesterday of a few footpints bearing toward the north, the search was pushed into the Bull Run district of southern Northfield, beyond the town of Braintree. Attorney General Frank C. Archi- bald has ordered the capture of Wood- ward “dead or alive.” No New Trace Found. A night search of the heavily wood- ed hill country vielded no new trace of the pair. The last time the girl is known to have been seen was when she went to a spring to fetch water, on the farm of her father, Walter Chatterton. Woodward, befriended by Chatterton and employed as a farm hand, vanished at the same time. He had purchased a small supply of food in the village and had a rifle and ammunition. RE-ROUTING BUSSES PLAN TO RELIEVE JAM Traffic Director Would Divert Rapid Transit Company Coaches From Congested Quarter. Rerouting of northbound busses of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. so as to get them away from congestion at Seventeenth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue has been proposed by Traffic Director Eldridge and prob- ably will be approved. At present the single-deck busses go north on Seventeenth to Pennsylvania avenue, east to Madison place, north to H and west to Sixteenth street. With the opening of Jackson place as a two-way thoroughfare next week, it will be possible to reroute these busses as follows: East on State place from Seventeenth, north on West Ex- ecutive avenue and Jackson place, east on H street to Sixteenth street. The double-deck busses, which now g0 north on Bast Executive avenue and Madison place, will not be dis- turbed. Col. 1. C. Moller, engineer in the traffic office, said today that J. G. Mc- Kay, chief of the Division of Highway Economics of the Bureau of Public Roads, is now engaged 4n making maps to show the lanes through which traffic flows to and from the center of the city. These maps are being made from the information collected by the Boy Scouts in the recent counts and will serve as guides to the traffic di- rector in making future regulations. LI NG TO HEAR TROLLEY VALUATION Capital Traction Appeal, Trans- ferred to Facilitate Action, Comes Up May 6. Justice Adolph A. Hoehling of the District Supreme Court will hear the appeal of the Capital Traction Co. from the valuation placed on its property by the Public Utilities Com- mission. The case has been pending since December, 1919, and is said to involve only one question. Because of the crowded condition of Justice Hitz's calendar, an early date could not be set for the hearing, and Attor- ney G. Thomas Dunlop, representing the railroad company, and Corporation Counsel Stephens requested him to certify the matter to Justice Hoehling The latter assigned Wednesday, M: 6, for the hearing, and limited counsel to two days in presenting the case. The question involved relates to the purchase by the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Co. of the stock and bonds of the Rock Creek Railway Co., and whether the figures of that transaction are binding on the Public Utilities Commission in computing Ehe valuation of the Capital Traction Co. the successor of the W. & G. R. R. Co. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 28.—The Daily Mail, which recently told of Sir Broderick Hartwell's misadventure in whisky-running off the Ameri- can coast, now says he has cir- cularized his suporters to the ef- fect that he lost everything in the debacle. Of the 61,000 cases in the ship- ment_ the American authorities are declared to have seized more than 32,000. About 6,000 were sold and the proceeds spent on yessels, coal and other things, | | | l THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, P TATON NOVES ANE, SHE HOLDS Scenarist Telis Pen Women of Their Struggle to Create an Art. The moving picture industry is struggling to produce an original art, but still is in the throes of imitation, Mabel Hefkes Justice of New York author of more than 200 film play: told the League of American Pen Women in the Shoreham ballroom today She said that the wide adaptation of short stories and novels, few of them written with any screen con tinuity in mind, was due to the ina- bility of the producers to obtain original material which was not crudely imitative of something pre- viously_published Dr. Mary M Atkeson told the woman writers that the special maga zine article offered a fleld where money and reputation could be attained. This work also, she said, cannot be treated as a “dump” by any one who hopes for success. The magazine article designed as a pot boiler seldom boils the pot, she maintained. Others Make Addresses. Other speakers were Louise Sillcox, secretary of the Authors’ League of America; Peggy Albion, Mrs. Frances Gibbs Keith, who read selections from one of her plays, and Jessie Ritten- suse, wife of Clinton Scollard, the poe: League members will attend the re- ception by Mrs. Coolidge at the White House at 3 p.m JOHN POOLE HEADS ADVERTISING CLUB Federal - American Bank President Unanimously Elected. John Poole, president of the Federal- American National Bank, was unani mously elected president of the Wash- ington Advertising Club at the weekly luncheon of the organization at the City Club today. Mr. Poole succeeds Maurice Kafka in office. The other officers elected were J. O Martin of the Chesapeake and Poto. mac Telephone Co.,first vicepresident; Frank Kimmel of the Arthur Jordan Plano Co., second vice president; John F. Cassidy, re-elected, secretary: Sidney Selinger, re-elected. treasurer. The directors elected were: . B. Dulcan of the Hecht Co., Dr. Malcolm G. Gibbs of the Peoples Drug Stores and Allen De Ford. The report of the secretary showed that the membership of the club had greatly increased over the previous year and that the classifications had been extended to include department stores and newspapers. Delegates will be named in the near future to attend the general conven- tion of the Associated Advprtising Clubs of the World, which takes place at Houston, Tex., beginning May 9 FIRST WARRANT {SSUES IN DETROIT GRAFT REPORT Former City Employe Accused of Misappropriation of $52.72 of City Funds. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, April 28 —The first wa rant to grow out of the recent grand jury investigation into alleged irregu- larities in several city and county de. partments was issued toflay against ‘Werner Hemboldt, foermer superin- tendent of motor transportation. Specifically, the warrant charges mis- appropriation of $52.72 through pay roll irregularities. ‘Warrants will be asked today, C. P. O'Neil, city attorney, announced for G. H. Garner, former superintendent of the sidewalk division in the De- partment of Public Works, and J. J. Knight, former superintendent of the street cleaning division, same depart- ment. Hemboldt, Garner and Knight were among 19 individuals named by Judge Frank Murphy in his report on an investigation into charges of irreg- ularities, extortion and conspiracy. R. M. Toms, prosecuting attorney, has begun drafting complaints against several of the others named. In addi- tion to the warrants, civil suits are to be instituted by direction of the City Council for recovery of funds which, it was alleged, the city had been de. frauded. » Four city employes, Department of Public Works foremen, have been sus- pended indefinitely. Another foreman in the same department, who was also cited in the presentment, was dis- charged a week ago, it became known today. PROSPERITY AHEAD. Cabinet Impresses Coolidge With Good Outlook. In the course of today's cabinet meeting, President Coolidge and his advisers again gave considerable at. tention to the business outlook. Secretary Davis reported that there was an active demand nearly all over the country for building trade work- ers. Facts as to increased bank clear- ings and increased railroad car load- ing were introduced into the discus- sion by other membets, and the Pres- ident was given the impression that the prospects for prosperity are very good. i WOMAN IS SUICIDE. Special Diepatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 28— Mrs, Dora A. Hjork, 38 years old, wife of Neils Hjork, retired petty officer of the Navy, committed suicide at her home heré last night by shooting. Hjork found the body of his wife in bed this morning. . She had long been ill. Rum Baroriet Warns His Investors Suits Will Cause Complete Loss Thirty-two thousand cases re- main available for sale, the cir- cular says, but it is problematical whether they can be disposed of, the risk of seizure being great. “It is obvious,” ‘Sir Broderick continues, “that a big loss of capi- tal is inevitable, and every con- tributor has the right to sue me for non-fulfillment of my guaran- tee, but T have lost everything, and any such action would only result in hampering my endeavors to save something from the wreck. And 1 am the only person whe can‘do so, G . Taxing Fat Men to Ma | | Should fat far? They should, says Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters, woman writer on dietetics, and 80 _should fat women. Dr. Peters, speaking vesterday at the opening of the annual book fair of the League of American Pen Women at Woodward & Lothrop's, sald that further study of excess fat has con- vinced her that a cash penalty for exceeding the proper weight not only would help out the National Treasury, but add considerably to the average span of American life She would have a scientific stand- ard of weight In respect to height and assess every extra pound se- verely enough to make it a real ob. Ject to study calories intensively and try to prevent exceeding this stand- ard. Tax Worse Than Death. Dr. Peters proceeds on the theory that an intangible, distant prospect of gaunt Death knocking at the door before his time is hardly as great an incentive as an immediate drain on the purse. “When I first made this siggestion,’ said Dr. Peters, “the fat men got up in arms. I received nothing but abuse. All fat men in history who had been leaders in any of the affairs of life were brought to my attention. It was even proposed that extra weight CAPTAL IS TOURED BYCTYPLANNERS Reception at White House and Luncheon, Followed by Addresses, on Program. men be taxed for their With _the__cdncept _of__a _greater Washington, designed and developed along architecturally proper lines held ever before their eves, delegates to the Pan-American Conference on Capital Citfes swung into the last day's program of a two-day confer- ence today, concluding the active part of their visit to the city under the auspices of the American Clivic Association with a 36-mile tour about the Capital, visiting points of inter- est A few hours prev fore 1 o'clock today, the more than 100 delegates from European and South American countries and guests of the association from many points in this country went to the White House, where they met President and Mrs. Coolidge. Immediately after the reception the entire group of guests went to the Mayflower Hotel, where addre: € were to be made by dis- tinguished city planners of England France, Holland, Sweden and Ger- many. a susly, shortly be- Moore to Make Speech. The relation of the Washington of the future to the present develop- ment of the Capital was to be ex- plained by Charles Moore, chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, and Frederic A. Delano, president of the American Civic Assoclation, at the Mayflower luncheon. The discussion during the luncheon was to have as its general subject “World Capitals with the capitals of Kureopean na- tions to be described by the repre- isentatives of the various nations who have gathered in Washington at the invitation of the association and the Pan-American Union to promote a better understanding of the cevelop- ment of capital cities of the world. A dinner meeting last night at the Mayflower Hotel was devoted to a dis- cussion of civic development 1n South American countries, with short ex- planations and descriptions of the City of Washington by Commissioner James Franklin Bell and John Barton Payne, ch#irman of the American Red Cross. The two-day meeting will con- clude tonight with another conference on pan-American capitals at the Pan American Union, during which brief descriptions of the capital cities of Latin American republics will be given by their delegates. Present Status of Plan. Mr. Moore, who has taken a lead- ing part with Mr. Delano in pushing the development of Washington along orderly lines through the association’s Committee of One Hundred on the Federal City, with delegates in nearly half a hundred cities throughout the country representing the committee, was to present to the delegates from foreign lands the present development of Washington in its relation to the Washington plan. Addresses at the luncheon were made by Ebenezer Howard, president of the International Federation for Town and Country Planning of Garden Cities, of England: Raymond Unwin, chief architect to the British Ministry of Health; M. Joseph Bassompierre of France, Dr. Arie Keppler, director of housing of Amsterdam, Holland; Dr. Robert Schmidt, director of regional planning of the Ruhr, of Essen, Ger- ; Dr. D. Dahl, secretary of the Swedish Society of Architects, of Stockholm, Sweden. Mr. Delano was toastmaster, with George B. Ford, president of the National Conference on City Planning, presiding. Music was furnished by the Vincent Lopez Orchestra. Visit Pan-American Union. The foreign delegates were taken through the Pan-American Building before going to the White House, where they viewed a private exhibi- tion of photographs of Pan-American capitals and plans for their develop- ment. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 1 to May 15. The trip around Washington in- cluded Potomac Park and Rock Creek Park, thfough the Capitol and the Capitol grounds and around the outer highways of the city and to the water front. Explanations were made by Fred G. Coldren and others. Dr. Jacob Varela, vice chairman of the governing board of the Pan- American Union, will preside at the conference on Pan-American capitals tonight. Pan-American music will be furnished by the Arsenio Ralon Or- chestra. Save Natural Charms. A Washington of natural beauty, with all its features of rugged coun- tryside retained for posterity and its charms of wooded hill and vale main- tained in their native state, was held up as one of the ideals for the park system of the Capital by speakers last night at the Pan-American din- ner of the American Clvic Associa- tion at the Mayflower Hotel. A group of distinguished city planners from many countries of Europe and South America, who have been attending a city conference in New York and now are in Washington attending the con- ference on world and Pan-American capitals, heard attempts to destroy the natural beauty of Washingtor described as “a form of natural de- pravity.” Speakers at the dinner included Frederic A. Delano, president of the | son narcotic Lengthen Lives | Is Proposal of Woman Diet Experi Excess Weight Not Only Affects Pulchritude, But| Be Danger to Health, Dr. Lulu H. Peters | Tells Pen Women. be rewarded with bonus instead of penalized with a tax The abuse spurred me to further study. The re- sult is that T have not changed my opinion. 1 have been confirmed in it. “fomething certainly should be done to bring to the attention of the un fortunate people who find excess weight growing upon them the dan gers of thelr situation. Unless they act in time it {s apt to be too late. I can detall a long list of diseases, most of which eventually prove fatal, which often can be traced to too much weight. . Herself Overweight. “It 18 not always possible to meet a prescribed standard of weight, but we all certainly can work toward it. 1 must confess that I would have to pay some tax myself if my recommen dation was made into a law. 1 am a few pounds overweight, but when 1 get home you can be assured th: 1 will get to work again in an honest effort to get back to normal. It is a comfort, at least. to know that I have by sclentific dieting got off a great part of my excess welght during the past few years. “On the whole I am inclined to defy the fat men and the fat women Tax them, I say. Tax them for their own good. Tax them to make them ive longer."” a Kellogg to Place Maiden Name Plea Before President Secretary Kellogg has promised to submit to President Coolidge the request of representatives of the Natlonal Woman's Party that the passport regulations of the State Department be amended so that a married woman may receive a pass port made out in her maiden name and without including the name of her husband, as now required. The controversy arose over the refusal of the State Department to issue a passport to Ruby A. Black, a journalist, without the addition of her husband’s name. It was then held that the regulations re quired the descriptive addition and that as the regulations had been prescribed by the President in con- formity with an act of Congress they could only be changed by his direction. The brief submitted in behalf of the National Woman's Party con tends that the common law recog nizes the right of a married woman to retain her maiden name, and that, in the absence of a law re- quiring 2 woman to assume her husband’s name, no officlal of the Government has authority to com pel her to do so on a passport or other official document. AWAIT GRAN D JURY ACTION Two alleged violators of the Harri law, Willlam Davis. 71. known in the sporting world years ago as “BiMy Madden,” roomer at 127 E street, and Harry Newton Smith, giving his address as 1716 Pennsyl- vania avenue, arrested several days ago by Detective R. A. Sanders an Revenue Agent R. L. Rakusin, were given preliminary hearings before United States Commissioner Need- ham C. Turnage vesterday afternoon, and each held for the action of the grand jury. Davis, anxious to break himself of the narcotic habit, it is stated, testi fled that he had made purchases of drugs from Smith, and the arresting officers explained the _allegations against the witness-defendant. Detective Sanders asked a heavy bond for Smith, and Commissioner Turnage fixed it at $10,000. Davis’ bond was fixed at $2,000. American Civic Association; Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director general of the Pan- American Union: Commissioner James F. Bell, Senor Don Manuel C. Tellez. Ambassador of Mexico; Senor Don Francisco Latour, the Minister of Guatemala; Senor Dr. Don Ricardo J. Alfaro, John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, and Dr. James Brown Scott of the Carnegle Endowment for International Peace. ‘Washington. aithough frequently re- ferred to as the city which grew up on a distinct plan. has no city plan, Col. Bell declared. It has zoning, and it has a park system, but a city plan as such it has not, he said. Con- demning the lack of foresight which has retarded proper development of the territory In Virginia and Mary- land contiguous to the District boun- darles, Col. Bell sald he hoped to see the benefits of zoning extended to nearby points in those States, to which the city inevitably will spread. Col. Bell reviewed the history of Wash- ington briefly from the time of the in- ception of the L'Enfant plan for the development of the Capital. A vigorous attack on those ‘“van- dals” who would flatten Washington like a pancake, destroying the nat- ural beauty of the spiendid scenery about the Capital City, was made by Mr. Payne. Describing his efforts as chairman of the South Park Commis- sion of Chicago as attempts to bring beauty out of a flat country. Mr. Payne told the agsociation that “they” would ruin the native charm of the country in and about the District of Columbia by leveling hills and bring- ing everything down to a flat, uninter- esting panorama. He pleaded with his audlence to get behind a movement to “arrest the tide of destruction which threatens to engulf the Capi- tal.” Makes Plea for Hills. Mr. Payne compared Washington to Mexico City, where the palace of Chapultepec stands over the city on & beautiful boulevard. “If these gentle- men had their way,” he said, ‘“‘we should find the hill on which Chapul- tepec stands flattened out and its beauty ruined. His address was re- cevied with enthusiasm. The beauties of Tegucigalpa, capi- tal of Honduras, and San Salvador, capital of Salvador, were described by Senor Latour, the Guatemalan Min- ister, while Dr. Scott told the associa- tion of the fundamental principles un- derlying the Pan-American Union, holding it up as one of the possible pointers to world peace. Senor Don Manusl C. Tellez, the Ambassador of Mexico, told of the beauties of Mexico City, detailing its growth from a city of about 200,000 persons to one of nearly a million. He said Mexicans pride themselves on the spirit of idealism which has prompted the growth of the city. Tells of Panama’s Beauty. Dr. Don Ricardo J. Alfaro, the Min- ister of Panama, described the beau- ties of his country, which fronts -on two oceans and is the home of one of the old civilizations of the earth. Speakers were introduced by Dr. Rowe, .who_served as toastmaster, while Mr. Delano presided. Music was furnished by the Arsenio Ralon Orchestra, while vocal selections were rendered by Leopoldo Gutierrez, the TUESDAY, APRIL MURDER OF GIRL 28, 1925. STILLUNSOLVED Efforts to Establish Identity of Charred Remains Fail. Al By the Associated Press GARY. Ind., April 28—The charred and mutilated body of a young woman found alongside a road near here Sun- day remained unidentified in a Ches- terton morgue today, despite continued efforts to identify it and discover the murderer Gary officers did not credit reports that the girl was a victim of gangster warfare, and sought to identify her through the always-increasing list of missing girls. Dr. A. O. Dobbins of Valparaiso, coroner of Porter County, and his as- sistant, Dr. H. O. Seipel, went to Ches- terton this morning to perform an au topsy The girl's age is placed in the neigh- borhood of 20. Judging from the con- dition of bite of organs that had failed of destruction in the gasoline fire kindled by those who disposed of the body, Dr. Dobbins said, the young woman might previously have been a mother or might have been approach ing that state. although a positive statement was impossible. Unless some distinctive body mark ing 1s found. Dr. Dobbins said. he ex pected the spectacles found near the body to prove the best clue in seeking identification of the girl and her de- stroyers FEARS VICTIM DAUGHTER. Evansville Woman Says Descrip- tion of Slain Girl Tallies. By the Associated Press EVANSVILLE, Ind.. April 28 lief was expressed here last night that the mutilated body of a girl found on the roadside near Chester ton, Ind., was the body of Ginith Alstadt Yketb, who disappeared from Murfreesboro. Tenn.. last January with a man known as Charles Miller. The girl's mother, Mrs. J. R. Alstadt, told newspapermen she feaered the body was that of her daughter. She said her daughter was married last June to Yketb. A description of the charred tallied in many respects with that of her daughter, Mrs. Alstadt declared. At the time of her disappearance she wore a black plush coat with a fur collar. A similar coat was found near the body. WOMAN IS ATTACKED: POLICE HUNT YOUTH Victim Pursues Assailant With Revolver—Two Rings and Bank Contents Stolen. Be ‘Washington and Maryland authori: ties are on the lookout for a youth about 21 years old. who attacked Mrs. Nellie T. Gause, 39, in her home, near Glen Echo, early yesterdav afternoon, stole two rings and the contents of a child’s saviugs bank and escaped, un- der fire, as Mrs. Gause pursued him. The vietim, wife of Charles E. Gause, employed by the Government here, was wavlaid in her home, which is just off Conduit road. by the assailant, who was armed, and choked almost into insensibility. As the intruder left the house Mrs. Gause obtained a revolver and started in pursuit, her screams attracting the attention of a neighbor, who went to her assistance, reaching Mrs. Gause just as she collapsed. and notified Montgomery County officers. Mrs. Gause said that the youth had been at her home about an hour pre- viously and had obtained a drink of water. She left the house shortly aft- erward, and it was on hef return that the assault occurred, the assailant hav- ing taken advantage of her absence to enter the house and hide behind a door. Local police are working on the theory that the assailant probably crossed the river from the Virginia side, or came from a point some dis- tance from the Gause home in a canoe, an old canoe having been found on the river front a short distance away. It developed that a practically new canoe had been stolen from near there, and police believe the old one was left in its place. The stolen canoe belonged to J. H. Hustis and John Costello, employes of the De- partment of Commerce. HAMMER AND TWO KNIVES USED AS ARGUMENTS Brawls End in Arrests, and Hos- pital Treatment for Four of the Participants. A hammer, two knives and a plate were used by four individuals yes- terday in emphasizing their points in fights they were engaged in, and four other individuals were the recipients of wounds. Charles E. Shore, 20, 2910 M street, and Jacob Passis, 23. 3285 M street, were fighting in a garage at 2827 M street last night and Passis is al- leged to have inflicted a head wound on his adversary with a hammer. Shore was taken to Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital and Passis was charged by the police with assault. Edward Hansborough, colored, was treated at Casualty Hospital for knife wounds in the right arm and left shoulder, said by the police to have been inflicted by George Haynes, col- ored. . Florence Collins, colored, 21. 135 P street southwest, was cut on the left arm and shoulder with a knife while fighting with Walter Carter, another occupant of the P street house. Carter was arrested and held on a charge of assault and the woman was given surgical ald at Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Annie Bufl, 35, is alleged to have struck her husband, David H. Bull, with a_plate. His wound was dressed at Emergency Hospital. He was arrested for alleged Intoxication and his wife was accused of assault. Each was required to deposit $25 col- lateral for appearance In court. . RITES FOR GEN. RUSSEL. Services Tomorrow for Retired Of- ficer of Army Signal Corps. Funeral services will be held at the Epiphany P. E. Church tomorrow aft- ernoon for Maj. Gen. Edgar Russel, a retired officer of the Army Signal Corps, who died in New York City Sunday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Arlington National Ceme- tery with full military honors. Gen. Russel was thief signal officer of the American expeditionary forces in France, ahd was decorated by the United States, Great Britain and France for his distinguished services. Honorary palibearers will include Gen. John J. Pershing anhd several officers who served with him in the World ‘War. Gen. Russel was retired Decem ber -5. 1932, on account of physical disapility in’ theling-of duty, body | ged to Retire | | | “or reasons of health, Lady Astor, M. P., has been urged by her family to abandon politics, but she insists on remaining in public life until oth women will carry on the work which she is absorbed. PEACE MOVE MADE in Bulgarian Minister Tells Lat- ter Friendly Relations Are Desired. By the Associated Press BELGRADE. April 28-—The garfan Minister. M. Vakarelski today at the ministry of foreign af fairs and expressed the desire of his government that the relations of the two countries should be most friendly He will renew these declarations 1 Premier Pachitch tomorrow The gesture of the Bulga ister 18 an effort to counteract feeling between Jugosiavia and Bulgarii caused by charges of Bulgarian offi- clals that Jugoslavia had counte nanced plotting against Bulg by Bulgarian refugees in Jugoslavia SOFIA CONTINUES CALM Bul called an Min SOFIA, Bulgaria, April While the internal situation continues calm the Bulgarian government has asked the members of foreign diplomatic missions for the present not to travel about the country and to observe cer tain precautions” with regard the entry of unauthorized persons into the legations. The request was made because government fears disorderly may try to embarrass it by foreigners. A policeman posted at the door of each legations, and all possible done to protect foreign powers JAPAN FUND GOES OVERS21 000 TODAY Bishop Henry St. George Tucker Addresses Workers at Epiphany Luncheon. the elements has of been the representatives of More than 250 persons attended the second luncheon meeting of the drive chairmen and workers of the Japan reconstruction campaign of the Epis- copal Church, Washington diocese, at Epiphany Church today, and reported subscriptions of $6.022.69, bringing the grand total for the campaign to date to $21,687.19. The next luncheon meet ings will be held Thursday and Fri day at Ascension Church at 12:30 o'clock. Bishop Henry St. George Tucker, gathering and said the object of the campaign was more to help the Chris tian Church in Japan than for the country itself. He d the one thing { “that is holding thoughtful Japanese from accepting Christianity doubt that Occidental Christians are sincere in their religion.” What Tokio said, and what Japan does, the rest of Asia will do. Among the contributors were the Women's Auxillary, Church of Our Savior, Brookland; Girls' Friendly So ciety of Epipbhany Church, and Girls’ Friendly Society of Epiphany Chapel Several parishes in Maryland represented with donations and St. Agnes’ Church gave a special offering The team captained by Miss Gowan turned in the largest amount The women's teams reported $2,781.5: and the men's organizations, $2,304. A special contribution of $937.14 brought the day’s total over $6.000. Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston. rector of St. John's Church, presided at the luncheon. IN VETERANS’ BUREAU Decentralization of Field Forces Now Complete, Director | Declares. Director Hines of the Veterans' Bu- reau today put into effect further re- organization plans, by which the de- centralization of the field forces is completed and important changes are effected in the central office in Wash- ington. The planning and control services have been abolished ax such, and their functions have been transferred to two newly organized units to be known as the co-ordination service, operating under an assistant director, Maj. Omar W. Clark, and the guard- ianship service, operating under Maj. Davis G. Arnold. designated national guardianship officer. Maj. Clark has been in charge of the bonus work of the bureau, and Maj. Arnold has been connected with the bureau since he was one of coun- sel for the recent congressional com- mittee investigating the bureau. Japan Reconstruction Fund Amount asked for, $100,000.00 Total announced today, $21,687,19 | who 1s ¢ | chasers 1055 OF J0B LAID T0 BODTLERGERS Former Officer in “Dry Navy” Says Mysterious Power In- fluences Washington. By the Ass RIVERHF Julius Seegall revenue cutter D for service iated Press N Y.. Apri offic restify mer day at Suffolk County’s liquc gation, charged fluence reached caused his ernment’s cause he v rum-ru 15 not fore ; charges of ernment dr oper: v wvholes: | Point Mysterious all testified Wiis exec mother shi off activities ag %0 persiste testified | operat Washing ferred to the BY SOFIA 10 SERBS pr |OPPOSES arming | being | former Bishop of Japan, addressed the | the | does, all Japan will do, Bishop Tucker | were | Me- | ANNOUNCES CHANGES nths tl two v A sho confiscated sted it $1,000 crew crew that discharge from u. bootle, Washington nning force to be bribed testimony the ¥ B briber ot Influences. the Waya Point ileggers essf er ha S.CONTROL 'OF MERCHANT MARINE | Rear Admiral Palmer, Fleet Cor- poration Head, Sees No Profit n Government Operation HOUSTON merchant | anything | Governm | Admtral of the comme | cencies in We are re ihead year by | miral Palmer { control a merch | be operated at | plete suc ble for m | handle little loss as i the vear strides in chant marine Iiie renorns we Yed Hc but ss, be f it w the « and in the m and can ¢ to the Governme: A p we icing vear Wt nder ( h 'ELECTION R.IOTERS KILL 32 Sonora, Border Fights of By the Associat NOGALF | Clashes between cities thr Mexico, where were held deaths. it w n received by « Confirmation ing Two men were Sonora, opposite plundered the the international Sixteen were Cananea, a towr | recovered astrous fire less there last also are reported in Magdalena many were from NEW YORK, A Farms Co vesterday field Astoria who were turning of $12,000 automobile, ughout the m ficials h here, poll the effects of which week up men invaded the The robt eluding a ployes after u running gun fi IN MEXICO State, Torn Ballot Box by *Raiders. 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