Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1925, Page 13

ARGENTINE CROPS RAISED BY EXPERTS Americans Put in Charge of Industries to Aid in De- velopment. Correspondence of the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, June 2.—Ameri- can methods in the development of crops and mineral resources are being rapidly introduced into Argentina, which formerly looked to Europe for instruction. The national and pro- vincial governments now have in their service no less than nine tech- nical experts who are either Ameri- cans or have gained their knowledge in the United States. Argentina’s infant cotton industry is being developed under the technical advice of two American experts, Ernest L. Tutt, former chief of the catton section of the textile division of the Department of Commerce, and Dr. N. E. Winters, a cotton geneticist, formerly of Clemson College, South Carolina. Mr. Tutt is devoting him- self to improving methods of cotton cultivation, harvesting, ginning and marketing, while Dr. Winters' work is to obtain pure uniform varieties of the plant for the different sections of the republic, and agapt seeds from other countries to Argentine condi- tions. Experts in Charge. W. E. Cross, an American sugar expert, is in charge of the experi- mental station maintained by the pro- vincial ~government of Tucuman, ‘Where the sugar industry iIs centered. He is developing new varieties of sugar plants and controlling pests and diseases. Thomas Breggar, an American ge- neticist in corn, is in the employ of the ministry of agriculture, endeavor- ing to obtain better varieties of that cereal The culture of tobacco {s being de- veloped by Felix Charlan, a specialist formerly ‘emploved by the Canadian government, who has studied tobacco culture in Maryland, Virginia, Ken- tucky and Cuba. He is introducing American seeds and methods. The -methods for making cheese used on the Pacific coast of the United States are being introduced by an Irish expert, who spent considar- able time studying the American dairy industry. Seel for Metals. The possibilities of establishing a metallurgical industry in Argentina are being investigated by H. Foster Bain, chief of the United States Bu. reau of Mines, and two assistants, E. C. Swanson and G. E. Williams. They have been exploring the territory ly- ing along the Andes for coal, iron and manganese. In addition to the above an Amer- ican. Leon M. Estabrook, was the or- ganizer of Argentina's new crop sta- tistics bureau; another Amerfean. George O Wiggins, organized the weather bureau, and there is also an American connected in an executive capacity with one of the state rail- roads, said to be better than any other of the system. Dr. Thomas Le Breton, former Ar- gontine Ambassador at Washington, now minister of agriculture, and Dr. Carlos A. Vallejo, subsecretary of agriculture and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, are respon. sible for bringing most of these ex- perts to Argentina. HOLY YEAR V.ISITORS DEFY EFFORTS OF LINGUISTS Folicemen, Taxi Drivers, Hotel Clerks Unable to Understand All Languages. Correapondence of the Associated Press. ROME, June 6—The lingulstic at- tainments of policemen, taxi chauf- feurs, hotel employes and other work- ers who have to cater to the needs of Italy's vast tourist population have been severely taxed this year—some- times beyond the breaking point—by the influx of Holy Year visitors. Hotel managers, porters and valets, Who once were able to satisfy their clients by a passing acquaintance with TItalian, English, French and German, now are frequently reduced to conversation by eloquent gestures. Hotel notices and other tourist {nfor- mation posters, which until this year had been printed in three or four languages, now in some cases boast of as many as six or seven. Recently taxicabs and cabs were provided with booklets setting forth the scale of prices in Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Polish. And even the expert philologists who boast of being able to make them. selves understood in Russian, Serbian, Rumanian, Hungarlan and all the other Central and Northern KEuro. pean languages are often confronted with a more baffling difficulty by the presence here of peasants from re- mote sections of their native lands, particularly Italy and Germany, who know no tongue other than their re. spective regional dialects. MRS. FLOREFCE E. FOSTER SUCCUMBS AT HOME HERE ‘Was Identified With Eastern Star and Spanish War Auxiliary. Dies After Long Illness. Florence E. Foster, 62 yvears old, widow of David M. Foster and a resident of Washington for the past 35 years t her residence, 1914 1 after a lingering ill- = was a member of Temple and the Ladies’ nited Spanish War Mrs. Foster is survived by five sons, Roscoe A. Foster, chief of the Fire Department at the Norfolk na Lieut. Charles H. Capt. Eugene M. David H. Foster Bayif, Ill.. z this city, Tt the name of his stepfather Funeral servi 1 at the residence Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Enoch Thompson will officiate. Interment will be in Arling- ton Cemetery. Yates of dbury of | r adopted e conducted R. R. Head Attorney General’s Kin CHICAGO, June 26 (#)—Fred W. Bargent, newly elected presil:nt of the Chicago and Northwestern Rail way, is a cousin of John G. Sar. gent, United States Attorney General. The president tive of the newe: who has ha 1 connection with | the road sin 06 and became gen- sral solicitor in 1920. Two years ago he was made vice president and gen- eral counsel. ouncement Tuudlv’:.‘u:.d' Satuflily’l Star Correspondence of the Associated Press. FOOCHOW, May 15.—The hu-ti:ma has been busy in the provincial cap- fial of Fuklen, where electric lights, auto busses and modern education have gone 4 long way towards ban- ishing ancient superstitions. Hu-ti. ma is Fukinese for “fox devil" and signifies a certain evil spirit which is hela responsible for many mysterious troubles in and around native homes. It is credited even with going 80 far as to take possession of human bodies and in such disguise carrying on its malevolence. In its latest demonstration which has aroused the populace of Foochow the hu-tima has appeared as an in- cendiary. Three disastrous fires in recent weeks are attributed to its machinations. One which started in the Anhui Guild hall in the center of the city caused a panic because of its THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1925. “Fox Devil”" Blamed by Fukienese For Fire in Guild Hall of Foochow Hu-Ti-Ma, Evil Spirit, Said to Have Burned Building After Cat, in Whose Body It Was Temporarily Residing, Was Killed for Valuable Fur. proximity to wealthy “shops and homes. The next day an accusation ‘was made before one of the officials of the city against the owner of an old-clothes shop near the guild hall. In the bill of particulars it was al- leged that on the evening of the fire two cats were fighting on the roof of this shop, and that they fell into the “heaven well” or area. Certain rks in the shop, seeing that.one a very large cat with long white fur, killed it with the idea of selling the pelt. It transpired, however, that the cat was not a cat but a hu-ti-ma,and that in revenge its spirit set fire to the guild hall. There is said to be a question whether the native fire insurance companies involved will pay the claims growing out of the fire or dis- pute them on the grounds that the fire was “an act of God. Chas. Schwartz and Son CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL CO!N ISSUE PROTESTED Sons of Union Veterans Condemn Circulation to Aid Stone Mountain Project. By the Associated Press. CENTRALIA, Wash, June 26.-- The Sons of Veterans, meeting here for the annual encampment for Wash- ington and Alaska of ths Grand Army of the Republic yesterday an- nounced a stand agains: circulation of hall dollars to aid in creation of a memorial on Stone Mountain, Ga., to the Confederate forces. 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CHICAGO, June 26.—An ‘organized project to develop a new Winter play- ground along 120 miles of frontage on the west coast of Florida, to rival that on the east edge of the Peninsula State, was made public here yesterday in the wake of the first meeting of the Florida Club of Chicago last night. Gov. John W. Martin, who was a guest at the meeting, said today that plans are under way for.a new rail- road line, providing through service to Chicago and the Middle West, to ald in the development. The governor sald that he had engaged in various e conferences here the last two days. ‘which in his his opinion, had furthered the rail-extension plan. The names of the railroad com- panies involved in the negotiations were not made public. Officials of the Illinois Central Railroad Co. said they knew nothing of the plan. Leaders of the Florida Club are among backers of the new Florida West Coast Development Co., which is in charge of the project. 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