Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1926, Page 2

- ¥ FARMERS' MARKE BILL S PREPARED Measure Sent to Congress? by District Commission- ers to Provide Site. A bill authorizing the acquisition of | & new site for the Farmers' Produce | Market, which will be moved from its present location when the p'lbi.v} buildings program gets under Wway, | was sent to Congress today by the| District Commissioners with a request that it be introduced at the present session. The bill authorizes and directs the ssloners to acquirc a site by ase or condemnation in order that the present market may be trans ferred from the locatign it now occu pies, bounded by B street. Little B Tenth and Twelfth strects. An appropriation not in excess of $600,000, 1o be paid out of the general revenues ~f the District, is contemplated The Commissioners pointed out that | m acquinng such a site they should | be granted authority to close any part of a public street adjacent to or within the site, provided that such closing car ba accomplished without detriment to public interest. “The necessity for this legislation is occasioned by the fact that the plans of the Public Buildings Comm slon_provide that the proposed Inte nal Revenue Building shall be located on part of the present site of the farmers’ produce m: " the Com missioners said in their letter of t mittal, “and since that building be the first building to he constructed under the Federal building program the urgency for the early enactment of the proposed legislation is manife; “The new location of the farmers’ produce market has had the attention of both the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Board of Commissioners of the Dis trict of Columbia and will receive fur. ther consideration before any steps are taken to select a definite site.” SLAYING BY PASTOR CUTS RECONCILIATION Wife of Slain Lumberman Testifies in Son’s Suit for Loss of Support. By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex., December 28. —Death cut short a possible recon-! ciliation between Mrs. Dexter Elilot Chipps and her husband, who was shot in the study of the First Baptist Church here last July by Dr. J Frank Norris, pastor of the'church. Mre. Chipps testified to this effect today in a deposition in the $15,000 damage suit brought by Chipps' 14 vear-old son, Daugherty Chipps, against Norris. ‘The widow of the dead Iumber. man saild that throughout the night preceding the slaying she discussed with Chipps the matter of a recon- cillation. The next day Chipps was killed when he went to the pas- tor’s study to protest against pulpit attacks directed by Norris against Chipps’ friend, Mayor H. C. Meacham. Mrs. Chipps said that upon her husband's death, she took over his lumber business, barrowing $1.000 from the mayor. The son claims loss of support and education through the killing of his father. His mother, according to her testimony, received $150 monthly from Chipps for the boy’s support. HUGE HAWK KILLED. Bird’s Raid on Pigeons in Business Bection Brings Death. BUFFALO, N. Y., December 28 (#) ~—A chicken hawk with a wing spread of four feet, that deserted the woods for hunting in Buffalo’s downtown section, paid for its temerity with life vesterday. Frank Guenther, chief guard at the city jail, discovered the hawk’s hiding place in a pigeon cote on the roof of the county jail, in Delaware avenue, and this morning brought down the bird of prey with a shot from a revolver in front of St. Paul's Cathedral, in Shelton Square. Its continued depredations on the pigeons led to an appeal to the police and the S. P. C. A. But their help waen't needed. Frank Guenther knows something about the habits of hawks and it didn't take him long to spot the swift bird’s hiding place. KENNEL CLUB PROTESTED. Miami Organization Declared “Nuisance” in Injunction Suit. MIAMI, Fla., December 28 (). An injunction suit to stop operation | of the Miami Kennel Club was filed | against that organization and the | Curtiss-Bright Co., owners of the land on which the club is located at Hia- leah here, late vesterday by James M. Carson, attorney. The paper charges that the track is a nufsance fn that betting is allowed. The hear ing was set for January 1. Mr. Car son said a similar petition will be filed against the Biscayne Kennel Club here. LIQUOR ORDERED SEIZED. ! 20,000-Case Cargo Consigned to Mexico Will Be Removed. 1 VICTORIA, B. C., December 28 (#). | —8alzure of a_cargo of more than 20,000 cases of liquor consigned to) Meoxico aboard the auxiliary schooner Christ Moeller, which h: been de. here a month, was ordered yes v by the ac minister of cus. toms and excise at Ottawa. he ves sel will be allowed to clear from the port after the seizure. Counsel for the vessel said action would be taken to oppose the seizure which was ordered on charges of false entry. Will Celebrate Emancipation. The National Race Congress of America, Rev. Dr. W. H. Jernagin, president, will hold its annual cele. hration of President Lincoln’s Eman- cipation Proclamation in the Mount Moriah Baptist Church New Year day at noon. Tb~ principal address i< to be delivesed by Dr. J. K Matthews. The proclamation will be read by Mrs. J. U. King. A watch meeting is to be held in the Mount Carmel Baptist Church Friday night, when Dr. S. L. Johnson, evangelist, will preach. Heads Parent-Teachers. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLINTON, Md., December 28.-—Mrs. Esther Carrico has been elected pres- ident of the parent-teacher association for the ensuing ¥ Other officers chosen at a meeting held in the high chool were Miss Nadia Wright, sec retary, and Mrs, T. 8. Gwynh, treas urer, | Office | Cobh telephoned Senator W THE EVENING STAR, W NGTON, D. TUESDAY, !Turks Plan Schools | To Raise Standards Of Nation’s Women By the Aseciated Press CONSTANTINOPLE ~ Decem- ber 28.—The Turkish government, part of its modernizing cam- aign, intends to open nation wide public schools for ren Whe estimated 98 per cent of woman illiterates compulsory instruction in the B (s and in hygiene. Even thon sand the nomad women of ovinces w will receivi eastern the schoo! e minister instruction, in making known the orders. de clared that respect for women is the sacred duty of civilized coun tries and that nations which un dervalue women as a social factor cannot advance from barharism The government will es tablish women's clubs where a campaign in favor of hat wearing, instead of veils, will be carried on with other modernizing propi ganda. COBB AND SPEAKER MAP DEFENSE PLAN Go Into Conference With At- torney Immediately on Ar- rival in Cleveland. must SLAND, December 28. Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb arrived here this morning from Washington to plan their defense against charges of “Dutch” Leonard that they conspired to “throw" the game between Detroit and Cleveland, September 25, 1919, They were accompanied hy Attorney W. H. Bovd, representing Speaker, and immediately went into consulta- tion. Neither Speaker nor Cobb would dis- close what action they are to take, Both referred questioners to Boyd. “It is for me to find out what can be done ahout the charges against Speaker and Cobh,” Boyd said, “and for them to determine what action they will take. Speaker and Gobb have turned the matter over to me and I am going into the charges thoroughly. What the result will be we cannot sa Delay Seems Likel. Bovd declared he s uncertain when an announcement can be made con cerning action of the former base ball ~ars, except that there will be no ac t3n today and probably not for two or three days. Cobb was to remain here during the day, but would not say whether he is going to Detroit or Chicago later Boyd intimated that he might go to Chicago to tonfer with Judge Landis but said he did not know whether he would accompany Cobb if he should conf¥r with base ball men in Detroit or %ith Landis in Chicago. Speaker and Cobh stepped from the train after a one-day trip to Wash- ington vesterday, and were as reticent about thelr business there as during their visit. Boyd declined to expand upon his statement, made in Washington last night, that they did not seek Federal action and went to Washington only for certain information Congressional Probe Looms. Although the two former diamond Washington, they came to Cleveland this morning with possible congres sional investigation of Leonard's charges promised them on the floor of the House and announcement of pleas to support them in the Senate. Senator Harris, Democrat, Georgia. close friend of Cobb, according to Washington_dispatches, declared he had received many requests to defend Cobb and Speaker in the Senate, and Representative Clyde Kelly, Republi can, Pennsylvania, said he believed investigation of the charges in Con- gress possible under the Interstate Commerce act VISIT STILL A MYSTERY. Cobb and Speaker Elude Interview- ers in Capital. The purpose of the flying visit to Washington vesterday by Tyrus Ray- mond Cobb and Tris Speaker, for- mer managers of the Detroit and Cleveland base ball teams, wag still a mystery today. The two former stars of -the dia- mond, who quit base ball shortly after the close of the last campaign, eluded interviewers on a short visit to Washington yesterday, held an all- day conference with W. H. Boyd, a Cleveland attorney, at a local hotel, and left the city on a train for Cleve- land shoFtly before 7:30 last night They were found at the station by reporters, who had conducted an all- day search for them on the basis of telegraphic advices, which gaid they had left Augusta, Ga. and Cleveland Sunday night for the Capital. Guarded statements as to what had taken place in the conferences in Washington were the only expres- sions given out by the former hig league managers as they left the Capital. Cobb was quoted in Associated Press dispatches as declaring that he had sought no ald in the case from any Government official or depart ment. Cobb Phones Harris. The news dispatches earlier vester- day said the former managers would seek the aid of the Justice and Post Departments, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Fed eral 'l de Commission. Inquiry at Il these points brought the informa tion that no attempt had heen made to interest the Government in the case Shortly left the Capital J. Harris of Georgia, a close personal friend The Senator said afterward that he had told the former Detroit manager he “was ready to go the limit for him in anything he could do,” but added that he was doubtful how he could assist. ‘I think he has heen treated out | rageously,” Senator Harris said. ““We | are proud of him in Georgia and I want to help him if T c At the same time it became known that eRpresentative Kel Republi can, Pennsylvania, is considering in { troduction of a resolution when Con | gress reconvenes next week ing an inquiry into the ba Utroversy. Mr. Kelly said that “from | the evidence as presented in the new: papers, Commissioner Landis was | hardly justified in his findings, it ap | pears to me, adding |7 Ay deep interest in base ball may | result_in my offering a resolution to authorize a congressional committee or the Federal Trade Commission to determine the relation of base ball to the anti-trust act. Counter to this statement and that of Senator larris was a_ declaration by Clark €. Griffith, president of the Washington base ball club, that in view of the known integrity and thor- oughness of Commissioner Landis, “there is something more to this c than hax been shown. “There would be no happier man in hefore he stars remained in seclusion while, in | PRESIDENT T0 60 TOTRENTON DINNER | | | | fngton early tomorrow afternoon for | Trenton, NU 1., where he will speak Will Leave Capital Tomorrow Afternoon and Return Thursday Morning. President at a banquet in the evenihg incident| i to the celebration of the 13 { vergary of the Battle of Trenton | Coolidge will accompany the | dent on this trip. | The presidential party will n !journey to and from Trenton in a | special ‘section of a regular train of {the Pennsylvania Railroad. Others in | the party will be Maj. nes I the President’s physiclan: Everett | Sunders, the President’s Secretary; Col S. A. Cheny and Capt. Wilson Brown military and naval aides respectively, {and a score Br more newspaper corre { spondents, photographers and secret service guar Upon arrival in Tren ton the party will go immediately to a hotel where they will dress for the evening's function. Will Return at Onee. At the conclusion of the banquet the party will go to the station and board | sleeping cars to carry then back to Washington. They will alight at Union Station between 7:30 and § v'clock Thursday morning. Aside from holding his biweekly conferances, first with his cabinet jand then with the Washington news paper correspondents, the President had no business engagements today. His object in providing this time for himself was primarily for the purpose ng of routine husiness which umulated over Christmas and Sun- and to answer personally the many persons who sent him Christ mas greetings. One of the subjects understood to have been discussed briefly at the cabinet meeting today was Ameri can participation in an International Conferance on double taxation to he held in Geneva, on January 5. T. 8. Adams Offered Post. The President fs known to have agreed to this government's partici- pation in this conferance. It is known also that T. S. Adams, Yale Univer- sity economist and professor, ha been asked to serve as the represen- tative of the United States at this con- ference. It is understood, however, that Prof. Adams’ acceptance had not been received up to noon today. The international conference in question has been called with the view of eliminating some of the forms of muitiple taxation applying on inter- national business and investments as th anni Mrs Presi- and requirements of the various na tion: Senator Capper of Kansas, who is living for the Winter at one of the local hotels, is spending a few days as guest at the White House. DRY PROSECUTOR BRANDS LAW FAILURE AND QUITS Cannot Be Enforced in Present Form, Says Harben, Leaving Buckner’s Staff. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 25 Re. cause he believed the prohibifion act the “most drastic law which has ever been passed hy any law-making hody in the United States and cannot he enforced in any large city,” Assistant United States Attorney Nat J. Harhen today resigned from the prohibition enforcement staff of United States At- torney Buckner. “The prohibition department and the United States attorney’s office have heen doing wonderful work con- sidering the means which are avail- able to them to enforce this law," Mr. Harben sald. “But in its pre: ent form, in my opinion, he enforced in the City of New York or any other large city. “The prohibition law in its pres. ent form breeds contempt and dis- respect of our laws and it seems th: the only way in which the situation can be remedied is for the act to be modified.” DEFIN ES EDUCATION. Before Y. W. C. A. Seminar. Real education is a triple process, according to Ralph Bridgeman, direc: tor of the Philadelphia Coun cil, who addressed the C. A, seminar for business and profes sional women's secretarfes today at the Elizabeth Somers Home, 1104 M street, The process of education as applied to the needs of Y. W. C. A. worke is being studied by the secretarie {Who are delegates from various citi east of the Misslssippi. Mr. Bridg man entitles the subdect of his le tures “The Science of Program Malk ing.” In discussing the process of ed ucation he pointed out that education consists of “primary learning,’ ciate ideas” and “attitudes” or “y erences,” and cited psychological cases his contention Mildred King of Detroit 1s lead. general discussion of secretaria problems this afternoon. The seminar, at which Miss Clara Reed of Spring- field, Mass., is presiding, was opened this morning by M of Boston, chairman of the sessions. “The Cost of Christian Living” wil be the topic which will be featured Friday and Saturday under the lea {ership of Dr. Peter Ainslee of Balti {more. The deleg: ner Thursday night at 6 o'clock at jthe Grace Dodge Hotel prior to business meeting. The seminar will close Saty rnoon, STUDENT DIES IN CRASH. One Probably Fatally Injured, Four Others Hurt in Indiana. LAPORTE, Ind., December 28 (/) —One student of Taylor Universi At Upland, mear here, lost his life, enother probably was fatally injured and four other students hurt.when an itomobile they were driving their homes in o to skidded off the road near early today 1 Laverne Towa, dicd after the Anderson, expected men Upland near Laporte Bachtel, 19, of Water t a local hospital shortly ceident, and Edward also of Waterloo, is not to live Both were fresh. the world than myself if their names were cleared,” Mr. Grifith added. Both Cobb and Speaker maintained silence as to what had taken place at the conferenc lay, with Speaker referring que h to Mr Boy The latter intained the same silence, but said, “Give me credit for knowing that the Government has nothing to do with this case.” Nor would any of the trio divulge the rea- son for their meeting in Washington * the possible connection of the Fed eral Government with the case. [4 el Cou a result of the varfous taxation plans | it cannot | Ralph Bridgeman Delivers Address | s Bertha 1. Miller | es will hold a din- | | Allan Ho ake lhp‘ | | | | | | | Mrs, Herbert Hoover, wife of the who could eat them bunches of delicious raisins gro mmerce, visited Childre Necretary of (' n on her California f. DECEMBER 28, 1926. s Hospital today and gave the children n. BOXES OF RAISIN MAKEHEARTS GLAD Mrs. Hoover Supplies Chil- dren’s Hospital Patients With Christmas Treat. They had raisins out at Children's Hospital today when “the lady from California” brought great boxes of the luscious dried fruit grown on her own California ranch to the little patients in all the wards, save those where contagion reigned Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, is the official name of the ¢," but the voung sters who clamored for cozy perches on her lap didn't care a great deal ahout that. It was raisins they wanted and great soft purple bunches of raisins they got. Remains to Greet Children. Mrs. Hoover remained at the hos- pital for the hetter part of two hours distributing her home-grown raisins to the voungsters whose diet the nurses decided could master the fruit and patting pale little cheeks and weary golden hes She was accom- panied by Mrs. Herbert Hoover, ] and her party was escorted through the institution by Mrs. Frederick | Brooke, president of the board of lady visitors of the hospital. When the party arrived at the in- stitution, Mrs. Louis Titus of Wash | ington and California, a member of | the visiting board, had just completed | her official tour of inspection, and so | the voungsters, already roused from | their’ reveries, were quite wide awake and alive to activities which Mrs. | Hoover's visit caused. Known as “Lady From Californi; To them she {s the “Lady From California,” and when she smilingly suggested they copy her smile for the photographers they complied with all the grace the gift of raisins would in- spire—and that was grace. Since her arrival in Washington Mrs. Hoover has heen intensely in- terested in the welfare of the Chil- dren’s Hospital, and her annual visit as Mrs. Santa Calus is an eagerly an- ticipated event at the hospital. There are at this time 103 little patients there |and Mrs. Hoover saw and patted and coddled pretty nearly every one of { them. The annual ball to be held at the | Willard Hotel January 3 for the: bene. fit of Children’s Hospital will be at- tended .by Mrs. Hoover as well as other members of offical and social Washington. QUIT HOLIDAY JoBS. Special Employment at P. 0. Ends for 400 “Extras.” A part of Washington's younger “400," having earned enough money to buy mother and father, sister and brother and “the girl” a Christmas present during the pre-Christmas holiday veeek, left thelr various jobs today and will lead a life of lelsure until school commences. Work ceased and joy commenced for a large num- |ber of the young aristocrats when the post office, haven of solicited job patronage, dismissed 400 extra em- ployes this morning. Among those employed at the local post office were foot ball captains of | exclusive prep schools, trackmen | from lacal high schools and sons and friends of sons of fathers in the National Government. In fact, in | order to secure work In the post office during the holiday season it is neces- , according to reports, to carry with you a list of credentials and vour famlly tree, | " The big rush is over, however, ac- cording to Assistant Postmaster Wil- liam 1. Haycock, and the post office | will soon get back to normaley. The Cew Year greeting cards will keep the department busy, but no extra | help will be employed, said Haycock. One delivery will be made on New | day at 7:30 a.m. and clerks will | work only a half-day. HEADS HOLY NAME GUILD. William J. Smith Chosen President. Other Officers Elected. William J. Smith was elected presi- dent of the Holy Name Guild for the | year 1927 at a_meeting in the guild | headquarte 1727 'Thirteenth street, December 14, B. F. Butler, sr., was | elected vice president. | “Other officers elected were: H. M. | Smith, recording secretary: Charles 1A, Rutler, financial secretary; J. M Brown, t surer; 8. 1. Bowman, chair- man of the house committee; Kugene [ T. Butlerfi chairman of the ouditing | committee, and Albert Woodhouse, | librarian. James T. Wood, Dr. T. W. Turner, L. Dereef Holton, Willlam G. Gwynn, R. N. Carter, B, F. Butler, sr.. and Luggus Holton were chosen | members ot the board of directors. rton of U. 8. Dies in Paris. |, PARIS, December 28 (P).—Allan Horton, 85, an American and the di- rector of Margot Asquith’s tour of the United States in 1922, died sud- denly yvesterday in a baris hotel whe! he had lived for several years. Tle was employed in the Paris office of Vogue magazine, v RUM BLAMED IN DEATH. Girl Belleved to Have Fallen In- toxicated Out Window. NEW YORK, The body of a young weman today in the courtvard of a Waest Fortieth street apartment house was identified as Belle Stokes. Death was attributed by police to accidentally falling from a window, with Intoxication a contributing factor. It was thought at first that the woman might have jumped or been thrown from the window. BIG DROP IN AUTO FATALITIES NOTED Eldridge Reports Toll of 72, With 4 Days of Year Left, Compared to 84 in 1925. ). found December 28 A substantial decrease in the num ber of traffic deaths in the District this year is confidently expected by Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge. Traf. fic has taken a toll of 72 lives thus far this year and, with 1926 only four days more to live, Mr. Eldridge explained today that nothing short of a catastrophe will bring the traffic fatality record up to last year's total of 84. Mr. Eldridge's list fails coincide, however, with the figures compiled by the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety, which gave a total of 93 deaths in 1925 for the District. Mr. Eldridge sttributes the reduc- tion in trafiic deaths to four things Increased activity on the part of the police in enforcing traffic regulations lice Court, the press and the public “The people of Washington are beginning to realize that something must be done to cut down the loss of life from traffic accident gaid Mr. Eldridge. ‘“‘Motorists are driving more refull nd the automatic lights and tramfic signs have done much to inculcate the idea of safety. The traffic director explained, how- ever, that motorists must drive more cautiously on rainy nights. Globules of water that collect on the wind- shield magnify the rays of the head- |lights of oncoming machines make driving exceedingly dangerous, he said. He believes that if mo- torists would adopt his practice driving with the windshields open on rain; nights the number of traffic accidents would be materially re duced. CHRISTMAS JOY MARRED. Young People in Church Play Rob- bed of $35. While young people of Luther Place Memorial Church were taking part in the Christmas play, “The Other Wise Man,” at the church last night, the cloakroom on the second floor where they had left their coats was visited and their clothing rifled of $35. It was reported that several strange boys were playing around near the church entrance prior to the perform- ance. One.of them, police were told, had said he was trying to collect money with which to pay his way to the play. Only money was taken, pocketbooks fand other contents being ignored. Miss Ruth Shoemaker, who lost § stated that one girl did not even hav a car token left, while another girl had just one car token, it having been concealed in a paper in the pocket- book. The list of losses reported to police were Miss Shoemaker, who resides at 5310 Belt road, $22; Bdward Ederly, 2506 North Capitol street, $8: Miss Rebecca Long, 1826 North Capitol street, $2, while Helen Gardner, 2619 Thirteenth street; Ithel Theiss, 1008 Tenth street and James Lynn, 2416 Thirteenth street, reported the loss of §1 each. Report. of the operations of a dupli- cate key worker in the apartment of Helen Murray and Beatrice Keith, second floor of 1458 C'olumbia. rdad, Is being investigated hy Detectives Mes- ser and Cole. Jewelry and wearing ap- parel valued at $17 were stolen from Miss Murray, while Miss Keith was robbed of $7.50 in gold. Theft of a revolver valued at $15 was reported by Morrls Berman, 1004 1 street. Police were told that an unidentified white man was seen running from Berman's premises about the time the theft was com- mitted. WILL ROGERS THROWN. Movie Town Mayor Escapes Injury in Fall From Horse. SANTA MONICA, Calif., December 28 (P.—Will Rogers, elevated last week to mayoralty of Beverly Hills, residential hub of the movie colony, is now a full-fleflged member of the Prince of Wales' Equestrian Club. While playing polo Sunday at a club near here the hard-riding movie lariat tosser deScribed an arc over his pony’s head and landed in a heap. He was unhurt. Nevertheless Rogers’ ontfit defeated the Midwick aggregation 7 to 8, to | and increased co-operation of the Po- | and | of | STATIC MAY YIELD KNOWLEDGE OF SUN | Dr. Pupin Regards Bughear of Radio as Messages of Solar Activity. PHILADF A knowledge of the structure and activ- ty of the sun may ed in the next 25 years hy a study of the static and fading of radio, in the opinfon of | Dr. Michael 1. Pupin, professor electromagnetics at Coln U sity and retiring 1y nt of E the American Association for the Ad- the st ni ssociation’s annual ht, Dr. Pupin said static and fading earth marine cables as mes activity which the mind of man could not appreciate, hut which the eoming ears of prog- res would pre decipher. Science to Prevent War. Dr. Pupin also sald he felt that within a few years the American method for almost instantaneous long distance telephoning would be dupli- ted on the continent of Europe and that through the increased facilities would “proceed the human inter- relationship which fosters peaceful emotion.” He remarked that he did not think of what science would do in the next war, hut only of what it would do to prevent the next war. Papers on most every scientific subfect were discussed at the many sectional meetings of the association. More than 4,000 scientists from all parts of the countgy are attending the convention. Dr. Hugo Krueger and R. G tavson, of the University who are attempting to female hormone, one of the constituent parts of the generative cell which plays a large part in the sex of all animals, and purge it of harmful im- purities, told the Phi Sigma Riologi Research Society that they had su ceeded in dissolving the hormone in liquid ammonia. Their experiments, the report said, had progressed to the extent of separating the hormone from chlosterol, one of the common impuri- ties not soluble in ammonia. m he regarded currents in s sages of solar Gus- of Denve vlate the Other Scientists Report. Befors the American Society of | Zoologists Dr. R. L. Cleveland of the | Harvard Medical School, described ants w;]m-hhhu-m an intesti | site and which suffer a shor o life if these Drotozcans ate Kilea o | Dr. Nellie Payne, Unive of | Pennsylvania, told of insects which can be frozen and still survive, and | A. Grace Mekeel, Cornell University asserted that so-called ungless Tmnmny:;rs il have vestiges of lungs with whicl ance: o lungs wit h their ancestors once | Dr. William A. Kepner, University of Virginia, reported that he had | reared flatworms through 23 genera- tions, never allowing them ,to come into contact with a hydra, and that the twenty-third generation still re. tained its ancestral instinct for eating a hydra and then making use of the hy stinging structures for its own protection. ~ They refused to eat a hvdra, however, he sald, if they already possessed stinging structures, DYNAMITET’I_O'i' ;\MED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEYq London Papers Make Charge Based on Anonymous Threat and Increase in Guards. By the Associated Press. TONDON, December 28— Some of the morning newspapers publish sen- sational stories of the discovery of an alleged plot by unknown persons to dynamite Westminster Abbey on Christmas eve, According to the accounts, the police received an anonymous telegram con taining a threat against the abbey and the customary police guard was consequently increased without the public being aware of the fact. Officials of the Abbey say such mys- terious threats are not infrequent, but that hitherto they have proved to be hoaxes. — - o WILL JOIN SISTERS. Miss Elise Clements to Take Vows of Religious Life Tomorrow. Miss Klise Clements, Dr. Lyman J. Clements, 512 B street northeast, will be received in the Order of the Sisters of the Immacu- late Heart of Mary at the méther house of the order, Marywood Col- lege, Scranton, Pa., tomorrow. Miss Clements is a graduate of East- ern High School and was employed as an auditor in the Bureau of Inter- nal Revenue. She was well known in amateur dramatic circles in this city, serving as director and coach of St. Joseph's Players for three years, as well as in Community Center dra- matio work. She was a member of the Curley Club and of the Tekaquitha Club. i A number of friends and relatives the ceremonies in Scran- will atten: ton Incidgnt to tha taking of vows and entrahce into the religious life. ‘, danghter of iand his by para:| { Duskin, FALLILL IN'TEXAS; S “RESTING EASY" Pneumonia in One Lung Con- fines Former Secretary to Home in EI Paso. By the Asmsociated Press. EL PASO, Tex., December 28.—Til ness again has confined Albart B. Fall to his home hera. The former Sec- retary of the Interfor contracted an ir- ritation of ‘the lungs over the week end which yesterday was dlagnosed as pneumonfa. Although his aliment was characterized as serious, his con dition today was reported as generally sutisfactory Returning from Washinngton urday, where he recently was acquit ted with Edward L. Doheny on charges of criminal conspiracy to de traud the Government in connection with the leasing of naval ofl land in California, Fall expres 1 a desire to rest. He appeared in good spirits, but the movements of the 5-yvear-old former prospector furnished a no ticeable contrast to the activities he preferred until recent years. Has Been in Poor Health. He told friends he probably would remain_here or at his ranch near Three Rivers, N. M., until he was re led to Washington to answer charges with Harry Sinclair con cerning the leasing of the Teapot Dome oil lands in_ Wyoming, sched uled for February 2. Fall has not Leen in good health since he retired from public life as a member of the cabinet of the late President Hardi He was confined to his home or rested at his ranch for several months following his re tirement. He appeared in the best physical condition in which he had been in racent vears when he went to Washington for the ofl trial. Outlook Held Good. Although relatives have been sum moned, Dr. H. T. Safford said Fall was_‘“resting easy,” and that only the lower part of one lung was con- gested. His temperature is not high pulse is good, Dr. Safford ®aid, and that the outlook for his covery was good The physician added, however, that when a person of his age contracts pneumonia a severe case often de- velops in a short time. SENTENCE OF DEATH FOR RUSSIAN YOUTHS {Seven to Be Shot for Attack on Young Factory Girl in Public Park. Sat- By the Associated Preas. LENINGRAD, Russia, December 28. —Seven Russian yvouths teday were sentenced by the Provincial Court to be shot for an attack on a young fac- tory girl in a public park here. Ten others, who participated in the crime, were sentenced to terms of imprison: ment ranging from 1 to 10 vears. The trial attracted mation-wide at- tention hecause of the declaration of the public prosecutor that cases of | collective assault were becoming shockingly prevalent. He demanded the death penalty for all 17_defend- ants as an example. After 15 hours’ deliberation, howevar, the court im- posed the death penalty only on seven. {COAL GAS PROSTRATES 20 AMERICANS IN PARIS | Fainting Spells Come as Crowd Leaves Concert Hall in Mont- parnasse District. By the Associated Fress. PARIS, December 28.—A score of American musicians and music lovers | were saized with fainting spells while {leaving a Montparnasse concert hall late last night. The hall, tightly closed against the cold, was heated coal stoves, and preliminary in- vestigation this morning iIndicated that coal gas caused the prostrations. Some of those overcome were uncon- scious several minutes, but none suf- fered serlous after effects. Webster, piano soloist, formerly a student at Towa University; Samuel violinist; Blair - Fairchild and Junius 8. Morgan, composer. Morgan's _American residence is Princeton, N. I., but he lives much of the time in Paris. He is a cousin of Junius S. Morgan, jr., son of J. P. Morgan, who attaches the “junior” to his name to distinguish himself from the composer. CAROL IS STILL ABSENT FROM HIS PARIS VILLA Former Crown Prince of Rumania Believed Enjoying Vacation on Riviera for Short Time. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 28--Despite re- ports to the contrary published by some of the Paris newspapers, it was established by the Assoclated Press today that former Crown Prince Carol of Rumania has not yet re- turned to his villa in Neullly, fash- fonable Parisian suburb. Persons close to him expressed the opinion that he was enjoying a quiet holiday somewhere on the Riviera and would not come back to the capital until after New Year day. At any rate, it seems that he hai broken with Mme. Magda ILupescu, auburn-haired Jewess with whom he left Rumania & year ago, at the tima he renounced his right of suc- cession to the Rumanian throne SUNDAY SCHOOL FETE. Christmas Entertainment at Eck- ington Presbyterian Church. A Christmas entertainment was held this aflernoon by the Sunda ‘hool of Kckington Presbyteria urch for members of the beginner, primary and junior departments, at the church building. A program for intermediate and senior class mem- bers is to be held this evening. be- ginning at 7:30. On Sunday morning Rev. Henry R Wooding will address the Fid Bible class on methods of Bible stu The Andrew Jackson Counecil, No. 6, Jr. 0. U. A. M., tomorrow evening t 8 o'clock, will hold its feurth annual CHristmas tree entertainment in the Pythian Temple auditorium. An address will be delivered by Rev. Harvey Baker Smith, pastor of the Columbia Heights Christian Chureh, and other features will in- clude music by the concert band of the order, directed by Carl Shaffer; songs by Miss Buelah Reber, songs and dances by the Misses Ettor, and 1 saw rendition by G. O. Sun- . 'T'. Lacey is chairman of the entertalnment committee and W. M. La Roeh?‘ucrm of the council. Among the victims were Beveridge | Mr. | TEXAN NOW ADNITS SLAYING THIRTEEN Four Persons Killed in Cali- fornia Added to Confession of Nine Recently. By the Amociated Press. FARWELL, Tax., Dacember 28 Fxtra guards today were assignad 1o watch George J. Hassell, Texas Pan Handle rancher, who {s confined in the county fafl here, following confe: slons to the slaying of 13 permona. Charged with murder following hi< admission that he killed his wife and her eight chiliren and placed the hodies in a dugout on his ranch nea here three weeks ago, lassell night confessed to slaying a wou and three childven in California thre. years ago. He refused to reveal the names of the California victims or t comment on the crime other than t say "It was a good job,” the sher a Recovering From Cuta Hameell s recovaring from flicted knife wounds which phys at first bhelioved might prove fatal. Ha stabbed himsalf when officers can to search his ranch, after neighb had becoma suspicious of his aections and the absence of his family. | slept soundly on his fafl cot after cor fessing the four California ngs, Records of the Assoclated Pipe Line Co. of Fresno, Calif., show that Hus sel worked for the company i 1922, He was transferred to varlous Californfa points until 1923, when he esigned. He then went to Okla homa and a little more than a year ago moved to a ranch near here after marrving his brother's widow. Au- thorities have reopened an investiga tion of his brother's death. Tha brother was killed while working in a field in Oklahoma with Hassell, who said & mule kicked him to death Quarrel Precedes Killings. Hassell sald in a statement that he did not know why he kiiled his wife and stepchildren. He declared the slayings followed a quarrel with h wife after she charged him with in Umacy with her oldest daughter. “I grabbed a hammer—whera it came from I do not know struck her and she fell to the floor,” Hassel sald in telling of the slaving of his wife, “The smaliest baby began crying and 1 reached down and choked it. Then I secured a stockin and tied it around the baby's meck. I don’t kmow why, but when I what I had done, I decided I ha g0 on and kill the whole outfit.” The children ranged in age from to 21 years. Some were choked and others shot. ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION TAKES NEW CLUBROOMS Opening Event at Carlton Hotel to Be Reception to Australian Premier Friday. be: The new clubrooms of the Washing- ton branch of the English-Speaking Union, in the Carlton Hotel, will be opened Friday afternoon with a recep- tion for Right Hon. Stanley M. Bruce, premier of Australia, and Mrs. Bruce. The hours will be from 430 to 6 o'clock. The unlon, of which Gen. Henry T. Allen is president, moved to its new quarters in order to accommodate its growth in membership, now said to exceed 700. The premier of Australia, who is to be the guest of honor at the recep- tion, took a leading part in the recent imperial conference in London. While in England he delivered the third an- nual lecture ip memory of Walter Hines Page, American Ambassador to the court of St. James during the World War. The English-Speaking Union. of which John W. Davis is president for the United States, and the FEarl of Balfour, K. G., for the British em- pire, is designed “to draw together | in the bond of comradeship the Eng lish-speaking peoples of the world.” |COLORED SHRINERS HOLD THEIR ANNUAL ELECTION Joseph H. Hankerson Elected II- lustrious Potentate of Mecca Tem- ple—Other Officers Chosen. ew officers of Mecca Temple, No Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, colored chosen at the last regular session, were announced today, as follows: Jo seph H. Hankerson, illustrious poten tate; Clarence A. Nixon, chief rabbap; John W. Charleston, assistant rabben: Willlam N. Pannell, Oriental guide Ralph K. Washington, high priest and prophet; Adam M. Taylor, treasurer, and Oscar L. Deane, recorder. The last two named were re-elected. Prior to the election of officers the retiring potentate, Fred W. Alston, made his annual address, in which he reviewed the relief work done by the charity department during the past vear. In addition to Christmas ba kets distributed to deserving widow, and other financial relief given during Christmas, the sum of $2,400 was ex pended for general relfef work. The newly elected officers wers in- stalled by Charles D. Freeman, im- perial treasurer and past fmperial po tentate. Two E;-Pr;sid;;s Died the Same Day. One hundred years ago, July 4, 1825, two great men, signers of the Dec laration of Independence, passed away Do you knew who they were? 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