Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1926, Page 4

4 HOOVER STRESSES | VALUE OF SCIENGE Makes World Richer Than All American Banks, He Tells Association. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 29.— American banks with their millions could not assemble the value added to the world’s wealth by pure science re-- gearch in the opinion of Herbert Hoover, Sec y of Commerce. A plea for aid for pure science was made by Mr. Hoover before the Amer- fean Association for Advancement of Science, in annual convention, last night. “We are spending in industry and Government, national and local, prob- ebly $200,000,000 a year in search for epplications of scientific knowledge. with perhaps 30,000 men engaged in the work.” he said. “The whole sum we have available to support pure sclence is less than $10,000,000 a year, with probably less than 4,000 men engaged in It.” Mr. Hoover's address followed the reading of many scientific papers. Male Weakness Denied. Dr.. Oscar Riddle of the Carnegle Institution station for experimental evolution in Washington challenged the belief of many physicians and geneticists, based on_the higher prenatal death rate of boys, that the male is the weaker sex. He explained the greater male rate @&s due to an adverse chemical quality in the mother, whose physical nature s better adapted to production of fe male children, and to a sexspeficio hormone, or reproductive element in the blood, which causes degeneration ©of the male offspring. Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the Bu- geau of Entomology, in Washington, believes it important that parasites upon injurifous insects and insects that prey upon them be imported srom all parts of the world for the benefit of the farmer. Would Take Profit From Crime. The most effective way of stopping & “crime wave” is to make crime un- profitable, James H. Hepbron, man- eging director of the Baltimore Crim- inal Justice Commission, said yester- dey. Deprecating the “modern” the- ory that criminals were “sick men” of low mentality or “born crooked,” Mr. Hepbron said they usually were of high mental attainments, and were in the business of crime because it d. “The belief that all criminals are mentally subnormal,” said Mr. Hep- bron, “is widely accepted and be- lieved. It was not until the World ‘War, when great numbers of men ‘were given Intelligence tests, that the average of intelligence was found to be much lower than originally sup- posed, and when our convict popula- tion was examined, it was found that they received a higher mental rating than the draft Army of the United States, which was fairly typical of the mass population. “And it must be remembered that convicts in penal institutions repre- sent the lower type of criminals, be- cause the more astute frequently es- cape detection. Generally speaking, the criminals received a higher men- tal rating than their guards, Think Like Average Citizen. “It would seem that actual as well as potential criminals go through the same mental processes as the average citizen. They, consideg the chancés of success. or failure 1& ds the aver- age man does.” ¢ Two of the worst offenders against society are the ‘speed demon” and the wealthy man who “bribes” the poor man to obtain lquor, in the opinton of Dr. Hasting H. Hart of the Russell Sage Foundation. “I know a governor of a State,” sald Dr. Hart, “who brags that he habitually drives at the rate of 50 miles an hour. We have these speed demons everywhere—you find them bragging in smoking cars and clubs— men who take human life or maim children for their own pleasure. “The wickedness of the prohibition law lies in the fact that we do not consider it from the health stand- point.. Nobody objects to enforce- ment that is clearly for the public bealth. We have lost sight of the fact that the central element in prohibit- ing the sale of liquor is the health consideration.” Dr. Hart made these statements in & general criticism of the present system of law enforcement, in which, he sald, the principal trouble was the emphasis placed on “force.” The vengeful spirit of the “eye for an eye® proponents, in his opinion, wad one of the greatest dangers in the £ystem. ARG S S ORI INFLUENCES OF SCIENCES ON RELIGION FORESEEN Professor of Psychology Cites “Growing Importance” of Altru- istic and Social Theories as Proof. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, December 20— Many sciences may be expected to play a_part in the religlon of the fu- ture, Dr. George Ross Wells, profes- sor of psychology of Hartford Semi- nary Foundations told the American Psychological Assoclation ~at its meeting here yesterday afternoon. Referring to the growing impor- tance of the altruistic and social side Dr. sucuael a. cupan, rearmg presiden. of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this week predicted that in 25 years the phe nomena known as “static” and “fading” may be discovered to have a distinct hearing on the electrical relations between the sun and earth. Left to righ:t Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey, new president of the association, and Dr. Pupin. U. S. Soldiers in Test Give Doctors Clue to Dengue Fever Cure in Manila Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, December 29.— Sixty-four soldiers, who voluntarily submitted themselves to the bites of infected mosquitoes, have enabled of- ficers of the United States Army Med- cal Department Research Board at Manila to clear up the previously un- solved problems of dengue fever. Lieut. Col. J. F. Siler told the American Assoclation for the Ad- vancement of Science yesterday that medical science is now in a position to wage war on dengue with the same assurance of success that has attend- ed the campaigns against yellow fever. Dengue, or break-bone fever, is a common disease of the tropics and is one of the chief causes of sickness in the Army in the Philippines. Five vears ago an epidemic swept through the Southern States from Texas to Georgia, attacking about 2,000,000 people. The research board Investigating the disease found, said Lieut. Col. Siler, that it was transmitted by the same mosquito and in exactly the same way that yellow fever is carried from person to person. ‘‘To become infected, the mosquito must bite the patient with dengue during the first three days of illness, the living organ- ism causing the disease must live and mature in the mosquito for 11 days before the insect becomes capable of transmitting the disease through the bites, and once the insect becomes capable of transmitting the disease, it retains that capacity throughout the remainder of its life,” he adds. The application of the knowledge acquired through this investigation has resulted in the reduction of the number of dengue patlents among the soldiers on duty in_ the Philip- pines from 80 in every 1,000 to less than 20 per 1,000, Lieut. Col. Siler de- clared. PLANT LIFE TRACED TONORTH POLE ORIGIN Scientist Gives Evidence to Support His Theory of Evolution of Flowers, Etc. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, December 29.— The evolution of modern plants and of modern climates began together at the North Pole some six or seven miilion years ago, when the last of the dino- saurs were still lumbering about the earth. It continued“ with increasing speed through the tertlary age, which followed, until the comparatively re- cent time of the glaclers. It was dur- ing this time, according to the record of the rocks, that the plants of the earth began to show evidences of be- ing divided into growth zones influ- enced by climate; until then all the earlier plants were of types such as now grow in the tropics, and they were distributed evenly over the whole earth, indicating the prevalence of a uniformly warm climate. At the meeting of the American Bo- tanical Society here yesterday Dr. Ar- thur Hollick of the New York Botani- cal Garden outlined the evidence for his theory that the first temperate zone plant life evolved in the polar re- gions. The higher forms of flowering plants, he said, are primarily adapta- tions to a climate of alternating warm and cold seasons, and their final inva- sion of the still uniformly warm tropics has been recent and is a mat- ter of competition with the plants they found there rather than a response to a climatic urge. It is in the tropics today that the only relics of the vegetation of an earlier world, the cycada and similar plants, remain to contest with the late- coming modern plants for a foothold. Plant fossils of tertiary age from the tropics are very little different from the living plants of the same regions, whereas tertiary fossils from the re- gions of the earth where Winter comes show evidences of radical and rapid evolution. ENGINEERS WILL APPLY TALENTS TO GOVERNMENT Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology Adds Division of Municipal and Industrial Research. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., December 29. —A_ division of municipal and indus- trial research, which will seek to apply engineering knowledge to problems of government, industry and commerce in the interest of soctal and economic growth and progress, was announced today by President Samuel W. Strat- ton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The new division, said to be the first of its kind in an educatjonal in- stitution, was founded through the generosity of John E. Al , New York banker. Under the direction of Prof. Wil- liam A. Bassett and a corps of ex- perts the work is expeoted to widen the engineering field by giving definite recognition to the important contribu- tions which engineering, economic and statistical knowledge may make In government _adminlistration, social and business life directly affecting the comfort and convenience of the public. Prof. Bassett has been consultant for numerous governmental units in problems of engineering administra- tion, and was once an associate on the staff of the New York Bureau of Municipal Resea:ch. CAROL SEEN IN FRANCE. NICE, France, December 29 (#).— Former Crown Prince Carol of mania, according to information from Theoule, a small village near Cannés, dined there at the Hotel Beaurivage Saturday night. He was accom- panied by friends from Paris, and all left by automobile Sunday morning. The party’s destination was un- known. & - Since his departure Carol had not been seen on the Riviera. The only proof of his appearance in this region was his identification by means of a picture by the hotel people, to whom he made payments. D. O, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1926. DEPLORES COURTS RULE ON INSANITY Criminologist Tells Scientists of Plan Adopted in Massa- chusetts System. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, December 29.— Practice of calling psychiatrist intoa criminal court to testify that a defend- int was not responsible for his mis- lceds was deplored by Dr. Sheldon Glueck, instructor in criminology at Harvard University, who spoke loday sefore sociologists attending the meet- ing of the American Association for he Advancement of Science. “It is no more fitting that a pure- Iy scientific psychiatric examination se made in open court and under rules of evidence than that a patient with possible diphtheria or some other bodily ill be brought into court on a stretcher and examined, subject to the sagle eye of judge or jury and the jon-medical majesty of the law. The heat of a forensic battle is bound to interfere with any scientific, objective examination of the defendant.” Bay State System. How Massachusetts has taken the ead of the States in providing for un- siased psychiatric examination for certain prisoners, and how the sys- em works was described by Dr. Glueck. Psychiatric experts from the State’s department of mental diseases have the task of examining certain types of prisoners when reported to hem by the clerk of the court. These are prisoners indjcted for capital of- fenses, those known to have been in- dicted for any other offense more than once, or to have been previously con- victed of a felony. The experts in mental and emotional disorders re- port whether or not it would be a waste of time and expense to try the accused person and whether or not it would be inhuman to bring him into a public court for trial. During the five years that the law has been In force 295 accused per- sons have been examined, Dr. Glueck said. These individuals included 173 indicted for capital offenses, 19 for sex offenses, 46 for burglary and 16 for robbery. Of the 295, 26 were declared insane, 25 were mentally deficient and i1 were psychophatic cases, which be- long on the borderline of mental dis- order and are considered partly re sponsible for their acts. In 226 case: no evidence of mental abnormality sufficlent to call for treatment or other special disposition was discov- ered. Will Protect Public. ¢ A large percentage of those found to be mentally deficient were com mitted by the courts for an inde terminate period to the special institu tion for defective delinquents. Others were put through the usual court trial and given brief definite sentences, although Dr. Glueck stated “for the benefit of themselves and society they should have been disposed of as the former group were.” As matters stand throughout the country, persons who are dangerous to general security because of some mental defect or disorder are fre quently not detected until after they have committed some shocking crime, the criminologist said. The Massa chusetts law, he declared, makes ii possible to discover such individuals early in their delinquent careers anc to protect the public aguinst them. L e g VETERANS PLAN FETE. Joint Entertainment Committee Meets Tonight to Deliberate. Plans for a veterans’ ball at the City Club January 17 will be discussed at a meeting of the veterans’ joint com- mittee, Allied War Veterans of the District of Columbia, in the board room of the District building tonight at_8 o'clock. Election of officers, appointment of special committees and consideration of policies will take place. Sugges tions for the ball are desired from all who aré interested, according to the executive committee ,which issued a statement today asking members of the Allied War Veterans of the Dis trict of Columbla to attend. The purposes of the joint commit tee, the executive committee states are to raise money for the welfarc and relief of all veterans in need and “to promote the general efficiency anu morale of all veterans.” S Wi CHAMBE! GIVE A Eomp ete uneral 100 W. W. CHAMBERS CO. The Brownstone Funeral Home 14th, Corner Chapin St. KAPLOWITZ T 781 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST SENSATIONAL NEW YEAR HOIIDAY BARGAIN SPECIALS BEAUTIFUL $30-$25-$20 DRESSES FOR $1075 CANCER TESTS ON MICE CHANGE IMMUNITY VIEW Woman Physician Tells Zoologists | of Experiments by Harvard Univetsity Gommission. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, December 29.— The theory of hereditary immunity to cancer has received a jolt from ex- periments conducted by E. Elizabeth Jones of the cancer commission of Harvard University. At a meeting of the American So- ciety of Zoologists yesterday, Miss Jones told of the success that had at- tended her efforts to produce cancer in mice In which immunity to the dreaded plague has been developed by special breeding. The supposedly immune mice were inoculated with a cancer of the ca cinoma type and bits of sterilized flan- | nel were introduced as an frritating agent. Though the number of cases In which the cancer “took” was small, it is nevertheless apparent that in the non-susceptible strains of mice as bred. in the laboratory immunity to cancer is not absolute, she deduces. FOREST AIE ADVOCATED. Private Owners Need Instruction, Says Cornell Professor. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA. December 29.— That schools of sclentific forestry should devote themselves to the prob- lems confronted by the owners of private forest lands as well as to those presented by the larger areas in na- tional and State forests, was advocat- ed today by Prof. Arthur B. Reck- nagel of Cornell University, before the Society of American Foresters meet- ing here this week. “Forest school faculties can help by performing research work of di- rect applicability to the problems of the private owners,” said Prof. Reck- nagel. “Demonstration forests under the control of forest schools are a powerful means of instructing priv- ate owners in the practice of forestry. Field schools may be developed to ad- vantage. “‘The further training of men in private employ, particularly by gradu- ate study after adequate experience, will make them more capable of deal- ng with the problems of the timber- 'and owners while enriching the pro- fession by the results of their re- search studies.” An Unbobbed Land. The little island of Ushant in Brit- tany claims to be the only point left n Burope where bobbed hair is un- known. The women all wear their hair long and down the back. Viewed from the rear, it is difficult to tell grandmothers from grand chil- dren, as they all look like young girls with their flowing hair. For that matter, it's hard to tell mother and daughter apart when both are wearing a shingle. GATCHING INSECTS INCLOUDS DEPICTED “Fishing” Process in That Line Held More Sporty Than Catching Butterflies. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, December 29.— A new sport has been inaugurated— fishing for insects in the clouds. It is far more exciting than catching butterfliey In the flelds, for it In volves an airplane ride or else use of the kite, beloved since boyhood. But while it affords an entertain- ing sport for the entomologist there is something a little disappointing in the thought that the beautiful sky is perhaps infested with insects that plague the earth. That they actually are present as much as half a mile above the ground was declared today by Dr. E. P. Felt, New York State entomologist, before the Entomological Soclety of Amer- ica in session here. Insugurators of New Sport. Dr. Felt and Dr. B. R. Coad, United States entomologist of Tallulah, La., were the inaugurators of the new sport. By means of traps attached to airplanes, Dr. Felt has caught flies of twa species and an adult corn root maggot at elevations of from 1,000 to 3,000 feet. One species of fly was identified as an insect that is ordinarily found close to the ground and iu the shade. It was commonly belleved that the insect could not oc- cur more than 10 feet above the gr;l;’ml. i ® experiments of Dr. Coad at Tallulah indicate the general occur- rence of small insects at even greater altitudes than the ones where they were trapped by Dr. Felt. Form of Trap Described. The trap contains a sectional area of some 8 by 10 inches and is ar- ranged with glass slides smeared with tree tanglefoot. When an alirplane is not available Dr. Felt suggests the use of kites which will carry the traps successfully to an elevation of 1,600 feet or more. Fighing for insects in the upper air is not only an entertaining sport for sclentists, but throws light on Insect habits hitherto scarcely suspected and, according to Dr. Felt, may also give valuable information concerning the velocity and direction of upper air currents. e i In England there are six women who sign . F. H.” after their names, Indicating “master of fox hounds. SOL HERZOG Home of the Budget Plan the Special .. Herzog | Another evidence of what can be done when HERZOG specializes. ‘We wanted to pro- luce a uuperior ux- Dress Shoes for Men at 33.00 : ——patent or dull leather of a quality that insures satisfactory wear, and with all the style for which any man could ask. So much value at $8 is possible only because they are made to our special order. Men’s Shoe Shop—Entire Basement ICH'S Proper Footwear F Street at Tenth UFMAN:! 1316-1326 Seventh St. N.W. | Women’s $16.50 to $25 Richly Fur-Trimmed By far the season’s greatest coat value, so it’s up to you to select from this great assort- ment of the season’s newest models in the best color coats obtainable. They have fur col- lars and many have fur cuffs; and have satin de chine and, satinette lining. Sizes 16 to 44. and $15 Felt-Base 9x12 RUGS $6-95 Perfect quality, full weight, felt-base rugs, in a variety of pretty colored designs, borders all around; guaranteed for long service and lasting satisfaction. $12.50 1,000 Pairs Double BLANKETS Reduced Lot No. 2 64x76 31.59 Pr. Blue and white, pink and white and gray and white plaids, with colored borders, double-bed sizo and double blankets. $2.50 value for $1.59. Lot No. 1 45x72 In white, gra; and tan with col- ored borders, dou- ble blankets for single beds, $1.98 value for $1.25. Lot No. 3 66x80 slg Pr. In gray and tan with colored bor- ders, double blank- ets and extra dou- ble bed size, $298 value for $1.89. Women’s 79 and 98¢ | Women’s and Misses’ )8/, of religion, Dr. Wells sald: “Individual and soctal evils are now recognized as having entirely natural causes and are therefore to be remedied by natural means. Discovery and ap- plication of such means requires the eclentific viewpoint and the scientific method.” The minister of today is seldom trained to do humanitarian work ef- ficlently, he declared. Humanitarian- expert profes- fons. Naming lines of knowledge igion, Dr. Wells included law, ethics, psychology, ducation, soclology and atesmanship. ‘The peychological factors in present day religion, Dr. Wells said, are magic, mysticism, conservatism and humani- tarfanism. ey Norman Venner, British novelist, says: “No woman should ever be a cook. Men manage much better. be ‘i‘E Vn?nlr‘e Inlerj.s’lPll in_things to ea BEACON INN Oalvert St., Bet, 18th W, our F00D DISVERY A e s0 Our PRUAE RIBS SMARTNESS CHARM DISTINCTION FOR MADAME & MADEMOISELL: MODELS FOR SIZES 14, 16, 18, 2 SILKS~-SATINS-CRFPES KAPLOWITZ 721 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST FOR NEW YEAR EVENING GOWNJS FASHIONS OF GREAT B-AUTY $1Q75 T0 $38 PRICES BEFORE REDUCTION $98.50 TO $43 KAPLOWIT £ REDUCED BELOW COST ENTIRE COLLECTION WINTER COATS $45 TO $95 edo Value—and we did. $27.50 is a very low price for a good looking Dinner Suit. {INotch lapels—wide shoulders — snug hips—silk trimming —sgatin facing— THE GREATEST TUXEDO VALUE, ever. Others $40 to $55 and the HERZOG BUDGET PLAN gives you the privilege of paying for it in ten easy weekly amounts. Ask Us! The new single-breasted white English Vests— One button, Button-in-the-Back Shirts and Extra Wide Butterfly Bats are the newest Tuxedo ac- cessories. Dress Sets, Formerly $5 to $10, Now $3.85 Budget Prices Are the Same As Cash Prices i7a f Galoshes $1.95 The lowest price in the city for first quality galoshes, made with fine uppers and durable rolled-edge soles and heels; keep the feet warm as well as dry. All sizes. Day Frocks 49¢ In fast-color checked and plaid ginghams, neatly trimmed with rick-rack braid; and three styles to select from. Regular and extra sizes. TaXli7eY VALLEY OF WONDERS NATURE has filled a Trail and for the mar- valley with wonders in velous Carriso Gorge. Yosemite—shoulderin, mountains, musical SunsetLimited, a splen- waterfalls, t trees, did,de luxe daily train New Orleans to Los lakes and tumbling i streams, snow and flow- Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. Club ers—a vast orama of contrasting scenes Car, Observation Car of sheer magic and and latest type Dining splendor. and Sleeping Cars. Stopovers allowed on Come to this all year g]] tickets via Sunset wonderland and store Route. 5 your mind with mem- ories of beauty, excite- This dellg‘ tfal trip is ment and sport that outlined in detail in a will never Come folder that may be to the Yosemite Valley obtained by writing to via the Sunset Route. A. J. Poston, General Convenient service Agent, Passenger for 120-mile motor Dept., 165 Broad- side trip over the way, Room 2015, famous Apache New York City. After California Visit Hawail, Australasia and the Orient SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES OV ITOYI T8 YAre) needed Boys’ and Women'’s Storm Rubbers 59¢ With durable soles and heels. All Sizes. All Men’s Pants Reduced Lot $2.95 Novib . ol Neigr, o Ng: ... L S, ALY L) BUB0 7 MI:}I: F BEEF, Wednesduy and Friday, 5 to 7:30 “"j L A semi-annual event that men look for. Hundreds of pants for work, dress and street wear included, as well as many suitings. It’s your chance to make your old coat and vest do extra duty. Sizes 29 to 52 waist. JOVE