Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1927, Page 22

22 STARLINGS FLOCK TOCAPITAL TREES Invasion of Birds Reaches| High Point as Winter Approaches. on is experiencing this Fall one of biggest inv it ever 1. suffered from the lings who congreg ousands on t long t he same time Shenandoah Val farmers are complaining that »so sharp-beaked birds have ruined derable part of the apple crop king at the fru according to Department of Agriculture orpithologists, that this section of the country happens to be in the path of the latest wave in the starlings are advancing over the country from a’ nucleus in New York City. The Enclish starling or ites nearly zinated in 40 vears ased in r nearly to over- this are Then, multiplying . they started to move north, nd west in waves and hav ancing their territory ever Winter City The starling clin Dwellers. s to the shington ee years has been ience hitherto known to New Philadelphia Baltimore. h the coming of cold nights the birds flock together from a wide area of the surrounding countryside and huddle on window ledges, descending in clouds at twilight. The bird is almost exclusively a Winter city dweller none of the hig is found the open country or smaller towns, although large flocl frequently congregate in the country in the Summer. 1 only reason which has been nced for this, according to De- ment of Agriculture ornitholo- gists, is that the birds appreciate the warmth which can be obtained by cuddling against the walls of heated buildi They still go into the during the day to get their eturn at night, each individ- ual by unerring instinct flying to the spot which has been selected as a community roost. These birds have the same habit in various European cities. There may be instances, according to the Department of Agriculture, when starlings make a great nuisance of themselves to farmers if they hap- pen to be particularly abundant at the right place at the right time. Nevertheless the bird is the farmer’s friend and by far the gr of its food consi jurious insects. Because of this bene- ficial habit it is considered generally worthy of protection but when a great flock swarms upon cherry or apple orchard they are likely to cause heavy Jos: ties for the he hird is quite different in its food habits from the English sparrow which is largely a_grain eater and frequents the cities because it can ob- tain food there in the Winter ratker than for the shelter. Thus great numbers of sparrows are found om bare trees opposite the National Theater where they get no great pro- tection from the wind while the st lings hug the roofs and the window Tedges. Migration Started in 1922, The great advance of the starling from Philadelphia southward came in 1 but it is just reaching its high water mark here. They are not yet seen in great flocks in the South Atlantic cities although the next wave probably will cover some of these. The starlings, according to the De- partment of Agriculture, are natural vagrants and are quite susceptible to cold. In the majority of cities the first appearance of these birds has been during Winter and early Spring. In some localities they are only ac cidental visitors for several yes after their first appearance, in some they breed the first season and then disappear, and in others they settle down immediately as residents. Much of the spread of the English starling has resulted from the ten- dency of small flocks to wander away from the central roost and sometimes they go so far away that they can- not get back and form a new roost ©of their own. The enormous increase in numbers .can be appreciated from the fact that each pair usually raises two broods of from three to six young a year and the rapid growth of & flock requires comstant reaching out for new sources of food. Wandering flocks have been seen in some locali- ties at the same time, as though scouting for new dweiling places. Starlings Are Fighters. The bird siready probably has spread as far north as it will go. It is expected that it will spread gteadily southward and also over the Allegheny Mountains, but it probably never will venture into the prairie country in any great number. The starlings have pugnacious dis- positions and often drive other birds from the vicinity of homes, especially blue birds and flickers, which nest in holes or in bird boxes. Where Win- ter feeding stands are provided the lings are likely to hog all the food. A great deal of popular an- tagonism to the starling has arisen which, according to the Department of Agriculture, is not wholly justified. POLITICAL FIGURE DIES. Andrew J. Pennington, 92, Long Prominent in Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star. IMORE, Md., October 29.—A figure in Maryland politics for half a century, Andrew nington, died today at his home here. He w 92 years old. ant adjutant on the staff of former Gov. oome had given him the ,"” by which he was Mr. Pennington’s confidantes includ- ing Judge Albert Ritchie, father of Gov. Ritchie; Gov. Will Pinkney Whyte and United States Senator Ar- thur P. Gorl PLANE FACTORY OPENS. Alexandria Concern to Employ 35 Men When Going Full Force. ALEXANDRIA, Va, ).—The Berliner started the work ring monoplanes in this city a small scale and within the rext 10 days will be running at tull with an employment of 35 October 29 Aircraft Co. of manu- The company expects to turn out an average of two planes each week. load of engines for the planes and a huge shipment of fabric arrived today. Tobacco Brings $2,299,808. al Diepatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., October 29.—The sum of $2,299,806 has been disbursed here among tobacco farmers since Oc- tober 4, for more than 12,000,000 , official statistic: 8- o age pric this volume was $19.97 per 100. Deal- ers representing Chinese connections are not as active as last year, due to i the Chinese internal condition, Spec suffering | | | | | Above—Closenp the starlings crowd into a tree. 'w of the now familiar English starling. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THE STARLING—FRIEND OR FOE! Below—How PEARY EXPEDITIONS’ ARTIST DIES AT 76 Albert Operti Made First Casts of North Greenland Eskimos After Voyage. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 29.—Albert Operti, 76, official artist of Comdr. Robert E. Peary’s polar expeditions of 1896- died of pneumonia today at the Explorers’ Club. A native of Italy, he was from the British Naval School at Portsmouth, England, a later studied painting and sculpture in Lon- don and Paris. After coming to New York he entered the newspaper field as a caricaturist TUpon his return from the first of the Peary expeditions he made the first casts of North Greenland Eskimos ever made. He was one of the of 1 Government artists at the Chicago position. COUNTY HAS BULL RECORD| All Animals in Virginia Section Now Pure Bred. By the Associated Press. Craig County, Va., has attained the distinction of being the first county in Virginia and the - second in the United States to eradicate all scrub | and grade bulls. Agriculture announced yesterd: that a final check Jjust eoncluded shows the county is on a 100 per cent pure-bred-bull basis in cattle breeding | operations following a systematic and | aggressive camps Sleven years | ago a cattle survey of the county | showed no pure-bred bulls. graduated PARK TOUR ENDS TODAY. From Shenandoah Area. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., October 29.—Gov. Byrd will return to Luray tomorrow and go direct to Richmond, completing his first official andoah National Park. | ying the governor on the e Dr. Mather, A. B stant director of the ‘ erv! Col. Glenn chian National | Park C ission; Roberts, Lee nd r of the State | ission; kle, executiv | secretary Shenandoah National Park Association; D. P. Wine, George | Pollock, John R. Crown, | risonburg News: d e | sentative of the St i £ | renu; George Judd of Washington and others. Keeping Flowers On Hero’s Tomb Keeping the tomb of the Un- known Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery decorated with flowers at all times would be impractical and in addition would be discriminating against other unknown soldiers of other wars, in the opinion of War Department officials, according to a statement issued by the depart- ment yesterda The department ¥ | ing the keeping of flowers on the tomb at all times, The decorations put on the tomb by patriotic organizations and by representatives of foreign countries The Department of | | end of newspapering, the :Gov. Byrd to Feturn to Richmond\ proposed Shen- | Held Impractical | Owner Asks Public To Gather Autumn Leavesand Flowers There is at least one place near Washington where any one who wishes may gather autumn leaves, flowers, ferns and shrubbery with- out hindrance and with the full permission of the owner of the land. R. H. Phillips, secretary of the Kensington Railway and the Sandy Spring Railway, and owner of tracts of land adjacent to the tracks, vesterday extended an in- vitation to the public to come and help itself. There is only one restriction. Persons are requested not to cut more than they can carry away, t Mr. Phillips says “the more they can carry the merrier.” There are many acres, he said, owned in the interest of these ¢ lines, particularly near tation, North Kensington, along the private right of of the Kensington company, where the supply of Fall leaves and flowers are abundant. NEWSPAPER PROBLEMS ARE TOPIC TOMORROW Publishers From All Over Nation Will Be in Richmond for Opening of Convention. By the Associated Pross. RICHMOND, , October 29, Besides economy in the mechanical most im- portant topies to be discussed at the convention of the American New: paper Publisheds’ Association, whic s at Virginia Beach on Monday, be press agents, iabor and new. , it was announced by the board iivectors, which met here today. The list of guests who have ac- sted itations to the reception yurnum, home of John n, president of the or- and publisher of the Rich- News-Leader, includes the | names of newspaper people from | Canada to Flo and from New | York City to Portland, Oreg. PROFITS ON TOBACCO ARE SMALL IN FRANCE Government Allows Only 6 to 9 Per Cent on Various Brands Sold. orrespondenco of the Associated Press, PARIS—Selling tobacco is a half- million dollar business a day in France, but the tobacco shops say they can't make a good living. o ment, which monopolizes limits the number of s profits of only 6 to 9 the varlous brands of cigarettes and smoking to- rare, exclusive tobacco shops, ordinary rentals on main ould lose money if they did pipes and other supplies. enths of the business is done by the regular “agents,” war veter- ans or their widows and persons with political friends. They are installed in the “bistros” or small, zinc-counter wine shops, and the fortunes made by them in good locatons and the way hang on to their licenses, indi- the business has its good points. Ariz., October 29 (). reports to the Herald said that Gen. Jesus M. iirre, Mexican federal commander, State of Vera Cruz, was killed in ac- tion when a second major engagement are welcomed by the department as demonstrations of honor and patriotism, it was stated, with rebels under Gens. Arnulfo Gomez and Ignacio Almada was fought at La Perla. { ment, and keeper CAPE HENRY LIGHTS REVEAL CONTRASTS Nation’s Oldest and Newest Types Stand as Symbols of Progress on Coast. “Thus times do shift—each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed. as former things grow i Robert Herrick. And reared among the shifting sand dunes on Virginia's Cape Henry, as| though subscribing to the lines of the | poet, are examples of the most anti-| quated and most modern lighthouses | [in the United States. While one hes its warnings nightly to modern shipping, the other, its pr now grown old, stands dark and silent | watch over its ended career of nearly | a centur | The two towers are separated by a“ scant 250 feet the intervening sands reflect 138 yer of lighthouses and lig! who have t those wind-streaked wastes in the | conduct of their exacting duties. 0l1d Struggle Recalled. Time was when the keepers of Cape | light struggled daily to haul | ptern’s oil up the exposed, sift- ing sand hill on which the old house was buflt. Then keepers stood storm watch in the lantern itself, lest a hur- ricane gust blow out the flame from the oil wick. Then the keepe lived in isolation, with the Atlan surf bling at their feet and a veritable desert of high-flung sand blasting their back while the nearest city, Norfolk, lay 20 miles west, at the end of wretched roads. But “times do shift" The old stone tower atop the sand hill, cracked and closed these 46 years. has been succeeded by a trim house of cast iron, 165 feet tall, which, al- though erected on the low, wide beach plane, rears its flashing lantern above its abandoned predecessor. Oil, as a source of light, recently gave ¢ to electricity, and today's keep-| ers of Cape Henry Light stand their storm watch from the snuz power house, or even from their own com- fortable cottages at the foot of the tower. «Concrete through the year, and while roads have been cut dunes within the last the ocean and the sand remain their natu neighbors, the tenders now are within less than an hour of Norfolk and a few minutes of the thriving community at Virginia Beach, five miles down the coast. Radio, in addition to constituting the most recent improvement in the light- house’s stern duty, has put the keep- ers in instantaneous touch with every- where—even as the dwellers in cities. Former Baltimorean on Duty. John Mullenfeld, one of the Kkeep- ers, who frequently stands ‘“‘visitors’ watch,” will tell you all about these thing: Some years ago he was a painter in Baltimore, and when the fumes of the paint threatened his health, he took to the sea in the United States Lighthouse Service. He became an officer on one of the service's ships and later came ashore as one of the keepers of Cape Henry Light. So he has something of the layman's enthusiastic appreciation of the service. From for The Star learned that the “new” lighthouse at Cape Henry operating sifice 1881 is one of the comparatively few on the coast that are electrified. The extreme importance of its work of guiding shipping demanding a light of unquestioned reliability, light- houses in this country have used, for the most part, various kinds of oil as fuel for their beacons. Electricity, because of its prankish nature, was avoided for years in the lighthouse service, but gradually, when control of the. current became more fixed, electric lights were installed in some of the light towers to replace the oil vapor burners which, in turn had succeeded wick burners. The *new” Cape Henry house de rives its power from the cables of an electric railway running between Norfolk, Cape Henry and Virginia Beach, and this supply is used practically all the time. But, Mr. Mullenfeld explained, there can be no “let down” on service and a power house, built near the foot of the tower, contains oil engines and electric current generators to supply power in the event the commercial source fails. So long as current is available, the light in the lantern burns its code of two short flashes and one long flash. The lantern itself is a thing of intricate beauty and Mr. Mullenfeld is a proud man when he draws aside the protecting cover to give a visitor a glimpse into its interior. The lens is mounted in the very top of the tower, protected by panes of heavy, clear glass. Built up of polished rings of clear-cut prisms, mountsd in a brass frame, the lens is perhaps 9 feet tall and 6 feet in diameter. A small aperture cut in the shore side of the lens admits the keeper to the dazzling interior where he plies his chamois and oil in daily labor. Powerful Light Used. The light 1s supplied by a 1,000~ watt electric incandescent bulb, simi- lar in design, but monstrous in pro- portion to the lamps in homes and Xow the current might keep flow- ing, but bulbs burn out, you know,” Mr. Mullenfeld suggested to the re- porter who peered into the lens. “And you notice there are two bulbs here in the center. Well, they are screwed in sockets that point away from each other, so that they look like one of those excrcise dumb- bells. Now the lower one here is the one that burns when the light is operating, and, if for any reason, it burns out, there's a gadget here that changes the flow of current ard heats a wire so that a trigger is re- leased and a spring just pivots the ‘dead’ bulb around and swings into place the new one., see?” And Mr. Mullenfeld tripped the trigger which changed the lamps. “Well, now, if that second lamp zoes ‘dead’ before we get up here in the morning,” Keeper Mullenfeld went on, “this wire here heats up, pulls this switch and there's an elec- tric horn, a sort of siren, on the out- ide of the tower, that starts going, ind then we hotfoot it up here to see what's wrong." Mechanism Employs Radio Suspended from the iron ralling around the top, outside deck of the tower, just below the lantern, is a radio antenna, and Mullenfeld told the reporter that that Cape Henry light's radio beacon aerial. “This light is visible for about 19 miles, but fog and nasty weather cut its range 'way down,” the keeper explained. “So we have to have gomething a fellow out there at sea can hear. Now this radio beacon, that's what they call it,.we just turn it on when it's nasty, and it auto- matically sends out two dots and a dash. It sends for 20 seconds and it's silent for 15 seconds. Now a fellow out there on a ship knows that Cape Henry’s code is two dots and a dash. He hears that signal and he has a ‘radio compass,’ which gives him the exact bearing from his ship on this station. Then he'll get another sig- nal from another radio beacon over on Cape Charles and he'll plot that bearing on his chart and where the wo bearing lines cross is the exact position of his ship. “You see, every lighthouse on the OCTOBER 30 SLEEPLESS GUARDIANS OF CAPE HENRY . 1927—-PART 1. Amid the sand dunes of Cape Henry, Va., are examples of the most antiquated and modern of lighthouses. The il- lustration shows the two houses. Insei, John Mullenfeld, assistant light leeper. of light. The radio beacons are just as distinct in signals, and the ships carry with their charts a list of all the houses and their own signals, so that when one see a light or hears fo%signal, he knows just which In daylight, he can tell by looking at the house which one it is. Now we are painted this black-and- white in vertical bars and other houses are painted differently.” Mr. Mullenfeld then pointed to two big horns, curving upward, over and downward oyt of a brick building on the beach, and he explained that they are air trumpets which are sounded when there is fog, so that vessels not equipped with radio compasses are warned of the shore. Proud of His Garden. But it's not all a matter of oiling motors, testing electric cables and polishing lenses, for the keepers at Cape Henry live in comfort with their families in little white, red-roofed cot- tages on the beach. From the van- tage point of the lighthouse deck, a bird's-eye view of the little settlement is afforded. Keeper Mullenfeld will watch you, probably, as he did the reporter, to see where you are look ing. When your eye wanders acr a rectangular patch of garden, look- ing out of place in that desert, he’ll smile and he might scratch his head in a moment of shy pride “That's my garden you're looking at, young man!” he told the reporter. “My boy and my wife and 1 hauled that earth from back over the other side of the sand and we dumped it there, ‘cause somehow a little garden makes a place more homelike. Then, too, we have our own fresh greens for our table!” Lonely? Well, doesn’t think it is. “We have no kick in the world,” he says, “there's everything here or just within reach that there is any place else, and there’s a whole lot of health besides. In the old days it might have been different in the way of living quarters and work—and I reckon it was.” First U. 8. Lighthouse. To appreciate the advances repre- wented by Cape Henry Light and to realize the truth of what Keeper Mul- lenfeld “‘reckons,” you have to go back to the old lighthouse on the sand dune. Its story began with the open- ing chapter of the United States Gov- ernment, for that sandstone tower was the first lighthouse to be erected by the Federal Government after its founding in 1789. George Washington, himself, authorized its erection, and later, the first President even ordered the purchase of its oil. Although it was actually built by the United States, the old tower was proposed by the Colony of Virginia, as is shown in a letter of December 18, 1789, by Gov. Randolph of that State, which sets forth that “the State some years ago placed upon the shore at Cape Henry a quantity of materials to complete such a lighthouse as was at that time thought convenient, which have been, in the course of time, covered by sand. Measures are taking to extricate them from this situation.” The material was offered for sale to the Government, subse- quently purchased, and used in the construction of the tower. During the Civil War, the lantern was destroyed, only to be replaced and in opefation under military guard in 1863. In time, a number of cracks ap- peared in the heavy walls and the original tower was considered unsafe. —e WASHINGTONIAN HEADS CLERGY PENSION DRIVE Paul F. Myers to Conduct Lutheran Campaign for Fund of $4,000,000. aul F. Myers, Washington attor- ney, will have a prominent part in launching the campaign for $4,000,000 for the ministerial pension and relief fund of the United Lutkeran Church in America, which will get under way this week in Chicago. Accompanying Myers to the meeting will be Rev. . George M. Diffenderfer, pastor of the Luther Place Memorial Church and former executive secretary of the relief fund of the old General Syncd, and Arthur P. Black of the Layman's Association of the United Lutheran Church, which has its headquarters here, Mr. Myers will have charge of the campaign and the subsequent dis- tribution of pensions, as he is presl- dent of the Board of Pensions and Relief of the church. He has had wide experfence in financial matters, having served in various capacities in the Treasury Department. He is a member of the Luther Place Me- morial Church and a member of the law firm of Williams, Myers & Quiggle. The drive is expected to reach an intensive phase by December 1, and ? yfar has been spent in preparing or it. Keeper Mullenfeld IDENTIFIED BY TEETH. BALTIMORE, Md., October 29 (#). —IEstablishing_indentification by ths teeth, Mrs. Sallle Redtke, this city, to- day declared one of the three men, whose charred bodies were found last night after a fire in a Millersville, Md., barn, was that of her husband. The bodies were burned beyond recogni- coast has a different kind of flash code, and then sonie revolve and some od,' giving Just a steady beam tion. Police believe the barn was fired by explosion of & atill et Famous Southern Flag Buried With ‘Mother Richmond’| By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., October 20.— The Confederate flag that draped the casket of Jefferson Davis and other noted Southerners was buried today with Mrs. Norman V. Ran- dolph, known to thousands as “Mother Richmond.” Funeral services were at 3 o'cloc with interment in Shockoe Ceme- The flag was found among Randolph's possessions and at her request that it be 4 with her. Mrs. Randolph was honorary president of the na- tional organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. ARCHBISHOP SCORES SPIRITUAL ILLITERACY | International Federation of Catho-| lic Alumni Told Religious Education’s Need. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October “Spiritual illiteracy is responsible for much of the delinquency in the coun- try today,” according to Archbishop Michael J. Curley, who was the prin- cipal speaker at the fourteenth an- nual conyentlon of the Maryland Chapter, International Federation of Catholic Alumni, held here today. The only remedy for the present sit- uation is religious education—the training of the child’s heart and head together. If the child who is properly taught his duty to his fellow men, his country and his God is not the rem- edy for the present situation, then there is no remedy. “The great work for the church in America today is to give to the little ones the proper kind of education—to train them not only for citizenship | total subs here, but for citizenship hereafter Columbias and Others Phonographs for Every Purpose! For the Home— the Nursery, for the man who wants to combine his radio—every one must go Now! (o] ———=o|——— 0| c———|o|———|0]——=|0]——lol——=I0| ., WA\ | l———ala|c——|a| BUYS THIS CONSOLE/ Fireagt-— oo ¥ A Al PIANO MANUFACTU $200,000 GIFT MADE TO FUND BY SENATOR Contribution for Com- munity Work Based on Number of Unemployed. Couzens’ Special Dispatch to The Star. DETROIT, Mich., October 29.—Sen- ator James A. Couzens gave $200,000 to the Detroit community fund today as a foundation stone for its tenth annual campaign which opens Mon- | d largest single contribution ever made by any individual to the work of the fund, and it brings the ription of the former mayor and Ford ex e to $1,095,000 since the fund w 'zanized in 1918. “I have increased my subscription,” said the Senator, “largely because of the policy adopted by the fund of not solic workmen due to g0 amount of unemployment here. This does not preclude them of now mak- ing contribytions if they desire to do_so.” The Senator’s contribution is based lar; on the number of unemployed here, who would contribute that ap- proximate amount were they work- PLAN AIR MANEUVERS. ‘War Department Arranging Pro- gram for Spring Practice. Extensive Air Corps maneuvers, in- cluding attacks on ground forces, are being planned at the War Depart- ment for next Spring. They will take place at various service schools such as Fort Benning, Ga.. Fort Sill, Okla., and Fort Riley, Kans., on dates to be announced later. The plans call for a group of 75| planes of the pursuit and observa- tion types, principally, in the demon- stration at each of these schools as well as at the general service school at Fort Leavenworth, the artillery firing center at Camp Bragg, N. C., and the Air Corps tactical school at Langley Field, Va. VICTROLAS Sonoras g Il e %Ifl’“ = ” N ALL VICTROLAS NEW STYLE SOUND ou /] 635 New York Ave. % Block Above K Street [o———lal——=ol———o]———1o] ¥ T | i | | | | ers, a | court. | terreted out SOVIET EXECUTES . + BROTHERS AS SPIES Brother-in-Law Shares Fate of Vladimir and Cyril Prove at Moscow. the Associated Press MOSCOW, October 29.—Two broth ladimir and Cyril Prove, and their brother-in-law, Korepanoff, once rated as millionaires, with high social connections, and one of them, Cyril, noted sportsman, went to their today by order of the Soviet ey paid the supreme pen- alty for alleged espionage in behalf of Great Britain The iet government moves swiftly, both in the apprehension and execution of those who would betray secrets of state, of the army and the to the Soviet's enemies. The of those whose activities are by the secret police are usually concluded with all speed. and no time is lost in carrying out the sentence of the court. The three men exccuted today were sentenced on Monday last. ~ Cyril Prove, weeping bitterly, begged for mercy, Viarimir, his brother, tried as best he might to hold up his drooping shoulders, when the head of the military tribunal of the Supreme Court ended all hope of appeal by declaring that the death sentence wou'd stand. The case, however, was appealed, but the all-Russian executive rejected it, declining to grant clemency to the convicted men, who had hoped to benefit by amnesty which will coms into effect next week with the com mencement of the tenth anniversary celebration of the founding of the Soviet republic. Attorneys of the men held out hops until the last minute, but their ef- s failed, the executive ruling that r offense was among the gravest all offenses against the Soviet government. The two brothers evidence, thus hoping their lives would be spared, and Korepanoft pleaded that he was not aware of the “espionage character” of questions put to him by Edward Charmock, first secre of the British mission ow, at the time Korepanoff, counsel to the war commi transacted mainly civil mat- and he declared he knew few de turned state's FLOOD COST hAILROADS IN MIDWEST $10,000,000 Eleven Companies Suffered Terrible Losses During Mississippi Valley Disaster. Eleven Midwestern and Western railroads sustained property damage amounting to approximately $10.000.- oods in the Missls- American Railway 1000 in the recent fl Va the Engineering Association declared las night. A report prepared by a special committee of chief engineers of the roads operating in the flood zones said that operation of rail carriers was spspended from 10 to 120 days on 3,000 ‘miles of railroad. The carriers rendered valuable as- nce in rescuing and providing liv- ing quarters for flood refugees, the Iilinois Central alone operating 311 ue trains and handling 46,381 es. The largest property dam- |age was sustained by that road, with losses estimated at $2,174,340. he committee agreed with Secre- tary Hoover's statement that the M ippi flood constituted the great- t peace-time calamity this country has ever experienced by declaring “it is a natfonal disaster that has no | peace-time precedent. s | Woman and Daughter Held. | Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., October 29.—Mrs, James R. Hall and her 18.year-old | daughter, Fannie, are held under bond | after prohibition agents claimed to {have found them operating a 100-gal- | lon liquor still on Bull Mountain in | Patrick County. 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