Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1928, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D THURSDAY, MAY 38, 192 INQUEST ORDERED | N BRAN'S DEATH Coroner Sets Aside Former| Verdict When He Learns Man Had Skull Fracture. | On Endurance Flight I An inquest in the death of Jack K. Brian of Fairland. Md.,, whose charred body was found in an automobile Fri-| day morning. was directed today by Dr. | J. Ramsey Nevitt, city coroner, based | on confirmation of a report that he had sustained a fractured skull. In ordering the inquest, Dr. Nevitt set anide his previous certificate of ac- cidental death, issued shortly after the discovery of the body. The inquest will | be conducted at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning v the District Morgue. | Discovery of the Xrn(‘lurml'l u{l{was substantiated yesterday, when Mary . . land authorities reported to the homi- | LIEUT. ROYAL V. THOM. ©ide squad here that an examination | —— ndertaker, made at the rrc\xcsf | SHANGHA[ BOMBED BY AIRPLANES; TWO WOMEN ARE HURT a precautionary measure, in case jon arose relative to the cer- of accidental death, Dr. Ne ury over the body at e issued his certificate an: 1 pate in the inqu e dead man ce suffered a skull frac- | e ovacuation of the place, leaving it under Japanese control pending the ex- pected arrival of the Nationalists. . & treaty port on the north e Shantung Peninsula, the ture, b Brian had been suspended as a con- stru foreman for the District Water | Department last Friday and !.mt night | coact of the he drove to the scene of his fOrmer | .njef of police has fled and the Cham- activities and told the colored wateh- | R0rT (G ROTES By Bed Bt e Cheam- man that he intended sleeping in RIS giery §30000, Mexican, to maintain car. Later the watchman saw the 8ut0- | orger and repel bandits until the ar- mobile in flames. Firemen discovered |riva] of the Nationalists. Brian's body reclining in the car in | ner as to indicate that deat nexpected Northerners Try to Form -Line. | Purther withdrawal of troops from all fronts in an effort to consolidate in a new line of defense is indicated in reports of the military sit~ uation today. Even Sh: | Province are being abandoned by the | beleaguered Pckingese who are stren- W.T. PAGE ADDRESSES MARYLAND WOMEN £t St o State Federation Closes Convention. | tending _from Paotingfu. _ Hokienfu | and Tehchow to the Yellow River. This Mrs. J. L. Alcock Is Re-Elect- |line of defense would have its center ed President. | protected by heavy marshes. [20.000 men preparing an advance on ‘Tehrhnw The whole region in the | neighborhood of the Shantung-Tsinan —~A | lulfi"ly is being - greatly disturbed by had been si and Southwestern Chill Staft Correspondent of The cuns 'GE PARK, Md. May 3- plncoififihe ‘confidence of the people in | parties of the routed Northerners. A the Congress of the United States and | particularly aggravated situation exists @ clearer realization of the bigness of | at Weihsein, where looting was started. the job delegated to that body as & whole was made to the club women of | Japanese Maintain Order. Maryland this morning Willlam | Japanese military heads are con- Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Rep- | sidering what steps had best be taken resentatives, in his address before the | for the protection of Japanese residents final session of the State Federation of | of that area and at nfu. Northern | Chiang is reported at Tsinanfu wi(hy ‘Women's Clubs. The fact that the Japanese establish- Mr. Page urged that the constituents who have sent their representatives to the Capitol depend upon them to do their duty conscientiously without at- ting to “browbeat” them into mak- | before election that they ennial convention this June. Other speakers this morning Martha Dalrymple of the A. P. B, DO, e w8 , A . . -npmu,r - meflmo of the Air Corps, Maryland Na L John L. Alcock will were late . — A -’ of Cumberland | y e Aoabellatsl | Clash With Nationalists Reported Fol- | tat director, Georges Mrs. John W. Garrett, chairman fine arts, introduced Mrs. John B. Rob- erts, national chairman of literature | of the General Federation, who de- | scribed the details of the work in her | topic of “Pleas- | Chairman. | Reports were heard from the follow- ing committee chairmen: Mrs. Willlam H. Maltie, loan and scholarship: Mrs. M. Melvin Stewart, chairman of the fourth district, and Mrs. J. Enos Ray, | chairman of the sixth district. | STIMSON MAKES FEW CHANGES AT MANILA | i Policy Expected in Voting Govern- | ment Control in State-Owned Projects Since Wood's Decree. [ | i By the Awmocioted Press, MANILA, May 3.—Only three changes | were made by Gov. Gen. Btimson to- day in voting the Government's con- | troliing interest at meetings of the| stockholders of the Government-owned eoncerns of the Philippines. | George C. Dankwerth, assistant in- sular auditor, replaced C. M. Cotter- | of the investing are | ugliest yet, there has been little or no ed a cordon 12 miles around Tsingtao | i with 2,000 troops resulted in the main- tenance of order there. Northerners number about 2,000 demant a million dollars of the city and threaten- ed to loot it if their demand was not granted. The Japanese invested the place and captured the trouble makers, disarming them and shipping them to North China. nm Japanese -nT:m h(b' tvsem- dering hhng over Tsingtao for three months until the situation improves. It is said that though the attitudes troops or those evac- uating the Northern areas the bodily harm done foreigners, although officers and men have moved into mis- | sion_residences, ejecting missionaries As the evacuating troops have aban- doned towns they have looted them and sacked even thelr temporary mission homes. Most foreigners are living in base- ments part of the time to escape gun- fire. JAPANESE TROOPS FIGHT. lowing Looting. TOKIO, May 3 (#).—A war office dis- ;pntch from China today said troops of the Japanese expeditionary force In BShangtung clashed with Southern (Na- tionalist) forces who were looting stores. Disturbances in Tsinan were continuing. Although details were lacking, it was believed that the disturbances at Tsinan were of minor character since earlier official and unofiicial dispatches report- ing occasional looting said that friendly relations existed between the Japanese and Southern (Nationalist) authorities, Undisciplined Southern troops looting and firing from houses in vari- ous parts of the city of Tsinanfu, ac- cor to late dispatches received by the war department. The dispatches state there is little ground for optimism as to the situation, and it is implied that no discrimination is being made between Chinese and Japanese, al- though this last is not definitely stated. Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist com- mander, is said to have lost all control of his troops. REBEL REPORTED DEAD. Death of Mikhailoff, Macedonian Leader, Laid to Feud. VIENNA, May 3 (#).—A report that Panche Mikhalloff, the Macedonian | revolutionary leader. has been assassi- nated, comes from Sofia, where reports LONE FLYER SEEKS ENDURANCE MARK Lieut. R. V. Thomas Circles Over Long Island in At- tempt for Record. By the Associated Press ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., May 3.— | Serenaded by his tiny radio receiving set and with only his “right hand as relief pilot.” Lieut. Royal V. Thomas circled over Long Island today in his Bellanca monoplane Reliance in an at- tempt to set a new endurance flight record. He took off at 12:30:01 Eastern day- light saving. time yesterday afternoon and must remain in the air until 6 min- utes and 40 seconds after 7 o'clock to- morrow night to break the present rec- ord of 53 hours 36 minutes and 41 sec- onds, established in March by Eddie Stinson and George W. Haldeman. The old record must be surpassed by at least one hour to be officially recognized. May Use Drugs. In addition to his radio set, which he hoped might help him keep awake, Lieut. Thomas took along some drugs, which he said he would use if necessary to ward off sleep. He said he had worked out a system so that his con- trols could be fixed and the ship fly |itself while he dozed. He carried two roast chickens and several flasks of soup, coffee and water. The record for a lone plane to re- main in the air is 33 hours and 30 minutes, made by Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh on his flight to Paris. ‘The plane carried 480 gallons of gaso- line. Thomas first took off with 530 allons, but was forced to dump his uel and descend due to the inability of the plane to gain altitude. Lights Kept on. During the night hours he circled over Mitchel Field, where the lights had been turned on to aid him in case he was forced down. ‘The flight is being financed by the recently organized American Association for the Advancement of Aeronautics, of which Jackson Martindell of a local banking firm is president. Under the name of L. T. Royal, Thomas was entered last year in the New York-Spokane air race. He plloted {a Buhl plane, which crashed in a Chi- cago street, narrowly missing pedes- trians. ANOTHER TRIES FOR RECORD. | | Oklahoma Aviator Takes Off Today on Endurance Flight. CHICKASHA, Okla., May 3 (#).—Joe Hart, local aviator, took off alone in monoplane Chickasha here this morning an effort to set a new world's record for sustained flight. Despite a cross wind, he man: neat take-off before the heavily load- ed plane had traversed a mile of the runway. This official starting time was announced as 5:43:45. The kasha, described as the twin of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, carried about 540 gallons of gasoline. The plane., fully loaded,’ weighed about 6,000 pounds. | He circled the airport at Fort Worth, about 200 miles south of here, at am. He was flying at approximal { 1.000 feet when he headed north on the | return lap. | | RAIL STOCKHOLDERS VOICE RATE ALARM National Association, in Message to I. C. C., Says Hoch-Smith Re- ductions Would Hurt Backers. President Harrison of the National| Association of Owners of Rallroad and | Public Utility Securities today transmit- | ted a letter to the chairman of the In- terstate Commerce Commission calling | his attention to the seriousness, from the security holders’ standpoint, of the | rate situation among carriers in the Western territory, and urging the ne- cessity of maintaining rates that will oduce what is considered a fair re- urn on the te value of raflroad prowny in Western_territory. - “We are thoroughly disturbed over the insistence of certain interests, in the face of the existing low rates in Western territory, for reductions in grain and livestock rates in that sec- tion under the Hoch-Smith resolution without compensating Increases on other commodities, the letter stated. “Such action would unjustly and illegally in- ure security holders of lines operating that locality. It desires respectfully to suggest the gravity of conditions in Western territory, with its far-reaching | effect upon rallroad securities, as well as on the ability of the carriers to render | adequate and efficient public serivce.” | . pis THEFTS FROM PARKED | CARS IN CITY REPORTED | | and Contents—Woman Says Gems Were Stolen. man as vice president of the Philippine |of & similar nattire have been received | National Bank. yetary of the American Chamber of Commerce, was made a director of the in place of R. Renton Hind. All ers of the Manila Ralroad Co. he National Coal Co. were re- The only other change was| in the second vice pre Nationsl Development Co The governor general’s move in mak ing & minimum of changes was in line | with expectations, since the question of whether the late Gov. Gen. Wood scted legally in abolishing the Insular Board of Control, which formerly cast the voles, now is before the United Btates Bupreme Court AIR ARMADA ARRIVES T0 TAKE LEGISLATORS T0 LANGLEY MANEUVER (Continued_from _Pirst Page) aft in combat tactics of Army h also operating &ir cr eraft and 4 troope strations, however, will 0 play the firing power of weapons employed by demor, not bring -aircraft ground troops There will be an sttack by three L planes and an observalion balloon 50 20 . Thewe planes will use e gun emmunition, John R. Wilson, sec-|on previous occasions dating back to| Two 1925. ‘The death as rumored is attributed to | members of the Panitza family. Mik- bailoff is the husband of Mencia Car- niciu, who two years ago shot and killed Todor Penitza, alleged desperado, at lency of the |the National Theater in Vienna during | a performance of “Peer Gynt." l ged as Coadjutor | More than 70 plages of various types, | being incendisry luding the bombers whiciy flew over ;/uu.lnuum waay, will teke part in the srneuvers. They will sileck sbout W ground targets, will ase 12,000 younds of 30-celiber machine gun am- munition, 210 fragmentation bombe, 25 300-pound bombs end 25 100-pound bomin In wddition, hundreds of hombs of suwke screen material will be used. Reindeer Live 8tock of Tomorrow Correapondenie of Lbe Associsted Fress. DULUTH.—~N. H. Dismond, reindeer vencher, says reindeer will some day yenk with cettle and eheep & mest wnlneis 1 worthern Minnesola @stures, | MEV. ROBERT JOMNSON, | PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 3 () Beven candidales were nominsted yes- Lerda W Bishop Thomas J | Pennsyivania diocess at the Protestant Eplscopal Among the nominecs were the Robert Johnson of St Lafayeite Square, end the Rev. Dr ' Richmond, Va. held tomorrow, Rev Washingto Beverly 1, Tucker C y tor the office of blshop coadfutor | Garland of the | Special Dispateh 1o The Star the annusl meeting of the Pennsylvania Diocese of | Warren Memorial Chureh, John's Chureh, | rsons, one a visitor from New | York City, last night reported to police the theft of belongings from their parked automobiles. |" The visitor, Mrs. Edith Frank, 24 | West Forty-ninth street, New York, |parked her car on New York avenue tween Pourteenth and Fifteenth | streets and returned to find that a thief had taken her handbag containing a suit, dress and other articles valued at_$160. Earl E. Willoughby, 725 Brandenburg | avenue, Bilver sErlnz, Md., reported the | theft of a handbag containing clothing | worth $110 from his automobile parked |on Eleventh street between F and G | streets, | Mrs. Lucy Feldman, 200 Walnut street, Takoma Park, asked the police |to Investigate the theft from her home |of & pendant set with rubles and tur- |quotse and a pair of earrings set with ‘3\lmtmdl and turquoise. Bhe sald that | the pleces were valuable. | ‘The theft of $40 that he had left in { his coat pocket was reported by Frank | Carrao, 1102 Eleventh street, The coat was hanging in his room. i ONTEST OPENS. Beven Virginia College Groups Are Competing for 8ilver Cup, | Special Dispateh 1o The Star May 3.--With the James P. Buchanan ! of Marion as president of the Virginia Music Federation virtually assured, the annual convention was nearing a close |CHORAL C | . | today, | The chief event today is the chorad | contest for m silver cup, with seven Vir- | ginis college groups here | for Church, Entertainment KENSINGTON, Md, May 3.--At Church tomorrow evening will be presentsd the three-act | tributions by New York Visitor Loses Hnndbql‘ OFF TO INVESTIGATE KING WINTER’S HOME MIPE WORLD PHOTE Ttalia, under command of Gen. Umberto Nobile, shown in inset, en route to Spitzbergen, from where extensive ex- plorations of unknown Arctic areas will start. TELLS OF UTILITY LEGISLATIVE FUND Pennsylvania Publicity Man Says He Spent $19,250 Without Record. By the Associated Press. The Federal Trade Commission, in-| the financing of public | quiring into utility companies, heard testimony to- day from Walter E. Long of Philadel- phia regarding expenditures of money in interest of legislation affecting util- ities in Pennsylvania. Long, who is treasurer of the public policy committee of the Pennsylvania Electric Assoclation, testified that about $19,250 had - been disbursed by him since 1922 without being accounted for on his records. He said the public pol- fcy committee spends more money in furthering the interests of the utility industry before the State Legislature than the Pennsylvania Electric Asso- ciation, the parent body, does. The committee is supported through con- the larger power com: panles, he testified. Long, who is a director of eight utility companies and vice president of the as- sociation, testified that he paid about $19,250 to Walter H. Johnson, chairman of the public policy committee, and de- clared that he did not know what John- son did with the money and had no idea as (o its purpose. He identified numerous payments made during legis- lative sessions since 1922 to law firms, attorneys and other persons, who, he said, represented the public policy com- mittee on legislative matters. Former Gov. Pinchot was an inter- ested spectator at the morning hearing before Commissioners Edgar A. McCul- loch, along with former Senator Irvine L. Lenroot ot Wisconsin, who oppose the Walsh resolution for the utility in- vestigation for the joint committee of national utilities associations. BLACKMAIL CHARGE LEADS T0 ARREST Carpénter Accused of Trying to Extort Money From McCormick. Declaring that he “had made a fool of himself,” Henry English Rucker, a carpenter, 36 yea old, of 26 Oak avenue, Clarendon, Va., was arrested last night on a charge of blackmail by Detectives Curtis Trammell and Richard H. Mansfield. He is alleged to have re- ceived $125 “hush money” from Frank McCormick, in whose home at 028 New York avenue he was surprised by the detectives, Rucker recently made an afdavit alleging & violation of the gambling law at a place alleged to have belonged to McCormick, and last night the latter told the detectives of an offer Rucker was alleged to have made to absent him- self from the city when the case is called, mentioning $125 as the con- sideration. McCormick explained that he had set 9 o'clock last night as the time to hand over the “hush money,” and the detectives were secreted in an adjoining room when Rucker called. Rucker is said to have signed a statement declar- ing his original afdavit of complaint against McCormick was groundless, it being stated that his original complaint was based upon a claim that he had lost 8700 in the alleged gambling place. Detectives Trammell and Mansfield say they heard the conversation be- tween Rucker and McCormick, in which | the former said he would “beat it out of town,” and would be 50 miles distant when the case is called in court, ex- plaining that he could not be sum- moned here from Virginia as a witness, The case was continued in Police Court : here today. PLANS NICARAGUAN VOTE.| PANAMA, May 3 (#).—Gen. Frank R. McCoy, who will supervise the Nica- raguan presidential elections, today in- dicated that there was a poul{mny that Canal Zone employes would be used in the electoin work, since they knew Spanish and English, and it would be cheaper than employing work- ers from the United States, He was understood to be planning a conference in Washington with officials, play, rhe” Hoy Who Discovered r(nf" by the Ohristian Endeavbr the Tt TAght Bearers will give “A f | Woodland Joke” and "The Awakening The election will ho’:‘fl the or Bprir the bel Flowers Proceeds are b of the w was piloted by Liews, Bushrod Hoppin, Wreek of the plane In which Representative Th . N, his hu:uv, met Instant death, The l'rnh :l!‘l“l.. HEART DISEASES Another Me:fical Heart diseases are costing the United States $1,502,000,000 annually,” with $104,000,000 additional for nursing and medical service. The total probable cost of heart mal- adies to those now living is approxi- mately $21,960,000,000. These enormous figures were present- ed yesterday before the American Con- gress of Physicians and Surgeons at the Mayflower by Dr. Haven Emerson, pro- fessor of cardiac disturbances at Co- lumbia University. Calculates Lost Earnings. Dr. Emerson arrived at these figures by calculating the lost earnings of vic- tims of the various heart troubles from the time they first are disabled during the normal expectation of life and sub- tracting therefrom the probable expen- ditures. Heart disease, he said, is the leading cause of death, but is slightly exceeded | by tuberculosis in economic importance. Both these maladies, he pointed out, strike the victim during the period of highest earning power, ‘This cost, he said, falls most heavily on the unskilled workers. Using insur- ance statistics, he estimated the death of a person earning $2.500 at 40 &s an economic loss of $25,000; at 60, $10,000; at 70, 85,000, and after 70 as a distinct money saving. That is, a person over 70 is an ecoriomic liability to the com- munity. “Our national wealth,” Dr. Emerson said, “is due in large part to the saving of life during the ages of greatest pro- ductivity. The value of human lives in the country, fi on a rigid basis, gured d{is five times that of all other posses- slons.” of developing a “national cardiac neuro- sis,” Dr. James B. Herrick of the Rush Medical School, Chicago, told the con- gress. Holds Doctors Too Honest. Because of the enormous death rate from heart disease, Dr. Herrick sald, it is more feared than anything else ex- cept cancer, both.by the patients and honest with their patients and often make confirmed invalids out of with only mild heart trouble, prescrib- ing absolute rest for long periods when it would be better for the person to work regularly and take moderate exer- cise. The periodic health examination also, he sald, with the slight symptoms which constantly will be found in most persons, has a tendency to scare per- sons into confirmed invalidism. The | fact s, he insisted, that not rest, but more exercise, sometimes is needed in | The American people are in danger | by doctors. '‘The latter, he said, are too | COST AMERICA $1.606,000.000 YEARLY.DOCTOR SAYS Man Holds Fear of Cardiac Trouble Often Makes Invalids Of Ncarly Normal Persons. | some cases of rheumatic heart or leaky | valves, | Dr. Herrick insisted that it was a | mistake to treat heart patients by a rigid formula and that it was the duty of the physician to judge each patient | individually. The heart is a powerful organ and can stand tremendous strains without injury, Dr. Paul D. White of the Mas- sachusetts General Hospital said, and he questioned the seriousns f such maladies as “athletic heart,” “tobacco heart,” etc Such strenuous exercise as marathon | running, he said, apparently brings about no enlargement of the heart, al- though some is found in oarsmen and cyclists. The heart of a hare, which is an athletic animal, is three times the size of its close relative, the rabbit, which does not go in for strenuous ex- ercise. But in any event, he sald, vio- lent exercise does not injure the nor- mal heart, but may accentuate condi- tions which already exist. Nerve Strain Important Factor. There is still some question, he said, whether hard physical labor continued over a long period of years may not sometimes place too heavy a strain on the heart. Examinations of soldiers, hardships of campaigning do not place too heavy a strain on the heart and that all the cardiac troubles found in military establishments are due to or- ganic causes. Accidents, except for very rare cases of valve rupture, do not cause heart disease, but may accentuate ex- isting conditions. Overeating and obesity do not affect the heart in them- selves, but may be associated with other things to_ cause trouble. Alcohol and tobacco, Dr. White said, do not place an undue strain on the rt, but may have some toxic effect. The greatest external strain, he said, seems the nerve strain, which in the United States is becoming more of a factor than ever before in such maladies as a pectoris, arterio-sclerosis and rtension. The effect of infections on the heart was_discussed by Dr. Homer P. Swift of the Rockefeller Institute, who traced | the end results of rheumatic fever, one | of the most prevalent causes of heart | disease, and ally of scarlet fever, to the effects of a streptococcic organism on the heart tissue, causing | ue‘g;‘nenuve changes. | e papers were discussed by Dr. Ed- ward P. Carter of Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, Dr. Alfred E. Cohn of the | Rockefeller Institute and Dr. G. Canby Robinson of Vanderbilt University. SEEK MAGISTRATE'S REMOVAL FOR ARREST Charge of “Intoxication” Against Colmar Manor Official Under A. A A Probe. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 3.—The American Automobile Association will be asked to have the commission of Magistrate Raymond M. Moreland of Colmar Manor suspended as the result of charges of “maudlin intoxication” made against him by Rev. Robert Meeks dur- ing the minister's trial at Hyattsville yesterday on a speeding charge. Rev. Meeks was dismissed by Police Justice J. Chew Sheriff, @G. Olem Graetzel, attorney for Rev. Mecks, who is pastor of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church South, said to lay the testimony in the case before that the maglstrate's commission be sus- pended, At the same time, Graetzel said, the association would be requested to ask Mayor A. C. White of Colmar Manor to | immediately dismiss Deputy Marshal Eugene Hunt, who arrested the clergy- man the night of April 10 on the Washington-Baltimore boulevard. = The charge was made during the trial that Hunt was also intoxicated. Mayor White conducted the prosecution. On_ Monday Graetzel sald he and Rev, Meeks would see State's Attorney J. Frank Parran of Prince Georges County and request permission to tes- tity as to the facts of the minister's arrest before the county grand jury, weet of Phoenl an Army aviater, today that he would ask the association | QGov. Albert O. Ritchie with the request | d in & forced landin suenped with slight injuries, 'D. C. WOMAN AGAIN ' POLICENOMEN’S HEAD | Mrs. Mina C. Van Wynkle Re- Elected President of National Body at Memphis. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 3.—Miss Mina C. Van Wynkle, lieutenant in charge of Washington, D. C. police women's department, was re-elected president of the National Policewomen's Association at the closing session of the organization’s convention here late yes- terday. Miss Elenor Hutsell, Detroit, was re-elected first vice president. Miss Helen D. Pigeon, Boston, was re-elected executive secretary, and Miss Agnes Ferriter, Lancaster, Pa., was re- elected secretary. All other officers were re-elected. Mollowing adjournment, the assocl- ation entered into programs of the national conference of social workers, | which n?]enrd its Aifty-Aifth annual con- vention here. . FILM AGREEMENT SEEN. PARIS, May 3 (#).—Disposition to |regard the French film restrictive measures as the only bulwark of the national film industry against the Amer- lcan encroachment was offset by strong | sentiment that the restrictions would do far more harm than good at a meet- 'm lwdly of the Film Control Com- | mission, PLANE CRASH ix, N, ¥., flylog from Washington to Os- at Whitney Polnt, N, ¥, The plane !Men and Women he pointed out, have shown that the| to be | began | March, “Capt. Santelmann™ Begin Stampede To Trap Beaver By the Associated Press. SEWARD, Alaska, May 3.—With a thousand malamutes yelping and tugging at the traces of sledges, 265 men and women today were participating In a stampede to Clarks Lake—with beaver, not gold, as_their hope. The rush started at Illamna, on Cooks Inlet, where the stampeders gathered to await the hour at which they might start for Clarks Lake, CONFEREES RATIFY FLOOD BILL REPORT Ready to Push Agreement in Both Houses Today or Tomorrow. By ths Associated Press. thrown open on May 1 for 30 days of beaver lrnppmi. Each person i3 privileged to trap 20 beaver during the 30 days, after which the district will be closed for an in- definite period. ‘Trappers from all parts of Alaska, who now are camped on the Win- ter-bound shores of the lake, were attracted to the area. SAYS MYSTIC BOND HOLDS TWINS' LIFE Doctor Tells Neurologists Pairs Suffer Same liis, Though Separated. Identical twins are biologically the same individual with two bodies, Dr. Julian M. Wolfsohn of San Francisco told the American Neurological Society, in session here, this morning. An almost mystical bond connects the two individuals through life, Dr. Wolfsokn said, so that even though widely separated the events in their lives are very similar, and they are so close together physically that an expert is required even to differentiate their fingerprints. He pointed out that the division must take place from the same nucleus very early in its development. He presented four cases studied in substantiation. The most notable of these was that of two sisters, one of whom lived in San Francisco and the other in New York. Both remained in perfect health until 52, when at the same time they were stricken with diabetes mellitus When they were 59, both died within a few days of each other. Same Tooth Defects. ‘The congenital likeness persists, he said, even to the same tooth decaying at the same time in both individuals while all the other teeth remain sound. Two identical twin girls fall in love with the same type of man and bave the same progress through school. One of his cases was that of two brothers who were both morons, went to school from their eighth to tenth years and quit together, are of the same height and weight, and neither of whom will do anything, eveu to shav- ing, without the other. He gave two other cases of the same nervous diseases developing in twins at | the same um|ec i —— ‘The American ryngol Oto- logical and Rhinological Society at he Raleigh this morning heard Dr. H. H. Briggs of Asheville, N. C., discuss the distinction between the faces of men and some of the higher animals and fish. The great difference, he said, is that the face has been lowered below the brain. The face of the fish is on an exact level with his brain. This lowering became possible when animals to use their hands and feet to obtain food instead of capturing it en- tirely with the snout as the lower verte- brates must do. Therefore it is not necessary to have the snout in a straight line with the brain, and with the snout lowered the brain cavity is er. Fear Infantile Paralysis. Fear of a bad outbreak of infantile paralysis next Summer has caused sev- eral States to provide funds for secur- from the blood of persons who already have been victims of this disease, Dr. 8imon Flexner of the Rockefeller In- stitute told the Association of Ameri- can Physicians at the Mayflower. Undoubtedly, he said, a neutralis- mer victims, but its specific value is still debatable, most of the tests hav- ing been carried out on laboratory monkeys instead of under the condi- although they have not yet proved, that & small dose of this specific injected directly mto the spine is more ef- fective than large doses injected into the veins, | CRASH KILLS CHILD, 3; PARENTS IN HOSPITAL Stepbrother Also Injured as Steer- ing Gear Brakes on Pike Near Germantown, Md. A crash on the pike near German- town, Md.. last night, resulted in the death in Emergency Hospital today of Clara Prather, colored, 8, of German- town. Her mother, father and step- brother are also in the hospital. he was driving his automobile down a steep grade when the steering gear broke. The car ran for about 20 feet, he said. and then struck a post and turned over. A passing motorist took all four to the »ffice of Dr. William Barker at Gaithers- burg, and the ph: n sent them to the hospital here. he child's mother, Lena Prather, 34, is in a serious condi- tlon with both legs fractured. Her step-brother, William Brown, 18, has a broken leg and other injuries, and her father has severe lacerations to the face and neck. s i BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. By the United States Marine Band, at the Marine Barracks, at 6 o'clock, Taylor Branson leader: | March, “New England's Finest," “Les Preludes”.... Trombone solo, * McMurrough Grand scenes from “Pagliacel” Leoncavallo Valse intermesso, “La Lettre de Manor™ .o . . “Miltary Polonaise™. . .+« .Chopin Marines' hymn, “The Halls of Monte- suma.” . (he Star Spangled Banner." TOMORROW Ry the United States Marine Band Orchestra, at the Marine Barracks, at! 3:30 o'clock, Taylor Branson leader: Morris Overture, “Force of Destiny”. . ... Verdi “Prelude” . . .Jarnefelt Grand _ scer Pearl ‘Romance" | Intermenso, * Borod! Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Monte~ auma.* “The Star Spangled Banner." The band has been ordered to play at Little Rock, Ark, and concerts sched- uled lfird the week beglnnlng May & are | ‘The minfature font wl c‘:rbd about Prival . & Wewdhier Abbey, —_—v... whieh used to been presentect those of the lower vertebrates, like the | shay ing large supplies of a serum made | ing agency exists in the blood of for- | tions of an epidemic. Tests at the | Rockefeller Institute, he said, indicate, | Roger Prather, the father, said that | L | |9 by Dean Stanley h\ri Reaffirming their action of yesterdav, | House and Senate conferees agreed t+- | day upon the report on the final form |of the $325,000,000 Mississippi River | flood control measure and were prepared |to push the conference agreement | through the two houses today or to- | morrow. I they are successful the revised measure would be ready for President Coolidge Saturday or Monday. Most af the conferees still are of the opisien |that the Chief Executive will sizn tha | measure, although it still carries some iprovls(ons to which he has objected. $325,000,000 Appropriation. As finally approved by the conferee: the measure authorizes a total ap priation of $325,000,000 for carrying out the flood control project from the head of passes, below New Orleans, to Cape aG{ié’firdcau, Mo. Its essential features Creation of a board of th neers, one to be named from c o consider the engineering differences between the Army Engineers’ plan and the Mississippi River Commission plan and make recommendations to the Pres- ident, whose decision must be followed in carrying out the project. Places the full burden of the flood control plan on the Federal Govern- ment, except that the States or levee districts shall Pprovide, without cost to the United States, all ghts of way for levee foundations and ‘ees on the main stem of the M ppi River be- tween Cape Girardeay " e au and the head of lPrn;;xdns that the Uni | glve flowage rights for destruction by | flood waters that will pass by reason diversions from the c the Mississippi, where the ex: trol plan resu! ted States shall main channel of but that in all cases le'clman of the food con- ts i eration by way of reducing the amou of compensation o be p:gid. Ban on Liability. Provides that no liability of any kin: shall attach to ore rest upon the Umug States for any damage from or by floods or flood waters at any place and also that if found to be impracticable to construct levees ony any stretch of the main river and the lands in such stretch of the stream are subjected to greater overflow and damage by reason of the construction of levees on the op- posite bank of the river, the United States will institute proceedings to ac- quire either absolute ownership of such lands or floodage rights over them Makes available $10.000.000 of the total sum authorized for carrying out work heretofore authorized on the main stream from Cape Girardeau to Rock Island, I, and on those portions of the tributaries affected by the back- water {rom the Mississippi at flcod time, For all of this work, the States of levee districts must contribute one-third :_l“!he cost as well as levee rights of Provides that the board of engineers s make a survey between Eaton Rouge and Cape Girardeau to enable it |0 ascertain the best method of secur- |ing flood relief, in addition to le before any flood control works ot |than levees and revetments are undes taken on that portion of the river. | | | ngress to make s . In- !cludln& those of the Ohio and tributa- |ries; the Missouri and tributaries, and ;Lh; nu&o,u and tributaries. n addition. an emergency appropria- | tion of $5,000.000 is lnthor{-d forp \x:e | In rescue work or in the repair or main- tenance of any flood control work on I;:l)‘ c;( :zade mgg:ams of the Mississipy: reatened or destroyed by fi - lngml‘hr{m;‘od T T I of the work authorized under th bill is to be prosecuted by the MK‘SS sippi River Commission under the direce tion of thefslfhcm:n;iv of War, and su- pervision of e chief of 2 i neers. s The special engineering board wou consist of the chief of Army Eng'neers and the president of the Mississippi | River Commission. besides the engineer from civil life to be appointed by the President by and with the advice ans ‘onsent of the Senate. TWO DIE IN GUN—FIGHT. Man Is Killed After He Slays On tario Officer. PETERBORO. Ontario, May 3 (@) — Two men, one a pro shot to death today Montgomery. Norman P. Maker and J. Stewart. provincial officers, were att g et City officers shot and killed Mont- | Somery as he tried to escape. | TYDINGS NAMED LEADER. jMarylander Elected Chairman Senatorial Demoer Senator Tydings of serving his first te: | elected today as cha: | ocratic senatorfal campa He succeeds Senator G Island. who recently resig | PIMLICO mmhfs ’ FOR TOMORROW ST RACE orence .| e Riossom a | aJohn Speed Eitiote ¥ COND RACE~M burse, $1I00 r Bo'd Brevse | e | Cramul JURTH RACE-The s burse, S1I00T 4% tw Yheunherdess 1O Mun Nint Smash e Suver Rock Wreskase, Towmne Fughi FIFTH RACE-The B 2 Rllioa. $3.000 added Mo axs 3vew Th miles Postage ok SIXTH RACE alds and wp \ateau e Ticess Na Clyiming bandican: $.year wuree, $L000: 1 e 10 SEVENTH RACE and up: purse, $100 SRoman Sandal. )2 Gy S ha Movel 100 42 DA S Wk NF Clamng 1A mbles. SKaadait ‘zn\fl\\*l‘ SRowl: tvineion A yearalds