Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1928, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, “The Three Bears” perform in a first-grade play at the Wilson Normal School, based on the famous nursery tale. The bear costumes and the furniture were made by the youngsters themselves. Left to right: Gloria Setler a5 Goldilocks, and the three bears, Two well known aviation enthusiasts stopping over at Bolling Field yesterday for luncheon, Col. Lindbergh and Harry F. Guggenheim (right) were en route to Richmond from New York in a Loen- Japanese police go about their task thorough- Iy, but good naturedly, of searching all visitors for concealed weapons at the ceremony of the Emperor’s worship of the sun goddess at the A view of the ornate gardens and mansion on the Miami, Fla., estate of the late James Deering, been invited to stay on completing Mr. Hoover is expected to try his where President-elect Hoover has his Latin American good will tour. luck at Florida fishing. —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. TREASURY-POSTAL BILL PASSES HOUSE $13,500,000 Dry Enforce- ment Appropriatjon Fight Features Debate. Without the formality of a roll-call wote the billion dollar Treasury-Post Of- fice bill, the first of the big annual sup- ply bills to come before Congress, Was passed late yesterday by the House. A fight over the $13,500,000 appropri- ation for prohibition enfarcement marked the passage of the bill. The measure carries $813,215,725 for the Post Office and $303,459,664 for the Treasury. Besides the prohibition enforcement appropriation it included $23,040,000 for continuing work on public buildings and $130,000,000 for the return of illegally collected taxes. ‘The fight on the prohibition enforce- ment fund brought about a verbal engagement between several of the prominent wet members of the House, opposing the appropriation, while a number of dry members, led by Repre- sentative Cramton, Republican, Mich- igan, Tose to its defense, Wets Finally Lose Out. The wets, however, lost out in the end and the item was approved without ‘change, as were the public buildings allotments. Representative La Guardia, Repub- Jican, New York, opened the ‘attack for the wets by offering an .amendment ‘o have the appropriation allocated to the various States according to their popu- iation and area. This proposal was defeated, along with another by La Guardia to appropriate $250,000,000 for enforcement of the dry laws, and half a dozen other changes suggested by two other wets, Representatives Sabath of Illinois and Black of ‘New York both Democrats. They brought a rapid fire series of de- bates, however, that frequently pro- duced laughter and saw several heated interchanges as La Guardia and Demo- cratic wets parried thrusts with the dry smembers. La Guardia contended that a distri- ‘bution of the money among the States would bring better enforcement than would the present system, under which, he said, cities like New York and San Francisco were singled out for the op- erations of the enforcement squad. Argues for State Aid. Cramton, replying, argued that pro- hibition enforcement was not solely a duty of the Federal Government, but that the States should aid. “New York has repealed her enforce- ment laws and is lying down on the job,” he said. “The city of New York, under the administration of Tammany, also is lying down on the enforcement of the law.” ‘The Michigan member declared tha* by ing “pets” of lawbreakers who violated the eighteenth amendment, cit- jes like New York and Chicago were fostering criminals and causing the death of citizens at the hands of gun- men and racketeers. Before the debate ended, Representa- tive Wingo, Democrat, Arkansas, d clared that Tammany was not respon- sible for open saloons. “Let’s forget the campaign and face the future,” he said. “And let's make an honest effort to enforce the eight- eenth amendment.” ‘The Treasury-Post Office measure, taxen up for debate Thursday, was rushed through with unusual speed and permitted an adjournment of the House over the week end, TROPICAL ROADS HEATED BY STEAM Curator Tells Geographic Society of Means Taken to Kill Undergrowth. Tropical Honduras has steam-heated roads, members of the National Geo- graphic Society were told last night by Dr. Raymond Lee Ditmars, curator of mammals and reptiles of the New York Zoological Park, in an address at the Washington Auditorium. The roads through the moist coast- lands quickly grow up in plants if left to themselves, Dr. Ditmars said, and are swallowed by the jungle. To keep the roads open great boilers are towed over them at frequent intervals, and jets of steam are played downward to cook the insistent growths. Makes Study of Reptiles. Dr. Ditmars was recently in, Honduras to study its animal life, particularly the reptiles. Much of his time was spent at ‘Tela, where a snake farm has been established for the preparation of serum with which to treat persons bitten by the particularly venomous snakes of the region. Most of the persons bitten are { native empioyes of the banana planta- tions, who go barefooted. Motion pictures exhibited by Dr. Dit- mars showed the many reptiles of the Tela serpentarium and the process of extracting the venom and collecting it in glasses and test tubes. The serum {made from the venom has been the |means of saving numerous lives, Dr. | Ditmars said. Among the most danger- |ous of the snakes of Honduras, Dr. | Ditmars found, is a stubby viper that jumps. It can thus strike at a much greater _distance than the average snake. Most numerous is the deadly fer-de-lance. There is also a prehensile snake which hangs by its tail from oushes and strikes persons walking along jungle paths. In the drier parts of the interior rattlesnakes are found. Mammalian Life Extensive. Mammalian animal life is extensive in Honduras, Dr. Ditmars declared. There are jaguars and pumas almost as large as leopards, giant tapirs weighing | 800 pounds, wild hogs, howling mon- keys and numerous smaller animals. During some of the jungle trips of the Ditmars party, troops of howling mon- keys followed overhead and kept up a continual, nerve-racking din. ‘The natural resources of Honduras are amazingly rich, Dr. Ditmars said. Millions of bananas are exported, sisal of an excellent grade is produced, and there are many mineral deposits of great value. Cabinet woods are so ommon that when Dr. Ditmars told a local carpenter to make him some boxes {in which to ship live snakes back to the United States, he found they had been constructed of solid mahog- (any. MRS. JANE G. COX IS DEAD Jane Godwin Cox, 98 years old, of ‘Eugene W. Cox, and for many years a resident of this city, died in the Epiphany Church Home, 1221 Mas- sachusetts avenue, yesterday. Funeral services will be conducted in the Epi- phany Church Home Chapel this after- noon. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Cox was a mnative of England, but, had resided here for more than 60 years. She had been living in the church home for eight years, e played by Charles Hoskins, Mae Robinson and Nelson —Star Staff Photo. Swope. ing amphil the local field. n plane when they dropped down at -~Wide World Photos. Grand Shrine at Ise. overlooked. Not even the little girl —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Cireus day at Children’s Hospital. A baby elephant, clgwlzj and everything from l-llll"s yindoor Circus, appearing at a local theater, journeyed out to'the hospital yesterday to give the small patients a good time. After this outdoor party,’the’clowrd “aa wards. A monster drydock floats halfway 'round the world. The middle section of what will be the largest drydock in the world, arriving at the British naval baseat Singapore, Straits Settlements, after a fiv MARINE IS KILLED INNICARAGUA FIGHT Sergeant Victim of Stray Bullet From Band of Marauders. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 8.—Another American Marine has been killed in attempting to suppress ban- ditry in Northern Nicaragua. Gunnery Sergt. Charles Williams of Astoria, N. Y., was fatally wounded by a stray bullet when a Marine patrol, of which he was a member, intercepted a band of marauders in the department of Nueva Segovia. The bandits had killed a defenseless peasant south of Ocotal. A Marine patrol under Capt. Maurice G. Holmes of Pontotoc, Miss.. intercepted the band between Ocotal and Telepahca. The bandits were routed. A chance shot wounded Sergt. Williams in_the head and he died an hour later. This was the first Marine Corps tragedy since August 6. Marine headquarters announced to- day that banditry had not yet been completely wiped ‘out in the northern area and that an intensive patrol had been in progress there since November 17. It was stated that rumors of early withdrawal of the Marines were prop- ably the greatest factor in keeping the marauders in the field. Two bandits were killed and three wounded on November 19 when & pa- trol under Capt. George Hall attacked a band of 20 near the Coco River. The patrol also captured rifies, bombs, am- munition and other supplies. Two days later a group of six bandits fired a shot on & patrol east of Chipote, but there were no casualties. One member of a band of 10 was wounded on November 28 by Lieut. Humphrey Coin used in Ethiopia is the Marie Therese thaler, on which there appears a bust of Marie Therese wearing a brooch set with stones. If this brooch has been worn off the dollar with use then the Abyssinians’ will not accept it. > onth tow from England. Judge to Decide Reckless Driving Charge Where Motorist Failed to Watch Road The question whether a motorist is guilty of reckless driving if he is not looking where he is going and strikes a pedestrian even though the pedes- trian is guilty of negligence, will be decided next Friday by Judge John P. McMahon when he hands down a deci- sion in Traffic Court in the case of Dr. Frank W. Gray, colored, 300 block of D street southeast. Dr. Gra; machine struck Joseph Lacy, also colored, 75 years old, of the 1300 block of Sumner road southeast, at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, November 15. Ten days later Lacy died of his injuries and a coroner’s jury exonerated Dr. Gray. The-case was then taken to Police Court where Assistant Corporation Counsel Edward W. Thomas, taking the view that when a serious accident oceurs in which a pedestrian is killed, it is up to the motorist to prove his inno- cence, charged Dr. Gray with reckles§ driving. ‘The defendant claims he drove across the intersection almost abreast of an- other machine. He says Lacy ran in front of the other car and was struck, Dr. Gray declared on the stand that he was watching some children on the opposite side of the street when the accident occurred. g the opinion that the case 0 ericus nature, Judge McMahon took it under advisement, and said he would inspect the intersection, and re- read the recent Court of Appeals deci- sion regarding the rights of pedestrians at intersection, before passing judgment. B&rd Party Member on 7,000-Mile Dash To Replace 37 Dogs Which Died on Trip By the Associgted Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, De- cember 8—A 7,000-mile dash from Dunedin, New Zealand, to the Yukon to get 40 huskies to replace some 37 dogs of the Byrd Antarctic expedition which died, is being made by Bill Riley, dog driver, who arrived here on the liner Aorangi. Contaminated water is believed to have caused the deaths of the dogs shortly after their arrival at Port Chambers, New Zealand, Riley said. Comdr. Byrd commissioned him to go to the Yukon to replace them and re- turn as soon as possible after the New Year to New Zealand. There he will connect with one of the Byrd ships and proceed to the Antarctic with the dogs to join the rest of the party. There were 100 huskies before death stalked the kennels aboard the steamer Sir_James Clark Ross. Three valuable dogs went mad and were destroyed in the tropics and three of the litter of five puppies were drown- ed by a seaman, who unaware of the stork’s visit, flooded the mother’s ken- nel while washing the deck. VETERAN REPORTER DIES. SPOKANE, December 8 (#).—Will G. McRae, 62 years old, World War cor- respondent in France for Northwest newspapers and at various times en- gaged on newspaper staffs from coast to coast, is dead 'here following an operation. ] McRae received his’ first. training as a reporter on the Boomerang at Laramie, Wyo., when that publication was edited by Bill Nye, famous humor- After working in Chicago, Wash- ington and other Eastern cities McRae came to the coast about 35 years ago. LAST RITES FOR DEL RIO. BERLIN, December 8 (#).— Funeral services will be held Monday morning at the Catholic Matthias Cemetery for Jaime Martinez Del Rio, Mexican bank- er and former husband of Dolores del Rio, film actress. tombed there six months and then sent to Mexico. Dolores Del Rio sent this telegram to Curtis Melnitz, Berlin representative of United Artists: “Please purchase an abundance of flowers, including a wreath bearing the inscription: ‘My beloved, " i His body will be en-|p2 left the elephant outside to stage a show in —Star Staff Photo. ‘Wide World Pho EARLY VOTE SEE ON DALE WEASURE Government Workers’ Group Gets Encouragement on Retirement Bill. Encouragement that the House lead- ers will allow an_early vote on the Dale bill"to_liberalize the civil service retire- ment law was given today to a large committee of officials of the various * national organizations repre~ of more than 300,000 Govern- ment worke At a conference with this joint com- mittee, headed by Robert H. Alcorn, yesterday, Chairman Lehlbach of the e committee promised that he would have a conference with Chair- man Snell of the House rules committee urging that the special rule ordered by | the committee at the previous session of Congress will be allowed to come up for action in the House without delay. He explained that, the House rules gom- mittee having ordered this rule, there is no occasion for- another hearing before it, but merely to persuade the House leadership to permit a vote to be taken on this bill, which has already passed the Senate It is the general opinion among those friendly to this legislature that Chair- man Snell will no longer delay action as he did at the close of the I i out of deference to the Pres wishes, When the Dale bill is called up in the House it will undoubtedly pass by a big. majority. | Deaths Reported. ou‘i\‘l"m. C. Cottrell, 86. St. Elizabeth's Hos- Lorenza_Capone, 73. 441 4th st. n.e. Marle Gerdus, ‘70, Little Sisters of the G. Moxley. 61, 4600 Kansas ave, Suldi, 53, 811 E st s.w Josi tis, 53, Piggery House, St. At the annual Waldorf-Astoria pet contest. Stage folk spring strange pets when this occasion rolls around. Here are Jane and Katherine Lee, a Broadway team, with Buster, their chimpanzee. FND CHURCH LOOT STEWARD EXCETS VALEDAT SO0 10 COOLIDGE VIEW Rosy Pictures of Federal Taken From Ninety Altars | Service Conditions Results by ex-Convict. in Letter to Unions. By the Associated Press. ‘Taking exception to “rosy pictures « SAN FRANCISCO, December 8.—Gold | existing conditions in the Federal serv and silver chalices encrusted with |ice,” Luther C. Steward, president of th precious stones, brocaded vestments and | National Federation of Federal Em other articles worth more than $100,000, | ployes, has addressed a letter to a stolen from the altars and sacristies of | unions .declaring .the President’s “atti- 90 Catholic churches in California and | tude simply indicates the necessity for Mexico, were being returned to their|a constant stream of communication regular places today following the arrest | from our field locals and members to here of a former San Quentin convict | Senators and Representatives in Con- who confessed to their theft | gress, setting forth instances where pa San Francisco police yesterday an-|or working conditions are unfair or un- nounced the arrest of Ralph Joseph | satisfacory. Sawyer, alias Sauer, as the thief, after “Give this request the widest possi- the precious articles had been located | ble dissemination among our member- in antique shops here and in Los ip, urging the writing of letters de- Angeles. They said Sawyer made a full bing cases of inadequate pay, ex- written confession in which he impli- ive hours and Sunday and holidav cated two others. Police said that|work, sending a copy of all such letters nearly the entire loot was recovered. written to national headquarters for The police siad Sawyer’s confession |our information, and to assist us_in the revealed that he had been educated in|general campaign,” the letter adds. a Catholic school and that he conceived | The letter also expresses the inten- the idea of choosing the quiet atmos- |tion of the federation to “use every ef- phere of the churches as a field of |fort to push for passage of the bill thievery, while serving a sentence in a | providing for holiday Saturdays California prison, throughout the year, hearings on th Sawyer said he had invented the idea | Smith bill providing for standardized of disposing of the church articles by |annual leave and cumulative sick leave representing to antique dealers that | P they had come from the churches of TWO FACING CHARGES OF DRY LAW VIOLATION Mexico during religious troubles there. Indiscreet in his selection of a place His knowledge of Catholic rites en- abled him to choose an advantageous hour of the day for entering the churches. Sawyer said he and his two companions learned to enter a church to purchase-liquor, B. J. Shea, 60 years old, of the 600 block of E street south- east, yesterday was arrested near Po- lice Court. by Detective Michael J. Dowd of the sixth precinck and charged with usually when the priest was absent, kneel as if in prayer as near to the possession of liquor. Howard Pickett, 42, of the 600 block of D street, ar- valuables as possible and snatch cups, robes, candlesticks and communion plate as_the opportunities offered themselves. Wrapping paper, carried under their coats, enabled them to carry away the larger articles without being suspected. | rested at the same time, also faces a The police are still searching for | charge of possession. Sawyer's confederates. Sawyer served | Dowd claimed he was attracted by at San Quentin from March, 1920, until | the “suspicious actions” on the part of July, 1923, when he was paroled. He | the two men. As he approached one of them walked hurriedly away, and the policeman noticed a liquid trickling from his pocket After the men were arrested it de- veloped that Shea had apparently was sent up from Los Angeles following conviction of highway robbery. thrust the bottle hurriedly in his pocket upside down, and the cork failed to hold. NOTED ARTIST TO SPEAK. M. Theodore Dubbe to Address Woman Students. M. Theodore Dubbe, French artist, will Speak before the woman students of the King-Smith Studios, 1750 New Hampshire avenue, tomorrow afternoon |at 5 o'clock on “A Comparative Study of Modern Art and That of the Old Masters.” M. Dubbe painted the first portrait of Woodrow Wilson soon after the late President’s " occupation of the White House in 1913. 'This portrait now hangs in the National Gallery of Art. INTER is the time when those em- ploved in Washington and living out of the city may wish to rent a room in town, where they will be nearer the office. { Why not take advan- tage of this and make your vacant room pay during the cold months? A small advertise- ment in The Star, under Furnished Rooms for Rent, stating location, rental, etc., will prob- ably be successful in renting the room at Remembers Pnt.ients in Will. | CLEVELAND, December 8 (#).—In- ||{ digent patients at Charity Hospital, where he was chief of staff, were re- membered 1 the will of the late siah C. Elizabeth’s Hospital Leola S_Miskimon, 44, 349 11th st. s.e. . Midkift,'s. 11th st s o & W. Steamboat 27, Gallinger Hospital months, Children’s Hos- n. o Bertha Vaugha, 8 pital. Frank Bunts, noted physician, filed probate here. A $50,000 trust fend was established, with directions that the income be used to buy artificial limbs for deserving patients. r