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WEATHER. . (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) : increasing cloudiness today, probably followed by light rain this afternoon or night; tomorrow party cloudy and cold- er. Temperatures: Highest, 69, at 2 a.m. yesterday; lowest, 46, at 10 p.m. yester- day. Full report on page No. 1,244—No. 30,945. STORY OFCREATON UPHELD BY CLARK EYLUTION THEDRY Series of Jumps From One Major Form of Life to Another Postulated. NEW CONCEPT JUNKS SKELETAL EVIDENCE Assertion Made That Man Appear- ed on Earth Substantially as He Is in Present Day. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The formulation of a new theory of evolution, with revolutionary implica- tions for biology and all the related ssiences, has just been announced by Dr. Austin H. Clark of the United Btates National Museum. Although it differs radically on vital points from the current scientific con- ceptions of evolution, this new state- ment of the origin of life forms is assured a full hearing because of Dr. Clark’s world-wide reputation as a biologist. Evolution is postulated as a series of jumps from one major form of life to another rather than to a process of gradual development, due to an nth degree potentiality for variation which has been present from the beginning in life itself. The evolutionary concept of life generally is illustrated graphically by the figure of a tree whose branches are the different families of plants and animals—the roots being the primeval unicellular animals and the highest branches the anthropoid apes and man. With Dr. Clark’s theory the tree fHustration is impossible and he sub- stitutes for it a multi-faced diamond figure, each face representing some distinet group of life forms and all Jjoined by connecting lines. Supported by Evidence. ‘The concept is supported by & mass of evidence, much of it highly techni- cal, which Dr. Clark has gathered from a lifetime of intensive study of plants and animals. Much of this study has been devoted to obscurer forms of animal life, such as echinoderms, which not well the Clark found evidence throw grave doubts on the currently accepted evolutionary theories, and clues which led to a strikingly new conception. Dr. Clark’s theory to inject & new factor into the present modern- ist-fundamentalist controversy, as will appear from the following quotation: % Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. until completed. ternational amity. American diplomacy. | It takes real ambition, deep-rooted will in fields of uncertain fertility. November 19 last. Faced Many Diplomatic Pitfalls. down there had made frequent use of tervention had been anathematized. ings were cropping up constantly. quences of failure? 5. REPARATIONS | “So far as concerns the major groups of animals, the creationists seem to have the bester of the argument. There is not the itest evidence that any one of the major groups arose from any other, Each is a special animal-com- x, related more or less closely to all Test, and appearing, therefore, as a special and distinct creation.” ‘This concept junks without ceremony all the painfully gathered skeletal evi- dence of the descent of man from an apelike ancestor and asserts that man appeared on earth substantially as he is today—to all intents and purposes a product of special creation. ‘This point is not brought out in Dr. Clark’s original paper, but was devei- oped in conversation. Although this goes & long way toward meeting the fundamentalist objection to the evolu- tionary concept, Dr. Clark postulates an evolutionary mechanism for these special creations. . In Pearl Magazine. ‘The thecry comes to the world under the best of scientific_auspices—in the Quarterly Review of Biology, of which Dr. Raymond Pearl of Johns Hopkins University is the editor. Within animal and plant groups, Dr. Clark's theory allows for the working | of the Darwinian theory of changes| brought about by natural and artificial selection and remains silent on the possibility of inheritance of acquired | characters. ‘Thus, he would hold, dif- ferent breeds of cats could be evolved either by the natural selection of the cats themselves or the artificial mating of the cat fancier. But he would al- low for no graduation between cats and ‘The new theory also differs striking- 1y from the mutation theory which ac- counts for the origin of new species and familles as the result of accidental ubnormalities born to normal parents anto an environment in which the ab- normal characters prove to be assets in maintaining life. Dr. Clark holds that there are no abnormalities, but that all life is obeying a constant urge to produce certain forms, and that when these forms happen to be born into a favor- able environment they survive as new types of animals or plants. The whole picture was present in life from the be- ginning. Thus, Dr. Clark points out, occasion- ally a calf or a kitten is born with long, powerful hind legs and weak short forelegs. It is looked upon as an ab- normality and exhibited at county fairs as “the kangaroo cow” or the “rabbit cat.” But-both the cow and ca{ have physical systems balanced to walking | g on four legs of approximately equal strength and when this balance is over- thrown the creature has almost no chance of survival. But once some such creature was born, probably of quadruped parents, into an environment favorable for hop- ping, and was the first kangaroo. It was not an abnormality or a mutation, be- cause this tendency to strong hind limbs and weak fore limbs is everywhere in nature, particularly notable among the obscure forms of animal life, as in oAcrsnoLher constant groping of nature, says Dr. Clark, is toward giganticism. Every living creature is constantly pro- ducing giants, which cannot live be- cause of the amount of food they must obtain. He points out the common St. John's wort of New Enf ind, a flower 8 few inches high. It always is throw- ing out giants which cannot survive long enough to be noticed because they cannot get food. So nobody ever sees a tree St. John's wort. Seeds of this obscure little flower, taken to New Zea- Jand, found an environment highly fa- vorable to giganticism, for some rea- son or other, and in a very few years became herbacious, Woody shrubs five or eix feet high. DELEGATES ACCEPT Division of Opinion Over Bond Issue Presents Big Prob- lem for Commission. By the Associated Press. * PARIS, January 19.—J. P. Morgan and Owen D. Young were appointed by the reparations commission' today as American members of the new expert coramittee to study final settlement of the reparations problem. They are ex- pected In France to play a most im- portant role. Mr. Young has always been credited here with a lion's share in the framing of the Dawes plan, while Mr. Morgan enjoys the reputation of one of the world’s greatest financiers. Recent reports from New York that the American financial market may not be open to reparations bonds contem- plated in the new arrangement have caused some disappointment, but it is considered in offi¢ial circles that the question is subordinate to the princi- pal problem and susceptible of changes in the financial situation. ‘Will Meet February 9. The first problem of the experts, who are now expected to meet on February 9, will be to appraise a new Germany’s capacity to pay reparations. When the amount that Germany can pay an- nually is determined, it will be decided how many years she must continue those payments. This question will be compliczted by the proposed commer-~ clalization of part of the reparations debt through the issue for sale on the financial market of 16,000,000,000 marks (approximately $4,000,000,000) of rail- road and industrial bonds which now guarantee the annuity. It is on this latter question that the principal contention is expected to arise. The Germans hope tc bring about reduction in the total reparations debt without issuing bonds. Great Brit- | (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION wnlay Star . WASHINGTON, D, O, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1929102 PAGES. SOUTH AMERICAN TRIP WAS HOOVER’S OWN PLAN Carried Idea to Fruition Despite Uncer- tainties—Diplomatic Journey Care- fully Planned From Start. Note—Greater light and clearer perspective on Herbert Hoover's trip to South America,in which untold diplomatic advantages were recorded for the United States, are to be gained from the interesting story written by Rez Collier, The Star's own representative on the trip, which begins here- with. The story with all its intimate details will continue in The Star BY REX COLLIER. HEN Herbert Hoover, President-elect but private citizen, debarked from \; s’ the U. S. S. Utah at Hampton Roads on January 6 he concluded one of the most remarkable chapters ever written into the record of in- The story of the Hoover good-will tour to Latin America is an epic ot It is the story of a boldly conceived pilgrimage by the greatest unofficial diplomat this country has known. opti- E mism and unwavering courage to undertake cul- tivation of a bigger and beiter bounty of good Yet Amer- ica’s President-elect, self-appointed cultivator of pan-American fellowship, set forth on just such a_ dubious mission when he boarded the U. S. 8. Maryland ‘in San Pedro Harbor on None knew better than he how fraught with f diplomatic pitfalls was that furrow of friend- ship he essayed to plow through tempera- mental, proud Latin America. He had studied conditions in Central and South America enough to know there existed in some coun- tries quite tangible evidences of anti-American sentiment. A number of editors and orators such phrases as “Colossus of the North,” “North American imperialism” and “Yankee greed.” The Monroe Doctrine and United States in- Petty international jealousies and misunderstand- Is it any wonder, then, that some of Mr. Hoover's friends and trusted advisers shook their heads in consternation on learning last November 9 of “the chief’s announcement that he intended to make a “good-will” voyage to the Southern half of the Western world? ‘True, if everything went well, there was much to gain by so daririg an adventure; but what might not be the conse- MR. HOOVER. Here was & man about to take over the office of Chief Executive of the (United States. Should he risk failure, diplomatic crises and even international complications conceivably attendant upon such a mission? private citizen failure of the undertaking would involve nothing more, perhaps, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) If he were just a FEAR LONG FIGHT ON CRUISER BILL Senate Leaders Foresee Pro- tracted Struggle Against Action on Measure. By the Associated Press. The prospect of a protracted struggle against action on the cruiser construc- tion bill, with the possibility of a tie-up of Senate legislation during the closing weeks, was foreseen yesterday by Senate leaders who pointed to a persistent run of debate to sustain this view. Republican independents, led by Sena- ftor Norris of Nebraska are opposed to the cruiser measure which has been be- | fore the Senate a year and this group also s attempting to block confirmation of the nomination of Roy O West as Interior Secretary. Two days have been devoted to the West case and a de- termination of it has been postponed : until tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Senate is falling far behind its regular schedule in disposi- tion of the necessary appropriation bills. It is customary procedure in the Sen- ate to give way for consideration of the appropriation bills and usually little time is required for their disposition. These bills originate in the House and are given close scrutiny there. But this ses- sion it has been differant, and only one of the nine supply measures has become law—that for the Treasury and Post Of- fice Departments. After waiting for action on the Kel- logg anti-war treaty, Chairman Hale of the Senate naval committee, in charge of the cruiser bill, now that this is out of the way is scanning the legislative situation anxiously. He already has made a demand for longer daily ses- sions, and this program probably will be adopted next week. He is confident of the votes neces- sary to pass the bill, approved a year ago by the House. It would authorize a construction of 15 cruisers and an airplane carrier. Senate leaders realize there is no " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) By the Associated Press. ‘Two schoolboys, one in borrowed clothes, yesterday related to Vice Presi~ dent and Mrs. Dawes here their thrill- ing escape early yesterday morning from a fire which had trapped more than 40 boys in the Lawrenceville School. One boy was Dana, the adopted son of the Vice President. The other was 12-year-old Willlam Close of Hancock, Mich., whose “hunch” led to the dis- covery of the blaze at 3:20 a.m. yester- day. Dana had on a suit he had leit at the tailor’s, but “Bill” was togged out in an old, borrowed suit. Everything else was lost except Bill's fashlight, which he brought along. Reaching Washington late yesterday they made their first call on the Vice transformation was n ‘This remarkable lishe ed | President at the Capitol, who had just reading finlsbeg mugflonhanxe. Dawes’ Ad_opted Son and Pal Describe Escape From Flames, Along With 40 Others He hurried them home with the re- minder to Dana that “your mother is anxious to see you.” Modestly telling his story to the Vice President, young Close said that he woke up and had a “hunch” there was a fire. “I didn’t smell smoke, though,” he re- lated, “and was about to go to sleep. But T got out of bed and the floor was hot. Then I could see fire through the cracks in the floor. I ran downstairs and awakened the head master and we got the bunch out.” “Was there any trouble about it?” asked the Vice President as he picked up his pipe. “Yes, some of the fellows were trapped, but the building was only two stories high and they could jump, all right.” Dana left the telling of the sf to his companion, whom he as the hero of the 8ve, ORY LEADERS URGE NELLON T0 REVEW R FUND DEGON Reconsideration of Refusal to Approve Appropriation Is Asked of Secretary. SINCERITY OF TREASURY QUESTIONED BY LETTER Harris Welcomes Support Given Proposal by Church and Anti- Saloon League Heads. By the Associated Press. Three prominent dry leaders in a telegram addressed to Secretary Mellon yesterday requested “a prompt recon- sideration” by the Treasury Department head of his refusal to indorse an ad- ditional appropriation of $25,000,000 for the enforcement of prohibition. The dry leaders declared in their communication, read in the Senate by Senator Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, the author of the eighteenth amend- ment, that unless Mr. Mellon rescinds his disapproval of the increase, ques- tions will inevitably arise whether the Treasury Department “sincerely desires efficient enforcement” and whether it is able to develop an adequate program. ‘The telegram was signed by Bishop James Cannon, chairman, and Eugene L. Crawford, secretary, of the Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Bishop Thomas Nicholson, president of the Anti-Saloon League. Zeal Is Questioned. “It will be difficult for the average citizen to believe,” said the communi- cation, “that there is much zeal or eagerness on the part of the Secretary of the Treasury to secure adequate en- forcement if he refuses this opportunity (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. THRILL MURDERER SENTENCED 70 DIE Harsh’s Attorneys Announce Intention of Filing Ap- peal for New Trial. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., January 19.—Found guilty by a Superior Court jury here of the murder of Willard Smith, a drug store clerk, George R. Harsh, wealthy former collegian, was sentenced to die in the electric chair March 15. Attorneys for Harsh announced that motion for a new trial would be filed immediately. Harsh, scion of a wealthy Milwaukee family and frequenter of exclusive clubs here while attending Oglethorpe Uni- versity, killed Smith, 24 year-old drug store manager, during an attempted robbery October 16. He confessed, but a plea of not guilty was entered by at- torneys who contended that he was a “constitutional psychopath” incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. The State, holding Harsh’s confession but not using it, contended he was normal and deported himself as would any criminal when he and Richard Gallogly, collegiate companion, held up the Smith drug store. Jury Takes But One Ballot. ‘The verdict, at the end of a trial that lasted four days, came less than an hour after Judge E. B. Thomas had delivered his charge. No recommendation for mercy was made, leaving no course ex- cept imposition of the extreme penalty under Georgia law. It was reported that the jury deliberated only 15 min~ utes and took one ballot. There was no demonstration in the jammed courtroom when the verdict was read. The sister of the prisoner, Mrs. J. 8. Disosway of Atlanta, and his mother, Mrs. George R. Harsh of Mil- waukee, wept for a brief period but controlled their emotions until Harsh was led from the bar to a secluded room in the courthouse. Just before she reached the haven of refuge from the eyes of spectators Mrs. Harsh cried: “Oh, why do they kill people when they don't know what they are doing?” Her son, a few steps ahead of her in custody of two deputies, gave no sign that he had heard. Soon the family g;u;:p was swallowed in private cham- Eleven medical experts were put on the stand by the defense in support of the contention that Harsh could not cope with an “irresistible impulse” and was possibly affected by hereditary af- fliction. The death of his father, a wealthy shoe manufacturer, of aneurism (artery distention at the base of the brain) was cited, and an undeveloped pituitary gland in Harsh's brain was pointed out as evidence of emotional and volitional undevelopment. Try Companion January 29. ‘Three physicians for the State said Harsh was “in the range of normal and responsible for his acts.” All contended he knew between right and wrong when he shot the drug store manager. In their final plea State's attorneys de- clared Harsh walked deliberately in the drug store and killed Smith when he resisted robbery, just like “an ordinary criminal.” Gallogly, whom Harsh named as his companion during the hald-up, is under indictment and awaiting trial on iden- tical charges January 29, The confes- sion, given to John Lowe, detective, who solved the murder through a palr of bloodstained trousers, said Harsh actu- ally committed the crime and that Gal- logly was his companion, waiting in a car for a get-away. Gallogly has made no complete statement to police. ‘When Harsh was arrested the dis- covery of his trousers in the home of J. B. Wright, finance executive of an Atlanta firm, he readily admitted the crime and said he held up the store “for the fun of the W it ¢ HOOVER ENDS VISIT 0 CAPITAL TODAY eaves Tomorrow Morning for Two-Week Stay in Florida. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President-elect Herbert Hoover today completes a two-week stay in Washing- ton in which he has been constantly in conference with Republican leaders from all parts of the country. The sit- uation regarding a special session of Congress this Spring has been ironed out and it is belleved that Mr. Hoover has made considerable progress with the final selection of his cabinet. Tomerrow morning the President- elect leaves Washington at 10:30 o’clock for Florida, where he plans to remain about a month, returning to the Capi- tal about two weeks before his inaugu- ration. While there has been no final determination of the matter, it is not now expected that Mr. Hoover will make the trip to the West Indies, which, at one time, was suggested. A fourth conference with President Coolidge at the White House occupied part of Mr. Hoover's time yesterday. There has been every indication tnat there is harmony between the outgoing and incoming Presidents and that one administration will slip .into the suc- ceeding one without a great wrench, al- though many changes in cabinet offices are expected. There will be much con- tinuity of purpose, however, and of policy, it is expected. ‘Washington Watches Cabinet Making. ‘Washington has looked with keenest interest for some intimation as to whom the office of Secretary of State will go in the Hoover cabinet. The President- elect, while he has had conferences with several prominent Republicans who have been suggested as “possibilities™ for the office of Secretary of State, has given no sign. In some quarters it is belleved that Mr. Hoover indicated to Charles Evans Hughes he would be glad to have the former Secretary of State resume his old position in the cabinet. ‘The best information obtainable, how- ever, is to the effect that Mr. Hughes is not going to become a member of the cabinet, regardless of whether the matter was broached to him by Mr. Hoover at a breakfast in the Hoover home last week. Mr. Hughes retired from the office of Secretary of State to resume the practice of law, after dis- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—24 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 14 and 15. PART TWO—14 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Winter Books—Page 4. District of Columbia Naval Reserves— and Page 6. At Community Centers—Page 6. Serial Story, “The Vicarion"—Page 7. District National Guard—Page 7. Veterans of Great War—Page 8. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 9. 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Mut( and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History, Screen | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. (#) Means Associated Press. * FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS l TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE Farmer, 76, Found Sleigh as - Wife Waits in Cold Man Frozen to Death, Furniture for Warmth. By the Assoclated Press. ADAMS, Wis., January 19.—Rescue workers who fought their way throus huge drifts to the snow-bound farm of an aged couple near here, found the man, Walter Cicvaresk, 76, frozen to death in an overturned sleigh near the house, and Mrs. Cicvaresk, 66, burning her furniture to obtain warmth. The woman, a cripple, was unaware of the fate of her husband, who met death apparently in an effort to obtain aid for her. Cicvaresk’s sleigh, bottom- side up, was found in a drift a mile from the farm. Indications were the man had been overcome by the biting cold while attempting to make his way back to his home after the accident. Mrs. Cicvaresk, because of her crippled condition, was unable to go out of doors and when her wood supply was exhausted resorted to burning the furniture for fuel. TWO YOUTHS DIE ‘AS GAR HITS POLE Victims, Residing in Washing- ton, Meet Death in Crash Near Clarendon. Daniel Weston, 20 years old, and Francis Hill Slaughter, 19, both of Washington, were killed last night when an automobile was wrecked against a telephone pole near Claren- don, Va. The machine had been re- ported stolen Thursday by Leo. W. Green of 732 Park road. ‘They were pronounced dead when brought into Georgetown Hospital at 10:25 o'clock. A third man, said to have been in the car with them, disappeared before the arrival of the police. Early Teports failed to throw any light on the circumstances surround- ing the accident, which occurred on Wilson Boulevard. The car, a coach, was wrecked. It was headed toward Clarendon, the crash taking place about two blocks outside of the town. ‘Witnesses to the accident say they saw a third man jump from the car and run. A search was made by a group of men carrying lanterns, but several hours after the accident no trace of the third man had been found. He was believed to be uninjured, except by flying glass. Suspected Driver Taken. Several hours later the Georgetown Hospital authorities turned over to the police of the seventh precinct Charles Merrill Whalley, 19 years old, who had | been brought there for treatment for cuts and bruises by four young men from Clarendon. . The men told the po- lice that they had captured Whalley ! while he was prowling around a number of cars parked in front of a house in i Clarendon where a party was in prog- resss They said he admitted to them he was the driver of the wrecked car iu which the two youths were killed. | The four youths, James G. Stehman. McOdan: Smith, James E. Hood and Gerald Sonnenberg, helped Whalley wash the blood off his face and later ! took him to the Georgetown Hospital. | When arrested he denied that he was the driver of the death car, but was held at the seventh precinct station. A strange feature of the accident | | was that the car was being followed by a citizen who knew it had been g0 | 5y the Associated Press. FRIENDS SAY WEST 0K INSENATE SURE DRINK-CRAZED MAN SHOOTS POLICEMAN, THEN WOUNDS SELF On Operating Table, He Begs Victim to Forgive Him. Both Critically Hurt. COMRADE GIVES OFFICER PINT AND HALF OF BLOOD Transfusion, in Record Time, Neo- essary Before Performing Operation. Twenty-three-year-old John F. Mc= Auliffe, a policeman of the seventh pre- cinct, was shot and probably fatally wounded as he was patrolling his beat early last night by a drink-crazed man who turned his revolver on himself & few minutes later. Both are in George- town Hospital in a critical condition. Police could learn of no motive for the shooting. In the emergency room of the hos- pitai as the two men lay on operating tables side by side, Samuel Jenkins, |the man who is alleged to have fired {the gun, pleaded with McAuliffe to forgive him, saying he had not known | what he was doing. McAuliffe was shot through the lower abdomen, the bullet entering the right side and passing completely through his body, coming out the left side of | Crippled Widow Burns |Agreement ‘to Vote Tomor-| row Follows Two Days of Heated Debate. / After two days of debate, the Sen- ate agreed late yesterday to vote tomor- row at 2:30 o'clock on the nomina- tion of Roy O. West of Chicago as Secretary of Interior. Again meeting in executive session, the Senate heard Senator Deneen, Re- publican, of Illinois, plead the cause of the Secretary yesterday and listened to an attack by Senators Nye of North Dakota and Norris of Nebraska, both Republicans. More than four hours were consumed in the second day of argument, and at the close the friends of the Interior Secretary, who was named last August by President Coolidge, were confident of his confirmation. Insull Connection Assailed. Senators Norris and Nye based most of their arguments against West on his previous connections with the Sam- uel Insull power utilities companies, pointing out that the Secretary of In- terior is a member of the Federal Pow- er Commission, which must pass on all applications for licenses to develop water power. In this connection, they cited that he already had sat as a member of the commission at a hearing on the petition of the Cumberland Hydro- electric Co., a subsidiary of the Insull concerns, for a power permit at Cum- berland Falls, Ky. A large bundle of protests against this application was presented by Senator Nye, including one from a mass meeting of organizations in Cincinnati protesting lnln&t West's participation in the case. Senator Deneen recalled the offer made by Mr. West before the Senate lands committee to withdraw from par- ticipation in any cases coming before his department involving the Insull companies. Declares West's Stock Sold. | He recalled also that Mr. West had invested about $67,000 over a period of 26 years in stock of the Insull com- panies, which he had sold for about $118.000 at the time he became a mem- ber of the cabinet. He said that the | law business done by West for the Insull companies was only “‘casual.” Furthermore, he said that in virtually every political contest in Illinois in the Republican ranks in recent years Mr. West and himself had been on opposite sides from Insull. While friends of the Secretary stood on their rights again today for the customary executive session for the | consideration of nominations, so far as was learned, nothing new had developed since the public hearings on West by ! the lands committee. However, the two-thirds vote for an open session were lacking and neither | the minority report submitted by Sen- | ator Nye from the lands committee | nor the majority report recommending confirmation, which was presented by Senator Glenn, Republican, of Illinois, | was made public. The committee voted, | the back. The bullet dropped from the policeman’s clothes as_he was undressed. Jenkins was wounded just above his heart, the bullet also passing through his body. Transfusion Required. Profuse bleeding, both internally and externally, by McAuliffe made a bicod transfusion necessary before an opera- tion could be performed. Policeman Harry P. Britton, assigned to bicycle duty at the seventh precinct, gave a pint and a half of his blood for his com- rade as two other officers stood nearby, ready to offer their blood if it should be needed. Dr. D. L. Borden, police sur- geon, performed the operation about 9 o;::lot!:‘kfi two dlfig : hux’;l hours after the shooting, and McAuliffe was reported to have rallied, although little hope was held for his life. Piecing together information obtained from various witnesses, struct what happened as follows: Jenkins, who lives at 1213 Thirty- fourth street and who has been arrested several times for violation of the bition law, had been drinking afternoon. A half-gailon jar less than a pint of what is believed to be liquor was found in his bedroom on the dresser. He quarreled with his wife, Mrs. Augusta Jenkins and she and their 12-year-old daughter Doris left house when he threatened them with a revolver. A son, Wilton, 15 years old, A m‘gmmh’:lt:.mrbm enkin few u T 6 0" J S became noisy and violent and a neigh- bor went to look for a policeman. He found McAuliffe and the officer promised to investigate. He walked up Thirty- fourth street past Jenkins’ house and the disturbance had subsided. As he reached a spot in front of 1217 Thirty- fourth street, two doors away, & shot through the front wine of e lifle wheeled, J Raym cAuliffe wheeled, John ond Wall of 2914 M street, who was visiting at 1217 and was standing on the front porch, saw Jenkins lean through the broken window and take aim. He reached out and seized the policeman the arm and pulled him toward shelter at the same time shouting a warning. Simultaneously Jenkins fired :r ;;«;n;a time and McAuliffe fell to the Bullet Goes Wild. Jenkins again took aim and Wall, who was dragging McAuliffe to the porch, dropped to the sidewalk to be out of the line of fire. A taxicab was passing at the time and he hailed the driver. As the cab drew up to the curb, Jenkins fired at Wall, but the bullet went wild. He was standing some distance inside the room and in- stead of going through the window the bullet lodged in te wall of the house. Wall then put the injured man into the tx::dl and drove with him to the hos- pital. Meanwhile a neighbor telephoned the station house and Policeman J. T. Nash and Patrol Driver J. L. Prinkert re- sponded with the patrol wagon. Nash said that when he reached the place Jenkins was leaning from a front window on the second floor. “What's the trouble,” the officer in- quired. “Nothing, come on in.” “Can't the door's locked. Come down and let me in." . “I can’t do that,” came the reply, “I Jjust shot myself.” Wounded Man on Couch. Nash climbed in the broken window, with Prinkert following, and went to the front room on the second floor, where he found Jenkins sitting on a couch with blood flowing from his wound. A .45-caliber Army Colt re- volver was lying beside him. Two un- 9 to 5, in favor of West's confirmation. MERCURY ABOVE 100. | | New Summer Record Established ! at Buenos Aires. ! | BUENOS AIRES, January 19 (#)— | A temperature of more than 100 de- grees Fahrenheit recorded at 3 o'clock | this afternoon established a new record | for the Summer. The heat was so ex- it crashed into the pole. on Page 5, Column 2) cessive that all business establishments | closed to permit their employes to seek relief at the bathing beaches. “We Want Work and 'Chicago Police Jail Six Believed Leaders By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 19.—Between 400 and 500 men carrying banners reading “We want bread” and “We want work” gathered in front of the Federal Building this afternoon. United States Marshal Henry C. Laubenheimer sum- moned several squads of police, who arrested six of the alleged ringleaders of the demonstrators. ‘The demonstration started when tal ins| attempted to dis) :“mu.m muppnn the mfl Bread!” Cry of Mob; the Federal Building. The crowd was composed mostly of youths. Deputy United States marshals found themselves unable to prevent the crowd from surging into the building and the police were summoned. Several squads of officers massed in the corridors, clubs drawn, and charged the demonstrators, seizing their banners and arresting those in the front ranks. An official of the Young Communists’ League of America said the meeting had' been sponsored by that organi- zation as a demonstration against the “imprisonment of the working man” and for “trials by R | in record time. the higher tribunal based its upon that part of the law. which did not have a mandatory effect uj cities having welfare boards to public dancing. exploded cartridges were still in it and four empty shells were discovered on the floor. Jenkins fold the officer that he had shot himself. Nash and Prinkert immediately car- | ried him out to the patrol on a stretcher and took him to the hospital. The boy, Wilton, had run out the rear door when the shooting began. When Jenkins reached the emer- gency room he was placed on a table beside McAuliffe. Recognizing the man he is said to have shot, he turned an appealing face toward him. “Forgive me,” mister, he said. “Sure,” McAuliffe readily replied. The blood transfusion was performed Dr. Borden keeps a record in his office of the results of physicial examinations of every man on the police force. He was immedi- ately notified that a transfusion would be necessary and, finding that the blood of six men at the seventh precinct would be suitable, he notified them and asked for three volunteers. All offered to go to the hospital, but Britton, Frank “(Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) Sunday Dance Law Voided. LINCOLN, Nebr., January 19 (#).— today de- The State Supreme Court cided Nebraska's Sunday dance law was unconstitutional “class legislation.” in that it was Reversing a District Court decree, decision