Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1929, Page 21

NING D.C.MANTOSTUDY RADIO IN BORNED Harry W. Wells Sauls April 3 to Make Tropical Wire- less Research. s | | Harry W. Wells of 105 East Thorn- apple street, Chevy Chase, Md., sails April 3 from the Pacific Coast for Bor-| neo with the All-American Lyric M: laysian Expedition, which will go into the wilds of the little-explored land of | Borneo to study tropical and equatoriai | radio problems, while the other two| Jeaders of the expedition, Theodore | Seelmann of Chicago and John H. Provinse of the department of anthro- pology of the University of Chicago, will go into the interior of the country | to study the primitive Siang Dyaks and | the Punan tribesmen, who are believed to be the storied wild men of Borneo. Mr. Wells, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fugene Wells, is a radio engineer of the | Westinghouse Electric & Manufactur- | ing Co.'s research laboratories, and is| now in San Francisco assembling his | radio equipment preparatory to em- | barking. Arriving at Banderjmasin, capital fl(\ Dutch Borneo, on June 1, the three men will .go up the Barito River to| Poeroek-Tjahoe, outpost of civilization, where the main ba: Jished. Here a portable transmiiter and re: be installed for long-range work, cluding spanning the 10,000 miles be- tween the interior of Borneo and the | United States and maintaining commu- | nication with the Byrd expedition. Wells will stay at the main base to! study radio problems. Seelmann and | Provinse will go up the river into the ! interior for anthropological investiga- | tion. taking along a light radio trans- mitter and receiver to maintain contact | with the main base. It is planned to | spend from four to six months among | on: tribe of natives, permitting a thor- ough study of their culture, arts, habits, mode of life, and, if possible, find some | definite trace of their origin. The | Dyaks are believed to have come from | Asia some 2,000 years ago. Later other tribes will be studied for | comparative purposes. Seelmann and | Provinse will explore the country of the Punans. most primitive of all the Bor- | neo inhabitants, who live in a dense jungle area, about. 100 miles . square, :ome 300 miles northeast of Poeroek- | Tjahoe. |8 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF | TODAY. ‘The Geological Society of Washing- ton will meet, 8 o'clock, in assembly hall of the Cosmos b. The Brotherhood of the ‘Washington | Tebrew Congregation will feature Uni- | versity night at the Eighth Street Tem- + ple, 8:15 o'clock. Parents and teachers of the seventh division of the public schools will meet, * o'clock, in the auditorium of Eastern High School. Dr. F. W. Ballou and Miss Jessie La Salle will speak. The ways and means committee of Good Will Chapter, No. 36, O. E. S., will have a card party, 8:30 o'clock, at Chestnut Farms Dairy, 2117 Rhode Is- land avenue northeast. Kismet Colmcu Royal Arcanum, will meet, 8 o'clock, at 24 Grant place. Arthur Eaton of the Supreme Council of New York will speak. The Royal Arcanum Boosters will meet with Kis- met Council. There will be a traveling bag con- test at the Third Baptist Church, Fifth flndLQ streets, tonight. Admission, 10 cents. Burnside Relief Corps, No. 4, will meet this evening at Grand Army Hall. ‘The Young Judea Council will have & Purim celebration, 8 o'clock, at the Jewish Community Council. The play, “Queen Esther,” will be acted by mem- bers of the Young Judea Clubs. FUTURE. Poets’ night will be featured by the FErgatocrats’ Club Saturday night at 817 Thirteenth street. Members will Tecite criginal poems. The Kiwanis Club will meet. for l Going Into Wilds. I IIARI'I.\ w. “El!fi W ldow Loses Llfc On Regular Visit To Mates Grav | Woman Drowncd Seeking ||| Water for Flowers on Tomb of Husband. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 27.—The grave of Mrs. Emily Kiely's husband, in the | Lutheran Cemetery of Niles Center, al- ways has been kept fresh with blooms. The Widow Kiely has seen to that. | Despite her 72 years and enfebled | | health, she has trudged, wearily some- ! i | times, the many blocks to the cemetery, ||/ | carrying her tribute of flowers. Yesterday, though she felt none too well, she went as usual to the burial place. Several hours later she had not HELDIN BOY'S DEATH‘ | Child Rniulg in Young Woman's | CorKilled When Machines | i Calhde | ‘TAXl DRIVER AND GIRL | By the Associated Press. | WINSTON-SALEM, K. C., March 27. | | —Miss Helena Hermance, daughter of | ;a prominent Toronto, Canada, business {man, and Lewis Luther, a local taxi 1 | cab driver, today faced Municipal Court | | hearings on charges of manslaughter in | connection with the death here yester- | day of a five-year-old child in an au- | | tomobile accident. The child, James Foster, was fatally injured when Miss Hermance's ma- | chine, in which he was riding, figured | lin a collision with Luther’s cab. He | was a grandson of Dr, D. Clay Lilly,! pastor of the Presbyterian Church here, and Mrs. Lilly, who are entertaining | Miss Hermance. i Warrants were issued ‘against Miss | Hermance and_ Luther last night, the| | former being released on her own recog- | | nizance pending hearing in Municipal | Court. The taxi driver was placcu\ under $3.000 bond. Her father is Harry P. Hermance, who, » before his removal to Canada several vears ago, was a leader in business and civic affairs in Atlanta. | Smart Styles that | are comfortable | THOUSANDS‘M women. have found relief from foot troubles by wearing Dr. A.Reed returned. Her niece, Mrs. Fred Lumpp, | | became alarmed and went to see what ||| was wrong. Cushion Shoes On the grave Mrs. Lumpp found fresh || flowers. She called Mrs. Kiely's name, but there was no answer. She roamed about and came at last to an abandoned gravel pit on the, cemetery's edge. She found footprints leading down the steep slope to,a pool. It appeared that Mrs. Kiely, too fegble to use the cemetery pump, had gonn to the pool for water for her flowers. In the water her body was found. Screen Divorcees to Wed ‘LOS ANGELES, March 27 (#).— Montague Love, screen actor, yesterday filed a notice of intention to “marry Marjorie Hollis of Hollywood. The marriage will take place Saturday, Love said. Each had been divorced. Love is 45 years old and his bride-to-be is 30. ‘Murco” Because the cushion innersole affords a smooth, yielding surface which equalizes the weight, pre- venting friction and stimulating the proper blood circulation, giv- ing tone to the bottom of the foot. John Ebberts Shoe Co., Makers | 1318 G St. N.W. city &lub, one doubts the necessity for good paint . . . the problem is to get the BEST for the money! 'ST.\R'. WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY. 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Others are in soft gray, brilliant red, black and Cuffs are the popular interest in Glove Fashions Unusual cuffs—demanded by smart moderns and presented by Woodward & Lothrop in a collection showing ever smart glove cuff fashion—and shade, including cggshell and the suntans, the bright colors, the bi-colors and navy. Among the smart group are: (Sketched) White kid with flared cuffs—and the cuff facings are embroidered in black polka dots, $5.50. Navy blue kid with multi-colored polka dots on the gauntlet cuffs, repeated in the cuff linings, $6.50. Eggshell kid with embroidered backs, cuffs piped in contrasting Lid, and amusing little tabs, $4.50. The Bandolette cuffs are embroidered in two tones, matching the backs, in gloves of light suntan, $5.50. Copy of Premet's gloves of the long gauntlet cuffs which button down the back, and have godets of contrasting colors, $8.50. Eggshell kid, sewn in light navy, with unusual bracelet- effect cuffs, with light navy bands and metal buckles, $5. Groves, Aiste No, 11, First FLOOR. Reptile Bags are smartly worn with matching reptile pumps $7:50 and %10 With reptile leathers a very popular fashion— the reptile handbag comes in as the popular half of the smart reptile shoe and bag en- semble. One may choose from a smart collection here —new shapes—new fashions—clever new clasps—some introducing a note of color in- enamel — others combining with sun-tan Lifelong Paints are noted for their beauty, their ‘durability, their reasonable cost. Get all the facts on “Murco” before you paint anything. E. J. Murphy Co. Inc. 710 12th St. N.W. Main 2477 Juncheon at the Washington Hotel to- morrow, 12:30° p.m. Speaker: Rev. John C. Palmer, grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Masons for the D. C. ‘The Art and Archaeology League of Washington will meet Saturday, 4:15 pm., at the Eastman School, 1300 Seventeenth street. James Townsend will give an illustrated lec- vo Summers of Prehistoric Research in Central France.” Rev, A. Willbanks, pastor of the Tenth Street Baptist Church, will preach at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church tomorrow, 8 pm. subnct “The Handwriting on the Wall.” Pro- ceeds for benefit of the church, WoopwarD & LOTHROP Tomorrow—rFriday—Saturday Easter Selling : Easter Lilies, *1°,%1 7 pot Easter lilies—sturdy, hardy plants—fresh, fragrant blossoms and buds. The very best plants obtainable; they are far above average. Buy yours tomorrow while the assortment in the number of blossoms.is large. . leathers—all beautifully lined and fitted with the necessary little mirror—many with inner- frame purses. white, brown and yellow, blue, yellow and white— distinctly individual—dis- tinctly Parisian— $39.50 to $75 SPORTSWEAR, THIRD FLOOR. Learaer Goovs, First FLOOR. 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