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D €., SATURDAY, MAY 25 1929 STAR. WASHINGTON. ! . %X EVENING NATIONAL CAPITAL THE | COLUMBUS FOUND 14 FOREMAN IS SENT PLANES LINED UP FOR CURTISS TROPHY RACE ] | THRONG WILL SEE Escapes Poison 10 HOSPITAL FOR MIND OBSERVATION Police Abandon Theory That Man Intended to Give Tablets to Wife. DRUG PLACED IN FOOD PREPARED FOR HIS MEAL Authorities Told Neal W. Hahn Had Made Many Threats to Take His Own Life. Neal Whitner Hahn, 33-year-old con- struction foreman, of the 200 block of E street, was ordered committed to Gal- linger Hospital for mental observation NEAL WHITNER HAHN. —Star Staff Photo. SENATE 0., SEEN by Judge Gus A. Schuldt today, when | he was arraigned in Police Court on a | charge of violating the pharmacy l'“'i Assistant United States Distriet A!l(\l’-‘ ney Joseph C. Bruce requested a lengthy | zentence, but Judge Schuldt ordered | the commitment on the theory that Hahn's own testimony established the | fact that he was in need of hospital | treatment. Hahn was arrested yesterday by Headquarters Detectives Robert Sanders and Charles Mansfield, accused of pur- chasing a quantity of poison tablets representing the use to were to be put. According to police, Hahn, who was at first believed to have atterapted to ! voison his 33-year-old wife and mother | of four children, Mrs. Mabel Hahn, has | convinced police, they said, that it was his intentio nto poison himself. Hahn, police said, has threatened on several nccations previously to take his life and the quantity of poison tablets which police said he placed in a dish of cab- | bage which his wife had cooked at their ; home Thursday indicated his intention to execute his previous threats. Folice investigating the case declared thet the dish containing the poison was grabbed from Hahn by his wife as the former was about to partake of it. Police said today that so far as they could determine, there never was any | attempt on Hahn's part to poison his wife. According to police, Hahn, who has been married for 14 years, is said to have stated that his infatuation for a girl was the cause of a domestic breach between him and his wife. Police said that the threat charges of which his wife had accused him would not be pressed. | | | VETERANS OUTLINE POPPY FUND WORK Money Is Spent to Maintain Home for Children in ON'GENSUS BILL Amendment to Prevent Re- apportionment Action by President Beaten. By the A:sociated Press Supporters of the ccnsus and reap- portionment. bill held the upper hand on an important vote in the .Senate vesterday, indicating favorable action on_the measure early next week. By a vote of 45 to 33. the Senate rejected an amendmen! by Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama, designed to prevent the President from declaring 2 reapportionment of the House of Representatives in the event Congress failed to do so after the census of 1930 and each succceding 10 ¥ The opposition to the bill had considere this amendment their most effective move. Administration leaders were set back by a combination of Republican inde- pendents and Democrats, however, on a vote to put all census employes under civil service regulations. This provision, approved 43 to 36, is expected to be opposed by Republican leaders in the House and may result in a conference dispute. George Amendment Beaten. An amendment by Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia, limiting the provisions of the measure to the census of 1930 and the ensuing reapportion- ment, was rejected by only one vote, 42 1o 41. Senators Black and George gave notice that they would ask for a sep- arate vote on their proposals after the bill is ready for passage. The measure would authorize the director of the census to make a com- pilation of population in 1930 and every 10 years thereafter without further legislation. Upon the basis of | INTELLIGENT RACE - INSANTO DOMINGO Discovered Country Popu- | lated With Artists and Farm- ers, Curator Asserts. |HERBERT W. KREIGER | BACK WITH ANTIQUES | (Dark Caves Proved to Be Literal Pioture Galleries, Ex- plorer Reports. | | e | BY THOMAS R. HENRY. 1 When Columbus discovered the New | World he did not encounter ignorant savages, but a race of peaceful artists, farmers and fishermen on the shores of Santo Domingo. Such is the conclusion of Herbert W. Kreiger, curator of ethnology of the United States National Museum, who has just returned to Washington with :Ilargfl collection of Indian antiquities 2 when the white men came. | riginals, he found, knew how to spin | and weave cotton, build aqueducts to | irrigate: desert tracts, raise simple crops | and navigate over waters even now con- sidered dangerous for small vessels. ! had_evolved a complicated reli- gious symbolism which indicated high intcllectual powers Their most notable accomplishments were in art. Krieger entered dark caves which, when illuminated with flares proved to be literal picture galleri covered with realistic hunting and fi ing scenes hardly excelled by modern | artists and comparing favorably with | !he celebrated painted caves of South- ern France, He recovercd articles carved of bone showing a fine artistic | touch, together with beautiful frag- | ments of the aboriginal gold work which s0 attracted the covetous Spaniards. | He also found many fragments of their | cooking utensils and agricultural and | milling tools. | Finds Sewing Needles. | _Long before the day of Elias Howe | | these Indians had evolved the princi- | ple of the sewing machine. Krieger | | found several fine bone needles pierced | for threading through the point, the artifice which so long baffied inventors. | Just what use they made of these nee- | dles is unknown, but apparently they were evolved for some definite purpose | in sewing clothing or bags. i The most prized object in Krieger's collection is a finely carved bone trin- ket which evidently served some reli- glous purpose. It was made from the | | thigh bone of a manatee, or West In- | | dian sea cow, which was abundant in | those days. Looked at in one way it is |a perfect representation of a frog. | Turned around, it represents a human | figure, probably a god. The same head | serves for both, and is a fine study in | proportion. WILL PAY TRIBUTE | of the Army and Lieut. Bowes of the 10 PATRIOTIC DEAD War Birds, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Will Be Hon- ored Tomorrow. SERVICES TO BE HELD THROUGHOUT DISTRICT Aviation Exercises Scheduled on Key Bridge Under Auspices of Women's Relief Corps. War Washington Catcher Will Be Permitted to Plead Before High Tribunal. Symbolic tributes to America’s heroes of the sky, land and sea will mark the National Capital’'s preliminary observ- ance of Memorial day tomorrow. War birds who made the supreme sacrifice in defense of their country and soldiers, sailors or marines who lost their lives at sea will be honored in colorful river services arranged by ‘women's patriotic organizations. Memorial services also will be held during the day at St. Elizabeth's Hos- pital and at a number of cemoteries. The Sunday program is distinct from the claborate schedule of services pre- ga.red for next Thursday, Memorial lay. The aviation exercises will be held on the Key Bridge, in Georgetown, at, 3:30 o'clock, under auspices of the National Woman's Relief Corps, and under the leadership of Mrs. M. M. North. With planes of the Army and Navy dipping | in salute overhead and strewing poppies ! on the Potomac River, a flock of pigeons will be releazed to svmbolize the spirit of flight Tribute to Airmen. The assembly will be brought tn or- der by 2 bugle call sounded by Sergt. Frank Witchie. Chaplain A. C. Oliver of the Army will pronounce the invoca- tion. The principal address will be de- livered by Lieut. Comdr. C. L. Wey- man, U. S. N. A tribute to the Na tion's airmen will be given by Mrs. North. The audience will join in a! vledged to the flag and in the singing of patriotic anthems. Capt. Hoppins Has Practiced Before Courts of Missouri for More Than Three Year: Herold “Muddy” Ruel, the pepper: little backstop of the Washington base ball club, will be admitted on Monday | to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. Ruel, for years an outstanding ball player, ic a member of a law firm in St. Lotis. He qualifies for adm | of the highest cour ticed before the courts of Missouri for more than three years and is looking forward. when his ball-playing days are over, to the argument of constitutional questions before nine black-robed um- who wear no masks or chest pro- fon to the bar by having prac- | Started Career in 1215. Ruel, who was graduated in law a number of years ago from St. Louis University in the Missouri metropol hi in professional 1915, when he got his big league bap- tism with the American League club of that city. The following year he | was farmed out to the Memphis club of the Southern Association and in | 1917 was sold to New York. three seasons with the Yankees Ruel | was traded with Pratt, Vick and | Thormahlen to Boston for Hoyt, Schang. Navy will pilot the planes. The services for men lost at sea will be held aboard the U. S. S. Porpoise. under auspices of the Ladies’ Auxil- jaries of the Spanish War Veterans. Department President Carrie Nolan will | presidge. The boat will leave the wharf at 10 o'clock for Mount Vernon, when the following program will be given: Se- lection, Navy Band Orchestra; invoca- tion, Department Chaplain Samuel G. | the Nationals in 1923 along with Pitch- | | er Allan Russell in exchange for Catch- | er Val Picinich and Outfielder Howard | Ve, Shank: He haz heen with the Wash- ington club continuously 5 Despite his comparatively s e 15 less than 5 feet 10 inches height and weights only 135 pounds— Ruel has proved one of the most durable catchers the game has known. For tha past eight years he has participated in more than 100 zames a season and he has an all-time batting average of .285. Caught in Series Games. Ruel caught in all but five of the 154 games played by Washington in 1924 when the team won its first pennant and he was back of the bat in all seven of the contests in which the Nationals won the world championship from the New York Giants. In this series he was held hitless unti] the final contest paved the for the Nationals’ triumph. Ruel aleo caught all seven of the way McNally and Harper, and he came 1o | games of the 1925 world championship | house. series in which Pittsburgh defeated Washington, compiling a batting mark of .316. Mawson: introductory address, Depart- ment Comdr. James G. Yaden: vocal solo. “Be Still and Know,” Miss Jeanette McCaffrey, accompanied by the Navy Band Orchestra; address, Senator Tom Connally of Texas: selection, Navy Band Orchestra: solo, “Lead, Kindly Light,” Richard Titlow. Sound Taps at Mount Vernon. Hall the members of the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp will assemble at 9 o'clock a.m. at the main gate of St. Elizabeth’s for the purpose of decorating the graves, when the following program will be held: Decoration of graves by the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp: assembly, Bugler | | Patrick McMahon: call to order, Charles | SHOPMEN HELD “HOOVER LAY STONE Navy and Marine Corps service planes at the buoys in the channel between Anacostia Naval Air Station and the Army College, from which they took off for the Curiiss Marine Trophy race over the Potomac this afterncon. for the | historic trophy given by Glenn H. Curtiss, aviation pioneer; the Ingalls Trophy, given by Assistant Secretary of the Navy ’!or Aviation, and nearly a score of other prizes. “MUDDY" RUEL TO PRACTICE BEFORE SUPREME COURT —Star Staff Photo. COLLISION INJURES AUTO OCCUPANT, 58 Frank Pearson Among Sev- eral Traffic Victims—Col- ored Driver Is Arrested. Sidinev Pirat Berw: S. Lattisaw, rolored. nf street, and Robert Pearson of . Md.. were drivers of automo- that collided at West Virginia avenue and K street northeast yester- | day afternoon, Frank Pearson, 58 years old, occupant of the latter vehicle, sus- | taining injuries to his left leg. arm and | chest. The injured man was treated at Casualty Hospital and Lat, arrested on a charge of reck ing. While erossing Newton street. at and resterday afternoon Kzatherine Be 25 years old. 3229 Hiatt place, was knocked down by an automobile. her back sprained and her chin and forechead cut. She also was sevcrely shocked. First ald was given at Garfield Hospital. 2-Year-Old Knocked Down. Three-year-old Prancis McCarthy, 1317 Thirty-fifth street, was knocked down by the automobile of Lewis E. Luber, 3700 block of Macomb street, while playing in front of his home | vesterday afternoon. He was treated |at Georgetown University Hospital for a laceration of the forehead. Another child injured in a traffic After | when his double in the twelfth inning |accident yesterday was Bernice Mat- | thews. colored, 5. of 116 F street, who | ®as struck by the car of Harry Welsh, 115 M street, in front of the F street Suffering from a sprained |ankle the child was given first aid at | Emergency Hospital. | Two Hurt in Collision. Dolores Coglan, 19 years old. and Regina Coglan, 13 years, 1315 Massa- chusetts avenue, were injured last night as a result of a collision at Massachu- setts avenue and Fifteenth street, be- tween an automobile in which they were riding and the automobile of Clifton Joy. 1300 block of Eighteenth | street. They were given first aid at 1013 | ~ FORU. S. BUILDING Ceremonies to Be Held at | New Commerce Department Home June 10. PRESIDENT AND LAMONT LISTED FOR ADDRESSES | Preliminary Plans Made for Elah- orate Program—Structure to Cost $17,500,000. President Hoover will lay the cor= i ner stone of the new $17,300,000 De~ | partment of Commerce Building Mon= av afternoon. June 10, at 4 e'clock !with elaborate ceremonies, it was learned today. The stone will be placed- at the northwest, corner of the great building, near Piftcenth and. E streets, before 2, i huge assemblage and in the presence |of a group of distinguished invited guests. < | Preliminary plans which have not ss | yet been completed in all their details | call for addresses by President Hoover |and by Secretary of Commerce Robert | P. Lamont. | It is considered particularly fitting | that President Hoaver should lay the corner stone of this structure, as plans for it were developed while he was Sec~ | retary of Commerce, in charge of the department which is to occupy the new | building. A further significance at- { taches to the participation of the Presi- ! dent, as he is an engineer by prof sion. and has been keenly interested, | from a professional viewpoint, in the development of the whole Fefleral build~ {ing program in Washington. especially | the Department, of Commerce Building. President_Hoover built up the Depart- Plans for setting up the platform and other facilities needed at the corner stone laying were gone over this morn- ing on the site itself by a group of offi- cials interested. Platform to Be Erected. It was decided to erect a platform for the speakers near the spot where the corner stone is to be laid, and another larger platform facing the speakers, large enough to hold an audience of about 500 invited guests. It is expected th?}‘i: alzo will be standing room for the | public. The officials who visited the spot this morning to' make plans for the cere- monies included: E. W. Libby, chief clerk and superintendent of the De- partmennt of Commerce; J. F. Gill, George W. Barkman, S. W. Hawkins and H. R. Owen of the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, and F. M. Kramer, representing York & Sawyer of New York, architects of the building. The United States Marine Band will | P. Galpin: invocation, Chaplain Gerald F. McGillicuddy: welcome by hospital officials, Dr. Herbert G. Wooley, assist- | | Emergency Hospital. | Jasper Mitchell, colored. 38 years, | 1111 Green Court, and Lillian Hodge, | colored, 1102 W street, were injured the figures thus obtained, the Presi-| " The first white men, Krieger points dent would be required to send to Con- | out, came upon these Indians at a psy- | taps will be sounded. and on the re- gress the number of Representatives | chological moment when they were be- | tym trip the am“m,ge will strew each State wauld be entitled to in the | ing invaded by the cannibal Caribs, who | fiowers on the waters of the Potomac. ‘When the boat reaches Mount Vernon DESERVING RAISE play, and the decorations will include a profusion of American flags. These plans for the corner stone lay- Michigan. | L P ant superintendent; song, ‘Americ by the assemblage: memorial servic Calling attention to the annual ‘buddy poppy" drive, which will be car- ried on here Monday, Tuesday and | ‘Wednesday as part of a national move- ment, the Veterans of Foreign Wars to- day outlined one of the welfare activi- ties which these drives support—the home for children of deceased veterans at Eaton Rapids. Mich. Groups of children live in separate cottage units under “house mothers.” ‘They are provided with every need, edu- cated and given vocational training. Cottage units have been erected by Michigan and New York Departments of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, plans are already drawn for an Illinois unit and the States of Virginia, Connecticut, New Jersey and others have created building funds with the same purpose in view, it is explained. Fred Stover, Butler, Pa., a past com- ‘mander-in-chief of the Veterans of For- eign Wars of the United States, is serv- ing his second term as president of the board of trustees of the home. Dr. C. L. Candler, Detroit, is vice president; H. N. Duff, Lansing, treasurer, and John J. Appleyard, commander of the Department of Michigan of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, is secretary. ‘The drive also finances other relief work for disabled ex-service men and others who need assistance, as well as their dependents. DEATH OF JOAN OF ARC IS SHOWN IN MOVIE FILM | Distinguished Audience Views First Presentation of Story of Her Tragic End. “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” tragic | story of the last hours of the Maid of | Orleans and her death at the stake, was shown on the moving picture screen for the first time in Washington before a distinguished audience last | night at the National Press Club, through the courtesy of the Societe Generale des Films of France. France's great. heroine was not shown on horseback in shining armor at the | head of the army she led to victory. She appeared as a simple, ignorant peas- ant girl, strong in the faith that she had been appointed by heaven to save her country. The picture is the work of Carl Dreyer, Danish director, and Rudolph Mata, photographer. It was brought 10 Washingon by the American director of the French company, Michael J. Garland. SAFE ROBBERY ATTEMPT ™ IS HALTED BY POLICE ‘Thornton H. Johnson, 25-year-old colored man of the 600 block of L atreet northeast, was surprised by police of the ninth precinct early this morn- ing, who walked into a Sanitary Grocery Co. store at Fourth and M streets northeast, where Johnson is said 10 have been in the act of opening a safe in the rear of the store. He is held at the ninth precinct station house on a charge of housebreaking. According to Policeman W. L. Dant of that precinct, who said he saw the colored man “working” on the safe from a side window of the store, the combination had been knocked off by a huge sledge hammer. Dant called the =tation house and after placing police- men around the side and rear to pre- vent the intruder’s escape, entered the front door. Johnson is said to have had the sledge hammer in his hands in 1the act of damaging the safe further when the policemen walked in on him. According to police, entrance to the atore was gained by forcing a transom nver the show window in the front of the store. Rscsives Commission. Karl J. Hardy, secretary of the Pub- lie Buildings Commission, has been notified by the War Department that he has been commissioned a second lieuten- ant in the Air Corps Reserve. Mr. Hardy was a member of the all-star foot ball team that went to Honolulu in House. If Congress subsequently failed to pass reapportionment legislation the allotment announced by the Presi- dent would become effective. Controversial Issue Faced. The civil service regulations proposal offered by Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, was opposed by Senator Johnson, Republican, of California, in charge of the measure, on the ground that it would cause confusion and delay. The Senate is facing its most con- troversial issue in an amendment by Senator Sackett. Republican, of Ken- tucky, to exclude aliens from persons to be counted in making an apportion- ment 6f House members. This proposal will be debated Monday, with indica- tions that it will stir up’ considerable difference of opinion. A third amendment adopted yester- day was that proposed by Senator Walsh. Democrat, of Montana, provid- ing that the reapportionment an- nounced by the President would be ef- fective only so long as Congress failed to act. Under the terms of the bill as reported, the President’s figures would have held until another decennial census had been taken. WASHINGTON COUPLE WED IN MARYLAND Mrs. Alice McCartney Lounsberry and John P. Story. Jr., Are Married. John P. Story, jr. prominent local real estate man, and Mrs. Alice Mc- Cartney Lounsberry, formerly of New- port, R. I, and New York, were married a weak ago in Frederick, Md., it was disclosed today. Records at the courthouse in Freder- ick show that Mr. Story and Mrs. Lounsberry obtained a license Friday a week ago and were married there the same day by Rev. William C. Smith, pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Story gave his age as 56 years and his residence as An- napolis, while Mrs. Lounsberry gave her age as 42 years. Mrs. Story is continuing her interest in the interior decorating business, in assoclation with Elsie Cobb Wilson, at 1709 H street. Neither Mrs. Story nor her husband could be reached by tele- phone today. At the decorating shop an inquirer for “Mrs. Story” was in- formed that “Mrs. Lounsberry has just stepped out.” Mrs. Story’s former husband was James L. Lounsberry of New York City, from whom she was divorced in 1915. Mr. Story'’s former wife recently ob- tained a divorce in Reno, Nev. The couple is residing at 1302 Eight- eenth street. T. B. Sencindiver, Sr., Dies. WINCHESTER, Va., May 25 (Special). —Turner B. Sencindiver, sr., 70, died at his home here . but had spent most of his life near here. A musician of ability. he led ngs” in the county Sunday schools for many years. | were swarming upon them by canoes | from other West Indian islands farther | toward the mouth of the Orinoco. They | were not a race of fighters and were in deadly fear of the fierce headhunters who raided thelr villages, carrying away relatives for food. So at first they were inclined to welcome the whitc men as allies. lieutenants, presumably unknown to the admiral himself, scized four young men and two girls and carried them back to Spain as exhibits that part of the people turned on the newcomers. At that time Columbus did his best to heal the breach. Part of the Indians, however, remained friendly. It was the villages of these people that Krieger explored this Winter. Later he in. tends to study the site of the unfriendly Indians. | Villages in Desert. Krieger was mystified at finding sites of what appeared to have been large villages in a stretch of desert near the Haitian border. Some of these sites were about 40 miles from the nearest water. Practically the only vegetation was the thorn bush and cactus. The mystery was solved when he found dammed up reservoirs in dry creek beds constructed by the Indians to preserve rain water to irrigate the desert soil for agriculture. Within the past few ears some settlers have come into the region and are using the same reser- voirs to supply the water for bee-keep- ing. Bees feeding on the thorn flowers | produce a high quality of honey. i The Indians, he found, had some | knowledge of topography and had | opened trails across the island which enabled them to move rapidly from village to village. These tralls were used with little improvement until recently and have been followed in laying out the good roads system. Un- wittingly the natives opened the way to their enemies by enabling the Span- fards to penetrate the country : very quickly. Although the Indians did not have an alphabet, curious painted mazes, like picture puzzles are found on the walls of the painted caves. The meaning of these is unknown, but Kreiger is con- vinced that they had some significance symbols in the aborginal religion. The realistic pictures, presumably stories of famous exploits, were traced with a black stain, probably from some fruit, which has remained distinct throughout the centuries. Smooth salmon-colored walls were used. Krieger was able to make many photographs by use of flares, and these wil be interpreted at leisure. Although the natives could spin and weave cotton, Krieger says, they made garments mostly for ceremonial occa- sions. Due to the warm climate, the | custom of wearing clothes had made little progress. The fact of their nakedness was largely responsible for the opinion of the Spaniards that| they were a low type of savages. Some of dvhz ceremoi.naye cloth was richly made. sy | % Ornaments ‘of ‘Gold. They appreciated gold and their chicfs actually wore golden crowns, but they had not learned to smelt the metal from the ore. Their fine gold work was hammered from nuggets. Some {of it was covered with ornate designs. Kricger recovered a few fragments from the village sites. | The only domestic animal was the | dog. He was the only animal on the | island larger than a rat. The Smith- Although he is but 4 years old, Jimmic Seunders, who lives with his mother and father at 1740 Euclid street, estab- afternoon by successfully gulding two cousins, Jacqueline Simpson, aged 2 and 3 years respec- M in five hours elapsed time. 1226. He obtained his bachelor of arts degree at to University of Utah and is now a student in the Law School of George Washipgton University. Four-Year-Olci Guide Causer Whpiloors Anxiety as He Takes Cousins Walking lished his merit as an escort yesterday | is and Lucille| tively, from his home to Sixteenth and streets, a distance of about a mile, He was found at Sixteenth and M streets about 5:30 o'clock by Policeman E. H. Braxton of the second precinct. Tightly clutching the hands of his two as that much-maligned vehicle arrived. little cousins, Jimmie was standing at| ihe the curb waiting for a chance to guide | beside the driver and rcturned to th “Where are you going with your two little girls?” the solicitous policeman inquired. “They are not my girls,” Jimmie re- plied. “They are my cousins, and Iam taking them for a walk.” After further questioning by the offi- cer, Jimmie admitted that he lived at 1740 Euclid street and that he wasn't at all sure he could find his way back. To solve the diffieulty, the policeman called for the patrol wagon. As soon three youngsters were lifted up them across Sixteenth street when the | mothers, who had been anxiously hun officer approached him. | ing them all afternoon. It was not until one of Columbus’| pe] The exercises are in charge of the following committee on arrangements: Department. President Carrie E. Nolan, Senior Vice Department President Louise Moore, Junior Vice Department, President Bertha Cook., Department Chaplain M. Elma Edwards, Depart- ment Secretary Edna R. Summerficld, Department Treasurer Cora M. Camp- , herine Huhn, president of the | Admiral George Dewey Naval Auxiliary; | Eva Ducker. president Gen. M. Emmet Urell Auxiliary; M. Gertrude Keys, president Col. James S. Pettit, Auxili- ary; Alice Graul. president Col. John Jacob Astor Auxiliary; Helen Kennicutt, president Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxili- | ary; Past Department President Ella Ford, Past Department Comdr. Arthur H. League, Past Camp Comdr. Andrew J.. Kimmel and Past Camp Comdr. George B. Parker. | The following will be guests of honor at the ceremonies: Olive M. Ravens of Michigan, president of the national auxiliary; Willlam L. Grayson, com- mander-in-chief of the Spanish Was Veterans; James J. Murphy, quarter- master general of the Spanish War Vet~ erans; Rice W. Means, past commander- in-chief of the Spanish War Veterans; John Lewis Smith, past commander-in- chief of the Spanish War Veterans; Col. | Orestes Ferrara, Cuban Ambassador; Senator Tom Connally of Texas, Samuel G. Mawson, department com- ! mander of the Grand Army of the Re- public; Harlan Wood, department com- mander of the American Legion; Capt. Frank H. Lockhead, department com- mander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; Charlotte Cary, department presi- dent of the Woman's Relief Corps, and the Ladies of the G. A. R. Memorial services in_honor of war veterans buried in St. Elizabeth's Cemetery will be held tomorrow after- noon in Hitchcock Hall, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, under the auspices of the Spanish War Veterans, Past Depart- ment Comdr. Charles W. McCaffrey pre- Spanish War Veterans' ritual, con- ducted by Comdr. Charles P. Galpin. Senior Vice Comdr. Alexander T. Jenkins, Junior Vice Comdr. C. L. Davison. Chaplain Gerald F. McGilli- cuddy, Officer of the Day Joseph Wein- inger and Color Sergt. T. J. Shannon: rifie salute. detachment of United States Marines; taps, Bugler Patrick | McMahon. | The exercises in Hitchcock Hall will begin at 2:30 o'clock p.m.. as follow March, “Sound Off,” United States Ma- rine Band Orchestra: call to order, Past Dept. Comdr. Charles W. McCaffrey, chairman of the department memorial committee of the Spanish War Vet- erans; advancing the department colors, Senior Color Sergt. Adolph Graef and Junior Color Sergt. 5 invocation, Dept. Chaplain Samuel G. Mawson; address of welcome, Dr. Wil- liam A. White, superintendent of the | hospital: vocal solo, “The Prayer Per- fect.” Miss Jeanette McCaffrey, accol address, Dept. Comdr. James G. Yade! selection, Marine Band Orchestra; read- ing Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. Dep! Installing Officer William I. Jenkin: vocal solo, Miss Greta Ludwig, acco! panied by the Marine Band Orchestra; address, Sentor Vice Dept. Comdr. Lorin C. Nelson; selection, Marine Band Or- chestra; address, Senator Lynn J. Fra- zier of North Dakota; vocal solo, Miss | Jeanette McCaffrey, accompanied by Marine Band Orchestra; retiring the colors; “Star Spangled Banner,” Marine | Band Orchestra; taps, Bugler Patrick | McMahon. | The following committees are in charge of arrangements: Memorial day committee — Charles W. McCaflrey, chairman; Charles P. Galpin, Alexan- der T. Jenkins, C. L. Davison, Gerald F. McGillicuddy, Lorin C. Nelson, Print E. Shomette and Harry J. Stahl. Decorat- ing of graves committee—Christopher Hintenach, chairman; Charles J. P. Weber, Clarence A. Belknap, Jere A. Costello, Charles W. McCaffrey, Ernest Goltz Frederick Zulch, A. Eugene Pierce, James B. Carver, Richard Sweeney, Daniel J. Leahy, Print E. Shomette, | Lorin C. Nelson, George V. McAle Charles P. Galpin, Alexander T. Jel kins, Robert Culen, T. J. Shannon, Pat- rick McMahon Joseph Weininger and | Cleveland Kennicutt. Graves Will Be Decorated. Morning and afternoon services will | be held at Mount Olivet Cemetery to- morrow. The Irish-American Union, at | 11 o'clock, will decorate graves of James Hoban, architect of the White House. and Thomas Devin Reilly, friend of President Pierce, in addition to honor- ing the memory of a number of de- ceased members of the union. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a large group of patriotic bodies will join in decorating the graves of service men in the cemetery, following a program of music and speaking. Representative Hull of TIllinois, Maj. L. E. Atkins, commander of Costello Post, American Legion, and Maj. William L. Peak, na- tional commander of the Army and Navy Union, will make addresses. The Washington Boys’ Independent Band will render a program of patriotic music and solos will be sung by Miss Ethel M. dy. Invocation will be delivered by Rev. Willlam M. McGuire, chaplain of the Costello Post. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address will be recited by John Gilman Bugbee. A detail from the St. John's College, R. O. T. C., will give a salute. Taps will be sounded by Sergt. John Lynch of the Costello Post. Other exercises will be held in the following cemeteries tomorrow: Cedar Hill, by Tank Corps, Post No. 19, American_Legion and Beck Circle No. 4; Fort Lincoln, by Edward Douglas | White, Lafayette and Lincoln Posts, American Legion, and Abraham Lincoln Circle, No. 3: Rock Creek, by George Washington Post. No. 1, and John M./ Beauchesne Post, No. 28. American Legion, and U. S. Grant Circle, No. 3, at 3 o'clock: Woodlawn and Payne. by | James E. Walker Post, No. 26, assisted by James Reese Europe Post of the legion, and the United Spanish War Veterans: Harmony, by James Reese Europe Post of the legion, Charles Sumner Post of the G. A. is] ‘War Veterans, Charles Sumner Corps, Sergt. George Berry Camp, Eva Allensworth Auxiliary and James Walker Post of the legion, and North- east Cemetery, by associated patriotic organizations, at a 2 o' S siding. Preceding the exercises in Hitchcock sonian party brought back two barrels of animal bones, gathered over a wide area, which they believe will prove that there were no large animals afterward exterminated. Their knives and fish- hooks were of stone and shell. Con- siderable artistic talent was displayed in their pottery. Krieger was able to recover only fragments bearing realistic ainmal figures. It was in their religion, Krieger says, that these Indians probably displayed their greatest intellectual advancement. There were gods symbolic of all the aspects of nature. Curious representa- tions of these gods are found molded in clay. The people raised corn, cotton, casava, peppers, frults and calabashes, The quality of their cotton hardly has been exceeded today. Apparently the island supported a large population. There were large vil- lages where now are found only hand- fuls of squatters. These were usually at the mouths of fresh-water streams. Much of this civilization, Krieger be- lieves, grew up independently. There is no evidence that there was any trade with the highly cultured Indian com- munities in Mexico and Central Amer- ica. The path of these people can be traced from the mouth of the Orinoco, but they introduced new arts after reaching Santo Domingo. None of the race is left today, although strong traces of Indian blood can be found in the interior. An example of the persistence of a culture was afforded when Krieger found people of the Negro city of Samara singing American hymns. In- vestigation revealed that this commu- nity was composed of descendants of colored people from Baltimore and Philadelphia, settled in Santo Domingo more -than a century ago. When the Haitians overran the neighboring re. public they wished to make it a per- manent conquest by changing the racial complexion of the population. So they induced American freedmen to settle there. Ever since they have consti- tuted an island in the midst of the Spanish population. He also entered the moldering ruins of the first white settlement in the New World, established by Columbus in 1494, two years after the discovery The village of Isabella held out for a long time. Parts of the stonework of the buildings still are standing. The streets also can be traced, Witnesses at Hearing Say Southern Railway Work Is Heavier. Br the Associated Press ‘Witnesses testified today at a hearing on the application of Southern Railway shopmen for increased wages that the employes deserved more money on ac- count of more difficult working con- ditions. The shopmen requested an increase of $1.50 a day and the Baltimore medi- ation board appointed a committee of six to pass upon the request. It will make its report after the hearings are concluded. Willlam Atchinson, assistant inter- national president of the Boiler Makers’ organization, and Roy Horn, general president of the International Brother- | hood of Blacksmiths, said today that although installation of machinery has made it possible to accomplish more work, the actual work performed by the employes is greater. They said the work is heavier and more difficult than before the machinery was installed. MIDSHIPMAN REWARDED. Charles Enright Weakley Receives Class 1897 Sword and Cup. The Class of 1897 Sword and Cup, which is awarded annually to the mid- shipman who has contributed most by his officer-like qualities and positive character to the development of naval spirit and loyalty within the regiment, has been awarded to Midshipman Charles Enright Weakley, first class. In making this announcement today. the Navy Department said that he will receive the sword and his name will be inscribed on the cup which is retained at_the Naval Academy. ‘Weakley's home is in St. Joseph, Mo. BACKS AIRPORT PLANS. | Capper Indorses Proposal for Early Action by Congress. The desire of the joint airport com- mission to make a start at this session of Congress, if possible, on legislation to provide adequatc air terminal facu- ities for Washington was indorsed to- day by Senator Capper. Republican, of Kansas, chalrman of the Senate Dis- | trict committee. Senator Capper said he was in favor of carrying out the recommendation of the airport commission for early action. cxpressing the belief that it 1s a project that should be begun without dela: Golf Bag Tax Rule Changes. NEW YORK. May 25 ().—Uncle Sam has been all wrong about canvas golf bags. His customs men classified them as_manufactures of cotton, and_there- fore subject to 40 per cent tariff when imported. A court ruled they were sporting equipment and taxable at 10 per cent. The court held it was imma- terial that the caddy used a bag more | than a player. last night when knocked down in front of 1131 Fifteenth street by the auto- | mobile of C. D. J. Kressley, Prince . Georges Gounty, Md. They were given | first aid at Episcopal Ear, Eye and Throat Hospital, and later taken to Emergency Hospital. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. The Women's Benefit Association will give a card party for the benefit of the | clubhouse at 1750 Massachusefts ave- | nue, 8:30 p.m. Public invited. | The Washington Unit League of Coast Guard Women will hold a rum- mage sale at 931 G _street northwest today and tomorrow. The proceeds will | be used to carry on welfare work of | the league among the personnel of the Coast Guard. | wilson Normal School Alumnae As- | sociation will hold a_banquet at the New Willard Hotel, 6:30 o'clock. Tickets | may be secured from Charles Hart. | card party will be given by the Leb- | anon Chapter, O. E. S. home board ! at Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachu- setts avenue northwest, 8:30 p.m. | Card party for benefit of Ketcham- | Van Buren Parent-Teacher Association | will be held at Masonic Hall, Four- | teenth and U streets. southeast, tonight at 8:30. 'URE. “Sex Side of Life” will be discussed at the Washington Open Forum, 808 1 street northwest, tomorrow afternoon, | 3 o'clock, by Mrs. Zella W. Newcomb, | editor of Troubadour Magazine; Mrs. Emma M. Marsh of the American Theosophical Society and Miss Adele Smith, ‘Workers' School. National Press Club will hold a re- ception and entertainment in honor of the visiting European journailsts Mon- day evening at 8:30 o'clock. Band or- chestra. Motion pictures of Washing- ton. past, present and future. Members and male guests. Mass meeting of the Citizens' Service | Association will be held at Foundry M. E. Church tomorrow afternoon, 3 o'clock. | Speakers will include Leo Rover, United States district attorney: Representative | Stalker and Bishop James Cannon, jr., |of the Methodist Episcopal Church | South. The Chaminade Glee Club will sing. A. A. U. W. invites college women | and’ friends on'a walk tomorrow after- {noon. Meet at Chain Bridge station (Cabin John car line) at 2:45 o'clock. Hike over towpath as far as the stone | shack near Sycamore Island station. | Bring supper. Leaders, the Misses | Stone. | The executive board of the American | Women's Legion will meet at the Wil- lard Hotel Monday at 11 am. North Capitol Citizens’ Association will meet Monday evening at 8 o'clock in room 130, McKinley High School Bullding. Meeting of the Mid-City. Citizens' As- sociation will be held at the Thomson | School Monday, 8 pm. Capt. H. C. | Whitehurst, co-ordinating officer and | chief engineer of the District, will pre- sent, street-widening plans, particularly | Thirteenth street. | Hoover Gladd;ns Hi By Gl‘Et Of White House Possum as Mascot ‘The Hyattsville High School base ball team considers itself the luckiest nine in the country today, for this morning President Hoover gave them the White House possum as a mascot. The permission was given after five athletic leaders of the school yesterday called at the White House in an effort to identify the possum that strayed into the grounds of the Executive Mansion as the one which had brought their ;eam luck all Winter, but recently was lost. When the “first possum of the land" refused to come out of his White House kennel, however, the students left a| pnote with Mr. Hoover's secretary, point. | gh School Ball Team ing out that they would like to have the President’s possum to “counteract any influence for bad luck” in the event their own possum had found his way into the hands of competitors. The attention of the students was first attracted to the White House ’possum by publication of its picture in The Star. The animal looked so like their own Billy they believed it was their mascot. “With the White House 'possum f 1 | ing appropriately fell also on foday, when the $13,567,000 contract of the Consolidated Engineering Co. to “erect | the superstructure officially begins. This contract, which is by far the largest vet awarded in the public building pro- gram in Washington, runs for 1,100 days and means that the Department | of Commerce Building is to be finished | by May 30, 1952, s Foundation Finished. ‘The Consolidated Co. last Thursday finished the work of building the foun- dation for the Commerce Building, and today preliminary work on the super- structure was under way. A few con- crete waterproofers were at work, and a fence was being constructed around | the entire area. The huge foundation | is the longest in the city, being consid~ | erably longer than that of the National Capitol. The building covers the arca between Fourteenth, Fifteenth, B and E streets. It is believed that John H. Elgen, superintendent for the Consolidated, who has been in charge of building the foundation. will be continued on the job to erect the superstructure. He is an experienced buflder, having served as superintendent on both the Department of Interior and the Mayflower Hotel Buildings. Mr. Kramer represents the archi- tects. York & Sawyer of New York City. and will have charge of the in- spection of construction. ‘The Government- is represented in the building of the structure by C. H. Branscombe, construction engineer of the office of supervising architect, Treasury Department. First steel for the Commerce Build- ing is expected to arrive about June 15. It is being fabricated by the American registrar of the Washington | Bridge Co. REV. WILLIAM S. MARTIN DIES IN TENNESSEE President of Potomac Conference, Seventh-Day Adventists, Was on Lecture Trip. Rev. Willilam S. Martin, president of the Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, died suddenly at Ooltewah, Tenn., according to word received hers vesterday. Rev. Mr. Martin was on a visit in Tennessee with a view to delivering a series of lectures at Junion College. it was stated today at Seventh-day Ad- ventists’ headquarters. He came here about four vears ago from Glendale. Calif.. and resided at 16 Montgomery avenue, Takoma Park. Rev. Mr. Martin was an associate ed- itor of the Liberty publication opposirg Sunday blue laws. He had been in the ministry about 30 years. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. R. G. Schaffner and Mrs. D. A. Ochs. The daughters resics in California. . DOG PETE LOSES HIMSELF Anxiety to Share in Rum Chase Leads to His Undoing. In addition to being a police dog, Pete is a policeman’s dog. and when he left home over the backyard fence ves- terday he may have been on official business for all Mrs. George M. Little knows. At any rate Pete has been tugging at his leash lately every time his master, Sergt. Little, drove off from home in pursuit of rum runners. As the only police dog of the liquor squad chief Pflz presumably thought he ought to go along. Not long after Sergt. Little's de- parture yesterday Pete broke awav and vaulted the fence. But Sergt. Little is sometimes a hard man to locate. Pete never found him. If any one sees a steel gray police dog on the lookout for suspicious cus- tomers he can win a friend in court by returning Pete to 1260 Neal street northeast. a mascot nothing can stop us now exclaimed Willlam Robinson, captain of the base ball team, which enters the State championship series next week, | when informed of the President’s gen- erosity toda, P A representative of a company em- >loying 5,000 collectors recently testifisd n 2 London court that in all its history t had only once prosecuted a woman for embezziement.