Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1929, Page 17

BEN W. SWOFFORD SPEAKS FIRST IN ORATORIGAL TEST German Official Draws Kan- sag City Youth’s Name From List First. REPRESENTATIVES OF 9 COUNTRIES TO COMPETE English Language. Spoken Only by | Two Contestants, Opens and Closes Contest. USRI Ben W. Swofford of Kansas City, Mo., champion of the United States in the Fourth International Oratorical Con- test, will be the first speaker in the contest finals in Constitution Hall on the night of October 26. This was determined by lot at the hands of . Dr. O. C. Kiep, charge daffaires of the German Embassy here, who made the drawings for the speak- ing order of the nine contenders !er the world championship, it was annou today by Rlndolph Leigh, director gen- eral of the contes The names of t.he nine competing na- the finals were ‘;rmzn Dr. 0. C. the order . Klep, cf in hlehlhe Oratorieal Contest own contender in "affaires of the German -l‘l-y contestants will speak in the Fourth International He is shown with l-sulmnl Iuh,Wlllllnl“ll nulu American national finals, who assisted him. The Foening Star ‘'WASHINGTON, D. C., , determining ~—Star Staff Photo. TRACES OF AN AGE OF IVORY ARE FOUND IN ALASKA SANDS Man of Thousands of Years Ago Reached a Stage of Mechanical and Artistic Culture, Museum Exhibits Show. BY T. R. HENRY. In the bleak tundras of Northwestern Alaska man passed through an age of ivory, during which he nuhod s high l'ue of mechanical and aritstic culture. This was thousands of years ago, long before the dawn of recorded history in the Western world. Then the genius and drifting sands bured its delicate handicraft, and it was as if a page had | Washington, will be discussed b of this ivory age declined, winds, flood . | been blotted out of the history of the race. SiemiAdince of the Welma Gon “The ice Of e I stitution to the Youth of A Roberto years 8go, declared the first world’s champlon, was tmmhfl'petkerontheprwnmo! five contestants. Orturo Garcia Formenti, Mexican who won' the second inter- years ago, was the PAINT GROUP GIVEN LEGISLATIVE REPORT Bodies Will Dedicate Building To- day as Memorial to Norris B. Gregg. Reports of committees featured a Joint session of the National Paint, Oil and Varnish Association, Inc., and the American Paint and Varnish ‘Manufac- turers’ Association, Inc., meeting in the Hayflower Hotel today. Consideration of items of tariff and certain legisla- tion dealing directly or indirectly with the paint and varnish industry was scheduled to come up later in the day. A feature of today’s program will be the dedication at 4 o'clock this afier- noon of the Gregg Memorial Building, 2201 New York avenue, in memory of the late Norris B. Gregg, for many years a leading figure among the paint and vamish men. E. J. Cornish of New York, one of the leaders of the organi- zation, 1 be one of the speakers at the dedicatory ceremony. The building has been used for a number of years as an experimental lab- oratory for the paint and varnish in- dustry and will continue to be used as such. It has recently been repaired and more fully equipped. The American Paint and Varnish Manufacturers’ Association opened its convention in the Mayflower yesterday morning, while the National Paint, Oil and Varnish Association will have the formal opening of its convention proper tonight IQ 8:30 o'clock. The member- ship of the latter mmflon includes dealers in both the finished products of paint and varnish, together with the dealers in various raw materials used in paint and varnish manufacture. HOOVER MAY ATTEND. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical anthropology at the National Museum, has just finished unj col- » large lection of ivory objects, m‘lnl from battle % hich he collected dian, and whose ‘nle probably is the and wl culture ly e first to have existed on the American continent. This eollll:tlon has been placed on exhibition on the ground fioor of the Museum. Discovered Gulture Trace. From time to time, Dr. Hrdlicka points out, various delicately carved ivory objects, picked up on Alaskan beaches, have come to the attention of scientists and aroused wonder, but he ‘The exk\ene! of this culture, Dr. Hrdlicka says, supports his contention unt the American continents were first from Northern Asia by way of they brought | Si duen f.he hm uvm; conditions of the new ‘There is no :vldenoe, he points inical artist &- might suggest the array instruments in a dentist’s or mrlmn- office. There are numerous- styles of picks, awls, drills, needles, gouges, scrappers, etc., with which, the native’ workmen pled ‘their es. There are also cruder instruments, “ill; ‘The _collection contains many tools for use in making nets, ornately deco- rated fish spears, spoons, knives and kitchen utensils, and purely ceremonial objects ornamented with human figures, which show a great amount of delicate carving. The designs, says Dr. Hrdlicka, are notable for the use of graven curved Mnes fitted into realistic ‘These do not ordinarily appear in the work nr'x?r?m i pegpl? | craftsmansht; esent _ivory e dh Tal es and geo- l;-n:w Although it probably o e, it represents conside: %&m’e, according to &nl'.h&nhn sclentist, can be con- nected directly with the ancient cul- ture of Northern Asia and with that of the Indian tribes which appear at a later time south of Alaska, although its form “continually was influenced by the ehanging envlnmmm& and the necessi- ties of the people. The picture as reconstructed by Dr. Hrdllckl is '.hlt of a migrating being pushed in their search for abun- dant fish and game farther and farther eastward in Siberia, and eventually crossing the narrow division between Kamchatka and Alaska, accidently at first, but in slowly increasing mn-nben. In their old home they had had an advanced Stone Age culture, modified to meet the requirements of a hunting people. .Once in the St. Lawrence Islands and the northwestern shore of able mltcrlll at hand was ivory ob- tained from the tusks of walrus, to whl they. transferred their Stone Age ry. It is likely that the very na- t\lre of the ivory itself contributed to their artistic develovment It would take & fine polish from sand, a chal- lenge to the patience of the. workman and ® stimulus to his artistic sense. fid graven on the ivory, a design wo endure for all time. Drifted Southward. But the cold, bleak, barren environ- ment was not such as to stimulate the evolutlon of a gelt and endunnc tul- ture. President Invited to Participate in | ook Armistice Day Ceremonhl. President Hoover has under advisement an invitation to putlupm in the ceremonies to be conducted un- der the auspices of the American Le- llon here on the night of November 11 to commemorate Armistice day. The invitation was extended by Senators Reed of Pcnnlylvnnll and Robinson of to_be held in mmlu mm mll of fin'm"" of | due ’md as Indian and prosperous. ‘The of this ivory -culture; sa: Dr. Hrdlfil. cannot u%mm from ’. present evidence. “All We can say,” he says, "h that it is very old.” The facts that m ivory eultm Te- mnl.n:: ‘uhx:dmwcufi n‘mm partly objects long were collected and sold to * 4 people | of Bering Sea, they found the most dur-} dealers to be cut up and sold as com- mercial ivory, without realizing that they were of far more value in their original conditio: = PROBE WOULD FIX RUMBUYER'S GUILT Sheppard - Proposes . Inqujry to Determine if U. S. May Prosecute Purchaser. By thedkssociated Press. An inquiry to determine whether the Government may prosecute buyers ol liquor under section 6 of the Volstead act which prohibits manufacture, sale or purchase of liguor without a. per- mn was proposed today hy Senstor Democrat, of Texas, author ol the eighteenth amendment. Sheppard, in a statement, .sai would ask Attorney General lfltchfl] to “institute an inquiry wita a vicw to lednc if a policy of enforcement against the purchaser ol liquor for beverage instituted m;pau may be under sec- Holds Buyer Guilty. ‘The Texan said a recent decision of a Kentucky Federal judge, who instructed & grand jury to return lnfllmmnu un- der the section, might “result in E:;\ish.ment of such buyers under emb law if sustained by the highest court,” but he added that all question ought ty be removed. “No one can escape the proposition,” he said, “that the buyer of intoxicating liquor is equally guilty with the seller, if the liquor traffic is to be considered % Shej - ",d posed ppard recently proj an amend- ment to the act which would provide for prosecution of the buyer of liquor. Holrllc Doubts Effectiveness, Little would be ed in the en- !omment of prohibition by enactment of the bill introduced by Senator Shep- rd, F. Scott McBride, national super- tendent of the Anti-Saloon League, mefl in a l&c!fil l&. ellnlr‘ner of dry ni e Valley Forge Hotel, Norristown, Pa., last night. Dr. McBride declared the importance of the Sheppard bill has been greatly i exaggerated. He sald: “The bill introduced by Senator Sheppard to make the purchaser as ,'ullty as the seller has as yet had no formal consideration by either the ex- ecutive or administrative committee of the Anti-Saloon League, but it seems }. to. me the importance of this matter has been greatly exaggerated. Its ef- fect on the entorcement of prohibition would be very slight. The real issue between the wets and the drys is pro- hibition and its enforcement. To blck up the administration in its ive en(ouex‘x’\enl program should be the goal rys. “It is an open question as to whether the Sheppard measure would help en- forcement. - ‘Many that it h:gndm e than s el a sale of lor made in the presence of a third pu‘l;’t The conviction of the seller must l!moet invariably depend ‘upon the testimony of the buyer. To accomplish the con- viction of any buyer it would be neces- sary to grant immunity to the seller. Constitution Clause Cited. “The fifth amendment to the Constitu- tion of the United States provides, ‘No person shall be wmfeflzd in any crimi- nal case to be a against him- nme!l.' d'zz‘o‘xnn: {:Agm:nlty to ‘tuh; seller order to gef uyer. wor of doubtful vmd'/.sm It would seem, t‘l’:’ére fore, that this proposed le(l.ullfllm can wisely wait until the lawyers in gress thrash out fully its import. “Such legislation has already been tried and repealed in one or two States. Many drys believed it to be harmful. Besides the present statutes as to pos- session, transportation, conspiracy and also as to buying and selling, particu- luly under gennn will doubtless prove Just as effective as the proposed amend- ment.” Mhndl Bus Routing Parley. vice chairman of the H. Hartman, Pllbl.lc " Utdlities went Baltimore today to sit with the Mary- | pass Wy L - Comm| ission at a Exbue huflnt on the matter of routing tate through Baltimore streets. uhlnm ‘commission lor October 23, and Mr, Hartman wanted familiarize himself with the problem as it exists in other cities, | to | uninjured. PARK BOARD T0 GET PARKING PROBLEMS AT JOINT MEETING Planning Commission and Fine Arts Group to Have Session Together. MONUMENTS’ LOCATION ALSO TO BE DISCUSSED Handling of Traffic in Triangle Ex- pected to Be Subject of Report to Treasury. A joint recommendation concerning automobile parking in the triangle where the great Government bullding program is now under way, and the lo- cation of street car lines in that area to expedite traffic, is expected to be made to the Treasury Department soon, as a result of a combined meeting of the National Capital Park and Planning Commmlon and the Fine Arts Com- to be held Friday. {The latter body wfll hold a two-day meeting, com~ H mencing Lieut. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, explained today that that group Wfll elect & chlll' man in succession to Lieut. Gen. Jadwin, who recently reth’ed from '-he service upon ruchlns the statutory age of 64 years, For the first time, Maj. 0XTOW. W EDNESDAY, OCTOBER. 16, 1929. DANCERS TO PARTICIPATE IN MUSICAL COMEDY | George Washington U Park, December 15-21. who will have parts in the Gen. Lytle Brown, the new chief of Army engineers, who is ex-officio, ‘member of the commission, will be of clally present. He attended the last month’s meeting of the commission, but in an unofficial capacity as an observer. Will Discuss Drive. Plans for the fort drive, linking up the chain of Civil War forts m‘t?xd e rk body Fourteen out of the 22 forts ve been purchased, Col Grant said, but it has been found necessary modify the 1901 plan, due to the fact that some of the land formerly occu- pled by the forts has been built upon, and is not available to work into the fort_drive schege. Discussion of various monuments will likewise come before the National Clpl- '-ll Plrk and Pllnnin‘ ‘Commission, plans for the Rock Creel k wd Powmlc Purkwly. lumzr ‘which some siight chlnm from the original plan will come to a focus. A site for the monument to Oscar Straus, former Sec- retary of Commerce, will be discussed. This monpment was authorized last year by Ccnmu. but a site has not yet been selected by the trustees. ‘The advice of the Fine Arts Com- n will be sought on this topic n t.he jotnt ting. ~The estion has been forward that me- morial the park which is to hketh&:lwegl:’l;e g Pnlbul} along souf of Pennsylvan! avenue, between Wnth and Pif- teenth streets. This park will face the new Depuunent of Commerce now un- der_construction. Details relating to Meridian Hill Park will be gone into by the commission, some technical &:uunns remaining-to be taken up at joint_session. ‘The National Capital Park lnd Plan- ning Commission will inquire particu- larly about what subjects the Fine Arts Commission thinks should be pushed at this time. About & year and a half ago the two commissions got together . | President CAPITAL T0 HONOR EDISON MONDAY Electrical Display, Parts of Which Will Last All Week, to Be Started. Monday Washington will honor Thomas A. Edison in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of his in- vention of the incandescent lamp. Hoover and other guests are listening to his eulogies at a banquet at Dearborn, Mich., an elec- trical display will be begun here, por- tions of which will be repeated nightly throughout the week. At a meeting )ut nl.m ot m com- mittee in charge rangements tor the nfl;ir wm nounced. Several details, however, yet remain- to be attended to. owertl Echien: ‘Three powerful ts, one on the Mall mfl the other two af urn positions in the northeast west sections of the ecity, Wll.l flood the sky. The light to be placed on the Mall is the property of the Army and is ‘he largest of its kind in this country. The two other lights are being donated by the District of Columbia Nlflflnll Guard, Army officials at Bolling Field luve agreed to permit several airplanes te :enl:n discussed problems of mutual in- Revisions in grades of the Mall de- signs will occupy the attention of the two bodies and the public bulldings pro- gram in general will be considered. ’rhe Fine Arts Commission, whic! meet tomorrow and Friday, will evm its attention to designs or the expeditionary medal of #the Marine Corps, the proposed statue of Leif Erics- I | son for Iceland, and a statue of Henry Clay to be erected at Caracas, Vene- zueld. Likewise, the commission will to Queen Isabella erected here by the Daughters of Isabella, its secretary, H. P. Caemmerer, has announced. APARTMENT TENANT FINDS CASH IN DEBRI {Woman's Rent Money Had Been Bhoveled to Hall by Firemen After Blaze. Firemen shoveling debris late yester- jday from an eighth-floor apartment in the Conard, at Thirteenth and I streets, after twoscore residents had. hastened to the street before the smoke from a small blaze, uncovered $42 in a paste- board box which the oceupant, Mrs, Jacqueline Wolfe, had secreted against the day when her rent would come due. Mrs, Wolfe came home in time see the firemen finishing up their job. She told them about the money, and every one began to search the debris, which had been removed to the corri- dor. The money, found beneath a™pile of charred remnants, was returned to the owner intaet. ‘Two colored men, James Hawkins and John _Carter, janitors, were cleaning Mrs. Wolfe's floors when the lace cur- tains caught fire from a blazing awning outside the window. The awning prob- ably was set afire by a clmm drop- from above, they said. Although most o( the furniture had been removed the, flames quickly npu.d t the apartment and a ‘cloud of !mo e rolled down the corridor. The janitors notified the elevator b:x and ;v"ahboll‘d operator, who warned resi- lents. B i WOMAN SERIOUSLY HURT IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT Beligved to Have Sfiffered Skull j:nctuta ‘When Autos Collide. Husband Escapes Injury. Mrs. John L. Simpson, 22, of 604 E street northeast is in a serlous condition at Casualty Hospital as & result of in- juries suffered early this morning when e were iven by Batemen of Ardmore, Md., was in col- lym with another machine at Chever- She was brought to the hospital in a ing automobile and treated by Dr. J. Rogers Young, who said she sustained a possible fractured skull, concussion of the brain and a fractured left forearm in addition to several contusions and lacerations to the face and body. Her husband and Bateman ele:p-d The hine mac! badly Theldenmyoflbedflvorol car was not learned. s [lve its views on thag:opoud memorial { Washi give a demonstration. The aircraft will fly over the city, lpofled by the search- lights and dropping flares. More than 100 downw'n merchants are preparing lighting displays for their show windows, which also will contain ch | plctures and plaques of the great in- ventor. Instead of the essay contest, as was planned_for the public lchoou Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, has sent a letter to all school principals directing that.in each of the element- ary, junior and senior high schools of ington “time be devoted Monday to special ceremonies of Edison. These will consist principally in the reading of pupen pnp-ud by pupils and speeches on the life and work of the inventor ol the incandescent light. Special Movie Features. ‘The incipal moving picture houses have pmn!d to show special Edison features. Throughout the Stanley- Crandall chain, there will be picturss of Edison and music of 50 years ago. One of the features of the celebration 1 be a model electric home at 6203 Fourteenth street undor the auspices of the Electric League of Washington. The house will be - completely fur- nished and fitted throughout with the most modern electrical appliances. One room will bs devoted to an exhibit of lights, showing the history and flevelop- ment of the incandescent lamp. In an- other room will be displayed large’ modern lamps. The committee in charge attempted to obtain permission to place a large electric plaque of Edison on the roof, but this was refused by District su- thorities on the grounds that it would to|be an advertisement and therefore for- bidden, Permission also was refused to color all the street lights from Lafayette Square, along Bixteenth street to the le] home, golden. Pg'dhe celebration called “Light's Golden Drlnclpll ‘born, Jubllee,” is Nnunn-wm ceremonies will be in Dear President Hoover will be a luefi. lnd Owen D. Younc. chairman of the re) rations , Will be toastmasf During She uet every light in the city w!u be e: and Edison will throw the switeh Which set in mo- tion his original machinery, thus il- lumlnnunl the blnquet hall./ SAMUEL BROOKES DIES S ITMES SToEK = SALE IS STUDIED 2 JACKSON EDWARDS Of the United States Park Police, who went on the retired list today following 25 years an the force. - Bride and Purchasers’ Coun- sel in Conference Believed to Be Last. Corporation Counsel Bride today e: fi‘;fi:r c%! sbu:;k of the Wnshé{:'mnw %nls .. before re ending e Public Utilities Oonm:n ‘what action | to pursue in the matter. His conferees were members of the Piper, Carey and Hall, Balti- representing f New York, im more - For GALLINGER ‘CREDIT SYSTEM IS URGED BY DR. HAVENNER Immediate Adoption of In- staliment Paying Recom- mended. CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH GIVEN AFTER INSPECTION Conditions Declared Satisfactory After Unannounced Visit to Criticized Institution. by"l'ln Troubadors” at Wardman | Present is entirely satisfactory. ly co-eds presentation Left I. H'ht' Janet Esch, Vivian Ward, Carolyn Jackson and Dorothy Schenken.-—Star Staff Photo. MENACE TO HOM , SEENBY PAST Sunday School Speaker Outlines Factors in Training of Child: ‘The first business session vention convened this afternoon, featured by reports of the work u( m when greeted organization and announcements. A |8nhd seemed pleased late Comdr. | they said. was e Charles E. Jewell, U. S. N., for many | and conclusive pmnf. tha | years active head of the { religious education, was given by Dr. De Bries. The principal address will be delivered by Rev. Dr..Robert testimonial to “Conce! brmn: largely concerned in engineer- Heal wmnn ‘Bride rep«tvlnmln- port by the of Justice on the m een ago, but which has never been released for yuhunum ‘The two reports are expected to be re- leased tomorrow by the Pub’ic uum.us ‘Commission, o TR S ice report and for the repeated con- ferences between Mr. Bride and counsel for the purchasers is the expected il- legality of the purchase under the! La Follette anti-merger act. If the re- | ports show there has been a violation of this law, the commission will prob- ably go to court to have the sale set aside. y AR “DRY” ORDERS RESISTED.| Ford Workers Object Because Em- ployen Immune. JANEIRO, October. 16 wused _disturbances. p ordered the captain. of| the steamer Tuchua not to sell alcohol drinks to the workers. The lnboreu objected and the captain appealed to the prefect who lifted the restriction. Meet to Discuss Welfare i’rugnm. AFTER BRIEF JLLNESS Chief Clerk at, District Jail Is Vic- tim of Heart Attack at 43. Samuel C. Brookes, 43, for many years chief clerk at the District jall, died at | m| Lis home, at 2952 Thayer street north- east, this morning, after an iliness of three days. Death resulted from heart attack. Entering the service of the District government in 1914, Brookes was as- slcned to clerical duty “d’f: jall, and promoted to chief clerk, a pu-l- uan which he hald continuously, with the exception of 18 months’ Inwrru tlon for service in the World War, to Plans for the Fall and Winter von of the Je Welfare ration will unity Cente meeting since the return from ‘luvp‘ of Maj. Julius I. Peyser, president. of the f ition. lupnr{:e:t work accom- pl::hucdd during the Summer will be sub- fore Wehmhoff, place of Righ Bish%ol ‘Washington, 'hn is out of of the em- the Johnston ‘The two Representatives find the the in construction wmmmmmm tlllnnc!. llm of Dr. Havenner, are ive Wlfll‘&flnbl- mmfi:{u evidence t nt of | are well treated. The; thlmbkmhm ‘BYRON L. WEHMHOFF RECEIVES PROMOTION Appointed Technical Director of Tests to Fill Vacaney in Gov- ernment Printing olu. | St e N, et noun S 3 . who ) to be- yesterday of the Crane at Dalton, Mass. mxu; . Printer to a native of Tacoma, Wash- !nflvgn m-mmuammmmy Yenn in the chemlul Edgewood Arsenal, the service of the Ou Mr. 'lort.h.ree Carter. Husband’s Version'of Domestic “Scene” Doubted by Judge, Who It{xposes Fine|*¢ SRS K There, being two versions of what took policeman and had him charged with T EE i MEETING DATE CHANGED. . Police: Trial Board ‘Sessions Set for Wednesday. the day set for. lice _trial . boa be from ‘Thursday o Wednesday. it corponuan Counsel Walter YALE CLU CLUB ELECTS anmvmm ar ' pmtdth:tvfi annual dubmeflngn'tham SENATOR NYE TO SPEAK. E § i § i ", 5% 9] %g ) i 3 | fuiti i g