Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1929, Page 21

. SGENES IN AFRICA VIEWED BY SOCIETY Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson Also Reproduce Sounds of Jungle. ‘Washington society was treated last | night to a realistic presentation of sounds of wild life and motion pictures of primitive scenes in Africa, with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, famous ex- plorers in this fleld of science, giving | their personal experiences of their pho- | tographic éxpeditions, The host was | his highness, Prince Albert de Ligne, | the Belgian Ambassador, and the Bel- gian embassy, 1780 Massachusetts ave- | nue, was the .setting for the unusual | presentation, | Mrs. Johnson imitated the sounds of various wild animals encountered dur- ing the African night and the dis- tinguished guests applauded her. The Belgian Ambassador, in a brief pre- | liminary address, informed his audience | that Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are sched- | uled to sail November 2 on a new trip | to Africa for two years. Filming of the gorilla in its habitat in the Belgian Kongo is the objective of this expedi- tion, he explained. Sanctuary Maintained. Prince de Ligne asserted that the national park, named for King Albert in the Belgian Kongo, comprises some 500.000 acres as a real sanctuary fo be kept entirely wild, no animals being permitted to be killed there, nor any harm done to trees or plants. Admis- sion is gained to the area only by spe- clal permission, he said, and a scientific library is to be established to enable men of learning to study flora and fauna. Belgian, British, French, Dutch. Swedish and American savants will have & part in the supervision of the e area. Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborne, presi- | dent of the American Museum of Nat- ural History, and Dr. John C. Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institution. who was a guest, are the American members on the supervisory body, the Ambassador said. Mrs. Johnson told her audience about her African home in Lake Paradise. where houses were built out of logs, with mud walls and grass roofs. Seeds from the United States enabled her to have a splendid flower and vegetable garden, and she was even able to blanch celery by having little houses built over it. She told of personal touches in fllm- ing big game and shooting animals that came too close for safety to life and limb. She smoked her first and last cigarette—a cheap variety purchased for the African boys—on a buffalo ex- pedition, she declared. Shoeoting With Camera. Many women have asked her about thooting big game, she explained, but she pointed out that it was quite a dif- ferent matter to shoot the wild animals with a camera, because one has to gst. closer for photographic purposes. The rhinoceros she characterized as “the nastiest animal in all of Africa.” Her job, she said, was to keep the bead of her rifie trained on the approaching wild animal's brain, while her husband turned the crank. A further insight into Trader Horn's country was given by Mr. Johnson, who gave an introductory talk and then ex- plained the films as they were beinz shown. The Belgian national forest in the Congo, he said, is the home of the ygmy people and additional study of these is proj . as well as research into the little red buffalo, the pygmy elephant and the pygmy hippopotamus. Prominent among the guests were: Ambassador Paul Claudel of France, Ambassador Nobile Giacomo de Martino of Italy, Lady Isabella Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter, Mr. and Mrs. Flem- ing Newbold, Mr. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director of the Pan-American Union, the Egyptian Minister and Mme. Samy Pasha, Louis Wiley of the New York Times, Viscount de Lantsheere, first secretary of the em- bassy; Counsul General and Mrs. White- ly of Baltimore; Secretary and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams. Wing Com- mander and Mrs. T. G. Hetherington of the British embassy, and Mr. and Mrs. H. H Sims of the Britith embassy. MEDICAL BODY TO MEET. Prominent Surgeons to Speak at Annual Virginia Doctors’ Meeting. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, October 19.—Dr. Hugh 8. Cumming, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Serv- ice, and Dr. Charles R. Stockard of the Cornell University School of Medicine, Ithaca, N.Y., are to be speakers at the annual meeting of the Virginia Medi- | cal Soclety at the University of Vir- ginia, Charlottesville, October 22-24. At the dedication of the new uni- versity medical building, to take place in conjunction with the Medical So- ciety meeting, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Becretary of the Interior and president (on leave) of Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif, will deliver the principal address. Arthur Plante and his house, near Malone, N. Y., which lies athwart the United States-Canadian boundary line. foreground is on American soil, the part to the right of the post on Canadian, Because of difficulties arising under laws establishing immigrant quotas from people entering this country from Canada, Plante has been barred from the house 10 the left of the post. He lives in the part at the right. He has made it weath- erproof and erected partitions in the shed so he and his wife can live in comfort. soll for 30 years before applying for per- | He declares he had been on Ameris Local immigration officials at Malone have given mission to live in the house. no specific reason for their refusal. l BARRED FROM HOME HALF IN U. S. ' THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, S The part to the left of the post in the —Assoclated Press Photo. | NOFFATT WANES PRELIMNARY TR Stock Broker Is Held to Grand Jury in $15,000 Bond on Not Guilty Plea. William Lee Moffatt, Washington stock broker, arrested by Policeman Robert J. Allen in the latter's latest investigation, pleaded not guilty to a charge of larceny after trust in Police Court yesterday, waived a preliminary hearing and was held for the action of the grand jury on $15,000 bond. An effort was made by Attorney James Rellly, representing William E. Leahy, Moffatt's lawyer, to have the bond re- duced, but the request was denied. Harrison Orndorff, 1300 block of Fair- mont street, the complainant in the charge against Moffatt, claims that he gave the broker 100 shares of Citles Service stock as collateral for some Chase National Bank stock. which he wished to obtain. Orndorff said that although the stocks went up, he never has recelved any money. Moffatt, through Attorney Reilly, stated that all of his dealings had been performed in a strictly business way. Saying that he had committed no criminal act, he stated that those seek- ing redress should seek it through the civil courts. Jonas Rudolph, 600 block of E street southeast, who says that Moffatt owes him a large sum of money, appeared in Police Court. He expressed the hope that he would get some of his money back, as it was all that he possessed. He said that Attorney Leahy assured him that he would get all that was due him. 5 Policeman Allen said that he and Capt. Emmett Doyle of the eighth pre- cinct had located several other who accused Moffatt.. Allen sa he would escort them to Police Court soon to offer- their complaints, TAXI DRIVER RESCUED WHILE INHALING GAS, John Shymanski, 27-year-old taxicab driver, attempted suicide shortly before midnight last night, police said, in the | kitchen of his home at 406 Virginia avenue southeast by inhaling gas. He was found in an unconscious condi- tion with a gas tube in his mouth and removed to Casualty Hospital, where physicians this morning said that his condition was sérious. Shymanski was treated by members of the PFire Rescue Squad No. 1 and || when efforts to revive him failed the | Casualty Hospital ambulance was sum- moned and Dr. J. Rogers Young ordered his_removal to the hospital. The man, who is married and the father cf three children, is said to havc || attempted to leap from the second story window of a house in the 1300 block of D street southeast, where he was vis- || At that time, ac- || cording to a physician from Casualty || iting Friday night. Hospital, Shymanski was advised to un- dergo treatment at Gallinger Hospital, but refused. renons | d that | Washington Rapid Transit Company MRS, LYDIG DIES; | SOCETY LEADER {New York’s Most Notable Hostess Was Former Wife of W. E. D. Stokes. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 19.—Mrs. Rita De Acosta Lydig, for many years a leader of New York society and cultutre, and considered its most notable hostess, former wife of W. E. D. Stokes and later flancee of the late Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, died at 1:30 p.m. to- day at the Hotel Gotham. Death was attributed to anemia, the same malady | from which Dr. Grant suffered. Mrs. Lydig had been seriously ill at the Gotham for the last week, where she had been a guest for a month. Only g;:d nurse was at the bedside when she Her body was removed to the home of a sister, Mrs, Abram Poole, where pri- vate funeral services will be held to- morrow. Besides Mrs. Poole, three other sis- ters survive. They are: Mrs. Henry S. Breckenridge, New York; Mrs. A. R. Sargent of Harvard, Mass.; Mrs. Fred- erick Shaw of Dublin, Ireland, and a ?{mt{ler, Ricardo De Acosta, of New ork. ‘Wants Compulsory Golf. WHITE PLAINS, October 19 (#).— John G. Anderson, noted golfer, would have instruction in golf compulsory in public schools. He made the proposal I; l. speech before the Lions and Ro- rians. MISHAP TO YACHT LOSES §10,000 TRIP Nip-and-Tuck Chicago-Mil- waukee Race Ends When Doris Hits Obstruction. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 19.—Mizpah, yacht de luxe, owned and skippered by Comdr. Eugene F. McDonald, jr., was declared winner of the $10,000 round- trip race to Milwaukee today when the Doris, steam yacht piloted by Capt. Roy Allen, struck a submerged obstruction off Kenosha and was forced to dock. The race, staged to settle a friendly grudge between the two skippers after a Summer-long debate on which craft ‘was the faster, was a nip-and-tuck af- fair up to the time when the Doris was disabled. Passengers Hurled to Deck. The 25 passengers aboard the latter boat were hurled to the deck, such was the force with which the Doris crashed the obstruction. None was severely hurt, however. Each of the captains posted $5,000 g:evtoux to the race, the agreement ing that the winner present the total purse to charity. The stake holder was Harry T. Hollingshead, noted sports- man. The two palatial racers, largest pleas- ure yachts out of Chicago harbors, leaped ahead under full power when the sumnf signal was given this morning. In addition to settling the “grudge” the novel race was to prove the relative superiority of internal combustion en- gines over steam, or vice versa. Mizpah is powered by two Diesel engines, e the Doris relies on its powerful steam cylinders. In Lead at First. Under forced draft the Doris crept into the lead at first, and was three lengths ahead of Comdr. McDonald's boat when they were seen by observers off Grosse lPolnt. But this lead was not to be kept long. 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BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, October 19 (#)~—High mass was sald today in the cathedral in meémory of the Slovene student Viadimir Gortan, who was ex- ecuted at Pola, Italy, last Thursd: after conviction of “offense to the state in firing on voters during the last elec- tion. The cathedral was crowded with sobbing women. Later students held a meeting in front of the cathedral at whicn the speakers compared the action of Italy with the execution of Sacco and Van- zetti, Italian radicals convicted of mur- der during a pay roll robbery in Massa- chusetts. A demonstration near the Italian consulate also was held. YOUTH IS EXONERATED IN AUTOMOBILE DEATH Accident,” Is Verdict of Cor- oner at Harrisonburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va., October 19.— A verdict that Miss Lena Coffman, 50, who was run down by an automobile on the Flkton pike last night, met death as the result of an “unavoidable ac- cident” and exonerating Ray Temple- man, Elkton youth, the driver of the machine, was-returned today by Magis- trate L. H. Bruce, as acting coroher. Witnesses testified that Miss Coff- man stepped into the th of the ‘Templeman automobile, which was be- ing operated at a moderate rate of 3’"" Templeman was driving the kton High School girls’ basket ball team to Timberville, Miss Coffman, employed in Harrison- burg, will be buried at Elkton today. She made her home with her sister, Miss Annie Coffman, residing three miles west of Elkton. l G Street at Eleventh ‘Woman, 50, Died in “Unavoidable | 1929—PART ONE. COAST-COAST AR - SERVICE PLANNED Officials of Two Companies| to Make Final Decision at Kansas City Soon. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, October 19.—The Kansas City Star today said a meeting of officials of the Universal Aviation Corporation and the Western Air Ex- press would be held here soon to make final decision on a proposed trams- | continental all air passenger service from New York to Los Aingeles. Under proposed plans passengers would leave New York early in the morning, flying to Kansas City, where an all-night stop would be made. The trip would be made in Universal planes. It is understood that several 32-passen- ger Fokker airplanes have been con- tracted for by the Universal company and would be placed in this service. From Kansas City the passengers would fly direct to Los Angeles, using planes of the Western Air Express. This company now has a dawn-to-dusk service between these points. Flying toward the East, the same dawn-to-dusk flying plan would be fol- lowed, with the same overnight stop at Kansas City. The Universal Corporation now par- ticipates in a transcontinental air-rail plan. Passengers make a night trip New York to Cleveland. At Cleveland they transfer to planes and fly to Gar- den City, Kans., by way of Chicago and Kansas Oity. At Garden City the journey is continued westward by rail. The same ratio of rail and air travel is NEW TRIALS ARE SOUGHT. Attorneys Move to Save Men Found Guilty in Bank Robbery. LAMAR, Colo., October 19 (#).—Mo- tions for new trials on behalf of George J. Abshier and Howard L. Royston, convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to die for their part in the robbery of the Pirst National Bank of Lamar a year ago last May, were filed ,with the District Court here today by their attorney, Byron G. Rogers. ‘The motion on behalf of Abshier al leges 18 errors and that for Roysten, 22. Arguments on the motions will be heard by District Judge A. F. Hollenbeck Monday. In the event they are denied the judge formally will sentence the two and fix the dates for execution. SUIT AGAINST TOWN DISMISSED BY COURT Marlboro Tribunal Holds Munici- pality Is Not Responsible for Acts of Its Officers. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. October 19.—The suit of Benjamin Noel, pool- room proprietor, of Capitol Heights, against the mayor and council of that town for false arrest, which lead to a unique move on the part of the council in increasing the pool-room tax to pay the expenses of the case, was dismissed in Circuit Court yesterday as far as the town is concerned. It was continued in regard to the arresting officer. The suit was dismissed when Judge Joseph C. Mattingly sustained a de- murrer filed by State Senator Lans- dale G. Sasscer, declaring the town is not liable for the acts of its officers. Noel's bill of complaint alleges he was arrested by Town Baliliff Edgar Poe on a charge which was later dismissed. He maintained in the eastward journey. asked $5,000 damages. 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