Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1929, Page 5

YALE RECOVERS | [TS MISSING FENCE Treasured Relic Was Stolen THE ~U SIAR, - WASHINGION, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1929. KV v FEW ESKIMOS SUFFER FROM COLDS WHEN ALONE Arrival of Outsiders and Visiting Bring Afliction—Race Resists Diphtheria and Fevers. Eskimos seldom catch cold. What f>w colds they have are the result of cover and are not likely to have colds |an epidemic of measles when the dis- again unless a new strain of germs is feasc was brought to them by an out< brought to them by other visitors. Likewise diphtheria and scarlet fever occur very rarely among these people of the Far North. Skin tests were made on natives to discover whether or not they had resistance to these and it was found that in some instances the children had in their blood sub- stances enabling them to resist both scar'et fever and diphtheria. It has long been known that tribes sider. This disease, which is mild to the average white man, proved ex- tremely severe to a tribe. which not previously suffered from it. oo TR New Vault Device Safe. ‘Watchmen may inspect a safe deposit vault without entering it by use of a device recently perfected in Germany. FLAMES ATOP MONUMENT IN LONDON ARE WASHED Few Natives Know Memorial Was Erected to Commemorate City's Great Fire. Five men have been busy on the top {of the London Monument—commonly monument by sight, probably few could explain why it was erected and when, and they would doubtless look mysti- fled if reference were made ‘to the flames atop, As a matter of fact, the monument commemorates the great fire of London and was built as long ago as 1677, from designs of Christian Wren. | It stands approximately in Pudding | lane;, East Cheap, where the great fire | broke out in 1666. It is 202 feet high | :;mr ::t'e flames of the fire add another those engaged on it usually have lunch :‘& the summit to celebrate the occa- jon. Gull Takes Cat “For a Ride.” How a seagull innocently took a cat “for & ride” in true racketeer style re- sently has been reported at Scarborough, England. In quest of a bird dinner the feline crept up on the gull, sunning 1f on a rock, and pounced on fits e —— " Hens Being Fooled Again, Quartz glass is being installed in the windows of a henhouse in England so that the ultra violet rays will induce biddy to lay more eggs. Tests have shown that the of incubation is thus speeded umwm a quartz mer- cury arc giving off ultra-violet rays was used in an incubator.20 per cent of the eggs were hatched from 24 to 48 hour< 3‘:’;’." than other eggs treated by th« visits to their communities by outsid-|of natives not previously in contact (It is called the “Treoroskop,” and re- known as “the monument”—where| Every six months these flames are |back. The gull immediately took to ‘During Progress of Yale- ‘ Princeton Foot Ball Game. By the Assoclated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 23.— | A touring car, closely curtained, sped | over the post road to New Haven this| morning, bearing one of Yale’s most| treasured relics—a plece of the famous fence. Carefully guarded from prying eyesi for a week the fence found its way into the hands of Yale men at a Harvard Lampoon dinner last night. The fence, valued at $10,000, was stolen’ from Pach Bros'. photographic studio in New Haven the day of the Yale-Princeton game. ‘Yale men were worried at its disap- arance, worried and angry. It had come a tradition at Yale for class of- ficers and athletes to have their pic- tures taken against the 8-foot section of the old fence that has been preserved by the Pach brothers through many years. ? Private detectives joined with the po- lice of two cities in their search. Not a | clue did they discover. It was the “per- fect crime.” Relic Formally Restored. ‘Then last night 10 editors of the Yale | Record, magazine of humor, were the guests of Harvard's humorous fortnight- | ly, the Lampoon. The banquet hall 0!] the Lampoon Building was in gala ar- ray. A dinner was at its height. A door at the end of the banquet hall opened. A shrill pitched _piccolo squeaked “Boola Boola” and eight Har- vard men, Lampoon editors, marched solemnly into the hall, the Yale fence in their midst Led by Bob Lampoon, mascot and ster of the Harvard comic magazine, guardians of the the fence marched to the further end of the banque hall and called for silence. ‘The mouths of the Yale men fell open agape. Albert G. Churchill of ‘Livermore, Calif., president of the Lam- n, stepped forward and offered the nce to the guests. Lampy’s “Search” Rewarded. Explaining that Lampy had watched with interest the efforts of the police, Churchill told the guests that Lampy had done some searching on its own hook and the result was—the fence. H Macdonald of New York, president of the visiting editors, accept- ed the fence and Eli cheers resounded. Outside the building an automobile stood at the curbing. The fence, well guarded, was packed inside and, with Yale's treasured relic and its bodyguard, the automobile started for New Haven. ‘The Lampoon caused Princeton to break relations with Harvard by an at- tack on Princeton in a toot ball num- ber. There seemed no disposition today #o predict unpleasant relations between ‘Harvard and Yale, put there was curi- ‘osity as to what authorities might do bout burglary and theft. “True Story” Becoming Public. Although, officially, the Lampoon editors still stuck to their story of hav- ing “recovered” the stolen fence, the rted “true story” of the events up to last night's climax were gradually becoming known today. As " result it would now appear that ;Ampoon editors not only recovered the fence, as they assert, but also put the famous relic in a position where a re- VEry Was Nnecessary. w’l‘he lifting of the fence took weeks and considerably more brain on matters strictly academic. ‘weeks ago, the story goes, three Lampoon editors masquerading under fictitious names visited the studio and while hav- ing their pictures taken also took occa- sion tos urvey the premises. Late they mapped the vicinity and even spent a whole day timing the policemen as they paced their rounds. Undergraduates Implicated. ©On the morning of the Yale-Prince- ton game eight undergraduates in two cars pulled out of Cambridge and sped toward New Haven. Not until the big game was well under way and the city proper nearly deserted did they venture to_business. Then while one student engaged the attention of the policeman on the beat the others made way with the fence, which was carefully covered with tar- ulin as it was taken back to Cam- ge and safely stowed away. ‘WILL NOT BE QUIZZED. Return of Stolen Yale Fence Will Re- lease Its Custodians. NEW HAVEN, Conn., November 23 (®).—The persons who are reported as headed from Cambridge to this city with Yale's treasured relic, the now fa- mous fence, will not be forced to an- swer any embarrassing questions if they should decide to return the fence to the studio from where the relic was stolen during the Yale-Princeton game. Anticipating that the fence would turn up over the week end, the owner of the studio decided to leave his estab- lishment open and unguarded today mnd tomorrow, so that any one desiring to do so might return the fence with- out Mn{; molested. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. ‘The Bethany Bowling Gizls of Beth- any Chapter, O. E. 8., will give a dance at 1242? Sixteenth street tonight at 9 | o'cloc] Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Voters will meet toni; the boardroom of the District Bul 8 o'clock. Semi-annual session. ator Capper will speak. Committee chairmen’s reports will be read. “The Three Worlds” is the subject of an address by Irvin H. Fullmer of the Unity Society tonight at 8:15 at the for the Larger Life, 1628 K street. - ‘The Houston Club will hold a 500 card M‘yx at the home of Mrs. Slaugh- ter, 930 Sixteenth street, tonight at 8:30. FUTURE. Red Triangle Outing Club will meet fomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock for a hike along the upper Cabin John Creek over territory not previously covered by the club. Distance, 6 miles. No camp- fire. Bill Richardson, leader. ‘Wanderlusters hike tomorrow , will start from Mount Rainier at 2:45, Mr. | Zerkels will lead. Grinnell-Washington Assoclation of Grinnell College will have a dinner in honor of President Main of Grinnell at the Dodge Hotel Monday night, 6:30 o'clock. All alumni and in Washington are invited. ‘The Mackin Club of Washington will give the farce, “A Pair of Sixes,” Mon- day and Tuesday evenings for the bene- fit’ of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, in thelr auditorium on V street between Fourtgenth and Fifteenth streets. Card party and dapce will be given by Electa Chapter, No. 2, O. E. S., and Anacostia Lodge, No. 21, F. A. A. M,, at the Mayflower Hotel Saturday, Novem- ‘ber 30, instead of tonight as was previ- ously announced. * friends I E For rescuing the crew of the Canadian Mmotor schooner Quaco Queen in the At- Iantic in J-nu;rg W. D. Congdon, chief officer, and eight seamen of steam- ip Mafistee have received from King rge of England the bronze medal for igallantry in saving life at sea. ers. 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