Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1929, Page 17

PAGE 17 CORONER MAY ASK || EXPERTTESTIMONY AT BLAST INQUEST Nevitt Will Confer With Davi- WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1929. ol SOUTHEAST GITZEN ¥ STV HAUNTS Y ARTIST GROUP PREPARES TOADVOTEDRIVE “" THOUSANDS IN CITY TO JOIN IN THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICE Churches in Many Sections Planni.ng for Union Observance—Outlying Com- munities Have Elaborate Program. | Retirement of Four Officers Rescinded So ~ They May Get More In order that. four retired for physical disability, will ‘e enabled to receive'a higher re- tirement allowance, the Dis- trict Commissioners yesterday rescinded their previsus - action in redrk: the men and placed 'Y until March ‘15, Pvts. John CAPITAL GOES 0UT FOR TURKEY HUNT AS OFFICES CLOSE Execute - Commission; Tells Experiences. Uses Own Device to Make Federal and Dustrlcl Depart- ments Release Workers for Holiday Shopping. CENTRAL UNION MISSION PLANS AID FOR POOR Intire Population Makes Ready for Feasting or Worship, or Both, Through Tomorrow. One of the greatest turkey hunts ever staged in the District of Columbia is in progress this afternoon. With the exception of the Govern- ment Printing Office, the doors of all the Federal and District departments and bureaus were closed at 1 o'clock, re- leasing a large proportion of Washing- 's population for an extra haif-holi- day to join in the frenzied preparations for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving feast. The Library of Congress is sharing in the half holiday today, but the employes | will go Back to their desks tomorrow afternoon, as the Library will be open | from 2 o'clock until 10 p.m. Thanksgiv- ing day. From President Hoover to the hum- blest residents who will find Thanks- giving cheer at the Central Union Mis- sion, the entire population of Washing- ton will join in observance of the na- tional holiday tomorrow. For some the day will have its true significance in the geci-l services arranged at most of the rches in the city. Others more in- clined to sociability wlll spend it in joy- ous living and feasting. For all, how- ever, except the few whose duties con- tinue without regard to presidential proclamations, it will be a day of rest and freedom. ‘White House Observance. Thanksgiving will be observed at the | White House tomorrow in a quiet, old- fashioned way, much as it has been ob- served during the occupancy of Presi- dent Hoover's predecessor. ~President and Mrs. Hoover will attend the spe- cial Thanksgiving services at 10:30 | Fulfilim o'clock in the morning at the Metro- politan Memorial M. E. Church, John Marshall place and C street. A dozen T ise a4 ery. the puw the men’s quar- oc- ce of -Mr. and terior of the church will be profusely decorated. . Pan-American Mass to Be Held, The annual Pan-Amerjcan Mass. the principal Catholic ceremony, will be celebrated at St. Patrick’s Church, Tenth and G streets, at 10 o'clock in the morning, with its traditional ceremony and pomp and marked by the attend- ance o( the diplomatic corps of Pan- America. The Most Rev. Pietro Fuma- soni-Biondi, ‘apostolic delegate. and Archbishop Curley of the Baltimore archdiocese, will preside. Rev. Dr. John K. Cal‘tw‘flfi t. assistant pastor of St.| Patrick’s Church, will preach the ser-| mon. t Rev. John M. McNamara of 8t. Gabriel's Church, auxiliary bishop of | Tucker, the Baltimore. archdiocese, will be cele- bnnt of the mass, while Rev. Charles R. O'Hara of St. John's Church, Rock- ville, Md., will be assistant priest. Rev. Joseph P. Christopher of the Catholic Univenlcy faculty, will be deacon and Rev, 1. Mitchell Cartwright of St. Am- brose Church in Baltimore, will be sub- deacon. Other participants in the mass will include Rev. P. J. Kennedy, as assistant Y W, Coleman Nevils, 8. Ju dent of Georgetown University, as as- sistant deacons to the apostolic dele- gate: Very Rev. Bernadin Bidinger, as assistant priest to the archbishop, and Rllhl Rev. Mgr. E. L. Buckley and ht Rev. Mgr. E. J. Connely, as as- | !h nt deucons to the archbishop. Special Cathedral Services. ‘The Thanksgiving observance at the ‘Washington Cathedral will be marked with a special festival service at 11 am. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will be the preacher, and hymns and anthems ap- propriate to the occasion will be sung hv th: cathedral choir of men and T‘le services will be held in Bethle- hem Chapel and will be broadcast by | Station WMAL and other units in the | country-wide network of the Columbia Broadcasting System. Bishop Free- man’s message will be concerned with the significance of- Thanksgiving. The musical portions of the service have been zelected especially by Edgar Priest, organist and choirmaster for Washing- ton Cathedral. One of the numbers will be the “Te Deum,” in B flat, by Sir Charles B. Stanford, one of the most joyous pleces of sacred music. After the singing of the Doxology, to the familiar tune of “Old Hundredth,” the choir and clergy will march out to the hymn, “Praise to God, Immortal Praise, for the Love that Crowns Our Days,” a special Thanksgiving day hymn. Jewish Rites Are Planned. Tour Jewish congregations of the city will hcld a union Thanksgiving service at the Eighth Street Temple and will listen to an address by Rabbi Willlam Franklin Rosenblum on “Let Us Give Thanks—For What?” Rabbis Aaron Volkman, Louis T. Loeb and Canot Louls Novick will participate in the service. The choirs of the Eighth Street Temple and the Sixth Street Synagogue will furnish the musical program. Jo- seph Salmon will read the President’s proclamation. ‘The congregations joining for this an- nual worship are the congregations Ohev Shalom, Adas Israel, B'nai Israel and the Washington Hebrew Congrega- uon The custom was started four years 0 and services are held each Thanks- giving at one of the synagogues. Rabbi Rosenblum, who has been designated to preach the sermon this year, has been on leave of absence ow- ing to illness, and this is his first ser- mon since his return. Tarkey Absent From Jail. ‘Tables at the District Jail. the work- house at uan and the reformatory at Lorton will groan tomorrow under * the weight of a generous Thanksgiving feast. The Lorton Reformatory went into the marketing business for the occasion and is supplying all the needs in the ‘way of meat and fresh vegetables. M. M, Barnard, superintendent of the District penal institutions, has prepared a menu that will leave little to be de- siwed by the inmates of the varlous 1mutuum While turkey is absent | service at 11 am, with a sermon by Thousands of Washingtonians will at- tend special Thanksgiving church serv- ices in all parts of the city tomorrow. In many instances union services will be held. Special musical m'Olfllm also will be presented. The churches of the Bloomm'dnle and Eckington sections will unite in a union Thanksgiving service at the Bethany Baptist Church at 10:30 o' clock ‘The address will be given by Dr. 8. Dougherty, pastor of the “Unied | Brethren Church. Rev. Hugh T. Steven- son, president of the Mmhunnl Union, will preside, assisted by the ministers n( the participating churches. Special music will be rendered by the choir of Bethany Church. At St. John's Church, in Bethesda, Md., a speclal service will be held at 10 o'clock, 80s that there will be a minimum eof interference with the family life of the community. Fruits of the harvest will decorate the chancel and a special Thanksgiving day musi- cal program has been arranged. The Columbll B. Y. P. U. Federation will | hold its annual sunrise Thanksgiving service at the West Washington Church, Thirty-first and N streets, at 7 o'clock. Dr. Perry Mitchell of Clar- endon will be the speaker. Holy Communion Scheduled. Services at Epiphany Church on Thanksgiving day will consist of holy communion at 8 am. and a festival the rector, Dr. Z. B. Phillips. At the latter service the Epiphany choir, under the direction of Adolf Torovsky, organ- ist_and choirmaster, will render spe- cial musie. Rev. Hulbert A. Woolfall, rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, "Third and A streets southeast, will conduct Holy Communion tomorrow at 11 a.m. Services will be held at 7:30 and 10 a.m. tonforrow at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Twenty-third _street near ‘Washington Oircle, R!V Dr. McClllum will preach the serm The Cleveland Plrk Congregational Church will hold a spécial service to- morrow at 10:30 a.m. The paster, George Farnham, will conduct the de- votional services, and the music will be furnished by Miss Lois Silby and Leon- ard Davis. The annual Thanksgiving service will be held tomorrow a2t 11 o'clock in Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church. ‘The pastor, Dr. Prederick Brown Har- ris, will preach on the theme “Ye Thankful ple Come.” Miss Adessa Ehrhart, contralto soloist, will sing “The ent,” from Marinder's “Song of Thanksgiving.” Special music pro- gram. ‘The ‘Baptist Churches of - the Dis- trict will_meet tomorrow at 1 o'clock at First Baptist Church. The invoca- tion will be given by Rev. H. M. B. Jones and prayer by Rev. Gove Grif- fith Johnson. - The sermon will be A ol BC%E‘ Firs 'énedho“ will ‘Thanksgiving p: tist Institutional Church, Ninth and P streets, will be held at 12 o'clock. Dr. Waldron will preach a special sermon and the choir will render extra music. The President’s prucllmnuon will be read by the church clerk. Rev. Cornelius §. Abbott, vicar of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Sixth between H and I streets northeast, will 111 am. Holy communion will be observed at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow at St.John's Church (Geprgetown) by Rev. F. Bland | the rector. At 10:30 will be '8 union service at:West Wash- B and C sl &m Rev. Charles E. Buck will be the lpcchl at 11 a.m. nni! communion be observed at 7:30 a. Edward Gabler vill conduct tables in thousands of other homes in the city tomorrow. Two fat hogs, slaughtered at the Lorton Reformatory yesterday, were sent, to the District Jail. A corps of cooks and- assistants were busily en- gaged today in preparing for the holiday dinner. The menu for tomorrow’s din- 1er includes roast fresh pork a la Lorton: turnips, celery, cranberry sauce, bread, butter and coffee. Apples, grown at the workhouse at Occoguan, will top oft the meal. Breakfast and supper also will have & few extras on the menu. Cereal with cream, bacon, bread, butter and coffee will comprise the morning repast, while | in the evening there will be beef stew, | pickles, bread, butter and coffee, Mission Gives Baskets. Plans are emnpleud at the Central | Union Mission, the social service agency of the Protestant Churches of Washing- ton where Supt. and Mrs. John 8. Ben- nett couldn’'t wait until tonforrow to conduet services tomorrow at 7:: 30 and .‘Int Congregational Church, Tenth and a.m. there | 5 lnflm Baptist Church. t St. James' Church, ll‘hfl‘l bet.veen ol | of Mrs. Isabel P. Middiekauff, m‘lnht services at 7:30 and 10 a.m. tomorrow at Christ Church, 620 G street southeast. Christ Church, Georgetown, will have union services at West Washington Bap- tist Church tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Dr. C. Ernest Smith, rector of St. ‘Thomas’ Episcopal Church, will conduct services tomorrow at 8 and 11 am, At St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and Newton streets, Dr. George Pisk Dudley, the rector, will cofiduct holy communion tomorrow at 7:30 and 10:30 a.m. Holy communion will be observed to- morrow at 7:30 a.m. at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church by Dr. Herbert Scott Smith, followed at 11 o'clock with a preaching service. Will Hold Sunrise Meeting. A special sunrise Thanksgiving serv- tve will be held tomorrow at 7 o'clock at the Metropoiitan Baptist Church under the direction of Dr. John Comp- ton Ball. English Thanksgiving services will be Executive Committee Called to Meet Tuesday Night to Discuss Plans. CAMPAIGN LITERATURE SOUGHT BY ASSOCIATION flutte Law Body Chairman Advises Mem- bers to “Keep Up Work to Ac- complish What We Desire.” With rerflwed determination to fight for the Americanization of the residents of voteless Washington, the Southeast Citizens' Association is preparing to held tomorrow at 10 am. at Zion Lutheran Church by Rev. Richard Schmidt. Then will be a special service of ving tomorrow at 10 o'clock at ll Luf.he'nn Church in charge o! RQV Charlés Enders. Dr.d‘ ln.renceu'l‘rne‘ s sponding secretary of the Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will be the guest speaker at the Union Tharksgiving service at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, 1611 Brent- wood road northeast, tomorrow at 10:30 The churches co-0] nung -re the Brookllnd Methodist Rev. Richard N. Edwards, pastor; molhnd Baptist, Rev. O. O. Dietz, pastor, und St. Stephan’s Lutheran, Rev. Sam Kornmann, pastor. 1 music w‘ll be furnished by Mrs. Helen Meeds, solo- is, and by St. Stephen’s choir. " Visiting Rabbi to Officiate. Rabbi Morris Schussheim of New| Ycrk will deliver a sermon on the hase of Thanksgiving tomor- n!xgt at the Sixth Street Syna- gflle, the topic to be “Gratitude and nsibility.” Schussheim was an honor rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1920 and recently returned from a study tour of Palestine. He will deliver a sermon Saturday evening on “Facing the Sunset.” At Hamline M. E. Chu ch, Dr. Ches- teen Smith, the pastor, will conduct services tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The vestry choir will render special music. Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Calvary M. E. Church, 1 preach on “Religion Memben of the Memorial United Brethren .Church will participate in union services tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., at Bethany Baptist Church. St. Paul's and Luther Place Memorial congregations will have joint Thank: giving services at the latter church at 108 so am. Dr. Henry W. Snyder wiil At utheran at 11 a.m. Rev. J. Mcriw:nm pastor will conduct the services. Union services will be held tomorrow by five northeast churches at 10:30 o'clock, at the Ninth Street Christian Church, Nintt and D streets northeast. The Mount Pleasant Congregational Church and Francis Asbury Church will have union services tomorrow at 11 o'clock, at the latter church. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of the G streets, will preach tomorrow at 11 oclock There will be special music. | At 8 p.m. motion pictures will be pre- th Congregational church d the Flfl‘enlh Street Pres Uhureh will hold union services at 11 clock tomorrow. The four Christian Science churches will have services tomorrow at 11 ol Dr. James H. Taylor, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, will con- duct special services of Thanksgiving tomorrow at 11 o'clock. ‘The annual harvest festival and ‘Thanksgiving day services will be cb- Massachusetts avenue and Twelfth street, by two services. At 8 am. there will be a celebration of holy communion and at 11 a.m. the regular prayer service, Churches Unite in Takoma. Union Thanksgiving services will be held tomorrow, at 10:30 am. in the Branch road and Aspen street, for the Takoma Park community. TheiTakoma Park_Christian, Presbyterian and Bap- tist Churches join in this service. Rev. R. Paul Schearrer of the Presbyterian Church will preach the sermon. Rev. M. Elmore Turner of the Christian Churech will offer the Thanksgiving prayer. Rev. Willlam E. La Rue of the Baptist Church will preside. The choir of the Baptist Church, under direction and du—ecwr. will sing. spread the annual Thanksgiving cheer. | Hundredn of baskets of food are being | distributed today among the poor fam- | {lies throughout the city who eounh themselves as the mission’s parishioners. | Each basket containing a wholesom:‘ dinner. Letters have gone to many who could | not be reached in time for delivery of | the baskets, and they will call for them at the Children’s Emergency Home of the mission, 624 Louisiana avenue, this afternoon, stlrtlnl at 4 o'clock. The baskets were prepared by the members of the mission’s staff and its va!ns ild, under the direction of Mrs. W. . Ramsey, president of the guild; Mrs. Katharine Copley and M Roma Terry. Tomorrow at 1 o'clock, a free Thanks- giving dinner will be served at the mission, 613 C street, to all who a| sply Supt. Bennett said he was prepared for 200 guests and that the menu would be roast pork, potatoes, peas, le slaw, mince and pumpkin pie. At hour, a holiday dinner will be to the 40 boys md girls in the Children’s Fmergency Home under the direction of Mrs. Bennett and the staff. Religious Services at Noon. Religious services will he held in the mission tomorrow at noon and at 8 p.m. The noon service will be in charge of Supt. Bennett and the evening service will be conducted by the Christian En- deavor Soclety of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church. ‘Thanksgiving is one of the heartiest seasons of the year at the Young Women's Christian Association, and special parties will be in order for to- morrow at the main building, Seven- teenth and K streets, and Eliza- beth Somers residence. Members of Club 'fll meet for dln- e main buil ‘The Elizabel be the scene of a party o'clock, when dinner will the resident girls and their .uuu lrom'.heY M. C. A. A special feas! also has been nrnnced at the residence for transient gue 'n\ur!dly Cluh. which will en- urmn at the main building, is com- posed entirely of foreign-born women. Their dinner will be followed by a &om it, the same can be said at the movie party. r - C. OF C. WILL DEMAND Will Be Represented at Public Utilities Commission Hearing | for Motor Legislation. The Washington Chamber of Com- merce will be représented at the hear- ing December 16 before the Public Utili- ties Commission on an order to regulate automobiles used for the conveyance of persons or property, it was decided yes- terday at a meeting of the public utili- ties committee of the commerce bodyv. The chamber already has advocated legisiation to make motor vehicle com- mon carriers responsible for indemnifi- cation for accidents due to their own P e bills pending before Co pen fore ess which would restrict the lcopen': power of the District Public ummu Commission were disapproved by the committee. The question of reduced fares for school children also was discussed, and it was decided that this matter be made a special order of business at a meeting to be held after the Public Utilities Commission hearing. STREET DENIES CHEST SPONSORS DANCE FUND Director Declares~ Organization Beeking Subscriptions Makes False Claims of Affiliation. Warni b nnlu nlul; %n&‘efi"n" isel or afli- nnd the Rgvuhllc, tomorrow at 10:30 ey served at Church of the Ascension, |, Takoma Park Baptist Church, Piney | poi CARRIER REGULATION < join the other civic organizations of the city in another and more vigorous cam- paign this Winter for national repre- sentation for the District of Columbia. A. G, Herfmann, president of the as- soclation, has called a special meeting of the exeoutive committee of the m'-‘ ganization at his office, 750 Tenth street southeast, at 8 o'clock, next Tuesday night to ccnalfler plans for furthering the movement. “Our association has gone on record several times in favor of the move- ment to obtain re;rewnutlnn in_Con- gress, and the right to vote for Presi- dent and Vice President for the vote- less people of Washington,” said llr Herrmann today. “At the meetl the exer itive committee Tuesda: ‘y we will take steps to bring it before th association again.” Indorsement Expected Soon. Mr. Herrmann expects that the Southeast Citizens’ Association will re- new its indorsement of national repre- sentation at its next regular meeting | W] in Decem r. The association, at its meeting last night In the Southeast branch of the Public Library, voted to refer the quen- tion of national representation to the executive committee and mnt.rucud George C. Glick, secretary, to write to the citizens’ joint commitee for na- tional representation, for sufficlent lit- erature on the subject to :uvgly each | T member of the association witl so they may be in a position \o lend their aid to the movement. ‘The subject was brought before last night's meeting by C. G. an, chair- man of the law and legislation commit- . When he was informed that the association had voted in the to rt the movement, Mr. “Yes, but we must keep up the work, l!uv(:! are going to accomplish what we Ritter Threatens fo Resign. fmpoll to pouunu Presidént Hoo- Lh.ree ‘Wash- mn re servini wnunm in the District Jnll for con'- tempt of court interrupted the meeting, and in the midst ol the excitement, whtich- lasted several minutes, J. C. L. Ritter, author of the proposal, threat. ened to resign unless he was allowed t discuss it. A. G. Hermann, president of the as- sociation, ruled the proposal out of or- der on the ground that it was & matter for court determination and not one in which a citizens’ association should at- tempt to interfere, Several members attempted to at once on both sides of the ques! lnn Allan Davis brought order out of chaos by appealing from President Hermann's ruling and asking for & vote on the ap- g:nl By a vote of 8 to 3, several mem- not voting, the decision of the nmmenf. was \Qrehald Mr. Ritter n jumped to his feet declared: “If this citizens’ associa- tion is hot lm ‘where a man can discuss an outn‘e against his neighbors in a voteless community, I resign here and now.” Several members tried to induce Mr. Ritter to reconsider his determination resign. T have not malice against any one,” said Mr. Ritter, “but truly mean it when I say I resign.” August Pfiger brought before the meeting the question of appreving an elective school board. It was referred to the executive committee for a re- rt at the next meeting. R. L. Jones criticised the District authorities for using the rented building at Eighth and East Capitol streets for school purposes, deelaring that the front yard in which the children play is often covered with water and the proximity of two car lines makes the location dangefous to life. Ask Improvement of Walks. ‘The association voted to ask for the improvement of the walks in Folgar Square, between Third and Fourth streets, at D street southeast, facing Provldenu Hosplu! Holes lnd cracks in the walks are dangerous to pedes- trians, several munberl charged. ‘The association went on record as in- dorsing the rea) &polnumm of Judge Gus Schuldt to Police Court bench. The Anacostia Citizens’' Association | was criticized for asking that automo- bile parking be stopped on M street southeast from Second. to Eleventh streets. Several members declared that the Anacostia body would have enough to do if it confind its attention to park- ing problems in its own territory in- stead of “coming across the river” and l;;lf{ to lnuflere with things on this side. ‘The Southeast Association then ‘voted to approve parking of automobiles on M street except between Seventh and Eighth streets southeast. It also voted | to ask that Capital Traction cars be no longer parked on M street between Seventh and Eighth streets, where. it was charged, they are blocking traffic. It was decided ta write to the Sec- retary of the Navy" suggesting the Navy Yard be used for the manufacture of airplanes in order to make certain there will be no reduction in the work- ing force of the yard. ‘The assoclation went on record in favor of the removal of the taxicab stand at Eleventh d East Capitol streets southeast to a point around the corner on North' clrolinl avenue, RUBBER IS INCREASED Former Java Planter Claims Pro- duction Doubled. BATAVIA, Java, November 27 (#).— A former Dutch rubber planter of Java, Jules Bosch, claims that after 12 years’ tation he has discovered rub- tion great ing production and lowering costs. His discoveries include a new tap- ping knife which does not injure trees, & new taj with the cmmumty cnm in m-aer to solicit subscriptions to a dance, Elwood Street, director, today declared that c:o 'u':nnlum et:nnnkud with est 15 perm make a spe- cul drive for funds. 6 pping method resulting in higher volume with maintenance of the trees’ hunh. and a new system of taj for three days and three days of rest. A few experimental trees :"t'x Ehown 100 per cent, increesed pro- uction. Paintings of Fish in Ocean Depths. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Strange, silent urdnu veiled in a weird green fog which is filled with flumnnc colors and through which nrme ro-e-red and yellow tn'erl of fairy citi Such is the region invaded t years by a French ar hero, vbo. surviving the ex- perhnc. ‘of being buried alive on the Western front, went to the ends of the emh in a quest for beauty and adven- ure. M. Eli Chaverlange, painter of fishes, now is in Washington executing a com- mission from the Smithsonian Institu- tion after studying the lovellest crea- tures of the ocean depths in their native haunts off the coral reefs of the South Sea Islands. He has beeh accompanied on his expeditions into these regions, which he describes as “like gardens on rn_ to 'sc.hm after finish: thel.r work in Washington. s Adopta Device of His Own. ‘The elf land of M. Chaverlange is at the bottom of the. sea. He first & tempted to study and reproduce colorful scene in a diving suit, but soon realized, he says, that this was too clumsy and that his movements were too much hampered. So he adopted a de- vice of his own, which gives him almost perfect freedom of movement, but which ires practice to master. ipped with n les nnd with weights attached to feet, he goes down with a long rubber tube in his mouth. - He must inhale and apel -fi- through the same tube. So he takes long breath, expels the air through '.h: entire length of the tube, waits until it i8 clear, and then takes another breath. BLpncuce he has reached the point re he can remain a half hour under about 10 feet of water in perfect com- 2 has mas- nique. ethod the artist actually has been" -gle ‘ut?n‘ n!p-.t‘:‘ ‘nn‘ mth tings under water of the proper con- Birpatl B having the canvas etehed on a heavy metal plate, He also sketches | C! on slate, steel lmzc copper, later trans- grut silent gardens, teeming with life and color, where M. Chaverlange works. Most dreaded of these is the patul, a gllnt relative of the rock cod, which ides in the cofal caves. This fish, says the artist, seems to be simply a =I¢|m.le mouth. It is only about 3 feet , but. the mouth alone, rimmed with teeth, opens to a width of about |2 feet. The creature will attack l.l!- thing l'. can M into its mouth, bing the head first. Oc rlen efl a native diver, I head and trunk Al is reported a nel.hborhood divers give it a wide berth. guard sgainst such attacks M. l:mverl carries a steel harpoon n his painting expeditions. Sea Eel ll Another Menace. | Then_ there s species of sea eel which darts llke Ihhhfll‘ at & human victim and sinks its sharp teeth into an 3 man would be help- creatures were it S o e viet its lvani mm person 0 do 18 ta endure the until the m opens its mmflh if the man maves (alflly enough, with spear or: we t Is possi- ble to escape to the lurtul by pusing the creature away. ‘The coral caves also teem with multi- colored sea snakes; members of the dreaded cobra family, whese venom is fatal. They are, however, inoffensive creatures, and instances of human be- ings bitten by them are very rare. M. Chlvefllm hg' picked them up with He knew of their deld!v nwution e harpoon, the ter says, is a .nod derenle againist. the weird octo- Dulel which abound in the coral cav- cukmnlb a glant is_encountered which would prove a dangerous foe if it de- cided to attack. These are found most- ly_‘at “greater depths, where nobody would venture without the protective armor of a diving suit. Studied Octopus in Its Haunts. | M. Chaverlange is perhaps the first | man to have studied the octopus in its native haunts. He has wnuhed it color from second to second, almost too rapidly for the human to follow, from dark sepia through flesh nlndtho een parrot Most of these are small, but oc- | b eye | four years, much of the time in the Upper—ELI CHAVERLANGE. Lower—MME. CHAVERLANGE. —Star Sia® Photos. color, pink and white, according to the of the coral over which it passed. lt swiftly through the sea like » folded umbrella, the webs between its tentacles & lovely m,\ matching the color of the green coral sand. Usually :’l‘i‘ht hoNicipng she suffered ek m by tomobile it hides in holes in the coral, and al- ';zl t}“l;:l!l alone. o ’l:;.d.cl‘uu;uu“l( ver! says, abun- dant just he(ure nln. when natives watch for them and try to spear them, either for food ‘or bait for other fishes. The perfect defense against an octopus, he says, is to turn it upside down after harpooning it. Then the struggling creature is helpless. M. Chlverhn(u special study has beds, with "the multi-hued, fantastic forms of the new coral rearing its structures on the green banks of dead coral, the great swarms of yellow, red, scarlet, blue and green butterfly fishes | Vere H!rhn MU R. Backenheimer mo(mmcm ‘The men were ordered: retired by the Commissiont this order had been put into ef- fect, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, super- intendent of police, learned about tion formed among ers, but after associat] begin pa; ments until March 15. Maj. therefore, recemmm:dm " Commissioners rescin eir pre- vious action and pl on light duty unnl lnrch 15. The Commissiont ox Proctu L. Don.h-m, men nnw wlll (el. the 81, ooo in cash in add! 'e:uht reurement uy of TWUARE INJURED BY HIT-RUN DRIVERS Woman Is Struck at 7th and F and Found Unconscious at 19th and R. Two_persons, one & woman, were the victimis * list night of hit-and-run drivers, police reported this. morning. Two others suffered minor injuries in traffic aceidents. to sixth precinct police and R streets and taken to the hospital in a patrol wogan. Police said they were unable wnnamnmuu of 431 L street mflmd | injuries w rave serious last night when the been the color scheme of the ocean| T fishes with their prumlnen beaks. These, he says, be- after beenms ueun ed u- a visitor.” They scal w‘ ‘when first_comes them, n & 16w minutes bllll.lmt:n:llhcr about “u,',,- him and even to nibble at his arms and legs. Surrounded by them and working rapidly all the time on canvas with a palette knife, he is able to paint them true to life. Prominent features of the undersea landscape, he says, are the olive-drag sponges growing In weird, tree-like forms, their interstices filled with tiny fish, s0 that they seem liter- ally covered with bright, peering eyes. Green Fog Envelofes Everything. ““The most prominent feature of the undersea lan ,” M. Chaverlange ;Iyl. “is the float] translucent MM living cruwmndobjemm ‘the land- scape seem to be emerging out of this rnt.-;:maywmumt assum! shapes. The whol hnwpcumehnm ud.ly'mm to fin such as one Mr-dlbunh-zgmfld-cfla ions of the lnot.her m:“.l?h like Ilbevnflu a new world within a worl ‘The mdnpsonthtusmm he says, has'gone undiscovered long because - nol has taken the mm to observe it from an artistic perspec- tive. Men “in- diving suits see every- inf contest for the Employe,” being conducted by the Dis- trict Federation of K Federal Employes’ Miss | Laughlin, who lives at ’l“ o street, had a total of 200, has aroused is shown in the uet that nr‘t five eglounann 1 md phm was h.li rdi being ‘yesterday | perman Veterans' ‘Bureau. 3211 Meny' with a total of 196, 400 'hlh Miller of loans and S Department, 3701 mhuleh ave- .| nue, has risen to third total cl 192,900 votes. thing with & distorted pective, he insists, and lack the necéul”f‘ry 3 t closed wm: a clothespin, 1o says, it probably would be possible to stay down indefi- nitely by means of the rubber tube, but e has been warned that it muht be very dangerous after a half hour, due to the accumulation of expelled air in the tube. Both M. and Mme. Chaverlange in- tend to spend the ‘rest of their lives in the South Seas amid the weird beauty which they-have discovered. Even be- fore the war he had wandered far in in Northern Canada. He returned to Prance and served through the entire front lines. MRS. LEGARE HEADS BOARD OF MANAGERS Children's Country Home Group' Re-elects Président- at-Annual | Meeting. | Mrs. Alexander B. Legare was re- elected president of tne Board of Lady | Managers of the Children's Country now being erected at Bunker Hill road | and Eighteenth street northeast wau. discussed at the annual meeting of the board yesterday. Othr officers elected were Mra. Joseph iLeiter, vice president, who for many years served as president of the board and was active in the work for the home; Mrs. Archibald Davis, secretary; A. M. Nevius of the Riggs National Bank, tressurer; Mrs. Lee Warren, as- sistant treasurer, Mre. M. Pulver, daughter Legare, assist- ant secretary. Y. M. H. A: PLANS SHOW. “New-Fangled” Minstrel to Be| Given Detember'8 and 9. The fwelfth annual ¥. M. H. A. show 'Illbt.“ll'-( ” minstrel, it and will be present 9 at the Jewish Communit; Rehearsals are being direction Home and plans for the new structure | A e werk ot oot werk of the was described by Dr. Mg wamtum{v !llll N lm'llll'u! Col. Thomas J Dickson, the M Club of !nnmywhlu:;. in a week, ‘The me o:‘\ e composed the following: Burnett Star, Stmon, Dnvid ‘Wiener, Nathan Freehof, ‘Ym aventte ‘and 8 o His subject will be “An {Eastern Star on the E‘:lrd Rosenblum and Moses. Offen- ALASKAN MYSTERIES TOLD BY SCIENTISTS Explorations in Search of Ancient Culture Described at Cosmos Club Meeting. Alaska still is a land of scientific mysteties, according to speakers in a the cademy of Club last night on the 1929 explora- tions of that territory. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the rmu?m M"’fi,‘:” president of the academy, tol search of traces of the ancient culture of the Far Nofl.h probably muun in by the first human beings who crossed into North America from Siberia. H: B. Collins, archeologist of the Smithsonian Institution, told of his explorations along the coast in an effort to recover rellcl of the same peo- ple. He obtained much which gives a new insight into the artistic genius of this ancient people. Lewis Radcliffe of the Bureau of Fisheries told of the protection and de- velopment of the Alaskan fisherles, while Maj. R. Y. Stuart and E. E. Carter amrlbed the explorations of lantern slides. ,,,,IMISS LAUGHLIN GAINS | N POPULARITY TEST|* Soorohry to Pension Commissioner Leads Race for Title of “Miss Federal Employe.” Miss Mary E. uu.hun -cnury to commissioner of pensions, son as to Advisability of Calling Men. REPORT IS WITHHELD BY TECHNICAL PROBERS Identity of Federal Workers Aid- ing in Investigation is Guarded by Commissioners. District - Coroner J. Ramsay " Nevitt today was making final plans for an inquest December 2 into circumstances of the fatal: McCrory 5 and 10:cent store explosion and to determine wheth- er eriminal’ responsibility exists. Six persons were killed and more than a score injured in the tragedy of last ‘Thursday. Dr. Nevitt plans to eonfer with Assist- ant Engineer Commissioner Donald A. Davison this week as to the advisability of asking experts who sat on the Dis- triet's board of inquiry, which con- cluded its investigation of the explo- sion yesterday, to testify at the cor- oner’s inquest. Experis Delay Report. Dr. Nevitt said he has not been ad- vised of the mature of the conclusion reached by the board ‘as to the prob- able cause of the explosion. Yesterday Maj.» Davison. who sat as chairman of the board, told newspaj men he would riot make a report to the coroner or any one else until after the inquest, believing that a report riow might af- fect the inquuL ‘Three from the ‘Bureau of shndnm: and the Bureau of Mines, whose identities have been guarded by )nls. Davison, participated in the in- quiry. PLAN IEAI'ING PLANT C“NIC. Iuistruction Will Be Given at “School” JAIL TREATMENT AIDS USERS OF NARCOTICS Eight Addiets Responding So Well Officials May Adopt Plan as Permanent, . in the District Jail nareotics—the imilar conditions, and are're- g 30 well that jail officials are h adopt “the 'treatment as ‘The "nld turkey” treatment, as it is called, opontuwphum addiet on a designed ‘his cflm«n st m numi-ry pay division WILE WILL BROADCAST PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE WMAL and Columbia System Will Carry Text; 40, Minutes Ex- pected to Be Required. Almost simultaneous with the reading | of President Hoover's first .message to Congress by William nllr Page, hington | Of the House, Monday the Scienc: o ienc=y at the - Cosmos the sta ington representative of the Columbia | ey do'n the Yukon xn System. At rioon the reading of the vlnhqln rhzemmhm Station WHA!-. to be sent to country via a Nation-! w“i;h‘::k-np of Columbia stations. ‘The reading of the congressional mu- sage over the air will be preceded by introduction of Mr. Wile by M. R. llhtr. natlon director of WMAL, to begin at sharp. Mr. Wile will denver l f” comments, to be fol second pause, before the actual re:d(nl bl'l.u-tlioln.-. Tlumcnm ;bonM u&lcted tely 40 ‘pla; et STUDENTS TO ENTERTAIN. One-Act’ Playlet Froposed Tonight by Eastern High Group. Col. Dickson to Speak. t of War. will spesk tonight be- pter, Order of the East- Masonic Temple, New street, at Battlefield.” M “Alr, Gas and Earl,” Eastern * High place, with a | Dr. Rose Clark, 4843 Kansas avenue, Veterans' Bureau, urlou. eloeu in any case, despite that some have been accustomed to- take 1 amounts. ite the care with which prisoner e et e nt given them in et break e habit, jail officials have learned that in the great majority of cases cures are temporary. Although cured to.the point where the -nervous system no longer requires the stimulant, prisoners often turn to the drug on j their release. 'A. U. DRAMATIC CLUB 'PRESENTS SHAW PLAY Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts Joins in Program at Gymnasium. “Panny's Pirst Play” a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, was ted last night by the American University Dramatic Club in conjunction with the ight in hono otflnt\hn.l e Iry n T i iven the Mothers’ Club of Friendship House, e 324 Virginia - avenue .goutheast. ‘The cast | Shenton, CIydn Edward McAq start at 7:30 i Prench. .m:ms"n eelet?n\ll. M- mnnethm 'elock. ton Crist. i Mrs. Hilda