Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1929, Page 10

10 %% EVENING STAR, THE WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 UNDAMENTALLIFE RESEARCH PLANNED New Smithsonian Division to‘ Study Radiation in Bi- ology Problems. 1s for eresearch into the most fundamental of the phenomena of life were reported to the regents of the | Smithsonian Institution today by Dr. | Chagles G. Abbot, secretary of the | institution. i This am, which has necessitated | creation of a new division, will be car- | rind out in thoroughly equipped physical #nd chemical laboratories, Dr. Abbot | reported, and will be chiefly concerned | with biological problems. in which | radiation enters as an important factor. | Direct investigation of living or- | isms, he reported, will consist for the prasent of study of the growth of lants under rigidly controlled physical d chemical conditions, with soil re- y nutrient solutions and the es supplied to the plants will be of known and controlled amounts. Thus | every factor will be known whereas | with plants growing in soil and ordinary | atmosphere there are innuemerable un- known chemical elements and reactfons which vitiate the results. Will Measure Light. Under these conditions the intensity and color of the light received by the plants will be measured and varied ex- perimentally to determine the exact effects brought about by changes in radiation. The program also includes study of the structure of the more complicated es which are a part of living o ms which will be investigated, with extraordinary delicate and com- plicated apparatus, through the radia- tion which arises from the internal vibrations of the molecules themselves. Dr. Abbot reported to the regents that a total of more than a half-million | specimens had been added during the vear to the collections of the National Museum, which is under the direction of the Smithsonian. The majority of these came in the division of biology and ranged from rare shells to large collec- tions of birds and plants from China and Siam. One of the most important was a complete skeleton of an adult sperm whale from Japan. Dr. Paul Bartsch of the museum staff alone added about 200,000 land shells from Cuba Special mention was made of the geo- Jogical collections, which included a ypeteorite weighing half ton, a which fell from the sky above the Zuni Mountains of New Mexico. Two smaller visitors from outer space were obtained from “Texas and Kansas. Colorful additions to this collection were a carved statuette of rose quartz, a Chinese carving of tourmaline, a yellow topaz weighing 34 carats, a cameo of Hungarian opal and a nugget of platinum weighing more than 17 ounces. Gets Dress of Martha Washington. - Additions to the historical collection §ere a silk dress worn by Martha Wash- ington, the uniforms worn by Maj. Gen. Teonard Wood from 1898 to 1921, and a model of the schooner Hannah of | Marblehead, the first armed vessel to | sail at public expense during the Revo- ution. ‘Smithsonian explorers, Dr. Abbot re- ranged over the world col- ens of an ancient culture of extinct mammals in | Haiti, fish and reptiles in | the South Seas, strange birds and p)ants" in the hitherto unexplored mountains | of Scuthwestern China, biological speci- | ‘Mens from previously unexplored Hima- | layan peaks in the Khun Tan Moun- | tains of Northern Siam, and numerous | sltes of scientific interest in North America. Among the most valuable additional ‘collections were those to the Freer| Gallery of Art of Oriental and Near Eastern bookbinding, bronze work, glass, ‘manuscripts and paintings, pottery and | silver. | T. W. NICHOLS DEAD. Special Dispatch to The Star. l NEW HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEMBERS | | | | _JOHN W. PALMER, Missouri. FNEARTSCENSORS PASS ARPORTPLAN Commission Says Work Will| Improve Approach to Capital. The Commission of Fine Arts today indorsed the proposed development by the Washington Airport Co., which in- volves expansion at the south end of the Highway Bridge. This decision was reached after a| conference with representatives of the airport concern. H. P. Caemmerrer, | commission secretary, explained that this development will enhance the | beauty of one of the important ap-| proaches to the National Capital. The commission set aside this after- noon to examine plans for the bridges of the new Mount Vernon Boulevard now under construction. These bridge plans are being submitted by the Bu- reau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture. The question of choosing a sculptor for additional work on the Washington terminus of Arlington Memorial Bridge, including the creation of four statues, two at the end of the bridge and two at the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- way entrance, engaged the attention of the commission. The commission took the matter under advisement and is expected to announce the name of the sculptor shortly. _Lieut. Col. U, S. Grant, 3d, execu- tive officer of the National Park and Planning Commission, and his assist- ant, Maj. J. C. Mehaffey, were in con- sultation with the commission concern- ing details- of the completion of the Washington end of the bridge. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner of the National Park and Planning Com- mission, was in conference during the morning with the commission dealing with the proposed Washington afrport expansion. The Fine Arts Commission approved the design for a fire engine house at Connecticut avenue and Evarts street, with minor suggestions bearing on mat- ters of detail. This design was pre- pared by A. L. Harris, the District’s municipal architect. PADLOCK ASKED BY ROVER FOR 4 1-2 ST. PROPERTY U. S. Attorney Cites Previous Vio- lations—Court Issues In- junction. A temporary “padlock” injunction has been applied for by United States At- torney Leo A. Rover and Assistant PURCELLVILLE, Va., December 12— ‘ United States Attorney Harold W. Or- “Thomas W. Nichols, 55 years of age, | cutt against the first floor of the prem- died suddenly Tuesday afternoon from |ises 411 Four-and-a-half street south- apoplexy, at his home near here. He wassthe son of the late William and Martha Nichols, a native of this county, | and a prominent farmer. | He is survived by his wife, who was | Miss Betty Monroe of this county, and | four children, Madison Nichols of Falls Church; Thomas, at home: Mrs. Au- gustus di_Zerega of Hume, Va, and Consuela Nichols. at home. | west, occupied by Joseph B. Lacopidan and owned by Katherfe Horan. The allegation is made that the place has become & nuisance within the| meaning of the national prohibition act, | because of convictions in Police Court of | liquor violations by former tenants of | the property. Justice Wheat issued a temporary injunction against the sale | or possession of liquor at the premises. | Free- a new style cake plate in colored glass with the purchase of two packages of Pillsbury’s Cake Flour This new ecake flour has set FREE? New Style Cake Serving Dlate free with wo packages of Pillsbury's Cake Flour a record!? 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The Dill measure to continue the| | Federal Radio Commission as a perma- | ]ncnt organization may Ke given a place on next week's calendar in the Senate. Unless Congress acts before January 1 the commission assumes a purely ju- dicial function then, its administrative duties reverting to the Department of | | Commerce. Congress goes into recess! on December 21 until January 6. | The Senate interstate commerce com- | mittee yesterday reported the bill of | Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washington, | proposing to make the commission a permanent organization. In his annual message to Congress President Hoover, among many other | recommendations for legislation, urged that the commission be reorganized and { made permanent. C. B. McCLINTOCK, Ohio. ZIHLMAN APPROVED BY HOUSE AS HEAD OF D. C. COMMITTEE \BRINGS PEACE TO PARTY. 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Rogers, sergeant-at-arms of | Medrano chairman of the ways and the House, whose duty it would be to means committee. prevent any member from exercising | the privilege of the floor if it was con- trary to the rules of the House. House leaders explained again today that any action on the part of the House would be in the nature of preju- dicing the case against their colleague: that it would be an injustice to him: that a basic rule of law is that a man is innocent until he is proven guilty and that the House has no intention of condemning Representative Zihlman until after his case has been tried fairly by due process of law. In consummation of this, Representa- tive Zihlman’s name heads the list of the House District committee as chair- man when presented to the House to- day by the Republican committee on committees. | Page) Before you buylook hnhcfl ndia on the package . . . Mill Man Dies Suddenly. MACON, Ga. December 12 (/). P. E. Greenhill, 60, of Concord, N. 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The second speaker, Dr. Lent D. Up- son, director of the Detroit Bureau of Municipal Research, a nationally known authority on municipal administration, will tell of the problems of the modern police force in large cities. Those invited to attend the meeting include Attorney General Mitchell, members of the Senate and House judiciary committees, members of the Hoover Crime Commission, Gov. Ritchie Supreme Court and the District Court of Appeals, Mayor William F. Broening and Police Chief Henry of Baltimore, officers, directors and past presidents of the District Bar Association, Willlam Butterworth, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and United States District Attorney Leo A. Rover. Many acceptances have already been received. Mr. Beck is a former solicitor general of the United States and author of the well known book, “The United States Constitution.” He is considered an able orator and has been honored in foreign prudence. 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