Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1930, Page 11

+ ADMIRAL SNOWDEN DIES AT AGE OF 7 Distinguished Record Ashore and Afloat. A veteran of two wars, with a dis- tinguished record of service ashore and afloat stretching over 43 years, Rear Admiral Thomas Snowden, U. 8. N, retired, died last night at his home Rear Admiral Dead in the Woodley Apartment, Mlntwood‘ place and Columbia road, after a long | illness. Rear Admiral Snowden was 73 years old. | Funeral services will be held Thurs- | day morning at St. Margaret's Chu)‘ch.I Connecticut avenue and Bancroft | place, at 10:30. Interment will be at Arlington Cemetery with military hon- ors. Admiral Snowden is survived by his wife and & son, Thomas Snowden. Born in Peekskill, N. Y., August 12, 1857, admiral Snowden was graduated from -the Naval Academy in 1879. He rose through the various grades to rank of rear admiral in 1917, and was retired on August 12, 1921. He received many decorations during his career, among them the Navy Cross for distinguished service during the World War and the cross of “El Sol de Peru.” Admirai Snowden was in command of the presidential yacht Mayflower from 1908 to 1910, and later in com- mand of the battleships Shouth Cxldroflnl and Wyoming, g $he World War he was a uu-am-mu of the Atlantic Fleet, and in 1919 became military governor of Santo Domingo. He served on the general board of the Navy Department in 1921, when he was retired, after {ll health had forced him to relinquish the post of military gov- ernor of Santo Domingo. Admiral Snowden's service included stations with the Asiatic Fleet, at the Naval Observatory here, the Naval War College, the naval intelligence office, the Pleme't station and egfll::r é!x’np%runt assignment He serv e Span- ish-American War on the Dolphin. In 1910 he was made a captain and in 1914 was assigned to command of the navy yard and station at Portsmouth. N. H, coming to Washington in 1916 as hydrographer of the Navy Depart- ment. Baxter to Address Lion’s Club. Norman W. Baxter, managing editor of amr:- wn.s!m':‘um'-\m b;e?t'lw‘l% deliver an adt on sul of “Newspapers” at & luncheon of the Lions Club in the Mayfiower Hotel tomorrow afternoon 0’ 3 Every Suit made at cost. Shirts Madras, Percale, etc. with collar attached or separate collars to match styles. Wi $2, $2.50 and b vl b 3 for $4.50 Madras, etc, collar at- tached and separate collars to match. Also demi- bosoms. \s‘\'ere $3, sz,ls $3.50 and 3 for $6.00 Broadcloth and Glen- brook; non-shrinkable in white and plain colors; col- lar attached neckband . Finest Imported Madras, separate collars and collar - attached $9 95 3 for $8.50 Were $5, $6 and §7 Finest Southampton Brocdcludlh, difl ‘v]uhile only ; neckband and collar attached . <veeen 32'89 3 for $8.50 Finest of the silks— radium, etc, with separate collar to_ match. Were $7.50, $10 WL o ks 3559 3for $15.00 Pajamas Welsh Margetson of Lon- don, and pure silk. $1.59 $2 and 250 . or $4.50 $2.29 "'3%or 36.00 $3.95 b for $11.00 a e, 35S 3¥or $15.00 $3, $3.50 and $4 9, $12 Every Overcoat Every Topcoat REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS SNOWDEN. NEED IS PRESENTED FOR SAFETY ZONES For the protection of pedestrians and for the sake of uniformity in trafic regulations all street-car stops on Con- necticut avenue between Calvert street and Chevy Chase Circle should be pro- vided with safety zones Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, declares in a letter today to Commissioner Dough- erty. “As this street is a wide thorough- fare,” he urges, “such loading spaces are a great convenience to patrons of street cars, reduce posible trafic acci- dents and permit automobiles to pro- ceed around such spaces without being compelled to wait while street cars are loading- or unloading passengers. “For some reason, which is not ap- parent, every car stop has not been provided with such reserved spaces for passengers. This lack of _uniformity constitutes a real traffic hazard, es- peclally during such times at the street is covered with snow and ice, as it has been for a week, when it is absolutely impossible for a driver of an automo- bile to know whether there is a space reserved for passengers, unless he has learned all the car stops at which such reservations have been made.” If it is not possible to provide reser- vations at all such stops at once, Mr. Shaw said, it is important that such safety zones be created at Connecticut avenue and Albemarle street and at Connecticut avenue and Ellicott street, the latter intersection being much used by students of the Ben Murch School, nearby. Clearance Reductions at Their Deepest— | $32.75 —embracing the grades from $40 to $90 and including every garment remaining in stock—except Full Dress and Cutaways. Fashion Park—Charter House—Rich- ard Austin (English overcoats) and Mode makes. Sizes are in good assortment—and any necessary alterations will be Get the Haberdashery You Need—NOW! Here, too, we’ve cut prices still deeper for clearance sake. Neckwear $L0 Cat Silk and GO wrinkle-proof ...... 3 for $1.65 $1.50 cut silk $2 and $2.50 cut silk ... 3 for $2.50 3 for $3.50 $350. 84 and §5 §9.29 cut silk grades .... 3 for $6.50 $250 to $350 y Fashion Knit silk.. sl 65 .Lounging Robes Blanket and Ter- _~ ry Robes. Were §5 3,95 .nglvksn A s anket Were $9 and $10.. $595 Brocade Robes, with satin collar and_ cuffs, and mér- {;riz:dsu blsaixz\km& Vere - an . $6-95 RF}i)nc B‘{ocages obes. Were $1 and_$16.50 89'75 Silk-lined and Lounge Suits. Were 35 gltsilk Rgbgs. silk lined and Lounge Suits, Were $40 to $65.. $2575 All Flannel Robes Reduced Athletic Union Suits The Mode makes of fine madras; comfortably b WereSTand 3120 19€ 3for $2.25 The Mode—F at Eleventh ¢ Fa THE EVENING PENNY MATCH BOX' REPRESENTS FIGHT 2 Curator at National Mu- seum Traces Develop- ment of Fire. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. An insignificant thing is the penny box of matches. But it is the culmination of one of man’s longest and hardest struggles Wwith nature, according to Dr. Walter Hough, curator of anthropology at the National Museum, who has succeeded in making fire by practically every method ever used by the human race. The National Museum has a wide variety of fire-making contrivances col- lected among primitive tribes the world over. Dr. Hough set to work actually to create a flame with all of them and his experience left him scant wonder that fire-making is often a religious rite, its secret carefully guarded by a special order of priesthood. Even the crudest methods, he con- cludes, were discovered in the compara- tively recent past whea the whole stretch of human history is considered, and in some sections of the world came only after considerable development of the craft of the carpenter. In the be- ginning, he says, primitive man was fireless, although no race is known to- day which has not some method of creating a flame. Then came the de- velopment of the use of fire from nat- ural sources, such as lightning or a volcano, but there was no way of kin- dling it again once it was lost. A Precious Possession. So the glowing embers became one of the most precious possessions of early man, especially during the great primi- tive migrations when great numbers cut themselves off from the fire source. He probably carried the coals with him in his spread over Europe and Asia, Dr. Hough concludes, but some groups may have been forced to migrate without fire and some may have lost it in their wanderings, so that folk lore has many tales of struggles with other tribes to obtain t. But in the meantime man was de- veloping_tools, especially for working in wood. He noted that the process of making holes in wood generated heat, sometimes even smoke, and set to work over a long period to improve on these methods. From this came the system of making fire by using one hard stick as a drill and boring into another stick. ‘This, he points out, was a development rather than an invention, although the idea of refining the process by cutting a slot in one of the sticks probably was an invention. Bow-Drill Followed. ‘Then followed the bow-drill, now| commonly used by Boy Scout troops, which was a very great labor-saving device. Making fire with the simple = Mufflers Were $2 and 50 95¢ Were $300 to Were $6 to .03 0. Hosiery. Included are imported and domestic makes of cash- mere, silk and wool. Lisle and silk mixtures. Were 59¢ 3 For $1.50 19¢ 3for$2.25 $129 3for $3.78 $2.29 3 for $6.50 Were $1 and Were $3 to $5 s Hats Small lots of Felt Hats. Were SR ..l $2.95 Small Iots of Henry Heath English Hats. Were $10 and $12 ‘5'95 Mark Cross Gloves Lot of the famous make of buckskin $3.29 gloves .... Lot of London made $3.29 Genuine Pigskin Gloves STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1930. hand drill refi\m'!d time, skill and 'nflmoe.'u ‘well as blistered hands. “Thought on the origin of fire,” he says, “has tended to vision the human and to consider the need supplied by an inventor, much as wonder-work- inventions are brought out nowa- days. Nothing could be farther from the facts. It is necessary to n & long preliminary period during which man gained a acquaintance with the properties of various substances which were immediately useful to him. He knew the first that wood was the fuel which burned on his primitive hearth. He may have thought that fire ate the wood, but the chief lesson was that wood burned. Other associations of wood with fire may have come from work with this substance. Priction is a common experience and handling wood or working in wood may have given to keen perception an odor sunenfna that there was fire present. Unconsciously these observations led to more knowl- edge and gradually to a combination of these experiences into something useful. “Why the drill is the form the first fire kindler took is not difficult to im- agl ‘The drill is an ancient and primitive tool supplying the need of plercing holes in various substances. It is the result of Hiverse means employed to pierce holes such as scraping, punch- ing, grinding, cutting and breaking. When the culmination of the protracted experiments was about to be reached there was & drill which could be adapt- ed to fire making. The Hindu fire origin myth most &ncficllly states that the carpenter with his drill first elicited the divine fire.” In some other part of the world the making of fire by using one stick as a a plece of bamboo, or by the fire plough, a blunt stick worked along a groove in a lower stick may have originated about the same time as the drill. The method of striking a fire with flint, Dr. Hough says, probably came later than gener- ating it by wood friction. The fire drill, he points out, was the customary tool of the North American Indians, while the saw ,and the plough were common among the primitive Eastern peoples. All required consider- able skill, so the practice of fire making must have been confined to a few in- dividuals, It was not until early in the last century that much more efficient means saw, by dragging a rattan thong over | of fire making were evolved. The Na< tional Museum collection contains the ploneer of the match in the match ligh box introduced in Austria in 1809. great step in advance enable & man to kindle a fire almost instantly % a splinter of wood ti wi ture of potassium cl into a bottle of sulphuric L Pl horus match, such as was com- ly used about 20 years ago, was the next step in man’s conquest of fire. THIEVES ENTER CHURCH BUT FAIL TO GET LOOT Furniture and Locks Damaged After Robbers Gain Access to Building Through Window. Entering and ransacking the Fourth Church of Christ, Sclentist, at Six- teenth street and Meridian place yes- terday, robbers left empty-handed after damaging several pleces of furniture and a number of locks. The damage was placed at $100. Police _investigating the case after Charles Faling, an officer of the church, discovered that the structure had been entered, found an_ unlatched basement window through which the robbers evi- dently entered. . An_ unlocked window also_afforded thieves access to the Monroe School at Georgia avenue and Irving street, where s:xpi\plies valued at $37 were reported stolen, | BoOY PATROLS HONORED. Miss M. A. Dilger, principal of the Seaton School, gave a luncheon yester- day in honor of the American Automo- bile Association’s schoolboy traffic pa- trols from the Seaton, Blake and Gales Schools. Besides 30 young patrolmen, the luncheon was attended by Miss Mary O'Brien, director of tahe patrols; Selden N. Ely, supervising principal of public school safety, and Howard N. Starling, director of safety for the District of DR. FERRARA GIVES CIVILIZATION VIEWS Holds Race Supremacy Due to Harmony Between Physi- cal and Economic Conditions. Civilizations, like individuals, are the products of an evolutionary law, Dr. Orestes Ferrara, the Cuban Ambassa- dor, said in a lecture last night at Catholic University. The present dominance of the United | States, he sald, can be explained on the | sanie general principles as accounted for the dominance of Babylon, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Frankish empire and Great Britain in the past. “The supremacy of races,” he said, “is born and maintained by the superior harmony between the physical environ- ments of their settlements and the eco- nomic conditions which prevail in a specific historical period. ‘orld econo- my has always evolv ‘The periods of fixed production alwa; ve been sub- ject to continual mutations required to meet new needs, which in turn gave rise to still other forms of production. ‘When other collective necessities made their appearance and new forms of production took the places of the pre- ceding . ones, the predominant. forces emigrated to the regions best suited to the new forms of production.” Historical Figures Passive. ‘The great historical figures of a race, he said, really have very little to do with its progress, but are merely “the passive instruments of inevitable forces. The more passive or adaptable they were, the greater favor they received Columbia division of the A. A. A. You are invited to ‘drive a new Oakland “8.” Test it yourself in traf- fic or on ton hill excepted. Because performance.” “The alesroom 14th & R. 1. Ave. N Decatur 4800 BAILEY MOTOR CO. Mt. Rainier, Md. Berwyn, Md. Gingell Motor Co. . W. any Washing- Prior to December 19th, 1929, no closed motor car with five passengers had ever climbed Quaker Hill near Baltimore in high gear, according to all available records. On that day, a New Oakland Eight accomplished this feat carryingfive passengers whose weight totaled 943 pounds. Since this record-breaking performance, many have learned why the New Oakland Eight was able to do what other cars have attempted without success. They learned that under the hood of this new eight is an 85-horsepower engine —the most powerful to be found in any automo- bile of Oakland's weight and size, only racing cars ine develops one horsepower to every 37 pounds of car weight, the New Oakland Eight exhibits unusual climbing ability. For the same reason, few cars at any price can stay alongside it on a stretch of boulevard, or match its rapid pick-up in traffic. Truly, it has earned the right to be called “the car with superior this en NE! PRODUCT OF OENE See the New QOakland Eight at the Auto Show L. P. STEUART, Inc. from the public during their lifetimes cylinder engines. The New Oakland Eight, $1045 and up, Lovejoy Hydraulic Shock Absorbers included in list prices. Bumpers, rear fender guards and spring covers extra, General Motors Time Payment Plan avail charge at minimum rate. and consequently nuffr ‘was their re- could be secured to feed growing popu: lations with the very crude agricuitural methods known to ancient men. s Abact trom any pardeular seniue of e apart any r genius of le or greatness of leaders. These civilizations endured so long as condi- tions remained the same. ‘Then came the dewelopment of the art of nayigation, and the seat of the dominant civilization shifted to Greece, a maritime country. Further develop- ment of commerce placed the ldvlnflge in a more centrally located part of the known world, and the dominance shifted to Rome. Rome enjoyed for centuries an ideal harmony between geograp! and economic factors. ‘This was lost when, due to the very expansion of her power, Rome was no longer the center of the world. Power shifted to points nearer the center, the Prankish cities on the banks of the Rhine. Soon after came the conquest of the Atlantic, and the discovery of a new ‘world, the seat of the dominant civilization shifted to the nation geo- graphically ‘located with the best. sea routes and with the best development of naval efficiency. This was Great Britain, Shift Due to Economic Conditions. ‘The . present shift of this dominant civjlization to the United States, he saill, is another example of changing economic factors finding a harmanious geographical environment near the center of the world population. These are such as to produce a broader world dominance, he pointed out. “At present,” Dr. Ferrara sald. “the relations between men have become so intimate and so intense and men are bound together so closely that many distinctions would disappear were it not that tradition has created differ- ences between peoples and has set up fictitious barriers particularly in the fleld of economic life and of law. “The United States is the best equipped country so long as the politi~ cal and economic conditions of today may last. Before the war Germany revealed unmistakable intentions of taking the lead in production on a great scale, but first the war and later rs b. Pontiac, Michigan, plus delivery e Consider the delivered price as well as the list (f. 0. b.) price when comparing autome- bile valves Oakland-Pontiac delivered prices include enly authorized charges for froight and delivery and the charge for any additional accessories o inancing desired. 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As a result the factors of welfare and prog- ress are to be profusely found in the United States, as well as power in con- stant increase, to such an extent that in spite of her contrary political tradi- tion she is obliged to intervene in the great political councils of all nations.” DECREE VOIDS MARIAGE OF 21-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS hic | Tereta Fogleman Claims She Con- sented to Wed Her Former Manager After Threats. Justice Wheat has signed an inter- locutory decree of annulment in favor of Tereta Sheaffer Fogleman, 21-year- old actress, 705 Fourth street, against Stewart Fogleman of Salisbury, N, formerly her manager. The youn woman claimed she was under age when th> ceremony was performed and she consented through fear of threats said to have been made by the mahager. The decree permits her to resume her maiden name, Tereta Sheaffer. She was represented by Attorneys John Lewis Smith and John Paul Jones. PET DOG PAYS PENALTY. Shot by Owner After Scratching Boy Above Eye. A master's love for his pet did nof stay Policeman Frank A. Kothman' hand yesterday after his dog had scratched Jacque Mozer, 4 ye s 1266 Penn street northeast Sunday. Kothman, who is attached to the ninth precinct, shot and killed the dog and turned it over to the District Health Department for el(lmlm\‘lon when it showed signs of rables. First-aid treatment for the child’s in~ Jjuries was administered at its home. We would like you to know more also about its excep- tional smoothness, its surprising economy of operation and its dependability due to sound basic design. The New Oakland's power plant is a product of engine a background of sixteen years in building fine eight- with Smart new bodies by Fisher, too, will bid strongly for your favor — with their low, long lines, their beautiful new Duco colors, and their attractive, restful interiors. Examine the New Oakland Eight thoroughly when you come to the Auto Show, or when you visit our showroom. 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