Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1930, Page 17

Washington News The Foening Star * FIGHT T0 REOPEN * HERE. TOMORROW - FORMODEL ARPORT Bingfiam Commission to Hold Its First Meeting- Since Last Year. OFFICIALgaF WASHINGTON TERMINALS TO APPEAR Trade Board Plea to Ask for Im- mediate Action on Gravelly Point Site. ‘The fight for establishment of a model airport for the National Capital will be reopened by the congressional joint airport commission, headed by Ecnator Hiram Bingham of Connecii- cut tomorrow morning at its first meet- ing since last year. Although tomorrow’s meeting is to be held behind closed doors, officials of the Washington Air Terminals Cor- poration. now engaged in a $600,000 im- provement program at Washington Air- port, are expected to appear before the | commission. Officials of the company, it is under- stood. e worried over the possible effect of the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard construction program on their property and will discuss the situ- ation with members of the commission. They are expected to tell the commis- sion that if the use of the airport is obstructed by the Federal construction program, aviation development here will be hampered, especially in view of the lack of any governmental airport facilities. Trade Board to Make Appeal. ‘The commission will have before it tomorrow a plea from the Washington Board of Trade aviation committee, headed by Lawrence E. Willlams, chair- man, for immediate favorable action looking toward construction of an air- port on the Gravelly Point site. - “Had work started over a year ago, when the District of Columbia com- " mittee of the House favorably mmfl " the Board of le committee said, “planes could be operat- ing from Gravelly Point this Fall.” ‘The committee, Mr. Williams said, is opposed to the House joint resolution now pending before Congress, which provides for an appropriation of $500,000 with which to purchase options on land to be used for an fl'& on the ground that the best sif available, at Gravelly Point, already belongs to the Federal Government and any expenditure for purchase of land would be a waste of the taxpayers' money. Small Field Contemplated. “Further,” Mr. Williams said, “we £hall object strenuously to any expendi- ture of District of Columbia tax funds for the improvement of land at some distance in either Maryland or Virginia. ‘The only site offering sufficient acreage lying mostly within the District is Gravelly Point.” The Washington Airport construc- tion . program 1s intended to provide | a small, but complete air passenger ! terminal field. Construction of a large | masonry and steel hangar and a passen- ger terminal building and control tower now is in progress. Grading and filling of the field is going ahead. The Congressional Joint Commission conducted extensive hearings on the lo- cal aifport question last year, but failed to reach any agreement as to a site. The pending joint resolution providing funds for taki up options was intro- duced, leaving decision as to sites to be made later. MRS. KIMBALL JOINS ADMIRAL IN DEATH Demise of 73-Year-Old Widow | Follows That of Husband Within Month. Mrs. Esther Spencer Kimball, 73 years old, widow of Rear Admiral William Wirt Kimball, died at her_residence, | 1757 Q street, yesterday. Death was | due to a heart attack. Admiral Kimball died the latter part o° last month. Mrs. Kimball was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She is! survived by a sister, Mrs. J. Holdsworth Gordon of this city; a niece and sev- eral nephews. Private funeral services will be con- ducted at the residence tomorrow after- noon. Temporary burial will be in a veult in Arlington Cemetery beside her husband. who was temporarily buried there. Both Mrs. Kimball and Admiral Kimball are to be buried later at Paris, | Oxford County, Me., Admiral Kimball's old home. DRUNKENNESS CHARGED IN JUMP BEFORE AUTO! George P. Grimes Knocked Down by Auto at Tenth and Penn- sylvania Southeast. George P. Grimes, 26 years old, was arrested on a charge of drunkenness last night after he is alleged to hnave deliberately jumped into the path of a passing automobile at Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. The driver of the machine, Eleanor E. Lee of the 1400 block of M street, swerved suddenly to avoid the man, but the side of the automobile struck Grimes and knocked him down. Policeman W. P. Als of the fifth pre- einet took Grimes to Casualty Hospital where he was treated for scalp lacera- tions, and then had booked at No. 5 precinct on the drunkenness charge. Grimes later was removed to Gallinger ‘Hospital. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR DR. KARL C. CORLEY ‘Bishop McDowell Officiates at Rites in Residence on Western Avenue. Funeral services for Dr. Karl C. Cor- ley, 66 years old, inent physician and 5] who died at his home, 5649 Western avenue, Tuesday, were conducted at the residence this afternoon. Bishop Wil- liam F.lléfibo;eflmg‘f‘:g'c Methodist iscopal Church official bm. Corley had been practicing in this city since 1905 and was widely known. He was & member of the Medical Soclety of the District of Co- lumbia. | mestic With the mounting parental enthu- siasm_of Senator and Mrs. James Cou- zens for their newest son-in-law, “Jeff” | Chewning, have gone a-glimmering the pretty but_impractical plans of Mrs. Margaret Couzens Chewning for' 1930 “love-in-a-cottage” as exemvlified by newlywed life in a one-room, kitchen and bath apartment. For the daughter of the richest man in Congress and her bank-clerk bride- groom have abandoned the idea of starting their settling down in the little apartment they chose before their elope- ment, in favor of spacious rooms and the ultimate in present-day apartment house accommodations at the fashion- setts avenue. ‘The Chewning abode will be more in keeping with the style in which the bride lived before her marriage, it was explained today at the palatial Couzens home at 3110 Woodland Drive. If Mrs. Chewning, in the weeks and months of married life to come, cooks her husband a little snack of an early morning hour, it will not be because she is following that pre-elopement resolve to go maidless in her newlywed domestic establishment. For the new plans for the Chewmngmhmxseho]d include hired help and all the rest of the conveniences of present-day spacious apartments. Cooking As “Lark,” Mrs. Chewning lets it be known that she may cook “Jeff” a snack, but the demonstration of Mrs. Chewning’s do- capability undoubtedly will evolve in the nature of a lark and pro- vide provender for a hungry husband just returned in the wee, small hours from a gay, social event, rather than on his way to perform his duties at the West End Branch of the Washington | Loan & Trust Co., where he holds a position. ‘The 19-year-old heiress bride of the son of an aristocratic, Fredericksburg, Va., physician has been prevailed upon by her parents to forego her resolve to “see it through™” upon the earnings of her husband. Young Chewning’s status with the family of his bride continues just as it was after his first meeting with his multimillionaire father-in-law. Like the Senator's other son-in-law and his son, Prank, Senator Couzens expects Daughter of Senator Couzens and Bank Clerk Bridegroom to Live in Fashion. able apartment house at 2540 Massachu- | hagq | | | ton Hotel were in use for the party, and W “Jefl” to make good on his own. Nev- ertheless, “Margo,” as Mrs. Chewning is better known in the Capital, is still the adored daughter of the richest man in Congress. With her new establishment Mrs. Chewning also will maintain her stable of saddle horses, and she expects to continue her ardent interest in hunts and horse shows in the Capital and down in the horse country about War- renton and Middleburg, Va. The first post-nuptial social appear- ance of the Chewnings was a decided success. Instead of being presented to the social set of Senator and Mrs. Couz- ens as a debutante of the season as been planned many months ago, Mrs. Chewning was presented to those same friends as a young society matron of the Capital at a ball given in her honor by her parents at the Carlton Hotel last night. 12 Ambassadors Invited. Twelve Ambassadors were invited to the party last night, the invitations an- nouncing the affair for “Miss Couzens,” and the secretary carefully explaining that it was not planned for the bride and groom, but to repay courtesies ex- tended to the girl while she persistently refused to have a formal debut. Flow- er-filled, both ball rooms of the Carl- about 40 Senators as well as Vice Presi- dent Curtis and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann were present. Greeting the guests with Senator and Mrs. Couzens, Mr. and Mrs. Chewning carried off the honors of the evening with easy grace. The blue-eyed, dark- haired bride wore a princess gown of blue taffeta, and her mother’s dress was magenta velvet. Another daughter of the Senator, and his son Frank, \‘mlmng the family, joined in the af- air. Earlier, the Chewnings held a dinner party for their own close friends— about a dozen of them. They returned afterward to the suite in the Mayflower Hotel which they engaged after re- turning from a visit to the Virginia home of the bridegroom’s father. ASHINGTON, D. CHEWNINGS DROP COTTAGE IDEA FOR RICH PLACE AND SERVANTS JUDGE REFUSES TODISMISS CHARGE AGAINST LANGDON Suspended Detective Goes on Trial for lllegal Transpor- tation and Possession. ATTORNEY FOR DEFENSE HOLDS ARREST ILLEGAL Policeman Was Apprehended on Thirteenth Street Last October by Federal Agents. The trial of*Robert F. Langdon, sus- pended fifth precinct detective, on charge of illegal transportation and possesion of whisky got under way in the District Supreme Court today after Justice Peyton Gordon had overruled a request of defense counsel that the case be dismissed on the ground that the selzure and search of Langdon's automobile was illegal. The policeman was arrested on the night of October 25, when he drove his automobile into the driveway of a house in the 2800 block of Thirteenth street northeast. Federal prohibition agents who made the arrest testified they found two 5-gallon kegs of whisky in a trunk attached to the rear of the automobile Contends Arrest Illegal. Harry T. Whelan, who is defending Langdon, contended that the arrest of Langdon was lllegal because the of- ficers did not have a warrant and did not have sufficient cause to believe a felony was contemplated to justify them in arresting the man and search- ing his car without a warrant. The request was denied. The Senator’s daughter met Chewn- ing, Who was promipent socially, at the President’s Cup yacht races last Fall. SIR ESME HOWARD HONORED BY 6. UL Receives Doctor of Laws De- gree on Anniversary of Philodemic Society. | | | { | Georgetown University honored. the 100th anniversary of the founding of | its Philodemic Society, oldest students’ | debating club in the United States, last night on Lincoln’s birthday anniversary by conferring upon Sir Esme Howard, retiring Ambassador of Great Britain, the honorary degree of doctor of laws. Ambassadors and Ministers from 23 countries, in addition to 50 other mem- bers of the diplomatic staffs in Wash- ington, attended the special convocation and the reception that followed in honor of the Ambassador and Lady Isabella Howard. Responds in Latin. Receiving the degree from Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, 8. J., president of the university, the Ambassador, responding in Latin, said in part: “First, I wish to thank you on behalf of my country, whose Ambassador to the United States I have been for six years. Secondly, on behalf of my family, whose name, and especially that of the Blessed Philip Howard, lately beatified by the church, has been for centuries con- nected with the faith in England. Thirdly, on behalf of myself, for I am the first Catholic sent by my govern- ment as Ambassador to this country.” | ‘While the Philodemic Society is 100 years old, its oldest member is the ven- erable Senator George Casimir Des- saulles of Canada, now in his 103d year and still attending the sessions of the Canadian Senate of which he is now an honorary member for life. Telegram From Oldest Member. President Nevils read from this oldest graduate of Georgetown the following telegram: “Please accept heartiest congratula- tions of your centenarian graduate to your somewhat younger Philodemic So- clety.” Senator Dessaulles is a grad. uate of 1848. George E. Hamilton, dean of law, is the second oldest member of the Philodemic, having graduated from Georgetown 58 years ago. peaking in behalf of the soclety, Dean Hamilton said that the recogni- tion of its centenary was. made more impressive by its association with the bestowal of Georgetown’s most cherish- ed academic honor upon the representa- tive of Great Britain, “a country linked with our Republic by ties of blood, of friendship, kindred aims and the nobl effort now entered upon to bring to all nations the security and blessing of universal and permanent , an e fort which we pray may be sustain Paying tribute to Lincoln as “the savior of the Union, the defender of human liberties,” Mr. Hamilton said that the Philodemics felt honored by their anniversary being observed with that “of a great American patriot.” Reason for Existence. “That an association of students should have lived through these hun- dred years, surviving the changes and vicissitudes that time always brings in scholastic aims and directions,” said Mr. Hamilton, “of itself implies a rea- son for its existence, but that the event should be thus observed is a plain and pleasing declaration of that reason.” Dean Hamilton paid a tribute to James Ryder, founder of the soclety on January 17, 1830, and who later became one of the presidents of Georgetown. He likewise praised Rev. John J. Toohey, . J., moderator and coach of the Philodemic for more than 18 years, as one “who next to Ryder deserves and receives, in fullest measure, the grati- tude, admiration and love of all Philo- demics.” BOGUS BILLS SOUGHT. Chief Moran of the Secret Service to- | tional request, submitted when he went sent out warning of another coun-|on leave last month, and submitted day terfeit $20 Federal Reserve note. “This is a well executed counterfeit.” machanical plates on one sheet of bo;\& paper of good quality.” as_follows: {last night for information concerning e | recent reception at t | I list in = children’s diseases. | said Chief Moran, “printed from photo- | portant, crisp dufln{he riod of leave and will take over nfice sination, was made over the Columbia Broadcasting System network. President Lincoln died, Lewis G. Rey- nolds, custodian of the museum, asked Seek Information Of Man in Whose Bed Lincoln Died Radio' Appeal Is Broad- cast for Trace of Wil- liam T. Clark. A Nation-wide radio appeal was made William T. Clark, Massachusetts soldier, in whose room and bed at 516 Tenth street in Washington Abraham Lincoln died after being shot by John Wilkes Booth the night of April 14, 1865. The appeal, in behalf of the Lincoln | Museum and completion of the story of | events connected with Lincoln’s assas- Speaking from the same room in which any one knowing Clark’s family to com- municate with him. Clark of Company D, 13th Massa- chusetts Infantry, was assigned to Quar- . His sister was Clark was reading his Bible the night of the assassination in his room across the street from Ford's Theater, when he heard a commotion in the street. Dashing down the hall, half dressed, he threw open the door. “Seeing an injured man carried out of the theater,” Mr. Reynolds related, “he asked the gentlemen to bring the patient into his room, and lay him on his small bed—not knowing it was| Abraham Lincoln until they reached the lighted room.” Of the 20 odd persons at the bedside that night, Reynolds said, Dr. Charles A. Keale of New York City is the only survivor. In telling of the Lincoln Museum and the relics it contains, Reynolds said no story of it would be complete without reference to Col. O. H. Oldroyd, to whom the world is indebted for the col- lection. “A monument should be erected to that man,” he declared. “He is still living at the ripe old age of 89.” HAT TAKEN BY MIS'}AKE; DOUGHERTY SEEKS OWNER Commissioner Took Wrong Head- gear From Reception at German Embassy. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty is anxious to exchange a grey fedora hat, which he took home by error from a he German em- bassy. He did not notice the mistake until far from the embassy, but thought he would have little trouble locating the owner and effecting the exchange. At the embassy, however, he discov- ered that there was no one on the guest list with initials corresponding to those on the hat, and learned that among the guests there had been several gentlemen not on the list of invitations. He set his secretary to calling the 19 persons listed in the telephone directory with the same initials as those in the hat. Thus far 14 have disclaimed it, and the other 5 have not been reached. DOOLITTLE, ARMY FLYER, .SUBMITS RESIGNATION Lieut. James H. Doolittle, one of the most noted military gflou ever developed in this country, submitted his formal resignation_from the Army Alr Corps, to take effect February 15, during a brief visit to the office of the chief of rps yesterday afternoon. Lieut. Doolittle flew here from New York yesterday, landing at Bolling Field shortly before noon. He went immedi- ately to the office of the chief of Air Corps an' left the Capital yesterday afternoon following his conference. There he withdrew his former condi- Atr Co formal application for discharge. ‘The famous pilot is holding an im- In questioning prospective jurymen, Whelan inquired whether they were employed by the Hearst newspapers, particularly the Washington Times. ‘The members of the jury are: Thomas E. Allpress, Samuel M. Allred, Andrew P. Anderson, Alfred Christenson, Joseph ‘W. Enders, J. Jenning Fields, George G. Fitten, Arthur Norfolk, James E. Orr, Crawford C. Sargent, Thomas L. Tins- ley and Nelson Waller. Only three challenges were exercised, the defense excusing & woman and a man and the Government a man. Agent is First Witness. Walter F. Martin, a Federal prohibi- tion agent, was the first witness called by Assistant United States District At- torney Walter F. Shea. Martin said that he, three other prohibition agents and a newspaper reporter drove to the house on Thirteenth street shortly after 6 oclock on the night Langdon was arrested and waited approximately 15 minutes before the suspended precinct detective drove up in a large sedan. Martin said the policeman went to a house in the 2800 block, rang the bell, and talked to a woman for a few min- utes before he returned to his automo- bile and drove into the side yard. “We walked up,” Martin said, “and asked the man in the automobile if his name was Langdon.” Martin, Langdon replied: “What is this, a frame-up? Don't take me in, men; think of my wife and children. It would ruin me and them.” Tells of Finding Liquor. A subsequent search of the car, ac- cording to Martin, disclosed the pres- ence of liquor in the rear trunk. Lang- don, he said, was then taken to the first precinct station house, where the formal charges were placed against him. While driving to the station house, Martin declared, Langdon said that he was merely hauling the liquor to ac- commodate a friend and that there was no money involved. “I asked him where the liquor came from,” Martin said, “and he answered, ‘Do you think I am fool enough to tell you?'” Martin, on cross-examination, testified that his su- perior officer sent him to the Thirteenth street address after advising him that “Langdon would drive up either in a Hudson sedan or a police department automobile.” ‘The witness said he fearned later on that the fifth member of the party was Gorman Hendricks. Washington Times reported. Hendricks was one of three Times reporters sent'to jail re- cently for refusing to divulge to the grand jury the names and addresses of individuals from whom they claimed to have purchased whisky. Martin said he did not believe Hendricks knew they intended to arrest Langdon, and de- nied that any of the agents told him why they were going to the Thirteenth street address. When Hendricks ap- proached them at the Internal Revenue Bureau, Martin said, he told them he was “supposed to go along” and entered their automobile of his own accord. Corroborate Testimony. After Martin had finished his testi- mony Sepcial Agents A. M. Murphy and H. R. Johnson took the stand. Their testimony merely corroborated that already given by Martin. ‘Warren A. Hegdgm. special pra};::).i- tion agent, testified on cross-examina- tion t't?fll the information which led to Langdon's arrest was given him by Daniel O'Connell, city editor, and Ralph A. Benton, managing editor of the ‘Washington Times. Heddons said, 'Connell told me he made or over- heard a telephone conversation to the effect that Langdon would make a de- Jivery of liquor to a house in the 2800 block of Thirteenth street northeast, and that the liquor would be delivered in two 5-gallon kegs and would sell for $5 a gallon.” Heddons said he made no effort to verify this information and that he did not know exactly how O'Connell learned of the alleged transaction. ‘The prosecution is being conducted by Shea and James R. Kirkland, while Whelan is being assisted in the defense by William B. O'Connell. HURT BY LIVE WIRE. Electrician Working on Trans- former Knocked 15 Feet. David H. Wager, 26 years old, an electrician employed by the Potomac | Electric Power Co., was knocked 15 feet to the ground late yesterday'and badly burned about the face and hands when he came in contact with a wire carrying 13,000 volts while at work on a transformer on Thirty-third street near the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Fellow-workmen administered first; aid and summoned an ambulance from ‘Emergency Hospital. His condition was regarded as serious. ition with the Shell Oil Co. permanently if his re- cipal features are described |quest for discharge is granted. It is understood here that another Two Overcome by Gas Revived. Gas from a coal stove overcamé Mary McEllery, 55, and George Harrison, 58, “On the Federal Reserve Bank of New | famous Army pilot, Maj. John Jouett, | both colored, of 901 Fourth street, as Yorl “K"; face plate No. . T. Tate, States; A. W. Mellon, + Treasury; portrait of Jackson. N. Y. 1928 series; check letter | commander of the 3d Attack Group, office with the Standard Oil Co. of Louisiangs they slept early this morning. They 7; back plate No.|Fort Crockett, Tex., also is planning to | were revived by members of the Fire er of the llnltbehg leave the service to take an executive | Department Rescue Squad. A defective flue is thought to have deflected the gas into the room. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY According to/ Society and General RUM SQUAD TAKES FIGHTER IN RACE AS PAL SWINS BRANGH ! Smoke Scfeen and Crasl With Pole Add Thrills to Benning Road Drama. EDWARD DUELL HELD AFTER HALF-MILE RACE Pugilist Said to Have Admitted Part in 180-Gallon Alleged ‘Whisky Transfer. Sergt. George M. Little's liquor squad, chasing two suspected rum-runners on Benning road early this morning, out- pointed Edward Duell, 27, a prize fighter, but lost a decision to Duell’s companion, who shed his clothes and swam the ice-cold Eastern Branch of the Potomac to freedom. The Igiuor car thundered across the intersection of Kenilworth avenue and Benning road about 1 o'clock, at an estimated 70 miles per hour, with Sergt. Little's squad in pursuit. At a point opposite the Potomac Power Plant the liquor car laid down a smoke screen, Little reported. Shortly thereafter the machine careened suddenly and crashed against a telephone pole. Duell and his companion started running and con- tinued through the mud of Anacostia flats, with the policemen in pursuit. Duell lost the race at the half-mile point. His companion turned left in the soft ground being reclaimed by the Government and distanced his pur- suers. The policemen followed his foot- prints by flashlight to the banks of the Eastern Branch, where they found a pair of s‘hm. & black sweater and an over- coat. Search of the damaged machine dis- closed 180 gallons of whisky in half- gallon jars, Sergt. Little reported. Duell, who gave his address as the 2100 block of Minnesota avenue southeast, was quoted as admitting that his job was to operate the smoke screen. He was charged with transporting and possessing whisky, with possession and operation of a smoke screen. Squad members said Duell complained that the “fight game” in Washington was slow and that he had turned to rum running for extra dollars. ALUMNI OF COLUMBIA 'HEAR AIR ADDRESS Dr. Butler Sends Greetings to Members Here—Barnaby Tells of Glider Flight. Greetings over the radio from Dr. Nicholas Mutray Butler, president of Columbia University, New York City, | featured a meeting of the Washington | Alumni of Columbia University in the | University Club here last night. The affair was one of many groups of the university alumni meeting throughout the world who “listened in” at the same time. Prof. John Erskine also extended greetings over the radio, after which the alumni groups heard a part ac- count of the basket ball game between Columbia and Pennnsylvania. Officers were elected at the local meeting. Lieut. Ralph Barnaby, an alumnus of Columbia, who recently made the descent form the dirigible Los Angeles in a glider, told of the flight to the ground and touched upon the future pos- sibilities of the glider. Greetings were exchanged through telegram by the local alumni group with _the alumni groups meeting in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Little Rock, Ark. Dr. Marcus Benjamin. of the class ot 1878 was elected honorary president of the Washington Alumni and Richard S. Harvey of the class of 1888 was elected honorary vice president. The regular slate of officers chosen includes: Lester G. Wilson, president; Rowland F. Hill, vice president: Alfred 1 17 MILES OF FILM REVEAL SECRETS OF DARKEST AF o 3y 1930. 1Y | Georges-Marie Haardt Leads Eight Cars Across Great Unexplored Areas. Pictures to Be Exhibited Here Before Members of the Geographic Society. | Georges-Marie Haardt, the “motor | car Livingstone,” who led an expedition ! of eight automobiles through 15,000 | miles of deserts and jungles of darkest | Africa, came to Washington this week | in connection with the American show- | ing of reels from the 17 miles of film | which form a scientific diary of un- | explored areas, strange tribes, wild | animals and tropical plant life. | The motion pictures which constitute this modern explorer’s record will be exhibited here to members of the Na- tional Geographic Society. They were the first motion pictures ever shown in the Opera House in Paris, where the | President of Prance was the honor guest. The Prince of Wales saw them in London and the royal families of Italy, Spain and Belgium viewed them in_their capitals. Mr. Haardt made the first announce- ment here yesterday that he plans a similar expedition, probably with five cars across Asia, following to some ex- tent in automobiles the route that Marco Polo took when he brought to Europe its first news of Cathay's coal, Ppaper money and of Kublai Khan. Mr. Haardt’s motor car expedition crossed the heart of Africa from Al- geria to Mozambique, and included a trip through the little-known interior o fthe mammoth island of Madagascar. Untamed Taureg tribesmen had to be bribed to pilot the automotive caravan across vast stretches of the uncharted Sahara. More than 40,000 natives were put to work blazing a trail through 375 miles of otherwise impenetrable jungles | of the Belgian Congo. Traced Railway Route. One object of the expedition was to | trace a route by which France may pro- | Ject a railroad to link its vast provincial | holdings in Africa. It had other offi- cial commissions from the French Co- lonial Office, the Air Ministry and the French Geographic Society. This en- tailed scientists and engineers who made observations in their respective fields, and photographers and sketch artists who made records for scientist and layman. The expedition had eight 10-horse- | power Citroen cars, equipped with cat- erpillars systems .in addition to regu- Iar front wheels. Each car had a| trailer, and cars and trailers had to carry extra water, gas and ofl tanks. | The initial stage of the journey was | across the Sahara to Burem, on the | Niger River. One area of this part of the trip included the almost unknown Tanezrouft, a country devoid of re- sources; no wood, no grass, no_growing or living thing; no water for 330 miles. Hunter Disguised as Bird. The expedition encountered the Tuaregs, ‘mysterious and marauding desert tribes. The men wear veils which cover the face and suggests the helmets of the crusaders. Along the Niger, southeast of Burem, the party came across a hunter disguised as a bird. “From a plece of wood he had carved a bird’s head and neck, feathered it, and supplied eyes and an open beak,” Mr. Haardt said. “He placed this de- vice around his forehead and went into the bush on all fours. Moving slowly and stopping at times to peck at the ground or to examine his surroundings, just as a real bird might have done, he was able to approach close enough to birds and hares to kill them with a stick.” At Tessawa, in the Southern Sahara, 3,000 of Sultan Barmou's Hausa riders escorted the motorists into the town amid the din of tom-toms and trumpets. ‘The Sultan is a modern Solomon and one of few living men with a hundred wives, ‘The expedition explored the swamp- bordered. island-studded Lake Chad. Many of the islands are floating, made of a light wood the natives use also for boat building. The Peuhl tribe, which practices flag- ellation of youths as a test of manhood before a youth is granted tribal priv- ileges, was studied. Beyond Lake Chad were found the Mazzas, who muflate the lips of their womeén by pierciug holes in them and inserting wooden disks. i Anthony, secretary, and Earnest C. Ropes, treasurer. ALF OFTEDAHL SEES LAW BOARD MEMBERS Considerable Significance Attached' to Conference, but Details Are Not Disclosed. Alf Oftedahl, former assistant prohi- bition commissioner, conferred at length yesterday with members of the Wickur~ sham Law Enforcement Commission. Although the details of the confer- ence were not disclosed it was under- stood Oftedahl had been invited to ap- pear before the Commission, and con- siderable interest attached to the con- ference. Oftedahl, who is now internal reve- nue agent in charge at Los Angeles, is krown' to have been one of those rec- ommended for the new position of di- rector of prohibition, a new job provid- ed in a bill transferring enforcement from the Treasury to the Department of Jusitce. Oftedahl and Attorney General Mitchell have had numerous confer- ences on Government business when Mitchell © was solicitor general and Oftedahl was assistant prohibition com- missioner. DR. RUTHVEN SCHEDULED FOR ADDRESS AT BANQUET Newly-Elected President of Uni- versity of Michigan Will Meet Alumni Club Saturday Night. Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, newly elected president of the University of Michigan, will speak to the 400 mem- bers of the University of Michigan Club of Washington at its annual banquet Saturday night at the Raleigh Hotel on . the topic “The University Alumni ram.” Dr. Ruthven is chief nat- uralist of the Michigan Geological and Biological Survey and was formerly pro- fessor. ‘of zoology and director of the university museums, at Ann _Arbor, where he graduated in 1906. He has directed various scientific expeditions in North, South and Central America. The officers of the local association are: Dr. E. W. Brandes, president; Dr. James G. Cumming, vice president, and H. B. Teegarden, treasurer. Other speakers at_the banquet will be Sena- tor Arthur H. Vandenberg, Representa- tive James C. McLaughlin and Dean G. Carl Huber of the University of Michi- gan Medical School. ‘Women Eat Like Pelicans, “A woman not thus mutilated is not considered a desirable person for a wife,” Mr, Haardt explained. “When one of these poor creatures eats she resembles a pelican. At each bite she must 1ift her upper lip with one hand and slip the food into her mouth with the other.” 3 Another curious people were the Yon- dos, who sit in motlonless dignity on thronelike stools and have a strange language that resembles a guttural cough. Toward the Congo, the expedition turned its major attention to obtain- ing zoological specimens. They made a side trip from Yalinga to the Am Dafok swamp, jungle haunt of ante- lope, lions and elephants. The expedi- tion leader gave a vivid description of what was found there, “We pitched our camp between the Am Dafok swamp and the forest, in a grove of palm trees. Not far away roamed great herds of antelope, and while much of the other animal life kept out of sight by day, it announced its presence soon after sunset. “Just at nightfall, the silence was oppressive, but this did not last long. Jackals began to yelp; the wild laug] of the hyena echoed through the night; the jungle was vibrant with life. “Finally, all lesser noises died out before the majestic roar of the lion, fresh from his kill and come to drink. Occasionally we could catch a glimpse of a flitting shadow or the opalescent red or green of animal eyes in the darkness beyond the circle of our fire- light.” 40 Hippopotami at Play. ‘Then, returning to Yalinga, the ex- lorers found a swamp where 40 ippopotami were playing, and a halt was made to photograph and study them. In the Belgian Kongo the expedition was in the midst of the Equatorial Forest, and could only get through after the Belgians had engaged 40,000 natives to cut a trail through 375 miles of jungles. And in the midst of this isolation, the expedition came up on tribes practicing a primitive ‘“‘wireless” communication of surprising ingenuity. It is effected by drumlike instruments called goudougoudous, made of wood, hollowed out on the early “loud speak- er” principle, and struck with hammers encased in rubber. Various sounds are made according to the place and strength of the strokes. ‘This “sending station” is placed in the middle of the village, Mr. Haardt explained, just in front of the chief’s hut. When a message is to be sent the native operator strikes it off and the sounds can be heard six miles away. “We rather doubted the efficiency of | i ores. this strange telegraph until we were forced to believe by a personal experi- ence,” continued Mr. Haardt. ““When igh village, we asked its chief for four chickens to be brought to us a short RICA, GEORGES-MARIE HAARDT. distance ahead on the road we were to follow. Chickens Are Waiting. “As the goudougoudou player struck the message off on his instrument, we | drove rapidly away, so that the chief could not cheat by sending runners off ahead of us. Three miles beyond the village a native stood waiting by the roadside with the four chickens we had asked for. We were convinced.” When the expedition reached Lake Victorfa it split into sections. One di- vision pursued a route from the Great African Lakes to the Indian Ocean, thence was transported to Madagascar. Two cars headed for Mombasa by way of Ripon Falls, Nairobi, Mount Kili- manjaro and Tanga. The six remaining cars embarked on Lake Victoria for Tabora. Thence two cars set out for Dar-es Salaam. Two other cars proceeded toward Capetown, via the Belgian Congo and Lake Tan- ganyika. And the expedition leader, with the remaining two cars, set out for Mozambique. ‘The expedition spent nine months upon its journey, traversed 15,000 square miles, brought back museum specimens and data which has ylelded a book, numerous scientific reports, 90,000 feet of motion picture films and more than 8,000 still photographs. YOUNG ORATORS PLAN FOR CONTEST Students Smooth Off Rough Edges of Delivery Styles and Subjects. Student bodies of nearby Maryland and Virginia schools have added oratory preparation to their school work, for the preliminary contests leading to com- petition in The Star's area of the N: tional Oraterical Contest, according to| reports received today at contest head- quarters here. With the second term work well on its way, contestants are settling down to work on their orations and smoothing off the rough edges of their deliveries and their subject-matter. One of the first schools to report the participation of its entire student body is the La Plata High School of La Plata, Md., Milton Somers, principal. Somers reports that the interest in the contest is stronger this year than at any time in the history of the work in the “sehool. All' of the 114 students in the school are now working on their ora- tions. These 114-will be passed through A process of elimination until only 10 remain. These 10 will compete in the school finals on March 7. Participate in Contest. The junior and senior classes in the Glasva High School at Bel Alton, Md., are participating in the contest and will hold their school finals about February 18. This school has been preparing for the contest for some weeks. Another 100 per cent school is the Floris Vocational High School at Hern- don, Va., of which school Miss Eliza- beth Ellmore is principal. Leonard Hal! also is putting its en- tire student body into the contest. Brother Walter, head of the English department, is again contest chairman. Georgetown Preparatory School of Garrett Park, Md, also is a 100 per cent participant in the contest. Much Interest Shown. The contestants and teachers in the Virginia and Maryland districts of The Star’s area ‘are showing much interest in the gold medals which will be award- ed the winner of each county cham- plonship. This is the first time the special county prizes have been offered in addition to the prizes regularly of- fered by The Star. ‘The county championship medals, one of which will go to the champion in each of the counties participating in Maryland and Virginia, are attractive in design, their chief ornamentation being a torch. The medal is slightly oblong in shape and will show on the reverse side the record of the contestant. The hl?h(‘n int reached by the winner will be shown on this medal. The regular prizes offered by The Star in addition to these medals are as follows: For each of the 11 districts into which The Star’s area is divided there will be a cash award of $100, for the winner of the championship of The Washington Star area there will be a cash award of $200 and a place in the national finals, together with a Sum- mer tour of Europe, with all expenses paid. o JOHN S. EMBREY DIES AFTER WEEK’S ILLNESS Member of Prominent Virginia Family Resided in D. C. 18 Years. John S. Embrey, 69 years old, of 819 F street northeast, died at his home early today after an illness of only one week. Mr. Embrey, member of a promi- nent Fauquier County, Va, family, had resided in Washington for nearly 18 years. The deceased, a brother of Lieut. Warren O. Embrey, night chief of de- tectives in the Metropolitan Police De- partment of this city, was an_active member of the Metropolitan Baptist Church. He formerly cunducws a store in Arlington County, Va. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Alice ‘T. Embrey, Mr. Embrey is survived by w0 daughters, Mrs. Herbert S. Zeigler nd Mrs. Turner CoX; a son, Alpheus Embrey; his step-mother, Mrs. Mary G. Embrey; three sisters, Miss Mary E. Embrey, Mrs. Albert Jacobs, Mrs. Ward H. McConchie, and four brothers, Lieut. Embrey, Aldridge, Carroll and Norman e Mr. and Summer- Funeral services have been a) be in Cemetery, PAGE B-—1 PATRICK QUERIED ON FARE RATE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN McLeod Seeks to Learn Loss to Carriers Under Special Privilege. ASKS IF REDUCTION ORDER WAS CONSIDERED Holds Commission Has Overlooked Opportunity to Perform Public Service. To find out what might be the cost to the street car riding public generally in increased fare if special privilege was given to school children in con- nection with the legislative proposal for @ merger of the street railway com- panies, Acting Chairman McLeod of the House District committee today asked specific information from Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilitles Commission. Asks Loss in Revenues, Representative McLeod asked Gen. Patrick what would be the annual loss to the net revenues of the local street car and bus companies if fares for school children were reduced (1) to a flat 5-cent fare, (2) to a flat 3-cent fare, (3) if they were carried free of charge. He also asked that in each of these three suggestions what percentage of the total net revenue the loss would reprluen‘ti o “I unders you to say that a re. cent hearing before our committee, wrote Representative McLeod, “that there was some doubt in the mind of the commission as to whether it had the authority under present law tc order lower rates of fare for public school students. Will, you, then, please advise whether the commission has ever considered ordering such a reduc- ton, with a view of testing its power in the courts, in the event the com- panies should object. I am informed that the companies have never at any :;-;:] nflfer‘eig se‘flomu.s objection to a pro- of criminatory rates in of school children. o s Overlooked Opportunity. “It. appears to me that the commission and those wmmmgne:e of the past have overlooked an opportunity to perform a distinct public service in not_taking some step to lighten the burden of families in Washington who can fll afford the cost of transporting children to and from schools under the present high rates. I know of no other large city in the country which has not made some special provision for trans- poxnng school children at a lower cost. A clause in the pending merger resolution, drafted by your commission, would specifically gfant to the com- mission the power to remedy this situa- tion, at its discretion, Before proceed- ing further with the consideration of this resolution, the committee would like to know if the commission would objeot to amending this provision to make a reduction in the students’ fare mandatory, as has been requested by {Iepresent.auves of citizens’ organiza- ons.” nt KEECH’S POSITION SOUGHT BY SCORES 100 File Applications for Job. Bride Already Has Made Recommendation. One hundred applications have been received at the District Building for the position of assistant corporation coun- sel to be vacated shortly by Richmond B. Keech, who has been nominated peo- ple's counsel to succeed Ralph B. Fle- harty. The applications and recommenda- tions are pouring into the desks of 0mmloner Sidney F. Taliaferro and [+ ration Counsel Willilam W. Bride. Mr. Bride said today that he had sev- eral days ago made up his mind and made his recommendation to the Com- missioners for the appointment. He would not name his candidate, but it is believed that he has followed his previ- ous practice of recommending that the place be filled by promotions within the office. The position pays $4,600 a year. . MRS. E. A. VOORHEES, EDUCATOR, EXPIRES Taught in Public Schools 35 Years, Retirement Becoming Effective in 1913. Mrs. Eliza A. Voorhees, 90 years old, veteran educator of Washington, died yesterday at her residence, 1600 Kenil- worth avenue northeast, A native of Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Voorhees came to Washington in 1852, residing here continuously. She was the widow of Joseph H. Voorhees, for- mer principal of Benning School, where she also was a teacher. After 35 years of public school service, her retirement became effective in 1913. She is survived by a brother and a sister, Theodore F. Miller and Mrs. Emma McCreary. Funeral services will be held from the residence tomorrow | morning at 11 o'clock; with interment in Arlington National Cemetery. TWO LABORERS IN PERIL FROM POISONOUS FUMES One Overcome, His Rescuer Affect. ed by Emissions From Coke Fire. Both Are Recovering. Raymond Knaj 21-year-old laborer of Alexandria, Va, employed on con- struction of the new St. Gabriel's Church, Illinois avenue and Webster street, was overcome by fumes from coke used as fuel in fires burned to . prevent cement from freezing today. Attempting to rescue Knapp, Vernon Marsteller, 20 years old, 376 Milton ave- nue, Clarendon, Va., was almost over- come, but managed to drag the unconscious man to safety. Knapp was revived by Rescue No. 2 and police of the tenth His condition is not serious. Brecinet. Detective Casey Transferred. Detective J. W. Casey of the eighth precinct, has been 'relleved of duty as precinct detective and transferred to the fourth precinct. W. C. Curtiss, who has been in charge of liquor law en- ITAn) & _certain: for Saturday afternoon and burial will | forcement in the fourth preeinet, sue. the mausoleum at Arlington [ ceeds him as member of Cavt. Kobert &. The hour has not been set.! Doyle's command in No. &,