Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1930, Page 11

RADD PERATOR REPORTS AT KTNfi‘ Owner Declares Three Fired on -Him—Bridge- keeper Verifies' Story. By the: Associated Press. 3 MUSCATINE, Iowa, April 11.—Policc in all Iowa and Ilinois towns wher. bridges span thé Mississippl River wodny were asked to be on the lookout for three men who were said to have firea upon ‘the operator of Radio Station KTNT, Norman Baker, a tew minutes after he had signed off at 1 a.m, today The Baker siation was attacked by the American Medical ~Assoclatior | through its official journal a few days' ago as a quack outl Museatine police broadcast the warn- ing after Baker reported the attack | which was verified by C. E. White keeper of the toll bridge, who said he saw the shooting from his shanty, less than & hundred feet from the scene. White said he saw flashes of fire as of a gun exploding and four loud re- ports an instant later at the back of the building where Baker and Harry Hoxey of Girard, Ill, were having a col ce in & room in the broad- s |mn14:m" he jumped to th told police he jum o _the flm,en hearing the shots and fired at the three men he could see dimly, wounding one. The victim's two com- d him around the build- y to a waiting automobile, and escaped. Bob Hunter, merchant policeman and first officer to arrive, sald he saw blood on the grass where the wounded man had fallen. Baker is head of the Baker Institute. a cancer hospital here. He also owns the radio station. SAILORS’ INTOXICATION RECORDS IMPROVING Only 2,000 Service Men Turned Away From Church Institute & Month, It Is Shown. By the'Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 11.—Only al 2,000 sallors 2 month are turned a from the Seaman's Church Instituf THE WASHINGTON WOMAN TOURS .- FORESTS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO| with Miss Stevenson. Special Dispateh to The Star. MEXICO CITY, April 11.—Mis: Emma Reh Stevenson, writer and news- paper correspondent, of 2101 N street west, Washington, D. C,, the first | white woman to_venture into the trop- cal forests of Southern Quintan Roo, the one part of America where the con- quest never reached, and reputed as one of the most dangerous parts of Mexico, has just returned to Mexico City to say that Quintana Roo is one of the most interesting reglons historically and geo- graphically, but one where the danger has ceased to exist. As one of a party of five, the Amer- jcan newspaper woman passed through more than 250 miles of difficult forest trails of Quintana Roo, visiting Bacal the region of the Rio Hondo, Sant Cruz shlw, Petcacab, Santa Maria, Santa Cruz de Bravo, Hobenpich, Sa- ban, Sakalaca, and other Maya vil- |lages and ruined Spanish colonial . { but the 30 EVENING she imprisons them, sall forth in quest for raw meat (o feed . - One of his friends ‘xtabai,’ the chiclero his 30-30 and looking at me tully. Experienced No Hardships. _ “In the 22 days in the territory, we personally experienced no dangers our ips were . more. inferesf than painful, with exception of garra. patas and other insect pests. We ha with us several persons who had lived in that territory for years and knew the ropes. “We started out armed to .the tebth, 's, the pistols, and -the heavy cariridge belts only made it harder for our mules, although they did | make fine photograhs. We scattered “General” Juan' Bautista Vega, chief of the tribes centered about Vera Cruz, Department of Agriculture, and Frans Blom_archeologist’ of Tulane Univers- New Orleans. Told of Many Dangers. “I was told that bocause 1 was a white woman I would be kidnaped by the unredeemed Indians,” sald Miss Stevenson. “I was also warned of the long stretches through narrow forest trails where mules sink to their bellies | in mud. where uitos and insects | give fevers, where “garrapatas” eat one | up, and where poisonous snakes abound. “When in the very heart of the terri- | tory, and when it was too late to turn | back, we were told of another danger we had not heard of before. A wild- eyed ‘chiclero,’ as gatherers of crude chewing gum are called, sitting guard over blocks of chicle at a lonesome camp at Nohbec, where Maya ‘tribus’ or tribes burned a federal officer alive as late as 1909, told us of the dreaded Ppills, powders, ampules, and other kinds supplies throughou® the territory, when they became too much of a nuisance to carry further.” Quintana Roo natives are still under the rule of three Maya Indian chiefs, who once ruled the entire territory as absolute lords, but are now rapidly be- coming figure-heads, said Miss Steven- son, who personally met two of these chiefs, “Gen.” Juan Bautista Vega of Santa Cruz Clompon,. and “Gen.” Francisco May of Santa Cruz de Brave. “Curlous Maya custor:s such as pub- % ing for breaking the laws of of medical or hurving the dead in the f the rocky backyard, so shallow soil STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. g o e ve! . Wlm‘# comparatively % federal author- ity in the territory. Until a year or two FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1930. WIFE DIVORCES BROKER . OVER LOSS OF 3 TEETH e itancyer, federal authorlty was not igre)p With String and Doorknob admitted. nfl"““ Steve * her ces durin, T through tana Foo “bad lands” i e MAYBE THIS IS WHY FUR | GROWS ON ONE’S TONGUE Value of Gin as Restorative Is Ar- gued Vainly by Chicagoan Explaining Liquor. By the Associated Press. 'CHICAGO, April 11.—The value of gitt as a fur restorative was argued before Judge John L. Lupe yesterday “It revives the fiber, makes the fur glisten, and keeps away moths,” Jacob Cohen mentioned in explaining a gal- lon he had in his fur store. contribution to" industrial chemistry— but not impressed “One_ hundred Judge Lupe decided. The Young Man’s ‘Requirements . . . Correctly and' economic- ally met in smart styles for Spring. » prep Suits Cashmeres and tweeds. Sizes 14 to 18 . . . $20 to $30. " dollars ' and costs,” | By the’ OHIOAGO, April orce case with teeth in it—three teeth, Mrs, Celia Wi Extraction, Plea. Associated Press. 11 —Here's a ler’s teeth. She won'a nately, teeth— of the 3 officiatin, her complaint on the teeth. need recently of getting & tracted, she told her husbarid. pooh-poohed the idea of going to an - exodontist, urging the good, old method of a string extending to the knob of a door, said door to be slammed suddenly, yanking the tooth. That worked all right, Mr. Wagner Unfortu- as door slammer, le string was attached to the bad .one and a dandy directly east of it. As two teeth swung gorily at the 1;mi string, the Wi 8 n 8" now. vrlungel b"gk Followed by Argument and Third a- from said tooth two one acter. It was then, Mrs. Wagner set forth, that her husband, unaided either by string or doorknob, removed a third tooth from her mouth. ‘The three vacancies in Mrs. Wagner's molar system won her the divorce. PREMIER’S BROTHER DIES Yoshikiyo Mizuguchi, 76, Was Adopted by Hamaguchi Family. ‘TOKIO, April 11 (#).—Yoshikiyo Mizuguchi, 76, elder brother of Premier Yuko Hamaguchi, did at the family home at Kochi, Shikoku Island, today of kidney disease. Born Mizuguchi, the premier was adopted by the Hamaguchi family, into which he married, accord- ing to Japanese custom. . Abolishes Capital Punishment, COPENHAGEN, April 11 (#).—The | Danish Parliament yesterday -adopted 2 new penal code which abolishes cap- ital punishment. ‘The death penalty provided heretofore jwung into | was decapitation, but it has not been ‘The court was interested in Cohen's | conversation of a hl.hly personal char- | invoked in 38 years. MRS. OWEN TO DISCUSS — . YOUNG CITIZEN’S DutY:. Address Will Be Given at Un,i_ver; sity Club Thursday by Representative. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida will discuss “The Duties of the Young Citizen" in an address at a meat~.. . ln% D1 tgeed(lnlver!!ly Club Thur: kg nclue among the ests at the meeting will be 38 beys and girls trom: g;:‘ (:wen's ccnlgrralglm)j‘ll district. who n annual “Ruth Bryan Owen Trip to Washington Cun!z‘!, ‘The competition is based on good citizenship, each high school in the 18 counties of g)e :oémr!&!l&l"ml d{:trll:t being entitlett -~ send one boy and one girl to ington each_year. a7 iniel C. Roper, former commissioriey’;. of internal revenue, will act as master of ceremonies after his introduction by g;gr.e F. Snyder, president of the Georgia produced 394,550,000 pounds . of peanuts in 1929, e .”n “ThedoungNens o April 11 OSTONIAN Shoes for Men S 1319-1321 F Street STETSON HATS Hours: 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. &t Albans Clothes FOR MEN & YOUNG MEN 4 Blue Cheviot, $22.50 and $25. With two pairs long trousers now because of intoxication. 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