Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1930, Page 7

TRADE CONDITION HERE ENCOURAGES Increase Is Recorded for April, 1930, With 4-Month Volume High. Retall trade in Washington has made @n encouraging record thus far this year, considering the general depression following the stock market slump which ‘was expected to make for “hard sledding” in business here and elsewhere for at least six months, according, to a survey of conditions in local stores made by ‘The Star. An increase of 10.1 per cent in retail | trade in this city was registered last| month over the volume recorded in April, 1929, it was revealed in the state- ment of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond for the fifth reserve district, including Washington. ‘The fact that Easter came in April this year and in March last year pri- marily was responsible for this heavy gain in the retail trade index for last month. However, local merchants are | g:-uy encouraged over the April report | ause of the fact that much of April ‘was too cold to stimulate Easter buying. H’d the weather been more favorable percentage of gain would have Ne:n much higher, merchants_ believe, and thus the record for the first five months of this year would have been considerably boosted. Two Month Volume Is Lower. As it was, retail trade here for the $wo months of March and April, this oz, was 2 per cent below the com- record of March and April of 1929. The Federal Reserve Board makes this combined comparison to | make allowance for the difference in the date of the Easter buying in the WO years. - Ocmslde'rlble encouragement is seen, in the fact n":;“ de;plw 'ihi m effects of stock marke crash lnt Fall, the record of retail ‘Washington for the first four was but four- leaders had anticipated that the ef- fects of the stock market break would be even more depressing. May Trade is Strong. Encouragement is seen also in from the heads of the majority of ead- ing Washington department stores showing that retail trade thus far in May has been strong, showing continua- tion of buying trends, and while some do not expect that the record the first five months of this year go ahead of the same period of , the strength of trade now current ted to as a hopeful sign. the country as a whole retail in April was 8 per cent greater in April, 1929. Taking March and together, the record tl year was cent below March and April, 1929, e local leaders believe new mer- chandising methods, adopted at the start of this year, have been responsible for the good record in business recorded thus far. LEFT $200,000 ESTATE Mys. Viclet B. Heap's Personal Property Valued at $09,604.64. Mrs. Viclet B. Heap, who died April 5, mnm valued in excess of $200,~ 000, according to the petition of her son, Beale Bloomer, and her daugh- B. Ward, for the probate her will. Mrs. Heap owned real in the District assessed at $112,225 and land in Maryland, while property is valued at Eaan 28 T g§ ter, Mnmx‘the Navy's amusement fleld up to date with “talkies.” This is in line with President, Hoover's recom- mendation for priation to give supplemental appro- ki the Navy. “Clean-Up Week” Is Opportunity to Reduce Fire Hazard BY GEN. HERBERT B. CROSBY, Commissioner of the District &t lumbia. Clean-Up week offers a splen- did opportunity to reduce the fire hazard in the National Capi- tal. It sets a time for every citi- zen to examine his home and grounds to discover such fire hazards and to devise proper means for their correction. In many cases he will find rubbish, old papers and other discarded material in corners of his attic and cellar, in his ga- rage and wedged under porches, fences and in close proximity to other wooden structures. He may find also instances of defective insulation on electric wiring, soot-clogged chimbeys and improperly safeguarded in- flammable substances, such as kerosene, oils and gasoline. If every citizen will give thought to these matters and make such improvements as are indicated, the result, without pos- sible doubt, will be a marked reduction in losses due to fires in the District of Columbia. Observe Clean-Up week, May 19-24, 1930, BY SENATOR ARTHUR CAPPER, Chatrman, Senate committee on the District of Columbla. During the next few years the beauty of Washington will be still further increased by the expendi- ture of millions of dollars on new Government buildings and new parks, This program can well be viewed with pride by present resi- dents and should serve to attract many people to make their homes ere. The money spent on these big improvements will, however, fall short of returning its full value if the beauty of the city is allowed to be marred by any minor un- tidiness. The high standards that have always existed in this city will have to grow with other improvements. Each individual ‘Washingtonian can help in this gye seeing m-t the pmperty vh-i:: thnt he ‘o- h1s share to keep the streets, parks and alleys free from unnecessary rubbish. The Commisstoners’ proclama- tion of a Clean-up week might well stimuate every one to dedi- cate himself individually for the entire year to this task of civic cleanliness, Observe Clean-Up week, May 19-24, 1930. GEORGETOWN STUDENTS TO PRESENT “RICHELIEU” Mask and Bauble Club Undertakes Difficult Production Tonight at Wardman Park. ‘The Mask and Bauble Club of George- mwn University will make its first public man Park Theater. Rev. Thomas J. Stokes, 8. J., modera- tor of the club, has assembled s well trained cast with Frank Wenzler, Hill- top senior, in the role of Cardinal Richelleu. Wenzler is president of the club and took the lead last year in the production_of ‘“Manhood.” Bulwer Lytton's drama is the most formidable vehicle the Mask and Bauble | § Club has tried since its Shakespearean days and has taxed the ingenuity ef William McLarney, the stage manager. The entire production, including scenery, will be staged by the students. At 8 recent ball in London political fichu were delivered between the ces. SLIP COVERS o carmitare fas r"‘ or phone m umn-":flmnfix ) for samples & L sEER: O MeCorgicE muu Sines DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist B Ry m'l.-l. Men Are Making Their Shoe Dol T8day a pair of sh lars Work oes can't get by on good looks and nothing else. For men realize that a sho frequently short of li turning to Nettletons. e long of looks is fe. That's why they're Nettletons are smart, very smart, but they have the fine materials and the skilled shoemaking that enable them to outgame two pairs of cheaper shoes. $13.50 to $20. TIE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, -1930. SITE OF TOCWOG TOWN RELOCATED Smithsonian Institution Dis- covers Village Described by Capt. John Smith. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The site of the “pallizadoed towne” of Tocwogh, described by Capt. John Smith in his account of his exploration of upper Chesapeake Bay in 1608 as & flourishing Indian settlement, has been relocated by the Smithsonian Institu- tion on Kent Island opposite Annapolis, about seven miles from the mouth of the Chester River. ‘The town itself, with its houses of woven over wooden frameworks, was abandoned and disappeared nearly three centuries ago and only an enor- mous heap of oyster shells remained to mark the spot of a community famous among the aboriginal peoples for its practitioners of black magic. Mixed with the oyster shells were arrowheads, stone axes, hammer stones, fragments of soapstone pots and bits of clay pottery. These attracted the attention of E. C. Tolson, retired farmer and member of the Maryland Legisla- ture, who made a collection of them and offered it to the National Museum. Neil R. Judd, famous American arche- ologist, was sent to investigate the site, and, checking the location with Smith’s description, found that he had stumbled upon the remains of Tocwogh. Stronghold of Nanticokes. ‘This was one of the chief strongholds of the Nanticoke Indians, an Algonquin tribe, which was dreaded by the other Indians and resisted determinedly the first white settlers. The Nanticokes were darker than other Algonquins and were reputed to possess the secret of mysterious poisons. Says an early in- vestigator: “They are said to have been the inventors of a poisonous substance by which they could destroy a whole umemml% e‘dht;" mwn In ‘who firmly believe e among them who could dyfltmy a whole army by merely blowing their breath to- ward 1t.” ‘When the first white settlers came they found a confederacy of Maryland Indians with a Nanticoke “empress” at its head. Most of the Maryland aborig- inals were not unfriendly to the whites, but the Nanticokes resisted so strenu- ously that in 1642 they were formally declared enemies. It was not until 1678 that they signed a treaty with the Maryland proprietorship. In 1706 they had seven settlements, each with about | = 100 inhabitants. Then the; move northwestward out of and finally arrived in Northwestern New York, where they mingled with the Iro- quois and disappeared from history. Only Relics of Tribe. ‘The articles found in the Kent Island shell heaps now are the only museum relics of this mysterious people. 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De7ized The extensive additions which have been in progress during the winter months, adding so much to the comfort American Plan completed. of these cords to have been from the fibers recovered from the stems of milk- weed, which is belleved to have uud 1n ml.HnI flbril:l It is the “silk early explorers lmong the Algonqum! It ylelded a fiber somewhat like hemp. Their settlements were described by Smith as “pallizadoed townes mantelled with barks of trees and with scaffolds like mounts, breasted about with brests wery formally.” The explorer on this occasion sailed up the Chester River past several villages. The chief settle- ment of the Nanticokes was further down the bay and no trace has been found of it. Judd found several shell heaps indicating ancient settlements. One, several feet high and covering sta- eral acres, fits exactly with Smith's lo- cation of Tocwogh. Primarily Farmers. These people, Judd says, were pri- marily small farmers with maize as their chief crop. 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