Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1930, Page 18

FARFAX FARMERS FEAR 1931 FALURE Continuance of Drought, With Low Yields, Presents Crop Plight. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, December 27—A survey of the agricultural situation in Fairfax ‘County at the close of 1930 through the eyes of County Agent H. B. Derr and other farm leaders shows that this has been one of the most disastrous years in Virginia’s farm history. After crop failures the farmers are faced with s second bad year as a result of the continued drought. Unless heavy rains or snows come soon the situation will be desperate. ‘While cold weather and the dropping of leaves make drought effects less ap- parent, the situation.is actually worse than it was in the Summer, and is daily becoming more acute. There has been nncumuy no break in the drought, ‘which started almost a year ago. Only & few ghowers have visited this section this Fall, in place of usual heavy rains. Since October 1 the precipitation has searcely served to lay the dust. In many localities the surface moisture ex- tends down only an inch or so. Under- neath the soil is baked so hard it can scarcely be plowed. The diminishing amount of moisture available for plant growth is well illustrated by the death of many comparatively shallow-rooted trees, such as dogwood. Fairfax County’s main source of in- es. -sown pasture crops of ‘ cjover or alfalfa on which the dairy- men depend for much of their Summer feeding are very poor. All legumé crops suffered very badly in last Summer’s drought, with nearly all of the early uealn( of clover killed. Of the Fall- Wn grains, some rye and wheat plan od after the late showers now looks . reny well, but most of the early plant- ings are dead. More rye was planted in the county this Fall than normally be- cause of the Government loan for rye pasture. What has survived so far not amount to much unless heavy rains come soon, according to Derr. Below State Average. summary for the entire State m‘hwu a 677 pa e;fidct ‘the“m-yenr of all crops. Pairfax Ouunty. w'lth & 50 per cent hay r cent corn crop last Sum- below the average for the helD keep already but will be of little benefit in lnduc\n[ addi- tional growth, observers say. Ordinarily much of the farm plowing Finker. “This ear the ¥l ploving er. year wing has been almost a total failure. Un- less the land had been sown to a crop such as corn or soy beans and culti- dig |® matron at a penal institution. and thn the plows would not pulverize whfle practically all of the more shallow wells have been dry for months, some streams which were dry all Sum- mer have recently been running again. On the other hand, reports are received from different sections of difficulty in seeuring & sufficient flow of water for the heavy dfimlnd! made by dairy even wells drilled to a h of 125 im. or more. e dllr! industry suffered more ht du the 10\;1' and ensilage. Ik fell off, reducing income, at the same time his mex- every dairyman has had to buy ‘Western hay. Very few have enough engilage to carry them through the sea- son. Since November milk production has increased, but the price of surplus milk was reduced 3 cents in November the | their home shipping milk to the Washing- market. This also is partly trace- able to the drought. 'Beef cattle raisers from other sections, who for- merly pastured large herds of beef cat- tle on range, with the failure of pastur- age lands, have found their former practices so unprofitable that they have switched to dairy cattle. Sixty-two per- mits were issued during October alone In two counties adjoining Fairfax to ‘many farms the only cash crop at season of the year is chickens of u- With hens bringing from 10 to 15 cents per pound wholesale the farm- er finds he can hardly afford to haul them to town. mdwin'fr pflcn for eggs are lower than they have been in years. They are down llmont to the pflce they bring in midseason when eggs are most plentiful. In fact, the price is below the cost of pro- duction for this season of the year on most poultry farms. Truck crops and lens were almost a total failure last jummer and Pall. Parmers in outlying sections depend for & part of their Winter income on cutting and hauling pulpwood. Many men are normally o employed in Fafrfax County. especially in Lee and Centerville districts. This year the ‘market on pulpwood in the State is shot burg & Potomac Rallway Co., which has instructed its agents to buy railroad ties from the farmers, although the is already suvplied with an abundant store of ties for its own use. ‘Thousands of Christmas trees were cut this year While the supplv has greatly exceeded the demand. thou- sands on thousands were hauled to market and back home to be dumped. Many farmers their cattle this Fall to y for ‘Winter feed. Most of these were on four-month notes. If L H Sergt. Edward J. McDermott of the division of motor vehicles of Virginia and & Bre-patat buck deet me Miljed while Runiing meer Edwarastoen 1y | rerstone. Jacob Dubrof, several days ago. The deer, which the officer brought down with a load of buck. shot, weigh pounds.” Tts horns on the left side of the head were Dut those on the ight side showed evidences of having ed 185 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 28, 1930—PART ONE. Decorated by King perfect, been broken in a fight. MARYLAND J0BS TESTS T0 BE HELD Eight Positions in State to Be Filled by Exam- inations. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., December 27.— Eight positions to be filled by exami- | spec! nations between now and January § are announced by the Department of State, Emp]oyrnem and Registration. Examinatio will be conducted in Baltimore December 29 for a steam fire- man at the University of Maryland ‘;'nhd e former pays $1,200 to $1,500 a year, and the latter $1,000 to $1,500 a year and maintenance. Examinations will be held at Leon- ardtown January 5 for the following positions: , Conservation Department, $900 a year. Incumbent must reside in St. Georges Island district. Inspector, Conservation Department, Incumbent must reside Mate, patrol boat, $900 a yeéar. In- cumbent must reside in Pearson district. vacancies to be filled by the department by January 1 include those o! llsllhnt !oruul‘. at $2,500 to $3,000 and cataloguer at the Unlvermy of uu'yh.nd. paying $2,000 to $2,500 a year. BORN DURING BATTLE Spectal Dispatch to The Star. WINC R, Va., December 27.— Willlam H. Spotts, who was born in May, 1863, during one of the numerous Civil War battles fought here, died last night in his hotel apartment, after sev- eral weeks' illness, He and his mother were taken from just as the Federal forces of Gen. had begun to shell the town, and were removed far behind the lines of battle along with other non- combatants. His father, the late Marcus H. Spotts, was a prominent merchant and churchman here. He was the l!n[ of his family and unmnrrled . Five Couples Granted Llcennl. Faber in Brooklyn Supreme Ann 2 Washington, and William K. clnrl, 21, Dawson. Pa., and Josephine C. Mg, 21, Wuhin!wn Belgium Orders Aircraft. The Belgian government recently or- dered 45 fighting airplanes, which are expected to be the fastest aircraft in the world ‘They will haye a speed of 200 miles an hour, even when carrying & full military load. The machines will have engines of 550 horsepower. Arizona Governor Believes Thompson Not Up on News Says Mayor Boasts of Promoting Dam State Is Opposing. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz.. December 27 —May- or Willlam Hale Thompson of Chicago has not been reading the papers, Gov. John C. Phillips of Arizona believes. The mayor wrote asking the governor to send 25 Arizona delegates w a flood control conference in devise means of obtain! an lppropflluon from Congress to jpound waters of the Mississippl. The governor replied Arizona has no money available for this_purpose. “Permit me to say,” Mayor Thomp- son said in a letter received by Gov. Phillips here today, “that as mayor of Chicago I had no approj Iltlon to send ton in behalf longer period they will doubtless pull through. If not, there will be many for sale next year. 8o far, little actual suffer- no in- les and l'nfll In a num- leagues and parent- oclations are arranging milk-#t noon for undernourish- . Many charitable agencies county stand ready and willing case of need. - The fepresentatives to Was of the Boulder Dam on the very dam which the mayor id he helped to promote. to|at Christmas was widespread and gen- erous. The absence of real poverty in | this kind is the face of a situation of appeal the superin tendent of public welfare for assistance gency. Psychologist Finds Rat-Hunting Habit Not Inborn in Cats They Learn by Imitation and Meat Eating Is Acquired Taste. ‘That kittens learn to hunt mice or rats only through imitation of older cats with which they are raised is the recent discovery of Dr. Zing Yang Kuo, Chinese psychologist, who has made a ial study of feline psychology with reference to_the animal’s mouse or rat reactions. He finds that cats which pounce on mice at sight are displaying no_inbred instinct, but are merely in- dulging in an acquired taste like that of a human with & fondness for golf or for olives. Dr. Kuo discovered that young kit- tens raised with mice or rats are per- fectly friendly and play with their sup- posedly heriditary enemies in complete ood feeling without any thought of ing them. He found that a few of the kittens employed in the experiments, however, did display tendencles to attack rats of a different species than the ones they were acquainted with, He found that in the mjwlty of cases, to arouse mouse hatred Lhe kittens he had to let them see other older cat, especially if is thelr mother, chasing and hun mice or rats. When this happens the kittens previously friendly to rats and mice turned completely around snd many of them became vicious mousers, imitat- ing their “grown ups.” Another test showed that even the cats’ apetitpes for meat could be & mat- ter of training. Cats raised on a strictly vegetable diet were found to have no liking either for live or dead mice or for any other kinds of meat. Dr. Kuo believes that kittens from any litter can be raised into great mousers by associating them with grown cats that are known to be great mousers. ‘They will soon learn all the tricks of the mouse catching from their elders. BAR STOCK DEALINGS Injunction Issued After Two Men Are Arrested. NEW YORK, December 27 (#).—An injunction ~ restraining Walter Miller and Jesse Jacobs from further stock dealings was issued today bcng:nlu Miller recent was arrested on -omsuoooovonhot attorney general’s office. CUBAN PATRIOT DIES Manuel Roderiquez Canizares Worked for Island Independence. TAMPA, Fla., December 27 (#).— Manuel Roderiquez Canizares, 65, Cuban patriot and once head of the Emigrados de Revolucionarios, died at his home years the Spanish- American War he led & band of Cuban independents, working Key West and Tampa to promote sympathy for the Cuban cause. Surviving are three sons and two daughters. The funeral will be held here wmon‘u Peer l(nku Dairy Snouu. Lord Cochrane, who at 73 started a dairy near Springfield, Scotland, has made the ventue a flnlnclll lucoeu in two years. The aged man dairy as a hobby, but hll COWS g.fl:duced s0_much pure milk that it & profit-maker. 25 More gtate— Policemen Urged Upon Gov. Ritchie Special Dispatch to The Star. ' BALTIMORE, Md., December 27.— Gov. Ritchie has been ur‘ed to re- quest the add 325 m;”t‘:‘;:m to the sm.e pol.lu force. ol Raine, managing director of the Automobile 'h'-des‘ Associa- tion of Maryland, sald any such legislative measure would have the support of the orga ‘The grecem force consists of 50 A force is too small, Mr. Raine A force of 756 or 100 men wouid increase the safety on State roads, he led. If State departments do not pre- sent mufr’: & measure m’{fi. Telephone National 5000 For immediate delivery of The Star to ycur home every evening and Sunday morning. Route Agent will collect at the epd of each month, at the rate T s“:k;nuwhmlm IRENOWNED GANTOR 10 OFFICIATE HERE Joseph Rosenblatt Coming for “Siyom Hasefer” Cele- bration Next Sunday. Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt, interna- tionally famous American-Jewish can- tor, will officiate at & “Siyom Hasefer” celebration to be held at the Congrega- tion Talmud Torah Bnal Israel Syna- gogue, Fourteenth and Emerson streets, next Sunday evening at 5 o'clock. Mr. Rosenblatt, who is dean of Jew- ish cantors, will be heard in a num- ber of religious appropriate to the occasion. will be his first visit to the National Capital lln:a his appearance at a local theater lasf {e X thhe occasion of Ounw;n R':unb att' it to Washington will e presen: tation of a “Be(er ‘Torah” to the Bnal Israel Syn: by Mr. and Mrs. James Witt. Ano'hlr gift of great value and s cance, & beautiful and ornmenul wedding canopy (chupah), be presented at the same time bv Mr, and Mrs. Morris Wittlin. Mr. Wittlin is at present the nre.uldent of the Bnal Israel Rabbi Aaron Volkman o( the Bnai Israel will greet the distinguished guests on behalf of the congregation and the donors of the sacred gifts. Harry Sherby will be active master of ceremonies, and Harry Himmelfarb will serve as marshal in the procession of the Torahs. Besides the attendance of the dis- tinguished cantor, added prestige will be lent the affair by the presence of Rabbi S8amuel Rosenblatt of Baltimore, son of Cantor Rosenblatt. Washington rabbis who will participate in the cele- bration are M. urwit,z, George Sil- . T. Loeb and Solomon Metz. Due to limited accommodations, ad- mittance to the synagogue will be by invitation onlyA . SECOND AND THIRD WIVES DEFEND FIRST DIVORCE Fortune of Former Geologist of Stanford at Stake in Battla Over Annulment. By the Associated Press. _ SAN FRANCISCO, December 27— ‘The second and third wives of Wash- ington H. Ochsner, whose modest estate swelled into millions after his death, will contest the recent annulment of his first divorce, Attorney James P. Sweeney said here tonight. A divorce obtained by the former Stanford University geologist in 1909 from his first wife was annulled Wed- | nesday by Superior Judge J. Emmet Walsh of Goldfield, Nev. The Ochsner fortune, now said to be worth $9,000,- 000, was at stake in the acticn, Sweeney | said. He represents Mrs. Nancy Ochs- | ner Baldy of Carson City, Nev, the| second wife. Sweeney said he would plan further action as soon as he received a record of ‘the proceedings. Judge Walsh's action was taken on the ground the decree was obtained h‘ludulenfly becaun it was issued 10 days too soon. FIRM TAKES PARTNERS Fowy Employes Admitted to New ‘Woek Stock Exchange Business. NEW YORK, December 27 (#).—The New York Stock Exchange firm of Jackson Bros., Boesel & Co. will admit lour ne' members on January 1, all of employes of the firm. Wfllilm Fletcher Parrell, a son of J. Fletcher Parrell, vice president and treasurer of the Sinclalr Consolidated ©Oil Corporation, and Willlam H. Fleischmann, son of Paul W. Fleisch- mann, first vice president of Standard Brands, will become resident partners in the New York office. Andrew B. MacCaughey and Willlam E. Ragland will become resident partners in the | firm’s chluco office. COUP IS FORECAST Leaflets Say Archduke Otto to Take Throne on New Year Day. BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 27 (A).— Hungarian authorities investi- gated today r;rons that a mysterious airplane had flown over the Kemene- salja and Gabakoez districts and had dropped leaflets prophesying a_ New Year’s day ascension of the Archdukc Otto_to the throne of Hunga Officials believed that the leaflets were the work of Hungarian Legiti- & | mists. The work of Mrs. Minns Kaufmann of Swedish and Norwegian singers was recognized by award of a goid' medal from the King of Norway. A. P. Photo. MILITARY FUNERAL FOR AMERICAN ACE Body of Flyer Killed in Crash in China on Way to Fort ‘Wayne, Ind. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., December 27.—The body of Lieut. Paul Baer, killed in a plane crash in China December 9, left by train today for Fort Wayne, Ind., where a military funeral is planned by the American Legion for the World ‘War ace. Legionnaires, regular soldiers from Fort Lawton and Air Corps Reserve of- ficers escorted the body on a horse- drawn caisson from the steamship President McKinley to the train. Lieut. Baer, who was credited with shooting down 16 enemy alrcraft as a member of the Lafayette Escadrille and later the American Air Service in the World War, was a passenger and mail plane pilot in China. His ship crashed near the Whangpo River, between Nanking and Shanghai, killing him, his Chinese co-pllot, a Rus- | sian woman passenger and injuring five | Chinese_army_officers, 1neludml Gen Hsung Shih Hui, eomnundcr Shanghal garrison. JUG OF CHRISTMAS CHEER FAILS TO MOVE JAILERS | Shoestring Fishline Brings Whisky to Four—One Faces Charges for Subsequent Celebration. SPRINGFIELD, Utah (N.ANA).— ‘The Christmas spirit came to the jail here but failed to touch the jailers. A jug of confiscated whisky was | placed in a cell for safe keeping, and the boys next door thought they knew a better place for it. Fashioning a fishing line out of their shoestrings, the four prisoners drew the jug over against the iron bars, then tipped it 50 the contents would run down their chilled and parched throats. 1t was good whisky and when night watchman Lyman arrived a few hours | later he found one of the men in the act of climbing through the transom and the jail flooded with water from a z,rg:eg pipe which had been playfully o1 But, risoners now has a semi-permanent ome while held on a charge of destroying public property and attempt- ing to break jail. SHERIFF TO QUIT | Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., December 27.— R. L. 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Heating and Plumbing Contractors 901 10th St. Raud, Pittsburgh, Pa. in development | U wn. alas for Santa, one of the|| 35 years. will not be a candidate !or; SMOKER 70 OPEN FRATERNITY EVENT Theta Upsilon Omega to Be Eta Elpha Guests at 4- Day Convention. ‘Theta Upsilon Omega Fraternity will open its annual convocation at the Cairo Hotet"with a smoker today as the guesl.s ormluph-cm ter of George ington University. It will hlt untll Wednesday. Dr. cloyd Heck Marvin, president of | George Wi University, and Dean Henry Grattan Doyle of George | th University will be the icipal speakers at the smoker to- num. Dr. Russel J. Janson will act | toastmaster. Business sessions will balln tomorrow morning, with other sessions scheduled for tomorrow after- noon and Tuesday morning. Dr. Elmer Louls Kayler, secretary of George Washington University and | a member of the fraternity, will serve as toastmaster at the annual convocation which will be held at the Na- Club tomorrow night. ers will include Arch Master Sam- uel W. McGinness of Pittsburgh, Pa., and or lnme ot the visiting :h:n New York Alumm chnpter wtll lln: at the ban- et. Following the business sessions Tues- day e sightseeing trip will be taken through this city, Mount Vernon and Alexandria. This trip will include din- ner at the George Mason Hotel in Alexandria Tuesday evening. The clos- ing event will be a formal dance at the Cariton Hotel Tuesday night. Today registration will take place at 9 We the Ets to be followed by the fourteenth con- vocation of the Arch Council. The committee in charge consists of .Io.hn N. Danehower, executive secretary of the Arch Counel, W. Hm past master of Eta Al Chapter, and William E. Reese of Alpha Chap- ter. Steel McGrew is the present master | of the local cmpm \VAULT SAID TO HOLD ' RELIC OF CRUCIFIXION' Section of Crown of Thorns Placed | on Head of Chzist Reported " in New York. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 27.—A Bix- ‘teenth century reliquary, purported to contain a section of the crown of thorns which the Roman soldiers placed on the brow of Christ before the cruci- fixion, is reposing in the vaults of a New York pawnbroker, the Evening Post says today. | The art dealer who placed it there attributes its ownership to Archduke | Ludwig, brother-in-law of former Em- | press Zith. The sacred relic, one of the most interesting in the world if genuine, is said to have been held in the Austrian royal family since the sixteenth century. ‘The supposed portion of the crown of thorns is set in a jeweled compartment surrounded by figures of the Virgin| Mary, St. John, and angels. The com- partment is lined with pearls and em-| eralds, one of 10 carats. 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