Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1931, Page 3

CABMAN QUIZZED - INLIMERICK CASE, Edgar L. Mcintyre Freed and Police Inquiry Reaches Virtual Deadlock. The police investigation of the Beulah Limerick murder case had reached a virtual impasse today, as the district attorney’s office prepared to go before the grand jury next Monday with the evidence it has against four men mw‘ under arrest in connection with the fatal shooting of the former secretary | of the Sky High Whoopee Club. Edgar L. McIntyre, former cab driver | and member of the Whoopee Club, was | uestioned and released yesterday by aecoctiv!s, ‘who said they were convinced he had thing to do with the case. Mclntyre, ' whose home is in Cardiff, | Md., came here voluntarily when hej learned police were looking for him. Met in September. | He admitted that he had known Beulah since last September and said he had been a frequent visitor to the house at 18 Nineteenth street. He said, however, that he was always accom- panied on these visits by two friends and that he last visited the house De- cember 4. The girl was killed Decem- ber 31. He saild there was & party in ess at the Nineteenth street house e last time he was there. § Detectives are still continuing their investigation in the hope that they may run across some clue that will produce tangible evidence as to the identity of the party who fired the .25-caliber bul- Jet into the girl's head as she slept. It was admitted today. however, that they have little helpful information to guide them. Grand Jury Subpoenaes. Assistant United States Attornev Julien I. Richards said subpoenaes will be sent out this afternoon for witnesses to appear before the grand jury when the case is presented to that body. The jury will be asked to consider the evidence against Policeman Robert F. Langdon, William Paddy, Vernon Lim- erick and Richard Reed, who were held by a coroner's jury as having “guilty knowledge. b gt EX-RAIL SECTION HAND NOW ROAD’S MANAGER William E. Smith Promoted by Louisville & Nashville System to High Post. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 19.—Wil- Ham E. Smith, who began his railway career as a section hand 46 years ago, has been appointed general manager of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. In 1885 he got a job as a laborer and leter became section foreman. The years that followed brought him suc- ‘cessive promotions, first to the position of supervisor, then roadmaster, assistant superintendent of the Birmingham di- vision, superintendent of construction, superintendent of the Henderson & St. Louis division, superintendent of the Birmingham division and assistant gen- eral manager. Recently T. E. Brooks, the general manager, was advanced to a vice presi- dency in charge of operations, and Mr., Smith was chosen to succeed him. Deaths Reported. M. Herrell, 91, 1325 N. Car. ave ne. 4 . 204 Carroll st. Wassman. 635 G st Carden. 66, Gallinger_Hospital. y E JHeal, §6. Union Station. shan, 63, 1238 Oates st. n.e. Ashiey, §7. 812 Butternut st. Cole, 57, 639 Longfellow st. ker, 46," Home for Aged and Ba Henry Nora Rrnie " Ba Infirm. Ed C. Padsejt. 10, G st se Infant to Alfred 'and Irene Nori, 5 hic Hospital Butler. 88 Gallinger Hospital. Parham. S5, 930 26th st Barnes. 50, 632 Gordon ave. n. e, 49. 1441 Rhode Island a: Walter Weaver, 45. 932 27th st. da_Gray, 4 4 6th &t ainds Manley, 36, 1208° 25th st. vid Johnson, 33, 38 F st. enfllcmldl 3, 1516 M %&nl kins, 3 month ontello ave. n.e. ildren’s Hos. SPECIAL NOTICES. zii ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK. olders of the Mount Vernon Savings Bank gf Washingion, D.°C."Will be held ai the nk, corner of Sth street d Mass- Schusetts avenue northwest. Washinkton, D. on Tuesday, the 20th day of January, 3 o'clock noon for the election of directors for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come befcre the meeting. Polis will femain open until 1 p.m. ROBERT T. HIGHFIELD. e i Cashier. BFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY. JANUARY 12, 1931 In accordance with section 3 of the char- ter, the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Washington Gas Light Company. the election of directors and for such other business as may properly come before said meeting. will be held at the office of the gompany. 10th" st. nw. Monday 1 “be . at 12 o'dock noon. The Bolls wi open from 12 o'clock noon til 12:30 o'cl GEORGE a12.19.fe1 ock p.m. M. WHITWELL, Becretary. AL REPORT OF THE raigned, board of trustees of | w the unde 8 s, d o W corporation majority of the R Winslow Co.. orsanized and éxisting under the laws of the strict of Colum o hereby certify that e amount of the total authorized capital | stock of said company ne hundred twenty-five thousand doll 25.000.00). of which one hundred twen dollars ($125,000.00) has actually been paid, | gnd, that' the amount of the existing debts $13,77.75 | (Bigned.) W. R. WINSLOW. President. (Signed.) JOSEPH C. KLINGE. Trustee. (Bigned) L. A. SMITHERS, rustee District of Columbia, ss 1. W.R. WINSLOW. president of the W. R. | Wihslow Co. & corporaiton organized and | existing under the laws of the District of | Columbia. being first duly sworn. depose | end say that the facts stated in the afore- 0IDg T 't are true to the best of my | nowledge and belief. (8¢d.) W. R WINSLOW. Subscribed and sworn o before me this | fain, 907 of Janusry, A D 103) 1) (8gd.) J. FRANCIS MOORE. " 'Notary Public, D. C. EFNUAL REFORT OF THE CHEVY CHASE | int and Hardware Co.—We the under- | signed, a majority of the board of trustees | of the Chevy Chase Paint and Hardware o, & corporation organized and_existing wunder the laws of the District of Colum| do hereby certify thai the amount of total suthorized capital stock of said c housand dollars ($10.000.00 s (310,000 y been paid, and that the amount f the existing debis is one thousand seven ,undnd (Seventy_seven dollars and thirty- | nine cen ,717.39) | HoRaCE ® A WINE - d, the president | e thousand om- . TROTH, Vice President. LAWRENCE E ' TROTH, retary and Treasurer. Digtrjct o Columbia, ss.: WRENCE E. TROTH. secrel Onevy Chase Paint and Rardw rporatifn organized and _exis laws of the District of Columbi worn, depose and say in the atoresoing > best of my knowl That the Becretary and Treasurer. ribed_and sworn to before me this sy of January, AD., 1931 (Beal.) 3. w28 X ICE E. TROTH, ALIZE IN BODY, . WOOD: top re-covering; wire wheels 76 each; curtains repaired and . _ Special on valve . 35% off T AUTO SERVICE, 141 Pot._5202. 20 P O AT oTLTE r § p.m. Atlantic or estimates Kol 255 IS e ot o ottt ) i plxats and” floral designs.” Lin. .mf auick. 5D WATCH CRYSTAI rvice. \ Jeweler. n. ANY | From Detroit { man defending himself with tear THE KEVENING FISH WITH STRANGE HABITS FOUND IN JUNGLES OF SIAM Males of One Variety Keep Eggs 6 to 8 Weeks Until Hatched. Another Kind Actually Shoots Insects With Drop _of Water. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Discovery of some of the world's queerest fish in the dense mountain jungles of Northern Siam is reported by Dr. Hugh M. Smith, scientific adviser in fisheries to the Siamese government. Dr. Smith, who formerly was United States commissioner of fisheries, now is on his way back to Siam after spending several months in Washington. During the past few years he has made exten- sive explorations of remots sections of the country, seeking natural history specimens. Among the fish with the most bizarre habits, he says, are many kinds of cat- fish, whose eggs are carried in the mouth of the male until they are hatched. Then the fry remain in the father's mouth until they are able to swim away and get their own food. The mother apparently drops out of the picture once the eggs are laid. Usually fish lay enormous numbers of eggs and leave them for nature to hatch. In this case one female lays only a few and these are as large as the end of & man's thumb. Hatch in 6 to 8 Weeks. From six to eight weeks are required for hatching. During this period the male eats nothing. ~Dr. Smith believes it is physiologically impossible for him to eat. Ordinarily the catfish is one of the most voracious eaters in the ani- mal kingdom. The male comes through the ordeal extremely emaciated. Whatever the origin of this strange phenomenon, Dr. Smith says, something like it is necessary for the preservation of the race. The river waters in which these fish live have a soft-mud bottom. If the eggs were laid there they would soon be suffocated with mud and silt or devoured by such creatures as crabs and snakes. An unsolved puzzle is how the eggs are passed from the mother to the father, but Dr. Smith believes this is partly explained by the structure of her ventral fins, which enables her to hold the eggs for some time until the father takes them. He found a maximum of 49 in the mouth of one male. In the Mekong River, the great boun- dary river between Siam and French Indo-China, he found one variety of catfish nearly three meters long. This giant is not yet in any collection. Dr. Smith believes it is an overgrown form of some more commeon species, but that its great size has brought about physi- cal modifications so that it is hard to ideritify. It has no teeth, which are conspicuous in all other members of the family. Instead, its powerful jaws and tough gums are used for cropping algae from stones in the streams. All that is found in its stomach is vegetable m ter with occasional stones, some as large as & man's fist, which it has swallowed accidentally. “Shooting Fish” Studied. This creature has some importance as a food fish. One fishery, due to an- cient superstition, is operated only three days in February following the full moon. Dr. Smith observed this fishery in 1928 when a mushroom village of about 3,000 persons sprang up overnight and 800 boats, each with two or three men, fished with gill nets. French and Siamese officials were present and spe- cial buildings were erected for their families and staffs. But the total haul of the three days was only four Mish. This particular species, he says, has probably been described before, but he has found another, which also attains a maximum of three meters, apparently unknown to science. Dr. Smith has made a special study of the behavior of the “shooting " perhaps the strangest of all inhabitants of Siamese waters. He is convinced | that it actually “shoots.” “Its characteristic feeding habit,” Dr. Smith says, “is to propel a drop of water at insects on overhanging vege- tation, the sides of boats, etc. When about to shoot it comes to the surface ~_ SPECIAL NOTICE! LONG-DISTANCE MOVING — been keeping faith with the t5 "about. our coun . DAV — HAVE public since try-wide service N TRANSFER F YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OR from Phila, New York, Boston, Pittshurgh, Norfolk, or'any other point, phone us and we will' tell you how much it will cost and how_aquickly we'll do it. NATIONAL DE- LIVERY ASSN.. INC.. National 1460, UTOMOBILES _(24) CONFISCATED FOR 1L be sold at st. 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Phone North 3343-3343 WINDOW SHADES 80c Bring us_your rollers for proot | Fenutne and el price on_your roller up n Large window shades proportion SHADE machine _or FLOOR! JR CO.. 1016 20th NASH ¥ 103 = Furniture Repairing, Upholstering, Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 1235 10th St. N.W. WMetropolitan 2062 are at your service for result-getting publicity The National Capital Press N.W._ Phone National 0650 | and possibly some sugar central work- i DR. HUGH M. SMITH. at an agle of about 45 degrees, with its eyes and the tip of its jaws just pro- truding. If there is an insect or spider within range a globule of water ejected from its mouth with force and accuracy and the unwary prey is dis- lodged, falls in the water and is| promptly devoured. Usually only aj single drop of water is propelled at a given mark, but when necessary a se- Ties of water missiles may be ejected in rapid succession. Lizzards Knocked From Boards. “On several occasions within my knowledge the shooting fish has knocked small lizards from the side of a board overhanging a stream, and at least twice a person smoking a ciga- Tette on a verndah over the river near Bangkok has had the cigarette extin- guished by a well directed shot. “The effective range of a full-grown fish is any distance up to a meter, but the drops may go much further, even splash- ing against the ceiling of low verandas over the water. There is nothing in the general appearance of the fish to sug- gest any such power, and it has no special shooting apparatus. Its peculiar power depends on the long narrow low- er jaw with its tip projecting at the surface of the water, on a small quan- tity of water held in the back of the closed-mouth cavity, and on the sudden and forceful compression of the gill covers at the moment the mouth is opened. “Not the least noteworthy about this fish is the adaptation of its eyes for accurate atmospheric yision. With or- dinary fishes the eyes function imper- fectly in the air. With the shooting fish even small objects like ants and fliles are clearly distinguished for at least one meter above the surface.” Dr. Smith’s observations, however, detract somewhat from the uncanny reputation of the famous “climbing perch” of S8iam. This fish, he says, most certainly can climb—even up an 'in- clined tree trunks if it wants to. But it doesn't rob bird nests and very seldom is seen in a tree. Not a Dry Land Climber. “This fish,” he says, “sometimes takes advantage of the roots of trees growing on the water's edge or of inclined trunks that have fallen into the water, and all climbing perch that I have seen in trees were in such situations. It does not go out on dry land and climb trees. “It is covered with an armor of large, hard scales, held together by a tough skin; has strong, sharp spines in the fins and on the side of the head and has powerful pectoral fins, which serve as feet and when spread enable it to maintain an upright ition on land. Placed on a level ace, it can pro- gress rather rapidly, with a jerky gait, by lateral movements of the tail, as in swimming. The climbing propensity is manifested by ascending the steep banks of streams and ponds and in crossing obstacles in its path when passing from one water course to an- other. This enables it to leave haunts that are becoming dry or where the food supply is inadequate. Its feeding is done in the water, and its food con- sists of small fish, crabs, frogs, shrimps, mollusks and insects. “This fish is a member of a large family, restricted to Oriental countries, in which, above the gills, there is a chamber containing & supplementary breathing apparatus, by which the fish may take oxygen directly from the air. ‘This organ need not function when the fish is in the water.” Possession of this accessory breathing apparatus, Dr. Smith says, also makes possible the peculiar behavior of the serpent-heads, important food fish, which will remain alive and in good condition in damp earth for months and appear suddenly remote from water courses after a heavy rain. 80 FANATICS FACE TRIAL FOR UPRISING Murder and Sedition Charged After Several Are Killed in Philip- pines Province. By the Assoclated Press. MANILA, January 19.—Charges of | murder and sedition were filed today | against 67 men and 13 women colorums | or religious fanatics involved in an up- rising last week in Pangasinan Prov-| ince in which several persons were Killed, | Col. Lucien Sweet, acting chief of the | Philippine constabulary, appointed three officers to investigate the uprising. The investigators were asked to determine to what extent religious fanaticism, Agrarian trouble, ignorance, independ- | ence agitation and official abuses played a part, if at all, in the uprising. ‘Tomas Confesor, director of the Bu- reau of Commerce and Industry, upon returning from an inspection trip in Nueva Ecija Province, said hard es, | aggravated by failure of the rice crop, had made that province a ripe field for Communist agitation. “1 spoke to Gov. Santos (provincial chief executive) about the matter,” said | Confessor, “and he said the situation called for close watching.” Dispatches from Southern points said a general strike of sugar dock workers ers was imminent because of the re- fusal of the centrals to meet demands for increased wages. The centrals con- tended they could not increase the pay with sugar at its present price. Will Rogers NEW YORK.—Don't weaken on your Red Cross drive, Washington in still arguing, and both sides are set. Now here is what is liable H it S TAR, PACT ELIMINATES ARLINGTON DUMP Site on Alexandria Pike South of Highway Bridge Involved in Agreement. WASHINGTON, By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va, January 19.—The acrid smell of smoke by day and the con- tinual glare of fire by night that has for years marked the dump on the ‘Washington-Alexandria pike, just south of the Highway Bridge, will cease to exist after March 12, according to the terms of an agreement reached between the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Poto- | mac Railroad and the operator of the dump, it was made known today. Agreement Follows Suits. By the terms of the agreement, which was reached after the railroad company had filed two suits totaling $20,000 against the operator, the latter may con tinue to use the land for dumping un- 131 1] March 12, at which time the rail- road company will take over the prop- erty, clean it up and grade it. The suits involved the ownership of the land. Elimination of this dump is believed by many leaders in the county to be the most progressive move that has yet been made toward cleaning up the approaches to Washington and the new Arlington Memorial Bridge in time for the bicen- tennial celebration. It has always been unsightly and the clouds of smoke that are erupted from the continually burn- ing trash have enveloped the entire South “Vashington section. Among the advartages that are polnted out is the fact that the dis- continuance of this dump and the eventual elminiation of the one on the Military road opposite the Government Experimental Farm will free the High- way Bridge approaches from the almost ceaseless flow of decrepit vehicles haul- ing trash to the dumps. This traffic, it is claimed, seriously impedes the other traffic using the bridge, and the old wagons and cks employed in the hauling of a large amount of the trash are frequently found broken down along lower Four- teenth street in Washington, on the bridge and in Virginia. Also, it is said, many of them are so carelessly loaded that trash is strewn along the roadway, some of it containing nails that are a menace to the tires of automobiles using the route. Reason for Dumps Outlined. ‘The reason for these dumps in the first place, and one that has never been made clear to many persons whose esthetic senses have been outraged by the appearance and odors of the places, was outlined today by those interested. ‘The dumps, while unpleasant, have served a useful and necessary purpose in that they have been used for filling in swamps that were not only ugly in themselves, but were breeding places for insects and diseases. Through the fill- ing-in process a large amount of the land that is now being used by the Washington Airport has been made, and so swiftly is this work progressing that it 15 believed this project also will soon be completed. Incidentally, it is gratifying to offi- cials who have fostored the construc- tion of the new Arlington Memorial Bridge and the new Mount Vernon Boulevard that they filling in of the swamps and the ellmination of the dumps should be so nearly completed as the time approaches for the opening of the new projects. Takes Eight Acres. ‘Through the terms of the agreement between the railroad company and the operator, the former on March 18 takes over the latter's interest in 8 acres of land that is known as the Roaches Run Marsh. Other than to clean up and grade the land, the railroad company has no im- mediate plans for its use, it was said, but will hold the land for future devel- opment. JAPANESE “Y” OFFICER WILL LECTURE TONIGHT | Comes to U. 8. to Learn Methods | of Association—Public Invited to Hear Him. Fumio Uekuri, secretary of the young men’s division of the Tokio, Japan, Young Men's Christian Asocisation, has arrived here to begin a study of Ameri- can Y. M. C. A. activities, with a view to “Americanizing” the Y. M. C. A. in Japan. Mr. Uekuri has accepted an invita- tion of the Washington Associition to outline the work of the “Y” in Japan in an illustrated lecture tonight at 7:15 o'clock in the lobby of the Central Y. M. C. A. Building, 1738 G street. ‘The Tokio secretary will {llustrate his talk with special lurm‘pucm slides. ‘The public is invited. Look for the Schwartz Gold Clock on 7th Street Planning a June Wedding 2 ) .+ . then an engagement ring in January is the usual pro- cedure, for statistics show that 80% of June Wedding anticipated this month. Give her A Perfect Diamond Engagement ‘Ring 53e5 % § £ 3 Perprer O moml, 708 7th “Street D. C., MONDAY, JAN UARY 19, 193\ | Auto Show Head R. J. MURPHY. R. J. MURPHY NAMED Succeeds Edward M. Wallace, Who Resigned—Affair to Open Saturday Night. R. J. (Dick) Murphy has been ap- pointed as manager of the eleventh an- nual automobile show to be held at the ‘Washington Auditorium, January 24 to January 31, inclusive, under the aus- pices of the Washington Automotive Trade Association. This announce- ment was made today by Fred L. Haller, chairman of the Show Committee. Mr. Murphy, well known in local au- tomobile circles for many years, suc- ceeds Edward M. Wallace, who has re- signed. According to’ Mr. Murphy, the show will open 7:30 o'clock Saturday night, remaining open until 10:30 o'clock. Sunday the exhibition will be open from 3 o'clock to 10:30 o’clock. Beginning Monday the show will be open each day from 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 .m. Besides Mr. Haller, the Show Com- mittee will include J. E. Dugan, S. G. Stewart and Raphael Sem: ‘Whit- | ney Leary is president of the' W. A. T. A. SMITH’S CONDITION Mount Rainier Man Reported in Critical State at Wal- ter Reed. The condition of Charles J. Smith, 3500 block of Thirty-second street, Mount Rainier, who was admitted to Walter Reed Hospital following _an alleged’ altercation with Councilman day, according to officials of that insti- tution, who sald he has 'bronchial pneumonia. Evidence of a bronchial infection was present when the man entered the hospital. it was reported, and has since developed rapidly. Smith's head injuries_are “appar- ently ng better.” Capt. Brown of the hospital’stafl said. The officer declared knowing how these injuries were caused. Mathias was ordered to post $1.000 bond before Justice of Peace Robert Joyce Saturday night after a telegram had been received by town authorities to the effect that Smith's recovery was doubtful. Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison swore to the warrant charging Mathias with assault and battery. The councilman claims Smith started an argument over street assessments in a bowling alley Thursday night and followed him into the Council chamber. At the door of the Town Hall, Mr Mathias -says, Smith hit him “like a l;:nerln[ ram,” but he did not strike ck. Some time later, after considerable rgument, Mathias says he struck Smith in the mouth and shortly after that the man left the Council chamber. Mr. Mathias and the other town officials who witnessed the altercation declare iny serious head injuries Smith may have received were not sustained in the ‘Town Hall, Pennsylvania Ave. at 1ith Street Delicious Dinners, $1.25 & $1 The Susquehanna 1430 W Street N.W. Three Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Reasonable Rentals Don’t Be let those pleasant days fuel supply today. 811 E St. NW. DU LE. The leadi ' AUTO SHOW MANAGER GRAVE AFTER FIGHT; Floyd B. Mathias, remained critical to- | the hospital authorities had no way of | There's usually a sprinkling of a few mild days, even in the coldest months of the year. cold, disagreeable weather lies ahead. Guard your health and comfort with Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite—better check up on your Marlow Coal Co. District 3324-3325 When'fg':.é‘;t:i; Your Home -with du Pont TONTINE Shades —you minimize replacement TONTINE is WASHABLE, S 'ROOF and extra architects all over &cmemm- CITY ENDANGERED BY WILD OIL WELL: | Gusher Breaks Loose Block From Business Center of Oklahoma City. [ By the Associated Press. ‘OKLAHOMA CITY, January 19.—An ! oil well blew wild inside the city limits | of Oklahoma City today, injuring a' workman seriously and imperiling the “doorstep” oil field and adjacent in- dustrial and residential districts. The well, No, 1, Wapaco, of the T. B. | Slick estate, is about a mile from the city's principal business block, Lower connections were cut by sand and blown out under great pressure as the well was being opened for production. When it was completed last Octcber the flow was 58,000 barrels daily. Militia Called Out. | The companies of t:ie Oklahoma Na- tional Guard were ordered out. All city | Aremen were ordered on duty. The spray was being blown southeast | over the great ol fleld. Authorities said much chemical equip- ment was on hand in the area in case of a fire. ‘The injured man was A. Rush, Oilton. He was reported struck by a cornection. All fires in a radius of one-half mile around the well were ordered extin- | guished. Wild well scares are not new to Okla- | homa City. The last dangerous gusher to blow wild was the No. 1 Stout of | the Morgan Petroleum Co., which was uncontrolled for three days, spraying the city with oil and gas and placing a large area under control of the National Guard to prevent fires. Expects Quick Relief. Jim Hewgley, Slick superintendent, expressed the bclief that the well will be capped late today or early tomorrow, barring accidents. A die nipple, used in bringing other wild wells here under control, already has been made and is at the well site. the southeast, the éxclusive residential district north of the well, the state capitol and the governor’s mansion were spared the oil bath provided when the Stout well was wild in November. Of! and gas formed pockets in low places in the vicinity of the well Chemicals were sprayed by the fire department to prevent spread of a pos- sible fire. PARLIAMENTARIAN WEDS Lewis Deschler, Official 6f House, and Capital Girl Married in West Virginia. The House parliamentarian—Lewis Deschler—and Miss Virginia Cole of | thist city, suprised their friends today | when they announced they were mar. | ried yesterday in Charles Town, W. Va. | Miss Cole is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Cole of Chevy Chase. She is a graduate of Drexel University, in Philadephia, and George Washing- | ton University. Deschler’s home is Chillicothe, Ohio. He has been parliamentarian for the House for three ars. He attended | | Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, and | George Washington Uuniversity. School Group to Meet COLLEGE PARK, Md. January 19 | (Special). — The College Park Home | and School Association will meet tonight {in the public school auditorium, Cal- vert av-nue, here. A number of timely subjects will be discussed. W. Addison Holbrook is president, with Dr. R. C. Wiley secretary. “See Etz and See Better” In driving a car the eves cannot relax for an instant for hours at a time. Defective vision should be corrected by glasses which will mini- mize fatigue and pro- mote safety. ETZ Optometrists 1217 G St. N.W. Deceived Don't deceive you—plenty of NAtional 0311 Laundry is equipped to wash Because the wind was blowing to [ Al MISS VIRGINIA COLE {7 District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature night about 35 degrees; somewhat colder tomorrow afternoon or nixht.] moderate west and northwest winds. Maryland—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow except local snows in extreme west_portion; somewhat colder tomor- tomorrow: colder on the coast and in fresh west and northwest winds. Virginia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, colder on the coast and in the extreme west portion tonight; some- what colder tomorrow afternoon and night and tomagrow: probably local est Virginia—Cloudy and colder to- night and tomorrow, probably local snows in northwest and extreme north portion tonight. Record for Forty-four Hours. Thermometer—Saturday, 4 pm., 5 8 p.m. 40: 12 midnight, 32; Sunday, 4 am, 34; 8 am, 36, noon, 42; 2 pm, 44; 4 pm, 45; 8 pm., 41; 12 midnight, 3:. today, 4 am, 35, 8 am, 37; noon, Barometer—Saturday, 4 p.m. 30.18; 8 p.m, 30.22; 12 midnight, 30.24. Sun- day, 4 am, 30.25; 8 am, 30.27; noon, 30. 2 pm, 30.27; 4 ., 30. 8 pm., 30.16; 12 midnight. 30.05. Today, 4am, 29.84; 8 a.m., 29.74; noon, 29.71. Highest temperature, 45, occurred at 3:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 34, occurred at 3:30 am today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 25; lowest, 8. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 2:57 a.m. and 3:11 p.m.; high tide, 8:28 a.m. and 8:40 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:39 a.m. and 3:54 pm.; high tide, 9:11 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. The Sun and Moon, Today—Sun rose 7:24 a.m. sun sets 5:14 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:23 am.; sun sets, 5:15 pm Moon rises 8:20 a.m., sets 6:03 p.m Automobile lamps to be lighted one- | half hour affer sunset. Stations. Abilene, Tex . 3 Albany, N. Y.\ 30 £ o Birmingham Bismerck, N. 'D. Boston, Mass... SIERRE: 223883 . Mich.. El Paso, Tex. Galve ont .. 8. Dak. 20’ Indianapolis.Ind 2 Jacksonville. Fla lear Antonio.® 30.22 Pt.c) San Diego, Calif 30.10 Slear™” 0. 3018 Clear 3 Cloudy Glear . Foggy Cloudy R, ain WASH Cloudy (T a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Stations, Temperature. Weather. wvver ME REID ockholm, Gibraltar. ' Spain 46 (Noon, Greenwich' time, Horta (Fayal), Azores (Cufrent observations.) Hamilton, Bermuda ... Clear an Juan, Porto Rico... 78 Part cloudy Havana, Cuba........... 66 ear Colon, Canal Zone....!!! 8 Partcloudy Russian wheat has been barred from France. “Flowers by Wi NARGOTES TRAFF FOUND ENORMOUS League Council Told Seizures in U. S. Are Growing Larger. — By the Associated Press. GENEVA, January 19.—¥Facing the | important matters of fixing a date for a disarmament conference and arbitrat- . |ing the German-Polish minoritfes? dif- ferences, the League of Nations Couneil convening for its sixty-second session {today turned first to the irritating problem of narcotic traffic. | Ticit trade in habit-forming is continuing on an enormous 3 Leonard Lyall, head of the 's Central Opium Board, told the dele- gates, and thus far the efforts of the league to stop it have failed. | _ “Narcotic ~seizures in the United | States and other countries no longer are \counted by the ounce, but by the hundredweight,” he said. ‘Under these circumstances it may be | necessary that you yourselves should | fulfill your obligations under that con- vention."” His declaration made a marked im- pression and was interpreted as a warn- |ing that certain members of the Coun- cil should clean house in the matter of illicit narcotic traffic. | COUNCIL'S TASK SERIOUS. | Slavery Conditions Among Items on Agenda. By Cable to The Star. GENEVA, Switzerland, January 19.— ‘The preacher-like voice of Arthur Hen- derson opened the sixty-second session of the Council of the League of Nations today. Items on the agenda include s proval by the council of the Pinan Committee's already famous gold report and recommendations to put into ef- fect the recent sensational inquiry ex- Rosing slavery in Liberia. At the same time the council meets, the sessions will be cnnL\nIlln! of For- eign Minister Aristide Briand’s United States of Europe Committee. The German-Polish dispute to be con- sidered is based on three official com- munications of protest made by Ger- many to the League, together with a long Polish reply issued Saturday. The Germans claim mistreatment of the minorities ranging from deliberate Liberian - | suppression of electoral and cultural rights to brigandage, assault and mur- der. ‘The Polish tactics in reply were clearly foreshadowed by the important speech Foreign Minister August Zaleski just made over the radio to wide American augience. Mr. did not trouble himself to deny specific German charges of maltreatment, but said that the various incidents are ly in themselves and have been unjusti- flably magnified to an enormous extent in order to make political capital. ‘The German protests, a Mr. Zaleski, are simply an effort to open up the question of treaty revision. Poland, he said, will never under any circumstances be budged one inch from its possession of Silesia, the Corridor and other minority provinces. As to disarmament, the Germans here, too, are the aggressors, with mm Minister Julius Curtius forced by bot domestic politics and traditional Ger- man policy to demand definite action. The Germans will be saf ' as expected, it is set for February, 1932. As to the place, Geneva, Copenhagen, Vienna, Biarritz, The Hague and Barcelona are all mentioned. Geneva, however, has support of the League secretariat. (Covyright. 1931 Former College Professor Dies. * MARION Va, January 19 (#—Dr P, V. N. Painter, 73, formerly professor of English at Roanoke College and au- thor of several textbooks including a “Hdl.swry of Education,” died hers yes- terday. ire Everywhere” Spring Flowers Are “Coming .In Crisp and Colorful Attractive Price. 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