Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1931, Page 17

@he Foening - Star GRAND JURY VISITS LIMERICK HOUSE; POLICE RENEW QUIZ Officers Hope Testimony of Four Prisoners May Give New Murder Clue. SEWER TRAP BULLETS ARE UNLIKE DEATH SLUG Firearms Expert Holds Missiles Found Yesterday of Different Man- ufacture—“Joke” Suspected. ‘While the District grand jury today wvisited the house, 18 Nineteenth street southeast, where Beulah Limerick met her death on December 31, investiga- tors announced that they once again would interrogate the four men held in connection with the case at the Dis- trict Jail. Bullets of Different Make. Meantime Lieut. John Fowler, the department’s firearms expert, informed his superiors that the 11 .25-caliber bullets found yesterday in a sewer trap near the home of the girl's mother were of different manufacture than the death slug. Lieut. Fowler said that the bullets are of the same general type as the fatal bullet, but said that eight of them are of American manufacture and the remainder of Austrian make. The bullets were found in the trap on the southwest corner of Second and D streets southeast, not far from 116 North Carolina avenue, where Mrs. Lim- erick resides. Later police recovered the chamber of a .32-caliber revolver from a sewer on the opposite corner at the Second and D streets intersection. Bullets on Brother’s Route. Police say that both of the sewers JMe along the route taken by Vernon Limerick, brother of the dead girl, when he left the murder house on tne morn- ing of the slaying to tell his mother that Beulah was either sick or dying. A number of cartridges and .32-caliber bullets were found along the route frem the murder house to the mother’s home, but it was not until they neared the latter home that the District Sanitary Engineer’s crew uncovered the .25-cali~ ber bullets. Most of the investigating detectives are inclined to believe that the bullets | were “planted” by a practical joker. ‘The bullets found in the wooden panels of the ramshackle shed directly behind the murder house also were set aside as possible clues toward the solu- tion of the murder of the Sky-High Whoopee Club secretary. Inspector William S. Shelby, chief of detectives, announced that there were no further leads today, and that they were merely waiting now for some possible develop- ment in the testimony that might be given before the grand jury. Grand Jury Reconvenes. ‘The grand jury called its first witness &t 12:50 o'dlock this afternoon. He was Walter S. Beck, detective at the fifth precinct, who assisted the homicide squad with the investigation of the case. At 12:30 the grand jury asked to hear the testimony of Serg!. John Flaherty, chief of the homicide squad. Flaherty wes not in the witness room and a search of the Supreme Court Building for him was fruitless. It is believed that Flaherty, along with sev- eral other of his detectives, was at the District Jail grilling the four suspects. ‘The four suspects, held in the District Jail, are Policeman Robert F. Langdon, Who testified at the coroner’s inquest that he was near the scene on the morning of the slaying; Willlam E. Paddy, a friend of the 1; Vernon Limerick, the slain gir] er, and Richard , & roomer in the girl's WORKER 1S KILLED BY FALL IN BUILDING Apparently Walked Into Partially Completed Elevator Shaft on 15th Street. Robert Lee Taylor, 40-year-old col- ored laborer, was killed about 7:30 o'clock this morning when he fell from the ground floor through an_elevator shaft into the subbasement of the addi- tion to the American Security & Trust Co. Building, under _construction on Fifteenth street near New York avenue. Taylor, who lived in the 700 block of Harvard street, was on his way to work on an upper floor. He presuma- bly walked into the partially com- pleted shaff, unaware of its presence. He fell about 25 feet. Fellow workers summoned the Emergency Hospital am- bulance and he was pronounced dead of a fractured skull upon ts arrival. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt and the man’s family were notified. The body was removed to the office of the con- struction company pending an investi- gation by Dr. Nevitt, TRAIL CLUB TO MEET ‘The annual meeting of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club will be held tonight in the auditorium of the Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets, at 8 o'clock. One of the f:atures of the program will be the showing of motion pictures taken in the proposed Everglades National Park area of Florida by Dr. R. .Lyman Sexton. Some of th:se pictures will be air views of the most tropical region in the United States and were taken from a dirigibl> wd by National Park authorities on an in- spection tour. Moving pictures and slides of the club activities on the trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia will also b: shown, among them views of the ning of the Sexton shelter, the first 3! shelter for hikers to be erected in the South. Committee reports of activites for th: past year will be heard and officers will be elected. Myron H. Avery, attorney with the United States Ship- ping Board, is president of the Potomac WASHINGTON, D. C, GUN. CYLINDER LIMERICK CLUE This gun cylinder and shells, found in a catch basin, are being examined by the police today in the hope that they killing of Beulah Limerick. TUESDAY, JANUARY 2 1931. 7, may furnish some clue to the mysterious —Star Staff Photo. TALBERT FUNERAL 10 BE TOMORROW Special Asssitant to Attorney General Was Pneumonia and Meningitis Victim. | Funeral services for Judge James Talbert, 48 years old, special assistant | to the United States Attorney General, | will be conducted at Cassville, Mo., to- | morrow afternoon. Judge Talbert dl!fl: in Garfleld Hospital Saturday from | pneumonia, meningitis, and complica- tions of these troubles. Accompanying the body to his home | in Cassville from this city yesterday were Judge Talbert's widow, Mrs. Ada Talbert; a brother, Rollin Talbert, of New York City, and three children. Christine, 13 years old; Thomas, 12, and Eleanor, 10. Judge Talbort also is survived by another son, William Tal- bert of Cassville, Mo.; two other daugh- | ters, Mrs. Frances Doan of this city, and Mrs. Bonita McNally of Cassville, Mo. another brother, Dr. Thomas J. Talbert, head of the department of horticulture at the Univers ty of Missouri, and by three sisters, Mrs. Alice Warren of Oklahoma, Mrs. Zuma Bloomer of Co- lumbus, Mo., and Miss Delia Stamps of Phoenix, Ariz. Judge Talbert was head of the di- vision 1n the Department of Justice which handles claims of German na- tionals in settlement of claims against the United States Government for prop- erty seized by this Government during the World War. He had been special assistant to the Attorney General since 1925. Prior to his service with the Depart- ment of Justice he was assistant coun- sel of the United States Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation. A native of Exeter, Mo., Judge Tal- bert was a graduate of the Southwest Missouri Teachers' College and later —. SALARY INCREASE ACTION IS DELAYED Senate to Make Next Move in Getting Pay Raise for U. 8. Employes. The next move in the controversy be- tween the two branches of Congress over salary increases for Government employes in under-average grades is up to the Senate, but indications today were that the question would not come up for several days. ‘The Senate has before it the action of the House yesterday in insisting on its disagreement to the Senate amend- ments, which amendments are in line with the budget recommendation to make a start this year on a three-year program of promotion in under-average cases. In adhering to its position against the increases, the House asked for a further conference. If the Benate agrees to another conference, it will be the third time conferees have been appointed in an effort to settle the salary dispute. In the House yesterday Representa- tive La Guardia made an unsuccessful effort to have that branch agree to the Senate amendment, It was learned today that the Senate conferees probably will wait several days before bringing the matter to the at- tention of the Senate again. The last time the question was up the Senate also stood firm in favor of the increases. Although the question is being fought out on the Treasury-Post Office bill, the final decision will be applied to all of the appropriation bills. ART DEALER SUCCUMBS TO PROLONGED ILLNESS Kimon Nicolaides, 77, Dealt in For- eign Pieces nd Antique Furni- ture at Washington Galleries. Kimon Nicolaides, sr., 77 years old, of 814 Thirteenth street, who had been in business in this city for about 50 years, until retiring a short time ago, died in a local hospital Sunday after a long fllness. Mr. Nicolaldes had conducted the Washington Art Gallerles here, where he dealt in foreign works of art and antique furniture. Private funeral services will be con- ducted at Gawler's chapel, 1754 Penn- sylvania avenue, tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Nicolaides is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louisa Nicolaides; two sons, Kimon Nicolaides, jr., of New York and P. J. J. Nicolaides of thjs city, and a daughter, Mrs. Atalanta Homer of New ELEVEN INDIGTED IN GAMING CASES Grand Jury Returns Three! True Bills as Result of Police Campaign. The grand jury today returned three indictments charging 11 persons with | setting up gaming tables where bets could be made on the results of horse races. Last week seven persons were charged with similar offenses as the| result of the recent police crusade against alleged gambling establishments. Bennie Olevack, George Dixon, Rob- ert F. Ruppel, Clifford D. Voorhees and Dock Davis are jointly charged in one of the indictments with conducting a ambling place on the second floor of 815 I street between January 1, 1931, and the time of the raid, January 20. Police agents reported they had made bets on horse races at the place, and certain counts in the indictment cov- ;red the alleged acceptance of individual ets. Harry Zeiler, Mossy William Mosko and Ruby Haberman are named in an- other indictment with setting up a gaming table in the basement of premises 528 Eighth street, where a raid was staged January 20. Attorney Harry T. Whelan for the accused trio has filed before United States Commis- sioner Needham C. Turnage a motion to controvert the warrant on which the raid was made. Hearing was deferred before ‘the commissioner awaiting ac- tion of the grand jury. ‘The third indictment charges Carl Joseph Simonton, Charles H. Quinn and George Lewis Littlefield with op- erating a gaming table for bets on horse races on the second floor of the premises 511 Eleventh street. This place was also raided January 20. SENATE BODY CALLED ON PAVING BILL TODAY Capper Asks for Decision ‘Whether to Make Report Favorable. on The Senate District Committee may come to a decision this afternoon on the new plan of assessing property owngrs in Washington for street improvements. Chairman Capper has asked the com- mittee to convene at 2:30 o'clock to de- cide whether to report out the bill. The District Commissioners are press- ing for action, because a series of court decisions have left only fragments of the original Borland law in operation. This bill seeks to iron out the injustices in assessments which led the courts to set aside a large part of the present law. Local citizens, however, have urged | the committee not to revitalize the spe- cial assessment law, contending that abuttipg property owners should not have to share in the cost of street paving. TWO WOMEN AND THREE . MEN ARE HELD IN RAID Tllegal Possession of Liquor Is Charged to Nurse and Companion. Youth Held Disorderly. Miss Mary Brown, 28-year-old nurse, and Miss Dorothy Dietzel, 21, were ar- rested by members of Inspector T. R. Bean's vice squad last night when a raid on their apartment at 1743 P street netted the raiders two half-gallon jars of alleged whisky. Both women were charged with il- legal possession of the liquor, while three young men who objected to the officers’ entering the apartment were charged with disorderly conduct. The latter gave their names and ad- dresses as Howard J. Reed, 24 years old, of 4012 Tenth street southeast; William L. Stewart, 22, of 4887 Conduit road, and Lester Dixon, 20, of 1436 Foxhali road. TRAFFIC RULING HIT Authority of Assistant Director Denied in Fight for Permit. The legal existence of the post of assistant director of traffic was attacked yesterday in a petition flled by Fred A. Maltby, Washington attorney, for the return of an operator's permit to a client. The petition, filed with the District Commissioners, makes the statement that there is no authority in law for the post of assistant director of traffic the traffic act confining itself to setting up the post of traffic director. The com- missioners were without power to estab- lish such an office, Mr. Maltby con- York. | tended. COINS, SNATCH Traveler Accepts Invitation Appalachian Trail Club. TALKS ON AVIATION ‘The status of modern aviation will be described by A. Pendleton Taliafarro, Jr, chief of the airport section, aero- nautics branch, Department of Com- merce, in an address at 9:30 p.m. Thurs- at an informal school assembly of “Tech”. 1, at 721 Thir- Washington's penny-matching team of Union Station worked a new and decidedly quicker and more profitable “racket” in ensnaring another traveler last night Two men answering the eescription of the pair that has swindled many tourists by the ancient coin-matching trick snatched five $20 travelers’ checks, all countersigned, from Selin M. Bodle of Mecklenburg, N. Y., when he flashed them at North Capitol and H streets. Bodle told police he was strolling about, the rotunda of the station await- ing a train for New Qrleans STRANGERS, BENT ON MATCHING Union Station, Who Gets Away With $100. CHECKS INSTEAD to Take Walk With Man at an amiable stranger, apparently a fel- low traveler, walked up and began con- versing about topics of the day, even- tually suggesting that they take a walk. The New York man assented and FIVE FIRST-DEGREE MURDERS CHARGED BY GRAND JURORS Man Held on Second-Degree Count Accused of Hitting” Wife During Quarrel. COMPLAINT AGAINST TEAR GAS GUN-USER IGNORED Man Who Figured in Fatal Auto Accident Is Held on Man- slaughter Indictment. Seven persons, all colored, are charged with various degrees of homicide in the grand jury's report today. Five are charged with murder in the first de- gree, one.with murder in the second de- gree and one with manslaughter. First_degree is charged against Ben- jamin Pruitt, who is said to have killed Elmer Neverson, also colored. The shooting occurred January 18 at 2006 Green's court and Neverson died the next day. Ludy Robinson is said to have shot to death Frank Lloyd, also colored, Jan- uary 16 at 701 S street. David Marshall is also charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Daniel Taylor, also colored. This tragedy also occurred January 16. Taylor was shot at 442 Grace court southwest. A joint indictment for first-degree murder was returned against Arthur Lanier and James C. Lanier. They are accused of causing the death of Willie Coates, also colored, when the latter sought to interfere in a fight between two persons January 11 near Second and L streets southeast. Second-degree murder is alleged against Lawrence Madison, colored, who is accused of causing the death of his wife, Lottie Madison, by sriking her with a flatiron during a quarrel at the wife's home, 216 D street, last Christ- mas eve. ‘Walton Clinton Geary is charged with manslaughter as the result of an auto- mobile accident at New Jersey and Florida avenues January 11. James R. Butler was killed when the machine overturned and buried him under it. Hit Man With Glasses, Because he struck a man wearing glasses and caused him to lose the sight of one eye, Emilio R. Torres is charged with mayhem in an indictment re- ported today. Torres is alleged to have struck Alfred A. Weisfeld in a cafe at 629 Pennsylvania avenue December 18, causing Weisfeld's glasses to be broken and his left eye permanently hlinded, it is stated. The grand jurors declined to Indict Willlam Dietz, who was charged with firing a tear gas gun into the face of Stephen W. Kendrick, a taxi driver, following a dispute over the cost of a ride which had terminated in front of the Commodore Hotel. Without warn- ing, the police reported, the passenger drew from his pocket a small device like a fountain pen and sprayed tear gas into the eyes of Kendrick. Dietz is declared to have paid the expenses of his victim at the hospital. A charge of homicide was also ignored by the grand jury against Richard H. Hight, wlio had been accused of being responsible for the death of George Stephens December 27. Stephens, it was reported, had b-en engaged with a number of companions drinking at 416 Sixth street and fell down a flight of stairs. A charge of manslaughter against James Vernon Clatterbeck was also ignored. Three Charges Ignored. ‘The grand jurors also refused to in- dict Le Roy Douglas, charged with an assault; Clarence Minor, joy-riding, and Joseph 'F. Marshall, grand larceny. Others indicted and the charges against them include: Walter Mitchell McGrady, taking a mortgaged automo- bile out of the District; Charles Wil- liams, grand larceny; Lora E. Howe, false pretenses; Samuel Baron, non- support of minor children; Joseph Berry, John William Colbert, Charles David, Robert E. Lawson (two cases), and Howard B. Berry, housebreaking and larceny; Howard B. Berry and Robert E. Lawson, housebreaking; Ray- mond R. Hawkins, Willlam Bradley, Jo- seph Eugene Reid, James Russell, Ste- phen Murrhy. Charles George Pagioli, alias Charles Carl Paglioli; Joseph Par- ham and Harry Willie Wilson, violation of the national prohibition act: Robert J. Taylor, Joseph C. Jones and James Thompson, —assault with - dangerous weapon and assault with intent to kill. gtz Princess Has Bronchitis. LONDON, January 27 (#).—The Princess Beatrice, King George's aunt, who broke her arm a few days ago, has developed an acute case of bronchitis, it was announced today. She is T4 years old. o The new radio range beacons es- tablished by the Department of Com- merce along the coastal airway passing through the National Capital, includ- ing the local station at Hunters Point, Va., passed their most critical fest last night when a halfscore airmall pilots rode the radio beams through fog which blotted out the airway beacon lights and other landmarks. Every Plane on Schedule. Though the weather was dangerously thick, every plane went through on schedule, including the first double sec- tion flown on the southbound night run since the Christmas period. Pilots on both: sections of the coastal line, north and south of Richmond, Va., reported the beacon signals were coming through strong and that hourly weather re- ports could be received from several stations along the line at once. On _the first night northbound run out of Richmond, Pilot “Larry” Pabst, former Marine Corps fiyer, reported that as soon as he climbed out of the Richard E. Byrd Airport at Richmond he was able to pick up the radio range beacon, broadcasts from the National Capital and Hadley Pield, N. J., though it was not necessary for him to pick uj even the National Capital beacon unti when they reached North Capitol and H streets a friend of Bodle's companion greeted the pair and suggested that they match pennies to pass away the|to time after the proper introductions had been effected. m.When"!o‘]u;'e A'l.re'd his money from pocke second s snatched the travelers' checks and with the first mams he reached Quantico, Va., where the change is made from the course laid down by the radio beacon at Richmond the course laid down from the Hunt- ers Point station. Pilot Pete Bransom, flying the south- id mail yesterday afternoon, was the last to get through before the weather elosed ‘When John Armstrong left Ne@ York with the first Radio Beacons Proven Airmail Pilots Fly Through Capital on Schedule Despite Thick Fog—New Signals Guide Aviators Safely to Ports. SENATORS PUT OFF SCHOOL FARES AND NEW TRAFFIGBILLS Failure to Get Unanimous Consent Blocks Passage of Two Proposals. SMALLER MEASURES ARE GIVEN APPROVAL { Action May Come Up Later During Present Session—House Also Must Act. ‘The new District traffic bill and the bill to establish a reducea fare for school children on cars and bussed both failed to pass at the night session of the Senate last night, because unani- mous consent colild not be obtained. ‘They may be considered again, however, before the present Congress ends. A number of smaller bills were passed, including the following: To authorize Maryland communities between Great Falls and Washington to take water from the District conduit for fire-fighting purposes. House action is still required. It was explained the plan is to fight fires in that region by placing hose of fire engines into open- ings in the conduit, and will' not require ; new construction work. ‘Will Move Statue. A bill authorizing th: Commisstoners | to settle the claim of Thomas F. Myers, who was injured by a private automo- bile which was being used by a police- | man to take some one to a hospital. | This bill also goes to the House. A Joint resolution to sanction the re- moval of the statue of Maj. Gen. John A. Rawlins from in front of old Center Market to the park just south of the Interior Department. When the traffic bill was reached Senator Blaine offered an amendment to define the procedure to be followed by motorists after they are involved in accidents. The amendment was agreed to, following which Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, asked for post- ponement of final action on the bill until he could study it. Senator Kean, Re- publican, of New Jersey, is in charge of the bill. Senafor McKellar also asked for post- ponement earlier in the day of the sep- arate bill, which has passed the House, to promote safety by requiring motorists who are convicted of serious traffic of- | fenses to furnish proof of financial re- sponsibility before they drive again. Fare Bill Put Off. The reduced car fare bill for school | children was postponed at the request of Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island. | Before that was done Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma offered an amendment to enable’the Board of Edu- | cation to provide carfare for needy chil- dren and to provide that one fare would | be sufficlent to convey & pupil from home to school. Senators King and Capper said these | questions were considered in committee before the bill was presented without them. Two other bills relating to the beauti- fication of the National Capital and | its environs were postpo.ied. One | would authorize an additional amount to complete the George Washington Memorial Boulevard and to buy some of the adjacent land, which was ob- Jected to by Senator Howell. The other was the bill asked for by the Attorne General to expedite several condemn tion cases, which Senator Johnson of California asked be pcstponed. ] | | i NINE ARE QUALIFIED " AS D. C. PHYSICIANS | Eight Men and One Woman Pass Examinations to Begin Medical Practice. Eight men and one woman have pass- ed the final examination qualifying | them to practice medicine in the Dis- trict of Columbia, according to an an- nouncement by Health Officer William C. Fowler today. TRose who passed are | Bmmett G. Coiner, Willlam L. East- lack, John H. Elvin, Miss Alice H. Kiess- | ling, Meslie K. MacClatchie, Howard T. Morse, Howard P. Parker, Eugene F, Bfanner and Philip A. E. Stebbing. ‘The nine mentioned passed the pre- liminary examinations as well as the final and will be given certificates to practice medicine in the District in due | course, The examinaticns were conduct- ed by the Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Art, of which Dr. Fowler is secretary-treasurer. regular night mail, he was forced to turn on his radio range beacon receiver and follow the radio beam through the thickening murk. He turned over his mail to L. S. Jamieson at Richmond, and Jamieson also followed the beacon courses toward Atlanta, Ga. Second Section Resorts to Beacon. Pilot “Mope” Moltrup, flying the sec- ond section of the night mail south, also resorted to the beacon, as did Dick Merrill, who took over his mail at Richmond. On the second northbound night run Pilot Armstrong took over the plane of Johnny Kytle at Richmond and came north through this city on the beacon courses. With the murk still hanging thick before dawn today, Champe C. Talia- ferro, flying the shuttle plane from New York to Washington, also flew the beacon courses. ‘The pilots reported that they could see nothing of the airways beacon lights until d]!‘ec%ly over them and that there was no visibility to the sides or ahead at any time. But for the radio bea- cons, they said, they would have been forced to take their chances “flying blind” by dead reckoning. Pilots Instructed Previously. Though the Hunters Point beacon station, the last to be completed be- tween New York and Atlanta, was opened for service last Fall, installation of the necessary range receiving equip- ment on the Eastern Air Transport mail planes was not completed until a few mdsnu,;. ‘The Mfi hnwtver.“h‘nud gone courses - struction in beacon flying. MISS MIRIAM HUBBARD masks received at the Museum from RARE MASKS ADDED n Gift Shows Craft and Reveals Superstitions of Ibo Tribes of Africa. SSIE G. BEACH. Among the rare objects recently to find their way to the treasure house of | ethnological wealth in the National Mu- seum is a collection of imaginary ani- mal masks from the Ibo tribes of West Africa, which has just been received as a gift from C. C. Roberts, a Nigerian business man, who has spent many years among these primitive people. In commenting on these strange masks, Dr. Walter Hough, head clrator of the department, said: “These Ob- jects are masterpieces of _grotesque primitive art—unique in subject, un- usual in design and above ali rare in execution, for the highly developed craftmanship displayed in the interpre- tation of these monstrosities is rarely 1ound among tribes of such a primitive nature, “In the second place these masks are of unusual interest since they come from a region about which, until recently, white man has known but little—a land where human sacrifice is a duty, where nibalism is the favorite sport of the where men are buried alive, and where execution in the course of fu- neral rites is an every-day occurrence. Must Have Attendants. “According to Ibo philosophy no per- son of prominence should enter the spirit world unattended. He must have his messengers, personal servants and slaves to accompany him— presence of whom will demonstrate his rank and dignity in the spirit world. The number of slaves who accompany a person through the gates of death is deter- mined by the resources of the deceased’s estate. The Initial stage of the pro- ceedings is as follows: A strong lad of 15 or 16 years is selected to act as the messenger and personal servant. Over his shoulder is placed the private bag, a receptacle made_from the complete skin of a goat. Into this bag the per- sonal treasures of the deceased are placed, such as his cup and snuff box, together with kola nuts and certain eatables. As soon as the lad is thus pre- pared two young men are seized, stunned and laid in the grave. The lad with the bag is forced to lie between them. The corpse of the deceased is then laid lengthwise on the lad in such a way that it rests partly on all three victims, and thus arranged the grave is imme- diately filled in. " “It is the custome to have additional attendants to accompany the departing spirit of a king, in which case others are brutally killed by the public exe- cutioner. The corpses of these victims are not buried but thrown in the bush where the remains of human sacrifice are deposited. “One should not, however, confuse execution in the course of funeral rites with the ordinary custom of human sacrifice. The latter appears to be always of an atoning character while the victims at a burial are put to death solely to provide attendant spirits to accompany the deceased into the great beyond. Believe Spirit Returns. “In the land of the Ibos, where superstition reigns supreme, the spirit of every deceased person is believed to return to earth bringing good or evil upon the natives according to_the re- ception made by its friends. In order to gain the good will of the spirits these elaborately carved masks, often requiring many years of labor, are kept in readiness for the abode of the spirit while on the earth. » “The good will of the spirits is fur- ther entreated by long-drawn out burial ceremonies which are begun immedi- ately following death. A corpse buried within a few hours after death, and then begins what scientists de- scribe as the most elaborate funeral ceremony yet known. A terrific din from the beating of tom-toms and the shouts of friends and relatives is en- tered into, the whole proceedings grow- ing into a noisy drinking carousal which lasts for four days. At the end of the fourth day the crowd visits the grave when the spirit is believed to come forth and inhabit an appropriate mask. If a King or person of prominence, a most elaborate carving is selected, but if a person low in the scale of life, a rela- tively simple mask is used. The spirit as it appears on the fourth day is very weak and needs many attendants. It reappears, however, on the fifth day with its full strength, and if well pleased with the reception made to it, departs peacefully on its way to the happy hunting ground of the tribe, but if unpleased may cause plague and famine to envelope the land, the worst of all evils being a drought that causes a failure of the ‘yam,’ which is the Ibo's staff of life. Resorted to Kidnaping. “Until few white men have dared to for T is } | Of the Department of Ethnology of the National Museum holding some of the | Why the Ibo tribes of West Africa. ___—Star Staft Photo. POLICE TO INITIATE T0 MUSEUM HERE LOOKOUTS BY RADID |16 Cars to Be Equipped With Special Receiving Sets for New System. District police will take to the air tomorrow morning. Radio Station WPDW will begin | broadcasting criminal lookouts and other police bulletins at 8 o'clock, with 16 police scout cars roaming through the various precincts prepared to answer any alarm. There will be no ceremony incident to the opening of the station. Personnel Completed. The final step necessary to complete the personnel of WPDW was taken to- day with the selection of Pvts. Frank G. Howard of the harbor precinct, O. J. Henning of the ninth precinct, and J. G. Pipkin of the third precinct as an- nouncers. ‘Two of the scout cars will be man- ned by headquarters dectectives and will be completely outfitted to handle any emergency. The remaining 14 machines will work out of the various precincts. Reception sets -with fixed controls tuned to receive only the broadcast from WPDW are installed in each of the scout cars. . Pvt. John L. Kelly of the Traffic Bu- reau, is in charge of the station. The announcers will work in eight-hour shifts in the studio at police headquar- ters. The engineers who will have charge of the controls at the tenth pre- cinct station house are Pvts. G. F. Brown, G. R. Douglas and A. J. Oeth, all of the tenth precinct, and Pvts. G. W. Walters and P. E. Daniels, both of the Traffic Bureau. Special Receiving Sets Needed. WPDW will operate on a_frequency of 2,410 kilocycles with a very short wave length to avoid conflict with commercial stations. Reception will be possible only with the specially-con- structed sets of the type mounted in the patrol cars. Washington is one of the 50 police departments which has taken to radio as a means of combating crime, fore- most which are Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, New York and Louisville. DRAFT WILL- BE STUDIED Hurley Says War Burdens Group to Consider Legislation. The necessity for peace-time legisla- tion for drafting manpower in case of a National emergency will be one of the important matters to come before the newly constituted commission to ex- amine into the distribution of war bur- dens, Secretary of War Patrick J. Hur- ley said in a formal statement issued late yesterday. Hurley said a review of the present plans for National defense must studied by the commission before it could reach definite conclusions on equalizing the burdens of war and the removal of war profits. SENT TO GALLINGER. New York Man Sought to Give Hoover Dry Plan. George Henry Durbois, 25 years old, of New York City was confined to Gal- linger Municipal Hospital for mental observation today following his arrest at_the White House late yesterday. Durbois was taken into custody by police when he demanded an audience with President Hoover, explaining that he wished to lay before the President a practical plan ta solve the prohibition question, worse still of being kidnaped and sold into slavery, which, until recent years, was rampant among the Ibos. In early WAGNER PROPOSES 10 INSURE JOBLESS AS BUSINESS GUARD Talk by Meserole Is Also Feature of Unemployed Conference Broadcast. PRESIDENT OF LEAGUE SUGGESTS TWO PLANS Hour Reduction, With Wage In- orease and Expansion of Public Works, Are Recommended. Business should ihsure the laboring man against unemployment by setting up “unemployment reserves” in times of prosperity, Senator Robert F. Wag- ner of New York told the National Con- ference on Unemployment this after- noon at the Hamilton Hotel. ‘Corporations long ago have learnec how to accumulate reserves in profitable years in order to pay dividends te stockholders during slack periods,” he declared. “Every business executive knows that he must set aside a reserve to take care of depreciation of his ma. Ry “Why cannot we have a similar re serve to take care of the wages of the men who must be temporarily laid off? In most States workmen must be in. sured against loss arising from injury tc.l’:;:. :;.I}ln!um the worker: > vl g out of enforced “There is no doubt in my mind thas sooner than most of us .iucsp.u we Smploymene We Sk Earatar 40 . We shall 1 as a business risk. W stall st ize that tl:’l! idleness o women who are ready and willi 3 work is part of the general cost ofngurtl- ning our high-speed civilization: that it must not be an individual burden.” Senator Wagner's address was pal of & program broadcast over a Nation- wide network of the National Broad- casting Co. Other speakers on the pro- gram were Edward Eyre Hunt, secretary of the President’s Emergency Commit- tee on Employment; Darwin J. Meserole, president of ‘the National Unemploy- ment League, and Otto T. Mallery of the industrial relations department, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, New Machines Held Dislocating. Senator Wagner called attention to a bill he recently introduced “to encou: age establishment of reserves or insur- ance against unemployment” and tc another measure intended to bring about advance planning of public works. “We must recognize that maximum amount of uubmnt::r?betlfi pub? elinyg ly We shall real- f the men and ‘c and private, will not entirel fnate forced unemplo; o New York Senator auphd.ymg‘gl!l'u fi: vention of new machines, changes in fashion, foreign disturbances will con- gxe to pro(!uee dislocations in busi- “Only when we shall have adopted this entire program of stlbfllgglan and insurance shall we be in a tion to declare that we have substan. tially strengthened the sense of se- curity of our people. Even then we shall not sit back contented. We must reach out to bring under control the world-wide forces that have in the past caused economic upheaval. Pedce Considered Necessary. “That involves formulation of tariff policies that meote rather than hin- der trade. It calls for international financial policies that further rather than retard the rehabilitation of Eu- rope. It means that we must establish peace upon an indestructible founda- tion. Only in a peaceful and tran world can be enjoy economic stability and widespread prosperity.” Mr. Hunt declared that unemploy- ment prevention is more promising than unemployment amelioration and advocated long-range planning of pub- lic works as a help in stabilizing labor. Unem?loyment is & problem with moral as well as economic aspects, he said, and President Hoover is leading the attack on it from both grounds. Public construction, he asserted, & factor, but only one factor, in amelioration of unemployment. It cannot, alone, take up the whole slack, he stated. Long-range planning and budgeting are * essence of control of public works iif depressions,” he ex- plained. Mr. Meserole suggested two n:’u to relieve unemployment permanently. ‘The first step, he said, is reduction of the hours of labor and increase of wages to approximate, the 1 power of production through efficiency of machinery and management. second step is an extensive e: of Federal, State and munici) works “in order to absorb the labor displaced by the breakdown of private industry.” Creation of a Federal employment stabilization board, such as proj by Senator Wagner, and a constitu- tional amendment providing for credit reserves for States and cities in time of unemployment were favored Mr. Mallery. Unemployment insurance was debated before the conference this morning by Prof. John R. Commons of Wisconsin University, who said he favored “unem- ployment reserves,” and John E. Edger- ton, president of the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers, who opposed the insurance pian. Dr. A. E. Suffern of the Federal Council of Churches gave a research report analyzing unemploy- ment insurance laws in 11 other coun- tries and indicating “that the same principles may be as well applied to the United States.” Closing Session Tonight. The conference is being held under the joint auspices of the social action department, National Catholic Welfare Conference; Soclal Service Commission, Federal Council of Churches, and So- cial Justice Commission, Central Con- ference of American Rabbis. “The closing session will be a dinner at 6 o'clock this evening. to be ad- dressed on “Moral and Ethical Implica- tions” by Rev. Harry F. Ward of Union Theological Seminary, New York; Rev. days great numbers of slaves were transported to America, the West In- dies and other places. “The principal method of recruiting the supply of slaves, it is said, was by capture in war, kidnaping, purchase and pawning. The most brutal of all was the manner in which children were kidnaped and sold into slavery. Obser- vations were made to discover a hut wherein it was customary for children to sleep, and in the dead of night it would be raided. If an entrance were affected any elders present were in im- minnent danger of being ruthlessly murdered so there would be no one left to reveal the identity of the thieves. The children were gagged and bound and’ carried away, rolled in cloth or slipped into a bag. number of slaves origl ¥ proc- to contin ho have identity or | their Dr. John A. Ryan, director of the social action department of the Catholic or- ganization, and Rabbi Edward L. Israel, chairman of the Jewish Social Justice ‘Commission. Higher wages and shorter hours“were vocated last by John P. Frey of the American leration of Labor. George Soule, editor of the New Re- public, said business cycles could be avoided by proper planning. INVESTIGATORS WANTED The Civil Service Commission has announced that it will a applica- tions for the tion of junior investi~ gator in the Women’s Bureau, Depart- ment of Labor, until February 24. The entrance is $2,000 a year. Applicants must have had at least four years’ experience in a position in. volving responsibile contact with condi~