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TELL US WHEN AND | we'll move your furniture and, take mighty | rent or sale. | Indigestion Results in Death of Abstimence President in Convention City. By the Associated Press. TORRINGTON, Conn., August 11.— Rev. Peter J. O'Callaghan, 65, of Oak- {land, N. J. president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. who was here to attend the sixtieth found dead in bed in a hotel today. A medical examiner said denth was due to acute indigestion. Father O'Callaghan served as presi- dent of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union from 1209 to 1916 and again was elested to that office In August, 1924, serving continuouely since. FOUNDED MISSION HERE. Dr. O‘Callaghan Well Kgown in D. C., ‘Where He Pursued Studies. Dr. Peter Joseph O'Callaghan was well known in Washingion, where he became the founder and rector of the Apostolic Mission Houte at the Cath- olic University. 1t was safd that he had been sched- uled to have been the celebrant st the jsolemn high mass which was to have opened the convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union this morning in_the little Connecticut city where he died suddenly. Foer many years Dr. O'Callaghan has bzen a leader in the temperance move- ment, as well s in the mission work of the @atholic Church. His wrilings on both subjects, in addition to his activi- ties, Made him nationally known. Headed Abstinence Union. He was & rector of the Apostolic Mission House, here, from 1915 to 1821 During the same period he wns editor of the Misslonary Magazine. He was also editor of the Catholic Temperance Ad- vocate, the official publication of the Total Abstinence Unipn, of which he was president from 1900 to 1916. Born at_Milford, Mass., August 6, 1866, Dr. O'Callaghan was a graduaiz of Harvard University, wherz he ob- tained his bachelor of arts degree in | 1888. He decided to go into the priest- hood, and took his theological studies at St. Thomas' College, Catholic Uni- versity. He was ordained in 1898, and for some years did parish wdrk. In 1919 St. Mary's Seminary —conferred upon him the degree of doctor of di- vinity. Dr. O'Callaghan’s first service was as an assistant at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City. Then, for a period of eight years, he was a member of the Preachers’ Mission. ex- | cept for one year when he served as | novice master of the Paulist Com- munity, at Cetholic University. | Attended Temperance Parleys. After a period of educational work. Dr. O'Callaghan became superior of th: Paulist Fathers, st Chicago, in 1915, re- taining that position until he came to ‘Washington to become rector of the! Apostolic Mission House. Gifted as a| leader and executive, Dr. O'Callaghan | also founded the Catholic Home Mis-| slonary Seminary. of which he became | resident, and was founder also of the | gmmmmlty of Dominican Sisters of fue | annual convention of the union, was| | heard of a case where a vooden prepared for the priesthood and later: | placed During the World War he was diréc- tor of the United Com nission on War | ‘Temperance Activities in the Army and | Navy. ! His work in the cause of temperance caused him in 1911 to be appointed American delegate to the International Anti-Alcoholic Conference held at The Hague and again as delegate to the same conferences held at Milan, Italy. 1"9211913, and Copenhagen, Denmark, in | 1921, At the time of his death, Dr. O'Cal- laghan’s address was given as Delaware ‘Water Gap. Pa. where is located the | Catholic Home Mission Apostolate, with which he was connected. ! JURY FINDS WIFE | HUSBAND'S SLAYER Inquest Verdict Declares Woman's Mind Unsound—Suicide Rejected. | Special Dispatch to The Star MOUNT AIRY, Md.. August 11.—De- | liberating less than an hour, a jury at the inquest held at Sykesville yesterday | in the death of Daniei H. Arrington, 64- | year-old farmer, who was killed in- | stantly in bed by a shotgun,_discharged | early jast Thursday morning. returned | a verdict that “Daniei H. Arringtcn | came to his death by a gun shot wound fired by his wife, Hattie Arrington. | whom we believe to be of unsound ! mind.” Mrs. Arrington who has been confined to St. Agnes Hcspitil, Baltimore, since her attempt to commit :uicide by slash- | ing her throat with a razor on the | | mcrning of the tragedy, was lodged in the Carroll County jiil at Westminster | this aftzrnocn. Imp-rtant facts brought out at the inquest, conducted by States Attorn:y | Theodore P. Brown and Coroner George E. Benson, were that Mrs. Arrington on the Wednesday preceding the shocting had visited her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wal " | ter Arrington, and with tears stream. ing down her face repeited several | times, “Someth'ng terrivie is going to | | That Mrs. Arrington’s son | happen.’ | had suggested six months ago that his | mother be put away im some instituticn, | but that his father was in favor of wait- ing in the hopes thit his wife might regain her health: that in the doctor's opinion from the position of Mr ringtn's body in relation to the shot- gun it would have been improbable that | the man shot himself and that none of | the witnesses had ever heard Mr. Ar- Ar- | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON HERBS. BONES, HAIR AND BLOOD MAKE UP MAGIC OF MANOBOS D. IPOLICE CHIEFS HIT Garvan Relates Mysterious Compounds of BRUTALITY REPORT Tribe to Bcwitc.h. Enamor and Relieve—Medicine Shunned. bt This is the third of a series of ar- ticles on life among the Philippine highlanders based on a_remarkable monograph just issued by the Na- tional Academy of Sciences. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Medicine and magic are associated | closely in the culture of the Manobos. While certain herbs are recognized as beneficlal in certain diseases, Garvan reports, if the patient does not respond immediately a supernatural cause is as- signed. Ever in the mind of the savegs is the dreaded “kometan “This may be defined” savs Gar- van, “as a secret method by which death may be superinduced in & per- fon by means either magical or 0 sacret. that they may be looked upon as magic. Thus it s thoughtthat by making a wooden mannikin to represent the vieiim and by mistreating it, the person it represents will immediately fall sick and die \lnl?&chmevg:?‘:’ wre e ralize the ¢ cmployed to neutraliz L made to represent a thief. It was x)::}mrcd by A\nr:x:ing a bolo into its head and after enough punishment was administered to have caused its death, if it had been a living thing, it was buried amid much wailing. 1 was told that the person whom it represented was taken with a lingering illness shortly afterward and died “A plece of dead man's bone. pul- verized and put into the food, super- induces death in a few months. An- other reported kometan consists of the blood of 4 woman dried in the sun and exposed to the light of the moon. This is mixed with human hair cut very fine Administered in the food it produces & slow, lingering disease that leads to the grave, It is said that after death the hair reappeers on fhe lipe and nostrils. Human hair mixed with bit of fingernails and powdered glass ¥ said to be especially virulent. The seeret of compounding it is known only to a few.” Have Love Philter. Like other primitive peoples. Garvan relates, the Manobos have their love philter. The secret of compounding it is known only to a few. It consists of wax made by a small insect called the kiut, mixed with ihe aches of various trees. 1If a little of the composition is placed on the dress of a woman or & packet of it attached to her girdle she will fall in love with the man who it there. There is a similar charm which is reputed to cause aversion between former friends. Notable smong Manobo charms, as reportsd by Garvan, sre ‘bezoar stones.” ‘These he describes as dark- colored, hard substances, varying in size from a pea to a chestnut, which are said to be found in varlous frees, plants, animals and fiches. They are cesentially luck charms. There is on> which is reputed to g2t a person to & place more quickly than his rival “Epidemics of cholera and small- pox,” says Garvan, “are thought to be due directly to evil spirits who bring the diseases from faraway sea haunts. It is said that friendly dieties an- nounce from the lofty mountains the approach of these pestiferous demons. Thus 1 was sssured by many that Mount Tatamba gave out a loud, boom- ing noise before the epidemic of 1903 Those who live along the main rivers scurry away on the approach of con- tagion into the depths of the forest or the high mountains, I found one set- tlement, more than & year after the ap- pearance of & contagion, still ensconced in the heart of a forest a few miles away from all weter. The streams are theught to be the high roads of the sea demons. There are persons in each settlement who have seen these demons in some monstrous form or other. Propitiating Plague Bearers. “There is & special method of pro- pitiating these plague bearers. A litt'e raft is made of bamboo with a plat- form of the same material raised sev- eral inches, Upon it is firmly lashed a young pig or a large white fowl and various other offerings. It is taken to | the water's edge about sunset, the hour when the mightiest of the demons be- gin their destructive march. Here the priest makes an address to the demon of the epidemic. The raft is then launched in the water and allowed to follow the will of the current. No one may touch it or approach it on its downward course, for it has become foul by contact with its pestilential owners.” Among natural remedies, tobacco julce and the black residue found in & pipe sre considered the most effective ointment for wounds. Saliva mixed with betel nut is used for the same purpose, and also for pains in (he stomach. For stomach pains the gall of & certain snake, mixed in water and applied externally, to be very emeaciou “No amgfunt of persuasion” says Garvan, “will_overcome the Manobo's suspicions of European medicine until th> administrator of it takes the first dose. It is not prudent to offer it ex- cept after long acquaintance. Once I auministered a small does of quinine t0 a child suffering from fever. It died the following day. The father, who had requested gne to give the child som® medicine, sent me a few days later a present of a chick>n and about two is said | glassfuls of suzar cane brew, and would not except a reciprocatory giit of beads and jingle belis which I sent him. The chicken and beverage were partaken of in due time. each of my s>rvants drink- ing about half a glass of the liquor The following morning 1 awoke with the sense of impending death. The servants also compiained of an uneasy feeling and onc of them suggested that we might have been poisoned. A dos of ipecacuanha saved our lives. A diplo- matic investigation revealed that the man was an expert in poisons and that the poison administered to me in the lquor was probably the root of a vine used in poisoning fish “Pragrent flowers and redolent seeds are thought to be very efficacious for the Teli>{ of headaches, fainting spells and a peculiar diaphram trouble. The ! rington, who was apparently in perfect | resin of the magubai tree, which is also health, ever mike any reference o tak- | ing his own life. 'IRELAND TERRORIZED, JUSTICE CHIEF SAYS | Political Gunmen Charge Viewed | as Preceding Dail Proposal | for Treason Tribunal | By the Assoctated Press. | DUBLIN, I {11.—~Charges that & band of gunmen | ‘eas terrorizing parts of the Free State Jfar political purposes were made by | Minister of Justice Pitagerald Kenny | in_an address Sunday. | Men calling themseives the Republi- can | ten Ammy were drifling in military actics, he sald, and were trying to !eu-'.'lmm-mormmwm majority. It was understood his h Free State. August | »5 the bill 7 5:? g2 i i E i i AT QUAINT g Tow Open % | { I ; §: i i used as an incense in ceremonial rites. is considered very potent. I have seen Will Rogers SANTA MONICA. Calif.—Yester- day was our President's 57th birth- sure for allow- ing himsell to get that old. If ever s man when has happened 1o us that look back and see was coming ta Mr. Coolidge and Wall Street had had their big patients held over the smoke until 1 | thought that death from suffocation would result. The mancbo’s knowl- |edge of medicinal plants is very imited and rs soon #s he tainks that | the conditicn of the pati-nt has chang-d for the worse the malady is &t once at- iributed to preternatural causes. Sick Not Neglected. “On casual observation it might ap- pear that the sick are n-glacted, but this is not the case. Tae tives, esp the women folks. display the tenderest solicitude toward them and keep them provided with an abundance of food. The lack of blankets leaves the patient expcsed to the in-qualities of the temperature and explains, no doubt, the frequent occurence of _colds, rheumatism and sometimes of tubereu- losis. This may also account for th: high death rate amonz children.” Much sickness, Garvan recounts, may be attributed to the general unsanitary living conditions. A host of ‘small in- sects, probably a species of cockroach inf:sts the thatch and, “notwithstand- ing the vo'ume of sm that at times almost sufiocates the inmats, swarm down inty the baskets used for pro- visions. No mzans are known whereby to exterminat> them. Ants. cspecially the ravenous white ant. pay frequent visits t7 the house. The presence of vermin on the bodies is ¢u> to the ab- sence of soap and washing facilities. But these prifyitive people vill inform you that the vermin are natural growths or eferetion procceding from th- inside. No shame is exhibited in removing publicly these vermin from the clothing er hair.! 5.0, P GIVEN BID OF ATLANTIG CTY Committes Extends Conven- tion Invitation for 1932 to Senator Fess. By the Associated Press Atlantic City today formally extended an invitation to the Republican Na- tional Committee to select it as the site for the 1932 convention. A_committee led by Representative Bacharach and_including Gov. Larson, Senators Morrdw and Kean, Mayor Harry Bacharach of Atlantic City and a score of others presented the invita- tion to Senator Fess, chairman of the National Committee. “We come before you today as a committee representing th> Republican citizenship of New Jersey,” Representa- tive Bacharach said, “to formally pre- sent to you, as chairman of the Re- publican National Committee, invi- tation from the State of New Jersey to the Republican National Committee to hold its 1932 convention in Atlantic City.” Bacharach said. with the new audi- torium of 41,000 capacity, Atlantic City was the best equipped convention site in the country. He noted that Senator Fess could not commit the Republican National Committee, which will meet either next Decembef® or January to select a convention city. Alr:ady over- tures have been made by San Francisco and Los Angcles interests. Eacherach sa'd he felt certain that if Atlantic City was selected a “fu'l att>ndance of the delegatcs and alter- nates will be assured, and to my mind this is of such vital importance to zet- ting tae campaign under way in the right direction.” Lincoln C. Dicky, general manager of the auditorium which costs $15,000.- 000 and is the largest in the wofld, described the advantages of the struc- ture. Oth°r speakers were Gov. Larson and Mayor Bacharach, who described the hotel and other accomodations and., advantages of the city Among other New Jerssy Committee members were former Senator David Baird, jr. of Camden; E. Bertram Mott of Morristown, chairman of the State Republican Committee; D. E. PomeToy of Englewood, a Republican National Committesman, and T. N. McCarter of Newark, former New Jersey attorney general, EX-RC...LTY IN IRELAND BELFAST. Northern Ireland. August 11 (. —Infanta Beatrice and Infanta Maria Christina, _daughters of former King Alfonso of Spain, arrived in Bel- fast_today on a visit The princesses were accompanied by their brother Don Jaime and a party of Spanish noblemen traveling from London to Liverpool in train compart- ments teserved for “Mr. Smith.” They were greeted by the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, whose guests they will be during their stay They are due back in Fontainebleau, France, on August 24 fto meet their father on his return from Scandinavia. Wickersham Study Scored as Hindrance to Police by Officials Here. The “third degree” has no place in present-day polie methods, in tie opin- fon of members of the Executive Com- mittes of the International Assoclation |of Chiets of Police, who today were winding vp their ennual meeting here at the bureau of Investigation, Depart- mwent of Justice. | The vicws of these officials were made known in connection with the Wicker- shem revort made public yesterdav. in which extortion of confessions from prisoners was denounced The Executive Committee made: no official pronouncement on the Teport, but from individual members rame pressions frankly eritical of the Wick- ersham findings. Held Obstacle to Police. H. D. Harper, chief of the Colorado Springs department, said that the re- port “looks like it was written bv some criminal Jawyer interested In protecting crimina Harper was of the opinion that the report tends to hurt law enforcement and damage police morale, and in this be wes .inined by Chief John L. Sulli- van of Pittsfield, Mass.. who asked: “If we are urcble to talk for anv orolonged period with a susbected criminal. how con we obtain evidence for presentation in court?” Harper said he knew of no depart- ment that uses the “third degree”: Chief J. M Broughtcn of Portsmouth, Va.. reid he never saw such methods emvployed; Chief George Black of Wil- mington, Del, said the “third degree” was not permitted in his, department Chief J. A. Gerk of St. Louis. president of |:1e association, echoed this senti- ment. Cases in Report Called OM. W. P. Rutladge. former police com- missioner in Detroft, said most of the cases cited in the report were 10 vears | old, and that. there has been a chang | in_police procedure since that time. The report will go before the annual | tion of the association, urg. in October. The committee today was continuing its discussion of ootaining greater effi- clency in the system of monthly re- ports which more than 1,200 police de- partments now are submitting to the Bureau of Investigation concerning crimes in their communittes. Rific Group Dines Chiefs. Last night the visitors were guests at dinner of the National Rifle Associaiion at_the Occidental Hotel. Brig. Gen. M. A. Reckordl. executive vice i~ esident of the assoeiation, offéered the support of his organization to the police heads in obtaining passage of State laws to regulate sale of firearms. He urged that all firearms deale's be licensed afier examination by police. and that the dealers be compelled to report sales, to control traffic in pistols al the rource. A customer would be compelled to walt two days after ap- plication before being permiited to buy a weapon, under Gen. Reckord's plan Gen. Reckord explained that his or- ganization did not beclieve & Heense should be required to keep a pistol in ihe home. but thef any one desiring to carry a gun should be required to get a Hcense in St AIR CRASH SURVIVORS | RESCUED FROM PERIL % Parachutes Land Two Army Flyers in Trees Over Cliffs, Another Alights Safely. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, August 11.— Three United States Army airmen were alive today through parachute descents from two airplanes which became unman- ageable yesterday in heavy rains over : 1 he Wajanae Mountains, Lieut. Weldon E. Rhoades landed on level ground and was rescued without difficulty, but Lieut. Donald E. Meade, Air Corps Reserve, and Pvt. James D Koons landed in a desolate section and were rescued by a foot party after a sighting by searching planes. Meade and Koons fell in a clump of trees overhanging high cliffs and scram- bled to safety through the branches. For several hours searching parties afoot and pla overhead looked for them without avail Col. Gerald C. Brant, commander of the Air Corps of the Hawaiian De- partment and leader of the rescue party, sald the flyers landed in the “worst spot on Oahu Island ™ Both planes were demolished. Legion Auxiliary to Elect. Election of officers and transaction of other business will feature a meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Americafi | Legion in the Killeen Club house to- morrow night. George E. Killeen Unit of the (.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 11, 1931 FILM STAR'S SISTER ASKS ANNULMENT FRO! | By the Associated Press. ] 08 ANGELES, August 11 —Eugenia Bankhead White, the six-time | wedded Alabama beauty. has de- clared against marriage In announcing her in:ention to | seek annulment of her marriage last June 27 to E..E. White, the sister of Tallulah Bankhead. film actress, said she Rad “found ‘out many things” about her husband, who married her as Ed Ennis Smith at Rosarita Beach, Mexico. She said they separated several davs after the marriage. White. said to be a scion of a prom- inen: up-State New York family, wes arraigned yesterday on spurious check charges and held in fail in Heu of $1.000 | bail. He was arrested last week. and kept his identity concealed until ves- | terday under the pseudonym of Graham Devine, Thz police charged him with issuing | many checks under different names. | One complaint was made by th> Rev. | Edwin P. Ryland, who declared White 3 best man at & wedding, gave a forged $10 check as the fee “It was about four mon‘hs ago that I did all this." White said. “1 was quite intoxicated. When I came to I tried to | make the checks zood and did pay some | of them. But, wotse luck, I got drunk | again and forgot the rest.” | Mrs. White said as soon as the annul- ment is granted she will go to New York. Morton Hoyt. her first husband. lives In Washington, D. C. She married him twice. Lawrence Butt. jr. the sesond.| was & Universitv of Nevada foot ball star. Howard Lee, No. 3. is an aviator. All the marriages terminated in divorce or annuiment. TAMPIGD GIVES AID 10 FLOODED AREAS Rescue Boats Sent Up Rivers to Marooned Thousands. Lower City Evacuated. By the Associated Press. TAMPICO. Mexico, August 11.— Tempico was faced with the double task today of evacuating it> flooded low-lying districts and dispatéhing aid up the Panuco and Tamesi Rivers to thousands of Tefugees marconed in a vast inundated zone in Northern Vera Cruz and Southern Tamaulih The fow refugees from the interior who reached Tampico told of heavy loss of life in villages which were sud- denly inundated when the rivers, after two wesks cf steady rain, left their | courses and spread out over the neigh- boring country. d Advices from Tempoal, in Vera Cruz, sald a dem burst thers, releasing a | solid wall of water from the Tempoal River upon the town end trapping meny residents before they could gain safety. Many cre said to have been drowned. but relizble check-up is as yet impossib'e. as o1l means of com- munication with the town have been disrupted.* It was feared the flood here would reach grave prcvortions. Besides evac- uating inhabitcnts from the inundatsd region. police, firemen and volunteer workers removed perishable goods from other sactions likely to be flooded. The water inwaded the customs | hcuse~ and the city hydraulic plant, { leading to the fear that the plant would be put out of commission and the city would be left without drinking water In response to urgent appeals for aid from the Tamesi River region in Tam- culipes, where 20 villages were said to Ee ‘entirely submerged, the Tambico Red Cioss s'nt m-tor launshes with food supplies. water and clothing to thousands of refugees whose plight was described as pitiful. ‘Three thousand refugees were housed in the small town of Panuco, and the food shortage there became so acute that disorders were feared. “SILENT FOUR” TRIO FACING GRAND JURY Colored Bandits Held After Inquest Into Death of Mannie Solomon. n inquest yesterday into the g of Mannie Solomon, 29- ¥y d_tazicab driver. three members of the “Silent Four,” a group of colored bandits said to have confessed several robberies, were held for the grand jury. They are William C. Robinson, ¥, of 124 E street southwest; Augustus Lay- ton, 18, of 640 I street southeast, and Charles E. Washington, 23, of 410 Six- and-a-Half street sdutheast. Another allsged member of the quartet, Ralph Brown, 22, was not implicated in_the killing, it was said. Solomon, who lived at 707 Quincy | street, was shot while driving his taxi near Union and O streets southwest. The cab crashed into a tree near the intersection as Robinson, Layton and | Washington, who had- attempted to hold ulxle driver up, fled through a nearby alley. ilver Star Homes Committee awards honors to FOXALL’S NEWEST GROUP @ The Silver Star Homes Committ authorities on all phases of the Home, has awarded the X wmpu;d of a group of eminent ilver Star of Distinction” to the group of sixteen Double-Front English. Homes just completed in Foxa Set bas ® In this public demonstration of "Homes That e Standard" being sponsored by The Evening Star, the award is upion the excellence of such fundamentals as plan, design, construc- tion, equipment, decoration, landscaping, community setting and value. Priced from $11.330 to $14.830 ® These homes contai six and eight rooms, with one, two, and three baths, maid's room, Bryant automatic gas heat, complete insulation, Kelvinator electric refrigerators, garage, etc. ® Drive out to Foxall to the "Silver Star"" group and to our Furnished Model Home . and you, too, will be compelled to award them the "Silver Star" of YOUR approval. Come by way of Que Street and Reservoir Road to 44th Street, turn-feft three short blocks to Volta Place and then turn right to the homes. Open from 9 a. m. #o 10 p. m. fl WAVERLY TAYLOR %« 1522 K Street Nat'l 1040 MELBOURNE, ' Australia, (). —Australian premiers in here G || Seeking Sixth Separation A BANKHFEAD WHITE. Australia Secks Job Cure. today propoced August to establish 1 nfersne~ permanent secretariat to deal with un- emnloyment. - ey 12 CATHOLIC PRIESTS |~ WILL SAIL FOR-CHINA Ancient Farewell Service!Held in | Les Amgeles for Grcup on Life Assignments. By the Associated Press 2 LOS ANGELES, August 11.—Twelve voung Maryknoll priests, from various paris of the United. States, were ready | to sail today for Jifetime assignments | In China,,Korea and Manchuria. A farewell service was held last night, with rites which have bcon celebrated for 1.300 years when Catholic mis- | stonaries left for far lands. ts sre Tathers John B. : Georgs Carroll, New | Maurice J. Pelseci | Hannon. New York: James A. McCor- | Mick, Clark Summit, Pa.. John A. Mc~ | Ginn, Providence. R. I Richard B. | Rhosdes, San Francisco; Leo J. Stein- bach, Dubuque, . and John J. Tooney, New Bedford, Mass. INVALID CHAIRS For Rent & For Sale GIBSON’S 97 G St N.W. FOR BETTER. 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