Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1931, Page 3

e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST I _:35 g_q- MANOBOS GRIND THEIR TEETH ; MHEE HOLDS DOYLE N CONTEMPT Hofstader Group Refuses to Suspend Balance of 30- Day Sentence. Bydhe Associated Press. NEW YORK, Alllult 15.. —By L3 u.rm‘ m vote of the Hofs l, yuwrdny held that Dr. Wll- 8go. John P. Ourry leader of Tammany Hall, called as ‘witness before '.he committee, bflnded the investigation l "cruciflxmn of the Democratic part; this city,” and charged the eommtue ‘with "panecuun( the dominant political 4 Questioned on Aid. ’s comment came while Samuel Seabury, counsel of the committee, was questioning him on the “aid” he is al- leged to have given Dr. Doyle when the latter was seel a stay of the 30-day |y sentence imj for hh refusal to answer questions of the committee. ‘was uked whether he would have helped Dr. Doyle if he had heard he had refused to answer questions on fib they might incriminate him. ‘es, because we expected—I as rep- tion ty was expecting—some &t test “the constitutionality of the | wlm‘t power, and therefore when re request came for my aid, I was will- g to help,” Curry said. Doylé at Hearing. The Tammany leader was called to the stand after Dr. Doyle, brought from Tombs Prison, where he was serving the sixteenth day of his 30-day con- tempt sentence, had denied he bribed any public official. failure to answer this qu vious hearing that he was cited for lnqmrr “Then you are will ‘who would challenge to aid e power of Tt fust u persecution of the dominant cal party in this city.” g ow sl A DISEASES OF FISH TOLD OVER RADIO |sircumstan largely limited to certain wor).ytwolnm!onu:— idends from ann: quarierly. shail Teceive on Bep- Somber ] $98i. ne-half of said semi-annual ividend o ahlaena of one and three fourths per "'“:;, FATHER KILLS DAUGHTER and common stock of Sy & Electric Company will be e o ihe Speming on:ntnu-m u ust 30, - KeYsEn " Sec: ou n NW, a between Vienn; Chain _Bris licott Bros. Tel. Vienna pairiax. va. We Have Moved 'C’E:,,:‘-T.'Z' T e pably looked T#Enw y __District 0933, ot ¥t fi.se%'ufl"“ Al peiers - | By the Assoclated Bress. AND TATTOO AS BEAUTY AIDS Only Molars Remain After Father of Family Operates on Children, Garvan Saya-—Bearda This is the seventh of a lcrlnol ar- ticles on life among the Philippine highlanders based on @ rmrmu ‘monograph just Mmd by the Na- tional Academy of Sciences, VIL BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Keeping in style in Manoboland is lnexpennve‘ but ful. ‘Various with a moderate motion grinds the upper and lower incisors to the gums. It is only the difficulty of reacl the molars that saves them. In all, 10 front teeth and_portions of | four others. filing, the teeth of the lower jaw appear concave and those of the upper convex. The mini- mum time necessary to grind the teeth |y, is from three to six hours, spread over from three to 10 days. lays more or less according to his powers of mdunnu but is continually exhorted be patient so that his mouth wm not look like & dog's. This is the objection universally asserted to white, sharp teeth. After each grind- ing the subject experiences sensitive- ness in the gums and cannot masticate hard food. wnen this h no longer len, usually the next day, the grinding is resumed. Wwflhlflm ening. of the teeth is effected plant called chewed it is a rle and Are Plucked. usually with a bunch of leaves, and a Emm of the soot rubbed vlzoroush to the wounds with the hand. Of Surpassing D-rlmmy. “The length of the process depepils on the skill of the operator and the en- durance of the subject. It is péenful, but no such manifestations of mad® as in teeth grinding. part tattooed is sensitive for abous 24 hours, Vi Testering, Totiow, T et follow. e are sim- displaying artistic merit itive and so rl‘m a people. For dursblmy they cannet be No means are known whneby 1o eradi- cate them. I compar:d tattoo marks on old men with those on young men and could discern no difference the brightness nor in- the tion of the design. In men '.hegorunmo(me body tattooed are the whole chest, the upper arms, the forearms and the fin- gers. Women, in addition to tattooing on thes: parts, recelve an elaborate de- unnlthe calves snd sometimes on the ole leg. "!'he practice of mutilating the ear lobes is unlveml and is not confined to either sex. The lobes are plerced in one, two or three places, usually at an early age, with a needle. A thread is rted and prevented from coming out by putting a tiny pellet of beeswax at each end. In the case of a woman, as soon as the wound heals the perfora- tion is enl Small pieces of the rib of a rattan leaf are inscrted at in- tervul of a couple of days until the hole is large enough to reecive larger pieces. Then a small spiral of grass Js inscrted. This, by its natural tendency Apertire Gntil a ‘lrger spiral an 'be aperture until a spiral can inserted. The opening is considered of sufficient size and beauty when it is about 2% centimeters in diameter. In addition there mly be two other small- Mrd tions farther up, These serve in men g:nfl four strings of beads, each about centimeters long, from each ear. Women wear neck and breast orna- ments in accordance with the wealth of their husbands. They are exceptionally fond of perfuming themselves. Men Dress Similariy. ‘The dress of the man, Garvan says, lipe. | invariably consists of long, loose trous- mm!ormrwrpom ers or of close-fitting breeches, and of & moderately tight-fitting, buttonless Jacket. Besides he has a bamboo hat, decorated with five or nx tail plunm of the domestic rooster. The We Imtwnlau !M:dkn held in place by a llrdle oX bralded G peastinlly o Vot That pri o duplicate of & t f the nts. o ‘Shoes, slippers and hose,” says Gar- “are not a part of the Manobo's Blankets and other articles same—one suit for every day and one for festal occasions. “There are no characteristic dresses by which the rank or profession of the ‘wearer is indicated, except that of the warrior chicf. Female priests fre- flm by a prod- harms, and girdle pendants, but such lavishness is not necessarily & sign of their rank, but rather of fliel.r wealth. Neither is it a mn'k of their unmarried condition, for in Manobol as in other parts of the world, the mnun loves to display her person to good advantage. Slaves may be by the of their cl . ‘While children are allowed to run about naked, Garvan recounts, the Ma- | body | nobos of both sexes are ‘unusually mod- entn!hzlrdm- and are xulmm the popular picture of naked RICHEY ON FISHING TRIP TO PANAMA Secretary fo President Hoover| Leaves Miami by Plane by Way of Jamaica. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, August 15.—Lawrence Richey, secretary to President Hoover, left Miami aboard a regularly sched- uleds\rm«mdny(oramiuen to Panama for a vacation and | | | AND SELF WITH GUN NEW SPEED RECORD HUNG UP BY HAWKS Flying Time Between Chicago and New York Cut 16 Minutes Despite Head Winds. By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y. August 15.—Resolved to live up to his new name, Chief Chetan Kinyan, which means §The Flying Hawk” in the Sioux Indian language, Capt. Frank M. Hawks ‘Thursday sliced 16 minutes off his 1929 record between Chicago and New York. Capt. Hawks roared down on the field here at 6:05 pm. three hours and 49 after leaving Chicago at th one,” he sald. “I 1 the way.” The noted flyer was made an honor- chief in the Sioux Nation when he s tribal council at Hot Springs, Flying westward My. Hawks established & new | mark of four hours and four minutes for the New Yflrl-w-Chlclm distance. POSfAGE RATES UP Effective Bemlmber 1, 111 Health Prompted Slaying of In- | ounce valid and Suicide, Authori- ties Declare. McCORDSVILLE, Ind., August 15.— Herman !h.nna 45, and his invalid Hanna Venice, Cdfl fil.ml!'lmhhdmh-) ter, who nm at the home of an aunt, } Maude Jt Fort: “**| JAPANESE WOMEN HELD UNSUITED FOR AFFAIRS | Premier Telll Dlrl Students Seek- ing Reinstatement of Principal to Stick to Studies. ';g;iza !“‘? §¢;Ezizn. postage be increased from five cents to six cents for the first ounce 10 cents for each additional ounce. ——————__7_tach additional ounce. A' purchaser can be secured. WHITEFORD & JAWISH, INC. 236 Swthm Bidg. LA REeNE 5425 Conn. Ave. Living Room Bed Room Recepi®on Hatl § Dinette llu-Mn | 20 CANNON PROBE } WITNESSES CALLED Hearing of New Teshmony Expected to End Campaign | Fund Inquiry. More than 20 witnesses were sub- poenaed by the Senate Campaign Funds | Committes yesterday in a move to con- | | clude the long inquiry into what dh-‘ position Bishop James Cannon, Jr.. made of funds intrusted to him for use | in L;eh 1928 presidential campaign m irman Nye announced the h-r- ings would be resumed on August 27. He expressed the view the uxmm} could be heard within a few days. and | he was confident their testimony would | bring the case to a conclusion. | Cannon in Europe. \ Bishop Cannon is in Europe, but| Senator Nye said his presence was not | necessary. He advised the Southern Methodist churchman last May that | the hearings would be resumed in Au- gust or early September. Meanwhile Cannon's counsel here, in | response to a cable from the bishop, appealed a decision of the District of Columbia Suprems Court which refused to grant an injunction halting the in- | vestigation. Vice President Curtis announced yes- terday that Senator Robinson, Rl-" publican, of Indiana, would succeed Senator Patterson, Republican, of Mis- souri, as a 'nmluee member. Pat- terson sought to resign last Spring be- cause of other business. With the | committee about to resume work, he again asked to be relieved and Mr. Curtis acted. | Results Undisclosed. Chairman Nye made no predlctlonl as to what the committee expected to learn at its coming session, but he did | make it plain the committee intended | to conclude its inquiry before the statute of limitations goes into effect next month barring prosecutions. ‘The inquiry resulted from charges by Representative Tinkham. Republican, of Massachusetts, that Bishop Cannon fafled to account, as required by law, for all of the $65300, which E. Jameson, New York financier, has test fied he gave to the churchman as chair- mll‘n of the Virginia Anti-Smith Com- ‘mittee. HUEY LONG WARNS OF RELIEF NEEDS| Governor Tells Farmers That Masses Will Take Their Proper Benefits. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., August 15— Gov. Huey P. Long told a group of‘ farmers and their wives attending an | agricultural_school at Louisiana State | University Thursday that “‘unless some- | is done to relieve the condition of masses through distribution to them of some of the benefits now ac- cruing to the few, the people are going to do it themselves.” "M-ybe e United States Benlhl’ ought to be afraid to say this,” he as- serted. “A Governor ought to be afraid | to ll! it, but I am not afraid.” ‘1 am saying further,” he continued, l “that you cannot have so much cotton piled up until you can't see the sun.| or so much wheat piled up that you | can't see it; more clothes than you can ‘wear out in two years; more grub than | you can eat in three years; more lumber than can be put in houses if everybody had all the houses he wanted, yet have people nearly naked and starving and without shelter. “If these needs are not met, the peo- ple are going to do it.” WIT WINS DEBATE Deputy Uses Barb Against French Naval Bill | PARIS, France (Special).—The other day the Chamber of Deputies was ardu- ously discussing the naval law. The atmosphere was tense and the govern- | ment project was encountering much opposition. The secretary of the naval commission was having a terrible time trying to convince the assembly of the necessity for building a capital ship. Criticisms were arising on every side, when suddenly in the heat of a bitter zmed with if any h e ship's smokestack?” This changed the turn| of the debate completely, so hearty| were the laughs which greeted this| question, and it was in a serene atmos- | phere, after all, that the government's aroposal was defeated. Yet there are people who still claim the French have no sense of humor. | of the Mail or leave your address or itinerary at The Star Business Office, and The Star will de mailed to you with the same dispatch as if you were in your own home in Washington, Paysble in . cludlnl Voice Find MESSENGER ACCIDENTALLY FALLS IN $500 WEEK JOB. Just two weeks ago Prank Conners, 19 years old, of 505 Tenth avenue, New York, worked as a messenger hoy for a Broadway theatrical ticket agency. Yesterday this same Frank signed a five-year contract at $500 a week, snd all because his boss heard him singing in the rear of the office and then per- sulded him to sing for him. At the end of the second song, Edgar Allen, Prank's present manager, considered him the greatest “find” he ever made. Frank has never had a singing lesson in his life and learned most of lh! olfl Irish airs he sings from his father. —Wide World Phota CANNON'S REPORT URGES JOB RELIE |Bishop Signs Methodist Plea for U. S. Social Remedies to Stem Distress. By the Associated Press. FPAYETTEVILLE, Ark., August 15.— | Immediate correction by the Govern- ment of “glaring inequalities and poign- ant miserjes” attending unemployment was urged in the report of the chair- man of the Board of Temperance and Social Welfare of the Methodist Episco- pal Church South, received here yes- t‘e‘rdn for presentation to the board on on mittee chairman, Bishop James Can- non, jr., and embodies reports from 13 ;r':‘null conferences in seven Southern “In a social order based on Christian | principles,” the report said, “i% is un- endurable—indeed, unthinkable—that a g&n of the country's population should ave sufficient food, clothing, shelter and pleasure and that another part of the population, equally honest, equally industrious and anxious to work, should lack food, clothing, shelter and pleas- ures and be subject to anxiety, and even despair, because of inability to secure employment and the necessities of life for themselves and their families. “Our Government must reach very speedily a solution of these pressing prob- lems, so that there shall be a more equal distribution of the necessities and the good things of life. No civilization can be called Christian which permits such r‘zllrm. inequalities and poignant mises ‘The report urged better liquor law enforcement and reiterated the church’s stand that any effort by the “liquor traffic” to encourage violation of the prohibition amendment would find the Methodist Church “batiting against in- iqully on the side of personal and pub- lic righteousness.” BEE OUEENS DETHRONED German Emergency Decrees Have Effect on Nation’s Hives. BERLIN (#).—The queens of the two million bee swarms in Germany For also doubled the duty on sugar, ex-|_ cept if used for animals—but not in- many 8 hiver will be compelled to Tid Bimselt of part of sl of his A rare Robert Burns tract, “An Unco | Mournful Tale,” printed in Glasgow, | Scotland, in 1796, was sold in London recently for $120. You’ll enjoy your Vacation all the more . because * Even though every day will be replete with inter- est and pleasant surprises .. .news from “home” will always be welcome . . . Reading The Star while you are vacationing will keep you posted as to local happenilgt. Rates by Mail—Postage Paid Advance Maryland and Virginia All Othe Evening. Sunday. 50c 40c 10¢ - g r States ..e.51.00 S0e 30¢ 15¢ The report was signed by the com- | IOBLIGATIONS HELD SACRED BY YOUNG Financial Expert Addresses St. Lawrence U. Grad- uates on Performance. By the Associated Press. CANTON, N. Y. August 15.—“The sanctity of obligations and the im- portance _of punhc’v.ml S were Owen D. Young, lmusmm and financial expert, in an address here yesterday. “Gold is only a partial cover, less than 10 per cent of the outstanding nn'rencies and credit, promises of men back of 90 per cent,” he said. “Po itical parties throughout the world have a more or less prevalent habit of treating lightly the obligations which may have been entered into by umr government. Whether a person coun! should undertake obligations |l debatable. Whether they should per- form them, once undertaken, is not. If they are impossible of performance | they should be revised, but they should never be defaulted.” He urged the 25 Summer graduates of St. Lawrence University, to whom the address was delivered, to continue study of what are obl' ations in this modern world and how to perform them, “No diploma should be granted until men and women know something more about the area of their obliga- tions in life and something more gbout their dupy in their performance,” he asserted. He pictured America -as the great (redlwr Nation of the world, trustee of 40 per cent of the world’s Jold supply bland with great reservoirs credit. How it shall be used for the benefit of the people and so as to create mhmtlm mblllty in the world’s ex- this interdependent eco- nomlc ll(e of all nations shall go on more prosperously, he said, is one of the problems duates must answer. ‘The revival of the silver on 1is due, he asserted, but this as an international one. i:z‘odme are ‘bermd tll'l this emmfiry with a T number of yital than has ever been present nation,” said Mr. Young. serious domestic problems, we have im- portant foreign ones. Many of them must be answered, and answergd soon. You must help. Are you prepared? Among the 25 receiving mp as at the Summer commencement from w Young’s hands was his son, Philip. Young himself is a graduate of u Lawrence University and a trustee. PASSENGERS TAKEN FROM DISABLED BOAT Steamer Maryland Towed Back to| Norfolk After Breaking of Propeller. By the Associated Press. NOREQLK, Va., Aulun u—omm. of the Pennsylvania Railroad re last night that the passenger mlmer Maryland broke her propeller shaft within a short distance of Cape Charles about noon yesterday on her trip nm Norfolk and that passengers transferred ashore by tugs sent M) her assistance. There was no serious dam- age, the steamer being towed back to Norfolk for repairs. The passengers were landed at Cape Charles and con- tinued their trip up the Eastern Shore on the regular train. Signals from the vessel to the rail- road yards at h(z.:pe Charles for assist- ance were misinterpreted and re'poru spread rapidly um me vessel sinking. ‘There vangnt aboard, officials o! the ahlp informing passengers what had happened and that they would be transferred to tugs and sent Ilhore ‘without diflcflll!. DEBT PLAN FAILS : l(ANn.Al(M .—The Hoover debt de- ay proj gave some people ideas the Philippines. A few days after the President's lln for easing international financial dens had been given to ll’l! world '.h! sugar planters of Ilollo 'qmou conceived the thought that it be appropriate if a similar scheme were creditors promptly promptly, in fact—let them know that there would be no lessening in the ! expectation of payments. Twisting is tionable life the District and effect.” approached Gets High Post NAMED HEAD OF Y. M. C. A. NATIONAL COUNCIL. “WIM LEAGUE. OF NATIONS SEEN M. C. Rorty, Engineer, Tells Politics Institute Armed Aggression Ending. GEORGE B. CUTTEN, President of Colgate University, was elected president of the Y. M. C. A. National Council of the United States He is 57 years old. EVIL-SMELLING WATERS MADE TO EMIT PERFUME Artificial Scent Gives lhrh‘n Dumps and Ponds Sweet Aroma. Garbage dumps, swamps, stagnant pools and other evil-smelling places | ynion becas need no lonl'er offend sensitive nostrils. 1620 Fuller Street N.W. 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Every honest, straightforward life insurance man knows that every person insured in a safe and sound company should be encouraged to keep his policy in full force The Better Business Bureau urges members of the public who are by unethical salesmen who would attempt to advocate “twisting” to report the facts to this Bureau, and to remember— The appearance of nouncement in these columns is 3 Before You Invest— Investigate! this an- evidence that this newspaper supports and co-operates with the Better Business Bureau for your protection. The of Washmgton, D.