Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1931, Page 12

A—12 »» SMITHSONIAN AIDE MAROONS SELF FOR ARCTIC EXCAVATION W. B. Ford to Spend Winter at Point Barrow to Dig in Mound. WORK IS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL 1932 SUMMER Scientist Seeks Solution of Source of First Americans and Meet- ing of Cultures. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Voluntarily marooned, a Smith- sonian Institition archeologist will spend the next nine months at the farthest North point under the Ameri- can flag in order to resume digging with the first thaw of the Arctic Spring. Worthington B. Ford, associated with the Division of Anthropology, was sent to Point Barrow, Alaska, this Summer to excavate a large mound 10 miles east of that little settlement on the Arctic coast. ~The possible contents of this ‘mound have fascinated archeologists for many years. It is about 30 feet deep, the accumulation of waste from many generations of human beings. Some- where inside is probably evidence that will clear up problems of the migrations of peoples and the joining of Eastern and Western cultures, Ordinarily two Coast Guard boats make Point Barrow in a Summer, about a month apart. The last usually re- turns early in September, after which the ice closes in and there is no sibility of leaving the northernmost post_until another Summer. This year « the ice was especially bad. The Smith- sonian archeologist, aboard the Coast Guard cutter Northland, realized that he would no sooner reach the settle- ment than it would be necessary to re- * turn, with only one or two days of dig- ging at the most. Authorized to Remain. So the young archeologist, on his first expedition, left the Northland, which was proceeding slowly with the North- ern ice drift, at Icy Cape, Alaska, and proceeded to Point Barrow by dog sled. The Northland arrived a week later, and notice was given that it must leave at once in order to be sure of getting back into Bering Sea. So Ford re- mained, after receiving authorization l‘)) radio from the Smithsonian authori- ies The surface already has begun to freeze, so that little excavaition will be possible this year. It will be necessary to wait until late next May, when the thaw begins, before resuming the mound excavation. Then the archeolo- gist will have nearly four months of uninterrupted digging, during which he hopes to clear up the mystery of the mound. Point Barrow is a meeting place for scientists nearly every Sum- mer, but up to the present none have been able to work more than a month. Only the surface layer of this mound has been uncovered. Here the remains are those of Eskimo differing little irom those who now inhabit the Arctic coast and of comparatively recent date, Ford hopes to penetrate to the underly- ing strata until, at the bottom, he finds the refuse and possibly some skeletons of the earliest inhabitants of this part <1 _the world. It is all a part of the Smithsonian project to find out where and when the first Americans came from and how they got here. Some of the prehistoric migrants from Siberia, it is believed, may have skirted along the Arctic Coast, becoming the ancestors of the present Eskimo, as those who turned southward became the ancestors of the Indians. The site at Point Barrow al- ways has been a favorable location for a settlement. Another problem to be solved is that ot the intermingling of the two cul- tures now known among the Eskimo. One is the recently discovered “ivory culture,” found at its best on St. Law- rence Island and in Bering Sea, and which apparently was spread eastward, and the other the so-called Thule cul- ture of the Eastern Eskimo, which zeems to have worked westward across Northern Canada and Alaska. The Point Barrow mound may have been a radial point for both at some time in its long history. Accompanied by Chambers. Ford was accompanied to the Arctic by another Smithsonian collaborator, M. B. Chambers, who remained at St. Lawrence Island to continue the exca- vations of ancient village sites started iwo years ago. This Island is believed 1o have been one of the stepping stones of early immigrants to North America and the Point Barrow people may origi- nally have come from there. With the long Winter night soon to | fall over Point Barrow with its handful of white and Eskimo residents, Ford expects to turn his voluntary exile to profit by studying the religious and so- cial customs of the natives. Much of this has been described in the past. but never with such a long period of figst- hand observation. He will not be en- tirely shut off from the outside world, since a radio station has been set up in | the village. The pre-history of Alaska—of extreme importance to anthropology because this land is believed to have been the cradle of the aboriginal New World peoples. has heen like a jig-saw puzzle, Smitl sonian scientists explain. Bits of evi- dence painfully gathered at different aspots are being pieced together in an| effort to reconstruct the story, and the present Summer has seen the greatest advances yet made with the discovery of the passes south across the Alaskan Peninsula by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka. Ford, it is expected, will return with all his archeological collections. on the | last boat out of the secttlement early | next September. WILL DISCUSS SCHOOLS | Secretary Hine to Provide Parents With Information. The, reopening of the public schools | on September 21 will be discussed by | Harry O. Hine, secretary of the Dis- trict Board of Education, in a radio address over Station WMAL at 6:15 o'clock toright under auspices of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hine will provide parents with | complete information on how they should proceed to enter their children in school. He will advise on the en- rollment of every type of student, from ‘the 5-year-old kindergarten youngster ‘who will get his first taste of class room routine, on through the out-of-town students who propose to enter District elementary and high schools for the first time, to the teachers' college students. STRUCK WITH PLANK B1-Year-Old Watchman Blames Colored Man in Report. Joseph Davis Hatcher, 81, 1503 ‘Kenilworth avenue northeast, employed as a watchman on a building under construction at Eleventh and E streets southeast, was attacked by an unidenti- fied colored man this morning, ke told ! police. Hatcher said the man appeared about 12:30 o'clock, and without pro- vocation, struck him in the head with @ plece of plank. Hatcher refused hos- Pital treatment. THE EVENING Capitol Gets New Steps GRANITE REPLACES 60-YEAR-OLD BLUESTONE. STAR, WASHINGTON, IRELIEF PERSONNEL CAPITAL MAN DIES, | ORN by the feet of statesmen, half a century, the long flight W politicians and eager sightseers for over of bluestone steps leading up to the west entrance to the Capitol from Peace Monument is being replaced by new granite to match the steps on the east side. Photo shows a general view of the scene where workers are laboring under the shadow of the great dome in the background. —Underwood Photo, DRY FORCE ORDERS BAN RUM DRINKING Avoiding of Search Warrant' by New Methods Sought Under New Policy. Prohibition agents no longer will be | allowed to drink the evidence, except by “special permission,” under a new | enforcement policy just laid down by | Prohibition Director Woodcock. “It is, in my judgment, no longer necessary for any prohibition agent to consume intoxicating liquor,” wrote Col. Woodcock in a comprehensive letter to | his bureau personnel explaining the new policy. He outlined the procedure to be used, recommended operation of the injunc- tion or padlock against speakeasies, and | insisted that the Federal dry forces con- | centrate more on stopping the supply | of liquor to the speakeasy. | Would Avoid Search Warrant. | Director Woodcock was explicit in his instructions as to how agents should | avoid drinking liquor. He recommended | what is more gencrally known in the | parlance of the agents as the “quick knock-off,” or immediate arrest. This| procedure is possible without the agent drinking, he said. Explaining his system, Director | ‘Woodtock said: | “I strongly recommend to you for use against certain types of speakeasies | the method of immediate arrest after purchase. This method eliminates the | necessity for consuming intoxicating | liquor and, if followed by careful in-| tensive investigation, should lead to thz‘ disclosure of the real parties in interest. “Such an arrest, of course, justifies a | search of the immediate premises. All doubt is removed as to the identity of | the seller, and the delay and circum-‘ locution of the search warrant is avoid- | ed. With a little ingenuity agents may | be available to assist in making the| arrest after the initial purchase has been made. There is no reason why | evidence obtained in this way should | not be effective for injunction pro-| ceedings.” | Special Permission Allowed. | Col. Woodcock added, however, that | “it is conccivable that there are still| necessary.” | “If such places exist,” he said, “ad- | ministrators are authorized to give| special permission in advance for agents to consume intoxicating liquor upon th premises, but this permission must be | given in advance for cach particular| place before any agent will be permitted to consume intoxicating liquor. “Administrators will make a written report to me of each permission granted. so that a careful study and record of | these instances may be kept.” In some parts of the country inform- | ers have been used to obtain evidence, particularly by police. These inform- ers sometimes have been required to make two different buys of liquor, and in the process of making these buys often drink liquor, allaying suspicion 2s to their purpose in making the buy. It is beclieved also that some agents in making cases against speakeasies had felt called upon to drink some of the evidence. It is this drinking that Col. ‘Woodcock has ordered stopped. FILE CLERK RATINGS | NOT YET COMPLETED Civil Service Officials Announce Two or Three Months Will 1 Be Required. ‘The Civil Service Commission, harass- | ed by inquiries concerning ratings on | the recent file clerk examinations, an- nounced today it would be two or three months before results of this test could be_compiled and made public. It was explained that the examina- tion held here August 19 to 21 was the | largest ever given by the commission, approximately 29,000 persons through- out the count inelud! 10,000 Washingtonians. ‘The commission at the same time es- timated that about 8,500 will compete in the statistical clerk ex- amination scheduled to be held next week. Approximately 3,000 will be ex- amined in Washington on August 9 and 10, and it also will be two or three months before ratings on this test can be mailed to participants. Examiners throughout the country have been instructed by the commis- sion to request competitors for Govern- ment positions not to make premature inquiries about their ratings, inasmuch #s such inquiries tend only to increase the volume of the commission’s work. Rating reports in all cases are malled out as soon s possible. CATHEDRAL THRONG WILL HONOR LABOR Record Crowd Is Expected to Hear Davis and Bishop Speak. Arrangements were being made today at Washington Cathedral to accommo- date one of the largest congregations of the year tomorrow for the ‘“National Labor Sunday” service, at which Sen- ator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and Bishop James E. Freeman will de- liver keynote addresses. Radio to Carry Program. ‘The service, second of its kind to be eld at Mount Saint Alban, will be held in the open air at the foot of the Peace Cross at 3:45 o'clock. It will be broad- cast through Station WMAL and over a coast-to-coast network of the Colum- bia Broadcasting System. Leaders of national labor organiza- tions. members of more than 75 local unions and Government officials are cxpected to attend. The International Association of Machinists will be repre- sented by Arthur Wharton, national president. Moose Lodge No. 126 plans to send a large delegation, while many of the craftsmen now engaged in erect- ing the huge cathedral also will be present. Bishop Freeman Returns. The order of the service, devised especially for the occasion, will include prayers for labor and appropriate scriptural readings. Bishop Freeman returned to the Capital from his Sum- | mer vacation especially to conduct the service. Very Rev. Dr. Freeland | Peter, canon” and chancellor of thc cathedral, and other members of the clergy also will participate. o BANDI'I" OUTSMARTED IN STOP-LIGHT HOLD-UP | Motorist Jumps From Car and Ob- tains Help, as Armed Robber Makes Escape. An armed “stop-light” bandit was outsmarted last night by a motorist, who, instead of complying with the ‘obber's demand for money, leaped from he automobile and ran for help. The near-victim of the hold-up was Willlam H. Hunter, 3900 Connecticut avenue, who stopped his car in defer- ence to a red light at Sixteenth and S &treets. Suddenly a man of about 30 stepped upon the running-board and ordered Hunter to “come across.” Sceing the gun in the bandit's hand, Hunter jumped from the machine and fled. Apparently the robber did likewise, for when Hunter returned with a taxicab driver a few minutes later the bandit was gone. Hunter gave police a description of the robber. ‘ DR. JOHN W. SHAW DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS Physician Who Practiced Here 37 Years Will Be Buried at Lewiston, Pa. Dr. John Watson Shaw, a practicing physician in Washington 37 years, died in Garfield Memorial Hospital yester- day after a short illness. The body will be taken to his former home at Lewis- ton. Pa., for burial. D Dr. Shaw was born in Lewiston, where he spent his boyhood, later attending the University of Pennsylvania. On his graduation from that institution he came to Washington to practice medi- cine. He maintained his office and Tesidence at 1453 Rhode Island avenue. He was a member of the American Medical = Association, District Medical Society and the University Club. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Isa- bel Shaw Miller. LAWS GROUP TO MEET W. C. Clephane, C. V. Imlay and F. 8. Tyler to Represent D. C. The forty-first meeting of the Na- tional Conference on orm Laws will be held at Hall Hotel, Atlantic City, Tuesday, September 8, at 11 o'clock. Walter C. Clephane, Charles V. Imiay and Frederick S. Tyler, who have represented District at this conference for 12 years, will leave Mon- day to attend the meeting. Because of the importance of the uniform laws act, dra for submis- sion to the conference, it is expected the wmmg meeting will bg,one of the most notable eves held. ONADVISORY WORK FILLED FROM D. C. Last Committee Posts Given to Mrs. Inez Richardson and C. C. Glover, Jr. BANKER TO REPRESENT WASHINGTON ON GROUP ‘Woman, of Welfaré Body, Will Be Representative at Large in Organization. The National Advisory Committee President Hoover to assist Walter S. Gifford, national unemploy- ment relief director, stands completed today, with the personnel numbering 84 Many of the Nation's wealthiest citizens are members of this group. In completing the committee late yesterday, Mr. Hoover named two Washingtonians, Mrs. Inez Richardson of the White House Conference on Child Welfare and Charles C. Glover, Jr., vice chairman of the directorate of Ithe Riggs National Bank. Mrs. Rich- ardson is a representative at large on the committee, while Mr. Glover will be the District’s representative of the headquarters of the Gifford organiza- tion from the Commerce Department Building to the Walker-Johnson Bulld- ing, 173¢ New York avenue, and the return of the relief director from New York, probably Tuesday, it is expected Mr. Gifford will complete his organi- zation by naming members of a com- mittee to advise and co-ordinate in the administration of relief. 19 Added to Committee. He has already named two other com- mittees, the first being headed by Owen D. Young of New York, to direct the raising of funds through local commu- nities, and the second, headed by Harry A. Wheeler, Chicago banker, to direct extension of emergency industrial poli- cles. As soon as third committee is named, Mr. Gifford has said he would call a meeting of the National Advisory Committee. The President added 19 members to this committee yesterday and desig- nated 14 State representatives from among the group’s membership. Event- ually it is planned to have a represent- ative for every State to co-ordinate the work of the national organization with local activities. ‘Those named as State representatives were S. P, Bush of Columbus, Ohio; Charles C. bates, Denver; Carl R. Gray, Omaha; Charles De B. Claioorne, New Orleans: William Stearns, Fargo, N Dak.; Christie Benet, Columbia, S. C.: Stewart W. Cramer, Charlotte, N. C.; H. D. Huston, Nashville, Tenn.; Edward W. Lane, Jacksonville, Fla.; W. H. May Newton. Iowa; J. Walter Drake, Detroi James W. Hook, New Haven: C. H. Ban- field, Portland, Oreg.,, and Mr. Glover. Delaware to Provide Own Aid. Members of the Advisory Committee at large were named as follows: Harry Wheeler, Chicago; Tom K. Smith, St. Louis; Mrs. Robert E. Speer of New York, Mrs. Richardson, Leonard P. lAyEdl's and James R. Garfield, Cleve- and. President Hoover said that six States have indicated their ability to take care of their own relief problems next Win- ter. He named California, Michigan, Illinois, Connecticut, New York and Delaware. He expects to add more to the list later. In this connection the White House | announced the receipt of a telegram ‘l(mm Gov. Buck of Delaware, as fol- ows: “I am in accord with your plan as made known to ald unemployment, and you may expect Delaware to co-operate in every way. Furthermore. the citi- zens of Delaware can be counted upon to provide such financial help as is re- quired to care for those in need in this State during the coming Winter.” Green Has Jobs Plan. ‘The White House had previously made public letters from the first four States giving assurance their States would handle their own relief. The White House said no such letter had been recelved from Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, and the Presi- dent apparently counted New York in with the others because of his message to the State Legislature proposing a $20,000,000 relief fund. ‘While the Chief Executive was nam- g the personnel of his Advisory Com- mittee, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, spon- sored a plan to remedy the unemploy- ment, problem, which he will propose to the Gifford group. Mr. Green's plan is to allocate pro- portianal quctas of the unemployed for ebsorption in each industry. It will be suggested to the committee set up to find means of creati employment for the jobless, of which is & member. Proposes Conference. He said the cost of the plan could be balanced against the money that would otherwise have to go into relief funds. A conference of representatives cf indus- trial employers and labor to allocate the quota to each industry, is proposed. “If every industry will take on its quota of the unemplcyed and reduce the work-week for all while maintaining wage rates,” Mr. Green said, *“our united industries will pull us up to the level of better business.” FLORIDA CHAMBER HEAD CALLS ON PRESIDENT and Mrs. R. B. Walker of Hollywood Visit Hoover at White House. R. B. Walker, president of the Holly- wood, Fla., Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Walker yesterday visited the White House, where they paid their respects to President Hoover. Harry King, presi- dent of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, and Thomas P. Littlepage, vice president, escorted the couple to the Executive Mansion and presented them to the President. Following the brief ceremony at the White House, Mr. and Mrs. Walker were guests of the local chamber offi- cers at a luncheon in the Washington Hotel. They later were conducted on a sightseeing trip around Washington by the trade body officials. A year ago Mr. Littlepage visited the Florida city and was a guest of honor at a banquet which inaugurated a membership drive of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. GETS JAIL'SENTENCE Colored Man Convicted of Possess- ing Loaded Revolver. Arrested for having in his possession a loaded revelver, Murphy Jefferson, colored, 30, was sentenced to two years in jail by Judge Robert E. Mattingly upon his convicf in Police Court to- day. Jefferson, who lives in the 100 block of First street, was convicted of robbery years ago, it was brought out in his trial, and sentenced to 15 years in At- lanta Penitentiary. Last night Policemen J.. A. Calk and P. Myers of the second precinct arrested Jefferson in a taxicab in Plerce court. the completion of moving of Mr. D. C., SATURDAY, 13 OTHERS INJURED INAUTO MISHAPS John Copsey Fatally Hurt, Woman Blinded as Auto Hits Street Car. WORKER’S LEG MANGLED IN KEY BRIDGE CRASH Driver in Collision With Track Machine Held by Police Pending Outcome of Amputation. One man was killed and 13 other per- sons were injured in traffic accidents late yesterday and early today. One of the victims, an employe of the Cap- ital Traction Co., had his leg ampu- tated, while another, a 37-year-old woman, was blinded in one eye. The dead man was John E. Copsey, 21, of 2051 Nichols avenue southeast. He was hurt last night, when his auto- mobile collided with a one-man street car on Nichols avenue southeast, be- tween Howard street and Sumner road. The mishap occurred, police reported, when Copsey's machine darted from a line of traffic onte the tracks of the Washington Rallway & Electric Co. trol- ley. which was bound in the opposite direction, Companion Blinded. Miss Anna Donnelly, 2051 Nichols avenue, who was riding with him, is the blinded woman. She also was injured about the head and body. The other passenger in the automobile, Mrs, Mary Taylor, 23, of 909 Seventh street south- east, was cut and bruised. Both women were treated at Providence Hospital. Copsey was taken to Casualty Hospi- tal, where he was pronounced dead by Dr. Roger Young. The motorman, Al- fred Haynie, 30, of 602 Park road was held at the eleventh precinct police station for a time, but later was re- leased. The man whose leg was cut off is William Edwards, 41, colored, operator of a Capital Traction Co. track-smooth- ing machine. He and four other colored persons were injured early today when an automobile crashed into the smooth- ing machine on Key Bridge, knocking it about 60 feet. ‘The others hurt in the accident were: Leonard Howard White, 21, Ross), Va.. driver of the car, cut and bruised: Harold Clark, 1692 Thirty-second street, cut: Adeline Ball, Clarendon, Va., in- jured ankle, and Emma Bertha Butler, also of Clarendon, cut. Dragged Under Machine. The smoothing machine was in oper- ation on the southbound tracks, in about the middle of the bridge, when the mishap occurred. Edwards, work- ing beneath the device, was dragged some distance, the machine grinding his right leg off below the knee. He was taken to Georgetown Hospital, where physicians pronounced his con- dition serious. White and the others who were riding with him refused hos- pital treatment. White was arrested by seventh pre- cinet police and ordered held pending the outcome of Edwards’ injury. Of six other persons injured in acci- dents, three were hurt as result of col- lislons with other automobiles. Three g;delll’hnfi were hurt, one a 4-year-old injured boy is Hugh W. Collins, 43 First street, treated at Sibley Hos- ! pital for bruises about the face, re- ceived. police say. when he ran into the side of an automobile operated by Ernest Garner, 41, of the 1200 block of Tenth street, while in the 1700 block of First street. Frank Henrick, 44. 1336 G street j northeast, was treated at Casualty Hos- pital for cuts over the eye and about the face, received when knocked down by an auotomobile operated by Mitchell G. David, 20, 700 block of Thirteenth street, while at Fourteenth street and Maryland avenue northeast. Hit in Front of Home. Hit by an automobile operated by Evonder Penn. 32, colored, of South Washington, Va. George Gross, 50, colored, of the 1400 block of Twenty- seventh street sustained injuries to his leg. He was treated at Emergency Hos- pital and taken to Gallinger. Gross was hit in front of his home. Mrs. Little Hale, 1315 Eleventh street, was treated at Emergency Hospital for cuts on the face and arm, received when a taxicab in which she was a passen- ger was in collision with an automobile on _Eleventh street. Phillip Levin, 17, 1013 U street, a passenger in a truck, was treated by a private physician for a slight injury to the head, received when the truck tol- lided with an automobile at Fourteenth and L streets.’ Spencer Green, 22, colored. 400 block of O street, received a cut on the knee when the automobile in which he was riaing collided with another automo- bile at the intersection of Fifth and T streets. FOUR HURT BY AUTOS. Three Drivers in Montgomery Charged With Reckless Driving. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., September 5.— Four persons were injured in three au- tomobile accidents in suburban Mon! gomery County yesterday and this merning. As a result of the accidents drivers of three of the cars have been charged with reckless driving by Mont- omery Count lice. G In rl! colllnoynp:n the Rockville pike near the entrance to the Woodmont Country Club this morning, Solomon Rose, 46 of 1328 V_street, Washing- ton, and Minnie L. Seott, 50, of the same address, were injured. Rose received a fractured left elbow and acute laceration to the left temple, while Mrs. Scott received lacerations to the left forehead. Wilbur M. Scott, 12, also in the auto, escaped injury. Car Driver Arrested. Alexander Pay, colored chauffeur for E. L. Smith of Edson lane near Rock- Iville, driver of the car which collided with the auto driven by Rose, was charged with reckless driving and oper- ating with improper license by Officers Gaither and Poole of the Bethesda sub- station, following the accident, and re- leased on $200 bond. According to po- lice, Pay, who was eling south, came up to a slow-moving truck and his auto skidded when he applied his brakes, lurched into Rose’s car, which was go- ing morth, carrying both autos into the ditch. Rose and Mrs. Scott were taken to town University Hospital for treatment. Mrs, Lillian Hayesman of Seven Oaks, near Silver 8 , wife of the superin- tendent of the Was) base ball when her auto the Colesville pike and in a fleld near the Sligo Creek Bridge after colliding another auto. ‘Woman Is Arrested. ‘nflulm-n was charged with by Officer Robert Howes pring_substation follow- ing the accident. Her car was badly damaged. Police say she collided with an auto driven by rles E. Hemsel of Carteret, N. J., who was also charged with reckless driving by Officer Howes. | Hospital Mrs. Hayesman was treated by a nearby hysicia v y Mrs. G. L. Evans, 60, of sose R R i Bt SEPTEMBER 5, 1931. Bold Adventure Halted Juvenile Trio Captured in From Yonkers and Plan Bost After Hitch-Hiking for Coast Trip to Texas Is Bared to Sentry Who Shouted *'Hait.” No pioneer was ever bolder than three young runaways who were headed off at the Army War College early today’| while on their way to Texas in a canoe. The youngest of the adventurers, all of whom hitch-hiked here from Yonk- ers, N. Y., in a truck, was only 9. sentry was walking his post before day- light this morning when he was sur- prised to hear muffied voices coming | from the river. The_soldier cried, “Halt!” and then was able to discern the outline of a| day morning, they said, but that went e o T shington e ys M L #bout 3 o'clock this morning. They made their way to the water front and took the canoe, they said, when they found it abandoned near Water and Twelfth streets. They expected to-go-down the river and bay to the Atlantic Ocean and thence to Texas around the tip of Florida, Sent to Receiving Home. canoe on the dark river. He ordered | The three were turned over to the the children to come ashore and they | P8trolman on the beat and later lodged paddled in to the dock. at the Receiving Home for Children. | Their parents were notified and prom- Tired of Life in East. | Ised to provide means of return trans- The trio explained they had grown | Portation later today. tired of life in the East, particularly| The adventurers identified themselyes since school days are not far in the | 5 Andrew Hofnagle, 9 years old, of 47 with | collision, is being held by Officer Paul offing. They agreed to become cowboys, tbey‘uld, and outfitted themselves for a cross-country hike. They had a little tinned meat in a Boy Scout knapsack, a hunting knife and small ax, and little else. They had | $2 on leaving their homes early yester- | Alder street; William Howard Donald- son, 15 years old, of 25 Spruce street, and Gordon Everett LaReese, 14, of 40 Victor street, Yonkers. When halted the boys had accom- plished about a mile of their proposed 3,000-mile voyage. SCHNEIDER RACES | MAY END THIS YEAR Great Britain Has Chance to Keep Seaplane Cup by Making “Fly Over.” | erally fair; gentle southwest winds in- ‘The Schneider Seaplane Trophy race, | for 18 years the center of rivalry among | the major :tions, may pass out of existence this year, if Great Britain | retains permanent possession of the | cup. American naval observers are inter- ested in seeing what England will do with the Schneider race this Fall, now that France and Italy have notified | her they will be unable to enter planes | in the contest. Uncle Sam had a some- | what similar opportunity to retain per- | manent possession of the cup. as a re- | sult of the situation at Baltimore, | seven years ago, when the United States | was the sole competitor. | In 1924 the American naval team found itself with a free fleld In the | Schneider race, as all foreign entries had been eliminated when their ships cracked up. Uncle Sam had won the, race in 1923, at Cowes, England, with a naval team headed by Lieut. David Rittenhouse, U. 8. N. The United States again won the race in 1925, un- | der the leadership of Maj. James H. Doolittle. whose spectacular cross-coun- try flight of less than 12 hours has just hung up a new record for American aviation. Turned Down Chance. Had the United States claimed its right as winner in 1924, without a com- | petitor in sight, by winning the year before and the year after, this country would now have permanent possession of the Schneider Trophy, given for ex- cellence in seaplaneship. Uncle Sam, | as a sporting proposition, however, de- | clined to take advantage of the situa-| tion in 1924 and thus kept the trophy open for_ international competition. | Great Britain, observers say, now has an_opportunity to do the same thing., If London is the lone contestant in the forthcoming races, however, | will retain permanent possession of the Schneider Trophy and this aerial classic will pass. Great Britain won | in 1927 d 1929, the races now being " held every two years. ‘The Bureau of Acronautics. Navy De- partment, will place no entry in the Schneider race this year. nor will the United States be represented. This is | due to the fact Congress failed to make an appropriation to enable Uncle Sam to compete. France and Italy have just notified Great Britain that they | will be unable to compete, so that leaves a clear fleld. Moffett Explains Case. | Some time ago, before the present situation faced Great Britain, Rear Ad- miral William A. Moffett, U. S. N., chief | of the Burcau of Aeronautics, had this to say: “In 1924 the contest was held in Baltimore, but was not completed owing to crashes which eliminated all foreign entries. These crashes left us alone in the contest with no challengers | | that year, and rather than claim a ‘fly- | Atk over’ win, which we were at liberty to do in accordance with the rules, we re- | Bl fused to fly over the course and called | g the race off until the following year. “This was recognized as an extremely sporting action on our part, for it not | & only—as things turned out later—kept the contest alive, but it lost us the chance of winning the trophy outright, having won it in 1923 and subsequent- ly in 1925, the ‘fiy-over’ would have made the three necessary wins and | America would have held the trophy permanently.” | The Schneider Trophy was presented | to the Federation Aeronautique Inter- | nationale by M. Jacques Schneider in | December, 1912. son of the head of the great Schneider Gun Factory at Creusot. is valued at $5,000 and is a group of statuary representing the Goddess | Zephyr kissing the waves. Airmen call the trophy the “Flying Flirt,” because it has been in the possession of France, England, Italy and the United States, at various times, none having so far|San been able to win it three times succession. in Fireman Hurt in Blaze. Fireman Charles Padgett, No. 26 Engine Company, was cut on the leg by falling glass last night at a fire in a shoe re- England | A for, | S Schneider was the | Ne¥. The trophy | l THE WEATHER | District of Columbia and Maryland— Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow, followed by local thundershowers to- morrow afternoon or night; Monday generally fair. Gentle to moderate south and southwest winds, increasing to- morrow. Virginia—Fair and somewhat warmer tonight and tomorrow, followed by local thundershows tomorrow afternoon or night in north portion; Monday gen- creasing tomorrow. West Virginla—Fair and warmer to- night;’ tomorrow local thundershowsrs; warmer in extreme east portion. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 78 pm, 71: 12 midnight, 62; 4 am., 63; 8 am., 65; noon, 77. Barometer—4 p.m., X 30.03; 12 midnight, 30.06; 4 a. 8 am., 30.08; noon, 30.06. Highest temperature, 80, occurred at 3 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 61, occurred at 1:45 am. toda; ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 85; lowest, 59. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) The Sun and Moen. Today—Sun rose 5:39 a.m.; sun sets| 6:3¢ p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:40 a.m.; sun| sets 6:32 p.m. Moon rises 10:54 p.m.; sets 1:58 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Comparative figures of the monthly rainfall in the Capital for the first nine months against the average are shown in the following table: Average. 1931. January ..3.55ins. January ..1.56ins. February ..3.27ins. February .1.36ins. March . September, 3.24 ns. ’ Record rainfall for the first nine months was: January, 1882, 7.09 inches; February, 1884, 6.34 inches: March, 1891, 8.84 inches; April, 1889, 9.13 inches; May, 1889, 10.69 inches; Jume, 1900, 10.94 inches; July, 1886, 10.63 inches: Au- gust, 1928, 14.41 inches; September, 1876, 10.81 inches. Weather in Various Cities. w Temperature. H ‘eurey g 3 U Stations. . 8 8: - ] 74 56 0 [ 8 66 54 58 8 7 [ 62 60 [ 62 60 7 . a8 58 5 & 3 53 Abilene, Tex . Albany, N. 38 | raeprarsas Clesr Pt.cloudy 808 |+ 10jemon B Sezae Pt.cloudy | uffalo, N. Y. Prcloudy Charleston; S.C. ci icago, 1. Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio. S. C 2888wy Cleveland, 35383532228328% N EEERREEH 0, Galveston, Helena, Huron. 8. Dak. Indianapolis.Ind Jacksonville,Fl Kansas City.M Los Ange! Loutsville, Miami. Fl oat Tex. t. i ByEERL Ly 232238252 Clear Bt.cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy | lear GCloudy Clear Pt.cloudy Cloudy Phoenix. Pitteburgh, Portland. Portland, Raleigh,' N Lake Pa pair shop in the 2900 block of Mills | Lo avenue northeast. The fire caused about $500 damage. by Herman C. Paul of the Washington Sanatorium at Maple and Flower ave- nues in Takoma Park, according to report made to Takoma police. The woman was taken to the sanatorium for | Sa treatment, where she was found to have | g2 suffered two broken ribs and 1ses. The sccident was investigated. by Sergt. Roy Snyder. COUPLE HURT IN CRASH. —_— 1 Driver of One Car Is Held After | Gaithersburg Accident. Special Dispatch to The Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., September 5. —John Martin Huffman, about 35 years old, of 4222 Butternut street, Washing- ton, was seriously injured and his wife less seriously hurt in an auto acci- dent on the Prederick pike near here this Richard E. Long, 21, of Harrisburg; Pa., sald by police to have been the driver of the other automobile in_ the ‘Watkins at Rockville pending the out- come of the accident. He was arrested by cu&lz. Harry Merson, who investi- gated case. Huffman had an erely from shock. He was aid treatment by Dr. Stanley Barber of /Gaithersburg, and then he and his wife were transferred to Walter Reed to police, Long's auto n rounding and the pike. ht it "'; Huffm it swerved wi left N to | holism. I 60 Clear time. today.) pATores. . T4 PATt cloudy Current observations. rmud; . 80 t cloudy 82 v 80 E Part cloudy MAN’S DEATH PROBED; AUTOPSY IS ORDERED Natural Causes Held Responsible. Police Study Pants Pockets Turned Inside Out. Natural causes were believed to have been responsible for the death of James Norris, 45, of 3404 Pennsylvania avenue, | Letcher of wrongside out. developed, however, that ':sumu u‘xnlli:’d ‘untouched in & it of work, indicating he would not be likely to have much cash on his person. After a cursory examination, Dr. J. Ramsey Nevitt, District coroner, said orris bly died of acute alco- . death certificate will be an aytopay is performed. withheld un HEATH FORECASTS GREAT BEAUTY IN TRIANGLE PROJECT Turns Dirt for Archives Build- Ing, Where Architecture Is to Challenge World. ACTIVITY NOT TO END TILL FINISHED, HE SAYS | Many Notables Attend Ceremony, ‘With Treasury Official Speaker. Excavation On. Breaking ground for the Archives Building on the site of old Center Mar- ket this morning, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ferry K. Heath pre- dicted that “soon there will arise on this triangle. extending from the Capi- tol to the Treasury, one of the most magnificent architectural compositions found anywhere in the world.” By his act of turning a spadeful of earth, generously mixed with big Jumps of concrete, Maj. Heath opened what, he designated the “second phase of the building program for the triangle.” The Archives Building rests at a con- spicuous place in the Federal triangie on the axis of the Mall, and was pre- dicted by Maj. Heath to be “one of the most beautiful buildings in America.” The ceremony was simple, but im- pressive. and was attended by a group of Government officials, representatives of local societies, bankers, business men and many others interested in the his- toric occasion. Maj. Heath. in a brief address, touch- ed on a colorful past history of the site and painted a bright picture of the great building program, which is trans- forming downtown Washington. Me | Heath promised “from now on until its completion the sound ot building activ- ity will never cease.” . Excavation Is Under Way. The place where Maj. Heath stuck the spade into the ground was beneeth the massive steel arch formed by the power shovel, which started the busi- ness of gxcavation as soon as the cere- monies were over. near the corner of Constitution avenue and Seventh street. “It is fitting that we pause for a moment this morning in order to em- phasize the importance of the con- struction work about to commence where we now stand,” said Maj. Heath. “One hundred and forty years ago next month, George Washington left the Old Inn in Georgetown and rode along | the ridge north of Pennsylvania avenue on his way to the high ground where the Capitol now stands. His object was to define in his own mind exactly where he wanted the Federal City built. Since that time the story of the traffic and parades of this great Avenue i would be an outline of the history of the United States. Many Notables Present. Attending the ceremony from the Treasury, In_addition to Maj. Heath, .were L. C. Martin, assistant to M-). Heath; James A. Wetmore, supervising architect, and W. A. Simpson, now retired after 56 years as chief of the files division of the office of the Szcrc- tary of the Treasury. Among others present were H. P. Caemmerer, secre- tary cf the Fine Arts Commission: Washington Topham of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, Columbia His- .| torical Society and Society of Natives: J. Eliot Wright of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants and Society of Natives, Mrs. Rosa Pendleton Chiles, author. vhose articles on the Archives Building were used in congressional hearings on the question: George L. Starkey. president of the National Bank of Washington, and Robert E. Mann of P. Mann & Co., the latter two repre- senting institutions of many years' standing nearby the market, and de- scendants of the Beall family, who n.‘:'ned the original grant of land for the site. NET RAILWAY INCOME IS REPORTED 2.19 PCT. Bureau of Railroad Economics Bases Report on Figures of 171 Lines in U. S. ‘The net railway operating income of the country’s larger railroads was at the annual rate of 2.19 per cent of their book value during the first v | seven months of 1931, the Bureau of :ullrom Economics announced yeste:- ay. This figure, based on. reports of 171 railroads having gross revenues of $10.- 000.000 a year or more, coincides closely with claims of the carriers made in their petition for permission to increase rates 15 per cent. The petition in the rate case asserted that during the first four months of the year net earn- ings were 2.24 per cent annually. The railroads seeking the rate in- crease claim they need approximately 4 per cent to keep their bonds on the legal lists of New York, Massachusetts and other States requiring that earn- ings be 150 per cent of the interest on their bonds and other fixed charges. The Interstate Commerce Commission, acting under the 1920 transportation act, has fixed a fair return on railroad investments as 534 per cent. Net railway operating income for the 171 railroads listed by the bureau was $295,085,044, out of which interest on bonds and other similar charges must be paid before stockholders get divi- dends. During the same period last year net railway operating income for the same group of roads was $460,448,586, or 3.48 per cent. DOCTOR, 72, ARRESTED ON NARCOTIC CHARGES Bittle C. XKeister Is Released Under Bond, With Hearing Set for Wednesday. Dr. Bittle Cornelius Keister, 72, of 3461 Fourteenth street was arrested last night by Headquarters Detectives R. A. Sanders and D. H. Jones of the nar- cotic squad on charges of violating the Harrison narcotic lJaw. He was released under bond of $3,000 after a prelimi- nary hearing before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage lng is ’:‘o 3%01’: the latter for & hearing 5 Evidence against the physician was secured by Detectives Sanders and Jones and Federal Revenue Agents B. Connell and J. O. Crowley. -——t INJURED IN THEATER Falling Plaster Strikes Two Pa- trons in Ninth Street House. Two patrons of the Little Theater, 600 block of Ninth street, were slightly last night at about 8 o'clock, when plaster fell from the celling at the theater, striking' them. ‘vania avenue, Pifth street were treated at Hospital for head injuries Dr.