Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1931, Page 5

BULK OF KILLINGS IN'SMALLER TOWNS Big City Gunmen Lose Crown in Survey—Memphis Leads in Homicides. BY HOWARD W. BLAKESL NEW ORLEANS, December 30.—The reputation of the big city gunmen as & killer was rubbed out at the American Associ for Advancement of Science today. the ieth and New York among 174 American cities tabulated according killings per 100,000 population by Kenneth E. Barnhart, Ph. D., head of the depart- nt of sociology, Birmingham (Ala.) uthern College The big cities have the largest total gs due to greater populations. But every 100,000 population, Chicago 144 per cent persons and New York 7.1, compared with 585 for Memphis, the top city, and rates that un_above 20 for all the first 30 cities e fact that g ranks ieth,” to ublic opin- our largest cities have the s of murder e of the es is in the list of the 30 us cities.” that highest rate ci grouped according isions . of the United e in the East, one city 1 the Middle- These 30 Barnhart lical d show no Dr geOgTaf States that the ex- distribution is found rge percentage of colored per- the South. But race is not the primary cause of homicide, only a sec- ondary factor. New York City hicago rthe cities have large of colored people, vet low 1lling rates compared with the South." Searching for a-cause for the top killing rates, Dr. Barnhart finds proof that it lies in illiteracy, deducing this | from Birmingham. statistics where the ing rate has decreased with the drop in illiteracy rate Lowest Rate in West. “In cities of 300,000 population and over,” said Dr. Barnhart, “the lowest homicide rate is in the West, the next in the East, Middle West third and Southern cities highest. But these larger Southern cities have a lower rate than the smaller Southern cities.” The 27 cities listed after the first three are Bir m, 49; Shreveport, La., 414; 4 a. Ga., 38; Nashville, Tern, 36.8; Savannah, Ga 37.6; Miami, Fla 36.4; Jackosnville, Fla., 34.5; Macon, Ala., 30.7: Gary. Ga., 31.6; Mobile, Ind. 30.6; Hamtramck, Mich, 30.1; Tampa Springfield, Il 28.7; El Paso, Charleston, 8. C.,, 259 Houston, 25.2: Roanoke, Va. 244 Norfolk, Va. 23.8; Winston-Salem, N 8.4 21.6; Petersburg, 20.1 Barnhart said the most reliable “the United States is country in the Dr statistics show the most murderous w terilize Milk by Sound. Sterilization of milk by supersound waves and production in America of the world’s first synthetic vitamin were srnounced to the American Association | for the Advancement of Science. | k can be sterilized by sound waves, £aid Dr. Newton Gaines and Dr. L. A. Chambers of Texas Christian Univer- sity as effectively as by pasteurization The sound waves do not spoil the milk aws of chance and their relation to ture fate of the universe were by Dr. P. W. Bridgman of i University. He showed that s of chance are not like a pack of cards that, if shuffied long en h, will return to the original arrangement with of laws rse is “running down” and that eventually die, because everything d into heat and cannot be Ppr. Bridg- n was not w See” by Quakes, 1 artificial ear by Prof. H. A. V e, Te. The time taken for earthquake waves e earth and re- ndicates the loca- different ores and Scientists make es by exploding sometimes as to the surface depth of as a ton mograph: ister on paper in an earthquake produced by the actual motior be calculated, said Prof. Wilson ping to show what lies below the ce . delicate instruments how the ground record the Atrplanes have made it possible to wipe out the difference in climate be- < tween North and South America and by so doing help to fight the sugar cane borer in Louisiana, said T. E. Holloway, W. E. Haley and E. K Bynum of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. Speeded by Plane. Parasites of the borer are available in Argentina and Peru, but formerly could be brought North only by boat. They reached Louisiana during the Winter when no cane was growing and there were no borers to feed them The parasites, a wasp and a fly. g0 into a resting stage in Winter, and Winter was simulated during the month’s trip on shipboard by keeping them in refrigerators. Only about 20 per cent of the parasites survived the | artificial Winter, however. Now the parasites come by airplane in six days and 90 per cent of them survive. There is evidence that one generation of the wasps has been suc- cessfully “transplanted” indicating that this will be an effective method of control. Disputes Electron Theory. The electron, widely considered the smallest particle of matter, was wiped out and & “pocket” of waves substituted for it in some mathematical evidence presented by Prof. W. F. G. Swann, director of the Bartol Research Foun- dation of Philadelphia. He pointed out that no one ever has seen an electron—that it was a con- venient name which people have come to believe in as a tangible thing. The idea that electrons are little bits of mat- he explained, originated in the fact they could be observed to ““bom- ard things, like rain.” He proceeded to show that a “pocket” of wave motion could travel around and do exactly the same tricks So he concluded “that there is a pos- sibility that electrons are creations of radiant energy.” “This seemingly makes all solid matter originate in waves made up of radiation. SUBSTANCE VITAL TOPLANTISOLATED Growth Stimulated by Convi cine, Yale Professor Tells Chemical Society. ter NEW HAVEN, Conn., December 30 | ).—Convicine, a substance vital to plant growth, has been isolated by Prof. | Treat B, Johnson of Yale University He announced his discovery at the organic symposium of the American Chemical Society. It is probable, he said, the substance characterizes funda- mental chemical changes taking place in growth during the processes of seed isolated after Prof. 1 had repeated the processes by which Ritthausen, the German chemi: discovered, in 1870, vicine, a substance with which it is associated Both are glucosides, compounds which yield sugar and one or more other sub- stances. Widely Distributed. “Organic combinations of different sugars exisiting in glucositic structure are of very wide distribution in nature, occurring in both the animal and plant kingdoms,” Prof. Johnson said Boichemically speaking, they are one of the most important classes of com- pounds occurring in nature, and they are known to function in practically ail stages of life processes.” Convicine and vicine, however, have been found only in the plant kingdom. They have been isolated in seeds of the bean family and also are distributed in various legumes, Prof. Johnson's re- searches have shown. Dr. H. T. Clark of Columbia Uni- versity's College of Physicians and Surgeons told the chemists that insulin, used for treating diabetes, is another member of the protein group. He sald Prof. Karl Freudenberg and his associates at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, have found that insulin’s value lies in the way in which its components are arranged. Utilizes Farm Waste. Possibilities of utilizing chemicals ob- | tained from farm waste products for the manufacture of drugs, perfumes and explosives were outlined by Prof. Henry Gilman of Iowa State College. Prof. Gilman has been a leader in the development from corn stalks and oat hulls of a liquid called furfural, an organic compound With properties similar to those of benzene. “Our study,” he said, “originated in efforts to find new uses for agricultural te produ of which there are .000,000 tons annually. About one-half of this vast amount comes from corn stalks and cobs, and the remainder {from straw and oat hulls, peanut h and similar unused sub- has been obtained by a xpensive chemical process. We hope use will open a new field of chemistry, as well as helping to utilize these farm wastes.” VOLCANO GROWS QUIET Flow of Fl:x;nnz Lava From Ki- lauea, in Hawaii, Slackens. HILO, Hawaii, December 30 () The Kilauea Volcano greatly slackened its activity fountains had tossed flaming lava within its huge fire pit since Wednesday. The southwest fountain continued to hurl molten rock 50 to 75 feet, but all others ceased spouting during last night. | At the Office: “Hello, BIll! “Not so good. “What you need is sunshine. January 4, on the son of the ‘Florid; join us.” How's the cold?” some good Florida We are going to Miami, first trip this sea- a Speclal’ Better “What time does it leave this year?” “8:20 in the evening, there the next over, BillL” evening. and we Think get it Effective January 4th WASHINGTON ... PALM BEACH Lv.8:20 P.M. .Ar.7:23P.M. LAr.9:10 P.M. to Louisiana, | yesterday after dozens of | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. \\‘ICIL\:LZS]_L\S:._ DECEMBER o, 20, HUMAN SKIN OFTEN But Organisms Thrive on It on Other Days, Scient- ists Tell Conference. BALTIMORE, December 30 (P)— | Man’s skin on some days is death to | bacteria, but on others is something they love to touch, This strange, varying power of the | skin to kill bacteria was explained to the Society of American Bacteriologists today. The experiments were per- formed by Justinia H. Hill and Edwin C White of the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Normal human skins were brought into contact with living bacteria of va- us kinds, including anthrax spores. | The results were that sometimes skin | had “powerful bactericidal or even ic action.” , The lytic action is some- | taing like boiling the bacteria alive, using them to dissolve, | But there was no certainty. “The | skin,” said the report, “may be en- | Ilacklng in any action on bac- The strangest part of the results was that this bacterial killing power of the skin varied with different persons on different days. There was also a dif- ference in individuals tested—some were poison for bacteria, while the bugs thrived on others. Also some bacteria are unaffected by any one's skin An indication that many pgrsons are more or less immune to infantile paralysis was reported by Dr. Maurice Brodie of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He tested the blood of who had not had infantile paralysis. Of these 22 carried in their blood something called an antibody which had the power of immunizing against infantile paralysis. This immunizing power amounted to about half that of he serum made from blood of persons recovered from the discase. Further tests showed that of these 22 about half could produce a serum cquivalent in protective power to that from infantile paralysis patients. Three Boston research workers ap- peared today before the convention and charted a course that may lead to vic- tory over the deadly influenzal menin- gitis that attacks infants and young children. The report described a specific serum treatment for the disease and said that its use by Dr. Ann Gaylor Kuttner, as- sistant pediatrician at the Johns Hop- kins Hospital, in 24 hours completely destroyed infection in a child treated there this year. The report was the work of Drs. Le- Roy D. Fothergill. Joyce Wright and Hugh K. Ward of Harvard University Medical School and Infrnts and Chil- dren’s Hospital. In it they pointed out that 25 per cent of the acute menin- giis cases coming to their attention were of the influenzal type and that the disease is “almost invariably fatal.” Dr. Edwin B. Fred, professor of bac- teriology at the University of Wiscon- sin, was elected president of the so- ciety at the concluding sessions 28 persons physiological chemistry at the Jol Hopkins Medical School, was chose: vice president and Dr. J. M. Sherman of Cornell University was cecretary-treasurer. The organization chose two council- lors for next year, Dr. Ivan C. Hall of the University of Colorado and Dr. Ralph R. Mellon of the Pittsburgh In- stitute of Pathology. POSTAL RULE CHANGED Canada to Pay Premium on Money Orders Issued in U. 8. Beginning January 4, post offices in Canada will pay a premium on postal money orders issued in the United | States, the rate to conform as closely as possible to market quotations for ex- | change in New York Postmasters were informed today | that persons sending remittances to Canada should be informed that payees will receive in Canadian currency the | approximate value of United States money on the day the orders are paid. Cellist Knows 300 Works. | Jean Bedetti, first cellist of the Bos- | ton Symphony Orchestra, knows 300 | complete works by memor DEATH TOBACTERIA |BACKS HOME LOAN BANKS | President of Real Estate Boards Favors Hoover’'s Plan. | H. 8. Kissell, president of the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards, yesterday pledged to President Hoover he co-operation of his organization |in helping create a system of home loan discount banks SAYS PARTIES AIM TOCONFUSE VOTERS Campaign Funds Not Used to Educate Public, Cutting | Tells Conference. [ The American Political Science As- sociation Division on Political Partles | heard an interesting discussion of the | use of money in elections at its meet- ing today at the Mayflower Hotel. Senator Cutting of New Mexico, pre- | senting “A Program for Public Regu- | lation of Campaign Funds” urged | establishment of State and Federal ap- propriations for primary and inter- | party contests, Under the present sys- tem, Senator Cutting said, most of the campaign money is spent to “befuddle the voter, not to educate him.” Fur- thermore, he asserted, the corrupt prac- | tices acts cannot cope Wwith private con- tributions concealed in many forms. Discussing the present national Do- litical situation, Senator Cutting said we no longer have national parties. He described the present system as “gov- ernment by blocs” and the so-called national party as coalitions of State oups i B P C Grant, University of Cali- fornia, discussed “The Kohler Case as stration of Enforcemént Difficul- ties” The inadequacies of the Wis- consin election law, as made evident by its failure in the Kohler case, were pointed out by the California speaker. The law, he said, was prepared for | Republican versus Democratic contests, | whereas there actually exist two fac- | tions of Republicans which oppose each other in State elections. } The failure of pre-election publicity provisions _in the law also was cited by Grant. The statute fequires pre-pri- mary statements of campaign expendi- tures, but does not demand that they | be made public until 10 days after the voting. Grant urged that all | States order campaign costs be pub-| | lished before primaries. Legislature investigations following elections, be- lieved to have been illegal often, are | turned into “a circus.” as in the Wis- consin case, Grant said A general discussion was participated in' by political scientists attending the | four-day conference here. | Weight Reduced by Flying 1 | A Washington, N. C. woman who | | spent the afternoon riding in airplanes | found each ride reduced her weight several pounds. Lack of funds finally | rade her relinquish the “exercise.” | | taken in 1908 VARATONS SHOWN N LENGTH OF DAYS Prof. E. W. Brown (f Yale Declares Time Changes to Complete Rotation. The length of the day—that is, the time it takes the earth to turn on its axis—apparently is subject te sudden changes, Prof. E. W. Brown of Yale University today told the American Astronomical Scciety, of which he is the retiring president, This is due, Dr. Brown said, to slight changes in the diameter of the earth. The suddenness with which the changes come shows that it cannot be due to| variations in the gravitational influ- e of any other bodies in the solar system. Similar sudden changes, he says, have been found in the rota- tional periods of certain binary stars. “Lost” Satellite Found. Dr. Brown also announced the re- discovery at the Mount Wilson Ob- servatory last month of the “lost” eighth satellite of Jupiter, which orig- inally was discovered on a photograph For more than 20 years astronomers were unable to pick up the elusive object again. Although it followed a regular orbit around Jupiter, | it was so far away and faint that it could not be caught at any definite point. It was rediscovered through the calculations of Russian astrono- mers, who calculated its orbit from 1916 to the present The discovery of tHe new planet, Pluto, from calculations of the pertur- bations of Uranus, he said, was a licky accident, since the perturbations do not actually exist, but were reported because of observational errors. observations of Uranus since 1781, said, show that there are no ap- preciable disturbances in its orbit. Objects in the planetary system which still mystify astronomers, he said, include the Trojan group of asteroides, or minor planets, which re- | volve around the sun in the orbit of | Jupiter, keeping always the same dis- tance ‘ahead or behind the giant planet. Nine of these curious bodies now have been discovered. Best Time Measurements. Another object is the Schwassmann- Wachmann comet, which revolves around the sun in a period of 16 years in an orbit somewhere between Saturn and Jupiter. It appeared suddenly in 1892 and may have been pulled into its orbit by the gravitational force of Jupiter. The best measurements of time, Dr. Brown said, depend on the span to| be measured. For extremely short periods the best results are obtained from the vibration of electrically ex- cited crystals. The free-swinging pen- dulum still is best for measurements extending over a few days, while for periods of from a week to a year the best results are obtained by using as a standard the rotation of the earth as judged by observations of star transits. For longer intervals, he sald, probably the best standard is the mo- tion of the=moon in its orbit. Dr. W. Mansfleld Clark, professor of | re-elected | CalaNew Year's De Luxe DINNER 4 Do For Reservations Phone LEON, Met. 2626 LTON . RCTEE Celebration [ ] CING STARTS AT 10 Souvenirs, Noise Makers, ete. ’5 Per Person | Was $109 Living Room Settee Arm Chair Club Chair Several from which choose. All 3 Pieces for $497§ Suite patterns to $5 These OPEN prices UNTIL 9P.M THURSDAY prevail in Washing- ton and vicinity. | Thursday Bargains— Shiop in our stores for your New Year’s foods . . . and save. RIPE TOMATOES . z 2 90 Fresh Tomatoes have been selling at from 20c to 30c per 2w 19¢ Fresh pound, and, in some instances, even higher. Tomorrow we offer you these fancy, fresh, ripe tomatoes from Florida at the lowest price of the season. California Beets ........2 bunches 15¢ ' D’Anjou Pears . . . .. L. 2ms 25¢ Kale ) Yellow Sweet Potatoes. . ... .4 s 9c Priced Low Idaho Potatoes . . . . .10 ws. 29¢ New Potatoes ... ... .4 ws. 25¢ Pound 5e Fancy Crisp Celery.......2 stais 25¢ 29 15¢ 15¢ JUICY ORANGES 23¢ Start the New Year right. Serve orange juice at least three mornings a week. We have priced these juicy Florida oranges very 25¢ 15¢ ° Ibs. for New Stringless Beans Cabbage Priced Low Pound [ doz. for special for tomarrow and Saturday. Hunt’s Fresh Prunes. ie. can Hunt’s Fancy Spinach ie. can HuntisiPearsi st Hunt’s Apricots Hunt’s Fruit Salad. . ¥o.1can 59- Sealect Milk .........3 cans20c Peerless Macaroni. ... .. ra 5¢ White House Rice. .. w. pke. 10¢ Del Monte Sardines. . ... «an 10c Chum Salmon.......,.. an 9¢c 59- To More Thoroughly Introduce This Splendid Sausage i AGE For Tomorrow & Saturday— -Sp’cj,’aa;/l// 1 Pound of SPECIAL Sausage » 1 Package of SANICO Pancake | zs e Never Eat Raw Pork ) ! Here is a real bargain offering. Serve hot cakes and delicious sausage at tomorrowls or Buckwheat Mix holiday breakfast. This breakfast will be appreciated by the entire family and we know if the above combination is once served that you will serve it often. Prepare Sausage in This Manner: Divide into cckes of desired size, put in frying pan, pour cold water to depth of Y5 to ', inch, cover pan, cook slowly and turn occasionally. To finish, remove cover, turn up fire, and, when water is evaporated, turn sausage until brown. l SANICO EGGS Sanico Eggs are used in thousands of Washington homes Standard Corn . ......3 ans 20c Standard Cut Beans. . .3 cans 23¢ Standard Peas 3 cans 25¢ Ritter Pork & Beans. .3 «ns 20c Phillips Delicious Beans. . can 5¢ SANITARY BUTTER A very special price for tomorrow and Saturday on this popu- lar fresh creamery butter. This is the lowest price you probably ever remember during the month of December. If you are not familiar with this fine butter, this sale offers you a wonderful opportunity te try it. Ige. can Ige. can lbs. for Bulk Rice . 5¢3 4 s 19¢ Black-Eyed Peas......3ms 19 White Beans 17c Dried Lima Beans. ... .2 ms 19¢c Ry-Kitisph pals foee . 24¢ JUMBO =y, BUTTER We are including in our butter sale Jumbo 2-pound Country Style Roll. This is excellent quality fresh creamery butter, and most convenient to use. NOTE: The 1-pound Jumbo Roll Butter is not included in this sale. Lb., 35¢c. 2-1b. roll Sanitary: ALL PORK SAUSAGE 29 Campbell’s Tom, Juice 3 cans 25¢ Libby’s Tomato Juice.3 eans 25¢ | Hurff Tomato Juice..... en 5¢ New England Syrup. ... » 19¢ Log Cabin Syrup. .. ean 25¢, 49¢ Every egg select and guaranteed. Carton of one dozen Ritter Tomato Soup. .2 ens 15¢ Campbell’s Tom. Soup 3 eans 25¢ Heart Apple Sauce. .. .3 cans 25¢ of Maine Tide- Herring Roe . ... .2 eans 25¢ water tumbler IOC Sanico Jelly......... Standard No. 2 Size TOMATOES Stock up at this very special price 25 4 Medium Size Prunes. .. 4™ 19¢ Sanico Macaroni, Spaghetti & Noodles, 3 »« 19¢ Tripoli Chicken and Noodle Dinner. . .2 «~ 65¢ Kirkman’s Laundry Soap............4 «x= 19¢C Sanico Toilet Tissue et aoti 15¢ GRAN. SUGAR. . . Five-pound bag, 25¢ l o One-hundred-pound bag, $4.45 IN OUR MEAT MARKETS Prime RibfRoasti iy, 3-Corner Roast . .. Lean Boiling Beef. .. ... Shoulder Lamb Roast . ... 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