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SR Washingtoh News Society and General he Foening Stap WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1932. SEVEN ARE INJURED IN'SERIES OF AUTO 22, PAGE B—1 TASTE AND SMELL OYSTER FACULTIES, 137 G. W. DEGREES T0 BE CONFERRED Fund to Keep Pupils in School LOANS WILL BE MADE TO CENTRAL STUDENTS. A loan fund for Central High School | students from which boys and girls can secure such funds as may be necessary | for them to remnain in the school has AT CONVOCATION 300 American Colleges and | Universities to Be Represent- | ed at Exercises Tonight. HONOR GRADUATES' ROLL INCLUDES 23' Bicentennial Feature of Program, With Address by President Marvin. George Washington University will confer 137 degrees upon graduates of its college, schools and divisions at a Bicentennial convocation tonight at 8 o'clock in Constitution Hall. 1 Three hundred American colleges and | universities wi.l be represented in the} assemblage. as will the Department of Superintendence of the National Educa- tin Asscciation now session here ‘There will be special exercises in honor of George Washington, to whom the program is dedicated Honor Graduates. Honorary degrees will be conferred on 23 graduates of the university who have achieved distinction in various fie'ds of doctorates and their Ray Smith Bassler, science; Union Noble Bethell, laws, Philander Betts, 3d. _engineering. Walter Collins Clephane, laws: Georg® Bruce ) laws; Fred Morris Dearing, John Howard Dellinger science,. Jessie Fant Evans. education Daniet O. Hastings. laws, Adolph Auvgust Hochling. laws: Patrick Jay Hurley, laws: Nelson Trusler Joh laws, Stephen Eilott Kramer educa- tion; Alvan Macauley. lows, David Albert Molitor, engineering: Crarles Napoleon Mocre, science; Luther Halsey | Reichelderier, laws; Joseph Prls Ritt science; Sterling Ruffin, science: Wil Carson Ryan, jr. laws; Daniel Ker.oot Shute, science. Albert Norman Wart laws, and Alcxander Wetmore, sc Rev. Clarence A. Langston, rector Pohick Church, where George V ington attended. will deliver the in cation. The graduate acdress will be by Di. Cloyd Hecg Marvin, president of the university i Program for Organ. | A program of organ music by Jobn Russell Mason of the university faculty, featuring Colonial airs, will open the convocaticn. At 8 u'clock. the aca- demic procession will enter the hall | Following the invocation, the cnnvorn-“ tion address will be delivered by Dr. Marvin and the degrees in course will | be awarded. Then the president of the university Wil proceed with the | conferring of honcrary degrees, read- ing appropriate citations. presenting diplomas and investing the recipients with the doctoral hood. DISTRICT GREETINGS SENT DE VALERA f ! still in the school. been established, it was anncunced to- day by Dr. John C. Eckhardt, presi- dent of the Central High School Par- ent-Teacher Association. This is one of the first instances of such a fund for high school students ln‘ the country, Dr. Eckhardt said. As the | fund increases it may be applied to- ward loans to college students who are | graduates of Central as well as to jhose The plan is to make loans up to $200 to needy and worthy students who desire to remain at Cen- tral, but who atherwise might be forced to leave because of financial pressure in their familles. In each case the siu- dent must present some concrete plan for repayment and the loan must have the approval of parents or guardians. Preference, other things being equal, is to be given those nearest graduation. Except in exceptional cases, the loans are to be repaid in one year. No se- curity will be asked for the notes, other than the good faith of the student and members of his family. There will be an interest charge of 2 per cent a year The nucleus of the fund already is in hand, Dr. Eckhardt said. It is to be expanded by contributions from friends and alumni of the school. The move- ment for loan funds for high school S.ew>nts is growing throughout the country and the present record mem- bership of the Central Parent-Teacher Association, 1.103, gave that body courage to introduce it here, Dr. Fck- hardt said. Next year, Dr. Eckhardt said, it is planned to offer prizes for scholastic work and to expand the service of ar- ~luded all students who have won their | removed | ranging conference between teachers | letters. LEADERS WILL PAY to Be Held Temorrow Morning. Civic and trade a wide circle of f ds, tomorrow morn- ing will par M tribute 10 Simon Kann, who for 38 years was an out- anding figure In commercial and ckaritable activity in the Capital. Mr Kann died early y>sterdav at his home. 29 Connecticut avenue, after a brief illness. H. was 70 years old Puneral services will be held at the family residence at 10 am, with Rabbi Abram Simon of the Washington He- brew Congregation officiating. Burial will follow in the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. Mr. Kann returned to his home here Friday from a trip to Florida. Mem- bers of his family said he was slightly indisposed after having suffered a heart attack in ne South. Death came shortly after another attack. widow was at his bedside. Succeeded Brother. + was president ¢’ the S. Kann Co., ment store. succeeding his ers, as well as depart brothic March 3, 193i. He was the son of His | . Sigmund Kann. who died on | DR. JOHN C. ECKHARDT. and parents of students who are slip- ping in their work The association is spons-ring a lec- ture in the Central High School Audi- torium April 18 by Dr. Willam M. Mann, director of the National Zoologi- czl Park, on his recent reptile-collect- ing trip in South America. It also is sponsoring an athletic meet April 13, at which medals will be warded and from which will be ex- Rites Tomorrow | | THBUTETO KANN Rites for Capital Merchant SIMON ERRAND BOY HELD KA ACCIDENTS HERE | Two Bicentennial Visitors Knocked Down by Cars While Crossing Streets. CHILDREN IN MISSION BUS CUT AND BRUISED | Driver Held After His Car Crashes Into Patrol Taking Policemen From Station to Beats. Two visitors to the George sh- ington Bicentennial C!lebnfionw:e}l!c among '/ persons injured in a series lor tradic accidents yesterday. LL‘on‘ Birdwell, 32 years ola, of Nash- !ville, Tenn., was to undergo X-ray ex- amination to determine ir he sutfered a Iractured skull when run down yes- terday as fe was crossing the Capitol plaza. | Birdwell, police say, was hit by an automobtie operates by Willlam John- son, 30 years old, of the 700 block of | thirteenth street southeast. e was to Casualty Hospital by a passing motorist. Boston Woman Hurt. Mrs. Rebecca Green, 45 years old of Boston, suffered a possible fracture of the ieg and severe bruises last night when bowled over by an automobile while crossing Union Station plaza with her husband, Louis Green. | The automobile, police say, was oper- ated by William McCallam, 20 years | old, 1100 block of Fourth street north- easi. The couple was crussing near the | Columbus Monument when the acci- dent occurred. Mrs. Green was taken | to Casualty Hospital, where her condi- tion was described as improved this | morning. Mrs. Betty L. Brazell, 29 years old 00 block of Porter street, received i. possible fracture of the vertebrae last night when the taxicab in which she | was a passenger was in collision with automobile at Seventeenth and ts. Mrs. Brazeil was taken to , Emergeacy Hospital, where she was to undergo X-ray examinations today. Drivers Escape Injury. & The taxicab. cperated by Robert A | Dugan, 39 years old, of 1606 Foxall road, was in collision with a machine being driven by Howard Fleming. 29 | years old, 1600 block of S street. Both drivers escaped injury. Two children an. a bus driver wer | slightly cut and bruised yesterday after- | noon when a bus belonging to the Gos- pel Mission was in collision at John Marshal place and Pennsylvania avenue Bessie Varman, 8 years old, and her brother James, 11 years o'd. of the 660 block of K street, received lacerations | about the face and head Jonn Sherman, 21 years old. driver of the bus, sustained a fractured ankie | All three were ireated at Ewmergency | Hospital and discharged after first aid The occupants of the other automo bile, Benjamin Harris, his wife, M Grace Harris, and their daughtcr Bet! M the Mall. The ugpper pho in elevating the Mall unde Planning Commission which Uncle Sam paid rearly $5.000, sef ground &t the left is the Depariment of the line of automobiles depicts the direction of Fourteenth street be lifted. as shown here, It shows a magnolia tree. for the moving of [ UCH of the dirt hauled away in trucks from the excavations for the public buildings program in cowntown Washingion is being dumped on gives an idea of the raised grade to be made | plens of the National Capital Park and | In the back- | At the right, | t up in its new position. Agriculture Building. the | The Mall is to and four roads will traverse this great central park EXTENDED INPORT BAN ABROAD SEEN : Foreign Nations Pictured as' Grasping at Any Trade- Control Plan. Poreign nations, faced with the ne- cessity for increasing rvenues. correct- ing aduerse trade balances and protect- ing currency values, were pictured in a survey made jublic today by the Com- merce Department as grasping at any trade-control measure evailable for ac- complishing any of these ends. The survey was compiled by Henry Chal- mers of the department’s division of the measures and other nations on of imports during the sec- of the world-wide depression whith in Mr. Chalmers’ opirton, only accentuated the universal slump. The | steps taken included not only increases in import duties, but quota limitations, import restrictions in other forms. ex- | | change control and even gold erbargoes. | It was held that these efforts had | played no sr-all part in bringing about | tire dec! of $1.400.000000 in the| value of exports, in 1931, as compared | with the preceding vear. See Further Contraction. The department’s expert asserted that “the measures in process and the plans in prospect in the various coun- | tries in 1932 foreshadow still further contraction in international trade dur- ing the year ahead. including many markets of primary interest to Ameri- can exports.” Mr. Chalmers refrained from any dis- cussion of the tariff situation of the RESEARCH SHGWS Chemical Tests at Fisheries Reveal Extraordinary Reactions. EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED AT FEDERAL BUREAU Results Declared to Indicate Strongly That Mollusks Use Senses. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Oysters taste and smell Such, at least, is the implic tests just reported by the Bureau of Fisheries. The shelled moliusss 5w measurable, and in some cases 3 responses to stimulation substances which in k would result In recognizabl odors The experiments were condu E. Hopkins, Bureau of biologist. He was able to portions of the shel exposing rows of very under: cath. Over streams of various chemical were passed stop watch tentacles to retract different chemical sub: One of the chemicals used marin, which has a strong var odor, but which, in high diluty least, apparently 1is tasteless used frequently in experiment sense of sme that of taste Hopkins found that response when the contact wit er the amc chemical in the solutior the time which elapsed oe and retraction of the tantacl weakest solutions used it seconds for the reaction ¢ after contart the s tions there as a laten slightly over 2 seconds wen of require+ wi was cu- there was a de marin Slow in Taste and Smell The oyster evident!; ust @s later experimn he is a slow taster mechanism of stimuls neares igher an Leen evolved in the direc The mollusk has developed a shell in- stead of quick reactions s a means of surviving in the world Hopkins then studied the r of the oyster to quir negligible but whos taste arouses immediate the higher animals different reaction cumarin solutions. b the period * nich el tact and . etractic varied directly w quinine in the solut of spee eight 3 t more the quinine taste than N STORE MURDER | Solomon Kann, who conducted & dry | goods business in Baltimore for many Election Victor Hailed es “George | Years- from east to west. At present, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. executive officer of | the planning commission has $100,000 toward this work and a large share of it | is being spent for tree moving | of the 800 block of L street were slightly bruised and shaken, but did not require hospital attention. being. That is. the weakest which would cause the retract was only one-eizhth as str Jnited States or the extent to which this country’s protective tariff may have | ‘ er nations. Washington of Ireland” by Followers Here. independence fr Ireland | in the near future was forecast in a| cablegram of congratulation sent to Eamon de Valera, Irish Repub'ican | leader, upon the outcomne of the Irish ! elections._The forwarced | by the K Council of the | American £ for the Recog- | nition of the Irish Republic and the Pianna Fail Club “The Irish Republicans of the Dis- | trict of Columbia congratulate you on your magnificent viciory,” the cable- gram said. “We salute you as the George Washington of Ireland. How providential that the emancipation of Ireland coincides with the formal in- auguration of the Bicentennial celebra- tion commemorating the birth of our own great liberator, George Washing- el Complete De Valera government was its promise to abolish the oath of allegiance to England and to retain in the Irish treasury the an- nuities that have been paid to the crown. Members of framed and sent the committee which the congratulatory message are Charles Edward Russell, Anthony J. Barrett, Aneas Collins, Thomas W. Lyons and Andrew i. Hickey. PLAY TO BE GIVEN “Welcome Stranger” Scheduled by Jewish Center Society. “Welcome. Stranger.” a Broadway success of 10 years ago. will be revived tomorrow night by the Dramatic So- ciety of the Jewish Community Center, in the Cafritz Auditorium of tre cen- ter. The cast is under direction of Ronald Dawson, dramatic director of Station WOL. It is the first presentation of the group this season. The cast will in- clude Milton S. Sachs, David R. Wal- lace, Irvin Wolloch, Morris Wein- garten, Louis M. Drecbin, Samuel Lightman, Meyers B. Jacobs, Lillian R.} Spector, = Sidney Gottlieb, Yvonne Kushner, Belle Shapiro, Harry Widom and Ethel Gottlieb. ASSAILANT IS SOUGHT ‘Woman Sn;;n 'l'r-ied to Carry Her Off as She Put Car Away. Police today were searching for a man who late Saturday night seized Mrs Louise Fox. Chastleton Hotel, Six- teenth and R :treets, as she was put- ting her car in a gareg> at the rear of the putlding. but was frightened away by the woman's screams. Mrs. Fox reported to authorities the man, whom che did not know, caught hold of her from behind as she was leaving the garage and attempted to carry her off. He fled, however, when she called for help. Her assailant, she told police, was well dressed, his clothing including a light overcoat and hat. He was tall and slender, or dark complexion, and could easily be identified, she said. INDIANS PLAN TRIBUTE | Veterans' Group to Place Wreath Today at Monument. ‘The Gen. AdnagR. Chaffee Camp, No. 18, National Indian War Veterans, will mnce a wreath at the base of the Wash- gton Monument at 3:30 o'clock today in commemoration of the 200th anni- rmmr}' of the birth of George Wash=" on, | Florence ! seeking work in thc Mr. Kann gained his early knowl- edge of the merchardise business while working in his father's store. Later, with his brothers, Sigmund and Louis, he came to Wash.ingtor and founded a small store at 909 Pennsylvania avenue. The brothers prospered as the busi- ness grew rapicly. and they purchased a store at Eighth street a Later. believing the clothing market supe timere, the brothe: holdings in Maryiand entire attention to devel Centerea Interests Yere. Their “enture continued to prove suc- cess‘ul, and the brothers soon acquired ashington retail to “hat of Bal- ished their sted their | the greater part of property bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, Sevc Eighth and D streets for their store, which was named after their father. Simon Kann was the last surviving member of the original firm. During his long career here Mr. Kann made a host of friends in business and other circles. He was active in various philanthropic enterprises, particularly the Community Chest, to which he was a generous contributor. He also was affiliated with various civic organiza- tions. From his unfailing kindness and courtesy to every one and his amiable disposition came in a large measure his business success, store executives said. The store was closed today and will remain closed tomorrow out of respect to Mr. Kann's memory. HELD IN PURSE THEFT Jobless Ohioan Claims Forced Him to Crime. George West, 27, of Pomeroy. Ohio, is being held at No. 1 police station on a charge of investigation. in connection with the theft of a purse containing $70 in bills and other articles from Mrs. B. Greer, Mount Vernon, Ohio, registered at the Grace Dodge Hotel. West is alleged to have snatched the pocketbook and run. He was pur- sued by George A. Watson of the Belle- vue Hotei garage, who caught him and turned him over to police. West told police he was driven to the theft by hunger. He said he had been Hunger months. but had found only two days’ work in the time. Missing Ballet Found. After a search of more than a year the most important of the missing works of Peter Warlock (Hilip Hesel- | tine), the composer and song writer who died under tragic circumstances in 1930. has been found. It is a Chinese ballet which he wrote in 1316 or 1917 in con- junction with Adr'an Allinson. The work is a clever piece of postiche work done in a satirical mood. Rejuvenated Bank Returns Million to Finance Corporation By the Associated Press. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation received its first severe stock Saturday. A loan of approximately $1,000,- 000, made to a large banking organization on February 15, was repaid yesterday with interest for five days. ‘The bank reported there had cen a complete change in the agtitude of its depositors during the five days, making the keeping of the $1,000,000 any longer un- necessary. The corporation also has au- thorized & number of loans which Have n6t been called f Capital for four | Ruppert Employe Among Col- ored Suspects—Victim's Son tu Testify. Four men are being held by pclice to- day for questioning in connection with the slayving of Anton Ruppert, shot Sat- urd: glit by one of a quartet of ban- dits who rcbbed his grocery at 1900 Eleventh street One is the storekeeper's errand boy Melvin Jackson, 21, colored, 1430 Chapi street. The others, also colored, are Marvin Pearson, 21: Oliver Morgan, 22, and James R. Southall, 23, all of 1209 U street. All of the men were arrested last night by Detective Sergts. Sweeney and | Michael Mahaney. The detectives re- | fused to reveal the basis for Jackson's | arrest, but it is understood they plan | to question him again regarding his | story of the hold-up. Two Seen Fleeing Store. _Jackson, in his first statement to po- lice, said he was returning to the store after making a bank deposit when his | employer was killed. Just as he reached the grocery, he added, two colored men emerged, runing west on T street and | disappearing around the corner of Twelfth street, 1 A coroner’s jury will begin an inquiry | into Ruppert's death tomorrow morn- |ing. The principa! witness at the in- quest. is expected to be the grocer’s son ‘John. 18, who was forced to stand by | helplessly while his father was shot. | Ruppert is survived by two other chil- ‘dren. Teresa and Aloysius, in addition | to his widow, Mrs. Antoinette Ruppert. | Funeral arrangements have not becn completed, but tentative plans call for | high mass at St. Mary's Church, fol- | lowed by burial in the parish cemetery. | Two Others Sought. | _Two colored men are being sought by police in connection with the hold-up in which Max Stoller, proprietor of a store at 51 G street, was robbed of $20 last night. Stoller said the men, one of whom was armed with a revolver, made him lie on the floor while they rifled his cash register and searched his pockets. Police also are seeking a colored ban- dit who held up Elliott Whisonant, a taxi driver, and robbed him of $3.50 last night. Whisonant, who lives at 113 W street, said the man hired him at Thirteenth and U streets and asked to be driven to Seventeenth and Swann streets. There, he added. his “fare” |drew a gun and ordered him to hand over his money. oo LEADERSHIP IS TOPIC Prof. Lewis of Howard University Addresses Mu-So-Lit Forum. “The Place of the College in the De- velopment of a Business Leadership” was the topic of a lecture by Prof. Jesse W. Lewis of Howard University before the public forum of the Mu-So-Lit Club yesterday. F. Morris Murray, president of the Washington Tribune Co., and Mrs. Ar- nita T. Anderson also spoke. The meet- ing was held at 1327 R street. TALL MAN CREATES STIR A man seven feet tall went into a | bank in New York City and a crowd collected. As most of the crowd didn't know what it was all about, a rumor spread that the bank was being robbed. Police who arrived found no robbery in progress and caught up with the man seven feet tall who was be! followed by another-crowd. He h . merely made a deposit. Man’s Ankle Broken. Other children in the bus, which was returning them home after Sunday aft- ernoon Bible studv at the mission, es- caped injury. Bailey Alert, 38 years old. of the 1500 block of Potomac avenue southeast, was | treated at Casualty Hospital for a frac- tured ankle. received last night when he was knocked down by an automo- bile at Thirteenth and C street south- cast The automobile. police sav. Was op- erated by Rcbert Smith of 135 Hicklin | street southeast. Charges of failure to give the right of way and cperating an automobile with bad brakes were made against Walter Henderson, colored, 22 years old, of the 2600 block of K street, after an automobile driven by him crashed into a patrol wagon containing five po- licemen at Twentieth and M streets. | ‘The patrol wagon, taking policeme= | | from No. 3 precinct to their beats, ws.s | operated by Pvt. Julius Moeller. No one was injured in the accident. and | the machines were only slightly dam- aged. | ‘The fire rescue squad was called out early after the operator of a taxicab fainted at the wheel and his vehicle rolled over the curb at New York ave- | nue and Fifteenth street. The driver. James W. Bellar, 21 years old, of 1118 G street southeast, was taken to Emer- | gency Hospital in the squad's ambu- lance. His condition was deseribed as undetermined. : NAVAL OFFICER RETIRES Lieut. Comdr. L. B. Green, 2d, to Be Detached From Duty March 12. Lieut. Comdr. Lucien B. Green, 2d, aide to Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler, commandant of the Washington navy yard, has been ordered detached from duty after March 12. He will go to his | home and be relieved of all active duty. | The Navy Department has not design- ated his successor. Before coming to Washington on his present tour of duty, Lieut. Comdr. Green was on the staff of the com- mander of the Spegial Service Squad- ron, which operates in Central American waters. A native of Illinois, he entered the Navy in 1907. Lower: This methc+ is being employed south of the new Naticnal Museum of the Smithsonian Institution to save the trees in that region and at the same time cut down the cost of the development. The wall, built as shown, around the :iunk of each tree, will enable air to get down to the ‘crown” of the tree. It earth were piled up directly against the trunk. the officials explain, the tree would die. In the background appears the new National Museum. A retaining wall will likely be built along the border of the walk beside the building —Star Staff Photos. WASHINGTON MAN 1LLUMINATED BOOK MLLED N ACCIDENT - GVEN CATHEDRAL Machine Skids and Leaves‘Mrs. Beatrice Fox Griffith Road During Heavy Rain | Makes Presentation of “‘Sermon on the Mount.” in South Carolina. Simon Kellner, 35, of 737-A Rock = Followin the evensong services in the Creek Church road was killed last night /Crypt Chapel of St. Joseph of Ari- near Camden. 5. C.. when the automo- {iathea at Washington Cathedral ves- bile In which he was riding skidded and | embossed . binding studded . with "sap- left the road, according to an Associated ' piires, containing the “Sermon or the Press dispatch. | Mount.” was presented to Right Rev. | prompted like action by oth His wife, Mrs. Annie Kellner, and W. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing- P. Moses, 1620 Buchanan street, who was driving the machine, were not in- jured. A coroner’s jury held the acci- dent was unavoidable. Heavy rain was falling at the time and the road was wet and slippery. | Mr. Kellner formerly was vice presi- | dent of the Capitol Bag & Burlap Co., | Inc., and more recently was engaged in the fixture business here. The three were on their way to Florida at the time | of the accident. | Besides his wife Mr. Kellner is sur- vived by two sons and two daughters. They -are Mrs. William Altman, 601 Park road; Nathan Kellner, 17; Don- | ald, 10, and Beatrice, 9, all of the Rock Creek Church road address. The body will be returned to Wash- | ington this afternoon, members of the family said. Funeral services will be | announced later. A peach tree has been invented to yield only large fruit, the United States Patent Office announced yesterday in awarding a patent to James E. Mark- ham of Xenia, Ill. ‘The peach, which is also patented, is the result of crossing the J. H. Hal peach and an unknown yellow variety “of a strong and vigorous character,” the inventor stated. : | The patent is the seventh awarded for plants in the long history of the Patent Office, and is the second issue overing fruit, the first fruit patent hav- ing covered a thornless dewberry. The other five plants patents have covered ornamental plants, the most outstand- ing one being a rose, which was pat- ented about two years ago. The distinctive feature of the new peach, according to the application on file, is that it is uniformly e. In form the peach is globular aver- PATENT AWARDED FOR PEACH TREE WHICH YIELDS LARGE FRUIT ONLY | Grant Is Seventh Made for Plants During Long Period of | Office’s Existence. either way, with an upward range of size to 4 inches. The Patent Office’s description said the surface of the fruit is smooth and the color is of deep lemon yellow to orange practically overspread with mot- tling and shading of red extending from the orange crimson at the edge of the ground color through various shades to a deep carmine appearing almost tlack on the exposed cheek. It is a free-stone. ‘The fruit ripens about one to two weeks after the parent J. H. Hale var- jety and the famous Georgia Elberta, which are marketable early in July. The flesh of the frfiit is a rich, golden yellow, very juicy, and of excellent quality, according to the inventor. ‘The bloom is small “South China” type, the inventor declared, and the leaves of the tree are exceptionally large and long, being about 6 inches long and 1% inches wide. ton. The presentation was made in the form of a gift to the Washington Cathedral through its Pennsylvania Committee by Mrs. Beatrice Fox Griffith of Pennsvl- ®anina in memory of her fathér. the late Dr. L. Webster Fox; an opthalmolo- sist of that city. Five Craftsmen Give Services. | Five craftsmen. Albert Oldach, Lucy | Teyman Rockwe!l, Eleanor Lane and | Mrs. Griffith. all of Philadelphia. lnd‘ Edward Oakes of Boston, gave their | services in the preparation of the vol- | ume. Mrs. Charles Lea of Devon is chairman of the Pennsylvania Commit- ee. | ‘The book was adapted in siesign from | famous illuminated books fashioned for Westminster Abbey, Peterborough. Win- chester and other cathedrals in England in the thirteenth cent: Its prepa- | raticn required months research in | the Morgan Library in New York, the | Pennsylvania Museum and other libra- | ries. Mrs. Griffith worked more than | five years on it. 41 Pages of Parchment. Consisting of 41 es of vellum parchment, the book contains the chap- ters of St. Matthew's Gospel dealing with the Sermon on the Mount, written in letters of raised gold and black. The borders of the pages are illus- trated with symbols of the church, all hand painted in jewel colors of gold and sapphires. The cover has a gold cross in its center and four gold bosses set with blue sapphires. The central jewel was presented by Rev. Glenn T. Morse of West Newbury, Mass., who was here for the ceremany. In addition to Mrs. Griffith, were her husband, Charles S. Griffith, and her mother, Mrs. L. Webster Fox. CEREMONIAL DATE SET Tall Cedars of Lebanon Will Meet at Raleigh February 27. ‘The February ceremonial of Capitol Fcrest, No. 104, Tall Ccdars oi Le- banon, will be held at th¢ Raleigh Hotel ball room February 27, and will be followed by a reception and dancing, it has been announced by officials. The ceremonial will begin at 8:30 o'clock. ‘The Tall Cedar Band, under direc- tion of Charles R. Brill, will take an active part in the event, with the Kings ages somewhat over 3 inches in diame- ur.lvnryinx scarcely one-quarter inch The application was filed on Sep- tember 6, 1930. Court. Stunt Team, R-nfm and other |organizations also participating. lusion that | e coun- | i | apart from the general conc! adoption of trade-control in oni try is likely to bring similar measures n_many others. In regard to trade-control’ measures, the department official said “Under the highly independent world | economic system of today, the reper-; cussions of the trade-control measures ' finangal dislocations of any im- pertant country are so widesprcad as to lead to similar or defensive reactions on part of other countries Fhey have taken the form echer of additicaal trade restrictive measures, or of enlarged authority to one or another | branch of the governments, in their | discretion, to incr duties or limit | importations | These delegations of au- | thority were expected to furnish prompt | means of meeting new international | situations. or of offsetting the effects of | conunercial or financial measures of | other nations, actual or anticipated. Extent Varles Widely. “The extent of the reaction varied | widely among the different countries, | depending upon the previous intensity | of their domestie depression, the de- gree of economic or financial stability and the measures of dependence upon world markets of foreign financial centers, as well as upon the mental state of apprehension over future prospects.” Mr. Chalmers found evidences in a number of foreign countries of grow- ing restiveness on the part of com- mercial interests over the efi s of | trade-control measures adopted :oth by their own or foreign countries ! H.s opinfon was that any modifica- | tion of the movement toward restric- | tion of trade through import control would depend 'argely upon an early solution of the international financial situation and upon the appearance of unmistakable signs of recovery from the general economic depression. MEAT CUTTER NEEDED Civil Service Will Receive Appli- cations Until March 8. Applications for a position as meat cutter at the Veterans Hospital here will be received by the United States Civil Service Commission until March 9, it has been announced by the mani ger of the fourth district of the com- mission. ‘The entrance salary is $1,500 a year, and the requirement is at least two years’ experierice as & meat cutter. Full information and application blanks may be obtained at 1723 F street. A CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Banquet, Martha Washington Seml- nary, Mayflower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, Sons of the American Revo- lution, Mayflower Hotel, 12 noon to 3 pm. Dance, New England State Society, Willard Hotel, 8:30 p.m. FUTURE. Rehearsal, Rubinstein Club, Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 11 am. Luncheon, Phi Delta Kappa, flower Hotel, tomorrow, 12:15 p.m. Luncheon, Washington Credit Men, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Breakfast, University of Michigan Alumni, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 7:30 am. Luncheon, Typothetae of Washington, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, “Y” Men’s Club, Hamil- ton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Civitan Club, La Fayette Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 pam. May- | the quickest to the quinine was in T ithe tentacles did not produce any re- i actior |in humans as the weakest which has been f to produce a bitter taste react man. _ The quickest reaction to the cum 7as in slightly over two seconds, wr than one second. question as to whether what v stimulated in the oyster we general chemical sense distinct senses. If the a cumulat of the quinine resul in the reaction of than would result from alone. What actually happen that “the combination produced most exactly the same effe: the cumarin alone. The smell stin tion obviously was dominant al- as Two Senses Indicated. This inaicates strongly, the experiment poin's out. that two Aif ferent” menses are involied. With a mixed solution, it is the sense which is most strongly stimulated which reac Heplins was unable to determine whether the ovster has a taste for sweets. 1If it has, apparently it likes them. Cane suzar solutions passed vver the report of of the and ot m- But the drawing u tentacles in the cases of cumar quinine presumably was due to th that the stimuli were obnoxious--co arable to splitting or holding the nose The nervous sysiem of the ve been so pleasantly af- fected by the sugar that there was on unpulse to id it Experiments with various salts showed n.arked retractions cf the tentacles, but the latent periods were different for dif- ferent substances. When a solution was made up of a salt which produced a fast reaction when used alone and one which produced a comparatively slow reaction, it was found that the oyster's nervous syste.a effected a compromise. The retraction came more slowly than with the first salt alone and more rap- idly than when only a solution of the second salt was used. . This showed that the same sense was being stimulated. but in different de- grees. The result was in striking con- trast to the reaction with the combined cumarin and quinine, which apparently stimulated differentiated senses. All the solutions were made in sea water, so that interpretation of the results would not be complicated by the possible reaction of the oyster to some kind of water to which its nervous organism is not adjusted. RESIGNS PASTORATE Former Hyattsville Minister Quits Pulpit in Evanston, IlL Declaring he was not in accord with the policy of the church vestry, Dr. Charles Eldredge McAllister yesterday resigned as pastor of St. Lukec's Episco- pal Church, Evanston, Ill. Dr. McAl- lister formerly held pastorates at Hy- attsville and Baltimore, Md. ‘The Evanston church, said to be the largest in the Middle West, has a mem- bership of more than 3,000 and owns buildings valued in excess of $1,000,- 000. Dr. McAllister has been there less than 11 months. His resignaticn, which came as a surprise, is to take effect in the Spring. —_ ¢ oyster may Harpoonists Want Big Jobs. Gunners, or harpoonists, of whaiing vessels plying out of Norway are anxious that the whaling holiday be de- clared off for it means inore to them than any one else except tne vessel own- ers. ‘The harpoonist is the best paid member of the crew, receiving from $5,000 to $25,000 & season. It is record- ed that one harpoonist earned $1,000,- 000 in & year. 4