Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1932, Page 17

Washington News BONES AND TEETH HELPDEAF TOHEAR WITH NEW DEVICE Apparatus Carries Sounds Around Middle Ear to Inner Fluid. WORK BARED TO CREATE DEPTH IN FILM SCENES National Academy Told of Machine Alternating Exposures—New Star Groups Described. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Hearing through the teeth and bones| was_ described before the National| Academy of Sciences today by Dr. Fred- erick Bedell of Cornell University. The device is expected to bring hear- ing to millions who now do not hear at all or only with great difficulty. By means of a vibrating apparatus which is attached either to the teeth or the bony structure of the head, he said, it is possible to “detour” sound vibra- tions around the middle ear, where most of the defects causing deafness! are located, to the bone encased fluid of the inner ear from whence they are ! transmitted in the form of nervous im- pulses to the brain. Persons who have not heard for years have been able to hear by this method, Dr. Bedell said. There are, he sald, approximately 15,000,000 persons in-the ! United States who are either wholly! or partially devoid of hearing—a great number of whom will be enabled to en- Joy the phonograph and the radio be- cause of this device. “A convenient equipment,” he said, “consists of one or more deaf speakers and a special radio set, adapted to oper- ate either a loud speaker or the deaf speaker. By means of the deaf speaker one who is hard of hearing may thus listen in on a program with other members of the household or, with the Joud speaker turned off, he may oper- ate the radio without disturbing the others. Use Seen in Education. “The possibility of hearing by bone conduction offers attractive possibilities for the education of deaf children by phonograph ' and microphone. First they must become sound conscious. Then the ability to interpret must gradually be built up by repetition and association.” Three dimensional moving pictures have been produced in the laboratory, it was annouced by Dr. Herbert E. Ives of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, who also has made some of, the greatest advances toward the realization of tele- vision. By an extremely involved method, Dr. Ives said, it is possible to produce cn the screen “a composite picture which varies with the direction and distance of observation, exhibiting stereoscopic relief.” Present day pic- tures are seen only on a plain surface, having no depth. Thus a scene on the screen never can entirely represent an actual scene. In an actual scene ob- jects vary in their distances from the observer and from each other. On the screen they are all at the same dis- tance. Although the motion picture in relief is an accomplished fact in the labora- tory, Dr. Ives said, “successful results depend upon such extreme accuracy of all mechanical and optical and adjustments that comme pplica- tion appears remote.” The human being views the scene be- fore him as having three dimensions because he has two eyes, each of which “sees” from a different viewpoint. The brain then interprets the slight differ- ences in the two retinal images as meaning that the scene has depth. In the h.m!d\}lfll' ml;lvt stereo: > :k‘x:hp?l: sees a erent photograph, having been taken initially through cameras about three inches apart. If motion pictures are taken in a similar manner, and viewed in such a way that each eye sees only the picture meant for it, there will be an illusion of depth in the picture. Pictures Alternated. Up to the present that successful methods of doing this have involved the projection of the pictures alternately, or in two complementary colors, for the two eyes, with either a rotating shutter in front of each person or a pair of spectacles colored red and green, to pre- vent the eyes from seeing anything but the appropriate picture, Dr. Ives, ap- paratus obviates the need of any such apparatus. The pictures are so mixed up on the film that they reach the two eyes of the observer from different angles. Discovery of 135 great aggregations of stars in another galaxy, light from which requires 800,000 years to reach the carth. was reported by Dr. Edwin Hubble of the Mount Wilson Observa- tory. These distant objects in the heavens, Dr. Hubble has concluded tentatively, are globular star clusters within the great Andromeda nebula—the Milky Way galaxy's nearest neighbor in the | vast fields of space. The Milky Way galaxy itself, consisting of about 30,000,000,000 stars, including the sun, is ftself divided into such globular clusters. One of the largest, the Hercules cluster, consists of about 120, 000,000 stars. The sun itself, seen from a point distant In space, might be & member of such a bular cluster. Dr. Hubble's conclusion that such a | star arrangement also exists in the| Andromeda nebula is further evidence | that these greal spirals, many thou- sands of which been discovered in the last few years, actually are distant “universes” comparable in size and composition to our own. That these objects actuaily are parts of the Andromeda nebula, rather than them- selves separate galaxies, is indicated by their velocity through space, as re- vealed by the spectroscope, which is very close to that of the nebula. | The recent observations, Dr. Hubble said, indicate that the diameter of the Andromeda nebula is approximately 100,000 light s, comparable to that | of the Milky galaxy. | Star Distances Guaged. Measures of the distance and lumi- nosity of 4,000 of the brighter stars in the heavens was reported by Dr. Waltar 8. Adams, director of the Mount Wilson Observatory. “Perhngs the single most interesting result,” he said, “is the remarkable tendency of both giant and dwarf stars, but especially the giants, to group around definite absolute magnitudes. ‘We may say that stars of a given tem- perature, like electric light blubs, are built to give out a definite candle power. In each class the absolute magnitude shows a nearly linear progression with spectral type except among the very coolest stars, but the line of change is opposite for dwarfs from that of the giants and super-giants. Among the dwarfs the luminosity decreases regu- larly with advancing spectral type or reduced surface temperatures, and then @ abruptly as we reach the very -&mwmmmmm he WASHINGTON. FOUR PAINTINGS TO BE UNVEILED AT ARLINGTON HOUSE SATURDAY Secretary Hurley to Be Principal Speaker at Exercises at Which Historical Can- vases Will B Four historical paintings will be pre- sented to Arlington House by patriotic societies at exercises Saturday after- noon at which Secretary of War Pat- rick J. Hurley will be the principal speaker. pe’I'hc historic home of George Wash- ington Park Custis, adopted son of Washington, and also the home of his son-in-law, Gen. Robert E. Lee. is be- ing completely refurnished to show its condition during its occupancy by the Custis and Lee families. Original§ of the paintings to be presented Saturday are believed to have hung at Mount Vernon, and were bequeathed to Custis under the terms of Washington's will. Secretary Hurley's address will be broadcast, about 3:40 p.m. by WJSV, Mount Vernon Hills, Va. One of the interesting features in connection with the unveiling of the portraits will be the presence of George Lyttleton Up- shur of New York City, who is said to be the last member of the Custis and Lee families to remember Arlington as it was before the Civil War. He is a son of Rear Admiral John H. Upshur, U. 8. N, and the grandson of Capt. Willlam George Williams, chief of the topographical engineers in Gen. Tay- lor's army in the Mexican war. As a boy of 8, he was taken to Arlington by his mother to say good-by to the Lees, and was present the day that Gen. Lee resigned his commission in the United States Army. The paintings to be unveiled are be- ing presented by the Soclety of the Cincinnati, the General Society Sons of the Revolution, General Society of Colonjal Wars and the General Court e Presented. of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America. The paintings are as follows: George Washington in the uniform of a colone] of Virginia Militia duripg the French and Indian War, the earliest Washing- ton portrait known. The original is by Charles Willson Peale, the copy by Miss Hattie E. Burdette of Washington. It will be presented by George de Ben- neville Keim of New York and Wash- ington, governor general of the Society of Colonial Wars. Lafayette, the original by Peale, the copy by Miss Burdette. It will be pre- sented by Gist Blair of Washington on bettxlnlr of the Society of the Cincin- nati. Eleanor Parke (Nelly) Custis. The original is by Gilbert Stuart, but the copy was made fram a copy of this original. which hung in Arlington House and is now the property of Gen. Lee's granddaughter. It will be pre- sented by Prof. Arthur Adams of Trin- ity College, Hartford, Conn., registrar- general of the General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of Gilman Page of Nantucket, Mass, a member of the order. The last picture is one of Maj. Gen presented by Maj. John Vernon Bou- vier, jr., general president, Sons of the Revolution ‘The presentation date coincides with a time when George Washington Park Custis held his annual levees at Custis Spring on the Arlington estate. The ceremony will be held on the front porch and lawn of Arlington House. THO POESTRNS NIURED BY CABS Man, 92 Years Old, Struck by Auto—Interior Director Is Victim of Truck. ‘Two pedestrians were taken to Emer- gency Hospital with serious injuries last night after being run down by taxi- cabs. Police of the tenth precinct sta- tion arrested the driver of one of the cabs, Alva R. Kidwell, 33 years old, of Kensington, Md, for reckless driving. Mrs. Minnje D. Ageton, 60 years old, of the 2800 block Connecticut avenue, mother of Lieut. A. A. Ageton, U. S. N., suffered severe head hurts, arm and leg fractures and cuts and bruises when struck at Connecticut avenue and Cal- vert street by a taxi operated by Austin Coe, 33, of the 200 block F street. Tenth precinct officers took Kidwell into custody after his cab struck Reese E. McDuffie, 78, of the 1300 block Har- vard street,.as the latter stepped from a safety zone at Fourteenth and Har- vard streets. McDuffie received a frac- tured left hip. Hugh McGrath, 92 years old, of the 200 block Rock Creek Church road, also suffered hip injuries when struck by an automobile driven by Miss Elizabeth Berry, 20, of McLean, Va. last night | at Market space and Ninth street. He | was admitted to Emergency Hospital for treatment. Run down by a truck while crossing Eleventh and M streets, Austin H. Groves, 38, an interior decorator, liv- | ing in the 1100 block Eleventh street, was removed to Emergency Hospital with internal hurts and severe injuries of the pelvis and right ankle last night. Robert S. Hall, 18, of the 500 block Seventh street, who was driving the truck, was not held. BLAINE IS HONOR GUEST Prof. E. B. Hart, chairman of the agricultural chemistry department of the University of Wisconsin, and Sena- tor J! J. Blaine were honor guests-at a dinner given by local Wisconsin Univer- sity alumni at the Burlington Hotel last night. | Prof. Hart is now associated as special consultant with the protein and nutri- tion division of the Bureau of Chemis- | try and Soils here. Among the guests‘ were Dr. D. B. Jones, Dr. E. M. Nelson, Dr. Henry Stevens and F. R. Irish, all former students of Dr. Hart, who are now on the staff of the local bureau. the glants, the luminosity increases with decreasing temperature. The explana- | tion of this remarkable fact is almost certain to be found in the size of the | stars, increasing size more than coun- teracting the effect of decreased radia- tion.” | ‘The first electric motor and the first telegraph were shown in action at the Joseph Henry memorial meeting of the National Academy last night | ‘The session was an observance of the | 100th anniversary of the electrical dis- coveries of the first secretary of the | Smithsonian _Institution, which, the speakers emphasized, are basic in prac- tically all the electrical contrivances | now in use. That Henry produced the | first workable telegraph between his |1aboratory at Princeton University and his house was stressed by both Prof. W. F. Magie of Princeton and Bancroft Gherardi, chief engineer of the Ameri- can Telephone & Telegraph Co. They also cited evidence that more than 75 years ago he observed effects of elec- {rical induction over considerable dis- tances without wire connection and in- terpreted them in a way which entitles him to consideration as the father of present-day radio communication. He thought that the effect might extend for “a half mile or more.” Carried Big Burden. Both speakers stressed the extreme difficulties under which he worked, with a great burden of teaching and admin- istrative duty which left him only lim- ited time for experimentation, his pov- erty during his earlier life, which made even the purchase of materials for the construction of a battery almost pro- hibitive for him, and his reluctance to publish his results or to apply for pat- ents. Some of his most important con- tributions, it was brought out, can be attributed to him today only because of lecture notes retained and afterward published by some of his students at Princeton. Many of his own records were lost in a fire which destroyed part of the Smithsonian Building in 1865. Dr. Charles G. Abbot, present secre- tary of the Smithsonian, emphasized the importance of Henry's work in building up, with very limited funds, the great scientific institution which now is symbolic of American scientific attainment the world over. He was president of the American Academy for many years. After he came to Wash- ington, Dr. Abbot said, Henry extended his interests to the whole range of sci- ence, recognized ering at once a complete natural record of the still mysterious West and ofnnl!dlmt for bringing about this collect the necessity of gath- | Wi history PLUMBER 1S HELD N 2 GAS DEATHS Holbrook Street Residents Move to Rectify Any Faulty Connections. With the plumbing contractor who installed the gas water heater in the house at 1208 Holbrook street northeast, where a man and wife died Saturday as a result of carbon monoxide poison, held for grand jury action, other resi- dents of the block today took action to rectify any faulty connections similar to the one which is said to have caused the two deaths. Immediately after the fatalities an inspector from the Washington Gas Light Co., accompanied by members of the District plumbing inspector's force, looked at the flue connections in the other houses in the block, and warned residents not to use their water heaters until the connections had been repaired. They told them of the repairs neces- sary, and proper steps to take. The victims—Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gray —are sald to have died as a result of improper connection of the vent pipe which carries carbon monoxide fumes away from the flame of the heater to the chimney flue. Eugene Casey, plumbing contractor, was ordered held for the grand jury yesterday, following a coroner’s inquest into the deaths. Mr. and Mrs. Gray were discovered dead inside their home, after failing to appear at work. At the inquest both Casey and Clar- ence Gosnell, general contractor on the Holbrook street job, said they were not required to punch the necessary vent hole in the terra cotta flue lining. Gosnell said it was not general prac- tice for builders to make the hole, al- though they often leave an opening through the masonry to the outside of | the flue lining. Samuel Taop, plumbing inspector, sald his office made & “visual inspec- tion” of installations but was not au- thorized to tear down the work of plumbers. He said the work on Hol- brook street was approved at a final | inspection. The plumbing inspectors, | he sald, “had a right to assume,” that | since the vent pipe was in the hole in the chimney, it was connected to the | flue. A coroner’s jury took similar action on November 19, last year, when Charles Broome, 614 F street northeast, a plumbing contractor, was held for a grand jury in the death of an infant, Frances Danjels, 1016 Seventeenth place northeast, under almost parallel circumstances. The grand jury, how- ever, refused to indict Broome. Mrs. Mary Cohen, 35, and her two children—Simone, 11, and Daniel, T— narrowly escaped death last night when partially overcome by carbon monoxide gas at their home, 915 I street. Mrs. Cohen was doing her house- hold chores when she noticed the effects of the gas and went to arouse her daughter. She weakened and fell, however, and the daughter was similarly affected when she tried to assist her mother. The boy, although affected by the fumes, was able to make his way to the front door and summon aid. The Fire Rescue Squad arrived quickly and revived the three. The woman and her two children were removed to Emergency Hospital for further at- tention. Firemen said gas escaping from a leaky jet in a water heater caused them to be overcome. |MINISTERS’ PARLEY | ENDS SESSION TODAY Interdenominational Conference Attended by Pastors From Maryland and Virginia. ‘The Interdenominational Pastors’ Conference attended by ministers from many churches of the District of Co- lumbia, Maryland and Virginia, was :l:h:dukl?ul'lo Mtlme thlms afternoon at etropol lemorial Methodist Epis- copal Church after two days' Epm‘ Dr. Lyman rold Hough, professor of homiletics at Drew University, was the principal speaker, while others who participated in leading discussions and devotions included Rev, Russell J. Clinchy, pastor of Mount Pleasant Con- gregational Church; Rev. John C. Mil- lian, directof of Religious Education ot the Baltimore Conference, Methodist ?l'cwm.w Chtlxl;'t:l (n:nhz Rey. J. Hillman 0 . pas ‘hase Presby- terian Church. (ke 4 4 Members of the conference held a luncheon at American Univer- sity College of ral Arts dining hall on the adjacent campus. The confer- ence was under joint auspices of the ing machine | sity, America. The copy was made by Walter Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee, to be | FINAL ARGUMENTS MADE IN WIMBLEY TRIAL FOR SLAYING Jury Is Expected to Get Drowning Case Today in Supreme Court. { COLLINS TERMS WOMAN'S DEATH “FOUL MURDER” for Crowder, Calls “Confession” a “Manufactured Statement.” Pleas for conviction and acquittal of Harry C. Wimbley and John M. Crow- der on charges of murdering Wimbley's wife on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal last September 17, were made by prose- cution and defense counsel, in argu- ments to the jury today in District Su- preme Court. The jury is expected to receive the case late today. Assistant United States Attorney Wil- liam H. Collins asked for conviction in the first degree for both men, and de- scribed the alleged murder as “one of the most foul he had ever heard of.” Cedric Johnson, first of the two de- fense counsel to argue for acquittal, asked freedom for Crowder on the ground the drowning was accidental, and called Crowder's statement to po- lice, admitting a plot to murder Mrs. Wimbley, a “manufactured statement.” Collins’ and Johnson's arguments consumed less than 45 minutes apiece. Co-defense Attorney Louis L. White- stone followed Johnson. Crowder Is Not Called. day afternoon without calling Crowder to the stand. After calling several re- buttal witnesses, the prosecution also rested. The jury then was excused and both sides presented their prayers to Justice Proctor for approval. After cross examination of Wimbley had been concluded, defense counsel called only three other witnesses to the stand. They were L. Hoyt Lamb, a pharmacist, who testified he had filled a prescription for a nerve sedative for Mrs. Wimbley; Paul R. Rupert, civil engineer, who explained a chart of the canal showing where the body of Wim- bley’s stepdaughter was found, and Policeman Adolph W. Esser, who told the jury the girl's body was recovered in midstream. Lamb's testimony was offered to sub- stantiate Wimbley's claim that his wife suffered epileptic fits and required sed- atives to quiet her nerves. Rupert's chart and Esser's testimony were de- signed to support the defendant’s con- tention the canoe overturned in the middle of the canal, and not on the bank, as said by Crowder in his al- leged confession. Deny Abuse Charges. To governmental rebuttal witnesses, Detective Sergts. Floyd Truscott and Dennis J. Murphy, denied Wimbley's testimony that he was abused either physically or verbally while being ques- tioned in connection with the investiga- tion of the double drowning. Questioned by the court as to whether ‘Wimbley had been struck or had fallen at police headquarters, Sergt. Truscott said there was nothing to indicate any physical suffering. “What was his attitude: did he com- plain of anything?” asked Judge Proc- tor. “No, sir; T would say his attitude was one of remorse and shame. St PRIVATE RITES HELD FOR SLAIN GAMBLER Only Relatives and Close Friends Allowed at Funeral for Milton W. Henry. A private funeral service, from which all but close friends and relatives were excluded, was held this morning for Milton W. (Milsie) Henry, while police continued what appeared a futile quest for the two gunmen who murdered the gambler early Thursday. Newspaper men and others not known to Henry's intimates were denied ad- mittance while conventional rites were held in a funeral parlor at 2901 Four- teenth street. Only the slain gambler’'s widow, Mrs. Regina Henry, and a few intimates were present at the rites, it was said. Burial, in Baltimore, was to be private. Meanwhile, the full force of the homi- cide squad, under Sergt. H. K. Wilson, is concentrated on the task of running down clues in the killing. Numerous leads have been found worthless since a gunman tiptoed to Henry's side as he sat in his open road- ster half a block from his home, at 3620 Sixteenth street. and poured five charges from a sawed-off shotgun into his body. No word as yet has come from De- tective Sergt. Frank O. Brass, who left yesterday on a hurried trip to Pennsyls vania and New Jersey to “work on angles of the Henry case u. S LOAN OVERBID $241,451,000 Offers Received for $50,000,000 Treasury Issue. Applications totaling $241,451 000 were received by the Treasury for its offer- ing of $50,000,000 in 91-day bills dated April 27, it was announced last night following the opening of bids. ‘The highest bid was 99,853, equiva- lent to an annual interest rate of about 0.58. The lowest bid accepted was 99.836. D. C, TUESDAY, | Defense Counsel, Asking Acquittal | ‘The defense rested suddenly yester-| APRIL TRACTION MERGER PASSAGE. BALKED BY FOES IN HOUSE |Another Effort to Enact Measure Will Be Made on May 9. |BLANTON AND BOWMAN CLASH DURING DEBATE Texan's Effort to Kill Legislation Entirely Is Defeated—One Amendment Voted. Bitter opposition by those who for years have fought against the street railway and bus line mergor bill balked the efforts of Chairman Norton and other members of the House District Committee to rush it through the House yesterday. Another effort to pass the bill will be made on the next District day—May 9. Mrs, Norton hurried back from Bos- ton and Representative Black, chair- ducted hearings on the bill, returned from New York, expecting little diffi- culty in geiting the bill passed in prac- tically the same form in which it was sent to Congress by the District Com- missioners. However, they ran inlo & veritable barrage of objection. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas and Representative Gibson, Re- publican, of Vermont, who, with Rep- resentative Gilbert, Democrat, of Ken- tucky, had defeated the last previous effort to legalize & traction merger, led the fighi again. Blanlon charged “the bill was writ- ten by tNe street railways.” He and Representativ: Bowman, Republican, of West Virginia almost came to blows and induiged in bitter recrimination. Blanton and Bowman Clash, Blanton accused Bowman of being a ‘friend” to the railways to such an ex- tent that he had to “call him down” in committee repeatedly. Bowman de- nounced Blanton and declared “every word he said is untrue.” He protested that he has been “a better friend to the District” and this brought Mrs. Norton to his defense, with the as- surance that Mr. Bowman has always been a valuable member of her com- mittee. Before the bill was laid aside, one amendment was approved. This would require the merged company to pay one-half the cost of paving between tracks and 2 feet outside the tracks. The committee bill had reduced the cost to the company from three-fourths of the cost as now assessed, against the com- panies to one-fourth of the cost for paving. Blanton sought to kill the bill entire- ly by a motion to strike out the enact- ing clause, but this was defeated. Two attempts were made by the Texan to provide for a 5-cent fare, one of which was lost on a point of order and the other was voted down. Representative La Guardia of New York offered an amendment to exclude the proposed merged company from operation of bus lines, but this was voted down. Representative Stafford of Wisconsin fought vigorously against relieving the merged company of paving costs, insist- ing the present three-quarters assess- ment should be maintained. However, he accepted the compromise of Repre- sentative Gilbert to split the difference and make the rate one-half, Simmons in Opposition. Representative Simmons, Republican, of Nebraska, 8 member of the subcom- mittee on District appropriations, pro- tested that the bill before the House “‘unloaded more of a burden on the Dis- trict taxpayers than all the benefits re- ceived from recent reductions in gas | rates.” Bowman pictured the traction com- panies as in financially “desperate cir- cumstances” due to decreased passenger revenue, while Blanton quoted other statistics to show the stocks of both companies had steadlly increased over a period of years. Much of Blanton'’s time was con- sumed in an attack on Maj. Gen. Ma- son M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, whom he charged “is more interested in looking after the welfare of corporate interests than protection for the public.” Representative Glover, Democrat, of Arkansas, assailed “monopolistic fea- tures” of the merger proposal. Minority Leader Snell and former House Leader Tilson endeavored to aid the House District Committee in get- ting the bill passed, but were unsuc- cessful. GOV. ROLPH WILL FLY TO CAPITAL THURSDAY Bringing Elaborate Invitation to President to Attend Shrine Con- vention in July. Carrying with him a chest covered with gold leaf and containing, in gold, a miniature of the Golden Gate and the skyline of San Francisco, upon which is engraved an invitation to President Hoover to attend the conven- tion of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in San Francisco in July, Gov. James Rolph, jr., is to arrive in Washington by air Thursday. Gov. Rolph, making the trip in a fast cabin monoplane flown by Col. Roscoe Turner, is stopping in Rich- mond to attend the Convention of Gov- ernors, now in progress there. He will fly bere Thursday morning and present his golden invitation to the President at the White House. The annual meeting of the Shriners of North America is to be held in San Prancisco July 26-28, inclusive. BROKEN AUTO WHEEL PLACES TOURIST FAMILY- IN PLIGHT Family, Including Three Young Children, Rescued From : Rain While Car Is Repaired. A breakdown was no less than trage- dy to Charles Nagy, who had his wife, his young children and his household goods aboard when his automobile skid- ded into the curb north of the Ellipse yesterday afternoon. ‘While Nagy examined the broken wheel in dismay, spectators collected and apprised themselves of the plight of the little family. They had no fixed address, Nagy said, and carried their own provisions—a few loaves of hard bread. drizzle was sopping the Meanwhile the household goods :nd the children, aged 8 months, 2 and years. Nagy was ready to admit he was up against it when a park policeman came to investigate. The policeman, however, notified Capt. R. C. Montgom- ery, who ordered accomodations for the family at the tourist camp. . ‘The American Automobile Association was communicated with and sent an emergency car, which towed the machine to an automobile agency, where it was e L After a night's rest, the today to renew its journey ‘White Plains, Md. 26, 1932. |SCIENTIST RETURNS TOMORROW | man of the subcommittee which con- . pening Sfar WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FHF "FROM VISIT TO HEAD-HUNTERS Mathew W. Stirling Spent Two Months Among Jivaro Indians. Recovery of Woman Once Saved Life of Smithso- nian Ethnologist. Mathew W. Stirling, chief of the bureau of American ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, is expected in Washington tomorrow after two months in the largely unexplored country of the head-hunting Jivaro Indians of Perua and Ecuador, Mr. Stirling has made extensive col- lections among these Indians for the National Museum and has made an ore time it was reported that Mr. Stirling was himself§amcng the vietims of these savages, but the Smithsonian Institution was able to get in touch with him and he cabled at once that the reports of his having lost his head were “greatly exaggerated.” Arriving in New York yesterday, ac- cording to an Associated Press dispatch, Mr. Stirling revealed the basis for this rumor. Woman Recovered. “We were staying in one of the Jivaro community houses, which are 80 to 100 feet long, 40 to 50 feet wide, and 30 feet high,” he said. “We slept on strip bamboo beds. At midnight a chief arose, shouting and waving his lance. We soon learned that one of our carriers was a medicine man. A woman among our hosts was sick and the medicine man was accused of making her sick. He was threatened with death if she died. To save him- self he blamed us. Fortunately the woman recovered.” ‘The art by which these Indians is best known is that of shrinking and preserving the heads of their enemies. Head-hunting is conducted by trjbal groups, the object being to keep control over the spirits of the dead in the other world. The living man with the head of an enemy can, according to the intensive study of their customs. At/ MATHEW W. STIRLING. | Jivaro concept, make the dispossessed | soul obey his orders. |~ Soon after making contact with these Indians Stirling was invited to par- ticipate in a head-hunting raid, but declined the offer. He found the head- hunters a friendly people. Men Do Weaving. Among the curious customs of the | Jtvaros, he found, was that of weaving !and laundering among the men. This appears to be almost strictly a mascu- line occupation, in striking contrast to the rule among almost all other peo- ples. The men weave skirts of cotton, many months sometimes are required to complete one garment. The men wear nothing else and they wash their skirts twice daily. Women wear skirts and blouses. One blouse is the price of a wife. Stirling describes the Jivaros as well built, slightly over 5 feet 5 inches tall and wearing long, black hair. The hair of the men is permanently waved. Both |men and women paint their faces. ‘When not spinning or weaving the men hunt with poison darts, which they shoot from blowguns, or raid neighbor- ing tribes. using lances and muzzle- loading rifles. LEADERS T0 SPEAK AT LAW SESSION Distinguished Diplomats and Attorneys Slated on Program. Prominent lawyers and diplomats will speak at the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law to be held in the Willard Hotel Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday. The Far Eastern treaty situation, in- :‘emnluo‘x;ll lwomsd:‘uuels and interna- lonal air navigal ‘will be the subjects to be considered. e Scheduled to Speak, Speakers will include John V. A. Mac- Murray, former American Minister to China; Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, chief of the Far Eastern division of the State Department; E. T. Williams, former chief of the Far Eastern division; Charles Henry Butler, Jegal text book writer; Edgar Turlington of Clark Uni- versity, Prof. William C. Dennis of Earl- ham College, Prof. Joseph P. Chamber- lain of Columbia University, Prof. Har- old 8. Quigley of the University of Minnesota, Dr. James Brown Scott, so- clety president; George A. Finch, so- clety secretary; Prof. Kenneth W. Cole- grove of Northwestern University, Prof. Quincy Wright of the University of Chi- cago, Edward A. Harriman of Wash- ington, Prof. Edwin M. Borchard of Yale University Law School, William K. Jackson, vice president and general counsel of the United Fruit Co.; Prof. George Grafton Wilson of Harvard Uni- versity, Col. Clement L. Bouve, Ameri- can agent, United States and Mexico Mixed Claims Commission; Prof. Ernst H. Feilchenfeld of Harvard University and Blewett Lee of New York, Dinner Set Saturday. ‘The annual dinner will be held Sagur- day night. The speakers will include Tytus Pilipowicz, Ambassador of Poland; Roland S. Morris, former American Am-~ bassador to Japan; Representative Lin- thicum of Maryland and Dr. Herbert Kraus, professor of international law at the University of Gottingen, Germany. Count Szechenyl, Minister of Hun- gr:qrg,‘ywm be host at a society luncheon OLD OFFENDER GIVEN TERM FOR BAD CHECKS Guilty Plea Brings 360 Days and $500 Fine for Man Jailed 38 Times in Last 20 Years. Pleading guilty to charges of passing two worthless checks, Maxwelton ‘Thompson, 46, who police sald has been arrested 38 times on charges of for A false pretenses and bad g::sncks dru'rel;yg the last 20 years, was sentenced to serve 360 days in jail and pay a fine of $500 or serve 180 days additional in each case by Judge Robert E. Matting- ly in Police Court today. Both of the bad checks for which Thompson was arrested on this oc- casion were for $10. Police said they were given to a hardware store for e dmitted ompson admitted to Judge Mat- tingly Lfi:t he had spent mo‘:‘g of the time since 1911 in various prisons and jalls, and that at one time there were 13 charges against him. —_— JEWISH LEADERS PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR $50,000 Lay Groundwork for Palestine Re- construction Drive at Meet- ing Today. The groundwork for a cam raise $50,000 for European relief reconstruction in Palestine will be laid by Jewish leaders in Washington at a meeting at the Jewish Community Cen- ter today. The sum will be pledged in & drive beginning May 9 and until May 22, and will represent city’s contribution to a $5,000,000 fund for the Jewish Homeland movement and the Joint Distribution Committee. family pre- tine to SEEKCUT IN HOURS FOR BUS DRIVERS Members of Commission Study Safety Measures Due to Crash. | Although the subjects inquired into | yesterday at the Public Utilities Com- mission’s hearing on safety measures for bus operation covered a wide fleld, it is | expected that the main result will be | some kind of a limitation on the hours |of drivers. This may take the form of an insistence that each driver be given & consecutive off period of eight hours out of each 24. Testimony at the hearing showed that, since drivers are paid by the hour, they are anxious to work long hours, and in one case a driver had a working time “spread” of more than 16 hours in 24, although with several “off” periods in- terspersed. The hours of the drivers, it was tes- tified, are necessarily irregular, because they are frequently taken from regu- lar runs to operate special chartered trips. They average 8 to 10 hours per day, including layover time and lunch time, Resulted From Collision. ‘The spur which led to the calling of the hearing was a crash between a ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co. bus and a Capital Traction Co. bus at Seventeenth street and Rhode Island avenue, April 1, when three persons were killed and others injured. Each witness was asked whether he had any suggestions to offer to avoid such acci- dents in the future. Representatives of the companies op- posed so-called shatterproof glass for windows, because of its expense and be- cause it discolors in use, although each company has a few busses equipped with it. The question of metal, as against composite bodies for the busses, discussed, but inconclusively. It seemed to be the position of the bus companies that the added weight and expense of an all-metal body did not compensate for the extra safety. Change in Lights Urged. All witnesses seemed agreed it would add to safety to take out the amber light after the red light in the electric signals, leaving it in after the green. The companies thought it impractical to arrange their bus schedules so that busses would not meet at street inter- sections, on account of the flexibility of the schedules and the many other complications arising in framing them. Ira L. Reynolds, chief engineer of the commission, testified both busses were well enough equipped mechanically to have stopped after entering the inter- section on an amber light and thus avolded the crash. Both vehicles had pneumatic brakes. The Bureau of Standards had been asked to furnish engineering estimates of the speeds of the two busses at the time of the impact, but the estimates were not forwarded to the commission in time for use at the hearing. HOUSE TO SIT AT NIGHT TO END WORK BY JUNE Rainey Tells Republican Leader Program Will Be Speeded Up for Rest of Week. ‘The Democratic House is going in for night sessions with a determination to end this session of Congress early in June if the Senate will permit. Representative Snell of New York, the Republican leader, yesterday asked the Democratic leader, Representative Rainey of Illinois, the program for the remainder of this week. Rainey replied: “We'll have calendar ‘Wednesday on Tuesday, the private cal- endar on Tuesday night, the legislative and economy bills on Wednesday and Wednesday night and Thursday and Thursday night and Friday and Friday night. Saturday we'll bring up the Hill Muscle Shoals bill.” “Then, you expect to complete the business of the House early in June?” Snell asked. “We do,” Rainey replied. Equipment Loan Approved. President Hoover today signed an act of Congress it _possible for the tents, cots, and so careful is the workmanship that | PAGE B—1 JTLTES BOAR NITFED OF BUS LN PLAN O One of Largest Operators to Provide Off-Street Terminal. STRUCTURE IS PLANNED TO UNITE COMPANIES August 1 Is Deadline for Removal of . Loading and Unloading Points to Private Sites, One of the largest interstate motor bus lines operating into Washington gave the Public Utilities Commission definite assurance today that it would provide and occupy an off-street ter- minal by August 1, the date fixed for removal from the congested area of all lcllxx’l;bswne terminals on the interstate 5. The company operating the line did not disclose the location selected for its terminal, nor did it indicate whether it would be run exclusively for its own lines. Commisslon attaches, however, believe the site chosen is near the heart of the business section. May Build Terminal. It also was revealed at the commis- sion that definite steps have been taken by a real estate firm in the District to erect a building in the vicinity of Union Station where terminal facilities would be provided for interstate busses. Sev- eral large bus operators, it was said, have agreed tentatively to use the building as a union terminal. _The commission has shown every in- dication of enforcing strictly its order forbidding the loading and unloading of passengers on public property in the congested zone after August 1, and the interestate operators, it was said, have likewise indicated a desire to co-operate iby finding off-street terminal facilities | by that date. Thus far, however, ogly | one company has informed the com- | mission that it has a site and proposes to go ahead and provide off-street ter- minal facilities without delay. i Abolishes Curb Terminals. | The commission’s order is designed to abolish the curbstone terminals over a large area in the business section bounded generally by Constitution avenue on the south, L street on the north, Fourth street on the east and Eighteenth street on the west. Busses which do not provide private terminal space by the effective date of the order will be required to load and unload passengers far from the business sec- tion, a plan which the bus operators desire to avoid. There were intimations at one time the bus operators might attempt to defeat the 's move by legal action, but a prominent Washington lawyer, retained by several of the com- panies for an opinion, is said to have advised them that the order of the oo n likely would be upheld by TANK CASE.TO REOPEN Public Hearing on Huge Gas Hold- er to Be Resumed Tomorrow. Public hearings on the request of the Washington Gas Light Co., for per- mission to build a large gas holder at Riggs road and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks northeast will be re- sumed at 10 o'clock tomorrow in room 102, District Building. The hearings were delayed to allow the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission to study the avail- Cotta section not far from the Riggs road site. The gas holder proposed is to be 155 feet high and designed to contain 10,_ 000,000 cubic feet of gas. ARM CAUGHT IN MIXER Workman on U. S. Building May Face Amputation. Gilbert Weller, 29 years old, of 5120 Fuller street, was seriously injured this morning, when his left arm got caught in a concrete mixer while he was em- ployed by S. M. Siesel Co., contractors, in foundation work for a Government building near Ninth street and Penn- sylvania avenue. The injured workman was removed to Emergency Hospital in the ambulance of the Fire Rescue squad. Doctors said the arm was so badly mangled it proh- ably would have to be amputated. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting. German Beneficial Union, No. 160, Hamilton Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, Logan-Thomas Circle Citi~ zens’ Association, Northminster Presby- rerian Church, Rhode Island avenue and Eleventh street, 8 p.m. Meeting, Mary Bfi@uhlnflon Chap- ter, American War Mothers, Willard Hotel, 4 pm. Dinner, Georgetown University Law School faculty, Willard Hotel, 7 p.m. Card party, benefit St. James' Cath- olic Church, Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, Mount Rainier, 8 p.m. Duplicate confract bridge tourna- ment, Carlton Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, Lawrence Junlor Base Ball Club, Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 pm. FUTURE. Luncheon, Rotary Clu tel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, District of Columbia Bank- ers' Association, Willard Hotel, tomor- row, 12:45 pm._ Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower Ho- tel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Washington Post, Society of American Military Engineers, Army and Navy Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Monarch Club, New Colo- nial Hotel, tomorrow, 12:15 p.m. Book review, Federation of Women’s Clubs, Mount Pleasant Library, tomor- row, 2 pm. Luncheon, University of Missouri Alumni, University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 pm. Benefit bingo W& Northeast Ma- sonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, :30 b, Willard Ho-