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~ THREE MEN SEIZED IN WIDE SEARCH FOR 14 HHACKERS E. A. Mumper, Ex-Policeman, Hijacking Suspect Among Suspects in U. S. Agents’ Kidnaping. IDENTIFICATION CLAIMED AND CHARGES PREPARED Martin Boland, Son of Retired Member of Capital Force, Also Held for Federal Investigation. With three suspects under arrest, Federal investigators, working in co- operation with District and Maryland police, today were continuing their ef- forts to round up members of the gang of 14 gunmen who hi-jacked a load of confiscated liquor and kidnaping prohibition agents ‘in Calvert County, Md.. early last Sunday. Two of the suspects were arrested here last night by Lieut. George M. Little, head of the police liquor squad, and Prohibition Agent W. R. Blanford. They are Edwin A. Mumper, 37, of the 500 block of Somerset place, a former fourth precinct policeman, and Martin Boland, 40, of the 700 block of Fifth street northeast, son of Jack Boland, a retired policeman formerly attached to Police Court. Mumper, according to Lieut. Little, has been identified as 8 member of the hi-jacking gang by the abducted agents. Charges of assault with a deadly weapon, interfering with Fed- eral agents andstealing Government| property probably will be placed against him some time today, Lieut. Little said. Boland Identity Tentative. Boland has been tentatively identi- fied, Lieut. Little added, and efforts to obtain positive identification will be made before the end of the day. The other suspect—Henry G. Carter, | 31. of the 600 block of Fifth street—is| being held in $30,000 bond in Baltimore | charges of the same nature as those expected to be placed against Mumper. He is said to have been identified by two of the agents. ) Meanwhile, Lowell R. Smith, deputy prohibition administrator, stationed at Baltimore, announced that two of his special investigators, David B. Paul and | A. J. Sanderson, are in Southern Mary Jand making an inquiry into “the ac- ti of certain persons.” } ough Smith declined to amplify biof statement, it was learn=d frcm | or sources that Federal investigators | tive today in Charles County, es of a man said to control crnty's liquor- traffic were being ed carefully, and he was expected | tetioned extensively upon com- | of the inquiry. At the same “~_the investigation was being pushed 1 %~ county in which the hi-jacking o= ur e Raid at Drum Point. The hi-jacking followed a raid last| on a_ $200,090 Spanish man- t Drum Point, Md., where inves- 3 found the liquor and arrested two men. The mansion is the property of Philipo Beereda, son of a former | Peruvian envoy to the United States. Armed with submachine guns, pistols and a sawed-off shotgun, the hi-jackers stopped Prohibition Agents Joseph A. Williamson, John B. Bell, Thomas . I T. Dryden and Charles E. , together with Stanley Kefau- | ver, a mechanic, and seized a truck loaded with 153 cases of imported whisky. They kidnaped Williamson, Bell, Reinke and Kefauver, holding them until the truck overturned. Bailey and Dryden, who were in the leading convoy automobile, trailed the ckers as they drove away in the truck. Carter was arrested shortly afterward by John M. Barton, agent in charge at Baltimore, who went to the scene of the hi-jacking immediately after it was re- ported to him. Mumper was dismissed from the po- lice force last Summer after being ar- Tested on a liquor charge by Federal agents after his car overturned near Ellicott City, Md. THREE CAPITAL MEN HURT IN NEW JERSEY Trio, Well Known in Boxing Cir- cles Here, Injured in Au- tomobile Collision. hi ‘Three men prominent in boxing cir-| cles here were injured last night when the car in which they were returning to the Capital from the Walker-Schme- ling fight in New York collided with a truck at Raritan Township, N. J.. ac-| cording to an Associated Press dispatch. The injured men are: E. J. McCarthy. 509 E street north- | east, connected with the Twin City Box- ing Arena, near Laurel, Md., who re- ceived severe lacerations and will be| held in the Perth Amboy, N. J. City | Hospital for several days for observation. Patsy Donovan Koontz, better known as Patsy Donovan, 704 Maryland avenue northeast, who may lose one of his hands. Hs is being treated in the Mid- dlesex, N. J. General Hospital and| Benjamin Ladis, fight fan, of 3525 Dav- enport street, who suffered minor lacer- ations and was released after receiving first aid. The fourth man and driver of the, car, Charles E. “Fats” Cornell, of 109! B street southeast, who operates the Twin City Arena. escaped injury Police said, according to the dispatch, “ the cause of the accident could not be determined. Both vehicles were travel- ling in the same direction on the supsr- highway out of New York and to the South. POST OFFICE PROBING GEORGE B. SPEIDEL CASE Clerk Was Suspended as Result of Arrest in Connection With Rochkin Suicide. ‘The office of the First Assistant Post- master General today was investigating the case of George B. Speidel, 30, City Post Office clerk, who was suspended yesterday as a result of his arrest in connection with the Sylvia Rochkin sui- cide. Speidel. an amateur artist, was freed Monday by a corcner’s jury that inves- tigated the death of the 23-year-old artist’s model, who hanged herself from EDWIN A. MUMPER, Former policeman, who is one of three ‘Washington men held in connection with the Scuthern Maryland hijacking. CATHEDRAL READY | FOR ANNIVERSARY Start of Work 25 Years Ago| to Be Commemorated Tomorrow. ‘The twenty-fifth anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of Wash- morrow at Mount St. Alban, and friends of the sacred enterprise from far and near are expected to attend a special service of thanksgiving in the Great Choir. The day also will mark the ninth anniversary of the consecration third Bishcp of Washington. The program as announced begins with the celebration of holy communion in the Bethlehem Chapel at 7:30 a.m. At 11 am. there will be the usual an- nual service in Epiphany Church on G street to comemmorate Bishop Free- man’s consecration there on September 29, 1923. There will be a special cele- bration of the hcly communion, with the rector, Rev. Dr. Ze Barney T. Phil- lips, chaplain of the Senate, cfficiating. Bishop Freeman will deliver the ser- mon. Friends of the bishop and the general public are cordially invited to attend this service. Luncheon to Be Held. A luncheon in honor of Bishop and Mrs. Freeman will be held at 1 p.m. at Beauvbir, the spacious estate south and east of Mount St. Alban, which has recently become available for use by the National Cathecral School for Girls. George Wharton Pepper, former Sena- | tor from Pennsylvania and member of the Cathedral Chapter for many years, will preside and there will be informal greetings and addresses from Bishop Freeman. Miss Mabel B. Turner, princi- pal of the National Cathedral School; Mrs. William Adams Brown of New York City, national chairman of the National Women'’s Committee for Wash- ington Cathedral: Very Rev. Dr. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of Washington Cathe- dral, whose associations with the Cathe- dral cover the entire 25 years since its construction began; Alexander B. Trow- bridge, -arehitect -and member of the Cathedral Council. and Newbold Noyes, member of the Cathedral Council Com- mittee on Ways and Means. Greetings will be read from the Lord Bishop of London, Right Rev. and Right Hon. A. F. Winnington-Ingram, who spoke at the laying of the founda- tion stone 25 years ago; also from Undersecretary of State Willlam R. Castle, jr., member of the Cathedral Chapter, who is chairman of the Cathe- dral Council Committee on Ways and Means. Clergy Invited to Rites. Following the luncheon, the guests will make pilgrimeges to the Cathedral and its gardens and will then attend a festival service of commemoration in the great choir and sanctuary of the Cathedral, at 4 o'clock. Canon Ray- mond L. Wolven, chaplain to tife Bich- op of Washington, will be master of ceremonies, and the clergy from all parishes in the diocese have heen in- vited to march in the procession. Spe- cial music will be rendered by the Ca- thedral choir of men and boys, under the direction of Edgar Priest, 0 also had charge of the music at the great service .on Mount St. Alban when the foundation stone was l!aid. The choir will sing the “Te Deum of Thanksgiv- ing in B Flat,” by Sir Charles V. Stan- ford, which was sung at the service 25 vears ago. The offertory anthem will be “Who so dwelleth under the defense of the Most High,” by Sir George Martin. Bishop Freeman will lead the con- gregation in the bidding prayer and will deliver the commemoration address. Although cards announcing the festi- val service have been sent to members of the National Cathedral Association and other friends of Washington Cathe- required. The general public will be cordially welcomed up to the full seat- ing capacity of the great choir and the east aisle of the north transept, which were opened for public worship last May. Both the north and south transept’ entrances will be used and members of the Cathedral Guild of Ushers will be on hand to seat the con- gregation. Special Meeting Called. Following the service there will be an important special meeting of the Cathe- dral Chepter, over which Bishop Free- man will preside in the Cathedral Library. ‘The keynote of the day's program will be one of devout thanksgiving for the remarkable progress which has been achieved in the Cathedral enterprise since the first Bishop of Washington, the late Right Rev. Dr. Henry Yates Satterlee, set the foundation stone and hallowed it. The second Bishop of Washington, the late Right Rev. Dr. Alfred Harding, and other leaders in the Cathedral enterprise will be remem- bered in the prayers of commemoration. REPUBLICANS TO MEET By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va. September 28.— . The Young Republicans of Arlington County will mee tonight at Powhatan Springs, on Wiison Boulevard near Ballston. Young Republican commit- teemen are to be announced. Instruction in registration and voting wi'l be given for the benefit of new voters. Urged for U. S. Judgeship. a ceiling rafter of a house boat in Little River early last Friday. A report of Speidel's affair with Miss Rochkin was in the hands of the First Assistant Postmaster General today, it was said. Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, to- day suggested to the name of Stuart K. Brandon, for- merly of Utah and now a resident of New York City, for & judgeship on the United States Customs Coprt. ington Cathedral will be observed to-| of Right Rev. James E. Freeman as|th: dral, no tickets of admission will be; White House officials | - Che WAS POLICENAN SEIZES | BUS AND BATILES WITH OCCUPANTS William E. Atkinson Held for Mental Test After Fir- ing at Passengers. DEMANDS THAT DRIVER CHANGE ROUTE FOR HIM Officer Herds Several Bystanders Into Cab, Then Opens Fire on Them. Policeman William E. Atkinson, ninth precinct, was under mental observation today in the psychopathic ward at Gal- linger Hospital following his action last night in firing six shots at bystanders after an unsuccessful attempt to com- mandeer a W. R. & E. bus for a ride to Georgetown. Police Surgeon John A. Reed, who was summoned after Atkinson had been overpowered by third precinct officers, said the policeman was sui- fering from an acute mental disorder close observation to diagnose his case. Atkinson, whose home is in Falls Church, Va. served 18 months over- seas with the 329th Aero Squadron of the Air Service and was honorably discharged December 16, 1918. Says He Drew Revolver. Boarding the bus at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, Atkinson, in | uniform but off duty, ordered the driver, Russell Inley, 27, oi Edmonston avenue, | Bladensburg, Md., to “drive to George- town,” according to the police report. Inley said he told the policeman he was not going to Georgetown, but to ‘Woodridge. Whereupon, he said, Atkin- son drew his revolver and commanded Inley drive to Georgetown. ‘You'll e to arrest me,” Inley said he replied; “I'm not going to do what you say.” Atkinson then ordered the driver out of his bus and into a taxicab, parked nearby, Inley told police. When the cab driver, Lewis Martel, came from a lunch room, he too was ordered to get in the taxi. Loads Cab to Capacity. Apparently determined to load the three of the bus passengers to enter the cab, still brandishing his gun. They were Frank Murphy, 1600 block Colum- bia road; Frederick J. McElween, 1300 block Fourteenth street, and Benny Lutz, 1900 block Belmont road. The policeman then commanded Mar- tel, the cab driver, to hand over the kevs to the taxi. When the driver refused Atkinson fired a bullet through the rear window of the cab. The occupants of the cab scrambled out. except Murphy. As Martel fled down Penns; nia | avenue, Atkinson fired three shots at him, turned and shot twice more at the other occupants, according to the police report. Murphy, still huddled in the cab, was the next object of At- kinson's ire. His gun empty, the po- liceman reversed his grip on it and struck at Murphy with the butt, in- juring the man’s hand. Carload of Police Arrives. Murphy was saved from possible fur- ther injury by the arrival of a carload of policemen from the third precinct, summoned by the calls of excited wit- nesses. The officers subdued Atkinson and took him to Gallinger Hospital, where Dr. Reed made a preliminary examination and ordered him held for observation. A complete report was turned over to Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, Police Department executive officer, by In- spector T. R. Bean, commander of the first district. The report showed Atkin- son had been on sick leave from Sep- tember 22 until yesterday, when he worked from 8 am. to 4 p.m. Dr. Reed said the man told him he could not ‘“remember a thing” from the time he went off duty. He had not. been drinking, the police surgeon reported, but was a victim of a mental affliction which might have resulted from his war service. ARMY REASS‘IGNS WOMAN Olive L. Hoskins Was Only War- rant Officer of Her Sex. Olive L. Hoskins, the only woman warrant officer in the Army, was re- lieved today from her present assign- ment at the 7th Corps Area headquar- ters in Omaha and crdered to report to the commanding general of the Philip- pine Department. Miss Hoskins is a native of Berkeley, Calif., and her home is at Pasadena. ‘There have been oly two woman war- rant officers in the Army and other retired some years ago. AE Firemen Plan Dance. VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS, Va. Sep- tember 28 (Special).—Jefferson Volun- teer Pire Department will start the series of weekly benefit dances Saturday night in the fire house. 1 | Indian Woman Puts Wreath on Statue Mrs. Mayadevi Gangulee Honors Pioneer Amer. ican Suffragists. By the Associated Press. ! feminist, in colorful native garb, today placed a wreath upon the statue of this country's pioneer suffragists, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabet] Cady Stanton. Mrs. Gangulee, a member of the party of V. J. Patel, former lord mayor of Bombay, who is here in the cause cf Indian nationalism, followed the custom of a‘long list of feminists frem non- suffragist countries who have decorated the pioneer statue in the Capital as token that they hope to follow the suc- cessful course of American suffragists. The National Woman’s Party, which , sponsors ~ these ceremonials, had = the i colors of India, orange, green and yel- low, and its flower, the marigold, com- Ende.d in the wreath that Mrs. Gangulee 3 “The expression of your deep sym- pathies toward the aspirations of India's womanhood, now in its throes of self- realization, will provide my country- | women with a tremendous spiritual incentive,” Mrs. Gangulee told Woman’s Party group attending the ceremonies. | and it may take a week or 10 days of | cab to its capacity, Atkinson next forced | Of U. S. Feminists! Mrs. Mayadevi Gangulee, a Hindu HINGTON, D. C, W Postal Head Tells When a Posteard Is Not a Postcard ‘When is a postcard not a post- card? F. A. Tilton, Third Assistant Postmaster General, told the country’s postmasters yesterday. Declaring it had been noticed that envelopes without contents, bearing written messages on the outside, were being accepted as postcards at the one-cent rate, Tilton pointed out that only an unfolded piece of cardboard is ac- ceptable at that rate, and en- velopes, whether sealed or un- sealed, are subject to the letter rate. BIG DISPLAY HALL INCLUDED IN PLANS Archives Building Will Have Exhibition Rcom of Imposing Size. ‘The new Archives Building to rise on the site of old Center Market will have for one of its interior features a great public exhibition hall, entered through the portico on Constitution avenue, according to a detailed descrip- tion of the building made public today by the Treasury Department. The public hall, which is planned for the display of documents of particular public interest, is to be semi-circular in shape, the ceiling a half dome 75 feet above the floor. The decorations and materials of this hall will be in keeping with its purpose and character. Foundation Is Started. Already the foundation work is well under way at the site, where it was esti- mated that the contract of F. L. Cran- ford, Inc., for installing the foundations will ‘be completed in about a month. The foundations are in the form of a huge inverted dish, or soup bowl, with slanting sides. There is no other Gov- ernment building in the city with such a foundation. There will be room fer three floors below the ground level. In reletion to Constitution avenue, it wes explained, the Archives Building will be centered on the cross axis of the Mall, established in the Washington plan of 1901. In relation to Pennsylvania avenue the building will be the center point of interest halfway between the Capitol and the Treasury Building. The intersection of Louisiana avenue with Pennsylvania avenue at Eighth street forms a natural rectangular plaza on which the north facade of the Archives Building faces. The center of | this facade will also be the focal point {of the Eighth street vista from the | Patent Office. Classical Style to Be Used. In eflect the Archives Building will !be rectangular in form, with a colon- {nade in the CorintRian order, 52 feet | high on each of the four facades. The building is in classicz] style to harmon- ize with the Capitol. the White House, the Treasury Building and the Lincoln Memorial. 'ALIEN PROPERTY SUIT ASKS FOR $3,252,26 { Mandamus :C-ompel Payment o Five Years' Interest Asked by Germans. A mandamus to compel payment of five years' interest on a tax refund of $3,252,268.91, was asked of District Su- preme Court today in a petition filed by the I G. Farbenindustrie Aktien- gesellschaft of Frankfort, German claimant to a fund now in the hands of the Alien Property Custodian District Supreme Court Justice Pey- ton Gordon cited Internal Revenue Com- missioner Burnet, Secretary of the IoL the United States, and Alien Prop- erty Custodian Sutherland, to show cause October 12 should not be granted. Through Attorneys C. P. Coe and George von Kohert, jr. the court was told the payment of the tax was de- manded by the Commissioner of Inter- nal Revenue and paid oyer by the Alien Property Custodian, only to be ordered refunded on application and surrender- ed to the Alien Property Custodian, but no interest was allowed for the interval of detention from March, repayment in 1929. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY CHEVY CHASE GROUP Special Dispatch to The Star. CHEVY CHASE, Md., September 28. —E. A. Drake was elected president, P. N. Davison vice president. W. T. Allen second vice president. R. C. Duncan treasurer and Mrs. J. E. Hendricks %ec- Section 8, Chevy Chase, Md. at the | annual meeting of that organization here last night. As its delegate to the Bethesda Fire Greist, and as delegates to the Mont. gemery County Civic Federation J. Harry Welch, E. A. Drake and P. N. Davison. Alternate delegates to the federation include J. W. Bulger, R. C. Corderman and W. T. Allen. Treasury Mills, W. O. Woods, Treasurer | why the petition | 1924, until | retary of the Citizens' Association of | Board the association elected James R.| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION RADIO COMMISSION PROBES COMPLAINT OF NAVAL STATION Interference With Labora- tory at Bellevue Charged to Station WISV. BROADCASTING COMPANY SHIELDS TRANSMITTER Owners Deny New Facilities Will Bother Experimental Work Across Potomac. . The Federal Radio Commission to- day was investigating a Navy Depart- ment complaint that the new radio broadcasting station of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Station WJSV, which is scheduled to begin its regular schedule October 20, will interfere | seriously with research work of the | service across the Potomac River- at Bellevue, D. C. Although it is understood the Radio Commission has prepare¢ a reply to the Navy on the problem this communi- cation was not available for publication. Columbia Broadcasting System en- gineers take issue with the Navy's con- tention that Station WJSV, located on the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway and costing upward of $50,000, will mar the scientific inquries going forward at Bellevue. Engineers to Make Study. Radio Commission engineers will in- quire into the technical features of the situation and Navy Department spokes- { men today expressed full confidence | that the commission’s decision will be | satisfactory to the service. Naval officers said Station WJSV, which will take over chain programs now being carried by Station WMAL, is located about 1 | mile .from Bellevue. | this new staton to the laboratory, they | said, would interfere seriously with re- | search work and naval communications. Station WJSV is located about 3. miles from the giant naval radio towers at | Arlington. Va. | " The Navy Department asserts the service has put millions of dollars into | the construction and equipment at the laboratery at Bellevue, where scientific work of a_secret character is carried forward. Naval authorities said that before the Radio Commission was set up, the law prescribed that no radio station could be erected within 50 miles of Bellevue. They said the first the naval scientists knew of Station WISV was when they saw ing erected on the other side of the river. Officials of the Columbia Broadcast- ing System s2id the technical problem was recognized long before the organi- zation chose its new site for the station. Columbia engineers, they said, figured out that it is feasible to eliminate har- | monics entirely by shielding. If any harmonics are received by the Naval Research Laboratory from WJSV, they said, they will be scarcely discernable |and certainly will not interfere with | naval work. has already built a transmitter house, antenna towers and ground system, as Begin Tests October 10. The Columbia Broadcasting System | well as leasing the land for 15 years. |1t is scheduled to begin testing on f | Oclcber 10, with regular broadcasts | following 10 days later. | The new station is slated to use 10.- 000 watts power, compared with 500 | watts, on which WRC and WMAL }oprnne. | Harry Butcher, representative of the Columbia Broadcasting System. here, said because of precautions taken by his organization the Naval Research | Laboratory is not likely to encounter | serious difficultiea | "“We are shielding the transmitter.” . | he asserted, “in an effort to prevent the tesearch laboratory from receiving our | thing | harmonizs, which is the only they are afraid of. We are lik shielding the leads down from t tenna and doing everything screntiilal possible to suppress these harmonics.’ HIGH SCHOOL CADET HONORS TO BE GIVEN Colonel and Brigade Staff Will Be Chosen This Afternoon by Col. Craigie. ° The colonel of the Washington High School Cadet Corps will be chosen this afternoon, along with his brigade staff. The highest officer of the corps will by Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. S. A.. retired, professor of military sci- ence and tactics, and the faculty chair- men of the Military Committees of the five white high schools. ‘The four candidates and the schools from which they hail are Willlam S. Gochenour, Central High School; Marshall Guthrie, Western; Morris Krucoff, Eastern, and J. B. Edmunds, McKinley. Roosevelt High School, suc- cessor to the old Business High School, made no nomination. The brigade staff automatically will be picked from the cadets at the school whose candi- date is named colonel. Chester Mor- rill, jr, of Western High School was colonel last year. SCIENCE AND INV BY INDUSTRY OF The extent to which the American beauty parlor has summoned science h!and invention to the aid of natural charm is being demonstrated at Ward- man Park Hotel this week. Elaborate apparatus, dyes and lotions, & whole exhibition hall full, are being shown in connection with the Inter- national Beauty and Barber Supply Dealers’ Association convention here. by President Hoover at the White House today, circulated among the displays, comparing notes on an industry which has grown to astounding proportions in recent years. The permanent wave machine, visit- ors were informed, has reached a high degree of perfection. The danger of scorching has been reduced, the opera- tion is faster. In the old days, only wigs were per- mently waved. The strands were wrap- ped about sticks and steamed until the swelled. This process req , as did the earlier efforts with naiural hair. The delegates, prior to being greeted | ENTION ADOPTED MAKING BEAUTY Convention Here Is Shown How Machines Produce Results More Natural Than Nature. Now the operation is performed with comparative speed and comfort, and the result, it was explained, seems more natural than nature. Real scientific progress, one enthusiastic demonstrator explained, lies between a modern “chadow wave” and the old wave, a sort of machine made series of Kinks. In the facial department, lipsticks are more subdued. Eye shadows are very good in greens, browns, blacks and blues. Fingernails are polished in colors to match' the cpstume and toenails are emerging from evening slippers in blends of orchid, rose and emerald. ‘This' latter innovation was some- thing of a riot at ocean resorts last, sea- son, and an up-to-the-minute shoe man- ufacturer shows sandal models in pastel shades blending with toenail polish. Hair dyes are good in contrasting streaks of silver, red or gold for per- manent or tem; effects. A few porary uired | silver threads among the gold may be b s sort of novelty andria has been invited to produced st will, as which will come out in the The proximity of | the towers be- | be selected from among four candidates | l | | Foening Star EDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1932. Sticklers for Cleanliness Upper picture shows two fur seals, they live most of their life in the water, nevertheless spend much time bathing thems S, The iguanas in the lower picture a | catch such abandoned drunkards as they are, according to Dr. William M. Mann, | ic to leave a little rvm in a hollow of the rocks and go | abol |a 5 per cent curtaiiment director of the Zoo get the reptile when it is in a drunker BY THOMAS R. HENRY. HEN two fur seals were un- leaded at the National Zoo- logical Park yeserday after a trip from Alaska, their first action was to take baths. Believe it or not, although these ani- mals pass about 80 per cent of their lives in the ocean, they are such stick- lers for cleanliness that theys have be- come expert scrubbers. They have long. broad fins, excellent scrubbing brushes, with which they scour all parts of their bodies. They r~rub and scrub until every vestige of dirt is removed. These particular seals, of a species very rare in captivity, were captured off the Alaskan coast and came to the Zoo as gifts of the Bureau of Pisheries. | They made the long trip across the continent in an express car, with an attendant on hand to deluge them with | water once or twice a day. They prob- ably got somewhat dirty on the way, but, it is explained by Dr. William M. | Mann, Zoo director, even such intelli- gent animals as seals do not turn to| such a_complicated procedure as scrub- bing themselves as a response to one emergency. They did the job so grace- fully and easily that they must have known how from birth. Likened to the Dog. This particular bit of seal behavior has not been noted before, but, it was explained, may well be something which has been handed down unchanged from | the days when the ancestors of seals were land animals, probably related to the dogs, and scrubbed themselves with their paws. The seal, Dr. Mann said, still has many of the characteristics of the dog. It is about as intelligent as the domestic animal, and despite its long history in the water, is easily tamed and becomes a gentle pet. ‘The Washington Zoo now has the cnly three fur seals in captivity in the These two arrived in Usually these animals survive well in captivity. but, Dr. Mann says, in spite of the fact that they live mest of the time in chill, storm-tossed waters, they are particularly prone to' pneumonia. Dr. Mann also received yesterday two rhinoceros iguanas from Haiti, captured by Paul Wirkus, former Marine ser- geant, n'lig known as “the white king” there. ese monster lizards, minia- tures of the long extinct dinosaurs, rep- resent a new species in the Zoo collec- SEALS’ FIRST ACTION AT ZOO IS TO TAKE BATHS. new arrivals at the Zoo, which, though re natives of Haiti. and the best way to upor —Star Staff Photos. tion. Natives declare they are aban-| | doned drunkards, and that the only safe way to capture them is to leave rum in hollows of the rocks. The liz-| ards drink until they become stupefied. | They will have to reform here, Dr.| Mann says. | Get Snails for Dessert. 1 Although the Zoo director is unwill- ing to requisition a supply of Haitian ! rum for his new charges, he is looking | the world over for rare tidbits which will tempt the notoriously poor appe- | tites of some of his reptiles. Among | these are a pair of dragon iguanas from | South America, suspected of being a new species when they arrived here. There was no reference to them in any of the standard books on reptiles. They would not eat and Dr. Mann | did not know what to feed them. A few | weeks ago he received a letter from | France referring him to an obscure | French natural history treatise pub- lished about a century ago, in which he found the habits of this species de- scribed in considerable detail. It was stated that the ate only a peculiar spe- cies of tropical snail. Dr. Mann found that nearly related snails dwelt in the depths of the Florida Everglades and sent for some. About a half bushe] ar- | rived this morning. But in the mean- time the iguanas had grown very hun- gry and started to eat hamburger steak. The snails will be parceled out to them for dessert. Another rare food of which a supply has just been received at the Zoo con- sists of the ground chrysalises of silk worms, obtained from Japan. It is the very thing to tempt the appetites of fishes on a hunger strike, Dr. Mann says. | 1 Snake Refuses to Eat. One of the giant anaconda snakes in the reptile house is proving a puzzle. He has been 2t the Zoo for nearly two months and consistently has refused to eat anything. He has partaken only of 10 pounds of beef literally shoved into his throat so that he couldn't help swal- | lowing it. Among the curious reptiles just re- ceived at the Zoo is sapo, a giant Cuban toad, an almost strictly nocturnal crea- ture which dwells under logs and rocks and whose singing resembles the play- ing of a badly-tuned guitar. Another is the hair frog of Africa. It has hair- like appendages on different parts of its body which have the appearance of tufts of fur. CONTRAGT IS LET FOR BENNING SPAN Philadelphia Firm Gets Job| With Second Low Bid of $355,941. The Distfict Commissioners yesterday awarded a contract for construction of a new Benning Bridge to replace the | present structure to the Kaufman Con- struction Co. of Philadelphia. The Kaufman Co. put in the second low bid of $355941.42. The lowest bid, submit- ted by the Mullan Contracting Co. of Baltimore, was rejected. After the Mullan Co. had submitted a bid of $315,065 they wrote a letter to the Commissioners saying there had been an ervor in their bid which would mean a serious loss to them if it were accepted, and asking to be released from it. A second letter explained that the error was that they had neglected to in- clude “the item of profit” in their calcu- lations. Later, in response to questions as to their experience, they sent another let- ter admitting that they had ‘“neither the equipment, experience, nor organ- ization properly to handle the job.” So the Commissioners decided to spend the $40,000 more than the low bid and gave the job to the Kaufman Co. The job consists of constructing a steel nine-span bridge over the Eastern .Branch at Benning and taking down the railway and vehicular bridges now there. The new bridge, which will car- ry street cars and vehicular traffic, will be 60 feet wide. There will be no in- terruption to traffic during construc- tion. L Democrats to Rally in Vienna. VIENNA, Va., September 28 (Special). —The Young Democrats Club of hmz’x County will hold a rally tomorrow night in Vienna at the Town Hall at 8 o'clock. Representative Howard Smith of Alex- talk. Presi- dent James Kjng of Pender TWO RUM CHASES NET 3 PRISONERS Police Fire on Auto Contain- ing Two Colored Men. White Youth Held. | A white youth and two colored men were arrested as the outgrowth of two spectacular auto chases through city streets yesterday, during one of which policemen fired several shots. Joseph Paglaiao, 17, of the first block of H street, arrested near Kentucky ave- nue and B street after being trailed from La Plata, Md., was held for grand jury in Police Court today on a charge of transporting liquor. Bond was fixed by Judge Gus A. Schuldt at $1,500. Liquor valued at $2,200 was confiscat. ed from the new, high-powered automo. bile he was driving. He was arrested by Policeman R. A. Willlams and B. F. Droney, a prohibition agent, who await- ed him after receiving a “tip.” The offi- cers said they had to push their car at ! PAGE B—1 VIRGINIANS GALLED T0 AID MILK CURB AFFECTING CAPITAL Nearby Farmers Asked to Join Maryland Producers in Averting Price War. PLEA TAKEN TO FAIRFAX AND FAUQUIER COUNTIES Prince William Already Can- vassed; Reduced Rations for Cows Favored as Way to Cut Supply. With Maryland producers _already falling in line, officials of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Associa- tion today carried into nearby Virginia their campaign to avert a milk price war here by curtailing Washington's supply of the commodity The movement was being pushed in Fairfax and Fauquier Counties today and was to be extended to Loudoun County tomorrow. Prince William County was canvassed yesterday. A large portion of the city’s milk supply comes from these Virginia counties. Cows Would Produce Less. Co-operation of the cows will be sought in effecting the reduction in milk production, it was disclosed today by John McGill, jr., secretary-treasurer of the producers’ association. This co- operation will prevent waste of milk under the curtailment program, ht ex- plained There will be no dumping of milk into ditches—a method reported to have been regorted to further South. “Farmers can regulate the supply of milk by the simple and effective ex- pedient of controlling the feed given their cows,” Mr. McGill said. “A re- duction in rations will result in a drop in milk production. It should be easy to accomplish a 5 per cent reduction by this method. The average dairy farmer, he said, produces for the Washingion market about 50 gallons of milk pér day. so will mean that he must ship 2!, gailons less than usual. A total of nearly 60.00 gallons of milk are shipped into the District of Columbia daily at the present time. The producers contend a reduction in this total shipment will avert price-cut- ting with its attendant threat of a milk shortage here, due to diversion of the supply to more prefitable centers. Walker Talks to Farmers. Frank S. Walker, president of the as- sociation, spoke today in behalf of the curtailment program before groups of dairy farmers in Remington and War- renton. both in Fauquier County, Va., and will join with Mr. McGill in ad- dressing Fairfax County shippers to- night at the office of County Agent Derr in Pairfax. Mr. McGill also spoke to a group of farmers this after- noon at Floris, in Fairfax County. There are approximately 150 shippers in Fairfax County. Tomcrrow association officials will ad- dress groups at Ashburn and Purceil- ville, in Loudoun -County 'REPUBLICAN TARIFF POLICIES PRAISED Charles H. Bates Says Democrats Are Interested Only in Cotton Prices. Republican _tariff policies are of vital importance to_business reccwery, Charles H. Bates, Washington attor- ney, told a joint meeting of the Mem- bership Committee and the lawyers” group of the Hoover and Curtis Cam- paign Club last night. Charging the Democrats had taken & sectional view of th etariff question, Bates declared importations should be shut off just as imm:gration was stop- ped. if the American market is to be protected. “The Democrats.” Mr. Bates con- tinued, “think only In terms of mar- keting cotton. They want to sell it abroad and bring in as payment the products of alien labor, which would close many factories in New England, the Middle West and the Pacific Coast.” Other speakers were Samuel J. Pres- cott, chairman of the local Republican State Committee, who urged the im- portance of getting out the absentes vote in the District; Ord Preston, treasurer of the club; Charles J. Wa- ters, chairman of the club’s Member= ship Committee; Henry F. Woodard, president of the lawyers' group, and John W. Fihelly, chairman of the Membership Committee of the lawyers’ group. INOCULATION IS URGED IN BARNESVILLE AREA Montgomery Health Officer Calls on Riverdale Residents to Guard Against Typhoid Fever. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.,, September 28— The Montgomery County Health De- partment, of which Dr. V. L. Ellicott is the head, has urged ihe residents of Barnesville and surrounding terri- tory to have themselves inoculated against typhoid fever. According to Dr. Ellicott there have been several cases of the disease in the community within the past two months, Dr. Ellicott states in his appeal that those who can not have the inocu- lation by private physician may, at a later date, be inoculated at a clinie of the health department. RESIDENT OF CAPITAL 60 YEARS SUCCUMBS a 60-mile-an-hour rate to catch the youth. ‘The two colored men, C. D. Young, 20, of Winfield, Md., and Lawrence A. Lee, 38, of the 1500 block First street, were being held for investigation. They were arrested yesterday by Traffic Bu- reau Policeman R. N. Finch after an exciting chase along Georgia avenue, during which they threw overboard their entire cargo of liquor. At the height of the 75-mile-an-hour chase several policemen joined Officer Finch, and it was not until a bullet punctured a tire of the automobile that the offi cers could arrest the two men. Several serious charges were expected to be placed against them today. _ ADHERENCE APPROVED BUENOS AIRES, September 28 (#).— The Chamber of Deputies today :g; dherence 0 Emanuel Steinem Formerly in Loan Business on Pennsylvania Avenue. Emanuel Steinem, 77, a resident”here for 60 years, died last night at his home, 4700 Connecticut avenue. Born in Baden, Germany, he came to this country as a boy, living for a time on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Shortly after coming to Washington he established himself in the loan business at 1232 Pennsylvania avenue, and re- mained there until after the World War. He was active in civic affairs while in business and was a member of Arme- nius Lodge, F. A. A. M. Funeral rites wil be held at 10 tomorrow at Geier's funeral home, fol- lowed by burial in Washington Hebrew C2metery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Julla Steinem, and two sons, Al- bert E. and Lester H. Steinem. A brother and sister, both living in Ger- many, also survive, A‘