Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1932, Page 17

SAVANTS TOHUNT | FOR HIGHEST PEAK Expedition in West China to Explore Unknown Mountains. BHANGHAL—An American expedi- tion will set out from Szechuen Prov- ince for Sikong with the hope of dis- covering the highest mountain peak in the world. Sikong, which is nominally under Chinese jurisdiction, lies between Tibet and the Province of Szechuen. The Minya Monka and Amne Ma- chin mountain ranges, which hitherto have not been explored by scientists, are believed to be topped by peaks that will exceed the altitude of Mount Everest. The Sikong expedition, which is being undertaken with the permis- sion and co-operation of the national government of China, will be equipped | with the latest instruments for deter-| mining mountain heights. | The personnel of the party includes ! Richard L. Burdsall of Port Chester. N. Y.: Arthur B. Emmons, 3d, of Boston, Lewis Thorne of Rye, N. Y.. Terris Moore of New York and Jack T. Youngj of Canton. Mr. Moore, a graduate of | Harvard University and a member of the Explorers’ Club and American Al- pine Club, is one of the foremost moun- | tain climbers in the United States. He has scaled many difficult meuntain as- cents in North and South America and recently climbed Mount Fairweather, in Alaska, with Dr. W. L. Ladd. deaa of Cornell Medical School: and Allen Carpe of New York. Carpe was recent- | 1y killed while attempting to climb Mount McKinlew Mr. Moore will have charge of the mountain-climbing unit of the expedition Chinese Zoologist in Party. Mr. Emmons, a Harvard graduate, will supervise the surveying work on the trip and Mr. Thorne, a Yale graduate will look after the physical welfare of the party. Jack Young, the only Chinese mem- ber of the exploring party, accompanied Col. Theodore Roosevelt, now Governor of the Philippines, and Kermit Roose- velt on a hunting trip into Indo-China and Tibet in 19: Young is a former student of the New York University. He will be in charge of the zoological work of the group. Mr. Young's principal ambition in ‘connection with the expedition is to ob- tain a specimen of the giant panda.| This animal, which is one of the rarest creatures known to man, has a black- and-white coat and greatly resembles the American black bear. It feeds sole- iy upon bamboo sprouts. The first Specimen of the ghmt panda to be re- ported to the scientific world was dis- covered 60 vears ago in Tibet by a French missionary, Pere David. Rare Animals to Be Sought. | The Roosevelt brothers obtained a| perfect specimen in Szechuen Province | in 1929 and the skin and complete | skeleton now are on exhibition in the Field Museum in Chicago. A specimen of the skin and jawbones of a giant panda also may be seen in the British Museum. Other rare animals of inter- est to science and believed to have their habitat in the mountains of Sikong are the takin, a creature supposed to be half goat and half antelope; the chiru, famous for its beautiful herns; the wild yak and the golden-haired monkey. Members of the expedition expect Yo be in the field for at least a year. In addition to making observations of tire} higher mountain ranges, they will as- semble a zoological and botanical col- lection. Equipment for botanical re- search has been provided by the Metro- oolitan Museum of the Academia Sinica, } at Nanking short-wave radio receiving and tinz set will enable the expedi- ticn to keep in touch with the outside ! world | COIN AND KNIFE HELD | AS CLUES TO MURDER! Chicago Spinster, 60, Slain in| Store; Police Seek Motive | for Crime. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 27.—A blood- stained knife and a silver dime were held by police as the possible principal clues in solving the brutal slaying of Miss Mabel Chenoweth, _60-year-old spinster, whose body, the head beaten | and the throat cut, was found in her candy store yesterday The knife was found beside the wom- an’s body in her living quarters at the year of the store and the dime lay upon | a counter, where it supposedly was | Elnced by Miss Chenoweth's slayer when e posed as a customer. Both were to be examined for fingerprints. | Police described the killing as one of | #wanton viciousness” and declared that its brutality indicated some motive other than robbery. The crime was discovered when a| group of school children, eager to spend their pennies for candy and school sup- plies, gathered outside the store when they found the door locked this morn- | ing. A nearby storekeeper. her suspi- cions aroused, summoned police. They said that Miss Chenoweth ev dently was struck on the head with a glass rod in the front part of the store, | dragged unconscious to the rear, beaten end then her throdt shashed. | Debate Size of Suds. VICTORIA, British Columbia.—The size of suds is a serious subject up thi way. Worried by & dollar a barrel in- | crease in the wholesale price, upisland beer parlor operators diminished the size of a 10-cent glass of beer. They got still more worried when customer. in a huff, diminished their purchases.; ;['hel’e’s going to be a conference about t. Don’t toerate 2 sieep- robbing mattress another day. Let us convert the old sleep- thief into a buoyant, new mat- tress. Costs only $4 and up. Allwork guaranteed. ZABAN'S 903 E St. N.W. BEDS . ATTRESSES BOX SPRINGS MRS. J. M. HARDY, JR, Who, with Mr. Hardy, has gone to Nor- folk, where they will make their home. Mrs. Hardy was, before her marriage, May 30, Miss Dorothy Agnmes King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. King, with whom she has been visiting. - Edmonston Phcto. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting. Argo Lodge, B'nai Brith, Jewish Community Center, 8:15 p.m. Meeting, Washington Philatelic So- clety, 1518 K street, 8 p.m. Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower Ho- tel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamilton Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Banquet. Women's Missionary So- ciety of Combined Lutheran Churches, Hamilton Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Card party and dance, Jewel May Social Club, Burlington Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Card party, Acacia Chapter. O. E. S,, 60 M street northeast, 8:30 p.m. FUTURE. Luncheon, Dartmouth Club, at the Untversity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Cornell Club. at the Uni- versity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Wiseman Club, at the University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Phi Gamma Delta Fra- ternity, University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 pm Luncheon, Department of State, Uni- versity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Travelogue, First Baptist_ Church, Sixteenth and O streets, E. Hilton Jackson, “The Observations of a Sea- man at Large,” tomorrow, 8 p.m. Meeting. Columbia Delphian Chap- ter, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 10 p.m. R COMBINE INSTITUTES' i Joint Discussion Planned at Wil- liam and Mary College. PEEKSKILL. N. Y., September 28 (&) —Chester D. Pugsley today announced that several institutes established by him for the study of various phases of international affairs would be consoli- dated for a joint discussion at William and Mary College, iamsburg, Va., October 17 to 20. Industrial Magnate Ill. COLOGNA. Germany. Scptember 28 /. —Louis Hagen, prominent indus- trial magnate, suffered a paralytic stroke today and the doctors said his condition was serious. He is 77 THE EVENING SOCIETY | __ (Continued From Second Page) _ |N. Y, will take place in Roanoke, Oc- tober 22. Mrs. W. D. Lippitt of Denver, Colo., is at the Carlton for a few days, ac- companied by her daughter, Miss Mary Lippitt, the latter having come to Wash- ington to enter the Mount Vernon Seminary. Mrs. W. W. Douglass has closed her apartment at Wardman Park Hotel and gone to Providence, R. I, where she will spend the month of October. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Olcott and their daughter, Miss Anne Olcott, have gone to Atlantic City, where they are | staying at the Hotel Ambassador. Mrs. John Dickey Craig has come here from New York, where she makes | her home at the Hotel Plaza, with Mrs. Francis Bruguiere, to spend a few days | and is at Wardman Park Hotel. | Miss Caroline Mosby of Madison, Wis., | is passing a brief time at the Dodge. Speakers Selected for | “Town Meeting” Tomorrow. Speakers at the “Town Meeting” in ‘the Woman's Natianal Democratic Club, |at 1526 New Hampshire avenue, tomor- | row evening at 8 o'clock will be Repre- | sentative William B. Oliver of Alabama, | | Gen. Henry J. Reilly, Mr. Frank B. Lord, former publicity ‘chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Mr. Swagar Sherley. | Mr. Douglas C. Shaffer dtertained a group of Washington hotel executives at | | luncheon yesterday at the Harrington Hotel in honor of Dr. R. B. Ludy of At- lantic City and Mr. S. W. Stearns.| | Among those present were Mr. Russell A. Conn, Mr. William C. Ruff, Mr. Houston F. Harper, Mr. Nathan Sinrod, | Mr. Doll N. Zirkle of Alexandria, Va., | and Mr. Rexford L. Holmes. Mr. Donald MacDonald, 3d, will have among his guests at the dinner danc at the Rossdhu Castle Club Saturday evening Senor Georges de la Barra, Senor Jose Tecero of the Pan-American Union, the second secretary of the le- gation of the Dominican Republic and Senora de Espaillat. The first secretary of the Peruvian embassy and Senora de Mendoza will come in later for the dancing. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Wilson entertained a company in their home at Accokeek, Md., Saturday evening in celebration ot | the 26th birthday anniversary of their son, Mr. Wakefield Wilson. | Among the guests were Miss Jennie De Wilde. principal of the local school; | Mrs. Ralph Wilson, her daughters. Miss | Dorothy Wilson and Miss Elma Wilson, . Howard Wilson of Washing iss Mildred Wilson, Miss May Cooksey, Miss Esther Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. William Gallahan, Miss Sopaie Xander. Miss Ruth Kenlon, Miss Cath- erine Blandford, Miss Cathleen Lynch, | Miss Eileen Lynch. Mr. Jack Dent, Mr. John Clagett, Mr. Leonard Dyer. Mr. Lewis Adell, Mr. Thomas Underwood, WEDNESDAY SATURDAY & SUNDAY Music by Meyer Davis’ Washingtonians ARABJAN NIGATS BALLROOM 13+ and E Sts. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Mr. Robert Smith and Mr. Bernard Kenlon. Mrs. Ivan A. Bickelhaupt, with her two children, Nancy and Peter, has moved to Wardman Park Hotel, where she has taken an apartment. Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, is in New York today for a meet- ing of the bosrd of directors of the Na- tional Council of Women. Mrs. e will be the honor guest and principal speaker at the meeting Wednesday, Oc- tober 5, of the Akron and Summit County Federation of Women’s Clubs in Akron, Ohio, and on the following day will speak to the student body of the Lake Erie College for Girls at Paines- ville, Ohio. Mrs. Edmund K. Fox has returned to her home, 1709 S street northwest, after spending the Summer season in her old | home in Carroll County, Md. Mrs. J. M. Quilty of Philadelphia has joined Mr. Quilty at the Carlton, where they will remain for a few days. Mrs. N. Berry Kraeger of San Antonio, Tex., who plans to spend several months in the East this Winter, has leased an apartment at Wardman Park Hotel. PRISONER RECIPIENT OF MANY CHARGES W. J. Lockley, Said to Be Becom- ing Most Wanted Man in America. | | By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., September 28.—Po- | lice officers said last night that W. J. Lockley, now held in the county jail, | is rapidly becoming the most wanted man in America. | Lockley was captured in Seattle after | he was wounded in Tacoma the night of September 4 as he fled from the scene of a service station robbery. Five harges have been filed against him here, three alleging highway robbery, one kidnaping and one assault. In addition he is wanted in Utica N. Y., for murder, and voluntarily co fessed, Tacoma officers say, that he killed a fellow prisoner while an inmate | of the Utah State Penitentiary in 1928. | Police also believe Lockley is the | “Frank Martron” wanted at London, | Ontario, for leading a big_jail break | some years ago. Canadian officials have | wired for more_information. The Central Bureau of Identification at Washington, D. C., also telegraphed that Lockley has a long criminal rec- | ord, which is being forwarded by air- | mail. 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