Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1933, Page 6

N PAGFE COAS Japanese Tanker and Coast- b wise Schooner Disabled 7 in California. VESSELS AGROUND i | By the Associated Press. BAN PEDRO, Calif., May 30.—Sal-| vage tug crews today examined the vital portions of two vessels which ran afoul in a heavy fog Sunday night, with an eye on the weather to determine if wind and land would combine to destroy the craft Salvage crews tried to learn whether the Nippon Maru, impaled on rocks a short distence north of Point Arguello, could be salvaged. Simultancously salvagers appraised the chances of refloating the 8. S. Ohehalis, coastwise lumber Horchert, 55, St. Louis sculptor, known | Minute Mysteries Solution to the HUNTING TRAGEDY (See Page A-3) Fordney knew it was not sul- cide. Had it been, the dead man's fingerprints would, of necessity, been on the knife. Smith's story was later proved true and Weath- erby was convicted of the mur- der. A MAN WHO CAN, IN COLD BLOOD, HUNT AND TORTURE A POOR INNOCENT ANIMAL /\T}TE/EVE.\'IXG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1933. [3YEAR LOCUSTS MAKE APPEARANCE {Cicada Broods Are Being Studied by U. S. Eto- 130 years ago by New England colon- ists, aroused no more interest than that shown today at the United States En- tomological Laboratory at Webster Groves, a St. Louls suburb. Because of the comparative rarity of their appearance, science has a pe- culiar interest in the . Mis- sour! is & major center of the always exactly spaced insect cycles. They also are found in compara- tively large numbers in Southern Ili- |nois, Western Kentucky, Louisiana, | Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North and South Carolina. Others appear in different asections of the country containing wooded areas. Extensive studies of the locusts, damage, most of which is confined to shrubbery and nursery stock, into which holes are bored and eggs de- posited. They are non-migratory. During their brief span of outdoor life the locusts lay eggs which hatch in about two weeks. The larvae then |tall to the ground, dig into the dirt and spend 13 years maturing in soll- tary subterranean chambers. Only the male cicada is gifted with song. Two small ear-like inflated drums on the sides of the basal segment of the abdomen are vibrated through ac- tion of powerful muscles. Three basic notes are sounded. The first is a long, frog-like croak. The second is an intermittent clicking or commodities in the rise while wool FAHM PnlCEs RISE 17% made the most striking advance for a FROM APRIL 1 5, MAY 15| single commodity. advancing 75 per cent and eggs, 8 points; cotton and cotton- seed, 6; dairy products, 4; fruits and vegetables, 2, and wool, 42 points, or 1914 to represent the figure 100, the | ® Tise of 75 per cent for that commodity A 17 per cent gain in farm prices| index of prices showed an .dvmceJ alone. from April 15 to May 15 was reported | from 53 to 62 during the 30-da riod | The index for May 15 for all com- yesterday by the Bureau of Agricultural | ending in mid-May—a gain oi f'le per | modities was 6 points over the same Economies. | cent as figured by the bureau. | date last vear and the highest since The rise was the largest for any| Grains gained 15 points in the index; January, 1932. month since April, 1919, during the post-war “boom.” Grains led all major | during the month, the bureau said. Using the pre-war period 1909 to By the Associated Press. meat animal prices 8 points; chickens CANNOT FEEL MUCH COM- mologists. PASSION FOR THE DISTRESS OF HIS OWN SPECIES. —Frederick the Great. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, May 30.—A loud song Church Sc\llpwr Dies. of courtship, voiced but once each 13 years, is growing in volume in the ST. LOUIS, May 30 (P).—Joseph A.|st. Louls area. For the cicada broods, better known principally for the creation of altars as 13-year locusts to the layman, are and shrines in various parts of the emerging from their subterranean re- schooner | 33 which collided with another schooner | % | United States, died here Sunday after | treats. | heart attack. { The first song of the cicads, heard and had to be beached just south of the | & For Wednesday—Super-Savings That Demand Your Attention—Plus the Most Liberal Credit Terms! tip of Point Conception. The ships are ngt far apart, about 100 miles up : the coast from San Pedro. Given & moderate sea and fair con- dition of the Japanese oil tanker— , which had shipped water and taken on a decided list to port—the captain of the tug Peacock expressed bellef the vessel could be floated. Messages indicated an effort might be made to empty the ballast tanks, patch the hull and secure lines in anticipation of salvage efforts at high tide. Capt. T. Oni and the crew of 38 have been removed. The crew of the Chehalis also has been removed as salvagers work on the beached craft. ‘The skipper, W. H. Hansen, directed the crew to leave yes- terday. PIRATES LOOT THREE | VESSELS IN CHINA! Band Kills Three, Including Girl, Off Chekiang—Refugees From War Zone Robbed. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI May 30.—Chinese pirates who have been victimizing the nation's coast =hipping with unusual intensity recently, have struck another blow. Chinese reports reaching here today said a band of buccaneers attacked the Chinese steamer Taichow off the Chekiang coast Friday night, killed one girl passenger and two ship guards, wounded five persons, kidnaped two| 3 others and looted the ship. Another daring act of piracy was re- ported Saturday when the Japanese steamer Hoshun Maru reached Dairen. Passengers said pirates looted the ship, robbed 1,000 Chinese refugees from the Sino-Japanese war zone and used the | 3 Vessel to prey on smaller craft. Fourteen Chinese seized the Nor- wegian steamer Prominent Thursday, wounded the captain in a fight and held other officers prisoners. The pirates ran the ship aground in near Hongkong and fled when fired upon by & police launch. Loot taken from passengers and the ship was valued at several thousand dollars. LEADS TO VICTIM’S GRAVE By the Assoclated Press. EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, May 30—A cross of cornhusks, nailed above a coal shed door, Sunday led police to the | X grave of Antonio Zitta, 22, after Louis Mors, 32, her sweetheart, allegedly confessed choking her to death in a lovers’ quarrel. ‘The young woman’s body was found buried four feet below the surface of the shed floor. Mora, who previously been arrested on suspicion, is held without bond in the oounty jail at Belleville. Mora was said to have related that he killed Miss Zitta after she came to his home Friday evening at his re- quest. They had been keeping com- pany about five months. Police quoted the prisoner as saying the young woman seized a butcher knife during the quarrel and slashed him. He then choked her and, finding she was dead, carried the body to the ‘woodshed, buried it, and went to bed. His body bore knife slashes. He was arrested yesterday at his work and questioned for hours before making his reputed confession early today. 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