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Evening star., 1923-09-23
D. c. MAN MARTYR .
ON SCIENTIFIC TRIP
Charles Hoy's Death in China
Ends Inflated Expedition
to Get Porpoises.

"Since leaving Yochow life has been
Just one thing after another. Rain,
Sitting heat. singing caterpillars,
gradually getting worse so as to in
ciude sunstroke, sprained back and
eliminating in shooting myself"
This was the opening paragraph Of
a letter from Charles Hoy, written in
the interior of China August ~, and
received a few days ago by his as
sociates in the Smithsonian Institu-
tion here. ~"
The next day came a cablegram:
charles Hoy died yesterday of ap-
pendicitis."
Sent to Get PorpOises.
This closes the record of one of
the most ill-fated expeditions ever
conducted by local scientists. Hoy,
hunter attached to the division OF
mammals, was sent to China to secure
for the collection here. These. are
known only in the Human province
incidentally. he was to collect as
large a variety Of birds and animals
as possible In this little e-explored Sec
tion of the Chinese interior.
Arriving late last spring from Aus
tralia. where he had conducted sue
cessfuI collecting expedition, he ran
into difficulties Immediately. Human
was the center of banditry. He was
at first refused permission to carry
his collection of rifles into the in
terror. Local officials threw all sort:
of obstacles in the way Of his ex-
pedition.
Hoy's diplomacy finally was sue
cessful. In spite of the difficulties
of the country he was able to secure
a large number of specimens. Only
last week a large collection of Chin.
ese birds was received from him by
the bird division of the Smithsonian
Institution.
But according to his letters ths
work became more and more dis
couraging every day. In his last let
ter he wrote, The first part oi
July / was able to get we'll over 8
hundred specimens and add nve new
species of mammals to my collection
but from the latter half of thai
month until the present l have not
secured a single specimen. Rains
and the humidity prevented the COM
pIete drying of. our stuff, with the
our backs were sour and green with
mold. 1 decided to give my guns
: an oyerhauling and cleaning. I fin
ished up with a AS Colt automatic
and then loaded it, as we were in g
district supposed to he infested b,
bandits.
"My hands were oily and when wa,
letting the hammer down 1t slipped
through my fingers. 1t went or anc
drilled my leg. the bullet entering
about four inches aboVe tne ankle
and coming out half inch above the
ankle bone on the other side"
Hoy entered the service or the in
stitution Immediately after the war
He had served as sailor
His apprenticeship was served In
this country as a hunter securing
specimens in the west, He then was
sent to Australia, where last year he
secured one of the finest collections
of mammals ever sent to the Smith
sonian.
Hoy. was selected for the work In
the orient because of his knowledge
OF the cainese ianguage. He was born
in China and his parents still are
missidTaries there.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
CUT OFF FROM WORLD.

Los ANGELES. September "a. -
Doubt that misfortune had overtaken
a party of United States geologists
engaged in charting the Colorado
river was expressed today by Walter
10. Mendenhall of Washington, d. c.,
geologist of the United States geo.
logical survey, who Is attending a
convention here.
"The last word we had from the
party was that4they had reached Bass
trail, below Bright Angel" DR., Men
denhall said. AT that time they had
experienced no trouble and had
passed through the worst of the
rapids in the Grand Canyon. ] be,
lieve the boat found possibly was
washed away from its moorings by q
rapid rise of water. Every member
of the party was experienced in the
work enough not to take any chance
in rapid water"
The party was equipped with a re,
eeiving radio set only. DR.. Menden.
hall stated, and he also doubted the
report given out that they had car
rier pigeons with them. The only
means of communication the party
would have with the outside world
he said. would be by access to towns
via the trails leading from the
canyon.
The name of Herman stabler OF
Washington. d. c., chief of the land
Eclassifcation branch. United States
geological survey. was contained in
Dr Mendenhall's list of members OF
the party reported lost. Mr.. Sta.
Lier's name did not appear in. the
early list OF the personnel of the
party.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Fri SAFELY RETURNS
TO HANGAR IN JERSEY
Continued from First Page.1

Continued from First Page.)
skies during the greater part of the
trip.
In order to afford citizens of the
big communities over which the zR-l
flew an opportunity to see 1t In ac-
tion the great envelope was lowered
to an altitude of 750 feet in sorne
places, a very low height for a
dirigible. Those aboard were able to
see the people waving their handker-
chiefs.
In the course of the flight the ZR-1
passed over Philadelphia, Chester,
Pa; Wilmington, Del; Annapolis,
Baltimore, Nd, and Alexandria, Va.
The new landing mast, provided at
Lakehurst field for moortng the giant
craft in high winds, was not used
tonight, there being only slight
usual maneuvering before landing.
1t was dusk when the big ship was
sighted over the field. A battery of
searchlightS on the big hangar In
which the ZR-1 was built was
turned on flooding the field with
light.
Use Radio Telephony.
Ten officers and twenty-one enlist
ed men made the trip. Comman der
Ralph D. Wyerbacher, Capt. McCary
and Capt. Anton Heinen, consulting
Germany to assist in the building or
the ZR-1, were among those aboard.
Radio telephony was used aboard
the ZR-1 for the first time today to
acQuaint stations of the progress End
location of the ship during the flight.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Hands Policeman
| Liquor He Found
Parked In Auto

Policeman w. r. Taylor. accus-
toned though he is to shocks OF
sort that punctuates the life Of
the law enforeer, gasped audtbiy
last night when man came up
to him at i4th and the avenue and
pushed into his hands four pints
of corn whisky.
The policeman's gasp had been
preceded a few moments before
by series of equally impromptu
gasps on the part of the liquor
laden stranger, who said he was
J. w. Lafarre OF Philadelphia.
Here" exclaimed Lafarre, ST
found this In my automobile, which
was parked over there" indicating
the vicinity OF nearby theater.
Investigation by the police led
to the belief that some curbstone
bootlegger had left the liquor in
the automobile as storehouse
pro tempore. intending later to
purvey 1t to after-theater crowds.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
WOMEN TO RULE,
SAYS MRS.BELMONT
slime for Change Arrived,
After Twenty Centuries of
Mans Failure"
By the Associated Press.

! By the Associated Press,
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, SEN
tember 22.-peclaring that it was
time for women to take over world
affairs, Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont of New
York, president of the National
Women's Party, in an address today
before the western division of the
organization, dealt traditions and es-
tablished order solar plexus blow.
For twenty centuries men have
been running the world" Mrs. Bel.
mont declared. "Now 1t is time for
women to take over affairs. and as
they very nearly hold balance of
political power at this time the day
may be not so far distant as old
party leaders imagine when there will
be set up a woman's government by
women for women. children and hu-
manity in general"
Mrs. Belmont declared she had
never voted and would not vote until
of awoman's a party and asserted that
she long since despaired of making
what she described as women OF
leisure and luxury" awake TO a sense
of responsibility and duty In a world
where they have earned no place for
themselves.
Nine Years. Plea Vain. F,
"For nine years have been as one
crying in the wilderness to women
OF wealth and leisure to give over
their pleasures and frivolities and do
something to justify their existence.
have cried in vain. No reform ever
appealed to people who have all they
want" Mrs Belmont said.
Now don't construe my meaning
as being that of a woman opposed to
men," she continued. 4 am for men,
but for women and children first.
Men have forgotten US during the
past. but we are going to remember
them and take them right up and
onward with U.s."
Evening star., 1923-09-23

II, following Gov. J.. c. Walton's
declaration of martial law.
The-testimony of B. E. McLendon.
a former school superintendent of
Alsuma, relating the story OF the
Sunday night whipping OF j. S. Law
horn, a Jenks merchant, June 4, 1922,
told of the whipping ground, and de,
scribed the whip which was carried
in the machine known to have often
LED the way to the secluded spot,
"Thie strap" the witness said in
describing the whip applied to Law
about three feet long, with about
seven or eight or ten long slits In
the end
Several women also have appeared
and told Of personal experiences win !,
fioggers. One young married woman
told of how she had been given more
than twenty lashes" by MASKED
band, none of whom she could name
Lawhorn, who was a leader in a
movement in jerks to have seVeraI
school teachers investigated as 70
their fitness and training, was said
by McLendon to have withdrawn MS
name from a public petition seeking
that end after his experience in the
darkness of the June Sabbath:
Tulsa were named by McLendon as
two men connected with the Lawhorn
case. McLendons statement was
sworn to before a notary pubic ano
later was made the basis of q mill
tary information filed against Moore:
support for the governor was voted
TO-DAY at joint meeting of the
teachers of Seminole county and the
Seminole County Farmers Union, ac-
Ecording to advices from Seminole.
Between 400 and 500 persons at
tended the meeting, which instructed
lRepresentative Varnum to go to
Oklahoma City, support Walton and
oppose all attempts at his impeach-
ment.-
IL was announced here today by
County Attorney j. K. Wright that
N. c. Jewett. grand dragon of the
Oklahoma Khan. who Is under bond
on a charge of participation In a
fiogging, probably would be given a
preliminary hearing October 2.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
DISTRICT PROVIDES
$3.50, 900 FOR JAPAN
Contribution Almost Triple the
Amount Asked, With Gifts
Still Coming In.

Victor B. Deyber, chairman of the
local American Red Cross japanese
relief fund committee, announced
last night receipt of additional con-
tributions for the earthquake suffer-
ers to the amount of s1,S22.62. which
brought the total on the books of his
committee to s9S,213.56. The grand
total for Washington now stands
close to s130,o0o with the inclusion
of amounts collected by the Wash
ington Post and The Evening Star.
The following contributions are
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Hurt Dog Bites
Rescuer's Hand,
But Is Forgiven

1t may have been canine ingrati-
tude, but Miss Lillian Venable. 1888
California street, believes IL was
merely overwrought nerves that
caused q dog TO bite her helping hand
last night when she attempted to sue
cor 1t after 1t had been struck by an
automobile at 18th street and Colum-
bia road.
When the automobile struck the
dog II started running down Colum-
bia road. sending pedestrians to safe
places. He lay down beneath an
automobile parked on the street
Miss venable, director of the Animal
Rescue League, reached under the
machine to entice the dog from his
position. He snapped her hand. De.
spite an injury to the hand, she got
the dog out and sent him to the
league headquarters. where the canine
|received treatnasnt.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
STOP AIRPLANE BEARING
BODY OF TURKISH GIRL
Budapest Officials Act on Request
of Munich Police, Who Are
Probing Affair.
ny the Asaoclatsd Press.

MUNICH, September 22.-An air.
plane bearing an aluminium casket
containing the body OF nine-year-old
Turkish girl has been intercepted at
Budapest at the request of the Munich
police, who are investigating the cir
cunstances under which the strange
shipment was allowed to leave Bavaria
without official permission. The Buda-
pest authorities, acting on instructions
from Munich, signaled the airplane,
which was enroute TO Constantinople,
and are now OBTAINING II.
The body is said to be that Of the
daughter of a Turkish subject who
desired to have 1t buried In sacred
earth" t. 49,
Evening star., 1923-09-23
PLAN RIVER TRIP DANCES.
Members CT Social Club to Have
Gatherings Twice a Week.

The Young Folks Social Glee Club
has arranged for a series of barn
dances and fortymile rides down the
Potomac on the steamer Charles
Manchester, commencing next Tues
day at Z pm. and continuing each
Tuesday and Friday evening for some
time.
The trips are being arranged so
that the steamer will return to the
wharf at IL PIN.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
BELIEVE PARTY SAFE.

| The suggestion that aviators search
the canyon through which. the Colo
rado river flows for the Colorado
working there for months. was re-
ceived at the geological survey from
Phoenix tonight. where 1T was said
| no action would be taken. Reports
have been received regularly from the
party, ii was explained, the last one
being but a few days ago. and the
party is not regarded as lost, miss.
/ ing or in danger.
The expedition is commanded by
| Col. Claude H. Birdseye, 1852 Oak
| street northwest, chief Topographic
! cal engineer of the bureau of geo.
| logical survey, world war veteran,
and one of the foremost explorers in
the government service.
I Col. Birdseye left Washington for
Arizona early in July. accompanied
by one other engineer from this city,
]. w. Burchard, typographical engineer,
| 1918 Kalorama road, remainder of the
| party of ten. consisting of experienced
boatment. cooks. geoiogists and survey
| boatmen, in particular, were selected
because of previous experience in,
| shooting river rapids in small boats.
Extreme Hazard Seen.
! The expedition was considered from
| the first as one OF extreme hazard.
The Colorado river for practically 200
miles through the Arizona mountains
was practically unknown. The work
| of exploring it had been in progress
for over ten years and only this
stretch remained. which it is prob
able, never had known the oars of
white men.
Through this stretch the stream.
| il was known. was very rapid. The
existence of dangerous falls was a
practical certainty. The stream runs
through deep canyons and winds
sharply. ..
The explorers were shooting into
blind trap. 1t was described at
the time az something in the nature
| of shooting Niagara Falls in barrel;
For the purpose boats were spe-
cially constructed. These were made
Win WdlST-tl6ht SonPai tHSAhS' ~
the center of each was small cock
Dit, Just big enough for three men.
Each of the party was equipped with
life preservers and carried a life rope
at all times. As further precau-
tion,S they were strapped into the
boats.
The particular hazard lay in the
fact that they would be unlikely to
know how rapid were any of the falls
encountered until In the midst Of them,
| They were in blind maze. never
| knowing what was just around the
corner.
The expedition met with misfor-
tunes from the start. Early on the
| trip one of the boats was smashed
| badly, and the party was obliged to
! lay of for some time while repairs
were made.
| When the party was able to proceed
/ il entered on what was described at
the time as the most dangerous part Of
the whole trip.
7
Evening star., 1923-09-23

Continued from First Paseo
an isolated spot on the river 200
miles from where the party is now
supposed to be. held story that
none but the explorers themselves
knows.
The explorers. unless harm has
come to them, tonight are believed to
be battling their way through raging
currents in the ck-strewn. tortuous
river in one of the most dangerous
gorges OF their voyage. Ofiiciais
here expressed renewed fears for
their safety following reports today
that there was only slight recession
in the waters of the river. now un-
usually high. due to heavy rains.
The patrol party. composed OF
Sheriff w, r. Malloney of Mohave
county and three deputies. will at
tempt to take off in the river rapids
tomorrow, hut doubt was expressed
whsther they cousd set out with the
river In it's present condition.
URGES USE OF PLANE.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
URGES USE OF PLANE.

PHOENIX, Ariz.. September a.
Suggestion that an airplane fly above
the canyon through which the Colo
rado river flows TO ascertain the
plight of an exploration party sent
by the United States geological sur
vey to chart the river. was made in q
telegram sent to Washington officiais
this afternoon by Acting Gov. r. e.
MCCLELLAN OF Arizona.
The telegram reads: Alarm is felt
IN Arizona for party now making
survey in the Capyon of Colorado in
view OF the finding of boat carrying
insignia of the geological survey
which was washed down the river
and sighted near the Katherine mine.
The suggestion has been made that
the War Department send airplane
to fly above the river to see if party
can be located"
pET Tr-Tr- nAn-r,
Evening star., 1923-09-23
THINKS HUSBAND SAFE.

BY the Associated Press,
PASADENA, Calf, September a.
Assurances that the. government survey
party chaFting the Colorado river is
safe, despite the finding Of an upturned
government survey boat on the lower
reaches of the river. was expressed here
today by Mrs. e. G. Larue, wife Of the
government engineer with the party.
She said the party and it's supplies
was being conveyed in four boats which
bore the names Glen, Grand, Boulder
and Marble, after canyons of the Colo
rado. The upturned boat bore only the
designation "U. S. @. S." therefore was
not of the party, she said. She expected
no direct word from Larue until about
lentenber 30
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Nine years Plea Vain.

: The average cysters offered for sale
are from five to eight, years of age
before being harvested.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
CONTROL BY GUARDSMEN
TO BE EXTENDED SOON
IN OKLAHOMA COUNTIES

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-09-23
FEAR o. C. EXPl 0RERS
LOST IN FLOOD IN
COLORADO CANYON

tcontiuued trcra First Page.)
, 1923-02-11

torlcal department files. Copies Of
certain dates were sought for legal
notices believed to be contained
therein. g
Pioneer Meetings Growing.
Pioneers meetings, now held an
nualIy at the State Fair at Doug
las, have grown from a small regis
tration booth to h point where a
good sized auditorium is required
for the audience. 1t has become
one of the main features of the fair.
Other meetings attended personally
by the historian have been produc-
tive of interest and cooperation
from members Of various study and
civic bodies.
Ono thing we hoped to accomplish
during the year was the organ!za-
ton Of n state historical society.
drawing members from all sections.
Of the state.
, 1923-02-11

Two valuable museum collections
n many individual donations of
equal worth have been accustomed
during the past year. Russell
Thorp Jr. has generously given the
department n collection of relics If
the old Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage
Line, Of which his father was the
last owner, and is keeping one Of
the old Concord coaches in reserve
until it can be properly housed in
the museum. The entire riding
habilaments of James wiIlouEhby,
or as he was better known. Jim
Kid" were secured for the museum
by the 1929 Frontier committee
through DR.. B. +. Day s, Charles
Hrs g and ]. ]. Showalter. Will
loughby. who was one of wyo-
ming's most noted cowboys, died in
1916 in California, where he was
employed in moving pictures, and
his body, together with his outfit
was shipped to Cheyenne by Doug
las Fairbanks. This collection ia
one of the most interesting in the
museum, since it is reminiscent of
a phase of Wyoming history which
Is rapidly vanishing.
When this department was formed.
all h bound newspapers in the
, 1923-02-11

haps 0 10000 acres will be added to
the irrigated area within Wyoming.
either private enterprises or through
activities of the reclamation service.
The Colorado river treaty, negotiat-
ed during the year 1929 by the Unit
ed States and the seven states con
shutting the basin Of the Colorado
will, II ratified by congress and the
state legislatures, settle definitely the
amount of water available for the re-
clamation of lands in the valley of
the Green river in Wyoming. Eight
hundred thousands acres of irrigable
lam lies in this valley. sufficient wa
ter for the reclamation of all of
which is reserved to Wyoming by tho
tentative treaty. Work on a private
project, the Cottonwood was contin-
ued IN his valley during 1922. I'm
der this about 5000 acres eventual
ly will be reclaimed.
Reclamation service work under
the North Platte project which may
be undertaken during 1923 is the
long-projected Guernsey diversion
dam. Acquisition of property in the
basin OF this proposed reservoir was
pushed during 1922.
, 1923-02-11
Shoshoni Holds Its Own In
Years of Depression Here

ming diverglnE north from Shoshoni
into Montana; the Grant highway
from eastern states to the south en-.
trance OF the Yellowstone Park, pass
ing through all the principal cities of
the central United States and through
central Wyoming, continuing into the
Yellowstone Park. passing Riverton.
Lander and Dubois.
This great highway west from sho-
shoni is now completed over the ia
nous Two Ge-Tee Pass by the way of
Brooks Lake and down Snake river
to Jackson Lake then to tho Yellow
stone Park.
1t is n wonderful scenic road wind
ing in among the tall majestic pine
trees and the mounatin streams thai
yield the biggest catch of trout in the
shortest time anywhere in the world.
The n highway from the south.
ern part OF the state, through the
central portion from Casper to sho-
shoni west to RIverton and Lander,
leaves Shoshoni, going north through
the famous Big Horn canon to the
National Yellowstone Park. This
road follows the east side of the river
and win be completed and ready for
travel this coming summer and we as.
sure the tourists one of the most de.
lghtful and scenic drives in the west.
Even the ~well-known Yellowstone
Park can moi boast of anything more
beautiful.
After leaving Shoshoni going north.
about ten miles. you enter the mouth
of this grand Big Horn canon.
through deep cuts and high grades.
majestic mountain peaks on you-
right and Boysen Lake on the left.
Then your eyes meet the beautiful
sight of the Boysen Dam. its water.
rails capable of generating enough
power for one-third of the state
Leaving tho dam you pass through
the first tunnel, about 500 feet long
cut through black iron dlorite. tho
blacklist and hardest rock known.
Continuing down the canon
through several smaller tunnels. nu,
merous beautiful camping places
miniature water falls emptying into
tho river are seen as you are travel
ing along.
The hundreds of fishermen that
Visit here every year tell the story,
and II you ever hear their fish stories
you'll never miss this territory.
To h southeast and north drilling
Tor oil is being pursued with good
show ng Of oil and gas. A few miles
west the Union OIL company Of Call.
fornia have many producing wells
and a pipe line to Shoshoni has been
surveyed and 1t is said will be con,
structed this summer. Ultimately tho
buildn of a big refinery will be the
logical result.
thousands of acres Of some of the
finest land hat ever laid outdoors Will
be reclaimed Immediately west of sho.
shoni In the very near future when
tho government project, now Under
construction. is completed.
, 1923-02-11

possession Of the lIbrary-having
been bound. however, by special APP
propriation-were turned over to
the historian and these have been
systematically filed and catalogued.
There are nearly seven hundred
volumes of them and others will be
added as fast as funds arc available
for their binding. Just recently the
value OF these newspapers was ex-
emplif,ed when 1t was discovered
that the only existing copies OF q
weekly publication are in tho his