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who. by Justification attempted to
confuse the committeeman In the
pursuit of their work, should be tried
was expressed by Gen. Mitchell in
beginning his testimony this after
noon before the committee.
This includes myself" Gen. Mitch
ell declared. adding that there has
been "Woeful ignorance" on the part OF
certain agencies testifying on the air.
craft subject.
Gen. Mitchell was called by the
committee to discuss, in detail state
ments by himself and others before
that body which had been challenged
or criticized, Representative Perkins
Of New Jersey. the examiner. said.
Mr.. Perkins called on Gen. Mitchell
Weeks asking for an explanation of
certain testimony he had given which
was declared to have reflected on the
War and Navy Departments. Cen
Mitchell then read his reply to the
letter.
Infantry Ranked First.
The general staff believes that
aviation is not the first arm of de-
Tense, but is on the par with Artillery.
the two of them ranking below In
fantry, which is regarded as superior
to all, Brig. Gen. II. A. Drum of the
general staff told the committee to-
day. At the same time Gen. Drum
said the American Army Air Service
was equal, If not superior to any
in the world. He cited records estab-
lished by American aviation, which
showed that this country holds 70
per cent of the worlds marks
Gen: Drum read statements by Gen.
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that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, there Is absolutely no
foundation for such a statement. AS
chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, i
can assure you that neither by word
nor deed have I in any way inter-
fered with the fullest expression of
opinion by the officers of the Naval
Air Service with regard to any mat
ter whatsoever.
Furthermore, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, no officer of
way, intimidated or repressed the
expression of opinion of any officer
Of the Naval Air Service"
The action of the committee in call
ing both Gen. Mitchell and Gen. Drum
before 1t today was understood to be
based principally on desire to go
into a certain air maneuver in the
World War, headed by Gen. Mitchell
Both are expected to be examined at
length on the subject.
Drum Testimony Cited.
Mr.. Perkins said Gen. Drum had
testified the maneuver involved ap-
proximately 500 airplanes. and that
the objective, was not accomplished.
The New Jersey member said the War
Department had referred to this
IndntuNcE dS Oilc SEouHu LOT opposing
unification Of the Air Services, as is
proposed in a bill by Representative
Curry, Republican, California, now
pending before the military COM
mittee.
Mr.. Perkins declared yesterday he
wished to compliment the officers OF
both the Army and Navy Air Services
for their splendid and competent
work." adding that he believed they
were performing 1.-The best they can
under the circumstances"
The aircraft committee, he said, has
expected to file a report OF it's find
ings to the House by February Is
but in view of the recent develop
ments the time probably will have
to be extended nearly a week. He
declared he desired to make report
before the adjournment of Congress
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]. M. MCLAUGHLIN DIES.
Former G. p. o. Employe for 81
Years Succumbs Here.

John Milton Mclaughlin, 81 years
old, formerly an employe in the Govern
ment Printing Office for 81 years and
prominent in Masonic circles here, died
at his residence, 1884 Eleventh street,
Monday. Funeral services were conduct
ed at the United Brethren Church,
North Capitol and r streets, yesterday
afternoon, Rev. DR.. Charles E. Fultz,
pastor, officiating. Interment was in
Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Mclaughlin was a member Of
Acacia Lodge, No. Is, F. A A. NJ. a
past patron of Bethlehem Chapter. No.
Z, o. f. S.
He is survived by his father, Levi Nc
Laughlin veteran of the Civil War
his widow, Mrs. Edna Mclaughlin; two
sons. John Mclaughlin and Francis Nc
Laughlin. and daughter, Miss Virginia
May Mclaughlin.
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BROKERS PLANNING
NEW REALTY BOARD
independents Call Meeting
This Afternoon to Oppose
Rent Control Bill.

Independent real estate brokers
have issued a call to all real estate
men in the District to attend meet
ing at $3.50 this afternoon at the Ma
sonic Temple, Eighth and F streets
northeast, for the purpose of oppos-
ing the bill now before Congress TO
license real estate brokers and sales
men and to organize an Independent
real estate board.
The following unsigned notice was
sent to all real estate men, including
members of the Washington real
Estate Board, today:
SABA, a bill to license real estate
brokers and statesmen, Is about TO
pass the Senate and become law. III
it does, brokers, whether members OF
the present board or not will be serl-
ously affected, and non members Will
perhaps find themselves unable TO
operate at all. License fee under
this legislation will be 500 for
brokers, and SO for statesmen, plus
81 900 bond, besides the passage OF a
rigid examination. There are ap-
proXimately SCI licensed brokers in
the District, of whom approximately
119 only are members of the present
board meeting to discuss this bill
and to file a protest against its pas
sage, and to organize an independent
real estate board, is set by a commit
tee of five licensed brokers, to take
place at the Masonic Temple, Eighth
and F streets northeast, February b,
at $3.50 pm. Bill to be read and dis
cussed Please air"
Petty Criticizes Plan.
When informed of the intention of
the independent brokers to oppose
the bill and endeavor to form another
real estate board, John A. Petty,
executive secretary of the Washing
ION Real Estate Board, declared in a
statement that while the license
law feature of the proposed combined
bill varies in some degree from the
model law now in operation in IS
States, there is no feature in 1t that
need alarm any one who is engaged
in the real estate business on
legitimate basis.
In practically every State that has
adopted the model license law, oppo-
sition to its enactment has developed,
but this opposition has been due al
most entirely to small number of
persons engaged in the real estate
business, who do not relish having
constituted authority supervise their
dealings.
Under the provisions of the law, no
license can be withheld from any
worthy persons who desire to engage
in the business and no license can be
revoked without due process of law.
There can be no reasonable OBJ
lection on the part of any honest
broker to a law that will offer pro-
lection to the public from the deal
ingS of INSCRIPTIONS in the real
estate business"
I'm regard to the formation of
another real estate board, Mr.. Petty
states such an organization cannot
affiliate with the National Association
of Real Estate Boards and members
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12 AWAIT WORLDS END.
Lincoln, Neb., "FaithfuT' Expect
Event to Last Week.

BY the Assocs ted Press
LINCOLN, Nebr., February 6-Un-
moved hy criticism of other members
OF the Seventh-day Adventist Church,
II followers of Mrs. Margaret w.
Rowen of Hollywood, Calf, calmly
awaited today, at College View, a
suburb, for the millennium
They believed it would come at mid
night, with Christ appearing as a
cloud to begin his seven-day journey
to earth, gathering along the way
the saints to accompany him.
Most of those who waited went
about their usual work although
some tasted and prayed
Joe CANNED, leader of the group,
said no pompous preparations had
been made.
we Will await the end of the
world in our homes" Mrs. Gamm ell
said. The College View cult will not
go to the hilltop, as some followers
They do that only to escape the mob
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of unsaved, who will run riot in
anger on the earth.
AT first Christ, appearing as a
cloud no larger than a mans hand,
will begin His trip from heaven to
earth. 1t will require seven days
for Him to reach us for He has stops
to make. One of these stops will be
on planet, not now visible to any
earthly person. That Is the plane
nearer heaven. There arrangements
will be made to feed those saints
whom Chris. brings back from earth.
The journey back will also take seven
days"
Cult members homes are virtually
stripped of furniture, only the bare
necessities remaining, they having
sold almost everything to settle their
worldly debts and be prepared for
their ascension.
Leaders in the Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Church term the Rowen doc
trine as false and contrary to the
teachings Of their church.
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so that discussion of 1t might be
held on the House floor.
The report, he asserted, will be de-
signed to present a constructive pro-
gram for aircraft development, and
he added that the committee had
neither a desire nor intention to do
anything that would not benefit the
aircraft industry.
The investigation SO far has re-
vealed a bright future for the air
craft industry, he declared, predicting
that before many years have passed
commercial aviation would be de-
veloped to an extent that would revo-
lutionize to a large extent the carry
ing Of passengers and light express.
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WE MAKE WEEKLY TRIPS
To Baltimore, Md; Wilmington Del.
and New York City.
lknTH'S TRANSFER AND ST0Rlnn ca
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Ventists Church." have been repu-
dated by leaders of the Seventh Day
adventist Church here and in the
East.
j. l.. McElhany, elder Of the Seventh
Day Adventists Church, and one of
the leaders of the faith in the West,
declared that Mrs. Rowen had been
by the church be-
cause of her ''pretensions" and her
claims of being a prophecies"
Mrs Rowen's only reply was a quo
tation from the Gospel of St. Mark,
Chapter 10, verse 81: What l say
unto you, L say unto all, watch"
SEES END BEGINNING.
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Apostle of Doom" Says Week Will
See World Expire.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 6.-The end
of the world is only beginning to-
night, says Robert Reidt. Apostle
OF DOOM" who, with 13 followers, is
waiting In a shack in East
Patchogue, Long Island, to be trans
ported by supernatural power to San
Diego. preparatory to ascend into
Heaven
The end is going to take a week,
he says, starting tonight with the
appearance of a cloud. which will be
invisible to unbelievers
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of such an organization under the
decision of the courts are not legally
entitled to be classed as realtors or
carry on their business under such a
name
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Bug That Is Not a Bug.

EVERY one has seen the curious
- little fiat gray creatures that
scurry out of sight when one lifts a
decayed log or a moss-covered stone
in the woods or near the water. They
are the .Armadillidia or iSopods or the
genus Oniscoidea, commonly called
the armadillo, sow-bug and pill-bug.
Now these creatures are not really
bugs at all, but crustaceans or dis
tant relatives of the crab, with gills
provided with air tubes not unlike the
air tubes through which insects
breathe all over their body. A favor
ite food of frogs, toads and sala-
manders. the pill-bug $50 called) sub
sists largely on decaying vegetable
matter. and some authorities believe
1t to be a useful scavenger.
In the view of most scientists the
name armadillo was given it because
of it's habit when disturbed of rolling
itself up into ball. as the mammal
of South America does; but the crus-
tacean is shrewder than the mammal,
for whereas the armadillo never un-
coils when it is caught or frightened
and. therefore, its shell often serves
as it's own roasting pan in the ovens
of equatorial countries-the pill-bug
after rolling itself up once or twice
and discovering that it is still in the
presence of danger, will give up the
useless strategem and. try to make off
unnoticed
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Willow Shoot Industry.

THERE are planters in our East and
South who are conducting patient
ly tests Of various species of willow
and have already succeeded in grow
ing shoots of such excellence that
they compare favorably with the
product obtained by the highly spe-
cialized cultivation of Europe.
In order that it may be Of the
best basket material a willow shoot
must be slender. tough, pliable and
cylindrical. In this country, it is said,
no two soils will produce the same
quality of willow. Every planter Is.
therefore. of necessity compelled to
experiment and to select the species
best adapted to his particular soil and
climate.
Importations of the best white will
| low shoots of Europe placed in Ameri-
can soil will frequently show great
| deterioration. becoming, indeed. quite
worthless. britic switches. In the
! East there is the willow rust. 10
| combat.
While the willow-shoot industry in
the United States is an important
one. 1t may, in a sAnse, be said to be
! still in its infancy. Should it be
developed to the proper extent, the
result would be an enormous saving
/ to American manufacturers Of basket
| goods. since they would, Of course.
derive most of their raw material
| from domestic growers.
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Re FIGHTING LEOPARD 'an guard.

safety of the jungles. leaving the
body. on the beach in their haste to,
escape the punishment they knew
was sure to follow their capture.
Dr. Mann was away on his trip to
the South Seas for nearly two years.
During that time he collected vast
quantities Of small animals, insects
and reptiles. lie was unable. how
ever, toS bring back any but his spe-
ciniens OF rare bugs. and reptiles.
, Shortly after his return. in 1917. he
entered the Government service and
Travelled for the Department of Agri-
culture from that year until 1921
Visiting Cuba, the Bahamas and Hon
....-.ss+ Il. - .
IRON 1921 until 1922 he headed the
Milford .expedition through the
Amazon Basin, a trip that required
nearly eleven months. On this, trip
he collected 135 speclmens. including
a large quantity of boa constructors
!and monkeys; a number of the latter
E1tin being in the Geological ParK
here. The following year found him
lagainf In Mexico. and again in the
ton, however, developed an amusing
( DR.. Mann said THAT he and his
fcolleag cues had experienced only the
most kindly treatment from both the
federal and rebel comma ndeEs. They
twere particularly anxioua. however,
| to get the animals they had collected
back to the United States, and ap-
piled to the rebel commander near
where they were staying for passa ge
through the lines. There vas fed
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eral gunboat In the harbor at the
officer out to inquire whether the
Americans would be accepted on
board.
Shortly afterwurd,, rebel officers
took the Americans and all of their
baggage out to the gunboat under a
white Gag and turned them over to
the federal commader. The latter had
learned that liner, bound for New
York. would pass nearby within a
short time and set out to meet 1t. He
|ioyertook the liner within a few hours
and very courteously placed the
Americans on board.
I It happened. however, that the cap
tain Of the federal gunboat had wire.
lessed his plans to the captain of the
liner, and when DR.. Mann and his
colleagues got on board they dis.
covered that the story of their plight
like most other stories, had been mag.
nifed as 1t paused from one passenger
to the others. Az a. result, the pas.
sengeFs greeted them with offers of
clothing, money and almost anything
that they might have asked for, be
ilievinss they had narrowly escaped
oath. had been robbed and generally
battered up.
: "As matter Of fact, both the rebel
and the federal officers took long
chances with their own lives just to
make us more comfortable, DIR. Mann
laughed. They even brought our
snakes and monkeys on board. per.
sona1ly, for US. shall never forget
how hard it was for me to keep from
laughing, outright. when one kindly
old fady came up to me. patted me OH
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residents of the islands, and DIR.
Mann himself was safe He was not
spared. z seeing the results !. of one
feast, however, at which a 'snative
woman was the victim. S.s
One day he and the white official
with whom he was qnartef1ed found
the bodies of four native women ly-
ing In the brush of the interior Of the
island. -
The official. plainly worried. hur-
ried back to camp. and that night
rtrue to prediction. the coast was
Illuminated with great fires From
their home DIR. Mann and his host
could see the natives dancing about
the fires in fiendish gfee. Upon go
ing to. the scene the next morning
they found the remnants of the feast
The natives had. in reality. slain
five native women. One had been
dragged down to the beach for the
nights orgy and the others had
either been left for another CHASTITY
fete or had simply been speared by
the cannibals out. of sheer f1endishi
ness.
Only one white man was slain by
the cannibals. He was sailor from
vessel and had landed with party
to get water. The sailor happened
to be near a spot where, seven yesrs
before, native had been drowned
through the carelessness of some
white man. All those years the mn
tives remembered the incident and
quietly awaited their opportunity fol
revenge. They found It when they
suddenly came upon the sailor.
He was pierced by a dozen spea RI
before he knew what was to take
place. apd the canniba1s fed to the
Evening star., 1925-06-28

turned he experienced some of the
most narrowing incidents of his life.
He set forth entirely alone and be-
gan working toward his goal, the an
cient city Of Moab. May found him
fighting his way through I1-foot snow
drifts on the summit of Mount Her.
mon, with only the hideous cries of the
! laughing hyena and the calling of
man-eating beasts to cheer him along
the trail of the ancients. He was re-
paid well, however, by discovering
quantities of reptiles, some of them
new, and a new species of bird.
Il believe, however" said DIR. Mann
in relating his experiences in the Des-
ert of Sinai, that the worst feeling in
the world Is for a fellow to lie in his
tent alone, in the dead of night. and
hear the cries of the hyenas. 1t is the
most blood-curdling that you can i'm
agfHe, the shrek of one seeming like
the hopeless yelps of a thousand ma
MACS. To me that is the time when a
'feller needs friend most, or at least
he is apt to think he does. anyhow"
The year 1916 found DIR. Mann EN-
barked upon the most thrilling trip Of
his career. He was given the Fred
erick Sheldon travelling fellowship by
Harvard University. Instead Of spend
ing his time in the metropolis OF the
and Solomon Islands. far down in the
romantic and uncivilized South Sea.
There DR.. Mann had his first and last
experience with real cannibals.
X X
A FTER spending some months
"A among the barbarians of Fiji, DR..
Mann heard that a native cutter was
j about to sail from Iona Iona to
Lakemba. in the Solomon Islands, a
/ section peopled largely by cannibals
and a place that had only twice be-
| fore in history been visited by col
lectors. DIR. Mann determined then
and there that he would make that
trip if there was any possible way Of
buying his way aboard the cutter.
| In that he succeeded, and was given
a berth on the little craft that was
destined to be his home for three
nd a half long months.
| The captain of the cutter was a
| half-caste negro, the son of a negro
waiter, who had deserted from a
steamship that had touched the port
The waiter married a native woman and
tho child Of that South Sea romance
became host to the travelling scientist
The cutter set out for the voyage
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,4wa1t tiMq the OUTCOME Of deadl4~
1oh e1e dt1e1 below

very auspiciously, but before 1t had
passed the limits of the harbor. of
Loma-Loma, some one on the shore
wigWagged to the crew that a shark
had just been caught and the natives
were to have a shark bake that night.
The trip was promptly postponed,
the ship turned about, and for the
next week DR.. Mann waited for the
native mariner to recover from the
effects of the shark orgy
Scarcely had the cutter gotten under
way again before it ran it's uncertain
nose squarely into a tropical gale.
Lashed by wind and waves for days,
the captain finally sighted native
village in snug harbor and sue
ceeded in reaching it.
Fortunately the natives were friend
ly, and DIR. Mann was escorted to the
grass hut of the chief with due cere.
mony. The chief promptly kicked
some of his wives. out of one hut and
assigned it to DIR. Mann. Then, ac;
cording to native custom. he was
presented with all of the food in the
village, the chief Joining him at din.
ner When the dignitaries had fin,
ished their meal the other natives
came in with baskets and were given
their share of what was left.
However questionable the menu in
the native village may haze been, Ii
was a welcome relief to the fare of
nothing but boiled sweet potatoes Dr.
Mann and the crew of the cutter had
subsisted on for the preceding eight
days. The only addition to this menu
Dr. Mann enjoyed was some excellent
soda biscuits, prepared by the skipper
according to receipt taught him by
his colored father. II fervently
thanked fate" DIR. Mann said with a
laugh, that that mans father had
once been a. good old-fashioned South
ern waiter. Those biscuits were
really excellent"
| FINALLY the cutter set out again
= for its destination in the Solomon
! Islands, reaching it three and half
months from the time 1t had passed
/ the entrance to Loma-Loma harbor.
Although DIR. Mann had become ac.
customed to the bafbarians OF the Fiji
Isla nds. he was not altogether pre-.
pared for the conditions that met him
| In his new home. There he was face
| to face with cannibalism, still prac-
| ticed in its most hideous forms.
Years before, however. the cannibals
had learned that it was vastly lin.
profitabl to devour the few white
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Size of the Waves.

EVEN mariners are apt to have very
- exaggerated ideas of the size of
towering waves that break oyer ves-
sells during seastorms. Frequently
they report waves as having reached
an almost impossible height.
AS a matter of fact, 1t is extraor-
binary for wave to attain height
of 70 feet, while the average size of
waves is considerably less. The noun
famous .seas--often encountered by
vessels in the North Atlantic usually
measure about 40 feet, although the
upward-shooting, quick-falling wave
attains O great altitude. The big
waves of the North Pacific rarely
measure more than 80 feet. while the
highest wave ever met by an Aus
tralian-bound liner in the South Pa
cific attained so feet.
The big waves of midocean are much
larger than those encountered else
where and it Is very rare that a.
height Of even 20 feet is reached by
a wave In the Mediterranean.