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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
ROBBED AT GAY PARTY.
Three Men Stripped Mrs. SchOellI<Opf
Of Gems i'm Apartment.

NEW YORK. August 3 @.-Mrs.
Irene NJ. Schoellkopf of Buffalo, who
was granted a divorce in Paris today,
was the central figure in one of New
York's most sensational jewel rob-
berries,
The robbery occurred at a gay New
Years eve party in 1922 in the apart
ment of Frank Barrett Carnnan on
West Fifty second street, just off Fifth
avenue. Carman. a former actor. ar
fist and dancer. had been travelling
companion of the Schoellkopfs during
their trims to Europe.
Mrs. Schoellkopf was dragged from
Carman's apartment to a floor below
and her gems. worth 100000 were
stripped from her by three men. Car.
man was held. but Mrs. Schoellk OPT
did not press charges against him and
he was later discharged. Meantime
search for the three men continues in
various sections of the country.
Matthew Biddulph, Eugene Moran and
Albert HorowitZ were arrested and
confessed. They received prison SEN
fences. Most of the jewelry was re-
covered in Denver and New York
through fence
During the various trials 1t was
revealed that Mrs. Schoellkopf had
been living apart from her husband.
Mrs. Schoellkopf made frequent trips
to Paris during the last few years
and Carman was frequently a passen-
ger on the same liners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
DECORATING FOR VISITORS
KEEPS CHICAGO HUSTLING
Flags, Bunting and Colored Electric
Lights Permanent Fixtures
in Windy City.


CHICAGO, August 3.-Not since the
World War has Father Dearborn had
flags and bunting on his store fronts
and houses in such profusion or so
long a time as the opening weeks OF
this Summer
And perhaps never before have so
many pulled the latchstring to spend
a few days. Since early June. when
flags We're mingled with white and
gold bunting for thes Eucharistic Cons
gress, the city has been gayly decors
ated continuously.
Even before the 10 cardinals and
$50, 600 other Catholic visitors had de.
parted the yellow and blue bunting in
honor Of the Crown Prince of Sweden
had replaced the papal colors for a.
week. Then posters welcoming $780,
600 Moose blossomed in every window,
with the flags still flying. Next came
100000 Elks and the bunting was
changed to purple and white.
The city fathers entered officially
into the race for the title of Convene
ton city by ordering an elaborate
court of honor around the block ocA
cupied by the City-County Building.
AS one set of visitors succeeded ana
other, the big plaster plaques on the
40-foot pillars were changed to tbs
coast-of-arms of the current group
The festoons of electric lights Joining
the huge pillars were dyed each week
end TO display the colors of the Iatess
arrivals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
SHORT FLORIDA RAILROAD
BOUGHT BY BONDHOLDERS
Tampa & Jacksonville, Sold for
$500, 900. Expected to Be Taken
Over by Seaboard.
By the Associated Press.

GAINESVILLE, Fla, August 81
H. A. Smith of Hartford, Conn. ana
F. j. Liaman of New York City, as
the committee of bondholders, yester-
day purchased the Tampa and Jack
sonville Railroad, formerly the Gaines.
vile and Gulf, short line, with
headquarters in this city. The pur-
chase price was $500, 900.
The T. e. j. was indebted 10 the
bondholders for $4,000 in bonds.
S2S9,2S6.01 in accrued interest and
$25, 900 in counsel fees. according to
the decree under which the sale was
made by w. S. Brown. Gainesville,
Ga, special master in chancery.
Representatives of Hampton &
Hampton, attorneys here for the
Guaranty Trust Co. of New York
trustees of the bonds. and NJ. =.
ANGUS, New York attorney. who bid
in the property, declined TO comment
on the reported contract between the
committee and the Seaboard Air Line
Railway for the purchase of the road.
According to reports current here,
the contract with the Seaboard calls
for the purchase Of the road by them
after the sale is reported by the
master, confirmed by the court and
approved by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The road has its northern terminus
at Sampson City about Is miles north
of Gainesville. and extends to Emalea,
in Marion County, about % miles
south of here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

day to prevent Gov. Ferguson from
honoring the requisition Of Gov. A. I.
Fuller of Massachusetts,, asking that
Ponzi be surrendered to officers OF
that State. the wizard" had to carry
his appeal for liberty to the District
Court of Judge Charles Ashe. on a
habeas corpus proceeding. Ponzi
petition alleges he is being illegally
restrained of his liberty by officers
here
Renewal Of the proceedings saw
little prospect of authorities forcing
Ponzi's return to Massachusetts be-
fore October.
Two Appeals Up His Sleeve.
If Judge Ashe holds PonZi Is
illegally restrained. Gov. Ferguson's
extradition order approval would be
useless and Ponzi would be released.
Should the court refuse to release
him. PonZi plans an appeal TO the
State Court of Criminal Appeals as
the first step in carrying the case to
the Supreme Court If need be. He
would be entitled to liberty on $4,000
bond pending the appeal. The higher
Court of Appeals does not convene
until October.
PonZi Is basing his fight for d
habeaS corpus writ on MS claim 70
being an Italian citizen and that he
was taken from an Italian ship when
1t locked at New Orleans. His attor-
neys also charge he would be sub
jected to double jeopardy If he is
taken back to serve state sentence
for a crime for which he declares he
has served term in Federal prison.
Drags i'm Old Treaty.
AT the extradition hearing Ponzi's
counsel maintained that his arrest
was also in violation of treaty be-
tween Italy and the United States
made in 1868 Under this treaty, they
declared, the vessel from which he
was taken was Italian territory, and
his arrest therefore was illegal.
Ponzi has received no replies from
pleas for intervention to Premier Mus
solini of Italy, President Coolidge and
the Italian Ambassador at Washing
ton.
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CUMBERLAND FAIR
OFFICIALS CHOSEN
Harry A. Manley Appointed Gen.
eral Manager-Racing Program
to Be Heaviest Ever Held.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd. August g.
Harry A. Manley has been appointed
general manager of the Cumberland
fair This is a newly created office.
Virgil c. Powell will continue as
secretary and will be relieved of
managerial details. Other appoint
ments made by the association are.
Assistant manager, Franklin H.
Ankeney; assistant in charge of au
diting, Zebulon NJ. Hewitt: assist
ant In charge of finances, Carl F.
Schmutz; assistant in charge of
traffic and parking, J. Calvin Cessna.
j. G. Bert Trieber, John Leibau
and William Z. Mcdonald form a
committee in charge of tickets;
Fleming w. Burrows has been placed
in charge of the grandstand: Ralph
F. McHenry will look after live
stock and boys clubs: Ira Mckenzie,
farm products; Reatus Spiker
pigeons and pet stock; A. G. Hell
mick, corn exhibit; Douglas G.
lie Ferve, fruit Miss Maud A. Been,
girls and women's work, and Mrs
Espy L. Anderson, flowers.
F. Brooke Whiting is chairman of
the racing committee; Edward j.
Brennan of Baltimore is to be rae
ing secretary; Monitor Mahoney,
pari mutuels. and Miss Julia Jack
son, office manager and premiums.
In an endeavor to make the fruit
exhibit here one of the greatest in
the United States, A. c. Stubs is
now making a tour of nearby fruit
sections in the interest of the Cum
berland Fair Associa ton and will be
in the Shenandoah Valley belt this
week.
The advance contingent of race
horses arrived at the grounds yes
terday. Applications for entry in
this years races have been received
for 174 horses, a much larger num-
Der than last years total
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ARLINGTON COUNTY
DRIVE IS PLANNED
Booster Campaign Is Mapped
by C. of c. Groups at Gen.
eraI Meeting.

SDeClat DlspdtFh 10 Inc star
CLARENDON, Va. August 3.-A
plan for co-ordinated effort of the
Chambers of Commerce of Alexandria
City and Fairfax and Arlington Coun-
ties in an advertising campaign boost
ing the advantages of these sections
for residential and commercial pur-
poses was inaugurated at a meeting
of the board of directors of the latter
body at the Washington Golf and
Country Club last night.
The meeting went on record favor
ing a program involving an annual
expenditure Of 10000 a committee
consisting of Ashton G. Jones, as
chairman, and John NJ. Minar and
Harmon 3. Green was appointed TO
take the matter up with the neighbor-
ing chambers, seeking approval OF the
plan.
Mrs. Maude S. Ponton of Virginia
Highlands was appointed secretary.
Mrs. Ponton will devote her entire
time to the office. G.. Eugene Doyle
has served the chamber as temporary
secretary pending the appointment OF
a full-time secretary.
A permanent headquarters for the
chamber will also be established. an
nouncement having been made of the
leasing of offices In the Rucker Build
ing, in Clarendon. The organization
will take possession Monday.
The effort of the Lee Highway Asso.
citation TO locate a 200-foot boulevard
in Arlington County was Endorsed.
1t was agreed 10 extend all assis-
lance possible 10 Arlington Post,
American Legion, in it's plan to enter
tain the delegates to the State legion
convention to be held In Alexandria,
August 9, 10, IL. The local legion
will be in charge of the memorial
services, August IL, at the tomb Of
the Unknown Soldier in Arlington
National Cemetery, and after that will
take the visitors on an automobile
sightseeing trip.
The next meeting of the board will
be held in It's new offices Monday,
August 16 at 40 o'clock
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GIFT OF MACAW THRILLS INDIANS
WHO HAVE BIRD AS CLAN TOTEM
Geographic Society Explorer i'm New Mexico Keeps
Promise to Bestow Coveted Creature on Tribe.
Would Have Paid Turquoise For 1t.

Fulfilling promise of a year
standing, DR.. Neil NJ. Judd, leader OF
the National Geographic Society ex
petitions to Pueblo Bonito, New Mex
leo, recently presented to members OF
the Zuni tribe a gift for which they
would GLADLY have paid in turquoise.
1t was live. brilliant Mexican macaW
a bird fun of meaning to certain of
the Indians; yet only few members
OF the tribe had ever before seen one
OF these brightly feathered parrots.
Each of the dozen or more clans
individuals related through the ma
ternal line) at Zuni has it's own clan
totem: The bear badger, coyote, eagle.
snake, corn and mustard" DR. judd
writes in report to the society. "Of
all these clans none has a larger or
more vigorous membership than the
Macaw people. The MacaW clan has
furnished a majority of the leading
men at Zuni for several generations
past.
Knew Bird by Description.
But these leaders knew the macaw,
their clan totem, only through Vernai
description, handed down from one
generation TO another. Two years ago
a small delegation went to San Do
mingo. Tewa pueblo near Albu-
querque. there to trade turquoise or
nameuts for macaw feathers. There
are two captive macaws at San Do
mingo, obtained through exchange
with MeXicans.
During past, years at Pueblo Bo-
nito several of my Zuni excavation
crew have been members of the Ma
cav clan Pictures in our camp
library verified descriptions OF the
NICOLA, to give the Zuni name OF the
macaw. These men were hlgnly
pleased last Fall when ! told them |
should try to obtain for them live
bird as a gift to the entire Macaw
clan.
But this Spring when l arrived at
Zuni | found that carefully laid plans
were intended to divert my purpose
and bring something of an individual
reward. Two of the boys had made
1t known that the bird was to be a
present to each, individually, and /
suppose each of the pair had already
taken orders for NICOLA feathers, In
dispensable articles of adornment in
certain ceremonies and in the prepa-
ration of prayer plumes.
Sun Priest as Custodian.
but / insited the macaw was a gift
to the entire clan and not a personal
remembrance to a single friend. 1t
was my expressed opinion that the
sun priest, as highest official of the
clan, should receive the bird and act
as it's custodian. And right there |
discovered some surprising informa-
ton about the macaw and its habits.
Taking advantage of my limited
Zuni vocabulary and still hoping to
obtain the bird for himself. one OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
is ON TRIAL AT ANGORA
CHARGED WITH TREASON
Punishment for Life Asked in Case
Of Group Accused OF Plotting
Against Turkey.
Hy the Associatel Press,

By the Associated Press
CONSTANTINOPLE, August a.
Sixteen prominent members Of the
committee of union and progress are
on trial at Angora, charged with plot.
ting against the government
The prosecuting attorney has re-
Quested Punishment for life for them.
Among the 16 men are david Bey,
DR.. Nazim Bey, and Ami Bey. who
was director OF police during the
World War; Midhat Chukri Bey,
secretary Of the committee of union
and progress; Kutchik Talaat Bey. one
Of the most influential Of the union
lists and Husseiene david Bey,
Turkeys foremost newspaper editor,
who was banished in 1924 for oppos-
ing the government.
Ten years Imprisonment has been
asked by the prosecutor for so other
defendants.
The penalties requested caused sur
prise to the public, which had ex.
pected a repetition of the recent
Smyrna executions. in which 10 men
were hanged for connection with the
plot to assassinate President Mustapha
Kensl Pasha. =
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COLLEGE HEAD TO RESIGN.
DIR. w. L. Poteat of Wake Forest
College Is Evolutionist Leader.

RALEIGH, N. c., August (P).-
DR.. w. l.. Poteat, president of Wake
Forest College, Wake Forest, n. c.,
will retire from the active presidency
of the institution after the commence
ment next June, he announced at a
meeting of the executive committee of
the board of trustees here yesterday.
DR.. Poteat, who has been more or
less continuously under fire as a
leader of the North Carolina evolu.
tionists, will retire ION the sole con-
sideration of my age and no other"
he said.
The college head has frequently ex-
pressed to friends his desire to retire
when his SEVENTEEN year is reached.
He will be 20 next October.
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two boys, In my presence. told the
sun priest that in their native habi+
tat the macaws gather in tiocks OF
from 200 to 800 and. as they see a
man passing through the forest, sWoop
down to attack him. The NICOLA was
credited with being especially fond Of
human flesh and extremely dangerous
In captivity. Previously, the sun
priest had learned from the second
hopeful lad that the macaw was apt
to die # he did not get the kind of
food to which he had grown accus.
toned. But after an hours discussion
the fears Of the priest were eliminated
and he consented to care for the ma
cav in behalf of his people. Word
came to camp last week end that the
sun priest and the macaw had estab-
lished friendly relations and that both
were quite content.
Origin of People Unknown.
mo one knows how long the NICOLA
people have been represented in Zuni.
Tradition says they came up out of
the fourth world with the other clans
in that dim. distant past when all the
races of mankind, the birds, animals
and trees spoke a common language.
Macaw clans are to be found in some
of the other Pueblo villages of New
Mexico and Arizona. But in no in
stance, so far as I am aware. can one
learn definitely how long these clans
have possessed the macaw as a totem
or how they first became acquainted
with the bird
During the course of the National
Geographic Society's explorations In
Pueblo Bonito. we have found over 80
skeletons of the great macaw. And
Pueblo Bonito. from archaeological evil
dence, was abandoned approximately
1000 years ago 1t appears. then, that
the inhabitants of this great prehis-
toric village must have obtained live
macaws through barter with the tribes
of Central Mexico. The birds were
kept here in captivity, for we have
found the perches on which they had
been tethered and we have found the
corn, pinyon nuts and squash seeds on
which they were fed. The Macaw
clan doubtless welded a considerable
influence at Pueblo Bonito.
One may imagine sandaled Mexican
Indians carrying on their backs cages
containing live macaws, captured in
tropical forests, trudging across the
hot sands of the Southwest in ancient
times, bound for the famous terraced
village of the Bonitans. Mules. horses
and other beasts of burden were I'M
known in the Americas before the ar
rival OF the Spaniards early in the
sixteenth century. Yet Fray Marco
de Mia. as he journeyed northward
out of Mexico in 1889 to the discovery
of the Seven Cities of Cibola.' notes
in his journal that he passed Mexican
Indians returning with turquoise they
had obtained in exchange for parrot
feathers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
NEW BREED BY CROSSING
BUFFALOS WITH YAKS
Meat of "Yakolos," Which Are
Harder Than Cattle, Is
Finer Grained.
By the A Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, August 3.
The new breed of live stock called
"yakalos" liz being developed In the
national park at Wainwright by cross
ing buffalos with yaks.
"Yakalos' combined the meat-pro-
ducing qualities of the yak with the
foraging characteristics Of the buffalo.
said G.. B. Rothwell, director of the
animal husbandry division of the
Department Of Agriculture. The new
animals breed true to type. he said.
and have proved more adaptable than
''cattalo," evolved several years ago
by crossing buffalo with domestic
cattle. Cattalos are sterile.
The meat of yakalos is described as
almost Identical with beef, aside from
being finer grained. The animals are
hardy, can forage for themselves, are
capable Of wintering in the open. and
are resistant to many of the common
diseases Of domestic cattle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
PAPERS IN CHARLESTON
RESUME WITH OPEN SHOP
Composing Rooms Fully Manned,
It Is Said, After Strike Of
Union Printers.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the AeS0clatcO fresS.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, August
3.-Charleston's two daily news
papers, the Gazette and the Daily
Mail, resumed publication on an open
shop basis today after having been
suspended since Saturday, when
union printers went on strike at the
expiration of the yearly wage agree
ment
Composing rooms of both news
papers were said by the publishers
to be fully manned with crews of
printers gathered from all parts of
the country.
The Gazette, a morning paper, con-
tanned "a pages and the Daily Mail
prepared an afternoon edition of
regular size.
The printers union called the strike
when publishers and the union failed
to negotiate a new wage contract.
The union asked an increase and
441hour week. The publishers of.
fered renewal of the old contract
which was based on a 4S-hour week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
HESSE TO PASS ON
DECENT MAGAZINES
w. H. Smith. Accused Dealer,
Is to Send Samples of
1T, Wares to Major.

Having demanded n jury trial on
the charge of violating the District
Code which prohibits the sale or as
play of indecent magazines in ASH
ington, William II. Smith, distrlp-
utor, called on Maj. Hesse. superln-
tendent of police. yesterday afternoon
and asked him if he would be Wiling
10 examine his magazines each mon'n
until his case is decided in court some
time in October.
Mai. Hesse agreed to indicate TO MI.
Smith which of his magazines m!Eht
subject him to further prosecution IL
he, would send the periodicals to the
Municipal Building. Maj. iessc
pointed out. however. that the dtstrip'
utor should exercise intelligent Judg
ment and not flood his office Win
periodicals that are palpably indecent.
The number that might arouse Sus-
picion is very small in comparison TO
the quantities sold. Hesse said,
Wants Public to Know.
Mr.. Smith, accompanied by his law
Yer, I,ucien Henry MERCER. called at
The Star Office the same day ana as
claimed any intention of seeking legal
support from the publishers OF the
magazines for the distribution OF
which he faces prosecution. Inc
dealer, declared he was merely seek
ing an opportunity of presenting
pul';c explanation of the alleged acts
which have brought him to trial.
II have been held up as a man VINO
deals with indecent magazines. Mr.
Smith said THAT is not true. Inc
magazines to which objection has
been raised represent a mere $50
worth of business a month TO me.
shall not attempt to fool with them
hereafter. and l did not knowingly
violate the law before. The maya
zines were sent to me and l simply
sent them out | do not wish TO Of
fend the public and l want an oppor.
tunity of explaining that TO jury.
City Now Cleaned Up.
In the meantime Washington has
virtually been swept clean of SO
called art magazines. At least, neither
the police nor public investigators
have succeeded in finding any that
are deliberately Objectionable. While
there are some of a literary and sup.
posedly humorous type that probably
would be found Objectionable, the
drive will not extend to these until
that case against those that are OBJ
viouslv indecent has been established.
Assistant District Attorney Ralph
Given has declared that he will fight
TO the last ditch for Jail sentences
hereafter, for distributors. he asserted.
have been given ample time to clean
up their shelves and keep them clean.
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WOULD LIKE COMPANION.
Miss EderIe Invites British Star to
Swim Part Way With Her.
rrDruHvnE EnERTE

CAPE NEE, France. August
81 have written to Vera Tanner,
champion woman swimmer OF Eng
land, inviting her to swim with me
so long as she can on the day when
1 make my second attempt to swim
across the English Channel, and I'm
anxiously awaiting her reply.
/ am very fond of Vera. She is a
marvellous swimmer. She swan with
me three hours during my effort last
year and her company would en-
courage and inspire me this year.
Vera is an amateur and as / am now
a professional swimmer 1t may not
be possible for her to accompany me,
although l don't see why any anna
teur association would object to her
swimming with me as long as she
was not competing with me
Companion Is Helpful.
After being in the water several
hours it is very encouraging for one
to have a companion alongside you In
the water and cheering you up as the
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Continued from First Page)
returned to Dover the swimmer was
given a great reception by a large
crowd, including many well known
swimmers. Among these were Mrs.
Clemington Carson, former Amelia
Gade, a long -distance performer, and
her husband They were the first to
sympathize with Miss Barrett. that
such good effort had not met with
success.
AS soon as the greetings were over
Miss Barrett went off to bed for much
needed sleep.
Miss Barrett's time in the water is
claimed to be a record for a woman in
a channel swim.
Throughout the long journey the
American woman was cheerful but
when the fog descended the party was
often worried by the sirens from
nearby boats. On one occasion they
were nearly run down by the night
mail steamer from France.
DR.. George Brewster of Londen,
who started a channel attempt three
hours after Miss Barrett had taken off
from Dover, gave up his effort about
five hours later, when a dense fog be.
gan to set in. He had made five
miles during the first three hours OF
his SWIM