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Evening star., 1926-03-23
B. P|CKMAN Mann
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Had Noted Career as Scien-
tiSt. Patent Examiner and
Authority on Books.

b. Pickman Mann. q years old
patent examiner. entomologist and
widely known for his work in con.
nection With the Esperanto LANGUAGE
died at his residence. 1918 Sund ."H'1
place. last night. He was n Ii J.
low of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science and be
longed to numerous scientific societies.
He had been In failing health since
undergoing Oh operation about two
years ago.
Mr.. Mann was president OF the
Board of Children's Guardians of the
District of Columbia from 1905-1914,
ana it was largely through his in
fiuence. it is stated. that the first
kindergartens were installed in the
public schools here.
Born in West Newton, Mass, Mr..
Mann at an early age moved to Vel
low Springs. Ohio, with his father,
the late Horace Mann, who was presi-
dent Of Antioch College at the Ohio
address. Following the death Of his
father, Mr.. Mann moved to Cam
bridge. Mass.
Graduate of Harvard.
He attended Harvard University
and was graduated in the class of
1870. Soon after his graduation he
went to Brazil as an entomologist.
Later he was an instructor in botany
at Bowdoin College and was appointe ell
assistant entomologist at the Depart
ment of Agriculture in 1881. since
which date he had lived in this city.
Six. years later he became an exam
;ner at the United States Patent Of
flee and continued in that capacity
until the time of his death. twice
having the time extended beyond the
retirement age.
Lond identified with the Peoples s
Church, Mr.. Mann served as a trus-
tee in 1892 and as it's treasurer in
1904 and again in 1922.
He was secretary OF the Esperanto
Association of America and associated
with other organizations as follows:
A life member Of the Cambridge
Entomology Club. having served as its
secretary and treasurer; a correspond.
ing member of the American En-.
tomology Society, a member Of the
Biological Society Of Washington, life
member OF the American Library AS
sociation. member Of the Bibliogra ph
lcal Society of America, member OF
the Cniversala Esperanto.Asocio, 10
lumbia Esperanto-Associo. serving as
its president in 1920 and as treasurer
OF the Single Tax Association the same
Na2r
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Wrote for Periodicals.

He was a contributor to many peri
odicals on scientific and bibliographi
cal subjects and was the editor Of a
catalogue on the Heterogeneous plants
Of the United tSates.
In addition to his various other
affiliations, Mr.. Mann was a member
of the Harvard Club of this city He
leaves one nephew. Hore ye Mann of
Richmond. Mass.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Rev. DR.. L. G. 3.
Pierce. pastor of All Souls Unitarian
Church. will officiate. Interment will
be in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Con-
cord, Mass.
Evening star., 1926-03-23
$27, ,784, $50 Alien Money in Italy.

ROME, March % CP.-The capital
of foreign stock companies in opera
ton in Italy. it is officially announced.
has increased since 1913 by 1O3, 900, 900
, lire. the present total being 691. 100. $50
lire. or about $27.7S4,650 at present
exchange rates.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
LLANFAIRPWILGWYNCYLL SHORT
FORM FOR NAME OF WELSH PLACE
And uanfairpwllgwyngyllgo yllgogerychwyrndrobwl
ndysiliogogogoch May Be Why Tourists Go Else
where When Travelling in British Isles.

station to get his transportation, he
cannot tell where he wishes to go.
If ticket agent in a tourist office
asks whether he would prefer to go
by this route or by that, with stop
over privileges here or there. the
sounds convey to him no impression
of any of the places he may have
read about.
He may have equipped himself in
advance by studying some easy rule
for pronouncing Welsh Names such
| as: TO pronounce Ii, place the tip
| Of the tongue back Of the upper front
teeth and blow through the side of
| the mouth; Oh is a strong cultural
having no equivalent in English, but
| Is prolonged (ach); w Is 90, as in
! good But IL ever he imagined he
| could remember such rules. he for
| gets their practical application the
| moment he hears glindiv'r-doo.i
meaning Glyndyfrdwy. It's SO much
| simpler to go elsewhere!
Consequently, at tourist agencies
| the Welsh window never has wait
| ing line, and few clerks are able to
! give one advice as to where to go,
| how long to stay and how to come
| back.
| 1T is pity, for within this little
principality, having an area consid.
erably smaller than New Jersey, one
will find the loftiest peak and the
| finest mountain scenery of England
and Wales, the loveliest waterfalls of
the British Isles, beaches which rival
those Of Atlantic City. Deauville or
| Brighton. streams that TEEN with
trout and other fish dear to the heart
OF the angler. footpaths through vale
and forest which cannot be rpassed
In the Tyrol or the Pyrenees and the
gray ruins of tessellated towers and
| frowning bastions. each of which has
its own tale to tell Of romantic ad-
| venture and Of daring in the dark or
middle ages. when English kings Lat
| tied ceaselessly to curb turbulent
Welsh princes whose chief end and
| aim in life was warfare
Evening star., 1926-06-01
REED DEN0UNCES
BROOKHART AIDES
Pennsylvania Senator Says
His Franking Privilege Has
Been Abused.

Unfair tactics and abuse of the
franking privilege was charged to
Brookhart supporters in Iowa today
by Senator Reed, Republican, Of
Pennsylvania. Col. Smith w. Brook
hart is engaged in a strenuous pri-
mary fight with Senator Cummins.
which is to be settled at the polls next
Monday.
Senator Reed. who argued for the
seating of Brookhart in his recent
contest with Senator Steck, produced
an affidavit sent to him by an Iowan
to show that an envelope sent out by
Brookhart's supporters under Sena-
tor Reeds frank contained not only
his Senate speech. but also a cam
paign circular entitled 1.-The Voice of
Brookhart Is the Voice Of Iowa."
AT the request of Senator La Fol
lette of Wisconsin," said Senator
Reed, II gave permission for the use
Of my speech under my frank, but
I did not know, nor did Senator Ia
Toilette. l am sure. that the same
frank was to cover the Brookhart
campaign committees distribution OF
a purely political circular. This is ir
clear violation of the law, and If
permitted the use of my frank for
this purpose I would have violated
the law. 1 want to say publicly that
I did not sanction this action. but, or
the contrary, strongly disapprove OF
it."
Senator La Toilette corroborated ed
Senator Reeds statement as to his
obtaining permission for the reprin,
Of several thousand copies Of the
speech delivered by Senator Reed. to
be sent out under Senator Reeds
frank Like Senator Reed, he said
he had no idea that any campaign
material would be included under the
frank Of Senator Reed. However
Senator La Toilette said that he be
lieved the judgment Of the Senate
should be suspended until it had beer
definitely ascertained whether Col
Brookhart's campaign management
had actually included the campaign
circular with the speech Of Senator
Reed under Senator Reeds frank.
II recall. said Senator La Toilette
that in 1922 during my fathers cam
paign charge was made that a
campaign document had been sent
out under his frank. The matter was
Investigated and found not to be true
I will telegraph to Col. Brookhart
and obtain from him the facts in this
matter
Evening star., 1926-06-01

Pursers. passport officers and print
ers were disconnected the other day
by the arrival of a steamship passen.
ger in New York, who gave her name
address as:
"Llanfairpwllgwyngy
rndrobwllllandysiliogogogoch.
There is such place, though
practical map makers irreverently
label it briefly I.lanfairpwllgwyngy
or even merely 'Llanfair p. G. says
a communication to the National Geo.
graphic Society by Ralph A. Graves.
However, the 58letter title Is its
unabridged. honest-to.Cymric name.
which means Church of St. Mary in
Il hollow of white hazel. near to a
, rapid whirlpool and to st. Tysilio's
Church. near to a red cave
"Orthography may be one reason
why so few of thousands of Amer
lean tourists include Wales in their
, itinerary. though it Is one Of the
most alluring regions of the British
Isles.
THE average American traveller
takes one glance at his guide book or
at the tourist agency folder and de-
cides to go to the English lakes dis
trict, to Scotland, to the Lorna
Doone' country or-Paris.
He lacks the courage to wrestle
with such place names as Bet:ws-y-
Coed. Bodelwyddan. Dwygyfylchi
Clywd, Llandudno, Pwllheli and Pen
y-Gwryd.
IF the traveller goes to a railway
Evening star., 1926-06-01
LEPROSY CONTROL
URGENTLY NEEDED
Public Health Service Calls Con.
ference to Discuss New
Legislation.

If leprosy is to be eradicated from
the United States more authority
must be given local health officers to
enforce quarantine. State and terri.
toral health officials have been called
into conference with the Public Health
Service to discuss the advisability Of
securing further legislation to remedy
this defect in the States where 1t is
needed.
Leprosy is quarantinable according
to the laws Of most States, but they
in a few is it obligatory on the State
health officer to enforce it. The mat.
ter appears to be to certain extent
optional and a general tightening up
Of regulations is felt to be necessary
according TO a report issued from the
Surgeon Generals Office. Though the
Public Health Service aims to secure
segregation of leperS where the lives
of others are in danger. 1t is averse
TO taking any drastic steps that will
work hardship for those suffering
from leprosy who are already living
in segregation under supervision.
1t is estimated there are about 1000
cases in this country, of which 260 are
in the National Home for Lepers at
Carville, La. Here lepers can receive
at Government expense all that mod
ern medical research has to give to
conquer this dreaded disease. 1t is
thought that if more lepers were
aware Of this fact more would present
themselves voluntarily for treatment,
rather than try to avoid segregation
by law, for the cases taken in the
early stages can be completely cured.
X-rays, ultra violet light and radium
are now used in various phases Of
leprosy Since the known compounds
of chaulmoogra oil, the principal medi-
cative agent used in TINS work, cannot
be digested by some individuals, new
forms are being sought in the labora-
tory in order that as large a quantity
as possible of the precious drug can
be made available to every leper.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Army of Millions of Pigeons Believed
Gathering for Migration to the Ozarks

Of the settling of the Ozarks did not
have to be science. De Priest. born
in log cabin on Eleven Point River.
in Oregon County. was known as the
champion pigeon killer of the Ozarks.
Armed with double. barrel shotguns,
the hunters gathered near the pigeon
roosts. After it became dark, they
made their way into the timberland
where the birds had gathered. Then
the shooting began and continued un-
til the guns became so hot 1t was
dangerous to use them longer. De
Priest said. Often the shooting con-
tinued almost all night long.
At dawn the birds would leave for
| another roost, and as they formed in
circles and flew away the noise re-
sernbled g. thunderstorm. The hunt.
ers watched the birds from points OF
vantage and located their next roost
which often was only a few miles
| away, where the scene would be re-
| peated the next night.
| After the birds had moved the hunt
| ers picked up the dead pigeons, load
ed them in wagons and hauled them
| to the nearest railroad station to be
shipped to market. Families for miles
around were supplied with wild
pigeons. If it was in Winter the
birds would be picked and drawn and
hung in the cold to freeze, sometimes
supplying the household for weeks
If the moon happened to come up
the shooting always ceased. because
| the pigeons flew away when fired
upon during moonlight or in the day
time.
Hunters from Michigan followed the
| flight of the pigeons from their roost
| ing place in that State to the OZarks
and thence TO Indiana, which usually
| was their last stand until the 1nigra
| ton back to Michigan. AT times the
| pigeons would not come each year
but always returned in even larger
numbers until about corn-gatherine
time in 1884, when they made their
| last appearance.
The Wild pigeon was one Of the
swiftest birds of the air. No hawk
| could catch il. Duck hunters would
miss a wild pigeon every time wher
they shot at the bird in flight. The
| pigeon hunters were well paid fol
| their efforts as there always was 9
| big demand for the birds. Trappers
| received $1.25 dozen for them.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
ALCOHOL PERMIT
RULE IS UPHELD
Commissioner of Internal
Revenues Right to Deny
Licenses Defined.
By the Associated Press.


The right of the commissioner Of in
ternal revenue to grant or deny de-
maturing permits under the Nolstead
act was upheld today by the Supreme
Court.
The court held that the commissioner
had not abused his discretion IN re-
fuslng to issue a permit to the Ma
King Products Co. of Pittsburgh.
The Supreme Court held that the
dominant purpose" of the Nolstead
act was to prevent the use of intoXl-
eating liquor as a beverage and that
all its provisions are to be Literally
construed to that end.
1T does not provide that the COM
missioner shall issue any liquor per.
mitS, but merely that he may do so,
the court continued. 1t speclf1cally
requires the application to show the
qualification of the applicant. and
authorizes the commissioner to pre-
scribe the facts to he set forth therein.
These provisions, as well as the
purpose OF the act, are entirely in
consistent with any intention on the
part of Congress that the CommlS-
Sioner should perform the merely per
functOry duty of granting permit, 10
any and every applicant without rel
erence to his qualifications and Mt
ness; and they necessarily imply that
IN O1ueE 10 prevent NlOAh1ipiiFo Va eiAN
act he shall, before granting permit.
determine in the exercise Of his sound
discretion whether the applicant Is a
fit person to be intrusted with such
privilege.
1T is clear that Congress in provid-
ing that an adverse decision of the
commissioner might be reviewed in
court of equity, did not undertake to
vest in the courts the administrative
functions of determining whether or
not the permit should be granted; but
that this provision is to be construed,
in the light of the we'll established
rule in analogous cases. as merely
giving the court authority to deter
mine whether upon the facts and law
the action of the commissioner is
based upon an error of law or II
wholly unsupported by the evidence
or clearly arbitrary or capricious.
Here, plainly, the refusal Of the per-
init involves no error of law"
Evening star., 1926-06-01
ENGRAVED RUBY GUIDES
PARTY IN TREASURE HUNT
Three Europeans Boldly Advertise
Search for Hidden Wealth
In Mongolia.

MOSCOW, April 80 Correspondence
"A fabulous treasure buried IN Mon
golia Is being sought by party of
three Europeans who are reported TO
have left Harbin, China. for Khailar,
Manchuria, 110 miles east of the 81
berian border.
The party. which advertises its
aims with the Russian initials
"AIMK," meaning Association of
Searchers for Mongol Treasure.
painted on it's many pieces of bag
gage, has ruby engraved with
minute Mongol characters purportlne
to constitute a plan showing where
the treasure is buried.
The searchers say they are not
seeking the loot buried by the insane
Baron Ungern Won Sterberg. but hint
that the treasure is located In the
area where the American expedition
under Roy Chapman Andrews was
operating before its expulsion from
Mongolia. A scientific expedition Is
also starting for the same locality tt
continue the diggings of Prof. Dom
browsky for dinosaur remains In the
Cobb desert.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
VOTEFOR CLOTURE
FAILS IN SENATE
Opponents Unable to Limit
Debate on Migratory
Bird Bill.

The Senate refused roday to invoke
its drastic cloture rule to limit debate
on the migratory bird bill. behind
which d jam Of farm relief and other
legislation is piled up.
With the exception Of Underwood
Of Alabama and Harris of Georgia.
Southern Democrats were unit
against shutting off debate. Demo
Gratis from Western States and the
East voted to invoke the rule.
The vote was As for to 33 against,
or seven less than the required two
thirds majority.
Twentyfour Democrats joined with
eight Republicans and the one Farm
er Labor i'll opposing cloture. while
SO Republicans and 10 Democrats
voted in favor Of il.
Discussion Of the bill. which pro
poses Federal regulations to protect
migratory birds, has dragged ON for
days, and it's opponents show no dis
position to let it come To II vote. II
has been attacked as an invasion of
States rights
Only twice has the Senate used its
limitation rule, once during the
League OF Nations fight and more re
| Gently to force II Vote on the " orld
Court.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
NEW BOAT TRAFFIC
TO PLY MISSOURI
"Big Muddy" Will be Revived
as Trade Lane Through
Federal Funds.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, June 1.--When
the little blue-winged teal first took
the water on the Missouri River ages
ago, it began navigation history on
the big Muddy" that soon is to see
another step in its evolution.
The Indian with his canoe, the half
civilized voyager with his pirogue.
the fur trader with his keel boat and
the "dingey" or little steamboat with
a single boiler and engine, successive
ly toiled up and down the treacherous
river, each marking a step forward in
navigation.
100000 Is to BE Spent.
The magnificent steamboat Of the
SOS. that great floating palace that
marked the heydey of steamboating
on the Missouri held sway for a dee
ade or more and with it's passing riv.
er traffic halted. Now is to come
the power boat and string of freight
laden barges. This modern means of
river commerce is to be made possible
by a channel improvement program
extending over five years. whereby
approximately $4,000 900 will be spent
the first year between Kansas City
and St. Louis.
ue iIISl dtleIHpt 10 navigate the
Missouri by steam was made in 1919
1t was n hazardous undertaking. Be
sides the danger Of the river. which
needed the most skillful NAVIGATION
because OF snags, sandbafD and
tortuous channel. there was the dan.
ger Of the lurking savage. concealed
in the grass along the river banks
ready to open fire on the boatmen
without warning
First Boat Had "Serpent."
The Western Engineer. small
steamboat 20 feet long, was the first
to ascend the river as far as Council
Evening star., 1926-06-01

Bluffs. which it reached September
II, 1919. 1t was built expressly to
awe the Indian. On the bow. run
ming from the keelson forward, was
u large steam escape pipe. made in
imitation of a serpent. The pipe was
painted black and the mouth Of it
red, and clouds of steam belched forth
as the little ship crawled upstream at
the rate of three miles an hour.
The first steamboat to ascend the
river above Council Bluffs was the
Yellowstone of the American Fur Co,
which left st. Louis April 16. 1881.
and reached the mouth of the Bad
River in South Dakota on June 49,
The following year the Yellowstone
ascended to the mouth of the Yellow
stone River. thus demonstrating the
claim long made by Army engineers
that the Missouri was navigable that
far.
Traffic on the Big Muddy" flour
ished after 1880 and was at its
height between 1850 and 1860 Lines
Of noble boats piled the stream, max
ing possible the military and trading
posts of the ever extending frontier.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
POLICE SEIZE $1,000
TWO-STORY DISTILLERY
Giant Plant Was Housed in Build.
ing Occupied by House
Decorator.

Raiding today the residence of
Norris Lean. decorator, at 1924 II
street. Capt. Burlingame's flying
squadron discovered 300-gallon still
and a plant, ramifications Of which
extended over two stories Of the
building.
approximately $50 gallons Of liquor,
"a large hogsheads of mash and a
varied assortment of incidentals to
the plant were conflscated.
1t was estimated by the liquor
raiders that the plant cost approx
mately $4,000
Special apparatus had been installed
which was located in the bathroom
on the second floor. Through n clever
device the product was led up to
the third floor for condensation by "a
series Of lead pipes. The third floor
was virtually a storehouse for in
gradients used in the plant and the
second floor apparently was the ship
ing room Of the concern. The raiders
said that they had not definitely as
certained who was the owner of the
outfit. since no one was at home when
the raid was made. The house is
occupied, however. by Mr.. Lean,
whose sign on the front indicates he
is a paperhanger and decorator.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WEST PLAINS, Mo-, June BE
lief that some where in Central Amer
lea or perhaps still farther south, mil
lions of wild pigeons are assembling
for another migration to the Missouri
Ozarks is expressed by Lewis ]. de
Priest and others who hunted the
birds years ago when they paid an
nual visits to this region.
1t was AZ years ago, in the Fall of
1884, that the pigeons made their
last flight to the timberlands of the
south Missouri and north Arkansas
Ozarks from the pine forests of Michi-
gan.
Trees were broken by the weight
Of the birds that clung to the
branches.
The pigeons could be heard for
miles as they few into the Ozark
country, De Priest continued. AS
they settled to the earth the birds
formed q huge circle which narrowed
as they reached the tree tops and
dropped on the branches Sometimes
the roosts covered an area of to 1C
acres.
Pigeon shooting in the early days
Evening star., 1926-06-01
BEER INSTEAD OF WATER
TO PUNISH LEGISLATORS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June members OF the
Prussian Landtag may be compelled
to drink beer instead Of water.
Since recent disorders in the cham.
ber, during which a member of the
Left doused his opponents with water
until they raised umbrellas and ad-
vanced to meet him in hand-to-h hand
combat, the rules committee has
threatened to remove the water bot
ties from the desks of members. If
this were done there would remain
nothing but beer from the Diet res.
taurant with which members could
quench their thirst. and it would not
be handy enough for use to douse
members.
Speaker Bartel, however, is op.
posed to removing the water carafes.
He considers water a necessary
lubricant for the throats of long
winded speakers. Also, he fears that
II members We're to drink beer in
the same quantity as water is con-
sun,ed. outbreaks of disorder would
be more prevalent.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
JAMES M. LYNCH BEHIND
IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Head of International Union Trails
Charles p. Howard Of Chicago
in Incomplete Returns.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June l.
James NJ. Lynch, president of the In
ternational Typographical Union, and
a prominent labor leader for more
than 25 years, received the first politi-
cal setback of his career today when
incomplete returns on the unions
election indicated his defeat by
Charles p. Howard of Chicago.
Lynch was running 1900 votes be-
hind Howard on returns from 735
local unions, with about 100 unions to
be heard from. Additional returns are
not expected to change the result ma
terially. The election was held in To-
cal unions last Wednesday and results
were mailed to headquarters.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
GERMAN TRADE ACTIVE.
Company Gets Radio Concession in
Constantinople District.

VIENNA, May l respondence@
The 'Telefunken." a German COM
pany, has received the concession for
radio in the Constantinople section OF
Turkey. The operating company Will
be known as the Electro Radium.
It is financed by the Deutches Bank,
the Banque d'Afaires and the Credit
National. The concession Is good for
40 years.
Besides a commercial wireless trans.
mission station the company obligates
itself to construct an electrical
machinery plant in Turkey.