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Evening star., 1926-06-13
SUICIDE IS KNOWN
EVEN TO PRIMITIVE
Is Most Common, However,
Among Highest Civilized.
City Rate Grows.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CHICAGO. June 12-Suicide. charac-
teristic of modern western cities, is
found also among all except the most
simple of primitive peoples. But the
suicide of primitive people differs IN
several ways from that of present-day
America, according to report to the
American Anthropological Association
by Miss Ruth Shonle, graduate stu.
dent at the University of Chicago.
While primitive people commit sui
eide because of quarrelS, love affalrs.
deaths and illness in the same manner
that civilized people do such suicides
among primitive people are very rare
This personal type of suicide, which
occurs when individual wishes or needs
are disturbed, is found most frequently
in modern cities, where the individual
is allowed to drift along by himself
without much supervision by society.
In the primitive village every need
of life is recognized and regulated by
the group, consequently there Is lit
tie opportunity for an individual to be-
come disorganiZed and unhappy. The
stable customs and incorporation of
the individual into the neighborhood
in civilized rural and religious COM
munitieS makes them similar to the
primitive society, and they also nave
few suicides. In the United States the
city suicide rate is more than 30 per
cent higher than the rate in rural dis
tricts, while in some European coun-
tries two to three times as many sui
cides per unit of population occur in
cities as in the rural communities.
A striking contrast to Europe and
America is found in the institutional
suicides among primitive people-sui-
eide which occurs at the command of
the tribe and with it's assistance, and
usually with some ritual. Such sui
cides are those of the sick and aged
in Eskimo and Northern Asiatic tribes.
and suicide as punishment in parts of
Africa; they are most widespread in
the Pacific Islands and Africa, where
it is customary for the widow to COM
NIT suicide with the assistance nf her
friends at her husbands funeral. This
same kind of suicide formerly was
found in the Orient, the "Suttee" of
Hindu widows being perhaps the most
conspicuous example, but 1t is not
found in Europe and America because
the individualism of the last few cen
turies has released the individual from
the strict social control which is nee
essary for such suicides, and also be-
cause in these countries Christianity
has given to human life a value para
mount to all other values.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Marine Corps Orders.

Lieut.. Col. F. Halford has been
transferred from the Naval War Col
lege, Newport, +. L.. to the Army War
College. this city; Maj. II. L. Parsons,
from Quantico, Va, TO the General
Staff School, Fort Leavenworth.
kans.: Mai. c. E. Nutting. from this
city to Quantico; Capt. T. a. Tighe.
from Quantico TO San Diego, Calf;
First Lieut.. A. +. Benson, from San
Francisco to Quantico; First Lieut.. c.
w. Meigs, from Port au Prince to
Quantico; Second Lieut.. J. D. Muncie,
from the battleship Texas to Guam
tico; Second Lieut.. T. G. Perrin. from
Quantico TO the Texas, and Second
Iieuts. F. w. Biehl at Newport, r. /;
j. y. Hart at Hampton Roads; j. w.
Lakso at I.akehurst. y. j.; W. ". Orr
at Philadelphia, and K. J. Straub at
Coco Solo, Panama, To Quantico.
Lieut. Col. W. Il. Redles has been
retired.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Modern Girl Travels Light.

From the New York Post.
Complaints of a falling off in busi-
ness by the express companies serve
to emphasize the changes in womens
wearing apparel. The grandmother
of the present-day girl would not
have dreamed of going away during
the Summer without spending the
previous week packing two or three
Saratogas, all the while lamenting
her lack of trunk room. The material
alone in her bathing suit would have
been sufficient to make a dozen bath
ing suits Of today. On arriving at
her destination. grandmother would
pass many anxious hours locating
her baggage, and when she did find
it she would be shocked at the dam
age wrought by the old-time baggage
smaShers.
The modern girl is wiser. She
packs a half dozen dresses in an
ordinary bag, twice as many pairs
Of stockings. and takes all along with
her. Her baggage is the least of
her worries, and on the whole. she
is better dressed than grandmother
was, even though every one Of grand
mothers 1ftpcks helped keep the
sidewalks clean with q yard or two
trailing behind.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
.l,ODOPOUND GIANT
WORLDS HEAVIEST
North Carolina Claims Title
Held in Britain by 739
Founder.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CHARLOTTE, N. c.. June 12-That
David Lambert. the British colossus,
was the worlds most corpulent man
is emphatically denied by North Caro-
lima. And not without reason.
For not SO many years ago there
lived a giant in this State who gave
one a conception of just about how
Jack-the-Giant-Kill really looked
and that's no fairy tale.
According to the Dictionary of Ma
tional Biography, edited by Sidney
Lee, volume of which appeared in
1909, the British giant attained a
weight of 739 pounds before his death
at Stamford in 1908. He was then
proclaimed the worlds most corpulent
man of whom authentic record eX-
listed.
The North Carolina giant exceeded
Lambert's weight by more than a
third and is believed to have been the
worlds heaviest man. He was Miles
Darden, and was seven and a half feet
tall and weighed a little more than
l 900 pounds when he died in Hender-
son County, Tenn, on January 90,
1857.
Darden was born in North Carolina
in 1898 and lived a quiet life and was
little heard of outside his native
county. He married twice, but none
of his children attained much more
than normal proportion.
In 1850, it is recorded. Darden's
coat was buttoned around three men,
each of whom weighed more than 200
pounds, and together they walked in
it across the square at Lexington. AT
that time it. required 1212 yards of
cloth to make Darden a coat
In 1853 he was able to work, but
after that it was necessary to haul
him around in a two-hOrse wagon.
When he died. his casket was feet
long and 35 inches deep and 80 inches
across. Twenty-i~ yards of black
velvet was REQ lire TO cover the sides
and lid of the coffin.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Budget Meeting June 21.

The semi annual meeting of the
governments business organization
will be held Monday night. June 81,
at Memorial Continental Hall, when
President Coolidge will address the
gathering to explain his budget
program for the next fiscal year.
Budget Director Lord will speak also.
The Navy Band. Lieut.. Charles
Benter, leader, will render a musical
program from 1880 to s o'clock at
which hour the President is schedu-
led to speak. The program will be
hrOa dcaSt,
Evening star., 1926-06-13
MADDOX MADE LID.
Rockford College President Hon
ored by William and Mary.

President William Arthur Maddox of
Rockford College, Illinois, a native Of
Washington, where he spent his youth
and has many relatives and friends,
received the honorary degree of LID.
from the College of William and Mary
at it's 233d commencement exercises
last week.
Or. Maddox is a Phi Beta Kappa
honor graduate of William and Mary
of the class of 1904 and holds the A.
NJ. and Ph. ID. degrees from Columbia
University, where he was professor of
education before going to Rockford
College, of which he has been presi-
dent since 1919. He is a. member of
the bishops council Of the Episcopal
diocese Of Chicago and also is active
in social service work.
DIR. Maddox also is a member Of the
Theta Delta Chi, Phi Delta Kappa and
Pi Gamma Mu, professional and
scholastic fraternities.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

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Ohio. $4,000; Wilmington, Ohio
$35, 900 for site).
Donora, Pa, 100000 (for site): Lewis
town, Pa. $50 900: McKees Rocks, Pa,
$4,000; Olyphant, Pa, $4,000 for
site); Sayre, 100000 for sitel; Tama'
qua, S27, 900 for site); Tarentum, Pa,
$25 900; Waynesburg, Pa, $4,000 for
site).
Lancaster. S. c., $4,000; Chamber
lain. S. Oak, s25,000 Athens, Tenn,
100000; Seattle, Wash, 100000; Will
hanson, w. Va, $4,000: Madison,
Wis, S150O00; Tomah, Wis. $4,000;
Buffalo, Wyo., $4,000; Cody, Wyo.,
$4,000.
Chicago under another item would
get S2,225 900 for a purchase of a
site for Federal building and improve
ments at the Marine Hospital; San
dusky, Ohio additional story), $4,000;
Pittsburgh, $1,127,0 900 for purchase of
additional land. for a new post office
building); Paris, Tex, $4,000 (addi.
tional story; Seattle, Wash, $4,000
for purchase of land and improve
ments for the assay office.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
LEJEUNE WILL SPEAK.

Mai. Gen. John A. Lejeune, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps. will be
the guest of honor and speaker at the
final luncheon meeting for the season
of the Washington Advertising Club
next Tuesday at 1890 O'Clock in the
blue room of the Mems City Club.
The entertainment program will. in
clude a dancing feature by Baby Mar
garet Levy, and music viii be fur
nished by John Slaughters orchestra.
Prizes will be awarded.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Wahabi Only a Revival.

Vandalism, the militant reform
movement underway in Arabia. is not
a new movement in an sense. 1t was
initiated in 1740 by Mohammed lbu
Abdul Wahab a native of Nejd, who
having spent years in the study OF the
Koran and as result OF study OF the
conditions in Moslem. was struck by
the low estate into which the teachings
Of Mohammed had fallen. He took an
oath TO dedicate his life 10 bring about
a revision of the early Islam and the
purity of it's precepts. The Ottoman
government suppressed it some years
ago, but it was revived after the war.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
SLUSH FUND PROBE MAY BRING
CONTEST IF WARE is ELECTED

distinct from the statewide organiZa-
ton. It would not total more than
$40 900, he said, outside Of the $4,000
which Mrs. Pinchot contributed to the
Philadelphia city, or county, organ
ization. He said that there was a def
cit of about $4,000 in the accounts of
the statewide committee. but that
this was offset by a balance Of $4,000
in the hands of the Philadelphia com
mittee.
Had Read Of Threats.
Mr.. Goodnough, who has been a
member Of the Pennsylvania LegiSla-
ture for more than 10 years and was
speaker of the assembly in 1923, was
asked by Senator Reed what he
knew about a report that Mayor Kline
of Pittsburgh had addressed meet
ing of city employees before the pri-
mary and told them that If they did
not support the Pepper-Ffsher ticket
on election day they would lose their
jobs the day after.
Mr.. Goodnough said he had read
this report In the newspapers at the
time of the alleged meeting, but that
he had no personal knowledge of the
matter. The committee, it is expect.
ed. will summon Mayor Kline ana
question him about 1t.
Mr., Goodnough told the committee
that he had been informed in Phlla-
delphia many of the voters had been
assisted" in marking their ballots at
the primary. This, he said, was
against the law. He told. too, of the
efforts Of Gov. Pinchot and his frlends
in the State Legislature to have laws
enacted amending and Strengthening
the election laws of the State at a
special session last Winter. A dozen
bills, he said, had been offered to
remedy the situation and all OF them
had been pigeonholed in committee or
had been adversely reported, due to
the efforts Of the gang"
Plans to Impeach Mayor.
Mr.. Goodnough said he had declared
he would offer a resolution to i'm
peach Mayor Kline of Pittsburgh be-
cause of his coercion of city employees,
when the Legislature meets again.
II will offer such a resolution" he
said.
At the earlier session yesterday, the
committee heard from an eyewitness
how the watchers and workers at
the primary had been paid off in cash
at the Pepper Fisher and Nare-Beidel-
man headquarters in Pittsburgh. The
long line of men waiting for money,
he said, resembled a run on bank.
1t took days to pay them off. and
most of them were paid with $40 bills
and MANY Of them received rolls Of
bills.
The witness was Frederick Beutel,
who had charge of speakers and meet
ings for the Pinchot committee in
Pittsburgh. He is an instructor in
law at the University of Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Everything is topsy-turvy these
days out at the Zoo, from the view
point of the latest arrival there from
the wilds of Costa Rica. He Is the
only animal whose natural position
is upside down, and his name is Ger
aid Sloth Tor possibly Geraldine).
Mr.. Sloth stands down as easily as
the other beasts of the earth stand
up. Walking upright in fact, is as
difficult for n member of his family
as walking on his hands IS for Presi-
dent Coolidge or somebody else not
acrobatically inclined.
Were it not for the limbs Of trees
this peculiar animal would have to
spend the remainder of its days on
its back, paving the air. Limbs, in
the opinion of Mr.. Sloth, We're made
to hang from, and consequently he Is
IN ardent opponent of anti-lynching
legislation.
The local Zoos particular sloth has
lust arrived from Costa Rica through
the courtesy of Samuel krcss of the
United Fruit Company. whose officials
already have sent numerous animals
here. He is the only one Of his ilk
Evening star., 1926-06-13
ORMOND MILTON WEDS,
Miss Traendly of New York Be-
comes Bride Of Washington Man.

comes BRIDE OF Washington Man.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 12.-Miss Ma
rion Traendly, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Traendly, today was mar
ried to Ormond Milton, son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Baldwin Milton of
Washington, D. c. The Rdv, DR.. Wal
lace performed the ceremony, which
took place in St. Paurs Church, Flat
bush.
The bride was attended by her SIS
ter, Miss Charlotte Traendly, as maid
Of honor, the other attendants being
Mrs. Clinton S. Burr, Mrs. William
N. Packard. Miss Anne Miller and
Miss Josephine Traendly, another Sis
ter of the bride.
Mr.. Milton had Edgar Lands for
best man and the ushers were Prince
Dmitri Eristoff, Norman Hubbard,
Charles Carlin and Charles Traendly,
a brother of the bride.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Swedish Lutherans Pick Omaha.

PHILADELPHIA, June IL P.-
The Lutheran Augustana Synod,
holding it's sixty-seventh annual con-
vention here, today chose Omaha,
Nebr., as the place for the 1927 con-
vention. Moline. ILL.,, and Joliet. ILL.,,
also sought to win the 1927 meeting.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

in Washington and may be viewed
almost any afternoon in the ante
lope apartments, not far from the
lion house.
According to the Smithsonian In
stitution, the sloth hangs perpetually
downward from the branches of trees.
aided by a permanent wave in its
toes. 1t can move along the limbs
with ease, but Is helpless "out of its
element" on the ground. 1t never
leaves a tree until it has stripped it
of all its foliage. How it gets TO the
next tree was not explained in the
official announcement.
Mrs. Sloth produces one offspring
per annum, carrying the youngster
until he is able 10 hang, himself. The
sloth family resides in the wooded
sections of tropical America, extend
ing northWard into Mexico.
Interviewed concerning conditions
in Costa Rica, Gerald t-ine0 declared
yesterday that everything seems very
upset.
Now that I'm here, however" he
stated, as he swung into reverse
English, II really don't give a hang"
Evening star., 1926-06-13
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governor, and Woodward for secre-
tary Of internal affairs. Ware was
on the ticket with Beidleman for
governor, James for lieutenant gov
ernor and Woodward for secretary of
internal affairs.
Democrats frankly admitted yester-
day that they intended to make the
most Of the revelations Of corruption
in the Pennsylvania Republican
primaries in the coming congressional
campaign. They will charge that the
Republicans are engaged in buying
Offices. 1t will be used as an argu-
ment, Of course, in behalf Of Mr..
Wilson, the Democratic nominee for
the Senate, next November. But the
chances of Mr.. Wilson against Mr..
and Ware factions in the recent pri-
in view of the fact that the Mellon
and Ware factions in the recent prim-
mary have now gotten together, elect
ed their State committee officers and
announced they will carry on for
Republican victory IN the Fall.
May Investigate Illinois Vote.
In fact, the senatorial investigating
committee is looked upon as a valu-
dDic " lIlc bSulOCldIlC CdtIl-
paign for control of the Senate and
the House in the next Congress. AS
soon as the Pennsylvania primary
investigation has been concluded, 1t is
expected that the committee will turn
it's attention to the senatorial primary
in Illinois.
The investigation of the Pennsyl-
vania primary will be resumed at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning in the Sen
ate Office Building. The hearing was
cut short yesterday afternoon because
the committee had exhausted the wit
nesSes in Washington. Many of those
already summoned had been given
permission to absent themselves be-
cause of the election of the Pennsyl-
vania Republican State committee in
Philadelphia yesterday. Mr.. Ware is
the only one of the three senatorial
candidates who has not yet been
heard by the committee. 1t is
expected he will he questioned by
the committee this week. Both
Gov. Pinchot and Senator Pepper
have testified. Others whom the COM
mittee is expected to hear are Harry
A. Mackey. statewide manager for
Ware, and Representative John NORM
of Pittsburgh. who was manager for
Ware in the western part of the State.
A number Of subpoenas will be is
sued for other witnesses whose names
have not been announced.
C. ]. Goodnough, statewide man
ager Of the Pinchot campaign, was
the only witness at the hearing yes
terday afternoon. He estimated that
the expenditures for Gov. Pinchot
would not exceed S175,0 900. He said
that very little money had been
raised by the county organizations as
Evening star., 1926-06-13
WELLINGTON DUE JUNE 80
Canada's Governor General-Elect
to Sail From Japan.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
June IL N.-Word was received to-
day that Lord Willingdon, Canada s
governor generalelect, will arrive
here June 80 aboard the Empress Of
Australia.
Lord Wilmington, who will return to
England for a short stay before TAX
ing UP his official duties in Canada,
will board the ship at Yokohama,
Japan. He is expected to make his
official report as head of the Boxer
Indemnity Commission in July.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
WEDS A. HOME PLATE.
Tennessee Player Takes Bride Be
fore Game in Knoxville.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June II (P).
Using the home plate as the altar.
Frank Pack and Miss Ortha Dale,
both of Knoxville. today We're
married as a prelude to a double
header base ball game between two
local church teams. on one of which
Pack plays shortstop.
Following the ceremony the groom
took his place with his teammates
while the bride watched the athletic
prowess of her husband from the
side lines.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

In the belief that if shooting rights
of Ulster, Scotland, would, if developed
in England, bring nearly $10,000,000 a
year, farmers and others are starting
movement to develop the game
preserves.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Spain Revises Criminal Code.

The ancient criminal code of Spain
is being revised. Under the old code
all thieves We're subject to severe
punishment. but under the revision
the term of the punishment will de
pend upon the amount stolen. ANY
one who stole S150.000 or more would
he subject to life Imprisonment.
Blackmail, libel and threats over the
radio are made subject to severe pun
ishment, though it is made flexible
according to the degree of the offense.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

NEW DI TCH COLONIAL RESIDENCE
III LELAND STREET.
Easy to Buy Easy to CarrV~
Chevy Chase Md: near Columbia Country
Club. Lot 90x1S4 fl. Beautiful wooded
section in rear Suitable | or . families
. rooms. . baths II each floor 1 bedroom
on 1st floor: room End floor now used a.
kitchen may be used as bedroom towner
will remove range. etc. sun parlor. glass
inclosed sleeping porch; large open porch
NokOl heat storage hot water awnings
screens: garage: storage attic: Johns Man
leavinE CITY. apply A. J. POSITION. 165
broadway. y. Y. or broker. Phone Cleye-
land 1881 for appointment to inspect.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

"Untamed tongues" was the verdict
of the coroner after gossip had caused
the interruption of the funeral of a
woman at st. Phillips. Scotland, SO
that post mortem could be made,
only TO show that she had died from
natural causes.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
$5,825,OO0 is SOUGHT
FOR NEW BUILDINGS
IN DEFICIENCY BILL

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Evening star., 1926-02-15
Munsey

Once again we hear the story often
told when great men quit, how a lad
aSpirod to glory with no assets but
his grit. Frank A. Munsey labored
StarkfJ on a stony farm i'll Maine.
hoeing beans and Vowing darkly that
such doings gave him pain. Count
less other boys We're willing to ac-
cept their dreary fate, up and down
the bean rows drilling, toiling early.
toiling late. Always there are hope
less toilers, lads who. dream not or
aspire, packing water to the boilers,
packing stovewood to the fire.
Through their threescore years and
20 they pursue their heavy task; If
they've food and clothes a-plenty.
nothing better do they ask. In the
end, by sickness smitten, they cease
drawing wholesome breath; nothing
on their tombs is written but the
dates of birth and death. Always
there is one among them who has
dreams of better things, who dislikes
the toll that wrung them, who would
like to walk with kings. Such was
Munsey and he hied him to the city
far away; want was walking there
b. side him, trouble was his comrade
gray. But the problems that might
haunt him could not spoil his pleasant
grin; no encouragement could daunt
him. he was there to work and win
And he worked and won Sublimely
nothing could his force abate: when
he reached his tomb untimely he was
claSSed among the great. It's the old
familiar story of the boy with noble
aim. rising, till when old and hoary
he has conquered wealth and fame
It's a story worth the telling and I
spring it on the lads who assemble
in my dwelling to discourse of fame
and scads.
(Copyright) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1926-02-15
TWO POLICE ROUT
6 BANDITS IN FIGHT
Kill One and Wound Another
SeriousIy--2O0 Shots
Exchanged.
By the Associated Press.

MADISON, ILL.,. February 15.-One
bandit dead, another probably fatally
wounded and two others believed
wounded appeared to have been the
eesults Of a street gunlight between
six robbers and two officers following
a holdup in a poolroom here shortly
before midnight Saturday.
Nearly 200 shots were exchanged
between bandits and officers in the
pitched battle on a principal thorough
fare Of Madison. One bandit, believed
to have been Louis Riddle, was fatally
shot in the fight and died a short time
later.
Another, identified as G. A Baker
Charleston, Ill, is in q critical con-
dition in hospital at Decatur, Ill.
after a mad dash of l25 miles across
the State in the bullet -riddled bandit
car. Two others, who also fled in the
car, are believed to have escaped. and
the two others of the Sextet. who ran
and escaped, are thought to have been
wounded. as they were seen limping
as they ran.
Tho raid on the pool hall. staged in
Wild West style, with firing Of shots to
tntimidate the Is persons in the estab-
lishment as they lined up against tho
wall. netted the bandits nothing They
obtained Sos. but dropped it during the
guntight and it was recovered.
The two officers escaped injury.