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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
GETS RACIAL REPORT.
President Receives Findings OF
Special Commission.

President Coolidge today received a
report from the special commission
which has made "a survey of the ma
tional origin of all the people Of the
United States since 1875, to establish
a definite basis for future immigration
quotas. This report was signed by
the Secretaries of State, Commerce
and Labor, who constituted the COM
mission.
The contents of this report were not
made public at the White House and
will not be made public until President
Coolidge by executive order proclaims
the findings, which will serve as the
basis for the immigration quotas and
will supplant the present quotas.
Considerable interest is attached to
the receipt of this report at the White
House because Of recent reports that
the President was endeavoring to have
the members of the commission post.
pone making a report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
WOULD SELL SHIPS
TO BIG MERCHANTS
Chairman 0'Connor Tells
Senate Committee Plan for
Operating Lines.
BY the Associsted Press.

BY the Associsted Press.
If large business interests would
combine to take over the Govern.
ment's United States and American
merchant lines, Chairman O'Connor
OF the Shipping Board would favor
selling them, he said today before a
Senate committee inQuiring into pro-
posals to sell the ships.
Such interests as the Firestone's,
Sears Roebuck's and Macy's, with
large shipments to be handled, could
operate the lines and make them pay,
he declared
Il am in favor of selling those YES
sells to the right kind of directorate"
O'Connor said.
Senator Fletcher, Democrat, Florida,
asked the witness how he would In
terest the big business men In buying
the line.
by going to them about it." O'Con-
nor answered. He said he believed
large business men already had been
interested to some extent.
Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi-
gan. suggested that If Congress did
not favor substituting privately owned
ships, some alternative would be nee
essary.
The way out, O'Connor replied, was
for the Government to own and OPP
crate its own fleet.
q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
BLAST ON WARSHIP
INJURIES 1OSAILORS
Manhole of Steam Drum on De-
stroyer Charles Ausburn at Nor
folk, Va, Blown Off.
BY the Associated Press.

NORFOLK. Va. January 5.-Ten
enlisted men were painfully burned
about their faces and hands when a
manhole Of a steam drum on the
destroyer Charles Ausburn yesterday
blew off at the navy yard yesterday
afternoon. All of the injured men were
removed to the Naval Hospital, where
they were treated. They are:
w. G. Moody, fireman. first class
j. s. Dzurenda. fireman, first class
H. Barnett, fireman, second class
P. ], Lyons, fireman, first class: p. ]
Giilaspy. chief water tender; E. p
Leclaire, fireman, first class: l.. B
Douty, chief machinist's mate; J. r.
Schmidt, fireman, first class; j. Ryan
water tender, second class; I. McGar
yey, fireman. first class.
Four other members of the crew
were slightly burned and were not
admitted to the hospital. Schmidt's
condition is considered more serious
than the others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
BALTIMORE JUDGE HITS
POLICE AND THE PRESS
Tactics Inhammatory, Says
O'Dunne, Denying Burns New
Trial in Contempt Case.

Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. January 5.-Denounc-
ing alleged "lnfiammatory tactics" OF
the police department and the press.
Judge Eugene O'Dunne yesterday
overruled a motion for a new trial fer
Capt. Charles II. Rurns. head OF the
detective department.
The police official last week, was
found guilty of contempt OF court by
the jurist because he gave out a news
paper interview on a case pending I'm
the Criminal Court.
In denying the new trial Judge
O'Dunne claimed that Police Commits.
sioner Charles ID. Gather is respon-
sible for seeking to appeal the case.
so that he may finally test his GA
ther's) right to give out police infor.
nation to the press and public.
Judge O'Bunne said:
THE police commissioner, I am sure
doesn't appreciate where his persis-
tence is leading him. If he is allowed
to continue. as he seemingly wants to,
1t will constitute virtual police die
tatorship in Baltimore. The police
could convict any one they wanted t0
convict merely by inflaming public
opinion against the accused by inter
views and statements before the de-
PENDANT Is brought to trial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
SMALL TAKES SEAT
IN MARYLAND BODY
Democratic Opponents Challenge
Referred to House Elec-
tons Committee.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 6.-De.
spite a challenge by his Democratic
opponent at the recent election, Frank
Small, jr., Republican, was sworn in
as delegate from Prince Georges
County when the Maryland Legisla-
ture convened today and took his
seat.
The petition of attorneys for Kent
r. Mullikin, whose vote was 5.275
against Smalls $3.50, charged the bal
lots were inaccurately counted and
cast in erroneous fashion. The petit.
ton was referred to the committee of
elections, and a report will be made
next Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
Changes Mind During 175-Foot Death
Plunge, Turns Fall to Dive and Lives

old swimming hoIe-just like doing
back.fiip. But the speed! l re-
member In a fraction of a second /
saw buildings zip past me faster than
anything / ever saw.
II was a good swimmer and had no
fear of the water after l was In 1t.
/ remember hitting the water.
went under, ! don't know how far.
1t was Just a repetition of the fall.
Down. down, down! then everything
went black. I don't remember being
picked up"
Church made his leap from almost
the same spot picked a few weeks ago
by Joseph Statsic, 81, the only other
man to live after a plunge from the
bridge. Several other persons have
made the leap and been drowned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
Eggs
Hatched i'm Britain;
Chicks Are Strong
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January Eggs pre-
served for IA weeks by a new proc
ess have been Matched, and the
chicks were strong and healthy.
The inventor Is A. @. Starback of
London, who has also demon
strated, he says, that fruit may be
kept perfectly fresh for several
months.
The process consists OF coating
the articles with what chemists
claim to be a harmless liquid,
which, furthermore, does not i'm
pair the taste of the preserve sub.
stance,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
BY the Associated Press.

Halfway down" in u 175-foot drop
from the center of the Delaware
River Bridge to the water is no place
to change your mind, in the opinion
of Walter b. Church. who attempted
suicide from the span.
II wanted to end 1t ALL" he said
from a cot in hospital today. II
thought my whole life was useless.
and leaped from the bridge.
when I was in the air halfway
down, travelling like a bullet. ]
changed my mind. But I was in a
bad place to change my mind. l was
going down, down, down!
Somehow l changed my position
in the air as If 1t were q dive in an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
SBURNED, z DEAD,
IN SHIP EXPLOSION
Pillar of Flame EnveIops
French Crew and Dock
Hands in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, January 5.-Two
mon are dead. three are missing and
thirty-flve injured as a result of an
explosion In the pitch filled hold OF
the French barque Richeiieu that
transformed the trim four master
into a seething inferno.
Percy Lewis, %, negro, of Tampa,
Fla, and Thomas Daniels, negro.
Baltimore. died today of burns and
inhaled smoke and flames. All the
ships officers and 10 French cadets
aboard the vessel escaped injury.
The So injured were in hospitals
here, suffering from searious burns.
Fhirty-on OF them are negroes
Two OF the five white men burned
are members of the crew, while the
others were dock hands.
Flames Envelop Men.
The explosion occurred last night
In the vessels No. hold as she
lay alongside q Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad pier at Curtis Bay. loading
pitch. Without warning and but a
few moments after a score OF work
men had left the hold for the day,
a billow OF fame and smoke shot
from the hatchway, enveloping
workers nearby. The blaze spread
rapidly through the inflammable
cargo ard despite the efforts of fire.
fighters ragged for six hours, when
the Richelieu sank.
Capt. Jules Cornec of the Richelieu
described the scene on deck imme-
diately following the blast: "A ter.
rible pillar of flame and smoke came
pouring from the hatch of No. 3 hold.
All about were men with their cloth
ing ablaze, and, as l watched, many
of them leaped to the pier" After
ordering all workmen ashore, Capt.
Cornec said he followed them and
helped tear the burning clothing
from many of the victims.
Many Found Unconscious.
Two men were seen by firemen to
fall back into the burning hold as
they struggled to escape through the
fiery hatchway. Many workers were
found unconscious. their clothing in
flames.
Firemen themselves barely escaped
as the vessel sank. Only the crack
ing of the mainmast gave warning,
but all reached safety.
Ten French naval cadets assigned to
the Richelieu for training were re.
ported safe by the ships captain.
The Riechelieu, of 5000 tons, was 323
feet long, with a 27foot beam. She
arrived here from Nantes last week,
and was loading pitch for Laurent,
France. The loss was estimated at
$780, 00
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
GIRL WHO RAN AWAY
IN MALE GARB FOUND
Mary jacob, IA, of Hyattsville,
Located With Friends in
Philadelphia.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

EVANSVILLE, Md. January g.
Mary Jacob. IA years old, who disap-
peared in male attire from the home
of her father and stepmother, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Jacob, Monday, was To-
Gated yesterday at the home of a
friend in Philadelphia. Word was re-
ceived to this effect from the Trav-
elers Aid, which had been asked to
help find her.
Locks of hair and a dress belonging
to the girl were found stuffed under
the steps of the HyattsvilIe home, in
dicating the change Of guise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
LEESE TO GIVE ADDRESS.
Will Speak to Credit Men at Meet
ing Monday.

Martin A. Leese, president Of the
Chamber of Commerce. will be guest
speaker at the monthly dinner meet
ing or the Associated Retail Credit
Men of Washington at the Raleigh
Hotel Monday. Mr.. Leese has been
an active member of the organization
for several years, and will speak on
1927 and the Nations Capital"
Guy M. Hulse, field secretary of the
credit service exchange division of
the Retail Credit Mems National AS
ISOLATION. will deliver talk on credit
conditions throughout the country as
observed during recent tour of the
States.
The entertainment committee, un-
der Kenneth A. Pearson, has pre-
pared special program. and David
Sanger will preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
JARDlNE TO SPEAK.
Secretary to Address Farm Bureau
at Baltimore Today.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 5.-William
M. Jardine, secretary of agriculture
will be the principal speaker at the
session of the Farm Bureau Federa.
fion and the Maryland Agricultural
Society at the Rennert Hotel this
afternoon.
Other speakers include President
Thompson of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, President Palmer
of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.
Mr.. Charles w. Sewell, chairman OF
the home and community committee
and DIR. f. B. Bomberger of the Uni
versity Of Maryland. About 1000 dele
gates from all parts of the State are
In attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
ZlEGLER, JR., WILL WE'D
MISS MURPHY TODAY
Second Marriage of Baking Powder
Magnate to Take Place in
New York
BY the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January William
Ziegler. jr., wealthy young baking
powder magnate and sportsman of
New York, and Miss Helen Martin
Murphy, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Murphy of Troy. n. Y, will
be married in the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church here today. They
viii spend their honeymoon abroad
and return TO Aiken. S. c., in the
Spring.
Mr.. Ziegler. adopted son of the late
William Ziegler, is president OF the
Royal Baking Powder Co. and of the
Royal Distributing Co. and chairman
Of the board of the American Maize
Products Co. He owns much Fifth
avenue and Park avenue real estate.
His stable has been successful COM
petitor on the turf for the last three
years. He is a member of the Turf
and Field, Riding, Harvard and New
York Yacht Clubs Of this city His
first wife, Gladys Virginia Watson.
obtained a divorce in Paris last July.
Mr.. Ziegler is IS.
Miss Murphv's father is senior
member OF the Troy law firm Of Muir.
ply. Aldrich & Buy She is an ac-
complished sportswoman and shares
Mr.. Ziegler's love for horses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05

A new device being made in
Sweden gives by electrically con-
trolled announcements the starting
and stopping time of different kinds
of work in factories and offices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05

New roads being opened in Mexico
are making possible the use of autos,
which travel at an average of so miles
q day, in place Of pack trains that
covered only IL to Is miles every "a
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05

India is waging campaign against
insect pests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
Don't Let That Cold
Turn Into "Flu"

That cod may Turn INTO Flu,
Grippe or, even worse, Pneumonia,
tniless you take care of il at once.
Rub Musterole on the congested
parts and see how quickly it brings
relief.
AS effective as the messy old
mustard plaster; does the work with
out blister.
Musterole. made from pure oil of
mustard, camphor, menthol and
other simple ingredients, is a coun-
ter-irritant which stimulates circu-
lation and helps break up the cold.
You will feel warm tingle il en-
that brings welcome relief.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
UNABLE TO MEET TEST
Surprising Results Revealed as
Former Students Fail to
Remember Training.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press
. BERLIN. Test examinations con
Quoted by the director of the Dresden
Trade School on 100 young people
about nine months after they had
left the public schools revealed an
astounding lack of erudition. writes
Prof. Paul Hildebrandt in the Vos.
sische ZeitunS.
Simple questions ELECTED such start.
ling answers: as Napoleon was the
f1rst to circumnavigate the American n
Continent" Columbus invented the
North Pole" "The mouse is beast of
prey" etc. Only AZ per cent of the
examined youths and maidens knew
who Napoleon was, 81 per cent that
Prussia was the kingdom of Fred.
erick the Great. Sc per cent could
give the dates Of the beginning and
enc OF the World War and the same
percentage that water freezes at 90
degrees G.
These results acted as an incentive
the Dresden Teachers Association
10 repeat the examination questions,
this time on 200 undergraduates of
the clty's grammar schools, with bet.
ter results. Seventy-seven per cent
could correctly desi ate the present
century, 79 per cent were familiar
With Napoleon. 81 per cent knew that
Prussia was governed by Frederick
the Great. II per cent knew the dates
OF the World War and 80 per cent
that water freezes at 90 degrees C..
Evening star., 1927-10-23
CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION
Mrs Sippel Maryland Candidate Well Fitted for Position
President of General League Of Women
Voters on Speaking Tour-Other Notes.

ming hum league on November g. Mrs
Baldwin will also take part in I'll
Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi. Iii
nois and Wisconsin league conven
tions. After her last State conven
ton engagement in Oshkosh. Wis. on
November II. Mrs. Baldwin will go T.
Duluth. Mimi. and Grand Forks, n
D. for special league meetings.
Miss Gartrude Ely of Bryn Mawr
Pa. counselor on new voters. for the
national league. has a series of Spea X
ing engagements early next month
in the Middle West. She will spend
five days in South Dakota, first speak
ing ut the South Dakota league con
vention in Aberdeen. and then I'd
dressing college students and league
groups in Huron and Mitchell.
The Nebraska league iS to have
Miss Ely as it's guest of honor at the
State convention on November 3 at
Hastings. Special meetings are also
being scheduled In Lincoln and Oman"
on November II and IL.
The League of Women Voters In
MARYLAND is one of 10 organizations
participating this Winter in a series
of round table discussions on Foreign
Policy and international Security"
Mrs. r. Morisson Henry of Baltimore.
chairman of international cooperation
to prevent war, for the Marylan|
league. has arranged program OF four
talks. the first of which ia TO take place
Wednesday. James G. Mcdonald,
chairman of the Foreign Policy Asso
citation will discuss Recent Develop
ments in European Diplomacy"
* X
MISS BELLE SHERWIN, presi
A'A dent Of the National League of
Women Voters. addressed the vote.
lass District of Columbia league or
THE Way of the Unenfranchised,
at tea marking the opening session
of the local group. Wednesday after,
noon at the home Of Mrs. Clifford Pin,
chot. 1918 Rhode Island avenue.
Miss Sherwin suggested that. while
not allowed to vote themselves. the
members of the local league could ren.
der a great service in instituting an
absent voters bureau. giving informa
tion to those In the Capital who ballot
by mail. encouraging them to continue
to vote although removed from their
own districts.
Other national officers and visiting
Evening star., 1927-10-23
MOTHER
Across, Feverish Child is Bilious,
Constipated

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Fig Syrup"
that this is their ideal laxative, be-
cause they love it's pleasant taste and
it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross. irritable, feverish. or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look ut
the tongue, mother! If coated, give
teaspoonful of this harmless,
"fruity laxative and in a few hours
all the foul, constipated waste, sour
bile and undigested food passes olt
of the bowels. and you have a well,
playful child again. When the little
system is full of cold, throat sore,
has stomach ache, diarrhoea, indigcs
tion. colic--remember, a good "insid:
cleansing" should always be the first
treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep Cali
fornia Fig Syrup" handy; they know
a teaspoonful today saves a sick
child tomorrow. Ask your druggist
for a bottle of California Fig
Syrup" which has directions for
Evening star., 1927-10-23

November ., and El Paso following the
Dallas Engagement. where she will
address the delegates of the Texas
Federation at its annual convention.
X 4 X
CPEAKING tours in the South,
- Southwest and Middle West will en-.
gage the attention of several officers
and committee chairmen of. the Ma
tional League of Women Voters in the
next month or six weeks. Miss Belle
Sherwin. league president. leaves TO.
day for Tulsa, Okla. where she will
at the guest of honor on October 70
at the Oklahoma League Of Women
Voters convention. The Texas league
convention at Galveston will be the
next stop on Miss Sherwin's itinerary.
When the board of directors of the
New Mexico League of Women Voters
meets on November 4 in Santa Fe
Miss Sherwin will be the guest of
honor Before starting East Miss
Sherwin will have conferences with
Mrs Roscoe Anderson of st. Louis.
director of league work in six Middle
Western States.
Miss Sherwin is scheduled to be one
OF the principal speakers at the Michi'
gan league convention in Grand Rap
ids on November 8 and before her re-
turn to Washington on November IS
she will have had conferences with
other league officers in New York City
and been the guest Of honor at the
Pennsylvania league convention in
Williamsport, Pa.
Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin of Wash
ington, d. C.. chairman of the living
costs committee of the national league.
s.~
six weeks Tuesday she is to be one
of the principal speakers at the living
costs conference being arranged by
the North Carolina League of Women
Voters at Chapel Hill, n. c. The fol-
lowing day she goes to Rock Hill to
address students at Winthrop College.
The tariff is to be the subject dis,
cussed by Mrs. Baldwin at a special
tariff luncheon arranged by the Bir.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
A New Body
Every Day
Constant Wear and Tear
Exhaust Body Cells and
Vitality
RESTORED IN SLEEP

Constantly wearing out, con-
stantly being renewed-new cells
for old-daily losses redeposited
by nightly restoration - this is
the incessant process Of the hu-
man body. Thus we live by the
gain we make in sleep at nisht
over the loss of energy that we
experience by day. And when
sleep fails, we fail. Now think
of bedsprings.
Your bedspring is not merely
the foundation Of your bed-it is
the very foundation Of your
health and life. You were born
upon it and nightly you return
to it. Ordinarily IL is the scene
OF mans departure from this
mundane sphere, and nature has
dictated that one.third of our life
should be spent in sleep. Thus
in its humble way according to
the quality of sleep that it pro-
vides, our bedspring may be said
to govern our life.
Science has proved that man
cannot live a week without this
greatest of all of Natures ano-
dynes. And science is now in
earnest study of the deeper mean
ings or mysteries of sleep.
1t seems strange that sleep,
which along with food is mans
oldest and original necessity,
should have been so long neg
lected Perhaps this Is due to
the perfectly natural human de-
sire of seeking the involved
rather than the simple.
1t will be interesting to watch
the progress of science in its in
vestigation Of sleep and while
watching it it may also prove
advisable to avoid spring sag and
TO sleep on a good bedspring that
properly supports the spine, for
efficient support for the spine ant
true relaxation for the nerves are
really the most important func
tion Of a bedspring.
Be sure to see this trade ma
Evening star., 1927-10-23

made by mounted police officers, often
alone or accompanied only by Eski.
mos. covered, in some cases. 1900
miles In blizzards and under other diff.
ficulties.
Adverse ice and heavy fogs ham
pered this year's cruise of the s. S.
Reethic, which left Nova Scotia, visit.
ed the far-fung government posts. re.
victualed them. established a new
post and returned to civilization.
over 1000 speciments Of Towering
plants and ferns were collected by DIR.
NJ. c. Matte. chief botanist of the Ca.
madam National Museum. who accom-
panied the patrol.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
NORTHERN SETTLEMENTS
OF CANADA FLOURISHING
Bafin Island and Hudson Bay
Areas Doing Well,
Travellers Report.

By Science Service.
OTTAWA. Canada's Far North set
Elements on Baffin Island and the
great Arctic area north OF Hudsol Bay
are fiourishtng. Government officials,
Royal Canadian Mounted Police and
scientists who have returned from the
annual Summer expedition into that
part of Canadian territory report the
Eskimo natives generally in good
health and well supplied with food and
clothing.
DR.. l.. D. Livingston, who spent Is
months as medical officer in the Arc.
tic archipelago. travelling over 2.2OO
miles on patrol duty. treated only six
cases in an estimated native popua
tion OF 1000. Extended dog sled trips
Evening star., 1927-10-23
Brock and Schlee Safe.

DETROIT, October 22 P).-After
being forced down at Buffalo last
night because of bad weather Edward
f. Schlee and William S. Brock
around-the.world flyers, landed their
ship Pride of Detroit at Ford airport
yesterday. completing a round trip to
the Eta ct
Evening star., 1927-10-23

The city of Los Angeles possesses
an electrically operated cotton COM
press whereby cotton can be COM
pressed to 42la pounds to a cubic
foot. the pressure obtainable being
2.2GO pounds to the square inch.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
Ice Protects Peach Trees.
Correspondence OF The sta,.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark..-w. L. Enley
living in the fruit belt of Arkansas,
where the peach buds started by the
warm weather of February are often
killed by the freezes of March. has
worked out what he believes is s.