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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
PAUL G. REDINCTON Is NAMED
CHIEF OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
Forest Service Official win
Succeed Dr.. Nelson
May 8.
Retiring Head to Spend Time
Assembling Data of
Long Study.

Paul G. Redington, assistant chief
of the Forest Service, in charge of
the branch of public relations. has
been named by Secretary of Agri-
culture Jardine as chief of the Bureau
Of Biological Survey to succeed DIR.
r. w. Nelson. The appointment
will become effective May 3. accord
ing to the announcement made today.
DR.. Nelson has been associated
with the work of the Department of
Agriculture since 1890, and has been
chief of the Bureau of Biological
Survey since 1916. During more than
SO years spent in the study of wild
birds and animals he has accumulated
a. vast knowledge and experience. In
order that he might devote his entire
time to the assembling of information
he has gathered and to round out his
work IN the field of science, he asked
Secretary Jardine to relieve him of the
executive responsibilities as chief of
the bureau.
Before he began devoting his entire
time to administrative work in the
department, DR.. Nelson spent more
than 20 years as ~ssantif1c explorer
in different parts o. Sf.e continent
from the Arctic to the Tropics. From
the collection OF birds and mammals
opxlne.o ~ vAys xtnao "a and others
have described hundreds ~ species
previously unknown to science.
Member OF Jeanette Hunt Pasty.
AS g. part Of his Arctic experiences
he was a member Of the Jeanette
search expedition in 1881 and was
with the first party to land on Wran.
CELL Island. His work on the customs
and history Of the Eskimos. made as
a. result of his study Of these people
while in Alaska in the 70s. Is still an
publication. In Mexico
his travels during IA years extended
into every state and territory OF that
and resulted in securing large
of specimens Of mammals,
birds, reptiles, and plants and In the
accumulation of a vast amount of
data, which he now expects to fnd
time to prepare for publication.
During the 10 years he has served
as chief of biological survey the
bureau has developed and it is now
recognized throughout the
world as one Of the leaders in the
study of wild life and its conserva-
ton.
Remains at Bureau.
CDR, Nelson has performed valu-
able service to science and has made
an enviable contribution to our knowl-
edge of wild life," said Secretary
Jardine in announcing this change in
I'm connection with one
Of DIR. Nelson's books on the wild
animals of North America. Theodore
once said that the author
was 'one of the keenest naturaUsts
we have ever had and a. man OF
singularly balanced development. In
of his scientific work both
in the field and in the laboratory a
large number of species of various
animals and plants have been named
n his honor. 1t seems only proper
hat he should be relieved Of the
Of administrative duties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Lindsey Condemns FIogginx.

Schedule Change r. r. &P. R.R.s
Beginning February IS, leave Wash.
1ngton 9:20 am. daily instead of 8:45
am. for Richmond and S. A. L.-Ad.
vertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
WINS TWO PLACES.
Mrs. Henrietta Wertenbaker Cap
lures Two Awards at Corcoran.

Mrs. Henrietta Wertenbaker won
two of the awarded places in the mid.
year student concours of the Corcoran
School of Art, taking one of the four
first mentions" in the life class and
second mention in the still life class.
The winners of the competition, the
second of the school year, have lust
been announced by the faculty.
Other placers include: Richard An.
thony, Alexander Clayton and Bjorn
Egeli, first mentions in the life class;
Miss Irene Price and John E. Edger.
ton, second mentions; William Ken.
nedy. first mention in still life: Mrs.
T. M. Sloane, third mention, and Mrs
Hazel Rohlfs. fourth mention, in the
still life class.
The winners in the ANTIQUE classes
are-Figures: Kenneth Stubs and
Miss Lucy decks. first mentions; Miss
Ethel Harralson, second mention: Miss
Frances Cook. third mention, and
Miss Felitza Romagna, fourth men
ton; heads. Miss Lila Cabot Grew
first mention; Mrs. Anna Surface. sec.
ond mention, and Mrs. T. B. Munroe
third mention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Income Tax Problems
Simplified for All
No. %.

NO. co.
Bad debts may be deducted from
gross income in computing net income
only for the year in which they are
ascertained to be worthless and
charged off the books of the taxpayer
The taxpayer should attach to his re-
turn statement showing the pro-
priety of any deduction claimed for
bad debts. Where the surrounding cir
cumstances show that debt is worth
less and uncollectable, and that legal
action in all probability would not
avail, proof Of these facts Is sufficient
of their worthlessness.
Unpaid loans made to relatives or
friends with little or no expectation Of
their return are not deductible, but are
regarded as gifts. If a debt is for
given. II cannot be claimed.
A valid debt proved to be worthless
is not always a proper deduction. For
example, unpaid amounts representing
wages. salaries or rentals or similar
items of taxable income are not al
lowed as deductions unless included
In the creditors return for the year
or In a previous year. The fact that
expected income was not received does
not decrease the amount of taxable
income.
Partial deductions are allowed with
respect to specific debts only. Amounts
subsequently recovered on account of
bad debts, or on account Of part Of
such bad debts previously charged off
and allowed for income tax purposes.
must be included in gross income for
the year in which received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14

in order that he may turn his entire
attention to bringing together the
results of his experience and give
more of his time to research studies.
He will remain in the Bureau Of
Biological Survey as senior biologist.
Mr.. Redington has served the
Forest Service in many Western and
Southwestern States and in the head
quarters at Washington. Following
his appointment in 1904 he was as
signed to work in Montana, Wyoming
and Idaho. Appointed forest inspec-
tor I'm 1906, he Inspected timber sale
work in Wyoming. Colorado and Utah.
In 1907 he was advanced to the posi-
ton of inspector, and the following
year was transferred to Colorado as
associate district forester. From 1911
to 1916 he was supervisor of the
Sierra National Forest in, California,
and from this position was promoted
to district forester of the Southwest
ern distict. with headquarters in New
Mexico.
Graduate of Dartmouth.
Before returning to forestry work in
California. in 1919 he was city man.
ager of Albuquerque for term. For
the next five years, as district forester
of the California district, he admin
istered the IS national forests of that
State, and one year ago was promoted
to assistant forester, with headquar-
tiers at Washington.
Mr.. Redington Is a native Of Illinois.
He was graduated from Dartmouth
in 1900, and during the years 1902 to
1904 took postgraduate course in
the forestry school at Yale, receiv-
ing the degree Of master of forestry.
Mr.. Redington will be assigned to
the staff of the Biological Survey on
February 16. spending the time prior
to May 9 in becoming more familiar
with the details of the bureaus work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14

Many of the larger shade trees at
Mount Vernon, several of which date
back to Washington's lifetime. are
showing indications of decline and
are now being treated under the di-
rection of DIR. Charles s. Sargent,
director of the Arnold Aboretum of
Harvard University.
In order to preserve the life of the
trees. workmen have been busy for
the past few weeks. lowering the
height of the crowns, in order to per-
NIT the aging roots to better raise
the sap to the branches. The larger
trees have become very brittle and
would be prey to heavy storm.
Robert II. Forman and Walter G..
Biller. tree surgeons of Ballston,
who have been in charge of tree
preservation at Mount Vernon since
1913. state.
Harrison II. Dodge, resident secre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Aging Trees at Mount Vernon Treated
By Specialists and Given Unusual Food

tary at Mount Vernon. states that
every effort Is being made to preserve
these historic trees. In addition to
surgical operations being performed,
specially prepared tree food has beer
secured and is now being placed
around the bases of the trees for
absorption by the roots.
A majority of the ailing trees have
been treated and others will be treated
within the next few weeks. Those in
charge say that nearly 100 trees
either have been treated or will be
treated as soon as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
JOHN N. BREEN ELECTED.
Will Head "Progressives" In Typo
Union Election Campaign.

John N. Breen yesterday was elect
ed president of the progressive party
organization at Typographical Temple
for the coming local typographical
union elections.
William Jones was elected vice
president and James r. Beaubiah.
secretary treasurer. The next meet
ing of the organization will take
place March IL. Several hundred
members of the local union were en-
rolled as members of the party.
Evening star., 1927-04-18
ARMY MESSENGER, IN SERVICE
60YEARS, HAS TWO YET TO GO
Charles B. Davis Entered
Employ of U. S. When
9 Years Old.
Veteran Has Served Every
Chief of Staff Since Gen.
P. M. B. Young.

One man in the Government service
has had nearly 60 years Uninterrupted
service in one department and yet
will not be eligible to retire for two
more years.
This is Charles B. Davis, chief mes
senger for Mai Gen. Charles p. sum-
merall, chief of staff of the Army.
Despite his long service Mr.. Davis
does not wish to be retired and has
hopes that his term may be extended.
The reason for Mr.. Davis excep-
tional record is that he was only
9 years old when he entered the en-
ploy of Uncle Sam. He cannot retire
until he is 70. He started in 1868
as a messenger boy at the local United
States commissary depot. then located
near the Washington Monument,
which was only about half finished at
that time. Work was not resumed I'M
til years later.
The depot at that time was the
main source of provisions and general
household supplies for the iaSga mill
tary contingent stationed in the city.
He remained there until the War,
State and Navy Department Building
was completed IN 1888, when he was
transferred to the Adjutant Generals
Office in that building, where he
served until 1901. He then was trans
ferred temporarily to the Judge Ad-
vocate Generals Office. During the
Spanish War he was personal mes
senger to Adjt. Gen. Henry c. Corbin.
When the General staff was organ
lied in July, 1905, he was made chief
usher to Lieut.. Gen. p. M. b. Young,
the first chief of staff, and he has
had the same position with each sue
ceeding chief of staff. He has been
brought into personal contact with
all the leading officials of the Army,
including Gen. Pershing. Col. John
b. Randolph, the assistant chief
clerk of the War Department, is the
only man in that department now who
was there when Davis came to work
in the building.
The veteran messenger was born In
Indiana.
Evening star., 1927-04-18
AID CLUB TO ELECT.
Choice of Officers to. Be Made at
Luncheon Tomorrow.

Luncheon Tomorrow.
The annual election of officers Of
the Advertising Club of Washington
will be held at luncheon meeting
at the City Club tomorrow at 1890
o'clock, it was announced today.
Norman Kal has been nominated
to succeed himself as president of the
Other nominees are
Ernest Johnson, Sylvan King, Allen
de Ford and Norman Bull, for vice
presidents; Sidney Selinger, for treas
urer; Marguerite Sitgreaves, secre-
tary, and Ernest Johnston, Sylvan
King, Allen de Ford. James McNa1ly,
James Sullivan, Samuel Hudson,
George Ostermayer, Walter Barkdull,
Earl Brown and Sadie Bens, directors.
Additional nominations, it is an
nounced, also may be made from the
floor preceding the election.
A feature of the meeting will be
an address by Sir Charles Higham,
English ad writer.
Evening star., 1927-04-18
Washington to Be Represented.

The National Conference on Catholic
Charities, which has met eight times
at Catholic University, will be held
this year in Los Angeles, September
to s. Several delegates from vari-
Gus Washington institutions are ex-
pected to attend.
Evening star., 1927-04-18
TIMER, 80, is SUICIDE.
Body of Virginia Man Found Un-
der Pine Trees by Relatives.

der Pine Trees by Relatives.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FRONT ROYAL. Va, April 49,
c. B. Striker, S0-year-old resident of
this place, committed suicide late Sat.
urday. He boarded the Front Royal
Winchester bus Saturday afternoon
and rode out of town about three
miles, getting off and walking through
a field to some pine trees, where he
shot himself through the temple. He
had been dead about an hour when
were searching for him. He was in
an automobile wreck about a year
ago and has been in Ill health since.
He was a timer.
Evening star., 1927-04-18
AIM is GOOD WILL.
Formulation of Inter-racial Friend
ship Program Proposed.

aHIF Z LOo N11L = Og0NSN'
An effort to formulate an inter
racial goodwill program will be made
at a four-day session Of the National
Interdenominational Ministerial AL
lance at the Metropolitan A. NJ. z.
Church, starting tomorrow.
The session win be opened with an
address by Rabbi Abram Simon. The
object of the alliance is to encourage
efforts for friendship from both white
and colored pulpits.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-14

City Famed for Climate Kalgan Is a name unfamiliar to
New Britain herald., 1927-10-14
ATTEMPT IS MADE
 ID FREE SLAVES
1927 Emancipation Affects
 Western Africa

Washington, D. C.. Oct. 14-Sier- ra Leone, British Protectorate on the west coast of Africa, recently has taken legal steps to free all slaves now held within its borders. From this region came many of the slaves of American Colonial times.
 Sierra Leone was first explored by Portuguese navigators who gave the region Its name, which, trans lated into English, means Lion Mountain" No elevation on the coast resembles a lion in outline; it is thought that the name was be- slowed because of roaring tropical thunderstorms peculiar 10 the neigh borhood. Portuguese explorers left no permanent trace upon the coast.
 Toward the end of the eighteenth century British philanthropists founded a colony there for the bene- fit of freed slaves. Many negroes were brought thither from various parts of America as well as boat loads of captives destined for the market but seized before sale. These negroes, from various African tribes, called themselves Creoles fol- lowing their stay in America, and their descendants chung to that name. The capital of the new colony was appropriately called FreetoWn. Creoles still form a superior class, many being leaders in business and the professions, Even the uneducat- ed Creoles speak a sort of pidgin
New Britain herald., 1927-10-14
J. 5. HAS 14,OOO-MILE
 SYSTEM OF AIRWAYS
Network Reaches From Coast To Coast and Is Growing
 Steadily

Washington. Oct. II Rt-AI- though the aeronautics section of he department of commerce has been in operation a relatively short time, it is already able to present a map showing that by the end of its first full year of service, De Cember 31, approximately 14,OOO miles of standard airways will be available for non- military aviation in the United States.
 A standard airway, as the sec ton grades il, must be for the air plane what the highway is for the motorist. Dangers and difficulties ordinarily encountered by the sky traveller must be reduced to a min- imum.
 A number of sections of the air ways thus far approved are light ed and equipped with emergency landing fields at frequent intervals, with beacons to guide and fair ways to alight upon if necessary, making flying almost as safe at night as by daylight.
 The network reaches from coast to coast, and from border to bor- der, and the lines are expected to branch out in the next five years to make an even more comprehcn- siNe system.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-14

 Superstition Still HOldS Natives

Of late years strides have been made in the Protectorate. A railroad with branches and motor road con- pections has been pushed into the interior. 4 system of justice has been established largely ohliterat- ing slave traffic, cannihalism, and other dark practices. Some tribes are pagan and some Mohammedan, while Creoles are in the main Chris tian, but all appear to live togeth- CT harmoniously. The power of the fetish is still strong in the land, however. and there are occasionally dark whisperings concerning prac- tices of native Secret societies" which hold weird meetings in the Jungle.
 Freetown is a thriving port of about 45,000 population. It is the chief British city on the west Afri- can coast, though it's inhabitants are largely Creole. The white DOT ton of the community, for the most rart, lives in a more hoalthful hill station six miles away. Large Brit ish industrial plants using Sierra Leonian raw products are now es- tablishing depots in the Pro ector- ate Modern influence is supplanting former wasteful habits of trade and agriculture with efficiency.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-14
English and hold themselves abov, the natives.
 Materials fer American Soap


 During the nineteenth century British trade and influence gradual ly spread from the colony over the surrounding country. 1ntertribal wars and slave raids in the region interfered with a lucrative palm oil traffic. One by one treaties were negotiated with native chiefs until a region the size of the State of South Carolina was brought within British jurisdiction. This is the Pro- tectorate Of Sierra Leone, as dis tinguished from the Colony immedi- ately surrounding Freetown The Protectorate extends about lSO miles inland from the coast and is hordercd on the south by Liberia and on the other two sides by French African possessions. It lies near the Equator, being on about the same parallel of north latitude as the mouth Of the Orinoco in South America.
 Palm oil and the palm kernel are leading exports. The palm trees do not have 10 be cultivated, so all the natives have to do is to gather the harvest, and dispose of it to trader
 Palm oil is extracted from the pulpy fruit, whose kernels, when treated in European or American factories also yield a valuable oil. These oils are used in the manufaC- ture of soap and other products. The next export Of importance is the kola nut, raised almost exclu- slvely for the African trade, where it is widely chewed by the natives as a stimrlant. What beer is to the Englishman and coffee to the Arab, the liola nut is to the African negro. and the best kola trees grow in Sier- ra Leone. Other exports are ginger rubber cacao, coffee, and coconuts. Cotton goods, rum, gin, hardware, and tobacco are among the leading
New Britain herald., 1927-10-14
REED DEPTHS TO EACES

Hutchinson, Kas., Oct. II P>- Kansas farmers like automobile rac- ing and even refuse to, let a speech by a possible presidential candidate interfere. A crowd at the Kansas state fair, impatient at the length Of Senator James 4. Reeds speech, which was holding up the races, began to heckle him. He cut his care to detain those whose intel lectual capacity can better be sat isfied by the merry -go-round.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-14
MOTHER OF EASTERN STAR.

Rochester, Oct. A Pl-Mrs. Sopha Paul. atfectionately known as mother of the Eastern Star" in New York state, believes in keeping young by keeping ''in touch. Although the oldest member of the order in New York. Mrs. Paul did not join the order until she was 73 years old. She is now 86.
 Adopted" first as mother of a chapter named after her daughter, she was later unofficially adopted as "mother" of the order in the state. Her title gives her a mater nal interest in 165,00O members. She has been chaplain of Paul chapter for II years.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-14
TREATY ENDING
 INDIAN WARFARE
Pact Was Signed Sixty Years
 Ago This Month

Medicine Lodge, Kas.. Oct. 14 P, cd the end of great era in pioneer history, the termination of the h. dian warfare which had harassed the invading white man since the Lewis and Clark expedition.
 On October F. 1867, fifteen thou sand Indians representing the kio- Va, Cheyenne, Arapohoe, Co manche and Plains Apache tribes met a commission authorized by congress and appointed by the president and signed what is now known as the Medicine Lodge trea- ty Under it the Indians agreed to end the frontier warfare and to stay within reservation bounda- ries.
 A pageant will be staged here October 12 In celebration of the an- niversary Of the treaty signing. Members Of the original five tribes. white descendants of pioneer set tiers and government and state of ficials will take part.
 Medicine Lodge. situated ct the confluence of Medicine River and Elm Creek on the Kansas-Oklaho- ma border, long had been a favor ite camping place of the Indians. When the government induced the leaders of the five strongest tribes to meet and arrange for permanent peace the place where Medicine Lodge now stands was chosen for the gathering.
 The tomahawk was buried at a ceremony following the framing of the treaty, and the pact made then is still In force.
 The anniversary pageant Is writ ten and directed by Prof. F. l.. Gill son Of the Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. It will depict the arrival of Coronado, the plant ing of the cross and the Spanish flag, the Lewis and Clark eXpedi- ton, the coming of early settlers, an Indian attack and the signing of the peace treaty.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-14

the majority Of China's inhabitants. the city being known by the Chinese as Chang Chia kou. Mention this name 10 home-loving Chinaman and he pictures for you a wild fron- tier settlement in whose streets gal loping Mongol horsemen from the plains lostle tea caravans enroute fer Siberia. and soldiers from the local garrison. Such a picture of kalgan has been drawn by Chinese rarrators from the earliest times and is equally true today. Vt is known among foreigners resident in China as city of the wild and polly" West where the hospitality Of the traders is only equaled by bracing upland climate.