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Evening star., 1927-04-17
GENIUSES FREQUENTLY
SONS OF CLERGYMEk
Very Young Couples Seldom Have
Distinguished Children, Says
Havelock Ellis.
BY the As zocia,ed Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 16.-Great Brit
aims men aud women Of genius have
generally had fathers who were mid
dle.aged or elderly at the time Of the
distinguished child's birth, while the
mothers have generally been at the
age of greatest vigor This is the con
clusion drawn by H1veiock Ellis IN
his latest book, \ study Of British
Genius.
Very young couples seldom have
distinguished children, according to
Nlr Ellis lie also holds brief for
the celtic race as a producer of
geniuses
stupid, he concludes. and the Scotch
are the best endowed mentally. while
the English Welsh and Irish rank
next in the order named.
Parsons have had famous chit
dren far out of proportion to their
numbers, MIR. Ellis declares, for the
proportion OF famous men and women
contributed by the families Of the
clergy ia simply enormous"
Doctors. lawyers and army officers,
combined have not produced as many
famous children as the clergy.
Mr.. Ellis finds that social and pu.
litcal rcformers are generally fair.
Famous lawyers. scholars. men of sci.
ence and philosophers generally
classify as blondes. but brunettes pre-.
/ vail among prominent explorers, aC-
tors and diviues
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Reserve officers in carrying out the re-
Gently inaugurated poIiCies governing
The administration of the Officers Re
serve Corps. Despite the fact that the
Reservists as a group appeared 10 ne
in fun accord with the new policies, II
has been brought out that some crlti-
cism has been directed against certain
parts Of the new policies which. in the
opinion of some Reserve officers, DIS
criminate against a certain class oil
officers. 1t was explained at the war
Department last week that the depart
ment wishes to avoid anything SAVIOR
ing Of discrimination. bur at the same
time the firm conviction is held in Ger.
tain quarters that those officers OF the
Reserve Corps who due to various rea-
sons cannot perform the prescribed
amount Of inactive duty training
should he separated from that group
of Reservists who take an active in.
tercst in their commissions, Reserve
officers are awaiting with great eager
ness the results of che study of the
special committee ot Reserve officers
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Civilian Army News

who are now making a special study
OF the new Reserve policies.
FIVE instructional assemblies witt
he held by as many branches of the
Reserve Corps this week. Signal
Corps Reserve officers will meet to-.
morrow evening in room 3027, Muni-
tions Building. for conference con.
ducted by Capt. Hardy +. Browning
The 42sth Infantry will also meet to-
morrow evening at Reserve headquar-
ters in the Graham Building. Officers
of the 32Oth Infantry and those un-
assigned Infantry officers residing in
Washington will meet Tuesday eve
ming at headquarters for joint field
and company officers conference. con
Quoted by Mais. r. L. Lemly and Al
bert s. j. Tucker. The local Cavalry
Reserve officers troop school will meet
in the Graham Building tomorrow
evening, the program of which will
he conducted by Mai r. L. Gaugler.
Reserve officers of the 313th Field Ar
tiliery, Col. Leroy w. HERON com
manding, wiz hold their instructionai
conference Wednesday evening. This
conference will he conducted by Mai.
W. r. Woodward and Capt. James Il.
Golden, both Field Artillery officers.
! tlt HBNdl iilbuitdi titittIS VIII meet
Saturday evening at the Medical So
ciety Building, I7lS NJ street.
The applications of the following
residents Of Washington have been &C.
cepted by the commanding general of
the Sd Corps Area for attendance at
the approaching citizens military
training camps. These are in addition
to the names published previously in
this column. They are: Harold =.
Bass, G04 Gresham place, Blue Infan-
try; Perry -. Edwards, gil Sixth
street. Red Infantry; Charles o. Ting
ley, 1901 Hamilton street Red Signal,
Frank r. Haskell. Blue Plains. -. c.,
Red Coast Artillery, John I. Pittmap
1107 Eleventh street, Basic; George +.
Moore, 51G Eighth street northeast,
Basic: Wilbur r. Kaufman. 43il
Fourth street Red Signal: William r.
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been known TO visit the garden il
Central Park in one day.

been known to visit the garden in
Central Park in one day.
Mrs John y. sherman, president of
the General Federation of Women s
Clubs, is recuperating from Il severe
attack of pneumonia which has kept
her confined to her apartment at head.
quarters. 1884 n street, during the
past fortnight
Mrs. Sherman was taken i'll shortly
after her return from a speaking tour
in Florida.
Under the doctors orders all of her
immediate engagements have been
Cancelled.
DR. Albert H. Putney director Of
tha School Of Diplomacy, American
University, will speak before members
of The Women's National Democratic
Club ON Reverence for and DISC
bedience of the Constitution" at the
weekly program luncheon to be held
tomorrow afternoon at the clubhouse.
500 Connecticut avenue.
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attend the Ameri-
can Legion con
vention in France
need not submit
the report of pros
pectiVe absence
ot herWise required
by Army Tegula
q II 8, provided
they do not intend
to remain absent
from the United
States longer than
four months.
Gen, Davis has
also sent q letter
to every corps
area and depart
ment commander
urging the fullest
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Evening star., 1927-04-17

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Instructions have been issued nv
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general of the Army, that Reserve
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Local Reserve headquarters an
nuunced last week the following
changes in the assignments Of Reserve
officers residing in Washington. They
are: Second Lieut.. Thomas W. Quinn,
Signal Reserve, is assigned to the cd
cavalry Division; Second Lieut. John
j BabbiuGtoH, Quartermaster Reserve.
is assigned to 465th Motor Repair Sec.
ton, Sd Corps; Second Lieut. John G..
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tiUn. 3d Corps; Second Lieut. Frank
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Va. effective May Is.
The following Reserve chaplains will
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city, beginning April -. John j.
Allen, Francis p. Duffy ISnatius
Fealy James r. Freeman. Joseph
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Paul -. Moody, Jason Noble Pierce
Edgar G. Powers. Henry r. Sohlegcl
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days of active duty training in the
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Evening star., 1927-04-17

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Evening star., 1927-04-17
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Evening star., 1927-04-04
LONE BANDIT ROBS
SANITARY GROCERY
FIouriShing Revolver HoId-up
Man Rifles Till and
Escapes With $100.

FIourishing an automatic revolver
in a menacing manner and issuing
crisp commands TO get in the back
ROOM" hold-up man early this morn
ing rifled the safe of the Sanitary
Grocery Store at Eighteenth and Ore
gon avenue, obtaining approximately
500 of Saturdays receipts.
r. S. Rakestraw of Alexandria and
Clarence Veale, on duty at the store.
reported to the police they complied
with the demands because they did
not believe there was much money in
the safe.
Makes Own Search.
While the hold-up man, according to
RakeStraw. appeared nervous. he was
not satisfied that the envelope which
the latter handed over to him con-
tanned the entire contents of the safe
and searched for Rs,<eelf. After leav-
ing the store, Raiestraw says, the
men cut small paddock on the door,
but did not lock it,
AS the thief left. police are informed.
he passed a customer, but the latter
did not realize what had happened.
1t is believed the presence of the Gus
toner interfered with the hold-up
mans plans to go through the cash
register.
Second Robbery at Same Store.
This is the second time that this
store has been robbed. About year
ago, according to police records, one
of the company's collectors was held
up there and robbed Of approximately
81 900.
Rakestraw said the hold-up man
had hat slouched over his eyes and
he is not certain he could identify
him, but he has given the police a
working description.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
MRS. JULIA ALICE KL0CK
DIES IN BRIEF ILLNESS
Funeral Services Will Be Conducted
Tomorrow Afternoon at
Home of Son.

Mrs. Julia Alice Klock, 6S years old,
widow of Henry A. Klock, formerly
employed in the office of the architect
of the Capitol died in George Wash
ington University Hospital yesterday
after a short illness.
She is survived by her son, a. Ray
mond Klock, an electrician al the Cap
itol; a daughter, Mrs Margaret Coop
er OF Sandusky, Ohio. and four sis
ters-AIrs. Margaret Moreland. Mrs.
Rose Slater. Miss Gertrude Rouzer
and Miss Isabelle Rouzer, all of Wash
ington. Mrs. Klock was an active
member of the Grace Reformed Church
and had spent the greater part of her
life in this city.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence of her s)n, PA Var
mum street, tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Rev. Henry III. Ranck,
pastor of Grace Reformed Church, will
officiate. Interment win be in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
DEFENSE GR|ILS
MRS. D. N. EVANS.
Star Witness in Shields Case
Stands by Diary of
Reputed BribeS.

Mrs Della NJ. Evans. formerly q
stenographer in the Prohibition En-
forcement Bureau, and star witness for
the Government in it's case against
Daniel J. Shields. wealthy Johnstown,
Pa, brewer, on trial in Criminal Divi-
sion /, charged with bribery, submit
ted to u severe cross examination by
the defense today.
Mrs. Evans stood by her diary,
which bore a record Of more than
$4,000 she said she received from
Shields. The defendant. she testified
had agreed to pay her $1,000 week
FOR certain information.
Story of Payments.
The first payment, according 10
excerpts from the dairy read in court,
was made February %. 1922, during
dinner. with Shields. and the second
payment was made by him as he was
escorting her home from a theater.
The third payment, according TO
The diary. was made during another
dinner. and about a week later, she
said, Shields told her that the salary"
would stop. as the brewery he was
Interested in had been seized.
=. Not for BIackmail
Asked If everything in TIE diary re-.
fprred 10 Mr.. Shields only, the witness
replied in the affirmative,
you didn't keep it for blackmail,
did you?" she was asked, 10 which
abe replied, No
Other excerpts from the diary
showed the witness and the defendant
had been in frequent communication
either by long distance telephone or
special delivery letters. and that while
in Washington he often escorted her
to theaters and dinners.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
TO BE GUEST OF CHIEF
b. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
CHADRON, Nebr., April 4.--Chief
Jack Red Cloud. whose father was
among the last Indian leaders to quit
the warpath when civilization came
to Nebraska and the Dakotas, will
be among the hosts to members of
the National Editorial Association in
June.
After its notional convention at
Omaha the association win take its
members on a 12-day tour of West
efn Nebraska and the Black Hills
OF South Dakota and Red Cloud is
helping to arrange an Indian war
dance and barbecue for the editors
at Chadron.
The young chief, although mod
erately well TO do from his allot-
mcnts, picks potatoes in western
Nebraska for 81 day as do his
fellow braves of the Sioux tribe.
They ride to work on their white
ponies apd on state occasions ap-
pear in the democratic wagons, y
which the whites abandoned a gener-
alton ago.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
SCHOOLS BUDGET
TO Be DISCUSSED
Representatives of Groups to
Meet Board of EduCa-
ton Tonight.

Representatives. of $50 civic and
trade organizations will gather at the
Franklin School tonight at s o'clock
for their annual conference with mem
bers of the Board of Education con
cerning needed school appropriations
in their respective communities.
Charles f. Carusi, president of the
board, has issued a special notice
urging all members of the body TO be
present at this important meeting.
Ten days ago. Harry o. Hine, sec
retary of the board, sent lists to
the various associations advising
them of the items for school build
ings and Fairgrounds in their vicinity
so that the organizations could de-
termine the order of priority for the
items.
1t is the wish Of the Board of Edu-
cation to follow the wishes OF the
public so far as possible in requests
for appropriations and the holding
of tonight's meeting is expected to
give information desired to make
up the next school budget.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
STUDENTS FOUND AS ORTHODOX
AS AVERAGE PERSON IN CITIES
Churchmans Survey Shows
New England Colleges Most Radical,
South Most Conservative.

0. Do you think that religion in
some form is a necessary element of
life for the individual and for the COM
munity? Students, 81; newspaper
readers, 81.
Dartmouth Is Lowest.
This QUESTIONABLE. said Mr. Stelzle,
showed that "the conservatism of the
South in religious matters was re-
vealed in the study Of the colleges,
as was true in the newspaper poll, In
many cases the students voting
almost solidly yes Probably the
most radical students were those in
New England colleges. Dartmouth
had an average of only 50 per cent
''yes" answers on the whole set of
questions, as against 81 per cent for
all the colleges, and Wellesley had IL
per cent.
Providence College. Rhode Island,
however, had the highest rating, with
90 per cent for the whole question
naire.
Ten women's colleges" said Mr..
Stelzle, mot including Wellesley, had
an average of "a per cent yes an
swers, which was per cent above the
average of all the colleges. The
smaller colleges were usually conserv-
ative, although in most cases these
were denominational in character"
Evening star., 1927-04-04
RUMANIAN MINORITY
SUBJECT OF APPEAL
$4,000 Americans Forward Protest
to Queen Against Alleged Mis-
treatment Of Religionists.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The influence of Queen Marie of
Rumania- on behalf of the religious
minorities in her country suffering
from alleged determinations was
sought today in petition, signed
by 600 Americans, including Cardi-
nal O'Connell and Rabbi stephen S.
Wise, presented to the Rumanla
legation here.
The petition protests specifically
against the Rumanian government
treatment of Hungarians, SaXons and
Jews in its territory, citing that
members Of the Baptist, Jewish,
lutheran, Presbyterian, Roman Cath
olic and Unitarian Churches are
particularly affected
Among other sponsors and sign
ers of sthe petition were Rev. Harry
Emerson Fosdick of New York, Rev.
Edgar y. Mullins, president of the
Baptist. World Alliance; Evangeline
Booth, commander of the Salvation
Army. and Louis c. Cornish, vice
president of the American Unitarian
Association.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
OIL KINGS BROTHER
SAVED CHURCH ORGAN
Rockefeller Tells Interesting Story
in Connection With Dedication
of New Edifee.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. April 4.-Com-
pletion Of a new S1,25o,OOO structure
by the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
has recalled to John d. Rockefeller
memories of 20 years ago. when both
he and the church were struggling
for a foothold.
The new church will be dedicated
tomorrow, and Rockefeller has writ
ten to DR.. John Shape, present pastor,
the story of a mortgaged organ and
how it was saved from foreclosure.
1T was in 1856 or 1857" Rockefel-
Ter relates 1.-THE latter was a year
Of great financial panic. My younger
brother had become q useful church
member, and although he was but
a boy he had been appointed church
clerk and chairman of a committee TO
raise funds to pay the debt on the
organ.
"A dignified old church member. a
contractor, held the mortgage and had
intimated that he would be obliged to
realize on it unless the debt was paid
when due. My brothers committee
sought to raise the money, but the
day drew near without results.
Late in the evening my brother
hastened to Mr.. Deland's home. He
had retired. My brother threw some
small stones against the window of
his room. 1t was quickly raised and
a bald head appeared. A voice de-
manded sharply who was there and
what he wanted. My brother ex-
planned and got an extension of time"
Rockefeller joined the church with
a number of other young people, and
when the pastor and the board met
TO consider the list of new members,
one official remarked, ''Well, they're
all young people and don't suppose
we ever can expect much assistance
from them"
The Euclid Avenue Church has been
known for half a century as 'the
church of the Rockefellers." The
patriarch is still member, though
no longer a resident of Cleveland, and
he and his family have given more
than 100000 toward the new church.
The Sunday school roll bears the
name of John D. Rockefeller as honor
ary superintendent.