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Evening star., 1927-07-16
TAXI PASSENGER
FOUND DEAD IN DITCH
Driver Says Mans Three Compan'
ions, Intoxicated, Left Him
There to "Sleep."

By the Associated Press.
GARY, Ind, July 16.-The body of
a man reported thrown from a speed
inC taxicab at Merrellville, Ind, near
here, yesterday was identified last
night as that Of jeff McGraw, 40-year-
old farmland The taxicab driver,
Steve Petrovic, said that three com
panions of the man were intoxicated
when they hired his cab.
The taxi driver said McGraw and
his three companions entered the cab
ard ordered him to drive to Merrell-
vile. Arriving there 1t was found
that McGraw was unconscious ap-
parontIy from intoxication. His com
panions then suggested. according to
the driver, that they leave their COM
panion on the side Of the road to
''sleep it off, They placed him in a
ditch and drove back to Gary. where
police later picked up two OF the men,
Pete Tasch and George McGillary,
who are held pending an inquest to.
day.
Police believe liquor caused the
death.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
RAINBOW VETERANS
PLAN FRENCH TRIP
1929 Pilgrimage to Celebrate
Tenth Birthday of Battles
Is Urged.

DES MONIES, Iowa, July 16.-Plans
for a pilgrimage to France in 1928 to
celebrate the tenth anniversary of
Champagne, st. Mihiel and Argonne
We're launched by the veterans of the
Rainbow Division at their annual re-
union here.
An invitation to Paris or Nancy,
France, has been received from the
French government.
A delegation from Columbus, Ohio,
was making a strong bid to keep the
convention in America for another
year.
Respect and loyalty to Gen. Gou-
raud, their commander when the Rain
bow Division held front line trenches
during the assault of Champagne, was
cabled him by the veterans. Now mil
itary governor of Paris, Gen. Gouraud
is honorary president for life of the
division veterans. e...s-
Gen. Charles p. Reilly, a. former
Rainbow officer, now in Paris, was
authorized to represent the division at
a reunion to be headed by Gen. Gou
raud on the Champagne battlefield
September Is.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
SENTENCE OF YEAR
! IMPOSED ON AGREE.
Convicted FIogger Released
! Pending Retrial Motion.
Z Alibis Acquit Five.
BY the Associated Press.

TOCCOA, Ca, July lev. G..
Acree. convicted of assault and bat
terry on an indictment growing out
of the fiogging Of Mrs. Ansley Bowers
day sentenced to one years imprison-
ment on the chaingang and fined $10o.
Pending motion for new trial Acree
was released on bond of $2,S00.
Five Acquitted on Alibis.
Alibis player a major part here yes
terday when a Stephens County Su-
perior Court voted after II minutes de-
liberation to free five men of this
section on trial charged with muir
derous assault on Bert Singleton, a
farmer, early in March. The charge
grew out of his having been sew
erely fiogged by band of robed and
masked men.
More than a score witnesses testi-
fed that the defendants could not
have been present when Singleton
was whipped by the masked men.
who. he said, had accused him of
"bootlegging and being a loafer."
The defendants received the verdict
calmly and shook hands with the
: jurors, eleven farmers and one mer-
chant.
Another Jury Disagrees.
Earlier, another jury in the second
hogging case TO be tried this term
was unable to agree on a, verdict and
a mistrial was declared in the case
of Elmer Clark, tried on a similar
charge In Connection with the fi0gging
of Mrs Ansley Bower on June u.
The men acquitted today We're
Acree. former principal Of the
Stephens County High School; Bert
Lowry and Nose JohnSGn, factory
hapdSi Ee<sirtx Wiley. a farmer, and
j. S. Aderhold. n rural mail carrier.
This term Of superior court ends
today and the possibility was that
further trial of those indicted in five
fogging cases In this vicinity in re
cent months would be postponed
until the October term Of court.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
IN OUTING TOMORROW
District Members Will Observe
Santiago Day With Ex-
cursion.

Spanish War Veterans OF the Dis.
trict will hold their annual excursion
in commemoration of Santiago day
today at Marshall Hall. The steam
er Charles Manchester will make trips
from the Seventh street wharf at 10
am, 2:30 and $50 pm
The principal feature of the pro.
gram will be a base ball game between
the undefeated Anacostia Eagles, un-
der the management of Mrs Eva
O'Donnel. and a team selected from
the Spanish War Veterans, with Past
Department Comdr Arthur A. League
as manager. Numerous other ath.
letic contests are scheduled
Music will be furnished by the Gen,
Nelson A. Miles Camp Boys Band.
under the direction OF Charles Carver.
The committee in charge of the ex.
cursion and program consists of John
j. Allen, chairman; Print f.. Shomette,
secretary; A. f.. Pierce, treasurer; ID.
j. Ieahy, Clarence A. Brewer. IemueI
ID. Jones, Samuel Hubacher. Louis r.
Grening, l.. f. Noe, Benjamin +. Mot.
ley, Oscar Feldser. James Purcell, Ar
thur Beaupre, Charles f, Currier and
Andrew Brenl.
Evening star., 1927-07-16


CHICAGO. July 16.--The story of
the serpent that enticed Eve into
committing the first sin is cast in
modern language in the first American
translation Of the Old Testament, COM
pleted after three years work by four
noted American and Canadian students
Of ancient Hebrew. The work is to
be published by the University of
Chicago.
The classic example Of concise writ
ing held up before young penmen-
the description Of the creation of the
world in 10 words--becomes 40 words
in a compound sentence in the Amer
lean translation. The 40 words, how
ever, cover the same ground as the
first four verses of the King James
version.
The first sentence of the older
version is: "In the beginning God
created the heaven and the EARTH"
New Translation.
The new translation is: when God
began to create the heavens and the
earth, the earth being a desolate
waste, the darkness covering the abyss
and the spirit of God lowering over
the waters, then God said: Let there
be light" And there was light; and
God saw that the light was good
The serpent's temptation of Eve in
the third chapter of Genesis is set
forth in upto.date conversational
style, and Adams declaration is trans
lated thus: "The woman whom you
set at my side. it was she who gave
me fruit from the tree; SO I ate it"
Evening star., 1927-07-16
TWO SHOT, THREE BEATEN
Men Go on Rampage in Auto-Pe-
destrian Attacked.

PITTSBURGH, July 16 UP).-Two
men, one a negro, were shot early to-
day and three men were beaten when
a band Of negroes i'm an automobile
went on a rampage in the I!ill district,
a section largely populated by negroes
Matthew Ecof. So. was shot in the
jaw while seated on his porch. lie
"a id the bullet was fired from speed
ing automobile occupied by negroes.
Later Fred Boyce, 81. negro. was shot
in the leg by policeman as the gang
ran away from attacking Jacob klahr
on the street.
Police reserves sent to the district
arrested eight negroes. some of whom,
officers said. were armed with re
Yolvers and knives.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
DEADLY SPIDER
FOUND ON COAST
Les Angeles Scientists Lo-
cate Pest Credited With
Several Deaths.
By the Associated Press.

bS inc ASSOC1dtsQ ITeSs.
LOS ANGELES, July 16.-The Ex-
aminer says four Los Angeles sci
entists have discovered the presence
here of small black spider which
they said probably was the most dead
ly that ever has appeared in North
America and which is credited with
several deaths in Pacific Coast States
since the first of this year.
In southern California and Arizona
alone, the scientists said, the spider,
known to entomologistS as the Latro-
dectus mactans, has been responsible
for more than a score of deaths dur
ing the last two months. The spider
also is known as the 'black widow, -
the "show button" and the hour.
glass" spider. In some cases death
has followed within "a hours of it's
bite. All of the victims reported in
this case have been men.
Found I'm Rubbish.
Specimens of the spider were found
in a pile of old lumber and rubbish.
Announcement of the discovery was
made after the surrounding district
had been combed for weeks, with the
statement that apparently all of the
insects had been captured.
The health officials said that dozen
men who have died recently in Orange
County and Los Angeles County hos
pitfalls from "blood poisoning" were in
fact victims of the poisonous spider.
Until recently it was not believed
that the spider existed in North Amer
lea. The Los Angeles officials said
that undoubtedly the insect had been
introduced from Oriental ports, con-
cealed in fruit or tropical products.
Caution Is Advised.
"We believe we have discovered the
original nest of the black widow
but men contemplating trips to re-
sorts and mountain regions should he
extremely careful in the sanitary ar
rangements made for their camps"
said DIR. Stevens.
Health officials said that installation
of modern sanitary arrangements in
outlying districts and the gradual
elimination of moldy buildings and,
sheds would stamp out the black
widow"
Evening star., 1927-07-16
sun MMERALL TO INSPECT.
Will Tour Maryland and Virginia
Citizens Camps.

Mai Gen. Charles Z. SummeraI,
chief Of staff, will make an inspection
of the various citizens military train
ing camps and Reserve Officers train
ing camps in Maryland and Virginia,
where residents of this city and yicin-
ity are under instruction. according
to the following schedule: Fort Wash
ington, July Is: Camp Meade, July
10: Fort Hoyle, Edgewood Arsenal and
Fort Howard. Md, July 90: Fort
Myer, Va. July 26. and Fort Monroe
and Fort Eustis. Va, July &c.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
PLANES TO BE USED
IN SUGAR PEST TEST
Secretary Jardine Authorizes
$50,000 for Experimentation
in Louisiana Belt.


Secretary Jardine has authorized ex-
penditure of $50, 900 to conduct large
scale experiment on the effectiveness
of airplane busting to control the
sugar cane moth bOrer. Approximate
ly 5000 acres of sugar cane in the
heart of the ugar-producinG area of
Louisiana will be the scene of the ex-
pertinent. which is to be conducted at
the request of the American Sugar
Cane League, planters. manufac ctuIers
OF cane products, bankers and others
interested in the industry. T. r. Hol-
loway. associate entomologist in charge
of the Department. field station at
New Orleans. will have charge of the
field operations.
Dr. T.. w. Brandes and DIR. r. d.
Rands of the Bureau of Plant Indus
try will be associated i'm the selecting
OF fields to be busted. An advisory
committee composed of representa-
tives of all interests, including the
University of Louisiana, will coop.
crate.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
DIES AT AGE OF 80.
Rev. p. H. o'Regan Had Been Hos.
pital Chaplain II Years.

Los ANGELES, July 16 Lp).-Rev.
Patrick I'll. O'Regan, 80, died today
at ST. Eincents Hospital here. where
he had been chaplain for the last
II years. Los Angeles Catholic
Church officials said Rev. ORegan
was the oldest Nincentian priest in
the world. He spent the greater part
of his 65 years in the priesthood in
mission work, In the Niagara Sem.
mary Az ana .Ese !s1. .assy 'a gssspyn. ss, y. x.E
Evening star., 1927-07-16
$25, 900 FOR UNIVERSITY.
New York Subscribes Fund for
Duke Endowment.

DURHAM. n. c.. July 16 P).--E.
Rayard Halstead. New York broker.
has given $25. 900 to Duke University,
to he added to the B. n. Duke endow-
ment fund, 1t was announced yester-
day by Secretary r. l.. Flowers.
Mr.. Halstead long has been close
friend Of -ths RHka 3aRa.ly. aSS-. -s:.ax.ssslI
Evening star., 1927-07-16
Dirigible Proves
Use i'm Rescuing
Men FROM Ships

LANGLEY FIELD, Va, July
16.-The efficacy of dirigibles in
rescuing men from sinking ships at
sea was demonstrated in Chesa-
peake Bay yesterday afternoon
when the TC-5 and TC-9, Army
airships, rescued" Corpls. Hunter
and Swain Of the 10Th Airship Com
apny, Langley Field. from a reve-
nue. cutter and a smaller boat. 1t
was said to be the first undertak-
ing of that character ever carried
out by Army dirigibles.
Ships of the sea on which the two
Langley Field airmen had previ-
ously been transported out into
the bay moved at full speed as the
ships of the air lowered about 25
feet over them, dropping down rope
ladders to each of the men on the
decks of the steamers. 1t was the
work of but a moment for the wait
ing corporals to grasp the ladders
and climb to the baskets Of the air.
ships, in which they were trans.
ported back to Langley Field.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
$4,000 Damages Sought.

Damages in the sum of $4,000 for
alleged personal, injuries. are asked
in suit filed in the District
Supreme Court by Ida NJ. Pur-
nell, 1888 Northampton street. against
Max NJ. Weisman, 512 Washington
Loan & Trust Building. Through at
torneys Joseph l.. Topper and David
l.. Blaken, the plaintiff alleges that
she was injured in an automobile ac-
cident in Baltimore. Md. on April l.
1927, while guest of the defendant
IN his .cars S. s.i !, -
Evening star., 1927-07-16
THREATEN
AFRICAN BIG GAME
Expert Says Modern Nimrods Are
SMALLEST Kinds Of Sports" in
Methods Used.
Rr the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 16.-Wild animal
life in Africa faces extinction as re-
suit OF the big game industry in the
opinion of Earl Rossman, hunter and
cameraman, who has returned from
four months in the jungles of Abys-
sinia.
"Present-day big game hunters are
for the most part the smallest kinds
of sports" he said. There Is more
actual sport shooting small game right
here in the United States"
The present-day big game hunter.
he said. is led up to his game by a
guide on one side ana a gun-bearer on
the other. Then, 'if he can hit the
side of barn, he is a big game
hunter"
Evening star., 1927-07-16
HONEYMOON HUNT ENDS.
Mr., and Mrs. J. F. Clarke Bagged
Two Tigers in Orient.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 LP.---
Mr. and Mrs. James Freeman Clarke
OF Boston, Mass, arrived here yester-
day on the liner President Taft, CON
Guiding a honeymoon which, for the
most part, was spent hunting in
Cochin China. They brought back
two tiger skins.
Before her marriage to Clarke In
Lindsay. Ontario, last February 10
the bride was Miss Aileen Hughes.
She is the daughter of Sir Sam
Hughes, Canadian minister of militia
dur.ns the Wss:d ,.s:! !. War. y, - !. 17s.sss.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
NEW WISHES SUCCESS
FOR U. S:-T0-ROME FLYERS
Postmaster General Sends Mesa ge
to Bertaud and Hill,
Mail Pilots.

NEW YORK. July 16.-The best
wishes of the Post Office Department
for the success of their proposed
flight to Rome and return in the
Fokker monoplane Old Glory were re-
ceived yesterday by Lloyd Bertaud
and James ID. Iiill. air mail pilots,
from Postmaster General Harry S.
New.
BE assured of my. best wishes and
those of the Post Office Department,
with which you both have been so
long and honorably connected" New 81
message read. MAY your first stop
be Rome and may your flight be the
great success for which we all hope"
The flyers applied for their pass.
ports today, specifying that they plan.
ned to go to Rome via the airship
Old Glory" Tomorrow they plan to
go aboard the liner Berengaria when it
docks here, to witness the unloading
of the Bristol Jupiter engine which
is to be installed in their plane.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
Says Stories Are Butchered.
NEW COUNCIL SWORN IN.
Edmonston Town Marshal and
Clerk Are Announced.

Special Dispatch TO The star
EDMONSTON. Md, July 16.-kin-
Jtro Matsudaira. mayor. and other
newly elected officers We're sworn in
last night. Justice of the Peace John
A. Downing administering the oath.
Sylvester Malone was appointed
town marshal and Stanley Berrett
clerk to succeed Orion X. Butler, whose
resignation was accepted. Clyde
Feach was reappointed electrical in-
spector and A. E. Bost was again
named building inspector. Resisna-
ton of &. l.. Aielio as corporation
counsel was accepted. but his sue
cessor was not named. Standing COM
mittees are expected to be announced
at q regular meeting August 5.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
MAN AND BRIDE SLAIN.
Husband, 81, Believed to Have
Shot Wife, 20, and Self.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill, July 16 GP).-
The bodies of James G. Crosswhita,
"a, and his 20-year-old bride of less
than "a week were found i'll their home
at Milan, near here.
Crosswhte apparently had shot his
young wife and then himself Neigh
bors said they heard the couple quar-
reling early yesterday.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
Cruiser Memphis
Winner of Trophy
I'm Class Contest
By the Associated Press.


The cruiser Memphis. made IA
nous as the ship that brought Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh home after
his transatlantic flight. has been
awarded the engineering trophy
and the greatest improvement
prize" in the light cruiser class for
1926-27.
The Navy Department also an
nounced that the dreadnaught Ari-
zona had been awarded the engi-
neering trophy for the battleship
class during the same period, and
that the Black Hawk had been
awarded the similar trophy for the
tender class.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
Will Go to Texas.

Mai. Oral r. Bolbaush. Army Med
ical Corps, has been relieved from
duty at Walter Reed General Hospital
and ordered to Fort Sam Houston,
Tex. for duty. At present he is on
temporary duty at Rochester. NinR :.
Evening star., 1927-07-16
Ex-Policeman on Probation.

After being sentenced to one year
in Jail, James Amick, former District
policeman, was put on probation by
Justice Smith, in Criminal Division ! ),
on a charge of stealing the automo-
bile of ERsta spssNns ,on June I. ss%ssa
Evening star., 1927-07-16
PLAN TO CUT MOVIE
COSTS ADVANCED
Progress Announced After
Conference of Producers
and Film Writers.


Los ANGELES, July 16.-Definits
progress toward a solution Of the ex-
cessive cost of producing motion pic.
lures was announced today by spokes-
men for the producers and writer's
after a conference between the two
branches of the film industry.
Samuel Goldwyn, producer and CO.
chairman of the conference, said that
the conference had been satisfactory
and that "in all the suggestions ad-
Vanced so far there have been none
aiming at reduction of the quality of
pictures"
Meeting One of Series.
The conference was one of series
in working out an agreement by
which a proposed wage cut in the in
dustry was postponed until August /.
in the hope that other economy
methods might be discovered.
Rupert Hughes, novelist and see
mario writer, joined the army of doc
tons in consultation over the film in
dustry case when he gave his dia.-
nosis from the standpoint of the
writer.
Says Stories Are Butchered.
"Any story is better when it is told
by one man than when the bystand-
ers break in" explained Hughes. In
the movies. however. nearly every
story is told by syndicate. The
wonder is that any story succeeds" he
declared.
I'm the movies the author has his
story taken away from him and he is
locked out while gang of butchers
cut the heart and giZZard out Of it:
then they fight one another in putting
it together again. They rarely put it
together with any go left in it..
Evening star., 1927-07-16
Penalized for HOUSEKEEPING.

James G. Gales, William G. Harris
and Thomas A. Holmes. all colored.
were Yesterday given one year each in
the District Jail by Justice Smith for
househreaknS and larceny. -
Evening star., 1927-07-16

The oldest known map Of the world
Is from Babylonia. and dates back
at least IN 500 BIC. asssa-z.--...l.-.--.ass.ss
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-01-20
WILD YOUTH NOT GROWING
WILDER SAYS PREACHER

Atlanta, Ga.-The much discussed
youthful crime wave" is waning, in
the opinion of Rev. Crawford Jack
son, secretary of the Juvenile Pro-
tective association, of Atlanta, a
southwide organization engaged in
child welfare. Mr.. Jackson says that
if the young people, boys and girls,
are headed toward general delin-
quency, his organization has not been
able in survey of number of cities
to find any such indication.
although the juvenile association.
looks after many cases every yeaY
putting children on the right road
to god citizenship, I am constrained
to say that wild youth is not so wild
as some people have imagined" said
Mr.. jackson. "Unquestionably there
is decrease in juvenile delinquency,
particularly in the South. We owe
much to the work of the juvenile
system"
Mr.. Jackson said that the fact that
people read almost daily stories of
crime by youths, gives the readers an
impression that youth is criminally
rampant. The truth is, of course, he
points out, that the crime stories deal
with exceptions, rather than rules.
Otherwise they would not be news,
he says.
Unfortunately for the good name
of young people of the South, youth
full wildness has been very much ex-
aggerated," Mr.. Jackson said. at
exists, always has existed, but it is
not so general as claimed, and it is
not increasing"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-01-20
EXPRESS WAGES
WILL BE RAISED

New York-The American Rail-
way Express Company employees were
granted wage increase of 21S cents
an hour by the board of arbitration,
it was announced by former Justice
John H. Clarke, a member of the
board.
The increase affects 10000 employ
es throughout the United States. 1t
is estimated that $4,500,000 will be
added to the annual payroll of the
American Railway Express Company
by the award. The decision to grant
the increase was unanimous.
The decision to arbitrate was an
nounced on Dec. 2, 1926. Justice
Clarke was appointed one arbitrator
as a representative of the public. The
other arbitrators were E. A. Stedman,
vice-preeidento f the American Rail-
wayk4press Company, and William
B. Wilson, former Secretary of La
Dor.
The arbitrators also granted an ex-
ira allowance of Ia cents an hour
to messengers in train service hand
ling United States mail or railroad
baggage. When handling both mail
and baggag Ne increase will be 8 Y
centsa n ho<r.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-01-20
DIR. SELLER, DISTANCE
RUNNER REACHES CITY

DIR. John ]. Seller, professor of
physical culture, graduate of the med
ical department of Tulane University
and all round athlete, arrived in the
city Wednesday at 9 p. M, enroute
from Macon to Miami, being part of
his itinerary of 1880 mile run from
Danville, Va, to his Florida desti-
nation.
DR.. Seller left Macon yesterday
morning at o'clock accompanied by
T. ]. Lefoige, representative OF the
Miami Chamber of Commerce, under
whose auspices the trip is being made.
DR.. Seller had quite number of
callers at the Lee-Grant hotel during
the evening and freely discussed his
purpose in making this long distance
run, for which he is not receiving any
special compensation but undertook
the trip to prove his theory of physi-
cal culture and it's sustaining powers.
DR.. Seller stayed over in the city
on account of a sprained ankle, but
hopes to continue his trip during the
night, going from here to Jackson
vile where he is due to reach Sat
urday morning, to be royalty re-
ceived by Governor Martin of Florida
and the Jacksonville Board of Trade.
Spoke to High School
Through the editor of the Leader,
DR.. Seller was persuaded to meet the
high school pupils at chapel this
morning and gave them helpful talk
on excepting fit" through right liv-
ing and doing.
The doctor is young man of 20,
cultured and embued with spirit of
helpfulness to others, which he con-
veys to his hearers in most pleasing
manner.
DR.. Seller does most of his travel
ing at night and will leave here about
midnight for Waycross.