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Evening star., 1928-12-29
CALL CROP DISEASE
LIKE HUMAN ILLS
Plant Doctors Say BIights of
Grains, Fruits and Vege-
tables Are PreventabIe.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December o. The
plant doctors of the United States con-
centrated their attention today on the
diseases of grains, fruits and vegetables
which annually cause heavy losses to
farmers and affect the prices and quail
ity of the products the consumers must
buy.
Many of these diseases are closely
akin to those which affiict human
beings and domestic animals, being
caused or spread from victim to victim
by bacteria, viruSeS and parasitic in
sects and fungus growths.
Others, however, apparently are Pc
culiar to the plants they attack, but
the plant doctors task Is the same as
that of the medical scientist in all
caSes-to find out what causes the dis
ease and how it can be controlled.
The sinking smut of wheat and other
grains was accorded considerable at
tention today, occupying much of the
time of an entire section OF the Amer
lean Phytopathological Society meeting
here with the American Association for
the Advancement OF Science.
QlSGdSc WdS olluWL W UC NOh-
trollable in wheat by two methods-the
mechanical cleaning of the seeds to
remove the smut balls which, If sown
with them, carry the disease into the
mature plants, and their destruction
with chemicals that do not harm the
seeds themselves.
Cleaning Wheat Seed.
DIR. S. Kirby of Pennsylvania State
College described mechanical cleaning
tests with 1000 bushels of wheat. He
said that even heavily infected grain
had been cleaned perfectly by utilizing
two processes, running it through a
cookie disk cleaner at 100 to $50 bushels
an hour and through a receiving
separator of the screen and strong air
draft type at the same speed.
r. w. Leukel of the Department OF
Agriculture reported successful destruc-
ton of the smut balls by immersing the
infected seeds for an hour in solutions
of various chemical preparations, OF
| which more than 40 are on the market
Some, he said, control both the Stinkine
smut of wheat and the covered smut OF
barley, and these, he found in expert
ments with DR.. j. G. Dickson and
A. G. Johnson of the department, also
are effective against the stripe disease
of barley.
Just as mosquitoes carry the malaria
| germ from one person to another, plant
lice are responsible for the spreac
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With everything in readiness for the
receipt of the body of Frank Nagle,
23-year-old painter of 1924 Eighth
street northeast, the local undertaken,
who was to handle the funeral, last
night instead received telegram that
the man was alive. but missing"
Complete preparations for Nagle's
burial, including the digging of his
grave in Mount Olivet Cemetery. the
publication of his death notice in the
local papers, and the arrangement for
mass at st. Dominic's Catholic Church,
were made by the Taltavull undertaking
establishment on direction of his
brother, James Nagle, OF st. Marys
County, Md.
James had ordered the funeral upon
receipt last Thursday of a telegram
which read: Brother Frank dead.
Communicate Sheriff, Mcintosh County,
Darien, Ga, at once.
"(Signed) BROWN. foreman painter"
Having ordered the funeral, James
came to Washington yesterday to attend
the services which were to have been
at 8 o'clock this morning. The UNDER
taker had telegraphed the Georgia
authorities to send the body to him.
Last night came another telegram
from Brown, stating the Washington
man had not been seen since last Sat-
urday. a week ago, at which time he
Evening star., 1928-12-29
VETERANS TO GET
SECOND DRY TEST
President Signs Order to- Re.
instate Prohibition Agents
With War Records.

Prohibition agents, inspectors and
investigators entitled to military pref
erence who failed in the first Civil
Service examination, but who have ap-
piled for the second examination, may
be reinstated in their jobs under an
executive order by President Coolidge,
which was signed before the Chief Exec
utive left for his vacation at Sapelo
Island and which became public today.
The order also authorizes the Secretary
of the Treasury to continue under tenn
porary appointment such men who had
applied for the second examination
and who had not been dropped.
The Presidents action was taken at
the request of Representative Fish Of
New York, chairman of the Presidents S
advisory committee on veterans pref
erence.
Mr.. Fish had been making fight
for some time against the dismissal of
veterans with good records who had
failed the first Civil Service examina-
ton. The first examination was criticized
by Mr.. Fish and by certain Treasury
officials as too academic.
Must Have Clear" Records.
Veterans to benefit under the Presi-
dents executive order must have been
employed with clear" records for at
least two years in the prohibition service.
The purpose of the order was further
explained as enabling the Government
to keep in its employ veterans who had
given satisfactory service, who were In
danger of losing their jobs or may have
lost them already on account OF the first
Civil Service examination.
The examinations are being held TO
place all employees of the Prohibition
Bureau in the classified service under
recent act Of Congress.
5000 Take Second Test.
The first examination. in which many
agents of long and satisfactory service
failed to pass the written test, did not
result in enough eligibles to fill the
2.lOO jobs, and a second examination
was held December Is. About 5000
persons took this written examination,
and the papers are now being graded.
The number of veterans who Will be
benefited by the Presidents order OH
cials of the Prohibition Bureau said
they could not estimate, but they
thought it would not be large. Repre-
sentative Fish, however. expects the
order to save the jobs. temporarily at
least for about 200 men.
The order will be effective until the
ratings have been completed in the
second examination.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
SENATE'S CONCERN
OVER PACT SHOWN
Foreign Relations Committee
Quizzes Kellogg on Rami-
fications of Treaty.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The concern of members of the Sem
ate foreign relations committee over the
extent of ramifcations of the Kellogg
anti-war treaty is shown in testimony
of Secretary Kellogg before the COM
mittee as made public by its chairman
Senator Borah OF Idaho.
The testimony was given in execu-
tive session several days ago during
consideration of the treaty, and only
fragments of it had been divulged. The
Secretary's statements, in answer to
questions indicated that the effect OF
the treaty in relation to the Monroe
Doctrine the fact of Russia's adherence
and the possibility of the United States
being drawn into a war by the treaty
were uppermost in the minds of the
committeeman.
Mr.. Kellogg told the committee he did
not believe this country would be re-
quired to 60 to war against any sig
natory power which might violate the
treaty. He gave his opinion also that
ratification of the agreement could not
involve recognition of Russia by this
country.
Reed Questions Secretary.
Questioned by Senator Reed. Repub-
lican, Pennsylvania, on the point, Sec
retary Kellogg said:
THE adhering to a multilateral treaty
that has been agreed to by other peo-
pie is never a recognition of that coun-
try. We have four multilateral treaties
to which Russia is party, and nobody
ever claimed that one of them was a
recognition Of the Russian regime at
ALL"
He indicated also that there would
be mo sense in putting in reServa-
ton to the treaty specifically asserting
that the treaty does not recognize
Russia.
In the opinion of the Secretary, the
pact does not take away from the
signatory nations their rights to adopt
Self-defense measures. He explained
that this was discussed In the cor
reSpondence concerning the treaty and
for that reason, he said, no reservation
would be necessary.
The right of self-defense," the Sec
retary said, lis not limited to territory
In the continental United States, fol
instance. 1t means that this Govern
ment has a right to take such measures
as it believes necessary to the defense
of the country or to prevent things
that might endanger the country, but
the United States must be the judge OF
that and it is answerable to the public
opinion of the world If it is an honest
defense, that Is all"
Monroe Doctrine.
The testimony showed that the Sec
retary regards the Monroe Doctrine as
part of the self-defense of the United
States, and that no reservation with
respect of that doctrine is necessary
Certain members of the committee have
indicated that they believed such a
reservation was necessary
1T covers all our possessions, all oui
rights" he said.
A large part of the discussion con-
cerned the British notes on the treaty
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, ask
ing many questions about them.
Secretary Kellogg explained, in an
swer to queries, that the British gov
ernment would have as broad rights
without the notes as with them.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
CODE OF BANDITS
REVEALED IN ADS
Earle Robbery Suspect and
Uncle Conversed Through
Newspapers, Say Police.

Code messages veiled as innocent
appearing advertisements IN the COLI
umns of washington newspapers pro-
vided means of long-distance COM
munication between Elmo Williams, al
year-old Earle Theater bandit, and his
uncle, Thomas Edison Williams, also
81, it was disclosed today at police
headquarters, following the return to
the Capital yesterday Of the uncle, who
is accused of completely. An intercepted
letter barred the code.
Through these messages, exchanged
between Elmo williams while he was
fugitive from justice in half a dozen
cities in the United States and Canada
and Thomas Williams, who was in
Tampa, the former was enabled, from
time to time, according to detectives,
to get part of the proceeds OF the rob-
berry from Thomas Williams, to whom
the money, approximately $l,250, was
sent for safekeeping.
With the return of Thomas Williams
from the Florida city yesterday after
noon by Detective H. K. Wilson, on a
warrant charging robbery, it was dis
closed also that he had been trapped
by means of a decoy letter. Additional
details of the robbery also were made
public.
Third Arrest Expected.
It also became known today that the
arrest of third man thought to have
been connected with the affair appears
imminent.
The tip which led to the identification
and final capture of the bandit. 1t came
out today, was obtained through a tax
driver who was hired to take Elmo
williams to Baltimore and whose sus-
picions were aroused at the youths con-
duct after he had returned to this city
and read of the hold-up In the news
papers.
Local authorities Immediately com.
municated with Baltimore police and a
drag-net was flung out. In some way
he slipped through the fingers of the
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Evening star., 1928-12-29
R.F. Walter of Colorado to Be- in CHARGE
: Of Constructing Boulder Canyon Dam

dam construction. He has been in The
reclamation service since 1908 He was
in charge of the building Of the Path
finder Dam, in Idaho, and has super
vised number of other government
reclamation projects in the West. His
salary is $1,000 a year.
The building of the dam at Black
Canyon will be one of the greatest
engineering tasks in history, surpassed
only by the building of the Panama
Canal. The total cost of the project
has been set at $165, 100000, as COM
pared with 1882 ,000, 900 expended in the
construction of the Panama Canal, and
$l27 900, 900 for the Suez Canal.
The Bureau said today no reclama-
ton or irrigation project in history
equals the Boulder Dam proposal either
In size or cost - - =.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

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Evening star., 1928-12-29
| MISSING GIRL FOUND
WANDERING IN WOODS
Disappeared at Time Fathers Body
Was Found-Colored Prison
Trusty Is Sought.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PfeSS.
PARCHMAN, Miss, December 90
Reports received here today said Miss
Ruth Duvall, 18, missing since her
father, j. D. Duvall was slain at the
State prison farm. early yesterday. had
been found wandering in woods about
six miles from here.
More than 100 volunteer searchers,
aided by bloodhounds and an airplane
took up the trail again today In search
for Charley Shepherd, colored trusty
at the Mississippi penitentiary. suspect
ed in connection with the Staying OF
Duvall and the disappearance Of the
girl.
Duvall's body was found yesterday by
his wife with the throat Slashed. When
she went to arouse her daughter she
found her room unoccupied, but the
bed stained with blood.
Penitentiary acquaintance Of Shep-
herd yesterday declared the trusty had
disappeared Thursday night.
Reports last night that a man re-
semblinR Shepherd had been seen in
Birmingls lam. Ala, did not result In a
suspens11n Of the search here. -
Evening star., 1928-12-29
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Raymond F. Walter of Colorado, as
chief engineer of the Bureau of Recla-
nation, will be in charge of the con-
struction of the Boulder Canyon Dam
project. He is now attached to the
bureaus office at Denver
The Bureau of Reclamation made
known Mr.. Walters selection today af-
ter consultation with him and with
other engineers not in the bureau serv-
ice. There had been some speculation
as to who would be chosen to execute
the tremendous project.
Bureau officials said they regarded
Walter as probably one of the most
capable irrigation engineers in the
world, and that his selection from a
wide field had been approved by Sec
Setsry West Aad those interested Sp the
, NJ Ess~ aEsf5s ~ ~ isub[ . :
Evening star., 1928-12-29
SANTA CLAUS LIABLE
TO LIQUOR LAW ARREST
Case of Champagne Left at Home
of U. S. Commissioner by Un-
identified Donor.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, December eff San
Ia Claus left case of imported French
champagne at the home Of United
States Commissioner Martin j. Mona
hen Christmas eve, the bewhiskered
benefactor is liable to arrest.
Monahen revealed today that while
he was absent from home an uniden-
titled man left the heavy package with
the maid. A Christmas greeting card
was attached
The commissioner turned the cham
payne over to Federal agents, who adj
nit the best they can do is file war
rant against Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
U. S. PLANES POPULAR.
will Be Used on London-Stockhol olm
Night Route in June.

NEW YORK, December 30 P).-
The first strictly night air mail system
u Europe is planned to open between
Eondon and Stockholm next June, using
American planes and equipment, Carl
Ligall, trafic manager of the A. B.
Aerotransport Co. of Sweden, announced.
Lingall said six planes would be used
and that mail would be transported
between the two cities in 101a hours
with stops at Amsterdam and Malmo,
Sweden. He said the service has the
financial backing of the Swedish and
Dutch governments. Decision to use
American equipment was due to the ex-
cellent results achieved by the American
air mail.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

average person at a glance just what his
chances are of dodging sickness or death
in the new year. These have now been
reduced to terms anybody can understand.
In fact, they have been SO simplif1ed that
they can be presented in the elementary
form of a bookmaker's odds.
AS in betting, these odds are based on
statistics, in this case figures collected by
Edgar SydenStricker, statistician OF the
United States public health service.
With these odds We can cast what might
be called our health horoscope for 1929"
We can, at any rate get answers to the
following questions, answers that few
years ago it would have been impossible
to obtain:
How many more years should I be good
for after January i?
What sickness, If any, do run the most
chance of falling victim to during the COM
ing year?
What are the odds in favor Of my sur
viving an illness?
Which are the dangerous months from
a health point of view?
What are the odds of my not dying, con-
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Berlin Fog Rivals London.

BERLIN, December 30 (P.-Berlin
today riyaled London as city of fog.
For decades no such fog has been
known as was observable today. not
only in the capital, but also throughout
the republic Numerous minor collisions
and accidents resulted from the unusual
conditions, but there were no casualties.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
BOGUS $40 BILLS FOUND.
Counterfeits in Circulation in Far
go, N. D., Start Probe.

ST PAUL, Mimi, December 90 (P).-
Circulation in Fargo N. D., of counter
felt Federal Reserve bank notes of $40
denomination has been revealed in ship
ments of currency from Fargo to Twin
City banks The United States Secret
Service has begun an investigation.
Seventeen of the counterfeit notes
were found in Fargo bank shipments
The deputy United States marshal at
Fargo notified the Secret Service here
that IL more counterfeits of the same
denomination had been found. Dis
patches from Winnipeg, Man, reported
the appearance of similar notes
All the counterfeits have appeared
within the past two days.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
KILLS SELF AND 2 BABIES.
Mothers Act Believed Due to Mis-.
behavior of Boy.

CHICAGO, December 80 R.-A
mother killed herself and her two
babies today by turning on the burners
in the gas stove in their home in sub
urban Cicero. The dead are Mrs. Mary
zahradnik. 30; Joseph, jr., 4, and Otto
year old.
Misbehavior of little Joseph may
have been an indirect cause for the
triple death. His mother punished him
for disobeying, striking him so hard
that his nose was broken. The father
upbraided the mother and left for
work last night, returning today to find
his family dead.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Leopold Ill With Flu.

CHICAGO, December 20 CP.-Na-
than Leopold, jr., one of the thrill slay-
ers of Bobbie Franks, is Ill with in
fiuenza at the State penitentiary, Joliet,
His condition Is reENrted to be not seri-
GUS -SEnENGkT4s ashLsE ssss,sasN6e
Evening star., 1928-12-29
LEAVE FOR BAY OF WHALES.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.

BY KUSSELL OWEN.
BY Wireless to The Star and New York Times.
ABOARD THE BARK CITY OF NEW
YORK, December 29-The size of Dis
covery Inlet has been greatly extended
as a result of the trip ashore on skis
by Co4ndr Byrd. He found that at a
point about 10 miles from the entrance
to the inlet, where it has been sup
posed that it ended it turns to the
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TWO FLU DEATHS HERE.
Fifty-Five New Cases Reported fol

Two deaths from Influenza were re-
ported to the District Health Depart
ment today, and SIS new cases of the
disease. These reports brought the
total number of deaths reported during
December to 20, and the number of
cases reported to 459.
Eighteen recoveries from the disease
were also reported by physicians.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
"IN THE Way" ENDS LIFE

Woman, "a, Climbs to Attic and
Hangs Herself.
CHICAGO, December 30 Op).-At the
age Of "a Mrs. Anna Lauman felt she
was lin the way"
Last night, at her sons house, she
climbed the stairs to the attic and
hanged herself.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
1920 HEALTH HOROSCOPE
IS PREPARED BY CUMMING
Modern Statistical Methods Make Posi-
BILE Reduction of Life and Death to
Terms of Bookmaker's Odds.
nv HIGH s. GINNING. MD.

srgeon States Public Health Service u
for al Newspaper
going lose
1929 because of probabilities being alive and
the coming year
tell the
Evening star., 1928-12-29
''FrOm Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

90. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast1
Partly cloudy and colder tonight; low
est temperature about 80 degrees; TO-
morrow fair and somewhat colder.
Temperatures Highest, 54, at 3:15
pm. yesterday: lowest. IS. at 5 am. to-
day. Full report on page 2.
, 1928-10-29
~C1kISIIANSTEDT THEATRE
TONIGHT Al SIS O'CLOCK.
sEHUNDERBOLT'S TRACKS"

Our series OF western Dramas WOULD be atogetneF mc)npReU We IaHed
cude at least one Of Jack PERKINS, thliNers,
"IHUNDERBOLTS TRACKS,,
this weeks western drama Will chase away even the t3nest shadow Of lbe 'i
You'll find those three pals Jack Perrin, Starlight Lt1e wonder huF8eI and
the MOVIE collie to be great entertainers.
ADMISSION AS USUAL.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-05
E. L. REDELL, FORMER
 ALASKA EDITOR, IS
 DEAD IN CALIFORNIA

F. L. Ted" Bedell, former Al aska newspaper man, died March 25, at Fresno. California. accord ing to word received here today by Mrs. Ada Sharples. Death fol lowed an attack of pneumonia, and he was i'll but three days.
 MT. Bedell was editor of the Anchorage Daily Times for sev- eral years. Later he was associ- ated with Anchorage business men in an effort to develop some coal claims in the Matanuska field. He was widely known and had many friends in the Territory.
 He is survived by a widow and two children. Mrs. Bedeii resides in Alma, Wash, and is associated with a newspaper there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-05
-<r-->>--<>--- DEPUTY HOME AGAIN

Deputy U. s. Marshal w. E. Feero returned on the Alaska from a brief trip to Portland where he went on official business. While passing through Seattle on his re- turn, MT. Feero met several Doug lasites, one of whom was Otto Wagner, who was anxious to hear of his friends in Douglas. Wagner was a member of the high school teaching staff here for the past two years and is now attending the U. of w. He also saw Martin Gallwas, son of MT. and Mrs. F.. A. J. Galwas, who is progressing in the employ Of the Telephone Company there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-05
SlTKA CASE CONTINUED
 UNTIL MONDAY MORNING

The case of w. H. Hanlon, ct al of Sitka, charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud, which was set for trial yesterday on the original calendar of the |. S. Dis trict Court, has twice been post poned at the request of the '. s. District Attorneys office. The case is now set for trial on Mon day morning at ten o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-05
RACE GETS 60 DAYS
 IN FEDERAL JAIL

George Race, who was parolad by Judge T. M. Reed of the u.. g.. District Court last fall when he was charged with violation of the National Prohibition Act, WAC sen- tenced to serve 60 days in the Federal jail by Judge Reed this morning for violation of his pa role Race failed to appear in court when notified to by the U. s. Marshals office. and went out. side without permission of the Court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-05
FORMER JUNEAUlTE DIES

Mrs. A. A. Mitchell, formerly a resident of Juneau and of Cor dova, mother of Charles Gaby, also a former Juneauite but now of Port Angeles, Washington, died the last week in March at Sc attle, aged 72 years. Since leay- ing Juneau, Mrs. Mitchell and her husband have been residing in Everett, Washington. Burial was at Everett. The funeral was un-
 der the auspices of the Elks, her
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-05
DOUGLAS
 NEVIS
). F. D. MEETING TONIGHT;
 TO NOMINATE OFFICERS

An important business session is scheduled for the regular meet ing of the Douglas fire depart ment this evening. There will be the first nominations for new of- ficers and the making of further arrangements for the annual dance which is to be held this month. Attendance of all the members is requested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-05
TWO PLEAD GUILTY

Cecil Wells and Maud Roda- baugh, who were charged with il- legal oohabitation in an indiet- ment returned by the Grand Jury on Tuesday morning, pleaded guilty in the U. S. District Court this morning. Judge T. M. Reed said that sentence would be pro nounced some time next week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-05
coRcosANs WE'D

Miss Mary Jantti. for many years a resident of Cordova where she was engaged in the restaurant business, and Charles E. Johnson, employed by the Copper River and Northwestern Railway. were mar ried recently at Cordova.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-05
MAUNDY T1UnoOAY SUPPER
 OF SCOTTISH RITES TONITE

The Maundy Thursday Supper of the Masonic Lodge, for all Knights Rose Croix of the Scot tish Rite. will be held tonight at G:30 o'clock in the Odd Fellows Hall. The program will consist of ritualistic work.