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THE inquisitiveness Of .
Washington Times photogra-
pher who was trying to find
the skylight through which
John ]. Grady, an automobile
salesman, fell to his death
early today from an apart
ment HI the 1900 block Of
Fourteenth st. n. W., led di-
rectly to a cache of liquors on
the roof of the building.
The photographer climbed to the
roof and began looking for the sky
light. Finding none, he looked
over onto an adjoining roof and
saw casks. boxes and rim containers
laying neatly along the edge OF a
projecting brick wall
Seized by Police
Police OF the Second precinct were
notified. and Capt. Guy e. Bur
ljngame. precinct commander; Lieut..
Joseph w. Pierson and Sergt. J. M.
Roper accompanied the photog-
rapher back to the premises.
The liquor was removed to the
street and an admiring and thirsty
crowd gazed on one 10-gallon key
OF liquor. three five-gallon tin con-
tainers OF grain alcohol, and four
cardboard boxes. each containing
six quarts of alleged Pebble Brook
Bourbon"
Captain Burlingame was unable
to learn the owner OF the LIQUOR,
which was removed to the Second
precinct in the patrol wagon.
Grady's death occurred in Emer.
gency Hospital at 2:35 a. m. today
and was the result OF fall through
a skylight from the apartment of
Miss Vera Berry, who occupies the
top floor flat.
Neck Broken in Fall
He fell backward through q
quarter-inch sheet OF frosted glass,
landing in the apartment Of Miss
Margaret Harwood on the floor
below. Death, DIR. Joseph Campbell
OF Emergency Hospital said. was
caused by broken neck
According to the story told Cap
tain Burlingame and Headquarters
Detective Nally. Grady was sitting
on balustrade around the sky
light. He suddenly lost his balance
and crashed through the glass.
William Keppel, of the 900 block of
New York Ave. n. W.. rushed
Grady to the hospital in his auto
mobile. police report.
Grady's wife, Bertha, was notified
OF his death by Detective Nally. An
inquest will be held tomorrow morn
ing at the District Morgue. He
lived in the first block of T st.
n. f.
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Until such mechanism control is
accomplished, sex control in higher
animals seems beyond the posi-
bility OF attainment"
A number or other papers were
presented at the meeting today In
Guiding two by j. G. Merriam. presi.
dent of the Rockefeller Institute
In one he discussed fossils found
in the Grand Canyon and problems
relating to work there. and In the
other he spoke on a census of the
pleistoeene mammals on Rancho
I.abrea based on the collections of
the Los Angeles Museum.
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s
Franklin Ellsworth Smith,
now Oh trial for the first de-
gree murder Of his daughter,
laughed with glee when re-
lating the story Of his power
over her, instead Of exhibiting
the reactions Of shame that
would be expected of d normal
father DR. Roger Cohen,
deens alienfSt testified to-
DAY.
smith also declared that re would
not harm 4 hair Of his daughter
head. DR.. Cohen testified, aIthongh
lie had killed her with his hands
on only i slight provocatior.
DIR. Cohen. who was formerly AZ
tached 10 the staff Of st Eliza.
beth's Hospital for the Insane and
later studied mental diseases
year in the University OF Vienna.
drew q graphic picture OF mental
alterations in describing his ex
amiDatfon of the fiIicide in the Dis
trict Jail on November Is.
Told With Pleasure
where an ordinary person would
feel repugnance and shame. DR..
Cohen said. Smith expressed pleas
ure. Unprintable things that .
sane man would never commit.
Smith Iaughingly declared he had
done. and was proud Of his prowesa
in doing So the alienist declared
The alienist testified he found
that, although the defendant had
talked coherently still his speech
was under pressure. He talked too
much. the alienfst said.
Defense Attorney Russell Kelly
asked him the same Hypothetical
question as to whether. assuming
all the facts OF Smiths life history
10 be correct. he believed him to
be OF sound or unsound mind and
the expert declared that he believed
him to be of unsound mind.
Woman Thinks Likewise
Mrs. LYLE Dow. wife Of an Epis-
copal minister and a co-worker Of
the city Mission. told the jury that
she had called on Smith in the
course of her regular duty at the
ian. Because OF his reversal of
emotion, she declared. she con-
sidered him to be OF unsound mind.
from a lay persons point OF view"
After the cross examination of DIR.
Cohen by Prosecutor William II
Collins, the defense rested its case.
Collins tried to get the alienist
to place Smiths mental ailment
within one OF the 81 classificatiOns
adopted by the American Associa.
ton OF Psychiatrists. This the
alienist refused to do.
In response to a question from
Collins as TO whether Smith knew
what he was doing at the time OF
the murder and whether he was
doing wrong. the alienist replied:
II think he probably knew Whist
he was doing, and that IL was wrong,
but he was unable to stop himself. Y
Changed Sentiment
Mrs. Bessie Smith. wife Of the
defendant. was the first witness
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
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I. UROPE: JOINS
IN MARKET
EUR0RE
-Psso klpderr ooa . gsnasrr
By international News Service

NEW YORK, Nov. 81. - With
Europe now joining in the cyclonic
buying which pushed stock market
transactions to the near-record fig
ure Of more than 100000 shares
yesterday, broker offices were open
away ahead of time today to handle
the fresh rush of business.
1t was forecast that today's trans
action might beat the record Of
6,770,55O shares that changed hands
last Friday - the stock exchanges
biggest day in history.
AS result of the tagging ticker
it was two hours and AZ minutes be-
hind the market at the close yester-
day--a revised ticker service will go
into effect tomorrow. All figures Oh
sales volume viii be eliminated from
the quotation tape.
Lured by the frantic advance
throughout the market, fresh
wave of spectators joined the
army of traders. Orders to buy
piled up overnight. coming from
all parts of the United States.
Big orders to buy at the market
that is 10 get the best price OBJ
tainabIe--can.e from London, Paris
and other European cities.
The fever of speculation has
crashed international boundary
lines into the mad rush for easy
money.
Brokers believe that the warn
ing OF speakers at the governors
conference In New Orleans against
further stock market speculation
will have small effect, II any, in
curbing the tidal wave OF buying
and selling.
Attention today centered upon
Radio common, which advanced
261a points yesterday; Case Thresh-
ing Machine. which climbed ASH
points; Dupont, which rose 50
points; Wright Aero. which was
up points, and Pittsburgh Coal.
which advanced ga.
Many stocks were up from to
5 points with not bear in sight
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BEAUTY AWARDED DIVORCE
PEARL EATON, dancer sister of Mary and Doris
member of stock companies at Polls Theater here
has been awarded divorce from Harry S. Lavant,
musical director. Mary her sister and wel-known
star. the principal witness. The decree
granted on grounds of ineompatibility.
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BOMB SEEN As
CAPONE DOOM

CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-The bomb
ing of the Becker Cleaning and
Dyetng branch shop was interpreted
by police today as an open revolt
against the reign of "Scarface Al"
Capone. IL may herald the passing
of the notorious underworld czar
from power. police opined,
The bomb, which last night ter
roriZed the South Side, was poorly
placed and did only about 5000
damage. 1t was of powerful pro-
portions. however.
The Becker shops, since last
spring, have been under Capone
protection" according to reports.
Morris Becker, owner of the chain
OF cleaning establishments which
bear his name, took the notorious
"Scarface Al" into partnership with
him, for the purpose, it was said,
OF fighting off gangster racketeers
that harrassed his business.
After Capone joined up with
Becker. the turmoil in the cleaning
and dyeing business strangely sub.
sided. All was quiet for a time.
Then, last Friday, Capone, his
family and his retinue of body
guards and advisers went to Hot
Springs, Ark. for a rest"
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ADVERTISEMENT

The cost II smalI--wherever YOU call.
Basic rate by telephone to Philadelphia
only SSo. q
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Montgomery Police
Probe Hunting Death

Montgomery county police today
are investigating the death yester'
day of Clarence Nichols. II, colored.
of Wheaton, Md. who was fatally
shot while hunting in the timber
near his home.
According to those with him.
Nichols put his gun down and
when he picked it up the gun dis
charged. the shot tearing through
his abdomen. He died at Walter
Reed Hospital,
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Vestris Victims Ashes
Reach Embassy Here

The Japanese Embassy yester-
day received the ashes of the re-
mains OF Col. Yoshio Inouye who
lost his life in the Vestris disaster
and whose body was cremated In
New York. The ashes will be sent
back to Japan for interment.
Nine. Inouye, who was rescued,
accompanied the ashes here yester-
day. She will remain at the EN-.
bassv for a few days and then re.
turn TO New York, preparatory to
going to San Francisco, whence
she will sail for Japan.
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Bungalows. mansions or suburba N
homes are . FeEuluR feature NJ
the Classified Real Estate for Sale
columns.
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Control of Sex Seen
In Environment
By ELMER BARTLETT

SCHENECTADY, N. T., Nov. 21-That environment in
fuences the of the unborn young asserted by Arthur
NJ Bant of the department of genetcs of Carnegie Institute
of Washington today at session of the National Academy of
Sciences. The meeting closes this afternoon
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MI DURING
GOODWILL
N5HT

NEW YORK. Nov. III 0.N.S.) i.
Miss Elizabeth Morrow. daughter
or Dwight wv. Morrow, aElbassa-
dor to Mexico, one 81 THE storm
tossed passengers who returned
today from l,herb0urg on the
Olympic. refused either 10 affirm
or deny her reported befr0fllaI to
Col. Charles IA I4indburgll.
II don't discuss that, she said
firmly and though ship news 70
p0rters piled her with any NUM-
her Of questions III an effort to
draw her ONT. she stuck 20 her
first declaration.
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~ 1He9EM4AtOMelI q @S8B1 a CetYAee
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.Re,
porters rushed down the bay
on cutters early today, seek
ing verification of the pub
lished report that Miss Eliza
beth Morrow, daughter Of the
American ambassador to
Mexico, who is a passenger on
the incoming liner Olympic,
would marry Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh, Americas first
citizen of the air.
Colonel Lindbergh, who has been
visiting Ambassador Dwight w.
Morrow and family in Mexico City,
was scheduled to hop off yesterday
for Tampico for the ostensible pur.
pose of hunting lions in the Huas.
teca jungles for the balance OF the
week, but was held back by fog.
May Fly TO New York
It was announced that he would
fly from Tampico to st. Louis, but
it was rumored here that the flying
colonel might cut short his hunt
and come to New York
A friend OF the Morrow family
was reported here as saying that
Colonel Lindbergh has been in a
quandary. being fond OF both Eliza.
beth Morrow, who is rs years old
and studious, and her younger sis
ter. Anne. who is %.
Visited Lindy's Mother
During her visit to Europe. Eliza
beth visited Mrs. Evangeline Lind
bergh. the flier's mother, who is
a teacher in a girls school in TEr.
key.
: The I.indbergh romance, it Is un.
derstood, dates back to last year.
when the colonel and his mother
We're Christmas guests at the
United states Embassy in Mexico
City.
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BANK STATEMENT

Washington Clearing HOuae.
81. 499, 38O.I3.
New York Clearing House bal.
ance $163, 900, 900.
New York Clearing House az.
change. 81 1867 OOO, 900.
Treasury balance, SIl9 SIS, 2OI "a.
Customs receipts, $3I ,802, ga 81.
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HOOVER READY.
FOR DEEP SEA
FISHING
By LAWRENCE SULLIVAN
International News service

ABOARD u. s. s. MARYLAND
Via Radio to San Diego, .Calif.), Nov.
21-EagerIg anticipating the deep
sea fishing trip planned for him To-
day. President-elect Herbert Hoover
throughly inspected his fishing
tackle after leisurely breakfast
this morning.
The Maryland smoothly continu-
ing southwark under beautiful tropi-
cal skies. will cast anchor when It
reaches the famous San Lucas fish
ing grounds off the tfr Of lower
California. Hoover will then leave
the battleship in launch and have
his long hoped for chance to try
his skill at catching tarpon and
other big game fish.
Honduras First Stop
According to the itinerary an
nounced by the President elect. Hon
duras will he the first nation he will
visit on his Latin-American good
will tour On November IS. the Mary.
land will drop anchor at Port Anna
pala. in the Gulf of Fonseca. Mr..
Hoover will meet officials OF rhe
Honduras Government
Two communications have been
sent to the American legations at
Panama and Guatemala In which
Mr.. Hoover expresses regret that
he can not visit either country.
The note TO Panama said:
MIR. Hoover requests the Ameri.
can Legation to express TO the
president of Panama his deep and
sincere regrets at not being able
owing to pressure of time 10 call
at Panama and pay his respects
to the president and peoples OF. a
country, in whose prosperity, prog
ress and happiness he has the most
friendly Interest"
I4auds Navy Grid Star
On this trip southwark. the Navy
ia doing itself proud in every detail
of the cruise. The big battleship
cleayes through the water with
never a CULVER, and the crew OF 900
officers and men operate with clock
like precision
Miles Tinmins. of Boston, was
one OF the proudest athletes in the
Navy today, for Captain Timmins
ana his stalwaI, football squad was
photographed with Mr.. Hoover on
the quarterback of the Maryland.
He was congratulated by Hoover for
winning the championship of the
Fifth division In Saturdays game
at San Pedro Timmins was a
former star on the Mechanical Arts
IContinued on Page 2. Column 81
4!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16

Sheer Quality Ruffled Curtains, ga
yards long, ivory, or ecru with coIn-
blnat1on Of blue, rose, gold, or
all have 54-inch width valance.
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Velour Portieres and Draperie:

FastcOior Cretonnes full
5inch Plain Veiours blue Or
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WIN z4-lnch valance; $3.50 grade %E'OO
Yard wide voles Marqusettes white co n
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bly, this week Presentation was made
by Capt. w r. Scobeys OF the Departs
ment OF Military Sciences and Tactics.
who said q few words as TO the worth
of athletics.
Recipients OF trophies were:
Sigma Phi Sigma, cup for winning
annual track meet
Sigma Tau Omega ;two cups. one
permanent and one temporary. for TAX
ing the bowling league title 80 4
Delta Sigma Phi. cup for gaining title
in basket ball league. 81 +. /,
Delta Psi Omega, a cup for carry
ing off hoilors on the diamond. /
Homestead Girls. a cup for winning
championship In coed bowling circuit.
Hazel z. watson, senior in the
College of Arts and Sciences. has been
elected president of the Footlight Club,
the leading dramatic organization at
the university. She Is from Hancock,
Md.
Despite the fact that many OF the
students at the University OF Mary
land help pay their way by working,
and at times are forced to ask defer
ment of payments. the institution at
present has only little over $4,000 on
its books. Miss Maude F. McKenney
financial secretary. states This Is only
twenty-five one-hundredths Of 1 per
cent of the sum received from students
in the IL years Miss McKenney has
been in the position. during which time
close to $2.000.000 has been collected
And Miss McKenney expects that al
of the outstanding $4,000 will be paid
sooner or later, as the delinquents get
into a position to liduidate.
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sented to tthe Columbian, Women by
Miss Lucille Warfield wilkinson No
photograph" OF Luther Rice seems to
have been preserved. but the silhouette
is said to be an excellent likeness. 1t
was cut by Mrs. Emily H. Goulding OF
Cedar Vale. Caroline County, Va, some
time prior t6 the year ssf83e.s The sill
houette will be placed in the new head
quarters of the Columbian Women on
the fourth floor of the administration
building. .4..t..
collection of autogrs phed photo
graphs of the emeritus professors of
the university has been made by Dr.
Marvin and the pictures hang in the
entrance hall of the administration
building. The collection includes por-
traits of William Kennedy Butler, pro-
feSsor emeritus of ophthalmolosy;
James Howard Gore. professor emeritus
of mathematics; George Perkins Mer-
rill. professor emeritus of geology:
Charles Edward Munroe, professor
emeritus of chemistry and dean emer-
titus of the graduate school of letters
and sciences: Charles William Richard
son professor emeritus of laryngology
and otology; Sterling Ruffin. professor
emeritus of medicine: Daniel Kerfoot
Shute. clinical professor emeritus Of
ophthalmology; Charles Clinton Swish
er, professor emeritus of history. and
Henry Crecy Yarrow, professor enler-
titus of dermatology.
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NOTAB[:ES.TOSEE
|NDUCTI!Q||N0F;IRYl'AN|
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Fifth Rector Of cathollc Uni
versity to- Be Installed on.
November ID. ...-

The Inauguration of Right Rev. james
H. Ryan as the fifth rector OF the Catn-
Ole University OF America will take
place November IA. in the university
gymnasium. The occasion will be one
of great solemnity and impressiveness
and will bring together large num-
Der Of representatives OF the academic
world and of the leading American
learned societies.
Since the Inauguration is to take
place at the same time as the meeting
of the board of trustees OF the univer-
sitv and the annual meeting OF the
American Hierarchy, large number OF
prominent visiting churchmen Will be
present at the exercises, which will be
purely academic. ..' ,.e-..
-. Cardinal viii Preside.
Cardinal O'Connell Of Boston presi-
dent of the board Of trustees, will pre-
side. Archbishop Curley Of Baltimore.
chancellor Of the university, will present
sigma of the rector's Office to Mgr, Ryan.
Addresses by the new rector and rep
resentative of the Association OF Amer
lean Universities will follow.
Plans for the Inauguration now are
being outlined by faculty committee
recently appointed and including the
vice rector, Mgr Edward A. Pace. and
Dean Hardee Chambliss Invitations to
the Inauguration will be sent to promi-
nent Government officials. members Of
the diplomatic corps. officers of Ameri-
can universities and learned societies.
and other representatives of the INTEL
lec5ual and social life of the United
States. .}
rhe first general session of the faculty
under the new rector was convened last
Monday in Mcmahon Hall Mgr. Ryan.
in his address to the professionals. eX-
planned the, various duties of officials
and announced the appointment of a
number of committees. calling attention
to The functions of each and defining
ltS jurisdiction. '.....
Committees Are Named. .-...
Among the more important commit
tees named were: Committee on COM
mittees. Mgr. Ryan. rector; Mgr.
Pace, vice rector. and the deans
Of the several schools; committee on
public lectures, Profs. Daniel w. Shea.
Leo r. Stock. William j. Kerby and
Fulton j. Sheen: committee on the
graduate school. Profs Peter Csuilday.
Daniel w. Shea. Roy J. Deferrari and
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Thomas v. Moore: Committee on Sath-
| letics, Profs. ThomassJ. MacKavanagh.
John A. Dugan. Charles A. Hart and
Louis H. Crook.
Announcement was made at this as
sembly of the appointment Of Prof.
\ William H. DeLacy, as. acting dean of
the Law School to fiji the vacancy Gre
ated BIZ the death of Dean McLough-
din Very Rev Edward G. Fitzerald.
o. P, was appointed university chap
lain.
Quarters have been leased BY the
managing boards of several publications
in the basement of the new library
Those to establish Offices there are the
New Scholasticism. under the editor
ship of Mgrs. Ryan and Pace the
Catholic Anthropological Journal. UNI
der the editorship of DR.. John M.
Cooper. and Catholic Rural Life. under
the editorship of DR.. Frank O'Hara. s.
Initiation Ceremony HEIDI
The bod Noon CLUB. oldest social
club on the university campus, held}a an
initiation ceremony and banquet+t last
Monday evening. New members who
were received into the club on this oc-
casion we're: George Smith. Houston.
ACA, INydIl, N. L -
MCGUIRE, Fall River. Mass; Edward >.
O'Brien. New Britain, Conn; Joseph
Clay. Cumberland. Md; Francis c..
Gregory. Chicopee, Mass: Francis
Benoit. Ansonia, Conn. and Louis Hur-
ley New Haven, Conn. The banquet
was held at the University Club. Adj
dresses were made to the new men by
Rev. DR.. Charles A. Hart. club mod
orator, and Robert Linehan. GlenS Falls,
N. Y, president John W. Conveigh,
Brooklyn, N. Y. acted as toastmaster. j.
Officers of the club for the year just
opened are: President, Robert Linehar,
Glens Falls. NJ Y; vice president,
John M. Conlin, New Britain. Conn:
treasurer. Thomas McCabe. New Brit
ain. Conn; interclub representative,
William Fec. Astoria. N. Y: secretary.
Vincent Walters, Akron. Ohio, and cor
responding secretary, Walter O'Grady,
Rochester. N. Y.
The senior class held meeting last
week on Wednesday, at which the fol-
lowing men were elected to offices for
the coming year. President, Thomas
Murphy, Norwich, Conn., vice presi-
dent. Michael MacGuire; Washington,
D. c.. treasurer. Armand De Cesare.
Lawrence, Mass. secretary. Carl Straub.
St. Marys, Pa; student representative.
John Tatigian. Naugatuck, Conn.,. al
ternate representative. John Bergin,
Washington. In addition the following
men were chosen president and vice
president respectively. of the athletic
association of the university. these
Offices being under the electoral power
of the senior class: ALBERT Flsnaean.'
Kingston. N. y and Edward Mans
field, New London, Conn. y
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MCDONALD N]tEAD
MARYLAND SINGERS
Former Tech High Student
Honored at University.
Trophies Awarded.

I COLLEGE PARK, Md. October 49,
John Mcdonald, junior in the COL
lege of Arts and Sciences. has been
chosen student leader of the Glee Club,
one Of the, outstanding organizations at
3the University of Maryland Dr. Homer
G, HOUSE of the faculty formerly was
director.
McDona1d, whose home is In Mount
Ida. Vas near Alexandria, came to
Maryland from Tech High School OF
: washington. He has A fine bass voice
+, and always has a prominent role in stu
dent musical affairs at Maryland.
He also is an outstanding athlete, be
ing a. regular tackle on the varsity foot
ball team and weight man of ability
on the track squad.
A new system of governing the .Glee
Club has been put into effect by Presi-
dent Pearson. a comnitte headed .by
DR.. #. II. Taliaferro. dean of the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences, having been
appointed to control the activities 81
the club
Officers of the chorus are: Edwin
y. Simpson. president, and Joseph d.
Caldafa, secretary-treasurer
Trophies were awarded the 1928
champions in the various fraternity
athletic leagues at the students assem-