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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27
Two Women Capture
Burglar After
TussIe

CHICAGO, April 27.-Two frail
women, one of them a grand
mother and each weighing less
than 100 pounds, were credited
today with capturing a husky
male burglar.
William Stanard, 81, OF Amboy,
ILL.,, the alleged burglar, was seen
fleeing from the basement apart
ment of Mrs. Eel MocIkus. The
latter gave chase and tossed the
burglar for a temporary loss.
As the burglar fought her off,
Mrs. Jessie Moxon, a 9O-pound
grandmother came on the scene.
The burglar fled up an alley with
the grandmother in pursuit.
1t proved to be a ''blind" alley,
with no outlet. Mrs. Moxon sue
ceeded in cornering her quarry
there until help arrived.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27

PTof. g. T.. Marvin, director Of
the United States Weather Bureau,
announced today that he would sail
for Europe soon with q. b. Calvert,
chief forecaster, to attend 3 series
or meteorological conferences called
by Gen. Del Cambre, director Of
the French weather service.
Weather experts Of England, Ger
many, Belgium, Italy, France,
United States and other countries
VIII be present to launch an Inter
national study, the results of which
VIII mean much to aer0nautical and
marine navigation.
Shippers To Aid
A specific study win be made Of
North Atlantic weather. All steam
ship shippers will be asked to CO.
operate with the various weather
services in reporting storms. winds,
high and low pressure areas. Means
OF obtaining observations from ships
and land stations all over the world
will be considered.
Weather authorities agree that
the secret of accurate forecasting
lies in comprehensive information
from every quarter Of the globe.
There are many regions, including
the Polar areas, from which no
data Ii obtained.
TOO Great Variety
While Marvin was inclined to feel
that most of the transoceanic flight
tragedies have resulted from the
limited endurance OF aircraft, he
said that North Atlantic weather,
along the steamship lanes, ID prob
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27
TORNADO HI 7 s
MISSISSIPPI
~ international News Service


JACKSON, Miss, April IA
terrific tornado tore through jack
son shortly after midnight today
sweeping westward toward Etcks'
burg.
Property damage will run into
thousands of dollars in Jackson
alone. Trees were uprooted and
houses unroofed in the suburbs.
Telephone service was seriously
hampered by the storm and it was
impossible to check the commun1-
ties OF Warren and Kinds counties
where the heaviest damage was re-
ported.
A train reaching Vicksburg re-
ported trees were blown across the
tracks VAIL along the route and On
one occasion the trains engine was
damaged when it struck q fallen
tree.
The train crew reported the
heaviest damage was between Jack.
SON and Vicksburg in the country
side.
No loss Of life had been reported
late this morning. Electrical dis
turbances followed the path of the
storm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27
CaIisthenics Of Army
Demonstrated to Public

Company K, Twelfth Infantry,
Fort Washington, Nd, commanded
by First Lieut.. John D. Armstrong,
demonstrated Army calisthenics on
the north slope Of Washington
Monument Grounds today, the drill
showing the physical exercise given
the soldier to keep him physically
fit for active field service.
The Air Corps detachment at
Boiling Field gave demonstrations
in formation and stunt flying and
there was a parade by@the entire
battalion Of the Twelfth Infantry
from Fort Washington, Nd, COM
manded by Major o. III. Saunders.
The exhibition was preceded by a
concert by the Army Band.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27

ably as unfavorable as in any quar-
ter Of the world.
In the East and West Indies, Mar
win explained, storms OF greater
intensity occur, but over the North
Atlantic there is a wide variety OF
changeabIe weather, that is con-
slant menace to aeronautical nav
igation.
'sThe lanes where the transatlan-
tic flieYs travel also are the high
ways over which the storms move.
Marvin said. Farther to the north
conditions are even worse. To the
south, however, conditions are much
better and east-to-West filters would
be favored by the mild trade winds.
Winds.''
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27
Engineers to Witness
Army Combat Activities

Demonstration Of the combat &C
tivities of Army engineers VIII pc
given today at Fort HumphTles'
Va. for members Of the American
Society OF Civil Engineers, now
holding their annual convention
here.
The demonstration viii include
an engineer combat company on
the march and on the attack: pa
rade Of pontoon equipment, animal,
tractor and truck drawn; building
of foot bridges and launching Of
canvas pontoons; building of wire
entanglements and pioneer work.
A polo game and parade will
close the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27
WILL SPEAK ON SOVIET

Albert CoyIe, former editor OF
Locomotive and Engineers Journal
and welI-known labor leader, will
speak on his experiences while In
yestigating various phases OF Soviet
Russia at the Playhouse, 1914 N
st. N. W., Sunday night under the
auspices OF the committee for recog-
milton Of Soviet Russia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27
MaCF ARLAND CENTER

Play and dance will feature a
spring entertainment to be given to-
night by the MacF'arland Center, at
Ninth and Webster Streets North
west. A basketball game is in
Guided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27
Experts Plan Ocean
Map for Fliers

Anticipating many transoceanic aircraft flights this year
international meteoroogts preparing to make available
the best possible weather forecasts particularly for the North
Atlantic district
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
FOUR PERSONS HURT
IN BUS COLLISION
Woman Auto Passenger Most Sc
riously Injured-Bahy Thrown
Free of Crash.

Four persons were injured one Seri-
ouSly. when doubie-deck bus Of the
Washington Rapid Transit Co. and an
automobile driven by Robert c, Dunlap.
4603 Eighth street collided at Eighth
and Allison streets shortly after 10
o'clock last night
Mrs. Norma Dunlap. wife OF MIR.
Dunlap, was the most seriously injured,
She sustained shock. cuts and bruises.
and her skull may have been fractured
Mr. Dunlap also is suffering from shock
and bruises and lacerationS about the
hands. Their l6-menth-old baby, Pa
tricia. was thrown out Of the automo-
bile and picked up out of the street by
the father apparently uniniured.
Two OF three passengers ON the bus
were bruised about the legs when
thrown out OF their seats. They are
Mrs, Harry RaltroSky OF Baltimore and
her hrother-in-law. Louis HaltroSky.
1919 X street, Harry BaltruSky, hus-
band and brother Of those injured.
though sitting with them on the front
seat or the upper deck of the bus. was
unsnjursd
The bus crew, Raymond Eslgerton, Sli0
Thirteenth street conductor. and Cor
dom r charak. Silver Spring. driver,
were permitted by the police to drive
the bus away after the crash,
The four injured persons were taken
10 Garfield Hospital by passing mo-
florists,
The crash was heard over an ara Of
many blocks and q crowd Of several
hundred persons gathered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

How DR.. Emmett W. Price, 37l8 r
street, veterinarian of the Bureau Of
Animal Husbandry. riSked his life 10
discover hitherto unknown and dan
gerouS species of human intestinal
parasite, became known yesterday.
Risking a dangerous or fatal illness.
DR.. Price swallowed three of the inter-
mediate forms of this parasite himself
IN the experiment. He suffered some
slight illness
Several months ago the body of a
giraffe, which died at the National
Geological Park, was sent to the De-
partment OF Agriculture for dissection
to determine the cause of death. The
liver came into DR.. Prices laboratory
He found the liver badly infested
with white cysts, about the size of a
small pea, each with a black center
These appeared identical with the
bladder worms found IN cattle and
which are the intermediate form of
the large human tape-worm. The
bladder worms. however, only appear
in the muscular tissue, never in the
liver of cattle
Swallows Cysts.
When an examination of the litera-
ture of the subject gave him no clue
DR., Price. following heroic precedent
Of the veterinary service of the Bureau
Of Animal Husbandry. took three of
the cysts and swallowed them. The
result was that at least one. and
probably two enormous worms developed
IN his own body. They are slightly
different. however. from the cattle
tape-worm. A portion of one of them,
preserved In the laboratory, is about 4
feet long.
DR.. Price now is entirely recovered
from the effects of his heroic expert
ment. and is continuing it with calves.
Some Of the infected animals are to be
killed In few days to determine what
sort of intermediate forms have de-
veloped If the cysts are found in the
livers 1t viii be evidence of a new
species.
There is only one medical record of
a similar parasite. This was found in
the body of man who died in North
Africa many years ago and who prob
ably had eaten giraffe liver.
This experimental method of dealing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
BANK SW|NDLERS
COLLECT S75O,Ol)
Gang Mulcts British InStitu-
tions-Fiee 10 Belgium
by Plane.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 30-British and con-
tinental banking circles, thirsting for
justice. have called on Scotland Yard
and Belgian and French police to cap
ture clever gang of swindlers which
has mulcted British. Belgian and
French banks of $750.000 in recent days.
Not since the famous Bidwell gang
came to London from America 65 years
ago and induced the Bank of England to
part with $500, 900 for forged bills of ex-
change have the bankers been so
alarmed
Present Forged Papers.
The present swindlers began their &C
tivitieS In London recently. Within the
last few days several banks in West
London were presented with forged let
tiers OF credit for large amounts. all Of
which they honored, except in one in
stance. This incident almost resulted
III the capture of the cheaterS in SINH
lar manner as the Bidwell quartet. who
were arrested when they presented an
undated letter of credit for $l25.000
The banker told the member Of this
modern gang to return later while he
examined the 5000 bill of exchange
but the swindler failed TO appear At
other banks, however. they were emf
nently successful and reaped q harvest
OF $500 900 In London alone.
When things got too hot for them in
England, they chartered an airplane at
Croydon and few to Brussels. where
they fiseced Belgian banks in a similar
manner to the sum of 100000.
Criminal Record Seen.
Chief Constable Wensley of Scotland
Yard believes that member of the
criminal organization is employed in an
Italian bank, where the drafts are sup
posedly issued on London banks.
The British authorities describe one
OF the criminals as native of Brasil
or some other South American country,
and he Is believed to be an international
crook who has been convicted of similar
frauds IN France and America. His
name and description have been tele-
graphed 10 the Belgian police. who re-
piled he was seen III Brussels soon after
the arrival of the Croydon airplane,
Close watch is being kept at all CONT
mental and English cities, seaportS and
airdromeS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
DENIES kN0WL EDGE
OF OBSCENE MAIL
Woman Arraigned With Haynes
Pests Bond to Answer
Charges.

Mrs Mae Apperson, 20 years old. of
81 Randolph place, who was arraigned
yesterday with L. J. Haynes, chief OF
publications for the Department OF
Agriculture, On charges Of having mailed
obscene literature, admitted yesterday
afternoon that she had mailed the mat
ter on which the charges rest, but added
she had been without exact knowledge
Of its nature When brought before
United States Commissioner Eeedham
G. Turnage yesterday. Mrs. Apperson
formerly employed In concern oper-
ated by Haynes, waived hearing, wa
bound over TO the grand jury and re-
leased under $500 bond On request OF
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney Walter NJ Shea. the case against
Haynes was postponed for two weeks
20 enable him TO make further in
yestigation. Haynes bond was also
fixed at $500
Mrs. Apperson denied that she had
been discharged by Haynes. as he con-
tends. saying she quit Of her own &C
cord.
Hearing that postal authorities were
making an investigation. she said she
vent 70 them and voluntarily made q
statement in connection with the work
Il did not feel that had anything 70
conceal she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
CHILDREN REMAIN
IN DETENTION HOME
Mandate of Congress UnfuI-
fiIIed-21 Juveniles Still in
Care of Police Bureau.

Twenty-one children under II years
of age still were enSconsed under the
roof of the House Of Detention at mid
night last night, the zero hour decreed
by Congress for their removal to sep
arate building and placed under the
jurisdiction of the Board of Public We'll
fare, instead of the Womans Bureau
of the Police Department.
Throughout the day, District officials
had tried to avoid disobeying the man.
date of Congress, and at one stage of
the proceedings 1t was planned to take
the children. the majority OF them at
least. out of the House of Detention be-
fore nightfall and place them In private
homes and in institutions controlled
by the Welfare Board.
The plans went awry, however, for
when the midnight hour approached
Lieut., Nina c. Van Wrinkle. who di-
reefs the destinies of the Woman's Blu
reau, reported to Mai. Edwin B. HeSse,
the police superintendent. that she still
had under her control ii girls and 10
BOYS who Congress had specifically
stipulated In the District appropriation
act should not be under the same roof
with her bureau after June 80.
Protest Home.
The trouble was caused by a group
of residents in Northeast Washington.
who sought an injunction to prevent
the Board of Public Welfare from estab-
fishing a receiving home for the chill
dren In the Stanton Park Hospital
Building at Sixth and Massachusetts
avenue northeast. AS n result officials
of the municipal government have taken
the position tentatively to do nothing
more about the home until the court
announces its decision, and the work of
remodeling and equipping the building
was temporarily suspended.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle had planned for the
change which did not come about. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
CHURCH SCHOOLS MERGE.
Hamilton and Rochester Seminaries
to Have $4,000, 900 Fund.

HAMILTON, N Y. June so (4g,-.
Consolidation of the Hamilton Theo-
logical Seminary and the Rochester
Theological Seminary, forming an in
stitution with approximately 100000
endowment. was voted at meeting Of
the Baptist Education Society of the
State of New York here today.
The new institution win be situated
In Rochester and viii be known as the
Colgate Rochester Divinity School, APP
proximately 81 100000 will be trans
ferred to the new institution frt~s the
funds Of Colgate, The Hamilton LEO
logical Seminary is the theological de-
partment Of Colgate and the oldest Bap-
tist Observation-Disclosures In the United
states,
The merger Is elyeetive@ak once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
CHARGES UTILITIES
OFFER TO PAY BILL
Former Michigan Director
Quoted on Debt Incurred
by State Officials.

! sy the Associated Press.
i Winding up a weeks investigation OF
public utility publicity organizations III
! Jour States. the Federal Trade Com
mission yesterday disclosed proposal
, of the utilities publication committee
4 of this city to wipe out an indebtedness
of 81 600 incurred III 1923 by the Ma
tional Association Of Railroad and
Utilities Commissioners, an organization
of State officials supervising these
industries.
This development came in evidence
introduced during testimony of Alfred
| Fischer of New York. former director
of the Michigan committee on public
utility information Fischer declared
| that he did not know what action was
taken on the proposal.
A letter sent By A. S. Hills, secretary
of the utilities publication committee.
on May S. 1925, and described as a con-
fldential matter to Herbert Sylvester,
secretary of the Michigan section of
the National Electric Light Association
at Ann Arbor, proposed that copies of
the proceedings of the 1924 convention
Of State supervisors of railroads and
utilities be purchased to assist in paying
the $500 indebtedness Greeted IN
printing the proceedings OF the 1924
convention.
Committee Asked 20 Assist.
The letter, which was introduced INTO
| the record, said that the committee
had been asked to assist and we arc,
therefore. referring the matter TO ecu
directly" 1t edded that I'VE believe
that the utility organizations will DC
justified In helping the National Asso-
citation of State Commissioners in his
emergency and we suggest that you
order as many copies of the volume, at
So each, as you can use and distribute"
Fischer was followed on the stand by
Arthur w. STAGE of Ann Arbor, his
successor as director last September
STAGE told of the payment of expenses.
amounting to S57. of Prof H. J. Cal
lagher Of Michigan State College to
speak to the Michigan Grange, as we'll
as small monthly payment of $40 to
Lee Chilson, secretary of the State
Farm Bureau for information
STAGE said he understood hat The
Michigan Gas Association had increased
the research fellowship fund at Michi-
gan University from $1,000 to Slo.0O0
annually, and that the plan had been
to raise 1t to $4,000. He however.
added that he understood this had not
been done.
Tomorrow's Witnesses.
The hearing recessed until tomorrow,
when John N. Gladly of Milwaukee.
secretary Of the Wisconsin Utilities AS
ISOLATION, and A. F. Herwig of Mill
wallkee. director of the Wisconsin
Public Utility Information Bureau, are
to testify.
Frank O. Cuppy of Lafayette. Ind.
who, 1t was testified this past week, re-
ceived large sums for lobbying before
the Indiana assembly in the interest
of public utilities has been summoned
to testify Friday He is the last wit
ness to come before the commission In
vestigation, before its recess until
September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
u. S. VETERINARIAN RISKS LIFE
TO DISCOVER NEW PARASITE
DR.. E. w. Price Carries Out Code of Pro-
fession by Swallowing Intestinal
Worms.

with animal parasites is the only way
to obtain exact iniorma ion, according
to DR. Maurice G. Hail, chief OF the
parasitology section, and is used at
times even when the man conducting
the experim snt on himself has every
reason to expect serious results. It is a
tradition of the profession that the man
conducting the experiment use himself
as subject.
The results of planting various para
sites in the human system cannot be
determined from their behavior in the
bodies of other animals, since they arc
selective Of their hosts DR.. Hall men,
toned similar experiment, recently
reported in the veterinary journals
where a japanese veterinarian, named
Koino, deliberately swallowed a form OF
parasite which made its way into the
lungs of pigs, and which, If it acted in
the same way with man, would GER
tainly result in a sort Of pneumonia
almost invariably fatal. AS Koino had
expected, the worms invaded hts lungs
only an exceptionally strong constitu-
ton saved him in the sickness that
followed.
Found Hook-Worm Cure.
DR.. Hall himself several times has
swallowed parasites. He is the dis
coverer of the treatment now ordinarily
used for hook-worn--a powerful drug.
Its use never has been entirely safe.
While it has saved thousands, it has
killed a few. When first discovered
there was no certainty Of what it would
do to the human body. 1t worked
well enough with dogs, but the human
system sometimes reacts quite differ
entity. DR., Hall tried 1t out on him.
self
DR.. Price expressed the philosophy
Of the service yesterday He said:
You see, it wouldn't be quite square
for a fellow TO ask anybody else TO
try out these things, It's the business
Of the fellow that is working with them.
1t might kill or it might not. You
win either way. If it doesn't have any
effect on the man who tries il 1t prob
ably would not on anybody else. If
1t makes him very sick or kills him
something new has been determined to
help others in the future"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
transform BROWNS
CHILD, HALTS TRAFFIC
Many Made Homeless in West Vir-
ginia by Flood From Heavy
Downpour.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILLIAMSON. w Va. June So
One child was drowned, many persons
were made homeless. traffic was par
alyzed and several towns were without
power and light facilities today as 8
result Of severe rainstorm that swept
this section of West Virginia and
adjacent territory III Kentucky late
yesterday.
A colored boy was drowned at Logan,
W. Va. and his grandmother suffered
broken leg when their home was under
mined by small creek
Himlerville, Ky. was swept by flood
waters from Buck Greek and more than
100 persons were made homeless. A
number OF houses were carried from
their foundations. The Red Cross NOV
ed to aid the stricken families.
Several Huntington streets were
flooded and roads here and near
Huntington were blocked by dirt slides.
The Norfolk s. Western Railroad SuS-
pended traf1ic while slides were removed
from its tracks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
DR.. Work to Drop Other Public Tasks
When He Resigns His Post in Cabinet

teFests embraces membership as one Of
the seven members on the National
Forest Reservation Commission. WIN
his official going, DIR. Work will leave
vacant quite a number Of posts IN gov
cfnmental activities
Aside from the severance Of these
official connections with Washington,
the National Capital will lose, IN Or.
Works resignation, the services OF one
Of the Nations outstanding hlienlstA
Or Work is an M u Of the University
OF Pennsylvania and has specialized IN
nervous and mental diseases. During
the World War he was associated with
Provost Marshal Gen Crowder as a
major In the Medical Corps Of lhe
Army and aided IN supervising the
medical features Of the draft. He Il
now In the Officers Reserve Corps with
the rank OF colonel. During his in
cnmbeney as Secretary Of the In
terror, Or Work has brought A1is ex~
pert knowledge az an aiienist I'd gaf on
ST. Elzabeths Hospital. whid Is a
mart Of the Department of the interior