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Evening star., 1928-11-21
HOOVER RELAXES
ABOARD MARYLAND
Correspondents Are Imbued
/ With Sense of History
Making Tour.
BY WILL IRWIN.


North American Newspaper Alliance.
ABOARD THE U. S. S. MARYLAND
AT SEA, November 21.-After the de-
stroyers, with final naval courtesies
dropped us at San Diego Monday, the
Maryland settled down. 20 routine
President-eIect Hoover. the main figure
of this expedition, seemed for once to
be doing practically nothing.
At 8 o'clock he held Kind of re-
ception to the correspondents and the
members of his official party in the
business-like, comfortable admirarS
quarters. 1t resolved itself INTO dis
cusSion, into which many Of us put our
oars. of South and Central america,
their history, political status, manners
and problems.
Walks With Friends.
For the rest of the afternoon he
walked the deck with his quick, nervous
stride, accompanied by Mrs. Hoover, his
son Allan or one or another OF his
friends among the correspondents.
There was a movie show in the evening
tor guests, crew and officers, and after
chat early to bed.
But quiet as this voyage 50 far has
been, evey one On board has q sense CT
Joyous eXcitement-even the veterans
among the correspondents. There are
among these hardboiled old birds some
of whom have seen and experienced
nearly everything and to whom a voyage
in search of the news means usually
only reason for getting away from the
family.
But this time they are as bright eyed
nc
is first the prospect of great party in
romantic lands where hospitality is a
religion. Next, there is the unique
Specter of the occasion-nothing just
like it ever occurred before.
Naval Officers Excited.
But beyond and above that is sense
of seeing history in the making, of going
on a journey which may be big with
benevolent meaning. Perhaps those I'M
accredited diplomats, the naval officers,
could they be interviewed, would express
much the same ideas. They have
worked like horses for week to bring
to focus the perfect arrangements for
this trip, and they are plainly as excited
as the rest Of us.
The crew seems to share the emotion
with possibly. a few exceptions. Last
Saturday the foot ball team of the
Maryland beat that of the California,
6 to o, thereby winning the champion
ship of the Pacific Battle Fleet. They
Ihad hoped next Saturday to meet and
trim team from a certain destroyer
force of the feet, and had dropped hints
about shore duty in the proper quarters
But as certain authority said, 1.-THE
Navy can't make itself an annex to its
athletics" so they are all aboard Still,
this victory, along with the bright
weather, passes as a good omen in the
forecast.
1Copyright, 1928. by North American News
paper Alliance.)
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Knife Wound Fatal.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, November Ill
Police authorities here were notified
this morning of the death in George
town University Hospital last night of
Steve McCray, colored, go years old.
from a knife wound in the stomach.
Hubert Cooper, colored. is in Jail here
charged with the cutting. The men
engaged in controversy over a debt.
near Bethesda, November II, when the
cutting occurred
Evening star., 1928-11-21
Hoover Gels Daily
Report on Prisoners
And Galley Fires
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ABOARD U. S. S. MARY
LAND. November 21.-President-
elect Hoover gets a "kick" out
of the routine reports sent to
him daily by Capt. Victor Kim
berly, commander of the Mary
land, particularly the final report
at night that "the prisoners in
the brig are safe and that all
galley fires have been drawn Tor
the night"
Evening star., 1928-11-21

home for two years rather than throw
ing him on his own resources in the
life of the State university. This, he
said, may not be to the best interests
of the student, who must sooner or
later adjust himself away from home.
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Full Dress Suits

More and more is the Full Dress coming into
it's own P-B tailors have the skill that inter
prets exact fashion to perfection.
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sos and $85
The Important Accessories

Everything that enters into the formal ward
robe plays its part fs
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as we'll as diver and jumper and often
gave aquatic exhibitions in which he
would remain under water for TWO min
utes and longer. When not otherwise
engaged he worked at the Willard Hotel
as a clerk and even served there as
house detective during the Cleveland
inaugural ceremonies, only a few
months before his death.
After the completion Of the Brooklyn
Bridge his one great desire was to jump
of that lofty structure. Even before
It's completion he went to New York
for the purpose of jumping from the
cables, but was prevented from doing
so by the police. Returning TO Wash
ington. he still kept his cherished desire
foremost in mind, only waiting for the
opportunity TO present itself.
It Is said Capt. Paul Boynton. another
celebrated swimmer, believed Odlum
could successfully perform the feat and
so sincere was he In his belief that he
made a wager Of $1,000 to back up his
conviction. This, however Boynton de-
MED.
Six days before the fatal leap. Odlum
left Washington for New York. He con-
flded his intention TO his friends. He
took the seriousness of the leap rather
lightly and said the jump would be
only 40 feet greater than his jump from
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the water as possible In other words,
I will present as little surface TO the
water as I can"
%%
60 confident Of success was Odlum
- that he had arranged to give an
exhibition with Capt. Boynton in Bal
timore the following week, expecting
that his fame in accomplishing such a
great feat would make him a great
drawing card.
Arriving in New York he walked over
the bridge every day. even including the
fatal one. On the day before the leap
Capt. Boynton and Frank Hagserty
were with him. When the party reached
the central span Odlum is said to have
looked over the side and said: IF
had a boat down there now I'd cut that
water In a moment it amounts to
nothing. I can do that any day In
this week"
The circumstances OF how Odlum de-
ceived the bridge authorities. of the leap
itself and of his death are we'll told IN
the following write-up at the time:
When the four men left the elevated
train the professor and his Washington
friend got into covered express wagon
and the other two jumped into a cab
They drove for the bridge at once, the
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one cannot but admire them-~but Il Is
obvious that for some time To come At
lantic flying win remain oeath-pro~
yoEing journey.
/ am no aeronautical expert. but
when I viewed the machine In which
my dear son, Capt. NungesseT, and his
companion, Coli, were TO travel across
the seas, my heart ached with misgiy-
ing because OF the fragile structure they
we're pinning their faith in.
~
7 AM most definitely of an opinion
Il that Atlantic fights should be
stopped by governments until devices
for insuring the safety OF the occupants
have been invented and perfected. Could
IL not be that some craft. or number
Of boats. could follow an Atlantic plane
when on an experimental trip, as the
tugs follow Channel swimmers? Or,
better gtill, could not number OF air
planes travel together as / have seen
war airplanes flying close together IN
formation? Then, II one machine drop
ped into the sea, one Of the others could
render assistance by wirelesElng for
help and directing ships toward the
stricken plane.
But perhaps IL is the desire To BE
LfGG EtEklt I'd get LfGIG JstytE bAt1 pStA~a
machine" that prevents such a sensible
experimental fight In unison. And un-
less such flights are going 10 be Of value
10 the human race consider that u
Is foolish for flyers 10 attempt such
dangerous trips.
We mothers, wives and sweethearts
never begrudged cur daflings the years
Of igi4~l9i5 We sent them away, often
" their deaths, with that smile that
yeiled the ache. There were tears and
| the des0lation, but il was for our
country that We did IT, and we did II
| gladly But is il right that we should
/ send those same beloved ones out 70
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Moses, Electrician.

THAT electricity must have been
known to the ancients has been
many times asserted. but now comes
forward an electrician at Munich. one
Stadelmann, who has been in times past
an archeologist. to assert that he found
in Egypt, in buried walls, indications
denoting the use Of electric lamps. He
claims that Moses brought electricity
from Egypt and that there are biblical
paragraphs which will bear him out in
his statement that lightning rods were
in use in the temple at Jerusalem.
Stadelmann believes that the serpent OF
bronze Of Moses was nothing more nor
less than an ordinary lightning rod
such as Is In use today.
He points out, further that the ARK
OF the Covenant. made as 1t was Of wood
and adorned inside and out with gold,
constituted veritable Leyden jar which
communicated with a lightning rod on
the roof, and that it was so arranged
that under determined conditions, il
could be charged with electric fluid and
produce the death Of any ignorant per-
son daring to enter the sacred precincts
OF the ark without necessary pre-
cautions.
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enjoyed In the dog days Longfellow
Is not here, and l. whom | have
found such pleasure In meeting here III
past seasons, Is beyond the rays OF
VIRUS. My old friend Motley. sick and
sorrowing, Is here. and / pass an hour
or two with him each day. H. buried
his wife Il few months ago. and mourns
for her as II she had died yesterday.
AT the same time he Is man whose
mind Is too full not 10 be always inter-
esting and agreeable. apart from the
subject which engroSses his thoughts,
and feel as II l were doing something
for him In trying to interest him more
and more in tho affairs OF the world
which seems to him SO dark, now that
the light OF his life has gone out,
We have not seen the sea
serpent yet, but ! put note III yes
terday mornings Advertiser. telling,
for the first time In print, how Mrs.
Holmes saw him at Nahant two years
ago. l really believe she did She saw
creature lift It's head and neck at
least rs high as q man through the
water. She called me. but / was too
late, and only saw the wave where the
animal had gone under again.
Nahant Ii one OF the queerest little
places, believe. In the worldr~~a genteel
colony, from Beacon street To great
extent, but cosmopolitan, not gorgeous
like Newport. but sleepy little center
of creamy Summer stagnation.
August 20. 1877,
MY Dear Miss Eater, / am writing
IVA you on my birthday from this
charming seaside place, Your letter
interests me on many accounts. As
for the story nf the little blind girl
1t belongs 10 the category out OF which
psychology and philosophy are going to
develop almost a new science, l have
long studied tho evolution of infancy
physical, mental and moral. and / have
looked with much interest on the natu~
raj, facial and other muscular language
OF the deaf and dumb. Somewhere in
my writings | referred tn the case OF
deaf and dumb girl III whom the Ian"
guage of the features was wonderful,
far beyond what | had ever seen In any
speaking child,
Your spiritual autobiography inter
ested me atll more, ! read 1t all raie~
fully through and must read II again
| could wish 1t might be read by the
publica~but | have my doubts whether
young woman like yourself would he
willing to make such intimate reveia-
tiOns 0f her inner life. But It In thor
olighiy true, sincere, genuine and speaks
Tor Itself la every word.
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that prove little 10 aviation except that
with Iuck--and 1t is luck~~they have
made crossing in safety.
What have the Atlantic flyers said
w before they left2 The weather
conditions have been proved favorable.
Their machine Is In splendid condition.
II you ask them. I asked my son and
they would make the crossing safely.
They would say, "Oh. yes, II nothing
goes wrong" or "if the weather keeps
as 1t is reported"~-always Ifs" There
should never be any IFS" or, II there
are. then safety precautions should be
enforced 10 counteract those "tfS" and
insure safety II the unlooked-for hap
pens. There always will be a certain
amount OF risk. but the risks attend
ing Atlantic flights at the moment are
so stupendous that such flights do not
really seem worth while.
am against all stunt" flying. l
have seen so much OF 1t at various
airdromes all over France~-and so
many accidents. stunt" flying does
no good except TO give the onlookers
a thrill which they ought TO be
ashamed of II the foolish pilot Is killed.
-
death, and much injury Is done TO
those civil aviators who are seeking
to prove that flying is both a swift and
safe mode OF travel.
suggeFt that the loss OF the brave
men and women during the last few
months will put back the possibility
OF safe Atlantic flying at least n year.
II will take that time and probably
longer for the public TO get over the
shock of the deaths attending the re-
cent flights.
And many other flights will have to
be made~~and be ucceAsful--before /,
for one, will buy an air ticket for the
New World IL Is obvious. therefore,
that "stunt" flights. instead Of forward
ing civil aviation. retard 1t and UNDER
mine the confidence which the success
OF the air lines spanning Europe has
created during the last few years.
You will think that am hardened
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WsEmpl plyelb yPatyW Wen From

cab leading the way. A double force Of
police had been watching for the pro-
fessor all day. When the cab was about
100 yards from the New York tower
Haggerty jumped out, took off his coat
and waistcoat and began to drop his
suspenders. The ruse was success.
The police rushed for him and he was
prisoner in less than moment. They
marched him of in triumph, while the
crowd of promenaders followed.
Meanwhile, the express wagon, with
Odlum inside, was driven toward the
center. When they reached 1t the pro-
fcssor stepped out of 1t, with his swim
ming suit on and coolly turned to the
driver and said: Say, old man, we are
going to make history today He
Jumped on TO the railing. smiled at his
friends on the tug below and leaped.
Then there was a shout from the
tug below. All eyes were turned upward
toward the little speck high up in the
air as 1t came down Ike rod. Paul
Boynton stood on the bow OF the little
vessel, tightly clutching the flag pole
and intently watching the body in its
swift downward descent. There was an
awful silence on the tug as it pitched
from side to side with the waves. and
the upturned faces Of the watchers were
pale and white as Prof. Odlum's body
came nearer and nearer the surface OF
tne water.
He had made good jump, for ne
came down as straight as an arrow for
nearly 100 feet. Then the body sud-
denly turned as If forced around by the
air currents. The professor was en-
tirely conscious at this time, for he
threw his arms under him and tried TO
catch his feet so as to get himself into
an erect position again. Unfortunately
he was too far down to have time TO
save himself He struck the surface
fiat on his left side and disappeared be-
meath a huge wave Of water that
spurted fully 20 feet high. The body
must have struck with tremendous
force, as the water eddied around the
spot as If big ship had just gone
down there.
when Boynton saw the body turn he
threw off his coat and vest and jumped
into the water He struck out vigorous
ly for the place where Prof. Odlum dis
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appeared and waited for him TO come
to the surface again. The body came up
quickly and the captain graspeo IL
Bob, how do you feel? How are you?'
he shouted to the dying man. The lips
moved feebly as If in an attempt 70
speak and a few drops OF blood trickled
out of the sides Of the mouth. The cap
tain knew that death was near ano
shouted for help,
"A passing fishing schooner lowered
its Efeboat and took Boynton and his
unfortunate companion aboard. Inc
tug afterward drew up alongside and
they were transferred to 1t. start
was then made for the shore.
There was not sign or lie IN Frol
Odlum when he was laid in one OF the
berths Of the propeller. The HttIe
streams of blood still ooZed from be-
tween his nps and his face was as still
and pale as death. A thin dark blue
line on his left side. about 20 inches
long and almost perfectly straight
showed where he had struck the water
1t vas the only mark on his body. Capt
Boynton applied reStoratiyeS and tried
to get some recognition from him.
AFTER about 10 minutes the eyes
opened and as the dying man recog-
nized Roynton he tried to smile and
said, Well. what kind of jump did
make?' He was assured that 1t was &
perfect one and he answered feebly
Its all right, Cap, it's all right These
were his last words. Before the tug
touched shore. at 6:lS. he was dead.
The body was taken to an undertaking
establishment in Pearl street"
Poor Odguml What remained OF this
once handsome fellow was shipped on
to Washington 10 his friends and grief
stricken loved ones. Rev. Father Ahern
of st. Matthews Church read the burial
service and six Of his personal associates
bore the body to Mount Olivet Cemetery
on BladenSburg road, followed by {
large number OF friends.
Evening star., 1928-04-29
The Train Sheet.

THE railway time table, familiar 20
us all. with its figures and its dot
ted lines, is but small edition Of the
real table whereby trains are scheduled
to run. The official time table Is q
very large and complicated affair and
could not possibly be carried about in
ones pocket. II would require a sheet
nine feet long and three feet wide, r7ll-
ed in three-eightS of an inch spaces, 20
record the passing of trains out Of
large terminal station in single day.
To overcome the necessity Of so cum
bersome piece of printing, an hourly
time table is used. The train Dispatch
er's time table. tor example, contains
the number of trains. name OF conduc-
tor and engineman in full, the number
and kind Of cars in the train and the
time of its departure from the station,
the time 1t left the train yard and the
time 1t passes the various signal sta
tionS for many miles.
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some of the veteran readers of The
Star.
Mike Scanlon was q contestant for
the billiard cue for the most popular
saloon or billiard parlor. r. G. C'Dick'D
McAulcy, still making ready at the @.
r. o., was after the printers library.
The late James r. oyster sought TO OBJ
tain the pair of scales for the most
popular butter cutter and the Windsor
speeding wagon for the most popular
gentleman.
rather believe that the old Armenia
received the steam chime whistle for
the most popular Potomac River
steamer, for until the time she ceased
To exist her distinctive whistle was
recognized over all other excursion
steamboats, on the river. Many Will
still recall how this vessel would toot
its whistle when the band played Pop
Goes the Weasel" to the great delight
of every kid on the boat. Other eX-
cursion steamers in the field for this
prize and which will bring back memo
ries. no doubt, were the George Leary,
Mattano, Arrowsmith, w. w. Corcoran,
Jane Moseley, Excelsior. Lady of the
Lake and John w. Thompson.
Christian Heurich. now one of the
wee presidents of the Association of
Oldest Inhabitants, led the field with
743 votes for a set of buggy harness for
The most popular gentleman. For the
desk for the most popular newspaper
man, Clus Cromwell led the following
gentlemen: Charles r. Murray, Harry
L. West, John B. Mccarthy. Frank B.
Noyes and II. J. Ramsdell. or these,
Mr.. West became Commissioner and
later resumed newspaper work; John B..
Mccarthy died but recently, and Frank
B. Noyes is still very much in evidence
as president of The Evening Star News
paper Co.. president of the Associated
Press and many other things besides.
Johnnie Ellinger. the popular theatre
cal attache, contested for the diamond
pin for the most popular member of
the Elks, and Lieut., Dick" Arnold left
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Alaska's Climates.

OFFICIAL reports indicate that the
coast region Of Alaska has much
rain and snow, but an equable temper
ature and that the Winter at Sitka Is
no colder than that Of Washington.
The snowfall at Valdez has reached 90
feet and the rainfall at Sitka Ill inches
in a season. The Yukon basin, on the
other hand, has a continental climate,
very cold in the Winter. although the
Summer temperature may reach 90 de-
grees Fahrenheit in the shade. The
rainfall is small. The soil is perma-
nently frozen for several yards below
the surface but a thin surface LAYER
thawS out every Summer.
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risk the perils of the great Atlantic
when they will accomplish nothing
except the glory Of having Travelled In
an engine propelled bird across the
space that takes steamships days TO
cr0ss2
Looked al from another angle. the
men that try To fly the Atlantic are all
skilled aeronauts. Can they be spared
10 make flights that are attended with
such risks and yet give nothing 70 the
gcience which they belong 70, nights
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the pole erected on the Mary Washing
ton and In his judgment not near so
dangerous, as the pole was too unsteady
to make a perfect jump from.
1.-THE leap from the bridge" he said,
would be simpler, as he would have
only to step off,"
AS to the danger Of being made un-
conscious or dizzy by the air rushing
into his nostrils, he said that "if a man
preserved his consciousness, he could
guide himself properly. In case" said
he, "I find that have lost my balance
when / near the water will pull my
knees up to my chin-roll myself into
a ball-so as to make as small hole in
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types OF dancing. Then we had the
waltz, lanciers, quadrille, gallop. polka
and schottiSche--dances which required
much practice to execute gracefully.
Today We go to a dance and we have
a fox-trot, a one-step and toddle, and
Ito vary the monotony" the order may
be reversed and the band will give us
a toddle, a one-step and fox-trot, with
possibly a waltz thrown In every sixth
or seventh number. 1t does seem the
old-timers have it on the new-timers
when 1t comes to a question OF dancing
Scanning one of the corps dance pro-
grams of many years ago, at which E
II. Neumeyer was floor director. the
names of the following aides appear
Sergt. John @. Cowie. PvtS, Robert E
Odlum. r. c. Giesking. c. H. Ourand
w. E. Wright, G. F. McAvoy, Z. Burdine
and J. F.. Grant. Charles II. Ourand
rose TO be brigadier general OF the Ma
tional Guard. But the name that
caused me to ponder over the past was
that OF Robert z. Odlum. How many
people recall Bob" Odlum, the great
swimmer and diver? He was the first
man to Jump off the Brooklyn Bridge
and in doing so he came to an early and
untimely end.
The writer recalls seeing Odlum but
once, although this celebrity lived with
his brother George, his mother and sis
ter, the latter widow, Mrs. Charlotte
Smith, at 2020 Ninth street northwest
only one block away from the home OF
the writer's parents. Upon the particu-
lar occasion referred to, the great ath-
lete was attending a performance at
Ford's Opera House, at Ninth and Lou
isiana avenue. when he was pointed
out, and a good look at his famous,
large feet was obtained.
Charlie Smith, his nephew and q
boy Of the neighborhood, was taught
the art Of swimming by Uncle Bob.
and very apt scholar he proved to be,
for in after life he reflected much
credit upon his instructor.
pROF. ODLUM, as he was sometimes
called, was popular in the Wash
ington Light Infantry Corps and had a
host OF friends throughout the city.
Everybody liked bob" Odlum, a big.
handsome fellow, In the prime OF life.
He was Just SO years OF age, having been
born in Ogdensburg, N. Y, in 1852. AT
q very early age he was taken to Mem
phis, Tenn. where he learned TO swim,
it Is said, before he even learned TO
read.
From Memphis he went to st. Louis
and about 1878 he came 10 Washington
from that city and opened the Natato-
rum, a swimming school on E street
between Sixth and Seventh streets
northwest. This venture proved fall
ure and Odlum accepted a position as
manager Of Summer resort somewhere
down the Potomac. Subsequently he
was employed at the Hygeia Hotel. at
Fort Monroe, and 1t was while there
that he saved the lives OF several per-
sons, including the son OF Schuyler Col