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Evening star., 1928-12-02
PARLEY ON MINING
HAS BIG PROGRAM
Sessions viii Start Here
Wednesday, With Many
NotabIes in Attendance.

Problems affecting the domestic and
international mining situation will be
considered by leading experts at the
thirty-first annual convention of the
American Mining Congress which opens
atS four-day sessions at the Mayflower
Hotel next Wednesday
Mining executives, managers and en-
kineers will be joined by members of
Congress and delegates appointed by
State governors and officials OF the
Federal departments in a discussion
that will deal mainly with legislation
and problems peculiar to the mining in
Custry. The diplomatic corps will be
represented at the conference by the
Chilean Ambassador, Senor Don Carlos
q. Davila and the charge d'affaires of
the Argentine embassy. Senor Julian
Encisco Official State delegates will
attend by appointment of Cows.
Baker Of Missouri, Richie Of Maryland,
Parnell of Arkansas, Donahey Of Ohio,
Adams Of Colorado, Byrd Of Virginia,
sylvania.
Officers to Be Chosen.
Resolutions will be adopted declaring
the attitude of the American Mining
Congress on pending mining questions
and new of11cerS ana directors are 10 De
chosen at the business meeting. Meet
tngs also will be held of the boards of
governors Of the Western, Southern
and manufacturers divisions.
One important matter to be disposed
of IS that of fixting the time and place
for the Southern Industrial Develop
ment conference to be held in the South
next February and the convention of
practical coal operating officials and
The exposition of mining equipment in
May, which has usually been held in
Cincinnati.
Reports on the mining industry will
be made at a luncheon meeting to be
rendered the delegates on the opening
day of the session.
j. G. Bradley Of Dundon, w. Va,
president of the Elk River Coal &
Lumber Co.. and also president Of the
American Mining Congress, will for
mally open the convention Wednesday
afternoon with an address on the work
of the organization as THE Clearing
House for Mining"
Addresses on international mining will
be made by the following: G. @. Bate
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Beginning of Life.

Scientists generally agree that the
first forms of life originated in water
and an effort to illustrate this has been
made in an oil painting by Charles r.
Knight of New York, which has been
recently placed in the Hall of Histori-
cal Geology of the Field Museum of
Natural History. The painting is a
present by patron of the institution.
The artist gave great deal of time to
scientific investigation before making
the painting. In it he has portrayed
these earliest known forms Of life as
appearing in group of pools. With
in the waters of these pools algae of
blue-green hue are shown IN such guam
titles as to tint the liquid with their
colorS. They also have built up a series
of stony basins. In other pools,
cushion shaped forms of pink algae are
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presided over by Jesse F. Mcdonald,
manager of the Downtown Mines Co.
of Leadville, Colo, and formerly COVER
nor of that State.
other speakers at this session include
r. c. Allen of Cleveland, who will give
Business Mans View of the Tax
Situation" and II. B. Fernald OF New
York, who viii speak on Taxation of
Income and gains from Securities"
report of the progress of Government
studies of mine depletion allowances
and practicability of a percentage OF
income basis for determining depletion
will be made to the congress by Nc
Kinley w. Kriegh, chief of the tax
division of the American Mining Con-
gress.
Secretary will Report.
Conditions in the coal industry and
proposed legislation affecting 1t WIN oe
considered the afternoon of December
6. the session to be presided over by
Archibald Douglas of New York. AT
the meeting of the board of directors
following this session, j. F. Callbreath
will make his report as secretary OF the
congress.
The increased used of machinery in
the production of coal and in industry
generally will be. the topic of mech
anization session the morning OF De-
cember 7. Col. M G. Rorty OF New
York. vice president OF the 1nterna-
tional Telephone g. Telegraph Co, one
of the speakers, will deal with Mech
anization and Human Progress"
DR.. L. E. Young Of Pittsburgh, vice
president of the Pittsburgh Coal Co.
will speak on the work of the National
Committee on Mechanical Mining re-
Nv CNnCrpCC
conduct Swear program looking to
enlargement of mechaniZation meth
DDS in the coal industry. Following
this session, the first meeting OF the
mechanical committee, representing
coal operators In 81 States. will be held.
Robbins Among Speakers.
Assistant Secretary of War Charles
B. Robbins will speak on strategic
War Minerals" from the military view
point at the afternoon session of De-
cember T. which will be devoted to
metal mining.
The annual banquet of the organi-
zation will be held that evening, at
which william Loeb of New York, vice
president of the American Smelling &
Refining Co. will be toastmaster. Carl
D. Marshall of Bay st. Louis, Miss,
will speak and special entertainment
features will be provided.
The principal speaker at the morn
ing session of December will be Sen
ator Tasker l.. Oddie of Nevada, chair
man of the Senate mines and mining
committee. Representative Scott Leav-
lit of Montana, another speaker, will
discuss 1.-The Inter Relation of Mining,
Agriculture and Prosperity"
The concluding session OF the con-
vention will be held in the afternoon
when a national Standardization con-
ference will be conducted by the stand
ardizaticn division of the American
Mining Congress.
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shown. Other portions of the deposits
are seen to be tinged brown or orange
by algae of these colors. The adjoining
rocks are represented as being bare and
naked, no other life being in existence
at this time. The rocks are mostly of
black lava, but some areas of red
dish color are shown to indicate the
great iron-bearing deposits which were
also formed at this time.
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man, Toronto, secretary of the Ontario
Mining Association; G. w. FurneSs,
chief of the minerals division, Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce;
Perry j. Stevenson, commercial attache
to South Africa, and H. Bentley Mac
Kenzie of New York. former CONNER
cial attache to Buenos Aires.
E. C. Afford, special assistant to the
Secretary of the Treasury on tax mat
ters, will speak the morning of De-
cember 6 at a session devoted to tax
alton of minerals. This session will be
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Glee Club to Visit Cuba.

HAVANA, December 1 OP).-Advices
to the Cuban public instruction DEPART
ment from Notre Dame University say
that the Varsity Glee Club will visit
Havana during the Christmas holidays.
Several choral recitals in the cathedral
here are planned.
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BUY "His'' Gifts
1t "His'' Store

THAT'S the smart way! That's the way! That's the
way guarantee that his pleasure will be great his
appreciation. Here Saks know so well this man
whom you seek please and have by the thousands
the very things that he would buy if he doing the
choosing himself.
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Solo. .ooo in Stolen Bonds Found.

VIENNA, December CP).-The po-
lice announced today that they have
succeeded In tracing and securing
$4,000 worth of Toxic Electric Light
bonds, the property of the Guaranty
Trust Co. OF New York, which were
stolen last August on the steamer Le-
viatnan while IN transit to Paris. Six
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Of these bonds, each of $1,000 value,
were presented to a Vienna bank, which
advised the police. Since then 204 ad-
ditional bonds have been traced to
Vienna.
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There are few towns of real impor-
tance in South America in which the
American dentist is not met with.
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Premier Assured Majority.

MELBOURNE, Australia, December /
(P.-The coalition government, headed
by Premier S. M. Bruce, will have a
ma ajority of nine in the next Common
wealth House of Representatives.
Evening star., 1928-12-02

Bernardo O'Higgins was the first
President of Peru.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-27

called her "the angel," and said she was the most Beat
tiful girl they had ever seen.
Now the woman hater was dating her up! Janet
smiled to herself. She wondered how one did go about
landing a man like that" and thought it might be an in
teresting game. There had never been any romance in
her life. She had never been kissedl All Janet knew about
love was what she had read in books and magazines.
Does Janet keep Ballard Riley guessing? DOES
SHE?-and how! She told him: "Since YOU know all
about women | should think it wouldn't be half as much
fun as being dumb, like I am"
II wish I had a nice little sister like you" he said.
you better be my grandfather teased Janet.
Read how an up-to-date Eve tames her Adam in an
old-fashioned way. Read "Make-Up"-a story of today.
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uCITTIN' on top of the world sang Janet, under her
- breath. The woman hater dating her up! And,
they said all the girls were cuckoo about him.
"Oldw woman hater Riley" they called him. Only he
wasn't old, but a big, dark, handsome fellow with dark
brown, wavy hair and Irish blue eyes. He prided him
self upon his indifference to women. He had been too
busy making good to think much about them. He had
been a sort of here today and gone tomorrow fellow.
Knew all about women, he said. He'd seen lots Of pretty
girls before. He'd never seen the woman yet he couldn't
kiss. Oh, yes, Ballard Riley was decidedly proud OF his
bachelorhood
Then, along came Janet. A singing, dancing, devil
may-care girl, sweet as an innocent baby in looks-a bit
of a saint and a bit of a devil, that was Janet. Old Auntie
and Uncle Pete, back in the mountains Of Kentucky, had
Evening star., 1928-12-04
ROYAL PARTY ENDS
VISIT IN CAPITAL
Swedish Princes and Other
Distinguished Guests Leave
for Niagara Falls.

After a whirlwind visit in Washing
ton, the Swedish royal party, which in
cluded Prince Gustavus Adolphus and
Prince Sigvard, sons of the Crown
Prince, and Count Folke Bernadotte of
Wishborg, nephew to the King of Swe-
den, and his bride Of three days. the
former Miss Estelle Manville, left on
the midnight express for Niagara
Falls, N. Y
Prince Adolphus, who is heir pre-
sumptive to the Swedish throne, had
expressed the wish that his brief stay
in the Capital be as informal as pos
sible and his wishes were carried out
even to the extent of the reception of
the visitors at the White House. Prince
Adolphus is understood to have admir-
ed greatly the democratic simplicity
OF the White House atmosphere and
enjoyed the pleasant hours spent with
the President and Mrs. Coolidge.
Before their departure last night
Minister Bostrom of Sweden and Nine
Bostrom entertained at dinner, follow
ed by reception for the visitors, at
the legation at 2249 r street. The lat
ter was marked by representative
attendance Of official and diplomatic
society.
While the two princes were taking
In as much of the Capital as their linn
tied time permitted, enjoying the beau
ties of Mount Vernon and Arlington,
the bride and groom spent the day
quietly to themselves. They were lunch
con guests at the White House and lat
er at the legation.
The entire party will remain at
Niagara Falls for several days, it is
understood, before sailing for Sweden
and home, December 8.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
SOCIETY
Continued From Nineteenth Page)

thousands of garments will be on ex-
hibition and a social half-hour will
follow the formal meeting, when the
officers of the District of Columbia
branch meet those in attendance.
Senator Thomas j. Walsh of Montana
was the guest of honor at the Womans
National Democratic Clubs weekly
luncheon yesterday. He spoke on the
World Court and its relation to the
Kellogg BRAND treaty.
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman presided
and introduced the speaker Some of
those attending the luncheon were the
Senator's daughter, Mrs Emmett Gud-
ger, Maj. and Mrs. P. Ohearn, Mr.. G.
G. Latimer, Mr.. and Mrs. George B.
Mcclellan, Mrs. Sidney Colman, Mrs.
Let's, Mrs David Tucker Brown, Mrs.
Samuel Jordan Graham, Mrs; Henry
Wilder Keyes, Mrs. Alvin Dodd, Mrs.
Edward B. Meigs, Mrs. A. Garrison
McClintock, Mrs. w. D. Sterrett, Mr..
and Mrs. William r. McGarry, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Bright, Mrs. Rose
Yates Forester, Mrs. Harry N. Hickey,
Mrs. George M. Eckels, Mrs. D. M.
Spencer, Miss Cornelia Basel, Mrs. Ray
Palmer, Mrs. j. A. Wells, Mrs. G. G.
Dill, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Boyce, Miss
Imogene Howell Mrs Eugene Barrett,
Roland Nahony, Mrs. E. A. Stuart,
Miss K. E. Dumbell, Mrs. Huston
THOMPSON, Mrs. E. H. Jackson, Mrs.
j. F. Nugent. Miss Lillian Otto. Mrs.
Bertram CheSterman. Mrs. w. B.
Roberts, Mrs j. Davis Brodhead and
a number of others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morganthaw
of the Portsmouth Apartments have
returned from spending Thanksgiving
and the week end with relatives In
York, Pa.
The Oriental art series at the studio
of Miss Catherine Carter Critcher, 1903
Connecticut avenue northwest, VIII pc
continued tomorrow afternoon at 4:30
o'clock. when Miss Gertrude Richard
son Brigham will speak on Japan
It's Art and Ideals" illustrated with
material personally collected. Miss
Blondelle Malone will lend her paint
ings of Japan, including the fine one
of "Fujiyama" japanese tea will be
served. The tea is open to visitors.
Mrs. Walter Miles of Constitution
Chapter will entertain tomorrow at
230 o'clock at her home, 1907 Jocelyn
street, Chevy Chase. D. c., the State
Better Films Committee, D. A. R. The
chairman, Mrs. Frank Morrison, will
preside and Mrs. E. Grattan Kerans
and Mrs. George Gillingham will speak,
and Mrs. David H. Kincheloe, wife of
Kincheloe of Kentucky,
will give group of songs. Tea will
be served.
Many delightful little parties are
being given this week for Miss Sydney
Thompson of New York City, who is
Evening star., 1928-12-04

Brocaded rayon D'Orsay
slippers for Mothers mo-
ments of leisure; soft pad
ded sole; trimmed with
pompon. Felt slippers, S9c.
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in the city to appear before the Com
munity Institute tonight in dramatic
recital. Miss Thompsons hostess. Mrs.
William Lee Corbin, will entertain
small party at luncheon today in her
honor, and tomorrow morning, she will
be the guest of Mrs. Lyman B. Sworrn-
stedt at the Twentieth Century Club.
Miss Thompson is graduate Of Vassar,
and sister of Vance Thompson, noted
essayist and novelist.
Last season. Miss Thompson made a
tour of the world, appearing in Jeru-
salem under the patronage of Lady
Plumer, wife of Field Marshal Lord
Plumer, the British high commissioner
of Palestine,
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Leather shoe that is half
leather lined, with a soft
padded inner sole. Just the
right heel for comfort. Ro-
meos, $2.39. Felt Slippers, 89c.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
MEXICAN HELD FOR PROBE
Man Charged With Threat Against
Gen. obregon's Widow.

MEXICO CITY, December 4 GP.-
Dispatches from Mazatlan today said
that Gumerhindo Belanga had been
arrested by military authorities in So
nora, charged with threatening the wild
ow of Gen. Alvaro Obregon.
The man was said to have told the
widow that he would invoke curse on
her children if she did not use her
good Offices with President PorteS Gil
to save Jose De Leon Toral from exc
cution for the murder. Documents
claimed to be seditious were found upon
the prisoner, who will be sent to Mexico
City for investigation.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
WALLACE REELECTED
BY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
Other Officers of Washington Trade
Association Are Renamed
for CoD1iuD o. Year
for Coming Year,

Edward NJ. Wallace was reelected
president Of the Washington Automo-
tive Trade Association at meeting of
the organization last night at the City
Club
Other reflections included Fred Hal
Ter, first vice president; Whitney Leary,
second vice president: Louis S. Julien,
treasurer, and L. S. Carl, secretary.
Drawings were made for the space
allotment for the coming automobile
show, January 26 to February 2, at the
Washington Auditorium.
The annual dinner will be held De-
cember II, at the MayfloWer Hotel.
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BRUTALITIES IN SPORT
ASSAILED BY LEAGUE
Prize Fighting, Bear Batting, Fox
Hunting and Bull Fighting
Denounced.

Discussing "brutalities committed in
the name Of amusement" speakers last
night before the new League Against
Cruel Sports and Practices, meeting at
st. Thomas Parish Hall, assailed prize
fighting, bear batting, fox hunting and
bull fighting.
The necessities of modern life infiict
suffering enough, Charles Edward Rus
sell, novelist, told the meeting, without
visiting torture on men and animals in
the pursuit of sport.
Big game hunting for the sake of
the trophy and the practice of trap
ping northern animals for women's furs
were arraigned by Comdr Edward
Breck, U. S. N, retired, president of
the league.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
CANAL TOLLS INCREASE.
Panama Waterway Reports $23,
932,933 Revenue in II Months.

PANAMA, December 4 (E).-Panama
Canal traffic for the IL months of the
present calendar year already exceeds
the traffic for similar period last year.
Statistics made public today set the
total transit at 5,755 ships, which paid
total of $23,932 ,933, compared with
5,496 transits paying $23,332,563 for
the same period of 1927
Evening star., 1928-12-04
REPAIR MENDEZ PLANE.
U. S. Army Experts Aid Colombian
in Work on Ship.

PANAMA, December 4 CP).-United
States Army experts were working to-
day to repair the plane in which Lieut.
Benjamin Mendez was flying from New
York to Bogota. Colombia. The plane
sank Saturday when the Colombian air.
man brought it down on the surface of
the bay at Colon. He and his mechanic
were rescued by launch.
1t was believed today that Lieut..
Mendez would not be able to continue
his trip southwark for about three
weeks. The fuselage of the plane was
twisted and several re-enforcing tubes
snapped.
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Washington Society Folk
Find Midsummer Program
Varied and Interesting
August Period, Formerly Marked by Extreme
Duilness, Schedules Number of Important
Events. Including Official Functions.

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~ the East the West Coast or IN
Of the war washington has never been dull
without at luncheon Dinner WITH o k IN osed mid
August which has always due Of the calendar
Secretary host the pesdng d gc of the
Kian sndbae Of coPenhagen DR. ndsa mo is ae as en-
foe 70 o hey r the week by the Abassador
seno Don Manuel G. Telez The Secretars
the Ambassador entertained in the
embassy -. n,oo, ,n.s The minister of re
China DR. Sun Fo who same e snd no
Blue Ridge Summit where with his family he Sp pen
lowing evening at dinner at the legation for
'' thus the duIness Of washington dproved
THE National Capital city hail and farewell
The secretsr Of state ana Mrs keog left Ws1s0 K
smart and becoming trsyng costume IN eSceen
color relieved gray the waist and lower portion Of
the skirt Her small fitting hat was dark blue and ner nose
cut shoes were
THE Secretary Of Commerce and Hoover
"a. dsT ah are led ne their Charming
9 o h S snf been S n Europe With bis SON. Mr. Mellon
weeks Will De IN washington again %tnn me week Inc ME-
and Secretary the Mr. Roy West has been
pretty much move"
II Europe on the Eas coast this oo4n s1o N e
monies Of notihcaon within which cabinet oer and
Senator play the adns Tone ho ce s2te 70 hs
round of informal festvy In those resorts M
. New YORK last week ! meet Two Dis,
.Esg Farms @ cB sna asG n s a s ] win
urn 70 washington ne mD 1d PpTe n He the Rat
They greatly missed here where they have so many friends
LTHouoH those prominent society
n IN many different ,se1s Of the %o saa plans Are
first to claim attention making her formal bow TO society
sf Ss q 1b That Old
lon o asy s n opened Year Day
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Summer Pastimes Attract
Diplomatic orpsMembers
Chilean Ambassador at Atlantic City-Turkey s
Representative Guest With Fishing Party.
Mountains Lure Others

The Ambassador of Chile. Senior
Don Carlos G.. Davila. is at Atlantic
City. where he will remain until the
middle OF the week He will so from
there to one of the New England re-
sorts.
The Ambassador of Turkey, Ahmed
Mouhtar Bey, is spending the week
end fishing in the Potomac He is a
guest on the yacht of Mr., Ioyner. and
will return to the embassy tomorrow.
The newly appointed Ambassador of
Japan, Mr.. Katsuki Debuchi, and his
family will sail from Toxic September
IS. and will come to Washington
shortly after their. arrival on the Pa
cifiC CeaSt.
The Minister of China, Mr. Sao-Ke
Alfred SEE, spent q few DAYS in WASH
ington last week and reloined his fam
ily Yesterday mt Buena Vista Springs,
where they are established for the
season,
The Minister of Panama, Senior Dr..
Don Ricardo J Alfaro. has Joined his
family at Buena Vista Springs. having
spent n few days in Washington last
week.
The Minister of the Dominican Re-
public and Sonora de Morales are al
Niagara Falls today and wall motor 20
Canada before returning TO Washing
ton.
The Minister of Poland, MIR Jan
Ciechanowski. has returned 10 Searle
Cottage. Manchester-h blythe Sea. Mass,
where he and his family have been es-
tabliShed since early Summer. The
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MRS. HOPkINSON
and the third secretary of the
British embassy are again
in Washington.
Harris e. Ewing.
Lieut.. Garcia of Cuban
EN- bassy, With Bride,
Welcomed to Capital
Assistant Military Attache
Attached to Legation, Con-
spicuous Among Patriots
of His Home Country.

Lieut., Rafael Alfonso Y Garcia, as
sistant military attache of the Cuban
embassy, who counts but few weeks
Of service at this Capital, was married
May Is i'll Havana with much pomp
and ceremony 10 Miss Odila Simonetti,
and after a pleasant SoJourn IN resorts
Of Cuba they came by leisurely stages
To this country and To Washington IN
the latter part of July. Lieut. Garcia
was, however, former student IN this
country and took his first academic de-
grees In the Whitsett Institute near
Gainsboro, N. c. After a preparatory
course In the University of Havana, lac
entered the military academy of Cuba,
now housed in the grim old CASTILLO
Moro which guards the portals of the
former Spanish city. Once deemed an
uncomfortable stronghold against pl-
rates and foes approaching by the sea,
MORO Is now as harmless as the once
formidable defenses at Fort Monroe,
Old Point Comfort, Va, and the terri
fying cells and prison quarters have
been lighted by the presence Of embryo
warriors and the long series of open air
corridors once paced by armed guards,
is cav with window boxes and often
the scene of lively tuSSlea between the
cadets
The assistant military attache gradu~
ated from the military academy In 1917.
and had the honor Of being at once
mustered into the coast artillery and
other military which the President of
Cuba mobiliged 10 be at the call Of
the United States and Its allies in the
World War should such additional
troops be needed Happily, he and mis-
companions were never called to the
front. though all were eager to so and
bitterly disappointed that their turn
never came Since then Lieut.. Garcia
has been at various coast artillery sta
tions in Cuba and the Isle of Pines,
and his mission to Washington II his
tirst assignment out of his native igad,
He is the son OF a Cuban patriot
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