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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
LIQUOR CONSPIRACY
CASE GOES TO JURY
Decision Awaited on Charges
Against 90 Mullan Officials
and Others in Idaho.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho. December
28.-The case of the % Mullan officjals
and others charged with Conspiracy tn
violate the prohibition law was given
TO Federal jury here tonight.
Judge j, Stanley WebSter,s instruc.
tons, which followed a day and a half
OF argument by Federal and defense
attorneys, were brief and were concern
ed mainly with matters of law and the
rights Of the defendants.
After defining a conspiracy as an
agreement, not necessarily written or
promulgated in meeting, to perform
unlawful acts, the Judge instructed that
before a verdict of guilty could he
reached 1t must have been proved bv
the Government that each of the de-
IendantS participated in at least one
overt act. 1t is not necessary to prove
mat each OF the defendants participated
In all OF the overt acts, the Judge said
Inc village trustees, accused by the
government OF licensing LIQUOR trafic.
gambling dens and vice conditions. are
not charged with a crime Of omission,
IN other words, of failing to enforce the
law, out rather OF positive conspiracy
70 violate the law, the Judge asserted
he told the jurors that they might
consider the ability Of the, officers to
enforce the law together with the
means at their disposal for its enforce
ment. and If 1t was found there was
inability so to act that should not -
construed as guilt. ~
But allowing the laws to be onenlv
and nagrantly violated naturally points.
judge said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
FOREIGN SERVICE
TROUBLES WANING
Dr.. Irwin Stewart Tells PoIit-
iCaI Science Session Per-
sonnet Changes.
Special Dispatch to The star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW ORLEANS, La, December %
Discussing the difficulties through
which he said the State Department
has been passing in regard to the per-
sonnet problem in the foreign service,
DR.. Irwin Stewart, professor of political
science of American University, WASH
ington, D. c., today told the American
Political Science Association in con-
vention here that in his opinion the
matter appears to be on the way to
solution"
State Department order is ex-
pected to be issued soon: The Presi-
dent. by executive order, he explained.
reconstructed the Foreign Service Per-
sonnet Board. and provided for a divis-
ion Of foreign service personnel. to
which are to be attached not more
than three personnel officers, at least
one OF whom shall be a foreign service
of1cer of high rank, to be chosen by the
Secretary upon the recommendation of
the Personnel Beard
For several years." he charged.
estimates of appropriations were pre-
pared with more stress on the economy
enjonied by the White House than on
the needs of department and a
foreign service whose duties were in
creasing by leaps and bounds" Re-
ferring to Secretary Stimson. Prof.
Stewart declared "for the first time in
the history of the budget, the Secretary
Of State appeared before the Bureau of
the Budget to defend his estimates. /"
The result, he said, has been an in
crease Of over two and three-quarters
millions Of dollars in the estimates for
the department and the foreign service.
In event the increased estimates are
granted, however, Prof. Stewart said,
the time seems ripe for q thorough
investigation of the operation of the
personnel classification act in the De-
partment Of State"
THE budget now before Congress, :"
he said, "is reported to carry estimates
for 81 new officers and for promotions
for 178. The promotions will give the
new personnel system its first severe
test"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

FRANKFORT, KY, December % Up.
Gov. Elem D. Sampson will fill by ap-
pointment the vacancy in the Senate
created by the nomination of Senator
Sackett to be Ambassador to Germany,
if Sackett accepts and the nomination
is confirmed.
Senator Sackett tonight was believed
to have reached Havana, Cuba, on a
cruise on the liner CORONA Kentucky
statutes provide for appointment by the
governor in cases of vacancy.
Senator Sackett'S term in the Senate
expires in March, 1881, and in October
he announced for denomination by the
Republican party. The election is next
November.
Gov. Sampson would not comment to-
night, but reports here were that he
would appoint Representative John M.
Robson of the leventh Kentucky dis
trict. close friend and political ally.
Robson has been reported many times
in recent weeks to be ready to announce
for the Republican nomination in OBJ
position to Sackett.
Should the appointment 60 to Rep
resentative Robson. a further political
shake-up would be caused in the State,
as congressional seat would be left
vacant, which would have to be filed
by a special election. The eleventh
district Is traditionally Republican.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
HOOVER NAMES
SENATOR SACKETT
ENVOY TO GERMANY

Continued From First Page.)
mittees is a matter left to the District
committee after its own membership
has been completed.
Jones is slated to become chairman of
the important Senate appropriations
committee to succeed the late Senator
Warren of wyoming. Jones said two
weeks ago he was asking to be relieved
from further service on the District
committee. This request is one of the
matters to be acted on by the commit
tee on committees when 1t meets a
week or 10 days from now
In addition to being chairman of the
police and fire subcommittee. Sackett
also was member of the subcommittee
on insurance and banks. the subcomnlit-
tee on streets and avenues, and the sub
committee on education and labor of
the District Committee 1t is not likely
that these subcommittee will be or
ganized until the committee on COM
mittees decides definitely what the
makeup OF the full District committee
will be.
Throughout his period of service on
the Senate District committee. Sackett
has given close study to many local
problems and has taken part in drafting
a number of the bills that have been
considered by Congress during the past
few years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Snakes Are Adopted
By Women in Britain
AS Household Pets

LONDON, December 20 IN. A.
N. A. .-Vipers have lost their
sting and no woman would dream
Of screaming to see a dainty
colored little python strolling
about her friends drawing room.
At the moment pet snakes are
1T" They decorate the floors
of many boudoirs. Their owners
try to make them answer to q
name and induce them to do
parlor tricks.
There are several advantages in
keeping snakes as pets. They are
comparatively cheap. their prices
ranging from a shilling to several
pounds according TO the variety
chosen. They eat only once a
fortnight or even less. After a meal
of three frogs, the average snake
is perfectly content to sit in his
cage looking ornamental until
further notice. The "four-rayed"
snake, is the favorite at the
moment, as he is docile and very
pretty.
(CopyriEht, 1919. by North American
Newspaper AllianceD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
EX-SENATOR GORE TO TEACH
AT LAW SCHOOL IN DISTRICT
Head of National University
Announces Selection of
Blind Attorney.
Served for Many Years in
Upper House of Congress
From Oklahoma.

Thomas Pryor Gore, former Senator
from Oklahoma, who rose above the
handicap of blindness from childhood
to achieve distinction in legal and DO
litical circles, has been named a men,
Der Of the law school faculty at Ma
tional University, according to an an
nouncement made last night by DR..
Charles F. Carusi, chancellor Of the
university.
Under present arrangements Mr..
Gore will teach English legal history,
beginning next Saturday night. for two
complete terms. Besides his active
practice in the legal profession and as
legislator, the former Oklahoma SEN
ator's preparation for teaching was OBJ
tanned in the Walthall Normal School
of Mississippi. from which he was
graduated in 1890, and at Cumberland
University, Lebanon, Tenn, where he
received the degree Of bachelor of laws.
Mr.. Gore was born near Embry, Web
Ster County, Miss, December 10, 1870.
He lost the sight Of his left eye when.
as boy of years, he was accidentally
jabbed with a stick by q playmate.
Three years later he lost his right eve
when struck by an arrow from a cross
bow. His political activities began in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
WORLD BANK OPPOSED.

PARIS, December 20 R).-Deputy
Marianne and M. Bonnet. former under
secretary for finances. interpellating the
government today. took the offensive
against the proposed bank for interna-
tional settlements. They declared that
unless the banks scope of operations
was limited 1t would become simply an
instrument Of American hegemony in
the world.
Both speakers asked the finance min
lister If he would undertake to demand
notifications in the statutes that would
permit the governments to control the
institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
REWARDS INCREASE
|. FOR GANG CAPTURE
Woman Killer Shot Highway
PatroIman, Companion
Tells Jury.
BY the Associated Press.


NEWCASTLE, Pa, December 90
Rewards totalling $4,000 had been post
ed last night by various agencies for
the apprehension and conviction of
three bandits, including woman killer.
who fatally shot Corp. Brady Paul Of
the State highway patrol and wounded
Pvt. Ernest Moore on Friday.
Meanwhile hundreds of police officers
in Pennsylvania and Ohio continued
to search for the woman and her COM
pantonS who were believed to have
robbed Butler, Pa, grocery shortly
before htey were halted by the patrol
men on road near here.
The woman, according TO Pvt. Moore.
shot Corp. Paul. At an inquest late
yesterday Moore told a coroner's Jury
that Paul met death because he
wouldn't shoot woman, know" The
jury rendered verdict that Paul met
death at the hands of q person or
persons unknown
Two men and a child, described as
about years old, accompanied the
woman and after the shooting they
took the roadster of a passing motor
1St to make their escape, supposedly in
the direction of Ohio. Their own car.
bearing Ohio license plates, was aban-
doned.
Only meager clues to the route taken
hY the bandit killers N their getaway
have come to the police. One, from
Mansfield. Ohio, said occupants OF a
roadster, including a woman, had in
CURED for doctor there Friday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
'PEKING MAN, SKULL DISCOVERY
IMPORTANT AS EVOLUTION LINK
Scientists Impressed With Large Brain
Capacity Indicated by Million
Year-Old Find

great value in the restoration of lower
jaw fragments discovered in 1928. In
general 1t may be said that while the
new skull specimen bears out what little
was already known from other fraR.
ments, the perfection of its preservation
VIII enable much to be learned that Is
now obscure concerning the evolution
OF the head region in early man."
Importance Seen by Andrews.
Roy Chapman Andrews, the noted ex-
plorer, told the correspondent that there
was no question but that the Pekine
man is the most important discovery
In the whole history of the human evo-
luton" Mr.. Andrews is not a member
OF the geological survey of China, hav-
ing resigned some time ago. He did not
attend the meeting today. but had a
private view of the skull last week in
the Rockefeller Hospital where it is
kept in a safe.
The skull" he said, will settle once
and Tor all many points about the early
human type which heretofore have been
in dispute, as 1t is so nearly complete,
which fact gives scientists much to work
on. 1t Is more complete than anything OF
the kind yet discovered"
Million Years Old.
Estimating the age OF the new skull
roughly at one million years, he added
Scientists will be able to determine
the skulls geological age positively. The
f1nd already shows clearly that in the
human family the teeth were Of dis
tinctly human type, while the jaw or
jaw sockets still retain an ape-like char
acter, this confirming the same theory
as advanced in the Plitdown and
Heidelberg men discoveries"
The skull was founde deep In a large
cave. Nearby were many other bones,
chiefly animals, but DR.. Black explained
that there were no tools nor signs Of fire
discovered. indicating that the man
probably lived in a period prior to dis
covery of tools or fire.
Among the scientists who attended
today's public showing of the skull were
Prof. Amadeus William Grabau, chief
paleontologist of the Chinese Geological
Survey; DR.. Sven Hedin, noted Swedish
scientist and explorer, and Prof. Charles
Wilson Brown, head OF the geology de-
partment Of Brown University.
EXPERT PRAISES DISCOVERY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
EXPERT PRAISES DISCOVERY.
Indicates Entirely New Race Of Fossil
Humanity, Declares DIR. Osborn.
BY II. w. BLAKESLEE,

|
| Associated Press Science Editor,
DIES MONIES, Iowa, December "a
Proof of existence Of an entirely new
race Of fossil humanity" was seen by DR..
Henry Fairfield Osborn in todays
Peiping dispatches describing the skull
OF the "Peiping' man."
DR.. Osborn, one of the best known
scientific authorities in the world on
antiquity of human origin, is head of
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, New York, and retiring president
| OF the American Association for Ad-
| vancement of Science.
This SKULL" said Dr. Osborn, 'is OBJ
viously OF the Neanderthal or of the
Trtnn type Of man. That is, 1t is either
like the Neanderthal man of Heidel-
berg or possibly like the Trinil type of
Java, depending on the size of the
brain. am delighted to have 1t au-
thenticated.
The geological age remains to be de-
Jermlned, so FAR as the evidence goes
and it will be determined by the other
fossils with which it was found.
I Judge from the description and
the remarks of DR.. Grabau and DR..
Andrews, both of whom are very ex-
perienced, that they regard it as of the
lower Pleistocene time 100000 years
ago.. That would make 1t the same
age as the Heidelberg man, Of which
only the massive jaws are known, but
1t differs widely from the Heidelberg
man, according to previous description,
IN That 1t was a slender lower jaw. In
this lower jaw slenderness the Peiping
man resembles the lower jaw of the
Piltdown man (of Sussex, England.
1T differs, however, from the Pitt
down race in the thickness of the bones
making the roof of the brain case or
the calvalrium. These differences from
the Heidelberg or the Neanderthal man
on the one hand in the character of
the jaw, and from the Piltdown man on
the other hand in the thickness
of the cranial bones, establish this
Peiping man, SinanthropuS Peipingen-
sis, as an entirely new race Of fossil hui
mainly.
1T is especially gratifying that this
discovery has been made by w. C. Pei
a native member of the geology survey
of China and 1t is certainly remarkable
that the skull was found on the yery
last day of the 1929 season.
Praises DIR. Black.
"Dr. Black of the Rockefeller HIS
pital is an anatomist of the first order
trained by DR.. Elliott Smith, one of the
leading British anthropologists. In Dr
Smiths last work he assigns a yerv i'm
portant place to Sinanthropus Pei
pingensis and regards it as Of the lower
PleiStocene age.
IT agree with my colleagues. DIR
Grabau and DR.. Andrews, that this dis
coVery Is one of the most important in
the whole history of human evoMtior !"
DR.. Ales Hrdlicka, Internationally
known anthropologist of washington
who Is attending the science meeting
said: THE discoveries are irnortanf
If true. Study by outside experts Is
most desirable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
BY JAMES p. HOWE,
Associated Press Correspondent.


PEIPING, China, December 2s.-
Scientists who attended the first public
showing Of the newly discovered skull of
the Picking Man" today hailed the find
as possibly the most important in the
history of human evolution.
The scientists, who estimated that the
skull was more than q million years
old, were particularly impressed with
the comparatively large brain capacity
indicated by the skull, stating that the
well developed forehead and height Of
the skull indicated an increased volume
OF brain. by which the intelligence of
the historic man might be deduced
DR.. Davidson Black. formerly of To-
ronto. who Is honorary director of the
Cenozoic Research Laboratory of the
Geological Survey, by which the md
was made, gave full credit for the dis
covery to w. c. Pei youthful Chinese
member of the survey, who unearthed
1t on December 2 on the last day of the
seasons work.
Massive Brow Ridges.
DIR. Black called attention to the
vault of the skull form and It's mas
sive brow ridges. He recounted the ex-
cavations, which had continued since
1921, when the first tooth was found
of "Sinanthropus Pekinensis" by DR.. J.
G. Anderson. Swedish scientist. He
explained that the newly found skull
would seem to be of approximately
similar length to that Of the famous
pithecanthropus and. like the latter
form, is provided with massive ridges,
"a feature to be correlated with power
full jaw mechanism"
However, Sinanthropus characters
tically differs from the Java type in the
following important features: Relatively
we'll developed frontal eminences, we'll
localized parietal eminences and the
greater height Of the skull vault" said
DR.. Black.
AL these characters point to a rela-
lively greater brain capacity In sinan-
thropuS The mastoid processes Of ST.
nanthropus are small and massive. The
sockets in which the lower jaw artic-
ulated are well preserved on both
sides, circumstance which will be Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Montmartre Now Deserted.

AS pleasure haunt Mon martre is
dead, according to a report from Paris.
MontparnaSse Is now established as the
center of enjoyment, and every week a
new night club of restaurant Is opened
thsre. Nearly all have cabarets, and
often they are filled with guests at
or 5 o'clock In thz morning. Conse-
quently Montparnasse has become very
expensive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

for definite results from the studies
already made by the Presidents COM
mission on law enforcement, when
these are worked upon by the commits
sion and the joint committee from the
House and Senate.
Sees Winning Fight.
IT have every confidence that the
program will be one that every true
friend of law and order can support
whole heartedly. And as time goes on
the driving power OF public opinion
will coalesce behind law enforcement
and law observance will become pop
ular.
THE fight is on. In my Judgment
it Is winning fight"
Senator Jones of Washington, in his
statement, urged the need Of the "drys"
standing by President Hoover and of
standing together.
The President believes In prohibi-
ton as sincerely as I do" he said.
He is earnestly seeking ef1cient ad-
ministration and enforcement Of it. 1t
is a difficult problem and cannot be
solved in a day.
There may be honest differences Of
opinion as to how prohibition shall be
enforced and as to the effectiveness Of
what Is being done, but the airing of
festation of a lack Of confidence in
our leader and criticism of his meth
DDS, can only divide and weaken our
ranks as we'll as hearten the opponents
Of prohibition. In my judgment, we
are having far better enforcement than
ever before and the force is improving
all the time.
"The President will remove quickly
any man in a responsible oflcial posi-
ton who he is convinced is not doing
his duty. and put In a man who in
turn will remove any unfaithful sub
ordinate as soon as such unfaithful-
ness is shown. The President Is doing
his best. We who believe in what he
is seeking to do should not hinder by
criticism or divide prohibition forces
by fault-inding.
Hits NaGging Critics.
"The President has asked for a joint
committee Of Congress to study and
report upon important matters affect
ing enforcement. We should provide
this Joint committee as quickly as
possible. I am sure that q very val
liable report will be made to it and
helpful aid be given by the Presidents
commission.
Friends Of prohibition can and will
hold the administration responsible for
enforcement results, but they should
not prevent the results we desire by
nagging criticism or hampering inter
ference. If things are not done Just
as we think they should be done, If
action is not taken just as we think
it should be taken, let us consider that
administrative action is not our duty
and that we do not know all the diff
flculties that face the Executive. So
long AZ I believe him tn h. earnest
and sincere in this cause will seek
to uphold rather than hamper him"
One of the Democratic drys of the
Senate, Senator Caraway of Arkansas,
gave to Senator Borah the credit of
forcing the administration to more
active enforcement of the prohibition
laws. He insisted that the enforce
ment agencies are not more sympa-
thetic with the law, but that they had
to do something now because Senator
Borah'S determined stand threatens a
serious loss Of public confidence In the
administration and In It's desire TO en-
force the law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
New Plane Firm INCORPORATES.

DOVER, Del, December 2s CR.-A
charter was fled at the State Depart
ment today for the National Highway
Transport Corporation, to deal in ali
kinds OF motor vehicles, airplanes flying
machines, etc, and all kinds Of ac-
ceSsorleS for these. The capital stock
Is $2O,000,00O divided into 200. 600
shares OF preferred stock of 500 per
snare and 100000 shares Of common
stock OF no par value. The incorpora-
tors are L. r. Davis, w. F.. Mabury,
G. F. Dick. Pontiac, Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
DAM MEETING CALLED.
Arizona State Commission to Con
slider NEGOTIATIONS.

PHOENIX, Ariz., December 20 LP.-
John Mason Ross, secretary of the
Arizona Colorado River Commission, an
nounced today meeting of the COM
mission would be held here Monday
to determine whether Arizona cares to
negotiate further with California and
Nevada upon the ALLEGATION Of water
and power from Boulder Canyon dam.
Further negotiations between the States
nave been suggested by Secretary of the
Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
WIFE SUES NEW YORKER.
Mrs. W. s. Bartlett Charges Hus-
band Neglected Home.

RENO, New, December % (P).-Mrs.
Ruth Fitch Bartlett has filed suit for
divorce here against Walter Scott Bart
lett, wealthy New Yorker.
In her complaint. placed on secret
file today. she charges that her husband
would not return TO their home at New
Canaan, Conn, evenings with other
commuters, but spent his time in New
York with other women. He would not
even return home for week ends, she
charges. He boosted to their friends
of entertaining other women. Mrs.
Bartlett charges, and finally in July OF
this year told her ne no longer loved
her
The Bartletts were married in Mil
waukee, where Mrs. Bartlett was a So
cial leader. on December 90, 1917, and
have two children. A property settle
ment has been made out of court, but
Is not pert of the record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Baby Whistles All DaY.

England claims to have the youngest
whistler In the world in Cyril Dickson.
The boy Is only year old and cannot
walk or talk, but when he awakens II,
the morning he starts whistlinT. high
ana shriL, and continues to whistle
throughout the daY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

1896. when he became a delegate to
the Populist national convention in st.
Louis from Texas, to which State he
had moved. Two years later he was
an unsuccessful candidate Of the Popu-
list party for Congress. He SubSe-
quently joined the Democratic party
and after moving to Oklahoma in 1901
he served as a member of the Terri
torial Council from 1908 to 1905. He
was United States Senator from Okla
homa from the time it was made a
State, in 1907. until March 4, 1921.
During his service in the Senate Mr.
Gore was delegate to virtually all of
the DEMOCRATIC national conventions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

At the recent Conservative confer
ence In Royal Albert Hall. London, Mrs.
Hugh Rayner moved that req. white ana
blue should be adopted Is uniyerssl
colors throughout the British KINGDOM.