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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-26
CITIZENS ENDORSE
FREE BOOK BILL
Georgetown Association Told
of Advantages by Henry
Draper.

A resolution indorsing the bill now
pending in Congress to provide free
text books for pupils of the junior and
senior high schools of the District of
Columbia was adopted by the George
town Citizens Association at meeting
last night in the Potomac Savings Bank
Building, Wisconsin avenue and M
street.
Prof. Henry w Draper, who intro
duced the resolution, pointed out that
there now exists IN these schools many
cases where the parents of pupils who
advance to these grades are so poor
the school principals have to loan the
books needed to the children. Pas
sage of the pending legislation would
permit the issuance of text books with
out cost to students of the third-year
junior high and those in the senior
high school through the four-year
course. This privilege now is enjoyed
by pupils of the public graded schools
from the first to the eighth grade.
Resolutions appealing to the District
Commissioners for more adequate
lighting system on N street between
Twenty.seventh and Thirty.sixth, to
include installation of modern electric
light equipment and move for the es-
Enlistment of branch of the Pub
lie Library in Georgetown, also were
adopted by the association.
B. A. Bowles, president of the asso-
citation, presided.
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TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

National-"The Little Spitfire," COM
edy, at $40 pm.
BeIasco-"The Blushing Bride" mu-
steal comedy, at $3.50 pm.
Polls 1.-THE Scandals" George
Whites revue, at $40 pm.
Wardman Park-"Twelfth Night"
comedy, at BIS pm.
Strand-"Ginger Girls" burlesque, at
GAS and BIS pm.
Little Theater-"Behind the German
Lines" photoplay at l:20, 800, $40,
7:20 and 900 pm.
Fox-"Blindfold," continuous show,
ii am. to IL pm.
Palace-"The Case of Lena Smith,"
at 11:15 am, las, 3:45, 5:35, TAO and
$40 pm.
Earle Strange Cargo" at 1885
am, 1870. $40, 5:35, 1885 and $40
pm.
Metropolitan-"My Man" second
week., at 11:15 am, lis, $40, Sis,
tbs and 9:15 pm.
Columbia--"The Trail of 90" second
week., at 11:15 am, lis, 3:l5, Sis,
7:15 and 9:15 pm.
Ambassador-"The Singing Fool" at
5:45, TAO and $40 pm.
Tiyoli-"Naughty Baby" at 2:35,
4:20, $40, 1855 and GAS pm.
Central-"Show People," at 1890, 2,
$3.50, 5, $50, 8 and $50 pm.
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THOS. ]. OWEN & SON, AUCTICNEERS,
1881 Eye Street Northwest.


xRusTEE9 SALE or TWO :, Y, XA " a. !I,E
TWO-STORY NEW BRICK RESIDENCES
JUST COMPLETED KNOWN AS PREM
Uses 2204 AND 2206 CATHEDRAL AVE-
NUE. NORTHWEST. $1,000
BY virtue Of two certain deeds Of trust i;
duly recorded in .Lber No, 6l34. fohos 81
District of Columbia, and at the request OF
the party secured thereby, the UNDERSIGNED se ca
trustees will sell at public auction. IN front
SEvE Eps pI BAY eaise OF March. A.p 1929. AT
FIVE O'CLOCK PM. the following described
land and premises. situate in the, District Of
Columbia, and designated as and being lots
i28 and 1877 N square, 22oe in Jacob Jacob 3 3.
'Woodley Park as per plat recorded IN the
Office of the surveyor for the District OF Co
lumbia in Liber 81. folio lao.
Terms: Each sold subject to a prior deco
which viii be announced at time of sale {:
paid in. cash. A deposit of $4,000 REQUIRED
on each parcel. Conveyancing. recorolng.
etc, ct the purchasers cost. Terms to- be &c
deposit forfeited and the property may be
advertised and resold at the discretion OF
MAURICE c. SHAPIRO,
LOUIS OTTENBERG.
fe25-d&ds,exSu Trustees
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West Branch to Honor Hoover.

WEST BRANCH, Iowa, February 26
LPD.-Two hundred and seventy five
persons have made reservations on the
special train which will carry Iowans
to the Inauguration of Herbert Hoover.
the States native son, at Washington
next Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-26
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
tCat.4i1ref
THOs- j. OWEN & son AUCTIONEERS
1881 Eye Street Northwest

TRUsTEEs' PALE OF yALuARLE TWO;
DWELLING, SiTuATE No. lis FIFTH
STREET NORTHEAST
BY virtue Of deed of trust. recorded IN
tiber No 6022. at folio $50. OF the lang
records OF the District of Columbia, we shan
sell IN front of the premises on FRIDAY,
AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM. lot. numbered
sixteen 90, in James n, Callan,s ,,S SUB Is,
and twenty mine 1920. rs per plat re-
corded in the Office Of the surveyor for INC
District of Columbia in Book c. H. b. al
Terms Of sale: One-fourth cash: balance
m one, two and three years. with interest 81
six per cent per annum, payapie SeHi-
annually. Deposit OF $4,000 required at Time
of sale, and the purchaser allowed nlueen
DAYS from date of sale 70 complete the pur-
chase. Further particmlars at time OF SAFE
& VERNON G. OWEN.
fel8.d&ds-exSu&hol. Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-26

THERE'S no klrs % good, q
cannot be made better svsfis
ssssiaifsing ofFv0sveii Fs.
asows Ras6ing Anthracite.
Order q few tens today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09
OFFICERS ADVISED
NOT TO HIRE LAWYER
Disabled Emergency Veterans Do
Not Need Attorney, Gen.
Hines Says.

Disabled emergency officers of the
World War need not obtain the services
of an attorney to present their claims
to the Veterans Bureau, according to
Director Frank T. Hines.
In statement issued yesterday, Gen.
Hines said he had been notified that
certain attorneys were soliciting dis
abled emergency officers who nave
claims pending before the bureau.
"All that is necessary for the emer-
gency officer to do" said Gen. Hines,
'if he believes that he is entitled to the
benefits of the disabled emergency OFF,
GERS act, is to file a proper claim"
The director called attention to the
fact that under the World War veterans
act, 1924, as amended, attorneys may
not be recognized to present claims; but
for such services as they can legally
render under such act they are not
permitted to charge in excess Of $40 in
any one case.
information with reference to such
claims may be obtained, without charge
from the central Office OF the Unltec
States Veterans Bureau or any OF It's
regional Offices, as well as from the Dis
abled Emergency officers Association
the American Legion, the DISABLED
American Veterans of the World war
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and othel
patriotic organizations.
The director pointed out that tnt
claims of such officers are being adJudl.
Gated at the rate of approximately 10l
per day. The director was emphatic II
stating that no benefit will be derived
in securing the services of an attorney
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09
CHURCH WORKERS
OPEN CONVENTION
Every Tendency to Levity Must Be
Laid Aside, Seventh-Day
Adventists Told.

The church must lay aside every
tendency to levity and work with re-
newed zeal for the salvation of the
world, Rev. j. L. McElhany of Takona
Park, presiding elder of the Seventh
Day AdventistS of North America, yes
terday told the opening session of a
seven-day convention of home mission
airy and publishing leaders of the de-
nomination, meeting at Takoma Park
Church.
Some $50 delegates from the East and
Midwest are in attendance. guests Of
the Review and Herald Publishing AS
ISOLATION of the church. A committee,
headed by E. r. Palmer, general man
ager of the association, is looking after
the comfort of the visitors.
Other speakers yesterday were: F. M.
Wilcox, editor of the Review and Her
aid, and Prof. j. L. Shaw, treasurer OF
the general conference.
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CENTRAL STUDENTS
PRODUCE COMEDY
"Take My Advice" Presented by
High School Cast to Large
Audience.

With Howard Harlan giving the best
performance, Central High Schools
American comedy, Take My Advice"
was presented last night in the school
auditorium before large audience
composed mostly of students and their
parents.
Harlan portrayed the part of Bradley
Clement. a reserved college professor
who interested himself in the assistance
of others.
The action of the play took place in
the living room of large suburban
home ruled by Mrs. Weaver. played
by Margaret Gilligan. and inhabited by
a thoughtleSS son, Bud Weaver, and
"henpecked" father
Robert Ball, as Bud Weaver, gave a
good performance as a youth who in
sisted, despite the objections of the
parental section of his family, on marry
ing Marella Scott. woman of the
world, played by Virginia Rand.
The father, portrayed by Eugene
Stevens, possessed weakness for pur-
chasing bad stock. put before him by
an ingenious salesman, Joe Danzansky,
as Jim Thayer. The daughters troubles
consisted mostly of downing efforts to
refuse stage offers made by Kerry Van
Kind, portrayed by Cleve Norcross.
Ruth Leon took the part Of the daugh-
ter.
The professor takes it upon himself
to rid the family of their troubles, and
his efforts form an amusing climax.
Altogether it was an excellent per-
Torrance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

The reactions of baby gorilla to
rag doll show some striking similaritleS
to those of a little boy but they indicate
that the anthropoid lacks almost en-
tirely one of the outstanding qualities
of the human child-imagination.
The experiment now is being made
by DR.. William M. Mann, director of the
National Geological Park, with NGi,
the 3-year-old gorilla in the lion house.
A special doll was made of stoutly-
stitched canvas for the little ape.
After his first fear of the strange OBJ
ject, DR.. Mann says, N'Gi has treated
the doll almost entirely as plaything
and not as a companion. He seems
incapable of endowing it with life and
personality and making playmate OF
the inanimate thing as would human
child. William H. Blackburn, head
keeper, first stood the doll in a corner
of the cage. N'Gi promptly retreated
to the opposite corner and watched his
new possession intently for about two
hours, as if he was trying to reason
out what it might be. Then he ad
vanced cautiously and barely touched
it with one finger. Then he ran back
to his own corner.
N'Gi repeated this performance sew
eral times before he concluded that the
doll was not a little monkey which
might bite him. Then he grabbed 1t
rudely by one leg and dragged it across
the cage. If the doll had been black
instead of white, Mr. Blackburn be-
lieves. he would have been even more
puzzled, but its whitenesS made 1t seem
unnatural to him.
Favorite Plaything.
He has kept up this attitude toward
his doll for several days, treating it al
most as he does his ball. He drags and
throws it around the cage and some
times beats it with his fists. Occasion
ally he will carry it in his arms. but
never has been observed to cuddle 1t. It
is his favorite plaything.
N'Gi promptly discards the doll at
bedtime and never has carried any
bed said DR.. Mann, "is almost a rite
with NGi. He goes through exactly
the same formulate every afternoon"
N'Gi'S life has been insured for
$4,000, protecting him for one year.
Life insurance policies on exceptionally
valuable wild animals are not uncom-
mon, DR.. Mann says.
The little gorilla was sent treat
in the form of lot Of plantain leaves
from Florida by his former owner. E.
r. Buck of Camden, N. j., the other
day. These are the ordinary food of
gorillas in their native jungles. and
N'Gi had not had any since he has
been in captivity.
Sticks Straws in Cracks.
Although lacking in imagination. ac-
cording to Mr.. Blackburn, N'Gi has
superabundance of curiosity His
favorite game at present is to stick
long straws through cracks in the doors
of his cage into the cage of the CHM
panzee on one side and that Of the
leopard on the other. He cannot see
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09
GEN. MCCOY ASSIGNED
TO Fl. SAM HOUSTON
Officer Had Been Mentioned as
Possible Successor of Stimson
in Philippines.
BY the Associated Press.

Brig. Gen. Frank r. Mccoy, who has
been mentioned a possible successor to
Henry l.. Stimson as Governor General
of the Philippines, was assigned today
by the War Department as commander
of the I'd Division, at Fort Sam Houston,
San Antonio. He will relieve Brig. Gen.
Albert j. Bowley, who has been detailed
to the General Staff Corps here as
assistant chief of staff in charge Of
personnel, effective April 30.
Gen. Mccoy was President Coolidge's
representative in Nicaragua during the
elections there, and recently was ap-
pointed United States member of the
Bolivian-Paraguayan Cancellation Com
mission. He had been strongly urged
for appointment by President Hoover
to be Governor General of the Philip
pines, but the President is known to
desire civil and not military regime
in the Philippines, and. consequently,
is opposed to the appointment OF an
Army man as governor general.
Gen. McCoy's assignment in the Army
has been as commander of the 1st Field
Artillery Brigade, at Fort Hoyle, Md.
Gen. Bowley's appointment is to take
effect April 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09
PLANNERS ADOPT
B STREET PROJECT
Development From River to
Senate Building Decided
by Commission.

A complete plan for the development
of B street from the Potomac River to
the Senate Office Building was adopted
and the mapping of plan was ordered
for B street southwest, from the river
to the House Office Building, late yes
terday by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, which ter
minated the first of a two-day session.
The finished plan embraces various
details previously Endorsed by the COM
mission during the past two years, and
concentrates the widening and cut
ting through of this proposed great
thoroughfare between Sixth and THIRD
streets. The width of the roadway pc
tween Virginia avenue and PennSyl.
vania avenue is to be 80 feet; west OF
Virginia avenue to the river and east
of Pennsylvania avenue to the Senate
Office Building, the width is to be
about u feet. From the curb to the
building line in the triangle area, 90
feet is proposed as the setback from
the north curb, west of the Ellipse.
The commission decided that in no
case should the setback of buildings
be less than SIS feet. The Pan-Ameri-
can Union and the National Academy
of Sciences. it was explained. have
greater setback than this. The COM
mission requested its staff to prepare
a plan for B street southwest, from
the river to the House Office Building.
This contemplates the cutting through
from Sixth to Four-and-a-half street.
The commission is of the opinion that
this plan should provide for a greater
width for B street southwest, than exists
at present, possibly with u feet as the
figure. Normally it is now from 80 10
40 feet in width.
Commission members during the
lunch period visited the display, Wash
ington. Past. Present and Future"
at the Washington Building.
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advanced from Ticonderoga to take the
fort and succeeded in ambushing ana
wiping out the largest of the advance
parties.
Dieskau then moved on the English
fort. but his men, flushed with victory,
got beyond his control and were re-
pulsed. Then johnson ordered charge,
the French were driven back and many
prisoners taken, including the COM
mander.
The collection includes a series OF
manuscript letters from one Pryce
Hughes to the Duchess of Ormond re-
garding his negotiations with the Cher
okee Indians in Alabama and his plans
to establish a Welsh colony in South
Carolina. The Indians wanted to pre-
sent to Queene Anne, through Hughes,
"a large carpet made of mulberry bark
for herself to sit on and IL smaller
ones for her councillors" Hughes acted
as a secret agent of the English, came
into conflict with the French in Louis
lana and finally was killed by the
Alabama Indians without bringing his
colonial projects to fruitien.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09
REVIEWS.
ART EXHIBIT PLEA
Senator on Radio Sees Ap-
probation of Beautiful Ma
tional Benefit. :.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FIeSS.
Declaring that the soul of nation
can best express itself by the cultivation
Of an appreciation of the beautiful,
Senator Tydings of Maryland in radio
address here last night. renewed his ad-
vocacy of an annual art exhibit in
Washington, sponsored by the Govern
ment.
He has introduced bill to provide
funds for such an exhibit, to be arranged
by a committee of experts in painting
and sculpture.
In the field of art the Nation is not
in the vanguard and has neglected this
side of the national life, the Senator
declared, adding that this is partly due
to the newness of the United States and
to the fact that the people have been
busy developing and settling the coun-
try.
He proposed the offer of five prizes
annually ranging from $4,000 to 81 900
to be competed for by American artists.
and asserted that the contest not only
would stimulate creative work in this
country, but would provide the Govern
ment with a pictured history of its
growth that would become valuable in
future years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09
STATEMENTS READ
TO PRESS BY HOOVER
Custom of White House Confer
ences Changed as Affecting
Direct Quotation.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Hoover, at his second press
conference yesterday. departed from the
usual custom of such gatherings by
reading two prepared statements COW
ering several questions which had been
submitted some hours before for his
consideration.
One of the statements dealt with the
work of the law enforcement commits
sion. which he is to appoint, while the
other had to do with appointments
which the President is to make. Mimeo-
graphed copies of the statements had
been prepared in advance and were
handed to the correspondents as they
left the executive Office.
Very rarely during the Coolidge admin
istration were the news writer's per-
mitted to quote the Chief Executive di-
rectly, and it was even upon rarer occa-
sionS that formal statements were is
sued.
President Hoover Is comforting with
committee of Washington correspond
ents concerning methods of conducting
the semi-weekly press conference.
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MRS. SHEPHERD, WIDOW
OF D. c. GOVERNOR, ILL

Mrs. Alexander R. Shepherd, widow
of the famous governor of the District
of Columbia in President Grants time.
is seriously ill at the home of one OF
her daughters, Mrs. Walter M. Brodie,
1907 Phelps place. She is SO years old
and has been in rather vigorous health
until about four years ago. Since then
she has been an invalid and about two
weeks ago she suffered heart attack.
Mrs. Shepherd has never lost interest
in public affairs, especially in the affairs
of the District, in which her husband
played such a prominent part. Re-
Gently she has spent the Winters with
Mrs. Brodie and the Summers with
another daughter, Mrs. Francis D. Mer-
chant, at Somerset, Md.
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MRS. HOOvER'S SISTER
AT AMARYLLIS SHOW
Mrs. J. H. Large Among Today's
Guests, Mrs. Edward Everett
Gam Visitor Yesterday.

Mrs. J. H. Large, sister of Mrs.
Hoover, was one of the guests today
at the sixteenth annual amaryllis show
of the Department of Agriculture.
Among the guests yesterday were Mrs
Edward Everett Gam. sister of Vice
President Curtis; Mrs. Walter F. Brown,
wife of the Postmaster General; Mrs
Norman S. Case, wife of the Governor
of Rhode Island. and Mrs. William NJ
Jardine, wife of the former Secretary
of Agriculture. Members of the diplo-
matte corps and the congressional set
also were visitors at the show during
the day.
Today the greenhouses are being be-
seiged by thousands of school children
from all parts of the District and
neighboring Maryland and Virginia.
Several large groups of out-of-town
visitors to the Capital are going to visit
the exhibition tomorrow. Arrange
ments are being made today for rec
ord-breaking attendance tomorrow,
when the greenhouses will be open from
am. until pm.
Many persons prominent in Wash
ington society are going to be guests
of Secretary and Mrs. Hyde tomorrow,
including several members Of the new
cabinet and their wives.
Parking space has been reserved in
the Department of Agriculture grounds
for the automobiles of those attending
the show,
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BABY GORILLA LIKES RAG DOLL
TO PUNCH AND THROW AROUND
NJ CT Has Many Reactions Similar to
Those of Little Boy Toward Pet
j.. ... Plaything.

either of these animals. The leopard
will pay no attention to the straWs.
but the chimpanzee clutches them and
pulls them through. The gorilla seems
greatly mystified by the strange force
acting on the other side of the closed
door.
The Zoo now is trying to hatch its
annual condor egg, valued at $700. One
egg is laid every Spring by the pair
of California condorS, which are the
only ones in captivity and among the
very few still alive. Californians in
Washington go to the Zoo to see for
the first time their State bird: The
egg never has proved fertile, but Dr.
Mann is hopeful that finally one will.
hatch.
An effort is under way to build up
the deer collection at the park. This
week DR.. Mann obtained trio of white
tailed deer, which formerly were wild in
the outskirts of Washington, but which
now have retreated far into the coun-
try. The old Zoo herd died out of old
age, Native animals, DR.. Mann points
out are among the least known to city
school children. Normally this trio
should produce large herd in about 10
years.
The Zoo has received as a gift from j..
H. Bush of Mesa, Ariz., male falloW
deer, the common deer of Europe, as a
mate for the female now in the park.
DR.. Mann plans to add new blood as
rapidly as possible to the other deer
herds.
Tree Ducks Arrive.
Among other arrivals at the Zoo are
pair of mysterious South American
tree ducks of an undetermined species.
They have crests of feathers on the
neck which they can elevate in the
fashion of the named goose. These
ducks are native to the Brazilian jun
giles, and it is doubtful whether they
ever have been classified by naturaliSts.
Other additions to the Zoo this week
are 2-year-old lions, apparently OF a
different subspecies than has been ex-
hibited here before. There are now
eight lions in the park, but one pair is
very old, making it necessary to intro
ducee new blood. There are five sub
says, of which three now are in Wash
ington.
The authorization by the last Con-
gress of a 100000 reptile house, upon
which work soon will be started, will
make possible the display Of many
animals which hithertoo have not been
seen in Washington. Reptiles have been
shown only few at time in glass
cages in the lion house. The majority
that come to the Zoo are kept out of
sight because there is no place to show
them but the present collection will
make a respectable nucleus for the
new building. This will be augmented by
snakes. lizards, turtles, crocodiles and
alligators, and amphibians from all
over the world.
The new building will also make
possible the exhibition for the first
time of insects and it Is planned to in
stall an ant nest and obgservation bee
hive.
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DR.. Bullock Announces Topic.

DR.. George Bullock's topic at II am.
at Third Baptist Church is Christ
Must Win" At pm. he will preach
Order OF Moses. Sunday morning pray
er meeting, $50 to 1880; Bible school,
9:15 am; I. c. E. Society. pm;
Junior G. E. Society, 4 pm: Senior
G. E. Society, s pm; prayer meeting
Tuesday, 8 to 10 pm; T. P. prayer
meeting, Thursday. 9 to Q pm.