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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15

The Kongo-that was the place. Just over
the Semliki, a few marches away. Plenty of
elephants IN the foothills on the edge of the
forest And no bothersome oficials-only one
white man holding the border north there at
Mboga.
Slip over the border, get a pair of fine points
and there you were. Even the Hindus would
pay pound sterling for each pound of ivory.
Nicky would have to do the shooting, for
the major had finger stiffened from a cut
all right enough it was for the usual game,
but it wouldn't do to take chances on couple
hundred pounds of ivory.
And Nicky had set out with him like a boy
on a holiday. All his pent-up resentments, his
impatience with the long struggle, his bitter
ness at repeated disappointments, found ready
satisfaction in the very piracy of the eXpedi-
ton. Africa owed him something. Plenty of
better men than he had got their start that
way Laughed about it afterwards-long
enough afterwards.
bit of free ivory was nothing FOR man to
be ashamed Off he wasn't caught at the
business.
A ND Nick was not ashamed of it now, though
he was worried and would be worried till
the ivory was safely out of their hands. He
had had gorgeous time on that hunt when he
had got the big tusker. He had earned him,
all right, risking his neck dozen times in
the forest, among the suspicious COWS and young
bulls There had been bad times before, when
he had let the first tembo get away, and he
hadn't been sure of his luck, but the tuSker
had more than made up for that.
What tuSker. He'd never seen bigger
points, though he'd heard there was a bigger
pair in the government house at Nairobi.
Over hundred and twenty pounds each of
those ran, but his were ITO and 115-phe-
nomenal for these days.
Sheer luck, his getting such big ones. Two
hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight
say twenty anyway, allowing for scaes-at
pound pound, and that was hundred and
ten pounds, sterling, apiece. A hundred, cool,
when the expenses of the trip were paid.
Fifty pounds to his mother, and fifty to run
along on for the next three months till his
cotton was ready. Oh it wasn't such bad
world after all! If only the business were
safely over and he had his money!
They were in midstream now, in the rush
of the current. The two natives were polling
hard, sending the canoe across the racing
water on diagonal to the other shore
Then-Nick never knew what happened
Some slight move, perhaps, on the part of the
natives, some shifting in the balance of the
hastily piled bags-and the tricky log of a
canoe rolled suddenly over.
In an instant they were all in the water.
Instinctively he held his gun high above his
head, once he came to the surface, hoping the
.sf.rg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15

IA JOLLY fine fellow, deuced good company,
the younger man had once thought him.
Now every nerve in him tangled with aversion.
There was sly sort of smile in the corners Of
that mouth under the gray mustaches. Hang
ID, Byfield enjoyed seeing him Knocked!
Sullenness settled on Nick's boyish face.
Because he's bully and knows you back
him up in it, he answered shortly.
Nonsense Nick" Byfield SPOKE pleasantly,
but with touch of crispness, as if, after all,
patience had its limits. you were to blame
for taking pet dog on trip of this sort
However, it's nearly over. Let's get back to
that loading
'Right-o" Nick forced a level-sounding
agreement but resentment was still bright in
his blue eyes. He strobe past the watching
Hassan, whose grin he could feel through his
very back and whistled to his dog
Scrap came wariy out of the bushes, still
miStrustful of a world of such unpleasant
surprises. Something in the anxious eyes made
Nick think of the day at Mombasa-his first in
.Africa-when he had found the half-starved
pup, as lost and lonely as himself, worriedly
searching through the crowd about the busting
;godowns on the wharf for master who was
evidently on the seas for home. He was just
"a scrap of a dog then, as much an understood
brindle bull terrier as he was anything, and
'Nicky Sanburn, with the exie's first home
sickness, had promptly adopted him
Scrap had been his first friend in Africa and
his closest through all the long five years.
stanch dog, his very shado-. Nick would no
more have thought of leaving Scrap when he
went on Safari than he would have thought
OF emitting that weekly letter to the mother at
home that mother whose pitiful appeal for
funds had sent him on this internal expe-
dition. From the first, however, Hassan had
been bullying, and Byfeld mis- surface pleas
antry wearing thin under the day-to-day strain
of things had backed him with secret relish.
Or was he imagining that, Nick asked him.
self in decent-minded fairness. You got to
imagining things in Africa. You got into a
sort of tension with people
He had walked some distance away from
the knot of men about the mound of goods.
and choosing an isolated thicket he threw
his raincoat there in its shade and told his
dog to stay and watch it. Having something
to watch would keep Scrap in one place. He
spoke harshly to the dog il his anger at the
affair, and the dog looked anxiously after
him, whining little as he went away.
!, He couldn't take the dog with him across
the river on that first load; the natives had
got the canoe piled dangerousl, high already.
He was going over with it to pick out a proper
place to camp while the man unloaded, then
he would come back with the canoe and help
Byf1eld get the rest under way
There was only one canoe that the natives
kept in the grass there on the Belgian side, a
huge, holowed-out log, narrow and deep and
with that they wanted to get all the stuff
across the river before dark. 1t was close to
shutdown now.
Hassan was hurrying on the men in one of
his accesses of authority; ne was shouting
and lashing out with his koboko at the nearest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15
THE POACHERS- ByMmy Hastings Brudz1>
Broke, DubhCoead and Desperate, Mich Forgot the Relentless Natural Forces
ora and Stvd Himself bAea Suspected 7,eary WeH Il Story Which
WW Hold You bHe Last WmA

n yICK whirled at the yelp of his
~ dog. Somebody had caught Scrap
!H/ Misunderstanding with boots
on. The laughter of the porters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
FORMER BULGARIAN
WAR PREMIER DEAD
Vassili Radoslavok, Once Sentenced
to Life in Prison,
Succumbs.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, October 2l.-Vassili Ra-
doslavoff, former Bulgarian premier
hospital today after an illness Of six
months.
M Radoslavof was born In Lovtch.
Bulgaria. in 1854.
1t was under the premiership of
Radoslavoff that Bulgaria. entered the
World War late in 1915 on the side of
the central powers. The Radoslavoff
government took Office in July, 1918,
and held power until June. 1918.
When France. Great Britain and RUS
STA refused to grant loan to meet OBJ
liga tons and for constructive work fac
ing Bulgaria, the Radoslavoff govern
ment turned to the central powers and
in July, 1914, concluded a loan in Ber-
lin. Negotiations for a treaty had been
In progress when the World War broke
out.
Early successes of the Bulgarian
troops in Siberia at first gave populari-
ty to the war but as time went on
shortage OF food and munitions in
tensified desire for separate peace. Mali
nov replaced Radoslavoff in ONCE on
June IS, 1918, and several months
later Bulgaria asked for an armistice.
In 1928 six members of the RADIO
slavoff cabinet. including Radoslavon
himself. were sentenced at Sofia to life
Imprisonment, charged with having
reasonably involved Bulgaria In the
World War. Radoslavoff had fed Bull
Raria on the eve of the allies entry
into Sofa and consequently could not
be imprisoned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
STEPHEN B. ELKINS, JR.,
DIES AT NEW YORK HOME
Member of Prominent West vir-
ginia Family Expires at Age
of So.

Stephen B. Elkins. jr, So years old,
son of the late Senator Stephen B.
Elkins of West Virginia. and a native
of this city. died at his residence In
the Park Avenue Apartments, New
York City. yesterday.
A member of family prominent in
West Virginia for many years, Mr.. Ell
kins was the grandson of the late
Senator H. G. Davis of West Virginia.
and also was the brother of former
Senator Davis ElkinS of West Virginia.
Mr.. ElkinS was widely known in this
city. where he visited frequently. His
mother, Mrs Halle Davis Elkins, MAIN
tains a home here at 1926 K street.
Mr.. Elkiae' home was in Elkins. W.
Va. He was president of the Elkins
Coal & Coke Co.. and the National
Fuel Co., of West Virginia. He was
graduated from Yale University in 1900
and was member of the Racquet and
Brook Clubs of New York
Funeral services will be held at the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. New
York. tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
Interment will be at Elkins. w. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
OFFICERS PROBE
WITNESS CHARGE
Pratt Says Preliminary Study
Shows Mrs. HeaVrin Was
Not Prosecuted.

A preliminary investigation of the
complaint of Mrs. Roy Heavrin of the
Park Lane Apartment and one of the
principal witnesses in the Mcpherson
case failed to support the charge that
she had been prosecuted by the police
since she testified before the grand
jury, 1t was announced today by Maj
Henry G. Pratt, superintendent Of
police.
Maj. Pratt based his opinion on a
written report submitted TO him by
Lieut.. H. II. Groves who. with Sergt.
Harvey G. Callahan of the Detective Bu-
reau, interviewed Mr. and Mrs. HeaVrin
Saturday after she made a telephone
complaint to the police superintendent
A further investigation will be made,
however, Maj. Pratt said, before the in
cident is closed.
Says Officers Attitude Changed.
According to Lieut.. Groves report,
Mrs. Heavrin cited in support of her
belief that she had been subjected TO
persecution by the police the frequency
with which she had been "ticketed" for
minor infractions of the traffic regula-
tions in the last several weeks, which
outnumbered the tickets she had re-
ceived in the preceding five years. In
addition, she declared she had noted a
arreSting officers.
Lieut.. Groves pointed out that in each
instance Mrs. HeaVrin was ready to
admit that she was technically guilty
OF traffic violation. No mention was
made in the report, however, OF state
ments the woman made to a newspaper
man that she had been Swallowed by
detectives and harassed by strangers
lettering around her apartment since
she testified before the grand jury.
Specific Instances Cited.
The complaints of Mrs. Heavrin re-
ferred to in the Groves report were that
while .en route to the detective bureau
for an interview she was stopped and
given ticket for driving with one head
light. that while appearing before the
grand jury her car was "ticketed" near
the courthouse, and again last Friday
there was ticket on the car for i'm
proper parking on Twenty-first street
near the Western Market. In one OF
these cases, the report said, Inspector
William S. Shelby took care" of the
ticket
Lieut.. Groves said he told Mrs Heav-
rim to report to Sergt. Callahan any
future occurrences which might tend TO
support her belief that she is being sim
gled out for unusual attention by the
police"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
GEN. OTIS is REQUIRED
IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Simple Military Ceremonies Are
Held for Civil War and
Philippine Soldier.

With simple military ceremonies in
the presence of a few relatives and
close friends, the body of Maj Gen.
Elwell 8. Otis. q hero of the Civil War
and the Philippine Instruction follow
in the Spanish War of 1898, was REIN
tered in the Arlington National Gene
terry this morning at 10 o'clock.
Gen. Otis was born at Frederick,
Md, March IS, 1888: died at Rochester,
N. Y, October 81, 1909, and was buried
in that city. At the request of his
widow and other relatives, his body was
brought to this city a few days ago
for reinterment in Arlington by the
side Of other soldiers who had died in
the service Of their country.
This morning q small body of soldiers
escorted the body and the mourners
to the grave in the southern section,
and there paid the final tribute of a
Salvo Of musketry and the sounding
Of taps.
Gen. Otis was q brigadier general in
the Civil War and twice was brevetted
for gallantry in action. He commanded
an independent division Of troops in
the Philippines and was brevetted ma
jor general for most distinguished
service" Later he served as Governor
General of the Philippines and was
in command of the Department of the
Lakes ut Chicago when he was retired
for age In 1902.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
AARON BRYLAWSK|
DIES AT AGE OF IS.
"UncIe B." General Manager
of Cosmos Theater Co.,
Was III Several Months.

Aaron Brylawski, IS, pioneer in the
motion picture industry in this city, and
for many years general manager of the
Cosmos Theater Co, subsidiary organi-
cation to the Stanley Co. of America.
died at his home, 1913 Reno road, to-
day. after an illness of several months.
Mr.. Brylawski continued actively in
the capacity as general manager OF the
Cosmos Theater Co. until his recent i'll
ness. Affectionately known as Uncle
B" he had made many contributions TO
charitable organizations and individuals
in need His contributions were usual"
anonymous. Many persons who had re-
ceived his aid never knew his name, but
Uncle B" served to remind them of
one who had rendered them assistance.
For many years Mr.. Brylawski con-
trolled theater chain. the largest one
for many years being the old Cosmos
Theater. He also built the Earle
Theater. which was subsequently merged
with the Stanley Co. of America.
Founded Hebrew Association.
In Baltimore where he lived until Is
years ago, after coming to this country
from Germany, where he was born, Mr..
Brylawski was one OF the founders Of
the Young Mems Hebrew Association
and the Hebrew Benevolent Society.
In this city some years ago he in
augurated what ne termed a birthday
party to less fortunate boys and girls
his own age. and he has given annual
parties to the residents of the various
homes for elderly persons in the Dis
trict. One OF these is the Home for
the Aged and Infirm at Blue Plains.
Was Bank Director.
Mr.. Brylawski was a director Of the
Bank of Commerce e. Savings. He was
member of the Masonic fraternity
and belonged to the Hiram Lodge of
MaSons of Baltimore.
He was married in Baltimore 40 years
ago. He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Helen Brylawski; two sons. A.. Julian
Brylawski former manger of the Earle
Thcater and well known and active
in theater company circles, and Fulton
Brylawski, local attorney, and two
daughters Mrs. Alexander Wolf and
Mrs. Mark Lansburgh. He is also sur
vived by II grandchildren and l great
grandchild.
Funeral arrangements were being
made today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
FOUR CAPITAL BOYS
WIN AIRCRAFT CUPS
John Sullivan Gets Second
Place in National Model
Finals.

Carrying cup nearly as big as him.
self, John Sullivan, 15-year-old model
plane flyer, of 1912 Twenty-ninth street,
arrived here from the Louisville Ma
tional Model Aircraft finals last night
as second place winner in the junior
class of the tourney.
Young Sullivan scored a total of IA
points in all tournament events and in
the hand-launched class flew his tiny
ship for minutes 81 AS seconds.
AS the tournament neared a close Sat-
urday officials were virtually assured
that Sullivan's lengthy fight would give
him the championship in his class. but
a model flown by a Topeka, Kans.. boy,
Edwin ODonovan, bested the record
and the latter was named junior cham
pion of the United, States for the second
consecutive year.
Four ID. c. Boys Win Medals.
Four of the Capitals flyers who went
to Louisville won medals. Thev are
Everett Meeks, Ernest Stout, Sullivan
and Robert Swope. Sullivan also was
given silver medal for his spectacular
8-minute flight Friday.
This 8-minute flight was bested later
in the meet also by Everett Meeks. who
Will be remembered by District model
aircraft enthusiasts as the flyer who
during the District contests launched
his tiny plane over Boiling Field to
disappear from sight and to return
later to the field with a freak wind
current. Young Meeks few this same
plane for 10 minutes 1875 seconds and
won his gold medal. The previous ma
tional record for this type of ship was
2 minutes So seconds
Aggregate 80 Points.
Ernest Stout won his gold medal
when his ship stayed aloft for min
utes 10 is seconds in the contest for
rise-of ground models, while Robert
Swope was given his prize for his fight
Of minutes 8 Us seconds with his
seaplane.
The seven District flyers aggregated
80 points in all, giving them second
place in the tourney.
Ernest Msrcouiller of Chicago. last
year defeated by Herbert Dorsey for the
senior championship, was named senior
champion this year. Dorsey was not
eligible for entrance this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
100000 Tadjiks
Win Their Freedom
By Soviet Decree
For First Time in Centu.
ries, Tadjikistan Is Placed
Under Rep-bl:c Rule.
BY the Associated Press.

DUSHAMBEY, Tadjikistan, u S. S.
r.. october 2l.-For the first time in
long centuries nearly 100000 Tadjiks.
aborigines of Central Asia, are to have
an independent republic under the aegis
Of the Soviet union. which hereafter
will consist of seven allied republics in
stead of six. q
Described as the heart of the East,
the Tadjik autonomous republic, which
heretofore has been part of the UZhe-
kistan Soviet Socialist Republic. decided
through its congress of Soviets. or
Parliament, that it ought to enjoy the
same status as other members OF the
Soviet family. These are the Russian
Federation. Ukrainia, White Russia, the
Transcancasian Federation, Turkmen-
istan and UZbekistan.
For hundreds of years the Tadjiks.
whose mountainous country borders
Afghanistan to the south and China to
the east, we're under the domination of
the Bukharian emirs and were in con-
tinuous state of turmoil until 1926, when
the territory was incorporated in
Uzbekistan.
Tadjikistan is about the size of the
State of Colorado.
The customs Of the population, which
is largely Mohammedan. were partly
patriarchal and partly feudal. The
land Of former landlords has been dis
tzibuted among the peasants,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
.BLEASE HITS POLICE
OPERATION METHODS
Senator Reiterates Opposition to
Use of Liquor by Embassies
Under Immunity.

Addressing meeting of the Washing
ton Open Forum yesterday, Senator
Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina
declared there Is a tendency among po-
licemen nowadays to be active in the
enforcement of minor violations of the
law and 70 handle big cases, such as
murders, 10 O superficial manner.
The Sedosor expressed again the OPP
position he has voiced in the past to the
use of liquor by embassies and lega-'
tons under diplomatic immunity.
In discussing the question of how
ex-cenVicts. should be treated. Senator
Blease declared that when a man leaves
prison, he should be given a helping
hand to make a new start.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
LIST SHOWS RATING
OF LIQUOR BUYERS
Charges According to A.
fIuence Barred in Seized
Bootleg Card Index.

That the prominent and afluent
buyer of liquor pays the bootlegger as
well as the doctor and other profess
sional men on q scale appropriate to
his afiiuence Is indicated by a card in
dex list of names and alleged liquor
quotations seized by police with a half
pint of alleged liquor yesterday when
police arrested Joseph C. Darlington
and Glen b. Hopkins on charges of pos
session of liquor at a house in the 1900
block Of F street.
The janitors, walters and taxicab
drivers don't pay 30 much for their
spirituous supplies. it is intimated in
the list which police have turned over
to the District attorneys Office.
The neighborhood in which one lives
has something to do with the price
Also the list indicates. with some per-
sons in not so desirable lodgings paying
less than those In the more pretentious
neighborhoods. F
Policemen S. F. Gravely and w. F.
Burke yesterday raided the F street
address and arrested the two men ana
seized the alleged list of liquor patrons.
Police say the list is in the form Of a
card file, arranged in alphabetical order
and includes the names and descriptions
Of some 362 persons, including lawyers,
doctors, bankers, executives of various
kinds, Government employees, actors,
newspaper men. musicians and officers
of the Army and Navy.
The police and the district attorneys
ONCE described the list as quoting gin
and rye whisky to persons living in the
best netghborhoods at rs much as IS
q pint, while to those in less pretentious
lodgings the price ran as low as So a
pint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
SEES HUMANITY SERVED
BY COMMUNITY CHEST

Prayer is unimportant unless hui
manity is served. and thus the Com
munity Chest. which brings all classes
and races together. is doing a greater
work than the mere collection of funds,
Oscar Leonard. director Of the Jewish
Welfare Federation. declared yesterday.
Speaking Of the new day Of Coop
Grafton which has been ushered in here
through the Community Chest. Mr..
Leonard said: The day is coming
when we shall have a real brotherhood
in this world. The more all of us
work together the surer a better under .
standing between Jew ard Christian
will come. The Community Chest Is
doing a work more important than the
collection Of funds. 1t is a spiritual
force"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
to the Health Department in the last "a
Christopher C. Dice, SO. 100 Euclid st.
Laura Ridgeley, IS, st. EliLabeths Hos
pitai.
Prn Star Home.
Mary C. Davoren. 10. 22O9 L st.
Louise Darling. 81; 1921 LIST st:
Augusta Shaw. 81. st. EliZabeth's Hospital
Wilfred Balcom, 81. GEORGETOWN Hospital
Merritt z. Maltby, IL, Walter Reed Hos
orriin p. Jerries. as. United States Vet
Lawrence Funkhouser. Is. Sibley Hospital
Amelia T. BauRhn, 4, l22 C ST.
Betty B. Butcher, as, st. EliSabeth's Hos
William wh..lsI.. s.. .2l4s Newport pl.
Leonard j. Lily, ii, 2oiS Vermont ave.
Thomas Folder, !, 2oz l. ct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
SHIP OFFICER HELD
IN KRAFT MYSTERY

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 2l.--John Nc
Gouldrick second officer of the steam
ship Creole was taken into custody to-
day by police in connection with the
murder on october IL of Jack Kraft,
former New York newspaper employe.
on the liners last trip from New York
to New Orleans
Police were uncommunicatiVe about
the case They had received Geographic
orders from the New Orleans police to
hold McGouldrick and to search the
ship for possible evidence concerning
the murder They were also asked to
question a member of the crew, whose
name was not made public.
Miss lone Ord, who was the central
figure IN a fight aboard the ship before
Kraft's body was thrown overheard
and Sam Epstein ships steward, have
been held in New orleans as material
witnesses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
EPISCOPAL BISHOPS
TO MEET ON NOV. 13
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October Ala call for
q special meeting of the House Of
Bishops Of the Episcopal Church for the
election of a presiding bishop to sue
coed the late Right Rev. John Gardner
Murray was issued yesterday by the
Right Rev. William A. Leonard, Bishop
OF Ohio and senior bishop of the
church. The meeting will be held in
Washington November 10.
Bishop Murray died suddenly at
Atlantic City October while presiding
over an annual meeting of the House
of Bishops. His successor will serve
the remaining two years of the six-year
term TO which Bishop Murray was
elected in 1925. A presiding bishop 10
serve for full term of six years will
be elected at the next general conven-
ton Of the chu3 IN to be held at Denver
in October, 1891.