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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TO-DAY.

TODAY.
Burnside Corps, No. 4, Womans Re
lief Corps, meets today at q. A. r. Hall.
Initiation services.
Meeting of the Geological Society Of
washington will be held tonight, Q
o'clock, in the assembly hall of the
Cosmos Club. H. H. Bennett, G. N.
Munns and c. S. Howard will give
short talks illustrated by lantern slides.
Nomination of officers will feature a
meeting of Argo Lodge. No. 4l5, B'Nai
Birth, tonight at Jewish Community
Center, Sixteenth street.
Butchers Local 3e3 Of Washington
will give its eighth annual ball tonight at
the knights of Columbus Hall, el6-9l6
Tenth street.
Chi Sigma Sorority dance will be held
tonight in the ball room OF the May
flower Hotel, 9 o'clock.
FUTURE.
Red Triangle Outing Club will take
an all-day hike tomorrow, with mid
day campfire in the Patapsco Forest.
Meet at 1871 Pennsylvania avenue
(near Willard Hotel at $50 to leave by
bus for the Patapsco River. arriving
there at 10 o'clock Return from Bal
timore.
Howard b. Macdonald. noted inter-
national lecturer. will give an illustrated
talk on Europe at the Mems City Club
sl5 o'clock, tomorrow night. Attend
ance will be limited to City Club men,
bers and their families.
Alpha Delta Phi luncheon will be
held Friday afternoon at the Gordon
Hotel, 1890 o'clock.
Howard Brenton Macdonald is to
speak at the City Club tomorrow night,
S:I5 o'clock. His lecture is entitled "A
Voyage to the West Indies and Medi-
terranean," which will be illustrated by
both motion pictures and colored Ian
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ence W. De knight, r. S. Doyle, q.
Thomas Dunlop, william p. Emo, c.
w. FTeitag, Christopher B. Garnett,
John b. Geier, Charles D. Hanei,
Charles w. Healy, Sidney L. Hechinger,
Robert B. Hollander. M. J. Johnson, Ed
win s. Kennedy. Thomas W. MCGUIRE,
Theodore F. Menk. J. W. Morgan,
Frank r. Scherer, Samuel Schoenfeld,
e. p. Seeker, Raphael Semmes. Nathan
Shapiro. W. c. Shaw, ]. L. Sherwood.
jr; A. Bargar Smith. Robert z. Stein,
H. c. C. stiles. Russell d. Talbutt,
Hugh B. Thomas. L. G. Treble, DR.. l..
r. Wagner. Joseph l. Weller, John j..
Westcott. John H Wick, Manton M.
Wyvell and Edward Tiger.
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FUTURE.

Alpha Delta Phi luncheon will be
held Friday afternoon at the Gordon
Hotel, 1890 o'clock.
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CHILDREN VA|NLY
SEARCH FOR SANTA
Girls, 4 and 5, Ask Tickets to
North PoIe-HeId at Rail
Station for Mother.

Two children who wandered from
their home In search of Santa Claus
and then beseeched attaches at Union
Station for tickets to the North Pole
when informed that Santa Claus is still
residing in the Arctic regions were
turned over to Travellers Aid Society
representatives at the station yesterday
afternoon and held for nearly an hour
before their mother could be located.
The children. Dorothy and Aileen
Belt, 5 and years old, respectively, left
their home at 227 G street northeast
earlier in the day to go to the Plaza
playground, nearby. But Fairgrounds,
after all. probably are very boring places
for two children whose minds are filled
with thoughts of Santa Claus and
Christmas and all the beautiful toys and
good things to eat that go with thai
day Of days" and they set out in search
OF the old gent.
Union Station seemed a pretty nice
place for any one to be, even a man so
important as Santa Claus, so they chose
that point as the starting place OF their
hunt. Crossing the plaza. their hands
tightly gripped as they wendell their way
through the traffic. they finally reached
the station in safety.
Asked Man About Santa Claus.
Men-large, small, thin and fat
hurried by, but not one glimpse did they
catch of Santa Claus with his flowing
white beard and red suit.
Seeing a smiling man who was about
to pass them by. the two children &C
coSted him and demanded, where's
Santa CLAUSE"
"Who?"
Santa Claus. We want Santa
Claus!"
why, Santa Claus is still at the
North Pole" was the reply.
Questioning the two children in an
effort to obtain their names proved
firing and fruitleSs task, and. finally de-
spairinR of his efforts, the man turned
them over to Miss Edna Schneider
superintendent Of the Travellers Aid So
ciety at the station, and hurried of
without leaving his name.
Where's Santa CLAUSE" the children
again demanded to know. And again
came the reply, Hes at the North Pole"
but Miss Schneider elaborated bit and
added. making pretty toys for good
little children like you"
Dorothy, self-elected leader of the
little expedition and an observant one
at that, wanted to know what all those
people are doing at those cages"
They're buying tickets to ride on the
choo-choo," Miss Schneider told them.
Want Tickets to North Pole.
I'VE want tickets to ride on the choo-
choo to the North Pole" Dorothy in
formed her listener. Aileen, who had
been content to stare in wide-eyed won
der at the monstrous station with its
hurrying crowds while her sister an
swered Miss Schneider'S questions.
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declared unanimously that it would be
for acquittal.
Judge David and Mr.. Loesch argued
heatedly yesterday when the court called
State witness an "unmitigated liar"
and promised he would dismiss the de-
PENDANTS no matter what the jury's
verdict might be.
The judges suggestion of nolle prosS-
ing the case came when he demanded
to know why a certain witness had not
been called by the State.
Loesch Suggests He BE StlI.
I'VE don't want it nolle pressed"
the defense counsel interposed.
Il don't care what you want" con;
tinued Judge David. Il am tired of
wasting time in this case"
If your honor will do less talk
ing" Mr.. LoeSch started.
Il don't care to be told by you,
Mr.. LoeSch," the judge interrupted
angrily. You have put witnesses on
the stand here time after time whose
perjury smells to the high heavens.
II think you have been acting Iii
good faith, but you have been imposed
upon by crooked investigators, some
of whom ought to be in the peni-
Tertiary"
The outbreak was occasioned by the
conflicting testimony of a woman who,
under the prosecutors questioning, had
identified Lieut.. Phillip Carroll ana
Thomas Somnerio, two Of the seven
defendants, as participants in the
Staying. Under cross-examination her
story was reversed Judge David sent
the woman from the room and once
more dismissed the jury.
II think that witness Is an unmiti-
gated liar" Judge David shouted. IN
all my experience as q judge and
lawyer I have never witnessed such
q mass Of perjured. contradictory and
inconsistent evidence on the part OF
the State.
IF you get a verdict in this case I
shall instantly set 1t aside"
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GRANADY Staying
SUSPECTS FREED
State Dismisses Charge After
Judge Threatens to Set
Aside Any Verdict.
py the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, November 27.-Charges of
murder against Police Lieut.. Phillip
Carroll, four members of his Detective
Bureau squad and four hoodlums in
connection with the death of OctaviuS
Granady, colored politician, on election
primary day in 1928. were dismissed to-
day by Special Assistant State Attorney
Frank l.. Loesch. Judge j. B. David
yesterday had declared he would re-
verse any verdict of guilty.
Loesch's motion to dismiss was made
after he read long statement in which
he severely criticised Judge Joseph David
for his conduct while presiding over the
trial.
Defense attorneys. seeking to clear
the names of their clients, opposed the
action, and Judge David. who yester-
day denounced the States case and sug-
gested the charge be dismissed. berated
himself for his remarks. He demanded
that the State go on with its case.
While attorneys continued to argue
Judge David called in the jury and
asked them:
Gentlemen. If you were called upon
for verdict now what would 1t be?"
The jury went into a huddle and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27

Butchers Local 800 of Washington
will give its eighth annual ball tonight at
the knights Of Columbus Hall, s16-s1s
Tenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27

Chi Sigma Sorority dance will be held
tonight in the ball room OF the May
flower Hotel, 8 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27

Nomination Of officers will feature
meeting Of Argo Lodge. No. Alb, B'Nai
Birth, tonight at Jewish Community
Center. Sixteenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27
HONOR FOR DR.. SMITH.

NEW YORK. November a.. H1.-Dr.
Theobald Smith, head of the depart
ment of animal biology of the Rookie
Teller Foundation, last night was award
ed the medal Of the Holland Society,
which makes an annual award to an
outstanding person in literature or
science.
DR.. Smith was honored for his work
in discovering. cataloguing and prevent
ing diseases Of animals. He is best
known for his success in the elimination
Of an epidemic of fever among Texas
cattle several years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27

TO-DAY.
Burnside Corps. No 4. Woman's Re-
lief Corps, meets today at q. A. r. Hall.
Initiation services.
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Belgian Queen Is I'll.

BRUSSELS, November 81 (P-Queen
Elizabeth of Belgium was confined to
her room yesterday suffering from chill.
She was unable TO attend the memorial
service for the late Count and Countess
of Flanders, at which King Albert and
the other members of the royal family
rere rreSPnt
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HARB0R COMMITTEE
IS NAMED BY c. OF C.
John H. Small Is Appointed Chair
man of Group on
WaterWaYR.

The personnel Of the Washington
Chamber of Commences committee on
harbors and waterways. with John H.
Small chairman and Charles T. Cla-
gett vice chairman, announced by
Charles w. Darr. president of the
chamber.
The membership Of the committee
follows:
Grover Blackstone, E. G. Bliss, Har-
rison Brand, jr.; Wrisley Brown. Ben
B. Cain. jr.; D. j. Callahan, Thomas
A. Cantwell, Charles A. Carry. Max
Cohen, Charles G. Collins. Edward Co.'S
tigan. j. w. Cox, Robert T. Creel,
Charles j. Croker, e. W. Davis, Clar-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27
Church Bells Made of Porcelain.

Church Bells Made OF Porcelain.
The porcelain chimes made in the
city Of Nielsen. Saxony. and placed in
the belfry Of the church have tone
as full and round as that Of metal
bells and in some ways even more
pleasing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-09

within the carefully ascertained zone
he waits for his opportunity. the while
wondering If the swiftly oncoming mo-
torist will realize his position OF theo-
retical inviolability. This offers him
quite thrill after the humdrum affairs
Of the business day. No one can dis
pute the necessity Of these little intern
ment camps, or disparage their advan-
tages when clearly defined. But when
one, or several, must first discover the
metal hump and then take stand
within a certain number of estimated
feet and In a certain line Herewith,
they arrive within the class Of the
nervous movie extra who, when assured
that certain lions did not eat meat, in
quired earnestly If the lions themselves
were aware of 1t. Eventually these
lines are to be defined in some more
permanent fashion; in the meantime
the slogan should be More paint"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-09

up and ran, instead Of obligingly hold
ing up his hands. rs the girls did. Then
he made the second by calling out
words that meant to his hearers some
thing quite different from that which
he intended. Then the trespassins
callers made third when they misun-
derstood his meaning and fred their
shots, and . fourth when, the shots
fred and the fleeing man lying wounded
on the floor. they themselves ned with
out taking the cash.
Perhaps this was just another anna
teur job. There are so many lncompe-
tents in the crime game nowadays,
Juvenile imitators of real professionals,
slight-minded and frail-neryed copyists
of true crooks. Really. there should be
some regulation of crime. some prem
ticeship required, some training in gun
ship and in situations" in language
and in psychology. Plundering at the
point Of pistol would be far less cost
ly in terms of lives, far less dangerous
to the contributors of cash and to the
collectors as well. This department of
social behavior needs attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-09
Imaginary Sanctuaries.

A. thrilling, albeit risky, game now
playable within the District by motor
LIST and pedestrian alike is guessing
when one Is, respectively, running
through or standing in o safety zone.
Some Of their boundaries glitter like o
gridiron just marked out for the big
game; others are 50 nearly obliterated
that 1t would need detective or an
archeologist to determine whether, ct
some remote period, O refuge had or
had not been established at given
point. ...s
or course, there is the metal hummock
TO give one faint clue. Too often, how
ever, this has assumed dirty grayish
tone almost indistinguishable from the
adjacent asphalt and in the dusk or on
o rainy day the driver Of car finds 1t
suddenly almost under his front bump
or. With recent penalties imposed on
those who run through such zones,
even though unoccupied, freshly in
mind, his impulse is to swerve right OF
left. It is more than likely that, at this
instant, he Is fianked by a vehicle to
his right, or his left, or both. He must
either stop short or run brashly through
the space that once in the long ago was
Get apart by broad stripes Of snowy
paint. q
rev take the pedestrian y&o wishei
Aebeaxd Q street cor. Taking his stand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

spoken in Central Italy probably as early
as 10 or Is centuries before our era.
1t ceased to be living tongue about the
eighth century Of our era. "a.
Q. What disposition was ever made
Of the old famous 1909" racing Ford
driven in Detroit races in 1902 oy
Barney Oldfield?-H. A. D. q
A. The Ford racing car No. N99 is IN
, the possession of Mr.. Henry Ford and
forms a part of his collection In the
Dearborn Museum. -sy
| @, Who was the first well known
maker OF comic cartoons?-W. A. a
a. Richard F. Outcault, who recently
died, is called the father of the comics.
@. Which insurance company In this
country is the oldest?-W. F. =.
A. The Presbyterian Ministers Fund,
Philadelphia Is probably the oldest. It
was established 10 years ago. !.
@. Whose remains are in the stone
coffin which is en- top of ST. Nicholas
Collegiate Church in New York City,
! H. 7. D.
A. The so-called coffin to which you
refer was only a stone decoration shaped
! like a sarcophagus Many rumors were
circulated to the effect that woman
benefactor of the church had willed
that her body be placed on top OF the
building. Recently while the building
was being renovated it was decided TO
remove the coffinlike decoration as 1t
added nothing to the architectural
beauty of st. Nicholas.
@. Is it true that Victor Herbert COM
posed most of his compositions while
Standing?-A. F. l..
A. 1t has been stated by those ia
| ~ II l1o nf 10
| famous composer that he rarely sat
down when working en- his compositions.
@. How did Philip Snowden injure
his spine?-N. A. j.
A. The Hon. Philip Snowden fell from
bicycle while employed as a tax col
lector in the civil service. He was a
young man of 20 at the time of the &C
cident.
@. Where does the Storm King High
way begin and end?-J. G. D.
| A. Storm King Highway begins just
south of the village of Cornwall, N. Y,
and runs southerly to point about
2 miles inland, back of the West
Point Academy grounds, where it con-
meets with the Highland Falls-Central
Valley Highway.
@. What is the amount of loss in
pdSLeuTlZlIg Inllk III QdIy IN. r. ~.
A. The Department Of Agriculture
says that the total plant loss in han
ding milk should not be over per
cent. Many plants have it less than
per cent. The loss Of handling milk
through pasteurization depends en-
tirely upon the type Of apparatus used.
If the watts are not exposed, there should
be no loss. If the exposed system Is
used, the loss should not exceed ! per
cent.
@. Do the wild geese of China live
to be 100 years old?-E. S. D.
A. The Biological Survey says that
it is no doubt true that the wild geese
of China often reach the age of 100
years. There are definite records Of
70 or 80 years in England and America.
@. Is there a winding stairway In
the State, War and Navy Building that
is unsupported?-A. j. M.
A. There are eight Of the winding
staircases. These staircases are peculiar
in that they have no columns sup
porting them. but are held up by the
principle of the arch. If one stair we're
removed, the whole would collapse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-09
Switzerland Gets the Bank.

Long controversy over the location Of
the Bank of International Settlements
created under the Young PREPARATIONS
plan, was settled at Baden-Baden yes
terday. 1t will be established in Swift
zerland, and probably at Zurich, the
Alpine republics industrial and financial
capital.
Interest in the outcome Of the bank
site controversy was keen because the
dispute disclosed the chronic jealousies
which pervade Europe, Leagues and
Locarnos to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Great Britain. France and Bel
GUM, the countries mainly concerned
with reparation payments, exhausted
every possibility at the protracted
Baden Baden bank experts meeting to
land the institution, respectively, for
London, Paris or Brussels.
International lines were tightly
drawn in favor Of this or that COM
petitoF. London had the powerful sup
port, besides that Of the British dele
gates, Of those from Germany and
Japan. The French having found that
Paris was out Of the running. finally
joined the Italians and the Belgians in
support Of Brussels.
The tug-of-war was at last won by
an outsider-Switzerland The Amer
leans who participated in the Baden
Baden joust were neutral. AS such, 1t
seems q safe bet that behind the scenes
they probably functioned as umpires
between the warning European and
Asiatic brethren. The imbroglio over
the reparations bank was an aftermath
of The Hague conference, in which Mr..
Snowden won his famous British VIC
tory over the French and Italians.
Doubtless the discounted continentals
feel they have taken a sweet revenge by
cheating London of its eager ambition
to make Threadneedle street the seat
of the bank which is to see that the
recurring transfers of German repara-
ton payments do not upset the worlds
financial equilibrium.
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Adhesive.

It has long been a standard joke
that postage stamps were difficult to
affix to letters. owing to the ease with
which the "stickum" licked off.
Until recently the Government smiled
pleasantly every time this joke was ex-
plotted. It afiirmed the competence OF
its stamps to stick to any letter II
properly applied.
Patrons Of the post Office went right
along licking the gum OF, and resortins
to paste pot to make the stamps stick.
Now it seems as If the Government
has at last realized that something
was wrong about those stamps, and
that the fault did not lie entirely
with heavy hckers.
A new process of manufacture is be-
ing put into effect which, it is said,
leaves more gum on the stamps, thus
supplying enough for flavor as well as
adhesiveness.
Formerly the stamp was printed and
gummed through one machine in the
same process The new method in
wolves printing one day, allowing the
stamp to become dry, and then applying
the gum later.
No change has been made in the
ingredients going into the gum, it is
stated; the new process simply puts
more gum on the back.
Thus stamp consumers-in more ways
than one-will find the old reliable
flavor, but q new adhesiveness which
Uncle Sam believes will put the old
time joke into the discard.
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Blame for the Tariff Tanggle
Is Generously Passed Around

the conference committee. A legislative
body must function, If at all, through
its majority, whatever that majority
may be-" The Columbus Evening Dis
patch independently contends that
the one chance that now seems fairly
promising for the passage of any kind
of tariff bill at all within the next few
months would seem to lie in dropping
the Hawley-Smoot bill, and dealing
chiefly with those agricultural products
on which there IS pretty general feel
ing that the tariff experiment should
be tried, plus only such items in the
non-agricultural schedules as could
prove themselves to be in a languiShing
condition because of foreign competi-
ton"
Generally speaking" states the Bir-
mingham News (Democratic), the
country holds the President responsible
for the efficiency of his administration.
It did so with Mr.. Cleveland-wise and
courageous though Mr.. Cleveland was.
1t did so with Mr.. Taft-Sincere and
kindly though Mr.. Taft was. 1t will do
so with Mr.. Hoover, no matter what
may have been his pre-presidential
reputation for efficiency. The President
has not yet served who, in a matter of
this kind, has contrived to make Con-
greSs-either House or Senate-the adj
ministration's scapegoat."
THE unacceptable conclusion" to the
Louisville Courier Journal (independ-
ent), ais that President Hoover is now
willing to accept any tariff bill, however
bad, rather than have his extra session
adjourn without passing some sort, any
sort, of tariff bill. He misinterprets the
sentiment of the country if he assumes
that it agrees with him in that view."
The Kansas City Journal-Post (inde-
pendent Republican, argues: THE wish
for the Senators to get together is nat
ural. But how can they get together,
except by one side surrendering In toto
to the other and then joining issue with
the House, clothed by the Constitution
with the sole pawer to originate tariff
bill?
Believing that the bill Is now "heav-
lily burdened with the debenture plan
and with the provision abolishing the
flexible feature of the law" the Seattle
Times independent Republican, adj
viseS that mo further harm could be
done If the coalition were given free
hand to perpetrate anything else 1t may
have in mind" The Great Falls Tribune
(Democratic) contends: ut is not
probable that this struggle will be ended
in the present session Of Congress, nor
in those which will follow. The best
that agriculture can expect to achieve
is to keep the disparity which now ex-
lists in industry's favor from becoming
greater"