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Evening star., 1929-12-01
ADOPT PLEDGING RULE.
Fraternities Agree to Discontinue
Delayed Rushing Practice.

NEW YORK, November 30 P.-
Resolutions calling for, discontinuance
Of delayed pledging by college fraterni-
ties were adopted today at the closing
session of the interfraternity conference.
Those colleges seem best satisfied
which get rushing out of the way before
the opening of college or during the
first week." the report Of the committee
on pledging read. "Pledging should be
permitted at the end of the second week
of college with this provlSo, that the
student pledged must have passed IL
credit hours of work before initiation"
AS to the house mother system, 1t
was resolved that a woman of breed
ing' would make the best manager Of
the chapter house If "open diplomacy"
existed
Evening star., 1929-12-01
SOCIAL PRECEDENCE PAMPHLET
FOR CAPITAL HOSTESS COSTS ST .25
22-Page Book" Gives Detailed Lessons for
Seating Guests, Then Overlooks
Some Important Problems.
BY WILLIAM HARD.

National Capital entitled Social
dence in washington This book contains only ~ pages OF text ana yet IL
exhibited washington
sf cloth the book
sublime manifestation the
a this
Evening star., 1929-12-01

under the direction of Paul Graves. -, ss
The members Of the cast include Ed
gar Ford, Charles Parrott, Albert Calla-
han, Miss Clara Beu, Miss Mary Edith
Muihall, Miss Catharine Mcclellan and
Miss Peggy Kelly.
Evening star., 1929-12-01

While riding in a taxicab between
Bochum and Verne. Germany. a man
was suddenly jolted so violently that
he sustained several broken ribs, and
died on hts way to the hospital
Evening star., 1929-12-01
"KEMPY" TO BE PLAYED.

The Dramatic Club of st. Stephens
Church will present "Kempy" at, the
church hall, Twenty Fourth and X
streets, tomorrow and Tuesday evenings
Evening star., 1929-12-01

An order was made recently at Black
pool, England, for the payment of a
debt OF S60.S0 at the rate of cents a
month. which will require more than
80 years to clear up the account
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
3 Living Members
Of Last Mans Club
To Banquet Again
Ru the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL. Mimi. July 16.-The Last
Mans Club. organize, as years ago by
3I4 members of B &C upany, LIST Min
nesota Volunteers, will hold its annual
dinner next Sunday; bL> what once was
Joyous banquet will b. this year only
a quiet dinner by three old men,.
John F. Golf. So; Peter o. Hall. 81,
and Charles Lockwood, 81. are all that
are left of the gallant company. This
year they are dining at the home of
COTS daughter. In other days the
dinners were held at the inn in Still
water, Mimi, but now the survivors
have become too feeble to make the
journey there.
In the center of the table Sunday
night will be the bottle of wine which
was obtained at the first gay gather
ing and which is to be used py the
last living member to drink toast to
his departed comrades.
Two years ago the same three who
are to meet next Sunday opened the
bottle and drank to the memory OF the
3ll who have died. The bottle was re-
sealed so that the original intention
a last toast by the last man-might be
drunk.
The dinner is held each year on the
anniversary of the battle of Bull Run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
j. S. BUSINESS MEN
ON RUSSIAN VISIT
Party of SO Leaves Berlin for
Tour of Chief Cities of
Soviet Nation.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 16.-Ninety-nine
American business men, lawyers
engineers and newspaper editors, some
with their wives and families, left yes
terday Tor 30-day trip of inspection
to Russia. Travelling by special train
under joint management of the Ameri-
can-RusSian Chamber of Commerce
and the American Express Co., they will
visit all of the more important indus
trial centers of European Russia.
Among the many Americans who saw
them off tonight were s. Parker Gilbert,
agent general for reparaticns, and
Assistant Commercial Attache c. E.
Miller.
Women in Party.
In the delegation are: Mrs. Henry
Pierce of New York, who was the only
woman passenger on the last flight of
the Graf Zeppelin; Dr. Eleanor E. Con-
over of New York, and % other women.
The party represents almost every
State in the Union. Many are sight
who wish to see at first hand what are
the opportunities for trade.
The Russian promoters of the tour
are hopeful that it may prove the pre-
cursor of a new and bigger era OF
business between the United States and
Soviet Russia. The women of the party
were instructed to leave behind their
silks and Satins, evening gowns and
other flnery, which have no place in
the proletarian republic, while the men
were requested not to introduce such
bourgeois Announcements as top hats,
canes and evening dress.
Given Welcome.
Evidence of the welcome they will
receive was seen in the fact that each
received his Soviet visa Immediately on
arrival here, whereas it takes the av-
erage applicant from one to six months
to obtain permission to enter the Com
munist state.
Among the more prominent business
and professional men in the delegation
are Albert Ottinger, defeated candidate
for Governor of New York; D. E. Felt
of Chicago, James Cannon, vice presi-
dent of the Chase National Bank of
New York; George T. Mortimer, di-
rector of the American Trust Co. of New
York; James H. Pierce, New York engi-
neer, Richard E. Scandrett, vice presi-
dent of the American Gas and Electric
Co.; James c Bennett, vice president
of the Westinghouse Manufacturing Co.
of New York; Joseph j. Blackmore, New
York engineer; Norman G. Chambers,
vice president of the Chicago Pneu-
matte Tool Co.; Oswald Garrison VII
lard, editor of the Nation, New York,
and DR.. H. Parker Willis, editor of the
Journal of Commerce of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
CREW OF 'UNTIN' BOWLER
MUST WAIT FOR RELIEF
No Boats at Present in Service to
Return Flyers to Civili-
cation.
By she Associated Press.

BY she Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Ont, July 16.-The crew
of the amphibian plane, 'Untin' Bowler,
marooned at Port Burwell when gale
Saturday carried the plane out to sea,
face long wait until ship calls to
bring them back TO civilization.
Unless the Canadian government is
asked to send ship to pick up Bob
Cast, Parker D. Cramer and Robert
Wood, who started from Chicago to
fly the 'Untin' Bowler across the Arctic
regions to Berlin, is was considered I'M
likely that the stranded flyers will be
able to leave the ice peninsula soon.
Neither the Department of Marine and
Fisheries, nor the Northwest territory
branch of the Department of Interior
has any ships in the neighborhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
CHINESE PERSUADE
KA0S T0LEAvE i. S.
Three Held in Drug Case Are
Reported to Have Signed
Waivers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY Inc ASSOclated Press.
SAN FANCISCO, Calf, July 49,
The Examiner today said that because
of technicalities which might prevent
the forcible return Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wing Kao and Suen Foon to China to
face charges of opium smuggling, 10
prominent Chinatown residents had
persuaded the trio to sign agreements
waving any legal rights they may have
to remain in this country.
Kao, former Chinese vice consul here,
and his wife, with Suen Foon, were ar
rested recently after large consign-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16

to force him TO leave America, even
though 1t discharged him from the
consular service.
The newspaper said that the China.
town delegation had asked the three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
JURIES ARE PROTECTED.

DUBLIN P).-The Free State gov
for the protection of jurors in criminal
cases, providing for secret jury panels,
shall not, as originally intended, be-
come a permanent law, but shall be
merely an emergency measure termi-
mating after 1881. By that time, it is
believed, present conspiracy to intimi-
date Jurors will shave disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16

to return to their native land, "for the
honor Of the Chinese government" and
that all had agreed, although Suen
Foon was represented as being anxious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16

ment OF opium had been found In
trunks brought here from China by
Mrs. Kao. ALI protested their in-
nocence and Mrs. Kao declared she had
been made the dupe Of an opium smug-
Cling ring.
Mitchell Approves Transfer. =
w. Anching Kung, Chinese consul
general in San Francisco, announced
last night he had received word that
United States Attorney General Nit
chell had approved the suggestion that
Federal charges against the trio here
be dropped to clear the way for their re-
turn to the Orient. Chinese officials In
this country were said to have urgently
their native land for prosecution so
the Nationalist government might
make an example" Of them.
The Examiner said that since Mr..
and Mrs. Kao entered this country in
the status Of diplomats, there was some
question as to whether this Govern
ment could legally force them to re-
turn to China. It declared, however,
that they remained subject to the will
Of the Chinese government.
Suen Foon Disputes Power.
In the case of Suen Foon, who was
chancellor of the Chinese consulate
here, Thomas j. Riordan, his attorney,
declared that since Suen entered this
country legally in 1918 as student, the
Nationalist government had no power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16

of Wales who are out of work, charity
funds are being raised in other parts
If britain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
RADIO Commission
CONFLICTING ISSUE
Return of Control to Com
merce Department Believed
Favored by Hoover.

Conflicting impressions are current at
the Capitol as to Herbert Hoover's de-
sire with reference to the extension for
one year of the authority of the Federal
Radio Commission
The House committee has ordered a
favorable report by unanimous vote on
the proposal to extend for a year the
present commission. 1t is reliably re-
ported that PreSident-elect Hoover
thinks the whole radio problem should
go back to the Department of Com
merce. where it was originally.
Mr.. Hoover. on the other hand. has
indicated that to thrust a radio tangle
at the new Secretary of Commerce
might be a serious strain and unless
the administrative personnel of the
present commission could be taken over
by the Department completely so as to
effect smooth transition, he would be
inclined to let matters rest as they are
The present arrangement is a COM
promise. It was intended that for a
year or two the commission should be
a tribunal of direct jurisdiction and
then 1t could be an appeal board The
question now Is whether the Department
of Commerce is ready to take direct
supervision with, of course, the COM
mission as court of appeal.
Some of the members of the COM
mission have resigned and it is hardly
likely that President Coolidge will at
tempt to send names to the Senate
until 1t is clear what Congress is going
to do. And if Congress doesn't act
until the closing days of the session it
will be left to Mr.. Hoover to make the
new apartments, which in the end
might amount to the same thing as
having the whole thing placed in the
Department of Commerce.
Few men are going to be willing to
accept appointment for a year if it is
known that the commissions work will
be taken over by the Department of
Commerce Immediately thereafter.
Mr. Hoover has 1t in his power to
straighten out the tangle and indicate
directly to congressional leaders what
he wants done about it. Those who
have consulted him find a disinclination
on his part to interfere, though he con-
cedes that the present situation is I'M
satisfactory and that he would much
prefer to have radio administered by
the Department of Commerce as he
originally suggested. D. L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
T0DAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

PoIis-German Grand Opera Co. ir
"Siegfried," at 7:45 pm.
BeIasco-"Oh Boy" musical comedy
at $50 pm.
Strand" Jazztime Revue" at 2:1s
and Sis pm.
Fox-"The Little wildcat" continu-
Gus from IL am. to IL pm.
Little Theater-"Forbidde Tales" al
l AS, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Palace-"The Awakening" at 1885
am, 1:20, $40, $40, 1880 and $50 pm
EarIe-"Scarlet Seas" at 1875 am.
1885, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and 9:35 pm.
CoIumbia-"Alias Jimmy Valentine,
at 1920 am, 1870, 1925, 5:25. 1880 and
9:35 pm.
MetropoIitan-'The Redeeming Sin,
at 11:45 am, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
$50 pm.
imbassador-"Jaz Mad" at 6:10
8 and $50 pm.
Tivoli-"Beware of Bachelors" al
2:45, 4:30, 6:15, 8:05 and 9:55 pm.
CentraI-"The Woman Disputed" at
1890, 2, $3.50, S, $50, 8 and $50 pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SPECIAL EVENING CLASS
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.

lin Gregg and Pitman shorthand, typ,
Eng: letter writing. spelling. editing. proof
each week. The Civil Service Preparatory
School, Sc. cor. 18th and NV. Met. 6337
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
COL. PARSONS SHIFTED.
Member of General Staff Sent to
ARMY Tank School.

Army rank school.
Col. James K. Parsons, U. S. Infantry
has been relieved from duty as a men,
Der of the War Department general
staff, effective May 81, and assigned to
duty as commandant of the Tank School
/ at Fort Leonard Wood, Md, and Lieut..
Col. Richard r. Pickering, Adjutant
Generals Department, also on duty in
the office of the chief of staff, War
Department. has been ordered to Balti-
more for duty at headquarters, Sd
Corps Area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
PRITCHARD PASSES TEST
Errors in Reporting Admissions to
Bar Are Corrected.

John Shadrach Pritchard passed sue
ceSSfully the recent test for applica-
tons to practice before the District Su-
preme Court. In the report given to
Frank E. Cunningham, clerk of the
court, his last name was omitted and
his admission was published under the
name John Shadrach. Another error
appeared in the report of the examin-
ing committee, which gave the name of
James Hogan, another successful candi-
date, as James Hoglin. Both men will
be admitted next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
MAN DIES IN HOTEL
ON BUSINESS VISIT
George Diasselliss, Former Treasury
Construction Engineer, Found
in Room by Employe.

George Howard DiassellisS, 81, former
construction engineer of the Treasury
Department, was found dead yesterday
in his room at the Raleigh Hotel.
The body was discovered by Miss Mar
garet KlageS, $40 Twelfth place north
east. a chambermaid.
DiaSselliSs was recently released from
the field service of the engineering Sec
ton of the Treasury Department. Be-
fore his release he was superintendent
Of construction work on the new post
Office building at Donora, Pa.
Diasselliss came here several days ago
to settle business matters with the de-
partment.
Coroner J. Ramsey hewitt decided his
death was caused by heart disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
"FRIENDLY ALIEN" SUES.
Seeks to Recover 100000 fol
Illegal Seizure,

Otto Helms of New York, who de-
scribes himself as a friendly alien,
has filed suit In District of Columbia
Supreme Court to recover more than
$1,000,O00 which he claims is being
detained from him by the alien prop
erty custodian and Treasury officials by
an alleged illegal seizure under the
trading with the enemy act.
Helms says he was the owner of 600
shares of the stock of Eisemann Mag
neto Co. which was seized un-
der the impression that the stock be-
longed to Robert Bosch of the Bosch
Magnetic Co. The stock was sold for
$544,560 and turned over to the treas
urer of the United States.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-21
BANK R0BBER IS
SHOT TO DEATH
Companion Wounded AS
Guard illustrates Okla
homa Attempt

OKLAHOMA CITY. June 2l.-iH1
-One bank robber was killed and
another probably fatally wounded
today in an attempt 10 rob the
State Bank of Moore. eleven miles
south OF Oklahoma City.
Neither man was Immediately
identified.
An armed guard who had been
posted in a back room or the bank
--hen officials became suspicious O.
two strangers. shot both men
The two men had been driving
about town in a motor car. arous-
ing the suspicion Of bank Off
cials. Early this afternoon. the
men entered the bank and ordered
Otto Hayes. bookkeeper, TO hold IN
his hands.
Hayes knocked one man down
and the guard opened fire, shoot
ing both men before they could get
out Of the building.
The wounded man was brought
to an Oklahoma City hospital
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-21
BROWNS TRYING
TO RESCUE MAN
Corpus Christi Man Loses
Life In Attempt At
Boca Chica

The body OF Edward Evans, 26.
who drowned at Boca Chica Thurs
day evening in an attempt to save
another's life, will be forwarded 70
his home in Corpus Christi at 10
.. m. Friday. Funeral services viii
be held there Saturday.
Evans and Paul Smith went TO
the aid or another man who was
believed TO be drowning. Smith
succeeded IN rescuing him but evil
IDENTIFY Evans was stricken by
cramps. He drowned before Smith
could return and take him from the
water. The drowning occurred az
about 7:30 and the body was not
recovered until 9:45 p. III. Mem
bers Of the u. S. coast guard To-
Gated the body about a quarter OF
a mile down the beach.
"A pulmotor was rushed from tne
Brownsville fire department but
was not used Coast guards appIted
artificial respiration from the time
he was taken from the water until
I0:45 D. m. when DR.. G. S. Eisaman
who was called from Brownsville
pronounced him dead.
Evans had been employed in the
construction OF the new bathh0use
on Brazos island.
The body was prepared for for
warding by the w. A. Darling NOR
tuary Of this city.
Chief Roy Weller carried the pull
motor to the beach in record time
of 25 minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-21
ANDERSON TO
Head SYSTEM
PRICE GROUP
Engineers Who Will
Fix American Co.
Valuation Organize
At Meeting
Especial to The Herald)

MERCEDES. June 21.-At a
meeting held here Thursday, w. E.
Anderson OF San Benito was elect
ed president and E. NJ. Card OF
McAilen secretary Of the board Of
engineers which will fix a valua-
tion on the irrigation system now
owned by the American Rio Grande
Land and Irrigation co.
After the board was organized
attorneys spoke for the company
and the farmers explaining to the
board what it would be expected 70
accomplish. w. d. Glasscock rep
resented the American Co. and
Robert E. Kirkpatrick represented
Hidalgo county water control and
improvement district No 9. which
seeks to purchase the irrigation
system.
Members Of the board other than
the officers are A. Tamm OF Har-
lingen, E. B. Gore Of Brownsville
and Walter Amthor Of La Feria.
w. F. Shaw. engineer who will
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-21

Professor Picks
Pickle Public's
Peculiarities

CHICAGO, June 2i.-R-
Proud producers OF pickles pro-
ceded today TO proclaim to a
pickle public that the cucumber
mas become comely.
For years the pickle people
nave been probing the possibility
Of pickle pulchritude. Now comes
Prof. George Starr Of Michigan
state college TO pronounce the
pickle perfect. He 50 told the
National Pickle Manufacturers
Association, which poured plaud-
is on the professional pro-
nouncement.
The persistent progression OF
public pressure for pickles was
produced. probably, by the pref
srence of plenty Of people for
1rettier pickles, which the pro-
lessor proclaimed preponderate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-21
CONFESSION OF
SNOOK IS MADE
AFTER INQUIRY
Charges Ready For
Grand Jury One
Week After Coed
Is Found Slain

COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 2l.-tP)
The confession of DR.. James II.
Shook. 40. dismissed Ohio state uni
versity professor, that he killed p
year-old Theora HiX, his pupil
pararnour was ready for the county
grand Jury today Just one week from
the day the girl was beaten and
slashed TO death. He killed her, ne
said. because she threatened the lie
OF his wife and child.
The confession. announced at
midnight by County Prosecutor
John j. Chester. Jr., was held for
the grand jury with Chesters pre-
diction that q first degree murder
indictment would be returned.
Bringing to an end % hours OF
gruelling examination. Shook lost
the iron nerve that had carried him
through six days of investigation,
and, sobbing. told the prosecutor
and police heads that he was ready
to tell everything"
Struck Her on Head
The confession declared he had
struck the girl on the head with q
hammer during violent quarrel IN
his automobile parked at a rifle
range near here on the night Of
June 13, and that, realizing her
skull was fractured. he took out his
pen knife and slit her throat ITO
relieve her suffering"
The quarrel. he said. followed the
girls protests against his plan TO
leave the CITY over the weekend
with his family and her threat 70
kill his wife and two-year-old
daughter If he went. AS the alter
cation became more bitter. the con-
fession said, Miss HiX reached for
her handbag In which az times she
carried a small pistol that DR.. Shook
had given her. Then followed the
struggle in which DR.. Shook said he
snatched up the hammer In the car
an. struck her on the head.
she continued Ito fight des-
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-21
Girl Flier Takes
OFF On RefuelinR
Endurance Flight

ROOSEVELT FIELD. nv. Y. June
2t.-(Pl-Viola Gentry. former
holder OF the woman's solo endur-
ance flight record. and Charles W.
Parkhurst. former instructor at
Roosevelt Field flying school. took
off al l1.22.15 o'clock, eastern dav-
light time. today on q refuelling
endurance flight.
They were flying a light biplane
with q ITO horsepower engine Tho
plane Is called The Answer and
the refuellinE ship is called The
Exclamation Point. names recalling
the title az the famous army en-
durance plane The Question
Mark"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-21
five ESCAPED
FROM PRISON
CARRY RIFLES
Night Search Leads
To Capture of II;
Battle Expected d
Any Minute

SWEENEY, Tex, June 2i-tR-
Twenty-seven Of the 43 convicts who
kidnapped three guards yesterday
and escaped from Clemens prison
farm near here we're accounted for
today.
Mrs. w. M. Hickman, wife Of the
CAPTAIN of Clemens farm, said the
body OF one convict was seen float
ing in the Bernard river below the
farm.
Guards Weary
Relieved and weary, some score
Of prison guards widened their cir
Gle OF search and pressed on toward
the capture Of the l6 convicts az
large.
Working throughout the night in
mosquito infested bottoms, the
searchers brought IN seven OF the
escaped men, two of whom were Sc
riously wounded when they at
tempted TO flee after being ordered
to halt BY Joe Roaden, guard.
The men captured during the
night by guards working out OF
temporary headquarters here were
Lee HALEY. seriously wounded; Tom
Nichols, seriously wounded; z. o.
Hazelwood. Will Mills. Tom Watts,
j. r. Parker and Jessie Jones.
HALEY snd Nichols were shot and
brought to the ground about one
mile east of here. Roaden, sta
toned on the railroad grade. sight
ed the two as they emerged from
heavy timber and made their way
Just outside the right Of way fence
toward Sweeney. He called on them
to halt. The two started running
away from the grade.
shoots Two
Armed with a pump gun using
small shot. Roaden opened fire. He
fired twice and both men fell to the
ground.
I'VE didn't try to run. boss" the
two told Captain Hickn.a-l. but all
the wounds were in the two mems
backs.
Watts walked into one OF the
guards armed and gave up without
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