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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
HUNT FOR BEAUTY HELD
GAMBLE BY GRIFFITH
Public's Varied Ideas on Pulchri-
tude Perplex Movie
Producer,

Beauty, ever evading the shackles of
a single standard Of Interpretation,
represents one OF the most serious
financial hazards In the motion picture
industry. writes David Wark Griffith
in Liberty Magazine. Most of us grow
up thinking beauty Is something as
simple as a sauce for pudding, but !
have always found it the most deceitful,
the most evasive, the most treacherous
and the most contradictory element
there Is in life.
Young girls usually nave many
points of beauty, and the American
girls are given praise by critics for
their unusual attractiveneSs. However,
to the Oriental mind, which admires
the voluptuouS in feminine form, our
slender girls are unsightly and ridic-
olouS Do we know beauty better than
the Orientals?
Make the problem Of finding a really
beautiful woman one that may affect
your own fortunes. Let US say there is
q man 900 miles from you who will
give you $4,000 If you will send for
the money a woman he considers really
beautiful. You don't know this man
and have no information about his age,
tastes, experience or preference among
women.
"He may dislike blondes, he may
think only plump girls ere attractive
and he may loathe small noses. But
you can get $20, 900 If he considers your
messenger as being beautiful Who
would 1t be? It Is crazy gamble, isn't
it? Yet every motion picture producer
bets many times that sum that he can
present the woman this unknown per-
son viii think beautiful"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
YELLOW PINE FORESTS
NATURALLY REPRODUCE
Trees Reseed Ground When on Fa-
vorable Sites, Protected From
Fire Bureau Report Says.

In the western yellow pine forests OF
the Southwest, on favorable sites where
protection from fire and grazing Is
adequate there are fairly large areas
Of excellent young growth from 10 TO
30 years old. Early explorers in tins
region described the western yellow pine
stands as comparatively open, with no
great amount of young growth coming
on. The question as TO why these
forests. now proving their ability TO
develop heavy reproduction, were not
producing on a similar scale 400 years
ago, finds an answer in a reading Of
the stump of a western yellow pine felled
on the Carson National Forest in New
Mexico at the age of 345 years, accord
ing to the Forest Service Of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Walter j. Perry. while in charge OF
the Hallack and Howard sale on the
Carson forest, studied the stump of
this tree and found that the tree had
experienced IA fires severe enough to
scar it's base. The years in which these
fires occurred were 1929, 1868, 1882,
17o5, 1913, 1748, 1858, 1896, 1910. 1917,
1924, 1899, 1874 and 1874. Thus the
non-reproductive period of the forest
In which this tree grew was dis
tinguished from its present reproductive
period by the frequent occurrence OF
severe fires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
SCIENTIST FOUND
DEAD AT HISlDESK
Rev. Francis J. TOndOFf,
S. j., of Georgetown Was
Eminent Quake Authority.
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Associated Press, scoring an important
scoop"
Father Tondorf might be termed the
father of seismology" in the Jesuit
colleges of this country. He was the
first to install an earthquake detector
at Georgetown, as result Of which q
chain of similar obServatorieS have
peen installed at all the leading Jesuit
institutions in the country. For many
years he elaborated with Father John
Hagen, who left Georgetown % years
or so ago to become director of the
astronomical observatory at the Vatican.
In this connection Father TondOrf
rendered valuable assistance to the
Vatican astronomer in his studies Of
the variable stars.
Important IS News.
Father Tondorf's early earthquake
bulletins were declared by DR.. Meade,
one time president of the Seismological
Society of America, as the beginning
of an important news service in max
ing information Of microSemic move
ments readily available in placing the
cause OF these movements. He was one
of the first scientists to put earth
quake data On the air, using the wire
less to broadcast information through
out the world.
Under his direction. the Georgetown
observatory was the first In this coun-
try to install a vertical Galitztn ma
chine. This was done at the SOlicita-
ton of the Eastern section of the Seis-
mological Society Of America, whose
members lamented the fact that such
an instrument, which has the longest
nf knnuyT1
in the United States. Within the past
year Father Tondorf had installed a
second GalitZin machine, the gift OF
the Rhode Island alumni Of George
town. This Is Of q horizontal type.
Father Tondorf was intensely inter-
eSted in research to discover . way by
which earthquakes could be forecast, SC
as to give timely warning in event OF
disasters In cities While optimistic
about this phase of study, he was frank
m admitting that years of future re-
search work would have to be done be-
fore there could be any dependable
forecaSting.
Considering the fact that about 90OC
earthquakes are recorded on machines
throughout the world, Father Tondor1
was not an alarmist and held strictly
to the opinion that the number OF
quakes serious enough to cause real
alarm were comparatively few.
Native of Boston.
Father Tondorf was born in Boston
July II, 1870. He was the son of
Joseph and Louise Musler Tondorf. In
early manhood he decided to enter the
Jesuit Order and received his A. B.
degree at woodstock College, near Bal
timore.
After entering the order most Of his
teaching was done at Loyola College in
Baltimore. He also taught at other
Jesuit colleges before coming to George
town in 1908. Father Tondorf took
his post graduate degree at Johns Hop
kins University and also at Georgetown
College.
During past years he lectured several
times q week at Woodstock College q
Jesuit house of studies, and in addition
to his science courses at Georgetown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
new MINISTER BACKS
YOUNG PLAN ON DEBTS
Dr. Curtius. Successor Of DR..
Stresemann. Takes Stand in
II First Public Talk.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, November 20. - DR.. Julius
Curtius, Germany's new foreign min
lister, placed himself squarely behind
the Young plan today in his first speech
before the Reichstag since his appoint
ment. He succeeded the late DR..
Stresemann.
Aflrming that the Young plan was
q great improvement over the Dawes
plan, DIR. Curtius asked the Reichstag
to reject the Nationalists' motion
against it. which came up for the first
reading today, and declared that the
recent plebiscite was an attack upon
the authority of the state.
In a witty speech that was frequently
interrupted by the Nationalist and the
Fascists, he said that the Nationalist
proposal for renouncing Germany's
confession of war guilt attempts to
ram open doors and Is based upon
senseless assertions that Germany's for
eign policy has been hitherto built on
the recognition Of her guilt in the war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
Comfort for Desert Travellers.

A train ride through some Of the
country, often very un-
pleasant on account Of the intense heat,
is to be made more tolerable by the use
of railroad coaches that have been
made heatproof to q considerable de-
gree. A special window glass is made
use of which cuts of much of the heat
Of the sunshine. 1t also cuts of some
Of the light, but in this open country
there will be sufficient for all purposes,
The woodwork of the car is also treated
to resist the action Of heat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
q. s. AWAITS MosCows ACTION.
Steps Toward Joining Other Powers TO
Block War Are Held in Allegiance.

Steps Toward Joining Other Powers 70
Block War Are Held in Allegiance.
The Washington Government today
awaited with interest the outcome OF
the note sent to Moscow by China max
ing proposals for the settlement OF its
dispute with Soviet Russia.
Meanwhile, further steps looking to-
ward concerted action with other pow
ers to avert a war in Manchur1a were
held in allegiance pending some word
of the Russian reaction to the Chinese
communication, which, sternly worded,
asserted that Russian rejection OF the
peace plan embodied In it would In
dicate" that the Soviet Union ENTER
tanned warlike ambitions toward China"
Suggestions Are Asked.
The State Department has asked the
governments of Great Britain, Japan,
France, Italy and Germany for Sug-
gestions of how best the powers can
act to bring the troubled Sino- Russtan
question to an amicable settlement.
Word from London last night was that
Ambassador Dawes had held long
conference with Foreign Secretary Hen
derson and it was reported that at its
conclusion a lengthy cablegram was
dispatched to Washington.
The attitude of the Washington Gov
Russia should be given every opportu-
nifty to settle their differences between
themselves before the other powers
take action.
Kellogg Treaty Is Cited.
It's request for suggestions pointed
out that both the Marking and Moscow
governments are signatories of the
Kellogg treaty for the remuneration of
war. When the present situation first
arose, with the seizure by the Chinese
of Russian interests in the jointly oper-
ated Chinese Eastern Railway, Secre-
tary Stimson took action to remind
both Marking and Moscow of the oblt-
cations imposed by the peace pact.
The Chinese note disregarded the re-
cent effort of the Manchurian provin-
cial government to come to terms with
Russia and proposed an armistice, while
q Joint commission of Chinese and Rus
SLAMS conduct an investigation of con-
ditions along the Siberian Manchurian
frontier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29

College, he taught physiology in the
school of medicine. He was assistant
in the astronomical observatory from
1905 to 1907.
Father Tondorf belonged to many SCI
entific societies, including the Meteor
illogical Society, Washington Academy,
the Geophysics Union. American Seis-
mology society and others. Recently
he was made fellow Of the Royal AS
Economical Society Of Great Britain.
Little Is known at Georgetown regard
ing his relatives. He has sister, Mrs.
Mary Calvin of Chestnut Hill, Mass,
near Boston. Funeral services will be
conducted Monday morning at 9 o'clock
in Dahlgren Chapel at Georgetown.
Most Rev. John Mcnamara, Auxiliary
Bishop Of Baltimore, will ofhciate:
Bishop McEamara was student OF
Father Tondorf at Loyola College and
a very dear friend. Burial will be in
the college cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
Scientific Fighting of Forest Fires.

The majority Of people believe forest
FIRE lighting to be Just a laborer's Job,
but nothing could be further from the
truth. It Is on . strictly scientific basis
and nothing Il done at random. There
Is definite system of organization
which designates 70 each man a certain
tool to use and a certain position in
the crew. The crews usually consist of
from TO IL men, under supervision
Of o warden or q ranger. On a small
IRE, 10 acres or less in area, one crew
Is usually enough, but on large fires,
anywhere from so to 800 men are en-
ployed. The implements used are axes,
bTush-hooks, shovels, rakes, water tanks
and torches for setting backfires. The
proper use of the latter Is the best
means Of controlling forest fires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
II Shoot People,
Says Cab Rider;
Sleeps in Jail
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, November 29.-Roy
Hill had a big pistol and an
nounced to Jacob Eisner, cab
driver, he would shoot If Eisner
didn't make his cab move along
fast.
step on it." said Hill, waving
the gun. IT crave speed. When
I don't get it, shoot people;
coolies and coolies of people"
Although the statement was
somewhat discouraging, Eisner
decided it called for action. He
leaped out, got a policeman and
had Hill arrested.
At the jail house the first
thing the gun waver did was
to fall soundly asleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
Woman Police for Turkey.

Women police are to be introduced
into Turkey. The Turkish Women's
Union will invite the chief of the Eng
lish women police to organize a school
of feminine guardians OF the law in
Constantinople. LATHE Bekir Hanim,
president of the union says that there
is a great need for women police to pro-
tect Turkeys girls from the pitfalls fol-
lowing the emancipation from the veil
and the harem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
She Wants Laws for Dancers.

Miss Pat Sykes, who recently won the
worlds dancing championship in Eng
land, has come out in favor of laws for
dancers. There are laws governing
every other sport and pastime," she says
so why not dancing?" She would have
a traffic controller" for bathrooms so
that all dancers would be kept strictly
to the "one-way" rule. She also would
have those dancers who stop for q chat
in the middle of the floor kept of for
the rest of the evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29

Only. lit per cent Definitely mated
they did not 60 to picture shows. most
of them remaining away because Of
religious beliefs
The children were divided into three
groups for purposes Of the study-av-
erage school children, delinquents and
Boy and Girl Scouts. The delinquent
child's attendance at the movies ex-
ceeded that Of other groups. Girl
Scouts and high school girls were the
only ones to express q preference for
books. The greatest indifference u
reading was found among delinquents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
Radiator at the Dashboard.

In the effort to get the unsightly
radiator out Of sight, a shape has been
designed which extends around the room
at the Dashboard. Here 1t Is out Of the
way, almost out Of sight and delivers
its heat at the floor, where it Is most
needed in effectually heating the room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
Farmhands on Stills.

The English hop vines grow 10 or
20 feet high, being trained on strings,
and in order to get the best results
the vines must be carefully watched
and trained along these supports. This
work is done by men who move about
on stills in order that they may readily
reach the vine tops. The stills are
fastened to their feet and belted to
them at the wais:, which leaves their
hands free. The men become very pro-
fciAnt in their movements about the
Zelda,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
Wedding at Fox Hunt.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, November 20
(PJ.-Conald G. Perkins. in black velvet
cap. red coat and golf breeches, will
be married December 7 to Mrs. Mar
garet w. Buckley, who will wear a top
hat, black coat and black breeches.
The honeymoon will start with q fox
hunt in which guests will join.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
Water in Piano Prevents Damage.

To counteract the effects Of hot, dry
air upon his piano during the Winter,
E. J.. Disler. expert tuner Of Tim,
Ohio, has had success in placing six
fruit Jars, filled with water, inside the
cabinet of the upright. says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. He Is careful
to keep the containers filled and to ad-
just them so that they will not touch
strings or sounding board. The jars are
removed in the Spring. IAN ideal tenn
perature for a piano would be about 65
degrees Fahrenheit the year around, +"
Mr.. Disler declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29

PENSACOLA, Fla, November 20 (E).
The italian freighter Escambia, which
sank in 80 feet Of water at a dock here
Wednesday night, was floated and ready
to proceed to Genoa, Italy, today with
its cargo of lumber. Damage to the
freishter was said to be slight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 29.-Alice
Miller Mitchell, acting for the wieboldt
Foundation, set out to determine wheth-
er books or the movies held the greater
appeal as entertainment for children,
and the result Of her study has re-
vealed q marked leaning toward the
movies.
She said 900 per cent of the 1O,052
children studied attended the movies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
SOVIET EXCHANGES
NOTES WITH CHINA
Negotiations Replacing Arm.
ed Combat on Railroad
Controversy.
ton either in the form of mediation or
q Joint declaration undesirable.
6continued Prom First Page: )


Accuses "ImpeTialists."
MOSCOW, November 20 (P).-Izves-
tia, official government organ, today
declared that the Nationalist govern
ment at Marking was trying to prevent
an independent settlement Of the Chi
nese Eastern Railway controversy be-
tween Russia and the Manchurian au-
thorities and reiterated previous charges
that "imperialists" we're trying to get
q hold on the railway.
Commenting on the attitude of the
Marking government toward the re-
ported independent negotiations be-
tween Mukden and Moscow, Izvestia
says:
Immediately upon learning that the
Manchurian army was unable TO with
stand the resistance Of the Red army.
Markings agents in foreign capitals
began TO weave net Of intFigues aimed
to involve irnperialistic countries in the
Sino- Russian conflict.
Preparations Seen.
Undoubtedly Marking, foreSeeing the
independent move in Mukden, planned
frtriaues beforehand with the object
of blocking the way to peaceful termi-
nation Of the conflict by bringing IN
the aid of outside Intervention. the
statements of Secretary OF State Slim
son and Foreign Secretary Henderson
the exchange of opinions between Ger
tain countries and the anti-Soviet cam
paisn in the capitalistic press clearly
indicate intensive preparations Tor sucn
Intervention in the camp OF the I'M
perialists.
(royernor of Manchuria) to MOSCOW
renders intervention ainleSs, forcing
Markings allies to beat tattoo.
"Anti-Soviet intrigues viii undount-
edly continue and Mukden Will De
pressed to retract its proposals: Inc
capitalistic press continues to mint tne
possibility of collective appeal oy tne
mowers for the reconciliation OF China
and Russia. Such a move would be
aimed to support and strengthen the
position of the Chinese and veil new
attempt to stretch out an arm TO the
Chinese Eastern Railway.
Position Not Clear.
eft is not yet clear whether China
already has appealed to the League OF
Nations. but upon second thought with
drew the appeal or only intended doing
so. The independent fact, whether II
sanctions or rejects Mukden's actions, Is
that the Marking government has
placed itself in q false situation COM
pletely and has discredited its position
before the outside world and public
opinion in its own country.
s~The Soviet Union will continue to Be
on guard and Marking inStlgatcTs, even
If supported by the irnperialistS, VIII be
unable to share it's firm position"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
Dawes LaudS Holiday.

LONDON, November 20 (P).-Ambas-
sador Dawes Is delighted to celebrate
Thanksgiving. He told the American
Society Of London at q holiday banquet
that this day Of good cheer was the
only day on which the solemn Pilgrim
fathers loosened up and celebrated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
Steam Pipes Clear Pass.

Steam pipes are being employed to
conquer the snowdrifts that pile up
each Winter in the Berthoud Pass, over
the Continental Divide, says Popula.
Mechanics Magazine. This pass,
IL 300 feet above sea level. often is
blocked by snow from late october to
May or June. Shoveling out the snow
is an almost impossible task for about
q mile and a half, and 1t Is in this
section that steam pipes are to be used.
Buried a few inches under ground,
no great heat Is required. as it will
be necessary to keep the ground only
few degrees above freezing so the
snow viii melt and the water will drain
on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29

Roller skates were first patented by
Merlin, a Flemish musical instrument
maker in 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29
SURVEY REV AIS MOVIES HOLD
GREATER APPEAL THAN BOOKS
Greatest Indifference to Reading Was Found Among
Delinquent Children
BY the Associated Press.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-26
DEPUTY IS FREED
IN De KING CASE
Grand Jurors Fail to Indict
Officer Accused of Stay
ing Woman.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, H., April 26.-The grand
jury has decided not to indict Deputy
Sheriff Roy Smith for the Staying dur
Ing a dry raid Of Mrs. Lillian De King
but it was reported to have been dead
locked for some hours yesterday over
proposal to indict the dead woman's
husband, Joseph, on a liquor charge.
Ten surprise witnesses were under
stood to have told of having bought
liquor from De King at his Aurora
home, and it was on this testimony that
some members of the jury favored an
indictment The majority, however,
held that whether De King sold liquor
was irrelevant, the investigation being
TO determine how his wife was killed
and if her killing called for indictment.
Husband Questioned.
1t was revealed that De King was
asked by one juror II he did not con-
slider himself to blame for his wifes
death: had he not been standing with
his revolvers in plain sight when the
raiders demanded to search his home
he would not have been struck down
from behind and his wife shot, he was
advised.
One true bill was voted. It charged
perjury against Eugene Boyd Fairchild,
whose affidavit of buying liquor at the
De King home led to the raid. Fair
child told a coroners jury that he did
not actually buy the liquor himself. as
the affidavit asserted.
A coroner's jury found that Mrs. De
King had been shot by Deputy Sheriff
Smith as she attempted to go to the
side of her husband, who had been
felled by blow from Smiths dubbed
shotgun.
One Ballot Taken.
Several members of the grand Jury
yesterday were said to have voted to in
dict Smith, but the number was insult
flcient. and only one ballot was taken.
Members of Sheriff L. L. Urch's force
were busy today in search of the person
who fired the shot that struck the au-
tomobile of one of his deputies, Pearly
Peck, at the Aurora race track. Peck
was member of the party that raided
the De King home in search of evidence
of dry law violation.
The sheriff and States Attorney
George D. Carbary believed the appar-
ent attempt on Peck's life might have
resulted from fanatics desire to even
up what ne imagined was wrong to the
De King family. All Kane County au-
thorities we're decided in their opinion
that none Of the De Kings had any
thing to do with the incident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-26
DR.. COOPER TO SPEAK.

DR.. william j. Cooper, commissioner
Of education, viii be the speaker at the
George Washington University Alumni
luncheon tomorrow at 1890 O'Clock at
the Hotel La Fayette.
The luncheon also viii be farewell
to Miss Anna L. Rose, dean Of women
and associate professor Of education in
the university. who Is leaving Washing
ton to become associated with the Car
negie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching in New York City. Dean
William Carl Ruediger of the School Of
Education and Mrs. Ruedigen viii be
guests Of honor.
Or. Oscar Benwood Hunter. president
cf the alumni association, will preside
and introduce the speaker.
A group OF Younger graduates Of the
university. taeluding Lyman Dishman,
Margaret Maize, James Robert Kirk
land, Ermyntrude Walden, Elmer Brown
and Frances Walker, viii act as a re-
ception committee.