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TARIFF COMMISSION
LEATHER EXPERT DIES

Stricken with heart desease last eve
ming as he sat at table in the Ohm
stead Grill, 1886 G. street, William D.
McKissick, 60-year-old leather expert
employed by the Tariff Commission,
died shortly afterward at Emergency
Hospital. When he became i'll, he fell
and cut his head on a radiator. He
was taken to the hospital in the third
precinct patrol.
He is thought by police to have but
one surviving relative, a daughter,
Dorothy who is believed to be in Boston
or Cambridge, Mass. Efforts are being
made to communicate with her. Nc
Kissick lived at 110l Fifteenth street.
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GRUELICK TO RETURN.
Will Relieve Comdr. Broadfoot in
Navigation Bureau.

Lieut. Comdr. Richard w. Gruelick,
well known to Washington's newspaper
fraternity, who covered" the Navy De-
partment a few years ago, by virtue
of his duty there as press oficer, Is
coming back to Washington In diff
ferent capacity. Ofacial orders made
public today at the department show
that Comdr Gruelick, who has just
completed q tour Of duty in the Orient,
aboard the U. S. S. Pittsburgh, will be
detached from the 18th Naval District.
at Seattle, Wash, about July 80, when
he reaches the United States from the
Far East, and stationed at the Bureau
of Navigation.
Comdr. Gruelick Is slated to relieve
Lieut.. Comdr. Henry B. Broadfoot in
the discipline division of the Bureau
of Navigation. Comdr. Gruelick was on
duty at the Navy press room IN 1925
and 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17

Have Been" by Mrs. Rehecca Great
house, viii be given. Miss Ruby Black
Will speak on Women in Professions"
in addition to q program OF dances by
students Of Miss Kathryn Dunkorst.
The Kiwanis Club will hold "hobby
meeting" at the Washington Hotel at
1880 o'clock tomorrow. John j. Boobar
Will be IN charge Of the program.
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AMERICAN LEGION POST
ELECTS D. c. DELEGATES
Representatives Instructed to Vote
for Maj. L. z. Atkins for
Commander.

Delegates and alternates to the Con-
vention of the District of Columbia De-
partment of the American Legion next
month, were elected by the Vincent Co.'S
tello Post last night. The post instruct
ed the delegates to vote solid for Mai.
L. E. Atkins for department commander.
The delegates are: Maj. Atkins,
Thomas Mason, r. A. O'Brien, Dan ].
Donovan. C. A. Jackson, w. E. Spicer,
T. D. Walsh, w. F. Franklin, Henry
Jet, H. E. Smith, j. N. Halper, Charles
Kohen, T. A. Costello, e. p. McCabe,
w. j. Nicholson and j. H. OConnell.
The alternates are: A. A. Stern, j. w.
Purks, j. H. Allen, j. w. Scott, j. Mem
berg, F. G. Thomas, S. J. Olsheski Dan
S. Ring, j. M. Lynch. Maurice Nc
Donald, H. K. Bhotis, G. Ciprioni. e.
Talbert, A. A. OLeary. Norman Grant,
j. A. Long and C. N. Emmons.
The post has arranged an all-day air
meet to be held at Hoover Field July q.
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Will Address Postmasters.

william C. Deming, president of the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion, will address the Tristate Postmas-
tiers Convention in Columbus. Ohio,
while en- route to Cheyenne, Wyo.. for
which he left here yesterday to attend
the annual convention OF the National
Editorial Association.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

National Tent. No. /, the Maccabees,
will hold its "old timers rally" this eve
ming at Odd Fellows Hall. 4l9 Seventh
street northwest, when Col. M. F. Elkin,
supreme lecturer. will present silver
service pins to all veterans who have
been members Of the tent IS years or
more. Maccabees and their families in
yited.
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STILL IN COMA.

LYNCHBURG, Va, July II Especially.
Jean War, s, who was rendered I'M
conscious here the night Of July 10
when she was struck by an automobile,
continues an coma at Memorial Hos
pital.
An X-ray negative showed the child
did not suffer q fracture Of the skull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17

Popular belief in England that after
a man and wife have not lived together
for seven years the man is free is caus-
ing many cases of bigamy, declares
Judge Eowlatt of Surrey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17
Fish Exhibit Planned.

RICHMOND. Va, July II R.-An
extensive exhibit of fish Is planned in
the wild life section Of the Virginia
State Fair this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17

Motion picture theaters in Poland
now number approximately 750.
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FUTURE.

FUTURE.
Alpha Delta Phi luncheon will be held
Friday at Hotel Gordon, 1880 o'clock.
Cathedral Heights Cleveland Park
Citizens Association will hold q special
meeting Friday evening in st. Adams
Parish Hall promptly at 8 o'clock. Ac-
ton will be taken with reference to the
proposed playground at Thirty-fourth
and Macomb street.
Rev. r. Bundy pastor of the Morning
Star Baptist Church will preach a spe-
cial sermon at the Vermont Avenue
Baptist Church tomorrow evening, July
lS, at 8 O'Clock, under the auspices of
the Willing and Ready Club, the B. Y
P. u. and the Sunday school. Proceeds
for the benefit Of the church.
Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chapter, No
Al. o. z. S., will hold lawn party Sat-
urday evening at Eighth and H streets
northeast. Mrs. Emma Dawson, chair
man.
Young Women's Council Of the Ma
tional Woman'S Party will hold a garden
party at national headquarters, 81 First
street northeast, Tuesday evening, July
%, at 8:15 o'clock. A farce, 1T Might
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WICKERSHAM GIVES
CONFERENCE OF STATE
EXECUTIVES SURPRISE

Continued From First Page0
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FUTURE.
Alpha Delta Phi luncheon will be helC
Friday at Hotel Gordon, 1880 o'clock.
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Britten's Interpretation.

Representative Britten, Republican.
Illinois, another wet, interpreted the
letter as publicly suggesting ito a con-
ference of governors from all parts of
the United States the modification of
the Volstead act" and praised it as
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER n
THE VOICE or THE HEAVENS

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eli activities Of the day and avoid controversies.
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pIex activities but few resu 1t win likely bo te
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also indicates unique emotional experience.
child born VIII likely Be quk-wted and mpnsve
and possess great natural charm.
STAR x-RAYS POWERFUL
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relation between eosm rays And Dr. Charles Nord
o France insists that certain emitted y tie
q much greater intensity than corresponding emitted by
the and that they produce vital chemca changes m the
organism Statistics that Cancer has been
the Scientists explanation " this phenomenon that
million years the earth has drfted from stellar
the scientific question is win the physicists the
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the lack cf stellar Trays
Saint Aqnnas sid that tie rays from TIE large
bodies had influence The crganism, especially
during that of the
advanced BY modern scientists merely Of those proclaimed
centuries ago
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The Washington times., 1929-09-26
The Knowledge Test for
Readers Of The Times

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What two rivers flow into the barber Of San Francisco
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The Washington times., 1929-09-26

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Investigation Decided Upon
After Conference With
Welfare Officials.
JUDGES COMPLAINT
CAUSES INVESTIGATION
Results of Inquiry to Be Made
Public as Soon as Facts
Are Available.

After lengthy conference with public
welfare officials today the Board of Dis
trict Commissioners ordered a sweep
ing inquiry into conditions at Gallinger
Municipal Hospital as revealed In public
charges made by Judge Katheryn B
Sellers of the Juvenile Court.
Assurances were given by the Com
missioners that prompt and full con-
sideration" would be given to general
conditions at the city hospital, partic-
| ularly with reference to the mems
pSychopathic ward, in order that a
definite and full reply may be made"
TO public criticism which has been aimed
at the institution.
The action of Commissioner Sidney
F. Taliaferro and Col. william B. Ladue.
engineer commissioner, was taken after
an executive conference with James s.
Wilson and John Joy EdSon, director
and chairman, respectively, of the Board
Of Public Welfare, which has jurisdic-
ton over Gallinger Hospital. At the
same time the Commissioners coupled
with their announcement OF an inquiry
word Of confidence In the personnel
Of the Gallinger staff.
Meet for Two Hours.
For upward of two hours the public
| welfare officials were closeted with the
| two Commissioners, and submitted to
them much information bearing on the
| specific charges made by Judge Sellers
and information about conditions at the
hospital from other sources. With the
| explanation that the situation at the
hospital could not be further discussed
at this time, the Commissioners made
public the following statement:
public criticism has been made of
Gallinger Municipal Hospital, and par
ticulariy Of the mems division Of the
psychopathic ward.
THE matters specifically referred to,
as well IS the general condition Of the
institution, will be given prompt and
| full confederation In order that definite
and full reply may be made.
THE medical staff Of Gallinger Hos
pital Is made up Of distinguished physi-
clans and the management is under
the Board Of Public Welfare, composed
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STOCK PRICES GAIN
DESPITE RATE RAISE
Market Continues Recovery Of Sat-
urday, but Trading Is
on Small Scale.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August IA brisk up
turn In prices of several leading stocks
characterized the beginning Of the new
week on the New York Stock Exchange
today. United States Steel common
rose 81 q share to q record price Of
$225, and more than score Of utilities,
investment rails and high priced stocks
were bid up $4 to more than $12.
Trading, however, was comparatively
quiet, many traders still remaining
somewhat stunned by the startling de-
velopments Of last week, when the New
York Federal Reserve Bank raised It's
rediscount rate to 6 per cent and pre-
cipitated wide-open break in security
prices. Today's advances were limited
to o selected assortment OF issues, such
important groups as the copperS and
motors failing to participate.
Commercial Solvents, rather mer-
curial issue, was bid up $l2.25 during
the forenoon, Western Union SLIPS,
American Telephone and r. H. Macy $8
Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fe common
rose IS TO record price at $282.50, and
American Tobacco A and B stocks were
sent up $3.50 and 81 to unprecedented
levels. Such issues as Allied Chemical,
Auburn Auto, General Public Service,
Pacific Lighting, Stone & Webster, Co
lumbian Carbon, Westinghouse Electric,
General Electric, Standard Gas & Elec-
tric, New York Central, Southern Pacific
and National Cash Register rose 81
to 81.
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CRASHES TAKE TOLL
. OF 81 DEAD IN us.
13 in z Texas Families Are
Killed at Crossing-Air
Accidents Claim 6.

Thirty-one were killed and seven In.
jured seriously yesterday in airplane,
grade crossing and automobile crashes
in various parts Of the United States.
Two families, totaling Is members.
were almost wiped out when q crack
Texas 81 Pacific Railroad flyer crashed
into the truck on which they were rid
ing at a grade crossing near Dallas.
Tex, killing IS.
Six were killed in two airplane acci-
dents, one In Mississippi and the other
in New Mexico, with the pilot and two
passengers In each plane perishing.
Two were killed and fiye injured seri-
ously In two 3-way automobile wrecks
In Massachusetts, and In Maine.
Six Chinese were killed when their
automobile collided with another near
Sacramento, Calf, turned over and
burst into flames. Two were injured.
Four were killed in q grade-crossing
accident in New York, when their car
was struck by q Delaware q Hudson
engine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-12
EARTHQUAKE ROCKS
5EASTERN STATES
Western New York Gets
Worst of Tremors Also
Felt in Canada.
BY the Associated Press.


A series of earth tremors, varying
considerably In intensity and length Of
duration, rocked portions of five East
ern States and one Canadian province
today.
Quakes were reported at intervals
from as far east as Springfield, Mass !;
west to Ashtabula, Ohio; south to vari-
Gus points In Pennsylvania and north to
Toronto.
In most cases the effects Of the shocks
were confined to the awakening Of Sleep
ers and the violent rafting Of windows
and dishes, but in Western New York.
where the tremor appeared to have
reached its maximum intensity, con-
siderable damage was done.
Shocks Last 6 Minutes.
Seismographic readings at Canisius
College, Buffalo, fixed the time of the
principal shock at "a minutes 55 seconds
after am, Eastern daylight-saving
time, the main tremor lasting IL Sec
onds and being followed by minor
shocks at intervals throughout the next
minutes.
reports of shocks from other points,
however. f1xed the time as early as
am.
In Canandaigua, where the tremors
lasted nearly 8 minutes, large apart
ment houses were said to have swayed
noticeably, and police and fire depart
mentS were beSeiged with telephone
calls from terrified houSeholders.
In Elmira a woman reported that her
bed broke down from the force OF the
quake.
At Alfred dishes and pictures were
thrown to the floor during the shock,
which lasted about Is seconds.
Earlier at Binghamton.
Binghamton reported the earliest
experience Of the quakes, fixing them
between / and am. Sleeping resi-
dents were awakened by the violent
fitting of their beds, but no damage was
reported.
Most serious damage was reported
from Attica, where one of the walls OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church was
cracked and falling chimneys damaged
the roof Of the building. A huge Chin
ney on an industrial plant at Warsaw
In wyoming County, collapsed.
Rev. John p. Delaney, s. j., head OF
the seismograph department at Canisius
College, fixed the center Of the quake
at point at least 200 miles south o1
Buffalo. The shocks traversed in q
north and south direction. but their
course apparently was erratic.
The seismograph failed to record the
intensity Of the, shocks, the amplitude
of the tremors being so great that the
recording needle ran off the record
sheet. The quake, according to mete-
orological observers, was the hrst to bt
| felt in the Lake Erie area since the st
Lawrence Valley temblor. in 1925.
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50 ESCAPE DEATH
IN HOTEL BLAZE
Washington Woman Is Burn
ed as Fire Races Braddock
Heights HosteIry.

One Washington woman was burned
on the face and neck while fleeing from
a fire which early this morning de-
stroyed the Hotel Braddock. at Brad
dock Heights, Md. driving approxi-
mately 80 scantily clad guests into the
street and causing heavy property
damage. The resort hotel had at
tracted Washingtonians for q number
of years.
Miss Gertrude Rouech, 1925 M street,
returned to her home this morning
after being treated in Frederick for the
burns on her neck and face. Her
purse, containing 500, and all Of her
clothing was destroyed by the fire.
Miss Rouech said the fire started On
the roof and burned for about an hour
before causing the elevators in the
hotel to crash to the basement. The
noise of the elevators falling attracted
the attention Of the night clerk. Glad
stone Williams. who discovered the fire.
Braves Flaming Stairway.
''I was awakened about o'clock by
Mr.. Williams knocking on my door, "
Miss Rouech said. ''Snatching up a
few clothes; ran into the corridor,
which was filled with smoke. The stair
way was In flames, but held my breath
and ran down. hardly felt the burns
at the time.
"a second after had reached the
street two other Washington girls,
dressed only In night clothes, ran down
the stairs Somehow they weren't
burned, but II they had been minute
later the fire on the stairway would
have cut of their chance to escape.
It was fortunate that the clerk heard
the elevators fall, for otherwise many
Of the guests would have been burned
to Sdeath."
Two other Washington girls-Miss
Kathryn Cunningham and Miss Cath
crime Haislit-were sleeping on the third
floor when the fire started. The stair
way was In flames when they were
awakened, but williams led them to
q fire escape, by which they climbed
;(CsontiYl,ed on Pare 2 Column ~
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GIRL. IN HALTED LEGATION AUTO.
STICKS OUTTONGUEATPO POLICEMAN
Incident at Klngle Bridge Follows Chase and Release
~. s@. E of Egyptian Official.

Of about 10 blocks, at o speed OF 35
miles an hour Smith also said that
In traversing the distance the car ran
through almost al Of the safety zones
located IN the area. He stopped 1t at
Kiingie Bridge, where the driver gave
the name Ahmed Mourst. 2401 Fifteenth
street. Seeing the word diplomatic
stamped on the. drivers permit. Smith
let him 60. but told the Egyptian that
he would have to send Q report Of the
incident to the Traflc Bureau.
The policeman said that girl who
was riding In the front seat Of the
car with the diplomat stuck out her
tongue ct him as the car drove away.
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CHINA RECEIVES u. S.
COURT RIGHT NOTE
American Reply Is Believed Short
of Markings Requests in
Extraterritoriality Move.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NANKING, China, August Ia
Americas reply to the recent note OF
the Chinese Nationalist government
seeking abolition of extraterritortal
privileges was received at the Nankine
foreign office today.
The note, which was said to be
lengthy, will be handed G. G. Wang
foreign minister, tonight when he ar
rives from Shanghai. Although its con-
tents were not diyulged, 1t was under
stood the United States had failed to
meet China's requests.
washington, however, was said tc
have expressed It's willingness to dis.
cuss the subject further with the Ma
tionalist government.
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GRAF SET TOLEAVE
TOMORROW NIGHT
Eckener Announces Every
thing in Perfect Order
for Toxic Flight.
py the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FRIEDRICH H SHAFEN, Germany,
August 12.-Dr. Hugo Eckener, COM
mander of the Graf Zeppelin, this after
noon ordered the dirigible cleared for
sailing" on the Toxic stage of her flight
around the world at am. Wednesday
% pm. Tuesday, Eastern standard
time). He admitted the departure Of
the big air liner might be delayed by
unfavorable weather until the same hour
Thursday morning.
In any case, the start will be made
in the early morning hours. as the low
temperature then permits maximum
load Of gas.
DIR. Eckener made the announcement
after getting one of the closest haircuts
in his life. The barber who was groom
ing him tonsorially persisted In going
over the hero Of FriedrichShafen's hair
again and again despite DR.. Eckener's
insistence that the haircut was already
perfect.
Everything is in perfect order for
the entire fight around the world so
far as Necessary permits, visaS and other
governmental requirements are con-
CSIuGu, Lie GChCUCk uCCldACUs
Route Suggested by Soviet.
"The Soviet government has been
most obliging In every respect. At the
beginning of negotiations the Soviet
authorities suggested a certain route
over the vast Russian territory to us.
We Immediately asked them whether
this was prescribed or an optional
route.
a suggested route based on their
meteorological experience. They did
not in the least wish to prescribe my
course"
DR.. Eckener declared rumors current
in Friedrichshafen that the Zeppelins
departure would be delayed by procras-
tination of Russia in granting permits
to fly over Russian territory were
"arrant nonsense"
"There is not the slightest string
attached, not even as to where we must
enter Russia"
Two Courses Plotted.
Two courses have been plotted by DR..
Eckener for the trip, which probably
will be the hardest the giant Graf has
been called upon to make. One Is
northern route across Siberia and the
other southern route. The distance
for each Is about $500 miles. This
distance DR.. Eckener expects to cover
in about 120 hours, or flying days, or
at an average speed of SIS miles an hour.
The average speed on the just COM
pleted eastward crossing OF the Atlantic
was more than rs miles per hour.
Both northern and southern routes,
it was understood. converged at Chita,
Siberia, where the Zeppelin probably
viii turn southeast to pass over Peiping.
fore heading out across the Chwang- Hal,
| or yellow Sea, for Toxic.
Observers pointed out multiple haz-
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of alcohol. In order to manufacture near
beer, however, the process involves the
creation, first, of regular beer with an al
coholic content or or per cent. or in
some cases, even more. The original prod
uct is then ealcoholized-that is, the al
cohol is drawn out to one-half of per
cent, as established by law. Constant leak
age of "high-powered" beer has presented
enforcement authorities with an ever
present problem.
Needle Beer.
Alcohol also is "shot" or needed"
into near beer. During the past year an
extensive drive against breweries was
launched in Pennsylvania. Much avail
able evidence was brought to light con-
cerning the methods in which breweries
in that locality "shot beer" as the saying
goes among the beer barons, but, due to
injunctionS granted by the Federal court
from interfering with the privilege once
granted, some of these establishments still
The method they use in Pennsylvania
old baronS have been driven to cover and
~
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Ahmed Mawdouch Moursi, the second
secretary Of the Egyptian legation. was
stopped by Policeman G. L. Smith Of the
Trafnc Bureau at Klingle Bridge on
Connecticut avenue last night for the
violation of several Of the Districts
trafnc regulations, then released owing
to his diplomatic immunity, Smith re-
ported to the Traffic Bureau today. !.
Cficer Smith said that q car passed
him travelling at an excessive speed, at
Tilden street and Connecticut avenue,
and that he dropped In behind and
paced 1t to Klingle Bridge, . distance