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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
ny HOWARD w. BLAKEsbEE,
Annotated Press science wrIter.

HAMILTON, N. Y, March 13-The
sleep habits OF 500 distinguished Amer
lean men were made public at Colgate
University today and upset some popu-
lar notions.
The critical age when it is unsafe to
lose sleep Is IS. Contrary to classical
anecdotes, men Of important affairs
steep ABOUT the fun eight hours. 1t is
youth instead of age that sleeps the
least.
Then that old-fashioned way of get
ting 70 sleep by counting sheep Jump
ing a wall is as out Of date as Mary's
lamb. Not that the fundamental
method has changed, but today only
sheep herder should pick on the dream
sheep. For the rest of us there are
more effective sleep potions.
Ages Range From 20 to IS.
The survey was made by Dr. Donald
A. Laird, director of the Colgate Uni
versity psychological laboratory. The
ages of the men ranged from 20 to 80,
and some gave permission to disclose
their identities. One 95-year-old sub
ject is Brig. Gen. Aaron s. DRggett,
United States Army. Younger men in
clude William Allen WniUe ana the rev.
S Parkes Cadman.
DR.. Laird finds IS years "the critical
period when loss of sleep or sleep on
train shows most noticeable Ill effects.
At this age poor sleep seems to bring
more widespread bad effects than at
other ages. Before and after this age
sleep apparently can be tempered with
with more impunity.
None Sleeps Less Than Five Hours.
No one reported more than 10 nor
less than 5 hours habitual sleep. The
average sleep for IS years is Z hours
Is minutes The minutes sleep over z
hours then increase to IS at 35 years,
to so at age As, drop to As at age 55,
to 40 minutes Of age IS and rise to Is
minutes at age rs. At 66 the sleeping
time is 8 hours 10 minutes.
Wakefulness at night, however, Is q
prerogative of age. At IS years, the
majority told DR.. Laird, they sleep
through the night without awakening.
A uniform increase in wakefulness fol-
lows with age, and in the 95 to 100
year age bracket wakefulness was re-
ported each night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
.TYD|NGS TO URGE
NAVAL AIR PROBE
Charge That Williams Was
Forced Out by AdmiraIS
Is Cited.

An inquiry by the Senate naval af-
fairs committee into charges that Lieut..
"Al" Williams, the Navy speed king,
had been forced out of the service
through the influence Of admirals ia
voring the battleships will be proposed
by Senator Tydings of Maryland, a
member Of the committee.
The resolution prepared by Senator
Tydings recites the fact that Lieut.. VIII
lianS had made valuable experiments
with fast pursuit planes for the Navy.
It also declared that the Navy now Is
deficient In aircraft of that character
and proposes that the Senate commit
tee shall 60 into the whole subject.
Senator Tydings took the matter up
following discussion among members
Of the subcommittee of the House ap-
propriations committee in charge Of the
naval appropriation bill in which q
recent order sending Williams to sea
duty and forcing him to cease expert
ulents he has been conducting with fast
aircraft Lieut.. Williams, In protest
against this order, has resigned and now
Is on o 30-day leave, pending the time
his resignation takes effect.
The Tydings resolution declares that
this country has no fast pursuit or
bombing planes equal to those Of foreign
powers. 1t proposes an inquiry into
the conditions surrounding the type,
speed and compatibility of fast pursuit
and bombing planes with those Of other
nations, and all other matters pertaining
thereto"
It Is believed that this resolution will
permit an investigation into the reasons
behind the alleged discrimination
against williams and the insistence that
he take his regular tour at sea duty,
Notwithstanding the Importance Of the
work he has been engaged in. It Is ex-
pected that q similar resolution viii be
offered In the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
IS IS HELD MOST DANGEROUS
AGE AT WHICH TO LOSE SLEEP
Counting Sheep Is as Out Of Date as Mary 5
Lamb, Survey Reveals, in Report That
7OPct. of Notables Have Difficulty.

More than 10 per cent reported SUM-
clent dtftlculty in going to sleep to cause
them to develop special techniques. "
Thought control was used by SO per
cent; reading by IS per cent: relaxa-
ton by ID per cent; drugs, not includ-
ing alcohol, by 3 per cent; alcohol by
per cent.
Professors Use Alcohol.
ut is interesting" says DR.. Laird,
that approximately half those report
ing use of alcohol to insure sleep were
college professors of considerable dis
tinction.
"a large number of unusual personal
idiosyncrasies are reported in inducing
sleep. One editor Of national maya
zine sticks his feet out from under the
bedclotheS. One Supreme Court justice
buries his face in his pillow. A young
writer strains to keep his eyes open.
Scientifically, sound variations Of the
sheep-counting idea appeared. One
philanthropist reviews BlackStone's
analysis of real estate law. A chain
store executive thinks of many things
rather than concentrating on one SUBJ
ject. A scientist thinks of star spaces
in astronomy. A rabbi counts the beats
Of the clock pendulum which runs so
to the minute and by the time he has
counted 300 he usually is asleep.
Four Concentrate on Sleep.
Three men repeat Masonic rituals
-Four either repeat or concentrate on the
word sleep. Geographic names are re-
called by two. An actor playwright re-
peats Christian names in haphaXard
fashion. A Judge counts backward, or
repeats the alphabet backward. A col
lege professor repeats the Apostles
creed over and over.
"A journalist thinks over plans for an
ideal home A Judge thinks about the
binomial theorem or extracts a few
square roots in his head. A Texas
author extracts square roots also. A
Pennsylvania author tries to remember
his latest golf strokes.
, "a college professor eats onions. A
writer of detective stories thinks about
the futility Of everything. One bishop
thinks about things accomplished rather
than those ahead, another bishop
smokes and q third bishop prays.
"a few wisely solved the problem by
not going to bed until they were sleepy.
There are only scattered results on the
dificulty Of getting up mornings. No
direct question was asked regarding
this"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

CONTINUED From FIRST .Rage.l
his methods of keeping the accounts of
the organization today. Committee
members have complained that some OF
the associations records were missing.
Huston said no one had ever question.
Cd the manner Of keeping records until
ssthis Committee Of experts" raised the
question.
Senator Walsh, Democrat. of Montana
asked what he meant by committee OF
Senator caraway has been advising
me how to keep my records to avoid
embarrassment" Huston retorted.
Walsh reminded Huston that he was
speaking of the committee as . whole
and said he thought the statement
should be withdrawn.
II am willing to-" Huston said.
Robinson Opposes Caraway.
A vigorgous protest by Senator Robin
Gon, Republican, Indiana, caused Chair
man Caraway earlier in the day 70
&bandon questioning Of Huston on re-
ports that he had been charged with
getting money and keeping it, in con-
nection with the expenses Of delegates
TO the Republican national convention
In 1924.
Huston had denied emphatically that
the charges referred to by Caraway had
been made against him and Senator
Robinson interpoSed as Huston went
into an explanation Of the report.
''This is not q Democratic committee
or a Republican committee" he asserted.
'It is lobby committee and ought to
be impartial. I don't see where Ten
nessee politics has any place In this in
vestigation at all"
Huston is Tennesseean and had said
he was secretary of the Tennessee dele
cation to the convention and reserved
rooms for them at a Cleveland hotel.
Caraway announced that he would
accede TO Robinson's wishes and the
questioning turned to the power project
IN Alabama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
GEN. HINES TO TELL
OF RELIEF PROBLEMS
Veterans Bureau Director to Speak
Over Nationwide Hook-Up
Of Radio Forum.

Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, director
OF the Veterans Bureau, will stress
some Of the major problems which In
volve the Government in administering
relief to thousands of World War Vet
Grams, as the speaker tonight in the
National Radio Forum arranged by The
Evening Star and sponsored by the CO.
lumbia Broadcasting System.
Gen. Hines talk Is scheduled from
1880 to IL O'Clock and win be conveyed
from Station WMAL over q coast-to-
coast network. Few men in or out
of Congress, where veterans relief
legislation stu is Of great importance,
are as well equipped to discuss this
phase Of the Governments activities as
Gen. Hines, who has originated much
of the legislation during the past years.
He will deal with the problem from
all angles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

cancer Is caused by unnatural, abnor-
mally rapid multiplication Of the mil
lions Of cells, or body tissue units, that
make up the human frame
1--WE believe that nature has provided
certain controls" he said, among which
a q stahilizer OF the multiplication Of
cells"
Using a method they devised, the
witness said, he and DR.. Humber ex-
tracted this "stabilizer" from the glands
and made 1t into liquid they injected
in cancer sufferers bodies.
after the FIRST injection" said DR..
Coffey, "the cancer patient Usually has
relief. After the second and third, pain
disappears.
This has happened" the doctor said
~in more than / 800 cases." all Of which,
he said, were scientifically identified as
cancer, and none of which could be
cured by operation.
DR.. Coffey said he had been searching
for q cure call his ife," and IN that,
he added, he spoke "for the profession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
SALUTES TO FLAG
ORDERED BY BALL0U
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Continued From First Page.)
normal, senior high and junior high
school to cause the nag Of the United
states Of America TO be saluted at
least In one-haf Of the assemblies Of
students held each months and. that all
persons present at such assemblies shall
be required to salute the fiag and recite
the Pledge Of Allegiance as prescribed
in supertntendent's circular No. 80,
dated January IS, 1929 Since il Is
understood that Saluting the flag Is now
the practice in classrooms at the ele-
nlentary schools, the elementary schools
are not specifically mentioned in this
erder.'
Pep" Meetings Excepted.
Commenting on his instructions to
his field officers this afternoon DR.. Bal
lou explained that he regards the nag
salute Q dignif1ed expression Of loyalty
and patriotism and for that reason he
would not expect the pep" nesting,
in which enthusiasm and hilarity are
rampant. to be marked by an attempt
ther that his order today sets up Q
minimum requirement. Of assemblies
where the nag shall be accorded q sa-
lutte, and declares In his letter that he
Is Of the opinion that principals Of
Junior and senior high schools should
give consideration to the desirability Of
having the nag saluted in all ASSEM-
blteS OF students where the nature Of
the exercises is consistent with the de.
votion represented and CONTEMPLATED by
Q salute to the flag"
The superintendent concludes with
his belief that school principals should
seek additional opportunities Gin ASSEM-
blies, in the regular class rooms ana in
home rooms for pupils and teachers 20
show their devotion to the flag and
their allegiance to their country bv
saluting the nag and reciting the pledge.
We cannot overenphasize the inpoY.
lance Of patriotic devotion to the flag
and to the principles of the Government
for which It stands"
The letter is being sent to all the
schools this afternoon.
Maj. Gen. Fries Aroused.
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, national
president Of the Reserve Officers' Train-
ing Corps Association, announced from
the associations headquarters here to-
day that so many reports had come TO
his attention of the existence Of per-
siStent and determined efforts by vaYi-
Gus organizations and individuals to In
ject atheism" and Communism" into
the student bodies Of the public schools
of Washington, that his association has
decided to commence at once COM
plete survey OF the conditions said to
exist and that have been so widely dis
cussed by several parent and teacher
and citizens associations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
PLAYWRIGHT INJURED
BY FALL INTO AUTO PIT
Philip Cunning stumbles Into Hole
in Darkness Trying to Aid
Accident Victim.
py the Associated PEess.


BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, March lS.-
Philip Dunning Of Westport. play
wright and theatrical producer, was
under observation today at the Bridge
port Hospital with possible internal
injured and an injury to his back,
received Ia fall into gasoline station
oil pit.
The accident occurred Tuesday night
while he was going to the aid Of
Miss Jessie =. Henry, . chamber Of
into the pit as she was getting
into an automobile.
Miss Henry screamed as she plunged
into the opening. Believing that the
woman had fallen to the ground, and
unable to see the pit in the darkness,
Dunning ran in the direction OF the
womans ssxeam and stepped into the
opening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band Orchestra this evening at Stanley
Eall. John s. M. Zimmerman, band
master: Anton Pointner, assistant
header.
March, vienna Forever" .Sehrammel
Irish overture, THE Beauties Of Erin.
Bennett
Lntr'acte-
.-(a) "Legende" ................F riml
Obj "A Celtic Dance" ..... Billiard
Gems from the comic opera, THE
Grand Duchess" .....,., Ohenbach
FOX trot, Some Day Soon. :. Fischer
Waltz suite, Condolences" Waldteufel
Finale. 1.-THE Imperial. 500. Anthony
"1he Star epangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
Rum Ruling Amazes Judge.

CHICAGO R.-A Jury has awarded
q verdict for $1,000 In bootlegrinQ
operations. Judge Harry futile, who
regards the litigation AZ amazing. is
referring the matter to the Federal
attorney. Joseph Mutinsky, the plain
till, said he gave Louis A. Rude and
Joseph Psota $4,000 for pre-war whisky
to be brought from Government ware
house in Detroit and sold In Chicago,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
PASTORS TOLL TO BUILD
CHURCH is COMPLETED
ID Years Of Labor in Face Of Dis
couraging Obstacles Ends with
Jubilant Dedication.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Ca, March l3-Degpite
ill-fortune and the pinch Of poverty,
Rev. Henry Cole, colored pastor, has
finished his church, after toiling alone
for II years in fair weather and foul.
Obstacles confronted the pastor and
his church from the start. In 1916
authorities refused him q building per-
NIT because he proposed to set his
church on g foundation Of wooden
posts. Cole needed biblical instructions
and said he would build his church
upon q rock" Accordingly he bought
brick and proceeded.
Eight years later, with the building
nearly finished, @ storm wrecked II.
Uncomplaining, the pastor started all
over again.
Last Sunday night three pickering
oil lamps cast weird shadows over q
dozen worshipers gathered In the nm
ished building. Led by their pastor.
they sang the old hymns Justify as Rev.
Henry Cole dedicated his new church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
FATHER AND SON ADMIT
MARRYING TEN WOMEN
Plead Guilty in Court When
Charged with Violating
Mann Act.
By the Associated Press.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March ia
william d. Gates, and his son, Richard,
81, who were accused of having married
no fewer than 10 women in various parts
of the country and abandoning them.
pleaded guilty In Federal Court yester-
day, to charges of violating the Mann
act. Similar charges against Howard
Gates, II, another son We're nolle pressed.
Sentence was deferred.
Seven women, who claimed to have
been married TO the elder Gates and
three who accused Richard Gates Of
dipping them, were here to testify at
the trial.
The men said their home was In juno
ton City. Colo,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
10 VALUED PAINTINGS
MISSING FROM GALLERY
Owner Of Carlton House in London
Reports Them stolsn-Four Rem
brandts in List.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
LONDON, March 1S.-Mystery yes
terday surrounded reported disappear
ance of 10 paintings which the owner
Of Carlton House Galleries here an
nounced had been stolen from him.
Police, asked to trace the pictures,
were told they included four REM
brandts, besides the work Of Rubens,
Van Dyke, Gainsborough and other IA
NOUS painters. The total value was said
to be many thousands of pounds, the
exact amount unstated. Their owners
allegedly placed them In the gallery for
sale on commission.
Police inspected the premises, but were
unable to md signs Of forced entry,
and they were reported saying that II
the pictures were stolen they must have
been taken while the building was open.
Their investigation continues.
FLORENCE, Italy, March IS B.-A
ourteenth-century painting depicting
the Virgin and Child, considered of
great value, has been stolen from the
Petrina Church at Montaione.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
WOMAN SpEEDER PUSHES OFFICERS
CAR HALF MILE TO POLICE STATION
Attorneys Wife, Given Ticket, Helps Out Traffic
Patroman as His Auto Balks.

q ticket for speeding. His car baked
when he tried to follow her to the sta
ton.
"Oficer," she said, II haven't any Ill
will toward any one on earth when It's
Spring. I'll help you out"
So she drove up behind his car and
pushed him q half mile tQ1the station.
Oficer Refers recomnA pdation got
her the ninimU@ fine-$2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
BOMBAY STRIKERS
INJURED IN FIGHT
Police Arrest Leaders and
Then Disperse Prone Work
men With Slaves.

BOMBAY, India, March is--Two
policemen and 80 strikers were injured
today during a fight In the railway shed
at Byculla. where the Great Indian
Peninsula Railway maintains q large
force. The workers attempted passive
resistance" by lying PROSTATE and OBJ
struct1ng the loyal werkmen.
Police arrested two OF the strike
leaders on charge Of unlawful as
selnbiy and trespass, and then attempt
ed TO disperse the prone workmen with
slaves. The workmen arose and stoned
the police, the free-for-all fight en-
suing.
CALCUTTA MAYOR HELD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
Paris Abandons Hope
For 5.POwer Fleet
Reduction Treaty
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. March 1S.-French Of
fetal circles in Paris feel that
practically all hope must be
abandoned of a f1ve-power naval
reduction treaty, especially II such
q treaty hinges upon further
concessions from the French dele
CATION.
It is felt here that some sort Of
agreement may be patched up to
save the face of the London Con-
ference and not TO have 1t 60
down in history as q complete
failure.
Oficial circles here express the
feeling that France has stated
her position clearly and that she
cannot recede now from the
stand she has takens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
BISHOP SLATTERY
EXPIRES AT HOME
Death Follows Severe Heart Attack
After Short Ill
ness.
ny the Ansociated Press.

By the ASsoclated PFess.
BOSTON, March 13.-Bishop Charles
Lewis Slattery of the Episcopal diocese
OF Massachusetts, died at his home here
last night. He was 81 years old. He
succeeded Bishop William Lawrence as
head Of the Massachusetts, diocese.
Death followed an acute heart attack
after q four-day illness.
Bishop Slattery became bishop Co
adjutator Of Massachusetts, in 1922 to
aid Bishop Lawrence. When the latter
retired In May, 1927, Bishop Slattery
succeeded him.
His widow, who was Sarah Lawrence,
daughter Of Bishop Lawrence, survives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
GHANDI RESUMES MARCH.

AF9MADABAD, India, March Is GP).
--Mahatrna Ghandi and his party OF 79
devotees left Aslah at dawn today on
the second stage of their march to the
salt fields of Jalalpur In Inauguration OF
the campaign for Indian independence
Unlike yesterday, when thousands
bade him godspeed outside his college
at AhTnadabad, there was no crowd to-
day outside the rest house where the
party spent the night, and when the
party took the road there were no fol-
lowers.
The next halt was scheduled for
Bareja, z miles distant, where the Ma
hatria planned to address a meeting
expounding the "civil disobedience''
which the Indian nationalist Of his
school intend to use in ending British
administration of India.
Yesterday when he arrived at ASlaIi
he explained In an address native OPP
position to the British salt monopoly on
the Bay of Cambay and told how the
party would produce the commodity
themselves in violation Of the law.
A hundred or more villagers VINO
erected him with flags and garlands
heard him denounce and invite 1t TO
arrest him for making 9 speech OF toe
Kind which, he said, his lieutenant, VAL
Iabhai Patel, had only to threaten De-
fore being taken into custody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

NEW YORK, March IS (P).-Another
worlds air speed record was brougnt
back to the United States today Wnet.
Capt. Boris Sergievsky sent his loaoeu
Sikorsky seaplane roaring over 3 luz
ktlometer course up Long Island SCUM"
at 1883 miles an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

u IHU As5uLlHVtu FEHbb'
EVANSTON, ILL.,, March 13.--MrS.
Robert J. Folonie's Spring fever took an
unusual turn yesterday.
Mrs. Folonie. wife Of Chicago at
torney, was driving down one Of Evans
tons main streets when Policeman
Elmer ReiteT overlook her and gave her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
FARM BOARD HEADS
LETTER DRAWS FIRE
Gov. Christianson Of Minnesota
Takes Issue With Leggs on
Adjusting Production.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, March I3.-Gov. Theo-
dore Christianson of Minnesota yester-
day took exception TO the suggestion
Of Alexander Legge, chairman of the
Federal Farm Board, that solution OF
the farm problem lies in adjusting crop
production to domestic demands. He
said such action would make the United
States q decidedly industrial Nation.
Agricultural production" the gov
ernor said, ais dependent upon factors
which are available and over which
man has no control. While q general
limitation of acreage In certain lines,
as In wheat, is probably desirable, there
is no way In which such q limitation
may be enforced. and there is no as
surance that II 1t were we would not
in the event of unfavorable weather
conditions, be confronted with q short
age, which, from the standpoint OF
national prosperity, would be unfor-
tIInAte"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

Shirts with attached collars which are
extended so that the ends may be tied
tn bow are te be introduced into Lon-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
Gov. ShaSer Has No Comment.

BISMARCK, N. D., March 10 R.-
other than to say that he agreed with
Chairman Legge of the Federal Farm
Board that It is advisable to reduce
American wheat acreage, Gov. George
r. Shafer yesterday made no comment
on the letter addressed to him by Legge
Tuesday on that subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
CALCUTTA MAYOR HELD.
Arrested When He Refuses to Post Bal
ON Sedition Charge.

CALCUTTA, March Is OP).-J. NJ.
Gengupta, mayor of Calcutta, was taken
into custody today when he refused to
furnish BAH on a charge of sedition.
He was directed not to leave his house
until tomorrow, when he will be taken
to Rangoon.
A warrant which was prepared in
such a way that bail could have been
furnished was issued Monday at the in
stance of the Rangoon police commits
sioner for Sengupta's arrest. Today
the assistant commissioner OF police
In South Calcutta served the warrant.
Addressing a public meeting last
night Mayor Sengupta appealed for
volunteers to join the army Of civil re-
Instance and carry out the program OF
Mahatma Gandhi in behalf Of Indian
Independence.
The mayor added that before he was
taken from Bengal he hoped that thou
sands would come forward to convince
him that bureaucratic violence was not
going to win the day any longer.
GHANDT RESUMES MARCH.