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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

OUTGOING STEAMERS.
SAILING TODAY.
T w,It Nor
SAILING TOMORROW.
Europa-C herbourE. Southampton and Brem-
Ancon--Port au Prince and cristobaI.
Maraval-orenada. Trinidad and George
CTS. q Yekohsns-per. Said.
Newfoundland-st. Johns.
SAILING WEDNESDAY. MAY IL.
Vulcania-Msrseiiies Naples, Patras and
ss.: sn and FeTs.
Falcon-ssn Juan, La duayra and Mara
yirsinia-Kinsston.
Bridsetown--PuertnC Colombia.
Horace ILucsernbach--Pacitic Coast.
SAILING THURSDAY, MAY 10.
eos Ham. .ns f Rs bSof0n
New Amsterdam-Plymouth. Boulosne and
lie de France--Plymoush and Havre.
StuttEart-Cobh, Cherbourg and Bremen
San Lorsnso---san Juan and santo Domingo
Majestic CherbourE and Southampton.
Lapland--Plymouth, Cherbourg and Ant
Dominica Trinidad and George
town.
oatun--La Ceiba.
American shipper-Plymouth and London.
SAILING FRIDAY, MAY 10.
ADMINISTRATIONS. Southampton and
American Lesion Bermuda, Rio de Janeiro.
Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
RomA-Oibraltar, Genoa and Naples.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Oslo,
Havana--HavanA, Progreso and Vera Crus.
Astrea--Turks Island.
SAILING SATURDAY, MAY H.
Pula and Dansig.
observation-disclosures and GLASGOW.
Bermuda-Eermuda.
NerissA--Haiifax and st. Johns.
Roussiilon--Vigo. Havre and Bordeaux.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Panama Canal and
San Francisco.
San Juan-San Juan.
Helllg Olav-Copenhagen and Oslo.
Pastores-Havana, Cristobal and Port Limon.
Adristic--Glaseow, Belfast and Liverpool
Maya-eantiago, Kingston and Puerto Bar
Manaaui-Puerto Colombia.
Toltec-Puerto Cortez.
Sibcney-HaVana.
Huron-Turks Island.
observation-disclosures, Cristobal, CeliaO ana
Valparaiso.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
NEW FLEX0METER TESTS
CLOTH CONSTRUCTION
Standards Bureau Instrument De-
termines Stiffness, Resiliency
and Wrinkle Ability.

BY the Associated Press.
An instrument to test the stiffness,
resiliency and wrinkle ability of cloth
has been devised by the Bureau of
Standards.
1t Is called . flexometer and meas
ures the amount Of energy necessary
to crease fabric.
As stiffness, residence and weight all
contribute to the ability of q fabric to
drape well, 1t is pointed out that the
evaluation Of these properties may lead
to an exaltation Of drape.
The fexometer L. expected to be of
use in determining the effect of fabric
constructions and Of finishing processes
on these properties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
MANHATTAN
ISLAND FOR
$40!

price paid by Mnu born and oed Wese Ger
John Astos cradle stood The Roekeers
Boneed Martin Beho constructed the first globe; his friend
Columbus planned HE westward t and Wodseemveer named
This continent America Germany Baron Won Steuben
ogonze Woshinson The newborn Germany cordially invites
Americans her medieval pendor and her modern industry
orr and soiey Of e Moderate kindly hospitality and wise
charge beautiful Germany
"coins TO Europe" going Germany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Dog Saves Masters Life.

How a wolfhound saved the life Of its
owrief, q shepherd known as Deston, is
reported from Phalshourg, France.
When Deston was caught in the current
of a stream the dog ran to a road and,
by barking, induced q butcher riding by
on a bicycle to leave his wheel and fol-
low the animal to his master, who was
found, almost unconscious, clinging to
a tree
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

Schools Of fish are being located By
Norwegian. navy planes which are as
sisting the fsh feet operating near
Aalesund. on the western coast of Nor
way. The two planes. operating to-
gether, have made 20 trips, covering
10000 nautical miles. The experiment
has been q success because 1t was found
possible to locate the schools of Ash
from the air by the whales and sea gulls
following
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

As the result of difhculties of some
Of the smaller institutions o number OF
Rnks in Greece are consolidating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Talent Is Handed to Us.

Talent Is inherited. and II one Is not
born with talent no amount Of hard
work and application will make him
that way. This has been definitely
established. according to Prof Ernst
Kretschmer of the University Of Mar
burg. Germany, In an address before
the New York state Psychiatric Insti-
tute, that despite popular theories. In
breeding among humans tends to de-
velop talents, particularly the artistic
ones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
China's Stamp Order Huge.

The Chinese government has just
placed an order for the printing Of a.
100000, 900 stamps. The contract was
secured by London firm and is said
to be the largest order of its kind ever
given to a firm in England. Printing
of the stamps will start at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
CALIFORNIA OIL DRILLING
CUT 40 TO so PER CENT
Review of Situation Shows Efforts
of Major Companies to Further
Curtail Production.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May IA review
Of the California oil situation today
disclosed that major petroleum COM
panies had cut drilling operations 40
10 so per cent in an effort to further
curtail production.
AT Santa Fe Springs, greatest of the
flush fields and thorn in the side Of
oil men attempting to eliminate over
production by the curtailment method,
virtually all major companies have sus-
pended drilling operations.
The Shell OIL 90. Is the most active
driller, with 35 strings at work. Under
normal conditions Shell has averaged
so strings working daily for several
years.
The Standard Oil Co. is operating
80 strings, as compared with a normal
OF so to so. The Union OH 90. has
IS wells drilling, about half the normal
number. General Petroleum. which
usually has drilled so wells at time,
now is working on but is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

later served as surgeon in command of
the Sternberg General Hospital in the
Philippines. Subsequently he was de-
tailed for service with the Organized
Reserves in Newark, N. j., after which
he came here as assistant commandment
at the Army Medical Center. He was
a member Of the Association Of Military
Surgeons.
Funeral services will be conducted at
the home, in Lynchburg. Va, tomor-
row morning at II o'clock. Interment
will be in the family plot in that city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

Funeral Services Tomorrow.
After several other tours Of duty fol-
owing the World War Col. Collins was
here with the Militia Bureau
ana was surgeon of the Sd Army Corps
IN Baltimore in 1925 and 1926. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

hearing aboutq" Pa asks Where is hep why
don't he bring out his pore contraption?"
A teller says he's in the shanty.
whats his name?" says Pa.
Martin Henry's running him. He's called
the Horned Demon of Rome"
"Dinged if / ever thought to see him at
my time OF life," says Pa. And he goes in.
Inside there was a lot of men talking and
smoking and drinking and laying money faster
than leghorns can lay eggs, and when Pa
comes in they let out great howdy, and
when Pa put down the Brandreth box on the
table they crowded round; and you'd ought
tove heard the mammoth shout they give when
Red Peril climbed out of his box And well
they might. Yes, sir!
You can tell that catsrpillar's thorough
bred He's shining right down to the root OF
each hair. He's round, but he amt too fat
He don't look as supple as he used to, but the
folks can't tell that. He's got the winners
look, and he prances into the center Of the
ring with kind of delicate canter that was
as near single footing as ever see a cater
pillar get to. BY Jeepers Cripus! felt proud
to be in the same family as him, and wasn't
only a little lad.
Pa waits for the admiration to die down,
and he lays out his money, and he says to
Martin Henry, Lets see your ring-boned
swivel-hocked imitation of bug"
Martin answers, well he amt much to look
at, maybe. but you'll be surprised to see how
he can push along"
And he lays down the dangedest lump OF
worm you ever set your eyes It's the kind
of insect man might expect to see in France
one of them furrin lands. It's about 2k
inches long and stands only half a thumbnai
at the shoulder. It's green and as hairless
newborn egg and 1t crouches down squint-
ing around at Red Peril like man with sweat
in his eye. It amt natural nor refined TO
look at such bug. let alone race it.
When Pa seen it, he let out shout and
laughed. He couldn't talk from laughing.
RUT the crowd didn't say a lot having more
money on the race than ever was before
or since on similar occasion. 1t was so much
that even Pa commenced to be serious. Wen,
they put m in the ring together and Red Peril
kept over on his side with sort of intelligent
dislike. He was the brainieSt article in the
caterpillar line ever knowed. The other one
just Numbered down with mean look IN his
eye.
Willard Thompson held the ring. He counted,
"One-two-three-and off," Some folks said
It was the highest he knew how to count but
he always got that far anyhow, even II it took
quite while for him to remember what figger
to commence with.
The ring came of and Pa and Martin Henry
sunk their needles-at least they almost sunk
them, for just then them standing close to the
course seen that Horned Demon sink his horns
into the back end Of Red Peril. He was always
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Continued from Eigth P6ge
when We succeed in making captive enough
croc0dileS
On the particular morning I mention, the
crocodIles made at once for the opening which
freed them from the inclosure-that is, all but
one He remained submerged in some muck at
the side of the pool until all his brethren had
made good their exit. When he saw. then, that
we had come to stay, he became panic-str1cken.
He charged first in one direction and then the
other, running his nose into the fence and
gnawing at the branches with which the fencs
is made. was enjoying the scsne immensely
when, to my amazement / saw the thatch
crumbling. He had chewed an exit and was
starting through 1t toward some boys who
blocked his path up the river. Forgetting that
I would scare the crooks who had learned TO
enjoy their daily feast in the pool, motioned
to my gun boy for my rife, and, using the fence
as a rest shot the big lizard twice through the
head. He died without more than few con-
vulsive lashes of his tail and we managed to
rope him and carry him back to camp without
delay.
On measurement, we found him to be almost
Is feet from tip to tip. He had been feasting
so much on the carrion that when we opened
his mouth the odor was insuHerable. However,
the native porters fell upon his meat with
vengeance and the skin and teeth were pre-
sented to me later In the day. / have never
thing in my lhe-to see one is to want to kin 1t.
MOT so with the hippopotamus. I went after
one the next day. We had run out Of car
rion and the crocodiles were leaving the pool
in favor of better food in the river. Maj Dick
inson and started down river in the motor
launch which weekly brings us mail and takes
Aim to Butiaba, where it is Teshipped to
Nairobi.
Two miles below camp We ran upon herd
of hippo In the water and went ashore to stalk
them. When danger is in sight the hippo stays
pretty well under water. venturing occasional
glances as he comes up for air once every two
or three minutes
Taking our position on shore behind bush,
we waited for the river to calm and the sound
of the motorboat to die away in the distance.
Before many minutes the hippoS had regained
their confidence and were venturing well out
of the water. Don't hurry" Dickinson eau
toned me. wait till one gets close enough for
a sure shot If you only wound IT wen never
get near it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
es8<a Short Stories ef0rYsm 90 By Walter D. Edmonds

sensitive animal Red Peril was, and if
needle made him start you can think for your
self what them two horns did for him. He
cleared IL inches in one jump-but then he
sot right down on his belly, trembling.
Foul" 3ellerS Pa. my pillars fouled."
1T amt in the rule book" Willard says.
ats FOUL" yells Pa and all the ForeStport
men yell, Foul FOUL"
But it wasn't allowed The Horned Demon
commenced walking to the circle-he couldn't
move much faster than barrel can roll up
hill, but he was getting there. We all seen two
things, then. Red Peril was dying, and we
was losing the race. Pa stood there kind of
foamy in his beard, and the water running
right out of both eyes. It's an awful thing to
see big man cry in public. But Ned saved
us. He seen Red Peril was dying, the way ne
wiggled, and he figgered, with the money he had
on him, he'd make him win If he could.
He leans over and puts his nose into Red
Peril's ear, and he shouts, my Cripus, you've
gone and dropped the butter"
Something got into that caterpiar's brain,
dying as he was, and he let out the smallest
squeak of hollering fright ever listened to
a caterpillar make. There was a convulSion
got into him. He looked like So mule with
the wind collie, and then he gave bound My
holy! How that caterpillar did rise up. When
he come down again. he was stone dead, but
he lay with his chin across the line. He'd won
the race. The Horned Demon was blowing bad
and only halfway to the line -.
Well we won. But think Pas heart was
busted by the squeal he heard Red Peril make
when he died. He couldn't abide Ned's face
after that, though he knowed Ned had saved
the day for him. But he put Red Perils
carcass in his pocket with the money and
walks out.
And there he seen Buscerck standing at the
sluices. Pa stood looking at him. The sheriff
was alongside Buscerck and Oscar Snipe on
the other side, and Buscerck guessed he had
the law behind him.
who owns that Horned Demon?" says Pa.
Me-" says Buscerck with a sheer HE may
have lost, but he done good job doing it."
Pa walks right up to him,
i've got another $40 in my pocket" he
says, and he connected sizably
Buscerck's boots showed a minute. Pretty
soon they let down the water and pulled him
out They had to roll couple of gallons out
of him afore they got grunt. 1t served him
right. He'd played foul. But the sheriff was
worried. and he says to Oscar, Had ought
to arrest WHIP" meaning Pal.
Oscar was sporting man. He couldn't aEide
low dealing. He looks at Buscerck there,
shaping his belly over the barrel, and he says,
Water never hurt man. 1t keeps his hide
from cracking" So they let Pa alone.
guess they didn't think it was safe to nave
man in jail that would cry about caterpillar.
But then they hadn't lived alongside of Red
Peril like us
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81 hear you've got good caterpillar" says
the judge.
"Wen, well" says Pa. It was all he could
think of to say.
what breed is hep" says oscar, taking a
chew.
WELL" says Pa. well, we'll"
Ned Kilbourne says he was a red one.
That's a good breed" says Oscar, folding
his hands on his Stummick and splitting over
his thumbs and between his knees and into
the sandbox all in one spit. 'I kinder fancy
the yeller ones myself You're a connesewer,"
he says to Pa, land som I, and between con-
nesewers I'd like to show you one He's as
neat stopper as there is in this county"
well, WE'LL" says Pa kind of cold around
the eyes and looking at the Autograph of Mrs.
Snipe done in hair frame over the sink.
Oscar slews around and fetches a box out
of his back pocket and shows us sweet lit
tie yeller one.
There she is" he says, and waits for praise.
"She was a good woman" Pa said after
while, looking at the picture, "if any woman
= that's four times a widow can be called SUCH"
mot her." says Oscar. TITS this yeller
caterpillar"
Pa sIung his eyes on the insect which Oscar
was holding, and it seemed like he'd just got
= an idee.
'Fasi2" he says. deep down. THAT thing
runi Why, snail with the stringhalt could
spit in his eye"
Old Oscar came to boil quick
Evidence Bring me the evidence"
He spit, and he was that mad he let his
whole chew get away from him without noticing.
Buscerck says, Here" and takes his hand
off'n his right eye.
Pa never took no notice of nothing after that
but the eye. It was the ShinieSt black onion
ever see on a man. Oscar says, Forty dollars"
And pa pays and says, TITS worth it."
But it don't never pay to make an enemy in
horse racing caterpillars, as you will see,
after I've got around to telling you.
Well, we raced Red Peril nine times after
that all along the Big Ditch, and you can hear
to this day-yes sir-that there never was a
caterpillar alive could run like Red Peril. Pa
got rich onto him He allowed to buy a new
team In the Spring. If he could only We
started a breed from that bug. his fortune
would've been made and Henry Ford wOuldye
looked like bent nickel alongside of me today.
But caterpillars aren't built like Ford cars. We
beat all the great caterpillars Of the year, and
it being time for q late Winter, there was
some fast running. We raced the Buffalo Big
Blue and Fenwick's Night Mail and Wilson's
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Making a Big MoU1e in africa.

After an eternity he came slowly toward shore
When he was within about 70 yards of US put
the rifle to my shoulder and fired. The bullet
struck him just ahead of the ear. The tire
mendous hitting power of the rifle knocked the
beast half over In the water and started him
churning up the water and paving the ground
with his Stubby legs. 1t was evident that he
was trying to submerge and get away from that
place where misfortune had overtaken him, but
the bullet had entered his brain and partially
paralyzed him. se
He rolled over and over blowing blood from
his nostrils. 1t was pathetic sight; regretted
having shot him.
In the midst of his gyrations Dick put in
another shot, which entered his head from the
rear and killed him stone dead His muscles
relaxed and he sank to the bottom.
(MurchiSoa Fails, Uganda, July ~
THE dangerous calm was rather rudsly lifted
yesterday by the whistle of steamboat
making its way up the river. Before our be-
fuddled wits were adjusted to this phenomeno8
a large British flag auttered into view. followse
in minute by the smokestack and super
structure of the Luggard, queen of the Lake
Albert feet.
Even before we could shave she was at anchor
in midstream, few yards from camp, and the
governor OF Oganoa, Sr WuEam flowers, was
on his way ashore in a whaleboat manned by
eight Uganda police oarsmen. The personal
representative of King George was speedily
bearing down upon an encampment of none too
presentable Yankees from that dsn of American
iniquity, Hollywood. Calf.
Plans were made to include the governors
party in the showing of our first films, which
had arrived the same day by mail launch
IMMEDIATELY after dinner an improvised
screen was rugged a few feet back from
shore in the center of camp and our projection
machine was oiled and assembled on a camp
table. Chairs were placed in careful rows, q
photograph was set in the orchestra pit. All
we needed was a doorman with a lot of gold
braid and a box office, to complete the picture.
was. absorbed during the course of the
evening in studying the effect of the pictures
on the natives. They appeared awe-struck
during the first few minutes the thing was
new to them and it took q little time to digest
it and work out q satisfactory explanation.
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Joe of Barneveld. There wasn't one could
touch Red Peril 1t was close onto October
when a crowd got together and brought up the
Black Arrer Of Ava to race us, but Red Peril
beat him by an inch. And after that there
wasn't a caterpillar in the State would race
pas
He was mighty chesty them days and had
come to be quite q 6gger down the canal.
People come aboard to talk with him and adj
rnire Red Peril: and pa got the idea of charging
cents sight, and that made for more money
even If there wasn't no more running Tor the
aniInie He commenced to get fat.
And then come the time that comes to all
caterpilars. And it goes to show that man
ought to be as careful Of his enemies as he Is
lending money to friends.
WE was hauling down the Lansing Kill again
and we'd Just crossed the aqueduct over
Stringer Brook when the lock keeper, that
minded it and the lock just below come out
and says there was quite lot of money being
put up on q caterpillar they'd collected down
in Rome
Well pa went in and got out Red Peril and
tried him out He was fat and his stiles acted
kind of stiff, but you could see with half an eye
he was still fast. His start was mite slower,
but he made great speed once he got going.
Hes not In the best shape In the world"
want to run him. But I'll trust the old brute"
and he commenced brushing him up with a
toothbrush he'd bought a-purpose.
yeah" says Ned. ut may not be right. but
w've got to consider the public"
BY what happened after, we might have
known that we'd meet up with that caterpillar
at No. 1 lock; but there wasn't no sign Of
Buscerck, and Pa was so excited at racing
Red Peril again that I doubt If he noticed
where he was at all. He was all rugged out for
the occasion. He had on black hat and new
red boated loose with his horn for the lock
you'd have thought he wanted to wake up all
the def and dumbers in seven counties. We
tied by the upper gates and left the team to
Craze. and there was quite a crowd on hand.
About nine morning boats was tied along the
towpath and all the afternoon boats waited.
People was hanging around, and when they
heard Pa whanging his horn they let out
great cheer. He took of his hat to some Of
the ladies, and then he took Red Peril out OF
his pocket and everybody cheered some more.
who owns this here cash fillar I've been
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-24
VERNON

Miss Anna Galloway attended thu
p. T. A. meeting in the new schoo
building at Seaford.
MIR. and Mrs. Elijah Darling have
removed to New Castle county neal
Townsend
Miss Bertha Remus of FELTON, and
Miss Charlotte Spicer, formerly oil
Chestertown, have proved them
selves very efficient clerks in
Finch's store.
A fine Harvest Home service has
been held at Prospect Church. Mrs.
Vincent and Miss Della Ryan sang
a duet very effectively, and Virgin
ia Sullivan and Lanise Layton took
very effective part. A large crowd
was present and all greatly enjoyed
the occasion.
Mrs. R. Wesley Ross attended the
P. r. A. meeting in the new DUPONT
school building at Seaford after
which delightful luncheon at the
Greek restaurant followed.
A fine Harvest Home service has
been held at the Pilgrim Holiness
Church. 1t was beautifully decorat-
ed and all enjoyed the occasion.
Mr.. Spicer who removed to Har-
ringtOn with his family in June
from Chestertown, has just accept
ed a position mn the latter town.
Many are enjoying the revival
services at the Nazarene Church.
Miss Martha H. Irwin of Oxford,
Pa, will entertain Miss Dorothy
Harrington in November.
Quite a number are enjoying the
sermons of the pastor, Rev. Mr..
Lawry of the Pilgrim Holiness
Church.
Mrs. Alexander F. Harrington is
on two months visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. John L. Everngam, of Den
ton and helping to attend her mo-
ther who has been i'll for some
time.
Mrs. Mary Lord Hudson has been
as a Republican Sussex
county eOmmitteewoman. She re-
Gently attended meeting of the
leading State and national officers
of Delaware, besides Vice-President
Curtis in Wilmington. f"s.Hs
Mrs. Alice H. Ross has been Wis
iting her brother, Prof. Alexander
L. Harrington and daughter, Miss
Dorothy, and her cousins, Mrs. Mary
Lord Hudson, Mrs. Vida Lord and
1aug<.er, Mrs. Elizabeth James, all
Of SeafOrd.
The birthday of Caesar Rodney
Ind James Whitcomb Riley have
)een observed at Patterson School;
also Columbus Day. At this school
hose who cannot take the yearly
rip are taking a monthly trip by
and at the end of the
month they are planning to be in
next to New York
Jity and so on to the largest cities,
aking in the historical, industrial,
nd civic institutions. 't "