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Evening star., 1930-06-15
ALEXANDRIA HIGH
GRADUATION HELD
Jefferson Elemental School
Students Also Get Certifi-
Gates at Exercises.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 14.-Annual
graduation exercises Of the Alexandria
High School were held last night in the
auditorium of Maury School here, when
81 seniors received their diplomas,
Yesterday afternoon 17s students of
Jefferson Elemental School received
certificates.
DR.. Walter r. Siders field representa-
tive of the World Federation of Educa-
ton Associations, was the principal
speaker at the high school exercises and
delivered the commencement address to
the graduates. The auditorium was
packed.
Double Honors Awarded.
Double honors went to Charles T.
Nicholson, jr. valedictorian, and
Dorothy r. Smith salutatorian, who re-
ceived prizes from the Kiwanis Club
for winning those honors and also prizes
from the Rotary Club for the best all
around students. Carroll c. Pierce
made the presentations on behalf of
the Kiwanis and Henry T. Moncure on
behalf of the high school.
Diplomas of graduation were pre-
sented by Gardner l.. Boothe, vice
chairman of the board of education,
who made short address.
The exercises were opened by invoca-
ton by Rev. Emmette r. Spencer and
who also pronounced benediction. The
Girls Glee Club and the senior class
sang
Stresses Education Value.
The Jefferson School graduates were
addressed by Rev. Pierce S. Ellis pastor
Of the First Baptist Church. The
speaker stressed the value of education.
Diplomas were awarded by A. G. Cum
mings, principal. while Urban S. Lam
bert, chairman of the board of educa-
ton, presided.
Those who were graduated from the
Alexandria High School were Robert
Lee Agner, jr.; Curtis Beall Backus,
Franklin Perkins BacKus, Fred Jester
Birrell, Milton Stuart Fairfax, jr.;
James Allen Garvey, Stuart Connolly
Gee, Keary Lemoine Hill, Denton Clark
Hoy Julian Roswell johnson, James
Overton Jones, Milton Alexander Lead
beater. John Adam Martin, Thomas
Edward Mills, jr.; Elmore Payne Mudd,
Charles Thomas Nicholson, jr.; George
Llewelyn Sampson, John Wilson SIN
clair, John Andrew Shuman, Harry
David Sperling, Harry Clinton Spear,
William Richard Snyder.
Mary Alleyne Bingham, Dorothy Mae
Bowman, Eugenia Lewis Brookfield
Christine Coffey, Lyndall H Coffee,
Mary Virginia Cragg, Isabel Sarah
Darling Marguerite Louise Coffin
Lorene Elizabeth Ennis, Anna Virginia
Fairfax, Jean Margaret Gee, Edna
Green, Frances Virginia Green, Anna
Virginia Hancock, Mary Selma Hayse
Katherine Virginia Harvey, Josephine
Henry King, Audrey S. Lee, Ethel Ann
Loeb, Virginia Lee McCracken, Virginia
Lucetta Monroe, Margaret Irene NOEL
Gertrude Frieda Pullman, Eloise Mil
dred Reese, Wilma Love Roland, Mar
garet Else Scrivener, Vera Shepherd
Dorothy Maude Smith, Dorothy Re-
becca Smith, Barbara Stuart Snow, Lois
Ann Spencer and Rose May Sperling.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
WILL STUDY PLANT
CHEMICAL PROCESS
Donation Made to Conduct
Tests to Isolate Produc-
tive Compound.
By the Associat.d press.

~ the Associated Press.
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, June IA.
&C. r. Kettering. vice president of
General Motors, has given 5000, 900 to
study what many scientists regard as
mans most interesting riddle, how
plants make food and shelter.
The gift, announced tonight, Is made
to Antioch College here for a 10-year
research. AS president Of the General
Motors Research Corporation, Mr.. Ret-
tering has had opportunity to know the
almost fantastic possibilities that may
be opened by success in this tnvestiga-
ton. The research seeks the secret of
chlorophyll. This, in substance, is to
imply the green coloring matter in
plants, one Of the worlds commonest
chemicals. It Is the stuff used by
plants to change the suns energy and
the chemicals Of the air into sugars,
starcheS, cellulose and all the thousands
Of plant products. Chlorophyll stores
the sunlight energy that comes from
burning coal. Its process, known as
photo synthesis, Is now considered
than the soil.
Chemists never have been able to
make chlorophyn. Little is even yet
understood about 1t. If men can make
it they may have thereby q short cut
to producing food.
The announcement says:
"Dr. o. L. Inman, now dean Of the
college and head Of the biology depart
ment, will resign as dean to take care
OF the project. Both he and Mr.. Ket-
tering have long been interested in
photo synthesis. A few months ago
they discovered their common interest
and made their plans. Completion of
Antioch's $685. new science building,
also q gife of Mr.. Kettering, will make
It possible to begin work Immediately.
1T will be primarily matter of
pure research" said DR.. Inman. I'VE
hope first to find out what the actual
processes are, and next to discover how
the plant converts solar energy into
the compounds we use in everyday life,
After that there will be time enough
to consider practical applications,
whether we can use the energy from
the sun to better advantage than the
plants can or whether we can use our
knowledge to improve plant conditions" "
Evening star., 1930-06-15
Cucumber Helps
Police Find Pair
Who Took His All
Smiling Chicago Bandits
Picked Out on Street by
Hoosier: Cash Identified.
a, the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 1.-THE city SICK
ers picked up the wrong cucumber IN
Harry Walton of Gates, Ind. Harry
comes from q small town, but ne knows
his way around.
Fresh from Indiana, he DESCENDED
from a bus yesterday and was met oy
two smiling city fellows who volun-
teered to escort him TO nice hotel.
such hospitality, Harry figured, must
be deserved, so he went along. They
got as far as an alley, and then the
CITY fellows set upon the gentleman
from Indiana and took his bank roll.
Walton went to the police. He want
ed his $3.50 back. He knew 1t was
sac 80 exactly, and he knew the de-
noFninations-two tens, q hve, three
ones, two half dollars, q quarter and q
nickel.
He set forth in q police squad car,
studying the faces Of persons on the
street. Finally he pointed out two men
who he said were the villains. The
police arrested John Cullen and Rich
ard O'Hearn.
The two men denied ever having seen
Walton before, and neither one ever
had heard Of Gates, Ind. Oddly, how
. ever, their total bank roll came TO
! e2e 80, and 1t was two tens, o five, three
ones, two halves, a quarter and q nickel.
The two were locked UP.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
MARRIAGE BRINGS
/. TEACHER QUESTION
rs Who Wed in Richmond
Causes Decision on
Employment.
Special Dispatch to tn. star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, June 14.--Approx-
imately as teachers OF the Richmond
public schools have married during the
past session, 1t was learned at the school
board offices, thus bringing up the
much-discuSsed question as to whether
married teachers should retain their
positions in the schools.
Although in many of the school diVi-
sionS OF the State and in a number of
Virginia cities teachers who marry dur
ing the session are not re-employed the
following year, the policy of the Rich
mond school board Is to offer contracts
to married teachers who are rated by
the principal and supervisor as superior
or outstanding teachers.
Information obtained at the executive
ofdces of the schools recently disclosed
the fact that of the Richmond teachers
who have married during the past ses-
sion, nearly half have voluntarily re-
tired from service, while the others de-
sire to retain their positions. It was
further learned that some Of those who
desire unemployment have been told
that they cannot be recommended
Others, who have been rated as superior
teachers. will be offered new contracts
for the coming year.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
WREATH FROM GRAF TO BE PUT
ON GEN. Won STEUBEN STATUE
Public Ceremonies Under Auspices of S. A. R., to Be
Held in Lafayette Park Tomorrow.

The idea of dropping this wreath in
honor Of the German Revolutionary
hero, Baron Won steuben, had been
brought to the attention of DR.. Eckener,
commander of the Graf, on the after
noon Of his departure from the United
States, June 2, and he co-operated en-
Enthusiastically with the plan. A wreath
was prepared with the colors OF the
Sons of the American Revolution tied to
1t and went up in the Graf.
Within is minutes after the great air
ship left Lakehurst q signal was given
at the hotel where the S. A. r. were
holding reception and the whole COM
pany rushed out on the lawn. They
saw the airShip sail over the building
so low that 1t seemed almost to touch
the tower. The wreath was dropped
and landed within half block Of the
hotel
Evening star., 1930-06-15
EMPLOYE DISQUALIFIED
IN SUIT FOR $150,OO0
Ruling Against Alfred shives of
Pectonville, Md, Who Alleged
Injury by Train.

Special Dispatch to The star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, June 14.-Judge
William c. Coleman in the Federal
Court ruled in an opinion yesterday that
Alfred Shives of Pectonville, Md, an
employe OF the Dickson Construction
& Repair Co., could not recover dam
ages from the Western Maryland Rail-
way under the Federal liability act.
Shives had sued the railway company
for $l50,0o0 damages for personal in
Juries sustained by backing train OF
the railway company on March %, 1929,
at Cherry Run, w. Va.
Shives applied for compensation un-
der the workmen's compensation act,
but after accepting compensation for
six months, he refused to accept further
payment and sued the Western Mary
land Railway Co. under the Federal en-
ployes' liability act, claiming he was an
employe Of the railway company en-
gagged In interstate commerce. The
court ruled the award to the plaintiff by
the State Accident Commission was res
adjudicatur of the questions at issue and
the award could not be attacked COL
laterally in his suit
Evening star., 1930-06-15

A wreath which was dropped out Of
the Graf Zeppelin on its last visit to
the United States will be placed on the
statue Of Gen Won Steuben in Lafayette
Park tomorrow afternoon at 1880 O'Clock
in public ceremonies under auspices Of
the Sons Of the American Revolution.
The wreath was dropped from the
Graf about Is minutes after 1t left
Lakehurst on its way to Germany, as
1t few over the hotel where the Ma
tional Society Of the Sons OF the Ameri-
can Revolution we're holding their an
nual congress at Asbury Park.
Baron Wolfgang Puttitz. secretary Of
the German embassy, will represent the
German Ambassador and present the
wreath to Acting Secretary Of War F.
Trubee Dawson, who will lay 1t on the
statue. Justice Josiah A. Va@ Orsdel.
who was elected president general Of the
organization Ut the Asbury Park con-
gress. will presids at the ceremonies.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
BOY ATTACKED BY DOG
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT


CUMBERLAND Md, June l4,-Rus-
sell Fletcher, 3 years old, grandson of
Ephraim Conrad, Artemas, Bedford
County, Pa, who was severely bitten
about the face and head by a hunting
dog Tuesday has shown improvement
under the care Of DR.. A. Leo Franklin,
but there is much concern because of
the fact that another dog at the same
house showed symptoms of rabies.
The dog which bit the child, had
an ugly disposition, according to mem
bers of the Conrad family. but the sec
ond animal dispatched, was of a friend
ly nature.
The time limit is about five days
for administering of rabies serum in
the case of the child bitten II it would
be effective. The family were TO have
returned here last evening with the
child. but failed to do soS He will.
however, recover from the bite should
there be no complication.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
ALEXANDRIA BLAZE
CAUSES $1,000 LOSS
Milk Shed, Dairy Barn and I'm
plement House on Chauncey
Estate Damaged.
Special Dispatch to The star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June l4.-Fire
late this afternoon did approximately
81 900 damage TO q milk shed, dairy
barn and implement house at the farm
belonging to the Julian F. Chauncey
estate on the $500 block Duke street,
One man was injured.
The injured man u D. A. Morris,
1914 King street. this city, who stuck
a rusty nail In his foot at the scene OF
the fire. He was treated at the Alexan-
dria Hospital and afterward sent home.
Engine Company No. 4 responded to
the alarm and used one line Of water
in quelltng the blaze. Traffic on the
Fairfax road, known as the Little River
turnpike, was blocked for some time.
The. loss Is said to be partially covered
Evening star., 1930-06-15
"a GUILTY IN DRY CASES

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. June IA R1.-
TNwenty-four persons were convicted on
charges Of conspiracy to violate the
national prohibition Law in connection
with operations Of large nquor ring
In Vigo CTerre HauteD ana Vermlinon
Counties bv Jury In Federal Court here
tonight. Two other defendants were
acquitted.
Eleven of those convicted were sen
fenced Immediately by Judge Robert g.
Baltzell while those at liberty under
bond are to be sentenced next week.
Fred Ketterer OF st. Louis was SEN
fenced TO two years at Leavenworth
Penitentiary, Hardin Ordwick OF LOUIS
vile to year and DAY at Atiahta
Penitentiaxy, and Homer Wright Of
Clinton, Ind, and st. Louis, to two years
at Atlanta.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL
FOR NARCOTICS BUREAU
Work of Checking Drug Trafie Is
Definitely Separated From
Prohibition Enforcement.

By the Associated Press.
The work Of checking the drug trafic
ton enforcement yesterday with the
signing by President Hoover Of q bill
creating a separate bureau Of narcotics
under Treasury jurisdiction.
The measure. passed unanimously by
the House and Senate, was in response
to contentious that the work Of pre-
venting drug addiction and smuggling
was so important it should be consoli-
dated under a single head. The new
bureau will be In charge Of director
Another important provision in the
bill Is that the bureau make a scientific
study Of the causes and cure Of narcotic
addiction.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
RANKIN MAKES PLEA
FOR VETERANS BILL
Opposes House Adjournment Pend,
ing Compensation
Legislation.

BY Jhe AsBocleted Press.
Representative Rankin, Democrat
Mississippi yesterday appealed to the
members OF the House to oppose adop-
ton Of an adjournment resolution until
pending World War veterans compen-
sation legislation can be enacted
Adoption Of the adjournment resolu-
ton, he said In q letter addressed to
representatives, would mean "the death
Of this legislation"
1T will mean no relief for those un-
compensated disabled veterans who are
now dying at the rate of about 70 a
day." he contended.
Rankin said that If the bill is passed
by the Senate as reported from its
finance committee. "the House ought to
concur and send 1t to the President at
once"
Evening star., 1930-06-15
APPOINTED TO BOARD
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
MARTNSBURG, w. Va, June ia
Lewis H. Thompson, merchant, was
announced today rs having been ap-
pointed to the Berkeley County Board
Of Equalization and Review, which
holds public sittings to hear complaints
on property valuations and to equal
ize assessments.
He succeeds John H. Lemen. de-
ceased, and is a Democrat, as was Mr..
Lemen. Mr.. Thompson has long been
active in business and financial affairs
here
Evening star., 1930-06-15
JOBS FOR QUALIFIED

Chang Declares Only Trained Men
to Be Given Places.
NANKING, June IA P).-President
Chang Kai-Shek has decreed that only
men who can qualify will be given en-
ployment hereafter by the national
government of China
In recent speech to the state coun-
Gil. President Chang declared the gov
ernment had been operated by people
who were half dead"
Evening star., 1930-06-15
SWEENEY is ELECTED
ALUMNI GROUP LEADER
Graduating Glass Given Dinner by
Venetian Society of Columbus
q. Accounting School.

James J. Sweeney was chosen presi-
dent OF the alumni association of the
School Of Accountancy OF Columbus
University at a dinner given by the
Venetian Society to the graduating class
last night at the Hamilton Hotel. Dr.
Francis j. Hemelt dean of the school;
Profs. Daniel j. Ryan and James Cush-
man spoke. as did Maurice O'Connor
on behalf OF the students and Genevieve
Ruby for the woman students.
Robert E. Findlay, president OF the
Venetian Society. named for the pioneer
accountants of Venice, took a leading
part in the program, and J. Leo Cough
was toastmaster. About so persons par
ticipated in the event. Francis p
Brassor was chosen vice president and
and Miss Mary F. Walsh was elected
secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Sue
Kennedy McLersh rendered vocal selec-
tions, accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. Florence Perry
Record catches of fish are being re.
ported in Ireland this season.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
Coolidge Defends Law
Modern Youth Praised by Former President at
Alumni Misunderstanding Principles
Taught BY amherst

and its ability in maintaining the
standards of its courses. 1t will always
be an inspiration to seekers of truth"
Evening star., 1930-06-15

Record catches of fish are being re-
ported in Ireland this season.
Evening star., 1930-06-15

Beautiful 50-lb. All-layer
felt mattresses Of exceptional
quality. 3 and 4 rows of
stitching. Art or woven
stripe ticking. Both double
and twin sizes. Real sleep
ing comfort.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-01-09
FIND MANS BODY
Grandview Hunter, Missing Since
November, Discovered Sunday

Searching parties, who have
been combing the banks of the
Yakima for the body of James Will
son, Grandview hunter who disap-
peared November 81, at last fol-
lowed the directions of Wilson's
Chesapeake Bay retriever, and
found the body Sunday in the
river.
Friends who were searching call
ed the dog into use, but the ami
NAL refused to follow AL trails, GO
ing instead to the lower point of
the island on which Wilson had
made his camp and looking down
the river toward the spot in which
his masters body was discovered,
nine miles below the island. The
body was brought first to Kenne-
wick and identified beyond a doubt.
Wilson, who was about 80 years
old, had lived alone in Grandview
for Is years. He had no known rel
atives. He was missed at Thanks
giving when other hunters in the
vicinity Of his island noticed that
it was deserted except for the dog.
Their suspicious were aroused, and
groups set out to hunt for Wilson.
When he was found, there were no
marks Of violence or an attempt
of suicide on his body.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-01-09
PIONEER OF VALLEY
PASSES AWAY HERE
Mrs. Canon, Who Came to This
District in 1904, Dies at Age
+" of 73.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Schneider
Cannon, pioneer daughter of the
Kennewick valley, passed away on
January at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Clyde Bush, after
a short illness. Services were held
for her at 1:30 Tuesday, with the
Rev. F. N. Morton in charge.
Mrs. Cannon was born Febru-
airy 5, 1857, in Keokuk, Iowa, where
she grew up, and was married to
Robert Cannon on Christmas Day
1873. They moved to Washington
where they settled on a homestead
near Pomeroy, later moving to the
Kennewick valley in 1904. Mrs
Cannon was member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. She
is survived by eight of her nine
children, her husband having pass
ed away three years ago.
Her children are Mrs. w. III. Te-
walt, Finley; r. B. Cannon, Du-
puyer, Mont; j. B. Cannon, Vio-
la, Idaho; Mrs. Vivian Sundho.m,
Seattle; Mrs. C. G. Hitchcock, Mrs.
Myrtle Dennis and Mrs. A. Roach
of Bend, Ore; and Mrs. Clyde
Bush, Kennewick. All of these were
with Mrs. Cannon at the time of
her death.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-01-09
Poulhyman Will
Experiment With
Matching Method
Weiggands Will Try Effect of
Heat Variation on Sex of
Chicks; BrOoder Holds $500
Eggs at One Time

Incubation of $500 eggs will be
started January 10 by the Twin
City Poultry Farm, under the di-
rection Of Sam Weiggands. Four
more broods will be put through
to hatch during February.
Weiggands is starting series
of experiments to test the FEAST
bility of sex determination before
Matching. Claims have been set
forth by several hatchery men
throughout the country that by the
variation Of heat, one can vary
the ratio between the ROSTERS and
pullets. This is in accordance with
a physiological fact, nancy that
the metabolism or living rate of
the female is slower than. that of
the male. Under poor living condi-
lions females will overbalance the
normal $3.50 ration between the
sexes.
It follows, says Weiggands, that
reduction Of heat at some early
period during incubation will hatch
more pu.lets than ROSTERS. He in
tends to experiment in this line,
keeping records Of the sex ratio
of different broods Matched under
different heat conditions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-01-09
Get Out Purse!
y Y \
Here is Plenty

Suppose you set out to buy one
of each of the articles sold in the
town of Kennewick. Could you
carry them home in your shopping
bag? You could not.
For 80, 723 separate kinds of art
icles on the shelves and counters
would make a sizeable load, includ-
ing as they do davenports, pumps,
automobiles, washing machines and
so on.
Of this total, 1900 come under
the heading of hardware; 1880,
auto parts, accessories and whole
automobiles; 2O8, restaurant items;
400, electrical appliances and
parts; 2100, clothing and dry
ty; 40, ladies' wear; so, meat mar
ket; so, hair tonic; 800, jewelry
goods; 200 furniture; 1000, varie-
and clocks; 1000, groceries; so,
baked goods; 155, cigars and can
dy; 5000, drugs, cosmetics and sta
tionery.
And that's that!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-01-09
Winter Is Here
".5 y y n-a p
At Right Time.

With the first icy gust, we knew
that winter was upon us, and it
came just in time, for already the
warm breezes of the last of De-
cember had fooled the strawberry
plants and Elacs. According to
Mrs. Harry Linn, the berry plants
were budding out timidly Sunday,
all unaware that spring had not
sprung. Lilac bushes and poplar
trees on Second avenue were swell
ing up with ambitious buds.
There would have been the dick
ems to pay if the tender green
lings had come out full enough to
be ruined by the low temperature
that is causing us to huddle even
lower in our overcoat collars. But
cheer up, folks, the first of March
is only 40 days away.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-01-09
HIGHLAND FRUIT
LEASES HOLDINGS
Green, Truman, Foraker and Hem
bree Take Over Acreage and
Packing House

Holdings of the Highland Fruit
company have been taken over on
two-year lease with option to
buy by four orchardists on the
Highlands. Papers completed the
transaction Monday.
w. S. Green took the tract known
as the South Forty on the Umatilla
road; the Murphy Forty went to
Lemar Foraker, Frank Hembree
leased the tract on which he is
now living, and Avery thurman
took the Vista Forty.
The packing sheds and equip
ment of the company are held
jointly between the four lessees.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-01-09
b Rhof YOU Think

Is the younger generation going
to the bow-wows?
MRS. WINNIFRED CAMP
BELL-The boys and girls Of the
present time are worse in some
ways, better in others. The times
and the environment are partly to
Diane. | think they are considered
worse than they really are. We will
nave to admit that they are far
anead in education, interest in pub
nc affairs and general culture.
rart OF the condemnation heaped
ON the younger generation is the
result OF the prejudice of the older
.oiks who cannot understand the
iree, frank ways of this decade.
e. Z. COPELAND-No. THEY'RE
not going to the dogs. / don't be-
s,eive they are one-third as bad as
oilelty makes them out to be. I
.ould say that the younger gener-
aon of 1880 is better than the
younger generation of 1900. They
MoW more, to be sure, but that
only makes them better able to
them. LII q" LUZ
:, FLORA LoNG-Being one of
~. NE mueh-debated younger gener-
as'on, OF course don't think We
r. SLIDING downhill. A lot of US do
a'Ik over the traces, all right, but
I;. lot Oh us have got too much am
S .,on and common sense to make
suen fools of ourselves.