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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
LEWIS WOOD HEADS
NEWS WRITER GROUP
Member of New York Times staff
Elected President of White
House Correspondents.

Lewis Wood Of the Washington bu-
reau of the New York Times was yes
terday elected president of the White
House Correspondents Association for
the ensuing year, succeeding Wilbur
Forrest of the New York HeraldTrib
une. Mr.. Wood defeated Oliver B.
Lerch of the Wall Street Journal by a
vote of 88 to IS.
Other officers elected were Thomas
J. Healey of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, who was unopposed, to succeed
Carlisle Bargergon Of the Washington
Post as vice president; George L. larry
Of the Wall Street Journal, secretary
and treasurer, and Thomas F. Edmunds
of the United States Daily and Robert
S. Allen of the Christian Science Moni-
tor, members of the executive commit
tee.
Mr.. Wood formerly was president of
the Overseas Writers of Washington
and formerly member of the board of
governors of the National Press Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
5,365 Join CHURCHES
IN VISITATION DRIVE
New Memberships Said to Be
Record for Cities of
This Size.

With final reports revealing total
of 5,365 new memberships in local
churches, a campaign result that was
said to establish a record among cities
the size of Washington, the Kernahan
visitation evangelism campaign, after a
week of intensive evangelistic activity,
was concluded last night at jubilee
meeting in the First Congregational
Church.
With reports from suburban districts
expected during the day, final cam
paign total of 5000 was predicted.
Twenty per cent of the new members
were enlisted through dissemination OF
church letters. Eighty per cent were
persuaded by direct personal evangelism.
There were 100 churches engaged in
the campaign.
Director Goes to Texas.
DR.. A, Earl Kernahan, director Of
the campaign, was unable to attend the
meeting, having been compelled to go to
Fort Worth, Tex, where he will in
augurate a similar campaign tomorrow.
DR.. Kernahan will return to Wash
ington April %, when he will be ten
dered testimonial dinner by the Chris
tan EndeaV0r union.
Addresses commencing DR.. Kernahan
for his successful leadership were de-
livered by Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pas
tor Of the First Congregational Church;
DR.. D. A. Robertson, president Of the
Washington Federation of Churches,
and DR.. j. r. Dufie1d, chairman of the
general campaign committee.
Campaign Discussed.
Il Afaln
Of the campaign was held, eliciting
comment from many representatives Of
campaign districts.
"A resolution expressing appreciation
for the cooperation given throughout
the campaign by the local press was
unanimously Endorsed.
Rev. Wesley Spencer, member OF
the Kernahan evangelistic staff, pre-
sided. ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
BIBLE READERS LEAGUE
PLANS. EASTER SERVICES

Annual Easter eventide services of
the National Community Bible Readers
League and Auxiliary Of Regional Aides
will be held in the Sylvan Theater, on
the monument grounds Easter Sunday,
from to 6 pm. In case of rain the
program will be given in the south por-
tico Of the u. S. Treasury Building.
DR.. Augustus F. Murray, Minister Of
the Friends Meeting House, Thirteenth
and Irving streets, will be the featured
speaker. His subject will be '"The Book
of Books" One thousand copies of the
Bible Booklet Luke will be distributed
for the Scripture reading and 80 sets
of complete New Testament booklets
win be awarded to 80 persons having
the best Bible reading records for the
Lenten season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
PLANES WITH l,OOOMILE AN HOUR
SPEED PREDICTED BY WILLIAMS
Navy Racing Pilot Declares Avators Will Reach 400
Mile Mark Within Another Year

on aviation and that they hereafter
look upon it only as a hobby. If
aviation can't develope enough speed
to make a really decisive showing over
all other forms Of transportation, every
factor considered, then we should drop
aviation"
Lieut.. williams told of high-lights in
his IL years career as Navy pilot.
during which he pioneered in flight
testing work, acrobatics and high-speed
development.
Mrs. Edgar T. Brown, chairman Of
the aviation section of the club, an
nounced that the section is organizing
an aviation ground school course, to be
put in charge Of an instructor approved
by the aeronautics branch Of the De-
partment of Commerce. and Is planning
the forrnkN ion of flying club, for which
a numbesbf members already have been
signed. ~ ....u-.s.-..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Driverless Auto
Crash at Fire Box
Calls Six Engines

A freak accident at Ninth
street and New York avenue
brought out six fire companies
last night when an automobile,
apparently jolted from its park
ing place by another machine,
rolled backward a block down
Ninth street and crashed into a
fire box, sounding an alarm.
A. b. OLeary Of 1904 MaSsa-
chusetts avenue, owner of the
machine, told police he parked
his car at Ninth and K streets
when he went to work shortly
before midnight. 1t is believed
some other machine, leaving a
parking place, backed into
OLeary's automobile and started
it down the slight incline to
New York avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

1t should be possible for human
beings to fly at speeds up to 1000 miles
an hour without Iii effects, Lieut.. Afford
j. Williams, jr., famous Navy. racing
pilot, told members of the aviation sec
ton of the Women's City Club at q
meeting last night. He predicted that
before the end of next year the 400
mile-per- hour mark would be passed
by racing pilots.
The airplane must be made to ny
faster than 1t does today If it is to be
successful, Lieut.. Williams declared.
The only future for aviation develop
ment is based on the fact that the air.
plane can carry people and their goods
faster than is possible on the ground.
eff 100 or $50 miles per hour were
to be the top speeds we could hope for
in commercial air transportation"
Lieut.. williams said, 81 would suggest
that the. public cease to waste Its time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
GROCER IS SWINDLED
BY BRACKET" CUSTOMER

George Claggett, proprietor of a gro
Gerry store in the 1900 block of Wiscon-
ancient "racket" early last night.
Claggett received telephone order
for $3.41 worth of groceries, with in
structions to send it, together with
change for $40, to home in the $500
block of Veasy street.
The delivery boy was halted outside
the house by q man who said he was
In q hurry, took the change and handed
the boy q $40 check, telling him to de-
liver the groceries in the house. Occu-
pants Of the house said they had not
made the order.
It was the secosA time this week that
the same swindle mas been worked here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
OLD BLOCKHOUSE BURNS

MONTREAL, Quebec, April II P).-
Vaudreuil Blockhouse, erected on st.
Helen's Island, in the Montreal Harbor,
in 1850, yesterday was destroyed by fire
which caught from burning grass.
The blockhouse, constructed of cedar
logs, had been carefully preserved. 1t
was used by the French in their un-
successful defense of Montreal against
the British after their capture OF
Quebec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Narcissus Show Closes Tonight.

living to the interest in the fifteenth
a. Lal narciSSus show, which opened
Thursday in the Takoma Park branch
of the Washington Public Library, cor
ner Fifth and Cedar streets, officials of
the Takoma Park Horticultural Club
announced that the exhibition would
continue until 9 o'clock tonight. Exhi-
bits set a record in the history of the
club and the officials are highly elated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Entertains Boys School.

Speaking in IA Dialects Stanley Hall,
"the man of a million stories," enter
tanned more than 100 students Of the
Woodward School for Boys in speech
yesterday at the Young Mems Christian
Association. Hall was engaged to speak
before a public meeting Tuesday night,
at 7:30 o'clock, in the "Y" assembly
hall. The former radio entertainer and
vaudeville performer will tell stories on
subjects suggested by his audience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
SHOE STYLES FOR SPRING
AND. SUMMER DISPLAYED
Exposition Is Held Here Under
Auspices of Washington Re-
tailers' Association.

Shoe styles for the coming Spring
and Summer season were displayed
Thursday night at o "shoe fashion ex-
position" in the Harrington Hotel under
auspices Of the washington Shoe Re-
tailers' Association. Seventy-five MEM
bers of the association were present.
Miss Eilda Rau Of Philadelphia dis
clssed the women's dress and shoe
fashions for the coming season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Boys Club to Dance Tonight.

A Spring dance for the senior mem
bers of the Boys Club Of washington
will be given tonight at the club GYM
naSium at $50 G street. The evenings
entertainment will begin at o'clock
with roller-skating contest. The dance
will begin at g. o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Travel Books Available.

The bulletin Of the Public Library
for April is devoted to travel books,
and copies Of the travel number OF
"Your Iibrary'' may be obtained at
the central building Of the. Public Ii
brary. at Eighth and q streets. or at
any branch or auhhranch. ss,s.J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Gard party, Home Board, Lebanon
Chapter, o. E. S., 808 street, $3.50 pm.
Card party, District of Columbia De-
partment, United Spanish-American
War Veterans, Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie, Eighth and F streets northeast,
8 pm.
Dinner, the Wanderlusters, club house,
Franklin Park, Va, $50 pm.
Lecture, Practical Metaphysics"
Hay-Adans House, 800 Sixteenth street,
81 pm. Lecturer, Carl Eidhammer.
Card party, Good Will Chapter, No.
So, o. E. s., Chestnut Farms dairy,
2107 Rhode Island avenue northeast,
tonight.
Meeting. Saturday Night Club. Odd
Fellows Temple, 419 Seventh street, 3
pm.
Entertainment and dance, auxiliary
home board, Electa Chapter, No. 2.
o. e. S., Masonic Hall, Fourteenth ana
U streets southeast, 8 pm.
BANQUET. George washington Uni
versity School of Engineers, grand ball
room of the Mayhower Hotel, pm.
Meeting. Mount Pleasant Citizens
Association, Mount Pleasant Branch
Library, Sixteenth and Lamont streets,
pm.
FUTURE.
Religious services, Bethany Chapter,
No. "a, o. e. S., Masonic and Eastern
Star Home, tomorrow. pm.
Free lecture, United Lodge Of Thep-
sophistS, Hill Building, Seventeenth and
I streets, tomorrow 8:15 pm. Subject:
1.-THE Great Quest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
FUTURE.
Catholic Patriarch Dies.

BURSAJOR, Spain, April IL Or
Francisco MunoX y IsquirdG3 Roman
Catholic patriarch of the We Indies,
died here last night. He waSs62 wears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
PLAN PIT. ASSOCIATION
Mckinley High School Parents and
Teachers to Organize.

At the insistence of many fathers
and mothers of students, a parent
teacher association will be formed at
Mckinley High School,
A committee of parents and teachers
appointed at reorganization meet
ing consisted of j. E. zearfoSs, Mitchell
Miss Selma Kalse, Miss Kray, Miss
Clyde Roberts, representing the faculty.
and Mrs. T. H. Young, Mrs. E. r. Kahn
bach, Mrs. w. Edward Denton, DIR. C..
Willard Camalier and Cyrus T. Bright
representing the parents.
The initial meeting will be held Mon
day at pm. in the school auditori' al.
ALI interested in the organization are
invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20
Hoe the Indians of the Middle Vest We're
Related to the Indians of the South, Far
WeH and old Mexico Can N0zv Be
Explained, but My Their Qualification
Had Declined at the Time of Columbus
Still Puzzles the Scientists

among the Aztecs, some of their temples do
show highly elaborated rattlesnake images
The snake dances among the Indians of the
Southwest may be a survival of the same cult.
There are further marked resemblance be-
tween the culture of the Mound Builders and
that of the Mexican area. Another noted
American archaeologst, Prof. Warren K. Moore
head of Phillips Academy has made list of
them. He mentions especially the building of
hat-topped pyramids or temple mounds. For
many of the earthen mounds, especially in the
South, have fiat tops, and once had religious
structures, probably of wood, built on them
1t is worth noting that the so-called pyramids
OF the Mayas, Aztecs and other Mexican ma
lions were not solid stone pyramids like those
Of the Egyptians. but were built of earth and
covered with stone. They were really stone
plated mounds, rather than true pyramids
A MOTHER thing which the Mound Builders
and the Mexican peoples held in common
was the wearing of spool-shaped ear orna-
ments of copper. In several types of mounds,
presumably built by different tribes and pos
sibly at widely different times, these some
what ponderous pieces OF jewelry have been
found In Dr. Shetrones own particular pet
mounds in Ohio. Of the type known as Hope
well, these ear spools have been turned up by
thousands. Apparently everybody wore them.
And ear spools Of almost identical pattern
adorn the heads In Mexican sculptures and
appear on the carved figures found in Ala
bama mounds.
There is considerable similarity also in two
types of the ceremonial objects which prob
ably played a large part in the religious ritual
of the mound peoples, and certainly did in the
rituals Of the Mexican nations. These are one
piece axes made of stone, handle and ALL and
tremendously large Clipped stone blades. Some
of the latter much as 10 inches in
length. Neither Of these could have been of
any practical use.
The ceremonial character of the monolithic
axes is further indicated by the carving of USE
less projections and notches on them, in imita-
ton of the shape of the woodland stone orig
inalS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20

the finished blades are always Of the same
general pattern; nothing foreign" about them.
Probably the wrong shape would never have
been acceptable for the ritual. ,t. .
This insistence of the Mound Builders in
Ohio and the upper Mississippi Valley on just
this kind of stone, obsidian even though
they had to make long and toilsome journeys
to get it. Is well worth noting. For obSidian
the material favored for ceremonial blades
by the AztecS and their forerunnerS the
Mexican plateau. In that volcanic region it
is relatively easy 70 get, and therefore ma
tural thing to It cannot be coincidence
that people in the remote middle valley
would go to such trouble to get obsidian.
THESE parallels in the cultures of eastern
North America and the Mexican area by
no means exhaust the list, but they are suf1-
cient to indicate at least that the Mound
Builders and the Mexicans were in no wise
strangers to each other. The study of the
details of these simiIarities has occupied the
lifetime of certain scientists, and the more dis
coveries are made, the closer. the parallels run.
But DR.. Shetrone goes farther than to make
a mere hypothesis of how Mexican Indian Gull
ture diffused itself northward He goes back
centuries before even the Mexican civilizations,
and formulates theory of whence came the
people of old Mexico and all the North Ameri-
can aborigneS And strangely enough, his
theory involves an original migration from
Asia across Boring Strait southwark extern
sion along the Pacific coast into Mexico and
later migrations northward which resulted In
the Mound Builder civilization that imme-
diately preceded the Indians as the European
invasion found them.
But let DR.. Shetrone tell the story in his
own words:
Although several theories have been adj
vanced as to the route of entry into America
Of the Asiatic migrants. all others. including
the Polynesian Islands, the mythical Atlantis.
and the Aleutian Islands, have been abandoned
In favor of the only logical and easy point Of
access-Bering Strait" he says. AT its mar
rowest the strait is but so miles in width, with
the Diomede Islands. midway of the channel.
visible under favorable conditions from either
shore
THE arrival of the vanguard of the native
race on the American threshold. as envisioned
by the anthropologist, is one of the most fas-
cinating episodes of human history 5s
CCoDyrLshE. I930J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20

heavy blocks of obsidian imported. too; or pos
sbly they made personal pigrimages to obtain
it. They were not content TO have their
blades made by strangers over thousand miles
away, even though that would have meant
much less weight to carry. This is attested In
several ways. For one thing. no finished
blades have ever been found at the quarries,
nor anywhere else except in the mounds of
this particular culture. But rough blocks of
obSidian have been found in the mounds, often
battered and Clipped on the edges. as though
from handling on the long journey. And blades
in all stages of workmanship are found in the
mound area together with great quantities OF
chips knocked OH by the wOrkmen- Finally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20

THE trouble to which the Hopewell Mound
Builders went to get obsidian, or volcanic
glass, for their big ceremonial blades is pos
sibIy an outstanding example of this religious
conservatism. Hundreds of these beautifully
Clipped blades have been taken from mounds
in Ohio, and bushels upon bushels of flakes
knocked off in their manufacture.
All the hundreds of pounds of obSidian for
making these had to be carried on human
backs for long distances. The nearest source
of this shining black volcanic glass is Obsidian
Cliff In Yellowstone National Park. There Is
no doubt that much Of the Hopewell obsdian
came from this PARKWAY source. s..s..-,.....
And the makers of these blades had the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20

or course, DR.. Shetrone's idea IS bound to
start an argument. Not all of his coll
leagues going to agree with him, at least
at the outset.
That the Mound Builders in all probability
had some sort of contact with the high civiliza-
lions to the south is believed now by practically
all students of American antiquity. In several
mounds, particularly in the Southeastern States,
deliberately worked figures in sheet "copper" shell,
and other materials have been found in q
workmanship that strongly suggests the con-
ventions of Maya and Aztec art. The favorite
subject is a full panoplied brave Cor possibly
a god doing a war dance. His regalia is de-
cidediy like that of some of the figures in Mex
lean Sculptures, and what is eN IN more sug-
geStive, he holds in one hand a severed human
head, presumably the CORY trophy Of an enemy.
And in addition to these lively figures of human
beings there other conventional designs
that also bear q notable resemblance to the
great though grotesque art of the Southern
lands.
Another suggestion that the Mound Builders
and the Mayas had a common inheritance is
found in the occasional efigy of a plumed
rattIesnake discovered in the Southeast The
plumed serpent was favorite religious emblem
of the Mayas; it symbolized their great sun
deity. Its images in stone dominate the archi-
tectural decorations of the temples at Chichen
TIA and the other great cities of the ancient
Of the Serpent was not so highly develop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20

n burial urn containing the skeleton
of child, found orr St. CatMine's
Island. Georgia. Science wOuLd like to
knos0 il his ancestors came from Siberia
by sOay Of Mexico. 1'''~ 49, 2>'''''''
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mysterious mounds of the great
AE/ interior valley of North America
TI kinsmen to the Maya of Yucatan
and the other highly cultured
peoples of the Mexican plateau?
Are the decidedly Maya and Aztec like sculp-
lures taken from mounds in the Southeast
really witnesses to an evolution from the same
racial stock and an inheritance of the same art
traditions, or merely evidences of an ancient
commerce with the countries across the Gulf
Of Mexico?
DR.. H. C. Shetrone, director of the Ohio State
Museum at Columbus and one of the most
active Investigators Of Indian mounds in
America, thinks it not unlikely that the van
ished people who built the great earthen monu-
mentS came a great wave of migration from
the South. They developed over the Mississippi
Valley, overran the gulf coastal plain south
ward to peninsular Florida, they penetrated to
the Great Lakes region. They developed sew
eral different cultures or types of civilization,
as they spread, and the outer edges of the
spreading wave became less and less like their
origins in their ways of living, while the group
nearest the ancient homeland remained more
like the stay-at-home descendants of their own
forefatherS.
They had their day, day of no mean glory,
but at last they ceased to be- But why and how
their culture came to an end is still nearly as
much of a mystery as 1t was century and a
half ago. when such notables as Thomas JEFF
ferson first puzzled over the riddle of the
mounds.
This in brief is DIR. Shetrones hypothesis. It
Is set forth with due tentativenesS and mod
eSty, after the fashion of scientist when he
has something startling to say along toward
the end of a new book which he has written
and which will be of the press in short time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20
BY FRANK THONE.

~ YERE the Indians who built the
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and the other highly cultured
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-09-11
ELL1spoRT ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs, L. F. Beatty and Mr..
and Mra. Robillard, Of Bremcrton, old
friends Of the George Thompson fami-
fy, have taken cottage at the
McClintcck Resort for weeks outing,
Mr.. Ross Clark, of Seattle, and
brother, Tim, Of Vashon, were calling
on Ellisport friends last Friday.
Mrs. F. T. Merritt, Of Seattle, who
has been staying the past week at the
McClintock Resort, was joinGt Sunday
by Mr.. Merritt and Miss Ruth Merritt,
Mr.. and Mrs. James W. Kincade, Of
San Francisco, were motoring over the
Island last Sunday and looked al
several properties with the view Of
buying home here In the near future
Mrs. Albert Norvack and little
daughters, of Seattle, visited Saturda,
with her mother, Mrs. F. T, Merritt
Miss Ruth Sheriff., of Seattle, was alse
here for few days.
Among those spending the week enc
at the McClintock Resort were, Mr.
and Mrs. "A. j, Rooster and daughter
Miss Betty, Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Marsl
and son, Robert, and Mr.. and Mrs
stcgstill and Miss Betty Stogstill, al
of Richmond Beach.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-09-11
yAsHON ISLANDS NEW HIGH
SCHOOL DEDICATED

Friday evening, September 5th, the
new vashon Island High School was
formally dedicated. The building was
open for public inspection at $50 p. m.
The boy scouts ushered and helped
park cars. Mrs. Stone and committee
decorated the building with flowers.
From the opening hour until the form
al program, at p. m. people from
every part of the Island were seen
touring the building. Each feature as
1t was noticed brought forth enthus-
iastic remarks
At 8 o'clock everyone gathered in the
huge auditorium gymnasium. Approx
mately 600 people had come to see the
realization of the dream project in
which they had so thoroughly believed
| in and worked for
The program was as follows:
Mr.. siegrist presiding.
Selections, High School orchestra.
Invocation, M. E. Randall
Responsibility of the school board
Mr. Stone
Whistling solo, Mr. Shirreff.
The use of the building, Mr.. Robert
son. q
| Solo, Mr.. Schmidt.
Community cooperation, Mr.. Bur-
rows.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-09-11
CHINESE DRAGONS FOR FAIR AT
PUYALLup

Several genuine live Chinese dragons
will be featured in connection with the
tropical fish display in the Flower
Building at the Puyallup FAIL the week
Of September Is to 81. The dragons
are coming from Texas and were
bought from a well known collector Of
rare reptiles for tented aggregations.
The exhibit will also feature several
black and leopard 1guanas and Arma-
dlllos.