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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
FUTURE RA|NF ALL
TO CUT DEFICIENCY
Weather FOreCaSter Says
Nature Will Eventually Equal
ize Drought of 1880.

Sometime in the uncertain future
there will come plenty of rain to Offset
the big drought Of 1880, but the def
cheney of moisture Is SO marked that
nothing short of a long deluge could
wipe out the debit during the coming
year, according to Charles L. Mitchell,
weather forecaster.
Suggestion Of a Maryland farmer, in
a letter to The Star, that Maryland,
Virginia and Delaware are getting per-
manently arid was characterized as alb
surd by the Government meteorologist.
Certainly, we are going TO have lots
of rain in this section some day, but
Just when that time will come is i'm
possible to predict right now" Mr..
Mitchell said. The elements always
adjust themselves to a normal state,
despite deep fluctuations from normal
now and then.
Conditions Will Be Equalized.
AT the present there is a marked
deficiency OF moisture in the ground as
a result of last years drought. 1t will
take lot Of water to make up for that
deficiency, but eventually it will come
and conditions will be equalized."
In the letter to the editor, the farmer,
residing in Laurel, told the weather
man:
I'VE, the farmers and would-be farm
ers of this eastern portion Of Maryland,
would appreciate it very much you
would give us your honest, scientific
opinion on the subject Of this long
continued drought. We would very
much like to know If you do not think
that all of this section through here
commencing with Virginia and running
through Maryland and up into Dela :
ware-is becoming a permanent arlo
section Of the United States.
do you think there is any likelihood
of this section ever again being visited
with what has heretofore been constd-
cred a normal, average rainfall?
Not Presently Optimistic.
These are very serious questions with
us. We certainly do wish that you
would favor us with your views on them.
Will it be worth while to pillow and
plant, seeing that the ground is so dry
so far down, even if we should happen
to have a shower or rainy day now
end then? This is a life-and-death
matter with us as farmers, so we would
appreciate it If you would be KIND
enough to give us your personal opinion.
Forecaster Mitchell was not very OPP
timistic over the immediate prospects
for heavy rainfall. Conditions so faI
this year have not been conducive To
drought relief he pointed out, and un-
less abnormally heavy precipitation for
long periods visits the country during
the remainder Of the year, the hope OF
compromising for the aridity this year Is
slim.
The Weather Bureau, he explained
does not attempt to forecast for more
than a week in advance. On complet-
ing his studies yesterday of probable
conditions during the forthcoming week
he announced that nothing very en-
couraging' in the form Of rain looms
on the weather horizon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Indians in Gloom
When Death Halts
TOmahawk Rites
First Ceremony in %
Years on ArapahOe Res
ervatiOn Disrupted.

BY the Associated Press.
ETHETE, Wyo March IA. - Death
cast an omtnous shadow today over the
Arapahoe Indian Reservation and dis
rupted the first tomahawk ceremony to
be held in % years.
The red men were reluctant to speak
of their troubles, but it was learned
Catherine Morris, wife of Crook Nor
ris. prominent member of the tribe,
had died rday at the opening Of
the final ritual in the tomahawk spec
tacle.
AS the tomahawk ceremony embodies
the dance Of health and is a supplica-
ton to God for physical strength and
power, the Indians were awed by the
advent of death as climax to their
ceremony and looked upon it as an
omen of the Great Spirits wrath.
A council of the older Indians Of
the tribe was hastily called, and it was
decided TO abandon the tomahawk
ceremony.
The dance probably will be held
again next week. In the meantime the
Indians are camped on the sun dance
grounds and will hold elaborate cere-
monies in connection with the funeral
of Mrs Morris. She was q niece of
Henry Lee Tyler, chairman of the
Arapahoe Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
PUBLIC ENEMY NO. rs
CONVICTED AS KILLER
"Three-F Fingered Jack" Appeals Il
Year Term for Staying
7 officer.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 14-William ].
White, known as Three Fingered Jack"
to labor racketeers and as number rs
on Chicago's list Of public enemies. u
was convicted a second time today OF
numbering a policeman.
Evading a penalty Of hanging de-
handed by the State, the bald beer boss
and gang robber was sentenced to serve
IA years in prison. A Jury in Judge
JOSEPH Sabaths Court deliberated
throughout last night on the charge
that White slew Policeman Edward
Phaume of Forest Park while resisting
arrest at Mannheim Inn in December,
1925.
White was sentenced to be hanged
upon his conviction for the Staying
flve years ago, but the State Supreme
Court reversed the decision on the
ground that the State had not proved
that it had grounds for arrestine him,
The charge was later dismissed but the
state exercised an option granted by
whites counsel to reopen it and White
was again indicted during the drive TO
nd Chicago of its criminals.
Arguments on a motion for a new
trial will be heard March %.
Conclusion Of the White trial cleared
the way for the case OF Leo v. Brothers.
81; Louis gunman, charged with killing
Jake Lingle, Tribune reporter. Judge
Saosth called the Brothers trial for
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED FreSS.
Discovery that giant redwood trees
once grew on Far North island. may
show how ancient tribes crossed from
Asia to America dry shod
The Carnegie Institution of Wash
ington announced today that redwood
fossils found on st. Lawrence Island,
in the Boring Sea, between Siberia and
Alaska, furnish strong evidence that a
land bridge once connected the two
continents.
Presence of the fossils on the island
shows 1t must have been formerly con-
nected with the mainland, explained
DR.. Ralph w. CLANCY, the institutions
expert on fossil plants. He said he be-
lieved the first men in America may
have crossed by this route.
$4,000 Years Ago.
1t was already known that redwood
forests grew in Alaska and Siberia
about fifty million years ago, DR.. Chan
ney said, adding that the fossils on St.
Lawrence Island seem to be the miss
ing link" indicating the two forests were
connected across a continuous strip of
land.
Or. CLANCY said he believed it was
unlikely birds or ocean currents car
RED redwood seeds to the island. Red
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
OIL COMPANY SUED
FOR CAN EXPLOSION
Husband Files Action Against
Standard for Death of Wife
and Child.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpAtCu 70 Inc CbhT
FREDERICKSBURG Va, March IA
Two suits for $4,000 each are being
instituted against the Standard Oil Co.
Of New Jersey by J. Philip McNeal of
Lively, Lancaster County, whose wife
and infant daughter died as result
of burns received at their home on
January 81, when an oil can is alleged
to have exploded as supper was being
prepared.
Mrs. McNeal, according to neighbors,
used kerosene to start fire in stove
in her home, when the oil can ex-
ploded Both she and her 2-year-old
daughter. Hazel Jane, received fatal
burns. the child dying en- route to the
hospital here. while the mother sue.
cumbed shortly after being admitted at
the institution.
The suits are being brought in thc
name CT J. Philip McNeal, admins
traitor. and will come before the court
March 10, at which time a date will
be set for the hearing State Senator
r. o. Norris, jr.: w. B. Sanders and
F. V. watkins are counsel for the plain
tiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
REDWOOD FOSSILS ON ISLAND
HINT AMERICA-ASIAL LAND LINK
Discovery of Leaves Held missing Link" in Proof
Boring Sea Once Was Bridged Between Continents.

wood cones bearing live seeds usually
do not float he explained.
The fossils, which are imprints OF
redwood leaves preserved in stone, were
found by Henry B. Collins, jr., of the
Smithsonian Institution while studying
Eskimo tribes. The fossil leaves CORE
spond to the leaves of living redwoods,
now found only in California.
Bones Link Continents.
Many scientists long have held that
Asia and North America once were
connected, because the bones Of dino
saurs, or giant reptiles; titanotheres,
ancestors of the rhinoceros, and other
prehistoric beasts have been found on
both continents.
Some believe the human race orig
mated in Central Asia and spread to
America over land connection.
Surely the dinosaurs could not have
been blown across or carried by birds"
said DR.. CLANCY Their fossil occur
renee on both Sides OF the Pacific sup
ports the evidence, given by the fossil
redwoods that here in the Boring Sea
is an island once joining the two con-
tinents, the highway by which not only
many types of fossil life, but perhaps
even our human ancestors, made the
journey from continent to continent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
TWO MEN CONVICTED
IN SH0PLIFTING CASE
Father of Four Children Gets Year
In Jail, Companion Given 60
Day Sentence.

Convicted in Police Court yesterday
on eight counts of shoplifting Edward
q. Smith, As years old, was sentenced to
serve one year in prison on one charge.
while Judge Isaac r. Eitt allowed sus-
pended sentences in each of the other
cases. The man informed the court he
had wife and four children.
Isaac S. Lazarus. who was arraianed
JOINTLY with Smith on one of the
charges, was convicted and sentenced TO
serve so days for larceny.
According to Policewoman Cecilia @.
Clarke Of the Women's Bureau, Smith
has been operating in all of the large
department stores here since last No
Yember, during which time he is al
legged to have stolen clothing estimated
70 be valued at between s400 and $500.
HIS method, Mrs. Clarke testified, was
70 steal suitcase first and then place
the clothing In it. More than half a
dozen suitcsses were exhibited in evil
dence in Smiths case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
ITALO-FRENCH PLAN |
SEEN AS REAL Way
Grandi Sees Actual Disarma-
ment in Following Accord
Methods-Gibson Praised.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, March 14.-The world can
disarm its forces Of land and air by fol-
lowing the methods embodied in the
Italo-French naval accord-actual re-
duction Of ornaments as we'll as limi-
tation of them-Dino Grand, Minister
for Foreign Affairs, told the Italian
Chamber of Deputies today in reporting
to it the details of the naval agreement
That such disarmament of aerial and
military units may be agreed upon at
the general disarmament conference next
year has been made more probable, the
foreign minister said, through the in
fiuence of the present agreement.
Signor Grandi called the arms con-
ference which meets in February, 1882,
under League of Nations auspices the
most important since the war and said
tremendous preparations for it were
under way. Political relations are be-
ing improved in anticipation of the
coming parley. he said. governments
are exchanging viewpoints and public
opinion is being given voice in the ma
tions which will have a part.
Signor Grandi spoke for an hour and
a quarter before distinguished gather
ing, which included Premier Mussolini.
All LI1G CdDlIl6J MINISTER'S, unQeTSeCTe~
taries and most of the members of the
diplomatic corps were crowded in the
galleries and joined in the enthusiastic
applause which greeted the foreign
minister at the conclusion of his ad-
dress.
He said the italian principles in the
problem of disarmament were two: Re-
duction of ornaments to the lowest
possible limit, but parity with the most
heavily armed power of continental
Europe.
No naval agreement which results in
a f1ve-power treaty is a victory for any
one, he said, but it is "a victory of com
mon sense" To Hugh S. Gibson, United
States Ambassador to Belgium, who
visited Rome unofficially during the
naval pact negotiations, the foreign
minister gave credit for bringing about
resumption of conversations after
they had reached a seeming impasse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
PARTY TO GUST REBEL

LONDON, March II CP.-The West
Belfast Unionist Association has called
upon w. z. d. Allen, former Conserva-
tive member of Parliament, who has
Joined the new party Of Sir oswald
Mosley, to resign his seat
The Dudley section Of the Labor
party has asked Oliver Baldwin, Social
ist son of the Conservative leader,
Stanley Baldwin, to resign his seat be-
cause Of hist decision TO follow Sir
Oswald into new pastures. Young Bald
win sits for Dudley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
BEVERAGE AGENT
IS SENT TO JAIL
Committed on Non-payment
of License Fee
Fine.
By a star Correspondent of The star.

BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, March
14-Failirg to pay a fine Of $50 and
costs imposed by Judge j. Chew
Sheriff in Police Court here yesterday
OH charges of falling to register with
the State Department of Health, nom
alcoholic beverages, Rex Ward, agent
for the Columbia Bottling Co, alias
the Columbia Orange-Kist Bottling Co.,
was ordered committed to Jail in de-
fault
Total fines Of SIPS and costs were
assessed against Noble Garfield Man
due of lois Sixth street southwest,
Washington, D. c., on charges Of driv-
ing while drunk and reckless driving.
Mandue, who was arrested March g,
was committed to jail in default of
the fine.
Collateral Forfeited.
David Moses Worsham Of the 1900
block of Penn street northeast, Wash
ington, forfeited $1I2.90 on charges of
driving while drunk and reckless driv-
ing by failing to appear in court. He
was arrested by State Officer w. A.
Rogers.
Frederick H. Strobel Of Baltimore.
Md, arrested several days ago by
Oh1cers Prince, Dutrow and Nichols in
a raid on store opposite the Bowie
racetrsck, was committed to Jail in de-
fault Of a fine of $50 and costs on a
charge of possession Of one-half gal
lon Of alleged whisky.
w. P. Plumley of Capitol Heights,
arrested February % in a raid on his
home, led by Sheriff w. c. Hopkins,
was fined $50 and costs on a charge Of
possession Of one-half gallon of alleged
whisky Charges of setting up gam ng
tables against him WPrp dismissed
Other Cases.
Orpin T. Whiting OF Washington,
D. c.. was fined $40 and costs on a
charge of reckless driving. Charges
of driving while drunk and failing to
stop after a collision were dismissed.
Bradford r. GlaSscock of Washington
forfeited Sl145 on charges of reckless
driving. He was arrested February %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Man Faces Forgery Charge.

NEWARK. N, j., March IA A9. -
Walter Kolb 20, said by police 10 be
wanted by police In Los Angeles and
other Western cities, was arrested today
on a charge Of forgery.
Police said he admitted opening ac-
counts in several Newark banks with
small amounts Of cash, then depositing
large forged checks and Withdrawing
the total amounts.
Kolb is believed to have been known
10 Los, Angeles police as Walter Wright.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
DIR. Higbie Due in April.

nR. EDGAR c. HIGBIE, recently ap-
- pointed president of Wilson Teach
ers' College, will take over the adj
ministration of that school prior to the
middle of next month, according to the
latest information from Madison. Wis,
where he is president of the Eastern
State Teachers College.
The Wilson Teachers College Glee
Club entertained at the meeting Tues
day evening of the Buchanan School
Parent Teacher Association. Mrs. Ber-
nice Angelica directed the singers and
Miss Ruth Hobbies presented a group of
violin solos. Ten of the club members
sang in a Red Cross program over Radio
Station VOL Wednesday.
Robert Fulton. former associate of
Tony Sarg, widely known artist and
puppet show craftsman, will present
puppet shows at the college Tuesday,
March 81. Mr.. Fulton will stage Gin
derella" and "Puppet Revue" at BIS
pm. and Jack and the Beanstaik" and
THE Three Wishes" at $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Auto Theft Admitted.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., March IA (R.-
Harold Dissell of Jacksonville. Fla, ar
rested as a suspect in the robbery of
the Clemson College, S. c., post office
recently, confessed today, police said,
that he had stolen an automobile In
Jacksonville, December "a. Two girls,
Thelma Huett of Danville, Va, and
Elois Manning Of Jacksonville, were
with Dissell when he was arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Pershing Hall Is Opened

PARIS, March IA 041.-Pershing Hail.
q grandiose mansion of half a CEN
fury ago, which was restored as me-
mortal to the American Expeditionary
Forces. was given an informal house.
warming today. Its formal inaugura-
ton will take place later with American
and French of1cials participating. The
American Legion and other A. =. 2. or
CARNATIONS sponsored the memorial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

% EGISTRATION for the Spring quar-
N ter at Howard University in all
schools and colleges except medi-
cine, dentistry, pharmacy and law will
March 81.
Next Saturday will be devoted to
psychological tests for freshmen in the
undergraduate division. Students re-
Gently completing their high school
work may register in the colleges Of lib
eral arts. education and applied science,
and in the school of music for both day
and evening courses New students also
will be admitted to the graduate divi-
sion and the school of religion at the
beginning of the Spring quarter.
Conradi pianist of Peabody ConServa-
tory of Baltimore, Md, will be presented
in the annual lecture recital series in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
OMERENE APPEALS
ELK HILLS OIL CASE
Asks Reversal of Decision That
Leases Lacked Fraud by Fall
and Doheny.
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, March 14.-Atlee
Pomerene, special assistant of the
United States Attorney General, filed
an appeal here today asking reversal
of decision by Federal Judge Frank
H. Norcross of Nevada upholding valid
ity of three Elk Hills oil leases.
Although he filed it here, Pomerene
said the appeal would be ruled on by
the Circuit Court of Appeal in San
Francisco. Pomerene's appeal charged
error in the courts decision that there
was no fraud or collision between
former Secretary of the Interior Albert
B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny. former
head of the Pan-American Oil Co, who
secured the leases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
PHILADELPHIA MAYOR
BACKS SAFETY DIRECTOR
Lauds schofeld's Enforcement Ac-
Invites and Absolves Him of
Blame for Illegal Raids.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, March 14.-Mayor
Harry A. Mackey yesterday replied to
demands of two members of City Coun-
Gil for the immediate dismissal Of Di-
rector Lemuel B. Schof1eld of the De-
partment of Public Safety. The mayor
issued a statement lauding the directors
law enforcement activities and absolving
him Of blame for illegal police raids.
Councilmen Charles B. Hall and VIII
liam w. Roper demanded dismissal OF
Schofeld in a three hour hearing before
City Councils Public Safety Committee
Thursday on the activities of Phila-
delphia police in making liquor raids. A
crowd of men and women who attended
the hearing booed and jeered at Direc-
tor Schof1eld's defense of the police
raids
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
PLAN TABLET AT BRIDGE
TO HONOR WAR VETERANS
Eastern Shore Legion Post Would
Enshrine Names of Dead
Heroes.
Special Dispatch to The star.


CAMBRIDGE, Md, March 14.-Dor-
chester Post, No. 81, American Legion,
has appointed a committee to confer
with the citizens of Vienna and the
Legion post in Wicomico County to de-
wise plans for placing q bronze tablet
on the Dorchester approach to Vienna
bridge bearing the names Of all the men
in this county who lost their lives dur
ing the World War. A similar tablet
on the Wicomico side would list the
names OF all the men from that county
who made the supreme sacrifice.
AS a result of membership drive,
which is now in progress, the Legion
has outgrown its quarters and a move
ment is on foot to buy a home. More
uniforms and equipment have been or
dered for the drum and bugle corps
and a fashion show is scheduled for the
latter part of this month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
SHIPYARDS IN j. S.
BOOM AS REST LAG
IoneS-White Act Contracts
Make Construction Future
RoSy-Hued.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK March 14.-One Of the
seeming paradoxes of the times is the
activity in American shipyards in Pc
Rod when thousands of tons of shipping
lie idle in world ports.
The greatest economic disturbance
the world has experienced in a gen.
Grafton or more brought a sharp con-
traction in the volume of goods carried
across the seas, with consequent decline
In revenues.
American shipping interests suffered
with others, but whereas the rest Of the
world curtailed construction to conserve
their financial strength, domestic ship
yards ring with the greatest activity
since the war.
u. S. ShipbuIlding BOOms.
Contrasting with the drab outlook for
shipping whose fortunes turn on the
trend of world trade, which has shown
little improvement, the future OF Ameri-
can shipbuilding is rosy-hued Contracts
for a large number of passenger and
cargo ships placed under the Jones'
White act have been the saving grace
of the shipping industry, enabling 1t to
ton last year over 1929. Shipbuilders
attribute the increase solely to the
stimulus provided by governmental aid
in the form Of loans and mail con-
tracts.
Tonnage under construction or for
which contracts had been let at the
beginning of the current year was
somewhat under the peak of 1880, but
still above any year in the decade pre-
ceding 1880. Ships contracted on the
ways or under contract include 81 ocean
or lake steamers and 122 miscellaneous
vessels In addition.
Income ShrinkS.
Not in many years has there been
such a shrinkage in the income of
shipping interests as in 1880. The re-
ports OF IL domestic companies show
their business dropped so per cent from
1929
1t is unoficially estimated that Is
per cent Of the world shipping feet was
tied up in docks at the end of 1880, and
Department of Commerce figures from
the ports of the principal maritime ma
tons indicate that the idle tonnage was
1.57 per cent greater than on December
81, 1929 There was % per cent in
crease in the tonnage Of American
shipping tied up at docks in the same
period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
THREE MEN ARE INJURED
AS TRUCK AND CAR CRASH
Two Army Privates Hurt-Colored
Driver Arrested After Re-
ceiving Aid.

Three men were injured last night
when a truck crashed into an auto
mobile at Sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
The injured are Pvt. Edward Kearns,
80, and Pvt. Raymond Estes, 90, both OF
the Army war College, and Reed Harris,
20. colored, I716 Tenth street.
Kearns, who was driving the car, SUI
fered a dislocated shoulder and cuts
about the head, while Estes, who was
riding with him, was cut about head
and right hand. After receiving treat
ment at Emergency Hospital, they were
removed to Walter Reed Hospital
Harris, who was cut on both knees,
was arrested by Policeman A. P. Houch
Of the sixth precinct after receiving
treatment at Emergency, Kearns was
summoned to appear in Trafic Court
tomorrow on a charge of driving with
out q permit.
The automobile was demolished and
the truck was badly damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
AUTO HURTS VIRGINIAN
Two Held After Car Strikes
Clarendon Man.

Louis Withers of Clarendon, Va, was
injured last night when he was struck
by an automobile while standing beside
his car, which was parked in front of
1872 Thirty-third street.
John Dove, 80, colored, driver of the
machine, which also hit Withers' auto
mobile, and Sam Cooper, also colored
who was riding with him, we're arrested
by Policeman P. o. Mangine Of the
seventh precinct and held for tnvesti-
CATION. The colored men said they live
in Rockville, Md.
Withers, who suffered an injury to his
left leg, refused to go to a hospital.