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LABOR HEADS FACE
STILL Buster WEEK
Adjourn Vancouver Session
Until Tuesday-Many
Issues Loom. : B
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oc-
tober 10.--With an arduous week
behind, but still buster week ahead,
the American Federation of Labor
paused today in the midst of its fifty
first annual convention to observe the
five-day week.
Planks in labor's platform for the,
coming year were laid during the first.
week of the convention, but the trou-
blesome problems of prohibition, Philip
pine independence, labor conditions at
Hoover Dam and unemployment insur-
ance are among those listed for settle
ment during the coming week.
Committee hearings on various Vex-
ing questions continued today, although
most of the delegates took holiday
Tomorrow many of the delegates will
attend churches in the city, with labor
leaders occupying several pulpits.
Monday also Is holiday, being the
Canadian Thanksgiving day, so sessions
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will not be resumed until Tuesday
morning. The convention may be
concluded by Thursday night.
Sales Tax Opposed.
Among the announcements which
have been accepted by the convention
for its platform have been resolutions
burden on those least able to pay; adj
vocacy Of universal adoption of the
flve-day week, with the Government
taking the lead by granting postal en-
ployes two days of in seven; demand
ing extension of the prevailing wage
scale to all Federal projects, and urg-
ing investigation of the labor policies
OF industries requesting changes in
tariff laws.
The first week also saw the crystal
lization of sentiment. on the prchibi-
ton question aud. although the recon-
mendatton of the Resolutions Com
D1ittee will not. be known until next
week, convention leaders, both wet and
dry, expressed conviction that labor's
stand for PTS per cent beer, taken
several years ago, would be reiterated.
Denounce Prohibition.
This despite two resolutions. one de-
manding repeal of the eighteenth
amendment and the other repeal of
the Volstead act and severe and open
denunciation of prohibition by many
delegates. These resolutions, it was
felt, would be sidetracked and the
Executive Councils stand for beer
would be given preference
Speakers during the week both
praised and condemned the idea of
unemployment insurance, subsidized by
the Government. The Executive Coun-
Gil of the federation, in its report, in
dicated 1t felt such insurance would
be unnecessary If work and the earn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
WORLD PROBLEMS
|. LISTED BY CHURCH
Disciples of Christ Outline
Destructive and ConStruc-
tive Forces at Farley.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans., october 10-A sur
vey listing the world problems confront
ing the church has been adopted by the
International Convention of the Dis
cipleS of Christ
The report, Call to the Church, p
outlines certain forces of destruction
and construction which are engaged in
mighty struggle for supremacy" and
urges IAN adequate program for our
time, with q view to discovering better
agencies and methods of doing the work
of Christ and building His kingdom
Destructive forces are listed provin-
cialism. nationalsm, racialism, mate
realistic PHILOSOPHERS and avarice. Con-
structive forces named included the
League of Nations. the World Court,
societies and commissions for the solu-
ton of interracial difficulties, new
standards and practices in equitable
compensation of labor, adequate housing
of the family and care and sustenance
in old age.
Another report adopted by the con-
vention recommended concentration of
foreign mission work and in the home
field proposed that no new educational
ventures be taken without careful study.
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Shooting without the aid Of glasses,
Charles Ross, 81 years old, won third
place in the recent rife tournament at
Dulpain, Scotland. :er
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

APPLES FOR SALE-BALLINCARA. BAKER
orchard, Germantown, Md. Pick your own
apples, from ground, Csc per bushel; from
trees, !5c. Prime apples. Fine varieties
Low prices. Bring baskets. II"
MR.. JACOB HAMBURGER IS NO LONGER
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continued Prom First Page.)
der subpoena and legal action was i'm
possible.
In pursuance of his general warning
to intimtdatorS, however, Director
Hoover instituted criminal proceedings
against another pair whom the Gov
eminent accused of approaching" an
other important third degree witness
George B. Baber. Charges against
there two, Cecil Mason and Maurice
O'Connor, will be heard By the grand
jury this week when the Baber beating
case is presented. Mason and OCon-
nor are charged with obstructing JUS
tice.
The United States marshal's office
has succeeded in lining up the small
army of witnesses for their second ap-
pearance, although the status of sew
eral has changed during the prosecu-
ton lull Walter johnson, whose
charges brought indictments from the
disqualified jury against MoStyn and
Latin, will appear not only as a wit
ness against the police, but in the role
of defendant, too. He was arrested last
week on burglary charge and held for
the grand jury. Another witness has
been convicted on a criminal charge
since he testified before the July jury,
1t is understood.
Claim "TroncIad" Evidence.
One witness almost escaped from
testifying. He is William Sullivan, one
of quintet of prisoners at Occoquan,
who made a break for liberty Friday
night. Sullivan and companion were
captured, but the others made good
their escape.
These developments will have no
bearing on the third-degree cases in
which the witnesses are involved, it is
declared, because their testimony is
amply supported by so-called iron
clad" evidence.
Other cases to be presented to the
jury tomorrow, in addition to the Harker
and Walter johnson beatings, probably
will include the alleged police attacks
on Preston Brooks and John F. Miller,
both of whom, like johnson, are col
cred. The invalid indictment in the
Brooks case named Mostyn again. while
the Miller presentment charged Police
man George E. Perry with felonious
assault on the colored man with a
club.
Pending completion of criminal pro-
ceedings, the Department of Justice is
withholding its report to the District
commissioners on its comprehensive
findings with respect to police brutality
in the Capital.
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Visitation Is Planned.

EVANSVILLE, Md, october 10
(SpeciaD Representative of chapters
Of the Daughters of the King of WASH
ington and vicinity will visit Pinkney
Memorial Episcopal Church the evening
of Monday, october 10 From $50 TO
200 are expected to attend the vista
ton. Mrs. Thomas Hardester is head
OF the Pinkney Memorial Chapter,
which will be host
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
GRAND JURY TURNS
TO POLICE ABUSE
CASES TOMORROW

Continued Prom First Page)
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ings of industry were distributed
equitably. 80 III
demand positive action by thel e8rnin1
Congress and by industrial leaders to
correct the unequal distribution of
wealth or suffer the penalty Of politi-
cal reprisal.
Industry must share its excess
earnings with labor in the. form of
wages" President William Green said.
"or we win take it in taxation"
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CANADIAN revenue CUT
Receipts Less Than Figures for
1890, but Ahead of Expenses. u

OTTAWA, Ontario, October 10 R-
Canada's total ordinary revenue for
the first six months Of the present fiscal
year was $17S,975, 1873. the department
of finance announced yesterday. Ex-
penditures were $167 ,663, 305.
Ordinary revenue for the first half
OF the preceding fiscal year was $212,-
462,952 and expenditures were $780,
080,456.
Interest paid on the public debt.
which on September 80, amounted to
$2,263, 465, 756, not including non-actiye
assets, totaled $50, 335,847.
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NAMED Staying SUSPECT
Arrest of White Plains, N. 2, Man
Is Asked in Arkansas Probe.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, october 1.
P}.--Police today received an airma1l
request to take Walter A. Bealle of
White Plains into custody for question
ing in connection with the murder of
George Riola at Little Rock, Ark, sew
eral weeks ago.
At first the body of the slain man
was believed to be that Of Bealfe. He
later reported to police and said he
had left White Plains for California
with a foreigner he knew only as Bill"
but returned home after reaching Rich
mond, Va.
A torn registered letter near Riola's
body was traced by postal authorities
and found to have been addressed to
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Vito Riola, of
Los Angeles, the day before his body
was found. -
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Hollywood Orchard.

Delicious filtered cider. 40c per gal; bring
containers Apples. 75c per bushel IL
\ AWNINGS REMOVED. REPAIRED, STORED.
grades; terms. PROCTOR, 214 H. Nat. 1856.
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Science
Learning and Forgetting
appear Physico-ChemicaI.

r EARNING and forgetting appear to
IL be physico-chemica processes.
Dr. Hudson Hoagland of Harvard
University finds that the rate at which
ants can learn Is accelerated approx
mately 100 per cent by certain changes
in the temperature of their environ
ment, and that the changes in the rate
Of forgetting are even more striking.
In an experiment reported in this
months issue of the Journal of Cen
eral Psychology he placed ants in
compartment from which they could
escape into another compartment
through a simple maze. In order to
get away from the fumes Of pepper
mint OIL which is especially irritating
to these insects. they had to f1nd the
way for themselves. AS in most learn
ing experiments, it was a matter of
trial and error After being placed in
the same situation varying number
of times On ant would learn" the way
so that it could escape Immediately.
When it had done this five times
without an error it was considered to
have learned" the maze.
The temperature was kept constant
for each ant. But those for whom the
apparatus was heated to between 25
and 90 degrees Fahrenheit DIR. Hoag-
land found, learned the way out with
about half as many repetitions of the
experiment as were necessary for those
placed in lower temperatures. There
was apparently a critical point when
the physico-chemical processes in the
nervous system which constitute learn
ing acted with much greater rapidity.
After learning" the ant was taken
out of the maze apparatus, but still
kept at constant temperature. After
an interval it was brought back again
and the same test repeated to find how
well it remembered what 1t had learned.
The test of memory was the Same as
that of learning-the number of repe-
titions necessary before the ant escaped
with no unnecessary moves. While
those insects kept at temperatures be-
low Is retained considerable memory
those who had been kept in tempera-
lures over this point had forgotten so
completely that in some cases they re-
quired more trials to relearn than had
been necessary in the first place.
The ant Is q cold-blooded creature
whose nervous system presumably re-
spends Immediately to any change in
the external temperature so that this
can be related directly to the learning
rate. Among arm-blooded animals,
where the temperature in which the
neural processes take place would not
be affected by the outside temperature,
the relationship would be much more
complicated. IT. r. H.
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HAMMER SEEN AID
IN QUARRY CASE
Tool Found Under Seat of
Car Used by Couple Be-
fore Disappearance.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LIMA, Ohio, June 13.-A hammer
which may have been used in the slay-
ing of Miss Thelma Woods, II, whose
body, tied down with large rock, was
taken from a stone quarry pool yester-
day, was in possession of police today.
Authorities said it was found under
the front seat of an abandoned auto
mobile in which Miss Woods and her
escort, Earl Truesdale, 20, Elida, were
last seen on the night of Memorial day.
Some stains, which may have been
caused either by rust or blood, were
found on the hammer, police said.
A former sutton was questioned all
night by authorities, but they said he
appeared unable to throw any light on
the killing.
CITY officials continued pumping OF
the stone quarry pool in an attempt to
ascertain If Truesdale's body also was
in the pit
Meanwhile, the former sutton was held
for further investigation. He told po-
lice he escorted another girl home from
the dance Memorial day about IL pm,
more than. an hour before Miss Woods
and TrueSdale LETT.
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RAILS CUT U. S. RATES

The Government and the railroads
have reached an agreement for reduced
rates on shells, grenades and other ex-
plosives for the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion announced today that the co-ordi-
nator for traffic, NELL z. Bailey, in
whose name Assistant Attorney General
O'Brian fled complaint on June 30,
1880, had asked that the proceeding
be withdrawn and the complaint dis
missed. This was done.
No details Of the agreement were
made public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14

NR. AND MRS. GEORGE A..
M KING are celebrating the If
WI tieth anniversary of their
L marriage today with a family
reunion, at which their four
children and their seven grandchildren
are gathered at their home, 1911
Twenty-eighth street, from many parts
Of the country.
Mrs. Robert M. Hinckley, daughter,
her husband, Lieut.. Comdr. Robert M.
Hinckley, U. S. N, stationed at the
Naval Academy, Annapolis, are here
with their two children. Robert, jr., and
George Anderson Hinckley. Robert,
who is II, will enter the Naval Acad-
envy in the class starting tomorrow.
His father has just been promoted to
be commander.
Mrs. Lawrence M. Jones, another
daughter, came home today with her
family from Oklahoma. She was ac-
companied by her husband, Capt. ''Biff"
Jones, well known athlete, who has
been stationed at Fort Sill, Okla, and
Is now on his way to West Point, where
he will be assistant manager of ath-
letics. They have two children, Bar
bara and Lawrence M. Jones, jr.
Maj. Archibald King, U. S. A., brought
his family from Fort Sam Houston,
Tex, where he has been stationed He
has just been transferred to Washing
ton, where he is to be on duty in the
office of the adjutant general. Maj.
King Is a graduate of Harvard College
and Harvard Law School. Maj. and
Mrs. King brought their three children,
Francis, Robert and Margaret baby
one month old--to the reunion.
George A. King, jr., of the National
City Bank, came from New York to
complete the family reunion. He is
unmarried.
Mr.. and Mrs. King were married in
Georgetown June IA, 1881, in the same
house in which Mrs. King was born and
within one square of which she now
lives. Since their marriage they lived
first at 1918 Twenty-eighth street, and
later In their present home, built in
1895. Mr.. King is of English and
Scotch parentage, and was born in
Minnesota. He came with his parents
to Washington as a boy, and has since
been resident here. He is a graduate
of Columbian, now George washington,
University, having taken his degree in
arts in 1870, and in law in 1872. lie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
BOONE MAY RECEIVE
PROMOTION IN NAVY
Presidents Physician on Long List
to Be Considered by
Board.

President Hoover's personal physician,
Capt. Joel T. Boone Of the Nays Med
ical Corps, who holds the temporary
rank of captain by virtue Of special
act of Congress, may soon find himself
promoted from lieutenant commander
to commander, as his permanent grade.
After he leaves the White House, Capt.
Boone is slated to drop back to his
permanent rank in the Navy. His
name is on the lengthy list Of officers
socn to be considered for promotion.
Secretary Adams has just directed
that a special selection board meet In
Washington on June %, to select eight
lieutenant commanders in the Medical
Corps of the Navy, for advancement
to the grade of commander. The presi-
dent of the board will be Capt. Charles
P. Kindleberger, its members being:
Capts. Theodore w. Richards, Eugene
j. Grow, Charles st. j. Butler, John
M Brister, Robert E. Hoyt and John
F. Murphy. Lieut.. Comdr. John r.
White will be recorder Of the board.
All members are naval medical officers.
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also holds the degree of LII. D., Ma
tional University, 1902.
Mrs. King was Miss Ada EdmonSton.
Her father dying at an early age, she
resided with her mother at the home
of the latter's father, Reuben Daw, one
of the pioneer builders OF nineteenth
century Georgetown.
Mr.. King is rs years old and active
in the practice of law. He Is member
of the Cosmos Club, the Bar Associa-
ton of the District of Columbia, the
American Bar Association. the Ameri-
can Society Of International Law, the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants Of the
District and director Of the Washing
ton Loan and Trust Co. Mrs. King IS
member of the washington Club.
Both are members of the Christ Episco-
pal Church, Georgetown, of which Mr..
King is a vestryman. They also are
members of the Columbia Historical
Society.
on the 1st of July Mr.. and Mrs.
King VIII leave Washington for their
Summer home at Harwich Port, Cape
Cod, Mass.
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CHAMBER REDUCES
FRENCH NAVAL FUND
Socialist Motion Cutting 1920, 900
From Budget Passes by
261.to-251 Vote.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 13.-The Chamber Of
Deputies, by vote of 261 to 25l, yester-
day passed q socialist motion reducing
the ministry of marine budget by 23,-
100000 francs (about Sg20,000).
Such a reduction would endanger the
whole naval building program for
1892.
The Socialist motion was In the form
Of an amendment reducing the amount
allocated for provisioning the fleet. The
government had asked $4,000, 900 francs
(about $l,560,O00) for that item alone.
The 1872 naval building program
advocated by the Chambers Naval Com
inittee provides for 23,000-ton battle
cruiser, two 7,500-ton light cruisers and
smaller craft. bringing the total ton
mage to $4,000. The minister of ma
rine told the Chamber last week that
the general total Of construction credits
would be approximately $4,000, 900 for
10000 tons Of ships spread over the
period between 1881 and 1886.
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CONCRETE SEALS OVER
MAN BURIED BY CAVE-IN
Rescuers Work Frantically to Re
move Victim From Col
lapsed Well.

BY the Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash, June 13.-Well
diggers and carpenters toiled throughout
the night to rescue Carl johnson, 43,
buried under 20 feet of concrete and
gravel in a well cave-in here. They
hoped to reach bottom today, but none
of them expected to find the victim
alive
The gravel was SO loose that rescuers
had to fill in another 10 feet and then
timber the sides of the well. The work
was made more difficult when the con-
crete started to harden.
johnson and his brother, Victor, had
sunk the well 81 feet. Carl was on the
bottom when the fine gravel caved In.
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MRS. PROPHET AND KIN
REFUSED NEW TRIALS
Woman and. Brother Convicted Of
Killing woman's Husband
Last November.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June -. ~ Mrs.
Clara Grace Prophet and her brother,
Harold Williams, convicted of murder
for the killing Of Mrs. Prophets hus-
band last November, today were refused
new trials.
The court sentenced williams to die
in the electric chair and Mrs. Prophet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14

Henry Fielding Dickens, son Of
Charles Dickens, tells an amusing story
Of being mistaken for his father. A
young girl on being introduced gushed
that she had read many Of his books
and was delighted with them. And
which Of my books do you like best?"
he asked her. David Copperfleld," was
the answer. my father would have
been glad to hear that" he told her.
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ROBERT TAFT DECORATED
BY POLISH GOVERNMENT
Receives Orders of Polonia Resti-
tuta for Service as Member
of Relief Administration.

Robert Taft, son Of the late Chief
Justice Taft, has received from the
government of Poland the Order Of
Polonia Restituta for his services to
that country as member of the post
war American relief administration.
Approximately a year ago the same
honor was given Mrs. william Howard
Taft as a post-humous award, to the
late President and Chief Justice.
He had been unable to accept the
decoration because of his position as
an American official II was awarded
for his contribution to the world as a
distinguished statesman.
Robert Taft directed the sending of
men and supplies to Poland. He was
stationed at Paris most of the time
He is now a Cincinnati attorney.
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was sentenced 70 life imprisonment. N
recommended by the jury which con-
victed her.
William +. Prophet, the husband. was
beaten and shot to death by Williams
as the husband lay IN bed at his home.
At the trials, statements alleged to have
been made by Mrs. Prophet and her
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brother were admitted Ia ev,Asrc.
stating they had planned the hIIsEanSss
death because the wife wished to rst
rid OF him. The woman had said Hfs
was unbearable with her Husband
Williams statement said he had aareed
70 kill Prophet for $500 Of his $1,000
life insurance.
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MALONE WILL HEAD
Sd CORPS AREA
viii Come Back From Manila
to Relieve Gen. SIaden,
Soon to Retire.

Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, command
ing q division Of troops in the Philip
pine Department. with station &C
Manila, has been ordered to Baltimore
for duty In command of the 3rd Corps
Area. which includes all troops In the
District Of Columbia, Pennsylvania.
Maryland and Virginia.
He will relieve Mai. Gen. Fred W..
Sladen, the present commander of that
corps area, who is to be granted O few
months leave OF absence, preparatory
TO his statutory retirement on account
of age, on November "a. -
Gen. Malone viii report ct Baltimore
for duty next May, but will not assume
command Of the corps area until Gen.
Sladen begins his leave of absence.
Other changes In the duties Of gen.
eral Officers announced today include
the assignment Of Brig Gen. Casper
H. Conrad, now in the Philippines to
the command Of the Philippine DIvi-
sion: the assignment Of Brig. Gen Frank
G. Bolles, now in the Philippines, to
the command of the 18th Brigade,
Chicago; the assignment Of Brig. Gen,
John r. Madden, at Fort Mason, Calf,
to the command Of the asa Brigade In
the Philippines, and the assignment OF
Brig. Gen. Herbert j. Brees, at Fort
Bragg, N. c., to the command Of the
18th Field Artillery Brigade in the
Philippines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04
STINSON'S STEPSON
ELOPES BY AIRPLANE
Raymond, 10, and Girl, II, Married
at Bowling Green, Ohio,
Detroit Learns.
BY tn. Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT. April 4.-The elopement
more than q month ago Of RAYMOND
Stinson, stepson Of Eddie Stinson,
noted flyer and airplane manufacturer,
with the 17-year-old daughter of dairy
farmer became known yesterday
Stinson. who Is 10 years old, flew.
to Bowling Green, Ohio, on March 2
with Miss Ann Nichols Of Belleviiie.
Mich, and they were married there hy
Lutheran preacher
The couple had been acquainted for
year and had been engaged, friends
said. While his stepfather was out Of
the city Stinson borrowed plane from
the Stinson Aircraft Co.'s factory and
took Miss Nichols for q ride. They de-
cided TO elope and went first to Toledo,
where the bride gave her correct age,
and license was refused.
The newlyweds are making their
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Stinson.