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Evening star., 1932-12-27
MIRACLE DRAMA
ATTRACTS THR0NG
Capacity Audience Sees "The
Other Wise Man" at Luther
/ Place Church.

Washington's traditional miracle play
had the first presentation Of its eighth
annual season at Luther Place Ms,no-
rial Church last night. with car acity
audience witnessing the enactment OF
Van Dykes THE Other Wise Man"
Three more performances OF the drama
are scheduled for tonight, tomorrow
and Thursday night, beginning at $3.50
O'Clock.
Interest in this arrangement OF play,
as worked out and directed by Miss
Bess Davis Schreiner, was SO pro-
nounced that the church was filled to
capacity last night more than an hour
before the performance began.
Action, Scenes Changed.
Each year Miss Schreiner and volun-
teer assistants in the large cast have
many rehearsals and make few
changes In the action or scenes, en-
deavoring to improve the production
as a whole. Two new scenes were
added this year-one an effecting scene
between Artaban, the other Wise Man,
and a Hebrew Rabbi. the other scene,
a brief song by a Beggar Girl, well
presented. both vocally and histrionicai-
", by Christine Irish, given as preface
to the last scene.
The title role was given an inspired
presentation by Maurice Jarvis. dra-
matte artist Of this city; Katherine
Riggs, harpist. also proved herself ORA
rnstically gifted in handling the mar
ratorS lines.
Six Of Original Cast.
Miss Riggs Is one of the six mem
bers of the original cast who has played
in every performance for all eight pro-
auctions. The others are Judy Leyth,
as the slave girl; George Gates, the
Rhodaspes; Irving Koch, as Abgarus.
the father of Artaban, and Edward
Eberly, the captain Of the Roman sol.
diers, all of whom played their original
roles In addition Ralph Keister, as
the Hebrew exile, and Frank Burger, as
another Persian, were other original
players, though doing different roles
In this performance. as well as many
In the smaller roles that do not nave
lines about 80 in all
Arthur Bradley White excelled as the
Hebrew rabbi in one of the two new
scenes and Thomas Catill made The
Voice" even more moving than usual.
Mary Apples contralto voice was we'll
adapted to the Hebrew Lullaby" and
her acting was natural and effective.
She also sang the duet with Miss Irish
in the last scene. Helen Burton sang
an incidental solo very well and the
Three Wise Men-Edwin Singer, Henry
Magnuson and Eugeue Kressin-acted
and sang well.
There vas more music in this latest
production of "The Other Wise Man."
much OF It traditional Hebrew. which
makes the reality Of the scenes more
colorful. Miss Riggs was responsible
fer the arrangement of all the music
and Arthur White was associate dl-
rector to Miss Schreiner.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
HISTORY EXPERTS FIND
HERODOTUS IN ERROR
Doubt That 70 Days Baths Were
Used by Egyptians in Pre-
serving Mummies.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY.-Experts here be-
lieve they have caught Herodotus, the
father of history in serious error
having to do with baths that lasted 70
days.
In fact. If the ancient Egyptians
really did immerse their dead in a
liquid for that period of time the liquid
did not contain natron, form Of So
dunn carbonate, they say If it had the
eyelashes and nails would have fallen
out. which they didn't, the experts ex-
plain.
Herodotus said natron was present in
the baths and caused the mummifica-
ton. The experts, including italian
and Vatican specialists. hold that nat
ural balms we're used to induce the
state of preservation and are dubious
whether baths really formed part Of the
process.
The conclusions were reached after
detailed examination of Egyptian num-
mics now in the Vatican museum.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
TEACHERS HONOR
DR.. WILLIAM DAVIS
Council of Geography In
structors to Present Medal
at Convention.

The presentation of q certificate OF
merit to DR.. William Morris Davis of
Harvard University for his contribu-
tions to geographic teaching will mark
the closing of the nineteenth annual
meeting Of the National Council OF
Geography Teachers in the Shoreham
Hotel tonight The announcement of
the award will be made at the annua.
dinner.
The recipient Of the award. who is
81. was unable to attend the conven-
tion. He is the first person to receive
the certificate of merit. which will be
meetings Of the council, 1t was an
nounced.
Dr.. M. O. Williams to Speak.
Another feature Of the concluding
session will be an address, "Over the
Roof Of the World by Automobile" by
DR. Maynard Owen Williams Of the
National Geographic Society. Imme-
diately after the meeting tonight, the
board of directors and the Executive
Committee Of the council will meet TO
determine the next convention city and
to elect officers.
Geography once considered a minor
subject in the curricula o. schools. la5
grown in Importance to :Cch an extent
that it ranks with reading and mathe-
mates as major study. Freda Ian
caster. supervisor of geography at Fort
Wayne, Ind, told the nearly 200 dele
gates attending this mornings session.
Teachers throughout the country
are demanding geography as high
school subject as well as a grade study"
she said "As a result, geography is
being substituted in many cases for
Latin and higher mathematics"
Discusses Text Books
The revision Of text books is playing
an important part in geography today,
according to F. E. Lord, Michigan State
Normal College. and Ruth Clendenin,
schools supervisor at Streator, III. Mr..
Lord presented a paper on Supervisory
Problems in Connection With the Adop-
ton of a New Text" and Miss Glen
denim spoke on "a Years Testing Pro-
gram-ItS Effect on Instruction"
Other speakers on today'S program
Erna Grassmuch of the State
Teachers College. Indiana, Pa; Villa
B. Smith of Western Reserve Univer-
sity, Cleveland; Robert NJ. Brown,
Rhode Island College for Teachers;
Mrs. Isabelle K. Hart, State Normal
School, OSWegO, N. T.. Early E. LacKey,
University of Nebraska william j.
Berry, State Teachers College, Kala-
mazoo, Mich, Ruth Weaver Mikesell Of
Chicago and L. C. French Of Pitts
burgh.
The principal talk yesterday was by
DR.. c. E. Cooper of Ohio University,
who discussed Selling Geography" Dur
ing his talk, DR.. Cooper advocated cul-
tivation OF geographic study as an aid
to world brotherhood"
Evening star., 1932-12-27
BAILEY WILL OPPOSE
80 PER CENT BEER
North Carolina Senator, However,
to Vote for Resubmission
of Amendment.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RALEIGH. December Ex-senator
Josiah w. Bailey, Democrat. OF North
Carolina. In an interview here last
night said he would vote against the
32 per cent beer bill now pending in
the Senate. but would vote to submit
the eighteenth amendment. although
"regretting the necessity to do So"
Senator Bailey. who will be at his
home here this week, declared he be-
licyed however. the beer measure would
be passed by the Senate.
In discussing his stand on the modi-
fcation measure, the Senator said the
Democratic national platform did not
pledge members of the party to vote for
"the legaliZation Of the manufacture
and sale of Intoxicating liquor"
In my view," he declared. the pres
ervation Of a sense Of sanctity for the
Constitution is of paramount impor-
tance. I shall resolve all doubt in favor
of the Constitution, and do not hesi-
tate in saying that I regard per cent
beer as intoxicating.
Therefore, I am not going to vote
to legalize the sale Of per cent beer"
Turning to submission Of the eight
eenth amendment, the Senator said he
was inclined to vote to submit" it to
the voters.
Il consider this necessary" he de-
clared. Il regret this necessity, but it
is necessity in view of the state of
public opinion"
Evening star., 1932-12-27
Grand JURY TO ACT
IN Devil Staying.
Father of Crippled Child De.
nies Holding Her for
Fatal Rites.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LINDEN. Tex, December 27.-A
grand jury will consider the case of
three men accused of the devil slay-
ing" of crippled 3-year-old Bernice
Clayton while allegedly attempting to
cure her.
One Of the three is the child's father.
Sherman Clayton, 80, who denied on
the witness stand at yesterdays exam
lining trial the testimony of Coy Oak
ley that the father held the child by
the feet while Coy's brother, Paul Oak
ley, choked her to death. The Oak
leys, backwoods preachers, are the
other two accused in the death Of
the girl, who suffered from infantile
paralysis
Testimony brought out that praying,
singing, shouting and other rites de-
signed to drive out the devil" believed
responsible for the child's affiction,
went on for days previous to her death
December l9.
Stands Naked In Cell.
Paul, 20, the younger Of the two
brothers and a self-Styled divine
healer" stood naked in his cell when
officers went to take him to the court
room. Clothing was provided.
In statement officers said he made
shortly after his arrest. Paul Oakley
was quoted as saying.
Il thought God sent me to heal the
child, but the devil killed her through
me. I thought it was God working
through me, but after she was dead
God told me l was deceived, that 1t
was the devil"
A neighbor OF the Claytons, George
Wilson. told of being attracted to the
Clayton two-room home in the pine
forests by singing and much wild
shouting. He said he saw that Paul
Oakley had the invalid child on the
floor, with one OF his hands on her
throat and the other on her forehead
At the conclusion Of the trial Clay
ton said he believed Coy Oakley was
trying to frame him."
Mother Tells of Prayers.
This Coy Oakley denied, declaring
he loved Clayton.
During the hearing Mrs Mozelle
Clayton, 90, the mother, sat with an
other young child in her arms. Previ-
ously she had told investigators she
was in the kitchen while the ceremany
was being held, praying for the cure
Of her child
Evening star., 1932-12-27
SCIENCE 'UNSCREWS'
TIGHTLY BOUND ATOM
Guns Ready for Smashing Proc.
ess in Assault on the
Nucleus.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December 81
Adoption of the tactics favored by small
boys who want to see how a watch
works. says DR.. w. F. G. Swami. presi-
dent of the American Physical Society,
may lead scientists to a clearer under
standing of atomic energy and the
transmutation of the elements.
When a small boy wants to see how a
watch works." said DR.. Swami, the first
thing he does is to take it to pieces.
And of late Investigators have been
finding screw drivers to undo the tightly
bound atom. The next and necessary
step is to use them"
In recent years, DR.. Swami said, much
has been learned of the structure of the
atom through observation of radio
active substances which give off rays
powerful enough to smash some of the
atoms they encounter.
Now, he said. the attack must de d.
rected against the nucleus Of the atom.
The guns, in the shape Of electrons, pos
seSsing energy comparable to those Of
radio active substances, are ready for
the process of taking the atom to pieces.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
POLICE CAR COLLIDES
WITH CAB IN CHASE
Three Colored Men Are Jailed in
Alexandria-Alleged Rum
Is Found.

By Staf Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. December 27-
A Washington taxicab. said by police
to have been carrying 80 one-half gal
Ions of alleged liquor, and Alexandria
police cruiser No. l collided at the end
of Woodlsvn Terrace, in Jefferson
Park, last night after the police car
had given chase to the cab on Russell
road. Officer Charles Miller was slight
ly injured in the collision.
Three colored men, giving Washing
ton actresses. were arrested by police
after they jumped from the wrecked
taxi and started running across a field.
They gave their names as William H.
Adams, Harry Lowe and William
Turner. All were charged with trans
porting liquor and additional charges
of reckless driving. colliding and hit
and-run were placed against Turner
and Lowe.
Officer Townsend, who was driving
the police car, and Ofiicer Miller report
ed that the accident happened when
the taxi. which they said had attempted
to wreck them several times during the
chase, cut sharply to the left as 1t
came to the end Of Woodlawn Terrace,
q dead-end street.
The taxicab was badly damaged. The
alleged liquor was found in the wrecked
taxi, the officers reported.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
U. S. INVESTMENTS Barred.
Total Of $4,000, 600 in South Africa
Believed to Have Increased.

By the Associated Press.
Americans at the end of 1929 had
investments of approximately $40, ,00O,-
600 in the Union of South Africa, and
this amount is believed to have been
increased in the last three years.
The Department of Commerce in dis
closing the figures today, said that ex-
cept for this investment, Americans did
not hold any commercial obligations
of the Union of South Africa and that
the country had not sold any of its own
securities in the United States
In 1881 the United States exported
S28,S059l0 worth Of goods to the Union
of the South Africa, decrease of SIO,-
100000, compared with the preceding
year. 1t imported S4.403952 from the
Union, decrease of Sl,500,000 under
the preceding year.
The Federal Reserve Board in its
December bulletin reported that South
Africa held s55,000,0O0 in gold, an
amount which had varied little since
July, 1881 It also gave figures to show
that gold production of South Africa
in 1881 amounted to 1924, ,863, 900 and
in nine months of the present year has
amounted to approximately $4,000, 600
The board reported a large part of
the gold purchase by France and other
nations on the London market in recent
months had come from South Africa
and that shipments from South Africa
continued to be disposed of in the Lon
don market in large volume.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
SALOON PROPRIETOR
FACES DEATH CHARGE
Accused of Completely in Hold.up
During Which Man Was Shot
to Death.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT. December 27.-Reginald
Reg" Wallace. confessed blind pig pro-
prietcr. will be arraigned tomorrow on
a murder charge fer alleged completely
in ST. Clair Shores saloon hold-up two
weeks ago which resulted in the death
Of ono man and life sentences for the
four confessed robbers.
Wallace surrendered to police last
night. He had been sought more than
a week, since police learned his auto
mobile was used in the ho.d-up and
that the robbers returned to his home
afterv-ard. Wallace, police charge,
planr d that robbery and others before
it. SUI plying the automobile and pistols,
for hare of the loot. He said he had
been listing relatives in Kansas City,
Mo. nee the day after the st. Clair
Shore. hold-up
He Omitted. police said that the
four + en-. Alvin Rebeck. Leslie Maurer.
Sam Lieb and Archie Burd. borrowed
his automobile the day of the robbery.
but said he had permitted them to use
the car frequently on what he thought
were dates" because they were my
best customers" Lieb and Maurer, he
said, kept pistols in drawer in his
place. but he considered that none
of my business
But if they say 7 planned the Job
they're wrong" he said. I knew them
cnly as rum runners and not as hold
up men"
Evening star., 1932-12-27
CANCER AUTHORITY
COMMITS SUICIDE
DR.. W. A. Lafeld Of Yale Leaves
Notes Disclosing No
Motive.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, December 81
The body Of Dr. William Arthur Lafield,
clinical professor of radiology at the
Yale Medical School and cancer author
ity, was found yesterday in the gas
filled kitchen of his home.
DR.. M. M. Scarborough. medical ex-
aminer, said he had committed suicide
He left notes giving instructions to
colleagues and friends, including one
to Coroner James j. Corrigan, a close
personal friend, which, officials said
gave no motive for his act.
DR.. Lafield was president of the Con-
necticut State Medical Society, an au-
thority on X-rays and a research worker
in roentgenology He was born n
Stratford, Conn, March 6, 1888 His
widow and three children survive.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
Roosevelt Gets
Tail of a Horse
As Yule Present
Belonged to Famous Trot.
ter Raised by Father
of Governor.
By the Associated Press.

BY the hSSOClAteu rIcs5.
ALBANY, N. Y. December 27.-Ihc
tail Of a horse was added today to the
scores OF Christmas gifts received by
President ELECT Roosevelt.
The tail is that of the great trotter
Gloster, which Mr.. Roosevelt's father
raised and sent to the turf from the
HYDE Park stables in 1878.
After Chester achieved many turf vic
tories. the elder Roosevelt sold 1t to Sen
ator Leland B. Stanford Of California
but later it was killed while being ship
ped from Palo Alto. Calf, to San Fran
cisco in freight car.
The tail, which Gov. Roosevelt plans
to hang up under lithograph OF Clos
ter. is about five feet long. II was sent
10 the executive mansion by an un-
named resident Of Goshen. N. Y. scene
of the annual Hambletonian Stakes
competition. harness racing's richest
prize.
Gloster was the first horse in the
world to trot under 2:2o. The Roose-
welt horse bettercd that mark three
times in 1873. Its best mark. 2:l7l4,
still stands rs a high-wheel sulky
record.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
STORE ROBBED OF $1,000
one Official slugged and Two
Others kidnapped.

MINNEAPOLIS, December 81 P).-
Two robbers took between $4,000 and
$1,000 from Minneapolis chain store
carly today by sluggmg one store OH
cial with pistol and kidnapping two
others whom they compelled to open
the safe before releasing them in st.
Paul, 10 miles away.
Surprising the men In their apart
ment, the robbers slugged Raymond
Stetson, assistant manager, then walk
ed Angus C. Smith, manager, and John
Foley, assistant manager, seven blocks
to the downtown district, where Foley
was forced to open the store and un-
lock the safe.
The robbers took their victims to
st. Paul in a taxi cab, giving Foley
and Smith $155 for being god fellows" +"
and promising them 500 more later.
They released the store officials after
meeting an accompice with an auto
mobile.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
MRS. ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS
INVITATION OF SUN 70
Widow of Late President Guest of
Son of "Father of Chinese
Republic"
By the Associated Press.

SHANGHAI, December 27-Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, widow Of the late
President, changed her plans and ac-
cepted an invitation to tea late today
as the guest Of Sun Fo, son of Sun
Yat-Sen, the Father of the Chinese
Republic" and Mrs. Sun Fo.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who was en- route to
Manila to visit ncr son. Gov. Gen. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, s. previously declined
many invitations TO visit homes here
of Chinese and foreigners.
A small group of Chinese and for
eigners were invited to the tea at the
Sun Fo Weste n style home in the out
skirts of Shanghai.
AS Sun Fo recently re-entered active
participation in the Nationalist govern
ment at Marking, his extension Of c0ur-
tesies to Mrs. Roosevelt was considered
in behalf of that government.
She was to leave on the President
Madison for Manila tomorrow morning
Evening star., 1932-12-27
Telegrapher Works
On Christmas Day
80 Years Straight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STANLEY, N. Y, December 81.
Christmas may be holiday for
some people. but for Charles
Davie, railroad telegraph oper-
ator here, it was just another day.
For 80 years Davie has worked
on Christmas day.
This year he thought at last he
was to get the day of, but q last
minute change in the relief
schedule made it necessary for
him to work.
An optimist at heart, Davie has
figured out his schedule for next
year and finds that his day of
will come on Christmas. That is,
II there isn't q lAst-minute
change In schedule.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
SIGMA TAU LAMBDA
DANCE THIS EVENING
National High School Fraternity,
in Convention Here, Also
Elects Officers.

Sigma Tau Lambda. national y
school fraternity which opened tW~-
Cay convention at the Mayhower Hotel
yesterday, will hold its annual dance
there tonight.
Oricers elected yesterday Included
Robert Praetorius. president; Victor
Knoop, vice president; Harry Ames,
secretary; Marshall Osburn, treasurer;
Ashley Becham. auditor. and Bert Haw-
kins, editor of the traternitys publ
cations. All officers ore residents Of
Washington
Local members attending western,
Central and Mckinley High Schools
participated In the meeting, which also
was attended by many alumni.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
Mrs. Helen Wellington Dead.

NEW YORK, December 81 R.-Mrs.
Helen Wellington. "a, wife Of Duke
wellington, art director of the Publix
Theater Corporation, died of heart
attack here today.
She was born in Carlyle, Kans, the
daughter OF Rev. DR.. Smalley. The
body will be taken to Columbus. Kans.,
where the parents now live. The hus-
band and q 12-year-old son, William,
survive
Evening star., 1932-12-27
SOUTH AFRICA BANS
EXPORTS OF GOLD.
Cabinet Decides to Keep
Monetary Standard, but
Fears Shipments.
BY the Associated Press.


PRETORIA, Union Of South Africa,
December 27-Premier Hertzogs cab
met decided today to adhere to the gold
standard, but to prohibit the export Of
gold from the South African Union
The decisions were made at a special
cabinet meeting
Faced with increasing popularity of
the Labor party and the intention of
Tielman Roos to form a new coalition
party the government is regarded as
in precarious position. and it is not
yet known whether it will go to the
country in another general election.
To meet the situation arising from
the unlimited sale of currency in the
last few days. which. according to re-
liable figures, has resulted in the flight
of more than 1000, 900, the cabinet
decided to take power under an emer-
gency act to withdraw sovereigns from
circulation and prevent the export of
boarded gold
Premier Hertzog. undertaking in his
support of the gold standard, said its
abandonment would depreciate gold to
its pure commodity value and thereby
benefit the mines at the expense Of the
rest of the country.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
LANDSLIDES DIMINISH
IN COLORADO MOUNTAINS
Subterranean Rumblings Heard
Only at Intervals After
Rig Creyasse Appears.

BY the Associated Press.
DURANGO. Colo, December 81
Slides on Carbon mountain diminished
late yesterday after big crevasse ap-
peared near the top as the climax Of
10 days of faulting action.
While rocks continued to catapult
down the steep mountain sides into
the valley, no avalanches were moving,
steam Jets ceased to flow and subter-
ranean rumblings which have accom-
panied the movement could be heard
only at intervals.
Geologists expressed a belief the
action is linked with the earthquake
which shook the Western United States
la. week
Evening star., 1932-12-27
EDISON DOCTOR WEEDS
Dr.. H. S. Howe and Mrs. Estelle
Hall Silo Are Married.

NEW YORK. December 81 P.-Mrs.
Estelle Hall Silo, widow of James p.
Silo, and DR.. Hubert Shatvck Howe,
physician to the late Thomas A. Edison,
were married yesterday.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Thomas B. Finnegan and the late Au-
gustus Hall and the sister Of Mrs. Bar
clay H. Warburton, jr. Dr. Howe. Q
graduate Of Denver University, is asso-
ciated with the Neurological Institute
and Presbyterian Hospital
Dr. Howe's first wife. the former Miss
Mary S. Gallup Of Denver, died In 1914.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
HELD AS WIFE SLAYER
Husband Charged With Killing
Republican Leader.

CLARKSDALE, Miss, December q
R.-R. B. Davis today was formerly
charged with the murder of his wife.
Mrs. Celia Cook Davis, 28-year-old Mis-
sissipA Republican leader, who died
Christrnos day of four bullet wounds
in the body.
Onicers said they learned the woman,
q Federal Court deputy c-crk and for
mer United States Commissioner in
the Mississippi delta, was shot after a
bridge party in the Davis home. The
husband declined to discuss the case.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
DIES AT AGE OF 1903

Californian Voted for Pierce for
President.
SANTA ANA, Calf, December 81 CtP)
One Of the Oldest voters in the Ma
ton, Joshua A. Chipps, 1o3, died here
on Christmas day at the home Of his
grandson, E. j. McCauley.
Chips was born in Tompkins Coun-
ty, N. Y, October II, 1929 He voted
for Franklin Pierce for President.
Another grandson. C. w. McCauley.
lives in Monroe, Iowa. An adopted
son, Charles Chipps. lives in Newton,
Iowa.