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Evening star., 1933-12-21
WOMEN ABANDON PROTEST.
News Of Agreement to Treaty Comes
During Visit.

BY the Associated Press.
News from Montevideo caused depu-
tation of the National Woman's Party,
who called at the State Department
yesterday. to abandon a protest of the
failure of this country to sign the
Pan American Conference equal ma
tionality treaty. Just as the women
were about to begin their speeches of
protest word reached Washington that
the United States delegation would
sign.
With a touch of drama, Mrs. Flor
ence Bayard Hilles, leader of the score
or more of feminists, asked Acting
Secretary of State Phillips to read aloud
a cable, Just pressed into her hand by
Alice Paul, the partyS StrategiSt.
Phillips Reads Text.
Phillips read:
United States will sign, also Hon
duras and Nicaragua, making unan-
1nous. All our congratulations.
"(Signed) DORIS STEVENS"
Miss Stevens, of the Interamerican
Commission Of Women, led the fight for
the signing of the treaty at Montevideo,
while Miss Paul concentrated on bring
ing pressure to bear from this country.
There was applause and cries of
"HearI Hearl" as Mr.. Phillips read
the news and warmly congratulateo
the delegation.
Phillips remarked he had known of
the decision of the United States to
sign, but that it had been decided that
the news must come from Montevideo.
Text of Nationality Treaty.
The nationality treaty which thus will
receive signatures of the 20 Pan Amer
lean countries reads:
1.-THE contracting states agree that
from the going into effect of this con-
yention there shall be no distinctions
based on sex in their law and practice
relating to nationality"
Miss Paul expressed complete conf1-
dence that it would be ratified by the
making bodies of the signing
countries.
She hailed the treaty as "the begin
ming of the end of the whole struggle
for women's equality"
Evening star., 1933-12-21
FORMULATE PLANS
FOR CHILD CENTERS
School, Officials Confer With
D. c. Relief Head for
Ten Nurseries.

School officials met this afternoon
with Leroy Halbert, director Of emer-
gency relief in the District, to formu-
late plans for establishment of nursery
centers for needy children of pre-school
age.
The conference, participated in by
DR.. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant
superintendent, and Robert L. Hay
cock, assistant superintendent, followed
a meeting at the Franklin School Ad-
ministration Building In which school
system officers sought to accelerate
tentative plans for this service, which
was proposed by Federal relief agencies
late yesterday.
The nursery centers would be operated
not only to provide adequate nourish-
ment for the children, but would make
available to mothers instruction in
proper rnethods Of child care The
tiOn made by Harry L. Hopkins, Fed
eral relief administrator, who called
relief ofacials yesterday to avail them
selves Of the service.
Under tentative plans organized today
by the District Public School officials,
10 nursery centers would be established
in school buildings, Of these would
be for white children and for colored.
The Civil Works Administration would
provide the necessary personnel, includ-
ing kindergarten teachers, dieticians and
nurses. IT Is a plan Of the local off,
cials to open the centers the day schools
reopen, following the Christmas holi-
days.
The School Committee, which made
tentative plans for the centers this
morning, included Mr.. Haycock, A. x
Savoy, assistant superintendent in the
colored schools; Mrs. Catharine Wat
kins. director of white kindergartens;
Miss 1mogene Wormly, Director of COL
ored kindergartens; Miss Emma Jacobs,
director Of domestic science in the white
schools, and Mrs. Dorothy I. Miller, di-
rector Of household art in the colored
schools. The work here is being assisted
also by Miss Mary D. Davis of the Office
Of education, Department of Interior.
Evening star., 1933-12-21

said they believed the action, If it had
taken place, was moral violation" of
the truce, reached through joint efforts
of League of Nations commission and
the conference.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
J. 7. SHUMATE SUCCEEDS
G. e. GARDNER IN AIR POST

Resignation Of George <. Gardner as
chief of the general inspection service
Of the AeronauticS Branch, Commerce
Department. and appointment of J. T.
Shumate, aeronautical field inspector of
the department for the past three years,
as his successor, was announced today.
Gardner has been identified with the
aeronautical inspection activities of the
department for more than five years,
having served successfully as aeronau-
tical inspector, school inspector, super
vising inspector for District /, assistant
chief and chief of the inspection service
Shumate, who came to Washington
from the Detroit inspection district, is a
graduate of the Army Air Corps School
and is a first lieutenant in the Air Corps
Reserve. He has held transport
license since 1927 and has more than
$500 hours flying time
Evening star., 1933-12-21
JOHNSON TO DIVIDE
WORK UNDER N.R.A.
Trouble Shooting As sign.
mentS to Be Turned Over
to Three Assistants.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Hugh S. johnson soon will divide
many Of his administrative duties
among three principal aides.
Despite constant overtime put in by
the chief men, the administration of
nearly ITO industrial codes and COM
pletion of twice that many more Is
overtaxing the present machinery and
allowing demands for decisions to pile
up at an excessive rate. To johnson
is brought every problem that defies
solution at the hands of deputies and
division administrators. Therefore, in
spite Of staff of l,500 with two score
administrative officers, the big questions
are lined up in single file at his door.
To end this, he will turn over
Notwithstanding" assignments and vir-
tually all long negotiations to Robert
w. Lea, assistant for industry; Edward
F. McGrady, assistant for labor, and
Alvin Brown, executive officer OF
N. r. A.
win Map Out Policies.
johnson will be free to map out long
time policy, act on emergency questions
and generally supervise the administra-
ton more closely
The N. R. A. yesterday disciplined for
the first time an employer charged with
violating the collective bargaining guar
antee of the industrial law. 1t withdrew
the Blue Eagle emblem from the j. j.
Martin Co.. RoXbury, Mass, furniture
movers, explaining the company had
publicly asserted mo union or union
men would be tolerated in the business" J."
While the administrative phases of
the N. R. A. moved ahead, threats of
trouble for the program came from Cap
itol Hill. Some Senators predicted that
unless the Roosevelt administration took
steps to quiet complaints from some
representatives of little business" that
the codes were benefiting only big con-
Germs, f1are-up would occur after Con-
greSS conVeneS.
Republicans Invited.
The administration was described as
already cogniZant Of this situation and
working on a plan to create a new
N r. A board to consider such COM
plants.
Some of the independent Republican
Senators, who have contended the
small business man was having difficulty
in operating under N. R. A., were said
to have been tentatively invited to serve
on the board
had been extended, was undecided be-
tween study of these allegations by the
proposed board senatorial inquiry of
the N. R. A. machinery This Senator,
who preferred to remain unidentified,
said he believed prices were being fixed
by the big companies, to the handicap of
the little concerns.
Still another Senator withheld any
participation in the proposed board un-
less it were operated only as an agency
of Congress and independent of the re-
covery administration.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
LINER ABANDONED
ON COASTAL ROCKS
Twelve Passengers and Crew
Leave Prince George as
Water Enters Ship.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, December 21.-The crack
Canadian national liner Prince George
was abandoned by her crew shortly
after midnight this morning on Vadso
Rock in Far Northern British Columbia
waters, after its IL passengers had
reached shore safely In lifeboats.
Running aground about II pm.
(Pacific standard time) last night.
frantic calls for immediate assistance
were sent out, and within a short time
the vessels plight became serious. The
passengers and part of the crew were
ordered to the lifeboats
With the weather not severe, the life
boats found their way safely to Anyox,
q mining center four miles away, wire
less messages picked up here said.
All Passengers Safe.
All passengers and baggage landed
vessel punctured badly No. 1 and
2 holds. DO not expect to float vessel
without assistance"
Within a short time another message,
picked up at Vancouver, British Colum-
bia. said the vessel had been abandoned.
Shortly after the distress messages
the United States Coast Guard cutter
Alert put out from Ketchikan, Alaska,
and the small sister ship, Prince John,
left Prince Rupert to 90 to the aid of
the Prince George. Each had about rs
miles to go.
Bound north on a regular run to
Anyox on Observatory Inlet in Portland
Canat, the Prince George left Van
couver last Monday with about 40 pas
sengers, but all except IL OF them had
disembarked at ports en- route. The
vessel carried a crew of about go.
Near End of Voyage.
The Prince George left Prince Rupert
yesterday morning and was near her
journeys end, Anyox, when she struck
the rocky coast of Observatory Inlet.
Stranded on Vadso Rock. miles
quested," the first call for help said.
At 1870 am. the Salvage King left
Prince Rupert for the distressed ship,
the Pacific Salvage Co. there messaged.
Among those on the Prince George
were Thomas Louden. superintendent
National Steamships Co.
The Prince George, which Is well
known on the North Pacific Coast.
maintains northern schedule for the
company with the sister ship, the Prince
Rupert. She was built in 1910 at New
castle, England; is 306 feet long, and
registers 1872 tons.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Morgenthau Calls
In Experts to GiUe
Hin, Advice on, Job
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The old scholastic custom of cram
ming" for examinations Is being given
practical turn by Acting Secretary Of
the Treasury Morgenthau
Comparatively new to the Treasury
and facing decisions highly special
lied financing, tax and budget QueS'
tions, Morgenthau is employing a
method he probably learned during
Cornell campus days.
He calls In an expert-in college II
would be tutor-and starts to absorb
information on the immediate issue
Then he acts, gets another expert and
starts examining again.
When December's billion dollar
financing job approached, he called in
his friend, Earle Bailie, as fiscal ad-
wiser, and program was drafted.
This done, he summoned Prof Ros-
well Magill of Columbia University and
"boned" on income taxes until a. plan
was presented to the House Ways and
Means Committee.
Now with deposit insurance becoming
effective January 1, banking is coming
to the fore. And frequently seen with
Morgenthau is his banking adviser,
Tom K. Smith Of st. Louis
Evening star., 1933-12-21
JOHNSTON IS NAMED
COTTON POOL" HEAD
Finance Director of Farm Admin.
istration Will Take Charge
Of Options.

BY the Associated Press.
Oscar Johnston. finance director of
the Farm Administration, was appoint
ed yesterday by Secretary Wallace to
be manager of the Administrations
cotton pool
Appointment Of Johnston, a recog-
niZed cotton expert, came shortly after
an announcement that cotton options
will be distributed this week to approxi-
mately 100000 cotton farmers.
Actual cash for the options will not
be paid out until individual farmers
choose one of two methods under which
the options may be realized. It Is ex-
pected. however, that the options will
serve to establish credit for many needy
farmers until the money can be dis
tributed early in the new year.
Johnston, now in the South assisting
in launching the 1884 cotton acreage
reduction campaign, was recommended
for his post by Chester c. Davis, farm
aneTaintStrator na1a i;z s,~ As managsr he viii
to which possible holders of 100000
bales of Government-held cotton are
expected to assign a substantial portion
of the options.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
RASMUSSEN DEAD
OF FOOD POISONING
AFTER EXPEDITION
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head Of an expedition which surveyed
12,500 miles of Greenland's southeast
coast.
He was awarded one of the few life
memberships Of the American Geo.
graphical Society in 1926
Rasmussen was probably the worlds
greatest authority on Greenland and
the Eskimos. His reputation sent him
to Canada seven years ago to consult
with the government on Eskimo preser-
vation.
That consultation was a direct re-
suit of his expedition across the rim of
the North American continent to ST.
beria-an expedition which was only
one of many similar exploits. On one
OF these he was missing Is months to
turn up at last in Alaska.
1t was largely through Rasmussen's
efforts that the sovereignty of Green
land was established causing the World
Court at The Hague to award Greenland
muSsen operated number of trade
stores for the Danish government at
Thule, Northwest Greenland.
He led at least five expeditions into
the North which he called Thule expe-
ditions.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
ROTARIANS MEET

Christians may discharge their re-.
sponsibility for the maintenance OF
peace this year by giving the costless
gifts Of broad -mindedneSS, patience ana
unit, Rev. DR.. Peter Guilday, professor
of history at Catholic University, de-
clared in an address at the Rotary Club
meeting at the Willard Hotel yesterday
afternoon.
Harrison Howe, president Of the club.
presided. He introduced the 26 visiting
Rotarians. Two new members, AmaSa
NJ Holcombe, patent lawyer, and F.
Lynch, oral surgeon, were presented by
Dr. Frank A. Casteel and Harry T.
Knapp. Rev. c. 7. Warner introduced
Father Guilday.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
CHACO PEACE TALK
At M0NTEYIDE0 Is
HALTED BY BOLIVIA

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Evening star., 1933-12-21

Idle British Ships Drop.
Idle British ships represent 100000
tons less than q year ago.
Evening star., 1933-12-21
CHAMBER PRAISES
C. PHILLIPS HILL
Resolution of Profound Apprecia-
ton Voted Following Death
Of Director.

A resolution was adopted yesterday
by the Executive Committee of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce in
acknowledgment Of profound apprecia-
ton of the high qualities as a citizen
and a worker in the welfare of Wash
ington" of G. Phillips Hill, well-known
electrical engineer and civic leader, who
died of a heart attack yesterday at
his home, 1928 Wyoming avenue
Mr.. Hill was member of the cham
ber's board Of directors and had been
active in promotion of traffic reforms
instituted by the organization.
He was a pioneer in electrical engi-
neering and during his early youth was
employed in construction Of the Mica
raguan Canal.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed
Evening star., 1933-12-21
Relief PARTY on Way.

Russian scientists have been taken to
Davidov Island, In the Eastern Arctic
Ocean, to relieve a party who spent last
Winter there, the voyage being made in
an ice-breaker which carried sufficient
food for three years.
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
Why Called "Dunkers"

The members of the religious sect were called Dunkers or Dunkards from their baptismal practices, the word be- ing derived from German "tunken,' meaning to dip. They are also called Tunkers and Dippers. The sect was founded in 170S at Schwarzenau, in Wittenstein, Germany, by Alexander Mack and is correctly known as the German Baptist Brethren or simply as the Brethren. There are now sev- eral branches of the Dunkers. The word from which the name of the sect Is derived is the same as that from which dunk" meaning to dip dough- nuts into coffee before eating them, Is derived
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
Why Dust Is Harmful

Dust may look like so much dirt, but 1t has devastating powers. The government recently staged 12 experi- mental dust explosions at the testing station on the Department of Agricul- ture experimental farm at Arlington, Va, to demonstrate the deadly and destructive power of certain dusts. These tests also demonstrated meth ods of protecting manufacturing plants against structural damage by releas ing dust explosion pressures through properly proportional vents worked out by the chemical engineering d. vision of the bureau of chemistry and soils. Grain elevator dust, starch dust. milk powder, soap dust, sugar dust, wood dust, cork dust and other dusts were exploded in the experi- ments in a miniature factory"
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
Why California Farmers
 Owe Debt to Wild Geese

Birds played strange roles in a typ ical rye field in California last year. The first part the birds played was in early spring when flight of geese fed on the young rye in an S0O-acre tract and brought about what farmers thought was irreparable damage to the crop.
 AS matters turned out, however, the birds did no damage and possibly the pruning process of their feeding may have been a stimulant to the plants, for the rye at harvest stood shoulder high and was in excellent shape.
 However. having reached this state, the grain was attacked by an enemy which threatened the entire crop. A great infestation of caterpillar of the white-lined sphinx occurred and the crop seemed destined to almost complete loss through the activities of this voracious feeder. Again the birds stepped in, or perhaps it would be better to say flew in, to the rescue.- Washington Star.
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
WANTED TO BE FOOLED

Two Paris reporters recently learned something about hum- an nature which they probably did not know before. It was that the old saying, people like to be humbugged," is true
 They gained admittance to a private club in small town near Paris to witness seance, where an alleged spiritualistic medium was scheduled ito per- form. Joining the circle they saw dimly what was said to be the spirit" of deceased young woman. The reporters seized hold of the Spirit" " which proved to be the medium himself, clothed in a sheet.
 The other witnesses of the se- ance became very angry, as the reporters expected, but evil denced their anger in an unex- pected manner. Instead of de- nouncing the fake medium, the dupes beat up the reporters and threw the mout of the club.
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
WHY=-==--= All Men Cannot Be Chased
 "Free and Equal"

All men are not created free and equal" In so far as khis expression refers merely to the political priv ileges of United States citizens it may be both sound and useful. To read into 1t any broader meaning. however, would be objectionable to both social scientist and biologist. Modern man Is certainly not free in the widest sense of the term. The innumerable things that go to make up the world are amazingly interdependent; mans behavior is constantly conditioned by his surroundings, by his experience, by the interests of other men, by the ac tivities of innumerable other types of living organisms, by the nonliving ma terials and forces of his environment. Only by certain concessions and ad justments can man win for himself a modicum of freedom.
 As for equality. save for identical twins, probably no two men have ever been created with just the same he reditary endowments. Our race is a grand mixture of hereditary qualities. some good and some bad. For the fu- ture of the race it Is very important that those with desirable hereditary qualities have many offspring and that those with highly undesirable heredi tary qualities have none at all.-Chi cago Tribune.
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
Why Called "Witch Hazel"

The original and correct name of this shrub is "wych hazel" the name being derived from Anglo-Saxon "wyce," meaning dropping. The simi- larity of the prefix to witch" led peo- pie to believe that 1t was so named because divining or witching rods made from its twigs were reputed to be etficacious in discovering water and minerals. Thus witch hazel' has come to he one of the accepted spellings of the name.
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
Why Launched Stern First

The practice of launching ships stern first is not universal. On the Great Lakes many of the launchings are side launchings while the United States navy has launched three ships bow first. In former days launchings were stern first and it is presumed that a superstition or tradition was the probable reason. In modern times there are several technical advan- tages in launching stern first.
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
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 The Hyder Weekly Herald
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
ORIGIN OF BASEBALL

Hyder has lots of baseball enthusiasts but not many of them appear to know how the great American game started.
 While baseball as we know it is a sport of comparatively recent development, a game in which a tossed ball was batted with a rude club has been traced back to the 14th cent ury in Europe. The present American game was probably an outgrowth of that town ball." played in New England from about 1880, in which the runs were made around posts set in the ground, instead of bases.
 The first code of baseball rules was formulated by the Knickerbocker club of New York in 1845, the first match game was played the following year, and the first gate-money series of games took place at Hoboken in 1858. The devel- opment of the game was checked by the Civil War, but was revived in 1865, when a convention was held at which representatives of 30 clubs were present.
 A Rockford, H., team first employed regularly salaried players, but the Cincinnati Red Stockings, organized in 1868, is considered the first profession al club. It made tour in 1869, winning 69 games without meeting a single defeat. In 10- 70 it won 29 straight games, being defeated in the 30th by the Atlantics of Brooklyn.
 Gamblers having gotten con- trol of the game, a convention was held in Louisville in 1876, at which strict rules to over come bribery, betting by play CTS and other abuses were adopted, and the National League was formed.
 There are now more than 20 professional leagues, of which the National and American, originally h e West r n, (formed by Ban Johnson in 18- 93) are the two "big leagues. y The most significant event in o-oL,11 b;ctor xxyoc tho on
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
Why Some Bees Are Queens

It now appears that the bees knew all about vitamins long before the lat ter became matter of importance to scientists. Two British scientists have announced that the solution of the age-old problem of why some bees grow up to be queens and some to be workers is that the bees add the vitamin "E" to the jelly fed to Dros-
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-05-27
THE BARGAIN COUNTER

If you wish to sell some useful sec ond hand commodity or wish to buy something, we will list your wants in this classified colum at the low rate of 10 cents per line. Watch this col umn for bargains.
 1 Baby Ben Alarm Clock ...........$ % 1 Large Butcher knife, new ........,....60 1 3-blade Remington pocket knife .50 1 IA ID. sledge hammer ................1. 50 2 hand axes, each ...,...............-.........75 Iron Cot and Spring, only $4.00 2 dozen steel mink traps, only 2.50 Salmon trolling spoons, each .hU Diston Hand Saw, cutoff only $1 10 gal. gas. pressure tank. Large Fyre-Fyter fire extinguisher. Small cook stove
 Iron heating stove.
 Hand force pump
 Iron laundry stove Full bed and spring.
 3-4 bed and spring.
 3-4 bed mattresses.
 l wood door
 Large electric lamps-100-150 watt. Fairbanks Morse 1-2 h. p. motor and J. K. force pump, heavy duty, slightly used-bargain.
 Also several plain chairs. shovels, saws, axes, tools, cooking and table utensils, straight raZOrs, scissors, and icles at give-away prices. No matter what you want, see us, we may have it or can get it for you.