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Evening star., 1933-07-24

she replied that potatoes are not
natural food for humans. "They grow
under the ground, and the Maker in
tended that they be eaten by hogs and
beasts who could root them from the
earth," she said. However, If potatoes
must be eaten-and Mrs Caporn dis
courages this-they are baked and
eaten in their skins.
For their natural water, the colonists
have the spring which spouts cool,
pure water from the depths of the
earth.
Instead Of the pores Of the flesh
breathing impure air that circulates
inside the clothing" Mrs. .Caporn
maintains, they should be exposed to
the fresh, open air and sunshine. Man
is tied to the sun by a cord Of in
huence that must be kept unbroken
If he Is to be physically and mentally
fit all his life There is one common
source Of all life, and that Is the sum-"
Exercise is provided in various forms.
including swimming In the bay, done in
the nude when privacy permits; Gales
themes on improvised trapese bars, rig
ged up between slender saplings, and
running and tumbling on the beach.
The club house of the League for the
Larger Life Is roomy frame structure,
with spacious, open dormitories for men
and women on the second floor Down.
stairs, in a club room of ample propor-
tions, dancing Is added to the curricula
OF exercises.
Early next year Mrs Caporn plans to
go to New York, where she conducts
another Glass" and to Boston, where
she plans to establish one.
Mrs. Caporn became interested IN this
mode Of living six years ago when, her
self sick woman, suffering from heart
trouble, constitutional disorders and
other physical ailments, she met q
Canadian physician, Dr.. Robert @.
Jackson Of Toronto, who also had been
given renewed life by program Of nat
ural. outdoor living.
Claims Disease Immunity.
She followed the doctors plan, and
today she claims to be immune from
disease. Her heart trouble has COM
pletely disappeared, and her ability to
indulge in almost every form of Gales
themes clearly demonstrates her ply
sical fitness.
A complete change from the habitual
method of eating IS not possible, she
says, but down at her beach camp she
manages to consume 80 per cent natural
food, much OF 1t grown around the club
house. The entire setting Is a primi-
tive one, with rustic sapling bridges
crossing the brook and containers set
in the cool waters sufncing for refrig-
Grafton.
As for those mud baths, she remarked
as she plastered the mixture over her
deep brown body:
ITS q mistake the way mothers keep
their children so clean. The earth. SO
full of vitamins, Is the best thing in
the world for them. next to the sun.
They should be let play in the mud,
make mud pies and get themselves
thoroughly dirty. It's healthy, but it
should be washed of when they sleep,
to let the pores breathe"
Evening star., 1933-07-24
.ALEXANDRIANS RUSH
RECOVERY CAMPAIGN
Committee to Include Mayor Ticer
and Heads of Various
Organizations.
BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 24.-The
organization of a local committee to
direct a campaign here as part Of the
national movement to speed recovery
under the national recovery act was
started here today by Dan s. Hollenga,
manager Of the Alexandria Chamber OF
Commerce, at the instigation of Hugh
s. johnson, administrator Of national
recovery.
In directing the establishment Of .
campaign Of education and organization
here, johnson asked for the organiza-
ton Of q local campaign committee to
be composed Of Mayor Edmund F. Ticer
and the heads of various civic, mer-
chant, labor, welfare, real estate and
ministerial organizations of the city.
A meeting Of the heads Of these Or
CARNATIONS and Mayor Ticer will be
called as soon as further instructions
from johnson are received, Mr.. Hol-
lensa stated todaJ.
Evening star., 1933-07-24

archaeological and archaeological work
in East Africa to find the secret OF
mans ancestry. The real location OF
the Garden of Eden" Of the authoro-
pologist remains to be discovered, but he
believes it may be unearthed in the
great Riff Valleys The great migra-
tions took place over country that is
now covered by the Mediterranean so
that many stages Of the progress prob
ably never will be uncovered.
The latest geological discoveries, Sir
Arthur said, show that in late Pleisto-
eene times Africa, Asia and Europe
were much more accessible to each
other than is the case today. Palestine
tered plain offering an easy route be-
tween Europe and Asia.
Throw Out missing Link"
The African finds, he indicated, seem
to throw out the grotesque Neander-
thaler, who shivered In Ice Age caves
and buried his dead, as the missing
link" in human history. He was only
another species of the Homididae whose
history in Europe was contemporane-
GUS with those Of the early forms OF
true homo sapiens in Africa.
Prof. Davidson Black, diScoverer OF
sinanthropus four years ago, announced
that he has ready q complete mono
graph on the China man, who may be
the Oldest known representative Of the
homididae, for presentation to the con-
gress this week. He confirmed Sir Ar
thur, however, in the statement that
the Choukoutien cave deposit about Is
miles from Pekin was early Pleistocene
in origin and that it was well stratifled
The stone tools found in association
with the bones, he said. are almost in
distinguishable from thu nousterian
eoliths, probably contemp0raTleous with
the Heidelberg man Of Europe.
Evening star., 1933-07-24
District Rate Would be 25c
for First Two Miles, Sc
Per Additional Third.
QUESTION OF HOURS
FOR DRIVERS RAISED
independent Association Directors
Inform Utilities Body Rules
Will Be Presented.
A code of fair competition 1

A code Of fair competition for the
taxi industry in Washington will be
submitted for approval by the Inde-
pendent Taxi Owners Association.
which operates the largest fleet OF cabs
vision for the installation Of meters and
q rate of Is cents for the frst 2
miles and cents for each addition
al one-third mile.
The board of directors Of the asso-
citation is in meeting to discuss the
code today The associations president,
Harry c. Davis, has already informed
the Public Utilities Commission that
the code will be presented.
The principal interest in the code
centers around what will happen to the
hours of taxicab drivers. At hearings
before the Public Utilities Commission
recently 1t was stated that IL and IA
hours q day were not unusual. If the
hours are to be cut to eight per day.
as requested by President Roosevelt, the
earnings Of each driver It is not known
what suggestion will emerge on the
subject Of hours.
Traction Code Pend&
The code also will involve q COM
plication regarding the installation Of
meters. The District appropriation act
was signed by President Roosevelt on
June s, about an hour after he had
signed the industrial recovery act. The
appropriation act provides that the
Utilities Commission shall not use any
appropriated funds In connection with
ordering or regulating the installation
Of meters in cabs. Hence, should the
industry desire to install meters, the
Utilities Commission would be powerless
to enforce any orders regarding their
use
1t was also learned today that the
American Transit Association, COM
posed Of street railway corporations
throughout the country. is preparing
a code for submission to the recovery
administration Both the Capital Trac-
ton and Washington Railway 6s Elec-
trio Cos. are members Of this aSso-
ciation.
. Again the question Of hours presents
q formidable difnculty in the street car
field. In the District. according to
B. M. Bachman, accountant for the Pub
lie Utilities Commission. both street car
companies are making just about
taxes and interest, but not enough to
pay dividends on rail operations.
Very Serious Problem.
To introduce an eight hour day would
mean, in the case of the Capital Trac-
ton Co., an increase of more than 80
per cent on the pay roll for platform
labor. all of which would be given to
additional employees without increasing
the pay scales. Bachman said that
such an increase would present "a very
serious problem"
Assistant Corporation Counsel VIII
liam A. Roberts has notified the Utili-
ties Commission that in his opinion, all
local utilities are intended to be in
cluded in the field Of corporations to
which the President has appealed to
reduce working hours and stabilize
minimum wages.
Evening star., 1933-07-24

Piney Point section have fred at the
Island bridge.
Not Sure They're Sharks.
Over on the Chesapeake the presence
of sharks is less definite. One of the
fishermen out of West River told q
Washington sportsman he had fired q
.22-caliber rifle at a tiger shark" neal
Niger Head buoy.
Fishermen in Herring Bay insist
there's nothing to this shark bust
ness"
whenever q fellow goes out there.
one of the watermen told The Star, land
doesn't get any fish. he says the sharks
are soaring them away"
Its just another false ALARM" an
other said.
And third had this to say:
Nav, there amt no sharks down
here. You put that kind OF stuff In
the paper and nobodyll come fishing!
A fourth said the nearest thing to
sharks that the Herring Bay section has
seen was dogflsh. These fish, built along
shark lines, are around 2 or 3 feet long
and, like their big cousins. feed on
smaller fish. He also suggested that
porpoises, the big, triangular filmed fel-
lows that roll playfully near the surface,
are mistaken for sharks.
Would Be Unusual.
The Bureau Of Fisheries said today
that the presence Of sharks in the Poto-
mac River above Colonial Beach Is
quite unusual" without more de-
scriptive data than is now available, the
bureaus experts cannot identify the
species. An extensive survey by the bu-
reau revealed only the hammer head
shark and number Of the smaller dog
fish in the Chesapeake Bay waters. The
last appearance in the bay of the dread
"man-eater." or great white shark, was
in 1876, but this variety has not been
seen since. The bureau believes the
fisherman who reported tiger shark
near Herring Bay was mistaken in the
identity of the species.
Evening star., 1933-07-24
FOUR HURT IN CRASH

Four persons were injured In q COLI
sion between two automobiles on the
Ellipse. in the rear of the White House.
during this mornings rush hour.
Warren D. Bluncoe, 23-year-ol taxi
cab driver Of nearby Virginia. received
severe lacerations about the head and
was removed to Emergency Hospital
James Tucker, IS. Of 2401 Twenty-first
street northeast; Walter Tucker. 80. of
the 2400 block Of Twenty-second street
northeast, and another man whose
name could not be learned, also were
slightly hurt. The fuckers we're pass
engers In Bluncoe's cab.
Evening star., 1933-07-24
D. c. HEADS DEFER
BANK TAX DECISION
To Determine Wednesday
if Closed Institutions Should
File Earnings.

The District Commissioners today de-
ferred until Wednesday decision as to
whether the District will require the IL
Washington banks now in the hands OF
conservators to file returns on gross
earnings during the calendar year Of
1882. against which per cent levy
would be assessed.
Action will be taken before next Tues
day, however, since the law requires
banks to file before August each gross
earnings return for taxation purposes.
Figured on returns made last year,
without allowance for declines In earn
ings, Q total tax payment OF about
$60,0 900 would be affected, tax omcials
said.
One Bank to Protest Tax.
At least one large bank has protested
the filing Of q return this year, indicat-
ing 1t would oppose payment Of the tax,
for the reason that the bank Is In the
hands of Federal conservators.
william p. Richards. District assessor.
believes the District should require the
filing Of q return, regardless OF the SIT
uation as to conservators, since during
1882 these banks opefaCco WITHOUT Feo-
eral restrictions now existing. Decision
as to tax levies could be reached after
returns had been filed, he holds.
The whole matter was thrown into q
state Of uncertainty last week when an
opinion by Corporation Counsel Bride
inadvertently came to light, recon-
mending that attempts to collect taxes
ON one closed bank be dropped because
the controller Of currency In that case
had declined to issue instructions Tor
the flling Of . return.
Opinion Held Not Binding.
It developed today, however, that this
opinion concerned . bank closed last
Summer, now In the hands Of . recetv-
er, and, according to Mr.. Bride, did not
concern the II banks closing In March
and now a the hands Of conservators.
It was explained Brides opinion. By
some ones mistake. had been attached
Evening star., 1933-07-24

n YUD1SM, with certain reServa-
M tions, has been brought within
VI the Capitals resort area.
/ On q secluded beach Of
Chesapeake Bay, In Calvert
County, Nd, . 56-year-old avowed
woman nudist, with three score follow
ers Of both sexes, is putting into prac-
tice her "back.to-nature" theories. ,
She Is Mrs. Alice M. Caporn, physical
culturist and dietitian of the League for
the Larger Life, an organization COM
posed chiefly Of Washington members,
dedicated to the advancement Of natu-
raj ways Of living.
The leagues camp Is located on the
cliffs between Calvert Beach and Long
Beach. on the bay, and on the sandy
shore below. well sheltered from prying
eyes, are the sun parlors," where men.
women and children shed all clothing
and bask In the sunshine and fresh air
Self consciousness Absent.
While self-consciousness Is cast to
the winds as these serious minded
nudist believers 60 about their daily
routine In the sole interest of health,
the exposure Of their bodies is not
carried to the extreme. It is confined
to the sun parlors and to such excur-
sions as they may find it discreet to
make into the waters Of Chesapeake
Bay. Men and women mingle as little
as possible. however.
While Mrs. Caporn does not favor
coed" nudism, and tends to discourage
it at her colony. she believes this ulti-
mately will come. At her beach camp,
the sun parlors for men are divided
from those of the women by a fallen
tree trunk.
Prom the muddy bed Of spring fed
brook, Mrs. CapoFn and her enthusiastic
followers dig rich earth for mud baths
which they take In q convenient inland
fresh water lake. Plastering the soil
over their bodies, they allow it to bake
in the sunlight, sucking in, as Mrs.
Caporn expresses it, the richest ele-
ments Of life"
Sunday being q more or less busy DAY
on the bay. with boating. fishing and
bathing parties lurking near, the sun
bathers reduce their activities to q
minimum. that day, but during the week.
with alert sentinels posted, they indulge
in what their leader describes as re
charging the human dynamo with elec-
tricity from the suns rays.
Bronzed as an Indian, and as spry
and agile as q college girl athlete less
than half her age, the physical In
structress Of the League for the Larger
Life sees nudism sweeping the United
States as one link in q chain Of essen
tials for 100 per cent physical and
mental fitness.
The five links In this so-called chain,
Mrs. Caporn says, are natural food.
natural drink, natural sunshine and
fresh air, natural exercise and natural
sleep.
Food In Natural State.
The food the members Of the league
eat in its natural state in every instance
possible. Strictly vegetarians, they out
law all meat Such things as spinach,
turnip tops and other green's, are eaten
raw. Mature did not intend that they
should be cooked" says Mrs. Caporn.
Asked whether they ate potatoes raw,
Evening star., 1933-07-24
WOMAN BADLY BURNED

Gasoline Used for Cleaning Clothes
Becomes Ignited.
Mrs. Mary Snavely. so. Of 211 Tenth
street northeast was seriously burned
this morning when gasoline with which
she was cleaning clothes In her home
ignitod.
Taken to Casualty Hospital, Mrs.
Snavely was treated for burns about
the chest, arms, legs, head and back.
Evening star., 1933-07-24
Tank Explosion Hurts Two.

Two men were burned yesterday when
the gas tank Of their car exploded at
Thirty-fifth and o streets. One Of
them is said to have lighted match
to see II the tank WAS empty. Charles
Nd, were treated ct oeorgetQWn Hos
pttal for serious injuriaA
Evening star., 1933-07-24

director OF pro-
hibition enforce
ment, seemed GER
tain they beached
the fish some
W h ere between
A n n q oils and
Solomons Island"
Mr.. McClintic,
h o W e VI er, who
hooked the whop-
per, stated posi-
lively THIS morn
ing he got away.
Mr.. M Clin t ! c
made the state
ment with some
thing like a sigh
Of relief--it wasn't
the fish so much
as the fishermen
Evening star., 1933-07-24

to the fle in the case Of the hank
closed last Summer.
District ofncials said they had NO
word from the controller Of the cur
rency as yet g to whether he would
or would not instruct 1onservatoes Of
the IL other banks to H1e returns On
gross earnings during 1881.
Evening star., 1933-07-24

TINE deep-sea fish which took
Representative James v. Nc
Clintic Of Oklahoma and three
i friends for a l5-mile ride on
the bay Saturday night got
away. after all.
There was confusion on this point
at first. In q telephone conversation
with The Star, Maj. A. v. Dalrymple.
Evening star., 1933-07-24

UDISM, with certain reserva-
tions, has been brought within
the Capitals resort area.
On q secluded beach Of
Evening star., 1933-12-27
BLANT0N COMPLAINS
OF POSTAL SOLICITOR
Representative Accuses Karl A.
Crowley Of Strictly Political
Attack"

Representative Blanton, Democrat ol
Texas, has fled a complaint with the
Post Once Department against Solicitor
Karl A. Crowley. whom he accuses Of
"base, inexcusable, apparently strictly
political attack
Blanton made public copies of his let.
ter. His complaint was prompted by
published accounts Of his efforts to col
lect, In behalf Of an estate, $4,000 from
j. E. Meroney, postmaster at Ranger
Tex, which Blanton declared had been
wrongfully paid out in postal savings
account.
The account was that of Mrs. M. A.
E. Frost of Ranger, who has since died
and upon her request, was paid to her
brother, G. e. Bruce, early in 1882. AT
that time Mrs. Frost had been adjudged
of unsound mind, but was contesting
the findings. Blanton, on behalf Of Mrs
Fay Frost Oldham, granddaughter and
heir-at-law of the deceased, and who
is administering her affairs, declared
the surrounding circumstances made the
payment irregular, and called on the
postmaster to make good. His letter
costing to Meroney that the latter might
get into trouble If postal authorities
learned of the case, was turned over to
the department by Meroney. The de-
partment then wrote Blanton asking
further details.
Blanton attributes certain statements
In connection with the matter to Solici-
tor Crowley, in his letter, which is ad-
dressed to Acting Postmaster General
O'Mahoney, and saying that these are
leading the public erroneously to be-
lieve that had done something wrong,
asks that the solicitor be reprimanded
Evening star., 1933-12-27
SCOTS TRY To CURB.
METHyLATED DRINK.
Cheap Red Wine Added to
Spirits Causes Increase
in Drunkenness.

GLASGOW. Scotland CP.-Steps
have been taken for the four chief
cities Of Scotland TO combine in an
effort to combat the drinking of red
biddy''-a mixture of methylated spirits
and cheap red wine.
A Glasgow magistrates committee has
decided to recommend that joint action
be taken with Edingurgh, Dundee and
Aberdeen in making representations to
the secretary of state for Scotland to
secure new legislation for the better
control of the sale of methylated spirits
and surgical spirits
In joint report by the town clerk
and the chief constable 1t was pointed
out that there was an alarming increase
in the number of persons convicted of
intoxication due to the drinking of
red biddy," while the number Of con-
victions for ordinary drunkenness
showed a decided decrease.
When the compulsory addition of
pyridine was introduced in 1924 to
render methylated spirits nauseous to
the taste the figures of drunkenness fell
to less than quarter in two years. The
habit was given new life, however, when
it was found that the addition Of cheap
red wine to the spirits had the effect OF
multiplying the nauSeous taste.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
ATTORNEY CHOICE
FOR PLANNING POST
Montgomery Democrats Fa-
vor Frederic P. Lee if
Hilton Resigns.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.


SILVER SPRING, Md, December 81.
Frederic P. Lee, well-known Mont
gomery County and Washington attor-
ney, was indorsed for appointment to
the Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission at meeting
of the Democratic organization of Mont
gonlery County held here last night
1t was announced by organization
officials that State Senator Robert G.
Hilton OF Rockville has intimated that
he will resign from the commission be-
cause Of i'll health and that Gov. Ritchie
will be asked to appoint Lee as Hilton's
successor when the vacancy occurs
Lee, who lives in Edgemoor, is a mem
Der OF the law firm of McCracken 20
Lee, with Offices in Washington. and
was named by Gov. Ritchie some time
ago to represent the State of MARYLAND
before Federal relief boards in the Can
ltal and to keep State officials advised
on the progress of relief legislation be-
| fore Congress.
His law partner. William McCracken.
formerly was Assistant Secretary of
Commerce in charge of aviation.
In addition to his activities in legal
circles, Lee is widely known in Mont
| gomery County civic and welfare work
He is a former president of the Mont
| gomery County Civic Federation, a posi-
ton he held two terms, and is one of the
most active members Of the Edgemoor
! Citizens Association
he also Is an official of the Mont
gomery County Social Service League
the central welfare agency in the
county.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
PREDICT AFRICA
WILL Be EXPLOITED
italian Budget Committee
Says Program Will Be
Attempted.

ROME (P).-Exploitation on q vast
scale OF the natural resources OF Africa
will be attempted once the economic
crisis has ended, predicts the Budget
Committee of the Chamber of Deputies
Several generations and huge in
vestments of capital will be needed to
complete this task" the committee says
in report to the chamber. 1T cannot
start until the world has developed a
new atmosphere of faith and work"
All of the great civilized nations will
join in the project, it adds, without re-
vealing the basis for its prediction, and
Italy because of its proximity to the
Dark Continent and its extensive col
onies there, will be a leader in the
effort.
The report sums up the financial
aspect of the first decade Of Fascist
government with a statement that
Italys stabilized, gold supported cur
rency has proved a veritable Rock Of
Gibraltar in the face of the widespread
tendency toward monetary depreciation
abroad.
There is little hope of balancing the
national budget for some time to come,
however, 1t says. pointing out that eco
nomic recovery has been retarded
everywhere by adverse exchange and
political situations"
Evening star., 1933-12-27
MIXED BATHING AT "Y"
ALLOWED NEW YEAR
departure From Custom of 80
Years to Climax All-Day
"open-House" Program.

Adding a modern touch to An 90
year-old custom, the Washington young
Mems Christian Association will cele-
orate New Year day by violating its
ancient rule against mixed bathing in
the mems pool at the Central "Y''
Building, Eighteenth and G streets.
Some of the founders and early lead
ers OF the local Y. M. c. A. undoubtedly
would have been profoundly shocked at
such departure from conventional
Y. M. C. A. policy-which at one time
even barred woman guests from any
part of the "Y" buildings. 1t wasn't
until recent years that members of the
lair sex we're admitted to educational
classes or other activities.
For the first time since its founding
IN 1882, the local association next
Monday will hold a mixed splash
party" in its pool Mothers, sisters and
daughters Of Y. M. G. A. members have
been invited to join in the swim, which
will climax an all-day New Year "open-
house" program.