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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18

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Evening star., 1934-06-22
JAMES F. SELLERS
EXPIRES AT HOME
Deputy Sergeant at Arms CT Sem
ate Came to Washington During
Mckinley Administration.

James Frederick Sellers. deputy
sergeant at arms of the Senate, died
at his home. 9 Sherman circle, yes
terday morning.
Sellers, the son Of John and Susan
Sellers, came to Washington from
Pennsylvania In the Mckinley ad-
ministration and went to work at the
Capitol. Later he became chief door
keeper, under the sponsorship of Sem
ator Penrose and Senator John Sharp
Williams. and was placed on the
permanent rolls. He was in his sixty
fifth year.
He is survived by the widow, Eliza
Garland Sellers: two brothers, Harry
and George Sellers of Blair County,
Pa; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Stinerok
and Mrs. Emily Hall, both of Cleve-
land, Ohio. and a daughter. Mrs.
Clyde Mackenzie Caufiel of Johns
town, Pa
Funeral services will be at the
home at o'clock tonight. The body
will be taken TO Altoona, Pa, for
burial.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
PUERTO RICAN PLAN
Is ADVANCED HERE
U. 5. Announces Survey of Soil
as Prelude to Island
Betterment.

BY the Associated Press.
An initial step In the Governments
plan for rehabilitation of Puerto Rico
was announced yesterday by the De-
partment Of Agriculture.
Secretary Wallace has assigned eight
scientists Of the Bureau of Chemistry
and Sol. and a district inspector OF
the Soil Survey to begin work next
month on rush job Of mapping and
classifying more than 1000, 900 acres
in the interior of the island.
The work will form the basis for
the rehabilitation plan prepared by
Rexford G.. Tugwell, Undersecretary
OF Agriculture, which President Roose-
welt is expected to announce when he
stops at Puerto Rico on his forthcom-
ing vacation voyage.
Present plans call for completing the
soil survey within 10 months. DR..
Henry G. Knight, chief of the Chem
istry and Soil Bureau. explained that
in order TO support the Puerto Rican
population Of 4s0 persons per square
mile 1t Is necessary to raise crops Of
high value per acre and to make the
best use of all lands available.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
MRS. WILLIS S. BRYANT
WILL BE BURIED HERE

Mrs. Ann Bryant. formerly of this
city, who died Tuesday at Fort Shell
ing. Mimi, will be buried in Airing
ton National Cemetery tomorrow after
funeral services at 1890 am. at the
home Of her sister, Mrs. Charles H.
Hutton, Clarendon. Va.
Mrs. Bryant. whose husband, Capt.
Willis s. Bryant, is stationed at Fort
Smelling, was the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick A. Butler, 1883 U
street southeast. She married the
Army officer when he was stationed
here during the World War.
Besides her parents and Mrs. Hut
ton, she is survived by three other
sisters. Mrs. Earl Mathews, Mrs. H.
S. Deane and Mrs. NJ P. McGrath.
and two brothers, F. F. Butler and
L. A. Butler, all OF Washington.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
DR.. S. TAYLOR YOUNG,
NOTED H0RSEMAN, DIES

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MIDDLEBURG Va, June 22.-Dr
s. Taylor Young, 81 years of age.
prominent veterinarian and noted
horseman of this section, died at his
home here yesterday from a heart
attack. DR.. Young had just returned
from making a professional call when
he was stricken, and died shortly
after the doctor arrived.
DR.. Young was a native Of Penn
sylvania and lived in Delaware for
a number of years. He came to Mid
dleburg IL years ago, and since that
time he has had a wide practice
among the sportsmen of this section
He owned a fine stable Of horses.
many of his hunters winning widely
at shows.
At a recent meeting of the Lou
doun County Amateur Field Trial
Club DR.. Young was elected president
He was also a member Of the Pied
mont Hunt Club and the Middleburg
Hunt Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Margaret Belle Young; one son,
Thomas c. Young. and a daughter,
Mrs. Lydia Y. Henning.
Funeral services will be held at
his late residence at 9 am. tomor-
row and the body will be taken to
oxford. Pa, for burial.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
THE WEATHER

District OF Columbia-Partly cloudy
and not quite so warm. probably oc-
casional thundershowers tonight and
tomorrow; gentle variable winds.
Maryland-Partly cloudy, probably
occasional showers and thunderstorms
tonight and tomorrow; somewhat
cooler in east portion.
Virginia-Partly cloudy, probably
scattered thundershowers tonight and
tomorrow in extreme north portion
and in south and central portions;
tomorrow somewhat cooler in north
portion.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy, prob
ably scattered thundershowers tonight
and tomorrow; gentle variable winds
Rennrf far L axf "a Hnurx
Evening star., 1934-06-22
CONRAD R0YER, RETIRED
FARMER, DIES AT IS
Had Been Patient in Montgomery
Hospital Two Years-Burial
in Laytonsville.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ETCHISON, Md, June 22.-Con-
rad Roger, IS, retired Laytonsville dis
trict farmer and one of the county'S
best known citizens, died yesterday at
the Montgomery County General Hos
pital. Sandy Spring. where he had
been a patient about two years.
He is survived by the following
children: Clinton c. Roger of Gath
ersburg, Mrs. Thomas Owings and
Mrs. Ray Stanley of Etchison. Mrs.
Cora Howard of Laytonsville, Mrs.
Augustus Howard of Dayton, Howard
County. and Mrs. Homer K. Dunaway
Of Norristown. Pa.
The funeral will take place at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs Owings, near
here. burial to be in the cemetery at
Laytonsville
Evening star., 1934-06-22
RICHARD r. FLETCHER
TO BE BURIED TODAY
Funeral Services This Afternoon
for Contractor and Leader
in Masonic Work.

Richard F. Fletcher, SO, president
of the Fletcher Fireproofing Corpo-
ration and prominent Mason, who
died Wednesday at Garfield Hospital,
was to be buried today in Arlington
National Cemetery, after funeral
services at his late home, 4808 Ne
braska avenue. at 80 pm. and at st.
COLUMBIA Church at pm.
Born In East Braintree, Mass, he
had been an active contractor here
for 80 years, and had fireproofed
some Of the largest buildings in the
Capital. He was a non-commissioned
officer In the war with Spain, and
member Of Dewey Post, Spanish
War Veterans Kiwanis Club and the
Chamber of Commerce.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Nellie Clark Fletcher; six sons and
two daughters.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
1n Mrn1nrtati1

KENT. ELIZABETH. In loving remem-
brance OF my dear mother ELIZABETH
KENT. who departed this life two years
aso today. June 90. 1882
HER DAUGHTER.
MeNULTY. CHARLES MORGAN. In low
Brother. bro cHARIEs N MoRdSN Ss a McSu1T9Y ne ~
who departed this lifs two years ago
HIS DEVOTED PARENTS. SISTER AND
BROTHER
WHITLOCK. SUSAN. In loving remem-
brance of my dear mother SUSAN
WHrTLOCK. who departed this life two
years aso today. June %. 1882.
You are not forgotten. mother dear,
Nor shall you ever be;
As long as life and memory last
I will always remember thee.
What would I give to clasp your hand
Your happy face to see
To hear your voice and see your smile
That meant the world to me.
NY heart still aches with sadness.
My eyes shed many tears;
God only knows how I miss you
Through these sad and lonely years
YOUR CHILDREN ALINE AND AT
BERT
WILLER, MAMIE A. In loving remem
brance of our dear daughter MAMIE
A. WILLER. who passed away ten year
HER LOVING PARENTS.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
FOUND.
LOST.

FOR LOST ANIMALS apply Animal Res
cue League, II o st. NV. North $3.50.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
CFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, SO. $50 pm. yesterday.
Year ago, 90.
Lowest. rs, am. today. Year
ago, 6s.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 95. on May 81.
Lowest. -6l2. on February Q.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, IS per cent, at am.
today.
Lowest, 80 per cent, at 4:3o pm.
yesterday.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast
and Geodetic survey
Today. Tomorrow.
High ...... 3:25am. 4:l8a.n1.
Low ........ 10:18am. 1l:l6a.m
High ....... 3:40pm 4:3Sp.m
Low ...... s:48p.m. 10:49p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today. 4:42 7:37
Sun. tomorrow, 4:42 1897
Moon, today :. 2:53p.m. l2:42 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haf hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in
the Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Garh nf Chunks.

WYNES. CHARLOTTE COLLINS. We wish
to express our sincere thanks and deep
appreciation TO our relatives and friends
for the many acts of kindness rendered
and the beautiful horal tributes sent
during our recent bereavement
HARRY WYNEs. MRS. A. r. COLLINS
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-10-31

ton also. If you will notice the first Sec
ton proposes to enact new piece of
Legislation. Everyone who is engaged in
shooting wild birds and games should
pay some fee for that. The fee is set
down at $500 to be paid on July LIST.
Since writing this ordinance have had
a suggestion brought to my attention..
but do not think it is worth while It
has been suggested that Section of the
ordinance read like this: The fee for a
hunters license shall be $1.00. depend.
ing, of course. upon who the citizen or
denizen might be: eitxen shall pay a
tax of $l,00 and a nonresident SIS 90
= reaident alien $500. and non.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-10-31

this Council by a number of citizens. and
agreeing with the idea the petition is
trying to remedy. beg to introduce this
draft. have made no attempt to revise
the existing law for the protection of
wild birds and games because is needs a
good deal of stady, bat feel hat this is
. kind of emergency and therefore am
introducing this short ordinance which
hope will remedy the fault. know that
there is at present draft of ordinance
concerning firearms which gives TO each
person whe owns an essate OF 150 acres
The right TO keep three firearms free OF
tax. Let me say. while | make no at
tempt to amend that. il needs consdera>
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-10-31

resident aliep $1,000. l d d
not embody that in the draft
but think it is proper to bring it to the
attention of the Council The second seq
ton of the ordinance seeks to eliminate a
practice which think every member OF
this Council will be in sympathy with
to stop shooting by flashlight. do net
think, according to the old law. anybody
can shoot at night. The hour fixed here
is not what is in the old law. -one hsur
after sunset and one hour before sunrise.
After drawing up the ordinance | have
thought that there should be special
penalty clause for violation Of this Sec
ton Jas any violations would of dslibera-
tive act.
Section was introduced to give the
police the right to know of all aniuaals
killed for sale. That meaGs that the
hunter must report to the police two
hours after what they have shot. do
not think this section is perhaps az per-
feet as it should be. The only reason for
this section is TO have some control of
the time animals are slaughtered. The
number of deer that may be shot by enc
individual limited TO six during season.
O00llWu no PCS W cdEIy NuG ptlhCnpio
of the law into effect. n the present law
provision is made for game wardens.
The game wardens in the past have been
drawn almest from estate Cwaers. ] am
proposing in this ordinance different
class altogether. not that they will not be
good wardens, have in mind that the
pespls we appoint as game waEdens
should be in line for entrance into the
police force of this island. The numoar
pat down is eleven: the reason for that
is TO have enc in each quarter and one in
each tOwn. know that there are in ad-
dition to the Police really nine quarters in
the island. East end which Is considered
as one is really two quarters, and that -
the reason fer putting the number at ele.
ven. This seetien goes further. il pro-
vides that any making omDlainr upon
which conviction is obtained shall be
paid $1,000 which shall be paid out Of the
Police Department Fund.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-10-31
Christiansted Theatre
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Evening star., 1934-07-16
PHYSICIAN DENIES
CANCER INCREASE
New York Medical Director
ASSaiIs loose Talk"
About Disease.

NEW YORK Cancer IL not more
prevalent now than It was q genera
ton ago in sny sge group SAYS Or
Charles Bolduan. medical director Of
the New York City Department Of
Health. He bases his conclusion on
an investigation Of cancer deaths In
New York City over a period Of 30
years
There ia no sense IN soaring people
n death With fear Of cancer, Or
Bolduan declared There has been
an increase in the number Of deaths
from cancer IN New York City since
the beginning % the century which
Is the period covered oy my investiga-
tion And this has been made the basis
OF propaganda which Is causing Older
people 20 be filled with terror over
what has been made 10 appear like a
greatly increasing menace,
while I do not want to minimize
IN any way the magnitude Of the can
Ger problem. neither do ! want to
magnify Il There is no Justification
for the belief that cancer Is an IN
creasinR menace.
No Rise in Death Rate.
"The truth Is that the specific death
rate from cancer. and other degenera-
tive diseases for the age groups In
which these diseases are effective Is
the same OF lower than II was 80
years ago.
We have been deceived by the
crude death rate for these diseases
Take the data in our current vital
statistics summary In 1914 there
were 467 deaths from cancer and in
1888 there we're 932 which Is nearly
double the earlier iigure. In that
period. however. New York's popula-
ton increased from 5 l36,706 10 Z
346007. which is an increase oi nearly
so per cent. The crude death rate.
which takes the increase Ia popula-
tion into account, rose from ~ 10
l2l a 100000
We do not get true picture Of the
situation When We apply the cancer
death rate 10 the population as
whole. II is a disease that affects the
Older groups in our population. Our
population is growing older at a rapid
rate. In 1910 only 10 per cent OF our
population was more than 45 years
OF age. while in 1880, 2l per cent was
IN this Older group.
Cites Improved Diagnosis.
THE old age population has in
creased about one-third in numbers,
An increase of one third IN the can
Ger death rate since 1914 would give
a rate OF ll6. The 1888 rate is l2l.
The five points difference is due to the
greater ability of the doctors TO dag
nose internal cancers, Formerly many
people died OF cancer. but this was not
given as the cause OF death. as the
doctors did not have the improved
facilities and technique of today for
recognizing IL.
s''If there were an increase in cancer
we would find evidence OF il in the
death rates for the order groups
which l have assembled back as far
as 1901 by l0-year periods. These
show very definitely that there is no
such. increase.
Women are much more susceptible
10 cancer than men, so the figures for
Evening star., 1934-07-16
MAN WHO SOLD CLOTH
TO MRS. LINCOLN DIES
New YORK Ell Worked tor Store 73
Years and Waited on Many
Famous Persons.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July l6-Willism C.
Creamer, who sold 80 yards OF silk to
Mrs Abraham Lincoln and who last
year sold Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
the dress she wore at the inaugura-
tion. died yesterday
He was SO years old and had been
with the Arnold Constable store for
70 years.
He sold dresses of the cheap pest
cotton materials to the Wendell girls
and he waited on Mark Twain. Lii
Ian Russell, Mrs. william Astor and
Ward McAlliSter.
Once, years ago. when Theodore
Roosevelt's mother came into the
store with her boy, Theodore
Creamer hoiSted him onto the counter
Mrs. Grover Cleveland was another
customer.
Evening star., 1934-07-16

women should make the increase more
apparent. ~ Il exists. II ne take the
age group. 50 to 81 wears, we md
the death rates by 1o-year periods
starting I'm 1901 are "a, 10, ls and IS
For the group 10 years older the
rate- are a. - 33 and IS For the
group 10 TO - we md the rates are
as. 81. 70 and IL Instead OF an in
crease We md decrease in the death
rates Of the groups most affected by
cancer and the degenerstiye diseases
Visible Cancer Rate STATIONARY.
There Is still more evidence that
cancer is not increasing said DT
Bolduan. III We take the charts for
cancer deaths in each age group and
mark on them the graph for the
deaths from visible cancer We get
most interesting and Illuminating re-
suit We find that the line for these
visible cancers Ia almost horizontal
IN every age group-neither an in
crease nor decrease being indicated
This result Is quite Significant.
There Is difference between the
visible cancers and the cancers OF
the deep-lying organs. 1t always has
been easy to detect these visible can
GERS. however. while IL has been dif-
ncult TO detect the internal cancers.
and In previous years they were not
Identified IA cancers in a great many
cases and as a result were not re-
ported as causes OF deaths
This makes it very evident that
what looks like an increase in the
cancer cases Is due entirely TO the
Just as prevalent years ago and not
recognized OF reported.
''T0o Mach Loose Talk"
There has been TOO much loose
talk about the hustle and hustle OF
modern life causing a great increase
IN The number OF degenerative dis
eases. The present research into
cancer cases and previous researches
into heart disease and diabetes makes
II quite evident that the apparent
menace of. these diseases
Is not AT all real
This new evidence disposeS of the
claims OF a lot Of propagandists who
are shouting from the housetops that
we are degenerating aS a race be-
cause Of our use of aluminium cook
ing utensils the eating of modern
'devitalized' foods, and host VI
other supposed causes.
We are living at d faster tempo
Than formerly, but, On the other
hand. our civilization has furnished
us with greater facilities and con-
venlenceS which make this increased
activity possible. II the change has
produced any effect on us that change
has not taken The form Of ali in
crease IA The desenerative diseases"
Evening star., 1934-05-22
Only Minor Changes Favored
In immigration Restrictions

If it is deemed in the public In
terest.'"
1t seems to the New York Sun that.
economically, the United States has
given much to the immigrant and
has received much from him, but at
the present time, when millions Of
Americans are unemployed, 1t Is a
poor economist who would urge the
importation of other millions of work
ers as an economic cure-all"
The drop in immigration figures is
explained by the Worcester Gazette
with the statement: Possibly the fact
that some foreign countries are pick
ing up faster economically than the
United States is a contributing factor.
Perhaps the implication of quota laws
thai We don't want aliens here in
great numbers has affected the Situa-
ton. 1t may be that the prospect Of
long waiting lists, red tape and pos
sible separation of families discour-
aged most of those who otherwise
might have tried their fortunes here.
But whatever the cause of the decline,
the figures do not prove that were the
quotas lifted We should not again have
immigration at food tide. And for
that reason we may be sure that
quota restrictions will not be relaxed,
despite the apparent fact that they
seem a little superfluous at the mo-
ment."
Evening star., 1934-05-22
Local Ball Team Should
Be Called the Senators

To the Editor Of The Star
A newcomer to the city, but base
ball fan of many years standing. I
am wondering who it was that started
the fashion of calling our team the
Nationals, or. worse yet, the Mats"
1t seems strange that an American
League team, even in Washington,
would wish to adopt the name of the
rival league and the abSurdity of this
was made evident during the last
world series. when the radio an
nouncers and others describing the
games, in order to make themselves
understood, were obliged to call the
team the WaShingtonS or the Sena-
tors, as the New Yorks were really
the Nationals.
Why don't the sports writer's get
together and do away with this irri-
tating NAT" business and call the
team instead by its old name, the
Senators? This name has been as
sociated with all the Washington
teams of the past and it Is certainly
much more appropriate.
F. r. OIL.
Evening star., 1934-05-22
A Post Office Clerk.

Myrton L. Genung is Post Office
clerk. His friends never had thought
of him as marked for fame. He him.
self came to work yesterday morning
completely unaware that before night
fall he would be the subject of uni
versal publicity. When he took his
place at his desk there was nothing
to indicate that May 81, 1884, was
destined to be a day of special signifi-
canoe in his life. He settled to the
duties of his routine task with no
premonition Of the accident which
an hour later was to catapult him
into the limelight, elevate him to a
permanent position in the history Of
his time.
A little package lay before him.
Improperly wrapped, it had been re-
ferred to him for examination and
possible return to its sender. 1t was
his obligation to open the parcel and
inspect the contents. But when he
attempted to perform that detail of
labor the theoretically innocent and
harmless object in his hands exploded
with tragic effect. Genung's whole
career was altered in that horrible
moment. He stood for one blazing
fraction OF second face to face with
death. Then. wounds6 and bleeding,
Evening star., 1934-05-22

he staggered out of the shattered
room to seek the willing assistance Of
shocked but deeply sympathetic COM
rades.
Last evening the manned victim of
TIE blast rested in hospital bed.
Surgeons had exercised their skill in
his behalf, gentle nurses attended him,
the worlds press told the story OF his
experience, thousands of his fellow
citizens prayed for his recovery. And
the while he struggled to regain his
strength and to win back the power
to return to his job a score of post
office inspectors went forward with
the business CT finding the conscience
less fiend who had devised and mailed
the internal machine which merely
by narrow chance had failed to kill
him.
A humble soldier in the ranks of
the army of postal employees, Genung
is a symbol OF the blameless public
servant who on occasion is called
upon to make major sacrifice of life
or limb in the interests of the COM
monweal. BY no conceivable hypo-
thesis can he have been the intended
object of the passion of malice which
motivated the individual who built
the bomb. Yet destiny selects him to
pay for the mischief. 1t is a sad
affair in all its aspects. The unknown
terrorist should be tracked down, ex-
posed and punished, and the Nation
in some appropriate manner should
see to it that whatever can be done
to recompense Genung for his in
JurieS is done promptly and effectively.
Evening star., 1934-05-22
Teachers Should Take
Oath of Allegiance
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
As the grandson Of a maternal
grandfather, United States soldier of
the War of 1872, and son of Civil
War Union soldier, who died as a SOL
dier in that war, 1 suggest that the
Seventy-third Congress pass a bill
making it mandatory that every
teacher in our public, parochial and
private schools of the District of Co.
lumbia and every employe of the Dis
trict of Columbia municipal corpo-
rations be required to take an oath
to support the Constitution of the
United States and by precept and ex-
ample promote respect for the flag,
the laws Of the United States and the
District of Columbia and give full and
free allegiance to the Government of
the United States. All teachers of
American youth, colleges and univer-
stiles included, worthy to teach in our
schools, colleges and universities
should gladly, joyously take such an
oath. From reports in the newspapers
of the United States every now and
then this oath should be required.
Every teacher now in the United
States, its Alaska Territory and
islands Of the sea should be required
to take the oath. Let the District of
Columbia, by law. set the example to
the rest of our beloved country.
w. E. RYAN.