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Evening star., 1934-04-04
PROGRESS IN FETE
WILL Be REVIEWED
Blossom Festival Planners
Will Meet at District
Building Today.

Progress in planning the Capitals
first Cherry Blossom Festival, a three
day affair to be celebrated April 10.
20 and 81, will be reviewed at q
meeting of the General Festival Com
mittee at O'Clock this afternoon at
the District Building. Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen will preside at the
session.
Reports will be received from the
many subcommittee now functioning
on the many events planned for the
festival, which include a regatta, fire.
works display, ball and reception,
coronation Of the queen Of the festi-
val, parade and many other features.
Brig. Gen. William H. Horton,
chairman of the Reception and Bali
Committee, accompanied by Robert j.
Cottrell, secretary Of the Washington
Board Of Trade, are to call on Miss
Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter Of the
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs. Henry L. Roosevelt, this after
noon to discuss the selection of the
ladies who will make up the court of
honor.
Miss Roosevelt has accepted the
designation Of Queen of the Cherry
Blossoms" and Mrs. Franklin Delano
Roosevelt has accepted the commit
tees invitation to be chief patroness
Of the festival.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
IL KILLED, 317 INJURED
IN MARCH ACCIDENTS

A total of BIT persons were injured
and 12 killed in traffic accidents dur
ing March, police statistics revealed
today.
Of a total of 589 accidents during
the month, % were attributed to
drink, three of these proving fatal.
Twenty-Five of these were blamed on
drivers under influence of liquor and
six on pedestrians.
In March, 1888, there was total
of 702 accidents, with 304 persons in
jured and four killed. Twenty-one
of the accidents in March, 1888, were
blamed on persons being under in
fluence Of liquor.
Statistics would indicate that there
has been no appreciable gain In ac-
cidents due to drink During last De-
cember 36 accidents were attributed
to this cause and 81 during January
Of this year. These figures, however,
1t was pointed out, probably were due
somewhat to the Christmas holiday
season. There were only 16 accidents
attributed to persons being under the
influence of liquor during February Of
this year.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
CLUE STILL SOUGHT
IN murder" CASE
Owner of Coat Found Floating
in River Not Yet
Identified.

Still without q clue in the potential
murder mystery" uncovered by q H.
year-old boy fishing in the Potomac
yesterday, police are searching today
for the owner of gray topcoat found
floating In the water with note in
the pocket warning "Mr. White" his
life was In danger.
The coat was, pulled out Of the river
by James Kiber of the 500 block e
street southeast, while he was near
the foot of Fifteenth street southeast.
In the pocket was q note advising
"Mr. White" not to 60 to work "for
your life will be in danger"
Meet me at the Long Bridge Sat-
urday night and I will explain every
thing" the missive continued. High
way Bridge is known as the Long"
Bridge.
Inside the coat was the label of
Baltimore firm, but efforts to learn
the identity of the owner through
that clue were not successful. A check
Is being made of the missing persons
lists both here and in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
BILL WOULD EXTEND
D. c. PAROLE SYSTEM
City Heads Want Federal Board
to Handle Indeterminate Sen
tence Cases.

The Federal Parole Board would be
empowered to parole District pris-
oners sent to Federal prisons under
indeterminate sentences, under terms
Of q proposed bill forwarded to the
House and Senate District Commit
tees today by the District Commis-
sioners.
The Federal board now may not
parole prisoners, even though they are
confined in Federal prisons, unless
they are serving definite terms, 1t
was explained. 1t is impractical for
the District Board Of Indeterminate
Sentence and Parole to handle parole
cases Of prisoners when they are con-
fined in institutions outside the Dis
trict, officials said.
Because of this situation, 1t was
said, some District prisoners confined
in Federal prisons are Illegally" de-
prived Of their opportunity to parole.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
$5()O,0llD BELIEVED
LOST IN SW|NDLE
Wife of Accused Man Con.
feSses False Invoices
in College Fraud.
By a Stan Correspondent of The Star.

By q stan Correspondent Of The Star
TAKOMA PARK, Md, April A.
While auditors continued work on the
books Of Roy L. Walin, dismissed busi-
ness manager and treasurer Of Wash
ington Missionary College, in investi-
cation of his activities with the
Washington Missionary College Allied
Industries, it was estimated that the
amount invested In this alleged
maple sugar enterprise swindle by pri-
vate individuals approached half
million dollars.
Meanwhile, Mrs Maude c. James,
who issued a statement to Theodore
Vollen, Montgobery County detec-
tive, is alleged to have confessed that
certain invoices which police said
were used to urge persons to invest
in the business. were false. She ex-
onerated her husband, Charles G.
James, SO, of 3707 Thirty-fifth street,
Washington, who was arrested at his
home Monday and charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
from taking part in the business. A
warrant has been issued for her ar
rest. She Is confined in a Rock
vile sanitarium suffering from
nervous breakdown.
Investments Heavy.
NC. Taft, counsel for the mission
ary college, stated that nearly so per-
sons, most of them from Washington.
have reported they invested in the
maple Sugar concern. He said the
amounts invested vary from few
hundred dollars to 100000, and in
some instances homes were mortgaged,
and some investors have apparently
lost their life savings. Taft said he
believed there were many others who
have not reported losses.
1t is expected that the audit into
Walin's accounts will be completed
within the next three or four days.
H. H. Hamilton, president of the col
lege, stated he would be unable to
make a statement until completion Of
the probe.
I'VE know nothing definite except
that It looks like case Of very bad
business" Hamilton declared. AT the
present time we don't know where
we stand"
Walin Dismissed.
Walin was dismissed by the college
Board Of Directors late Monday. An
nouncement was made that the insti-
tutions account in a local bank had
been found entirely exhausted, and
that walin had issued unauthorized
checks" against it. Attorney Taft stated
that the former treasurer was finan-
cially interested in the Washington
Mission College Allied Industries,
which Taft claimed defrauded both
college and individuals by making
loans it was unable to meet. James
was released under bond of $4,000 for
appearance in Rockville Police Court
April IL.
In her alleged confession, Mrs.
James, who is A, assumed all respon-
sibility for ALI business transactions
done under the name Of her hus-
band. She admitted, according to the
confession, that she forged the name
81 Mrs. vashti q. Kirby, $500 block Of
Connecticut avenue Warrington. to
Evening star., 1934-04-04
PLANE RADIO OPERATOR
BURIAL IN PITTSBURGH

The body of Lawrence Armistead
Wagner, radio operator Of a Pan
American Anyways plane which
crashed at Lima, Peru, March %,
killing Wagner and the two pilots
and injuring four, among them
Manuel Trucco. Chilean Ambassador
to the United States, is to be buried
in the Allegheny Memorial Cemetery,
Pittsburgh, according to word re-
ceived by friends here.
Wagner was born in the District Of
Columbia April 26, 1906, the son Of
william Z. Wagner, now living In Bal
timore. Wagner's body Is being
brought back by his widow, Mrs. Anne
e. Wagner, to whom he was mar
ried little over Q year ago. Mrs.
Wagner Is bringing her baby, born
December 5, to this country.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
Inherent War Urge in Man
Is Contradiicted by Research
Catholic Anthropologists Trace Con.
flict to Superior Race Concept
and Double Moral Code.

the anecdote Of the African explorer
who had two groups Of porters-one
from Q high.brow and the other from
Q low-brow tribe. They were hungry.
One Of the "low-brows" began pick
ing up cockroaches and eating them.
Disgusting" morted the high-brow
savage, turning up his nose. MY peo-
pie would never eat such things-un-
less they were cooked"
An Underlying Code
For Human Conduct.
From the great confusion of moral
ideas gathered the world over by eth
nologists, Miss F1annery said, it now
is becoming clear that among all peo-
Piles and at all times there is an un-
derlying code which is essentially the
same as that Of the Ten Command
ments. It contains seven precepts.
Numbering and manning, stealing.
slandering and malicious lying; adul-
terry under ordinary circumstances and
incest are prohibited. Kindness to
children and hospitality to all are re-
quired.
But in some way, she pointed out,
this code which at lower levels may
have applied universally became re-
stricted TO ones conduct toward his
own social group-the clan, the vii
lage, the tribe or the State. Every
body else was outside its protection.
Killing a member of another tribe was
in some way exempted from the pro-
visions Of the basic code. This was
the second great step which makes
possible to moral naturalization of
war.
When Magellan's expedition landed
at certain islands In the Indian Ocean
they found the natives the worst
bunch Of thieves they had ever known.
Appropriately they named the islands
the Ladrone or Robber Islands. Yet
when ethnologists studied the popu-
lation years later they found theft un-
known. They were thieves only so
far as foreigners were concerned.
This double code, one Of the foun-
dation stones Of nationalism, extends
to the earliest times Of which there
Is any record. Miss Flannery said.
IL Is profoundly emDeQQeo IN man
whole social outlook, although not a
necessary part Of his psyche"
X \ <; \
Some Of the worlds greatest civili-
cations have developed without the
doctrine of racial superiority and
without the double moral code-and
hence practically without war-it
was pointed out. Such was the case
with China, said DR.. T. T. Mien of
Catholic University.
The ancient Chinese, he said, had
no war god. They invented gunpow-
der, but never used it to kill anybody.
The soldier was considered with con-
siderable contempt. 1t was held that
those skilled in fighting should suffer
the greatest punishments. Bravery
IN fighting was considered 'llnfilial, n
because 1t involved dangers which
might bring grief to the parents. Even
legal fights before the courts were
held in bad repute.
Society, he said, was looked upon as
the universe, not the nation.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
P.W. WORK HERE
APPEARS DOOMED
Districts Request for IS
Million ForIorn Hope,
Ickes Says.

The Districts sl5,7oo,Ooo P. W. A..
program today appeared a forlorn
hope.
Even with the possibility of addi-
tional funds being appropriated soon,
Public Works Administrator Ickes in
dicated there Is little chance of the
Districts program being carried out
either in whole or in part this year.
Aside from the fact that the admin
istration is of the opinion that Wash
ington has received more than its
share Of public buildings already, two
other obstacles lie in the path Of the
local P. w. A. program.
Competition Sharp.
First, 1t was pointed out by Ickes,
these projects must enter into sharp
competitor with projects In other Sec
tions Of the country. Second, what
ever advance Is made to the District
must be. by necessity, an outright
grant, since the District government,
alone among municipalities, is not
permitted to borrow money as re-
QunC0 AOA IlOILud1 r. W. n. u dIlSdC.
tions.
Ickes indicated a bill would be in
troduced in Congress soon to provide
$500, 900 900 for additional p. w. A.
projects throughout the country. Even
If this sum is approved, he said, it
would be inadequate to finance all
the projects now held in reserve, in
cluding those recently submitted by
the District Commissioners.
Hospital Proposed.
The District program includes So
000, 900 for the proposed tuberculosis
Hospital; q sewer disposal plant, at q
cost Of approximately $4,000, 900; new
Zoo buildings, $850, 900, and construc-
ton OF the proposed municipal center,
at cost Of $4,000, 900.
1ckes Is sympathetic with all these
projects. especially with regard to the
Tuberculosis Hospital at Alta Vista,
Nd, but owing to pressing demands
elsewhere for projects urgently need
ed, the administration finds It impos.
sible even to consider the District pro-
gram at this time.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
REAR ADMIR-. GRAYS0N
RETURNS TO CAPITAL

Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who
has been recuperating at Palm Beach
after q serious operation at the Mayo
Clinic. returned to the Capital yester-
day with Mrs. Grayson. greatly i'm
proved. For q while, Mrs. Grayson
said, he will have to f rego any activi-
ties OF very strenuous nature, and they
are planning to divide their time be-
tween the home on Wisconsin avenue
and the farm ut Upperville.
The 0raysons were welcomed back
yesterday by two old friends-Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, widow Of the Presi-
dent, whom the admiral served as
personal physician, and George L.
Harrison, Governor Of the Federal
Reserve Bank Of New York.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
Is war inherent In human nature?
Catholic University anthropologists

Is war inherent In human nature?
Catholic University anthropologists
presented evidence to demonstrate that
it is not, before the annual meeting
Of the Catholic Anthropological So
ciety here yesterday. But the two basic
concepts which make 1t possible appar-
emily extend back far beyond the dawn
Of recorded human history. They are
the doctrine Of superior races and the
double moral code.
The peoples on the lowest levels OF
human culture in the world today,
however. have very few ideas or
traditions of war, 1t was pointed out.
These are the food-gathering nomads.
such as the Cree Indians Of Northern
Canada, the Chavantes Of Brazil,
some Of the forest pigmies of Africa
and the Malay Peninsula and the
Vedda, Sakai, Toala, Jakun, Kubu
and Punan Tribes Of the East Indian
area. Their condition must be closely
akin to that Of the human race near
the beginnings Of culture, and they are
the most peaceful Of human beings.
Miss Regina Flannery Of the Cath
olic University anthropological depart
ment stressed In this respect her own
field experience among the Cree
They lack even traditions Of war, she
said. They are entirely without either
offensive Or defensive weapons, be-
cause the ideas Of which these are the
embodiment are wholly foreign to
their ways Of thinking.
y
Superior Race
Concept Is Acquired.
The concept Of superior races, for
which so many of the worlds great
wars have been fought and which has
risen so strongly among the Nordic
peoples Of Central Europe during the
past few months, has no demonstrable
foundation in anthropology, said Rev
DR.. John M. Cooper. professor of an
thropology at Catholic University
Considered through the whole stretch
Of history, the achievements of the
great racial groups-white, yellow and
black-about balance each other II
due allowance Is made for such
factors as isolation. All have known
periods Of squirt and lag.
Up to the t'ginning Of the middle
ages, at least. the Northern European
peoples had contributed very little to
the sum total Of human culture, he
pointed out. Then they experienced
a squirt of achievement which has
brought them about on a level with
the Mediterranean basin peoples who
built up the great world cultures OF
the past.
The African peoples, DR.. Cooper
said, have q valid claim to the dis
covery of iron-which may have con-
tributed as much to material culture
as any other one thing. Besides, they
developed remarkable political anc
religious systems and agriculture OF q
rather high order. Their great iso.
lation, he pointed out, has been q
factor which initiated strongly agains,
An equal development with the north.
ern races.
The doctrine Of racial superiority
DR.. Cooper said, Is well illustrated by
Evening star., 1934-04-04
INQUEST STARTED
IN DEATH Of BOY
MotoriSt Released Pending
Probe of Fatal Mishap
to Bicycle Rider.

A coroner's inquest was begun today
in the death of Sidney Katz, 13. OF
I'LL Staples street northeast, killed
late yesterday in a collision between a
bicycle he was riding and an auto
mobile driven by Arthur P. Buck, IS,
of Landover, Md.
Buck, a Government employe, was
driving on Maryland avenue north
east when the accident occurred at
the intersection of Fourteenth street.
He was released in the custody OF his
attorney pending the inquest.
The accident was one of several
traffic mishaps occurring here within
the past "a hours.
The bicycle the Katz boy was rid
ing when he was killed had been
given to him only few weeks ago
after his father, Louis KatZ, found
employment as truck driver. When
the boys mother was informed of his
death she collapsed and required
treatment at Casualty Hospital. Four
sisters also survive the youth.
Student Is Injured.
Francisco Echazarria, %, medi-
cal student at George Washington
University, was seriously injured early
this morning when the automobile
he was driving collided with another
at Sherman avenue and Girard street.
He was treated for possible fracture
of the skull at Garfield Hospital,
where physicians said his condition
is extremely grave.
Police reported the driver Of the
other machine was Russell S. Petit of
the 600 block Irving street.
Echazarria, South American, re-
sides here at 1897 H street He has
been in the George washington Uni
versity Medical School for two years
and previously spent two years at the
College of Arts and Sciences there.
University records list his native resi-
dence as Medillon, Colombia. Under
the heading parent or guardian" in
the school f1les is listed the name
F. J. Brisbin, 80 Wall street, New
York.
Unknown at Legation.
The Colombia legation here stated
Echazarria is not registered there and
is not known to attaches Of the lega-
ton.
Struck while walking on Benning
road northeast last night, Harry I.
Krupshaw, 10, of 736 Newton place.
sustained a fractured leg and possible
internal injuries. He was treated at
Casualty Hospital. James W. Chocos.
Al, 1900 block Blaine street north
east, was booked by police after the
accident on a charge Of having bad
brakes. He posted $500 bond for ap-
pearance in Police Court.
Louise Jones, 20. OF the 400 block
N street, was cut about the head when
a taxicab in which she was a passen-
ger collided with another on Taft
Bridge early this morning. She was
taken to Emergency Hospital. where
her condition was reported undeter-
mined.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
RAILROAD CONDUCTOR
is WHITE HOUSE GUEST

By the Associated Press.

Herman w. Fechner, railroad con-
ductor, who prophesied years ago that
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt would be
"the First Lady OF the Land" was a
guest yesterday at White House tea
Mrs. Roosevelt had told the conduc-
tor-a resident OF Ossining, N. Y
that If his prediction were correct. he
was to visit her at the Executive
Mansion. With him yesterday was his
wife and their daughters, Elsie, IA,
and Lulu, H..
Mrs. Roosevelt is averse to publicity
about such Incidents, so the Fechners
were silent when they left.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
Minstrel Plans Mature.

ARLINGTON, Va, April I (Special) &.
The Fellowship Minstrels Of Arling-
ton M. e. Church have completed
plans for . minstrel and vaudeville
show to be given Friday night, April
Il, ats o'clock IN the Sunday school
building for benefit Of the Sunday
school
Evening star., 1934-04-04
Chinese Bar Calendar.

Sale Of the old Chinese calendar by
which time was reckoned in accord
ance with changes Of the moon is
forbidden by law In the republic Of
China and police recently conf1scated
many thousands.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
Senior Class Will Act.

LOvETTsvuLE, Va, April 4 '(spe-
ciaO senior class Of the Lovetts-
Vile High School will present its
annual class play IA. the school sthiS
evening at 3 o'clock.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
Buried Logs. Sound.

Lumber companies In West Florida
have found logs still sound after
being buried at the bottom Of rivers
for IS years.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
Brass Buttons Gc
WeIIWith Boat

We wrote about what man
should wear on board a yacht,
if he should be suddenly in
vited to go on one, and he
wasn't particularly well pre-
pared. We recommended sim
pie sports clothes, such as he
would wear for a tennis tour
nament, or an afternoon at
the races.
One injured soul has written
to us suggesting brass buttons.
He doesn't mind any of our
other suggestions, in fact con-
ours with them, but says his
idea of a boat is brass buttons,
no matter whether you are
owner, skipper, or just guest.
So, in Difference to him, we
repeat, wear brass buttons.
He goes further, suggesting
white flannel trousers and navy
flannel or worSted jacket with
the aforementioned brass but
tons, made double-breaSted with
wide lapels rather like a sail
or's REFER.
You may leave off the
mariners cap, or wear it as
you please, though he does
admit for the uninitiated it Is
a bit too much.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11
Ideal Afternoon
Costume

A stunningly effective street
suit of brown crepe with a
white taffeta blouse designed
especially for Ann Harding
makes an ideal bridge or after
noon tea costume. The finger
tip length jacket has three
quarter sleeves Haunting wide
deep white taffeta cuffs. The
blouse's ruffled Pierrot collar is
worn outside the jacket extend
ing down the blouse front to
form a graceful jabot. With
this costume is worn a white
panamalac hat with a wide
brim and shallow crown.
The Washington times., 1934-08-11

Paris openings which are just
over. It's not extreme, Of
course, but there is definite
drapery at the top of the skirt,
and an increasingly narrow line
until the skirt is as slim as pos
Sible at the hem-line.
The tunic, another favorite
around 1910, and during the
years following, if I remember
rightly, is to be extremely popu-
lar this winter. 1t will appear
for both day time and evening,
and in several lengths.
BIOused Backs
Coats will have bloused backs,
and often will have belts in
front only, contributing to that
bloused look. Sleeves are dolman
cut, or are wide at the armhole,
another fashion that was rife in
the years around 1910 and after.
Boleros were worn. who can
remember when? But they are
back this year on coats, and
not only in Paris, but they are
shown already in Washington.
Capes are shown in Paris by
several houses, with Lanvin
sort of leading the parade. They
are full-length capes, worn
swinging full or held close
about the figure. And you've
heard about capelets already.
"NightgOwn" Dress
There's a directoire influence
in evening gowns, with the
American version shown in
Washington stores already. and
called the "nightgown" dress.
There are a good many off-the-
shoulder effects, too, reminlS-
cent of the years around and
just after 1900.
Lines are extremely graceful,
they follow the figure closely,
yet flatter, and are easy to wear.
Clothes are simple, but very,
very feminine. The clothes have
been extremely we'll received in
Paris, and from all indications,
will be in America. too. Which
means that we will have a bril-
liant clothes season.