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Evening star., 1934-03-22
Boy Gets 90 Days
As Officer Tells
Of Jacket Theft
Leniency Withheld Be.
cause of Unsolued
Other Cases.

Because police have suspected"
him in connection with several rob-
berries, a 17-year-old colored boy was
sentenced today to serve go days in
jail for the theft of lumberpacket
valued at So.
The youth, Willis r. Fairfax, 700
block of St. Marys court. had pleaded
guilty before Judge Isaac R. Hit to
the theft of the jacket from Fran
els Junior High School. After hear
ing the boys testimony. Hit told him
he would place him on probation.
Just then Policeman Edwin Tucker,
third precinct, stepped into the wit
ness stand and volunteered the in
formation that I'VE have suspected
this boy and have questioned him in
connection with several other minor
cases of this nature, but have never
been able to prove anything on him"
We'll, in that case, I'll have to give
him so days." Judge Hit announced.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
House Subcommittee Com
pIetes Consideration of
1885 Estimates.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
WILL BE REQUESTED
Measure Expected to Go to Lower
Branch Next Week-Is Last
of Supply Bills.

The House Subcommittee On Ap-
preparations today completed consid-
Grafton of the 1885 District estimates
and made preparations to grant q
hearing to representatives of civic
and trade organizations who desire
to present requests for Improvements
not covered in the budget.
The trade and civic organizations
will be invited to have their repre-
sentatives appear before the subcom-
mittee tomorrow at 1890 am.
Written invitations will be sent to
the organizations that have asked
for an opportunity to be represented.
Consider Water Cut.
The final budget session of the sub
committee was devoted to items Of
the Water Department the National
Capital Parks and Planning Commits
sion and the District Militia. The
the Water Department estimates pro-
viding a IS per cent reduction in
water rates in the coming fiscal year
coupled with an increase in the
metered allowance from $500 to TO-
900 cubic feet.
After the subcommittee hears the
civic and trade representatives, it
will mark up the 1885 appropriation
bill. Indications are the measure will
be ready to report to the House next
week.
Last of Supply Bills.
The District bill will be the last
of the supply measures Congress will
have TO consider at this session. AL
OF the others with the exception Of
one carrying appropriations for the
legislative departments Of the Gov
ernment have been passed by the
House. The legislative bill is now
under consideration in the House and
is expected to pass later in the day.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
WELFARE OFFICIAL
TO Be CONSIDERED
Board Will Confer With D. c.
Commissioners Upon
Selection.

officials Of the Board of Public
Welfare will confer with the District
Commissioners during the next few
days on the selection of director to
succeed George S. Wilson, who has
applied for retirement, it was an
nounced today.
Prior to the meeting a group of
members Of the board will make a
study of applicants for the post and
others who have been suggested for
the position.
Inc announcement today was un-
derstood by observers to mean officials
OF the board plan to cooperate with
the Commissioners in the selection
OF the new official. The move served
somewhat to discount possibility of
a conflict between the Commissioners
and the welfare officials over the new
appointment, as had been rumored re-
Gently. Under the law, the welfare
director is appointed by the Com
mlssioners upon nomination by the
Board of Public Welfare"
OHlclalS Of the board said that w
W. MILAN, chairman of the board ;
Sidney F. Taliaferro, chairman of the
Emergency Relief Committee, and
Frederick McReynolds had been asked
TO canvass the field of candidates and
10 report their findings to the Welfare
Board. This group plans to consult
with the Commissioners before the
board forwards a recommendation.
among those whose names have
been suggested to the Welfare Board
are Elwood Street, director of the
washington Community Chest; Kath-
erlne Lenroot, daughter of former
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, who
now Is an assistant to the director OF
the Children's Bureau, and William
Hodson, director of Emergency Relief
Tor New York City. Officials said thev
did not know whether these or others
could be obtained.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
KNITTED
IN CAPTURING TWO
One of Alleged Burglars Is
Subdued by Blow With
Own Gun.

Two suspected burglars we're cap
tured by police early today after a
battle in which one Of them Is al
legged to have slashed an officer with
a knife.
The alleged knife-wielder, later
identified as Buddy" Henson, 81, was
subdued, it was reported, only after
the policeman had taken a gun away
from him and struck him on the head
with it. Both Henson and the officer,
F. E. Kenney, sixth precinct, required
hospital treatment-the prisoner at
FTeedmen's and the policeman at
Walter Reed.
Previously, Kenney reported, Hen
son and Raymond c. J. Bladen, II,
had overpowered and disarmed Basil
Allison, proprietor of beer garden at
SOB Kennedy street, who had caught
them trying to break into Sanitary
Grocery Co. store adjoining his estab-
lishment.
Warned by Pedestrian.
Kenney, according to his report to
Capt. Joseph Morgan, sixth precinct
commander, was standing at Eighth
and Kennedy streets about 1920 M.
talking to Officer NJ. Fishman, when
informed by passerby that two sus-
picious- looking men had been seen at
Seventh and Jefferson streets.
Driving through an alley on our
way to the corner" Kenney reported,
tr,ho
suspicious. I got out Of the automo-
bile to arrest him, at the same time
noticing a gun sticking out Of his
shirt.
II tried to disarm him, and the gun
fell to the ground. reached down
to pick it up, and as did SO the man
drew knife from his pocket" i"
SIashed Across Hand.
In the ensuing fight. Kenney was
clashed across the back of his right
hand before he finally gained posses
sion of the gun and struck his oppo
nent with it.
Later. Kenney arrested Bladen, who
with Henson, was booked for investi-
cation. Both prisoners gave an ad-
dress in the 2100 block of First street.
While Henson and Bladen were
being questioned. Kenney learned of
their encounter with Allison.
Allison heard the men trying to
break into the place next door and
went out after them" said Kenney.
He drew a gun and ordered them to
put up their hands. Instead, they
rushed him, taking his gun away from
him and running away"
In the scuffle. Allison, like Ken
ney, was cut. He did not require
hospital treatment, however.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Efforts to AuOid Measles
Taxed Ingenuity of Ancients
To Teutons Plague Vas Red Dog Van.
dering Ouer WOrld-Chinese Tried
to Frighten 1t A,Uay.

as a sign of grief at the loss of a
favorite child.
THE men also had cut off their
hair at the shoulders and discarded
their usual ornaments and finery. On
one occasion. while driving near the
camp, my attention was attracted by
low wall and on looking for the
cause I saw sitting in the tall grass
by the roadside a bereaved father
stripped to his breech-cloth, with his
hair cropped close to his head, and
the blood dripping from gashes that
covered his naked body.
wagons, harness, tepees, blankets
and other property were burned and
horses and dogs shot over the graves
of the owners to accompany them to
the other world. The destruction of
property in this way amounted to
thousands of dollars. Every night and
morning the women went to the hills
to mourn for their lost ones, and re-
turned with the blood dripping from
fresh gashes on their feet and arms.
This continued for weeks and months,
far into the Fall"
A large part Of the death rate,
Mooney says, was due to the practice
Of sweating a sick child and then
plunging it into ice-cold water.
Siamese Curiosities
In DIR. Smiths Collection.
Mound building frogs and giant
squirrels are among the curiosities Of
nature reported by DR.. Hugh NJ.
Smith, fisheries adviser to the Siamese
Government and Smithsonian In
stitution collaboration, while on a
protracted tour through northwestern
Siam gathering natural history speci-
mems for the National Museum.
Much Of this region was primeval
jungle, abounding in tigers. leopards,
elephants. gibbons, monkeys and
bears. In swift, shallow streams he
found a giant frog which lays its
eggs in rapid water and heaps sand
and gravel over them, making a little
mound.
Later in the years, as announced
by the Smithsonian explorations re-
port issued today, DR.. Smith collected
for the institution in the Khun Tan
mountains in northern Siam and on
Kao Sarah Mountain, an isolated
peak where he secured specimens of
remarkable white and black oricle.
Among the rarieties reported by
Capt. Robert A Bartlett, the cele-
brated Arctic explorer who for the
past ten years has made Smithsonian
collections. is the only male specimen
Of the rare Arctic bumblebee, found
in northeast Greenland.
Washington has a new scientific
group, the Washington Baltimore sec
ton of the History of Science Society
which held its second meeting at the
Cosmos Club last night. The state OF
chemistry and of medicine IN ancient
Egypt was the subject of papers by
DR.. L. E. Warren of the Bureau OF
Chemistry and Soils and Dr.. NJ. c.
Leikind.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
TRAFFIC ARRESTS DROP
ON SMITHS DAY OFF
Police Captain, However, Denies
He Had Anything to Do
With Decrease.

There was a slight decrease in the
number of arrests made for traffic
violations during the 24-hour period
ending at 8 am. today. However,
Capt. Milton D. Smith, second in
command of the Traffic Bureau, de-
MED that the fact yesterday was his
day off had anything to do with it.
1T just wasn't a busy day, that's
ALL" said Capt Smith.
Altogether PIT motorists were re-
quired to post collateral for a wide
variety Of offenses, including overtime
parking, double parking, speeding,
parking during restricted hours and
driving with faulty brakes.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
KELLEY SET FREE
IN BANDIT Staying
Baltimore Sportsman Ex-
onerated in Shooting
of HoId-up Men.
Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 22-Joseph
Kelley, who shot and killed two Wash
ington gangsters during hold-up at
tempt in confectionery store here
early on the morning of March IL,
was exonerated last night by Coroners
Otto NJ. Reinhardt and Joseph L.
Valentino.
The men slain by Kelley, who fired
on them when they tried to rob him
and Willis NJ. King, a local sportsman,
were:
Benjamin H. Kivitz, alias Harry
Davis, well known to police of both
Washington and Philadelphia, and
James Collins, alias Milton Scott and
philadelphia Scotty,' prominent in
underworld activities in Washington
Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Had $500 on Person.
Kelley, 32-year-old star hand ball
player. told the coroners he knew of
no reason why he should have been
picked as a hold-up victim. King,
however, said he usually carries large
sums of money and. at the time of
the shooting had $500 in his pockets.
Kelley testified he stepped in to the
store after noticing Kings automobile
parked outside. He and King were
conversing near the front door, he
said, when he saw a car containing
four men pass the store several times,
slowing down to a near-stop each
time The last time around, he said,
three men stepped out of the machine,
and two of them walked into the
store. leaving the other man just out
side the door.
IT saw a gun coming toward my
face" he testified.
Shot Both Bandits.
Kivitz walked up to Kelley with
drawn gun, the testimony brought out,
while Collins approached King.
II shot both almost at the same
time" Kelley said.
Collins died on the floor, but Davis
was dragged outside and taken to
st. Agnes Hospital, where his body
was thrown on the grounds of the
institution. Neither Kelley nor King
was able to explain who had removed
Davis body, but at the time Of the
police investigation of the case it was
assumed the man stationed outside
the door had done so.
Davis was arrested as a suspect in
the gangland Staying of Milton w.
(Milsey) Henry, Washington gambler,
in 1882 Charles Harris later was
convicted of the crime and is now
awaiting electrocution in the District
Jail.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
SENATE D. c. COMMITTEE
TO MEET ON TUESDAY
Liability Insurance for Public
Vehicles Lik ely to Be Con-
sidered at Session.

The next meeting of the Senate
District Committee probably will be
held Tuesday at pm. instead of to-
morrow afternoon, it was said today
at the Office of Chairman King. At
the meeting, the committee hopes to
give further consideration to several
questions being studied by subcom-
mittees, including procedure in fore
closure of mortgages, change in the
law governing usury and liability in
surance for public vehicles.
Senator McCarran, Democrat. of
Nevada, chairman of the subcommit-
tee handling liability insurance for
public vehicles, said that in the mean
time his subcommittee will go over
the hearings already held by the
House on this subject. He indicated
he thought the House hearings would
give his subcommittee sufficient in
formation on which to act.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
BUS FIRM ALLOWED
TO KEEP UP SERVICE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va, March 22.-
The Washington, Virginia and Mary
land Bus Co. was given permission
to continue its bus route to West Falls
Church at special meeting of the
Town Council last night
1t also was pointed out that patrons
Of the bus lines running to Falls
Church are entitled to transfers to
the line which terminates at Memorial
drive and Grand avenue
]. H Parmalee. president of the
Arlington and Fairfax Motor Trans
portation Co., withdrew his company's
application for a similar bus route,
stating the company had decided it
was not in a position to give the
proper service at this time.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
WELFARE HEADS GUESTS G

ceptions. The guests. by their own
requests, were fed more surplus food
so they we're given vegetable soup in
stead of lamb stew.
The children got the better meal
from one point of view. for after
feeding 4,500 mouths there were
nothing but the heels" of the whole
wheat bread loaves for the officials to
eat.
The menu included soup, cheese
sandwiches, orange juice and butter.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
$4,000 SUIT FILED
BY q STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, March 22.-A suit for $4,000
damages for personal injuries alleged
ly suffered on November %, 1888, was
filed in Circuit Court yesterday by
c. E. Hansboro against Gerald F.
Began.
Hansboro charges that his knee was
permanently injured when, while he
was preparing to enter his automobile
on M street near Wisconsin avenue,
Washington, he was struck by an au-
tomobile driven by Began.
Evening star., 1934-03-22

" HERE was very little in the
way of surplus commodities"
about the public school kitchen
Il in Georgetown this afternoon
after seven hungry welfare
and Federal relief officials finished
luncheon.
The four men and three women
we're guests of Mrs. Katharine McF
Ansley, director of the kitchen at
Thirty-third street and Wisconsin
avenue. They received a meal similar
to that dished out to 4,500 needy Dis
trict school children-With a few ex-
Evening star., 1934-03-22

NIIllDuC illClI III
retribution for
their long cap
tivity.
Durin the
measles season
japanese used to
post notices on
their doors an
nouncing tn a t
I h e ir children
were all away
visiting relatives.
This was TO de-
ceive the measles
spirit into pass
ing by without
StOpping.
Evening star., 1934-03-22

ment of Samuel Arkin at 4410 Georgia
avenue.
Action was deferred in another case
to await a report from school au-
thorities. This concerned the ap-
plication of John A. Mike for a
delicatessen at 1921 G street north
east. 1t is located near the Tyler
and Cranch Schools. The applica-
ton is for sale of bottled beer and
wine. Another store near the Tyler
School has such a license.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
OFFERS NEW RACE BILL

w aISn OF massachusetts Sponsors
d. C. Measure in Senate.
Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mas
sachusetts, has introduced in the Sen
ate a bill to legalize horse racing in
Washington, similar to a measure be-
ing sponsored in the House by Repre-
sentative Black, Democrat, of New
York.
The House District Committee last
week approved the bill, and Repre-
sentative Black filed the favorable re-
port in the House yesterday. The
Walsh bill, under which the Commits
sioners would be authorized to create
a racing commission, has been re-
ferred to the Senate District Commit
tee for study,
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Orators to Compete.

SANDY SPRING, Md. March %
(SpeciaD An oratorical contest will
be held at Sherwood High School
April 6 at pm, sponsored by the
senior class of the school,
Three cash prizes will be awarded
to the winners.
Evening star., 1934-03-22

All but the bread were from Fed
eral surplus commodities.
1t was explained that it was the
first time the guests had a cooked
view of the surplus food about which
they have been concerned during
recent months. The guests compl-
mented the repast. and one of them,
Miss Edith Coulson of the Council
of Social Agencies. said: Il recon-
mend it highly"
They we're permitted second help
ings by Mrs. Ansley, while several
of the men, 1t was said, had third"
Evening star., 1934-03-22
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Measles, now on one of its worst ram
pages through the United states and
Canada, long has been one of the
most dreaded of plaques of the hu-
man race.
Measles was pictured in Teutonic
folklore as mystic "red dog" which
went wandering over the world.
Slavonic legendry pictured a red
headed supernatural maiden-one Of
the nine sisters who plagued the
world with fevers Most of the time
they remained chained in caverns.
but when they broke loose they at
tackled mankind
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Measles Known
As Little Smallpox"

Epidemics of little smallpox"-as
the measles was known to the Amer
ican aboriginals-took a terrible toll
OF life during the nineteenth century,
as is shown by the reports of the Bu-
reau of American Ethnology.
The Winter of 1801-1802 went into
the permanent calendar of the
Omahas as little smallpox Winter" I"
1t was designated in the picture writ
ing by a human figure covered with
spots. The Pimas of New Mexico.
however. were deliberately exposing
their children to mild attacks of both
measles and smallpox in order to
render them immune.
Perhaps the worst epidemic was
that which almost wiped out the
Kiowas and the Apaches during the
Spring of 1892. The scene was thus
described By the late James Mooney,
Washington ethnologist:
Nearly every woman in the tribe
had her hair cut off close to her head
and her face and arms deeply gashed
by knives in token of mourning,
while some even chopped of finger
Evening star., 1934-03-22
TEACHERS TO MEET
Loudoun County Association to
Hold Third Farley.

Hold Third Farley.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WATERFORD, Va, March 22-The
Loudoun County Education Associa-
tion will hold its third meeting Of the
year here tomorrow evening in the
school. The meeting will open with
a dinner at $50 o'clock. served by the
Parent Teacher Association. Follow
ing the dinner, bridge tables win be
available.
Evening star., 1934-03-22

President of the Curley Club, who
will receive rosary given by Pope
Plus XII and blessed by His Holiness
for her as token of appreciation for
her efforts in behalf of education in
the archdiocese of Baltimore. The
presentation will be at an informal
entertainment and reception in the
Continental Hotel tonight. Most Rev.
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, apostolic
delegate to the United States, will
present the gift.
Harris & Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1934-03-22

The Chinese accomplished about
the same purpose by dressing their
children in hideous masks on the last
night of the year. SO the disease
demons would be afraid of them.
If the measles demon was not fool
ed by the notice on the door. one of
the potent remedies was to feed the
child roast mouse
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-07-20
$4,000 Storms a Day

The world gets about 1900 thuD-
derstorms day. on the average,
says Science News Letter.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-07-20
Question Box
BY ED WYNN
The Perfect Fool

Dear Mr. Wynn:
wrote you some time ago to help
me solve "A Gross Word Puzzle"
asked you for a twelve-letter word
meaning "Letter-Carrier," and you
said "Postman." The word Post
man" only has seven letters. Where
are the other five letters?
Truly yours.
WIRDFER WORD.
Answer: The other five letters
are In the postman's bag.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
| have always heard that living
In the country Is much healthier
than living In the city. If this Is
true, why Is the air so much purer
in the country7
Yours truly,
G. ID. SOIL.
Answer The reason the air Is so
pure In the country Is because the
farmers keep their windows closed.
Dear SIR. Wynn:
have never Travelled before, so
am seeking some information. / un-
derstand that In every city there
are two kinds of hotels-American
and European know what II
means by an American hotel, but
what Is an European hotel?
Sincerely.
|. WILL TOUR.
Answer: You can tell European
hotel very easily. Fighting on
every floor.
O. the Associated Newspapers
wNU Service
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-07-20
THROUGH A
.mans Eyes
n trA IL AIr ANI = Al
PRETTY SMALL
BY JEAN NEWTON

a VISITOR TO the Mt. Wilson OBJ
servatory in California was de
scr.blng her experience In looking
through the mos, powerful spy
glass IN the world
She told OF the thrill OF looking
upon the moon as II Il were but Eve
hundred miles from Us seeing bill
lion stars. though but six thousand
are visible To the naked eye; OBJ
serving q light that has travelled at
3 speed of $4,000 miles a second
for nearly million years The
thrill of seeing a universe which re.
wolves around the sun as our unl-
verse reYolyes around ~the" sun; OF
realizing that there are literally
millions ot such unlverses
And she made the Inevitable
comment. Il; makes you feel pretty
small"
II reminded me OF my experience
last summer In the planetarium In
Chicago. There one saw not the
real phenomena OF the heavens
themselves as through q powerful
telescope. but merely a projection
like a motion picture across q dome
above ones head. of those travels
OF the earth which account for the
phenomena OF day and night and
the change OF seasons-the travels
Of the earth In its orbit
And did that make me feel small
II made me feel. and all the prob
lens and troubles that were vexing
me. like something about a MIL
lonth the size OF the tlniest ant,
chasing back and forth with lnfini-
teslmal grains OF matter TO build
something that iy would destroy
by stepping on II.
The great scientist, James Jeans,
Is said 90 have remarked that there
are as many stars In the sky as
there are grains OF sand on all the
beaches OF the world. How then do
we-our world-our universe-ap-
pear from any OF those stars7 Is
our world even important enough
10 exist for them7
Such thoughts are a great help
10 women contemplating the Idea
OF q nervous breakdown-on &C
count OF the things OF every day.
e. Bell Syndicate -wNU Service
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-07-20

shining day Most Of Peters feath.
cred friends had settled themselves
for the coming night. the worries
and cares over and forgotten All
the Great World seemed hushed.
Ia the distance Swcetvolce the
vesper sparrow WIS pouring out bis
evening song. for IL was the hour
whcn be dearly loved 70 sing. Far
back 10 the Green Forest whip
poor.wlll was calling as n his very
lie depended on the number of
times be could say Whips poor VIII"
without taking q breath. From over
head now and then came the sharp.
rather harsh cry of Boomer the
Nighfhawk as be hunted his supper
10 the air.
For a time Il seemed as n these
were the only feaihered friends
silll awake. and Peter couldn't help
thinking that those who went 50
early 10 bed missed the most beau
tlful hour IN the shole day Then.
from tree just hack of him. there
poured forth song so clear. 80
sweet. 40 wonderfully suited 70 that
peaceful hour that Peter held his
breath until II was finished lie
knew that singer and loved him. II
was Melody the Wood Thrush
Peter hoped over 10 the tree
from which the song eame II Was