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Evening star., 1936-08-11
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

~ HERIDAN, Wyo.. August IL
- Looking down upon the turreted
peaks of the cloud-breaking
. Big Horns is the bare, tempest
swept summit of the sacred noun
tain of the great stone wheel-Amer-
ica's Stonehenge and one of the most
eerie spots on the continent.
Far off all beaten paths, this
ghostly place, at nearly the highest
elevation in the Big Horn National
Forest, has remained practically un-
known except to neighboring Indians
and ranchers until within the last
year or so when a few tourists have
found it out and, of course, have
started to scribble their names on the
limestone boulders of the ancient sun
altar. But this. after all. only brands
it as a genuine American antique and
some of the scribblers may have
demon haunted dreams on account of
it.
On the fiat top Of the mountain Is
a circle of stones like the rim Of
gigantic wheel. In the center Is a
tower Of stones-old inhabitants say
1t once was about feet high-which
serves as the hub of the wheel.
Leading from hub to rim are % stone
spokes. There also are suggestions of
inner rims, now almost obliterated.
Outside the rim are four stone
houses" set in the direction of the
four points of the compass from the
hub. The rim is somewhat irregular,
like circle drawn by child. The
longest of the spokes is approximately
70 feet-a fair estimate of the radius
of the wheel.
Explanation Lacking.
Now the Grow Indians, in whose
beauty-enchanted highlands the
sacred mountain stands, claim they
have no folklore to explain the origin
or purpose of the strange stone figure.
Their ancestors found it when they
came into the country. For 500 years
they have incorporated it into their
religious practices, but it did not
spring from them. This may be open
to question when examined critically
| by anthropologists.
The fact remains that, for as far
back as Crow legends go, the wheel
Evening star., 1936-08-11
F. D. |. c. PREMIUMS
UNLIKELY TO BE CUT
Tirst-Year Profit Not Due to
Bring Reduction Now,
Crowley Says.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Leo T. Crowley of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp,
said today there was mo immediate
prospect" that the agencys S6,000,0 900
profit during the past year would
lead to a reduction in its premium
rates.
Although the corporation showed
large earnings for the first year of
its permanent operation, Crowley said
'five years of experience" would be
necessary before the directors could
determine exactly what rate should
be charged on "a long-terr1 basis"
Each insured bank now pays an an
nual premium of one-twelfth of l
per cent of its total deposits. Estab-
lished to protect depositors against
bank failures, the corporation in
sures deposits of $4,000 or less in
l4l1s national and State institu-
tions.
Crowley said that any reduction in
the rate of assessment must be made
by Congress. although the corpora
tions directors could make recon-
mendations in the light of their ex-
perience.
Evening star., 1936-08-11
PEACE IS SOUGHT
IN OHIO CAS- STRIKE
Mains Kept Open in Toledo
by Skeleton Crew While
Board NegotiateS.
ny the Associated Press.


TOLEDO. Ohio August 11.-Main-
tenance crews kept natural and ar
tiflcial gas flowing to the city's homes
and factories today while the Toledo
Industrial Peace Board sponsored an
other conference to settle strike of
union gas workers.
Only a skeleton staff was left on
duty by the strike, called by the Gas
Workers Union yesterday to enforce
its demands for recognition of the
union for collective bargaining. SEN
:ority rights and wage increases.
The union claims a membership of
$50 among the 800 Toledo workers of
the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. and its affiliate,
the Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas
Co.
Members of the union were told at
a meeting last night that the COM
pany would submit counter proposal
today at meeting with panel of
the Peace Board.
Otto Brach, president of the Toledo
Central Labor Union, said the two
affiliated companies opposed the
unions demand for written recog-
milton and the demand for seniority
rights, which he said would protect
union workers in the companys an
nounced plan of discharging about
one-third of its employees in an econo-
my program.
Company officials indicated they
would propose the establishment Of
an accord" to be written into the
Peace Boards minutes, not construed
by the company as formal writer
agreement with the union.
Robert Pierce, president of the
union, said Toledoans did not face
an immediate prospect Of industria
sSnutdowns, cold meals and cold baths
''We will provide the company with
sufficient crews to keep the ga
moving today" he said. He added
the strikers would not permit ''out
siders" to take their jobs.
Evening star., 1936-08-11

companied them, they conjectured
that it was structure of the West
ern European stone age, with very
striking resemblance to the celebrated
Stonehenge Of Observation-Disclosures
described as the wierdest spot in
Europe-whose central altar is so
placed that the earliest ray of the
sun on the years longest day falls
upon 1t. 1t was the block where the
Druids made human sacrifices to
their strange gods There must have
been, 1t was held, a possibly pre-
Indian Druid worship in the Rocky
Mountains. Moravian sheep herders
have added to this some of their own
folklore OF pre-human little brown
people" who dwelt in the depths of
the mountain, emerged through the
mouth Of the mysterious cavern, and
built the great wheel for their own
evil purposes.
Speculation Varied.
So the wheel today is a more dread
ed object among the white men Of
the Big Horn forest than among the
Indians, and their explanations are
rather less logical. The Indians, as a
matter of fact, have given up trying
to explain it very seriously and leaving
the job to the anthropologists. 1t Is
unique. There Is nothing in North or
South America which, superficially,
remotely approaches 1t. Attempts to
associate 1t with Aztec, Maya or Inca
sun altars have failed. Secondly, it
was not the practice Of the Crows, or
any other plains Indians, to build re-
ligious edifices of stone. In the third
place, it could not have been intended
for a wheel, for it quite obviously
antedates knowledge of the wheel in
this part of the United States. The
wheel was introduced by the white
man, the contact of the Indians with
the whites is historic, and an historic
event of such magnitude as the build
ing of this structure certainly would
have survived in legendry for five or
six generations.
On the other hand, the great stone
wheel would be recognized easily as a
symbol for the sun-very close in de-
sign to the almost universal symbol
of Indian picture writing. This af.
fords clue which leads Robert YELL
lowtail. superintendent Of the Crow
reservation, to declare that any theory
Of pre-Indian origin is nonsense. The
Evening star., 1936-08-11

it? The facts remain that in the
Summer moonlight it is the eeriest
place in America. that the Forest Serv-
ice has just built high stone fence
around it-somewhat to the consterna-
tion Of anthropologists who might have
gotten some clues from the disposition
of the stone out Of which the fence was
built-that tourists at last have dis.
covered it, and that bold young couples
defiantly are scribbling their linked
names there.
Copyright, 1895, by The Evening Star
Newspaper Coz
Evening star., 1936-08-11


Speaking of that, once, long ago, I,
being a reporter. was detailed to ac-
company to police headquarters in
New York Chinese prince who'd
come over to study our police meth
DDS We were in the Bertillon Bureau,
presided over by the famous In
spector Faurot.
"Ah, yes" said the courtly visitor
IN faultless English. this same sys-
tenn has been in vogue in my land
since time immemorial. Except that
we use flngerprinting in addition to
legal signatures and official seals, for
further validating important docu-
ments."
Don't you also use 1t for record
ing habitual criminals?"
81 do not think so.'
'Well, then" asked Faurot, "how
do you identify them?"
when we catch a chronic Of
fender, we Immediately cut off his
head and then any one may recog-
ntze him at a glance"
sCcpyright 1896. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1936-08-11
DESTROYER FASTEST"
Time Trials for Drayton Are Held
by Navy.

BATH, Me. August IL (P-Ofi.
cials OF the Bath Iron Works, Inc,
said yesterday naval officers had ad-
vised them that the destroyer Drayton,
launched here March 26, had proven
the fastest craft in the United States
Navy.
The Drayton completed her oficial
trials of the Maine coast Sunday
night.
The speed of the 1.50o-ton craft was
not made public. Officia6 also were
told, they said, .he Drayton had been
selected as flagship for Destroyer Div1
sion 62.
Evening star., 1936-08-11

hngerprlntlng all
residents? Honest
folk shouldn't OBJ
ject to it-there's
nothing humili-
ating, nothing of
the rogues' gal
lery about it. And
I h e r e b y | a W
breakers m or e
easily could be
detected, and un-
desirable aliens,
here W it hou t
proper papers of
admission might
be smoked out
and dnnorfnI
Evening star., 1936-08-11
Irwin S. Cobb
Says:
Fingerprint Advantage
In Telling Honest Citi.
zens From Criminals.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, August
III tN.A.N.A).-While we're on the
subject of so many foreigners being
illegally in this country, why not try
Evening star., 1936-08-11

warrior-a man Of exceptional forti-
tude in the presence Of the supernat-
ural for the sacred mountain top even
Evening star., 1936-08-11

decorated mountain top has been used
as place of penitence. prayer and
Manitou-inspired visions. A young
Evening star., 1936-08-11
Indians Guard Americas Stonehenge
Big Horn Forests Eerie Mystery Not of PreIndan Origin
Thinks Yellowtail Grow Superintendent

This is the third OF series OF
articles on the rehabilitation OF the
CroU Indians.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-30
Life Is a Business

Life is a business we are all apt
to mismanage; either living reck-
lessly from day to day, or suffering
ourselves to be gulled out of our mo-
ment by the inanities of custom.
Today is the tomorrow you worried
about yesterday-and all is well.
But can you, offhard, name any
body benefited by SO-miles-an-hour
except undertakers?
Man who doesn't vote thinks II
excuses him if he says II would vote
If they'd make everybody VOTE"
Reap a Destiny
Sow an action and reap a habit
SOW habit and reap character,
SOW a character and reap destiny.
All men consider their rights with
a great deal of solicitude. How
many consider their duty?
Try to be nice to other people not
officiously, but easily and comfort
ably in the run of the day.
Sooner or later the clock stops for
the man who goes on the theory that
there is a sucker born every minute.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-30
Ancient Treasures
of China Beckon
Research Experts
Buried Cities May
Reveal Early History

WHAT part of the ancient
w world will next capture
popular fancy?
Opening King Tut's wonder
full tomb made the world Egypt
conscious" a few years back.
Then the archaeological spot
light flared on Babylonia. Royal
graves at Ur of the Chaldees were
unearthed, and the world was
awed to learn how much beauty, and
how much callous barbarism there
was in state funeral over 5000
years ago.
"What next?" is the question that
psychologists are being asked.
Those who are watching the Far
East answer-"China." For China
is at last venturing to look under
the blanket that hides her buried
history. And already surprising OBJ
jects are being discovered.
Contents of buried cities and
tombs are now clearing up points
in Chinese history, replacing vague
traditions with substantial facts,
according to G. Martin Wilbur,
young student of Chinese civiliza,
ton.
CleWs From Skeletons.
| For instance, Mr.. Wilbur explains
it is significant when Chinese arch
biologists dig at the old ruined cap
ital An Yang, and find ten headless
skeletons and, buried quite apart
from them, ten heads. These ten
hapless Chinese were beheaded
some time between 400 and HOO B.
G.. in the Shang dynasty to make
a royal funeral, very much as roy.
alties of Ur of the Chaldees and
early Egyptian kings had courtiers
sacrificed and buried with them.
The ten skeletons have beer
found with hands in position, indi
eating that the hands were tie(
behind the backs. Thongs that hell
them have, of course, decayed. The
tomb in which they were buried
that Of a king or ruler, judging b.
other evidences of stately funeral
How this discovery upsets Chimes
tradition is explained by Mr.. Will
bur:
Human Sacrifices.
ut was known previously tina
the Chinese practiced human sac
rifice occasionally to provide attend
ants for rulers after death. A
emperor, for example, might tax
his concubines with him to tn
grave. But tradition has always hel
that the Chinese merely copied tn
!, custom from barbarian neighbor!
: Now, tradition is discounted, for tn
evidence shows that China alread
had the custom in quite early times,
g Science Servce.-WNU Service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-30
L | G H 7 S O F
| N + W Y 0 R K
BY l. l. STEVENSON

one Of the banes Of the life of a
New York newspaper man. Hardly
a liner arrives but that an indivl-
dual, or some one representing some
one else, comes to the ship news re-
porters with the suggestion of
good story" Experts in their line,
the ship news men are quick to
weed out the phonies. Occasionally
one slips through and that encour-
ages others. Ship news photograph
ers are equally besieged. Reporters
assigned to City Hall get their full
share of the publicity hounds, pho
MES visiting there daily in the hope
of Wangling a line or two of print.
ALI big trials, of course, attract
them in numbers. Last year, many
made the journey to Pennington, n.
j., and obtained tickets to the
Hauptmann trial not only because
of interest in the proceedings but in
the hope Of mention.
Many Of those whose earnest de-
sire is publicity are meal tickets for
press agents. They don't care much
what is said about them so long as
they get into the papers. So the
press agents dig up ancient gags
and attach names of their clients.
Or they manufacture bright stuff
and accredit to some one who never
had an idea-save seeing his name
in type. Many actors, fortunate
enough to have engagements, do not
depend on the press agent of the
show but employ press agents Of
their own. Radio performers do the
same. With them, however, it is
strictly business. But they have
stern competition with a lot of anna
teurs.
That yearning for publicity has
been capitalized by others than
press agents. Night clubs frequent
ed by columnists, other scribblers
and photographers play to such a
clientele. All sorts of courtesies are
extended to the ladies and gentle
ment of the press because their
presence draws class of trade
willing to spend money, and that
balances up whatever may be con
sumed ION the house"
Down in Miami recently, George
AIDE, Bruce Barton, John N. Wheel
err and Grantland Rice called or
Carl Fisher, who developed Miami
Beach and who lost his fortune ir
the development Of Montauk Point
In the course Of "reminiscences, Mr.
Fisher told a story of Barney Old
field with whom he was closely as
ISOLATED in the old days. Oldfielt
was racing on small track on
bad day with not more than thou
sand persons present. The greas
track and a blowout caused him t
crash through the fence and kill Q
severely injure two spectators. La
er Oldfeld Informed Fisher that
had shaken hands with him sine
that accident and told him the
were present when it happened, ha
been truthfully there there woul
have been such a large and lucr'
tive crowd he never would have ha
to drive again.
Another press agent yarn ju
bobbed up. 1t seems that the pu
licity man Of a well-known nigl
club was eager to get in touch wit
one of the editors Of a weekly ma
az1ne in the hope Of landing rad
spot for one Of his clients. e.
three weeks he haunted the editor
office with no success. Worn o.
and in despair, he went to the cl,
that employed him one evening al
began to soak up his boss liquo
While so doing, he met a pleasa
The Washington times., 1936-11-16

Starting a roundup to rid the
city of undesirable characters, the
police robbery squad, assisted by
a number of men from the pre-
cincts, surrounded hotel in the
900 block D St. N. w. early TO-DAY
and took more than 80 men into
custody.
A number of patrols were called
and all the men were taken to
police headquarters, where they
were subjected to lengthy queS-
tioning.
All men with clean records were
freed, but those with criminal
records were held while police
checked over the files of wanted
men. Suspected characters proba'
bly, will be held for a police lineup
such as was held last week when
more than 80 suspects appeared
before victims of recent robberles,
and number were identified.
Orders for the roundup came
from Major Ernest w. Brown
superintendent of police, who
called attention to the fact that
with the approach of the holiday
season each year thieves and other
The Washington times., 1936-11-16
7 SHIP
CONTINUED
BY KING
Romance With WaIIy'
FIourishes Despite
Opposition
BY DAVID p. SENTNER
International News Service Staff
ronroSnnnHanf
Correspondent

LONDON, Nov. 16 G.N.SD.
Continued royal courtship of Mrs.
Wallis W'arfield Simpson today
belied reports King Edward had
capitulated to the opposition and
was breaking off his friendship
with the attractive Baltimore
matron.
King Edward. it was learned,
discussed 18th Mrs. Simpson over
the weekend the makeup of a
gala Christmas party planned for
his country home, Fort Belvedere.
Friends insist the romance is
flourishing instead of dwindling,
pointing out that King Edward
dined twice at Mrs. Simpsons
home in Cumberland Terrace this
past week. In addition, Mrs. Simp-
son was honor guest at Fort Bel
vedere with her aunt, Mrs. D. 3.
Merryman, as chaperone.
Evidence of Friendship
Other visible evidence of the
continued friendship includes:
First-MrS. Simpson is cancel
ing her projected trip to the Ri,
viera to remain in London.
Second-Marked attention paid
to her by persons high in society
and recognition accorded by the
diplomatic set at a YugoSlavian
Legation concert last week.
Third-King Edwards daily
floral order for Mrs. Simpson still
stands.
While the majority of members
of the Church and Tory group af,
firm the King will not marry Mrs
Simpson, others are not convinced
asking why the palace does not is
sue an official or unofficial denial
the easiest and simplest way tc
silence all reports to the contrary
Backed by Retinue
international News Service has
learned King Edwards court reti
Continued on, Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1936-11-16
PERMIT DENIED
ABATT0|R

Citing six shortcomings in the
plan submitted by Adolf Gobel Co.,
Inc, the District Commissioners
today ordered that the company'S
application for remodeling and
undermining its abattoir at Ben
ming Road and Kenilworth Avenue
Northeast be denied.
The action was taken at a spe-
cial meeting called by Commis-
sioner George E. Allen last week
shortly after President Roosevelt
joined with Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of Agri-
culture Henry A. Wallace and
Frederic A. Delano, uncle Of the
President, to oppose the slaughter
house.
The main question in the con.
troversy as to whether the Com.
missioners would approve the per.
nit if the shortcomings in the
plans were corrected was not set
tied. Corporation Counsel Elwood
H. Seal declared that this question
presented another bridge which
we will cross when we get to it,"
Director of Inspection Hugh
Dram was ordered by the Commits
sioners to notify the Gobel Com
pany that the application was de
MED because the plan drawings
in six instances did not show
whether buildings, help and Sanl
tary regulations were met.
Seal said that as a result OF
today's action the District tomor
row will file an amended answer
in United States District Court tc
a mandamus which the Gobel Com
pany filed recently to force issu
ance of the permit. 1t was helc
likely that this would cause delay
in the court action, which was
| scheduled for hearing tomorrow
The Washington times., 1936-11-16
STEEL PAY PACT
EXTENDED

PITTSBURGH, Nov. IS. G.N.SO
The general 10 per cent wage in
crease offered the 100000 en-
ployes of the Carnegie-Illinois
Steel Corp, was extended by the
management today to all its en-
ployes, including those who de-
clined to accept the one-year con-
tract clause.
In a statement addressed to all
plants and employees, the corpora
tion announced:
"The proposed wage increase,
coupled with the adjustment of
OccupatiOnaI rates and based
upon the cost of living formula
which you and the management
have been considering for some
time, has received the hearty
approval of a great majority of
the plants and the employees of
this company and therefore will
be the policy of the management
in all plants of the company ef-
fective Monday, November Is,
for a period Of one year."
The Washington times., 1936-11-16
4oeppeb Lose Final Appeal for Rehearng by Supreme Court
u.
Students
Strike

Demanding better conditions for
the football team, more than 500
students of Howard University to-
day went on sympathetic
strike, picketing classrooms, as an
aftermath of Saturday, when the
Bison squad refused to take the
field to play Virginia Union Uni
versity of Richmond.
The pickets, many bearing plac,
ards with the word STRIKE" in
big letters on their backs, paraded
up and down in front of the class.
room entrances this morning, and
only a few students entered the
rooms.
While professors sat in empty
clasSrooms, only a handful of stu.
dents attending classes, the bulk
of the undergraduate body met on
the campus in a student meeting
at II o'clock.
Student leaders addressed them
and urged them to back the foot
ball team in its strike, and there
were loud cheers and promises to
do this.
Alumni Help
Mrs. Richard w. Jackson, repre-.
senting the alumni association,
pledged the aid of that body to
the strike. Others who spoke were
Marion Martin, president of the
Women's League; Brent Oldham,
president of the Commerce Club;
Phyllis Connick, president Of the
freshman class; Raymond Brown
low, president of the Liberal Club;
James Washington, ex-president of
the Student Council, and Walter
Washington, president OF the H"
Club.
With President Mordecai John,
son due back here tonight and
with a meeting of the executive
committee of the board of trustees
set for next Friday, the students
have not yet decided whether or
not to go back to classes tomorrow
or to continue the strike.
A letter, signed by the Student
Council, and addressed to Fellow
Students" charged that the ath
letes are not properly fed, are not
given adequate medical attention
and that conditions are not con
ducive to success"
Demands voiced by the students
for the football players include:
Campus jobs payable in board
for all members of the squad.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner fol
the athletes, prepared by dieti
clan.
The best of equipment for the
players.
An adequate and experienced
staff of a physician, head trainer
and two assistants for the team
"Shakeup" Asked
A graduate manager, a publicity
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1936-11-16
81
LEADS P.G.A.

PINEHURST, N. c., Nov. 16
G.N.SD Clarence Yockey, com.
parative unknown, from Kansas
City, shot a par SO at the field
for the first nine holes of the P.
G.. A. championship qualifying
round this morning, Yockey hav-
ing an eagle on the fifth and a
birdie at the ninth. Meanwhile,
Walter Reynolds, Rock Hill, S. c.,
was 81 to the turn; Alvey Hume,
Lexington, KY; George EaStan,
Warwick, r. l., and Andry Veil
can. Warren, Ohio, had 40s, and
Continued on Page 40, Col. s.