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Evening star., 1937-01-17
D. C. HIGHWAY WORKER
MUST SERVE TERMS
Gets 80 Days for Third Offense
and Also for Violating
Permit Law.

Richard Loomis, 81. of Clarendon,
Va. an employe of the District High
way Department, was sentenced by
Traffic Judge Edward M. Curran yes
terday to serve 80 days each on third
offense speeding charge and operating
on a revoked permit. He had pleaded
not guilty and elected to be tried by
the court.
Pvt. B. r. Torrance of the sixth
precinct testified he stopped Loomis
at Sixteenth street and Blagden ave-
nue. on January 7, but when the po-
liceman attempted to question Loomis,
he drove away and was chased at a
maximum speed of 80 miles an hour
to Scott Circle. where the policeman
gave up the pursuit. A warrant was
applied for and Loomis was arrested
later.
Records of the Office of permit revo-
cations and restorations showed that
Loomis' permit was revoked on De-
cember 28 for operating at so miles
an hour on H street northeast. He
turned in his permit on january 6
and was stopped on Sixteenth street
the following day.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
c. v. LAW SCHOOL
GIVES SCHEDULE
Registration for Second Sc
mester to Take Place
February 3 and d.

A special schedule of classes Is
arranged fo- students who wish to
enter the George Washington Uni
versity Law School with the beginning
of the second semester. Registration
takes place February 8 and T.
The Law School of the George
Washington University, third largest
among approved law schools in this
country, is on graduate basis, COL
lege degree being required for entrance
of all students excepting those under
the six-year combined arts-and-law
or engineering-andl course. The
degrees of LIB, J.D. and LIN are
conferred.
To be eligible for the degree of
juris doctor, which is a professional
graduate degree comparable to the
Ph.D in arts and sciences, students
must complete 80 semester hours with
an average not less than B, must
complete course in Roman law and
the principles of civil law in addition
to the courses required for the degree
of LIB, and must demonstrate capac-
ity for individual research and writ
ing through performance of salts
factory service on the student editor
ial board of The Washington Law
Review.
The Law Review, now in its fifth
year of publication, is the only legal
periodical in the country devoted eX-
Clusively to Governmental and Federal
public law. The location of the uni
versity in the National Capital, where
the primary sources of Federal public
law may be observed in operation
affords an unexcelled opportunity for
specialization in this field. The Re-
views leading articles, editorial notes,
snnotations of opinions of the Attor-
ney General of the United States. and
reviews of recent cases, are frequently
cited by other law reviews and by the
courts, as well as by practicing at
torneyS in argument.
Appointments to the board of STU
dent editors are made in recognition
Of high scholastic standing.
The Law Review recently announced
plans for a commemorative issue,
marking the flftieth anniversary OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
Clyde B. Aitchison, interstate COM
merce commissioner, who is depart
mental advisory editor to the Law
Review on matters of interstate COM
merce, is chairman of the committee
in charge of planning the issue, which
will appear in March.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
SOCIAL GUIDANCE
IN HOME URGED
L. A. Hince Cites RESPONSE
biIity of Parents in Talk
to w. c. T, u.

L. A. Hince, administrative assistant
to J. Edgar Hoover in the Department
of Justice, and concluding speaker
at Fridays quarterly convention Of
the District Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, stressed the RESPONSE
bility of parents in curbing juvenile
crime by program of social as we'll
as moral guidance In the home.
"The local chapter of the w. c. r.
u" he said, "also can exert a re-
markably strong influence toward
building up and maintaining a high
standard of efficiency in our law en-
forcement ranks"
Hince described numerous phases of
the Department Of Justice, including
the high standards set for its opera
tives and the matter of personnel
management.
Diamond Pin Awarded.
The convention, held at the United
Brethren Church, 1700 North Capitol
street, assembled for its first session
| in the afternoon, with the concluding
program beginning at pm.
Preceding Hince'S talk, Mrs. Ida
Ramsey. president of the District w
C. T. u, presented a diamond medal
pin to Jesse Watts, winner Of chill
dren's defamation contest on temper
ance subjects.
The night program opened with
congregational singing and devotional
services.
Life memberships were presented to
the following women at the afternoon
session:
Mrs. j. E. Hiatt, Mrs. A. L. Bald
win. Mrs. Edna M. Rochester, Mrs
Chester r. Smith, Mrs. j. M. Nichols
Mrs. F. L. Adams. Mrs. Nellie Strang
and Mrs. A. M. Charities.
Afternoon Speakers.
| Brief talks were made in the after
noon by Mrs. c. I. McReynolds. dele
gate of the Peoples Mandate to the
Inter-American Peace Conference al
Buenos Aires in December; Mrs. Marie
N. Brinley of the educational depart
ment of the w. c. T. u. and Rev
Simpson B. Daugherty, pastor of the
United Bretheren Church.
Mrs. Earle Wiley, recently ap.
pointed executive secretary of the
World Convention of the w. C. T. U.
to be held here next June. and Mrs
Ramsey, District hostess, were intro
duced in their new positions.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
SLAYER HELD SANE
Mississippian Must Die for Killing
Colored Man.

JACKSON, Miss, January Is R.-
William Clark Mitchell, 54-year-old
white man sentenced to die for killing
a colored man, was declared sane by
State psychiatrists yesterday, and
Gov. Hugh White said he would not
intervene in his scheduled hanging at
Coffeeville, Miss, February IL.
THE case Is now out of the Gov
ernor's hands," Gov. White said after
receiving a report from DR.. c. D.
Mitchell, superintendent of the State
Insane Hospital, expressing the opin-
ion that prisoner Mitchell is fully
responsible for his acts"
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Metropolitan Law Institute
Names DR.. Leui1 to Faculty
Former Federal Official
Well KnOU1t as Writer
on Legal Subjects.

DR.. Herbert o. Eby, dean of the
Metropolitan Law Institute, an
nounced yesterday that the midyear
term, beginning February !, will in
clude two new courses-interstate
commerce law and real estate law.
This is in line with the Institutes
policy of humanizing the law.
In addition, a course In Federal
practice and procedure for young law
yers only, is being drafted and will
begin about February IS. This course
will be given by six prominent at
torneys, each an authority in his field,
whose names will be announced later.
These diversified courses will ap-
peal strongly to a large group who
feel the need of such instruction, but
have not heretofore been able to Sc
cure it.
DR.. Levin to Teach.
M. L. I. is enthusiastic about the
possibilities of the course in interstate
commerce law under the direction of
DR.. Jack Levin, who was chief OF
legal research and special consultant
on constitutional and antitrust law
under the N. r. A.
DR.. Levin is a legal writer Of prom
inence. and his broad knowledge and
experience in constitutional, antitrust
and commerce law qualify him as an
able exponent. His books have been
widely read and have given him ma
tional prominence as an author. He
formerly served as expert counsel for
the Public Utility Commission of
Washington. His classes will meet
twice week for 16 weeks.
The course in commerce law will
discuss the entire problem of Federal
regulation and control from its earli-
est inception until the present time
Emphasis will be placed upon those
problems which employees in the Com
merce and I. c. c. Departments most
| frequently encounter in order to pre-
pare them for more advanced posi-
tionS.
New Schedules.
New schedules have been arranged
| for the business law course which
will enable a greater number to take
advantage of this training. February
classes will meet for 80 minutes three
nights week. The subjects embraced
in the course are contracts, bills and
notes, agency. partnership. corpora
tions, sales, suretyship. mortgages and
real property. If desired, a selection
of one or more subjects may be made
There is a distinct need of bust.
ness law training in all subjects per.
tanning to civic and private activity
The institute places these cultural
practical studies within the reach oi
all who feel the need of them.
The public speaking course can be
completed in l6 weeks of 80 minutes
a week. More people are coming tc
realize the advantages of an ability
to give expression to their thoughts
in meetings, banquets, and other
gatherings. Actual practice in class
Is stressed rather than involved
theory. in an endeavor to give the
most experience possible in the time
allotted.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
ALUMNI Will HEAR
MEMBER OF HOUSE
Randolph Will Address South
eastern Groups Meeting
Thursday.

Representative Jennings Randolph
of West Virginia will be the guest
speaker at the second of series Of
monthly luncheon meetings of the
Southeastern University Alumni Asso-
citation in the Washington Hotel
Thursday at 1890 pm.
More than $50 graduates attended
the opening meeting last month.
DR.. James A. Bell. president of the
university, announced that a special
course in public speaking for business
men and women will be started jan
uary 25. The course will meet every
Monday from 7:30 to $50 pm. The
Dale Carnegie system of instruction
will be used.
Registration for the course has
started, DR.. Bell said.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
GOV. CONE ABOLISHES
FLORIDA ROAD PATROL
Force Goes Out of Existence Jan.
uary 31-Yearly Saving Esti-
mated at $15O,OOO.

mated at S15O,OOO.
BY the Associated Press.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, January 10
Gov. Fred P. Cones Highway Commits
sion abolished the State road patrol
yesterday, ordering it out of existence
January 81 ''in accordance with the
Governors wish" Board members
estimated the saving at about $50, 900
year.
Brooks Bateman, member from
Pahokee, offered the abolishing reso-
luton and it was adopted unani-
mously.
Automobiles motor cycles and other
equipment used by the So men in the
patrol may be stored, said Chairman
A. B. Hale, to await possible action by
the Legislature next April to establish
the patrol by legislative enactment.
Gov. Dave Sholtz, who preceded
Gov. Cone, established the patrol and
put its operations under direction of
the highway department. He said at
that time the patrol was intended to
protect the highways by preventing
overloaded motor vehicles from trav-
ersing them.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
MEDICAL "EXPERIMENT"
NEARLY FATAL For MAN
Former Wisconsin Student Noted
Sensations When He Thought
Death Was Near.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, January 16.-John W.
Cawley, 28-year-o former Wisconsin
medical student, reused from his &C.
hour sleep last night and physicians
said he would live to read what he
wrote when he believed death was
near.
Cawley, whose medical inclination
caused him to record his sensations as
an overdose of sedative coursed
through his body Wednesday, called
his act ian experiment" In his log
he termed himself mot crazy, but dis
gusted."
Police Sergt. Louis A. Allen said
Cawley was resident of Kohler, Wis.
He came here recently.
Evening star., 1937-01-17

quarters In The Evening Star Build
ing before the midyear term begins.
Registration for the coming semes-
ter will extend from January 22-30.
Additional information may be had by
addressing the Registrar. Evening
Star Building, or call District 2345.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Limited Enrolment.

The Metropolitan Law Institutes S
policy Of limited enrolment in all
classes insures to its students the
maximum amount of personal in
struction, following the case and text
book methods of grade A law COL
leges.
In order to accommodate the new
courses and classes. the Metropolitan
Law Institute will move to larger
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Buggy Frightens Horse.

GREAT BEND. Kans. (R).-Horses
on the Tom Taylor farm have gone
modern. Taylor pulled a buggy from
the barn in which it had been stored
for several years. Three horses in q
nearby corral took one look at it, SHE'D
and jumped over a high wire fence.
Evening star., 1937-09-05
F0RESEES JAPAN
WARRING ON u. S.
Nine. Chang Predicts Empire
May Some Day Wage Bitter
Offensive Warfare.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NANkING, September 4.-The First
Lady Of China today predicted the
japanese empire might some day
wage bitter offensive warfare against
the United States or Great Britain.
That grim possibility was toreseen
by Nine Chang kai-shek. wife of
the Chinese premierg generalisSimo.
who in her own right is the chieftaln
Of China's air forces and the Far
East's most powerful feminine figure
"As Japan has torn up all treaties
and violated ipterna tional laws. it is
possible the same devastating kind of
undeclared war which hlterto has
cost China and foreign countries
great losses in Manchuria and which
now is being waged against the i'm
portant seaports of China may be
started against the United States,
England or any other country having
interests in China" she said
In China We are obliged to suffer
more because We have been weakened
through a delay in organizing after
the revolution. but We are determined
to fight-come what may-for our
existence until the bitter end" said
Nine Chang in an interview.
Nine Chiang's brother-ln-laW. DR..
Sun Yat-sen, was the leader of that
revolution which ended the rule of
Chinas emperors and laid the founda
tions of the republic now engaged in
a bloody conflict with the japanese
empire
Evening star., 1937-09-05

'Oh. Dick, don't tell me he's dead"
A few seconds later Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis w. Hicks, ST., came down the
rain-drenched fairway. Mrs Hicks,
eray-haired and frail. halted at
bench so feet away, said:
There's no need to 90 any farther"
Her husband placed his arm around
her and watched in silence.
Michael Tuminella, father Of Caddy
Tuminella. arrived and began beating
his head with his hands while stamp
ing in the mist. Two caddies led him
away.
Baum is the son Of George Baum.
after whom Baum Boulevard, one OF
Pttsburgh's principal, thoroughfares,
is named.
Condition Is Critical.
At the hospital attendants said
Caddy Kelly was suffering from shock
and had a burn on his abdomen. He
was semi-conscious and did not rec
ognize his mother when she called.
His condition WAS termed critical.
Remmy's legs were paralyzed and
he moved his left side With dif,culty.
He recognized his widowed mother,
Mrs. Felicia Remmy, and grinned ~
she came into the room:
I'm all right. Nom"
The young caddy didn't remember
much about what happened. He said:
We had Just decided to make q
run Of 1t. Kelly and me. didn't see
Evening star., 1937-09-05
Hold-up Is Foiled
By Police Waiting
In Rear of Store
Detectires Correct in Ex.
pectinR Repetition Of
Robbery.

Reading the minds of bandits is a
science" being developed by Ninth
Precinct Detectives Edgar Scott and
George Thornton.
A week ago last night A colored
gunman held up Highs ice cream
store at 1910 H street northeast and
escaped before police arrived
Scott and Thornton figured the ban
dit had pretty easy time and might
decide to try it again last night.
So they went to the store and waited
in the rear. They hadn't been there
long before things began to happen.
l7-year-old colored youth. armed
with what turned out to be toy
pistol. entered the place and coved
an attendant Then he started to
rifle cash drawer. the officers said.
When the detectives showed them
selves the youth ned and outside put
up strong resistance before being
overpowered. He was taken to the
precinct for investigation.
Whether he was the same bandit
who had visited the place before was
not determined Immediately but Scott
and Thornton thought so.
Evening star., 1937-09-05
D. C: BOYS TO co
EQDRUM CONTEST
81 to Represent Washington
Group in New York at
Legion Convention.

Thirty-seven youthful Washington
MANS. clad in new red and yellow
uniforms trimmed with red braid, will
represent the District Sons OF the
American Legion Drum and Bugle
Corps at the annual contest to be held
September 20 in New York City, dur
tne the Legions national convention.
Without regulation uniforms, the
Washington corps last year finished
seventh among 287 competing drum
and hugle corps from all sections of
the country at the Cleveland con-
ventlon White trousers and red
shirts were the attire worn at Cleve-
land.
At New York the Washington boys.
who range in age fro.l IL to l6, will
march down Fifth avenue, the same
thoroushfare travelled by their fathers
who returned from France with the
victorious American Armies in 1919.
Charles johnson. newly appointed
commander of the Sons of the Legion.
Is IN charge of the corps.
In order to defray the expenses of
the trip to the convention a midnight
show will be held Wednesday, begin
ming at HAS pm, at the Rialto
Theater, The program will consist of
10 acts and a feature picture.
Harry Bell of the Sergt. Jasper
Post, American Legion, is chairman
OF the Midnight Show Committee.
For the last year the Sons of the
Legion Corps has practiced three times
week-Monday, Wednesday and
Frlday-and has played before various
Washington civic and patriotic organi-
nations.
Evening star., 1937-09-05
SAYS MANS BRAIN
| LIKE THAT Of FISH
Professor Tells Audience Of
lnteI|ectuaIs Experiments
Prove Contention.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NOTTINGHAM, England. Septem-
Der 4.-Man, conqueror OF a world.
master of nature and inventor OF a
million cunning devices, has a brain
like fish.
So says Prof. James Gray, reader OF
zoology at Cambridge University.
He mounted the platform at Not
tingham University today and sug-
gested TO some OF the most intelligent
men In the Notwithstanding the Brit
ish Association for the Advancement
Of Science Conference-that this
might give them something to think
about over the week end.
Many Of us have natural but
deep-rooted feeling that man stands
alone" Prof. Gray said I'VE are con-
vinced that Shskespeare's plays con-
stitute level of mental achievement
unknown to any other species of ami
NAL. Nevertheless. in all its essentis
parts, the brain of the fish is the same
as that of man
The professor pointed out that Ash
have rigid refexes. power to form as
sOclations between events and the
power to carry out highly complicated
migratory excursions. indicating that
they have memory, and the power to
display emotion.
so far as l can form Judgment.
these four types Of behavior include
most, If not all. the activities OF the
human race. Almost certainly, asso-
ciatlve powers Of fish are on a lower
level, but do not believe We can say
we are race apart
He said experiments proved his con-
tentlons-by ringing a bell repestedIy
before feeding them, the fish had been
made to learn to associated the SOUND
OF the bell with food.
In another instance, pike stopped
chasing a mlnnOW in a tank when II
learned 10 associate the chase WITH 2
painful experience Of humping it's head
on a glass partition which intermlt-
tently was placed in the tank
The professor concluded with thr
reminder to his audience that FISH
were their distant, but authentic.
relatives.
Evening star., 1937-09-05
IS. & Y. HOLD-UP
INQUIRY W|DENS
Solution of Additional Rob.
berries Is Sought by
Gri||ings.

Search for the trigger man in the
Sl,192 hold-up Of the S. IL W. cafeteria
was widened last night as police sought
the solution Of additional robberies by
grilling suspects already under arrest,
including Alfred H. Brauer. %. college
student and son OF a Government
foreign relations expert. and his at
tractive wife, Dorothy, u, mother OF
young child
Meanwhile, detectives released James
Willard Wilson. 80, of 606 Fifth street,
whom Brauer had paid IS to carry a
message to his wife Investiga tors
were convinced Wilson knew nothing
of the robbery. He was picked up in
the Alexandra hotel where Brauer
was arrested Friday.
Another suspect being held is Will
liam p Allen, driver of the taxicab
restaurant escaped Tuesday night.
Brauer, described as the brains" of
the robber gang. was dining with his
wife in the restaurant, police say, at
the time of the hold-up
Brauer, q former student at George
Washington University. and son of
Dr. Herman Brauer, International re-
lations expert of the Federal Tariff
Commission, broke down under grill
ing, police say and told his story.
Mrs. Brauer, member OF promi-
nent Western family, who also at
tended college here. will be held until
the district attorneys Office can pass
on her case. She was not believed to
be implicated in the robbery.
Police know the identity Of the gun
man who robbed the cafeteria at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street
His arrest is only matter of a few
days. in the opinion of detectives.
The robber gang, police believe
took $500 from chain grocery at
Tenth street and Massachusetts ave.
nue. 10 days ago. and may be impli-
Gated in series Of liquor store and
grocery hold-ups.
Evening star., 1937-09-05
URGE u. S. COOPERATE
IN TREATIES ON CHINA
Eight Maritime Groups Petition
for Cola boration on Petition
and Nine-Power Pacts.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September Eight
maritime organlza tions here petitloned
the Government today to collaborate
with other signatories of the Kellogg
BRAND pact and the Nlne-PoWer
Treaty to, stop war in China.
One Of the eight. the National Mari
time Union. proposed an economic
EMBRACE against Japan and urged
maritime workers Ito do everything
possible to assist the Chinese people"
The eight members of the Mari
time Council. claiming a membership
of $4,000. are: The National Mari
time Union. Association of Masters.
Mates and Pilots; Marine Engineers
Beneficial Association, Industrial
Union of Marine and Shipbuilding
Workers, Apprentice Engineers Asso-
ciation. American Radio Telegraph
lists Associate Lumber Yard Work
ers' Union and Scandinavian Sea-
mems Union.
Evening star., 1937-09-05

shot his cousin when he fired the gun
at target to try it out.
Payne told police he arrived at the
Ellis home in Cheltenham shortly be-
fore am. today accompanied by
Frank Curtis, 55. his brother n-laW.
The three men went into strip Of
woods back of the Ellis home, but
Ellis became separated from the 9TH
ers. Payne said. He reappeared on
the scene from clump OF bushes
just as Payne pulled the trigger, the
statement declared.
After calling to Mrs Velma Ellis,
wife OF the wounded man. Curtis and
Payne took Ellis to Emergency Hos
pital in Washington. 1t was there
that Payne was arrested by Washing
ton police. He later was removed to
Upper Marlboro by Prince Georges
County Policeman C. A. Cissel on a
warrant charging assault With intent
to kill" The charge later was changed
by Police Court Judge George B. Mer-
rick, at the request Of Supt of Police
Arthur w. Hepburn to investigation"
Attaches at Emergency Hospital to-
night described Ellis condition as
satisfactory but added that he is
not yet out Of danger.
Evening star., 1937-09-05
Lightning
Continued From First Page. }

I heard terrific noise behind. That
vas the bolt"
The lightning knocked all of those
about the tree unconscious except
Noise. He staggered to his feet. saw
his'companions motionless and started
up the hill.
He covered several hundred yards
before he was sighted. Then he num-
hJed out his story.
Caddymaster Cornelius S. Conville
And Golf Professional Willie Mckay
summoned ambulances
Caddies Remmy and Kelly, who
showed signs of life, were rushed to
the Pittsburgh Hospital. while bodies
Of the other victims were wrapped in
blankets, hot-water bottles were ap-
piled and a wood fire was built.
Physicians and internes applied ar
tiflcial respirati ton while caddies and
wealthy members of the club knelt
side by side on the soggy ground, rub
bing arms and legs.
Mother Of Caddy Arrives.
while they worked, Mrs Carrie
Wetmore. mother OF Caddy Wetmore
arrived.
:. .Gollapsing in the arms Of her other
"a Ntchard, 26, she sobbed: ...