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Evening star., 1937-03-27
In Wheel Chair, Mrs. johnson
Tells D. e.. audience of B0rneO
Wido,v of Explorer Killed in Air Crash
Sho,cs Films of Jungle Life to
Cnpacity audience.

pointed out. The johnson party cap
tured one in the hope Of bringing it to
the United States. 1t was active and
apparently liked captivity for about
two weeks, and then suddenly died.
A large section of the film showed
native animal hunters capturing a
400-pound male orang-utan. For five
days, score of trappers and men,
bers of the expedition tracked the an
imal until he was caught. He was
placed on exhibition at the Bronx Zoo
on the return Of the expedition, but
he died few weeks ago of influenza.
Natives Are Friendly.
The expedition had no trouble with
the natives of Borneo, some of whom
have from time to time been reported
to be head hunters. The motion pic
lures showed the expeditions leader
mingling freely with Murats on the
banks of the Kinabatangan River and
with the Tengarrahs far inland. Til
ton said the Johnsons visited the Ten
garrahs 18 years ago and he believed
no other white men had seen them
again until the recent visit of the ex-
pedition.
Frequent rains and the loss of sew
en- men to crocodiles which infest por-
tions Of the Borneo rivers did not pre-
vent the expedition from spending Is
months among strange peoples and
strange beasts, in strange place, ac-
cording to the lecturer
Evening star., 1937-03-27
ILL SEVERAL YEARS,
MAN ENDS HIS LIFE
Harry c. Alder, SO, Leaves Note
Requesting That mo Fuss
Be Made.

Leaving note requesting that mo
fuss" be made over his act, Harry
c. Alder 50, ended his life yesterday
by inhahng Illuminating gas in the
basement of his home at 4l2l Fourth
street.
Allder's body, lying on an ironing
board with the head over two open
jets of a stove, was found by his wife,
Mrs. Marjorie Alder, when she re-
turned from a shopping trip. The
note, found in an upstairs bed room,
also requested that certain funeral
arrangements be made. A certificate
of suicide was issued by Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald.
Alder, formerly employed by a
chain grocery store, had been in Ill
health for the last five or six years,
members Of his family said Besides
his wife, he is survived by three sons,
Harry c., jr.; Francis l.. and William
r. Alder.
Evening star., 1937-03-27

An expedition into British Borneo
for sound films of jungle life was de-
scribed to Washington audience
last night by Mrs. Martin johnson,
lecturing before a capacity audience
at Constitution Hall
The attractive widow, who lost her
husband in an airplane crash in CAL
ifornia several months ago, was
brought out on the stage in wheel
chair. She had received a broken
leg in the accident and still was under
care OF physicians.
Mrs. johnson spoke briefly of the
expedition by airplane and boat into
Borneo before introducing Joseph Til
ton, sound technician who ac-
companied the explorers. Mrs. john
son appeared under auspices Of the
National Geographic Society.
Cuss -Cuss Photographed.
Motion pictures illustrating the lee
ture showed the endless lush forests
which flank the rivers Of the interior
of Borneo and the strange animal
life of the region. Among animals
photographed was the cuss-cuss, a
queer rodent like creature with vacu-
um-cup finger tips; orang-utans, glib
bon monkeys and bears.
Far in the interior, the expedition
photographed the probosis monkey,
named because of its queer, elongated
fiat nose. No zoo has ever been able
to keep one of the monkeys, Tilton
Evening star., 1937-03-27
LANGLEY GIVEN THIRD
NAVAL VESSEL ROLE
First a Collier, Then an Aircraft
Carrier, It Now Enters Task
as Plane Tender.

The veteran Langley is now enter
ing her third life, so to speak, Navy
officials today announced, for this
vessel, which began existence as a
collier and was converted to Uncle
Sans first aircraft carrier, now be-
comes an aircraft tender.
From carrying Goals to becoming
nursemaid to planes is the history
in epitome OF this famous vessel,
but the old Langley, which was
named for the Smithsonian Institu-
ton scientist, Prof. Samuel Pierpont
Langley, pioneer aviation enthusiast,
still holds one record. She was the
first electric-drive vessel in the Amer
ican Navy.
onicials annpunced that the Lang
ley has Just been converted to an
aircraft tender at the Mare Island,
Calf, Navy Yard, and is now with
the base force as. tender for patrol
planes. Ofhcials OF the Bureau OF
Aeronautics, Navy Department., ex-
planned that she is now equipped to
do major repair work of an emergency
nature on planes.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Capitals champion egg rollers
entered final training today for their
annual contest on the White House
lawn Easter Monday.
Pudgy first-timers still in the baby"
class practiced shots in Capital back
yards, determined to make showing
against more seasoned brothers and
sisters. Fathers who learned egg
rolling before they could crawl took
sons aside to tell how it was done
back in the 80s.
One 4-year-old Californian in
Washington for the Easter Monday
event cried when his practice shots
with a candy egg ran afoul de-
partment store escalator
All the young hopefuls eyed the
skies fearfully.
Everything else is in readiness for
the egg rolling, which vies with Christ
mas in the affection of the children.
"A fine turf" commented William
Reeves, White House gardener, little
sadly perhaps. The grounds won't
look so velvety when $4,000 children
and groWn-ups get through rolling.
throwing. eating and scattering Easter
eggs.
"All set." assured the Red Cross.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
NEW BOND RACKET
BILL INTRODUCED
Directs Prince Georges Off,
GERS to Take Offenders
to Nearest Justice.
Correspondent of The Star

By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, March PA further
curb on the possibility of collusion be-
tween Prince Georges County's police
and justices of the peace was seen to-
day under new bill before the House
of Delegates.
The measure would require that all
persons who are arrested in the county
be taken before the nearest available
justice for commitment. Fines of $40
to S1o0 are provided for violations of
the proposed statute.
1t is aimed squarely against bond
rackets" and justices retaining rich
fees by any favoritism on the part OF
officers in arraigning their prisoners.
The bill is one of two planned by
the Prince Georges delegation to pre-
vent repetition of the scandal result
ing from the recent 'oond-racket"
probe, in which six officers one desk
clerk, a justice of the peace and =
bondsman were indicted.
It's mate. bill calling for reorgan-
ization of the entire force and placing
it under merit system of appoint
ment, passed the House and Senate
a week ago and already is in effect
Under the latest bill, should The Of
fender be member of the county po-
lice force, he would be subjected to
suspension from duty for upward Of
10 days.
The delegation also introduced the
bill empowering the county assessor
to make plats of subdivisional real
estate developments when property
owners do not submit plats of the
tract to his Office The cost would
be assessed against the owner
However, Charles c. Marbury, dele
cation chairman, wrote its advocate,
Assessor Thomas w. Baxter, that be-
cause of the nearness of the end of the
current session and the little time
left for the legislators to study the
effect of the bill, it might not be
enacted.
ITCSSuI La" 11cIu AAAuC4uAV<s
The proposal, which bears the
county commissioners Endorsement,
would remedy the present law, which
Baxter has branded as inadequate"
because 1t does not require the filing
Of maps of all subdivisional develop
mentS
Baxter said because of this it is
virtually impossible to make accurate
assessment of property split among
several owners when land is sold In
small parcels.
A third bill by the delegation would
reduce the license fee for hawkers
who travel by foot from 5000 to s25,
and cut the fee for those who use
wagons or other vehicles from $500
to $50.
Delegation members said the old law
was intended to tax hawkers and
peddlers out of existence" and should
be rectifled.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
WASHINGTON JEWS
OBSERVE 'PESACH'
Church Services and Seder
Rites Held in Celebration
of Passover.

The passing of the Angel Of Death
over the homes of the children of
Israel as he struck dead the f1rst-born
of the tyrant Egyptian families more
than "a centuries ago was celebrated
here last night by District Jews.
Beginning with church services and
followed by Seder rites in the home,
Washington Jewish families joined the
rest of their race all over the world
in opening the traditional eight-day
observance of the Pesach which ends
at sundown next Saturday.
In the synagogues, reformed and
orthodox, in the Hebrew Home for the
Aged and other institutions, opening
services were held and the congrega-
tions were told of other and more
modern Pharaohs cracking the whip
over the children of Israel.
In the home, over the festive table
heavy with the wine. bitter herbs, and
unleavened bread, the head Of the
family read from the Haggadah the
tale of the Israelites fleeing with Moses
in search of the Promised Land in
observance of the Seder ceremony.
All members of the family participate
in the ceremony and eat of the matzos
or unleavened bread first used by the
fleeing tribes as, in their haste, they
baked their bread on boards in the
sun.
Rich symbolism attends the cere-
mony, observed last night by all Jews
and again tonight by the orthodox.
Doors were left ajar and an untouched
cup of wine symbolized welcome to
the stranger. In another rite each
member of the family pours 10 drops
OF wine commemorating the 10 plaques
visited on the subjects of Pharaoh
blood, vermin, murrain, hail, dark
ness, frogs, flies, boils, locusts and
death to the first-born. One of the
larger community Seders was held at
the Jewish Community Center.
The Passover generally comes about
the same time as Easter, both dates
being fixed by the lunar calendar
Rabbi Julius T. Loeb of the South
east Hebrew Congregation was to
take for his subject in this mornings
service, THE First Keynote Of the
Re-echoing Through
the Ages"
Visitors, transients and any other
non-residents of the Capital are in
vited to attend services tonight at the
Hebrew Travellers Sheltering Society,
407 Massachusetts, avenue.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
SENATE DUE TO BACK
INFANT BLINDNESS BILL
Measure Would Protect Eyes Of
Newborn Children in
District.

The Senate District Committee
probably will approve at its next
meeting the bill to prevent blindness
in infants, already favorably reported
by the House District Committee. The
measure may come up in the House
Monday.
Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New
York said yesterday he will favor the
bill as reported to the House, 1t re-
quires the Health Department to fur
nlsh in suitable containers a solution
to protect the eyes of newborn chill
dren.
The bill would require the physician
or other person in attendance at child
birth to apply the solution TO the baby S
eyes.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
D. c. SUPPLY BILL
AGAIN IS DELAYED
To Be Reported Monday, but
Debate Due for Days
Postponement.

For the second time House leaders
today postponed consideration of the
1888 District appropriation bill
Originally scheduled to be re-
ported March Is, leaders last week
moved the date back to March %, and
they now announce it will be April
l before the measure can be con-
sidered.
The latest change in plans was
made to give the right Of way to the
legislative appropriation bill which
is to be reported to the House Monday
The District bill has been COM
pleted and is ready for House con-
sideration at any time
Although the legislative supply bill
is to be reported Monday, debate on it
will not start until the following day,
since House leaders have assured
Chairman Norton of the District Com
mittee she will be permitted to call
up District legislation Monday The
principal District measures on the
calendar are those permitting bowling
alleys to operate on Sunday between
2p.m. and IL midnight, and to prevent
blindness in children by requiring
prophylactic treatment of the eyes
of infants at birth.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
ALEXANDRIA YOUTH
HURT AS CAR ROLLS
) TIMES IN CRASH
May Have Fractured Skull.
Struck Auto Bumper in
Trying to Pass.
LAW STUDENT KILLED
ON EASTER VACATION
Physicians Son, 6, Is Injured In
Crash-Street Car Pit
Worker Injured.

An Alexandria youth was seriously
injured last night when his automobile
rolled over five times after colliding
with car he was trying to pass on
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway.
George w. Gill, Is, of 3l4 North
Royal street. the victim, possibly suf-
fered a fractured skull and internal
injuries. He is in Alexandria hospital
Gills machine struck the bumper
of car driven by Norman Ferguson,
colored. of Alexandria. His car rolled
ITS feet before ii halted. Park Police
said. Ferguson was absolved of blame
Four other persons were injured in
accidents during the night in Wash
ington, and two students of educa-
tional institutions in this section we're
reported dead as result of mishaps
at distant points
Law School Student Dies.
James Laughlin, "a, Columbus Uni
versity Law School freshman, died in
q Cumberland (Md) hospital, of in
iuries received in an accident at Gre
saptown, Md. He was on his way to
spend his Easter vacation at his home
in Westernport, Nd, 40 miles from
Cressptown.
Richard Fielding Lewis Wartham,
Asheville, N. c., former student at
Episcopal High School, Alexandria.
died of injuries received in mishap
"Wednesday on the Freehold Nights
town road, near Princeton, N. ]. He
was a freshman at Princeton Uni
versity.
Tommy Mullin, s, rested comfort
ably today in Emergency Hospital,
where he was sent late yesterday as
result of an automobile accident
during ride with his father, a plysi-
clan, in answer to an urgent sick call
The car driven by DR.. E. F. Mullin,
e044 N street, was in collision at
Twentieth and P streets with another
car. the driver of which was unidenti-
fed. Tommy was thrown against the
side of his fathers machine, suffering
cuts and shock. Police decided the
mishap was unavoidable and no ar
rests were made.
Hit in Street Car Pit.
Samuel Berman, As, Of AIS Fifth
street, laborer in street car track
pit in the 1900 block of Georgia ave-
nue., was struck while in the pit by
car driven by James Lockart, col
ored, %, no fixed address. Berman
was sent to Freedmen's Hospital suf-
fering from fractured leg and arm,
while Lockart was held by police.
Two young women, who were con-
versing behind tree at Fourteenth
and Farragut streets, were injured
when a car driven by Frank Southard,
10, of 1920 Delafield place, crashed
into the tree and sent the women
Sprawling.
The victims were Alice Gossage, 81,
of 1888 M street, who suffered cuts and
bruises and Elinor Derrick, 81. 1884
Fairmont street, who lost front tooth
and suffered cuts of the legs. Both
were treated by private physician.
Southland was released in $500 bond on
charges of reckless driving and driving
without permit.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
HOUSE GROUP PLANS
TRIP TO FLOOD AREA
Control Committee Members to
Leave Monday on Visit
of Inspection.

By the Associated Press.
The House Flood Control Committee
will leave Monday to inspect part of
the area hit by Ohio River floods early
this year.
About u Representatives intend to
make the automobile tour. They will go
first to Pittsburgh, swinging down into
part of the Ohio and Muskingum VAL
leys and returning by way of Tygart
Dam in West Virginia.
Representative Gehrmann, Pro-
gressive, of Wisconsin said their main
purpose will be to look over six dams
under construction and sites for eight
more which are intended to help con-
troll flood waters of the Ohio and some
of its tributaries.
The committee members expect to
spend one night at GAINESVILLE, Ohio;
another at Tygart, and to return to
the Capital Wednesday.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
$4,000 DAMAGE SUIT
FILED BY FATHER OF 5
Charles Martin Claims Injuries
When Struck by Automo-
bile September "a.

A $4,000 damage suit was fled in
District Court today by Charles Mar
tin, 4l0 Sixth street, father Of five
children, who was injured last Sep
tember "a when he was struck by an
automobile allegedlv driven by Leon
ard Hawkes.. 5430 Fourth street.
Through his attorneys. Fred j. Icen-
hover and William K. Teepe, Martin
told the court he was permanently dis
abled He charged Hawkes. car hit
him as he started to cross in the 400
block of Sixth street, opposite Police
Court.
Martin is carpenter and Hawkes.
Is employed at the Navy Yard.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
CONTRACT is AWARDED
FOR PIER CONSTRUCTION
Bid of $21 300 by Fred Drew Co.
Wins Waterfront

Plans for improvement Of the Dis
trict waterfront were carried forward
yesterday when the Commissioners
awarded a contract for construction Of
a large pier for the Municipal Fish
Market at Twelfth and Water streets.
The work will be performed by the
Fred Drew Co., Inc, OF this city,
which submitted bid of s21 300, the
lowest received. The project was
among items contained in the budget
for the current fiscal year.
The pier will be approximately 100
feet long and so feet wide. 1t will
be about equal to the combined size
of the two old piers, both OF which
will be continued in service for the
time being.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
HODGKINS RITES HELD

Former Resident of City Was
Auditor on West Coast.
Private burial services were held
yesterday in Congressional Cemetery
for Edward Montgomery Hodgkins.
formerly of this city, who died March
10 in San Diego, Calf. Rev. DR..
Edward Gabler rector OF Christ
Episcopal Church, 600 block of G
street southeast, officiated. The body
had been cremated.
Mr.. Hodgkins had been an auditor
on the West Coast since 1916. His
father, the late Samuel Hodgkins, for
many years a resident here, was a
Civil War veteran and artist. Among
survivors is brother, Arthur w.
Hodgkins, architect in the office OF
the quartermaster general, War De-
partment.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
LAW STUDENT KILLED
3y the Associated Press.


CUMBERLAND. Md, March 27,-
James Laughlin, 24-year-old law stu
dent at Columbus University, Wash
ington, D. c., died yesterday in Alle-
gany Hospital here of injuries received
in an automobile accident near Gre
saptoWn.
Laughlin, who lived at Westernport.
was a passenger in machine driven
by Edmund j. INLAND, 81, of Piedmont,
w. Va Others in the car were George
Woods, 20, and Francis inland, 18.
The latter received head injuries
Edmund inland told police another
car forced him off the road and his
machine overturned.
Laughlin's death was Marylands
thirteenth automobile fatality since
January l.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
HELD ON AUTO CHARGES,
MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
"Started Out on Wrong Foot" He
Explains in Note, Then
Turns on Gas.

Less than six hours after he had
posted s29 collateral for speeding and
driving on the wrong side of the
street, Oran M. Thompson, SO, colored.
wrote a brief note explaining he had
started out on the wrong foot" and
ended his life by inhaling illuminat-
ing gas last night in his home at 1921
Willard street.
Thompson, an employe of the Cen
eral Accounting Office, was found in
third-floor room by his wife, Mrs.
Frances L. Thompson. A rubber hose
had been attached to jet and a
blanket placed over his head, police
said
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued a certificate of suicide
Evening star., 1937-03-27
CAPT. HARVEY BURIED
Retired Army Officer Died at
Walter Reed Wednesday,.

Funeral services for Capt. William
K. Harvey, U, S. A., retired, who died
Wednesday at Walter Reed Hospital,
were held yesterday, with interment
in section of Arlington National
Cemetery.
Capt. Harvey, a native OF Brook
lyn, N. Y, served through the Span
ish War as an enlisted man and was
then commissioned captain in the
Onhcers' Reserve Corps. He was
called to active duty in the World
War. serving until 1919, when he was
honorably discharged. He did not
become an offlcer in the Regular
Army until 1920 and was retired in
March. 1882, for disability received in
line Of duty.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
NEW AIR CORPS OFFICER
ARRIVES IN BALTIMORE
Lieut.. Col. Ernest Clark, From
Selfridge Field, Replaces Col
H. c. Kress Muhlenberg.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 27.-Lieut
Col. Ernest Clark. Air Corps, assumed
his duties as air officer for the Sd Corps
Area, succeeding Col. H. C. Kress
Muhlenberg, recently transferred to
Langley Field, Va.
Col. Clark came to Baltimore from
Selfridge Field, Mich. He was born
in Terre Haute, Ind. Prior to re-
ceiving his commission he served four
years in the Regular Infantry and
seven years with the Indiana National
Guard
Evening star., 1937-03-27
HIGH MASS TOMORROW
niSnatch tn The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FOREST GLEN, Md, March 27.-
High mass will be sung at 8 am. to-
morrow at St. Johns Catholic Church
here. There will also be mass at 10
a m. with special music.
Masses will be said at the Holy
Redeemer Church at Kensington at
$50 and lo:3O An.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
Man Shot in Back Dies.

Darlington jefferson, %, colored, 322
I street southwest, died in Providence
Hospital last night a few hours after
being shot in the back allegedly during
an argument with relative at Fourth
and E streets southwest. Police are
searching for the relative.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
THIEF BREAKS GLASS
TO OBTAIN $13O LOOT
Neck Watch, Cameo Pins and
Brooches Stolen From Home of
William M. MacKellar-

A Woman's silver neck watch, two
cameo pins and several brooches,
valued at $l00, together with $50 in
cash, today were reported stolen from
the home of William NJ MacKellar,
500 Thirteenth street, who said his
house was entered by breaking the
glass in rear door.
John P. Morris, 57l9 Kansas avenue.
told police some one entered his home
in similar manner and took a watch
and a diamond ring valued at Sl31.
Joseph Lawson, l846 Sixteenth
street, reported he was assaulted by
three colored men while repairing his
automobile in the 100 block of Reeds
Court, near newspaper substation
where he is manager They robbed
him of $40 and fed, he said.
Evening star., 1937-03-27

participation in a
vain a t t e m p t
March Is to rob
the Welfare Rec
reational Associa-
ton of $4,000.
Milton is being
held by the F. B.
I. pending ar
raignment Mon
day before United
States Commits
sioner Needham
c. Turnage under
statutes relating
to crimes on Fed
eral property.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
HENRY R. MILTON
HELD IN WELFARE
ROBBERY ATTEMPT
ParoIed Prisoner Arrested
by F. B. |. in Attempted
Theft of $4,000.
SEARCH CONTINUES
FOR TWO ACCOMPLICES
G-Men Called Into Case Because
Crime Was Committed on
Federal Property.

Henry Raymond Milton, 80, well
known in local police circles, has been
arrested by agents of the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation and charged with
Evening star., 1937-03-27
PRINCIPAL RESIGNS
Francis Cady Quits at Accokeek.
Successor Named.

Successor Named.
ACCOKEEk, Md, March 81 (Spe-
cial) .-Francis Cady, principal of
the Accokeek Elementary School, has
resigned He will be succeeded by
Mrs. Rose Mary Boehleigh of Washing
ton
Mrs Boehleigh is a graduate of the
Frostburg Normal School and formerly
taught in the Forestville Elementary
School. She will take charge of the
school here Wednesday.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
Widows Predominant

In the town of Louisa, Va. (popu.
latio- BOD, there are SO widows and
80 maiden ladies.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Soldiers Home Band IN
Stanley Hall at $50 pm. today, John
s, M. Zimmerman, bandmaster;
Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program
March, III Berseglieri' (The Italian
Rifemenl --------E Eilenberg
Overture Morning, Noon and Night
in Vienna a"-------------Von Suppe
Suite d dOrchestre, Scenes Poetiques,"
GODDARD
J. In the Woods"
q I'm the Mountains"
3. I'm the Village"
Scenes from the light opera, Boo
caccio" Won Suppe
Chinese one-step, "Sing-ling- ting,
Cobb
Valse intermezzo, "Springtime,"
Drumm
Finale, Salute to Williamsport,
Vandersloot
'"The Star 6pangled Banner"