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Evening star., 1938-11-05
Cost to Save Hurt Leg $3.50,
Rich Col. Green Had 1t Cut off

Texas and its equipment was mod
ern in every respect.
Much of the testimony at the
Texas hearing had bearing on the
important question of his domicile,
and attorneys made much of the
years he spent as the first citizen of
Terrell. Aging cronies who knew
him when -" told of peculiarities
which marked him as only slightly
less eccentric than his mother
First Auto in Texas.
In 1903, Col. Green became the
f1rSt man to own an automobile in
Texas, and witness at the domi-
c1llary hearing in Dallas told of one
OF its first excursions:
"A motorcade of four automobiles
including Col. Green's, travelled over
the country roads between Tyler and
Terrell, bombarded by a barrage of
peaches hurled by residents who
lined the fences en- route to witness
the rare spectacle of horseless car
rlages on a cross-country jaunt."
How Col. Green acquired his arti-
f1cial leg brought many a chuckle
from witness and lawyer at the
Iexas hearings. One witness gave
this version of it:
He suffered severe injury to his
leg when he fell under a hand car
while working on a railroad. When
the doctor advised his mother it
would cost $3.50 to save it, or $50 to
cut 1T on, she said: Cut it Off"
Evening star., 1938-11-05

Yugoslavia has placed a special tax
on cultural films.
Evening star., 1938-11-05
BY the Associated Press,

bS inc ASSOCIATED PreSS.
DALLAS, Nov. 5-TexaS may not
get a share of taxes from the $780,
600 900 Edward H. r. Green estate
but it enjoyed its quota OF laughs
from the testimony in lengthy hear
ings held last year at Dallas, Fort
Worth and Terrell.
Penny-pinching Hetty Green's g.
foot-4, 250-pound son, named by
witnesses as the Kingfisn of Terrell
Tex, in the Gay Nineties, was pic
tured as the Lone Star States first
automobilist, No. amateur camera
fan, ardent astronomer, agricul-
turist, Republican politician, oil ex-
plorer, minstrel show end man
jester, meteorologist, philosopher
and pioneer in air-conditioning.
The latter experiment was short
lived. Col. Green, coming to this
State late in the past century to take
control OF the Texas Midland Rail-
way, described as a 57-mile streak
OF rust" went into railroading with
the tremendous enthusiasm that
marked all of his hobbies.
Sprinkler Backfired.
He Installed a sprinkler system
on one Of the railroads coaches in
his modernization plan, but the
gadget quickly backfired when water
sprayed a group of woman patrons.
Air conditioning was out, but the
cork-legged financier went on to
expand his railroad until its tracks
traversed 125 miles of Central North
Evening star., 1938-11-05
BY the Associated Press.

~
DR.. Ales Hrdlicka, Smithsonian
Institution anthropologist, reported
today the discovery of remains of a
race of people who antedated the
Eskimo, Aleut and Indian in the
migration from Asia to the Ameri-
can continent thousands of years ago.
The veteran scientist, who has
just completed 10 years of explora-
tion during each summer in Alaska
and the Aleutian Islands, said that
the hitherto unknown race appar-
emily was the stem from which
many Of the American Indian tribes
evolved.
Last summer a large collection of
bones, skulls, mummies, stone i'm
plements, cooking pots and other
utensils were found on a trip
through the islands, principally on
the Island OF Umnak, one of the
foggy and frozen Aleutians, DR..
Hrdlicka said.
He expressed the opinion that
they showed unmistakably that long
before the Aleut race moved out of
Asia the earlier people had been
moving slowly eastward to what is
now Alaska. Canada, the United
States and South America.
They apparently started from Asia
at least 1000 years ago, he said, and
succeeding generations eventually
reached the southern part OF North
America.
They were at least closely related
to the ancestors Of the tribes found
occupying the Pacific Coast at the
time OF the first white explorations, -
the Smithsonian scientists said.
The pre-Aleuts were a race of
fairly high primitive culture, con-
sidering the fact that they had only
Evening star., 1938-11-05

the principal, predominant and per-
manent home when compared with
the Star Island residence. -. He
had invested nearly $1,000 900 at
Round Hills, as compared with
81 l,5O0, 900 at Star Island. and over
a period of years he usually spent
f1ve and half months there. as
compared with four and a halt
months at Star Island"
The special master recommended
tnat the high court reserve jurisdic-
tlon for any further orders and
make an equitable ALLEGATION of the
taxable costs among the ntigants.
The court will permit the States
to file briefs outlining possible OBJ
1ections to the determination and
may later hear oral arguments.
Evening star., 1938-11-05

voted, but called himself "cracker. !"
One witness told the master Col
Green had expressed a liking for
Florida, said he'd like to spend the
rest OF his days there and would
live there all year round if it weren't
Tor the damn mosquitoes"
But Mr.. Flannery found that Col.
Green did not have the conventional
conception of home"
He was nomadic in his tastes -"
said the report, "and evidently re-
garded domicile as something dis
tinct and apart from home or resi-
dence. Home to him was where
he happened to be for the time be-
Ing with his wife and domestic
establishment. To him, domicile
was mental state where he would
obtain certain political advantages
and freedom from taxation. :
Bay State Wins.
There is not sufficient evidence
to show that Green ever intended
to make New York his permanent
home. This domicile actually estab-
lshed in Massachusetts, in 1921, not
withstanding his mental reserya-
ton OF his Texas residence, was not
abandoned when he built his Star
Island homo 80 Round Hills was
Evening star., 1938-11-05
u. 5. Asks Dismissal
Of Philippine Suit

A petition for dismissal of suit
attacking the constitutionality OF
the Philippine Independence Act was
on file today in District Court by
the Federal Government.
United States Attorney David A
Pine, Assistant United States At.
torney Howard Boyd and Attorney
Ralph S. Boyd of the Department OF
Justice signed the petition, advising
the court that it should throw out
the suit, brought by a Philippine
lawyer, because the United States
has not consented to be sued. The
consent of this Government is a pre-
requisite, the lawyers for the United
States argued.
Braulio M. Gancy, the lawyer, con-
tended when he filed the suit some
time ago that under the Tydings-
McDufi1e Act. under which Philip
pine independence is to come about
In 10 years, Congress is without
authority to ALLEVIATE territory.
In asking District Court to quash
the suit, the Government lawyers
say that 1t Is political and not a
judicial question and hence the tri-
bunal is without authority.
Evening star., 1938-11-05
Sheppard Committee
Agents Will Watch
Poll in ; States
Pennsylvania, New Jersey
And North Dokoto Are
Under Observation
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate Campaign Expendi-
lures Committee said today it would
have investigators keep a vigilant
watch on the voting Tuesday in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and North
Dakota.
Chairman Sheppard said "observ-
ers" would be stationed in Philadel-
phia, Jersey City and Bismarck, N.
Oak.
Some Of the 20 investigators en-
ployed by the committee also will be
In Ohio, Illinois and Vermont on
Election Day, but Senator Sheppard
said these men were working on
charges of political abuse in CAM
paigns and would not be observing
voting unless there were new de-
velopments.
Senator Sheppard's reference to
Vermont was the first notice from
the committee that it was investi-
eating there The committee chair
man declined to reveal the nature
OF the complaints.
He said the committee had re-
FUSED a request to maintain a watch
over voting in Tennessee. The re-
quest was made by John r. Neal,
who was defeated in the Democratic
senatorial primary and has filed
numerous charges with the group.
Senator Sheppard said the North
Dakota assignment resulted from
complaints on absentee voting and
the committee investigator would
watch this over the entire State.
Both Republicans and Democrats
have made numerous charges and
counter charges in the Pennsylvania
election. The committee itself criti-
cized conditions in Jersey City.
stronghold of Mayor Frank Hague,
powerful figure in State and national
Democratic party organizations.
Chairman Sheppard said the spe-
clal committee apparently had "am-
pie funds" to complete its Job Of
policing the senatorial elections.
The committee was voted $50 900
and Senator Sheppard said 1t had
spent a little over half of this.
He said Federal employees would
escape possible prosecution for
contributing to campaign funds of
senatorial candidates until such time
as an existing conflict over laws
on this subject Is settled.
Although the Sheppard committee
contends these contributions violate
Federal law, members point out that
the Justice Department ruled years
ago that Government workers could
make contributions for political pur.
poses.
The chairman predicted that the
conflicting opinions probably would
be submitted to the Senate Judiciary
Committee "for a decision" This
would delay any recommendation
that prosecutions be instituted until
Congress meets in January, long
after the elections.
Evening star., 1938-11-05
1889 Models Exhibited
|As Curtain Rises
On Auto Show
Visitors Discover
Many Refinements
In 18 Makes

The 10th annual automobile show
was formally opened today by
Francis G. Addison, jr., president
Of the Board Of Trade. in q radio
address of welcome at the scene OF
the exhibit, Chevy Chase Ice Palace,
In the 400 block Of Connecticut
avenue.
Mr.. Addison praised the efforts of
the Washington Automotive Trade
Association, sponsors of the show.
and termed the annual event one
Of the most important civic affairs
of the city. He was introduced ky
Gordon Hittenmark Of WRC.
j. M. Sanders, president of the
w. A. T. A., and Dick Murphy, man
ager, also spoke. They cited the
Importance of the automotive in
dustry to business in the National
Capital.
Large Number on Hand.
An unusual number of people
were on hand at the dazzling array
of cars as the exhibit got away
on scheduled time, II o'clock this
morning.
For the public at large, it was the
first opportunity to view the models
and to compare the latest automo-
bile creations, all at the same time.
Seventy sleek, new cars, repre-
senting the latest in efficiency,
safety and comfort, are on exhibi-
ton. They represent 10 different
makes Of autos. Among the i'm
provements added are remote gear
shifting, wider seats, greater visibil-
ity, obtained through the use of
more glass; greater luggage space,
improved brakes and springing for
safety, more luxurious upholstery
and more beautiful interior trim
and fittings.
From IL to IL Daily.
One of the new models features
hood lock operated from inside
the car, q convenient feature when
most machines have the battery
under the hood.
Doors of the Ice Palace are open
from II am. to II pm. daily, except
tomorrow, when they open at 2
o'clock.
The exhibition hall is bedecked
with towers, mosques and panels
depicting scenes from ''The Arabian
Nights" The draperies are of
blues, colds, Oriental red and
orange, the whole effect giving a
striking setting for the modern cars.
Show Brightly Lighted.
More than 10000 watts of electric
ity are In constant use in lighting
the show. The principal lights are
supplied by 750-watt bulbs, set in
octagonal shades of transparent
mica and supplemented by batteries
Of flood lights. A special stage has
been constructed in the north bal
cony, where the radio programs will
be broadcast. The stage also will
be used for the presentation twice
daily. at 3 and $3.50 pm, of a spe-
cial ballet by students of the Leroy
H. Thayer Studios Of Dance, and di-
rected by Paul Mathis, ballet
master.
Daily radio features are being ar
ranged, including q daily quiz by
Gordon Hittenmark of Station
WRC.
Evening star., 1938-11-05

Farmers Of Northern Ireland are
seeking government aid.
Evening star., 1938-11-05
Green
Continued From Page ~

liberal expenditures and high taxa
ZION by governmental agencies when
the bulk of individual wealth |"
is in Intangible property which may
be moved from place to place by
migratory millionaires to escape tax
ation.",
Mr.. Flannery said Col. Green
gathered his large fortune as the
result of inheritance, tax avoidance
and income accumulation" and paid
large sums in taxes to the Federal
Government. However, apart from
levies against his real and personal
property in the various States, Mr..
Flannery added, he paid no income
or personal taxes to any State.
Mr.. Flannery reported that Col,
Green once had a friend rent room
at the home of a Mrs. Jarvis in Ter
rell. Tex, for IS a month to preserve
his right to vote in Texas. Mrs. Jar
Wis never saw him, but he mailed a
vest and a pair of trousers to the
house, the report added.
Hotel Floor for $27 1000.
Contrasted to the $5-a-month
room rent was a finding that Col.
Green occupied the oath floor of the
Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New
York City at a yearly rental Of
$4,000, from 1929 to 1888, when the
rent was reduced. He continued to
maintain the apartment until his
death, as a temporary place of So
Journ on his way to and from Flor
ida.
He had lived with his wife at the
Waldorf until it was demolished,
and he liked it there so we'll that he
had his new landlord buy some of
the apartment furniture and hire
some of the Waldorf's employees to
preserve the atmosphere.
On the Round Hills estate, South
Dartmouth, Mass, in 1921, Col.
Green completed a three-story rec
tangular house of granite, with To-
inch walls. He employed a staff of
30 servants.
At Round Hills, as elsewhere, Col.
Green d1d not mix in society. His
neighbors objected to his radio and
his aviation field, and he hobnobbed
with farm workers and local New
Bedford tradesmen. At night he
played slot machines and worked
over his stamp and coin collections.
"Domicile q Mental State"
He never voted in Massachusetts,
and when the State commissioner of
corporations and taxation in 1928
began to talk about taxes, Col. Green
replied that Terrell, Tex, was his
domicile. No further demand was
made on him.
In Florida, where Col. Green main
tanned a palatial residence on Star
Island, Miami, he likewise paid no
Intangible property taxes, never
Evening star., 1938-11-05
Downing Street
ICdt Rewarded
|For Vigilance

Sy the Associated ffeSS.
LONDON, Nov. 5.-The much
publicized black tom cat of No. 10
Downing street, official residence of
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain, has been rewarded with a gift
of fresh fish for his vigilance at the
doorway during the September war
scare.
Mrs. Chamberlain said in speech
yesterday that among the piles OF
flowers and messages sent to the
residence was a parcel containing
two Dover soles for her cat. It was
addressed to "The Black Cat, 10
Downing street."
The big black pet frequently was
seen on the doorstep as important
men came and went during the
tense September days.
Evening star., 1938-11-05
Mrs. Charles P. Arnold
Dies of Heart Attack

Mrs. Nellie S. Arnold, g., wife of
Charles p. Arnold. died yesterday
of heart attack at her home, 1899
Kenyon street NV.
A native of Boston, Mrs. Arnold
was educated in school at Falls
Church and Fairfax, Va, and had
been resident of Washington the
last 40 years. She was a member
of st. James Catholic Church at
Falls Church.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Arnold
leaves two daughters, Mrs. r. S.
Boswell and Mrs. C. E. Boswell,
this city; son, Leonard J. Arnold,
this city; two brothers, James H.
Leonard, Philadelphia. and David
Leonard, West Falls Church, Va;
two sisters, the Misses Daisy and
Grace Leonard of West Falls Church
and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
8 am. Monday in Sacred Heart
Catholic Church. Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Farmers Of Northern Ireland are
Evening star., 1938-11-05
Gunmon Fires Car

DENVER (P.-When a gunman
who forced his way into George E.
Aux's automobile told the driver
this is where you start walking" )"
he meant it.
The gunman promptly set fire to
the nearly new car.
Evening star., 1938-11-05
Remains of Race Antedotinq
AIeuts F found by HrdIicko

driftwood, bone, poor stone and no
metals with which to work, he
added. Many Of their utensils and
tools resemble very closely the i'm
plements of the California Indians.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Turns Terrorism
CHARGE on British

But what about the British ter
ror, or the Jewish?" he exclaimed.
DO not believe for one moment
the argument that the British are
'tolerating' us, much less assisting
by tacit approval our movement.
Look what they've done to US.
They have banished our lead
ers. They have put 1000 of our
young men, leaders and even re
ligious heads, in the Acre jail and
concentration camp where they
are horribly treated.
They have hanged 43 Arabs
in the last 10 months. Their troops
and police have hunted down and
killed 1900 Arabs during this
time"
1 interposed that these were
Arab rebels killed in combat with
government forces. mo, no." ne
answered, "At least half Of them
were noncombatants.
And the Jews" he continued,
shave killed 165 Arabs, non
combatants, by bombs in Jatta,
Jerusalem and Haifa just in the
last few months, and not single
Jew has been brought to trial. In
addition the Jews killed more
than go Arabs by other means,
mostly by shooting, in the last 10
months
I hesitated to interrupt his mo
mentum by remarking that the
Jewish reprisals began only after
years of Jewish self-restraint hac
resulted only in encouraging the
Arab terror. Also that the Jewish
reprisals were carried out by q
group strongly condemned by the
official Jewish Agency, whereas
the Ara1 terror had never beer
so much as criticized for the sake
OF form by the Arab leaders, in
cluding the multi.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
By J. Earle Moser
The Award Lineup

LITTLE THEATER: The
French film adaptation Of the
sophisticated play, "Amphi-
tryOn 81" begins today for
the current week. Tickets are
mailed daily to many CORE
SpOndents.
BOXING: Tomorrow Steve
MamakOS battles Mexican
Champ Bobby PachO at Griff
Stadium So get in your
unusual Federal facts" as
the best received will win two
reserved seats.
MARLENE BEAUTY KIT:
Hazel Hobart, Soil COnserva-
tiOn, Is invited to visit Gold
enberg's cosmetics counter
and receive one of these
Snappy, fast-selling face re-
freShment "naturalS."
HIGH ICE CREAM: Madge
Chewing, Engraving and
Printing, has a slip awaiting
here emitting her to a quart
Of this tasty commodity at
any High Store, one of which
operates at 1908 Fourteenth
St.. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

as a hundred houses at once.
And just as many innocent
people suffer by this sort of pun
ishment as guilty, probably more.
The same is true when the British
impose collective fines on villages,
as they have done on IA in the
last year. They put on fines so
high that it is impossible to pay
and then, if the villagers don't
pay, the British blow up the vii
lage."
The British answer is that
when the entire population is so
terrified by the terrorists that no
witness will ever come forward to
identify the guilty, the innocent,
too. must suffer if there is to be
any punishment or check on the
terror at all.
The same way with the bust
ness of quartering police on a viii
lage They send up 20 police
men to a small hamlet and billet
them on the villagers and make
them pay their salaries as well as
feed them.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
CurfeW Lid Is
HkSOnle to Arabs

And there is the curfew,
slapped on at every turn, some
times for "a hours, meaning the
population can leave their houses
only between the hours of eight
and ten in the morning. Do you
know that the towns of Salad and
Beisan have been under 12-hour
curfeW now for six months?
But that's not the worst. The
British also use the hostage sys-
tenn. If they can't catch the Arab
they want. they arrest his family
and hold them until he turns up.
They keep our prisoners incom-
municado. they use torture. The
British have sent 10 commissions
to Palestine; we demand they
send one now to investigate the
conduct Of their police and mill
tary."
But what" asked, "are all
these punitive acts for? Are they
not against acts of violence by
Arabs rebelling against the gov
eminent with the avowed object
of terrifying and expelling the
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Firmly Rejecting
Form of Partition

I'VE absolutely reject any form
of partition. We would not give
the Jews an independent state IN
Palestine if it we're only the city
of Tel-Aviv, which is 100 per cent
Jewish, not because we don't want
the Jews to have autonomy, out
because we will not allow our land
to be divided"
The speaker, Emile Goury, was
the mufti'S spokesman. He was a
tall. good-looking, well-mannered
Arab, speaking perfect English 1or
he has studied and won his degree
at the University of Cincinnati.
I'VE admit we would welcome
a world war, because it would be
one way and perhaps the only way
now visible for us to fulfill our
national program. 1t would put
the British in such position that
they would either give us our right
full demands in order to win sup
port of the Moslem and partlcu-
larly of the Arab world, or they
would be compelled to do so.
Our program is simple: Stop
Jewish immigration altogether, end
Zionism and abrogate the Baltour
Declaration. This means, OF course,
immediate and permanent stop
page of all sale of land to the
Jews, and finally, of course, COM
plete independence Of the Arao
state of Palestine"
The group of Arab leaders and
lieutenantS of the multi gathered
around our table in the little Ara5
hotel in a mountain resort about
an hour and a half motor drive
from Beirut, nodded assent.
1--WE will not accept anything
less than absolute Arab irdepend-
ence. Palestine for the Arabs is
our motto. In the past we used
to ask for gradual progress toward
independence, step by step. 1t got
us nowhere. Today we demand,
and we will get, 100 per cent inde-
pendence.
Why" he passionately queried,
should the Syrians, the Iraki, the
Saudi Arabians all have their in
dependence, and we Palestine
Arabs not? Are we less fit to gov
ern ourselves? I don't think So
"And," ventured, "does your
program officially approve of the
Arab terror"
He paused. His American train
ing warned him of the delicate ma
ture of the question. I'VE recog-
nize its necessity" he finally said.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

Where's TOpsy? Six years ago
Chicago woman lost her pedigreed
collie Topsy while she was bring
ing it east from the coast. (.
Reading that rangers of Mesa
Verde National Park, Colorado, re-
Gently had observed a collie dog
running with a pack of coyotes,
she wrote to National Park Serv-
ice asking them whether the back
to-nature-collie was Topsy. Re
gretfully the superintendent wrote
back the collie turned a deaf ear
to the call Of Topsy. Tut! =.
Maybe it is Topsy after all but
she has found that in the wide
open spaces coyotes are coyotes
and collies are glad of it!
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
What, Only One?

Heard and Seen: "Yeah, we had
ONE cocktail apiece-I think I'll
give a tea myself and actually
serve teal" "He was held up by
two men last night-all the way
home!" "That guys so reck-
less that when the road turns his
way it's a coincidence!" :. mo,
don't let's leave the party just
yet; they might start talking about
uS!" Johnny Federal: TITS bet
ter to have loved and lost-much
better!"
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
CAPITAL CAPSULES:

Fifty Stenographers and auditors
of the Central Accounts Section,
Accounts and Deposits, Treasury,
are doomed for economic execu-
ton December 81, according to
notices already received This
bans possibility of civil servicing of
the group, located mostly in the
Printcraft Building Reason
seems to be that Henry the Morg
desires to turn back at least a mil
lion Of the cash given his depart
ment to audit accounts Of emer.
gency appropriations.