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The Omaha guide., 1938-02-19
BAHAI NEWS
Article No. 5

AAAAI AA[
'u1lah on May 29,1892, His last
will and testament was brought
forth and read to his family and
assembled friends. 1t was found
that He had definitely appointed
a successor to carry on His work
and to prevent any schism in the
infant Faith. This successor was
His eldest son. known to tn Bahia
l'is as 'Abdu1-Baha, which means
servant of God.
a bdu1-Baha was born in Tihran,
Persia, on May %, 1874, the same
day on which the Bah announced
His mission in Shiraz. That there
is a reason for this apparent CO.
incidence is believed by the Bahais
but the mystery has not yet BEN
explained.
At the early age of nine years
Abdul BAHIA followed His Father
into exile and prison, and remained
with Him during all tha vicissitud-
es of His long and extremely ar-
duous lie. While Abdu'l-Baha was
still a child He tri-d to assume all
of the responsibilities of the house
hold which would otherwise have
fallen upon His Father. Very Ear
ly He became known to the Bahia
is as the Branch, which is one of
! the titles commonly applied in
/ Persia TO the eldest son of the
houIe. 1t will be recalled that in
several books of the Old Tesla
ment, particularly Jeremiah, X
ference is made to the coming of
the Branch. 'Abdu'l-Baha is also
known as the mystery of God"
HIS always insisted that His only
name, His onl station in life,
was Abdul Baha-Servant of God.
After the ascension of Baha'u'-
llah, Abdul-Baha became the Cen
ter of the Covenant-n-cognized as
the on to whom all should turn
for explanations of the Baha'i
Teachings and whose authority
was paramount.
In Septemh-r 1908, Abdul
BAHIA was finally released from His
lifelong Imprisonment in the city
of Aka in Palestine. through the
Young Turk movement which freed
all political prisoners. In 1911 He
made a trip through Europe and
visited in England. In 1912 He
L cached the shores of North Amer
lea. landing in Naw York City on
April II. For nine months He ira
veled the length and breadth of
the United States, everywhere
spreading the news of His Fathers
mission and TEACHINGS and exhort-
ing the people to live together in
amity and p7ace.
After again visiting Paris, France
He returned to Egypt and Themes
to the Holy Land, where ha spent
a great part of His time prepar-
ing against the day when war
which he foretold accurately
would be declared. His foresight
and kindness saved many from
death by starvation in the near
East. For his loving ministry to
the people and His great work in
the interests of peace Cancellation
and true prosperity, He was knight
ed by the English government at
the close of the war.
! In 1921 Abdul Bahia passed
away, leaving thousand upon thou
sands of people feeling that they
had indeed lost a loving friend and
Master. For as "The Master" was
He most commonly known by both
friend and foe of tho Cause
The Omaha guide., 1938-02-19
INTERDOMINATIONAL
Rev. |. w. Irving. Pastor
+. c. Avant, Reporter

Sunday school was well attend
ed. The lesson was very interesting
Services were conducted by the
pastor. which were very inspiring
and soul stirring. The services were
enjoyed by all present.
Bible Forum Thursday at TOO
p. m. at the church. Visitors are
always welcome.
Next Sunday the services will be.
conducted by the women. Come
and help us.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Judge Protests
Flood of Cases
From, Carolina

Justice James M. Proctor took occa-
sion in District Court today to COM
ment on the number Of defendants
brought up before him on criminal
charges who have come here from
North Carolina.
1T looks as if we are doing all of
the criminal work for the State Of
North Carolina" the justice remarked
after sentencing Daniel c. Dixon, "a,
colored, formerly Of the Tar Heel
State. to 2 to years on Jhis guilty
plea to HOUSEKEEPING and larceny.
Assistant United States Attorney A.
B. Caldwell said later that the severity
of sentences in North Carolina was
driving the undesirable element out Of
the State and that Washington seemed
to be getting more than its share Of
the fugitives. Dixon, It wAH said, had
. long police record IN North Carolina.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
SOCIAL AIDS SEEN
|NH0MESTEAD|NG
Good Living on 3-Hour Day
Is Forecast if U. S.
Revives Program.

A large-scale revival of the Gov
ernment's subsistence homestead pro-
gram would give every American a
good living on three hours work a day
according to Msgr. Luigi Ligutti. an
instructor at the Summer School OF
Catholic Action. in session at the
Washington Hotel.
Msgr. Ligutti, founder Of the Fed
eral project Granger Homesteads," in
Granger. Iowa, told today how so des-
titute coal mining families have been
given ''homes and ambition and an
amazingly high standard Of living
by placing each on four-acre farm,
which they worked when the mines
are idle in the summer.
THE Nations specialized industrial
system is in error-it is the system of
every one taking in his neighbor s
wash he said, in an interview.
Process Own Wool.
"On our homesteads we raise our
sheep. shear them. wash their wool
with ralnspout water. card. spin, dye
and weave it. How could We ever pay
for woolen goods that had gone from
Montana to New England to the South
and back West. with every one taking
a profit? Anyhow, division of labor,
supposed to benefit, really narrows the
mind. Cities think they are efficient,
but they are not"
Msgr. Ligutti, born in an Italian viii
lage near Venice. graduated from
Catholic University here in 1918. For
IL years he has tended small church
in Iowa. seeing the poverty Of farm
ers who only farmed and miners who
only mined.
He developed the theory that men
should have lone foot on the farm,
one foot in industry" When.recovery
legislation was passed authorizing such
projects, the priest gave up efforts to
find private funds and came to WASH
ington to plead the cause of the small
Iowa community. The Federal Gov
ernment allotted funds which will be
repaid in 30 years.
Have to Buy Little.
Our families have to buy very
little, and sell very little: this is a re-
turn to true Jeffersonianism." Msgr.
Ligutti said. Because it gives every
man property, it is the answer to
Communism. If all America were
decentralized, wealth would be decen-
tralized. and We would have political
freedom"
Cooperative medicine was praised
by another teacher at the six-day
conference. which 1000 delegates from
all parts of the country are attending.
The Rev. George A. Mcdonald, S. j.,
of st. Louis said physicians now face
an alternative: Either group health
associations will grow, leaving a place
for private practice, or the Govern
ment will be forced to socialize the
profession.
The schools sessions will continue
through Saturday.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Honesty Frank
In Admitting
Chicken Theft

Percy Honesty was pretty frank
about 1t all when haled into Police
Court yesterday to tell what he was
doing with SO pounds of chicken and
. crate of eggs.
Honesty, 80, of the 2700 block Of
Dumbarton street NV, pleaded guilty
to housebreaking and was held under
$4,000 bond for the grand jury.
He was the same Honesty. court
attaches said, who made another raid
on the poultry establishment at 1871
Fourth street NE. where he was sur
prised by officers Friday night.
In 1885 Honesty got a two-year
sentence for raiAing Joseph T. john
sons place. On Friday night, Mr..
johnson said, he saw two men climb
ing into the second-story window of
his store and called the police.
The other man caught, police said,
was James P. Russell. colored, 80, of
the 1900 block of Rockerford road
NV. He pleaded guilty and was held
under $1,000 bond.
A third colored man, Earl w.
Bailey. 38, 1900 block Of Sixth street
NV. was caught in an automobile
outside the poultry store, police said.
He pleaded not guilty and was held
under 81, 900 bond.
Police said that in 1880 Honesty
got three years on still another house.
Sreaking count.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
VISITOR TO CAPITAL
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
Miss Julia Hutton III of Overdose
Of Sleeping Powder,
Police Saw,

Miss Julia Hutton. IS, of New York,
remained In an undetermined condi-
ton today at Emergency Hospital,
where she was taken last night after
being found in downtown hotel room
in an unconscious condition.
Police said she was suffering from
an overdose Of a sleeping drug. two
bottles Of which were found in her
room. One was empty and the other
partially filled they said.
Miss Hutton has been here for sew
eral weeks visiting friend, Miss Ann
Pendleton, 1919 Biltmore street NV.
A short time after she registered at
the hotel last night, Miss Hutton was
seen standing in the doorway Of her
room by Mrs. NJ. L. Caldwell, hotel
floor clerk. The latter told police Miss
Hutton collapsed a few minutes later.
Police said two notes found In the
room were turned over to q relative.
Miss Hutton had regained conscious
ness today, doctors said.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
warm WELCOME
AWAITS CORR|CAN
HERE TOMORROW
Ocean Flyer Due at II Am.
to Receive PIaudits
of Capital.
WILL MEET OFFICIALS
AND LUNCH AT WILLARD
Trip to Mount Vernon, Press Club
Reception and Mayflower
Dinner Also Planned.
All Washington waited for one man

All Washington waited for one man
today-Douglas Corrigan.
The flyer who made the wrong
way" ocean passage famous will arrive
at Washington Airport at 1870 am.
tomorrow.
He will hear praises, be fed, meet
high officials and receive the tribute
Of the multitude until Thursday, when
he will leave Washington after eating
breakfast with members of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority.
The shamrock will be the Capitals
emblem for "a hours, and the Irish
workers at the District Building to-
morrow will leave work half an hour
early SO they can meet their famous
compatriot.
An advance guard of women aviators
were to fly into the airport this
afternoon to be on hand for the Cor
rigan greeting tomorrow.
Mrs. Harvey Wiley, helping with
the women's activities, was at the
airport to meet the feminine flyers.
who are headed by Mrs. Jack Gray
Stearns of Washington.
Corrigan, who dropped his plane out
of the sky on Dublin three weeks ago
yesterday, will come to Washington
on an American Airlines flagship.
William Payne Meredith, chairman
of the official Greeting Committee,
will welcome him as he steps from
the ship. With Mr.. Meredith will be
James Conlon, president of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians, and Mrs. Stearns,
Boy Scouts and others
No Wrong Way Entrance.
Plans to take Corrigan to Mount
Vernon from the airport to enable
him to enter the Capital the wrong
way have been abandoned.
He will be escorted from the field
to the Lincoln Memorial, where he
will be hailed by Commissioner Mel
win q Hazen and Mai. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent of Metropolitan
Police.
From the Lincoln Memorial to tie
Capitol, Corrigan will progress Slowly
at the head of a parade. From the
Capitol the parade route will swing
back up Pennsylvania avenue to the
Willard Hotel.
The swift-moving SCHEDULE calls for
luncheon at the Willard at pm,
under the sponsorship of the Hiber-
mans. Robert Brennan, Acting Min
lister of Fire. will be the chief speaker
To Face Mr.. Mulligan.
At 2:30 pm. he is to meet Secretary
Hull at the State Department. From
there he will go to the Commerce De-
partment, where he will see Denis
Mulligan of the Bureau of Air Com
merce. who suspended Corrigans
license for few days because of his
unauthorized fight across the sea.
Before the day is over Corrigan vii.
be received at the Post Office Depa:
ment, Commissioner Hazens Office.
take the trip to Mount Vernon, S,
Acting Minister Brennan of Fire arc
be entertained at Press Club recel-
| ton.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Wife Beater Faces 10 Lds1les
If Test ShOlvs He Can Take Ii
Cat o. Nine Tails Lacking
but Sheriff Promises
Suitable Whip.
By Stan Correspondent of The Star.

By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. "a
physical examination was in prospect
today for Brown c. Turner, ~, of Der
wood to determine whether he is
physically able to stand the 10 lashes
he has been sentenced to receive for
beating his wife
Sheriff G. Eddington Bell said the
law provides that the sentence must
be carried out within the confines
Of the Jail in the county in which
the offense Is committed and that
he wanted to be sure the prisoner
was physically able to stand the
punishment
Sheriff Bell said the man got per-
mission today to see lawyer. He has
10 days in which to appeal.
The statute does not direct the
sheriff to carry out the sentence in
person. but it Is customary for the
sheriff to do so unless 1t is imprac-
tical for some reason. he said.
Another complication resulted from
lack Of a cat-o'-nine- tails. Sheriff
Bell was at loss for the traditional
whip. explaining that his Office had
never possessed one so far as he knew
One prisoner was sentenced to receive
several lashes four or five years ago,
but the sentence was later suspended,
he said. To the best of his memory.
the last time prisoner was whipped
was about 1925.
However. he said he would find a
suitable whip to carry out the SELL
tence ordered in Police Court yester-
Evening star., 1938-08-09
FIVE PERSONS INJURED
WHEN CAR OVERTURNS
3-Year-0ld Boy Seriously Hurt
in Accident on Marrow
Fairfax Road.

Five persons were injured, one seri-
orlsly. this morning when their car ran
of the narrow Alexandria-Fairfax
road and overturned near Alexandria.
They were removed to Alexandria City
Hospital.
The injured were extricated from
the overturned car by . passing
motorist, H. B. Bell Of near Alexan-
dria.
Mr.. Bell took Mrs. LAngford and
her two children to the hospital, and
an ambulance was dispatched for Mrs.
Snarr and the maid.
Joseph Langford. 8, Of Strasburg,
Va, the most seriously hurt, suffered
a compound fracture Of the left arm
and head injuries.
The car was operated by Mrs. E. B.
Iangford, who was en- route to Wash
ington with her two sons, Joseph and
Edwin, jr., II; her sister, Mrs. L. l..
Snarr Of Strasburg, Va, and the Lang
ford's maid, Juella Curry, colored.
With the exception Of Joseph, all
q the occupants Of the machine
escaped with ca1s and hguisea
Evening star., 1938-08-09

lege Of communicating with the Amer
lean consul.
After a week in solitary he was
brought to trial and it developed then
that he was suspected of trying to
obtain military information from his
friends in Lubbock. One Of them, it
seemed, had been employed in an
airplane factory, and he was sent to
prison for nine months for associating
with Mr.. Riehl. The other. although
he had no access to military tnfor-
nation. was Jailed for six months.
After considerable difficulty Mr..
Riehl was permitted to retain an in
terpreter and finally he was acquitted.
In the meantime. however, he had
been taken all the way across Ger
many to Lubbock under heavy guard.
When he sought reimbursement for
the expenses Of that trip his captors
refused.
They told me" he said. that I had
an opportunity to see the country and
that should be satisfied with that"
Passport Finally Returned.
After some further delay his pass
port and money, minus the As marks,
were returned to him and the Ameri-
can consul In Hamburg secured pas
sage for him on a boat leaving Ger
many.
Despite his acquittal. Mr.. Riehl said,
the Germans never apologized for his
detention. apparently taking the posi-
ton he should feel fortunate in not
being held longer.
IT ever go back to Germany,
which don't intend to do" he said,
Il will take care to stick to the
straight and narrow tourist trails.
There's no place there for a visitor
who wants to deviate from the regular
routine"
Evening star., 1938-08-09
PARRAN TO BE DELEGATE

DR.. Thomas Parran, surgeon gen.
eral of the United States Public
Health Service. will leave August 1s
for Bogota, Colombia, where he will
act as United States delegate to the
Tenth Pan-American Sanitation Con-
ference and the Third Pan-American
Conference on Eugenics and Homi-
culture, 1t was announced today by
the Public Health Service. The joint
conference will be held ut Bogota on
September 1.
On his return trip DR.. Parran will
make brief stops At Venezuela, Pana-
ma, Costa Rica, Cuba and Jamaica,
where he will confer with sanitation
and health officials.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Gotham, Driuer
Pockets Profit
From Arrest

Bernard A. Weiner. 70. Is ready to
return to New York City and tell
friends how he got rich in Washing
ton-by being arrested.
After driving into town in an an
cient car Mr. Weiner was fined yes
terday by Judge Walter ]. Casey-$3
because the 9-year-old roadster had
no hand brake and 81 because the
windshield was badly cracked He
had been arrested Sunday on Ordway
street near Wisconsin avenue NV.
But the visitor from New York
walked out of the courtroom laughing
Il certainly made on that DEAL" he
said. "Oficer Coleman took me to
the eighth precinct station after max
ing me pull to the curb. sold my
car to a policeman there for $25.
Il would have taken $40. but he
said $25. It pays to be arrested in
this town!"
Police would not divulge the name
Of the car-buying officer.
Evening star., 1938-08-09

day by Judge Harold c. Smith. Tur-
ner had been convicted several times
of wife beating before he was brought
in court yesterday.
Sheriff Bell said the sentence would
be carried out as soon as possible after
the physical examination, and that
Turner would be taken as soon as he
was able to travel to the Maryland
House of Correction to serve a one
year sentence for assault on an officer
with dangerous weapon
Officer William Crawford of the
Montgomery County police testified
yesterday that Turner attacked him
with knife when he sought to arrest
him.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
BUSINESS USERS
Of GAS TO SAVE
BY NEW RATE CUT
Domestic Consumers Won't
Be Affected Under
Schedules.
COMPANY HAD FILED
ITS OWN PROPOSALS
Reductions Will Total Only
$53,630, According to List
Now Under Study.

Commercial and industrial firms
and owners Of apartment houses will
receive all of the relatively small
reduction in the rates of the WASH
ington Gas Light Co. this year. ac-
cording to proposed new schedules
placed before the Public Utilities
Commission today as it concluded its
annual rate hearing.
There will be no change in the
rates applicable to domestic con-
sumers.
Under the new schedule Of rates
filed by the Washington Gas Light Co.
at the request of the commission,
the rate reductions would amount to
s53,630. Under a different schedule
urged by the company on its own be-
half. the reduction rate would ag-
gregate s4O,50O.
"Gas Kitchen" Rates.
Practically all of the difference
between the two schedules depends
on the decision of the commission on
an allowance or disallowance of COM
pany expenses during the past year
in connection with promotion of the
Use of so-called gas kitchens" The
commission last year ordered aban-
donment of this practice of giving
special consideration to house builders
Tor the installation of gas equipment
Under the schedule developed by
the company at the request of the
commission to achieve a gross saving
in rates of S53,630. the company pro-
posed to reduce two of the brackets
under the class c schedule. which is
available for commercial and indus
trial uses of gas in bakeries, restau-
rants. hotels, churches and manufac-
turing establishments.
The proposal was that the rate for
customers using more than 10000
and less than 100000 cubic feet Of
gas per month be reduced from 6.5
cents to 81 cents per 100 cubic feet
and to reduce the rate for the next
100000 cubic feet per month from 5.S
cents to So cents per 100 cubic feet.
The company said such a decision
would effect a saving for these Gus
toners of s52.470 in the next year.
It was estimated some 2,250 Gus
toners would be affected by the first
change in the rate and 270 customers
by the second proposed change.
Proposal for Change.
The company's own proposal was
to change the Schedule c rates to
So cents for customers using between
10000 and 100000 cubic feet per
month, and to change to SIS cents
the rate for the next 100000 cubic
feet per month. It said this would
effect savings totaling $39,340.
In both proposed new schedules the
company proposed to reduce the
minimum monthly bill in the whole
sale apartment house service rate
from IS cents to IS cents per apart
ment per month, which would aggre-
gate sl,160 over a year. Company
officials said only 20 apartment Gus
toners would be affected by such a
change.
Any change in the rates would 90
Into effect September /. The COM
missions decision probably will be
given late today or tomorrow.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Charge of Na7is for Prison
Food Still Stings american
arthur Riehl Held fo,
Week-S,Uears Of
German Trips.

The week spent by Arthur Riehl,
30-year-old architect, in solitary con-
f1nement in a German prison was
something of an ordeal, but his indig-
nation mounted several degrees when
his Nazi jailers made him pay for
his prison food
Mr.. Riehl, who is staying at 907
Thirteenth street NV, although his
home is in Portland, Oreg, was picked
up In Stuttgart as suspected spy
and held incommunicado for a week.
His daily food consisted of half a
loaf of black bread synthetic coffee
(cold) without cream or sugar and
two bowls of soup. When finally
cleared of the spy charges, the Ger
mans charged him some IS marks for
his lodging.
Mr.. Rich was graduated in archi-
lecture from the University of Oregon,
working his way through school as
professional wrestler. Despite the
handicap of wrestling three times a
week, he won scholarship to the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
He did so we'll at that institution that
ne was awarded a fellowship enabling
him to study in Europe.
Met Two German Youths.
Early in 1887 he was visiting In
Lubbock, Germany. and became ac-
quainted with two German youths.
MI Riehls friendship with them was
rather casua, since he did not speak
German we'll, but they made one
bicycle trip together to a popular
beach resort before he left the city.
Mr.. Riehl left Lubbock in few days
and travelled extensively on the Con-
tinent. entering Germany several times
for brief stays. He heard nothing
from his friends. however, until nine
months later. when he was visiting in
Stuttgart several hundred miles from
Lubbock.
In hurry to leave for Paris, where
he was supposed to meet an old friend,
he went to cleaning shop one
morning to get suit The shop had
not opened and Mr.. Riehl decided to
wait on the street. While standing
there he noticed two men, apparently
civilians. watching him suspiciously
from second-story window. Uneasy
under their scrutiny, he went to a
caic for cup of coffee and when
he returned he was arrested by the
German secret service
Mr.. Riehl said he was questioned
for several hours and finally jailed,
the Germans refusing to accept his
passport and other credentials as au-
thentic. and denying him the privi-
Evening star., 1938-08-09
THREE UNITS FACE
WELFARE SURVEY
Will Get Most Attention in
Study Of Possible
REORGANIZATION.

Studies Of possible reorganization
of the Districts child welfare agencies
will be devoted primarily" to three
institutions, survey officials said today.
The three to be given most attention
are the National Training School for
Girls, Industrial Home School for
White Children and the Receiving
Home for Children. However, it was
said all major elements of the Dis
trict's present program for dependent,
neglected and delinquent children will
be considered because the problems are
so interrelated
Decision to give primary attention
to the three institutions was reached
by the survey Advisory Committee and
Miss Dorothy Henry. consulting ex-
pert, at meeting yesterday. because
of the necessity of submitting at least
preliminary reports and recommended
tions to the Commissioners by Septem-
Der IS.
The Commissioners fixed this dead
line so they might have recommended
tions at hand when they prepare their
1910 fiscai year estimates for submis-
sion to the Budget Bureau.
Acting Welfare Director Paul Kirby
said today it was possible the commit
tees work might extend beyond Sep
tember Is and that Miss Henry might
be continued on a part-time~ basis, SO
that the committees work might be
we'll rounded out for the attention Of
Congress.
The survey was ordered because Of
the dispute in Congress last session
over the demands of some House lead
ers that the Training School be aban-
doned last June 80 and that the Re-
ceiving Home be closed next December
81. both of which moves were over
ridden.