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Evening star., 1939-10-21
Dratha

STEWART, FRED, On FRIDAY, October
20 1ai9 u at Glenn Dale SanitaEiam FRED
ther Of Bernard, vannie and Viola E,
Stewart Washington. He also leaves to
mourn their ioss nine grandchildren. I've I've
other relatives and friends, Remains rest,
ing at the Eugene Ford funeral home, 1900
Notice of funeral later. %
STRAUGHN, JOHN On Thursday, Oc-
tober - 1899 at Gallnger Hospital; JOHN
rsAsb6 be62ed Gys ahe " % Mrs MaIsa Esa
Other relatives and friends also survive.
Remains resting at The John T; Rhines &
se S' is sanosy as rssiasass r. :nsass
October y. at II am. interment Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery %
SULLIVAN. JERRY. Suddenly, on Friday.
october 20, 1899. JERRY SULLIVAN. be-
sullivan (nee Allen). Remains at T. F.
Costello's funeral home. 1922 North Cap
Notice Of funeral later
TALLMAN, MARY H. On FRIDAY. Oc-
s10f5 nv 70 msR4 1s Il hss ISvssn'f lhee
Mrs; Albert j, ossood Mrs. Beverley W.
Friends are invited to call at Gawler's,
1896 Pa. ave. NV.
Services will be held at Gawler's chapel,
22. at 3 pm. Interment Cedar Lawn Gem
etery, Paterson. N j.
WARD. ALBERTA DAVIS. On Friday,
October 20, l939. at her home. Russell ave.
Gaithersburg Md. ALBERTA DAVIS
WARD, beloyed wife of the late Isnatius
funeral home Gaithersburg, Md
Funeral services Sunday. october %, at
2 pm. at the above funeral home. In
terment Forest Oak Cemetery. %
WARE. MARY J. Departed this life on
Friday. October 20, 1899. at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital, after brief illness, MARY J.
WARE. Remains resting at Barbour Bros
funeral home. +S ST. ne.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
WILLIAMS, HYLER c. Suddenly. on
Thursday, October 10, 1899, at Casualty
years, beloved husband of Nancy NJ. Will
liams of 145I Park road NV.
Funeral from the chapel of A. Talta-
vull, 436 7th ct. s.w., on Saturday, October
81, at $50 pm. Interment Sunday. Oc-
tober %. at Roanoke, Va.
WRIGHT. JUNE. On Thursday. Oc-
tober 10. 1899. JUNE WRIGHT. mother
of Demer G. Wright. sister of BERTHE Hsr-
Ian, Amy Ford and Eddie Gheen
Funeral services at Chambers funeral
home, 517 11th st. Sc. Notice of time
later. %
Evening star., 1939-10-21
British Troops Take
Precautions Outside
Shanghai Alien Area
Tension After Shooting
Brings Action; Sondbog
Barriers Erected
BY the Associated Press.

SHANGHAI, Oct. 21.-British
troops initiated precautionary meas
ures outside the western boundary
of the International Settlement to-
day as tension heightened after a
shooting affray in which Chinese
policeman was killed and an Indian
Sikh wounded Thursday night.
Sandbag redoubts were erected at
strategic points, while armored cars
manned by settlement police pa
trolled the area.
Cornell Franklin, American chair
man of the settlement council, as
serted meanwhile that If Americans
outside the settlement road areas
were endangered I'VE may ask the
United States marines here to take
a hand"
The shooting occurred in a clash
between the settlement policeman
and his Sikh colleague and a group
of men in Chinese dress. japanese
military authorities blamed General
issimo Chang Kai-shek's Chungking
government.
They declared the incident was
planned in a deliberate attempt to
breach relations between Japanese
authorities and the settlement coun-
Gil
While the British intensified their
watchfulness, Chinese police pa
trolled Yuguen road, one of the main
thoroughfares outside the settle
ment, where the fortress-like resi-
dence of Wang Ching-wei, dissident
former premier of the central gov
ernment, is located
They explained they were there
to protect 1t. Gen. Seishiro Itagakl,
commander of the Japanese forces in
China, who visited Wang under
heavy escort.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Glass Division Based
On Ability 10 Learn
Urged in School Talk
U. Of Pennsylvania
Professor Speaks at
Conference Here

A revised course of study based
on division Of children according
to their ability to learn was rec
commended by DR.. Francis M. Carver
OF the University of PENNSYLVANIA
today to improve education in the
elementary schools.
DR.. Carver was the first speaker
at the all-day regional conference
on elementary school problems at
Miner Teachers College. He was
introduced by DR.. Garnet C. Wilk-
inson, first assistant superintendent
in charge of colored schools of the
District.
DR.. Carver said numerous studies
had shown that fully 10 per cent of
all students in elementary and
high schools and colleges read so
poorly that they could not do re-
quired work sufficiently we'll to keep
up with their classes. He attributed
more than 80 per cent of college
failures to poor reading habits.
To improve elementary school ed
ucatlon and to bring children
through the elementary grades
without delay. he proposed three
plans. The first was to reduce all
subjects taught to five cateeories
IN five or six natural work periods a
day. All activities should be GEN.
tered around cooperative enter
prise, he said, and better provision
should be made for differences in
the abilities of children.
Royce E. Brewster, specialist in
the division of consultation and field
service, United States Office of Ed
ucation, and Charles w. Florence,
associate professor of education at
Howard University, were the speak,
ers at the session on elementary
school guidance. Miss Edith A.
Lyons, principal of the Morgan
Demonstration School here, pre-
sided.
There was to be another general
session of the conference this after
noon with DR.. Gertrude P. Driscoll,
OF Teachers College, Columbia Uni
versity, speaking on Guidance in
the Elementary Schools and how it
might be administered.
DR.. Francis M. Wood, director of
colored schools, Baltimore, was to
preside. The conference was to
conclude with general summary of
its work by A. Kiger Savoy, assistant
superintendent in charge of colored
elementary schools here and chair
man Of the program committee.
Teachers were present from the
Districts colored schools, Howard
University, Baltimore and Virginia
and Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Funeral Rites Held
For Mrs. Brotherton

Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia
j. Brotherton, 80, widow of Isaac
Brotherton, were held this morn
ing at the National Lutheran Home
for the Aged, where she died Thurs
day.
The Rev. Henry Snyder, pastor of
st. Pauls Lutheran Church, assisted
by DR.. John Weidley, president of
the home, conducted the service.
Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.
Born in Washington, Mrs. Brother
ton had been a member of the home
for nine years. She had formerly
been associated with the art depart
ment of Woodward & Lothrops de-
partment store.
She is survived by nephew, E. N.
Sauer, and two nieces, Miss Vir-
ginia Kirby and Mrs. James Chaney,
all Of Washington. ,.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Mrs. Margaret E. Boyer
Dies Of Short Illness

Mrs. Margaret E. Boyer, 78, wife
OF James v. Boyer, former Demo-
cratic National Committeeman for
the District of Columbia, died yes
terday in Providence Hospital after
a two-week illness.
A lifelong resident of Washing
ton, Mrs. Boyer had made her home
at 612 D street SW. for Sc years.
She was Gold Star Mother and a
member of the Third Order of st.
Dominick's Catholic Church.
Surviving, besides her husband,
are three daughters, Mrs. Virginia A.
Brown, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Mary
Mullen and Mrs. Margaret McCon-
nell, both of this city; two sons,
George and James Leo Boyer, both
of Washington.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at 8 am. at st. Dominick's
Church. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
New Pemmicon Formula
Developed for Explorers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 81 lP.-
A Massachusetts Institute of Tech.
nology scientist said yesterday he
had packed a new energy wallop
into the pemmican of Admiral
Byrd's Antarctic explorers-and
made the old Indian trail food as
tasty as something mother used to
bake.
DR.. Robert S. Harris reported he
had developed a new formula, CIV
ing more calories per ounce of tho
concentrated he-man's ration than
anything in that line that has yet
hit the trail in polar regions.
The new pemmican-3 tons Of
which will be shipped for the ad-
miral and his men on their coming
Antarctic trek-has the further ad-
vantage, DR.. Harris said, of being
precooked and of having a nicer
flavor than previous trail dishes
eaten by the adventures.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

by tHe Associated PTeSS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Scattered
buying, stimulated by continued
drought in the Southwest winter
wheat belt and by bullish private
crop report. today lifted wheat
prices nearly a cent a bushel.
May contracts advanced to 85L,
up "a cent, while July, representing
the new crop, also was up q cent
at 1924.
No rain fell overnight in the hard
winter wheat belt and generally
clear weather was indicated for
most of the area today and tomor-
row. The weekly forecast indicated
the possibility Of some precipitation
toward the end of the period.
Cargill, Inc, leading grain
house, reported after the close yes
terday that unless the record break
ing drought changed soon it ex-
pected a very small 1910 crop Of
winter wheat.
Present conditions, they said, were
similar to those of the fall of 1892,
when the crop harvested the follow
ing year was placed at $4,000 OO0I
bushels. Such crop would COM
pare with 551 100000 this year, 687,-|
100000 in 1888 and a 10-year 1929
1897 average of 687,OOO,OOO bushels.
Moisture conditions during the
next few weeks, however, the report
ADDED. would be the determining
factor IN the 1910 winter wheat crop.
Corn prices held about steady in
light trade. Initial buying was
scattered and some locals later
turned to the selling side.
Oats and rye advanced fractionally.
and lard was about unchanged.
At II am, wheat was Ss-1 cent
higher. December, 85l4; May, 84h,
and corn was unchanged to 4 down:
December, 489s; May, Sis.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Burro Is Permitted
10 Participate in
Horse Show
Bridal Path Event
Will Take Place
Tomorrow

Members Of the Rock Creek Park
'horsey set" groomed their mounts
today in preparation for the semi
annual bride path horse show which
will be put on at 10 am. tomorrow
by the Once of National Capital
Parks.
Albert Burton, chairman of
the committee arranging the show,
said today his committee had de-
cided to allow Tommy Owen, 4-year-
old son of Thornton w. Owen, one
of the members of the committee, to
enter his pet burro in the children's
saddle pony class.
Tommy had the committee in
quandary this week as to whether
to consider a burro legitimate
saddle pony" Inasmuch as burros
are members of the horse tribe, the
committee decided to let the furry
little beast enter with legitimate
horses in this class.
Record Crowd Expected.
Augustus Riggs Of Cooksville, Md,
and Hub Qulnter of Bethesda, Md,
are to judge the contest, Mr.. Clyde
Burton said, adding that he ex-
pected a record crowd at this, the
last horse show of the season in
Washington. 1t had been an
nounced earlier that James Guitar
OF Warrenton. Va, would be one of
the judges. Mr.. Guitar, however,
sent word today he would be un-
able to serve.
Other officials of the show are
Miss Dorothy T. Mayfeld, secre-
tary-treasurer; Frank Whitaker,
arrangements; Edward J. Kelly,
publicity and concessions; Robert
King, amplification; Robert Dun
can, first aid; Acting Capt. of Park
Police Henry Helms, public safety
and police; Leslie Mason, trophies;
Gregory Freeman, in charge of show
ring; Joseph Quinn, in charge of
equitation field; Donald Bradley,
announcer; Robert Burroughs, jr,
paddock judge; Percy Niepold,
starter; Gardner Hallman and Mrs
Jean Bradley, entry clerks; Calvert
Weems, bugler, and Tom Kelly and
James Whitaker, couriers.
Eight Glasses Listed.
The show is to take place at the
Rock Creek Park Equitation Field.
1t is limited to horses and riders
normally using the city's parks for
purposes of riding. Mr.. Burton an
nounced the rules for the contest
Wednesday.
There are to be eight classes,
ranging from the children's saddle
pony class to the open jumping
class.
The show is financed from the
proceeds from the sale of refresh
ments at a stand operated by the
Welfare and Recreational Asocia-
ton of Public Buildings and
Grounds.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Heronspoo|
Continued From First Page.)

fought back as best we could. The
submarine surfaced and dived con-
tinually. firing with it's guns. I
think they wanted to save the ex-
pense of torpedo.
We zig-zagged all over the ocean
it seemed, firing back and forth at
each other for four hours. Because
of our gun the submarine didn't risk
coming too close. and with the
darkness adding to the confusion
they failed to touch us with a shell
At 12:45 am, the submarine COM
mander must have become tired Of
this. Anyway he let go torpedo
and the fight was over.
The torpedo struck us so unex-
pectedly and we abandoned ship so
quickly didn't have time even to
send an sos for help. All 80 crew
members got away safely in two life
boats.
The submarine cruised about us
as we bobbed in the sea swells but
no one spoke to us. The Heronspool
sank very slowly and we would have
boarded her again If the sub had
only left.
Finally, four hours after it was
hit, the freighter sank. The sub
stuck by us, however, for another
hour until the American liner Pres
ident Harding came into sight, then
left.
The American shin which was
hurrying to the scene in answer to
the French oil tanker's distress sig
nails, saw us and picked us up. Two
British warships meanwhile had
come to the aid of the French tank
er's survivors.
All the Heronspool crew are in
good condition. None were hurt
when the hurricane hit the Presi-
dent Harding last Tuesday night,
injuring many Of her passengers and
crew.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
No Change in Balkans
Without ItoIy, Says Goydo

ROME, Oct. 81 (R.-Virginio
Gayda, in a discussion of the An
kara pact. declared today that
nothing may be attempted or done
in the Balkans without Italy" which
has strategic as well as economic
interests there.
Gayda, who often reflects the
Italian governments views, con-
f1rmed a belief that Italy would
refrain from any immediate action
as a result of the British French
Turkish mutual-assistance treaty.
Gayda asserted the Mediter-
ranean and Balkan situations had
been fixed since agreement in May
among London, Paris and Ankara,
with British loans to Turkey and
the French cession to her of the Re-
public of Hatay.
Italy will stand by now to follow
developments in the functioning of
the pact, Gayda said, with usual
calm and undivided attention"
Evening star., 1939-10-21
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

II the figures the Russian min
istry Of defense communicated to
the other powers in 1898 are correct,
it may be that the British and the
French navies won't have such an
easy task in obtaining absolute con-
troll over the Black Sea in the event
of war with the U. S. S. r.
The Russian surface navy is neg
ligible as naval force, but her sub
marine strength is far above what
it is generally believed to be.
The Russians have no less than
152 subs ranging from the 1,2OO-ton
Pravada class to coastal submarines
of 200 tons or less stationed at
Vladivostok. There are at least AZ
submarines in commission with a
tonnage between 900 and 1900
tons. These vessels are new. The
Oldest types were launched in 1880
and the most recent ones were COM
pleted last year. They carry one or
two three-inch guns and are fitted
to lay mines.
The other submersible units range
between 200 and 500 tons and are
equally modern. Only Sc such YES
sells are stationed in the Far East.
The others are either in the Baltic
or in the Black Sea. Some naval
observers report that in the course
OF the last year they had seen
Soviet submarines bearing the num-
Der l67 Whether this is an indi-
cation of how many submarines
have been completed since the Rus
sian government communicated its
last figures to the other govern
ments is a matter which nobody
knows. The Moscow government
has never been reliable in his COM
munlcatlons about its naval, air and
military strength; it has always
talslfed, one way or the other.
OF course, the strength of the
surface vessels is insignificant. The
three battleships which are in COM
mission now are ole tubs built in
1911. And when they were new thev
were not particularly good. Three
new battleships of $4,000 tons each
are reported to be under construc-
ton now. How far they are to-
wards completion nobody knows ex-
cept the Russian and the German
naval architects. That facilities for
building such ships in the Russian
navy yards are not particularly great
comes from the fact that the U. S.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
This Changing World
Russions Have Isl Submarines Ronoino
From ZOO to 1,200-Ton Gloss

S. R. tried hard to buy these ships
in sections in the United States.
Only when they were unable to buy
them here, did the Russian gov
ernment decide to go ahead and
build its own capital ships.
There are also three 5000 ton
cruisers reported completed. Two,
the Voroshiloff and the Kiroff, are
actually in commission. A third
may be only blue print. The 9TH
er eight cruisers the Russian navy
has on its active list are so old they
could hardly be described as war
ships.
OF course, the personnel of the
Russian Navy is not comparable to
the seamen of other large navies.
They lack experience and even in
days when Russia was a first-class
power under the Car the navy was
below par. How much improved it
is now Is difficult to say. One thing
is certain-the Russians have never
mad extensive seagoing training. The
last maneuvers of the Baltic fleet,
according to reports from unofficial
observers, were lamentable. 1t ap-
pears that the Black Sea fleet has
never had more than coastal exer-
clses and very little target practice.
X X X Y
The allies have a strong fleet in
the Mediterranean which in the
event Italy remains nuetral could
be used in the Black Sea success
fully.
Their new ally, the Turks, have
a poor navy, although the seaman
ship OF its personnel is excellent.
The Turks have one somewhat OBJ
solete battle cruiser, the Yavuz.
formerly the Goeben. She has been
repaired after having been tor
pedoed in 1917 by a British sub
marine, but she has never been the
same as when she entered the
Golden Horn in the early DAYS of
the war as a refugee from the
Mediterranean.
The two other cruisers which are
listed as active by the Turkish min
lstry OF. defense were built in 1903
and are not considered seaworthv.
AS auxlliaries the Turks have four
modern destroyers and two built in
1906. Turkeys seven submarines
are in good shape and quite modern.
Added to those of the allies which
could now enter the Dardanelles
they might prove an efficient weapon
against the Russian warships and
coastWise transports.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Woman Found Dead
In Gus-FiIIed Kitchen

The body of Mrs. Lillian Johnson,
So, was found in the gas-filled
kitchen of the home of her brother,
P. V. Hilton, $50 North Jackson
street, Arlington County, Va, late
yesterday.
County Coroner w. C. Welburn
said today he would issue a certifi-
cate of suicide. Arlington police
said a note was found indicating
dependency. Police said Mrs. John
son was the wife of A. N. johnson
of Washington.
Mrs. Johnson was found by her
sister-in-laW, Mrs. Hilton, when the
latter returned home after being
away for the day, police reported.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Harvard Seismogroph
Records Two Quokes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HARVARD, Mass, Oct. 21.-The
Harvard College seismographic sta
ton recorded two small earthquakes
early today, one at 4 am. (E. S. T.)
about $50 miles away, and the other
"a smaller shock at a greater dis
tance-at 3:09 am.
L. Don Leet. seismologist at the
station, termed both quakes NOR
NAL" and said the first of the two
apparently was small adjustment
shock" coming as an aftermath to
the earth tremors which shook New
York, New England and Eastern
Canada Thursday.
He said there was mo reason to
read any danger" into the shocks.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Judge and Mrs. Curron
Are Parents of Girl

A baby girl has been born to
Judge and Mrs. Edward M. Curran,
it was learned today. The child
was born at S pm. yesterday at
Georgetown Hospital. Hospital Of
ficials today said Mrs. Curran's
condition was fine"
The Police Court judge already
has two girls-Eileen, 4, and Mary
Catherine, who will be 8 In De-
cember.
= Judge Curran said he had not yet
named the child.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Burke's Best Speeches
Ended in Defect

Edmund Burke, whose speeches In
behalf OF the American colonies are
considered as the greatest efforts
Of oratory ever heard in the House
OF Commons, made many resolutions
to carry out his lofety spirit of con-
Citation but all the resolutions which
the orator presented, after q series
OF the greatest speeches in history,
were defeated by the House by a
vote Of 270 to 78.
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Christian Mystic
To Give Lectures

The Rev. Harold Owen Boon,
Episcopal minister and noted Chris
tian mystic, will give a lecture
course, before the Washington
Theosophical Society at 1916 H street
NV.
The 10 free lectures are: Today,
8 pm, Light on the PATH" tomor-
row, pm, "Reincarnation in Chris
tian Doctrine" and p. M, Path
ways to Reality, or the Platonic Ap-
proach to TRUTH" Monday, 4:45 pm,
Good News, a Meditation on the
Evening star., 1939-10-21

proved able timely and correctly to
evaluate the British French diplo-
matte move based on gambling on
the traditional friendship between
Turkey and the U. S. S. r.
The clear and determined posi-
ton Of the Soviet Union thwarted
the 'artfur plans of those who at
tempted once more to fan enmity
between Germany and the Soviet
Union"
Evening star., 1939-10-21
Byrd Sees Workers
Put Final Touches
On Snow Cruiser
37-Ton Mechanical
Monster to Be Taken on
Antarctic Expedition
Bs the Associated Press.

bS the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd was an interested
spectator today as workmen put fin.
ishing touches on a giant snow
cruiser, newest aid to Antarctic ex-
ploration.
The famous explorer will have the
37-ton mechanical monster aboard
ship when he sails for the Antarctic
next month. He said he hoped the
cruiser would permit ground ex-
ploration of as much territory in a
month as in all previous expeditions
combined.
Admiral Byrd yesterday got his
first look at the cruiser which has
been a-building for many weeks. 1t
was designed by Dr. Thomas C. Poul-
ter, scientific director of Armour In
stitute of Technology.
Cruiser IS Feet Long.
DR.. Poulter said he hoped to test
the snow cruiser on the Indiana
sand dunes, the nearest approach
to Antarctic terrain in this area.
but that it might not be completed
in time. Because Antarctic waters
are open for only two months year,
the expedition must leave Boston
by the first week in November, he
said.
The cruiser is SIS feet long and 20
feet high. 1t has living quarters for
crew of four, a cruising range of
5000 miles, an airplane and almost
all the comforts of home-including
upholstered chairs and electric
razOrs.
DR.. Wade to Direct Work.
DR.. F. A. Wade, senior scientist Of
the United States Antarctic Service,
will direct the scientific work on the
cruiser. The personnel of the cruiser,
which was disclosed yesterday, will
consist OF DR.. Wade, Felix Ferranto,
%, Brooklyn, N Y, United States
Marine Corps radio operator; Charles
Meyer, "a, Dunedin, Fla, chief ma
chinist mate of the United States
Navy, and Theodore A. Petras. 20,
San Diego, Calf, United States Ma.
rine Corps pilot.
DR.. Wade said the cruiser would
be used in geographic exploration
for a year and then will transport
scientific parties to temporary bases
for weather surveys, mineral an
alyses and other studies The cruis.
er's plane will be equipped with II
cameras, each fixed at a different
angle so as to map 100 square miles
at single exposure.
Evening star., 1939-10-21

Four Gospels" and 8 pm, "The
Prayer of Power" Tuesday, 4:45
pm, "St. John and Divine Love-"
and p. M, 'The Road to Health,
Peace and Power" Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, 4:45 pm, "St.
Paul and Divine WISDOM" Origin
and Esoteric Christianity" and ''The
Place of Mysticism in Christianity"
On the last three evenings he will
also speak at 1875 Sixteenth street
NV.
Evening star., 1939-10-21

North China Is still feeling the
affects Of this years floods and
droughts.