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SACKETT OPPOSES
■ ALIENS IN CENSUS
Proposal by Kentucky Re
publican Arouses Round of
Discussion in Senate.
St the Associated Pres*.
A proposal by Senator Sackett, Re- j
publican of Kentucky, to exclude aliens
from the census enumeration upon |
which representation In the House
would be computed caused a round of
discussion in the Senate yesterday, but I
a vote was not reached.
The Kentucky Senator’s amendment ,
«as considered the most controversial j
subject relating to the census measure
and if a vote is taken Monday final
action on the bill Is expected soon
afterward.
Senator Sackett contended that it
was un-American and not in keeping
with the ideas of the founders to con
sider aliens In arriving at representa
tion In a branch of the Government.
Tie declared that there wore more than
5.000.000 aliens concentrated mostly in
the great cities of this country, and
that this would mean about 10 Repre
sentatives.
See* Blow to Farm Sections.
“The rural sections which need the
help of Congress most,” he declared,
“would be deprived of representation
at the expense of the cities with their
alien hordes.”
The Kentuckian was asked by Sen
ator King, Democrat, of Utah whether
the founders of the Government did not
contemplate a great influx of aliens and
had meant they should be counted.
Sackett- asserted that the founders did
contemplate immigration but said laws
had been provided to make them
citizens.
Opposing the amendment, Senator
Walsh. Democrat, of Montana declared
that it would be "most unfortunate if
Congress should disregard a plain pro
vision of the Constitution.”
If the proposal were put forward as
an amendment to the Constitution, how
ever, he said, it ‘ would be difficult to
find arguments against it.”
This position also was taken by Sena
tor Bornh, Republican, of Idaho.
Blaise Favors Bar.
Senator Hawes. Democrat, of Mis
souri, asserted that the present law
“gives 6,000,000 aliens an annual po
litical prerogative.”
Senator Blease, Democrat, of South I
Carolina, said he had "nothing against
the alien, but I am an American above
everything else.”
“I don’t believe,” he said, “that these
aliens ought to enjoy the same privi
leges w'e do as soon as they get here.”
Senator Bratton, Democrat, of New
Mexico, contended the Constitution had
clearly intended aliens should not be
counted, because It defined “persons”
as meaning people either born in this
country or naturalized after they ar
rived here: Senator Walsh said he
could not subscribe to this theory, con
tending that the Constitution merely
explained what was meant by a citizen.
THEATER ISPACKED
FOR PUPILS’ REVIEW
Enthusiastic Audience Sees Annual
Presentation of Hoffman-
Hopkim Cast.
Presenting a colorful Jazz review,
Hoffman-Hoskins pupils made their an
nual appearance behind the footlights
Friday night before an enthusiastic audi
ence of parents and friends, which
packed Keith’s Theater.
Bizarre and beautiful costumes, artis
tic settings and a bevy of lovely young
sters, marked the presentation, desig
nated as the “Holiday Revue.” Among
the high spots were the unusually artis
tic dance interpretation which went
along with Billy Bombrest’s song “On
the Chest of the Wave,” In which Mil
dred and Billy Bargagni were especially
effective as the “Pacific Ocean;” the
clever stepping of Ruth Brill, who as
sumed varied character roles, the stel
lar performance of young Jack Day in
several numbers, the graceful dancing
of Flora Blumenthal and the pictur
esque “Cotton Picking Time,” in which
the costumes were effective and the
chorus well drilled. “Doin’ the Rac
coon,” starring Julia Cunningham and
“the boys.” was highly amusing.
Jock McLean, young son of Edward
Beale McLean, was featured in a tap
dance number.
The cast included the following:
Ardella Burrell. Mildred Bargagni,
Annie Carpenter, Muriel Craven, Julia
Cunningham, Alicia Ghormely, Marga
ret Kirschner, Frances Nettleton. Helen
Whitmer, Frances Luchs, Dorothy Cor
bett, Althea Grosser, Catherine Rice,
Marie Bonbrest. Marjorie Fuller, Flor
ence Embrey, Ruth Hohberger, Leona
Applebaum. Flora Blumenthal. Jane
Stanton. Marion Wolberg, Mary Ann
Stake. Doris Neuman. Jane Bradbury,
Ann Bono. Margaret Mary Edmonston,
Betty Ann Swagart. Lorraine Imlay,
Miriam Reside, Janette Jones, Dorothy
Lee Counselman, Betty Ann Hurley,
Margery Jaffe, Jane Krey, Elizabeth
Avery, Adelle Sterns. Jane Hurley, Helen
Fay Smith, Lillian Hoffman. Ellen
Bono, Georgette Cohen, Eleanor
Blumenthal. Nancy Sigmund. Lillian
Stroman, Norma Jones, Marguerite
Morrison. Bernice Gerring, Bet
ty Allen, Elizabeth Ann Taylor,
Marghietta Stirling, Elaine Kronheim,
Ned McLean. Jack Day Eddie Clark,
Jack Stake, Billy Bronbrest, Warren
Brill. Robert Dickinson, Donald Dun
lap, Paul Owens, Frances Luchs, Helen
Permut, Helen Brylawski, Betty Scott,
Dorothy Rosasco, Patsy Long, Kathryn
Dengler. Doris Hohberger, Evelyn Bild,
Mary Hampton, Charlotte Tilley, Mary
Alice O'Conor, Eileen Pallas, Isabel
Hamilton, Helen Whitmer, Marguerite
Licarione. Marjory Mitchell, Dorothy
Lee Counselman, Ruth Brill, Florence
Mathieson, Lydia Brizi, Catherine Bild,
Marv Elizabeth Bush. Helen Gwinn.
Elizabeth Ann Gude. Audrey Heathcote,
Anne Heine, Violet Llubra. Marion
Thomas. Jean Thomas. Frances Brooke.
Evelyn Raynor, Rhoda Lichtman and
Billy Bargagni.
HUSBAND IS FREED
IN VIRGINIA SLAYING
Chatham Jury Acquits Douglas
Barker, Who Shot Frank Carter,
Painter, Five Times.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHATHAM. Va„ May 25—The un
written law was successfully raised here
yesterday and brought acquittal of
Douglas Barker, cotton mill worker of
Bchoolfleld. who shot Frank Carter, a
painter, five times last April.
The State proved that Barker, after
firing two bullet* which brought Carter
to the floor of the store in which they
met, siood over him and fired three
more, saying "if that doesn't finish him,
let me know.”
He then walked from the store and
awaited officers to whom he explained
that Carter had tried to "break up my
home.”
The defense relied entirely on the
plea of temporary insanity produced by
domestic situation which involved Mrs.
JBarker and the victim. The jury re
mained out jftwrly two hqurs.
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PLAN CORNER STONE CEREMONIES FOR COMMERCE BUILDING
W i hr Jf"
Officials yesterday inspected the Department of Commerce foundation, where President Hoover will lay the corner
stone Monday afternoon, June 10, and made plan* for the ceremonies. Left to right: J. F. Gill, George W. Rarkman. S.
W. Hawkins and H. R. Owen, all of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital: E. tV. Libby,
chief clerk and superintendent of the Department of Commerce, and F. M. Kramer of York A Sawyer, architects for
the building. —Star Staff Photo.
PLANTS THAT EAT ANIMALS
WILL BE SHOWN AT WILLARD
Venus Fly Trap to Be Feature Attraction,
Says Dr. David Lumsden, in
Charge of Exhibit.
A collection of plants that devour
! animals is being assembled by Depart
j ment of Agriculture experts for the
1 national flower show of the American
I Horticultural Society at the Willard
Hotel June 7 and 8.
The star attraction of this collection
probably will be the voracious Venus
fly ' trap, according to Dr. David
Lumsden of the Department of Agri
culture, chairman of the special ex
hibits committee. This strange plant
animal, called by Charles Darwin “the
most wonderful plant in the world,” is
strictly confined to a few hundred
square miles on the North and South
Carolina coasts and seldom is seen
outside this area. Ever since its dis
covery it has proved an enigma to
biologists and students of evolution.
The leaf is formed in two parts,
appearing like an open mouth. On
the inside of this mouth are a few
extremely sensitive bristles coated with
nectar. When an insect stimulates two
of these bristles the mouth snaps shut
j with lightning-like rapidity. The im
l prisoned creature is drowned in a se-
I cretion of digestive fluid exuded by the
plant and practically everything except
' the outside shell Is absorbed. Insects
as large as bottle-flies are caught. The
plant is a voracious eater.
Plant Puzzles Botanists.
Unexampled elsewhere in nature, the
mechanism of the Venus fly trap is
only vaguely understood. It apparently
parallels in the plant world a highly
developed nerve reflex in animals, but
there are no nerve fibers to carry the
impulse, and, so far as botanists can
determine, there is no central nervous
system or “brain,” When a sensitive
bristle is stimulated it sends an Impulse
of some kind, possibly electrical In
nature, through the sap of the plant
which in some way operates the mecha
nism of the mouth.
Two bristles must be stimulated be
fore the mouth snaps shut. This saves
the plant from wasting its energy over
inanimate objects blown into the
mouth by the wind. The evolutionary
origin of this plant-animal never has
been satisfactorily explained. It ap
parently cannot be traced to the orig
inal division between the plant and
animal kingdoms, but developed from
some ordinary plant because of spe
cial conditions in its restricted envi
ronment.
The plant depends almost entirely
on animal food. Its roots serve only
as anchors and not as organs for ab
sorbing sods from the soil, as in the
case with ordinary plants. It is the
nearest approach. Dr. Lumsden says,
to the plant-animal monsters of Action
which are described as devouring hu
man beings.
Sarracenias Second Feature.
The second feature of the collection
will consist of the sarracenias. which
are found in scattered localities all
over the Eastern United States, espe-
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.
“Sex Side of Life” will be discussed
at the Washington Open Forum, 808
I street northwest, 3 o'clock, by Mrs.
Zella W. Newcomb, editor of Troubadour
Magazine; Mrs. Emma M. Marsh of the
American Theosophical Society and
Miss Adele Smith, registrar of the
Washington Workers’ School.
Mass meeting of the Citizens’ Service
Association will be held at Foundry
M. E. Church, 3 o’clock. Speakers will
include Leo Rover, United States dis
trict attorney; Representative Stalker
and Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. The
Chaminade Glee Club will sing.
A. A. U. W. invites college women
and friends on a walk. Meet at Chain
Bridge station (Cabin John car line)
at 2:45 o'clock. Hike over towpath as
far as the stone shack near Sycamore ;
Island station. Bring supper. Leaders,
the Misses Stone.
FUTURE.
The Kappa Beta Pi Legal Fraternity
will meet for luncheon at the Madrillon
at 12:15 Tuesday. All members in
Washington are invited.
The Loval Knights of the Round
Table will meet at the University Club
for luncheon on Tuesday. May 28, at
12:30 p.m. Program: Speaker and
guest of honor, Dr. John Foote, dean
Georgetown Medical School and presi
dent District of Columbia Medical
Society. Subject: “The Oldest Book in
the World.” Pianist: Mrs. Ralph L.
Morrison.
Lincoln Woman's Relief Corp, No.
6, will meet tomorrow in G. A. R. Hall
at 8 o’clock.
The first annual dance of the Victory
’ Council degree team, National Union
’ Assurance Society, will be held June 5
, at Pythian Temple. 1012 Ninth street,
from 9 to 12 o’clock.
District of Columbia Library As
. sociation will hold its annual meeting
, Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the Elizabeth
Sprague Coolldge auditorium, Library
of Congress. Election of officers.
, Echoes of the "Conference” musical
I program.
' Five hundred crad party for the
benefit of Waneta Council No. 6, De-
Igree of Pocohantas at Pythian Temple,
Tuesday evening, 8:30 o'clock.
North Capita® Citizens’ Association
will meet Monday evening at 8 o'clock
THE SUNDAY STAR, TYASHIXGTON T , D. C., MAY 26, 1929-PART 1.
dally in the South. These have hol
low leaves in which rain water col
lects. Openings are provided with
downward-pointing bristles, coated
with nectar. Coming in the direction
of the bristles, the insect can enter
easily, but cannot escape. Eventually
it becomes exhausted, falls into the
water and drowns. Then it is digested
by a fluid secreted from the plant.
These plants also obtain very little
nourishment from the soil. Some of
these grow as high as two feet and at
the end of a Summer will be half
filled with the shells of unlucky insects.
Os the same family are the East In
dian nepenthe and the Darllngtonia of
California. The latter have the nectar
secreted along a spiral runway about
an inch long which the insect follows
into the cup which proves its death
chamber. One California company re
cently collected a large number of
these from the swamps and advertised
them as fly traps for household use.
But outside their native environment
they can be kept alive only with ex
pert care and do not function well as
Insect eliminators.
Although working with the same
sort of digestive apparatus. Dr. Lums
den points out, the sarracenias and
nepenthes are entirely passive, while
the Venus fly trap is aggressive. Both
are largely deficient in the chlorophyll,
or green coloring matter in the leaves,
by means of which most other plants
are enabled to live through synthesis
of sunlight, and hence are a distinct j
step toward the animals. I
Sun Dew to Be Shown.
Other animal eating plants which
will be included in the collection are
the tiny sun dews, well known all over
the world, but whose diet of living crea
tures is unsuspected. With these the
mechanism consists simply of glands,
or sticky, waxy globules on the leaves,
upon which the tiny insects are stuck.
Then the little plants proceed to absorb
the nutritive elements of their bodies.
The dates for the exhibition, which
previously have been tentative due to
the dependence of the blossoming sea
son on the weather, now have been
definitely fixed for June 7 and 8. Large
numbers of flowers already are arriv
ing in Washington to be kept In cold
storage until the exhibit opens. This
is true especially of peonies for the
displav of the American Peony Society,
which will be held in conjunction with
the American Horticultural Society ex
hibit and which is expected to bring
to Washington the largest number of
peonies ever assembled in the United
States. Dr. Earle B. White, chairman
of the peeony exhibit committee, urges
local amateurs who plan to show
flowers of this family to cut choice
specimens now in the bud and take
them to the Terminal Refrigerating
Co., Eleventh and E streets southwest,
where they will be kept in perfect con
! dition until the morning of the show.
in room 130, McKinley High School
Building.
Meeting of the Mid-City Citizens’ As
sociation will be held at the Thomson
School tomorrow, 8 p.m. Capt. H. C.
Whitehurst, co-ordinating officer and
chief engineer of the District, will pre
sent street-widening plans, particularly
Thirteenth street.
National Press Club will hold a re
ception and entertainment in honor of
the visiting European Journalists to
morrow evening at 8:30 o’clock. Band
orchestra. Motion pictures of Washing- i
ton, past, present and future. Members
and male guests.
GIRL’S LIQUOR
CLOSES RENO RESORTS
Indictments Returned Against 17
Clubs After Activities Cover
ing Three Weeks.
By the Associated Press.
RENO, Nev., May 25 —With the find
ing of indictments by the Federal grand
jury against 17 so-called clubs, all
known wet dispensaries here were closed
tight today, and the United States
marshal and his deputies were busy
trying to serve warrants.
It all happened through the activities
of a dark-haired girl, who for three
weeks has been visiting wet resorts in
and around Reno. Accompanied by
; two young men she described as her
boy friends, she gained entrance to most
! of the places where liquor has been
! flowing freely, agents of Deputy Prohi
bition Director Toombs said.
Known as Mrs. Billie Rivers, her real
name was Shirley, but she changed it
this week by marrying a man from Los
Angeles, Stanley King. *
She was the chief witness against
those who have been indicted, carrying
with her to the Federal Court at Carson
City bottles of liquor of all sorts, prop
erly labeled.
Canadians Seige IT, S. Ship.
PRINCE RUPERT. British Columbia.
May 25 (A s ).—Alleged to have been
within Canadian waters, the American
salmon troller Catherine B has been
seized by the Canadian patrol boat
Rividis, commanded by Capt. Bheppard,
off Rose Point, and brought here. The
I American craft carried three men.
• •
i j Canada now has about 1 B®ephone
; > for every 10 persona.
LIBRARY RECEIVES
CHINESE CLASSICS
Former Shantung War Lord
Gives Complete Set to
Congress Institution.
Chang Tsung-chang, formerly war
lord of Shantung, has presented to the
Library of Congress through the Ameri-
I can Minister at Peking, a complete set
of the Chinese classics In facsimile
script of the ninth century, A.D., It
was announced at the Library yester
day.
The original texts from which this
massive printed edition was made were
; carved on stone in the reign of the
T'ang Emperor K'ai-ch’eng, in 837
A.D., and are therefore known as "the
K’ai-ch’eng engraved classics." The
capital of the empire was then In Sian,
the present capital of Shensi Province,
where the stones are still housed in the
famous Pei-lin, or "Monument Grove."
The idea of carving the classics on
stone originated after the burning of j
the books by thp self-styled First Em- |
peror in the third century B.C. The
, Five Classics were so engraved in 175
I A D. and set up before the gate of the
Imperial College. Other sets were en
graved in subsequent dynasties, but of
these only fragments remain. The old
est reasonably complete aet engraved
on stone today is the one in the “Monu
ment Grove" of Sian. But even this
set was greatly mutilated in the great
earthquake of 1555. and while "rub
bings” of the original, or of the restored
stones, are sometimes obtainable, the
text has suffered more or less corrup
j tlon.
1 I’sed Expert Engravers.
For several years past the Shantung
war lord, almost without the knowledge
of his own countrymen, has had a corps
of skilled wood engravers at work in
the great Fa Yuan Bsu Temple in
Peking, reproducing the ancient script
In wood so as to make the inscribed
classics of the T’ang period available
not only in cumbersome "rubbings"—
in which the characters are white
on a black background—but In the
ordinary printed form as well. He was
fortunate to obtain for this purpose
a very rare old "rubbing" that had
been struck off prior to the earthquake
of 1555, thus affording not only a com
plete text of the classics but also a'
perfect reproduction of the original
calligraphy of 837 A.D.
Before those calligraphers could com-’
mit their writing to stone, they first j
had to write the characters with a I
brush on white paper, which was pasted ■
to the monument so that the workman
might carve the characters in fac
simile. Now again, after the lapse of
11 centuries, these engravings on wood
permit the reproduction of the charac
ters Just as they were first written—
namely, black ideographs on white
paper.
The text that was carved in 837 com
prised only 12 of the 13 classtcs: the
Book of Mencius was omitted, not being
regarded then as a part of the canon.
It was only after the labors of the
great twelfth century commentator,
Chu Hsi, that the works of Mencius ob
tained parity with the other classics.
In the seventeenth century his works
also were engraved on stone in the I
manner of the T’ang script and placed
in the "Monument Grove" beside the
other tablets.
This text, of course, is reproduced in
Chang Tsung-Chang’s great collection.
The whole set of the Thirteen Classics
as now reprinted comprises 74 vol
umes (each 8 1 'j by 13 inches) with 60
large characters to each page—a char
acter being approximately three-fourths
j of an Inch high.
Offer Moral Ideas.
In a prefa.ee that reproduces his
own calligraphy, the former Shantung
general states that his purpose in re
producing this ancient text was not
merely to preserve the beautiful script
of an ancient dynasty, but to dissemi
nate, in an age of great political and
social confusion, the moral ideas of the
classics. Himself a native of the prov.
ince in which Confucius was bom, he
wishes to roirive the principles for
which Confucius stood. The preface
closes with the following quotation
from Mencius: *'l wish to rectify
men’s hearts, put an end to perverse
doctrines, resist objectionable behavior,
banish lawless expressions, and thus
carry on the work of the sages.*’
DANGER POINT PAST
FOR MRS. GENE TUNNEY
Ex-Champion Told by Physicians
At Brioni, Italy, That Her
Condition Is Good.
By the Associated Press.
BRIONI, Italy, May 25 —Mrs. Gene
Tunney was resting comfortably this
evening after physicians had declared
her out of danger from the relapse suf
fered yesterday. They informed her
husband that her condition was good
and that her convalescence from the
emergency operation for removal of ad
abscessed appendix on April 30 was pro
ceeding normally. "No imminent peril"
were the words used by the Italian
physicians.
The former heavyweight boxing
champion had been much disturbed by
an increase in temperature of his wife
and had hastily summoned physicians
from the mainland as well as the sur
geon, Prof. Arthur Wolf Meyer of Ber
lin, who had performed the operation.
The surgeon is due here tomorrow
morning. His findings were expected
to go a long way toward reassuring
! Tunney, who is still on his honeymoon.
DUKE TRUSTEES
EILE ARGUMENT
Oppose Haskell’s Plea for
Review of Suit Asking
$24,000,000 Damages.
By the Associated Press.
The trustees of the estate of the late !
James B. Duke, tobacco magnate, filed
with the Supreme Court yesterday an
| argument in opposition to the review’
I which George D. Haskell of Massa
chusetts is seeking of a suit claiming
$24,000,000 damages for an alleged
breach of contract.
Haskell contended an agreement with
Duke for the development of a Ca-
I nadian power project in connection
with the manufacture of aluminum had
been broken and brought suit in the
Federal District Court for New Jersey,
where he recovered a judgment of
$8,000,000, which he contended shuold
have been trebled under the anti-trust
laws.
The Circuit Court of Appeals ordered
the case dismissed on the ground that
the evidence failed to sustain the eon-
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in competition with the Aluminum Co.
j of America.
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, the Aluminum Co., gave a deposition in
the case last July, which was discussed
j recently by the Senate judiciary com
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to remain as Secretary of the Treasury.
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highest court declared that the only
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MAY 31 LICENSE DATE.
I Special Dispatch to The Star,
j UPPER MARLBORO, Md , May 25.
Summerfleld D. Hall, clerk of the Cir
cuit Court of Prince Georges County,
has again called attention to the fact
that merchants in the county have only
until May 31 to renew their trader's
license.
Only about 75 per cent of the business
men of the county have obtained their
new licenses, he has reported, pointing
out that a penalty of 10 per cent per
month is charged against those who do
not renew their licenses on time.
DAVIS OUTLINES
ISLAND POLICIES
|
New Governor General of
Philippines to Continue
Stimson’s Program.
! By the Associated Press.
The continuance of the present pro
: gram of building up the economic in- \
dependence and resources of the Phil
ippine Islands and maintenance of!
“close co-operation and teamwork" be- '
tween the Filipino "leaders and the !
American officials were declared yes
terday by Dwight F. Davis, former Sec- I
retary of War. to be his principal ob
jectives in his new post of governor
general of the islands.
Outlining the general policies which !
he will follow. Mr. Davis declared he '
would pursue in the main the program 1
laid down in the administration of his I
predecessor, Secretary Stimson. The 1
new governor general said that through :
his past experience as head of the War I
Department, and also as Assistant Sec- !
retary of War, he felt he was fortunate I
in having a knowledge of the problems
and duties of his new office.
Mr. Davis plans to sail for the
Philippines from Seattle about June
15, so that he will reach the islands
in time for the opening of the Insular
i legislature. Before leaving Washing
; ton about June 1, the new governor
general said he contemplated a series
I of conferences with President Hoover
! and all the heads of the American
Government departments to determine
his future policies.
j “I plan to see each cabinet member."
he declared, “to secure the best utili
sation of the facilities of their depart
ments with the insular government.”
Mr. Davis expressed the opinion that
it was important to develop the eco
nomic independence and resources of
the islands, together with the stimula
tion of Filipino ownership and opera
; tion of insular industries.
| “I hope that a close co-operation be
j tween America and Filipino capital in
i the islands’ industries can be engen
dered.” he said.
i The new governor general said he
i would endeavor to promote diversifies -
| tion of agriculture and industry in the
; islands as he viewed this kind of eco
nomic growth as the most permanent
1 and beneficial.
large Apple Orchard Sold.
1 MARTINSBURG. W. Va., May 35
(Special).—The Potomac Valley Or
chard of 1.000 acres in the Hancock
; section, of which 230 acres Is planted
; to bearing apple trees, has been sold
; to Robinson Brothers, Charles Town,
‘ for $30,000. it is learned