Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1924, Page 5

POST-TREATY SHIPS UNDER DISCUSSON Details of Size and Power of Armament Submitted to House Committee. Details of the size and power o armament of the first sapital ships to be bullt by Britain 1 _subcommittee, Greal yesterday, and Nelson, h, : ed three to a turret, with turrets in the forward part ip, he sald ips will onnage) 5,000 tons.” Their f Their extreme 106 feet displacement will main armament G liber, iple turrets, ard part of the ship. displacement Capt length will beam be will be will 30 o stern fire from these Secondary Battery Described. i1l conslst h guns closed d wiil be probably These ships will The main belt wil nches thick In fon will be provided.” h added that the ships excess of a range in the Washington treaty these type bat- vermitted to being reqnired to scrap precent ships of the King are into two post-Ju England ruild at once land When the others year and put sign of the British testi- | Hough be ore the sub- acking until the e publi hips which Th equivalent, X Nelson will be z and power. 624 f feer be 16-inch | ships displace normal reaty rating. The Standard Tonnage Discuxsed. tonnage t fixed by the with the e t of almost 40,000 tons on the same system of measur was used in the Americ: the new 1 greater underwater prot torpedoes and added n aga high-angle gu bombs. It is taken naval circles here that will represent a marked r the West Virginla class ements dem- ary by war WIFE DENIES CHARGES. Did Not P:r;e Bu;\;nnd to Eat Away From Home, She Says. Denial that she required her hus- band and his daughter to cat thelr r giving dinner away from home she chided her husband be- returned before her guests had departed is made in an answer filed by Mrs. Ruby S. T. S. Allen to & suit for a her husband, Walter E. ploye of the Navy Depa Allen her only guest was her mother, 83 vears old. and there was no occasion’ for cizing her hus- bands early return. He ate outside his home on his own volition, she end th cause Allen, an er n files also a cross d divorce, in w makes allegations of cruelty against her husband. 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RS et S A e o S J THE EVEN NUMEROUS TRAFFIC LAWS OF D. C. SCORED IN TRADE BOARD REPORT Declared Useless in Prevention of Real Crime and Only Making Law-Breakers Out of Respect- able Citizens. A sweeping indictment of the Dis- trict government for its toleration of “multitudinous and superfluous minor epeed regulations” and traffic rules, of the police for making arrests on technical charges to keep up their records and of the public for its lack of co-operation in obeying traffic laws was made by the Washington Board of Trade last night in adopting the roport of its spectal traffic committee. The meeting, which was the largest ever held by the Board of Trade, was in the new Chamber of Commerce of -|the United States Bullding, at Con- necticut avenue and H strect. n| As W. Pearce Rayner. chalrman of the commlttee, read recommendation ifter recommendation, asking radical changes In the present traffic regula- tior:s and sparing neither official, au- tomobillst nor pedestrian in his an- alyels of the cause of traflic condi- tions herc, he was frequently ap- plauded. ing liquor, for using smoks screens, for interiering with policemen in dl charge of thelr duty and optionai jall sentences for reckless, driving. Praives Trafic Bureau. Praising the traffic bureau for an attempt to regulate traffic for the benefit of pedestrians by the whistle Interval system, the report states that the system will never be a success as long as automobilists making right and left turns are per- mitted to cross the path of pedes- trian travel. “This can only be han- dled properly by the outside turn system long recommendéd by the Board of Trade,” says the report. “One reason for the present inequi- table enforcement of the traffic reg- ulations in Washington Is the sps- clal privelege granted those legally immune from arrest, and assumed by members of thelr familles and friends, who count on political in- fluence and pull to release them from the consequences of violating trafiic regulations,” sald Mr. Rayner. Reckless Driving Clause. The abolition of all minor trafic| regulations and the enactment of a| reckless driving clause, the impound- ing of cars so that autos parked over time be locked until the im- pounding fee is pald, synchronized trafic light control on Pennsylvania avenue, F street, G_street and Six- teenth street, a traffic court and the motorization of police except in the downtown congested arca are Sug- gested. The report also usges that the in- pector in charge of trafic be given f t Biame on District. Alternately pralsing and condemn- |Ing the District government and po- | lice, the report declared: “For the in- creasing death rate and the recent carnival of crime in traffic deaths, where the perpetrator has e d without {dentification, the Dist government is largely to blame. Failure by police to require the use of ean. unbent and unobscured |'plates, the lack of regulations forcing modern headlights. as advised 1| by the Bureau of Standards, and the poor svstem of lighting the streets were then condemned. “Had the public respect for law in regard to tags and the District Gov- ernment the ability to appreciate and enforce a modern headlight law. the killing of pedestrians in the dark would stop,” Mr. Rayner said. Impossible to Obey. “If the District government desires the co-operation of all intelligent clt- fzens in making the streets of Wash- ington safe, let it co-operate with the motorists in abandoning the ancient idea that low speed limits prevent reckless driving, and adopt modern regulations which do not take advan- take of mere technicalities to pile up mere than 30,000 trafic arrests per nake careful, conscientious excluding the officials of r government themselves, violate 8 or 10 regulations every day. “After a series of trafic deaths a mpaign is put nto effect which ets hundreds of fain, ordinary com- mon citizens who have no influence | to prevent them, and who would not, inder any circumstanc endanger the life or limb of a fellow man. At such time advantage is taken of the ridiculous 12 miles across the street gulations, which a four-day traffic count on Sixteenth street proved is not observed by one-tenth of 1 per cent of all drivers, to pile up additional ar- | rests”” says the report, which also holds up to ridicule the speed regu- lations. Stating that pedestrians must co- operate, the report urged that law | be passed regulating pedestrians to the legal sidewalks and defining the responsibilities and liabilities of mo- ts and pedestrians at intersee- and between intersecting | Warm Weather Way Direct to hot suns and an Old World at- mosphere.There's new, fasl, luxurie ous service to Cal- ifornia. | str The report reco: ends 300 addi- | e change of the| tem of hand signals, se- ations, with obligatory jail e for driving while intoxi- , failure to stop after an acci- . 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T R T T T T 2 T PCT PC s "o T C R s P o s Loy Main 7260 actual authority and not be placed in charge “in name only.” The members of the committee sub- mitting the report are W. Pearce Rayner, chalrman; Alexander Brit- ton, Willlam Lanham, Dr. Gregg Cus- tls, Charles Walters and Theodore P. Noyes, jr. The committee on municipal art made Its report, and Bdward F. Col- laday, former president of the board, presented the architects and owners of the bulldings winning the commit- tee’s meritorious building contests with bronze medals, Those recelving the awards were Marsh and Peters, architects, repre- sented by Walter G. Peters, and The- odore P. Noyes, representing the owners of The Evening Star Bulild- Ing; J. H. de Slbour, architect, and - H. Borse, representing the owner of the Hamilton Hotel; Stanley Hor- ner, owner, and Waddy B. Wood, ar- chitect of the Horner Building; Mrs. Emma J. Walters, owner, and George N. Ray, architect,’ of 1145 Connecticut I‘\'(‘nll(‘: V. T. H. Breen. owner, and Sonnemann and Justemént, architects of Ogden street houses: Charles H. Galliher, owner, and Sonnemann and Justement, architects of Ingraham etreet houses; A. W Hewitt, representing owners, and Horace W, Peaslee, ar. chitect of the Fort Lincoln Cemetery Lodge. Appleton P. Clark, chairman of the committee, made the report. In 2 short address Lieut. Col, ¢ Sherrlll, officer in_charge of public ulldings and grounds, declar r V}uhlnt‘(on was the best \'i(.\'e7nl{]l’|l: Unlted States for a home and urged that the civic and trade body adver- e National Capital as 2 place In which to ver e o o el raffic conditions in t Dist 0 formed the major part af the tctrls the public safety committee made by Odell 3 Smith, chairman 3 mith outlined the situation with to policing the Distri nd considerab'e in, 0. number of arrests, particularly in traf- fic arrests. The report recommends a central pe- lice headquarters to serve as No. 1 pre- clnct, the cstablishment of more police precincts, laws against the use of smoke screens, a traffic court, an additional police court judge and tho widening of a number of streets. Fred G. Coldren, chalrman of the board’s parks and reservations com- mittee, brought the attention of the meeting to the two gifts of park- ways, one from C. C. Glover and the other from Mrs. M. Archibaid. The report uried the maximum ap- propriation authorized by Congress to be expended by the newly formed National Caplital Park Commiseion, the replacing of trees in the oity parks and streets, the development of | the Mall from Ninth street east to the Capital, road extentions and im- provements in Rock Creek Park and proper purchasing of the necessary land for the local park system. Botk Mr, Smith's and Mr. Coldren’s reports have been mada public before. C. Phillp Hi!l read the report of the public utilitles and transporta- tion subcommittee on railroads in reference to the Howell-Barkley bill, which would repeal the transporta- tlon act. The report opposing the Howell-Barkley bill was adopted. Samuel J. Prescott, the new presi- dent, presided. Among the guests were Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Representative Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont and Representa- tive William D. Upshaw of Georgla. A buffet supper was served following the meeting. i ¥rom the Lehigh Burr, Newlywed (at dinner)—Dear, ind of a pie is that? wlywed—Rhubarb, darling. . Newlywed—Well, why did you ach a large one? vewlywed—Because T couldn't (_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1924 ~ Conscience Fund - Gains. During October, 1924, 30 restitutions were made to the government in France by citizens, who at one time or another had “held out” on the govern- ment or otherwise been dishonest. All of the money so received goes into the “Conscience Fun The largest sum recefved was 366,328 francs, and the smallest was § cs. e — the most important delegations, they obtained consent- to the American proposal for the suppression of traffic in prepared opium being made the first item on the agenda when the conference reconvenes January 12. The delegates then decided to hold one plenary session today and ad- journ until January 12 so as to en- able the delegates to resume contact with their home governmer Mrs. Wright left for Paris last night on her way to the United Statee. Stephen Porter, head of Tree Lights Brighten the Christmas tree and you brighten the children’s hearts. Headquar- ters for tree lights. PERSIANS INDORSE U. 3. OPIUMPOLICY But Genpva Delegates Ask Autonomy for Country if Traffic Is Controlled. when, at a meeting of the heads af\ the delegation, will remain in Europe pending a resumption of the confer ence. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 16.—At a sub- committee session of the Internation- al Oplum Conference today. the Per- slan delegation expressed anew its de sire to gradually suppress the opium traffic in that country along the lines suggested by Mrs. Hamilton Wright of the American delegation. The Persians declared, however, that suppression could only be ef- fected on condition that & moratorium was grant, a national loan obtained and the country gives customs au- tonomy so that it could control the trafic rigorously. Alfred Sze of China emphatically approved the Persian stand and stat- ed that the government at Peking had instructed him to support any country in efforts to reduce the use of_opium. 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