Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1925, Page 5

LOOKS TOAVIATION 10 AID COMMERCE Hoover Says Business Group | May Take Qver Airship Los Angeles. commercial aviation groups experimenting with lighter-than- r craft and if they can reach an ment among themsel the p Los Angeles probably will be ed over for use in commercial vice, Secretary Hoover today testi- Lefore the House alre com- t sreial aviation regular services and creation of r transporta- said. If pas- ed across the or in a single n will prove | to the country the mail serv of the move- ents, as hav- aving equal | mall service Hoover said a proposed | mmercial aviation, to be n his department. v 1g of safety in o on by Government vlight % Toover cit cial in- ce commercial groups @ ting with lighter-tha they can reach ag probab that th will be turned over for use mercial air service. sa had not made up the subject of subs al aviation. Gigantic Craft Described. possibility of airshi which the Shenandoah would mothering six or ecight their hulls, mount- uns and 3-inch pleces of scouring the Atlantic v 50 wiles an hour gainst the approach of hos- described vesterday ittee by Starr Trus- expert of the Navy De- e ex ir craft ment there Angeles com- retar: his pared to within to warn fleet the civilian ent b was fore cor is type could ac- ix scout cruis- Navy Informed of enemy battleships, adding that similar gibles could be re- v use within two States, he urged et of three to si itloned for m shardson ttee, p t on the investi- »sented a | compara- and development of the of “the United Stat ice and Italy frankly” with governments and asked it comni gth dealt v ude of F ward the \at sections be ablished. HOTEL TO OPEN FEB. 18. Chamber of Commerce Banquet to ates Mark Mayflower Ceremony. flowe to be by official opening of the May- r Hotel, now definitely scheduled :1d February 18 will be marked mid-Winter dinner of the Chamber of Commerce. | aborate functions will | same night ire is a transient hotel housekeeping apartment The touches on ng put on merce dinner | wd ballroom Many distinguished attend the dinner and s will be carried out of Issac Gans, guests will special program und directions president RUSH PLANEé FOR JAPAN. and Chicago Da'ly News. | 10.—The \N\'. By Cal COP] third of the now ready for deliver: hipped to Y ama shortly. shed In March flown to Japan has been ac nd French press e intention of supplying Germany the Danish air au- | paintings, | bridge | went to Mrs. 1$40.000 was raised by Experts to Study Effect of Eclipse On Ether Waves When the moon edges its way into a position between the earth and the syn for a few moments on January 24, radio operators, lab- oritory specfalists and radlo broadcasters, working with the Bureau of Standards, will be tak- ing top-speed records of the phe- nomena which affect the ether waves. An announcement by ‘the bureau today said that with the co-opera- tion of G. W. Pickard, a Boston radio engineer; the Scientific American and scores of individuals it expected to measure the effect the eclipse may have on the strength of ether waves and to note changes of direction and re- flection. Broadcast stations at Buffalo, Y., and Springfield, Mass., which will be located in the path of the moon’s shadow, will send signals constantly during the eclipse, and the effects will be noted from the characteristics In reception of these signal LIVELY BIDDING ENDS BRANDEGEE SALE N, Choice Paintings and Rare Volumes Bring Out Con- noisseurs. Fiction including court reports and history, rare volumes and choice were sold yesterday at the Sloan Galleries in the concluding day's sale of the effects of the estate of Senator Frank B. Brandegee. Justice J. Harry Covington chased a rare edition of the Modern Histo and works of Alexander Hamilton among other book purchases. Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes. painting entitled “The G attributed to Lan for $200, as well as a picture, “Galleys in Har- bor,” by an unidentified artist, for $30. A set of United States Supreme Court reports, in 256 volumes, was s0ld to R. P. Reeder of the Depart- ment of Justice for $281.60. A his- tory of Virginia by Howe and sketches of North Carolina by Foote were sold to E. «Daniel for hile sketches of Virginia by Foote Ben Johnson for $11 whole, according to con- nolsseurs, the sale has been one of the most interesting held in Wash- ington in recent years. The subject matter was variegated and well se- lected, and the bidding was spirited and marked with keen competition throughout. Between and the r., bought a rden Party,” On the |CHURCHMEN’S CLUB 0.K.’S | LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY Adopts Resolution Strongly Ap- proving Work of Committee of 1,000. The Churchmen’s Club of Washing- ton, at the weekl onday luncheon vesterday at the City Club, passed a resolution strongly proving the work of the Citizens' Committee of One Thousand on Law Enforcement. Dr. Frank W. Colller, president of American University, addressed tha club on John Woeslcy, the great founder of Methodism, and his views on natural science. Dr. Colller showed from the writings of John W that not only did he not oppose the theory of evolution, but described it as a beautiful prooess of nature. At next Friday's meeting the lay- men of the churches are to have an open forum in which to express their ideas about the ministry. The follow- ing Friday they are planning to say what they expect of the laymen THEODORE CRAMP DIES. ‘Was Last Male Survivor of Noted Shipbuilder. PHILADELPHIA, Janua Theodore Cramp, the youngest son of the late Willlam Cramp and the last male survivor of the Cramp family of shipbuilders, died vesterday at the Union League. He was 88 years old. Mr. Cramp formerly was a mem- ber of the Willlam Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Bullding Co., but retired ceusation. by Chicago Dally News €o.) from active business about 35 years ago. He leaves no family. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO GURGENHENSEET e, TYPHODEPDENI 52 NITRATE PROPERTY Chilean Concern Also In- cludes Railroad Tapping { Copper Mines. By the Associated Press. W YORK, January 10.—Guggen- helm Bros. announced yesterday the Anglo-Chilean Nitrate and Raflway Company had been transferred for £3,600,000 sterling to thelr new nitrate company, the ..nglo-Chilean Consolidated itrate Corporation. Final papers were signed in London under an agreement ratified unani- mously by selling stockholders Jan- uary who accept the purchase price in 7 per cent bonds of the new company. ‘The Guggenheims, who hav financed the Anglo-Chilean Consoli- dated Nitrate Corporation themselves, have also turned into it 35 square miles of nitrate lands, purchased at auction from the Chilean government last September, and also the right to use the Guggenheim process for extracting nitrates. The newly ac- quired properties further include a rallroad with terminal facflities at Tocopilla, connecting this port with the nitrate fields, and within reach of the Chile Copper Co. mines at Chu- quincamata Stress s laid by the new organi- | zation upon the importance of new process by which 80 to 95 per cent of the nitrate in the “caliche” as nitrate-carrying ground is called, will be extracted. Under present methods only 55 to 60 per cent is recovered, it is said A new plant will be bullt within 18 months for the use of this process, production meanwhile belng continued from the present Anglo- Chilean Nitrate plants. Anglo-Chilean Consolidated expects to attain a capacity of 400,000 tons a year, one-eighth of the total nitrate exported from Chile. E. A. Cappelen mith is president, J. K. McGowan and Paul H. Mayer vice presidents and W. E. Bennett, secretary-trefs- urer. Murry, S. R. and Simon Gug- genheim are directors, and Murry and S, R. Guggenhelm are members of the executive board. —e G. E. PARKHURST DIES. Had Long Been Ill—Rites to Be Monday. Parkhurst, 47 years old, a 3333 N street, died in Georgetown University Hospital, Thursday, after a long illness. Mr. Parkhurst, long & resident here was the son of the late John H. and {Mrs. Eliza ¥ Parkhurst He was prominent in Masonic circle, being a member of King David Lodge, F. A. A M He is survived by his wido Helena L. Parkhurst; two sons, | E. Parkhurst, jr.. and John H. Park- hurst, and a brother, Frank Park- hurst. all of this city, and three sis- ters living away from Washington. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence uf his son, George L. Parkhurst, Jr. N street, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery /Efi Supper Dance Fun a-plenty —as usual —on Satur- B \/)AVA Next Franklin Square Hole orge I steam engi! BOERNSTEIN'S LA JAVA BAND With PETE MACIAS CONDENSED REPORT OF CONDITIO The RIGGS NATIONAL BANK of Washington. D. C. At the close of business December 31, 1924. Resources. Discounts and Invest- Loans, ments .. . Bonds for U. Bonds for U. S. Postal Savi Deposits ... Bondsfor Other Deposits. Banking Houses and Furnit and Fixtures 2 Building Account Due from Banks Cash and Reserve DEPOSITS (Gain in 1924 . ..$24,509,850.34 Surplus and Net 2,276,230.75 Profits Reserved Contingencies. Reserved for Taxes Reserved for Furniture, Equipment DEPOSITS ngs 204,814.61 739,733.75 2,027,509.62 13,04!29 4,484,862.85 3,223,979.25 $37,485,022.37 ure Dec. 31, 1924. * Dee. 31, 1923. Interest Liabilities. $2,500,000.00 $1,786,640.36 1,904,923.19 75,981.97 118,282.83 and epreciation on Fixtures and 20,000.00 32,984,117.21 $37,485,022.37 .$32,984,117.21 28,053,345.90 .$4,930,771.31 For Rescue Work Fails After Tests Radlo as a means of communica- tion between entombed miners and surface rescue parties has proved impracticable, the Interior De- partment announced today in de- scribing Bureau of Mines experi- ments extending over several vears. High-power equipment necessary for communication over distances of even 1,000 to 2,000 feet through strata, the bureau said, would be too bulky, heavy and complicated, and at the same time too fragile and delicate for practical require- ments. “It was stated, however, that there Is some promise in the ap- plication of ‘wired wireless, or line radio, which consists of transmis- sion along metallic conductors such as water pipes, compressed alr pipes, power end lightning cir- cuits and mine car tracks. GIVES SOCIETY $10,000. Baruch Aids U. D. C. Effort to En- dow Research Prize. EW ‘YORK. January 10.—Bernard ruch has made a gift of $10,000 to the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy to endow a biennial prize of $10,000 to be offered to Northern uni- versities for research In Confederate history, Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuyl- er announced. The prize i® named after Mr. Baruch's mother, Mrs. Simon Baruch, who for many years was an honorary sustaining member of the organization Philippine Camisole, hem- stitched straps. S$1.45. Lovely French-made Hemstitched and Embroid- ered Belgium Chemise. Hemstitched Lace - trim- med Nainsook Chemise. 95c. D. G, INNEW YORK WANES 17 New Cases Reported Yes- terday—Food of Victims Traced. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, January 10.—A minor epldemic of typhoid fever, which, ap- pearing In a mild form, has mysti- fied New York City authorities since last mid-November, {5 now on the wane, the Department of Health an- nounces. Only 17 new cases were reported, as compared with 39 listed on December 16, when the disease reached the peak of Its run. The number of cases being treated continues near the 600 mark, but, as health officlals pointed out. this figure Includes a high per- centage of suspected cases, which eventually will be diagnosed as some other allment. Stressing the fact that its statistics covered a population of more than 6.000,000, the department of health reported that the total number of deaths from typhold during the run of the epidemic in 1924 was only 70 above normal, and that for the whole year it was only 182, as compared with a total number of 140 deaths from typhoid in the metropols in 1923. That the present run of typhoid fever with low mortality rate should be described as an “epldemic” only emphasized the long strides that had been taken during the twentieth century in the control of th Plum-colored Satin Pull- man Traveling Robe, ;hirred cuffs and collar. 15. $1.45 and $1 set Covers and Skirts, At $145 SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, | Business Man and His Brother-in- disease, | nge and prominent in this section. 95 Lovely handmade garments, consisting of Corset Covers and Camisoles, Step-ins and Chemise, in many pretty designs. $2.45 and $2.95 Envelope Chemise, Low-neck Gowns, Cor- made of nainsook and percale; beauufully hand-embroidered. Cotton Underwear, 78¢ Bloomers of batiste, sateen and striped dimity, in white and light colors; Straight and LEnvelope Chemise of cotton and voile, lace and embroidery trimmed; Lace-trim- med Corset Covers and Low-neck Gowns. 1925 Twenty-five nurses have been add- ed to the Department of Health to trace the food sources of each patient Drastic ordinances governing known typhoid carriers, food handlers, isola- tion of typhold patients, inspection of markets and sterlization of water supplies were being enforced. He sald physiclans Insisting upon eat- | ing shelifish were advised to boll it xhuruuxhly. TWO SHOT, ONE DEAD IN A PISTOL DUEL Law at Bishopville, S. C., Quar- rel Over Former’s Baby. By the Associated Press. BISHOPVILLE, S. C., January 10.— H. H. Parrott, young business man ot | this city, 1s dead and Dr. J. P. Shaw, s Bihartaiaw o o citieed condition with three bullet wounds in his body as the result of a pistol duel between the two men in the business section of Bishopville. A quarrel over a baby, child of Par- rott and his wife, who is Dr. Shaw's half-sister, led up to the shooting. Parrott and his wife separated two months 8go, the mother keeping the child. The father, a few weeks later, is alleged to have stolen the baby and kept it until yesterday, when Mrs. Parrott went to his home in hig absence and took it back. Meoting last night, Parrott accused his brother-in- law of stealing the child, an eye-wit- ness sald. The shooting began almost immediately, Parrott falling with five bullets in his body. Dr. Shaw was shot three times. Both men are about 30 years of NEW YORK PAIR JAILED IN $160,000 BOND THEFT Accused of Accepting Stolen Se- | curities in Three Robberies in Two Months. ‘ By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, January 10 —Alfred | Gulden, dealer in mortgages and loans, and Harry Lester, a real estate broker, were arrested today in the hotel Ansonia, charged with receiv- ing stocks and bonds worth $180,000 stolen in three thefts in the last two months. One of the thefts was that of $100,- 800 In Liberty bonds which disap- peared last October after they had been consigned for shipment from New York to St. Louls. The total shipment consisted of $200,000 in bonds of $1,000 denomination, bul’ only half of the securities were stolen. They had been shipped by the Chase National Bank through the | Central Union Trust Company. Another theft was of $40.000 worth of stocks stolen in November b messenger who had been emploved | only two days by the brokerage firm of Rhoades & Co. The rest of the securities alleged to have been re- ceived by Gulden and Lester were stolen from another brokerage firm. JEDDAH ATTACKED. Sultan of Nejd Reported Repulsed in Assault. By the Associated Press JERUSALEM, Janu 10. — The Moslem council has received a tele- gram from Jeddah saying that Ibn Saoud, sultan of Nejd and leader of the Wahabl tribesmen, yesterday broke his promise and attacked Jeddah. The dispatch adds that he Turquoise Negli * g FIRE DAMAGES U. S. EMBASSY IN PARIS Furniture Suffers—Chambermaid Burned—Herrick’s Din- ner Interrupted. the Associnted Prens PARIS, January 10.—An outbrealf of fire in the American embassy oy the Avenue de la Motte-Plequet las night afforded Ambassador Myron T, Herrick an unwelcome diversion fromn his diplomatic preoccupations as b was finishing dinner. The fire started In the servants quarters of the mansion. The fire de. partment responded promptly and ex. tinguished the blaze after an hour's work. A chambermald attached to the household suffered a badly burn hand, and considerable damage W done to the furnitur By Recent dispatches from that the American embassy would moved from its present location new quarters at 2 Avenue d'Tena, the President Grevy manslon, which Am bassador Herrlck purchased last April for the United States Government About $200.000 will be spent in refit ting the new embassy, the dispatches added. The work was proceeding & leisurely fashion, and Ambassador Herrick was not expected to oceup. the bullding until the arrival of fine weather. ar ; Hotel Inn ®hone Main 8108-8109. 604-610 9th St. N.W. 8 weekly; $10.50 rooms, $5. was repulsed, leaving dead and wounded on the fleld igee, of pleated chiffon, with yoke and trim of silk lace. $ A fine Hand-scallope: terns, with ha good lace and orchid and sal Tailored, Lace and Embroidery trimmed Undergarments, things. 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