Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1925, Page 4

ALASKANS SHAKEN ROUGHLY BY QUAKE People Flee From Homes as Chimneys Fall—Cabie Is Severed by Shock. By the Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, February 24 —Towns_along 465 miles of the Alaska Railroad were rocked ves- terday by one the most severe earthquakes ever experienced by Alaskan pioneers, according to re- ports received today. Chimneys were wrec water lines broken and a Seward-to-Valdez cable severed. Two distinct shocks were felt here, the ond being the harder. They were accompanied by deep rumbles. Dishes were broken in homes and patients in a-hospital were thrown from their beds. The public school was adlsmissed. SEWARD BADLY SHAKEN. Residents Flee to Streets and Cable Is Severed. By the Associated Press. EWARD, Alaska, February Tarthquake tremors, lasting a half minu wrecked chimneys, broke water pipes and sent residents scurry 2 o'clock 24— ng to safety in the streets at vesterday afternoon The Seward end of the United Sta gnal Corps cable to Valdez miles northeast of here, at the north- ern end of Prince William Sound, was brok ¥ ks At Morra: ward on emors fo et s miles north of the Alaska Railroad, the ced water out of the line's nks. Heavy shocks were feit points on the Alaska Rail- at ma road Pioneers said the tremors were the heaviest felt in this section for many years SHOCK RECORDED IN U. S. Charlottesville, Va., Seismograph Indicates Severe Tremor. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Febru- ¥ 24 —The seismograph at the Uni- sity of Virgi recorded last ht the severest earth shocks noted its several months installation The o'clock first and tremors began at reached maximum at 7:19 o'clock, more than an hour, mors lasting until disturbance was about 3,000 miles westerly dire 7:02 inten- continuing for with slight tre- 8:44 o'clock. The estimated to be away, in a south- n NOTED BY D. C. MACHINE. Earthquake Most Violent in Three | or Four Years. An “extremely s about 3,200 mile evere” earthquake in_a southwester- Washington was ht on the seismo- own University. . the seismologist, the disturbance was the t recorded on the in- strument in three or four years The tremors, beginning at 7:02 p.m., reached a maximum intensity from 19 o'clock until 7:21 o'clock. The most pronounced displacement in the earth’s crust, as recorded by the de- vice, ran in an east-west direction and made an impression calculated at about 7 centimeters, AIRCRAFT INQUIRY TO REOPEN; FUNDS FOUND AVAILABLE inued from Fi n direction jed at gra Tondo that _ __(Conti t Page. 00 now is in the committee's treas- Mr. Perkins said Bloom Offer Refected. The committee examiner declared he ‘Was sure every member would be will- ng to contribute “a few dollars” for the printing of any testimony which the committee might decide to take. The committee could not accept the offer of Representative Bloom of New York to finance the committes, Mr. Perkins endeavored to set at Test rumors of “coercion” as the direct cause of the sudden termination of the committee's hearings. He emphati- cally declared, “On my word of honor, any thought or suggestion that outside orces coerced me or any member of the committee is without foundation.” Representative Lea of California, Democrat, added that “there was noth- Ing mysterious or sinister about the | committee closing its hearings, as one | reason was the condition of its finances and another that the record ‘was prac- tically complete.” An’explanatory committee’s work of what its final body was issued statement and an of the intimation report might em- by Representative Perkins after the executive meeting vesterday. ‘“The hearings thus far have disclosed certain facts which, in my opinion, make several conclusions Inescapable,” said the statement. Conclusions Are Citea. They are: “Aviation is about to as- sume a most important contributing place in world’'s transportatien and communication systems. “Out of th commercial aviation will inevitably grow air power, which, while it will ver displace land or sea forces, it 1 undoubtedly pro- foundly alter and extend warfare. “America, in th design and de- velopment of aircraft speeds, per- formance and utility, leads the world. But in commercial aviation Amer- fca 13 wholly deficlent and in air power we are greatly inferior.” Mr. Perkins said he knows “mem- bers of the committee clearly differ- entiate between personality and prin- oiple. We have not been confused and w hope the publlc will not be confused by extreme statements made in the hearings. I find no more sub- stance in the allegations of an in- dustrial and service conspiracy as made by disappointed inventors than 1 find in the picturesque and more startling denunciations by proponents or antagonists of the claim that in future wars the air arm will be supreme Says Certain Polnts Agree. Amid the suggestion of violent controversy between the extreme ad- vocates of air power on the one hand and big guns and big ships on the other there are certain points upon which we all can agree, and these points, I am sure, point the way toward final recommendations which the committee will consider. “The first point Is that commercial aviation is primary and military avia- tion secondary; that, in my opinion, moral duty rests upon the United States to show the way for the world to escape another costly race for armament, this time in the alir, and thus spare future generations the misery and suffering which must cnsue from unlimited development of viation for destructive instead of constructive purposes. In short, it must be recognized and pragtically proved that the mission of aircraft is to serve humanity and not to de- stroy it the o The Bureau of Standards, after ex- City Adds Horseshoe Pitching To “Curriculum” of Playgrounds Recreation Centers Will Open for Season, Monday, and 40 School Yards Will Be Available for Chil- dren July 1, Continuing Through Summer. Horseshoe pitching, a game that was popular in days gone by, prom- ises to be in vogue agaln this year. With the announcement that the city's 26 municipal playgrounds will oper for the season Monday morn- ing, officials of that department made known thefr plan to add horseshoe contests to the list of boys® activities. From now until schools close in June the municipal playgrounds will be open from 11:45 until dark on school days and from 9 to 4:30 on Saturdays, On July 1 recreational facllities will be increased by the opening of ap- proximately 40 school yards as Sum- mer playgrounds, for which the d partment recelves a special appro- priation annually of $21,000. The municipal grounds that open Monday are: Bloomingdale, First and Bryant streets; Chevy Chase, Forty- first and Livingstone streets; Colum bia Heights, Columbia road, between Georgia_and Sherman avenues; Gal- linger, F street, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets; Garfleld, Second street and Virginia heast; Georgetown, Thirty-third WAL DEVELOPING WILL BE PRESSED Underhill Will Seek to Bring $15,000,000 Land-Buying Bill Up Tomorrow. Effort will be made by Representa- tive Underhill of Massachusetts to get his bill authorizing an appropria- tion of $15,000,000 to acquire all land south of Pennsylvania avenue be- tween the Capitol and the White House not already owned by the Gov- ernment and two blocks north of Pennsylvania opposite the Peace Monument, for uss in development of the Mall, up for consideration in the | House under suspension of the rules, which starts tomorrow Representative Underhill was im- pressed by a statement made by Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, engineer offi- cer in charge of public buildings and grounds, that this property was all that was needed for the Mall develop- ment and should be acquired as soon s possible. By unprecedented action, Representative Underhill yesterday obtained a favorable report from the House District committee, although the bill had not been even written Although it is almost hopeless in the closing jam of legislation to get this measure through, Representative Underhill sald today that he will work tirelessly to get this bill as far as possible on its legislative way, be- cause even if not passed at this ses- sion of Congress it will thereby have a stronger standing in the next Con- gress. He declared that it is his in- tention to press this measure vigor- ously in the next Congress if he can- not secure action at the present ses- sion. The Underhill bill this land, when acquired, shall be transferred by the National Capital Park Commission to the jurisdiction of the chief of engineers, United States Army, as part of the park s tem of the District of Columbia un- til such times as other specific di- rections are given by Congress for its use. Col. Sherrill explained to the House committee that this land is needed in the Mall development which will follow closely upon the building of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. The plans which have been approved by the Senate and House committees on Public Buildings and Grounds and on District legislation, contemplate the cleaning up and development of B street from Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol as a great government ave- nue from the Capitol for memorial courteges to Arlington National Cem- etery. It will be built up on both sides, north and south, by public buildings of semi-monumental type. . ROOSEVELT SEES DANGER TO U. S. AIR SERVICE Declares “Separation” From Army and Navy Would Damage Major Branches of Defense. proposes that By the Assoclated Press. o NEW YORK, February 24—Col. Theodore Roosevelt, former assistant secretary of the navy, sald in an ad- dress here last night that separation of the United States Air Service from the Army and Navy would damage the service of these “two major branches of the country's defense.” “Battles fought by air forces,” he said, “in practically all cases will be fought either in behalf of the Army or the Navy in order to facilitate maneuvers of one or the other. The land and sea planes are mechanically related more closely to the Army and Navy, respectively, than to each other.” Although he sald he was a great enthusiast for alr service and a be- liever in new air routes, more air- plane mail facilities and the rebuild- ing of the entire air force, Col. Roose- velt declared the Natlon’s defense “hangs as a whole on the mainte- nance of our Army and Navy. “Economy, as advocated by those in favor of combining the Army and Navy air forces,” he added, “would defeat the purpose of the alr serv- ice, in which economy is the least thing to be considered.” As EBONITE “Strings" to a Stick, Solt Winds/zZe=>> Around the Gears MR. MOTORIST No matter what the weather conditions are—hot or cold —No matter how heavy the load, or how strenuous the duty, EBONITE does its work silently and efficiently. It follows the gears, always forming a filmy cushion of oil between metal parts, pre- venting noise and wear. Buy with your mind made up. Demand EBONITE. Take no substitute. At dealers in five-pound ocans, and st service stations from EBONITE checker-board pump only. "EBONITE (1ITS SHREDDED OIL) FOR TRANSMISSIONS haustive tests, has announced that alcobol is the best material to koep wotor car radiators from freezing, AND REAR AXLES BAYERSON DILWORKS avenuc | street and Volta place; Happy Hol low, Eighteenth street and Kaloram1 road; Hoover, Second and N street southwest; Towa Avenue, lowa ave- nue, between Varnum and Webster strdets; Mitchell Park, Twenty-third |and S streets: Montrose Park, Thir- tieth and R streets; New York Ave- nue, First street and New York ave- nue; Park View, Otis and Warder streets; Phillips, Eighth and Ninth strects, Longfellow and _Madison strocts: Ulaza, Second and B streets northeast: Rosedale, enth an. Kramer streets north Thomson, Twelfth and L streets; Twin Oaks. Fourteenth and Taylor streets: Van Ness, Third and M streets southeast, nd Virginia Avenue, Virginia nue, between Ninth and Eleventh streets soutneast | “colorea playerounds First and I streets southwest; ard, Fifth and W streets; Logan, Third and G etreets northeast; Payne Fifteenth and ( streets southeast Rose Park, Twenty-seventh and O streets, and .Willow Tree, Third, Four-and-a-Half, B and C streets south- | west THE WEATHER ir and some- increas- ave- Cardoza, How- District &f Columbia—F | what colder tonight, tomorrow | ing cloudiness and slightly warmer, be- | coming uneettled by tomorrow night; | moderate north and northeast shifting to | south winds. Maryland—Fair in east and south | creasing cloudi temperature, probably raii in west and extreme north por- | tions; moderate morth and northeast winds becoming southerly tomOrrow. | " Virginia—Fair and somewhat colder | tonight, tomorrow increasing cloudiness, becoming unsettled and warmer in west portion; moderate to fresh north and northeast shifting to southeast winds. | West Virginia—Fair tonight, colder in | extreme east portion ; tomorrow increas- | ing cloudiness and ~warmer, probably light rain Records for Thermometer—4 p.m., 61; 8 pm., 56: | 12 midnignt, 4am,48; 8 am, o4; | noon, . | “Barometer—t pm., 20.71; 8 {20.66: 12 midnight, 26.70; 4 a.m., 8 a.m., 29.7; noon, 2.8 Highest temperature, 66, 2 p.m. yesterday Lowest temperature, |5 am. today. | Temperature same Highest, 34 ot 1 Temperature and condition water at Great Falls at $ am. Temperature,40; condition, muddy Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 3:23 am. and 3:44 pm.; high tide, 9:14 a.m. and 9:38 p.m Tomorrow—Low tide, 4:10 am, 4:34 pm.; high tide, 10:02 am. 10:% pm The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun 5:55 p.m. Tomorrow ewhat colder srtions, tOMOITow in. with slowly rising followed by light and sor { | 24 Hours. pm., 69 occurred at 46, occurred at date last of the and Sun rises 6:47 a.m., sun 7:55 a.m., sets 7:50 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- haif hour after sunset. Weather In Various Cities, *+qa yeey Wamo] cemw g o) ary LOTE Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Claar Cloudy Cloudy Foggy Clear Cloudy Clear Pt.cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear’ Pt.clondy Cloudy Cloudy Clear, lear Cloudy Cloudy loudy udy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt.cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Albany . Atlanta Atlanti Baitimore Birmingham. Bismarck Boston . Buffalo ... Charleston . Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver . Detroit .7l El Paso... Galveston . Helena .. Huron, §."D. Indianapolis. Jacksonvil Kansas City. Los Angeles. Okla. City.. Omaha .. Philadelphia. Phoenix .. Pittsburgh. . Portland, Me. Portland, Raleigh 2 8. Lake City anAntonio. an Diego... 30.08 8. Francisco 30.26 8t. Louls... 30 24 B8 WASH.D.C. 20.78 67 48 FOREIG (8 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Stations. London, Paris, Berlin, Germany.... Copenhiagen, Denmark. Stoekhols Part cloudy Part cloud Rain T San Colon, Tart cloudy | Forty-three Popes reigned during the bullding of St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome. its a hundred to - nothing he'll say LEA & is_a_ Prescription prepared for Colds, Fever and Grippe It is the most speedy remedy we know year— | today : ¢ and | rose 6:49 am., sun sets | MAN JAILED HERE ' ON DENVER CHARGE D. M. Rolls Said to Be Oil Man Wanted in Em- bezzling Case. said to be lawyer and oll magnate of Denver, was arrested In a lol‘u‘[ hotel last night by headquarters | detectives at the request of the chief | of police of Denver, who said he was wanted there on & charge of em- bezzlement Chief Justice McCoy of ths District | Supreme Court later ordered his release on habeas corpus bond of $2,000. Hear- ing on the habeas corpus proceeding is scheduled for February 25 ‘Rolls w with his wife and two children in the hotel when taken into custody by Detectives Edward Kelly and A ur Scrivener. He ewpressed great surprise at the action of the Denver police in telegraphing for his rrest, saying that he was on his way back to Colorado from Florida and had no reason to be a fugitive. Rolls, Kelly said, told him he had no knowledge of the charge of embezzle- | ment, 1d expressed the opinion that it a “plece of spite work” engineered | by certain persons to whom he had re- fused to give up several large oil leases in Tulsa, Okla.. when the lessors be- came dissatisfied with the terms of the agreement Willing to Return. Rolls said he was ready and will turn to Denver, and exhibited a raflroad tick to that city which serted he was going to use tomor- | after finding an apartment here = i wife and.children Robert D. Hardison, judge here, has been Driscner as counsel David Morton a prominent Rolls, 38, i | former _police retained by the | It is understood the | attorney will seek his client’s relcase from a cell at No. 12 precinct, where he has been confined since his arrest. Detective Scrivener said that Rolls had with him a letter of introduction signed by a prominent member of the du Pont family of Delaware, with whom he is understood to have spent part of his vacation In Florida. SENATOR STANLEY | KNOCKED DOWN BY | AUTOIST, WHO FLEES (Continued from First Page.) in the K Senate Senator Stanley as- serted that the necessity under the law of reporting trivial accidents to the police would be exceedingly irk- some. “Does this provisien mean,” asked (Senator Stanley, “that if I, in mov- ing out from a parking space down- town, accidentally scrape andther ma- chine, that I have to report the mat- ter within 24 hours to g0 to jail?" Offered an Amendment. The Kentucky Senator, in order to modify this provision of the traffic bill, introduced an amendment which | provided that if an individual oper- ating an automoblle struck another vehicle or a person, he would only have to stop and make known his| identity, iIf requested to by the person injured In offering this amendment, Senator Stanley asked his colleagues on the floor of the Senate if “they were go- ing to attempt to put all motorists in | jail in order to obtain the safety of | pedestrians.” | Senator Stanley’'s amendment was defeated, but one offered hy Senator McKellar of Tennessee modifying the original provisions was accepted by | the Senate, The original penalties, | towever, were put back in the bill! by the House yesterday. the police or ) -l IR orporation T riffith § “oal ood lean WJoal o " — = | 'A Real Cleanser | In Laxatives The Action of Stuart's Calclum || Wafers Is So Complete as to Be ||| Recommended in All Cases Needing a Laxative. | 1f you will use Stuart's Calcium | | Waters regularly for 10 days as| |unconcerned as when you put sugar in your coffee, you will have |50 stimulated intestinal, bowel and | liver secretions as to have no con- | stipation nor any of its distressing effects. | The reason for this is its tonic | influence, whereby all the contrib- | |utory actions of digestion are | made to harmonize. 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Representatives of Secretary Mellon and Commissioner Blair of the Inter- nal Revenue Bureau, appeared before the Senate finance committes to op- pose an indefinite continuation of the committee, complaining that the com- mittee’s activities Interfered with the administration of the bureau —_— We never do anything we cease to think about of doing it well until the manner A group of Seattle business men will leave early In February for a of the'trade tour of the Orient, Tung, th China, the City selzure of Hsuan fir former re; took refu, in the time tutor, wh has Peking gone last P st went in th to have o By the Associated Press PEKING t Hsuan Tung was imperial early palace N klig by F to th , Prince b consent of other ir and on the advice of Hs ccompanied Quits Peking for Tientsin February deposed boy Ti ed the ber ng in over Chun Japanese move IGGLY WIGGL) FISH SPECIALS FOR LENT Every variety of nationally advertised sea food is on the shelves of Piggly Wiggly Stores. find your favorite brands. 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