Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1925, Page 3

The I'ds of March | Take care, take care, good mothers all, I'ds March to follow The ! through 1 of “What are the I'd You do not know ? Well, here few: they are—at least a P'd keep the kiddies safe within Their fleecy woolen underwear, Their overcoats and heavy shocs, So long as danger’s in the air. T'd keep the steam supply on tap To chase the chill of morn night- Keep Daddy stoking till Jack Frost Is far upon his arctic flight U'd keep with American Ice, Untainted and as freshly sweet as dew distill'd upon the flow'rs The milk, the butter, eggs meat and and | the When *The Maytime brings clad ‘trees— elm, the larch— What robust, happy kiddies yours If vou now heed the Tds March! green- oak, the maple, of American ] ICE Company FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS ve Service Charge Ne ON CREDIT T. 0. PROBEY co. Store No. 1—2104 Pa. Ave. Store No.2—12th & H Sts. N. __ SPECIA LAWNS PUT v s ished 728 10th g at vour how Box SSE. Star NOTICE, 0 anywhere. Address office. HEREGY GI AT C for two shares of the cap. f Wishington Gas Light Company 0. D. C. issued in the name of was lost prior to the d of said Lee he possession of Frust_Company, the said Fannie % been made 1o the Light Comp) and Trust Con enid Fannie is Application said Washington G: by said Ameri.an Security | iany, executor of the estate of | ones, for the issuance of | te of stock in lien of the Any person having or coming into | f said certi of stuck i 4 to return same to said Ame; s and Trust Company. ECURITY AND TRUST N THOM, Vice Presiden of Fannie Lee i ave. n.w.. Washington, A STILLINGT( estate Pa Attest DAHLIAS, sonable CARD) RLINGTON, ¥ MAKE 0y WEEK Md.; Wi NSFER A SBY GIV 0 for five whares of Capital Traction C issued i th has been lost capital mpany of name of that The tal Traction Compauy hy Hallie H. Proc: Tor for the issmance of x duplicate certificate in Ticu of the onme loat. 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ADAMS, THERE CAN BE o better reason for giving prioting than the fact that IT PAYS The National Capital Press| 12101212 D ST N W, If You Have a Good Curled Hair Mattress YOU PAID FOR LONG HAIR S e 1t it s S el Ui Wi TAKE A CHAM ND LET SOME ONB BREAK 'O SHORT HAIR? LET US DO _IT PROPERLY s vour IT T M ] TTLE ROOFING JOBS | that she had | with a conductor to call on her there | that he thought a card said to have| | California that the former Miss Au- | stirred up a row all the time she was | dentis { skull in evidence, declaring that when | courtroom | By the Associated Press. e BEDELL'S FACTORY | t w. TEETH ARE FITTED N SKULL AT TRAL Identified as Modiste’s in Whose Alleged Killing Couple Are Accused. By the Associated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March The disappearance of Miss Augusta Hoftman was approached from many angles” yesterday in the trial of W. H. Bennett and his wife, Mrs. Mae Bennett, charged with the murder of the dressmaker, Bennett's aunt. The day was occupied entirely with State's tesMmony, witnesses includ- ing relatives of Miss Hoffman and of the defendants, detectives, the former employer of Miss Hoftman, a former bank official, a dentist jand physi- cians Much of the testimony was cen- tered about a plate of false teeth found with or near the skeleton, un- covered last Summer under the house once occupied by the Bennett fam- ily In Chattanooga. Mrs. Annie Wright of Richmond, v nd Mrs. Effie W. Buck of Rural Retreat, Va., testified that Miss Hoff- man, who was Mrs. Wright's aunt, had a plate of false teeth similar to the one in evidence. Mrs. Buck was positive in her identification of the teeth shown her, basing her intimate | knowledge of her aunt's teeth on a period of weeks in which she shared a room with Miss Hoffman when she was visiting her mother's home. Questioned on “Affair.” Both Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Buck were questioned on cross-examina- tion as to an “affair” Miss Hoffman had with a Pullman conductor, Mrs. Wright recalled that when Miss Hoff- man visited her in Richmond, in 1911, when she was about 60 vears of age, she told the witness on her arrival made an engagement and prepared for the visit. The vis- itor did ot come, Mrs. Wright said. H. A. Parker, nephew of Miss Hoff- man, who lives in Memphis, testified in detail as to the affairs of the family. He had not seen his aunt since 1914, he said, but was told In 1915 that she had married one J. A. Brown and gone to California. In 1916, he said, he told W. H. Bennett been received from J in A. Brown gusta Hoffman had broken her wrist and could not write was a “fake.” Tells of Trouble. Then it was, the witness said, that Bennett said he hoped he “would never see her again” and that “she in the house.” Parker continued, how ever, that he never saw such a “row | when he was in the Bennett home.| He added, “People usually do not start | ‘rows’ whe they have company.” 1 C. H. Jarigan said Miss Hoffman| had an account of approximately! $1,300 in a bank where he worked| when it failed, and four dividend| checks were mailed to her Chatta-| nooga address, he said. Three were| cashed and one has not been rs!urn“d.i he_ test d. Dr. s, Green, a Chattanooga t. took the plate of false teeth a itted it into the mouth of the or the lack of ered a good fit. | n and Dr. R. O. physicians, agreed in their timony that the bones in the represented the skeleton of a woman of mature years allowance was made flesh it could be consi te SPANIARD TO HEAD LEAGUE ARMS PARLEY | Thirty-One Nations Accept Invita- tions to Participate in Confer- ence to Open May 4. G A, March 25.—The League of Nations has decided to designate a Spaniard to preside over the inter- national conference for control of traffic in_arms, to open in Geneva May 4. Thirty-one natipns have ac- cepted invitations to participate, as follows Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Es- thonia, Finland, France, Germany, ireat Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Jugoslavia, Latvia, the Vetherlands, Panama, Persia, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay and the United State: For Rent Stratford g Apartments B il 2010 Kalorama Road ||| Attractive apartments of 2 and 6 rooms and bath. New building, equipped with [ most modern appliances. Ex- ceptional service. Elevator. Oil-heated building. Inciner- ators. Apartments equipped with refrigerators. One-half block from Conn. Ave. a Rentals Reduced Apartments as Low as $62.50 Per Month Moore & Hill, Inc. 730 17th St. N.W. Phone Main 1174 i tractive apartments ranging from two rooms, kitchen, re- ception hall, bath and balcony to four rooms, kitchen, re- ception hall and bath. ARGONNE RESIDENT MANAGER ROOFING QUAMPANY Plone Main 933, 119 3rd st. nw. ! RIS TR T 01 R ON PREMISES THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 The War Over the Air By Will Irwin. Chapter XI——“Pas‘senger Aviation.” When the Wrights conquered a new dimension, they imagined a mighty commercial future for the airplan Within a few years, they thought, passengers and light freights would be traveling at unheard-of speed through the air. Then soldiers of the uropean armies began to take a sig- nificant interest—which, it is recorded, somewhat troubled those two beney lent, peace-loving Yankees. ‘“Well" said Wilbur to Orville finally, “there's one consolation. They'll make war so horrible that it will become impossi- ble.” Which may stand some day as a prophecy, but not yet! Today, more than 20 years after the Wrights first hopped off at Kitty Hawk, the airplane has served no bet- ter use than kiling men; it is still almost a failure as a commercial vehi- cle. The governments of Europe are encouraging civilian flying as a_sub- sidiary to their military plans. Were it not for that, Europe would probably see from one year's end to the other only a little stunt-fiying at country fairs. After the armistice, that fraternity of the alr created by the war started with considerable enthusiasm to put commercial aviation on the map. Looking back over six years of ex- perience, these ploneers see perhaps that they got off on the wrong foot Speed is the strongest quality of an airplane; carrying capacity its weakest Passengers Were Sought. It seemed obvious that passeng. who want speed, would pay better than freight. The British began to subsidize passenger lines by capitalizing them: the French by paying them bountfes on every trip. The British system has worked best. Both governments ex- pected that within a few vears these lines would stand on their own feet and could go it alone. That was & false hope. They have never vet come near paying. In the beginning first-class passen- gers took the aerial route from Lon- don to Paris or from Paris to Bru sels largely as a dare. But it was noticed that many who tried it once for adventure, or by way of proving they were not afraid to fly, journeyed thereafter by boat or train The traveling public demands five things of a passenger carrier—safety, speed, comfort, reliabiiity and cheap- ness. In only one of these qualities speed—has the airplane an advantage over the railroad or steamship. Heav- ier-than-air aviation is not vet safe; never will be even comparatively safe until we build a thoroughly relable engine. During the first year of com- mercial aviation a passenger travel- ing between London and Paris stood 1 chance in 2,000 of death or serious injury if he went by airplane, and cnly one chance in several millions if v cogimon carrier. for comfort, flying Is at best Locate Your Family Right Hur | it affords much more pleasant travel At 36th and R Sis. N.W. bas for neighbors: The Georgetown University. The Western High School, The Academy of the Visitation, The National Episcopal Cathedral and many other neighborhood builders. Price, $8,500 Up Over 200 Homes Sold SHANNON ] | roughing it. Not one person in thou- sands, aviators estimate, really likes to 80 up in the air for the first time. We have an implanted racial instinct against getting our feet off the ground. The dips and bounces of this unstable vehicle disturb most passen- gers; alrsickness is almost as com- mon as seasickness. Packed in Cabin Plane. In an open machine one is fighting the great wind generated by a speed of 100 miles an hour; even in a cabin machine one is packed like a sardine. I need cite no figures or statistics to prove that air travel is not vet re- liable. Finally, it costs much more than transportation by land or sea. The Europeans maintain their pas- senger aviation frankly as a military auxillary. It furnishes them with reserve ocorps of trained pilots; it keeps the factories running at con- cert pitch; it provides a supply of engines against an emergency. We have not subsidized aviation Nevertheless, we have had one pas- senger line, which, going on its own, made money for a while. Its craft plied between the Florida mainland and the American or British Islands off the coast. But this year the high cost of replacement forced it So sus- pend operations, at least temporarily Here”comes in another difficulty of commercial aviation. An airplane is a frail craft. The engine, run constantly with a wide- open throttle, must be overhauled after 300 hours at least—two or three overhaulings, and it is finished. Cer- tain other parts wear out almost as fast. When you have spent $10,000 to $15,000 apiece for your machines your outlay on “rolling stock” has only begun. For the present, one may count out passenger aviation by heavier-than-air machines Better i Dirigibles. The true airship, the dirigible of the Shenandoah or Los Angeles type. may have a better future. Even now, than the airplane. For ordinary com- fort, leaving out unnecessary lux- urfes,” said an officer who flew on the Los Angeles to Bermuda, “we were at least as well off as sea travelers on the best liners 50 years ago. We were much better off if you figure on seasickness.” Filled with helium instead of the dangerous, inflammable hydrogen, th dirigible is safer than the airplane Engine trouble does not mean in its case a forced landing. Its motors do not have the double task of driving it forward and keeping it up in the air approached we may extend its range by increasing its size. The Los Angeles has not as vet enough range to make regular trips between New York and London. It{ onsequently within limits not yet OGO 925 15th St. Main 9770 EVERAL of the Homes Walsh Street in Leland have already been purchased by families who ap- preciate the manifold advantages of this growing community with all city conveniences. Drive out Conn. Ave., thru Bradley Lane, then turn right one square to CHEVY CHASE, MD. 10% Down and Small Monthly Payments “ERA WARREN OWNERS & BUILDERS last group of recently completed on Evenings Cleve. 2252 ration. wiches. For Delicious Lunches HESTNUT Farms Cot- tage Cheese is most con- venient because it requires little seasoning or prepa- For luncheon, it is deli- ctous with brown bread, or it may be served in a variety of tasty and easil prepared salads and sand- It is delivered to you fresh in glass jars; or may be obtained through the best grocery and delicatessen stores in 12-ounce packages. Ghestrut®Farms Das, 116 Connecticut Ave FRANKLIN4000 Price, 15c: would have, If we chose to fill it with the lighter, but inflammable hydrogen in place of the non-combustible helium. The British are golng ahead toward passenger-carrying by airship. They have now on the stocks two glant craft which, in 1926 or 1927, will maintain a regular schedule between London and India. As Great Britain has no hellum, the builders will per- force use the more dangerous bydro- gen. However, ships of this size filled even with helium would have the range to ply safely between our coast and Europe. Fly Best Over Water. For various reasons air machines over sea than over land. really successful passenger aviation may stand to the record of a line running dirigibles between New York and London or Paris. Its ships, even at present speeds, would d their passengers in two days: whereas the fastest transatlantic lines take five or six Now, however, the practitioners of commercial flying are off on a new tack. Suddenly they have realized that while passenger aviation seems for the present commercially im- practicable, there may be a future for the transportation of light, fast, valuable freights over long dlstances. The United States Mail Service be- tween New York and San Francisco has shown the way. Its promotors call it the most successful experi- ment up to date in commercial avia- tion. One can scarcely deny claim.- Col Henderson and his as sociates, who made the transconti- nental line possible, may go down as ploneers. (“The Promise of the Mail Service” the twelfth installment of Will Irvin’s weries on the alreraft controversy follow tomorrow.) (Copyright, 1 in United States, and Great Britain by North Amer paper Alllance. All rights reserved.) anada Formerly Instructo Arts, A. ment of Distinctive a Library. niture for sts surroundsngs 0. J. DeMoll Twelfth an 1ighter-than- | are more practicable | Our first | that | Important to Home Owners We offer you the services of our expert interior decorator Myr. Benjamin H. Streeks .. F. University, Beaune Cote D'or, France, and now manager of our ! for the Drawing Room, Living Room and He will be glad to advise you on any question regarding the decorating and fur- nishing of your home. This service is free, and you will be under no obligation to us whatever. “Where the Piano goes we have the correct fur- O. J. DeMOLL & CO. 1925. 3 MOBS IN TOKIO ATTACK GIRL DEFENDANT ‘SureRelief SHUDDERS IN COURT N | Homes of Foes of Universal Sut-| 1 % 25 CENTS. Dorothy Ellingson, Confessed . Slayer of Mother, Realizes ) S ?ELL-ANS certain peers who were pr nen " - y o wa?el’ seriin pewes who wers piominent o | (S WOE =5 Enormity of Crime. frage Bill in Upper House Slightly Damaged. By the Associated Press TOKIO, March 25.—Crowds this morning attacked the residence of | Sure Relief the attacks have caused serious co = plications in the situation of the up- [ 25¢ @nd 75¢ Packages Everywhers | per house, which refuses to continue discussion of the suffr: sure until the honor of the house has been satisfied by the home minister FIRE DESTROYS MILLS. By the Associnted Press SAN FRANCISCO, March Dor- othy Ellingson, 16-year-old stenog- rapher, entered court today with a re newed determination to curb the youthful impetuosity which has been | responsible for fainting spells the {first two days of her trial for the | killing of her mother, Mrs. Anna E {lingson. The girl confessed that she | shot and killed her mother during a }quarrel in which the parent attempted to divert her from the path of way- ward companions, Observers say that the trial | bringlng to Miss Ellingson a full realization of the enormity of the of- peoat of plain de fense. She listens to other fathers ana | 101 remove ber gloves mothers, prospective jurors, j [ have been close to shudders when they disqualify them- | #TF€st say that the selves and say they could not sit in| et to disregard her judgment fairly on a “girl who kill- [ difference ed her mother.” As court opened today nine men and two women were in the jury box temporarily passed as jurors. The girl expressed a desire to be tried by elderly men and no women Miss Ellingson appears in without the “make-up” that she the first days after she was arrest | in a rooming house. Today she wore a WILSON, Ark - yesterday Storage March 25 destroyed t shedé and all s Kelser Cooper Mills near here. 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