Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1925, Page 4

* POLICE TO VERIFY MOTORISTS DATA Will Check All Inlformation in Applications for 1926 Tags. {Information given by autoni owners in applying for license will be verified by the police in ¢ sdme manner that applications for Aetving permits are now checked up. under a plan worked out yesterday afternoon between several District officials The application blank i« quires the name and addre owner as well as certain facts about the car on which the tugs are to be used. The system of having the police make sure of the accuracy of the data given will start September 13, ‘When the time comes tor ull motor- tsts to get 1326 tags in December the license will maka out annlica tion blanks based on the data elven by each owner when he got his 1925 Jlates. The police will take these blanks to the homes of the automo- Jle owners and find out whether the of the off o er finds the informat tHe application bl s that the motorist will have It, ready 16 hand in with his money when he zées to get his new Latest Permits Verifiei fssued by the since police All operators May have been orecincts mation give: 1 census of in November k on the present addresses of the thousands of mits that were lssued prior 1t 1s essental -ate list of of all holder. since they March Although more tha ators’ permits have been i “ea. ved by traffic offi hat & large proportion of them ha found to be inactive The conference at which was worked out was attended by Act ing Traffic Director Moller, Supt. ot Licenses Coombs, Acting Supt. of Po- lige Evans, Inspector Brown of the TraMc Bureau and Assistant Supt of Police Pratt STUDENTS ARE ALERT 'AS TEST OF FATIGUE STARTS SECOND DAY operators be renewed the pian (Continued from First Page.) tervals with all manner of tests, paychological as well as medical. Be- sides the automobile tests, they are baing given the Army Alpha intell- gence tests at intervals to record what effect prolonged wakefulness is having on their ability to exerclse their brains. They are having auto- mobile license plates flashed In front of them by special apparatus and then quickly obscured from view by a fall ing shutter and are then being re- quired to report their memory of the number, State and year shown on the automobile tags. Other sorts of in. genfous wit-searching methods are being tried on them. Repeats Tests. Yesterday Dr. Hunter made pre. Mminary tests, representing normal, upfatigued conditions; today he is re- peating the Physical strength, lung capacity, numbers of blood cor- puscles, both red and white, and the chemical condition of the blood and other body fluids are among the items under examination. Dr. J. H. Roe, head of the chemistry department of the medical school, who is making the chemical analysis, hopes o gain definite information as to whether lack of sleep causes the thy rold and adrenal glands to be over- aotive “When these glands are too active there is apt to be too much sugar in he blood,” sald Dr. Roe. “This is & diabetic condition. It may be that lack of sleep exaggerates the condi- tion of such patients beca of the resulting increase blood sugar.” But the life of the eight volunteers one long ordeal of mental and sical tests. They have thelr other occupations, and their recreations as vell. Yesterday, the preliminary day +vhen nobody was sleepy, t went ut thelr usual work tending asses and taking examinations; and who are earning their way hrough school reported on time at heir respective jobs. In the evening hey all had dinner together. making a very jolly little par hose Evening of Tests After dinner there was a round of | tests, and then the group went to the theater. After the perfi nce they ceturned to the university, when the real grind of the evening began. For three hours It w tests, tests, tests. Then Prof. Moss decided to call it a day, and they all went out for a long rids, losting until dawn. The sleepless students drove Prof. Moss re- »orts, and showed no effects of their experience, except that they displayed fittle more caution than usual. As stydents will, they sang Songs Sappy, lvely tunes were favored; onle or two attemp! melody BUg: zesting sleep were quickly voted down. hey returned to the laboratory when he stars began to go to sleep. Dr A. Moss, head of the psy- hology department at the university, ~Bo organized the te s _an en- +husiastic young professor who is as eenly awake to the practical applica- ions of his science s he Is to its in- ellectual interest. He has made & special study { the auses of acel- dents, and is etary of Herbert Hgover's committee for the investiga- ion of accldents. He believes in practising what he oreaches, and Is keeping the G0-hour igll of sleeplessness ne faithfully as ny of his volunteers, becoming thus oth experimenter and subject of ex- aHiment Three years ago Dr. Moss cut down 1ig allowance of sleep to 8 hours. “If 4 human being can maintain full efi- iency on 6 hours of sleep or on ~gs, without suffering fll effects im- mediately or later, we ought to find out ahout it definitely, and not con- tifjue to spend an unnecessary amount of! lifetime in bed,” he points out. i7a figures that if a third of the aver- gk sleeping time could be cut oft without injury to the individual, he colild add five years of actual work- ing time to his career. ‘opyright. 1625, by Sctence Service.) Cuticura Talcum Is Soothing LI‘:or Baby’s Skin B Seas, Ointmant, Ti here. m seld ev. SURE Relief From Conatipation ! ce ’::mflnu-n MRS. J. P. Heart Attack Following Indigestion Causes | Her Death. Wife of Financier Never Entirely Emerged From Coma. By the Ausociated Pre | NEW YORK, August lo.—Mrs. J. | P. Morgan, wite of the international | banker, lay dead in her palatial home at Glen Cove today, a victim of the erious sleeping sickness. or two months & corps of physi- clans, backed by virtually unlimited funds, had fought to save her life, but she never emerged entirely from & state of coma. The end came shortly atter. noon { vesterday and the tmmed'ate cause was a heart collapse, Induced by an attack of indigestion. The primary | cause, however, was lethargic enceph- alitls, & form of aleeping sickness dis- tinct from that prevalent in Africa, and which was discovered 'n America in 1915 Mr. Morgan in City. Only & physiclan and_two nurses were ‘at the deathbed. Mr. Morgan, who had left for his Wall Street office on the assurance that his wife was re- covering,was summoned, but arrived son time after Mrs. Morgan's death. Two sons, Juntus Spencer Morgan, assoclated with his father, and Henry Sturgls Morgan, were on the Morgan vacht, Corsalr, on Long Island Sound. moned by radio. Mrs. leaves two daughters, 5 Morgan Pennoyer and Mrs. Jane Morgan Nichols The daughter of Henry Sturgls Grew, Boston banker, mfll owner and fnancter, Mra. Morgan was married to Mr. Morgan In 1890, one year after he was graduated from Harvard with @ B.A. She shunned soclety and was fond of an old-fashioned home life, devoted to her children, and more re cently her grandchildren, and the cul- tivation of flowers. Her philanthropies were large, but given always anonymously. Recently she joined her husband In a large do- nation for archeological work in Greece. Stricken on June I4. She was stricken In St. John's Epia- copal Church, Locust Valley, Long ls- land, June 14, while attending services. Blood t usions and injections of dextrose fed her from coma only | for short intervals. She was fed ar tifically on vegetable soups and broths. In recent weeks there was marked improvement until last Tuesday, when she developed Indigestion. This was fol- lowed by a weakening of the heart. Beyond the brisf announcement of her death, Issued from the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co., nothing was made known, and the funeral plans are still to be announced One of the few times Mra. Morgan came to public prominence was soon after the outbreak of the war. A luna- | tic entered the Morgan London home, where a small mug(of friends were being entertained. He drew a pistol and apparently was about to shoot | Mr. Morgan when Mrs. Morgan grasp- |ed the man's hand and struggled un. | 1, with the ald of others, she had gained possession of the weapon. RETAIL LUMBER DEALERS | TO HOLD MEETING HERE 1,000 Delegates Are Expected at National Convention in October. Golf Tourndment on Program. The Natfonal Retali Lumber Deal: | ers’ Association will hold its annual convention In Washington October 7, 8 and 9, it was announced today by C. E. La Vigne, executive secretary | of the Washington convention bu- | reau. | The convention will bring about 1,000 delegates prominent in the lum. ber industry in all parts of the coun. | try. Arrangements for accomoda- tion and assistance of every sort to the visitors have been arranged by Adolph Pfund of Chicago, secretary- manager of the assoclation, and Mr Lavigne. The headquarters will be at the Mayflower Hotel. The annual ban- quet will be held October 8 and a golf tournament is acheduled at the | Washington Golf and Country Club on_October 8. Frank Carmahan, chalrman of the fic and transportation department of the assoclation, 15 the local repre- sentative. F. L. Lowrle of Detroit, president, and John E. Lloyd, Phila- delphia, chairman of the committee on national affalrs, are also making plans for the meeting. GRAIN IMPORTS CUT. Italy Trying to Reduce Adverse Balance of Trade. | Italy is endeavoring to reduce ‘he ad. verse balance of its trade by cutting down the importation of wheat and by buying wheat and other cereals in the cheap markets of Europe instead of the more expensive ones of the United States and South America. Taking ad- vantage of this tendency, M. Saltaroft, the Russian trade delegate, has offer- ed to export 7,000,000 quintals of graln from Russia to Italy this year at low prices. (The quintal in Italy 13 220.46 pounds.) [ youht quickiy rade o Studebaker ‘ Powt' Du‘.\lr_"',‘ f fish MR. MOTORIST Do it todmy. Mave e transmiswion and rear axle cuses filled with EBONTPE and see Bow much easier At dealors in five-pound cans, stati 2 YadTHR “Bekervoart the 3 pump ealy. MILAN, Italy, August 15 UP.—| [BL ANLES (T's sSHREOOD FOR TRANS™M AND RE AR RAYEREON I w THE EVENING MORGAN DIES OF DREAD AND DEADLY SLEEPING SICKNESS 8T. WASHINGTON, CLAIM ZONING HITS HOUSE OWNERSHIP False Value Put on Row Houses by Decisions. Builders Charge. Che Zoning Commission has so lim- ited the amount of row house ground avallable in the District of Columbia that false values are being placed on row house lots out of proportion to their worth, sometimes adding as much as $500 to $1,000 to the cost ot each home, it is charged by the Operative Bullders’ Assoclation of the District of Columbla, In a letter to the Zoning Commission today protest- ing that body's recent decision in pro- hibiting row house construction in cer tain parts of the northeast section of the city. The ascociglion, representing 36 of [the leading ' residential builders in MRS. J. P. MORGAN. CORONER DESCRIBES DISSE BULLET WOUND Taking of Evidence Begun Triple Murder Trial st Richmond, Va n Special Dispateh to The Star RICHMOND, Va., August 16.—The taking of evidence was begun today in the case of Rudolph Disse, charged with the murder of Mrs. Vivian Tom- 1in Peers, Detective J. Russell Burke and Henry G. Carter, a restaurant man. The Carter case is before the court. The jury was completed late yesterday. Ilecause of the fallure of many witnesses to appear today, the case was postponed until Monday, after the coroner and Miss Dolly Swift, cashier {n Carter's restaurant, were heard. Miss Swift told of Disse's ap pearance to kill Carter and sald she warned the victim in vain The first witness called was the coroner, who described the nature of the fatal bullet wounds. X-ray views of the defendant’s skull figured in & report of experts investigating the defense clalms that Disse was af- fected by w depression caused by a mule kick when he was a child t no depression exist- nity plea, however, will be the chief rellance of the defense, it has been intimated, attorneys for Disse claiming he was deranged by drugs Disse’s father and brother have been with him in the court. Willlam M. Justis, recognized as one of the ding lawyers of the State, has been added to counsel for Disse. The court- room was crowded Wonderful Wadrex YOUR DRUGGIST’S OWN COOPERATIVE Ice Cream SPECIAL TODAY Pint 3 IN SPECIAL PATENTED BULK PACKAGE ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR THIS ICE CREAM BY NAME WONDERFUL WADREX HE SHOULD HAVE IT ON SALE THE CO-OPERATIVE DRUGGISTS’ COMMITTEE ON ICE CREAM PAUL PEARSON Chairman A. V. BURDINE H. C. EASTERDAY A. F. GORSUCH W. P. HERBST D. J. MATTINGLY F. B. TIPTON ‘Washington, states in the letter that it is In favor of zoning, but wishes to shed light on zoning as it appiles to particular areas only. Says a Few Are Favored About one year ago, the letter states, through the zoning of certain sections by the commission, a “certaln few men’ made fortunes over night. Those who happened to own the property, which was worth $500 a lot in 1921, now ask $1,200 or even more. The particular zoning objected to by the assoclation is the decision of the commission not to change to B area, which would allow row houses, the tract In the northeast bounded by Bladensburg road on the west, New York avenue on the north, Thirtieth street on the east and Q street on the south. This area comprises 40 acres and the association complains that there was no objection volced to hav- ing the area changed to B area. This tract adjoins row house property and there is no development that would be injured by row house con- struction, the letter says The aasociation in its letter says that there is not enough row-house property at this time avallable through the zoning laws to keep the price of the property reasonable, de- apite the fact that three out of every four houses bullt are row houses. It row houses are banned over such a large area as now exists, residents will be deprived of the benefits of liv- ing within the District, or, if they do, they will have to live In apartments, it 18 sald. The Jetter states that the high cost of land must be reflected in the cost of the house, thus denying many the HOW TO AVOID your lights. sten. See that Service 1801 14th St. I R R R R 2 e T 2 T T T R T2 FREE OIL Saturday and Sunday August 15th and 16th At the Opening of the New D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1925. PEDESTRIAN RULE IN EFFECT MONDAY AT STREET CROSSINGS _(Continued from First Page.) order becomes effective at 8 o'clock a.m. Monday."” In putting this new system into general operation, beginning Monday, Acting Traffic Director Moller today made another appeal to the pedes trians to co-operate in making it a success and reminding them again that the whole plan is primarily in- tended for their protection. Cannot Coerce Walkers. Since traffic officers have no con- trol by regulation over the pedestrian, it will be necessary for those who walk to enter into the spirit of the new system in order to make it & suc- cese. The simple rule laid down by Col. Moller for the pedestrian is: “Start across the street only when the ‘go’ sign Is facing you When the single blast of the signal is sounded, vehicles that have not passed the cross walk will stop and pedestrians will be expected not to step off the curb. The interval of time following the first whistle will be to allow the pedestrians and ve hicles in the middle of the intersection to reach the other side. On wide streets safety zones will be painted mid-way across for padestrians who fall to reach the opposite curb. When the intersection is reasonably clear the officer will sound the second sig- nal of two blists, releasing the pedes- trians from the intersecting street. B STOLEN CAR SOON FOUND. I» Recovered by Police Before Own- er Misees It. Policeman George T. Stanton did fast work last night In locating the missing_machine of Miss Esther D. Barr, which was taken from in front of her residence at 3905 Windom street, finding It and identitying her as ita owner before she had discovered it gone. Seeing a car insufciently lighted at Massachusetts avenue and Fourth street, the officer arrested a youth sit- ting at the wheel when he could not eatisfy him as to the name of the owner of the car. The boy said he was Joseph B. Tarantino, 19 years old, of 704 Seventh atreat northeast Tarantino told police he had ob- tained the car from another boy He was charged with joy-riding. Stanton took the machine to the ninth precinct station privilege of owning their own homes. While agreeing that certain sections of the city should be zoned against now houses, the assoclation states that too drastic zoning has put a premium on home ownership. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS [t isn’t enough to switch on Mr. Edison does not guarantee the life of a tung- your rear light shines brightly, so that the car in the rear can see it, too. Help prevent accidents. Published by The Star o co-operation unth the Director of Iraffic of the District of Columbia and The Advertising Club of Washington 1117077001072 011007207 279 Station of the Crosstown Auto Supply Co. At 1801 Fourteenth St. N. E. Cor. 14th and S Sts. NW. Each purchaser of five gallons or mere of Roter-Gas or Columbla Gasoline will be given « coupon good for four quarts of Rotelene Oil, redeemable one quart with euch subsequent purchase of five gullons or mere of Reter-Gas or Columbia Gassline. Crosstown Auto Supply Co. James E. Alexander, Mgr. North 3728 WITNESSES ARE ACCUSED. Perjury Charges to Follow Plckford Xidnaping Trial LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 15 UP)—Perjury indictments againat two defense witnesses in the Mary Plck- ford kidnaping trial will be asked of the courity grand jury. In mak- ing this announcement today Buron Fitts, chiet deputy district attorney, sald that a perusal of the transcript revealed that the testimony of these Read Tomorrow’s Star. Page 12, Part 3. for full news of Annual Clean Sweep The Hecht the Semi- Storewide at 0. witnesses, refuted by at least § other witnesses, satisfied him that perjury had been committed. The trial ended' in the convictior of Claude Holcolmd and C. Z. Ste phens. They were sentenced to terms of from 10 years to lif Announcing A Scholarship For the Gas Engineering Course The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Md. Beginning September 29, 1925 Offered by the Washington Gas Light Company of Washington, D. C. ECOGNIZING the need of a course which wif] train men in Gas Engineering, The Washington Gas Light Company of Washington, D. C, has united with mem- bers of the Southern Gas Association in establishing such a course at the Johns Hope kins University, Baltimore, Md. The first course was opened in September, 1924—the University making it of equal rank with its Electric. Mechanical and Civil Engineering Courges, Through this course it will be possible to procure ultimately from the University. men technically trained in Gas Engineering, inchrding swch branches as the manufacture. distribution, utilization and service of gas. The Scholarship Offered in order to establish this course in Gas Engineering on a permanent buais, and give to young men of ambition and ability an opportunity to prepare for desirable positions in an important and expanding business, the Company is now offering » scholarship for this course for the scholastic year beginning in September, 1925, Open te This scholarship is open to users of gas in Washington, or v cinity supplied with gas by the Company or its subsidiaries, such residents of course to be able to meet the University requirements for entrance Examine- tion or Soats™ $350.00 The scholarship is worth $350.00 per year for four will coyer the payments of tuition, laboratory fees an Applicants may qualify for admission by certificates oi gradua ot from an approved high school or by examirfation (entrance ex amination Monday-Thursday, September 14 to 17, 1925) ears, which other inci dental University expenses up to the total amount specified Reappoint- ment yeat. Thy intment to this scholarship will be for one scholasue ards and requirements of the University. In both for entrance to the University an order to secure this scholarshi e npgio . The holder will be cligible for reappointment from year to vear if he conforms in character, industry and ability with the stand- applications must be made for the scholarship For Application Blanks and Complete Information, apply Monday, August 17, or Tuesday, August 18, at the office of the Secretary, Washington Gas Light Company, 411 10th St. N.W.