Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1926, Page 2

* PLANS HUGE PLAY ENTER IN PARK Langdon to Make East Poto- mac Place for Every JATLEY. sport BY WILLI ooy known ot | Almost every | on land and wi is provided for in a gigantic plan for the improvement of | Fast Potomae Park, drawn up in the Office of Public Build aind Public | Parks of the National Capital, under the direction of Jumes G. Lanzdon. | city pl er The plan has been -‘||> | proved hy the Commi n ol |-||\>': A 1 is settled upon as the one \ be used in the expenditure of funds | as they become available at various time Completion of the project will estaly lish this parkway as one of the creat © re tion centers of the country, s said. and will provide amusement tor thousands ¢ men, women nd | children, designed as 1t is to mes the tastes of ail. One of the important features provides for the digzing of a canal throush the parkway at about its center. While no specilic appro- 1« present available, some n done. Recently, wh led for leveling oth « ditch, which the bed of the canal, he tuture. when will he taken fromi canal is 1o follow, Purposes of Canal. The purpe of the anal will e place for can < and the uulitarian purpose of a washing stream to clean ot e Washin Vo nel Iy i o the westorn end between tiie proposed ca ind the embankment, where the noisy will be located. One thing, however which stands in the way of some of this development is the tourists” camp There is Strons opposition to retain ing this camp. but Congress has di rected the erection of a permanent field house on ik esent site. This, it was said, will firmly establish it Plans now are ready for this structure work on the erection of which will begin within a few weeks, Tt is the contention of those fa miliar with park planning work that a tourists’ camp should never be made permanent. but should be ready tor prompt removal as the pop- It should be kept al- ulation moves . E ways on the outskirts of the city. The e M oroblem of the tourists camp is becoming serious. There have Sheen many complaints of the gases and odors at this point. but few know that it > to the dumping of In the northwest corner of the park it is proposed to build a stadium with & seating capacity of 14,000, with pro; vision made for increasing the capac ity on = 1l occasions. The rear of the stadium it is planned to frank with trees. It could be used for hase ball es, track meets and other sports. As an alternative proposition. in the event that a stadium is built elsewhere, it is planned to develop in this area a great elliptical swimming pool unded by banked seats, for aq sports. If the stadium idea is finally carried out, the plan& pro- vide for ome-third mile and 220-yard running track Plan Foot Ball Field. Fast of the stadium, it is planned to 1 foot ball field and then east of three swimming pools. These i consist of two sand beach bath- of one and three-quarter with locker houses accom- athers at one time. inz pools acres each. modating 500 The two athing poc are to he separated, according to the plan. A «mall wading pool tor children, flank Sd with @ tweaere grove having swings and other forms of recreation for small children, would also be pro- vided. In the area west of the proposed canal provision is made for 12 base ball fields, most of them provided with shade for b spectators, the backstops to made removable. On the south of the proposed stadinm would be other foot ball field, which. with the other one, during the off season. could 1 nused for minor sports. A 60-acre rade zround erlooked by the sta- dium ) is provided for in this area. In the vicinity of the canal and abreast of the present golf field house it is proposed to cut away the land n the Washington chanel side for a small boat harbor for the accommo- tion of canoes and other small eraft. Boathouses would be created here and floats provided. The golf field house there, according to the plans is 10 be axpanded to provide baths, lock ers and ample porche: On the east side of the park close to the proposed canal. it is proposed to build 10 croquet and three roque courts. Iast of the fieldhouse and | Letween it and the proposed tennis courts provision Ix made for four basket ball courts and east of them would be 31 tennis courts, inclosed in wire cages. A cricket field also will be provided near the end of the canal. river If. this eastern to ba given one 18-hole On the e in this arex a4 halfmile straightaway race track for horses is planned, and be. tween the hoat channel and the point | a soft driving road one and one-half miles long. These two roadways will be inside the present ri ide drive. Hundred Acres For One ction over to and one Potomac hun of acres park furnishing con in the golf., nine-hole side of the golf cour el Three miles of bridle path is planned surrounding the entire area, and three and one-half miles of park drives, ancluding both the riverside drive and cross drive one to follow the bank of the proposed canal. Near an automobile park to be located at he point. also is to be provided a <heiter. ing space for 500 automobiles | vided in he vicinity of I?I('i stadium and abreast of the railrond | embankment, adjuining the foot ball field, & wading pool bhathhouses, ennis courts and a straightaway course for horses are planned. Provision made for ANy groves for picnic parties. The shores of the proposed canal are to be irre its width will vary fre to 150 feet, its depth from 3 to 4 feet. And its shores will be sloping with concrete and gravel edges. At the mouth of the proposed canal in the Potomac River will be located the proposed Navy and Marine Me morial. This site was selected sev. | 1l days ago, and at the time of its | ronstruction it will be cessary o] nge the line of the riverside road- v. At the same time the first part the channel for the canal will be of ont A number of changes in the pres- ent speedway will bhe necessar: earrying out the plans for ation k. There will be a deep curve cut on the Washington channel side at the place where the proposed boat harbor and hoathouses are lo- cated, and the roadway there will take a_big swing inland in the direc- tion of and close to the golf course There will he a main long the. hank of the fieldhouse. PREDICTS TAXBILL STREETCAR STORAGE TRACKS and LOOP - | FeRrrY LANDING STATION \ N\ IRRETICA and FILLER PLANT STREET CAR oo, \! SWIMMING [/ WADM\ d FOOTBALL J PooL G0 AcrE PARADE GROUND PUMPING ™ STREET CAR } Loor NAVY- MARINE MEMORIAL the proposed stadium and canal, two of The location of a permanent tourist beautiful effects now contemplated, which would place the park among the greatest recreation: he sketch, drawn from plans which have been approved by the Fine Arts Com the outstandin, p in the park Is opposed by the park € features of the future development ission, shows the location of of East Potomac Park. planners, as it would seriously alter the al spots in the world. ACTION THIS WEEK Smoot Will Ask Night Ses- sions to Hasten Final Vote on Measure. the tax reduction bill this week was predicted last night by Chairman Smoot of the Senate finunce committee. despite the failure of the Senate again vesterday to act m the question of publicity of income tax returns Night sessions will be asked begin ning tomorrow. Chairman Smoot said 1nd with continuous 11-hour sessions daily, he believed the debate on pub licity and the proposed repeal of the inheritance tax would be exhausted by Wednesday night. Final action before the end of the week. he said. would assure tax reduction by March 15, when first income tax installments are due. Act on Amendments. In the seven-hour session yesterday the Senate acted on two amendments to the House bill and reconsidersd another. New fuel was added to the fire in the fight on the provision pro. posing repeal of the law allowing pub- lication of tax payments when Sen. ator Ernst. Republican, Kentucky, submitted a minority report from the special committee which investigated the Internal Revenue Bureau. enator Couzens, Republican Michigan, chairman of the speclal committee, had urged opening of all returns to public inspection on the rsis of the majority report of the committee. Senator Ernst and Sen- ator Watson. Republican, Indiana, in the minority report, challenge con- clusions reached by the Michigan Senator and the fight was postponed until tomorrow. Copeland Amendment Beaten. The Senate voted down an amend- A final vote on ment by Senator Copeland. Democrat, of New York, proposing to exempt athletic clubs from the 10 per cent dues tax. It also reversed previous approval of a finance committee amendment to allow farmers’ mutual fire insurance companies exemption from the cor- poration tax only if 85 per cent of its income is collected from members “for the sole purpose of meeting losses and expenset Thi% is the present law. but the House voted to allow these companies complete exemption along with farm- ers’ mutual, hail, cyelone and cas- ualty companies. The Senate finance committee amended the bill to allow full exemption to all but fire insur- ance companies and to keep them un- der rules now provided. House Provision Sustained. At the insistance of Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, a roll cali vote was obtained and the House pro- vislon was sustained. 50 to 14. Another two-hour fight developed over the proposal in the House bill to levy a tax of § cents Instead of 18 cents a pound on unmanufactured to- bacco sold directly 1o consumers. Sena- tor Simmons. Democrat, North Caro- lina, fought this and the action of the finance commfttee in striking it from the bill was sustained, 48 to 9. : Senator McKellar. Democrat, Ten- nessee, sought to have the House pro- vision retained on the ground that it protected “small dealers."” The clash over proposed repeal of the publicity clause will be renewed tomorrow with Senator Norris, Repub- lican, Nebraska, proposing that all re- turns be opened to public inspection. The other major controversial item in the bill—proposed repeal of the inheri- tance tax—will then be taken up. Cow Drowned in Drinking Tank. Special Dispatch to The Star. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. February §—On the farm of Charles P. Steele at White Sulphur Springs a blooded cow has been drowned, although her body did not touch water. The cow was drinking from a water tank which was partly covered with ice and caught her head under the ice. where it was held until the animal was drowned . Buttons to Guard Thieves’ “Friends” Urged in New York By the Associated Prexs NEW YORK. February 6. ver lapel buttons, denoting friend- ship and sympathy for under- world characters, were urged day a protection from York's gangsters. Alpheus Geer, leader of the Marshall Stillman movement for civic betterment of the the pro posal hef crime con ference. He said wearers tons. which would bership in the Stillman fety, would gain the immediate svm pathy of many hold-up men who might otherwise attack them. He would distribute 100000 buttons. MUSSOLINI ASSAILS GERMIANS AS LIARS Flays Anti-Italian Talk in Up- per Adige, Saying Tri- Color Won’t Lower. sil v to- New lower classes, made re a citizens of these signify nem but By the Associated Pre ROME. February f.—Premier Mus solini. in the Chamber of Deputies this afterncon. delivered the government's answer to the anti-Italian campaign being carried on by the Germans In the Upper Adige, of which ktalv has been in possession since the W 1 War, ‘Italy desires to be a sincere friend of the German people,” said Musso lini, “but a friend looking rmany in the eye with her hands up. After characterizinz the German campaign as ‘“nefarious, ridiculous and lying.” the premier said: “We will be sufficiently explicit and I believe that plain speaking will serve truth, civilization and even peace—to alter slightly the old for- mula and declare that sometimes it is necessary to pay with two eves for the loss of one, with a whole set of teeth for the loss of one tooth. Mussolini asserted that the recent addr of the Buvarian Premier Held concerning the Upper Adige “wag simply unheard of.”" He ridi- culed the Bavarians Invoking the Lo- carno spirit. which he described as having “become soft. evanescent. in- supportable and even hypocritical, like habitual things." The premier expressed the belief that the German campaign was based on ignorance of the virile Ttalian na- which had succeded the Italy of The tion a4 gzeneration ago, and added: Germans must learn the truth, the Italian policy in the Upper will not flinch one little hit.” fused to admit that the the Upper Adige constituted a minority instead of being the sidlum ‘of barbarie invasions of Brenner frontier. He re- ermans in acial re- the “T hope my speech will be under- | stood by those who should understand it.” Mussolini continued. "so that the Itallan government need not pass to concrete answers, as it would if to- morrow the German government as- sumed direct responsibility for what is happening and what may happen in Germany." He concluded by asking a news- paper editor to change the headline, “Fascist Traly Will Never Lower Lie Flag on Brenner’ to *“‘Fascist Italy Can, if Necessary, Carry Farther Be- ond Its Tri-color, But Never Lower {2 Asks 3 Boards Be Abolished. Aholition of the Bureau of Efficienc. Personnel Classification Board and United States Emploves’ Compensa- tion Commission was proposed in a bill yesterday by Representative Glb- son. Republican, Vermont. The meas- ure would transfer the functions of these agencies to the Civil Service Commission. Charges Woman Jur During Argume Special Dispatch to The Star. PITTSBURGH. February 6.—That she was insulted by jeers and ribald songs and threatened with physical violence by fellow jurors most of 18 hours in a jurysroom of the criminal court, was charged by Mrs. Lulu Mosby yesterday Mrs. Mosby, n clubwoman and ac- tive in politics, said she battled all night to swing a jury to acquittal of four Clairton policemen of felonious assault. She won acquittals for three, but the jury reported inabllity to agree on the fourth. Seven men and five women comprised the jury. ‘While the argument was at its height. Mrs. Mosby sald, one woman The chanzes will be put into effact as rapidly as funds become avallable. sat on the lap of a male juror and smoked a cigatette. Epithets which would have been out of place in a saloon flew as her! or Sat on Man’s Lap nt in Assault Trial opponents sought to swerve her con- victions, Mrs. Mosby sald, complain- ing against the present jury system and “the flliteracy and lack of intel- ligence™ of the average juror today. “Parodies of popular songs and off- color street ditties with my name ax the butt of their ridicule, became the weapon of some ji * she said. “Others made slurring remarks and composed jingles reflecting on me. One man looked at me and at the street four stories below and re- marked: “That would be a long drop for You “One woman spent much time on the lap of a male juror or on his chair. She smoked many cigarettes. 1 am not opposed to wonien smoking, but 1 do not believe the jury room under such conditions is the proper place for it.” NEW LIGHT PLAN -~ SPEEDS TRAFFIC ‘“Pulsating” System Expect- ed to Make Sixteenth No-Stop Street. Adovtion “pulsatin of the trathe new through svstem the matic traffic controlled areas on Six teenth street and Massachusetts ave nue has expedited the movement of traffic materially. it was Indicated yes terday by Col. 1. (" Moller, assistant | director of trafhic | Under the former arrangement it | took vehicles seven minuies (6 move | from Sixteenth and 1 streets to Flor lida avenue, Col Moller said, while the | new plan enables the motorist to cov jer the same route in precisely half the time, provided. of course. he turns into the houlevard highway at the proper time. The maximum time for making the trip he has calculated is five minutes Col. Moller worked all day un- tangling “kinks” in the new svstem in order to permit traffic to cover the automotic controlled routes on efther Sixteenth street or Massachusetts ave. nue without making a stop. He cleared the situation on Massachusetts ave. nue. but quit when he timed the lights so that only one stop would be neces. sary on Sixteenth street north of Scott Circle. Within a few days he hopes to arrange the tming that the route on Sixteenth street can he traversed completely without a stop. M. O. Eldridge. director of traffic, is confident that the new svstem will be successful and that it not only will facilitate the movement of traffic, but at the same time will prevent speed- ing. Motorists would have no reason to exceed the legal speed limit. he said. If thev did they would arrive at a “block” in the system too xoon, which would require them to stop. COOLIDGE SELECTS WHITE COURT AGAIN FOR HIS VACATION (Continued from First Page.) feeling that if President Coolidge can be of any help to his old friend in his campaign this Summer he should not falter. One Massachusetts political leader vesterday said that the Presi dent can be of great assistance to Sen ator Butler by going to the North hore thix Summer. The President's presence in Massachusetts alone will be of great welght, it is pointed out. President Coolidge is popular with the folks “hack home.” They belleve in him and In what he believes, and if he goesamong them this Summer it will be the means of many n vote going to Rutler that might otherwise &0 to his opponent. who probably will be former Senator David 1. Walsh. It the President finds that things are not going as well as his party leaders would like, after he does a little min- * at rallies, clam s gling with the “ba bakes and other gatherings popularly identified with political campaigns in the Bay State. he might be prevailed upon to say a word or two for publica- tion every now and then. It is thought not unlikely that the President also will accept more than one invitation to make a xet speech. Last Summer the President received scores of invitations to speak at cele- brations in New England. but through- out his long stay there he made only one address and that was at the 150th anniversary celebration of George Washington's assuming command of the Continental Army at Carmbridge Mass. That speech was vold of any political flavor, but this coming Sum- | mer. it is thought he will lw more | politically inclined. Help for House Candidates. Moreover, the IPresident Is under stood to have been told thut pres. ence in Massachusetts will not only help his friend Senator Butler, but will be of considerable service to the Republican_candidates for the House from that State. Many observers think that Court is a convenient spot for the President to watch the progress of | the campaign. not alone in Massa- { chusetts and New KEngland. but the entire country. This Summer home is adorned with a huge porch facing the sea. which would be an ideal spot for porch gatherings such as were made famous hy Warren Harding in Marion. Ohio. six vears ago. If the President's political - callers arrive in numbers too large for the porch, there are smooth, grassy lawns happily shaded by large elm trees and awept by cool ocean breezes. Also, there are all sorts of lomg distance tele- Pphones both at White Court and the Iixecutive Office, which again will be located In an office building at Lynn, four miles from White Court, White gl e = Pages’ Raise Proposed. Senate pages, whose Job is to run errands for Senators while they are on the Senate floor, would be given an increase in pay under a bill intro- duced yesterday hy Senator Blease, Democrat, South Carolina. They would be given a flat salary of $1.020 & year instead of the present per diem allowance of $3.30. MELLON PRAISES ORATORY CONTEST Treasury Head Sees World Benefits in International Finals Here. That the great oratorical contest #ponsored by The Star and other American newspapers, to be followed by an international competitiom; will go far in aiding greater under- standing between nations. Is the declaration of An- drew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. In dis- cussing the value of the forthcom ing contests, in which at _least 2,000,000 school children are ex pected to partici- pate, he said: 1 have learned with the are interest of plans which being made for holding a na tional oratorical contest, to be con- ducted by the schools of the country in order (o choose un American repre- sentative, who will later compete against the orators selected in similar g ts held by other nations. uch contests not only have a dis tinet educational value for the con testants themselves, but may result in helping to bring about better relations among nations. through the opportu nity thus afforded for an exchange of ideas and a consequent avoidance of mixunderstandings arlsing from strict- Iv natlonal viewpoints."” ’rincipals and heads =peaking departments in various schools have applied’ to the contest management of The Washington Star, for advice a® to the most effective way of putting the national ovatorical cortest into operation In a school. large or small. Mr. Leigh's Statement. Randolph Teigh. national director of the contests. whose statements are based up years of experience, in a letter to contract managers, says: The most Important point in con nection with the contest Is that it =hould not be made an extra burden on teachers and puplls. On the con- trary, once teachers grasp its pos sibilities. the contest actually serves to lighten their work by increasing the enthusiasm of puplls for two of MR. MELLON. of public the most Important school courses history and English “In the second place. the basi principle of the contest is so simple that its operation is virtually the same whether in the Dewitt Clinton High School of New York City, with its approximately §.000 pupils, or in the Senate Pages’ School in Wash ington. with & pupils. “It Is generally admitted that the whole problem of education is to catch nd hold the interest of the pupil These contests, enjoying the co-opera tion of the greatest leaders and news. papers of the land and holding out un equaled inducements to pupils, have a dramatic appeal which is highly val uable in a classroom “Let_me quote Prof. George . Jones, head of the history department of the schools of the District of Colum. bia, on this point: “The oratorical con tesis have revolutionized our ecivics courses. What was regarded by pu pils as one of the most boresome of subjects hax now become one of the most sought after. We no longer have to drag classes through this subject We bulld our second-term work around the contest, and the results are aimost magical.’ ‘“The same policy can be followed in every school, to the advantage of teacher and pupil alike. Incidentully the classes referred to by Mr. Jones have produced a national finalist each vear, one of whom tied for the na- tional championship. Factor in Each Life, “It is not merely publicity that are they are secondary. The central idea of the contest. which really gives it punch, is that government is not a re- mote, impersonal problem. but the most close at hand. personal, and im- portant factor in the life_of each indi- vidual—more important] ultimately, than bread. for when government dis. integrates, everything, even down to food and shelter, goes with it “Furthermore, we try to present the drama of Government in terms of its most dramatic personalities—Wash. ington, Hamlilton, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, etc. Above all, in seeking to interest puplls In these great person- alities, we try to keep clear the dis tinction between heores and gods, We are not trying to deify the men who made or are making America. If we would keep our glants great in their capacity to quicken and thrill, we must keep them human. As to the actual operation of the contest in a school, the plan is sim ple enough. There should be a teach- ers’ committee 1o supervise it—pox sibly of five members, better still of three, ideally of one real enthusias: The bigger the committee. the smaller the results. This committee shonld endeavor to get history and knglish teachers to give credit In their courses for really firat-clase work in the con- test. This is entirely proper. because the contest calls for patient and re- tentive research, coupled whh terse and colorful word-pows ““The teachers’ committee and the principal should make it clear to all of the teachers that they really shape the contest because the initial selec. tions, which are the ones that reall determine the character of the contest, are made entirely by the teachers. Those selections aré made in what- ever way the committee for a given school prefers—on manuscript, by speaking tests or a combination of the two. The newspapers conducting the contest have nothing whatever to do with these first selections, ““As a practical matter, teachers have found it best to make the first selections on manuscript, particularly where an entire class or an entire school is participating. But even then there should be a provision whereby a pupil who thinks his speaking abil- ity offsets his deficlency in literary talent should be given the right to challenge those selected on s manu- script basis to a speaking test. In the large schools those selected from the different classes generally com- pete by classeés for the right to rep- resent the school. Seven or eight ia a convenient number for a speaking test. “Supplementing the work of the teachers’ committee, there should be a small pupils’ committee to look after publicity in the school publication and organize cheering squads for impor- tant scholastic meet In The Washington Star's terri- tory, which has been extended this vear to include public high schools in nearby counties in Maryland and Vir- ginia, the various participating schools are grouped Into ten districts. Each public high school In the Dis- trict of Columbia comprises a district, and each of these district champlons will receive The Star's district award of $100. The three remaining districts fin- clude as distinct groups the private and parochial high schools in the District of Columbia; the public, pri- | vate and parochial schools in Prince (;oorg:a, };fonl{‘nmery and flchule- Count Jn ‘Maryland. an I schools In Louduu‘n,%fillon, the prizes and the imortant. Indeed RADIQ PEN NOW COMPLETED SENDS MAPS AND PICTURES THROUGH AIR Sets Cheap and Installed Just as Loud Speaker Is Plugged In. Military Value of New De- vice of C. F. Jenkins Seen by Experts. A mysterious “radio pen” which draws cartoons. maps or other pic- tures as thev are hroadeast miles away has just been perfected by C. Francis Jenkins. the Washington radio-photograph inventor High Army and Navy officers who have seen it declare the device to have festimable” military value Demonstrations of the novel ma chine in operation were made week at the inventor's laboratories, 1519 Connecticut avenue, hefore Capt R. W. McNeely, in charge of radio research for the Navy: Maj. J. O. Mauborgne. in charge of radio de velopment for the Army. and several other officials During these demonstrations numer us drawings were broadeast from naval radjo statlon NSF, at Bellevue D. ¢, and were received with marked clarity at the laborartory. Only Such Machine. Thix s declared by the inventor to he the only machine in the world that ix capable of sending and re ceiving picture ing on fat surfaces handwriting or print transcribing the | subject matter directly onto ordinary paper in ink. Previous devices of this character emplov a cylindrical Drocess ned. which is mich more intricate and which precludes the eve from seeing the whale repro luction as it is traced at the receiv inz station A representative of The Star was the only newspaper man who has been permitted to view the apparatus. He found the machine of surprisingly simple appearance. comprising a small mahogany cabinet about 18 saunre and § inches in height. on the tilted top of which is mounted the vadio pen” and guides holding and moving the paper. The pen is merely a metal arm about & inches lome. on one end of which is a steel split-pen point of the type used in drafting instruments and on the other end of which is a small magnetic box resembling the ordinary ‘ear plece” of a radio head set. The latter end of the arm is mounted on an axis. permitting the pen to sweep across the paper in arcs the width of the paper. Operat The pen. which is hinged. is con nected to the “ear piece by means { a series of sensitive levers, o that every movement of a tiny fron bar. mounted %0 as to replace the custo miry disphragm. is communicated to the pen. causing it to touch the paper und make an ink mark s the incoming radio impulses tuate the magnets and depress the the pen also is depressed. as it automatically heing drawn across the paper by an auxiliary. radio-controlied motor, a line, varying in length as the radio impulse, is produced. It is these inches | i Above: The machine at the left is the transmitter and is attached to any broadeasting station. The machine on the right i attached to the receiving set in the home for receiving cartoons | from the broadeast station. The at- | tachment would be made as any loud peaker. ) 3 Below: A cartoon, which The Star reporter saw broadeast and received |1t had to be retouched in black for newspaper reproduction. Otherwise it is the same. ink lines, properly placed, which form the completed picture. The radio impulses are generated by a similar-looking machine at the broadeasting station. The difference he original drawing, either in a spe- metallic ink or etched on zinc, form an electrical contact between the points of the tracing pen,”’ making breaking & rad circuit, which oadeast. The arms of the trane mitter and réceiver heing synchronized automatically, the adic impulses thus radioed are made to operate the self-inking pen of the receiver Receiver Not Costly. bechiise is not The construction hermore. it may { ordinary tube recelving | the loudspeaker jack | The otficers who wimessed the ‘fll.ll pertormances the enthusiastic in their praise, llear: receiver its simple costly, and, fur set device wer was ed 3 can sayv me that the Navy is extremely interested in this inven- {tion, ax well as in a number of other devicgs invented by Mr. Jen " Capt. McNeely told The Star | vesteraay | “We believe this chine has vast possibilities | military field. and we are co-operat- ing with Mr. Jenkins to the fullest extent in developing these machines for war purposes. Just now we blocked from taking over the inven tious outright because of luck of ap pen-and-ink ma- in the nropriations. which is regrettable. but | we nevertheless intend to keep in close touch with Mr. Jenkins work Capt. McNeely pointed out that in {time of war the Jenkins ention | could be used in transmitting code messages. maps showing locations of emy | nests ete | by fortifications. machine-gun . and written orders, signed the commanding o | He added that the Navy was fol- [lowing closely Mr. Jenkins' expe | ments with “radie vision.” now heing v scale Sec- | conducted on a labora | Fetary of the Navy Wlibur w ness of the first demonstration of this remarkable apparatus, ahout a year Lago 259 ARRESTED N TRAFFIC CASES 2,339 Listed as Parking Rule Violators—Casualties Decreased 127. Adr-nmuj{ A complete ban on daytime parking in the downtown congested zone revived their discus sions vesterday afternoon when the Police Department made public sta- tistics showing that there had heen 4,299 arrests for violations of the fr fic_regulations in January, which were for infractions parking rules. Traffic Director M. 0. Eldridze was one of the strongest proponents of a plan to eliminate parking in the con- gested zone when he took office less than a year ago, and it is understood that he still favors the proposition, although it was dropped when the merchants registered a vigorous pro- test. The police statistics on parking violations for January showing a con- siderable increase over the previous month, however, has revived discus- sion of the parking ban. The arrests for violations the of the traffic regulations in January totaled | 4,299, ax compared with 3,274 the pre- vious month and 3,876 in November The largest number, 1,128, were for overtime parking. Arrests for other infractions of the parking rules in- cluded 321 for parking abreast and 890 classed as miscellaneous. Two hundred and three of the arrests were for disobeying the officlal sign, 470 for violation of the speed law and 37 for_violation of the light regulitions. The Police Department alsn issued statistics showing that there were 514 traffic csaualties in the District in January. a decrease of 127 under the corresponding month of 1925. Six of the traffic victime died, 15 received serious injuries and 150 minor injuries. Property damage was done in 343 cases, tax and Prince William Counties in Virginia. To the champion of each of these districts an award of $100 also will be given. ‘The champion of The Wgyshington Star's territory will be selected May 7 and he or she will receive an addi- tional prize of $200, and thereby auto- matically will become eligible to par- ticipate In the American finals in Washington in June and also to take the Summer tour of Europe along with the other finalists, with all ex- penses paid. The grand climax of the 1926 cgh- test will be the international competl- tion, which will take place in Wash- ington October 16. Thir will be the first event of the kind ever held. | RUM GRAFT HINTED INOFFIGER'SKILLING ;Constable Moonshiners Slew Never Raided a Still, Widow Testifies. ‘By the Ass ated Press DWARDSVILLE m February 6, —Testimony indi & graft & a possible motive in the slayving of Constable Ohmer Hockett and John Balke. his chum, by moannshiners | was given at the inque The | hodies were found in shallow grave at a deserted moonshine plant on a farm near Granite City late yes widow’s testimony to indicate the stable and his companion, who wa former reformatory inmate, had not gone to the plant to raid it, as at first supposed, but o confer wiih the man who was financing it. Mrs. Hockett explained her failure to tell county officers that her hus- band had made a previous visit to the plant when she reported his disappear- ance by saving that she was worried at the time. . Tells of “Loan.” James Mike, proprietor of a restau- rant next door to the police station at Granite City, testified he had given Constable Hockett $15 last Summer, but insisted it was a loan. He admit- ted that Hockett had questioned him about some stolen lead and t he would not have lent the money if he had known Hockett was a constable. Mike admitted he was previously in- terested in @ still and had paid other constables for protection. The Inquest was adjourned until 15 to permit further investi on A It pays (o read the wanticolumns of The Star. Hundreds of situations ars obtained throygh them. in the transmitter is that the lines of | be plugged into the | through | Dora Hockett, the constable's | BULLET HALTS RUM INFORMER'S WORK Former Liquor Runner, Found Dead, Was Chief Witness Against Alleged Ring. By the Asscciated Press. NEW YORK, February 6—Hand Fuhrmann, one time rum runner, who “squealed’ on the biggest liquor syndl cate prohibition agents ever smashed, has been stopped from telling his story on the witness stand by a bul- let sent crashing through his head He was found dead in a hotel room January 28, but not until today was it known that he was tha man re. spongible for exposing the alleged liquor ring headed hy Willlam V, Dwyer, and the “squealer” respon. sible for the apprehension of more than 100 other rum runners Two days before his death a spe- cial grand jury had returned 80.0dd indictments against members of the so-called “Dwyer syndicate State’s Case Injured. strict Attorney Buckner adm! today the death of Fuhrmann depr him of his “most important witness against Dwyer and the men indicted with him. hrmann prohibitic was commissioned as a nt at time of his death, though Prohtbition Administra tor Fos Pt this secret until toda The hotel 1 n which he was found was just two blocks from the hotel in which a month enrlier he had identified 16 members of the alleged Dwrer ring for prohibition agents with warranis Mre. Furhmann safd today her hus. band had told her there were two prices on his head. ane for $10.000 and another £25, Thaugh polies and Medical Examiner Norris dectded the night the body was found that Furhmann was a suicide, Mrs. Fuhr- mann, who is a t to believe it gation by rained nurse, refused and asked for an investi- prohibtion orities. Was Rum Runner. was a rum runner until According 10 his wif wrote Mrs. Ma Walke Assistant Attorney Ger eral, in Washington, and as a resiit Fuhrmann ernment was induced to turn Ge tness. Frequent threats by former compar ions forced them to leave the rum mning colony on Long Island, and they were brought to an apartment {here by prohibition officials, Mrs | Fuhrmann said # home apparen ison eaten in h been constantly on the E mpts aga his life. Mrs nn could aseribe no rea sons hushand should have nd red there e night he was killed, ur in iine of his duty A |FIVE LOCAL MEASURES | T0 COME UP TOMORROW Police and Firemen's Uniform Bill, | Bathing Beach and Park Is- | sues on House Slate. | District legislation is to have it { day in the House tomorrow. Five | measures are awaiting action. The To furnish metropolitan potice a fireen with uniforms 4 official equipment. To pay some $68.000 past due to re- | Tired police and | To erect municipa | beaches, with necessi | white and one of $343.0 I Parks it onnel the Commission ity planning | {and to duties ro “mothers ent v intrust to ablish pension children venues new $100.000 fund entirely out and to he adn Government board. depend. Disty nistered by DELAY ALLOWS REVISION. Arms Delegates’ Instructions Will Be Studied. v the convening of the # va preparatory commission on maments hax permitted admin i ion_officials eriake a gen- {er revision o tions for the American delesu ti | offered by the Car Endowment which has extensive data. Dr. James URrown Scott and Prof. Jumes T. Shot well, who are connected with the downment, have given advice to the ate Department 'TWO DROWN FLEEING FIRE | MANILA small steamer near Siquijor | ental Nezros February 6 (). The Atkinson hurned today Island. province of Ori with the possible loss of eight lives. Twn persons are known | to have been drowned and six others are missing. Those drowned are . Jenking snd Billy Blackm made a visit to the plant two days | gking to hoats, = | prior 0 his last trip there, January 29, | J when he disappeared with Balke a i 1 She said he had returned to “see the | anuary Circulation boss,” who wds not there the first | CJ | teip. Daily . . - Never Raided Still. Sheriff Deimling said r..,w.w.fls d 107 578 Hockett had never been known to [ rafd u st or repurt one o otner| S URAAY. ’ | county authorities since taking offive | 1, last Spring. Mrs. Hockett told ve. | porters, however, that her husband [ of aun had visited many stills, explaining it | ff2es solemuly swear that e H whs hobby™ to see them in opera- | st during the moenth of Jaouars tion. AD. b, was as follows The sheriff said he interpreted the DALY Less adjustments tal daily net cire Total sve ) Daily ave il cireul Daily averase ne fon Less adjustments 1 Sunday et o ye uel paid ulation Sunday @i 2 - 106.9 Average number copies for sery e, et . Averaze S net cireulation o FLEMING NEWROLD Business Manaser before me t) ' Subseribed_and sy orn 6th a. (se: ay of February. I f ELMER F. YOUNT Al Fowary Public.