Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1926, Page 5

NORTHEAST PLANS PARADE TONIGHT Turning on of New H Street Lights Is Occasion for Civic Celebration. ting the Washington under the Business Official and will be repre- h and I str parade will nd for 17 dec and trucks d along 11 street to h on North ;6 on K on t on tarted. of the seiation, Harry P. ition, e pa- 16 foot to those parade hal, deco: on of ortheast stanton Dr. T kecpir mar ear. VOLGA RIVER RAGES. Deaths Follow in Wake of Russi |1 | Ohio avenue and Thirteenth street. INEW hs nd Henry Herher represented on when his individuality of tone in each ments of this diffi- btle wor Im Walde” sym- lovely themes al- times when the mo- borated and be- It is a descriptive i n musical s of this seem > monoto work in what colorful music of 's finale to “‘Sche- it Bagdad,” ture of the bly fine work herazade was the and attempt The achievin, ing har v hestra is and work- the orchestral of symphonic as it seems to ration and ton public at 2 much bigger 10 best ad- tter acous- H. F. RBand e fine thi; loping Iy rine Or stature. have, the gencrous co-oj interest of the \ large. It real hal wive thesa conce vants o hall that tically for symphony SAVINGS DEPOSITS MORRIS PLAN BANK Undtr Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H ST. N. W. the | RUBBER PRICE DROPS. Hoover's Advice to Conserve ! Product Having Effect. of rubber in s suggested by Secre- at the British price - fixing Conservation the United States, colonial poli government’” is having material effect, ac- to a s nt today by the Commerce Department. Since December, it declared, auto- mobile users have’ de odtire con sumption 25 per cent below the figure for the same period of last year, and the spot price of rubber has fallen from above §1 to 50 cents. Continued price fixing, {ment added, *“will simply tinued conservation in the ber by Ame an consumer TEN PERSONS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENTS ‘ iy | Youth Seriously Injured When He Falls Under Truck at ‘Wheaton. the state- raean con- use of rub- 1e persons were injured in traffic accidents on the city streets yesterda and early this morning and one in nearby yland. Liloyd Hughe: wrs, 936 T street, most was run over by near Wheaton, Md., after the vehicle. He ven first aid at Walter Reed Hospl 1 for injuries to both hips and arms, and removed to Emergency Hos > his condition was reported as MeDon: ur-and-a-i walking in front of 4 nia carly k by itomobile reported by have been driven by | . 86 years, 908 Fourteenth He was only slightly hurt. was held by the police on £ reckless driving and leav- f an accident without losing his identity Luey Ferguson, colored, 53 years, 31 Pierce street, hurrying to catch a | street car at Maryland avenue and D street northeast, ran against the auto- mobile John R. Bouton, Lyon Village, Va., and was slightly hurt. She w treated at Casualty Hospital by Dr. Villipiano. Automobiles driven by Robert A. Eng 3 Mount Pleasant _street, 1645 Newton teenth and La- late last night. Mrs. , occupant of her son’s hocked. inclalr, 40 ye: » northeast automobile that I at South Ca 0 Penn- was | John ¥ ey of street, collided mont stre Fannie N driver | inst heast, occupant of the ca treated at home for injuri nd Sinclair was charged police with violations of the | c regulations. 1 1 Johnson, colored. 53 years ien court as knocked down n automobile driven by William €. , colored, 905 Third . near Penns | Twenty-second street and bruised | the face. 1e v taken m!' place 1 She was Bille, 1410 A | d down | Lis home b n auto- | ven by Robert Kern: street southeast, whei pped from behind an fce w > was tr ed at Ity Hospital ries. 17 n years old, 1334 zhtly injured | tor cycle skidded at | streets and threw him | pavement. He refused hos- | 2 wment. | Jonn W. B 61680 Thirty-second street, received an injury over his | eve yesterday afterncon when his au tomohile collided with the car of G Talbott, 417 -venth street the tr at | YORK-PARIS FLIGHT | PLANNED BY CAPT. FONCK| French Ace Announces Non-stop Journey This Summer, With $25,- 000 as Prospective Prize. iated Press. i NEW YORK, April 28 —Capt. Rene | Fonck, French ace, who h n- | nounced he will atempt a New | to-Paris non-stop flight this Summer, | arvived last night on the liner Paris. | A de ion, including backers of the proposed flight and a representa- tive of Raymond Orteig, who has of fered a $25,000 prize to the first avi- ator to accomplish it, met him at the pier. A Sikorsky biplane, similar to | the one which Fonck will use, circled | over the liler as she docked. | The 32-year-old captain, who is cred- | ited with® downing ierman planes | during the v announced through an interpreter that in attempting the flight he hoped to advance aviation d promote good will between Amer- ica and France. The giant Sikorsky plane which he will use is reported 75 per cent com- plete, and the captain was informed | that test flights probably could be made early in June. Alloys Give Fine Glaze. A new method for alloyving inum with other metals to produce surface resembling glazed porce- n has been discovered, says the Popular Sclence Magazine, by B. M. Jirotka, a German electrical engi- neer. The new alloys are of spe- cial value to the automobile Indus- v in_the painting of bodles, it i said, for they produce a body sur- ace which ~will withstand hard age, will not show scratches, and will combine color with finish, thus doing away with expensive painting. German parents sometimes change the name of their baby if it is seri- ously Il AN Al e LESTER The finest small grand piano made, but as easy to own as an inferior one. Homer L. Kitt Co. 1330 G St. Everything Musical lo'clock yesterday THE EVENING INGENDIARYFRES AREUNDER PROBE Burning of 18 Homes in Vir- ginia Section to Be Vig- orously Investigated. U Finding nothing to substantiate rumors that a bootleg war might have heen at the root of the incendiarism blamed for a series of three fires which wiped out 18 frame homes in Hells Bottom, Va., northwest inter: Columbia_pikes, Commonwealt torney William C. Gloth of Arlington County announced today that the in- vestigation was ed on finding the incendiarist, regardless of his mo- tives. , Mr. Gloth's Statement. Mr. Gloth announced tod: the investigation conducted under his supervision by Sheriff Fields and sistants had convinced the authorities that there had been no, ill feeling among alleged bootleggers inhabiting that section suflicient to account for such a series of fires recent There has been no bootleg war, in recent weeks,” Mr. Gloth are convinced of that. We wever, that some person ¢ attempted to wipe out nd small frame houses ther “We are continuing the investiga- tion and have thus far found no tangible clues to sustain any theory, oven the last mentioned.” Woman Burned to Death. The serles of fires, starting at 1 morning, when houses were wiped out before were put under control, ng at 10 o'clock yesterday, when five homes were destroyed, came to a climax about 3 o’clock ves terday afternoon when Iithel Collins, colored, 26 years old, was burned to death in the home of Henry IHarris, colored. Coroner H. B. Swain of Arlington County issued a certificate of death, deeming an Inquest unnecessary Virtually all of the houses there are small three and four room frame dweollings and the valuation placed on the entire 18 which were destroyed was estimated by Fire Chief A. Eaton of the Clarendon Fire Depar ment at $10,000, slightly more than $3500 per home. PROBE OF DRY AGENT’S KILLING IS CONTINUED Two Already Arrested Are Being Given Preliminary Hearing in Paris, Tenn., Today. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Tenn, limina Clyde Lashlee, 2 19, on being n'the slaying ¢ crusader, ~ today, their investigations ¢ The two youtk custody yesterday threats the north est W ans seven othe: Both the youth borhood where on April 18, on ¥ wide Arrest as a the 28.—While pre- Bivi nger, the fact ns, dry continued ries afte Thomas into of in were tz in the face moonshining ! v County th men would die. live in the n ans was ambushed and were taken warrants swor v. Officers de: echnical move. and | STAR, WASHINGTO. His Job Is to Take ‘Joy D. C., WEDNESDAY, Out of Joy-Riding For Reckless School Youths of D. C. Somebody always is taking the joy out of life, This time tho offender is Inspec- tor Brown of the Traffic Bureau. Adopting as his motto, “Let’s take the joy out of joy-riding,” he has launched a discouraging drive against schoolboy motorists with more or less irresponsible tendencies. A traffic sergeant has been assign- ed the duty of circulating about the high schoo 1d nabbing youths who have the inclination, but not the au- thority, to show the fair co-eds how fast dad’s car will travel by the simple process of stepping on the gas. The permit regulations provide that no person under 16 years of age shall be allowed to drive a car in the Dis. trict of Columbia, and permits are is. sued to persons between the ages of 16 and 18 ouly with the consent of > parents or guardians. A number of youths under 16 years of age have fallen into the net spread by Inspector Brown. They have not been ed, but they have been given a warning and advised that more drastic measures will be resorted to in the event of a recurrence of the act. Brown is as lenlent with these youngsters as his oath of office will permit him to be. He realizes the thrill that comes to the youth when he dashes up to his school in a big touring car or limousine in the presence of his envious fellows. 1t is extremely difficult, he)knows, to restrain that foot from,'shoving down on the accelerator whenhis pas- sengers are a group of fellow students in quest of excitement. pecially is this trueg he says, if there is sitting beside /him the in- triguing form friend. Under such conditians, it 1s admit- ted, even strong men, often lapse into thoughts abstract Mnd automobiles into things concrets, like loading plat- forms, sidewalks and such. Inspector Brown, sympathetically, knows just how ‘it is, it is sald, and that is just the‘reason he decided to extend ‘the arf of the law in a fatherly gesture of advice to romantic boys and girks, even though it does mean taking some of the joy out of riding. of his/ favorite girl COMMISSIONERS OPEN DISTRICT SEWER BIDS Low Offers Are Announced for 17 Different Projects, Involv- ing $70,000. The District Commissioners opened resterday afternoon bids for $70,000 worth of sewers, involving 17 different projects. quotations follow: um Pate, jr—Sixteenth Street?| service sewers in the vicinity nth and Juniper streets, §11,- 50; Fourteenth street hetween Per. *t and Otis place, $1,745; Colo- avenue between Sixtcenth and Soventeenth $1.414; Hemlock between Ifth street and Alaska avenue, $8 Adam McCandlish—Van Buren street between Iourteenth and Sixteenth streets, $1,641.50; Military road be- tween Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth $1,511.50; Randolph place near fourth street, §3, . Cain Co., Inc.—Ir and ing street be- hteenth near road southen: its trunk s wvenue trunk sewer, : Thirty-ninth streef ion 4, § . Forhes—T street b Fourth and Fifth 't Letween reets northeast, /. Harry Angle Brightwood e sewers, $6,091.50; Owen place n Montello and Trinidad ave- nues northeast, £2 06 urth - : American Influence in Radio. Until radio became a part of Ameri- can communi service this coun- try was, in ef nt upon foreign count espect 10 of war. Since radio has been developed, how ever, the United place in the sun, within the six ¥ its prive nd public entery initiative, given America direct com- munic on with G t Britain, Italy, Ger Holland, Po- the Argentine, 3razil, Chill, the French Indo Chin The American radio | “netw is comparable only to the | rable network of Great Britain. The low bidders, sewers and s FINDS U. S. RAILROADS SAFER THAN ENGLAND’S Expert Says “Venerable Myth” That British Lines Are Less Dan- gerous Is Far From Fact. By the Aseociated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 28 —Assailing as a ‘“venerable myth” the Knglish m of world leadership in railroad wrter, rail- n of New York, told t ion of the American Ra sociation yesterday that Brit- vs cause the death of almost s many passengers as Ameri- iys in proportion to passen- er miles. He asserted that American railways were the safest in the world. “American rallroads render far bet- ter service at less than half the ave ago cost on British railroads, and they wre also much safer for everybody con- cerned than the railroads of Great Britain, or any other country.” Mr. Carter attacked as fictitious fg- ures quoted it*a London dispatch pub- lished in American newspapers last ary saying that only one per- son was killed in a train accident in Iingland last year, out of 1,700,000,000 passenger journeys. He stated that these statistics appeared in an Eng- lish’ publication, June 12, 1925, or 202 days before the end of the year they purported to cover. Government figures, Mr, Carter said, showed that 24 passengers were killed in British train accidents in 1924, as compared with an annual average of 36 for the 10 years ending with 192 On American railroads 41 passengers were killed in train accidents in 1924, he said, but drew attention to the fact that class 1 railroads alone in this country have 11.6 times 2s many miles of line'as British railroad: New Metal Replaces Platinum. For years chemists have been look- ing for a metal to replace the cost platinum and its alloy, platinum-iridi- um, in engineering and research. At have found a new material ntalum, which, says Popular ine, promises a new era in electric work and" chemical engi- neering where great resistance to heat and acids is requived. Tantalum’ has many astonishing properties, according to Prof. James . Withrow of Ohio State University, and not the least of these s that it lasts 1,600 times longer than platinum and 1s 20 times cheaper. Saks- PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AT SEVENTH Combines Style, Quality and Value Special Purchase and Sale New Spring Pants S $28.00 Regular Prices -$35—$40—$45 Smart styles, new patterns and fabrics, the season’s popu- lar shades, and Saks usual high standard of tailoring that in- sures long wear and lasting smart appearance. Modelsand . sizes for snappy young men or the more conservative. Dupli- cates of these suits sold in our regular stock at $35, $40, $45. 3rd Floor Men’s Spring Hat season, and $ (Street Floor) new blocks Silk lined, snap brims. $5.00 and colors. .35 grades. . Special sale of Men’s Ox- fords. Regular $500 and $6.50 $4.35 APRIL 28, 1926. ELGINTS DETAINED ON $13,000 BOND Hearing Continued Three Weeks Pending Outcome of Mrs. May’s Wound. Carroll T. Elgin, arrested Monday | in connection with the shooting of Mrs. Mary May in front of the Raleigh Hotel, was held on a bond of $15,000 following his appearance be fore Judge George . MacDonald in | Police Court today. The preliminary | hearing was continued for three weeks, pending the condition of Mrs. May, which today was said to be im- | proving. ‘When asked how he pleaded to the | charge of assault with a dangerous | weapon, the man answered: “Not | guilty, intentionall Ralph Given, assistant United States attorney, informed the court that the 24-yearold defendant's de- fense was that he was drunk at the time and remembered nothing about the affair. ‘ “That plea. does not find any lodg- ing in my breast,” Judge MaeDonald replied. High Bond TIs Sought. Mr. Given recommended the hizh bond for the reason that another charge will be made out later, in re- gard to the alleged br pistol at a taxi drive | At Emergency Hospital to sl | clans expressed s ¢ improvement in the condition of May, believing that the bulles | lodged in the base of the brain, will | not produco fatal results. A partial | paralysis of her body is rapidly dis- | appearing and an attack of hiccoughs which gave physicians concern yes- terday was alleviated. After investigating circumstances surrounding _the purchase of the weapon by Elgin shortly before the | shooting, Detectives Arthur Scrive and Joseph Waldron reported it peared that the pistol was purchased | from Morris Berman, at 1007 E street, | while Elgin was under the influenca of a pint of corn lquor, ammunition was pure Groce's hardware store, and E street At both stores, however, it v that at the time of either s the alleged intoxication of I ifest. ‘Was Rebuffed by k Detectives announced today zin had signed a statement tially recounting what hoe c member of the shooting, much with the interview appe: him in yesterday's Star. however, Elgin is said counted in_the ha left his home at telephone exchdnge, where he gaged in a conversition with his es tranged sweetheart, who rebuffe As a result of the despondency pro- duced by the rebuff he is said to have admitted purchasing and imbibing the liquor, with the resultant shoot ing while under its influence. he was ha to after purchasing the pi munition, but stated chases were made aft In addition SHIPPING BOARD PLANS. Hopes to Take Government Out of Commerce in Pacific. By the Associated Press. Shipping Board plans virtually to r the Government out of comme! ipping ownership in the Pacific arliest possible date wer terday by Chairman O'Con- cial at the closed y nor. ‘Iho pending salo of the five pas senger ships of the Admiral-Oriental Line to R. Stanley Dollar of San Francisco, if the deal goes through, will be followed by the offer for sle of the eizht freighters of the same line operating out of Puget Sound ports to the Orient. IN NEARBY VIRGINIA Wiehle S!atio;x and Many Homes Threatened Before Spread of Flames Is Checked. fires sweeping 15,000 acres of timber vesterday and last night caused dam age estimated at $30,000 in Fairfax County between the Washington and Old Dominion Railway and the Lees- | burg pike. The fire started from a b is 3 miles from this city. Fire com- panles from Leesburg, Falls Church, Clarendon, F this city and other Arlington communities, and o from Co nty Washi houses iled, hut the use of water nd dirt 00 persons checked the spread. 4 timber tract of the Hugh FHutehlson, f 5,000 recently was refuse epresentative R. ni to requests from Washin Chiet W | company he scene of - Herndon, V. o company pulled or before 4 o'clock > in time to At 10 o'cl was relie latter ro in the sce cemen estimated a mi BELL PRAISES HACKER. pervisor of commended tod ypearanc 1 that Mr. s men have done “ex: work” and that Washington's s have never looked better. s is due to the i use compared with two ar 7 - We Bou i ning | stump in a fleld near Wiehle, which | late | Walton Moore of | , ght Carloads To Give You This Value. NEGRO MEMORIAL - AGAINUPINHOUSE {$30,000 A. E. F. Monument Plan Reported Over Objec- tion by Southerners. By the Associated Press, The House turned its day to two contro i »propria ttention »d bills—one ion of £30,000 f a monument to four ts of the Ameri n nd the other pre i » $110,000 of the Tmbrie ran, two urder of . Robert W. n vice consul at Teh ‘re reported by the fore affairs committee over vigorou nority opposition. Four Democ | cntatives Connaily of 1 | McReynolds of Tennes v and Moore of mn from provide t 000 » American wder would slan sti in this country. four Republicans, The Represen of Mis 1te Departient son they 1it | compensation to Mrs. | Using All Money U | The two Democ Edwards, held th ceived for the des {the diplomatic corps, ar used to educate students | tion | call | SHELL SHOCK SERIOUS. invoked Tarbot,” who, I to the insane ’t recall his name. ! . More proof that the combined buying power of the 17 Associated Kaufmann Furniture Stores can give you star- tling values—SAVINGS on- every- - thing you need for your home. »"j,\‘This‘ End Table $, 45 w1th Book Rack ,