Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1926, Page 2

. REPORTED BETTER Frank A. Pim Tells Dealers Conditions Here Surpass Those Elsewhere. ' BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. Automobile Editor of The Star The next time you are out driving after dark and the blazing beam of the other fellow's cockeyed headlight hits you square in the eyes with blinding effect, ‘don’t become ruffied about it, but just be happy that you are not in San Francisco, St. Paul, Baltimore or any city other than your own National Capital, While few local motorists seem to realize it, according to opinions heard expressed on all sides, Washington has less of the glaring headlight evil than any city in the United S‘ates. Here' machines glide through the night, passing each other on streets and highways, under illumination napditions that are both mellow and entrancing compared with the situa- tion_elsewhere. That, In substance, was what Frank A. Pim of the educational division of the Illuminating Engineering Society told a group of automobile dealers last night in the presence of Traffic Director M. 0. Eldridge, Col. I. C. Moller, Assistant Director and In- spector ‘W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau. Officials Are Pleased. The occasion was the regular monthly meeting of the Washington Automotive Trade Association in the City Club. ‘While it was a rather warm even- ing, Mr. Pim almost knocked his audi- ence cold when he, without an indica- tion of jest and in all seriousness, made his statemeént on local headlamp conditions. Mr. Pim said his conclu- sions were based on observations and investigations in virtually every large eity in the country. The combined radiance that sprung up in the eyes of the traffic officials immediately following Mr. Pim's state- ment_flooded the meeting room with an effulgent glow such as the City Club never had known. It was far in excess of the regulation 2l-candle- vaar. and accompanied by real ushes. “I am exceedingly happy to know, declared Director Eldridge, the beam in his own lamps widening more and more, “that our local headlight regu- lations and method of gaining com- pliance has been so successful.” Previous to Mr. Pim's address Mr. Eldridge outlined what his depart- ment is doing to correct the glaring headlight evil. He said that the driver of every car found with out-of-focus lights is given a ticket and told to go to the Traffic Bureau for inspection and adjustment. Failare to do this means that the motorist will later get a ticket sending him to Traffic Court. Mr. Eldridge said that of all the cars sent to the traffic bureau for in- spectiop, not more than 1 per cent are found fit. About 75 per cenf, the director said, ére easily put into good condition by simple adjustments. The remaining 24 per cent have to go back to repair shops or service sta- tions for the correction of ‘serious de- s. “We have one police officer who does nothing else but patrol “the streets looking for headlights not in keeping with the regulations,” de- clared Mr. Eldridge with a meaning- ful shaking of his index’ finger at the audience, apparently . to emphasize the importance ithe. department’ at- taches to the misdirected beant evil “I wondered,” said Mr. Pim, speak- ing later, “how come that so many headlights here seem to be within the nd so free from menace to other Tllustrates His Discourse. ~ During the course of his address, Mr. Pim outlined the history of motor vehicle illumination and threw on a screen the effect of many lenses now declared illegal. He gave the dealers expert advice on how to detect and adjust out-of-focus lights and-how to prepare simple testing apparatus. He alko urged the dealers and ga- ragemen to join wholeheartedly in a campaign to correct the glaring head- light evil, declaring that with little effort and possibly large profit they could have every pair of head lamps | in the territory in adjustment all the time. This, he pointed out, also would be a distinct service to the car owners a8 well as the community at large. To the motoring public general- ly Mr. Pim offered the suggestion that once the headlights have been competently adjusted, the motorist have painted a focus line or place a mark of any sort across. his private garage and each night when driving in observe whether the head lights strike the same spot from the same . distance. When they fail to do- this it is again time to have them ad- Justed. The speaker declared that to get almost 100 per cent headlight adjust- ment only willingness to learn and | willingness to do would be necessary on the part of the garage men and service stations. Indifference Is Common. , - Mr, Pim intimated that during his travels he found too much indiffer- ence on the part of the men who| could be helpful, and a great lack of | knowledge of headlight function and adjustment on the part of men who were supposed to know the work.! During his talk to the dealers Di- rector Eldridge referred to a number of complaints received in his office against automobile noises. While these noises in large measure are due, he said, to muffler cut-outs, investiga- tion on his part revealed that in the main they are due to heavy motor trucks passing over bad streets. “Our streets at present,” Mr. Eld- ridge said, “are in a deplorable con- dition and I’ am sure when they are repaired ‘that the noise nuisance will be reduced materially.” The director urged the dealers to give attention’ to the muffier -cutout ‘problem ‘as related particularly to motor trucks. * Col. Moller, who ‘'was called “upon by the dealers to.answer a number of questions in regard to registration | Association cards and. the issuance of dealer tags, gave the aufomotive men somet! to think about when he told ‘them quite unexpectedly that there had been many complaints about the mis- use of dealer tags, and that unless the practice is Stopped the dedilers may suffen a sharpcurtailment of this privilege. i Dealer tags, Col. Moller said, are fssued only to dealers for legitimate use in connection with transient salesroom cars, but that they are being too widely used by salesmen and relatives. This practice must be stopped, he warned. Stanley Horner, ‘Washington Automotive Trade Asso- clation, presided. 9 . e Qi FLORIDA BANK FAILS. DADE CITY, Fla., July 13 (®.— The Bank of Dade City failed to open its doors this morning, and a notice posted on the door stated that the di- rectors had decided to close the insti- Nution, as the cash reserves were be- low the legal requirements. ¥ The action was taken by the di- . rectors last night following a run terday. All depositors puuclum in( the run yesterday were paid full, it was said. president of ‘the [and R Above: George E. Chamberlain. Be- low: Mrs. Chambel , who was Mrs. Carolyn B. Shelton. FORMER SEWATOR CHANBERLAN WE Takes, Bride of 49 in 72d Year—Wife Once Was Clerk of His Committee. . Former Senator George E. Cham- berlain of Oregon and Mrs. Carolyn B. Shelton, who served as clerk of the Senate military affairs committee when Senator Chamberlain was chair- man, were quiétly married in Norfolk yesterday, according to word received here today. i The wedding came as a surprise, although it. was generally known that Mr. Chamberlain and Mrs. Shel: ton eventually might take the step. The couple,’ Without confiding their plan even to their closest friends; procured a marriage license in the clerk’'s office of Corporation Court and no one was aware of their iden- tity. . The bridegroom gave his ‘age as 72 and the bride as 49. He is a ‘widower and his bride a widow. The former Senator resides at Wardman Park Hotel, while Mrs. Shelton lived alone at' the Ontario Apartments. Will Spend Week at Beach. After the license was obtained they were married by Rev. W. H. T. Squires, pastor of ghe Knox Presby terian Church, A week will be spent at Virginia Beach before returning to Washington, it is understood. When the Republican Senate came into power in 1920 Senator Chamber- lain relinquished the chairmanship of the committee to Senator Wadsworth, and Mrs. Shelton likewise turned over her desk to a Republican clerk. Since that time the acquaintance'that grew up between the two in official circles continued to progress, and they fre. quently have been seen together. Had Distinguished Career. Senator Chamberlain, a_Democrat, has had-a distinguished publi¢ career. A native of Mississippl, he was grad- uated from Washington and Lee in 1876, He was elected Governor of Oregon in 1903 and was re-elected for a second time, but resigned in 1909 when he was elected to the United States Senate. He was re-elected Sen- ator in 1915 and served until 1921. He 1s . perhaps best known as the author of the Chamberlain miilitary prepared- ness bill of 1918. He also was a memn ber of the United States Shipping Board for the 1921-25 term. WETS START FIGHT ON CONGRESS DRYS Liberals’ Victory to Be Ai of National Campaign Be- gun in Capital. By the Associated Press, / Plans for a Nation-wide campaign to elect a Congress” and pro- mote wet and dry referendums in va- rious” States weré oytlined in a cir. culdr sent out today, calling for cofi- tributions to a campaign fund for the Against the’ Prohibition Amendment. The circular was sij Voluntary 'Committee of Columbia, headed by Maj. Gen. Willlam® M. Wright, retired. It said: “The Association Against the Pro- hibition Amendment is now entering upon a Nation-wide campaign for the election of a libéral Congress, partly by nomination of liberals in indi- Wisconsin, ada, rado, California, Missouri ‘and other States, , in_which it is obtaining pledges from the present Senators epresentatives that they will support modification if their States or districts declare for ‘it by their O he hssoclatio faces the greatést e n struggle since lt“wl‘l‘ ‘founded—and the greatest opportunity. “The Voluntary Committee of the District of Columbia, organized along the lines of similar committees throughout the country, has under. taken to raise a fund in support -of the constructive ca of the as- sociation, the money to be paid to the A S he. sommitise UsslE propriat com: \ E accounts' of the committee will office of the The be on file in the fll‘ to at Spanish Dictator Hooted at Station, Where Notables - - Meet Him. By the Associated. Press. PARIS, July 13.—French resent. ment flared ‘today against the visit of the Spanish dlctator, Primo de Rivera, for the, celebration tomo) of the birthday of the French democ- racy, whilé on the other hand, Mulal Youssef, Sultan of Morocco, has been acclaimed by the Parisian crowds as & picturesque figure. ~ 2t Hoots' and a.tcalls ‘were made at the station ‘as the Spanish premier arrived. His presence is' primarily for the purpose wof signigg an agree- ment in regard'to_Morocco and for the consecration of & more complete understanding - between. Spain . and/ France: i & While anarchists and commpunista took the Jead lin, the demonstration against him, many radical supportera of the Briand government resent his presence “on the annive of the fall of the famous Bastille prison. 16 In Crowd Arrested, Two policemen are nursing minor’ injuries today received at the s tion yesterday, when they fought back ~demonstrators —against Gen. Primo de Rivera. One of ‘the ‘police- men had tendons in the right wrist cut and the other had one hand badly bitten. Three of sixteen demonstrators ar- rested yesterday were held today for examination. They included a Span- fard named Raymond Marty-Freras and a French army doctor, who was turned over to the military authori- ties. Ve Vicente Blasco Ibanez, Spanish nov- elist, who Ilves here practically in exile because of his political opinions, seized the opportunity to make po- litical capital of the visit. The news: paper L’'Ouvre, a_ supporter of the former Premjer Herriot, today pub- lishes a letter for Senor Ibanez ex- pressing his “‘grief and astonishment at seeing the French Republi¢ glorify Spain’s tyrant.” Premier Meets Him. The Premier was met at the train by Premier Briand, Magshal Petain and many others of prominence. Although Socialists criticized the reception of Sultan Mulal Youssef by the government, crowds lined the streets to watch him pass upon fis arrival and cheered’ him enthusiasti- call; P The smiling black-bearged successor to ‘the Prophet Mohammed, clad in a white silk burnoose, fired the public imagination. President Doumergue, Gen. Primo de Rivera and the Sultan expect to review the annual military parade to- morrow. Police consider this a likely time for another demonstration against the Spanish premier. i Primo de Rivera called at the Elysee Palace during the morning and in the presence of Count Qui- nones de Leon and Marshal Petain presented the insignia of the Order of. the Golden Fleece. to President Doumergue. ¥ & ¥ FRANCE WILL PAY; -} $20,000,000 AND UP. YEARLY TO BRITAIN (Continued frem First Page.) lowed by a break of the franc to a new low record. Some -hope was expressed today, however, that the agreement would mark a genuine advance toward financial rehabilitation of France. * Many newspapers consider the lat- est drop of the franc as a transient {Il attributable chiefly to a slump in the Belgidn exchange. Fear that the Briand-Caillaux . cabinet faced diffi- culty in getting the “full powers of legistation by decree,” which it seeks from the Chamber of Deputies, was also offered as a reason for the break in the franc. ' Mellon Not Negotiating. While France has been hoping that the arrangement with Britaln may lehd to modification of the Washing- ton agreement, Secretary Mellon sald in Washington yesterday that the matter was out of the hands of the American Debt Commission and revi- sion would have to be sought in Con- gress if at all. The House has already ratified the settlement, and it is Mr. Mellon’s opinion that the Senate would be un- willing to consider-any amendment. Chairman Borah of the ‘Senate for- eign relations committee expressed his belief that any move to provide more liberal terms to France wolld meet with strong opposition. DEBT TO U.'S. WAITS. Senator Borah Regards Terms to France as Settled Matter. The ;. American Debt . Commission fteels it has closed its case with France, according to Secretary Mel- lon, and if France desires further concessions it must go to Congress. Since the "agreement already- has been ratified by the House, he consid- ers it improbable that the Senate would consent to,any material modify: ing amendments. ¥ In stressing his contention that any modification of the debt. settlement would have to be effected through amendment of the bill of ratification, now pending in the Senate, Secretary When Not in Action He List- ‘ens to Fish Stories—Al"" * Smith to’ Visit Camp. By a Staff Correspondént of The Star. ' President Cooll ‘is taking his fleliing very seriously. He .has eh- tered upon it With' the ‘eu Coolidge deliberate " When lulln not ‘out on the practicing casting. _According to thé secret service men and Oscar Otls, his gulde, he is showing daily im- proyement In the art. ‘They 'expect. him very shortly to hold his own with the best of them, that happened yesterday afternoon | when he caught five trout. Up until' thén he had only caught pike and pickerel. Th supposed to be more difficult to land, bpt the President showed great skill for one who has done so lttle fishing in his life during yesterday's trout fishing. He Jeft- the fishing grounds in Osgood Lake, along ich 1s situ- ated White Pine Camp, ind went to Fondshy Pond, about/ 10 miles away, where the trout and all other kinds of mountain fish are sald be be boun- tiful. ! This body of water is located on a large estate, formerly the g\ruperty of the late William Rockefelfer. The President was attired-in an' old. suit, high laced shoes, such as sportsmen in this section ipvariably wear, a cap and sweater. He looked real rough, and gave the impression of actually liking it. At any rate he is getting a new sort of thrill out of all this, and those about him, most of all Mrs. Coolidge, are happy. When not actually fishing or prac- ticing casting, the President is de- veloping a fondness for listening to the others about the camp talk fish, and he is beqnmn‘ to do some talk- ing about this subject himself. If he has read any of the gréat number of books and other data he has re- cefved -from’ interested citizens all over the country concerning the arts of angling and the habits of fish, he should be able to talk admirably well and ‘learnedly upon. this subject, so popular and #o commonh in this sec- tion. The President insists New England conscience and years of habit will not permit him entirely to abandon his daily work, but, despite the fact that he thinks he is doing his bit in this connection, he is slowing down and is gradually but surely giving more time to the outddors and play than to study and the Government's business. Mr. Coolidge is looking great. Phy- sically he is thoroughly well. Already He has lost that careworn -look. His paleness has given way to a becom- ing sunburn. He is one who burns red. He doesn't tan. Red-headed people seldom do. He (s inclined, too, to freckle., His eyes are brighter and appear to be bigger. He is un- doubtedly correct when he says he is having a good time and is not wor- rying. . * Al Smith Coming fo funch. Gov. Al Smith, accompanied by Mrs. Smith, will:be guests as luncheon at White Pine Camp Friday. Great in- terest is attached to this visit, not so much because the Smiths are to be the, first visitors to the Coolidge camp, but because of the prominence and personal popularity of the two executives. There is such a marked contrast in the characteristics and life story of these two public men that it is quite natural that their meeting, especially in such an Intimate fashion, is being watehod with so much intent. How- ever, those familiar with both of these characters say each will enjoy himself on the occasion of this visit. Considerable stir was caused .here late ‘'yesterday when, it was learned that President Coolidge's invitation to the Governor of New York to come with Mrs, Smith for luncheon at ‘White Pine Camp today or tomorrow brought forth a reply to the effect that the governor would like to be ex- cused from accepting because of sev- eral prior engagements on the days designated by the President. Friday Would De. Some abput the executive office and among thé newspaper correspondents were ready to look upon this answer as an affront, an insult to the high office of President. But the President remained calm and refused to become rufiiéd. He declined to stand on cere- mony, and quickly sent back word to the governor that, if the latter found it convenient, he would be glad to re- ceive him Friday. Notwithstanding the President's grace in this matter, there were some about his office today who still in- sisted that.an invitation from a Presi- dent is a command, and all that sort of -thing. So far as long practice and established custom are concerned they were right.. but President Coolidge did not care to raise an issue or to quibble over such a matter. Besides, he took no affront, realizing that with a man of Al. Smith’s pepularity and duties his time is not his own. ‘Announcement that the Smiths are to visit White Pine Camp Friday in- dicates that the President has post- poned the visit he had planned to make to his old home at Plymouth- Noteh, “Vt., over. the week end. The President let it be known that he does not know when he will make this.trip, Dut at the present it is very doubtful if he will leave for Vermont before the latter part of next week. Expects Wadsworth and Snell. ‘While discussing. the subject of pos- ‘sible visitors'to the camp in the near future the President’s spokesman in- Mellon did not develop' how he thought France could make an appeal to Congress for more lenient terms if she so desired. CENTRAL UNION timated that he is expecting a. visit shortly from Senator Wadsworth of New Yok, who is busy campaigning for the Fall election, and/ Representa- MISSION TAKES 500 @ trolling, he 'is )}/ Photograph Saturday .and Sunday. The ph Cogant, of the Navy. Aviation tive Snell, chairman of the rules com- mittee, in whose congressional dis- trict’ the President’s camp is ted. The President was represented as having personally invited these two friends to drop in on him occasionally this Summer. It is understood that no political significance is to be attached to_these visits. They are to be looked upon as purely friendly and neighbor- 1y calls. There was an inkling at the Presi- dent's office today that he may take more than curbstone interest in the congressional campaigns now open- ing throughout the country. The President in this respect was represented as realizing that much was being expected of him’in the campalign, and that much was being written about the subject. He under- stood that what .was being written in this connection was purely of a spec- ulative nature, and had to do_only with surmises and not facts. How- ever, his spokesmen said for him that at the present time he has no plans for participation in the campaign, He discussed the subject no further, other than to say that he hoped the reading public woyld understand that the reports about his part in the con- ,nrnlonal campaign were only sur- mises., May Be Making Plans. However, the fact that the spokes- mian stated that the President had no plans was interpreted by some of those within his hearing that he was undoubtedly formulating some, and that before the campaign .reaches the home-stretch stage he will do something helpful for at least ‘those otll:n party who arakncm‘ q".:lz dilhfl- eulty e back tg. el the Senate g e S President Coolidge expects that the International joint board of engineers making a final survey of the pro- Jected Saint Lawrence seaway will submit its report sometime this Fall, although there is nothing definite at this time as to_the completion of the work now under way. ‘While in this vicinity, which is not far removed from the site of some of the dams and power stations that would be constructed under the St. Lawrence waterway plan, Preeident Coolidge nevertheless has no inten- tion of going into the field to inspect the river or locations. He believes, his spokesman said today, that it would be much more profitable to sit down with plans and maps and en- gineers’ reports and study them, rather than to gttémpt any kind ofif . original survey on his own account. ‘Washington officials, in close study with the survey for some time, have been alarmed over the prospect .of. not getting an international .agree- ment in the near future on abcount of the parliamentary difficuities in Canada, ‘where the Meighen govern- ment succeeded that of W. L« Mackenzie King and, in turn, col- lapsed. Outcome Is Doubtful. The whole problem now, ‘in all probability, again will become one of the issues in the forthcoming Domin- jon elections. What the result will be is so indefinite now that even those in possession of the best in- formation hesitate to speculate upon the possibilities. The American Government still is prepared to go forward with the mat- ter, subject to the approval of Con- gress, of course, according to official intimations here; and the Commerce Department has icompiled elaborate economic studies which it is ready to release simultaneously with the report of the engineers, which has been delayed in deference to the Cana- dian wishes. —————e ROBINSON GOES TO SCEN Leaves Here in Plane for Inspec- tion of Explosion Area. Assistant Secretary Robinson of the Navy Department left here by air- plane at 11:25 a.m., Eabtern standard time, for an inspection trip to the dis- aster area in New Jersey. W.RT. TOASK FARE CHANGE NEXT WEEK President Announces = Plan After Conference With En- gineer Commissioner. The Washington Rapld Transit Co.’s contemplated plea for financial relief will be filed with the Public Utilities Commission some time next week, it was announced today by E. D. Merriil, president and general man- ager, following a ' conference with Erigineer, Commissioner J. Franklin Bell, chairman of the commission. Mr. Merrill indicated ‘that before the formal request for an increased fare is made certain adjustments would be necessary in the company’s finan- cial report for June. The, rate of increase to be asked was not revealed, but members of the commission believe it probably. will take the form of a 10-cent cash fare. The present fare is 6 tokens for 50 cents, and records of the® company show that- it has been operating at a loss under this rate. sMr. :Merrill calléd on Commissioner Bell principally to ascertain the attk tude of the commission toward its forthcoming request for rellef in view of the likelthood of the reorganiza- tion of the ‘commission due to the expected resignations of Commission- ers Fenning and Rudolph. Despite the unsettled state of affairs, Com- missioner Bell gave assurance that any application the company. makes would be duly considered. WOMAN ENDS LIFE, * BLAMING HER KIN Mrs. H. E. Anghinbaugh Found “Dead of ‘Ges—Note' Tells of Loneliness. Leaving a note blaming’ relatives for her act, Mrs. Helen' E. Aughinbaugh, 55 years. old, committed suicide by fnhaling illuminating gas in the bath- room of her apartment, in the Mount | Vernon, 904 New York avenue, yes- terday The note was addressed ‘“to the coroner.” It listed the names of two relatives at the head.of the message and then stated: “If anything hap- pens to me the above parties are re- sponsible; they broke up my home, also made a nervous wreck of me, took me to their home and abused me terribly, something which I never was used to."” . Mrs. Aughinbaugh’s body was found, Iying on pillows and bed clothing, on the bathroom ‘floor, a gas tuhe from. a’jet clinched in her mouth, by Clay- ton O. Mason, colored elevator man of the apartment, who was tracing the odor of etcaping gas. Mr. Aughinbaugh,” a salesman for Galt & Bro., jewelers, 1107 Pennsyl- vania avenue, ‘died recently dnd it is believed that the widow was affected by the shock. “The ‘note 'left for Coroner ‘Nevitt told of the happy life of the Aughin- baughs had lived for 26 years and added: “It is hard to be sick and homeless; sorry I could not die a natural death instead of an unnatural one, but I could not stand suffering any longer. God forgive me!’ Coroner Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide. " The body was taken to the District morgue and later turned over to the Neviys undertaking establishment at 924 New York avenue. MOTHERS AND CHILDREN ON PICNIC +{Boar ki from™ an costia station | the session and the of_shell-torn area at the Lake Denmark Naval Ammunition Depot, after the terrific explosion last otograph was taken ay Machinist Mate R. 8. Russell of the Ana airplane piloted by Lieut. F. H. operated the camera. TWO FLYERS DEFY Madden Defends G. 0. P. Pol- - icy in Report—Byrns. Charges Corruption. ‘Conflicting claims as to the finan- cial economies of the recent session!' of Congress are set forth in state-| ments by Chalrman Madden of the House ‘appropriations committee and Repreésentative Byrns ‘of Tennessee, the ranking Democratic member. Mr. Mad asserted the record for. raditional cae pacity of the Republican party for a bubinesslike conduct of the Govern. .ment ' commended itself to every, thoughtful citizen,” while Mr. Byrna asked “if in the light of the facts it could be contended that the Republi- can administration kept faith with the people and fulfilled its prom- ise of economy.” Senator Warren Approv Senator Warren of Wyoming, chaire man of the Senate finance committee, also {ssued a statement taking a pa sition similar to Mr. Madden's and asserting that *“no session has ever made a greater recopd or a harder and more honest “ effort for economy in public expenditures." Mr. Byrns accused the Republican party, of fraudulent claims of rigid economy, asserted that “the fraud and corruption which found its way into high places under the Harding administration has continued into | the present,” and said the “American people have been startled by the reve- lation that Republican ~senatorial nominations are being put upon the auction block.” In their lengthy statements, which will be printed in the Congressional Record, ‘Mr. Madden and Mr. agreed on only one point— gress had reduced by $6,802,000 the estimated expenditures for fisca] vear just begun, as submitted by the Bud- get Bureau. Mr. Madden sald that while exe penditures for the last fiscal showed ah increase of 000,000 bver the previous one, $21,000,000 of DEATH FOR PHOTOS COnan:t and Russell Go Over Explosion-Wrecked Area in Plane. Oblivious of the fact that unex- ploded shells in the devastated area caused by the naval arsepal explosion at Lake Denmark, N. J., might come screeching toward his low-flying airplane, or that a forced landing would mean destruction, Lieut. F. H. Conant; 3d, of the Bureau of Aero- nautics, Navy Department, and Avia- tion Machinist’s Mate R. S. Russell of the Naval Air Station here late yesterday evening photographed the ruins. from their Navy DH plane for the department. Lieut. Conant penetrated an area which he later learned was ‘“off limits,” at least to a height under 10,000 feet. He flew at times as low as 800 feet. The photograph printed herewith was one of several taken by -Russell about 5:30 o'clock yester- day -afternoon, after - which - Lieut. Conant flew back to Washington, arriving here at 9 o'cloek last night. “It looked like hell,” Lieut. Conant reported. “Nothing but _trees flattened down, hugé holes, mute evidence that a magazine once existed there. In some cases foundations were left, while in others it appeared not even an original brick er board was intact. I saw the flag flying in front of the commandant's house, though. Here and there throughout the area white columns of smoke from burning places completed the picture.” Russell, who is a mechanic and not 1 photographer, experienced some diffi- cuity in getting the fictures. During the first flight into the area Russell snapped his aerial camera with vim and vigor. Morristown, N. J., where it was dis- covered he hadn't put any plates in the camera. So the ship again took off and made a second trip around the Lake Denmark region. They left the scene about 0 o'clock, landed at Philadelphia for gas and oil, took off at 7:15 and reached the air station at 9 p.m. Lieut. Conant left here shortly be- fore noon today and is piloting a DH as a’ gulde to Lieut. Benjamin Ho} come, who, flying an amphibian plane with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Robinson as passenger, plans to ef- fect a landing either on Lake Den- mark or the nearby land. 2 DUE TO LEAVE TREASURY SERVICE 110 -Going From Register’s Office—Revenue List Down to 112, \ “-Although the Personnel -Classifica- tion Board has not acted on'the 296 names of employes of the Internal Revenue Bureau listed for dismissal, it was learned today that this list has been reduced to 112 by transfers mlr;ndmltnntlona!. ler new procedure all names listed for dismissal must be:referred to'the board, and approyed, before separation may take place. This process has at times slowed up the matter. of dismisgals lnr‘ex Govern- ment service, as in the nt reduc- tion ‘in the prohibition unit, but delay - results in material reduction of the” force listed to go through lons - and transfers, Thirty-five .of the Internal Revenue Bureau employes were transferred to 'the fleld service, it was learned, while | of there was ‘a total of 77 resignations and rs to other positions in th Biutrice: of Colosnta: "oy "l'h;‘ MG;IQI ctl‘nm:uum‘ B:-rd was meeting today to hear some’ Treasury cases which are ‘pending./but there was no indica- tion w:i to- when it would- complete - Th Mlu' asury: is dropping about 110 H k: the office of Register rd. All persons dismissed are ept on the rolls until their accrued leave has ‘expired. f Then- a landing was ef-*| fected in a field between Dover and over his new duties Friday. Born in Washington November 28, 1878, Luckett was educated in t! public_schools here and is a graduate of Business High School. From 1900 to 1903, he worked as a stenographer the increase was due to retirement of the public debt and part of the re mainder to financing of the soldier's bonus. Holds Outlook Promising. “The outlook for the ne: fiscal year is equally promising,” Madden continued. ‘It is now estimated there wil be a possible surplus of $185,000,000. The program of cone structive economy will be continued, but it is too early to venture any pre- dictions on the matter of future tax reductions. Mr. Byrns asserted that “the corner stone of the Coolidge administration is the alleged economy thereof,” and tha while the Republican administration “has decreased appropriations under those made during the war years by the Democratic administration; it had for three years of peace more than doubled the appropriations made by a Democratic Congress during the last three years preceding the war. / Referring to corruption in office, Byrns said that “an alien property custodian stands charged with having peculated to the extent of several hun- dred thousand dollars in the trust funds under his control,” while *a Commissioner of the District 6f Co- jumbla has been charged with having | profiteered and preyed to the extent ‘of thousands of doilars upon the un- fortunate mentally. diseased World War veterans,” but {hat the President “pemajns . inactive and the Commis- sioner continues to hold office. LUCKETT IS NAMED CHIEF POLICE CLERK Resigns. Florida Dry Post and / Starts for Capital to Take Up Duties. The office of chief clerk of thel Metropolitan Pelice Department, va- cant since last October, when Maj. Edwin B. Hesse was promoted to the superintendency, was filled by the Commissioners today with the ape pointment of Harry M, Luckett, formerly division chief of the Federal dry forces in the District. Luckett re- signed today as deputy prohibition ad- minfstrator in Florida and will take in the Police Department under Maj. Hesse. Then he took a clerical job in the Department of Commerce and Labor, which he left to become assist- ant treasurer of the Emeigency Fleet Corporation. He lost that position in a reorganization several years ago ‘became a prohibition agent in the internal Revenue Bupreau, being pro« moted to local division chief in 1923, he became the victim of reorv ganization and was sent to Florida last year. The position of chief clerk of the Police Department pays a minimum salary of $3,300 a year. SERISTE PERMITLESS DRIVERS AROUSE ELDRIDGE’S IRE ' Suggests He Will Ask Maximum Penalty for Those Violating Trafic Code. Aroused over the mounting arrestsd of motorists for driving without a permit, Traffic Director M. O. Eld- ridge indicated today that he is con- sidering requesting the Police Court ¢ Judges to impose the maximum pen- alty for lhlsfloflense in order to break he practice. upD:n’ln: the period from June 20 to 5 Mr. Eldridge’s records show that 75 ma‘llorlltu ‘were ?(m::::l “ll;?‘l: without a permit, Ly gkt between 18 and 25 years July O o um_penalty for The maxim the offense is a fine of $500, coupled with a six-month jail sentence. The traffic directer believes that its impo« few cases would have & to persuade motore driver's permit. sition in a decided tendency ists to procure a WOMAN FIGHTS FOR SEAT. of | genora Carillo-Puerto Denies She Lost Mexican Congress Race. O CITY, July 13 U).—Sens; nl:‘ l=i‘iflxlvlm Carillo-Puerto denes the! |accuracy of announcements that she| was defeated for Congress and will! contest the result before an electoral | college in Mexico City. She still hopes to have herself seated as the first woman membber of the Mexican Con- gress. § town “of 08 state of San Tafis Potosl, certl _she mtp iy