Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1926, Page 20

"2 YEAR T0 WITNESS | BIGLIGHTING GAINS, Brighter Stregt Euuipment| on Selected Arteries to Benefit City Quickly. With powerful new street lights al- ready installed or in course of erec- tion on 15 streets, and with orders is- sued a few days ago for similar treatment of 29 other thoroughfares, the current fiscal year will witness the greatest progress 'vet made to- ward giving Washington the modern street lighting system planned by the Commissioners more than two years ago. When the comprehensive program for improved street lighting was com- pleted on paper by a committee of experts in February, 1924, it was es- timated it would cost $2,500,000, and consideration was given to make it a five-vear development. Although the rate of appropriation thus far will make it nearer a ten- vear program, Engineer Commis- sioner Bell predicted last night that by treating all of the main arteries of | travel first, a marked improvement throughout the city will be apparent when the work now under way is finished. Reasonable Progress. The KEngineer Commissioner be- lieves that with the principal thor- oughfares of traffic taken care of, continuation of the present rate of appropriation will be ample to per- mit reasonable progress in extending the new lights to other streets. The current appropriation act con- tains one item of $40,000 available en- tirely for installation of new lights, and a lump sum of $750,000 for street lighting generally. From this latter sum the Distyict must pay its gas and electric bills, but this will still leave about $140,000 for new work, making & total of $180,000 for ex- tending the new system during this fiscal year. ‘Warren B. Hadley, electrical en- gineer, said yesterday that if appro- priations are made at about that ratio during the next few years it will make possible steady progress toward the ultimate goal of an adequate lighting system throughout the city in keep- ing with the demands of present-day traffic conditions. Lengthen Old Posts. Antlcipating that the taxpayer wili probably wonder what is becoming of the fixtures taken down on streets where taller posts are being installed with stronger units of illumination, Mr. Hadley explained that these posts also are being made higher by attach- ing ornamental extensions at the base. They will be used in other appropriate places. “We are not scrapping any equip- ment in placing larger and brighter lights on the main thoroughfares,” said the superintendent. He cited P street as an illustration of how the old posts are being utilized by the use of two-foot extensions, justifying a larger lighting unit at the top. ‘The comprehensive program mapped out in 1924 called for a special type of light for each class of street, rang- ing from 25 lumens per linear foot on residential streets to 276 lumens per linear foot on the busy traffic arterles and principal business thoroughfares. Mr. Hadley said the 29 thoroughfares listed for improved lighting in the or- der issued by the Commissioners last week represent about as much work &s his office can hope to do within this fiscal year, but it was pointed out that this list includes main routes of ,travel into all sections of the city. COUNTY REGISTRATION PLACES ANNOUNCED Tuesday From 9 AM. to 9 P.M. Prince Georges Officials Will Sign Up New Voters. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 4.—Officers will sit in the varions | clection distri and precincts in Prince Georges County next Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to.9 p.m.. to register new eligibles for the primaries, September 14. and iIn the general election, No- vember 2. Those entitled to register include persons hecoming of age in the State before November 2; women who were in the State when the woman's sufferage amendment was adopted. August 26, 1920, and those who made their declaration of citizen- ship on or before November 2, 1925. Women who were in the State on August 26, 1920, do not have to make a declaration of citizenship. They may appear before the registration officers next Tuesday and declare they were in the State at the time of the adoption of the woman's suf- frage amendment, and their names will be placed upon the books. Dis- tricts and precincts follow: Vansville district—Beltsville, Grange Hall: Bladensburg, Town Hall; Marl-} house; Nottingham, H. H. Sasscer’s building: Plscataw: Willam D._ Blandfo Spaldings. R. K. Dove's and Willlam J. Queen Anne, W co.. J. Amos Da Miller’s garage: Laurel. Masonic H; and J. W. O'Brien building; Brandy- wine, J. K. Smith’'s building. Oxon_ Hill, Woodmen Hall: Kent, Mrs. Laura Magruder's building; Bowie, Mrs. Baumann's building: Mellwood. J. F. Richardson's Building: Hyattsville, Dixon building, Masonic Hall and Odd Fellows Hall. Chillum —Mount _Rainier, Firemen’s Hall; Brentwood. Firemen's Hall: Seat Tleasant, Capital Heights, Firemen's JHall, and Seat Pleasant, Firemen's Hall: Riverdale, Riverdale Park Co.'s .office; Lanham, C. L. Howser's build- ing: Berwin, Branchville Firemen's Hall. ——————— BERLIN RADIO FANS AIDED. Electric Radiators in Street Cars Found to Reduce Static. BERLIN, September 4 (#.—Radio fans are rejoicing that Berlin street cars are to be equipped with electric radiators to replace the coal stoves. In studying the nature of the noises of all kinds that interfere with radio programs. it has been found that street railways and vacuum clean- ers are chiefly responsible for static disturban . Every time a street car or a vacuum cleaner stops there Is a noise in the radio. By equipping street cars with elec- tric heating, the electric current will flow uninterrupted, even though the car stops. Now the radio enthusiasts want the manufacturers of vacuum cleaners to so change the mechanism as to insure a steady flow of elec- | tricity Visits Home. After 50 Years. spatch to The Star. Va., September 4. | a Van Winkle cat St. Paul, Minn. arrived here tod on a month's visit after an absenc of 50 years. staving with his niece, Mrs. E. ¢. Sampsell. Thus far he has been able to find only two or three personsg he knew when he.left this sections | Robbed Cardinal I LESTER PRIC] Who is in jail in Philadelphia, having been arrested on charges of bruklnf into and robbing the palace of Cardi- nal Dougherty of gems and bonds worth $50,000. The loot included a ring nted to the cardinal by the Pope. P confessed to the robbery and told police where he had thrown the jewel. despaired of sell- ing them. He was caught when he tried to dispose of the stolen bonds. COLOMBIA TREAT PAYMENTS ENDED U. S. Sends’Last of $25,- 000,000 Demanded as Re- sult of Panama Dispute. A romantic chapter of Latin Amer- jcan diplomatic history was brought to an end last week when the United States Treasury paid to Colombia the last installment of the $25,000,000 she demanded as a result of the circum- stances attending the building of the Panama_Canal. The payment of $5,000,000 was the fifth of like amount handed over to Colombia since the celebrated Co- lombia treaty was ratified in 1921 after a long fight. Just before the canal project reached fruition, Panama, then a part of Colombia, declared her inde- pendence. President Roosevelt was accused of having intervened prema- turely on the side of Panama in order to secure from her the ceding of terri- tory needed for the canal. This Roosevelt denied, but a decade later President Wilson negotlated the $25,- 000,000 treaty “to restore cordial friendship” with Colombia, and al- though the Scnate once refused to ratify it, reversed itself after Presi- dent Harding had come into office and seconded the request of Wilson. The Senate amended the treaty, however, to eliminate an apology in- cluded in the original draft. KING OF IRAK TARDY. Feisal Is 24 Hours Late for Re- ception in London. LONDON, September 4 (#).—Kings may be late in their appointments and nothing is ever said about it. King Feisal of Irak. arrived in Lon- don on his holiday exactly 24 hours behind schedule and “let it go at that.” Viscount Gage, one of the lords in waiting to King George, awalted Kin Feisal at Victoria Station, but he di not come. Lord Gage was again at the station the next evening and after receiving the visitor on behalf of the King, conducted him to the Hyde Park Hotel. King Feisal, who has been taking the cure at Vichy, was greeted here by the Prince Ghazi, his son and heir, and by his nephew. the son of Emir Abduliah. both of whom are attend- ing school at Harrow. U. S. ORDERS DEER MEAT. 1,000 Carcasses a Month to Be Shipped From New England. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Sep- tember 4 (#).—Orders for 1,000 frozen deer_each month for distribution in the United States have been placed here. The carcasses will be shipped to San Francisco. i Pharmacy Wis. Ave. & Macomb St. Is a Star Branch This Branch serves the west end of Cleve- land Park and vicinity —and those who live in this section will find it a great convenience when they have Classi- fied Ads for The Star. But no matter where you live in and around Washington there is a Star Branch Office in your neighborhood, d you are welcome to its services without fees of any kind; only regular rates are charged. The Star_ prints MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other papers here combined. The Star ads -bring i - RE- SULTS. “Around the Cormer” is a Star Branch Office THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SEPTEMBER 5. 1926—PART T. 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