Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1926, Page 27

HIGHER PHONE RATE INRICHMOND S HiT Appeal of Company in Dis- pute Before Supreme Court. Oyster Season Opens. Spectal Dienatch 10 The S1a- RICHMOND. Vi Patrons of the Chesape: tomac Telephone Co. are to accept the increas that company with eom: the bill= mafled ont f September — and Po. disposed | es for | ney, and | ueust and 1led until | 2rvied the in- | the commission, sy e of the telenhore company for the ruled in the crease allowed through th demand of the The consolidation two monthe hron ; artion nf ¢ ¢ temta wara 'ond and bills carried the nenal o effect that. in cace the apneal of the compe the ennvie vesulted in an increase Aemands the same would he retragcrive nmare raties D. C. SEPTEMBER 19. 1926—PART 1 FONCK NOW PLANS | TOSTARTTUESDAY ;Bad Weather Conditions, Women in_rural |1and are politics than the men, according to| DECLARES RURAL WOMEN ARE KEENEST IN POLITICS Campaigner Maryland Says They Are More Interested Than Men or City Women. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 18.— districts of Mar; interest in in | | | taking more Mrs. Mildred Kohler Geare, who made | The appes! ~f the talenhona com. | pany ic nome hefore the Supreme | Court nf the State, and in case the decision fz contvart fo the wishes of | the telephone « it will ind u-i way to the | at~s Supreme Court. where necessary it presentation snd considc ration expected ta consume a lons 1 One faature of the contr tween Gow. Bvrd and the officers of the compzn® is to be found in news paper comments on the ma‘ter, and ina vecent issie of a paper in one of | the citiex arnar ized | in a manner th won the appfoval of friends of the telephone company. The Virginia oyster season hegan this week, and with the rising of the #un for the first dav there were sev eral thoneand men ont en the Chesa peake Rov and the oveter srannds making the firei eatch. The daalers and handlers sax that the re: far indicate 1hat the nvets enual to the hest that the Stats has | Produced h demand stron | The officere of the fond divisian are | Xeeping the closest watch on the ovstere ta dlscovar if there is the lea eontamination. hut ne trace of any | thing indicatine that the product is! not wholesome has haen found Dea)- | ers ma* that the genera! husiness will | not approach its maximum hefore the Advent of the firer frost and after | that time the market will he sunnlied | with the hes from the wa‘swa of the State. The prices sn far are no lower than they have hesn for several years Military men ave anch interestad in the renart that orders are <ann to | f=sue from Washington for the forma. | n of a brigade of artillery for the | States of Marvland and Virginia. | There is a regiment of artillery in| sach of the States. hoth attached to the National Guard. With the re port there is already heing mentioned Col. Willlam H. Sande of the 111+ Field Artillery. Norfolk. a< the hriga Aier general of the hrigade. and also | Col. John A. Cutchine o7 RichmonA. ! chief of staff of the ath Divieion Miai. Cien. Anton Stephan of the 29th Division ix due for retirement with the coming of the new vear. and the understanding is that Briz. Gen. Mil tan A Reckford of Marvlipd, as 1o time adjutant general, will he urged as the succesfor of Gen. Stephan, Roth Col. Sands and Col. Cutchins are | nverseat men. have fine records and they have long héen prominent in the | National Guard. Orders for the for. | mation of the brigade are expected befare the end of the month Announcement is made here that o contracting and real estate organiza will at oncé proceed with 5 the construction of nnt lsss than 1.000 new homes. the entire 1ot to he completed and ready for ncupaney by June 1. The proposed new strue tures are to cost not less than $2,000 000, the houses to he of the sn type. modern. with all the the city vements, wate lights. gas and intended n homes for people of moderat pipte en o | hmond. where thera are parts of R homas costing $10,007 | A great many to $40.000. Repuhblicans are offering fenr Aates for Congress from the November election, alang with an ndepandent in ane district in which the Repuhlicans have named theis man No concern whatevey js felt for the siuecess of the liemocrats in any of the distriet=, in the ninth. where there i¢ < a figh. The campaign is in fuil swing at some point evary day and swill contnun to the end nf the spéech makins season The candidates on the part of the Re.| publicans are: Lester £ Pareons, in the second striet, i oppoesition Jakeph T tha Demoerat: W Talhatt shester in apposition tn Represe Themas \W. Ha son of \\ the Dem at, and £ Dahney n of Clarke is the independe: date in <ams disirict. ha an in the rncs fwe veare ago vasentative R. Walto Monre of sizhth diseri posed hy 1. L. Leedy of A nominee of the Repuh the ninth S T Hurley « is seeking to dispiace George (. Peery of Tazewell Alstricts have met, canv and adjonrned witheut of making a nominatin . hestr Hay R tne presntat O o forma Teetering Rock Ones Upset. At Lands End. Enzland. where a teetering rock is one of the sights of the community. the story is told how a century or more azo a 3 with a dozen men dis sport, only to find the raged that the admira to restore it to its orig position This they did with the aid i3 capstans and cables. The rock weighs 70 tons and the pressure of the land | makes it rock. though little less than an explosion will 1ze it Shanghai Still Has Own Army. h econsideable reason York of Chona It dons not re. mble Manhattan in the way it is id out and huilt up, “hie is like it Decanse it is in reality a ety ruled five different nations The urban ra known as Shanghai includes the ternational settlement A oty of 000 people in itself. The municipal government is hased on o written treaties with foreign powers, and it i€ probably the only eity with an army of its own Shanzhai wi ealled the “New intricate eity is a Sacred Cow Troublesome. India’s sacred cow is tie caise of much friction between the Hindus and the Moslems. both of whom large numbers in close proximity in that country. The Hindus tegara tr cow as dear as life itself. hut the Mo hammedans not only eat 1 eef, but sac rifice cows at their fesiival of Bakrid. i . Bees Studied in Canada. Three tvpes of bees. the ltaflan. the Carinlans and the Caucasians, have heen placed in twelve hee colonies near Red Dear. Alberta, Canada, with the idea of finding out which tvpe thrives the best in that section of Canada. The Dominfon has an apiar- | ist for the purpose of fostering bee | culturs A “bee fleld day’ i= planned | {or next Summer. | have heen known | care of Government cxpe: | world | havoc-wreaking aliens on our shores plans | | numbers | where State and Fede seen more than 10 people together. _eft to right: Comdr. E. McDona'd. | MacMillan. In returning from his fifth trip to the Arctic interpreter who has accompanied him on all his trips. Thi. guide, Bloomfleld, until his trip to this country, had never i captain of the M Ci ane, Postpone Flight. a tour of several countles in the in- tive John Philip Hill just before the terest of the candidacy of Representa-| cMillan ship; Abie Blool Cymdr. MacMillan brou fleld, the Eskimo guide, and Comdr. ht with him the fskimo gulde and By the Associated Press NEW YORK, September 18. — Defi ! nite postponement until Tuesday of | the hopoff of the Sikorsky biplane | S35 on its projected non-stop flight | from New York to Paris was an- | | nounced this afternoon. | | Capt. Rene Fonck. commander. and | Lieut. Lawrence William Curtin, U. | S. N., the navigator, sald there was a | likelihood the start could not be made i until even later than Tuesday on ac- | |count of weather conditions. | A report from the Bureau of Aero. nautics in Washington this afternoon | aid conditions on the whole were un tavorable and it would require two v three days for the storm area to clear. with conditions bevond that period remaining uncertain, due to | the advance of a new tropical hurri- | cane. i3 1 i Especially Tropical Hurri- | i Sure of Eventual Success. WESTBURY, Long Island, N. Y., | September 18 (#).—There is no con | sideration of not making the take-off for the transatlantic flicht “when the conditions are righ: declared Capt Rene Fonck today, when shown a Paris dispatch from Comdt. Weis, for- | mer commander of the squadron in | SCIENTISTS ENLIST INSECTS EFFECTIVELY IN PEST FIGHTS Garchully Raised Parasites Have Been N ANGIENT ROME Found Valuable Alli Tiny Destroyers of Valuable Crops. Raising little buzs ta kill off other! little bugs is becoming an increas ingly mpertant branch of research in countries that are all dependent on thelr i resource. Whole laboratori-: are being turned nto bug nurseries where rows and rows of well veatilated travs house hundreds of varieties of inseciz that to prey on oiher species that are harmful. Under the & they are| brought up by hand. experimentally | freed In hig outdoor cages, and if they work out successfuly in such roundings are taken out into the big to do their worst- on such ulty s the Japanese heetle and the Euro-| ean corn horer, to mention only a| couple | Man has probably heen contri new devices to rid himself of ir Pests ever since the plague of 1 descended on the Egyptians and Children of lsracl. Insects that spread disense, destro: rops and fruit and shade trees, ca serious discorafort and those that merely annoy have combined tn make life complicaied, uncomfortable, pain fu! and coatly for untold centuries Poisonous solutions. - oily miggures gases and arsenic dust sprinklefl from airplanes are only a few of the de vices to which man has had to resort tn protect againet this for E army. With their enormous | ve powers ti wlin he face of o marlply unch x| ect | Such held vnder of clima that ahstr: scient balance of power.” (: ever, something goes v hle Summer will car nocent hug to increace swarming tions of nece 1 the quarantine ent couniry and produe quantities of offsprin aver their adopted la in thelr wake. When such a wholesa's outhreak of imported buga aceurs, | invasion of New Fng'and hy the frown.tall and £YPSY Mo, Government exparts he. Zin to do a littie quiet deta k on the past history of the hen < to get an of what foaoneh will prove efficactons. in Fun riot & panie the 3'ifornia from 15 Shout 33 vears a The littie ladvhird wvorked S0 well Bevouring and laving her exgs in tha pestilontial threatened the wh industry of the (‘oast el s growing hat for a long sod _citizens of the lden ave ught that all v needed to do when i new pestap. the sunshir was o e time since . peared on to eall in omol and import another off. Unfortunate not always so_simple. Tporred 1 allies ved the sugarrane field I 10035 parasites of a leaf o-her native of Australia losses of miliiuiis o7 Verted and shipped 1907 they had made n their prey and by hopper devastator had heer rec negligible quantities. Fly Preys on Weevii. parasitic fly from P Guinea was turred loose ¢ menace to Hawalian sugar it was a weevi! that tunneled fta 1o aweat WAY up the eanes causinz they to fa Aie. fAinancial loss. well, the weevil dissppe:: sugar cane again stands - tall on Hawatian pl After 20 years of exp. ing whick over #0 para-it rope and Japan were cavetully collect od. transported across the and reared In exj this countr which 1x, the gypsy For years these foreisn Invad destroyed the foliage of the elm and shade t Now experts a with the whole population have united to check their spread. This fiy. which is of the sort known {o scientists As tachinids. works so well that, not content with attacking its natural prey. it has extended its efforts to 92 additional species of in- sects. The tachinid has to all ap- pearances settled down to look upon New England as its home. according to the entomologists of the Depart ment of Agriculture, and behaves as | if it had always lived there. | It has within the last vear given | additional proof of its_usefulness to ite adopted country. The European satin moth recently appeared in New | England, and like many insects when introduced into mew and favorable | surroundings Increased and multi the an A - ght and | plisd to an alarming extent. But the | at Roman fquestion | tional es in Battle Against i tackinid fly has flown valiantly to the rescue with such effcient results that T8 per cent of ths satin moth larvae are parasitized b s valuable bringine the new well Alialia Weevil Checked. In the Weet. the a1t weevil has heen gettinz in devastating work on the alfa n of the great basin for the last decads. It has heen gradu ally spread'ng and every effort is he. ing extendad to head it off from the greag alfaifa wing regions in Kansas and Nebraska. Parasites from Switzeriand were liberated in the flelds as cariv as 1911 and from time to time various others have been turned loose to do their bit. Recent investigation shows that a consider able per cent of the alfalfa weevils or their larvas have heen laid low hy their imported snemies. Such an investigation, means that field workers have tn collect thou sands of specimens of the insects in and thelr grubbv larvae from the alfalfa fields and decide whetker thev are sick or we!l, eount all the corpses and conduct post ems on them to see jugt what s made them dis. s of parasites have hesn tried out on_the heetle from Japan that has found teal beetle paradise in the regio New Jersev and eastern Pennsvlvan Comparatively <3 in 1 e island, the Jay anese hestin is almost omnivorons in America whnera climatie conditions seem to bhe perfectly suited to its itution 15 almost every h the fruit and ses and orchards, s beans and te attack it have been the foes that Only time th trans- Al i undor . in show ported enemies will have. Insects have likewise been called in 1in the fizht against the prickly actus in Austrs Brouzht in some white settler, the prickly pear found the new continent the | place par excelience where it could | live and thrive, with the consequence “het millions of square miles are rais- ing no other crop than cacins, 1 Kind of insect that has ever known tn feed on the prickly pear anvwhere on the face of the glohe h=& haen sought eut by the entomolog ical agents of tha Anstralian common wealth and brought heme to do its worst. At the present time, unfol tunately, the odds are still on the floct ery bheen | Blackberry Is Pest. milar state of affairs exis weighhoring isjand of New 4. only here enlorii is the mon blagkberry bush which has run ek, “erowging out evers other nlani over large areas. Recently Dr. R 1. Tillyard. a New Zealand ‘ento- mologists, who is a well known an- thority on fossil insects. paused for a short time i the United States on a rognd-the-world quest for soms insect that might help free New Zealand of the prickly briars of too many black- | berry hushes. he European eornhorer for- | midable enemy of our corn crop that is heinz held within hounds with diffi- Different sites have heen tried out but it is impossible ar yvet t0'say definitely how much good they have dene. Dr. L. O. Howard. head ) the United States Bureau of En- omoioz?, however. has given a dra- matic secount of one of these experi- | ments wherein cages of wasps were ried out into the n fields of Ontario on a cold raw 4 Immediately they were wasps hegan s’ search corn stalks for horers in their eggs, Later dissec hat almost every s er full of eggs. range of possihility that, these v will * contribute salvat - corn sunply Ma the natnral foes insect heing put into nrctice hera and abroad. teular he gveat fruit - gr section 1 of T There enl interna ferent any A rele thr hich to lay n showed ptained a is within the given time. to the | rests ho pa t wing is pert goed ting en o lities rous s 1 st of abtainz workers. q in Pa ope natiol other of nean fruit fiy i om a lahe shipments of § iate the Mediter while Afvica sites v 1k scale of the citrus tree: All over the wo utnally h that may manity The sects bring benefit to hu- vernment experts, who are peful over “hiolo: £ a method of sreat promise tor the future protection of our erops, are very cautious xbout maki colored s'atements. Many yvea usually necessary, they say. befor he results are hig enough to he seen. Romans Ate Camel's Heels. Roman epicnreans had many unus- ual dishes, some of which have been revived by modern chefs, but as vet no profsssional ecok has offered Roman tidbit made from carhel’s heels. These heels were prepared in potted form and were a favorite dish banquets. | herry Bl | was donhtless | diseovery that goed eoncrete conld he | made three | | CONCRETE UTILIZED Volcanoes ~Furnished Mate- rials of Varying Texture for Building Purposes. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE. Septembher 18.—Pre. canoes provided the ma t famous huldi cient Rome. an huilders also used | ing to Dr. Tenney st of Johns v, who recently rope, where he spent time in Italy and the Roman ‘‘prov- incos” gathe history of Itome. The rock formations underlying the “seven hills of Rome” and vieinity are the result of voleanic activity in pre- The Alban Volcanoes h of the Tiber and the Sahatin leanoes to the north intermittently d forth streams of molten lava t ciouds of ashes, which by ion of water were cemented or harvdened inte rock There are many rocks or “tufas,” differing in hard ness, strenzth. texture and eolor, ac. cordinz to their origin and process of formation. Nome are lava, some hard. ened ash. in_character. heavy point of origin, while the' finer parti cles were carried to greater distances by the wind, resulting in stone of finer In some places the ash has quently texture. never hardened. and con was, and still is. used extensively in stead of sand in eoncrete and mortar Quarries Also Opened. In the early days of Rome quarrles were opened and this stone hrough: into use. One quarry would he u until another with a better grade of stone was opened, so that tutas i successive periods nopularity. Thus it is possible, cording to Dr. Fr “tufas” in the various buildings ruins and in this way chrono'ogzy of Roman areh All these various “‘tuf: and unattractive, va ing from d & to reddis The early Roman huilders soon lear ad to hide thelr ugliness under a wh placter or stucco. The extensive n of concrete or its equivalent in Ro man consiruction. savs Dr. Frank due to the accidents e from one part lfme fo rarts “pozzola or voleanir ash while ane part lime to two parts sand was required. \White sand v at Rome, and Dr. Franw s perhaps the d A lahorer furtively shoveling » rheny ubstitute into the mortar pan. Only One Very Hard. There was only ane of the which, nee of ha fine to; onld he sneress for inzeriptions or for the carved col nmns when the Greeian style of archi tecture ‘came into vozue. Lapis Al hanus, or good qualities, had to he covered witk plasier tn hide its ugliness. All the time Rome was building wit! this unsightly volcanic rock there | at her door, underneath the gras plains stretching away 1o Hills, a stone possessing both quali and heauty, the travertine used in t Colosseum. and in modern times im ported for us<e in the construction o buildings in New York and Philadel tufa i s nese an It is n sedimentary rock, depos by hot springs during the early par of the perind of voicanic activity. Ap parently it was not discoversd hy th Romans until after the middle of th second century B. C. and was little u<ed during the republican era The importation of marhle for build ing purpe into vogne until the days of Caesar. CHILDREN’S HOME OPENS WITH PARTY SATURDAY | Ursuline Sisters” Place Vista Will Also Have Lawn Fete at Night. The opening of the Ursuline new country home for children o working mothers, Alta Vista, Md will ohserved with a card party a the home next Saturday w2 welock, foclowed by that svening. ade and fruit vound the home swings, m children » and play in fr Mother Xavier of the Ursvline Con vent, 519 Fourth street, will he charge of the home. Among who aided in securing the ho B. F. Saul, Mrs. A. Charles Johnson, Joseph P. Tumulty I Carr. Mrs. M. J. Kean Hugh Riley, D. 1 v. W. J. Dante J. Brennan, Miss ¢ Mrs. James O. Shea, Mrs. Olivel Owen Kuhn. Mrs. Anton Auth, James Calliflower, Mrs. Thomas well and Mrs. John Roddy. . at Sister a trees whist will be s and hsur seats for for « har, R: P. A. Drury Jail 1s where those who take thing: easy can't take things easy. - g s used in the construction of the Hopkins | returned | - much | z data on the economic varieties of these Eruptions show differences | In the same eruption | Aifferences accur, dus to the fact that | particles of ash fell near the different | nk. to identify these | and formulate a | v nsed | peperino, in spite of these the Sabine very es seems not to have come Alta fternoon wn fete fith and offering study | in those e were McDonough Ans D. Ford Mrs. Cant which Capt. Fonck served. “But [ shall he the one to give the | orders as to the take.off,” said Capt. | Fonck. “I am sure that Comdt Weis, a gond friend of mine, did not mean to imply an order or any erii- | jclem of my own command of the flight | “There will he no landing in the | ocean.” he said. "My command to | | hop off will be given at the time when | | conditions are right for starting and completing the flight.” One and one-half cases of love make one divorce case, says the OMce Boy. | RELIAGLT FURMITURE €O i r $5 delivers one to your : home t ] 4 1 1 primary. | found the women were the first to be | |at the doors of the hall where the| political ral | sonn as the address had been fi | literature | ested this | what he stood for.” In her tour into varigus rural com- munities of the State®she said she was to be held. It was keen and pointed and their questio which came to her as| intelligent. was amazed at the qu which these women in the rural dis- tricts asked,” continued Mrs. Geare. “It shows they are well informed on | the present political situation. Un-| like the women jn the city. who arn‘ too busy to be thered, these coun- | try women read every bit of political which comes to them.| They told me they were more inter- | vear than they had ever| heen in polities hefore. They wanted | to hear who each candidate was and bl MARYLAND TREE CONTEST Winners to Be Determined Soon, After Inspection Trip. Spenial Diepatch to The Star BALTIMORE, September 1% —Win- ners in this year's tree contest held by the State Department of Forestry will be determined late this ment accordinz to State Farester F. W.| Mr. Besley will leave next week for a final inspection trip of the 450 trees entered in the contest, which must be | officially measured to determine their standing. More than 40 species of trees are entered in the contest. Framed cer. “ificates will he presented as pri for the hest of each species The Forestry Department started three contests last vear, when a num- her of large trees were entered. The purpose is to produce information concerning large trees to be found in Maryland. This Massive Ten-Piece DINING ROOM SUIT Second Time as | Father Is Arrested | | Special Disp: to The Star. |‘ MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Septem- | ber 18.—While his daughter Bertha Grace was eloping_to Hagerstow Md.., to be rewed to R. B. Hull of H gerstown after their first marriage six months ago had heen annulled be- | cause Hull was technically violating the divorce law, Isaac Fdwards of | this® county, father of the girl, was | being taken into custody today for a_ violation of the prohibition statute. | He was later found guilty and sent to | Jail The original Hull-Edwards mar riage was declared invalid because the | groom had - not been divorced six months from a previous wife. Objec- tion was also made by the parents of | | the girl because she was only 14 years | of age. Hull went to jail for his first marriage with the girl. HISTON STILL HELD FOR INVESTIGATION Man Jailed in Connection With‘ Hold-Ups Lacks Definite | TIdentification. Jajled since Frilay afternoon for | questioning in connection with four hold-ups staged in nearby Virginia. | despite the fact that headquarters de- tectives on the case admit there is no evidence against him, and term the est a mistake, John E. Histon, 24 vears old, an electrician, of 601 K street northeast, still was held last night for investigation. Fred Kaus, a gas station employe of Alexandria, who was one of the ban- dits' victims early Friday, said he identified Histon, but local police were not satiefied, and others who lost money in the hold-ups will be brought over here thie morning, it was said Because of Kaus' purported identi. fleation. Histon must be held await- ing some move by Virginia authori- ties, Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief of detectives, said Another man was held in connec- tlon with the case last night. it was reported, ‘but his identity was with- held rDaughter Elopes |MARYLAND MAY RAISE OUTSIDERS’ HUNTING FEE State Game Department and Group of Shooters’ Organizations Back Higher Charge. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE. Md.. September 18.— Increasing hunting license fees re. quired from non-residents of Mary- land is backed by the State Game Department and a group of hunters' | organizations which will meet fn De ember to formulate recommendations for_changes in the hunting laws. State Game Warden k. Lee Le Compte said that the next Legislature would be asked to increase the non resident fee from $10 to $15. Mr Le Compte said this step was made v by s fee ¢ States | __“Pennsvivania New Jersey recently £ fe Compte said. “The majority of out of State gunners who shoot in Mar land during the ducking season come from these States. It is only fair that the Marvland nonresident hunt ing fees be the same as the fees in adioininz States.” The hunting organiz: meeting aleo will to change the r non Le fons at their consider proposals present svitem of | county and State.wide hunting licenses County licenses now cost §1 each | limited to hunting within the coun | where the hunter resides. State-wide licenses, issued to any resident of Maryland for hunting in any of the 23 Marsland counties, now cost §5. The proposed change in these fees | 1= that a flar §2 fee for State-wide | hunting privileges be substituted for the present county and State-wide license plan. The revenue under proposed plan would be approxr | the same as at present. ) S v e Keyless Lock. Something new in the way of locks is the keyless stvle, as described in |the Popular Science Magazine. This |invention works with a combination |ltke that of a safe and thus saves the carrying of a bulky key. The combi | nation 1s controlled by a series of 10 rings along the edge of the lock. capa ble of 1.024 combinations. of which the owner may take his choice. Since it is worked by touch the owner can after a littie practice, open it in ths dark. No remedy is suggested in case the owner forgets the combination e$129 Easy terms to pay the balance h h f | a| t | f I Delivers one to your home— One Hundred Genuine CERTAINTEED FLOOTEX RUGS .35 Each All beautiful new patterns have very slight mill imperfections —scarcely noticeable