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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1927. < NEW HIGHWAY LINK OPENED BY RITCHIE g & THE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. g {EDISON WOULD LIKE TO LIVE FRANCEALSJSSUE T2 [CEAREHINVIRGNA [0S0, HoiD LK 10 Lve NEAR AD]USIMENI | FUR MlSSING WH:E Inventor Declares Youth Has ’ FIRE DESTROYS MILL. Damage to Ohio Lumber Plant Placed at $100,000. LANCASTER, Ohlo, October 22 (#). —Fire of an undetermined origin early yesterday destroyed the Lancas- KIDNAPINGS SPREAD PANIC IN SHANGHA of $22,000,000. ST. LOUIS, October 22 (#).—Prop erty damage in the tornado here September 29 totaled approximately Official Announcements Indi- cate Solution of Tariff and Quarantine Problems. Two announcements have been made in Government circles within the last 24 hours, which are regarded as meet- ing the French complaint against the American agricultural guarantine and the activities of Tariff Commission investigators in foreign countries. At the same time it became known that the American reply to the last French tariff note is virtually completed. Attorney General Sargent has ruled according to a White House nouncement vesterday, that under the law it was not mandatory to send Tariff Commission investigators into competing countries to determine cost of production of goods exporied this country. Argentina recently pro tested against snch a move, and France, in its tariff note of September 30, ohjected to investigations into pro- veport, left the Detective Bureau in duction costs in that coantry | et Washington this morning shortiy after it " 15 o'clock and searched the territory Proposes “Working Arrangement.” | A 33.page hrief outlining the merits | currounding Mrs. Petty's home, but The other announcement. made by |of the Southwest location for the new | round no traces of the missing woman. | the State Department, dealt with a [Farmers’ Produce Market was submit-| et night a search was made in | working arrangement with the De-[ted to the District Commissioners to- | Tokoma Tark by the two men, as- partment of Asriculture in regard|day by the Southwest Business Men's | yisted by a squad of police. It was to application of agricultural quaran- tines' which also were mentioned in | the French note. | In effect, the new :lvl'\ngt«nmnl: creates machinery for joint control | hy the two departments of future quarantines on imported agricultural 000,000, a survey of city assessors showed yesterday. This is exclusive of damage to furniture, clothing, automo- biles, window glass and trees. Three hundred and _forty-nine square blocks were included in the assessors’ survey which showed tax figure was schools and churches. not taxable, and | the loss of public utilities in the area. SOUTHWEST FILES PLEA FOR MARKET | {Business Men Claim Their Section Is Logical Place for Produce Center. verbal arguments presented at the re- cent public hearing on the proposed market sites. The brief was drawn up by Charles A. Douglas and W v Brown, attornevs for the who represented it at the hearing After discussing at length the products. The French note of tember 30 complained that these ous factors it contends make itary phyto-pathological” restrictions | Southwest site a logical and ideal loca- were often “completely fatal t t for the new market, the brief cultural exports froom ¥r The new American ta ®o forward either tomorrow or next week. Its contents have not heen disclosed. 1t is helieved, how. ever, to be highly conciliatory in tone. The agreement with the Department of Agriculture is construed in some quarters as_evidence of this attitude and that Washington hopeful of an early beginning of com- mercial treaty negotiations with France to put an end to tariff diserim- inations against the United States. French Note Unsatisfactory. T note will early ‘The last French note was viewed at | the State Department as unsatis- factory when it was first examined L cause of conditional stipulations, pre- sumably in connection with a formula under which treaty negotiations could proceed. There are now indications, however, that while Washington offi- cials still are uncertain as to the sig- nificance of some parts of the Frenc communication, they are reasonably sure that its conditional provisions awere not intended to preclude treaty megotiations except upon the basis of mAvance assurances of American ac- tion in the way of lowered duties. The Paris government is fully ad- vised that the State Department can make no such pledge under existing American law, but can assent, as it has done, to examination by the Tariff Commission of relative costs of pro- duction on articles of French export involved. The French note held that existing American rates had been fixed on “erroneous data.” In any event, the new American communication is expected to make it plain that no pledge of future reduc- tion of statutory duties can be ex- changed for the concession by France to accord American goods during treaty negotiations substantially the customs status they enjoved before August 30, when the discriminatory rates went Into effect. Quarantine Law Change, Under the mew arrangement with the Department of Agriculture de- signed to “reduce or eliminate some of the friction ,or misunderstanding that periodically affects American po- litical and trade relations with other eountries as a consequence of neces- sary quarantines or restrictions ap- plying to foreign plant, fruit and an- imal products,” no such quarantine is to be imposed in the future except after preliminary consultation with the State Department, In addition. provision has been made for monthly interdepartmental conferences as a further measure of co-operation. So far as France is concerned, the chief sore point has been the Ameri- #an quarantine against marcissus Bulbs while a Irench quarantine on American pork has been equally irk- some to American exporters. In its Jast mote the State Department as- #ured France it was ready to promise = resurvey of the necessity of Ameri- can agricultural quarantines, but in- vited reciprocal French steps as to ¥rench quarantines. % ‘While the new arrangement with the Department of Agriculture does ot - touch upon existing quarantines #0 far as known, but deals with future rocedure, it appears nevertheless to he & conciliatory gesture in connec- tion with the tariff controversy with France, inasmuch as it is announced in advance of any final decision as a result of the diplomatic conversation over the tariff. . LIGHT RATE CUT PROMISED BY HAM Reduction, Amount Unde- cided, to Be Made on January 1, He Says. Another reduction in electric cur- rent rates in the District will be put into effect January 1, William ¥. Ham, president of the Potomac Elec- tric Power Co., announced last night 4n a radio address broadeast by WRC in connection with the program n observan eighth anniversary of the invention of the incadescent lamp by Thomas A Edison. Mr. Ham, however, gave no indica- tion of the probable amount of the reduction. This will be determined by the earnings of the company above 4 per cent for the current calendar ar, or will he applied duction through the profit- ¥ 10 the sharing arrangement the company has with the Public Utilitles Commission The forthcoming reduction will the fourth in as many years. combined reductions in last ~ears has amounted to 371z per cent The first cut was from 10 cents to 71z wents a kilowatt hour. The next re. duced the rates to 7 cents. Feduction put into effect last January .1 brought the rates down to the| Present 61 cents. | Mr. Ham reminded the radio audi- wrce that the decrease in the cost of #lectricity in Washington in the last ow vears has been much han in the average of other cities, Girl, 8, Badly Hurt by Auto. Eight-year-old Jessie McKenzie, 79 L street northeast, was knocked down by a mail truck near North Capitol mnd L streets this morning, and her leg severely injured. She also was badly shocked. Tk 2aken to Sibley | pital and treated officials are | be | three | and the | greater injured child was |# by Dr. G Gable, R. was reporfed serious, but recovery is Sapecteds Her condition LY said. in conclusion could have had bhefore them a vision of the present day, with the complex problem her presented, they could not | have done better than to set aside and | delimit the Water street area for the assembling, storage and distribution of the city's perishable food supply. Facilities Emphasized. “By the force of inexorable economic laws the section between the railroad tracks of Maryland avenue and the Washington channel, in Southwest Washington, is the only location in this city where it is humanly possible to develop complete co-ordination of all the market functions in accordance with the principles formulated by the Federal Trade Commission, “To divide the wholesale market dis- trict would be a far-reaching eco- nomie blunder, and the only sound solution of this problem is to be found in the establishment of the whole- sale Farmers’ Market at fhe site ad- jacent to the Municipal Fish Market, with eventual co-ordination of all wholesale market operations in the waterfront area.” Emphasis was laid in the brief on the available rail and water trans- portation facilities in the southwest, The erminals of South Washington, it points out, are served by six 1- roads, while the steamboat wharves and the fish market docks nearby are the distribution points of an ever in- creasing volume of perishable freight. The brief also treats with the hc- cessibility of the site to the produce growars who bring perishable food- stuffs into Washington in ‘motor trucks, and the adequate cold storage facilities already available for the preservation of the food. Besides, it emphasizes that the removal of the wholesale market district to Snuth- west Washington would take the in- tensive traffic generated by the market operation out of the congested district. Aside from these factors, the brief :xplains that the southwest site would require less initial outlay than any other location proposed. Market and Commission Men. Congidering ihe seller factor, the briet declares that there is a close relationship between the Farme Market and the commission mer- chant’'s and for economic reasons it would bhe “an irrevocable mistake” to locate the Farmers’ Market at an interior point, as it would segregate this whole produce market from the commission houses, which receive shipments in large volume over the railroad and steamboat lines, and when forced to move will locate at the terminals in order to save heavy haulage and spoilage costs with which they have been burdened. There is ample space at the Water street ter- minal, it is mald, for the location of the commission merchants, meat packing houses and other whole- sale dealers in perishable freight. “The dealers occupying space In the wholesale farmers’ market are com- posed of farmers who raise most of their products and who from time to time buy products from the commis- sion merchants to round out their stocks; selling agents for group-pro. ducing farmers and Lusksters who go through the countryside buying up produce, poultry, butter and eggs. to be offered for resale on the so-called farmere’ Jine,” declared the brief. *If the real interest of the public is to be conserved, this wholesale farmers’ market should be located near the other wholesale dealers in market sup- plies or where the wholesale market district by the intent of Congress and by the force of economic laws will be ultimately co-ordinated.” Discussing the buyer factor, the brief declared that the co-ordination of supply is the all-imporant consid- eration to the class of buyers who deal with the wholesale market houses and the farmers’ market. 'he bulk of the foodstuffs distrib- uted in Washington,” it said, “is sola directly to the consumers through real stores. The huyers for these stores from all seciions of the city ko to the wholesale district in the arly hours of the morning—from 2 o'clock. They cover the com- mission houses for produce grown outside of the trucking radius, hoth in and out of the season, and they cover the farmer's line for produce from nearby farms in season. The separation of the farmers’ market carrying only produce in season from the commission houses carrying a complete assortment of produce the ar round would mean that many huyers of market stores and pur- asers of produce in volume would ot patronize the farmer's market | because they would not have time {to visit different sections of the city daily 1o purchase their market sup- plies.” GLASS PLANT HIT BY EARLY FLAMES {Boiler Room, Tank and Parts of Shed and Storeroom in Alex- andria Burn. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 22— Fire at 3:30 o'clock this morning de- stroyed the boiler room, water tank and parts of a store room and shed where glass is made of the Old Do- minlon Glass Co., at Montgomery and Fairfax streets, Kire Chief James M. Duncan, Jr., said no estimate had been glven as to the amount of damage or Insurance, d that the blaze may have staried from a clgarette dropped some hours before in or near a trash pile. The firemen worked three hours hefore ex tinguishing the Hames. “If th> eminent engineers who orig: | inally 1aid out the City of Washington | property valued at §18,330.790. To ( dded the losses of | Pastor and Brother Comb | Woods in Arlington, but Fail to Find Woman. A three-hour search this morning by Rev. Dascomb . Forbush for his wife, who has been missing since Wed nesday evening, through the woods near Arlington radio towers, in Ar- lington County, proved fruitle As- sisted by his brother, Bliss Forbush of Baltimore, Rev, Mr. Forbush combed the woods thoroughly, but found no trace of Mrs. Forbush. Last night Mrs. H. W. Petty, who lives on Columbia Pike, reporied to the Arlington County police that she | | | | sciation as a supplement to the | veported th saw a woman acting in a quecr man- ner, who tallies with the description of Mrs. Forbush. She sald that her costume was identical, even to the coon collar on the coat. Rav. Mr. bush and his brother, acting on the t she had been seen in location, but after a thorough ch the rumor was proved ground that s¢ less. Brothers Near Distracti The two men this morning were al- most distracted from worry and lack of sleep. since Mrs. Forbush's disapp their regular prosram has been to search all day, go to bed at 9 o'clock and get up at 1 o'clock the next morning to begin the next day’s search. Rev. Forbush, despite ihe anxiety, still appeared confident that Mrs. Forbush had come to no harm. his only worry heing caused by the fact that it is thought that she will stay in one spot and may starve herself 10 death rather tha seen or come in contact with any persons. After her recovery, following her last disappearance three weeks ago, she said {hat during the time she was in hiding she eemed to hear pursuing footsteps and was in constant fe: When she disappeared eight years ago the obsession geemed to be almost identical to the case of three weeks past. Then she did not go far, but struck into the nearest woods and was stream. This leads Mr. Forbush to believe that her intent ix net suicidal and the only danger is from a mishap or from starvation, Posters to Be Distributed. Mr. Forbush today is having printed several thousand posters with pictures of his wife. These pictures will be distributed throughout Washingwn and the surrounding territory in ihe hope that some one will be able to identify the missing woman. He says that the next place of search will he the woods slong the Virginia Hizhway Bridge. The other times, when she has gone away she has been found near water and for this reason the search is concentrating on the river bank. Mr. Forbush today etated his ap. preciation of the splendid way -in which the Washington Police Depart- ment has co-operated with him in the search. Sheriff “Too Busy.” When Mr. Forbush and his brother visited the Arlington County Court. house this morning they found the sheriff's office filled with county police. Going in to the office, Rev. Dr. Forbush announced who he was and his mission. Only one man among the several policemen appeared to know anything of the case. He had obtained his information, it seems, from a cir- cular sent out the Washington Police Department. Mr. Forbush tried Howard Fields, who at the time was in the courtroom. When the sheriff was told who wanted to see him, he replied that he was too busy and (v‘nuldn't be bothered with it at the time. to see Sheriff SECRETARY OF WAR ANSWERS PACIFISTS Challenges Charge of Exces- sive Expenditures for Mili- tary Establishments. Not only is the military establish ment not responsible for §6 per cent of all expenditures by the Government, as the pacifists charge, but in reality it might fairly be credited with paying dividends at the rate of $90,000,000,000 a year—the mational income—as a go- ing concern, Secretary Davis of the ‘War Department says. He cites the cost of our wars as $40,000,000,000 and the wealth of the United States as $400,000,000,000 in striking a balance sheet of the colossal investment that is secured hy the Army and Navy and defended by them against a covetons world. In an authorized interview in the Magazine of Wall Street with Theo- dore M. Knappen, Secretary Davis argues that $600,000,000 a year is not too high a price to pay for prepared- ness us an insurance upon Gur na- tional wealth, approaching $400,000,- 000,000, emphasizing that the purpose of our military organizations is to pre- vent wars as well as to fight them when they come. Service of Army and Navy. He also points out how the Army and Navy have aided in the develop- ment and progress of the country through non-military tasks, as fsilows: To their credit as victor in all our wars there is to he added a great score of essentlally civil, directly productive and humanitarian work. Abhout third of the annual cost of the is for non-militayy functions. rk to this age of aviation, the Army has heen the Nation's pathfinder and explorer, engl- neer, geologist, road builder, surveyor investigator in medieine and surger rescuer in fire and flood, repr civil disorder and the ready me meeting 2 variety of emergencies, “Almost every railroad built in this country before 1855 was located, con- structed and managed by Army engi- neers. Among them were the Baltl- more & Ohlo, the Northern Central, 1L e, the Boston & Providence, the New York, New Haven & Hartford and the Boston & Albany. Practically all the continental lines were projected by the Army, It built the Erie and Chesapeake & Ohio canals and the great national highway from Cumber- land, Md., to 8t. Louis. The bounda- ries of the United States and most of the State houndaries were surveyed and marked by the Army. Most of our lighthouses were raised by the Army. Our harbors and sea channels and our inland waterways everywhere bear the hmpress of the Army, The Army completed and the War Depart- ment Is associated with the adminis- tration of the Panama Canal. The foundations of government were laid by the Army in Alaska. Hawail, Cuba, Porta Rieo and ihe Philippines, “The | Corps of the Army laid ' the @inneer telegraph nr throughout found hiding under a bush beside a | shore of the Potomae, west of the | More Opportunities Than }’ Ever Before. | Big Bu;iness, Growing Bigger, Needs More Com- petent Men, He Says. By the Associated Preas, ! NEW YORK, October 22.—Thomas A. Edison, working as hard at the age of 80 as In his youth, would he glad to live his life over again with all its disappointments and successes he declared last night in a radio in- terview, which was broadeast through | 43 stations from coast o coast. i The first formal appearance of tho electrical wizard before the micro- phone was in an Interview which was part of a radio program celebrating the forty-eighth anniversary of his invention of the incandescent lamp. He answered a series of questions put al to suc he said. “The Government should only regulate and never manage private husiness in its by E. W. Rice, ir., honorary chair- man of the hoard of directors of the | General Electrical Co., which spon- | sored the program. | Lamp Greatest ntion. He believes the incandescent lamp | to be the most important of all his| inventions, he said, and is convinced | that the development of electricity has heen the greatest factor in mod- ern human progress. Its possibilities, | he helieves, are endless. | Mf. Kdison could not recall the | name of any great woman inventor, aithough he called Mme. Curie a “‘great research woman.” ie had no advice for the Nation's youth, for outh does not take advice, he opportunitles for the young man today, he answered his ques- | tioner, are “far time in the past.” There is a scarcity of competent men to manage our in-| creasingly complex industries, he as. | serted, and therein lies the great op- | portunity for youth. Sees Bigger Business. | The “wizard of Menlo Park’ sees a | tendency in America toward bigger | business by big corporation “Large | corporations,” he said, “can pay big- | ger salaries and attract to themselves | the wervices of competent men, of whom there are all too few.” | Government management of busi- | ness and industry he condemned. “It! velations with the public.”” Life today is a happiar experience for the average man or woman in the United States, Mr. Edison declared, but he could not plunge into his own | “one hap- | history and bring up the plest moment” in hiw lite. The thrill of success in each new invention, he said, brought its own great tion, hut he never lost time in digging into’ another and awailing the next great moment. Productivity Depends on Work. Hard work never shortens any man’ lite if he likes the work, the inventor saerted, and most great may be attributed to young men be- cause their vouth gave them greater energy and will 10 work. talk by Gerard Swope, president of | the General Blectrie Co. The interview with the inventor at his J. I took place in his own librar: lahoratory in West Orange, N. was i programs on each of which in- cluded addre in the vicinity of the local from Boston to Honolulu. stations MRS. CHAMBERLIN | HEADS WELFARE BODY Succeeds Jelleff as Chairman of In- dorsement Committee on Charitable Group. | | Mrs. William E. Chamberlin of the | Women's City Club was elected chaiv- | man of the Indorsement Commitee | on Welfare Organizations, which was | appointed by the District Commiss: | foners 1o protect the publfc from un- worthy charities, vesterday afternoon t the annual meeting of the orguni- zation in The Star Building. Mrs, Chamberlin succeeds Frank R. Jelleft, | Edward D. Shaw of the Merchants | and Manufacturers Association was elected seqretary and P. F. Brandatedr was elected treasurer. The committee, composed of repre- sentatives of local civic and businexs organizations, investigates the various welfare organizations operating in the District of Columbia and publishes a list of thoss deemed worthy of pub- lie suppo This approved list, for the sake of convenience, is published on page 70 of the classified section of the telephone directory. The members of this committee are as follows: P. M, Bealer, Miss Mabel Boardman, Thomas W. Brahaney, P F. Brandstedt, Mrs. Albert Bushnell, Mrs. Willlam E. Chamberlin, M. 0. ‘hance, Dr. Arthur C. Christie. Charles Clagett, Charles W. Darr, C. F. Donohoe, 1. L. Goldheim, E. C Graham, €. ¥, Hood, Frank R. Jell eff, Rudolph Jose, Dr. William J. Ker- by, Mark Lansburgh, M. A. Teese, Mre. J. Jerome Lightfoot, Judge Mary 0'Toole, Edward D. Shaw, A. K. 8hoe- maker, L. A. Simon, Edward Stafford, Mrs, Lyman B. Swormstedt, J. C. Wineman and G. H. Winslow. e FALL FIELD TRIALS SET. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, October 22.—The National Capital Field Trial Associa- tion will hold its fifteenth annua Fall trials for quail on the Center- ville run in Fairfax County beginning on Monday. Headguarters will be established at the Tavern in Fair- fax and the drawings for the trials | will be held there tomorrow evening | at 8 p.m, Entries closed on Octo- ber 17, ! Two stakes are to be run, the members' derby and the members’ allage competition, open to point- ers and setters owned by members and handled by amateurs only. Handsome trophles are to he awarded for first, second and third places in each stake. In the members’ derby all en- trants must be registered in the American Kennel Club and must be | Whelped on or after January 1, 1926, | Dogs may be entered in the members all-age stake regardless whether they have won in previous meets or not. | fn addition to trophles for the first three winners, the first leg on the W. Frank Burrows' Master Ben B {tophy will be awarded. This must be won three times for permanent possession, e ] '\l)w West, The Army has led in the | development of aviation and the radio. 1t even founded our great steel indus- try through its requirements and specifications, “The practice of making standard interchangeable parts, the very es- sence of mass production, was ovigi- nated hy the American Army in the 1 anufactuie of rifies 3 long Ago as 1798. ‘The greater part of the engi neering work of the Federal Power Commission in administering the water-power resources of the Govern- ments falls to the Army engineers.| The Wenther Bureau hegan in the Army. The Army doctors conquered yellow fever und learned how the| white man might master the heat and dixeases of (he tropics. Our Army and Navy have ever been great xchools for success in civil life, During the first century of its existence West Point alone contrib- uted 2,371 en to eminent positions in civil life--men who topk a great part in creating our national patrimony. The ranks of the Army are a vast trade school which annually sends thousands of trained 'and disciplined men back into civil life. The disci- plined Army veteran is the preferred policeman and State trooper, and an honorable discharge from the Army is the best Introduction a man can have to a joh, ““Taking it altogether, the Army and Navy can well stand the debit of all the hilllons and billions our wars and pensions, compensation and insurance have cost us, if they must be charged to men who did not incur them, as aguinst the credit that must likewise %0 to them for the unhroken record of protection of the largest and hest | paving investment In the world--the United States of America.” |WILLS OUTLINED MOROCCAN_S KIDNAP 4 FRENCH CITIZENS Members of Resident General's Family Taken Into Atlas Mountains. By the Associated Press. ‘" CASA BLANCA, Morocro, Four members of the family of Theodore Steeg, French resident gen- eral in Morocco, have heen kidnaped hy Moroccan dissidents and taken to the foot of the middle Atlas range 200 miles south of Casa Blanca. Advices reaching here state that (he four missing persons are Mr. and Mrs. Yves Steeg, nephew and niece of the resident general, and Mr. and Mrs. Jean Malllet, who are distantly re- lated to him. The abandoned automobile in which satisfac- inventions Any man's sut in” on a hook-up of 43 sta-|. % by industrial leaders Oclober | Governor Removes Last Bar- rier of Robert Crain Road Amid Great Ovation. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, October 22 Ritchie last section Gov. the crowds cheered, afternoon dedicated |linking southern Maryland with the | City of Baltimore. With one dramatic gesture Gov. Ritchie removed a silken ribbon stretched across the magnificent con- crete road north of Marlhoro, and thereby removed the final barrier to (his latest of Maryland's highways connecting the State’s metropolis with five of Maryland's most fertile and progressive counties, namely Prince | Georges, Calvert, Anne Arundel Charles and Marys. The black nd yellow robbon was held by Miss | Margaret Crain, young danghter of the public-spirited Charles County citizen for whom the highway was named, and by John N. Mackall, jr., son of the chairman and chief en - of the Maryland Roads Com- Ceremony Is Brief. The ribbon ceremony was brief, but picturesque. It climaxed a big auto- mobile parade to this town from riests Bridge, over the Patuxent River, where the Defense and (' highways merge, and preceded “monster old-fachioned ~ Marylana” harbecus and formal dedicatory exer- s held at the fair grounds here later in the afternoon. As the procession entered the town limits, it was joined by a resplendent productivity, he said, depends wholly | military escort, including the 5th greater than at any |upon his health, ambition and will to| Maryland Regiment of the National work. | Guard, in giittering full dress, the | Mr. Fdison's interview was part of a | Ist Maryland Regiment of Guards in program that included an address by | service uniform, the trim eadet corps Dr. John W. Lieh, vice president of {of Charlotte Hall Academy, a Legion the New York on Co.. on the his- | naires’ drum and bugle corps, and | tory of the incundescent lamp, and a | the Boy Scout Troop of Mariboro. Five pretentious floats, depicting the | glories and traditions of the counties of southern Maryland, henefited by the new road, also joined in the line of march. Proceeding slowly through streets lined with cheering thousands, and by tween rows of huildings gayly deco. rated with flags and banners, the pre | town and around the monument erect. ed by the Southern Maryland Socie and the Merchants and Manufactur- ers’ Association of Baltimore to com- memorate starting of construction on the road. Thence, with Gov. Ritch! and Mayor F. Broening of Baltimore in the lead, the procession continued | to the Tair grounds and dishanded. | As the governor entered the grounds | there was a flourish of trumpets and [ the clanking of military trappings as | the guardsmen came to attention and | | then there bhoomed forth | nor's salute of 19 guns. Thousands at Festival. Thousands of men, women and chil. | dren, ‘many of them ha tanned farmer-folk, jammed the grounds of the barbecue and speech-making. Full-sized carcasses of beef previously roasted. in barbecue fashion, wel sliced up and distributed free to the throngs, svith the housewives of the five counties acting as hostesses. The automobiles torming the parade assembled early this morning just the other side of gay streamers and banners, in ob- servance of the gala occasion. Long before 11 o'clock, the time for the ribbon ceremony, several hundred of the gove | | { 1 | ‘| While guns boomed their salute and | this { of the 75-mile Robert Crain Highway, | cession ‘moved to the other end of{ est's Bridge, bearing | ter Lumber Co. and one residence be- fore being brought under control shortly before 8 o'clock this morning. Damage to the lumber company was estimated at §100,000. LEACH TAKESLEAD IN GOLF TOURNEY Finishes Third Round in 69, Shattering Par by 2 Strokes. | Willie Leach of Overbrook, Penn sylvania, took the lead in the Middle | Atlantic open golt championship at | the Indian Spring Golf Club teday, | with a score of 221 at the end of the | third round. Shattering par by two strokes, Leach was around in 69 this morning | to finish the third round one shot in front of Fred McLeod of Columbia, and Glenn Spencer of Baltimore, who are tied for second at the end of the At fourth hole with totals of eod and Spencer were tied for ce over the first 36 holes yes- with cards of 146, Both reg- 76 for the third round this terday istered morning, Leo Diegel of New York, the defend- ing title holder, forged into a dangs ous position over the third round, registering a 70 to finish with a_54- [ hole total of 224, Thomas D. Armiour of Congressional, the national open title holder, who tied for second place vesterday, tool and is in Afth plac Other totals follow 5 this morning, tusrol, New Jersey, 150-75-225; George J. Voigt, Bannockburn, amateur, 151- 26; Robert T. Barnett, Chevy e, 151-75-226; James Thompson, Richmond, 153-7 R. €. McKim- mie, unattached, 150.79.2 Harold T. McMaster, Baltimore, 155-75-230. Mike Turnesa, New York. 145-78. die Towns. Indian Springs, 157.78- Alex Armour, Congressional, 36. 167 While McTLeod and Spencer were fighting for the lead, Leach was out in 34, one under par, and back in 35, also one under par for his card of 69. Diegel, out in 37. played four consecu- | tive holes from the twenfth in birdies, registering 3. NEW ENGLISH COURSF OUTLINE IS GIVEN Grades Are Told of Aims of System. The recently instituted course in English for the seventh and eighth grades of the elementary and junlor high schools of divisions 10 to 13 was interpreted and its features outlined by Miss Otelia Cromwell, head of the department of English in those divie- the four had been riding on a hunt-| these cars had formed into a_ long " ing trip In the foot of the Atias|line, awaiting the arrival of, the|'on® 8t & meeting of leachers and Mountains has been tound. bullet rid. | Kovernog, Mayor Broening and the |officers in the Kranklin School Admin- jogs, which | other officials, who were to lead the |istration Building yesterday after- mpanied them, dead in the bottom | parade. The governor was: delayed {, .. of the car, their (hroats slit. because of traffic jams, and ‘the | "0 e gupervision of G. €. Wil It is hoped here that the four per-| brocession finally started off without|yine,n " assistant superintendent in sons escaped injury and that in view | him. The caravan halted at the| ., g of the schools in those divis- of their prominence they will be held for ransom. HIS IDEA OF 1928 G. 0. P. PLATFORM satisfied that the effort failed through no fault of the United States. Urges Strengthening Navy. In this connection he stated: “\When other pations undertake to teli us how many ships we may build, how long they’ may be and whether they can carry any gung, it is time the United States, in the interest of peace, strengthen the weak places in our Navy and make out of it a well bal- anced fighting fore The Senator, however, did not ad- vocate the bringing about of a com- petitive rate in armament, but he want# this Nation to take the neces: mary steps to protect American inter- ests. In connection with the mak- ing of a broader naval program. he thinks that there should he a wider provision for aviation, Senator Willis did not approve of tinkering with the tariff at the coming session. He is of the opinion that some rates undoubtedly should be changed, but it would be a vast mis- take to invite industrial chaos by go ing_into a general revision of the tarift at this time, Stands for Protection. Tie wanted it understood, however. that the Republican party will con tinue to support the policy of protec- tion in its tariff, although certain in- ternational hankers show an inclina- [tion to break down the protective volicy. “If,'and when, the taviff is revised. it will be revised by Republican pro- tectionists,” the Senator stated. Sen- ator Willis believes that the restrie- tive immigration law has come to stay ! and does not anticipate any attempts on the part of this or succeeding Re- publican Congresses or administra tions to weaken this law, Other issues touched on by Senator Willis were the continuation of the policy of the United States to collect its foreign debts, a stricter enforce- ment of the prohibition law and voiced opposition to the MeNary-Haugen principle of farm relief. OIL TRIAL HALTED AS SIDDONS PLANS TESTIMONY RULING ntinued from they are at liberty to return to their homes when court is not in session. No one is able to predict with any degree of accuracy at this time how long the present trial will eontinue. 8o far the surface has just been scratched, hut it is hardly likely that the proceedings will last as long as the famous case of 10 months ago. Warrenton Veteran Dead. Special Dispatch to The Star, WARRENTON, Va., October 22.— John Tallaferro, & retired farmer and Confederate veteran, died at his home, in Remington, vesterday, aged 83 years. Ile served in the famous Black Horse Company. He i3 survived by his widow. who was Miss Alice Shumate of this county, and a wister, M John Rebinson of Alexandria, Vi His funeral w 1d yesterday. | decorated archway and ribboned bar- | rier, about midway between the bridge | and’ Mariboro. | With the arrival of the governor the rief ceremoni re carried out be- fore a small army of news and movie cameramen. One movie operator cir- cled overhead in an airplane. He- cause of the congestion along the road to the rear, but few persons witnessed the actual removal of the ribbon. There was no oratory during this part of the program. Local Men Take Part. The dedicatory addresses began shortly after 2 o'clock in the large | stand, over which a battery of Hampton Magruder, who s chalrman of Souther yland committee in charge of the lebration, made a few introductory remarks, following which invocation was pronounced by Rt. Rev. Mich: J. Curley, Archbishop of Bailtim Judge Joseph C. Mattingly welcomed the governor and the other officials in | a short address, At a crier’s call for “Baltimore City.” Mayor Broening escorted *“Lord imore” to the front of the plat- form and introduced him to Gov. Ritchie, who in turn presented his lordship to the five young women representing “Miss vert County,” “Miss Prince Georges County,” “Miss Anne Arundel County,” *“Miss Charles County” and “Miss St. Mary's Coun- t The young women carried flags of their respective counties, which N fons, the meeting was held and the interpretation given in order that each teacher who will present the course might have a_uniform understanding of its aims, in common with other teachers of the same class. The course was approved hy the Board of Kducation last May as an assurance that pupils still working under the old elementary school plan in the seventh and eighth grades will have the same course of study which those students now in the jumior high school’s correspondin grades. It was installed in the schools this semester for the first time. congratulated southern Maryland and Baltimore for succeeding in obtain- ing a direct means of transportation and commerce between the two juris- dictions. His address was of im- promptu character, Mr. Crain, who was one of the outstanding guests of the occasion, told of the history of the road and of the long efforts which were required to secure its construc- ion. RE. Rev. E. T. Helfenstein, Bishop Coadjutor of Maryland, pronounced the_henediction. Upon conciusion of the speeches there will be a selection of the pret- tiest of the girls representing the counties, and she will join Lord Bal- timore in a minuet on the dance pavilion. The most attractive float also will be chosen. A mule race to determine the county championship will be one of the concluding features they presented to *‘Lord Baltimore. In dedicating the road, Gov. Ritchie of the festivities. “Sunshine Mary.” veteran news-| paper vendor, who for years made her stand at the corner of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, where, known for her cheering smile, she hecame a familiar figure to the (hrongs who passed cach day, -died vesterday in her seventh-fourch year from pneumonia caused by exposure Lo | cold vain, | “Hler real name was Margaret D. Railey ,and she lived at 1231 C street with' her daughter, Mrs. Muriel B. Hull. Wednesday of last week she returned home soaking wet from the {ain in which she had stood smilingly selling her papers throughout the| whole day. Refuses Medical Aid. | “Sunshine Mar was cold and her | chest was gripped with pain. Smil ing still, she would not complain, und when her daughter suggested that she call in & doctor she refused, helieving as she had always belleved that she could not be sick long un she made up her mind to he cheertul, But pahiine Mary had not veck oned with the years, Old age hat lald an enfeebling hund upon her, and the cold which she might once have thrown off was leading her (o the grave, Retusing to llsten to her davghter advice, she returned to her post "Thore day. hut although she smiled, the familiar voice that called “Star” had | heart was barel ahe suffored a sun “SUNSHINE MARY"™ SMILES AS EYES ARE CLOSED BY GRIM REAPER| “Mother” of Newsies, Familiar to Wash-! ingtonians for Years, Is Victim of Cold Contracted While at Work. i grown weaker and betrayved her ill- ness. Farly Friday morning when the daughter went to her mother's room to awaken her she found that her beating, and before 1 reach her the little physicians cou old woman had passed away. And the story is told that this voice which had grown so weak once was & heautiful lyrie soprano that led her to the threshold of an operatic career. Sunshine Mary had been a church singer of note In San Francisco, and had sung in Gilbert and Sullivan operas when the care of an invalid husband and a tiny daughter had forced her to abandon her career. arvied Sea Captain. She had heen a pioneer to the West, where, after riving there in a praivie schooner with her grand- patents, she was adopt a wealthy frult krower of San Jose. Educated in a convent, she married a sea cap- tain, Samuel Bally, who took her to Nan ancisco, where her daughter nex that followed ed A lesn courageous Almost 20 rs ago Sunshine to Washington and be- er” to her fellow newsies vame and a friend to all who bought her papers, Only once had she left her ner for any length of time, and this was in the Summer of 1927 when roke and for weeks hqvered near death. PR Teachers of Seventh and Eighth| Abduction of 20 Merchants, Bankers and Profes- sional Men Reported. By the Awsociated Press. SHANGHAT, China, October 28.— A relgn of terror has swept the wealthy Chinese district of the international settlement during the last 43 hours an the result of 20 kidnappings of rich Chinese merchants, bankers and pre- tesslonal men. The authorities have been wnable to cope with the situation, because the families of the victims, fearful of reprisals, refuse to supply any in- formation. From what can be learned of the sciivities of the kidnapers, it appears that the bands have organized a per- fect “intelligence service.” Their vie- tims are bled of all avallable wealth, sometimes on the instaliment plan, and then instead of being freed, are sold from one gang of kidnapers to another. The secretary of the Nationalist Minister of foreign affairs said this morning that many wealthy Chinese are flecing to Darlen and Tientsin with the result that the Chinese hanks ing business has decreased 50 per ~ent lle expressed the opinion that (he resulting situation was very seri- ous. e tendency In Shanghal is to at- tribute ali the unrest to Communist activities and one report was that the gangs of kidnapers are devoting their spoils to Communist propaganda. The Communist General Labor Unlon is carrying out vigorous propaganda and serious nunrest exisis among the milthands, dockwoiiers and zoolie lahor gensrally. It is even declared in Chiness eir- cles that at a secret meeting of leade: of the millhands a resolution was adopted cailing for the organization of a special assassination eorps for the murder of all reactionaries. ' omin, the Nanking Natlonalist ofticial news agency, yesierday stated that it had received private dispaiches from Nukden, Manchuria, saying that two British firms have lent $30.000.600 (Mexican) to Marshal Chang Tso-Lin the Northern dictator, in return for exclusive rights to build a rallroad. "The names of the British firms we not given in the advices, which said that the railroad was to form an im- portant link across the Province of Chihli_connecting the Tientsin-Tsang- chow-Nanking line in the east with the Peking-Chentow-Hankow line in the west, both main traffic arteries in the province, The Nanking authorities have de- nounced Gen, Tang Sengehi, the Han- kow dictator, as a traltor to the Na- tionalist cause, charging that he has allied himselt with Chang Tso-Lin, Sun Chuan-Fang and Chang Tsung- Chang, the main figures in the Northern alliance, seeking to over- throw the Nanking government. Nanking forces proceeding up the Yangtze River toward Hankow have | had clashes with Hankow troops and | the latter are reported withdrawing. | e il S b i Champion Holsteins Named. MEMPHIS, Tenn,, October 22 (#). - Champions in the Holstein class, se- lected a the national dairy show yes- terday, were Sir Fodes Ormsby Hen- gerfeld of the Elmwood Farm, Deer- fleld, IIl.. grand champion bull, and Long Hollow Mercedes Butter Boy of the Forum Holstein ¥arm, Dike, Yowa, grand champion cow. Both animals are 5 years old. ' THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and warmer tonight, tomerrow increasing cloudiness and warmer. Muryland and Virginia—Fair to- night, warmer in west portion, to- | morrow increasing cloudiness and | warmer. West Virginia— Fair, warmer to- | night, tomorrow fair, warmer in east portion, Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 63; 8 p.m., 54 midnight, 46; 4 a.m., 4 11 a.m., 62 Barometer—4 p.m., 29 20.78; 12 midnight, 29. 8 a.m., 20.87; 11 a.m . Zlighest temperature, 65, occurred at 3:30 p.m. yesterday Lowest temperature, at 6:30 a.m. today. Temperature same date last vear | Highest, 63: lowest, 35. | Tide Tables. | (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘ i 44, oceurved Today—Tow tide, 12:13 p.m.; high tide, 6 a.m. and 6:07 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:41 a.m 12:56 p.m.; high tide, 6:31 a.m. an 6:48 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Toduy—Sun rose 6:24 w.m.; sun sets 5:21 p.m. Tomorrow sets 5:20 p.m. Moon rises 3:21 a.m.: sets 4:25 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Condition of the Water. Sun rises 6:25 a.m.; sun Condition of the water at Great Falls—Very muddy. Potamae and Shenandoah Rivers very muddy this a.m. Weather in Various Cities. "z Temverature 3 =g 43 3= By it B iz a2 &R . Preloudy , ! Prelondy Philadelbh Phoenix . Pittaburgh” M I Cloudy st Ciear St 8 Paris. Barlin, Copenhagen. Stockholm, i el “lmllllm.“‘hr NIEY an Juan,