Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1928, Page 3

SINCLAIR COMPANY FACES NEW INQUIRY ‘Senate Public Lands Commit- tee Will Probe Hyva Cor- poration Again. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY. JANUARY 19, 1998, AMATEUR WEATHER PROPHETS DENOUNCED BY BUREAU CHIEF “Long.-Range Guessers” Are Flayed for Criticism of Expert Govern- ment Meteorologists. | Long-range weather forecasting will be | suggestions of the students, and para- OBALakes the United States Dhtase their technical language into by { Weather Bureau only after such fore- | casting has progressed beyond the pres- | Ty S ir's Vi - e T atry F. Sinclair's HWA | (ot stage of “guessvork” and has at-| the oil man refused to produce ined a scientific basis, it was declared | | tod: y Dr. C. F. Marvin, chief of the | bureau. | s was disclosed yesterday with the | Dr. Marvin’s announcement was con- | announ t 'a subpoena had | tained in a lengthy statement answer- been served on James W. Reid, vice | ing criticism leveled at the bureau re- prosident of the Hyva Corporation, in | cently by exponents of what he charac- connection with the reopening mnext | t°Tizes as “guesswork™ weather pre- Tucs of the ofl inquiry with special | dicting. o the operat of the extinct | The b al Trading Co. Ltd. of Can- the po who has red extensively in the | Fange foreca fter careful scientific and eri prosecutions growing | studies now under way by the bureau of the lease of Teapot Dome to Sin- | and other scientific agencies have been elair completed, but as vet no practicable The Semate public lands committee will mak eau has not shut its eves to of perfection of *long- plausible effusions in order to justify their claims and their guesses to the publie.” “The year 1927 is perhaps without a lel in America because of the pub- licity given a serles of calamitous and sensational weather and crop forecasts, and the severity of the personal criticlsm heaped upon the ability and integrity of the Federal meteorologists.” Calling attention to several of these “forecas Prof. Marvin said: “They were widely circulated in advance, they disturbed the orderly course of bu: ness: influenced the prices of and favor- ed harmful speculation in agricultural products: unduly aroused public fear and apprehension: worked unnecessary injury to the farmer, and were not in any sense verified.” Resides Reid. E_G. Graham. secretary | methods have been devised, he declared. SHORT-WAVE RADIO POLIGY ADVOCATED State Department Official Urges Adoption of Code at Commission Hearing. Adoption of a uniform international policy for short radio wave allocations was suggested by William R. Vallance, one of the assistant solicitors of the Department of State, at the voncluding session yesterday of hearings on short waves before the Federal Radio Com- mission. Mr. Vallance transmitted a communi- cation from the Canadian government containing its recommendations for a code to be adopted by the 77 nations represented at the International Radio Conference. Under this plan the following order | would be used in assigning short waves Aircraft and others entirely dependent on radio for communication; emergency service for public utilities; public ser- | short waves, R. H. Alshton, president of the American Railway Assoclation, said, explaining how messages could be flashed from the engine to the caboose of freight trains and from offi- ces to switch engines In the yards. He also suggested radio telephone service from moving trains. This latter use of radlo waves was termed impracticable by F. B. Jewett of the American Telephone & Tele- graph Co., who sald the need for such service would not justify the cost. Opposes Allocations. K. B. Warner for the American Radio Relay League asked the com- mission in the name of 17.000 trans- mitting amateurs to consider the fact that had the amateurs not developed the short waves, the commereial opera- tors would not be secking them todav. | He urged no allocations until Jan- | uary 1, 1929, in order that amateurs | might adjust themselves to their | rapidly dwindling opportunities for radio experiment. Me also asked that | {the New York Times and San Fran- | | cisco Examiner stations be forbidden | | to use amateur bands for their news | transmission. Revolt Plot Reported Foiled. LA PAZ. Bolivia, January 19 () ! President Siles in a letter to all pre- fects today asserted the revolutionary | movement had been frustrated. Ade- quate measures, he said, had been taken | TEA Am.aNTIC = PACIFIC ™ Washington’s January 17th THRIFT WEEK ... . January 21st THE GREAT % The real keynote to Thrift is not “Stinting,” WISE SPENDING.” At the A&P store you find always the finest quality of foods at prices represent real values. “For Success and Happiness SPEND WISELY! y Tln.'s week, beginning January 17th, has been set aside in Washington as one dedicated to Thrift. but will that ” (" WHERE EONCMY RULES” | of the Standard Oil Co. of India G. D Wahlberg, formerly private sec to1v to Sinclair, have been summoned. raham to apvear mext Tuesday and erg mext Wednesday. Wahlbe tently was a witness at the first gation. It It was learned authoritatively that!' subpocnas have not been issued for John D. Rockefeller, ir.. of the Standard Oil interests e E. Vincent. any Denounces “Guessers.” f. Marvin cited certain long-range euesics” about last vear's weather and asserted they were wide of their mark. | flaved the policy of some long-range | uessers” in_attacking the work of | le Weather Burcau. “While the prolonged researches of the professionals h ed thus far 10 be st said, * self-co se upon, dithect a nd exag: e {laws of chance. Guesswork Forecasts. “1t 15 axiomatic,” he emphasized. | “that weather forecasts, whether for short or long time in advanee, if made on A basis of pure guesswork, will be valueless, although they get & certain verification, depending entirely on the On the other hand such weather forecasts, to be success- il musL satisty the inesorable laws of : and_effusions which * or both of these pre- g 5 are mere sophistry, if not | deliberate fraud.” | e — PRESBYTERL/ | TUTOR TO BE HONORED. ' TEoETTERIAN WORKERS WILL HOLD “FIELD DAY”| Union of Washington — r in honor of Miss Church Committee to Hear Details Relative to Proposed New 1 | ¥ in the Women's City son place. Miss Borch- | eacher at Business High School. | ative representative and vice president of the American Federation ©f Teachers Edifice, The National Presbyterfan Church | ‘c)ammmve will hold a “field day” in | The speakers include Senatar CADDET | o Ghureh at the Magflower romosron, ©of Kansas, Rep: ative Zihlman of | & s : J P with speakers of prominence, at a farviand. Superintendent of Schools | w7 CRERIER O BROITCREe, B e T W. Ballou and Judge Mary | it ot Frank and reception at 7:30 o'clock in the - | Chinese room. | Rev. John Timothy Stone will pre- | side at the luncheon, at which definite | | information relative to”the site of the | proposed church, the architectural plans, the progress made to datle, and other | details will be given out. Chairmen | also will be appointed for securing funds | AR | in_various parts of the country. | WILSON. J 5 rer | Speakers will be Senator Richard P. sraphic 4o Ernst of Kentucky, Rev. John C. Pal- | ’ | mer, George G. Barber. Rev. George B. | | Stewart and Rev. William R. Taylor, | s ine; | while at the dinner addresses will be | *¢ | made by former Solicitor-general James | M. Beck, Charles Dewey Hilles, Rev Charles Wood and Rev. Wallace Rad clife. Rev. Charles R. Erdman will preside at the dinner. SPECIAL_NOTICES. KIRBY rated. TITHO- rict of e 0 ANDREW D TAYLOR. Notars Public. ® Federal Power Commission.‘! ATTENDS “Y” MEET. : In compliance with the Fed-| eral Water Power Act (41 Stat.,| 1063) notice is hereby given that e e RO e the South Eranch P_o}\'er Co}m-\ general secretary of the Y. M. C. A.| pany, of West Virginia, having|left today to attend ‘the quarterly W. K. Cooper Will Make Speaking Tour After Baltimore Gathering. % | the Federal KELLY TO SPEAK BEFORE | CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Legislator Will Discuss Fiscal Re-‘ lations and Other D. C. Problems. Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania will discuss fiscal relations between | and local governments | and other matters of importance be- fore the District of Columbia in an address to the Washington Chamber of Commerce at its annual banquet Tues- day_evening, | The meeting, which is in the nature of an observance of the twenty-first| birthday of the founding of the or-| ganization, will be held at the May- flower Hote! ! Ivan C. Weld, newly elected president | of the chamber and general chairman ! of the banquet committee. announced today that Merle Thorpe, editor of the Nation's Business. would be toastmas- ter. An entertainment program is be- ing arranged by a committee under the chairmanship of Harry S. Evans.| O. A. C. Ochmler is chairman of the owers committee, assisted by E. L. Davis ‘and Benjamin Carow, and Jo- seph Dreyfuss is chairman of the noisemakers committee, assisted by xu}gm M. Dove and John S. Horn- cf HEALIPJG SERVICES OPEN. ‘ Rev. John G. Banks Will Preach| Again Tonight. | messages. | asso vice dependent on radio; public seriice | by the authorities to cope” with l\:‘ not dependent on radio, and private eventualities. ! The President charged Luls Calvo. | imprisoned deputy and leader of the opposition, with having attempted m} oust the government and set up a mili- | tary dictato Uses of Short Waves. In connection with testimony offered on behalf of the Mackay telegraph, cable and radio system, it was said tha it was in no way to be construed as working to the disadvantage of press ions and newspapers, or as con- trary to the desires of publishers in {he ‘development of the short waves, Wired Radio, Inc. in apply- ing for three short wave length.. de- clared through H. D. H. Conp.ck that with high frequency transmission to relay stations throughout the rountry each household having electric lights | might also have continuous radio gio- | U. S. GOV. 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