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OMEMADE PLANE FALLS; FIVE KILLED San Diego Air Board Forbid Flight—Pilot Refused License. Br the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif. March homemade airplane and a nervy Lawmaker, Annoyed Threatening last night to “clean out” the Police Department if they did not stop the dogs from barking in his neigh- borhood, Representative Ralph F. Lozier of Missouri (his morning modified his former statements by saying that he did not want to make trouble for any one. Mr. Lozier, who lives at the George ‘Washington Inn, 301 New Jersey ave- nue southeast, complained to Licut. Warren O. Embrey, night chief of de- tectives, that he had made numerous requests to the police of the fifth pre- cinct that they do something about the Threatens to “Clean Out” Police Force matter, but that as vet the dogs luuk" THE EVENING |RUSSIANS DENY CLAIMS by Barking Dogs, “Why, it's even worse than Constanti- nople, and that is the worst dog-infested town in the world,” Representative Lo- zier declared, telling Licut. Embrey that his complaints at the fifth precinct sta- Ition had brought forth only the re- sponse that Court and make a complaint there or | swear out a warrant. a serles of STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, MARCH 5. 1928. OF “CZAR’S DAUGHTER” Members of Nobility Quoted as Skeptical of Woman's Statements. By the Aesociated Press. PARIS, March 5.—The claim of the mysterious Mme. Anastasla Tchaikov- he should go to Police |sky, now in the United States, to be s daughter, Is scouted in atements published in two he late Cz “The representative declared that he is | Russian vernacular wecklies appearing not famillar with police procedure In |y Washington, but that he thinks theie n Paris today. Among those who deny the woman's should be some remedy for a situation | claim are the Grand Duke Alexander, which he s has caused 20 or 30 Rep- resentativ S ¥ ¥ ve their rest who married the Grand Duchess Prine Ar asia’s aunt; and H. Krupensky, head of the Russian monarchists in France. declare that Mme. Tchalkovsky speaks German well, while the Princess Anastasia spoke it poorly: that she does not know English, while Anastasia knew it perfectly, and that her teeth are badly filled, while the work on Anastasia’s was done excellently. ‘They also claim that her body failed to show supposed bullet and bayonet wounds, (Mme. Tchaikovsky, who spent sev- eral years in a German asylum, arrived in the United States early last month, but since then her whereabouts have been a complete mystery.) ‘Women Drink More. The incre of llquor drinking in France has been more among women t War. pronounced | men sice the World | the inted matter von Helmholtz, logist, fl , recommends or vice PEERING THROUGH SLIT German Doctor Recommends Fo- cusing Eye on Object by Means of Crevice. Correspondence of the Associated Proes MUNICH.—ASs a simple and effective | expedient for alleviating without glasses | farsightedness which comes with | hand held over the eye excludes part e, the ophthalmologist, Dr. Kurt I,.| of the luminous rays. focusing the eye 5 any other desired formed by the middle and index fingers of the| Inu hand with the palm turned outward. Dr. Elsner points out that Herma physicist irst. established the phenoms on ! through a small opening or slit. In the tarsightedness of advanced life, the lens of the eye records not one. |but two images: A hazy upper one and a clear and well defined lower one. On looking through a slit however, the upper hazy plcture is eliminated and The only requirement is an abun- dance of light by which to see, as the U. S. Cuban Investments. tment of United States capi in Cuba ag ates more than $1.505 n | 000,000. ‘This amount represents 90 pf and physio- | cent of the total foreign investment f the Latin American coun that individuals affiicted with the far- | sightedness prevalent beyond the age f 50 c: {1 ) 11 en | IS AID TO FAR-SIGHTED | har sinout these gromben'st tray Soon only the clearly defined lower recorded ! » BUILDER LOSES CLAIM. Denied $10,000 Suit Against Firm for Delay in Work. The District Court of Appeais held today that James L. Karriek is not en- titled to $10.000 damages from 1 Rotslyn Steel & Cement Co. for a delay n the completion of a build- ing for which the company was to fur- 1 i of the app: te court was rendered by Chief Justice Martin in which he affirmed the decision of the lower court, which had approved a re- port of W. W. Millan. 2 master ap- pointed to hear the matter. The company brought suit for a bal- ance claimed to be due from Karrick and the latter filed a counter clajm for £14,389.37. includi a claim of $10,000 for the alleged del fncompetent pilot today were blamed | for the worst aerial disaster in the his- tory of fiving here. Five men were killed. including the piiot, when the plane stalled and nose- dived 300 feet to earth yesterday in|° giving the right of way to a huge air iner about to make a landing. The dead: W. W. Bird, pilot and builder of the plane. Ralph Cralg. Chester H. Kidwell. Clifford Dill. Irvine Thomas. o All were residents of the San Diego district except Thomas, who is believed to have come from Brooks and Kelly Fields, Tex. % Refused a License. | The plane left the airport against| the orders of the City Air Control Board. which previously had refused | Bird a pilot’s .license on the ground that he was inexperienced. The board also had ordered that the plane be not allowed to go up because it had| been deemed not atrworthy. Bird's four passengers were recruited | from a crowd at the field. They were | warned not to go with Bird. but insist- | ed on “taking a chance.” Alm;;‘n ’\\Em \llrl;u;i«;:d(he ‘?{kem“ v sald the plane stalle Iy as it rose | . Trom the ground. indicating that it | Brldge Sets was overloaded or not properly bal- anced. It made a short flight to Camp | Kearney, nearby, and was returning $1 19 2 Decks Gilt-Edge Cards, Score Pad and Pencil 3y Nl G oW N> VAR SN G v G ) 516 TE N> N0 NAle NARlC N0 Ny Nl @ Nl Nlle ol el ol oo o < = Q&figfig%fi%fi&%&%a\@%&%&k&%&\‘k&%afi&@:\\fiz\fi&f;@fimf;&k&%&k&%&k%&fi&k&kfi ‘ 3 Stlll More News About Our 32nc1 Anniversary Sale... THE HECHT CO. A representative of the Income Tax Burcau is here to help you, without charge, from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. On the Fourth Floor. 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