Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1928, Page 17

Diving through space over six broad backs. Corp. Lifka, an acrobatic soldier of the Austrian army, execuies the daring “King’s Jump” over six horses in the recent military sporting meet at Linz, Austria. The dive fol- lows a running take-off from a springboard. Mr. Hoover gets a first-hand ’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, |p Al THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER o, 19280 view of the excavation and plans for the new Commerce Department Building. The Republican stand- ard bearer is shown at the site yesterday, looking over plans for the great bullding with Willlam F. Whiting, who succeeded him as Secretary of Commerce. —Wide World Photos. " CENTRAL TRAFFI ONTROLI URGED Wholesale Detour Declared Result of Precinct Mismanagement. Adoption of centralized traffic con- rol for the District was asked today of he District Commissioners in a letter rom the American Automobile Assoc jon formally protestinz against the swholesale arrest of motorists Tuesday in the closed-off area between Third | &nd Fifth streets on Massachusetts ave- nue and H streets. The letter charges the police with gnismanaging the situation in which more than 100 drivers of automobiles were given tickets to deposit collateral for passing detour signs clesing off the area. Contending the detour signs were im- properly placed, the letter suggests that the better course for the police to pur- sue would have been to station traf- fic officrs at strategic points to prevent wviolations of the law. The letter views independent control of emergency traffic matters as “most disadvantageous” and says that stric enforcement of traffic rules in certain parts of the city is “accompanied by lax enforcement elsewhere, ving the mo- torist puzzled at the lack of uniformity - either in methods of enforcement or interpretation or application of regula- tions. The letter, signed by Ernest peneral manager of the A. e & personal survey at the inters at which arrests were made Tuesda: George E, Kencipp, manager of the Dis- trict of Columbia division. When Mr. Kenelpp, it is stated, asked the sergeant in charge why policemen had not been detailed at points of entrance to the closed streets, he was told that there was insufficient persanncl. “Despite this fact,” the protest de- clares, “three officers had ben dele- gated to pass out summonss.” Inspector E. W. Brown of the Traffic Burcau, the Commissioners are told, wa: unaware of the situation until he was called by the A. A. A., and “agreed with rhould be stationed at cne block awav at least during rush hours.” The letter follows in pari: Text of Letter in Part, “In our estimation this whole inci- dent is a agement b of the need for centralized admind 1 of traflic enforcement in the city of We have contended al- the Traffic Bureau is best equipped to deal with the complex situ- ations which are continuously urising tion with the enforcement of reguiations. “raffic Bureau comprises 8 group of e rts who are better able 1o deal with situations similar to that which occurred yesterday, and it is our firm opinioh that action should have been taken only after the traffic offi- cials had been consulted. Our survey revealed that the Traffic Bureau had ot been consulted and it did not seem N. Smith, . A., cite: ction made to remedy the trouble beyond dis- patching two serzeants and a private to deal with it to their bost judzment “One of the chief arguments against Jeentralized traffic control has been the f Jack of sufficient personnel for assign- ment to duty in the Traffic Bureau. It % not our apinion that centralization traffic regulations.” FIVE MORE FORFEIT Massachusetts Avenue Traffic Cases. Five more persons, arrested by sixth precinct police for passing detour signs on Massachusetts avenue between Third and Fifth streets, Tuesday night, for- feited $2 collateral in Traffic Court to- day. They were Charles J. Chamberlin, Frank Scgretti, Corliss C. Boswell, Al- phonso Diarino and Hail Esper. They were arrested by Sergts. J. C. Malone}; and A. R. C. Houch. Although Judge Isaac R. Hitt declared at the conclusion of the “test case” of Lawrence Mills yesterday that others who had posted collateral might come to court and give their personal bonds, not one of the 19 persons on the col- lateral iist yesterday or the five on to- day’s list appeared in court. Accordingly the judge has now ordered all collateral forfeited. Mills claimed he entered the closed portion of Massachusetts avenue: from an alley and did not know about the t | detour signs. From the testimony, how- ever it appeared that he passed one of thon, and he was found guilty. The court’ accepted his personal bond. More than 100 arrests were made at the detour, and the A. A. A, fought the charging the police had lald a irap” for moiorists. {SCHOOL POS.ITIONE OPEN. Two vacancies on the custodial staff of the publiz school system were an- nounced this morning by Hugh F. M superintendent of janitors. Ap- plications for the positions are being solicitad by Mr. McQuecny, who declares openings exist for a first class steam r engincer-janitor who odial staff, including nitors, ccal passers, ons and_cth n with Mr. McQueeny at the Business High School Saturday morn- | ing, when prcgrams for the present =nool year will be ouilined, and rug- acstions for mproved scrvice and con- ditions will be cxchanged. of trafiic control necessarily means de- iling of police officers rezulzr] | Trafiic Bureau, but rather a definite und | thorough supervision by the inspe »f trafiic, who is thoroughly trained and | is specialized in_the proper handling of All trafiic situations which may arise. | “In the case which we have cited | above it is our opinion that the Traffic jof the situation, and if additional of- | ficers were needed the precinct.captain | should have been requested to delegate | additional men. Th> Amc-rican Automobile Associa- tion wishes i i | rect your attention to a condition which recur, Th2 remedy, in our opinion, and s dircction of the Traffic Bureau. Only thicugh such a centralization of re- sponsib can mo*ol an _intcllig>nt adminisiration of the —Wide World Photos. §2 DETOUR BONDS| Arrests|{Autoists Fail to Appear in , engineers, ma- | will meet in annual | | charges by certain veterans’ organiza- | tions that some of the allied nations Bureau should have assumed full charge e this occasion to di-| r calls for immediate remedy, and which clear that any definite plan had been | certainly_should not be permitted to| ould b2 to place the traffic control pesting under the immediate } 5 b~ assured of A helping hand for the winner, George Schroth, in the annual Golden Gate swim across the treacherous tide- rip waters of the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Schroth, a former Olympic water polo star, is shown at the fin- ish barge after making the difficult mile-and-a-quarter swim in 56 minutes, Of the more than 50 starters, many were forced to quit the race. —Wide World Photos. In order to connect this “sled team” with the benefit military exposition and carnival to be held at the ‘Washington Barracks next week, the civilian public may have to be reminded that Uncle Sam’s soldiers have to use dog sleds in Alaska. Fair employes of the Munitions Bureau are sub- stituting here for the Alaskan huskies. The The tennis pros go into action at Forest Hills. Here is Karel Kozeluh, the crack Cechoslovakian court performer, making a shot at the net as he defeated John Collom of Baltimore in the first round of the professional tennis championship. Vincent Richards is also competing. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. e fr,,‘l 2 Chan The greatest cowboy of them all. Bob Crosby, broncho-busting steer-bulldogger of Abilene, Tex., proudly exhibits the Roosevelt trophy, now his permanent possession after winning the champion- ships for three years at both the. Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Pendleton, Oreg., round-up. sleds and other less familiar Army equipment will be among the exhibits at the exposition. —Associated Press Photo. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. VETERAN EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ARE GATHERED Used by Allied Nations Collected by President’s Spe- Plans cial Committve. Reports on what the allied nations in the World War are doing in the matter of providing jobs for their dis- abled veterans have been obtained by President Coolidge’s special committee on cmployment of disabled veterans, and will provide a mass of new ma- terial upon which to base its report soon to the Chicf Executive. The reports were obtained following were much more solicitous and gen- crous in providing employment for their veterans than the United Slates. A survey of the reporls has not yet been made, but a great mass of matcrial has been obtained and is ready for the | next meeting of the committee, of which Representative Hamilton Fish is chair- | man. Virtually all of the Government do- partments and cstablishments also have | completed their reports as 1o t! tices in vogue throughout the ment machine for employing veterans. DRY VIOLATOR GETS LIFE. | IONA, Mich., September 27 (#)—The habitnal criminal section of the State’s new criminal code was invoked here erday to send Alfred Noyes, 54, to. n under a life sentence when he P pleaded guilty to a liquor law viola- | tion. of the new code that a man has been given a life sentence in Michigan for violation of the liquor law. Noyes had | been convicted three times previously on I ny charges. A fourth fclony is ! punishable by life imprisonment under the code. ecial | i 1t was the second time sinée adoption | MAYA PLAQUE, 1,000 YEARS OLD. WILL BE EXHIBITED TOMORROW Relic Composed of 4,000 Pieces of Tur- quoise Found Beneath Temple in Yucatan An old turquois> mosaic plaque, pre- sumably used by the ancient Maya race of Mexico in s: ficial religious rites about ten centuries ago, will be on ex- hibition tomorrow at the Carnegie In- stituticn of Washington, Sixteenth and cets, from 10 am. to 5 pm. All intcrested are invited to view it. The plague will be brought to Wash- n by the #icial delegation of the goverament to the Twenty- Internati of Ame! held in New last wee representa- Y, by Presi- nt J. C. Merriam, Dr_ A. V. Kidder hoy will be_enl ives of the M | Feathered ~Serpent, Chichen. Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, where the Carnegie Institution has been carry- ing on excavations for the past five years. The Temple of the Chac Mool is a building dating from the thirteenth or fourteenth century and shows a strong influence from Central America, having been dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, the patron deity of Chichen Itza at that time. The plaoue, a little less than 9 inches in diam2 contains about 4,000 picces of cut and polished turqoise. The only design in the mosaic is a Yol .| group of four scrpent heads arranged 2y visit in this city | in' two pairs. The bas2 was of wood, which had rot- y, and it was necessary to bring al expert from the American D end Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley of the | Museum of Natural History in New Carnegie In: W director-general American Union. of ‘The delegation consists of the follow- | cal, representing the | ing: Federico Maris Naticnal University of Mexico, head (he delegation; Jose Reygadas Ver! Juon Martinez Hernandez, Juan Enriq Palacics, Eduardo Noguera and Carl Bascuri, representing the Direction ¢ Archacology, and Luis Castillo Ledor ~nd Miguel O. de Mendizobal, represcnt. ing the National Museum of Mexico. March 6 resting on the bottom of a stone urn which had bsen buried be- noath_the floor of the sanctuary of the Temple of the Chac Mool at itution, and Dr. Leo S.|York to reset the mosaic before it could the Pan- ‘ he moved. Detective Fractures Ankle. Delective Charles E. Warfield, who i squad a number of geant, slipped and fell on the floor | in the squad room at police headquar- ‘The plaque, a splendid example o(“ers carly American art, was discovered on | his yosterday afternoon and fractured ft ankle. He was given surgical ald at Emer- gency Hospital snd removed to his home, 1634 Massachuselts avenue south- | was operatgd by Arthur S. Bovey, 538 tlon w east. 1 as a member of the police nar- 1208 Maryland avenue northeast. years | iors he was promoted to detective | NAVY DEPARTMENT CLERK ENDS LIFE IN HOTEL Rodney G. Martin Found Dead in Main Hotel, With Revolyver by Body. Rodney G. Martin, 35 years old, a Navy Department clerk, residing in Arlington, Va,, was found dead in the Main Hotel, 906 Pennsylvania avenue. yesterday afterncon, a builet wound in‘ his head, and a revolver beside tho body. Coroner Nevitt certified suicide. The body was found by Pany Cas- barian, proprietor of the hotel, in a room adjoining that occupied by Samucl Powell, a friend Martin visited. Martin is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rachael Martin, and four children, Berkley, Lavina, Edith and Rodney G. Martin, jr. The body was taken to the undertaking establishment of W. Warren Taltavull, 3619 Fourteenth street, and funeral arrangements were being com- pleted today. THREE HURT IN COLLISION Bus and Automobile Crash—One Victim Taken to Hospital. . Three people were slightly injured today when a Washington Railway & | Electric Co. bus was in a collision at Twenty-seventh and Q streets with ai autombile operated by Walter M. Riley, | The injured were Mrs. Alice Ball, 30 | vears old, 1814 Thirty-seventh street, ! and D. Luce, 1818 Thirty-seventh street, both passengers on the bus, and Lena | Palmer, colored, 27 years old, 5 Florida avenue’ northeast, an occupant of the automobile. ~ The two former were: bruised, but refused treatment. The | After looking over the Marine foot ball squad in practice at College Park yesterday, Maj. Gen. Lejeune, commandant of the Marine Corps, had a little heart-to-heart talk with the pigskin battlers. This was snapped as the Marine chief bespoke the corps’ pride in the team’s fine record of past years, not only in victories, but in sportsmanship as well. —star Staff Photo. Miss Helen Paget, the slender little Canadian girl from Ottawa, who sprang the big surprise of the women's national golf champion- ship by climinating the titleholder, Mrs. Miriam Burns Tyson of Kan- sas City, in the first round of —Coj olay, ight by Underwood & Underwood. INDANISH CAPITAL Declares He and Cramer Wit Try Arctic Flight Again Next Year. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, September 27.—Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, pilots of the airplane Greater Rockford, in which they attempted to fly from Illinois to Sweden via Greenland, were feted and praised on their arrival here yesterday. They were accompanied from the North by Prof. Willlam H. Hobbs, leader of the University of Michigan Greenland observation party, which rescued them after they had landed far from their objective in the Northern country. “I wish my wife and three children were here,” said Hassell, as he landed from the Steamer Fulton. He was happy but plainly homesick, yet he announced that h» and Cramer would make another | | | | | | next year. from Rockford to Copenhagen via Greenland and Iceland and back. This route is preferable to a direct flight across the Atlantic becausc the latter demands too much gasoline cargo space at the expense of passenger capacity.” The fiyers are the guests here of the newspaper Politiken. H. Percival Dodge, United States Minister, brought greet- ings *o them from King Christian, who celebrated his 58th birthday today. After a dinner by the geographical societies tomorrow, Hassel will leave for Sweden to visit kinsfolk in that country. Prof. Hobbs said unusually valuable meteorological observations had been made by his party this year. One of his for pilot balloons. McKINLEY TECH STADIUM PLANS ARE SUBMITTED Arts Will Study Arrangement and Land- Commission of Fine scaping Features. Plans for the stadium of the new McKinley Technical High School and the landscaping of the campus were submitted to the Commission on Fine Arts today by Municipal Architect Al- hert L. Harris. George Burnap, land- scape architect, collaborated with Mr. Harris in preparing the landscaping plans. ‘The plans provide for a concrete stadium with wooden seats designed to seat 7,000 persons. A one-quarter-mile track will fringe the stadium, and a arge plaza will be developed in front of the school building. The_ current appropriation act con- tains $250,000 for the development. Burned as Gasoline Explodes. William Ballas, 35 years old, was slightly burned about the hands and wrists today by a gasoline explosion in his cleaning establishment at 1528 Jatter was treated at Emergency Hos- pital for bruises to the body. The bus Eleventh t southeast. HASSELL IS FETED attempt to fly over the great circle route | “Next year Cramer and I are going| observers established an altitude record | |FAGUE ASSEMBLY * ENDS 9TH SESSION |Farting Warning Given. Dele- gates on Future of Asiatic Influence. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, September 27.—A warning | that while the League of Nations is | firmly established in Europe its posi- | tion in Asia is not assured was given the delegates of the League of Nations Assembly during its closing moments yesterday by the Earl of Lytton, British | statesman, who spoke for India. The delegates of 50 nations who started for their homelands last night with the ninth assembly a matter of history, were plainly thoughtful as the result of his speech. Greater Economy Urged. ‘The Earl scored the tendency of the League to piace no limits on its expendi- tures and demanded that more attention be paid to questions outside ot Eurcpe and that there be greater coliajoration between Europe and Asia. Pointing oui that this year's budget of the League was 1,700.000 gold francs more than last year. Lytton urged that a more rigid financial control was needed if the League were to avoid disaster and defections. While digesting this warning the delegates were cognizant of press mes- sages from Buenos Aires reporting that the Argentine Parliament had voted to suppress the League dues and thereby implied complete separation from the League. The Assembly adjourned with evi- dence that disarmament continues the biggest problem of the League and with fears privately voiced that little progress can be expected in the reduction cf armaments for the near future. A num- | ber of delegates said that they wera convinced disarmament would settle it- self in proportion to the increase of sense of security by such treaties as the Kellogg pact and wider accentance of pacts of non-aggression, conciliation and arbitration. Such policies today won the unanimous advocacy of the As- sembly. Progress Cited. In his valedictory addres sto the As- sembly, President Herluf Zahle, Darish Minister to Germany, expressed the conviction that during the coming year arbitration and conciliation would “further triumphant progress,” that “in- ternational friendship and confidence is growing tsronger daily,” and that “the new methods of international frank- ness and direct discussions will 1emove the causes of conflicts.” He concluded with the words: “We have learned to employ the langnage of tolerance and international brotherhood.” The fifty-second session of the Coun- cil of the League also adjourned last night, after clearing its slate of a great variety of matters inherited from the Assembly. — Debt Payment Ordered. BUENOS AIRES, September 27 (). —The finance ministry has directed the Fourteenth street. He was treated at Emergency Hospital, where his condi- said to be not serlous. Fire- men extinguished the resultant blaze. Argentine embassy at Washington to pay §1,631,000 to J. P. Morgan & Co. for- amortization and interest charges on the forelgn debt to October 1,