Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1928, Page 2

. FLDRIDGE EXPLAINS TRAFFIC LETTERS Not Trying to Revoke Permits of Minor Offenders, He Answers Critics. Assistant Traffic Director Maurice O. | Eldridge. today expressed surprise at the | comment caused by his practice of dis=| Santa Claus Opens Chicago Warehouse ' To Store His Toys| Windy City’s Branch to Have $5,000,000 Worth of Gifts. By the Ascoclated Press. CHICAGO, November- 26.—Listen, kiddies: Do you know where Santa Claus gets .his toys for your Christmas stockings? Well, sir, one of his ware-| ouses i in Chicago—you know they ! call it the. “Windy City” because ihe wind goes “W00-00-00-00. The Chicago Association of Commerce | (that's a pretty big name for little girls' patching letters to autcmobile drivers having records of off.nses against the traffic laws-requiring them to come into his office to “discuss” them. pressed particular concern oyer ; attitude of Ernest N. Smith, general| manager of the American Automobile | tement | furthor e narrassing to which the | s are being subjected by the| traffic director's office.” Mr. Eidricige said that certain features of his policy | werg evidently not understood by Mr. Smith. He said that he would probably i a written statement to clarify his | position later i ‘here is nothir, new about this, Mr. Eidridge said. have n X letters to traffic offends T since | I became traffic director, asking them to come in and talk the matter over with me.” “The only thing different about the | letters being sent now is that they are| in mimeographed form. his is be-| cause we are going (o start the renewal | of operators’ permits July 1, 1929, in | accordance with the act of Congress. There are many drivers who have long | records here, and we want them to understand that their permits will not | be renewed. This will save the care- ful drivers a lot of delay when it comcs | time. to renew, and I hope the whoie business of renewing permits will be accomplished by mafi. H Not Trying to Revoke Permits. “One thing I want clearly understood: I am not trying to revoke permits for arking offenses. Where a man has a ng string of parking offenses on his record and nothing more serious, it is my purpbse to have him see me and explain to him that he is hogging street space and see if I can't get him to co- operate with me in having the parking space made more available for legiti- mate parkers.” “In connection with the serious of- fénders, those chatged with one or more cases of speeding, reckless driving and other major violations, I am calling them in to give them an examination on the traffic regulations and to ask for their future co-operation. In some of these cases drivers have escaped be- ing charged with second and third of- fenses when brought to court because of the arresting officer’s oversight, but I want them to know that this fact has been noted by the Traffic Bureau.” Letters of Two Types. The letters, which have been sent at the rate of about 26 a day for the past month, are of two types, one sent to those -with serious offenses charged against them and the other to those guilty of only minor infractions. The flrss‘tx reads as follows: “Dear Sir: “In our check of traffic records, we find that your record indicates several violations, “ “You will therefore please call at this office, 1414 Pennsylvania avenue norths west, within three days from the re. ceipt of this letter, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, between the hours of 9 am. and 3 p.m—Saturdays between 9 He ex|C the : & nice Chri VESTRIS LIFE BELTS i to hold the head up, and higher in back end boys) wanted to be suré Santa .« would have enough toys to go nd, so it gathered a lot of sta-tis- tics and found that Chicago will have £5,000,000 worth of toys for Santa's pack when he gets this far from his own factory away up at the North Pole. And if he runs out of candy. kiddles, the esscciation says that some of the $50,000,000 worth of sweetmeats rnade‘ y year in Chicago will be ready, we're going to have a pretty istmas, boys and girls. « HT S MADEQTE Captain of Wyoming Testifies They Did Not Sustain Persons Properly. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 26.—Capt. Luther Martin Overstreet, U. S. N, commander of the battleship Wyoming, was the first witness today at the Fed- | eral inquiry into the sinking of '.he' Lamport & Holt liner Vestris two weeksy ago today, telling of his ship's part in the rescue work. The Wyoming was 250 miles away when the Vestris reported by radio at 10 o'clock in the morning that it was sinking off the Virginia capes. It reached the scene early the next morn- ing, first saving a negro fireman on an improvised raft and then five. women clinging to an overturned lifeboat. Life Belts Criticized. Capt. ‘Overstreet criticized the life belts on the Vestris, saying that they were constructed in such & way that the head of the wearer was unsupported and in an exhausted condition could fall forward into the water. They should be built close under the chin, he said, to au?port the head there. With such high left belts, he testified, a : wimmer could . remain alive although - half drowned and worn out with the buffet- ing‘_ot the waves. he Navy officer estimated that 20 hours would be the limit of human endurance in the water in waves such a8 t{\eu_ were during the Vestris rescue work. o surprhei at 'lll-nnce. am. and 2 pm-—where you will be zlven an_opportunity to present such dcts as you desire in connection with the investigation which is now being made as to whether or not your ger- mit should be suspended or revoked.” “The letter to those accused of minor “Dedr Sir: ‘In our check of traffic records we find that your record indicates several violations. “‘Will you, therefore, please call at this office, 1414 Pennsylvania avenue north- as soon as possible in order that we may discuss the matter with you.” Smith Hits Second Letter. ‘The statemént of Mr. Smith was di- I’:fr:ed in the main against the second T “The American Automobile Associd ation,” he said, “stands for the elim< ination from the streets of the District of Columbia of those drivers who have indicated that they are a menace to public life and llmb and it seems ap- parent that Congress has provided a law which makes it possible for the traffic i director's office to withdraw driving per- mits from these drivers. . We now learn from statements just issued that those convicted of minor traffic viola« tions are to be called up with the H prosgect of their driving licenses being Tevoked. “This is further evidence of the har- rassing to which motorists of the Dis- trict are being subjected by the traffic director’s office. Rules promulgated ani *; then - withdrawn, experiments launched and dropped. The average motorist couldn’t keep up with all the rules and regulations and have time to earn his “If licenses are to be withdrawn the time to do this is when convictions have: been secured in the courts, not months’ afterward, when it becomes the pleas- ure of the traffic director. and his as- m;ants to inspect. a drawerful of rec- ords. “Dictatorship” Charged. 4 “We fail to understand what Mr.!| Eldridge means, - if . correctly quoted, when he says ‘they will be given n | to explain away the record,’ 1s | fthe record on any case on file -in the | Wiféctor of traffie’s office is a record ot .conviction furhished by a court of f‘) tent jurisdiction and the oppor- U ©of any explanation is afforded ko tHé motorist ‘at the time of his trial 1 ny attempt on the part of tae EQMH!X in the traffic director’s offce 0 establish a court to review cases al- ready tried, is in my opinion an attempt on the part of the director of traffic's rontemplated by the Congress of thi inited States in enacting the legis- lation. {'1“In our opinion, it was never the in- tention of Congress in enacting section 13 (e) of the traffic act that the ap- Elxrat\on of this act would be made gainst violators of the so-called minor ¥agulations. That the intention was, pid should be, to permit the director of traflic to remove from the highways b the District of Columbia those driv- p#s who have proved themselves to be enaces to public safety, and by no etch of the imagination can we con- tdive that any one charged with viola- tions of the parking regulations being & menace to the public safety. “Sc far as minor regulations are concerned, there is probably not a mo- torist in the District of Columbia who does not at some time violate them. Those Who are apprehended and con- victed of such violations constitute a very small percentage of violators, and we fail 1o see why the director of traf- .fic's office should attempt to single them out with a possible view of the revocation of their right to drive.” Says “Ancient System” Confusing. “We have an ancient left turn system in vogue in this city. No stranger cen understand it and no signs are erccted anywhere to tell him of the devious method by which he changes his course. The stranger therefore becomes tangled up in our traffic and it is only with the help of local jotorists and the mercy of the traffic officers that a strange motorist gets about safely at all. ; “It would be better for all concerned BP——— R - “It {s temarkable,” he said, “that any: of those women #&tood the beating of the sea all'night long.” United States Attorney Tuttle, who is conducting the inquiry, asked Capt, Overstreet if he knew .9f any. existing Aife: belts of better odnstruction ‘than those on the Vestris. “I believe our Navy life belts support the head and shoulders more efficient- ly,” the captain replied. Anxious to Question Officer. ‘Tuttle had hoped today to question Leslie Watson, second officer of the Vestris and the only surviving deck of- ficer who has not yet testified, but a Lamport & Holt lawyer asked that he be'd ven & few more days in the hes- pital to which he was t: a8 500N as ‘e arrived here. He was physically fit to- leave the hospital, the lawyer said, ‘but not fit to stand the strain of lengthy examination. “If court adjourned to the hospital would he be ‘able to question him privately?” Tuttle asked. 7 “My answer to that,” said {he lawyer, “is that yesterday Adams was given.a pivate questioning by Wheeler, and he Froke down and is on the verge of a nAervous collapse.” RADIO CORPORATION IS DENIED REVIEW Supreme Court Refuses to Act on Plea for Consideration of n| Injunction. - Ragie Corporation of America, falled today in its effort to have the Supréme - Court review the injunction issued by :the Federal District Court for Delaware, restraining it from en- foreing a license agreement with man- ufdcturers of -radio receiving sets us- ing its: cireult patent requiring them to purchase fromithe eorporation all tubes in_ thelr. sets. The corporatioh had contended that it had fully ebteblished by litigation its right to patents covering circuits used by competitors, and was therefore in a position {o drive them out of busi- ness, but ‘had cotisented to permit thelr cofpetition in the manufacture of re- celving ¢ets provided they used tubes made by the corporation. i The Forest Radio Co., through its receiver, and other manufacturers of tubes competing with those manufac- tured by the Radio Corporation assert- ed that the patent of Dr. Lee De Forest covering the tubes expired in February 1925, leaving every one free to engage in the manufacture of the tubes. s FUMIGATING GAS CAUSES DEATH OF THREE SEAMEN Bodies Are Found in Bunks When Ship Is Brought to Boston Pier. BOSTON, November 26 —Fumigat- ing gas caused the deaths of three members of the crew of the steamer F. J. Luckenbach during the night. The hodies were found in the men’s bunks | today when the vessel was brought to Commonwealth Pier after having been fumigated in dry dock yesterday. The men were Walter Demarcus, gs, an assistant engineer; The ship was fumigated late Saturday night and yesterday morning. It was opened in the afternoon and it was thought the threé men retired before all the gas had left the ship. That more of the crew were not on the steamer was due to the fact that most of them had been given leaves of absence over the week end. |sive privilege of changing the rules at will,” Mr. Smich, who said that he spoke i there was more thinking and plan- ning in the traffic director's office and less experimenting upon our strects and upon the motorists of the District. If “we are plaving 2 game of hide and seek, eae side ought not to have the exclu- for the 21,000 members of his associa- | | tion, stated today that there had been | PUBLIG TO DECIDE ART PRIZE WINNER | Referendum Being Taken at| Exhibit in Corcoran Gallery. The popular refe: art-loying general public is clothed with udicial -powers, competent to.award a endsome prize, which has been a fea- ture for some years past in connection with the biennial exhibitions of con- temporary American oil paintings held by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, began at noon today. During the remainder .of -this week and aiso through next Sunday's gallery | it B to- Hrockh. Tiald Toi i Urlat hours, which are from 2 unfil 5 o'clock, cach visitor to the exhibition ‘will be handed ‘a ‘printed ballot ang cordially invited to ‘write thereon his or her per- sonal opinion as to the hest'picture in the display and to deposit the slip in a ballot box installed on either floor. Special Prize of $200. On the public’s choice depends the award of a special prize of $200, given by the gallery, not only as a supples mentary reward in connection with the biennial, but also as an impetus to the careful and serlous study of the pictures therein on the part of visitors. It has n found in the past that those who come to view these displays and to vote do give the matter their best thought | and attention and avail, themselves seriously of the interesting opportunity afforded them by gallery officials. It also has happened thus far that the publie, while often difie: the opinion of the profess award which decides on the winners of the rich William A. Clark prizes, usually selects a thoroughly good pic- ture on which to bestow its favor. This frequent difference of opinion may be perhaps partially explained by the fact that each and every painting in the exhibition is eligible to receive the popular prize. This is not the case with the Clark awards, for as far as the professional jury is concerned a considerable number of excellent paintings shown are for one I son or another not eligible. The bal- lots cast, the number of which is always a high one, will be counted by some outside agency designated br the gallery officlals and the result an- nounced as soon after next Sunday as possible, Referendum Popularity Grows. ‘These popular refercndums have been distinctive features of the Corcoran biennial exhibitions since the sixth of the series, held in December, 1916, and January, 1917. On that occasion there was such divergence of opinion as to the merits of the first Clark prize win- ner that gallery officlals tried the first of these events as an experiment. Such widespread interest did it arouse that it has not only been repeated with e~-h biennial exhibit, but has been W v imitated - by art institutions in ouler centers which likewise wish to encour- age in their visitors a keen and dis- criminatng interest in their exhibits. The $200 prize to be bestowed s entered as an item in the expenses incidental to organizing the exhibition. Inasmuch as Mrs, Clark, widow of the donor of the generous Clark prizes, has recently endowed the Corcoran Gallery with large sum, income from which 18 to be used for expenses in connection with the biennials, this popular prize becomes, in effect, hers, so that all awards given on these occasions are directly or indirectly the gifts of Sena- tor and Mrs. Clark. Owing to the fact that Thursday will be Thanksgiving day, the hours during which the exhibition may be viewed wi be from 2 until 5 o'clock instead of from 9 until 4:30 o'clock. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday are free-days. .is hoped that notwithstanding the incl siop of @ -holiday, the vote cast w prove a large one, commensurate with the exceptional interest the present comprehensive and varied exhibition has . TWO WOMEN ARE HELD MENTALLY UNSOUND Committee to Care for Estate of Pair, 97 and 95, Recently Rescued From Fire. Miss Martha Virginia Berry, 97, and Miss Lucinda Alice Berry, 95, who were recently rescued from a fire at their h:jmefl.. :‘i’w‘ndmwm?n lbel"lue, c‘#ir? adjudged today by a jury before Chie Justice McCdy to be of unsound mind and incapable of caring for their real estate in Georgetown and émlonll prop- erty totaling -about $100,000. Applica- tion will'be made to the court to lg~ point a committee to take care of the persons and estate of the’ two women. The finding does not require that they be sent to an asylum. X The hearing, begun last Friday, was halted by Chief Justice McCoy when it developed that the two women had not been told of the proceeding to have them declared of unsound mind. The Jury was excused until today. Willlam 'W. Mackall, appointed as their guardian ad litem, read the petitions to the wom- en and explained the procedure. They were not.brought to court. Testimony as to their condition was given today by Mrs. Carrie Davis, at Wwhose sanitarium they are now resting; Mrs. Fanny Matthews, who has lived with therh for several years, and Henry 8. Matthews, their legal adviser, who declared them incapable of handling an estate, but expressed no opinion on the question of the sbundness of mind. Opposition to the claim that they are of unsound mind came from Mrs, B. M. Randolph, Miss Katherine Berry and Dr. B. M. Randolph. Attorneys Henry F. Matthews and James E. Burroughs, jr. represented Mrs. Anne Berry Craig- hill of Baltimore, who filed the petition. Attorney Samuel F. Beach appeared for the opposition. REDUCED CAR FARE IS POSSIBLE UNDER NEW MERGER PLAN (Continued From First Page.) ment an improved method of condemn- ing: land - for public purposes in Wash- ington as one of the unfinished ques- tions awaiting the attention of his com- mittee. -~ Senator Capper reiterated his oppo- sition to an increase in car fare at this time. As to the revaluation of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light companies, now being considered by the idum whereby the | t mfl LINDY HOPS OFF Arrival at San Antonio Had Calmed Two Nations’ Fears for His Safety. Flyer’'s Destination Unan- nounced as He Takes Off From Brooks Field. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., November 26.— ) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off from Brooks Field at 8:56 a.m. today for an unannounced destination. He, visit with friends after having spent the night at Kelly Field. ‘Taking his cue from the current col- leglate custom, Col. Lindbergh has paid Kelly Ficld a brief homecoming visit. The belated midhight announcement of his arrival yesterday by air from Tampico, Mex., set at rest characteris- tic public concern for his safety, which had been felt over the week end. In evident determination to stay out of the limelight while going about his personal business, the colonel did not see newspaper men here and, whether intentional or otherwise, his visit re- mained secret for eight hours, during which time an anxious vigil was kept in South Texas and fear for his safety was felt in two nations. Although he returned to his familiar haunts at 3:30 p.m. to pay his first visit since his graduation from theé advanced | flying school in the Spring class of 1925, ‘} word of his arrival did not reach the | public until after midnight, a few min- | utes after he had retired. Fnjoys Season of Feasting. ‘The intervening hours were spent in feasting and reminiscences, much as a homecoming collegian, back on the “campus” for the first time in nearly four years, would occupy his time. The fiyer repaired to the home of Lieut. B. S. Thompson, an old-time friend, where he was later tendered a banquet by several of the fleld officers. Other friends and flying buddies dropped in during the evening, and it was midnight before the talkfest broke up. Late Saturday night Texas and Northern Mexico beégan an anxious lookout for the flyer following reports that he had left' Tampico in the after- noon to return to the United States by way of Brownsville, Tex. Two nations barely suppressed gener- al alarm when the Fort Brown Meteor- ological station at Brownsville report- ed sighting a ship flying northward, which apparently suddenly developed motor trouble and turned back toward Mexigp. Had Lindbergh left Tampico on the schedule originally announced, it was pointed out, his craft would have been due over Brownsville about that time. Search Continued All Night. All Saturday night the watch along the border was kept up and three planes from Brownsville started at dawn Sunday to scout about 2,500 square miles of the rough country be- tween there and Tampico. The search, AFTER VISI TO KELLY FIELD "ALMA MATER" though originally planned with the discovery of the colonel's whereabouts as the objective, officially was made on the announced theory that the Meteor- ological Bureau's report indicated some American pilot was in distress. Dispatches received prior to the searching party’s start, though contra- dictory in reporting his whereabouts, had established rather definitely that the conqueror of the Atlantic was not in_danger. Because Lindbergh for 24 hours was out of the public view, various pessi- mistic possibilities were called up. The scouting planes’ return to Brownsville with the report that they had seen no plane helped to diminish the disquieting rumors, but some persisted. Chapparal Country Patrolled. Brownsville aviators, before deciding to patrol the topographically forbidding chapparal country between here and Tampico, checked all planes in this sec- tion and found that only one, bedded fown for the night, carried lights. They elt that this fact justified a hunt in view of the fact that the Fort Brown station officials were certain they had not been mistaken in reporting the sighting of a lighted plane. Efforts to locate the flyer through Mexico City were unavailing, because friends who had accompanied him to Tampico on a hunting trip, had not returned there. It was announced here that Lind- bergh’s flight from Tampico was made without a stop. AERAL DANELVERS ONREGORD SCALE All Branches of Air Forces to| ‘Take Part in Battle Practice. ‘The greatest concentration of mili~ tary planes since the World War is ex- gzc!ed next Spring when the Army Alr rps will hold joint aerial maneuvers and battle practice for all branches of the a orces on a scale never be- fore attempted in their history. Demonstrations will be given in vari- ous parts of the country prior to the general concentration, various air units Visiting the service schools of the A In a maneuver at Kelly Field, Tex., at least 200 airplanes wiil participate, it was announced taday by the War De- partment. War strength pursuit, bombardment and attack squadrons will put on dem- onstrations at Fort Bragg, N. C.; Fort B lngé Ga.; 3 Al Mimic Battle Planned. Upon the completion of these demon- strations all available Air Corps units of the three flying branches will be concentrated by air in the vicinity of ‘Wright Fleld, Dayton, Ohio, and Norton Fleld, Columbus, Ohio, to conduct a two-sided battle maneuver, with at least 100 airplanes on each side. The mimic battle will continue for five days. Following the aerial battle maneuvers the combined air forces will operate as the air corps of an Army, under the command of Maj. Gen. .Dennis Nolan, commanding the 5th Corps Area, in bat- tle maneuvers involving every branch of the air and ground armies. The corps area staff will function as the staff of the combined Army. This phase of "the -maneuvers . will consist of a thearetical war problem in which ground troops will be simulated and air troops will be actually operative. WIIl' Fly 4,000 Miles. Upon the completion of the maneu- vers all Air Coips units will return to thelr home stations. I 13 estimated by Army Air Corps officers thal thc ayerage distante to be traveled by each of the afr units in all phases of these air maneuvers from home stations to the scene of the activities, will be ap- proximately 4,000 miles. I Among the units to participate in the. maneuvers will be the 1st Pursuit Group, Selfridge Field, Mich.; 2d Bom- bardment Group, Langley Field, Va.; 3d Attack Group, Fort Crockett, Tex.; 9th Observation Group, Mitchel Field, N. Y.; 11th Bombardment Squadron and 95th Pursuit Squadron, Rockwell Field, Calif; 15th Observation Squadron, Selfridge = Field; 16th Observation Squadron, Marshall Field, Kans.; ad- vanced class of the Alr Carps Flying School, Kelly Field, Tex., and the Air c?rps Tactical School, Langley Field. Forf worth, | Condemned Man Denied Rehearing. Robert Percy Lofton, under sentence of death at Magnolia, Miss., for the murder of J. Earl Westbrook, chief of police at McComb, today was refused a review by the Supreme Court and Utilities Commission, the Senator said he has not yet studied recent develop- ments in the gas case. must pay the death penalty unless the governor of the State commutes the sentence. Huge Steel Funnel Subdues Oil Fire .. .Which Spouted Flames 100 Feet in Air By the Assoclated Press. SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., Novem- ber 26.—A huge steel funnel, moved into place by a four-ton traveling der- rick, yesterday was dropped over the mouth of the Santa. Fe Springs oil field outlaw “gasser,” which has been spouting a fed flame 100 feet into the air since it blew in nearly three weeks ago. The funnel acts as a chimney, con- fining the flames and preventing:dam- | instantancous and widespread response 1o his statement and that he had been swamped with telephone calls and let- ters indorsing it. age to surrounding oil derricks or wells. A dozen at'-l"mxll were made by asbestos-clad oM field workers before the funnel finally was put in place. Several times the force of the spouting flames hurled the four-ton device from the iron clutches of the derrick. After the funnel was placed, work was resumed digging a. tunnel to the well 30 feet below the surface, where it is hoped .to.tap the well and turn the escaping gas into another channel, thus extinguishing the fire. The tun- nel, started 180 feet from the well, as expected to be completed in 48 hours. The burning gasser is estimated to be consuming 50,000,000 cubic feet of ' gas daily, 1 E Shifts in Light Of Nebulae Bear Out Einstein Idea Astronomers Find Evi- dence of Curved Space and Closed Universe, By the Associatel Press. EW YORK, November 26.—The peculiar behavior of nebulae whirling about in space 85,000,000 light years away from the earth, and seeming to move farther away at the rate of 2’60,~ 000 miles & second, is beginning to con- vince some astronomers that Einstein was right, that space is curved and that the universe is “closed.” Recently Prof. Harlow Sharpley, di- rector of the Harvard Observatory, re- ferred in an address here to new evi- dence supporting Einstein’s thesis that space doubles back on itself. Announce- ment of recent discoverles has been in circulation among scientists for some weeks, he sald, but it has not yet been published. Prof. Henry Norris Russell of Prince- ton - University, discussing the recent | discoveries, said the new research start- ed when it was found that light rays from distant ‘nebulae, or systems of luminous matter, did not hold positions on the spectrum that they would be expected to occupy. > Shifting of Light Parts. When this light was separated into its constituent parts, éach part appeared to have shifted away from the blue end of the spectrum toward the red end. - The shift was worked out for ordinary circumstances long ago and is well understood. When the source of light is receding from the earth at terrific speed, the wave length is in- creased and the light shifts toward the red end of the spectrum. When the source is approaching the earth, the shift 1s toward the blue end. But a study of the distant nebulae disclosed that the shift always was to- ward the red, instead of toward the blue about half the time, as would be expected. This seemed to indicate that all the nebulae were moving outward from the universe, some of them -8- parently attaining a speed of 250,000 miles a second. Astronomers began to question whether the universe could be in a state of explosion, with the outer parts of. c‘:e system rushing away from the center. Explanation in Einstein, “Then,” Dr. Russell said, “it was found that the Einstein theory of curved space and a closed universe } would explain this shift toward the red. t seems probable that these distant nebulae are not scattering off into space in all directions, but that the conditions of the Einstein universe would require light at that distarlce to behave as this 0es.” does.’ Prof. Shapley, who developed a meth- od for measuring the distances of the nebulae, declined to say when an- nouncement would be made of evidence athered in recent research, but he in- icated that it would be soon. TWO MORE ROADS PLAN AIRPLANE-RAIL SERVICE Illinois Central Signs Contract. Southern Negotiates for Pas- senger Line. By the Associated Press. November 26.—Two NEW YORK, additional railroads are ?lmnln to es- :;lfl:luh air-rail service, it was learned ay. One is the Illinois Central, which has !lfned contracts with the Robertson Alrcraft Co., a subsidiary of Universal Alrcraft Corporation, to operate fast passenger aircraft service between Chi- cago and St. Louis. Universal Aircraft operates an air route for the New York Central. The other line is the Southern Rail- way, which is negotiating with plane- operating companies for an air passen- ger line between Washington and New York. It is planned to uffer passengers the option of transferring to plane at Washington instead of to another wall line as at present. ALEXANDRIA DEBTS ICity Manager Morton Reads | . Minutes Bearing on An- nexation Question. Special Dispatch to The Star. ABLINGTON . COUNTY _COURT- | HOUSE, Va., November 26.—Minutes oi the- city. council of “Alexandria were oduced in evidence here this morn- ng in- the annexation case of Alex- 'l nndria against Arlington County, to urove ‘the amount of the bonded in- .ebtedness of the city. The hooks were produced by City Aanager Paul Morton of ‘Alexandria and showed expenditures totaling 13500,000° had been made by the city .0 aid the Manassas GIF and ‘he Orange & Alexandria Rallroad. The loans were authorized by an_ ordinance | passed by the council‘on January 2, 1849, and were made in the shape of a certificate of indebtedness. Bonds Issued in 1879. In 1879 $745,000 in 4 per cent bonds, which included the certificates of in- debtedness for railroad loans together with other forms of indebtedness ‘n- curred d\tr]ng the years 1849 to 1879, { were issued. The 1879 bond issue was refunded in 1908 by means of 30-year bonds, { which are due in 1938. A portion of i the debt has been paid off, according | to the records, and the outstanding in- | debtedness as of - January 1, 1929, totals $539,235. A chart of the capitation taxes of Alexandria collected during the years 1916 to 1928 was offered in evidence by Mr. Morton, who designed the chart at the request of Judge E. W. Hudgins of the special tribunal of three judges hearing the annexation procedure: Under Cross-Questioning. The cross-examination of Manager Morton, who is Alexandria's principal witness in. the case, was resumed by Capt. Crandal Mackey of the counsel for Arlington County. Under question- Ing of Capt. Mackey Mr. Morton went into detailed explanation of the sewer system wzed in Alexandria and the sew- ers installed in the territory the city acquired from Arlington and Fairfax counties by similar annexation proceed- ings in 1915. The cross-examination is expected to continue throughout today. ETNA LAVA STREAM GOVERS RICH AREA Orchards, Vineyards and For- ests on Slopes of Voleano Are Destroyed. “The lava streain, flowing like a 2,500~ foot ribbon from one of Mount Etna's craters to the east coast of Sicily, has been devastating one of the island’s most . fertile regions,” says a bulletin from the National Geographic Soclety. “Orchards, vineyards and forests have been destroyed; also the villages and towns that thrive on. their products. More than a quarter million e live on the slopes of Mount Etn: castern slope-is thickly populates ith one town almost adjoining another. Al- most every foot of ground not used for dwelllhgs is cultivated, yielding abun- dant crops. Many Citles Sandwiched. “Etna has terrorized this district many times before,” continues the bul- letin. “Whether the traveler goes by train or automobile down the east coast of Sicily, he passes flow after flow of lava. Some of them are centuries old: others more recently deposited from some . of the 200 craters that pepper the slopes of the cone-shaped moun- tain. ~ Acireale, not far south of the ?rmnz flow, perches on a 300-foot cliff formed of seven distinct layers of lava. “Within the Christlan "era Mount Etna has bolled over its crater rims more than & hundred times. It has wiped out cities, towns and villages on its slopes and spelled doom to: thou- sands of homes. Almost daily Mount Etna rumbles, and its summit con- stantly emits steam, but it takes more than these ‘suggestions’ of action io even arouse the Sicillan’s curiosity. The homes of their ancestors are, perhaps, sandwiched between two of the lava flows, and many of the present genera- tion, like those of Mascall and Nunzi- ata, have watched their homes sink be- neath a new molten bed. Populace Is. Undaunted. _“But like Catania, the largest city on the ‘east coast, the aimuu towns and villages of Sicily usually' ‘come back’ bigger and better. Catania’s greatest disaster was less than 300 years ago. A large portion of the city was buried. Instead of making extensive excava- tions, the inhabitants immediately re- built on the new foundation that had flowed in & flery stream down the mountainside. “If history repeats itself, Mascali and the other destroyed towns will shortly be reconstructed. Mount Etna lava has been a destroyer but it-also helps vege~ tation. Orchards, groves and vineyards will again spread a green veil over the slopes. Even old craters are filled with vegetation. There are gardens and farms in and around .them and m these cup-shaped holes are many villas. Monte Rossi, which was in eruption when Catania was overwhelmed, is one of these garden spots. “Undaunted, the Sicilian rebuilds, not knowing whether a new home will be standing for a century or whether it will be sandwiched between two lava flows within a_fortnight. Mount Etna keeps no regular ‘hours’ nor does it announce to the inhabitants of its slopes which of its many old craters will belch forth a molten stream or whether a weak spot in the cone will reveal a ne wboiling caldron.” 42 Communists Arrested. BUCHAREST, Rumania, November 26 () —Forty-two Communists, in- cluding four women, were arrested this morning during an unruly demonstra- tion in Victoriei street in favor of the liberation of the imprisoned Deputy Buyol. The demonstrators attempted to assault the public prosecutor. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 26.—Careless- ness has been blamed for much. Its latest sufferers are Benny Slattery, David Minkus and a colored man with ‘the euphonious name of Olemiel Hicks: ‘Taking them as they come, their stories as recited on the Chicago police records indicate that they were not as cautious as they should have been. Slattery sf in Olson’s resturant, on South Halsted street, yesterday, spin- ning a revolver on his finger. Looking the place over, he was moved to mark: “Chicago cops aren’t so tough. I'd love to meet one right now.” Five detectives arose in unison from a table, and Mr. Slattery’s desire was gratified. David Minkus had long been sus- pected as a deliverer of bottled beer. BARED AT HEARING Splendor Surrounds Japanese Emperor’s Departure for Tokio ! Hirohito Leaves Scene ‘of Great Ceremonies Amid Acclaim of Populace. By the Assocated Press. KYOTO, Japan., November 26.—The “great ceremonies” of his enthronement completed, Emperor Hirohito left this ancient capital today to return to To- kio. With him departed the Empress and all their court, and their progress through the streets from the Kyoto P-l-c; fg char aflmy :u'm:n was || reproduction of the great state proces- alovx:: which marked his majesty's de- parture from Toklo. November 6 and arrivel here the day following. As on those occasions the Emperor’s phoenix-crested carriage was preceded by the Kashikodokoro, sanctuary of the sun goddess, which is taken from its own shrine in the Tokio palace only| once in an emperor’s reign, when it is; ‘brought to Kyoto for the enthrone- ment. It was inclosed in its palaquin of white cypress, with red lacquered roof and draperies of gold, silver and searlet brocades, and carried on the shoulders of the 32 chosen bearers from the village of Yase, which always has supplied the youths for this honored service. Tremendous throngs again lined the route of the imperial cortege to witness the departure of their majesties from the scene of the solemn ceremonies of the last three weeks, the great an- nouncement to the sun goddess, the gods of Heaven and earth and the im- perial ancestors, the ceremony of as- cending the throne, and the great thanksgiving. These ceremonies have drawn to Kyoto all the leaders of the empire and the envoys of the 26 na- tions represented at the Court of Japan, making this ancient city once more for a few days the capital of the empire, as it was before the restoration in 1868. Their majesties and their resinue will spend tonight in their castle at Nagoya, four hours by rail from Kyoto. Tomor- row they will resume their imperial progress to the modern capital, where another great throng is expected to welcome them back. FORMER SECRETARY OF ROTHSTEIN HELD terial Witness—Jury Assembles Today. | 3y the Asioclated Press. NEW YORK, November 26.—Sidncy Stajar, a former secretary of Arnold Rothstein, has been arrested as a ma- terial witness in the shooting of the gambler on November 4, the police announced today. Stajar, who gave his occupation as a clerk, was arrested late last night by four detectives at Seventh avenue and Fifty-sixth street. to divulge further details. The arrest—the first made in the Serabig of ine grand ey to inquirs seml o g . into the case. gl;ty witnesses wete under subpoena to appear today. Stajar was questioned by District At- torney Banton previous to the conven= ing of the nd jury, Banton would not discussethe result. ice guards were stationed within and about the Crim- inal Courts Building where the grand jury was called. ——— PATENT SUIT REVIEW DECLINED BY COURT Infringement in Use of Printing Press Apparatus Formed Basis of Case. ‘The Supreme Court today declined to review the case of the Cline Electric Manufacturing Co., Westinghouse Elec- tric & Manufacturing Co. and the Chi- cago Tribune Co. against G. A. Edward Kohler, involving validity of the Stone patent on an apparatus for feeds mg_g:per to pflnun& presses. patent in suit, granted to Irve ing I. Stone in 1915, of a reel carrying a number of rolls of paper, operating so that when one of the rolls of paper exhausted, the end of another roll is pasted on, permitting the print- ing press to operate without interrup- tion. The machine is generally known um::s newspaper men as the “flying paster.” Application for the patent was filed in 1900, and in the suit brought b Kohler against the Cline and weaum‘- t the Chi- the the patent, the defendan! the patent was not valid invention had not been used publicly for more than two years before the appli- cation for the patent was filed. ’{ brought evidence to show that suc public use of the machine took place in the plant of the Chi Daily News, The plaintiff claimed that the use of he machine .in the Daily News was entirely experimental and was not.a public use. ‘The master appointed in the case, the District Court and the Circuit Court of ‘Appeals ' ruled that the defendants had not established the prior public usc, and held the patent valid and in- fringed by the defendants, who then titioned the Supreme Court to revi the case. Above $11,000,000 Is By the Associated Press. MACON, Ga., November 26.—The Fourth National Bank of Macon, with capital of $500,000 and re- sources listed at more’ than $11,000,~ 000, closed its doors at 11 to- during a run of withdr: Officers Trap Suspected Bootlegger As Beer Is Delivered to Police Station Two sergeants, motivated by an ambi- tion to reduce the delivery of beer to muumdm t on civilian clothes and pl an order with Minkus. ‘Deliver same,” they told Union avenue and Waldo place.” Mll:!klll ly found the sign “Waldo place” on Union avenue yesterday. He drove his truck into the “place,” which ! l{peu!d to be an alley, and kno at the back door of the Despla‘ies m;x:&lu police station. The beer and M were locked up. The affair of Ohm?-l Hicks revealed equal k of polished technique. It lucl vas trameki was ic] Detective lcr{{ )“2!4 men automobiles. fortunate choice as a cus- tomer, Hicks delivered a stolen car to the detective vesflerdn' and was arrested. Sy Arrested in New York as Ma- | Folice declined | m! B | Bank With Assets|i Closed During Run|é d | o "OLAR EXPLORERS JOINAT DUNEDIN Byrd Party Is Assembled for First Time Since Leaving United States. By the Associated Press. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, No- vember 26.—All the units of Comdr Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition were assembled at Dunedin today for the first time since the first contingen: left the United States. Comdr. Byrd will leavé for the Ros Sea on Saturddy ‘aboard thé barl City of New York. The other suppl: ship will leave soon afterward. It was announced that Richard Bro phy of New York, the expeditior’ business manager, had been appointe: second in command. Part of the expedition, which total: 80 persons, came to Dunedin aboarc the supply. ship Eleanor Bolling lasi week. The others arrived yesterday in the City of New York. One of the most important phases of the great adventure, namely, the voy- age from New Zealand to the ice bar- rier and the disembarkation there of & huge quantity of equipment and sup- plies. will be started when the Eleanor Bolling leaves, a week later than the City of New York. The City of New York will carry Comdr. Byrd and other leading members of the expedition. Since the Eleanor Bolling arrived at Duncdin she' has visited Wellington and taken aboard a tri-motored air- plane in which flights to the Sout™ Pole will be made. - HILL RECOMMENDS BAN ON 10 STATIONS s HIES Sixty-Day Suspension Urged for Broadcasters Deviatfng From Assigned Frequencies. By the Associated Press. z Capt. Guy Hill, engineer in charge of broadeasting, today recommended to the Federal Radio Commission that the licenses of ‘10 broadeasting stations be suspended for 60 days because of théir wide deviation from their assigned fre- quencies. He reported deviations by Stations WKBQ, Bronx, New York; WNJ, New- ark, N. J.; WEVD, operated by the Eugene V. Debs Memorial Fund, Wood- hayven, N. Y.; WCKO, Mount Deacon, N. Y., WCLE, Long Beach, N.Y. WHAZ, Troy, N. Y.; WAFD, Detroit Mich.; WKAR, Lansing, Mich.: KWKH. Shreveport, La., lnflm%lBDU, New Or- leans, La. Capt. Hill recommended in each case where stations have been measured and found to be deviating from their as- signed frequencies by more than one kilocycle, which is twice the allowable deviation, that licenses of such stations be immediately suspended by the com- n. This saspension be for ‘a pes of 60 days unless bew{mdfiut time a .'1‘1'3 tion demonstrated to the station on HESSE EXTENDS WAR ON GAMBLERS INTO MARYLAND (Continued From First Page.) rouee continued their activities up to ast night. Ralds were made yesterday in the 600 block of New York avenue, the 1700 block of Eighth street, the 800 Rt o 3 TSOnS were taken in each raid. e The question of whether police w] accompany firemen on . their regular gal ho Bflrmpmhw n to:u- of & - ve arres mom oe:‘\,a m-: bunih involved in arrest of Chester C. Burns, 28, who was taken under those circumstances at 1014 H street Saturday. He was charged with setting up a gaming table. Further Probe Ordered. Assistant _United States Attorney Walter M. Shea has ordered police to make & further investigation of the g:;m case and flle a report by Satur- Convieted of permitting gaming, on the testimony of Detective John R. Le Foe, who said he found 27 men gambling to see which should pay for the cups of coffee they were drinking. Peter Argeriadis, 58, was fined $30 by Judge Ralph Given. The man was ar- rested on a warrant for a lunchroom ou y | the second floor of a bullding in the 800 block of H street. Detective Le ::o:h u;flt uAe 'l:'r;‘nt was for another L, but Argeriadis accepted respon- sibility for the estlbllshmep t. . Henty A. Bazmore, colored, 45, will b~ arraigned on a similar charge, havin: posted $100 collateral following his ar rest by Policemen Tolson, Wililam Malone and Laflin of the Eighth pr cinct, who captured him in a rald ir the 1800 block of Seventh sireet. BOWIE ENTRIES TOMORROW. $1,300; . claiming: 2- *Meadow ,300: the Wood- miles. *The Doctor Little Captain SECOND x— wSECOND RACE—Purse. S he Cam- furlongs. 104 Poly Prompter War Eagle . FOURTH RACE—-Thé Endurance Handi- cap: $10.000 added; 2-year olds; 1 mile and 70 yards. Sunvir Soul of Hos b Chatford T Mud utter John Stand ' B; 1 31 09 8 Mayor Waiker. Twink 125 a Neddie 121 Y .. Unest SR i ey 5. Dederer and P. M. Bray. 500; the Autumn FIFTH RACE—Purse, $ anl:‘l‘umlr}‘fllndlcl olds and up: es. Canaan. Purse, $1.300; clairain 1 miles. 13" Craris 105 SRed ice belief that Olemiel | .Dancin ricem 1 O'Donnell was Bat Calhour *Apprentice allowance claimed. Weatner clear \iack faste