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22 - UNDERWOOD BODY 5 TARTED HOME Many Pay Tribute at Train to Memory of Former Ala- bama Senator. By the Associated Press. . The body of former Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama was started on its homeward journey to Birmingham last night from Alexandria, Va. Rep- resentative W. B. Oliver, a former col- league of the Senator who died at his home in Woodlawn, Va., accompflniedl the family. The entire Alabama congressional delegation were at the station. The train is scheduled to reach Bir- mingham at 2:35 this afternoon. The body will be taken to Senator ! Underwood’s fermer home, and the fu- | i { | | | i | | The bel THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, 10 o, O of the former Scnator from Alabama being carried to the train at Alexandria last night. In the photo, neral will be from the Independent ey to right, Representatives Steagall, Oliver, McDuffie and Almon of Alabama, placing flowers on the casket. Presbyterian Church in Birmingham at | 10 am. tomorrow. Dr. Henry M. Ed- monds, pastor, will officiate Among Funeral Party. In the party accompanying Mrs. Un- derwood in 2 special car were her two sons, J. Lewis Underwood and Oscar W. Underwood, jr., M Un- derwood, Charles M. Lewis of Washing- ton, life-long friend of the Senator, and former Chief Justice E. K. Campbell of the United States Court of Claims. Among the more than 1,000 messages of condolence which werc received at the home in Woodlawn today was personal message from e ember Congress, Republican and_Democ Evans Hughes, Underwood as delegat> to the disarmament confer ence, paid special tribute to the late Senator as a statesman and friend. There were messages from Preside elect Hoover, Ambassador Flefeher to Italy, irom former Gov. Alired E. Smitls and from officials high in ic lite threughout the country The homeward journey, which started from the home at Woodlawn at 4:20 p.m., was halted nearly two hours at the station at Alexandria, while the family and friends waited for the train from New York, which was to complete the trip over the Southern Railway. The wait was filled with verbal trib- utes from the Senator’s former col- leagues in _Congress. Representative Oliver said that only “little slips” had prevented Senator Underwood's being | the Presidential nominee of his party. | “And among leaders both in and out of his party,” Representative Oliver | added, “he was admired and loved. He, as President, would have gained univer- sal faith in Democratic prosperity, for | he enjoyed the confidence of business | leaders throughout the Nation.” Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurtle of Gun- ston IZall, accompanied the family to the station. They had sent as a floral | tribute, a blanket of boxwood and holly. | The shrub was chesen, it was said, | because throughout. his ' life Senator underwood haa a special fondness for it. Justice James Clark McReynolds of | the Supreme Court was among the offi- cials who went to the home at Wood- lawn to pay his lasf respeets to the| Senator, Resolution Deplores Death. A resolution deploring the passing of | the distinguisned Alabamian was aaopi- cd yesteraay by the Alabama delegation in the House. The resolution said: “The delegation 1rom Alabama in the House of Representatives has learned of the death or Senator Cscar W. Under- wood with prefound regret and genuine i personal sorrow. We feel that it may be said in all candor that no American of the present generation has contributed more richly than he to the annals of the Nation. “Entrusted as he was with many posi- tions of eminence and responsibility, -he brought to the discharge of his public duties such high order of courage and intellectual capacity as to win and de- serve the admiration and affection of his associates as well as the people of the entire country. “For 20 years as a Representative in Congress and 12 years as a Senator from Alabama, he rendered conspicuous and enduring service; his ability and, character having won for him the offi- | cial leadership of his party in both branches of Congress. “In his field of international rela- tions he likewise achieved signal dis- tinction, having been a member of the Washington Disarmament Conference and the sikth International Conference of American States at Havana in 1928, “At two national conventions of the Democratic party he was a formidable mender for the presidential nomina-~ “In addition to being attracted by his intellectual endowments, the friends of Senator Underwood loved him for his personal charm, for his genial comrade- ship and for unwavering candor and intellectual courage. “A very great son of Alabama has gone to his reward. We reverently cherish his memory, and honor his achievements. ‘The historian will record the name of Oscar W. Underwood as one of the really great Americans. Chaplain Barney T. Phillips offered the following prayer in the Senate in memory of Underwood: “Oh Merciful God and Heavenly Father, who hast planted our feet in 2 world so full of change‘that we know not what a day may bring forth, and hast curtained every day with night and rounded our little lives with sleep, look with loving pity, we beseech Thee, upon the sorrows of the loved ones and friends of him whom Thou didst but yesterday call to his reward. In the service of his country he bravely upheld the right and generously lived for others’ good. “Help us, therefore, to .use with all diligence the span of our appointed time | 50 that when our summons comes we | may receive that blessing which Thy well-beloved Son shall then ‘pronounce to all who love and fear Thee.” Neither Senator Heflin nor Senator Black of Alabama were able to return to Alabama for the funeral services of Mr. Underwood on account of illness in their families. The sons of both Sena- tors are ill. S-4 ON WAY TO KE; WEST FOR NEW SAFETY TESTS Submarine Resumes Voyage, in Tow of Mine Layer, After Having Batteries Charged at Norfolk. By the Associated Press. NOFOLK, Va., January 26—The submarine S-4 in tow of the mine layer Baliard, left the Hampton Roads Naval Operating Base today to resume her voyage from New London to Key West, interrupted Thursday when she was brought in to the Norfolk Navy Yard to have her batteries re-charged. At Key West the submarine, which was a death trap for the 40 members of her crew December 17, 1927, when she was rammed by the Coast Guard cutter Faulding off Provincetown, Mass., will be sunk for the third time to test out safety escape devices. recently in- stalled upon the S-4 which has been conevrted into a sort of safety labora- tory in efforts to make safer the lives of those who go under the seas in ships. The 8-4 is in command of Lieut. N. 8. Ives and has aboard, a crew of 15 enlisted men, all volunteers, and three officers. In the tests to be worked out off Key West, the submarine will be sunk in more than 100 feet of water, and members of the crew will attempt to escape through a newly invgnted escape chamber, .- | e — a of | ~—Associated Press Photo. EKASER HONORED N HS BRTHDAY Largest Family Reunion | 914 Gather to Henor | Former Ruler, ! By the Asscciated Press DOORN, Holland, January 26,—The !largest family reunion of the House cf | Hohenzollern which has gathered since | the outbreak of the World War in 1914 assembled here today to celebrate ex-| Kaiser Wilhelm's seventieth birthday | tomorrow. All told, there were, includ- ing the former Emporer himself, 57/ members of the family present. | | " The general family joy was dampened | by two cases of illness and the strained | | relations with Wilheim's oldest sister, | 1 Princess Victoria, because of her mar- | riage to Alexander Subkoff. She was| among the absentees. Another ab-| sentee was Prince Henry, brother of | the exiled ruler. He was kept at Kiel | by an attack of influenza. The deepest shadow of Wilhelm's happiness was .cast by the sudden illness today of his present wife, Princess Hermine. She was seizad with chickenbox shortly after breakfast and isolated in her room. This misfortune cheated her out of the first oppor- tunity since her marriage to be ranked as “empress” before the whole clan of Hohenzollern. The ex-Kaiser found solace in the fact that all 6 of his| children and all 19 of his grandchildren | had arrived here. Saxon Present. Frederick August III, ex-King of Saxony, was also present. But he was | the only one of the former Kings of German states in attendance on the ex-Emperor. The royal families of Bavaria and Wurtemberg were con- spicuously absent. Wilhelm's favorite child, his daugh- ter, Victoria Louise—now wife of the Duke of Brunswick—followed her usual method of travel and arrived with her family in an automobile which she had driven herself across snow-covered Ger- many and Holland. She contracted a heavy cold on the journey, and wss al- most a member, of the sick list . xight. | There was an informal dinner at Doorn Castle tonight for the grown-ups of the family, but tomorrow the chil- dren will be present at all functions. Divine services are to be conducted by the Rev. D. R. Vogel of Potsdam, who was court chaplain in the old days. The former Kaiser himself selected the text for the sermon. Will Wear Uniforms. | All participants in the celebration have been ordered to appear in Doorn tomorrow in full regalia. The men are to wear military uniforms, all their decorations, plumed helmets and long boots. The ex-Kaiser himself will don the uniform ‘of his old 1st Regiment of Royal Guards. He is to receive congratulations from 9:30 a.m. to 10 o’clock, when the church service will begin. Dinner. is to be served at 1 p.m.,-and in the afternoon the guests may do as they. please. At 8 o'clock they will again assemble for the evening meal. This will not be a gala event, but' the announcements call for-the wearing of “little military uniforms.” The printed schedule of events is headed: “Program for the 70th birthday of the all highest—his Majesty the Kaiser and\ King.” Presents From Children. Birthday presents from the -children | of Wilhelm consisted of aset of chimes | for the tower of the garage built on the Doorn estate last Summer. The chimes are the conventional | Westminster bells which ‘sound the quarter hour. There also will be a large clock in the tower with a dial visible | throughout the estate. | The granddaughters of the former | emperor are presentfng him with sam- ples of their own embroidery work, such as pillows and dofies. The’ grandson have mostly tried themselves at handi- craft, thus Victor, son of Prince Adel- bert, made for his grandfather an ash tray of an Oriental design. All the presents will be displayed in German family fashion on a large table | illuminated by candles. | | MONARCHISTS PAY TRIBUTE. | Former Soldiers of Germany Congratulations to Doorn. BERLIN, January 26 (#).—Monarch- | ists not only in Berlin, but in many | other centers of the country, held meetings tonight in anticipation of the celebration at Doorn tomorrow of the seventieth birthday of former Em- peror Wilhelm. The Nationalist League | and the German National Labor League both sent congratulations to the former { ruler. At the meeting of the Nationalist | League speakers urged on their hearers the idea that the first task of the Ger- man people must be restoration of the old form of government. They lauded the ex-Kaiser as a man who sacrificed his crown for the welfare of the Fatherland and who led the German people to affluence and political recog- nition throughout the world. Alfred = Hugenberg, head of the League, sent a telegram of congratu- lations to Doorn, saying that the or- ganization offered thes n grateful | rememberanc: of the service which| the house of Hohenzollern rendered | to Prussia and to Germany and of how your majesty’'s work was ever| governed by the principle that the King is the first servant of his coun- | try The German National Labor League | adopted a resolution expressing its| “deepest gratitude to the Kaiser, who convened the first international con- ference for working men’s protection and introduced social insurance.” At Hamburg the Nationalists mani- fested their devotion to the Kaiser by naming a special delegation to go 0 Doorn. Resolutions adopted there said that more than 1,000 men and women | “demanded the return of his majesty to i the fatherland, deeming that the right of every German to reside in the fa- therland cannot be denied.” A representative of the Send | former Was also xpected Lo take part in the S i s < | strate,” Nuremberg observance of the birthda The “Stahihelm™ organization of v veterans tonight telegraphed a message to the former Kaiser reading: “Te supteme war forces: most. respectful greetings on thousands of former German soldiers. BOARD IS ACCUSED BYRC A ATIORNEY Claims Intention to Create Monopoly in Wave Awards to Universal. By the Associated Press. ‘The Radio Corporation of America | House charged yesterday before the merchant marine committee that the Federal Radio Commission had indi-| cated an intention to create a monopoly by granting all 40 of the available short | wave channels to the Universal Wire- less Co. of Buffalo. Manton Davis, vice president tion, presented the organization's views in testimony on a bill to cxtend the iife of the commission for a year, He contended ‘thal 'thd ‘commission was not only proposing to set up a com- petitor to the Radio Corporation, “but to set up a monopoly in the domestic field from which RCA is to be ex- cluded.” Claims RCA Crippled. Theaction proposed,” he declared, ill not only prevent RCA competing in the domestic field, but will cripple.| and strangle RCA as a competitor in the international field.” He also said that in order to get| domestic business the corporation was | compelied to deal with its competitors, Western Union ‘and’ Postal Telegraph | companies. At a previous hearing O. H. Caldwell, member of the Federal Radio Commis- sion, testified that the commission awarded all the short wave frequencies to the Universal laboratory tests, but that there was a possibility of obtaining additional fre- quencies from Canada. Davis declared that the commission did not even inform the Radio Corpora- | tion of the tests, even though it had | applied for frequencies to serve 31 cities. He added that the commission’s asser- | tion that the Radio Corporation’s appli- cation had not been declined was no answer in view of the award to the othe: organization. Propaganda Charged. Attacks made .in. the.courts and be- fore governmental agencies against the Radio Corporation, in which the or- ganization was denounced as a “radio trust,” “patent pool” or *“monopoly,” Davis said were by propagandists backed by a body of men “seeking to use the inventions of others without license.” “They denounce and they accuse in order to build a smoke screen behind which to hide their wrongdomg,” he | declared. , “They seek the aid of the Governemnt to help them in wrong- doing.” Because the Radio Corporation “has never attempted to exert political pres- sure to get licenses, channels or other radio facilities,” Davis said, the radio commissioners think that “Congress has ill will” against the corporation “and they act accordingly.” He added that attacks had been made upon the com- mission in the nature of threats to pre- vent that body “giving to RCA plain justice and the reasonable opportunity to develop its services as the radio art develops. “My purpose has been to demon- the witness continued, '“that the assertion of the propagandists to the effect that the Fedéral Radio Com- mission has unduly favored RCA is un- true and that in-point of fact the con- trary is true; that those assertions were intended by the propagandists to intimidate and to terrorize the Fed- eral Radio Commission and to pre- vent, if possible, RCA receiving just and reasonable recognition.” |ACCOTINK MAN AGAIN VIRGINIA CROP HEAD| Closing Session of Association Re-| elects Harvey S. Clapp Presi- dent and Others, Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va. January 26.— The Virginia Crop Improvement Asso- clation, Harvey S. Clapp, Accotink, president; F. B. Cale, Sparta, vice presiden H. Byrne, Blacksburg, secretary- agent.. The new directors elected were: W. ‘F. Abernethey, McKenney, James Gibson, Delaplane, Va., John S: Ward, Leesburg, Va., re-elected. The directors whose terms have not expired are: H. H. Willis, Culpeper, V3, F. B. Cale, Sparta, Va.. Harvey S. Clipp, *Accotink, "Va.; J. C. Phillips, Tappahannock, Va, FIRE DAMAGES STORE. Minor Blaze on Seventh Street At- tracts Throng, Fire originating in the basement of the Hub Furniture Co. 215 and 217 at- tracted scores pf theatergoers and did Seventh street, early last night, slight damage to property. The blaze, thought to, have started in a'trash heap, gave off volumes of smoke which interfered with the work of the { fire fighters. Deputy Chief P. R. Davis, ! commanlding the firemen, said that | they had the blaz> under control five ¢ H. E. Cay- | Bavarfan royal house of Wittelshach |lor, watchman at the buildi J“ the alarmn, minutes after their arrival. th2 lord of unvanquished | Sincere congratulations and your seventieth birthday from hundreds of and general attorney of the Radio Corpora- | company following in session in Leesburg -this | weck, at_its_closing meeting re-elected w. eas- urer; W. R. Perkins, Blacksburg, field George T. Omo- hundro, Scottsville, Va.; J. H. Quisen- berry, Frederick Hall, Va. The board of reviews is composed of T. B. Hutche- | son, Harvey S. Clapp and F. B. Cale. NEWLIN HONORED BY DISTRICT BAR | 22t BT | Attorreys Urged by Speaker | o Keep Pace With Chang- ing Conditions. If law is to remain supreme it must maintain, solve and correct the problems that seem most vital to the people, de- | clarpd Gurney E. Newlin, president of the American Bar Association, at the dinner given in his honor last evening by the District Bar Association at the ‘Willard Hotel. The youth of the country, he said, in asking the reasons for the rules and dogmas of the law questions why, if the {rule or dogma does not correct wrongs and respond to the conscience of the people, it should be the law and why i% should not be disregarded. |~ The lawyer shouid be.able to answer these objections, he asserted, and should keep pace with progress and know the conditions which have brought about | many complex and difficult questions of | law i | " Maj. Julius I. Peyser, president of the local association, presiding, introduced Proctor L. Dougherty, president of the Board of District Commissioners, who welcomed the guest and painted a word picture for him of the extent of the Federal and municipal improvements which are to beautify the National Capital. O’Donoghue Cites Failures. On behalf of the Bar Association, Daniel W. O'Donoghue, extended a wel- come to Mr. Newlin. He dwelt on the failure of the law to keep pace with strides made in medicine, industries and finance and asserted that this has | come about because the law has failed | to digest the development of conditions. Human nature, he declared, cannot be adjusted to law, but law must be ad- justed to human nature. There is need of traffic laws “which will not make | eriminals of one-fourth of the popula- tion when one excludes babies and residents of homes for the aged.” The prohibition law needs to be amended, he said, and lawyers should band together to oppose the “orgy of statutory law” being indulged in by | National and State Legislatures. Mr. O'Donoghue suggested that the law should be simplified, restated and brought up to date. Judges, he said, should be better paid and lawyers bet- berlcducated in general matters as well | as law. Sargent Is Guest. Among the guests were Attorney Gen- eral Sargent, Solicitor General Mitch- ell, Mrs. Makel W. Willebrandt and other | assistants to the Attorney General; Jus- tices Robb and Van Orsdel of the Court ‘of Appeals; Chief Justice McCoy and Associate Justices Stafford, Balley and Gordon of the District Supreme Court, Chief Justice Booth of the United States Court of Claims and a number of mem- bers of Congress. Miss Elizabeth C. | Harris, president of the Women's. Bar | Associatton, and ~Miss Rebecca L. | Blaine of the Patent Bar, with Mrs. | Willebrandt, were the only women pres=- ent. About -200 lawyers attended. | | " Dinner arrangements were in the hands of the following committee: Jesse C. Adkins, chairman; Fred S. Tyler, secretary; J. Miller Kenyon, treasurer; Daniel W. O'Donoghue, Levi Cooke, Paul E. Lesh, Stanton C. Peelle, Julius I. Peyser, Charles H. Bates, Wil- liam E. Dyre, Charles V. Imlay, H. Prescott Gatley, Luclan H. Vandoren, Richard E. Wellford, Alexander H. Bell, sr., Joseph A. Burkhart, Henry I. Quinn, | Foger J. Whiteford, Frank J. Hogay | John Lewis Smith, Frederic D. Mec- ! Kenney and Edward F. Colladay. POLICE ARREST TWO AFTER CHASING AUTO 720 Quarts of Alleged Liquor| Seized in Montgomery County When Bullet Checks Race. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., January 26.— An early morning chase on the Coles- | | ville-Ashton road today resulted in the capture by the Montgomery County po- lice of the Silver Spring substation of a car containing 720 quarts of alleged liquor and two colored men. The driver of the car gave the name of William Handy, 1255 Twenty-second street, and the other the name of Harry Wilson and his address as 1773 Oregon avenue, both Washington, D. C. The same car is said to have outdis- tanced the police on several previous | occasions. Policeman Charles T. Barnes today paced it for nearly 2 miles, drew his pistol and fired info the gasoline tank. The car was forced to stop. Both occupants were charged with possession of intoxicating liquor with intent to sell. Handy, the driver, was released after puttine up a bond of $500 and Wilson was required to deposit $200 for his re- lease to appear for trial in-Police Court at Rockville February 7 next. MAN AND WOMAN-HELD ON ROBBERY CHARGES Pair Are Said by Police to Have Been Identified by Victim, Bowie, Md., Man. A man and a-woman, identified as two of the three bandits who last night robbed Leanhard Schmidhauer —of Bowie, Md., of $17, are being held at the fourth precinct station. The rob- bery took place at Third street and Main, avenue southwest. The alleged bandits, Estelle German, colored, 23 years old, 304 Third street southwest, and George Hawkins, 23 years old, also colored and of the same address, were arrested shortly after the robbery at their home by Precinct De- QUAKES PTURED Y NEW DETEETOR Galitzin Horizontal Seismo- graph Is Placed in Service at Georgetown. A new Galitzin horizontal seismo- | graph, the only earthquake detector of |its kind on this side of the Atlantic | ! Ocean, has just been placed in service | |in the extensively equipped Seismolog- ' {ical Observatory at Georgetown Uni- ! | versity. Said to be the most sensitive instru- | | ment_known in the field of seismic re- | search, Director Francis A. Tondorf, | S. J., had to construct for its protec- | tion a specially desighed, double-walled | “cave,” as the underground vaults of |the observatory are called. Unlike |other instruments, the Galitzin type “photographs” earth tremors as they are being recorded. Utmost precautions were taken to make the vault damp-proof and heat- proof. The seismograph’s degree of sensilivity is so great, Father Tondorf explained, that if exposed to rays of !the sun, even indirectly through the | brick walls of a building, the slight heat | would cause the instrument .to tilt, which means a deflection of the needle from the zero point. To put this in- strument together and concentrate the needle required a long and tedious process. Photography Held Important. almost equal importance Father Tondorf in recording the ho zontal movements of the earth is th> method by which this new seismograph “photograph: the tremors. When a quake occurs 1,000 miles or 5,000 miles distant the wave of tremors are di rectly registered on a sheet which is developed like an ordinary photographic plate. This proves not only a great time and labor saving device, but is also valuable for preserving the records. The Georgetown observatory for sev- eral vears has been equipped with a Galitzin seismograph for the study of the vertical movements of the earth. With installation of the new machine the observatory equipment becomes one of the most complete in the world. The Galitzin machines are eompli- cated fo operate, Father Tondorf said, and for this reason are not commonly used. They have a very high intensivity, {and can register more distant quakes than others in use at the observatory. It is highly important in seismic re- search to have an accurate study of the horizontal movements of the earth, which are more destructive than the vertical movements. ‘The Galitzin machine, made in Eng- land, is radically different from other types in more constant use. Its weight or pendulum, which is so suspended as to be in neutral equilibrium and to which the point ot needle is attached, is of only 25 kilograms, as compared with 500 pounds for some machines. Guard Against Heat Changes. ‘The ‘“cave” constructed for the in- strument is about 15 feet below the surface. Double walls with electrical heating keeps the temperature con- stantly at about 78 degrees. Every precaution has been taken to guard the instrument from temperature changes and extérnal disturbance. The seismograph, inclosed in a her- metically sealed glass case, is mounted | on isolated concrete piers for steadi- ness Every morning and evening Father Tondorf and his assistant, Father Goberna of Spain, who is taking a | special course in. seismology, inspect the seismograms, or records of the various instruments. , Since there are about 9,000 earthquakes a year, or about one every hour, records at George- town are very constant. Not all earth tremors are recorded here, but, Father Tondorf says, his two Galitzin instru- ments will account for nearly all of of to ANUARY 27, 1929—-PART T. “PHOTOGRAPHS” EARTH’S TREMORS The only Galitzin horizontal seismograph . in the United States has just been put into service at the Seismological Observatory at Georgetown University for earthquake research work. The picture shows Director Francis A. Tondorf, S. J., and Father Goberna of Spain, his assistant (left). (SUINE-SIAICH ) ANNIVERSARY FETE NEW DORMITORIES HONGRS R, SIMON FOR WOMEN URGE Speakers at Banquet Pay| Blaine Would Amend Flaza Tribute to Work of | Rabbi. The value and scope of the influence wiclded by the "Rev. Dr. Improvement Bill to Give Workers Home. The prospect of completing legisla- Abram | tion at this session for the extension | Simon in his 25 years as rabbi-of the | of the Capitol grounds to' Union Station | Washington Hebrew congregation, both | became somewhat uncertain’ yesterday, in shaping the spiritftal life of his con- | w in which he lived, was emphasized last | night by prominent speakers, address- | ing a banquet given in Dr. Simon’s | honor at the Mayflower Hotel. Dr. Simon was described not only as a | religious leader and teacher of great | force, but as a humanitarian who had extended his work to many fields out- | side the bounds of his congregation. The banquet Saturday night, attended | by 600 members and friends of the| congregation, closed the second day of - & three-day program arranged in honor | of Dr. Simon's iyenty-fifth anniversary | as head of the congregation. K i A service of tribute at 10 oclock‘ this morning in the Jewish Community Center, in which confirmants will participate, will close the observance. | Coolidge Pays Tribute. The regrets of President Coolidge | in his inability to attend the hanquel} Saturday night were convened in a| letter to Dr. Simon. The communica- tion, read to the banquet by Levi H. David, who, as president of the con- gregation, served as master of cere- monies, follows: “It is with great regret that I find | myself unable to attend the dinner in | celebration of the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of your spiritual leadership of the | ‘Washington Hebrew Congregation. Your | active interest in all things pertaining to the welfare of this community ana your fine traits of fellowship :\nd; humanity have brought you, not only respect, but real affection. ~I congratulate you mosi cordially, and for the future years wish you healt, | happiness and suceess in your work.” | Whiie the Right Rev. James E. Free- | man, Bishop ot Washington, through an | enforced absence from the city, was un-| able to deliver his scheduled address, he | ti the intense quakes during the year. With the photographic plates which | will now be made available to him, | Father Tondorf’s work will be greatly | facilitated. | It is a weird experience to stand be- side one of these silent machines and watch its “pen” trace a zig-zag line on a revolving scroll of smoked paper— writing in Washington the story of a quake that has just shaken up a bit of Alaska or perhaps a South Sea island. “The earth does the trick,” said Father Tondorf. “The seismograph is| simply a writing machine with which Mother Earth jots down the record of | her own restlessness. However, it is a peculiar kind of writing machine, for the pen is stationary and the paper | does the moving. If you can imagine | a dexterous chirographer who can write | a message by moving a piece of paper | back and forth under a fixed pen, you | have the system by which the earth| writes down its own tremors.” | Easy to Locate Quake. Reading these earth messages after | they are recorded takes up much of | Father Tondor's time, Each zig-zag| mark must be accurately measured wuh‘ the aid of a microscope, but the mathe- | matical process by which the distance | of the quake is calculated is rather simple. “If the seismogram is readable—and | often it is not,” he explained, “a high | school child would be equal to the so- lution. . “The secret is contained in this fact: Earthquake vibrations travel in two kinds of waves, one at the rate of 497 miles an hour, the other at 297!, miles an hour. Naturally the fast waves reach the seismograph first and write their signature. Later, the slow waves write theirs. Other kinds of waves also enter into the seismogram, but the fast and slow waves are very pronounced and generally are easily identified. Since | we know their speeds, and can tell from | the space on the seismogram the period elapsed between the arrival of the first fast wave and the arrival of the first | slow wave, it is an easy problem in; mathematics to figure the distance that | the two waves have traveled.’ To judge the violence of a quake, the seismologist relies on the zigzags traced on the paper, allowance being made for | the distance traveled by the earth vi- ! brations. If the needle is joggled so that it cuts wide zigzags, and the rec- ord shows the tremors traveled 5,000 or | 6,000 miles, Father Tondorf knows the | quake was a severe one, Slight quakes 5,000 miles distant would make a very light record, perhaps none at all. Light quakes close at hand may make a very heavy record. | Father Tondorf mails to observatories throughout the world a monthly record of all earthquakes recorded at George- town. He takes pride in the fact that it is one of the most authoritative bul- letins issued. SLAYER GETS TWO YEARS. | CHATHAM, Va., January 26.—A Cir- cuit Court jury here this evening con- victed W. W. Childress of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Edward Mills last Summer and sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary. Mills was shot in the leg and later died following a quarrel between the two men over a load of lumber. The State did not ask for a death penalty, but for life imprisonment, pressing a sent a personal representative, Dean G. C. F. Bratenahl, of the Washington Ca- thedral, who paid a glowing tribute to; the work of Dr. Simon as it has affected | the life of the City of Washington. A testimony, to the esteem in which Dr. Simon 1s Held by Catholic residents | of the city was oiffered by Frank J.| Hogan, prominent Washington attorney. Rev. Dr. H. G. Enelow, president of | the Central Conference of American Rabbis, told the meeting of the value placed on the work and influence of Dr. Simon by Jewish religious and educa- tional leaders of the country. Others Honor Rabbi. Othérs who accepted an invitation to address the meeting included Sena- tor Capper, chairman of the Senate District committee; Rev. Dr.. Louis ‘Wolsey of Philadelphia, chancellor, the Jewish Chautauqua Society; Maurice D. Rosenberg, Washington banker and vice president of the American He- brew Congregations, and Rabbi William | F. Rosenblum. ‘The invocation was pronounced by | Rabbi Louis I. Schwefel, of the Adath | Israel Congregation and the hene-‘ diction by Rabbi Julius T. Loeb, of e Oheb Shalom Congregation. A musical program at the meeting in- cluded several selections by the temple | choir and a vocal solo by Mrs, Julian | Brylawski. | Exercises to be held by confirmants | this morning will* consist in part of| short tributes to Dr. Simon by rep- resentatives of - the religious school, a | procession of confirmants and a musi- cal service. ARREST MAY SOLVE - SUBURBAN BURGLARIES Colored Man From Florida in Rock- ville Jail Had Stolen Property in Vacant House, Say Police. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md. January 26. —With the arrest of James Edwards, colored, by Policemen Jones and Sny. der of the substation here, Montgomery County police” believe that they have the perpetrator of the series of bur- glaries reported during the last several weeks in Indian Spring Terrace and vicinity on the Colesville road. | The prisoner, who gives his address | as Key West, Fla., according to the police has been living in a vacant house | near the scene of the robberies. He | was arrested and lodged in the Rockville | Jail ‘for investigation following the Te- ported robbery- of the home of William | C. Lehmkuhl of Indian Spring Terrace. He was specifically charged today with robbing the Lehmkuhl-home and- taking more than $50. worth af. jewelry . and clothing, most of which was found in the "house' he' was * occupymg, * accord+ :‘ns to. the .police. when. ihey. arrested CHARGED WITH FORGERY. Colored Woman Used Name of Em-| ployer, Bethesda Police Told. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., . January 26— | Louise Brown, colored, 16 years old, was first-degree verdict. Childress claimed he shot to defend his life, though it was shown that Mills was unarmed. Bump on Knee Causes Death. CHICAGO, January 26 (#).—Fred Miller, restaurant proprietor, “bumped his knee against a table last night and tectives R. J. Barrett and W. C. Curtis. ing turned | Police say the victim identified the two died before he could be taken to & hos- plial, A blood vessel was broken, and ! led to d’lu:..' arrested today by Policemen W. C. Poole and Oscar T. Gaither of the local po- lice substation on a charge of forgery. The woman, according to the police, ap- peared at a local bank with a check for $16 and bank officials, doubting the au- thenticity of the signature, called her employer whose name was on the paper. When she denied that she had signed the check, the police were sent for and the colored woman was arrested and in the Rockyille Jall, T man e S, of the Government témporary hotels on the plaza. employes of the Government. rentals would be applied to retire the bond issue and cover operating ex penses. Any proceeds resulting from the | are watching with keen interest, there- temporary war-time | fore, to see how energetically the new structures on the plaza would go into | government will work for the release of the fund for the new dormitori removal of the area. The proposed amendment, ever, is likely to lead to extended dis- cussion of the measure in the Senate. If the bill is not enacted by March 4 ';nl would have to be reintroduced in the | refused to do, and the offer was with~ ouse. ! i 7 hen Senator Blaine, Republican, of the Senate, proposing a ,000 bond issue for the erection ew dormitories for wonien employes to replace the The plaza improvement bill, which has passed the House, was reached on the Senate noon, made to its immediate consideration Senator Blaine pres ment. were laid aside for later consideration. | celendar yesterday after- and, after objection had been nted his amend- The bill and the amendment The Blaine amendment would autho: gregation and that of the community | Wisconsin, filed an amendment to the | | ize the Secretary of Labor to construct | new dormitories within a radius of one | mile of the Treasury Building to ac- | commodate from 1,500 to 2,500 woman | Chinese bandits is not new, this is the The | first to occur since the United States { Plans for the beautification of the | on for proposed landscaping of the how- Bring Any Good Photo, Post Card, Kodak, or Group Picture You Wish En 14x17 inches. small charge of 39c¢. 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Strong representations are to be sent ‘mmediately to the new Nationalist Government of China demanding the <mployment of whatever military meas- urés are necessary to bring about the release of Rev. Edward Young, a mem- 2er of the American Catholic Mission in ~aina, who was captured by Chinesc Communist bandits January 22 and is being held for $20.000 ransom. Official confirmation of the Ameri- missionary’s_capture was received rday by the Department of State in dispatch from Frank P. Lockhart, American consul general at Hankow. Mr. Lockhart reported he had received a telegram from Bishop O'Shea, head of the Catholic Mission, stating that the Rev. Mr. Young had been taken prisoner at Nananfu, Kiangsi. Death Threat Feared. The Communist bandit leaders who hold the missionary captive are Chu Teh and Mao Chih Tung, reported to be two of the most desperate and dar- ing bandic leaders in China. Grave fears are felt that if the $20,000 ransom they have demanded is not paid they | will not hesitate to put into effect a | | aays to pay the ransom, which amounts shreat, to kill their prisone given friends of the Am They have jcan three to $10,000 in gold. Mr. Lockhart, informed the Depart- | ment of State that he had made direct representations to Nanchang urging im- mediate action to effect Rev. Mr. Young's reiease. In additjon, John Van A. MacMurray, American Minister at Feking, has instructed Mahlon F. Per- kins, counselor of the legation, who now is in Nanking, to personally visit the Nationalist minister of foreign af- fairs, C. T. Wang, and request the Na- tionalist government to take whatever steps are necessary to insure the Amer- ican missionary’s release without delay. Military Reprisal Dangerous. Fear was felt at the Department of State that if the Nationalist govern- ment resorts to military measurcs against the bandits, they might execute their prisoner and retire arther into i, where thev would {rom _disturbance well equipped mill ment will not hesitate to demand that the new Chinese government pay th ransom price to insure Rev. Mr, Young's afety and then employ martial punish- ment against the bandits. Although the kidnaping of American missionaries and American travelers by formally recognized the Nationalist gov- ernment. - State Department officials the missionary and his safe return. Tenants Turn Down Trees. ‘Tenant owners in one of the corpora- ion housing projects in Glasgow, Scot- land, refuse to bother with trees and grass around their homes. The city re- cently offered to lay out grass plots and plant trees if the owners of the houses would care for them. This the owners drawn. ra charge for full figures, Enlargements