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Foen [ 4 ny Sfaf, Society and General @he ~ WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1929, 'WITH SUNDAY MORFING EDITION WERD LIZRD SENT TODFROMPACKT SLES BY PICHDT Conolophus From Hot and Rocky Land That Defies Occupation by Humans. HEAD IS PAVED WITH “COBBLESTONE SCALES” Shipment With Duncan Island Tur- tles to Be Given Native Cactus and Stones. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Conolophus subcristatus, a wierd creature which seems to have stepped out of the dragon-haunted eons of the past, is on its way to the National Zoo- logical Park. Dr. William M. Mann, director of the 200, yesterday received a message from Gifford Pinchot, now cruising the Pa- cific in the neighborhood of the Gela- pagos Islands, that he had succeeded in capturing two of these giant iguanas and was depositing them in Washington until Mrs. Pinchot desired to withdraw | them as pets. This contingency, the former Governor said, was “quite un- When full grown the reptile is more than a yard long with a very heavy head and forebody. The head is “paved with cobble-stone-like scales.” On the neck is a low crest of curved spines. ‘The head is lemon yellow. The back is red, merging into dark brown on the flanks. The belly is dark yellow with a tinge of reddish brown. The lizards are coming to Washing- ton in the same shipment as the Dun- can Island turtles captured by the Pinchot party, which have been pre- sented to the Zoo. These animals, Dr.} Mann said, have seldom been in ca tivity. Their habits were first described by Charles Darwin in “The Voyage of the Beagle.” Combined to Galapagos. ‘These wierd animals, Dr. Mann said, arc confined entirely to certain desert islands of the Galapagod group, al- though they have some near relatives in South America. They are notable in showing no fear of man, having existed for thousands of years without coming in contact with him. As a result they refuse to budge from his path. They live largely on the cactus, which is al- most the only growth on the islands they inhabit. Another curious habit of conolopus, or a closely allied species, is to run to the land for safety, even if it is directly into the hand of its ene- mies. This is due to the fact that for 50 many centuries all its enemies have been in the water, and its safety on land, and it is unable to change its defense reaction on short notice. Alth fearful in appearance, Dr. Mann said, the giant lizard is quite harmless and becomes docile in cap- is scared of nothing because °r has had occasion to fear any- | t nev thing. Although the Galapagos have been *d_quite frequently in recent years s, according to Dr. Mann, y animals have been captured owing to the peculiar nature of the country, and “creatures out of the South America of millions of years ago may still be living there unknown ' The island, inhabited by | s and lizards are simply great stretches of sharp, hot, rolling stones and entirely devoid of water. A man cannot go iar inland because the soles of his shoes soon are cut to pieces, and even a powerful athlete is exhausted after a mile or so of such travel. Thus the creatures have an almost perfect natural defense, and the labor of the Pinchot party in bringing out the two giant turtles from Duncan Island must | have been tremendous. Clouds Indicate Life. So the nature of the interior of some | of the islands is entirely unknown.| There is one island in the center of which is an extinct crater, over whicis | are low-hanging clouds. This indicates that there must be water there, which probably means that much of the wierd | primitive animal life of the Galapagos | is still living there. It would be a paradise for a naturalist, but it might as well be on the moon, because, says Dr. Mann, “it probably’ would cost a million dollars to get there.” The hoofs of mules would be cut to bit Jong before they reached the mysteriou: valley, and the only hope of getting in probably would be Wwith a large expedi- tion, equipped with road-building ma- chinery and supplies for a long time, Dr. Mann expects to reproduce 8i Galapagos Island scene in the new reptile house at the Zoo, as a back- ground for the lizards and the turtles. | He hopes to secure some of the actual voleanic rocks from one of the islands | as a floor and some of the native cacti | and shrubs, which probably can be | grown under glass in Washington. i ‘The animal life of the Galapagos, Dr. | Mann said, is practically devoid of | mammals which in some way were left | behind when this group split off from | South America. The only mammals | were a few bats, one of the weirdest of | which has been captured by the Pin- | chot_expedition. The reptiles now are confined to the rocky and in- ble islands because the larger | like Albemarle Island, which have grass and water have been oc- cupied for a long time by Ecuadorian | sheep herders. The sheep dogs have | ctically exterminated the turtles and lizards. ! Long-Lived Animals. | The Duncan Island turtles, Dr. Mann said, probably Will be living in Wash- | ington long after they are extermi- | nated on the island itself. They are probably the longest-lived of all ani- imply wearing out in the course iree or four centuries. Otherwise apparently nothing kills them. The Zoo's population of rare animals was increased this week by two new species of birds of paradise, making in all seven species of these birds, the | nearest complete collection in America. One is the 12-wired bird of paradise. | named for its 12 long, wirelike fail ' feathers. i ‘This is one of the largest of the fam- | ily. The second is a small member of ! !l'ie family which probably has never | been in captivity before. It has a bright | blue head, a bright yellow mantle along the neck and a back of metallic crim- son. This species is found only cn the small, unexplored islands of Waigiou and Batanta, near New Guinca. Until this year, Dr. Mann said, birds of Para- dise ‘were extremely difficult o obtain and expensive, but explorers bave lately been penetrating the unexplored jun- gles of New: Guinea. As a result, these most exquisitely colored of all hirds are beginning to come on the market. — An outside concern has offered tc take over the entire State electric sys- tem of Bavaria and supply power at lower rates than now prevail. 4 {to Venezuela and among those men- | F. Lineberger of California, a former Citizens’ Military Training Camp soldiers at Fort Wash ington were brought to the Capital yvesterday for inspection | In the photograph President Hoover is shaking the hand of V. P. Barrickman, one of the eight * considering the nature of the | soldiers at the camp who has completed the four-year course and now is eligible for a commission in the Officers’ Re- by President Hoover. serve Corps. PRESIDENT INSPECTS C. M. T. C. SOLDIERS —Associated Press Photo. GARRETT SUCCEEDS FLETCHER AS NEW AMBASSADOR TO ITALY | Baltimore Banker, Former, Diplomat, Given Rome Port- folio by President. Other Posts Still to Be Filled. Shake-up of Career Men Is Hinted. The post of Ambassador to Italy, made vacant by the voluntary retire ment of Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsyl-| vania, is to be filled by John W. Gar- rett of Baltimore, former diplomat and the third man of finance chosen by President Hoover for service in im- portant European capitals. The selection of Mr. Garrett was an- nounced vesterday. His name has been presented Vo the Italian government and a reply as to his acceptability is| awaited. I ‘With former Vice President Dawes | | representing the United States at Lon- |of service in the diplomat don, and Senator Walter E. Edge of | New Jersey selected as Ambassador to | secretary of the American embassy at | France, the Washington Government|Rome from 1908 to 1911 and also has | presided at toda: has but two more major European posts |served as Minister to the Netherlands, | mittee, which heard pleas for estab to fill, those at Berlin and Madrid. Shake-up Is Expected. Selections of the Ambassadors to Germany and Spain and to Peru, Chile and Japan are expected to be made soon. Many new Ministers also are to be appointed, while a number of others are to be shifted. There is to be a general shake-up in the Latin American service. Ambassa- dors Alexander P. Moore, at Lima, and William S. Culbertson, at Santiago, are expected to retire. Ministers in the southern republics whose resignations are expected include Gerhard A. Bad- ing. at Ecuador; Charles C. Eberhardt, at Nicaragua, and U. S. Grant-Smith, at_Uruguay. Willis Cook has resigned as Minister tioned as his possible successor is Walter member of Congress, a friend of the President, and an engineer who has spent 10 years in Latin America. Reports also are current that John Van A. MacMurray is to be replaced as Minister to China. He is a career man and probably will be transferred to some other post or to the State Department. Roy T. Davis of Missouri, Minister to Costa Rica, is slated for a promo- tion and there has been some talk that he might succeed Ambassador Moore at Lima. Should he not be promoted to an_ambassadorship he will be given & more important ministerial post in rec- ognition of his work at San Jose. Man of Experience. ~Mr. Garrett, the new Ambassador to Italy, bas had nearly a score of years froi Glenn Klotzbach with a bone in a bank of the lower Potomac near old. Com JOHN W. GARRETT. ic corps and in other foreign service. He was first Venezuela and Argentina and was sec- retary general of the Washington Arms Conference. His first service was in 1901 and he has served at Berlin, Paris and Luxem- burg, as well as at Buenos Aires, The Hague and Caracas. During the World War he inspected camps of French pris- | oners in Germany at the request of the French government and subsequently helped to negotiate & treaty with Ger- many regarding the treatment of pris- oners of war, OWNERS OF TRUCK SUED. | | Father Files $18,700 Action in Be- half of Girl and Self. Suits aggregating $18,700 damages i have been filed in the District Supreme Court by Jane L. Stein, a minor, through her father, William S. Stein, 117 Leland street, Chevy Chase, Md., against the Griffiths-Consumers Co. 1319 G street. daughter in a collision with @ truck of the defendant March 29 at Connegticut avenue and Cojumbia road, and $3,700 in addition for his own injuries, damage to his automobile in the cqlision and loss of the services of his daughter. ‘Through Attorneys Whiteford, Mar- shall & Hart the plaintiff charges that the truck was negligently operated and caused the collision. ‘The father asks $15,000 | damages for injuries sustained by his | D, C-T0.SOUTHWEST AR LINE TAKEN 0P [Hearing Held on Mail Route| | From New York to St. Louis and on Into Texas. | . Establishmer | ice between the National Capital a the Southwest through a feeder line from this city and Norfolk, Va. to Pittsburgh, to connect the with aj proposed new line from New York to St. Louis, is under consideration by the interdepartmental committee on air- | ways, which conducted public hearings | today at the Post Office Department or the proposed New York-St. Louis and | St. Louis to Dallas and Fort Worth routes. Today's hearing was devoted to the proposed main line from New York to St. Louis and on into Texas. The com- | mittee heard arguments from delega- | | tions representing the various cities en | | route relative to the establishment of | | the route between the main urmmal; | points. | Postmaster General Walter F. Brown s session of the com- | | lishment of the proposed new rou | from nearly a score of Senators and | i Representatives represe g Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Indiana and Mis | souri. | | Public _hearings on the proposed | Norfolk-Pittsburgh feeder line passing | through the National Capital probably will be held later. When this hearing | |is held a delegation from the Washing- | ton Chamber of Commerce will be heard on the necessity for such a serv- | ice and its importance to this city and | the surrounding territory. The cham- | ber will be represented by Lieut. Walter | Hinton, chairman of the committee on | | aviation; Thomas P. Littlepage and Col. William O. Tufts. | 'BURNET IS NAMED | T0 REVENUE POST Deputy Commissioner, | Becomes Succeeding C. B. Allen—Schoen- | oman to Head Accounts Unit. | Announcement Wwas made yesterc of the appointment of David Burids as deputy commissioner of internaj! revenue in charge of the income tax{ unit, and George J. Schoenoman as | deputy commissioner of internal revenue |in charge of the accounts and collec- tions unit. Mr. Burnet succeeds Charles B. Allen, who is transferred to | the position of Internal Revenue agent | |iA charge of the Upper New Yerk | division. Mr. Burnet entered the Bureau of nternal_Revenue as an auditor Feb- ary 17, 1919, and served in that capacity until July 31, 1919, when he was assigned to the Cincinnati division of the income tax unit as an Internal Revenue agent. He later served in the same capacity in the Chicago and Bos- ton divisions. Mr. Schoenoman came to Washing- ton from Rhode Island in 1909 as secre- tary to William Paine Sheffield, and in July, 1911, entered the Post Office Department as a stenographer in the office of the chief clerk. i On October 1, 1920, he entered the service of the Internal Revenue Depart- | ment as chief of personnel and served in that capacity until July 1, 1924, when he was appointed deputy com- | missioner of the accounts and’ collec- | tions unit. The appointments are effective today. | | BOY FINDS MANATEE BONE ALONG RIVER { Prehistoric Remnant Is Believed to Be 3,000,000 Years 01d. The bone of a preliistoric manatee or sea_cow, estimated by Dr. Remington Kellogg of the National Museum as about 3,000,000 years old, was found a few days ago in a bank of the Lower Potomac, near Compton, Md., by 13- year-old Glenn Klotzbach of Clifton, ‘who is spending the Summer with brother, Crrroll Klotzbach, aboard yacht. ‘The ancient sea cow is supposed to be a direct ancestor of the present mana- tce, which still is found in Florida waters, but is rapidly approaching ex- tinction. It is a mammal which, like the whale and porpoise, has taken to living like a fish. It could not exist on land. cow or manatee, which he found Glenn took his find to the National * Staft Photo. specimen.. Md. The bone is 3,000,000 years Museum, where it will be kept as & —Star NINE INJURED DURING IR 3 ARRESTS DECREASE IN TRAFFIC DRIVE IN LAST 24 HOURS Only 181 Persons Are Haled to Court for Breach of Regulations. * SAME LENGTH OF TIME Fines and Forfeitures in July Reach $41,165.78, Setting New High Mark. Traffic arrests for the 24 hours end- ing 8 am. today dropped to 181, of which 43 were for speeding, 3 for reck- less drving, 2 for driving while drunk and 133 miscellaneous offenses. ‘This total is considerably smaller than the daily average. During the same period nine persons were injured, one of whom is in a se- rious condition at Emergency Hospital. Tabulation of fines and forfeitures for the month of July in Traffic Court, compiled by A. J. Sanford, financial clerk, disclosed yesterday that a record had been attained since the beginning of the traffic crusade. Arrested niotor- ists, by payment of fines or forfeiting, increased the revenue to a total amount | of $41,165.78, which was approximately two-thirds of the $68,810.45 received from all four branches of Police Céurt. 120 Forfeit Collateral. Of the 130 persons listed as having deposited collateral 120 of those record- ed forfeited. The number of appea: ances in court was increased slightly by those who had been given summons to appear but had not been required to post security. The most severe penalty imposed by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in the morning | session of Traffic Court today was a fine of $50 against James L. Mills, 652 E street southeast, arrested by Police- man F. J. Scoville last night for driv- ing without a permit. In addition to the penalty Mills was also ordered to pay $15 on a speed charge. William W. Taylor, 2224 Sixteenth street southeast, who was arrested by Policeman R. V. Sinclair for driving in a manner which the officer termed the ‘most_reckless he had ever seen” was | ordered to pay a fine of $40. Sinclair testified that Taylor had driven several blocks at a speed of approximately 40 miles an hour when trafic was heavy, passed a stop signal and narrowly avoided a collision. When he endanger- ed the life of a child who was crossing the street. Sinclair halted him and harged him with reckless driving and passing a stop signal. On the latter charge he was fined $5. Fined $15 for Speeding. Arrested by Policeman K. P. Green- loe for driving at a speed of 36 miles an hour, Raymond W. Glaves, 200 block of Longfellow street, was fined $15. Utilizing his plan of “a dollar a mile,” Judge Schuldt imposed a fine of $10 on Elmer L. Groshon of Bethesda, Md., who was apprehended by Policeman A. E. Brown while driving at a speed of 2 miles an_hour. George M. Hawki.s, 1300 block of Euclid street, appeared before the court oday on a charge of driving while un- | der the influence of liquor, preferred by Policeman E. C. O'Meara of the eleventh precinct. He demanded a jury trial and was held under bond of $500. Two $100 Fines. ‘Two fines of $100 each were assessed against Herman J. Lepley. 20 years old. of the Army Air Corps detachment at Bolling Field. Lepley was the driver of the car which collided with a taxicab, seriously injuring Mrs, Anna Kessinger, 1421 Twelfth street, a passenger in the cab. Lepley was fined on charges of driv- ing without a permit and reckless driv- ing, and his personal bond was taken for failure to have a registration card and driying in the wrong direction on a one way streot. He was committed to jail. His case will be reponed when Lieut. G. Robinson, Bolling Field, owner of tha car, returns to the city to determinc whether the car was borrowed with Robins ermission. Policy F. J. Scoville arrested Charles W. Brown, 300 block of L street southeast, and James Mills, 652 E street southeast, who were' hurrying to keep dates. Brown informed the policeman that -ae was going to see a doctor, but later ;Admi‘ted his real destination. He was fined $12 for speeding, while Mills was finded $50 for operating without & per- mit and $15 for speeding. Woman in Taxi Is Injured. Nine persons were injured, one crit- ically, in automobile accidents here late yesterday afternoon and last night. The serious injury befell Mrs. Anna Ken- singer, who was in a taxi operated by her husband, Claire Kensinger, 1421 Twelfth street, when it was overturned in collision about 10 o'clock last night with an automobile operated by Herman J. Lepley, 20 years old, of the Air Corps detachment at Bolling Field, at Twelfth and I streets. 3 Mrs. Kensinger, who is 35 years old, is believed to have a fractured back and internal injuries, and her condition was undetermined at Emergency Hospital to- day pending an X-ray examination. Lepley was arrested and held at No. 1 precinct on charges of reckless driving, operating without a District permit and driving the wrong way on a one-way street. Lieut. A. G. Robinson of the Air Corps, owner of the car, informed po- lice that Lepley took the machine from his garage without his knowledge. Lep- ley told officers he borrowed the car. Mary Catherine Jarrett, 45 years old, of 1530 A street northeast, suffered a fractured arm and severe lacqrations about the legs last night when knocked over by a hit-and-run driver as she was crossing Sixteenth street at A street northeast. The injured woman was re- moved in a passing automobile to Cas- ualty Hospital, where her condition was regarded &s favorable today. Police of No. 9 precinct were trying to learn the- identity of the driver last night. They arrested two suspects, who are being held for investigation. Girl, 6, Is Knocked Down. Walter P. Nagel, colored, 27, of No. 87 Fenton street, was knocked down and injured about the neck late yesterday afternoon when hit by an automobile operated by Lillian M. Beaner, 30 years old, of 3627 Eighteenth street north- east, as he was crossing Mount Vernon place in the 700 block. His condition was undetermined at Emergency Hos- pital today. Six-year-old Dorothy Fishman of 3134 Nineteenth street sustained a broken nose and severe bruises late yes- terdgy afternoon when knocked down in the street in front of her home by an automobile driven by Charles H. Mainhall, 30, of 3302 Nineteenth street. She was treated-at the office of Alpis Carlton, 8 yeal Thirteenth street, was hit by a taxicab | He was treated at a doctor’s yester afternoon. while uaning. returned-to-his hotel: . L3 OILER TO BE USED ON MOSQUITOES X, ‘ g Maj. William O. Wetmore, new sanitary officer of the District, with the “Panama oiler,” his invention for killing mosquitoes in their breeding places in pond of Air Cross Awarded | To Army Officers ' For Refueling Feat | nd pools of stagnant water. Capt. Smith and Lieut. Richter Rewarded for | | . > Pioneer Performance. THe Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded today to Capt. Lowell H. Smith of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Lieut. John P. Richter of Virginia, Army Air Corps officers, as “pioneers in establish- ing the practicability of refueling air- planes in flight.” Their feat was pe: formed in June, 1923, when they re- fueled in the air for 37 hours and 15 minutes. Capt. Smith is from Santa Barbara, Calif.. and was awarded the Distin- | guished Service Medal for efficent serv- | ice in command of the United States | Air Service Around-the World-Flight, | from April 1, 1924, to September 28, | 1924. He is now on duty with the| Curtis Aeroplane Co. at Buffalo, N. Y. | Lieut. Richter is from Chalybeate | Springs, Va.. and s stationed at Wright | Field Dayton, Ohio. R. L. PENDLETON, 64, DIES. | Funeral Rites for Colored Printer | ‘Will Be Held Monday. Robert L. Pendleton, 64 years old, | colored printer, died at his home, 1216 | U street. after a long iliness, yesterday | afternoon. He came to this city in 1886 | from Marianna, Fla., where he was born, | He was sovereign grand commander of | the Scottish Rite Masons, Thirty-third Degree, Southern Jurisdiction. Funeral services will be held at the Metropolitan Church, Fifteenth and M streets, Monday at 2 o'clock. Burial will take place a Harmony Cemetery. Michigan Women's Club Luncheon. | The University of Michigan Women's Club will hold their luncheon meeting tomorrow at 12:30 o'clock at the club- house of the American Associationr of | University Women, 1634 I street. Dog Bites Baby in Face. Lawrence R. Hawkins, 4 months old, Forestville, N. Y., was bitten on the face by a dog while in a Pennsylvania avenue cafe about noon yesterday. He was given first ald at Emergency Hos- pital by Dr. Charles B. White. across Thirteentn street between I and K streets. He was taken to Emergency Hospital in the cab and treated for ible fracture of the leg and severe bruises. The taxi was operated by William C. Coleman of 3300 Prospect avenue. Ruth Schlosberg, 12 years old, of 503 Decatur street, suffered a fractured wrist, bruises and shock when the au- tomobile in which she was a passenger was in collision at Massachusetts ave- nue and H street with a second ma- chine driven by Linwood C. German of 321 Fifteenth street northeast. The car in which she was riding was driven by Albert Schlosberg of the same ad- dress. The injured child was removed to George Washington Hospital in a passing automobile, where her condi- tion was ngt regarded as critical. In a collision last night between an automobile driven by John Wenchell, 17, of 6805 Sixth street, and a motor cycle in the 7200 block of Blair road, Robert Burch, 16, of 39 Sycamore ave- nue, Takoma Park, Md., was thrown from his motor cycle and severely bruised and lacerated. Youth Hit Leaving Street Car. Burch was removed to Walter Reed Hospital and later transferred to Emer- gency Hospital, where his condition was not regarded as serious. Wallace Baggerly, 19, of 1268 Tenth street northeast, was treated at Sibley Hospital early last night for slight scalp wounds received when hit by an auto- mobile as he alighted from a street car on Rhode Island avenue and Monroe street. P The driver of the machine was Joseph Herbert, 4429 Charles street, Brentwood, Md., police_ reported. 4 George Dean, 35, of Utica, N. Y., stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel, suffered a possible fracture of the shoulder late yesterday afternoon when truck down by an automobile operated by Louis M. Bly, 24, of 755 Park road, Vicinity 5 Fourieonth.stroet, 3080 block. 24 N ock. ofics ‘aad 7 v ’ —=Star Staff Photo. MOSQUITOES FAGE NEW WEAPON HERE Maj. Wetmore Tests Inven- tion and Will Put More in Operation. A new weapon soon will be swung into action in the war on mosquitoes ; tn the District of Columbia—the Panama oiler—a device for auto- matically releasing oil to the surface of water, killing mosquito larvae. ‘The oiler is a development and in- vention of Maj. Willlam O. Wetmore, Medical Corps, United States Army, who will succeed soon to the office of medi- cal director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. ‘The campaign against mosquitoes s | being carried on by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, with the assistance and co-operation of the Public Health Service experts. Con- siderable progress is believed to have been made. 25 More Prepared. Already one of the oilers is in opera- tion in the District, where it is fast killing off mosquitoes in the Anacostia River in the vicinity of the new Ben- | ning Culvert on Benning road. not far from the power plant of the Potomac Electric Power Co. Twenty-five of these new devices are being manufactured for use in this cit: and are expected to arrive before lon; and be placed in operation by Ma). Wetmore when he takes his new post in the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Maj. Wetmore made a personal in-! spection of the Panama oiler which he has had in operation in the Anacostia River, and found it had been giving | substantial relief to workmen in thei mpe gir vicinity. G. A. Wilkinson, property man at the United States engineer con- crete plant of the War Department, who has been working with Maj. Wet- more in operating the oiler in waters about ihe concrete plant, reported that the device had been working satis- factorily. Wilkinson said the night watchman on the plant, Lawrence Wright, had formerly been driven from one part of the location to another by hungry swarms of mosquitoes, but that since the recent operation of the oiler said he had hardly been bothered at all by mosquitoes. Used in Hawaii. The oiler which Maj. Wetmore will swing into the mosquito battle is a de- vice, patented by the major, and used extensively in Hawaii, where he was re- cently stationed. In Hawaii the oller was used by forces of the health of- ficer of the islands in their mosquito control work. He found, Maj. Wetmore sald, that the oiler reduced the time and cost of oiling mosquito infested waters by more than half, as compared with the old method then employed, of spraying oil on top of the water. The principle of the oiler, as ex- plained by Maj. Wetmore is to spread oil over the surface of water in the simplest and most effective fashion at the least expense. The device consists of a conical shaped can, which is made in_various sizes, containing from one gallon of oll up to large quantities. The one in operation in the Anacostia River holds one gallon. The 25 new ones socn to be delievered here will hold two and a half gallons each. Thrown in Water. ) In the bottom of the can is poured a quantity of sand, through an open- ing in the side, in order to weight the can to the bottom of the pool of wafer. Above the sand compartment is a dia- phram separating the sand compart-| ment from the compartment above for oil. Oil is poured into the device from an opening in the top. There is a water inlet tube fastened along the side of the can running from the bot- tom of the oil compartment to near the top. When loaded with oil and sand, the device is thrown into the water with a rope attached to a float, for later recovery. Oil which rises begins to leave a small opening in the top of the can, and rises to the surface in bubbles, which break, and spread grad- ually over the surface. Water runs down the water inlet tube replacing oil at the bottom, and gradually the ofl all bubbles out, leaving the can full of water. The two-and-a-half gallon cans which are to be used here, will require two days of bubbling to empty. The oller for some timie has been demonstrated before all-classes of medi- cal officers who graduate from the Army fleld medical school at Carlisle Bar- - Pennsylvanias EFFIGIENCY BOARD WEGHS HOSPTAL FOODGOSTCHANGE Holds Gallinger Employes Pay for Meals They Do Not Actually Receive. RECOMMENDS NEW SCALE OF DEDUCTIONS BE MADE Institution Shows Annual Profit of $6,648 From Overcharge Against Workers. Since Gallinger Municipal Hospital is realizing an annual profit of $6,648 from employes whé do not obtain meals at the institution for which they are charged, the Bureau of Efficiency has drawn the matter to the attention of the District Commissioners with the recommendation that a new schedule of salary deductions for meals be adopted. Under the general practice of the District government for institutions under its care, deductions of $29 monthly for three meals a day are made from the salaries of about 80 pe cent of the paid employes at Gallix the Commissioners were advised. T! deductions are made regardless of ti meals actually furnished Way Plan Works. As the practice works out the non- professional group receives only about 72 per cent of the meals for which salary deductions are made. The pro- fessors and technical employes take only about 94 per cent of their meals at the hospital. Salary deductions for meals for non- professional employes, the bureau pointed out, exceed the cost of the meals furnished by monthly average of $802. Of this amount $554 is due to salary deductions for meals which employes do not eat, and $248 to profit on meals actually furnished “The net result of this policy of mak- ing fiat deductions for meals.” says the Bureau of Efficiency, “is that ingmany cases the employes receive less com- pensation than that to which they are entitled under the amended classifica- tion act of 1923, and that the Gal- linger Municipal Hospital appropria- tion is increased by a corresponding amount. A deduction of $240 a year without corresponding benefits consti- tutes an unfair reduction in compen- sation. which in many cases worl material hardship, especially to those employes whose positions are allocated to the lower salary grade.” May Stipulate Meals. To solve the problem for employes, most of whom eat at least one or two meals a day at their own homes, the Bureau of Efficiency suggests that each employe may stipulate the actual num- ber of meails he wishes on a six and seven-day basis and be charged accord- ingly. The rates suggested range about 22 to 25 cents a meal, which allows from 4 to 8 cents margin above the present cost On a six-day weck basis the rate would be from $6.50 a month for one meal 1o $1250 for two me and $18.50 for three meals per da: corresponding rates on the seven-day :;oek basis would be $7.50, $14.50 and \COUPLE ARRESTED IN ROBBERY CASE Man and Wife Taken at Union t Station as They Buy Rich- | mond Tickets. | | An attractive 22-year-old brunette jand her husband, wanted on robbery | warrants issued a few hours before, | were arrested at the Union Station by i & headquarters detective last midnight, 5 minutes after they had purchased | tickets for Richmond, Va later was identified by Percy R. Dudley of Philadelphia, a traveling salesman, as the same who accepted his invitation to dinner and the theater last night, only to make off with his $125 wrist watch and a billfold containing $56 when they re- turned to his rooms. Dudley said he and the girl, who gave her name at headquarters as Jean Dunning, had became acquainted after a casual exchange of conversation in the hotel where he is staying. The woman's husband gave his name | as Fred Dunning, 32 years old, of Kan- sas City, Mo., after letters addressed to | that name were found on his person He told Detective E. E. Thompson. who made the arrests, that he and his wife had recently come from Texas. Detectives believe the pair have been traveling widely, working something | somewhat simiar to the old “badger” | game. The woman was removed to the House of Detention following line-up ac headquarters this morning, while the man was lodged at No. 1 precinct. | Detective Thompson recovered the wrist watch from the woman and abou: $55 from the husband, after he had se- cured a rebate on the tickets. REFRIGERATION SYSTEM FOR SENATE COMPLETED The work of installing a new air cool- ing system in the Senate chamber and galleries has been completed by the Carrier Engineering Corporation and will be ready for operation when the upper branch of Congress reconvenes August 19, to take up the tariff bill. The new system, similar to one in- stalled in the House, furnishes mechan- Ical refrigeration equivalent to the melt- ing of 350,000 pounds of ice daily. When the Senate floor and galleries are fully occupled this is equivalent to 350 pounds of ice per person. Air is brought in from a tower in the Capitol grounds. It passes over oil filters to remove dust and dirt, and is then forced through water sprays before being conveyed to the Senate. Retirement.of 2 Firemen 0. K.'d. ‘The Board of District Commissioners yesterday approved recommendations for the retirement of two members of the Fire Department for physical dis- ability. They are Clayton F. Fuller of No. 1 Truck Company, 27 years old, who has been a member of the department since January 16, 1925, and A. A. King, colored, 35 years old, of No. 4 Engine Company, who has been in the depart-- ment-sinee- January 30,1912, v