Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1929, Page 4

OFFICIALS DESERT CITY FOR HOLIDAY Curtis andrléew Senators Re- | main to Spend Labor Day in Capital. Avare of the intense governmentz! and_social activity which begins in Washington with the first chill wind of Autummn, nearly all officials of the Government and members of the Sen- ate followed President Hoover in pass- the Labor day week end out of Seldom this Summer has there ch a dearth of authority in the | ident Hoover, with Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture; five members of the Federal Farm Board and other guests, will remain at his 93 preserve on the Rapidan River in Virginia until Tuesday morning. He is expected, however, to devote some of his holiday to a discussion of the agricultural situation and the stabili- ! zaticu program being worked out by | Mr. yde and the Farm Board. Curtis Remains in Capital. ; Vice President Curtis will be among | the 1ew officlls in Washington. He | company in a few Senators with the tariff bill now consideration, and who are grooming for the fight over the legis- Jation in the Senate. Scattered others will be here on Labor day, but all are planning short motor trips or like di- version. Mr. cabinet members are all out of town with the exception of Secretary Da Some of them have heen away for some time, but Henry L. | Stimson, Secretary of State; Charles Prancis Adams, Secretary of the Navy, and Walter Brown, Postmaster General, who have been here, left for short va- i All of them are -looking to the busy days ahead, during which de- partmental budgets and other important business must be disposed of. Although many Senators have not re- turned from their recess vacations, those who came back to Washington when the tariff bill was made public by the committee on finance, are tak- ing advantage of the three-day holiday for trips back home and to Eastern re- sorts. Nearly all of the members will return next week to begin consideration of the tariff bill on the floor. The House of Representatives will not begin functioning until October 14, but already members are beginning to | drift back to complete their routine | work in preparation for reconsideration of the tarifl bill when the Senate fin- ishes with it. The House will officially reconvene September 23, but will take three-day recesses until October 14 un- der a resolution it adopted before ad- Journing in June. Few Diplomats in City. Not many members of the diplomatic corps will be here over Labor day. Among the Ambassadors and Ministers those who stay will do so because of business for their governments, most of them having been away during the Summer at resorts, or on trips back to their countrtes. With the active times expected this Fall the vacations from now on will be few and far between. Diplomatic rep- resentatives, because of the tariff and | naval disarmament negotiations, will be kept on the alert, as well as the legisla- tors and Government officials having to do with those subjects. In spite of the coming pressure of business, most of the vacations will end with that of the President on Tuesday morning. Half-holidays of Saturdays for Gov- ernment employes will come to an end in a month, so thousands of them also were on Labor day jaunts. GRAIN RATE WAR LIKELY ON WESTERN RAILROADS Topeka & Santa Plans to Meet Kansas City Southern's Cut. Atchison, Fe By the Associated Press. KANSAS OITY, August 31.—A grain rate war, which would save shippers thousancs of dollars, was looked upon as a possibility today when it was learned the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway planned to meet the Kansas City Southern’s 7 cent reduction to New Orleans and Texas Gulf ports. Santa Fe oflicials said two represen=- tatives would be sent to Washington next week to file the new rate schedule. Announcement was made in St. Louis last night that the Missouri Pa- cific, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroads will also put into effect a 7 cent reduc- tion. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas and St. Louis-San Francisco lines already have obtained authority for the decrease from the Interstate Commerce Com- mission and Misscuri-Pacific officials will be in Washington today, the an- nouncement said. The normal rate is 30.5 cents a hundred from Kansas City and the decrease will represent a savings to shippers of approximately 4 1-5 cents a bushel, FIRST AIR LAW INSTITUTE IN AMERICA IS FOUNDED Col. Robert R. McCormick Chosen President of Organization in Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 31.—Organization of what is described as the first air law institute in the United States was perfected yesterday with election of Col. Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, as president. ‘The institute, which will open October 1, will attempt to assemble a complete library on air laws of different nations, Next Summer it will give a two-week Summer course at Northwestern Uni- versity in air law for attorneys. Within two years regular courses in air law may be glven, according to Prof. F. D. Frrg, jr. chosen as managing director. Prof. Fagg for the last year has been mawaging director of the Air Law In- stitute at Koenigsburg, Germany. ARBITER IS APPOINTED. Panl Abelson Will Act in Ilosiery Dispute. PHILADELPHIA, August 31 (#).—Dr. Paul Abelson of New York, for many years chairman of the arbitration plan in she fur industry, has been selected as arbitrator in the full fashioned hos- iery industry under the terms of the natfonal agreement to go into effect September 1. Dr. Abelson’s selection was announced yesterday by representatives of the Full shioned Manufacturers’ Association, which is entering into contractual rela- tions with its union employes, and by officers of the Hosiery Workers' Union. Joseph Haines, jr, for the employes, and William Smith, secretary-treasurer of the American Federations of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers, made the gelection of Dr. Abelson public. Dr. Hitcheock Is Unimproved. KANSAS CITY, August 31 Raymond Hitchcock, famous stage 0% comedian, who is undergoing treatment | ;\J3 in & hospital here for a heart trouble end asthma, remained unim) ‘Thursday. Mr. Hitcheock, who is 64, is not in & dangerous- condition 1t was sald st the hospital, [N »— | NE i | TO PILOT THEIR PLANES IN MODEL AIR MEET FINALS FARM BOARD PLANS ECONONIC SURVEY Teague Outlines Proposed Study of Agriculture in Na- tion-wide Radio Broadcast. By the Associated Press. Members of the Federal Farm Board plan to make a thorough survey of the whole economic condition in the agri- cultural industry, including supply and demand conditions, trends of markets and possibilities of by-product relief. C. C. Teague, board member, made this announcement in a paper read vesterday by Edgar Markham, assist- ant to Chairman Legge, in the national farm and home hour of the National Broadcasting Co. The investigation, the paper said, would probably be begun as soon as the board can set up the necessary machinery. has arranged for funds to assist Cal- ifornia grape growers in handling their crops and the citrus growers in Florida who are suffering losses caused by the Mediterranean fruit fly and subsequent quarantine regulations. ‘The board is gratified.” he said, “with the reason- able attitude of the groups that have come before it, and the appreciation and understanding that all these prob- lems cannot be solved overnight and that many of them must take on the nature of long-time projects.” Dentist Robbed and Slain. BATTLE CREEK, Mich, August 31 (#)—The body of Dr. W. R. Schell, 51-year-old Battle Creek dentist, was found last night in underbrush at the south edge of the city. He apparently had been robbed and slain. Dr. Schell last was seen late Mon- day, when he entered an automobile driven by a stranger, presumably to return to his office from his home. BRI REEE 7 pected here for 1212 F ST. N.W. National €273 3103 14th ST. N.W. Col. 3103 Members of Florists' Teley In the seven weeks of its existence, | ‘Teague’s paper pointed out, the board | GUDE BROS. CO. Invites you to view the grophies to be awarded to prize winners in the 7th Annual Firemen’s Parade, Celebration and Jubilee Monday, September 2nd—Labor Day On Display at the 1212 F Street Flower Shop The downtown (1212 F street) store will remain open until noon Monday for the comvenience of our customers and the thousands of out-of-town guests who are ex- GUD Four Stores for Your Convenience Five-year-old Boy Has Fifth Accident; Still Going Strong By the Assoclated Press. BLACKBURN, England, August 31.—Peter Lancaster, 5, has sur- vived another accident. He was taken to a hospital last night after being kicked in the face by a horse. Earlier in his short lif2 he had been run over on one oc- casion by a horse and on another by a bicycle. Another time he fell out of a bedroom window and dislocated his shoulder. More re- cently he climbed out on the roof of a mill and waved his cap to a horrified crowd until he slipped and fell. He caught on a ledge, however, and was rescued. Thursday night he fell for the second time.in his career into a deep canali and was almost drowned. {MAN AND WOMAN FOUND DEAD BESIDE CITY DRIVE | Railway Clerk Shot, Companion | | | i | | Apparently Strangled in | Mysterious Slaying. | By the Assoclated Press. | 'KANSAS CITY, August 31.—The | bodies of Paul Leslie Odell, 20, a rail- way clerk, and an unidentified young woman were found here yesterday near CIiff Drive, in the northeast section of the city. — Odell had been shot in the head. The woman's body was bruised and her clothing disarranged. Apparently she had been strangled to death. Police were attempting to piece to- | gether a letter which had been torn to | bits and which was found near Odell's | body. The envelope showed it had been mailed August 28 from some point in Oklahoma. The girl was beaten, apparently with a revolver. Pleces of the weapon were strewn on the ground nearby. Two dis- | charged revolver shells and one loaded shell were found near Odell's body. Odell left his home, where he lived with his parents, early last night. He | did not say where he was going, and | drove his automobile SEVA NS A e R SR the occasion. BROS. CO. 1102 CONN. AVE. Decatur 3146 5016 CONN. AVE. Clev. 1226 graph Delivery Association THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. SEPTEMBER 1, 1929—PART 1. Upper, left: Miss Helen Collier of the Community Center Department, official recorder for aircraft tourna- ment with the committee cup, awarded to the club who wins the highest num- ber of points during the present season. Upper, right: John Sullivan, who has qualified as an “ace” and his sister, Frances Sullivan, with her baby rise- off-the-ground model, which she will fly in the final tourney. John taught his sister to bulld and fly the plane. They live at 1412 Twenty-ninth street. Lower: James Law, with his baby rise-off-the-ground model, and William Pizzini, holding his Curtis Robin, talk over their chances in the model tourna- ment. James is in class F and William in class D. —Star Staff Photo. THE THRIFT SHOP REOPENS TUESDAY Child Welfare Quarters to Include Added Space. Material Needed. Reopening next Tuesday, after being closed for the Summer, the Thrift Shop, child-welfare benefit, at 504 Tenth street, is in need of much more material to fill its shelves, according to Mrs, John Allan Dougherty, honorary | chairman in charge. The store has been enlarged by the addition of an apartment on the second floor, which has been connected with the store by a new stairway during the Summer. lished a special salesroom, where wom- en’s evening gowns, hats and slippers will be on display. There will also be on the second floor a room for the board of directors of the shop, and a repair and fitting room. Material for Work. open the shop,” declared Mrs. Dough- erty, “because before the closing last Summer, we sold out most of the old stock. We need, particularly, children’s things because of the opening of school, and we can also use many household articles, as, during the Fall, house- cleaning and preparations for Winter will bring them into demand.” Mrs. Dougherty, who is going to China this Fall_in the interests of child welfare, has been named honorary chairman of the committee in charge of the shop, and another chairman will be appointed to take active supervision at the first Fall meeting of the board. A new manager has been appointed, Mrs. James Schuyler of this city, who will take charge with the opening ‘Tuesday. Financial Success. The Thrift Shop last season substan- tially proved itself a financial success as support for four child welfare agencies in Washington. The shop is conducted as a permanent rummage sale for the benefit of the Children's Hospital, the Child Welfare Soclety, the Children's Country Home and the Prenatal Clinic of Columbia Hospital. Mrs. Dougherty is honorary chair- man; Mrs. John W. Gulick, vice chair- man, and Mrs. Robert Fleming, treasurer. The executive committee consists of Mrs. John R. Willlams, Mrs. E. Hope Slater and Mrs. James Carroll Frazer. The supply committee is headed by Mrs. Edward B. McLean, chairms their money. condition, so it is well to through Morris Plan. financiel ills of thousands 1408 H Street N. W. On this second floor will be estab- | S “We need material of every kind to| Looking After Your Financial Health! * looked after occasionally. A sidk man must get well before he can build a reserve of health; and the man in financial difficulties must get out of them before he can get ahead financially. The simplest way is JUNIOR AERONAUTS | PREPARE FOR MEET 4 ! Model Aireraft Tournament Scheduled for Three Days This Week. , Members of the Distriet’s junior aero~ nautical world are putting the finishing touches on their tiny model aircraft in preparation for the second annual mod- el alrcraft tournament to be staged here ‘Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. ‘The Macfarland Junior High School auditorium will be transformed into a miniature airdrome Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock, when the junior fiyers will compete in the first phase of the tournament. Many pilots from nearby Maryland and Virginia have entered their ships in the finals. Sixteen contests are scheduled for the {annual meet, which is held under the | auspices of the District Model Aircraft League, sponsored by the Community | | Center Department of Public Schools. 203 Have Qualified. Two hundred boys and three girls now have qualified for the indoor and outdoor phases of the tournament, fol- lowing the conclusion of meets leading up to the finals. Of this number of fiyers thase holding the highest records in the vavious classes will be certified by the c.iclals here to the national com- mittee as eligible to compete in the finals of the third national playground minjature aircraft tournament, to be held in Louisville, Ky, October 18 and 19. Especial interest is attached to the winning of the Committee Cup, offered to that club in the District whose mem- bers total the greatest number of points throughout all of the contests of the | present season, which ends Friday at Macfarland Community Center, when the concluding contests in indoor events will be staged. All outdoor events will be held Wed- nesday morning at Bolling Field at 9:30 o'clock. At present 16 pilots of the Chevy Chase Aero Club are leading in the race for the Committee Cup, having collected 562 points. The Capitol Model Aero Club, with nine flyers, is second with | 276 points. { Three Leading Pilots. Leading point winners to date in the Chevy Chase Club are Robert Swope, with 111 points; Douglas Bruce, 88, and Donald Bruce, with 75 points. Junior fiyers with the Capitol Model Aero Club who have collected points are Frank Salisbury with 101; and Herbert Dorsey who has aggregated 71 points. Another high spot which the model craft pilots are looking forward to is the race for the Gen. Patrick Tro- phy, particularly because it carries | with it the championship of the Dis- trict of Columbia. This beautiful tro- phy will be awarded to the “ace” or member of Class A who wins the high- est number of points in the tourna- ment. The nine aces who have qualified to compete for the Patrick Trophy are Herbert Dorsey, Otho Williams, Douglas Bruce, John Sulllvan, George Bell, Donald Bruce, Everett Meeks, Robert ‘Towles, and Luther Schmidt. Those fiyers in Class A who also will fight for the trophy are Lloyd Fish, Ernest Stout, Robert Starkey, Willlam Street, Frank Salisbury, Joe Galliher, John Honeycut, Bert Brooks and Robert wope. First, second and third place winners will be given gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, in all classes, com- prising 21 medals in all. Duration Trophies. The “maximum duration” awards in- clude four silver cups, known as the Aero Club of Washington Trophy, The Exchange Club Trophy, the E. C. Gra- ham Trophy, and the R. Harris Tro- phy. These cups will go to fiyers in Classes Ace, A, B and C, respectively, who achieve the greatest duration in all flights in the tournament. Pilots in classes D, E and F who achieve the necessary duration will receive awards of commercial kits donated by the Capitol Model Aero Supply House and also coples of Paul Edward Garber's book on “Building and Flying Model Afreraft.” “The judges for the tournament as announced by the committee on judges, headed by Lieut. Walter Hinton, trans- atlantic flyer, include Maj. H. C. Da- vidson, U. S. Army Air Corps, com- mandant, Bolling Fleld; Lieut Bushrod Hoppin, U. 8. Army Air Corps; Lieut. Lester Maitland, U. S. A.; Lawrence mittee, Board of Tra P Garber, authority on miniature air- craft. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick is chair- man of the advisory board for the tournament, and Joshua Evans, jr., is treasurer. The committee on awards includes Lieut. Col. C. DeF. Chandler, E. C. Graham, and Starr Truscott; the committee on rules includes Paul Ed- ward Garber, Luke Christopher, and J. H. Willlams. Soe During the recent tie-up of the Siberian Rallway 2,000 carloads of freight accumulated at Harbin, Man- Most men and women know more about looking after their health than they do about looking after A man does not become ill —or remain healthy — without reason . . . neither does he get into financial trouble —or become successful — without cause. And just as it is a good plan to watch your physical have your financial health Come in and let us show you how easily this may be done — our experience is based on dealing with the of men and women. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury Washington, D. C. BERLIN MAYOR WILL VISIT U. S. Dr. Gustav Boess, lord mayor of Berlin, Germany, who will leave Septem- | ber 13 for the United States. Dr. Boess will travel by rail, 'auto and airplane | across the continent, visiting the principal cities. Boess on the lawn of their Berlin residence. Photo shows him with Mrs.' STATE RIGHTS PLEA MADE N UTLTIE Commissioners, Meeting in Montana, Make Attack on Walsh and Norris. By the Associated Press. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont., August 31.—Determined to safeguard the States’ present powers from Federal interference, the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners, in annual convention here, was on rec- ord today opposed to creation of any new Federal agencies interfering with the regulatory powers of the State in flelds where the State now operates regularly. A resoluifon to that effect was adopted, and it condemned the Couz- ens’ bill to set up a new Federal regu- latory body. The association also urged that Congress refrain from inter- ference with power of States to regu- late the local service utilitles which operate across State lines. However, Congress was asked to provide a co- operative agency for regulating motor bus lines. Commissioner Benn of Pennsylvania blamed the growth of Federal intru- sion into the regulatory field upon a German “Who’s Who” Fails to List Name Of Graf Commander By the Assoclated Press. ‘The name of Dr. Hugo Eckener, world-circling commander of the Graf Zeppelin, is not in the Ger- man “Who's Who. Dr. O. C. Keip, German charge d'affaires, made that discovery while trying to check a date of his famous countryman’s record. Through the great volume, “Werists,” he thumbed in vain. “I am not surprised,” he com- mented. “It is certainly charac- teristic of Dr. Eckener's great modesty not to have his name in Who's Who.” i group of United States Senators, among ! them Walsh of Montana and Norris o!‘ Nebraska, who, he said, “Run to| Washington over the heads of State legislators, because of the belief that | National legislation is the great pana- | cea, and pass legislation to brush aside | the State’s authority to tax and upon | every other conceivable thing under the sun.” | | Issuance of securities by public utili- | ties and consolidations and mergers of service corporations should be con- | trolled by State utility commissions, the | association was told by a special com- | mittee. This committee, created te | propose a uniform regulatory law, pro- | posed these additions to the act recom- | mended by the public utility section of | the American Bar Association and thei National Conference on Uniform State Legislation. . ! responsible men | Washington,” he said. | wasteful ASKSPUBLICTO AID - WORK OF EXCHANGE | | | Manufacturers and Builders’ | Secretary Makes Address From WMAL. An appeal to the public of Washing- ton to help the Builders and Manu- facturers’ Exchange in its work of im- | grnvmg the building industry was made | by Ross H. Johnson, secretary of that organization, in a radio talk last night over Station WMAL, sponsored by the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce. “Better methods, better practices, fair dealing, are all better for you,” Mr. Johnson said in placing the disposal of the Builders’ Exchange to iz service of prospective home-owners and bulld- ers. “When you are badly in need of a surgeon or a lawyer the price is not the primary object,” he added. “Serv- ice is your first consideration. But when you put your life's savings in a building, price slashing seems to be the public’s favorite pastime.” Sounds Warning. In warning those who are trying to get “something for nothing,” Mr. Johnson said his organization believes in competitive building, of course, but stressed the necessity for intelligent bidding where the owner selects capable and responsible bidders to compete. “Don’t put a premium on the man who skimps the most,” he warned. ‘The thorn in the flesh of the building industry, Mr. Johnson declared, is the so-called erry builder,” and to rid both the public and the industry of this irresponsible contractor is necessarily one of the primary causes of building organizations. The Builders’ Exchange in Washing- ton, he said, has served the public and sses, he said, general contractors, b-contractors and building material | dealers. “It is a fair cross-section of the in the industry in Gives Co-operation. In many ways the Builders’ Exchange | is co-operating with the Bureau of | Standards, the District Commissioners end other Government agencies to benefit the industry from the public viewpoint. “We have done signal work on build- ing codes and investigation of build- ing failures,” he said. “We establish codes of ethics in an endeavor to eliminate unfair trade prac- tices and further a spirit of fair play and equitable competition. “We work for the elimination of and pernicious _practices wherever we find them and through contacts with the Bureau of Standards and other Government agencies pro- pose remedial legislation.” The Builders’ Exchange in Washing- ton, Mr. Johnson declared, takes & tre- mendous pride in the building of the National Capital. While the exchange is working to build and boost Washing- ton, he pointed out, he urged the pub- lic to patronize Washington architects, builders and craftsmen. “In_our humble opinion,” he con- cluded, “it is a travesty on good judgment for you, the public, to bring nto Washington outside architects and builders to do vour work with such excellent material at home.” If all the coal used in England were treated by a new distillation process, says an expert, 500,000,000 gallons of gasoline could be produced every year. now leave from the New Union Bus Depot 1336 New York Ave., N.-W. Phone: METROPOLITAN 1512 N addition to its regular top at the Willard Hotel, ten Tours Motor Coaches now leave from the mew Union Bus Depot at 1336 New York Ave., N: W.—the former home of the Citizen’s Savings Bank. The stop 1421 Penna. Ave. has been discontinued.Ournewhome is one of the best equipped motor coach terminals the East and is conveniently locatedforconnections. 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