Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1929, Page 9

NAVY TO EXTEND AIR WEATHER DATA New Stations on Atlantic Coast Will Aid Pilots From Capital. Extension of the Navy network of aviation weather stations along the Atlantic Coast, which will be of assist- ance to all pilots flying to and from the | National Capital, is planned fof the im- | mediate future, according to a report | by the Navy Department. Preliminary arrangements have been completed for the extension of the weather net to include reports from stations located at important points to the north and south of the National Capital, on both sides of the “weather break” line which strikes the Atlantic Coast east of this city. When the extension is completed bi- hourly weather reports will be included in the present broadcast from new sta- tions at Urbana, Va.; Princess Anne. Md.; Dover, Del, and in_addition there will 'be available at the Naval Air Sta- tion, Hampton Roads, Va. similar bi- hourly reports from Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout, N. C. Urbana Station Important. At present bi-hourly weather reports are broadcast from 7 am. to 3 pm. daily from the following Navy flying flelds: Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads; Marine Flying Field, Quantico, Anacostia Naval Air Station, Naval aircraft factory, Philadeiphia; Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N. J., and the naval proving ground, Dahlgren, Va. ‘The new station at Urbana is ex- | pected to be especially important to, ilots crossing the Rappahannock | iver, which is more subject to weather changes than any of the country be- tween the Netional Capital and Hamp- ton Roads. J The Princess Anne and Dover sta-) tions will supply weather reports which are expected to be valuable for flights between Hampton Roads and Phila- delphia. reports from the two North Caro- lina coastal stations will be included in the Navy net broadcasts from Hampton Roads and will be of assistance to pilots making the coastal trip past the stormy North Carolina capes. Plan Special Report. Pilots who are planning extended flights along the Atlantic Coest in the sixth and seventh naval districts may obtain special weather reports from the naval radio compass stations along the coast by application to the com- | mandant of the district or districts in which the flight is to be made, the Navy tment has announced. n request for weather reports the radio compass stations in both -dis- tricts soon will be prepared to furnish regular dispatch reports containing in- formation similar to that now available through the Navy net, it was announced. RADIO REGULATION CASE TO BE HEARD Supreme Court Gets Brief of Gen- eral Electric Against Commission. The crucial point in Federal regula- tion of radio broadcasting, the power of the Radio fon to compel ‘broadcasting stations to go off the air certain hours, will be argued in Suprem= Court early “next month. The General Electric Co. fused to obey an order of the commis- sion to close its broadcasting station ‘WGY at Schenectady, N. Y. during certain hours at night to clear the air channels for the company's station in California, yesterday filed with the court a brief to be used when the case is reached for oral argument. Holding that Congress conferred authority exclusively on the President to close broadcasting stations under extraordinary conditions and insisting that the commission had no such suthority, the brief asserted that when & station was closed by order of the President, even for a portion of a day, iun compensation must be paid by the leral Government. ‘When the Radio Commission re- fused to renew the license for WGY except upon condition that it would ceass broadcasting _during certain hours the General Electric Co. took the controversy to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which re- moved all sestrictions. The Supreme Court recently consented, at the re- quest of the Government, to pass on the case. The General Electric chal- lenged yesterday the jurisdiction of the highest court to act, insieting that the decision of the District Court of Ap- peals was final and not subject to re- visw. Conceding that Congress in its con- stitutional authority to regulate inter- state commerce may have jurisdiction over radio broadcastinr. the company maintained that this power to regu- late did not convey the right to de- stroy. Pointing out its pionesring his- tory in broadcastin’, the General Elec~ tric insisted that (he Federal Govern- ment must fully compensate it for any losses suffered should it be required to relinquish its constitutional right to go on the air when it pleased. ‘The Radio Commission was aiming by regulation of the time of broadcast- ing stations on the air, it said, to clear the channe's and improve radio recep- tion. The company suggested this could b= acomplished constitutionally by re- quiring the ° interfering stations to change their wave lengths. GANDHI RESOLUTIONS STIR TRIANGULAR FIGHT Executive Committee of All-India| Congress in Clash Over London Round-Table Meeting. By the Assoclated Fress. LAHORE, India, December 28. =—A lively triangular fight stirred the | executive committee of the All-India| Congress today during debate on the sweeping resolutions drafted by Ma- ' hatne Gandhi. ‘These proposed to refuse to attend the scheduled round-table conference in London on the Indian political situ- ation, declare for complete indepen- dence instead of dominion status and favor boycott of the central and pro- vincial legislatures of India. They would authorize the congress commit- tee, when it sees fit, to launch a pro- gram of civil disobedience and non- payment of taxes. During the six-hour discussion Pandit Mohan Malaviya pleaded for participa- tion by the congress party in the London eonference, where he said that a con- stitution on dominion status should bz the minimum demand. Ccnvict Labor Shows Loss. CAYENNE, French Guiana (#).— Convict labor in this penal colony has ?roved a failure as far as balancing he budget is concerned. The books show a deficit of 6,305,298 francs, or more than $250,000. ‘The minister of colonies in Paris has just approved en appropriation of 3,- 540,000 frarcs to enable ths local gov- ecpment to meot its obligations until the end of ‘th2 ycar, T ~=don is more quiet as the result of kS cal of the Royal Automobile [ =ing m 0 not blow their &orrs except when necessary. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 1929 TO BE RECALLED BY VAST FOREST FIRES IN WEST STATES LOSS From Blazes BY HUGH HAMMOND BENNETT. ‘The year 1929 wiil be remembered in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast regions as one of vast and destructive forest and brush fires. At least, these numerous conflagrations are not likely to be forgotten by those who fought them, feared them and suffffered them. The public will forget, as a mat- ter of course, because, unfortunately, forest fires, by reason of their frequen- cy, have come to be considered a E irt of our snnual program of d devastation, or so it seems. Those who have undertaken to esti- mate previous losses—the forester of the Federal Government and of the States —inform us that in 1928 177,362 forest and brush fires burned over 43,631,310 acres and caused & loss of $82934.220. These were not all major conflagrations. By far the greater number occurred in the Southeastern and Gulf States, 151,- Fions. 35 againgt 11098 for the Hocky gions, as & A or the Mountain and Pacific Coast States. Many Small Fires in South. Many of those in the South were small fires of comparatively short dura- tion, a considerable number having been started purposely in order to re- move from range areas the dead grass of late Winter and early Spring that cattle and sheep might have early graz- ing. Nevertheless, they destroyed il lions of young trees and seedlings, ‘se- riously damaged numerous trees at were ready to cut, laid bare the ground to wastage by rainwash and wrought incalculable destruction to nesting birds. In the Western forests fires are more spectacular and often far more difficult to control than in those of the East and South, both becauss of the climatic conditions and the mountainous char- acter of the terrain. A larde proportion of the Southern pine-belt fires and many of those in the lake States occur in comparatively smooth country where barriers such 'as fields, roads and streams are more numerous. Undergrowth Increases Danger. In the Western timbered country, on the other hand, vegetation, particularly the undergrowth, is more dense and vast areas becoming Righly desicated as the result of long genods of drought, the fires are exceedingly difficult to subdue. Steep mountain slopes and vast tracts of rough.country, having but few roads and infrequent clearcd areas, add enormously to the difficul- ties of combating the Western flames. A lighted cigarette, a neglected cam; fire and often lightning will set the world seemingly aflame in these regions when conditions are right. -If stiff breezes are blowing, the blaze, spreads rapidly, sweeping through dry leaves, twigs and grass with irresistible force. 5{ the time fighters arrive, even with the speed that telephone service and constant observation from watch tow- ers on lofty situations make possible, the .consuming flames are moving with such angry impetus that direct combat is_impossible. | Reaching up among thick, dead | branches of spruce, fir and pine, flames | frequently burst out in the green canopy of the forest and lashing tongues lsap across backfired areas and lanes t have been opened to stop the conflagra- tion. The onward sweep is often self- accentuated by driving, hot blasts, and fragments. of burning wcod swept ahead of the main ‘fire frequently set going treacherous advance blazes. Best Defense Sometimes Fails. Fire lanes, trenches, streams and railrcad tracks, such as would prove helgrul in mastering- ground and un- derbrush fires, often are of no avail with these furiously sweeping flames. The god. of fire in angry mood stcrms and leaps with villainous agility, sweep- ing all before it, leaving blackened desolation—often complete destruction of every living thing as well as the homes of ranchmen, farmers and vaca- tionists, bridges, rail lines and other structures that stood in the pathway. Organized and hastily conscripted firefighters rush to the battle front, led by trained foresters to places of van- tage ahead of the rapidly advancing | blaze. Lanes are cleared, trenches dug and backfires started. Invariably the | situation calls for the quick exercise of experienced judgment on the part of those in command, who, to battie effec- tively, must know the country in detail —every inch of the ground, its topog- raphy and the location of streams, cleared - areas, old burns and the rougher areas that cannot be safely crezsed. Even 8o, men are sometimes cut off. Backfires get out of control or treacherous advance fires are started by wind-swept embers. Limbs are broken and lives are lost. Avalanches Often Started. A bad timber fire is an exceedingly stubborn and perilous thing to cope with. The battle line must not drawn too near the enemy front, espe- cially when there is wind and the slopes are precipitous or difficult to traverse. Even the fires that sweep through the bush growth of the South- west must be dealt with wisely, for here the frequent stony slopes become highly unstable after a burn. Rocks are easily upset in thece burns. A single step may start dangerous ava- lanches of loosened stones, including those large enough to wreck anything Forest fires of the major type are all-consuming. the conflagration that swept large areas of Northern Minnesota in 1918 houses were burned that stood in open flelds far out from the borders of inflammable vegetation. Numerous towns werg destroyed; many lives were lost. Even those fleeing in automobile were caught in some in- stances. Many of those who were so fortunate as to reach water were forced to dive at intervals or to keep one an- other wet with splashing water until the scorching, suffocating flames passed on. Explosive Outbursts Observed. Witnesses tell of flames bursting out | like explosions of gas, far ahead of the main fire, even' where there was little | vegetation. It was surmised by those who locked upon this phenomenon that inflammable gases, developed from vegetation by the intense heat of the main fire, were swept ahead of the| flames, to be ignited by wind-tarried sparks. 4 | While descending the Pacific slope of the Rockies during late August, 1929, the writer saw fires and evidence of fircs from near the summit along | most of the distance across Western | Montana, the Panhandle of Idaho and on into the timbered country of East- ern Washington. Charred stumps and | blackened dead trees, shorn of their! branches from bottom to top, marred the impressive scenery of the rugged region. In places stumps were still smoking | where fires had recently burned. over broad stretches from the rcadbed of the Great Northern far up the steep | mountain sides. Forests which a little | while previously were vast compact | folds of exquisite verdancy now were blackened expanses of ugly desolation, depressing reminders of the destruc- tiveness of uncontrolled wnflamunm.; Fire Started by Lightning, | In the direction of Kalispell a mighty | tower of smoke rose from a fire started the night before by lightning. The| huge column, bent northward by southerly winds, spread out into a gray-black pall, visible for an estimated distance of 50 miles—a stupendous, depressing spectacle, . Zome days later fighters heard dis- cussing their experience in the stub- born fire on the Colvill: National Forest #sserted that they had had enough of forest fires for one season. It appeared that some of them had bsen cut off by 2 backfire which had whipped out of control and around fiem with a sud- in Single Year Is Fixed by Estimators at. $82.934.220. den change of wind. In a moment a perilous situation had developed. With- out losing a moment the trapped woodsmen had dashed down the line of fire seeking an outlet before the m-unt- ing flames closed all avenues of es- cape. Fortunately an opening was found. The fighters got through and were joyfully returning home, some- what singed dnd thoroughly convinced n\e;l'el was no more fight in. them for awhile. Sun Dimmed by Smoke. Threading the gorge of the Columbia River, in early September, spectacular masses of smoke again were seen rising from forests to ths north and south— billowing mushrooms of vast extent. All the country west of the Cascades, far northward into Washington and southward into California, was buried in smoke. At Portland’ and southward through the Willamette Valley the sun was invisible or dimmed. 'In some towns of the region electric lights were kept burning all day. Visibility was re- stricted at times to less than a quarter of a mile. Clumps of trees a few hundred yards away seemed remote in the dimness. Fragrant, resinous smoke from burning conifers—Douglas fir or hemlock—was everywhere. At times this changed to the fragrance of burning cedar, A fire seen in the southern Cascades of Oregon, immediately after sunset on September 12, was a picture of splen- der. A vast-blanket of smoke-capping mountain peaks was lighted with crim- son reflections from the flames be- neath. Depressions between the peaks, as seen against the lighted horizon, re- sembled lakes of fire. A glorious scene, but one that left a realization of the enormous destructiveness of the proc- ess that devieops such displays. Smokers Lead in Causes. ‘The principal causes of forest fires on protected areas in 1928, as deter- mined by the Forest Service, were, in the order pamed: Smokers, with a per cent of the total number of fires; incendiarists, 17.9 per cent; brush burning, 13.2 per cent; lightning, 9.3 per cent; camp fires, 9.1 per cent; mis- cellaneous, 9.2 per cent, and unknown, 7.9 per cent. These figures applied to Work in Gravel Pits Is Demoralized by Buffaloes’ Curiosity By the Associated Press. PIERRE, S. Dak., December 28.—Buffaloes to the right of them, buffaloes to the left of them, buffaloes to the rear of them, thundering onward. Such is the predicament faced by mem- bers of the State gravel crew working west of Fort Pilerre. On_several occasions about 40 buffaloes, quartered on the State game preserve, have worked havoc in the gravel pits. Horses have all but stampeded and workmen have had to cease work. Driven away, the animals insistently re- turn, perhaps out of curiosity, lv;nhmou likely attracted by piles of hay. Fences fail to stop them. Work- men say the big beasts hurdle a fence with the grace of an ante- lope. - Cattle guards mean noth- ing to the thundering herd, for they clear them wil bound and head for the pit. an area of 389,000,000 acres in round numbers. For the 178,000,000 acres of unprotected forest and brush land the principal causes of fires are the same I;thof approximately the same order o portance. Obviously, adequate fire protection is not being given our forested and cut- over lands. Inlb]tha :j:;lm&l lgres;: everything possible, e fun available, is being done to save the ands. In some of the Western States timberland owners who do not voluntarily contribute to the protective assoclations have the cost of protec- tion_levied against their holdings by the State as part of their taxes. AIR LINE LINKS 6 NATIONS. New Plane-Train Connections Are Planned in European Countries. BERLIN (#).—Through transconti- nental air-rail connections have been arranged here at a six-station con. ference of railroad and air traffic executives. 4 By the decision the agreement now in operation between the Luft Hansa and the German National Railways for transfer of passengers from train through _ti v liability account amounting to ZO.SEm Lo 4 Ao extended throughout England, France, Italy, Belgium and Portugal. It will thus become possible to pur- chase through air and rail tickets across Europe, regardless of national boundaries, just as simply as for the American transcontinental route. AMBIGUTTY MARKS PROPAGANDA NOTE Soviet Asks Recognition From British Dominions Before Pact Is Effective. BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT. Soviet diplomacy appears to be turn- ing the recognition given by England to its own account in so far as the dominions are concerned, judging from a stipulation in the latest note sent by Moscow to London on the question of Communist propaganda. ‘While agreeing to refrain from such propaganda in the British Isles and in the dominions, the Soviet note, as made public in Londan, indicated that the several ‘dominion governments would be expected first to recognize the Soviet government, before the ban on propa- ganda is fully effectual. The p graph in the Soviet note attracting attention in Washington follows: b soon as the government of any dominion shall have regulated its re- lations with the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics in such manner as the circumstances of the particular case may require the government of the Union of Scclalist Soviet Republics will be ready to repeat on the basis of reciprocity the undertaking referred to in a separate exchange of notes with such a dominion.” Further Steps Awaited. It is stated that official circles in London assume this to mean simply that each dominion will have to con- firm the protocol about propaganda with a separate note to Russia, but the bpening sentence in the paragraph states that a preliminary move by each dominion to ‘“regulate” its relations with the Soviet will be required by Moscow, and Washington diplomatic circles are awaiting amplification of the meaning of the paragraph to see it Canads, for instance, must give formal recognition to Russia before the ban on propaganda is fully operative. So far the correspondence between the dominion governments and London over the issue of recognizing the Soviet has been kept secret’'and Foreign Minister Henderson has been notably guarded in his replies in the House of Commons to questions about the whole situation. The insistence by the dominions upon a ban on propaganda was made known long ago. They stated flatly they would PEERLESS — WASHINGTON'S_BUSY FURNITURE STORES Out They Go!! 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Whether any of the dominions are ly now to excl ministers with Moscow B s e e Tl atest apparen Moscow. There is_still mucmt as to the scope of the Soviet pledge to prevent ropaganda inasmuch as Moscow has timated that it can guarantee only what its own official nts do, leaving the Third Internationale and the com- munist party uncontrolled. Since the varicus governments concerned count the latter two organizations as the prin. cipal propaganda perils, the agreement by the Soviet government itself to re- frain from m’oglnndn is not consid- ered to afford the protection desired by England or the dominions. Consequently, unless Moscow explains its note in a way to remove the fore- going doubts and ambiguities, there is a feeling here that the relations of Eng- land and Soviet Russia still are on an uncertain footing. The dominions are e)fixecced to make moves shortly that { will enlighten the situation. 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