Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1930, Page 4

A—4 NEW D. . ENGINEER REPORTS FOR DUTY Maj. Arthur, Jr., Succeeds ede Maj. Somervell, Who Leaves | Fine Record Here. Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr. Corps of Engineers, U. 8. A, reported today, preparatory to taking over his duties next week as the new districs engineer for the War Department for the Wash- ington area. He will relieve Maj. Bre- hon Somervell, who will go about the end of the week to Vicksburg, Miss., for temporary duty as assistant to the pres- ident of the Mississippi River Com- mission. Later, he will proceed to New Orleans, as assistant district engineer, having supervision of flood control con- struction and is slated to assume the| duties of district engineer in that region in the immediate future. Maj. Arthur comes to Washingtop ! following a brief leave of absence in the Carolinas, having recently finished two-year course at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leaven- worth, Kans. It is expected that, barring emergencies, Maj. Arthur will be on duty in the National Capital for the next four years. Has Been Major Since 1923. Born in South Carolina October 26, 1891, Maj. Arthur was appointed to the Military Academy from his native State. He received his commission as a sepond lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers June 12, 1915, and became a first lieu- tenant in the year following. He has held the permanent rank of major since November, 1923, although he served in that capacity in the World War period. He is a graduate of the engineering school in the officers’ course, in 1920, took & bachelor of science degree in the civil engineering course at Massachu- setts Institute of Technology at Boston in 1923 and obtained a master degree in 1924 from the same institution. In his new post Maj. Arthur will have charge of supplying Washington with water, will supervise the development of Anacostia Park, will patch over navi- gation 1n the Potomac River, as it af- fects the United States Engineer Of< fice, and will carry forward the work initiated under Maj. Somervell in the construction of the $1,000,000 hydraulic fill as the roadbed of the new Mount Vernon memorial highway. ‘The ch:nnge in station for Maj. Som- ervell me; that Washington will lose the services of one of the outstanding officers in the Corps of Engineers of the Army, who was closely identifled with the expansion of the National Capital and its environs. Under his direction. the facilities for the increased water supply for the city were com- pleted through construction of the great conduit from Great Falls to the Dale- carlia Reservior, near.the District line. Work on pushing the Anacostia Park project to completion has been car- ried forward during Maj. Somervell's incumbency as district engineer and the navigational depths in the Potomac River were restored through dredging ©operations. Somervell Has Good Record. As district engineer for the Washing- ton area, Maj. Somervell was charged ‘with investigal the possibilities of developing Gravelly Point as an airport for the National Capital. He made esti- mates of the cost of this work to aid the special congressional committee that tackled this problem. Development of the Mount Vernon Boulevard was in- augurated under the Bureau of Public Roads during the regime of Maj. Somer- vell, whose office has supplied the equip- ment and men on the hydraulic fill con- struction, whereby material for the Toadbed is pumped up from the bottom of the Potomac River. Shore protection for Columbia Island, for the Arlington Memorial Bridge Com- mission, has been part of the program that has gone forward since Maj. Somer- vell has been associated with Wash- ington. Recently he has been engaged in sur- veying Conduit road with a view to ‘Wwidening it, and plans have been in the making for a new bridge over Cabin John Creek. A report is mow being compiled for flood control on the Ana- costia River at Bladensburg road, which is flooded periodically, causing traffic ufi:}‘s on the Washington-Baltimore way. Maj. Somervell took over the duties of district engineer on August 15, 1926, after completing & course at the Army War College here. He has had an {llus- trious career in the service, as he holds the Distinguished Service Cross, award- ed for “extraordinary hercism in action near Pouilly, France, November 5-6, 1018,” and the Distinguished Service %:drll for his services during the World BAY STATE IS BEATEN Rields Palm Held 100 Years Over Michigan in Population, By the Associated Press. For more than a hundred years Mas- #achusetts had more people flxln ichi- gan, but Michigan now has mofe than M;.ssl%huuus. n the 1930 line-up of the “Big Ten" Btates, their respective readmlg‘l will Tead: Michigan, population, 4,818,371, & 31.3 per cent increase; husetts, 4,364,972, a 13.3 per cent increase, ‘The manufacturing census, still in- complete, probably will explain the in- terchange of population positions be- tween Massachusetts and Michigan, Wwith the motor car making gains for the latter State. Of the world's output of 4,800,321 fmotor cars in 1925, 3,131,524 were made in Michigan. Consular Service Changes. Recent changes in the United States foreign service include the transfer of George L. Brandt, Washington, D. C., consul, from Beirut, Syria, to Cologne, Germany; the transfer of Clinton R. Wharton, Massachusetts, consul, from Monrovia, Liberja, to Las Palmas, Can- ary Islands, and the transfer of John F. Simmons, New York, first secretary, from the Department of State to the City of Mexico. West Pointers to Visit Ft. Meade. Members of the first class of the West Point Military Academy will spend Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Fort George G. Meade, Md., mainly in ob- servation of the activities of the mem- bers of the Tank School at that sta- tion. The visitors will attend an offi- cers’ dance at the post Thursday eve- ning and will entrain for West Point Saturday at 11:30 CLAFLIN Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1889 ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 7th St. & La. Ave. N.W. 84th Issue of Stock Now Open for Subscription. Money loaned to members on easy monthly payments Connelly Bresicont a7 | Arthur, jr., who will take over the office. NEW ARMY ENGINEER HERE Maj. Brehon Somervell (left) takes leave of the office of engineer for the War Department in the Washington district. T At his right is Maj. Joseph D. —Star Staff Photo, Styles, Now Likes (Thie ix the authentic story of th experiences of A man who lost his sight 30 years ago. and at 6:10 o'clock in the evening of Monday. June 23, refained it again. J. F. Fish is president of the Northwestern' Business College in Logan Saquare, Chicago.) | BY J. F. FISH. | CHICAGO, I, June 30.—It is like | coming into a new world. I have been | blind for 30 years"and my only concep- | tion of the world has been as I saw it in 1900. Now that T have regained my sight | everything is so changed that I must | touch the objects around me to believe | my eyes. I remember that shortly before I was blinded my wife and I had a tandem bicycle, a bicycle built for two. Now I see young couples in" cars rushing by at a terrifying speed. They don’t seem to_be any happier than we were then. I had never seen an automobile, a skyscraper or an airplane. My impres- sions of these modern wonders were rather vague. I believed an automobile to be much smaller than the enormous and awe-inspiring machines that I see | now. Street cars look a block long. | I had remembered them as the little cable cars and horse cars in use years ago. . Skyscrapers Amaze Him, In my mind the Auditorium Building, the old Masonic Temple and the Marshall Field Building, then in course of construction, were the biggest and finest buildings in Chicago. The old Masonic Temple was 19 stories and it was hard to believe that buildings high- er than that had been constructed. Now that friends have taken me rid- ing through the Loop and along the greater outer drive and down Michigan avenue I have gone down on my knees in the auto trying to see the tops of such giant structures as the Board of ‘Trade Building, the Palmolive Building and others. ‘When I was last able to see the world women were wearing bustles and wasp waists, men wore mustaches and side- burns. Even the many new frisnds and acquaintances I have acquired during the 30 years seemed to me to be dress- ed in this way. 1 have a very sharp visyal imagery and although I could not see these people I imagined how they looked. The streets were populated with the crowds of 30 years ago. Even my students (and we have graduated over 20,000 from our commercial course) were the boys and girls of 1900. Styles First a Shock. I was shocked when I first regained my sight and saw the abbreviated styles of women today, and the wide flat faces of men without mustaches. Now the women’s styles are beginning to seem very graceful and charming and I am beginning to like clean-shaven men. ‘The picture of my wife that I have always carried in my mind is that of a girl in her late twenties, a girl with dark eyes, hazel hair, smooth face and no trace of age. Now that God has given me back my sight I have found a new and very kindly woman, one I can recognize besti by pressing back her cheeks until she ‘WOODWARD (0sso @ “‘She is no longer burned a turn”—says VOGUE, ingredient for achieving out a burn, in ‘TorLer Goops, Fiast FLOOR. MAN. BLIND 30 YEARS. DESCRIBES THRILL OF SEEING WORLD TODAY Chicagoan, First Shocked by Women's Skyscrapers Amazing‘ | stead back in Ohio. LEN ANNIVERSARL Y by a master chef—she is rolled in sand, with a little oil, and baked evenly on all sides—done to and so DOROTHY GRAY provides the ideal Sunburn Cream, %2 and—for a last note of chic— Liquid Lashique, $1.50 ' Them—Autos and seems the same slender girl she was before I was blinded. Her hair is gray | now and she has changed in keeping with her age. But through all of this period of | darkness she has been my adviser and | co-worker, Although the work has been a terrific strain upon her nerves and physical strength she has never com- plained and I do not see now how I could have carried on without her. Lost Sight in Ohie. My blindness was caused primarily by an injury suffered on the old home- It brought about a series of nervous breakdowns and in five years my vision was entirely gone. On the earnest solicitation of my wife we founded the Northwestern Business College, and I have since remained con- tinuously at the head of this institution. My 30 years were very full, and in many respects happy. I soon felt safe in my world of darkness. Much safer than I now feel with automobiles rush- ing about at a terrifying speed. It was not a life of afiiction, but a life of restriction. My senses of feeling and hearing be- came increasingly acute, I bought all the school supplies with my sense of touch, and can easily tell the difference between 60 and 70 pound paper by rub- bing it between my fingers. I know all my pupils and associates by voice, In later years there was the radio and there was always the fragrance of flowers. My sense of color, form and direc- tion never left me. Although flowers | now seem hrighter than I hag remem- bered them, my training as an artist in early years helped to keep my sense of color clear. As far as'sense of direc- tion was concerned, although I always had a companion to lead me through the streets, I guided the companion, knowing the town more thoroughly in my darkness than he in the light. Sight Comes Suddenly. I was wrapped up in my school work and have always believed that “the school room is my cathedral; to do what little good I may, my religion.” Sitting in my big chair last Monday evening I suddenly seemed to see a curtain rise. Not wishing to frighten my wife, who was reading to me, I said very quietly, “Something has hap- pened, I believe I can see. Then I was sure that I saw the davenport with a blue pillow and a gold one. And then I saw a strange, kindly faced woman whom I did not know. “What' is it,” said the woman and then I knew that it was my wife. She starte dto cry and I said, “Don't cry. Teugh, be happy.” She almost fell, and I caught her and helped her back to her chair. Now after four days of sight the world is beginning to take on propor- tion again. I am very happy, but I can scarcely sleep nights for thinking about it. I am seeing all the friends and students I have never seen before. None of them appears as I had imagined. Often I must close my eyes and listen to their voices to recognize them. 1 saw flowers for the first time in 30 & LoTHROP k1030 carelessly black, but—as of the smart young— this desired effect, with- HE EVENING STAR, W CHIGAGO GUNMEN SEIZE 1. 5. LIQUOR Bind Watchmen and Load Confiscated Beverages Onto Trucks. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 30.—Armed gun- men held control of a Government warehouse for three hours last night and trucked away whiskies, brandies and alcohol, the value of which may exceed $200,000. ' Included in the liquor stored in the two-story warehousé were 400 cases of bonded whisky shipped to Chicago from Jacksonville, Fla., presumably by agents of Al Capone, and seized by Federal agents. The possibility that the raid on the warehouse last night was by Ca- pone gangsters seeking to recover the seized liquor, is being investigated. Believed Men Dry Agents. Paul Perry, night watchman, was alone when four men, each carrying |a large can, appeared at the entrance. Perry thought they were Federal pro- hibition agents bringing more liquor for storage, and he admitted them. Gun barrels were poked against his side and he was bound, gagged and blindfolded. The gang leaders then admitted about 15 others, and the three-hour job of carrying out the cases of lquor to waiting trucks was begun. ‘The raid on the warehouse did not end until shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. At least three truck loads were taken away, a hurried inspec~ tion revealed. 5 The liquor was stored on the second floor and the night watchman said that many trips were made by the elevator in moving the cases to the ground floor, where it was loaded into trucks. The raiders worked at great speed, he said. Police believe the raid may have been inspired by the desperate plight in which .liquor syndicates have found themselves as a result of the recent police shake-up. The police theory is that a syndicate, finding its source of supply from outside Chicago endan- gered, arranged the raid so as to obtain liquor with which to meet the demands of its trade. Yellowley Regime Closing. ‘The raid comes at the close of E. C. Yellowley's regime as prohibition ad- ministrator in this district. His suc- cessor, T. J. Herbert, declared early to- d.iydlh“ he had pot been advised of the raid. “I am not officially in Chicago until midniglat, June 30,” he said. “This is still in the hands of Mr. Yellowley.” Lipton's Yacht Wins Race. GOUROCK, Scotland, June 30 (#)— Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V won today’s race on the Clyde, beating White Heather by 2 minutes 37 seconds. Of four yachts in the race, two were penalized \and another, the Lulworth, dropped okt. King Alfonso of Spain was aboard the Shamrock. years yesterday and hung about them like a bee. My own face seemed very strange. I thought that I looked much younger and when I looked into the mirror while I was shaving I said “Who is this fellow I'm shaving?” It gave me a start. I still shut my eyes when I am climbing up the stairs, shave by touch, shut my eyes to regain my balance, shut them to recognize voices, keep them closed as I typewrite or talk. fully believe that the world carries on 50 per cent of ils vork through other senses than sight, and I have been able to carry on all my work without it. Altogether "1 spent over $50,000 in gu;ltllm attempts to recover my lost ight. Bus T never gave up h and never distrusted the lnklllgenfp:uldlnce of g: ’F. {'h Bonl{le.‘who has stayed by or the past nine years aj m "gggm e nd’ pulled 0 God, to Dr. Bonine and to my T owe inexpressible gratitude. A v,n'n ;mp :); Itmg t;mww Pncoxrn'e other e an ve w] hope is needed. . oy Wy “FORWARD ~ The Light Brigade!” ASHINGTON, « T OPTICAL ILLUSION APPEARS IN SAND Kentuckian Declares Sub- stance Changes Its Color Before His Eyes. MONDAY, An optical illusion of sand which changes from brown to blood-tint with change of position has just been re- ported to the Weather Bureau. 5 The weird experience befell a citi- zen of Louisville, Ky., the other day when he took his baby to play in the park and for a few minutes, he writes W. J. Humphreys of the Weather Bu- reim‘i he thought he was losing his mind. He was “making mountains” for the child in a sand pile under some beech trees, he reports, when he suddenly noticed that the sand seemed to be splotched with blood. When he examined it more closely it seemed to be “brick dust red with traces of an undefinable, unearthly purple.” He knew that ordi~ narily it was a dirty brown. “I thought I was becoming afflicted,” he writes To determine whether he was in his right mind he called three children playing nearby and asked them the color of the sand. All looked at it and replied “red” and ‘“pink.” When he changed his position the color did not change. He took a handful out into the sunshine to examine it more closely and found it had changed back to_dirty brown again. This convinced him that it was an optical illusion which might be of scien- tific interest. The probable explanation, Dr. Hum- phreys sald, is thas the sunlight falling on the sand pile was filtered through the yellowish green beech leaves which ireflected back most of the. green and tyellow light of the solar spectrum. Consequently, most of the light that got through was in the red and blue bands. The ordinary brown color of the sand, he says, was due to the re- flection of red light mixed with other wave lengths. When these did not come through the color of the sand naturally appeared different. | . VIRUSES DISCUSSED IN MEDICAL JOURNAL “Dwarf Bacteria and Pigmy Pro- tozoa" Described by Writer for American Association. “Dwarf Bacteria and Pigmy Protozoa™ is the title of an editorfal discussing the viruses appearing in The Journal of the American Medical Association. No one knows what a virus is; not even whether it is a plant or animal. Yet there is an increasing number of human, veterinary and plant diseases that are either known to be or thought to be due to viruses. About the only thing we really know about them is that, re-| gardless of how fine a filter we may use, | these viruses are capable of passing through it, Perhaps they are some kind | of missing link between plant and ani- mal. “The determination of the nature of the unknown filter-passers is an urg- ent problem of medical research,” says The Journal. “It is, of course, con- ceivable that these unknown Afltrable agents are merely unusually flaccid bac- teria or protozoa. Such a concept would not introduce any new factors in current pathologic theory. Until this concept is proved, however, clinicians cannot lose sight of other possibilities. Certain bacteriologists have suggested that in time these filtrable infections will be shown to be due to some non- microbic liquid life.” Whatever their nature may be, it lrpenl‘: that biologists have exhausted all the possibilities of their technique without success. It ap- pears that the work must now be carried on by chemical and physical methods. 29 l Formerly to | $40 TROPICALS JUNE 30, 1930. Professor Working On Model of Rocket For Visit to Moon PARIS (N.AN.A)—At Horst, & little bathing place on the Baltic, Prof. Oberth has been very busy of late perfecting an exact model of the rocket in which he intends visiting the moon. This model rocket is to be shot up by the explosion of the gas it contains and instruments concealed in it will record the composition of the atmosphere through which it travels. An automatic parachute will bring the rocket down again when the motors are exhausted. The rocket model is expected to reach a height of 100 kilometers and to g back valuable secrets. ! (Copyright, 1930.); Woman Jockeys Barred. Feminists of England are aroused over -the recent refusal of the Jockey Club and the National Hunt Committee to grant Mrs. Arthur Heald a permit to ride as a jockey in horse races, and may make an issue of the matter in their campaign for sex equality. The| decision merely sald, “The stewards do not permit ladies to ride in races, under the rules,” to which Mrs. Heath re-| plied “They do not question my ability, but object to my se: In her app! cation Mrs. Heath, who is a niece of the Earl of Denbigh, pointed out that she had ridden in 16 point-to-point races and has been unplaced only three in events in which men also rode. She H p e | aspired to ride in the Derby and Grand onal races. Nati ———— Taking the census in England next 000. An Ideal Roofing For Better Roofs For permanent, protectiv LAY SHiINGLES are most d. felt, surfaced with eru colors to h Easy to apply, economical , fire: bl « .+ Learn about them today at the following dealers: J. FRANK KELLY, Inc. GEORGE E. 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