Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1930, Page 10

x—10 RUSSIANS LEARNING MASS PRODUCTION 500 Altogether Will Spend Time in Ford Plant by Agreement. By the Associated Press. comprehensive plan of the Soviet gov- ernment to increase the industrial, mining, agricultural and chemical pro- ductivity of the former land of the Czars, a group of 144 Russian engineers and workers are learning American mass production methods in the Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Co. Among them is one woman, a metallurgist, in- terested in the heat treamtent of steel. Along with men employes she is work- | ing in the Ford steel mills. 500 Russians to Be Trained. The agreement between Ford inter- ests and the Soviet government pro- vides for the intensive training of Rus- sian engineers and workers in prac- tically all departments of the company. As soon as they have completed their studies_they will return to Russia and their places here will be taken by oth- ers. Fourteen who came here with the first group in July & year ago_already have returned and 10 of the 144 now here will return this month. Eventually 500 Russians will have spent an average of not less than six months each in the plant. i Part of the great industrialization plan of the Soviets is the erection by the government of the Autostroy plant, near Nijni Novgorod, on the Volga River, 8. Bondarchik, head of the group of Russians now here, said today that the production of automobile parts should be well under way in the Auto- stroy plant by the end of next year. When completed the Autostroy plant will have & capacity of 140,000 cars an- nually and it will be so designed that production can be extended to 300,000 cars annually. Each Studies Own Work. “The Russian engineers and tech- nicians who are here are employes of Autostroy, which, translated, means au- tomobile builders,” sald Bondarchik. “However, there are some from the .other Soviet trusts, such as electricians, textile engineers, rubber experts, and 80 on. Each man is engaged in the studies relating to his own work and when he completes them he returns to Russia.” Bondarchik said 9,000 persons are be- ing employed in the building of the roain plant at Nijni Novgorod and the community to_accommodate those who will work it. Production will be under- taken a little at a time as the plant progresses. MOVED TRAFFIC SAFELY, BUT MUST PAY $10 FINE Volunteer Director Was ‘Well, Policeman Declared, Until He Began to Stagger. A self-appointed traffic director who | stationed himself at Fourteenth and U streets during the rush hour Friday aft- ernoon fell into the hands of the law anc was brought into Police Court yes- terday on a charge of intoxication. Leroy Kenan, 3600 block of Thirteenth street, was doing quite well at the task of keeping traffic moving safely, accord- ing to Policeman R. W. Creel. “I hated to stop him,” Creel told Judge Ralph Given, “but he got to staggering.” Creel declared that it was quite a problem to thread his way through c to arrest Kenan, as the man saw coming and ordered the Fourteenth street traffic to keep moving through to keep the policeman from getting him. Judge.Given decided that Kenan was to pay $10 or go to jail for 10 days. —_— BLIND BEGGAR FOUND RICH BY POLICEMAN Owned Fine Home, Auto and Sent Parents $35 a Week, Court Told—Ordered to Stop. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 19.—Russell Suycott, blind beggar, was ordered today to ring up no more fares in his tin cup. The police decided his was too lucrative a profession. Sergt. Patrick Byrne arrested the beggar yesterday and informed the court today that Suycott, after only three years of begging, possessed a “fine home and automobile, and has been sending $35 a week to his parents in Danville, n.” Suycott and his wife were dismissed when they promised to quit begging. Doing Labor Unions Weak in Spain. MADRID (&) —Newspaper _statistics ghow that only 402,000 of Spain’s 5,000,~ 000 male laborers are members of the labor unions or syndicates. The Catalan bl.le.bor syndicates lead with 198,000 mem- TS, CITY NFWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Anniversary memorial service, Past Noble Fathers’ Association, No. 1, G. U. O. of O. F., Galbraith A. M. E. Zion Church, Sixth street between L and M streets, 7:30 pm. FUTURE. Card party, ladies of St. Teresa's parish, St. Teresa’s Church, Thirteenth and V streets southeast, tomorrow, 8:30 pm. Meeting, Daughters of Union Vet~ erans, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, 1502 Fourteenth street, tomorrow eve- ning. Specials Monday and Tuesday Genuine Toric Glasses Far or Near Complete With Shell or Metal Frame Complete Outfit, With Case and Cleaner Included Genuine Toric KRYPTOK Invisible B | DETROIT, July 19.—As part of the | .| By coincidence, Capt. Charles Edgar | | = | |Capt. Colhoun Participated in Oregon’s 68-Day Dash to Atlantic. Remembers Maneuvers to Outwit Spanish Fleet | Near Barbados. | A veteran of the old |of the United States, A 3 | Samuel R. Colhoun of Washington, at | |84, is one of the few surviving officers | | who made the famous voyage aboard | | the battleship Oregon in its 68-day { dash around South America to join the | | Atlantic Fleet at the outbreak of the vooden Navy” | | war with Spain. | | , Looking back over a service of nearly | 40 years, during which he saw wooden fighting ships transformed into floating | fortresses of iron and steel, Capt. Col- | houn recalls the 14,000-mile race of the | | Oregon in the face of uncertain dangers | |as one of the most thrilling episodes | in the nistory of the Navy. Hale and hearty after a quarter of |a century in retirement, Capt. Colhoun | | has been spending the later years of his | |life in Washington enjoying the peace | | and quiet of his suburban home at 109 | West Underwood street, Chevy Chase, There is something about this | ruddy - complexioned, white - haired civilian gentleman that still smacks of | the tang of the sea. It is evident in his speech, his bearing and general | appearance. For upward of 100 years | | the Colhouns have been in the Navy, | for the captain’s father, Admiral E. R. Colhoun, was a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and served with dis- tinction in the Navy during those early | days of almost continuous expeditions. | Follows Treaty Debate Closely. Naturally, Capt. Colhoun still believes |in the Navy as the first arm of de- fense and as closely as many a younger officer he is following the course of the naval treaty in the Senate. Like most veterans who have been engaged | in battle, he deprecates war. But he hopes never to see the day when the American Navy will bcome inadequate | to protect American shores or maintain itself against any other fleet on the high seas. Apropos of national defense, Capt. | Colhoun remarked: “Teddy Roosevelt | was right when he said, ‘Walk gentl: speak softly, but bear a big stick. fimerlcl'! ‘big stick,’ he clamms, is its a It was in the old days of the Navy | when wooden ships were still numer- ous, four years after the Civil War, that Capt. Colhoun, at the age of 23, was given a commission as assistant pay- master in the Navy. The years follow- ing the Civil War were peaceful ones for the Navy, but its fine traditions, | nevertheless, were undimmed. One of the best known of the wooden ships on which Capt. Colhoun served as | 8 young man was the Ossippe, which | had served in the battle of Mobile Bay. | Clark, who commanded the Oregon on | its history-making voyage, was aboard | the Ossippee during the conflict at Mo- bile and was the first officer to exchange words with Capt. Johnson when the Confederate commander appeared above the casement of the ironclad Tennessee before its surrender. Other old ships of the Navy on which Capt. Colhoun served he recalled as the Marion, the Saugus, the Canonicus, and the Monon- gahela. The latter, an old Civil War vessel, was wrecked off the Isle of St. Croix in 1867, tossed by a great tidal wave on a coral reef, and was later pulled off to continue a long and ad- venturesome career in the Navy. When Capt. Colhoun served aboard it, the old ship was being used as a training ves- sel in the early 90s. Oregon Cruise Recollection Vivid. Capt. Colhoun twice made the voy- age around South America through the Straits of Magellen. The first time was aboard the Oregon and the second time was during his final years of service on the Towa in the early part of 1900, when his career in the Navy terminated. But it is the cruise of the Oregon which still remains a vivid recollection after more than 30 years. % With war brewing with Spain, the | Oregon was brought from Puget Sound | to San Francisco in March, 1898. This | magnificent white hound of the sea had | been built as a coastline battleship. On March 17, Capt. Clark assumed com- mand and two days later sailed from the Golden Gate to join the Atlantic Fleet on & cruise that riveted to it the | attention of the world. “It was the| roughest voyage I had ever undertaken,” sald Capt. Colhoun. “We were reported lost once or twice, which added to the | anxiety every one felt about our fate. | Then there was the Spanish torpedo | | boat, Temerario, which ‘was reported | lying in wait, ready to blow up tihe Ore- | gon at the first opportunity. We didn't pass around Cape Horn, as most pecple think, but went through the Straits and | eluded the torpedo boat. We didn’t know | war had been declared until we reached Rio de Janeiro. Then the Oregan had to pass around a Spanish squadron be- | fore it finally reached our fleet in the ‘West Indies.” Convoyed by Gunboat. Convoyed most of the way by the lit- tle gunboat Marietta, which in the end was left behind by the powerful engines of the Oregon, the two ships passed | through terrific gales and upon reach- | ing Rio de Janeiro learned that the| United States had declared war with | Spain. Meantime the Spanish torpedo | boat was reported about to enter the harbor, Fearing Spanish treachery, Capt. Clark took every precaution. He dispatched the tender of the Marletta | to the torpedo boat to warn the Span- | lards that if they approached within a | half mile of the Oregon their vessel | would be destroyed. | But the Brazilian authorities, deter- | mined to protect the Oregon in the neutral port, stationed a warship at the | entrance of the harbor to keep the Temerario at a distance. Despite this Established 33 Years $3.50 ifocal Lenses THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGU. .. FAMOUS VOYAGE IS RECALLED | BY VETERAN OF WOODEN NAVYigZ] LAWS ENAGTED | | | | CAPT. SAMUEL C. COLHOUN. —Underwood Photo. situation and rumors of Admiral Cer- vera’s fleet, the Oregon put out again to | Brazilians believed the ship was sea. going to certain destruction. Capt. Clark had painted the Oregon a dull; lead color and the ship was in fighting trim when Clark assembled the men on | gon during its engagements in Cuban deck and told them, amid their cheers, | that they might meet the Spanish fleet at any time. Outwitted Spanish Squadron. Having reason to believe the Spanish fleet, was lying in wait for him behind Cape St. Roque, Capt. Clark made a| wide sweep around that point and then | as that of a captain. shaped his course for the Barbados, arriving only to receive a report that By the enemy was 90 miles’ distant. clever maneuvering the Oregon out- witted the Spanish squadron of 16 ships and on the morning of May 26 arrived safely at Key West, thus having made T ——, The ‘Wright R e TN Co. BY 715T CONGRESS | Five Omnibus Pension Bills| Contain 3,419 Separate Amendments. By the Associated Press. | A total of 927 laws was enacted in |the first two sessions of the Seventy-| | first Congress out of 19,204 measures in- | | troduced. | Of these, 655 originated in the House and 272 in the Senate. The 855 House bills, however, included five omnibus pension _measures _containing 2,512 | | House bills and 907 Senate bills, the | latter added to’ the House bills as! amendments. If these had been considered sepa- | | rately, the grand total of laws eaacted | {would be 4341, of which 3,167 were | | originally House bills and 1,179 were | Senate bills. | Only seven measures met with the | disapproval of President Hoover, who vetoed four by message and three by failing to sign them after Congress ad- journed. One of the bills vetoed by | message, proposing increased pensions | |for Spanish-American War veterans, was enacted over the veto, A total of 14,047 bills was intro- | duced by House members, and 5,237 by | | Senators. The House passed 470 of the | bills and the Senate approved 265 Sen- |ate bills all of which safled of final | enactment. Senate committees reported favorably | on 1,163 measures and 1.935 bills re- | ceived the approval of House commit- | tees. The 927 new laws resulting f-om the special and first regular sessions com- pare with 993 laws passed in a similar | period by the Seventieth Congress, 896 in the Sixty-ninth Congress, 393 in the Sixty-eighth Congress, 152 in the Sixty- seventh Congress, and 121 in the Sixty- sixth Congress. Free State Censors Talkies. DUBLIN (#)—The Irish Free State Parliament has extended the censor- ship to the talkies as well as the silent films and has brought a complete sound eguipment for the censor's office. the remarkable run of 14,000 miles around a continent under the most try- | ing conditions in 68 days. Having participated in this cruise, | Capt. Colhoun served aboard the Ore- | waters and later was transferred to the Towa, where his service at sea ended. Entering the Navy as an assistant pay- master, he was promoted through the grades to pay director on November 22, 1903, being retired shortly afterward. Under a regulation of the Navy the rank of pay director was made the same Capt. Colhoun is a tall, vigorous man and despite two serious injuries to his leg in recent years, walking is one of his favorite pastimes. As a youth he spent his time “with horse, gun and fishing tackle” and thus laid the foun- dation of splendid health. Reductions of 1/, OFF /o OFF during this JULY CLEARANCE $195 3=Piece Mohair Overstuffed Suites .....$144.00 Serpentine front, large sofa, $135 7=Pc. Dinette Suite........ In walnut with attractive d $9 Boudoir Cha In size 36 | Mahogany finish 4-row Decorated—4 chairs 160-1h. ice With lin $24.50 Bed Outfit............... 2-in. Post Bed, Simmons Link Spring and All-cotton Mattress bunny chairs and club chair ecoration of lighter woods Cretonne upholstery in neat patterns $4.95 Kimlark and Crex De Luxe Rugs ........$2.50 by 72 cnly stitching and drop-leaf table $48 Restrite Easy Chair.............. Two-tone jacquard velour and Ottoman footstool $29 Apartment Style Refrigerators . .. capacity $27.50 Coil Spring Double-Day Bed . Cretonne pad $15.00 High-Back Fiber Rockers ..... Cretonne spring cushion $129 4-Piece Walnut Bed Room Suite. . With walnut overlay— poster bed—dressers k spring D€, JULY Escaped Python Keeps Cottagers In State of Siege 100 Men Beat Woods for Snake Near Lakeside Community. By the Associsted Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 19.—After | & night behind doors locked with more than the usual caution, residents of the Lake Side community of Sea Breeze, 7 miles north of here, took up the search today for the 200-pound, 20- foot Indian python which escaped yes- terday from the reptile exhibit of Edward Hayes, park concessionaire, During the night more than one hundred men with searchlights, led by police and deputy sheriffs, beat the brush and woods in the vicinity of the park and nearby Irondequoit Bay. Rumors that the disappearance of the huge snake, said to be one of the largest in captivity, was staged as a publicity stunt were emphatically de- nied by operators of the amusement park. Meanwhile, cottagers and campers lining the lake shore were in a virtual state of seige, few daring to leave their homes except on necessary errands. Searchers paid particular attention to trees last night, acting on informa- tion from Peter “Rattlesnake Pete” Gruber, reptile expert, that the python probably would take to the trees at night in search of food. VETERAN GIVEN PEN Instrument Used by Hoover to Sign Pension Act Presented Bettelheim. Capt. Edwin S. Bettelheim, jr., chair- man of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Legislative Committee was yesterday presented with the pen with which President Hoover signed the act of Congress granting disability pension al- lowances to World War veterans. The presentation was made in behalf of the President by Walter Newton, one of hjs secretaries, at the Executive Office and was witnessed by Gen. Frank T. Hines, newly appointed administrator of veteran irs, Kansas State Board of Education has approved a list of 709 four-year high schools in the State 615 15th St. Next to Keith’ Car L TDSIES) $22 Davenport Extension Table .............. $15.75 $15.50 All-Layer Felt Mattress ................59.95 $1.39 Unpainted Breakfast Chair ..............5$1.00 $25.00 Solid Oak Breakfast Set ...............817.75 ... $33.50 ..; . 91550 ....517.50 e UL ....589.50 $5.00 Ivory Enamel Bassinette................$2.98 20, 1930—PART ONE. QUEEN JOINS CAROL ON MEMORIAL TRIP Rumanian King Takes Steps Leading to Annulment of Divorce. By _the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, July 19.— King Carol and Queen Helen of Ru- mania rode out to Curtea de Arges to- day to a requiem memorial for King Ferdinand, Carol's father, and there for the time being, at least, put away the marital troubles which had sepa- rated them since the Crown Prince chose a path away from the mother of his little son Michael. Populace Awaits Gesture. Appearing for a journey together for the first time in public since Carol's return, the royal couple were believed by the populace, which had awaited such a gesture, to have composed the last of their differences. Support was given to that bellef when, aboard the private train which took the pair, together with Queen Marie, Prince Nicholas and Princess Ileana and others | to_the ceremony, King Carol called a cabinet meeting for the purpose of | drafting the legal formula announcing annulment of his divorce. For many days the people of Ru- mania had awaited public appearance | of Carol and Helen so that they might accept as fast the many rumors which had gained circulation regarding the reconciliation. Priends of both had pressed them to settle their troubles and officials close | to the King had emphasized that Mme. | Magda Lupescu, titian-haired compan- jon_of Caroi's exile, would not come to Rumania to mar their marital hap- piness. Annul Announcement Expected. Announcement of annullment of the divorce is generally exrcted by court circles on the return of the royal cou- ple to Bucharest. The public hopes their marital prob- lem will be officially settled in time for Helen to share the throne with Carol | at_the coming state coronation. It was announced tonight the King within a few days personally would broadcast a speech to the nation. . Indicted in Ginger Cases. TOPEKA, Kans, July 19 (P.—A Federal grand juw here turned sealed indictments { district attorney's office reported in- volve a number of Eastern distributors in charges of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act in connection | with distribution of adulterated Jamaica ginger. Two indictments were reported to have approximately 45 defendants. TR [T today re- which the | 'MAL. GEN. H. D. TODD ORDERED RETIRED ' | Lieut. Col. Hoop, Maj. Chisum and Capt. Morehouse to Quit Army Service. Maj. Gen. Henry D. Todd, command- ing the Coast Artillery School at Fort | Monroe, Va., who was awarded the Dis- | tinguished Service Medal and two sil- ver star citations for gallantry in ac- tion during the World War, has been ordered to his home to await statutory retirement for age, August 29. Lieut. Col. Oscar W. Hoop, Infantry, at Fort Benning, Ga., will be transfer- | red to the retired list October 31, on his |own application, after more than 30 years' service. Maj. Gen. Jenner Y. Chisum, Air Corps, now attached to the office of chief of Air Corps, Munitions Building, this city, has been relieved from duty and will proceed to his home to await retirement. He is from Tennessee and rose from the ranks. He took an active part in the World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Capt. 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