Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1930, Page 6

80-Year Domination of Hoyal‘ House of Rumania Ended on Carol’s Return. By the fimlm Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, December 93 _Death has ended the Balkan his- ., 80ps, Who ty which toppled thelr line from Y, y-three years old, Vintila Bra- u, the last influential member of #flnmuy which for nearly 80 years ed Rumanian pouncs suffered s stfgke of al xy last might st his fifl" Milh snd died soon after- mvm' Ditterest enemy, xm. Catol, a clear field where he himself om had wielded power. Mme. Bra- fu was absent in Bucharest when the end came. Bratianu Shmll Alone. "The single dissenting o! Vintila Bratianu. It marked und of the family’s political power. Bratianu, father, led !hz revolu- of 1848, was ins the of the principalities of anm Wallachia in 1859 under Prinee Ctisa, (was a leader in his deposition, | and in 1866 brought Prince Carol of Hohenzollern-Signaringen to Rumania toi found the present royal line. Jon Bratianu, son, followed him to ml‘ and ruled Rumania with a high & Family Exiled Carol. Mntila Bratianu played second nddle to) his brother, but together s e of Carol to France after M ties with his father and displayed mfl animosity to themselves. published abroad averred that friend of Carol's wl.s sent m Rumania after him, t association rormlng the bts\a of which the Bratianus used to his renunciation of the throne and to bring about succession of Carol's son, Michael, to the Ferdinand died. Amclsted with the Bratianus was Prince Barb & friend of Queen Marie. Jon Bratianu died in 1927, the reins of:power_passing to Vintila, who later m:-ulm on the crest of the wave of cl Peasant party sympathy and re- d his vremershlp to Juliu Maniu, t party leader. tila Bratianu was mayor ot Bficharest before the war, minister of wir and minister of munitions durlnx the, war and in the suc Bratianu cabinet, minister of flnmoe Hé_was educated as an engineer and ‘was one of the builders of the various Danube bridges in Rumania. T . Avistrix to Wed Director. LOS ANGELES, December 23 (#).— ‘Magjorie Crawford, 22-yeur-cld -vh; today nnmunc u‘flg‘.’"‘ illiam Wellman, o and avistion entirustast. The date 'edm_mllt.umm final divorce decrees from their mates. to- of. 8 VINTILA BRATIANU. ORIENT WILL GREET U. S ament WITH HOLIDAY BROADCAST | Shanghai, Manila, Tokio and Hono- lulu to Join in Felicitations to Citizens of America Christmas. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 23.—The Far | East is to greet America by radio on | Christmas morming. Shanghai tinuin, until Manila, Tokio and Hono- | lulu are to join in the most ambitious short-wave rebroadcast yet attempted from across the Pacific. |to cinsist of native music, | minutes. Ten-minute pick-ups will be made in each city, starting in the order | named at 10:20 (E. S. T. and con- over the combined ‘The program 1 ‘WEAF-WJZ chains. The success of the rebroadcast will depend upon reception conditions. pick-up station will be at Point Keyes, Calif., .with San Prancisco as the con- m point for the network. IS REMOVED TO CHAPEL | Blue Marble Mausoleum Will Mark BODY OF HERO PRELATE Last Resting Place of Car- dinal Mercier. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, December 23.—The re- mains of Cardinal Mercier, Belgium's ‘hero prelate, were transferred unosten- tatiously yesterday from the crypt under the high altar at St. Rombold’s Arch- episcopal Church to the adjacent rosary chapel, where a blue marble mausoleum will henceforth mark the cardinal’s last resting place. ‘The church was closed during the which was performed in the presence of Madame Mercier, the cardi- nal's sister-in-law, and a few members removal, of the clergy. —e Books that squeak, talk, sing or form themselves on opening into houses or castles, are the most ‘gox!ulu for ehil- dren inxumpe Zfl 4 = For tree and stockings these different ful novelties at will last 40 The THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1930.: i 1l WHERE EINSTEIN WILL STUDY EINSTEIN TO VISIT OPPOSITION CAMP Cleveland School Exhibits Proof Books Are in Error Regarding Ether. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 23.—Albert | Einstein’s visit to the United States brings him into & scientific camp which sees possible flaws in relativity. One is a_troublesome question about existence of “ether,” the hypothetieal, all-pervading atmosphere of space in | which light waves once were supposed | to_travel. Many relativists assert that relativity | 1gnores the possibility that ether exists, although it is a curious fact that the father of rel- ativity himself al- ways had admitted the possibility of an_ether of some sort. Ether went into the discard just after the famous Michelson - Morely ether-drift experi- ments in America failed to prove ex- istence of the ether. | Many authoritative 1 sclentific books now assert that this ex- periment found no evidence of ether. But recently Dr. Dayton C. Miller of Pr. D. C. Miller. Cleveland has been exhibiting a record which proves the books are in error. This record is the oflgmnl copy of the Michelson-Morely repo Far from stating thnt they found no evidence of ether, it says that they did observe an “effect” such as they were searching for, but that it was too small to be conclustve. This effect might have been due to errors of instruments, to ether or to something else still unknown. “Errors.” said the scientific world that followed Einstein. “Effect” Persists. thousands of further experiments with improved ether-drift instruments and| he finds the same small “effect” sisting. It is not error, he says. ‘The effect of discovering ether would not be to scrap relativity, but to alter it somewhat. A flaw is found also in the world- famous observations of bending of light rays near the sun, which first gave rela- tivity its popular vogue. Both Newton and Einstein predicted that the sun would bend light, Newton on account of gravitation and Einstein on account of relativity’s fascinating “curvature of space.” “Proofs” Criticized. 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Consule Bell Tdephou Classified Directory for Whitman dealers. the Case School of Applied Science of | But now Dr. Miller has made literally | per- | great bending and astronomers in 1919 | fornia, where he is to confer with A Prof. Albert Einstein, a man of simple tastes, will find the quiet surroundings he likes in the mountains of Cali- erican scientists. This airplane view of the observatory at Mount Wilson shows the | | site of experiments which Einstein is expeeted to l\ll‘y Kentucky Christmas Removed by Order Of Postal Officials Residents of Small Com- munity, Howevér, Will EnjoyHoliday Celebration By the Associated Press. LOUISA, Ky. December 23.—There is a Christmas in Kentucky no longer, by order of the United States Post Office Department. Indiana has a town named Santa Claus, and Kentucky has a communlg | the Anti-Alcoholic Society, is gradually named Christmas, located about miles from here. Last July, when it was so_hot that no one was thinking of Christmas, postal authorities decided to dispense | with the post office at Christmas, Ky., and ever since it has been served by & rural carrier from Louisa. Christmas has its place on the maj of Kentucky, but no longer is it listed in postal guides or officially by the United States Government. It is an unincorporated community of less than 100 jnhabitants. So there is no chance that Christ- mas, Ky., in the near future will receive as much mail in its own right as does the post office at Santa Claus, Ind, which is annually swamped by lette: tnm'chnd.rm who write to their patron But_residents of Christmas will tell you that lack of a post office in no wise will interfere with their enjoyment of the greatest holiday of the year, after which it is named. What caused the founders of the community to give it such an appealing | certain puzzling motions of the planet | Mercury, is a mistake. | " 'When American scientists are asked to name Einstein’s greatest achievement they often repiy: “He set men thinking.” complishment, regardless of what hap- pens to relativity. PRAIRIE CRUDE OIL BAN CALLED BLOW TO IDLE Oklahoma Governor Wires Hoover, Asking Conservation Board’s Aid to Solve Problem. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla,, December 23 —Gov. W. J. Holloway yesterday telegraphed President Hoover urging the Federal Conservation Board to take ac- tion to solve a problem created by an- nouncement that the Prairie Oil & Gas Co., would accept no more crude ofl after January 1. Explaining that the action will throw hundreds of Oklahomians out of employ- | ment, Gov. Holloway joined Gov. Clyde M. Reed of Kansas, in & plea to prevent “this disaster.” “I have just had a telephone conver- Oklahoma governor said. Oklahoma and Kansas are similarly affected in this situation. Oklahoma alone has approximately 20,000 small wells affected. i N This they hold is an imperishable ac- | sation with Gov. Reed of Kansas and I| am in thorough accord with the view | he has expressed to you by wire,” the LEGION HITS POLICY OF SALVATION ARMY New York Commander Says Organ- {zation Discriminates Against Needy Veterans. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 23.—A charge that the Salvation Army “has dis- criminated against the veteran be- cause he was a veteran” was made Sunday by Edward J. Neary, State com- mander of the American Legion, in a statement sent to each of the Legion's 775 posts in New York State. In New York City, Comdr. Neary said, organizations such as the Salvation Army, American Red Cross and others ‘were referred by those organizations to the American Legion relief agencies.” “The leglon has been attempting to tide these destitute veterans over this period, but the demand has been so heavy that the funds * * * are now exhausted,” he continued. He described the situation in letters to the Balvation Army and the Red| | Cross and asked their help for needy | veterans. “In their reply the Salva- | tion Army disregarded the request,” he said, “and wrote a general letter call- ing attention to the great demands| made upon them during this period.” Red Cross, he continued, replied | ce with a request for a confert “veterans applylng for relief to| I him next Tuesday to discuss remedies for the situation. No criticism is made of the Red | o pending the outcome of this con- ference,” the commander said. warranted. ‘The statement inating against needy war veterans was criticized today by Capt. Maines, past known personally of an the Salvation Army. BANDIT SLAIN IN DUEL During Robbery. department store. ‘cer, was injured in a the two robbers inside the store rounded the pla-e. | Glisson and his ~ompanion attempt- wvay through the ed to shoot thel | posse. The second . “ber escaped. A candy gift the ifoyal manney— A representative of the Salvation | Army denied the accusations of the Legion head. He declared all veterans or veterans’ families that had applied for aid had been assisted as the cases by Comdr, Neary the Salvation Army of discrim- o t commander of the Adver- tising Men’s Post of the Legion, as rep- resenting only Neary's personal opinion. Capt. Maines declared he had never case in which | a veteran had been unfairly treated by Oklahoma Citizens Surround Store JENNINGS, Okla., December 23 (). —Charles Glissori, former Oilton room- ing house proprietor, .was shot and Kkilled here last night by a posse as he and an unidentified companion sought to escape after attempting to rob a George M. McAningh, Jennings offi- gun fight wn}: passerby gave the alarm and a group of citizens ari ed with shotguns, sur- name is a matter of conjecture, but it is assumed the pioneer mountaineers found & spct they liked on the festal day and decided to honor it with the nicest name they knew. WRIT BASED ON CLARK DECISION THROWN OUT St. Paul Judge Refuses to Free Man Accused of Violating Prohibition Law. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, December 23.—Refusing to consider a re-"..c decision of Federal District .1 william Clark of Newark, N.J, .at held the eighteenth am:nd- ment unconstitutional, Judge Joseph W. Molyneaux denied release of an alleged liquor law violator in United States District Court in St. Paul yesterday. ‘The alleged violator, Frank Hiller, farmer, sought release on writs o habeas corpus and certiorari, which cited the Clark decision in support. Judge Molyneaux said: “I am not going o take the time to go over Judle Clark’s opinion. In my_opinion decision is fallacious. The h]lnclea easily can be pointed out but I am not going to do 80 at this time because the case has been agpe-led to the United States supreme o Chilean Wine Men Seek Market. SAN ANTONIO, Chile, December 23 ().—Chilean wine producers yesterday made a bid for the European market, shipping 300,000 liters (about 315,000 quarts) of the beverage aboaid the Steamer Almelo for sale in Germany, Belgium and Holland. rs | together. SOVIETS IN DRIVE ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC Government, Co-operating | With Anti-Alcoholic- Society, Rapidly Reducing Supply. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, December 23.—The Soviet | government, working hand in glove with cutting down Russia’s lquor supply. The rapidly growing prices of vodka |tell the story. The powers-that-be are trying to make liquor hard to get with the idea that ultimately the Soviet re- public will be without an alcoholic taste. The government apparently is not con- cerned with the huge monetary loss it d | will suffer when the comrades give up | their tippling. =Last year. for instance Russians spent some $750,000,000 for vodka, beer and wine. Demands Liquorless Country. As one official views the situation: “Sovietism and alcoholism do mot go We must some day have a liquorless country. When that will be, it is hard to say. Like some of our other ideals, it may be difficult to at- tain. Bu:mumonwfllbolxnnw We do not intend to enforce prohibi- tion. We hope to succeed by education and by gradually cutting down the sup- ply of alcoholic beverages. We envision a day when there will not even be beer |in the republic.” | Tourists Report Scarcity. | Prom the standpoint of the foreigners visiting Russia, there is not a decent drink in the country today. On his first few hours in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics the ordinary tourist experiments with a shot of vodka. Quce, but' not twice. He aimost im- me ly “goes on " Por vodka, to the uninitiated, u'cfi‘m light- ning. umnubummmv.mp- ‘The beer is also scarce and not lood. ‘The wine is a little better, butnfll{lrffomh!nlln‘fl.roffih At present there are no saloons or cabarets, night clubs or speakeasies in Russia. Miid beer can be had only in state-owned hotels and restaurants and in the various union clubs. ECONOMIC SITUATION FAILS TO ALARM SLOAN Recovery Only Matter of Time, De- clares President of General Motors in Radio Address. By the Associated Press. YORK, December 23.—Alfred P. 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