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ANTI-ROADSIDE SIG * BILL TOBE PUSHED Prince Georges and Other Or- ganizations to Back Maryland Measure. One of the most active organizations §n the anti-billboard campaign in Prince Georges County is the County Commu- nity Council, a delegate body represent- ing more than 30 civic groups, which is préparing to make another fight for the restriction and limitation of outdoor advertising signs during the forthcom- ing session of the Maryland General Assembly, convening January 7. ‘With other organizations in Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties, the County Community Council is heartilly supporting the movement sponsored by the American Civic Association for the beautification of the highways leading into the National Capital in time for the George Washington bicentennial celebration in 1932. It was the Commu- nity Council, according to Dr. C. P. Close, its president, which was directly ible for the relocation of bill- boards around the Memorial Cross at Bladensburg after it was realized the signs had been placed along the high- ways at that intersection in such a manner as to be dangerous to traffic. Bill's Chances Favorable. Always alert in its endeavors to curb the growth of the outdoor advertising signs which clutter the Washington- Baltimore and other boulevards in the county, the Community Council spon- sored a bill which was introduced at the last session of the Maryland Legis- Iature, to limit billboards. Despite the fact that this bill failed of passage, the Council, through its many affiliated as- sociations, Is preparing to wage an even more strenuous fight during the next session of the Legislature. With senti- ment steadily growing in favor of elimi- signboards from the highways, the chances of success ‘for tn;llher bill are regarded as more favorable. Billboard u;lumm 1‘}1\11:11’ hge“n- fought restrictive legislation, Efimmfiy be tu"].rel%yd-‘c'ltrl‘u '.l:n any attempt during the mm of the Legislature to curb the roadside industry. For this reason the details of the proposed new legisla- tkg-‘hnve not been divulged. ver Metzerott, former State Senator and_delegate-elect to the General As- sembly, framing the new bill as chairman of the council’s standing com- mittee on billboards, Dr. Close sald. Veteran in Campaign. Mr. Metzerott is a veteran ‘cam- paigner for billboard restriction and tion. During his previous terms in the Maryland House and Senate he e |Grand Steward Paul B. Cromelin, to In 1929, at the direction of the Com- paunity Council, Mr. Metzerott, although then not a member of the tur drafted a bill designed to limit road- side signs. This was sent to the county’ delegation. After some dell{ it was in. troduced in another form late in the session b‘i: '“?n{._?“,"" to I:ehecome a law. Through _coincidence, proposed bill, as drafted by Mr. Metzerott in 1929, was almost identical with a bill which New Jersey Legisla- year. t of his experience, Mr. is familiar with the diffi- legislation, as soon as it ra head. He believes that ly fight can any effective law be at the coming session of the General Assembly. Companies- Ready to Fight. proposed legislation levied them at all times, he said, and are and fight it effectively whenever it appears. In Maryland, he claimed, the bill- interests are well intrenched. Being continually at work in one State or another, to combat all movements against billboards, the companies which erect and maintain the signs are familiar ‘with and in the employment of every device of legislative strategy. -Through innumerable hearings, post- ponements and delays, as well as direct lon; they sidetrack and kill many bill that would stop the wholesale tion of the scenery along Amer- ica’s highways. Against this well organized and well financed pro-billboard lobbying those to restore and maintain some semblance of nature’s grandeur to the iways, Mr. Metzerott said, too often forth mere idealistic plans that will not stand the acid test of consti- tutionality. ‘Wants Present Law Enforced. Mr. Metzerott believes that not only is more billboard legislation desirable in Maryland, and particularly in Prince Georges and Montgomery Countles, but adequate enforcement of the laws now on the statute books is also needed, as many of the s now cluttering the landscapes are y placed. Some idea of roadside conditions in Mnh‘we;‘ Ckou;le Coumgogl‘m& to Wash- may be seen e pictures ‘which The Star presents in its Sunday rotogravure section. Conditions on the main highways in the county, notably the Washington-Baltimore boulevard, have attracted Nation-wide attention. An automobile going at a moderate rate of speed will pass a billboard on this popular highway about every two sec- onds along most of its length. The Marlboro pike also is cluttered with bill- boards and other forms of advertising $100,000 GEMS TAKEN BY SOCIETY THIEVES Two Pearl Necklaces Reported Stolen on Train From Wife of Steamship Man. Wy the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 27.—The Daily News says Mrs. Edgar P. Lucken- bach, wife of the steamship man, has lost through theft on &)lnin two pearl necklaces valued at $100,000. Soclety crooks are believed responsible for the theft from a Pullman compart- ment occupied by the millionaire's wife. jewels were taken last week, ac- cording to the newspaper, and all ef- forts to trace them have failed. ‘The necklaces were said to have been in a lacquered case when Mrs. Lucken- bach left her home at Sands Point, Long Island, for a New York hotel, where she lodged while making some purchases. Mrs. Luckenbach ther drove to Pennsylvania Station and entrained e unf train neared Palm :m_ the story goes, did she discover GROOM ATLANTIC PLANES Italian Experts Prepare Fleet for Ocean Crossing. around January 4. ‘This dosen craft of the air and two -replacement and repalr units— here Christmas day under com- of Gen. Italo Balbo, after leav- e awAlting the hap-off the ahips A 8 op- are being hly tuned and in- to | he has just been elected. COL. C. FRED COOK ELECTED DISTRICT MASONS' GRAND MASTER | Prominent Blue Lodge Leader Noted as Journalist and Soldier. Served With Distinction in Spanish War and in France With A, E. F. Deputy Grand Master C. Fred Cook ; , was unanimously elected grand master of Masons in the District of Columbia | |at the St. John's day communication of | the Grand Lodge, F. A. A. M., last night in Masonie Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue. He succeeds |James A. West, who had been the head of blue lodge Masonry in the Masonic Jjurisdiction of the District of Columbia since December 27, 1929. Appointed to the Grand Lodge official line as junior grand steward in 1922, | Col. Cook progressed through the sev- eral places and stations in regular order {from year to year until last night, when | he reached the top. The two vacancies at the foot of the Grand Lodge line as senior grand stew- ard and junior grand steward were filled, respectively, after unusually spirited contests, by the election of Eugene E. Thompson, past master of Cathedral Lodge, No. 40, and Needham C. Tyrnage, past master of 8t. John's Lodge, No. 11. Should they advance through the chairs in regular order, the two new grand stewards will become grand masters of Masons in the District of Columbia, respectively, December 27, 1940, and December 27, 1941. The new senior grand steward, Mr. ‘Thompson, is well known in financial circles in this city. He is senior partner of Crane, Parris & Co. and former presi- dent of the Washington Stock Exchange. ‘The new junior grand steward, Mr. Turnage is the United States commis- sloner here. Bogley Is Advanced. At the election last night Senior Grand Warden Reuben A. Bogley was advanced to the office of deputy grand master, Junior Grand Warden Harry G. Kimball to the office of senior grand warden, and Grand Marshal Vernon G. Owen to the office of junior grand warden. Owing to the recent death of Senior Grand Deacon George Roscoe Davis, who, had he lived, would probably have been elected grand marshal, the follow- ing “jumped” a station, and last night were elected, as follows: Junior Grand Deacon Robert S. Regar, skipping the office of senior grand dea- con, to the office of grand marshal; Grand Sword Bearer Clyde J. Nichols, to the office of senior grand deacon; Grand Pursuivant Otto B. Roepke, to the office of junior grand deacon; Senior the office of grand sword bearer, and Junior Grand Steward Leonard P. Steu- art, to the office of grand pursuivant. Keiper Is Re-elected. ‘The following were re-elected: Past Grand Master J. Claude Keiper, as grand secretary; Past Grand Master Charles E. Baldwin, as grand treasurer; Past Master Frank M. Roller of St. John's Lodge, No. 11, as grand lecturer; Rev. John C. Palmer, past master of Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, as grand chaplain; Rev. Charles E. Fultz, member of Washington Centennial Lodge, No. 14, and pastor of the United Brethren Church, as assistant grand chaplain, and Past Master Willlam P. Herl tm:x Hiram Lodge, No. 10, as T, ‘The newly elected and installed grand master of Masons is & native-born and lifelong resident of this city. He is & member and master of Temple- Noyes Lodge, No. 32, and, incidentally, is the first member of that lodge ever to attain to the exalted office to which Treasurer of Temple-Noyes. He is also high priest of Mount Pleas- ant Chapter, No. 13, Royal Arch Ma- sons, the presiding officer of that or- ganization, to which station he was elected by unanimous vote January 24, 1930. He is a member of the Conven- tion of Anointed High Priests of the District of Columbia, which ‘i’l open addition to being & past master, he is treasurer of Temple-Noyes Lodge, and for many years, until recently, was chairman_of its Entertainment Com- mittee. He s a member of Mount Pleasant Council, No. 5, Royal and Se- lect Masters; is a thirty-second degree Mason of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry; is prophet of Kallipolis Grotto, No. 15, Mystic Order Veiled hets of the Enchanted Realm, and is a noble of Almas Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. ‘The new grand master of Masons is well known in this ecity, not only as a Mason, but as a journalist and soldier. In all three of these activities Col. Cook has served with distinction. A native of the District of Columbia, graduate of the Washington High |8 BSchool, he began the study of medi- cine at Georgetown University, but de- ciding he was not “cut out” to be a physician and surgeon embarked on the newspaper sea. Was Alvord’s Secretary. He served first as private secref of the editor-in-chief of the Evening News, Thomas G. Alvord, who was later li- brarian of the Library of Congress. His service on the News was contemporaneous with that of Walt Mason, the well known humorist, and John Callan O'Laughlin, afterward Assistant Secre- tary of State. C. Fred Cook joined the staff of The Evening Star March 1, 1894, and has been continuously in the service of The Star to date. As a reporter he covered not only general assignments, but, in turn, the Police Court, Police Head- quarters, District Building and the Su- preme Court of the District of Colum- bia and the Court of Appeals, the latter two for many years steadily. Promoted to be assistant city editor, he pro- gressed steadily “in the office” fllling in turn the offices of copy editor, city editor, news editor and news manager, and for many years was in charge of the make-up of The Star. Col. Cook's military career began as “side captain” of the Young America Rifles. In turn he became first lieu- tenant of the prize company, High Bchool Cadets, captain of Company B, 2d Battalion —the Morton Cadets— later the “champion military company of the United States” in interstate and competitive drill. He served through the Santlago campaign, War With Spain, as an officer of the 1st District of Columbia Infantry, United States Volunteers, and was present at the sur- | render of the Spanish forces. He re- i tired from the Guard in 1915, with the advanced rank of lieutenant colonel for “specially meritorious service.” Served in France. { In the World War he was commis- sioned major of Infantry September | 1917, served at Camp Lee, Va.; was el vated to the command of the 305th Am. munition Train, 80th Division; pro- ceeded to France, thence to the artillery training area northeast of St. Nazaire. He was in training for two months with train headquarters at Langon, lmm. , a8 ied in August, base adjutant, Base Section, No. A. E. F, with hna%uuun at Brest. Returning to the United States after the armistice he was assi in Jan- uary, 1919, as chief of Bection of General Publicity, Office of the Surgeon General of the Army, and, incidentally, served as editor-in-chief of the Come- Back, the soldier newspaper at Walter Reed Hospital; supervised the publica- tion of 42 other Army hospital news- papers, nir C. FRED COOK. as instructor in newspaper productiort in connection with the vocational train- ing of disabled soldiers. Praised by Gen. Ireland. He was honorably discharged on his own application, in January, 1920, the certificate of discharge bel.n% indorsed personally by Maj. Gen. M. W. Ireland, Surgeon General of the Army: “This officer has rendered most valuable serv- ice to his country.” He was commis- sloned lieutenant colonel, Infantry, Officers’ Reserve Corps, in April, 1920, and was recommissioned lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, April 25, 1925. He again en- tered the National Guard, and was pro- moted from major to lieutenant colonel; was appointed in October, 1923, adju- tant general of the 20th National Guard Division, Army of the United States, comprising the National Guard troops of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. He received the District National Guard Medal, massive and of solid gold, September 15, 1924, for 25 years of actual, meritorious service the National Guard.” 1. Cook is past president of The Evening Star Club— four successive terms —1is president of the Property Owners’ Protective Association, seventh election district, Anne Arundel County, Md., and is a former vice president of the Society of Natives of the District of Columbia. He married Loulse Elizabeth Baldwin, also. a Washingtonian. They have one son, Baldwin Frederick Cook. Presented With Jewel. During the evening the retiring grand master, Mr. West, was presented with a gift from the 44 constituent lodges of the jurisdiction. The address of presentation was by Rudolph Santel- man, past master of Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, on behalf of the Association of Worshipful Masters of 1930. Mr. West made appropriate response. The retiring grand master also re- ceived the customary gold, diamond- studded jewel of a past grand master, engraved, as a gift from the Grand Lodge. The presentation was made by Past Grand Master Charles Cyrus Coombs, who during his term of of- fi” appointed Mr. West to the official ne. 27 CITIES EXPECT BILLION IN BUILDING Construction for 1931 Expected Gradually to Mount to That of Normality, * By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 27.--A billion dollars’ worth of construction projects in 27 cities was made public today by the National Association of Bullding Trades employers. ding would not equal the last eight years, the sald, construction work would gradually mount to normal. Many builders are awaiting s more fa- vo‘rdlble securities market, the survey said. ‘The survey showed the following con- struction totals in various clties: Boston—$50,000,000, of which $35,- 000,000 will be spent for public works. Chicago—$166,000,000, all but $20,- 000,000 of which will be used for public works and 1933 World Fair buildings. Cleveland—$3,500,000 post office, $2,- 500,000 for John Carroll University, $5,000,000 for hospitals. Harrisburg, Pa.—Approximately $10,- 000,000, including a State office build- ing and a Federal prison. hester, N. Y.—$6,00,000. Dallas ——$27,000,000, & great part of .which is for public utility work. 8t. Louis has a $20,000,000 item for merchandise mart and union station terminal; San Francisco reported $20,- 000,000 worth of house and apartment construction and public works pro- am; Government projects in New Jersey and Pennsylvania were esti- mated at $125,000,000; the Pacific Tele- hone & Telegraph Co. has set aside $40,000,000 for work on the Pacific Coast. A “fair amount” of work is contemplated in New York. LYNCHING IS DOUBLED OVER 1929 FIGURES 24 Colored and One White Slain, With Georgia Taking Lead. an average assoclation By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 27.—The year 1930 has seen 25 lynchings as com- pared with 12 in 1929, the National As- soclation for the Advancement of Col- ored People sald today in an annual summary. ‘Twenty-four of the victims were col- ored, the association sald. Georgia had seven lynchings, Alabama and Texas, 4 aplece; Mississippi, 3; Indiana and South Carolina, 2 each, and Florida, North Carolina and Oklahoma, 1 each. Walter White, acting secretary of the association, hailed as an encouraging development “the increasing repudiation by white women of the South of lynch- ing as a protection of womanhood.” “'Of 25 lynchings in 1930, he said, “criminal assault was assigned as an excuse in only 3 cases. STUDY EARLY U. S. LAW Maryland Jurist to Publish 18th Century Volume. NEW YORK, December 27 (#)- First volumes of a series illustrating the evolution of American law will “deal with eighteenth century judicial ar- chives of major courts in Maryland and New York. Dr. Evarts B. Greene, president of the American Historical Association and 1s being edited ef ‘udn of the and will cover the records of that court from 1695 to 1730. The New York volume will deal with the Mayor's Court of the City of New York. e £ Quake Cracks Moroccan Houses. MELLILA, Morocco, December 27 (fll +—An eart] ke which caused mucl alarm was felt today in the town of Cabila Beni Tuzin, Walls rranged of ' Tuesday night at a hotel here. M: THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 2, 1030—PART ONE. SCHOOL BUILDING PUBLIC WILL PASS STEPS ARE TRACED Educational Heads Believe Long Procedure Detracts From System. (Continued From First Page.) in the form of an appropriation bill, the Senate, it again is defended. Final- ,17, the bill becomes an act and goes to the White House for the President's signature. 8o that while school authorities asked for funds to buy the new school site in May of 1930, the money does not be- ycome available until July 1, 1931. In some rare cases, Congress, at its dis- cretion, may make the money available immediately after the act is signed by the President, but this is not usual procedure. Price Minimum Stipulated. ‘Then, in July, 1931, the Commis- sioners would begin negotiations to buy the wanted land. The first limitation they meet is that the price be within 125 per cent of the assessed value of the property. In some cases it is sible to make an almost transaction, but this is rare. quently, the land is divided into many small parcels, each with a different owner. BSeparate transactions then are necessary. In order to buy the land with the limitation, the District En- gineer Commissioner’s office often ne- gotiates through a “straw” purchaser, a procedure which may require several months. Thus, the purchase of the site, even if its price is within the 125 per cent limitation, may take from one month to a year or more. But there is a more common pro- cedure which takes even longer. That is followed when the price exceeds the limitation. Such a contingency, ad- in [mitted by the purchasing office only after all efforts to buy within the al- lowed price have failed (and these ef- forts may occupy half a year or more) condemnation proceedings are begu: h these the District g8, goes into court to seize land by having & jury set prices on the required site. If the jury's price is within 125 per cent of the assessed value, the purchase might be completed in comparatively :;‘mr; t}‘,?e'f Howe;ler.n‘ t.h'j_l owner has e right of appeal ai e case may be further impeded. Securing Money Takes Year. But, as is very often the case, the Jjury may return a verdict beyond the allowed purchasing price. Then the District must go back to Congress for authorization to spend more than the 125 per cent maximum. If the con- demnation jury verdict is returned at a fortunate time, it may be possible to include the next step in a deficiency bill being prepared at that time. Other- wise, the matter will have to wait until the next regular jon of In any case, however, condemnation proceedings may delay the purchase of llnummlynrmwoyun.urwm onger. ‘Under the present practice, a request for funds with which to construct the building is made by the school author- ities & year after their original land petition. If purchase of the site is ap- parently near, the building fund item may be transmitted over the same route—Commissioners, Bureau of the Budget and Congress—for inclusion in the next fiscal year appropriation. So that, in this theoretical case, the very earliest by which money for a build- ing whose site was wu&l:t first in May, }z;g‘ may become available is July 1, ‘Too often, however, the involved transactions of the land purchase result in elimination of the building item from the first subsequent year's ap- propriation. Hence, it is probable that money for the building would not be- come available until July, 1933. Bidder Probe Causes Delay. Plans for a school building are not made until the initial appropriation becomes available because the funds for the municipal architect’s office are taken from the building mog:{ itself. ‘Thus, plans for this theoreti school are commenced not earlier than the Summer of 1932, and possibly one or even two years later. The preparation of plans, under normal progress, re- quires anywhere from to four months, so that it is September, Oc- tober or November of 1932 at the earli- est that bids are advertised for the construction of the school, the acquisi- tion of which was begun in May, 1930. Bids are returned to the District Com- missioners within three weeks to a month of the time they are advertised. In a normal project, where a contractor known to e District thorities is successful, the contract may be award- ed & week or 10 days after opening of bids. Then, however, bond must be arranged before the contract is signed, 80 that construction cannot be launched earlier than two or three weeks after the contract is awarded. In the event & new builder is the low bidder, delay comes in the investigation which must be made of the concerp to determine whether it is capable of handling the work. Other delays may be occasioned by very close bids of competing concerns, or by bidding on alternate plans for the same job, of which require close analysis by the gfimm Engineer Commissioner’s of- ce. Three Years Is Normal Delay. Once construction is begun, approxi- mately six months will be required to complete the job if°it is an eight-room elementary school. A junior high school requires generally a-year and & senior high school would require 20 months for completion. - “Completion” means the finishing of all structural work and not the installation of the pupil and teacher desks, which requires another month. ‘Thus, in an absolutely normal tran- | saction, without delays due to site pur- chases or contract difficulties, a new school launched with the request for its site in May, 1930, cannot be occupied before September, 1933. A year’s delay in the acquisition of the site permits the building to be occupied in September, 1934, while contract dif- ficulties may add still another year, bringing the occupancy to September, perience with most of the re- erected school bulldings has shown that most of the schools require i between four years for the completion of the transaction, while many take five years and some even six years. It has been rare that a building has been oc- ¢upled within the minimum time re- quired by the existing pi lure. A the purchasing and bui mechanics of recent years, Mr. Kramer pointed out, is & policy that has grown up by which the school au- need for a new school before the Com- missioners, the Bureau of the Budget defense” of a request has been put necessity for a change in the present ure. 1If, he said, the pres- tem is to remain in force, all connected with '.&u n long ent s of Congress and back , must an on‘mmn éfifgp"-m nmm in- of concentrating only needs immediately visible. = Lucas Reception !lnnnod: LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 27 (#). —A reception to Robert M. Lucas, ex- ecutive director of the Republican Na- tional Committee, has been a or Willlam B. Harrison testimonial Mz, Lucas’ request. Hundreds of members of the of the American Automobile Assoec! schoolboy traffic iation, organizers of the patrol. 3000 SCIENTISTS T0 REVIEW WORK Latest Marvels of Research Will Be Revealed at Cleveland Convention. By the Assoclated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 27— ‘The numerous ways light and related radiations have been put to work in solving problams of life, energy and the universe, will be a topmost subject when AmericAn scientists gather here Monday for an annual inventory of their work. Approximaizly 40 learned societies and 15 sections of the American Asso- clation for the Advancement, of Science will hold 200 weetings. Five thousand delegates are expected. In order to present a comprehensive picture of the accomplishments of science during the past year, presenta- tion of 2,000 hapers will be required. ‘The subject will range all the way gress. | from biology - to economics, from the inbreeding of ‘corn to the progress of industrialization in the Soviet Union; from the cyclés of sun spots to business cycles. Stars o Be Discussed. ‘The stories .told by light from dis- tant star galsiies will be related. Dr. Harlow ShapMy, director of the Har- vard University Astronomical Observa- tory, will tell of explorations through space to find the center of the universe and learn the characteristics of great star clusters. . Giant telescopes wil come up for discussion, giailt telescopes like the one to be installed' at the California Insti- tute of Technblogy, which, it is said, will enable men to penetrate distances 10 times farther than he is permitted now. l(eehm‘g of the tel be the subject $ & paper by E. P. Bur- rell of Warnef & Swasey. Roger L. Putnam, truste¢ of the Lowell Observa- tory, . Ariz., will tell how as- tronomers at the observatory searched their way throggh the sky to fulfill the predictions of iie late Prof. Lowell that the sun’s family of planets had a ninth member. “Seaiching Out Pluto” will be the subject. Using the pifneering of the president of the Sciéntific Association—Dr. Thdmas Hunt Morgan of the California Institute—as & basis for study several scientists will tell of the latest observed effects of ultra violet and Xrays on changing the factors of heredity. Some of these changes giye rise to new characteristics: which fnay be inherited by _plants and: animals. Recently sciéntists have been making numerous obseivations on strange radia- tions given off by growing onion roots and yeast cells. Some think these radiations mizht throw light on the thorities are required to show an actual | cotton nature o(" ""‘m"lfl{ Thl: will be an importan e sessions. ‘The sclentists will show how the power of thé micre has been augmented in:one instance to such an extent that the interior walls of the tiny plant cells have been photographed. 1t is also being used now in conjunction with the motion picture camera. Getting the movies to talk naturally and pleasantly will be discussed by Charles W. Hewlett, research worker for the General Electric Co., as one of the principal speakers during a sym- posium on acuustics. Sound-Absorbing Work. At this sympositum Paul E. Sabine, director of the Riverbank Laboratories, Geneva, I, iwill tell of ways to treat interiors for :absorbing as much as 80 to 85 per cent of the sound and to treat them without’ interfering with the deco- rative values. Interferences with radio transmission by spots that besmirch the face of the sun will be explained by Dr. Harlan Stetson, director of the Perkins Observa- tory, Ohio Wesleyan University, Dela- ware, Ohio. ‘The spots decur in major cycles of 11 years. A year ago, when they were at their peak, they extended for 700,000 miles across the sun’s face. The problém of blowing to pieces the {atom—the tiniest particle of matter— iand_then putting it back together, will | be the subject of the address by the re- tiring dent, Dr. Robert A. Millikan, the California Institute of Technology. In the address he will approach the ex- treme frontiér of physical science, where work _is beiig done to bombard atoms of gold for the release of atomic energy. 'WILL HAVE COTTON SEED Association to Dispose of Supply in Four Grower States. DALLAS, Tex., December 27 (#).—B. A. Stuffiebesm, general manager of the Texas Certified Cotton Seed Breeders’ Association, Mn'z_ nnnm.xa:'eeu 350,000 bushels of . State-certifi pedigreed would be placed at the dis- H growing industry in or Congress concedes that an “adequate | Loul low-] forth. This, he explained, adds to the | terri! He said_the 21 members of the as- soclation arranged for l'tl‘ln.ll:'l':’gn' Fede: - Ay it Bank at Houston to the extent of approximately $500,000. — 20 DIE IN LANDSLIDE Wedding Farty in Algiers Trapped Unddr Falling Earth, ALGIERS. Algeria, December 37 (). oh, gens S EE o 1t Algiers onight with the for | dead believéd will | one. | wires leading chairman of the executive council of | his Telephone Bares Electrical Mystery At Naval Academy Middy “Edison” Taps Official Line and Prank Is Revealed. BY REX COLLIER, Staft Correspondent of The Star ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 27.—If John Armstrong (“Edison”) Cygon had not succumbed to the brilliant idea of installing a telephone in his room at the | p, Naval Academy, he might have been a midshipman still—and the mystery of the weird electrical phenomena in Ban- croft Hall might never have been solved. But Young Cygon, whom the middies already have nicknamed “Edison” for his electrical wizardry, just couldn't re- sist the lure of a room telephone. The thought ‘of being able to call up his friend outside the academy any time he!| félt good and ready, without even leav- ing his bedside, was most intrl 3 Of course, he probably should have felt. auhfl:‘d to have those extra ;m;; veniences he already had rigged uj the dormitories—such as the radio and mitted under lemy’ regulations. The electrical clock was Cy.fiu'n'l own idea, however, as were sev- er: other devices said to have been | 8lso found in his room after his departure. ‘The fact that telephones and elec- trical clocks and the like are not per- mitted in the dormitories here did not feaze Midshipman Cygon in the least. In fact, the prohibition on them only added to his determination to be dif- ferent classmates. Instals Telephone in Room. Finding a telephon: t proved ohMe.bnthp !.eol "': ingenui is not a matter of record here. "::id“' & academy outside stalled it in his room. ‘Tapping the phone in on the proper circuit was the next problem. Cygon solved the problem without a whole lot At any one from and in- of difficulty, but in doing so he made | ci patrol attended & performance yesterday at the Fox Theater as o PERU PLOT BLAMED INENVOY S RETURN Cuban Unwittingly Sheltered Intriguer When Leguia Government Fell. ~—Star Staff By the Associated Press. HAVANA, December 27.—The fact ON ART EXHIBITS orcoran Gallery to Award $200 on Picture Given Biggest Vote. add the nlle'ry1 has mnwr;u«:zgn ':n spe- cial “popular prize” o awarded to the artist whose work re- m—.mfloflwo‘wfi-hmm and a certificate of honorable mention. It may be noted that in the the selections of the )ul? of professional artists usually have failed to receive general public approval at the time, but with t.he‘ ?.fi::‘ of the yelr.ll the g‘w-nnnn of artists nearly alwa; been vindicated. i Difference in Viewpoint. It is explained that popular opinion and professional conceptions of art sel- dom coincide, because the public judges a picture solely on its general ance—its appeal experts consider highly technical factors entering into the composition. The qualities found by professional artists ususlly are lasting qualities that stand the test of time, it been found. ‘Third prize of $1,000 and the Cor- coran bronze medl}uwu a that the Cuban legation at Lima had | Edmund unwittingly sheltered a plot against the ruvian government was given today ID‘r the reason it;r the remmnno ’cubnflof 3 we ‘arona or five years to . Dr. Roura told the Associated Press hospitable ecaused between the Cuban and Peruvian gov- ernments. “When President Leguia’s government fell, many persons prominent his regime sought refuge in the several !o:l; legations at ly m :r‘bun countries,” Dr. Roura said. Right of Asylum Acknowledged. “The right of asylum in the legations of foreign rers for those for political offenses is based on inter- national law, and in this ar ity Peru and other countries in 1882. “Among those sheltered at the Cuban legation at Lima,” he explained, “is Dr. Jesus Salazar, prominent Peruvian and intimate of former President Leguia. Dr. Salazar is seriously ill, un- der the care of several of Lima's most renowned physicians. So ill is he that :edaid trained nurse is permanently at his . “In this extremely delicate situation Dr. Salazar, severel! he found a loose telephone his a fatal mistake. He tapped his phone in on an official line, and one day an officer, lifting up his receiver to make an outside call, was amazed to hear an animated conversation taking place. What he overheard enabled him to h | stipulations of the the commandant and all the academy executives. The official investigator had more surprises in store for him, however. In Cygon's room he found a network of in various directions. One of the wires ran from the electrical clock to a moulding on the ceiling, be- neath which were wires controlling the master clock in Bancroft Hall. Cygon believed in ha official time right at his side. His clock was operated by the same impulses that regulated the system of electrical wall clocks in the building. Wire Stories Conflict. ‘Where the other wires led to, if there really were as many wires as rumor has reported, is the subject of conflicting statements. Some, it is sald, wer to an elevator, the misbehavior of which had been a matter of con- cern for several weeks. The elevator, of the self-controlled button type, had & habit of stopping at the wrong floor when a specific button was pressed, and of going up when it should have S A ‘oot of the scademy d officer of academy declared today, however, that the elezlwrl ec- centricities, as well as dimming of lights and other electrical aberrations credited to Cygon’s juggling of volts and amperes, probably had no connection with the midshipman’s “experiments.” “The stories about Cygon have been repeated so many times, and embroid- ered so beautifully in the telling, that the middies have come to regard Cygon with real awe,” the officer said. ~“He has been credited with doing things that Edison couldn't do. The whole thing has been greatly exaggerated.” Classmates Pursled. It is not so much Cygon's wizardry as an_electrical expert t‘lt has puzzled classmates, however, but how he found the time to up his contrap- tions and keep up in studies, simul- taneously. Many of the middies do not even find time to put on their radio head-sets. ‘That n was able to run his wires around without discovery was due to the fact that midshipmen are permitted to work on their radios and string indoor antennas in the building, officials stated. It was supposed that Cygon was tinker- ing with his radio set when he really figure of ‘e | who sounds like another “uwre.nu of Arabia.” tion. h"‘! ‘most emphatically declare that all my actions as Minister to Peru to_international have been law and have adhered to the ontivedio treaty.” ent ban | Minnesota Representative und Archer his “S8how Girl,” rize ON TOUR BY AIRPLANE Bays Visit Is Not Connected With Island Government. By the Associated Press. MYSTERIOUS LEADER “""‘“ fot the, Chi HEADS BURMA TRIBES “Master Mind” Sends Jungle Na- tives Against Trained British Soldiers. By the Associated Press. RANGOON, Burma, December 327.— Out of the matted jungle, where British troops are moving against marauding natives, there emerged today in vague reports the shadowy man He is the “master mind” of the re- volt, the reports ran, and he is at the head of a thousand Burmese rebels who have raided villages in the Tharawaddy district, kiling & number of police and themselves suffering 300 casualties. Today the raids continued, despite a belief of the authorities that the pres- ence of the soldiers would discourage ga rebels, but 17 of the raiders were ere are several small stations of the American Baptist Mission in the region where the skirmishes have taken place, and at least two woman mission- arles are stationed at Tharawaddy City, but there has been no indication that these outposts of Christianity.had been e recon- venes after the Christmas holidays will have made a wide air circuit of Latin American points. Mr. Maas is a member of the House Forelgn Affairs Committee, but said his visit was not connected with the fairs of the Cuban government. He will study alrports in the cities visited and also go over plans for new tions. From e he will . U States by way of Brownsville, Tex. CONVICTS WILL STUDY ELEMENTAL SUBJECTS Instructors in West Virginia Pris- on Bchool to Come from Better Educated Inmates. By the Assoclated Press. MO! disturbed. The uprising was generally | vided in the believed to be & protest against taxation. PLAN SPANISH ELECTIONS Premier Berenguer Declares Voting ‘Will Be Held March 1. MADRID, December 27 (#)—Premier Damaso Berenguer assured newspaper men today parliamentary elections would be held as scheduled, March 1, providing the country continued tran- quil. He added that under the same con- ditions martial law would be lifted New Year day. The country has been quiet recent.a after abortive attempts at revolution earlier in the month. was tapping telephone wires and elec- trical clock systems. 's activities were “MCJ:O!;hHV’? Maj. J h R. Cygon 0 . Jose the 3d Corps Area. " o It is understood here that the youth filed an application for entrance to West Point on leaving here, and that the application now is pending before Presi- ¥ dent Hoover. LEFT REPUTATION BEHIND. Middy Operated Radio Switch by Clock in Kansas. ¥ LAWREN Kans., December 2 Py : , electrically mind- ed middy, who resigned by request from the United States Naval Academy, left a reputation for phenomena be- hind him when he went to Annapolis from Lawrence last Spring. His ex- ploits included a radio with an alarm clock. Nassau Air finfio—ne—lnmo. wiring. Odd behavior of an elevator and mysterious dimming of lights were traced to a labyrinth of wires in his room. - After resigning from the Naval cademy he announced he wanted enter the United States Military Acad- emy Wh‘!:. ‘West Point. programs &t m. elgm. windows, lig turn the radio station s tange away. Then, a; he strolled to the T 0 pr;‘rqm were being_complefed e th's father, . J. hm M), Rev. W. C. Haroid, Pr lain at the prison, ‘v'vho o.mmdhnl eh:g; Ticts h"fi.ew:pmfl’m}n o at- EINSTEIN IS PUZZLED BY PLACING OF PICTURE Why Is His Among Those of 18 Dead Scientists He Asks in New York. BY the Associated Press. tists, all dead, in the of fame in the church. Prof. Einstein visited the display in New York recently and liked it. “But " he o why,’ asked, “should I be there?” FLORIDA FACES FROST