Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1931, Page 2

rR-2 ® FIVE KILLED, THREE HURT IN BALBO HOP Official Announcement With- ‘held in Order Not to Mar Nation’s Ceiebration. By the Associated Press. BOLAMA, Portuguese Guinea, Africa, Junuary 8.—The glory attained by 10 Ttallan seaplanes Tuesday in their transatlantic fiight to Natal, Brazil, had s price—5 aviators were left behind dead and 3 were injured. Two of the 14 planes in the squadron were virtually destroyed. Belatedly, official announcement has been made of the tragedy which attended one of the greatest victories over the elements in the history of sviation, the delay being due to the wish of the Italian government that rejoicing at completion of the flight and celebration of Italy's “Bephany,” or second Christmas, not be marred. Five Killed, Three Hurt. As 12 of the planes, in formation of 3, #ook off, one of the red group, piloted by Capt. Recagno, crashed from a height of 100 feet. The sergeant mechanic, Luigi Fois, who was riding above the Se THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. C, Thuloi\Y, JAN CANCER CELL SHOWN IN MOVIE! AS EATING, DRINKING, DANCING ientists at First Screen Depiction Hear of Notable Progrcss Toward Conquest of Disease. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Some of the most notable progress vet made toward the conquest of can- cer in human beings was revealed at a symposium held under the auspices of the National Institute of Health at the Interfor Department Auditorium last night. Among the accomplishments reported were a new method of staining tissue sections by which a diagnosis which formerly required several days now can be made in two minutes, the curing of malignant growths in animals akin to cancer by the heating action of high frequency currents, the cultivation of cancer cells removed from the human body in a suitable medium and the de- termination of a specific difference in normal body cells. The most horrible of all screen vil- lains, the cancer cell itself, was shown for the first time on the screen—eating, drinking, dancing and multiplying. It was greatly magnified and its actions speeded up from 370 to 930 times, to ot; and the radio operator were in- ed. ‘Ten minutes after the take-off the second plane of the white group was forced llliht on the sea at full speed. It took fire and the four crew members .- They were Capt. Luigi Boer and Lieut. Danllo Barbicanti, m: Sergt. Mechanic Felice Nensi and lo Operator Ercole Imbastari. After these two accidents word was flashed to the two replacement planes to take off for Natal. Both came down, ter crossing the equator, between St. Paul's Rock and Fernando do Noronha, Brasilian penal colony, about 125 miles from Natal. ‘Well Known Aviators. Ttalian naval vessels stationed along $he route took the planes in tow an brought them to Fernando do Noronha. flight. No one sboard was injured. One of the planes, commanded by Capt. Donadelli was forced down by a leaky radiator con- mection, the other, piloted by Capt. , broke its magneto shaft. All the dead and injured aviators were among the most renowned of Italy's sirmen. The 10 planes which reached Natal took & few minutes more than 17 hours to traverse almost 1,700 miles. GEN. BALBO WELL PLEASED. Rl’lfl'ht pontoon, was killed and the two Declares Flight Passed Expectations Despite Fatal Accidents. NATAL, Brazl, January 8 (#).—Gen. Italo Balbo, Itallan air minister, re- ceiving newspaper men aboard the cruiser Malocello last that the success of the squadron from Africa to ht, told them ht of his air ot e had ex~ expectations. “Although two planes fell into the ocean, the crews were saved. Ten others artived at Natal after a wonderful t. Oruisers picked up the two es, which ought to re FPernando Noronha, one today and the other B are made they will fly either here or to Bahia. 5. plane was lost, probsbly as a result of a short circuit, and the crew ed. Another was left :view of an accident to the motor, but lama tches . Balboa said he could not say what ition would be made of m:zhnel the fiight had been finished. BALBO CONGRATULATED. U. 8. Officials Send Felicitations to Halian Flight Commander. Messages congratulal Gen. Italo Balbo on completion of Italian air squadron’s flight across the South At- lantic were sent to the general at Natal, Brazil, today by Secretary. of the Navy Adams and F. Trubee Davison, Assist- out that the flight “indicates re and skill with which your half of the -Army Air Corps I salute the magnificent accomplishment of If and your fellow flyers as one worthy of Italy’s prominence in all branches of aeronautical science.” PETITION DIRECT < TO COURT SOUGHT Commissioners Ask Legal Rights in Effort to Modify Electric Rates Decree. The Public Utilities Commission mem- bers today asked its legal adviser, Cor- poration Counsel William W. Bride, | Whether it would be possible for them | t0 g0 to court to secure a modification of the consent decree governing electric rates here without frst obtaining the consent of the Potomac Electric Power Co. The request was based on the recent sction of Justice Jennings Bailey in modifying a consent decree relating to | the practices allowable to meat-pack- concerns. The commission at- tached to its written request for an opinion & number of extracts from Jus- tice Balley’s decision in the meat-pack- ase. case. “In the light of the above excerpts,” the commission wrote, “the commission would like to have from you an opinion concerning its promptly petitioning the court for certain modifications of the electric rate consent decree. If it is that this malignant unit of llving mat- ter appeared quite animal-like and the picture was a real thriller. Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming, who presided, stressed the extreme impor- tance of the cancer problem and Dr. Joseph C. Bloodgood of Johns Hopkins University declared that the recent es- tablishment of the National Institute of Health, under the Public Health Serv- ice, by means of which research could be conducted on a large scale, might | prove the most notable step ever takan by any government to conquer the physical ills of its people. The war against cancer, it was ex- plained by the speakers, now has set- tled down to intensive study of the physical, biochemical and physiological properties of the cancer cell itself. is extremely laborious and time-con- suming, but is certain to result in slow progress, while the aimless hunt for specific cures in the past has con- tributed practically nothing. It was emphasized that the idea of cancer be- ing caused by a micro-organism invad- ing the body, which would give sub- stance to hopes for a specific serum, practically has been abandoned in the light of accumulating evidence and it is ‘ognized the key will come from the minute characters of the cell itself. Nobody suggested a new cure. One essential difference has been eés- tablished between the cancer cell and normal body cells, said Prof. Carl Voegtlin, chief of the division of phar- macology at the National Institute of Health. The normal cell depends for its energy supply, and hence its life, on the oxidation of sugar. The cancer cell derives its energy through splitting sugar into lactic acid, a chemical process which does not require the pres- ence of oxygen. Study Is Intensive. Prof. Voegtlin is directing intensive chemical studies of the cancer cell in the hope of establishing other differ- ences. ‘This work is rendered extremely difficult, not only by the extreme com- plexity of the chemistry of the cancer cell, but by the relative lack of scientific knowledge of the chemical process of n cells for purposes of differen- at Bolama, | tiatios n. Eventually, it was stressed, some chemical difference may be found which kill cancer celis by blocking some essen- | 8g0. charactérist tial and tic chemical process which does not take place in normal cells. This, Prof. Voegtiin stressed, will be very slow work and may at any time require the use of animals for test pur- P 1a to understand” he said, “the efforts of the relatively l(ew ;vnell mean- ing, but ignorant, people who are op- n:ed to the use of animals for this sort of work. Let us hope that wisdom and real humanitarianism will prevail.” Differentiation of Tissues. Differentiation of cancer tissue from non-malignant tumor tissue in the has been made by microscopic examina- tion of frozen sections properly stained, it was explained by Dr. Charles Geschickter of Johns Hopkins Univer- sity Hospital. Preparation of these sec- tions has required a long time. The surgeon who finds what looks like a malignant growth inside the body has been in a difficult ition. He must decide quickly whether or not to re- move it He has had no reliable means of determining what the growth is without waiting for hours or even days. With the method of preparing stained sections just develo] at Johns Hop- kins practically as reliable a diagnosis can be made microscopically while the | operation is in progress. This was ac- complished by laborious tests with all sorts of dyes and dye solvents and im- provement of technique until substances were found just as effective on the newly removed tissue as on that which had become dry and fixed in deatn. | The new technique, Dr. Geschickter | explained, not onlyis of very great prac- tical value in surgery, but a notable advance in the study of the micro- ,lo?lc characteristics of cancer cells al their differentiation from normal cells. The frozen section, dead a long time and necessarily more or less dis- torted, may be quite different from the living cell. Under this method the cells can be studied before the death process | !'has time.to bring about its changes. Effect of Environment. Despite the scientific advances, cancer is gaining ound, sald Dr. J. W. Schereschewsky, in charge of the Public Health Service cancer work at Harvard University. In crude death figures, he reported, there has been a gain of about 50 per cent since 1900, and when the | statistics are corrected as far as possi- ble there still is a substantial increase, | 8" which he said was “due somehow to the | complex development of the social en- vircnment.” He does not believe the death rate will continue to increase in- definitely, because eventually the human organism will strike & balance with the unknown causative factors in the en- vironment. Dr. Schereschewsky reported on the developments in the use of high fre- quency currents, running as high as from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 cycles Beld by you that this ruling of Mr. Bailey will be controlling, that the commission can petition the court for such modifications without reference %o the other 'y of the consent 3 the commission would like to have such initiated at the earliest possible , and it will be prepared after some Mttle further study to indicate the modifications which it believes should be sought.” PSR NINE JOIN LEGION POST Sergt. Jasper Members Hear Plans for Departmental Ball. Nine new members were Mmlfled‘ Post, No. 13, of the American in the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 avenue. A h C. 3 izh’d R. Oliver, C. M. Levy and Erin !B. Peatross. J. Pralley, chairman Committee o take & mmiiiee (or'uaud'g.rjnenm yflower Hotel, January plans for the affair. The a second, on growths resembiing cancer in animals. In many cases these growths completely disappeared while surrounding normal tissue was unin- jured, due to the fact that the thermal death point for some malignant cells is considerably lower than for normal cells. This came nearest to a “cancer cure” suggested at the symposium, but Dr. Schereschewsky made no claims that it would be applicable to malignant growths in human bein, ‘The cured animals, in many cases, could not be reinoculated with malig- nant cells, leading to the conclusion that these cancerous growths themselves supply something to the body that pro- tects it from the invasion of another group of malignant cells. What this “something” is nobody knows. Keeping Cells Alive. Keeping alive and cultivating for the flrlte:&u cancer cells in a medium out- side the human tissue can be kept alive in- Asfinitely outs'de the body, but in-the past died loped by Dr. and un“‘cnm' u‘Jfi vel 3 . rish bemra normal ulho,'zut can be :vt alive for considerable périods dur ing which thair behavior can be studied the metabolism of malignant cells and | This | out, cannot produce biood out of itself, t | eme! under the microscope and moving pic- tures taken of their antics. The _medium in which they are kept alive, Dr. Gey reported, is composed of an extract of beef embryos, a serum manufactured from the placenta of hu- man beings taken immediately after birth, a complicated salt solution and blood plasma taken from an adult hi man being in good health. This prep- aration, whose formula reads like that of a concoction of medieval witches, ap- parent furnishes an environment very close to that to which malignant cells are adapted by nature. The moving pictures of the malignant cells were made by Dr. Warren E. Lewis of the Carnegie Institution of Wash- ington from Dr. Gey's preparations. They demonstrated that the general supposition that cancer cells multiply faster than normal cells is unfounded. They simply multiply without the con- trolling hand of the body mechanism that keeps normal cells, the good citi- zens of the body state, in order. Cell Individual Organism. Each cancer cell was shown as an individual organism. It eats and drinks. Before dividing in two, its method of reproduction, it does a sort of frenzied dance. It has scavenger cells of the body which clean up its debris, just as they do that of normal cells, but which do npt attack it. The malignant growth, in order to survive, must have a blood supply and biologists have wondered why the body consents to yield this precious blood to its deadly enemy. The moving pictures show for the first time just what hap- pens. The cancer is a blood moonshiner. Its blood is not charitably furnished by its law-abiding fellow citizens, but is the result of the multiplication of blood and capillary cells in the malignant growth itself. The moving pictures show this multiplication taking place and the tiny capillaries extending themselves and forming plexuses within the tumor. ‘The cancer tissue, Dr. Lewis pointed but must depend on the capillaries to continue their normal progress within it Eventuslly it is opedmm%efiecnhemflhodtmtme behavior of living cancer cells and liv- ing normal cells can be compared on the screen and possible differentiations established. i captured PAINTINGS ON LAST | NIGHT EXHIBITION Corcoran Awards Stimulate Public Interest as Works Receive Praise. The last of a series of special night openings for visitors to the Twelfth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Afnerican Ofl Paintings at the Cor- coran Gallery of Art will be held to- night from 8 to 10:30 o'clock. ‘The evening period of inspection was arranged by the gallery with the oo- operation of the Washington Society of the Fine Arts and is for the benefit of persons who have been unable to at- tend the art show during the daytime. The exhibition will be open to the public this afternoon until 4:30 o'clock nd on Friday and Saturday from 9 o'clock in the morning until 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Sunday, closing day of the exhibition, the hours will be from 2 to 5 o'clock. Awards Stimulate Interest. Public interest in the exhibition has been stimulated by the announcement this week of awards in the referendum {:;d tse most Wpuhl:: ur;\lxcu'xsre.w“‘l’{\lo els,” & re pal ¥y am M. Paxton n!flg'uwn. was chosen by the public as the most popular work in the show. '~ Second place was given “An- theia,” by Paul Trebilcock, and third place went to “Betty,” by Maurice Molarsky. . With the exhibition nearing a close, art observers continue to manifest keen interest in the works on display. Art - critics of the Boston Evening ‘Transcript and. the New York Herald Tribune are among press visitors who have ocommented favorably in their columns. Under the caption “American Art Sings in the Nation's Capital,” Albert Franz Cochrane of the Transcript wrote: “Much has been said of late concern- ing the development of American art, and its right to peer with that of other nations. In no other single exhibition has this right been so clearly made than in the group of paintings now on view here in Washington. The Na- tional Academy presents largely the work of conservatives, the modern museum sponsors the modernists, the Art Institute of Chicago presents only OFFICIALS BELIEVE 250,000 ARKANSANS WILL REQUIRE HELP 4Conu.nued’ From First Page.) once did I see sugar. I saw no butter. Twice I saw milk. In only one case did I find anything Christmas dinner. I families had received Red as- sistance and one of these had shared its provisions with another family.” Significant and typical, lwordall to those who have spent months in inti- mate touch with this situation, which only now has become critical because of an almost unprecedentedly mild Win- ter, is Mr. Evans’ comment on his visit to a plantation owner Christmas day. “A planter told me,” he reported, “that his 56 families could not receive any assistance from him. With a $75,- 000 mortgage on his nr?erw‘ he was shut off at the bank and couldn’t buy another dollar's worth. After he sold his crop he found it cost him $13,000 more n he realized on it. The 56 families owe him $12,000 for supplies. He had carried them until three weeks 137 Banks Have Closed. Normally the hundreds of landown= ers who lease out land to lessees—or “croppers” as they are called down here—would extend credit to these ten- ants; normally country. merchants would keep individual farmers in sup- plies, counting on next 's crop to meet the bills, and normally the banks would supply the credit to keep the merchants stocked in goods and would provide the farmer with credit to finance his new crop. Normally, too, the State would set up financial machinery in an ncy to aid where the banks could not function. But in the past four months 137 Ar- F.| kansas banks have closed, partly due to 10-cent cotton, which costs over 13 cents to produce. Thirty-eight of this number have reopened, but all banks now are loaded with paper and lend most conservatively. Besides, the State | government, with™ 1930 revenue down 50 per cent from 1929 and with 1931 revenue e: ted to show a sharp fur- ther shrinkage, finds itself with mil- lions in State funds tied up in_closed banks. That explains why Gov. Harvey Parnell advises that the Legislature, meeting next Monday, will be unable to extend State aid to the drought-stricken farmers. As it is there is no cause for alarm, according to all responsible officials. The Red Cross is feeding hungry fami- lies who nfake known their needs. The Pederal Government 1s preparing to make loans to farmers for seed and live stock feed. In addition there is a plan now under consideration, not yet ready for announcement, which would make millions hm.kl.nl: c;:dn available through the system. TTl‘e' State is resentful of insinuations made in the House of Representatives that “Reds” are responsible for the troubles here. T. Roy Reid, Federal- State agriculture extension director, said there was no such organization in Ar- kansas as the United Farmers' League of America, which had been*described as active here along radical lines. Those who know the State best describe it as among the conservative strongholds of the Nation. Its voters in November, even with their other problems, voted overwhelmingly to require the daily reading of the Bible, without comment, in every school room of every publicly supported educational institution in the tate. Attributed to Talk. The demonstration at England, Ark., and activity in some other centers, is found upon investigation to be due to the inalienable right of an American citizen to talk. There is no evidence of an organized attempt to create trouble section in'the country, the farmers come to town on Saturday. They talk over their troubles in groups. A little noisy conversation will attract others. Before long a sizable gathering is natural farmers of Arkansas are native Americans of old stock. Only one- eighth of 1 per cent of the population is foreign-born. When it was suggested that some of the incidents might have been caused by the colored mvuhuon the suggestion brought this immediate retort: “Our Arkansas Negroes do not dem- onstrate.” The 60-year-old conservative Ar- kansas Demoqrat, published at Little Rock, in concluding an editorial sum- mne? of - the existing stiuation, said ‘Wednesda. inesday : “Arkansas is not alone in asking for help. Virtually every Southern State has made similar appeals. own people are carrying on with commend- able fortitude, but it is idle to talk of them bearing the entire burden. Call- ing for aid is not . It is merely that to which we are en- titled in adversity—temporary - ance. ‘Tornado, flood and fire suf- ferers in other States have done like- wise on innumerable occasions nothing was said of ‘unfavorable pub- lieity." * Needs All Available Help. The fact that Spring for this section e e, and & quick recovery . 8% of any kipd, 8, in every other farming | §0 half the picture contemporary American painting, while Carne dis- criminates against New England and pretends never to have heard of points ‘west of Chicago. “The Corcoran Rjennial Exhibition presents the whole story with marked impartiality. The rzsult is an excellent, comprehensive and gratjfying outline of contemporary art. It’is almost im- possible to name a single outstanding painter in the United States not repre- sented. Mr. C. Powell Minnigerode, di- rector of the guery, and his competent jury are to congratulated on as- sembling an uh{lbman th:‘:'l l;fa:;e all-embracing and representative e best of all schools. * * * It would be pos- sible to write at 1 on the Corcoran exhibi for its latitude and high quality invites critical discussion. But even more insistent is the demand made on us to stand aside and listen to its unified chorus of volces—American art sings in the Nation’s Capital, and its song is rich, full and strong.” Royal Cortissoz of the Herald Tribune “Every two years there is a volu- minous exhibition of American paintin from the beginning has been such as to build up a certain prestige and they are held under favorable conditions. The rooms are spacious and well lighted. ‘The hanging is judiciously looked after. Pinally, the four prizes established by the late "Senator William A. Clark amount to a total of $5,000. Every- thing, in short, conspires to make the o‘:;eonn biennial an important occa- sion. Importance of Exhibition. “It i important because it is about as representative an exhibition as we have. The extremists of the mod- ernistic wing would probably deny this. Their productions are indeed conspicu- ously absent. But this is not by any means to say that conservatism pre- vails to the arrogant exclusion of all else. On the contrary, the walls dis- close a pronounced tincture of liberal- ism and the point is emphasized by the nature of the awards. “There is nothing radical about a jury composed of Daniel Garber, Childe Hassan, Charles Hopkinson, Leon Kroll and W. Elmer Schofield, if one may judge by their works. Yet that on-the- whole conservative jury gave the first prize of $2,000 to a still life by Maurice Sterne, who is hardly of an academic habit, and the second prize of $1,500 went to Gifford Beal for his ‘Circus Girl,' similarly free from the supposed- ly deadly taint. Edmund Archer and Joseph Plavcan, winners of the remain- ing prizes, are equally ‘emancipated.’ ‘The truth is that the spirit of individu- ality and freedom is far more wide- spread in American art than is admit- ted by those who think that modern painting began with Picasso and Ma- tisse, and this jury has found that it could function more or less adventur- ously without cing on the latest Parisian formula. By the same token the show in its entirety indicates that it is possible to be conservative—if we must use labels—without any loss of vitality.” DR. WILLIAMS TO TELL OF TRANSFORMED' TURKS ‘Will Address Geographic Society Tomorrow on Modernization of Nation. Dr. Maynard Owen Williams, Euro- pean correspondent of the National Geographic Society, will describe and picture the “New Turkey,” where the fez and vell have disappeared and the highway and railroad are transforming an ancient, isolated civilization, when addresses members of the society tomorrow evening at the Washington Auditorium. 3 Dr. Willlams lived for three years be- side the Botrorus. 'lming an intimate knowledge of transformed Turkey, and made a 2,500-mile tour of Anatolia in a chartered autobus to visit scenes of old historic interest, new economic im- ml;‘t;nu studying the Turks at first ‘The lecturer will tell how the new alphabet is being introduced among the people will describe the transplanted capital at Angora, and picture half- forgotten ancient sites, such as those of Tarsus and Ephesus of biblical fame. His itinerary crossed the trails of Xeno- phon, Tamerlane and the Gauls. He will describe the most important Roman inscription—that in Angora at the temple of Rome and Augustus, wherein Augustus reviewed his reign, writing a “news i " of the events of his lifetime and gi & “Who's Who" sketch of his achievements. least to the extent that the people will be able to feed themselves. In the meantime, the Arkansas Democrat says and | editorially: ‘“‘Arkansas needs all of the help that the Red Cross can give, for the simple reason that it has been the heaviest sufferer from adversities which it not only could not see but could not have averted had it been able to predic accel 4 vtnelrd ‘The BILLBOARD PARLEY RECORDS PROGRESS AT OPENING SESSION "_(Continued From First Page.) the billboard interests if they had had any change of heart and now were will- irg to ee to any restrictiva measures, or whether they would insist on being allowed to co-exist equally with other :oldslm businesses of the ‘“necessity ype.” George Wharton Pepper, former Sen- ator from Pennsylvania and counsel in the past for certain billboard interests, who presided at the conference, an- swered this by declaring that the con- ference would never arrive anywhere unless each constituent body took into account “the other fellow’s point of view.” As the conference prepared to recess for luncheon, Mr. Pepper de- clared he believed an agreement would be possible along the lines of protect- ing roadside beauty. This afternoon 70 proposals were ex- pected to be sented to the confer- ence, out of which, it was hoped by the billboard interests and others concerned, that some satisfactory solution could be found for present and future problems dealing with business on the rural Hopeful of Accord. George W. Kleiser, president of the Outdoor Advertisting Association of America, who is one of the key figures in the conference since he represents the billboard interests, declared that his association desired to bring about some method of preserving natural beauty. Taking cognizance of the re- | fusal of the American Civic Association to attend a conference in which the billboard interests were represented, Mr. Kleiser, said there had been some intimation that his organization was not sincere in the move to protect land- scape beauty, but decla; his organi- zation was hopeful of steps in this di- rection and would co-operate. He said his association was receptive to a plan to establish rural road zoning to the end of protecting rural beauty. | He emphasized, however, that property rights “vital to the Nation” are in- volved in such a movement. Mrs. Clarence Fraim, chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Gen- eral Federation of Women's Clubs, | denounced commercial | which mar the natural beauty of the land, and declared her organization was opposed to the spread of the billboards. Autoists’ View Presented. A. J. Montgomery, representing the American Automible Association, point- ing out that a statement had been made on behalf of the rights of property owners, declared that since automobile owners of the Nation last year paid ap- proximately $1,000,000,000 in taxes, they also have a large interest in the matter. ulat roadside businesses and Jtressed that the safety of the public traveling on highways was an important angle. Mrs. W. L. Lawton of the National Council for Protection of Roadside Beauty, said that her organization de- cided to come to this conference “with more than a liftle hesitation.” 8She added that her assoclation had not found that previous conferences of this type proved very successful in arriving at_constructive work. She predicted a_tremendous develop- Jment of zoning, which would restrict t| use of property along rural roads, but she declared that if billboards and other roadside businesses were allowed to be established at short intervals along the roads, this development would not be very helpful. Revenue to Farmers. Miss Elsie A. Canon of Washington, owner of rural property in Virginia, pointed ofit that billboards were a source of revenue to property owners, especially in times of drought and poor crops, and assisted tenant farm- ers to pay their rent. She agreed, however, that property owners could help protect rural beauty. Mr. Bard then arose to ask the bill- board interests present the direct ques- tion of whether their attitude had been changed toward restrictive legislation. Former Senator Pepper responded in the place of Mr. Kleiser by expressing his opinion that the outdoor advertis- ing body had been passing through an evolution—first struggling for existence, then seeing its own interests hurt and now arriving at a larger conscience of the interlocking interests of commerce and the public. He predicted that the Outdoor Advertising Association would agree to and urge legislation designed to “protect beauty.” g “Killing” Campaign Opposed. proposal designed to “kill” the outdoor advertising industry could not be ex- pected to meet with the approval of the billboard interests. A. N. Pack, president of the American Nature Association, one of several civic groups attending the conference, de- clared he felt a good deal could be ac- complished if all concerned could agree on what constitutes a proper definition of rural roads. While most of the rep- resentatives of civic associations and others interested in the preservation of rural landscapes took active part in the conference, some of them did so with the reservation that their actions were not binding on their organizations. Sponsored by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America and the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Bogrds, the conference was welcomed by Dr. A. Skinner, executive secretary of the United States Chamber of Com- merce, which had given the use of its offices. With frankness and fairness in the discussion, coupled with co- operation and teamwork, Dr. Skinner expressed the that the conference would reach conclusions not only satis- factory to all concerned but to public interest. Realty View Stated. Herbert Nelson, secretary of the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards, explained that his organization was in- terested in the problem of highways be- cause it involved restricted use of real esf . Referring to billboards, oil stations, food shops and other “shoestring” businesses along the high- ways, Mr. Nelson said the question had been adequately and fairly solved in mg areas b}; mhllf. muhugnn i peaking for his organization, clared that he had never heard any god proof that real estate values were injured by the use of billboards. He declared his organization does not the aesthel Ary ent I'd.-‘ 2, ona by thé “billl . problem as&'whole, be GUNS AND STILL sides and preservation of esthetic values. | developments | He urged adoption of & model law reg- | '0¢ Mr. Pepper, however, said that any | tim SEIZED ' IN Policeman Robert F. selzed by the police during the search, WIFE OF LANGDON CALLED TO TESTIFY IN LIMERICK PROBE (Continued Prom First Page.) loaded, but no apparent attempt had been made to conceal them. Inspector William 8. Shelby said to- day he expected to trace the guns in an effort to establish where Langdon got them. None of them was of the .25- caliber type which fired the fatal bullet. Langdon himself, questioned at head- quarters, yesterday afternoon, explained he had a “passion” for collecting guns and .only. did it as a hobby, according to_Shelby. ingdon then refused to answer further questions on the ground that his attorney had advised him that, since he had told all he knew in the first place, it-would be best not to keep repeating story. Members of Bean's vice squad said that in addition to the two copper stills, which were located in a large closet- like room, they found three 52-gallon barrels of fermenting mash. The officers reported they also seized one-half gallon of alleged whisky in & keg. Samples of the mash were taken for analysis and the alleged liquor re- moved to headquarters. The stills and mash barrels were removed to the Gov- ernment warehouse. Witnesses Summoned. In addition to the investigating officers and officials, those for whom subpoenas have been issued are: Mrs. Dora Limerick of 116 North Car- olina avenue southeast, mother of the dead girl. Mrs. Julia Bywaters, same address, Miss Limerick’s sister. _Earl Reed, a brother of Richard Reed. Earl was a roomer in Mrs. Limerick’s home, while Richard, who is being held for investigation, was a roomer at Miss Limerick's home, 18 Nineteenth street southeast. Martha Bargfrede of 447 Luray place, who was one of a party of young people accompanying Miss Limerick to a dance in Capitol Heights on the night previous to her death. Alfred Paddy, a brother of Willlam Paddy. Willlam, who lived with his brother at 235 Fourteenth street north- east, is being held for investigation. He was Miss Limerick’s escort to the dance. Robert E. Wilhelm of 339 Webster street, Carl Anderson of the Maryland Courts rtment and Frederick T. Byrne, employes of Deal's under- taking establishment, where the bullet in the girl's brain was discovered some that cannot be solved by any exercise of police power in zoning. At the same e, however, Mr. Nelson said, the real estate boards wished to see this prob- lem on the rural highways solved, not only from the viewpoint of business in- terests, but also from that of aesthetic values. Later during the conference, he said, he proposed to submit a definite plan to lay before the group, and expressed the' hope that the conference would constitute itself a continuing body to study and work out a lawful solution of the problem. Advertisers Are Concerned. A. R. Burnett, representing the Asso- clation of National Advertisers, ad- mitted that outdoor advertising is no small part of .business conducted on the highways. Progressive advertising concerns, he declared, are concerned about public opinion that is being raised against the organized “advertising pan- els” and are taking care to .see that these boards are not offensive to the public. Mr. Pack declared it was a conten- tion of his organization that the bill- board does not belong or the rural highway; that so local it does not the | perform a necessary function; that its place is in commercial and industrial urban areas definitely established. In making this distinction, he said the American Nature Association had mo intention to discriminate agamst the rural lboard in favor of the rural stand or filling station. “We feel that these le businesses must be brought under proper and legal regu- lation, to the -'&“’mn their location siderations of rural roadside beauty.” is still in its infancy, Mr. Pack “and it will be a long while before any {nndal law can be worked out. Model legislation is being ad- vanced on. two. lines, he explained, by zoning and by taxation. Above: Nine guns seized by the police when they Langdon yesterds; LANGDON’S HOME searched for y. Langdon is held connection with the death of Beulah Limerick. six hours affer she had been pronounced dead of natural causes. Others to Testify. Robert Lee Merchant, a radio broad- caster of Alexandria, Va., and an ad- mirer of the dead girl, Louis Calvert, who was working in a lunéh room at Fourteenth street northeast early on the morning of the girl's death, when Langdon came in and asked about & man who had just left the lunch room and who later was identified as Willlam Paddy. Others for whom sued included Mrs. ns were is- el Abbadale of Poston of 1836 A street southeast, Jo- seph D. Thompson, 306 Tenth street southeast; David Limerick, who lived his North Carolina , and of 1108 Owens place northeast, both brothers of the dead girl; Sigfried Michaelis of 1616 Hobart Samuel Friedlander of 128 Nineteenth street southeast and Marie Griffith of 235 Fourteenth street northeast, Ten privates and officers of No. § precinet, including the men who stood guard at the death house and others subpoenaed A lead which took Detective Darnell of the homicide squad to 4 adelphia yesterday proved false when Darnell obtained an admission from Martin and Theodore Martin, that he had cast icion on himself in the hope of ol ing publicity. Matin, the def ive sald, at first con- versed freely and intimately abouj the mfltfi oopee Club, of which Miss last Summer and even was engaged to marry her at one time. On information given by Matin, Dar- nell ran down several false clues in the Pennsylvania city. Questioned further yesterday afternoon, Matin said he did not know Miss Limerick, and, further, had never laid eyes on her. Matin said he had read of the case from the newspapers. He had a three- inch stack of clippings and several pho- tographs on his person, all bearing on the Limerick case, Darnell said. Matin, who explained he aspired to be a lead- ing golf professional, admitted that business was poor and he had hoped it would pick up a bit after he got his name in the papers. Left Matin in Custody. Darnell left Matin in custody of Phil- adelphia police yesterday afternoon. The youth was being held for magis- trate's court today, when it will be de- cided if formal charges will be placed against him. Matin admitted he telephoned a ‘Washington newspaper, naming himself as a suspect in the shooting. He fur- nished the newspaper with his real address, saying he was “Albert Mason.” ‘Two telegrams with similar information were sent to detective headquarters here from Philadelphia, and Matin further involved himself by relaying the in- 'rzrmnbnwthaplpentnhhhnm wn. Only one of the telegrams was de- livered to police here. All of the mes- sages arrived “collect.” In them Matin explained, in the role of “Mason,” that a “frlend” was being detained in the investigation and his release would re- sult if “Martin” was questioned. Members of the Homicide Squad brought Richard Reed to headquarters this afternoon for further questioning. ‘They declined to say if additional in- formation was obtained. Reed and the dead girl's brother, Vernon, slept in a second-floor bed room on the night of the girl's death. Reed said he did not hear anything during the night and awoke about 5:30 o'clock, as was his custom. He said he built & fire in the girl's room, where he noticed her ap- parently in a natural sleep on her cot, and then went out to work without suspecting anything was amiss. Detec- tives have been unable to shake his original story. WOMEN'S CLUB INDORSES DRIVE ON BILLBOARDS Also Approves Measure for Elim- 2412 Fourth street northeast, Mrs. Pearl | the Isadore Matin, otherwise known as Ted | to rick well, had given her golfing le-enll GEN. DAWES PAYS PERSHING TRIBUTE Holds General Permitted- None to Swerve Him From Doing Full Duty. (Continued From First them to realize now, that In war A man like Pershing cannot even con- ceive of such a thing as yielding to outside pressure. Nor can any but those who were closely associated with him in the war realize how impossible it was from the inside to influence him to change any attitude determined by him in cold blood as essential to the best interests of his Army. Just as the courageous attitudes of public men which made them unpopular in their lifetime become with posterity often their chief claim to statesmanship, so with this Army commander history will assign as evidence of his greatness some of the very acts in time of emergency which set his contemporaries abuzz with indignation. Attitude to Politicians Shown. Those characteristic qualities which enabled Gen. Pershing, against enor- mous pressure, to maintain the inde- ‘pendmt functioning of the American Army were manifested continuously in similar but less critical situations. For | instance, the difficultles of the com- mander in chief of our Army during its post-armistice sojourn in France and .Germany are little realized and a reference to them will illustrate Gen. g:rhnnhmro attitude toward the poli- Men who had emerged from more than 40 days of terrible fighting in the Argonne, and, indeed all the Army in France, realizing that the war was over and won, naturally tended to resent the degree of discipline maintenance which the commander in chief deemed abso- lutely necessary as a matter both of wisdom and duty. With the coming of the armistice there had been loosed upon France a swarm of locusts a t number well meaning Amer- 3 mcludln&m)lmnhm. who, forget- ful that the Was alread; ered by our civil and as designed d _partly f olhull: an y for speeches interviews they mdflblhhm lers of the great s:t:: owed them and that American soldier overpraise. In the matter an f tion, d method of Protested Road Work. One of these individuals, who after ward came not only to army He regarded this work as_something insult; and to their service. o8 Jo_them A very considerable part of our Army of necessity never handled anything but spades and other implements of hard work in the war, and they did their glorious work with them. It was not their fault that they were not. at the front. They were the same kind of men as the rest of the and when Ge! came -on Enginecr near the British line rman thi March 21, 1918, some of these soldiers working who first investigated the case, were | e, iplaints as the alleged non-delivery or loss of Army mail sent during the war to sol- diérs and received at a time when the troops were in action under conditions impossible properly to Critics Became Defenders. i 1 mention these two instances because the men in question—two werful ticians—were be- :&rte“ lElen. rshing, who‘let forth the consequences of encouragi insubordination and trouble in u": American Army at such a critical time of natural restlessness. These men were honest enough and sensible enough to realize the force of the facts, of which they had not known, and the reason for the attitude of Gen. . On their return to America. they - diately became powerful defenders of the honor and record of the American and of its commander, at the very time when the serialed investiga- tion committees were starting uj their quest with the fool idea that m could exploit themselves and their po- litical interests by throwing muck upon the American milltary achievement. Our great war President, Woodrow Wilson, and-his Secretary of War, New= ton D. Baker, had protected the Amer- ican Army from political misc} makers. Thank heaven that the then commander in chief was spared this kind of trouble during the war ftself. He did not then, like the generals in :"r{n clv:l }xu‘;“ hknvehpollgcal l.l!ruslm a when he was the sre of the enemy. 6 Knew of Unpopularity. Nobody knew better than Gen. Persh- ing that his refusal to grant the gen- erally demanded relaxation of discipline in our Army during the post-Armistice period was making him unpopular for the time being among our soldiers. But he knew that he owed it to them and to the country to take no risks by grant- ing in¢ iminate leaves of absence, for instance, and sent his men back as he d—an Army upon whose conduct dur- ing their entire stay in France there had been no spot or stain and' who left a memory not only in France but in the world which is a glory to our Na- tion and its history. Gen. Pershing's closest assoclates in the war remember no act or decision in matters relating to the welfare of his and to the carrying out of his dutg to it and our Government in which he seemed unduly influenced by personal interest. In these days of widespread politi cowardice and playing to the c%wd.ull: is well to Joint out that in the lo run, Gen. Pershing h: high ap- prec by the love and devotion of his noble comrades in the rank and file of the American Expedi- tionary Forces, whose real interests were ever nearest his lreart, (Copyright. 1931.) tional Capital and provisions for re- ination of Inhabited Alleys in Capital. The Women's City Club adopted e ing yesterday indorsing the efforts of clvic forces overnmental agencies to Ibo ement of the highWay approaches to hintgon. At same time the clubl indorsed i the bes ot S B R the 'man~Capper bill for elimi- nation of inbabited alleys in 4% housing the alley dwellings. In acting on the anti-billboard reso- lution, the Women’s City Club declared to the resolution at its regular monthly meet-