Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1931, Page 27

SEAWAY INVENTOR DIES SUDDENLY Carroll Livingstone Riker, Who Dredged Local Speed- way, Heart Attack Victim. J. LEO KOLB 923 N. Y. Ave. ‘1237 Wise. Ave. Dist, 5027 W est 0002 |, No lodger does any wearer | teeth need to be ‘lu&,’nhtuln. ey provs Carroll Livingstone Riker, 78, me- chanical engineer, inventor and origl- nator of the Riker Overland Seaway, legislation for which has long been be- fore Congress, died last night at the home of friends, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Schofield, 2534 Edmunds street, follow- ing a heart attack. Mr. Riker was & nitive of New York and there engaged in many activities, . Get Fastesth from Nores o any other s0od druseist.—Ad: vertisement. Telephone National 5000 For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday morning. The Route Agent will collect at the end of each ‘month, at the rate of 1l turing and engineering. tion of perishable goods, as well as worked with Gen. G. Goethals on the Panama Canal. Dredged Speedway. Mr. Riker did the dredging, at con- siderably under the estimal cost, for the built-in portion of what is now the Speedway, around the Tidal Basin. ‘Mr. Riker was born at Staten Island, N. Y., in 1853. He was_educated at Scheck’s Institute, New Brighton; at Leonard Institute, «Coytesville, N. J., and by private tutors. He began as & boy to study current and wave action in the ocean and rivers, and d ed the hull of the steam boat Chastleton at the age of 17. He had been granted more than 20 patents for mechanical inventions. In filing the Potomac Flats, he de- signed and constructed the most power- ful pumping dredge constructed up 10 1887, when he was doing the work. Sought to Control Stream. Among the many cther projects in which he took as active part were the establishment, in 1882, on the Hudson River of the first factory in this coun- try for the manufacture of unfermented grape juice; origination of a project control the Gulf Stream by inducing compulsory deposits of sand on the Grand Banks by the Labrador current. In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, he designed and presented to the United States Government 8 new type of torpedo that would float at any de- sired depth, and submitted a plan by which a string of these torpedoes could Ph oto- be floated down upon_enemy vessels or advocal a preliminary con inuous graphs that Reproduce conference looking toward peace be- tween belligerent nations in Europe. Your : - Personality ‘Wrote Many Pamphlets. He was the author of pamphlets on “Power and Control of the Gulf Stream,” “Power and Control of the Mississippl River,” “International Police of the Seas” and others. . Riker is survived by his widow, Just drop in our Photo- graphic Studio while Shop- ping. A cozy place to meet your friends. Our artist will pose you in your most ex- pressive and characteristic pose. Bring your children. 'LANSBURGH'S | “th, 8th and E Sts. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Riker, and daughter Lake Hamilton, Fla.; two brothers, J. M. Riker of Oswego, Kans., and Cla B. Riker of South Orange, N. J. been in and around Washington for the Mlsyea.m SAVINGS BANK UPHELD IN FORGED CHECK CASE Defendant Wins Directed Verdict in Suit for Damages Brought by Electric Firm. ‘The North Capitol Savings Bank to- day won a suit against it for $7,500 by Charles D. Kenney, the ‘Washington , Electric leged payment without authorization to an employe of the plaintiff of the pro ceeds of ers of 'S been on the checks. e Justice Prederick L. Siddons directed the jury to return a verdict for the bank, upholding the contention of the defense that the evidence showed that the employe had been held out by the employer &s having authority to indorse checks and thei the loyer had rati- fled the action of employz after discovery of the cashing of the checks. The bank was r nted by Attor- neys Burkart & , while Attorneys e appeared for the merchant. No appointments nec- essary. Buy one or as many as you wish. Large size photographs - 6 for '$5.00 Unimounted Fourth Floor. 3272 M Street N.W. 2153 Penn. Ave. N.W. 3104 M Street N.W. 3218 Pea Street N.W. including farming, inventing, manufac-| He ejuipped | the first refrigerating steamship fo. the | e suffering from | sponsored by the Nai g l‘ vorce from Eugene Doctors for Giving Easy Death Sleep To Incurables IlinoisHomeopathicCom- mittee Holds Euthansia ‘Further Step’ in Practice. By the Assoclated Press. CAGO, May 8.—Administration of a painless death sleep to imbeciles and sufferers from incurable diseases was advocated by the Illincis Homeo- pathic Medical Assoclation in a resolu- tion drafted today for submissicn by its Legislative Committee to the BState General Assembly. Dr. Willlam Alva Guild, committee chairman, said he regarded euthansia, or administration of the death sleep, as a further step in the increasingly liberal viewpoint in medical practice. “All medical groups are true to the thesls of prolonging human life,” he W. [sald, “yet the question aris>s whether under certain circumstances, the pro- longation of life would be advisable. And we have many patients who have asked to be put out of their misery curable diseases.” TRAFFIC STUDY PLAN T0 BE FINISHED TODAY Regional Highway Committee Will Make Arrangements to $40,000 Cost of Year's Survey. Final preparations for a year-long trafic survey in the metropolitan area of Washington, starting on July 1, will be made this afternoon, at a meeting of the Reglonal hway Committee, mal Capital Park and Planning Commission. Financial arrangements and the pro- portionate part each of the interested agencies is to pay in the $40,000 traffic survey was to occupy a prime place on the program. The survey is to made in a 20-mile radius of Washington and will determine the origin and destina- tion of traffic, so that road construc- tion can go forward on a scientific and economic basis. Agencles interested in the traffic count include, the District government, the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads of the Department of Agri- culture, the Maryland State Roads Com- mission, the Virginia State Highway Commission, Prince Georges and Mont- gomery* Countles, Md.; Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, and Alex- an PAIR- SUED FOR ARREST John A. Graber Asks $10,000 From Athena and Louis Courembis. John A, Graber, 410 Nicholson street, has filed suit in .the District Supreme Court to_recover $10,000 damages from Athena Courembis, 3145 Mount Pleasant street, and Louis Courembis, 1302 Eleventh street, for alleged false ar- rest. He charges that the defendants made a report to police which resulted in his arrest September 26 last on a charge of larceny, which was dismissed when called for trial in Policz Court Octo- ber 4. He says he was humillated by beinz taken through the streets to a police station, where he was detained for seven hours while bail was being ar- ranged. He is represented by Attorney Philip F. Biggins. DIVORCE SUITS FILED By Correspondent of The Star. ‘MARLBORO, Md., May 8— for @ivorce, on grounds of abandonment, were filed in Circult yesterday. y Charlotte Moore petitioned for Moore of Min- den, W. Va. The couple was marrie May 17, 1920, in Catlettsburg, Ky., and has one child, now 9 years old. Through Attorney J. Frank Lillard the wife tells the court her husband left her in March, 1922, She asks the custody of the child. Claiming his wife left him in Jan- uary, 1926, Ross C. Pyles asks a divorce from Mary M. Pyles, whom he married at Clinton, Md., in August, 1914, The couple has three children. Attorney Arthur C. Keefer appears for Pyles. 406 H Street N.E. 7th & C Streets S.E. 2611 14th Street N.W. 8215 Georgia Ave. SiLVER Northeast Public Market, 12th & H Streets N.E. FINEST AND MOST MODERN MARKET IN THE CITY FANCY STEER BEEF, SPRING LAMB, VEAL, PORK, FRESH EGGS - AND ALL GREEN VEGETABLES IN SEASON % PRICED LOWEST EVER GIVE US A TRIAL AND BE CONVINCED Smoked Hams n. 20C Smoked Shoulders ¢-s)n. 1212¢C Butter (finest made).....n 29¢c Fresh Shoulders - (small) .....n 15¢ LoIN OF Roast. . .. 20C PORK 1 Spring beas COMIBEE (Finest Grade) Chuck Roast of Beef.n 1215¢ & 15¢ FLATE Roast. ... .n 10C Round Steak..n. 25¢ Siricin Steak. .n. 25¢ A i - roRTen Steak. . . .n. 25C Lamb ». 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Nearby Mountains Abound in Game, 0’Malley Tells Anglers. “I ask a simple question, The truth is all I wish— Are fisherman all liars, Or do only lars fish?” With that bit of verse, Commissioner Henry O’Malley of the United States Bureau of Fisherles yesterday concluded an address which Station WMAL, in co-operation with Rod and Stream of The Star, broadcast to anglers. ‘Washington anglers, Commissioner O'Malley declared, are to be envied by fishermen in other parts of the country for their proximity to good fishing Pplaces. b " he asked, an an angler with only a week's vacation obtain the varfety of sport which is taken for granted by local sportsmen?" The mountains of Western Maryland, the Blue Ri¢ Mountains of Virginia and the Alleghany Mountains of Penn- sylvania contain fishing places which are within easy reach of the Capital, Commissioner O'M!.“ey pointed out. “Here,” he said, “the trout tackle can be given a thorough workout for brooks, rainbows or ibly brown trout. ‘An he continued, “than try his, luck along the Shenandoah River or one of the branches of the headwaters of the Po- tomac.” mcnulr:kc Bay and the lower . tion of Pl . Potomac also are good laces, he added. Commissioner O'Malley ur'ze‘d con. servation of fish, L1 Tzaak Walton League of America’s efforts along that line. BRIBE OFFER ALLEGED Police Charge Remands Herbert R. Cole, Colored, to Grand Jury. Charged with attempting to bribe two sixth precinct policemen by offering protection money, Herbert R. Cole, 39, colored, was remanded to the grand jury in Police Court on $1,000 bail. Policemen T. D. Bacon and H. L. Anderson testified that Cole approached them while they were p-u-oun‘!; a beat in Seaton court and offered them $20 2 month each if they would not molest “his liquor business.” Policeman Bacon said that Cole gave him $5 as a “down payment” just before he placed him under arrest. Attack by Man Charged. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., May 8.— Accused of disorderly conduct by George Finger, president of the local Town Council, Willlam Compher is scheduled to be arraigned in Police Court here next Thursday. According to Finger, he and Mayor Selig Posin were inves- tigating complaints of improper drain- age in front of Compher's Chewton ave- nue home when the man struck him without any exchange ds, NEARBY MARYLAND & T0GET CITY PHONES Silver Spring and Bethesda Will Go On Exchanges by June 1. Silver Spring and Bethesda will have city telephone service about June 1, according to announcement by officials of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. On that date subscribers in the two communities will be assigned Shepherd and Wisconsin numbers and have the same service now enjoyed by users of these two exchanges. Under the sys- tem now in force, subscrivers on Silver Spring and Bradley e~-~hanges pay a toll charge on calls to Washington. New Plan Optional. ‘The new plan is oFuonll. according to officlals of the telephone company. The Bradley and Stlver §) services will be continued for those who require only local service. From Bradley num- bers calls may be made to Wisconsin and from Sflver Spring to Shepherd without extra charge. The offer of the telephone company will allow subscribers within approxi- mately one mile of the District of Columbia line to pay the present Wis- consin and Shepherd rates. Beyond Md.; 2[0, Fenwick, Woodside, Wood~ Beyond this ares, but_within the | Al base rate areas of the Bradley and |8nd her (western llage, Battery tington Sonoma, Alta Vista, Kenwood, Glen (on the northwest), Seven Oaks (on the north). Outside of the base rate areas mile- age charges will apply. o8, the Experiments to obtain high-grade | gregat bond paper from wheat and oats straw are under way State College. GIRL RUM CAR DRIVER ARRANGED AND HELD Woman and Man Companion Put Under $1,000 Bond , _arraigned before Judge Gus A. Schuldt, pleaded not guilty and were held under bonds of $1.000 each. Charges against the Allen girl, of driv- ing without & permit and having “dead” flrgmew,mwnumndunm y 12. Detectives W. A. 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