Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1931, Page 5

OGEAN WHIRLPOOL | REPELS STEAMERS‘ Maelstrom 150 - Miles Off: Cape Cod Described by Hydrographer. By the Associated Press. | BOSTON, July 22.—A whirlpool in the ocean, 150 miles east of Cape Cod, . so strong that it repels a ship, was| described today by Capt. Willilam E.| Parker of the Hydrographer, one of | Survey vessels engaged in th plete charting of Georges B The whirlpool was rep ward, instead of toward its center. de | soveral attempts to force the Hydro- | grapher through it, but the force of ! the water immediately threw the ves- | sel off its course. He planned, he said, | to investigate the phencmenon further upon his return to the banks. Capt. Parker left with his crew to resume the after four days in port for sup- Water Shallow. Aithough the banks extend some 150 miles off Capt Cod, Capt. Parker said he found scarcely 12 feet of wazter in some of the shoal spots. One of the results of the survey probably will be the marking of such dangerous local'- ties by the light house service. Such | markings are much in demand by the | fishing industry. Terrain Is Uneven. The banks, with submarine peaks and | valleys, correspond to & mountainous | region ashore and probably were thrown | up during the last il period, ac- cording to Capt. Parke Small TNT bombs play an important | part in the survey. Accurate distances are obtained by measuring the time required for the sound of underwater detonations to travel between a work- ing vessel and one at a fixed position. The sound is picked up on hydro- phones by the ship at a known posi- tion and broadeast by radio back to the operating vessel. | Capt. R. F. Luce, head of the Coast | end Geodetic Survey station here, | director of the work, estimated today | the survey would be completed next | Summer and charts made aveilabic 1| navigators containing much informa- tion not hitherto obtainable. BULL RUN BATTLE IS COMMEMORATED Seventieth Anniversary Observed by All-Day Exercises at Manassas. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va, July geventicth anniversary of the Battle of | Manassas, also known as Bull Run, was | marked yesterday at Henry House Hill the holding of an all i and_memorial exercises und of Washington Camp, No. 3 Confederate Veterans, and the Manas- sas Battlefield Memorial Association. | It was around the Henry House that| the major part of the battle between the | Southern Army, under Gen. Beaure- ! gard, and the Northern Army, under | Gen. McDowell, who fought, and speak- | ers of the day alluded to the terrific fighting of the small force of Confeder- ate troops In holding off the onrushing Union troops until Beauregard arrived | with increased Gray forces Among _the sprakers were David L.| Pulliam, Richmond, and Albert S. Boll- | in. Charlottesville, past division com- manders of the Sons of Confederate Veterans of Virginia; C. J. Mectz, Ma- nassas, former Representative R. Wal- ton Moore, Fairfax: Col. Harry Wood- ing. Danville, and Dr. Richard H. Dabney of the University of Virginia. Mrs. Lucy Steele Clay of Washington. | president of the Mary Talliferro Thompson Memorial Associaticn, ex- plained the plan for erecting a fire-| proof museum on the battlefield, and | exhibited a drawing of the proposxd building. Others taking part in the ercises were: John W. Rust, president of the Manassas Battlefield Association: Dr. W. B. Everett of Marshall, Mrs. Wallace Streater and Miss Lila Wallace. The Boys' Independent Band of Wash- ington furnished music during the ex- ercises and at intervals during the | aftornoon. The camps of Sons of Confederate Veterans for the District and Maryland, and county chapters of the United! Daughters of the Confederacy were present from Alexandria, ~Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince Willlam and Faugquier Counties. DISTRICT TO BUY LAND T0 ADD TO SCHOOL SITES Commissioners Authorize Purchases for $831 and $2.300 to En- large Grounds. The District Commissioners yester- day authorized purchase of two par- cels of land on recommendation of Assistart Engineer Commissioner Hol- land I. Robb. Two lots will be bought from Emma R. Stryker for $831 as an addition to the junior high school site at Eight- eefith street and Minnesota avenue southeast. Another lot wil be bought from Reid S. and Prances M. Baker 00 as an addition to the Lang- hool grounds at Queens Chapel rod northeast. HIGHEST ENG:L|SH PEER DISPOSES OF PROPERTY Duke of Norfolk's Sale of Estate Is Further Step in Land Break-up. By the Associated Press. ! LONDON, July 22.—Another instance of how the old nobility of England is breaking the ownership of its acres came yesterday in th» announcement that the 2: r-old Duke of Norfolk, premier duke, premier earl and heredi- tary marshal of England, b sold his| estate at Littlehampten, Sussex The estate inciuds the t,wn. a coast ! resort patronized yearly by thousands of holiday mal L ear a limited company of which th: k» is managing director, was formed to acquire his estate. The Duke of Norfolk, Bernard Mar- maduke Fitzalan-Howard, is the six-; teenth duks of the li back to the tenth century. Ti stand next to the blood royal at the head of the peerage of England. o U. S. MUSIC TRIUMPHS All Three Awards Taken in Fourth Hollywood Contest. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 22 (#).— American music composers won all three awards in_the recent fourth Hollywood Bowl $1,000 prize compe- titionn, it was announced yesterday. First prize winner this year was Arne Oldberg of Northwestern Uni- versity, Evanston, Ill, for a plano con- certo with orchestra. S2cond prize wrs wen by Alois Reiser of Hollywood witi) & violincello concerto with orchestra and third prize went ts Radie Brittan ' of the Carnegie Foundation for Inter- lished American custo; T R.H, of Chicago for a symphonic poem. , where | the o1 AITO EXRDTION CONOUERS EORGES Asiatic Trekkers Reach Re- mote Kashmir Town After Heavy Going. Safely over the second of threc Himalaya passes that are the main obstacles on the road from India to Chinese Turkestan, the Citroen-Haardt Trans-Asia_Expedition 15 making good progress through deep gorges on the road to Gilgit, remote Kashmir station which s surrounded by some of the highest mountain peeks in the world. A radlo message from Astor, a villoge near_ Gilgit, to the headquarters he of the National Geographic Society which Is co-operating in the expedition, ing automobiles nosed their way steadily ver Burzl Pass, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Noted Air Racer Returns l WENT ABROAD TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN MEET HERE. 1 | | states that the special mountain-climb- | as high as Pikes | Peak, through snow flelds so soft and deep that men sank to their hips. The pascage over moré than 100 miles of the Gilgit trail entailing the crossing of Tragbal Pass 11,560 feet high, and Burzil Pass, 13,775 feet in altitude, has astonished motor experts, the radio message states, and has amazed the natives, most of whom have never seen a motor car. The cars have nosed their way up roof-lik> slopes of the narrow pony trail, around hairpin turns, along dizzy shelves, through mountain torrents and over snow fields. i Alead of the expadition the trail leads through deep defiles, over ridges and across the deep gorge of the Indus, it plows its way through the tumbled ranges of the Himalayas. Over the road tower numerous peaks 20,000 and 25.000 feet high. Portions of the cliff-c inging trail btween Astor and Gilgit have been destroyed by the wo:st lancsiices know in the area, the party reports, About 100 miles north of Gilgit the i party will encounter it third great ob- | stacle, a pass over the mountains int Chinese Turkestan. A choice will b~ made botwcen Mintaka Pass, 15,430 feet high, and Kilik Pass, sightly lower, depending on snow conditions. UNITED DRY FIGHT URGED ON CHURCHES Anti-S2loon League Official Points to Need of Mobilizing for 1932 Campaign. Stating that “national _prohibition will be successful only if the churches continue their active support of a for which they are primarily responsible,” Albert E. Shoemaker, Ive secretary and att-rne District Anti-Saloon League, today urged all religious bodies *“to ‘mobili all possible force to fight for the com- mon good under the banner cf prohi- bition” in the approaching 1932 po- litical campaign. Mr. Shoem:Ker emphasized the nec- essity for co-operation on the non- sectarian basis which enabled the churches, through the Anti-Salo-n o present a united front in iginal campaign against liquor. The effort to separate the religious o ganizations and the prohibition move- ment on the ground that prohibition involves political activities may, if suc- cessful, effect dangerously the future of the eighteenth amendment, he said. He further asserted “any attempt to eliminate the active interest of the church and of church people in this movement would be tantamount to an unconditional surrender t> the very forces which have been repeatedly de- feated in their -attempts to bring back the legalized sale of alcoholic bev- erages.” 'MARLBORO BANDIT HELD IN KILLING Pierce Lannigan Said to Have Con- fessed Ill'nois Hold-up Slaying. Picrce J. Lannigan, one of the men who held up the First National Bank of Southern Maryland at Marlboro, last April, yesterday was held for the action of a grend jury in Illinols without bond on murder clhwsrges, the result of the slaying of a deputy sheriff after the robbery of a St>te bank at Buckly, 1L, last Friday. Lannigan and his two alleged com- panifons in the Illinois robbery, Jasorak and Edward Felder, have all signed confessions to a serles of post office robberles in Illinois, New York. Florida, South Carolina, G-orgla and Maryland, Sheriff Bernard Phelps said. Jasorsk ras also confessed killing En- nen, Mr. Phelps declared. Tha sheriff was the principal witness at the hearing befofe a police magistrate vesterday and told of the men's des- sh across three counties and ying of Deputy Henry Enncn after he had exhausted his ammunition in pursuit, according to an Assoclated Press dispatch. The grand jury which will investigate the murder charges is scheduled to con- vens in November ~ Identified by photographs furnished by private detectives, Lannigan was in- dicted by the April grand jury in Prince Georges County for acsault with intent 19 kill and asszult with intent to rob Cl:iude H. Owens, assistant cashier of ths First National Bank, who frustrated the hold-up by killing Joseph Hayes, a confederate of Lannigan's in the at- tempt to rob the bank. POLICE FIND NO TRACE OF PARK SUICIDE’S KIN Detroit Police Advise Washington No Relatives of Martin Miller Can Be Found There. Police efforts to obtain information concerning the family connections of Martin Miller, 82 years old, who ended his life with poison Monday at Penn- sylvania avenue and Seventh had proved unsuccessful today. A messag> from the Detroit police received here this morning said none of his relatives could be located there. When Miller registered at Gospel Mission several days ago .he sald he was from Detroit and a Jackson, Mich., address was found among his effects. ! Police today photographed and finger- printed the dead man at the Morgue. o BRITISH PEACE PARTY VISITS WILSON’S TOMB Wreath Placed by Officers of Uni-; versities League of Nations Soclety. By the Associated Fress. A wreath was placed today on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson in the Na-. tional Cathedral by J. C. Smuts, presi- dent, and Miss Amy Heminway Jones, director of the British Universities Teague of Nations Society. They were accompanied by 28 other members of the so who are making a five-day visit here under the auspices naticnal Peace. Joe | street, | panied by Mrs. Williams. IEUT. ALFORD J. WILLIAMS, noted American aviation pilot and racer, who toured Europe iniviting racers there to take part in a mect here, shown as he returned to New York aboard the S. 8. Leviathan, accom- —A. P. Photo. CKLAHONA NS T0BE VEN HELP Red Cross to Join Municipal and State Officials to Aid Jobless and Hungry. By the Associated Pres HENRYETTA. Okla., July 22 —Aid for Henry:t'a’s jobless and hungry was arronged vesterday by the Red Cross and municizal end State officials. Henry M. Baker, national Red Cross representative, who errived from St Louis, ennounced a trained Red Cross worker weuld come here to handle the situation in this cozl mining district. Only those unable to work and needy women end children would be given fcod, Baker s:id. Employm:nt for all who want work will be.provided. Baker s-1d, but_there will be no handouts as during the emergency several months 2go. At Oklahoma City Mayor Barclay Morgan and Ben Furr, chairman of the Okmulgee County commissioners, placed relief plans before Gov. W. H. Murray Public improvements, chiefly ro‘d work, for wrich men would be paid $1 a day in groceries, 15 contemplated. $1,000, Morgan said, will be supple- mented by public subscription at the call of Gov. Murr Murray said that = State money would be furnished also. plement the local fund, but the amount of Red Cross aid was not revealed. George Riley Hall, editor of the Free Lance, said that the *“work-or-no-aid” edict had czused many” of the unem- ploved to disappear. He explained that most of the crowd of 500 marchers who | marched to grocery stores here late Sat- Jurday and were given food were not | residents of the vicinity. but had been | attracted by previous charity, which was Inot, on a_ work basis. Mayor Morgan said conditions in the Henryetta district had been exaggerated and that only about 500 men. rather than 8000 or more as previous esti- mates had it, necded work. MANSLAUGHTER CASE Silver Spring Man Accused of Reckless Driving Also—Trial Set for July 30. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING. Md. July 22— Charges of manslaughter yesterday were placed against Robest L. Tyler, 33, of 608 Sligo avenue, who, police sav, was the driver of the automobile which overturned on the rord between Four Corners and Seeks Corner, July 10, re- sulting in fatal injuries to Floyd F. Graves, 14, of 710.Sligo avenue. The warrant was sworn out on infor- mation furniched by Corp. George Windham, who Investigated the case. Following the accident a charge of reckless driving was placed against T Jer and this was set for a hearing yes terday, but after the manslaughter charge was made, the case was con- tinued and both charges set for trial July 30. Tyler was out on $500 bond on the reckless driving charge. No ad- | ditional bail was required. |been driving, upset into a ditch after hitting a bank. Besides the Graves boy, who was killed, Earl Day, 14, also of Silver Spring, was a passenger, but was not injured. Science Why Autes Turn Right In U. S. Digcovered. ‘The reason why traffic in the United States passes on the right rather than the left, contrary to the practice of the rest of the world, has just been discovered by the Department of Agri- R vigtnated. originated, says a department bulletin, witk. the drivers of v(he six- horse teams of Eastern Pennsylvania. 'The driver, instead of having a seat inside the wagon, rode on the “lazy board.” a sliding board of strong white oak that was pulled out on the left hand side of the wagon body. ‘The driver usually walked beside his | team or rode a saddle horse. From the lazy board he could operate the brake and call to his horses. Coaches and other vehicles of the day—late in the seventeenth century— were driven from the right side, but trafic had to make room for the wagoner, seated on the left. So the practice of turning to the right gradu- ally spread until it became the estab- m. (Conyright, 1931.) The local emergency fund, less than | Baker said the Red Cross would sup- | | FILED IN CAR CRASH The car which Tyler is said to have | | NETWORK STARTS * VISUAL PROGRAMS Columbia System’s C:remo- nious Dedication Fails to i Make Figures Clear. | i | By a Staft Corresnondent of The Star. NEW YORK. July 22 Broadeasting System dedicated its new experimental television station W2XAB last night'with considerable pomp and ceremony. but the visual jmages that were broadcast merely served to in crease the doubt as to just when th day will come when the public may e pect to see and hear their favorite radio entertainers with some degree of per- fection, All the talent that could be mustered on Broadway. in addition to a group of radio celebrities and Mayor Jimmy Walker, were paraded before Columbia’s televisor for the gala dedicatory ecere- monies. Mayor Walker. however, lo:t some of his dabperness in the television recetver. end the rotund, crooning Kate Smith looked like a big blot. and no one could positively swear to the identi- fication of the other Success Anyway. But the broadcast was pronounced & success, from the technical as well as the entertainment standpoint Six tolevision receivers in the Colum- bia studios were in operation to show a curious crowd of invited guests how an artist looks upon being televised Some appeared to be awe-stricken by and others right in ying that television is still around the corner. True, there were lifelike images on the television mirror which flickered and jumped in broken horizontal 1 Some of them were recognizable, a by a fair stretch of the imagination it was possible to distinguish others. Plans Daily Broadeast. At any rate, the Columbia engineers did not expect perfection and there were no disappointments. 1In fact, Ec- ! win K. Cohan, the_ brozdcasting com- | pany’s technical director, compared the | television broadcast of today with the phonograph _of 1910 and the moticn picture of 1905. And on this pioneer- ing, he said, must rest the solid foun- dation of future progress in the art. Millions heard the premiere television over Columbia’s 85-station network, but only a few hundred having tele- | vision receivers with the range of the |station_actually saw the artists that faced the battery of photo-electric cells, or_the electric eyes of radio. With the opening program out of the way, Columbia now will broadcast a s of seven-day-a-week visual broadcasts over the television station. Some of these programs are to include sound. VICTIM OF BEATING ' TOSSED FROM CAR Leo B Currtv_t;f:fi;sl;ington Tells Silver Spring Police of Being Robbed. By a Staff Correspondent of The St SILVER SPRING, Md., July 22— Claiming that he had been taken for a ride on which fists instead of bullets were used, Leo B. Curry, 35, of 4612 Thirty-eighth street, Washington, was found by local police at Wheaton last night. He was in a dazed condition. suffering from & broken nose and head lacerations. His clothing was spattered with blood. Police have been unable to learn any- thing of the identity of the man’s as- saflants and allowed Curry to leave the substation - here this morning, after holding him' overnight. Two men drove up to a’ gasoline fill- ing station at Wheaton and threw the man out of their car, yelling instruc- tions to an attendant to hold him for police as they rode away, according to the story told Sergt. Earl Burdine by the station attendant. Sergt. Burdine brought the man to the police sub- o P ured man stated that he had no idea who they were and was only able to tell police that he had been picked up Monday night at Twelfth street and New York avenue in Wash- | ington by a large number of men in & closed automobile. Who took him for & ride and gave him & beating and rol him. He had nothing of great value in his possession, he told police. Earlier in the day a woman had re- ported that her Rusband, R.R. Currle, had dicappeared from their home in | Rensington. * Told that & man of a similar name wes being held, the wiman came to the station to see the priconer. He was not her Susband. The Columbia | D . IBUS COMPETITION FLAYED AS UNFAR Highway Traffic Group at Alexandria Hears of Need for Laws. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22.—De- nuneiation of the “unfair competition” of “unrestricted and unregulated” oper- ation of busses and trucks, resulting in a “hazardous condition for public traffic on the highways of the State and country,” was voiced by seven speakers at a mass meeting of the Association for Regulation of Commercial Highway Tratfic here last night. ‘The need of State laws restricting the number of hours oporators of busses and trucks may work and of Federal inspec- tion “of all of the running parts of trucks and busses to “make the high- ways safe for public traffic” was pointed out by E. C. Davison; secretary and treesurer of the International Associa- tion of Machinists. He stated that in- vestigations have shown that many ac- cidents have been caused by fatigue of operators working long hours, Busses Impose on Public. Dan S. Holl:nga, business manager of the local Chamber of Commerce, drew attention to the fact that while rail- ways pay for their own right of way, b and trucks in the State were using the 660,000 miles of right of way which the people built and paid for, while jeopzrdizing the safety of the ple at the same time. “We er> not primarily interested in competition,” said Mr. Hollenga. *Hon- est_competition makes the wheels of business go around. But we are inter- ested in unfair competition; and we want safety and comfort on our high- = for ‘all citzens of the United | tatos," ' Mayor Edmund F. Ticer cited the dan- ger of anything that will tend to break down the transportation facilities of the country. He stated that bus and truck operation should be restricted and regulated in the same manner as railways, “As long as trucks are going to stay, every effort possible should be made to put, them under regulatory powers,” he caid. Railway Men Spend Less. Showing that the present condition | in regard t> railroads affects tho mer- chants of the city as well as the rail- | road men, Mayor Ticer pointed cut that | there was a decrease of $325,000 in the | amcunt of money spent by railroad men | in Alexandria in 1930 in comparison | with that spent in 1920. The sum of | $4.450,000 was spent in 1929, against | 1£4.125,000 in 1930, and the first six | months of 1931 show a greater decrease | than the entite 12 months of the two previous years, h> stated. Fred L. Link, a representative of the | R. F. & P. Railway, said that busses and trucks are re 2 the cream of | the traffic end leaving the skim milk of transportation for the reilroads. H2 <tated that the gross income of his road had been cut 50 per cent in the last year. Railways Assured of Aid. Stat'ng that merchants and business men of railroad towns have nct realized that by patronizing and encouraging truck competition they have brought | bout a smallez pay roll for their many railroad customers, O. W. Strohkorb, | legislative representative of the Broth- jerhood of Locomotive Engincers and | Firemen, shoued the effect of truck { competition umcn the merchants of a railroad citv ke Alexandria. | | C. Page Waller, president of the Re- Merchants’ Association of Alexan- ria, adviced the mecting that the as- |sociation was behind the railroad men | {in any action they can take to remedy their situation. Hugh Reid, member of | i the House of Delegatrs from Arlington | | County. said hat if the motor bus was | displacing the railways on fair terms it should not be interfered with: but, he | iadded, he believed there were certain | |elements of unfairness in the present | | competition in_ regard to labor condi- [tions and safety restrictons. | *The meeting was presided over by T.| {E. McEwan, shop accountant of the | Fruit Growers' Express Co. il | {AUDIT LIST SENT { TO COUNTY BOAHDi i | Montgomery Officials Also Notified | Bond Issue Require- ments Met. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md. July 22—The! Montgomery _commisstoners yesterday | received notification from the banking | firms who purchased the recent bond fssue of $1,055.000 that all l-gal pro-| coedings in connection with the issue | had been complied with and that the commissioners could now proceed to have the bonds prepared and delivered | to the purchasers, ! The bosrd received from the commit- | tee of presidents and vice president of the banks of the county the iist of 12| auditing firms recommended by the committee for the audit of county books for the past 16 years. The firms were named at the request of the commis- cioners. Another list is to come from the joint committee of the Montgomery County Civic Federation, which meets tomorrow night, and the naniing of a firm to do the work is expected to be done by the commissioners soon after both lists are received. "The commissioncrs yesterday #pproved a large number of county hospital bills for payment. These bills are for the care of indigent county residents treated | at various hospitals ~and dependent upon_tie county for aid. EARLY' 50 YEARS AGO 2?;'"‘h e .nu: mnvvl.n'l; Job. i e et —The Original— KRIEG’S EXPRESS & STORAGE CO. 616 Eye St. Dist. 2010 It Takes Time But— Soon Now 614 12 St. N. W. | | | WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1931 o WASHINGTON'S FINEST MEN'S WEAR STORE e Thursday at 8:30 A.Mf NEARLY a thousand suits, all from our regular stocks, go into this sale tomorrow. Famous Hart Schaffner and Marx Dixie Weave and Dublin Twist Suits included. There’s a style and size for every taste in this tremendous selection—and you can save up 16" SUMMER SUITS Were $22.50 and $25 Crasheu, Tropical Worsteds, Mohairs and Twists. Every wanted shade . . . in handsome mixtures, stripes, overplaids, or plain. All sizes. SUMMER SUITS Were $29.50 and $35 Twists, Hart Schaffner & Marx ie Weaves, fine 1ropical Weaves and Imported Crashes. Two and three-piece suits. Silk trimmed. All sizes. Choice-of-the-House $35, $30 & $25 SPORTS COATS $14.75 $10 Striped Serge or White Flannel TROUSERS 3685 SALE OF $3, $2.50 and $2 SHIRTS 45 Broadcloths, White-on-White Jacquard Broadcloths, Chambrays, Wafer Weaves and Imported Madras. Plain shades of Blues, Tans, Greys, Greens and Whites in- cluded. All sizes, 1315 to 17. ‘“Manhattan” ATHLETIC SHIRTS & . SHORTS Ties 43¢ | 95c CHARGE ACCOUNTS ARE INVITED PARK FREE AT THE CAPITAL GARAGE WHILE SHOPPING HERE $1.50 and $2 SUMMER " RALEIGH HABERDASHER 1310 F Street = Open Dudily to 6, Saturdays to 2 P.M.