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MICHAEL PUPI, INVENTOR, DIES Son of Hungarian Parents Revolutionized Telephony and Wireless. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 12—Prof. Michael I. Pupin, 76, world-famed in- ventor and Columbia University schol- ar, died today. He had been ill from heart disease for five wecks. Immigrant to Inventor. Inventions which revolutionized tel- ephony, wireless telegraphy and the X-ray were Michael Pupin's contri- butions to the scientific world. The man who passed from immigrant to inventor in 22 years returned a rich reward of more than he received from “the land of opportunity.” | The “Pupin coil,” used in putting | telephone and telegraph wires under- ! ground, he regarded as his greatest achievement. It made possible the New York to San Francisco telephone line, the Boston to Washington under- ground cable and the submarine cable between England and Holland. In 1896 he discovered a rapid method of X-ray photography, which shortened the time of exposure from about an hour to a few seconds. In the same year he also discovered the secondary X-ray radiation principle universally employed now in the study of X-ray spectra. Wireless telegraphy, however, was the first flield to benefit from his re- search and inventions. With the ap- pearance of wireless in 1896 came the problem of sending messages so that they would not interfere with each other. electrical tuning, later purchased by the Marconi Co., and practiced uni- versally now in radio-telegraphy. He also devised a method of receiving wireless signals through electrolytic rectification of high-frequency oscil- lations at wireless receiving stations. Born in Hungary, Pupin was born in Idvor, Banat, then a province of Hungary, but now in Yugoslavia, October 4, 1858, of peasant people. His mother supple- mented his school lessons with her own teaching, but early in his youth persuaded his father to allow him to go to school at Panchevo. This chance at education he imperiled, however, when he brought home to his father the story of Benjamin Franklin’s drawing electricity from the clouds. Pupin's father was en- raged because this disputed the old tradition that thunder was caused by the passage of Elijah’s chariot wheels through the clouds, and he forbade his boy continuing in school. His mother interposed her own influence, however, and the boy was allowed to keep on. Encouraged by his mother, he sold his watch, his cap and almost every- thing he possessed for sufficient funds to make the trip, and in 1874 sailed for America without even enough money to buy a mattress for his steer- age bunk. Some days later he landed in New York with a single nickel to begin the career which led him from the most menial tasks to a professor- ship at Columbia University and the inventions and discoveries which so benefited the scientific world, T VENIZELOS FLEES CRETE AS GREECE CRUSHES REVOLT (Continued From First Page.) rebels were said to have been re- leased. The island was reported re- turning to its normal state with legal governmental authorities back at their posts. The mayor of Athens called on citizens of the city to give thanks for the government victory at & mass meeting to be held this afternoon at which Premier Tsaldaris, Gen. Kon- dylis and John Metaxas, the acting secretary of war, were to give addresses. REVOLT COST LARGE. Twice Sum of Greece's Annual Budget Spent in Uprising. BY JAMES A. MILLS. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) GHEVGHELLI, Yugoslavia, March 12.—With rebels reported fleeing in all directions, Greece took time today to count the cost of its most recent futile adventure in revolution. It was estimated the uprising cost the country a minimum of 20,000,000,- 000 drachmas (approximately $190,- 000,000). How staggering this amount is for a small nation such as Greece may be gathered from the fact the annual Grecian budget is only one- half that sum. The task of liquidating this enor- mous liability appeared likely to cripple the country for many years to come. Even more disastrous, however, is the prospect of wholesale execution and imprisonment of army and navy officers who participated in the revo- lution. The country still recalls with horror the bloody episode in 1922 when, at the conclusion of the Greco- Turkish war, Gen. Nicholas Plastiras, then head of a revolutionary govern- ment, ordered the summary execution of six cabinet members, including Premier Demetrius Gounaris. Execution Feared. Many thoughtful Greek and foreign ©Observers believe some similar fate may be meted out to the leaders of the recent rebellion and that the same legacy of hatred which caused it will be passed on to Greece's ris- ing generation. Greek monarchists believe the exist- ing political passions can be quieted only by restoration of the monarchy. ‘These circles forecast restoration will take place within a year if the pres- ent government proves incapable of uniting and pacifying the turbulent elements in the nation. Former King's Chances. Monarchists already are discussing likely candidates for the vacant throne. Some consider the obvious candidate is former King George, who may have obtained some new ideas on ruling from the Indian maharajah whom he has been visiting in Delhi Province. Another possibility whom some mon- archists are reported to favor is the Duke of Kent, son of King George of England, whose wife is the former Princess Marina of Greece. It is said the Duke of Kent and his bride are planning to visit Greece after their American wedding tour. Less imaginative observers, however, express doubt that the British govern- ment would sanction any connection between its royal f: and a Balkan country of such led politics as Pupin invented a method of | THE EVENING Frank T. Bell. United States fish commissioner, was honored by Gov. Ruby Laffoon of Kentncky yesterday when the Governor appointed him to a colonelcy in the Kentucky army. Talbot Denmead (left) is shown &s he pgesented the honorary certificate to Bell. —Star Staff Photo. Keeping Mr. Congressman Fit Lawmakers Turn Athletes in House Gymnasium Where Debates Are Forgotten and Muscle- Matching Contests Hold Sway. BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS. NCE upon a time, James M. Mead, stalwart Democratic Representative from New York, saw 28 of his colleagues die within a single term of Congress. This set him thinking of the irregular channels of fate and he de- cided that a simple way of eliminat- ing one of the obvious paths down which the grim reaper treads was to make physical exercise available to members of the House. So he went to work on the idea of having a gymnasium installed in the House Office Building. In 1920, 1925 and 1932 futile efforts were made. Appropriation was included in the money allocated to build the new House Office Building for a gymna- sium and equipment, but though the gymnasium room was constructed, it was not furnished. These three ef- forts failed, according to Mr. Mead, because there was a lack of interest and because congressional activities increased. Thirty-Five Break the Ice. Now, however, for the first time, the flower of health is rearing a small head above the hard sod. Thirty-five out of 435 members of the House tramp over to the gymnasium in the cellar of the new House Office Build- | ing around 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Here they wrestle with hand ball, volley ball, indoor base ball, medicine ball, horse tennis, hand tennis and ping pong. There is a locker room where legislative shorts may be parked and a shower room. Peter Henderson is the attendant in charge. If he finds too many clerks (they are the best athletes, some of them being fresh from col- lege) cluttering up the volley ball court while anxious Representatives look on, he shunts the young bloods off the floor and puts the legisla- tors to work. Mr. Mead’s theory of congressional exercise is that games should be played which are not too strenuous; | that encourage mild exercise by in- i teresting ccmpetition and that enable | the members to secure their activity quickly. He thinks the change of | regime for the average man, who has led an active life at home and then comes to Congress to lead a purely | sedentary one, is more than the sys- | tem normally can stand. He con- ! tends golf and tennis are too expen- | | sive and take up too much time, | hence a gymnasium is the obvious | answer. ‘ Congressmen Buy Equipment. } The equipment for the gym is paid for by the Congressmen themselves. | Any member who wants to belong 1 subscribes $5, their clerks and secre- | tarfes, $2.50 | the bank and when they want new iequipment. Mr. Lynn, the Capitol architect, buys it for them. ‘ The outstanding Democratic athlete | seems to be Matthew J. Merritt, | Representative at Large from New | York. He is serving his first term in ! Congress and is considered a wizard on the hand ball court. Mr. Mead | himself is said to be one of the stars | at volley ball and base ball. So is James Prioleau Richards of South Carolina. Frank Whelchel of Georgia is & good base ball prospect. Theodore Moritz of Pennsylvania and Monrad Wallgren of Washington some day will have their galleries. Fish in Limelight. On the Republican side there is Hamilton Fish, jr, onetime Harvard foot ball captain, about whom the story is told that once, in a frenzy of misguided fire, he carried the ball | back over his own goal line for a touchdown. The loss of Vincent Carter, former Representative from Wyoming. is felt by the Republican base ball fans. He | was their Dizzy Dean and without him they dread the coming of Spring, when their annual base ball game takes place. Some of the less relaxed Republicans hoot at the idea of xercise, saying with emphasis, that they are too busy working for their country. There is no provision in this gym- nasium for the woman members of the | House. If they want exercise they must look elsewhere. Though there | are five, sufficient for a basket ball team, they cannot jump into shorts d toss the big leather and sweaters DOBBS CROSS COUNTRY STILL LEADS This famous Dobbs hat still leads as America’s Javorite lightweight Jelt. Comfortable— erushable—debonair—Cross Country is now offeredin leading colors. A grandvalue, at, OTHER DOBBS—$6 TO $20 “1f It lsn't @ Dobbe—it isn't @ genvine Cross Country” Sidney West, Inc. 14th & G Sts. GENE C. GOTT, Presi This money is put in! STAR, WASHINGTO! “KIDNAPED" GIRL | FOUND IN SouT Gypsy Romance and Intrigue Said to Figure in Case of Rose Demetro. Gypsy romance and intrigue said to have played a part in the dis- appearance from Washington on Jan- uary 7 of Rose Demetro, 15, which re- sulted yesterday in kidnaping charges being placed against four brothers and two sisters in Louisiana, where the girl was located several days ago. The girl disappeared from here while her family was living in the 3400 block of Georgia avenue. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Petro De- metro. While Washington police scout the kidnaping theory, they hold grand larceny warrants, sworn to by the girl's father, for the arrest of a George Miller and Joseph Miller, in connec- tion with the alleged disappearance of $105 from a trunk in the girl’s home when she disappeared. George Miller is the name given by one of those under arrest in Louisiana. Meanwhile a third man, Leo Miller, was arrested on a similar warrant and brought back here from New York. Brother Reports Kidnaping. Some time after the disappearance of the girl from this city her prother, Russell, 11, is said to have told his parents the girl was kidnaped from | Seventh street by some persons who threw a cloth over her head and took i her away in an automobile. The parents started on a trail in search of her and ended it at the gypsy camp at Lake Charles, La., Sat- urday night. The sheriff there and Lake Charles patrolmen later placed under arrest the six who gave their names as George, Randolph, Eli, Alex, Lolo and Andanna Miller. Informed of the arrests, the United States marshal's office at Shreveport ordered the six held on charges of violating the Lind- bergh kidnaping law. Spent $6,000 in Search. Petro Demetro told authorities at Lake Charles he had spent more than $6,000 in a search for his daughter and traveled over 4,000 miles since they picked up the trail here. He im- mediately sent word to Attorney Gen- eral Homer S. Cummings and J. Ed- gar Hoover, chief of Justice Depart- ment operations. Meanwhile, local police were in-| formed that Rose Demetro was in love with George Miller, but that the latter was unwiiling to pay a dowry | |to her father, in accordance with BYpsy custom. When the girl disappeared, Petro | Demetro went to police, told the kid- | naping story, the disapperance of tae| money from his home and began a| search for the daughter. H — | Skiers Killed by Avalanche. GRAZ, Austria, March 12 (#).— Four women and five men, all mem- bers of a Vienna ski club on an out- ing near here, were killed today by an | avalanche. Fourteen of the 25 in the | party were swept away, but five were | rescued after being carried several _ This is a man’s place. Woman's | vote and twentieth century independ- | | ence have found a hurdle they cannot 1f this new generation of athletic Congressmen ever relent, the following line-up for a basket ball team is sug- gested. Forwards, Mrs. Florence Kahn | and Mrs. Mary Norton; guards, Mrs. Virginia Jenckes and Mrs. Caroline O'Day, and center, Mrs. Isabella Greenway. Costumes, shorts, striped with State colors. Topcoat features the... The * President’s Utility Message Roosevelt Tells Congress Abolition of Holding Companies Will Provide Safeguards for Investor. The text of President Roosevelt's message to Congress on holding companies follows: o I am transmitting ‘to you here- with a report sypmitted to me by the National Power Pol! mittee. I named this mittee last Summer from among the de- partments of the Government concerned with power problems to make a series of reports to co- ordinate Government policy on such problems. This report I am submitting to you is the recom- mendation of the committee with respect to the treatment of holding companies in the public utility fleld. It deserves the careful at- tention of every member of the Congress. The so-called public utility hold- ing company bill (title I of House bill 5423 and Senate bill 1725), which was drafted under the direc- tion of congressional leaders, in- corporates many of the recom- mendations of this report. I have been watching with great interest the fight being waged against public uitility _holding company legislation. I have watched the use of investors’ money to make the investor believe that the efforts of Government to pro- tect him are designed to defraud him. I have seen much of the propaganda prepared against such legislation—even down to mimeo- graphed sheets of instructions for propaganda to exploit the most far-fetched and fallacious fears. I have seen enough to be as unim- pressed by it as I was by the simi- lar effort to stir up the country against the securities exchange bill last Spring. The securities exchange act is now generally ac- cepted as a constructive measure, and I feel confident that any fears now entertained in regard to pro- posed utility holding company legislation will prove as groundless as those last Spring in the case of the securities exchange act. Sees Safeguard for Investor. So much has been said through chain letters and circulars and by word of mouth that misrepresents the intent and purpose of a new law that it is important that the people of the country understand once and for all the actual facts of the case. Such a measure will not de- stroy legitimate business or whole- some and productive investment. It will not destroy & penny of actual value of those uperating properties which holding companies now control and which holding company securities represent in so far as they have any value. On the contrary, it will surround the necessary reorganization of the holding company with safeguards which will in fact protect the in- vestor. We seek to establish the sound principle that the utility holding company, so long as it is permitted to continue, should not profit from dealings with subsidiaries and af- filiates where there is no semblance of actual bargaining to get the best value and the best price. If a management company is equipped to offer a genuinely economic mans agement service to the smaller operating utility companies, f{t ought not to own stock in the companies it manages, and its fees ought to be reasonable. The hold- ing company should not be per- mitted to establish a sphere of in- fluence from which independent engineering, construction and other private enterprise is excluded by a none too benevolent private pater- nalism. If a management company is controlled by related operating companies, it should be organized on a truly mutual and co-operative basis and should be required to per- form its services at actual cost, demonstrably lower than the serv- ices can be obtained in a free and open market. Points to Confusion in Past. We do not seek to prevent the legitimate diversification of ine vestment in operating utility com- panies by legitimate investment WEEK BURBERRY Topcoat The x Kuppenheimer Topcoat The Topcoat 1935 Version * genuine POLO CLOTH Aristocrats of the Topcoat World At Grosner of 1325 F Street and nowhere else in Washin, m, will you find “The Three Aristo- crats” of the Topcoat world, side by side, pre- senting the best that Topcoat money can buy. GROSNER of 1325 F Street Ask About Our 10-Pay Charge Plan Com- * other companies, the proposal for . D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1035, ability to acquire in the utility fleld. No Government effort can be expected to ‘carry out effective, continuous and intricate regulation of the kind of private empires within the Nation which the hold- ing company device has proved capable of creating. Held Unnecessary to Business. Except where it is absolutely necessary to the continued func- tioning of a geographically inte- grated operating utility system, the utility holding company with its present powers must go. If we could remake our financial history in the light of experience certainly we would have none of this holding company business. It is a device ‘which does not belong to our Amer- ican traditions of law and business. It is only a comparatively late in- novation. It dates definitely from the same unfortunate period which marked the beginnings of a host of other laxities in our corporate law which have brought us to our pres- ent disgraceful condition of com- petitive charter-mongering between our States. And it offers too well- demonstrated temptation to and | facility for abuse to be tolerated as a recognized business institution. ‘That temptation and that facility are inherent in its very nature. It is a corporate invention which can give a few corporate insiders un- warranted and intolerable powers over other people’s money. In its destruction of local control and its substitution of absentee manage- ment it has built up in the public utility field what has justly been | called a system of private soclalism which is inimical to the welfare of pendent for their daily bread upon the favor of a very few, who, by devices such as holding companies, have taken for them- selves unwarranted economic power. I am against private so- cialism of concentrated private power as thoroughly .as I am against governmental” socialism. The one is equally as dangerous as the other; ‘and destruction of pri- vate socialism is utterly essential to avold governmental socialism. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Card party, Good Will Chapter, No. 36, O. E. S, 60 M street northeast, 8:30 pm. Address by Prof. James R. Adams, “The Secret of Perpetual Happiness,” League for the Larger Life, 1414 Six- teenth street, 8 p.m. Dinner, Connecticut Avenue Asso- ciation, Mayflower Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Dinner, Propeller Club, La Fayette Hotel, 6 p.m. companies. But the holding com- pany, in the past has confused the function of control and manage- ment with that of investment, and in consequence has more fre- quently than not falled in both functions. Possibly some holding companies may be able to divest themselves of the control of their present subsidiaries and become in- vestment trusts. But an invest- ment company ceases to be an in- vestment company when it em- barks into business and manage- ment. Investment judgment re- quires the judicial appraisal of other people’s management. The disappearance at the end of five years of those utility holding companies which cannot justify themselves as necessary for the functioning of the operating util- ity companies of the country is an objective which congressional leaders I have consulted deem es- sential to a realistic and far-sighted treatment of the evils of public utility holding companies. For practical reasons we should offer a chance of survival to those hold- ing companies which can prove to the Securities and Exchange Com- mission that their existence is necessary for the achievement of the public ends which private util- ity companies are supposed to serve. For such companies, and during the interim period for “Invention night,” Washington Pho- tographic Society, 917 Twenty-third street, 8 p.m. Dinner, Civitan Club, Hamilton Hoe tel, 7 pm. TOMORROW. Meeting, Starmont Aid for Cone sumptives, home of Mrs. Appletog Clark, 1778 Lanier place, 10:30 a.m. Dance, Alumnae = Association George Washington University Hos- pital, Kennedy Warren Apartments, a free people. |10 pm. Most of us agree that we should | — take the control and the benefits | Dinner, National Sojourners, La of the essentially local operating | Fayette Hotel, 6 p.m. utility industry out of a few finan- Ty cial centers and give back that con- Detige e Husut of Fabors M flower Hotel, 9 p.m. | trol and those benefits to the locali- | TR ties which produce the businessand | Dinner, Board of Trustees, Columbus University, Mayflower Hotel, 6 p.m. a comprehensive plan of public regulation and control is sound. But where the utility holding company does not perform a de- monstrably useful and necessary function in the operating industry and is used simply as a means of financial control, it is idle to talk of the continuation of holding companies on the assumption that regulation can protect the public against them. Regulation has small chance of ultimate success against the kind of concentrated wealth and economic power which holding companies have shown the * create the wealth. We can prop- erly favor economically independ- ent business, which stands on its own feet and diffuses power and responsibility among the many, and Dinner, Central Business Men’s As- | sociation, Ambassador Hotel, 7 p.m. Chicken dinner, benefit Joppa Lodge, frowns upon those holding com- panies which through interlocking | Chapter, No. 27, O. E. S, 4209 Ninth _s!rce!, 5to7pm. directorates and other devices have given tyrannical power and ex- | clusive opportunity to a favored few. It is time to make an effort to reverse that process of the con- centration of power which has made ‘most American citizens, | once traditionally independent own- ers of their own businesses, de Bingo and card party, benefit Wom- en’s Auxiliary of the Disabled Ameri- can Veterans of the World War, 60 M | street northeast, 8:30 p.m. Annual meeting, District Branch of the Army Relief Society, 1810 Wyom- ing avenue, 11 am. We Have Reduced 29 Karpen Living Room Suites To Move Quickly and Give Us Much Needed Floor Space These are attractive and dependable suites with famous inbuilt Karpen quality and nicely covered. Except for the three price groups below, these are mostly suites of one of a kind. So come early, please. A : o - / These suites were originally $991 Two of them are in a small figured rust tapestry and the other one is in green tapestry. Two Karpen pieces with sofa and matching armchair. 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