Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1935, Page 5

THE EVENIN CO-PERATIN AN N ELECTRIYIN Acting Director Cooke of New Farm Agency Ex- plains ‘Plans. Gloria Goes to Church Cepyright, A. P. Wirephotos. By the Associated Press. Morris L. Cooke, acting director of the new Rural Electrification Admin- istration today said co-operation with private utilities—provided they estab- lished low rates—would be the aim of the new agency. The Philadelphia consulting engi- reer, drafted by the President, said | four general plans had been suggested | to bring electricity to the 5,000,000 farm homes now lacking connections with a generating plant. Complete Service Aim. The whole program, he said, will | aim at providing complete necessary | electric service and appliences for | “dirt farmers.” | Asked at his first.press conference | how individual tarmers should apply. | Cooke suggested formation of local groups for surveys as the first step. The four plans which Cooke said Pprobably would be combined are: 1. Government loans from a part of the $4,000,000,000 work-relief fund to private utilities for extension of | their present facilities into rural areas. 2. Government loans exclusively to ! Btate and public agencies. 3. Government loans only operative rural organizations. 4. Formation of a Delaware corpora- tion, similar to the Electric Home | and Farm Authority now operating in the Tennessee Valley, to carry out all | rural electrification plans. to co- Wiring and Appliances. Cooke indicated that present plans would include cost of wiring a farm home and all necessary appliances as well as building the power lines to the | farm. ‘ He was indefinite on how this was | to be done, but mentioned loans| through the Reconstruction Finance | Corp. and possible national expan. sion of the Home and Farm Authority created to promote sale of electric ap- | pliances in the Tennessee Valley. | The acting direc®r said that pri-| vate utilities now controlling 95 per | cent of the power industry had offered | to co-operate with the new Govern- ment agency. and gdded that 5,000 projects already ha8l been prepared by engineers for the private utilities. COMPULSORY INSURANCE ON TAXIS IS URGED BY| JURIST IN SIMON CASE (Continued Prom First Page) permission | end sometimes without from his father. On the evening of the accident the | father left the cab standing in the | driveway of his home with the igni- | tion key in the switch. The son. | without obtaining permission. took the cab out and struck the fireman | shortly after discharging a passenger. | Because the father, as agent of the | company. had not given his son per- ’ mission to use the cab that night the majority of the court Held “elemen- tary rules of agency” barred a suit by Simon against the company. i Attacking this view of the law. | Justice Hitz said a jury should have | been permitted to decide whether the son was acting as the agent of the company at the time. After citing A mumber of cases, which he contended | are in support of his views, Justice | Hitz said: | “An automobile is potentially a dan- gerous instrumentality as the appall- ing number of fatalities brought about | every day by its operation bear dis- tressing witness. To drive such an instrumentality through the public streets of a city so recklessly as to endanger property and individuals is an act of such obvious depravity that | to characterize it as a petty offense | would be to shock the general moral | sense. Held “Flagrantly Unwhipped.” | “Manslaughter by automobile goes | flagrantly unwhipped of justice, be- | cause 12 drivers sit on every jury. And | 1f judges continued to apply to this juggernaut the elementary rules of agency and employment, whish serve well enough among brokers and book- keepers but have no potency in the automobile problem, the wide trail of death and destruction will grow wider. “The motor car is a demonstrated danger. But its deadly course can be legally controlled. to an important ex- tent by two measures, both of which are now sadly lacking in the District of Columbia. “First, by the courts, through hold- | ing the owner of a public automobile | liable for any damage done thereby | except those of a thief who has stolen | 1t in spite of reasonable precaution by the owner to keep it safe, through lock and key or otherwise. “And this can be lawfully accom- plished by application of principles Jong ago established to guard not only persons, but animals, against social dangers far less potential and all- pervading than the automobile is today. “Secondly, by a system of com- pulsory insurance preliminary to license of either cab or driver, such as prevails in some of our States, but which can be created here only by | act of Congress | 32 Killed Up to April 15. “Between January 1 and April 15. 1935, 32 persons have been killed by automobiles on the public ways of the District of Columoia, not through any catastrophe involving many per- sons, but by the daily crop of casual- ties, resulting from the daily course of traffic. “The futile attenmt to control this slaughter by ‘the fundamental rules of agency’ should give way to rules equally fundamental and well estab- lished, but more stringent. The prin- ciples of the common law. by their inherent vitality and continuing growth, are competent to cope with many of the new facts and conditions of life that develop from year to year and from generation to generation as the complexities of life increase, but not if the courts decline to employ the old powers so ready to their hands. | “Hundreds of these taxicabs flying | the false colors of an incorporated re- sponsibility which they assume but do not possess, and which disappears at every attempt to enforce it, daily| are dashing about our streets in the | hands of youthful drivers, irresponsi- | ble, uninsured and driving on specu- lation. “I think the obligation of owner-| ship follows the cab and is not dis-| solved when it finds its way into un-| authorized hands through the negli- | gence of the owner or his agent. The | ordinary rules of agency are \nnde-: quate to the situation because the obligation of the owner is to answer not only for the agent, but also for the thing.” A | said today after an autopsy. Liggett Gloria Vanderbilt, with her mother, on their way to church at New York on Mother’s day. It was the child’s first mass since her confirmation. They attended St. Francis of Assisi Church. Huge Telescope Eye Cooling G STAR, WASHINGTON MOTHER AND 4DIE ASLEEP IN FLAMES Overlooked by Firefighters, Thinking Family Away on Visit. By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del, May 13.—A young mother and her four children were cremated in their beds early to- day because firemen thought the fam- ily was away from home. Apparently overcome by smoke as they slept, the five burned to death in second-floor bed rooms as the fire- men, oblivious of their presence, bat- tled flames that ruined a farm home "near the village of Stanton, 6 miles east of here. List of Dead. The dead were: Mrs. Alice New- comb, 27; Walter Newcomb. 6; Pearl Newcomb, 3; Norma Newcomb, 2, and David Newcomb, 17 months. Their charred bodies were removed from the ruins after the flames died down No search was made before then because a neighbor said he saw | the family leave the house last night. | When a check-up showed the mother | and children had not visted relatives | here the tragedy was disclosed. | Husband Found Dazed. The husband and father of the dead, Prank Newcomb, 28, was found lying on the lawn in a dazed condi- tion. He told police he had visited & neighbor, John Ferguson, and re- turned home shortly before midnight to find the house in flames. Firemen said the flames probably started from explosion of a gasoline lamp Mrs. Newcomb left lighted to ;u:ge her husband home over the | elds. 100,000 Boys Enrolled. ‘The Boys . Brigade of Glasgow. Scotland, has just enrolled its one- hundred thousandth member. At Rate of 1.4 Degrees Daily By the Associated Press | disc making, summarized the prog- CORNING. N. Y. May 13.—The |ress: 200-inch glass eye for the world's| “At this point all is well. We ex- greatest telescope, which was nearly | pect it to continue so. The tempera- one-fifth as hot as the sun's surface | ture is being reduced at the rate of last December, is down today to 785 |about 14 degrees Fahrenheit daily degrees Fahrenheit. and this schedule will continue until The temperature had dropped 200 | the disc arrives at ordinary room degrees since the disc was poured in | temperature. December at the Corning Glass| “As the room temperature stage is Works. Much of its critical period is | expected in November, the cooling over. At first it cooled swiftly to|toward the end should be more rapid.” 842. then was heated to 932 and kept | The important trick in cooling is there until January 21. | to keep the difference in temperature Since then the all-important period |of the interior of the “eye” and its of slow cooling has been under way. |surface within a narrow spread. Too The great eye has dropped in 111 | great a difference at any time would days only 147 degrees. Dr. George cause strains, and too many of them V. McCauley, physicist in charge of | would break the eye even when cold. ATHLETE’S DEATH | DOOLITTLE URGES LAID TO ABSCESS BLIND LANDING AID Autopsy Performed on Body of Perfected Equipment Would Have Prevented Missouri Crash, He Believes. James Liggett, 19, Former McKinley High Player. The death of James Liggett, former | BY the Associated Press well-known. McKinley High School| ST- LOUIS. May 13.—The man who | made the first “blind” airplane land- athlete, in Sibley Hospital was caused | by a brain abscess, Dr. Christopher | ing with the aid of an auxiliary radio J. Murphy, assistant District coroner, | beacon sesterday urged immediate in- | stallation of perfected equipment as | maximum assurance ainst future was 19 years old. Just what caused | air tragedies 5 the abscess has not been determined | Maj, James H. Doolittle, ex-Army vet, Dr. Murphy said. ace and cross-country record holder, Funeral services will be held at his | helieves the recent tragedy at Atlan- home, 2212 Channing street northeast, | ta, Mo., when United States Senator tomorrow at 10 a.m. Burial will be in | Bronson M. Cutting and four other Wardensville, W. Va., at 3 p.m. | persons perished in the crash of a On April 26, when he was first | commercial airliner, probably would | stricken, Liggett, a member of the |not have occurred had recommended | Mount Rainier Grays base ball team, | equipment been available. was waiting to play in Fredericksburg, | “With devices now perfected, Pilot Va. He was taken to the hospital Harvey Bolton probably could have unconscious, but revived on arrival and | landed at the fog-bound Kansas City refused examination. After returning | Airport,” Doolittle declared. Bolton home he suffered two more attacks, | crashed at Atlanta en route to an finally being sent to the hospital. Since | emergency landink field at Kirks- ville, Mo. his illness had not been diagnosed at the time of his death. Coroner A.| Doolittle advocated Government in- Magruder MacDonald ordered the | stallation of blind landing facilities at autopsy. major airports “Camels are made from finer, MORE EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS... Turkish and Domestic...than any other popular brand.” (Signed) R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY Winston-Salem, N. C. D. C., MONDAY, MAY 13, 193 *% A—-S5 Children Celebrate Cures CHURCH SERVIES HONOR RADCLIFF Room to Be Dedicated to Late Presbyterian Pas- tor and Wife. Two days of memorial and dedi- catory services at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church close this afternoon with the dedication of the Radcliffe room in the parish hall of the church to the late Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor of the church for 27 years, and Mrs. Radcliffe, who died last year. The services opened yesterday with impressive talks by high national offi- cials of the church. Yesterday after- noon & tablet was unveiled in the church, with Walter C. Clephane, president of the board of trustees, offi- ciating. Rev. Dr. Lewis S. Mudge, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, gave an historical address in which he praised the late pastor as “not only a Christian, but a | Christ-man.” INQUIRENDO CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL DINNER MAY 22 Louis G. Caldwell, Attorney, Is Named President and Stanley Suydam Secretary-Treasurer. [ The annual dinner of the Inquirendo Club will be held at the Mayflower | Hotel on May 22, it was announced | today, simultaneously with the new officers chosen by the organization. Louis G. Caldwell, an attorney, was | elected president to succeed %. Bar- rett Prettyman, corporation counsel. | . Gilmer Korner was chosen vice pres ident, Stanley Suydam secretary-treas- urer and Joseph Conrad Fehr chair- man of the Membership Committee. | The officers and Camden R. McAtee | comprise the Executive Committee. | The club is an organization of pro- _ fessional men and Government offi- | cials who gather for the discussion of | current public questions. | Rare Corals Discovered. | Five hitherto unknown kinds of coral were discovered recently in the | Red Sea. | ———— | If You Are Troubled With | Rheumatism | To_relieve the tortures of rheumatie, thritic and neur pains. drink Mount Valley Mineral er direct from fa: Mot “springs - Arkansas. MLl alkatine: Deeois satiatving. - Endorsed by physicians for over 30 years. Phone for booklet. | _Miss Eleanor E. Hamilton. niece of | Mountain Valley Mineral Water | Rev. Mr. Radcliffe, was to make the | Met_ 106 1105 K St. N.W. | presentation speech at the dedicatory | services this atternoon and Rev. Wil- | {) | lam ‘Chalmers Covert, moderator of | Je | the General Assembly ‘of the Church, | e | will deliver the address of dedication. | ‘BrEewWaAD Little Alyce Jane McHenry of Omaha, Nebr. celebrated her 11th | birthday and was joined in her celebration by Jimmy Neilson of San Jose, Calif., who, with Alyce, also had his “upside-down” stomach righted at the Truesdale Hospital, Fall River, Mass. Photo shows Alyce and Jimmy getting a great “kick” out of operating a movie camera. | —Wide World Photo., coln Park course when Old Cody, a | 1-ton buffalo, charged through an WILD WEST REVIVED G PP | 8-foot fence in a nearby zoo and went | Buffalo Escapes and Halts Golf snorting and stampipg over the fair-| . Ways. Ball Round-up. | Even the foursomes gave ground | until Old Cody was lured back to his OKLAHOMA CITY (/). — Golfers|pen by a trail of bread a mile and a scattered in all directions at the Lin- half long Rev. 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