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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
SCIENTISTS SCORE
ASSAFE BLOWERS
Defenses So Far Are Yield.
ing in Burglar Tests Made
at Standards Bureau.

Government scientists are becoming
expert safe blowers and incidentally
are learning how TO prevent members
of shady profession from success
fully plying their trade.
Having spent months in construct
ing vaults of reinforced concrete and
steel at the United States bureau of
standards. experts are now attacking
them with torch, drill and high eN-
piosivc, in order to tell the federal
reserve board how to build a thief
funds.
The experiments are carried on in
absolute secrecy, and admission to the
tests is by card only. These cards
bear the warning that the visitor
Itae.es all responsibility for his pres,
ence. and any jury which may result
from the explosive used cannot b,
made the basis for q suit for damages
against the federal reserve boaru.
Has s7a.0OO Appropriation.
An appropriation of $4,000 recent
ly was made to the federal reserve
board for experimental work in deter
mining the best construction of safe
deposit vaults Last summer a Wash
ington firm was given the contract
TO construct a specified number of
these vaults. They were made OF
heavy concrete. reinforced with metal
rails and lined on the inside with
steel The work of getting on the
inside of these vaults now is in prog
ress. and d visitor to the bureau OF
standards will hear the sounds of
numerous explosions emanating from
the vicinity of the new building.
which stands to the north of the
grounds.
So far the tests have been success
| full, in that the scientists. Stimulating
SO far as possible the condition un-
| der which burglar would work.
have broken through the walls and
gained entrance to what at first ap-
peared to be impregnable defenses.
The conditions of attack were that
| the robbers" must approach the
scene of their operations as quietly
as possible. bringing with them their
| equipment. Arrived. they set about
| off the explosive. entered the vault.
and made off with the imaginary.
treasure i'm a specified time-ths pc
| riod being considered the time a gang
of safe-blowers would have at their
| disposal under actual conditions.
Safe-BlowInE Methods.
| From statistics compiled from the
most up-to-date cases of professional
safe-blowing. there are. roughly.
| three methods in common use: ID
The oxy-acetylene blow torch. ca
| electric drill and fD high explosive.
| In order to discover the absolute
| mobproof. bun Siar-proof safe, the
all three means of entering the
| vaults. Having found the type of
construction which best withstands
| the single use of any of the three
| agencies. they will combine the most
advantageous points of each in the
construction of vault which will
Illustrate the combined use of torch.
drill and explosive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
coRoNER's, JURY TO HEAR
WIDOW OF F. D. SHEPARD
Witness, Whose Former Husband
Died in Georgia, Now Wife
of Jacksonville Doctor.

MACON. Ga. November 1a.-so-
who is conducting an investigation
into the death Of Fred D. Shepard.
wealthy Houston county peach grow
er. announced tonight that Shepard's
widow. now Mrs. F. e. Elmer, wife
of a Jacksonville (Fla.) doctor, will
be asked to appear before the cor
oner's jury at Fort Valley on Tues
day.
Mrs. Elmer's attorney today ad-
vised the solicitor that she was will
ling to come here and testify.
Mr.. Garrett stated tonight that he
has requested Mrs. Elmer to attend
the Inquest, and If she finds that II
is not convenient to come on Tues
day. he indicated that the hearing
would be continued to such time as
she can attend.
When Shepard died. on June 2, after
three days illness, his widow says,
she believed there was no will and
took charge of the whole estate.
valued at 100000 or more.
Two weeks ago Mrs. Alice Gran
dali, a sister of Shepard, received
a will: through the mail. which wit
nesses say that Shepard signed. leav-
ing $4,000 to the widow, with 500
a month as long as she lived. This
will is now before the ordinary Of
Houston county, and Mrs. Elmer has
given formal notification that she will
contest 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14

of the remaining timber to the aver
age consumer is steadily decreasing.
Forest Fire Protection.
These are some of the reasons
which make significant the nationa l
forestry program approved by the
recent conference at New York. At
this conference accredited repreSen-
tatives of the nationwide lumber and
paper industries which control most of
the commercial forests in private own
ership met with similar representatives
of the United States Chamber of Com
merce. the American Forestry Associa-
ton. and Of the wholesale lumber dis
tributors. the newspaper organiza tons
vitality interested in the paper supply as
well as in general economic welfare. and
the great wood using industries.
The program provides. through
cooperation between the govern
ment, the states and owners of
timber lands. for adequate protec-
ton against forest fires, for reforeS-
tation of denuded lands, for obtain
ing essential information in regard to
timber and timber lands. for extern
sion of the national forests and for
other steps. all essential to continuous
forest production.
Legislation Proposed.
The following legislation was pro-
posed as lying essentially with the
government:
l. Authorizing the Secretary of
Agriculture to approve an adequate
policy for each state, covering the
essentials of fire protection on TIM
Der and restocking lands, reforesta-
ton of denuded lands, the cutting and
removing of timber crops so as to
promote continuous production of
timber on lands chiefly suitable
therefore and authorizing his CO.
operation in the work required, pro-
vided there is also satisfactory local
compliance in state legislation or
administrative practice. Chief. all
though not entire. emphasis for the
as the most important single step,
and not less than a million dollars
annually available for such co-opera-
ton with the states.
A survey to obtain necessary in
formation as to forest resources. forest
the nation.
Study of Taxation.
g. Provision for studies and expert
ments in forest reproduction methods.
wood utilization. timber tests. wood
preservation, development of by-prod-
ucts and other steps to bring about the
most effective use of the nations forest
resources.
4. Provisions for a study of forest
taxation to assist states in devising
tax laws, which will encourage the con-
servation and the growing of timber.
5. Provision for more rapid replant-
ing of the vast areas of denuded lands
within the national forests.
6. Appropriation Of $10,000.000 a
year for five years for the purchase of
lands which should be added to the
national forest system. whether or not
on the headwaters of navigable strea ms,
as such purchases are now limited.
Z. Authorizing acquisition of similar
lands by exchange of Land or timber
when clearly in the public interest
s.. Authorizing the addition to ma
tional forests of lands now in other
forms of government ownership. but
found chiefly suitable for permanent for
est production
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
LEA YES HIS HOME
TOWN FIRST TIME
Nv FIFTY YEARS

The first time in the past fifty
years that John Landrigan had
gone out of the town of Tacoma,
New. WAS when he came to
Washington the past week to wit
ness the burial of his sons body in
Arlington national cemetery.
Edward J. Lapdrigan, the only
son OF this Nevada farmer, went to
Europe and was in Company & OF
the 34Sth Field Artillery when he
was killed. Recently the father
was informed the body had been
brought to the United States for
interment in Arlington. The father
was told, if he desired to be pres
ent at the burial ceremonies. to
call upon Mrs. Walling Van Ripper.
executive of the Travellers Aid So
ciety. who is in charge of the work
at the Union station.
The father arrived here several
days ahead of schedule. Mrs. Van
Ripper met him at the station. and
after seeing that he secured room
suggested he spend the two days
in sightseeing. The visitor spent
his time in vi. wing the sights of
Washington. He has since returned
to his home in Nevada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
THOUSANDS OF STACKER ACRES
WILL BE- RECLAIMED BY PLAN
Reforestation ana Protection of Forests
Against Fire c hief Aim of Proposed
Bills to G conserve Paper Supply.

Reclamation of Stacker acres" in
national and private lands will he one
of the first steps in the elaborate
program which has been devised by
the forest service. in cooperation
with lumber distributors and news
paper organizations. to coslserxe the
paper supply of the United Stafes.
Col. w. b. Greeley, CHEZ forester,
points to the thousands of sacres
which have been burned and CUT over.
without any proper steps having been
taken. for replanting of these Glands
now lying idle, while the mills of the
country are crying for pulls. !:
."Slacker Acres" las.
While industry is taking out: wood
from the country's forests four. times
as fast as it is being grows, accord
ing to Col. Greeley. theses stacker
acres" are lying denuded. Their re-
forestation is one of the f1rst steps to
be taken, under the program (which
will be presented to President- elect
Harding.
The forest service is COOPERATING
with a number of the states Yin the
prevention of forest fires. anG doing
what it can to encourage better
methods of cutting, but lack OF FUNDS
is proving a handicap in both spheres
of activity.
A fund of 100000 to werk out
with the states plans to END forest
fires and put into effect better: cutting
methods on private lands, which con-
stitute three-fourths of the. timber
lands Of the country. is priHle ne
cessity. it is declared.
This sum is not included: in the
estimates prepared by the Department
of Agriculture for the comiAg snscal
year, but probably will be asked Oh
Congress in an emergency appro-
priation.
The original forests of the United
States are estimated by Col. Greeley
to have covered S22 million acres; and
to have contained $500 billion board
feet of lumber. Two-thirds of this
area has been culled, cut over. or
burned.
Acrs That Are Left
There are left today aboue 1877 mil
lion acres of virgin timber. ~ mlltlon
acres of culled and second growth
timber large enough for saving, 133
million acres partially stocked with
smaller growth, and 81 million acres
of devastated and practically waste
land" declared the hief forester
I'VE have 463 million acres OF forest
land of all sorts. which contains about
2.2l4 billion feet of timber of mer-
charitable sizes. Three-fifths of the
timber originally in the UnRed States
is gone. :oc
AN told, we are taking. about :26
billion cubic feet of material out of
our forests every year and growing
about s billion feet in them. We are
cutting more of every class of timber
than we are growing. We are even
using up the trees too small for the
sawmill. but upon which cur future
lumber supply depends. three and one
half times as fast as they :are being
The true index OF timber depletion
is not quantity but availability, Col.
Greeley says. Not only is the quantity
of timber left in the United states
being used up more RAPIDLY than
wood is being grown; the availa oiilty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
WILL QUESTION COURTS
POWER IN MURPHY CASE
Jurisdiction Of Justice to Decide
Motion for Dismissal of Indict-
sments to- Be Challenged. ssse4

NEW YORK, November i3-The
jurisdiction of Supreme Court. Justice
Robert F. Wagner to decide q mo-
ton for dismissal of indictments
against Charles F. Murphy. leader of
Tammany Hall, and others, will be
challenged before the state court of
appeals. Col. William Rand, counsel
for the extraordinary grand jury
which returned the indictments, an
nounced tonight.
Col. Rand served formal notice upon
counsel for Mr.. Murphy and the other
defendants Of his intention to apply
next Friday to the appellate division
OF the supreme court for permission
to take the question to the court of
appeals. Justice Wagner previously
held that he has Jurisdiction and
the appellate division sustained him.
The defendants are charged in the
Indictment with conspiracy to defraud
the federal government by falsely
certifying to their income tax re-
turns. Besides Mr.. Murphy. the de-
PENDANTS include Arthur j. Baldwin,
attorney; Assistant District Attorney
James E. Smith: John A. Mccarthy,
former business partner Of Mr.. MUIR
phys brother; Ernest P. Walden, vice
president Of the Corn Products Com
pany. and the company itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
FRENCH WATCHING
HARDING'S LEAGUE
ATTITUDE CLOSELY
CONTINUED from First Page. }

is said now to have given way but
reluctantly to the official view. In Sep
TENDER. only a short time before his
election to the presidency of the repub-
lie, Premier Millerand was obliged to
approve the dispatch. to Bourgeois of
two official letters censuring his action
with reference to the Brussels confer
ence and the admission of Germany
into the league. What followed is il
Eliminating and worthy of especial note.
Power Of Bourgeois.
Bourgeois, as president of the French
fiuence and thereby succeeded in OBJ
tanning from Millerand. on the very eve
of his election to the presidency, the
withdrawal Of the two letters of Off
cial censure referred to above and even
took up a definitely minatory attitude
toward the Quia Dorsay. whom he
suspected wrongly of having inspired
the measure originally. Premier Ley
CUES is a very weak man himself and
is entirely dependent on Bourgeois for
mercy In the senate, SO that he is alb
solutely unable to oppose NJ. Bourgeois
much less discipline him. Thus Bour-
geois had no difficulty in arranging mat
ing Of the league of nations assembly
in Geneva, he would be given only writ
ton information respecting the principles
Of French policy and nothing in the
nature Of formally binding instructions.
Albert Thomas. head of the interna-
tional labor bureau created by the
league of nations, supplies another
instance OF the attempts at cosmo-
politan government to which l have
referred. His idea is that the league
of nations is bound to fail sooner or
later, because it will have no con-
crete material power Of any kind to
rely upon. He asserts that the in
ternational labor organization which
he has been building up will be
found to constitute very powerful
substitute. because it is able to COM
mand the support OF the inter-
national syndicalists organization
the strength of which it could mobi-
lize effectively against any defaulting
country.
Pressure On Swiss.
A
il bringing strong pressure to bear
upon the Swiss government in an en-
deayor to compel 1t to observe the
regulations with regard to the eight
hour working day adopted by the
labor conference when it met at
washington. He alleges that the
swiss are trying to evade some de-
tails Of these regulations. M. Motta
the Swiss president. is understood to
have expressed his keen displeasure
over the action of the international
labor bureau. However. Thomas sue
cessfully established the autonomy OF
his bureau with regard to both the
national governments and also the
league OF nations. from which it gets
all necessary funds without rendering
any account to anybody.
From the foregoing it becomes ap-
parent that the so-called Lodge reser-
yations will not supply any remedy
for the existing imperfections OF the
league, and that in order to be made
into a useful or innocuous organism
the league, as it now exists. will have
to undergo the most drastic reform
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
DENIES OIL AGREEMENT.
President-Elect Oregon Tells of
His Problems.

MEXICO CITY. November 13.-Presi
dent elect Oregon denied today that
he reached an agreement with oil
companies relative to a settlement of
the present differences, AZ was init :
mated in special newspaper dispatcher
received here from the United States.
Gen. Obregon asserted that he had no
intention when he assumes Office to
attempt to abrogate any law now in
effect. declaring that such amend
ments or revision of the constitution
must come from congress.
One of the first problems he will
deal with will be the labor situation,
the president-elect fntimated. saying
he now Is studying a new labor law
to be presented to congress shortly
after hts inauguration. He said he
hoped 1t would be suffic emily compre :
henstve to meet the demands OF the
Iaborers, as we'll as protect the en-, =
kIoyers. fss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
BANKERS TO TOUR FARMS.
Iowa Men to Tell Growers of Finan-
cial Conditions.

DES MONIES. Iowa. November Ia
iowa bankers. with the assistance of
federal reserve bank officials. will hold
-FOUR meetings in the state next week.
the purpose of these meetings is to
clear up Misunderstanding between
farmers and bankers, to tell the farm
ers just how far the banks are ca
pablo OF going in financing them, to
discuss the advisability of collective
marketing and to reach an under
standing on other questions that heads
e farm organizations have submitted.
Every farm organization in the
state will be represented by q member
On The eo11,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
MINE STRIKE POSTPONED.
French Workers and Owners to
Confer Thursday.

PARIS. November 13.-It is official
ly announced that the coal miners
strike which was to have been called
for Monday unless the compa mics
agreed before midnight tonight to en-
ter into discussion concerning an in
crease of the miners salaries has
been postponed.
The miners have decided to await
the outcome of a meeting between
the owners and representatives of the
men. which has been arranged for
Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
RUSH AID TO STEAMER.
Crawford Helpless in Gale, With
Three Boilers Useless.

NORFOLK. Va. November 13.-The
revenue cutter Gresham has gene to sea.
to pick up the American steamer Gram
ford. The Crawford wirelesssd TODAY
that she was seventy miles, cast OF
Cape Henry. and that three Of sher boil
ers had gone bad. so that she had no
steam
She was drifting south rapidly BE-
fore the heavy gale of wind that 10
blowing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
DAVIS 0BELISK HUGE.
Shaft to South's President Second
Only to Washington Memorial.

ASHEVILLE. N. c., November 10
Work of completing the memorial
obelisk to jefferson Davis at Fair
view. KY. will be resumed and the
monument will be second in size
only to Washington's monument when
finished. according to report TODAY
before the general convention of the
United Daughters Of the CoEfederacv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
KILBY AND cox TO MEET.
Alabama Governor to Become Men,
Der Of House Party.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. November I.
Gov. and Mrs. Thomas E. Kilby will
JOIN the mouse party at the Macon
county home of Col Ed Laslie- wh;ch
includes Gov. and Mrs. Cox of Ohio
the formers secretary. Senator PAT
Harrison of Mississippi. and former
Senator Tom Taggart of Indiana. sim
day.
MIS-. Cox VIII be the guest of Mrs.
Kilby at Montgomery early in the
coming week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
APPROVES NEW ENVOY.

PARIS. November 13.-The British
government today notified the French
foreign ONCE that it approved the ap-
pointmcnt of Col de Saint Aulaire, as
French ambassador to Great Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
FREIGHT DIVISION CHANGE.

Especially THE division freight offices OF
the Baltimore and Ohir railroad haze
been moved from Uniontown to Con-
nellsville, occupying three rooms in the
second National Bank building. w. h
Eaton is division freight agent and
w. H. Mason travelling freight agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14

Send Her q BOUQUET
Of GUIDES beautiful fiowera 1914 F.
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14

Under my proposed plan the
President would appoint a commits
sion of experts fairly representing
Stunning public. and prices would be
based upon the average cost of pro-
duction, together with a reasona BILE
profit. The national government would
not purchase the entire crop. but
would simply guarantee minimum
price for the surplus, if any remained
on hand at certain terminals shortly
before the new crop comes in In the
case of wool. fax, rice. sugar and
port, in to ordinary course Of tad.
uuou the L->sts of the guaranteed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-13
AUCTION SALE
Nv Thomas Carter. Auctioncer

BY Thomas L. Carter. Auctioncer
AUCTION SALE-Sale of a desir-
able house and lot located in good
residential section known as oo9
Queen Street, Alexandria, Va.
BY virtue of and pursuant to the
terms of a deed of trust dated Au-
gust 1st, 1919. executed by Florentine
Smoot, widow. to Robinson Moncure'
as Trustee, and of record in Deed
Book No. 6S page 4S5 of the land
records of Alexandria City, Virginia,
at the written request and direction
of the party thereby secured, default
having been made in the payment OF
the Indebtedness secured by the SAID
deed of trust. the undersigned trus-
tee will offer for sale at public auc-
ton, in front of the Royal Street
entrance to the market house, in
Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday,
August 18th, 1920, at II o'clock NJ,
that parcel of ground with the i'm
! provclnents thereon ard the appur-
tenances thereto belonging, located on
the north side of Queen street be-
tween Pitt and st. Asaph streets, in
Alexandria City, Virginia, and
bounded as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a point on the north
side of Queen Street 70 feet . inches
west of Pitt Street and running
thence north parallel with Pitt street
26 feet 5 inches: thence east parallel
with Queen Street 3 feet: thence
north parallel with Pitt Street 81
feet: thence west parallel with Queen
Street 26 feet 7 inches: thence South
parallel with Pitt Street Al feet b
inches: thence east parallel with
Queen Street s feet l inch: thence
South parallel with Pitt Street 46
feet G inches to Queen Street: and
thence east on Queen Street to the
point of beginning and being the
same property conveyed to said Flor
entine Smoot by Erven J. Roberts
and wife by deed dated August LIST,
1919. and recorded among the said
| Alexandria city land records in Deed
Book IS page 4S4.
The said land is improved by a
nice modern dwelling house.
TERMS OF SALE:--Cash. Con-
veyancing at the cost Of the pur-
chaser or purchasers, including reve-
nue. stamps.
Robinson Moncure, Trustee
1c- n 4 AZ
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-13
TRUSTEES SALE.
OF House and Lot in Del Ray

Under and by virtue of deed Of
trust dated May 10th, 1908, and re-
corded in the clerks office of the
Circuit Court for Alexandria county
in Deed Book No. l16, pag 534, and
at the request of ". P. Wilson, adj
ministratar of Edward Wilson, payee
of the note of $1,000, therein des-
cribed and secured, default having
been made in the payment Of the
said note and interest, the underslgn-
ed trustees in said deed of trust,
will on Saturday, August p. 1920,
at noon. in front of the hereinafter
described property, in the town of
Potomac formerly called Del Ray) in
Alexandria county, Va, sell by way
of public auction, to the highest bid
der. for cash, the real estate des-
scribed in said deed of trust, located
in said town of Potomac. and con-
sisting of two lots, numbered 467
and 46S. in certain plat of lots
called Del Ray. as shown an q plat
thereof recorded in said office in
Deed Book No. "O"4. PIP. 44O ct
seqs., together with the buildings
thereon.
The residence thereon is a six
room and kitchen building. with hot
and cold water and bath, and IS To-
Gated on the north side of Windsor
Avenue. between Leslie and La
Grand Avenues, and will make a
very desirable home.
This property was formerg owned
by Jos. f. Sorrcll, and was after
wards purchased by Frank l.. Rose,
now owned by Sansbury.
For further information apply to
either Of the following trustees.
Aylett B. Nicol Alexandria.
Robert. A. Hutchinson. Manassas. Va.
1855 Fri. Trustees