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Evening star., 1923-03-15
REFERENDUM BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Puts Question of Financing
Virginia State Highways
Up to Voters.
ASSEMBLY NOT AT END
Sessions Likely to Continue Next
Week-Members to Inspect
Liner Leviathan.
ASSEMBLY NOT AT END
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, March Is. - The
house of delegates of the Virginia
general assembly late yesterday
passed the Brown-Horsley referen-
the states highway financing policy
to a vote of the people. The vote
was Sc to %.
The measure simply provides for
the submission to the electorate at
the general election in November the
question of whether the road system
of the state shall be financed on the
issuance of bonds.
Session Prolonged.
Efforts of Delegate r. Holman Will
lis of Roanoke to amend the bill SO
as to make the referendum state
wide instead of by senatorial and
house districts met with failure.
The last hope Of final adjournment
of the extraordinary session by the
end of this week was dashed upon
the rocks when the senate adopted a
resolution setting the highway
financing measures as the special and
continuing order for Monday.
The resolution carried an agreement
to vote on the measures not earlier than
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon nor later
than IL o'clock Wednesday night.
Leviathan to BE Inspected.
The legislature recesseS from Friday
to Monday and will make trip TO New
port News as guests of the chamber of
commerce and the shipyards to inspect
the Leviathan.
Opponents of the bond issue scheme
of financing the highway system wanted
to vote on The measures by Friday night
of this week. but the bond advocates in
sisted on taking up the bills Monday.
The 'antis'' finally agreed and the reso-
luton was adopted.
Money Measure Passed.
BY a vote of 36 to the senate passed
the measure authorizing the governor
to borrow money in anticipation of the
Mill tax for highway purposes. The
senate also passed motion picture CEN
sorship bill. one of the measures
recommended to the special session of
the general assembly by Gov. Trinkle,
after it had been amended to increase
the salary of censors from S2,400 to
$4,000 per year. The bill was passed
by the house several days ago.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
BUNK, FIRST POLICE
"PURP' IS ON HAND
Detective Scrivener Is Own.
er of Dog Who Will Help
Hunt Criminals.

Bunk" Washington's first police dog
to be connected with official life,
made an auspicious entry into the
police department today.
He is to be the property of Detec-
tive Arthur Scrivener. He has been
delayed in transit to this city for
more than ten days. During this in
term detectives at headquarters oc-
cupied their spare time by "spoof1ng"
Scrivener about buying a collar and
leash for the non-arriving dog. This
morning Scrivener reached the climax
and borrowed a police dog to show
the men, under the spurious claim
that it was his puppy which had ar
rived.
At o'clock scrivener got an as
signment to go to the Raleigh Hotel
Immediately. A crazy man was rails
ing Cain in Room 1885, Scrivener re-
sponded. Accompanied by the house
detective at the hotel. with his hand
on the butt of his revolver. ready for
he entered the room at 1:03 to subdue
the maniac.
He found a police puppy. sitting
quietly in the middle of the room,
licking his pink chops and looking
bon tied about his neck.
1t was Bunk. The room was oc-
cupied by c. W. Rose Of Ithaca, N. Y.
trainer of police dogs, from whom
Scrivener obtained his puppy. Rose
was hidden in clothes closet when
Scrivener entered.
Proudly, young Scrivener walked up
to the dog, who rather strangely
growled at, him. Within fifteen
minutes he had convinced the pup of
his friendship and paraded him to
police headquarters In the head
quarters squadroom in a few DAYS
christening ceremonies for the puppy
will take place.
This is the true story Of the arrival
of the first police dog to be attached
to headquarters. Bunk has the posi-
tion of being the first canine sleuth-
in -the-making to come under the
wing of Inspector Grants force.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
From the $50 Edition Of Yesterday's Star.
BOY ADMITS SALE
OF BOOTLEG LIQUOR
Officials Suspect Employment
of Other Juveniles in
Illicit Traffic.

A case In Juvenile Court yesterday re-
vealed tho fact that there is a prac-
tice-althoush not organized, as far
as known-of bootlegsers employing
boys to act as runners or statesmen
in Washington, in tho belief that the
law cannot touch the original pro-
wider Of Illicit spirits even If a sale
is discovered.
Morris J. Canter. sixteen years old,
of 652 street southeast, allegedly
sold a pint of corn whisky to a
revenue agent, believing the agent was
a friend Of Canter's brother. In Juve-
Evening star., 1923-03-15
29-Day Fast May
Find Sacco Too
Weak for Court
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DEDHAM, Mass, March 15.-The
hunger strike Of Nicola Sacco, now
in it's twenty-ninth day, has SO
far sapped his strength that he
will have to be helped II he at
tends the hearing here tomorrow
on a motion for a new trial for
himself and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
They were convicted OF killing a
paymaster and his guard three
years ago.
Sacco may decide not to attend
the hearing. DR.. A. NJ. Worthing-
ton, the jail physician said today.
his attitude in recent days having
been one of expectance of death
from his fast, to which he has de-
clared himself reconciled. Sacco
spends his days on his cell cot,
but when visited by his wife walks
to the guardroom door. He shows
no signs OF tottering in his walk,
according to DR.. Worthington. but
his condition is so weak that he
could not go up even short flight
of steps without assistance.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
z KILLED AS AUTO
!! CRASHES IN BRIDGE
Baltimore Man and Woman
Dead-Accident Happens
/ Near MiddIetOWn.
DRIVER FACES CHARGES
Declares He Did Not Notice That
Road Entered Bridge at .
an Angle.
DRIVER FACES CHARGES

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, March 10
Ernest Hammersla. the driver OF
the automobile which crashed
through a bridge near MiddletOwn
last night and killed two, was
exonerated at nm inquest today.
The verdict was that the accident
was unavoidable.
He and Miss Anna Peach, who
were injured. have sufficiently re-
covered to return to their homes,
in Baltimore.
Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. March Ia
man and woman were killed and two
others seriously injured last night wher
the machine in which they We're riding
struck bridge over Middle creek, one
mile from Middletown, crashed into g
stone wall and was smashed in two.
The Two Dead.
The dead are:
Miss Bessie Peach, twenty-eight, oi
Baltimore, daughter of William j
Peach, register of wills of Baltimore
county.
Bert Cells. thirty, of Baltimore.
Inc injured are MISS Anna fedcn
twenty-one, sister of the dead girl. ano
Ernest Hammersla. twenty-five, son OF
former Detective Harry Hammersla oI
Baltimore.
Hammersla. who was driving the
automobile, has been charged will
speeding, reckless driving and op
rrating an automibile without {
drivers license. He is held pending
hearing this afternoon.
Driver Describes Accident.
Hammersla, in describing the ac'
cident. said that he saw the bridge
which is covered. and thought it was
in alignment with the road. But JUS
before he entered the tunnel he dis
covered that the bridge ran at ar
angle with the road. He declares
that he damned on the brakes, but
that they refused to function prop
erly and the machine crashed into
the inside wall, careened through the
passage and struck six-inch wal
at the other end of the bridge, drove
half way through the masonry anG
broke in two.
Passage along rhe roadway was de-
layed for some hours until the
Wreckage was cleared.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to
the health department in the last twenty -four
hours:
Joseph T. and Alice Carroll, girl.
Whitney B. and Ruby Read. boy
William Fl. and Zeta A. Degger. boy.
Karl s. and Nora q; Cussler. girl.
Milton H., and Phoebe Thawley. girl.
Daniel o. and Elizabeth G.. Lyebrand, girl
Mills and Jane r. kitchin. girl.
Edward Il. and Laura Dunford, girl.
Wilbur and Regina Mason, girl.
Elmer and Frances Alexander. girl
Edward and Bertha Fisher girl.
Robert 4. and Irene Dyson, girl
Evening star., 1923-03-15
HERMIT DEAD ON FARM;
$4,000 HIDDEN IN BED
64-Year-Old Recluse Found by
Observation-Disclosures Dis
covers Money. -

By the Associated Press.
TOLEDO. Ohio. March Il. - Carl
Jenson, sixty-four. who lived as
hermit on his eighty-acre farm near
Clay Center, ten miles east Of here.
was found dead in his bed, in which
he had concealed $4,000 in cur
rency.
Near the bed were several clubs
which Jenson had fitted up with spikes
and loaded with lead, and a gun was
at hand, apparently for use in case
of attempted robbery.
Neighbors found the man with his
boots on and fully clothed, lying in
bed. George Burman, Genoa under
taker, called to care for the body.
found AN old grain sack in the bed
which had the $4,000 in $50. $50 ANA
500 bills.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
LIEUT.. GILMARTIN DIES
OF PNEUMONIA ATTACK
Retired Naval officer Laid to Rest
in Arlington National
Cemetery.

Lieut.. Michael W. Gilmartin, U. s..
NJ, retired, died Tuesday at the Naval
Hospital in this city following an i'll
ness of pneumonia, aged ffty-six
years. The funeral. with solemn re
QUEEN mass, was held from st. Paul s.
Church, 18th and v streets northwest,
at O'Clock this morning. Interment
was in Arlington national cemetery
with naval honors. The pallbearers
were officers of the Navy.
Lieut.. Gilmartin was a native OF
New York city. where he was born
September 18, 1857. He entered the
Navy in 1900 and in 1918 was made a
lieutenant He saw over seven years
sea duty and twelve years shore
duty. He was widower and Is sur
vived by two sons, one of them an
officer of the Army, and one daughter.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
FREED OF LARCENY.

Justice Bailey in Criminal Division
2 yesterday directed the acquitta1 of
Ralph D. Reeves, lawyer and real
estate operator. who was charged
with larceny after trust. The in
dictment alleged that Reeves received
$500 from Hillfard Berry to be ap-
piled on the purchase of property
and that he converted the money to
his own use. Two weeks ago Justice
Stafford took similar action in a
similar indictment against Reeves.
The accused was represented by At
torney Foster Wood.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
FILES SUIT FOR $4,000
= UPON BIRTH OF CHILD
Charles F. Miller, Bethesda Coal
n Merchant, Defendant in Action
=. Brought by Girl.
spsctal pdspa tch to 1ne Star.

Apecia1 Dispatch to The Star.
3 ROCKVILLE, Md, March 15.-Fol-
flowing the birth Of child-a daugh-
ster-at sanitarium near Rockville
yesterday morning. Miss jeanette
Frances Decker, daughter Of Elmer
q. Decker of Washington, filed suit
in circuit court here yesterday aft
.Sernoon for $4,000 damages against
Charles F. Miller, Bethesda coal mer-
chant
I, The suit was filed for Miss Decker.
who was eighteen years of age March
a, by her father, through Counsel
John A. Garrett. 1t was the second
.esuit against Mr.. Miller in the same
connection, Miss Decker's father hav-
ing sued for 100000 last week.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
JAMES McCONVILLE DIES.
Was Resident Of District for Twen-
ty Years.

James McConville. for the past
twenty years a resident of this city,
died Tuesday at his apartments in
the Rochambeau, aged seventy-hve
years. The funeral will be held from
ST. Patrick's Church tomorrow morn
ing, with requiem mass at o'clock.
The interment will be in Mount Olivet
cemetery.
Mr.. McConville was native of Ire
land, where he was born in 1S4S,
coming to this country with his par
ents when one year old. and settling
at Steubenville, Ohio. Twenty years
ago he came to Washington.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
MRS. E. L. EVANS SUES.
Seeks to Set Aside Transfer O.
Real Estate to Husband.

Mrs. Edna Boyd Evans today filed
suit in the District Supreme Court
to set aside conveyances of real es-
tate made last August to her hus-
band, Elmer l.. Evans.
The plaintiff says she was persuaded
by her husband to transfer to him her
joint interest in their home, 4607
18th street northwest, on his alleged
representation that the bank where
he was arranging a loan required tho
title to be in his name alone. Attor-
neys Archer. Chamberlin & Smith
and Godfrey l. Munter appear for
the wife.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
FURNACE CAUSES BLAZE.

An overlleated furnace caused a
slight fire in the basement at the
home Of Mrs. John Orville Evans,
day afternoon. One engine and
truck company responded to a. tele-
phone call. The damage was slight.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
FOREST TOUR PLANNED.

The Senate reforestation committee
will begin it's tour of investigation
Sunday. when it will leave Washing
ton for Jacksonville. Fla. Senators
CouZens, Michigan. Fletcher, Florida.
and Harrison. Mississippi are ex-
pected to accompany Chairman Nc
Nary, Oregon, on the trip
Evening star., 1923-03-15

Forests of cork trees are to be
found in many parts of southern Eu-
rope and also in Asia and AfEca, but
it 10 in Spain that the bese quality
ef commercial cork is obtained.
Evening star., 1923-03-15

Mrs. Mary McAuliffe. who look :
after the boilers in Pittsburgh Pa
public school, is the only licensed
woman engineer in that city.
Evening star., 1923-03-15

Gen. Sir Robert Baden-PoweI. ia
nous as the founder of the Boy Scout
movement. usually rises every morn
ing before 5 o'clock
Evening star., 1923-03-15

Plain knit and brushed cas-
sirnere hose; plain and
fancy styles. Durable, we'll
fitting.
Evening star., 1923-04-22

ond in the same way as he changes
from second to high is sure to get
into trouble, and the best tlNng he
can do under tire circumstances Is to
stop the car, change into low and
climb up In this gear. 1t Is best to
make sure that all brakes work we'll,
because they will be needed to hold
the car on a hill. Do the practicing
for this change on hills that are not
daDRerOus
Evening star., 1923-04-22

going up a steep hill in high gear:
half way up the engine slows down
and 1t Is necessary to change to Sec
ond. To make this change the mo-
mentum of the car must not be al
lowed to lessen, but the engine must
run faster than IL did in high. There
fore we must push out the clutch, ac-
celerate the engine a little and 1T Is
easy to slide into second. The driver
who tries to change from high to sec
Evening star., 1923-04-22
WILL STRESS SAFETY.

Leaders Of the automotive indus
try are taking official action to dis
courage reckless driving and to pro-
mote the careful l-crosslng campaign"
launched by the American Railway
Association.
At Thursdays meeting of the board
Of directors Of the Motor and Access
sorry Manufacturers Association the
Evening star., 1923-04-22

following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
THE association places itself on
record as approving the efforts of tie
American Railway Association to en-
courage travellers upon the highway
particularly these using autOmobiles
Evening star., 1923-04-22

to exercise a high degree of care az
railroad ighway intersections, and
this association urges upon its mem
bership whole-hearted personal Co
operation in discouraging reckless
ingS"
The Dolores star., 1923-06-08
''War Is HIP; Men See Red Everywhere

the eye is not able to detect the indi-
vidual colors.
If. however, the light reflected to
the eye from some of the colored rarti-
cles can be eliminated the khaki ap-
pears to have changed in color. This
effect can be produced by ray filters,
pieces Of colored glass which absorb
certain colors and transmit others
Thus IL a khaki color produced by a
blend Of red, orange and green is
viewed through methyl violet ray fl
ter it will appear red.
From this it is evident that in the
selection Of protective color for army
uniforms 1t Is just as important to
consider the color of each of the vari-
Gus dyes used as It Is to consider the
protective value of the resulting blend,
since a small percentage of a brilliant
dye In the blend may render an other
wise protective color readily visible
when viewed through a suitable ray
Alter.
The Germans have been working on
this problem also and have reached
what appears to be at least n partial
solution in the use of cloth woven
with different colored threads. The
blend thus produced apparently is not
readily broken down by the use of ray
filters.
The Dolores star., 1923-06-08
SUBSTANTIAL GARAGE
IS FARM NECESSITY
Structure Should Be Simple in
Design and Built of Good
Fireproof Materials.

The amount of money invested In
the average farm automobile or truck
justities substantial garage that will
furnish adequate protection against
weather. theft and fire. A garage
should be built of substantial freproof
materials of which concrete block Is
probably the most convenient for use
in rural regions.
Such a garage is shown In the ac-
companying photograph. 1t is u feet
wide and is feet long, large enough
for almost any car or truck.
The garage, since it is a small struc-
ture, should be simple In design. The
walls are built up of block on a COM
paratively shallow foundation. also Of
block. A concrete floor is a decided
advantage; 1t should be made so as
to slope toward the center where n
trapped drain is installed.
If the blocks are made with an at
tractive surface finish they can be left
The Dolores star., 1923-06-08
NFOR NATION DEPARTMENT
Commercial inquiries answered and
tnfOrmation gladly furnished without
cost. Address any firm above.
POPULARITY OF CONSOLIDATED
SCHOOL is INCREASING

Denver.-The number of public
schools in Colorado is decreasing,
while the number of pupils enrolled,
the average daily attendance and the
number of teachers employed are all in
creasing. Surveys conducted by the
State Immigration Department show
only 2.SS4 public schools of all classes
In the state ut the beginning of 1923,
compared with 2.97G last year, while
ehe number of teachers employed this
year Is S,T45, compared with S.192 last
year. The records of the state super
lntendent of schools show that the av-
erage daily attendance in the public
schools for the school years ending
June 30, 1922, was 70,426, compared
with 1GI ,G33 for the preceding years,
while the number of pupils enrolled in
1922 was 243,O04, compared with 232,-
757 the preceding year.
The decrease in the number Of
schools is due to the growing popular
tty OF the consolidated school, which
takes the place of two or more small
er schools, and provides better school
building and school facilities in gen.
eral Than were previously provided in
the smaller schools. County superin-
tendents reported 12O consolidated
schools in the state this year, COM
pared with &c last year.
The Dolores star., 1923-06-08
AUTOMOBILE
ReMTINrSMCA

Never leave your car with the shift
lever in gear, and always look ut this
lever before starting the engine.
Leakage at the needle point will in
variably cause gasoline to drop from
the car when 1t Is standing Still.
Do not rush over rough places to
gnin momentum when driving car
up a hill. More will be accomplished
by taking 1t easier.
A motorist should inspect the tail
light of his car frequently. This light
marks the position Of his car for the
driver coming in the rear.
At the end of every $500 miles
service tire should be debated, dis
mounted, soapstone and grit removed
and the inside of the casing washed
with gasoline.
Always watch the lights when the
starting motor is used. If they dim
noticeably, the battery is low. or the
starter may be dirty and draw an ex-
cessive amount Of current.
The Dolores star., 1923-06-08
Sioux Sue Uncle Sam for $50 Millions

spent improperly by the government.
They demand S156,OO0,OOO and inter
est for the Black Hills and surround
ing territory, charging that the United
States aware Of that areas wealth In
gold, connived In its seizure by armed
force in 1874 and 1878.
The suit will specify price of 500
an acre for the gold-bearing land. on
which one mine has produced hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of the min
eral. The price of $50 an acre will be
asked for the timbered area now in
cluded in the Black Hills forest re-
serve
An accounting by the United States
under all tie treaties with the Sioux
and the acts of congress affecting their
property will also be demanded, 1t be
ing charged that the government has
defaulted in Its written promises and
failed to perform Its solemn obliga-
tons
About twenty-five thousand individ-
ual claimants are interested in the
suit, according to counsel for the In
dians, and it is intended through the
action "to settle all the long-standing
disputes between the Sioux and the
United States" The attorneys esti-
mated 1t would take from five to ten
years to try the case in the Court Of
Claims and in the Supreme court
The Dolores star., 1923-06-08
MOVE CAR BY WHEEL SPOKES
Many Owners Make Mistake by Grab
bing Door Handle or Windshield
in Pushing Machine

How do you push your car when
you want to move 1t around the ga
rage? Do you grab a door handle, or
the windshield, or the steering wheel
Or do you use little judgment?
There Is one way to pick up cat
correctly as against a half-dozen ways
of killing it. It's the same with car.
Some car owners grab the tenders and
manage to mark them up In excellent
shape. Some Of them tackle 1t all from
the tire carrier and manage to make 1t
looser than ever. Others strain the
doors. Those who push find It's rather
hard work, while those who pull on
the bumper find new ways Of getting
back strain.
The right way, and the easiest way,
is to grasp the spokes of the wheels.
When you put the cat out tonight note
the way you take it by the nape Of
the neck. No other way would do.
Then ask yourself why you don't ex-
ercise the same sort of care with your
car.
The Dolores star., 1923-06-08

expenditures for 1922, Director Lord
said, Indicated a reduction In 1923 of
more than S2OO,OOOOOO.
Customs receipts and internal reve-
nue. receipts since January / hare been
considerably above the estimates
which had been made by the Treasury
department Customs payments have
established new records and the in
come and profits taxes for the first
quarter were more than 100000
over the estimates.
In view of this the administration Is
preparing to recommend moderate tax
reductions to the next congress, 1t was
stated.
The recommendation will include re-
vision of the income tax rates In the
middle brackets on incomes above
5000 year and below $4,000. The
normal rate. affecting incomes below
5000, probably will not be reduced.
Some means will be sought Of shaw
Ing the taxes now imposed on business.
Just how this will be worked out has
not been decided, as administration
leaders say it will have to be handled
carefully because of the drive that will
be made for re-enactment of the ex-
cess profits tax.
The Dolores star., 1923-06-08

may have to be changed as a
result of experiments now be-
Ing conducted by the chemical
warfare service of the army.
When the British eliminated the red
coat and adopted the khaki color for
their fighting uniform 1t was assumed
that their troops were thus rendered
less visible to the enemy. This Is still
true, If the khaki Is viewed with the
naked eye, but recent studies of color
have resulted In binoculars which rem
der some khaki just as visible as the
discarded red coat. In fact, some khaki
and even olive drab, experiments have
shown, appear bright red when seen
through field glasses fitted with suit
able ray filters.
The reason for this Is clear when one
realizes the manner In which khaki
color Is produced and also the effects
which may be obtained by looking at
colored objects through suitably col
ored pieces Of glass.
The dye used to produce the khaki
color is blend of number of dyes,
such as red, orange and green, In
which each color is present in the
fabric as an individual. The particles
Of the various colors are, however, so
minute and so intimately mixed that