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Evening star., 1924-08-09
PILOT THOUGHT DEAD
WHEN FALL STARTED
Plane Accident Believed Due to
Body Falling Against Con-
troll Stick.
By Consolidated Press.

By Consolidated Press.
AKRON, Ohio, August 9.-Investi-
cation into the death of Harold j.
Kullberg, World War ace, who was
killed in an airplane crash at Stow
Aviation Field, near Akron. this
week, seems to point out a danger
in aviation which has not been
stressed heretofore-the danger of
the collapse of the pilot rather than
of his plane. Kullberg fell 1000 feet
to his death while instructing a fly
land, an executive of the Garland
Paint Company, who also was killed.
The first explanation of the accident
was that the control stick broke in
Kullberg's hands just as he was
about to transfer control of the plane
to his student, seated behind. This
would have let the plane swerve
in which position it landed. But the
latest theory is that Kullberg col
lapsed or died at the controls and
that his body fell against and
smashed the control stick.
The machine was SO constructed
that either of two persons could con-
troll it. There were two control
sticks. one in front with the pilot and
the other behind. These sticks were
of the strongest ash wood, and had
been carefully tested an hour before
the ascent was made. This fact
aroused suspicion in the mind of
officials here of the Commercial Air
craft Association, and a special in
vestigation was started. The result
of this was the announcement that
Kullberg was probably dead before
the plane became unmanageable and
that the accident was the direct re-
suit of his body's falling against the
control stick.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
FLORIDA BANNED LIQUOR
ON NON-EXISTENT LINES
Act of 1855 Prohibited Railroad
Men From Drinking Before
Any Rails Were Laid.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, August g.
The far-sightedness Of Florida's leg
islators of the nineteenth century is
disclosed in an old law unearthed in
the archives of the State capitol here.
1t is an act which became effective
in January. 1855, and provided heavy
penalties for employees of railroads
found guilty of being intoxicated
while in the performance of their
duty.
At the time of its enactment there
were no railroads in Florida The act,
however, imposed upon the General
Assembly the duty of ascertaining the
proper objects of improvements in re-
Iation to railroads, canals, and navi-
gable streams; and indicates the pre-
sentiment the lawmakers must have
had that liquor and locomotive COM
bined would not make for public safety.
Evening star., 1924-08-09

scores of dogs, everyone earnestly
trying to better his condition. One
found a moral in their conduct.
None Of them are street dogs"
said an attendant.
The street dogs are disposed of
painlessly and at once. The waits
in the Bide-a-Wees cages have had
homes, but their subscriptions have
expired. The homes have gone out
of print. No room in the new apart
ment, perhaps. maybe a hasty snap
at the baby, perhaps complaint from
a neighbor. So the dogs have been
subtracted from lives OF luxury and
put in what amounts to a peniten-
tiary.
And every one is trying to sell him.
self to d new owner. Not one is
whining. Not one is down on his
luck. Somehow the knowledge has
penetrated their doggish brains that
now and then an affable and accom-
modating and gentle spoken dog is
taken out of the cage to a new home,
where dog love and gratitude is
appreciated. And. somehow. they
know that isn't done by Whimpering
Huston. who put the Yankees on the
map, is in the market for another
ball club. But l doubt it. The col
onel had his fun in building up the
Yankees. He took that club when
it had chance and that was about
dill ana fHdue IL the league leaoeF.
Constructive work Is bully" said
he to me. But the routine work Of
administration is no fun at ALL"
He thinks new ideas are needed in
the game. No team, he says, ever
profited by farming a man to the
minors. The team is lucky if the
farmed one comes back as good as
he was before.
They must find some new way of
handling the surplus stock" said he.
One catches a glimpse of the OFF,
side profits of ball in New York. The
advertisements on the inside fence
of a New York park net $4,000 a
year. The programs net an equal
sum. Best OF all the sale of pop is
worth $S5,090 on the right side.
Properly managed, New York
ball team should get its rent free"
says he.
Copyright 1ao4)
Evening star., 1924-08-09
MANHATTAN DAYS AND NIGHTS
BY HERBERT COREY.

NEW YORk.-Perfect weather out
sea just now. Warm sun. satin wave
let's, breezes that confine themselves
to gently tanning the fevered brow.
But they ought to get some new
records" said a bored member of the
rum patrol.
The rum-runners beyond the L.
mile limit lead lives so irreproachable
as to be deadening. Nothing to do
except rock upon the gentle waters.
save when a smuggling boat snuggles
rum-runners are selected from the
dry element, for a drunken rum
runner properly fed up with monotony
becomes a sea peril. They soon ex-
haust the resources OF literature,
pinochle, personal reminiscence and
home made song and are ripe for
trouble. K
Therefore the master rum-runsers
send out boats with dancing girls,
phonograph records, the latest mag
azines and occasional moving pic
lures. Just inside the 12-mile limit
rock the boats of the rum patrol. The
only entertainment that reaches them
is the phonograph music. Hence the
complaint.
Harry Connor exhibited with pride
$40 malacca cane. One learned
from Mr.. Connor that it is almost
impossible to get a good malacca
for less. This came as shock to
one who has always held that 81 is
the extreme limit of cost for a stick
not banded with gold and set with
precious stones.
The place to get canes" said the
possesSor of this bamboo gem, learn
edly, lis from the manager of a good
hotel"
Patrons often forget their canes
and after a decent interval they are
disposed of. Not long ago the Wal
dorf gave away 400 of various sorts.
Hotels usually get rid of the ac-
emulation about once a year.
Visited the Bide-a-Wee home
the other day. Many homeless cats,
sunk in deep thought. A couple Of
Evening star., 1924-08-09
F. D. ROOSEVELT is OUT.
Will Not Run for Governor "This
Year"

NEW YORK, August s.-Franklin
D. Roosevelt, former Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy, announced today
that he would not be a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor "this year" to succeed Alfred
E. Smith. Mr.. Roosevelt's statement
was in answer to published reports
that he had been selected to make
the race by prominent State and ma
tional political leaders.
According to the announcement to
Democratic headquarters here, Mr..
Roosevelt awaits discarding of his
crutches before re-entering politics.
He was stricken 3 years ago with in
fantile paralysis, but physicians have
stated that another year will see him
EstpZnsA ta aexnA hsaltA
Evening star., 1924-08-09
0BERAMMERGAU SPLIT
OVER PLAYERS u. S. TRIP
Anti-Lang Forces Say Venture Was
Commercialization of Pas
sion Production.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
OBERAMMERGAU, Bavaria. August
s.-Oberammergau is not the peaceful
village that it was oerore Anton Lang
and his wood carving companions
went to America early this year.
Local opponents of the trip to the
United States have gained reinforce
ments since the return Of the Lang
party some weeks ago and tho town
has divided into bitter Lang and anti
Lang groups.
The anti-LAng forces assert that
the American visit of the Oberam-
mergau players was an attempt to
commercialiZe the Passion Play, that
the trip was a financial failure and
they have threatened to sabotage the
next production of the performances
scheduled for 1882.
Anton Lang himself has held aloof
from his critics thus far and refuses
to, answer them, contending that the
charges are unfounded, and AYERS that
the Passion Play will not suffer from
criticism or jealousies of individuals.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
ROBERT P. SKINNER
SENT TO PARIS OFFICE
United States Consul General
Long in London, Transferred
to French Post.

Robert P. Skinner. American con-
sui general at London for more than
10 years, today was ordered transfer
red to Paris to succeed Alexander M.
Thackara, who retired as consul gen.
eraI there on July 1 because of age.
Consul General Horace L. Wash
ington, now stationed at Liverpool,
will succeed Mr.. Skinner in London.
Mr.. Skinner, who comes from Ohio,
entered the consular service in 1897.
He was consul general in Berlin in
1914, when he was transferred to Lon
don, at which post he served during
the trying days of the World War
and reconstruction period.
Mr.. Washington has been in the
consular service since 1894, serving
at various times in almost every port
of the world.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
OUTLOOK
HEARTENS MEXICO
Makes Quick Recovery After
ReVOIuti0n-0iI Out
put Heavy.
BY HARRY NICHOLS.

Correspondence of The Star and Chicago Daily
News Foreign Service
MEXICO CITY, August 9.-MeXican
officialdom is frankly optimistic re-
garding it's allimportant asset, the
petroleum situation, and, indeed, re-
garding the general commercial situ-
alton of the republic. Considering the
recent financial crisis, which had it's
climax in the suspension of payment
by the government Of the interest due
July / under the LamontD la Huerta
agreement. optimism might reason
ably have been regarded as unjusti-
fed; but optimism is characteristic of
Mexico and is made possible by the
extraordinary recuperative power of
the republic. Revolution after revo-
luton has dealt staggering blows to
the country, but with a vitality sell
Mexico has invariably got down to or
dinary business again after q very
short period of convaleScence.
In a recent interview the under
secretary of the government depart
ment of industry, labor and commerce
stated that petroleum production was
running at about 100000 barrels
month, or a slight increase over the
output last November, or prior to the
De la Huerta revolution. He claimed
years output would be at least $780,
900, 900 barrels and would insure Mex
ico'S retention of her record as second
oil producer in the world.
Building Up Stocks.
Another proof of Mexico's recupera-
tive power is found in the fact that
the stocks of Mexican merchants, de-
pleted during the revolution, are be-
ing replenished fast. Official figures
show that during May Mexico bought
from the United States $11,S75,00O
worth of goods and exported to the
United States s15,050.000 worth Of its
products, including oil. but excluding
gold and silver. For the eleven
months ended with May. Mexico's Gus
tom to the United States averaged
nearly $10,250,000. During the revo-
to March last, Mexico's monthly pur-
chases from north of the Rio Grande
dropped as low as $8,000,000. In less
than three months she has recovered
to normal.
A conservative estimate of Ameri-
can capital invested in Mexico is
$500. .000,O Most of il is in oil, but
doubtless most people will be sur
prised to learn that there are $l9,-
500, 900 of American money invested
in American factories in Mexico.
With the money available In the
Mexican treasury, through the nom
application of it to the interest on the
foreign debt, the government has been
able considerably to reduce its in
debtedness to federal employees. The
result is that there is more money in
circulation, and although this relief
NAV be temporary, it has helped the
situation materially.
Provided the recent elections have
not conceived any further uprisings,
Mexico may well be said to be mead
ing again for that prosperity when
her natural resources warrant.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
GIRLS DEATH EXPLAINED.
Septic Poison Cause-Physician
Denies Performing Operation

NEW YORK. August s.-Septic
poisoning, which set in after an op-
GRAFTON, caused the death of Miss
in the office Of DR.. Hanley Cannon
Thursday night, DR.. Thomas A. Con-
zales, assistant medical examiner,
said after performing an autopsy yes
terday.
DR.. Cannon. arrested on",a a charge
of suspicion of homicide, was released
in $4,000 bail.
The body OF, the girl was embalmed
within an hour and a half after she
died, police said, and DR.. Gonzales
said this had hindered him in COM
pleting his autopsy.
Mrs. Olive NJ Gurney, graduate
nurse, who said she attended Miss
Maloney up to the time of her death,
denied that DR.. Cannon had per
girls death. DE-. Cannon also issued
. denial.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
THE FARTHEST NORTH
RADIO STATION PLANNED
Erection on Herschel Island by
Canadian Government Al
ready Is Under Way,

By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, August 9.-Election of the
farthest north wireless station in the
world, to be on Herschel Island, has
been got under way this summer by
the Canadian government
The island, which is only 20 miles
long and miles wide, stands 500
feet high in the Arctic Ocean, at the
mouth of the Mackenzie River, five
miles east of the international boun-
dary line.
Messages from Herschel Island are
to be received in Dawson, Y. T., or
Mayo, $50 miles east of Dawson,
whence they are to be transmitted to
Fort Smith or Fort Simpson, which
are in the southern part of the north
west territories. Thence the messages
is connected by chains of Canadian
government wireless stations with
Vancouver, B. c., and Halifax.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
CALIFORNIA GOLD
STILL ABUNDANT
PIacers Not Exhausted De-
spite 81 900, 900, 900 Yield
Since Discovery.
By the Associated Press.


San FRANCISCO, August s.-De-
spite the fact thai gold placers In
California have produced more than
$1,000 100000 since their discovery in
1848, they are not exhausted, accord
ing to a statement issued by the
State Mining Bureau.
The bureau has completed an inves-
tigation of mining conditions cover
ing two years, and finds that the
principal placer area Of the state lies
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains be-
tween Susanville on the north and
Marfposa on the south. This area is
tributary to the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers, which are classed as
navigable streams. There also is a
big yardage OF available gravel re-
naming on the tributaries OF the
klamath River. The district within
the Sierras, however. is deemed the
most important from an economic
viewpoint.
Distribution OF Gravel.
the Investigation, there is a total of
something like seven billion yards of
gravel distributed among the differ
ent drainage areas. Not all of this
Is practicable for working, but the
bureau considers 1t safe to assume 60
per cent is feasible for mining. 1t
should yield an average of about Is
cents a yard. says the report, and
under hydraulic mining approximately
$500, 100000 could be recovered from
these drainage systems alone.
The report says: "A perfectly fea-
ground, under the provisions of the
Caminetti act, Is now suggested, and
is to some extent being carried out by
private corporations. Should the
work be amplified to cover the whole
drainage system. it should properly
be under the control of the National
and State governments in conjunc-
ton"
Evening star., 1924-08-09
MARLBORO COURTHOUSE
ADDITIONS APPROVED
County Commissioners Provide for
$4,000 Work to Be Com
pleted by Spring.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd. August 9.
Plans for adding two wings to the
county courthouse here have been
approved by the Prince Georges
County commissioners. The additions
would be 40 by As feet each, at the
rear of the building; two stories. of
brick, and practically freproof. They
would be ready for occupancy early
next spring.
The work will cost about $50. 900.
the necessary bonds having already
been sold. c. M LightboWn, archi-
tect, has the rough sketches, and is
now preparing detailed plans and
specifications, and will shortly ask for
bids. Increased business at the court
house, especially in the Office OF the
clerk of the circuit court, has made
additional space necessary. Most of
the additional space will be used for
housing County records.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Mysteriously Hurt,
Dairyn,M, Reaches
Home, Memory Blank
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. .e
WINCHESTER, Va, August s.
With his head and face covered
with cuts and bruises, Lawrence
F. Dorsey. dairyman, lies at his
home unable to tell how he was
hurt.
Mrs. Dorsey said that late yes
terday her husband came from the
direction of the barn, washed his
face and hands and said he had
been hurt, but when asked to ex-
plain he seemed to lose his mem
ory, and could give no explana-
tion. His family and physicians
were inclined to the belief that
he had been attacked by bull
while leading a calf from the barn
yard. This, coupled with the fact
that the weather was intensely
hot, caused lapse Of memory,
they believe.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Crash Brings $4,000 Suit.

The American Railway Express
Company has been sued in the Dis
trict Supreme Court for $50.000 dam
ages by Jacob P. Bair and his wife,
Mary A. Bair. A truck of the COM
pany collided with an automobile in
which the plaintiffs were riding at
Second and X streets northeast, No
vember last, and severely injured
Mrs Bair, it is stated. Attorneys
Darr, Whiteford &. Darr represent
the plaintiffs.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
DANCER is OVERRULED.
Judge Holds Actress Must Meet
Whitney's Charges.

SAN FRANCISCO. August e.-Fed-
eral Judge John A. Partridge over
ruled a demurrer entered by Evan
Burrowes Fontaine, dancer, to the
answer of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whit
ney of New York and San Francisco,
in her s1,000.000 breach of promise
action against him.
By his ruling Judge Partridge
makes it necessary for the dancer
to meet the allegation that she has
entered into a conspiracy to extort
money upon q threat of suit for
breach OF promise, as we'll as the
charge that she secured a fraudulent
of previous marriage in
order to- bring the action. Hearing
was set for August 90.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Sues q. S. Shipping Board.

The United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation Is
named defendant in a suit to recover
$7,S25 filed in the District Supreme
Court by Capt. L. c. Farwell, United
States Coast Guard Service. The off,
Ger claims the amount is due him
for expenses from March IL. 1920. to
December 81, 1891, while he was act
ing for the Shipping Board at Buenos
Aires, South America He is repre-
sented by Attorneys Clephane, Lati-
mer & Hall and King & King
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Noted Stage Star Buried.

services were held yesterday for
Giorgio Majeroni. actor, who died at
Saranac Lake, N. Y, last Tuesday.
He was 49 years old, native of
Melbourne, Australia.
Appearing on the stage in this
country since 1905, Mr.. Majeroni was
seen in Laugh, Clown, Laugh" The
Kreutzer Sonata 1.-The Pink Lady"
'aThe Motor Gial," "Top of the World"
Diplomacy" The Claw" and One
NiEht in Roma"
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Ex.REPRESENTATlVE DIES
Gen. W. J. Hulings, ~, Succumbs
in PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL CITY, Pa, August s:-Gen.
Willis ]. Hulings, "A, former Repre-
sentative from the twenty-eighth
Pennsylvania district and from
1907 to 1913 commander of the I'd
Brigade of the Pennsylvania National
Guard, died at his home last night.
Gen. Hulings achieved distinction
during the Spanish American War as
commander of the 18th Pennsylvania
volunteer Infantry and was made a
brigadier general by President NC
Kinley for "meritorious conduct in
action"
He served in the Sixty-fifth Con-
gress as d Roosevelt Progressive and
was reelected as a Republican to the
Sixty-eighth Congress. He also
served in both branches OF the Penn
sylvania legislature. Besides his
widow. II children, among whom is
Garnett Hulings, naval attache to
the United States embassy at Toxic,
survive.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
WOMEN FEARED DROWNED
Overturned Canoe Found Floating
Near Gloucester.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, August a.
Mrs. Thomas Gait of ST. Louis and
Miss Julia Hitchcock of Springfield.
Mass, are believed to have been
drowned off Annisquam. The canoe
in which they went out on the Annis-
guam River Thursday afternoon was
found floating bottom up near Plum
Cove Beach yesterday.
Coast guardsmen and Summer resi-
dents in motor boats spent all Thurs
day night and a good part of yester-
day searching for the occupants, but
without success An airplane assisted
in the search
Evening star., 1924-08-09
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
MAKES MINUTE FILMS
Celluloid So Thin 25O,OOO Makes
Only one-Inch Thick

The Bureau of Standards has made
celluloid films so thin that 254, 900
could be packed into a space an inch
thick. They were made by dissolving
the cenuloid in amyl acetate and
dropping the solution on a clean water
surface, allowing the acetate to evap-
crate.
They are to be used in connection
with some X-ray studies the bureau
is undertaking.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Mrs. Margaretta Harlan Dead.

Word was received here yesterday
of the death of Mrs. Margaretta Har-
Ian, widow Of George Boyd Harlan
Of Spring Hill, Berkeley Coun-
ty, w. Va, August z, in her s7th year.
She is survived by a sister, one son
and six daughters, one Of them being
Mrs. Charles Porterfield Light of this
city. Mrs. Harlan was a member of
the Southern Presbyterian Church,
and is being buried today in the old
Falling Water Presbyterian Cemetery,
Berkeley County, where five genera
tions of her family are buried
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Spanish Ambassador Honored.

MADRID, August 9.-Don Juan
Riano Gayangos. Spanish Ambassa-
dor at Washington, has been given the
Grand Cross of the Royal and Illus
trious Charles T by King Alfonso,
in testimony Of the Ambassadors work
in the United States. A decree to this
effect was published today in the off,
cial gazette. The decoration is the
highest within the gift of the King,
except the Golden Fleece. which is re-
served exclusively for royalties.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Buy Mountain Peak.
racial Dispatch to The Star.

SpeciM DispatcH % Tue StAr
LURAY, Va, August s.-"Mary's
Rock" the third highest point on the
Blue Ridge in Virginia, located one
mile from the Lee Highway and seven
miles from Luray, has just been
bought at public sale by Allen Will
liams of Luray and Paul Taylor Of
Washington for $1,000. The peak in
cludes 250 rugged acres, and on clear
days, by the. aid Of deld glasses,
Washington Monument Washington,
D. c., is seen from the summit.
On an air line the distance between
the two is something like 80 miles.
Part of the peak Is In Page County
and part in Rappahannock County.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Wife Denies Infdelity.
spsea,l Disnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, August S.
Melissa L Lindsay yesterday nled IN
answer to the divorce proceedings of
her husband, William A. Lindsay, in
which Peter E. Shaw, boxing pro-
moter, is named correspondent. deny
ing charges Of infidelity and alleging
cruelty and abandonment.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Will Renter Polish Author.

BERNE, Switzerland, August a.
The body of Henryk Sienkiewicz. Pol
ish novelist, the author of "Quo
Vadis?" who died at Vevey. Switz-
erland in 1916, is to be exhumed in
November and conveyed to Poland,
where it would be reinterred in a
magnificent tomb.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Gagged LiO,, PrOues
Fine Patient for
Berlin Veterinary
Hy the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
HAMBURG, Germany. August o.
A veterinary recently lanced and
treated a big boil that had devel-
oped between the eyes of one of
the lions in the zoo here. The at
. tendants feared trouble, but the
lion submitted quietly to a 15-
inch incision. suffered the veteri-
nary to clean the wound and when
released calmly resumed its cage
life
On subsequent visits 1t met the
healer with every evidence of
pleasure, and without being roped
submitted to the application Of
disinfecting and healing ointments.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
FAVORS DEFENSE DAY,
Arkansas Governor Will Coop
crate in Test.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark, August "a
declaration that he would cooperate
with the Secretary OF War in making
the defense test on September II a
success was made yesterday by Gov
I. c. McRae, replying to . query from
the National Council for the Preyen-
tion of War III rumors that he in
tended to Cooperate with the war
Department were true"
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Abyssinian Prince Going Home.

RERNE. Switzerland, August g.
Ras Taffari. prince regent of Abys-
sinia. has departed for Paris on his
way home from his European trip.
While here he was received by M
Mussy, president of the Swiss Con-