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Evening star., 1924-12-12
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.


Percy Owen, the United States Gov
ernment's automobile expert. has just
returned to Washington from an in
spection of motor and traffic condi-
t1ons In Europe. Mr.. Owen is the
chief of the automotive division of
the Department of Commerce and one
or the pioneer automobile men of the
country. His findings in the Old
World are certain to have an impor-
tant bearing upon the deliberations
of the National Conference on Street
and Highway Safety, which will as
semble in Washington on December
10 at the call of Secretary Hoover.
Solve Parking Problem.
Several European countries" said
Mr.. Owen to, this writer, have much
to teach America in the way of auto
mobile regulation. The two great
centers, London and Paris, for In
stance. have effectually settled the
parking problem by having none.
They adhere to the simple principle
that streets and highways are for
traffic andsnot for storage. In London
there is no parking at all, except for
taxis at fixed spots In the center of
streets. Paris has just begun to ex-
pertinent with parking on a limited
scale In a few streets. On odd-num-
bered days of the month cars may
park for brief periods on the odd
numbered side of the street, and on
even-numbered days, on the even
numbered side. But in neither Paris,
nor London, nor in any Of the nine
European countries visited, does 1t
ever occur to the municipal author
tiles to let somebody occupy, free,
gratis and for nothing, 80 square feet
of street space, often for as long as
he pleases."
s Mr.. Owen was asked whether Eu-
ropean automobilists hold pedestrian
life as cheap as some American
Evening star., 1924-12-12
MELLON EXPLAINS
De FR1TSCH RAID
Says Dry Agent Was Dis
missed for Making False
Affidavit.

The Federal prohibition agent, Rob
ert J. Owens, who raided the residence
of Hugo Gilbert de Fritsch in New
York last August, has been discussed
from the service or deliberately max
ing a false affidavit to procure a
search warrant on a private resi-
dence," Secretary Mellon has informed
the House judiciary committee. Mr.
de Fritsch is relative by marriage
of Chief Justice Taft.
Replying to a resolution of inquiry
Mr.. Mellon said, numerous complaints
had been received prior to the raid
that Owens had treated persons he
arrested brutally, and had otherwise
misused his office
Owens, the Secretary related, ap-
peared before United States Commits
sioner Boyle to ask for a warrant to
search a building at 142 West Fifty
fourth street, New York, two floors
of which he claimed were used as an
all-night restaurant, telling the com
missioner he had positive knowledge
that liquor was being sold there.
Seized Pre-VoIstead LIQUOR.
Two days later, the report con-
tinued. Owens asked the commits
sioner to revise the warrant, declar-
ing the address should have been
14Z East F1fty-fourth street. Mr..
Mellon said the agent then broke in
the door of the De Fritsch residence
in the absence of the family and care
taker and found 20 cases of miscel-
laneous liquors in locked vault
which showed by their "old and
mouldy" appearance that they had
been placed there before prohibition
became effective.
The liquor was returned to- Mr. de
Fritsch after an investigation of the
raid, the Secretary related. Owens
was given an opportunity to explain
his conduct, the report stated, but
had not done so satisfactorily, havfNe
asserted that a stranger had giv,N
him a tip that bootleg liquor was 4
the residence, and contended that he
had himself seen a case taken from
truck and carried into the house.
The judiciary committee. indicated
in transmitting the. report to the
House that it would take no action
on the inquiry resolution, which was
introduced by Representative, La
Guardia, Republican, New York. No
effort was made by Mr.. La Guardia,
the committee said, to have, the
Treasury Department investigate the
affair, seeking instead to have the
House look into circumstances sur.
rounding the raid and Owens dis.
missal.
Evening star., 1924-12-12

parking in public highways is to per-
sist. In Europe 1t is recognized that
measures for. fuller protection of the
public, from the safety standpoint.
must be enforced by municipal and
police authorities in the form of more
rigid control and regulation in the
larger centers. I need hardly say
that the motoring public has its CO.
operative duty, too, in the shape of
consideration for the pedestrian pub
lie. European city rulers. also are
giving thought to the benefits OBJ
tainable for traffic from widening
streets and narrowing sidewalks
Studied Nine Countries.
Mr.. owen studied automobile con-
ditions in England, Ireland, France,
Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Ger
many, Denmark and Holland. With
the exception of London and Paris, he
discovered that not even the largest
capitals have anything approaching
the traffic problem that confronts the
average American city of 100000 pop
ulation. When Hoovers automotive
expert told an Englishman that tens
of thousands of American working
men park their own cars in front of
the mills and factories where they
are employed, the Englishman
thought he was hearing typical
Yankee romance. A European farmer
who has his own car is extremely
rare.
Mr.. Owen was president of the Lib
erty Motor Car Co. of Detroit before
entering the Department Of Com
merce. He was the first automobile
salesman on Broadway, 25 years ago.
About that time he was an interna-
tionally famed auto racer and piloted
an American car in one Of the early
James Gordon Bennett international
cup races In Ireland,
Copyright, 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-12-12

a new test created a sensation that
mas not been eQualed since Allan A.
Ryan filed suit for $1,000,000 dam
ages against the institution-a pro-
ceeding which never came to trial.
Miller and Oppenheimer were tried
before the governing committees of
the exchange Wednesday and found
guilty of violating regulations. The
committee decided to expel Miller and
to suspend Oppenhefmer for two
years.
The charges on which they were
found guilty related to alleged irreg-
ularities in transaction in oil stock
reputedly in the Southern States OIL
Corporation, nearly year ago. Miller
&. Co. is the second firm to incur the
displeasure Of the exchange as re-
suit of these dealings. The other was
Secor, Reynolds & Co., the exchange
member of which was expelled few
weeks ago.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
PAYMASTER SLAIN,
3 BANDITS JAILED
Second Man Wounded in
BungIed Effort to Take
Plant Pay Roll.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NIAGARA FALLS. December 12.-
Howard r. Huff, paymaster of the Ma.
tlonal Carbon Co, was shot and killed
ana James Weaver, an employe, was
wounded yesterday when three mer
bungIed a hold-up in the paymaster's
office. One of the bandits was captured
by plant employees, and the others were
taken by the police within half an hour
The men under arrest gave their
names as Matthew Wilson. jamestown
David Goodwin, Niagara Falls, and Will
liam (Jake) Carpenter of Niagara Falls
and Buffalo. Carpenter was taken at
the plant and roughly handled before
a policeman arrived. The other two were
found in garage and surrendered
without fight.
The men arrived at the plant in an
automobile at the time when the shift
men are accustomed to get their pay
envelopes in the paymasters office on
the second floor
Wilson and Carpenter left the car in
charge of Goodwin and went to a side
door, from which a stairway leads to
the paymasters office. Carpenter
brushed aside James Weaver a laborer,
who was waiting for his pay, and
showed a revolver through the wicket,
ordering Huff to hand over the pay en-
velopee. The other bandit in the mean
time had covered Weaver with a re-
volver.
Bullet Pierces Heart.
When Huff refused to hand over the
money and instead shouted Robbers" !"
Carpenter fired at him. The bullet en-
tered Huff's left side, piercing his heart.
Wilson then turned his weapon toward
Weaver, who had begun to yell for help.
He fired one shot, the bullet striking
Weaver in the leg
The cries and shots attracted others
in the office building and employees out
side coming for their pay William E.
Hannah, a clerk in the office on the
first floor, attempted to intercept Will
son, who led the race of the two rob-
bers toward their car. Wilson fired one
shot at Hannah, but it went wild Han
nam ran through the door leading to
the side stairs and encountered Car
penter at the landing.
Hannah grappled with Carpenter.
holding him until other employees came
to the rescue.
Carpenter gave the police inforna-
ton that led to the capture of Wilson
and Goodwin.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
u. S. EXPERT FINDS AUTO PROBLEM
SOLVED BY NATIONS OF EUROPE
Percy Queen Says FOrbidding of All Parking in Con
gested Areas Settles London Issue-La,U More
Deeply Respected.

motorists do. "Of course" he re-
piled, there are nothing like the
myriads of cars over there that we
have. Country driving and touring
are relatively unknown. Passenger
cars and trucks registered in the
United States on July /. 1924, totaled
15,523.S98. This is about three times
as many as there were in all the rest
of the world put together.
Respect for Law Deeper.
rOur potentialities for motor fatal
mensely greater. But 1 think there
is no doubt that in most European
countries there Is a far more deeply
ingrained respect for law, as applied
to motoring, than there is in the
United States. That is certainly SO in
Great Britain. Everybody who has
ever visited London knows the awe
and reverence in which the London
. 'bobbie' is held. There is not single
signal tower or stop-and-go device
visible at any of London's countless
traffic centers. All there is to be
seen is the majestic, omntpotent and
inviolably obeyed 'bobbie' with his
uplifted or outstretched right arm.
Nobody ever jaws him; and the
memory of man rurineth not so far
back that anybody can remember
when hobbies. traffic command was
unheeded."
The European automobile industry,
Mr.. Owen thinks, is making effective
strides In the direction of helping
the world to grapple with the ever
Increasing traffic problem by encour-
aging the development of smaller
cars. The tendency to get away
from the large car and the tendency
toward the small car with four-wheel
brakes and balloon tires represent
do to make safety In traffic. Smaller
cars, too, obviously will make for
relief of the parking situation. II
Evening star., 1924-12-12
NEW FAIRGROUNDS
HOPE OF FUTURE
Park Commission Expected
to Increase Safe Recrea-
tion Spaces for Children.

The playground department of the
District is looking hopefully to the
newly created National Capital Park
Commission for the additional ground
it needs to provide safe recreation for
the children of the city, to get them
off the crowded streets.
The budget for the playground de-
partment for the fiscal year 1926
makes no provision for the purchase
Of any additional sites, presumably
because of the understanding that
from now on playground develop
ment, as well as park extension, will
come through the action of the Park
Commission.
The Budget Bureau recommended
an initial appropriation of 100000
for the purchase of land by the Park
Commission. The Park Commission
IS not disclosing what lands it intends
TO acquire with it's first appropriation,
and, for that reason, it cannot be pre-
dicted at this time now much of the
S600.000 will be used for playground
extension.
COmmission's Probable Aim.
1t is understood, however, that the
park commission intends to give con-
sideration to the need for more mu-
nicipal playground space. The new
budget, therefore, may prove more
beneficial to the playground depart
,nent than is indicated by a study of
the regular playground estimates
alone.
The total amount appropriated for
the Fairgrounds department for the
current year is $165,57O. The new es-
Inmates were cut to s147,600. The diff
ference, however, is almost entirely
due to the fact that this year $21 300
was appropriated for the purchase of
new grounds, while it is not intended
to purchase any additional grounds
out of playground funds next year.
All of the items for maintenance
and upkeep of the system are the
same in the new budget as current ap-
propriations. The allotment for sala-
.,1ies has been increased to take care
of reclassification salaries.
The lump sum of $1,000 granted
this year for the purpose of keeping
school yards open as Fairgrounds
during the months when the schools
are closed has been renewed in the
new budget.
This fund has become an important
one to the system during the past
two or three years, because 1t per-
mits the operation of 40 school yards
as additional Fairgrounds during the
Summer.
Prior to the term of Commissioner
Oyster as a member of the Board of
Commissioners school yards had to
be locked during the vacation period
when they were most needed, be-
cause school appropriations were not
provided to furnish supervision for
the school yards after the schools
closed.
Capt. Oyster Interested.
Capt. Oyster became interested in
the question of affording better rec
reation for the children during the
months when the boys and girls havs
practically the entire day for play.
At first he raised fund by private
subscription to operate a small num-
ber Of school yards as Fairgrounds,
and then Congress recognized the
value of this service by making a
regular appropriation for the purs
pose.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
BOARD MEMBERS NAMED.
Salvation Army Announces New
Appointments Here.

The addition Of G. Logan Payne,
newspaper publisher; Roger White
ford, president Lions Club; Harry
Kimball, president Kiwanis Club;
Radford Moses. local merchant; John
Poole, president OF the Federal
American National Bank, and Mai.
Gen. Anton Stephan to the advisory
board of the Salvation Army here was
announced today.
Other board members are Rudolph
Jose, chairman; Thomas p. Hickman,
treasurer; Victor Deyber, William
Flather. Isaac Cans, w. F. GUIDE, I. L.
Goldheim, w. S. Hoge, jr.; Robert l..
McKeever, Newbold Noyes, Myer
Cohen and District Commissioners
Cuno H. Rudolph.
The new board will meet December
% in the Evangeline residence Of the
Salvation Army, 1880 l. street. The
Army's program for 1925 will be dis
cussed at this meeting.
The Army Is now in the midst Of
an appeal for 5000. the money being
needed to carry out an extensive
Christmas relief program formulated
by the Army. Donations should be
sent to 607 e street.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
PRESIDENT TO AID
RECREATION WORK
Assures Council on "0ut-
door" Life of His Interest
in Its Activities.

More detailed formulation of Nhe
program agreed upon for three-year
survey of the recreational facilities
of the country and the possibilities OF
their extension occupied the conclud-
ing sessions here today of, the meet
ing of the advisory council of the
National Conference on Outdoor Rec
reation.
The program also included an ad-
dress by Theodore Roosevelt and con-
sideration of numerous committee re-
ports, two of>these dealing with by
laws and program work. Selection OF
date for the next annual meeting
of the conference and action on the
applications of new organizations for
membership were other matters to be
disposed of.
Message from the President
President Coolidge. who called the
National Conference on Outdoor Rec
reation into existence last May, yes
terday sent renewed assurances OF
his interest in it's work. Elihu Root
sent message to the meeting hold
ing up the influences of outdoor rec
reation as the greatest safeguard
against moral and intellectual de-
cadence.
Col. Roosevelt, White House
0Col. was Oh yeSleTQdy program TO
preside over and address the after
noon session, but this was postponed
until today. The council appointed
committees to shape various phases to
paper by DR.. George Bird Grinnell
of New York, wild life expert, during
yesterday afternoon.
Unless Intelligent organization and
provision can furnish new occasions
and opportunities and create new
habits of outdoor life. Mr.. Root
warned in his letter, I'VE shall lose
our physical health. our moral stami-
ma, our intellectual power and become
decadent people,
DIR. GrinnelPs Plea.
DR.. Grinnell urged that States cede
to the Forest Service control of their
game in national forests, establish
and look after game refugees in a way
similar to the Pennsylvania plan,
check misguided drainage projects to
save food and water for wild fowl
and give game commissions more
power.
The secretary's report estimated
that the projected fact-finding survey
of national parks forests and similar
areas would cost $4,000, that of State
parks and forests s12,500 and that for
county and municipal parks and play
ShOohoo @oo,SVV. OIL the
Federal Government will aid in these
surveys Of the Nations recreational
facilities, and economic factors enter
ing into the program will be sur
veyed natinally by a separate or
ganization. A survey of recreational
possibilities on American highways
also is planned.
Chauncey J. Hamlin of Buffalo, N
Y, of the American Association of
Museums, who is chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the advisory
council, presided at all of yesterdays
sessions. An informal dinner was
held last night, with round-table dis
cussions and brief addresses.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
Citizens to Meet.

Francis Wells, president Of the
Blaine Invincible Club, the oldest col
ored Republican club in the country.
will be the principal speaker at the
meeting tonight of the Citizens As-
sociation of Deanwood, to be held al
the Deanwood School. His subject
will be Race Solidarity" w. A.
Watson will preside and Dr. Camp
bell of New York will speak C. F.
Smith, Mrs. Mamie Lee and Miss Cor
don will contribute to the music fea-
ture of the evenings program Those
on the committee ons arrangements
are: J. w. Howard, chairman; n.
Green, William Patterson, r. Mo-
Caul. Patrick Tolliver, II. 8. Hay
wood and William Branch.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
Get West Point Posts.

The President has appointed Jerome
p. Geary Of Boone, Nd. and Willis A.
Brewster, son of Lieut.. Col A. r.
Brewster, 18th Field Artillery, Fort
D. A. Russell, Wyo., as cadets at large
at the United States Military Acad-
emy, subject to competitive examina-
tion. Charles L. Walls, jr., Denton,
Nd, has been appointed a cadet at
the Military Academy from the first
district OF Maryland
Evening star., 1924-12-12

The Torrey pins, now vanishing,
were named in honor of John Torrey,
professor of botany in Columbia
University. He visited California and
studied its flora long before the
transcontinental railroad.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
NEW YORK EXCHANGE
is SUED ON CLUSTERS
Two Members Of Firm Carry Sus-
pension and Expulsion
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 12.-The
authority of the New York Stock Ex-
change over its members was uues-
toned yesterday when Nathan ].
Miller and Louis F. Oppenheimer.
members of Miller & Co., obtained
from Justice Wagner in Supreme
Court a temporary injunction re-
strainfng the exchange from taking
action against them.
Only on few occasions have rul-
-ings of the exchange been carried to
the courts, and the announcement of
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-10-08
LOCAL AFFAIRS
SCHEDULE OF MAILS.
Ellsworth POStOfiice.

MAILS RECEIVED
Week Days
From West-647 a. M; 431 p. m.
From East-11.11 a. M; 6.27 p. m.
Sundays.
From West-S.16 a. m.
No mail from East Sunday.
MAILS CLOSE AT POSTOFFICE
Week Days
Going West-10.40 a. M; $50 p. m.
Going East-6.15 a. M; 400 p. M
Sundays.
Going West-4.50 p. m.
No mail East Sunday.
Registered mail should be at post
office half an hour before mail closes.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-10-08

v The steeple of the Congregational
church is being repaired.
Lygonia Lodge, F. and A. NJ, will
work the first degree tomorrow eve
ming.
Andersons inn, at corner of
School and Church streets, opened
for business Monday
Supper will be served at the ELS
worth Falls church this evening,
from $40 to o'clock.
yWalter T. Thomas and son How
ard are building camp on the
Surry shore, Patterns pond
y Joseph Mcintosh, who has been
employed in Northeast Harbor dur
ing the summer, is at home.
y Mr.. and Mrs. Austin X. Russell
and daughter Sarah are on a two
weeks motor trip to Boston.
n D. E. Linnehan, Studebaker agent,
has delivered tive-passenger Stand
ard Six Duplex Phaeton to Mrs. Ida
True Scott.
Z Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde L. Ober of
West Newton, Mass, are spending a
month with Mrs. Ober's mother, Mrs
j. w .Nealley.
' Mrs. John F. Bradbury of Beverly,
Mass, who has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. John B. Dean, returned
home Saturday.
Clark's orchestra will play for
dancing at North Ellsworth, Thurs
day evening and at Franklin Road,
Friday evening.
The ladies of the Catholic society
will have a sale of cooked food at
the ice-cream parlOr of Fred c..
Scott, on Saturday afternoon at 3.
A cooked food sale will be held
next Wednesday afternoon, Oct. Is,
at the store of Mrs. E. M. King, un-
der the auspices of the Unitarian
Woman's Alliance.
Oscar H. Tripp of Rockland, a
former resident of Ellsworth, who
left here forty years ago, was in
town Monday. He found but few old
acquaintance here.
v Mr.. and Mrs. James Bowden, Mr.
and Mrs. Rodney Higgins and Miss
Hazel Grey, of Hallowell, spent the
weekend in Ellsworth, guests of
Mrs. Arthur Abram.
There will be a meeting of the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-10-08
WEATHER IN ELLSWORTH.
For Week Ending at Midnight Tuesda,
October ., 1924

october 1874
station of the Bar Harbor e Union
River Power Co. in Ellsworth. Pre-
cipitation is given in inches for the
twentyfour hours ending at mid
night
Weather Prec,p-
Temperature conditions itation
Evening star., 1924-07-13

Oval Rag Rugs, size 1886.
Five hundred to sell 0Oo
specially at. ........... IOC
Damask and Tapestry Table
Runners. 200 regular size COW
ers. Damask, in blue, rose and
mulberry, two designs E0o
in tapestry. Choice. OOC
Short Lot Drapery Fabrics,
half price. Silks, dafnasks, pop
Inns, reps, and madras, formerly
Csc to $1.5O yd. Sale price, 1z1zc
to 75c.
FIFTH FLOOR. ]
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-04-19

Interest of Sussex county boys in
agriculture will be encouraged by the
Seaford Kiwanis Club under a plan
recently adopted.
Project work in the culture of soy
beans, sweet and white potatoes and
corn will be sponsored by the club.
Four scholarships for the short
course at the University of Delaware
will be awarded the winner in each
class. In addition the club will hold
a show at which the conductors of the
various projects will exhibit their
products. Prizes will be awarded in
the various classes.
Miss Anne E. Moore, county club
agent Of Sussex county, says that 35
boys have already been enrolled in
project work.
To encourage the boys a theatre
party was held April II.
At this meeting Lawrence Meredith
Of Greenwood was presented the sill
yer loving cup won in the Statewide
corn judging contest. The cup is a.
warded by the Delaware State Corn
Growers Association. This will be
the first time Sussex county youth
has won the trophy.
Arrangements for this meeting are
in the hands of a committee composed