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The Washington times., 1925-04-17
NEW ENGINE IS
CAMEL OF
Iron
Turbine Locomotive Needs
Little Water and Saves so
Per Cent on Fuel

TROLLHATTAN, Sweden, April
IA turbine locomotive that could
run across the Sahara desert with.
out stopping for water or coal,
and save nearly so per cent OF the
ordinary consumption in fuel, Is
the latest achievement Of one of
Sweden.s master inventors, Fredrik
Liungstrom, who previously had
devised many novel uses for the
steam turbine.
A sample of the new locomotive,
the most recent 0f his creations.
will be exhibited Nthis summer at
the Railroad Centenary Jubilee in
London, and of the many improve
nlents on the original Rocket" the
first locomotive built by George
Stephenson D. hundred years ago,
the LjungstroIn turbine is the latest.
Being equipped with speciar
condensation apparatus, the new
locomotive requires only one-twen
tieth as much water as the ordinary
engine. irstead Of driving pistons
back and forth, as in the old-fash-
Toned reciprocating engine, the
steam jet is made to play on a
series Of revolving blades and the
shaft on which these are set is
connected, through reduction gears,
with three pairs Of driving wheels.
This produces q smoother running
than the old-fashioned crank and
counter-weight method.
Coal I'm Jacket.
The coal is carried in a jacket
that lies like saddle over the
boiler, and the air that is fed to the
firepot ID also previously heated
by the exhaust from the snokestack,
another Ljungstrorn invention called
the "preEester," now used in many
stationary steam plants all over the
world.
The first Ljungstrom turbine
locomotive has recently made a
successful series of tests on the
Swedish state railways. taking,
alone, runs that ordinarily call for
three chsnges of engines. Another
sample locomotive is about; 10 be
completed here at the plant Of
Nydqvist & Holm for the Argentine
railroads in South America. II it
is successful there, an order for two
dozen has been promised.
A third engine lS being built at
be exhibited in London at the Rail.
road Centennial this summer. Later
it will be shipped to India, where
it is expected to solve the water
problem during the dry seasons.
To Australia.
Negotiations are also being car
ried on between Mr.. Ljungstrom
and the management of the Trans
Australian Railroad, which crosses
wide, arid expanses. Along this
line water has to be transported to
the watering stations by special
trains, so that about 40 per cent
of the total freight carried is made
up Of water
In France preliminary investiga-
tions are also being made with a
view to using the Ljungstrom tur-
bine engines on the Paris-Lyons-
Marseilles line, which runs through
the Provence District, and on the
new French railroad in the Sahara,
where water is even more scarce.
Recent tests have shown that
the Ljungstrom turbine engine can
run 500 miles without stopping for
water or fuel. and that it can
make sixty miles an hour and de-
velop 300 horsepower.
The Washington times., 1925-04-17
FAMOUS LINCOLN COACH
FOUND At BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, April 1.-THE rail.
road coach in which President Lin
coin rode to Gettysburg to deliver
his famous address on the battle
filed in 1864 has been found on a
siding of the yards of the Western
Maryland Railway. The historic.
but dilapidated car was discovered
by a Pennsylvania committee Of the
Lincoln Highway Association that
visited Baltimore.
The committee will seek to have
the cocah taken to Gettysburg to
be kept there. as memorial. An
effort also will be made to have the
coach exhibited at. the Sesduicen-
tennlal exposition in philadelphia
in 1926. The car is q wooden com
bination passenger and baggage
coach and has a stove in the center.
At the time 1t was used by Lincoln
and members of the Presidential
party it was considered one of the
roads finest pieces OF equipment.
The Washington times., 1925-04-17
MAYOR, IN GIRLS DRESS,
is PlNcHED BY OWN COP

MACK, N. r, April 17.Dress-
ed on Nyack's busiest corner in the
costume he had donned as the bride
in "The Womanless Wedding, an
amateur production presented for
charity, Mayor Theodore odell was
arrested by one Of his own police
men and charged with 1mperson-
ating woman.
BY rank trickery, he declared
later, the mayor was induced to-
leave an automobile in which he
had been touring the county as an
advertisement for tonight's per-
Torrance, and then found himself
the center OF a throng of school
children and their laughing elders.
The bridal veil and rouge hid his
identity, even when Police Captain
.GFunholtz arrested him, and when
Police Chief Furey entered him an
the blotter as John Doe. But
when the amused crowd had left
the mayor removed his costume
and revealed his identity.
The Washington times., 1925-04-17
BOY FINANCIER, JAILED,
NAMED IN S25O.OOO SUIT

NEW YORK, April 17.-An action
for $25O,O0O was brought in Su-
preme Court against Moe Turman'
Brooklyn boy financier and loan
inpeler serving a term for for
SeTv and Moe Laidhold, said to be
an associate of Truman, by the
partners of the youth in the Equity
FINANCE and Service Company
through the loan business was
transacted.
The partners were principally
Turman's uncle, S. Naitove, and
three sons, who had financed Tur.
man, not knowing the character Oh
his transactions. They allege Tur-
man withdrew from the concern
the money they are suing for, and
that he turned part of it over to
Laidhold, with whom he is alleged
to have had secret agreement.
The Washington times., 1925-04-17
Ecuador Trees Yield
Vegetable Ice
Cream"

NEW YORK, April IL
Scientists recently sent to
Ecuador by the United States
Department of Commerce IN
search of new fruits have re-
ported. the discovery of what
they have named vegetable ice
cream.
The natives, they say, call the
fruit Cherimoya, but because OF
its white flesh, and the fact
that it has the combined flavors
of pineapple, strawberry and
banana, vegetable ice cream
was thought more pertinent.
The Washington times., 1925-04-17
Boy Scouts Fight CaterpiIIars

MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, April II.
Eight hundred Boy Scouts In this
county, through their scout leaders
have declared war on the caterpil'
lars. Wherever a tent Of caterpil-
lars appears some scout will appear.
The scouts are required to crush
each nest so completely that not
one occupant escapes.
The Washington times., 1925-04-17
RecIuse Left S113,S21
With Debt Totaling
S129.266

NEW YORK, April 17.-The
fortune left by Calvin Amory
Stevens, which he estimated at
$4,000, 900, faded to a minus
quantity when the estate was
appraised in surrogate's court.
Stevens, to hide his supposed
wealth, lived for years in poorly
furnished quarters here.
The appraisal valued mining
properties in Nova Scotia, New
Mexico and Virginia at SIC, 300
and the whole estate at $1lS,-
sci. but against which were
claims of 1928, 266, leaving an
Indebtedness of $16,44b!
The Washington times., 1925-04-17

December II, when the Senate starts
consideration of the court.
The last item of business on the
morning program was the report
of the nominating committee, pre-
sented by Mrs. James G. MaaPher-
son, of Michigan. Officers VIII not
be elected until Monday.
1t is understood that Julia
Lathrop, of Illinois, is slated 10
succeed Miss Sherwin as president.
The Washington times., 1925-04-17

Quoted his first negotiations with
the people of Japan. Bancroft then
notored to nearby Minato where he
visited the hospital.
Returning to Shimoda. the am
bassador visited Ryosen temple
which was the first American con-
sulate in Japan. ~.
Evening star., 1925-11-28

memorials OF marble and bronze
which have been standard patterns
ever since, had a prediction for
groves for their divinities If not for
their heroes. Groves were sacred to
Apollo and to some of, the deities in
the old Teutonic thcocracy. The
United States already possesses at
ieast one memorial grove. that set
aside I'm honor OF the late Fra nklin
~. Lane.
"A manmade memorial. no ma tier
now solidly constructed or how care
fully kept up, wears shabby With time
to some extent. The forest planned In
Germany. land noted for her pro-
ficiency i'm forestry matters. whether
situated on one Of her great plains or
on the wind-swept swelling slopes of
storied mountains. will grow more
healthy and more beautiful from day
to day and from year to year.
Whether or not one sympAthizes with
the cause in which her sons gave their
lives, one cannot but sympathize with
the method chosen to commemorate e
their sacrifice. l-4-.s
Evening star., 1925-11-28
Girls Who Smoke.

One Of the important colleges for
women has "abrogated an old rule
against students smoking and set
aside one room i'm each dormitory for
the use of those who desire to indulge
in the practice"
The action was taken at the re-
quest of the students self govern
ment association. The president of
the association says that this does
not mean that all the students are
smokers. The information is given
that less than half of the girls at the
college smoke
The ordering and furnishing of
smoking rooms for girls of the col
lege ought TO reduce the fire danger.
Smoking cigarettes in rooms not spe-
cially fitted for sn.oking is apt To
start fires. That the institution has
abrogated its rule against smoking
and that less than one-half the girl
students smoke tobacco seems to
show that the college officers found
II ueSidDle-pefndpS neCeSSdrN-tO
give in to the wishes of the students
and that the smoking habit is spread
ing fast among the ladies'.
The statement that less than one
half the students at this institution
for women are smokers viii perhaps
shock good many persons. If one
third OF the girls smoke, it probab bly,
would have been phrased that way, SO
it would seem that slightly less than
one-half the girls admit that they
smoke. 1t is likely that ten years
ago only a small number of the
students at that or other women S
colleges smoked. Take at random a
hundred women from the shops
offices and homes, and perha ps it will
be found that far less than fifty of
them smoke. 1t seems reasona BILE to
believe that the habit Is fast grow
ing among very young women and
that'it is growing faster among youns
women whose families can afford to
send them to an expensive college.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
Where Did He Get It!

Appraisal of the estate Of the late
Charles F. Murphy, former Tammany
leader, shows a gross valuation of
S2.170,761, and a net, after deductions
for funeral expenses, administration
expenses. debts and commissions. Of
s1332oe7. A two.nnillion dollar estate
for man who started with nothing.
Once more is demonstrated the fact
that America is the land of oppor.
tunity. Once more is shown how
thrift and industry will carry a man
to aff1uence. And the striking part of
it is that Mr. Murphy had no estab.
li.hed business. He was not a profes-
sional man OR a captain of industry.
He did not sell goods for public con.
sumption. or dispense technical. legal
or medical advice. He was the leader
of Tammany Hall, without salary. So
that his fortune becomes subject for
study in social economics rather than
finance.
: 1t was said of his predecessor in the
Tammany organization, Boss Croker.
that he freely admitted he was work.
ing for his own pocket all the time"
In fact, Croker so testified under
oath in the course of an investigation
hy a committee of the State Legisla-
ture into certain aspects of metropoli-.
tan life. When asked point .bla nix
where did you get it," with reference
to his large fortune, Croker dropped
Evening star., 1925-11-28
Queenly Economy.
From the Mors antcwn New Dominion.
The late Queen Alexandra nE

From the Mors santcwn New Dominion.
The late Queen Alexandra. Eng
lands Fairy Queen" as the poetical
news writers cali her, IS said to have
been famous for her thrift.
This seems an odd quality for roval-
ty. Kings and queens are popularity
supposed to be lavish with their money
or their subjects money. Largess
was the old rule. if we may believe
the fairy tales or romances. The
king was always tossing purse of
gold and the queen was always giving
away rich jewels.
But Alexa ndra, the Danish bSauty.
who won the heart of Edward VII
when he was dashing young prince,
came of a family that was as poor as
1t was noble. Economy was q neces-
sity In her own home, enjoined by her
princess mother and practiced by her
until 1t became second nature.
1t may be due somewhat to her in
1uence that the present British royal
'amily practices rather drastic econ.
,my. Of which King George has given
Utmost as much evidence as President
coolidge.
1t is wise thing. too. Thrift be-
;ooves all kings and queens of this
lemocratic age. for they never know
when they'll be out Of Job. p
Evening star., 1925-11-28
Changes in the Traffic Code.

Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas 3,
the new chairmpr OF the Senate Dis.
trict committee. has intima ted that he
will look with favor on proposals to
change certain sections of the traffic
code. This attitude will meet with
hearty response from Director of Traf-
fic Eldridse. the District Commission
ers and the public of Washington.
Rushed through Congress during
closing hours, the traffic law pa ssed at
that time can only be considered as
an experiment. Clauses and sections
were banded back and forth on the
floor OF the Senate. and it was neces-
sary to compromise on many points
before decisive action could be taken.
Although few mot orists and p.des-
trians of Washington realize it. the
shape In which the traffic law was
handed to Director Eldridge. with it.
contradictions and obscure meanings.
constituted one of his heaviest prob
lens when he took Office.
Consequently many changes are
needed after one years experimental.
ton. In so far as the law has allowed,
Mr.. Eldridge has striven to smooth
away its rough spots and TO mold it
into the model code it was intended
to represent. There remain changes,
however, which only Congress can
make, and it is urgent that prompt
action be taken.
In his annual report TO the Com.
missioners Mr.. Eldridge has listed
the revisions which he believes will
make for smoother-runnins traffic
administration. He asks for abolition
of the clause requiring operators to
authority TO revoke and suspend per-
mits, as well as various changes in
the wording Of the code.
Appropriations for the traffic Office
should also be investigated at this
session of Congress. Mr.. EIdridge
has estimated that at least s2Y000
a year is necessary properly to carry
ou>the terms of the code. Members
of the appropriations committee
might consider this figure too high,
but when it is realized that more
than half will be used for the pur-
chasing and erection of proper cleo
trio traffic signals the necessity of
large appropriation is apparent
The traffic office and it's main
tenance is one Of the most important
local problems to be dealt with by
Congress. Washington should no
longer suffer with a code that Con
gress did not have time to perfect
Evening star., 1925-11-28
EsthGtic Economy.

Germany, too poor to build a cost
ly monument to her dead" has de-
cided TO set apart forest in the
heart Of the fatherland as a shrine,
according to recent dispatch from
Berlin,
Some day that country's people may
rejoice that in 1925 she was too hard
up to pay for the construction Of
some gigantic permanent" memorial
of masonry and sculpture Fashions
in art change. The memorial that once
thrilled and impressed the populace of
the day Of its dedication may hundreds
Of years later seem tawdry, osten-
tatious, even ridiculous. The beauty
and majesty Of trees never change.
Germany Is not free from the
charge Of poor taste In some of her
monuments, as many Germans will
freely admit. Any organization or
any nation that sets aside and main
tains as a memorial to a man or
cause beautiful stretch Of murmur.
ms pines and hemlocks, or palms, or
whatever may be the most desirable
Of native trees. is playing safe. The
ancients, some Of whom could build
Evening star., 1925-11-28

one eyelid and replied, That II for
you to find out" Boss Murphy was
never put to the embarra ssment Of
answering such question. Nobody
ever ventured to ask him where he
got It," He esca ped inquisition. though
often appearing in court as witness
In collateral issues. In FACT, the ques-
ton as to Croker's fortune would
never have been put to the test-and
a futile test it proved-but for the
fact that the scandal which then had
particularly developed related specifl.
cally to the portions OF hush money
paid by lawbreakers Of all kinds and
grades which reached the man
higher up after deductions had been
made through the police precincts and
headquarters. No such situation oc-
CURED during tho Murphy regime.
Thus the question Where did he
get it," inspired by the disclosure of
the two.million.dollar Murphy estate
is posthumous and futile.
Evening star., 1925-11-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASkIN.

G. How long and high will the
bridge between Perth Amboy, n. j.,
and Tottenville, n. Y. bet. G.
A. The proposed bridge between
Tottenville, N. Y, and Perth Amboy,
n. j., will be 135 feet above the
water. 1t will be a fixed bridge, no
movable spans. II is FIVE spans lons.
The spans are 375 feet. 75o feet. 375
feet, 800 feet, 900 feet In length.
c.. How many woman aviators are
there in the United States?-H. Il. B.
A. There Is no record kept OF the
number Of woman aviators in the
United States However. we are ad-
vised by local authority that there
must be from % to so women engaged
In the profession. The United States
Air Service contains no woman avi-
ators.
Q. Pleas state what mineral pro
duces the most sensitive crystal 10 use
in a radio set:-M. e.
A. The Loomis Radio College SAYS
| that il Is hardly possible to state def
initely that one mineral produces the
most sensitive crystal to use as a
| radio detector, because with each type
| ference in the sensitiveneSs OF the in
| dividual pieces used. The ma jority of
! the best crystal detectors are made of
one of three minerals, namely, galena
iron pyrites or fused silicon. 1t Is not
! so much the choice Of the material
used S the grade and sensitiveness OF
| it on test that counts.
! Q. How many women belong 10 the
General Federation OF Women's 8 Clubs
| Who is now the president?-L. A. S.
a. There are now about 5000 900
/ women embraced in the General Fed
| Grafton, Of which Mrs. John d. Sher-
man Of Colorado is president.
@. What kind of q snake can strike
farther than it's length?-J. w. NJ.
| A. The idea that venomous snake
| can strike its fun length or even a
greater distance is a popular but er-
| roneous belief. When a snake strikes
| from its usual S-shaped curved posi-
| ton the anterior half of the body
! which Is thrown forward must be free
from coil. In striking the snake sim
| ply straightens out the S-shaped
curves 1t does not have TO be in this
position to strike. for observation has
shown that when irritated most OF our
poisonous snakes can strike from al
| most any position for short distances.
The greatest length of stroke is about
three -fourths the length of the snake.
| @. What is charley -horse?-H
| {. c.
A. Cha rIey-horse Is slang phrase
used in reference to a severe pain. Attn.
letes seem to be especially susceptible
to this condition. Grantland Rice de-
| fines il as a sudden punching of mus
cles into a hard knot and saws that
! IL jS ope of the most preyaIoDt and
most painful of athletic Ills.
| O. What is Ramon Navarro's real
name?--W. j. NJ.
| a II IS Ramon Gil Sd ana niegos. He
was born in Durango, Mexico. Feb.
ruary 3, 1899.
9. What town has the longest name
| ir the world?-J. Il.
A. What Is believed TO be the longest
| -eosra phical name in the world Is
that of town In Anslesea, Wales. In
Evening star., 1925-11-28
The N Street Bridge.

Speefffc appropriation for the
replacement Of the NJ Street Bridge
will be asked of Congress by the Dis
trict Commissioners at the coming
session. Closed for several months
on account of its unsafe condition
and ignored in the Rock Creek Poto-
mac Parkway plans, this structure. II
present plans are approved. will again
take its place AS one of the main gate
ways to Georgetown.
The NJ Street Bridge has had a
long and interesting history. Dur
ing the late Senator McMillans
chairmanship of the Senate District
committee there was complaint that
the bridge was unsafe for horse and
buggy traffic at Il pace faster than
a walk. Senator Mcmillan, who was
fond of driving in the National Capt.
tai, publicly announced that he In
tended having his carriage driven
over the bridge at normal rate OF
speed, stating that mo bridge In the
National Capital should remain open
if it was so f1imsy that normal traf-
nc could not be accommoda ed" His
action in taking Il chance focused
public attention on the condition of
the structure, and soon afterward it
was strengthened.
With its present unsafe condition
and with plans for carrying out the
parkway project going rapidly ahead
the Commissioners had decided to
abandon the structure. Traffic con-
ditions. however, have caused them
10 reconsider. The great volume OF
motor travel streaming over the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge and the
congestion caused by the bottle
aspect at this point made it appear
wise TO replace the NJ Street Bridge.
a comprehensive survey now is
being made, and costs are being as
certained. Congress is expected to
look favorably on the project and
Washington motorists living i'm that
section of the city and the suburbs
will soon have modern, safe span
for the NJ street crossing Of Rock
Creek.
Little change will be needed in
the parkway development plans, and
The decision of the Commissioners to
reopen the bridge shows that the
city heads are determined to take
care not only of present day ira ffic
but the ira ffic of the future as well.
Evening star., 1925-11-28

soothing picture. but one that ma
ca silly fill to indifference unless taken
with sufficient number Of grains of
salt"
Small wonder that big business
men cheered.' says the Baltimore
Evening Sun. They have been be-
deyiled for a generation, and the pros
pect of an end to bedevilment must
be delightful to them,'' The address.
according to the Peoria Transcript,
Contained. much that was flattering
TO big business, but little that was
new or illuminating" The Morgan.
town New Dominion feels that the
Executive sidestepS that economic
suaraniee OF wnicn his party Is spon.
sor. the high tariff Quoting the
statement to the effect that those who
are prominent i'm Government life
have knowledge Of business which
is greater than the knowledge OF Gov
ernment possessed by those who are
prominent in business life the topeka
Daily Capital declares: The Capital
has sometimes hazarded this opinion.
President Coolidge has heen in close
touch with both and ought to know
\ * x
The announcement of the policies
vi tifF NFoSCI SiiOUlu pt tItouI
aging to every American citizen -
says the Shreveport Times. and the
belief that business self-government
lis the better way and the American
way is expressed by the Oakland
Tribune. In urging a better under
standing between Government and
business. the Manchester Union as
serts that the President has made a
notable contribution to that result.
for. AS the head of the Government.
he has set forth his attitude toward
business with clarity and precision" ="
His attitude makes for certainty"
saws the Atlantic City Press. He ia
ready to give business the chance
that it wants. believing that at lea At
it has gained sense enough to use its
chance decently.' adds the Duluth
Herald. Furthermore. 1.-The Presi.
dents tribute to the more enlightened
spirit Of present day business has been
well earned" in the opinion Of the
New York Evening World.