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Evening star., 1925-03-12
WANT UNIFORMITY
IN BUILDING LINES
Zoning Commissioners Hear
Citizens on Proposal for
New Regulation.

A new regulation designed to pre-
vent erection of buildings out as far
as the building line in blocks where
80 per cent OF the existing structures
are set back of the building line was
considered by the Zoning Commission
at a public hearing today.
All of those who spoke were in ac-
cord with the general purpose sought
by the commission, but several cftf-
zens suggested notifications in the
proposed rule. Engineer Commits
sioner Bell, chairman. said the com
mission would let the matter go over
until the next zoning hearing to re-
ceive further views. The text of the
contemplated rule follows:
Rule as Prescribed.
When so per cent of the frontage
on one side of street between two
intersect:ng streets is improved with
buildings and tine front walls of so
per cent of these buildings have been
kept back from the building line or
building restriction line, no building
hereafter erected or altered shall be
placed nearer to the building line or
building restriction line than the dis.
tance established by the majority of
the 80 per cent"
John Ihlder of the home owners
committee of Georgetown suggested
that in detached areas the side yards
of houses be counted as part of the
so per cent of frontage.
Important Case Pending.
In the course of the hearing today
Col. Bell called the attention of those
assembled to the suit now pending
in the District Supreme Court TO de-
termine the commissions right to
zone property for the use to which
it should be put. The colonel said
that if the commission should lose the
case the effect would be to nullify
the zoning law, since the question of
how property may be used is the
most important element in zoning.
Mr.. Ihlder said certain citizens in
terests in the zoning law were pre-
pairing to cooperate with the commits
sion in upholding its case.
A number of requests for changes
in pieces of property in different
parts of the city were heard also at
today's hearing. Decisions will be
rendered later.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
FECHET is CONFIRMED
FOR MITCHELL'S POST
Senate Also Votes Lieutenancies
for Harding and Ogden for
World Flight.

The Senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination of Lieut.. Col. James E.
Fechet to be assistant chief of the
Army Air Service with the rank of
brigadier general
Similar action was taken on the
nominations of Henry II. Ogden and
John Harding, jr., engineers of the
world flight planes, to be second lieu
tenants in the Regular Army.
Col. Fechet was nominated to sue
ceed Brig. Gen. William Mitchell,
whose term of duty expires April
26. ogden and Harding were nomi-
mated yesterday, and the Senate took
up their names out of order. The
appointments of the two world flyers
is in accordance with the promotion
bill signed by President Coolidge two
weeks ago to reward the personnel of
the first globe ciroumnavigation by
air.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
HELD INSANE IN KILLING,
NOW SEEKS FREEDOM
Paul du Vernal Barry Has Re-
gained Reason, Father Declares
in Application.

Application has been made to the
District Supreme Court for the re-
lease on aabeas corpus of Paul du
Vernal Barry, who was held insane by
jury in the Criminal Division Feb
ruary 20, 1922, when tried on the
charge of killing Tyler B. Lawler,
street car conductor, near North
Capitol street and Michigan avenue.
The application was made by George
w. Barry on behalf of his son, who
has been in ST. Elizabeths since the
verdict of the jury was rendered. The
father now declares the son has re-
gained his facilities and should be
released.
At the request of Attorneys Can
ton and Van Den Berg, Justice Bailey
issued rule on DR. William A.
White to have the prisoner before a
jury of inquisition as to his mental
condition April 10.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
CONVICTED OF ASSAULT.
Man Found Guilty Despite Effort
to Prove Alibi.

John Robert Turner, colored, was
convicted late yesterday by a jury in
Criminal Court 2 of a criminal assault
upon Ella Wheeler. also colored. The
assault is alleged to have occurred
March II, 1924, at Garfield avenue and
Ivy street. After the verdict was re-
ceived Chief Justice Mccoy ordered
the defendant remanded to jail to
await sentence.
Turner claimed an alibi, declaring
he was i'll at his home on the night
of the attack. Assistant United States
Attorney Neudecker appeared for the
Government and Attorneys John I.
Sacks and Thomas G. Walsh repre-
sented the accused.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
MRS. ELLA M. JONES DIES.

Mrs. Ella NJ Jones, wife of Lewis
Jones, and formerly resident of
this city, died in a New York hos
pital Tuesday, following an operation
for appendicitis, according to word
received here. Mrs Jones had made
her home in New York for the last
several years. She is survived by
her husband, a son, James E. Jones, I'd,
and three brothers, James e. Jones.
assistant prohibition commissioner.
and Thomas B. Jones, both of this
city, and Richard NJ. Jones of Youngs-
town, Ohio.
Interment will be in Youngstown
Ohio, tomorrow. Mrs. Jones was born
and spent the early part of her life
there. She was member at one time
of the First Congregational Church
here.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
HONOR DEAD OFFICER.
Silver Star Citation Ordered for
Capt, Capron

A silver star citation has been is
sued by the War Department in the
name of the late Capt. Allyn Capron,
lst United States Artillery, for gall
iantry in action at Ell Caney, Cuba,
July /, 1898. 1t has been sent to his
widow, Mrs. Agnes X. Capron, at the
navy yard. Charleston, s. C. Their
son, volunteer officer in the Army,
was killed in Cuba during the Span
ish War
Silver star citations also have been
issued to Brig. Gen. John w. Bubb,
deceased; Col. Edward B. Cassett
9th Volunteer Infantry, and former
Pvts. Frank Buck, Hospital Corps,
and Hugh M. Duff, 34th Volunteer
Infantry, for gallantry In action in
the Philippine insurrection in 1ss9-
1900.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
Stephan Is Promoted.

Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan, COM
manding the District of Columbia
National Guard, has notified the War
Department of his acceptance of pro-
motion to the grade of major general
in the Officers Reserve Corps of the
Army recently rendered him In his
new capacity he has been placed in
command of the 2sth National Guard
Infantry Division.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
Wife Asks Maintenance.

Mrs. Frances S. Rapeer has filed
suit for maintenance against Louis
Win Rapeer, president of the Re-
seach University. The wife says she
has been awarded a limited divorce
In Virginia and given the custody of
their children, but declares the hus-
band fails to pay for their support.
They were married at Chicago Janu-
ary /, 1908. and lived together until
May 1. 1920, the court is told. At
torneys Seal and Dice appear for the
wife
Evening star., 1925-03-12
GOULD HEIR BORN.
Mrs. Gloria Bishop Has Daughter
Will Continue Dancing.

NEW YORK, March 12.-Mrs Henry
A. Bishop. jr, formerly Miss Gloria
Gould, daughter of the late George
J. Gould, gave birth to a daughter at
a local hospital today
Mrs. Bishop is professional
dancer. She said the birth of her
child would not cause her to give up
her career. She was married in 1929.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
Prisoner Tortured
To Death With Lice,
Jail Inmates Say
Ry the Associated Press

LETHBRIDGE. Alberta, March y.
Evidence that Edward Moore. a
prisoner in the local Jail, while
sick had been placed in a dark cell
and there tortured with vermin
and fed on 80 per cent SOUP" as
a result of which he died. was CIV
en- yesterday by prisoners who tes-
titled before Justice Walsh, who is
conducting an investigation into
Moore's death.
Evening star., 1925-03-12
Senate Confirms Dennis.

The nomination of Alfred P. Den
mis- of Baltimore to be a member of
the Tariff Commission was confirmed
yesterday by the Senate Mr.. Dennis
succeeds David ]. Lewis, whose term
has expired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-14

were sent out into the service, but
Immediately after the crash Of the
one flown by Lieut.. A. j. Williams
here orders were issued not to fly
them until the satisfactory corrections
have been made.
In every other respect the plane is
ideal, the admiral said, adding that
competitors for the training plane con-
tract admitted the Boeing product was
superior to theirs. 1t was selected be-
cause its construction permitted aerial
gunnery work, whereas the old N-9
and Mo training type served only to
give the student the practical flying
training. 1t is absolutely necessary
that a training plane be able to spin
both as a land and sea plane, because
that maneuver. the admiral said, IS
valuable part of pilots aeionautical
education. 1t not only Is Of great use
in aerial combat, but the normal ten
dency of a plane stalled In flight Is to
fall into a spin. The authorization
however, is a maneuver not desired
and is of great danger to the person
mel in the plane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-14
FIND B0E|NG PLANE
HAS GRAVE DEFECT
"Flat Spin" Caused Fall at
Hams Point-Search for
Remedy Is Begun. :.

Experiments with the Boeing air.
pane adopted by the Navy to train
student aviators will continue until
the new obstacle in aerodynamics
technically known as authorization, or
nat spin, is overcome, Rear Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief of the Blu
reau of Aeronautics, said today. 1t
was a Boeing plane which crashed
yesterday on Hams Point.
The fiat spin, a sort of horizontal
reproduction of the vertical tail spin,
appeared for the first time in the new
Boeing plane, and for the welfare Of
aviation in the future and as distinct
contribution to aeronautical science
this puzzle. which at one time was
thought solved, must be overcome. At
the same time the admiral emphasized
that the utmost care would be taken
with naval personnel in testing the
plane, and that he would not permit
pilot to go aloft unless he were sure
every precaution as to his safety had
been taken.
New Tail Ineffective.
Yesterday Lieut.. Comdr Marc A.
Mitscher, head of the plans division
of the bureau. and his assistant. Lieut..
Ralph A. Ofstie, volunteered to test
the plane which, it was believed, was
free from the fiat spin and would
recover from normal spin with no
difficulty. New tail surfaces had just
arrived from the Boeing factory in
Seattle, Wash. and they were sub
stituted for the others. With the ut
most confidence in the ability of the
plane to perform normally in spin,
the officers requested and received per
mission of the admiral to fly. Lieut..
Ofstie. the pilot. who was at his desk
today with a bandaged eye and a
twisted ankle, still believes the plane
could have recovered from the fiat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-14
pin If more altitude had been avail

spin if more altitude had been avail
able.
A new wing now is being built by
the constructors of the plane and will
be ready in about week. This will
be a substitute for the present panel
which, it is believed. is too thick and
once the plane is in the spin. acts
as permanent rudder and creates a
vacuum on the tail surfaces which
fail to respond no matter in what
direction they are moved. The admiral
believes the new wing will solve the
problem and when It is installed on
the craft, test pilots of the Boeing
factory will spin II.
1t may be necessary to make a
combination Of changes with the new
wing, such as frightening the fuse
lage or moving the center of gravity
farther forward. At any rate. the
admiral declared the problem has pre-
scented itself for the first time and in
a Navy plane, and the issue cannot. in
the interest of aviation development,
be Sidestepped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-14

A garbage pail will last twice as
long If given a coat of paint on the
inside before being used for the first
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-14
72 Planes Ordered.

Seventy-two of the planes were
ordered, at a cost of $4,000 each, which
price does not include the motor.
About 90 have been built to date and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
Auto Service Now Big
Feature of Industry

| (By Mr.. A. H. Sarvis, Service Manager,
Buick Motor Company
In connection with the rapid devel-
opment of the automobile industry it
is interesting to note the attention
that is being given by automobile
companies to the servicing of automo-
biles. They are constantly striving
to develop service to the point where
1t will be on par with manufacture
ing-a service that will meet every
requirement of every customer. Ser
vice has come to be recognized not
only as of prime Importance to every
car owner, but also to the dealer as a
permanent >phase of his business, both
in periods of depression and prosperi-
ty, and as a very important factor in
the maintenance of sales of new cars.
Probably no branch of industry has
developed with such startling rapidi-
ty as automobile service. Recently
the advance has been especially note
worthy. In place of the slow hand
methods of a short time ago, are found
special tools and equipment that do,
the work rapidly and with a degree of
accuracy and refinement that rivals
auto manufacture where limits of less
than one thousandth of an inch are
not uncommon. Modern flat rate sys-
TENS and other new developments in
modern service management remove
any uncertainty as to cost delivery,
and treatment of the car owners
property.
In this development the mechanic
holds the key. Competent mechanics,
well trained experts, specialties on the
cars they service, is an absolute essen
tial Every modern service station is
building an organization of such men
and careful provision is being made
for specialized training, both for men
now in their organizations, and for
young men who are ambitious to enter
this field.
One of the most interesting Of these
training programs Is the specialized
service course which Is given by the
Flint Institute of Technology at Flint,
Michigan. This course is a strictly
modern training in every sense. 1t
covers in thorough and complete
manner every phase Of construction,
maintenance and repair, including the
application of the most modern tools,
equipment and methods. Graduates of
the course are recognized experts.
Twelve weeks Of A hours each are
required to complete the course, and
On its satisfactory completion, the SUI
dent receives a diploma signed by ex-
ecutives of the institute end also ny
officials of the Buick Motor Company.
New classes which are strictly limited
in size are started every four weeks.
Already students representing prac-
tically every state in the Union and
many foreign countries have taken
this course and have established a
very enviable reputation for them
selves and their school in service
work. The General Motors Export
Corporation is having its service men
and statesmen for foreign service take
this course in order to secure the BEN
eft of this special training.
This course is simply one phase, but
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
Prosperity Isn't Coming"
It's Here, Saws Dealer

please ask prospective customers
to place orders as far ahead of date
of desired date Of delivery as posi-
BILE. The factory cannot supply cars
as fast as the present demand. Requi-
sition cars only to meet actual sales
demand"
That kind of a message to motor
car dealers would indicate, to the
man in the street, a new condition in
the motor car industry.
When one of the largest motor car
plants in the world is running at the
utmost of it's capacity and still is be-
hind on it's orders; when it's sales
for half year are far ahead of those
of previous years, both at home and
abroad; when it's stocks of cars in
the hands of the dealers are nearly
exhausted, then
Prosperity isn't coming" it is
here.
With the whole motor car industry
going through a slump last year, the
facts concerning Studebaker's con-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Six coach, says Harry T. Jose, local
distributor.
The new model was announced on
ly a few short weeks ago, yet Mr..
Jose has been after the factory for
an increase in his allotment for the
month of May.
'As result of the demand in the
local territory, we sent to the fac
tory for a substantial increase over
the allotment made this territory"
said Mr.. Jose but were met with the
following statement:
AS a result of the announcement
Of the new Jewett Six coach an ava
lanche of new dealer contracts has
been received. Within the last two
weeks more than 200 dealers have
been taken into the Paige-Jewett Or
ganization throughout the United
States.
This week new dealerships have
been announced at Hot Springs, Ark.
Rapid City. So. Oak, Lincoln, Neb.,
Fort William, Ont, and Brecken-
ridge, GAINESVILLE and German, Tex.
Each of these points has a host of
sub-dealers, the applications of
which have yet to be checked up and
finally signed.
1.-THE total of old dealers appoint
ed by old distributors has not yet
been made as the applications are
coming in so rapidly that it is i'm
possible to check up and send out
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

tinuing, accelerating increase of cars
actually disposed of to buyers furnish
a refreshing indication of the arrival
OF better economic conditions.
March sales were $4,000 cars as
compared with 1880 in March OF
1924.
For the first three months of 1925.
sales We're 1851 per cent higher than
for the same period a year ago.
These were sales to actual customers.
not orders from dealers paid for at
the factory.
During this same period, stocks in
the hands of the 5000 dealers
throughout the world have been cut
down to a condition where, in many
instances, they do not have complete
lines of cars for display purposes.
At the end of March the stocks in
their hands had been cut to a point
44.2 per cent lower than they were
a year ago and the books of the COM
pany disclosed that there was not a
single dealer, in all the 5000. who
was not filing preferential schedules
in the effort to get more cars.
Interesting is the fact that, where
as in 1924 the demand was nearly rs
per cent for open car models, the
demand at the end of March was rs
per cent for closed models. This
would have been increased materi-
ally but for the steadily growing de-
mand for the company's Duplex body,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

the open car enclosable in half a
minute.
AS President A. r. Erskine an
nounced, export sales are over SO
per cent higher than for the previous
year. The percentage of increase
for each month from November to
April. inclusive, is as follows:
Nov. 1924, over Nov. 1923-49.e per
cent.
Dec. 1924, over Dec. 1923-9S.9 per
cent.
Jan. 1925, over Jan. 1924-ea.s per
cent.
Feb. 1925, over Feb. 1924-1os per
cent.
March 1925, over March 1924-69.4
per cent.
April 1925, over April 1924-3s.7
per cent.
The April figures were on orders
already booked for the month. Can
adam sales are not included in these
figures. They were 25 per cent higher
during the first quarter of 1925 than
during the same quarter in 1924.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
overland Adds a
xo.Door Sedan to
rrI;nder Line

,,.,,,ys- overland hannounces the
,,.,,on Of the standard sedan at
s .ss5 TO. d. Toledo, to its Overland
,our-cyIinder line.
=. .,ordIng to specifications sub
ia nv the factory at Toledo this
~. overland car is a big. roomy,
's.ao Two door Sedan, beautifully
s.,stered in durable Bedford
c,stb and finished in a rich blue.
',sb deep beading. its color scheme
Rambling that of the popular All
la four-door Sedan.
s's nsroductjon of the new type COM
sacsd In March and during the
ns sntb Of April. 1900 of these cars
mo .o nroduced and shipped i'm
vas;otalv to the dealer organization.
n nsv,~ sales reports indicate in
Ia, n,oneous approval of the new
s. SUI Nv the motor buying public.
w n,,mber of unique sales features
.sssssedn by the new standard
san we're largely responsible for
aMe3,mmediate enthusiasm which
sa,sd the new car. The unusually
Ia doors permit freer access to
~ 'front.' seat and to the entire in
.ar;o =, as well as the accommodation
Il. larger articles.
arrangement of the windows
..rnifs greater vision. Side win
laws are unusually long and with
ss,v one door post on each side the
ts .,ssw IA practically unobstructed.
The top is more rigid, there being
81 break in the top structure, ex-
III at. the front doors, making
r,ore rigid construction possible.
Elmination of two doors and door
rosts also greatly reduce the weight
Il The superstructure. which natur-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

mail service, the WHY'S Overland
parts department and the WHY'S
Overland dealer organization in
California, when parts were fur
nished from the factory to an owner
in Riverside, Calif.-2,000 miles from
Toledo-in two hours less than three
days time from the receipt Of the
order at the factory.
An Overland Sedan turned over
and the only serious damage sus-
tai &c was the running of the velour
upholstery on the front door and
corner Of front cushion when the
acid leaked out of the battery. Not
being able to match the upholstery
the dealer at Riverside sent a let
ter by airplane mail to Toledo.
This letter REACHED the parts de-
rartment at p. M. on February
9th. The required material was de-
livered to the westbound airplane at
Bryan, Ohio, "a hours later, reached
San Francisco at $50 P. M. on
February IL, was trans shipped to a
train and reached Riverside at /
L. NJ. on February 18th.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
ALBION

Mrs. Eva Hussey has gone to
Good Will farm to attend the COM
mencement exercises of the schools
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Wiggin and
family and Rev. Fred Champlin at
tended the Kennebec County Sunday
School Convention at Hallowell,
Tuesday.
Rev. N. M. Heikes of Freedom, N.
H, is in town called here to attend
the funeral services of Mrs. Mary
Abbott.
The telephone central has been
moved from E. w. Swear's to c. w.
Coffin's.
There was a hard frost in this
section Wednesday morning, ice
forming in many places.
The grade schools in the Besse
building gave an entertainment on
Monday evening, May rs. The pro-
gram, especially the part given by
the primary grades, was excellent
and given in way to show that
much hard work had been done by
both teachers and pupils. A social
hour was enjoyed by the young peo-
pie after the program.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
ally ", !. = factor in greater gasoline
Should Interest Camper.

Hinged back of the front seats
axes 1t possible to convert the
seat cushions into an emergency
ped by removing the front cushions
laying seat backs forward. nlacine
rear cushions on the floor between
front and rear seats, and placing
'front.' cushion on rear seat. This is
feature that is bound to appeal to
campers and vacationists,
The hinged drivers seat also
gives him easy access to the entire
interior, a feature that Is bound to
appeal to statesmen, mail carriers,
ana otners who use their car in
,helr daily work. Although the
PACK Oh the front seat is divided, the
front seat cushion is in one piece.
me new Overland standard
SEDAN didn't just happen, is the
statement from John N. Willis.
president Of WHY'S Overland, APP
pearing in conjunction with the an
Houncement of the new type
1T was designed and built nv orr
engineering department at Toledo
In collaboration with our sales de-
partment, to satisfy a definite de
mand on the part of the motor car
buying public for an attractive
sturdy, convenient and practicable
tenclosed car.
From preliminary observations of
the reception of the quantity which
we have already shipped to dealers,
we feel that we have met that par
tlcular requirement to nicety.
The price appeal, too, is a ire
mendous factor as the announce
ment OF this car at it's astonishing
ly low price, has placed it within the
reach of vast potential market.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

q very important one in the program
70 provide a complete service to Gus
toners. 1t illustrates the lengths to
which. automobile companies are go
ing to give lasting value to the cars
their customers purchase.