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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
32-MILE SPEED ON BOULEVARDS
PLANNED WITH SIGN INSTALLATION
Eldridge Insists New Light System Is Best for City.
To Be Extended on 10th Street and Put in
On Public Library Square Soon.

for traffic lights he said There VIII
be no light between Florida Avenue
and Euclid street, but beginning AT
the intersection of the latter thor
Oughfare, the lights will be run out
to Newton street. covering the dah-
SerouS area at the intersections OF
Columbia road, Harvard street ana
Mount Pleasant street. There are no
interSecung streets on the east size
of Sixteenth street between Florida
avenue and Euclid street.
Discussing extension of the tramc
light system to Massachusetts avenue
east of the present Twelfth street In.
stallation Mr.. Eldridge said he hoped
to install lights at the four corners
of the square on which the Public
Library stands. He characterized the
intersections at Ninth street and New
York avenue and Ninth street ana
Mount Vernon place as the most vital
from the present viewpoint, since Inc
Seventh street intersections are al
ready policed by traffic officers during
rush hours.
Thomas Circle, where Massachusetts
avenue crosses Fourteenth street, was
said by the traffic director to he
fairly satisfactory as regards traffic
conditions, and he does not plan imme-
date insta alton there.
The traffic signal ultimately will he
extended to include all the congested
area, under plans now before the Dis
trict committee Of the House in con-
nection with appropriations for the
lights. Nine intersections at an APP
proXimate cost of $1.100 per intersec-
ton will be covered in the Euclid
Newton street installation. while the
installa tons near the Public Library
will cost about 81 400.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05

The speed limit on arterial high
ways in Washington will he increased
beyond the camille hour limit now
in force as soon As all the arterial
highway signs are installed. Traffic
Director ElGridce said today. At the
same time, the traffic director eX-
pressed his di1approval of a system of
sNnchroniZed traffic lights as used in
several other cities and reiterated his
1auh in the co-ordinated or staggered
system now in use here.
Speeds of well over - miles an hour
and approaching 81 miles an hour or
more will be legal on the arterial
highways under plans now being pre-
pared by the traffic director. The
move Is to be made in the interest of
speeding up traffic and lowering the
accident rate
Higher speed than % miles an hour
Is now tacitly permitted on Sixteenth
street between Florida avenue and ii
street, where rattle is regulated by
the co-ordinated light system. Motor
ISIS who run their ears at - to %
miles an hour. as long as they do not
drive reckleSSly and obey the traffic
lights, are not being arrested for
speeding. This technical violation of
the speed law is also permitted in the
interest of smoother operation of
traffic and Of speeding up the traffic
which moves from Lafayette Park
north to Florida avenue
Mr.. Eldridge today placed the cost
Of installing the co-ordinated light
system on Sixteenth street from Flor
ida avenue. its present northern
terminus, through to Newton street.
at about 100000. This will consume
the remainder of the appropriation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
PREP SCHOOL BURNS
WITH $4,000 LOSS
Hundred Students of st. James,
Hagerstown, Md, Escape in
Night Clothes.
e,ecio; D;spatch to The Star.

specia; Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, March s.
The main building of the historic St.
James School, one of the oldest pre-
paratory schools in the United States.
was destroyed by fire, discovered in
the dormitories about am. today.
Nearly 100 students, ranging in age
from 12 to 10 years, and from many
sections of the country, escaped in
their night clothing in the zero
weather, saving nothing but a few
athletic trophies. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
James Fowler of Philadelphia, a
student. was injured above the right
eve when struck by a falling object
as he battled his way through IA
smoke. filed corridor. Among the stu
dents. who have returned to their
homes. were A A. Crane. jr., and Ed
ward Yonker of Washington. ID. G.
The school is six miles south of this
city. a three STORY structure, embrace
ing auditorium dining hall, two dor
mitories, the home of Adrian Onder-
dunk. headmaster: infirmary, chapel,
kitchen and laundry. The study hall
and gymna stun. in separate build
ing. were not damag ed. The two up
per stories of the main building We're
of frame construction and the lower
of stone. The building was erected in
1749 by Gen James Ringgold as
Fountain Rock Manor" and here
were entertained Gen. Washington.
Dolly Madison and other distinguished
personages.
The origin of the fire has not been
ascertained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
ESCAPES BURNING PLANE.
Lieut.. F. Cd. Hunter Saves Life
by Parachute Drop.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, March
H).--Lieut Frank Cd. Hunter.
operations officer at Selfridge Field
made forced parachute leap from
his plane 500 feet to the ice of Lake
st. Clair today. when his plane caught
fire. Slight burns and bruises were
the extent of his injuries. He blamed
ignition trouble for the fire.
Lieut.. Hunter, who brought down
seven German planes during the
World War. suffered broken back
i'll plane crash near Buffalo. ". Y.
Is months ago. and was in a hospital
several months. Soon after resumlnr
dying after the Buffalo accident.
Lieut. Hunter was obliged to jump
1000 feet from plane over McCook
Field, Dayton. Ohio. when the stabil.
izer frame of his plane collapsed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
COUNCIL EXPANSION
LATER|S DECLARED
FAVORED IN BERLIN
Merely Opposes Change at
Moment of Own Accession,
Won Bernstorff Says.

by inc Associated Press.
GENEVA March 5.-Germany is
not hostile to the entrance Of any par
ticular country into the council of the
League of Nations. but believes that
the council, at the moment of Ger
manYS accession to membership
should not be altered from the status
obtaining at the time of the Locarno
agreement.
This declaration was made today by
Count Won Bernstorff. former Ambas-
sador To the United States and presi-
dent of the German Association for
the League of Nations. who has ar
rived to participate in a meeting of
the executive committee of the Inter
national Union of League of Nations
Associations
W hen Germany Is a member of the
council, he added. she will raise no
opposition to an examination of the
problem as to whether the council
eventually should he enlarged.
These remarks by Count Won Bern
storff are deemed of interest because
developments in the strife over the re-
construction of the council indicate
that Germany will play a big part.
With Great Britain committed to do
nothing to imperil the Locarno ar
rangement or prevent Germanys APP
rearanCe on the stage at Geneva. it is
increasingly evident that Germany s
consent must be obtained to any pres
ent shift in the councils makeup.
Meanwhile China formally has filed
her request for a permanent seat in
the event of the councils enlargement.
declaring her International Importance
is greater than that of the other APP
plicants. Her spokesman point out
that she occupies the greatest part
of the Asiatic continent, with a pOpu-
lation totalinE one-quarter of that OF
the entire globe: that she possesses
unlimited natural resources and rep
resents an ancient civiliZa ton and Cul-
ture. and that her membership would
augment the usefulness of the league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
APPEAL UNDECIDED.
j. Held Question for Department of
Justice Officials.

Whether an appeal will he taken
from the decision in New York today
releasing the Countess of CathCart is
question for the Department Of JUS
tiCo to decide, Il was said ut the Labor
Department.
The latter probably will be consult
cd. however. before amy action is
taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
FARMERS WITH ICE SLEDS
SEARCH FOR FAMILY OF 5
Missing Since They Started in Au-
tomobile From Pelee Island,
Ontario. to Mainland.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BENNINGTON. Ontario, March .
Two dozen farmers with ice sleds and
sleighs. today began a systematic
search of the 1S-mile ice road between
bennington and Pelee Island in Lake
Erie. for James Phipps. his wife and
their three children-Paul. 2; Hazel, .
and Elmer. 3-mssins since Monday.
when they started from the island for
the mainland in their automobile.
Although hope has been abandoned
that the family has survived the days
of exposure, the searchers hope to
find some evidence as to the fate Of
the five. Mail carriers, who make
twice weekly trips to the island, re-
ported last night they saw no trace
of the automobile along the route.
There is large stretch of open
water near the ice road ten miles from
the island and this was being dragged
today.
The Phipps family had visited rela-
tives on the island Monday and start
ed back across the ice later in the
afternoon.
officials at the Ford Airport. De.
troit, advised local authorities today
that international law prevents their
sending planes to aid in the search.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
TWO GIRLS DIE IN FIRE.
Ten others Escape From House
without Injuries.

UENDERSONVILLE n. c., March
) P).-Two children Of Silas Fowler
lost their lives early today when fire
destroyed the Fowler home. near here.
They were Mildred. aged ., and
Ruth, 4.@.
Twelve persons, IL of them mem
bers of the Fowler family. were asleep
in the house when neighbors gave an
alarm.
No others were injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
SIX BANDITS SEIZE
$4,000 PAY ROLL
Reports of International
Harvester Robbery Place
Sum High as $3.50, 900.
By the Associated Presa.

By the Associated Presa.
CHICAGO. March ;. - Robbers
seized an $4,000 pay roll of the Inter
national Harvester Co at the com
pany's tractor works, on the South.
west Side, today, according to police
reports.
Later reports said that the loss
might be greater-perhaps as high as
S150,000. Company officials said they
were unable Immediately to fix the
amount.
Six or more robbers composed the
band. who fled to an automobile.
A Waterman, from an upper story,
shot at the robbers, who fired back.
No one was hit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
JURY INDICTS MOTHER
IN DEATH OF HER SON
Man Died of Pistol Wound After
Drinking Party When Others
Were Present.
By the Associated Press

RALEIGH, y. G., March 5.-Mrs.
Helen Allen Rodgers of Raleigh WAS
charged with murder in true bill
returned by the Wake County grand
jury yesterday in connection with
the death of her 2l-year-old son. Pres
ton +. Rodgers. jr, who was found
fatally wounded in his home early
ON tho morning of December 81. No
action has been taken in the cases
OF Mrs Bonnie BaSte and Mrs. Lolita
CLARK. whose names were presented
Ia the jury last week. They were
present in the house with the mother
Of the dead youth at the time of the
shooting.
The death of Rodgers followed
drinking party at which he was pres
ent with the three women and sew
eral other men, dying of a pistol
wound in the head some time later.
AT the coroner's inquest the women
who were held as material witnesses
said that he had shot himself while
intoxicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
BERLIN PAPER AROUSED.
Sees Attempt by Chamberlain to
Cover Retreat.

BERLIN. March (P). - The
TaeCliche Rundschau. which often re-
fleets the views of the German for
cign office, chara CT erizes Sir Austen
Chamberlain's speech regarding the
makeup of the League of Nations
council as an attempt to save his
face and cover a retreat.
1T is evident" the paper says,
that he yielded to the pressure of
public opinion throughout the world
and has given up his attempt to help
the Polish French claims to success.
The Deutsche Allgemente Zeitung
Continued on Page >. Colnmn p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
FACES DEPORTATION.
Greek Rebel Must Live in Belgrade
or Leave Jugoslavia.

BELGRADE. Jugoslavia. March ;
R).-Gen. PlaatiraS. the Greek revolu-
tionary, will he invited 10 curtail his
stay at Skoplje, and choose between
residing in Belgrade OF leaving the
country. This decision was reached
bv officials of the foreign Office and
the minister of the interior. 1t follows
the generals unsuccessful attempt of
Yesterday to reach the Greek frontier
from Skoplje.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
BANDITS GET $4,000.
Five Hold-Up St. Louis Bank and
Make Good Escape.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March R).-Five
young men held up the Hamilton
State Bank here today and escaped
n an automobile with $4,000 or more.
Fourteen employees and customers
were in the bank at the time. One
of the robbers remained in the car
while the four Others entered the
bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
MUDDY" RUEL SIGNS.
Nationals First-String Catcher
Comes to Terms.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
TAMPA, Fla. March 5.-IIerold
Ruel now Is officially n member of
the Washington ball club. Following
a long conference with Clark Griffith
today, the tirst-string catcher of the
Nationals affixed his name to a CON
tract and hustled over to the field to
join his mates in practice. Ruel and
Griff both were uncommunicative in
regard to the terms reached. but both
professed To he satisfied. The agree
ment covers a period of one year.
Dutch Ruether now is the only I'M
signed PLAYER on the roster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
BILL ASKS NEW
NJ STREET BRIDGE
Commissioners Draft Meas
ure to Erect Steel Structure
Over Rock Creek.

Construction of new steel girder
bridge across Rock Creek at NJ street
to replace the old bridge which has
been closed since last Spring because
of it's dangerous condition was recon-
mended by the District Commissioners
in letter transmitting n bill author
izing the work sent today to Senator
Capper. chairman of the Senate Dis.
trict committee. The Commissioners.
IN board meeting. urged that the bill
be introduced during the present SEES
sion of Congress.
The bill would authorize the Com
misSioners to construct a bridge with
a roadway 40 feet wide and two foot
ways, each 9 feet wide, at a cost of
$3.50 900. Provision also is made for
4S-inCh water main and other under
ground construction and for making
sewerage adjustments. The new sewer
construction, the Commissioners said
will make it possible to intercept a
sanitary sewer which now discharges
directly into the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal at the foot of Twenty-eighth
street,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
FLYERS TO HUNT SEALS.
Soviet Aviators Will Report Loca-
ton to Mainland.

MURMANSk, Russia. March ) up.
-Airplanes will be used soon by the
Soviet government in hunting seals off
the Arctic coast. The planes will
search out the spots most frequented
by seals, reporting results to hunters
and fishermen along the mainland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
Bow Killed Saving Brother.

SPRINGFIELD ILL.,. March NP).
Randall Strong, II. yesterday gave up
his life at Rushville to save his little
brothers. He pushed his brother out
of the way of an automobile, but him
self was run down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
VERA IS ADMITTED;
PROVES HER ACTS
NO CRIME IN AFRICA
Writ of Habeas Corpus in
Countess Case Sustained
by Federal Judge.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
WILL LET CASE DROP
Defendant in Action Admitted Re-
lations With Lord Craven
Upon Arrival Here,

Bv thu Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 5.--Vera. the
Countess of Cathcart. won her suit
to remain in this country today when
Federal Judge Bondy sustained a
writ of haheas corpus after District
Attorney Buckner had entered in the
record that adultery does not con
Stitute crime under the laws OF
the Union of South Africa.
The countess had been refused ad =
mission by immigration authorities
on the ground of moral turpitude
after her admission that she had ac-
companied the Earl of Craven to
South Africa from England while
both were married.
After detention on Ellis Island for
eeVeral days. the countess was grant
ed entrance for 10 days pending a
decision on her appeal to the Secre-
tary of Labor.
Sued for Habeas Corpus.
Her attorneys then entered the suit
sion was based.
Her temporary permit expired We'd
neSday night at II O'Clock.
Judge Bondy. following his decision,
said that if the Department of Labor
had further evidence it wished TO sub
init he would reopen the case. but
after Il consultation with Mr.. Buck
ner. Theodore G.. Risley, solicitor of
the department authorized Mr.. Buck
ner to tell the court the matter might
rest upon the record.
Judge Bondy cut short the argument
of Arthur Garfield HAYS. in behalf of
Will
ment that there was no dispute on the
settled principle of law. that the Grim
inality of acts committed by an alien.
seeking admission to this country,
must be determined by the law of the
place where such acts are committed
ION the record which have before
me-" Judge Bondy said, Il find moth
ing but the evidence that this woman
has committed an act in a foreign
country. There IS no evidence that it
is crime .Sand even in the absence of
the affidavit submitted by the United
States attorney. there would exist no
presumption that 1t was a crime al the
place of commission. Under those cir
CumStances | must conclude that the
immigration board made mistake of
law and | therefore sustain the writ"
Cites Liquor Makers Cases.
The judge further said:
The record shows that she com
mitted IN act which many OF us
doubtless think involves moral turpi-
tude. hut an act is not a crime al
WAYS. and there is no presumption
Ihat this act was crime. The Con
gresS did not contemplate that the
act. if crime in this country, would
be ground fur exclusion.
eff that was 50 every man who
sold or manufactured liquor in other
lands would he barred from the
United States. for our courts have
held that violation of our prohibition
laws involves moral turpitude.
Il thinl, It is well settled that the
act. to become ground toI' exclusion.
must be a crime under the law Of
the place where it was committed.
The affidavit that adultery is not a
crime in South Africa settles the issue
dctnitely.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
DO Not Favor Repairs.

The plans of the Rock Creek and
Potomac Parkway Commission. which
provide for a park boulevard along
the banks of Rock Creek, passing
under the NJ Street Bridge. cannot be
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
GIRL TAKES POISON,
CALLS IT MISTAKE
Depressed by Suicide Of
Friend, Uses Wrong Bottle.
Will Recover.

Mrs. Gladys Cornell. 21-year-old
bride of a war veteran, was taken
to Emergency Hospital early today
suffering from self-administered
dose of poison. said to have been
taken unintentiOnally.
BY a tragic coincidence. "A close
personal friend of Mrs. Cornell died
at the same hospital last Friday from
a dose of poison and another friend
occupies a room on a floor above her,
suffering also from poison.
Mrs. Cornell was taken to the hos
pital from her apartment at 1011 H
street shortly after O'Clock this
morning. when her husband tele-
phoned for aid after discovering her
drinking poison. DR.. Passalaqua, at
the hospital, Immediately administer
ed treatment and Mrs. Cornell is be
Iieved today to be well on the road
TO recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
WEATHER.

Fair and continued cold tonight. min
imum temperature about Il degrees;
tomorrow, rising temperature. Tenn
pelatures: Highest. 81. al 80 pm.
yesterday: lowest, u, at : pm. today.
Fun report on p0ge ..
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Continued on Page .. Column p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05

She came to Washington five years
ago Illness and physical ailments
affected her so that since 1920 she has
had dozen operations for various
causes She married short. : after she
came to Washington and went West
to live with a husband whose name
she would not disclose. Two children
were horn of this marriage. Both of
them died.
Then came marital troubles The
The Washington times., 1926-04-05
CT RN|AN LEADER
LAUDS ITALY

BERLIN, April s. 'Back to Italy?
Il the slogan issued for German tour.
lists by Herbert Won T4indenburg, q
nephew of President Won linden
burg, and well-known diplomat.
1t was published In the Neue Ber-
liner Zeitung and was intended to
counteract the German boycott move
ment against Italy resulting from
the quarrel over South Tyrol.
His plea almost becomes q hymn
on. Fascisn1.
Never have been treated more
politely and tactfully than on this
trip, he writes, after returning from
visit to Italy.
German thought and Latin form
remain united and nothing can PEI.
n1anently separate them, not even
Fascisnn. whose intentions, by the
way, aren't 90 bad. Even II, like all
young people. It talks rather much.
For Fascism Ii young. II III the
revolution against the ossified, dis
orderly sAffasist' old system.
"Fascisrn introduced itB drastic
methods III foreign policy Is well
This brought at least the advantage
of clearness. Austria and Germany
know now that their union would
mean war with Italy. With this
reality we must figure and we must
respect II.
Let us never forget that our con.
Germ over Austrian affairs Melted us
the greatest disaster Of our history.
The Washington times., 1926-04-05

I p. m.-Hotel Commodore
Orchestra, New York. WIZ
1850.
1850 p. m. Organ recital by
Mary VOgt, Philadelphia, WOO
(5O8).
8:45 D. m.-"What's q Good
Book to Read" by Tom Mas
son, former editor OF Life"
New York, WEAF (4921.
8 D. ma and P Gypsies,
New DIRK, WEAF chain In.
cIuding WCAP. Talk by John
N. Maclxall, chairman, Mary.
land State road commission,
Baltimore, WBAL (246).
10 p. m.-Opera Carmen"
New York, WEAF chain In
IL 3. nl.-Cincinnati Com
munity Program, WSAI 1886.
1l:45 p. Tn.-GeOrgia Tech
GIee Club, Atlanta, WSB (42S).
The Washington times., 1926-04-05
HILL B|LL|ES To
THE RESCUE

For those who could tune it In.
the concert of theE Philharmonic
Orchestra in New York Saturday
night is reliably reported to have
been the best of the season for
radio purposes. s. Washington re-
ceivers were out Of. luck because Of
wire trouble between here ana New
York that prevented the ro.broad-
cast from WRC.
The silver lining to the storm
cloud that blew down the WFtC
wires. however, was the appearance
Of Miss Ruth Peters, soprano, ana
the Hopkins Fill Billy organization
an the irnpromptu program that
was hastily assembled to Iii the
gan Miss Peters has the disttnc-
finn ~ having opened WRC when
II was first established here and
her voice has lost none OF It's love
The Hin BiIlies, with ''Fiddlin.
Charley" Bowman and ''Old ffrouch
Alderman, lii addition to enc Tour
Hopkins brothers might have con.
tiniled their OId-time fiddling untll
| fho earlt hours OF the morning nae
thew nlayed all the requests made
of them by telephone and teiegrapn
from the radio audience. 1lyy
gave an hour or their tune1ul IT,
monies, however, and have prom.
kised to come back again. IN the near
future. unless prevented by tnelI
vaIiieyille e1lgagen1ents- which %
pin with the local Keith house ~
q week or: two.