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Evening star., 1927-10-18

tion that the Board Of Trade was
composed of approximately 5000 local
business men, that the chamber had
a membership OF about 1900 business
men and that the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association had in it's
membership the majority of the larger
business firms in the District.
Ask Rate of S1.65.
On this basis, delegates Of the
trade bodies laid a petition before the
Commissioners asking that the tax
rate for the present fiscal year be not
more than $1.65, and that the rate for
the fiscal year 1928.29 be no higher
than this rate. with the total budget
limited to not more than $43, 100000.
The Commissioners at that time, II
Is recalled, told the trade body repre-
sentatives that their views would be
carefully considered and later a tax
rate of $1.70 was decided upon by the
Commissioners for the present fiscal
year.
Encouraged by their partial victory,
leaders OF the trade associations car
ried forward their plans for uniting
on all matters of vital Importance to
the District, and at the September
meeting Of the Chamber of Commerce
presidents of the trade bodies pledged
their associations to work to this end.
Edwin c. Graham spoke for the Board
OF Trade, Martin A. Leese for the
Chamber of Commerce and Maj. Gen.
Anton Stephan for the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association.
Opening the discussion, Mr.. Graham
championed the District Commission.
ers as the spokesmen for the District
and urged the trade organizations ito
put their shoulders to the wheel" in
support or the programs recommended
by the city heads. He pointed to the
Commissioners as the proper clearing
house Tor all legislation sought for
the District In Congress.
Z AT that time, he predicted the meet.
ing would prove to be the beginning
or new era OF close cooperation be.
tween the trade organizations and one
that would see the elimination Of jeal-
ousies between them.
Yaden Also Speaks.
James G.. Yaden, head of the Citi.
zens' Advisory Council, also was a.
guest speaker at this meeting, and,
while stating that he would support
any concerted movement that would
benefit the city as whole, added that
ne did not agree with Mr.. Graham that
the Commissioners should be recog.
nized as the only spokesmen for the
District.
1T is my opinion" he said, "that
there should be another organization
whose loyalty to the Commissioners is
nnquestioned, which should go before
Congress as the representatives Of the
citizens Of the District, and which
would whenever possible, support and
corroborate recommendations Of the
CO. 'ssioners."
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folds of the overheated equipment.
Before the current was turned off
the evangelist was severely burned.
She was unconscious for an hour.
She was unable to conduct week end
services at the temple. She said she
expected to return to her pulpit Wed.
nesday.
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entomology HEAD
U|TSBUREAUPOST
Dr.. Leland 0. Howard, Retir-
ing as Chief, to Continue
Research Work.

After more than 33 years. service
as chief entomologist OF the Depart.
ment of Agriculture, DIR. Leland o.
Howard retired yesterday as the head
of the Bureau of Entomology, but
will continue in the service and de.
vote his time to research work.
Announcement of the change was
made today by Secretary Jardine, who
designated DIR. G. L. Marlatt, a men,
ber Of the department since 1883 and
for the past five years associate chief
OF regulatory work Of the bureau, as
the new chief. DIR. Marlatt is chair.
man OF the Federal Horticultural
Board.
DR.. Howard Is now In his fiftieth
year of Government service, having
joined the chronological branch of tho
Department of Agriculture shortly
after his graduation from Cornell Uni.
versty. He retires as chief at his own
request, having passed his SEVENTEEN
birthday and asked that he be re.
lieved Of the administrative duties OF
his office, as they were too heavy
burden, depriving him Of his full en-.
ergies in the field Of chronological re.
search. His favorite lines are medical
entomology and parisitology, in which
he has long been recognized as a most
distinguished Investigator.
AS result of the beneficial work of
the bureau under his direction, and
that of other entomologists, IT. is esti.
mated that 10 per cent Of the crop
production Of the United States has
been saved from destruction by in
tsects. In money value this saving
runs to more than a billion dollars
annually.
Two campaigns with which DR..
Howard has been identified have cap.
tured the public fancy. He was the
leader Of the mosquito crusade. AS
early as 1892 he published results of
experiments showing that certain
types could be easily controlled by the
use Of kerosene, and when the mos.
quitoes were identified as disease car
riers he was able to recommend
methods Of control.
His publications on the house fly,
dating from 1895 to his book, 1.-THE
House Fly Disease Carrier" in 1911,
were largely resnonsihla for the anti.
Evening star., 1927-10-18
AIMEE MCPHERSON
BURNED IN ACCIDENT
Evangelist Injured When Elec.
trical Device Becomes
Short -Circuited.
By the Associated Press.

Los ANGELES, October 1S.-Aimee
Semple Mcpherson today was reported
responding satisfactorily to treatment
at Mount Wilson for severe burns and
Evening star., 1927-10-18
SKID. c. POLICEMEN
HELD AFTER RAID
AIIeqed to Have Been Caught
!, in Poker Game Visited
Sunday Morning.

Six members of No. police COM
.fnand. alleged to have been caught in
n raid on a poker game in room on
the second floor of 2148 Pennsylvania
avenue early Sunday morning, are to
he cited to appear before the police
trial board to answer a provision OF
the manual that prohibits poicemen
from engaging in gambling In any
form in a police station or elsewhere.
Capt. Ira SheetZ, in command OF NO.
2 precinct, this morning submitted TO
Mai Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent
of nolice. the names of Frederick An
tonelli, II. S. Montgomery, j. w. II.
Smith. E. E. Ditto, Claude Evans and
]. F. Carroll as the men in the room
when the raid was made.
Charges Made i'm Report.
II is set out in the report of Capt.
Sheetz that when members or the RAID
ing party appeared at the Pennsylva-
MIA avenue address Sunday morning
they found the door locked, and after
a wait of several minutes 1t was
opened by Antonelli, who was about
to leave.
Names of the police members OF
the party actually playing cards were
not specifically given in the report, II
is stated, and this part of the inVestl'
CATION is expected to develop when
the case reaches the trial board. In
view of the report of Capt. Sheetz
and the anti-gambling provision OF the
manual. Maj. Hess stated. the six men
will be cited to appear for trial.
Newman Forfeits Collateral.
Carroll Newman, % years DID, CIV
ing the Pennsylvania avenue address,
was arrested as a result of the raid,
and his collateral Of $25 was forfeited
in Police Court yesterday.
Capt. Sheetz conducted raid on the
Pennsylvania avenue premises yes
terday afternoon and two arrests were
made, the accused registering as John
Langley Charles, 80 years old, y50
Twenty.f1fth street, and Charles II.
Quinn, 26 years old, 540S Cathedral
avenue. They deposited 800 collateral
each for their appearance in Police
Court.
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house fly crusades all over the world
in the last 20 years.
DR.. Howard is a member of the
National Academy of Sciences, the
American Philosophical Society and
the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences. He was permanent secre-
tary Of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science for %
years, and it's president in 1920-21.
He Is the only American honorary
member of the Academy Of Agricul-
ture Of France, and has been deco.
rated by the French government with
the cross of the Chevalier of Honor
for his services to the agricultural
world.
DR.. Marlatt, who succeeds DR..
Howard, has been closely associated
with DR.. Howard's administration.
When DR.. Howard was made chief,
DR.. Marlatt became assistant chief,
and In 1922 associate chief in charge
Of regulatory work. He was ipstru-
mental in promoting the passage Of
the quarantine act Of 1912 and was
appointed to administer It. His
specialties habe been the studies of
scale insects, sawfiies and periodical
Cicadas. known as locusts
Evening star., 1927-10-18

cognizance Of the feeling on the part
of the major trade organizations that
their views should be considered in
matters Of taxation and the District
budget, and during the past Summer,
for the first time. submitted tenn
porary budget figures to committees
Of the trade organizations, as well as
to the Advisory Council.
These budget proposals were SUBJ
jected to several weeks Of close scru-
tiny by officials Of the trade bodies,
and united report, signed by lead
ers Of the Board Of Trade, the Cham.
ber of Commerce and the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association, was
submitted to the Commissioners prior
to final action by the city heads on the
192S-29 budget.
The action today comes as cul-
mination Of movement which had Its
inception months ago when these or
ganizations, feeling that they repre-
sented the vast majority Of the busi-
ness interests and taxpayers of the
District, decided they should get to-
gether to present united front on
all outstanding matters affecting
Washington.
While this feeling has been appar-
ent among local business interests for
considerable time, the first definite
step for united action was taken early
in the year, when the Joint Industrial
Council was established for the pur-
pose of seeking expansion of the IN
dustrial and business life Of the metro
politan area Of the Capital. Delegates
to the council were named by the
Board Of Trade, the Washington
Chamber of Commerce. the Merchants
and Manufacturers' Association, the
Real Estate Board and the Arlington
County Chamber Of Commerce.
Consolidate In Report.
In June, however, during considera,
tion Of the tax rate and the budget for
the District. during the fiscal year 1928
29 and the tax rate for the present
fiscal year, the movement for united
action gained momentum and at that
time, for the first time in the history
Of the local trade associations, these
organizations adopted consolidated
report to the Commissioners, calling
for limitation Of the tax burden below
what had been recommended by the
Citizens Advisory Council.
At numerous meetings Of represent
atives Of the Board Of Trade. the
Chamber OF Commerce and the Mer.
chants and Manufacturers Associa.
ton complaints were voiced against
the advisory council on the grounds
that its membership did not truly rep.
resent taxpayers Of the District. on
cial Government statistics were gath.
cred and discussed by members Of the
trade bodies designed to show that the
members Of the advisory council either
did not pay taxes at all or but limited
amounts, in comparison with what 10
cal business men paid.
It was pointed out in this connec
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Continued from First Pagel
which should be recognized, and be.
cause of our special background OF
business and professional experience
we are in a position to make helpfui
and constructive suggestions for the
promotion Of the best interests OF the
city.
Dissatisfaction Seen.
'"Those here are spokesman for in
terests which are vital and integral
part in the prosperity and develop
ment of the Capital, whose record or
achievement extends over half a
century. In many instances the
means for the advancement OF Wash
ington rests largely with those whom
we represent.
"It is because of this that we look
with concern upon the delegation OF
quasi-official powers to any one group.
This can only result in dissatisfaction.
''It Is our opinion that the District
Commissioners should be representa-.
tives of the whole people before the
appropriate congressional authorities,
that they should listen to the views
of all representative civic and trade
bodies, each of which has the interest
of our city equally ct heart and after
digesting these views from their final
opinion.
1T is not our purpose here to re-
quest any more consideration than
that accorded to other groups, but we
are strongly opposed to any alteration
in our governmental system which
contempiates closing TO our civic trade
bodies the customary avenues Of ap-
proach directly to our legally ap-
pointed representatives by the giving
of oaths Of Office to a quasi official
body, representative of but a portion
of the citizenry of the District, the
administration of which oaths we be-
lieve is not consistent with the law.
Harmony Is Stressed.
"Again we desire to impress upon
you our desire to work In. harmony
with all other civic bodies and that II
is our purpose to appeal to you to
consider the requests Of all organiza.
tions on an equal footing az hereto.
fore, and not to attempt to delegate
any of the powers of your office or any
of your responsibilities to any one
group or any group other than your.
selves"
Signatures attached to the petition
Were those Of Edwin C. Graham, pres.
1dent Of the Board of Trade; Martin
A. LeeSe, president or the Chamber
OF Commerce; Anton Stephan, presi-
dent of the Merchants and Manufac.
turers' Association; Rufus S. Lusk,
president Of the Operative Builders
Association; w. c. Miller, president
of the Real Estate Board, and Joseph
A. Burkart, president of the District
OF Columbia Bar Association.
In addition to these men, the fol.
lowing attended the conference at
which the petition was presented:
w. w. Everett, Z. c. Brandenburg,
Ben T. Webster, and Robert j. Cot.
trell Of the Board of Trade; Ivan c..
Weld and Dorsey w. Hyde of the
Chamber of Commerce: Edward D.
Shaw, the Merchants and Manufactur.
ers' Association. and James P. Shick
OF the Real Estate Board. The Com
missioners promised to take the re.
quests under adyisement.
The District Commissioners, II was
recalled today. already have taken
Evening star., 1927-10-18
SUSPECT ARRESTED
| AFTER HARD FIGHT
Leon Penn, CoIored, Reputed
Church Sexton, Accused
in HoId-Up.

Leon Penn, colored, % years old,
ZOO Sheridan road southeast. who
claims to be the sexton Of church.
was arrested early this morning by
police OF the Eleventh precinct after
a stiff battle, in which he is alleged &c
have used both feet and fists. and
locked up for investigation after three
men identified him as the man who
held them up with an iron pipe q few
hours earlier.
Penn was in hard luck all around.
John w. King and r. l.. Callahan.
both OF POSI- Nichols avenue southeast
stated that he threatened them with
an iron bar and searched them as they
were nearing their home at 245
o'clock this morning but didn't get
anything. Harry w. Hoyle. Tenth
and Savannah streets southeast, made
similar complaint less than an hour
later.
In Bad Mix.up With Police.
The alleged hold-up man was found
the hold-ups by Policemen Guy Rome
M. Chmylko and G. II. Redlick, who
were in search of him. When they
approached him he jumped through
the windshield Of the sedan, shattering
it and cutting himself.
He landed a kick to Redlick's mid.
riff, which sent the officer to the
street, police stated. and then mixed 1t
up with Policemen Chmylko and Red.
lick. Chmylko. however, used to be a
Russian Cossack. and he banged Penn
over the head with his baton, infiicting
wound which was treated ut Casual.
ty Hospital. The prisoner was
brought to No. II precinct and booked
for investigation.
Keens Up Fight in Cell.
After being placed in a cell, despite
his assertion that his occupation is
that of church sexton, he became so
violent, throwing water on all who
came near, that he was removed to
Gallinger Hospital. where he is under
observation. All three Of the COM
plainants, police stated, identified him
as the man who brandished an iron
pipe and made futile searches for
money.
Evening star., 1927-10-18

q n o c X suffered
T h u r s a ay last
when an electrical
device she W a 8
using to treat a
cold at Ange1us
T e m p Q became
short circuited.
The evangelist
had b e on using
the apparatus in
the evening. and
at about 3 o'clock
the next morning
her $ re tar Y.
MISS Emma ScEaf
fer, was awakened
by q m file d
8 c r e a m TO find
Mrs. Mcpherson
hnlnlaca In Z n a
Evening star., 1927-10-18
C. M. MANLY, PLANE:
EXPERT, SUCCUMBS
Designer of First Gasoline
Airship Motor Dies in
New York.

Charles Matthews Manly. credited
with being the chief designer Of the
first airplane gasoline engine, and the
nrst aviator to attempt to pilot a
gasoline-engined airship, died SUNDAY
at his home in Kew Gardens, Queens.
N. T., following brief illness.
Born at Staunton, Va, in 1876. Man.
~ became an associate of DIR. Samuel
+. Langley of the Smithsonian In.
stltutlon IN that aviation pioneers ex.
periments in aerial navigation. and
from 1898 until 1905 he was DIR. Lang.
ieys chief assistant at the institution
In 1903 Mr.. Manly was pilot OF
the airplane which Langley had de-
signed in its unsuccessful ATTEMPT To
take off from an anchored houseboat
on the Potomac River off Whitewater
Va. The aircraft had been Invented
by Langley and the motor with which
it was powered, at that time the light.
Observation-Disclosures in the
world. was designed principally by
Manly. The ship caught on the
launching, gear atop the boat. how.
ever. and the pioneer Manly, was
hurled into the river in the failure
Of the first attempted aerial flight
under gasoline power in the history
of aviation.
In a subsequent similar attempt to
launch an airplane from the same
houseboat in December of the same
year Manly was again thrown into
the river, and that time. he narrow.
ly escaped drowning in the ice.cov-
cred waters.
Mr.. Manly formerly was president
of the Society of Automotive Engi-
neers and during the World War he
served as consulting engineer In the
aviation section of the British war
office. The aviation pioneer was mar
rted to Miss Grace Agnes Wishart
Of Washington, who died in 1921. He
Is survived by a brother, Basil Man.
ly of this city, and two children,
Charles Wishart Manly and John
Frederick Manly.
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TRADE BODIES OPEN
YELLED ATTACK ON
CITIZENS COUNCIL

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Ter was driving north on Seventeenth
the roadway. His skull was fractured.
Witnesses explained to the jury the
circumstances under which the acct
dent happened, none Of them saying
that speeding was responsible. A ver-
dict Of accidental death was given by
the Jury.
Evening star., 1927-10-18
VESSELS IS EXONERATED.
Truck Driver Held Not Hesponsi-
BILE in Chandler Death.

J. w. Vessels, driver Of the thir.
teenth precint patrol wagon, which
Sunday night was in collision with an
automobile driven by Charles Todd
Chandler, jr., Of 1904 Bay street south.
east, who was killed in the accident,
was exonerated at a coroner's inquest
held at the morgue this morning.
The patrol wagon, en- route to Gal
1inger Hospital, was eastbound on
Massachusetts avenue, while Chand.
street when the collision occurred,
Chandler being hurled from his car tc
Evening star., 1927-10-18

The Tarahumara Indians, probably
the worlds best runners, live on a de.
ficient diet, according to scientific
standards, for they eat nothing but
tortillas Of corn, beans and chill.
El fronterizo., 1927-10-15
In Formidable COmplOt En-
ESpana EStuyO A PuntO De
DerrOCar APrimO De Rivera

MEXICO, Octubre, 7.-Enorme es-
candalo ha causado en- ell RENO
Espahol ell descubrimiento de I'm for
midable complot, por medic del cual
Sc proyectaba derrocar ell Gobierno de
Primo de Rivera, substituy6ndolo con
IN Regimen Parlamentario, consti-
tufdo mediante Asamblea NacionaI.
Como c~onsecuencia de tai hecho,
fleron reducidos a prisi6n cuatro IL
deres republicanos, cinco Generates Y
desarmadas varias C~orporacfones que
estaban listas para entrar en- accion.
El fronterizo., 1927-10-15
DE RIVERA MEGA QUE HAYA
DECLARADO 10 QUE DICEN

MADRID, octubre 14.-El Primer
Ministro Primo de Rivera extendi6
hoy una aclaracion s~emi-oficial, ne
gando que haya hecho las "absurdas
declaraciones' que aparecieron en- un
diario ~londinense.
En- la ~entrevista publicada Sc de-
c1a que Primo de Rivera habfa decla-
RADIO sobre las posibiIidades de que
Espana SO retire de la parte Norte
de Africa, y que con la mediaci6n de
Inglaterra Sc llegarfa a I'm acuerdo
s~atisfactorio entire Espana y Francia.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
TESTS SHOW THIRD
HAVE BAD BRAKES
41,840 of 115,O50 Autos
Inspected in Maryland Cam.
palgn Need Adjustment.

More than one-third OF the automn
biles tested in Maryland's "save.life"
recently completed. had bad
brakes or some other faulty equip.
ment. according to statistics which
just have been compiled. OF the 115..
oao NOR vehicles inspected 1920
were found safe to operate, while
Al $40 needed adjustment, the compila.
ton shows.
Brakes were adjusted on 1854 ve.
hicleS or / per cent OF the total num-
her inspected. Brakes on 5,7+9 We
hicies, or Az per cent, were refined
This work justified the campaig
was said, since faulty brakes are rec
oSniZed as an outsta nding menace in
motor vehicle opera ton
During the campaign" said one Of
ncial. there were quite a number If
Incense tags taken up from owners
VINO refused to have the sIfety factors
OF their cars corrected after inspection
showed they were n menace to traffic.
In one case the worm on the steering
gear OF small truck was practica lly
gone an when the truck made turn
To either the left or right it required
great effort to straightpn II out. The
the steering mecha nism corrected and
MS Tags were taken from hi n. Wher
hnally he had the repairs made his
tags were restored.
In the entire CampaiGn. while ONLY
half of the cars of the Sta,e were in
spected there was only one case where
a man absolutely refused TO have his
car inspected on the basis that il was
an infringement OF rs personal lib
erty.
The public reacted splendidIy to
the campaign. Unquestionably it will
he repeated next year. and the Legis
iature in the following year will he
asked to pass a law making 1t compuI.
sorJ thereby assuring that all cars
VIII he in safe operating condition
r.. Austin Baushman. commissioner
ni motor vehicles. AMI John n. Mack.
all. chairman OF the State Roads Com.
mission. recently announced that they
would advocate a compulsory inspec-
ton Of automobiles at the next session
of the Legislature, in 1929.
Evening star., 1927-11-27
COMPRESSION RAISED.
BY CARBON DEPOSITS
Accumulation in Motor May Be
Helpful, Says Veteran
Mechanic.

One Of the interesting points in con-
nection with motoring at the present
time. according TO veteran automo-
tive mechanic. is the mistake made by
motorists in trying to keep their en-.
gines entirely free of carbon. Car
bon can be very helpful nowadays,
due to the more general use of better
fuels.
If an engine is absolutely clean, he
SAYS, an anti-knock fuel will not pro-
vide any better performance than can
be obtained with an ordinary gasoline
of good quality. But If there is car
bon in the engine. the advantages of
the anti-knock fuels become apparent.
Many motorists feel that when they
have to use such fuel in order to
stop 'pinging" noises, so characteristic
with a carbon-filled engine. they are
''out Of luck" and are merely depend.
ing upon the new type of gas for a
sort of crutcb. This is not the case.
Up to a certain point carbon can be
useful by raising the compression.
The new gases are designed to oper-
ate under higher compression@c condi-
tons.