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Evening star., 1928-11-13
RENT-BUsrNEss PROPERTY.

6i5 9th ST. N.W.-FINE STORE WITH OF:
fees above; property now, being remodeled
cupancy soon; street car transfer point; rea-
sonable rent. EDW. P. SCHWARTZ, INC,
I0l4 VT ave Main 62l0
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Real Estate Dept.
Col Ed

NOLONEDs
7th and M sts. n.w.-10 rooms, 5 baths,
h.-w.h., elec.; arranged as three complete
apartments; worth your inspection.
5S2 gath st. me-, Just @puth of Benning
rd.-New house, 6 rooms and bath, ami;
Elyans I'd. Sc, Congress Heights rooms;
$500.
CHAS. D. SAGER.
Main 36. 924 14th st. NV.
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WAREHOUSES;.
wANTED-FARMS.

WAREHOUSE, 14th AND MONROE. MOD
ern fireproof building, suitable for factory
Mr.. MOVES, 1919 NV. Room $40.
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NEARBY VA.--5-RM. COTTAGE: FUR. $50;
unfur.; $50. 8-rm. cottage: fur. S35; unfur.,
$25; elec. Phone Clarendon $40.
heat; ami; one block G st. car line; one
block bus; $50. 321 Buchanan ave-, RIVER
dale, Md. 13s
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PLANS TO revoke
PARKING L|GHTtAN
Maj. Hesse, Studying Pro-
posal, Sees No Need for
Present Regulation.

Mai Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent
of police. announced today that he
plans to make an effort 10 save mo-
torists Of Washington thousands of dol
lars annually BY recommending the
revocation of the traffic regulation re-
quiring parked automobiles to burn q
parking light at night.
A proposed amendment to the traffic
code providing for abolition OF the park
ing light rule already has been framed
by the police superintendent and will
be submitted to the Commissioners this
week.
Sees No Useful Purpose.
Maj. Hesse said he has made a long
study OF the problem. which has con-
vinced him that parking lights serve
no useful purpose.
Il made aP inspection In several
streets last night, and In single block
found II cars without parking lights
burning" declared Mai. Hesse. Since
the city streets are now fairly well
lighted. see no further use for parking
lights In most Of the large cities there
Is no such thing as parking light ordi-
nance. Here In the District some mo-
torists tie a red lantern to the rear of
their cars. That does not comply with
the ordinance"
Headlights Spot Car.
Headlights of an approaching car. In
most cases, Maj. Hesse said. pick out
the machine parked at the curb. but
the driver does not see the tiny parking
light
Cars parked out all night soon run q
battery down, Maj Hesse pointed out
with the result that the owner Is un-
able TO move the car In the morning
Aside from the towing and battery re-
charging bills, he said. the repeal OF
the regulation will save the motorist
the cost OF equipping the car with a
parking light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
EX- SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN DIES
AT "a AFTER EXTENDED ILLNESS
Oregon Statesman Figured
Prominently in War Ac-
tivitieS of Senate.
Later Was Member of Ship
ping Board-Native Son
of Mississippi.

Former Senator George Earle Cham
berlain of Oregon, wartime chairman
of the military affairs committee and
later a member of the United States
Shipping Board, died at 2 o'clock this
morning after a long illness at his
home in Wardman Park Hotel. He was
"a years old.
About two years ago Senator Cham
berlain was stricken with paralysis,
from which he seemed to have recover
ed. He had relapse last January and
since then had been confined to his bed
most of the time. His condition grad
ually became worse and there was no
hope for his recovery.
The former Senator surprised his
friends in Washington in July, 1926.
when he quietly went to Norfolk and
was married to Mrs. Carolyn E. Shelton,
who had been clerk to the Senate MILL
tary affairs committee He had been
widower for about two years before
his second marriage. With him at the
time Of his death were his wife and one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
POISONED GARDEN
I'LL
Spray Used on Vegetables
/. After Church Dispute in
! Wisconsin Town.
BY the Associated Press.


Chiffon, Wis, July Spray
poisoned vegetables In the garden OF
Rev. T.. M, Harwood Of Trinity Pres
hyterian Church here have caused q
search by authorities for persons who
sprayed the plants. Officers link the
poison plot with recent dissension In
the pastors parish.
Mr.. Harwood and his 3-year-old son
are III as result of eating radishes
from the garden, and chemists said the
two owed their lives to the fact that
they ate only root vegetables. About 3
pounds of poison was sprayed on the
garden. chemists found
When the two became Ill three weeks
ago, suspicion was aroused Rain
washed away one coat OF spray, but
minister discovered second coat
ing, and he notified the district at
torney,
Some members of the congregation
have complained to church officials in
Milwaukee of the sarcastic nature OF
the Harwood sermons. and he has re-
ceived several threatening letters warn
ing him to leave Chiffon.
Election by the church board of sew
eral members of the congregation pre-
cipitated the discord, the minister said
Those barred from the church. IL is
charged. enlisted the help of the Ladies'
Aid Society, and the activities led to
disbandonment Of the society by the
board,
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ADVISES USE OF PLANES.


STOCKHOLM. July o CpD.-Iieut.
Einar-Paal Lundborg. Swedish airman.
who rescued Gen. umberto Mobile from
the Ice. believes that airplanes offer the
best possible method of taking of the
remaining five survivors Of the Italia
He visited the base ship Citta di
Milano to discuss steps to be taken to
rescue the men who are adrift on foe
north of Spitzbergen.
He Is understood to have been against
any attempt for the survivors to try
to reach land In rubber boat, de-
spite the fact that the ice foe at pres
ent Is no great distance from Cape
Leigh Smith, Northeast Land. He
pointed out that no rubber boat could
keep aftoat long in a sea strewn With
floating ice
Lieut.. Lundborg thought that II was
better 10 walt until the men could be
saved by airplanes. whose operations viii
begin again as soon as the weather per-
mits. He strongly urged that airplane
flights be made over the ice. even when
there was no prospect of landing, In
view of the effect they would have ON
the morale of the marooned men.
Lieut., Lundhorg Is also understood TO
have said that any attempt OF the
marooned men to reach land In rub
ber boat would be hindered BY the pres
ence of Natalie Ceecioni. injured motor
chief Of the Italia
This statement would appear to dis
count the report that Ceccioni had died
II had been rtimored earlier that Geo.
cioni had died on Thursday, or before
Lundborg left
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DC. Tax Collections
Break All Records
With $32,5l2,871.97

Taxes and license fees added
$32,512,87197 to the Golfers of the
District government during the last
fiscal year ending June 80, accord
ing to a report prepared for the
Commissioners today by Chatham M.
Towers, collector of taxes. This fig
ure shattered all previous records
and exceeded by $2,22l ,203.39 the
recording breaking collections of
the 1927 fiscal year.
Mr.. Towers report shows that tax
collections have increased nearly
$l0,000.000 in the past four years.
The collections covering this period
follow:
1925: So, 2,206, ,856.I4.
1926: S26, zoe, ,646.83.
1927: $30,29l ,667.58.
1928: $32,512,87l.97.
The largest revenues last year
were collected In October and April.
The return for the former month
was $7,270. .860.48. In April the fig-
ure was s6,358, ,802.80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
ISLANDER" RADIO STATION HOAX
is LAID TO PLAYFUL VILLAGERS
Sets Tapped With Headphone and Bits Of
Gossip Broadcast to Neighbors, Ohio
Town Now Believes.

that they were investigating it. It be-
gan to look as though the test car
threatened upon the community by j.
c. McNary, Federal radio supervisor at
Detroit, In order to locate the mysteri-
Gus station would not be needed.
Today there was another angle to the
tangled tale: That the station never
existed and gossip never broadcast, but
that a group Of merry villagers had
perpetrated a hoax upon their fellows
by tapping radio sets with wire with
headphone connections and then talked
into the headphone from a point out
side the house The headphone was
connected to the two primary terminals
Of the first audio transformer.
Radio experts described such meth
Cd as entirely feasible. and assigned the
rest Of the scheme as depending on the
human nature of the neighbors-the
tale losing nothing in the telling--anc
the tendency of the neighbors to admit
eagerly "they heard 1t, too" rather than
appear to have missed something.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
ADMINISTRATORS NAMED.
Court Chooses Lowenssein's Brother
) in-Law.

Court Chooses Lowenssein's Brother
in-Law.
BRUSSELS, July 8 O49.-At Mrs
Lowensteins request, the court has ap-
pointed Capt. Alfred Lowenstein's
brother-in-laW and associate, Count
Roger van der Straeten, administrator
OF Lowensteins estate.
As TO the legal pronouncement OF
deatn, the court mas postponed decision
penang the official investigation OF
france and England. The Beigian au-
thorlties have asked the British TO hand
over Capt. Lowensteins plane, which is
now at CruyuOn, IL Is Delleyeu tIiat
technical experiments Will be made In
connection with Lowenstein's fate.
Although rumors that Lowenstein did
not meet death In tall from hts plane
persist, his family believe that he is
not engaged In perpetrating any hoax.
The family issued a statement say
Ing that unfortunately there was no
doubt that bic was dead. All evidence,
Il WAS asserted. proved he had entered
hts plane at Croydon and was not IN
It when 1t landed and also showed that
his death was due to an accident
Nevertheless this belief Is likely 10
have little legal weight, and the settle-
ment OF his estate probably win become
tangled affair because of the vast in
terests involved and the manner Of his
disappearance II the body remains un-
discovered it Is thought that 1t might
be as long as 80 years before the whole
question or inheritance can be settled.
Passengers and crew Of the plane
from which Lowenstein Is said to have
fallen appeared before justice Of peace
of the second district this morning and
testified under oath as to the exact cir
cumstances of the bankers disappear
ance. This was the first step TO be
taken with a view to establishing his
legal absence or death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
PLAN TO BOND STATE
TO PAY BANK DEBTS
North Dakota Will Vote on Pro-
posal for $25, 100000 to
Cover Failures.

BY the Associated Press.
BISMARCK. N. D.. July "A pro-
posal TO bond the State of North Dakota
tor $25,o00,000 to pay depositors of
closed State banks will be submitted
to voters OF this State at the November
election.
A petition containing $4,000 names,
1000 more than the number required
by kew to place the proposal before
the voters has been filed with the
secretary of state.
The petition requests that an amend
ment OF the State constitution provide
for "the payment by the State OF de-
posits In State banks, which became IN
solvent and closed between January
!. 1919. and May Is. 1923. to 10000
depositors who have lost more than
$25. 10000 over and above the amount
of the reserves Of the closed insti-
tutions.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09

By the Associated Press.
CROOKSVILLE, Ohio. July 9. --
Crooksville is wondering who is being
kidded.
All last week reports emanated from
here that a phantom radio station,
which signed itself "PDQ," was broad
casting local gossip to the embarrass-
nnent of many respected citizens. Fu-
tile efforts were made to locate the
station. the stories said. but the an
nouncer continued his occasional sallies
and ruined regulations nightly with re-
marks on secret poker parties, quiet
little sessions over stems of home brew
and nocturnal excursions with unre-
lated members of the opposite sex.
But over the week end county and
village officials branded It all as pure
felton, Mayor p. M. Ogg and Sheriff
Harley McNab both said they had
never heard Of the station and denies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
BRITAIN DENIES UNDUE DELAY


LONDON, July Q tpl-Sir Austen
Chamberlain. foreign secretary. assured
the House of Commons today that there
would be no unnecessary loss of time
in replying to the latest American note
on the anti-war pact.
When Ernest Thurtle, Laborite, init
mated what he termed the governments IS
prOcraStination was causing consider
able disappointment throughout the
country. Sir Austen replied that this
appeared TO be rather an expression OF
opinion than a fact.
sBut." he added "ln my view It Is
more important that his majesty's gov
ernment should be careful when UNDER
taking new engagements not to break
their old ones than to- proceed without
reference to the serious nature Of the
questions involved, = ''aYf ~ ~ yls
Consultations with the dominions,
the foreign secretary explained, were by
no means yet complete.
REpNWT &c SVfRppTxr xsEpEs \
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RUINS UNEARTHED.

VIENNA. July Q L9.--Ruins of what
Is believed to have been Roman city
day. Several elaborate tomhs. contain-
Ing efnbalmed human remains. jewels,
floral wreaths. food and other utensils.
all In extraordinarily good state OF pres
ervation. were unearthed,
Prof. Bettinger, noted VienneSe arche-
ologist, who was summoned to the scene.
confessed himself bewildered by the per-
feet condition OF two of the skeletons.
which he declared were those Of men
who lived before Christs appearance on
earth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
BUDGET IS PUSHED.

The budget recommendations OF the
washington Board OF Trade and the
Citizens Advisory Council for the
l02a-3O fiscal year were considered hy
the Commissioners today at their final
budget -inaking meeting,
Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and bud.
get offlcer. VIII now whip the estimates
Director Lord, Whether any changes
are 10 be made In accordance with the
recommendation az Nhn two ngganixas
tions was not usAde known.
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Fisherman Says He Saw Bag
Fall at Time Plane Was
Over Channel.
TELLS OF BOAT NEAR
LOCATION OF LANDING
Grew and Passenge on Financier's
Craft Make Dispositions
in Brussels.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, July 9.-The Exchange
Telegraph Co. prints rather startling
dispatch from Dunkirk, which gives a
new theory on the disappearance of
Capt, Alfred Lowentsein, Belgian fin-
ancier.
A fisherman of the small village Of
Bray-Dunes, on the coast of France,
says the dispatch, is reported to have
stated that he was certain he saw a
parachute fall from the skies about the
time the Lowenstein plane was cross
ing the English Channel, and alight
few miles from the place where he
was.
He did not bother to investigate at
the time, as he saw boat near the
place where the parachute came down.
There is no confirmation OF this re-
port, but in aviation circles 1t Is as
serted that. provided the door of the
plane was open. 1t would have been
quite possible for Lowenstein to leave
the airplane without being detected
by members of the crew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
COTTON PRICE BREAKS.

Sharp Decline Follows Government
Acreage Report.
NEW ORLEANS, July o (P.--Cotton
prices sagged approximately s4.25 a
bale here today under heavy selling
induced by the bearish character Of the
Governments acreage report, which
showed an increase In acreage OF ia
per cent Immediately after the report
was issued trading became very active
and within a few minutes October and
December contracts had dropped 30
points.
When the offerings were absorbed
the market rallied a few points, but
the undertone remained weak.
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REPORT rs SURPRISE HERE.
State Department Lacks Information oi
Formal Nature on Signing.

The reports In Paris that signature
of the treaty renouncing war could pro-
cced at any time desired by Secretary
Kellogg seemed little premature today
in view Of the fact that the State De-
partment has heard nothing on the
subject, formally or informally. from
the various governments or their am
bassadors In this country.
Some Of the diplomatic representa-
tives now In Washington have indicated
to the Secretary their expectation OF
an. early reply from their governments
which would permit discussion OF de-
tails as to the ceremony OF signing the
document. So far as known at the
State Department. however. none Of the
embassies has yet been otficially advised
on the subject nor has there been
any exchange between the American
diplomats abroad and the respective
governments on that question.
State Department ofiiciais we're not
inclined to speculate as to the sugges-
tion IN the Paris dispatches that Sec
retary kellogg would visit Paris to par
ticipate In a general ceremony In con-
nection with signing of the treaty. OBJ
yiously. Il was said, the Bastille day
date, July II. mentioned In the Paris
dispatch, was out of the question since
there has been no preliminary exchange
and there Is not now time to arrange q
ceremony.
The department made public without
comment a message from Ambassador
Gibson at Brussels quoting the Belgian
foreign minister as having told the
Chamber of Deputies that the govern
lnent was examining the American anti
war treaty project, With the most
lively and most friendly attention" and
the hope that 1t would soon result In
"a new guarantee. Of international
order and peace"
The Ambassador added that In sub
sequent debate the leader of the Social
LIST opposition. Vandervelde, expressed
the conviction that the Belgian Parlia-
ment would unanimously accept such a
treaty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
VICTIMS OF PLANE CRASH
IDENTIFIED BY LETTERS
Two Passengers, Man and Woman,
Killed in 1,00O-Foo Fall--Pilot
Seriously Injured.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS, N, j., July
9.--The two passengers who were killed
when the plane In which they we're
riding crashed near here yesterday have
been identified from letters In their
clothing as Mary Jobling OF New York
City and G. r. Mccormick OF Cleveland
Ohio. The pilot Of the plane, Lieut..
Archer H. Saki Of Lakewood. was seri-
ously injured
Saki had made several fights with
passengers from a local field. Spec
tators said he seemed TO lose control OF
the plane when II was about 1000 feet
UP, 1t went into tail spin, struck a
tree and crashed into polo field. The
two passengers were instantly killed
Saki was removed to Spring Lake Hos
pital suffering from possible internal
injuries, decorations and shock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
Flyer Husband Who Takes Girls Up
Sued by Wife on Charge of Neglect

Westlake, = realty operator. and son
OF former Chicago packer, was seri-
ousiy injured September ! last year
when his plane went into q nose dive
near Rushyille. ILL.,. Ind his companion
and business associate. A. Edward
Frear. vas killed. Since then. MRS,
Westiake asserts. he has lost none OF
his seSt for flying and has u habit oi
engaging In dangerous stunts"
Relieving the annNifnent Of their
original marriage. which took place toi-
lowing an eiopefnent In 1919 nom the
University OF Chicago when Mrs. West
lake was III, the WestiakeS were re-
married III another eIopement IN laal,
They separated hrae 10 III this year,
They have enc ehild. Ayears old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09

of his six children, Mrs. Lucie Blair of
Norfolk
Chamberlain was appointed to the
Shipping Board in 1921 by President
Harding, as one of the Democratic
members, after his defeat for reelection
to the Senate. He resigned from the
Shipping Board after two years and
was engaged In the practive of law in
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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by the Associated Press.
Americans are 80 cents poorer per
capita this year than they we're last
year, but they are $3.50 richer than
they were In 1914
Treasury records made public today
show that the per capita wealth OF the
United States. based on an estimated
population of iia,364,60O on June 80.
the end of the 1919 fiscal year. was
$40 SO, compared with s4i. 40 for 1927
and S34,s2 for 1914
All United States monky In Issue At
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nv the Associated PRESS.

ny the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, july "A charge unique
In divorce court annals~-that husband
Is neglecting his family and terrifying
his wife Lecause Of contemplated nom
stop Chicago-to-n naris flights con-
tanned IN bill for separate main-
tenanee against Emory w. Westlake,
The plaintiff, who declares she will
prevent WestlAke's proposed flight II
she has to wear out al injunction to
do Ii, likewise alleges that her husband
Is accompanied on many OF his stunt
flights BY girls from Chicagas better
families. and that he misses no on-
pnrtnnity ITO take advantage oi such
i romantic setting ia promote his
affairs uq&the heafk.s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
MEARS CROSSING SIBERIA.

Globe Cirelers Are Now on Way to
Chita.
MOSCOW July Q Rp.~-John II.
Mears and Charles q. ID. Coilyer we're
flying across Siberia today In an attempt
to break the record for circling the
globe. They landed at Novosibirsk at
$50 last night and started at am
today for Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. They
left Krasnoysrsk at am. for Chita,
Siberia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
FRANCE NOW READY
TO SIGN WAR PACT
Whether Kellogg Will Visit
Paris for Ceremony Not
Officially Stated.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 9.-The pact outlawing
war can be signed any time that Secre-
tary of State Kellogg wishes, official
circles intimated today. The l4th OF
July, the great French holiday. has been
suggested in Paris, but there has been
no discussion of this detail with Wash
ington.
The impression is abroad here that
Secretary kellogg himself would come
over for the ceremony. but the foreign
ofice is unaware OF any definite plans
concerning this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
MONEY H0ARDERS LOSE.
France to Redeem Silver Francs al
Two -Fifths of Value.

PARIS, July tpl.--The silver coins
boarded for years by French peasants
In their proverbial woolen socks viii not
be redeemed at par. but at tWo-fifths
Of their pre~war value.
The government has fixed the ratio
effective next Monday for the silver
pieces which have been demonetixed
under the stabiiixation bill. the value
being set ON the basis Of the bullion
price,
Consequently. people who didn't trust
banks, thinking that any hard money
was always worth par, will get only 40
cents ON the dollar for their silver coins,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
100 NABBED IN OIL PLOT
Rumanian ofiicials Are Accused
Attempted state Fraud.

BUCHAREST. Rumania, July . CO,
One hundred and twenty mayors. pre-
iectS. inspectors and other government
ofiicials have been arrested IN connee-
ton with an ALLEGED gigantic plot 10
defraud the state hy the acquisition az
rich oh lands. Other arrests are 60
pacted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
Mr.. Average American Shy Sc Cents
In Comparison With Wealth in 1927

the end of the fiscal year was given as
&g,Ii7 ,768, ,786. compared with S8.661.-
286.O76 for 1927 and s3.796, ,456,764 for
1914.
OF this amount s4.7D6, ,40R.6G7 was In
circulation at ths end of the 1923 fiscal
year, with the remainder held IN the
Treasury and by Federal Reserve banks,
compared with eA,B6i .326,356 In 1927
and Sa,468 ,059,756 IN 1914,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
.eliolitti Reported Seriously III,

nnfrh from Rome reports former Pre-
ialleg Qiolitti seriously III,