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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-02
RADIO FANS GRATEFUL

Have you noticed the improvement
in radio reception here in the last
week or so? Ellis Van Alta, radio
trouble shooter for the P. p. & L.
company, spent about week here
and found lot of things wrong in
transformers and even on the high
line, that were interfering with good
reception. He corrected all he found
and it has resulted in the radio pro-
grams coming in much better. He
was called away the first of the
week but expects to return later
to give the district closer check and
to correct further defects if he finds
them. What he has already done has
improved the reception about 100 per
cent
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-02
RAIN HELPS ROADS

The rain this week, the first good
one for some time, while unpleasant
at the time, is going to be of
considerable help to the roads, which
have been in a terrible condition 70,
the past month, particularly the Yaki-
ma and Kennewick roads, Because oi
their unusually dry condition it has
been impossible to do anything with
them for fear of spelling them alto
gether. The recent moisture, how
ever, will permit the use Of the drag
and floats and it went be long now
until they are in first class condition
again.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-02

F. c. Koppen has sufficiently re-
covered from the injuries-received
in the auto accident few weeks ago
that resulted fatally to Mrs. Koppen,
to return home from Ephrata, where
he had been under the Doctors care.
He is still lame and sore and it will
be some little time before he has en-
tirely recovered.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-02

A.. c. Wade, Mrs. William Van
Hav and E. ]. OLarey of White
Bluffs were included in the list Of
r.1mes drawn in Prosser Monday for
jury duty for the jury term beginning
Tuesday, November IS.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-02

THE modern automobile is
a finely built piece of ma
chinery and it will stand a
lot of abuse. Considering
the work it does, it gives sur
prisingly little trouble. But
there isn't a car made that
will not run better and
longer if given proper care.
The first few hundred
miles are especially impor-
tant because that is when
the mechanism of your car
is being broken in.
Proper attention during
this period will lengthen its
life and prevent unnecessary
trouble later on.
We are particularly inter-
csted in this matter because
we believe il is our duty not
only to make a good auto
mobile, but to help the
owner get the greatest pos
sible use over the longest
period of time at a mini
IN u m Of trouble and
expense.
With this in view, the
entire Ford dealer organ
ization has been specially
trained and equipped to SER
vice the new Model A car.
Furthermore, we have i'm
structed every Ford
dealer to give the M&
following Free ~
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-02

Inspection Service at 500,
1000 and 1900 miles:
Check battery
Check generator charging rate
Check disirijuaos adjusfmenf
Check carburefor adjustment
Check lights
Check brakes
Check sh0ck absorber ADJUST
nene
Check tire initiation
Chcck steering gear
Change engine oil
LubSic0fe chassis
No charge is made for
labor or materials incidental
to this service, except, Of
course, where repairs are
necessary through accident,
misuse or neglect. The only
charge is for new oil.
See your Ford dealer,
therefore, and get this Free
Inspection of your new car
at 500, 1000 and 1900
miles. Find out, too, how
little it will cost to have your
car given a thorough going
over at regular periods
thereafter.
A checking-up by expert
enced mechanics, together
/ with oiling and greasing
every 500 miles, will add
months and years to the life
of your car and mean more
economical and plea
- surable. motoring
every mile you drive.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-02

The old Spokesman building pur.
chased by ]. c. Lloyd for an office
building, is undergoing extensive re.
pairs. Wall board is being put on the
ceiling and walls, new floor is be-
ing put down and other interior i'm
provements made. Later, the exterior
will be treated to new coat of paint
The carpenter work is being done
by R. w. Grucnhagen and c. c
Coleman.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
DELMARvA FARMERS
LOSE REPORT PLEA
Market News Service Appropria-
tion Missing in Fin
ished Bill.

Despite vigorous efforts by the farm
ers of the Delmarva Peninsula, embrace
ing ID counties in Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia in the Eastern Shore Sec
ton to obtain for that highly produc-
tive area more adequate market news
service and an appropriation of $1,000
for a reporting bureau in Pocomoke
City, Md, the provision for this service
was missing from the agricultural ap-
preparations bill when 1t was reported
to the House yesterday.
Support of Representatives Colds
borough of Maryland, Bland of Virginia
and Houston of Delaware was expressed
in the committee hearings, and the
project was especially urged by F. B.
Bomberger, chief Of the Maryland State
Department of Markets, who made a
lengthy statement on the needs OF the
farmers before the committee.
Daily News reports on strawberries
from May 10 to June 80, Irish potatoes
from June 20 to July 81, early apples
from July S to August l, cucumbers
from July to July 81, late apples from
August / to october 81, cantaloupes
from August to September 10, and
sweet potatoes from August Is to Octo-
ber / are vital to this section, u was
pointed out.
Reports received now, testimony Of
Bomberger before the committee shows,
come from Philadelphia, and In some
instances are received too late to be Of
great value to the shippers IN the Del
marva district.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
|FORESEES SPREAD
OF CORN BORER
Pest Is Being Held Normally
in Check, However, Ex-
pert Contends.
Ey the Associated press.

By the Associated Press.
While predicting that the corn borer
eventually will infest every section OF
the country where it can survive, DR.
C. L. Marlatt, chief of the plane quaran-
tir1e and control administration of the
Agriculture Department, contends 1t is
being held in check, except where 1t is
spreading normally by fight.
TeStifying before the subcommittee at
hearings on the, agriculture appropria-
ton bill, DR.. Marlatt said the normal
spread" of the corn borer is something
that cannot be prevented.
I'VE are willing to say right of the
reel that this pest eventually Is going
to cover the United States, that Is,
where it can live" he asserted.
He added, however, that the spread of
the insect last year was very trivial,
largely due to efficient preventive meas
ureS.
I'VE are holding back the spread of
this insect" he declared, adding that
this was useful not only directly in
keeping certain areas of the corn belt
free from the pest, but in enabling us
in the meanwhile to bring out natural
control by means of parasites"
THAT Is being done in connection
with the research phase of the work" !"
he said. 1T is also of value in demon
strating the necessary farm practices
needed for control. The work is useful
along those lines as well as in the actual
prevention or delaying of the spread"
Evening star., 1928-12-15
GRAPE INDUSTRY HELD
IN DEPLORABLE STATE.
Tenny Tells House Group Califor'
mans Are Uncertain Of
Legal Points.

BY the Associated Press.
The grape industry, in the opinion
of Lloyd S. Tenny, former Department
of Agriculture expert and now vice
president of the California vineyardists'
Association, Is In a "deplorable condi-
ton" and is entering into the most
colossal experiment anywhere in the
United States in trying to solve its
own problem through cooperation"
Mr.. Tenny made this statement while
testifying before a House subcommittee
at hearings on the Agriculture Depart
ment appropriation bill. He was urg-
ing Federal appropriation of $4,000
to supplement the market news work
of the department as an aid to the
California industry, which he said did a
business of $100,000,000 a year, but
was absolutely busted"
I'VE do not know whether 1t is q
legitimate or an illegitimate business. l
have had contacts with enforcement
people, and have certain statements
from them regarding their attitude
toward the grape business. They tell
us that there is absolutely no question
that it is perfectly legal to ship grapes;
that it is perfectly legal to sell a crate
of grapes; that it is perfectly legal to
transport 1t to anybody's home. Wheth-
er it is legal for man, after he has
1t there, to make wine of 1t is a ques-
ton that administratively has never
been determined and has never been
determined in the court, but we all
agree there is no provision against
stopping it at the present time"
Evening star., 1928-12-15
AWATR|X, FEARING
ILLNESS, ENDS LIFE
Lonely Flyer Shoots Self in
Hotel, Leaving Note Ex-
planning Act.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
! NEW YORK, December 15.-Loneli-
ness and fear of illness were believed
| by police today to have caused Miss
Leila Kerr, 35 years old, student flyer.
to shoot herself to death in her suite in
the Hotel Ambassador.
A note. found in the pocket of coat
read:
II have suffered a stroke-there is
no one left since the family is gone
and my brother died--he died In
the war-I occupy a two-room suite
on the eighteenth floor of large hotel"
| Her brother. Walter, was killed in the
World War and her father, mother and
a sister died several years ago. She was
| the sole survivor of the family.
| The body was identified by her uncle,
| John B. Kerr, of New York City, presi-
/ dent of the New York, Ontario & West
ern Railway Co.
Miss Kerr was born in West Orange,
N. j., but registered at the hotel last
! September as from Chatham Mass.
Since the deaths of other members of
her family, Mr.. Kerr said, shr had be-
come melancholy and virtually a re-
cluSe
! Flying was her recreation. police said.
and she had twice crossed the continent
in airplanes. A students flying certifi-
cate dated last July was found among
her effects.
| Miss Kerr had not been seen about
the hotel since late Thursday. When
| the manager. Theodore kroll, entered
her suite with pass key last night he
found the body on bed, clad in an
/ afternoon frock. Near her was silver
handled pistol and a box of cartridges.
There was bullet wound in the right
side of her head.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
FAMILY is ENDANGERED
BY ESCAPING GAS FUMES
Woman, Home to Attend Son s
Funeral, Is Overcome by
Carbon Monoxide.

The family of Mrs. Madeline Murphy,
"a, of 1909 Eleventh street, narrowly
escaped tragedy today when Mrs. Muir
ply was overcome by carbon monoxide
fumes escaping from faulty gas heater
In her bathroom
Mrs. Murphy has been seriously i'll at
Walter Reed Hospital and only by spe-
cial permission was she able to come
home today to attend the funeral of
her T6-year-old son, Harry, who died
two days ago.
The mother went to the bathroom
this morning to prepare for the fu-
neral. turning on the gas heater to
warm the room. An hour later her Is
year-old daughter, Alice, became alarm
ed at Mrs. Murphy's prolonged absence
and investigated. She found her mother
lying unconscious on the floor, over
come by the deadly fumes.
The Fire Department rescue squad
and the Emergency Hospital ambulance
were called. After an hours work she
was revived
Mrs. Murphy will not be able to at
tend the funeral.
Evening star., 1928-12-15

know the gentlemen's clothing must
have been fairly expensive"
Impossible to Copy.
Mrs. Mahin has several pieces of very
fine Binche lace, a bobbin lace, made
in Belgium, and impossible to be copied
by machinery. In pointing out the fine
details of some heAldmade bobbin laces
Lille, Mechlin and an English lace
known as Buckingham-Mrs. Mahir
stated that the girls who did the
"pricking'' of these laces were only able
to work about two hours in the morn
ing, when their eyes were fresh and
able to bear the strain of the fine work
Mrs. Mahin made lovely picture as
she placed a dainty cap of exquisite
Binche lace upon her head to illustrate
the manner in which the long lappets
or StreamerS, were worn hanging In
front over the shoulders.
"AS far as is known" continued this
Interesting LADY of the laces," there
is not a museum In all of Europe the!
has as perfect specimen as this cap
was told by an authority ID The
Hague that it J7aS the only perfect cap
she had ever seen of lace of I.lis :.esign
and period, and she had v.sit>d prac-
tically every well known ll:> collection
on the Continent.
Contrary to its name, Angleterre lace
was not made in England" said Mrs
Mahin. 1T was made by the lace.
makers of France and smuggled int6
England. Frequently the smugglers re.
sorted to collins in which to send the
lace into the country, and 1t was tfler
called English point in order to have
the people believe it had been made ir
their own country"
Taking from box magnificent col.
lar of Point de France, mounted on q
piece of dark velvet, Mrs. Mahin re-
lated an interesting fact regarding the
manufacture of this lace
I'm the time of Louis XIV of France
the French Minister of Finance. Colbert
bribed number of Venetian lacemak.
ers to leave their own country ane
teach the French the art of making
Venetian needlepoint laceS. These lace:
first produced in France by the Vene.
tian lacemakerS were called Point dt
France, although they were in reality
Venetian rosepoint lace"
Although the ancient art of needle.
point lacemaking has practically dice
out in Europe, as it was made two anc
that recently the industry had been re.
vived in Burano, Italy under auspice:
of some Italian ladies.
The many fine pieces of French lact
of the times of Louis XIV, XIV ant
XVI, which Mrs. Mahin numbers in hel
collection, give interesting testimony
to the influence of the three periods
Commencing with Louis XIV, an elabo
ration of detail is shown, with gradua
trend toward the simpler but dignifiet
period of Louis XVI. Mrs. Mahin's col
lection, which includes rare pieces o
sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth ant
early nineteenth century lace from Hol
land, Belgium, France, England, Ital,
and Bohemia, has been exhibited thre1
times in Holland with the famous col
lections of the Queen and the Queer
Mother, and Mrs. Mahin states, will
| justifiable pride, that her collection
numbers few antique bits which ar
unequaled in workmanship by ever
those of the Queen.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
PREVENTION OF INFLUENZA
DEPENDS ON PRECAUTIONS
Surgeon General Cumming Gives Eleven
Simple Rules for Combating
Growing Epidemic.

ing hands or handling objects touched
by others you may infect yourself by
carrying your hand to your mouth or
nose.
"6. Do not use napkin, towel, spoon,
fork, knife, glass, dish or cup which has
been used by another person unless such
articles have been either washed or
sterilized. Avoid the common drink
ing cup.
Keep General Health.
az. Keep your general health-First
by using inside and outside plenty of
clean water; second by eating clean,
wholesome food; third, by sleeping at
least seven hours out of each "a; fourth,
by keeping the bowels regulated.
"8. Keep away from houses where
there are cases of influenza.
80 Avoid chilling.
40. Avoid overheated rooms.
al. In case the disease develops go
to bed Immediately and remain there
until recovery. A physician should be
called at once"
1.-THE present epidemic" DR.. Cum
ming says, lis occurring at a season
when a higher influenza sickness rate
may be expected. Since the germ caus-
ing the disease has not yet been salts
factorily demonstrated. it is necessary
to depend upon symptoms to determine
whether or not influenza is present
These symptoms vary in intensity, but
when one suffers from headache, aching
in body and limbs, cough, chill, some
fever and, above ALL severe prostra-
ton, it is safe to say that that individ-
ual has influenza"
DR.. Cumming pointed out that the
49, - l. A..
epidemic is mild. but said that that is
no reason to believe that it will stay
that way. The disease has just gained
foothold. so far, and it is difficult
to determine, he declared, just what
course it will run.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
Speed of 40 NJ. p. H..
New Sea Record, Is
Made by Saratoga
Giant Airplane Carrier
Makes New Mark in
Power Test Run.
pv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO. Calf. December 15-
The United States Navys huge airplane
carrier Saratoga was hailed today as
the speed queen of the seas and the
most powerful ship af1oat, following her
performance IN breaking the world
record for power recently set by her
sister ship. the Lexington, and estab-
fishing new speed mark for fighting
ships.
Steaming over almost the same course
on which the Lexington exactly one
month ago set maritime record. the
Saratoga's turbo-electric plant yesterday
developed a peak of 215,518 horsepower,
which drove the 33,000-ton monster
through the sea at speed of 3499
knots, or more than 40 statute miles an
hour. The Lexington's record was
209751 horsepower and speed of
1892 knots.
Made on Full Power Test.
The Lexington's high-power marks
were made on full power endurance
run of one hour, while the Saratoga's
new world record, made on her final
acceptance trial, was confined to one
mile course.
Battle fleet officers were jubilant over
results OF the Saratoga'S final trials and
declared that the performance Of the
sister ships proves the worth of the
American idea of applying electric
power to warship construction.
The Saratoga was expected by naval
officials to develop even greater speed
and power when she runs off her one
hour and four-hour full power tests.
Ships Cost s0,00O.O0o.
The Saratoga and Lexington are each
$50 feet long, displace $4,000 tons and
cost the Navy $45,O00,000 apiece. Each
is floating home for more than 100
fighting planes. They also have eight
8-inch main battery guns. twelve 5-inch
anti-aircraft guns and four torpedo
tubes.
The power plant of each ship consists
Of sixteen IL, $50 horsepower boilers and
four main steam turbines which develop
sufficient electric energy to drive the
eight mammoth motors.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
JEWISH WELFARE
DELEGATES ARRIVE
Convention viii Begin To-
morroW-DaWeS and VIII
bur to Speak.

More than three hundred social work.
ers and directors of Jewish centers and
=. M. H. AS are expected to attend
the convention of the Jewish Welfare
Board which opens here tomorrow.
Many of the delegates already have
arrived and will register this evening
at the Jewish Community Center, where
an informal reception has been ar
ranged in their honor. Registration
will continue tomorrow morning until
10 o'clock, when the first business SeS-
sion of the conclave gets under way.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur will
speak at the afternoon session and Vice
President Dawes will head the list of
speakers at the banquet in the evening.
Others who will address the banquet
Include Judge Irving Lehman president
of the Jewish Welfare Board: Louis
Marshall. noted constitutional lawyer:
Morris Cafritz, president of the local
Jewish Center; DR.. Abram Simon, rabbi
OF the Eighth Street Temple. and Mrs
Alexander Wolf. Maurice D. Rosenberg,
former president of the District Bank
ers'. Association, will act as toastmaster.
The banquet will be held at the Center
ana a number of Washingtonians have
been invited
Leon j. Obermayer is chairman of the
national committee on ARRANGEMENTS.
which includes the following: Mai. ]. O.
Adler. Henry j. Bernheim, BENJAMIN j
Buttenwleser, Felix Fuld, Mrs. Jerome
J. Hanauer, Isaac Hessler, Joseph
Rosenzweig and j. L. Wiseman.
The following are members of the
executive council of the Jewish Welfare
Bosrd: Irving Lehman. president: Felix
M. WGrburg. Jacob NJ Loeb, M. C. Sloss
and Jacob x. Newman. vice presidents
Benjamin J Buttenwieser. treasurer
and Josenh Rosenzweig, secretary.
Harry L. Glucksn'an is executive Ill
rector of the organization, Louis Kraft
is in charge of Jewish Center activities.
Phillip r. Goldstein is director of cam
paigns, Mordecai Soltes is director of
Jewish extension education and Tsadore
Ahelson is in charge of Army and Navy
activities.
The Jewish Welfare Board was or
EaniSed in 1917 to look out for the we'll
being of the service men of Jewish
faith. but since the war has taken the
leadership of the Jewish Center move
mept and has become the parent or
ganiZation of hundreds of these centers
and Y. M. H. AS scattered throughout
the country.
Evening star., 1928-12-15

With influenza in an epidemic state
and spreading with alarming rapidity
throughout the Nation over the lanes of
human travel, Surgeon Gen. Hugh S.
Cumming of the United State Public
Health Service, with reports at hand Of
40, 900 reported cases and 10000 unre-
ported, yesterday issued instructions for
personal safeguards as an effort to
check the spread of the disease.
The epidemic, DR.. Cumming says, has
grown to such alarming proportions that
the lines of battle should be drawn up
by every health department in the Ma
ton to prevent a recurrence OF the epl-
demic of 1917-18 which took its toll of
thousands upon thousands OF lives.
Dr. Cummings instructions are as
follows:
"The prevention of influenza depends
mainly on the individual and his OBJ
servance of some of the practical laws
of hygiene. The following habits might
be cultivated to advantage, remember
ing that influenza is a disease spread
through the secretions from the nose
and throat of influenza patients find
ing their way into the noses and throatS
of healthy individuals.
Walk in Open Air.
81. Avoid needless crowding, walking
to and from work, if practicable, is good
exercise and keeps one from over
crowded street cars, busses and similar
conveyances.
"2. Take advantage of as much SUM-
shine and open air as you can.
"3. Sleep with the windows open and
be sure your home is well ventilated
81 Avoid people who are coughing
sneezing or snuff1ing and do not cough
or sneeze yourself without using hand
kerchief
"5. Wash your hands Immediately
before eating and do not put your
hands to your mouth or nose. BY shak-
Evening star., 1928-12-15
POLICEMAN is FINED
FOR SITTING IN WATCH BOX
One Other Penalized, One Warned
and Two Exonerated by Trial
Board,

Pvt. L. G. Walker, fifth precinct,
who was refused the services of Pvt.
Robert j. Allen, brother officer; as
counsel at his trial before the Police
Trial Board, was found guilty
by the board of sitting in a watch box
on Highway Bridge while on duty and
fined SIS, Inspector Louis j. Stoll re-
ported yesterday.
The following decisions were rendered
in other cases: Pvt. w. L. Danley,
fourth precinct, leaving his beat, fined
SO; Pvt. j. L. Meeks, tenth precinct,
sitting in taxicab while on duty,
warned; Pvt. John Apostolides, thir-
teenth precinct, exonerated of charge
of wearing civilian clothes while on
duty, and Pvt. S. F. Smith, first pre-
cinct, exonerated of charge of failure
to pay just debt
Evening star., 1928-12-15
America Loses $4,000, 100000 Annually
As Plant Food Is Washed Away From Soil

erosion. He estimated that in the past
decade 10000 900 acres of farm and
pasture land have been abandoned be-
cause the soil became impoverished by
reason of the washing off of the more
fertile topsoil
The entire country is affected by soil
erosion Bennett told the committee
He added that the problem of soil and
water conservation is inseparably tied
up with national defense, farm relief
food control and continuing economic
permanency of the Nation"
Under the present system of farming,
he declared, "the bulk of our rolling
lands will have been ruined or so Sc
verely impoverished that they can
maintain only peasant type of farm
ing"
Evening star., 1928-12-15
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Nation loses more than $2,000,-
100000 annually in plant food lost in
the washing away of more than 1,500,-
100000 tons of soil from fields and pas
lures. The washed soil contains 1885,
600 100000 pounds of plant food.
Relating this loss before the House
agriculture appropriations subcommit-
tee, H. H. Bennett of the Bureau of
Chemistry and Soils said that ZERO
sion is removing from our fields 81
times as much plant food every year as
is taken out of the soil by the crops
removed, and this is minimum esti-
mate that Is obviously small"
The farmers of the country, he de-
clared, sustain a direct loss of not less
than $200,000,000 annually through