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Evening star., 1928-10-29
GROUP OF CHEMISTS
IN SESSION IN CITY
Annual Convention of Agriculture
Body Meets to Discuss Problems
Disclosed in Researches.

The annual convention of the Associa-
ton of Oficial Agricultural Chemists
opened today at the Raleigh with reports
of commissions which have been en-
gagged during the past year in co-ordi-
mated chemical research problems in
the Department of Agriculture labora-
tories and at State experiment stations.
These problems are for the most part
concerned with methods of analysis Of
impurities in foods and fertilizers. Re-
ports were presented at the morning
session by c. H. Badger, I. D. Clarke,
j. j. T. Graham, C. NJ Smith, Edgar
T. Wherry, w. F. Sterling, r. T. Balch,
j. f. Brewster and R. F. Jackson of
Washington; @. A. Shuey and W. H.
Mcintyre of Knoxville, Tenn; P S.
Burgess Of Tucson, Ariz.; J.. S. Nc
Hargue of Lexington, KY; Fl. F. Gensler
of Harrisburg, Pa; H. A. Halvorson of
st. Paul, Mimi. H. A. Schuette of Mad
iSon, Wis; @. E. Grafton and H M.
Lancaster of Ottawa, Canada, and F. w.
Zerban of New York.
Dr. Oswald Schreiner of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is president of the
assSsetion Tomorrow afternoon there
VI be an address by Secretary of Agri-
culture Jardine.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
BOMB DAMAGES
HOME OF EDITOR
Ohio Family, Sleeping, Unhurt.
Mystery Shrouds Motive
for Attack.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANSFIELD. Ohio, October 29.-Tfr
home of r. G. Hoyles, Mansfield pub
Usher, was bombed early today. The
front porch was torn away, the front
windows blown out and the interior of
the house badly damaged, but no one
was injured.
Besides the Mansfield News. Hoyles Is
publisher of the Lorain Times Herald
and the Defiance Telegraph.
Mr.. Hoyles, his wife, their two small
children and a maid servant were sleep
ing when the explosion occurred, but
escaped harm.
No motive was advanced for the at
tack Police began an immediate il-
vestigation.
Although police said the bomb evil
IDENTIFY was small one, it ruined the
front of the beautiful Hoyles home. ],
had been placed in the doorway ami
made hole almost feet deep Furni-
ture in the front rooms of the house
was smashed.
Hoyles and his family escaped injury
because they we're in the rear of the
house.
The publisher said he believed the
bomb had not been planted with intent
to injure him, but rather in an effGrt
to frighten him. He assigned no rea-
son for the affair. The only clue police
had was a report of a neighbor the
she saw an automibile driving ava,
from the Hoyles home about the tin
of the blast
Evening star., 1928-10-29

Capt. Hugo Eckener, pilot of the Graf
Zeppelin dispatched three messages of
thanks for the reception given the dir
igible crew while in America. One was
addressed to the commanding officer
here, one to the Secretary of the Navy
and one to President Coolidge.
Three United States Navy officers are
aboard the Zeppelin as guest observers
on her homeward flight. They are
Comdr. NJ r. Pierce, executive officer
of the Lakehurst Naval Air Station;
Lieut.. G.. w. Settle, engineer officer
of the Los Angeles, and Lieut.. c. E.
Bauch, watch officer of the Los Angeles
and flight officer of the station. In
addition to these, the passengers are:
Mrs. Clara Adams, Tannersville. Pa,
wife of George L. Adams, retired busi-
ness man: Donald NJ Casio of Colum-
bus, Ohio; Joseph D. JesSel of New
York City, Col Allen Miller, New York
and London financier: Paul M Marko
of Brooklyn and Richard j. Burke of
Big Bear Lake, Calf.
Also the following who were paSSen-
gers on the flight from, Germany:
Lady DrummOnd Hay Remains.
Ernest Brandenburg, German minis
ter of transportation; DR.. Benkendorf
of the German Aeronautical Institute,
DR.. Kruger, Aeronautical Testing In
stitute; Karl Won Tyszka. Engineer
Book. Engineer Schirlitz, DR.. Ludwig
Dettman, Rolf Brandt, Walter Keff1er,
Theodore Matejko. Rudolph Hartmann
a news reel cameraman, and l.. Meter,
a German movie cameraman.
Lady Grace Drummond Hay. who
made the trip from Germany. remained
in the United States. So did Karl Won
Wiegand, newspaper man.
The big ship carries a crew of 40 off,
GERS and men.
One unexpected passenger was a g.
week-old chow dog presented to Capt.
Won Schiller, one of the officers. a few
hours before the dirigible sailed.
Thirty-two bags of mail were loaded
aboard The letters and post cards
had been collected in New York, the
letters prepaid at the rate OF $1.05 and
the cards at SO cents each. They were
brought to Lakehurst on the regular
trains and transferred at the station.
Although regular freight service is
not to be inaugurated until the Yep
pelin's next American visit, four special
consignments were accepted for this
voyage at SIS a pound. Among the ship
ments we're bale of cotton, two port
able typewriters, case of engraved
copper plates and case of silk cloth.
Their total weight was 341 pounds.
The Zeppelin weighed off just IA days
after her arrival. 1t was on october
Is that she sailed out of the South and
cruised along the seaboard, making her
bow to New York before turning about
and landing at this airport.
Or. Eckener said soon after he ar
rived that he planned to remain in
America not more than Ia days because
he feared that longer stay would re-
suit in bad weather for landing on
the other side at the end of his return
flight He expected the return would
take so hours.
The ship left on north Atlantic
course via New York and Long Island.
The trip from Germany took 1l1l2
hours because storms forced the ship
to a circuitous southern course.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
SCHOOL ESTIMATES
WILL Be DEFENDED
Officials of System to Go Be-
fore Budget Bureau To-
morrow Probably.

District of Columbia public school
authorities were making their final
plans today for their appearance be-
fore the Bureau of the Budget, prob
ably tomorrow, when they will defend
estimates for the school appropriations
for the year $780,
Particular interest centers about the
Budget Bureaus session with the school
officials this year because of the atti-
tude of the Board of Education which
led it recently to return its original
estimates unchanged to the District
Commissioners and the subsequent COM
pilation of a supplemental estimate by
Mai Daniel Donovan, District auditor.
DR. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools, declared that so far as he
knew no special program which would
make their conduct in any sense
unusual is contemplated by the school
officials in connection with their ap-
pearance before the Budget Bureau.
viii Defend Estimates.
DR.. Charles F. Carusi, president of
the Board of Education, said today that
the school authorities plan simply Ito
defend our estimates and all our esti-
mates as submitted"
Asked whether the recent controversy
between the Commissioners and School
Board would have any bearing on the
hearings, DR.. Carusi said he did not
think 1t would.
I'VE simply did not want the Bureau
Of the Budget or the committees of
Congress to be led to believe that sup
Elemental estimates submitted were our
estimates. and so far as that goes our
purpose in the controversy has been
fully accomplished now. Because of the
publicity given the affair, the Bureau
Of the Budget knows whose estimates
have been made and the people of the
District know about them," DIR. Carusi
said
Others to Attend.
Besides DIR. Ballou and DR.. Carusi,
the school system will be represented
at the Budget Bureau hearings by
Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant su-
perintendent in charge of white schools;
Robert l.. Haycock, assistant Superin-
tendent in charge. of elementary in
struction; Garnet c. Wilkinson, first
assistant superintendent in charge of
the colored schools, and Maj. r. O.
Wilmarth, assistant superintendent in
charge of business affairs.
Members of the school boards finance
committee also will be in attendance,
as well as all other board members who
wish to attend the hearings. which will
be closed.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
NEW AIR MAIL LINE
FROM D. c. URGED
Direct Route Through Balti-
more and Pittsburgh Be-
Iieved to Be Justified.

Washington may be given direct air
mail connection with the West If the
Post Office Department approves re-
quests which it has received for estab-
lishment of a Pittsburgh Baltimore
Washington air mail line.
The requests have been turned over
to the contract air mail division. but
no action will be taken until after the
figures on October air mail operations,
showing the growth OF the air mail
business in this section of the country.
have been received and studied, 1t was
stated today.
Present Business Heavy.
That the opening of the proposed
line may be justified. however. is shown
in the experience of the contract air
mail route through this city from New
York to Atlanta, which has led the
Nation in the amount of new air mail
business.
Prior to the opening of this route.
the officials of the line say. they made
a careful study of the air mail poten-
tialities in this section of the country
which convinced them that the rapid
acceleration of the industrial growth of
the South Atlantic States provides a
fertile field for the operators of a serv-
Northeast and Middle West. The New
York route serves the Northeast States
and the proposed Pittsburgh route is
regarded as necessary to tie in with
the Western air mail routes directly.
Volume Surprises Officials.
The growth of air mail business on
the New York Washington ATLANTA line
has exceeded all expectations of the
officials. This line was responsible for
% per cent of the entire national air
mail increase for the month Of Septem-
ber, and the October total is expected
to far exceed any past figures.
The daily average for one week this
month shows more than $50 pounds of
air mail carried in the Pitcairn Mail
wing planes. the daily load comprising
more than $4,000 letters. Should this
daily average continue for the entire
month the New rk-Washington-A At
lanta line will stand fifth among all the
routes of the country, being exceeded
only by Chicago-Dallas, Salt Lake-LoS
Angeles, New York Chicago and Chi
cago-San Francisco lines.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
KEITH'S EMPLOYEES
LOSE POSITIONS
Manager Mcdonald Refuses to
State Whether Theater Will Be
Closed When Jobs End.

Employees Of Keith's Theater have
been notified that their services will
not be required after November 10. A
notice to this effect was posted in the
theater Saturday by Charles B. Nc
Donald, manager.
Mr.. Mcdonald today refused to state
whether this notice portends closing Of
the theater on that date, stating that
any plans of the B. F. Keith circuit
with regard to its Washington theater
will be announced in statement later,
probably next week.
The theater closed last May for the
first time in Is years while new organ
and improved projection booth were
installed. The house was reopened as
a combination vaudeville and motion
picture theater, and then again was
closed for the Summer
Recently Roland Robbins, manager
since the theater opened in Washing
ton, resigned, and was succeeded by
Mr.. Mcdonald, former supervising
manager Of the Keith circuit.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
LONE BANDIT GETS
$4,000 IN DAYLIGHT
HOLD-UP OF THEATER
-oContinuad From First Page.)

fIGNT10uSQ from FlTSJ HdgS}
Immediately notified police" Payette
declared.
Payette said that the hold-up loss is
covered by insurance.
He explained that since The hold-up
of the Ambassador Theater, Eighteenth
street and Columbia road. about year
and a half ago. extra precautions have
local Stanley -Crandall chain in ham
ding receipts.
He said that special officer was
kept guarding all employees when they
are moving or counting receipts.
The hold-up and arrival of police
went on while the theater box office
was opened and the show was started
Early movie-goers entered the theater
and took their seats without knowing
the place had been robbed.
LOhmeyer Tells of Hold-up.
Lohmeyer returned from the hos
pital after receiving first-aid treatment
and went back to his desk at the
theater.
He said the hold-up man walked into
his Office this morning and gave him
a pleasant Good morning" greeting
When I asked him what he wanted,
his countenance lost its smile, and he
snapped out open that safe and keep
quiet I thought he was fooling and
asked him again Then, with his hand
in his coat pocket, he nudged me with
his pistol
II started to comply, but my hand
was shaking and couldn't work the
combination. Then Birdsell came in
and / told him we were being held up.
He lined Birdsell up against the wall
and told me to go on working on the
safe When I couldn't get it open fast
enough for him he made me stop and
ordered Birdsell to open it. Birdsell
did so.'
Evening star., 1928-10-29
WESTINGHOUSE DENIED
RADIO FEED-BACK TITLE

BY the Associated Press.
The Westinghouse Electric g. Man.
ufacturing Co. today was denied title
to the "regenerative" or "feed-back''
circuit, basic feature in radio amplifi-
cation, used in many receiving sets.
The Supreme Court announced with
out opinion that the decision of the
lower court was affirmed on authority
cited.
The Westinghouse claim was based
on patents granted Edward H. Ann
strong, and won in the Federal courts
in New York City. The company lost,
however, in the Federal courts at Phila-
delphia, In Delaware and in the Dis
trict of Columbia
The DeForest Radio Telephone &
Telegraph Co. claimed the circuit under
patents granted Lee DeForest; the
United States under patents to Alex
ander Meissner, and the General Elec-
trio Co., under patents to Irving Lang
muir.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
TEST
THROATS OF PUPILS
Cultures of 800 Being Taken
in Preventive Work After
Diphtheria Cases.

Two physicians from the District
Health Department are busy at the
Kingsman and Webb Schools today TAX
ing cultures from the throats of about
800 pupils to determine If they are
diphtheria carriers. These tests will
complete examinations of all pupils en-
rolled at the Blair, Hayes, Kingsman
and Webb Schools, all in the northeast
section of the city, where the Health
Department Is working to prevent the
possibility of diphtheria epidemic
DR.. j. A. Murphy, head of the school
health inspection service, and DR.. j. G
Cumming, in charge of contagious dis
ease work for the Health Department
are the physicians making the tests
The cultures will be allowed to incu-
bate overnight and then be examined
in the archaeological laboratory to-
morrow. All cases reported as positive
will be quarantined.
Carriers Are Found
Already the examinations have de-
tected II carriers, not themselves suf-
fering from the disease. Sixteen
clinical cases of the disease, resulting
in four deaths, have been reported.
The Health Department physicians
are also distributing to all pupils at the
four schools cards inquiring If the chill
dren's parents will allow a Schick
blood test to be made and immuniza-
tion treatment to be given should the
test be positive All children whose par
ents consent will be given the test and,
if necessary, the treatment
The latter consists OF a series OF
three injections of toxin anti-toxin,
space one week apart.
Health officer William c. Fowler said
today that he had given orders to DIR.
Murphy that no child absent from
school when the throat tests were made
last Tuesday or today shall be re-
admitted until the throaC test has been
made. Allowing one of these children to
get back into the school system would
undo all the work already done, Fowler
said.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
ROBERTSON BAILED
ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Contractor, Freed of Mills Murder,
to Be Tried in November for
Alleged Attack on Trout.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, october 90
Samuel T. Robertson, Bethesda contrac-
tor asduitted Saturday at Frederick of
the murder of Edward l.. Mills, dairy
farmer, in July, 1927, appeared before
the clerk Of the Circuit Court here this
morning and provided 81 900 bond for
his appearance at the November term
of court to answer charge of assault
with intent to murder Wilson Trout
According to the charge by Trout
Robertson called at his home near Glenn,
April and attempted to shoot him. In a
struggle over possession of the revolver
Trout was beaten over the head. The
November term of court begins
November IL.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
Youth, IL, Stowaway,
Foand On Zeppelin
Soon After Leaving
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, October 29.-The rep
resentative of the Lokal Anzeiger,
aboard the Graf Zeppelin today
wirelessed his newspaper that
17-year-old American youth was
discovered on the airliner as
stowaway at 6 O'Clock this morn
ing.
Rolf Brandt, the correspond
ent, sent the news of the stowa-
way in the following message:
"Stowaway discovered at 6
o'clock this morning, a 17-year-
old blond American boy employed
in a lawyers Office. Passed Pol
lock lightship at $50 am. Very
cold despite beautiful sunrise"
Evening star., 1928-10-29
PAY OF GUARDSMEN
LIMITED BY RULING
McCarl Says Rife Matches Out of
Town Cannot Be Permitted.
With Salary.

Controller General McCarl today
ruled that permanent civilian en-
ployes of the Government may not be
allowed pay for military leave while
participating in target practice matches
held outside of the District of Co.
lumbia
The decision affects National Guards
men working for the Government and
was rendered to the Secretary of the
Navy McCarl held that provision in
the 1929 appropriation act for the Dis
trict of Columbia carrying expenses of
$2,500 for such matches merely makes
the money appropriated under the item
quoted available for target practice. -
and, he added, docs not purport to
amend and does not amend the acts
under the authority of which military
leave is granted to employees of the
United States and the District of Co
lumbia who are members of the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard"
Fifteen days regular military leave
is granted Guardsmen to attend camp
during the year, but under the con-
troller's latest Interpretation these Is
days cannot be used for the target
practice matches outside of the District.
A tablet marks the site of Jeremy
Addams Tavern in Hartford, Conn,
in which Colonial Court sat for
Evening star., 1928-10-29
Coolidge Receives
Eckener Message,
Radioed From Sea

President Coolidge this morning
received a radio message from
Comdr. Eckener expressing his
appreciation of the reception ac-
corded him and his crew in
America.
The message read:
"The President, Washington,
D. c.
"On leaving your great country
We beg permission to express our
feelings of sincere gratitude for
the gracious reception which has
been accorded to us by yourself
and by the American people.
(Signed). "ECKENER.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
Log of Graf Zeppelin
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
(Time given is Eastern Standard.
Monday:
1854 a.m,-Left Lakehurst, N. j..
bound for Friederichshafen, Ger
many.
3:15 a.m.-Passes over New York
City.
$40 a.m.-Is sighted over Curtiss
Field. bucking strong headwind.
5 a.m.-Sighted over Block Island.
of Rhode Island coast.
$50 am.--Passes over Coast
Guard station on Cuttyhunk Is
land in Vineyard Sound.
sos a.m.-PaSsed over Chatam,
Mass. headed out to sea.
tbs a.m.-Reported rs miles north
east of Chatam, Mass, by trawler
Widgeon
1915 a.m.-Reported about 90
miles southwest of Cape Sable, Nova
Scotia, by steamer Laconia.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
GERMANY is CONFIDENT.
Expects Return Trip to Be Easier Than
Western VOYAGE.

Western Voyage.
BERLIN, October 20 CP).-The start
of the Graf Zeppelin on her return
flight from the United States this
morning came as surprise to the Ger
man public, who had been led to as
sumo that DR.. Hugo Eckener, the COM
mander. had decided to postpone the
voyage until Tuesday
The government broadcaSting station
was the first to announce the departure
from Lakehurst 1t was generally as
sumed that favorable weather reports
had induced DR.. Eckener to take off at
once.
Confidence prevailed everywhere to-
day that the airship would negotiate
the return trip in markedly easier
manner than the western voyage.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
THREE NUNS LOSE LIVES
IN BLAZE AT CONVENT

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Ontario, october 29-
fire which destroyed convent at Gati-
neau Point, Quebec, today. Another
was injured. The dead are Sister Supe-
rior ste. Cyrille. "a, formerly Miss Ade-
line Demers of st. Nicholas, Quebec:
Sister Annette, "a, formerly Miss An
nette Gervais of Montebello, Quebec,
and Sister Margaret Marie. 20. formerly
Miss Juliet Muneault of Hull, Quebec.
Sister Rose de la Croix, whose arm
was broken. was taken to hospital.
An overheated furnace is believed to
have caused the fire
Evening star., 1928-10-29
COLUMBIA STANDS BY
FOR OVERSEAS FLIGHT
Levine's Plane to Hop Off Tomor-
row or Wednesday for Rome
or Russia.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, october 29-The trans
atlantic monoplane Columbia, in condi-
ton again for another European ven-
ture, was poised today for an overseas
hop with Rome or Russia as its OBJ
jective.
Roger @. williams and Peter Bonelli,
who cracked up In the famous ship
when they attempted to take of for
Rome two weeks ago, will be in the
cabin on her new attempt. Williams
said he would start tomorrow or We'd
nesday. weather permitting
Charles A. Levine, the Columbia
owner, is not expected to make the
flight.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
NEW YORK SEES AIRSHIP.
Sirens Give Farewell to Zeppelin in
Early Hours Today

Early Hours Today.
NEW YORK. October 90 CP.-The
Graf Zeppelin swung over Lower Man.
haitian at 3:15 am. today, the drone of
her engines distinctly audible as she
sailed over the Statue of Liberty at an
altitude of a few hundred feet.
Nosing inland she tilted upward as
though to rise high enough to clear
the WooIworth Tower. then headed
eastward over Long Island.
Harbor craft cut loose with sirens
and whistles as the dark bulk scared
above them. her riding lights and cabin
lights plainly visible.
A powerful searchlight atop Brook
lyn hotel picked out the dirigible and
followed her course toward the east.
A short time after she disappeared
in the dark observers at the Long
Island flying fields sighted the airship
heading east. nosing upward and sailing
into moderately stiff head wind.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
AIR MAIL is IMPROVING.
q. S.-Mexico City Service Making
Quick Delivery.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, October 20
N).-Steady improvement has been
shown in the air mail service between
Mexico City and the United States since
its inauguration October /.
A letter to the Associated Press
mailed in the Mexican capital at am.
october 26 was turned over to the
United States post Office at Laredo 1T
IL pm. the same day, and delivered at
the San Antonio Office at $50 am. Sat-
urday, less than "a hours from the time
it was mailed.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
Rail Wage Report Made.

James r. Garfield, chairman of the
emergency board appointed by Presi-
dent Coolidge to investigate and re-
port concerning the wage dispute in
certain Western railroads. presented
his report to the Chief Executive today.
He would not discuss It's contents.
Evening star., 1928-10-29
Grasping Opportunities

An opportunity is of no value unless you
grasp it. Opportunities are being offered
daily in the Classified Section of The Star
opportunities to buy, to sell, to rent; to
secure positions. to secure help.
If you do not read Star Classified Adver-
tisements you are failing to grasp oppor
tunities.
Evening star., 1928-10-29

The California Fish and Game Com
mission is urging legal protection for
the horned owl, only one Of 81 species
found in the State not so protected
Evening star., 1928-10-29

A tablet marks the site of Jeremy
Addams Tavern in Hartford, Conn,
in which a Colonial Court sat for
SO years.