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The Washington times., 1929-02-11

ton of his many years of service, be-
gun in July, 1885.
When Harmon-all of his friends
call him Duky-began searching for
trouble Washington outside telee
phone system consisted largely of \
network of overhead telephone wires.
Huge fixtures containing cross arms,
to which hundreds of wires were at.
tached were placed on buildings in
every section of the city.
Since then Harmon has helped in.
stall various Improvements, and now
most wires are underground.
The Washington times., 1929-02-11
IN
SENA TE
TO END
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service

Almost four years after Vice Pres
ident Charles G. Dawes electrified
the country by publicly rebuking
the Senate on its archaic rules, the
Senate today seemed on the way to
revising its procedure.
The reform, however, will apply
only to the consideration of presi.
Dental nominations and treaties--if
at all-and not TO the "abuses y
Dawes denounced March 4. 1925.
Dawes will retire from office a
month hence. with his advice stili
unheeded by the Senate. His pro-
posed reform was that the Senate
curb it's unlimited debate and sub
stitute a "gag.rule" 10 smash fill
busters, so talkative minorities
could no longer fIout the will of
ma jorities
Passes Ill Bills in Hours
In the four intervening years no
movement has ,heen made to re-
strict debate Senators generally
have believed that the present
"cloture" rule. which can be adopted
at any time by two-thirds vote is
sufficient to break down unworthy
filibusters Under cloture, debate
can be limited to an hour for each
Senator, thus insuring final vote
on any measure under discussion.
The Senate's activity on Satur-
day demonstrated what Senatorial
I leaders have always maintained
that the Senate can do business
quickly when it so desires. In three
hours it enacted III bills and reso.
lutions. many of them of far reach
ing importance.
+ End Secret Sessions
The change nov pending affects
the rules governing the considera
ton of presidential nominations and
treaties. Senator Jones (R) OF
Washington proposed that both
nominations and treaties be con-
sidered in open session unless the
Senate, by majority vote, orders a
secret session.
Senator Robinson D) of Arkan.
sas proposed they be considered in
open session at all times. This
reform may be discussed today. as
the subject will be privileged dur
ing the morning hour" under the
Senate's rules.
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The Washington times., 1929-02-11

81 WAS FEEDING THE DOG"
MRS CLAIRE DEERFIELD, former showgirl and
wife of William H. Deerfeld, prominent corporation
she was overfriendly with George Greenhut She ad
mitted she took Greenhut home night because
he too intoxicated to drive" but merely feed
ing his dog when raiders burst in.
The Washington times., 1929-02-11
IRA 1. HARMON
JUST HUNTS
TROUBLE
Ira A. Harmon has spent most -
his life looking for trouble. He has
found more of it than any of his az.
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sociates. yet he is not satisfied. Tos
day he is out somewhere in the city
bending every. effort to find trouble.
and before night falls he will have
found plenty.
Harmon. you see, is repairnan for
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company, and has been for
the past A years. When anything
goes wrong with any one of the ISL
2S5 telephones in this city, it is up
to Harmon and his fellows workers
TO locate the trouble and repair it.
: Officers of the telephone company
recently presented Harmon with q
diamond.studded medal in recogni.
The Washington times., 1929-02-11
Sidewalk Flags Sought
For Lincoln Tomorrow

All Washington business estab-
hshments are asked to display their
sidewalk flags tomorrow out of re-
spect to the birth anniversary of
Abraham Lincoln. The request is
made by the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion. under whose auspices
celebration will be held at the Lin
coin Memorial moon
The programA Nj include an adj
dress by Senator Samuel M. Short
ridge, of California; music by the
Army Band. and other features.
The Washington times., 1929-02-11
BETEC CTIVE
SLEPT IN
SHOP

Arthur G. Borden "A hsmdresser
in the 700 block Eleventh st. n. W.,
believes he's being prosecuted and,
through his attorney, Carey Quinn,
plans to lodge formal charges
against police officers with Major
Hesse. superintendent of police.
One day last week. Just when
business was brisk, Policemen Crit
fin and Graves, of the First pre-
cinet, marched into his hairdress-
ing emporium and marched him out
} 10 patrol, which took him to No. /
The Washington times., 1929-02-11
HORSE KlLLED RY TRAIN

Prince, a horse loaned by his
owner. William ]. Brown, of the
1900 block of Van Buren, Street
Northwest. to Policeman William
w. Cliff, Thirteenth precinct, was
killed today by fast Baltimore and
Ohio train at tire Chestnut st -et
grade crossing in Takoma Park.
He wandered upon the track while
Policeman Cliffs was at a nearby
patrol box. He is valued at $3.50.
The Washington times., 1929-02-11
Ex-Welter Champion
Arrested as Gunman

NEW YORK, Feb 11.-Atter be
had been arrested in front of q res
tsursnt on Broadway revolver was
found on Simon Mitterhoffer. After
searching his room, police identified
him as Johnny" Kid) Burns,
former welterweighL champion of the
NorthWagt.
The Washington times., 1929-02-11
Boy, II, Leads II Out of
Fire: House DESTROYED

KANSAS CITY, No., Feb. IL
U.N.S. .S.L-Twelve-year-ol old Leo Old
ham was acclaimed hero today.
When his mother. three brothers
and three sisters were intrapped in
their burning home, rhe youth
rushed through flames to rescue
them He led them all to safety
outside.
The Washington times., 1929-02-11

Births. Engagements. Marriages.
Deaths, In MemOriam appear daily on
last inside page. last two columns.
The Washington times., 1929-02-11
SEGRE Ed
PROFIT, IS
CHARGE

NEW YORK, Feb. II U.N.S).-
Representatives of John D. Rookie
feller, ir., heading the fight TO block
the reelection of Col Robert w.
Stewart as chairman of the board of
the Standard Oil Company Of Indi,
ana, today fired another gun in the
battle of the proxies"
The Rockefeller forces sent to
stockholders whose proxies are
sought at the company election on
March at Whiting, Ind, copies of
a voluminous statement reviewing
Colonel Stewards relationship to the
frequently investigated continental
Trading Company" deal.
Winthrop w. Aldrich, OF the Rock
efeller proxy committee, who signed
the 68-page letter, declared that for
six years Colonel Stewart secreted
from directors of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana his possession
of part OF these bonds.
Alleged Big Profit
Aldrioh alleged that as early as
November, 1921, Colonel Stewart
knew these bonds belonged to
the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing
Company or the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana and asserted that
a profit of $4,000 900 in Liberty
bonds was made.
Speaking for Rockefeller in the
latter's absence abroad, Aldrich said
Stewards removal is being sought
because of ''his attitude toward his
own company, toward the public and
toward public authority and not
because of the charge against him
of contempt of the United States
Senate or OF perjury.
CHICAGO, Feb. II n.N.S.J.-Col.
Robert w. Stewart. head of the
STANDARD Oil Company of Indiana.
through his personal attorney. Al.
bert j.. Hopkins. today branded as
nothing short OF a cowardly and
dastardIy libeP' the statement issued
in New York by Winthrop w.
AIdrich, proxy commissioner for
John D. Rockefeller, jr., in the lat
ter's battle TO wrest control of the
Indiana company from Stewart.
Hopkins called the latest Aldrich
statement "a cunningly drawn doc
ument," prepared by brother-in-
law of the younger Rockefeller, for
the prime purpose of ''deceiVing
both the stock holders Of the com
pany and the public"
Cites 900 Errors
MANY pages OF the document are
supposed to be quotations from res-
timony," Hopkins said. The fact
is that it was proven in Washing
ton that in Colonel Stewards testi-
mony alone there were more than
500 errors made by court reporters.
"Aldrich knew this fact but he
noted corrections in this document
only to serve his own purposes and
omitted other errors. The inter
mingling of other matters (Teapot
Dome and the Mammoth oil leasek
with which Colonel Stewart had no
more TO do than Aldrich himself, is
an apparent effort to cast reflec-
tions upon Stewart and is nothing
short of a cowardly and dastardly
libel.
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S55 In a Month

NNyA1t4N VI OF } OIA IWV NII"I5Ns OA WI
time parking.
S55 In a Month
That made total of $55, declared
Borden, that he had posted within
a month
Borden says that some time ago
Policeman Eggleston took him to
Number on charge Of overtime
parking and that, on arriving there,
he found five such charges await
ing him. Then the cops. ne SAYS
wouldn't let him telephone for as
sistance until two valuable hours
had gone by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
learning TO FLY
HELD CASUAL NOW
eddie" Stinson Recalls
Mode of Instruction in Early
Days of Aviation.

Learning to fly today is as casual Q
matter as learning TO drive car, ac-
cording to Eddie" Stinson, pioneer
American pilot and aircraft manufac-
turer, in a radio address last week in
the Roads Of the Sky" series spon-
sored by the Aeronautical Chamber OF
Commerce and the National Broadcast
ing Co.
Training has become standardized
and every safeguard Is thrown around
the students. Stinson pointed out. He
recounted his early experiences by way
of contrast. Inspired to fly in 1909 by
the experiences of the Wright brothers.
ne and his brother and sisters built a
glider and began their distinguished
aeronautical careers.
The first instruction given to primary
students, he recalled, was very much
like lecture course without any prac-
tiCal demonstration, as there were very
few two-seated planes built.
Looking back now" he said, Il Won
der who was the more frightened, the
Instructor or the student, and who gave
was once more safely on the ground.
In looking at the magnificent equip
l1lent which we have to instruct student
flyers of today and comparing them
with the weird contraption we had in
the early days, wonder myself how 1t
was possible to survive our early train
ing days"
Today. he continued, the element of
uncertainty has been largely removed.
The Government has taken the training
problem under its control, and stand
ard system of training and licensing
pilots has been developed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
NAVY D|R|G|BLES
PUT IN TRAINING
Two Visits of Los Angeles to
Capital Forerunner of
Practice Cruising.

Two visits of the Navy diFigible Los
Angeles to the National Capital during
the past week marked the opening Of Q
long series of training cruises IN pfepa-
ration for the commissioning OF the two
giant Navy dirigibles now being con-
structed by the Goodyear Zeppelin Cor
poration at Akron, Ohio.
The crews for both new ships will
be trained aboard the Los Angeles, and
q strenuous program faces the big ship
during the coming two years. The res
mainder Of this month Is to be de-
voted to training cruises under all con-
ditions Of weather, chiefly UP and down
the Atlantic Coast.
Many Problems Solved.
Navigation, radio, radio beacon and
engineering problems are worked out on
the training cruises. The Navy also Is
with mooring nlasts and the attaching
and launching of airplanes in flight.
The mooring-meSt experiments, 1t !!
hoped, may lead to the elimination o1
the large ground crews now required
for handling the big ships. The ex.
periments include both fixed and mobile
mooring mast landings.
The first mobile mooring mast tria,
was described as satisfactory, attach.
LAloQC OO1A04b4OAAo od1N
10 be the worst in which the big shir
ever docked. The wind was 90 degrees
cross hangar, and of II miles per hoiil
velocity, with gusts up to 10 miles dur.
ing the period the big dirigihle wal
moved into the hangar, the most critica
point In the handling Of rigid dirigible
Mobile Mast Effective.
A few days later, the Navy Depart.
ment has announced, the mobile moor.
ing mast was used to tow the dirigibll
out of the hangar in a strong wind
The mobile mast replaced the mel
usually required to man the bow line
and they were shifted to the stern lines
Mechanical equipment for handling tn,
stern is being completed.
The experiments in launching ant
attaching airplanes in flight also ar,
regarded as Of the utmost importance
rs the two new dirigibles will carr,
lighting planes as regular equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
FOREST FIRES GROUND
NAVAL FLYING CLASS
Smoke Reduces Visibility 30 Much
That Student Pilots Are Un-
able to Take Air.

Forest fires in the mountains near
Seattle, Wash, for many weeks have
brought student instruction at the naval
air station to an almost complete stand
still, according to reports received by
the Navy Department.
UNLESS there is decided change in
the weather for the better" it was re-
ported, 1.-The present class Of students at
this station viii be fortunate even TO
solo. The smoke haze has been the
worst In years, visibility being about
one-falf mile.
"The atmosphere has the appearance
of that during a total eclipse; at times
it is necessary for automobiles to run
with headlights on even at high noon.
On occasions, no mail or passenger
planes were cleared.
"a rain over the last week end
dampened the forest fires to such an
extent that they are under control, and
it Is hoped that clearing weather viii
enable fight operations to begin again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

pilots cockpit. The belly tank may
be dropped in case Of emergency. WEh
full gasoline load, including the auxil-
larry tank, the Hawk has cruising
range of seven hours or approximately
900 miles,
The pilots cockpit is just back of the
upper wing. The ship is armed with
two machine guns, one of so and one
of 80 caliber, firing through the pro-
peller. The plane also may carry small
augmentation bombs for ground at
tack work, though this type Of WORK
has been turned over almost exclusively
to the attack plane squadrons since the
Hawk was adopted.
The Hawk with D-12 motor and
water cooling has a maximum speed OF
1865 miles per hour at sea level and
l54.5 miles per hour at $1,000 feet
without supercharger. Its landing
speed is 58,,T miles per hour and II
has an initial rate Of climb Of 1900
feet per minute, climbing in 10 min
utes to 1880 feet.
Good i'm ManeuveFs.
The standard Hawk is highly ma
neuverable fighting plane with unusu-
ally good visibility for the pilot, q most
important feature for pursuit purposes
II has been made famous by the LIST
Pursuit Group, Selfridge Field, Mount
Clemens, Mich, which has staged DEM
onstrations In all parts Of the country
during the past few years.
The Hawk also has been used with
the 475-haFsepower Pratt a. Whitney
425-horsepower Wasp motor. With this
motor 1t Is slightly slower than with
the water-cooled engine, due largely to
the increased drag OF the Tadial engine
Equipped with the new N. A. @. A. low
drag cowling, however, the Wasp
motored Hawk Is faster than the D-12
ship by about seven miles per hour.
This increase in speed is gained. how
ever, at the cost Of visibility and
inaneuveFability.
glycol cooling fluid, which permits re.
duction of the radiator system and
cooling surface to one-fourth the area
required for cooling, the D-12
powered Hawk so equipped has been 9
much improved airplane. Not only Is
the radiator area, and consequently
resistance, reduced to a fraction of It's
former size, but the weight Is reduced
by approximately 100 pounds, resulting
In an increase Of speed Of IL to 10 miles
per hour.
BY the use Of small wing radiators
or, as has been tried experimentally b.
the navy, small nalI-moOn TaQlaUOrS
streamlined into the sides Of the
fuselage. the ethylene-glyc cooled
D-12 Hawk Is expected to have an in
creased speed Of something like is mile
per hour over the standard model
In Navy practice the Hawk under
| goes some changes from the Army type
| Air-cooled engines replace the water
| cooled type, resulting In changes in the
| fuseiage lines. The wings also are
changed, the upper wing being given 9
''sweep-hack" Of about seven degrees
| outside the center section. The bottom
wing remains straight. In the Navy 6
combination oleo and rubber shocl
gear is used, with the oleo gear outside
the fuSelage. Whsel brakes also ara
used, since the Navy requires fighting
planes which may be used in earriel
| operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
EYES|GHT AT HIGH
ATTITUDES TESTED
Aviation Problems Inspire
New Research Work at
Johns Hopkins.

The effect on vision of flying at ex-
tTemely high attitudes is q subject of In
tensive research IN the laboratories Of
the new Wilmer Institute of Johns Hop
kins University, dedicated this week at
Baltimore.
It is hoped that the outcome of the
study and research at Wilmer institute
viii contribute to the solution of many
problems presented in the rapidly grow
Ing field of aviation In this country
The study of this problem was fes-
tered by Maj. Thomas q. Lanphier,
former commander of the LIST Pursuit
of the Issoudon Aviation Corporation,
and Henry Breckenridge, a director Of
Transcontinental Transport, private
counsel to Col. Charles A.. Ldndbergh
and secretary of the william Holland
Wilmer Foundation.
Interested During War.
DR.. William Holland Wilmer, head of
the institute that bears his name, be-
came interested in the problems OF eye
sight of aviators during the World War.
He entered the Army as colonel in the
Medical Corps and directed the work
of the medical research laboratories OF
the Air Service in investigating, among
other problems, the effect of high alti-
tude on vision.
An instrument known as the Hender-
son-Pierce rebreathing apparatus was
developed, which produces In q man In
the laboratory an effect similar to what
he would experience at the high alti-
tudes reached In flying.
The Henderson-Pierce apparatus was
in part the work of DR.. Harold F. Pierce
who was associated with DR.. Wilmer
during the war and who Is now with
him as associate professor Of research
in ophthalmology at the Wilmer In
stitute.
Field Grows Narrower.
With the aid of this apparatus it was
discovered that at high altitude an
aviator's field of vision becomes mar
rover even if his ordinary vision is con-
sidered normal. In the case Of an
aviator whose vision has an abnormality
the narrowing of the field of vision al
high altitude Is still greater. It has
been estimated that considerable pro-
portion of the casualties to aviators
during the war resulted from this mar
rowing Of the field Of vision.
When the Wilmer Institute was
founded for DR.. Wilmer by his many
friends and patients he had an oppor-
tunity to continue In its marvelousIy
equipped and well stated laboratories
the investigations begun in the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
NAVY SEEKING AID
FOR AIR STUDENTS
More Pilots Needed Under
Departments Five-Year
Expansion Plan.

Rear Admiral william A. Marshall,
commandant of the Naval Air Station
at Pensacola, Fla; Lieut.. Comdr.
Charles P. Mason, in charge of the
Flight School at that place, and Lieut..
Herbert S. DuckwoFth participated In
a conference with oflcials Of the Bureau
Of Navigation and the Bureau of Naval
Aeronautics this week for the purpose
of revising the training process
through which naval officers are re-
quired to go to attain qualification as
Navy aviation pilots.
The Navy Department is dissatisfied
with the number of officers that have
qualified, the average being between 40
and so per cent of those reporting at
Pensacola after being passed by fight
surgeons. The five-year aviation ex-
pansion program means that more
aviators will be needed by the flying
force of the Navy and the conference
was called to devise means to meet It,
Only Comparatively Few,
Annual physical examination reports
Of the Navy indicate that many times
the number of officers required for
aviation have been reported as physi-
cally and temperamentally suitable for
flight training, but those seeking to
enter aviation have been comparatively
few. Only those officers applying for
such assignment are considered by the
navy Department and the 'officials Of
the department are seeking 70 devise
some means Of qualifying an increased
proportion of applicants.
the department is giving consider
alton to the suggestion that those that
rallied at Pensacola and who are still
availah.e be given another opportunity
to take the training course, provided
they pass physical re-examination at
the hands Of flight surgeons. It Is
likely that these applicants who have
been rejected on preliminary or SUBJ
sequent physical examination and
turned down for minor defects may be
given another opportunity for physical
re-examination II they request It.
Procedure in Past,
In the past ensigns with less than
two years Of service following gradu-
alton from the Naval Academy have
not been accepted for aviation training.
1t has been proposed to consider april
cations In order of seniority and this
may result in taking In officers Of less
than two years Of post-aeademy service
II not enough apply from among their
seniors.
Another angle to the problem Is the
age at which avistors began their
training. Statistics compiled in the
Of Medicine and Surgery show ll.2 per
cent of crashes fer all ages, an In.
cidence of lessa than 6 per cent for
those who began training ct the
younger age and with an increase up
to an incidence of 1858 per cent for
those that began training at the ages
of 80 years and over. The Navy De-
partment has reached the conclusion
that those who aspire to become naval
aviators should begin training at as
early an age as practicable and that
factor undoubtedly will be taken into
consideration in revising the Fegula tons,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

Photographers "Shoot" Champs.
The seven champs-Otho williams,
Everett MeekS, John Sullivan Ernest
Stout, Robert Swope, Robert Tow1es and
Douglas Bruce-were gathered into q
group at the station while photogra-
pliers doomed away with their fash
guns. Doting parents were present to
see their boys off and to wish them
farewell. Model-aircraft officials gave
last-minute instructions and the lads
took their places in the club car es-
pecially designated for them.
A compartment for the safekeeping
Of the fragile craft within the club car
was given over to the boys,
With seven heads poked out OF the
club car window, the train pulled out
promptly at o'clock Thursday night,
to arrive at Louisville Friday In time
for the first phase of the tournament.
The boys were excused from school by
the Board of Education and will return
this morning and be back to their stud
les tomorrow.
Garry Seven Planes Each.
Each lad had with him the seven
planes required for the various classes
at Louisville.
Everett Meeks had with him the tiny
plane which during the District contests
new more than eight minutes over Boil
ing Field. Everett said he was sure he
would win laurels with this ship. He
also carried his compressed-air model,
which is 3Ia feet In length, with wing
spread Of 40 inches. He said he i'm
proved his best ship, with which he
won the rise-off ground championship
here. by moving the tail surface in q
new position. He has placed it nearer
the nose of the plane to obtain more
duration and speed.
Douglas Bruce expected much from
his commercial model, which he has
improved since the District contests.
The former single covered wing Of his
plane was shifted and a second cover
ing sewed on. The underlying covering
rests on q network of tiny ribs which
Douglas built especially for the plane
with the hopes of keeping his plane in
the air longer.
New Model Club Formed.
The recently organized clubs of the
Columbia and Powell Junior High
Schools are progressing rapidly and
expect soon to begin Winter contests,
which win be held in the gymnasiuns
Of the respective schools.
The former club has an enrolment
Of Il flyers and the latter an enrolment
Of so. Both clubs hope to compete with