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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
FARM BOARD ACTS
in FRUIT FLY CRISIS
Florida Situation Considered
After Urgent Appeals and
> Talk With President.

Urgent appeals from Florida for aid
IN the emergency created in that State
by the ravages of the fruit fly have
gained the attention of President Hoo
yer and caused the Federal Farm Board
for the first time to turn aside from
its task Of organization.
President Hoover announced yester-
day that he will ask Congress to ap-
propriate money to cover the cost to
the fruit growers of crops which were
destroyed by Federal and State agen-
cies in the drive for determination of
the fruit fly. The sum will run into
the millions, but just how much it will
amount to has not been determined
Chairman Legge of the Farm Board
announced that conSiderat ton was be-
ing given to the fruit-fly situation in
Florida. He and Vice Chairman Stone
called at the White House yesterday
and told the President of the board S
operations during tie week. Their
visit was promoted by the departure
OF the President for a week end visit
to his fishing camp in Virginia.
The Government established a prece-
dent of meeting the costs of destroyed
crops and live stock after the question
arose in the fight against the hoof-and-
mouth disease. which attacked cattle
in many sections of the country. 1t is
expected. however, that new policy
will be established whereby fruit will
be permitted to be shipped from the
infested area under certain conditions,
and President Hoover expects this
policy to cut down the losses consid-
erablv.
A committee of seven specialists who
have studied the fruit fly situation has
recommended to Secretary Hyde that
the quarantine be lifted in sections of
Florida infested by the fruit fly to per-
NIT shipment Of citrus fruit after GER
tain treatment. The committee said
experiments have shown that citrus fruit.
and possibly other fruits and vegetables,
may be treated or proceSsed, so as to
make possible movement in commerce
without risking spread of infection.
Florida's woes have been increased by
the failure of a number of banks in the
State. Because of this situation the
Farm Board yesterday heard pleas from
Floridians for share IN the $l50,000,-
600 fund available for loans to CO.
operative marketing agencies.
Chris L. Christensen, secretary of the
board, announced that oil appointments
in the boards organization VII he made
under civil service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
PRODUCTION OF TRUCKS
SHOWS GAIN IN JUNE
Falling OFF in Number of Passenger
Cars Manufactured Is Seen
in Report.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press. o..
Production of automobile trucks in
in the United States last month es-
tablished a new high record.
The Department Of Commerce an
nounced today that VI ,296 trucks were
manufactured during the month, which
compares with the previous record of
86,647 for May.
A slump was reported, however, in
the production Of passenger cars, the
months total amounting to 452,641. In
May 516,055 were produced, and in
April, the record month, 537,225 were
turned out.
Total production of passenger cars,
trucks and taxicabs last month was
545,252, compared with 604,020 for May
and 621 1885 for April.
Canada produced 1892 passenger
cars and trucks In June and 1889 IN
May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
LAWYER SUES RAILROAD
FOR ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE
Seeks $4,000 Damages, Claiming
Sleeper Was Switched and He
Missed Conference.

Spaulding F. Glass, lawyer of isis
Thirteenth street, today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court to recover SIS 900
damages from the New York Central
Railroad Co. and the Pullman Co. for
alleged negligence by which, while
fastening to the conference of lawyers
in an important case at st. Louis, he
says he found himself in Canada in
Midwinter, separted from his brief case
and his luggage.
The lawyer informs the court that
January % he had taken passage for
ST. Louis. was not informed that his
sleeper was TO be switched at Buffalo
and shortly before that city was reached
he had gone into the club car and when
he sought TO return, discovered that
his brief case and luggage were on the
way to Missouri while he was at q
station In Canada.
He suffered discomfort by the absence
Of his baggage and was put to extra
expense to reach ST. Louis. where he ar
rived too late for the conference. He
is represented by Attorney Arthur G..
Lambert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
D. c. WATER SUPPLY
STUDY ORGANIZED
Col. Grant Made Chairman of
Committee to Consider
5O-Year Plan.

Coordination Of water supply activ-
tiles in the Washington metropolitan
area and investigation OF probable
sources Of supply and uses for the next
half century were the task Of the
Washington region water supply COM
mittee, which held an organization
meeting yesterday afternoon, choosing
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, executive
officer of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. as chairman.
The committee appointed Subcommit-
tees to consider the probable increase
in water demand and all possible
sources OF supply. Maryland and Vir-
GINA authorities were represented at
the gathering
Acting under legislation that called
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission into being, that or
ganiZation took the leadership in seek
10 secure as much cooperation as pos
sible among the different authorities
concerned. Col. Grant made it clear
that Congress has specifically directed
that the commission undertake the Job
of co-ordinating the water supply
activities among other things in the
law creating the organization.
The committee agreed on uniform
plan for the gathering of data, such rs
curves and other statistical aids. Col.
Grant explained that the committee
was appointed to investigate the
adequacy of the present sources of
water supply for the reasonably pres
ent and future demands of all parts of
the Washington region for the next so
years, the means by which such de-
mands might thus be met and the ex-
tent and character OF cooperation
among the different local authorities of
the region which might be usefully af-
fected. The committee held a general
discussion Of the whole problem and
appointed subcommittee to carry on
its work The next meeting will as
semble at the call of Col Grant.
In addition to Col. Grant as chair
man, these officers were appointed:
Vice chairman. T. Howard Duckett.
representing the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion. and Secretary Charles w. Elliott
city planner Of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission. A
Virginia officer is yet to be appointed
Other members of the committee are
Robert B. Morse. chief engineer of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Dis
trict; c. L. Kennier. engineer OF Ar
lington County, Va: e. D. Hardy. senior
engineer of the Office of Mai. Brehon
Somervell. War Department engineer of
the Washington area: D. w. Holton,
representing the Water Department of
the District of Columbia: w. F. p
Reid, representing the supervisors of
Fairfax County, Va; Urban S. LAM
bert, representing the Alexandria Water
Works Co., and a representative of the
city manager of Alexandria, Va, not
yet appointed.
Mr.. Elliott explained today that the
commission has made considerable
progress in the work of highway CO.
ordination and park development, and
that only now is 1t able to cope with
the water problem. After this has
been disposed of other activities will
engage the attention of the commits
soin, such as sewer and drainage syS-
TENS for the metropolitan area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
STREAM
RESOURCE REPORT
War Department Engineers
Will Take inventory of 200
Principal Rivers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The first reports on the most ex-
haustive inventory ever undertaken of
the potential resources of 200 of the
countryis principal streams are being
prepared by War Department engineers
cember
The scope of the study Is 30 vast
that when it is completed, about three
years hence. Congress will have avail
able detailed information on naviga-
ton, water power, flood control and
irrigation possibilities of the rivers, over
some of which the Federal Government
mas not assumed jurisdiction.
Authorized Two Years Ago.
Congress authorized the study two
years ago and has voted S12.322, 900 to
nnance 1t. The primary purpose is to
provide guide for Congress. the Fed
eraI Power Commission, State utility
commissions and private enterprises in
the future development and use of the
streams.
More than 700 civilian engineers. so
Army officers and some of the pers olnel
CT the Geological Survey, the Coast. and
Geodetic Survey Az 4c,llture Depart
ment engineers, the Reclamation Bu-
rreau and Weather Bu-eau are employed
In the study, in addition to assistance
@SHaS gwen ny OLdLe engineers.
The farthermost tributaries Of the
streams flowing into the Mississippi
River, the Columbia in the Northwest
all those flowing toward the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans and into the Gulf,
except the Rio Grande, are under study
OF the IS district engineers in charge of
the work in their respective areas.
Lack Of Study Felt.
Maj. Dan l. Sultan of the Army board
Of engineers, who is supervising the
work from Washington headuue rters,
recalls that the lack Of comprehe rsive
studies of this nature mas been frequent
~ felt. and feels that 1t has resulted in
neglect of some important natural re-
sources.
Before the reports on the Mississippi
tributaries are submitted TO Congress
they will be referred to the Mississippi
River Commission to give it an oppor-
tunity to formulate recommended lions.
The effect of tributaries of :he Ohio,
Missouri, Arkansas ana Tennessee. and
the question whether the present i'm
provemen:s and uses for water power on
them have developed their maximum
potentialities present a problem that
will require about two years of study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
JONES LAW UNDER
FIRE IN TWO SUITS
Constitutionality Of Dry Act Is
Questioned at Omaha and
Chicago.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July Unconstitutional
ity of the Jones prohibition enforce
ment law was attacked almost sinful
taneously yesterday in Federal courts
in Omaha and Chicago. Decision In
both cases was withheld.
George Meacham, president Of the
Omaha Bar Association, representing
20 defendants in liquor cases, argued
before Federal Judge j. w. Woodrough
that if the Jones law is upheld lit
opens the way for Congress to pass
additional laws which may bring about
complete abolition of the jury trial
system
The attack in the Chicago court of
Federal Judge Charles E. woodward
was in the form of petition filed in
behalf of Ira Goldman, Chicago drug
gist, who has started serving a one
year sentence on liquor charges to
which he pleaded guilty.
The petition charges among other
things that the law under which Gold
man was sentenced is unconstitutional
and void because 1t permits the courts
to pass upon facts which heretofore
have always been in the province OF the
jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
VEGETABLE" LOAD
PROVES TO BE RUM
Sergt. Little Suspicious Of Touring
Car and Uncovers $50 Quarts
of Whisky in Crates.

Sergt. Little of the police liquor
squad knows his vegetables and can't
figure out why q touring car should
convoy a truckload of cabbages and
whatnot, however luscious they may bc
Advised this morning that such a
convoy was in progress along the Wash
ihgton- Baltimore boulevard, Sergt. Lit
tie and Policeman T. o. Montgomery
assumed the role Of vegetable inspectors
but had to call in Federal prohibition
agent when the truck they had spotted
pulled up in a garage in Cottage
City. Md.
The erstwhile vegetable merchants
had fled the scene when they put in
an appearance. Their suspicious were
rewarded by $50 quarts of whisky found
packed in egg crates and baskets under
a covering of straw. Liquor and truck
were confiscated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
HOSPITAL AWARDS
BUILDING CONTRACT
st. Elizabeth's to Have Mod
ern Institution When Struc-
ture Is Completed.

Contracts have been awarded and
preliminary work begun on a new
medical building at st. Elizabeth S
Hospital designed to concentrate all
the strictly medical. surgical, clinical
and operating facilities of the huge
institution under one roof.
Contract for construction was let by
the Interior Department to the w. T.
Rose Co. Of Goldsboro, N. c.. in the sum
of S739.786 and the building is to be
finished within year.
second contract for elevators was
awarded to the A. B. See Elevator Co..
of this city in the sum Of $l4,l64.
Work Starts Soon.
Representatives of the North Carolina
firm have arrived, the contractors office
Is under construction and work on the
big building itself is soon to be started.
The new building is to be 200 feet
in width and to have two wings extend
ing from the ends of the building. each
wing to run about 200 feet in length.
1t will be Ave stories in height.
The new structure. as explained by
NJ Sanger. administrative assistant Of
ST. Elizabeth's Hospital. will centralize
all medical and surgical activities in
one building. whereas they are now
scattered in several buildings of the
huge institution. The new building is
also to provide about 200 beds for
patients 1t will be located on the east
side of the hospital grounds, near what
is known as the Richardson group Of
buildings.
Modern Hospital.
The new structure, Mr.. Sanger said,
will provide a modern, up-to-date
hospital" and will include the medical
and surgical operating rooms, medical
clinics, dental. X-ray rooms, training
school for nurses and many other as
ISOLATED activities.
The space vacated in older build
ings by the various medical activities
can be used for other purposes. thus re-
lieving congestion and crowded facil-
tiles in the institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
AIR EXPRESS LINES
FOR NATION PLANNED
Negotiations Reported Under Way
Between Aeronautical 0rganiza-
tions and Others.
B. the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. July 20-The New
York Herald Tribune said today trans
portation interests in the Curtiss-
Wright Corporation and other leading
aeronautical organizations. together
with railroad express executives. are
considering the formation of a country
wide aviation expess company. having
the same relations to the Nations air
business as the American Railway Ex-
press Agency, Inc, bears to the rail-
roads.
Negotiations, the Herald Tribune will
say are still in the tentative stage, but
public financing on an extensive scale
Is believed to be contemplated
The success of the plan was said to
depend on participation by the Ameri-
can Railway Express Agency, insuring
contact and cooperation with the rail-
roads.
The proposed company, 1t is stated,
will not only handle express business
arising out of the operations of trans
port companies in the Keys and
Hoyt groups. but will include all the
principal aviation companies on basis
of stock participation and be closely
allied with railroad and railway express
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
800 FIGHT WARSAW FIRE.

LONDON. July 20 (P,.-An Exchange
day said a disastrous fire had been burn
ing there since Wednesday night in the
building of the army engineers stores
The fuel stores blew up Wednesday
and the fire since destroyed the build
ings despite the work of 800 f1remen.
Many persons were said to have been
injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
THREE DIE IN AUTO
TRAPPED BY WATER
Man, Wife and Child Seeking
Shelter In Railroad Underpass
When Swept Away.

BY the Associated Press.
SALIDA. Colo, July 20.-Trapped by
flood water that swept through a rail-
road underpass near here in which
their touring party had taken refuge
from a rain and hail storm, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Fugate of Oklahoma City
and their baby, Ruby Edna, drowned
last night.
A four-foot wall of water struck
their motor car when the bank of near
by creek gave way. Four other men,
bers of the party escaped. The bodies
were not recovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20

who, in turn, will present it to the State
The engine burns wook In its verti-
cally hung boiler and spouts smoke from
a mushroom stack. 1t has been on ex-
hibition for many years in different
parts Of the country. but needed only a
few repairs to make it fit for the steep
climb up Mount Washington.
"Old PeppersasS" derived its name
from a chance remark made by an &C.
quaintance to Sylvester Marsh, its de-
Signer, and builder OF the railway, who
on his first view of the "contraption, :"
remarked, Looks like peppersass bot
tie, don't she, Sylvester?"
Presidents Grant, Hayes and Cleve-
land were pulled to the summit by the
engine.
In 1898 "Old Peppersass" made its
last run and was sent to the World Fair
at Chicago. Subsequently it was kept
In the Field Museum there for years
until acquired by the Baltimore e. Ohio
Railroad two years ago in connection
with the assembly of old-time locomo-
tives for the Fair of the Iron Horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
YOUTHFUL ATHLETIC STAR
ADMITS CRIME CAREER
High School Boy Tells Chicago
Police He Did Everything but
Murder"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 20-Henry Nelson,
holder of several high school athletic
records, last night confessed to police
career of crime during the past two
years in which. he said, he did every
thing but murder"
Nelson was arrested after a laundry
slip in an abandoned automobile, which
had been stolen in st. Louis, had been
traced to him.
Nelson confessed to scores Of highway
robberies, police said, and to several
robberies in Louisville KY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
DOCTORS VISIT GENEVA.

GENEVA, July 20 (F,.-One hundred.
and fifty American homeopathic doctors,
with their families. will arrive at Geneva
Sunday night. and on Monday will visit
the secretariat of the League Of Ma
tions and the international labor Office
At reception in the evening they will
meet representatives of the Swiss
Homeopathic Association, and with them
will sign pronouncement in favor of
peace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20

lands highest mountain.
Eight governors. lieutenant gov
ernor, their STATS and families were in
cluded in the party, which arrived
aboard the destroyers Tousey and Hum
phries at Portsmouth last night on the
way from the governors conference at
New London, Conn. Gov. Charles w.
Tobey of New Hampshire acted as host.
The others were: Cows. John Hammill
of Iowa, H. s. Caulfled Of Missouri.
George II. Dern, Utah; Theodore Chris
Hanson Of Minnesota, Bibb Graves of
Alabama, John E. Weeks OF Vermont
and w. G.. Conley of West Virginia, and
Lieut.. Gov. c. z. Storms OF Oklahoma.
"Old Peppersass," built in 1866. will
De presented to New Hampshire through
Gov. Tobey after 1t makes the 6,000-foot
climb.
Ex-Gov. John J. Cornwell of West
Virginia, general counsel Of the Ba1ti-
more g. Ohio Railroad. which has used
the locomotive for exhibition, will first
give "Old PeppersaSs" to George Han
nauer, president of the Boston & Maine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
EARTH TREMORS SHAKE
SIX ITALIAN TOWNS
Considerable Damage Reported
Done to Walls and Roofs In
Villages Near Florence.

BY the Associated Press.
FLORENCE. Italy, July 20.-Flor-
ence was shaken by an earthquake at
1902 pm. Thursday. The shock lasted
about eight seconds and did consider
able damage to walls and roofs in
neighboring villages.
Roofs fell and crevices appeared in
walls in Borgo, San Lorenzo, Vicchio,
Barberino and Firenzuola. but no per-
sonal injuries were reported.
The quake, which was of undulatory
character, caused many to desert their
houses and spend the night outdoors.
It's epicenter was believed to be about
Is miles distant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
LIGHTNING is BLAMED
FOR BURNING FOREST
Fishermen Held Responsible for
Another Blaze in Superior
National Reserve.

BY the Associated Press.
GRAND MARAIS, Mimi. July 90
Lightning and carelessness were de-
clared by forest rangers today to have
been responsible for two fires in wooded
sections In Superior National forest.
One fire, burning over 70 acres five
miles north of Lutsen. was brought I'M
der control yesterday by the rangers
and volunteers. It was started by light
ming. A small blaze is miles west Of
Cramer, on Lake Superior, was said
to have been started by fishermen.
Rangers here received meager re-
ports Of several forest fires in Ontario
in the vicinity of Saganaga and Mineral
Center. Canadian rangers used hydro
planes to bring FIRE fighters to the
scenes of the blazes In that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
GOURAUD LAYS WREATH
ON GRAVE of HERRICK
French War Hero Pays Tribute to
Memory of Dead Ambassador
in Cleveland.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 20.-France
yesterday sent one of its greatest war
heroes to pay tribute to the memory of
Myron T. Herrick. Ambassador. whose
services during the German invasion
approaching the city of Paris endeared
him to the country, in the person of
Gen. Henri Gouraud. Lion of the Ar
gonne" and one-time military COVER
nor of the French capital.
Gen. Gouraud's mission was to lay
a wreath upon the diplomats grave in
Lakeview Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
Law-Abiding Baby
Dofs Bathing Suit
To Satisfy Officer
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the. Assoclated Pfess.
CHICAGO, July 20.-The Sam
uel Lubors were given a good
talking TO by Judge Jacon Schulz
man, the reason being:
Their little daughter was play
ing in her bathing suit on the
Oak Street Beach. That was all
right. She wandered, however,
from the beach to the lawn. That
was contrary to ordinance num-
Der something.
Hey, there. little girl" said
Offlcer Edward Smith. TITS
against the law to be on the lawn
in a bathing suit"
The child, not wanting to break
the law, took off the bathing suit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
Southern Cross Reaches Holland.

AMSTERDAM, Holland, July 20.
P).-Capt. Charles Kingsford-S Smith,
who recently completed record break
ing flight from Sydney to Croydon,
arrived here yesterday in his plane, the
Southern Cross. He was met by. two
Dutch air squadrons and on landing
welcomed by the civil authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20
Widely Known Lawyer Dies.

PHILADELPHIA, July 20 (R.-
Hampton L. Carson, widely known
lawyer, died at his home, in Bryn Mawr,
early yesterday. He was n. Mr.. Carson
was former president of the American
Bar Association and was attorney gen.
eral of Pennsylvania from 1909 to 1907.