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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
NEW LIGHTS HERE
FOR INSTALLATION
AT BUSY CORNERS
Traffic Heads Plan Soon to
Put New Signals in
Place.
PROGRAMS COMPLETION
is NEAR REALIZATION
City Counsel Approves Cruising
Taxicab Ban for F
Street.

The traffic light installation program
which has been delayed for several
months by the lack of poles on which to
attach the signals will be resumed with
in few days 1t was announced today
by Traffic Director William H. Harland
The 125 poles needed to complete the
program have arrived, and orders have
been given 10 proceed with the install
latlon on K street from Washington
Circle to Fifteenth street northeast.
This is the largest project in the in
completed program.
The other projects to be undertaken
after the K street network are the long
planned installations on Maryland ave-
nue. northeast from Second to Fifteenth
street. Eighteenth street from H street
TO Massachusetts avenue and around
Thomas and Iowa circles.
Others Planned.
In addition to these Mr.. Harland has
planned to install independently op-
Grated lights at the intersections of
Georgia and New Hampshire avenues
and at Connecticut avenue and Abe
marie street
An Independent signal at Georgia and
New Hampshire avenues. Mr.. Harland
SAID, Will relieve an acute traffic situa-
ton, which exists at this intersection
The signal at Connecticut avenue and
Albemarle street he said has been
urgently requested since an accident
near this point several weeks ago IN
which child was killed.
Although the lights along K street
VIII be connected to operate on the
progressive system like other network
installations. Mr.. Harland intends TO
have the signal at Fourteenth and x
streets controlled independently. so
When traftlc congests at this busy inter-
section, policeman can operate the
light.
Protection Needed.
Special attention will DE given the
installations around Iowa and Thomas
Circles in order to afford greater pro-
lection for pedestrians. These signals
will be operated somewhat similar to
the lights around Dupont Circle, where
pedestrians are given a path clear of
all moving traffic at certain periods.
Announcement also was made at the
Trafhc Bureau that the corporation
counsels Office had approved the legal
construction Of a proposed amendment
TO the traffic code to prevent taxicabs
from cruising" on F street between
Ninth and Fifteenth streets from q m.
to II midnight. The amendment was
drawn by Inspector E. w. Brown. in
charge OF the Traffic Bureau, and will
be forwarded to the Commissioners this
week with a recommendation for its
adoption.
The proposal would make It a viola
ton of the traffic regulations for a
taxicab to enter F street without a
fare" unless called. Inspector Brown
believes the adoption of this measure
will greatly alleviate congestion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
Mrs. Bliss Petitions Court to Nullify
Divorce; Asks Support From Husband

Mrs. Ruth Clarke Bliss, 1919 M
street, today asked the District su-
preme Court to nullify a divorce de-
cree given to her at Reno and to re-
quire her former husband, Arthur
Lorraine Bliss, now residing in Flor
ida, to contribute to her support. She
says she went to Reno while under
the domination of her husband and
only nine days after being released
from a hospital following a surgical
operation and filed her complaint
through a lawyer, with whom ar
rangements had been made by her
husband and whose fees were later
paid by her with funds furnished by
the husband for that specific purpose.
Mrs. Bliss tells the court that she
was married February 7, 1920. and
lived with her husband until May z,
1920, She declares she was in igno-
rance of the extent of her husbands
finances and at his request, after be-
ing told by him that he wanted d.
vorce, she signed paper which
waived her dover and marital rights,
but which, she claims, was not read
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10

to her. She has since learned that
her husband owned property worth
more than $250,00 which he had in
herited from the estate of his father.
the real estate involved has been
transferred, she states, to corporation
known as the BLISS Properties" and
that her former husband owns $225, 900
of the shares of the corporation and is
in receipt of an income Of $4,000 an
nually.
The petitioner tells the court through
Attorneys Julius I. Peyser and Milton
Strasburger that in the latter part of
April, 1920, she underwent an opera
ton and was in nervous and weak
ened condition when she returned to
her husbands home when she was in
formed of his wish to be divorced. He
told her, she says, that he had made
all arrangements and that she should
go to Reno for the purpose. Since the
signing Of the divorce decree January
5, 1921, she says her husband has not
contributed to her support. She now
asks that her marital rights be restored
and that his property be sequestrated
for her support and maintenance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
RUM CAR UPSETS,
POLICE GET CARGO
Machine Plunges Down Embark
ment When Chased-Occu-
pants Escape.

speeding rum car plunged down
l0-foot embankment at Livingston and
Giesboro roads near Anacostia early
today, when the driver failed to make
the sharp turn while trying to escape
a policeman, and the automobile, with
its cargo of 125 quarts of corn whisky,
fell into the hands of Policeman C. o.
Rouse of No. IL precinct, although the
two occupants of the machine escaped.
Rouse was cruising in a new police
car near Good Hope road and Nichols
avenue when he sighted his quarry
and gave chase.
The fugitive automobile led through
Anacostia. moving swiftly. At Liv-
ingston and GieSboro the driver at
tempted to turn into the Fort WASH
ington road. apparently with the idea
of getting back into Maryland, where
he is thought to have picked up his
cargo.
The hard-pressed rum car, however,
skidded on the curve and swung over
the embankment. Two men iii the
front seat of the car leaped out and
fled into the underground. Policeman
Rouse stood guard over the car until
assistance came from his precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
WELFARE OFFICIAL
DENIES WASTE"
Kirby Answers Efficiency Bureau.
Says Move Taken to Save
Freight Cost.

Paul L. Kirby, as assistant director of
public welfare, said today that he did
not think the board had shown poor
business judgment" as charged by the
Bureau Of Efficiency in ordering a ship
ment Of surgical supplies, destined for
seven District institutions, sent to one
point for redistribution.
The action was taken advisedly, ac-
cording to Mr.. Kirby, to save freight
charges. BY having the shipment sent
in one lot it was sent as carload, and
by that means a cheaper rate was OBJ
tanned than could have been for seven
separate shipments. Besides freight
charges, a saving was made by not hav-
ing the goods Grated separately. Mr..
Kirby said.
The bureau charged that the District
was put to labor expense in having the
materials sorted out after they arrived,
but Mr.. Kirby said the work was being
done by prisoners under supervision of
the physicians at Lorton, and that no
expense is incurred.
Even assuming that the charges of
the bureau are correct, he said, the diff
ference in money involved would have
been slight.
Speaking Of the bureaus recon-
mendation that a business manager
be appointed for the board, Mr.. Kirby
pointed out that there is a business
manager for the penal institutions.
which is the only place where such a
position is needed, and that the busi-
ness manager had approved the ship
ment to central point.
Mr.. Kirby said that the board had
not expected the shipment to be so
difficult to redistribute as it had proved,
but that an additional business man
ager probably would not have foreseen
that difficulty either. The work of re-
distribution of the supplies has been
under way for a week, he said, and
substantial progress has been made in
getting them where they are needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
ATTORNEY SUES TURKEY
FOR UNCOLLECTED FEES

Vahan Cardashian, a New York law
yer, filed suit in the District of Column
bia Supreme Court yesterday against
the government of the Republic of
Turkey to recover $4,000 said to be
due him for legal services rendered
from 1909 to 1914. The lawer says by
reason Of the World War re was unable
to collect his bill owing to the action of
the Turkish government in abolishing
its mixed courts.
He presented his claim May II last
to the Turkish Ambassador at Washing
ton and, he says, was requested by him
to file claim through the American De-
partment of State. At the State Depart
ment, he says, he was informed that it
is the universal practice of the depart
ment not to espouse a diplomatic claim
based on a contract between an Amer
lean citizen and a foreign government
unless in an appropriate case the claim
ant has exhausted his legal remedies in
the contracting state with the resulting
denial of justice.
AS he may not sue in the Turkish
courts, the lawyer seeks to have a
judgment rendered In his favor by the
local tribunal. Attorney Weston YER
non, jr., appears for the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
HORSESHOE TOURNEY
EQUIPMENT OFFERED

Winfree Johnson, supervisor Of ath-
letics of the ONCE Of Public Buildings
and Public Parks, in addressing the
Burroughs Citizen Association last night
on Community Center development, Of
fered such equipment as may be neces-
sary for residents of the Burroughs
community to participate in The Even
ing Star Horseshoe Tournament. Ray
mond Lee Gilbert. chairman of the
committee on parks and Fairgrounds,
will have charge of this equipment
The association went on record favor
ing an appropriation for the constitute
ton of new junior high school on the
site purchased for that purpose at
Eighteenth and Perry streets northeast.
The action of the Board Of Education
in transferring the seventh and eighth
grades from the John Burroughs School
to help flll up the new Langdon School,
or to the Langley Junior High, was
condemned in resolutions adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
Traffic Fatalities
I'm ID. G.. Outnumber
Those From Disease

The deadly nature of modern
traffic was shown by mortality
figures released by the District
Health Department today, which
show that during the calendar
year 1928 there were 120 deaths
from traffic accidents In Wash
ington and only Ill from the
following diseases combined:
Diphtheria, scarlet fever, whoop-
ing cough, measles, smallpox,
typhoid fever and .infantile
paralysis.
The figures : given include
deaths which occurred in Wash
ington from traffic accidents OUT
side and, therefore, are greater
than the figures published by the
traffic directors office. But the
figures for deaths from the dis
eases also include all deaths in
Washington from the respective
diseases, whether the diseases
were contracted here or not, and
are, therefore, comparable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
WALES ACTS FOR KING.

LONDON. July 10 (P.-The Prince
of Wales held a private investiture in
behalf of King George at st. James
Palace today.
Wearing morning dress, the prince
walked from York House to st. James,
where he presented insignias to $50 per-
sons on the list of birthday honors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
MRS. GRANDFATHER DIES
Funeral Services to Be Held at st.
Matthew's Tomorrow.

Mrs. Engelbert Brandstatter Of 1909
p street, for 10 years resident of
Washington, died at Providence Hos
pital Yesterday. She had been in poor
health for some months past.
Born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in
1883, Mrs Grandfather came to this
country 20 years ago. She was trained
nurse for many years.
Mrs. Brandstatter is survived by her
husband and. a daughter, Helen M.
Brandstatter.
Funeral services will be held from st.
Matthews Catholic Church, at 8 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Interment viii be
In st. Mary's Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
WHEAT
MEN TO VOTE ON POOL
nv the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoCIdIgu FEV5S.
SYDNEY, New South Wales, July
1O.-A recommendation that a ballot
be taken among the wheat growers of
Australia on the question of establishing
wheat pool was accepted by the cabi-
net today.
It Is understood that banks are willing
to guarantee a certain amount In event
of the formation of the pool. The gov
eminent share of the guarantee will be
discussed later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
HamiltOn-Burr Duel
Brought TO Memory
By New $40 Bills

Those new smaller $40 bills,
out today with other denomina-
tions, are starting III circulation
On the anniverSary~ofa tragedy.
They bear the picture of Alex
ander Hamilton. One hundred
and twenty-five years ago today
Hamilton wrote a farewell note
to his wife. The next day he
was wounded fatally in q duel
with Aaron Burr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
Dog HOSPITAL Erected.

PARIS CP).-A dog hospital with a
capacity of 30 patients has been con-
structed at cost of $4,000 in Abort,
a suburb. The institution has the
usual operating and laboratory rooms
md also park for convalescentS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
HUNGARY RATIFIES PACTS.
Arbitration and Anti-War Treaties
Given Annrova1

Given Approval.
The American legation at Budapest
has informed the State Department
that the Hungarian government has
ratified the treaties of arbitration and
Cancellation between the United States
and Hungary and the general pact for
the remuneration of war.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
AGE LIMITS IN I\DI sTRY

One reads continually in this cit,
OF workmcn in It's manufacturing
plants having been employed for
long periods Of years. some Of them
don't retire until far beyond three
score years. When they do they in
gariably obtain some sort Of special
recognition from the factory corpor-
atoms
From which We gam the concIu-
sion that factory owners here are
proud Of the fact that so many Of
their employees have been on the pay
rol. for long periods As matter Of
TACT. many men have been employed
uy the same concern in New Britain
Tor from 40 to 50 years.
This spirit is highly gratifying. II
shows appreciation Of long service
and produces good will Public APP
probation Of a firm which sticks
by its men when they do the same
is widespread Il is natural, too.
A rapid turnover Of labor on the
hire-and-fire principle is expensive.
causes ill-feeling, and gains no
friends. The live and let live policy
is vastly more economical in the long
run. And it gives both employer and
employe something TO point TO with
pride.
There has been much discussion
recently OF a tendency 10 set an age
limit in employing men and women
Such a Development which some
ascribe to mass production. would if
Widespread prove a distinct detri-
ment to the social welfare Of the
nation. The more optimistic of citl-
zens have been slow TO believe that
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
AN INE,\pIDRID \ASI\LsS

For the first time in history white
men are exploring parts of South
America which hitherto have never
been penetrated, What is found so
far constitutes the greatest system
OF rivers in the world, Part Of the
region is in Brazil
Brazil is the most populated ma
ton IN South America. But its
population has chung tenaciously TO
tine coast and for a certain distance
into the interior. In the hinterland
there IS a vast section that remains
UneNplorcd. Theodore Roosevelt, at
trug1.I TOT short time to a section
of this vast interior, discovered a
river not on the maps and called it
the River of Doubt. This 1,o00-mile
long waterway has since been ex-
plored and called the Rio Teodoro
year ago an aviator flew over
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New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
WILLOW BROOK

Flayfully bubbling its meandering
course, Willow Brook IS an asset
rather than detrInent to that part
of the city through which It passes.
To the children il is a never-faIllrg
source Of pleasure To wade in il, to
play with boats on rs surface. and
throw stones into II, forms among
the finest of outdoor sport to count
less children This also applies TO
the other small streams which iced
themselves into the brook.
The stream is decided asset TO
Willow Brook park. Where it enters
the playground Is one Of the pretti-
est wooded sections in the city. with
large stones and boulders plentfully
strewn about.
Considering everything, We would
not utter inprecations against this
pretty flow OF aqua merely because
upon occasion there s an overflow
and a small-sized flood results True.
there have been 50 many stones
thrown INTO the brook, and so many
branches Of trees and underbrush
are carried along upon its moving
surface. that the bottom of the
stream at some points is higher than
it used 70 be can scarcely be doubt
ed. BY the way, how many years
does it take 10 throw 100 tons Of
stone into brook four miles long
if children throw ten tons into it a
year?
The city IAN improve the brook
by removing some Of the stones and
litter in its bed. but II cannot re-
move III brook, For this. many
thanks.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
The CANADIAN WRECK

The disastrous wreck upon the
Canadian National railways is said
to hare beer caused by the engineer
Of one Of the deluxe trains failing
10 heed 4 stop order
The Canadian National runs from
OCEAN 10 ocean. as does the Canadian
Pacific. over large part Of the
line traffic is not sufficient to justi-
fly two tracks. Indeed, the two
track railway as we now have them
is a modern luxury. Most railroads
originally were one-track affairs for
the simple reason that the laying
of one track only required half the
capital required by a double track
system.
Keeping trains moving in both d.
rections on a single-track railroad
requires 4 high degree Of railroading
skill. Above all, engineers must
watch their signals carefully and
know .heir orders. An order TO stop
at q riding to let No. 81 pass does
net mean maybe.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
What does Ammo Lucis 1929"

@. What does ammo Lucis 1929"
mean?
A. In the year Of light 69?s. 1t
evidently refers to tho traditional
date OF the creation of the world
and of light, 1904 B. C.
g. How did the Red Sea get
its name?
red weeds growing in its shallow
waters.
Q. Is the revolver with which
Booth shot Abraham Lincoln still in
existence?
A. 1t in kept in the Office OF the
Pdjutant General at the War De-
partment, Washington. D. c. 1t ID
not on exhibition to the general
public.
Q. In the event Of the death of
the president, vice president and all
the members of the cabinet who
would serve as the president Of the
United States?
A. No provision has been made
for such an emergency.
Q. When was the signal e o s."
adopted as the distress signal?
A. That signal was selected by
the International Radio Telegraphic
Conference in Berlin in 1908. and
was adopted by the United States In
1919.
@. Who is the author Of the fol.
lowing lines:
Tomorrow and tomorrow and to-
morrow.
creeps in this petty pace from
day to day
To the last syllable OF recorded
time"
A. The quotation is from Mac
beth by Shakespeare.
Q. What is the home address Of
Fannie Brice:
A. IS East ssth street. New
York City.
Q. How many stomachs has a
COW?
A. A COW has four stomachs.
the rumen. where the food 10 held
until she is ready to chew 1t; the
reticulm. where the food passes after
the COW has "chewed its cud;" the
omasun, and the abomasum or true
stomach.
@. When a body Of water freezes,
does the top always freeze first?
| A. Yes
g. What does the name Archi-
band mean?
! A. 1t in Teutonic and means
holy prince"
| Q. What does the proposition "in
re" used in legal papers mean?
A. It means I'm the case or
matter Of"
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
WARS, PEsTIIi<Cf AND
FAMINE

dispatches from Ctina -av that
another war is inevitable. II ap-
pears that the Chinese war lords are
not entirely satisfied With the dis
tributIon OF power and as there is
promise Of good weather this sum
mer there might as well he a little
more fighting over some of the pol
itical questions which nobody but a
Chinaman can understand.
Meantime in some parts OF China
there is pestilence, due to the past
VAT; and in another part there is
4 famine.
The three 60 together.
China, the coast provinces over
crowded, seems Intent upon reduc-
ing the population in the most ruth
less manner possible.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22

The two Canadian railroads are
ged in spirited competition. The
wreck. with its high death toll, will
create the impression that the Can
adam soNernmentowne system IS
not as we'll managed as the private
ly-owned system. Yet much more
disastrous wrecks have occurred on
the private lines.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
observations
On The Weather

Washington, March c..--Forecast
for Southern New England: Cloudy,
probably occasional rains tonight
and Saturday; colder tonight; mod
crate shifting winds becoming east
and southeast.
Forecast for Eastern New York !:
Cloudy; probably occasional rains
tonight and Saturday; colder in
south portion tonight: rising tenn
perature Saturday in north and CEN
tral portions: Moderate shifting
winds becoming east and southeast.
Conditions: Considerable cloudi-
ness prevails this morning In all
portions OF the country east OF the
Plains states and showers we're re-
ported from the central and western
Gulf states northward into the Lake
region, Ohio valley and northern
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
BILLINGS DISCu SSES MI RIDER
r. H. Newton

The trouble with the legal pro-
are 100 many lawyers in it,"
We'll, what would you suggest"
I inquired.
Il have it all worked out" as
serted Billings.
Il suppose you'd abolish lawyers
altogether" | said
Not at all retorted Billings. I'D
inst keep them away from court,
where they usually make nuisanccs
of themselves. There'd still be a lot
of work lawyers could do. such as
preparing the vaudeville and movie
contracts after the defendants are
acquitted
We'll. what's your PLAN" ! ask
ed
suppose fellow commits a
murder" said Billings. THE first
thing he docs, nowadays. is TO hire
a lawyer. lie then proceeds TO try
his cas-" in the newspapers. My
plan is to hire a newspaper. After
he has retained his ntWspa per and
the prosecutor has retained his,
everything is st for th. trial. The
prosecution will open the case by
printing a story 10 the effect that
he had once set fire TO an orphan
asylum ana had poisoned his
mother. The defense Will come back
Vigorously with picture of the de-
PENDANT AT the ag@ Of six. in the cos
tune he wore when h. graduated
from sunday school TO this might
have been added a picture Of his
mother in her Wedding dress"
That's pretty strong evidence"
said
"Na'urallv. that VIII he a bonnie
Shell IN the prosecutors camp
explained Billings. They'd hold
councils of war and plan now meth
DDS OF attack Headlines, such as
( Slayer on Verge Of Collapse or
Murderer Writh"s Under Grilins.'
will follow in quick succession. But
tie defense will have a trick or two
in reserve"
For instance ''
They'll get out their late-after-
noon edition two days ahead Of
tule!' sai1 Billings, triumphantly.
/ That will certainly put d crimp in
the prosecution
"But how about the facts of the
, case" ! asked.
"HoN about them" said Billings.
How about the facts under the
20.