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The Washington times., 1929-03-23
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For the second time since
he was brought to Emergency
Hospital apparently dying
from a gunshot wound, Charles
Wesley Poutra, victim of gun
battle at the Green Gables
road house Wednesday, has
been snatched from death by
young hospital internes.
When Poutra was brought to the
institution DR.. Leon s. Gordon
volunteered a pint of his blood to
strengthen the wounded man. Yester-
day when Poutra began to weaken.
DIR. c. B. White allowed a pint of
his blood transfused into Poutra s
veins to help him in his fight for
life.
Chance to Recover
Poutra now has a fighting chance
TO recover, hospital authorities said
Joseph Houser, shot in the same
fight, is expected to recover.
In the meantime police Of Mont
gomery County have made no pro-
gress in their efforts to find the
gunman who wonded the two men
in a fight over a red-haired girl.
Police know the name of the girl
but have not been unable to find
her. They are anxious TO learn
il she can throw any additional
light on the shooting.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Railway Strike Ballots
To Be Opened March 81

Returns from the strike vote on
the Southern Railway System, in
volving $500 shopcraft employees,
today began to be received at union
headquarters.
They will not be opened, however,
until March 81. and no forecasts
are available as TO what the re-
suit of the balloting will be. Ma
chinists. boilermakers, blacksmiths.
sheet metal workers. carmen and
electrical workers are within the
scope of the vote. but none of the
transportation groups of employees.
About $50 men in the Alexa ndria
shops of the Southern are affected
by the vote.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
PERMIT TED
BY NEW
LAW

Work on q plan to settle
more than 1000 claims now
pending against the District
Government will he started
next week at conferences be-
tween Commissioner Sydney
F. Taliaferro, Corporation
Counsel William W. Bride and
District Auditor Daniel J.
Donovan. -..
A large majority of the claims in
volve petitions Tor refunds of taxes
and cancellation of assessments
made under the Borland law.
Claims Long Standing
Authority to settle claims UP to
IS. 900 was given the District Com
missioners in a law passed at the
last session of Congress. Before
the passage of this measure the
District government could not set.
tie any claim against it unless
ordered to do so by the courts.
MANY of the claims expected to
De ScLlleu dHICdoly thIS JOol no W
been pending several years. Ap-
p~oximately $4,000 is involved in
tn pending claims.
Back to Congress
When a plan has been worked
out Taliaferro will Recommend 1t
to the board and Bride will be In
structed to begin settling the claims
at once. If the plan is adopted.
When the District has reached an
smicable settlement with a claimant.
the case must be referred to Con
g~ess for authority to draw money
TO make a payment.
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Judge Ralph Given, however,
blasted this paradise following a
story told him by Policemen E. E.
DuIin and r. NJ. kessling of the
Twelfth precinct in court yesterday.
Brooks is kindly man and he
likes dogs. as result police
charged him with keeping 10 un-
licensed dogs.
Policeman kessling. who is dog
inspector in his precinct. has had
his suspicious of the Brooks farm
for some time. Much barking and
yelping have emanated from the
premises. he says.
A Regiment Appears
Dulin and Kessling visited Brooks
who appeared with two dogs, He
said he owned both and thet they
were licensed.
But the suspicious of the police
men were not allayed. Dulin de-
cided to do some tricks" with his
club, and throwing it high in the
air. caught it with one hand.
The two dogs barksd in apprecla-
tion and Immediately thereafter "a
whole regiment of dogs appeared,
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counted IL and that 10 of them were
Airedales. They came from all points
of the compass and leaped upon
Brooks as if he were an old friend,
they said.
Eight Were Visitors
Brooks claimed that four of the
dogs had licenses the two he owned
and two he is keeping for a. friend.
The other eight, he said. were visi'
tors.
"All the dogs in Kenilworth make
my place their headquarters, your
honor" he told the judge. Judge
Given remarked that il seemed
strange that all except two. were
Airedales. Brooks said the dogs
came to his farm at meal time and
ate with his dogs.
Judge Given continued the case
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
MagnOlias Stage Race
To Be First in Bloom

Two of the Department of Agri-
cultures magnolia tr es, one in the
formal garden in front of the red
brick administration building and
one in the Mall between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Streets Northwest.
have staged their annual race for
the honor of being the first to
haoom.
The small oriental magnolia in the
Mall is nearing full bloom, while its
competitor, almost under Secretary
Hyde's window. is not tar behind.
Department experts say the VIM
ming tree will he in full bloom with.
in . tAw days.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Is KiWanians Attend
Meeting at Manassas

Fifteen Washington Kiwanians,
members of an Interclub Relations
Committee, last night gave a pro-
gram of entertainment at Manassas,
Va, for the Kiwanis Club there. The
party was headed by these past and
present officers of the local group:
John J. Boobar, Mark Lanshurgh,
Harry G. Kimban. Edgar Morris,
Merritt o. Chance, Charles A. Cami-
lear, Bynam Hinton. and William r.
Schmucker
All participated in an initiation Of
several new members and heard
DR.. c. C. Johnson, head of the Lee
Highway Association, tell of com.
pletion of plans for. the early paving
Of a seVen-mile strip between Man.
assas and Centervfile.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Boy Hit by Taxicab
Suffers Little Hurt

Minor injuries were suffered yes
terday by jefferson Lee Ford, 3rd,
six.year + old son of J. l.. Ford, man.
ager Of the Colonial Hotel. 100 block
Fifteenth ST. n. W. He was
knocked down by a taxicab on Fiji
teenth Street Northwest, between
l. and Nd Streets.
Police did not blame the operator
of the taxicab, John w. Kay. Of
the l4O0 block Chaplin ST. \. W.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23

For more than two centuries this
tract of land-lying at the junction
of Branch Avenue and y Street
Southeast. south of Pennsylvania
Avenue-was something of a neg
lected stepchild in this territory. and
not until recently was it discovered
that these four acres, lying within
the boundaries of Washington, where
all land is valuable, was virtually
without ownership: that is, the title
to it still was in the United States
Government
Patent Granted
The titlehunter who discovered
this fact was Byron Fl. Hamlin, of
24OO Sixteenth st. N. w, and he i'm
media tely put in a claim for it to
the General Land Office. A patent
to the tract has just been granted to
him. signed by President Hoover.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
"Speed Trap" Enemy
Fined on Traffic
Charges

Charles C.. Collins, counsel of
the American Automobile ASSo-
citation, who recently denounced
speed traps in which motor.
cycle policemen lie in wait for
motorists, was himself trapped on
a traffic charge yesterday.
Collins forfeited IS by falling
to appear in court on two charges
preferred by Se"gt. Milton ID.
Smith, of the Traffic Bureau.
Smith claimed the attorney
parked within 20 feet of an inter-
section and in such a position
that his car obstructed a cross
walk
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Judge McMath Speaks
On Grain Exchange Law

Judge James C. McMath a prac-
titioner before the Ohio and Illinois
bars for the past 81 years, lectured
on ''The Law of Speculation on the
Grain and Produce Exchanges of
the United States" at Columbus
University. 1914 Massachusetts Ave.
n. W., last night.
Judge McMath is a specialist on
the law governing stock exchanges.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Prince Georges County
Tax Rate Will Be $1.36

Prince Georges county commits
siOners yesterday announced that
the tax rate for the coming year
will be $1.36.
This increase of cents in the
current rate is due TO the failure
of the county to receive an appro-
priation of $4,000 for schools from
the State equalization fund. which
heretofore has been granted. The
road levy was cut from 25 TO %
cents a hundred because of the ex-
pected reduction in maintenance
costs which will result from the
$3.50, 900 bond issue for roads.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
''Voice of Jewish Laity"
To Be Convention Theme

"rhe Voice of the Jewish Lajety
will be the theme OF the symposium
at the third biennial convention OF
the National Federation Of the
Temple Brotherhoods here April s
and Z.
Speaker will include Rabbi Isaac
Landman. editor OF the American
Hebrew. New York. and DIR. Leon
Mones, of Newark. \. !.
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st. DOminic's Church
Raising ReDair Fund

The $4,000 fund for the restora.
ton of st. Dominic's Church. badly
damaged by fire on February "a. is
rapidly being raised. the committee
reported at its meeting yesterday.
The money is being raised by
pledges, contributions and informal
entertainments.
None are scheduled for Holy Week,
but several. entertainments will be
held after Easter.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Chinese Communists
Chase Missionaries

Communist uprisings in many
parts of the Chinese province OF
kiang-si have forced foreign mis-
sionarjes TO flee, according to a
dispatch to the State Department
yesterday from the American Con-
sui General at Canton.
The disorders have been accom-
panied by the burning OF some
buildings.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Milkman Is Injured
By Fall Into Coal Trap

while delivering milk a. m.
yesterday, Jim Harris, At, of $40
F. st. N. E., stumbled into a ccal
trap which he had failed to OBJ
serve in the 800 block Indiana Ave.
N. w.
At the Emergency Hospital, he
was treated by DIR. Leon Gordoi
for possible broken ribs. The in
iuries were not serious.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
JOB LIKELY
TOGO To
MAN ON
FORCE

: Washington new chief of
police will be named next
week, it was indicated at the
District Building today. The
Commissioners will meet Tues
day and act on the retirement
application of Major Edwin B.
Hesse. They will decided who
will succeed Hesse either Tues
day or Friday,
Action on Major Hesse's retirement
applicati ton will be only a formality.
The Police and Firemen's Retire
ment and Relief Board today will
submit a recommendation that Major
Hesse be retired on a pension OF
$4,000 a year.
The Commissioners will approve
the recommendation and Major
Hesse will pass from office March
81, with 30 years police service be-
hind him.
Proctor l.. Dougherty. president
Of the Commissioners and admins
trative head of the police depart
ment, has asserted that he does
not believe public offices should
be allowed to remain vacant and
said he expected to fill Major
Hesse's place as soon as the vet
eran police chief retired.
Promotion Likely
The new chief will be selected
from among 20 candidates now being
considered by the Commissioners.
Although more than half the
candidates are not connected with
the police force, the commissioners
probably will select a policeman to
head the department.
Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief
of the detective bureau. still seems
to be the candidate most likely to
get the job. Next comes Inspector
William Shelby assistant superin-
tendent of police. Walter G. Fergn-
son and Miles McCahill. of the
United States Secret Service, and
Maj. Gen. Hersey. IT, S. A, retired,
are leading the outsiders.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
FILES AS BANKRUPT

Helen Wilkinson. saleswoman,
Ewing in the 5000 block Fourteenth
St. n. W.. filed a petition in volun-
tary bankruptcy today. Through
Attorneys l.. s. Schintman and
Campbell Howard, she lists debts of
$3.50 and claims assets or 500.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
CITIZENS CARD PARTY

The North Capitol Citizens AS.
sociation will meet Monday night in
the Mckinley Technical High School
building, Second and T SITS. n. +.
The association is planning it's an
nual card party for. Tuesday eve
ming, April 2.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Y. M. c. A. Club Circus
To Benefit Boys Shop

Members of the Y. NJ &. A. Mems
Club will entertain with a circus in
the gymnasium OF the Central 7. M.
c. A. 1885 G ST. n. W., the proceeds
to go for equipping a woodcraft
workshop for the boys department.
A special room will be equipped
for the shop in the boys building.
Members of the boys department
staff will teach the boys the use Of
fAn1G
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Shipping Board Workers
Unhit by Sale of Liners

Sale of the eleven ships of the
United States and American Mer-
chant Lines. owned by the Govern
lment, will not result in any ap-
preciable cut in the personnel of
the Shipping Board, it was learned
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Jury Awards Sisters
$4,000 in Will Fight

A jury in Circuit Court before
Justice William Hitz yesterday re-
turned a verdict in favor of Mrs.
Adlyn Ferris Towne. of Long
Island, n. Y. and her sister. Mrs.
Elizabeth Ferris Frisbie. of Ia.
koma Park, D. G.. who flied
caveat attacking the last will Of
their sister. Mrs. Alice Ferris Gaia
way. who died December Il. 1927.
Unless the verdict Of the jury y
set aside. the sisters will share
equally about SO 000 worth NJ ths
stock of the johnson Service Cor
poration.
The case has been on t'-zsl for
over two weeks.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Gets Patent on Public
Tract in District
aas@ss ~S s.~maa@A'

In the days when the District of Columbia part Of
King Georges colony of Maryland
looked four acres of land lying AnacoStia way
The Washington times., 1929-03-23

until March 2S and said he will fine
Brooks SIS for each unlicensed dog If
he has not disposed of them by that
time
The Washington times., 1929-03-23

The two houses, numbers 1929 and
1891 + st. \. W., were built about
1900, and were family homes for a
great many years, passing finally
into The Albert Wager estate, which
owned a large share of the prop,
erty in the block.
These houses are regarded as out
standing examples Of the architec-
ture prevalent in Washington at the
beginning of the nineteenth cen
tury. The straight, plain fronts
and the front of-the.house chin
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
10 Visiting Dogs Put
Farmer in Tolls

The truck of Fred Brooks, in Bennings D. c., was
until recently dog heaven according to testimony In Police
Court.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23

Nine days left 10 GEle ''ss.T per
eOnal tax return. Persons In baSi-
ness in doubt - to the manner 81
determining their average STOCK b
trade should inquire ~ Room lea.
District Building.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23

neys are marks of their antiq uity.
AL the time of their building, +
Street had not been graded and the
first floor, where the wooden stair
way leads, was the street level. In
1872. when Alexander Shepherd was
governor of the District. the street
was graded and these houses. along
with many others long since gone,
were left high. Like other old-fash'
ioned homes, these have large back
yards and immense rooms with
HIGH ceilings
The Washington times., 1929-10-02

used on such accessories Of the
engine as the generator and the
fan.
n Experiments now are being con-
Quoted to determine IL rubber, so
useful elsewhere, cannot be en-
ployed to good advantage In uni
versal joints. That there Is o
strong possibility of rubber joints
in mechanical brake systems and
In various control rods 10 the optn-
ion Of one of the most successful
automotive engineers In this coun'
try.
II was the widespread demand for
q silent, vibrationless automobile
that stimulated the vast engineer
ing interest in rubber. In the last
three years, marked apd STEADY
progress has been made In the use
OF rubber In engine mountings, IN
sulating the chassis from the en-
CINE which Is the greatest source
OF vibration In the modern automo-
bile-much, no doubt, to the sur
prise of many motarists.
Mountings In Tension
They were rather crude, these
first rubber pads put on engine
mountings. They are far less
crude today as demonstrated by
one fairly light cars manufacturer
who shows how the two.inch piece
Of rubber thus used will lift the
whole front of the car off the
ground. The first rubber mount
ings were "in compression" that Is,
the rubber was always carrying a
load, which reduced Its flexibility.
Now engine mountings are in
tension" which means q maximum
Of flexibility.
The difference will be clearer II
the motorist considers two tires,
one that is flat-and in compression
and one that is properly inflated,
and in tension.
Rubber, contrary to the opinion
Of many, does not eliminate vibra-
ton. Rather, it absorbs it, which,
so far as the motorists nervous
The Washington times., 1929-10-02

Yet the average motorist, IL
asked to name the various uses OF
rubber around the car, would start
with the tires. Then, looking
around, he might note that the sub
stance covering the running board
and the front floor board also was
rubber. He might even note that
the windshield wiper blade was
rubber.
AT that point he would have
named four parts of the car made
of this substance. And, still, in
many cars there are as many as
400 rubber or rubberized parts!
Not all OF these 400 parts, Of
course, are visible to the car owner.
however, he should have noticed
more than the most obvious four.
For instance, there is the rubber
covered steering wheel. The rubber
seal below the windshield. Buffers
on the door stills. Rubber beads
around the doors. The rubber
mounting of the springs-in some
cars. The insulation of Ignition
wires. The fan belt. The washers
on light connections. The battery
box.
Engine Mounts Rubber
From reading the specifications
OF his car, rather than by actually
seeing, he should have known that
the engine very likely is one Of the
many mounted on rubber: that
many varieties Of body shims are
made Of rubberized fabric; and that.
from stem to stern, he Is riding
with rubber" as we'll as ION
rubber
a,.r
Although not general, rubber. in
sulated joints and mountings have
been used on steering gears. In
Germany. rubber air bags have
been used successfully to displace
steel chassis springs. Pneumatic
rubber seat cushions, likewise, have
been used in foreign automobiles.
On some cars in this country
tubular rubber drives have been
The Washington times., 1929-10-02

the peculiar configuration on the
tread OF the tires.
A lot OF owners of this particular
car who had protested the noise
awoke to find when, they had
bought their second tires for the
rear wheels that ii had disappeared.
But few ever knew why.
Much To he Learned
AS much as is known about rub
Der, engineers point out that prob
ably infinitely more il unknown.
1t has properties. many insist, that
are not even realized. From time
to time an improved use In dis.
covered quite accidentally but with
revolutionary, effect. For instance,
there IL the story OF the success
The Washington times., 1929-10-02

rubbsrs life can bs increased by
proper use 20 easily as 1t can be
decreased by improper application.
Another thing he has discovered 10
that In addition to absorbing yibra-
ton Il properly employed, by an
opposite method It actually can DC
the cause OF vibration.
illustrating the latter point, there
IL the classic story Of the motor
car manufacturer who was look
ing for q noiseless rear axle. he
tried a large number and OF vari-
Gus kinds. All the time, the noise
continued. One axle after another
was rejected because Of this fact.
Then one bright day II was dis
covered that the axle gears were
not causing the noise at all but
The Washington times., 1929-10-02

Of an accessory manufacture who
developed a new type OF windshield
wiper blade made Of live rubber.
He more or less happened onto
it."
Discovery Of some Of the poten.
tia1ities of rubber In motor car
manufacture has stimulated re-
search int the possibilities Of other
substances having the quality Of
elasticity. Difficult as 1t may be to
conceive OF such q thing, inventors
are working upon q connecting rod
that viii be sufficiently elastic to
eliminate vibration at its source.
This experiment, Of course. has not
yet been crowned with success.
One venture into the use OF elias.
tic substances that has been made
The Washington times., 1929-10-02

system 10 concerned. 10 quite a. u.
fective. An illustration is provided
In the control rubber exercises
over the evil of matched vibrations
Of the drive mechanism and the
engine. In older cars. when these
two vibrations matched. the occu.
pants teeth had tendency to
rattle" BY the simple expedient
of using rubber inserts in the
clutch. these vibrations now are
kept from matching.
Since he began to look to rub
Der as a relief from vibration and
noise, the engineer has discovered
many things about It that are not
yet known to the greatest consumer
of rubber-the motor car buyer.
Among these is the fact that
The Washington times., 1929-10-02

successfully. however,. relates to
the silencing Of steel bodies. 1t
comes In the form OF an asphaltic
coating on the inside OF the body
panel which has served to markedly
reduce characteristic vibrations.
Another OF similar character Is
that which resulted In the incor.
poration in the roofs OF closed
cars of q soft panel to nullify
vibration. Most cars have such q
feature today and that once familiar
rumble has disappeared.
IT 10 gas that makes the car go,
but rubber that makes 1t go silently
and smoothly.
The Washington times., 1929-10-02
Girl Ignores Trains
For Plane and Auto

Train schedules mean nothing to
Miss Ruth Bridewell, of Houston,
Tex. She is adequately prepared
to provide her own private trans
portation, either on land OF In the
sky-just as her fancy suggests.
When Miss Brideweli feels In.
oiined to patronize the highways,
she relies upon her Durant sport
roadster. II the sky calls, she stops
into her now Curtis Robin mono
plane and scars away.
The Washington times., 1929-10-02
The car seeks
and finds the man!

the speed wagon you will be proud to have identified
with your business for a like distance.
For its part, Dick Murphy, Inc, has under the
giving influence of its president envable
among the people of Washington and among
mobile distributors throughout the country for fair
dealing, for courtesy and for service In every Of
the word, the initials D. M stand for Dependable
Motorcars."
In all sincerity, it may be said that the motoring pubs
well congratulate themselves upon the union of the
two slogans, dependable Motorcars" and "Reo-Good
for 1OO, 900 miles,"
The Washington times., 1929-10-02

THERE 10 old saying that the Office should seek
l. the man-and not the man the Office. In the belief
that this principle also applies vehicles the REQ
Motor Car Company is happy announce that, effective
October 1, REQ Flying Clouds and REQ Speed Wagons
will be distributed and serviced by Dick Murphy Inc,
Richard J. Murphy, president.
This new association is in every way, fitting one.
Since its start IS years ago, REQ has stood among
motor vehicles for it's remarkable long life and its no
less remarkable performance and all round satisfaction
REQ is good for 100000 miles-the you will enjoy
driving and be proud drive, for full 100000 miles
The Washington times., 1929-10-02

For RESULTS always The
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Phone District SEQ. Ask for ad-taker.
The Washington times., 1929-10-02
Rubber Is Used in 400
Parts of Automobile
BY J. LEO SUGRUE
Times Automobile Editor

Long before the wheels Of the automobile start turning
rubber pavs a part in its operation