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The Washington times., 1929-08-07
Alexandria Ballot
HistOry's Heaviest;
Pollard Gets Lead

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 7.-
The city today reverted to its
usual calm after one Of the most
exciting and Unexpectedly large
elections ever held. The total vote
Of 2,446 exceeded that of any
Democratic primary in the history
Of the city. John Garland Pollard
defeated g. Walter Mapp BY nearly
q two to one vote. Pollard re.
ceived 1915 votes and Mapp 7sS.
Roswell Page received but 50.
IN the local elections the incun.
bents in every instance were renomi-
mated. In only one race was there
stiff opposition, Fred Birrell, mem.
her OF the house OF delegates, receiv-
inR butt 2O2 majority over Howard
4. Coiyin. Judge w. s.. Snow de-
feated @. b. IIanham and Aylett B.
NicoI for the civil and police justice
nomination by more than 2 to 4.
Snow received 1887 votes, LaHharn
500 and Nicol 264. Albert v. Bryan,
Commonwealth attorney, received
f.565 votes to 726 for F. G.. Duvall.
The tinopposed candidates were p. r.
Hoffman,, clerk Of court; Roger Sulli-
van, city treasurer, and Charles II.
Callahan, commissioner of revenue.
CITY Sergeant r. II. Cox led the
ticket with 1880 votes.
A luncheon win be given City
Manager Lawrence today by the
Chamber Of Commerce. He viii he
introduced By r. c. Goodnow. presl-
dent Of the body,
The Washington times., 1929-08-07
ZepMayRedch Tokyo
By Way of Arctic
Times STAFF Photo

almost direct south along the
Island Sakhaliee for Kasumiga-
IRA near Tokyo in Japan.
Captain Lehman character
lied that far northerly route
the Shortest, safest, quickest
and most interesting" It will
mean that we shall pass over
portions Of Northern Siberia
that perhaps no man has even
seen.
Contrary to general opinion,
Captain Lehman said, the
weather service of the Russian
government in Siberia is very
good. Yakutsk has an impor-
tant meteorological observation
station and the course of the
Graf Zeppelin through Northern
Siberia will largely be charted
from there.
In view Of the probability Of
this near-Arctic Circle course,
some of us are adding sleeping
bags and fur-lined boots to our
aerial travelling kits.
The Sherry Netherland Hotel,
of New York, has undertaken
the catering Of the Graf Yep
pelin for the entire round-the-
world flight. In Tokyo Sherry's
will provision the airship
through the famous Imperial
Hotel and in Los Angeles
through the Biltmore Hotel.
The Washington times., 1929-08-07
RESCUE FATAL
To n. !. WIFE

NEW YORK, Aug. morris
stutman strangled his wife. Sarah.
accidentally while trying to expel
water he believed to be in her
lungs after he had found her IN.
conscious in the bathtub in their
home, IL was concluded BY Or. *.
Sellars Kennard. assistant medical
examiner. following an autopsy at
the Fordham morgue.
DR.. Kennard's autopsy definttely
established that Mrs. Stutman. who
was 81 years old and the mother Of
6-year-oid boy. had died Of man.
ual strangulation and that there
had been no water in her lungs
at the time Of her death, It failed
to show what had caused her to
become unconscious.
AS Stutman returned to his home
his son Bernard stood at the en-.
trance to the apartment crying. He
said his mother had sent him for
q loaf of bread at 10 o'clock that
morning and that when he returned
he got no response to repeated ring.
| ing OF the door bell. Stutman
found he had left his key in suit
hanging in his room and got Albert
Staron. the janitor. to enter by
way Of window and open door
for him.
A moment later he found his wife
unconscious In the tub. which was
half filled with water. Stutmsr
told the Dolice he had squeezed his
wife's throat in an attempt at arti
fetal respiration.
The Washington times., 1929-08-07

cial weather forecast for the return
OF the Graf Zeppelin:
"A disturbance OF moderate inten-
sity is central over Hudson Straits
with trough extending southwark
to the Canadian maritime provinces.
Another disturbances is north OF the
Orkney Islands. Extensive high
pressure area extends from Bermuda
eastward to the Azores and thence
northWard to a point some distance
off the Irish coast.
"If the start is made at midnight
tonight local conditions at Lake.
hurst will be partly overcast with
gentle north or northwest winds. Off
the Atlantic coast winds will be fresh
west shifting off the southern New
England coast to fresh to strong
southwest with partly overcast sky"
NEW YORK, Aug. Z (I.N.sl.--
The Crafts stowaway, Albert
Boschke, returns to Germany on
the neutrality-suspicious. liner Thur
ingia when she sails tomorrow.
Prof. Ernst Milarch. who was a
Graf passenger, is also returning on
the ship.
The Washington times., 1929-08-07
Pollard Far Ahead
In Very Light Vote
In Arlington County

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Aug. -
John Garland Pollard was favored
for the Democratic nomination yes
terday over g. Walter Mapp and
Roswell Page, In one of the lightest
votes cast In the history Of Airing
ton county. Pollard received SS5
votes, Mapp al, and Page 20.
Hugh Reid, incumbent, defeated
Robert H. Forman for the nomirla.
ton for the house of delegates by
q vote OF 7s6 to All.
The votes bv precincts follow:
Arlington precinct Pollard, S8;
Mapp, IS; Page. 1. Reid. As; For
man, IS.
Crane precinct Pollard, SIS; Mapp.
IS: Page, i; Reid, As; Forman. 3S.
Clarendon precinct Pollard, 100,
Mapp, SIS; Page, 5; Reid. 40; For
man, 80.
Ballston precinct-Pollard. 20;
Mapp, S. Page, 3; Reid. So; For.
man, 70.
cherrydale precinct Pollard, 12s.
Mapp, 81; Page, 5; Reid. 17s;; For:
man, 80.
East Falls Church precinct--Pol
Hard. 80; Mapp,. II; Page, 1; Reid
SO; Forman, 49,
Del Ray Pollard, "a
Mapp, 80; Page, 4; Reid, IS; For.
man, 80.
Lyon Park precinct Pollard, SIS
Mapp, s; Page, i; Reid, rs; For.
man, 46,
Virginia Highlands precincts Pol.
lard Is; Mapp, 10; Page, 2; Reid,
~: Forman, IL.
Glencarlyn precinct Pollard, 80;
Mapp, s.; Page, 4; Reid, 80; For
man. ~.
Rosslyn precinct Pollard, IS;
Mapp. %: Page. D; Reid, II: For
The Washington times., 1929-08-07
A.AA. VOTE ASKS
HOOVER TURN

| Sentiment in Washington favor.
ing the so-called Hoover left turn,
instead of the rotary turn, as well
as for uniformity in all traffic
rules, continues to grow, according
to Charles p. Clark, general man
ager of the American Automobile
Association, today. OF 4.084 ex.
pressions registered with the Dis.
trict division Of the A. A. A., 69.S
are for changing the present regu.
lation.
Clark asserts that the triple-A
poll gives the true sentiment of car
owners in the Capital, being with
out Implications and entirely voiun-
tary, no effort being made to In
Ifluence opinions by argument,
Uniform Rules
The A. A. A. executive points out
that the most significant feature Of
the survey is the fact that 96.4 per
cent OF 4,01O motorists favor uni
form traffic rules. In this connec.
ton 92.S per cent Of 1882 car own.
ers favor one rule at all crossings,
which can be brought about only
through uniformity.
1T Is indeed a tragic condition"
says Clark, "Dhen 81 percent Of
$500 car owners in the nations
Capital say they did not know that
two methods of making lfet turns
one for controlled crossings and
one for uncontrolled crossings, -
are in effect.
Poll Of Visitors
Clrak declared that the sentiment
for changing the rotary left turn
and making traffic rules uniform
is even stronger among visitors.
With expressions from motorists
representing So states and Canada,
it is found that 1853 percent Of 304
car owners favor the Hoover stand
ard left turn, with 1871 percent Of
3l2 advocating uniformity.
Moreover. bS.1 percent Of 2ss car
owners did not know Of the two
methods Of d left turn in the CAPT.
tai. and 93.7 percent Of 302 favor
one rule at all crossings.
The Washington times., 1929-08-07
Woman Is Defeated
In Augusta County;
Pollard Wins Easily

STAUNTON. Va, Aug. The
first woman to seek office in Au.
g1sta county, Mrs. Virgie N. Todd
candidate for the Virginia house Of
delegates, was decisively beaten in
the Democratic primary yesterday,
as was one Of her opponents I.ouia
+. Jordan, Waynesboro, Va, lawyer
and editor.
The present incumbents, w, s..
Moffett and Walter %. Beard, won
easily. Final figures for stanton
and Augusta county giving Moffett
1907 votes: Beard, 1889; Jordan,
4S1. and Mrs. Todd, 29O.
In the gubernatorial race John
Garland Pollard won easily. The
vote for the city and county being.
for Pollard, 1855; for waiter d.
Mapp. 14s. and for Roosevelt Page.
SO.
The vote this year was more than
200 short pf the number Of ballots
The Washington times., 1929-08-07
Seipel Back on Faculty
OF Vienna University

VIENNA, Aug. u.N.S.l.-
Monsgr. DIR. Ignatx Seipel, the
priest ex-Chancellor of Austria,
whose unexpected resignation was
said to have been induced by The
wish of the Vatican to withdraw
the Catholic Church from it's ex-
posed political position in Austria,
took up his former profession as .
professor Of the theological faculty
Of the Vienna University.
DIR. Seipel, who was referred TO
by his own followers as the ''iron.
handed political leader. who IL
never at peace except when fight
ing" viii now hold lectures under
the title: ''Peace moral and social
problem.
The Washington times., 1929-08-07

Friederichshafen to Tokyo our
very longest 'leg" o lap
has been decided upon. And
that change brings visions OF
polar bears and frosty shivers.
For. we may skirt the Arctic
circle. Captain Lehman, flight
commander, told me today:
'sFrom Friederichshafen we
shall take course for Berlin,
thence nOrtheastward over East.
Prussia. possibly LatEia and
Egthonia and out over the Bali
tic Sea to Finland. We have
decided upon very far north.
ern course along the Great
Circle
at Is, Of course, impossible
to chart out q hard and fast
course. Necessarily it is altered
BY weather conditions as We
naturally take advantage Of all
favorable wind currents and try
to avoid the bad spots.
''The course we have IN view
now will carry us possibly north
of Leningrad, over 4 corner Of
Finland, perhaps not far south
of Archangel, and as far north
as the sixty-third degree.
ssThence we should swing
slightly more southerly in our
eastward course passing into
Western Siberia anywhere. from
500 to 500 miles north of
Tobolsk and well to the north
of Tomsk, leaving Yakutsk
either to the north or south
Of us. and finally coming out
on the Sea Of OkhOtsk- From
there on We shall take sIeOurse
The Washington times., 1929-08-07
Mrs. Britten's Condition
Abroad Alarms Friends

SOUTHAMPTON. England. Aug.
z u.N.SJ.-The condition of Mrs.
Frederick A. Britten. wife Of the
Illinois Representative. who was
operated on for appendicitis aboard
the Leviathan in midocean last
week. Is causing considerable
anxiety. it was learned yesterday.
Mrs. Britten was removed from
the liner here today and taken to
! nursing home. Representative
Britten. who came to Europe to at.
tend conferences on the Continent
L remaining with his wife.
The Washington times., 1929-08-07
MAIL THEE PAROl ed

Ben Luna, convicted Of mail rob.
berry and sentenced TO Leavenworth
penitentiary from Northern Texas
in 1921. has, been released on parole.
the Department Of Justice an.
would have expired In 1885
The Washington times., 1929-08-07

Magellan,
blazing q
new path
thro ugh
the track
less air
aroun nd
the globe.
For, we
will trav-
ella route
no man
has krav-
elled be-
fore.
A COM
plete de-
part ure
from the
r D u t e
The Washington times., 1929-08-07

Donf let anybody put u over, On yOu.
You, too. can own q good used ear.
Read the automobile eOlumns o. t0day's
Classsf1ed ada
The Washington times., 1929-08-07

Tin
SNAPPED LEAVING WHITE HOUSE
COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH paid his respects to
President Hoover by calling at the White House today
Still bashful wherein photographers are concerned Indy
Times cameraman caught him he hotfooted it down
the White House walk.
The Washington times., 1929-08-07

BY KARL H. Won WIEGAND
Famous correspondent who will
make the Hearst Zeppelin flight
around the world and report the
trip exclusively for the Hearst
newspapers.
fCopyrIghs 1922. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc, In United States, Cam
ada, Mexico, south America and En-
gland, ireland and Continental Europe,
except Germany. All rights reserved,
and reproduction In whole or In part
prOllibfted.l
The Washington times., 1929-08-07

The United States weather Blu
TsAn today issued the following s2e.
The Washington times., 1929-08-07
LAKEHURsT, N ], Aug. z.

LAKEHURSI ~ d. Aug. q.
WI HEN the Graf Zeppelin
starts tonight on a.
~ history -making, Hearst
Zeppelin round the-world flight,
Commodore DIR. Hugo Eckener
viii be something Of q new
The Washington times., 1929-08-07

cast in the city and county in the
primary OF 1926.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
u, 5. Navy Radio Post
Protects Seal Herd

WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.-tFl-
On st. Paul Island, where only the
bark or seals and breakers Of the
Boring Sea disturb the stiffness cf
1.-THE top OF the world" radio binds
a small community to the outside.
An isolated outpost. ice-bound FOL
many months and even without a
cable TO join il to the mainland. its
only connecting link Is the radio
station maintained by the u. S
Navy.
The radios mission is 10 'enabls
strict government surveillance CT
the seal herds whose only land
home lies on the islands Of st. Pan.
and st. George. 40 miles distant.
BY wireless. representatives Of
the bureau Of fisheries keep in con-
tact with the revenue cutters which
police the waters, and with the
other government stations In Alas
ka and the United States.
From the mary function NJ
guarding the seal herd, the station
has assumed further Importance ~
the only link binding the bleak
community 10 the world. 1t Is an
outpost of military value to con-
ne-t Siberia 70 the western hemi-
sphere. and has been equipped 10
give compass bearings to vessels.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

! last month and Is III operation. The
water Is pumped from the Cuatcs
reservoir OF the Los FresnoS dis
trict into n concrete lined reser-
voir, the pumps being controlled BY
floats, starting automatically when
the water in the reservoir begins 70
lower.
From the reservoir the irrigation
water is conducted through concrete
underground pipes TO all sections Uf
the acreage, with orchrad distribu-
ton systems to be installed as fast
as the acreage is planted. Part Of
the acreage to which irrigation Is
now being applied was planted this
year, and II is believed the entire
tract will be planted and under
irrigation within a year. The de-
velopment is being handled by the
James Dickinson co. OF Browns
vile as sales agents
The tract, which Is approximately
8 IL miles In length by one-third
or a mile in width. l. principally
resaca land and well adapted 70
citrus culture. Following admission
into the Los Fresnos dictrict, the
Cuates storage dam Of that system
was moved westward to the Porter
lands. and irrigation water will be
pumped direct from this storage.
Electrically operated pumps are
used. with a lift. Of approximately 1t
feet, all sections Of the tract water
ing by gravity without booster
pumps.
The automatic feature OF the ir-
riEation system has aroused much
interest among Valley ~irrigators-
The developers point out that Il
maintains a constant head OF wa
ter which assures maximum eff
cheney In irrigation OF orchards and
facilitates application Of irrigation
water.
According to plans Of the develop
ers the Porter tract will be one Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

Of the Mission and Sharyland tracts
not included in District No. 4. ap-
proximately 10000 acres, have been
launched. the proponents propos-
ing a high efficiency, all-concrete
canal system to be constructed upon
the same plan as that proposed BY
the new district. A proposal has
been made by John II. Shary, pres
ident Of the United Irrigation COM
pany and one Of the principal land
owners in the Mission section. to
give the two districts an option on
the pump plant OF the company
which will supply both districts.
Under this arrangement either or
both of the districts could acquire
the pumping facilities and make
such arrangements as would be
mutually agreeable.
III the organization and construc-
tons plans of the proposed district
r carried out all land within the
Mission territory, including the
Mission, Sharyland. Goodwin and
jackson tracts. as well as several
smaller tracts, will be watered
through concrete systems. making
this the largest irrigated area in
the world supplied by high efficien-
cy systems.
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the Mission Hotel.

200 acres under irrigation. Direc-
tors: F. o. Richcreek. w. c. Wise,
j. A. L~iljestrand, r. j. Peck. Philip
Schwartz.
Willacy County Water Control
and Improvement District No. l.
49,
600 acres irrigable; system under
construction. Officers and direc-
tors: w. A.. Harding, president; w.
4. Holder. secretary; Geo. r. Loeb
RE, a. A. Lindahl, German Fox d.
4. Decker. attorney; Morgan Engi-
neering co. engineers.
Starr County Water Control and
Improvement District No. Rio
Grande City-approXimately 10000
acres irrigable. system under con-
%struction. Officers: Limo Perez,
president; Z. j. Guerra, vice preSi-
dent; Lauro Cara. secretary;
Myers, Noyes e. Forrest. engineers.
Directors: Limo Perez, z. J. Guerra,
j. II. Guerra, z. Owen Scott, Lauro
Cara.
In addition to these districts
there are two major companies
owning and operating canal sys-
tems-the American Land and Ir-
rigation Co.. the Mercedes system,
and the United Irrigation Co., own
ing the system watering part Of the
Mission and Sharyland tracts. Over
fifty small plants r installed
along the Rio GTande with a total
irrigablc area Of 81 1910 acres and
with 16.425 acres under irrigation
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
BIG
SHIPPING POINT
Truck Production Heavy:
Large AcreaRes Plant
Cd to Citrus Fruit

Holding third place among the
Lower Rio Grande Valley shipping
points on the Southern Pacific
Lines, Santa Rosa in western Cam
eron county last season loaded a
total of SIS cars Of vegetablesf ex-
ceeding by 274 car the recu4d on
the previous year.
Santa Rosa's record was exceeded
only by the shipments from Elsa
and EdcOuch, but Led both those
points tn the percentage OK gain
over the previous season.
Prior to the construction cf The
Southern Pacific extension from
Edinburg 90 Harrington Santa Rosa
was one or the most progressive
rural communities In the Valley.
and has lost none OF the progress
sive spirit while assuming metro
politan airs. Since the completion
OF the railroad numerous business
establishments have been opened.
large packing and shipping sheds
erected, and the little city has as
sumed a position among the import
ant shipping points OF the Valley.
Development of the Santa Rosa
section IL progressing rapidly. I'm
the past two years hundreds of
acres have been set 10 citrus fruit.
and planting next season - expect
cd 10 break all former records. Ser
eral old orchards. planted when de-
velopment got under way several
years ago, are among the Valley
best producers. TO the west ami
north. the Cantu tract. which iS
within the city'S trade territory. iz
developing into one OF the most pro-
ductive sections.
Two paved highways provide
connections with La Feria to the
south on the main Valley highway
and Combes 70 the east on highway
No. SO. Another paved highway ex-
tends west from Santa Rosa ap-
proximately two miles to the Hi
dalgo county line where Ii will
connect with the Hidalgo paved
road system now under construc-
ton. When this connection Il COM
pleted Santa Rosa will be ON one
cf the main lines OF tourist traffic.
a direct route from Harlingen tn
EdinburE where connections will 49,
made with highway NO. AZ ~ all
northern points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

the developers or land owners. as
surfing application Of proper and
uniform volume Of water to all paris
of the orchard and also greatly IA
cilitate such application. In one
district-the Pharr-San Juan-Ala-
mo-over 800 miles Of pipe line is
being laid for tho main distribution.
and 1t Is expected that an equal
amount will be laid 10 handle the
field or orchard distribution.
That practically al irrigation dis
tricts in the Valley will be undrr
concrete within a few years is the
opinion Of engineers and others
who are in close contact with irrigd-
ton development. They point cut
that a concrete system IS from 50
to 90 per cent more efficient than
q dirt canal system. and that WITT
concrete systems the same volume
of water now pumped to supply tee
400, 900 acres under irrigation would
supply at least 800 600 acres; also
that the maintenance cost on con-
crete systems TO supply 800. 002
acres would be no more than on the
dirt systems to supply half thai
acreage.
Many Of the districts are uzing
the Gunnite method in applying tie
concrete, compressed air forcing tic
MKT re through a hose at high
pressure, and others are using thf
hand-trOwel me.Kc-i. CSr-rete pipe
plants are operating IL aIis.yJ. Ne
Allen, San Juan, Mercedes, HariI-.-
gen and Brownsville. some OF which
are operating "a hours a day TO sup
ply the demand. The Pharr-Saa
Juan-Alamo district. which Will Pet
in over 800 miles of concrete pipe,
has installed its own plant at San
Juan. and also is operating three
portable plants making the larger
sizes.
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CONCRETE TO

{ Continued From Page One)
the reduction in operation and
maintenance costs would offset the
tax rate for the interest and sink
ing fund. and the experience of dis
tricts which have concerted part 81
their system appears to justify
this claim.
The McAIen district. the first 70
place part Of its system under the
concrete. has shown remarkable in
crease in efficiency. The volume D.
water pumped to serve its acreage
has steadily decreased as greater
volumes Of water are applied 10
beneficial use. The leaky dirt ca
mails, from which water seeped In
large volumes. created a + avy
burden both in operation and main
tenance costs. and this burden has
been materially decreased. The
West Brownsville district. operat-
ing Z of the smallest systems Of
the Valley. has had similar expel-
fence, officials asserting that the
concrete lining materially reduced
operation and maintenance costs In
al iition to assuring better service
to all land ownerS The III Jardil
district also has reduced operation
costs and land damage by install
ling concrete lining at points where
Seepage vas heavy.
Utilization OF pipe distribution
for citrus fruit orchards is rapidly
becoming the general practice over
the Valley. On practically all ma
Jcr development projects. pipe sys-
TENS are being installed either by