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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
BAREFOOT BURGLAR
|NvADES II HOMES
Pads NoiseIessIy in Search of
Rooms, but Makes Only
One Big Haul.

Padding noiselessly through a score of
bedrooms, barefooted burglar last
night ransacked II homes in the north
west section of the city without arous-
ing a single occupant In only one
hone-that of Wilfred e. Lawson, 3419
Twenty fourth street-did he steal any,
thing of value, however.
The telltale prints of bare feet on the
floors in several of the homes led po-
lice to believe that the same man was
responsible for all Of the thefts.
Cash and JeweIry Stolen.
A pocketbook containing $40, So in
change lying on a table and articles of
iewelry and clothing were stolen from
the Lawson home. Bureau drawers were
turned inside out and closets ransacked
in the other homes. but nothing was
missing
Several years ago more than a score
of dwellings in, the same section of the
city were ransacked one night and much
property stolen.
Police of the twelfth precinct and
Headquarters Detectives B. c.. Kuehling
and Arthur T. FINELY are fnvestigat-
ing. Detective Fred Sandberg, police
identification expert, was called in to
examine the footprints.
Other Homes Visited.
Other homes visited, by the burglars
were those of George Gingrass, 2417
Otis place; william G. Sheary, .241o
Rhode Island avenue; Ernest r. ALA
band. 2406 Lawrence street; Frank
Kellan, 2410 Newton street: Joshua
Bushbee, 1872 Twenty-fourth street;
Oliver Gessford, 1926 Otis street; Ken
meth D. Coffman, 4017 Twenty-sec-
ond street; Charles A. Lewis, 4009
Twenty-second street; Hampton H.
swan, 4005 Twenty-second street; Al
fred L. Foster, 1929 Quincy street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
COL. FRIES RETIRES
AT OWN REQUEST
Former Chemical Warfare Chief
Will Leave Service After
"a Years.

Col Amos A. Fries, recently succeed
ed by Maj. Gen. Harry L. Gilchrist as
chief of the Chemical Warfare Service,
will be placed on the retired list of the
Army tomorrow on his own application,
after more than "a years service.
He will be retired in the rank Of
major general by virtue Of his service
Service.
Fries is from Wisconsin and vas
graduated frcm the Military Academy
in 1898 and assigned to the Corps of
Engineers. During thu World War he
served in the National Army, first as
colonel OF Engineers and then as a
brigadier general and was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal. In July
1920 be was transferred to the Chem
ical Warfare Service and held the of1co
Of CHIEF of that Office for two terms
cf four years each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
WASHINGT0N.NEW YORK
5-DAY AIR LINE STARTS
Planes to Operate Daily, Except
Saturdays, Sundays and
Holidays.

A Washington New York air line,
with trips five days week, yesterday
was inaugurated by the Washington
Airport, with the first plane of the new
service taking off from the local field
at 9 o'clock yesterday morning.
Robert L. Flinkhouser. president of
the line, today announced that, regard
less of fares, the line will run every
day, except Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays. Planes, it is announced, are
running on a two-hour schedule and
shortly will be put on Commute
basis when new planes ordered are put
in service. The first of these new
planes, a six-seater, Lockheed-Vega, is
expected in about a month.
The lines terminus will be Newark
Airport, and the planes will leave on
the return trip at 2 o'clock, getting
passengers into the Capital at o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
Four in africa Hunt Food.

After being held in West Africa for
months by bad weather four adventur-
are Capt. c. e. v. Lacey. Wallie Will
son, wireless operator, w. Williams,
cinematographer, and G. Makepiece,
newspaper writer. Heavy rains held
them so that 1t took three months to
reach Nairobi. For days at a time the
expedition had to rely for food solely
on what they shot. I'm Tanganyika,"
one member of the party said, 1T was
like being in a zoo. We saw as many
as seven lions in one day. And as for
snakes-well, after the rains they came
out in thousands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
TRAFFIC PERILS SET TO MUSIC
Wait For the Green Light

Words and music by Rev. JAMES H. TAT-os' D. u
Washington, D. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
BLOOD TRANSMISSION ORDERED
AS MILLER GOES TO HOSPITAL
Physicians Wage Battle to
Check Spread of Poison
in Veins.
Educator Bitten on Wrist
While Playing With Pet
Cat at Home.

Alvin Miller, principal Of Central
High School, who is suffering from
blood poisoning induced by the bite Of
from his home to Garfield Hospital
shortly before noon today for a blood
TRANSMISSION this afternoon in an eff
fort to combat the poison.
Until today, Mr. Miller had been un-
der treatment at his home, 1923 Ran
dolph street. Examination by attend
ing physicians this morning, however,
revealed that the poisoning definitely
had entered the blood channels. Trans
fusion was ordered Immediately. The
stricken educator was removed to Gar
field Hospital, where early this after
noon preparations for the operation
were being fastened.
Mr.. Miller was bitten on the wrist by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
CONTINUE PRESENT PLAN
FOR ANIMAL DISPOSAL
Efficiency Bureau Reports Collec-
tions Have Almost Doubled and
Plan Is More Econ omical.

The District Commissioners today de-
cided to continue the present practice
of having the Refuse Department coll
lect and dispose of dead animals, despite
a recommendation of the Federal Bu-
reau of Efficiency that such activities
be placed under private contract.
Prior to the fiscal year 1923 the col
lection and disposal of dead dogs and
cats was made by private contractor
and the Efficiency Bureau reported to
the Commissioners that the number
collected has nearly doubled since that
time, and it would be more economical
for the District to return to the old
method. Morris Hacker, supervisor of
city refuse, disagreed with the Efficiency
Bureau, however, and pointed out that
he did not believe the District could
get contractor to do this work any
cheaper than his department is now
doing 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
JOAN LOWELL LAUGHS
AT DOUBTERS OF BOOK
Author to Visit Annapolis To-day;
Says She Is Working on
New Novel.

Joan Lowell. author OF "Cradle of
the Deep" a guest at the Mayfiower
Hotel for today. will visit the Naval
Academy at Annapolis to discuss some
matters with few friends there. Miss
Lowell said that she enjoyed the con-
troversy prevalent in this country in
lmical TO her book
Her next novel. on which she is
working at the present time, Kicked
Out of the Cradle" contains interest
ing experiences during the last seven
years of her life on the deep seas.
Laughingly. Miss Lowell told an in
terviewing reporter when asked what
she thought of her critics. II am
now the entire membership Of the
knock of the month club"
When asked her age, she replied
that she had been accused of being
anywhere from IS to 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
Department Store Sales.

NEW YORK. May IA GP).-Sales of
American Department Stores Corpora
ton for April to.al3d S1467,87a. corr
Jared with 1897 02o for the same month
last year. Sales for the first four
months Of 1929 we're $5,485 ,899 against
S3.9B9,696 for the same period last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
NAMED
TO ACT ON NOMINEE
Senate Group Will Pass Upon
Qualifications of Harleigh
II. Hartman.

"A subcommittee of five members of
the Senate District committee has been
named to pass upon the qualifications
of Harleigh H. Hartman, who was nom
mated by President Hoover last week to
be a member of the Public Utilities
Commission.
Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis
trict committee also Is chairman of the
subcommittee and the others are Sena-
tors Jones. Republican, of Washington;
Vandenberg. Republican, of Michigan;
Copeland, Democrat Of New York, and
King, Democrat, of Utah.
The subcommittee probably will meet
within day or two and it is probable
the. nominee Will be asked to attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
CHANGES SIMPLIFY
MARKING OF TIRES
New Method Does Much to
Lift Mystery of What
Figures Mean.

A new method of marking tire sizes
has done much to lift the mystery of
just what the figures imprinted on a
tire mean, according to B. j. Lemon,
field engineer of the tire DEVELOPMENT
division OF rubber company. Under
the new method of marking, he ex-
plains, only two figures, separated by q
dash, are used, telling the dimensions
OF the tire and removing any mis-
understanding as to the tires size.
AS a result of this change, tires are
only one marking. For the last year
they have carried two imprints, one
the new and one the old style. Action
taken by the Society of Automotive
Engineers at its annual meeting at
Saranac Like, however, resulted in the
elimination of the dual marking.
Under the new method the first num-
Der means the tires cross sectional
dimensions, while the second number Is
the diameter Of the rim in inches. For
example, 5.00-19 means that the tires
cross section is approximately inches,
while the rims diameter is 10 inches.
Under the old system the height of the
tire from the road to the top was taken
and used with the tires cross section.
Thus this same tire formerly was
marked 29x5.00, meaning that the tire
was 20 inches from the ground to Its
top and that the cross section was S
inches.
This old method, however, was IN
accurate, owing to variation in differ
ent tires. Hence, action was taken by
the Society of Automotive Engineers
to bring about more accurate mark
ing This was done so that the auto
motive engineers might have a set
standard Of size in the selection Of tires,
as every tire now marked Is exact on its
rim diameter.
In order to help the riding public,
however, for some time the two mark
ings were used on tires, the new one
being In large figures and the old one
in smaller ones directly underneath.
For example, the 500-19 tire bore these
figures in large type, with 29x5.00
underneath in smaller figures.
After year Of this confusing system
of marking, the Society of Automotive
Engineers standard committee took
action to eliminate the dual marking
while similar action was taken by the
Tire and Rim Association, Inc, at .
meeting at Jackson, Mich.
This action" said Mr.. Lemon, "goes
a long way toward clearing up the
Standardization of tire sizes and the
avoidance of confusion in the marking.
For year the general public has been
subjected to confusion through the
dual marking of tires and it now seems
best that just the one marking be used
The new method is far simpler than the
old one and is easily understood by the
general public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
j. S. FUND INCREASE
FOR ROADS SOUGHT
Motorists Association Survey
Finds 500, 600, 900 Needed
on American Highways.

The necessity for an increase to
$l0O,000,Oo0 in the Federal-aid pro-
gram of the United States Government,
for the purpose of speeding up highway
construction. was emphasized this week
in a survey by the American Motorists
Association.
High lights of the survey show that.
taking the country as a whole, traffic
on the highways has doubled in the
last four and half years. In some of
the Eastern and more populated States
traffic from a mileage standpoint has
doubled in the last three years.
Increase in Motors Cited.
Registration of motor vehicles is in
creaSing at the rate of approximately
per cent each year. Motor car pro-
duction in 1928. when 4,357,384 We
hic1es were produced, increased 29.9
per cent over the previous year. or
the 1928 production only Is per cent
was exported, the remainder being sold
IN the United States. The net increase
in registration last year was 1.359,883
vehicles. To accommodate this in.
creased registration there were added
States but 1922 miles of improved
highway.
The Federal aid program was
launched in 1921. Up to and including
1929 a total of 1906 miles have been
improved in the Federal aid system. In
1921 the Federal Governments contri-
button toward the cost was 60 per cent,
while motor car owners contributed IL
per cent. During the present year the
Federal Governments share of the eX-
pense has decreased to less than 5 per
cent, while motor car owners are con-
tributing approximately 40 per cent,
the M A survey shows
$1,675,OOO,OOO Expended in 1929.
1.-THE total highway costs of 1929,
for county, State and Federal roads
will approximate $1,675, 100000, of
which the Federal Governments share
is but rs millions. This should be in
creased, at the very least, to $780,
100000, which, applied to the Federal
aid system, would mean an impetus Of
Is per cent in the Federal-aid pro-
gram" declares Thomas j. Keefe, gen.
eral manager of the association.
A brief urging an increase in Fed
eral-aid funds for the fiscal year be-
ginning July l. 1880, to 500, 1000 900, and
for SIPS 100000 for the next three fiscal
years thereafter, has been filed with
the House committee on public roads
and the Senate post office and post
roads committee by the association.
Affiliated clubs of the A. NJ. A. have
voted to support enactment Of the in
creased appropriations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
CHILD TRAFFIC DEATHS
CUT IN BALTIMORE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, october 5.-A decrease
in child trafflc fatalities during the past
nine months, in comparison with SINH
lar periods in 1928 and 1927, was re-
ported this week by the Baltimore
Safety Council.
From January last to october
Is children between the ages Of and
16 years were killed in street accidents
in this city. During the first nine
months of 1923 IS children died as a
result of traff1c mishapS and in 1927
81 children were killed.
The Safety Council attributes the de-
crease in fatalities largely to its work
among the school children.
Besides the preventive measures taken
by the Safety Council with traff1c, the
school children themselves are now
being enlisted to support junior safety
councils. There are more than 80 such
organizations in as many schools
throughout the city and eventually
every public school in Baltimore will
have a junior council.
The records of the Safety Council in
dictate that there are fewer accidents
in the sections of the city where there
are junior organizations than in the
neighborhoods where no campaign
work with the children has been insti-
tuted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
STAINLESS STEEL
NEW AUTO METAL
Adoption Already Announced
by One Builder in High
Priced Field.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

0poSidA DlopHtCH u 1HC 0bul'
DETROIT. Mich, october Stain
less steel Is hailed as the next advance
in building automobiles. Already its
adoption has been announced by one
maker of cars in the high-priced field.
Engineers of other companies are known
to be working on plans to incorporate 1t
In models to be produced next year.
Stainless steel, according to research
authorities, is a different metal from
steel that have been ruSt-proofed. Rust
proof1ng Is a process that automobile
factories put metal through In prepar-
ing 1t for their individual uses, which
cover a variety of requirements. The
result is largely the same as far as the
finished car Is concerned, but the new
stainless steel offers much wider pos
sibilitieS than rust proofing.
In Years Advances.
The stainless metal represents one of
number of advances that metallur-
gists have been perfecting within the
last year. 1t is. compound of iron In
which chromium, the new substance
used for plating, has been mixed and
certain percentages of it produce vary
ing grades, covering wide range OF
purposes.
In effect, the use of stainless steel
will relieve car owners of the annoy
ance of both rust and corrosion on
certain engine, chassis and body parts,
including nuts, bolts, washers and
screws. 1t will be used for the smallest
of nuts and bolts like those which
faSten the license plates to the brackets
Eventually it is intended to make
stainless steel take the place OF ordi-
nary metal portions of a car carrying
chrome or nickel plating for both polish
and protection.
1t will take the place of uprightS on
which lamps are mounted lamp shields
some of the tie rods now used on the
fronts of cars and sheathing WHICH
encases the glass in windshield frames
In body interiors its use will be ex-
tended to hardware, such as door
handles, window and light controls and
other parts.
Under the hood the stainless metal
will go into studs and nuts, for cylinder
heads, water pump shafts and the
brackets or clamps by which storage
batteries are held in position.
On the chassis 1t may serve for hub
caps, clamping nuts and other parts,
according to make and model.
Higher in Cost.
AS yet the manufacture Of stainless
steel is said to represent from to 10
times the cost of ordinary steel, and
the research men are at work now
studying out ways and means of cut
ting the cost down so that the auto
mobile industry can use 1t profitably.
One variety of it, known to the trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
AUTOMOBILE EXPORT
AIDED BY LEAGUE
Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland
Have Limited Quota From
u. S. in Past.

The League of Nations Convention
for the Abolition of Import and Export
Prohibitions and Restrictions which
was ratified by the United States Senate
on September 10 has a direct bearing on
American export trade, particularly In
regard to automobiles.
Up to the present time, Austria,
Czechoslovakia and Poland have limited
the quota of automobiles from the
United States. For instance, Austria
has limited the importation of auto
mobiles to 800 per year. Czechoslovakia
has had higher alphabetically 1900
to 1900 licenses a year are granted to
United States cars. Poland limited the
importation to 1000 metric tons Of
automobiles a year from the United
States
While these quotas granted to the
United States have been as large as
those extended to other automobile
manufacturing countries, they never
of American automobiles. An Ameri-
can attache at Prague has estimated
that with the existing 43 per cent i'm
port duty, If the license restriction were
abolished. between 1000 and 5000
American automobiles could be sold an
nually to Czechoslovakia.
The United States is the thirteenth
country to ratify this convention and
the first to respond to the plea for ratt-
fication made in a recent session OF the
Tenth League Assembly at Geneva.
Five more countries must rattfy Q8 In
alb before the treaty will go into effect
on September 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
Holland Tunnel
Cuts Truck Costs,
Official Declares

Reduction in trucking costs av-
eraging from 80 to so per cent have
been effected by the Holland Tun-
mel, according to e. Morgan Barra-
dale, secretary to the New Jersey
Tunnel Commission. g.
overtime for trucks NOW is a
thing of the past" Mr.. Barradale
explained. This is demonstrated
by the fact that more than $500 900
vehicles of the commercial type
have used the tunnel since its OPEN
ing. In many lines of business the
cost of trucking materials within
the metropolitan area has been re-
duced from 80 to so per cent, due
to the fact that trucks are making
two trips a day where formerly only
one was possible. while others are
making three trips to the former
two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
Pixies Peak Slogans
Discard FOreseen i'm
Autos Record Climb

"Pike's Peake or bust slogan in use
for many years is about due for the
discard following the rapid advance
ment Of the automobile.
Twenty years ago little runabout,
which had been wrapped with rope for
greater traction, painted and pulled its
way up Pixies Peak The trip was
hailed as an achievement, which In
deed at that time it was. It took the
little car about eight hours to negotiate
the 22-mile ascent.
Just the other day stock car Of
standard make climbed the same peak
in just 81 minutes. 43 and one-flfth
seconds.
And no busting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06

as "rustless iron," is composed of 81
per cent iron. Is per cent of chromium
and / per cent of carbon, manganese
and silica. Another and more ex-
pensive kind has per cent of nickel
added to it. Being Of higher quality
it already has found use as cutlery and
for steel balls used in check valves for
steam engine pumps.
Those who are experimenting with 1t
say that stainless steel cannot be APP
piled to automobile springs or tenders,
because these parts Of the car require
harder material with more resiliency
which has to be produced through heat
treatment. They say. too. that 1t has
possibilities for ornamental fabrication
into instrument boards. Used in this
manner, artistic designs can be etched
on it and the outlines can be inlaid
with various colors of enamel.
copyright, 1929. by North American News.
paper AllianceD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
America
registers
94%inCreaSe
in Fights

AS proof of the tremendous growth in pub
lie preference for the Eight, the registration
figures from 43 states for the first seven
months of this year tell their own story.
Fights above $1,000 showed "a per cent
increase while Skies in the same price field
decreased IS per cent.
Nobody can doubt the evidence. We are
passing into an eight-cylinder era. Already,
all of the finest American cars are Fights.
In fact, Al per cent fall makes are Fights,
and the number is constantly increasing.
Spurred on by an Eight-minded public,
studebaker set out two years ago to build
a high-quality Eight that could be sold at
moderate six-cylinder cost.
studebaker today leads the world in the
manufacture of Fights Fights that are
champions -holders of II world records
for speed and endurance and more American
stock car records than all other makes COM
bined lights which are remarkably eco
nomical-smooth,A flexible, brilliant.
Before investing in your new Car, drive
a smart new studebaker Eight-President,
Commander or Dictator. Bear in mind
that studebaker's IT years of manufacture
ing integrity stand back of every one of
these cars. And remember, too, that your
new car will be worth more year from
now-if it's an Eight! ~ ...
states do not compile registrations BY engine types.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06

The Opera House of Paris is the
largest theater in the world and covers
an area of nearly 3 acres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06

No Fatalities Reported.
Omaha, Nebr., and Camden, II. j.,
record no motor fatalities for the
month of August.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-27
USE BEER BOTTLES IN MAKING SPEARS
Australian BuShInen Find New
 Use for Empty Containers

Honolulu, Dec. -. PJ-What il live stone Age man does with a beer bottle is related by an eye witness, pr. Stanley D. Portcous of the Uni- Nersty of Hawaii
 The stone age ancestors of E,u- ropcans passed 4,o0O and more wears ago into q higher stage of civiliz4- tion, but the Australian bushmaa l., regarded by anthropologists ns ar actual stone age survival
 Dr. Fortcous studied these natives recently while head of the anthro- biological expedition Of the Austra- Fan National E"%carch Council inio central and northwestern Aust ralil
 The natives of the northwest" ." he says, are particularly sIillnn iH chipping stone or glass spear heads. The only tools arc q sharp cred bone or stick. some ston"s and piece of soft bark
 Give q native q Lccr bottle and in an incredibly short time he will have clipped for you q symmetrical spear head of deadly sharpness and Of symmetrical outlines with rcgu- Iariy ,barbed or serrated edges.
 However, these blacks are no; quite so much of the stone age d.: those of the center. where stone i-nives and tomahaWks are actually being made and are in use today.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-27

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