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The Washington times., 1929-01-11

After three nights the meteoric
phenomena ceased as suddenly as
they had appeared.
If the theory Of M Pensa Is cor
rect. Mars is once more dscoura sed
by it's futile efforts to communicate
with the earth.
No Prize Offered
M. Giacobini, of the Paris IOb-
servatory explains what would have
to he done TO reply to the signals,
if they are really signals.
The simplest way, he said, would
he to flash reply in the Marian
manner, but, as the scientist ad-
mits. this is easier to say than do
To be seen at all by the Martians,
the light would have to be as wide
as the city of Paris itself
Thirty years ago. a Madame Cuz-
man established $4,000 prize for
the first person who succeeded in
communicating with the other
planets.
Nine. Guzman excepted Mars,
however, therefore, no cash induce.
ment exists for this planet at this
time.
This may tends to discourage ex.
perimentators who are more inter-
ested in cash than in the advance
ment of inter-planetary communica-
ton
The Washington times., 1929-01-11
STEWART FEELS
CERTAIN Of
VICTORY
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struggle with larger prestige in the
oil world as q whole.
Col. Stewart was not surprised
when he received a copy of tAe
Rockefeller letter asking for proxies
to Gust him as head of the big oil
company.
He was we'll aware of the under
ground fight being carried on since
the flare-up last year, and in con.
sequence he has been strengthening
his own forces for the fray. Fight
ing fire with fire.
His friends and associates have
been gathering In the proxies and
already are believed to have Suffi.
cient to swing the meeting.
Mr.. Rockefeller's fight against
Stewart dates from last February,
after the colonel had made certain
disclosures before the Senate Com
mittee investigating the oil scandals;
but Stewart was given a clean
slate. both in the perjury and cen-
tempt charges. before Federal juriss,
he feels that he has nothing to
atone for and no further explana-
tioRs to make.
His long silence in the matter has
been dictated both by his own pre-.
ference and his extremely active
operations in the oil business, and
by the representation of his manV
friends and counsellors, many of
them heavy investors in Standard
Oil of Indiana.
Colonel Stewart feels a large re-
sponsibility for the $4,000 stock.
holers of the company, many of
them people of limited financial
resources, to whom Standard of
Indiana typifies everything that is
progressive and successful in the
way Of big and well-managed enter
prise.
In the course of the last five to
ten years they have seen their in.
vestments doubled and tripled in
value under the guidance of ons
of the outstanding oil executives
Of the present generation.
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THIEF TELLS Of
Gas PLOT
THEFT
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that when he entered the house he
took two womens coats and started
to leave. Then. knowing that a
small amount of money was in the
office safs, he determined to break
it open. But he was afraid that
the noise would awaken the women
sleeping upstairs.
AS he made his way out of the
house he passed through the kitchen.
II was then that he determined to
send the gas fumes through the
house so he would not be disturbed,
johnson said, according to police.
After opening six jets he slipped
through q rear window and sneaked
to the alley in the rear of the
house. He decided to crouch there
until he thought the women were
unconscious. Then he was going
back into the house, open the win
dows, allow the gas fumes to es-
cape, and rob the safe, he is alleged
to have said.
"Ons of the hardest boiled pris
nners we've ever had down here,
was the way Sergeant Guier de-
Rcribed johnson today.
When first arrested Johnson de-
4aied being near the Friendship
House, police said. He was con
fronted with his own coat and
finally admitted everything, Ser
Eeant Guier said.
Precinct Detective F. L. AIRING
ton and Policeman C. ]. Stewart
helped Sergeant Guier track down
the man.
The Washington times., 1929-01-11
Stamp Lickers Want
Mucilage Favored
With Peppermint

Two stamp lickers, today ap-
pealed to the Postmaster General
for relief.
Tom Larkin, and Grant John.
son, self styled stamp lickers asked
Postmaster General New in a
letter that they mailed him to
favor a bill" which would pro.
vide for the mixing Of pepper
mint flavor in the mucilage that
is on the backs of stamps. The
boys letter was one of many that
are received by the department
telling of the disagreeable flavor
of the "stickum."
I'VE are two boys" the letter
said, that have to lick stamps in
sending out our letters. We would
very much appreciate it il you
would recommend a bill that
would put peppermint flavor On
the back of them"
The letter was sent from Salt
Lake City, Utah. Due considera,
ton will be given the boysf epistle.
The Washington times., 1929-01-11
WIFE Z JEALOUS
Of No. | MOTIVE
Of PLOT
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wife, poised and attractive, was in
the women's detention home await.
ing arraignment on warrants which
are expected to charge her with
conspiracy to assault and murder.
She awaits the ordeal with ap-
parently the utmost calm and COM
posure, her only departure from an
unruffled serenity being the declara-
ton that she and her attorney to-
day will prepare statement con-
tanning alarming revelations"
Mrs. Wood slept we'll. arose re-
freshed this morning and appeared
perfectly at ease, unworried by the
charges she faces. She ordered and
enjoyed a hearty dinner last night.
She denies the alleged plot and
the accusations Of the other asserted
conspirators that they were hired
by her
The Washington times., 1929-01-11
Creditors Would Put
d. C.. Firm in Bankruptcy

Three New York creditors of Spor-
kin & Greenberg, trading az the
Young Ladies Shop, 1900 block G
ST., have petitioned Equity Court to
adiudge the local firm a bankrupt.
Through Attorneys Alfred E.
Steinem and Milton D. Norman, it is
alleged that the defendants have
committed an act of bankruptcy by
paying, while in an insolvent con.
dition, &lO0 to another New York
firm. The total debts claimed by
the petitioners amor~t to about
$604.
The Washington times., 1929-01-11
BY DIR. ISAIAH BOWMAN
Director Of the American GeOgraphI-
cal Society

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NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-By his Sec
ond successful flight, Capt. Sir HUI
bert wilkins, commander of the Will
kins. s.Hearst Antarctic Expedition,
has brought to sharp focus the
extraordinary results of his three
months work.
Wilkins achieved a whole years
work in a 1,200-mile flight, made un-
der ideal weather conditions. He
esta ablished for the first time that
Graham Land is not a part Of the
Antarctic continent, as most geoE-
raphers believed, and as all maps
have represented 1t to be, but rather
a succession of islands that bar the
way to that continent.
Center Of Interest Shifts
Wilkins has now shifted the CEN
ter of interest nearly 200 miles
farther South. The mystery Of We'd
dell Sea 10 pushed much farther into
the distance. wilkins description
of its coast line is that OF low
snelL DOFueflnS SHlOOLu Shp~ Stopo
"a roughly pencilled line fading into
the distance, the meeting place OF
this great blight and the true border
of the Antartic continent.
wilkins will be able to write a
wholly new chapter in the physical
geography of the Antarctic. We shall
he shown for the first time what
the great plateaus and mountain
ranges of Graham Land look like
from the air. We shall see the real
composition of the Antarctic picture,
something never before known.
Hints to GeOlOgist
There will be abundant hints
also TO the geOlogist in the attitude
of the rocks as disclosed here and
there. where close photography, es-
pecially on his second flight, has
given us q look at the grain Of
the rocks.
Once the border Of the polar con-
tinent Is definitely located. the
problem OF flying is much simpler
because IL the plane Is brought
down there Is solid land over which
tn complete the journey, return
to the haze, or walk out to the
coast line.
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His statement aroused high in
terest in scientific circles today.
On three successive nights-at the
same hour each time-"meteors
were seen in the Rhodez regioH
They left a trail of fire in their
wake. When they suddenly fell,
fragments were picked up,
M. Pensa maintains that no
meteor would have been seen on
three successive nights travelling
In the same direction. He believes
that the 'apparition" may he the
result OF Martian attempt to
signal our planet.
Strange Light Seen
NJ. Pensa and fellow scientists OBJ
served between and II p. m.
A glow of silvery light on abso-
lutely moonless nights, sufficiently
strong to enable a man to see OBJ.
iects 200 yards off. That was last
winter.
The same phenomenon was again
witnessed in November. In the alb
Sence of a moon the astronomers
were unable to account for it.
NJ. Pensa, therefore, suggests that
the Maritans. having unsuccessfully
tried last winter and again in No
Vember to signal the earth by light
waves, have adopted more violent
form by signaling in the form
Of ''inter-pla notary bombardment." !"
Hence, the "meteOrs."
The Washington times., 1929-01-11
Machinists' Foreman
At Bureau Ia Retired

Samuel Elder, foreman Of ma.
chanists at the Bureau of Ensrav.
ing and Printing, was retired yes,
terday after 80 years of Govern
ment service. He is 65 years old.
Fellow-workers praised their chief
as he finished his last days work,
and presented him with a purse OF
$100.
Elder, an expert on money
presses. during his long Govern
ment service, invented a number OF
labor and time saving devices now
being used by the Government. He
has derived no benefits from the
patents as he gave them to the
Government. He lives In the 1900
block of Columbia Rd. n. ".
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Educators to Hold
Joint Meeting Jan. 19

A joint meeting of the Education
Association of the District of COlum.
bia and the Vocational Guidance
Association will be held, Saturday.
January 10, at 8 p. M, in Corcoran
Hall, Twenty-first Street. between
G and Fl Streets Northwest.
Miss Margaret NJ. Alltucker, as
sistant director OF research. Ma
tional Education Association, will
address the members on AchSOl
counciline.
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B D D TIL ASKED
To RESIGN
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and presented the document to the
72-year-old general.
This resolution suggested that the
general retire because of the long
illness from which he has suffered.
Although not A member of the
deputatiOn. Commander Evangeline
Booth head of the American branch
of the Salvation Army. went to
Southwold but did not succeed in
seeing General Booth.
In a statement to international
News Service. Comma nder Booth
who is sister of the general,
explained her visit:
II came to the house for the
purpose of seeing Mrs. Booth and
Catherine daughter of the general
to talk things over. / hoped to be
allowed a little peep at my brother.
but it was impossible. / thought
perhaps / could offer a little com.
fort and advice"
Commander Booth remained in
another room while the deputation
interviewed General Booth.
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R|CKARD LEAVES
MILLION
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estate will amount to 100000.
Following is Richards will, in part:
"In the event my wife, Maxine Ell.
lott Rickard shall be alive at the
time of my death, I give and be-
aueath to her the sum of fifty thou
sand dollars $50 my real prop
arty located in the State of Florida.
and all my personal effects, automo'
biles, household goods, furniture,
books, pictures, silVerware and
ehattels of like general character.
The provision for the benefit Of my
wife, Maxine Elicit Rickard, in this
paragraph second of my last will
and testament, shall be in lieu of
dover.
"I direct my executor to divide
nav stockheldings in South America
Land and Cattle Company of Para.
quay into such number of parts as
near equal as may be, as shall equal
the number of those hereinafter in
this paragraph named. One of each
parts 7 give to each of the following
who shall hs alive at the time of my
deathS My sister, Alice J. Burk; my
sister. Jesse II. Adams; my sister,
Sylvia Hedman; my niece. Marie
Rickard; my Riece. Ruby Rickard;
my niece, Maude NJ, Johnson: my
nephew, William T. Jennings; my
nephew, Robert T. Jennings: my
nephew. George r. Jennings; nephew
Cecil NJ. Jennings"
Remembers Mother
''In the event my mother, Mrs.
Lou J. Adams shall be living at the
time of my death, give and be-
queath to my trustee hereinafter
named such sum as in the Judgment
of my executor hereinafter named,
will yield a sum of six thousand
dollars ($6,00el Q year.
Upon her death my said trustee
shall in the event my daughter,
Maxine Texas Richard, be then liv.
ing, transfer, convey and pay over
the principal and corpus Of said
trust fund for the benefit of my
daughter.
The will also leaves a trust fund
70 bring $2,400 a year for his
nother.in.law, Mrs. Flora Haig.
This fund also goes to his daughter
in the event of Mrs, Haig's death.
Edith May Schultz is bequeathed
$25.000 in trust. When she reaches
the age of 21 or becomes married
the trust fund is to be paid over
to her. The will makes no mention
q Sho THE Asfieiary is.
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WILKINS WILL
STOP TRIPS
FOR YEAR
Photos by International
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Wright -Whirlwind engine con-
tinued without a falter.
Cloud Belt Breaks

Cloud Belt Breaks
Further south the cloud belt
broke and we saw once again
the Graham Land plateau, the
sharply indentcd coast line and
the gaping glaciers. Soon
after we passed the cloud belt
and on account of our re-
stricted load we had to turn
and head for home, having
reluctantly come to the con-
clusion that because of the
unusual meteorological condi-
tions during the early part Of
the season and the fact that
our discoveries show that Gra-
ham Land is a group of islands
not part of the Antarctic con-.
tinent and not offering, as we
had anticipated, a connected
line in case of engine failure,
to postpone further efforts
until next season.
Plans Base on Continent
We can then hope to carry
our base to the continent it.
self and start from there on q
flight along the still undis-.
covered coast line from where
our discoveries ended this year,
for a further 1900 miles to
the Ross Sea barrier.
The Washington times., 1929-01-11
ROOT, "a,
CONFERS WITH
HOOVER
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES

by OEOkGE II. HOI MES
After nearly week Of constant
conferences with politicians, weigh.
ing their claims and hearing their
recommendations, Herbert Hoover
found surcease today in a long
talk with one prominent party fig
IRE who he is quite confident wants
no appointment and no political
preferment after March 4-Elihu
Root, the venerable NestOr of the
Republican party.
The aged leader-he will be "a
next month-emerged from his
semi-retirement and came to Wash
ington at the express invitation of
the President-elect. Mr.. Hoover, it
was said. wanted to have "a gem
eral consultation" with Mr.. Foot,
and they had it over the Hoover
breakfast tabh in s Street.
Wanted Detached View
Particularly, it was said Mr..
Hoover wanted to obtain the de-.
detached viewpoint of Root upon a
VI Ah0t aAA"Nk
his administration after March 4.
They discussed Cabinet appoint
ments, Latin.American affairs, and
world policies in general.
They discussed them at such
length that the President-elect was
late getting to his hotel for the
daily round of political interviews.
There IL probably no living Re-
publican who has richer back
ground of experience and knowl-
edge of governmental policies, both
domestic and foreign, than has
EIihu Root.
He served in two Cabinets-Mc.
Kinley's and Roosevelt's. He was
his party's leader in the Senate for
six years, and the diplomatic mis-
sions that he has undertaken in
behalf of the Government would
fill nearly z column in the average
newspaper.
Collects Ills Dope"
This ten-day period which Mr.
Hoover is putting in here is termed
his collection period. that Is, he is
saying little and collecting all the
information and data available.
The real sitting process, the
weighing and the eliminating, will
come later when he leaves the
turbulent political atmosphere of
the Capital behind him and goes
South for the weeks Immediately
preceding his inauguration.
None OF Mr.. Hoovers intimates
expects that he will announce any
appointments before leaving for
Florida.
Mr.. Hoover's departure is not now
expected before Wednesday or
Thursday of next week.
Enga gements have been made for
him here through next Tuesday, and
unless Spartan methods are adopted
to shut off the tide of incoming
visitors it appears not improba bile
that he will find 1t impossible to
get away before the last OF next
week.
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Meteor Parade Seen
AS Mars SIGNALS
BY GEORGE AXELssoN
(CopyriGht, 1929, by International News sery

PARIS, Jan. Ills Mars trying to signal the earth'
NJ Henri Pensa, French astronomer says that the phe
recently witnessed in the Rhodez Mountains, in
Avergne, when meteorke trails in the sky
to he Nartian sinnals
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-04
CLEAN KIDNEYS
BY DRINKING
LOTS OF WATER
Take Salts to Flush Kidneys
if Bladder Bothers or
Back. Hurts

Eating too much rich food may
produce kidney trouble in some
form, says a well-known authority,
because the acids created excite the
kidneys. Then they. become over
worked, get sluggish, clog up and
cause all sorts of distress, particu-
larly backache and misery in the
kidney region, rheumatic twinges
severe headaches, acid stomach,
constipation, torpid liver, sleepleSs-
ness, bladder and urinary irritation.
The moment your back hurs or
kidneys aren't acting right, or If
bladder bothers you, begin drinking
lots of good water and also get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from
any good pharmacy; take table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys may then act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid
Of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
years to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity; also to
neutralize the acids in the system
SO they no longer irritate, thus Of
ten relieving bladder disorders.
Jads Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes delightful effervescent
lithia- water drink which millions
of men and women take now and
then to help keep the kidneys and
urinary organs clean, thus often
avoiding serious kidney disorders
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BERLIN POWDERS
STRESEMANN'S
DEATH RESULT
Hague Pact for Evacuation
of Rhine Called His
Greatest Work.
BY ERIC KEYSER


BERLIN, Oct. Eliminated dis
Ission developed in political quar-
ers today over the extent TO which
ne death Of Foreign Minister Gus
Nv Stresemann would affect Ger
iany's foreign policy in the future
1t was admitted generally that the
osence Of his political insight and
hrewd grasp Of the European stu
ion would be felt keenly in inter
NATIONAL parleys and even might
)lace Germany at a disadvantage
when the time comes to conduct ne
gotiations with France for the re-
turn OF the Saar basin.
On the other hand, it was be-
ieved that Stresemann, before his
death, already had swung Ger
many so firmly into a course Of re-
conciliation and international har-
mOny that it would take an unusual
combination of forces to alter the
general lines Of policy which he had
developed with such care and un-
tagging diligence.
Political observers were of the
opinion that Stresemann finished
his greatest work at The Hague,
when he obtained from Britain and
France an agreement on the evac-
uation Of the Rhineland. With this
task accomplished, it was said today
he left to his successor, whoever he
may be. an easy road toward the
final reconstruction and sterilization
Of Germany's position in relation to
her former foes.
All flags on public buildings will
remain at half mast until after
Stresemann's funeral Sunday. Pres
ident Paul Won Hindenburg will be
present at the funeral and
Chancellor Herman Mueller will de-
liver the grafton.
The cortege. on leaving the hall
Of the Reichstag in which Strese-
mann'S voice was heard for the first
time twenty-five years ago, will halt
for one minute before the foreign
office.
Until such time as Stresemann's
successor can be selected, Chancellor
Mueller temporarily will assume the
duties of foreign minister. On the
subject of Stresemann'S successor
there was much speculation today.
toned as candidates were former
chanCellc.' ph lNirth and the.
SociaI!-t r. y, r~citscheid.
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nue., reported the theft Of eight
chickens from his yard.
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al building. The bags, owned by
the National Manufacturing and
Importing Company. were a ship
ment to an Elknart, Ind, firm. They
were valued at $50.
Yeggs who knocked the combina-
ton of a safe in the store Of Virgil
Hart, 459 Blake street, got but forty
pennies for their work.
Thomas Franklin, proprietor of a
restaurant at 648 Indiana avenue,
reported the theft of a quantity of
tobacco and canned goods.
Thiry-two gallons of gasoline were
stolen from the pumps of a Stand
ard Oil Company's filling station at
Twenty-f1fth street and Martindale
avenue.
Edward Hudson. 1857 I.awton ave-
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direct church programs and pag-
eants.
The staff:
Elizabeth Major, ma
iron: Alma Teifert. instructor for
women and girls; Robert Goodwin,
instructor for men and boys;
Themes Harding, custodian; Patrick
Baine, custodian.
Rhodius-Anna L. Thompson, ma
iron; Norma Coster, instructor for
women and girls; Charles Jones, in
structor for men and boys; Ted Hor-
ton, custodian.
Greer-Laura Painter, matron;
Samuel Sheets, custodian.
Observation-Disclosures O'Connor,
matron; Samuel Sheets, custodian.
j. T. v. Hill-Plunmer Jacobs, in
structor; Belle E. Hendon, matron
and instructor; Isaac Sims, custo-
dian.
Supervised classes in physical edu-
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Players use a periscope to locate
a hidden green on a golf course in
wales.
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Gorernment Positions Open

Civil service vacancies announced
by Henry M. Trimpe, local secretary,
include assistant editor, fire mar
shall, stationary fireman and appren-
tice artistic photographer. Informa-
ton on other vacancies may be OBJ
tanned from Trimpe's Office, fourth
floor, federal building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-04
NAME LEADERS
OF RECREATION
Staff for Six Community
Houses Is Chosen.

Appointment of personnel at the
six community houses for the winter
season was announced today by
Recreation Director Jesse P. Nc
Clure.
The staff was approved Thursday
by the park board. Bruce Hunter
will supervise the training class for
boys, conduct league and athletic
contests and direct community
house athletic programs. Miss Lola
Pfeiffer, instructor at Brightwood,
will teach girls training classes and
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MRuO,1te
BihRAzeQzGe
Today's Choice
by
Gertrude
AthertOn
Noted Novelist

ekiel 81:
The wealth and
glory of Tyrus
and tie proph-
esied fall of that
ancient city. The
C h a pier con-
cludes thus:
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cation will be conducted for men
and women, boys and girls. Mcclure
will cooperate with the Boy and
Girl Scouts and other organizations
in providing a variety of activities.
Winter sports will be staged in sea-
son.
A special effort to cooperate with
churches in recreational programs
and athletic contests is TO be MADE
by Mcclure