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The Washington times., 1929-12-31
N Y BAR ASKS JUDGE WHALE TO EXPLAIN GANG LETTE
j. s. UNWORRIED
OVER COURTS
IN CHINA

State Department officials
marked time today as the new
year approached with the Chi
nese threat to abolish extraterr1.
toriality January /. The decres
theoretically wipes out consular
courts of treaty nations at o.
so-called treaty ports, besides y
few courts Of unlimited 1urisdic-
ton.
Actually, the American courts
and those Of the British win con-
tinue to function, and IT is be-
lieved here that France win also
ignore the decree.
New Minister Authority
Despite the placid attitude oa
the State Department. Nelson r.
johnson, newly appointed minis
ter to China, viii step into o
tangled situation when he reaches
his post. he departs for China
January 8. Johson goes 20
Picking from the Assistant Score.
taryship Of State, where he has
been In charge Of Far Eastern
affairs. He has long been noted
as an authority on the Orient and
Is familiar with Oriental dipIo-
macy.
It is largely on his advice that
Secretary 5timson is depending
lfor the departmental optimism
over the latest Chinese move to
abrogate the so-called unequal
treaties, long considered by China
as an unwelcome yoke. No Off.
cial here believes the Chinese
win do more than make a gesture
toward abolition o. extraterri.
toriality, but johnson viii have
to conduct negotiations to which
the United States is virtually
pledged, looking to abolition as
soon as China has made the
necessary judicial reforms.
Courts I'm An COnsulates
The United States since 1874
has maintained consular courts
wherever it has o consul, and
since 1905 q Federal court at
Shanghai. The consular courts
have jurisdiction over criminal
cases involving q fine of not
more than 500 and 90 days IN
jail, and civil cases Of $500 or
less.
The Federal court, presided
over now by Judge Milton D.
Purdy, Of Minneapolis. has orig.
nal and appellate jurisdiction over
all other cases. This country
also maintains q commissioners
court for preliminary hearings.
along lines similar to the Federal
commissioners here. There are
| Il American co1SulateS Or con-
sulates general in China.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
AIKENS EVADES
SUSPENSION

Motorcycle Policeman George L.
Aikens. Of the Seventh precinct.
who was suspended Sunday after
police Of Montgomery county ar
rested him on q charge Of posses
sing liquor with intent to sell. has
not been served with his suspen.
sion.
Acting Capt. H. r. Loman of
the Seventh precinct said today
that the men In his precinct, TO
which Aikens is attached, have
been unable to find him. Loman
said he believed that Aikens would
be located today.
Montgomery county polio e
raided Aikens' home Saturday
and seized $50 bottles Of alleged
beer, six gallons of wine, q mum.
Der Of empty alcohol tins, color.
ing fluid, crooks, containers and
about 200 empty bottles.
Aikens has been on the police
force about three years and was
said to have an excellent record.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
The structural principles Of the

The structural principles Of the
{ ectron, proton, and atom,
smallest units of matter, which
have puzzled scientists for years,
have at last been discovered and
developed in detail, according to
announcement today by Col.
Frederick E. Johnston, U. s. A.,
retired, of the Army and Navy
Club, who claims credit for the
achievement.
Colonel Johnston, whose dis
coVery is the fruit Of 81 years Of
continuous research, says that his
principles establish beyond the
shadow of q doubt that nature
is uniform and consistent in all
its operations and that deter.
miniSm is equally true OF the
microscopic and the microscopic
worlds.
Single and Double
Colonel Johnston declares cleo
irons are nothing but synchronous
electrical motors. He has dis
covered that electronS have three
single structures and six double
structures and all Of the elements
are merely various combinations
Of these structures.
"The electr0-mechanical prin.
ciples involved result In an
atomic structure consisting Of q
nucleus and orbital electrons, !"
said Colonel Johnston. These
electrons do not revolve in fan
tastic orbits like some scientists
thinks, but follow almost cir
cular orbits and these orbits are
in various planes.
1.-THE three definite structural
groups are called the neon
groups and are made up Of iso
TOPICS Of hydrogen and heliun.
They differ only In what is
known as the K group, the So
called L and M groups being the
same in the completed structural
neon group. Two Of these neon
groups determine the Sub-periods.
that is, the arraignment Of the
various elements In an atomic
group.
Combine In Pairs.
"The combinations Of these
neon groups In pairs determine
what I call argorl periods OF ID.
There are five argon periods, the
fourth having IA elements, OF
which Is are rare earths similar
to T,anthanum in valence and
lying between Cerium and Hat
mum. while the fifth argon period
has 80 elements and ends in a
possible element whose atomic
number is 100.
I'm the fifth argon period a
change Of structure takes place in
mercury and is followed by all
the radioactive elements, whose
eight series terminate in the eight
known isot0pes of mercury"
In other words. Colonel john
ston claims that he has regrouped
the various elements composing
the atomic table and has found
them governed by simple laws
based on the three neon struc-
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The Washington times., 1929-12-31

II there is any woman in Amer
lea who ought to know about
divorce, 1t is Ursula Parrott, youth
full author who became famous
over night by writing the much
discussed "Ex-Wife."
Miss PARROTS views on the sub
ject directly were inspired by the
furore kicked up by Beatrice
Burton's new serial, 'Lovejoy,"
which starts in The washington
Times on January 5.
Let 1t be stated right at the
outset that Miss Parrot emphatic
ally does not believe in divorce.
on the other hand. she objects
and strenuously--to the present
divorce laws.
Divorces Easy
divorces" Miss Parrott de-
clared, are too easy to get. Present
divorce laws are ridiculous, espec.
iaIly in some States, where, by
collision and q little perjury, you
always can get one. If you want
to 60 to Mexico. you can get one
that viii be pretty good, If it isn't
contested. Or you can go to
Reno. and get one in three
months.
"There should be q Federal law
covering divorce for all States.
Divorces should be allowed for
three or four reasons, not-aS in
New YorkSolely on the grounds
Of infidelity.
"The almost ideal law is that
Of California, where the inter
locutory decree does not become
final for a year. Or it might be
two years. People would not
rush to get divorces over silly
little things then, II they knew
it would be q long time before
they could be married again.
Work For Marriage
''If divorces were more difficult
to get, people would work harder
TO make their marriages success
full.
"of course. If two people simply
cannot set along, and there are
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
D. C. Scientist Finds
Secret of Matter
Photos by International
LEON NIECE

tural groups and the six double
structural groups.
Colonel Johnston says he made
his discovery on December IL,
1928, but has delayed his public
announcement until today in
order to develop automatically
the new periodic table of ele-
ments, X-ray and optical systems,
and radioactive series. His dis
covery, which deals with the basic
formation Of matter, explains
simply every puzzling question in
physics, Colonel Johnston claims.
Reward for Error.
So sure is Colonel Johnston
that his discovery is the only
feasible solution of the mystery
Of the electron that he today an
nounced he will place in trust
81 900 for a period Of five years
to be awarded to any one who
offers a satisfactory solution Of
the periodic table of the elements
on the basis of any theory of
structural principles that differs
from his own discovery by as
much as one electron or proton,
or for the solution Of Is basic
problems Of physics on any basis
other than that expounded by
him.
Colonel Johnston, a physicist
and astronomer, served in the
Coast Artillery for IS years. He
became interested in atomic Struc-
ture while q West Point cadet.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
NewboId NOyes Heads
Chest Gifts Committee

Newbold Noyes, associate editor
OF the washington Star, has &C.
cepted the craftsmanship Of tls
special gifts committee for the
Community Chest campaign jan
uary 30 to February 8, John
Poole, campaign chairman, an.
nounced yesterday The special
gifts committee has charge OF OBJ.
tanning gifts Of $500 or more. It
raised approximately so per cent
Of the total subscribed In 1879.
Merritt o. Chance is chairman
of the metropolitan unit. with
Leonard w. DeGaSt as secretary,
and Major Campbell johnson al
assistant secretary.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
CITIZENS FIGHT
FEDERATION

The fight over pulling out Of"
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations is expected to be revived
at the January meeting Of the
Connecticut Avenue Citizens AS
ISOLATION when another president
is elected. Il
Allen Fisher was elected presi-
dent at q meeting in November
during which a lively fight en-
sued over the federation question.
Fisher, in his speech. Of accept
ance. advocated staying in the
federation. The next day, with.
out giving any explanation, he
resigned.
The federation question was
brought up at the october meet
ing by Harry C. Grove, one of
the associations delegates, who
declared that all they did at
federation meetings was to sit
around and chew the rag"
: He announced his intention of
ceasing to attend and said it was
waste Of money for the Con-
necticut Avenue association TO
pay dues to the federation. The
December meeting was postponed
because of inclement weather.
Past President william S. Quin.
ter, who was succeeded by Fisher,
has refused to hold office pend
ing election Of another president.
preferring to stay out OF the
"wrangle."
The secretary, Mrs. j. M. Whit
man, is acting as charge DAT
flares during the interim.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
Dry Navy on Guard
Along Rum Row

There had been rumors that
three foreign ships, supposedly
loaded with rum, were somewhere
beyond Montauk Point at sea.
In the last "a hours. the Coast
Guard craft off the Jersey Coast
have seized several small boats.
all deserted after a chase. Some
liquor was found in one.
Unofficial information was that
all the holiday liquor needed for
tonight'S New York New Years
eve celebration already has
arrived; having been Smuggled
in days ago.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
SHOOTING ENDS
SNOW FIGHT

WHITE HALL, H.. Dec. 81
1.NS0 What started out as a
SNOWFALL battle among six youths,
ranging in age from II to IS
years. today had resulted in seri.
Gus if not fatal injuries to Clio
Simmons. IS, one of the partici-
pants.
The near tragedy resulted from
the injection Of shotguns and
rifles into the otherwise friendly
SNOWFALL tilt and when the smoke
cleared away young Simmons was
lying prone in a snowdrift, a
rifle bullet in his side. Physicians
say he may recover.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31

Florida and Georgia. On March
II. IA were killed in q plane
crash at Newark, N. J. Marshal
Ferdinand Foch died on March
20. The Canadian registered
schooner, Tim Alone" was sunk
March % off Louisiana by . U.
S. Coast Guard cutter.
On March % Martin Jensen
broke the worlds solo endurance
flight record with IS hours 33
minutes and 20 seconds aloft in
a Bellanca monoplaTe. On March
81, United States Ambassador
Myron T. Herrick died in France.
Peacox Murder
News was light In April. Elinor
Smith, II. set a women's endur-
ance flight record on April "a Of
20 hours 81 minutes, and on
April 80 Earle Peacox confessed
to strangling his wife and burn
ing her body. s.
On May s Harry F. Sinclair
entered a District Of Columbia
jail to serve . 90-day contempt
sentence. On May is the dis
astrous fire that cost 1913 lives
broke out in the Cleveland Clinic
Hospital. On May II AL Capone
was sentenced In Philadelphia
to one year in prison for carrying
d gun. on May rs an endurance
record OF TIA hours "a minutes
second was made by r. L. Rob
bins and James Kelly in the
monoplane Fort Worth. On May
~ ''Lindy" and Miss Morrow
were married in . surprise cere-
moTly. On May IS President
Hoover accepted the resignation
Of Mabel Walker Willebrandt as
Assistant Attorney General and
on May 80 the laborites carried
the British elections.
June experienced no dearth of
big news. On June Z the papal
state and the italian government
signed the Lateran treaty, in
Rome, opening the Vatican for
the first time since 1870. On
the same day strike leaders in
GaStoniA, N. c., fatally wounded
Police Chief Aderholt. On June
IA, three French aviatorS AsSo-
liant, lie Fevre and Lotti- landed
at ComillaS, Spain, after 4 3,44O.
mile flight from Old Orchard
Me. On June "A Frank MARROW,
Broadway night club owner, was
murdered. On June rs Capt.
Frank Hawks landed at Roose-
welt Field, N. z. after record
trip flight from Los Angeles in
SO hours 40 minutes 48 seconds.
New Money Issued
July William Stultz, trans.
atlantic filler, and two passengers,
died in a plane crash at RooSe.
welt Field. On July 8 Roger /.
williams and Lewis A. Yancey
landed In Spain after 3, 4O0-Tnile
hop from Old Orchard, Me. On
July 10 a new size United States
currency was issued. On July IL
diplomatic relations between
China and Soviet Russia were
severed. On July Is, the Polish
filters, Idzikowski and KJlbala,
crashed in the Azores on an at
tempted flight to America and
the former was killed.
On July %, three were killed
and 20 wounded in a prison riot
at Dannemora, N. Y. On July
as, two were killed and 20 hurt
in riot at the Auburn IN. 70
State prison.
Biz naWI broke IN August. On
The Washington times., 1929-12-31

August the Graf Zeppeline took
off from Lakehurst, N. j., on her
world cruise. August IT. the
Arab-Jew war broke out in
Jerusalem. On August 20, DR.
James H. Shook, member Of the
Ohio State University faculty,
was sentenced to death in Column
bus for the murder of Theora Z,
Xix, q coed. On August %, the
Graft Zeppeline arrived in Lake
hurst, completing q 'round-the
world trip of 1880 miles In 81
days. On August 80, six nations
signed documents at The Hague,
agreeing on the evacuation OF
Germany and the tentative adcp
ton Of the Young plan.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 u.N.sJ.
From Montauk point to New
Jersey, the dry fleet" stood
guard today. patrolling the waters
To prevent importation of liquor.
Armed with one-pounders and
machine guns, more than score
Of coast guard patrol boats,
destroyers and the Cutter Cham
plain maintained a ceaSelesS
vigil.
Coast Guard officers said there
Is no chance that any boat will
get through with hnazs.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
AuthorO. X. St1icter
DiUorce Lal1s

mo children, they should be 81.
lowed . divorces"
Speaking Of herself, Miss Pal.
rott said:
81 was married too young. and
. divorce just had to be the 70
suit"
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
NEW TEMPLE TO OPEN

Formal opening Of the new
Acacia Masonic Temple Of the
grand lodge Of the District Of
Columbia. Tenth and U Streets
Northwest, will take place with a
reception tomorrow from 3 to 4
b. m. The reception committee
is headed by the new grand
master AL E. Dotson and Grace
Hughes, royal matron.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
LaemmIe HOnored by
ROYAL Society of Arts

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-Carl
Laemm1e, president Of Universal
Pictures, has been elected to q
Fellowship in the Royal Society
Of Arts, Manufacturers and In.
duStry Of London.
The Washington times., 1929-12-31
RATE Yep TRIP
BEST STORY
IN 1929
BIZ LANES Z. KMGALLEN

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 Q.NSJ.
A first rate answer to the ques-
ton: what were the three out
standing news events Of 1922"
probable would be this:
/. decentralization of tn e
globe by the Graf Zeppelin.
q. The Wall Street stock market
crash.
8. Comdr. Richard z. Byrd's
flight over the South Pole.
other stories, deserving q very
high rating from the standpoint
Of public interest, include:
The Inauguration Of Herbert
Hoover as thirty-first President.
The signing by President Cool
idge Of the Kellogg treaty for re-
nunciation Of war.
The Cleveland Clinic Hospital
x-ray fire disaster which cost l2a
lives. =
The deaths of Clemenceau,
Foch and Ambassador Herrick.
The marriage Of Colonel Lind
bergh.
The massacre Of seven Chicago
gangsters who were put on the
spot" simultaneously.
Made Front Page
All Of these stories made" the
front page headlines in a big way,
1t is impossible to say which one
aroused the greatest public In
tereSt. Certainly no stories were
given more newspaper space than
the dramatic world flight Of the
Graf Zeppelin Of 10000 miles in
81 days, and the Wall Street
debacle which so vitality affected
the pocketbooks of thousands Of
Americans, and foreigners as we'll.
Turning to the files Of Inter.
national News Service and begin.
ming with January, your diligenS
correspondent finds that, on Jam
uary 2, Bobbie Trout set q worlds
endurance flight record for
women of IL hours and IL min.
utes. On January Z the Fokker
Inonoplane Question Mark broke
all records for sustained flight
with $50 hours 40 minutes and
10 seconds in the air. On Janu.
airy II, President Coolidge signed
the kellogg Treaty.
Gangsters Murdered
February was an interesting
month. On February S, Capt.
| Frank Hawks set a record for
nonstop trans-continental flight
of Is hours 81 minutes and 50
seconds from Los Angeles to New
York. On February Q. Jose De
Toral was executed for the STAY,
ing of PreSident-elect Aware ObTo-
gon, Of Mexico. on February II.
Lindbergh's engagement to Anne
Morrow was announced. On Feb
ruary IA seven Chicago gangSters
were massacred in q racketesr
war.
Early in March revolution
famed in Mexico. On March 4
| Herbert Hoover was inaugurated.
On March III Maj. H. o. D. Sea-
grave, of England, established an
automobile speed record of 23l.36
miles an hour at Daytona Beach,
Fla. Two days later. on the
same track, Lee Bible, an Amer
lean driver, Skidded to death try.
ing to break Seagrave's record. On
March Is floods swept Alabama,
New Britain herald., 1929-09-13

next step will be to determine whether this deviation is sufficient to retard the normal development of the child.
 Tt is our belief that the most ire quent and devastating of human ills is maladjuStment to. life. This is due to many causes, but the results are always the same-falure and misfts. Many of those who suffer from maladjust- ment do so through no fault of their own. They do so because the brain is blighted in its making. Some Of the 120,000,0 0,000.0 .000 cells are misplaced or defective.
 'The resulting effect may be much or Iittle."
 The findings may tell man how to use more of his brain, contributor to London Tit-Bits predicts. At present most brains are used only to one-fifth of their capacity. Man must balance the mechanical side of his brain with that part which governs the art of liv- ing together, otherwise the lopsided or gan may drive him to destruction in machine and chemical warfare. At present man is halfway between the brain of prehistoric man and the per feet brain of the future, Dr. Tilney believes.
 The brain of baby is made up of thousands of association flores con meeting parts of the body with the principal sensory and reasoning cen tres in the brain and facing these cen tres to each other in an orderly com- plexity. The normal baby is born with this microscopic infnity of cells beau tifully complete and in order-but mostly undeveoped
New Britain herald., 1929-09-13

As the baby natures, and before each new association fibre is called into the swelling orchestra of the child's life, the fibre is prepared for use by being insulated with myelin. The de- velopment of association flores is slower among the higher animals be- cause the convolutions, or wiring of the brain, are more intricate.
 The first message handled by the brain after birth is usually the com mand to breathe. The infant suffers from the cessation of oxidization in the blood and carbon dioxide starts form ing. This stimulates respiration. The signal is passed to the diaphragm to contract, to breathe, and a convulsive struggle for air ensues until the first breath is taken.
 As Dr.Tiney and his staff of workers complete the timetables of the lives of their infant subjects, others will under take research into chemical and person. ality disturbances in the six-months-old infant. The physical reasons for the child's reactions to its environmental and intellectual life will be sought, with particular emphasis on the adjustments which result in in ordinate shyness, lack of responsibility, and anti-social conduct in later life.
 The relation between unhealthy glands and abnormal development lead ing to more or less violent ant-social
New Britain herald., 1929-09-13
Blowing Both Hot and Gold"

HN the collection of fables attributed E to Aesop there is fable on the
 subject of blowing hot and cold, A man who lost his way in the woods on a Winter night was invited to take shelter in the cell of satyr. The stranger, as he entered the cell, held his hands near his mouth and blew on them. Upon being asked by the satyr why he did this, he replied:
 My hands are cold and my breath warns them"
 Later when dish of hot porrdge was placed before him the man raised spoonful of it to his mouth and blew upon it. Again the satyr asked for an explanation,
 "The porridge is too hot, " replied the guest, land my breath cools it."
 This was too much for the host "Get out" exclaimed the satyr. 'I will have nothing to do with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath"
 Everyone knows that if a person
New Britain herald., 1929-09-13

kIEW YORK CITY has an auto N matic garage wherein the mo-
 torst leaves his car, head on, with motor stopped and doors locked, in front of an elevator door, and re- ceives a claim check. When he calls for it, he presents his claim check at the cashiers office, and in less than two minutes his car is delivered, even though it may have been parked all day on the twentieth floor of the building. How each automobile Is handled entirely by electricity is ex- pjained in Science and Invention
 An electric parker, a low, rubber tired towing unit, runs beneath the car, engages the rear axle, pulls the car on the elevator and then out again on the floor, where space for it has been allotted The instant that a car owner presents his claim check at the cashiers desk, a teIautograph notifies the elevator operator where the car is. By the time this has finished writ
New Britain herald., 1929-09-13
The ''Poltergeist," Mischievous
 Ghost, That Plays Jokes

"The next moment all the tea things were swept off the table in heap on the floor, and pieces of burning coal and wood were hurled across the room, with the result that one of the children was struck and her clothes set on fire. The flames were quickly extinguished, but not before the child had been rather badly burned.
 But this was by no means all. Vases and other ornaments on the mantel shelf were thrown on the ground and smashed, the globe and chimney of the kitchen lamp were treated in similar fashion, and missiles of all kinds were thrown at the grandfather clock
 Thoroughly alarmed MT. Hampson called in his nearest neighbor, farmer named Lea, and also the village con- stable, and in the presence of these two witnesses there was more hurling about of coal and other objects, and more smashing of glass and crockery.
 "The disturbances lasted till there was practically nothing left 70 break in the room, when they abruptly ceased. Apparently there was no renewal of them, and opinion was divided as to their cause, some saying they were the work of tricksters."