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The Washington times., 1929-08-02
REPAIRS
To START

The plan Of the District Engineer
ing Department to resurface the
Connecticut Avenue Bridge road
way has been postponed, Capt. H.
c. Whitehurst, District coordinator
announced today.
A recent inspection showed that
the floor slab, laid in 1909. is crack
ing badly and the asphalt surface
is suffering. 1t was at first pro-
posed to close the bridge to ell
traffic and repair the surface by
the flame spreader method.
This, Whitehurst saids will not be
practical as the Calvert Street
Bridge cannot carry the heavy traf-
fic alone. Repair work viii be
started at once. but will not inter-
fere with traffic.
Captain Whitehurst said that
even were the floor slab to crack
up entirely 1t would offer no
danger.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
School League Joins
Chamber of Commerce

cENTERvILLE. Va, Aug. -
The Legato school League has de-
cided TO join the Fairfax County
Chamber OF Commerce. Miss LII
lian MILAN was elected the official
representative to attend the cham
ber's meetings.
The secretary, Mrs. G. c. Carr,
has been instructed to write to the
County School Board and Division
Superintendent w. T. Woodson
asking that necessary repairs be
made to the school building before
classes are resumed in September.
Inspection by a local carpenter de.
clared the building unsafe in its
present condition.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
I 0
FIGHT WALKER

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 u.N.S.).--
Republicans, independent Democrats
and other political opponents Of
James ]. walker, Democratic mayor
Of New York City, rallied today
behind Representative Fiorello H.
LaGuardia. The fiery Congressman,
who commanded a squadron Of
bombing planes over the Austrian
lines during the World War, was
named by the unofficial Republican
city convention in Mecca Temple
last night to lead the t'fusion"
ticket this fall.
The designation must be con-
fined by Republican voters at the
primary election on September IL.
Mrs. Ruth B. Pratt, also q mem
Der OF Congress. withdrew.
Speakers at the convention char
acterized Mayor Jimmy" "glori-
fled clown" ana declared that ''the
smile Of Jimmy the Jester had
cost the city millions.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
8 F|REMEN HURT
IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 2.--
Three firemen were slightly injured
and damage OF approximately $1,000
was caused by fire last night at the
paint shop of the Fruit Growers
Express plant west Of the city.
All local fire apparatus and en-
gines from Fairfax and Arlington
county answered the alarm. Fire
men were hampered by lack of
water.
Stuart Jones Of No. 4 Engine
Company was cut on the hand.
Leo Deeton, captain of the same
company, was more seriously hurt
when he stepped on q nail. Jake
Shapiro, volunteer fireman, was
injured when his leg was caught
between a hose line and car track.
The fire was believed to have
been caused by spontaneous ignition
in the paint shop which was filled
with inflammable materials.
City council yesterday passed a
resolution thanking City Engineer
e. C. Dunn for his services as city
manager during July.
The resolution authorizing a
temporary loan OF $4,000 was passed
on its final reading. An appropria.
ton Of $4,000 was, made for the
construction Of q sewer from Hoof' s
Run to Chapman Street.
The payment of $500 to Card.
ner L. Booth and C. @. Carlin for
their services in connection with
the, Mount Vernon Boulevard was
approved
Wallace Lawrence, new city
manager, was the guest of the
Kiwanis Club yesterday at the
weekly luncheon. He was intro.
duced by Roger Sullivan, city treas
nrer.
Two new policemen were sworn
in today by Captain Campbell. They
are Gilbert d. Suddarth, who will
take the vacancy caused by the
death of the. murdered Sergeant
McClary, and William Lipscomb,
who succeeds William A. Horton,
resigned. No sergeant has been
appointed to succeed McClary.
Homer Austin, colored. of Dur
ham, N. c., who was arrested by
Special Officer Puck Harvey, rail-
road detective, was sentenced to
serve 10 days in Jail on charge
of trespassing,
Members Of the American Legion
are making plans for the automobile
and style show which will be held
in the armory September is to
80. Jones Cox is chairman. Final
plans for attending the State con-
vention will be made tonight,
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qnire as to how many pounds they
should lose in the 1S days. This
varies with Individual constitutions.
Some dieters lose at the rate Of
nearly a pound q day. The aver
age probably is nearer, four pounds
a week. Many report much more
rapid reductions. Physicians ad.
wise, however, against Topping of
the surplus weight too fast.
Nurses Chosen
The corps Of nurses who assisted
the medical staff at yesterdays
clinic was assembled by DR.. Joseph
D. Rogers, prominent surgeon ana
superintendent of Casualty Hospital.
The nurses included Mrs, Ivan n.
Richmond, graduate Of the Battle
Greek sanitarium and specialist
in dietetics; Mrs. Lavinia QUINN
formerly surgical supervisor at
Battle Greek Sanitarium and now
superintendent Of kendall House
Sanitarium, 1922 Ogden st. N. w,
which gpecializes In the handling sOG
dietet1c cases; Miss Angela Winters.
dietetic specialist at Casualty Hos
pital; Misses Dorothy Higbee and
Katherine Lyons, also Of Casualty:
Misses Esther Roessle and Ann
Hewitt, from SibIey Hospital, and
Miss Marian McBeth. from Chill
dren's Hospital.
The Diet Editor stilI is being
bombarded with inquiries as to the
best substitute for grapefruit. which
now Is difficult to obtain. Can.
taloupe is an excellent substitute
from q reducing standpoint; but q
glass OF orange juice il preferable
because of it's rich. vitannin content.
Onions Allowed
One dieter inquiries IL she mag
put chopped up onion on her salads
This is perfectly all right, as onion
is not fattening. She also inquiries
il gluten bread may be substituted
for melba toast. This is entirely
all right.
One dieter who Is spending the
summer at Colonial Beach and is
unable to attend the diet clinics
has written for one Of the diagnosis
sheets, so that the medical history
may be supplied and advice Of ths
dietetic staff received regarding the
suitability Of weight reduction In
this individual case. The Ques-
tionnaire was mailed.
Son Takes Diet
Mrs. Brownely, Of the Ravens
woodside Apartments, who weighed
2os pounds when she started diet.
ing three week ago, writes that she
now weighs only 1s7-a reduction
of II pounds. She Is so elated that
she intends to put her nine-year-oId
son, who weighs 103 pounds, on II
at once. This has been approved
by the medical staff. She also
wants to know Il she may drink
plenty Of water, lemonade, and
limeade. Sureg Eight glasses OF
water q day and all Of the lemon.
ade and limeade she wants.
Readers who ara net interested iEi
reducing. but rather IN putting
more flesh ON their homes, should
watch the Washington Times to.
morrow for details Of an approved
upbuiIding diet.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
S|N|OOT'S s SUGAR
SCALE. Barred
D. InIsrnatlonai News sefyIee

BY International News Service,
The sliding scale Of tariff duties
on sugar, evolved by Senator Reed
smoot R) Of Utah for incorpora.
ton in the pending bill, was made
public today.
The scale was adopted with the
existing rate Of $1.76 per hundred
pounds on Cuban imports for its
average to apply when refined
sugar is bling in the New York
wholesale market at $6 per hundred
pounds. When sugar prices are
higher than this average. the tariff
will be reduced below the existing
rates. while If, sugar prices fall be.
low $6 per hundred pounds, the
tariff would be slightly increased
to 3 maximum OF $40.
The scale, on whole. would
represent slashing reduction O1
the House flat rate of $2.40 per
hundred pounds, regardless of the
price OF sugar. 1t likewise would
represent even a reduction OF tariffs
over existing rates If the price OF
srgar rose above S..
Keeps Sugar At Cents
smoot announced his scale was
designed to keep sugar from sell
ing at more than six cents a pound
on the wholesale market. II
prices rose above that figure IN
the future. the tariff would not be
responsible, he added, II his scale
Ii adopted.
The Sn1oot rates would range
sronl 81 to So per hundred pounds
81 applied to the world from 81
cents to $2.4O on Cuban sugar. This
would give Cuba the same 90 pei
cent sdifferential she enjoys under
the existing tariff law.
The sliding scale" as compared
Nth existing law and the House
rates. IS as follows, when applying
to Cuban imports:
The Smupt. minimum Of 80 cents
An Cuban imports would apply
vSIeneyer sugar, was selling at $7.2t
ner hundred pounds or more while
tlee maximum rate of $2.4O would
anS,lv whenever sugar sold at $5.2J
rsr hundred pounds or less.
Secrecy Rule Passes
81 new tshalf and half secrecy
yaile. partially sagging the indie
VAN4IuSuL G4IGLOEs bNAACGs Co4AGihn VI
Michfgall, was adopted today by
Reuublican members OF the Senate
Financo Committee to prevent gen
eral publicity on the new tariff
4 bin.
Under the new rule, any Senator
esn tell his constituents In person
sbouf the committees action on
Sariff duties, but all agreed not
IS rive out any information to the
general public.
ssFrom now on, I'm going tc
rits my constituents and / won't
4 haye anything to say publicly. Z
sid Couxe1ls.
Open 70 Lobbyists
His decision again surrounded
~. committees deliberations with
.ecrecy. where for two days, the
reneral public was able to learn
shout rate changes, now only the
irhhvists. who seek the changes
snd persons directly interested in
rsIainR or lowering the tariff can
learn about the committees &C
lssms.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
Minister to Officiate
At Wedding Of Brother

The Rev. Gilbert 7. Gehman,
Methodist pastor Of Elma, Pa. win
officiate at the ceremony when
his younger brother. william
r. Gehman. 2e. Of the 100 block
Fifteenth st. N. E.. and Miss Bea-
trice Mabel Morris. IS, of the 47OO
block Wisconsin Ave. N. W., are
married at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Norris,
tomorrow morning.
The minister and his brother are
the only children .of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. II. Gehman.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02

.
The medical staff and the corps Of
nurses were elated over the success
of yesterdays clinic and are looking
forward eagerly to the next clinic
to be held Wednesday, August 4!
Advice IL Given
The clinics medical staff, COM
posed Of prominent members of the
medical profession, who are spe-
cialists In dfetetfcs, Is holding fur
ther consultations today to compete
the debating Of individual recon-
mendations to the dieters who sought
advice. These answers viii be typed
and put in the mail within day or
two.
Most Of those who visited the clinic
sessions yesterday were new recruits
to the army OF dieters. They sought
expert medical advice as to whether
the Hollywood diet was suitable in
their individual cases, or whether
variation OF this diet was indicated.
The average weight OF those who
called was 163 pounds. The weights
ran as high at 203. 213. 222. 232, and
23S pounds. The prospective dieters
averaged "A pounds overweight.
measured by the standard medical
table Of normal weights for persons
Of given age and height.
-Four Underweight
Only four OF those who visited the
clinic were under weight-one 1
pound, one 2 pounds, one 5 pounds,
and one z pounds. They win be adj
vised to undertake mild upbuilding
diets.
The stoutest woman who called
yesterday, weighing 23S pounds, was
los pounds overweight. measured by
the standard scale.
Many Of the clinic visitors re.
ported successful weight reduction
since starting the diet and ex-
pressed qualification at the result.
Mrs. Annabelle EdIow, Of 1927
Meridian Pl. N. W., who had been
on the diet seven days, reported q
reduction of 10 pounds. She said
she feels much better. Despite
this marked decrease in weight, she
expressed keen desire to reduce
more rapidly. The medical staff
will point out that too rapid weight
reduction sometimes is injurious.
Mrs. Catherine G. Cohen, OF Clar-
endon, Va, told the nurses she had
lost seven pounds since starting the
diet.
Loses Six Pounds
Mrs. Victoria Laverine completed
the first presentation Of the 1S-day
diet and is now repeating It for
another Is days. She expressed
qualification at weight reduction
OF six pounds.
Mrs. Eva Grant Marshall, Of zoos
Franklin st. N. E.. told the nurse
that she had lost seven pounds in
the Is days she had been on the
diet.
Nearly all Of the clinic visitors In.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
Restaurants Serving
The Diet

For the coitUenteMce of those
taking TIE Washington Times
revised 1S-ddy Hollywood diet,
several restaurants are ssrv-
ing the daily diet menus.
Tksy f6llO1O:
The MadriIIOn Restaurant, I'm
the Washington Building.
The Arlington Hotel, 1O26
Vermont Ave. N. W..
The Mary Ellen Restaurant
723 Fourteenth Sc. N. wv.
The Clover Coffee ShOppes
713 Thirteenth st. N. w.
The Lattice Window, 622
Tenth st. N, w. tnear r street,.
The Egyptian Tea Room, 1910
g st. N. w.
All of these restGUrGRts are
Conveniently located in the
dolCntoscs section, tUheYe they
can easily be reached By btsi-
ness men, office employees, and
shoppers.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
Kiwanians Bid Welcome
To Four New Members

-Four new members were welcomed
into the Riwanis Club at its meet
ing yesterday in the Washington
Hotel. They were Major James
Asher, head. Of the salvation Army:
Thomas w. Perry. Irwin s. Porter
and wilbur H. Garrett. They were
officially received by Claude w.
Owen.
Radford Noses. past president,
stated that since aid for crippled
children had become major activity
Of the club in 1928, Kiwanis had
given aid and hospitalisatioA ta
about S2S children.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
FREE diet CLINIC VISITORS
AVERAGE 81 POUNDS too MUCH

Encouraged by the looping off Of surplus flesh and by the
receiving of expert medical advice at yesterdays free Clinic
followers of The Washington Times revised Hollywood diet
today enter the eighth day of the reducing regimen
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
MARRIAGE LICENSES

( FAIRFAX, Va, Aug. 2.--Mar
riage licenses have been issued b
the clerk OF the court to Emory
3. Sudler. So. of 625 L st. N. e.
Washington. d. C.. and Cora b
Thomas aS. of Falls Church; viii
liam A. Eyett. 3S. site Wis, /,
Ave, Baltimore. Nd, and Dells
Nat Reinbeck, Se. ~ II
Windsor Ave-, Baltimore; KAr
Lesny, 43, and Mrs. Lena Otto, So
beth q Merrifisld, Va.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
Husband Asks Police
To Help Him Find Wife

Joseph Siegel sos Fourth st. N. W..
yesterday asked the police to help
find his wife. Mrs. Helen Louise
Seigel. reported missing since
Wednesday.
Mrs. Seigei was described as 20
years old, about five feet tall, weight
155 pounds. brown eyes and hair,
wearing shell glasses and walking
with linnDs
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
STALL DEMANDS HIGH

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Aug. a.
The demand for stalls in connec-
tion with the races at the cumber-
land Fair. the week OF August rs,
is more than double the capacity
Of the stalls at the grounds.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
Mapp, Pollard Claim,
Big Va. Majority

The Virginia Democratic primary fight is being brought
rapidly close with only five days to go, the
primary will be held next Tuesday As the curtain rings
down. Of the candidates claiming victory The cand
dates John Garland Pollard of Williamsburg g. Walter
Mapp, of Accomac, and Roswell Page of Ashland.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02


quarters, through his manager. T.
Mccall Frazier predicts that Pol
lard will be the nominee by a
majority Of 10000, and claims nine
out of the 10 congressional districts.
From the headquarters Of Mapp
comes the prediction that he will
be the victor by a majority from
10000 to $4,000. Mapp claims six
districts sure, two close, and con-
cedes two to Pollard, but he failed
to name the districts. He conceded
the two districts to Pollard by only
small majorities.
Roswell Page, the third candidate,
has made no prediction, and today
could not be reached, as he vas
en- route to his home after speaking
in Danville.
Frazier Predicts Sweep
The statements from the respective
headquarters are as follows:
Po1lard's headquarters-(By T. Nc.
Call Frazier, manager.e I'VE are
confident OF carrying every con-
gressional district in the State with
the possible exception Of the first.
l predict DIR. Pollard's nomination
by q majority in excess of 10000.
This statement is based upon re.
ports received during the last few
days from more than 500 party
leaders representing every county
and city in the State.
"As. manager OF the Pollard cam
paign, / want to urge all Demo.
Gratis who are willing to abide by
the result of the primary to cast
their ballots next Tuesday for the
candidate Of their choice, whoever
he may be-"
Mapp headquarters: "A complete
and by correspondence, conyinces
the managers George Green, of
Clifton Forge, and Berkeley S.
Adams, former chairman Of the
State corporation comnission), Of
the campaign of Senator Mapp for
the Democratic nomination for gov.
ernor that he will be nominated in
Tuesdays primary from 10000 to
81, 900. !.
Six Districts For Mapp
Senator Mapp viii carry, ac-
cording to estimates and figures
compiled at his headquarters, six
OF the 10 congressional districts.
He viii break about even in two
others and will lose the two re-
naming districts by small MAORI
ties"
/ Leading political dopesters pre-
dict that Roswell Page will receive
from 10000 to $4,000 scattered votes
from all parts OF the State.
Pollard will attend the meeting OF
the Virginia State Bar Association
today at Hot Springs and speak in
Covington Saturday night. Monday
he will appear in Gloucester and
return home that night to cast his
vote in Williamsburg Tuesday.
Mapp will close his campaign
with an intensive speaking tour,
appearing in Newport News, Nor
folk, Portsmouth, Hampton, and
finishing up in his home in Accomac
on Tuesday.
1 Mapp has issued a denial that
the circular relative to the specific
automobile tax cut originated at his
headquarters and states emphatical-
ly that he is not in favor Of the
reduction OF the auto Mcense or tax
to nat S..
Page will center the rest of his
campaign around Richmond, and
make several more speeches.
-
The Alaskan., 1929-02-22
men of Alaska, on June 1, 1918, but few responded.
 TO be Continued
2 2 2 2

Although recommended by the ! egislative Committee of the Ju neau chamber of commerce and unanimously passed that body, there is a lingering doubt as to the practicability of asking for a tariff to be placed on import d clans and crabs. The situa ' ton is this: Perhaps not to ex- ceed a few dozen-feW hundred at the outside-people will be benefited by a tariff on the pro- ducts involved while at least 12O,000,000 million people, if they eat clans and crabs, will be forced to pay more money for them. 'Tis mostly thus with all tariff laws. The few are pro- tected at the expense of many. -StrOller's Weekly.
The Alaskan., 1929-02-22

That is just the position of the Juneau Democrats, and their cohorts in Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg. They feed the electorate a lot of bunk and when it comes to giving them any benefit they renege on their election prOmises-unless they receive financial benefit.
 It means nothing to Stroller that a clam industry, a bigger shrimp industry may be worked up by 8 heavy tariff on import ed product. But it means lot to other communities and the people therein.
 But as relates the big trans pOrtatiOn companies such ilk as the gem'man fom de souf, get up on the platforms and wave the spar stangled spanner and get the old eagle a-screeching for the companies in the name of patriotism. Mostly it is only for triotiSm.
The Alaskan., 1929-02-22
INDIANS IN NEED

pr, w. H. Chase of Cordova recently reported and appealed to the people of Cordova to as siSt him in relieving the distress of Indians in that section who he declared are in need of warm clothing Many of them having been stricken with flu and pneumonia.
 pr. Chase must be wrong. A short time ago the Governor was credited with the statement that he found no want in the Terri tory and the people a content ed lot.
 The way to bring prosperity to all sections of the country is to make more restrictions on seining operations of resident Alaskans, add more traps and 57 more varieties of bureaus with their migratory parasites.
The Alaskan., 1929-02-22
EXPERIMENTS
By A. J. SPR.AGUE

The following experiment was
 carried out in September 1917. Two hundred thousand Red Sal
 mon eggs and 8O,O00 Humpy eggs were planted in the sand and gravel depth of twelve to 1 fourteen inches in a tributary
 spring stream leading from 9 small pond on the south side of
 Chilkoot Lake. It contained no small fish whatever, being ob- structed a short distance above 1 it's outlet into the lake. I found
 in this body of water no famili-
 ar fungas spores so much in evil dence in natural spawning streams that contain thousands Of spawning salmon, and it was barren of fish life. Upon clos
 CT examination it was found to be a natural pond or stream, with the water distributed from heavy seepage. Fearing the lack of proper food for the young fish
 after matching, owing to the | IateneSs of the season, when
 bugs, flies, gnats and various
 crustaceous food is not avail
 able, buried in the sand a short distance from the eggs, to pre- vent any fungas growth spread
 ing to the buried eggs, the BODIES OF THE PARENT FISH FOR THEIR FUTURE SUPPLY.
 (The bodies of the sQckeye fish
 stripped of their eggS)
 A large percentage of these
 eggs matched, but if they had
 been held to the eyed stage, or
 say within 4 or days of hatch
 ing, the result would have been
 at least ninety per cent, because
 later experiments proved this. We must bear in mind that sal
 mon eggs brought Go ynis stage
 of development have not had
 time to breed loss under artIf1-
 cial propagation but not among the alevinS or fry in natural
 conditions. Also, it must be un- derstood, salmon eggs, buried
 deep in the sand, are not att
 tracted by fungas growth, but when you consider the length of time that the eggs must be buried in the sand, 45 to 90 days under natural spawning, it is reasonable to understand that thousands are destroyed by fun gas But if the eggs are within three or four days of matching they are quite safe from fungas Isuf1cation, piling or bunch ing. I carried on these experi- ments largely at my own ex- pense for two years, and was now broke. This Chilkoot ex- pertinent was carried out with the assistance of MT. F. Q. Burk- !hardt, of the Alaska Pacific Fish cries, who paid for and furnish ed his cannery tender, the I"Chilkoot," with men, nets, na- tive guides, etc. I hal asked for Q qcciStancn fr0no o11 inc canYnrv-
The Alaskan., 1929-02-22

You can tell the size of a man and the principle of his character by his enemies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

damaged two adjacent structures and
caused the death Of at least one man.
Three persons were injured and one is
missing. The blast occurred at 6:23
pm. in building used. on, the ground
floor as . paint and varnish warehouse.
Within few seconds fire broke out in
the two adjoining buildings.
The dead man, who had not been
identified early today wEs blown into
the street as he passed the building.
The three injured persons were knocked
down, suffering minor hurts. Herbert
Talon, head of a furnishing company,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
RUM PLOT CHARGE
BRINGS COLLAPSE
Suspended Harbormaster of
Belle Isle, Near Detroit,
Unable to Appear.
BY the Associated Press.

DETROIT, April 12.-Suspended yes
terday after charges against him that
he had utilized his position as harbor-
master and head Of the police detail on
Belle Isle to aid rum runners in NOV
ing liquor from Canada here, Capt. Jo-
seph A. Burkheiser must face the po-
lice TRIAL board as soon as his. health
will permit
Following his suspension yesterday,
BurEheiser was reported to have SUI
fered. q complete nervous collapse" He
was taken to hospital.
Called worst Scandal"
Police Commissioner William P. Rut-
ledge characterized the incident the
worst scandal in the history of the De-
troit police department" and added that