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President REQ Motor Car Company

have originated and still more are we utterly un-
able to comprehend how responsible publica-
ton could permit so potentially dangerous story
to find its way into its columns without having
made an exhaustive effort to check it's accuracy
"And yet, so far was this from the fact that
even the Detroit representative of the publication
knew nothing whatever of the story in advance
of its publication; on the contrary he was unwil-
ing to believe that such story had been printed
until he had called the New York office of the
paper and assured himself that it had indeed been
published
ITO be sure, the REQ Motor Car Company-in
common, we suppose, with all other automobile
manufacturers-is experimenting with eight-cyl-
inder motors. We have been for more than ten
years. We have been experimenting with V-type
Fights, with straght-eights- and even with nine
cylinder motor.
But right now we don't know that we shall
ever build an eight-cylinder automobile If we
do it will be only after we are convinced that the
most serious Of the engineering difficulties that
now seem to attend the designing and building of
an entirely satisfactory eight-cylnder motor have
been surmOunted.
IF we ever do decide to build an eight-cylin-
der automobile, not only is such an automobile not
in production, as stated in the Automotive Daily
News, but has not even been designed Whether
such car ever will be designed is for the future
to determine. Certainly we do not know. Which
means that if we were to decide today to build an
eight, it would be matter of many months-per-
haps even years-before the work of designing
and experimenting and testing could be COM
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pleted; the plant could be re-tooled; and produc-
ton be gotten under way.
1T is obvious, in view of the facts, how ridicu-
lousy false the story is. And propose to prove
the falsity of the story, once and for ALL in the
trial of the libel suit.
"And finally not only | but our entire engineer
ing staff have yet to see the eightcylinder motor
for which we would trade the six-cylinder motor
with which our Master Flying Cloud is powered.
That motor is smoother, better balanced, more
satisfactory in performance than any Of the eight
cylinder motors that have yet come under our OBJ
servatiOn-either those of competitive cars or
those experimental motors that have been de-
signed and built in our own engineering depart
ment. We have been experimenting with and
testing eight-cylinder cars of various nakes-in-
Guiding at least one that sells for hundreds Of dol
lars more than the highest-priced REQ we build;
but for my own use have not seen one Of them
that would willingly accept as a substitute for
our own six-cylinder motor
And you may be sure that if and when we do
decide to build an eight-cylinder car, it will be
when we are convinced that we are thereby go
ing to be able to give the public better automo-
bile than we are now building
TN twenty-five years of building automobiles,
the REQ Motor Car Company has never permitted
itself to be stampeded into yielding its deliberate
conviction to considerations of expediency; and
it will not do so now. Reo's reputation is the re-
suit of Reos conscientious effort always to build
good automobiles always better automobiles:
and that aim will continue to actuate the manage
ment of this Company"
r. III. SCOTT, President
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
OLD LAVA DUST
DISCOVERED

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, March
25 u.N.SJ.-Evidence of at least
six volcanic eruptions that deluged
Pennsylvania with fine dust de
posits was recently discovered In
the limestone formations of this
district by Prof. G. a. Bonine, head
of the department of geology and
minerology of Pennsylvania State
College.
This was the first time volcanic
dust has been discovered in any
earth deposits of Pennsylvania,
Prof. Bonine said His discovery
was suhstantiated by Prof. A. P.
Honness, also of Penn State, who
examined the specimen deposits.
The deposits are very fine grained
clay, formed by the alteration Of
the dust-like PARTICLES of volcanic
ash as they fell into the inlani
sea that covered this region sew.
eral million years ago.
Six beds of the volcanic ash were
discovered. each measuring from
one inch to Eine inches in thick
ness. The beds were grouped into
three zones, three in one forma-
ton, two in another, and one in a
third According to Prof. Bonine.
these zones were formed approx.
mately 1000. 900 years apart.
The volcanic vents from which
the ash was blown were probably
in Kentucky or Virginia, where
beds of simila: ash Of the same
GEOLOGICAL age have been found.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
SENATOR'S BOON
CAPITOL HILL

Washington society was wonder
ing today whether a new fashionable
residential circle is to be created
within the shadow of the CapitoFs
dome.
The fact that Senator Hiram w.
johnson (R.) of California, forced
out of his Colonial mansion In
Maryland by his feud with Senator
T. H. Caraway CD of Arkansas,
had purchased an old home on
Maryland Avenue, within stones
throw of the Capitol, gave the
society matrons something to talk
about.
Others i'm NeihbOrhOOd
johnson followed the lead of
Senator Porter II. Dale R) of Yer
mont, who bought a mansion re-
Gently on B Street Northeast, just
a block from the Capitol grounds.
Senators George w. Norris (R) OF
Nebraska, Joe r. Robinson Cd of
Arkansas. aUd Carl Hayden Do OF
Arizona have lived for some time
in an apartment house on Mary
land Avenue, at the edge of the
Capitol park.
Senators to Capitol Hill, the trend
may be to revive the ancient GUS
tom OF legislators to live within
sight of the Capitol In early days,
Washington's legislative society
lived almost exclusively on Capitol
Hill.
Caraway Winner
The Johnson Caraway feud mean
while has ended with Caraway in
full possession OF Johnson's old
home, the famous Calvert Manor
at Riverdale. Md. Johnson had oc-
cupied the old Colonial homestead
for many years under leases and
awoke one morning to learn that
Caraway had purchased it.
The Arkansas Senator promptly
gave notice he expected Johnson
to vacate the property and the two
Senators have been at war ever
since. JohnsOn's last lease ran out
on March 4 and he purchased the
old home near the Capitol. leaving
the Maryland manor to Caraway.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
BEAUTY'S WILL
BR|NGSR ROW

NEW YORK, March 25 U,N.Sl.-
The will of Leila Whitehead, mys-
terious Texas beauty, who died sud
denly last Thursday in her luxuri-
Gus Forest Hills home. will be
opened today in the presence of
her sister, Mrs. Harris Fondren
and James D. Collins, her fiance.
Bennett Z. Siegelstein. the dead
womans attorney. believes the
estate will total $250,000.
Siegelstein's statement is scarcely
compatible with assertions made by
Collins. who declared the woman
was in penury just before her death
and had been Obliged to take a
$4,000 mortgage on her home.
Collins, who was Co-occupa1t
Of the Forest Hills home and who
benefits from her estate, according
to Siegelstein. said he planned to
marry Miss Whitehead as soon as
he obtained divorce, petition for
which is on file in Connecticut.
Collins said the girls stepuncle,
John Henry Kirby, muiti.millionaire
lumberman of Houston. Tex. had
cut off an allowance when he
learned Of her affection for Collins
and OF the fact that Collins had
been living in the Forest Hills
home.
Word reaching here today IN
dicated that another sister of Miss
Whitehead'S Mrs. s. II. Rittman, of
San Antonio, Tex. had collapsed
and died on learning of Leila's
death
The Washington times., 1929-03-25

The principal observances of the
week will begin on Maundy\ Thurs
day in churches of several denomi-
nations. Good Friday. the most sor-
rowful anniversary in Christendom,
will be marked by ritualistic devo.
tions of the greatest soIemnity.
Lent will come to close at Sat
urday noon, and preparations will
be made throughout the city for
the annual brilliant and joyful serv-
ices of Easter Sunday.
Special Masses
In all Catholic churches. the pur-
pie coverings of holy objects will
he removed on Saturday, following
the special masses and tenebrae
services of the preceding days. In
the churches and at the Franciscan
Monastery. altars will he decorated
with flowers and candles on next
Sunday morning. IT,.
Daily communion services and
evensong will be the order Of the
week at the Washington Cathedral,
and especially impressive services
will be held there next Sunday.
One of the principal religious
events on the calendar for Easter
morning will be the sunrise service
at Walter Reed Hospital.
Vacation Thursday
Next Thursday will also see the
departure from schools and colleges
OF thousands of Washington students
for their Easter vacations. 1t is also
expected that the yearly throng OF
visitors to the Capital will begin ia
pour into the city hy Friday evening.
Florists are stocking up large sup
plies Of Easter lilies. and confection.
ers are already displaying the rhOco.
late eggs and other seasonal candies,
while the windows Of the toy shops
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~ The Lyon Park C""den q,
xrneets tonight at Z o'clock.
German MilliOnaires
" Scarce Since the War

BERLIN. March 25 S.2.-War
and initiation have wrought havoc
among German millionaires. ..
The number of individual persons
possessing more than one million
marks $3.50. .O00 has dropped from
s15,547 before the war to 2335 at
She present time. Only 33 of these
persons possess more than ten mil.
lion marks against 22s before The
war;
German wealth subject to taxa
. ..tion before the war totalled 49,
: 100 900 900 marks. Now IL totals
Sonly 97.s0O.O0o 900 marks. despite
the depreciation Of Money through.
out the world.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
Father Thought He Must
Dig Grave for Own Child

NORRISTON, Pa, March ga
grieving father VINO misunderstood
a physicians directions was halted
as he started to dig grave in st.
Matthews Cemetery. Conshohocken,
in which to bury his infant.
Edward Gallagher, caretaker,, came
upon the man after he had dug sew
eral feet into the earth. Nearby,
covered with a cloth, lay the body
of the infant.
Police were summoned. The man
said he was Edward Zebus, of
Swedesburg. Investigation revealed
the child had died from natural
causes. and Zebus had misunder-
stood the instructions of the at
tending physician.
Zebus was released after being
advised how to arrange proper
burial.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
Colorado Knights Join
In One Easter Service

DENVER, March 25 uN.S9.-
All Colorado Communicates of
Knights Templars will join in a
single Easter Sunday sunrise SER
vice through the use Of radio.
The main meeting will be held
in the City Auditorium in Denver,
and the numbers broadcast by Sta
ton KOA. Programs of the af-
fair will be distributed to all chap
ters of the knights Templars
throughout the State.
A crowd of more than 10000 are
expected to attend the services at
$50 q. m. in the auditorium.
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RESERVE BOARD
POLICY BRAKE
MARKET
BY MERRYLE STANLEY
RUKEYSER

NN1AAL SAlN
1CopyriEht. 1899. Universal Services. Inc
NEW YORK, March 25.-It is
an arresting question for mental
speculation how large brokers'
loans would now he If the Federal
Reserve had maintained a hands.
off policy.
After Is months of more or less
consistent efforts on the part of
,,the central banking authorities to
exercise a restraining influence,
collateral loans to brokers last
week attained the highest peak
in the history of speculation. Many
thoughtful observers in the
financial district lean to the view
that by attempting to sit on the
lid the Federal Reserve, though
thus far unsuccessful, has kept
the speculative situation scunder
than it otherwise would be,
Brake on Market
This theory rests on the as
sumption that the three rises in
the rediscount rate, the series of
warnings, and the open market
gspolicy contributed somewhat to
checking the ardor of spectators
s.desiring to acquire stocks at ris-
ing prices on borrowed funds.
- The extent to which the Reserve
attitude kept the demand for
stocks more reasonable than it
"7otherwise might have been is. of
course, a question of degree. The
policy did at times act as a brake
( on market which otherwise
would have shown runaway ten
$dencies. However, if the spec
.ulation for the rise had been
free and unbridled, it might have
ssxone to such excesses as to- have
brought on it's own correction
more quickly. In Col. Leonard P.
: ,Ayres' words, bull = speculation
might have committed suicide.
ION the other hand, the therapeu-
tic treatment administered by the
Federal Reserve has enabled the
bull to keep reasonably we'll and
to linger on.
Another Aspect
--l There is another aspect to the
question. BY its policy, the Fed,
: eral Reserve has ushered in
period of higher interest rates,
which in effect has enlarged the
,~ available supply of funds for
speculative purposes. High in
terest rates proved the bait which
brought the so-called outlaw lend
ers into the money market, and
they-the ,nonbanking enders--
7 Are now contributing more than
$ half Of the funds lent to brokers.
!. Most Of the increase in 'brok+
I. Frs loans since the restrictive
campaign started has been in
loans for the account of others.
Loans placed by New York banks
for their own account have actu-
ally declined during this period.
This paradox of the money mar
ket is gradually .dawning on
bankers, and in some quarters
sentiment is growing for a lower
schedule of interest rates in or
der to. discourage nonbankings
leaders from staying in the mar
ket to take advantage of current
opportunities for abnormally high
interest rates. In his Cincinnati
address, however, Roy A. Young,
governor. OF the Federal Reserve
Board, opposed this viewpoint,
saying that a decline III the re-
discount rate would be nisrepre-
sented by spectators as lets
go" signal.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
Riflemen of York to
Restore Old StatehOuse

YORK, Pa. March 25 U.N.SJ.-
The Riflemen of York. composed
of descendants Of soldiers OF the
Continental Army. are planning to
restore the Old State House which
stood in Continental Square here
more than $50 years ago.
The old State House was the
meeting place of the Continental
Congress for nine months after
that body fled Philadelphia during
the Revolutionary war.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25

are crowded with effigies of rabbits,
chickens and ducklings.
The first hints of what the we'll.
dressed Washingtonian will wear this
spring were given yesterday. when
thousands of Easter purchases were
given a showing along the avenues.
Clothing stores expect a rushing
business during the week, however,
as Easter Sunday officially opens
the spring attire season.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
Bids and Proposals

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission,
Navy Building, Washington, D. C?-Sealed
bids will be received in this office until
and then publicly opened in Room 1913
Navy Building. for the construction OF the
foundations for the Bridge Plaza and
water Gate of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge project. Approximate quantities Of
finished work are: Wood piles, II .376
linear feet: concrete piles 25. l65 linear
feet. concrete for foundation piers, 3@O
cubic Yards: concrete for fooiinEs hSse
slabs, etc. > 20s2 cutbie yards; reinforcing
steel. 34575O pounds. Further intorma'
ton upon application.
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Motor Coach Schedules

WINCHESTER. via Alex. MlddlehurE and
Upperville Valley line connections. leave
z 80 a. NJ. IL neon. 4 80 p. m. 9th b Pa.
Ave. n. W N o493. Met. 1914.
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The UnknolUn Coolidge
Told BY Lambert

Calvin Coolidge retired from the Presidency in the belief
that left the Government lin good condition. and with
the satisfaction that he had made many friends and
feuds will be disclosed in article, The Other Side
of Business President" by John Lambert in the April
nf Natinn's
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
Holy Week Services
Begin in Churches

Holy Week. the final days of the Lenten season, be-
yesterday with special Palm Sunday services in the
churches of the Capital Daily services of various natures
planned for many Washington congregations.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
$3.50
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Overlooking Sherman Cir.
Large Colonial brick home. 9 well
arranged rooms. tiled bath, large
sleeping porch inclosed as room break
fast porch screened and front porch
hot-wateP heat electric lights. two
car garage theatedl Deem lot and
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DINNER At
:. Cf|[[RRYDALE

!. ARLINGTON COUNTY, March
25.-Arrangements for the thirteenth
annual banquet of the Cherrydale
fire department Thursday night in
the auditorium of the Firemen $
Hall were completed at a meeting
sof the general committee last night,
with Chairman Luther w. Strobel
presiding.
4" Among the speakers will be Sen
ator T. H. C4raway of ARKANSAS,
Representative John E. Rankin of
Mississippi; Hugh Reid, member of
the Virginia house of delegates;
Walter L. Varney president of the
,Arlington-Fair Firemens, Asso.
citation, and Rotert E. Janson, for.
.n1er president. Other invited guests
are Governor Harry F. Byrd. chair.
man of the Virginia Park and Plan
ming Commission: Chief George 5.
Watson and Lieut. K. W. Weston,
of the District Fire Department,
Edward Duncan, chairman of the
board of supervisors from Jefferson
district: e. Z. TurEburke, supervisor
from Washington district; B. NJ
Nedrick, supervisor from Arlington
district. and Circuit Court Judge
Howard W. Smith. ,-
Luther W. Serobe1, president of
the department, will he toastmaster.
The invocation will be by the Rev.
Elmer Lucas, pastor of the Cherry
dale Baptist Church.
The banquet will be served by the
women's auxiliary. of which Mrs.
Luther w. Strobol is president,
s+ The Lyon Park C""den Club
sfneets tonight at Z o'clock.
Mrs. Paul C. Bischoff of Cherry
dale. and her daughter, Mary
Louise, narrowly escaped serious
injury when struck by an automo-
lhile while on their way to church
yesterday at Milwood Avenue and
the Lee Highway. They suffered
many bruises, but DR.. J. NJ. Walton
said they are not serious.
County Commissioner of Revenue
Harry K. Green, who has been
confined to his home in Clarendon
the past two weeks, is said to be
improving.
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JIM GORDON MEETS
DEATH IN COLLISION

The death of Jim Gordon, which
was narrated last week with no par
ticulars, is more fully given at this
time, words having been received from
Hank Krebsbach, who is brother-in-
law of the deceased.
Mr.. Gordon, who is employed a
short distance from Los Angeles, had
contracted a cold, and was coming to
the city to get medical attention,
being escorted by a friend and his
car. Just as they were entering Los
Angeles they collided with a big
truck and in the collision, Mr.. Cor
don's skull was fractured in three
places. He lay unconscious for 4C
hours following the accident and ther
passed quietly away.
Jim Gordon was well known to the
old-timers of Plentywood and Red
stone, having lived in Sheridan coun
ty about eight years, leaving for the
west coast in 1917. He leaves (
wife who is sister of Henry Krebs
bach of this city, and many other rel
atives and friends to mourn his pass
ing.
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FATHER OF FORMER
CONTINUED from page one)


Patterson was a great Democrat lead
er and power in the community for
the past fifteen years. In 1913 he was
appointed assistant Clerk of Court,
which position he held until in No
vember, 1916, when he was elected
Judge of the County Court at the
general election, and so remained UNI
til January, 1925. In 1920, when the
entire country went under in a Re-
publican landslide, Judge Patterson
was the only Democrat, to retain of
flee for the Democrat party. He was
Past Chief of the Caledonian lodge
of Walsenburg, for 49 years mem
Der of the Fremont lodge No. SO, l.
o. o. F at Florence, and charter
member of Eureka lodge A. F. &
A. NJ, the Masonic order having
charge at the grave. The Independ-
ent with the community feel that we
have lost a leader and friend and
extend sympathy to those bereaved."
Judge Patterson was the grand
father of Joseph and Sam Patterson
and Mrs. Melvin Rongstad living
south of Dagmar and the community
in which they live extend sympathy to
them in their loss.