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Evening star., 1930-12-17
Secretary of Military Junta,
Now in Control, Notifies
Envoy of Change.
FORMER WAR MINISTER
KILLED IN FIGHTING
Gen. 0rellana Designated as Pro-
visional President-Tranquil-
lity Prevails Today.
BY the Associated Press-

BY the Associated Press.
Minister Recinos of Guatemala was
notified by message from his country
today that the government of President
Palma had been overthrown.
The message was signed by Rodriguez
Beteta, secretary general of the mill
tary junta described as now in control
Of the government.
The message. said Gen. Mauro de
Leon, former minister of war, was killed
In the fighting yesterday. and said that
tranquility prevailed today.
Gen. Manuel Orellana, a well known
military leader, has been designated as
provisional President of the republic
Only yesterday the American govern
ment formally recognized Senior Palma
as cnle1 executive OF Guatemala.
The recognition was in the form of
9 message from President Hoover To
Palma wishing him success In his new
office. az"
Gen. Orellana has served many years
IN the Guatemalan army and was
relative of former President Orellana
who died in 1926.
DR.. Recinos said the revolt apparently
was inspired by desire of the nilitary
leaders to return the country to con-
stltutionality. He said the Liberal
party Of Guatemala had co-operated
with the military leaders to bring this
about.
Gen. Leon was described at the lega-
tion as the first designate appointed by
the General Assembly last March to
succeed to the presidency, If anything
should prohibit President Chacon from
carrying on. The fact that he was side
tracked In the provisional government
set up by Bautilio Palma, second desig-
nate 10 the presidency, was held at the
Iegauon 10 nave caused yesterdays
armed outbreak.
DR.. Recinos said that the junta which
attempted to place Leon In power had
the moral support of the whole country.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
NEW EMPLOYMENT
CENSUS ORDERED
Figures for 20 Selected Cities
to Be Taken in January,
Worst Period of Year.

A second effort to obtain an accurate
national picture of the unemployment
situation will be made by the Census
Bureau in 20 selected cities beginning
January 15
AS revealed by William M Steuart,
chief of the Census Bureau, plans for
the recount call for the determination
Of the 20 cities by the Secretary of
Commerce in joint conference with, or
at least on the counsel of, representa-
ttves of the labor and industrial groups
which have an active interest in en-
ployment.
Although the cities have not vet been
named, Mr.. Steuart said today that
Washington will not be one ct those in
which the unemployment recount is to
be made.
VIII Follow Same Lines.
In the new unemployment census. the
bureau chief explained, the question:
naire will follow closely "and probably
exactly" the same line pursued in the
April census so as to elicit the same
kind of information applying to unem-
ployment. The recount will be made,
as far as possible, by the same enumer-
ators and the same supervisors who
worked on the April census, he added.
Correspondence in his hands today, he
added, indicates that virtually the same
corps Of census takers would be avail
able next month.
Mr.. Steuart declared that the new
unemployment census is to be made
largely In response to the criticism of
the regular enumeration. It was charged
that the April count did not represent
true picture of unemployment, as, it
was contended, similar count made in
Midwinter would Therefore, he said.
the middle Of January has been chosen
as the time which would show the worst
situation Of the year.
Result viii Be Quick.
1t was pointed out on Mr.. Steuart's
behalf today that the experience gained
by the Washington staff in the Census
Bureau will enable the results of the
unemployment recount to be published
within a week of the day the enumera-
ton is begun. In some cities, 1t was
said, the results probably will be avail
able within three days of the compile
ton of the count.
In determining the 20 cities in which
the new enumeration is to be made It
was explained that every effort will be
made to choose localities which would
provide the best cross-section of the
country at large. 1t is for this reason,
1t was learned at the Department of
Commerce, that every group which has
an interest in the employment situation
is being invited to participate in the
selection Of the cities. All correspond
ence on this subject is expected to reach
the Commerce Department by the end
OF next week, so that careful considera-
ton may be given in choosing the 20
communities in time to make adequate
preparations for the enumeration itself.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
DOCUMENT BRINGS ST, 900

NEW YORK, December II R.-The
original letters patent restoring the
Province Of Pennsylvania to William
Penn, in 1894. brought 1890 at auc-
ton here yesterday.
The patent was issued by a writ of
privy seal by william and Mary of Eng
land, at Westminster. and contains the
portrait OF william, the royal crest and
other armorial designs. The seal Is
lacking.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
FLYERS MAY RIDE TO SAFE HAVEN
UPON TUNEFUL WAVES OF RADIO
Herbert Hoover, Jr Develops Device That Supplements
Radio Beacon in Guiding Planes.

When the antennae catches a broad
cast from any point, the needle on the
dial points to the direction of that sta
ton. The operation supplements radio
plane Is beyond the sphere Of airways
so equipped.
For instance, the pilot Is hopelessly
lost in fog on the way from New York
to Pittsburgh. He tunes in on KDKA
and finds that his dial indicates he is
flying in the direction of Buffalo. He
swings his ship to the left until the
pointer is over dead center and flies
into port to the advice of home eco
nomics lecture.
The mechanism recently has UNDER
gone q successful two-month test on
the 32-passenger Fokkers operating BE-.
tween San Francisco and Los AngelaA
Evening star., 1930-12-17
Love andHoneyEnter
Chicagoan's LifeWith
Big Kick and Punch
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 17-Love
and honey came into the life of
Harry Somerfeld, but, apparently,
he objected to their manner of
arrival.
Elmer Love and Haycraft
Honey were in Loves car when it
collided with Somerfeld's. All
three men alighted.
Love" testified Somerfeld,
hit me in the jaw, and Honey
kicked me-"
He asked for $4,000, but the
jury thought $4,000 would be
enough.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
New Jersey Judges Opinion
Holding Amendment In
valid Spurs Action.
RATIFICATION DECLARED
IMPROPERLY EXECUTED
Enforcement Ordered Continued
Despite Decision-0ther
Jurists Ignore It.

An appeal from Federal Judge Clark's
decision that the eighteenth amend
ment is invalid will be taken direct to
the United States Supreme Court, the
Justice Department made known today
Philip Foreman, United States district
attorney for New Jersey, conferred with
Justice Department officials here today
and will leave tonight to perfect Pc
tition for appeal, which can be filed at
any time within 80 days.
At conference between c. A. Young
ouist, Assistant Attorney General in
charge of prohibition enforcement;
Foreman and Howard T. Jones, assist
ant prohibition director, it was decided
to request the Supreme Court to pass
upon the issues raised by Judge Clark
at Newark
Procedure Questioned.
The eighteenth amendment is in
valid, Judge Clark ruled, in uuashine
an indictment against William Sprague.
because it was ratified by State Legis-
Iathres and not by constitutional con-
Ventions elected by the people.
The Governments action is based on
title ID, section 682, of the United States
code, which cites the right of the Gov
ernment to appeal direct to the Supreme
Court In cases of decisions uuashing
an indictment on the basis of the in
validity of the statute on which the in
dtctment is founded.
Foreman's procedure will be to file
with Judge Clark a petition for appeal
Along with the petition and the order
allowing 1t will go to the Supreme Court
q copy of the indictment brought against
Sprague. the defendant; a copy of the
motion to quash the Indictment; the
order sustaining that motion and the
copy Of the courts opinion.
Then Rests With Court.
1t will then rest with the Supreme
Court TO assign the appeal a place on
ltS calendar for hearing.
Meanwhile, Prohibition Director Wood
COCK moved to continue the enforce
ment OF prohibition under the EIGHT
eenth amendment in New Jersey. IN
telegram TO Louis j. Tut, deputy nro-
said: -4e
DO not be discouraged by Judge
Clarks decision. Garry on
OTHER JUDGES CARRY ON.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
"FlRST WHITE HOUSE"
IS DOOMED FOR GARAGE
One of Foremost Specimens of Col
onial Architecture, in Phila-
delphia, to Be Torn Down.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December 1.-THE
Powell mansion, considered one of the
foremost specimens of Colonial arch
itecture and often spoken of as "the
first White House." is to be torn down
to make way for an open-air garage.
During the Revolutionary era the
structure was the scene of many social
events. Its living room has been trans
planted entirely to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, and its
drawing room is in the Philadelphia
Art Museum.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 17-A gadget
that viii guide the wandering flyer
home on the wave lengths of "Amos
and Andy" or the Maine Stein Song"
will be demonstrated before the Army
Air Corps in Washington, D. c., next
week.
Geonrey @. Kruesi of Los Angeles,
research engineer for Western Air Ex-
press, arrived here yesterday on his way
to Washington and gave his invention a
try-out. Previous to the official tests,
he will 60 to Asheville, N. c., to con-
fer with Herbert Hoover, jr., who de-
veloped the device.
1t consists Of loop antennae mount
ed on the fuselage Of the plane and q
reading dial on the instrument board.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
POINCARE IMPROVED:
RECOVERY POSSIBLE
Oficial Bulletin Raises Hope as
Illness Holds Attention
Of Entire Nation.
BY the Associated Press.

." WIG EtooOC4dICu FIC38,
PARIS, December 17.-Friends of
Raymond Poincare, Frances most illus
trious statesman, found hope today in
the ofncial medical bulletin from the
sick mans bedside, indicating that his
physicians view the future more favor
ably in the light of improvement in
the patients condition during the night.
The condition of the former Presi-
dent, who last Saturday suffered a vas
cular spasm, this morning shows an
Improvement which justif1es hope for
the future" said bulletin issued by
the attending physicians.
"A vascular spasm is a form of
paralysis affecting the body tissues and
impeding their normal function.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
SPEEDING TRAIN FAILS TO ROUSE
MAN MAPPING ON RIGHT OF WAY
Neither Does Screeching of Brakes Waken Him. but
Engineer Finally Succeeds.

disturbed. There was q screeching Of
brakes as the engineer sighted the re-
cumbent figure In the locomotives
headlights. But Murphy kept right on
sleeping and the engineer found him
still dead to the world after the heavy
train had come to a jolting stop, with
the engines cowcatcher three feet away.
In q magistrates court he told the
judge he had no desire to kill himself.
His choice Of bed. he said. was tTiadver.
tent. The judge let him go.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
OTHER JUDGES CARRY ON.
Refuse 70 Be Bound by Adverse Ruling
on Amendment.

on Amendment.
NEWARK, N. J.. December II OP.-
Feoeral Judge William Runyon, hearing
William Clark ruled adversely on the
validity of the eighteenth amendment.
declined today to dismiss a defendsR
charged with liquor law violation.
am not Of necessity bound by the
decision Of Judge Clark" he said. INV
conception is that the eighteenth
amendment has been passed on by the
supreme Court and is binding on all
Judges Of lesser jurisdiction"
Federal Judge Guy L. Fake did not
slt today. He said he would withhold
iegal comment until liquor case was
brought before him.
sides be represented in case at hand,
/ cannot express myself until a case
makes decision necessary"
The hrst liquor raid after announce
ment Of the decision was made under
direction of George S. Hobart, prosecu-
tor OF Bergen County, who as a member
OF the Legislature sponsored the Hobart
act the State enforcement measure. He
LED squad Of police in a raid on the
ElNersloe Boat d Yacht Club early to-
oay- Thirty men and women were ar
rested.
Judge Clark held that ratification of
the eighteenth amendment by the State
Legislatures was not the method pre-
Scribed by article for adoption of
amendments which transfer powers from
the States to the Federal Government.
He held that the amendment to be valid
should have been ratified in constitu-
tional conventions in the several States
My decision c1mmented .T1dce
Clark, will not affect the operation Of
the prohibition laws in any way. The
Hobart act, the New Jersey enforce
ment Law, is also still in force"
Another Judge Dissents.
Common Pleas Judge William B
Harley at Trenton said that in view of
the fact that every possible phase OF
the question having been threshed out,
he could not conceive of Judge Clark's
decision being sound
4 had part in the drawing of the
briefs in the famous Feigenspan case
in 1920" he said. I'm that case Thomas
T. McCran and Elihu Root represented
Chris Fiegenspan brewer Charles
(Continued on Page 2, Column j.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
MANY HURT IN RIOT

10 STUDENTS Arrested In Uisturb-
ance in Bucharest.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, December II
R).-Many persons were injured, two
seriously, and 18 students were arrested
during demonstrations Of a crowd of
300 Republican students in Bucharest
today.
The students first wished to stage
their manifestation in front of King
Carols palace, but the police cut them
off from the edifice. Thereupon they
went to the police presidents ONCE and
smashed its windows. From there they
went to the Masonic Lodge quarters and
battered in its doors and windows. The
police used their clubs freely in dis
persing the students.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
CONSUL GENERAL ILL

PARIS, December II R.-The
Paris edition of the New York Herald :
Tribune says Nathaniel B. Stewart.
American consul general at Barcelona,
who was taken seriously i'll there, is
now In an American hospital in Paris.
Stewart was unable to sail for Amer
lea on the Leviathan as he planned,
but hopes to be well enough to sail
on its next trip, January 4.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
BOYD MAY FLY SOUTH
Good Will Flight to Buenos Aires
Considered by Canadians.

MONTREAL December II CP).-The
Montreal Gazette today says the Ca
naoian government is considering a
proposal to send Capt. j. Enroll BOYD,
Toronto transatlantic aviator, on a
goodwill flight to South America next
Spring. The flight will coincide with
the British Empire Trade Fair, to be
opened In Buenos Aires by the Prince
Of, Wales: March IL.
Evening star., 1930-12-17

The American embassy at Madrid
advised the State Department today
there were no reports Of the Spanish re-
volt affecting Americans in Spain or
their property.
The official reports have been of a
general nature, confirming press dis
patches on the revolt.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
HITLER DENIED RIGHT
TO SPEAK IN MAGDEBURG
Police Refuse Permission, Fearing
Clashes Between Fascists, Re-
publicans and Communists.

BY the Associated Press.
MAGDEBURG, Germany, December
17.-For the first time since the sensa-
tional September election victory of the
German Fascist party, Adolf Hitler,
leader of the party, has been refused
permission to speak in a German city,
The police here, fearing clashes be-
tween the National Socialists (Fascists)
and the Republican Reichsbanner and
Communists In connection with a
scheduled Hitler mass meeting tomor-
row, issued an order forbidding not only
the Hitler gathering but Communist and
Reichsbanner protest meetings the same
night.
The police order forbids all gathering
indoors or outdoors on Thursday and
all open-air meetings and professions
until January 5.
Tremendous crowds have heard Hit
Ter wherever he has spoken during the
past few days.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
~ the Associated Press.

~ tIlE El9eOIIstEu FIcB8.
WAUKEGAN, H., December 17.-In-
somnia victims might be interested in
the experience Of James Murphy.
Selecting the rock-ballast roadbed of
the Chicago a. Northwestern Railway
for his bed and a steel rail for his pill
low, he lay down for nap.
out of the darkness came q south
hound limited, on time as It sped to-
&nrA CHICAGO. Murphy's sleep was un-
Evening star., 1930-12-17
FOUR sPANIARDs KILLED.

OVIEDO, Spain, December II Dr.
-Four rioting workmen were killed today
when the civil guard fired into a mob
which created q disturbance at the
coal mines near Sama de Lambreo.
AMERICANS SAFE IN SPAIN.
Evening star., 1930-12-17

Cameron Morrison, former Governor
OF North Carolina, was sworn in today
as Senator TO succeed the late Senator
Ovefnan.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
Fog Blankets London.

LONDON, December II R).-Lon-
dons noon was black as midnight to-
day. so heavy was the fog hanging over
the city
Evening star., 1930-12-17
SHINES HEIRESS WEDS
Daughter of Late German Finan-
cier Marries Movie Producer.

LONDON. December II (P).-Fraulein
Clarenore SHINES, daughter of the late
Hugo SHINES, was married today at a
quiet ceremony in the registry office to
Carl Soederstrom, the Swedish motion
picture producer, who accompanied her
on world tour two years ago.
The bride, handsome young woman
wore a gray squirrel coat and a black
hat. The couple will leave in a few
days for wedding trip through Sweden
and Germany.
Evening star., 1930-12-17

Radio Programs On Page ca
Evening star., 1930-12-17
SMART
But Inexpensive

Things of the latest Style
that are Smart, but mex
pensive, are plentiful in the
stores.
The best of them at re-
duced prices are advertised
in The Star, the daily shop
ping guide in over 100000
of Wa S h ing t MS best
homes.
You are advised, for your
own comfort and conven-
ience, to start your shop
ping early tomorrow morn
ing when the stores are not
overcrowded.
Evening star., 1930-12-17

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1930-12-17
WEATHER.
I q Waathnr Rnrnnm u.

els.sdy, probably followed by snow to-
nfeal and tomorrow morning; slowly ris-
ing temperature; minimum temperature
about IS degrees. TemperatureS-High-
est ~, at $3.50 pm. yesterday: lowest, is,
at. 3 am. today. Full report on page 9.
Evening star., 1930-10-30

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each pair 81 inches wide and
21z yards long. Made with
the smart French edge.
Evening star., 1930-10-30
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Evening star., 1930-10-30
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Evening star., 1930-10-30
Lamps Reduced for Clearance i!

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Evening star., 1930-10-30
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Evening star., 1930-10-30

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08

THE housewife who has retreated with smart
ing eyes before the gas arising from lard
spilled on o hot stove will qualify as an expert
on gas leakage from mechanical refrigerators.
If present tests warrant a commercial applica-
ton.
The acrid gas caused by the lard is known as
acroein, and this chemical has been found to
work successfully when mixed with methyl
chloride one Of the common media for mechani-
cal refrigerators.
From the viewpoint of relative toxicity,
methyl chloride Is considerably less toxic than
the two other commonly used media for
mechanical refrigeration-namely sulphur di-
oxide and ammonia-the Bureau of Mines points
out
Too much emphasis Is often placed on the
toxcity of a gas or vapor being complete
measure of the hazard to health, and accord
ingly the tendency is to respect the more toxic
and tolerate the less toxic, says the bureau.
This often results in serious trouble. Toxicity
is only one of the factors to be considered in
evaluating health hazards. Volatility, warning
properties and potential exposure are also
important.
In the report of a study of the toxicity OF
methyl chloride made by the Pittsburgh expert
ment station of the Bureau of Mines recon-
mendation was made to add a substance to the
methyl chloride to give 1t offensive or warning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08

properties. Manufacturers of methyl chloride
and refrigerating devices using methyl chloride
have seriously considered that recommendation,
and have conducted research which led to the
development of acrolein as an apparently suit
able warning agent for their product.
Acrolein gives distinct warning in concentTa-
tons as low as one part per million parts OF
air and is intolerable when present in amounts
as large as three to five parts per million. When
small amounts are added to methyl chloride
similar warning properties are impaired TO the
methyl chloride, so that its escape into the air
breathed by persons is quickly and readily
detected.
Enough Of the warning agent is added to the
nethyl chloride TO make non-injurious
centratons Of methyl chloride detachable and
Immediately injurious concentrations intoIer-
able. thereby compelling persons to leave the
dangerous atmoSpheres.