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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-27
ENGINEERS SEEK
| AQUEDUCT ROUTE
Earthquakes. Present In.
usual Problem in Handling
Big Water Project.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 27.-The pos
sibility OF earthquakes presents spe-
cial problem In building the new ESQ
mile aQueduct from the Colorado River
to Southern California.
ThaddeuS Merriman chairman of the
engineering board to select the route,
says the aqueduct will be the longest
ever built.
1t VIII bring water impounded by the
Hoover Dam to Los Angeles and 10
other nearby cities.
Van Could BE Driven Through Tube.
The aqueduct will be a concrete lined
tube, so large that the biggest moving
van easily could be driven through any
part of Il.
Fifteen hundred cubic feet of water
every second will be its capacity,
enough to I'LL lake a quarter of mile
long, 800 feet wide and IA feet deep
every hour.
Difficulties that face engineers, no
matter which of four possible routes
Is chosen. were described by Merriman,
who is chief engineer of the New York
City water system.
Earthquakes, he said. may occur in
the region the aqueduct will traverse,
because the San Gabriel and San
Bernardino Mountains are still In proc
ess of being uplifted. Earth disturb
ances are likely to center along the
line Of the great San Andreas fault,
which the aqueduct must cross.
A fault" is the biologists term for
division between two tremendous Sec
tons of the earth's crust. When an
earthquake occurs one or both sections
may shift its position. breaking any
thing such as the aqueduct that passes
through both sections.
Biologists have been trying to find
the best place for the aqueduct to cross
the San Andreas fault. Merriman said.
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Even then an earthquake cannot be
prevented from breaking the tube.
A gate near a danger point to shut
of the flow in case of break Is i'm
practicable, he explained. Pressure Of
the water behind the gate and of the
earth above the aqueduct would burst
the tube.
The pressure could be relieved by
opening a gate in the side Of the aque-
duct. but a large river channel would
be required to carry away the resulting
flood.
we can only hope there won't be
an earthquake" Merriman said.
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Tops of Ash Cans
Used i'm Yosemite
For TObogganing
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Canned sports have arrived to
take their place on the athletic
diet of the American public, and
officials of Yosemite National
Park are preparing for a great
canning season.
Each year thousands of tour
lists take the ash can covers in the
park and use them for toboggans
SO heavy has been the demand
that the toboganee must sign for
the 1id-and last years records
disclosed $500 signed for in one
day.
Two rangers are assigned to the
bottom Of the Yosemite slide to
unravel the sliders from snow
banks, which serve as buffers.
Others keep track of the covers,
and rides are limited to five a
day for each holder.
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SOCIAL REGISTER ADDS
LINDBERGHS TO LIST
Gene Tunney and Wife, Man Who
Married Maid and Woman Who
Wed Playwright Dropped.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 27.-The
1891 social register, catalogue of New
York'S elite, was issued Tuesday,
bringing the usual moments of anxiety
to society eager to know who was lin"
and who was out"
The Charles A. Lindberghs are recog-
nized in the newest edition of the regis
ter, but Gene Tunney and his wife.
the former Polly Lauder, are not men,
toned. The Tunneys were listed in
the Summer register at the time the
former heavyweight champion of the
world was married to the heiress of
the Lauder estate.
william J. Wilcox, jr.. who married
Adelaide Ingebreitzen, maid in his
family's Long Island home, has been
left of the list. Mrs. Preston Sturgess,
who was Eleanor H. Hutton, daughter
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Of the Edward H. Huttons, until she be-
came the wife of the man who wrote
the play. Strictly Dishonorable," also
has been omitted.
Another omission noted by society
folk is DR.. Joseph A. Blake, who mar
had been divorced by the former Mrs.
Clarence MacKay.
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Young Violinist in Concert.

NEW YORK, November ~ Dr.
Mayor Walker signed O permit Tues
day by which Ruggiero Ricci, 11-year-
old violinist may play at a concert Of
the Manhattan Symphony Orchestra
next Sunday, for charity.
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pounds of hippopotamus that had decided not
to bulge. I longed for miracle to compel
this mountain of obstinacy to get up and walk.
But at the end of the afternoon I was still
working there.
Finally sat down for bit and rested my
head against pile of cos-nut sacks. shut
my aching eyes. A small Shrek made me open
them sharply. The sight turned me giddy.
Horace was on his feet, walking sedately into
the transporting cage
Next day many boys carried Horace in his
new cage down to where the surf boat had been
tipped sidewise at the waters edge to help ease
the animal aboard. Riding at anchor in the
harbor was the Dutch ship. At last we reached
the steamer, and at last was rising up her
sides on top of the cage of my hippo, which
was hoisted with tackle. The ship weighed
anchor and we set sail for Konakri.
A T Konakri we loaded Horace on lighter
which bore him to the wharf, where We
landed him with derrick. A cart drawn by
several men received him. At headquarters we
piled two tires of boxes against fence of slaves
to inclose Horace in neat little yard of
his own.
The rains came and made him risky He
arose from his rumination one day to knock
down the fence completely. My son Warren
rushed to save what he could, and Horace
stopped and looked over the boxes at Warren
as if he were, as the boys say, giving him the
laugh" We allowed him to roam at large after
that, since he showed no disposition TO do any
harm.
Late in April we boarded the steamer Half
Moon for New York. Horace quickly became
the pet of all ON board, as he opened his great
mouth for the bananas that crew and passen-
gers brought to him. After the second day,
he ran around at will on deck
It seemed at first that he loved the voyage.
Then he grew pensive. The fifth day out he
remained in his cage, which I covered with
canvas, since he cold. warmed him some
canned milk, into which had been dropped two
tablespoonful of brandy But, rejecting his
food he lay down his weary head. The seventh
day he died.
Horace has cost me much time and trouble.
More than $500 had gone for his capture and
upkeep Somebody suggested that could pre-
serve his head for museum. 1t would have
saved me a little of the loss, but did not
have the desire. Into the sea went Horace, and
some of my heart went with him. I hope to
capture another pigmy hippo. but shall never
feel for him as / felt for my first. There could
be but one Horace
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value in Identification work, in criminal in
Vestigatons and in prosecutions
Suppose the corpse of an unknown person
is found Efforts to learn who he is or where
he came from are failure. The body cannot
be kept indefinitely. In Vienna we would bury
him after the third day. Usually only photo
graph and few articles of clothing remain as
a future means of Identification Pictures Of
dead persons seldom resemble life photographs,
and even close relatives of the deceased cannot
recognize the likeness at times.
With moulage it is different. We make
cast of the face, body scars and other charac-
teristics, and the cast remains as permanent
record. Years later, after the body itself has
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nounced that the number of air commerce
regulations violated were on the increase. A
report for the second quarter Of this year shows
many violations.
There were SO fines, 20 reprimands and So
suspensions of licenses. There were II revo-
cations of licenses and five deniaIs for other
violations
violations of the air commerce regulations
dealing with acrobatics and low flying led the
list of specific offerises," said Mr.. Budwig di-
rector of air regulation. There were 80 viola
tons Of the acrobatic provisions and 81 of the
iow-fying clauses of the regulations. Other
specific violations unlicensed pilot fly
ing licensed plane, IS; flying without naviga-
ton lights, four, and flying without identi-
hcation numbers on planes, three The mis-
cellaneous offenses numbered o."
-Four years ago Nebraska farmer was forced
to build a curious sort of fence to protect his
cattle and poultry from being frightened by
the planes from an adjoining flying school.
For the first few days of the plane maneuvers
following the opening of the school, this farmer
and his family were greatly entertained. But
soon the students started to stunt over his
fields, Swoop down close TO his herd of cattle
and generally upset the routine of farm life.
The hens wouldn't lay and the cows gave less
milk
The farmer went to court about it, but was
refused an injunction on the ground that the
question of air ownership had not been estab-
A4oiicu. hb Sildb Unit low
and stunt flying were rather vague and much
less strictly enforced than at the present time
Since he could get no protection from the
law, the farmer set to work to build a line of
45-foot towers along the boundary of his land
adjacent to the flying field. Between these
towers he strung wire cables making q huge
fence.
THE question of privacy has its interesting
angles in connection with flying. especially
in this day of increasing use of roof space in
the large cities Persons INDUCING in sun baths
have been forced to gather up their dressing
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disintegrated, a relative or a friend may con-
summate the Identification. Moulage also aids
the prosecutor in court. The judge and the
jurors can see with their own eyes the exact
nature of fatal wound, the appearance of an
automobile tire which left its mark at the muir
der scene, the shape of shoe responsible for
a footprint, and so on"
Inspector Watzek has been connected with
the police department in Vienna for "a years.
He is proficient in fingerprint identification,
handwriting examination and microscopic
study of hair, dust, textiles and the like. His
knowledge of fngerprints was brought into play
during the Watkins Bamberger baby mix-up
in Chicago, and he was one of the jury of
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scientists who agreed the parents in that cele-
brated case had obtained the right infants
from the hospital.
Z EELER, fair-haired young Stanford Uni
yersity graduate and medical student, has
attained national prominence through his de-
velopment of tina so-cafled lie descctor, an
instrument for recording variations in blood
pressure and respiration of suspected criminals
under questioning Keeler's enthusiasm over
the possibilities of his curious device is equaled
only by that of Col Goddard, who has much
faith in the machine, and Gus Volmer, who
swears by it as a result of countless tests con-
Quoted under his supervision as chief Of police
in Berkeley. Goddard and Vollmer both join
in prediction that the deception tester"
eventually will supplant the third degree"
method in interrogation of prisoners suspected
of crime although at present there is some
prejudice against it among the uniformed.
"Keeler'S method is the very antitheSis of
the third degree" Col Goddard pointed out,
"for it can be applied only with the fullest
cooperation of the subject whose physical
conpoSure must be perfect if satisfactory re-
suits are to be obtained. Like many other
scientific advances, the technique of the new
method can be carried out only by persons of
scientific training, thoroughly schooled in both
physiology and psychology. There will be
effort made to distribute the lie detectors'
broadcast, and great will be exercised in
selecting the proper candidates for instruction
in their operation"
An idea of the scope Of studies embraced by
the crime laboratory may be cleaned from
perusal of the following subjects listed by Cod
dard for possible research: Bones gastric cons
tents, hanging, industrial accidents, infants
cides, occupational deformities and diseases de-
termination of paternity by blood grouping
tests, poisonS, psychiatry, wounds, explosives,
fires, hngerprints shoe prints, forgeries hand
writing, invisible inks, counterfeiting, ammuni-
ton and guns, teeth textiles, typewriters, ceru-
men, seals Soils jewelry. dust hair and stains.
The services of the laboratory and its staff
are available to all police, governmental and
other law Enforcement agencies at nominal cost.
In certain instances reputable private indi-
vtduals" may make use of the institutions
facilities.
THE Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory
has appeared in America at last and believe
it has come to stay" Col. Goddard declared. "T
predict that within a decade others, more or
less like ours in Chicago, will be functioning in
many of our great cities. In general, they VIII
be integral with the police departments. pos
sibly handicapped by politics and lack Of funds
The old fashioned policeman win look upon
these laboratories with contempt and he will
ignore them in his daily work.
II believe the university iaboza-
tories, working with rather than for the local
police, will make rapid progress To them we
must look for advances In criminology that viii
enable us first to overtake, and finally. firmly
believe, to surpass Europe in the International
warfare against crime" -
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gowns and what remained of their shattered
dignity and flee into the nearest door as some
unkind aviator zoomed overhead.
Carl zoilman, writing in Law of the Air"
visions the possibility of planes lowering over
houses for the express purpose of eayesdropping.
In such an instance, he said, 1.-THE right of
privacy may, therefore become the subject of
law suits in connection with aircraft"
1t is the belief of experts that the solution
of the problems of air rights will be aided
through the development Of uniform laws.
Among the organizations which are working
toward that end at the present time are the
Department of Commerce, the United States
Chamber of Commerce. the Committee on Avia-
ton Law of the American Bar Association, the
Committee on Aeronautcs of the National Con-
ference of Commissioners of Uniform State
Laws and numerous aviation interests
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Neq0 Potato Packing

GALE of already wrapped potatoes is on the
increase In this country and the purchase
may soon find it the general practice to receive
a small sack of potatoes, S, 10 or Is pounds
offered to him the same as sacks Of -four or
sugar. The use of the small package is spread
ing and the materials used are either cotton or
pre-sale packing.
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THE amount of money that went into fire.
works displays last year would have created
six millionaires and left over fine start toward
another So far as the consuming public went,
however, there is nothing but memories left.
The total output of fireworks is set at $6,572,-
542 of which nearly 100000 went to the
wage earners in the 46 plants turning out the
various products.
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hoping now against hope that something favor
able might happen in the swamps while still
the rain held of,
NEXT day something did happen. This time
Pea Soup brought the news And again
we packed the tools I trusted to find reason
for using. In the evil heat past noon looked
down into the pit felt choking gratitude.
There he was at last, the fine pigmy hippo
potamus who was soon to take on a vivid per-
sonality with the name of Horace.
Merry industry was afoot. The boys secured
the swamps to cut enough trees to make a bot
tomlesS cage. After several hours all was built.
Two-inch poles were laid criss-cross at the
corners, where they were nailed and further re-
1nforced with Llama wattlework In and out
through the poles were wound Llama ropes. The
cage finally let down into the pit was a
sturdy affair, feet long, feet high, feet
wide proof against all the angry hoppngs Of
Horace.
The fun began It was a nice task to fit the
cage over the hippo. Some of the boys took
long poles to help ease the cage over the ami
NAL. Once over, it must be held there while
other boys descended into the pit to build a
floor We passed down poles They slipped
them under. as I directed, while Horace bit
saHagely at the sides of his cage. The poles
had been cut long enough to project 6 inches
beyond the cage at each end so the boys could
bind them to the wattlework After the first
pole was laboriously fastened, the task seemed
to be carried through by rote. One group of
boys in the pit hurried in with the floor, while
several others stood on the roof of the cage to
hold all safe against Horaces strugglings
Horace, our hippo was at last as secure as if
already behind the barred tank in zoo at
home. Next we started the digging of an in
clined chute down to his cage When the chute
finished, he rode out triumphantly on roll
ers up the dirt incline to level ground. There
his cage was dashed to poles that gave the boys
purchase for carrying him to the river bank
After three or four weeks, we dashed two
canoes together with two 4-foet planks set side
by side from boat to boat; upon them we set
Horace's cage for the journey down the wauwa.
Then Chief Baulio and all the boys who had
helped me babe us farewell.
N two days we completed 40-miIe journey
down the river and across Lake Fisherman
1t ended at Cape Mount village where the old
German storekeeper proud to allow me a
place in which to keep Horace while we waited
for the Dutch steamer due from Monrovia be-
fore the end of February.
I made him proper house Of fine lumber.
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At last the day arrived for shifting him. The
entire native population turned out, curious and
ready to give advice. After the cages had been
dashed together end to end opened the two
doors an dgave Horace gentle hint by poking
him with wooden pole. He did not take the
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Laboratory for check on the Governments
own verdict.
1t was the first official act of recognition ac-
cord by the Government to Northwestern Uni
veTsity's crime laboratory. Goddard's examina-
ton of the gun and bullets attracted Nation
wide attention in police and scientific circles,
where it was realized that forensic ballistics
was being subjected to crucial test. Here was
a bit of drama involving Americas two OUT
standing authorities on gun and bullet identi-
1ication, play of science versus science, with
the climax due to decide the future prestige of
gun experts in jurisprudence. If Goddards
report agreed with that of DR.. Souder, the
standing of ballistics would be benefited inn
measurably. If the experts should disagree, the
new science must suffer incalculable harm.
But Col. Goddard found no cause for dis
cord. There were tiny situations and scratches
on the grim leaden slugs that told him the
same story conveyed to Dr. Souder, viz Camp
bells revolver had fired the fatal shots.
new art had scored a decisive triumph
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hint. 1 poked again, but Horace was uncon-
cerned
Then began five of the most arduous hours
Of my life. The sun gradually sank lower; the
villagers grounted and advised and laughed and
grew weary. / prodded and pushed at 500
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WHILE the Chicago laboratory is built largely
~ around Director Goedards firearms re-
searches, none of the modern scientific ap-
proaches to crime solution has been overlooked.
The director has gathered about him notable
staff of chronological specialists, including
DIR. Clarence w. Muehlberger, State toxicologist
of Wisconsin and professor of tOxicology at
Northwestern University; Inspector Ferdinand
Watzek of Vienna European master of 'mou-
lage" or the fine art of duplicating evidence
in wax or plaster; Leonardo Keeler of ''lie
detector" fame; Jay Fordyce Wood, hand and
type writing identification expert, and num-
Der Of others
DR.. Muehlberger and Inspector Watzek have
been made full-time members of the laboratory
staff with the respective titles of first and
second assistant director. Each has a COM
plete laboratory of his own in rooms adjoining
the ballistics unit. DIR. Muehlberger's labora-
tory is little different from the ordinary chem
rats kept in a cage for poison experimentation
and the electrical refrigerator for preserving
biological specimens.
The moulage laboratory, however is a weird
place for the lay visitor. The inspector, gray
headed veteran of many Of Europe's notorious
crime inquiries and founder of Viennas famous
scientific police laboratory, was at work on a
plaster model of a human hand when the
writer was introduced On bench before him
lay complete hand-so finely nodded and real
istically colored as to be ghoulish On table
nearby rested pair of astoundingly hfelike
ears, and part of mans face, done in plaster
and pigment.
Inspector Watzek laid down an artists brush
with which he had been putting the finishing
touches on one of the hands" wiped his
paint-soied fingers on piece of waste, and
graciously took time to explain his strange art
In Vienna, where had the privilege OF or
ganizing the first moulage laboratory some
years ago. he said, I'VE found moulage Of great
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hoping now against hope that something favor
able might happen in the swampS while still
the rain held off,
Seward daily gateway., 1930-06-19
EXPRESS GRATITUDE

PARIS, June 19, (Po-Before the Volunteers Monument in Place des Etats Unis, the French General Mariaux expressed the gratitude for the nation to Mrs. Alice Stan Weeks, first American writer killed dish Weeks, mother of Kenneth during the World War.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-06-19
s2nn GOO 900 BUILDINGS

NEW YORK, June 19, (PD-John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., plans for con- struction of great entertainment center on the Midtown site, origi- nally assembled for the Metropoli- tan Opera house The plans, which will be made public this week, call for the construction of $200, ,O0OO 900 buildings on $25O,OOo,ooO worth of land