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The Washington times., 1930-12-19
LOCAL TRAFFIC
IMPROVED

Although the light installation
program of Director Of Traffic
william H. Harland suffered
somewhat in 1880 installations
falling about so per cent behind
1929, his office made a progress
In the opinion Of the director.
The director cited these accom-
plisl1ments:
Abolition Of the old ten-day
drivers permit which in the pre-
ceedtng year resulted in delays
in the issuance of regular per-
mits; and traffic educational
campaign reducing the number of
traffic fatalities, there being but
II deaths in 1880 as compared
to 81 in 1929.
During the last year the office
OF the director revoked on an
average of 125 permits month.
OF this number driving while in
toxicated led the list, with third
offense speeding, second, and
leaving after colliding third.
Under the program mapped out
for 1881 washington will be
placed in the lead of all cities in
the matter Of signal and traffic
control. Installation of demand
signals at many intersections is
planned.
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
Japan Plans Merger
OF All Steel Works

A plan for the merger Of gov
ernment and privately owned
steel works in Japan Is to be
submitted to the japanese Diet
ct its next session, the Com
merce Department was advised
yesterday.
The. government steel works
have announced a reduction in
production for the balance OF
the fiscal year and 1t Is expected
that the pig iron subsidy viii
shortly be abolished, the dispatch
added,
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
Early Santa Claus
Arrested ia ChicG1O

CHICAGO, Dec. ia prema-
ture appearance Of Santa Claus
In Evanston was successfully
baked by the police.
Beating a tambourine, Santa
Claus was first observed in front
Of the police station busy collect.
ing coins. Arrested for soliciting
without q license, he told Magis-
trateS Porter that he was Fred
Weis, a worker for the Christian
Army.
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
Relief Funds Aid
Community Chest

A check for $4,000 from the
proceeds of the military exposi-
ton and carnival held at the
Army War College last Septen1-
Der, has been sent to the Com.
munity Chest by Maj. Gen. Will
liam D. Connor, commandant Of
the Army War College. General
Connor, in making the gift, said:
"The exposition was held pri-
marily to raise funds for Army
relief purposes and as the sue
cess Of our efforts are due in .
part to the loyal support Of the
people of this community, 1t Is
felt the Community Chest
should share in the proceeds
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
Architect Is Unable
To Pau Wife's Claim

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec. 10
d.N.S0.-Settlement by Frank
Lloyd Wright, internationally
known architect, Of Judgment
of $7,01S obtained against him
by his former wife, Miriam Noel
Wright, a few months before her
death last January. was indicated
today after the estates executor
said he was convinced Wright
had no assets.
Notice of withdrawal Of q mo.
ton for appointment Of a re.
ceiver to handle Wright's affairs
was made by executors late yes
terday.
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
COnferees Defer
Debate on Shoals

The scheduled conference be
tween Senate and House con
ferees on Muscle Shoals to ef'
feet q compromise on terms un'
der which the nitrate plants
would be leased for private op'
Grafton, was deferred today be
cause some Of the conferees had
other pressing business.
No date was set for further
meetings but 1t was said no ad
ditional obstacles had been en-
countered.
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
HabeGs Corpus Plea
Frees Prisoner Here

David H. selsky. ISL L st. s.
W., who filed o petition in District
Supreme Court for Q writ to OBJ
tain his release from District jail,
where he was being held for vir.
ginia authorities on q robbery
charge, was ordered released for
hearing January 5.
Selsky said he was arrested De-
cember IL without legal author.
ity. The hearing was continued
to allow District authorities to
present a copy Of the Virginia
complaint.
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
Hopes to We'd Again
When She Is 100

oNEONTA, N. Y, Dec. 19.-One
is as old as one feels, is the motto
Of Mrs. Helen z. Wellmann Ban
ner, who says she expects to be
married again at one hundred.
She now is 90, and has had two
husbands.
Mrs. Banner saw her first mo.
ton picture show recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

TO be veritable centaur. Next came
q manifestations Of his supreme ability
as nlotorist Driving down 10 ostia
to inaugurate new motorists park,
n Duce. being in hurry and impatient
Of the slow speed at which he was being
borne, took the wheel himself and
stepped on the gas until the car aver
aged eighty-one miles an hour in speed.
These incidental demonstrations of
superiority are likely to become habitual.
That is feature Of the Kaiser complex.
In the case of wilhelm of Germany,
each new production, or proof of cham
pionship. stimulated the complex to fur
ther manifestations. 1t required a great
war, absorbing all of the energies and
attention Of the victim Of this strange
malady Of temperament to check its
progress. Will Mussolinis progression
in primacy of performance lead to a
similar climax?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
II nucs,s "Kaiser Complex

II has been apparent for q number
Of years that Benito Mussohni, erstwhile
Miianese journalist and now virtual die
tator of Italy, has been affected by what
some time ago became known as the
Kaiser complex AS manifested In VII
helm of Germany, this idiosyncrasy
caused a reaction of greatness, of ca
pacity, of superiority. The Kaiser could
do everything better than anybody else.
He could ride horse or shoot gun
better than any of his military subordi-
mates. He, could write an opera better
than the great composers. He could
preach sermon more effectively than
any Of the pulpit masters of his land.
He could sail yacht perfectly. In all
of his accomplishment he was the
champion. Naturally this made. him
rather difficult person to live with
and to serve. There are those who be-
lieve that the catastrophe of 1e14-1s,
which brought the imperial career to a
close, was In great measure due to this
Kaiser complex Of superiority.
Mussolini has already demonstrated
that he can hold practically all of the
Offices of the italian government simul-
taneously and discharge the duties of each
ministerial post better than any other.
Now that he has. for the sake of his
health and in order to develop a worthy
succession, relinquished some of the adj
ministrative duties, he has time to show
other accomplishments. The other day
; he gave q demonstration to 9 number
Of newspaper men at Rome how well
he can rideea horse, proving himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
Amazing Spy Story
Involves Californian
From the Albany Knickerbocker Press.

From the Albany Knickerbocker Press.
The story told of Charles Leopold
Hartmann'S recent experiences in France,
facing conviction and death sentence
for espionage during the war, is so ex-
traordinary as to strain ones credulity,
at least in regard to some of its de-
tails.
Hartmann, native of Alsace. was II
years old when the Franco PruSsian
War ended. Rather than become a
German subject when the Rhine prov
inces were annexed he migrated to this
country and settled in California. There
he remained SIS years, returning only
recently to visit his native village in
Alsace. In Alsace he was confronted by
the astounding information that dur
ing the World War he had been con-
victed and sentenced as a German spy
by a French military court
Hartmann had little difficulty in
making 1t plain to the French authori-
ties that there had been a mistake. The
conviction has been quashed and an
apology rendered. Investigation has
shown that German spy had assumed
Hartmann's name and had used forged
papers to prove that the man he repre-
sented himself to be had become a
French citizen by naturalization after
Germany had taken Alsace over.
Nobody knows the whereabouts of the
spy who masqueraded as Hartmann.
Nobody knows why he should have
chosen to identify himself with a man
who had been absent from Alsace for
SO years. Viewed in any light, the story
has in 1t the elements of first-class
mystery yarn, though a writer of f1c-
ton might be criticized If he depicted
situation so improbable as this which
actually arose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
Upton to Try Again.

When the yacht Enterprise sailed
over the finish line OF Newport for the
fourth successive time winner in the
recent match for the Americas Cup, it
was generally understood and accepted
that Sir Thomas Upton was through
as challenger. Indeed, he had prac-
tically so stated in advance of the
match. This fifth challenge was to be
his last, and so there was much sincere
disappointment in America when the
gallant knight of Erin lost what was
accepted as his last chance to lift
the cup"
But the never-say-die spirit that has
animated the rugged baronet in his
whole career has revived and now it is
indicated that sixth Shamrock will
cross the sea as a challenger under the
Upton colors. perhaps in couple Of
years. Sir Thomas himself gave this
indication in a letter which he
handed to Mayor Walker of New York
yesterday as he paid his farewell
visit of thanks for the courtesies ex-
tended to him on the occasion Of his
latest call on Uncle Sam. In this let
ter Sir Thomas said:
To the fine collection of yachting
cups, tokens Of many races my boats
have won in many waters, I feel it a
pity that I am not to add this year
that blue ribbon trophy of international
yacht racing, the Americas Cup. But
we Scotch Irish, or Irish-Scotch, which,
ever way you prefer it, do not easily
give up. and think can best answer
the generous spirit in which your peo-
pie have received me by saying that 1
hope to be back before long for an.
other try.
Sir Thomas before long" probably
means no longer than two years, be-
cause he is now at an age when he is
bound to conserve his time. The
chances are that he is already thinking
OF plans for the sixth challenger. It is
known that he has practically deter
mined that another Shamrock, II built.
shall have metal mast like that Of
Enterprise. even though such q stick"
costs about $4,000, or nearly as much
as the old America herself cost alto
gether.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

consideration. The disappointed sspirant
for the bench. the district attorney, win
probably be taken care of on the state
ticket, perhaps with the nomination
for the attorney generalship, and GER
tain considerations are TO be given to
the Democratic organization in the way
Of appointments to State ofices in the
event of the Governors reelection.
That at least, is the tale that is told
in explanation of the unusual spectacle
Of q Democratic convention indorsing
q Republican Judge whose name. when
presented by an apologize seconder,
was greeted with jeers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
Political Necessity.

A manifestation of political acumen
has just been given in the action of
the Democratic convention iii the
Brooklyn second judicial district yes
terday when Supreme Court Justice
James S. Cropsey, Republican. was
nominated for reelection. The dele
gates had gone TO the meeting all set
to nominate a Democrat He. had in
fact been selected, the district attor-
ney Of Queens County. Then; TO the
anlazement Of many and the ctagrin
Of all, the nomination of the Republi-
can incumbent was proposed and eff
fected. Privately the word was passed
that this was matter Of political ne
cessity. That necessity arose from the
fact that Gov. Roosevelt, who is about
to be renominated, had asked that the
Republican be Endorsed, because he
feared the influence of Cropsey's cam
paigntng as Republican candidate Il
opposed by Democrat. Cropsey Is per .
sonally unpopular with the Democratic
organization. He has made many enc
niles py ms fearless, non-partiSan and
undiscriminating course on the bench
during the past fourteen years, and
those enemies are mostly Democrats. Hs
Is q good campaign speaker. He knows
q great deal, too. about the matter Of
trafic In jndgeships in Greater New
York, o subject that Is, just at present
under Investigation by a grand jury. so
It is said, the Governor indicated to
Boss McCooey Of Brooklyn that it would
be well 10 give Judge cropsey anothe,
term without Democratic opposition
keeping him out Of the campaign and Oh
the stump and so saving for the State
ticket good many thousand votes thai
otherwise would be likely to go tn.
wrong way in November. And inciden.
tally Brooklyn would get good Judge
but that, Of course, was 4 secondar,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
State Department Upheld
In South American Policy

+, the new regime represents the nom
ular will and whether 1t will fulfill
International obligations" IL Is of the
opinion that "in the cases Of Peru.
Bolivia and Argentina there appears
to be no doubt that it was warranted.S
In the words of the Waterloo Trib-
nne, our new policy Is one that rec
ognizes the right of any people, or any
powerful part OF any people, to set up
interference" and in the present in~
stance this right has been recognized
and as this paper sees it: with rec.
ignition by the United States, the new
governments IN these three countries
can go ahead with their plans Of
stab and doubtless we have won
their gratitude by prompt recognition.
AND from this gratitude we profit"
AS to argentina, the New York Sun
says; Ihet United States has every
reason commercial, social and political.
to seek the friendship and esteem OF
the Argentine people and their governs
ment President Uriburu has displayed
cordiality toward this country most
gratifying" continues the Sun.
Or Bolivia the Pittsburgh POST
Gazette, remarks: 1.-THE Bolivian situa-
ton came to a head about the LIST Of
July, but under the new forces the
government has been running 50
smoothly that the world had almost
Jorg0tten that the country had had
q revolution. Peru's change came
toward the close OF August and that
OF, Argentina September g." it goes on
to say, and notes that conditions In
those two countries also have caused
comment on the calmness. Such BUSH
nesslike beginnings really ought to
hold" 1t concludes. The Wheeling In
telligencer considers that, as to Bo-
livia, with governmental policy now.
in the hands of young Bolivians the
nation stands in a way to become one
of the most prosperous of Latin Amer-f
ica."
ut is true" suggests the Oakland
Tribune, that in each Of the coun-s
tries the economic factor played a large
part. Governments lose popularity
when trade falls off and times become,
hard, and Latin America, with the rest
OF the world, has felt slackening Of
business. Today Jose Francisco Uriburii
Is President Of Argentina, Col. Sanchez
Cerro Is the leader in Peru and Presi-t
dent Siles Of Bolivia is out. The
prompt recognition of the new govern
ments by the United States comes as
q helping hand, extended at earliest
possible moment and In time to do
good"
The San Francisco Chronicle thinks
that 1.-The new governments seem firmlys
established" and that "the hand of our
Government extended TO greet the new
regimes will promote good feeling i'm
all pan-Amertcan relations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

Girl smiles. If that picture could have
been broadcast there would not be a
bad tooth unpulled at this time next
year. But their hands told the other
side Of the story! Delicate, sensitive,
white hands, restlessly fidgeting, for
something to take hold of--that is the
picture the tooth-tortured public can
imagine only too wildly.
X X
Beer and Tobacco
Save Ambassadors Breakfast.
Neues Wiener Abendblatt, Vienna
A party Of distinguished Austrian tour
lists and visitors were given breakfast
in Paris recently by the Austrian AM
DR.. Grunberger desired, Of course, to
give his guests an Austrian breakfast
and he succeeded IN doing this to some
extent, though not in perfectly Vien-
nese manner, due to the unfamiliarity
of Partisan chefs with Austrian delica-
cies. However, DR.. Grunberger secured
the servicec Of one purveyor specialize
ing In Vienna cakes and wines and am
other able to provide both the kind Of
beer and the kind of tobacco most ac-
ceptable to the cultivated Austrian APP
petites and the combined efforts Of
these commiSSaries saved both the
situation and the breakfast, with the
assistance of Vienna rolls, which, it
appears, are well known to all French
bakers.
~ \
Suggest Extension
OF BuenOs Aires Subway.
La Prensa, Buenos Aires.-The sub
way systems of Ruenos Aires have been
so remarkably successful and so service
able that the project of extensions Is
receiving much attention. At present
the suggestions of the Lacroze Co. are
before the municipal authorities with
reference to additional construction of
this character. This concern was the
builder of the underground tramway
now operating from the central portion
OF the city beneath the Avenida Callao
as far out as the Avenida de Leandro.
The new system proposed will be on a
sim lower level to avoid any interference
with existing lines. The proposition
must receive both municipal and gov
ernmental sanction prior to writing Of
any contracts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

signed divers dress Is worn. The seibS
type OF dress Is much used In Great
Britain and in the United States. It
Is made CT waterproof cloth, with
helmet OF timed copper. having circus
lar glasses in front, and valves to admit
and discharge air. Its weight is about
ATS pounds.
@. Was there not q famous French
man named Say?-G. H. Y.
A. There was well known French
economist named Jean Baptiste Say,
born 1867, who died in 1882.
Q. Please tell something about the
Lost Battalion.--S. ]. q.
A. The Lost Battalion Is the name
given to the 30sth, Regiment u. s. In
fantry, commanded by Lieut.. Col.
Charles w. Whittlesey. Whittlesey was
ordered to advance through the
densest part of the great forests of the
Argonne during the World War in order
to take a certain point and hold it. Far
in advance Of the other troops he was
soon surrounded by the enemy and at
tackled for four days ana nights. Over
100 hours passed without his men OBJ
tanning any food and only little wa
ter. The majority of his command wac
killed or wounded, but Whittlesey 9Ss
| fused to surrender. He was eventually
relieved.
@. Wasn't the new copyright bill
passed at the last session Of Congressp--
H. d.
A. It was not. 1t will be on the
calendar as unfinished business when
Congress reconvenes.
! @. How much has the cost Of living
decreased this year?-F. D. Z.
| A. According to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics Of the Department Of Labor
from December, 1929, to June, 1880. and
decreased 81 per cent between June,
1929, and June, 1880.
@. Did any other peoples, aside from
the Indians in this country, ever scalp
their enemies?-H. @.
A. Scalping was not unknown to the
Old World, as 1t was mentioned by
Herodotus as practiced by the ScythianS,
q. How many miles Of railway did
Germany build in her lost concession in
China ?--S. w.
A. UP to the time Of the World war.
the Germans had built two railways in
China, the Shantung Railway and the
northern section Of TientSin-Pukow
Railway, both in the Province Of Sham
bNAA8s AAC Ahce Wuo AoE AuACB AOklHp pullt
by q German company with German
capital and opened in 1904. The second
was 390.48 miles long and built with
materials of German manufacture. The
line, however. was the property of the
Chinese government and built with Chi
neSe money.
@. Had Frederic Arnold Hummer
written many books before he wrote
Ladies in Hades" and Gentlemen in
Hades"?-H. H.
A. He had written many novels,
Snort stories, stage plays and motion
pictures. He was born In 1878, followed
a business and technical career for many
years, and published his first book In
1911. He has written not only under
his own name, but under the pseudonym
Of Arnold Fredericks.
Q. How long have tops been used AZ
/ piaythings?-T. E. j.
A. Tops were known in ancient times.
They are referred to by rerseus In the
"3rd Satire" and by Virgil in the
"Aeneid." They were common In ia
pan and China at a very searly period.
In pictures of the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries. children are showing
spinning and whipping tops. A mar
ginal drawing Of a fourteenth century
manuscript in the British Museum has
picture OF man and boy whipping q
large top.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANDER JOHNSON.

Art Distortions.
With vacant stare
A lady fingers there
With features far from strong
And legs exceeding long.
And who shall say
Art" is not built that way?
Yet simple humans pray,
"Oh, Art,
Please have a hearth
A form polite
Must pass the day and night
Upon the rack whose strength
Will give excessive length!
Amid the task,
AS figures boldly bask,
Plain human creatures ask,
"Oh. Art,
Please have a hearth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

A motion picture staress says she
played a game in which silver fifty-cent
pieces represented white chips worth
hundred dollars each. The widest
dreams Of free silver never repre-
sented such a valuation as this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

Civilization has progressed since
priests in Egypt assumed authority over
the influence OF the River Nile respecting
feast or famine. The modern weather
man is. compelled to admit in candor
that he has no influence over rain or
drought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

Soviet authority desires to, be rec
ognized.. 1t has at least created an i'm
preston that it possesses a large
amount of commercial influence which
may or may not be wholesomely re-
lated to ethical standards among the
governments of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
Critics with Winrn.

Critics With Wings.
Myriad insects light
On pages where I write.
Their fancy is not caught
BY any patient thought.
They come in throngs immense,
With a superior sense,
And threats, as they draw near,
To leave sting severe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

ooldenrod does not produce 'hay
fever" No less an authority than
Thomas Edison conveys this assurance,
and Edison speaks with comforting con-
fidence as the one man in this modern
world who Is accredited with knowing
all about everything.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
2,OO0-Mile Trip Is Success.

From the Lynchburg News.
An Alaskan travelled tive thousand
miles by dog sled and airpiane to fnd
a dentist out. And probably harbored
Q sneaking hope all the time he would
ind him out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

A correspondent from Russia usually
shows, in addition to literary skill, an
adroit reserve calculated to eliminate
the danger Of being shot at sunrise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

Detectives continue to be more or
less bafhed. The story book continues
to assert degree Of superior magma
tive appeal over real life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

From the Fort Worth StAr-TeleEram.
Beauty shops are being bombed q
Chicago now. Racketeers are suspected
but when the truth comes out it vii
probably be shown that the guilty onsi
were disappointed customers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

Europe. in contemplating assumptions
Of power. may be moved to wonder
whether Mussolini has not made the
dictator game seem trife too easy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27

A new play produced in Washington
is very likely to be regarded in theatre
cal circles as another noble experiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
Another Need rs Found.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Another thing the world needs Is q
set Of shin guards for husbands who
play bridge with their wives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
Locomotive vs.. Limousine.

From the Haverhill Evening Gazette.
Although first-class locomotive now
costs more than 100000, we doubt
that they will take the place Of nnulti-
cylinder cars with those eager to dis:
play their cash and credit. x,