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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

Rumors of the coming painless au-
tomobiles may be the industry's corr
fession Of inability to compete with the
fiapper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

Recently q woman drove her car into
another machine, which she did not
notice approaching from the left. Two
men riding with her at the time saw
the other car, but did not want to be
back seat drivers. Aver since learning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

On which side of your car is the
muffler and exhaust pipe? That may
seem like useless information, but it
may be the means of improving the
picnic outing. The flooring directly
over the exhaust system will heat up on
a Summer trip, making that particular
side Of the car no place to carry the
lunch basket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Not Sure Yet.

From the Wheel.
Salesman-Have you reached q deci-
sion as TO the kind of q car you are
going to buy2
Prospect-My wife and family will let
me know tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

highway administrators, engineers
and economists of the world, and
will be held in this country at the
official invitation of the President.
The opening session of the con-
gress will occur on Monday, Oc-
tober 6, at Constitution Hall in
Washington, while remaining SeS-
sions will be held at the building
of the Chamber of Commerce OF
the United States.
These congresses are held at
intervals of about four years, al
ways at the invitation of gov
eminent, and attract the best
thought of the world in the high
way engineering and highway
transport professions. They are
under the general direction of the
Permanent international Associa-
ton of Road Congresses, which
maintains headquarters at Paris.
M. Mahieu, a French Senator, is
president of the association, while
M. LIE Gavrian, professor at the
National School Of Roads and
Bridges, is secretary general.
Named by the President.
President Hoover recently
named Roy d. Chaplin, former
president of the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce. as
president of the American Organ
izing Commission of the aSSocia-
ton, at the same time designating
Thomas H. Macdonald, who is
chief of the United States Bureau
of Public Roads, as secretary
general.
All arrangements are being per-
fected through the organizing
commission, with j. Trueman
Thompson, professor of civil en-
cheering at Johns Hopkins Uni
verSity, as convention manager.
The honorary committee assisting
includes President Hoover and all
the members of the cabinet, Sena-
tors William E. Borah of Idaho
and Lawrence c. Phipps Of Colo
RADIO, Representative CaSSiuS G.
Dowell of Iowa and others. The
organizing commission, besides
MeSSrS. Chaplin and Macdonald,
consists of Wilbur J. Carr, Assist
ant Secretary of State; Thomas r.
Taylor Of the Department of Com
merce, Robert P. Hooper, Ameri-
Henry G. Shirley, American As
ISOLATION Of State Highway off,
Gals; Charles M. Upham, Ameri-
can Road Builders Association; A.
]. BroSSeau, Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, and
H. H. Rice, Highway Education
Board.
To Inspect Boulevard.
While attending the congress
the delegates will inspect the con-
struction work on the new Mount
Vernon Memorial boulevard out of
Washington and later will be
taken on bus tours over modern
American highways under the
auspices of the Highway Educa-
ton Board and the American
Automobile Association, with visits
to Philadelphia, Pa; Atlantic
City, N. j.: New York, Syracuse,
Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara
Falls, N. Y; Pittsburgh, Pa;
YOUNGSTOWN, Akron and Cleve-
land, Ohio; Chicago and Rock
Island, ILL.,; Detroit, Mich; Boston,
Mass; Providence, r. l.; New
Haven, Conn; Greensboro, High
Point and Winston Salem, N. c.;
Columbia and Charleston, S. c.;
Savannah and Brunswick, Ca;
Jacksonville, st. Augustine, Day
tona Beach, Tallahassee and
Pensacola, Fla; Minneapolis, st.
Paul and Duluth, Mimi; Daven-
port, Des Moines and Waterloo,
Iowa; South Bend and Gary, Ind,
and numerous other cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Longest Paved Road

The longest paved motor road In the
world is United States Route 40, from
Wilmington, Del, to st. Marys, Kans., a
distance Of 1884 miles. The highest
motor road in the United States is on
Pixies Peak, Colo, and is 14,109 feet
above sea level
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
BREWS7ERFR FREE
IN BAKER CASE
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the Staying until the first part of
May, has been reported seen in
at least dozen different cities.
Last week, police and Depart
Snent- Of Justice agents stated
that they had located the missing
suspect in a Virginia city within
a radius of 100 miles of this city.
This was later denied and the
suspect, placed at some distance
from Washington.
Denied BY Cloth.
A murder warrant issued for
the missing man was denied by
Cloth, who said that no such
document existed. Later the
same day a. formal withdrawal
Of murder warrant for Barrere
was ordered by Justice of the
Peace Byan Gordon.
The issuance of the warrant
was believed to indicate that Bar
reFe had in fact been located and
the issuance was for the purpose
Of insuring his return for ques-
tioning. once he was detained.
Such a warrant would ohviate
extraditions in the State of Vir-
gif1ia fromIone county to another,
officials said.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
BIC KNIFE SENDS
MAN To JAIL

Harvey Blades, who gave his
address as the Central Union Mis-
sion, was arraigned before Judge
Isaac r. Hit in Police Court to-
day on q charge Of carrying q
concealed weapon, namely, a large
pocket knife.
Blades is alleged to have pur-
chased the knife somewhere on
Fourth Street and he was ar
rested when found in an intoxi-
Gated condition. The newly pur-
chased pocket knife was found
upon Blades person and placed
two charges against him, that Of
being intoxicated and that Of
carrying concealed weapons.
Blades pleaded guilty to both
charges and was given $50 or
80 days on the concealed weapon
charge and $40 or 10 days on the
drunk charge.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
Macdonald Freed;
To Admit Perjury
In Mooney Trial
BY EDWARD B. LOCKETT
International News Service Staff
Correspondent

BALTIMORE, July Il UNSJ.
John Macdonald, the itinerant
restaurant oworker whose testi-
mony in 1916 sent Tom Mooney
and Warren K. Billings to prison
for life in the San Francisco pre-
paredneSs day bomb case, was re-
leased from custody of Maryland
authorities today.
Macdonald, who has recanted
his testimony in so far as it re-
lates to Mooney, and admitted he
perjured himself, will be taken
back to California to tell his
story.
States Attorney Herbert O'Con-
nor recommended release of Mac
Donald, and assured Judge Daw-
kinS in city court that the mans
attorneys would take him to Cali
fornia.
Admits Perjury
Macdonald now declares that
when in 1915 he testified he saw
Mooney and Warren K. Billings,
convicted along with Mooney, lay
down a suitcase believed to have
contained an internal machine,
prior to the explosion, he Swore
false. He now says he never saw
either Mooney or Billings in his
life until they were pointed out
to him by an officer
Macdonald charged, further,
that not only did he testify
falsely in the 1915 case, but that
his testimony was given after
coaching" by the district attor-
ney and police officials, and that
he was promised a "big slice" Of
the $17,50O reward offered for
apprehension of the guilty parties
in the bombing.
In this statement he included,
too, an affidavit to which he
swore in 1921, setting forth sub
Stantially the same charges, which
he said he failed to present to a
California grand jury at that
time because he was advised not
to do so.'
Macdonald told Baltimore po-
lice he wants to undo the wrong
have DONE" at any cost now.
He said he wanted to go to Cal
ifornia and make a clean breast
of the whole affair, even If it
means three years in prison for
perjury.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
BURNED
WOMAN, SAYS
"SHE|K, +" Il
Amateur Boxer Admits That
He Beat Her SenseIess, Then
Stuffed Body Into Furnace

PORTLAND, Me, July II
Q.N.S0.-James M. Mitchell, 81,
alleged confessed slayer of Miss
Lillian !. Macdonald, 20, sta
tionery store clerk, whose body
was stuffed into the firebox Of an
office building furnace and was
almost wholly incinerated, was
under close guard today. authori-
ties fearing he would attempt to
take his life.
Outside of the police station, a
crowd of $50 to 200 men and
boys waited with morbid curiosity
to catch a glimpse Of Mitchell, an
amateur boxer known as The
Sheik," on his walk Of dozen
feet through an alley to court
for arraignment.
Meanwhile, the youthful ship
ping clerk, who confessed, author
tiles said. that he beat the girl
inSensible with a furnace shaker
before stuffing her unconscious
form into the furnace, was a diff
ferent appearing youth than the
dapper lad who was picked up
by police on Washington Avenue
while watching the dolls parade"
as he put it.
Mitchell, whose defense it was
said will be insanity, stood up
under several hours Of grilling.
but when confronted with the
furnace shaker, the girls ring and
a piece of iron pipe, he nearly
collapsed, authorities said, and
confessed that he struck the girl
clerk down after she slapped his
face for advances he made when
she visited the basement to dis.
tribute q $3.50 payroll.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
PARIS DR|NKSUP
0N|TS '4TH"

PARIS, July II Q.N.S).-It was
Gay Paree" today as France joy
ously celebrated the fall Of the
Bastille, 141 years ago.
The streets Of the capital rang
with laughter and dance through
out the night and the funmaking
continued all day. with cafes,
restaurants and theaters open "A
hours by government permission.
Hundreds of tourists here from
every part Of the world partici.
pated enthusiastically in the OBJ
servation of Independence Day
and champagne corks popped in
cesSantly.s
Official ceremonies with a col.
orful display Of troops on parade
and military music frightened
the scene, and flags Of every ma
ton flapped in the summer
breeze alongside the tricolor.
President CASTOR Doumergue
attended by his cabinet and by
high naval and army officials. re
viewed regimental parades on the
boulevards and decorated a mum
Der Of men.
Brilliant displays Of fireworks
and martial music closed the pub
lie Fourth of July" program.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
2 D. C.. Men Fined
On Reckless DriDin0

FAIRFAX, July 14.-E. j. Hurd,
of Bryant Street Northwest. Wash
ington, was fined SIS and costs
after a hearing before Justice
Dowden, of Baileys Cross Roads,
on a charge of reckless driving.
Hurd was arrested after the car
he was driving collided with a
car driven by Mrs. F. D. Croton,
of Connecticut Avenue, Washing
ton.
r. j. Henderson, Of Washing.
ton, and w. F. Almon, Of Mt
Carmel, Va, were fined $40 and
costs each after a hearing before
Justice Shepherd on charges Of
reckless driving.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
ROBINSON
RAPS TARIFF

Addressing the farmers Of the
country by radio today, Senator
Robinosn 3D. of Arkansas de-
clared the Smoot- -Hawley tariff act
would fail Of accomplishing its ex-
pressed primary purpose-aid for
agriculture.
There exists a widespread
conviction" Robinson said,
''that the changes i'm the tariff
law alleged to have been made
for the benefit Of agriculture
will, on the whole, work quite
as much injury as they will
bring benefit to the farmers"
He declared the primary pur-
pose of the tariff revision. both &C
cording to the Presidents procla-
nation and those sponsoring the
legislation was to reSuScitate agri-
culture, and after quoting the
opinion expressed by various farm
organizations and farm papers
since enactment of the bill, to the
effect that it would fail of its pur-
pose, he declared business men
themselves shad little confidence
in the effect the bill would have
on general prosperity.
The Senator said:
"WhiIe, as admitted, sufficient
time has not elapsed since the
new tariff rates went into effect
to permit of a complete and
convincing test Of their effect
and value, it must be recOg-
nized that shadow Of gloom stu
falls all over the United States
and enveIOps almost every form
Of enterprise and activity.
1--WE all hope that prosperity
may soon return, but there is
nothing whatever to indicate
that such a change is in imme-
diate or early prospect, or that
it is being. quickened and as
Sured through the influence Of
changes in import duties"
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
SENATE EXODUS
PER|LS TREATY
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number present at any one time
was 81, with the daily sessions
starting three different times
with only the necessary 40 pres
ent. In each instance from 10
to IS treaty opponents were mum
bered among those present.
# the opposition should sud
denly decide to abandon the SeS-
sion, the Administration probably
would be unable to obtain q
quorum. Such an impaSSe would
bring a quick adjournment.
In the highlight Of this weeks
session undoubtedly will be a
formal defense of the treaty by
Senator David A. Reed R0 Of
Pennsylvania, one Of the Ameri.
can delegates to London. AL.
though the treaty was negotiated
last spring and sent to the Senate
in May, Reed has yet to make a
detailed speech. explaining its ad'
vantages to the America people
He has engaged in extraneouS de
bate on a number of occasions
and once declared the treaty
either would have to be ratified OF
the United States would be
threatened by war with Japan.
The Pennsylvania may enlarge
upon this threat to American Sc
curity. In expressing fear OF
war with Japan, if the treaty were
not ratified, Reed said he felt the
agreement furnished the most
practical means of halting a naval
race between the Japanese empire
and the United States. If such 9
race were undertaken, he added
it could lead only to the vast ex
renditure of money and a wal
with the Oriental empire.
Warning Ridiculed
Treaty opponents ridicule q
Reeds warning. They declared
the United States could outbuilC
any other nation in the world, II
a naval race wereA justified, and
that the United States could build
such a navy as to make it secure
against all the other navies Of the
world combined.
They argued, however, that
such a race was preposterous and
that defeat of the London treaty
merely would revert naval lin
itation to, the terms Of the Wash
ington treaty, which has pre-
vented even a warlike gesture fo1
the last seven years.
Both friends and foes Of the
treaty were eagerly awaiting this
weeks debate, since it will re.
volve largely around the treaty
itself. During the first week
much of the debate centered on
the demand for copies of all
confidential correspondence held
by the State Department and re
lating to the treaty's negotiation
This confidential memoranda
finally was refused by President
Hoover on the ground that its
delivery to the Senate would not
be compatible with the public
interest"
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
INDIA DROPS ALL
PEACE HOPE
international Newsreel Photo
NINE. THORLAKSSON

BOMBAY, July IA G.N.SJ.
Hope for an early reconciliation
between the government and In
dian Nationalists was shattered
today by the assertion Of v. ].
Patel. president Of the All-India
Congress, that Great Britain had
offered nothing in the way Of
concessions to justify the slight
est change of attitude on the part
Of India.
The program Of the congress.
which calls for the continuation
of the civil disobedience campaign
and opposition to the government
in it's salt tax levy and other
measures, must be carried out in
full, he declared, pointing out
that neither the report Of the
Simon commission nor Lord Ir-
wins recent speech had offered to
consider seriously any Of India'S
demands.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
TIuO st. Elizubeth's
fOfficinLs at Cunlu

FORT EUSTIS, Va, July "A.
Capt. Theodore C. C. Fong and
First Lieut.. Addison M. Duval, of
the staff of st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital, Washington, are here as
medical reserve officers, attached
to the infirrnary of the Citizens
Military Training Camp, the sixth
to be- held at Fort EHStis.
Captain Fong is graduate Of
Tufts College, SSachusetts, and
Lieutenant Duval, of the Medical
College, of Virginia. Both officers
are psychiatristS Of note.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
Carolina Moon Diet
Kills 3.OOO,OOO Bees

ASHEVILLE, N. c., July IA
More than 100000 honey bees
have succumbed to alcoholic poi
soning In Buncombe County in
recent weeks due to the presence
of moonshine stills in the sur
rounding mountains, it is eSti
mated by keeper of apiaries. =.
The bees become sadrunk after
partaking Of the mash, it Is be
lieved, and are unable to find
their way home. It is then tina:
they starve or freeze to death
Others are lost by alcoholic poison
ing.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
WILL STICK
TO END, SHE
DECLARES
Was Worried Over How Long
1t Would Last;;' Lover Has
Wife and Baby in Tennessee
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visiting in Waynesboro at the
time. The couple was spotted
sitting in a swing on the front
porch of the house in which they
had secured rooms. =.
Pair Had So
They were short Of money, hav-
ing only three dollars between
them. Their quarters in Waynes-
boro were decidedly different
from those to which the girl was
accustomed. Miss McClenny,
however, said she did not mind
the change so long as she had
Harry"
In a signed statement the girl
has exonerated Dickinson OF any
blame in her abduction" She
insists she was aware Of his be-
ing married and left Of her own
free will with him.
Dickinson has a wife and baby
In Russellville, Tenn, where Mrs.
Dickinson is living with, her
parents,
Took Room, Bath
Miss McClenny told her parents
that she and Dickinson hitch
hiked to Waynesboro, where they
rented a room, kitchenete and
bath. on July 2. They told their
landlady the man was seeking
work in a filling station.
The girl had written note to
her father telling him she had
left home and not to look for her.
This she pinned to the seat of her
abandoned automobile. She left
her greatest concern during the
met Dickinson and the two left
for Waynesboro.
Mary 21 Soon
Miss McClenny explained that
he greatest concern during the
time she was being sought by Of
ficers of the State and Nation,
was. "how long she could be with
Harry"
She said also that she dreaded
facing her parents and she ex-
poets them to watch her care
fully until she is 81, on July "a.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
Religious Worker
Plans 5-YeNr Tour

FAIRFAX, Va, July 14.-MisS
Isabelle Latimer, director Of re-
ligiouS education in Fairfax
county, has resigned to make a
five-year tour of duty as q mis-
sionary in South America. At a
meeting of the Young Peoples
Council for Religious Education,
Miss Latiner was presented with
a handsome desk set by her CO
workers.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
ARMY HAS GUNS,
N0P0WDER,IT
IS CLAIMED
Chief of Ordnance Says Need
Is More Than 1884, 900, 900;
Appropriation But 100000

The United States would find
it virtually impossible to put an
effective army of LOU, 900 men in
the field within six months after
a declaration Of war, because Of
failure Of Congress to maintain
'ast ammunition reserves.
This is disclosed by War De
partment experts. who repeatedly
We appealed to Congress for
bigger appropriations for ammuni-
ton.
Guns Without Powder
All of the Elaborate plans Of the
War Department for the mobiliza-
ton Of the National Guard and
organized reserves would go for
naught. The Army has the guns
but could not fire.
Responding to repeated COM
plants Of the War Department,
Congress has provided replace
ment funds each year with which
to maintain to some extent the
supply of ammunition left from
the World War.
The cost Of making the war re-
serve complete and serviceable.
however, is 1884, ,039, ,958, and for
the current year Congress has ap-
propriated something over $780,
900.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14

y e S t erd ay,
Josef Stain,
t h e Soviet
dictator, was
reelected gen
eral secretary
Of the party.
Two hundred
m a ! contents
were ouSted
t r o m the
party at the
meeting. Re
ports say that
Stalin'S re-
e l e C t i o r.
means that
hn will mt
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
Elections Planned
In HiqhI0rad Beach

The annual election of commits
sioners Of Highland Beach, an
exclusive Negro colony, will be
held July 26.
Highland Beach is near An
napolis and is composed Of
citizens of Washington and Balti-
more. DR.. John e. Washington,
teacher at Cardozo Business High
School, is town clerk. Polls will
be open between 3 and 8 p. m.
] the day Of election.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14

a n d S t q g e
f a m e, los t
heavily a t
baccarat a t
LIE Touquet
er t h e
W e Elk en- d,
W hile Lili
Damita, just
back from a
visit to Hol-
lywood a n d
New Y or k,
could not get
in to bet be-
cause the au-
thorities said
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
Hunter College Has
Total of 23O Courses

NEW YORK, July IA QN.S0.
y total of $50 courses, 19 of
lich are new, comprises the
fifteenth summer session Of
Hunter College, which opened
recently. Prof. A. Broderick Co
hen is director of the session. A
substantial increase in enroll.
ment was reported. There Is q
faculty Of 155.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
BANK STATEMENT

New York Clearing House ex-
change, $574,000, 900.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, $141, ,000,0 900.
Customs receipts, So, ,407, ,645. IA.
Treasury balance, sass, ,602, ,27S-
The Washington times., 1930-07-14

LII DAMITA she was too
young. Jenny Dolly lost, it
was said, after an orgy of all
night betting. Miss Damita,
who is % but looks more like
16, was told children we're not
admitted, despite her pleas
that she was old enough to bet.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
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PROBE URGED

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kindness in his soul could utter
a statement as he did, knowing
the facts in the case.
"If / were out in California
I'd take the issue to the State
and elect q governor who would
promise to do justice to q man
regardless Of the big Interests"
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
VIRGINIA JAIL CROWDED

BERRYVILLE, Va, July IA
Owing to the overcrowded con-
dition Of the jail in Winchester,
10 prisoners were transferred to
the BerryVille jail. f.
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
Stain Reelected Soviet
Secretary. 200 Ousted

MOSCOW, July 14.-At a
meeting of the National Com
munist party congress held
The Washington times., 1930-07-14
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
the Things
They Do
Jenny Dolly Loses
Heavily at Baccarat

PARIS, July 14.-Jacsi
(Jenny) Dolly, one Of the
famed Dolly Sisters of screen
The Washington times., 1930-07-14

he VIII not JOSEF STAIN
become premier in place OF
Alexy Rykov, a Conservative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Place of Bernhardt's
Birth Remains Puzzle

The birthplace of Sarah Bernhardt
has never been discovered. Legend has
her born either on an ocean island, or in
Bohemia. but there is no proof. Re-
Gently rumor made her the daughter
of Polish officer with the armies OF
Napoleon, said to have settled in the
lie de Re, an island on the Atlantic
Coast of France, and falling in love
there with Mile. Bernhardt.
In the church of Les Portes, village
in the lie de Re, picture representing
an Assumption of the Virgin" with a
beautiful blond virgin and exquisite
cherubs, can be seen. The models are
believed to be none other than SarahS
named Jean, who died at the age OF 2
and whose little tombstone still bears
his name in the church cemetery.
The brilliant Polish father, fine art
list and good Catholic, Is said to have
painted the religious scene in his dear
ones likeness and presented 1t to Les
PorteS Church. He Is also said to have
returned alone later to his home coun-
try. There Is not word Of truth IN
that" says an old Partisan, who was
young when Sarah was.
II was great friend Of Sarahs Sis
ter, Jeanne Bernheardt, who died in her
20s. So the legend Of the lie de Re is
ruined by the fact that 1t speaks Of q
dead brother when there was a sister
whom many peaple knew very well. Per-
hapS Sarah's sons marriage to a Hun
garian girl whose mother became Prin-
cess Shapska explains the story about
the Polish connections"