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The Washington times., 1930-11-20
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The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Radio Range Beacon
In Virginia Started

Opening of q radio range
beacon at Hunters Point, Va,
yesterday by Col. Clarence NJ.
Young, Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce for Aer on les,
marked the completion. Of the
setting up of seven similar in
stallations between Boston and
Spartanburg, S. C. Another is
under construction at Atlanta,
Ga.
The beacon is an important
link In the growing network Of
radio paths" being placed for
the guidance of airplanes and
pilots. The Hunters Point sta
ton is across the Potomac from
washington.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Man Says He Found
Wife With Another

Naming q correspondent at
whose home he declo res he found
his wife one morning after she
had been away from home all
night, John c. EaStburn, 900 block
Of A st. N. E., has filed suit in
Equity Court asking for an alb
solute divorce from Elsie Mae
Eastburn, his wife, 500 block Of
Fifth st. NJ. =.
After he brought his wife home,
Mr. Eastburn declares, she en-
treated him to let her see the
other man. Finally. the husband
says, he told her she could go If
she wished but could not return.
they have two children.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
$1,000 Damage Done
By Gas Heater Fire

Fire, believed to have origi.
mated from an overheated gas
water heater in the basement Of
the building, caused damage esti-
mated at about $4,000 to the
home Of w. H. White, 1910
Twenty.fourth st. NJ. w.
White was awakened by, the
smell of smoke shortly after 5
a. m. today, and, investigating,
found the basement ablaze. Three
engine companies responded and
the firefighters managed to con.
fine the blaze to the basement.
Smoke filled the house and
caused most of the damage to
the living quarters Of the home.
NO one was injured.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
MALL SUPPLIES
MUSHROOMS
Times staff Photo
Like mushrooms?

Like mushrooms?
You can get mushrooms free if
you feel like taking q stroll in
the Mall these crisp mornings.
The mushrooms are out on the
lawns. Thousands Of them are
there for the taking. So far,
quite a few persons are to be
seen nearly every morning gath
ering a supply.
Two types are common-the
French Button and the Pink
Lined. Last week the Fairy Ring,
one of the most delicious mush-
rooms known, was quite abundant.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
D. c. JOB ORDER
IS PLA|NED

No discrimination against resi-.
dents in appointments to District
jobs is planned under the execu-
tive order placing such appoint
ments under the Civil Service, &C
cording to DR.. Luther n. Reichel-
derfer, president Of the Board Of
Commissioners.
Or. Reichelderfer says that
should the plan prove unsatisfac-
tory after q six-nonthS trial. Presi-
dent Hoover will be asked to re-
Scind his order Of Tuesday.
Rudolph Jose, president Of the
Washington Chamber Of Com
merce, stated:
81 am unqualifiedly opposed
to any move, which may re-
duce the number Of residents
Of the District Of Columbia In
J the employment Of the District
Government. III placing the
District under Civil Service viii
create such . situation I am
opposed to IT,"
Mark Lansburgh, president Of
the Merchants and Manufacture
ers' Association, declared:
81 have not had . chance
fully to study the proposition
or to read carefully the
official order Of the President
placing the District under the
Civil Service. This was done,
however, at the suggestion of
the District Commissioners, in
whom all business men OF
Washington have the greatest
faith.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Proceedings Started
To Get School Land

Condemnation proceedings for
the acquisition Of three parcels
of land In the northwest section
for a site for a public school, have
been instituted in District Court
by the District Commissioners
through Corporation Counsel VIII
liam w. Bride and his assistant,
Walter II. Fowler.
The property sought by the Dis
trict is bounded by Tilden and
Thirty-seventh Streets and Idaho
Avenue Northwest.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
PAVEMENT REMOVED

Work on removing the old as
phalt pavement in MCPHERSON
SQUARE, Fifteenth and ] Sts. N.
W., was begun this morning. A
new concrete paving system VIII
replace the old asphalt walks,
which were uneven, cracked ana
badly worn.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
ROBBED OF $50

John B. Mason, colored, of 1888
T st. N. W., reported that he was
held up at the point Of q gun by
two colored men who robbed him
of $50 at Fifteenth and Q Sts.
N. w. He told police that he can
identity his aSsailantS.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
SCHOOL CENSUS ENDS

LEoNARDTOWN, Nd, Nov. 20
The school census Of the pre-
school age children Of the coun-
ty taken every two years has
ended. In the LeonardtoWn dis
trict there were 327 pupils.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
BANK EXAMINER NAMED

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 20.-The
State Corporation Commission
has announced the appointment
OF w. r. Gardner, Of Gaiax, as an
assistant bank examiner, effective
at once.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
BUDGET WILL Be
FIXED BY END
Of MONTH
Supply Bills Block Considering
Of D, G. Measure, Which Is
to Be Rushed for Feb. Act

Hearings On the District Of co.
lunbia appropriation bill before
the Simmons subcommittee Of the
House Appropriations Committee
have been definitely set for Jan.
tiary 5 and probably will run at
least two weeks from that date.
Representative Robert @. Sim
mons, subcommittee chairman, is
en- route to washington from his
home State, Nebraska, but the Dis
trict bill hearings will not begin
with his arrival. The Appropria-
tions Committee program Is to
pass several Of the major annual
supply bills before taking up the
District budget.
To Rush Hearings
As the next session Of Congress
IS q short one, it was said at the
Capitol today that the District
hearings viii be expedited i'll Jan
Iiary and that the District budget
should be ready for presentation
TO the House well before the end
OF that month. In long sessions
the hearings on the several supply
bills are not so hurried.
Representative Ross Collins
Cd, Mississippi, member Of the
House Appropriations suhcommit-
tee on the District and also mem
her Of the special committee
named to investigate fiscal rela--
tions between the Federal and
local governments, has returned
to Washington. Representative
Carl e. Mapres (R), Michigan,
chairman Of the select commit
tee, is expected here by the end
OF this week and date then will
be announced for starting the
fiscal relations hearings.
Collins FavOrs $1.7O
Representative Collins said to-
day he did not expect the in
vestigation by the special COM
mittee to bring any immediate
change in the tax rate situation
here, although Mr.. CollinsS was
unable to forecast the full scope
Of the committees work and its
report to the House.
However, MIR. Collins observed,
the $1.7O tax rate in the District
is relatively low" and he is not
aware Of eny movement to dis
turb the present system Of tax
levies during the next session of
Congress. The Mississippi mem
Der praised Tax Assessor Rich
ards as "a very excellent asses
sor' who is as efficient as any
assessor in the entire country.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
PROFITS
ARE SCANNED
BY DISTRICT
Valuation so Per Cent Above
1924 Figure; Movement to
Abrogate Court Decree Seen

with the Federation Of Citi.
zens' Associations moving for
public hearings by the Public
Utilities Commission on the high
rate Of return which the Potomac
Electric Power Company is earn.
ing, figures showing the profits
and excess profits Of the company
over the last five years are being
closely studied at the District
Building.
The company is operating
under q court decree which as
sureS 1t Of q minimum rate Of
return Of 71a per cent on its
valuation. Profits above this fig.
ure are supposed to be divided
between the company and the
public in the form Of reduced
rates for the year succeeding that
in which the excess accrueS.
Valuation Higher
The company, it was learned
today, is credited with q valua-
ton for rate making purposes
about so per cent higher than
that fixed by the court as fair in
1924, when the decree was en-.
tered. Despite this great In
crease, the company is earning a
higher percentage rate Of return
now than it has in any year
since the decree was agreed to.
It follows naturally that the
earnings must have risen ire
mendously over those in former
years.
Under the court decree the val
uation Of the company was fixed
at approximately $32 500, ,0O0.
Since then the figure has In
creased annually through credit
ing additions and betterments.
Growth shown
The growth Of the valuation
figure by years, since the decree,
has been as follows: 1925, $34.-
5000; 1896. $37, 49,. 900; 1927.
$42.155, 900: 1928, $44.971, 900, and
1929, $40, 81, 900.
Many utilities experts Of the
District are. not willing to admit
that the original court figure Of
$50, SOC, 900 was not high at that
time. Many believe that some Of
the added values bringing the val
uation to its higher figure might
be successfully attacked In q new
valuation proceeding.
Interesting figures are produced
dealing with the excess earnings
Of the company above 712 per
cent minimum rate guaranteed to
the company. by the court decree.
Earnings Shown
After deducting the 71s per
cent allowed. the figures show
that the colnpaIly'S excess earn
ings during the years since the
decree became effective have
been: 1925, 1854, 600: 1926, $685..
821; 1927, $615, 600; 1928, $1,148,-
865, and 1929, $1,256, 900.
Fifty per cent Of this excess
is supposed to return indirectly
to the public through reduced
power rates under the court de-
cree.
It is the assertion made by
many In touch with the situa-
ton that If the company is to
be guaranteed a TH per cent
return, the on Su m in G public
should receive a greater benefit
from excess earnings. that is
leading to the study Of the pos
Sibilty of inStituting steps to
abrogate the consent decree Of
1924.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20

Even the Kids appreciate the pleas
ureS Of hOme-owneFshlp. Give them
. home advertised IN today's Classified
The Washington times., 1930-11-20

I Percy L. Crosby, Great Britain rights reserved
y isSV King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24
AT TIE HOTELS

VAN GLIDER Mrs W. Allen baugh, MI. and Mrs W. A. sinnett, w. w. Batcheller, Al Hesselbeerg, Irene Savage, Lyle ". Larson, s. w Ostrander, Ray Mathewson, D. B. IScumgeom, H. L Reed, w. T White, Martin VictOrp-
 SEWARD Mrs Robert Light, F Teben, Louis Anderson, Frank Bolo- vich, R. Packebush, Theodore Carl son, Leon Kelenn, R. T. Sunny Dick Thorson, Ralph Holdiman Thos Leach, Allen Morgan. Patricia Folly.
 OVERLAND Robert B. Lewis, J iD. Burton, c. A- Larsen, Don Camp bell and family
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24
MRS. URBACH HOME

Mrs. Leon Urbach. wife Of the
 local business man, returned
 home yesterday from New York where she was called some weeks ago on account of the serious illness of her mother, Upon her return to the coast Mrs. Urbach spent an enjoyable visit with rel atives and friends in California,
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24
SHRINE PARTY

Saturday January 25, the Shrine Club will give prty to the mem bers of the Masonic fraternity, the Eastern Star and invited friends All who have received invitations to previous Shrine affairs are invited to be with us Saturday There will be door charge of 50 cents each.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24
Harold Swegle. who pleaded gull

Harold SWegle, who pleaded guil- ty in the Juneau district court re- gently to larceny at Ketchikan, has been ordered transferred from the federal jail to Ketchikan. ImpOsi-
 ton of sentence on Swegle was postponed until the Ketchikan term.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24
JOINS FIRENaEN

"Binks' Siefert, popular young local chap and former amateur auto racer. has joined the Fire mems basketball team and will make the trip tomorrow with the fire-eaters. Siefert played col lege basketball as we'll as on var ious teams in the Territory
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24

The Anchorage bowling team, which has been invading South eastern Alaska, returned yester- day on the $. $. Northwestern, continuing on today to the old home town.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24

Mrs, W. O. Walter, wife of the local cable office man, is south bound for Seattle called out ow- ing to the illness of her mother.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24

Nothing authentic has been heard by The Gateway as to the return to port from the West ward of the s. s. Starr
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24

Clarence Meyers, local mem Der ot the Quartermaster Corps for the past two years, departed on the 5. s. Northwestern for Seattle enroute to the Army post at Missoula, Mont, where he has been transferred.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24
SPECIAL SHOW AT LIBERTY

Because of the many strangers i1 town over night the Liberty thea tre put oh an extra show last night It was poppy comedy drama starring William Boyd and Alan Hale and the girls name is JaQui- line Logan. This show will be re- peated again tonight for the ac- commodation of those people who could not see it last night
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24

The Gateway; the paper with Tt"
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-24

Al meat and nothing else in the Frye -Bruhn Meat Market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
PRIVATE HOY GETS
WEST POINT PLACE
Battery { Member Winner in
Competitive Examination
for Appointment.

Charles J. Hoy, q private in Battery
z, 26th Coast Artillery, was. declared the
winner of the appointment to the
United States Military Academy ct West
Point from the National Guard of the
District Of Columbia, as q result of a
competitive examination recently con-
Quoted for the Guard by the United
States Civil Service Commission.
Other candidates from the local
Guard who participated In the exam
nation were 9, p. Hill, jr.; w. D. John
son, O. w. Christopherson and j. H.
Hutchinson.
Hoy is a son Of Mrs. Katherine HOY.
5000 Tilden street. He was born in
Butte, Mont, August "a, 1911. He at
tended grammar school for eight years,
high school for four years and was in
college one year. He enlisted tn the
local Guard July 8, 1880, for period of
three years, but will be discharged in
order to accept the academy appoint
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
D|SRAELI NOVELS
TO Be AUCT|ONED
Nephew of Author to Offer
Autographed Manuscripts of
Lothian" and ''Endymion."

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 5.-IT'wo auto
graph manuscripts of Benjamin Disraeli,
Earl Of Beaconsfield, the property Of
his nephew, Coningsby Disraeh, viii be
sold at Sotheby's on December II, 1t
was announced yesterday. They are
the manuscripts Of what probably are
his two most famous novels. +.
The earlier of the two manuscripts,
that OF Lothian" Is in three volumes
quarto and extends to 800 pages. APP
parently only three pages are missing.
The novel was originally written In 1859
and was published May 2, 1870.
The manuscript of the second novel,
"Endymion," extends to l,400 pages,
and Is also in three volumes quarto.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05

This novel was begun in ie72-73. laid
aside under pressure Of public AFFAIRS.
and faished In 1850.
Disraeli received $4,000 for ''Endym-
ion'' from Longmans, up 70 then the
highest price ever paid Tor work OF
fiction. It-was Disraelis last complete
novel and was published In his seventy
sixth year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
POPULARITY OF WOMEN
AS JURORS IS GROWING
Request Of Attorneys to Dismiss
10 Men and Substitute Mixed
Panel r. Denied.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. December s.--The popu-
larity Of women - jurors appears to be
growing.
Yesterday attorneys for MRS. Josephine
Kajawa, on trial for staying Mrs. Mary
Slomba, presented o motion to dismiss
the IL man jurors selected and suhsti-
tute . new panel OF six women and six
men. The court, however, declined to
grant the request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
Magazine Publisher Given Divorce.

magazine Publisher Uiven Ulvorce.
CHICAGO. December 5 tB.-Leslie
z. wheeler-R Reed. publisher Of moving
picture magazines in California. was
granted q divorce here yesterday from
Mrs. Olive Lillian Wheeler-Reed, now
in Los Angeles, by Superior Judge
Rudolph r. Desert. he was given Gus
tody OF his son, Robert, II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
Haynes Rejoins Franklin Firm.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, December S R.-
Frederick J. Haynes, former president
OF Dodge Brothers Automobile Co. and
later head Of Durant Motors, has re-
joined the H. H. Franklin Manufacture
ing Co. as vice president and director.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
MISSIONARIES ARE WELL

Women Released by Chinese Cap
tors in Good Health.
PEIPING, China, December 8 P).-
Mrs. L. D. Hayward, American mission
airy, and her nurse, Miss =. 0omersall,
who were kidnapped by bandits and re-
leased after being held for week, were
said today to be in moderately good
health despite the strain Of their expe-
ripnpe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30
VlRUSES DISCUSSED
IN MEDICAL JOURNAL
Dwarf Bacteria and Pigmy Pro-
tozoa" Described by Writer for
American Association.

Dwarf Bacteria and Pigmy PROTOCOL"
Is the title of an editorial discussing the
viruses appearing in The Journal of
the American Medical Association. No
one knows what virus is; not even
whether it is a plant or animal Yet
there is an increasing number of human,
veterinary and plant diseases that are
either known to be or thought to be
due to viruSes. About the only thing
we really know about them is that, re-
CARELESS of how fine filter we may use,
these viruSes are capable of passing
through 1t. Perhaps they are some kind
of missing link between plant and ami
NAL. THE determination of the nature
of the unknown filter-paSsers is an urg-
ent problem of medical research" says
The Journal. 1T is, Of course, con-
ceivable that these unknown hltrable
agents are merely unusually f1accid bac-
terra or protocol. Such a concept
would not introduce any new factors in
current pathologic theory. Until this
concept is proved, however, clinicianS
cannot lose sight of other possibilities.
Certain psychologists have suggested
that in time these filtrable infections
will be shown to be due to some nom
microhic liquid life" Whatever their
nature may be, it appears that biologists
have exhausted all the possibilities Of
their technique without success. 1t APP
pears that the work must now be carried
on by chemical and physical methods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30
OPTICAL ILLUSION
APPEARS IN SAND
KentuCkian Declares Sub
stance Changes Its Color
Before His Eyes.

An optical illusion of sand which
changes from brown to blood-tint with
change of position has just been re-
ported to the Weather Bureau.
The weird experience befell a citi-
zen of Louisville, KY, the other day
when he took his baby to play in the
park and for few minutes, he writes
w. j. Humphreys of the Weather Bu-
reau; ne thought he was losing his
He was making mountains" for the
child in sand pile under some beech
trees, he reports, when he suddenly
noticed that the sand seemed to be
splotched with blood. When he examined
1t more closely it seemed to be brick
dust red with traces of an undesirable,
unearthly purple" He knew that ordi-
narily it was dirty brown.
Il thought was becoming afflicted"
he writes To determine whether he
was in his right mind he called three
children playing nearby and asked them
the color of the sand. All looked at it
and replied red" and pink" When
he changed his position the color did
not change. He took a handful out
into the sunshine to examine it more
closely and found it had changed back
to dirty brown again.
IhS convinced nm that 1t was an
optical illusion which might be of scien-
tific interest.
The probable explanation, DR.. Hum
phreys said is that the sunlight falling
on the sand pile was filtered through
the yellowish green beech leaves which
reflected back most of the green and
yellow light of the solar spectrum.
Consequently, most of the light that
got through was in the red and blue
bands. The ordinary brown color of
the sand, he says, was due to the re-
Election of red light mixed with other
wave lengths. When these did not
come through the color of the sand
naturally appeared different.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30

seems the same slender girl she was
before ! was blinded. Her hair is gray
now and she has changed in keeping
with her age
But through all Of this period of
darkness she has been my adviser and
co-worker. Although the work has been
terrific strain upon her nerves and
physical strength she has never COM
planned and I do not see now how I
could have carried on without her.
Lost Sight in Ohio.
My blindness was caused primarily
by an injury suffered on the old home
stead back in Ohio. 1t brought about
a series of nervous breakdowns and in
five years my vision was entirely gone.
On the earnest solicitation of my wife
we founded the Northwestern Business
College, and have since remained con-
tlnuously at the head of this institution
My 80 years were very full, and in
many respects happy. I soon felt safe
in my world of darkness. Much safer
than I now feel with automobiles rush.
ing about at terrifying speed. It was
not life of aff1iction, but a life of
restriction.
My senses of feeling and hearing be-
came increasingly acute. I bought all
the school supplies with my sense of
touch, and can easily tell the difference
between go and 10 pound paper by rub
bling 1t between my fingers. I know
all my pupils and associates by voice.
In later years there was the radio and
there was always the fragrance of
flowers.
My sense of color, form and direc-
ton never left me- Although flowers
now seem brighter than I had remem-
bered them, my training as an artist
in early years helped to keep my sense
of color clear. AS far as sense Of direc-
ton was concerned, although ! always
had a companion to lead me through
the streets, guided the companion,
knowing the town more thoroughly in
my darkness than he in the light.
Sight Comes Suddenly.
was wrapped up in my school work
and have always believed that 1.-The
school room is my cathedral; to do
what little good may, my religion"
Sitting in my big chair last Monday
evening I suddenly seemed to see a
curtain rise. Not wishing to brighten
my wife, who was reading to me, I
said very quietly, Something has hap
pened, 1 believe I can see."
Then I was sure that I saw the
davenport with blue pillow and a gold
one. And then I saw q strange, kindly
faced woman whom did not know.
What is it, said the woman and
then 1 knew that it was my wife. She
starte dto cry and said, Don't cry.
Laugh, be happy"
She almost fell, and I caught her
and helped her back to her chair.
Now after four days of sight the
world Is beginning to take on propor-
ton again; am very happy. but I
about it, 1 am seeing all the friends
and students have never seen before
None of them appears as had
imagined. Often must close my ewes
and listen to their voices to recognize
them.
I saw flowers for the first time in 30