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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
DENIS0N LIQUOR TRIAL
POSTPONED TWO DAYS

The trial Of former Representative
Edward E. De1ison of Illinois on liquor
possession charges, scheduled for today
in District Supreme Court, was post
poned until Wednesday by Justice Pey-
ton Gordon at the request of defense
attorneys. DeniSon, who last week
completed eight terms as Republican
Representative from Illinois, was de-
feated in the 1880 election.
He was indicted in November, 1929,
after prohibition agents found a leaky
suit case in Union Station addressed
to his rooms in the House Once Build
ing. On investigation, it is alleged, q
trunk containing whisky was found in
his office.
Justice Gordon postponed the trial
today after defense counsel informed
him they had other cases set for trial
today and tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
CHILD, BOUND ON TRACK
BY BOYS, BARELY ESCAPES
Youth, 8, wriggles From Path of
TrAin--Gives Names of.
Four Torturers.
d. thk Associated Press.

EVANSTON, H., March eight
year-old William Erlanson was in q
state OF nervous shock today as result
Of the narrowing experience of being
bound and left In the path of speed
ing Northwestern train yesterday.
The boy wriggled of the track few
minutes before the train passed, and
was rescued from the embankment by
railway employe who heard his
screams. After telling his story, the
youngster collapsed.
He gave the names Of four boys who
tied him to the track as scare" The
boys explained to juvenile authorities
today they thought the next train was
a local and would stop at the station q
few feet away. Instead, it was through
train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09

T%HE crack Of q pistol in the
Antarctic, which spelled the
doom of one of Rear Admiral
i Byrd's sled dogs, echoed around
the world by radio, stirred the
hearts OF $4,000 american school chill
dren.
Much of their sympathy and COM
Tniseration was conveyed in letters writ
ten to Byrd and now on display at
headquarters of the National Geographic
society as one of the strongest teSti-
Fnonials TO the significance of the ex-
petition.
spy was the husky leader of dogs that
teiled In harness and through hardship
for the explorers and his fate loomed
large TO the children.
They complimented Byrd upon the
fact that no man lost his life, that in
formation Of great value to Science was
obtained, but almost without exception
they mourned the loss Of Spy.
In Spy's sacrifice, made upon the ice
when ne broke Ms leg, at time when
the party had To press on, they seemed
to bee much OF the~pertl and hardship
OF the expedition.
Incident Grips Children.
sov fell in a creVasse and there was
nothing to do but shoot him, able leader
OF dogs that he was. This incident,
more than any other, gripped the
Imagination of the children.
Many of them labored under the i'm
preston that It was Igioo, ByrdS per-
sonal pet terrier, who died in the
Antarctic. But Igloo, very much alive
and kicking, came through the aerial
jaunt over the South Pole. with flying
colors. Being a veteran OF pervious
journey over the North Pole, he seemed
to enjoy the experience.
The children also cohdoled Byrd upon
the loss OF Moody, husky, who was
run down by an automobile in New Or.
leans shortly before the expedition
sailed,
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DANCER DIES IN FALL

NEW YORK, March 9 C49.--Miss
Bernice r. Olowecki, 21-year-old ballet
from the ninth floor of the Hotel Para
mount. Police listed it as accidental.
Aroused by her screams and the
sound Of the impact, guests notified
hotel attaches and they found her body
on the roof of q thres-story extension.
She raised the window to admit fresh
air, 1t was believed, and lost her
balance.
Known on the stage as Bernice Rose.
she came here last Fall from 621 East
Seventy-fifth street, Chicago. she had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
TRAINS DELAYED IN FRANCE.


PARIS. March 9 dP).-Although the
Seine has risen eight and two-thirds
inches stree yesterday, today's cold
snap, with the temperature down TO %
above zero Fahrenheit, was expected to
keep the river from the danger mark.
Battlef1elds are being subjected to
the coolest March weather Of recent
years. 1t was 1o4 at Nancy today.
Leakage from the Seine made it ilecs-
sary to curtail use Of the Invalides rail-
road station today and steam trains
were diverted to Montparnasse al
though electric locomotives could still
use the Invalides.
There was heavy snow all night in
central and southeastern France ac-
companied by unusual cold. Drifts
were so heavy at Roanne that train
service to the Cevennes Mountains was
delayed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
RECORD SNOW IN LONDON.

LONDON, March 0 R.-Bitter
Winter weather which swept most Of
Europe over the week end closed in on
London and Southern England today.
With temperatures very low, q high
wind drove a heavy snow before it
today with indications that 1t would
continue.
Elsewhere in Britain the storm abated,
leaving the Eastern Scotland deep in
the years worst snow. Some sheep
farmers lost half the lamb yield and
rabbits and pheasants were destroyed.
Northeastern England also was under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
French Flyers Seek Record.

ETAMPE5, France, March 0 (R.-
The aviaturs Reginensi and Lalouette
took on at 900 pm. today (1u:02
am, z. 8. To in an effort to break the
world duration and distance records for
planes carrying q useful load of 1000
Kilograms. The duration record Is now
held by the German pilot, Risticz. and
the distance record by his compatriot.
steindofff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
MAJ. 3. r. FRIDGE DIES

Meu1CaI OUTp5 OHICeE GAP1EeN uV
Hot Springs Hospital.
Mai. Benjamin r. Fridge, jr., Army
Medical Corps, died ct the General Hos
pital, Hot Springs, Ark, Saturday, ac-
cording to war Department Advices.
Born at Wilson, La, March 8, 1881.
Maj. Fridge served In the Mississippi
National Guard and the Medical Re-
serve Corps for several years and was
appointed first lieutenant in the Med
zeal Corps Of the Regular Army in June,
1919.
He was promoted 20 the grade OF
major In April, 1899, and was on duty
at Hot Springs when he died. His
widow, Mrs. Susan r. Fridge, u ct Hot
Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
WORLD DISASTERS
KILL HUNDREDS
200 Dead in Balkan QuakeS.
) Storms Take Heavy
Toll in U. S.
tContinued from First rage.)

the route to Stamford. VT, and IS per-
sons were forced to spend the night in
farm houses. The main highway from
Willialnstown TO Bennington, VT, was
cut of. Many persons took to snow
shoes and skis as means of travel. The
snow was still falling today.
An unusually high tide switched the
mouth of the Goose Fair River, dividing
line of Old Orchard and Saco, Me, 100
feet to the south. Tons of rock were
washed over beach roads in the vicinity.
SEVEN DIE IN NEW YORK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
BANDITS GET $4,000

ticut Bank Hold-up.
BERLIN, Conn.,, March 0 P).--Two
men held up the Berlin Savings Bank
as officers and customers arrived today,
forced Assistant Treasurer James Fitz-
simmons to open the vault and escaped
with between 10000 and $4,000.
The men had gained adrnittance dur
ing the night by jimmying window,
and covered George Kanupka, janitor,
when he opened the building at 7:30.
Six subsequent callers at the bank, in
Guiding officers and customers, were
herded into one room, under the
threatening pistol of one of the men,
while the other seized the funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
TOXIC FEELS QUAKE
Temblor Causes Property Damage
on Island of HokkAido,

TOXIC, March 8 OP).--Ln earth
quake today shook Hakodate, on the
island Of Hokkaido, causing minor
damage, but no casualties. Two Chin
rley stacks crashed into the streets, and
overhead telegraph and telephone wires
TO various sections of the city were
broken, and several houses were slightly
damaged. The shock was felt slightly
here, causing a general temporary
alarm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
CAL DWELL, RAMSEY
AND LEA INDICTED
TN BANKING DEAL

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TWO BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, March GP1.-
Between 80 and $50 dead were counted
today in Eastern Jugoslavia and ad-
Jacent Bulgaria, rocked before dawn
Saturday and yesterday by severe
earthquakes. More than 900 buildings
and other structures in Eastern Jugo-
slavia were demolished and 500 persons
are estimated to have been injured
The quakes, both Saturday and yes
terday, extended from Eastern Jugo-
slayia across Bulgaria 10 the shores Of
the Black Sea. The epicenter was near
Drama, Bulgaria. The quakes were felt
in Greece, where 10 houses we're de-
stroyed in the village of Kavallion, and
in Eastern Thrace and Adrianople.
seismograph needles from the dials at
the ohservatories here. Chimneys fell
over the entire area.
King Leaves for Scene.
King alexander and Premier General
Zivkovttch left here during the day for
operations, which were already under
way. Trains are being sent out with
food, shelters, medicines and drinking
water. Before departing the King gave
orders that such soldiers as had homes
in the devastated area be allowed TO
return there at once and aid in caring
for relatives.
Not one building was left standing
IN PirAva, where 10 persons were killed
The kridge across the Parva between
SkoplM and Guevgeli collapsed, inter-
Eppfang railroad tTafac. n one village
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GAS HOLDING FIRM
FACING INQUIRY IN
CHANGING OF NAME

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
ANTI-KNOCK FUEL TO SUIT
ALL CARS SOUGHT BY BUREAU
Other Investigations to Aid Automotive
Industry Undertaken by u. S. Gov
eminent at Washington

ing is difficult, volatile fuel is essen
tial, and in a high-compreSSion engine
the only way to secure the best per-
Torrance is by using the blended fuel
designed for those particular conditions
A cooperative investigation, in which
eight other laboratories have joined, is
being conducted to develop a uniform
method for rating anti-knock fuels This
is very difficult problem since the abil-
ity of a fuel tc prevent defamation can
not be predicted from ordinary analyses
or olstillation tests. A run has to bt
made in an actual engin1 which is de-
signed to give just the data desired
Even scale On which to express the
anti-knock value of fuels has been lack
ing until recently.
"Octane" Scale Adopted.
A few months ago a decision was
reached to adopt what is known as the
"octane" scale. This having beer
adopted as a standard, there remains
the necessity of developing secondary
standards which can be used in ordi-
nary laboratory work and the bureau is
busily engaged on this problem at the
present time.
The quality of lubricants necessary
in different types of cars under diff
ferent weather and operating conditions
is another matter which has received
the bureaus attention for many years
Particular attention has been paid tt
the using of re-reflned oil. From tho
bureaus work it has been shown thai
oil itself does not lose its lubricatine
properties, but becomes diluted and con-
taminated with foreign material, large
part of which is road dust.
Even dilution is not so much to be
feared, since an equilibrium condition i;
obtained after the first few hundred
miles of running, but methods of re.
moving dirt are extremely important
The solution of this problem of reclaim
ing oils would not only be Of great
benefit to automobile operators, bu
would also solve a previous problem
in our large cities, where the disposal o.
the waste oil IS a serious matter.
The questions of brakIng ability, head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
TRUCKS AND BUSES
CONTINUE GROWTH
Commercial Cars 0utstrip Road
and Street Pro-
visions.

How trucks and buses are extending
their utility in an amazing way was
brought to light during the Interstate
Commerce Commission hearing In Chi
cago recently.
Testimony revealed that the railroads
have increased their owned bus BUSH
ness by 900 per cent in the last three
years and now have some Sal ,000, 900
invested in highway vehicles.
Fruit, vegetable and other farm prod
uce are taking to the truck, it was
shown. One railroad official stated that
in some cases apples had been hauled
TOO miles to reach points in New Mexi-
CO. Vegetables shipped by truck from
the territory of one railroad in Arkansas
totaled IS to 80 per cent of the ship
ments in 1929, but in 1880 this had
risen to so to SIS per cent.
The hearing revealed that approx
mately nine-tenths of the jobbers' traf-
fic in groceries moving out Of Spring.
field, Mo-, are handled by truck, and
that merchandise shipments by rail
from that city in 1880 were half the
1925 shipments.
An official of a Midwestern railroad
testified that his railroad had lost 80
per cent of its passenger traf1c In re-
cent years.
These are signs of the times. The
ltSG Va ULlC ILuCk dllu Uuo lids SAOWA
so rapidly that the layman has still
to fully realize its importance. AS a
consequence many communities have
not as yet adjusted themselves to the
new form of transportation. This Is
shown in the condition of roads and
streets througout the country.
Motor transportation, as revealed in
it's life story, hourishes only where ade-
quate provisions have been made for
travel. Good roads stimulate COM
mercial motor vehicle traffic, and that
means a more efficient society as well
as reduced transportation expenses. 1t
| is true that buses and trucks are
large and heavy and that they impose
great burdens on roadways, but these
trucks and buses are serving the public,
and at the behest of the public, else
they wouldn't be found on the roads.
Roads and streets should be built
for heavy traffic flows. Even the light
passenger car is possessed of a poten-
| tial destructive force that will, in short
order, bring unpleasant and costly travel
, to lightly surfaced roads. The COM
munity that would build modern roads
for modern traffic should remember
the accepted engineering principle that
a pavement is no stronger than its base
and If the base is strong enough there
is no need for additional expenditures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
URGES COOPERATION
OF MOTORIST IN TRAFFIC
Local Dealer Says Drivers Can
Play Constructive
Part

Traffic administration, to be success
full, requires the fullest cooperation Of
the motorist. In making this point,
Oscar Coolican, local Packard distribu-
tor, expresses the opinion that drivers
can play definitely constructive part
in the operation and improvement of
trafic regulations and policies.
Much depends upon the motorists
attitude toward the law and those who
administer it," says Mr.. Coolican. If
he has the view that the regulations
are made only to restrict his freedom,
he will not have any great willingness
to cooperate In their enforcement. But
if he looks upon them as necessary
means for protecting him and permit
ting him to drive his car more safely
and with a greater degree of conven-
fence than If all other motorists were
not restricted in their use of public
thoroughfares, then he has an attitude
that is going to be helpful both to him
self and the traffic authorities.
Successful traffic administration is,
in reality, a partnership between the
motorist and the authorities. Neither
one can get along without the cooper
alton of the other. The motoriSt needs
good laws If he is to be fully protected
and given the broadcast use of the streets
or highways consistent with public pol
icy. And certainly the traffic admins
traitor never can accomplish much I'M
less he has the cooperation of the
motoring public.
"A realization of this partnership re-
lation on both sides has tremendous
possibilities for good. The official will
look upon the motorist as one who is
assisting him and not as a person who
is continuously violating the law. The
motorist, on the other hand, no longer
will drive In q slipshod manner and try
to see how far he can go without being
called to task"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
COSTS BEING CUT
IN TRANSPORTATION
Use of Aluminium and Other
Light Alloys Are Now
Favored.

In an attempt to cut down the weight
load and decrease the cost of COM
mercial automotive transportation, the
use Of aluminium and other light alloys
Is increasing in favor with designers.
Speaking before the National Transpor-
tation Meeting of the Society of Auto
motive Engineers. Frank D. Coll of the
aluminium Co. of America, said in part:
while aluminium panels and body
sheets have been used for years, 1t was
not until 1928 that the first all
aluminium motor truck body was built.
In the short space Of two years the
demand for lightweight equipment has
become so great that today one finds
hundreds of aluminium bodies in oper-
alton and many more under construc-
ton. Body builders who two years
ago had never heard of aluminium
bodies are now producing more of them
than they are building of steel. The
first aluminium bodies were sold en-
tirely on the basis of increased pay
load; that is, to carry more load and
still stay within the highway load
limit. This was and still is the most
compelling argument.
other Advantages Found.
"The operators have discovered though
that aluminium bodies have other ad-
vantaEes which in themselves justify
the higher cost. The result is that
there are many such bodies now In
service. The four principal advantages
Of aluminium bodies are weight saving,
lew maintenance cost, residual value,
and better appearance.
Reduction in dead weight Is most
probably taken advantage of by in
creasing the payload within the same
gross load limit. In case increased pay
load is not desired, the weight saved
often permits the use of a lighter and,
therefore, cheaper chassis: or, with the
same chassis, schedules will be improved
because of the higher speeds which are
possible and the less frequent gearsh1ft-
ing that is required. Either method re-
suits in lower operating cost.
1.-THE fact that aluminium does not
rust eliminates the necessity for fire.
quent painting the painting that a
steel body requires throughout the
course of its life is often sufficient to
more than Offset the additional first
cost Of the aluminium body.
Cost of Weight Saving.
1.-THE analyses of hundreds of well
designed bodies have brought forth val
liable criteria for checking the weight
saving and additional cost of aluminium
bodies over bodies constructed of steel.
Provided the steel body was well de-
signed and a complete substitution was
made, the aluminium body should weigh
only IS to so per cent as much, and the
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ance Of some designs Of car bodies and
brought out what was then q rather
surprising fact: that In an open car
with the windshield and top up the
resistance offered by the air Is consid-
erably less than with the same car with
the top and windshield down. A fully
stream1ined car win undoubtedly come
In the near future.
The textile and leather sections have
contributed through their tests or ups
holstery and top materials and the met.
allurgical sections through its funda-
mental researches on the light and
strong alloys, such as the modern
high-Strength steels and duralunin. In
this particular field the requirements OF
the modern motor car are not dissini-
lar from those of aircraft. The results
in the two fields of work overlap.
In the electrical division many tests
have been made of storage batteries. ig-
milton, starting and lighting systems.
Weights and Measures.
The weights and measures division
has contributed to the modern automo-
bile through tests of measuring and re-
cording instruments and to the inter-
ests of the motorists through its CO.
operation with State Weights and
Measures Departments in the testing Of
gasoline pumps. oil and
grease dispensing devices. Each year q
conference of weights and measures Of
ficials is held at the bureau and prob
ably one-half the time of recent con-
ferences has been devoted to the dis
cusSion of problems connected with the
sale of automotive fuels and lubricants.
The bureaus work is carried IN in
cooperation with all interested indus
tries and is in the trueSt sense for the
general benefit. It cannot undertake
to test devices for individual manufac-
turers and furnishes no approved rat
ingS on such things. a common miscon-
ception in the minds of many people.
1t does, however, devote a large part of
its time to the fundamental questions
which affect the automotive industry
and motoring public and the results OF
all this work are published for the
benefit of all who care to use them.
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lighting. reaction, time of drivers and
riding qualities also have been studied
by this section. A device known as the
decelerometer was designed by former
chief of the section and Is now produced
commercially. Through the use OF this
device the stopping distance of any car
from q speed of 20 miles an hour can be
determined, regardless of the actual
speed of the car at the time the brakes
are applied. The development OF this
device has made possible the placing OF
definite maximum stopping distances
in the code for automobile brakes pre-
pared by the bureau and issued in print
ed form during the last year.
The headlighting research has tnvolv-
ed laboratory tests of headlamps and
dozens of tests on the road. These last
named tests have involved q unique
arrangement by which one car is driven
ahead of the other and equipped with
lamps at its rear end, thus greatly facili-
tating the work, since the car does not
have to be turned around to simulate
the condition of meeting a second car.
Probably every motorist will agree that
the headlight problem is far from being
solved at the present time, but what
is required is certainly better under
stood today than 1t was few years
ago and distinct progress is being made.
Tire Investigations.
Turning to the rubber section Of the
bureau we find investigations stretch
ing back over a dozen years on auto
mobile tires. The power loss in tires of
different design and under various in
fiation pressures has been determined
and the results Of the bureaus work,
which showed the much greater power
loss in the fabric compared with the
cord tire, undoubtedly had a great deal
to do with the disappearance of the
fabric tire from the market
The influence of tread design on wear
has been studied, and to determine the
endurance of tires special machines are
used on which the tires can be run at
steady speed of 80 miles an hour
Even the best tires can be used up on
this machine in a few days. The bu-
reau does not claim that this stimulates
actual service conditions, since the test
Is much more severe than in ordinary
driving, but it has found that tires
which stand up well on these machines
also will give maximum mileage in
service The tests undoubtedly have
saved the Government large sums of
money in its purchases of tires, since
samples are tested on every important
contract.
Wind Resistance Tests.
Even the aerodynamics sections of the
bureau has contributed to the design
of the modern motor car. Wind tunnel
tests on small models a number of years
ago showed the very high wind resist