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Lesh Appeals for D. c. Representation
Attorney Delivers Plea Radio Broadcast Under Auspices of
G. w. y. Forum.

provision an area I mile square in
which to place the Capitol and Execu-
tive Mansion and house the Supreme
Court might have been set up.
It is not surprising, therefore, that
the trainers Of the Constitution we're
more concerned with the solution of
problems of practical Importance at
that time, nor that they failed to
provide for that future time when the
District Of Columbia should be a
political subdivision containing more
people than any one of eight of the
sovereign States of the United States.
When the last census was taken, in
1880, there were 486,869 persons EMU
merated as residents of the District
of Columbia. The population Of eight
of the States Is lesser number-the
States of fewer population are New
Hampshire. Idaho, Vermont, Arizona,
New Mexico, Delaware. Wyoming and
Nevada. These States had 27 Rep
resentativeS and Senators in the Ma
tional Legislature. During recent
years the District of Columbia has
been paying more Federal taxes than
are paid by any one of more than
half of the total States in the Union.
When refer to Federal taxes mean
those taxes levied generally through
out the United States, and 1 am not
including the local taxes levied for
the support Of the District govern
ment. Laying aside all consideration
of the local government of the Dis
trict of Columbia and its revenues, 1t
is certainly only fair that the resi-
dents of the District of Columbia
should have the same control, accord
ing to their numbers, as is accorded
to the other citizens Of the Nation in
the expenditure of money raised by
national taxation, which fall equally
on them.
Theory Of Opposition.
The opposition to our proposal
which is most nearly intelligent comes
from those who think of the District
of Columbia as a place with a float
ing population. including many per-
sons who have right to vote else
where in the United States.
Actually. the facts are contrary.
This was demonstrated when the last
census was taken. The census takers
enumerated separately in the District
Of Columbia the persons qualified to
vote elsewhere who had recently ex-
ercised their right TO vote; there were
only 15,105 persons so enumerated.
We all believe that there has been
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and A. D. willard, station wJsv.

and A. ID. Willard, Station WJSV.
Hardey discussed Advertising in
General" He opened his lecture by
explaining the Advertising Club has
long considered the desirability Of at
tempting to tell something about adj
vertising in such way that the lay
man, the student or any person in
terested could get information Of Q
primary nature.
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night by James w. Hardey, advertising
manager of Woodward a. Lothrop.

The series is being sponsored by the
Advertising Club of Washington. The
second lecture will be given Friday,
March 81, by James Rotto, sales pro-
motion manager Of Lansburgh &
Bro.
Other speakers In the series will be
Norman Kal. president of the Kal
Advertising Agency and president Of
the Advertising Club; c. Dorsey War
field, Washington Times; w. N. Free"
man, Washington Shopping News,
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LECTURES BEGUN
ON ADVERTISING
First of Series Given by James w.
Hardey Of Woodward
& Lothrop.

The first OF series of lectures de-
signed to initiate the student into the
primary points of advertising was
given at the Willard Hotel Friday
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Use of Machinery Growing.
Use of machinery in industrial plants
of England is increasing.
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Acacia loans are available to
owners Of satisfactorily To-
Gated properties in Washing
ton and nearby Maryland
and Virginia. The $6.15 per
$1,000 plan Is available only
on new properties or proper
ties recently completed.
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DARK Pontiac next to the costiest built today
l. Get inside first and then the other You feel
no let-down In all the things that spell real luxury
beauty, spaciousness, fine bows
to none And that's just side of the Pontiac story
While it looks and performs like expensive car
its the economy champion of its sze-proved in the
Yosemite Valley Economy Rum" supervised by American
Automobile Association where it averaged 239 miles per
gallon (no oil added), defeating all entrants in its
class. What's more Pontiac is built to be Americas
most dependable lowpriced car! Ride with pride and
save money Buy big thrifty car America
calls the most beautiful thing on wheels
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ter. So you run to your charming
residence less than mile away. How
ever, destruction rides the skyways.
Within half an hour your house is all
but uproOted and carried away; its
roof is blasted asunder; gas, water
and electrical connections are ripped
apart, with a total damage of many
thousands OF dollars.
Now you have rough idea of what
actually happened not so long
ago TO member of Uncle Sans "hur-
ricane squad" Eight valiant men
are they, attached 10 the United States
Weather Bureau, charged with the
responsibility of predicting, with
strictest accuracy, when certain re-
glons Of the United States and pos
sessions may expect the death-oeaiing
fury OF sea cyclone.
Chief Of the squad is E. B. Calvert.
who directs all work from his WASH
ington headquarters He explains:
Hurricanes are the meteorological
monsters of the sea. No other type
Of ocean storm approaches them in
violence and destructiveness. nor in
the persistency with which they main
tain their form and force.
1T is rare thing for one Of them
that has fully developed to dissolve
and disappear over water surfaces In
the tropics. With few exceptions they
continue as violent storms until they
strike land or pass out Of the tropics.
They are called hurricanes when
they occur in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf
of Mexico. Caribbean Sea and the
Pacific ocean of the coast OF Central
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Northwest Florida, Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Texas.
A system of direct calls for special
observations from ships when hur-
ricane Is in progress was inaugurated
in 1894. II proved to be successful
and is being continued in the re-
organization program. This plan
works as follows: The southern por-
ton of the Atlantic. the Gulf Of Mex
leo and the Caribbean Sea is divided
into 5-degree squares which are num-
bered.
When a hurricane is known to be in
progress, commercial radio stations at
Galveston, Port Arthur, Tampa, West
Palm Beach and Ensenada puerto
Rico) are informed Of the areas
(squares) from which special ship re-
ports are desired and the time the OBJ
servations should be taken.
Operators at these stations contact
all ships in the specific squares ana
ask that the observations be radioed
to a specified weather bureau forecast
center. In this way many valuable
reports are secured which otherwise
would not be available.
A MOTHER new feature. inaugurated
"a last Summer, is the increased CO.
operation with the Coast Guard,
whereby weather observations, includ-
ing data on swells and tides, are be-
ing obtained from Coast Guard life
saving stations.
As q rule. observations from Coast
Guard stations are not needed until
| the storm has approached within .
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iority Of such storms have occurred
in August, September and October.
In small hurricanes the diameter
of the area Of destructive winds may
not exceed Is miles. while in some
of the greatest the diameter may be
as much as 400 to 500 miles.
THE largest number of tropical
the North Caribbean area. including
the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
Sea. was 81 in 1888. In several years
there were only 2. The number per
year averages between 6 and 7.
approximately SO per cent Of all
these storms reach full hurricane in
tensity. Only about one-fourth ap-
proach close enough to the coasts OF
the United States TO cause winds OF
hurricane force. No State along the
South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts has
an average of one tropical storm OF
full hurricane force in a year"
TNCLE SANS new hurricane warn
~ ing service was inaugurated a
year ago. It was made possible by a
congressional appropriation of $4,000.
The original Federal warning service
was started in 1873. Since then adj
vices concerning tropical storms have
been issued from Washington, except
for the short period during the Span
ish War, when predictions for the
West Indies emanated from Kingston
and Havana.
Under today's reorganization system
no hurricane predictions are being
issued from Washington, except for
such ss have moved Rorth Of latitude
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COIN ISSUES GROW
Memorial Pieces, Which Have No Place in
Business, Gain Congressional Favor
and Delight Collectors.

Post Office Department, which has
shown considerable business acumen In
selling its various new stamp designs.
The Treasury's bureau will not per-
nit distribution of these special
coins to the public. OfficialS state,
rather emphatically. that there is
no mailing list maintained by the de-
partment covering the issues of COM
memorative coins" Applications must
be made to the designated agents,
addresses of which are furnished if
requested.
These rules aid the various CEN
tennials, tercentenary and commemo-
rative and memorial associations to
secure the maximum price possible
in auctioning off their limited sup
plies. 1t is generally believed that
the profits are used to honor a
pioneer. special historical date, an
exposition, city or notable event.
For brief time the Treasury De-
partment endeavored to discourage
the issuance of these commemorative
coins. An effort was made by Secre-
tary Morgenthau and President Roose-
velt to halt their growing popularity.
1t was observed last year by these
high officials that commemorative
stamps would be much more appro-
pirate and more adaptable. However,
the introduction Of special acts to
authorize these coins continued.
IN THE final days of the last Con-
gress authorization was granted
for 10 or more commemorative coins,
Lynchburg being included, the home
of Carter Glass. Treasury officials
have now practically ceased their
public opposition to the growing list
of odd designs that has revived the
business of the numismatist.
Not a few of these commemorative
issues have doubled and trebled in
value through their artificial scarcity.
Occasionally. however. some of the
sponsoring organizations have failed to
realize any considerable profit from
handling the coins and have turned
back varying quantities to the bureau.
which has. in turn. melted them down
for whatever metal value they may
have.
1t has been the custom Of the Bu-
reau of the Mint to Cooperate with
the sponsoring organization named in
the act in the selection of coin de-
signs. In turn, the committees or
commissions hold competitions among
artists. Such methods provide some
advertising value to the event.
The submitted designs, when re-
ceived at the Treasury, are closely
examined to ascertain If they can be
used on coins, have the necessary in
sigma required to make them legal.
will prove reasonably difficult to coun-
terfeit and will qualify for all other
purposes common to the regularly
used coins of business and commerce.
Frequently the Fine Arts Commission
Is called in to inspect the designs.
After the selection Of the design
and the making of the dies, there is
delivered the exact number-not one
more or less-called for in the act.
These are delivered for cash. After
that the bureau does not have to con-
Germ itself with the coins again and
business continues. generally without
knowledge Of their existence.
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By Vincent WHcOr.

TINE Roosevelt administration
may be noted for an accom-
plishment not generally listed
in the campaign book of the
Democratic party, yet of intense con-
Germ to the many thousands of COL
lectors. This Accomplishment is the
steady production of memorial coins
money that is legal but is never used
in commerce or business. In fact, so
unfamiliar would the average citizen
be with the designs on these coins
that he might instinctively reject them
as counterfeits. In fact, this has hap
pened.
Congress, during the last three
years. has been busy promoting numiS-
matology-the collecting Of coins.
Postmaster General Farley will long
be famous for his efforts to fatten the
books of the stamp collectors, but
Congress has been inactive. If unad-
vertised, competition. In 1884, 1885 and
the last session there were 80 author
izations Of commemorative issues Of
half-dollar pieces.
Recently Senator Carter Glass. a
former Secretary of the Treasury,
good-naturedly protested against the
use OF his portrait on the Lynchburg
coin, or medal. Whether a coin or
medal was authorized by Congress is
puzzling some of the best lawyers,
since the House of Representatives au-
thorized one and the Senate the other
and the President signed bill which
one branch had not passed. The diff
ference is important to Lynchburg,
for. while the medal might be more
artistic, could be used for decorative
purposes. could be photographed and
displayed. there could not be the same
amount of profit to the Lynchburg
promoters Of the anniversary. 1t
seems that 50-cent pieces, as COM
memorative coins, are worth some
times four times as much as their face
value. Medals are used largely as
paper weights.
The 20 most recent authorizations of
coins reached a total of 1885, 900
pieces, having a face value of S4,-
77,000, but an actual trade value of
approximately 100000. Since there
Is but limited number produced, the
value of these coins increases with the
years, as any collector will state.
These 20 authorizations are all for
half dollars and bear the date of 1886.
OF the total lot authorized, as yet only
1900 pieces were turned back, leav-
ing $4.287, 500 worth OF coins outstand-
ing, so far as their face value is con-
cerned.
THE Bureau of the Mint of the
United States Treasury is charged.
under the various acts which authorize
these special coins, with protecting
the issues. For this purpose the Secret
Service operates just as it does for all
money. The bureau Is the final au-
thority on design, production and ac-
counting with the private corporations
which foster and distribute these spe-
cial coins.
The United States Treasury makes
no profit. according to the officials of
the Bureau of the Mint. in this busi-
ness. In this respect 1t Is unlike the
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alton with Coast Guard ships, both In
forwarding observations taken on
board and also in collecting observa-
tions from other ships. BY like plan,
reports from Coast Guard Stations
from Cape Fear River northward to
the Delaware Breakwater are being
secured for the forecaSters at Wash
ington.
A unique feature of the reorganiza-
tion system is an interstate teletype-
writer set-up operating only during
the five active hurricane months. This
system is designed for speedy collec-
tion of observations from life-Savlng
and storm warning stations, the dis
,ribution OF land and ship reports from
one forecast center to the other, in
cluding intervening first-order sta
tions, and immediate dissemination OF
warnings and advices to the entire
coastal area.
THIS teletype circuit connects the
Weather Bureau forecast centers
at Jacksonville and New Orleans and
its offices at Tampa. Miami. Key West,
Pensacola, Mobile, Port Arthur, Hous-
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Roosevelt administration
may be noted for an accom-
plishment not generally listed
u in the campaign book of the
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IN VAN OF HURRICANE FURY
Senne Along Pathway Placed American Government Watch
Progress of Death-Dealng Cyclone for Benefit of
Public Which Faces PERIL

r IMAGINE yourself standing on a
tropical beach along the Carib-
bean Sea just before sunset.
u Drinking in the romantic beauty
of tropical paradise; the palm trees
lazily waiting in the gentle breeze and
the green waves leiSurely tapping
against the sandy shore.
Glancing casually at the skies,
spectacular sight meets your startled
eyes. Instead of wearing its usual
mantle of robins egg blue, the sky has
turned to brilliant crimson. Just
above you, moving ever nearer. is a
vast whirlwind, may be 200 miles in
area, more or less circular in form.
churning the air with indescribable
violence.
Meantime, far out on the ocean,
possibly a mile, you see a long, un-
broken wave. the time interval be-
tween crests being considerably longer
than in waves usually observed. Soon
the sky is inky black, and as the storm
approaches the seas become heavier
and rougher and the tide rises far
above its normal height.
Naturally, you seek immediate shell
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America and Mexico. They are known
as 'typhoons' in the China Sea,
'baguios' in the water area of the
Philippines and cyclones in the Bay
of Bengal and other portions Of the
Indian Ocean. BY whatever name
they are known and wherever they
occur they strike terror into the hearts
of seamen and Of people who reside
along the low-lying shores subject to
their visitation.
WHAT was the worst tropical storm
in history? There is conflict
ing evidence. However. 100000 lives
were lost as a direct result Of a
cyclone that devastated Backergunge,
on the northeastern corner Of the Bay
of Bengal, India, in 1876. Another
cataclysmic wind snuffed out $4,000
lives in the same region in 1864. Pos
sibly the biggest loss of life from a
hurricane in the United States was
6 1000 in 1900, when the section around
Galveston, Tex, was blasted asunder.
In our Gulf Coast region the hur-
ricane season extends, roughly, from
June to November, though the ma
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CD Probably this wouldn't have happened If the driver
of this had been put through the A. A. A. testing
laboratory to determine his driving limitations. ~
The fed of vision test is precisely accurate in reveal
ing how far you right and left while looking
directly ahead the highway (3 This automobile and
trailer touring key cities throughout the Nation
test the physical and mental fitness of Mr. & Mrs.
America. ~ The "hear test" definitely establishes loss
of hearing m any of the driver and desgnates the
amount in either (5) This'records your reaction
when the unexpected happens while you're driving
and tells you how we'll you keep your head in
emergency
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35 degrees. 1t is believed that far
better service can be rendered the
Nation from forecast centers located
close to the scene of action. Today,
therefore. the three major warning
centers are Jacksonville, Fla, which
takes in the States of North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia and the
Florida Peninsula: San Juan, Puerto
Rico, which has charge of the Carib-
bean Sea region, and New Orleans,
which handles predictions for extreme
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ABILITY FINELY MEASURED
American Automobile Association Sponsors Travelling Schoo
Which Carries Finest of Test Equipment Ever Developed
Highway Conditions Simulated.

Now if you happen to be an average
citizen you will have consumed five
seconds in answering all signals in
all twelve trials: four seconds If
you're exceptionally quick, and six
or seven if you're extremely slow.
In the latter case, you are warned to
keep out of congested traffic and to
avoid city driving whenever possible.
How would you behave if, while
driving peacefully along the road, a
tire suddenly explodes? Or when you
certainly don't expect it, another
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motorist. iust behind you lets loose
with a powerful blast on one OF the
new super-loud air horns?
You'll discover the answers to these
questions if you take the excitability
test, for it utilizes a novel device
which. by passing slight electric
current through your body, records
that funny jumpy feeling you expert
ence when the unexpected happens.
The current. by the way, isn't felt.
Actual motoring conditions are
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few hundred miles of the coast. To-
day they are being collected by tele-
phone, telegraph and radio and speed
lily are being made available to the
forecast centers at New, Orleans and
Jacksonville.
In a similar way, there Is cooper
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ton, Galveston. Corpus Christi and
Brownsville. The circuit operates "a
hours a day every day in the week,
including Sundays and holidays. and
Is used exclusively by the Weather
Bureau.
Forty sponge e-fishing boats scurried
safely into port l8 hours ahead of the
September, 1885. hurricane of the
west coast of Florida. They had been
warned by a Coast Guard seaplane
dropping small wooden blocks to
which were attached 3-foot yellow
streamers bearing in black letters the
words: Hurricane Warnings" Three
of the boats already had anchored far
from their harbor. intending to wait
for the wind to die down.
Weather Bureau observers at
Tampa, Fla, notify the Coast Guard
Air Station at St. Petersburg of every
threatening tropical disturbance
headed for the northeastern waters CT
the Gulf of Mexico Seaplanes, carry
ing supply Of the yellow hurricane
warning streamers, are sent out at
once to sweep the area from Tampa
Bay to Cape San Bias, where most of
the sponge fishing is done. Sighting
a boat, the plane flies low and drops
its signal. The buoyant wood blocks
bear an abbreviated request for re-
turn to the air base at st. Petersburg
Returned blocks give the two agencies
a check on the usefulness of the sery-
ice.
How far in advance can a hurri-
cane be predicted? Seldom not
more than "a hours in advance, says
Mr.. Calvert. Why? Because they in
variably follow on erratic course.
Ofhcials at Weather Bureau head
quarters In Washington receive
countless letters from people through
out the country. including many
cranks, who have devised ingenious
schemes" for tanning or destroying
the dread hurricane. Generally they
urge the wholesale use Of high ex-
plOsives.
For instance, not long ago man in
Hollywood, Fla, wrote to his Con-
gresham urging that efforts be made
to destroy hurricanes or tropical cy-
clones at the time of their beginning
by means of bombardment from tor
pedo boats and from airplanes. The
letter was referred to the Weather
IContipuad m, Do 90 poN
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Lincoln

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Of our early traditions to patriotic
courage and steadiness Of purpose" !"
Hubbard told his hearers that this
country may escape being drawn into
the maelstrom of a European con-
fiict, If it should come, is the earnest
wish of every good citizen"
"A defined national policy Of en-
bargoes surrenders our established
rights under international law and
under the doctrine of the freedom of
the seas, for which We have fought
every foreign war in which we have
engaged, including the World War,
excepting our war with Mexico, the
causes of which did not involve our
sea rights" declared Hubbard.
Three million American children
are under active tutorage in COM
munism," asserted the Navy League
president, in admonishing his audi
ence: Let US clean our house"
The meeting was under the joint
sponsorship of the Military Order of
the World War and the Advisory
Board of Masonic Clubs of the Dis
trict. ,..-f.
Marine Band Concert.
A concert by the Marine Band.
under Capt. Taylor Branson. was held
from 1915 to 1890. Presiding was
Stewart P. Lewis, president of the Ad-
visory Board, who also supervised the
laying of wreaths. The opening re-
marks we're made by Lewis while the
invocation was delivered by Maj Ar
lington A. McCallum, chaplain gen.
eral of the Military Order Of the World
War. Maj. Edwin s. Bettllheimer, jr.,
was master Of ceremonies and Maj.
John D. Cutter, commander of the
District of Columbia Chapter of the
Military Order Of the World War.
spoke on The Life of John Paul
Jones'"
Secretary of War Harry H. Wood
ring sent a message of congratulation
to Secretary of the Navy Swanson. He
said: THE War Department is hon.
ored to join with the rest of the Nation
in expressing its respect. confidence
and affection for the Navy on this, its
own day.
The great contribution of the Navy
to the security Of the country has
never been so pertinent and so evident
as it is at present"
Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews,
chief of the Navy Bureau of Naviga-
tion, will speak at historic Gadsby's
Tavern, Alexandria, Va, at 7:30 pm.
at a Navy day celebration under
American Legion auspices. The ad-
dress will be broadcast by WJSV.
Several spectacular events are on
the navy yard program for this after
noon. An air show to be staged by