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CONFIDENCE VOTED
! IN KING FIGHT
Michigan Park Association
Hears Speeches on Peril
and Inconvenience.
A vote of confidence in the efforts of
Its representatives to have the Michigan
avenue grade crossing of the Baltimore
is Ohio tracks replaced by a viaduct was
given last night by the Michigan Park
Citizens' Association at a meeting in the
headquarters, at Twelfth street and
Michigan avenue.
The vote was taken following a gen
eral discussion, in which speakers
pointed out that the crossing is a source
of constant danger and inconvenience
to residents of the community. The
improvement is particularly expedient,
it was said, since the straightening of
Michigan avenue near the Soldiers’
Home increased the movement of traffic
over that thoroughfare into Maryland
The association has been conducting
an active fight to have the viaduct
erected, and representatives have argued
the cause of the community before the
House District committee at recent ses
sions. according to a report returned tc
the meeting.
The following officers of the associa
tion were elected: Ralph J. Endicotf.
president, succeeding W. M. Devinney;
R. A. Ralph, vice president; W. A.
Kilerlane. secretary; Franklin A. Adams, (
treasurer; F. W. Bush, assistant secre
tary.
L. S. Trundle was named a delegate
to the Federation of Citizens’ Associa
tions, and Edward J. Brennan. Mr.
Trundle and Mr. Devinney were chosen
to the executive committee.
ZALESKI LAUDS TERMS
OF PACT WITH GERMANY
Beea Commercial Treaty as Source
Os Benefit to Polish Agricul
ture and Mining.
8r the Associated Press.
WARSAW. March 27.—August Za
leski. foreign minister, last night at a
banquet. gave his customary public an
nual summation of foreign affairs of
the republic. He devoted the speech
almost entirely to the war claims
liquidation and commercial treaties
with Germany.
M. Zaleski said that the minority
clauses of the liquidation pact did not
give Germany even indirect rights to
interfere with the relations between
the Polish government and its citizens,
as had been charged by critics of the
treaty.
The commercial treaty was lauded as
a source of Immediate benefit to polish
agriculture and mining.
THE WEATHER |
District of Columbia —Fair tonight
and probably tomorrow; not much
change in temperature; lowest tonight,
about 34 degrees; moderate southwest
shifting to west and northwest winds.
Maryland—Fair tonight and probably
tomorrow, except snow flurries in the
extreme west portion tonight; not much
change in temperature; moderate south
west shifting to northwest and west
winds.
Virginia—Fair tonight; tomorrow in
creasing cloudiness; not much change
in temperature; moderate to fresh
southwest shifting to west or northwest
winds, diminishing Friday.
West Virginia—Mostly cloudy tonight
and tomorrow: probably snow flurries
in north portion tonight; not much
change in temperature.
Record for 24 Hours.
Thermometer—4 p.m., 40; 8 p.m.. 36;
12 midnight, 34; 4 am., 35; 8 a.m., 38;
noon. 44.
Barometer—4 p.m.. 20.54; 8 p.m.,
39.69; 12 midnight, 29.75; 4 a.m., 29.75;
8 a.m.. 29.81; noon, 29.83.
Highest temperature, 44, occurred at
noon yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 35, occurred at
4:45 a.m. today.
Temperature same date last year—
Highest, 65; lowest, 42.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey.)
Today—Low tide, f2:40 a.m. and 1:04
P-m.; high tide, 6:18 a.m. and 6:39 p.m.
Tomorrow—Low tide, 1:24 am. and
1:49 p.m.; high tide, 7:01 a.m. and
7:22 p.m.
The Son and Moon.
Today—Sim rose 6:02 a.m., sun sets
6:26 p.m.
Tomorrow—Sun rises 6 a.m., sun sets
0:27 p.m.
Moon rises 5:08 a.m., sets 4 p.m.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Variant Cities..
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Stations. | g.- £- Weather.
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Baltimore. Md 29 80 42 36 ....Cloudy
Birmingham ... 30 24 S 5 31 .... Cloudy
Bismarck. If. D. 30.40 30 13 ....Clear
Boston, Mail... 39.60 so 34 .... cloudy
Buffalo. N. Y 39.52 30 24 0.04 Cloudy
Charleston. B.C. 30 20 56 42 ....Clear
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Denver, C 010... 30.46 30 IS 0.02 Pt.eloudy
Pftron. Mich... 19.68 30 24 0.06 Snow
B1 Paso. Tex.... 30 02 66 36 ....Cloudy
Galveston. Tex. 30 18 66 46 ....Cloudy
Helena, Mont... 30.43 38 20 ....Pt.eloudy
Huron. S Dak. 30 34 38 30 ....Pt.eloudy
Indianapolis Jnd 29.94 32 26 0.06 Snow
Jacksonville, Fla. 30.26 S 3 46 ....Cloudy
Kansas City. Mo 30 26 40 34 ....Cloudy
Los Angeles 29 86 88 56 .... Cloudy
Louisville. Ky.. 30.08 38 30 .... Clear
Miami. FU 30.20 76 84 .... Clear
H Orleans. La 30.24 58 52 .... Cloudy
York. H;Y. 29 «8 48 S 3 ....Pt cloudy
Oklahoma City. 30 38 54 30 ....Cloudy
Omaha .Webr... 30.34 34 36 ....Cloudy
Philadelphia ... 29.74 44 34 ....Cloudy
Phoenix, Arts... 29.82 86 51 ....Clear
Pittsbureh. Pa.. 29.74 30 36 0.06 Snow
Portland. Me... 29.54 50 30 0.01 Pt cloudy
Portland. Ore*.. 30 22 72 60 .... Clear
Raleigh. ». C... 30.04 56 36 ....Clear
Salt Lake City.. 30.18 50 30 ....clear
Ban Antonio ... 30.16 54 40 0.18 Rain
Ban Diego. Calif 26 84 78 80 ....Cloudy
Ban Pranciseo.. 39.86 68 66 .... Clear
Bt. Louis. M 0... 30.12 42 28 Cloudy
ft. Paul, Minn.. 30.04 34 22 ....Pt.eloudy
Seattle. Wash .. 30.28 58 46 ....Clear
Bpokane. Wash. 30 32 64 42 ....Ptcloudy
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FOREIGN.
(7 a.m., Greenwich time, today.)
Station*. Temperature Weather.
London. Eneland 40 Clear
Paris. Pranee 40 Clear
Vienna, Austria 44 Clear
Berlin. Germany 30 Cloudy
Brest. Prance.... 46 Clear
Stockholm. Sweden 30 Clear
(Noon. Greenwich time, today.)
Gibraltar. Spain 56 Claar
.. _ (Current observations.)
Horta (Fayal). Aiores.... so Part cloudy
Hamilton. Bermuda 66 Part cloudy
San Juan. Porto Rico.... 78 Clear
Havana. Cuba 66 Part cloudy
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PHYSICIAN’S AND
\ DENTIST’S OFFICE
) Ideal location .‘or physician's,
dentist’s and similar offices. One
of the choicest residential areas
In Washington. Just a step from
the intersection of 16th Bt and
Columbia Road, Harvard and Mt
Pleasant Bta.
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HOOVER OPENS POPPY DRIVE
The annual campaign conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for the
I relief of disabled veterans and their dependents was launched when Miss Lois
June Allen, 5-year-old daughter of a dead veteran, pinned the first buddy poppy
!on President Hoover. —P. &A. Photo.
SHOEMAKERSO. K.
HOUSE TARIFF BILL
Boston Manufacturer Tells
President Hoover Association
Opposes Senate Measure.
Members of the National Shoe Manu
facturers’ Association, opposing the
Senate tariff bill, which places boots
and shoes and leather on the free list,
would like to see the rates as provided
in the House bill contained when the
measure is sent to him for signature.
President Hoover was informed today.
J. P. McElwain, Boston shoe manu
facturer and chairman of the tariff
committee of the National Shoe Manu
facturers’ Association, after visiting Mr.
Hoover voiced support of the House
tariff rates, which were 10 per cent on
hides, 15 per cent on leather, and 20
per cent on shoes.
President Hoover was told yesterday
by John E. Edgerton of New York, pres
ident of the National Manufacturers’
Association, and H. L. Derby of New
York, chairman of the tariff committee
of that organization, that the manufac
turers of this country favor the flexible
provision in the tariff bill as originally
provided in the bill which passed the
House and that they would not want
the President to sign any bill providing
a less degree of flexibility of administra
tion than is now contained in the tariff
act of 1922.
BALL PLAYER’S DEATH ,
BRINGS MOTHER $22,500
————— |
Mrs. Lerian of Baltimore Awarded
Verdict Against Hecht Co. in (
. Truck Accident. .
BALTIMORE, March 27 (A*).— Mrs. 1
Josephine Lerian of Baltimore yester
day was awarded $22,500 damages .
against the Hecht Co. for the death
of her son, Walter •’Peck” Lerian, 1
Philadelphia National League catcher,
who died last October of injuries re
ceived when he was struck by a truck
owned by the company.
The award was made by a jury in
the Court of Common Pleas, following
an inquisition hearing to fix the dam
ages. The company had previously per
mitted Judgment by default to be en
tered. Mrs. Lerian, in her suit, had
asked $50,000 damages.
The ball player was injured October
31. He was struck by the truck and
pinned against a brick wall. Death
occurred the following day.
HIGHER GERMAN GRAIN
DUTIES NOW IN EFFECT
Flour, Sugar and Potato Bates Will
Beeome Operative Tomorrow
at Midnight.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 27.—Increased duties
on wheat, barley and oats, recently ap
proved by the Reichstag, became opera
tive as of from Wednesday midnight.
Plour. sugar and potato rates be
come effective Friday midnight and the
com law April 1.
Authorization was given for a still
further Increase In the wheat duty in
case of attempts from abroad to dump
wheat on the market.
All increases authorized are contin
gent on market conditions.
URGE INSURANCE RATE
Federal Court Is Asked to Block
Attempt to Balk Baise.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 27 UP).—
A bill for injunction to restrain op
ponents of the proposed higher In
surance rates announced by the Modem
Woodmen of America from attempting
to stop the enforcement of the new
schedule, was filed in Federal Court
yesterday by Olenn Kenderdine, a
member of the society.
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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930.
Inventor Charged
With Bigamy Ends
Prison Sentence
Paroled to Manufacture
Invention Perfected
in Jail.
By the Associated Press.
JACKSON. Mich.. March 27.—Wil-1
lard Irving Osgood Twombly. one time
wealthy New York inventor and engi- I
neer, whose wife had him arrested in
Los Angeles and financed his extradi
tion to Michigan to face a bigamy
charge, was paroled from the State
prison here today to go into business
manufacturing numerous inventions
perfected in prison. Twombly denied
the bigamy charge, but pleaded guilty
to misconduct with a young woman and
served 18 months of a 6 months to 3
years’ sentence.
He was reputed to have made a for
tune from a submarine device sold to
the British government during the
world war and was credited with some
200 other inventions giving him an in
come of SIOO,OOO a year.
Both Twombly and the wife who
brought various court actions involving
him following their elopement in 1918.
had been previously married. In 1926
Mrs. Ethel Helen Twombly brought suit
in New York against Helen Woods, an
instructor in a public dance hall, charg
ing alienation of affections. Twombly
was 57 years old at the time. Shortly
afterward Mrs. Twombly brought a sep
arate maintenance suit against Twom
bly in Chicago.
Blood Transfusion Fatal.
TULSA, Okla., March 27 OP).—Harry
Hemme, 34, .Broken Bow farmer, paid
with his life yesterday for having helped
save that of a 16-year-old Indian boy,
Yahola Burgess.
A month ago Hemme gave a quart
of his blood to the loy, a neighbor, who
was near death from lack of blood fol
lowing an operation. The youth im
proved and will recover.
Infection developed In the transfusion
wound In Hemme’s arm and was fol
lowed by pneumonia, resulting in his
death in a Tulsa Hospital.
Park Conference Site Chosen.
Linville, N. C., in the Blue Ridge
Mountains will be the meeting place for
the tenth annual gathering of the na
tional conference on State Parks from
June 17 to June 20. The announcement
was accompanied by an outline of an
extensive program.
Day Beds That Add
Charm to Any Home
Such interesting groups can be
worked around a day bed of
good lines and upholstery. At
Mayer & Co. there are many
delightful styles temptingly
priced. May we show you?
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Seventh Street Between D and E
COURT DISMISSES
DISTRICT BUS SUIT
Evidence Held Lacking That
Nevin Line Carried Pas
sengers Off Route.
A suit for SI,OOO filed by the District
of Columbia against Nevin Bus Lines,
Inc., Interstate carriers, for deviating
from the route in Washington prescribed
by the Public Utilities Commission was
dismissed on a directed verdict by Judge
Nathan Cayton in Municipal Court to
day.
The suit was filed under customary
procedure to collect fines of S2OO, as
sessed by the Public Utilities Commis
j sion for each of five days when the
! Nevin Line busses were said to have
| gone off their route.
Testimony was given yesterday by in
spector for the Utilities Commission
that they had observed infractions of
the route regulations. Following their
! testimony Sefton Darr, defense attorney,
j asked for a directed verdict on the con
tention that Assistant Corporation
I Counsel Robert Lynch had failed to
! show that the busses carried passengers
I from point to point within the District
of Columbia as the allegation of the
suit contended.
Lynch was allowed to reopen the
case and questioned William M. Nevin,
secretary for the bus company, but
failed to establish sufficient proof to
satisfy Judge Cayton. The judge con
tinued the case until today, when he
ruled in favor of the company.
ASSISTANT CORPORATION
COUNSEL RESIGNS POST
I A. H. Bell, Jr., to Join Justice De
partment Staff at Increased
Salary.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Alex
ander Hamilton Bell, jr., resigned yes
terday. Mr. Bell will join the Depart
ment of Justice staff as its land-con
demnation expert, at a greatly in
creased salary. He was paid $4,600 a
year by the District.
Mr. Bell was appointed assistant cor
poration counsel September 3, 1924.
After periods at Juvenile and Police
Courts he* was assigned to land-con
demnation work, Later he was put on
! general work defending the District in
I law and equity actions.
Mr. Bell's resignation is the third
recently from the corporation counsel’s
office. Ringgold Hart, the principal
assistant, resigned to go into private
practice, Mr. Keech to become people’s
counsel. The vacancy will not be filled
for a few days.
HUMBERT HAS MEASLES
TURIN. Italy. March 27 UP).—Crown
Prince Humbert, who recently took
. Princess Marie Jose of Belgium as his
; bride, was in bed today with measles.
Physicians said that the disease was
running its course, and that there had
been a noticeable abatement of fever.
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MISS KELLER ASKS CONGRESS
TO PROVIDE BOOKS FOR BLIND
Reveal Glories of World,
Representatives Told
in Address.
Sightless and Deaf, She
Makes Appeals for Others
Who Suffer.
BY GRETCHEN S. SMITH.
“Books are the eyes of the blind. They
reveal to us the glories of the light
filled world—they help us to forget
our limitations.”
This appeal was made by Helen Kel
ler this morning in a short address
before the House appropriations com
mittee asking favorable action on the
Pratt bill, which alms to provide books
for the blind Miss Keller, left blind
and deaf in her infancy through illness,
has come to Washington in the interest
of others who suffer.
Miss Keller granted an interview be
fore her appearance at Capitol Hill.
Instead of the weary expression of re
signed patience usually seen upon the
faces of those similarly afflicted, Miss
Keller’s face shows a sweetness and a
happiness expressive of the remarkable
character which has made her one of
the world’s most famous and loved per
sonalities.
Glad to Return to Capital.
“I am so glad to be back in Wash
ington,” she said. “I feel that Wash
ington is an old friend. Years ago,
when I was a little girl, I visited my
dear friend. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell,
here, and it was he who obtained for
me my dear teacher and companion,
Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy.”
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Tea Room and
Fountain
1010 F St. N.W.
Hob Nob luncheons
and dinners are unsur
passed, and shoppers find
this an ideal place to have
afternoon tea and foun
tain drinks.
Clever hostesses are
giving their bridge and
dinner parties at the Hob
Nob at nominal prices.
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HELEN KELLER.
Miss Keller’s face saddened. Her
present companion, Miss Thompson, ex
plained that Mrs. Macy, who has pos
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sessed one-tenth vision, is now becom
ing totally blind.
"It Is very sad for me,” Miss Keller
explained. "If for nothing else, the
hope of increasing her interests, to give
her greater vision, would give me a
reason to work for more books for the
blind. I do not think the demand is
extravagant, do you?
“Books mean so much to us. I know
nothing that gives me greater happiness
than reading an interesting book. That
and nature.
Gets Happiness From Flowers.
“I get so much happiness from the
fragrance of the flowers—from the dif
ferent feel of them —from the trees and
the leaves And from all the little
creatures of nature, too. Every creature
that swims and runs, that flutters and
buzzes, gives me happiness. Some little
new-born kittens which I picked up the
other day—oh, they were so soft and
silky!”
Miss Keller listens to the conversa
tion of her friends and visitors by plac
ing extended fingers over the lips and
throat of the speaker. Asked if differ
ent voices conveyed a sense of differ
ent personalities, she replied: "Yes,
indeed. I feel the sweetness or the bit
terness, or the gaiety or the sorrow, in
the voices, and nothing gives me more
poetic pleasure than to feel people sing
over the radio." Explaining that by
placing her fingers on the speaker she
is able to "feel” the sounds which come
from the radio. Mias Kfller continued.
“I get the rhythm of gay or sad music
and I also get a sense of distance from
the music on the radio.”
WOMEN URGED TO TAKE ,
UP GOVERNMENT WOII^
Mies Jessie Dell Holds “Age-Old
Prejudices” Diminishing, in
Radio Talk.
The "age-old prejudice” against wom-
I en was reported by Miss Jessie Dell,
newly appointed United States Civil
Service Commissioner, to be "gradually
and steadily diminishing, as sne called
upon college women throughout the
country to go into the Government
service.
Speaking over a nation-wide radio
network of the National Broadcasting
Co., Miss Dell said there were branches
of the Government, which gave an un
usually wide field for research and the
opportunity for original thinking.
“There are about 15,000 positions in
the Federal service, which ordinarily
are filled by men and women of college
training and which are subject to the
Civil Service laws," Miss Dell said. “By
reason of the changes which are con
stantly occurring, more than 1,000 va
cancies in those positions occur each
year. The larger number of these 1,000
opportunities for employment of college
graduates Is taken advantage of by men.
The percentage of appointees follows
somewhat closely the percentages of
eligibles. We need more applicants from
among women who have the requisite
qualifications for these highly desirable
positions.”