Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1925, Page 2

2 * OPPOSE EXTENDED ROUTE FOR BUSSES Traction Companies Claim Change Would Constitute Direct Competition. Ktrenuous opposition to granting au. thority to the Washington Rapid Tran. it Co. to extend ita Sliver Spring bus e down Sixteenth street from Bu chanan street to the Lincoln Memorial was raised by the two street railway companies at a hearing before the es commission today ring the testimony there were in timations by offictals of hoth compa- < that if competition by the rapid nsit company continued to be ex- ded the railway companies might consider applying for bus lines on Six centh street, where the transit com any operates While Willlam F. Ham, president of Washington Railway and Electric v presenting evidence to how the Silver Spring bus line would constitute unfair competition against the Georgia avenue car line, Attorney Conrad Syme of the transit company asked Mr. Ham if he operat. | ¢d on Sixteenth street Mr. Ham re- plied. “Not yet, but we may After the hearing had adjourned Mr. Ham explained that his company was not considering any operation on Sixteenth street at this time. « show | in SKILL SAVES L1 Melvin Jones, Still Under Tnique among the citizens of the warld, little Melvin Jones. not vet 3 vears old, will leave Children's Hos pital today with his little heart still beating strongly under a trapdoor rib, despite the fact that less than six weeks ago it had been punctured deeply by a pair of scissors. Possibly & half dozen times during the last century physicians here have sewed up a heart after & stab wound. In only about two known cases have the patlents recovered. But mever be- fore, %o far as is known from medical history by authorities here, <0 young. with a wound so dee) vived to tell about it. Has Unique Status. », when little Melvin returns to his home at 210 Ninth street north- east this afternoon, hale and hearty, although a little wan and pale after being In the hospital for almost five weeks, he will assume a status in the medical and civil world which is en- tirely unique—the youngest survivor of a rarely successful operation. 1t was on a Sunday—September 20, to be exact—that Melvin, with the precocity and enterprise of hi years, started romping upstairs with =ei sors in one hand and a funny paper the other. He was going up to cut the funny pictur out of the paper. A little thing. a stumble—a Sees Direct Competition. When John H. Hanna. general man ager of the Capital Traction Co. was| on the stand. he argued that tite Sil ver Spring bus line would constitute direct competition with “the Caplta Traction o which operates a bus! line at the northern end of Sixteenth street as a continuation of the Four- teenth street car line. Mr. Hanna added There would be just as much jus- tification for us to run busses right | down Sixteenth street to Lincoln Me morial s to grant this application of the Rapid Transit C After the hearing had been in prog ress for more than two hours it was! discovered that the public notice for the meeting did not cover all of the conditions sought hy the Rapid Transit Co. and counsel for all of the com panies agreed to an adjournment until A later date when the question will be readvertised. i The notice for today’s hearing was | confined to a request that the Rapid Transit S Spring busses be al lowed ne down to the Lin coln Memor tead of stopping st Sixteenth and Buchanan streets. Such permit, however. would not permit thece busses from Silver Spring to take or let off local passengers within the District of Columbia. It developed that after the notice for todax's hearing was issued the Rapid Transit Co. wrote another letter asking for authority to carry. local passengzers hetween the Lincoln Me- morial and the District line. Another Hearing Required. Tt was the latter request which will necessitate the holding of another \earing within the next few weeks. In the meantime the Silver Spring Rapid | Transit busses will stop at Sixteenth | nd Buchanan A lively discussion followed the | hringing out by Mr. Ham of testi- nony showing that the Rapld Transit Company had erected a stop sign for ite Silver Spring busses just inside the District line., which, Mr. Ham charged, was in defiance of ythe per mit of the utilities commission. which fixed Sixteenth and Buchanan street as the only stop thus far granted for the Silver Spring busses. When Engineer Commissioner Bell arked President Arnold of the Rapid | Transit Co. if he had any statement to make in regard to the stop Mr. Arnold replied he was under the im- | pression that interstate busses were allowed at least three stops within | the District and that he had asked for a stop at the point where the sign was erected. He also stated that he thought the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, helding that State commissions must grant applications for interstate busses unless there is some other ground for refusal than competition gave him the right to establish the stop. Col. Bell then stated that the commission was of the opinion that only the one stop at Sixteenth and Buchanan streets had thus far been approved. Advantage of Decision. In opposing extension of the Silver Spring busses down town. Mr. Ham said the rapid transit company was taking advantaze of the Supreme Court decision by first establishing an interstate line and then following It up with a petition to make that line also intrastate, which would enable it to pick up and discharge local passen- gers Attorney S: me for the rapid transit company “opened the hearing by de- claring that the company has had many requests to run the bus line on an intrastate basis, and that he coula &ee 1o reason why citizens should not he allowed to stop a bus which passes their doors every half hour. He compared the proppsed- buw line to the ‘suburbam car lines, hich' do both interstate.and intrastate busi- ness by collecting Neparate fares at the District line. Mr. Ham laid stress on the order of the Marvland commission requir- ing the Washington Railway and Elec- tric Co. to spend $20,00¢ toward eliminating the railroad grade cross- | ing at Silver Spring and directing | that street car service by rail he continued after the viaduct at Silver Spring is completed. He said the citizens of Maryland urged the Maryland commission to require the company to retain rail service in- stead of putting on busses. FORMER D. C. BEAUTY EXPERT FOUND DEAD Mrs. Catherine Halster Discovered With Gas Tube in Mouth in Baltimore Shop. Special Dispatch o The Star. BALTIMORE, October Mrs. | Catherine Halster, also known as Mrs, tharine Halier, 30 years old, who shbors say formerdy conducted a parior in Washington, was found dead this morning with a gas sbe in her mouth at her home, 3038 st Baltimore street, where she had conducted a beauty parlor for the past six months. According to the police this was the second attempt which she has made to end her life, having been found with a gas tube in her mouth October §, at which time she was saved with a pul- motor. Mrs. Halster, according to neigh- bors, came to Baltimore about six months ago and opened a beauty parlor in the shopping district, later opening the one where she was found dead this morning. A hastily serib- bled note. partly unintelligible, was found by the coroner, J. Knox Ingsley, and turned over to the police. The note read: “Curt am sorry for what I have done. Get Carl in A——, and do all you can for him. Bur; next to my little girl.”" The Carl re. ferred to in the note is a five-year-old boy, whom neighbors say is Mrs. Hal- ster's child. The child is being taken care of by neighbors while police en- deaver te locaie relatives, said to be lving in Washington. 2 & ’ fall—the position of the scissors—and Melvin toppled to the foot of the stairway with a deep gash in his left breast. He lay gasping on the floor. The heart that was pumping blood to his little frame was leaking blood with every pulsation. % Surgeon Works Quickly. He was taken to Children's H pital. Dr. Schoenfeld was summoned. Working with all the speed that such an emergency demanded. and assisted by an interne of the hospital, Dr. Schoenfeld started an operation des THE UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF SURGICAL FE OF LITTLE BOY 5, Survives Sewing Up of Deep Wound in Heart and Is Ready to Leave Children’s Hospital for Home. tined to go down in local medical his tory as an outstanding record of chanical surgery. Just heart, on the Jeft the surgeon opened a flap. He sawed a rib, giving it the effect of a trap- door to facilitate the operation. Reaching into the aperture in the hoy's chest. the surgeon extracted the heart. While this organ. stll pump- ing regularly, but gradually falling in its power, lay in the hollow of his rub. bher glove, the xurgeon took a needle {and thread. Magic fingers wove in and out between the muscles of the heart, binding them together. The hole through which life must ulti mately escape slowly and surely closed up. The thread wax snipped. Still there remained a small hole in the heart. Again the magic fingers zuided the needle and thread through the muscles of the heart. When the thread again was snipped the heart wound had been completely closed. Heart Kept Pumping. The heart kept pumping! Melvin went back to his cot. He lay there quietly for a week. The faint hope for recovery which must accom pany such heroic and desperate moasures grew as the davs went by I¥ the placement of stethoscopes to the breast brought back the story that the little heart was gaining strength-— that it was doing is duty well As weeks went by there gradually spread over Children’'s Hospital the | amazing knowledge that an operation approaching the mirneulous had heen performed. A stab wound of the heart, ordinarily fatal, had bowed to the skill 9% surgery. Then today jt became es tantiated that science had triumphed. ; ®S)ie is ready for home. A taw others In this wide world have had their hearts sewed up. But it is | regarded ax douhtful if a wound as deep as this has ever been success | fully closed up. | ELDRIDGE PREPARES NEW PARKING RULES Will Ask That Pedestrians Be Made to Obey Officers’ Signals in Revised Regulations. Upon his return to the city today frafic Director Eldridge announced that he would be ready today or to- morrow to submit to the Commission ers proposed modifications of the park ing regulations downtown and the new regulation which would require pedes. trians to obey signals when crossing intersections where there is a police- man or an automatic signal. On the subject of parking the traf fic director plans to recommend that two hours he allowed on certain streets around the edge of the con gested area, and also around public reservations within the congested zone. At the present time there is a general limit of one hour in the con gested district. Discussing the request of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers Associa- tion for a change in regulation which would enable commercial vehicles to park abreast of other machines to make a delivery -when there is no space at the curb, traffic officials indi cated they would recommend a rule allowing such vehicles to park for a short length of time, provided the driver keeps the vehicle In sight while making the delivery. At the present time the regulation provides that & licensed driver must remain on the vehicle when it stops abreast to make a delivery. Traffic officials ponited out that this present requirement is more liberal than the regulation which ex- isted prior to the new traffic code. The old traffic code. they say, prohibited parking abreast. |SCHOOL REGIMENT OFFICERS NAMED Harvard Brown Is Lieutenant Colonel of 24th at Dunbar. Harvard Brown has been appointed a lieutenant colonel to command the 24th Regiment of the Washington High School Cadet Corps, it was an- nounced today by Garnet C. Wilkin- son, first assistant superintendent in charge -of colored schools. His staff will be cofnposed of Capt. James Penn, adjutant, and Capt. Frank Herbert, supply officer. The 1st Battalion of the regiment at Dunbar High School will be com- manded by Maj. Stanton Wormley. Other commissioned officers of the Dunbar battalion follow: Captains— Ernest C. Brown, James W. Butcher, Howard N. Fitzhugh, George Steward and Charles Benjamin A. Shorter. First lieutenants—John S. Armstead (adjutant), William Odom, Verdie L. Robinson, Granville W. Woodson, Roy W. Sorrell, Roy F. Greenwood. Earl Shamwell (adjutant), and Charles Bland. Second lieutenants—Charles Allen_Shorter, James E. Green, Hay- den C. Johnson, George W. Carter, Darnell E. Johnson (supply officer). Svdney I. Brown (supply officer), and Robert H. Cheeke. Maj. Charles W. Ellis and Maj. Ben jamin_ Drew will command the 2d and 3d Battalions; respectively, at Armstrong High School. Other com- missioned officers at Armstrong_fol- |1ow: Captains, Rufus P. Turner, Wal- ter V. Fillmora, Phillip E. Barnes, Jo- seph A. Sommerville, Ernest T. Salter and Robert A. Brown: first lieuten- ants, Willard T. Sellman (adjutant), Howard A. Dishman, Howard B. Jen kins, Manning Johnson, Rosier W. Gaddis, Garrett B. Terrell, Nathaniel W. Myers: second lieutenants, Joseph R. Weaver (supply officer), Louis G: kins, James Elmer Jones, Rudolph E White, Lafayette Mavritte, Marion Harris and Frank Johnson. Rajlw of Great Britain, which for four rs have been operating under four great systems, now have less than 30,000 miles of tracks and a total capital of $4,470,000,000. Appointed | 'Bulgar Premier’s Brother Is Slain On Sofia Street By the Associated Preas VIENNA, October Dancso Tzankoff, brother of Premier Alex- ander Tzankoff of Bulgaria, was shot and killed in Sofla while walking on the street. Dispatches from Sofia describe the motive for the crime as nnes tablished. The slaver escaped. Tzankoff was walking with his wife and sister-inlaw when shot. The Tzankoff brothers were estranged. Dancso Tzankoff was a member of the Sobranje. ALLEGED SWINDLER BEING BROUGHT HERE | | | Convict, Arrested Upon Release From Florida Camp, Held on Bad-Check Charge. b B. F. Hughes wanted here for spurious certified L. HiL secretary can U Fletcher vember 2, 14I3 | Washington to according to infol police from Florid today The case azainst lHughes centers around an alleged fradulent representation to Mr. Hill two vears ago. that he was a prison guard en route from New York to Florida with prisoners. He is charged with telling Mr. Hill that he had run short of funds and wanted to get the check cashed to continue his journey. il went to the Union Station with Hughes, police state, and saw the tickets purchased from | the funds obtained by cashing th alleged bogus certified check for | $250. Later, it was learned, these tickets were redeemed Inspector Grant was originally | sponsible for connecting the Hughes involved in the Kentucky operation with the man who is alleged to have engaged in the alleged swindle here. He notified Florida authorities and the Florida officials reciprocated yester- day by informing the marshal of Hughes' release, so that he might be {turned over to local police. 'ASKS WIDER CREDIT allas Tex passing an check on to_ Senator Florida is on hix way nswer that charge. nation received by alleged Wiltinm Dun- No- Senator Cummins and Farm Bu- reau Counsel Lay Appeal Before President. An appeal for greater credit facill- tles for lown farmers was made to President Coolidge today by Senator Cummins and J. G. Mitchell, general counsel of the lowa Farm Bureau. The Senator proposed that the in- termediate credit banks of the Farm Loan Board be authorized to accept as security for loans warehouse re- ceipts given In exchange for stored The President was told that 's in Towa are facing a seri- ous situation and that they must have means of holding their crops for sev eral months until market prices are more favorable. Senator Cummins suggested that the Department of Agriculture and the Farm Loan Board send repre- sentatives to Iowa to survey the sit- uation and that the intermediate credit banks be authorized to revise temporarily its regulations governing securities which may be accepted for loans. In the absence of Commissioner Cooper, the Farm Loan Board's execu- tive officer, other members declined to comment on the suggestions made 1o the President by the Secretary of Agriculture and Mr. Cummins. It was explained, however, that the hoard had in times past considerel the changes which were suge the Chief Ixecutive, and it was added there appeared to be no oblections 10 receipt by the credit banks of inal- vidual warehouse receipts, provided they reached the credit banks through a commercial bank. Mrs. Lasky Mourns Loss of 14 Barrels Of Pure Liquors, Loot of Hijackers By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 28.—Fourteen barrels of liquor, his entire stock, guarded since pre-prohibition days, have been stolen by hijackers from Jesse Lasky, vice president of the Fa- mous Players-Lasky Corporation. The liquors, worth $10,000 at pre-war prices, and uninsured, were inter- mingled with other barrels containing silver and household goods in a box car in the Penns: ia_freight yards. The hijackers also got four barrels of silver worth A detective was guarding the con- signment. which had been shipped from Hollywood under a permit, and was awaiting transfer to Mr. Lasky's new Fifth avenue home. As three vans drove into the yards at noon vesterday to get the consignment three or four masked men leaped upon drivers and the detectives, forced them into an empty box car and locked the door. then set about re- moving the liquors. silver and some fine paintings in a leisurely manner. At the time of the theft an inspec- tor for the railroad was looking for Mr. Lasky to collect $241 additional freight because of the value of the shipment. . ~Oh, really, it was a pity.”” mourned Mrs. Lasky. “It was all pre-war stuff. There were such fine wines and champagnes and cordials and such good liquors that one could get before the war.” over the | breast of the child, | Haney, | here | e FOR IOWA FARMERS | ted to | SAYS CITY FAVORS BLOOMS TO GREENS Sherrill Explains Policy of Decorating Parks Here to Fine Arts Body. People of Washington are more In- terested in having flowers in the park and circles of the city than they ar in green follage and tu Lieut. Col. Clarence O Sherrill, director of public buildings and public parks of the National Capital, said today. He was speaking on a suggestion of the Commission of Fine Arts, that the cireles and parks be given treatment Mlar to that on Scott Circle wher there jx a border of ivy ‘ked by a low hedge of box with the remain- der n turf The matter of treating all the parks and circles in this manner, Col. Sher rill said, furnishes many difficult prob. lems. The first and most important is the lack of money, he added, point- ing out that the trentment given Scott Circle is much more expensive than the method used in other parts of the city where flowers are used. The pub- lic bufldings and parks office has no funds with which to go out and start a treatment of all the parking places in thisx manner. However, he said the suggestion was a fine on Roses Are Being Used. The employes of his office for the most part are using the decoration of tha parks. and these are of a hardy varietv which bloom the vear round. This takes care of the ticism that the flowers are only on view for about a month, while the rest of the vear the beds show only bare &pots The bildings and parks office is do fng evervthing possible, he sald, to ¢ operate with the Commission on Fine Arts and the Garden Club of Amer in carrying out their far as it is possible, but he pointed out that his office was also anxious to please the people of the city, who seem to demand flowers in the parks. A letter from Charles Moore, secre. tary of the Fine Arts Commission, to Col. Sherrill outlines the Fine Arts Commission’s stand, ax follows Your letter of October 1, inclosing a of a communication from Mr. Starr Parsons, president of the Thomas Circle Citizens' Assocfation, with reference to planting flowers in Thomas Circle, received the attention of the Commission of Fine Arts on their meeting on October 8, 1925, “Several vears ago the office of vublic buildings and grounds planted Scott Circle with a border of fvy backed by a low hedge of box. The remainder of the circle was left in turf. The triangle facing the circle received like treatment. Thix has seemed to the Commission of Fine Arts the most satisfactory treatment that has been devised, and the com mission has urged, and now urges, that this style be followed throughout the city “Washington { E cop S is essentially a Win ter city and it should be dressed ac cordingly. As one passes up and down the streets the eve should be greeted bv the zreen of plants and trees. TQe magnolla. the ivy, the cedar and Other trees and planis that | keep their color throughout the year | hould be used at focal points and ax | the frame work of vistak. Flowers Are Important. “Flowers have un in the adornment of a city. | fectiveness theg should be 1 colotand form should be cons! the changes of, season should be commogated. Little flower beds circles have a month or so of color. During the Winter they present {bare spots that suggest neglect and | lack of understanding I The representatives of the Garden 'mm» of America did a real service to i | for the use of flowers. It ix a scen. | of confusion caused by the heavy traf. fic. Tt is surnounded by car tracks. A family to which they belong. The letter was sent by Mr. Moore by order of the commission. the community in calling attention to the treatment of the circles in Wash { band of deep green would tend 1o quiet l'and restfulness. SNOW IN FLURRIES WITH CHILL WINDS important place in | ngton and suggesting that these laces be treated with sobriety, dignity nd effectiveness. “Thomas Clrcle seems the last placy “The commission would call atten- ]!inn to the trees in the circle. They need the pruning and care called for by the peculiar requirement of the [ (Continued from First Page.) blizzard proportions in eastern Ohlo- and West Virginia, forcing down three Army planes, one of which was wrecked Lieut. Albert }.-Glenn of Mitchel Field. N. Y., fving a De laviland to Fuirfield, Ohiot smashed the plaue in landing near St. Cluirsville, Ohlo, less than a score of miles from the site of the wreck of the dirigible Shenan- doah. Another plane came down near Cameron. W. Va., and the third near Carmichael, Pa. avigation on theupper Mississippi has been brought to a close by near- zero temperatures. Market garden- ers near Quincy, I11, have lost thou- sands of dollars in frozen celery and sweet potatoes. University foot ball teams in Indi- ana, Michigan and Illinois have been forced by snow-covered flelds to practice indoors.. sumed almost New Low Marks. tobogzaning mercury sent observers delving into records and tabulating new low marks. Chicago's 19 degree above zero was the lowest since 1887, Rapid City's mark set a target for future cold snaps to hit and other points furnished %ood weather storles for coming old- est inhabitants. Towa ran a second to Montana's subzero temperatures with Webster City reporting 1%4 degrees below and Fort Dodge and Cedar Rapids and Mason City, 1. 2 and $ above, re- spectively. Valentine was the coldest Nebraska with 4 below. The upper lake region had marks well under 20 above, while the lower uke points were nearer the freezing mark. NEW BUS SCHEDULE. Cars to Leave for Wesley Heights Every 20 Minutes. An improvement in rush hour serv- jce on the bus line operated by the Washington Rallway and Eleetric Co. out Massachusetts avenue from Du- pont Circle to Wesley Heights, will be put into effect tomorrow, Maj. W. E. R. Covell of the Public Utilities Com- mission announced today. Maj. Covell stated that between the hours of 7 and 9 am. and 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. busses Wil operate every 20 minutes instead of 30 minutes as in the past. The weather musty town in Rising demand for American auto- mobile tires in other countries sent the United States’ rubber exports to more than $5.000,000 in a rceent Lmonth, breaking all previous records, suggestions o | FLOUR AND BREAD PROBE T0 PROCEED Trade Commission Will Go on With Investigation-of the Bakers. The Federal Trade Commission, in | view of the opinion just rendered by | Attorney General Sargent, will pro ceed with the investigations ordered by the Senate inio the produgtion, dis- | tribhtion, transportation and sale of flour and bread. into the activities of | “open price” assoclation: nd into | co-operative organizations,” Cha man Van Fleet d today The Attorney General having ruled | there was no connection between harge of using propaganda to control public opinion on the question of | municipal ownership gf power and o | harge of violation of the anti-trust laws, that part of the Senate res tion calling for such an investigation will not be made, Probe Pressed Forward. The investization of the alleged monopoly of the production, genera- tion or transmission of electric’ power. whether produced by steam, gas or waterpower, by the General Electric Co.. ordered by the Senate under what is Known as the Norris resolution. has heen pressed rapidly forward by the Federal Trade Commisgion, however }and will be brought conelusic and a report made to the Senate eurly as possible The commission made considerable progress in its in vestigation of bread and flour up 1o July 1. The work was halted because of a in the appro ation a majority of the the legal opinion of the Attorney General through the President, to determine | he commission’s authority to proceed with this investigation The investigation of an alleged co bination between the Ameri bacco Co. and the Imperial Co. of Great Britain to control of tobacco, and of alleged boy the co-operative associatio ducers by the two companies, has pr ceeded right along. This investiga was ordered by the Senate resolution having heen proposed Senator Ernst of Kentucky. His resolution and that of Senator Norris | relating to power comppnies were | -ombined in one resolution and passed the Se i 1 as| provision carried act upon which commission requested | production and distribution of motion jable agreement. | theaters are not The commission has held up the in vestigations into open price tions and co-operatives, but { g0 ahead with them The appropria funds available for Commission will the this ral Trade | g | shall be ex- | s requested except reso tion carries part of this < pended for investiza by either house of those requested by lution of Congress shall not apply reports in conne violations of the jority of Federal Commission interpreted t that no investigation economic in character, an allegation of violation of the anti- | trust luws, could be made by the « mission wilh the money so appropri ated both houses of « had concurred in th Viewed as The majority mixsion viewed y oncurrent t this hin vestigations and | n - with zed | anti-trust by | Trade act to which | and not the | nhers of rt of th purely the com ead and economic res n 1 that in part son, i tions were held the Att. ght The minority members of mission Commissioners Thompsor E the other hand and insisted that hould be made Attorney General supports the con tention of the monority members, ex cept so far as the investigation « use of propaganda to control opinion on the question of 1 private ownership and oper power is concerned The failure of the commission to proceed with all the investigations or. dered by the Senate uniil this time has led to threats on the part of some Senators to urge the abolition of the commission HUGHES MAY RUN FOR SENATE IN N. Y. AGAINST WADSWORTH | from price relating economic, wid, ~ these invesiga 1 the opinion of the com Huston nt—on opposite view | vesizations vinion of the public n ot (Continued Pirst Page) d to another terin continue to he | hix own secret. They will probably remain such for a good wany month. 10 Cutne. Jut Hughes partisans de- clare that Mr not necessirily conc way or the other. hix brilliant Secretary of State purted rompany eight months ago the | best of friends, although some | admirers thought that departure ought tu have bLeen marked by more signal attention than it received from the White House. if Mr. Coolidge is not an aspirant for what is called “a third term.” the Re publican presidential race will he wide open. In such an event, Charles| Evans Hughe if he throws his hat into the ring, will be a towering fig {ure. There is no known hostility hetween | Hughes and Wadsworth. If they should be pitted against each other in | {the New York senatorial primary, the Coolidge administration would prob- | ably maintain a strictly neutral atti- tude. Wadsworth ranks as an outright administration supporter. though he may he found off the reservation next Winter on issues like the World Court and retrenchment in military expendi- ture when they come hefore the Sen- ate as Coolldge policies. Wadsworth_Is Strong. Wadsworth is very strong in his home State, especially up-State, | whence he und his dynasty of Repub: Hlican politicians spring. Even so emi- | nent a rival us Charles Evans Hughes would have a reul fight on his hands to overcome the senior Senator from New York, now completing his second term. Wadsworth himself is credited with presidential ambizions. 1f he should worst lughes in a stand-up and_knockdown battle for the favor of New York's Republican electorate, Wadsworth would automatically as- sume national dimensions. Mr. Hughes, as Governor of New York, put through the primary elec- tion law in that State. Since then it has been amended so that, while mor- ally mandatory on the State conven- tions which actually nominate, con- ventions are not legally bound to name as nominees men victorfous in the primaries. But the voters' pri- mary choice is virtually assured of conventfon approval. (Covyrixht. Sergeants Are Retired. First Sergt. John Mullen, detached enlisted men’s list, at Fort Myer, V. First Sergt. James L. vior, Coast Artillery, at Fort Eustis, Va and Sergt. Willlam Andrews, 25th In. fantry, at Nogales, Ariz. have been placed on the retired list of the Army oh account of age. i the mgress | the | | Ktz | | ston | through with any thought of the re- jothe Coolidze’s plans would | cited in the brief man one | the The President and | | | mained a director of the Stamjey Co. | | I EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1925. THEATERS IN ZUKOR’S POWER, INFLAMED COMPETITORS SAY Failure to Divorce Exhibition From Production End of Industry, Except on Paper, Charged in U. S. Probe. Note.—This is the second of a series of articles by Mr. Robbins dealing with the Federal Commis- sion’s exposure of an alleged at- tempt to monopolize the $1.500.-% 000.000 motion picture business. The third will be published tomor- rotw. known of the connection hetween the two concerns. The commission’s evi dence is clear and unmistakable that there was no disclosure by either con cern as to their relatfonship and that the trade was misled and deceived “The unmistakable conclusion,” tl { counsel added, “is that he (Zukor) de | sired to escape the fire of the exhib- itors’ ire by hiding behind Realart.” Counsel for Famous Plavers state in their exceptions that the commis sion was able to find only four exhibi- s the country over who would even clafm that the relationship bhetween Realart and Famous Players Lasky ever hud been misrepresented to them. | One of these, however, had .'ll;,'nrxll contracts for Realart pictures on| Famous Plavers-Lasky printed form: Also a greut mass of publicity matter, defendant counsel explained, was offered in evidence showing that | Zukor’s connection with Realart had been made a selling point from the time that company was organized. Its purpose, they said, was to distri bute a less high quality of pictures than the Paramount product and to sell them on the “‘program plan.” Znkor was carrying out his ressive policy” of acquisition cord relates. Famous Players had bought into theater interests Kast. | South and West. Indignation among exhibitora resulted in the forming of the Motion Pleture Theater Owners of | Ameri at the husiness convention in Cleveland After the convention, it | was stated, Zukor promised to refrain | from further theater acquisitions, and | at the Minneapolis convention the fol- | lowing vear admitted his promise had ! not heen kep. This. urge Famous Plavers and fits| counsel, was but another Instance of | the fealousy of retailers against man ufacturers, who endeavor 1o sell thelr product directly to the consumer with- | out the intervention of middle men. Grievances related in the testimony | show many independent producers distributors and theater owners align ed on the contention that through Zukor's operations the promised open door under Will H. Havs, as president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, had been closed and they had heen shut ont Their contention was that Zukor was sawing all the good wood and gathering up the chips. The dissatisfied producers now say |it they are able to engage stars they have difficulty in getting a story to BY JAMES ROBBINS. ARTICLE 1L placing the theater interests of his Famous Plavers-Lasky Corpora tion in the hands of others under a compensation plan, thereby separat ing the nagement of them from In | | | | | | bictures, Adolph Zukor, portrayed in the Federal Trade Commission’s in- vestigation as the dominating fgure in the industry, has inflamed the fire of protests of Independents instead of quenching it. Iis move ulso has raised a point that seemingly clashes with the bone of contention of counsel for the com- mission. which is that producers and distributors of pictures should divest themselves of theater interests. It is expected to be emblazoned when the commissjon holds its hearing, No- | vember 10, 8n its “movie” inquiry of | four vears, in which the public is de- clared to be vitally concerned. it hav ing heen set forth, for one thing, that good pien have heen kept from theatergoers all over the country and poor ones forced on them. When counsel for the commission made request for an order directing that the makers and sellers of pic- tures dispose of their theater hold Ings as a cure for the alleged monop- oly of the industry they had in mind absolute divorce of them. There was no thought of any interpretation be ing placed on their recommendation that might mean separation of inter- ests through their passing into friendly hands and under too favor “pro- the Theaters Not to Be Sold. Znkor has turned over the Famous Piavers’ theaters to the firm of Bala ban & Katz, theater owners, of Chi- cago, with whom he has had close business relations for vears. It ix stated that the only relation of Fa mous with that firm through a managing compensation and that the 10 be sold Also it is understood that & 10 is | birthday MISS CLARK LEADS . COIN CANPAIGNERS Heads List of Young Women Selling 50-Cent Pieces for Memorial. Miss Francls Clark, daughter of nklin B. Clark, Washington artisi, of 3105 Thirty-sixth street northwest, is leading the list of contestants In the coin-selling campaign being co; ducted by the Stone Mountain Mem rial Amsociation, Admiral Cary Grayson, chairman of the local com- mitiee, announced today. Ihirteen young women of the Dis- trict of Columbia will be ‘awarded a free. trip to Atlanta as honor guests of u brilllant ball to be held on the occasion of the annive v of Lee's The awards will go to those selling the largest number of the spe cial half-dollar pieces coined by th ¥ederal Government for the bLenefit @ the campaign. 5,000,000 to Be Sold. The Federal Government minted 000,000 of the coing, which will be sold for $1 each. Fifty cents from each coin sold will go toward defray ing the expense of carving on Stone Mountain Each coin will entitle the purchaser to cast 10 votes for a young lad properly nominated, it was explained by Mrs. Willlam Atherton Du charge of the contest in the Dist In addition, any young lads im 100,000 votes have heen will receive a cash prize of $100 each 100 coins sold the sellrr w celve a cash prize of $2. lLarge n bers of the pieces are expected to he taken as Chrisimas presents, as the may be mailed in a contalner with Christmas greetings Plans of the local progressing rapldly, and Mrs. Du Puy announced todav that already nearly 25 voung ladies of the District, in luding matrons and maids e en ered the contest. These include \ddition to Miss Clark, who leads ti list, the following Miss _Iugenia F wi campaign are Le Merle, 2011 Q street: Miss Elizabeth Powell Dunlap. 4207 Thirty-ninth street: Miss Irene Langford, Sixteenth Street Mansions Miss Helen Dudley, 41 Jacl n place Miss Vita Varela and Miss Katherine Varela, 519 Connecticut avenue Miss 1sie Laughlin, Monmouth | Apartments: Miss Helen H = Thompson, 3031 Newark street: Mrs. year agreement has been made be tween Famous Plavers and Balaban & that a new theater corporation to be formed to operate the Fa- mous houses, the stock to be owned by Famous Players and the Chicago firm to act manazeft. In addi tion, it i said. a second corporation | will be created for further theater | expansion. in which Famous Plavers | and Balaban & Katz will go fifty- fifry | Mlaban and Katz have sated they will remain in First National. one of the socalled “Big Three” in the busi- ness and now & producing as well as i Juting organization, with which is said 1o have established business connections.” B d. or Barney Balaban is called, and his partner Katz are the biggest motion operators in Chicago. Like Zukor they ted out in a modest way. Their tathers operated small grocery 2lonx Roosevelt road. on Chi- « West Side. In the early davs « Twelfth street When the motion pigture took hold upon faney Barney and Sam were by ite possibilities. 1t has heen said they managed to accumu $£150, with which they rented a | vacant store and enough chairs to fill it. From them on it was one the. ater after another for them. suit them. which means loss of thou | sands of dollars weekly through idle ness. Then they claim if thev get a story they cannot get the star thex want. as most of the shining lights of filmdom dare not work for them. is as (Conrricht Y. M. C. A. TO SURVEY FIELD IN CAPITAL TO FORM PROGRAM (Continued from First Page.) « as he Samuel picture the if which thon housed Hospital, new national representa authorized. would also be branches at Walter Reed on I street to replace the Soldiers, Salic nd Marines’ ¢ nd, perhaps later on. bovs work branches In the northeast and north. west The need for buflding at Howard University and reconstruc tion of the colored hranch on Twelfth street will also be considered. A. G. Bookwulter, executive secre tary, eastern region. today praised the ability of William Knowles Coop | er. Washingion secretary, as the “un official ambassador,” declaring there was perhaps no one in the national organization, with the possible excep- tion of Dr. John R. Mott. the gener secretary himself, who was well fitted 1o perform the services here in Washington, in contact with the Amer ican and representatives of foreign governments st F ¢ ow icont R intrigued Chain Most Successful. Their present ch of Chicago the. aters is considered the most success. ful in the country, and their linke ex- tend over the entire State of Tllinois. A strange orgy of theater buildin interestinz the investigators. Dur i last vear 0,000 was said to ave heen spent daily for construction | of motion picture theaters in the coun try, and the estimated cost of con- struetion this year is $200.000,000 Suggestions for Building. Suggestions for the new central | building began coming in from various | quarters todayv. including one that e "amous Plavers-Lasky Cor. | there should be established a ‘“hall of poration is interested by itself in its | nations” and a “hall of the es subsidiary corporations in upward | where distinctive shields of $63.000,000 in theaters. and it ix|placed. The hall of the <add a divesting of all its theater con. | Suggested to be a large assembly hall Hections would mean the disposal of | Following the survex to be made interests in property of a probable |here and expected to occupy about value of more than $100,000.000. | three months, it was explained by In their brief. counsel for the com- | Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bookwalter that mission charged that Zukor, in re- |the next step would probably be to linquishing certa interests, sought |ask the general board and the Wash- to manufacture defense” by | ington commitiee how much money “supposed disintegration” that would [should be obtained earry out the appeatr u suse cleaning.” pre am determined upon Next No intimation has been given by |would be the proportion to be raised Zukor or his counsel, however, that {in Washington and proportic the Balabdn Katz denl was put | ruised elsewhere Most of the time this n was cupied by consideration the 1926 budget tor the Natlonal Council Dr. Mott, in a plea for united effort were aud contidence, & before the coun- 1t was stated how | (il u picture of the prosperous United Stanley Co. Which operates the tes us described to him by Secre- s in Pennsylonia and New Jersey, ot Cainarc it oo ven two veurs ago pafdl off unsecured notes | -he financial position of the United held by Famous Plavers by delivering | giates.” Dr. Mott suid Secretary new unsecured notes in the face value | FOoUs 1uq told him, s unquestion of £1.250,000, and rexurning the shares | ;v Shonger than ot any tme M the of Fam, luyers Laisky Corporation | pyciory of the country. Dr. Mott capital stock held by N. Famous Play: | 4j5, reported from Secretary Hoover' ers returned to the Stunley Co. &ll 0f ] enarks that labor was recei its old notes and the shares of its class | hichect real wage in the B common stock whickh had been de- | je country. that marvelous increases posited as collateral had occurred in all principal indus Zukor Out as Dfrector. tries, that surplus of exports " o ekl imports was well over $1.000,000 The unsecured motes were pavahle | \IPOTUE S8 TEe Ve i ments of at a faster rate than the Etanley Ce Americans abroad, exclusive of Gov would have been obligated 4o pax the | g ppent securities amounted to the original issue. Zukor no Nnger re- amazing total of $3.500.000.000 Dr. Mott also said there was a ‘ris. ing tide of heneficence.” He declared that the Y. M. C. A. should practice “‘efficiency and economy,” bhut should spend more money than in to extend its service to more men throughout the world. Submits Recommendations. F. Louis Slade of New York submit- ted to 1ast night's session recommenda tions from the home division commit- tee, the most important of which fol- low { " “That a cordial invitation be extend I'\d to the world's committe of the Y. M ;. A. to hold in this country, in 1 o 1930, the third world assembly of $with boys.” the second national confer enced of small city secretaries be held in 186" “Tit the holding of a national con- ferencey in 1926 or 1927, of the Triungle Service.League of the Army and Navy uswociathons be approved. “That ¥n_view of the fact that §5 per cent f the student constituenc of the Y. M. C. A. is in co-educational institutions) the Council of Christian Assoclationsibe recognized and encour- aged as the instrument for joint action with the Y. W. C. A. wherever pos- sible.” \ ““That the regular international rail- road conference of the Y. M. C. A., scheduled for 19X6, be approved, time tates was and uing for w divesting order. On of hand, ¥ was allowed o be (1 solely as @ husiness deal er deuls of Zukor the con quest 2 Several “It will thus be seen.” cowvsel for the commission recorded. “that. Zukor relinquished 26,667 shares of coNateral stock and that the Stanley Co. turned over to him the 7,500 shares off pur chase price. atock and gave him new notes unsecured for $1,250.000. “This transaction was nothing mpre or less than an attempt on the part of these respondents to clean house before they presented their defensel’ It further was cited that Zukor rek linquished a 40 per cent interest ir the Saenger Amusement Co., which runs theaters in the South. é One of the allegations of conspiracy wux that the Realurt Picturex Cor poration, which came into being in 1918 and put out pictures on a lurge scale, was carried on as a bogus in dependent for two yeal when the clamor against, Zuker’s s gram of scquisition. bv otherwise” reached a high pitch. It was stated in the testimony that Zukor organized Realart and that all of its stock was owned by the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation: Twenty exchanges were opened up in key cities throughout the -country @nd, with the home of Realart in New York, were operated as being entirely {ndependent. “The evidence is, as correctly found by the examiner,” it ix stated by the | CGiovernment counsel, “that during the | period from January, 1920, to Janu-|and place to be dysignated later.” Ary. 1922, nelther the Realart nor the| “That the work Xor colored men and Famous Plavers-Lasky Corporation | boys, in view of the urgency of the disclosed to the trade the fact that)need and the vastnass of the field to Realart was owned by Famous Play-|be occupied, be listed \mogg the priori- ers.Lasky Corporation and exhibitors | ties in any advance program entered over the country were led to helieve | upon by the association.” that the two concerns were not con-| “That local associathns co-operate nected, but were Independent of each | closely with the Y. W. &. A.” other. ‘"Pl"l)]iflfiiflll that l‘?p NAtional ("l“‘jn- & cil exercise more adequate supervision Charge Trade Misled. of the student work of the Y. M. C. A., “Acting on this erroneous belief, ex-|and that a more direct anq extensive hibitors bought Realart pictures when | control of executive and mdministra. they would not have done so had they tive functions be bandled by the stu- bi could be | the past | William H. Wooding, 1420 Harv |street: Miss Virginia Brown | Seventeenth street: Miss Betty tung, 1818 Twenty-fourth | Miss' Margaret Armentrout jeatur street Miss Eleanor Danie {2111 Nineteenth street Miss Am | Louise Abadie. the Westmorelane { Miss Ruth Tennyson. 1938 Riltmore |street: Miss Virginia Richards, 1526 | Park road: Miss Aloige Graves | Lamont street: Miss Evelyn Palmer 1833 Manroe street: Miss Helen Rad- cliffe. the Embassy: Miss Thelma R Williams, Miss Clair Knight, 3713 street, and Miss Julia Lee Orme, 2% | Twenty-eighth street <iree 1220 Dir }SPITBALL ISSUE RISES TO SPLIT OLD FIDDLERS Discovery by One That Stone Mountain Dust Aids Loud Bowing Draws Hot Protest. By the Associated Prees ATLANTA October of the spitball, which has torn base hall ranks in vears past, now has come to disturh the hitherto placid | existence of the Old Time Georgia | Fiddlers’ Convention, which will be held here tomorrow'and Saturday. Some time ago Laughing Gid™ anner of Convers discovered that | granite dust from the Stone Mountain { quarries, moistened by a touch of the {tongue. heats any Savannah resin {ever used for lond fiddling purpos | Learning that “Laughing Gid | preparing to use his moist delf {in the coming convention. “Red- | Jim” Lawson has lodged a protest {with the fair practices committee. to today the committee had refused to rule out the wet granite dust. i 29.—Use LAUREL ENTRIES TOMORROW. $1.3 i FIRsT lies. 2-year-olds RACE—Pu 00: maiden fl- $1.300: clatwing year-olds $ oMLy Cobra e Yourselt Mise Staniey {01 Guard ! Tarnbieln Comnromise *Becky Sue | Phearant iettvstirg +F. P. Capra and James Arthur entry. THIRD RACE—Purse, all ages; 1 mile - Federalist Pen Stick Allumer { On Top FOTURTH RACE— Claimine Handican 0dd_Seth Eneien Caligula | Dream Maker | FIFTH RACE_Pure. $2.000_ the Woo! | hourne: 2.vearolds: 1 mile and 70 vards | Goldheater 105 Youne Martin | Al Gone 100 Cloudiand | Sommissioner 11 106 Lichtshin overall 115 Black Bart SIXTH RACE—Purse. $1.500: S.year-olds and Op: 1% miles Brilliant Jest; *Vihurnum Dentaria " .. Bramton *Van Patrick Clean Star Bright SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.300 ing: 3-vear-olds and up: 14 miles, Tony Griffith... 107 Dusk Jacques 0111 Galatia Loueh Storm 108 Musquerado Hastus 11107 t*Glenmore Ly T >Glly Lelchton *Seaman 10 *Moonhrook Quinham 107 " Also eligible Noble Ludv 100 toNorth Wales Grav Gables 16 +W. E. Martin entr *Apprentice ullowance claimed Weuther clear: truch fust) Ao wiigitie Barlixht Trapess ave *Hilly Man ' | | £1,300; Capt. Martin Son Ami Brown Stout & furlongs The Cherokes Louncer Leonard @ | 1 110 100 100 clatming: 107 0¢ 112 liaad 110 7 103 4 clatme 111 | | dent bodies themselv to the National Council last night . Gordon K. Chalmers, v of the University of Denver Y. M. C. A., and retiring chairman of the Council of Student Assoclations. Representing the central regional committee of the Na- tional Councll Student Assoclation was E. Wight Baake of Northwestern University, who said, “in view of the special needs of student associations for more adequate supervision, we view with genuine alarm the decreass of approximately 22 per cent in sti- dent assoclation supervisory secre- taries since 1910, while during the same period the student population and potential constituency of a sti dent Christian movement has in creased 110 per cent.” There are 493 student Y. M. (. A's in the country, it was explained, with a membership of about 5.000 On motion of Charles P. Taft. 1, of Cincinnati, the appeal and recom mendations of the students were re ferred to the commission op students’ work. were presented