Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER /U, S. Weather Bureau F e rain, colder at night. Temperaturcs—Highest, orecast ) N And warmer tonight; tomorrow 64, at 3 p.m. yesterday: lowest. 39, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29775 . S ames " COAL MOUNTAINS - LYING NEAR MINES: NONE FOR CAPITAL Anthracite Is Contracted for in North. Where It | Brings $30. HUGE PILES JUST DROP | TO QUANTITY NEEDED | Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, DA, OVERTHROW OF PLOTTED BY Assassination of Premier Sought as One of First Moves Toward Establishing of Republic. Troops Maintain Strong Guard. By the Associated Press ROME. Noveniber The over- throw of the Savoy dynasty and the establishment of a republic in Italy apparently was embraced in the plot to assassinate Premier Mussolini last Wednesday on the occasion of the cele- bration of the anniversary of the signing of the armistice with Austria The usually well Informed news paper, L'Epoca, which is of pro. Fascist tendencies, {s responsible for | the statement that the coup was in- tended. While the newspaper failed even to hint at the source of this information. the assurance with which it related e WASHINGTON, ITALIAN KING MUSSOLINI FOE D. POLCE USEGUNS ONLY TO SAVE LI, IPreemasons, who are declared (o | e o | [ e N N o Tt Rl Crusaders’ Casualties Out- number Rum Runners’. C., SATURDAY, | | | | | guarded by troops, both in Italy proper and the Itallan colonles. The Uni- | tarian Socfalist party has been dis- solved, and several newspapers op- | posed 'to the governntent ecither have | | heen suppressed or forced to suspend | publication Premier Mussolini still s the re-| cip'ent of messages of congratulations | | trom all parts of the world on his| | escape. Pope Pius, when he was in- | | tormed of the plot, was deeply moved. | | He expressed great pleasure that the | FIGURES ANSWER JURY APPEALS FOR CAUTION WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Fhening { Its statement that the monarchy had | been in jeopardy renewed the excite | ment throughout the city which was | caused when the tale was untolded of | the plot to assassinate the premier as | he stood on the balcony of the Chigl Palace reviewing the troops on Armis- tice day. Refuse Dumps Being Salvaged as Cry Is Raised for Fuel All Over Country. BY HAROLD K. PHILIPS. Staft Correspondent of The Sta SCRANTON, Pa., November 7.—It made of persons suspected of being connected with the plot, and still | plans of the assassins had been frus. jtrated and that “an {rreparable mis- ortune for Italy” had been avolded. Under the instructions given by I’remfer Mussolini in his address from the balcony of the. Chigi Palace to the many thousands of persons who gath- ered in the square to cheer him on his There have been additional arrests|escape. the Fascists are malntaining | | order_among the still highly excited (Continued on Page 4. Column 2) requires a wide stretch of imagina- | tion to pleture Washington tottering) on the brink of a hard-coal famine.| while possibly half a million tons of} fully harvested fuel lie bozging down in freight vards great siorage) plants around here. But the cold fact yemaine that if Washington” keeps warm this Winter, it will be without | 1he assistance of anthracite coal, un- less the miners’ sirike should end. No part of this seemingly greal| supply is to pass into the cellars of | the Natfonal Capltal. 1f any of it Jeaves this valley at all it will go to} the dealers up through New York State. who have already contracted | for it, and where, If information in} the hands of the operators here iy, correct, it is worth from $30 a ton; and up to the sorely stricken con-| in War to Death—Da- FRENCH CONTROL Arabs Join Druse Tribesmen | sumer. All Contracted For. From all parts of the Eastern coun iry and States bordering the Great Lakes, too, pleas for anthracite are pouring into the offices of the com panies, but each is met with the same answer—"There is no anthracite.” To The operator half a million tons is a : mascus Isolated. ! By the Associated Press. | PARIS, November 7.—A holy war against the French in Syria threat- ens. The Arabs are reported to have joined the Djebel Druse tribesmen and are prepared to fight 10 the mere drop In the ‘bucket—scarcely | goqp Tt e h S asatnat Ahe R four days output of the collerles | G0l T C gains around Scranton. And it is all con- | 9 tracted for, anyhow. peace have made their appearance on | the industrial horizon. Both the min- | ments are being established by the i ers and the operators seem to have|ynsyrgents in various sections of the Gug themselves in for the Winter. And | oun't where they are in control. wl both readily admit that thei \\::r‘tzhlps of war will fall with equal | At Damascus, it is said, a provisional ‘Violence among the belligerents and | §overnment has been set up, with the helpless public alike, neither side | Ramadan Pasha Ibn Shellash as mili- seems disposed to take the initiative|tary goyernor and Messid Bey Bakry in moving toward the peace table. ! civi) gbvernor. Bn route from Philadelphia to this | _afre™ i i ool o ated the busy heart of the anthracite n-m.ulam fortified camp of Mousseifri, in | Unofficial advices relate that the re- | In the meantime no harbingers of | bellious movement is increasing in| strength and that provisional govern- | men discuss nothing but the pin the coal strike. Even Scranten, h is built so close to tha minss that every now and then R bod citl- zen's home goes hurtifhg ffito ore of ihe shafts, can get no hard coal. Every one, from the heads of the min- ing companies down to the consumers, seems imbued with the idea that there is none left above the ground. Refuse Now Valuable. A few hours' drive up the Lacka- wanna Valley in a taxicab this morning brought to notice some an- thracite, at least. It also resulted in fwo other discoveries. First, a few plain folks who Geclared they had seen more coal stored away further up the valley, and, second, "that mining companies are beginning to turn some of their refuse dumpy into cash. The bulk of the supply found by | this writer had been deposited in and around the Hampton yards, which are owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Co. There was any quantity of buckwheat and rice coal, neither of which is popular as domes- tie fuel, but also an enviable supply of pea and chestnut sizes. It is these izes that the householders of Wash- ington need. Taking the coal company’s own employes” at their words, there were iwo piles of pea coal, each containing hetween 60,000 and 70,000 tons. Ittle further away, a veritable moun- taln of chestnut coal raised its rich. hlack peak toward the high heavens as though in prayer that it might be released to do the work it was put in| this world to accomplish. The laden cars came into view next. 1,200 Loaded Cars. They became visible after the taxi- cab had chugged and bumped its wayv. up a steep grade to one of the coliferies of the Glen Alden Coal Co. | There, crowding a yard containing 15 or 20 tracks. each close to a mile in length, were from 1,000 to 1,200 cars, loaded with domestic sized anthracite. During the few minutes the observer watched a switching engine began nosing another string of loaded cars into the yard. FEstimates of each car's capacity varied. 11 as low as 46 tons, while a rail- voad man put it as high as 70 This would give an average of 13 tons a car. Hence, the estimated amount of domestic coal that was hogged dow: another 63.250 tons. It wa company ¢ anthracite” tracks. little the there was still further ‘2 down Al One company official placed | in the cars would be | aid at the offices of one| the Dijebel Dryse territory south of Sueida. The Heifa-Damascus Rall- way hag been cut,’and the town of Derat, seven miles south of Damas- cus, is in the hands of Druses. Control Much of Country. part of the country is reported to be under the control of the rebels. | The Homs distgict is held by them. The city of Homs is besieged. The withdrawal of the French trom Mousseifri, according to French | official advices, took place without in- | cident and was due to a regrouping of the French forces. | " Meanwhile Damascus is sorely beset. i The Djebel Druses still surround the {already battereg city, with which com- | munication is reported to have been | completely severed by the cutting of I the railway, telephone and telegraph [lines. The Druses at intervals con- I tinue to fire into the city, and those |of the populace who are able to do | 5o are fieeing toward Jerusalem, Alex- !andretta Bay and Aleppo. All street | trafc has ceased and shopsare closed. | Senator Henry de Jouvenel chief editor of the Matin, was officially | named French high commissioner for | Syria today, to succeed Gen. Sarrail { whose administration of the trouvled region has been the object of much | eritictsm. l SAYS SITUATION S| { Observer Reports SRIOUS Establishment of | Provisional Government. LONDON, November 7 UP.—In a dispatch which emphasized the seri- ousness of the situation around | Damascus, the Cairo correspondent of the Daily Mail says that the insurgent leader, Ramadan Pasha Ibn Shellas has proclaimed himself military go: ernor under a_ provisional govern- | ment. Nessib Bey Bakry has been | proclaimed clvil governor. 'REPORTS SHAMROCK I IN USE AS RUM SHIP Miami Paper Story Says Famous Lipton Yacht Is Part of Nassau Fleet. By the Amsociated Press MIAMI, Fla., November 7.—The To the notth of Damascus a large | Man Cuts His Hair | As Commoner Dies, | Never President By the Associated Press SMITH CENTER, Kans.. Novem- ber 7.—More than 30 years ago W. 8. Clark, 80, a Civil War veteran, of this county, made a vow that he would not have his hair cut un- til Willam Jennings Bryan was in the President’s chair. The recent death of the Commoner, however, weakened his resolve, and vester- day a barber cut the hair that hung about Mr. Clark’s walst For many vears Mr. Clark has heen a picturesque personage at G. A. R. national *encampments. his keen eves and distingulshed appearance leading many to mis- take him tor Buffalo Bill OFFERFROMTALY 1S DISAPPOINTING | Debt Conferees Hopeful, But Italian Views Are Far Short of U. S. Expectations. ‘With President Coolidge hopetul for an agreement for. fumding the *Italian debt to the United States and negotiators taking a week end respite from their meetings, earnestly to strive to reconcile the still dlvergent points of view of the two govern- ments, the Rumanian debt commis- slon arrived on the scene last night and will be accorded rying on two different negotiations at the same time. The next probable meeting will be Monday morning between the Amerl- (can and Rumanian commissions, to open consideration of the Rumanian debt of $46,500,000. According to plans this morning. the Italians and Americans will meet Monday after- noon in subcommitiee sessions. | Decision to put over the Italian | meetings until Monday was reached | yesterday afternoon after a meeting ! of the complete American commission jat the Treasury Department. At this meeting, and, it was understood, at a meeting of the Itallan commission, elsewhere, a most earnest considera- tion was given by both sides to the difficult problem of trying to get to- gether for a settlement. ® | Coolldge Hopeful. | President Coolidge, according to a spokesman at the White House, is en- | couraged over the progress of the | Italian negotiations and feels that an | agreement will result. This announce- | ment followed a conference between | the President and Chairman Mellon |and Vice Chairman Smoot of the | American Debt Commission. ~Some | members of the commission are known to share the President’s hopeful views as to the outcofie, but it was learned from both American and Ttalian quar- ters today that as a matter of fact the present positions of the two govern- ments are considerably far apart. Hope is based, it is said, on the | earnest desire to_bridge the gulf and the fact the American Government | has already recégnized the low capa- | city of the Italian Rovernment to pay. | Although no_official information has | come from either the Itallans or the Americans as to details of the nego- tiations, it was learned today what the figures in the offers now perding in general are. s & Offered $5,000,000 & Ygar. The Italtans, basigg thetf offer upon the economic possibiljtfs actually to pay in the presént g8 well as the fu- years, incre: $20,000,000_#hd running the amortiza | Gallons, Survey Shows, Confuting “Half-Pint" Charge. | ‘ When do police shoot at rum run- | nera? | Are police working along half-pint- jarrest Hnes? These pertinent questions have pop- | | ped up for consideration as the result | of the widespread interest engendered {1n local prohibition enforcement as the | result of the recent coroner’s inquest {into the death of Charles C. Deegan the recommendation by that jury to curb ckless activities” of the flving | squadron, and the probabllities that a ! | srand jury investigation at least into | the Deegan case will begin next week. i Figures Show Case Fully. | The answers as obtained from a sur- { vey of police records and from police themselves directly are: Police shoot to protect their lives or the lives of others. An average of the liquor seized over large number of urrests is elght | gallons. | To consider the first question, a own !Avénge Seisure in Raids Eight | | | | | | | News Not I worth is Presidential Timber. OVEMBER 7, 1925 -THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. LisTeN! EMOCRATIC D, WHISTLE, ‘v,,_‘|””] Representative Garner of Texas Declared in a Speech that Speaker-elect Long- “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is dclivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,318 TWO CENTS. PROSPERITYINU.S. SETSNEW RECORD, E HOOVER REPORTS ns Associated Press. S Conditions During Past Year Best in History, Says Secretary. UNEMPLOYMENT CEASES AND FARMERS THRIVE ar, | All Traffic Marks Fall—Construe- | tion Total $6,000,000,000, But Houses Are Still Needed. Br the Associated Press. Material conditions of living tor tne American people during the last vear 'ave been the “highest in all histo Secretary Hoover declared today in an cronomic review made public as part f the annual report of the Commerc: Departmen Factors listed by the Secretary a« contributing to this condition included practically complete absence of un- ployment. high wages, effic Iroad operation, an equable nce of prices as among the grea producing groups of the population and a gradual return to stable cur- HARMONY ASSURED - ONTAXCUTPLAN Countess Karolyi Again Is Refused rencies and normal business opera- tions among the nations abroad. Mr. Hoover's review took in the | banking situation, and noted the in- vestment abroad by Americans during the vear ending June 30, 1925, of $1,352,000,000, and the net zold export | from the country of $115,000,000 turther contributions to LOCAL DRY FIGHTS Right to EaterU-S.. ACKED BY ANDREWS ! brief review of personal injuries fol- lowing In the wake of local prohibition | enforcement is necessary. The out-| standing deaths—and probably !he; | nly deaths except Deegan's traceable | | to prohibition enforcement—are those | | of Policeman Raymond Leisinger, who | | was killed almost two vears ago after ! he had hopped on the rear of a | auspected liquor car, to be shot dead Nearly Unanimous Support in| House Seems Certain, | Chairman Green Says. | consideration | | beginning early next week, thus car- | ture, were undegmod to have pro- posed $5,000,000%" vear for about 10 | g this figure up to | of the police, &ny one of which a few | | by an occupant during an attempted | escape, and the death of the nun at | Providence Hospital last Spring. |xilled by a bootlegging automobile { leeing from police. i Record of Injuries. | The injuries sustaired in the en- | torcement of the law include far back | In the history of local “dry” work, the beating of Policeman Dennis Murphy | | and Prohibition Agent Harold Stephen- | son"on_Bladensburg road, when both were close to death; several sporadic {injurles to Lieut. Davie' vice squad | during chases: the non-serious wound. | ing of James F. Parker. who sustained | = buliet: wound after a chase pear Themas Circle October 13 last, agnd several other cases, the most im- ! portant and sensatfona] of them all | L. Greene of Vermont by a prohibit agent. | The death of Charles C. Deegan | was the first recorded death of a per- son being pursued by police in enforce- ment work. Now the question comes up: ers? | Capt. Burlingame, chief of the fly- | ing squadron, at whom the eriticism of the coroner’s jury for “reckless ac- tivities™ is believed to have been aim- ed, declared today that the practice | was to resort to firearms only in the protection of the lives of police, after ! being threatened with death either by a revolver of a fugitive or after a | fugitive's automobile has sought to | ram the police car and wreck it Many Cases Unmentioned. | There are two sides to every quesi! | tion. Whenever a batch of shots is | fired: whenever there is an injury; whenever there is a capture affer a pectacular chase, the public is made | immediately aware of the detalls. | Thene impressions cling vividly in the mind. But, Capt. Burlingame points ! out, there are at least 40 cases about | which nothing has been sald, in which | police allowed suspected bootleggers |to escape because they were fearful that pursult might endanger the lives or property of persons on the street. | There have been dozens of cases in which bootleggers have made their | getaways without police resorting to Tevolvers, although, in their opinion, they were entirely justified in so | doing. ! said. 1 duced no tangible result. | except the abiding belief by the en- ! forcement officers that such chases I might have ended in injuries and | damage_1f pursued to the extreme. Accordshgly, the red side of the record gets the spotlight—the clear side is consigned to oblivion. Rum Car Fired First. In the chase on Saturday, October 18, when shots were fired in the vicin- ity of Thomas Circle, the facts were ! that the car of the suspects actually | attempted to ram the automobile of | the police; the police are ready t | swear that the shots first came from | | the Jiquor car and that they were not i returned until the police reached a | vacant space where danger of harm ! to bystanders was at a minimum; five bullet holes showed in the automobile ifeet in a different direction might being the wounding of Senator l-'lhgl‘ tion When do police go to their revolv-| About such cases nothing is| The chases of this nature pro- | There was | nothing to show for them—nothing | By the Associuted Press. Practically united support both in | the House and in committee of the tax reduction bill now in prepara- itlon by the House ways and means commitiee—an almost unprecedented prospect—is now confidently expect- ed by House leaders. With virtually all of the vital and controverstal ‘points of tax reduction already actec upon by the committee, Chairman Green declared today that 3 non-partisan méasurs. “bearing al- most unanimeus support,” seems cer- tain. For the first time since the war Re- publicans and Democrats in com- mittee have worked out their differ- | ences, so far at lecst, and agreed on the main provisions of a revenue BilL In doing this the committee has |approved some of the main proposals of Secretary Mellon and rejected others, and the spirit of compromise was further reflected in the approval |in modified form of the proposal of Representative Garner of Texas, ranking Democrat, for increzsed per- | sonal exemptions, ! Will Ban Publicity. Administration support of the changes so far approved seems cer- tain, despite that Secretary Mellon's suggestion for repeal of the estate or inheritance tax was rejected. President Coolldge was sald today by Representative Tilson of Connecti- cut, the new Republican House leader, to look with favor on the tux-reduc- tlon program. Leaving the White H talk with the President. tive Tilson sald ‘Mr. Coolldze had given the impression that he ap- proved. but had refrained from com- mitting himself definitely. After disposing yesterday of sev- eral main provisions in the bill, the ! committee rested today to give sub- | committees opportunity to work out | specific rate schedules on the income surtax and inheritance levies. The committee voted yesterday to repeal the provision for publication of income tax returns, to reduce the maximum inheritance tax from 40 to 20 per cent, with corresponding de- crease in the lower brackets and to repeal the gift tax, but rejected pro- posals to alter the corporation and | capital stock levies. Increase State Credits. In cutting the inheritance levy the committee also voted to increase from 25 to 80 per cent the credit 10 be al- lowed in settlements for payments on, similar levies and to retain the pres- | ent _exemption of $50,000. Under a | sraduated scale of rates to be worked out the maximum of 20 per cent | would apply on inheritances of. $10,- 1 000,000 and over. While favoring repeal of the pro- | vision for publication of the amount | of income tax payments, the commit- | tee voted to continue publication of names and addressés of all income tax | | payers and to pefmit inspection of | the returns by the House ways and | | means committee, the Senate finan | committee or any specially authorized | ! committee of Congress. i use after | Representa. | The State Department refused today to grant a renewed request of Countess Karolvi, wife of the former President of the Hungar- fan republic. for zdmission into this country. The epplication was made today at the State Department by James F. Curtls, New York attorney. COAL COMMISSION URGED FOR CAPITAL Hammond Sees Way to Meet Strike Situation in Al Affected Cities. In the évent of any great shortuge growing out of the present general anthracite coal strike, the situation can be readily met by activity on the part of municipal and State authoritles by the appointment of special fuel com- missions, according to John Hays Hammond of this city and Gloucester, Mass., who conferred with the Presi- dent today regarding the coal situa- | tion Mr. Hammond, who was chairman of the fact-finding coal commission ap- pointed by President Harding two vears ago, and is now chairman of the New Engiand governors' ' fuel com- mittee, declared that there should be no occasion for alarm as to fuel scarc- ity if the strike continues throughout the Winter, provided the local and State authorities act at this time. He said that Washington should be among the first to take this step. and intimated that he would recommend to the Commissioners of the District the .appointment of a fuel committes to deal with the problem In this city. Could Stop Profiteering. In his opinion, this should be appointed without committee del and should not consist of more than | five men. It could be kept advised of the fuel needs here and could assist in the proper distribution, and, more important, could prevent profiteering. Mr. Hammond went on to say that if a shortage arises here, even in fuel substitutes, or if the prices of the latter become excessive, the local au- thorities, through its fuel committee, should take steps to purchase carload quantities of coal direct from the mines and arrange for its proper dis- “(Continued on Page 5, Column 1. MITCHELL LIST LONGER. Colonel Asks 20 More Witnesses in Court-Martial. Willlam Mitchell, on trial by because of his public Col. court-martial leriticism of Army and Navy Depart- ments' administration, called today for subpoenas for 20 more witnesses. The list included Brig. Gen. W. L. Kenley, Ponca City, Okla., and Radio- man Otis Gilbert Stantz of the naval zTells‘ Anti-Saloon League Federal Drive Must Be general tability. The “greatest volume of comstruc- operations on re was proceeding internally In the United tates, representinz an investment the year of $6,000,000,000, and the etary noted the result as “for the part well calculated to meet the permanent and zrowing needs of Naticn.” tion Given Aid. = Food Costs Up 50 Per Cent. | By the Associat o CHICAGO, November T.—Assistant 1St Secretary Andrews of the Treasury oday called upon all States and com- | munities to encourage the resumption duction in the country was 118: min- {of home rule in the enforcement of ' cral production railroad freight | prohibition. ORly by such an effort, | haulage. 110: factory employment, 82, | e declared. could the Federal agents | 2nd bullding contracts let were 111 be removed from the status of village ' panring: sain ven Garpe Showed @ policemen. Considering prices of 1913 as 100 | Addressing the national convention rerall food costs for 1925 were found of the Anti-Saloon League, the Treas- to be 150 and the zeneral cost of liv {ury official, who is the directing head | ing to be 172. Farm products had an af all Federsl prohibition enforce. !Ndex number of 133, food and cloth ng the situation by index Ir. Hoover's review sald that 13 output as 100, during the vear 1925 manufacturing pro ment, declared the department had {now concentrated its efforts upon di- | viding the work cqually between the | State and Federal uthorities in order | that there may be “more punch” in |law enforcement, “more specd and {understanding in permissive work,"” and an avoidance of overlupping of | duttes. | Explains Progress. Explaining in some detail the recent reorganization of the Federal enforce- ment machinery, Mr. Andrews said he believed important progress had { been made in the direction of better | enforcement. He emphasized that it was his policy to fight vigorously the big operators in the illegitimate liquor traffic, and at the same time 10 protect in every way legitimate industry in ts use of industrial alcohol or produc- | tion of cereal beverage | _“The public is constantly | the prohibition forces responsible for | the enforcement of the prohibition |laws,” Mr. Andrews continued. “We |are not alone responsible. And a pub- lic realization of this fact is vital to | taeir successtul enforcement | “In reality the Treasury can do lit- tle without the full support and | promptcarry-through of the judictal | machinery. “Our duty is twofold—to | collect the evidence of law violation and present it to the district attorney rand to supervise and regulate the source of supply for lezitimate traffic | as well as prevent the use of these sources of illegitimate traffic. In both | these phases of our work success de- pends upon the prompt, sympathetic action of the judicial machine. “We share with the Department of Justice the responsibility for this law enforcement. It is essential, there- fore. that public opinion ke focused " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ATTACK ON PERUVIANS BY CHILEANS REPORTED Plebiscite Commission Alleges For- mer Police Officer Led Assault on Motorists. By the Associated Press. ARICA, Chile, November 7.—The Peruvian plebiscite commission re- ports an attack has been made against a party of Peruvians who were auto- mobiling through the Azapa Valley. It is alleged the attacking party was led by Luis Quires, a former whose removal from office, made in @ motion to the plebiscitary committee, holding | Chilean police officer, a demand for | ing 189. metal and metal products 130 and building materials 174 “Cuilding activity was well distrib- uted throughout the different regions jof the count Mr. Hoover con- tinued. “and thiere was apparently an increased consumption of bullding ma- tertals on the farms. * . Ithough some instances may he claimed of expenditures not justified hy current nceds. the sum spent for construction for the most part repre- ented not only a keeping pace with the needs of expanding population but aleo a substantial bettering of the country’s housing and commercial fa cilitles Housing Shortage Continues. “The housinz shortage arising from the war has not yvet been substantially relieved for the lower-income groups and onc of the great tasks ahead of the country is to organize this field <0 that new houses may be reasonably financed and owned preponderantl: through the thrift of the individual pilies who occupy, them. * s dvances in prices of agricultural commodities, together with a large volume of production and marketin caused the farm income to reach sreater total in the crop vear 192 than in any yvea ‘September forecasts ir the aggregate output of all crops dur- inz the present vear will be about § {per cent smaller than last vear. but this will probably not adversely affect | farm communities. since it has been just about offset by advances in agri- cultural prices. As u result of the ! successive rises in the prices of cot ton. grains and animal products dur- Ing the past three vears, the agricul- tural Industry has now reached a heter adjustment with other indus- tries than at any time since the war. Greatest Traffic Total. “Greater traffic was handled during the fiscal year 1925 than ever before in our railroad history. The highly successful operation of our railroads during the year reflects the greatest credit upon the efforts of the man | agers and employes, nided by the co- operation of the shippers and re- celvers of freight. * ¢ ¢ “Extensions of terminals and the problem of rate adjustments are still | betore us. The problems of railroad | consolidations are vet to be solved {Improvement in rafiroad finances and services is dependent upon the solu. tion of these problems. That trans portation facilitiex shall keep pace jwith the demands upon them is nec- essary for our economic stability. * ¢ * The bankers’ figures at the end of the vear indicate a high degree of stability in a period of fairly substan- together reported ! These huge caches of coal with the one that is reliabl Hawalfan flight plane PN-9 No. 1. | have cost the life of an enforcement | NEW HYDROGEN PROCESS Thus it stands. | > was approved today. tial prosperity. All banking opera- The Peruvians allege that Dr. Al tion perjoil to 62 years, which is Miaml Daily News today publishes |, to he stored near Carbondale, some 2% miles up the valley, would bring the | amount of domestic sized anthracite that is immediately available in this one district to something not very far helow half a million tons. There are rumors rife of much larger quantities that were moved down to New Jersey several weeks ago, but no substantia- tion of these reports is available here. But while half a million tons of coal <cem a tremendous amount to the la: man, the operators suy that it repri cents only about four days' output, ind, when taken into consideration with the yearly production of 80.- 000,000 tons of anthracite, it is a rather small drop in the bucket, espe cially when none i5 being mined. None Sold in South. In addition, the operatops frankly i | this story from a staff correspondent NASSAU, Bahamas, November 7.— r Thomas Lipton's Shamrock ILs |three times defeated internatiomal yacht cup contender, is now uor carrler. This craft recently 4vas ac- quired by the Nassau liquof house o | Pinder, Collins & Brown, and now iis riding at anchar with 50 other | liquor schoonerstn Nassau harbor. “Persons fis between New Providence.dnd Hog Islands, where Nassau is situated, recently became impressed by the trim lines and build of & saucy vessel bearing the name ‘Isbscele: “Investigation' proved that the | name was a ‘nom de guerre,’ and that | beneath this allas the vessel still car- !ried the world famous name of ! Shamrock II. assert that whatever supply is avail- |~ «jccording to Bahama seamen and able has already been sold—none of it. | \hisky dealers, the Shamrock IT will however, to dealers south of Philadel- | not be brought into American waters, phia. There is no’coal here for the |pyt will be used to.transport liquor Irade in and arotnd Washington. It |from Nassau for West End and Gun is declared that this supply is to g0 to | Cay., outlylng posts for sau New York State, where, it was point- | gealers. ad out, the Winter weather is much | wThe vessel will not leave British More vigorous than in Washington. |waters, it is sald, because she was So sertous is the shortage of coal|cyt from anchor in New York harbor rther North, asserted one official whe declined to have his identity disclosed. that agents are beginning tl 3e 4, Columu 1) ! some time 170 and towed into British vaters at'er she had | with & curiu of lquor Ly j chibiticn agents. ud conliscated heen captured | en y the American commis- Generally speaking, this offer uld amount to a total of $1,000,000,- \00" over the 62 vears, or momething less than the actual principal of cash advances of this count: Want Three Times as Much. On the other hand, it is understood the Americans, perfectly agreeable to ,extremely low payments duting the first few yvears, are asking an average over the amortization period of about $50,000,000 a vear. This would total about $3,000,000.000, paying off the | principal. accrued interest and future interest at a nominal rate. This offer of the Americans is believed to be, according to some estimators, some- what under the British basis written into practically all other agreements. With the unfortunate example of French recent failure to fund, and disastrous developments within the last few days in France in the fall of the value of the franc, both Ameri- cans and Italians feel, it was under- stood, that every effort must be made |to reach an agreement which could |be accepted by the governments ind the people of both countries. This (weighs especi.ily upon the Italiun commission. But the Americans, on Radio Pr(;gr:fi)s—}’uge 10. @ perfod written into previous | officer. _{Continued on’Page 4. Column 3. _ | Records of the police show that there have been a dozen chases i | which shots have been fired in the last four months. This 1s out of almost 10 times as many total chases. {In many of these-chases police al- | Iowed fugitives to escape: | tugitives abandoned their automo- ! biles and made successful getaways; in still others, both automobiles and | tugitives were taken. | In none of these cases, police main | tain, were shots fired by them until after their lives had been jeopardized. Now. as to the Hquor seized. | In the fourth months ended Oc- | tober 31 police arrested exactly 927 persons on charges of illegal pos- session. | During _the =ame period police | sefred 7.741 gallons of liquor and I beer in bulk. (This disregards seizure | ot about 400 gallons of bottled beer and 9,740 gallons of mash.) Average Selzure Eight Gallons. A simple mathematical computa- tion will show that if 927 persons are arrested for {llegal possession. and 7,747 zallons of intoxicants were ed, the average arrest. weuld | net about 8 gallons of liquor. During this period there were 331 cases for selling lquor made - and " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2. § o in others | | MAY CUT COST OF LIVING : German Devises Chéaper Method of | Getting Fertilizer Ingredient From the Air. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. | BERLIN, November 7.—A - new | |electrical apparatus for obtaining | hydrogen from the air at’a cost one- | third cheaper thanthe present process has been invented by A. E. Zdanski, | a Berlin_engineer. Pure hydrogen is important, not only for dirigibles, but also for the | production of artificlal fertflizer. The costliest factor in its manufacture has been electrical energy. Herr Zdanski's new generator accomplishes the pro- duction of 16,000,000 cubic meters of hydrogen dally with the consumption of 100,000 horsepower, as compared to 11,000,000 cubic meters previously produced with the same expenditure of money and power.- One of the most important factors of the discovery, it was. stated here, will be a lower cost for the production of ammonia and artificial fertilizer, thereby perhaps lowering the cost of | asricylture and world food prices. (Copsriskt: 1935, by Chicazo Daily Naws Co.) Killed in Rum Battle. CHESTER, S. C., November 7 (P). —Sia Clyburn of Rock Hill was killed early today in a battle with Chester County officers in the Lando section of Chester County. Another man and a woman, Whose names are not now ‘available; are in jail here in connectlon - with the battle. Fifty gallons of .whisky are reported to have beert found in the Clyburn party's. automobile. berto Glesecke and Sarah Wambaugh, are connected with the newspaper pub- lished on board the Peruvian trans- port Ucayali, while traveling to Azapa to sell coples of yesterday's edl- tion, in which Gen. Pershing's guar. antee resolytion was published, were stopped. They threatened, but finally were allowed to proceed. The members of the attack- the air as they departed. Wines in émart Paris Restaurants Match Color of Table Decorations By the Associated Prees. PARIE, November 7.—It used to be that wines had to match the food. But now in ultra-smart restaurants in France they also must match the table decorations and the coler of the hostess’ gown. The dve trust has got in its work on drinks, just as it did on face pow- ders, Harmless colorings have been developed, which will do the work. Ir urpg: asters afford the color touch to &e ble, the chablis with the an American woman, both of whom | were buffeted and | ing party fired six revolver shots in . tions consistently kept pace with the | increases in production. employment and prices during the vear. 1] “Perhaps the most encouragi feature of the period was the pro ress made throughout the world in ! the stabilization of monetary sys- tems. | World Currencies Stabilized. ““The progress in the re-establish- ment of the gold standard is of in- caleulable importance to international { trade, which has been <o severel | hampered by the uncertainty result- {ing from exchange fluctuations. The foreign trade of those countries that !'have long been on a silver basis might well be included with the gold I standard nations, in which case it | appears that the financing of an | overwhelming proportion of the |and the burgundy with the chicken|World's trade will henceforth be done {on a metallic monetary basis com- :},‘_"mp‘::m‘” oade purple, And the Parable to that of before the war liqueur which follow the coffee can be; “In this work of stabilizing the given the same tone. Even incense|World's currencies, the United States Which s guaranteed to harmonize | has been of great assistance to the with purple is provided by the per.|other nations through the granting fumers. {of stabilization credits by our banks The French connoisseur who knows | and the flotation of loans in our his wines and enjoys thelr natural |security market. The gross volume color and houquet scorns the new |of foreign securities publiclt offerad rainbow effecte,. which have been de- vised for foreigners in search of a novelty. in this country during the | year ended June 30. 1925. amounted (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) i) fiscal