Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1926, Page 1

W1 Wetath his afternoon late tonight: slizhtly iemperiture aby Tempe terday: \ temorrow . ye -.-n todiey HER. Bureau Fore and Full report on page tonight, colder: min- lowest. o M. V. Stocks and Bonds, Pnzé 30 mrered s ost oMice, No. 20,850, Wa second class matte e, WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. ¢, THURSDAY, ¢ Foening 9 JANUARY 21, SENATE INMUDDL OVER DATE TOVOIE GNWORLD COURT Bill First Brings Opposition From Leaders. SMOOT FEARS DELAY FOR REVENUE MEASURE Lenroot Declines to Lay Tribunall Plan Aside—Menace of Fili- buster Still Seen. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Nezatiations for vote on the World Court either before \ter the tax bill has heen disposed Senate in agreement to nl were continued in the 10 proy emanati from the that postponed until the vote on the vt Senators o After i rned heen was todi tax passed Aown e has Iy Wisconsin, rotncol by Lenroot vl Senator f in charze of the ! o Senator Smoot T in charge of the an agreement 5 1 day on which the vote ma taken on the tax hill. Senator Smoot i, it would be idle to lay aside the World Court 1o take up the tax bill No zood would come from laving he hill before the Senate if a o develop on that me: to postpone the final the World Court. in Senator Smool. tax bill can he had 1o e he i tax libirster s wder of of the ition opinion Fear Delay on Tax. is anxious onsideration While Senator Smoot get the tax bill up for and while he insists Senate by February 1 it to be in time tax tion in the income tax re turns, which must be filed by March 15. he 1= unwilling to call up the tax Hill now without some agreement on the World Court matters. This is not alone on account of the World Cour bhur 1lso on acec t of his desire to ex » te the tax bill What the supporters of Court fear is that if an agreement made to hegin votinz on reservations at a specified time after rthe tax biil hall have passed. the anti-court Sena tors will see to it that the debate on the tax bill is extended over a long t s at the latest. if make effective is a May Set Date Today. when the Senate met Lo tn gn ahead with the court bhusiness before the Senate, while further eofforts were made to reach an agreement Some of the Senators expressed the hope and be Mef that an agreement would be made hefore the Senate recessed todiy. It an agreement ix not reached. it 1= probable that Senator lLenroot will move 1o rece: until 11 &clock tomor morning. an hour carlier than usual meeting. and that he will tomorrow night or the seek a nizht session. The pro court Senators will insist upon keep- fng the debate under way untll all epnosition has been exhausted. 1f this does not work out, as a last resort. 4 motion will he made to in- voke the two-thirds cloture rule to bring debate to an end, it was pre- dicted today The leaders. however. hope to be able to ach a vote with out zeing to that lenzth of AMissouri azainst the the Senate The day was as the Dlan the either after resumed » World [ soon after met 1o qd rumored that the close today he would move t tax hill, in an_effort to Waorld Court. Yesterday Reed offered to zive up the that the tax bill might be hefore the Senate he Missouri Senator had planned leave here late this afternoon izht to =0 to Louis. where he e a case on Monday. It is ected that he will return to Wash- Tuesday nisht it was at of his spe Senator tnzton Aay morr Neek Date for Vote. The Senate 1ok a recess 4 o'clock vesterday afternoon, permit the anti-court Senators to hold A conference. Out of that conference pro-court leaders hoped that some sugzestion would come for a time to voting on the World Court protocol. The anti-court Senators gathered in the office of Senator toruh were session for some »on after During the debate yesterday efforts were le by anti-court Senators to pat the husiness of the Senate delayed hy the proponents of 1. wha insist upon keepinz the lefore the e to the exclu- 1 of other The pra rt Nenators, on the hand. 1aid the burden of delay- fnz the Senate’s business on the op- panents of the court, who decline to permit the protocol to come to a vote. GUNMEN KILL ME Shoot Him Three Times After Rob- bing Exvress Company of $5,900. HACKENSACK, N. J., January 21 (#) —Four zunmen today held up the offices of the American Railway Ex. press Co.. fatally shot Frank Bren nan. & messenzer, and escaped in an automobile with $£5.900 in cash. Bren- nan received three bullet wounds, and dird a half hour later Twn of the holdup men remained de the office. which adjoins the channa Railread depot. while other two entered and covered the <enzer hefore he conld dra pi=iol. They t him after the safe COCKING MAIN RAIDED. 48 Birds and 100 Spectators Ar- rested New York. ROCHESTER, N. Y. January 21 (). —State troopers, acting on a up from the Rochester Humane Soclety, jaided a cockinz main at Bay View, four miles east of here, today. seized 45 Dbirds and arrested more than <pectators. The main, held at the White House Inn. the proprietor of which also was arrested, was sald to have been widely advertised as fur- vishinz an opportunity 1o determine /n neutral ground the championship { western New York hetween birds ym Lockport and BnTalo, m i< hein hy rt Sens sic business, ather S the rifling in yuld puss the | the World ! night | Wednes. ! so as to| SSENGER. his 100 | <hington, T STAR TO SPONSO R CONSTRUCTION' i OF IDEAL HOMES IN CAPITAL! | Demonsiration Planned H Prices for Benefit | encouraze {10 foste the pr | the home owne attractive arehitecture oper planninz of re ence atfonal Capit], The Star w sponsor an ideal homes demonsteation Jthat will interest crive pur sers every e ind and in <hip of type and size of Feelinz that the unprecedented resi- ntial houn of the pasi twe years in | Washinzton indicates that there is an increasing desire on the part of Wash ingtonians o wequire thiir own ]h..mm T hus undertaken to sponsor this deinonst that | builders chitects of Washington can demonstrate to the public the areat forward strides that have been made in home building. | _For the purpose of | the efforts ot tects, huilders and jothers particijating in the demon stration, The Star wil he represented Ly @ zeneral supel committee consisting of Maj, Ravmond A Wheeler, assistant enzineer commis. !sioner of the Distrier. who will serve as chairman: Horace W, [easlee, chairman of the American Institute of Architects committee on the plan of Washington and it= environs, and Rufus retary of the Op BLANTON AND RED MEET INSCATHE ‘Texan's Threat to Thrash As- sociate Fails to Materialize Before Session Today. Sta coordinating isory Al was quiet alonz the day. when Representative Reid Tepublican of Mino resentative Thomas L. | crat of Texas. met in th trict committee room threat was mude by Mr. Blanton night at & hearing before the s i mittee on public utilities that “he tended 1o thrash Mr. Reid today Mr. Reid presided in place of Chair man Zihiman was makir speech in Frederick. at the he today on the hill to extend the powers lof the District Commissioners. Ar i Blanton was late in attendinz the meeting. When he entered he took seat at the corner ‘of the table, n to Mr. Reid. who turned to him sald: “Good morninz. Mr. Elanton.’ AMr. Blanton made no response The Texas Representative today | sued a statement authoritatively ma ling plain his side of the row last night. The statement Potomic Frank R and Riep- nton. Demo- e House Dis thouzh to. com- said Text of Statement. “The Commissioners admit tatal ignorance concerninz public utility problems upon the excuse that they haven't time. Chairman Bell admits that the peo- ple haven't had fair representation either before his commission or the courts. and that when. in 1920, the commission ordered fares raised to § cents, the Capital Traction Co, did not contend for more than the 5 cents authorized by its charter. Yet the law vequired the commission ‘to compel public utilities to conform to the duties imposed by their charters.’ The judgment of court recited three that _concerni the material the Utilities Commission had reed with the corporation.” and this is admitted by the ¢ ion counsel | showing that the peopie of Washinz ton were practically azreed court, for the conclusions of the ¢ were hased upen the to in the record. und the | was not properly presented ont Blanton Blames Zihlman. know that Chairman kill my bill last zht to hold companies “1 happen to | Zihlman helped veuar when T so to their charter. When appointing the subcommittes "{o consider this subject. to which I have given close study, he made him- self chairman of it and left me Whom did he expect to make out case for the bill that he was agains Upon my insistence, he finally put me on the subcommittee An impartial | examination of* his actions concerninz this bill, as disclosed by the record. will disclose that he persistently pr sents the other side of it ‘Last_night when T stated that 1 would show by Congressman Johnson of Kentucky. a former chairm the committe and Ly the Re that the entive public utilities law 38 printed pa s was attached to an appropriation Bl as a rider in the closi hours of the Nixty.second Con. after Jim Mann had stated that le member had read ir, and after Chairman Johnson had advised the then Inzineer Commissioner that bis committes izainst it Mr Bowman insultingly stated that didn’t | interest the committee Declares Deck Is “Stacked. »And instead of tryinz’1o assist me in protecting the rizhts of the people of Washinzton, Mr. Reid attempted to hamper me in every ridiculous way possible, just ax the hearinzs on the bill to protect the radio public from the radio corporations will show that he songht to hamper there When I learned that the ‘card stacked.” 1 quit the zame. When I am cold decked® I don't play on. I cannot afford to waste a month in a hearing when the best I ean hove for is a vote of 5 to 4 azainst the bill shall not quit_my fight for re: Jief for the people of Washinzton. but 1 shall take it hefore the House and 5, Column are “(Continued on Page ouse Building by Local Firms at Reasonable hefore | off. | to Show Possibilities in »f District Families. Builders’ Association of the of Columbia i the requesi of this zeneral com- | Washinzton Chapter of the Institute of Architects has iy advisory architectural consistinz of Mr. Peaslee Alhert L. Haeri=, muni Fred V. Murphy. Na i Waddy B Wood it <hin | territory is to hive an opportunity ubmit propo for the erection one more ot | the demonstration houses. [roposals | hould be sent by mail to Maj Wheeler, at his office in_the District Building, designatinz the type orj types houses it is proposed to| erect, and indicating the proposed | sites.” Maj, Wheeler or either of the | other members of the 4l com- | mittee will be <lad to supply builders with more detiiled intormation. Plans for exch house will sent the work of twe architects Ialorating with the huilder who poses to undertake erection, will b npon the i committee arehitects and erative Dictrict A mittee the American tpointed committee, 1= chalimin cipal architect than . Wyeth Bvery huilder the surroundinz of epre col pro is and | by Maj. | passed ot «wontinued on 1 Colnmn 1) MELLON T0 ACCET SENATES TAX U1 Will Not Onnose Plan, Though It Exceeds Estimated Sur- nlus by £26,000,000. Althouzh the il fore the Senate would mike some $26.000.000 more “han the tion which Secre Mellon previously Treasury could today that the | wonla ke ind interpose the chanze in new now he cut edu Creasury the arned ry of the had wd reported s 1 Department the vin jection 10 of re < i Treasury nds off” further rmount no the he Secretary stand on 000 | as the could well | vrospes | Some Treasury were under that the effec larzely Mell hi: <t under- tood position that 1d much Governmen® revenues hear present e n he under the officials tood 1o take the position mount of s reduction and upon future revenues was 4 matter of estimate. and it there was a possibility thut rednved {tax rates would stimul sufficlent | additional revenue to more than make up the difference The amount v estate tuxes whir | under the provisic now stands has heen | Treasnrr at about L000.000. This would represent difference le tween the revenues from estates unde the oid Dill of 1921, with its per cent maximum rate, and the rev | enues which would huve heen recet under the 192 revenue act, with maximum of 40 per cent he Senate bill would | estate taxes in the futur | non-effective the hi i1 vith in ot | on under ire pendinz in the i however duction would made of the bill as it timated at the in past s tax H ite all ke repeal and m the now ment 'REDS AND LABORITES FIGHT IN MEXICAN CITY | Row Starts Over Effort of Former to Celebrate Lenin Holiday. the Associated Press ORIZABA. Mexico. January 21.—A |free fight between reds and regular | laborites. members of the rezional Confederation of Labor of Mexico. enlivened an attempt by the Reds to occupy the Rio Blanco Theater here to celebrate the ond anniversary of the death of Lenin ) Military forces intervened and sev eral of the rioters were wounded be. fore order was restored. The laborites | are said to have decided to expel the | reds from the Orizaba rezion to | vent further trouble and make tary intervention unnecessary. 'FOUR PERISH IN FLAMES. Be pre- mili- Mother and Three Children Burned to Death. Ohio, January 21 (£).— Mrs. Mary Karevich and three of her children—Dorothy. 10; Mary. 4. and Anna, 3—were burned to death when their farm home 10 miles west of here | was destroyed by fire early today. The father and four other children | escaped. The fire started when Mrs Kurevich attempted to start a fire in the Kitchen stove by using kerosene. ALLIANCE Boy Killer's Fate Undecided. IARRISBURG. Pa.. January 21 (8). —The State Board of Pardons yester day held under advisement the applica. ton of commutation of sentence. filed for William C. Cavaller, 13-vear-old | bol, convicted of Killing his grand- | mother, until Lieut. Gov. Davis, mem- ber of the board. can read the recor | Lieut. Gov. Davis was unable to tend the hrard meetinz. - Cardinal Mercier, F acing Death Calmly, Refuses to Stop Receiving His Visitors | By the Associated Press | BRUSSELS., January 21.—Cardinal | Mercier, who has been failing in strength since his operation in Decem- | Der for lesion of the stomach. has completely resigned himself to the | thought that recovery is impossible and continues to ignore the pleadings of his physicians that he refuse to re- | ceive visitors. | During the last visit of Queen Eliza- | beth sha 1s said to have taken him to ltask for not heeding his doctors’ ad- vice. i azed primate replied that he Jew that he would not rocover, Th ,‘( Queen insisted that give up. “Your she he must not life is indispensable to us, safd, to which the cardinal smil- ingly replied It less indispensable than your majesty's graclous smile.” The cardinal passed a satisfactory night and his condition this morning was sald to be stationary. He received Lord Halifax, president of the English Church Union, with whom he has been associated In the attempt to bring about a union of the churches. They conferred for sbout 20 minutes, after which TLord Halifayx remained while m vis celebrated in the sick room. (ITY HEADS' BILL ' FOR MORE POWER DECLARED DOOMED Has No Chance of Being‘: Passed. House Members | Say—Hearing Held. CITIZENS OPEN FIGHT ‘ ON COMMISSIONERS’ PLAN! % o i Parent-Teachers' Officials Labor Representative Take Firm Stand ov Subject. and | Strong opposition was voiced today against the Con them general mn hearing before o House District committee ted by several members tee that this measure leing pissed sissioner pal wheomt i nd it The of <l comm no chance o The propossl sentative Gilbert tueky, that ae Hepre erat snditions th Lepresenta Ttinuis “h 1 under avings shonhi be Closed tive Leid, Iepublican. of was presiding in the u man Zihiman tha tive Zihlman h continue Mis. W inz the lex! Parent-Te v ntion her ganization and nuens the d support bill wuthority iy the Commnissi out 75 per cent of United 3 ¢ Board Mrs. Giles Scott the Parent-T spoke Hept . <entu i . nt the that f T, Bann fslative o \ mmittee of on vecord hool | this [ ? which would = Boara id that the hoo! il the et i Rufter dent o I ache n o Oppasition by Labor. Wi Ved Americ that that Conzress apnearing 1 in favor ¢ srantinz nehise 1 of the Dis that they can vote and Vice President and for atives m tie said that ization s very much oppose emascnlation of the power the ! ive hranch and putting power into the hands of the executive hranch This | the fr rict of Colambia Presiden represent his residents nare 1 I will put unheard-of pow- ers in the hands of the District Com- missioners,” he i Tle read section 11 of the hill. which authorizes the District Commission “make 11l rezulations and ordi nances” und to vunixh infracdons with fines and Imprisonment “That power you might some despot.” szid Mr. Wallis “\ve in f of & commission (Continued on 4 5 WILBUR OPPOSES UNIFIED DEFENSE Opposes Amalgamation of Army and Navy Into Si f ale Department. confer on Paze 4, Colu Wilbui, apposinz before | militery committee today | 1 to create a department of ! declured there wus nothing in the histers of American to justify sueh chanze in the establishment ecretary said the Navy ment had drawn hills intended 1o e out recommendations of the Pr dent’s Air board. which would provide 1 second assistant secretary for Air :nd would carry out the plans for promotion, temporary rank and medals for aviators, contemplated the Army. Asked by Representative Wainwright Repubhcan. New k. whether the Navy “really need un assistant sec retary tor air, Mr. Wilbur said: “We can nz with him without him." He admited the Navy suld not have considersd the office necessary if the Air Board had not recommended it. Yet he considensd i, a step forws “The Navy.” he said. “has never turned its back on aviatlon. On ihe contrary, we have realized its impor- tance.’ Representative Hill. Republican, Maryland, author of the muasure, ex- | | plained the measure would merely | change the status of the Navy De- partment, but Mr. Wilbur insisted there wa$ no provision for th> con- tinuation of the Navy personnelsand | it would virtually abolish ihe Secretary the House the Hill bill national defense wars mili e Depart or Department | that Navy. | "In response to questions, Mr. Wilbur said it was “one of the greatest fal-| lucies in this whole scheme that no one but a flver can direct the flight! of planes.” CHILDREN IN REVOLT. Starved and Ill-Treated Russian Waifs Wreck Home. | YAROSLAV. Russia. January (®).—The entire staffl of the larzest echildren’s home in the Yaroslav dis- trict has been arrested following a ! rebellion of their voung charges!| against it. The staff is charged with starving and ill treating the children and forcing them to slep on the bare floors. i The children, made desperate by hunger and cold, rebelled. attacked their superiors and smashed windows | | and turniture of the institution. i | | Ten New Pneumonia Cases. | The Health Department’s daily rec- | | ords of pneumonia statistics In the | District chronicled today 10 new cases | jand 3 more deaths. There have been | 260 cases and 86 deaths since Janu- | lary 1. lRadin Programs—Page 36' ‘» [ cultural | rightly b ~ 1926 - FIFTY service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Pres: news Star. PAGES. * (®) Means Associated Press. Yesterday's Circulation, 103,559 TWO CENTS. CoMM\TTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF | CoLuMBia | INQUIRY ORDERED INTO COAL PRICES; GOUGING IS DENIED Dealers. Accused of Demand- ing $14.50 for 33 Fuel,” Blame Mine Owners. DECLARE BITUMINOUS COSTS THEM $10 A TON | Capper Calls District Committee to A ASITS OWN DOCTOR Jardine Tells lllinois Body Farmers Can Solve Most of Problems. B Press Jar ¥ the Unp er-c cuitural the furm hy Secret dardin annual NaAL L Hed mereh urplus problem s of Azriculture o address the 1 n ry meeting of Association constituted he said. he ibilty of attacking the lem in a constructive wey along broad line In the long run. he said will hove fis nd s 2t bottom = ness. He wanted explained. that optimist inois A <uch board the lus comission, s pos raiculture prosperity Nz busic h measure of <ound “for the lonz on clex pull, am an rming eon thons." The surplus lem underivin situation.” and tfonal concern. e is opposed to price fixing anc azainst Government handlinz of farm products Reduction of Handicaps. 1t has scemed to me, however, that «omething constructive could be done toward reducinz the handicaps which surround certain phases of agricul tural merchandisinz—the term mer- chandisinz beinz here nsed in s hroadest <ense. 1t has <eemed to me that this could ahd should he done by some farmer-controlled ¥. When Mr. Dickinson came forward with new bill. introduced in the House Tamuary 4. it appeared that we had pprosched some common ground on the noints just now refer imnd 1 frankle and openly <ald 1 tried to make 1t plain that I want to zive full consideration 10 construc- tive proposals directed to the surplus problem. even thouzh I did not fuvor all the provisions qf the Dickinson Lill xs introduced. "There has heen neral discussion of late as to the formation of a Federal farm hoard or ymmission as embodied in the Dick inson bill and other probosals 1 see in a rightly constituted azen: of this nature. the possibility of tacking the surplus problem in a con structive and scientific wayv alonz the broad lines T have indicated. ~ Further more there is a hroad field of action for such a hoard as a powerful spokes- man for American agriculture. Sound Action. prols tural na he declaved the whole it is & Azricy matter Foresees The Secretary said he had called into conference men Whom he con- sidered the best equipped in the country to contribute to a solution and fvould continue to hold such con- forances the remainder of Janua and the fore part of February. There is 2 great division of opinion on the suhject, he said. and all hitterness in these discussions should be buried for the American people would pref by fair-minded. svmpathetic consid- eration of conditions. “T look forward.” he said. “to ulti- mate action on this problem. which will he sound. constructive and in the interest of the Nation.” “When the tide turns badly against us it puts in motion those force swhich ultimately will swing it in favor again,” he said. “If the experiences of previous zenerations teach us any- thing, it Is that one of the best times 10 buy a farm is when farming seems in poorest repute.” On the farm must be solved a sub- stantial part of the problem of how to assure to agriculture a fair share in the national income, he declared. Efficiency in Operation. is essential to have the best possible readjustment of production to market requirements.” he con- tinued. “Rapid progress has been made in recent years by public agencies in collecting and disseminat- ing the necessary information which helps farmers to adjust their produc- tion programs to the consuming de- mand to give them great advantage in their planning. “It is essential to have the utmost efficiency In farm operation. Everv farm management study that has been made reveals a wide range in farm business organization and methods. On one side of a line fence is a man who organizes his business expertly, who plans ahead, who uses his labor to sadvantage, who gets high vields from his fields and his animals. On the other side of the fence his neigh- bor may worry along on a haphazard basis, his crop vields below par. his live stock more of a liability than an asset. There is no formula under the a1t (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) GRICULTURE SEEN (it Fther. | Braves Rain to Ge . WOTHER OF SLAIN INVIRCINIA HOME Police Seek Mysterious Man, | Suspected Bootlegger, Who Fired at Husband. Groom, 71. Licer Maj. S piie sent 1o the o 0 ospectiv MeDuffie, 710y husiness man o cure a marri Duttie 15 to marry Mrs ton Seward, & < ol ter of Ma 1. wh vith hin Harvard v, 1. ¢ Pierce is n the othciating mini Niv. MeDufhie said he tried t uade the in the v that Willert nctemn saxt old. nt wedther vith the house tordi on-in-law Cineinnat license Mr A FREDERICKSBURG. Va 21—Mrs. Walter L. Keves ol of Prinee William County of child ed pital rning from e than 100 shot | e <hootinz orc 1 in her DRIVE INDICATED him has Leen found The family was awakened A ¢ voice calling for Mr. Keves, who (rose and went to the door. After an Representative Newton Asks Data on “Interference” | by Contreller. tchanze of words the unknown fired ki January mother the hos the ef s vears n. hut ACCOMpANYINZ little m h goinz out insist crark uld hurt 1 rior eizhi at " hey ing rai et of home By m at Keves. who leaped aside and slam med the door. Four more shots were fired in quick succession through the =plintered door. one charge entering the body of N Keves The mysterious assailant then made off in the darkness. Keyes, who is em ploved a1 the Washinzton Terminal Delieves that moonshiners are respon sible for the shooting. and that he vas the intended victim A few days 4zo he encountered three strange men in the woods adjoining his farm. who told him to mind his own Dusiness when he asked what they were doinz. Officers and resi dents of Prince William are unty scouring the county search for the “uspect. Indications that an cvidently campaizn Controller MeCarl from conzressional quarters is under way and that it will meet with varied response from the executive branch of the Governm dis- closed today Hepresentative Walter Republican of Minnesota, letter to Necretary of ury Mellon, and. it wa has similarly approached all other heads of establishments. asking Whether the controller cipped and duties Representative | for particular Mellon U. S. ASKED TO PARLEY ON VISA COMPLICATIONS League Issues Invitation to Meet- inz May 12—830.000.000 a Year Once Spent by Americans. GENEVA States nat Were i has written th weon understood, practically departmen fon interfered anuary 21 cen invited to the inter mal” conference 1o reduce pass and visa complications. which the ue of Nati is convoking for 12 in Geneva. Other states. not members of the leazue. invited The que: the only di . - M . 4 is yet to be d regulations imated before the United nezotiated conventions sup pressing the visa with some countries the halt million of Americans visiting Eurepe v spent 0000 for arzes. Hence it is to her intevest thatr ates accept the invitation conference | MEXICAN VOLCANO ACTIVE. MENICO CITY, 1t s he hee Che Unit Newte nstances, has Noncommittal. The Secretary of the Tr responded, it was understood claring that practically ences of opinion with heen concerning travel sury > (Continued on Page 2, Column ) | Stites annu visa ¢ some [ TELLING CHUM FACTS GETS GIRL WIFE JAILED ine tmis y St i to the May Out on Appeal. She Says She Only Told Friend ‘“‘Some Things to Protect Her.” January 21 () eported that the volcano Colima resumed activity after having quiet for 12 years. Lava is said By the Assoc | NEW SUFFOLK. N. Y. January 21.—Charzed with_impairing the mor- [ 1940 GEEL 106 15 v o b flowinz from the crator and the als of M¥s. Elsie Barker. 16 | people. in the nelehhotmon oot ! vears old. is free in $10 bail pending | siderahly frizhtened. her appeal from a 90-da n a 90-day The volcano Colima is 12,730 feet She had served 22 days in the village hizh. It ituated in the State of Jail be (l--.k she wis adnutted to bail. Jalisco. not far from the boundary of Mrs. Barker insists that all she ever | the State of Colima. ) told her chum, who is one year her junior, “were some things that she ought to know to protect he; i i The young wife told authorities that | Navy Flight Delayed. CHARLESTON. S. ., ). she was routed out of bed one nizht | - by a constable and taken before i jus- Start of the naval squadron of tice of the peace. who accepted the |25 planes on the next leg of their constable s piea of guilty for her and | flight from Hampton Roads, Va., to sentenced her to 90 days In jail. Dis-| Guantanamo. Cuba. was postponed trict Attorney Hildreth of Suffolk |until tomorrow to permit two planes County heard of the case and took the | which were delaved by enzine trouble &irl before a county judge, who fixed 4t Southport. C.. yesterday to re- | a nominal bail for a further hearing. ' join the tleet here. b ated Press are con. o sentence January 21 'Hard Coal Bootlegging Activities Growing Rapidly in Pennsylvania By the Associated Prese PHILADELPHIA. January 21. Anthracite bootlegging. a new in- dustry which sprung up as a result of the hard coal strike, is zrowing rapldly. Starting in a_small way, the prac- tice has spread until hundreds are ngaged in it. Some of the bootleggers’ supplies are picked from the banks. This is| permitted by nearly all the coal com- panies, the only restrictions being against the use of trucks and the sale | of the recovered coal. These restric- | tions, however, are ignored by the |carpenter, to bring the first “hootleg bootlegzers. who deliver most of their | anthracite” to Philadelphia. He re- coal at night and collect from $10 to | turned last nizht from a trip through $20 for a short ton of inferior zoods.|the mining rezions with his motor The greater part of the supply is |car loaded down with bazs of coal taken from outcreps and old work- ' he hxd dnz from the culm banls :ugc; ivolated places. [eets of | near Hazleton. trucks are busy nightly ity _of Wilkes-Parre and The new industry first made its ap. pearance in Sunbury, 19 miles from the anthracite mines. early in De cember. Anproximately 100 tons of bootleg coal are sold there daily. Some of the coal is broken by means of hammers, {nstead of goinz through a breaker. Scores of arrests have been made. and officers of the United Mine Work- ers have endeavored to stop the prac- tice without success. It remained for Thomas Murphy. a in the viein Hazleton | | Meet Tomorrow to Take Up Reed Accusations mportance Ator in e triet comm tee mittee to 2 The. I the Mars nes. inform nd and West p d. I loca \ de) shoulders d West \ir any zou After Merchan ing that <pecial Board may f Trade here that Washing the coal that is being scld for $14.50 and that the zrade referred to by Reed brir showin Offered Coal at In contra er of mi vania todav offered a of The Evenin ar any what was declared to be t} ity of low-volatile or smokeless from $4.50 to £5 a ton at the Plus a freight rate of $2.84 a ton, the total wholesale price of this Pennsy vania coal in the cars in Washingion would ringe from $7.34 to § a ton cheaper price state ers that s et here was nd m tion furt added in the price of fuel may ¢ of a severe volatile grade is <upposed the low, is ren Washington de. okelese hitu <10 the Consolids representative another increase zrade ecause npan whos o scareity 3 of bituminous be more = pared wh sm than he said. Decline to Give Prices. The fices in k New York wn its prices savinz been offered as much as §¢ a_ton at the mines for sm The Por of smokeless lined to had ades here le its being Over stance however ppany took the stand that what its s pay for iewp: mpanies shi cause telephone <imilar other ¢ tan is else’s ness Nz from Mary different attitude was In Pensylvania among the Clearfield and Somerset compare in_aquality Poeahont ind New River fields Marviand and West Virzinia. disclosed the fol- lowing prices for coal at the mi : and nut sizes. highest quai £4.75 to & ton 1 1 and run-of-the-t £2.75 a ton. The cost fuel to Washington ton however. fields, which a 54 $£2.50 to bringing this would be 34 W size ne I The Pittsburg readiness from one car pared, stove-size highlvolatile coal fo from $2.75 1o ton at the mines With freight added. the whalesale price for this fuel in Washington would be considerably under $5 a ton Maryland Virginia companies however, said their fields are short of this grade. too, and that should the price of bituminous coal advance, high volatile coal would zo up with the other grades A hurried investization strongly in- dicates that ator Reed referred to hizh volatile coal when he spoke of fuel that could be houzht for $£3 at the mines. This zrade of pre pared coal sells \Washington for about $11 a ton. and. although it would still auppear that the retail deal ers are exacting an exorbitant profit their profit is not as large as might e expect Not only must the retail merchants pay for unloading and storing the coal, but they must put it throuzgh a screening process again. because con siderable of the lumps e been re duced to dust during the jolting in transit. This dust must then be sold as_runof-the-mine coal for consider ably less money, although they paid the full price for prepared coal. W hen normal overhcad and drayage charges are added, the profit is cut down con- siderably, it was pointed out. Smokeless Coal High. The only coal bringing $1450 a_ton here, as Senator Reed, is the so- less variety. This is the c dealers, supported by at least one of the operators, declared was costing them $10 a ton in the cars in Wash- ington. This coal, too, must go through the same process described in the preceding paragraph. The only ther furnace fuels available here are (Continued on Page 5, Column r es Seem Misleading. Coal C'o. annou <hip 10000 ca $14 ana described by illed smoke- 1 that the