Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1926, Page 2

5 ] L : BIG U.S. FLEET SEENPrceident Drops INWHITE STAR SALE Morgan’s Dream Nearer as Money Is Available to Buy American Ships. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 27.—The ream of the elder J. Plerpont Mor- ®an of a gigantic merchant fleet sail- ing the seven seas and flying the American flag drew nearer realization today with the cable news from Lon- don ~ that the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. of England will acquire the capital stock of the White Star Line next January. Under the control of the Interna- tional Mercantile Marine Co., the big ships of the White Star Line have been sailing under the British flag and registry since the line was ac- quired for the International by the house of Morgan as the foundation of Morgan’s pet plan for an all-American fieet of merchant ships over ) years =go. Price Reported $35,000,000. The purchase price is not given, but reports have it that the Royal Mall paid about $35,000,000 for the White Star's 500,000 tonnage. With this money the International Mer- cantile Marine Co. is expected to finance the purchase of ships of only American registry. Negotiations may lead to the purchase of the big liner Leviathan, now controlled by the United States Shipping Board, as well arge passenger ships of the The sile announced in London re- moves from American control and op- eration some of the largest ships that ply the transatlantic lane. The Homeric, Majestic, Celtic, Cedric and Adriatic are among the large ships wold. ‘The elder Morgan created the In- ternational Mercantile Marine in 1902. His interest in an American fleet of merchant ships was stimulated by Clement A. Griscom of Philadelphia and Bernard M. Baker of Baltimore. Law Held Up Plan. The White Star Line, rivaling in importance the Cunard Line, was taken over, but Morgan ran afoul of the American laws that prohibited the transfer of foreign-built ships to American registry. Other ship companies were also taken over, including the Red Star, the Leyland and Dominion Lines, but the White Star gave the International its great strength. The sale was officially confirmed by John H. Thomas, vice president of the International Mercantile Marine Company. Mr. Thomas said that announce- ment of the sale had come to him in ® cable from P. A. S. Franklin, presi- dent of the company, now in London. Today's transfer will probably be followed by the sale also of the British flag vessels owned by the Atlantic Transport Co., an 1. M. M. subsidiary, Mr. Thomas said, when it was suggested to him that the White Star Line sale was only the first step in a new policy to discard all foreign vessels of the I. M. M. in order to substitute American-built vessels. 100 Vessels Involved. Mr. Thomas explained that more than 100 vessels and a half interest in another company operating 17 ves- sels are Involved in the deal made public today. With the White Star tonnage goes the subsidiary George Thompson & Co., operating 6 vessels of 70,063 tons, and 44 per cent In- terest in Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., Ltd., operating 17 vessels with 176,- @56 tonnage. The two latter companies operate in the Australian and colonial trade, and together with the White Star Line will continue to be operated by the I. M. M. agents in the United States and Canada for the new own- ers pending other arrangements, it was said. JESUIT IS EXPELLED BY SOVIET OFFICIALS Was Negotiating With Russian Orthodox Church for Union With Roman Catholics. By Cable to The Star and New York World. ROME, November 27.—The sudden expulsion from Russia of Mgr. Her- Mgny has brought failure again to ‘he Pope's efforts to unite the Rus- sian Orthodox Church to Rome. Herbigny, a distinguished French Jesuit, had succeeded not only In having the Soviets rescind the law sxcluding his order from Russia, but in being neminated Catholic Bishop of Russia, an old title formerly be- stowed by the Czars. His negotiations with the orthodox synod, carried on with the consent of the Soviets, had reached an agree- ment for union, with the national sharacter and Russian language ritual of the orthodox preserved. He had reached the thorny point of the Pope's authority when he was sud- denly expelled. The Soviets refuse an explanation despite the Holy See'qn Insistence. Russian refugees express satisfac- ton at the situation. They believe unfon with Rome would mean sub- servience to' the Soviets. The Rus- sian Church, through influence with the peasants, retains much liberty. Lol s SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS PLANNED AT PASADENA Gift of $305,000 From Guggen- heim Fund Makes Project Possible in California. By the Associated Press. PASADENA, Calif., November 27.— Plans for a graduate school of aero- nautics have been announced by the mlifornia Institute of Technology here following the donation of $305,000 to the institution by the Daniel Guggen- helm Fund. Construction of a new laboratory and wind tunnel, the approximate cost of which will be $180,000, will begin sarly next year. The remainder of the award will be expended for research and experimental work over a period of ten years, The plans call for estab- \ishment of research felowships in eaeronautics and the building of full size experimental gliders and power planes for flight work. The courses will be offered in the year 1928-29. Canadian Senator Dies. BRAMPTON, Ontario (#).—Senator Richard Blain, 69, who served in the House of Commons for many years wnd was summoned to the Senate in 1917, died yesterday. He was a hard- ware merchant. Charles C. Baker Dies. CITY, Pa., November 27 UP).— a‘:}q"- C. Baker, 63, vicepresident of the National Transit Pump and Machine Company and a direotor of the National Transit Company, died aore f On Game by Radio By the Associated Press. The spirit of foot ball penetrated to the White House yesterday and found President Coolidge forsak- ing his usual Saturday afternoon practice of remaining at his desk to listen in on the radio to the Army Navy foot ball game in Chi- cago. Prevented by Government busi- ness from being at the sideline, the urge of the game called him to the radio about the time the play-by- play story began. ARMY-NAVY GAME ENDS IN 21-21 TIE AS DARKNESS FALLS (Continued from First Page.) for slashing gains, mixed with suc-’ cessful passes, and finally carrying the ball over the Army line on a 7T-yard end spurt. Except for Harbo'd’s touchdown, all of the scores by elther team came as a result of sustained drives, For the Navy, Caldwell hurled himself over the Army line in the first few minutes of play after a 36-yard pass, Hamilton to Hardwick, had put the | ball on the two-yard llne. At the opening of the second quarter Schuber tore over the Army’s fnal chalk mark s the culmination of a 66-yard ad- ance. Wilson tallied _the 3 touchdown on a 17-vard d through tackle, the climax of four plays that advanced the ball ards. Cagle's long run in the third period for a touchdown was the finishing stroke t0 a march of 76 yards from kick-off. Attacks Nearly Equal. So well matched were these rival attacks that there was only 20 yards difference in the distance either gained by rushing—the Navy advanc- ing 267 and the Army 247 yards. It was through the air that the Middies shone, for they completed 10 out of 17 passes for gains of 110 yards while the Cadets, making only two passing attempts, completed them both for gains of 17 yards. Into the geometric vastness of its hughest stadim, the Middle Wes: heaped more than a hundred thousand persons, Long before the Cadets and Midship- men swung into Michigan avenue to march to Soldiers’ Field, the throng began to gather in the stadium. And when the marching legions of youth wheeled into the broad platter of the amphitheater, the eager thousands sent up a cheer which' echoed across the fleld until the men paraded in dark- ness from a scene etched in heroic proportions upon the Corn Belt's con- sciousness. For more than a century the pomp and glamor of West Point and Annap- olis have been but legendary outside the Atlantic seaboard. Today the tra- ditions of the schools were given form and life, and the monstrous throng irank deeply of the sight. The crowd's emotion reached its frenzied peak when the blue-coated midshipmen and the cadets in gray flung their columns onto the field in the colorful prelude to the game itself. Crowd Sees Drill. They marched and drilled and wheeled, pivoting as one man and set- ting the multitude to keeping time with hands and feet and heads to the strains of music which rose from the bands of the two schools, drawn up at either end of the field. From the moment when the service men broke ranks and swarmed into their seats on either side of the sta- dium, the crowd moved and shouted and sang with the men it came to see. In the Navy side, the block of blue formed by the midshipmen, flecked with the white of their caps and gloves, was the focal point for 50,000 persons automatically converted into Navy zealots, while on the Army side the cadets waggled their megaphones and threw their gray caps in the air to the pulse beats of all who shared their half of the vast throng. Navy on the east side and Army on the west, they were the Keystones in a tremendous human arch, which stretched segment upon segment, tilled in at its tips by other thousands of spectators in temporary seats be- hind the north goal posts. Nor was such cheering ever heard here as cadets and midshipmen brought to the contest. The lusty lungs of the Army bellowed a deflant “slum and gravy” at the Navy, and back came the retort: “We can lick the whole damned Ar-me e “We're the old Na-vee. Weather Is Perfect. The day was a perfect one as the student bodies went through their maneuvers—the sun shining brightly, the temperature just under freezing. The stadium, rearing its Doric col- umns skyward against the placld waters of Lake Michigan, with the broken skyline of the city supporting it in relief, furnished a thrilling spec- le. la;‘he sun disappeared by the end of the first half of the game, but the darkness served only to endow with greater magic the spell cast upon the crowd. The crowd had another big moment when the Army mule and the Navy goat paid their respects to each other. The mule, a frisky animal, greeted with some disdain the long-haired, long-horned Navy goat, despite its immaculacy, and the goat returned the coolness with some of the most supreme scorn ever registered before the movie cameras which recorded e event. th’l'lrlou»\nnds saw the cadets and mid- shipmen march yesterday, But thou- sands more were equally as eager for today's spectacle. Long before the midshipmen and cadets arrived, when the stadium opened at 10 a.m., there was a scat- tering of persons throughout the structure, but other thousands were massed fleldward when the student bodies started their march at 1 o'clock. Throng Handled Smoothly. The crowd was handled smoothly and without an untoward incident de- spite its size, As the service men came onto the fleld, they completed a picture of geometric beauty—the stadium crowd, grouped like a mag. net, with a bar across its end; white squares at the fleld’s extremity where the gridiron canvas had not kept off the snow of yesterday; the gridiron in the middle of the platter with fits white chalk lines, and the student legions arrayed horizontally across it. No sooner was the game concluded than the cadets and midshipmen were summoned to their formations on the field. The Navy departed first in the darkness. The Army followed, and only the lighter colors in its uniforms were vigible as the men paraded to their trains. They left at once for Annapolis and West Point, though the teams stayed behind. Almost lost in the throng were the scores of notable personages who came to see the game. Few of the hundred thousand got a glimpse of any but Vice President Charles G. Dawes, who crossed the field from the Army to the Navy side between halves to indicate his neutrality. The Secretary of War, Dwight Davis, and Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur sat, respectively, on the Army and Navy sides, and hosts of Senators, governors, mayors and assistant cabinet secretaries were similarly obscured. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 28. 1926—PART 1. SCENES AT GREAT ARMY AND NAVY FOOT BALL GAME ot Upper picture shows great stadium and part of the enormous crowd in Chicago yesterday afternoon. Lower picture: left to right, Mrs. Dawes, Vice President Dawes, Mrs Nulton and Admiral Nulton in a box on Navy’s side. Both pictures were sent by telephone. TOWN BURIES LAST OF 21 STORM DEAD Heber Springs, Ark., Displays Usual ‘Activity After Making Reconstruction Plans. By the Associated Press. HEBER SPRINGS, Ark., November 27.-~The business section of Heber Springs displayed its usual activity to- night after Army tents sheltered the homeless in the north side residence district, where Thursday night's tor- nadoes demolished 15 blocks and wrought a heavy death toll. The last of the 21 who perished in the Heber Springs area were buried today, and three score injured and 750 homeless persons were provided for by town folk, who were aided by State authorities, Red Cross workers and volunteer relief corps from neigh- boring towns. Plans for rebuilding the wrecked part of the resort town were being made by leading citizens, who author- ized newspapermen to announce that the little Ozark city was not discour- aged by the storm’s results and would quickly be recovered from its prop- erty losses. J. R. Wayne, adjutant general of Arkansas, made a survey of conditions today and tonight was confident that all necessary measures had been adopted to protect the community against epidemic. The water supply, partly restored last night, was near normal today. Arkansas guardsmen continued to guard property in the ruined area. The local battery was at regular drill when the twisters fell upon the city Thursday night and immediately went on duty in finding the dead, relieving the injured and discouraging looting. 0ld residents believed that storm cellars, built after the destructive blow of 1916, preserved several scores from death. e STRIKE DATE SET. Canadian Conductors and Trainmen Still Hope for Peace. MONTREAL, November 27 (®).— Date for the strike of 15,000 con- ductors and trainmen of the Canadian railways has been set, and will be made public when it is certain that all hope of agreement is gone, S. N. Berry, senfor vice president of the Order’ of Railway Conductors, an- nounced_today. Mr. Berry, prior to leaving for Cleveland, Ohio, to confer with inter- national officers, said: “We are still hoping that the matter can be ad- justed without recourse to extreme measures.” [] The trainmen are asking for a 6 per cent increase in wages. PRINCESS’ ARM STRONGER Handshaking in America Gives Ileana Fencing Stamina. S. S. BERENGARIA, November 27 (®).—Princess Ileana derived at least one benefit from her tour of the United States, She is strong of arm. The princess had a long fencing bout in the ship's gymnasium with the instructor. Finally she was warned by him that she had better stop, as she might injure her wrist. “I could fence for months after all the handshaking I did in America,” replied Ileana naively. Ios;l $11,000 in Flames. SALISBURY, N. C.,, November 27 (®).—Eleven thousand dollars in cash and securities went up in flames when the home of M. A. Trexler, farmer, was burned near here today. The money and securities had been withdrawn from a bank to be divided among his ghildren, Bell Urges Stadium Here Large Enough To Accommodate Army-Navy Erection of a stadium in Washing- ton large enough to accommodate a crowd as large as that which attends the Army and Navy foot ball game was advocated yesterday by Engineer Commissioner J. Frankiin Bell. With thoughts of the clash between the two service teams uppermost in his mind, Commissioner Bell said there s no reason why this contest should not be held in Washington every other year. “Washington is the logical place for the game,” he said. “This is the cen- ter of activity for both the Army and the Navy, and I believe more alumni Game of the two institutions would be able to attend the game if played here than any other place in the country. If the game is played here on alter- nate vears other cities would be given an opportunity to share the honor with the Capital.” Commissioner Bell believes that the first game between the two teams in ‘Washington could be played in the Catholic University stadium. The crowd attracted here for that contest, he said, probably would create enough pressure to bring about the erection of a stadium of sufficient size to ac- commodate all those who desire to sec it in future years. RESEARCH IN AVIATION TURNS TO STUDY OF FLY Engineers Interested in Insect Ca- pable of Attaining Speed of 815 Miles’ an Hour. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 27.—One branch of aviation research has been turned from study of the planing gull and the soaring eagle to scrutiny of a tiny fly holding the possible answer to the problem of “the mext step” in airplane design. Not long ago an American enty- mologist, standing beside a canyon in the wilds of Brazil, saw a flash of color—a mere blur of orange—flit before his eyes, a search identified the insect-missile as a new variety of deer fly, scientifically catalogued as the Cephenomyia, and capable of flight at the speed of 815 miles an hour, about half the speed of a rifle bullet. His report aroused interest of engi- neers, several of whom are now study- ing the ‘stream lines” and motive plant of the new subject. The fly is about the size of a bumble-bee. BERLINS AND STILLMANS OUT OF SOCIAL REGISTER Leonard Kip Rhinelander Also Omitted From New York List of Leading Citizens. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 27.—The forty-first annual edition of the New York social register, containing the names of a ‘400" now composed of more than 20,000 persons, appeared to- day, marked by the omission of Mrs. Irving Berlin, formerly Ellen Mackay, the James A. Stillmans and Leonard Kip Rhinelander. Omission of the Stillmans is in spite of the fact they have resumed their married life. Rhinelander’s divorce proceedings | caused him to be dropped from the list, Marriages in the last year among the socially prominent fell from 919 to 847, the publishers announced. An unusually large number of newcom- ers from other cities take their place in this year's volume. MERRY.CHRISTMA The Sale of Our HEALTH SEALS for Christmas, 1926, has begun. Remember We had here in Washington Only 49 Deaths per 100,000 Last Year From Tuberculosis—Among Our Whites (It was 183 per 100,000 in 1900) This is a very low rate, one of the lowest in the United States. Only in certain Western cities, with their splendid climate and absence of congested districts, have they slightly lower rates. HELP US TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT AND BUY OUR SEALS- also come to our Annual Meeting next TUESDAY EVENING AT RAU HER'’S, 1034 Conn. Ave., 8 PM. . Mr. Harry L. Hoj ins, Director, New York City Tuberculosis Association, will speak. ' A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TABLEAU With Carol singing will be presented ALL ARE INVITED Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone Main 92 1022 11th Street N.W, Who have paid for the above bulletin (legal mem). b Photos by P. & A. CANADIAN LIQUOR SHIPS SUPPLY U. S, Consignments to South America Diverted to Coast States, Is Charge. By the Associated Press. VICTORIA, B. C., November 27.— How liquor shipments from British Columbia, ostensibly destined for Mexican and South American ports, have been landed in California, Wash- ington and Oregon for the bootleg trade was detailed here today by wit- nesses before the Royal Commission from Ottawa inquiring into customs conditions on the Pacific Coast. N. W. Rowell, chief counsel for the commission, declared that the British Columbia liquor control board ought to state whether it had not been wink- ing at smuggling by granting per- mits for shipment of liquor from this province to Central America and South America when reasonably sure that the cargoes were being delivered into the United States, Customs Collector Davey of Vic- toria testified that 500 cases of liquor loaded on the steamer Charena here in February never reached the des- tination, San Blas, Mexico, to which they were billed. He showed a power of attorney from W. O. Watson of Buena Ventura, Columbia, to the Northwest Brokers, Ltd., of Van- couver, and an appointment of Ed- ward H. and Henry H. King as Vic- toria agents. He sald that the Kings signed declarations that liquor con- signed to Watson was for export to South America, and that they prom- ised to produce certificates that the liquor had been landed there. Edward H. King testified he had sworn on information given him that cargoes had been landed at South and Central American ports named _in ship’s papers. He admitted he re- ceived $360 to $400 each time he offi- ojated in clearing a liquor cargo from British Columbia. Details of how liquor thus consigned was shifted to vessels off Washing- ton, Oregon and California were re- lated by the masters of vessels known as mother ships. EX-KAISER RECCVERS. Former Crown Prince Makes Trip to Discuss Family Problems. BERLIN, November 27 (#).—The former Crown Prince’s trip to Doorn was made because of a personal re- quest from the ex-Kaiser that his son visit him to discuss family matters. The bureau which cares for the Hohenzollerns’ legal affairs announces that the ex-Kaiser has completely re- covered from his rheumatic attack, and his desire to confer with Frederick ‘William is taken as proof that he is again able to attend to his business affairs. LAKE VICTIM IDENTIFIED. Claimed to Be Related to Nobility of Sweden. CHICAGO, November 27 (#).—The body of a man which was recovered yesterday from Lake Michigan was identified today as that of I[ngvald Key Rasmussen, 27, who disappeared October 25, and who told friends here :{m.t he was related to Swedish nobil- y. I Rasmussen said he was a grandson of Countess Sophie Posse of Sweden and the nephew of Mrs. Ellen Key, noted in Swedish literary circles, while his mother also had achieved recog- nition as a writer. He came here several months ago 'to take a tion as engineer and draftsman & rallroad, and friends mid be had seemed melancholy, Santa Claus Gets Jolt in Parachute | RUMANIA CENSORS Leap for Children) NEWS ABOIIT KING KOKOMO, Ind., November 27.— A slave to habit, Santa Claus, in a prearranged rehearsal here toda: landed on a roof and in the venture almost became & disabled Santa Claus. Scheduled to arrive by airplane, Santa was awaited by hundreds of youngsters at a local park, where he was to descend in a parachute. The plane appeared with St. Nich- olas standing on one of the wings waving a greeting. He opened the chute and started on a thousand- foot drop. Parachutes are not as manage- able as the mythical “Thunder and Lightning” team and Santa mis- judged the windage. Instead of landing in the park he swung ‘heavily to the roof of a nearby house and fell 20 feet. The crowd rushed to Santa’s as- sistance, thinking him badly hurt, but instead they found him smil- ingly adjusting his whiskers and red breeches. KING MORE SECURE ON BRITISH THRONE But London Wonders if Ca- nadian or Australian City May Not Become Capital. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 27.—King George's crown admittedly rests firmly on his brow, but it is within the realms of possibility that Lon- don some day may lose its proud po- sition as the heart of the British Empire to a mighty city in Canada or Australia. Officials at the recent imperial con- ference say that the evolution of the British Empire will continue, but they admit that they are sometimes bewildered at visualizing the distant future and the contemplated posi- bilities and developments under the new scheme of things that has gradually been growing. In the view of those far-sighted in- habitants of that world-famous al- ley, known as Downing street, the security of the King’s crown is con- sidered one of the outstanding re- sults of the imperial conference. Never Raise King's Status. Men closely in touch with those conversations points out that the dominion premiers aruged a month over the relations of the mother country to the overseas empire units, but the question of the crown never was raised, for it is accepted as an lnsmuuonl \;Mch has kept step with rogress of democracy. pBgt the dominions now ' virtually are separate kingdoms, bound only by sentiment and the common crown. The ruling family of Windsors has equal responsibility to them as to England, and by a stretch of the im- agination some officials go so far as to say that one of the newer domin- fon capitals could supplant London as the center of the empire govern- ent, if necessary. ml-‘m- instance, Canada, which in 1867 as the first overseas dominion wanted to be called the Kingdom of Canada, but was refused this name by the London government, might conceiv- ably be the home of future monarchs of the empire. The Prince of Wales already has a ranch there of which he is fond. Australia Might Be Center. Should the Pacific Ocean continue to develop as the focus of inter- national affairs as the centurles roll by, Australia might become the heart of the empire. Some authorities al- ready maintain that Britain's posses- sions bordering the Pacific and Indian Oceans make her as great a Pacific power as an Atlantic or Europeon one. Such speculation admittedly is bet- ter adapted for novelists such as H. G. Wells, but the British statesmen occasionally indulge their imagination on it. Premier Baldwin recently said facetiously that future archaeologists might find only old gas pipes and rusty blades on the site of London. Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill also drew a fanciful word picture of London in 1970. So likewise, the time may come when Macauly’s new Zealander, who it is said will some day sit on a broken arch of London Bridge and contem- plate the ruins of St. Paul's, may be some future monarch of the British Empire on a tour from the antipodes. BRITISH SURRENDER OF CHINESE SCORED Paper Denounces Giving Up of Fourteen Revolutionists to Authorities. By the Associated Press. PEKING, November 27.—Official and diplomatic circles are more exer- cised over the action of the British authorities in Tientsin in handing over 14 members of the Kuomintang revo- lutionary party to the Chinese authori- tles yesterday than in any other de- velopment of recent weeks. Although the official British view is that the action follows precedents for glving up Chinese offenders on pres- entation of warrants by competent Chinese authorities to foreign conces- sion officlals, it is generally considered that the incident marks a new phase in which the use of foreign conces- sions as sanctuaries for Chinese po- litical refugees is ended. The radical Chinese organs bitterly condemn the action. The local Kuo- mintang party newspaper, the Peo- ple’s Tribune. says: ““The delivering over of these young Chinese is a plain, deliberate murder. * * * Between those responsible for such a murderous deed and ourselves there never again can be friendly un- derstanding.” ‘The paper asks if the British fear that the onward sweep of the nation- alist movement is geing to deprive them of special privileges they have so long enjoyed and so made a “deal” with Northern militarists. SEEKS GAMING CONTROL. Silent Syndicate Aims for French Monopoly. CANNES, November 27 (#).—Mil- lions of francs are being spent by a mysterious syndicate, which is en- deavoring to gain control of the larg- est gambling establishments in south- ern France. Feverish buying of Cannes Munici- pal Casino stock had recently pushed the price up to 1,900 francs a share, doubling the former high mark reached last year. Six months ago a raid on Monte Carlo Casino shares boosted the price to over 15,000 francs » share, i » lliness Near Crisis, Leaders Watch Carol, “Fantastic Rumors” Are Denied. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 27.—News from Bucharest is explicit only on one point, that is that the situation in Rumania is most uncertain. Definite information is extremely scarce, but reading between the lines gives tha impression that King Ferdinand is in ‘a serious condition, though not yet at a point where the political parties may, as reported, decently take up the question of the regency or_the succession to the throne. To the involved state of politics in the kingdom diplomatic circles in Parls attribute the conflicting re ports, more than half of which have been dismissed without consideration. Significance is attached to the fact, however, that the most specific re ports received have come from Vienna, indicating the check put on information direct from Bucharest. Revolt Considered Remote. Former Crown Prince Carol, who is living at Neuilly, is surrounded by faithful servants who cannot be ap proached. His future intentions can only be surmised, and are apt to change from week to week. The Ru manian government is said to be anx ious lest the peasant section of the army revolt in favor of Carol, but this contingency is considered remote. From the Rumania foreign office comes an emphatic denial of “‘un founded and fantastic rumors” re specting the King’s health. Ferdinand is suffering from an affection which the ‘attending physiclans assert, has ylelded periodically to treatment. It is considered hardly likely that an operation will be undertaken, even if it eventually becomes necessary, until medicinal treatment has been fully tried out. At any rate, there will be no operation until Queen Marte reaches Bucharest. Expect Crisis in Disease. The diplomatic representatives ir Paris are of the opinion that there i a great deal of arbitrary assumption in some of the dispatches from Vienna in which the extreme gravity of King Ferdinand's condition has been dwel’ upon, but there is little doubt that thc king is suffering from a malady that may very soon reach a serious crisis. S. 8. BERENGARIA, November : (#P).—Queen Marie today received u message from the Rumanian premie: at Bucharest, declaring, in answer 1. her request by radio for the lates: news of the king: “There is absolute Iy no aggravation in the king's condi tion; on the contrary there is visible amelioration.” PIRATES’ DEN RAIDED FOR SECOND TIME Manager of Night Club Is Held Under $2,000 Bond—Two Others Arrested. Three arrests were made when the Pirates’ Den, 1219 New York avenue, was raided for the second time in a week last night. John D. Benton, the manager, was charged with running an unlicensed amusement place, and an additional charge of violating the bad check law was placed against him by Headquarters Detective Springman. Willlam J. Newland, 608 Pennsylvania avenue, was listed as the complainant in the check case, which was alleged to involve §117. Those arrested with Benton ident! fied themselves as Bert Johnson, 31, a broker, living at a Sixteenth street address, and William Foster of Chi cago. They were charged with drink ing in public and released on $25 col! lateral, while Benton was held at the First Precinct for $2,000 bond. Acting Lieut. W. H. Carlin and Precinct Detective R. B. Carroll with six men staged the raid. ‘KNOCK-DOWN’ BOND SELLERS ARE FINED Railroad Company and Manager Penalized for Cutting Market Price. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 27.—Under pleas of guilty entered by the Alaska Anthracite Co. and by Charles B. Davis, its general manager, both in dicted for selling securities at less than the market price authorized for original sales by the Interstate Com merce Commission, fines of $5,000 each were imposed today in United States District Court. The court action was hailed in United States Attorney Buckner's office as marking “a new era as re gards safeguarding investors in rail- road securities.” A comparatively new section of the interstate commerce act, designed to protect umitlate buyers from ‘‘knock- down" agreements between financiers and corporation executives, provides that securities sold by interstate car- riers or traders must be original disposed of, or “floated,” at not les than “zero” sales prices, based by the commission upon expressed par values and other conditions. In the case of the Alaska Anthracite Rail- road, bonds were authorized on an original sale basis of 90 per cent of the expressed value, sale being effected on 77% per cent basis. The section in question provides that civil suits may be Instituted against directors of corporations which offend by violating the Inter- state Commerce Commission orders, and civil suits against former diree- tors of the Alaska Anthracite Rail- road are pending in Seattle. FROLICSOME PLAYS PREFERRED BY QUEENS Spanish Monarch Saw Light Operas Five Nights Out of Week in London. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 27.—Queens prefer frolicsome plays to tragedies. The Queen of Spain, who is here doing_her Christmas shopping, saw a comedy or light opera five nights of the first week she was in town. Queen Maud of Norway on her first theater night attended a performance of “Lady, Be Good,” and two nights afterward saw a jazz plece in which a score or more of American negroes appear. ‘Rose Marie” is particularly popular with royalty. It has been seen by all the visiting royalty, as welas by the Prince of Wales, Princess Mary, the Duke and Duchess of York and Prince Henry. King George and Queen Mary bave scen this play thres times; ’ y