Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1926, Page 2

ARLINGTON MAKES UNITED ROAD PLEA' SENT T FOOCHOW Factional Differences Laid Aside at Charlottesville Meeting. Br a Staft Correspondent of The Star. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Decem- ber 2.—Snubbed in the preliminal allocation of State road building fund Arlington County temporarily swept aside smoldering factional differences over proposed boulevards of the fu- ture to present a united front before the State Highway Commission here this morning in an agpeal for improve ment and maintenance of existing arterial thoroughfares in the county. The delegation urged the commission to reconsider its preliminary appro- priation so as to relieve serious con- ditions along three highways vital to the peeple of all northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. The matter of a_great new boulevard from Memorial Bridge to the Shenandoah National Park was left to the future. The commissioners were asked to straighten and widen the existing Lee Highway from Rosslyn to a point 2 miles east of Falls Church; to straight- en the Jefferson Davis which takes the lower route from Highway Bridge to Alexandria, and to pave and maintain whatever section of the thoroughfare remains unim proved: and finally to build and main tain the important Glebe road, cutting across conntry from Alexandria to Chain ¥ Inspection Is Invited. As to the proposed Lee houlevard gweeping through open country from Columbia Highlands to Falls Church, end the “straight-tothebridge’” prop osition, which would reach ~ the game destination via Clarendon and | Ballston, the champions of hoth routes invited the commission to have & delegation of its own go over hoth routes and determine the merits of the two routes. The State Highway Commission convened here this morning to hear petitions for changes in the road fund allocation it has provided for the dis- trict of Alexandria, Leesburg and Cul- peper. Arlington County. together with Fairfax County and 11 others, is included in the so-called Culpeper dis- In setting aside appropriations trict for the various State highway sys- tems, the commission neglected to make a single appropriation for Ar- lington County. This was the second euccessive vear that Arlington County has failed to receive financial help from the commission. State Senator Ball and District At torney William C. Gloth represented the county as a_whole, while Ashton Jones and L. C. McNemar represented the Straight to the Bridge Associa- tion, and W. S. Hoge, the Lee High- way Association. Mr. Gloth, who spoke in the name of all Arlington County. dwelt entirely upon the need for improving the three roads men- tioned and referred to the boulevard project only casually. Now Main Thoroughfare. Mr. Gloth pointed out that the Lee hway at the present time is the ain traffic thoroughfare for motor cts going to and from the National anital. That section of the road ®round Cherrydale, he gaid, I8 nothing chort of a series of death curves which already .has taken & toll in human life, mot to mention (tre mendous _property damage resulting from collisions and other accidents that occur weekly on the sharp bends. Furthermore, he sald, the Lee highway has long since outgrown the 16-foot pavement that now exists, and that it should be widened without delay as a pure measure of safety. The Jefferson Davis boulevard is the most popular and shortest route from Washington to Alexandria. It i¢ virtually parallel with the railroad tracks from Highway Bridge to the | Potomac yards at Alexandria. That section nearest Washington is still rough cobblestone, while at the other sts must make a danger- directly onto ous sharp curve the ge spanning the Potomac | yards. The approach to this bridge, \r. Gloth said, should be changed | at the earliest possible moment hefore | 2 serious accident adds to the already heavy toll of human lives sacrificed by just such abrupt curves. Completion of the Glebe road, Mr. Gloth concluded, is essepdial to the highway svstem of Arlington County. Roughly sketched this road takes a course from Alexandria across coun try to the Lee Highway. crosses that| thoroughfare some distance ahove Cherrydale and reaches the Chain Bridge via the Washington Golf and Country Club. A great deal of this highway 1s already paved. but if its| entire extent were improved and main- tained by the State it would save the residents of Arlington County the necessity of making a circuitous jour- ney through part of the District of Columbia to zo from one part of the county to another. Demands of Future Mr Gloth sald in closing that the future growth of Arlington County will soon demand the construction of a great boulevard connecting with the Memorial Bridge. and he urged the commission to take this into consid eration for action later Mr. McNemar presented the for such a houldvard in a brief ad- dress. He declared that not fie of Arlington County proportions which would demand at least one such highway that two routes are proposed at the present time and that both have mer. jts peculiarly their own. Whether both would be necessary eventually must remain to be seen. but he urged the commission to send enginsers to Arlington County to inspect the two routes and determine which should receive the support of the commission first. Mr. McNemar then handed the com- mission a petition from the Straight- tothe-Bridge Boulevard _Association, setting forth the merits of the routa through Clarendon and Rallston. this petition it was pointed out that thie route is “not only the most direct and. consequently. the shortest practi- cal route but alse the most economi- cal.” furthermore. it was contended it would serve more residents of Arlington County than any similar route. Wide Route Desired. The perition pointed out that it would be desirable to provide a right of way at least 80 feet wide and possibly 100 feet, and “that since knowledge that the Memorial Rridge would be completed by 1931 action should not be long deferred Lee boulevard route was mentioned indirectly in the petition when it pointed out that the Straight-to-the- Bridge Boulevard Association does not oppose the establishment of any other adequate State highway in Arlington County, “but it believes that the im- perative necessity for the immediate location and construction of the straight-to-the-bridge highway entitles it to priority of consideration ¢ * * over any other project for highway construction now pending in Arling- ton County.” This last paragraph. of course, was | .not intended to refer tn the three projects petitioned for by Mr. Gloth and Senator Ball since they did not gonstitute the building of new high- bhoulevard | need | many | more years would pass when the traf- | would reach | He claims In it was common | The | U. 5. DESTROYER I Plea of American Consul for Aid Expresses Fear for Mis- sionaries in City. BY REGINALD SWEETLAND. By Cable to The Star and Chics Ut News " conerhte 19555 P07 SHANGHAI, December 2.—An American destroyer left here late last 1 night for Foochow following an urgent request from the American consul, K. B. Price, for additional protection to American lives and property as a re- sult of an outbreak of hostilitiex within the cf Two hundred Ameri- cans, mostly missionaries, are left in Foochow. Local authorities feel that Han- kow's anti-foreign strike may spread to Shanghal, though reports from Hankow indicate that the situation has eased considerably following the dispatch of American, Japanese and British destroyers to the central China metropolis. OUST EMPRINGHAM FROM PROHIBITION LEGISLATIVE BODY (Continued from First Page.) ! byterian Church, department of social service of the Universalist Church, department of temperance and good citizenship_of the United Soclety of Christian Endeavor. Flying Squadron Foundation, Friends (five vears' meet- ing) prohibition board, Intercollegiate Prohibition Association, International Order of Good Templars, Internation- al Reform Federation. National Civie League, National Ditision of the s of Temperance of North America, N tional Reform Association, national | service commission of the Evangelical Church, National Temperance Socfety, National Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union, prohibition national com- mittee, Sclentific Temperance Federa- tlon, social service commission of the Northern Baptist Convention. temper- ance commission of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Unitarian Tem- perance Soclety. The national conference is one of three large prohibition groups which are holding interlocking gatherings this week, preparatory to the open- ing of Congress on Monday. The other two groups are the National Temperance Council, which held exec- utive sessions yvessions, and the United Committee for Prohibition En forcement, which convened last Mon day. Center of Dry Battle. Dr. Empringham was the pivotal figure fn a battle between the wets and drys early this year when he announced that a poll of 20,000 mem- bers of the Church Temperance Soci- ety of the Episcopal Church in 1925 showed the organization, of which he was national secretary, favored’ modi fication of the Volstead act to permit the sale of light. wines and beer. His statement, made at a meet ing in New York, was immediately seized upon by wet leaders as mate- rial for their fight, while dry advo- cates hoth inside and out of the Episcopal Church voiced criticism of _Dr. Empringham. The clergyman was formerly a national vice president of the Anti- Saloon League of America, it was brought eut at that time, having relinquished a charge in 1915 to be- come associated with the organiza- tion. After several months, it was sald, he withdrew as the result of a dispute with Willlam F. Ander- son, former State superintendent, and then a director of the league IIrl New York. ways. Mr. Hoge was also to have addressed the commission this morn- ing, but arrived after Arlington Coyn- ty had been allotted its time. Mr. Hoge said he had intended presenting much the same argument as Mr. Mc: Nemar for an impartial survey of hoth routes and to say that the Lee Highway Association did not consider | the two propositions as axtagonistic, | The atraight-to-the-bridge route would | constitute an 80-foot road for the hene- | it of citizens in certain communities, | Whereas it is planned to make the Lee | | i houlgvard a great natfonal highway with n 200-foot right-of-way. The Arlington County delegation lent its sapport also to a request sub- mitted by the Loudoun County dele- gation for completion of the road run ning from the West Virginia State line through Winchester, Leesburg, Fairfax and Alexandria. ROAD SURVEYS ASKED. ’ Fairfax County Petitions State High- way Commission. | Speciac Dispatch to The Star | FAIRFAX, Va. December 2.—At { yesterday's meeting of the Fairfax i County hoard of supervisors the | board addressed to the State High- {way Commission a petition asking that highway survevs requested by Arlington County be extended as to determine the route through Fai i fax County of A road from Arling- | ton Memorial Bridge to the proposed | Shenandoah National Park, the cost of this survey to he pald out of | State funds and not deducted from the State aid maintenance fund of the county. W. 8. Hoge, chairman of the right of way committee of the Lee High- | way Association. read to the hoard leriers from Dr. Johnson and Chair- man Shirley, stating that State funds | were available for such a_surveyv. A | copy of the petition was given to ! Mr. Hoge, who was instructed to de- liver it in person to Mr. Shirley. | The supervisors addressed a petition | to the State commission asking that | the seven miles of road between! Manassas, in Prince William County, | and Centerville be completed during | 1927 This has heen in the Statel avatem since 1918, Owing to the slip-! pery character of the sand and clay [ of which the present road is con- | structed, travelers are frequently In the ditch. It 1= pointed out in the resolution that Manassas is a town | of unusual historical interest to the traveling public of the Nation, and| [ in view of the fact that the Lee High | way is rapidly approaching comple. | tion this seven-mile stretch wiil con- | stitute the only constructtin necessary | | to link all the county seats of north |ern Virginia by hard surfaced roads. | The new district almshouse for Alex- andria City, and Fairfax, Prince Wil |1tam. Farquier and Culpeper Counties, | rapidly nearing completion, is located on this road. A delegation of 90| went from Prince William County t. Charlottesville to back up this pe | tition. _ Messrs Harry Leigh and| George Harrison were appointed to| represent the Fairfax board when the | Manasses and Leesburg road projects | are taken up. . . = | Mexico Awaits Flyers. TAMPICO, Mexico, December 2 (#) — A large landing field is being pre- ! | pared here for the arrival from San | Antonio. Tex.. of the American Army | aviators who are to participate in the pan-American flight. They are e pected to arri here December 15. Every facility will be extended the atrm i { humorist, | daughter, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. scp the well child wel A corner of the tearoom bein, fare Society rummage sale at 131 operated F street. Miss Allison Roebling, debutante junction with the Child Wel- daughter of Mrs. Arthur 0’'Brien and general chairman of the debutante walt- resses, Is seen serving at her table. Lower: Mrs. James Lee, today's chairman of hostesses. MARIE AND CAROL CONFER IN GAFE Queen to Reach Bucharest Friday Night—Silent on Talk With Son. By the Aseociated Press. PARIS, December 2.—Queen Marie of Rumania, who cut short her stay in Paris on her return from her tour of the United States, is due Friday night in Nucharest, where her hus- band, King Ferdinand, is ill, and where the political situation is report- ed disturbed. Before departing from Paris the Queen conferred in a private room at a restaurant on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne with her son, former Crown Prince Carol, who some time ago renounced his right to the throne. They conversed for the better part of an hour. The Queen acknowledged that she had gone in a taxicab to Neuflly, a suburb, where Carol re- sides, but asked what they had talked about, she threw back her head and veplied: “T really cannot discuss that.” Marie hought a number of hooks for reading on the train to Bucha- rest. Carol did not come to the sta tion to see his mother off, az was the left Paris for Cher- case when she [ bourg to embark for the United States. Resents Questioning on Carol. The Queen seemed sure that the problems in Rumania would be over- come successfully. Talking with Mme. Helene Vacaresco, a Rumanian poetess, the Queen said: “It will be Very difficult, but we have been through many difficult times before, and I hope we will go through to the end. Prince Tleana are ac holas and Princess ompanying Marie back to Rumania. On the train also are six newspaper correspondents and four photographer: The Queen, in Roing to Carol, rode In a taxicab. It is said ghe considered it would be unseemly to visit him in the cottage in w hich he is residing with Mme. Lupescu. Therefore she took him to a se- cluded restaurant, where, free from ohservation by outsiders, they con- ferred in a private room. When asked what took place be- tween her and Carol she departed from her usual good humor and ap- peared to resent questioning on the subject. POLITICAL HORIZON CLEARER. King’s Message to Averescu Gives Hope of Coalition Cabinet. BUCHAREST, December 2 (#).— On her arrival home Queen Marie will find a much clearer political horizon than has been the case in past days since reports of the seri- < fliness of her husband, King Ferdinand, gained circulation. This clarified atmosphere is due in a large measure to King Ferdi- nand’s letter to Premier Averescu on Tuesday, in which he said his con- dition was growing better, that he purposed to continue on the throne as long as he lived and that he was unalterably opposed to the return to Rumania of his wayward sonm, Carol. Ferdinand's letter caused the poli- ticians quickly to sense public senti- ment. They were stimulated to sink, at least temporarily, their differences and agreed to stand behind a coali- tion cabinet to be formed with M. Averescu retaining_the premiership and with lonel Bratiano, former premier and one of the strong politi- cal personages in Rumania, having representation in the new govern- ment by several of his principal adherents. The government insists that the condition of King Ferdinand's health continues as satisfactory as can be expected. MRS. ANNA RANDALL DIES. Sister of George Ade Had Lived Here-for 20 Years, Mrs. Anna L. Randall, 74 vears old, sister_of George Ade, playright and died _at the home of her Mrs.*H. O. Plugge, 2653 Connecticut avenue, today. Mre. Randall had been a resident of his city for the past 20 years and was the widow of John W. Randall, who served as a clerk in the supply division of the Post Office Department for many years. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. O. Foutz of Richmond, Ind., and Mrs. Plugge; two brothers, George Ade and Joseph Ade of Lafavette, Ind., and two sisters, Mrs. W. T. M Cray of Indianapolis and Mrs. J. G Davis of Kentland. Ind. ~She also leaves three grandchildren. Funeral services will he conducted at the residence of her daughter. Mrs. Plugge. tomorrow afterncon at 1:30 ‘clnck. Rev. Dr. John C. Palmer, pastor of the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Kentland, Ind. ~ meet | ENPLOVES 10 E1 SEOUOES Wall Street Business Houses’ Bonuses Also to Include Big Cutting of “Melons.” | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 2.—Em- ployes of Wall Street husiness hou will get Christmas bonuses this estimated at from $35,000,000 $50,000,000. Last vear's total was estimated at $30.000,000, the most generous ever given except possibly during a few war boom years. The vear 1926 has been prosperous for practically every department of business, finance and industry, and many firms which never gave bonuses before are starting the custom this vear. Perhaps the largest Christmas onuses will be given by the banks. Gifts ranging from a week's to a month’s are usual in such institutions. Stock Exchange firms are preparing to give employes a substantial per- centage of their earnings. New York | Stock Exchange workers share in a Christmas pot contributed by members. Many of the large commercial and industrial organizations whose execu. tive operations center in Wall Street have this year done the higgest busi- ness in their history. The vear-end distribution will not be confined to employes. Many com- panies are preparing to cut “melons’ between now and Christmas. Already a_vast amount of money has heen ordered paid to stockholders during to December either in cash or stock dividends. Several hundred million dollars—the largest aggregate dis- tribution on record—will go into the pockets of stockholders this month and soon after New Year day. e RULE IS CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER BY ROCKVILLE JURY (Continued from First Page.) i jury, in attacking the defense wit- nesses, that memhers of Rule's party admitted on the stand that following the shooting and hefore the arrival of police they had destroyed a quan- tity of whisky which they had at the party, but which, they all insisted, had not heen drunk. Judge Robert B. Peter, sr., in charg- ing the jury, instructed them that since the youth had been indicted for first-degree murder, it was their duty under Maryland law to decide if he were guilty of first degree, second de- gree, manslaughter or to exonerate him of all blame in the homicide. Pleas for acquittal were made by | F. Barnard Welsh and Thomas Daw- son of the defense counsel. They de- clared the evidence showed Rule to have heen in legal possession of the pistol, that at the time of the shoot ing he was on property which he had rented for legitimate purposes, and that “a bunch of gentlemen gang- sters” had attacked and insulted Rule, Rule yesterday admitted that he was insulted when a member of the Barbee party called to him, “What, ho, the Jolly Scotchman!” and that he then advanced toward Perkins, striking the first blow. ‘Witness Is Arrested. It was pointed out in the final argu- ments of counsel that Rule was ap- prehensive of trouble from the Barbee party before he ran to the front of the house to meet them. While final arguments were being delivered, Edgar Hirsh, one of the de- fense witnesses Tuesday night, was arrested on a charge of perjury, grow- | ing out of his testimony which was aontradicted by three prosecution wit- nesaes, put on in rebuttal late yester- ay-. Hirsh, who is proprietor of an auto repair shop in Washington, volunta- rily testified he heard a group of vouths, iIncludi three members of the Barbee party. plotting to go to the Rule shack Halloween night and “crash the party.” Employers of the three vouths testified last night the vouths in question were at their places of employment at the time stat- ed by Hirsh, and far from Ninth and Upshur_streets, where the plan was =ald to have been hatched. Hirsh was released under $1,000 bond. Killed Stepfather to Defend | Mother, Coroner's Jury Finds. | CASPER, Wyo., December 2 (#).— Lyle Derr, 13 years old, was justified | in shooting his _stepfather, John | | Paton, to save ahis mother from injury, a coroner® jury decided here | vesterday. Paton died as the result of a wound inflicted by the boy Sun-| day evening. Paton was heating and choking his mother, the testified, and she | called to him to get the gun. | “Dad. if vou Adom’t stop I'm going | to shoot you,” he sald he warned his stepfather, Then fired, intending, He declared, merely go frighten Paton. HARRIE SEwihi UNDREDS THRONG CHARITY BAZAAR Tearoom Conducted in Con- nection With Sale Proves Popular With Patrons. being con- sale at The tearoom that is ducted with the rummage 1315 F street by Society proved yesterday afternoon to he a cozy retreat for scores of the hundreds of shoppers who jammed into the store to buy from the medley stock. Throughout the day following the opening of the doors at 10 a.m. a constant stream filed through the fron-grilled entrance. The store he- came so crowded that it was neces sary for a policeman to be stationed in front of the building to admit newcomers «aly as the preceding shoppers caime out of the salesroom. At 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon the tearoom, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, was opened and many of the buyers dropped into the palmed nook for a cup of tea and a crisp waffle from the hot griddle that was presided over by Mrs. John Rodgers and Miss Lydia Loring. Roberts Rinehart and Sinclair novelists, were among those who patronized the tearoom day, and other notahles will be pres- ent today. In addition to the tea hour, waffles and hot coffee are being served in the tearoom at the lunch hour shortly after noon today. This was decided upon at the end of the day yvesterday and is for the accommodation of the crowds of buyers who must Interrupt their shopping tour and go out into the cold wind for luncheon. The waffle-coffee menu will be served each of the remaining days of the sale— | and the last day is next Wednesday. The sales department yesterday and again this morning reports unqualified success. It was estimated that §700 was taken in on sales during the open- ing day and this amount is expected to be increased as the days proceed. Additional stocks are being hrought | in today to replenish those that are rapidly depleted and so every pros- pective purchaser is assured of goods to buy when he calls at, the store. Mrs. James Lee is todayv's chairman of the debutante committee of assist- ants in the tearoom, and she and Miss Allison Roebling, general chairman of the seven young women, will be hostesses. Several of the season's debutantes will act as “waitresses" in the tearoom during the two-hour period today to serve patrons, 300 of whom can be accommodated in an afternoon. GUARD IS CONVICTED. Found Guilty of Stealing From News Boxes He Was to Watch. Stewart Y. Mosley, employed by a | local newspaper to check up on the daily thefts from the cornef news boxes, gave way to temptation him- self and was convicted in Police Court today on two charges of theft from the boxes he Was employed to protect. A sentence of four months was imposed by Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly. The theft of pennies amounted to $1.11, and w accumulated in the vicinity of Connecticut avenue and K street. SHOP OFFICIAL SHOT. Mexican Labor Representative Kills Man Reporting Boycotters. MEXICO CITY, December 2 (").—‘ Assistant Master Mechanic Santillan was shot dead last night in the shop | of the National Railway at Rincon by a labor union representative while he was attempting to report the names of men who were refusing to work, owing to a b chanies’ Union in all the shops of the railway system. The hoycott was or- dered hecause of the dismissal of sev- erai workers. 3 The labor union has decided to sub- stitute the boycott with a strike, which has begun in various shops. r the Child \\'vlhro‘ vester- | vcott called by the Me. | 1926. RUM SHIP CHASE 10 BE CONTINUED Safety of Two American Of- ficers, Believed Captives, in Doubt. By the Associated Press. MOBILE, Ala., December 2.—The Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa of Mobile, which has been searching two days for the runaway rum schooner Arsene J, with two American officers aboard, presumably as captives, is re- turning to Mobile this morning to get more fuel to continue the search. At the same time fear is expressed in official circles that the two Kkidnap- ed officers have come to harm. Many on Look-Out. NEW ORLEANS, December 2.— Several Coast Guard cutters and numerous merchant vessels today con- tinued on the lookout for the three masted rum schooner Arsene J. The schooner broke away from a Coast Guard cuter Monday night during a gale in the Gulf of Mexico, with an assistant prohibition administrator and coast guardsman aboard. J. B. Matthews, the missing execu- tive of the gulf zone, had accompanied the coast guardsmen aboard the schooner to guard the crew after it had been captured near the mouth of the Mississippl River by the Coast Guard cutter CG-302. Capt. J. B. Edmonds, Biloxi, Miss., base com- mander, was in charge of the CG-302 at the time. He later reported that, | due partly to shortage of gasoline, he |lost the Arsene J, during a gale. Capt. Edmonds’ report to O. D. | Jackson, Federal prohibition admin- istrator of the gulf rone, sent by | radio, follow i “Commanche, Tallapoosa and Ke: | West cutters and all available hoats | are being used in search. Steamers are requested to report sighting Ar- |sene J. Harm to Mr. Matthews and | Petty Officer Handley is anticipated. | All possible will be done. A sudden northeast gale and insufficient gas | tn power control boat caused me to ilone the Arsene J. She has possibly | gone to lavana and Nassau. Scarcity of Men. “Mr. Matthews and Handley were requested to go on board her for | towing operation. No additional men could be spared from CG-302. The | CG-246 came up as we were to start | towing after dark, but it was too | rough to place any men from the | CGi-246 on the Arsene J. “The crew of the Arsene J. was quiet and no oppesition was shown to being towed in for investigation. I am stunned by the sudden gale and its results.” Matthews became assistant ad- ministrator of the tenth district when Gen, Lincoln C. Andrews, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury inaugu- | rated his reorganization of the pro- | hibition until September 1, 1925. | Just prior to that time Matthews had | been a spectal investigitor for ad | ministrator Jackson when the latt | \wax dry director for Loulsiana under | Prohibition Commissioner Haynes. [, Matthews, n Kentucklan. served sev- eral years in the Tth Calvary of the | United States Army. Subsequently he | was a_ revenue agent in the Ken- | tucky-Tennessee mountains and has a total Government service record of | two score years to his credit. During | the World War he was an agent of | the Department of Justice. The kidnaping of twe’prohibition offi- cials of New Orleans by the escape of !a rum ship, which the officers had boarded w: officially reported to (Coast Guard headquarters here to- day. Both Coast Guard and prohibi- tion officlals here said the case was heing left entirely in the hands of their representatives on the gulf coast. W. R. T. SALE HELD | 70 BE VIOLATION OF UTILITIES ACT (Continued from First Page.) Co.) to purchase the bonds and stocks of the Washington Interurban Rail- way Co. In July, 1913, the Washing- ton, Alexandria & Mount Vernon Rail- way was before the commission seek- | ing approval of its purchase of atocks | and honds of the Washington, Arling- ton & Falls Church Railway Co., a& well as consent to a mortgage bond issue on the combined properties. “Approval was refused by the com- | mission following an opinion by its | general counsel that it fell under the | prohibition of the La Follette amend- | ment (section 11 of the public utilitiea act) and that Congress had sole juri: | diction over foreign holding corpora- | tions. | Declares Control Needed. | “I particularly invite careful consid- | eration by the commission or order |in the Public Utilities Commission. | No. 2265. This was the application of the Washington Gaslight Co. to purchase, acquire and hold the stock | and bonds of the Rosslyn Gas Co. and | was granted, “I feel sure that this case, decided |by a former commission, will con- | clusively show the very great need of | the exercise of this control by the commission nnd what benefita can {flow to both public and corporation from a full use of this power dele- gated by Congress to the commiasion. “Numerous other cdses could be cited. I have gone but little bevond the compass of the firat vear of the commission’s life, but enough has been adduced from the records of the {commision to have put. any public | service corporation embarking upon the ‘great adventure’ of operating |utilities in Washington upon notice as to the practices of jurisdiction and control of the commission and the general and special laws affecting the operations of public utilities in the District of Columbia. Will Give Opinion. “Corporations are notoriously poor { payers for legal services, and it ma be that the $16,000 paid for both the |old and new managements of the | Washington Rapid Transit Co., for the | vears 1925 and 1926 for legal advice was not sufficlent to completely in- | form the company not only of its own | rights and privileges, but also those of the public, the Commission and the | Congress. Mr. Clayton pointed out that there {has been conflict of opinifon as to whether the La Follette intermerger {act or whether paragraph 54 of section |8 of the public utility act prevails. The ;IA Follette act he said apparently re- | serves to Congress the right to ap | prove the sales of stocks and bonds by one public utility service corpor- ation to another while the public util- | ity act delegates that power to the Commission. “This question has little bearing in the case of the company now under | discussion,” he remarked, “for that | company applied neither to Congress | nor to the commission with legal eves i clored. It kept on in the middle of the road, seeing neither section 8 or | 11 of the act, and plunged headleasly ahead towards the goal of a 10-cent fare. 1 have made a careful study of these two sections of the law, and have arrived at very definite conelu- sions as to whether Congress or the commissfon controls in the present Beware Peddlers, Is: Warning; Some Are Not Honest Like a swarm of mosquitoes.on & hot night, the door-to-door peddiers have fallen upon Washington with the approach of Christmas. From breakfast dishes to supper dishes the tinkling of doorhells continues. Watch them, warns Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ As- soclation. Some of them sell hon- ;-t f”“ A good many of them on't. ILEANA HAS EVENING WITH CADET; MOTHER GETS 75 MINUTES (@ontinued from First Page) she went to West Point to visit Wil- jllam upon her return from Furope the other day “I was allowed only an hour and twenty minutes with Willlam, while Princess Ileana had him for an entire evening and then not many days later had lunch with him.” Mrs. Glasgow told a Star reporter today. “I went stralght from the boat to the academy,” said Mrs. Glascow. “I knew nothing about the princess having been there. All William could talk about was Ileana and the game. “He sald the princess was lovel but I'll bet he wished he had never seen her, because his life West Point has not been worth living since, due to the jibes of his classmates. One boy sent him a clipping from a paper, in’ which was Ileana’s picture with underneath the following words: ‘Queen Marie is reported to be seeking a love match for Ileana, but only crowned heads need apply When told that young Glasgow was supposed to he the Adonis of West Point. his mother laughed. “I never thought he was good-looking.” she sald. “In fact I haven't even got a pleture of him.” Asked if her son had been to Fu ONTARIDGOES VT BYIOF TI2SEATS Government Control Policy to End 10 Years of Prohibition in Province. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, December 3. — The Provinee of Ontario, dry for 10 years, has gone wet. In elections held yee terday throughout the province for the 112 meats in the Iegislature at least. 80 members, pledged to support Premier G. Howard Ferguson's policy for government control of the sale of spirits and beer, were elacted. Only one remote constituency remained to be heard from. On the liquor fssue Ferguson, Con- servative, can count on the support of four Independent Liberal leaders who broke savay from W. E. N. Sin- clair, the Liberal opposition leader, and the solitary Labor member elect With one district -missing, the standing of the parties in the Legis- lature was: Conservatives, 75; Lib- erals, 14 Progressives, 13; Liberal Progressives, 5; Independent-Liberals, 4; Labor, 1. In the old house the Con servatives had 76 members. One Minister Defeated. Mr. Ferguson carried into office with him all the members of his cal inet except David Jamieson. minister without portfolio. The premier had a majority of 1384 in his constituency, while Mr. Sinclair recefved a majority of 2,313 {n his home district. By the vote of the peaple they have indicated that the operation of the Ontario temperance act as a method for enforcing temperance was not con- nidered a Success. Much antagonism against the act, which provided for rope, Mre, Glasgow said: ‘'Yes, he has been to Europe several times, but he never met Ileana before or any other royal princess. “No, I don't think they will cor- respond,” she maid in reply to a ques. tion concerning the continuance of the friendship. “I believe the letters of such people are under strict super- vision,” said the mother, intimating that Queen Marie would put a hand in It necessary. However, in spite of a queen's possible frown, and in spite of the barrier of blue blood, the American West Pointer and the daughter of a Furopean king and queen, found that they had something in common. The Princess suggested that they &Ko out upon the terrace and see the moon on the Hudson. The hoy ac- quieaced; and the two forgot that they were anything but boy and girl together. “Modern Fairy Tale.” “It is a_modern fairy tale with all its whimsical. romantic settings, only in this case the tale is true,” says a dispatch from New York. “The beautiful young Princess is there, the stalwart handsome youth in military ubiform and the brave music. And the Princess and the vouth danced amid many other handsome couples. “Ihere were also cozy. Intimate chats in sheltered nooks behind tall tropical plants during which Ileana forgot she was a Princess and the vouth gave no thought to the fact that he was not of the royal blood. This was especlally true wheg the Princess suddenly felt warm and expressed a desire for a brea®h of fresh air and a view of the moon and the palisades overlooking the lazi flowing Hudson. “A princess’ wish is a command, and the youth, heing a well bred young American and a West Pointer to boot, oheved. A “The story begins soon after the arrival of Ileana with her mother, Queen Marie of Rumania, and her brother, Prince Nicolas. It will he remembered that one of the first of the series of official receptions was a dance at West Point. Here is wher the first chapter begins and ends, to be followed by two more. “Brig. Gen. M. B. Stewart, super- Intendent of Wesat Point, looked about for proper escorts for the princess He selected two cadets, both honor men in the class. One was Cadet Lieut. Willilam J. Glasgow of No. 821 Sixteenth street, Washington, D. C., son of Col, Willlam J. Glasgow, com- mandant of Fort Myer, Va.; the other Cadet Capt. Henry G. Douglas of Relle Air, Md. Glasgow is the man- ager of the Army soccer téam, while Douglas ia the regimental supply of- ficer. Both are handrome. Glasgow is considered the Adonis of the acad- emy. “It was evident to all present that it did not take the princess long to make her choice. And the first one to notice it was Douglas. He danced with her once or twice tactfully, then retired gracefully to the background, leaving his classmate and friend a clear field. ““The evening, as in all fairy tales. came to an end all too soon, but when the princess shook hands warmly in farewell it did not mean good-by. Two long weeks - passed, filled with hectic receptions, luncheons, dinners. handshakings, flving trips back and forth. But amidst all the huzzahs of the multitudes one face stood out more clearly than any other hefore Ileana. ““Here i® where the second chapter begina. On October 25 lleana, with her royal mother. reviewed the West Point cadets in their drill. For a haif hour she stood in the rain watching her Adonis lead hir company. Dia she mind the cold and the wet? No .one noticed it if she did. Tleana Gets Wish. “And then the third chapter, which might be headed, ‘Mohammed and the Mountain,’ with Ileana symbolizing the mountain, metaphorically, of course. Through ail the 10,000-mile cross-country tour Ileana did not for- get. Two days before sailing she sufficiently overcame hér timidity to ask Paul D. Cravath, who repreaented the Queen in some threatened law- suit for alleged breach of contract, to arrange for young Glasgow {o come o New York to take luncheon with r. Mr. Cravath at once got in touch with Gen. Stewdrt. Probably for the first time Tleana’s wish was thwarted. The commandant said, ‘No!' But, true to fairy tale fashion, Ileana found a way. Could she come {0 Wast Point and have Mr. Glasgow take luncheon with her there? ‘Yes.” said Gen. Stewart, for even cadets favored by princesses must be allowed to eat some time. “Amnd so the metaphorical ‘moun- tain’ went to Mohammed. In ordi nary prose, the meeting took place at the Thayer Hotel, West Point. There were others present to satisfy con- vention, so young Douglas was in- vited also, but they merely lent a background to the winding up of a charming episode in the life of & beau- tiful princess. “And the day after the princess sailed far, far away. case, but reserve opinion thereon till calied for by the commission.” Mr. Clayton said that the C & P. Telephone Co. stands clear on the books of the commission in so far as compliance with those sections of the act. oot g BAND CONCERT. TOMORROW. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanler Hall, 5:45 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmermann. leader; Emil A. Fenstad, second leader. | the sale of liquor only on doctor's pre. | seriptions, was due to the claim that it had made things easy for hoot- leggers. g Premfer Ferguson on the stump pointed out that persons felgning ili- ness could secure prescriptions for liquor at a vendor's store. He charged that $5.000,000 was spent an nually for liquor purchased on pre- scriptions. ‘The supporters of prohibition pinned thelr faith on the rural conatituencie: which in the liquor plebiscite of 1924 went dry. That plebiscite favored prohibition. Yesterday the bulk o: the electors fn normal conservative rural ridings stuck to thelr politicai alleglance. Elghty of the candidates elected ar~ pledged to support government liquor control and 31 to support the Ontario temperance act. Five of the 80 are in opposition to the government ex cept on the control measure, hut the government's own following of 75 will glve it a majority of 38 over all groups after electing a speaker. Of the 30 who entered the cam palgn independently, supporting pro hibition only, not one was returncd victgrious. Prohibitionist Is Beaten. W. F. Nickle, attorney general in the late government, who parted with Mr. Ferguson on his government con trol _policy and ran as a prohibition candidate, was defeated. It is expected that Premier Fergu- son will call the newly elected Legisia ture into session at an early data for the purpose of giving effect to hic proposals for government control The details of these proposals have not vet been determined. The pre mier has announced that he desires to have the collective judgment of the House on them. During the campaign it was stated that Premier Ferguson's program would provide for permits for every person over 21 years of age to obtain liquor or beer at government vendor's places at a reasonable cost. The eards would be subject to cancellation if the privileges they gave were abused The several provinces of Canada have varfed llquor laws. In Prince Edward Island liguor may be ob tained through A government vendor by medical prescription. In Nova Scotla, government control exists and a doctor's prescription s necessar In New Brunswick vendors must pu chase supplies of liquors from a hoard of commissioners and resell It on prescriptions. Quebee System Outlined. In Quebee there is government con trol through a commission and sh in non-local option districts. Reer sold in taverns and heer and light wines in restaurants and hotels. Liquor may be shipped by expreas individuals h the province. Tn Man itoba sale is allowed under permit, bhut deliv % are made only to resi dences. The prices are fixed hy gov- ernment commission. In Saskatchewan liquor may he purchased from government stores. In small rural centers there are stores for the sale of beer only. Liquor sales are restricted to one quart per person per day. Two gallons of heer may be purchased. In Alberta beer by the glass may be sold in hotels. Wine and spirits may be purchased from government vendors. Delivery of heer by brewer. lea to ences of perfit holders allowed. In British Columbia all persons 21 years old or over with government permits may purchase any quantity of liquor from government vendors. Beer may be sold by the glass on un licensed premises. LA PLATA FUND SWELLED. Donation Made, Although Relief Crisis Has Been Met. Another contribution to the Ja Plata rellef fund was received by The Star today and, although the fund is officially completed, it will be sent along with previous donations for use “In the storm area of Charles and Prince Georges Counties by the Red Cross. The amount that the Red Cross ked for was received from Wash ington, Baltimore and the tw¢ stricken counties themselves neari: a week ago and, despite the announce ment that no more funds were neade; imperatively, Washingtonians have continued to contribute. The don; tions that have been recelved ainc thé completion of the fund will i« {used. the Red Croas declares. to per form its work just a little more com pletely than the urgent demand quired. Contributions received to date The Star are as follow: Previously acknowledged Dodge. ... $3,400.7 10.00 Willlam W. Total $3,500.7 Benjamin Chiswell Buried. Funeral services for Benjamin ‘White Chiswell, prominent insurance and business man, 5711 Sixteenth street northwest, who died Monday, were held at his late home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted hy Rev. H. H. Sterrett, All Souls’ Church. The ps'lhearers, emploves of the Peoples’ Life Insurance Co., of which company Mr. Chiswell was secretary, wer R. Marshall, E. T. Hughes, C. homas, H. N. Cole, W. I, Uz sell and George Ga Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery,