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g R OTHER GOMFORTS, C0-£D BURGLAR Marion Meyers, Charged With Attempting to Rob Bank, Arraigned Today. B the Associated Pr VERMILLION Comforted by her Marfon Meyers, pretty ed burglar. was more cheerful tod as she faced a third degree burglary charge for attempting to rob the First National Bank here. The mothe loyed in arrived Attorney County had obtained a signed fon from the girl. The confes- ated that she had attempted tc enter the bank vaul T 5 to get $24 with whick tlon at the Universi kota, where she wa robbery attempt was Mother Is Puzzled. Meyers was unable to ur daughter should money for school expenses. She she had sent Marian $§ every week and that the latter had worked for her board at the home of Prof. Charles “We seem to ha othing but sor row in our family,” said Mrs. Mey y_husband, who was a well driller at Valley City, N. Dak., died nine years ago. Then my voung son be- came {ll and he has been at a hospital at Huron, S. Dak. for three years. And then this. “But I am going to stick hy my girl. Mrs. Meyers sald she had no money to hire a lawyer, but expressed her bellef that the judge would be kind to her daughter. Authorities at fivst believed M Meyers must have had accomplices in her attempt to rob the bank, but they abandoned this theory when she steadfastly denied that any one had helped her. Students at the university said she had no close friends at the school, that she was often morose, and fre- quently was crying when she came to classes fn the morning. Arraignment Set for Today. Arraignment on the burglary charge was set for today before a justice of the peace. The penalty for third de- gree burglary in this State is not more than 15 years in the penitentiary. The girl's prosecutor, State’s Attor- ney Perkins, was graduated from the University of South Dakota last June. Miss Meyers related in her confes- sion that she left the home of Prof. Josey early Friday evening and after waiting in the post office and a rest room until 1 a.m. Saturday, entered the bank building through a window in the rear hallway. Unable to get into the main room of the bank, she went into an adjoining garage, where she obtained a collection of pliers, drill bits and a screw driver. With these she drilled and plied her way into the bank’s main room. After opening a drawer, which was empty, she became Dak., Febr: mother, Miss 19-year-old co Mrs. stand why 1 IS REDUCED $5 (Continued from First Page.) computed as of July 1, 1914, as normal for the purposes of the valuation. “The company appealed to the Su- preme Court of the District which held that this method of computing reproduction cost was uniawful, being in violation of the express terms of the statute which requires the value to be determined as of the date of the valuation. The commission's val uation was accordingly set aside, and {it is now conceded that this ruling |was correct Potomac Elect: | Power Company vs. Commission, 51 App. District of Columbia 77. It was then agreed by the parties that ‘the lower court should find the fair value of the company’s property as defined by the act as of January 1, 1925 This the court did upon the record be- fore it, and found the value as of that date to be $30,906,880. The commission then appealed to this court. Valuation Is Itemized. the lower court owin, 5 compo: g items, to wit: §17,937,419 as reproduction on J of the compan 'ty included within th ponding valuation found by the commission as of June 30, 1914, le subsequent retivements; $748,182 the cost of certain Janc for other lands: $309,000 for ganization expense’; $30,000 for liminary operation expense”; $1,946,281 for “certain right of way expenditures and development costs allowed by the commission and not questioned by plaintiff company”; $4,289,826 as the reproduction cost on January 1, 1925, of all additions to the physical prop- erty of the company made between June 30, 1914, and January 1, 1925; $125,688 for materials and supplies on hand, and $256,151 for working cap- ital. These items aggregate $25,756,- 880, and represent the total reproduc- tion cost new, without deduction for depreciation of the company’s line as of January 1, 1925, considered as a going concern, but mnot including franchises or good will. “The lower court then added to the foregoing total the sum of $5,150,000 as the actual or historical cost to the company of the franchises and good will of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Co., purchased by the present company together with the line of the former company in the year 1895. The inclusion of this item brings the lower court’s final valuation of the company’s property to the aforesaid sum of $30,906,880. This item of $5,150,000 for franchises and good will was presented to the commission when making its valua- tion and was totally rejected by it. It is now contested by the commission. Stock Value Soon. It appears that the Capital Trac- tion Co. first took that name in the year 1895, concurrently with a merger of the intersecting lines of the Wash- ington and Georgetown Street Rail- road Co. and the Rock Creek Railway Co. of the District of Columbia. The ‘Washington and Georgetown Railroad Co. had a capital stock of 10,000 shares of the par value of $50 per share and a bonded indebtedness of $4,000,000. frightened by some one opening the front door and fied to the rear. She ‘was found, sitting on the steps in a hallway at 8 am. HEARING ON PERMANENT STATE BUILDINGS CALLED Commissioners Act Upon Harper Suggestion and Set Time as 10 A.M. Tomorrow. A public hearing on plans of the permanent States buildings committee for the erection in Washington of per- manent States buildings for the pro- posed exposition in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington ~will be held by the District Commissioners in the boardroom of the District Building to- morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. The hearing was called upon the request of Robert N. Harper, chair- man of the committee, who explained that there is no desire on the part of the committee nor does it intend to ask that an exposition be held in vashington in 1932. “What we want” he said, “is simply that concerted action be taken by the authorities to have the States | build permanent buildings here, and cach building to be dedicated by the sState during whatever celebration is held in Washington in the Summer of 1923." Other members of the committee’ are J. Harry Cunningham, Martin A. Leese, Ross P. Andrews, Jesse C. Suter, Charles W. Darr and Frank M. Low. COURT UPHOLDS AWARD IN $5,200 DAMAGE SUIT Loses Appeal of Judgment Given Mary H. Eppler and Husband. The Pullman Co. today lost its ap. peal from judgments of the District Supreme Court in favor of Mrs. Mary | H. Eppler and her husband, Frank( V. Eppler, for injuries sustained by | the wife by falling from an upper berth leeping car of the com- pany. The District Court of Appeals | in an opinion by Justice C. S. Hatfield | today affirmed the lower court, de-| claring there was no prejudicial error mmitted by the trial judge. Mrs. Ippler had been awarded a judgment for $5,000 and her husband one for $200 for loss of her services. The plaintiffs contended that the porter failed to answer a summons to assist the wife and that when she at- tempted to leave her berth the straps did not hold and she was thrown to the floor of the car. The company claimed tl Eppler, th she was in a lower berth, stepped out and fell when she was excited over a commotion in the The wife and two daughters were riding from Que- | bec to Boston July SIGNS OF POISON FOUND IN DEAD WOMAN’S BODY Authorities Probing Case of Mrs. Mary L. Polle, Who Expired Saturday in Hospital. Symptoms of po found in the body of Polle, 53 years old, amergency Hospital noon several hours after she h found unconscious in her 1761 Pennsylvania avenue, and the Health Department chemist has been called upon_for an analysis of them. Dr. Joseph D. Roge puty coroner, performed an autopsy and made the discovery. Dr. R was informed hat Mrs. Polle had taken a marcotic o relieve pain from a serious disease 1nd ho believes she accidentally took an overdose of it Otto H. Trad Pullman Co. on on Mrs who wturda ave been Mary L. died in after d been home, s nephew of Mrs, Polle,-who was nd unconscious in the apartment. he and his aunt oc oupled at the time Mrs. Polle was re- moved for medical attention, has re. gained consciousness at Casualty Hos- pital. The patient is said to have told ittending physiclans that he had in- | 8 | within the These bonds, bearing 6 per cent an- nual interest, were secured by deed of trust and contained a stipulation that they should be “interchangeable for stock at par whenever the right to increase the capital stock in an amount equal to the amount of bonds issued shall be obtained.” The com- pany enjoyed great prosperity, its shares of stock (§50 par) were selling at $275 per share, and its bonds, ow- ing to the provision for interchange with stock at par, were quoted at dou- ble par value. The Rock Creek Rail- way Co. had a capital stock of $1,250. 000, It served a _territory not yet fully developed and was operating at a net annual loss. “In the year 1895 the Rock Creek Railway Co. was authorized by act of Congress, 28 statute, 700, to *contract with any street railway company owning or operating a connecting or intersecting line for the joint man. agement, lease or purchase of such connecting line or lines, and operate the same in connection with its orig- inal line, and in case of such contract may proyide the means necessary by an increase of its capital stock, not to exceed the actual consideration pald or the actual cost of the neces- sary equipment.” It was also pro- vided by the act that in event the company entered into such a contract as contemplated by the act its direc- tors were authorized to change its name from the Rock Creek Railway Co. of the District of Columbia to the Capital Traction Co. W. & G. R. R. Co. Purchased. “Under authority of this act the Rock Creék Railway Co. purchased the line of the Washington and Georgetown Rallroad Co., and as- sumed its present name of the Capital Tractlon Co. “In carrying out this transaction the company issued its corporate shares to the amount of $12,000,000, of which $2,750,000 were delivered to the stockholders of the vendor company in exchange for their stock in that company, being at the rate of $275 per { share; and $8,000,000 were delivered to the bondholders of the vendor com- pany in payment of their bonds at double par value; the remaining $1,250,000 went to the stockholders of the Rock Creek Railway Co. for their stock at par in that company. It ap- pears that the book value of the prop- erty of the Washington and George- town Railroad Co. at the time of the transaction was only $5,108,376.25; in other words the purchase price paid {in stock by the Capital Traction Co. for the property of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Co. amount- at the time of the purchase. This re- sulted, of course, chiefly from the pay- ment of $8,000,000 in stock for the $4,000,000 of bonds as already noted. “It is claimed by the company that this excess over the book value of the properties of the vendor company was paid for its franchises and good will. The lower court approved this claim and accordingly added the sum of 150,000 as aforesaid to the reprc duction cost of the company’s physi- cal properties and the various other ptangible items already included valuation. No Charge of Bad Faith. “In our opinion this allowance was erroneo The claim that the sum f $5,150,000 was paid for the fran- chises and good will of the Wash- ington and Georgetown Railroad. Company is not substantial, since the amount paid was manifestly based upon the prices of its stocks and bonds then prevailing in the stock markets, and these prices were |largely speculative. No charge of bad faith is made respecting the merger, although comment is made ‘upon the fact that the 6 per cent | bonds in.question were redeemable at par within 10 years after their | date at the option of the debtor com- nd that three-fourths of them redeemable within four years after the aate of the merger, and one-half of the remainder in less than eight years thereafter. More- over, the bonds were not convertible into’ stock at par unless and until ‘the right to increase the capital stock in an amount equal to the amounts of bonds issued shall be obtained,’ and no such permission was ever actually obtained. Stress, however, 18 laid by the company upon the fact that since the merger the validity of the stock thus {ssued has never been questioned, but has heen intoxicuting liquor Satur continuously bought and sold and aew bLeld in good m’x by the public. e | and $114,333 |1 de to $5,646,623.75 over its book value | THE EVENING CAPITAL TRACTION VALUATIO 150,000 BY COURT “It {s likewise claimed that the merger received legislative approval by virtue of the acts relating to the franchises of the respective com- panies and that the interests of the public were protected by a proviso that the merger should not be effective without the consent of the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia. The act of March 1, 1895, however, under which the merger was effected, loes not undertake to prescribe the prices or terms upon which such a | merger might be effected, nor does it require the consent of ‘the Distric Commissiorers as conditional thereto. Moreover, the record does not di close that such consent was cver actually given. It is true that a pro viso of this character appears in the act of June 23, 1888 (25 Stat., 199, 202), but that statute did not govern the transaction in question. In our opin- fon no greater consideration should be given to the franchises acquired from the Washington and George- town Railroad Co. than would be given them if that company were still a go- ing concern and a valuation should be made of its property under the act Nor do we sce any reason for exclud- ing the franchises of the Rock Ci | Railway Co. from the valuation those of the Washington and George town Railroad Co. be included therein Other Cases Cited. “It is a general rule that franchises of this character are not to be included valution. Cedar Rapids vs. Cedar Rapid: Georgia Ry. vs. I Comm., 262 U.'S., 625, 632. The ins case {8 not governed by Willcox vs. | Consolidated Gas Co., 212 U. 8., 19, fo in that case the franchises were ex- pressly named by statute as elements of value to be included in the con solidation. Moreover the court's opin- fon in that case contains the following admonition respecting its authority as a precedent, to wit: ‘What has been | said herein regarding the value of the | franchises in this case has been neces- ily founded upon its own pereulia s, and the decision thereon can form no precedent in regard to the valuation of franchises generally, where the facts are not similar to those in the case before us. We sim- ply accept the sum named as the value under the circumstances stated.’ Se also comments by Judge Hand in Con- solidated Gas Co. vs. Newton, Attorney General, 267 Fed. Rep., 231.240; aft'd 258 U. S, 165. Good will likewise should be excluded from such a valua- tion. Willcox vs. Consolidated Gas upra; Des Moines Gas Co. vs. Des Molnes, 238 U. S., 153, 169. Nor can past losses be capitalized as property on which to base rates. Knoxville Water Co. vs. Knoxville, 212 U. S., 1 14; Galveston lectric Co. vs ton, 258 U. S., 388; Gr. R; Con‘x‘m.,:ulnra. “We hold accordingly that the sum of $5,150,000 should be deducted from the valution found by the lower court, thereby reducing the total valuation to the sum of $25,756,880. Depreciation Fund Maintained. ‘“The commission complains that the lower court made no deduction for de- preciation from its estimate of the re- production cost of the company’s prop- erty. In the commission’s valuation it was reported by the engineers that the deduction for depreciation should ex- ceed the sum of $2,000,000, but the commission stated. ‘s previously ex- plained the commission approves this amount as representing true accrued depreciation, but concludes that, in the present finding of fair value as a basis for rates, a materially lesser amount should now be deducted from costs new." The record does not disclose what specific sum was thus deducted by the commission. The lower court, however, found that no such deduction should be made, for the reason that the company had maintained a sinking fund for the protection of its property against depreciation, and is annually | setting aside a portion of its earnings and adding the same to such fund, and that the record fails to disclose that the rates of fare herefore fixed by the commission have been adequate to justify any deduction for accrued depreciation from the fair value of the company’s property. “It appears from the record that the company has a sinking fund for depreciation of $2,075,155.18, of which $1,156,980.70 is ‘Invested in property of the company,’ and the residue is in cash and productive securities. It also appears that the property of the company has been maintained in the highest condition in point of material construction and efficiency; and there is no testimony in the record as to actual depreciation of the property. Valuation for Rate Purposes. | “We are convinced that under ull | the circumstances the decision of the lower court upon this subject should not be disturbed. On the record be fore us any such deduction would necessarily rest upon doubtful theories only. It may be assumed that the sinking fund maintained by the com- pany, part of which has been em. ployed consistently with its proper purpose, is sufficlent to balance the actual depreciation of the property, and this fund does not enter into the rate-bearing valuation. It must be membered, moreover, that the present valuation is not intended as a buying and selling price of the property, but for rate-making purposes, and the company is entitled to collect. rates sufficlent to balance the depreciation as well as to pay a re; able return upon the invested capital. New York Telephone Co. vs. Prendergast, 300 Fed., 822; Queens Gas Co. case, 1 Fed (2d),” 351" Southern Bell Telegraph & Teléphone Co. vs. Railroad Commis. sion, 5 Fed. (2d), 77; Brooklyn Union Gas'Co. ve. Prendergast, 7 Fed. (2d), 628. ““Accordingly, we modify the decree of the lower court and do find, ad- judge and decree that the value of the property of the Capital Traction Co. actually used and useful for the con. venience of the public, at the fair value thereof on January 1, 1925, was $25,756,880. It is furthermore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the com: mission and its successors in office shall forthwith modify their former valuation and order in accordance herewith.” Galves: .vs. R. R AUTOIST DROWNS IN CAR. ,Machine Skids on Dock Plunges in River. CHESTER, Pa., February One life was lost Saturday night when an automobile skidded across the steamship docks at the foot of Market street and plunged int> the Delaware River. First reports, based on statements of a dock watchman, the only eyewit- ness, said there were four persons, two men and two women, in the motor car. Investigation reveals that Stanley Brezeski, 42, of this city, was the only occupant of the car. His body was recovered. and w).—! | DIES AT AGE Michael Culmar, Key West, Sup- posed Oldest Man in U. S. KEY WEST, Fla., February 7 (#).— Michael Culmer, said to be the oldest white man in the United States, died here yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lorenzo Gibson. Cul- mer had attalned the age of 122 years and for many years had lived on one OF 122. ! | of the Florida keys, where he cele- brated his one hundredth anniversary in1904. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Gibson and_Mrs. Bertram Knowles, wnd a_son. Michael Culmer, jr., all of s city. STAR. WASHINGTON, D: C.. MONDAY, FEBRU ARY 17, 1927. BOGUS POLICE MAY BE STOPPING AUTOS Hesse Begins Investigation of Reports Coming From Nearby Maryland. Faced by the possibility that bogus police officers may have been re sponsible for the detention of st Maryland motorists at the District line for the purpose of searching their automobiles for liquor, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, today ordered an investigation. Two Mary- iand motorists_have made complaint n writing to Maj. Hesse. Inspector Louis J. Stoll has been amed by Maj. Hesse to head the in- estigation. Robert Reindollar, en- ineer_of surveys of the Maryland state Roads Commission, and Arthur Wakefield, general superintendent of -onstruction of the American Oil Co eported the arches. Other com plaints were filed. The complaining Maryland motor- sts all state that the men who held | hem up wore khaki uniforms and d motor cycles. They say the “of- flashed badges on them which they wore on their wrists. Both Maj. Hesse and the Federal prohibition “officlals are at a loss to understand who the “officers” could have been. Maj. Hesse points out that his men work either in plain clothes or in the regulation uniform. The Federal of- ficials maintain that none of their nen use motor cycles at any time. Outside of embarrassment, the Maryland motorists reported they suf- fered none as a result of the holdups. Both Mr. Reindollar and Mr. Wake- field expressed the opinion that the men who held them up did so in an efficient manner. MEXICAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY Maneuvering for Choice of Suc- cessor to President Calles Arous- ing Widespread Interest. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, Februa neuvering for the next yea tial elections to determine the suc- cessor to President Calles is arousing increasing interest. Gen. Obregon, former President, has made no public statement as to whether he will be a alf, having obtained il amendment to permit tervening term. Supporters of Gen. Arnulfo Gom military commandant at Vera Cruz, styling themselves “the anti-reelection | party,” have announced the presiden- tial ‘candidacy of Gomez, while sup- porters of Gen. Francisco Serrano, governor of the federal district, have announced Serrano’s candidacy. But neither Gomez nor Serrano has made a personal announcement. G0OD WILL FLYERS RESUME JOURNEY | Four Pan-American Planes Leave Lima, Peru for Pisco. By the Associated Pr LIMA, Peru, Februa pan-American flight their journey vesterday morning. Headed by the New York, flagship, piloted by Maj. Herbert Dargue, flight | commander, they hopped off for Pisco. There the aviators will have lunch and replenish their fuel supply. The next stop will be at Islay and then at Molleno. At Mollendo the fiyers will take a speclal train for La Paz, Bolivia. The “good will” air mission was ac- companied by two Peruvian airplanes, piloted by Juan Legula, son of Presi- dent Leguia, and Juan ‘onnor, avia- tion instructor, respectivel; MEXICO TEACHERS FIGHT. | Claim Fore;;nem 7T‘l‘&hl Children There Improperly. MEXICO CITY, February 7 (#) Claiming that foreigners teach Mexi- can boys to love everything foreign and to despise everything Mexican, the National Teachers' League has asked the department of education to use its good offices to bring about an amendment of article 3 of the constitution which would forbid for- eign teachers to teach Mexican boys under 15. The teachers also desire leg tion to close foreign-owned primary schools because, they say, prefer- ence is given in such schools to the teaching of geography and history of countries other than Mexico. he four planes resumed | DELAYED BY ILLNESS. of Canada Explains Absence From Gould Inquiry. WOODSTOCK,, N. B., February 7 (#).—The Hon. J. K. Fleming’s failure to acknowledge the invitation of a United States Senate committee at ‘Washington, D. C., to appear there in connection with the Senator Gould inquiry was due to illness, it was learned here. Mr. Fleming's son, Hugh J., sent a telegram to the committee saying that his father has just undergone an oper- ation and that the invitation would be handed to him as soon as his condi- tion permits. The time allowance set by the com- mittee expires today. Fleming ACTOR DIES FROM INJURY. Matt Untermeyer’s Partner Unwit- tingly Causes Fatality. PITTSBURGH, Pa., February 7 (#). —Matt Untermeyer, 94, a New York actor, died here yesterday from a broken back, suffered last Monday when his partner, Henry Willie, fell from the top of a pole on which he was performing in a theater and struck Untermeyer. Untermeyer was holding the pole, Willle, whose toe strap loosened, causing him to fall, suffered a frac. ture of the arm. Firemen Seek Siren Fund. Special Dispatch to The Star. GREATER CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., February 7.—A committee of Greater Capltol Heights Volunteer Fire Co. No. 2 is at work to raise $400 to buy an electric siren to be operated from the telephone com- pany’s switchboard. Thus far the committee has received contributions of $25 from the Citizens' Association of Suitland and $43.45 from District Helghts and the Ritchie Station neigh- borhoods. ~ Although the company has been organized only a year, it has two chemical trucks, the debt on which is nearly paldy ! | Pony That Drank Pop From Bottle Indigestion Victim By the Associated Pres NEWTON, N. J., February 7.— Woolsey, a pony that could take a bottle of soda pop between his lips and keep it tilted until its contents were drained, is dead of acute indigestion at the age of 40 years. For 18 years Woolsey was the property of Mrs. lda Morrison, milk dealer. Most of her cus- tomers fed him sugar. A hotel proprietor in who sold him to Mrs. trained the animal to four steps to a bar for a Garwood, Morrison, waik up drink. HOTEL GUEST ROBBED, RUSE SAVES BURGLAR Quiets Prospective Victim's Fears by Explaining He Entered Wrong Rooms. Police today concluded that the man | who robbed William Reid of New York of $140 while he the Franklin Square ws the same who W room of Lu Dick, Akron, Ohio, at the same hotel and who offered profuse apologies for being in Dick’s presence, explaining he nad entered the Wrong room and pointing to his discarded shoes and stockinged feet as evidence of the mistake. Dick told police he was awakened by a noise and found the man in hic room. Immediately on being discov ered, the intruder stated he thought he was in his own room and was politely dismissed by Dick. The inci- dent came to light when the Reld robbery was reported. James Skinner, 434 First street southwest, appealed to the police to recover property stolen from his home since the latter part of December. Four chairs, a heater, clothing and jewelry valued at $160 were stolen, he stated. The Fir: Sixth_and G rabbed betw pt in his room at Hotel yesterday Baptist Church, colored, streets southwest, was 4 o'clock Saturday aft- ernoon and 8 o'clock yesterday morn- ng. Five chairs and a rug valued at $70 comprised the loot Joseph A. Hall, a trustee of the church, told the police. A show window the store of Samuel Mitchell, 711 Ninth street, was broken open late Saturday night or vesterday morning. Six rings valued at $100 were taken. Theft of a diamond ring valued at $75 was reported by Mrs. Elliott Sher- idan, 30 Sherman avenue. The ring disappeared from her home the past few days TWO FIREMEN ARE DEAD AND 4 HURT IN CHICAGO 1$500,000 Blaze Near Downtown District Proves Fatal When Brick Wall Collapses. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February Two fire- men were killed and four others were seriously injured yesterday when a five-story brick wail collapsed after a $500,000 fire swept through the Metro- politan Building, near the downtown district, burying 17 firemen in the debris. The five-story building which burn- ed was the property of the Metropoli- tan Picture Frame Co., and the bulld- ing, except for the one wall, had been destroyed before the accident occurred. Several firemen were on top of the wall and were ordered to leave just as it buckled and crashed. Willlam_Flynn was killed in the fall and David Lynch died in a hos. pital. Origin of the fire was unde- termined. QUAKES HIT CALIFORNIA. Sharp Shocks Felt at Los Angeles and Santa Monica. LOS ANGELES, February 7 (®).— An earthquake of short duration was felt here at 8:26 o'clock last night. It was of sufficlent intensity to rattle dishes. 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Suspension of work in the union bituminous coal fields faces the tion unless the joint conference of miners and operators at Miami, sched uled for February 18, irons out the dif- ferences now existing between the two factions and a satisfactory wage agreement is reached in time to erase the difficulties now lying between them, the Government is now con vinced. Reports coming to Government sources in Washington indicate that the feeling among miners and mine union officials favors a suspension of work in the union mines unless wages in the union fields are placed on higher level in relation to wages paid in the non-union fields. A sliding scale of wages, designed to retain the balance between wages in the union and non-union fields, desired by the miners. Against this proposed scale the operators have put in a bld for a slight upward wage revi sion above the Jacksonville scale which has been in effect for the pas three years, Four delegates from each side and three representing the public will meet at Miami, Fla., February 22, to at tempt to settle the differences betweer the two proposals, which appear now to forecast a suspension of work in the unionized bituminous mines unless an agreement is reached. The Jacksonville agreement expires March 31, and on the following day unless the differences are reconciled, a suspension seems likely. With production of coal attaining a near record last year, however, con tinuing in unabated measure throug! the Winter, and the stocks alread large, and certain to be larger in cas: a_strike is threatened, Governmen officials insist there is no reason tc fear a coal shortage, unless the thr ened suspension lasts for several months, CHARLES B. ALEXANDER, CAPITALIST, DIES AT 7¢ Regent of New York State Univer- sity Once Trustee of Princeton. By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, February 7.—Charles Beatty Alexander, 78, lawyer, capital ist and regent of the University of the State of New York, died today. jriet Crocker, daughter Crocker of San Francisco. Mr. Alexander was for many years a trustee of Princeton University and was vice president of the General Society of the Cincinnati and president o fthe State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution New York State Bar Assoclation, and officer of the French Legion of Honor. of Charles ACQUIRES NEW PATENTS. California Concern to Push “Talk- ing Films.” SAN FRANCISCO, February 7 (#). —The Federal Telegraph Co. of Cali. fornia yesterday announced it had ac- quired patents controlling basic proc. esses In the art of “talking fillms” and transmission of pictures by wireless. In making the announcement, Ru- dolph Spreckels, chairman of the board of directors, sald the inventor of the processes, Theodore . Nakken of Holland, was at present working in the company’s laboratories at Palo Alto, Calif., preparing for commercial manufacture of the apparatus. Ebions e lens ok BANDITS GET $20,000. DETROIT, February 7 (#).—While seven men and a woman were held prisoners in a physician's office in a downtown building yesterday by a group of hold-up men, the robbers cut a hole through the office floor to a jewelry store below, where they | blew a safe and cbtained jewelry val | ued at $20,000. Four men took part in the hold-up and held the group in the office at bay more than four hours while they went about their work leisurely. L nsa 55,000--$4210) at Age 30. Send Date of Birth for Full Information LeROY GOFF Issurance— 610 Woodward Bidg. Main $30. OU’LL BE GLAD YOU SAVED YOUR MONEY! When You Are Old. 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QUININE Get Red Box with portrait PISO’S rcoughs In 1887, Mr. Alexander married Har | Marooned Man Eats Raw Fish 22 Days Before He Is Found By the Assoclated Press. PRINCE RUPERT, British Co- lumbia., February 7.—For 22 days, while J. MacCullough was maroon- ed on Lyisle Island, off the North- orn British Columbia coast, he had only raw shellfish for food. He had nearly succumbed to exposurs when rescued by a passing fishing boat and brought here to hospital, where he is expected to recover. MacCullough’s gas boat blew up several miles from the island early last month and he clung to the wreckage for elght hours before it drifted ashore. 3IFT TO COLLEGE DUE TO THANCE MEETING Worcester Manufacturer Revealed as Donor of $100,000 Fund to Washburn, By the Associated Press, TOPEKA, Kans., February 7.—Iden ity of the donor of the $100,000 which >stablished the department of citizen- | ship at Washburn College here w ade public vesterday, on the sixty econd anniversary of the founding of hburn. The gift was from George lden, a wealthy manufacturer of Worcester, Mass., who died last Sep cmber, and was the indirect result of L chance acquaintance formed by President P. P. Womer of Washburn vhen, having lost his way on the streets of Worcester in a snowstorm, e stopped at the Alden home for in’ ‘ormation. When President Womer left the house a few hours later he took with 1im a pledge of $1,000 for the general :ndowment of the college. Mr. Alden's interest in Washburn grew, and finally ulminated in the large donation for the cltizenship department a year ago. The department will henceforth bear the name of the donor. | Mr. Alden himself was an educator, | 1aving been president some years ago f the Worcester Technological School. Washburn conferred on him the de- gree of doctor of laws at the 1926 com- nencement. Mr. Alden was not pres- t at the exercises and no mention s made of the award at the time. | | | | | UST like finding FORD TAX CASE 10 BEGOME LIVELY Testimony of Blalr and Nash May Give Political Tinge to Trial. " By the Associated Press. A hint of Important velopments was given tc impend day | minority stockholders in the F tor Co. neared the conclusion of presentation of evidence in 000,000 ta recovery brought a them by Today n befc Tax Appeals was given tistical testimony by « it w ted would take a_livelier testimony, perhaps tomort H. Blair, former commissione ternal revenue, and his ct C. R. Nash. two witnesses have N subpoenaed upon petition by counsel for ‘the protesting taxpayers, who said their testimony w uired to mplify the circumsta which prompted the rec the case in 19 before statute of limit red, and to levy wdditic It is not improbable that ex tion of the former Government officials will have a political angle. ander W. Gregg, in charge of Government's case, was alloted 's sessfon for cross examination y, economlst of tha aduate School for Politi Paul M. Clay of Mood e, and Prof. Ralph | dence, R. I. R hese to en he today's of David Brookings A Will Come to Hospital. Col. Robert H. Peck, United States Infantry at Atlanta, has beey ordered to this city for treatment at Walter Reed General Hospital. WALLBOAR Also Fireproof Kockboard ;M]Em /) MAIN OFFICE 6™and C.Sts.S W camMP MEIGS I money to find your rent receipts—or cancelled checks— that represent rent paid for a place in which to live in the District of Columbia —because we are offering to GIVE $350.00 Free! —to those who can show the greatest num- ber of rent receipts or cancelled checks. The amount of money they represent doesn’t mat- ter—only the number counts. 1st Reward . $150.00 To the one who has the largest num- ber of rent receipts and cancelled checks. 2nd Reward . $100.00 To the one who has the next largest number of rent receipts and can- celled checks. 10 awards of . $10.00 To the 10 persons who have the next largest number of cancelled checks. rent receipts and Each entry to be accompanied by a short story (not over 500 words) on Rent Receipts. EVERYBODY 1S ELIGIBLE, except employes of the Cafritz Company. RENT RECEIPTS—or must represent payment for the District of Columbia. CANCELLED CHECKS— a place in_which to live in DON'T send us the receipts, but fill in the coupon below—telling the number with your short story. entries we will then notify you have, and send it in, If your count is among the high you to bring ‘the receipts for the judges to verify and record. No Entries Recorded A RENT RECEIPT R fter Midnight, Feb. 15 e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e EWARD RECORD FUl in your name and record for entry. I can deliver for inspection and verification. .. monthly rent recelpts ( fpartments). given” to which to 'live in the Dist iwouses and. | ment of rent’for trict place ot Cotambia. Attached is my story about “Rent Receipts.” (s) CAFRITZ 14th & K Owners and Builders of Communities Main 9080 More Than 1,000 “Life-time Homes” Buili and Sold—100’s Uorbllndcr Construction