Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) I “From Press to Home Within the Hour’ The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed | s Fair and somewhat colder, with low- est temperature about 38 degrees to- night: tomorrow fair, with r . Temperatires—H pm. vesterday: low a.m. today. Full report on ps EDITION Star. T—FORTY WITH SUNDAY MOR Yesterday’s Circulation, 91,101 9 i) NOVEMBER 192 EIGHT PAGES. TWO CENTS. Entered as second class matter vost office. Washington. D C. i R O Ot Sev Givil War 1 Do o] THRONS RUMANI AS GUNVlcls,Odessa Official Says Civil War Is Due to’ THRUWS LAYDOWNARMS O, Revel Asine Moscon imnced - T) NEW CRISS by Foreigners. | g | & RFSIEEING TRUUP S ¢ Guard in Capital Trebled.' e e riins o | TM00DS: ‘07deredi heady, o 1,200 California Felons Sur- render After 18-Hour At- | nsntine o SR : | Thciaisnaten asss fiat nuntreanior Domel. T Bichateat e bian ne ! HEUENSTOQUIT COUNTIRY tack on Barricaded Cell- | civilians and soldiers killed in|Soviet ships were sceking vessels flerce street fighting town of | the eventual Soviet victory in the | pateh said, while a meeting at Kishi- | (hat revelu neff of the Rumanian-Russian mixed | progress, ommission canceled because of | Moscow the d Dimin. in Battle. With More ; evervwhere B0 SiWousded—Soldiers {ivirice, aocpmpanisdiby vislenoeiswere | Dahy stri | taking 1 in the districts of Vol-|ists and t FRIDAY, %) Means Associated Press. WASHINGTON, D. €. = PUBLIC UTIITIES S0ARD ANNOUNCES NEW MERCER PLAN |B. M. Bachman's P;oposal Would Omit Power and Bus Companies. _No. LD PAL,SOME SEEMABITY SENSITIVE - A BUCHATL Rumania, November 5 —A Al dispatch to the news bundreds kill | GUARANTEE OF RETURN WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED were in the in Liberal Party Feared. L Bratianu's Death Is Blow at French Influence. Saving of $3,250,000 Would Result From Economies, Report Declares. Reports also were current | Split were in i | | ary moven viet Iy denied dispatch Odessa athe n wernment these says FOUR GUARDS, CAPTURED AS HOSTAGES. RELEASED e at ports. that Tivsapol, have passed “revolutionists, who iing ground in Russia la les hetween revolution. | W7 T ops who remained loyal Lok rnment were reported in | the death of Prem Jhe serious illness « i ita at was the No- | turbances paper Dimineata today says that chaos [ it3 connection with Moscow. g 5 . And anatehy are reisnine in the Ul.| Several days ago mysterions activi- - Cope With Demonstrations. ty of Soviet vessels in the Black Sea raine. with d in street formerly attached to the Russian | IF CAROL COMES BACK house lacainesets PoaoIsk | ck Sea fleet, which was L|l\n»llv over | | & | The firing of cannon conld be heard | |V Wranzel, only to be scattered after | [all along the Dniester River, the dis-| 1o aine. sons n in the Ukrair and hav into the han. Reports frequent of I received at W v several mors of disorder ¥ citie been grow R Rumaunia, was in the midst today bec Tonel ¥ Nicholas Titul- | affairs. who By the Asso BUCHARF ). —Rumani 11 Killed Than Threaten to Flood Buildings. Warden Refuses to Leniency to Inmates. November of a of inu which pro more in either i is anse hynia and Kiev. Several Soviet offi- | to the gov 1S ... | clals were reported to have perished |the dispatch. | Promise | in the burning of the city hall of one | At Kamenetz-Podolsk the authorities | eseu, minister of fore town. | were stated to be barricaded in all|has double pneumonia, complicated | M. Menjinsk president of the | public institutions, The revolution. | the situation. | Py w. - | : X Ogpu, in Odessa, was quoted as hav- | ists held power for two days, but of the t atmosphere, | | ing declared that the Ukraine w vir- | upon the arrival of Soviet reinfol | the guard in the capital was trebled | By the Aseociated Pres | tualiy in a state of civil war. hecause | ments the government reconquered | 0 5L TGl chout the country FOLSOM PRISON, Calif., Novem- | of agitation inspired by foreign money. | the town. The streets were q.m-.H“‘"‘_'n “‘M“'.“l i h'_“-x s | Meet Today to Give Final Approval to New Inter- Ber 25—One lof the most Spm‘m,]a,“ M. Chubara, chairman of the Uk-[to be strewn with hundreds of dead | Wer S e | | national Pact. in plans the ut re lities expert “That the Washing ectric Co. ommenda- e S0 nse da- n and the Capi- etion Co. agre to consolidate properties, rishts and fran- » determination of n or guarantee of 3 £ rainian-Kharkov council of commis-|{and wounded. | i prison rebellions in the history of former Crown Prince Carol. Bratia- California came to a peaceiul cmliVIRGINIAN fiz KILI-S nu, who dominated Rumania for more | y y | 733 | {than a ¢ ter of a century, was more < 3ipe b \“‘l e 'MURE I-ANU SUUGH‘I":):T:: U< otiier (LoRs inhat eknAvAiLTS | icts, who yester: { Court Smith. The revolting 3 victs 1a:d down the guns with which | “Send for “Police, | Can’t for the removal of Carol from HI~J‘ | —_— they had stood off @ besieging f0r<€ | gpan g 149 Gprioke B, M, right of succession to the throne. ‘ | |Two Tracts Needed—Con- of more than 500 men and released Bibb to Neighbors. ton Rapid Tr: e Electric Power ny ) consol- eral hundred con day barricaded th house and fought National Guar men and civil officers in a pitched | resulted in the of 3 dives, rendered to \\';Anh-n‘ selves in a cel reside U nd:a Bratianu, younger was appointed pr ¢ which rules for the g Michael. He was preside until Sunday, when 3 funeral for his brother will | despite the latter's dying wish for the | simplest of burials. | I Would Be 1 brother Tolding Company. mier by | Seant | ked to | national be held. | ;Mystery Surrounds Compensatlon of of the two would bLe jarantee of a tixed valuation, in to be chartered by ing or an operating n as the Consoli- r the Bachman 1y traction compan lidated, battle that Toss Engineers for Expensive Underta]{ing. Hansel Without Data. con- | Princess Helen, whom Carol de kne serted when he fled to Paris with Mag lor the consol pected to A similar it by Al the cc nished onl Power ot exeer of production turn on the caj in the production merger plan also makes provision for the present rate of fare for a period »f 12 months after the merger is ef- fectéd, but provides lower fares for school children In event the consolidated company the dctermination of the rate earns in excess of the rate of | return under the schedule of fare un- der which it operate part of such |excess shail be paid into a reserve power necessary for use only by msolidated company shall be fur- by Potomac Electric der the plan, at a cost 1t of the actual cost plus a reasonable re- stial actually invested plant. The new will Vintila demnation Aclion Planned the four guards they had held as| for Downtown Sites. l:;ylxm]\i,:.ul :'\:i:“;]fl:’.‘ ‘gl‘xln,rw‘."-'!!i;;\.;rm‘.!.’;;w Tonel, ne hostages. | will attempt to return and has alr | T T |expressed her determination to Warden Makes Terms. | By the Associated Pr | The Government has opened negotia- | the country if he does. = v t ce C. o/ November — | tions for purchase o 0 ma E (Dispatches from Ia s 7 Terms of Warden Smith were ac-| “lmu;j"x:‘f:f\b'»“‘f Nn:.m,h(; : i“(”l. r‘| .)Jlllh.ls‘x‘ ?r twoumore tractasl, LIPAEL D e iirced him. ito cepted by the convicts after their ve killed my wife. Send for theof land in the great public building |} 14 himself in readiness for the call | Jeader had been informed of plans | police. I can't stand it any longer.” | program for the Department of |for his return which they feel is bound for flooding the cellhouse and in- Uttering these words in an excited | Agriculture and for the Archives(to come soon. He is represented augurating a campaign of starvation tone of voice, Bickers M. Bibb, 62| Building, it was learned today at the |desiring to return only as a member as possible measures to prevent | vears old, ked into a mneighbor’s | Treasury Department. of the regency). further violence. | home here today. Fifteen minutes later | The Archives site to be acquired is | of Control Seen. Solitary confinement was decreed | he surrendered to Patrolman J. T. Rid- [ bounded by Ninth and Tenth streets, political enemies for six convicts declared by Warden | dell, admitiing that he had in his [ B street and Pennsylvania avenue. It |are convinced that his death me Smith to have confessed that they [iife, beating her over the head with |includes three irregular pieces of land, | that the supremacy of the Libe were the leaders of the uprising. ja heavy ornamental clock, then chok- | known as squares Nos. 380, 381 Who is to pay the firm of Charles Hansel, consulting engineers and utility specialists, for tha expensive| survey of the transportation systems of the District which it has just com plated and on vhich it has based plan, drawn up for the public utilitie committee of the Federation of Citi- zens’ Association, for consolidating the | rail v companies is the latest | problem in the merger proposals. | The mysterious shroud of ated company the bill transpo nd & J North Ame: K. an investment corpor. tion which has extensive heldings in | Iocal utilities, cost approximately $70.000. The actual expense of the undertaking to the Hansel firm has 1 disclosed, but Maj. Clayton acting chairman of the fed utilities committee, i- e to the District at By the Ass ated Press. The International Radio Conference was called together today to give its final approval to a new international wireless convention The compact will be the last word | in eflicient and scientific radio regula tion, its dr: declare, combining elasticity for future improvements | with elimination of past outstanding | communication difficu ! | that has enveloped this question ever | gates of 79 nations and territo A5 | gince the firm undertook its task last | sembled to pass in sccond and 1st| juna and puzzled the federation °rs street ind secrecy | Bratianu’s former ct ies. vey has cost the Hansel firm a A8 | able sum. which it has paid, accord- party, which he headed, is at an end. Warden Smith declared the six| would be charged with murder as the result of the slaying of one guard in the cell house, where the trouble | started. The conviets' spokesman, whose name was not revealed, pleaded for leniency for the rebellious convicts, but Warden Smith refused to make promises in that direction. The con- viet then inquired what food would be given those who might be put into| solitary confinement as the resuit of | the outbreak. Upon heing assured that | prisoners o punished would be given | one meal a day the rebels capitulated. | The final ualty list showed convicts and 2 guards dead, 2 con- victs dving, 17 wounded and 4 prison attaches hurt. Four guards, who had been held as hostages emerged from the be- leaguered cellhouse, laden with weap- including two pistols, a number nives and an ax, which the con- victs surrendered. Enters Cellhouse. Warden Smith then announced he would enter the cellhouse, which housed more than 1,200 convicts. Pre- viously he had expressed the belief that not all the 1,200 men had been involved in the uprising. | Meanwhile, National Guardsmen, in | command of Adjt. Gen. R. E. Mittel- | staedt, equipped with machine guns, tanks, sawed-off shotguns and t bombs, stood The 200 armed civil | officers aided in patrolling the prison grounds while the process of surrend- | ering went nhead. { Folsom Prison is the State's peni- tentiary for “bad men”—those who ! are serving second terms and upward, | and those who have life sentenc | Earlier today. National Guard and | prison officers announced they would | flood the building where the convicts | were barricaded. They said the water | svstem at_the pricon was capable of flooding the buildings quickly. Eleven Are Killed. The rebellion broke out shortly be- fore noon yesterday and resulied in | the death ~of persons and the wounding of more than 20 others in a pitched hattle with hastily re- cruited armed forces. | Opposing the embattled convicts | were upward of 500 National Guards- men in command of Adijt . E. E. Mittlestaedt, and about 200 civil offic | How many zuns were in the posses. | sion of the harricaded victs and | how u mmunition. was unde- termined. The State prepared to meet | the host m Ihouse | with 1 buckshot | and cf and two or th The St would be no 1 convicts except they would be | given the opport to surrender | peacefully. | Bert B. Meek. personal representa tive of Gov., C. C. Young. declared the only thing thes convicts would be ed of would be safe conduct to their respective cells | | 1 mored tanks | e one-pounders | es announced there mises made to the| Score Wounded, tified convic e's forces feared that out a previously the imprison machine sun ilding, and ttack the Nine ur et conviets would carry announced thre: ed guards if fire were penr announced the cellhouse unle Originally captive by convicts the night. of these 1 throv'n out of the cel the 1o kil v mor to th i ne d 1o wrds we “fore g held wwin rs from ehe hospital. e s not seriof rs Quizz Had it not been ~a few nidated the been quel occurred, d soon af Warden ioting Neil A Alister Horace Six rden e re questioned The prisoners called Lefore W Smith agreed to assume comp eponsibility for the entire affair Members_of the ~ (Continued ou Daj . Column 2.) | nouncement | at se | the United States to reors | to inadequate diplomat | thing ing her until dead. Police rushed to the Bibb home and found Mrs. Bibb lying dead on the floor in a pool of blood. She had numerous gashes about her head and shoulders and the heavy clock, broken | in two pieces, was on the floor. | Bibb was immediately taken to| police headquarters and questioned by Capt. of Detectives A. S. Wright, who announced that Bibb made a com- plete confession of the killing. A cording to Capt. Wright, Bibb said he became suspicious when his wif locked him out of the room she wi in and that he forced his way in. BALDWIN UPHELD BY PARLIAMENT Move to Censure Cabinet for Failure of Arms Parley Fails in Commons. By the Associated Press. LONDC polic November The of the Baldwin government at the triparte conference of Geneva bas been upheld by the House of | Commons. The House rejected a Labor motion for censure of the gov- ernment for the failure of last Sum- | mer’s conference by a vote of 316 to 103, The suggestion of a maritime Lo- 'arno, in which he would like to see Japan taking the initiative in calling another conference at Tokio, was| made by Comdr. Kenworthy, a mem- | ber of the admiralty war staff in 1917 and now a Liberal member of Com-| mons. He said that the government should have made its recent an- of the abandoning of plans for the laying down of two cruisers before, instead of after, the conference. Position Held Intolerable. He declared Great Britain's posi- tion was intolerable if it was going to stand for the old right of capture nd refuse all approaches from nize and azree to a rearrangement of mari- time law on this subject Sir Austen Chambe secretary, shouldered blame for the failure of the Geneva conference, saying it was due in part, preparation. | idgeman, first lord of the 1dmiralty, argued, however, that the British delegation had done every- possible for success in, foreizn | some of the W. C. B Lloyd George Speaks. | d in the course of an | “It was the United ho ha ked us if we would join the conference of ftive, as it was then hoped it would be, and of three proved to be. 1 did not consider t we should have said to the United ates at that moment: 1 ‘Would not he well hefore you make proposal formally to con- sider on what basis the conference | should meet and whether there is( uch a eement will | likely ake the conference fruitfnl.” ritain was not in a position disarmament until she cut down her own former Premier The existen ining for war was to Burope. he declared - Austen explanation it ser Stricken in Store. Lepkoff, 60 Meyer | Otis plac | terday vears old, 603 , suffered a heart attack ves in a grocery store at 3300 Georgia avenue and died en route to L Garfield Hospital. Funeral services were conducted today. 4 theater; 2 number of comm chants. marketmen and store: already been authorized by Congre: appropriated, middle of this site, and will have run- ning around it on three sides Pennsyl- street and another building, the use of which has not as yet heen designat- Tenth stree the direct from the owners, for the De- and Linworth known as Thirteen-and-a-half street southwes! ! condem for tl Congz site, inz to handle the growing business of acguire land by purch: ) he no / bei mmediate pros g driven from | There seems pect of the par office, howev: A split in the Libe ion may ay be tempo- arily averted by the placing of some | mediocre person at the head of the government. Gen. Prezan, former | commander-in-chief of the Rumanian armv, has already been mentioned as | a possible premier. Sooner or later a break in the ranks of the Liberals is regarded as inevitable because of the jealousies of several of the late premier’'s colleague: none of whom could ever compete with him, but sev. eral of whom are on a par with one another. The death of Bratianu is regarded as making more feasible the eventual | amalgamation of the Liberal and National peasant parties. He had accumulated =0 many enmities in his | long career and was o little disposed | toward compromises that he was per- | haps an unwilling obstacle to such a | fusion. Republican Sentiment Small. Many believe that his death has made the return of Carol more likel On the other hand, it has not incre the small number of those who wis to see this happen. It is thou that the deciding factor will be how well the late premier's successors govern. The same would apply to the prospect of a republic. There seems to be no Republican sentiment among | the peasants, who form the bulk of | the population, It is thought trouble will unless there k ministri on would 382, on which are lo ington Bus Terminal, ed the W formerly The Archives Building. which ha and for which som will money has been be erected in the vania avenue, Ninth street and B d in the building program. U. S. Seeks Another Tract. Construction of these two buildings wiil close off both C street and Louisiana avenue between Ninth and tract of ground, which is attempting to buy The other Treasury partment of Agriculture is known as square No. 263, and is bounded by B and C streets. Fourteenth street place, which is 0 ion of square No. 263 will svernment two blocks to begin erection of the huge building. which eventually is to extend from Twellth to Fourteenth street along B southwest. Already condemnation proceedings have been requested for the acquisition of square 264, ad- jacent to 263. The Department of Justice working on proceedings for 264, which is bounded by B and 2 unlikely that any | Thirteenth street and Linworth | develop in the army should he a series of | s and the ensuing con- | e its_hand. th is doubtless a blow to French intluence, for he was ever France’s firm friend Bratianu died at the age of 63 from a_complication of ailments after an operation intended to relieve throat Other moves by the Government to | trouble. Dr, T a sustained t e or condem-|a small cut in operating on the nation are expected.to follow later in | premier. Blood poisoning developed, m]o )! |Il1hn;i‘ program, but the ones | and his condition was serious today. | which already have been instituted ol compioted will cloar the sites for Sov. Wi et Fooskenet. eral buildings, Queen Marie was prostrated over _The court has completed condemna. | the premier's death. She spent a fs tion proceed) n the first square of | hours with him before his death, the triangle program for the Interpal |°Yes filling with tears as she smiled Revenue Ruilding., known as square |2t him, and he thanked her for 830 and bounded hy Tenth, Eleventh, | cOming. Little B and C streets. Bratianu’s body will lie in state in until Sunday. Then Part of Funds Available. nveyed through the capital Plans for the Archives Building pieied Besinetho, bodyot i were well advanced at one time when | f2ther, (Guis D BEanias fo0 it was intended to place the structure [ ¥¢11% in the little church at iratianu’ on B street between Twelfth and Thir. [ COUNY at Flirica, which he teenth, but change in the site has|PUilt hims ssitated many changes in the|, The D plans for this huildin terest in e ooniot e After her h the fortune passes to koot Mo ue their son, Georges Bratianu. The will of storage building for the Govern. | °Jates only to family matter - ment files, and need not have so many |10 SUSgestion of political legz Wwindows as an office building. Tt will —_— T AUSTRIAN FRINCE DIES. ve facilities for keeping the air Vi- piace. The Government is also starting | ion proceedings for a site | Supreme Court, north of the Library. and another cent to the Government Printing Office, for erection of a build- ice. i his r's will gives a life in fortune to his widow. remaing un-| it will be a kind | but not too d the proper tem- ture, and darkness for the preser- vation of old papers. As it was not necessary to mak. uch a storage type of hrl"]‘h‘n ornamental, it h heen situated inside the U-shaped structure \\‘]H')I Wwill run around it on three Congress has authorized a total cost for archives of $6.900, 000, and already | appropriated $1,600,000 4 il J to start the h The eat extensible building f Department of Ag cultu congress | has authorized to e st §5.750,000, and appropriated therefor §$1,200,000, Former Premier Succumbs in enna at 76. VIENNA, November 25 ().—Prince | Alfred of Windisch-Graetz, former | president of the Austrian upper house and former premier c y, died yesterday, Uno heir. " The widow and two maj vied daughters survive him “The prince belonged to one of the oldest of feudal houses of the once happy Austro Hungarian empive. He was the possessor of the Order of the Golden Fle \d of the Red agle and was a Knight of Maita. he. SEES ENGLAND AS FOE. Frenchman Predicts U. §. and Brit- | ish Break in Next War. _LONDG" !, November (®).—The United States will not be on the same side as England in another European war Herni de Jouvenel, former French to the League of Nations, edicted today in a letter read at the FRANCIS MOSCICKI DIES. Son of Polish President Succumbs in Warsaw. SAW, Poland, November ancis Moscicki, son of the dent of Poland, is dead here. He WAT 1 party through | | to afix to the convention, an agree- | sidered as a d st a civil engineer. Both his parents were present at his bedside. g rites were administered by the presi- dent’'s chaplain, Father Bosanek. o— Radio Programs—Pages 34-35. . International War Danger Conference, M. de Jouvenel, ho recently re. signed his League post as a protest against the policies pursued at Genev was to have addressed the conferenc hut sent a message, which was rea g, ' Last | reading on the new document \H.u.h; the conference has been busy negotiat. ing since October 4. The ceremony of | ning the treaty was next on the | program. Under terms of the convention the original of the treaty will be preserved | in the State Department here, where | the exchange of ratifications also will take place. Hoover to Make Final Address. A farewell Hoov also with pared leading mon sioned Adm address by Secretary chairman of the conference was on the program, together speeches of appreciation pre- by most of the fs of the delegations. A special cere- by the conference was occa- by the sudden death of Rear Bullard, retired, chairman of | the Federal Radio Commisison and an | American delegate. | On account of the insoluble deadlock | which developed during the confer- ence regarding the allocation of votes | among countries for future reference and the uncertainty, therefore, as the number of signator national delegation would be ) allowed ment w ched settin no upon the signatures of any delegation. The provision was added, however that the number of these would pro- vide no claims for votes in future con- ferences he new convention's chief from the previous 1912 treaty and its peculiar importance arise principal- Iy from its allocation of wave lengths to the various international radio serv- ices and In the provisions for new wlio activities whose possibilities were not even suspected in 1912, The bulk of the convention and of the regulations dealing with radio procedure, with rules for the opera- tion of fixed and ship stations, for distress and ordinary communica- tions, and other routine cases, does not differ materially from the previ- ous regulations. Even one of the chief sources of satisfaction to the American delega- tion, namely, the principle which h been firmly established in this con- ice of maintaining all private wtion of radio concerns free from interference, is not strictly speaking in conflicf with the provisions of the previous radio con- vention. However, in this parley the American thesis had to withstand such serious pressure from Furopean tions that its retention is con tinct success. wave lensths he meters the new the provious that time short waves in the experimental s 1 limit differ In allocating all tween 30,000 nd vention ct. entirely or New S new services 1 recogition ference are radio-compas con, weather bulletins and airship communications quencies and pri- orities have been established for them One wave has been allocated to the distribution of criminal news for the readier apprehenion of fu, from justic The convention and r vegarded by the conference expe ndardizing radio practice to a m greater degree than under the 1912 radio convention, which had hecome superannuated. Defects of the pre vious convention also have been cor rected and the new provisions affect- ing radio activities which are yvet in the stage of development have been so drawn up as to carefully avoid mping initiative, especially in allo- ation of the short waves. Above all other benefits, delegates say, tower those which will derive from the wave allocation, with the resultant elimi- nation of the interference in interna- tional communicatiegs ~ existing in late years, ervices Approved The ceived sp which at hive re- this con- radio bea- v “Chair-Warmers” Taxed. VIENNA, November 25 (#).—*Chair warmers” in Vienna's numerous cof- fee houses are to be taxed—about 5 cents an hour. The tax has been de- cided upon by Minister of Finance Kienbock, who has been searching for new sources of state income. s which each | N well as certain members of its utilities committee, was lifted far enough fo- day to reveal that either the public ing to Maj. Emig, out of its own revenue: teen engineers, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) JONES WILL BACK 6040 FISCAL PLAN Says He Will Support D. C. Measure if It Is Presented in Senate. Whether the people of the District are to obtain a more equitable di- vision of the cost of maintaining the ional Ca of Congress will depend largely on the attitude of the House, in the opinion of Senator Jones, Republican, of Wash. or Jones, who takes an active part in local affairs, both on the legis- lative committee and appropriation subcommittee, returned to the Dis- trict today from Seattle. Pointing out that he favored the 0-50 plan of providing for the Capital fity when that law was in effect and that he would vote for the 60-40 ratio at this time if the opportunity pre- sented itself. Senator Jones added that it appeared to him the local citizens would have to concentrate their ap- peal on the other plans of Congress if there is to be any change from the plan begun a few years ago of ap- propriating a lump sum of $9,000,000 innually as the Federal Government’s share of running the National Capital. Gap Has Widened. The total of D has been incres years, with the result that trict appropriations ng in the past few the con- tinuation of the $9.000,000 lump sum | has widened the Iederal Government the amount the D taxation As chairman of the Senate com- merce committee, Senator Jones will have an active part in handling flood control legislation for the Mississippi River. He does not plan calling his committee to consider the problem until_the administration is ready to submit its recommendation. The chairman of the ommittee declared he was o taking whatever steps 1 - immediately to restore the azainst possible raise of the next Spring. 1f additional for levee reconstruction are 0_be_needed, Senator_Jones ap between the s proportion and ct must raise by commeree in favor 1y be nec- ar love stream funds found pital at the coming session | FLYER SUSPENSION LIFTED BY HOOVER A. Reiss Wins Return of Pilot’s License and Re- duction of Fine. Q Seeretary license Hoover today suspension placed of 1733 Twen- | same time mitigated the fine of $500 | to which R violation of the Commerce ment air traffic rezulations posed on Reiss a fine of §: The suspended aviator w Depart- s notified . ordered October and that after to. act as a licensed air- | pension of his licen , s lifted tod | day Reiss may plane pilot. The aviator commercial aviation Hoover Field, at South Washington, Va., was accused of low flying over field the morning of October 13 during the course of which he is to have struck a pony with the land- ing gear of his planc and killed the animal. There has been no charse placed against Reiss in connection with the killing of the pony, whi the Commerce Department holds entirely a matter for the State courts of Vir who 1s a pilot for the company using Called Moral Victory. ceipt of the notification from Mr. Hoover, issued a statement claiming that lifting of the suspension consti tutes a mora! victory for his client, and indicated that he will not, as he has heretofore hinted, present the tter to the District Supreme Court, th a view to issuance of an in- iction azainst the aeronautics sranch of the Commerce Department. Reiss is understood to be preparing to é9¢n a rival flying service to that operated from Hoover Field. The letter from the Secretary Commerce to the pilot follows: “You are hereby notified that the evidence raken at the hearing re- quested by you in connection with the suspension of your authority to act as a licensed pilot, under the air com of merce act of 1926, for a_period of 90 " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. {House Deserted as ™ Appears; 3,000 Gallons of Mash Found Apparently frightened by a low-fly- ing airplane which they thought car- ried prohibition agents, the occupants ot a small house near Seat Pleasant have vacated the premises, leaving be- hind six bins of mash, each bin con- taining about 600 gallons. Residents of Seat Pleasant say they noticed an airplane flying so low over their community last Friday and Sat- urday that they thought it was going to land. As prohibition officials had some time ago announced that they were going to employ planes to scout out stills in wooded regions, it is be- lieved this is what caused the house to be deserted. A strong odor of mash is perceptible around the dwelling, and the citizens have speculated whether an airman could smell it. The house, which is on the Carmody road, about a mile from the District line, belongs to John Quintrell, now living at Forestville, Va., where he 4 Dry” Airplane teaches school. A Washington man and his family had rented and occu- pied the premises during October, but early this week a friend of Quintrell's noticed it was vacant and notified the owner. Quintrell went over to inspect the house yesterday. He found two col- ored men, who said they had been sent to “clean up, and were obeying in- structions by emptying the contents of the bins in a nearby creek. Quin- trell stopped them and notified Con- stable Harry Boswell, who stated the men were not doing anything unlaw- ful, and let them go. Quintrell then got in"touch with prohibition officials. who were expected to confiscate the alleged mash today. Quintrell claims that whoever had occupled the premises had put an ex- tension on the chimney, run a pipe line to a nearby creek for water be- cause the pump was out of order, and taken some of his furniture, me of | fund ms lifted the | on was liable for alluged | He im- | {in a letter from Mr. Hoover that sus- | Jesse Duke, attorney for Reiss, on | tained by the company. the \Washington Rapid | Transit Co. is not to be included in the merger, the consolidated company | would _enter. into reciprocal arrange- | ments with it for transfer privileges. The new plan also provides that the consolidated company be relieved of the crossing police and paving tax. With the approval of Congress and | the Public Utilities Commission a re- serve fund of $1,000,000 in cash would Da provided for the purpose of paying | for the changing and realignment of s tracks and facilities as approved by the Public Utilities Commission. | "It is estimated.” the report de | clares, “that the benefits derived by | the consolidation through the antici- | pated economies will produce a net | operating inco 50,000." The saving in pow costs is estimated at on in_depreciation 5,000; elimination of the nd paving taxes at 000, respectively, and saving of $300.000 through central ization of control, realignment of properties, operation, ete. Disagrees With Wilson Report. Mr. Bachman disagreed with the | Wilson report, which set a valuatic of £50,000,000 on the proposed merge apanies. The base of cen suggested value of the stocks | standing and, | antomatically | stocks and bond: Althouz rossing o 100 and §1 0,000,000 that has is equal to the par and bonds out s a basis, would the excess of eliminated in 1914,” | the report states, and “in view of the | shrinkage in revenue,” it continued. | “would impose on the rate payer a burden too great to bear. “It is therefore urged that there be no commitment value as a requisite to a_consolidation.” The Washington Rapid Transit Co., the report declares, operates as an entirely independent company, and apparently nothing can be zained in including it in the con lidation. While it furnished a valu- able and helpful service, Mr. Bach- man points out, its reports indicate constant operating losses that would | to quite an extent impair the benefits | " (Continued on Page 7, Column 1. \OWNER OF U. S. YACHT EVADES ATTACHMENT Pursued by Canadian Officers on Charge of Damaging Bridge, Speeds to International Waters. ‘I By the OTT. International vacht Vi ciated Pr WA, Ontario, November 25.— waters today kept the , owned by Willlam C. Durant, American financier, safe from | pursuing Canadian govesnment eraft, which were secking to serve a writ of attachment against her. The Vidor yesterday passed Fame Poin iaspe Coast toward the open and international waters, where the Canelian craft would be powerless to stoy her. Aside from the writ of attachment v~ the Vidor dam- ed ‘a bridge over ¢ne Lachine canal | at Montr the Vidor also was charged w flipe to comply with Port ciearing and lotage rulee and [ with traveling through Quebec har bor at an excessive rate of speed. A river pilot reported to Canadian officials that the Vidor's captain had refused to put him ashore at Quebec, after he had brought the ship down from Montreal and tnac ne was forced to jump overboard and swim ashore. . CARDINAL HAS RELAPSE. ROME, November 25 (#).—Cardinal Bonzano has suffered a relapse, as two bulletins ued today testify. The latest said that his pulse at noon was 120, his temperature 100 and his respiration 24, while a morning bulletin announced strong cardiac de- pression. pulse 120 and wealk, tempera- ture 100, respiration 32, £\