Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1928, Page 2

CONGRESS ACTION OND.C. BILLS SEEN Both Houses Expected to Take Up Railway Merger and Other Proposals. In addition to the.street rallway merger problem, the Senate District committee is expected to give its at- tention during the coming session of Congress to & number of other pieces of proposed legislation left over from the last session. One of the important measures the committe¢ had before it when Con- gress adjournéd in May was the bill to improve the procedure by which the Qovernment, condemns land for Fed- eral purposes in the National Capital This bill, regarded as urgent in view of the various projects the Government has under way in Washington requiring additional land, passed the House in the final hour before adjournment. Since this will be another session of the same Congress, the measure retains the status it in May and can be taken up by the Senate without retrac- ing the steps taken at the last session. Other Senate Matters. Other matters that were before the Senate District committee at the last session, and deferred until the eomina session, were: The bill to prevent frau in connection with the sale of secur- ities, a measure to provide better regu- lation of the. sale and possession of dangerous weapons, the question of au- tomobile liability insurance, the pro- posed new general insurance code, a proposed new law on the subject of vagrancy, and the problem of provid- ing for an airport for the National Cap- ital. Beeides these matters awalting action by the committee, there is the ques- iion of providing for & new farmers’ market, which was reported to the Senate several weeks prior to adjourns ment, but falled to come to a vote, be- cause of debate as to whether the m ket site should be in the Southwest section or somewhere north of Penn- sylvania avenue, The bill had previous- 1y passed the House, with provision made for the Southwest site. It will remain on the Senate calendar for further debate when ‘ess Tecon- venes next month. There are a number of other local measures that were passed either in the Senate or House during the last ses- sion, and which, if they are not acted on the other branch before March 4, will have to be reintroduced and con- sidered again from the beginning of the legislative process. Bills Awsiting House. Among the important bills which have passed the Senate and will be awaiting House this Win- ter are the measure wgrevmt the op eration of diploma mills by regulating iriet; tho practice Bil. t pro- triet; m , to pro- vide for the licensing of all prumpl;no- ers, including the various methods of drugless he an additional judge in the District Su- m& Court to expedite hearing of lemnation In addition to the lsl"lnm‘ market measure, there are several other local Dbills on the Senate calendar still await- ing & vote, including one to define the status of the Woman's Bureau of the Police Department, and the measure to authorige free text books for the junior and senior high schools. Chairman of the Senate Dis- trict committee is due in Washington Saturday of this week and probably will | the take up. the finfl..ur for & ion as soon &s he tan srrange of th# subcommiittee to- which lent was referred. - Uniop Station. Plasa. - blie bulldin -ll mmn&“. of which ator of New x:-fi;mn 18 chairman, mmm House tween the Capitol and The Senate during las passed the bill increasing the - ment annuities of QGovernment em- ployes, and efforts will be made to have the House act on it before the Seven- tieth ‘oss ends Mareh there should be a special Spring, “nfl‘lh‘ ;fl: h l:‘t.i:t , pending on e Jative action is not ocompleted on ‘March 4 would have to be trody referred to committees and conside: again by both houses. RESCUED STUDENTS TELL OF WANDERING BAREFOOT IN SNOW (Continued From First Page.) hing was wet. We had no matches way of bullding a signal fire. ‘We almost cried when we saw the planes go out of sight where we could mot see them again. “There was snow and there was rain, Sights Telephone Wire. “Finally we floundered up the side of s mountain, & new one we had not reached before. That was last night. “I saw a telephone wire and thought we could get aid. We walked and walk- ed. I don’t remember what happened until the men came this morning.” Federal and State Governments had united in the search at the request of Gov. C. ©. Young. RUMANIA ANXIOUS TO OBTAIN BUSINESS OF SOVIET RUSSIA (Continued From First Page.) session retire together, and has a population of 2,500,000 In some respects it is ex- cesdingly primitive, and has only & few hundred miles of railroads and high- ‘ways. May Demand Money Return. If Maniu decides to open conversa- tions with Moscow looking toward rec- ognition, one of the chief subjects of discussion will be the return to his country of $63,000.000 worth of gold coin and ingots belonging to the Ru- msanian National Bank, Queen Marie's crown Jewels, & number of important state documents and many rare books and paintings. These Rumanian prop- erties, on the advice of the allies, had been hastily removed to Moscow when the German Army swarmed over tiat country during the World War. ‘Thus far Rumania is the only coun- try of the little entente which has not recognized the Soviet government and Premier Maniu believes that as only the =ivar divides the two countries they ought 1q do a profitable trade and that even if ‘steadfast friendship cannot be sstablished they can at least be polite and business like neighbors. . Boy Killed After Warning. HOUSTON, Tex.. November 17 (#).— Emery Fisher, 18. was shot and killed today while hunting ducks in a rice field owned by W. W. McKay. Fisher's companions, William Nelson and Edwin Dunaway, sald some one warned them EPOCHAL CHANGES OCCUR HERE IN BRIEF LIFE OF UTILITIES BODY New Commission Wins Praise | ing: the bill providing for | Rin and {Ifll for Accomplishments Dur- ing Last 20 Months. Considers Part in Proposed Transit Merger Its Chief Achievement So Far. mmisgion, has ond _dirthday. jor itself a po- ’nwnl to none agencles in the 0 Distriot, !g J, revigw, of ‘the com- mission’s deofsions and thelr eflect 15 contatned in the article which foliows. BY JAMES E. CHINN, The new Public Utilities Commission, created by Congress to relieve the two civilian members of the Board of Dis- trict Commissloners of the various duties connected with administration of the public utilities’ act, has been functioning since March 7, 1927 far . surpassing in importance perhaps any single or group of changes fhat | marked the 14-year life of the former ‘ommission. The new commission has readjusted telephone, electricity and motor bus fates and successfully delayed an at- tempt to raise street car llm;lgul its e Ap- proval of & plan for merging the tr % portation lines of the District—an im- provement, perglstently sought for the | last 20 years. It was a coincidence, or maybe just a stroke of good fortune, that the first actual steps to consoll- date the transit lines were taken after the creation of the new commission, but whatever it is called, the commission now stands ready to accept any glory or praise that follows the final consum- mation of the unification if that comes to pass. Mer, Pact Ch!’f Feat. It is true that Harley Peyton Wilson, gr‘lncunl owner of the Washington pid Transit Co. and a director in the great public utility holding corpora- tion, the North American Co. of New York, was the real guiding genius be- d_the merger negotiations, but had the Public Utilities Commigsion turned down the plan of consolidation all hope of & unified operation of the transpor tation lines in the near future would have died with its action. The com- mission, therefore, considers the part it gl:nm in ,mln[ the merger pact before gress for ratification the crowning accomplishment of its short existence. Aside from roving the unifich- tion ment, the commi looks upon its recent action n forestallng move of the Capital Traction Co. for & 10-cent fare pending disposition of merger agreement in ress As another outstanding schievement. The history. of case s yet in the blic mind, and whatever llu'?ubhc hinks of the outcome, the comm ulfn Unexpected Disposition. It was an unusual and wholly un- expected disposition of the case, but was done to avold the possibility of jeopardizing congressional approval of the merger agreement. The car com- pany, however, is left in a position to Tenew its request for a higher fare if Congress adjourns next March 4 with- out authorizing a unification. The records of the commission are filled with other cases vitally affectin every user of a public utility, one of which developed about two months had taken the ad settled down to serd dflm their duties. Of- ials of the Cl \peake & Potomac Telephone ‘Co. came in on the morn- ing of May 13, 1927, and offered to compromise a rate case that it had Imn‘ fighting in the courts for two w ears. The compromise meant a reduction in telephone rates. In addition the company agreed to make certain re- funds to its subscribers and withdraw its case from the District Supreme Court without having a valuation fixed on its property by the court. ‘The commission liked the proposition and accepted it with a feeling that the telephone company, after two years of fighting, finally had accepted the former commission’s prinicples of valuation as correct. Telephone rates were reduced as of June 10, 1925, when the former com- mission’s order for a lower rate was ordered, but which litigation held up, and approximately $140,000 was re- turned to telephone subscribers who had paid the difference between the old and new rates over a period of nearly two years. The reduction brought the rate for | unlimited service down from $5 a month to $4.75 and increased the number of messages on two-party lines from 35 to 40 a month. rates under the compromise agreement will remain in effect until June 1, 1020, and thereafter untll changed or modified, the valu- ation side of the case being dormant during this period. The next important formal case taken up and disposed of by the commission was an application of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. for authority to raise its rate of fare to 10 cents cash. After consideration of the case the commis- sion granted the increase on the ground ithat a 10-cent fare was reasonable and just. With its 10-cent fare, however, the company has been unable to pay In | this comparatively brief span of 20| months epochal events have occurred | in public utility affairs in the msmct! 8 | order, the. Wi g | tric Co. was gives Top, left to right: Col. Hanson Brand and T. W. Childress. Center: Col. Wil- llam B. Ladue and (lower), Ralph B, Fleharty. interest or dividenas out of earnings. For the 12 months ended September 30 last this company showed a net ope erating deficit after depreciation and taxes of $8588.62, and after interest and other charges a net deficit of $38,« 603.26. The commission belleves that 1t is groblhle some improvement in these res will be made before the end of the year. but it does not appear likely that the company will have & net income. Probably that originated also soon after its organiza- tion, when the Anacostia Citizens' As- sociation flled a petition for improved car service for Anacostia and for the newer-type one-man cars like the ones the Washington Railway & Electric Co. had placed in operation on its Wiscon- sin_avenue line. This petition resulted in the reopen- ing of a previous long controversy over the use of one-man cars in the District and provoked a storm of public eriti- cism against this type of car. The commission considered the com- plaints seriously and ultimately came to the conclusion that the old-type one- man cars then in operation on the Ana- costia line did not and could not give satisfactory service, and ordered r retirement from service or their con- version to conform to the mewer with automatic treadle exits and double front doors to permit of simul entrance and exit. .In carrying out ington Rallway & rmission to gur- chase st of the new typé in operation on the Wisconsin avenue line to give improved service in Anae costia, but decreed that under no cir- cumstances should the total number of one-man cars in use in the District be increased. ‘The commission has considered and Flssed upon scores of other matters involving changes ‘in motor bus Anc‘l the most perplexing case lent ¢ street car routes, and it is now en| in making a new valuation of ‘Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies. Incidentally this 18" its. first valuation proceeding. On the outcome of this valuation case will hinge the future gas rates in the District. The Washington com- pany alone has filed a claim to a fair value almost double the valuation al- lowed in 1916, Qeorgetown company, yet been filed, is expected to add ap- proximately $2,000,000 to the present 830,000,000 figure, People's Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty, whose office was created simultaneous] with the new commission, is E.'."""“‘ now for a vigirous fight to have the valuation claim shaved down materi- ally. Whatever the commission’s final allowance might be, the valuation fig- ure is expected to be higher than the 1916 allowance, which will put the gas companies in a position to demand an increase in rates. & A center trolley pole removal pro- gram, which provides for the complete elimination of all center uollcdv poles in the District in 10 years, and a mave to equalize the revenue tax on motor busses operated by the street car com- panies and independent bus concerns are among the other achievements of the commission. Considerable progress is now being made on the removal of the center trolley poles, the work being confined at present to Georgia avenue, and the six mills per bus mile tax on motor busses proposed by the commis- sion to a_committee of District officials revising the 27-year-old license tax laws probably will be adopted. Under the ex- isting laws, the street car companies pay a 4 per cent tax on the lglrou earn- ings of the bus operations, while the in- dependent bus concerns pay no revenue tax at all, escaping with the $9 annual fee—the so-called “jitney” license tax, John W. Childress, & nativé of Ten- nessee, who made a success in the real estate business in Washington some years ago and later acquired a pump and valve manufacturing plant in Alex- andria, Va., is chairman of the commis- sion and has held this position since its organization. The vice chairman is Col.- Harrison Brand, jr., a lawyer, who before being named a member of the commission had specialized in public utility matters, The third member of the commission is Col. Willlam B. Ladue, Engineer Commissioner of the District. which has’ not i Two little 9-year-old boys have gone on the wagon for good. Last evening they found a gallon jug of wine in a garage, poured half of it into & glass jar and took it home to their own back yard, where they drank it. About an hour later two extremely sick small boys nnggereu into their homes, and a half hour later one of them had colla) and lay screaming and kicking on the sidewalk at the cor- ner of Eighth and G streets southwest. His almost hysterical mother sum- moned the Emergency Hospital ambu- lance and the Fire Department rescue | squad, and both boys were taken to the | hospital. Later in the evening they were returned to their home, and both were emphatic in their reiterations that “I'll never touch a drop again.” ‘The boys are Cecil Kennedy of 918 G street southwest, and Benjamin | Owens, who lives next door at 920 G street southwest. off the farm before the shooting oc- curred. Authorities at Goose Creek and Berbers Hill begen an investiga- Hon of the killing. According to Mrs. Virgle Kennedy, Ceeil's mother, he had been in the habit of collecting old papers and sell- ing them for jUnk. Yesterday after- BL1E Gallom f Wisse Miskes Boys. 9, Wow To Remain Forever on Water Wagon | wagon and started to the home of Cecil's mother. In a garage they said they found the jug. From somewhere they produced a half-gallon jar and both say they poured it full. Both also say they drank it all Each boy reported home for dinner, but so sick that he could not eat. Their mothers insisted that they stay home and mot go to the movies. Mrs, Gertrude Owens, mother of Benjamin, relented, however, and Benjamin went to a movie with his older brother, John, 11 years old. Against his mother's orders, Cecil sneaked out the back door. When he reached the end of the block he col- apsed and fell to the sidewalk. | 'Mrs. Webb finally arrived and quited the boy and he consented to be carried home. His excited mother thought at | first he had been poisoned. | Meanwhile, Mrs. Owens, hearing of what had occurred, rushed to,the the- ater and brought her son hoi Both boys went to the hospital the ambulance, has confronted the commission |t be The claim of the [orde noon he and Benjamin took a toy! GRANGE WEN Vi WASHNGTON TOB Memorial Service and Pil- grimage to Rock Creek Ceme- tery on Today’s Program. After devoting yesterday to ritualistic ceremonies and a pilgrimage to Mounz Vernon to honor the memory of George ‘Washington, most illustrious of Ameri- can farmers, the six or seven thousand men and women attending the sixty- second annual session of the National lanned to attend church services and the annual memorial serv- ice of the order and to go on A pil- grimage to Rock Creek Cemetery where some of the founders of the grange are buried. The National Grange of todav is an outgrowth of Potomac Grange, No. 1, first organization of its kind, which was formed in this city in 1868. Beveral thousand of the grangers, including the national officers, went to Mount Vernon yesterday afternoon, some on the steamboat Charles Mac- alester, some in motor busses and some in private motor cars. They were welcomed on their arrival by members of Mount Vernon Grange, No. 751, uomfoud entirely of farmers' who now reside on land which was formerly a part of Qeorge Washington's estate. Short Welcome Address. Harvey Clapp of Woodlawn, Va., son of former Senator Clapp of Minnesota, delivered a short address of welcome and the response was made by Louis J. Taber of Columbus, Ohlo, master of the National Grange. George C. Gilli {ham, master of the Mount Vernon Grange, was In general chaige of the ceremonies. | Both Mr. Taber and Mr., Clapp in |their addresses referred to George Washington as the symbol of the dignity and importance of the agricul- tural fndustry. Grange here, The welcoming ceremonies took plac on the terrace in front of the Moun Vernon mansion.” They were followed by & tour of the estate and the placing of a wreath on Washington's tomb by | Natlonal Master Taber. Most of the thousands of Grangers who made the Mount Vernon pilgrim- age were disappointed when it was learned that & pageant, with the per- formers in colonial costume, had been abandoned. ‘At first it was reported that this was done because of objections By persons in charge of the estate, but latet Mr, Tlapp explained to The Btar that the Mount Vernon Grange had not had time to prepare for the pageant. Delay in Opening Gates. There was a_hitch and_considerable delay, according to Mr. Taber, before permission was granted to open the gates of the tomb to allow the wreath laced. lo_not want to blame anybody, and there may have been a good reason for the delay,” Mr, Taber said Ilater, “but it looked for a time as if we would not be allowed to place our wreath on the tomb of the most famous of Ameri- can farmers and the man who is the ideal of our order, as well as of all other patriotic ricans, When we had in- sisted rather strenuously the gates were unlocked and the wreath was put in place on the tomb with appropriate ceremony.” The piigrimage to Rock Creek Cem- tery will be made at 2 p.m. today, Four of the original seven founders of the QGrange are buried in Washington cemeteries. The tomb of Oliver Hudson Kelley, originator of the Grange idea and the activating spirit of the order An its” eatly days, i located‘in Rock D clal dufy ol .Potomac «No. 1, this city. +y ness ségsions of the Grange will Wegin tomorrow morriing. ahd last until the final session Priday after- noon. Various resolutions, dealing with all sorts of subjects from prohibition to matters of special interest to- farmers, will be debated and disposed of at these sessions. Entertainment Arranged. Besides business sessions many. social functions and other affairs hove been arranged for the éntertainment of the thousands of Grangers in the city. The Grange officers will attend the morning service at the Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in & body this morning. Tonight at 8 o'clock in the large. ballroom of the Willard Hotel National Chaplain W. W. Deal of Idaho will have char; el gr e Gran, The the annual memorial service of er. ‘The 72 voting delegates, men and ‘women, will be the guests at a luncheon flvcn Jointly * tomorrow' at 12:30 p.m. the auditorium of the National Press Club by the Monday Lunch Club, com« mlefl of secretaries.of national organ- tions with headquarters in this city, and the Tuesday Lunch Club, composed of representatives of farm organizations, heads of divisions of the Department of Agriculture and others interested in farming. GERMAN POLICE DOGS REPLACE MALAMUTES ANCHORAQE, Alaska (#).—With a view to adding inteliigence. to ‘stamina for the production of the ideal sled dog in the North, German polfce or shep- herd dogs have supplanted all other breeds for crossing with gray wolves and with the native Eskimé dog in Central and interior Alaska. The results of these new crosses have been so successful that now the highest bred police do‘l are being imported ‘to imgrove the strains. ne of the principal objections to the Eskimo do,, or malamute, has been his penchant ' for * thievery and destruction of domestic birds and animals. Having been raised where anything with feath- ers represents the food of his for- bears;, the malamute can seldom be trained so that he can be trusted near domestic animals, The intelligence of the German doj or the shepherd, it is contended, wil! eventually produce strains worthy of trust in lous centers as well as on the trail where often a musher's safety now degends on his carrying a shot- loaded blacksnake whip or a club for handling the half-savage animals on _which he relies for transportation. The 6. Try to avold worry. on’ your body. undermine your health. Telephone Main 6883 | ber 26. Preventing Tuberculosis Consists in maintaining’ and increasing your general re- sistance and the vitality born in you. culosis getts do not thrive in a healthy body. To Maintain Health 1. Avold house dust and impure or close air, day or night. 2. Get all the light and sunshine possible into your home. 3. Avold raw milk, raw cream and butter made of unpasteurized cream. 4. Eat plain, nourishing food, more vegetables, less mest. 5. Get enough sleep by refiring early enough. Be cheerful. Think kindly. Your mind acts And Get Yt>>u(rnelf:‘ Examined on every birthday by a competent physician. In that way you ean have imperfections corrected before they Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis o G, PROGRAN IS GIVEN FOR AERIAL PARLEY Delegates From 50 Nations Will Attend Meeting Here in December. . Details of the “rruum for the first International Civil Aeronhutics Confer- ence, which promises to. be the most notable event of its kind in the history of aviation, were announced last night by Leighton W.. Rogers, executive of- ficer of the conference. . Delegates wil.be presents from ap- proximately 50 nations. While the fea- ture is to be the three-day conference here December 12, 13 and 14, the entire !.:rognm includes events covering near- y all of next month, and including visits to the commercial ayiation show at Chicago during the first week of De- cember. to the Army test flelds at Day- ton, Ohio, to the Langley Memorial Laboratories at Langley Field, Va., and to Kitty Hawk, N, C.. the scene of the first power-driven airplane flight. Delegates Will Use Planes. The program includes plans for meet- ing the foreign delegates on shipboard, transporting them by rail and airplane to the International Aeronautics Exposi- tion at Chicago, and then by air and rail to this city, then by boat, bus and train to Langley Field and Kitty Hawk. The landing of the delegates at New York and other points.of entry will be facilitated through the customs by con- ference representatives. At New York the reception committee will open an office in the Hotel Roosevelt Novem- ‘The Chicago exposition will be held December 1 to 9. under auspices of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. All delegates and representatives to the ‘Washington conference have been in- vited, and conference headquarters will be opened in the Hotel Stevens, Chi- cago. The delegates will be the guests of the Chicago Aero Commission while there. Weather permitting, it is planned to provide free airplane transportation for the visiting delegates between Cleve- land and cmc-fi and from Chicago to Dayton, For this purpose the trans. portation committee, headed by Lieut. Comdr. DeW. C. Watson, commandant of the Anacostia Naval Air Station, has obtalned ~ 15 tri-motored transport lanes, & majority of them to be loaned y private operators. The delegates will be taken from New York to Cleveland by railroad, special train leaving New York at 6:30 p.m. December 5, and arriving in Cleveland the follow- ing mofning. The delegates will be the guests of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and the National Air Transport Co. while in Cleveland, The fleet of multi-motored planes will be assembled at the Cleveland airport and will leave about noon December 6 for Chicago. Special Entertainment Planned. - December 7 has been designed as a day for special entertainment of the conference guests at Chicago. Nearly every type of American aircraft, both commercial and military, with motors, accessories and various aids to aerial nnvlgfitlon. will be shown there. A number of European aircraft also will be exhibited, making the show one of the greatest of its kind ever held. A banquet will be held for the visitors at the Sherman Hotel the night of De- cember 7. On December 8 the conference air- planes will leave for Dayton, weather permitting. At Dayton, the home city of, the Wright Aroc rs And the scene of’ their it #irplane @mmu a big celebration ‘will be held eommem- orating the - twenty-fifth anniversary of the firat. successful extended flight in & powetsdriven airplane, inade by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, De- cember 17, 1903. The .city and the Chamber of Commerce will entertain the visitors, who will be given an op- portunity to visit the experimental 1.3- oratories of the Army Alr Corps at Wright and McCook flelds; The city lllAD will mn'qu:'t‘ chfil véneam. spect rain- w rifig the guests to Washington, arriving here .;ubout 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 11. The delegates will register and deposit their credentials that afternoon at the con- ference headquarters in the United States Chamber of Commerce Building. Conference Opens December 12, ‘The opening session of the conference will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, De-- cember 12, at the Chamber of Com- merce Building and will be followed by luncheon from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sub- sessions of the conference will be held during the afternoon and at 5 p.m. the visitors will be recelved by President Coolidge. At 9 o'clock that night a reception will be held by the Secretary of Commerce. by A plenary session of the conference will held at 10 a.m, December 13, followed by luncheon and afternoon subsessions. That night, at 8:30 o'clock, there will be an elaborate celebration at_the: Washington Auditorium. Morning and afternoon sessions on Fridey, December 14, will be followed at 8'pm. by a banquet to members of the conference by the American dele- gation. . A spectacular aerial show will be staged. at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, De- cember 15, by Army, Navy and Marine Corps aviators at Bolling Field and the Naval Air Station. That afternoon the delegates will inspect the laboratories at the Bureau of Standards. 5 The delegates will leave Washington by steamer at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, De« cember 15, arriving at Old Point Com- fort! Sunauf morning to visit the Lang- ley Field laboratories. The trip then will be continued by bus to Kitty Hawk, where the delegation will be the lunch= eon guests of the Kill Devil Hills Memorial Assoclation: A cornerstone will be laid there for a monument to the Wrights to be erected by the United State Government. On the spot from which the first flight was made a memorial is being placed by the Na« tlonal Aerongutic Association. The del- egates will participate in both unveil- ing_ceremonies. The party wll leave Kitty Hawk at. 2 p.m. Monday, December 17, and will’ arrive here early Tuesday, December 18, when' the gathering will be dis- banded. Because of ‘the high cost of flax, only about one-fourth of the 300.000 flaxe spinning mills in Crechoslovakia are operating. Problem of Tuber- NOVEMBER 18, | 8he was treated at home. 1022 11th Street N.W. t 1928—PART CHAMBERLAIN URGES BETTER ANGLO-U. S. UNDERSTANDIN Foreign Secretary-Sails From Canada Upon Recovery :! From lliness. Disclaims Naval Competition in Commenting on Cool- idge’s Speech. By the Associated Press. QUEBEC, Quebec, November ¢17.— Fully recovered from his recent illness, Sir Austen Chamberlain, British for- eign secretary, sailed late today aboard the steamship Regina for England. In an interview with newspaper men | Just before leaving, he commented briefly on the Armistice day speech of President Coolidge. He made a plea for | greater understanding by the people of the United States of the position of Great Britain, and declared that Great Britain had no rivalry with the United States and had no desire to enter upon naval competition with it. Disclaims Naval Rivalry, “We have no rivalry with the United States,” Sir Austen said. “We have no desire to start or efiter upon a naval competition with them, but our circum« stances are very peculiar and I belleve they would judge us more fairly if they appreciated them. “We are the center of a world-wide empire. While their communications are mainly continental, ours lle acrose the seas. While we often have no more than a few weeks' supply of food in our country, and are dependent on keeping open our sea communications with you here in Canada and with Australia for G | SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAI our supplies, the United States are n | the matter of ;oodb;.laog entlflmy self- supporting, and subje no danger o nurvnunn' from interruption ol.:;elr commerce. Cites Physical Comparison. “Whilst the approaches to their consts, with the llnrlu exception of the Panama Canal, which is heavily forti- fled with a large garrison, are across the n sea, the approaches to England are through narrow waterways which ex- pose our trade to peculiar dangers.” Questioned as to the probable out- come of the general elections to be held in Qreat Britain in the coming year, 8ir Austen replied unhesitatingly, “Mr. Baldwin will have a majority.” AUTO KILLS CHILD: SEVENAREIIRED Two of Traffic Accident Vic- tims Struck by “Hit-and- Run” Drivers. One child is dead and another seri- ously injured as a result of last night's traffic accidents. Of the six other in- Jured, two were struck by “hit-and-run” drivers. The dead boy is Earl Payne, colored, 10 years old, 123 Thomas street. He was instantly killed when struck in front of his home an automobile operated by Willie Blake, colored, 26 years old, of the 200 block K street. ‘Witnesses are said to have told eighth ecinct police that the child darted rom behind a parked car directly in front of Blake's car. Blake has n arrested and is held for the inquest, which will take place tomorrow. Driver Questioned. Serlous injuries were suffered by George N. Fant, 4 years old, 234 Four- teenth street northeast, when he was struck. near his home by an automobile orenud by Martin A. Gleason, 34 years old, 410 Crittenden street, when he is sald to have step from behind a parked automobile. He was taken to Casualty Hospital and treated for severe Iacerations to the scalp: Gleason was uestioned by ninth precinet police and then released. “Hit-and-run” drivers were held re- sponsible for the injury to Miss Stella RER T T ational ining or 3 Catherine Dienahan, 8 years old, 413 K street northeast. The former suffered shock and pos- sible internal injuries when struck at Bladensburg road and Central avenue northeast. After treatment by a nearby hysician she was taken to the train- g school. The child was cut and bruised when struck as she was cross- ing the street in front of 613 K street. Auto’ Strikes Pole. Blind Eye Leads To Banker’s Arrest On Theft Charges By the Associated Press. 8T. LOUIS, Mo, November 17— The blind right eye of Frank Can- ning, absconding bank teller, be- AREKNOWNDEAD N EUROPEAN CALE North Sea Countries = Get Full Force of Storm. Lull in England. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 17.—The terrific | gale which has swept Western Europe | for two days was raging over the con- | tinent tonight with & known death toll ! of 39 and with 12 other persons missing in its broad path of destruction. Eng- land was enjoying a lull in the wind- storm, but the North Sea countries atill were bearing its full force. Of the three deaths reported on the continent, one occurred in Antwerp, one in Coblenz, #hd one at Bethune, Franc* + A family of 12 was given up as lost ar Amsterdam when a report was received | that the wreck of their boat had been seen in the Zuyder Zee. Drown at Rye. Nineteen persons were killed in Eng- land either by wreckage torn loose by {| the wind or by stumbling in front of vehicles while bucking -the storm with heads down, Seventeen were drowned’ at Rye when a lifeboat capsized. Tele- phones, telegraph and train services were demoralized. Channel steamers last night required from 8 to 13*hours for a voyage normally made in less than 2, with resulting suffering for the . passengers. Injuries were numerous and their | volume was increased by an unusual | number of vehicular accidents. Wild blasts which swept through the busy streets of citles and towns brought additional peri} to pedestrians who were trying to thread" their way through traffic. The storm caused heavy property damage both afloat and ashore. Tele- graph lines were down in all directions, and many small buildings were un- roofed and their contents soaked by rain, while trees were uprooted across roads and railways. Germany was one country to feel the | violence of the storm The Rhineland was visited by a fierce wind and torrential rain which caused many injurfes. A woman was killed and seven persons injuried in the collapse trayed him to police and caused his arrest today on a charge of em- bezzling $51,000 from the First Na- tional Bank of Garfleld, N. J. Detective Arthur Egenreither recog- nized the face on & $500 reward poster as that of & man he had seen several days previously on a street corner. After watching the corner for several days he got his man. Canning had only 5 cents in his pockets when found. iguration must B¢ as unpretentious as_possible. Mr. Hoover requested the mayor not to prepare a demonstration in his honor when he leaves town tomotrow night aboard a special section of the “Sunset Limited.” A large crowd is ex- pected at the station, anyway. Nearly 40 members wili comprise the official party, as announced today. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, therc will be their younger son, Allan; Am- bassador Henry P. Fletcher. represent- ing the State Department; John Grif- fin Mott, Los Angeles attorney and close 'friend of the =President-elect; George Barr Baker, at one time assoc: ate and campaign’ adviser; George E. Akerson, assistant. to Mr. Hoover; Comdr. A. T. Beauregard, naval aid; two State = Department interpreters, William P. McEvoy, assistant to Mr. Akerson, and Miss Ruth Fesler, Secre- tary to Mrs. Hoover. Ambassador Fletcher and the other State Department representatives will join the party at San {eflro. e The newspaper contingent includes Wil Irvin, Mm’ie Sullivan, Edward Price Bell and. Willlam Philip Sims, special correspondents; James L. West and Clarence Dubose, Assoclated Press: Thomas L. Stokes and Harry Frants, United Press; Lawrence Sullivan, In- ternational News Service; Arthur Hach~ ten, Universal Service; Lemuel C. Speers, New York Times: Philip Kins ley, Chicago Tribune; James L. Wright, Buffalo Evening News; Edward 8. Mc- Intosh, New York Herald-Tribune; Lillian McCall, 16 years ‘old, 2717 Mills avenue northeast, was cut about the face by flying glass when the auto- mobile in which she was riding struck a trolley pole at Rhode Island avenue and Sixteenth street northeast. She was treated at Sibly Holfltll. ‘The driver, James H. Sprouse, 4111 Canal road, was uninfured. Policeman Vincent Minton, 30 years old, of the Traffic Bureau, living at 417 Eighteenth street southeast, suffer- ed a broken arm when he was knocked down at Eighth and D_streets north- east by a atreet car. He was treated at Casualty Hospital, where his con- dition'is sald to be not serious. A fractured leg was suffered by Rich- ard Hansen, colored, 2800 Ontario road, when he was knocked from his motor- cycle at Ninth and T streets by an automobile operated by Levi D. Miller of Baltimore, Md. He was treated at 8ibley Hospital. Jeremiah Phillips, 30 years old. 324 Third street, was treated at Sibley Hospital for bruises about the bodv after he was struck at Sixth and F streets by an automobile operated by Henry D. Patten, 1205 Fifteenth street. His injuries were not serious. HOOVER TO LEAVE HOME TONIGHT ON FIRST LEG OF TOUR (Continued From First Page.) Richard Beamish, Philadelphia Inquirer; Robert Allen, Christian Science Mon- tor; Robert McManus, New York Sun, and The Star's correspondent. Seven camera men also will make the trip. No one yet. knows the definite itin- erary, because of Mr. Hoover's desire to confer with Ambassador Fletcher be- fore announcing it. This means that the completed schedule will not be made | known until the battleship is Tentative Itierary. The tentative itinerary calls for visits to Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Chile, Ar- se‘m{m. Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico and 2. It is regarded as virtually a certainty that to these will be added Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay and Venezuela. e elas- ticity of the itinerary will enable the party to take care of any diplomatic courtesies that may be involved in meet- in| {t is pointed out here that Mr. Hoover will try to avold treading on anybody's toes by ‘leaving a nation out of the schedule, but he must restrict his travels as much as possible in order to arrive back in the United States at sea. by the first -of th X { Ly e year, as he hopes | Mr. Hoover and his official staff have outfitted themselves with every variety of formal dress attire, to meet all oc- g;;lnrsfiw‘r‘r;; hl:r:axdem-elefi mhd ot among other things. The topper set him back $20. A squfii of secret servi - l&“ ice men helped him se. it. :Allan Hoover and Akerson had purchase complete full dress and morning dress outfits, from head te toe. the nurse to the balcony overhead.| Peggy greatly enjoyed the concert, clapping her chubby little hands in time with the music. Given Formal Farewell, The home town folks extended Mr. and Mrs. Hoover a formal farewell to- day through their official spokesman, Mayor Frank G. Hoge of Palo Alto. Mayor Hoge handed to Mr. Hoover a letter stating that “this little call is just to wish each one of your party a safe. pleasant and useful journey,” and disclosing that “many of our citizens have already made their reservations in Washington for the inauguration ceremonies.” Mayor Hoge sald that among those who have reserved hotel space are some of Mrs. Hoover's Girl Scout friends. His honor is planning to have the home folks ride into Wi aboard a “Palo Alto Bpecial,” and, in addition, he is leading a ‘movement to have from “We want to show the .B;onu back East_that Mr, Hoover's fellow-citizens in California are on the map,” the mayor said, after he called at the Hoover home. “We expect to organize parties of high school and college boys and girls, as an educational move. This will be a wonderful opportunity for the children of the Far'West to learn more | about their Government, first hand.” Mayor Hoge is endeavoring also to arrange for the appearance of the Stan- ford University Band as a marching unit in the inaugural parade. It is ui derstood he “ is recelving little en< couragement in his plans from the :fiecm trains to the Capital| parts of California. POLICEMAN SUSPENDED, TWO HELD AFTER RAID| | Officer Is Accused of Being in! Houlne Where Two Quarts Were Seized. 1 Police Harvey B. Gilbert, Tenth Pre- cinct, was suspended from the force | last night by Lieut. Hugh H. Groves, night inspector, on a charge of con- duct prejudicial to the good order and discipline of the department. Groves stated that Gilbert was found in a house in the 2200 block of I street Which was being raided by police of the Third Precinct. el Gilbert had an excellent Groves said. The raiders found one quart of al- leged rum and one quart of alleged gin on the premises. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller were arrested on charges of il- 1 possession of intoxicants. Three er persons found in the house were charged with disorderly conduct. VARIETY HO.UEES PASSE. CHICAGO. — America's second city has only one theater within its limits devoted exclusively to vaudeville. Once a bright spot for the tourin; variety actor, Chicago has transferre its theatrical inclinations to the “legiti- mate” houses and the picture palaces. The one vaudeville house is in the “loop.” There is none eisewhere in the city or suburbs.” Picture house: record, | however, offer vaude- President-elect, who insists that his ville with the fifins, requests for extension of the tour. | of a house at Coblenz. A tug from | Hamburg brought in the English steam- | er Linaj which had lost its propeller |in the rough seas. Many other vessels | reported their distress to that port. 1 Denmark Coast Ravaged. i | The gale ravaged the coast of Den- mark and & number of small craft were reported sunk. Ferry service with Ger- many was suspended. Lloyd's reported both Amsterdam and Rotterdam were battered by the gale with resulting col- Iisions between steamers in both ports. The Swedish cargo steamer Scand- suvia was towed into Boulogne by two | tugs and French radio stations picked | up other calls from distressed shipping. | LOSING ITS FORCE IN FRANCE. Storm Leaves Large Damage Inland as Well as at Sea. PARIS, November 17 (#).—The great storm which Prance shared with all the northwestern coasts of Europe was | blowing itself out tonight ‘to the ace companiment of S O_S signals from ships and airplanes. - The storm left a lo.nc trail of damage inland as well as at sea. - Threg calls_from ships in distress and’ one from afi unidentified airplane were heard at Boul and two more were picked up at imper. The weather bureau tonight forecast an end of the storm, which blew only intermittently in the aftermoon, The | disturbance seemed to be headed in the | direction of Scandinavia. Shipping Paralyzed. The gale was one_of, the worst re- {corded in 12 years. It paralyzed small shipping and seriously menaced many large craft. The steamer Arelanza for Buenos Afres, the Columbus for New York and the Algunia for Canadian | ports arrived in Cherbourg Roads 12° ours late as the result of the tempest {on the l:n?luh Chagnnel. The Columbus | lost one of its anchors. | The big Swedish cargo | Scandsuvia sent out a call for help | when her cargo shifted under the vio- lence of sea and wind. Two tugs towed her into Boulogne listing many degrees to port. The Greek cargo carrier Ama- zon and the English ship Aquila of { Liverpool sent out 8 O 8 calls ‘while off the coast of Brittany. Succession of Cloudbursts. ‘The principal violence of the storm was _felt in that latter section. From | La Rochelle to Brest there was a suc- cession of veritable cloudbursts of rain and hail alternated with furious gusts of wind. On, the channel coast these | conditions were repeated from Cher- | bourg to Boulogne. An index of the | severity of the tempest was the fact | that the channel steamer Maid of Or- | leans took 13%; hours to cross from | England instead of her scheduled 80 | minutes. { Inland the storm seemingly claimed | only one victim. a man and who was killed by a falling chimney at Bethune. - Material damage, however, was con- siderable. The coast departments from | Havre to Boulogne were deprived of | wire communication and telegraph and telephone wires also were down | throughout Normandy. All ports were crowded with craft of every degree from fishing smack to tmansoceanic liners. Air service to Le Bourget Field was almost at a stand- still. Only three planes, two for Lon- don and one for Holland, taking the risk of going into the turbulent air. AMSTERDAM, November 17.—The master of a Dutch sailing boat and his wife and 10 children are belleved to have perished in the gale. The wreck- age of their boat was seen off the Is- land of Terschelling in the Zuyder Zee, MAN ROBS BENEFACTOR OF CASH AND WATCH steamar Calls at Home of Thomas Underhill and Flashes Gun—Had Been Aided Before, Thomas Underhill of 2125 G street has made a vow never again to give money to panhandlers. Last night one whom he had previously befriended visited his home and again asked the price of a meal. Underhill reported to police that he told the man he had only $1.70, but was willing to give him the 70 cents. The man is said to have then pulled & gun and robbed Under- hill :r the money and a gold wrist wateh. MARRIAGE RUSH SEEN. Proposals Are Hastened by En- thronement of Japanese Emperor. LONDON, November 17 (#).-The Evening News says that & récord num- ber of marriages are expected in Japan during the next six weeks follawing upon the enthronement ceremonies of the new Emperor. Young couples consider it extremely lucky to be married at this time end the enthronement event h-3 i many proposals. Tha Shint~ a8 report that marriegs rasr =~ - ready are 50 per cent above normal and are continuing to pour in.