Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1928, Page 1

WEA' (U. 8. Weather Party cloudy wit] about 35 degrees THER: Bureau Forecast.) h lowest temperature tonight; tomorrow fair and colder. Tempsrature—Highest, 44, at 3:15 vesterday: lowest, 32, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. New York Markets Closed Today. e Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Shar as fast as the papers “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 are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,340 office, ~ Ao, 30,888 ntered.as second class matter Washington, B D« WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘BATURDAY, NOV EMBER 24, 1928—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. - * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HOOVER SHP RIDES TLMLE GALE AS VATER MRS B0 President-Elect Undisturbed by Storm—Waves Flood His Living Quarters. SPEECHES ARE PREPARED | | FOR DELIVERY TOMORROW Honduras and Salvador Talks Will Voice Philosophy Behind Good-Will Tour. By the Associated Press. U. 8. S. MARYLAND, November 24.; —The battleship Maryland, bearing | President-elect Herbert Hoover and his | party on his tour of Latin America, | today was riding a gale which at one | time attained a velocity of 70 miles an hour, | .The good-will ship rode the storm | iwell. Mr, Hoover apparently was un- disturbed by the gale. ! At the height of the storm the waves | broke over the clipper bow, throwing| spray as high as the bridge of the big dreadnaught. At times the water was 4 or 5 feet deep in the forecastle as well a8 on the quarterdeck, where the Presi- gent-elect often promenades. Ship's Speed Reduced. The speed of the ship was reduced from 17 to 6 knets by Capt. Kimberly, who went on the bridge and too charge. The seas hammered a Vought-Cor- asir seaplane on the quarterdeck of the Maryland so badly that the ship had to change course in-order to permit its being moved to shelter. ‘The President-elect had his first taste of the tropical storm late last night, ‘when heavy seas lapped the side of the ship until they poured into the port- holes of his sitting room. Overhearing an attache saying “this is terrible,” Mr. Hoover smiled and replied: “Oh, I've seen worse. A .d"i:b fleld:du:’y n{mmtor( :X‘l‘: erew disposed of the surplus wate: the portholes were closed, making the quarters watertight. The storm signal division was routed t to rescue the canvas canopy on the ridge in a gale, which made the task extremely dangerous. There was ex- citement on the bridge when a lifebuoy blew overboard, as-it was first reported that a man had fallen overboard. The battleship was brought to a stop In the heavy seas while everything was made safe. had been driven o sleep on the quar- terdeck by the’ excessive heat were forced to go below as the Maryland en- tered the Gulf of Teluntepes on the southern ~Mexican coast, Where the heavy seas were first encountered. All hatches, portholes and sidelights were @losed and sealed. ‘Walks Around Suite. ‘When the winds and seas were at their highest Hoover was awakened and he walked around his suite for five min- utes. He then went back to sound sleep as his quarters in the stern of the bat- tleship were swept deep under water and the prow lifted skyward. Two aviation officers who were trying frantically to save the plane were caught by a comber and thrown a dozen feet against a hatch, but neither was injured. After the plane was secured the Maryland headed back into the seas | on her regular course, which caused her 'to pitch considerably, the captain con- tinuing on his way so that Mr. Hoover might arrive at Fonseca Bay tomorrow on time for the first stop of his Latin American good will tour. The sky had icleared \:Fi:h:lhe moon and stars were shining ly. Mr. Hoover today began putting the #nishing touches on the first two .speeches of his tqur. He will deliver {them tomorrow at Amapala, Honduras, #nd La Union, Salvador, Speeches to Be Brief. These speeches have been prepared collaboration with Ambassador Henry ., Fletcher and John Griffin Mott, a iiffend of Hoover's from Los Anfi:l:: d a student of Latin America. idress is sbout 500 words long, re- \quiring only five minutes for delivery. Since the President-elect’s Spanish 6 limited, he says, to about the names | of California towns, the address will| be repeated by an interpreter, who also will have to translate to Hoover the '§ddress of welcome by the officials of | Honduras and Salvador. " These speeches are expected to re- flect the philosophy which led Mr. Hoo- ver to decide on this unprecedented | smission. This philosophy is known to e one of mutual aid between the Amer- fcan Republics through better under- standings and exchange of culture, sclence and education. So Mr. Hoover can get ashore early | Sunday for his first visit to Amapala, morning worshlg aboard the Maryland will be held an hour earlier than usual. e rty will use the battleship's thoats for the trip ashore, and also for the 10-mile run to La Union, where a yeception and dinner will be tendered by Dr, Pio Romero Bosque, President iof Salvador. Late Sunday night.th: {party will leave for Corinto, Nicaragua. To Leave Ship Far Out. Officials disclosed today that Hoover, ign visiting Ecuador, will have to leave the Maryland 70 miles at sca, making ithe trip to Guayaquil in a tender or gunboat, which the Ecuadorian gov- emment may send out for him. The Itrip will require about 10 hours each way, 5o the party probably will spend the night ashore. , This was captain’s inspection day on the Maryland. Officers were required to wear swords for the first time during this voyage, with service dress uniforms. After the inspection by officers, the orders called for inspection by the cap- tain of the crew’s compartments, liv- ing spaces, messes and mess gear, as wel! as their lockers. ‘The Hoover party enjoyed a concert by the ship's band last night and also sttended movies for the third night in |succession. ACTRESS’ MOTHER DIES Parent of Patsy Ruth Miller Passes Away From Heart Attack BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., November 24 (#)—Mrs. Oscar Miller, mother of Patsy Ruth Miller, stage and screen actress, died last night of a heart at- tack, the second she had suffered this week. Mrs. Miller, who was 44 years of age, was born in St. Louis, where a sister lives. Other survivors are Mr. Miller nstony HOOVER PUTS BAN ONBIG INAUGURAL Wants Neither Ball Nor Pa- rade, President-Elect Says. Expects Large Crowd. BY REX COLLIER, Stafl Correspondent of The Star, . Nm%z E i ,;::,, Hoover yesterday . specifically banned the inaugural ball and big parade in reiterating forcefully . his determina- tion, to. keep inaugural ceremonies as siniple, if mot simpler than any in- auguration’ in ‘récent years. He has received 8 or 10 radiograms about the inauguration, some of them urging that the ceremonies be much more elaborate than those held in the past fwo in- augurations. ly that he will not be the one to re- vive the inaug , the military parade and other. features which have made- inaugurations of. the past ex- tremely colorful occasions. ‘The President-elect said that the messages came from persons outside ‘Washington. He wants only the neces- sary military escort and nothing more elaborate than the ceremonies that have attended - the inaugurations of l;;esldenu ‘Wilson, Harding and Cool- idge. He will not discourage plans of his California” friends. to make up special trains to come to Washington on that occasion and is sure that the Capital will be crowded with persons from all over the country, as he is aware of the exceptional interest in the inauguration ceremony. w’l;he ceremonies will be broadcast, he MENDEZ IN FLORIDA ON HOP T0 BOGOTA Colombian Aviater to Proceed to Havana After Motor Is Tested. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE; Fla., November 24; —Benhamin Mendez, Colombian aviator who flew his seaplane here yesterday from New York on the first leg of a flight to Bogota, spent today in Jack- sonville, grooming his motor and resting in preparation for a hop-off tomorrow morning. Declaring he was too tired to con- tinue today after the strenuous 1,040~ mile “unieventful flight from Mitchel Field, the chief pilot of the Colombian Alr Service, said he would proceed to Havana, Cuba, after the motor of the plane had been thorqugghly tested. Meanwhile the former “gas boy” at Mitchel Field and his companion, John Todhunter, - an _American mechanic, were in the hands of a reception com- mittee. Mendez's plane, named Ricaurte for the Colombian patriot, was presented to him by his countrymen and the Co- lombian newspaper Mundo El Dia. The flight from New York was made yesterday at an average speed of 120 miles an hour. were started again on of The Star’s want ad Mr. Hoover, however, stated definite- [* Trapped beneath this truck when it was forced off a bridge on Ramshorn road, Stewart Bowles, a farmer, was restored to consclousness after he had been in the water for 20 minutes. He is in a serious condition at Sibley Hospital. —Star Staff Photo. STUDENTS RESCUE SUBNERGED DRIVER Truck bperator, Undér Water 20 Minutes, Resuscitated by Maryland Man. Submerged in four feet of water for at least 20 minutes after his truck Ramshorn ' road . into the Northwest Branch, about a mile fram:the District. line in nearby Maryland early this morning, Stewart Bowles, -19-year-old farmer, was. pulled out by University of Maryland students’ and two milk truck drivers and resuscitated. He is in & critical condition at Sibley Hospital. Bowles told physicians at the hospital that his truck was forced through a light Tail on the bridge by an oncom- ing automobile. The rescuers said it was 20 minutes from the time the overturned truck was discovered until Bowles was pulled out, and because of this it was thought possible that as the vehicle upset Bowles in some way remained above water for part of the time he was beneath the vehicle. The truck was lying in the creek on the left side of the bridge when six students, returning to the university about 3 o'clock, saw it, the wheels just showing above the water. ‘They were unable to see anyone about 50 came to the conclusion that the driver must be beneath it. While David A. Rodenfeld and Bernard Rosen, two of the students, went to Hyattsville for assistance, Ray Blackman, Louis Wise, B. Epstein and H. Seigleman, the other members of the party, waded into the water and attempted to right the truck. On their way, Rosenfeld and Rosen met a Chevy Chase milk truck and told the two men on it of what happened. The truck immediately turned and went to the scene while the two youths went into Hyattsvile and notified H. Leonard, manager of the Washington Suburban Gas Co. and chief of the Prince Georges Fire Department rescue squad. Before starting to the scene, Leonard called Andrew Gasch, chief of the Bladensburg Fire Department, who took nine men and followed Leonard to the bridge. Upon their arrival they found that Bowles had been extricated by the students and crew of the milk truck and was lying unconscious on the bank. Leonard immediately applied emergency resuscitation measures and after work- ing for several minutes Bowles started breathing. - Leonard then placed him in his sutomobile and rushed him to Sibley Hospial. The cause of the ac- cident was not learned until Bowles recovered consciousness. He gave no further information than that another car had crowded him. ‘Mrs. Bowles, who came to Sibley Hospital, said that her son placed a load of vegetables on his small re- constructed truck early this morning and strated for market. Boy Shoots Stepfather. SOUTH BEND, Ind—November 24 (#).—Edgar Johnson, 38, was shot and fatally wounded yesterday by his step- son, Horace B. Hardy, 17. Police said the boy admitted shooting Johnson after the latter began beating Mrs. Johnson, the boy’s mother. Johnson died in a hospital. Second Edition - of ~Star’s Radio Log Book - ‘Ready forDistribution 0wix‘1g to the tremendous demands for The Star’s recently published log book, thousands of copies were quickly distributed, exhausting the supply, but the presses the second edition and these books now are ready for distribution at the office of The Star, Eleventh and Pennsylvania ayenue, or any stations scattered throughout the city. These are listed on page % [, cavenrr ovoen mwock, swven] DOJEHERTY FIYES TRAFFIC DIRECTOR SCOPE OF POWER Says Harland Can Recom- mend, But Not Establish, Regulations. | COMMISSIONER CITES LANGUAGE OF REPORT Change of fhraneology Ordered. Whole Matter Now The trafic director is empowered to recommend, but not to establish, changes in traffic regulations, Commis- sioner Proctor L. Dougherty today in- formed William H. Harland, head of the Traffic Department. ‘The Commissioner directed his lesson in procedure to Harland because of the traffic director's recent report on the traffic light situation on Rhode Island | avenue, in which he said “it had been decided” to install a new light at the intersection of T street, and had used the same language with respect to setting up a one-way street on S street for westbound traffic between New Jer- sey and Rhole Island avenues. The Trafic Department is under the immediate supervision of Commissioner Dougherty. In the future, he told; Director Harland, changes of the char- acter referred to in the traffic light| report should be made the subject of | recommendations and either be left for the Board of Commissioners to decide or else a matter of conference with the superintendent of police. Cites 1925 Order. ‘The Commissioner also called atten- tion to an executive order of the Board of Commissioners dated in October, 11925, instructing the Director of Traffic to send to the major and superintendent of police a carbon copy of all recom- mendations e to the Commissioners on traffic matters. This order, Dougherty sald, was not carried out in the recent instance, and has been frequently dis- regarded in the past. Harland's report on the Rhode Island avenue signals. followed recommenda- tions of Police Inspectors Shelby and Brown for the removal of 12 of the blishment of oGl menat lights. = Police Supt. Hesse sent their reports to Dougherty, and he, in turn, forwarded them to Harland for con- sideration and comment. Matter Is Now Moot. Although Harland was instructed to change the phraseology of his report, the whole matter is now moot, since the traffic light at Rhode Island avenue and T street was installed Thursday and one-way signs placed on S street at the same time. According to the traffic regulations, Dougherty sald, the creation of any new one-way street must be advertised for 10 days before being put into effect. In the present instance, however, he sald that the Commissioners would probably be inclined to view the S street situation as an emergency. and to allow the signs to remain there to correct an emergency condition until the advertising period has expired. As for the new traffic signal, it, too, probably ~will remain undisturbed. Dougherty said that the Commissioners’ practice was to instruct the traffic director to place traffic signals for cer- tain distances along given highways and leave the exact locations of the signals to his discretion. BRITISH STEAMER REPORTED SINKING L.| Crew Declared to Have Abandoned Ship, but Captain Re- mains Aboard. By the Associated Press. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Novem- ber 24—The British steamer Cariboo was reported to be sinking today 35 miles southwest of East London. The crew were stated to have abandoned her and been picked up by the British steamship Windsor Castle. Capt. Mitchell of the Cariboo remained aboard his sinking ship. Heavy weather' prevailed last night when the vessel left East London, where |she had been loading cargo for the United States. Later the vessel sent a wireless mes- sage stating that she was aground at Keiskamma, but afterward the ship was refloated under her own steam. It was believed that the Windsor Cas- tle was standing by hoping to save the captain. | TWO WOMEN AMONG SIX TAKEN IN BANK HOLD-UP !Totnl of Eight Now Held in Theft of $15,000 From Pennsyl- vania Institution. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, November 24.—8ix West, Virginians, two of them women, were arrested early today by detsctives who claimed they were members of a robber gang that held up the Iirst Na- tional Bank of Trafford yesterday. The detectives believed the gang had cper- ated in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The arrests this morning brought the total number held in connection with the robbery to eight, two men, Sam Fucci, 22, and Patrick Trader, 21, having been arrested yesterday. Fucci and Trader were said by police to have confessed to their part in the $15,000 bank hold-up. The young women arrested were Kathryn Mullen, 18, and Mrs. Kitty Shaffer, 18, both of Fairmont, W. Va. They were taken into custody shortly after detectives had arrested Fay Brown, 21, of Fairmont, and Harry Picus, 25; Michgel Fucci, 23, and John Frader, 22, all of Monongah, Wy Vay ™ ) [ FOT BALLBEGHS FNAL TESS TODAY Three Games of Local Inter- est Among Many Con- tests Scheduled. Three local foot ball teams go into action today in the next to last games of the season ‘for District elevens. In the leading game here, Maryland and Washington and Lee clash at Griffith Stadium at 2:30 o'clock. Gal- laudet also has an engagement with Bridgewater at Kendall Green at the same time. Georgetown is in New York for its annual baitle with Fordham at the Polo Grounds in one of the big games of the Eastern card. Maryland, Gallatdet and Georgetown ~the. favorites, but the Old unx Southern Conference clash with Wash- ington Lee was figured to be a pretty even affair. Georgetown and Gallaudet appear to have decisive edges on thelr foes. Many Important Games. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, November 24.—They bury old King Foot. Ball for another year at a score or more of Eastern college foot ball camps today. Yale and Harvard ring down the curtain on seasons nothing better than | mediocre at best with their own private grudge fight at New Haven. Despite its three setbacks, Yale rules a slight | favorite to win over the Crimson of Harvard, twice lowered this season. The 75,000 or more who travel to New Haven are not interested in what Yale and Harvard each has done before, but what they do to each other. Princeton’s unbeaten Tigers, closing their schedule a week later than usual, tackle Navy at Philadelphia in what is also the season’s farewell gesture for the Midshipmen. Carnegie Tech Game. Carnegle Tech may or may not close her season with the New York Uni- versity game. The Tartans need only to stop Ken Strong and his mates to finish their regular season undefeated and untled and possibly win an invita- tion to travel to the Pacific Coast for a post-season battle. The Tarlans are favored, but by only the smallest of margins over the powerful machine Chick Meehan has developed at New York University. Barring New York University's Thanksgiving day clash with the Ore- gon Aggles, the intersectional war in the East will be halted by an armistice until next year after Nebraska's Corn- huskers have invaded West Point today and seen what they can do in the way of stopping Chris Cagle, Nave and Mur- rell of the Army backfield. Lafayette. vs. Lehigh. Lafayette and Lehigh, bitter rivals for decades, reach the end of the season's trail at Easton, Pa. Lafayette will win by a decisive margin or lose the con- fidence and trust of the sport writing fraternity. . Brown, Boston College, Holy Cross, Bucknell and Temple have listed warm- up contests in preparation for bigger tests to come. Brown engages Rhode Island to tune up for Colgate on ‘Thanksgiving day. Bucknell and Temple preface their turkey day battle with engagements against Dickinson and Washington College, respectively. Holy Cross and Boston College, the latter un- defeated and untled, clash in their an- nual battle next week after, as they hope, brushing aside Providence and the Connecticut Aggies today. Rutgers is favored to close her sea- son with a_victory over Swarthmore, as should Haverford over Delawarz, Drexel's closing game is with St, Jo- seph’s. One of the best games of the day between smaller colleges should find Villanova and Davis and Elkins ex- ceedingly well matched. DEBT PLANS REPORTED. Barrozo and La Fuente May Ac- company Finance Chief. MEXICO CITY, November 24 (). — El Universal said today that it had learned from a' reliable source that Finance Minister Montes de Oca, when he leaves for the United States to dis- cuss a new debt agreement with the bankers' committee, would be accom- panied by Fernando Diaz Barrozo and Pernando de la Fuente, high officials of the treasury department. ‘The paper added that the Mexican mission would seek to separate the na- tional railway debt from the general debt discussion, endeavoring to reach independent agreements on them. The mission would also attempt to procure additional funds for the railway to modernize equipment. ‘Radio Programs—Page 1 Police Shoot Gas Through Peep-hole of Gambling Den With padlocks, police pickets and other legal measures coming into vogue for the police battle with palaces. of chance in the city, Capt. Guy E. Burlingame last night injected a new ele- ment into the game with im- mediate and complete effective- ness as {o the continuance of the gameing in one of the picketed places he visited. Before the manager of the place could close the peephole through which an inspection was made of the officer, Burlingame had inserted the muzzle of a tear gas gun and let a charge of the pungent and uncomfortable vapor loose into the place. ‘There were several howls and whoever was there left—in a hurry. EXCHANGE TRADING SUSPENDED TODAY Closed to Enable Clerks to. Catch Up. By the Associated Press. ° C NEW YORK, November 24.—~Tradin on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was suspended today, as the clerical, forces of brokerage houses at- tempted to catch up with the “Hoover market.” ‘The suspension was ordered during a record-breaking day, which saw 6,942, 300 shares traded in, greater by over 100,000 than any previous day in the e ’s history. Curb Exchan aut) ies followed the action of the Stock Exchange governors in ordering a suspension. The work has been piling up in ever- increasing volume since November 7 and all departments of the Stock Exchange were going at full force today in an effort to restore the books to some semblance of order. Although, the human machinery of the exchange expected to catch up to- day, there was little hope that anything further could be done to speed up the ticker, All sales volume has been left off the tape, but despite this precau- tion the ticker ran almost an hour be- hind the market yesterday. The new high-speed printers which have been ordered will not be ready for operation before next Fall. Many brokers saw in the action sus- pending trading a precedent which probably will be followed so long as the market continues on its present ram- page. There is a movement afoot to reduce the trading day an hour, but a majority of the members of the ex- change are said to trown on this pro- posal, preferring the Saturday suspen- stons when necessary. The trading day was shortened an hour during one wesk last May, but it did not meet with gen- eral approval. Although the November markets have exceeded those of last Spring by hun- dreds of thousands of shares each day, most brokerage houses said they were in better shape now than they were then. Their clerical forces have been expanded since then and new embloyes have had a chance to learn their jobs. ‘Even so, many admitted they were al- most hopelessly behind with their work and doubted if even today’s st nsion wnullg give them sufficient e to catch up. The Eenuunml increase in trading also attracted greater demand for seats on the exchange. A mnew record of $560,000 was established yesterday on the last of three seat sales. It was said $610,000 later was bid for a seat with no offer. ‘There was much profit-taking yester- day, which held gains below those fore- cast at the opening of the market before it was known the Saturday suspension had' been ordered. In the first half hour: of trading there was a turnover of 1,327,200 shares, which was at the rate of more than 13,000,000 shares for the day. It was the most turbulent buying session ever seen on the floor, old-time members said. | nels posted in front of them nigh PKETS TOSTAY AT SOCAL CLUBS Gibson Promises Hesse Aid in Getting Stronger Law Against Gambling. With seven of efght “social clubs” few patrons passing through the portals | of the remaining one, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, declared today that he would keép police .:enué an day until he is sure they have gone out of business permanently. If new. establishments are set up in other locations, Maj. Hesse continued, the pickéting will be repeated there. . Hesse's new ultimatum to the houses ét‘fllowed“n &m(flence with* ibson &} subcommittee of the . House nm commitf 2 - . Gibson prom- ised assf ce in to strength- en the laws, relating to searches. They particularly discussed -extending the provisions of the prohibition padlock law to cover gambling houses. Draft of Law Sought. As_a result of the conference the corporation counsel's office has been asked to -draft laws that will cover the deficiencies now existing. Mr. Gibson gave assurance that when these meas- ures had been drafted he will either in- troduce them himself in the House or some other member of the District com- mittee will do so,. and his subcommittee will work for their early passage. Meanwhile the, police. pickets will be ‘obtaining valuable evidence which may enable Maj. Hesse to persuade the office of the United States district attorney to institute padlock proceedings against the proprietors of Washington's gambling houses, against whom his crusade is being waged. “One of the greatest difficulties with which we have to contend,” Maj. Hessc declared, “is that the men back of these social clubs—the real men with the money—sit in their offices and reap the profits while the operators they hire do the actual work and are the ones who are .arrested when we raid them. If we keep on fighting them, however, in the long run some one will be lock up who will ‘squeal’ and then we will get to the bottom of the gambling situa- tion here and know who is really responsible for it. “There is one thing I am thankful for,” he continued, “my department can work unhampered—there may be some little graft in it, but I can't find it and I have thoroughly investigated every rumor of that kind of thing.” ‘The strategy of the police is being met with strategy on the part of the gamblers. One Fourteenth street re- sort, which is reputed to be the biggest gambling house in the city, closed its doors at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and the manager with his staff of as- sistants walked past the policeman at the door with their money and the im- plements of their profession. An hour later two men were posted in front of the place, who stopped every one who approached and whispered ir their ear the location of the new quarters of the club, where the game continued undisturbed until an early hour this morning. Another club on Fourteenth street kept its doors open, but no one either entered or left yesterday afternoon or last night and police think that the game there is no longer running and the place has gone out of business | or perhaps moved to some other place known only to the members of the club. The proprietor, however, has posted :1; pickets to direct his patrons where 8O Clubs Close Up Early. Of the five other clubs which closed yesterday, most moved out early in the afternoon. One near North Capitol and P streets was closed all day. ‘The policeman in front of the one resort which remained open reported that a few persons entered and left the place but “business was very bad.” Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the sec- ond precinct, which contains most of the social clubs, took a personal hand last night in the war and issued an ul- timatum to tre gamblers that if they do not cease their activities he will raid their establishments without search | warrants and will drag them into court and fight out the matter there. ' The Shopping Place The variety and character of the advertisements in The Star make them of the greatest value to its readers. The Star is the daily guide for thousands of shop- pers in over 100,000 homes. Rigid censorship keeps its columns free from all objectionable advertising. Any complaint will be immediately ‘investigated, - under surveillance closed and but a |SOlidating the fransit lines BUREAV TRANST SCHENE INCLUDES LABORDSELSHON Efficiency Group’s Plan Em- braces Wider Scope Than Pending Agreement. EXPANSION IS REVEALED IN COMPLETED REPORT Subjects Not Touched On in Wilson Merger Plan Are Given Attention. ‘The Bureau of Efficiency’s plan for merging the transportation lines of the District will go far beyond the scope of the pending unification agreement, it was revealed today as officials of the bureau completed a comprehensive re- port for the Senate District committee on the result of an exhaustive investi- gation of the proposed scheme of con- solidation. The report is now in the hands of Herbert D. Brown, director of the burcau, and Monday it will be turned over to Serator Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Senate District com- mittee. Mr. Capper will return to Wash- ington tomorrow. Labor Gets Attention. Zabor conditions under a unified operation, a subject which is ignored in the Harley P. Wilson scheme of merger, it is understood, are given con- siderable attention in the bureau's re- port. The power supply of the p: consolidated company as well as the relations between motor bus and rail operations under a unified operation also are treated comprehensively in the report. The fact that the bureau investiga- tors had gone thoroughly into these questions had not been known before, althcugh intimations had leaked out that every phase of the problem of con- had been | studied. The major topies, 3 relate to. the- proposed $50.000,000 in- ital rate base for the consolidated com- pany, capitalization and economies that can be effected under a unified opera- tion. On these qusstions bureau offi- cials are silent, pointing out that the investigation and report was made for the Senate District committee and that any information concerning the bu- reau’s recommendations should come from Senator Capper. Conditions Undisclosed. menbhub,em n:wn htlnn:m that ureau would recommend & merger in the mterest of improved service and @ check against a finlbk increase in car fare, The wgfltllfl u\mvmm a consolidation under the bureau 3 however, have not been disclosed. Aside from the bureau report, Senator Capper will receive anot on the merger from Dr. Milo ble, New York utilities expert,’ who made an in- dependent study of the plan of con- solidation for the Senate committee. BOY GETS 180 DAYS IN PAPER RACK THEFT Colored Youth Admits Filing Key to Fit Cash Boxes on Honor- System Stands. A duplicate key which would open the locks on newspaper boxes, and 65 cents in pennies, found in the possession of George K. Pack, colored, 19, when he was arrested yesterday, were regarded ed | as conclusive evidence by Police Judge Ralph Given today in sentencing Pack to 180 days for the larceny of the pen- nies from a newspaper rack belonging to the Washington Herald at Mount Pleasant street and Park road. Leroy Edmunds, colored, who said he worked for the Washington Post, testi- fled that he noticed Pack loitering near the rack yesterday while he was mak- ing collections with C. P. Apple. munds said he hind an auto- mobile for a few minutes to observe Pack’s actions, and saw him take the money from the cash box which be- nged to the Washington Herald. Pack claimed he did not take any- thing from the box. He admitted filing the key so it fit the locks, and said he had served a 90-day term for a sim- flar offense. Judge Given o double the sentence this time in effort to break up the practice. BANDIT SHOT TO DEATH. Storekeeper Fires Instead of Obey- ing “Hands-Up” Command. NEW ALBANY, Ind., November 24 (®).—An unidentified bandit wds dead today after an unsuccessful attempt to rob ‘Winninger, 65, a store- keeper on the Orleans pike near here late last night. Accompanied by two others, the victim entered the store, and after purchasing some cigarettes, covered Winninger and several custom- ers and ordered them to throw up their hands. Winninger, instead, fired a shotgun charge, which struck the vic- tim in the head. His companions fled in an automobil 50 FIREMEN INJURED. Twelve in Hospital After Fighting $500,000 Blaze in Camden. CAMDEN, N. J.,, November 24 (#).— Twelve firemen were in a hospital today, one of them in a critical condition, and 38 others received medical aid after fighting a fire which started last night in the basement of F, W. Woolworth's 5 and 10 cent store and burned for nine hours before it was controlled. The damage was estimated at $500,000. Capt. John A. Hunt, 43, was critically injured when a flooring collapsed. S okttt PROCLAMATION ON RADIO. In keeping with the time-worn New England custom of Colonial days of transmitting Thanksgiving neeon:g to the people directly, President idge will deliver his Thanksgiving proclama- tion by radio to the people of the United States from his study at the White House. This he will do tomorrow evening at 9 o'clock over Station WRC and a Nation-wide hook-up of associated radio an