Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and not quite so cold. with low- est temperature about 30 degrees to- night: tomorrow fair and warmer. Tem- - peratures—Highest, 40, at noon yester- day: lowest, 23, al Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 —— t 6:30 a.ri. today. No. 30,890. post office, Entered_as second class matter Washington, D. C. ch ¢ Fhening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION tar. WASHINGTON, iy 104 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1928 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. * The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Saturday’s Circulation, 105,044 Sunday’s Circulation, (®) Means Associated Press. HOOVER ARRIVES IN HONDURAS FOR TOUR'S FIRSTVISIT Maryland Sighted Off Ama- nala—Thousands Wait at Pier to Give Welcome. WILL DELIVER SPEECH BEFORE LUNCHEON GROUP President-Elect Eager to Get Mis- sion Actually Under Way. Salvador Next Stop. By the Associated Press, AMAPALA, Honduras, November 26. —The U. 8. 8. Maryland, bearing Pr dent-elect Hoover on a good will voy- age to Latin America, was sighted off Amapala at 8:15 o'clock this morning. At least 4,000 of the 5,000 or so people who live at this port, the first stopping place on Mr. Hoover's trip, were on hand ready to welcome the President-elect. Hundreds of prominent residents of Tegucigalpa, the capital, also were on hand. There were hundreds of small craft in Fonseta Bay forming a lane through which the launches from the Maryland, carrying the Hoover party, were to pass. The boats were brilliantly decorated with flags and bunting. HEALTH MUCH BETTER. Woover Greatly Benefited by Week Aboard. Battleship. U. S. MARYLAND, APPROACHING AMAPALA, November 26 (). —President- elect Hoover came today to the shores of Latin America for the first time to make two of a dozen of good will calls, that he will make in Central and Scuth America for the next six weeks. Amapala, Honduras, and La Union San Salvador, were Mr. Hoover’s im- mediate objectives as the Maryland proceeded toward her anchorage after a voyage of a week from San Pedro, Calif. Mr. Hoover was eager to get ashore to begin a series of personal con- tacts with the heads of various govern- ments and other Latin American leaders. Health Much Improved. The week at sea had improved Mr. Hoover much in health and he was entering upon his mission with zest and the hope that he would be able to do much to accomplish a better under- standing among the peoples of the Americas. Save for a storm on Saturday morning in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, the Mary- land’s seven-day run from San Pedro had been uneventful. Although Mr. Hoover did not stand the storm so well, he had not been seasick. Mr. Hoover expected to reach Ama- pala before noon after a 6-mile run in a small boat. Plans called for him to be met by members of the cabinet of Pres- ident Miguel Paz Barahona, Herschel V. Johnson, United States charge d'affaires at Tegucigalpa, and possibly by the President himself, Mr. Hoover was to be entertained at luncheon at Ama- pala. This luncheon was expected to be the occasion of Mr. Hoover's first speech of the tour, although whether he would make an extended talk there or at La Tnion Salvador depended upon whether the Presidents of the two republics greeted him. After luncheon at the Honduran port the schedule called for a journey across the Gulf of Fonseca. Arriving late in | the day at La Union, Mr. Hoover was (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) JURY-TAMPERING QUIZ|= Shotgun Quarantine Against Smallpox Is Enforced in Alaska By the Associated Press. JUNEAU, Alaska, November 26.—A shotgun quarantine to prevent the spread of smallpox, usually fatal to Indians and Eskimos, has been established in the region of the lower §ukon after an outbreak in Central Western Alaska. Persons in the area are weighing the chances of being marked by smallpox if they remain against the certainty of be- ing marked by bird shot if they at- tempt to leave. A. J. Sutherland, Deputy Health Commissioner, is in Marshall, having gone by aeroplane, to enforce vaccina- tion of all inhabitants. Five cases of the disease are known at Marshall, and more are reported at Mountain Village, 80 miles down river. RESTLESS NIGHT 1S SPENT BY KING Britain Sees Cause for Anx- iety, Despite Reassurances of Physicians. LONDON, November 26 (#).—The Press Association announced late this afternoon that it understood that King George had “made satisfactory progress” during the day. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 26.—A nation that had awaited in anxiety over its sovereign's health the first official bulle- tin on his condition today failed to find much relief when physicians announced that King George had passed a restless night. The medical bulletin, signed by the King's physicians, Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn, read: “The King has passed a restless night. A variability in the fever and the spread of the pleurisy must be expected at this stage of the illness.” Bulletin Held Indefinite. Anxiety continued, since the state- ment did not reveal anything definite about the King's condition this morning. The statement. however, that at this stage of the illness spread of pleurisy must be expected, and likewise a vari- ability in temperature led to the con- clusion by members of the King’s house- hold that the medical advisers were not perturbed over his condition. Their phraseol gave the impression that the mal: in their opinion was taking a natural course. It was gathered that the King's rest- less night was due to & rtse in temper- ature that occurred yesterday and was reflected in last night's angouncement that fever had increased. ‘The physicians arrived at the palace this morning earlier than usual, but re- mained with the King only an hour, as they had done previously. After they left the sickroom they remained some time in the palace, talking to members of the royal household. It is understood that before they left, Sir Stanley and Lord Dawson saw Sir ‘William Joynson-Hicks, home secretary, who was one of the early visitors at the palace. Contrasted with the stormy weather of the week, this morning was a bright one, and a large crowd gathered outside the palace gates anxious for the latest word from the sick room. There was the usual changing of the guard and the Coldstream Guards Band played selections during the cere- mony. ‘Worry Is Not Indicated. It was stated on good authority that a lessage was. sent to the Prince of Wales yesterday telling him there was no need to change his plans. This was before the announcement that the King's fever IS ORDERED BY JUDGE Court Calls Attention to Allega- tions Made in Adair Mail Fraud Case. By the Associated Press. GAINESVILLE, Ga., November 26.— Judge Samuel H. Sibley today directed the Federal grand jury to investigate the jury tampering charges in the Adair mail fraud cases. In a brief charge to the jury he laid special emphasis on the allegations which developed just before the four officers of the defunct Adair Realty & Trust Co. of Atlanta went on trial here last week to answer indictments for { using the mails to defraud. Ben H. Collier, former sheriff of had increased, but there is no intimation of any message of a different nature having been sent the prince since. It was stated today that the King’s temperature did not exceed 101 yester- day. The mention of “variability in fever” in today’s bulletin has left the public uncertain whether this tempera- ture is being exceeded, but it was noted that this phrase might cover a diminu- tion as well as an increase in feverish- ness. The indication in the bulletin that pleurisy was spreading was the most disqmetln% feature, but, as noted, this was offset By the statement that it was to be expected at this juncture. _ There was a surprise for the crowds in front of Buckingham Palace shortly (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) 70 ORPHANS RESCUED AS FIRE RAZES HOME Jackson County, and John H. Potter, a farmer of Winder, Ga. were arrested. Collier, charged by A. R. Baker, a De- partment of Justice agent, with attempt- ing to bribe Potter to render a mistrial if chosen on the jury, was held on $10,~ 000 bond. He denied the accusation. Potter, who was released on his own recognizance, corroborated Baker's alle- gation. Judge Sibley said none of the attor- neys in the case had anything to do with it. Co. BENCH WARRANT TAKEN AS JUROR MISSES COURT Telegram Sent to Justice Says He Was Called Away on Emergency. Armed with a bench warrant, a dep- uty U. 8. Marshal is hunting for Karst Hofman, real estate agent, 1437 Belmont street, a_juror serving on the panel of Circuit Division 2, before Justice Wil- liam Hitz. Hofman with 11 other jurors was sworn last Tuesday to try the case of August Friederich against Lorenzo W. Thompson and others, for damages growing out of injury to property in Anacostia. He sat through the court session Wednesday, but failed to appear Thursday. The juror sent the following telegram to Justice Hitz, Thursday morning: “Called away on emergency. Also recog- nize Architect White as party involved in suit against my firm. Ask to be ex- cused.” Architect White was a witness for the plaintiff and had been on the stand Wednesday. A deputy marshal visited the home of Hofman and left word for him to eppear this mornig. When the juror failed to show in court, Justice Hitz directed the issuance of a bench war- ] for tey. Counsel in trfihc:ls‘e o al coffonted to proceed Wi e s, 0L Detroit Sisters of Charity Wrap Children in Blankets and Carry Them to Safety. By the Associated Press, DETROIT, November 26.—Seventy child-en were rescued and none was injured today when fire destroyed the Summer home of the St. Vincent de Paul sisters of charity, maintained for orphans and abandoned children. Most of the children were asleep in the home, a two-story frame structure, near Farmington, Detroit suburb, when the fire broke out. The rescue work was_carried gn_almost entirely by a £mall group of sisters, who wrapped the children in blankets and carried them out. Later they were taken to a hos- pital to be quartered temporarily. The cause of the fire was not de- termined. There was no panic, the sisters re- ported. The building burned so quickly that no clothing or other belongings were saved. By the Associated Press. WOODSTOCK, Ill, November 26.— !Aill'ld now there is discord in Harmony, Some of the good women of that crossroads community, suspecting that Carl Gerschel's general store was some- thing else again during the night time, asked Sheriff Sanford to investigate. ‘The sheriff and his deputies went to the store and in the basement found some of the Harmony husbandmen in- tent upon the wanderings of a pair of | flocks 4 23DIE, 20 MISSING: SHIPTOLL MOUNTS INEUROPEAN GALE Western Coast Is Being Buf- feted by Terrific Storm. AMERICAN VESSEL DRIVEN AGROUND, BUT IS FREED In Addition to Known Dead, Fears Are Felt for Safety of Crew of Italian Boat. By the Associated Press LONDON, November 26.—The west- ern coast of Europe was being buffeted by a terrific gale today. The storm already has taken at least 29 lives, most of them at sea, where a heavy toll of shipping was taken over the week end No less than 21 ships appeared on Lloyd's lists today as wrecks or in dis- tress, while at least one American ves- sel, the freighter Waban, which sailed from Hamburg on November 16, was driven ashore near Terschelling Light, but succeeded in getting off in safety. In addition to the 29 known dead there were at least 20 missing with conflicting reports concerning the safety of a score more. The entire crew of the Italian freighter Sagunto also was feared to have been drowned off Holland. The number of men aboard her was not known. Six Killed in Britain. While the gale was violent over the land, only six persons were reported killed in Britain. All the other deaths were at sea. Among the shipping disasters wers the following: The French freighter Cesaree, foun- d“fid off Algiers, 15 drowned, 4 res- cued. A Dutch vessel foundered in the Zuy Der Zee, 5 drowned. A The Norwegian steamer Christian Michelsen ashore off - Holland, 3 drowned. The fate of the steamer Arnabal- Mendi of Spain was in doubt off Cape Machichhaco, while “there was also doubt concerning the fate of the Swedish steamer Garm. The Central News re- ported that 16 of the crew of the last named ship had been drowned, but Lloyds reported that the Garm, after grounding, was towed into Terschelling with her rudder damaged. The steamer Hjort, with a crew .of 17, which left Preston 10 days ago for Port Talbot, has not since been heard from. ‘There were numerous notable rescues, among them being the rescue of 8¢ men from the sinking German school shij Pommern, which finally was abandoned. Fifteen of the crew of the Italian freighter Barbara were rescued in the Bay of Biscay. The liner Aquitania, after leaving Cherbourg nine hours late, responded to a call for aid from the 6,000-ton {reighter Amiral Ponty, but resumed her course to New York when notified that the steamer Macoris had the situ- ation in hand. The gale today had temporarily abated in Northern England, allowing the resumption of shipping activity in the Mersey. During the morning 40 vessels entered or left the port. The liners Baltic Antonio, Montclare, De- merara and Europides sailed after be- ing held up over the week end. The Italian tanker Lucania, ;from Curaco, which grounded in the "river yesterday, was refloated at midnight and was towed to her landing stage. Minor Accidents Reported. _From Southern England reports con- tinued of blustery conditions, and pas- sengers arriving at Dover, Folkstone and New Hoven were notified that cross- chanrel service had been suspended be- cause the harbors at Ostend, Calais and Boulogne were unapproachable. Many further minor accidents were reported from the country districts over the week end through the falling of trees and debris. At Totnes, in Devonshire, the engine of a passenger train was de- railed when it hit a fallen tree. An early morning air service from Croydon to Paris was resumed and re- ported several steamers in_distress in and near the harbors, with tugs and lifehoats standing by. DISCUSSIONS BY U. . ON WORLD COURT PEND Secretary Kellogg Soon to Initiate Exchanges With Member Powers. By the Associated Press. Further discussions by the United States with nations composing the World Court are in immediate pros- pect in, an endeavor to bring about an agreement for American participa- tion in the Court. ‘While new exchanges are proposed in _the Gillett resolution now pending before the Senate, it is understood that as a result of President Coolidge's. dis- cussions Saturday ~with Republican Senators, Secretary Kellogg will imme- diately initiate the exchanges, - Z0GU DELAYS RITES. TIRANA, Albania, November 26 (#). —The Albanian government has decided to postpone until April the coronation of King Zogu because of the lack of proper accommodations for foreign guests. Contractors are now building a new palace for Zogu and a modern hotel for visitors which, for the first time in the history of the country, will contain bathtubs, electric lights and telephones. (This is the third time that the coro- nation has been postponed for similar reasons.) Suspecting Wives Scent Dice and Liquor And Family Discord Tears Harmony, 1. dice across a billiard lable. There was, too, a pronounced odor of alcohol. Ger- schel was arregted, charged with pos- sessing intoxicants and running a gam- bling house. A turkey raffle really led to the in- vestigation. When one of the mea came home from the store late at night with a turkey he had won in a raffle, his wife called the sheriff. The turkey, she said, was the same one which three days ago disappeared from her own OV CELEBRATON FARGH4DICLSSE Fete Would Not Conflict With Official Inaugural Pro- gram. While accepting the dictum of Presi- dent-elect Hoover banning anything but the simplest official inaugural cere- mony here March 4, local trade, busi- ness and civic leaders were organizing their forces today looking toward the possibility of a District celebration to signalize the great quadriennial event and for the edification of the thou- sands of out-of-town visitors expected on_the occasion. Officials of the major Washington associations today voiced approval of a big local celebration, and several an- nounced the calling of meetings of ex- ecutive committees to consider the matter. The observance, if held, should be sponsored jointly by the local or- ganizations, it was stated, and all group executives questioned declared they gladly would name delegates to a joint xl(:l':flng for discussion of the whole matter. ‘Warned to Conform. At the same time a suggestion came from one quarter warning that plans for a local celebration should conform to the wishes of the incoming Presi- dent, since the event concerns his ele- vaticn to the highest office in the Nation. The suggestion for a local celebra- tion and what phases it might take will be brought before the executive committee of the Washington Board of Trade this afternoon by its president, W. W. Everett. Ivan C. Weld, president of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce, an- nounced this morning that he had called a special meeting of the execu- tive committee of the chamber for /-“ncsday for consideration of the matter. Also on Wednesday the execu- tive committee of the Washington Real Estate Board will take up the question at the suggestion of Ben T. Webster, president. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, stated today that he stands ready to name a delegate to a joint meeting if a movement is started for consideration of ways and means of promoting a local celebration. Bankers Would Co-operate. While declaring that the District of Columbia Bankers' Association will gladly co-operate in joint discussion of the matter, Robert V. Fleming, its presi- dent, said this morning that whatever is decided upon the wishes of the President-elect should be considered. “I am of the opinion that the official as well as the local celebration should be commensurate with the importance of the inauguration of the Chief Execu- tive of the Nation,” he said, “but after all, Mr. Hoover is primarily concerned in the matter, and I feel his personal wishes should be followed.” He added that if a joint meeting of representa- tives of local groups is called a delegatc from the bankers' association would be named to discuss the proposal. Mr. Weld, in urging developments of plans for a local commemoration of the inauguration, pointed out that the tre- mendous vote given Hoover indicated that there would be a great throng of cut-of-town visitors here for the event. “I favor the formation of some kind of a program that would make these thousands glad that they came,” he said. “I believe it would not require a very large expenditure of money. The first step, it seems to me, should be the formation of a general committee to decide on just what should be done and then’ to outline the program.” Favors Old-Fashioned Inaugural. Dr. George C. Havenner, newly elect- | ed president of the Federation of Citi- zens' Associations, in announcing today his apfrovnl of the plan for the forma- tion of a joint committee to discuss pos- ble plans for the celebration, said: ne of the largest inaugural crowds in history probably will be here next March 4. I would like to see an old-fashioned | inauguration with the traditional parade, but if we can’t have that, then it is u}) to the city itself to stage some kind of sn celzgrnfinn. uggesting a fireworks display and a torchlight procession, Dr. Hu?/egner ex- pressed the opinion that such a cele- bration could not offend Mr. Hoover and would be Washington’s way of wel- coming him here as President. Gen. St%phm also suggested a torch- light parade and fireworks display and pointed out that already plans havae been announced for a great charity ball. He added that plans might also include a community celebration at the ‘Washington Auditorium on the evening following the inauguration so as not to conflict with the official program. He! expressed the warning that the local =3 Australian Plane On Distance Flight Crashes in Greece By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Greece, November 26.— The airplane Spirit of Australia, in which Capt. Hurley and two com- panions have been attempting a rec- ord flight from Australia to England and return, crashed today upon leaving a local airdrome for France. Capt. Hurley and one of his com- panions suffered concussions. The machine was badly damaged. DEATH OF GRADY HELD ACCIDENTAL All Witnesses Except One Dismissed by Police After Verdict. A verdict of accidental death was re- turned by a coroner’s jury early this afternoon in the case of John J. Grady, who fell out of a window down an air shaft Wednesday night. at the apart- ment of Mrs. Vera Berry, 1614 Four- teenth street. Police dismissed all witnesses they have been holding in the case with the exception of Isaac Dayeu, who, Lieut. Edward -J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad of the Detective Bu- reau, said was being held for further investigation. “There was nothing in our investi- gation in the death of Grady to show that there had been any argument or fight in the apartment of Mrs. Vera Berry, at 1614 Fourteenth street, im- mediately preceding Grady's fall to his death down a light vent,” Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, Detective Bureau, told the jury. ‘Testimony that the aut y performed on Grady showed that there were no marks of violence on his head and that death was due to a hemorrhage inside the skull that might have been caused by a long fall. Neil Burkinshaw, assistant district attorney, again questioned Mr. Berry as to the details of Grady’s visit to her apartment which ended in his death. Mrs. Berry's testimony did not differ greatly from that which she gave at the earlier inquest Friday, in which she said she had been drinking heavily and was not certain as to what had gone on before Grady fell out of the window of her apartment. Kelly said police investigation had shown that in the apartment at the time Grady fell were Dayon, Mrs. Berry, William Kappel, Martha Green, Bryant McMahon and Sam Mallicov. Mrs. Berry on the stand today said that she did not remember Mallicov, McMahon or Mrs. Maddock being in the apart- ment. TEMPERATURE OF 23 AT 6 THIS MORNING Last Night's Weather Here Cold-| est Since March—No More { Snow This Week. After a night of the coldest weather it has experienced since early last March, Washington today welcomed a rising temperature which expected to climb above the freezing mark of 32 degrees. The lowest temperature recorded at the | Weather Bureau was 23 degrees, short- | ly after 6 o'clock this morning. After sunset today the weather will jinvestments and expenditures be a little colder, probably dropping a degree or_so below freezing, but the Weather Bureau gave assurance this morning that the cold snap is definite- ly _over. Tomorrow the tem; tus will begin to climb again and is ex- Fected to stay at a comfortable mark or Thanksgiving day. 1 More cold weather is on tap for the coming week end, but the Weather Bureau this morning was unwilling to hazard a_prediction as to just how cold it will be at that time. The freakish snowstorm _which blanketed protected spots yesterday will not _be repeated this week, the Weath- er Bureau announced. No discomfort as a_result of the cold was reported in Washington yesterday except for that experienced by motorists who fail- ed to heed advance warning and were confronted with their first frozen ra- celebration, if planned, should not con- flict with the officlal inauguration events. . Radio Programs—Page 31 R diators of the year. The warmer weather will be accom- GAS PLANTVALUE HELDAT ST 080 First Commission Witness Testifies as to Actual Amount Spent. Byers McK. Bachman, accountant for the Public Utilities Commission, the first witness to testify for the commis- sion in the valuation case of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co., now under con- sideration, today set ‘the value of the plant at $12,896,003.64, or less than half the amount set by R. O. Luqueer, the company's first witness, who estimated $27,444,810. ‘The value testified to by Bachman is what is known as the “book” or “histor- ical” cost of the property; that is, the actual amount expended by the com- pany in purchasing, building up and putting into operation its entire plant. Bachman's valuation i the lowest placed on the plant by any witness who has yet testified. It is less than one-half of the previous lowest valuation, and slightly ‘more than one-third of the $ highest, Cost to Reproduce Is Basis. Luqueer’s estimate was calculated on the basis of the cost to reproduce the plant today. This is necessarily higher than the book cost of the property, as prices paid for most materials, for land and for labor to build a new plant to- day would be materially higher than those paid by the company during most of its existence, which dates back to 1848. Alton S. Miller, the company's last witness, set the reproduction value at $34.380,000. H. Carl Wolf, the commission’s next witness, will testify to his opinion of the cost to reproduce the plant new. The proceedings opened today with a brush between George P. Hoover, attorney for the gas company, and Rob- ert E. Lynch, assistant corporation counsel, whi is conducting Bachman’s direct examination. Lynch's appear- ance today was the first he has made in the case. Before examination started, Hoover inquired whose witness Bachman was. Chairman John W. Childress of the commission replied that he was People’s Counsel Ralph B. Fle- harty’s witness. Fleharty, however, said that Bachman must be considered a commission witness. Lynch examines the commission wit- nesses so People’s Counsel Fleharty can remain free to attack any portion of their testimony in cross-examination. After Mr. Hoover’s question, Mr. Bachman was entered in the record as a commission witness. Bachman en- tered as an exhibit a 169-page type- written document setting out in detail the various elements taken into ac- count in arriving at his valuation. Details of Report Examined. Mr. Lynch then started his exam- ination into the details of the report. Swagar Sherley and Mr. Hoover in- terposed frequent objections to the testimony on the ground it did not go into _sufficient detail as to each item. Mr. Lynch said that these details would be cleared up by later questions. One of the early differences between the Bachman valuation and those of the company experts was that the former did not include the value of Analostan Island. Mr. Bachman explained that in a previous case the commission had ruled that this land could not be classi- fied as “used and useful” in the public service and that consequently its cost could not be included in a valuation for rate-making purposes. Mr. Bachman's report was based on an investigation of the books of the company from January 1, 1915, to De- cember 31, 1927, he testified. As to the made prior to the first date, he took these for the so-called Sangster report on which the commission based its valua- tion of the company in 1917. -—— “Salt” Poisons Student. AUSTIN, Tex., November 26 (#).— Kenneth M. Hall, 18, Texas University student, was dead today because he mistook poisonous crystals for salt and sprinkled them on an apple he was eating. VAR ONGANBLERS CARRED Y HESSE NTO NARYLAND Conference Is Sought With State’s Attorney Parran of Prince Georges County. RAIDS AND PICKETING FOLLOWED BY EXODUS 137 Persons Arrested Over Week End Forfeit Bonds in Police Court. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, has carried his warfare against gamblers over the District line. It was learned today that he has been seeking a conference with State’s At- torney T. Frank Parran of Prince 112,562 TWO CENTS. REDUCED CAR FARE 1S POSSIBLE UNDER NEW MERGER PLAN Efficiency Bureaw to Submit Program Embodying Rate Cut to Capper. CHANGE IN VALUATION ACCOUNTING EMPLOYED L C. C. System Is Used in Fixing Worth of Companies in Latest Proposal. A reduction in street car fares, which is not definitely promised in the merger plan of the transit companies, is held to be a possibility under the scheme of the Federal Bureau of Efficiency to Georges County, Md., in an effort to co-operate with him to clean up the situation in the county as well as in Washington. Reports to Maj. Hesse today indicated that scores of patrons of District gam- bling houses, forced to suspend opera- tions because of the picketing and raids without warrants inaugurated here over the week end, had flocked to other known gambling houses in Prince Georges County. No definite date for the confererice with Parran has been set, but it was said at police headquar- ters that Maj. Hesse and Inspector Henry G. Pratt are prepared to go to Marlboro and confer with the State’s attorney at any time which the latter may decide on. Mr. Parraa told The Star today that Maj. Hesse had called him and that he told the superintendent of police that he would confer with him when he next came to Washington. He indicated that this might be in the next few days. From time to time Maj. Hesse has received reports and complaints of the conduct of certain drivers of hacking cars in the vicinity of Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street, who drive their fares to the gambling houses in Maryland. The law of conspiracy may be in- voked in connection with the practice, and it is for the purpose of determining this and other questions that the local police officials are desirous of having a conference with the prosecuting attor- ney for Prince Georges County. Forfeit Collateral. All of the persons arrested by second | precinct police in a series of gambling raids without warrants over the week end forfeited collateral in Police Court today on charges of di 1ly col The list of persons who deposited from 5.to collateral at the precinct for that offense over the week end took up five typewritten pages and ocntained 137 names. | The raids were conducted by two parties, one headed by Capt. Guy Bur- lingame and consisting of Sergts. Holmes and Roper and Privates Carroll, Fleharty and Oliver, while the other party ~comprised Policemen Parks, Bryant and V. D. Hughes. Starting _Saturday _afternoon. the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) o ADVANGE IN STOCK MARKET CONTINUES Accumulation of Buying Or- ders Over Holiday Sends Prices Upward. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 26.—The “bull” market roared along at a brisk pace today, stopping only temporarily to absorb a large volume of selling, which followed the marking up of the call money rate from 6'2 to 7 per cent. Extreme gains in the active high-priced issues ran from $5 to nearly $20 a share. The ticker kept fairly well abreast of the market. Sale of a New York Stock Exchange membership was arranged today at a record-breaking price of $575,000, an increase of $25,000 above the previous transaction. Suspension of trading on Saturday in order to permit brokerage houses to catch up after the wild markets of the past few weeks resulted in a heavy accumulation of week end buying or- ders. Several blocks of 5,000 to 15,000 shares changed hands in the early trading. The rise in call, money brought a flood of selling into the market around midday. Wright Aeronautical canceled its opening gain of $15 a share and Curtiss Aeroplane, Radio and Victor Talking Machine fell back $6 to nearly $8 below their early high levels. Other active issues showed more moderate re- cessions. Pool operators immediately brought forward new favorites, and the upward movement was in full swing again by early afternoon. International Nickel was the new favorite, soaring $18.25 a share to a new high record at $221.15, as against a low of $73.67'; earlier in the year. Rossia Insurance, which sold as low as $145 this year, ran up $16 above last Friday's quotation to a new high at $250. Allied Chemical jumped $15.50 to a new top at $249.50. Bridegroom Arrested as Taxi Bandit After Wife Complains to Detectives By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 26.—A bride- groom of two weeks was arrested as a taxi bandit today after his bride had told police he was carrying a pistol and (she “didn’t like the looks of it.” He was caught after a chase along Broadway by detectives to whom the wife had complained. He was brought down by a shot from one of his pursuers. He suffered a superficial wound in the brisk | leg. responsible for b the cold do from Canada, ro The bridegroom, who said he was Robert Preston of San Francisco, con- fessed, said, to 15 taxicab hold- ups_during the four weeks and a half he had been in town. In Preston’s pockets police found the following note: 'To take effect 11:20. T landed in New York four weeks be submitted today to Senator Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Senate District committee. The bureau, it is understood, points out in its merger report that a modi- fication in the basic principles of de- termining the fair value of Washing- ton’s transportation utilities as mow prescribed in the existing public util- ities act would set up a lower initial rate base than the $50,000,000 proposed in the pending unification agreement and thereby pave the way for a de- creased fare. L C. C. System Is Used. A system of account] used by the Interstate c"«:f.;.fi'é': Cmn‘s 1f mission in valuation proceedings, is he basis of the procedure referred to in the bureau’s report. In- cidentally, the valuation of the transit companies, used in the bureau report, was determined by the valuation and accounting engineers of the commerce commission, who arrived at their ire after a study of the original cost of the transit properties and the cost of re- producing them by the 1. C. C. o The merger agreement rate base is based on the Court of Appeals valuation of the Capital Traction Co. and the Public Utilities Commission’s old valua- tion of the Washington Railway & Elec- tric Co., which was brought up to date by applying the principles laid down by the court in the Capital Traction case. The report, it was sald, does not specifically recommend a change in the public utilities act, but merely ‘shows the difference in the methods used by the Public Utilities Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission in ar- riving at a valuation and how a lower nduct. | rate base could be arrived at for the two'Blans is that the Inersiate Gom. merce Commi no ice for intangibles which include such theoretical values as deprecia and going concern value. i Other Cities Are Cited. The rate of fare under a me: op- eration and the necessity of kuervfidln‘pn down, is said to take up a large sec- tion of the bureau’s comprehensive re- port. Transportation conditions in other cities are cited to show that in several instances an increase in car fare resultedlnldecwcddhflmgoflln passenger revenues and a c it- :eductlon in the railway memy‘lr!- urn, While the economies that can be brought about under a unification in ‘Washington will aid materially in keep- ing the rate of fare down, the report, | it was said, will show that the $50,000,~ | 000 rate base called for in the merger | agreement, which would increase as betterments and capital additions are made, would likely result in higher fares in_the. future. The rate base arrived at by the In- terstate Commerce Commission experts was not disclosed, but it is reported to be under the $50,000,000 figure, on which the merged company, according to the terms of the agreement, would be “entitled to earn” a fair rate of return. No Recommendations Made. ‘The bureau’s report, it was explained, does not contain any definite recom- mendations, but presents all of the facts with respect to the merger situation so that Senator Capper and members of his committee can draw their own con- clusions. Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Effi- ciency Bureau, is expected to present the report to Senator Capper this after- noon. Brown was in seclusion this morning reading the final draft of the report preparatory to turning it over to Senator Capper. As has already been pointed out, the report is based on the result of the bureau's most exhaustive investigation of any matter of local importance, aside, perhaps, from the fiscal relations be- tween the Federal and District Gov- ernments. Much of the data for the merger report was gathered by the bureau investigators while in other cities collecting information for the fiscal relations report which is mow nearing completion. The Senate District committee will go thoroughly into all phases of the street railway merger prcposal before acting on it, Chairman Capper declared today as he returned to his office and to go over the status of local problems in preparation for the opening of the short session next week. ¥ ‘Will Seek Full Data. Senator Capper said he is in favor of a merger of the car lines pro .the terms of consolidation are and sa“fi\‘l:&oery&ifinge that & aim of - com to gather together the data that are needed to pass upor the pending plan. “The Senate,” said Senator Capper “will want to be fully advised as to th’ effects of the merger agreement wher the measure is rej 5 for tha reason that the subcommittee is havin the problem studied both by its ow expert, Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, and by th Bureau of Efficiency. Since the session of Congress wi begin a week from today, Senator Ca) per indicated this morning that ti subcommittee in direct charge of t! merger probably will not meet in a vance of the opening of Congress. Voices Hope for Airport. Senator Capper also expressed hor and two days ago broke, but thanks to the cab drivers in New York I am going | back home on a plush seat with plent: of dough. Before dawn I'll be far awa: thanks to the cab drivers and the New York cops. (Signed) “A Grateful Visitor to the Mstropolis.” The detectives said they had no in: formation as to the hold-ups. Preston's bride said she married him an hour after she met him hege, S today that this session of Congre would give serious attention to the es iablishment of an airport for the Na fonal Capital. A city of this size, h said, should have facilitles to keep pace with the development of aviation, anc recalled that he introduced a hill on the subject shortly before Congress ad- Jjourned in May. ‘The chairman also referred to the measure to give the PFederal Govern- (Continued on Page 3,