Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1928, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair with lowest temperature about 24 degrees tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and somewhat warmer. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 48, at 2 pm. yesterday; lowest, 27, at 7:30 am. to- day. Full report on page 9. ¢ Foening Star. Closing N. Y. Markets, 3:30 pm. Final Quo- ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION tations Will Be Found in 5:30 Edition. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,766 ch — Entered post office, as sect No. 30,900. Was d class matt er ngton, D, C. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928 —SI XTY PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. KING 1S STRONCER FEVER ABATES AND INFEGTIONSTOPS Evening Bulletin Indicates | Condition Is Unchanged Throughout the Day. QUEEN AND PRINCESS | TAKE AFTERNOON DRIVE Palace Occupants Convinced Prog-| ress Will Be Slow Even With- out New Relapse. B the Associated Press. | LONDON, December 6.—Buckingham %alace circles let it b known at 4 p.m. | that the condition of King George had | not changed since the carlier bulletin | from the physicians. It was understood in authoritative muarters this afterncon that Prince fary now hopes to be able to keep en- | fgagements at Northampton on Satur- | cay. She had agreed to participate in | the ceremonies connected with the opening of a new hospital there. Lord Dawson of Penn visited Buck- Bngham Palace this afternoon and had | # brief consultation with his colleague, Sir Stanley Hewett, on King George's Queen Goes for Drive. About the time of the doctors’ after- moon visit, the Queen and Princess pnly smiled as customarily in response to the salutations of the crowd at the| palace gates, but waved her hand to The statement that King George's general condition was slowly improving, made in the official morning bulletin come announcement that has come from Buckingham Palace since his majesty’s illness became critical greatly the hearts of his loyal subjects, who have been waiting with tense | knxiety for some such word that would Temperature Is Lower. The medical bulletin signed by Lord gawsnn of Penn and Sir Stanley “The King has passed a fair night and his_temperature this morning is| Jower. The general condition is slowly | ‘which remains severe, is becoming more Qocalized.” It would probably seem unwise to the bulletin for the King has now ibeen ill for 17 days and is granted to be still a very sick man. Also it could for another turn for the worst have ‘Jpeen eliminated. There were other features about the King's general improving _condition, ‘however, which had favorable sound. {One of these was that after passing a ture was lower. Another was that there was an increasing localization of the Anfective process in his chest. The this process was still severe. | Progress Will Be Slow. i Pleasure was expressed among the what was regarded as the reassuring nature of the doctors’ report. It was pointed out, however, that the prog- ‘There was also satisfaction among #he King's entourage that the doctors had omitted any mention of anxiety ared in several previous bullletins, his was also regarded as a good sign. Thére was more than usual anxiety fore the palace awaiting the morning bulletin inasmuch as last night's re- port had shown the patient was in- kive process was still active. This anxiety on the public’s part| doubtless was responsible for the fact shrouded the palace, there was a con- | stant trickle of visitors to the gates throughout the night. These had con- being able to do so only by using elec- tric torches or striking matches. The fog had lifted this morning, however, crowd to see today's bulietin board lainly when its welcome announcement as posted. ‘There was no cheering or other dem- wonstration when the spectators made out the bulletin, for the crowd in the | ils nearness to the sick chamber, main- tained this self-imposed quiet. There | were many quiet exchanges of hopeful Fondition. Mary went for a drive. The Queen not ghe throng. from his physicians, was the most wel- a few days ago. It served to cheer fndicate a,turn for the better. ewett said: improving and the infective process, fAnterpret too optimistically the words of hardly be thought that the chances ‘bulletin than that mentioning the fairly comfortable night, his tempera- iphysicians, none the less, indicated that dmembers of the royal household with | ¥ess indicated must necessarily be slow. concerning his heart, which had ap- famong the crowd which gathered be- creasingly feverish and that the infec- that despite a thick fog, which en-| siderable difficulty reading the bulletin, and there was no difficulty for the Crowd Keeps Silence. great plaza, always decorous because of | comment, however, among those who read the bulletin and then moved away | to pursue their daily occupations. B As might have been expected, plans > royal Christmas have been y the King’s prolonged illness. lays ago_arrangements for the | court to spend Christmas at Sandring: ham as usual were canceled, and i was stated today that the Queen would spend the holiday at Buckingham Pal- ace. Princess Mary may also stay with her parents. In some sections of tl{';e pr(;‘ifi. (h‘ls rming, there was a disposition to morning, the! e plea for fuller information with regard to the King's illness, led the medical dent of the Daily Telegraph that up to now there had been | itative, clean-cut statement | d to what his majesty was g from. al correspondent said tl hat | d | cquals. g into the arms of J. L. Buck, his f¢ h Mr. Buck. GORILLA, SOBBING, UNLOADED AT 200 One of Two Now in U. S, First One Here, Embraces Captor When Freed. A 3-year-old gorilla, the first ever at the National Zoological Park and one of the two now in the United States, arrived at the zoo this morning. The astonishingly child-like behavior of the animal was impressed on the small group of zoo attendants and visi- tors as soon as he was released from the box in which he had been brought to ‘Washington. For an hour the little felow had been sobbing audibly as if he had lost his last friend. For a year he has been brought up practically as a member of an American family, having the run of a large house, and confinement in a small box was an experience he could not understand. Throws Arms Around Him. Then the box was opened. The face of J. L. Buck, the animal dealer, who captured him more than a year ago in the twilight jungle of Spanish Guinea, on the West Coast of Africa, smiled down upon him. N'Gi sprang from the box, threw his long arms around Mr. Buck’s neck, and began showering him with kisses as if he was a little boy. Buck stroked his black fur and in a moment he was pacified and willing to pose for his photograph. Ordinarily a gorilla will not live in captivity more than a ‘year or so. The longest record was 7 years in the Zoo at -Breslau, Germany, but this never has been approached elsewhere. There the animal was brought up as a mem- ber of the zoo keeper’s family and was treated as one of his own children. It has been observed, however, that a baby gorilla usually will get along all right so long as he has the constant companionship of one human being to whom he becomes attached. Once this human leaves him for any length of time he becomes despondent and de- velops tuberculosis—that is, he practi- cally dies of a broken heart. Treats All Alike. ‘The animal now in Washington, while he has been reared as a member of Mr. Buck’s family, has never been allowed to form a strong attachment for any one individual, but has been encouraged to treat all men and women as his friends. Hence it is hoped that he will transfer affections to the Zoo attend- ants and pass through the stage of in- evitable despondency at the change without developing any organic trouble, If this period passes he may live for years. N'Gi now weighs 35 pounds. When he reaches his full growth he will weigh between 400 and 500, but that will be a long time yet, since the gorilla attains | his growth almost as slowly as a man. | He is now in practically the stage of de- velopment of a 3-year-old boy. For a few weeks a guard will be kept at his cage night and day, never leaving him | | for a minute lest he wake in the night | to find himself alone and injure himself ‘n a paroxysm of grief and fright—pos- sibly even commit suicide. He has been placed in the big cage formerly the home of the giraffe with three other anthropoids—Jiggs, the orang-utan, and two gibbons. He | has been raised with chimpanzees. Mr. Buck explained today, however, the presence of the other anthropoids will not afford real companionship to N'Gi. He regards himself as a man and the others as monkeys. He will play with them, but only as a child might play with a monkey and not as his i | tic had been emp! manner which seemed decidedly tive. N'G is a gift to the Washington Zoo | | from Waiter P. Chrysler, the automobile (Continued on Page 10, Column 2.) | Child L May Deprive Con Congress faces the prospect of being deprived of its boy pages by one of its own laws. 8 In the last session, Congres: child labor law for the Distri Columbia which applies to minors under 18 years of age, making it ne for boys under 18 to get work permits and restricting them to an eight-hour day. Congress usually has these pages on cuty from 9 am. to 5 pm., With a |Junch period allowed, which consumes 1he eight-] r [ owed Another .provi the child labor sed a ct of 1 of abor Law Passed Last Session gress of Its Boy Pages% bill restricts minors on night work to between the hours of 6 and 10 c'clock. Not infrequently Congress has run to | 8 or 10 o'clock at night, sometiraes to | 12 midnight or 2 am., and occasivnally | all-night sessions are held during a | filibuster or during a legislative jam | at the close of a session. Under the law these boys cannot be after 10 o'clock at night. Representative Gibson and other members of ‘he House District com- employed | N’GI TAKES UP HOME IN Z0O This 3-year-old gorilla, one of two in the United States, arrived at the Zoo this morning. He sobbed for a» hour before he was released from his box to ormer owner. He posed for his picture Bigamist Wedding Is Aided by Wife; Husband Arrested Church Organist Marries Pupil—Mate Witnesses Ceremon By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6.—Herbert J. Leigh-Manuelle, 36, church organist and music teacher, who induced his wife to witness his marriage to a 19-year-old pupll, today was being held without bail in the Suffolk County Jail charged with bigamy. Mrs. - Leigh-Manuelle remained at their West Sayville, Long Island home, taking care of their thre¢ young sons, while Miss Martha van Wyen, his new- est bride, was at the home of her par- ents in the neighboring village of Say- ville. Married 13 Years. The Leigh-Manuelles have been mar- ried 13 years. Mrs. Leigh-Manuelle ex- plained to police that she became aware last Summer that her husband was in- fatuated with his pupil, but when she found herself unable to check this she resigned herself to the situation. At the request of her husband she called at the Van Wyen home yesterday and asked whether Martha could ac- company her to a dentist in New York. The permission was granted. At the stal:ion they were joined by Leigh-Man- uelle. The three went to the Municipal Building where a license was taken out and later Leigh-Manuelle and Miss Van Wyen were married at the Marble Col- legiate Church, with Mrs, Leigh-Man- uelle as a witness. * Parents Object. Leigh-Manuelle, with his two wives, then returned to Sayville, where the| second Mrs. Leigh-Manuelle prepared to gather her belongings. Her parents, however, objected to the marriage and her father, Cornelius van Wyen, a store- keeper, struck Leigh-Manuelle in the face. A brother then had him arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. Aft- er he was released under $250 bail on this charge he was rearrested on a charge of bigamy. The Leigh-Manuelles had been living in West Sayville 10 years, where he is organist at St. Ann's Episcopal Church. He refused to discuss the matter. GRAND JURY TO CALL G. 0. P. WARD CHIEFS Philadelphians Mentioned in Gam- bler's Testimony Will Be Summoned. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 6.— George W. Elliott, former director of public safety; Max Mayer and Edward | Cook, Republican organization ward leaders, and others named ' by L Thomas “English Tommy” .Gilchrist, convicted gambler, in his testimony be- fore Judge Edwin O. Lewis, probably will be called before the special grand jury investigating bootlegging, gambling and police corruption. District Attorney Monaghan, who is - | directing the investigation, so indicated that | 4o day. “Every one mentioned in con- nection with this investigation will be subpoenaed,” he declared. Gilchrist testified that Mayer was one of his nine partners in a gambling establishment which had netted $902,- 000 in profits in four years after paying $200 a day for police protection, and that he had “heard” Elliott was a | partner of Charles Schwartz and Max “Boo Boo” Hofl in a similar enterprise. Elliott and Mayer denied the accu- sations, the former declaring that “these innuendoes come from a noto- rious gambler who had his first taste of jail because of my police work.” Most of Gilchrist's testimony related to occurrences of three or more years ago, but the district .attorney said he would seek former patrons of some of the establishments mentioned as hav- ing been in operation at a time that would brln¥ them within the two-year statute of limitations. Man Who Hanged 130 Dies. BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 6 (). ~-Karl Gold, Hungary's busiest hang- man, died today from Apoplexy. He had hanged 130 men since 1888. mittes are studying the case io see A what amendments should be prepared. | | AECTRITY ATES OF AL TYPES U1 BY UTLTES BOY Domestic Current Cost Reduced From 5.9 to 5.2 Per Kilowatt Hour. Is COMMERCIAL USERS ARE BENEFITED MOST Reconnection Fee of $2 Gets Com- mission Approval—Schedule Effective January 1. The Public Utilities Commission to- day authorized a reduction in the rates of electricity involving a drop from 5.9 to 5.2 cents per kilowatt hour for domestic uses. All classes of electric rates underwent reductions, which it is estimated will total $625,061.99 during 1929, over the company’s returns in 1928. The 1928 returns, it is estimated, will yield the company $9,407,026.26. The - greatest benefactors from the reductions will be commercial users coming under sched- ule C furnishing electricity for public lighting and motors in apartment build- ings where no private generating plants are installed. ‘While authorizing the new lower rates, the commission also gave the Potomac Electric Power Co., permission to charge a fee of $2 for reconnectoin in each case where the power has been cut off for failure to pay bills on time. There were 3,335 such cut-offs during the current year and the company claims that the average reconnection cost was $2.35. Effective on January Bills. The new rates will be effective on bills rendered after January 1, 1929, regard- less of whethr the electricity paid for was consumed wholely or in part in De- cember, 1928. The changes in the rates are sum- marized in'the following ‘table: Schedule A, for any residential pur- pose. Reduced from 5.9 to 5.2 cents primary rate. The secondary rate of 4.5 cents per kilowatt hour for the elec- tricity consumed monthly in excess of the first 120 hours of the connected load is abolished and all electricity supplied under this schedule will be paid for under the primary rate. This represents a reduction of $294,591.25, or 11.18 per cent of the current receipts. Schedule B, for separately metered electric service for commercial use other than lighting. The primary rate is reduced from 5.9 to 5.2 cents per kilowatt hour, with no change in sec- ondary rate, a reduction of $7,349.82, hedule C. For public lighting and motors in apartment buildings havi no private generating plants. The pri- mary rate is reduced from 5.9 to-5.1 cents for the first 400 kilowatt hours. For the next 450 kilowatt, hours the rate is reduced from 5.5 to 4 cents. For the next 1,000 kilowatt hours the rate remains unchanged at 3 cents and for the consumption in excess of 1,850 kilo- watt hours the rate is reduced from 25 to 2.1 cents. This ylelds a reduc- tion of $79,948.41, or 18.61 per cent. 5.67 Per Cent Decrease. Schedule D, for general lighting power and other commercial services. The primary rate is reduced from 5.7 to 5.1 cents and no other changes are made. ‘This will reduce the price of this service $176,491.79, or 5.67 per cent. Schedule E, for electric service used for any commercial service where the demand contracted for is not less than 20 kilowatts. Schedule E was divided into two new schedules to be known as Schedule E low tension, and Schedule L high tension. ‘There were no changes in the demand charges under schedule E, but the third step, affecting use in excess of 12,000 kilowatt hours under the energy charge, was reduced from 2 to 1.9 cents per kilowatt hour and the fifth step involv- ing use in excess of 150,000 kilowatt (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) MISFORTUNE ATTACKS PARAGUAY MENNONITES Members of Sect There Suffering From Pestilence, Fever and Starvation. or 3.87 per cent, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6—Eighteen Mennopites arriving from Paraguay on the Munson liner Western World, told of pestilence, fever and starvation, which they said members of their sect who migrated from Canada two years country. Mrs. Emma Harder, who arrived penniless, with her seven children, said her husband died-of malnutrition and malaria after sharing his funds with the starving members of the sect who were unable to sustain themselves on_their unproductive farms. Passengers aboard the ship raised a purse of $250 to enable her to return 1o friends in Canada. They also col- lected $135 for Anton Schroeder, an- other destitute Mennonite, who was taken to a Hoboken, N. J., hospital, suf- fering with a serious attack of malaria fever. The nine other members of the sect also were given financial aid. Envoy to Poland Due Home. WARSAW, Poland, December 6(#).— John B. Stetson, jr., American Minister to Poland, will leave Warsaw on De- cember 14, for the United States on a leave of absence. 108 | Jieved that the visit had been helpful in ago were facing in the South American | 4 POOR FELLOW TO ] H!l'll[_jlll_n!? \ — W DO! HOOVERQUITSPERU: BEGINS CHLE TRIP Antofagasta Is Next Stop. Lima and Callao Fetes Colorful. By the Associated Press. U. 8. S. MARYLAND, EN ROUTE TO ANTOFAGASTA, Chile, December 6.— Bearing pleasant recollections of his reception by government and municipal officials and the people of Peru, Presi- dent-elect Hoover today resumed his good-will voyage along the west coast of South America with Antofagasta, Chile as his next stopping place. Mr. Hoover felt that he had been per- sonally aided for his work as President of the United States by conferences he had with President Leguia of Peru and by contact with other officials. He was convinced that the United States and Peru have the same aspirations toward promoting pan-Americanism. He be- cementing the friendly relations which have existed since the foundation of the two republics. Mr. Hoover was especially impressed with _the cordiality of his welcome by the Peruvians, who gave him a henrty\; greeting “throughout the 14 hours he | was on the soil of one of the oldest | countries in the Western Hemisphere. Crowds Await Arrival. Crowds waited for hours in front of the American embassy and presidential palace at Lima for his appearance. They walked for blocks following the Presi- dent-elect as he drove twice to the pres- idential palace—once to greet President Leguia at midday and again to attend a dinner and_ reception at night. Mr. Hoover was also able to be present at the receptions by the American Society at the Country Club and by American engineers at the Engineers’ Club. President Leguia in formally address- ing Mr. Hoover at the banquet in his honor, stressed the necessity of pan- Americanism. He said that this was the thing that Mr. Hoover was making the present trip to accomplish, and had as its aim freindship, good-will and un- derstanding between all the American republics. Such a union, the Peruvian president said, has been and will continue to be a bulwark of liberty for all the nations of the Western World. He added that the Hoover visit would be of incal- culable benefit to this spirit of pan- Americanism. Refers to Progress. Mr. Hoover referred to “the steady and majestic progress of South America in the past century in political stability, freedom and liberty, peace, increasing material wealth and increasing human comfort and happiness.” ‘The President-elect expressed the hope that public servants in all coun- tries could continue to diminish de- structive forces, to strengthen the forces of material and spiritual progress and to build up institutions of government which would assure liberty and free- lom. Mr Hoover and the others of his party, rode to the presidential dinner in gayly-colored barouches, similar to those used by Spanish viceroys in the days of Spanish rule in the land of the Incas. 3 They were preceded by motor cycle police and accompanied by the presi- dent’s lancers. After the reception, (Continued on Page 12, Column 2.) ZIMBALIST RECOVERING Violinist, Operated Upon November 23, to Be Discharged Soon. NEW YORK, December 6 (). —Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, who under- went a serious abdominal operation on November 23, was reported so well on the road to recovery today that his dis- charge from the Presbyterian Hospital before Christmas was predicted. Readers are reqfiested Radio P_r(_)gmms —Page 38 that they might find to be { Honest Advertising For the protection of The Star, for years, has carefully censored all adver- tising submitted for publication and barred false and misleading statements. tecting the public and all legitimate advertisers by bringing to the attention of the paper any statements its readers and advertisers to assist The Star in pro- untrue or misleading in any advertisement at any time, Man Is Shot Dead While Phonograph Rasps Out Melody Youth Says He Killed Farmer as Sunset Tune Is Played. By the Associated Press. LOGAN, Ohio, December 6.—As an ancient phonograph rasped out the strains of “When the Sun Goes Down,” Jacob Konchler, farmer-recluse in the Hocking County hills, was shot to death at his own request, according to a pur- ported confession made to police here today by Ray Featheroff, 19-year-old neighbor. Since Konchler’s body was discovered Monday night, authorities have searched for the slayer and they stumbled on his trail when they apprehended young Featehroff on a charge of hunting with- out a license. According to Featheroff’s alleged con- fession, he was hunting near Konchler's cabin last Friday when he chased up a rabbit near the place. K , the confession said,” asked Featheroff to come in and bring his gun. “When I went into the parlor, Featheroff is said to have told police, “Konchler told me he was in debt and tired of living and he wanted to die. He said I could have his farm if I'd shoot him. “Then he walked over to the phono- graph and started up the record, ‘When the Sun Goes Down. While he was standing there I shot him in the back of the head. I didn't stop to look after I pulled the trigger.” A year ago Featheroff was arrested on complaint of Konchler, who ac- cused him of having stolen a watch and a gun case. The youth was released after questioning. MAN SHOOTS SELF AFTERKILLNG TWO Government Clerk Commits Suicide Following Murder of Wife and Grandchild. Thomas Beale Miskimon, /57, of 349 Eleventh street southeast, placed the muzzle of a revolver in his mouth and killed himself yesterday after shooting to death his wife, Mrs. Leola Miskimon, 43, and his 5-year-old granddaughter, Norma Midkiff. The double murder and suicide are thought to have oc- curred about noon. Mrs. Myra Midkiff, stepdaughter of Miskimon, told police her stepfather had been drinking heav- ily for the last two days. Believe Child Died Seeking Help. The three bodies were found lying in a front room on the second floor. A bullet had passed through Miskimon's brain. The woman and girl each were struck by two bullets. All but the child appeared to have died instantly. A trail of blood was found on the floor, where she. evidently had tried to crawi | from the room for help and had col- lapsed at the door. Nothing of the tragedy was known until shortly after 7 o'clock last night, as the reports of the gun were not heard by neighbors. Returning home last evening about 5:30 o'clock, Mrs. Midkiff found the front door locked, and supposed her mother and stepfather had taken her daughter out for a walk. She went to the home of Mrs. Marion Kidd, 351 Eleventh street, next door, to wait for them. Becoming alarmed when the family did not appear, Mrs. Midkiff, accom-\ panied by Mr. Kidd and James Beach of 209 South street, Alexandria, Va., a visitor at the Kidd home, went to the fifth precinct, after finding all the i doors and accessible windows locked. Mother Faints at Scene. Lieut. O. T. Davis and Precinct De- tective Fuller Arrington returned with them and broke in the cellar door. The first hint of the tragedy came with the discovery of a jagi hole in the ceiling of the parlor, made by a bullet. The party rushed upstairs. When Mrs. Midkiff saw her little daughter’s body she screamed and fainted. Both Miskimon and his wife were lying face upward and the man’s head was pillowed on the woman’s arm. She had been shot twice through the breast. The child was shot in the ab- domen and through the head. An empty clip was found on the dresser and a d45-caliber automatic was clutched in the man's hand Police say he evidently emptied the ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ¢ REPORT 15 RUSHED ON CITIES SURVEY Statistics Prepared by Effi- ciency Bureau to Be Used in Study of Budget. Compilation of statistics outlining the financial affairs of 14 principal cities comparable in size with Washington is being rushed by the Federal Bureau of Efficiency today in order to have the information completed in time for use by the House subcommittee on appro- priations when it begins hearings De- cember. 20 on the District appropria- tion bill. The statistical tables will form a ma- Jor portion of the bureau’s forthcoming comprehensive report on the result of its exhaustive fact-finding investigation of the fiscal relations between the Fed- eral and District Governments which was undertaken last. May atithe joint est of | pprop ite 33'0: the Slrnn:e mdfll.!m ::l:mdu Bureau of the Budget. These tables also will be used to draw the conclusions for the ., which, bureau representatives indicate, will be of greater importance to the District, perhaps, than its recent report on the transit merger plan. Will Compare Expenses. What use the committee proposes to make of the statistical tables in con- nection with the hearings on the ap- propriation bill, bureau officials did not disclose. data, however, it was poinied out, will enable the committee to make a comparison of the cost of opegation and maintenance of the 14 :l:lets with similar expenses in the Dis- rict. Such comparisons will be made by the bureau in its finished fiscal rela- tions report, but it was said that this would not be ready until about Jan- uary 1 or shortly thereafter. ‘The tables include such data as the tax levies in the 14 cities, the revenue raised by the application of the tax rate, the amount of the total income used for operation and mairitenance and the amount which goes into public im- provements. The information being used for the compilation of the tables was gathered by Herbert Rapp and V. P. Simmons, bureau investigators, who made personal visits to the cities and studied their financial conditions and methods of preparing and allocating the budgets. Most of the cities visited are east of the Mississippi. Among them are Bos- ton, Buffalo, Rochester, Detroit, Mil- waukee, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indian- apolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, New Or- leaAnlsl n;ld'hfinsb;ggh‘ of these cities have a ulation of more than 300,000. Seven have pop- ulations slightly higher than Washing- ton and the other seven have a slightly lower population. This will permit bu- reau attaches to strike an average in formulating the conclusions for the report. Bureau officials declare they have not yet made a study of the information gathered by Rapp and Simmons, and are, therefore, unable to even hazard a guess as to what the final analysis will reveal. EMBASSY SI.TE STUDIED. BUENOS AIRES, December 6 (#).— Representative John C. Linthicum of Maryland and Robert T. Phillips of the State Department arrived yest-rday on the Southern Cross to chodse a plot of ground where the officers of the Ameri- can embassy and consulate will be erected. DRASTIC CHANGES IN MERGER SET-UP (RGED BY MALTBIE Senate’s Expert Flatly Re- jects $50,000,000 Valuation, 0. K.’d by Efficiency_Bureau. CRITICIZES PROPOSED RATE BASE ADJUSTMENT Advises Against Provision Protect- ing New Company From Com- petition—Would Leave Fare. ‘The $50,000,000 valuation proposed as the basis for street railway merger in Washington is flatly rejected and other drastic changes in the unification agree- ment are recommended by Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, utilities expert, whose findings were made public today by the Senate District subcommittee, when it met to begin consideration of the problem. Dr. Maltbie's recommendations are at variance with those of the Bureau of Efficiency on a number of points, par- ticularly the valuation, which the ef- ficiency experts suggested be accepted tentatively to hasten the benefits of a marger, With a revaluation at the end of 10 years or sooner. Would Omit Subjects. Declaring that companies are seldom merged with valuations anproved by legislatures or Congress, Dr. Maltbie tells the committee the entire section relating to values and the determina- tion of fares “could wisely be omitted and these subjects left for determina- tion by the properly constituted au- thorities when the questions arise.” The report also declares that ulti- mate control of the merged lines prob- ably would be in the North American Co., through its control of the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. The subcommittee adjourned shortly after receiving and making public the Maitble report, and probably will not have another meeting until next week. In the meantime the members will study the reports of both Dr. Maltbie and the Bureau of Efficiency. 2 Following the meeting, Senator Van- denberg, Republican of Michigan, in commenting on the Maltbie report, said: I think it is a well sustained analy- sis, which requires far more proof to Jusiify the $50,000,000 valuation as a part of hte new contract than is yet in evidence.” Senator Vandenberg also said that he did not believe the Bureau of Efficiency report was as much a vindication of the merger agreement as has been indi- cated. The B:lm‘gar u;.:ued attention to " one grap bureau's rej in vlm it was stated that the n;’:;: reasonable course is to permit the com- panies to merge and value them after a sufficlent time has elapsed to co-ordi- nate bus and rail and thus effect the economy and public ben- efit expected from unified operation. The Senator said that that paragraph of the efficiency report, if read inde- pendently, reflects his state of mind a the present moment. Mind Open on Subject. Senator Vanden! emphasized that these were his prelimi views of the report, and that he was still of an open mind to study the question. He de- :llnredm xthn the valuation and the ques- of economy are regarded lative today and added: arithmetic should not be frozen into permanent contract. I am in favor of :eexfieger‘,hbut the n{ur"“mtnx is to pro- e general structure proposed. postponing 'gleae s] tive guuunns to such a time as to a definitive basis. Sl Senator Vandenberg indicated that he was considering whether it would be a fair solution to permit a merger on a status quo basis for five years and at the end of that time settle those ques- tions which he regards being of a spec- ulative nature today. He pointed out that both reports agree that the power chapter should b: rewritten. Capper to Study Report. He also stated that both reports agre: that the merger contract would permic the imposition of a super-fee by the North American Co. In connection with this question Senator Vandenberg said he did not object to such a fee in itself, provided it was subject to the supervision of the Public Utilities Com- mission. Senator Capper said he wanted to study the Maltbie repore before express- ing his views concerning it. Senator King of Utah also declared he wanted more time to study the re- port before commenting. The ultimate conclusions of Dr. Malt- bie, as stated in his report, are: That a unification of the street rail- way and bus lines wculd be productive of “many advantages to the public and to the companies.” The proposed unification agreement should be modified or altered in these respects. (a) After examination of all avail- able data and of the property, I do not recommend the acceptance of $30,000.- 000 as the present value of the property and as the amount to be used as the baau for determining fares for a dec- ade. ' The proposed method for adjusting this rate base from time to time does not commend itself. 1t is not customary for merger agree- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) “Which Is Me Tu?” “Me Tu.” Each Quoth:; All Perplexed, Judge Fines 'Em Both By the Associated Press. 8 EVANSTON, Ill, December 6.—If ever you have wondered what a “Chi- nese puzzle” is, have a look at the strange case of Me Tu. Me Tu is a Chinese. Really he is two Chinese. Or is he? You see, it becomes involved right at the outset, and when you consider the bull fiddle and the tomcat, the neighbors, the constable and the judge, you have a Chinese puzzle if ever there was one. Was there a laundry? Of course; still is, for that matter. It is at 1921 Sherman street. ‘The neighbors had complained that Me Tu, the bull fiddle and the tomcat constituted a trio which for unalloyed noise had few equals and positively no superiors. When Me Tu began sawin on the bull fiddle and the tomcat go under way with his shrill arias the re- sultant cacophony was suggestive of a Gershwin rhapsody played on an un- tuned calliope in competition with two dozen riveting machines. Constable George Harrison wept to the laundry yesterday to arrest Me Tu. He saw no one. “Where,” he demanded, “is Me Tu?" Two Chinese as alike as the inevita- ble two peas in a pod bobbed from be- hind the counter. “And which,” inquired the constable, “is Me Tu? “Me Tu,” said the Chinese nearest the mangle. “Me Tu,” sald the Chinese by the bundle rack. The constable took the two Me Tus before Justice of the Peace Samucl Harrison. He, too, was perplexcd, but he devised a solution. “Put them both in that closst,” he said, pointing, “Turn them around, and when I shout ‘Me Tu,’ the first one to Jjump out is the Me Tu we want.” 'Twas_done. “Me Tu!” cried the court. The two Chinese came forth in a dngnm;i f this, “Enough of ," said the court, which had its own idea of solving a »