Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1929, Page 1

Clearing and colder tomorrow, pre- ceded by snow flurries; much colder to- morrow night; Monday fair and contin- ued cold. Temperatures: Highest, 36, at vesterday: lowest, 23, at 8:30 a.m. Full report on page 7. he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sunday Star “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by ‘The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. (#) Means Associated Press. No. 1,243—No, 30,938 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13 BORAH WILL RENEW REQUEST 10 LINIT DEBATE ON TREATY 26 Sign Petition “Clarifying” Declaration. Tone Conciliatory. WHITE HOUSE PARLEY BRINGS HOPE OF. ACTION Issue Is Discussed Frankly by Coolidge, Kellogg, Curtis and Idaho Senator. he Assoclated Press lent Coolidg2 threw his influence yestorday against the Senate legislative jam in which the Kellogg anti-war treaty and the cruiser construction bill are caught, and this added pressure re- sulted last night in at least a renewal of conferences looking to a way to obtain action, Tomorrow Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee, in charge of the treaty, will renew his request for an agreement to limit debate on the pact and he believes it will be accepted. Conferences looking to that end were sevived late yesterday. White House alarm over the Senate situation was reflected in a senatorial breakfast party and a conference later between Coolidge and Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican leader; Sena- tor Borah and Secretary Kellogg, the father of the treaty. Petition Is Circulated. While this conference was going on the Republican-Democratic group seek- ing an interpretation of the pact started a petition in the Senate asking | for some sort of a “clarifying" declara- tion to the treaty. More than 26 signa- tures had been obtained by last night. ‘The petition, however, is conciliatory in tone, stating that the signers believe in the treaty, but would like a clarifying declaration. It is intended to have the petition | sent to Secretary Kellogg, who so far has stood adamant to any manner fo interpretation of the treaty other than that contained in his correspondence wwith other nations. There have been | reports to the Senate that the Secretary scouted the strength of those who want an_interpretation.~ ‘The petition, which Senators Bing- | ham, Republican, Connecticut; Moses of New Hampshire, and Reed, Democrat, Missouri, are passing around proposes that a report be made by the foreign relations committee setting forth the views expressed by Chairman Borah on the floor regarding the treaty as a suffi- clent guaranty of America’s interpre- tation of the pact. Frank Discussion. ‘The White House conférence resulted in some frank discussion and it ended about where it started, with promises of hope only. Senator Borah informed Mr. Coolidge that he was not interested in whether the bill authorizing 15 new cruisers was passed or not, and remind- ed the President that those who are talking against the treaty happen to be among those most interested in pas- sage of the cruiser measure. ‘The Moses-Reed group are ready to compromise on their resolution of in- terpretation in favor of only a commit- tee report stating that it was not con- sidered that the treaty would infringe upon or embarass America’s Monroe Doctrine. Senator Borah has expressed this view on the floor, but Secretary Kellogg and the Senator are unwilling to have a formal interpretative dec- laration made regarding the pact. Sec- retary Kellogg reiterated his views in this regard at the White House parley. There appears to be good prospects that the petition will get more than 33 | votes—the one-third necessary to de- | feat ratification of the pact—but the | sponsors of the petition disclaim any | intention of seeking to defeat the treaty. ‘Their objective is to get an interpre- tative declaration of some form. The petition pledges the signers not to ask for a vote on adoption of a committee report should one be brought out. That is what is worrying Secretary Kellogg and Senator Borah, but no murnnu! would be given by the treaty sponsors | that they would agree to a committee report even in the face of such a pledge. Shortridge Speaks. Senator Borah held the treaty before the Senate again during the afternoon, with Senator Shortridge, Republican, California, taking up the cudgels in its | behalf. Shortridge spoke at consider- | able length and was interrupted only by Senator Blaine, Republican, Wiscon- sin, who wants a resolution adopted de- claring that Great Britain’s note reserv- ing freedom of action in the protection of her territories shall not be regarded s a reservation to the treaty. Assailing the confention that an in- terpretation recessary to protect Americ it of self-defense under e pact, Shorl:idge insisted that the ht of self-defense is inherent and be abridged by any treaty. s address Senator Shortridge y entering into this treaty we surrender, we abandon, no American right, no American policy.” Asking | To Represent U. S. J. P. MORGAN. OWEN D. YOUNG. THIRD “WITCH GASE DEFENDANT LT Hess Verdict Carries 10 to 20 Years’ Impris- onment. BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staft Correspondent of The Star, YORK, Pa, Japuary 12.—York | County has “laid its witches"—for the time being, at least. A jury early this evening returned a | verdict of second degree murder against | Wilbert Hess, 18-year-old farm boy, for the killing on Thanksgiving eve of | Nelson D. Rehmeyer, aged recluse and alleged sorcerer. The verdict against Hess carries a sentence from 10 to 20 years. The two other defendants, John Blymyer and 14-year-old John Curry, already had heen convicted of first de- gree murder, carrying a sentence of imprisonment for life. Justice. moved with machine-like precision during the | week of the trial. Blymyer, the child- | like bewitched witch doctor, who was an unsought fugitive from an insane asylum, was convicted in three days. | His trial was slowed up by an attempted | insanity defense which apparently had no effect on the jury. Curry, waif of the York mill tenements, was tried and sentenced in a day and & half. Even while the jury was deliberating on his case yesterday another jury was being drawn for the trial of Hess. Allegedly Dupe of Other Twe. Alone of ‘the defendants, Hess had a lawyer not assigned by the court. He was allegedly the dupe of Blymyer and Curry, having accompanied them only because of the sore straits of his family which they believed were caused by a spell cast upon the household by Rehmeyer in the employ of one of their enemies. - Angry at the Nation-wide publicity received by the case, York tried from the first to- minimize the witcheraft angle and the commonwealth’s attorney insisted that the motive of the murder was to rob the recluse’s house. Here he lived alone, his nearest neighbor being his wife who occupied a house of her own about two miles distant. All three defendants insisted that their sole motive in going to the house was to get a lock of his hair to break the spell and all three insisted that they be- lieved he had them bewitched. The gawky, unsophisticated country boy, reared in an atmosphere of age-old superstitions, was a pitiful figure as he took the stand yesterday in his own defense, knowing that his two com- panions in the eerie tragedy of Rehmeyer’s Valley had been sentenced to life imprisonment. He had heard Commonwealth'’s Attor- ney Herrman tell the jury that the evidence indicated that he himself actu- ally had struck the blow which frac- tured the skull of the recluse and prob- ably caused his death. This was based on the confessions of John Blymyer and John Curry, the other participants in the murder, Strange Series of Setbacks. ‘The trouble had started last Summer in a quarrel between Hess' father and his aunt over a right of way, The Doctrine Held Secure. “All the nations of the earth,” he “have been authoritatively noti- hat we consider the Monroe Doc- raced within and forming 1 part of our inherent right fense. ‘That doctrine rests the solid rock where it was nes Monroe a century and ars ago. =& us hope, let us believe, that, free- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) £aid, fied 't father, Milton D. Hess, got 'the best ot | this quarrel, but shortly afterward he | was beset by a strange series of misfor- tunes. He became sick. His poultry flock began to dwindle. Wilbert himself | | began to feel strange sensations. Then the father met John Blymyer, who pretended to him that he was a witch doctor although himself under constant delusions of having been be- | witched, Blymyer told Hess that for| from $40 to $50 he could lift. a spell " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Booked on Disorder] v Conduct Charge. Representative Gives * John Doe™ Alias Representative Virgil Chapman of the seventh Kentucky district posted $5 collateral on a disorderly conduct charge at first precinet early last night, as the result of an argument over park- | ing with Policeman S. P. Smith. My ment, says the trouble started when L misinterpreted a signal and that whe the policeman “wanted 10 make e took Smith to No. 1 in his car and after posting the collateral, returned the officer to his post at Fif- teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Policeman Smith sald that when he d Chapman in regard to the atter, the latter informed him that toree friends with him were Qs Chapman, admitting the argu- | “colleagues” and that when his reply to that was that a lawmaker should up- hold the law, the Representative's re- sponse led to the disorderly conduct charge. The “colleagues” were not | identified. Mr. Chapman was pulling into the curb at the Washington Hotel, where hie makes Lis home, when the trouble | started. AL No. 1 he was booked as John Doe, | age, 32; oecupation, lawyer, and ga @& non-existent address in Southeast Washington. The Kentuckian. a Democrat, who comes from Paris, is serving his second | term in the House, where he is one of | years old, » MORGAN T0 SERVE WITH OWEN YOUNG ON WAR DEBT BODY Thomas Nelson Perkins of Boston Is Appointed to Be Their Alternate. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY | Selection of Banker Would Facili- tate Possible Flotation of $2,- 000,000,000 of Reparation Bonds. J. P. Morgan, head of J. P. Mor- gan & Co., and Owen D. Young. chai man of the General Electric Co., will be the American representatives at the forthcoming conference in Paris of the allied and German financial experts who will undertake to work out a so- lution of the German war reparations problem. Thomas Nelson Perkins, lawyer and financier of Boston, and for two years the United States citizen member of the reparations commission, will serve | as alternate for both Mr. Morgan and Mr. Young. Despite his preeminence as the most powerfui financial figure in America, if not in the world, Mr. Morgan will oc- cupy second place in the American del- egation, leadership of which has been intrusted to Mr. Young. Nevertheless, the banker's consent to associate him self, as well as the international pres- tige of the House of Morgan, with the delegation in any capacity was hailed today in the. extremely limited circle where Mr. Morgan's decision became known as a most auspicious augury for the success of the pending negotiations | and for the ultimate settlement of tho | whole vexing question of German rep- arations. Announcement of the appointment of the American experts has not yet been made officially, but through channels which permit no reasonable doubt of the authenticity of the information it is learned that the invitation was ex-!| tended to Mr. Morgan by the Repara- tions Commission, and the banker ac- cepted, as well as Mr. Young and Mr. Perkins. Official verification of this ex- clusive information is expected Monday from President Coolidge. Morgan Appointment Surprising. The news that Mr. Morgan has con- sented to serve on the delegation will come as a sharp as well as pleasant 8 to those all over the world who are interested in solution of the problem of German reparations and the associated question of international war debt settlements. Although selec- tion of Mr. Young to head the dele- gation and of Mr. Perkins to serve in some other connection had been tore- cast, conjecture on the identity of the second expert was never extended, even among informed financial men, to in- clude the name of Mr. Morgan. Following his almost invariable ruie Mr. Morgan announced in New York to- night, when his comment on the ap- pointment was asked, that he had noth- ing to say. Mr. Perkins at his home in Westwood, Mass., also withheld comment in ad- vance of the official announcement, while Mr. Young, at whose conference with President Coolidge yesterday it is presumed the appointments were de- cided upon, was reported to be in upper New York State and could not e reached. Aside from the inestimable value to the coming Paris conference of Mr. Mor- gan’s exceptional knowledge and ability as an international financier, the most important feature of his decision to take up the reparations problem is seen in connection with the contemplated issue of reparations bonds. $2,000,000,000 Bonds Favored. According to the plan most favorably considered at present, issues of German bonds, secured by the soundest material assets of the Nation and totaling prob- ably some $2,000,000,000, will be floated in every civilized country in amounts allocated according to capital available in each country for their purchase. The proceeds, of course, will be devoted to the payment of the bill lodged against Germany by the Allies for damages in- flicted in the war. With the head of J. P. Morgan & | Co. in the post of technical adviser to the reparations commission, the, flota- tion of these bonds, especially in the United States, where a market will be sought for approximately $500,000,000 worth of them, will be greatly facilitated. It is assumed not only that the entire resources of the powerful Morgan in- terests will be marshaled to expedite their sale but that Mr. Morgan's inti- mate connection with the transaction will assure the best possible market for the securities. It is deemed probable, 1o, that the banker's active particip: tion in the reparations settlement will be reflected in higher prices for Ger- | man bonds already held in this and | other countries. | Although Mr, Morgan's appointment | followed Mr. Young's conference here with President Coolidge and Secretary of State Kellogg, the administration re- | peatedly has made it clear that the American experts assigned to the Repa- | rations Commission will in no sense represent this Government. “Both Mr. | ~ (Continued on Page BAY STATE MAY REQUEST DRY REPEAL OF CONGRESS State Senate Petitioned to Ask! Removal of Eighteenth Amendment, By the Associuted Press, BOSTON, January 12.—The State Senate was asked to memoralize Con- gress to take steps for the repeal of the elghteenth amendment in a bill filed with that body today upon the petition of Charles S. Racekamann of Miiton. ‘The bill called attention to the favor- able referendum vote in 34 of 36 sena- torfal districts in the State to instruct the Senators of each district to ask for a repeal proposal by Congress. The total vote on the question in the 36 dis- tricls was 707,352 in favor and 422,655 against. Four districts did not vote on the guestion. Filing of the bill today was the first reaction to the national election in this State, when the heavy “wet” vote was a member of Congress and | the voungest members, being only 33 | recorded and the Democratic national ticket was victosious. i ! | TWO KILLED, 1 929 —106 PAGES. > FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE TEAR GASQUELLS PRISON LPRIGHG Pennsylvania Convicts Yell for Food as Police Join Guards. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 12.—After guards had called for aid, city police- ! men, using tear gas, today quelled an uprising among nearly 600 prisoners in | the county prison at Holmesburg. The gas was discharged into three of the eight corridors forming a wheel within the institution. During the disorder, which began yes- terday and continued intermittently until this afternoon, prisoners tore mat- tresses, broke cell furniture and shat- tered some of the wooden doors on the inside of their iron-barred cells. No one was seriously injured daring the disturbance, since ost of the pris- oners never got an opportunity to leave their cells. No firearms were found among the prisoners, Brewing Several Days. ‘Trouble at the prison has been brew- ing for several days. Prisoners alleged that their food was insufficient and poor in quality, which is denied by prison officials. The authorities declared the disturb- ances were due to unrest among the prisoners, of whom 1,750 are crowded are no long-term men in the insti- tution. The disturbances were minimized until noon today, when a call was sent to City Hall for reinforcements. Lemuel B. Schofield, director of public safety, ordered a detachment of policemen to the place with tear gas and later in- creased the force to more than 100 men, “We want food,” was the cry sent up when the city police arrived. The cry was taken up by prisoners in other corridors. ‘The disorder was in progress about four hours before the police ended it. Lays Trouble to Food. John Gibson, 45, was released from the prison while the revolt was in progress. He had completed a six- month sentence for receiving stolen goods. “The trouble,” said Gibson, “is the poor food served in the prison. “Some time ago the prisoners refused to eat their soup and it was stricken from the menu. The meat has been terrible and the coffee made me sick." hsslbson said he had not eaten for two “Everybody refused supper Thursda; and again last might,” he sald. The yell for food is because the prisoners sx:_w!'.whlt they're getting is not fit to eat.” "ONE SHOT IN KENTUCKY BATTLE Deputy Slain by Brother-in-Law, Who Also Loses His Life. Boy Victim May Die. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Ky., January 12.—A dep- uty sheriff was shot to death by his brother-in-law who in turn was killed wounded in a battle in Breathitt County today. The dead are Deputy Sheriff George wounded, probably fatally. According to information received here, i1l feeling existed between Clem- mons and Noble, brothers-in-law. A warrant charging housebreaking of Granville Noble. Clemmons, accom panied by another deputy, Lark Word, to the home of the elder Noble, 25 miles | east of here, to make the arrest. Granville Noble, it is claimed, opened | fire and & pitched battle ensued. Alex | Noble, the' man sought, escaped, it is sald, —_——— - “L'Enfant” Flyer Is Killed. CANNES, France, January 12 (#).— Pierre Fishback, 18- was calied “L’Enfant” of French avia- tion, was killed today in a landing forced by wator trouble. He was at- {tempting & 3ight in short hops from Par's to Syna, using a small single- seater plane, Four Wounded in Nicaragua. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, January 12 (#)—Four members of the Guardia Nacional have been wounded in a clash with bandits near San Juan de Hel- pancca. Several bendits are belleved 1o have been killed, into cells planned for only 1,500. There | by other officers, and a young boy was | the hills of | Clemmons, 32, and Granville Noble, 55. | A son of Noble, 13 years old, was| had been issued for Alex Noble, 23, son. ! and Constable Lindell Clemmons, went r-old pilot, who 1 | Byrd Party Takes Shelter in Tents As Blizzard Rages Ship Held to Ice Pack With Difficulty in Severe Storm. By Wireless to The Star and the New York Time es. ABOARD THE BARK CITY OF NEW YORK, January 12.—The Byrd Antarctic Expedition is in the midst of | a bad snowstorm. It is with much diffi- | culty that the ship is prevented from | being blown away from the ice fleld to which it is secured with ice anchors. ‘The men at Little America are safe and snug in their tents but it is feared that the walls of the house which is only half erected have been Blown down during the storm. Visibllity has been almost nothing and at 4 o'clock this morning, when it was seen that the storm was approach- ing, the dog teams which generally leave the base for the ship at that hour were unharnessed and all hands told to take a much needed rest until the storm is over. They are in the tents turned in their reindeerskin sleeping bags. A temporary kitchen has been made at Little America of canvas and food boxes. ‘The departure of the Eleanor Bolling from New Zealand has been delayed for at least two days. Cept. Brophy is in charge there. The expedition truly has reason to be thankful for the excellent ?(C]ulpl?e;:t ,h‘;’sehl:ured. ‘opyright. . by the New York Times s n reserved thro the world.) S 0 STEWART AWAITING ROCKEFELLER TILT Will Fight Magnate to Retain Standard 0il Co. Board Chairmanship. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 12.—Col. Rob- | ert W. Stewart intends to lock horns | with John D. Rockefeller, jr., in a fight to the finish to retain his position as | chairman of the board of the Standard | Oil Co. of Indiana, which will be de- cided at & stockholders’ meeting March 7. Col. Stewart made this plain today in a formal statement announcing his candidacy for re-election as chairman of the board and questioning Mr. Rockefellers right to speak for 58,000 | shareholders in reply to a recent com- | munication from Mr. Rockefeller to stockholders asking the removel of Col. ! Stewart. ‘The statement was made at the Standard Ofl offices upon Mr. Stewart's | arrival from New York today. In an informal conversation with reporters, he said some of the requests for proxie: sent out by Mr. Rockefeller were being | returned with Mr. Rockefeller's name scratched and his own written in, His formal statement said he had the | voluntary “spontaneous and practically unanimous support” of all employes of the company. “Mr. Rockefeller, jr., now has brought the fight to me through our stockhold- ers and the challenge must be accepted. “The suggestion that my recent ac- quittal of charges of perjury in Wash- | ington was the result of a technicality | a lie. I have in my possession & | statement signed by every member of | the jury directly stating that no uch-] nicalities were considered, and that fipon the first ballot—and even before a | ballot. was taken—they were unan- imously of the opinion that the charge of perjury was false, and intended their verdict as a complete vindication.” Regarding Mr. Rockefeller's request several months ago that he resign, Col. Stewart said that he agreed to resign when requested to do so by the stock- holders, but questioned Mr. Rocke- feller's right to speak for them. italy Limitl Jobs, ROME, January 12 (#).—An official | communique from Premier Mussolini's | press bureau today said that members | of the Chamber of Deputies who also serve as prefects in Italy or as consuls abroad will not be eligible for selection for the new chamber by the grand council of the Fascist party. The idea is to end the system by which members of the chamber have been holding other government posts, i 26,000 DIE OF ‘FLU INTWEEKSINU. 3. Public Health Officials Em- phasize “Reality of Cur- rent Epidemic.” By the Associated Press. Public health officials yesterday esti- | mated approximately 26,000 persons | died from influenza and pneumonia ia | the United States during the seven weeks preceding January 5. The esti- mate was determined after analysis of | reports reaching the Census Bureau from citles in various parts of the! country. “Any doubt as to the reality of the | current” influenza epidemic,” a state- ment said, “is promptly dispelled by an | examination of the mortality statistics.” According to & “conservative esti- mate,” it continued, “there have been to January 5 no less than 26,000 deaths in the United States attributable to the | epidemic.” “During the seven weeks from No- vember 18 to January 5, the state- ment said, “the cumulated annual death rate from influenza and pneumonia in excess of the average for the corre- | sponding period of the last four years | was 1,129 per 100,000 population in 78 | large cities reporting to the United | States Bureau of Census. 26,000 Excess Deaths. | s an actual rate for | e Thls i5 cauks ot "17° per’ 100,000, | Applying this rate to the population of | the United States, approximately 120,- | 000,000, yields an estimate of 26,000 ex-] cess deaihs for the seven weeks, at the | end of which the mortality had entered | a definite decline only in the Western tates. = ! “It is belleved that this estimate is! tality thus far, the statement noted, was in mountain | States. There was & possibility, it said, | highly conservative. The heaviest mor that the peak of mortality may now h}:/e beenperesched in South Atlantic and some of the Central States. Detals of a rescue cruise by the Coast Guard cutter Unalga to influenza- stricken Alaskan villages, first reports of which were received late in December, reached the Public Health Service yes- terday, bringing official commendation of the heroism of Dr. L. B. Sturtevant, health officer attached to the vessel, and of women teachers and nurses sta- tioned at the barren outports. The cutter left its home port, Juneau, after repeated urgent requests for aid to Health ‘Comissioner De Vignne. Steaming through icy passes with its (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—32 PAGES. General News-_Local, National and Forelgn. Schools and Colleges—Page 10. Financial News—Pages 21, 22 and 23. Around the City—Page 25. Veterans of Great War—Page 31, Y. W. C. A, Activities—Page 32. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial _Section—Editorials and Edi- | torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Winter Books—Page 4. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Soclety. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 8. D. A. R. Activities—Page 9. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 10. News of the Clubs—Pages 11 and 12. PART FOUR—18 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. News of the Motor World—Pages 6, T Screen and 8. Col. Lindbergh’s Story—Page 9. Aviation Activities—Pages 9 and 10. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 12. Fraternal News—Pages 12 and 13, District National Guard—Page 13. At Community Centers—Page 14. Organized Reserves—Page 14. District of Columbia Naval Page 15. Spanish War Veterans—Page 15. Radio News—Pages 15, 16 and 17. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified ‘Advertising. Serial Story, “The Vicarion"—Page 7. Army and Navy News—Page 7. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 7. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pict COLOR SEC Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and .; High Lights of History, Eew "Reserve— |McNary Declares He Will Not | SPECIAL SESSION NEED INPRESSES PRESIDENT-ELECT 1 Press Farm Aid Bill in Present Congress. TARIFF CHANGE NEED AIDS PLAN’S ADVOCATES Hoover Will Leave for Florida | Wednesday or Thursday. Sees Donovan. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. When President-elect Herbert Hoover leaves Washington this week to go to Florida, he will carry with him the | definite impression that a special ses- sion of the Seventy-first Congress this Spring to handle farm relief and tariff | revision is fnevitable. It is unlikely, | however, that Mr. Hoover will make any announcement of his plans for a call of a special session until later. During the campaign, he said defin- itely that unless farm legislation were put through in the present short ses- sion, he would call Congress into special session after he had become President to deal with the problem. This hasi been interpreted as meaning that the special session would be held soon after | he entered the White House. McNary Not to Push Bill, Senator McNary, chairman of the committee on agriculture, after visiting | Mr. Hoover yesterday, let it be known | that he had no intention of taking up | the farm bill in his committee with a view to pressing it at this session. His committee will continue to hold its meetings but it will be to deal with | other measures than the so-called farm relief bill, which Senator McNary ln-" troduced early in the present session | and which has had the indorsement of | the Coolidge administration. Strenuous effort was made by some | of the Republican leaders in Congress | to win Mr. Hoover over to open approval of the pending McNary bill with a re- quest that it be enacted at the present sesslon. Mr. Hoover, however, since his arrival in Washington from nis South American trip, has let it be definitely understood that he did not intend to mix in with the legislative situation, or to encroach in any way upon the prerogatives of President Cool- idge, who is Chief Executive. Mr. Hoover has listened to the arguments pro and con the special session idea and has not committed himself in any | way. It has been made evident, however, that the situation in the Senate and | House made it practically impossible to | t through a farm bill now and so | orestall a sgccml session in the Spring. | Those who have advocated tackling the | farm problem in a special session have | had the aid of those who are anxious for tariff revision at a similar session. Has Busy Week. ‘The President-elect has spent a busy week in Washington. He has received nearly all the Republican members of | the Senate at his headquarters in the | Mayflower Hotel or at his own home | here. He has had presented to him a | comprehensive view of the legislative situation and the demands of the vari- ous sections of the country. He has had a long list of men, at least one woman, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Ken- tucky, recommended to him for ap- pointment to his cabinet. So far the President-elect has given no sign to indicate whom he will sclect for cabinet office. Nor is it likely there will be any | MERGER FAVORED AT PRESENT FARE PENDINGVALUATION Subcommittee to Submit Re- port to Senate D. C. Group Tomorrow or Tuesday. STOCKHOLDERS’ 0. K. " DECLARED NECESSARY Dr. Maltbie Concludes Conferences and Will Leave at Once for West. Apparently proceeding on a a belief that the tion companies will accept a merger conteining the essential points laid down by it several days ago the Senate subcommittee handling the ques= tion is ready to submit the revised plan to the entire Senate District committee for approval early this weck. Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the subcommit= tee's adviser, concluded his conferences with company officials yesterday after- noon and plans to depart immediately for California, leaving with the sub- committee the rewritten plan for bring- ing about unification. Chairman Capper of the subcommit= tee explained last night that if Cone gress enacts the consolidation plan as revised by the subcommittee ,it will be subject to ratification by the stock- holders, Text Held Up. The text of the unification plan as amended by Dr. Maltbie will not be made public until the subcommittee presents it to the Senate District com- mittee” tomorrow or Tuesday. It was made clear at the Capitol, however, that it will adhere to the principles stipu= lated by the subcommittee several days ago. which were: Elimination of the fixed valuation from the contract, provision for a re- valuation to be completed within two years and that the rates of fare remain undisturbed until the new valuation is completed. except that universal. free sfers between car lines become ef- fective upon merger of the companies. ‘There were a number of other ques- | tions secondary in nature that were not set forth in the subcommittee's declaration of principles, but which were gone into by Dr. Maltbie in the frequent conferences he had with trac- tion officials during the past few days. Division on Fares. After the subcommittee had been in consultation with Dr. Maltbie for two | hours yesterday morning. Senator Cap- | per indicated that the subcommittee's | decision to leave valuation figures out of the contract and to provide for a revaluation appeared to be no longer an obstacle to final agreement. At the same time the Senator indicated the company officials were reluctant to agree to the stipulation that fares should remain unchanged for two years, instead of one year, as in the original merger plan. Dr. Maltbie called on the chairman of the subcommittee /again late yes- terday after he had concluded his de~ liberations with the company officials. | Senator Capper did not undertake to say what attitude the representatives of the companies now hold toward all of the changes made by the subcommit= tee, but there was an atmosphere of op- timism at the Capitol that the long awaited merger would be completed on the basis proposed by the subcommittee. The fact that the subcommittee is arranging to proceed promptly with the presentation of its rewritten plan to the full committee also was regarded as an indication that those in cha: of the legislation believe the nu!horl;g; to merge on this basis will be accepted. Seen as Improvement. announcement of the cabinet selections for weeéks to come, probably not until the last week in February, if then. The names of the new cabinet will, of course, be transmitted to the Senate which meets in special executive session im- mediately after Mr. Hoover shall have been inaugurated President. It is quite clear that Mr. Hoover does not intend to announce at this early date his cabinet and in effect lay it open to al tack and eriticism by those who may (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) . FOUR SOLDIERS HELD ON DRUG CHARGES Men Stationed at Army Hospital Accused of Theft and Peddling. By the Associated Press. DENVER, January 12— Four sol- dlers were arrested today in connection with the alleged operations of & nar- cotic ring at Fitzsimmons General Army Hospital. ‘Those arrested are James O'Day, em- ployed in the hospital pharmacy; Ralph Luna, 22, an assistant at the hospital clinic; Edward McCloskey, 22, also an assistant in the clinic, and Raymond Cordero, 24, an orderly. Charges were filed against McCloskey and he was remanded to the county jail in default of $1,500 bond. O'Day was held in the guardhouse and the other two are in the city jail. Narcotics that the ring is alleged to have handled were stolen from the pharmacy and the clinic in which Luna and McCloskey were assigned. In small amounts they were peddled at the hos- pital and in Denver. Senator Capper said last night he re« garded the revised plan as a great im- provement over the original one and ex- pressed the belief it would appeal ¢o Congress as one which safeguards the ‘public interest. It is expected the draft of the mew merger resolution which the subcom- mittee will ask the full committee to approve this week will contain changes in phraseology in several sections in addition to those dealing with valua- tion and continuation of fares for two years. ‘The stockholders of the transit companies and not Congress will write the final chapter of the long pending merger agreement, it developed last night, folloWing conclusion of the nego- tiations between the traction officials and Dr. Maltbie. The changes to be made in the uni- fication agreement, it was pointed out by transit officials, must have the ap- proval &f the ockholders of three companies involved before actual consummation of the merger, even though Congress should ratify the re- vised contract. The companies had hoped the agreement would be ratified without modification which would ob- viate its return to the owners for Te= cunsideration. Company officials emphasized that they had not accepted any of the changes directed by the Senate subcom= mittee in the di issfons with Dr. Malt- bie and said they had no authority to do so. In the conferences, however, the valuation expert, it was said, was given a clear understanding of the at- titude of the companies with respect to the committee's prineiples of merger and told that when Congress passes a joint resolution authorizing a consolida- tion, the revised agreement would be submitted to the owners for final ace tion. Maltbie is understood to have consented to write into the altered con= tract a provision setting forth the con= dition for ratification by the stockhold=- ers after congressional action. Airplanes Entering U. S. Must Designate Port, Notify Customs, Mellon Rules By the Associated Press. From now on aviators cannot take off from foreign countries with the| whole wide expanse of the United| States as an objective. Secretary Mellon yesterday promul- gated regulations governing the arrival of aircraft from foreign ports. This| power was given him under the air| commerce act. | In future, pilots of foreign aircraft must name the field at which they in- tend to land and describe markings of their planes in a notice forwarded to the collector of customs for the dis- This notice must be sent in sufficient time to insure the presence of customs officers. The landing field chosen must be oné designated as an airport of entry. Exception Is made in case of forced landings, but otherwise mo aircraft is permitied to land unless these regulas tions have been camplied with. In cases where a regular servic: is maine tained, the filing of such a schedule with the Customs Bureau is dcient, Persons in charge of aircraft from fore eign ports are required to produce § manifest and persons and merchandisa are subject to the usual customs regu< f Atrict in which the terminal is situated.' lations.