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WEATHER. (0. 5. Weather Cloudy. probably morrow: continue temparature tomor: Temperatures: vesterday: lowest, Full report on p Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 Highest Bureau Porecast.) v rain tonight and to- d cool; slowly rising TOW, 66 at 2 pm 47, at 6:30 am. todav age 5. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ch Entered as sec post office, »No. 31.065. Washington, ond clase matter D, €. U. S, PLAN GRANTS BERLIN MORE TINE DN New Program for Payments Outlined at White House Conference. GOES TO DEBT EXPERTS, RAISING HOPES IN PARIS Plan Offered as “Feeler” at Parley Attended by Hoover, Cabinet and Congress Leaders. the Associaled Prace The American views on a propoeal for revision of reparations parments due from Germany have been transmitted to Paris for presentation to experts study- ing the question. A new plan for these payments was outlined at a White House eonfersnce held lazt night after President Hoover's return from a week end outing in the Virginia mountains The new program was outlined by TUnderseeretary Mills of the Treasul and suggested a revision of the fime cchedule for German pavments on the American army of occupation costs. Tt was explained that this (‘nnl!‘mpl;_\rfld a cpreading out over a longer period of these payments. and also what was de- scribed by some of those present as an “inconsequential” paring down of the amount. = Tncluded in the plan also is & sug- estion for a realignment of the plan or payments by Germany to American nations growing out of war claims. Sentiment Reported Favorable. Becretary Stimson said today the gen- eral feeling of Government officials and songressional leaders who conferred with President Hoover over a revision of German reparation payments to the United States was that if other allied nations accepted smaller percentage payments this could not do less. if there should be a reduction in Ger- man reparation pavments, the Secrefary declared. the most that could be asked of the United States would be a reduc- tion in American payments of no great- er allied natiol i on’:,;rnm Teports from abroad, he said. it wag indicated the reparations experts would make recommendations for a paring down pay and also payments. Sought New Division. He said the American representati who do not officially represent a reduction in the annual ve: th American Government, had been wnrk-‘ t of 4 maller amount. get a division g t if that decided ing to of annual payments along t! lines as those of a larger amoun course ultimately should be IIDO& the pot is to be made smaller,’ the Secretary declared, “the percen- tages from the pot will have to be made smaller, of course.” The changes in the payments, if au- thorized, he added. would not reduce the amount of receipts under the awards of the Mixed Claims Commission. but might necessitate a slight postponement in the payment of some claims. Conference at White House. The White House conference was at- tended by a number of members of the cabinet, administration _congressional | leaders and Representative Garner of | Texaz and Senator Simmons of North | Garolina, ranking Democratic members on the House and Senate -committees. which will be called to pass upon any recommendation from the administra- tion for a revision of the present pay- ment_agreement A number of expressed _approv: revision and sever: opinion that in al of the suggested al said it was their the near future al formal recommendation for such a| change would be transmitted to Con- | gress by President Hoover, It is understood that terms of the| roposed agreement today were in th ands of officials at the American em- | bassy in Paris for presentation to Owen | D. Young and J. P. Morgan, the Amer- | jeans who have been serving unnmcmll\'i with the committee of reparations | experts Stimson Jssues Statement. The White House conference was un- derstood to have reached no decision. | fter its conclusion Secretary Stimson cued a formal sln'nm-n'nsnvmi the ¥ had been for the ‘purpose 3 Z‘Eifimm the leaders of the fwn Houses of Congress and the appropriate | cemmittees thereof with the purpose of | the experts’ committee on reparations | which has been meeting in Paris “That committee,” Stimson con-| tinued, “is now apparently approaching | the end of its labors and it is possible that a report m on be made whic may require action by the Executive. “This meeting was for the purpose | of ascertaining the views of Congress | upon matters which may be the sub- | REPARATIONS percentage than the percentage of | of the total Germany must | 'GALE-LASHED CHESAPEAKE HIDES) OF C. V. HODGSON AND ;FATE i Little Hope Is Held for Lives of Canoeists. Caunht in Squall. 'Mother Sees Son and Hus- band Carried Out to Sea by Storm. | The | peake away storm.lashed waters of Chesa- Bay. which yesterday Carev V. Hodgson. nofed Wash- and his son. William | 10, in a frail canoe, still shrouded their fate today as searchers in seaplanes and subchasers scanned the white caps for a tell-tale bit of floating wreckage. Hodgson. assistant chief of the geodesy division of the Coast and Geo- detic Survey. and his son were caught about a mile off shore from Bay Ridge Md.. shortly after noon vesterday by a sudden squall common to the bat re- zion. Clad only in bathing zuits. they were ont for a pleasure ride in a spon- | zon, or “non-sinkable” canoe. |" The storm caught them just as they started to run for shore and quickly drove the light canoe beyond the range | of vision of an anxious group of watch- evs on the shore, which included M Fdith Hockett Hodgson, William's mother. Mrs. Hodgson, on the verge of collapse, was being cared for today by friends at Bay Ridge. a small resort community about 4 miles below Annap- olis. Hope of finding the two alive was virtually abandoned this morning when the sirong ebb tide set in, sweeping cvervthing before it to the sea. A driving rain and a wind of gale propor- tions which lashed the waters. increased (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) USEOFU.5 ARNS INSTRIE PROGE War Department Order Fol- lows Charge of Labor Lead- | ers in Tennessee. swept v ington engineer, | tossing [ 3 By the Associated Press. | charge that Federal arms were being used by Tennessee State police in the | textile strike here was the basis of an | inquiry ordered last night by Secretary of War Good. Coincident with the War Department { investigation, which Mr. Good said was | not. directed into the strike situation, but merely into the claims of the State {1abor organization that Federal arms were being uses came an announce- ment frem Adjt. Gen. W. C. Bovd that martial law will ot be ordered unless it becomes necessary and the authorized eourts fail to funation. | Charge by Labor Leaders. | been supplied the State police was made !in a communication . from Tennessce Pederation of Labor leaders addressed to Secretary Good in Washington last Friday. The inquiry will determine whether such arms have been made available to State police. Guardsmen patrolling the strike situa tion here have been sworn in as spe- cial deputies. Adit. Gen. Boyd's announcement re- garding martial law came after a con- Senators this morning | ference yvesterday attended by repre- | sentatives of Gov. Horton, the State atiorney general and county officials. While interest centered chiefly in Secretasy Good’s move and the possi- bility of martial law, an important de- velopment was expected today in the trial of several strikers on charges of contempt of court, which, it was be- lieved, will test the legality of picketing in_Tennessee. The original charges of intimidation against the strikers grew out of picket~ ing activities, in which charges of riot- ing and blocking the highways also were made. _ Apprehension here continued high. (Confinued on Page 2, Column 7.) WEST POINT CHANGES RULES ON ADMISSION New Regulations Are Expected to Eliminate Those Who Enter School Unprepared. B the Associated Press. New regulations governing the admis- sion of cadets at West Point have been adopted because of the large number FLIZABETHTON, Tenn., May 20.—A | The charge that Federal arms had | WASHINGTON, . D. « MONDAY, .\I‘\\" 20, l!':'af e POWER TRUST' SET SON ) TOBUYU.S PRESS, - NORRIS CHARGES |Nebraskan Tells Senate Re-' | sults of Inquiry Show At- tempts at Control. SAYS NEWSPAPERS GET SPECIAL PRIVILEGES \ = “Government Presupposes They Shall Not Be Subsidized by Par- ticular Interests.” He Avers. By the Acaciated Press An attempt by the “power trust” to buy the press of the Nation was charged in the Senate today by Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, in reviewing testimony in the Federal Trade Com- | mission inquiry info newspaper invest- | ments by the International Paper & Power Co. Norris. who suggested the inquiry, de- | clared the results showed “not only an | | attempt by the power trust to pur- chase with money the avenues of pub- lcity, but to carry out a world-wide at- | tempt o control national resources.” | ( No Reason for Ownership.” “There is no more reason.” he de- clared. “why the power companies siould own newspapers than men en- SR 10. and his father.| o o0q iy making shoes or sewing ma- who are believed to ' 5 k : 4 FIGHI F[]R [}APUNE j have lost their lives vesterda -heni"‘_‘,‘;f:\ f:;‘;‘;,fif“;:.""_"’;,‘:‘(’_"‘.“’,““l'n.hmg“? caught In a canoe In % storm near| o i Goverhment. which. presup: | ok e WA s o . frminad poses that these papers shall not be . | jubsidized or printed. in behall of par- ~ QL. 9 ! ticular interests. | |Sporting a Shiner,’ | "gon the newspapers and tne power | | e o) g trust profic by particular subsidies or | 5 =Tas | BB el e President Subjected i and privieses gieen by ihe laws pistrict Attorney Says Efforts s AR that the power companies which ha i To Usual QlllZle‘lg ness our streams for power should treat | 0f Gang Leader’s Friends {he people who own, the resources with | = = honesty and justice.’ H H B e | | Will Meet Resistance. | F()‘)‘ l‘)l'?‘l W ‘Ill? ]' ‘l' LAVARRE EXPLAINS BUYING PLAN. “ ing, Branch Striking Him Near His Eye. By (he Associated Press | . PHILADELPHIA, May 20.—County | District Attorney John Monaghan said | today that any attempt to have “Scar- face Al” Capone, Chicago gang leader, freed from jail would be contested renuously. With his bodyguard, Frank Cline, the gang chieftaln was sentenced to one year in jail last Friday after they | had pleaded gullty to carrying loaded | Declares Purchase of Papers Was Con- sidered Before Asking Finances. By the Associated Press. William Lavarre, co-publisher of four | Southern newspapers with Harold Hall, | | today made public eight exhibits which | | he said he had sent to the Federal |3t | Trade Commission in connection with | | its inquiry into newspaper financing ac- | tivities of the International Paper & overnight visit at his fishing retreat in | Power Co. i | Shenandoah National Park, Va. In & letter. accompanying the ex- | Pistols. ) | The President was climbing around | hibits, to Robert E. Healy, chief com- | Monaghaws statement was made some rocks along the bank of Rapidan | mission counsel, Lavarre said the ex- | FePIy o reporis from Chicago that Ca- | River Saturday afternoon when he slip- | hibits “will show the plan” of buying | Pone’s friends were planning a legal | | ped, and the branch of a tree he was | newspapers in the South “was pretty | fight for his release or the lessening of holding, released from !;‘Ll :nu. lashed | well crystallized in my mind at least | his sentence. i him across the face. The blow missed | three months before I ever thought of f the left eye by an inch. going {o the International Paper Co. Batiles" Against Banditry, | The pain was sharp for only a few | for finances.” “Ever since the disbanding of the | moments, but the wound soon swelled | The hearings have developed that|special grand jury which investigated | and later took on a blue hue Which has | the International Paper Co..a subsidiary |, ., s Pl | today turned to what is generally Te- | of the paper and power company. a legging. gang wars and police cor- | ferred to as black. The position of this | vanced Hall and Lavarre $870,000 on | ruption. we have waged a vigorous bat- facial discoloration is such as to give | notes in their purchase of the Augusta,|tle against banditry in Philadelphia,” | the President the appearance of having | Ga.. Chronicle, the Spartanburg. S. C..| {ho gistrict attorney said. “Auy person apprehended in the act of carrying a deadly weapon can expect to be President Hoover is displaying a black eve, and, despite his exalted position, he has been kept busy doing a lot of explaining, which commenced the mo- ment Mrs. Hoover spied it when he re- turned yesterday afternoon from an what is often described "in pugilistic | Herald and the Journal and the Colum- circles as a “shiner. bia, S. C., Record. The injury was not serious and is no i ¢ Foening Slar. THIRTY- “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers averr city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. 106,338 12128 Circulation, lation, Saturday's undas’s Cir e CENTS. EIGHT PAG (#) Means A WO ociated Pr DFALLON RAILROAD UPSETS VALUATION I SUPREME COURT Tribunal Accepts Cost of Re- | production as Item in Fix- ing Property Value. 1‘ '9 IRAPID RISE IN RATES SEEN BY GOVERNMENT 1 e Interstate Commerce Commission Must Scrap Figures of Years Under Decision. Ry the Assaciated Prese NEW YORK. Mav 20. Annangee- ment of the Supreme Court's d sion in the St. Loniz and O'Fallon case was heralded in Wall Strest to- day as an extraordinarily “hullis development, of profound importanee in the financial of Ameri- can railroads. Stocks of dozent of roads were quickly bid up about 21 to $15 & share on the New Yorr Stock Exchange. history Siers & OFallon Railroac Supreme Conrt to- day i upselling the valuation, which the Government had placed upon it ior rale-making and other regulator: purposes. IRCL By the Associated The St. Louis succeeded in the Cats to Wear Bells, Warning Birds, as irh on Preying By the Associaled Press. CHICAGO. May 20. The prac- tice engaged in by Riverside (Il cats of having robins for appe- tizers, blue jays for enirees and sparrows for dessert has been brought to an abrupt end by due process of law. Alarmed by the growing dealh list among birds, the suburb has determined that henceforth all cats must wea s strung on tneir necks, thus preventing their slipping up on unsuspecting feathered songsters and dining upon them. Cals that are not so accoutered will be executed nine times to make sure. By the Associaled Press = Administration officers who have | ;o studied the problem of transfe prohibition unit from the ‘Ireasury to | ihe Justice Department are of the opin- | In cading the controversy, the cou | $11.000.000.000 less than claimed by thr Under it the Interstate Com- . : ations of vears. conducted at great Officers Studying Transfer ' pease t the Government. and prep- ivi . | reproduction values Problem Would Divide En- |0 e seandes and sie Counsel Denied Raise Charge. The opinion will, according to on of rates, although counsel !+ railroads during argument of sarily would result in higher tar® They assert that the railroads we ion that the forcement and 0secil- | pea | tion machineries should be under sepa-, Cost of reproduction at prevaiiir | rate heads, workiug in close co-oper- | jyene i rallroad valuation. It sta- [ ation | hal such cost was an important iic tion end, Bow under the direction of - VAluatious. Assistunt AUoruey General Mabel Wal- | e apEmarigiihe tattei iV 3 | ker Willebrandt, is » task of sich iw=- | majority, said: “In the exercise of proper funetion, this court has declar: - | iu charge would be unable to spare the - for bt Jacksonville Aviator Lands: !me for directing the sriccly o | Iete e A ‘mrnl part of the job. ¥ | Nays Preper Heed Denied. Tiny Plane After Being |, """ ot thene omciais that the | Brused rule, and has cherebs failed Aloft 25 Hours. enforcement divector should be ability | “Unfortunately. proper heed was de- as sn otganizer and administrator nied the timely admonition of ‘th rather than as er or prosecutor, | Minority (of the commission): ‘The JACKSONVILLE BEACH. Fla. May | task would absorb the full attention of [ act as an arbiter in economies, but a: 20— Laurle Yonge, veteran Jacksonville | A1 mdividual, [ ot RS e e aviator, today claimed a new endurance | Problem s Intricate. | 2 land to. faces developad of ' réc- | merce Commission must serap its vali few valuations giving consideration - | dissented from the majority opinion forcement and Prohibition. | | Government, result in a rapia upws ng the ! case emphatically denied that it nec- be controlled by what the traffic cot rices was accepted by the court as ‘Ihey take the view that the proseci- | (o be given consideration in determini; |S SET BY YONGE Justice McReynolds, speaking for the | portance xnd magnitude that the offcer | 4 — dhie law of the land concerning vaius- Some congressional leadera concur in | “The mission disregarded the »p measurement of the qualifications of the | by Cougress. By the Associaled Press. ) and that the proper performance of the | funcifon of this commission is not tn o | urd i matters committed by Congres: National longer painful and were it not for the constant remindets in_the form of friendly inquires he would have forgot- | ten the incident. Callers Are Curiou: But, with all his callers and associates, he is not going to be permitted to for- | get it until the last semblance of the | | bruise has disappeared. | continual question, get it?” | Some of the President’s more intimate (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) CANTON REPORTED TAKEN BY KWANGS! “Where did you Confirmation of Nationalist Defeat Unavailable at Shanghai. Ry the Assoniated Press SHANGHAI, China, May nese and Japanese reportz state that | Kwangsi forces captured Canton at | noon today. No confirmation was avail- X’ able here, Factional warfare between the prov- inces of Kwangsi and Kwangtung was | ject of such a report in order that if [of failures, principally in mathematics, in full progress by May 8, when the | the President is required to take action | since 1915, when admission on certifi- Kwangsi forces were threatening the he may have tie benefit of those view Mr. Mills today declined to discuss | the situation, saying that any an- nouncement must come from the White Other administration officials were loath to make their views public. although it was apparent that fhe plan had met with favor. at least | among some of the administration lead- ers in Congress | At the present American claims against Germany are being paid in an- | wiities. Under the Dawes plan the | 000 for the expenzes of the Army of | Occupation. and. in addition. was to be paid 2%, per cent of all raceipts from | Germany minug deductions for certain | Claime given priority status i Agreement Signed in 1925, agreement signed in Paris in Januarv. 1925, for distribution of the Dawes plan annuities provided that ‘The ;ates was put into force. Secretary Good has approved changes 1eccommended by Maj. Gen. William R Smith, superintendent of the Military Academy, which are expected 1o rais the standards of scholarship of the candidates and eliminate those who enter the school unprepared for the course The new regulations affect principally those candidates who are graduates of preparatory schools, public high schools or honor graduates of honor material change ix made in the auirements for candidates who are reg- ularly enrolled students in a univer- sity. college or technical school, nor in’ requirements for candidates from the Army, National Guard or other appointees who establish their qualifica- tions by taking the regular entrance examination capture of Canton, capital of Kwang- | tung. Behind the warfare lay the struggle between the Nanking, or Nationalist central government, and the Kwangsi military cligue, as well as a more lo- calized rivalry’ between the two prov- inces. Kwangtung had always been more or less under the dommation of Kwangsi. but. during the recent fighting in the region of Hankow between the central government at Nanking and the ed States was to receive £250.000.- | SChools accredited by the academy. No | Kwangsi leaders the Kwangtung leaders announced neutrality, an action regard- ecd as tantamount to a declaration in favor of Nanking. Peace parlevs botween the fwo prov- inces went on for zome time. bui sven- tually these broke down and open wa fare broke ont. The Kwangsi troops made a steady drive on Canton and have been threatening it ever sinee. It is just one | 20.—Chi- ! Senate Gets Téstimony. The commission has transmitted to the Senate the transcript of testimony in its hearings. including that of “cer- tain witnesses inquired of as to the in- vestments in newspapers made by the International Paper & Power Co. or its subsidiaries.” The commission added | that it was making progress on its work { in the financial and intercorporate re | lationships in the utility industry. | Lavarre said the exhibits included = (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) FARMS INPERILED AS DYRE GIVES WAY Levee Near Kennett. Mo., Falls, Opening St. Francis’ Way to 50.000 Acres. o Press MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Francis River levee near Kennett, Mo, | gave way early today, endangering | levees and property on approximately 50,000 acres of land. according to a telephone message from the levee board office at Kennett ! The break occurred at a spot consid- ered the est in the levee stretch, where al hundred men had been working desperately for several days to avert a crevasse. No large town Is in "the puth of the flovd and it was be- lieved that all residents of the area sub- | jeet to inundation had moved to safety. Battle Threat ood. e bolster- breaks Pr the Acco May 20 The St w seve ng Hundreds of other men w g two other threatened river in the Mississippi Valley | Great apprehension was felt at Mounds | 1anding. Miss. where 200 men were strengthening the Mississippi dike that | went ont with disastrons resnlts dnrine the 1927 flood While no Janger of a break was seen by angineers Gov. Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi re- quested. the adjutant general to have State troops prepared to move into the area in case of emergency. Three hundred convicts ordered last immediate | prosecuted. “The arrest of Capone was in line dits and gunmen, local or imported.” ! Ordinary Incarceration. The prosecutor declared that state- {ments that Capone had submitted to | arrest to escape threatened death at | the hands of rival gangsters had ‘merely added romance (o an ordinary incarceration.” “It is an unheard-of proceeding.” he said, “for a person who has pleaded guilty to file an appeal and ask for « new trial. “But if it is attempted on behalf of Capone we will contest the appesl to the bitter end. 1f I have my way, Ca- pone will stay iu the county prison until his term’ expires. | APPEAL MOVE REPORTED, CHICAGO, May 20 (#).—An aclivity that may be afool to free Al Capone from the Pennsylvania jail where he is serving a year sentence for carrying (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) HOUSE WANTS DEBENTURE VOTE | = 'Serves Notice on Senate for Showdown on Farm Bill. ! I | | | By Uhe Associnted Press House by ol the conference commitiee endeavoring o compose dif- | ferences on the tzem relief bill toduy served notice on the Senate conference | group that they would not consider gen- al phases of the agricultural bill un- Uil the export debenture plan had been disposed of. | This upset somewhat the plans of Senate members of the committe, who fnad hoped to compose the minor differ- ences of the bills passed separately by the House and Senate and leave the dcbenture controversy to the end. The House members declared that | ihey desired a showdown on the de- benture plan first. Upon being in- formed by Senate members that the Senate would stubbornly resist attempts to eliminate the debenture section with- out a roll-call vote on the proposal in with our policy of going after all ban- | flight record of 25 hours 5 minutes for | alrplanes equipped with 90-horsepower motors when he landed his cabin mono- | plane, Hotsy Totsy, on the beach here at 1:05 pm. Yonge took off al noon yesterday, and exceeded by 11 hours and 46 minutes a former mark of 13 hours and 19 min- | utes set by Miss Elinor Smith of New | York in a plane equipped with & molor of the suwe horsepower, | Idesl waler conditions prevailed at | noou yesterday when Youge wok off With 156 guhlons of gasoline aud 5 gal lons of oll, which he clalimed was the lurgest load ever lifted from the ground by u 90-horsepower plane. ‘Uhe entive weight of his ship was approximntely 2,808 pounds. Late in the afternoon thundershow- s broke over the beach, aud he was forced Lo tuke up & course further south to escape the inclement wenther. When the skies cleared. however, he retucned (o continue his flight over the beach There was less than a gallon of gas left when he landed during a terrific | thunderstorm, i TEXAS Fort Worth Attempts to Better Question Mark’s Record, FORT WORTH, Tex.. May 20 (#).— The first refueling of the monoplane | Fort Worth, piloted by R. L. Robbins and James Kelley, in “an attempt to break the refueling endurance record established by the Question Mark, was completed st 6:30 o'clock this morning. One hundred and ten gallons of gaso- line, tour und & half galions of vil and | tood for the pilots were transferred o (he fight ship by the retueling plane Al un altitude of 1800 feel. W. W | Hoffman and H. F. Jones were aboard | the refueling plane. | The Fort Worth had been hours when it was refueled To break the record. the ship must remain in the ir an hour longer than the Question Mark or until 7:13:15 | o'clock Saturday night. | nloft 19 "MONEY FOR NOTHING” A Maasterpiece of Humorous Writing BY Preliminary surveys of the prohibi- tion enforcement field have disclosed that the problem of making the transfer resident Hoover anuounced in ural address is an exceedingly intricate one. requiring the most cave- | ful study betore legislative reccommen- | dations Lo bring it xbout are 1aid before | Congress. i ‘There are many ramifications of the | enforcement problem. with some fea- | | res ul e work spreading tw three depurimients wud f several divisions ol the ‘Lrensury us well. A compléte ususter of the whole muclineiy i regarded s oul f the question xud it is | recoguised thal after Uie necessary leg- iSIRLION hAs beeu pul o operstion, close co-operation will have to be waiu- tuined betwee the several depuriments of the Government which stil will be concerned ‘I'het I8 & suggestion th Janies M. Doran. the prohibit 4 S | Who 18 now engaged ou & study of the problens, may be nade the co-ordigaior. | veral | t with geueral supesvision i the departments. Oue imporiaut division went is the Custums Service ubviously canuol be transterved Justice Department siice its prin function is (hal of collecting eustos | taxes and preventing smuggling and | frauds under the ari acts. Labor Department Affected. ! The Coast Guard. which also has . | become an important arm of prohibition | enforcement. works closely with the | Customs Service. Similarly. enforcement | finds its way int the Labor. Depart- | ment through the Inunigeation Service, | as the agenls ou (he borders, i addi- | tion (helt primmey dulies. wssist | K nud preveuting iy ws well mx wihier cou Auolber division of enl which lms & Vitkl bearing ou the e | wafe s thil deahug Witk alcohol other permils under the probibi- | tion wel, This 18 regarded ss & strictly business transaction which well might be pleced under the Department of | Conmm . Internkl revenue agents uiso have | their proper place in the enforcement | machinery. but like the customs agents. they have a prior duty- that of enfore Ing the internal revenue laws gen of euforce- | hich the et | L | P. G. WODEHOUSE | did 1 | ou ther | over | aral our jurisdiction.; Brandeis Sustains Lower Court, Justice Brandeis. in a long statemen: sustained the decision of the lower rou N approving the action of the eom- mission. Justice McReynolds made 2 short statement, saying the lower eou was right n holding the O'Fallon and the Manufaclurers Railway Co. we: Lo sepurale systems. Justice Butler twok ho part in’the consideration of the cuse Wheu Justice McReynolds ended his statémient. (here was s rush in the ¢ the on= public exit, whicn Chiel Justice ‘Lait halted with a sharp admionition. ordering the marsnal 1o lock the duor i necessary to presesie order. Justice Stone in dissenting said he see how (he commission covle dv more than 1l had done. asserting | had given reproduction costs consider fon as well as all other elements value brought to the atiention of the conmmntission, Méthods used by the Interstate Com- merce Commission m valuing railroa tor rate-making and other uiatn; purposex, repeatedly aitacked, had no been pussed upon by the Suprems Cowrt when the O'Fallon appeal was fled. although several offorts had heen made to obfain a ruling from the est (ribunal Contends Formuia Used. The St. Louis & O'Fallon Railroad contended the commission had used a formula in valuing its property. and Liad failed o give proper consideration to cost of reproduction at current prices mnd other elements. It -hallengeri Ui commission’s vuluation when it xas usedi as the busis for an order requir- g 1 W puy o the Government & part ol Is uel entumgs received during 10 wwnhis i 1920 wud during the calen- sy yewrs 19211922 and 192 The ¢ sion had scled under = law which provided that beginning in 1920, inilionds were entitled to rerain HEU varniigs Amounting o 6 per cent, value. but must divide equally with (he Government. all earnings in excess of that amount, the money paie to the Government 1o be used in Aiding wemker ratlroads. which had 181ld 10 eatn 6 per cent on their vabue, And the sxcess eArnings retained by rne railroad to be placed by it in a better- meat fund, Richberg Approves Methods, In deciding the O'Fallon case the Fesi- ourt at St. Louis did not pas: the validity of ‘he commiss { ation, because it found that | ings which the railroad had permitted fo retain axceeded 2 per e on the valuation the railroad rlaimed. When the case reached the Suprems Court, Donald R. Richberg, general counsel for the National Conference on FAVORITE HUMORIST ON TWO CONTINENTS night to the levee by Gov. Bilbo will | B “ e Sent today becnuse Of 8 govern- | the House. the House conferees agreed 3 see X 0 be done abol g ment regulntion prohibiting convict la- ¢ W Se¢ what could be done ubout getting bor on Federal projects. Valuation of American Railroads, was | permitted. at the request of the Senate, o fle & briel aud participate in the | oral argument. ile approved the valu- { ntion methiods of the commission, annual payments he made by Germany | to the United States for reimbursement | of the army of occupation costs and also for awards of the Mixed Claims | Commission established under the Ger- | man-American agreement of 1922 | This agreement gave the United States approximately $13.000,000 an- Under the 1925 agreement the (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Nosing a Peanut Up Pil(e.sr Peak Job for Texan Who Makes Bad Bet‘ B | such u vote. | The House members agreed o ask | leaders i1 a sepurate vole on the de- | benture section could be arranged. and d o muke a report al another ol the conlercnee commitiee | Reelfool Levee Crumbling. Reellool levee, 10 miles south of | Hickman, Ky., was reported crumbling | Prom pushed more | tor distance of 300 vards and men | meeting the concrete | we wlsing earthworks to hold the | toms and tesr on ' ushing walers from 30,000 acres of farm verad necesitating hun- | land in ganger of inun o, A new e Williams' nose | levee has been constructed behind the bore the brunt of the work. Although | endangered dike. | the Senate could be expected to accept red and irritated after the days of | The Arkansas and White Rivers in{ Any conference report. Senator Robin- dhogging.” the facic] membor suf- | Arkansas were reported falling after | 50n of Arkansas. the Democratic lead- fered no serious complicz tions and the | serious rises of the last few davs. but | °F df;‘lm'v\d sev ‘-.r:dd:’\: Ao that. the owner declared it to be in good sha = special session wou until the for the Pike's Peak feat hg Pe| (Confinued on Page 2, Column 7. Honze had expressed itself on thiz phase » goober pucher when he lost an elec- | Williame uges an appliance resem- | - of farm-relief legiclation. | tion bet on Al Smith last vear and pro- | bling a clothes pin, which he fastens to pelled a goober more than a dozen | his nose and mssumes a near horizontal | Taxas suiles from Rio o to a nelgh- | position behind the goober. An intriguing story with laughs in every chapter, a gay romance, and the thrill of a deep-laid conspiracy against family heirlooms. Guards Stop Money Shipment. LONDON, May 20 (4.—The Mail to- ¥ prints & Basra dispatch saying po- e guards huie been put abrozd the Russian sieamer Kommunist, which a |rived m the Persian Gulf with silv i.vupn:s worth about $225.000, which COLORADO SPRINGS, 20 —Pusihing a peanut of With the proboscis sounds like a perilous proposition of perseverance, Yet Bill Williams of Rio Hondo. Tex.. plans to take to his “all fours” at 10 am. fo- | dav. on the winding nphill grind to the hington clearing honse, $4.207.- mountain’s summit, 14.000 feet above [ sea_level, | | Press boring town. In fact, h one of the sceds ov course. the the paperlike pods dreds of substitutions Tow debenture advocs in the ed that the House | -benture plan before Statemenls were not consigned to any person. It | was helieved that the money was in tended tn subsidize tronble in the flelds which hs: occurred re Only the captain of the steam: :;,[‘nutd lshfi!l:. and tws British war- pe stood by to prevent any. illsgal landing. Befl;n It In 094 61 balance. $142.014,348 28 Williams came intn prominence as clearing house exch-nge Tomorrow's Star Fork clearing house balance, State News, Pages 6 and 7 Radio Pro‘r'am‘_Page w'm