Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1929, Page 1

3 ] * Atcherley, temperature. Highest, 89, at 12:45 ; lowest, 67, af Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 18 & 19 t 5/ am. No. -31,112. Entered as second class matter The WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1929—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. , GONMANIS KL, e POLCENAN DYING N PSTOL BATILE H. J. McDonald Expected to Succumb From Gunshot Wound Through Lung. ATTEMPTED RUI\] THEFT FRUSTRATED BY OFFICER Colored Man Escapes After Brother Falls in Street Mor- tally Hurt. One of two colored gunmen is dead and a young policeman is dying, vic- tims of a desperate pistol battle, which ensued at Seventeenth and Q streets early this morning when the colored men, one an escaped convict, who had been placed under arrest by the police- man following an attempt to steal whisky from a drugstore, tried to shoot their way to freedom. Private H. J. McDonald of the third precinct, was shot through the right lung by one of the two men he had srrested as he was preparing to tele- phone for the patrol wagon at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Physicians at Emergency Hospital say they do not expect him to live. Despite the critical nature f his wound, McDonald drew his revolver and opened fire on the two men as they fled north on Seventeenth street. Shot through the neck and back, one fell to the street. Identify Slain Man. He had told police he was William ‘williams of East Baltimore street, nu-l timore, but through fingerprints and a photograph he was identified later. u’ ‘Albert Aldridge, 29 years old, who es- caped from the Massachusetts State Penitentiary on May 9, last. He was serving a sentence of from 8 to 10 years for assisting another_ prisoner to escape. Williams® fingerprints were taken be- fore he died by Detective Sergt. Fred Sandberg, and were found to corre- spond with those found in the looted drug store and also with those on rec- ord in the police flles as Aldridge’s. He was also identified through a pho- tograph on file here. The other man escaped on foot when | McDonald’s last two shots went wild. Bleeding profusely, the wounded col- ored man was taken to Emergency Hos- pital, where he died five hours later. Before his death he identified his com- panion in the attempted robbery as ‘James Williams,” his “brother.” Every available policeman has been ordered on duty to aid in the search for the other man. Willlam Williams’ pistol, which was found in his ‘when other policemen reached the scene of the shooting, had not i charged, indicating that tI which wounded McDonald was fired by the fugitive now hunted. ‘The pger battle was witnessed by Edward Beach, a driver for the Chevy Chase Dairy, who lives at 1708 Wiscon- sin avenue. He took McDonald to the hospital immediately after the shooting. Describes Shooting. It was Beach who saw the colored men in the drug store and called police. His description of the shooting ‘was given as follows: “I was walking east on Church street near Seventeenth, at about 4 o’cloc] to make a delivery. Suddenly a man opened the window of an apartment house across the street and called to me. ‘Look out’ he said, ‘there are two men up in that tree. They are going to jump on you’' “I looked up and saw two colored men, poised and ready to leap. When they saw they had been detected, they r'LR in one direction and I ran in the other. “After gettingseveral other drivers to assist me, we returned to the place T had seen the men. They had dis- appeared and we begun looking around. “At the corner of Seventeenth and Q atreets, I saw one colored man stand- ing in front of Albert Feldman's drug store. As we watched a companion climbed out of a window on the first floor of the store and joined the one in front. They saw us and ran. While the other drivers went after them, I called the police. McDonald in Own Car. “A few minutes later three police- men arrived. One of them, McDonald, was in his own car, and the others ‘were in the precinct machine. I point- ed out the direction the men had taken and the police started after them. Mec- Donald, in car, turned into Cor- coran street, while the other two went up Seventeenth in the police car. “About five minutes later McDonald returned with two colored men in the front seat beside him. He had cap- tured them in an alley a short dis- tance away. “‘McDonald stopped his car across the street from the patrol box and the colored men got out. The.police- man followed them, getting out on the same side of the car. “McDonald was in a croucl posi- tion to get through the small door, and had his face down. One of the colored men raised his arm and fired. “The policeman lurched out of the car and began to stagger. After a moment, however, he braced himself (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) GEN. LEACH SUGGESTED AS MILITIA BUREAU HEAD By the Assoclated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn,, July 6.—Brig. Gen. George E, Leach, former mayor of Min- neapolis, was yesterday recommended by Adjt. Gen. E. E. Walsh, on behalf of the Minnesota National Guard, as chief of the Militia Bureau, succeeding Maj. Gen. Hammond of Oregon. part of the Rainbow Division. - ‘Wins King’s Cup Air Race. LONDON, July 6 (#).—Flight Lieut. member (‘21 the British B o ity e L0l fight around : Radie Prqgrnmls—'Pagey_% \ > k | the present dictator, Gen. Miguel Primo tary dictatorshi) Above: Policeman H. J. McDonald, believed dying from colored gunman’s bullet. Center: ‘Edward Beach, milk wagon driver, who rounded up milkmen and tried to catch burglars before police arrived. He witnessed the shooting. Below: R. C. Pearce, policeman from Nl:. 3. precinct, who took part in the chase. NEW CONSTIUTION OFFERED N SPAN Document Providing Re - Es- tablishment of Parliament Presented to Assembly. By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, Spain, July 6.—A projected ew constitution for the Spanish mon- archy has been presented to the Spanish national assembly. ‘The project contains 11 sections and 104 articles, detailing various concepts of the nation, state, religion, nationality, individual rights, the monarchy and succession to the throne. Reserved opinion was that it repre- sented the fructification of the seven years’ program to establish Spanish government on a new basis begun by de Rivera, Marquis de Estella when he assumed power in 1923. Constitution in Abeyance. The constitution of 1876, nominally in force in Spain, has been in abeyance since appointment of Gen. Primo de Rivera as head of a military directorate, charged with government of the state. ‘The Cortes, or Parliament, provided for in that constitution, was dissolved by King Alfonso on September 16, 1923. The national assembly, & broad ap- intive consultative body, huvl:): no by legislative powers, was convok royal decree of Segumber 12, 1927, On December , 1925, the military dlxectorg ‘was superseded by a civil gov- ernment described by Gen. Primo de Rivera as “the substitution for the mili- of a civilian and eco- nomic dictatorship with a more suitable igorous _organization.” Legislation has been enacted by decree. Gen. Primo de Rivera formed the “Union Patriotica” as a pelitical party to further his program, functioning to a certain extent being much like Fascism lnrm. with other parties largely supp: frasusnitiy b @ wil Fetire Gen. Primo de Rivera asserted he is “tired” an from leadership of the country as soon as he has completed his program of giving Spain a new constitution. Provides for Parliament. PARIS, July 6 (#).—Re-establish- ment of the elective Cortes, or Spanish Parliament, is provided for by the projected new Spanish constitution, submitted to the National Assembly for plenary action in October, the text of which 'has become known here. ‘The projected constitution would es- tablish Spain as a constitutional mon- archy, with the executive power vested (Continued on Page 2, Column 17.) ONE DIES IN CRUSH | AS 5000 GREET TTAHOUR FLYERS City of Cleveland Lands After Breaking Record for Refuel Flights. MITCHELL AND NEWCOMB TORTURED BY WEARINESS Aviators Nearly Killed as They Survived Storm Few Hours Be- fore They Came Down. By the Associated Press. CI D, Ohio, July 6.—Hblders of a new world record for endurance flights of 174 hours and 59 seconds, Pilots Roy L. Mitchell and Byron K. Newcomb today rested their wearled bodies after remaining in the air from a week ago Friday afternoon until 12:39:50 this morning, when they brought their plane to earth at Cleve- land Airport. They exceeded by 1 hour, 28 minutes and §8 seconds the old mark set re- cently in Fort Worth, Tex., by Reginald Robbins and James Kelley, who re- mained aloft 172 hours, 32 minutes and 1 second. ‘Weariness brought the airmen to a landing, amid the riotous acclaim of 75,000 persons, one of whom was killed, after a flight which became more haz- ardous and difficult as the days aloft cut down their physical endurance, Survive Severe Storm. The climax of the attempt came but a few hours before it ended, and the two men said it nearly killed them. ‘They survived = severe electrical storm ‘which damaged their refueling plane in a forced landing and stopped all other alr traffic to fight on for the record, at- tained 12 hours later. Exhausted, the airmen immediately were taken under guard to a hotel, to sleep throughout the day if they desire. They were spent. “We broke the record. That's enough. All we want now is sleep,” Newcomb Resting with them was Emest Basham, pllot of the refueling plane, who completed 24 contacts di the fiight to replenish the supply of gaso- line, oil and food. High lights of the feai followed rap- idly last night and early today as the record was reached, a new mark was set and the landing made. Roads Jammed for Miles. Roads were jammed for miles and the airport was crowded with spectators when the record was equaled shortly crowd increased terrific outburst as the record was set at 12:10:52. Rockets and flares were Teleased salute to the airmen. A display of fireworks added to the - lance of lights at the field. A little later the cruising lights of the ship appeared as the pilots p- from the altitude of 3,000 feet m X which they had held early in the night. Twinkling against the darkness the lights swung about the airport, straight- ened out to the east and then climbed again. Crowd Charges Police. ‘Thinking that the flight was to con- tinue, the crowd tried to rse, but few had left their places at 12:37 when a red flare, the signal of a landing, was dropped from the plane. Less than 10 minutes later the wheels touched earth, Then the crowd charged; police were helpless. The field was over- Tun, and it was during this rush that Steve Kusko, 16, lost his life. He climbed to a vantage point atop an electric interurban car and was elec- trocuted. Unknowing, the crowd surged, (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) STORMS WREAK HAVOC he THROUGHOUT- AUSTRIA | &rai board, & 100 Houses Damaged, 13 Church Steeples Reported Destroyed. Hops Crop Hit by Hail. By the Assoclated Press. VIENNA, July 6.—Reports from all sections & Austria today emphasized the done in yesterday's violent storms. A telegram from Linz says 13 church steeples crashed in that dis- trict, with 100 houses badly damaged. In Neufelden almost the entire hops crop was destroyed by the FLYERS REACH PERSIA. Southern Cross Is En Route From Sydney to London. BUNDER ABBAS, Persia, July 6 (#). —Capt. Charles King d Smith and three companions ved here at noon Karachi, British India, in Cross, ‘The men_ are New South Wales, to CHILDREN GUARDED AS STARVING CHINESE TURN TO CANNIBALISM |-zt Conditions Appalling in Six Districts, Due to Crop Failures, and "“People Are Dying by Thou- sands,” Declares Relief Worker. By the Assoclated Press. ' BOSTON, July 6.—Reports of appall- ing conditions caused by famine in the received the | ggo had never responded to o) 7 '”////f"’l %/, / g2 7, z S _—t nenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ULL LD A HAVE ot #/HAD | GONE | THERE LOOKI LIN REAR ADMIRAL EBERLE DIES .OF INFECTION IN 64th YEAR Death Is Result of Injury Received More Than 30 Years Ago. ;| Former Operations Chief Had IHustrious Naval Career. Rear Admiral Edward Walter Eberle, U. 8. N, retired, former chief of naval operations, one of the foremost figures in modern naval history, died this morning at Naval Hospital from an in- fection growing out of an injury re- ceived more than 30 years ago, when he was struck by the tiller of a small boat, which drove the shaft of his eye- glasses into his right ear. Admiral Eberle was in his sixty- fourth year. He left the Navy only last August, after 47 years' service, upon reaching the statutory retirement age. The injury and about eight weeks ago- Admiral Eberle entered the here.” Then ol itions_developed and the end came at 10:25 this morning. g are the widow and a son, Lieut. Comdr. Edward Randolph Eberle, ’.lml’y Corps, U. 8. N., who are at the home, 3009 Thirty-second street. The Navy Department announced that funeral services for Admiral Eberle will be held in the Bethlehem Chapei of the Washington Cathedral, Mount St. Alban, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. In- terment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, with full military honors. the runking oicer on the Navy Lst by cer on the Navy virtue of senlority and chairman of the executive committee of the Navy Gen- eral Board. He was war-time superin- 'A:I.ddmt of the Unluad States Naval Academy, organizer and first command- er-in-chief of the battle fleet and held the post of chief of naval operations for more than four years. Admiral Eberle not only held the high- est naval posts, but instituted, developed and took an important part in the major changes in m&ll mEuMn and operation during the years of hlbpelrervlee. His counsel often had by high Government of- todey. = M’mu:maus as was his career, his accomplishments as an organizer of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) GEYSER BURNS KILL EDITOR FROM BELGIUM George Landroy, Member of Car- negie Foundation Tour, Succumbs at Yellowstone Park. By the Associated Press. HOT SPRINGS, YEL- me LOWSTO! NATIONAL PARK, Wyo., July 6.—George Landroy, editor of Le Matin, an Antwerp, Belgium, newspaper, to Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. +He is survh his mother and a bntllomet.lunne , both of Brus- The Evening Star From street racks, ! newsstands and news- ,boys will remain at %2 a Copy PAY NO MORE REAR ADMIRAL E. W. EBERLE. COLHET I WINER OF TENNI CROW Frenchman Beats Borotra Handily in Finals at Wimbledon. By the Assoclated Press. * WIMBLEDON, England, July 6— Henri Cochet of France won-the Brit- ish tennis championship today by de- feating his countryman, Jean Borotra, in the final match. Cochet overwhelmed the bounding Basque to win in straight sets by scores of 6—4, 6—3, 6—4. A capacity crowd of more than 15,- 000 persons saw the matches today. Cochet, who won the same title in 1927, captured the crown this year in one of the most impressive displays of tennis ever seen on the courts of Wim- of | bledon. Bl Tilden and Borotra, two of the greatest players of the day, were smothered by him in three straight sets, the American getting but 10 games and the Basque but 11. Little Henri also holds the American championship, won last Fall. Throngs Stand in Line. Many of the crowd had waited since 9 pm. yesterday. At dawn today the queues were so long many arriving con- sidered it hopeless and not worth their while to wait. People near the start of the lines sold their places for a pound each (about $5), while the scalpers were trying to get 10 to 15 pounds sterling for center court seats ($50 to $75). It was the fifth time in the last two years two Frenchmen were fighting it out in the men’s singles. Cochet was a favorite over Borotra today, but an ?puttm d now;:e been & l\u’prlut. or the Basque n playing a grea! game in the last two weeks. His ground strokes had greatly improved. Borotra Has Bad Day. Cochet's victory tied him with' Boro- tra and Re fellow rotra_today (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) 29 RESUME AIR RACE. CKPOOL, En| P — | o 2 S0 BLA Twenty-nine pilots tho started la;t.“mlnthumlnz are going to Heston 1y Newcastle, Leeds and Birming- twel wmpmhm'hodmm znmd':ylllhmmm injuries. The were no_personal [ oo S | STRIKING CARMEN CHALLENCE COUNCL Threaten to Call Out Building and Metal Trades Coun- cil Members. NEW ORLEANS, July 6 (#).— After two nights and a day of wild disorder, striking street carmen and their sympathizers rested today while representatives of the company and union sought to find a common ground for negotiation. By the Assoclated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La, July 6— Three street cars on a siding at the Canal street barns were burned by trolley strike sympathizers early to- day. Three men who slipped through a police cordon were seen to pour |gasoline and apply a torch. When firemen first arzived on the scene, their‘efforts to extinguish the first car fired failed temporarily because of cut- s 3 were y T before the city council instructed that all attempts at operating cars be halted during the car men’s strike. Police riot guns, tear bombs and high-pressure streams of water were used to quell disturbances and inter- mflt the almost continuous stoning of Tal ers in the crowd of several thousand. Police warned the union men that they would take their lives in their hands if they sought to force entrance into the barns. May Call Out Other Trades. THe city council had before it today Metal Trades (‘:cune:“l’l‘l mel'msefnwe - athy with car strikers. * ::{a?pgulny"w stand for Public Service importing strike-breakers,” declared william Ruth, president of the Trades Union caufimfl, in his challenge to the city council. The strike up to today has claimed its toll of two dead and hundreds in- jured, in addition to destruction of pm;mxwdulylmfln- newal of a three-year contract and grew to menacing pI with an attempt by Public Service to operate :rmedpmeetunwm:mo out~ siders. The union claimed the contract de- nied it & voice in arbitration of sus- pensions and dismissals. City Council Steps In. The City Commission council stepped in today to seek negotiations between the railway company and the 1,500 or more striking union workmen and of- fered to mediate. ‘What became of a special train of six cars of workmen Public Serv- ice brought into the outskirts of the city last night remained a mystery. It was believed were unloaded secret- ly at some ou location, to be spir- ited into the car barns, due to & k- bat welcome p'rem tmr their :;rdlv-: by a howling mol congregated a n{e Canal street car barns and staged all-night demonstrations. T. 8. Second in Golf Match. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 6 (®). —Great Britain won the seniors inter- national _three-cornered golf match a score of 41 points. The United States was second with 15 points its was 3 and Canada third, scoring 12 polnts. threats to call out the Building and|denied e in | Dormann considered his integrity a service. (UP) Means Associated P: FRENCH MINISTRY MAKING PLANS 10 ASSURE SURVIVAL First Stage of Crisis Is Pass- g ed, With Poincare Still Holding Upper Hand. NON-VOTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE POWER Premier’s Astute Leadership Given Credit for Leading Cabinet Through Difficulties. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 6.—Premier Raymond Poincare’s “armistice day cabinet,” by the astuteness of its chief, has been permitted to survive another week end, but there was considerable conjecture today as to what lay ahead of it when Parliament resumes next Tuesday. ‘The premier yesterday averted an immediate crisis. The difficulties to ratificition without reservation of the American and British debt accords existed today substantially as yesterday, and with the opposition in its present temper-it was possible new ones would be discovered to place in the premier’s path. The fact that there is a widespread popular resentment at the terms of the debt settlements had bolstered the ir- reconcilables, who are using the ratifi- cations for political purposes. There was general recognition of this phase in today’s newspapers, the press of all parties almost without exception con- demning the action of the Chamber’s finance and foreign affairs committees in treating questions of national im- portance from the standpoint of do- mestic politics. Course in Doubt. The premier's course was in doubt, but it was believed that over the week end he would attempt to win over to his side some of those in the two Chamber committees Wwho abstained from voting on the question of reserva- tlons and secure a favorable recon- sideration of his point. The finance committee’s vote on the subject of in- clusion of reservations in the ratifica- tion measure was 17 for, 16 against, with 11 abstaining. In the foreign af- fairs committee the vofe was 13 for, 12 the question of ratification without res- ervations included ln!hsmumluell. disagreement with ‘who te reservations ent p to the reservation would have the effect of pla- catf dissident home elements without impal the force of France's signa- ture to agreements. Confidence Vote Avoided. He avoided the vote of confidence yes- terday when he and Andre Tardieu, minister of interior, argued Maurice Dormann, mutilated war veteran deputy, into withdrawing his interpellations on the alleged slapping of the face of the prefect of police by an irate woman on the occasion of the recent veterans’ pro- test parade. M. Dormann insisted he had seen the incident. M. Tardleu and the prefect it had happened, whereupon tacked and set about to gain parlia- mentary redress, even if the government fell in 'his gaining it. It was under- stood he was convinced finally he was being made a pawn by those who al- legedly had not the courage to -mck' :lhe government on the score of ratifica- ons. The chamber meets again Tuesday, with a week remaining then before opening of formal chamber debate on the ratifications. Much can happen in that time, or in the two weeks Shich will remain before America’s bill for will_become due—unl accord is ratified meanwhile. 27 MEXICAN CATHOLICS RETURNING FROM EXILE Priests, Headed by Bishop of Topic, Leave Los Angeles by Special Train. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 6.—Marking the glol:h:t three years of exile enforced: oA ess the ‘The priests the station by a large number of Mex- icans from the foreign colony here. g and recel post lessings, and as the train moved iaway the prelate gave his By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, ' ! he changed his costume to & sheet, but that will be discussed in due time. Cavanaugh was robbed by four men. They took $15 and all his clothes, leav- ing him in a predicament. He dashed THIEVES' VICTIM GOES HOME DRESSED ONLY IN NEWSPAPERS Lacking More Clothes, He Dons Sheet in Manner of Roman Senator and Sets Out for Police Station. When he got there he was little bet- July - 6—James Oava- |ter off, for he had no more clothing. | M. of their journey.'naugnh of the 1043 West Madison street | He was, however, considerably sngered, Cavanaughs burst into the news late [go he snatched a sheet from his {iast night wearing mothing but early | yrappecd it about him after | editions, and only a few of them. Later |ner of g Roman: i the man- and set : 3 g ; | attention of -the board of The only evening Germany reparations payments. Separately the| $400,000,000 for the surplus war stocks f bY " | portation in Washington with th Associ . Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 102,158 TWO CENTS. CAPITAL TRACTION DECLINES T0 GFFER PLAN FOR MERGER Hanna Sanctions Govern- ment View, but Defers Action Until “Congress Is Ready.” ANSWER READ BEFORE UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS Non-Approval of Maltbie Sugges- . tions Blocks Negotiations, Letter Infers. ‘The Capital Traction Co. today de- clined the invitation of the Public Util- itles Commission to submit a new plan whereby the street car systems of the District might be merged. Not only will the company submit no plan, but it will enter into no negotiations looking toward a new merger plan until Congress has either approyed a plan or else delegated its authority to do so to the Public Utilities Commission, the Capital Traction Co. said. ‘The company’s letter, signed by John H. Hanna, president, was taken to the commission as it was in an execu- tive session this morning. It was a Teply to a letter sent from the com- mission to the two street car companies asking for submission of merger plans. Statement Important. Aside from the attitude of the com- pany as revealed in the letter, one of its most important aspects was a state~ ment that the merger plan drawn up by Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the engineer employed by the Senate District com- mittee to examine the Wilson merger plan which was submitted to Congress, was acceptable to the company and that the company would have “earnest- ly endeavored to have the merger gruemewg‘ s0 mod.meg" u‘s’ suggested by 3 le, “executed and approved b; its stockholders.” sk " ‘The position of the company was to put the next merger move squarely up to tfi?nne;l.cfim. Hanna s‘:‘id that the public an ngress are ion of all the facts and if and wmmc«n- gress sees fit to approve terms under which it will allow a merger or will delegate this' authority to the - sion, the company will be glad to enter into further negotiations. Until that time, however, any such negotiations would be “futile and would tend more to delay than to accelerate the ac- l“eom n it of the end, which we Letter Quoted. ‘The text of the letter is as follows: “We are glad to note from your letter of June 29 that the Public Utilities Commission, as at present constituted, agrees with the opinion previously ex- Em by the commission, of Washington and by ition companies, that a merger of e street railway companies now oper- iting in the District of Columbia is desirable for the best interests of the people. “The Capital Traction Co. has fre- quently expressed its concurrence in this view, provided that such merger should include all of the public pas- senger transportation business in the District of Columbia, and the company has, through its officers, used every ef- fort in its power to accomplish this purpose. “Following the program laid down by Congress in the so-called merger act ap- proved March 4, 1925, this compan: with the other col panies concerned, entered into a unifi- cation agreement, which was submitted to the commission, and after protracted changed after negotiations hea by it. These changes were accepted by the companies and the revised agreement sul ted to Con- gress as provided by law. “Never Rejected.” “This agreement was never rejected by Congress, but on the contrary was approved by the committee on the Dis- trict of Jolumbia of the House of Rep~ resentaf™ves. The Senate committee, before &3ting on the merger plan as submitte®, had detailed investigations made by the Bureau of Efficiency and Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, a well known utility expert, employed for that pur- pose. Dr. Maltbie after thorough study and _investigation, prepared certain modifications to the agreement in the form of an amended joint resolution, which received the approval of both House and Senate committees on the District of Columbia, but which was not acted on by either Senate or the House prior to the adjournment of Con- , March 4, 1929, because of the 'k of time. Had the legislation so g:opoud and approved been enacted e management of the Capital Traction Co. would have honestly endeavored to have the m r agreement so modified, executed and approved by its stock- holders. “The public and Congress are in possession of all the relevant facts. If and when Congress, in the light of these facts, shall see fit to approve definitely terms, fair alike to the pub- lic and to the stockholders, under which a merger may be brought about, or shall delegate the authority for such approval to the Public Utilitles Com- mission, the Capital Traction Co. will be glad to negotiate with the other companies to the end that a merger including all of the passenger trans- facilities in Washington, safeguarding the interests of the pub- lic and protecting the rights of the ;:omptny‘s stockholders, may be ef- Further Steps Useless. “In view, however, of existing con- ditions we feel that further negotiation between the companies at the present time, or further submission to the stockholders of mergss plans which ma not become #mective, would be futile and woun: tend more to delay than to accelerate the accomplish- ment of the, snd which we all desire.” The lettos, was signz* by J. H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co., and wa# adc to Maj. Gen. Masct . Patrick, of the commis- .y ‘The commission also received from Wilifam F. Ham, president of the Wash- Rallway & Electric Co., a let- ger negotiation and pointed out that the matter would be brought to the directors of the company “at as early a date as P e mafority of the members of the of e TS of directors of this