Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1929, Page 1

! WEAT: HER. (. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Temperatures: pm. yesterday; lows Highest, 95, at 3:30 est, 74, at 5 am. today. Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 enin NG EDITION Star. service. The ;bnly i in Wuhingbnmtg. ::: Associated Press news Yesterday'’s Circulation, 102,042 No. 31,136, ot omee W Entered as second class ma tter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1929—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PILOTS OF ROBIN IGNORE SPONSORS ORDERS T0 LAND No Reply Is Made to Note. Flyers Have Been in Air for 414 Hours. MOTOR HAS PROVED SELF, FLIGHT BACKERS ASSERT Also Say All Desired Data Obtain-, ed—Want Pilots to Take No Unnecessary Risks, ST. LOUIS, July 30 (#).—The monoplane St. Louis Robin had been up 414 hours at 1:17 pm. (C. 8. T.) today. At that hour the pilots, Dale (Red) Jackson and Forest O'Brine, had made no reply to a note sent to them this morning by Maj. William B. Robertson, sponsor of the flight, calling them down today. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, July 30.—Maj. Willlam B. Robertson, president of the Curtiss- Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Co., which is sponsoring the .record-break- ing endurance flight of Dale (Red) Jackson and Forest O'Brine in the monoplane St. Louis Robin, this morn- ing sent the flyers a message ordering them to land some time today. ‘The message was sent up shortly after the refueling plane had taken aioft an- other note, written by Maj. Robertson last night, in which he told them they could land any time, but to use their own judgment and to bear in mind that their safety now was the most important factor of the problem. ‘The flyers dropped a note answering | the first letter. ‘The message read: “Motor still run- ning good. See no reason to quit now. We are shooting at the 500-hour mark. | Ship O. K. and so are we.” A short time before the order to land was taken aloft Jackson dropped a note to Phil Silverson, aerial photographer at the field, in which he said, “I hope we can stay up a month.” Would Take No Chances. Maj. C. Hay Wassall, pilot of the re- | fueling plane, took Maj. Robertson's order to the flyers shortly after 9 a.m. He told newspaper men that a fur- ther statement from Maj. Robertson would be made_later. Joseph Mellon, a representative of the Curtiss interests, said: “They have done their stuff and we don't want to take any chances with | them.” “What if they refuse to land?” a questioner asked Maj. Robertson. “We will still feed them and send them fuel,” he replied. ‘The wives of the flyers, although stating they would be happy to see their husbands on the ground again, indi- eated that they thought the flyers’ am- bition to set the record at 500 hours should be encouraged. Maj. Robertson explained his action in a memorandum made public at noon today. The memorandum said Maj. Robertson had sent a note to O'Brine and Jackson, at 8:45 a.m. requesting them to terminate the flight some time | today, and added: o “Maj. Robertson’s reasons for this decision are that all the objects of the test flight, started July 13, 1929, have been fully accomplished as the Chal- lenger motor has more than proved it- self, the Robin airplane has also preved itself and the technical data that was wanted has been secured. The men are in good health and excellent spirits, the motor and plane are running smoothly, but he can see no further advantage of running the motor until it fails, as Jack- son and O'Brine have now established an endurance record beyond all expec- tations.” Maj. Robertson also made public a telegram from Frank H. Russell, vice president of the Curtiss Airplane & Motor Co., manufacturers of the Chal- lenger motor, saying that the fiyers would receive $25,360 from the com- pany, regardless of whether they re- main up 500 hours. The fiyers began their eighteenth day aloft at 7:17 am. (C. 8. T.), and an hour later clipped off their 409th hour. They started off the day by playing a joke on the ground crew and 5,000 ‘watchers, feigning a contemplated land- ing. 'Yeseerdly the flyers dropped a note saying the motor was beginning to weaken under the long strain, but this morning's note said the trouble had cleared up and that two cylinders thought to have been weakening were “hitting it fine now.” Play Joke on Ground Crew. ‘That .the flyers are still in good spirits, even though the motor might be weary, was indicated by their “little | Jjoke.” “Everybody get ready; we are going to land,” read a note written in a heavy hand by 'Jackson, and tossed from the plane as it swooped low over the field at 6:30 am. Maj. C. Ray Wassall, chief of the ground organization, leaped into action; his assistants scurried to their pre- seribed * posts; movie men shouldered their heavy cameras and ran to “loca- tion,” and the crowd gathered to watch the morning refueling became tense as (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) FRANCO IS OUSTED FROM SPANISH AIR CORPSFOR USING ITALIAN SHIP Flyer’s Acceptance of French Weather Reports for Ocean Hop Also Blamed. * De Rivera Had Counted on Transatlantic Attempt in Native-Built Craft. By the Associated Press. MADRID, July 30.—Maj. Ramon Franco, Spain’s premier aviator and transatlantic air hero, has been dis- missed from the Spanish air service for offenses considered derogatory to Spain’s air prestige. ‘The dismissal was not the result so | much of undertaking a transoceanic | flight recently in defiance of purported | government opposition, as in undertak- | ing that fiight in an Italian-built plane | 1nd in accepting French weather reports cather than those obtained by a Spanish observatory, Both phases of the aviator's recent attempt to reach New York from Al- cazares Airdrome, Cartagena, which ended in a forced landing near the Azores, were distasteful to Gen. Primo de Rivera, Spanish premier, who had counted on a flight achievement in which every entering element should be Spanish, and none foreign. Spanish Plane Built. ‘The dictator had allowed to be con- structed a huge four-motored Dornier Wal plane at Cadiz, of Spanish mate- rial, and a Spanish variation of the Dornler design, the plane named the Numancia, was made available to Maj. Franco and his three companions, and it was supposed up to the last minute that they intended using it when they took off a month ago. On the day prior to departure the plane was given a test flight, and de- veloped some sort of motor trouble. Maj. Franco on the succeeding morning wok off in another Dornier plane, which tlxtu}ybezn brought to Cartagena from aly, On one occasion, the Spanish air service reported the weather over the Atlantic favorable for a flight to Amer- ica, while on the same day a French aviator at Seville, Louis Coudouret, was informed by the meteorological service of his country, collaborating with a station on the Azores, that the weather was not _propitious. Maj. Franco was made aware of the discrepancy and postponed his flight. Back to the Infantry. wg«s]. Franco told the Associated Press ay: “The decree removing me from the Mr service has been signed since July 24. It has left me available for the in- fantry, however. I was in that srrvice originally.” Maj. Franco was accompanied on the flight which ended at the Azores by Maj. Eduardo Callarza, Capt. Ruiz de Alda and Sergt. Pedro Madariaga. o MEXICAN SECRETARY EXPLAINS DOMICILE Acting Interior Chief Declares Bor- der Residence Is to Be Con- strued Loosely. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 30.—Felipe Canales, acting secretary of interior, clarified the situation with regard to Americans residing in the United States and working in Mexico today with a statement to the Associated Press, in which he said recent regulations con- trolling such border migrations should be_construed loosely. He said the “regulation” which re- quired those who earned their living by working in Mexico to reside in Mexico should be considered as a request rather than a demand, and hence any persons not wishing to comply with it would not have to do so. ‘The secretary explained it was Mex- {co’s desire that persons working inside the Mexican border live in Mexico, so that they would spend their money on t-e Mexican side and contribute to the prosperity of Mexican border towns. He declared, however, it was not the government's intention to create mis- undd!rmnd!nll or ill feeling along the rder. He emhlned that & new card system, the cards to be obtained from chambers of commerce along the border on the American side, might soon be invoked to enable a check on border migration, but it would offer no inconvenience. The cards would cost 1 peso (about 48 cents) each and would be valid for a year. No passports or other documents are re- g\;lwrtd under ordinary circumstances | RAIL RIOT IS QUIETED. Colombian Troops Repulse Work- | men Who Mutiny at Gomez Shops. | BOGOTA, Colombia, July 30 ().—A | government statement today said that complete calm had been restored along the Puerto Wilches Railway, scene of an armed attack by riotous workers yesterday. The statement denied that there was political significance in the clash, in which the chief of the rail- road shops at Gomez was killed. ‘Troops from Bucaramanga and Puerto Wilches repulsed the mutineers at Gomez and captured some of the ring- leaders. 450 ACRES OF BOY SCOUTS CAMP 1,300 American Youths, With Ravenous Appetites, Are Present for Function in England. IN PARK FOR WORLD JAMBOREE; P00 INSPECTS PLANTS | AJ. RAMON FRANCO. HOOVER ASKS ARMY 70 00 OWN CUTTING Makes General Staff Respon- sible for Proposed Econ- omy Measures. President Hoover, in his desire to ef- fect economies in the annual cost of the military establishment of the Govern- ment, is going to place the first re- sponsibility for making this possible upon the Army fitself, it was made known at the White House today. The ‘President has gone over this sub- ject very thoroughly and in painstaking detail with Secretary of War Good and Gen. Summerall, chief of staff of the Army, and he is understood to feel that the staff officers of the Army will make a conscientious effort to determine where economies may be effected. Has Confidence in Staff. ‘The President, despite inferences that it will be difficult to get the general staff to agree to any reductions, has every confidence in the abflity of these men to carry out his wishes. Moreover, the President's confidence in the staff is such that he feels it will actually weicome this chance to make such a review of the entire estab- lishment. ‘There was no comment from the White House today upon a_published interview with Secretary of Geod to the effect that while the general staff would make the survey as re- quested by the President, cials of the Army seriously doubted that such a survey will reveal any opportunity to curtail expenditures. President Still Determined. ‘The impression at the White House today was that the President feels just as determined in this matter as he did last week when he first announced his desire to economize in the cost of run- ning the Army. He stated at that time that this must be done if there is to be any hope of further tax reduction in the near future. Aside from his known eagerness for another tax slash, the President has been represented as having reason to feel that some of the activities of the Army, or some of their practices, are becoming obsolete or not in step with the modern science of military. ‘Therefore the President’s intimates feel that he has not changed in his preference since his week end confer- ence with. the heads of the military establishment. It is thought, however, that it has been strongly represented to him by Army officials that it would be very difficult to economize at the expense of this branch of the Govern- ment without reducing the Natlon's national defense. B Nevertheless, the President has made known his wishes to the Army heads and is going to look to them to make a complete investigation. He has been represented as having not the slightest doubt that the officers of the general staff will co-operate with him in this endeavor to meet a public need and at the same time maintain an adequate preparedness at the least possible cost. o STRONGER RUM GUARD ON BORDER FORECAST Armored Runners on Lakes Seen as Cause for Strengthening U. S. Patrol Force. By the Assoclated Press. BRIDGEBURG, Ontario, July 30.—A stronger blockade along the lower lakes in an effort to check United States rum | runners was licted today by Comdr. | Martin W. Rasmussen, head of the Buf- ! falo Coast Guard patrol diyision. Plans 1are in the making, he said, for the maneuvering of the Coast Guard patrol .;l?nle lines mever tried in ‘this area fore. The presence of armored United States rum-running boats in Lake On- tario, one of which elected to fight it out last week with a Coast Guard vessel, has caused the Coast Guard to devise new methods to offset the added ‘handicap. ON 66TH ANNIVERSARY | By the Associated Press. turned 66 today. However, as far as Mr. Ford was con- cerned, the birthday was much like any other day in his An DETROIT, July 30.—Henry Ford| gy co, o 10 105 PER CENT INCREASE ASKED IN U. 3. EMPLOYES' PAY Interdepartmental Board Makes Recommendations for Bigger Salaries for Officers. NURSES ALSO NAMED FOR ADDED INCOMES First General Bill of Kind Since 1908 Will Have to Be Acted Upon by Congress. Pay increases ranging from 58 per cént for officers to 105 per cent for nurses, and covering the Army, Navy, Public Health Service, Codst and Geo- detic Survey, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, were recommended today In the report of the Interdepartmental Pay Board, under the chairmanship of Rear Admiral Luke McNamee. The report lays down the proposal that pay be based fundamentally upon the grade held, and the increases are designed to meet the changed standard of the purchasing power of the dollar since the last general pay bill was en- acted, in 1508. gress will have the final say as to the scale proposed. Salient Features. Salient features of the report follow: Average percentage increases over 11908: Officers, 58 per cent; warrant officers, 87 per cent; nurses, 105 per cent, and enlisted men, 83 per cent. This represents a percentage for offi- cers over 1922 when some pay legisla- tion was passed of 44 per cnt and for enlisted men of about 25 per cent. All allowances (including rental) are consolidated with pay into a single item designated as “Pay.” Rental is de- ducted when an officer is occupying Government quarters. All distinctions and pay between of- ficers with and without dependents are abolished. Pay is based fundamentally on the duties and responsibilities of the offi- cers, as indicated by their grade. ‘The schedule prevents in so far as j practicable & junior receiving more pay than a senior. It is based on the idea the pay should be adequate under present eco- nomic conditions, and that pay of the higher grades should be commensurate with the dignity and responsibilities of positions and comparable to the re- muneration of a successful career in vl Federal commission service only is used for pay purposes. Exclude Complications. All of the other numerous classes of service, including constructive sérvice, which has so complicated computations in the past, are excluded for pay pur- ‘The board recommended that com- missioned officers receive pay as fol- lows: Major general and rear admiral (upper half), base pay, $14,000; incre- ments, none; deduction for rental, $1,800. Brigadier general and rear ad- miral (lower half), base bay, $12,000 deduction for_rental, $1,800. Colonel and captain (Navy), base pay. $10,200; increments, $300 after three years’ service in grade; deduction for rental, $1,500. Lieutenant colonel and com- mander, base pay. $8,700; increments, $300 after each three years in grade not to exceed nine years to a maximum total of $9,600; deduction for rental, $1500. Major and lieutenant com- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BRITAIN ASSURES EGYPT’S FREEDOM ‘War Minister Says Pending Treaty Guarantees Independence and Happy Relations for All Time. By the Associated Press. PRESTON, England, July 30. Shaw, British minister of wal speech here last night said his govern- ment intended to give Egypt independ- ence on terms which would establish happy relations between Britain and Egypt but insure the safety of British communications with her Eastern em- pire for all time. His statément was much more defi- nite than previous official intimations. Egyptian- Premier Confident. 30 learned from officlals in contact with Premier Mohammed Pasha Mahmoud that events in London were “progress- ing satisfactorily and that preparatory negotiations were pi very suc- cessfully.” The newspaper added that a delega- tion of prominent people sentative of tian opinion gt: bly ~soon would summoned to London to ex- amine the draft of the lo-] treaty which will be submitted to the British government. DRUG FIRMS MERGE. Chain Store System Acquires Bris- tol Myers and 3-and-1 0il Co’s. NEW YORK, July 30 (#).—Drug, Inc., which owns the United Drug Co. and the Liggett chain of stores, has acquired Co. mnul.l:dmru of Maniu’s Mother Dies. BAUMES LAW HELD PRISON RIOT CAUSE Two Recent New York Out- breaks Seen as Result of Inmates’ Bitterness. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., July 30.—Mandatory life sentences for felons convicted for the fourth time were blamed today by State officials for savage rioting in Clin- ton and Auburn Prisons, staged almost & week apart. Both Gov. Roosevelt and Raymond F. C. Kleb, commissioner of corrections, brought up the theory that the work- ings of the Baumes laws resulted in a feeling of bitterness on the part of prisoners causing them to flare up into open mutiny. Touching on the Baumes laws, the governor said: “They may be all right as A deterrent to crime, but all wrong t‘l: to the prisoners sentenced under em. “The sentencing of persons for long terms for crimes against property and not against persons has a tendency to make an individual feel more bitter than if he were sentenced for a crime against persons.” Auburn Now Quiet. Conditions at the Auburn Prison, where two convicts were killed and four escaped in rioting on Sunday, were re- ported as returning to normal toda although industrially everything was at a standstill. Most of the shops in which the in- mates worked were razed by the fire and the prisoners were confined to their cells. The prison fare was of the simplest kinds, the kitchen having been set afire along with other buildings. The prison- ers were taken to the mess hall in small groups under heavy guard. There .l!bnn disorder and the prison was quie Heavy details of police remained about the prison, but the militia had been demobilized. Check Damages. Officials of the State Department of Correction have turned their attention to discovering to what extent outside ald was furnished to the 1,700 convicts who revolted. While police throughout the State kept watch for the four convicts who escaped during the riot, Warden Edgay| 8. Jennings issued a statement in which he declared the revolver from which the first shot of the revolt was fired had brought into the prison from outside. The trusty who used it, George Small, was one of those who escaped, there was little likelihood its e, be determined for some e. Gov. Roosevelt today made public letter he had written to Dr. Kieb, Sf commissioner of correction, in which he demanded the latter definitely fix the responsibility for the revolt at Auburn Prison and the similar occur- rence last Monday at Clinton Prison, Dannemorra. The warden said there had been a restlessness and nervous tension among the convicts for some time and that this had been intensified since the re- ¥ Xn”ingpection of the prisan propert o property showed that the indluttfil work of the institution would be held up for sev- of gas mains, light and power lines and telephone wires, which were cut by (Continued on Page 2, Column ACCUSE EX-OFFICIAL IN LICENSE PROBE Grand Jury to Take Evidence in Alleged “Mill” Operating From Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 30.—Evidence show that W. H. H. Miller, former head y, | a|t] tate Ll L Promotions Spurned 5 Times by Cashier; Books Short $50,000 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 30.—A cashier who five times in the last 10 yvears refused promotions was under arrest today for the lar- ceny of $50,000. Philip K. Keller started with the International Tailoring Co. 20 years ago as an office boy. ‘After rising to the position of cashier at a salary of $60 a week he refused further advancements, saying he preferred that job to any other in the company. As- sistant District Attorney Unger sald Keller confessed losing the money betting on horse races and in stock market speculations. SAYS HOOVER TURN A. A: A. Declares Sentiment Growing for Changing Present Traffic Rule. Increasing sentiment for the abolish- ment of the rotary left turn in Wash- ington and substitution of the standard turn recommended in the Hoover code /is found as motorists continue to | register their opinion at the offices of the District of Columbia Division of the American Automobile Association. At the conclusion of the first week of the survey to ascertain the wishes of District of Columbia motorists, Charles P. Clark, general manager of the Ameri- can Automobile Association, announced today that a total of 1,442 ballots have been voluntarily filed by car owners and 69.3 per cent of them favored the standard turn used in the larger cities and recommended by the leading traffic experts comprising the Hoover con- ference. “The significant feature of the sur- vey,” declared the American Automobile Association general manager, “is the fact that it gives the opinion of resi- dent motorists who are personally af- fected by the traffic regulations. These opinions have been voluntarily registered :;lld m;l effort ;nmbeen m-nlle ";l lthr:: e open e general public, re- rflf:&l of whether they are affected ‘y the proposed change in the left urn. “There continues to be a surprising number of motorists who do not_know that Washington has a different method of making a left turn at con- trolled and uncontrolled crossings. As the number of answers to this question approaches the 1,400 mark, it is found t 5.8 per cent of those answering did not know of the two methods.” Mr. Clark ted out that over- whelming sentiment is shown for hav- controlled or uncontrolled. In response to this question, 92.5 per cent of 1,435 motorists expressed themselves as favor- ing one rule at all crossings. ‘Want Uniform Rules. “Regardless of the division of opinion Prison. | on the left turn,” he continued, “there is no doubt that sentiment in the Na- tion’s Capital is solidly for the adoption of Asked the uniform traffic rules. question, “Are you in favor of uniform traffic rules?” a total of 1,488 motorists registered their opinion and 95 per cent of them favored uniformity, “The trend of voting up to the pres- ent time leaves no question as to the ;uhet :.: au&lct of nllun]:b‘l: :rxowflxu T anging the left turn. The A, fi“ A. knew this sentiment existed W] the left turn. The survey has more than justified the action of the governing of the District of Columbia divi- sion and clearly demonstrates that in the present issue, as in the past, organ- ized motordom in the District of Colum- bia is in unity.” HUGHES IS LABOR JUDGE. ‘Viscount Finlay. FAVOR INCREASING ing one rule at all crossings, whether Elected by World Court to Succeed U. 3. GOUPLES RACE 10 CATCH ZEPPELIN Graf’s Next Flight to America Scheduled to Start Thurs- day Morning. By the Associated Press, FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, July 30.—Two American couples were racing against time today to reach Friedrichs- hafen for the take-off of the dirigible Graf Zeppelin on its next flight to the day morning. They were Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Pierce of New Ycrk and Mr. and Mrs. George N. Crouse of Syracuse, N. Y. The Pierces, who were accompanying a tour of American business men through Soviet Russia, were notified at Samara, Russia, of the imminent departure of the airship, while the Crouses were aboard the steamship Mauretania and were expected to arrive at Cherbourg early tomorrow. A third woman also is listed among the passengers to make the transatlan- tic She is Mme. Gourevitch, wife of Gregoir Gourevitch, a pianist iiving in Paris. Departure Postponed. Departure of the glant dirigible was postponed yesterday from the date orig- in: set, Wednesday morning, to en- able several paying guests on the craft’s trip to reach here. . Pierce was the only woman pas- senger on a recent attempted crossing of the Zeppelin, which failed when motor trouble developed over the Mediter- ranean and it was forced to return to Germany, making an emergency landing en route in France. Her husband ob- Jected strenuously to her making the trip, but finally not only reconciled him- self to it but determined to accompany her when the craft left again. Satisfied With Motors. Dr. Eckener pronounces himself today as satisfied in every detall with the Graf’s new motors, and as having every expectation of completing without slight- est mishap not only the transatlantic crossing, but the circumnavigation of the globe, which will start from Lake- hurst upon his arrival there. The schedule calls for departure from Lakehurst August 7, with completicn of (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) —_— e MAURETANIA SPEEDS. Former Queen of Atlantic Makes Fastest Run of Year. PLYMOUTH, England, July 30 (#).— The Cunard liner Mauretania arrived here this moerning after a crossing from New York in five days, one hour and one minute, her fastest crossing this year. The average speed was 25.58 miles per hour. Her officers said she made no attempt to beat the recently established record of the Bremen. SCOUT RESCUES OFFICIAL Czech Foreign Minister Benes Is Saved From Drowning. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, July 30 (#)—The ne'?;ur Vecernilist_today reported that reign Minister Benes, who is taking a vacation at lumec, had beent saved from drowning by a B0 e Torélgn minister suftered a faint- ing it while swimminy By the Associated Press. United States, scheduled to start Thurs- ‘P Means Associated Press. By the Assoclated Press. ARROWE PARK, England, July 30.— Four hundred and fifty acres of boys, their enthusiasm undampened by rainy skies, are waiting the opening here to- morrow of the Boy Scouts world jam- boree. Fifty thousand Scouts from 42 “nations, including 1,300 American boys, are camped at Arrowe Park just across the Mersey River from Liverpool. Most of the Americans received thelr baptism of English wet weather when they arrived late Sunday and yesterday. Dampness, however, neither crippled their camp-making skill nor took the edge off theit appetite. In fact, Quar- termaster Harvey Gordon of the Ameri- can contingent today ibed the appetite of the young Scouts as simply Jm to , judged by the tan crowd alwi the windows of the r's shop in the quaint camp market place where the boys can buy anything in any lan- guage. The camp even has an inter- national bank where the Scoufs can cash checks of all nations and chan American dimes or Russian rubles inf English small change. ‘The great camp will be formally opened tomorrow afternoon by the Duke of Connaught whose speech will be followed by an address by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 72-year-old founder of ‘Thursday the visit the camp. He vernight and on Friday will central figure of a grand rally of of all nations, The jamboree ends August 13. ; ‘The 49,000 other Scouts also appeared | tion of proj at be excellent eaters, y | visits to m -nnmxfh‘h might T e might pose for a few mo- tion picture views today he would not have more Lhan the usual number of ! visitors at Fairlane, his estate in Dea: born. . Fairlane is but a short distance from the farmhouse in Greenfield town- ::ipwhmm,!’ordwum:uly h Numerous _congratulal telegrams were received at the Ford home, but their contents and the names of the senders were not disclosed. Mr, Ford planned to leave early this evening for West N. J., to visit again with A. Edi- Fordson | mier , Rumania, July 30 (®). Maniu, 86, mother of of Rumania, died ploneer in the Nai a in Rumania. I Bank Statements ‘Washington clearing house, $5,264,- 926.15. balance, $152,404,998. New York: clearing house exchange, °$1,724,000,000. | New York clearing house balance, $183,000,000. - of the State Department of Registra- tion and Education, was the head of a vast “license mill” was to be given the grand jury today, the State's attorney’s office announced last night. shnosg for selling coun- Miller. They are Rudolph and Fielding Poe, both of St. Several have already been lm\'mxthemlJr.llun-uxAlmt - alleged Eastern agen Department. inspector ‘THE _HAGUE, July 30 (#).—Charles Evans Hughes, eminent American jurist and statesman, was today elected, at an trative meeting the Perma- nent Court of International Justice, to fill a vacancy in the chamber for the consideration of labor cases. . Hughes became & member of the court last Spring. The vacancy was caused by the death of Viscount Finlay, British member of the court. Pk o League Delegate Dies. Radio Progfams—Page 31wy The quarantine by Federal and State authorities in Florida against the Medi- terranean fruit fily was said today by Assistant Secretary Lowman of the Treasury to have worked a hardship against rum runners and had forced them to seek other avenues of entry into the United States, especially through the Canadian border. Lowman explained Southern rum runners had encountered difficulty as soon s tine authorities started nhpp'i:dg %n:uwmm leaving the infected area. Automobiles, he continued, were .and occupants asked to alight and corner of the TWO CENTS. RECORD IN OLD PLEA FOR CAR FARE RAISE STIRS BITTER FIGHT Traction Counsel Battles Vainly to Introduce Any Part of Original Data. VALUATION DECISION IS CENTER OF STORM Commission Declines to Accept Ap- peals Court’s Figures, but Takes Copy of Transcript. A Dbitter fight between the Public Uttilities Commission and counsel for the street railway companies as to the admissability of portions of the record in the case of the Capital Traction Co's first application for an in- crease in fare today marked the second session of the new fare hearing which 80t under way yesterday. The first applicatioin was dismissed without prejudice tp the company last October, owing to the fact that legisla- tion looking to a merger of the street railway lines was pending in Congress. Childress’ Letter Is Fight Center, At the time the case was dis; counsel for the commission and m riers entered into a stipulation later re- corded in a letter from Chairman John ;&:nqhudxm to the company saying in You may use the record in this case in any subsequent hearing for so much as it may be worth.” This was the battle ground today and the array of attorneys for the carriers, supplemented by John S. Barbour, who made his first appearance today in rep- resenting the Washington Railway & Electric Co.. battied for what they in- sisted was their right to read into this record any part they chose of the old record. The commission ruled, however, at %l;‘e 1‘end( ‘t’l{x u:;nslvl"b.l fireworks, in vor of e tion of Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, its legal ad- viser, who held that the stipulation meant that the old record could be used in the new case only in such places as no proper objection to it would lie by counsel for the commis- sion or for the people. Dunlop Claims Contract Violation. After the carriers had lost their fight, G. Thomas Dunlop, who was the leader in the argument, said that the commis=~ sion’s ruling amounted to s plain vio- lation “of the contract” between the former commission and the company, which prejudiced his company's rights. But the proceeding went ahead. The battle had turned particularly on the admission of that portion of the old record which contained a copy of the decision of the District Court of Appeals setting a valuation on the Capital Traction Co. as of January 1, Although the commission de- clined to accept this from the old rec- ord, it nevertheless later accepted & copy of the transcript of the case, the decision and judgment therein, certi- fied correct by the clerk of the Appeals Court, making an exception in favor of the carriers from a rule previously an- nounced. The rule was to the effect that no matters of which the commission took judicial notice would be allowed to be placed in the record. The commission announced that it took judicial notice of the decision of the Court of Appeals, but, nevertheless, allowed the transcript into the record. Date of Purchases Creates Fight. Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman, after this point had been settled, pur~ sued his line of inquiry into the ac- quisition of property by the company at various dates from 1914 to the pres- ent, over the objection of Mr. Dunlop, who argued that, since the Court of Appeals had spoken as to the value on January 1, 1925, the commission had no right to go into the question of the buying of any property before that date. At the end cf the morning session the commission announced that all fur- ther sessions would be held in its regu- lar hearing room on the first floor of the District Building instead of in the l‘w:;rd room on the fifth floor as here- ore. Valuation Battle Renewed. ‘The battle over admitting the valua- tion of the Capital Traction Co.'’s prop- erty fixed by the District Court of Ap- peals as of January 1, 1925, at $25,- 756,880, as a part of the record in the present hearing, was renewed as soon as the hearing began this morning. Chair- man Patrick called upon Corporatio Counsel Bride to state his recolleetion of the conference held last Fall when an agreement was reached regarding the use of evidence in the former rate hearing in any future case. It was in the 1928 hearing that the court’s val- uation was made a part of the record. Mr. Bride read a statement giving his version of the agreement reached at that time with counsel for the Capital Traction Co. He said it was understood that the expression, “available for use,” m!m. that any part of the former rec- ?lx" might be used at the present hear- g, P “subject to challen t was not intended,” declared Mr. Bride, “that either side should give up any of its legal rights.” George E. Hamilton, Capital Traction (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) FIGHT IN FLORIDA ON FRUIT PEST IS HELD CHECK ON RUM RUNNERS Spraying of Automobiles to Kill Fly Forces Cars Out of Service for Transporting Contraband. transportation. During Summer months, he added, the demand for liquor in Florida was slight and because of this most_im} tions there were destined Lowman said this condition had pted issuance of orders to Comdr. artin W. Rasmussen, in of the Buffalo division of the Coast Guard. to strengthen his forces to combat_in- creased smuggling activities from Can- ada. Ten fast boats armed with ma- chine guns, he added, would be used in that area. In addition to the Southern smugglers seeking new places of entry along the Can: border many of those pre- vented from running their ca across the Detroit River, he added had transferred their activities to the west- ern end of Lake Erie. There, however, he added, they were met by an increase of Coast: *}ll‘d‘ boate: