Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1929, Page 5

THE EVENING DEMOCRATS STUDY MERGERS AS ISSUE Power Industry Slowly Work- ing Way With Realm of National Politics. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Power mergers are slowly working | their way into the realm of politice, with the Democrats examining the issue minutely to determine how they can make it nation-wide either in th | congressional or presidential elections | of the future. Gov. Roosevelt, Democrat, though in- clined to believe that the recent merger | in New York State was within the let- | ter of the law, is endeavoring to find, ' nevertheless, by further legal inquiry, some weakness in the set-up. An opinion from a Republican attorney | general upheld the legality of the merger. But still Mr. Roosevelt, knowing the solicitude of his party colleagues on the power issue, will not drop it till he looks into it further. Attitude of Party Here. And that is precisely the attitude of at Albany has the Democrats in Washington, particu- | school. | larly those of the *“progressive’” ‘The Federal Trade Commission inquiry. which has been in session for moti> than a year, bids fair to continue for two or three years more. and_injunctions may temporarily stay | its hand, but inevitably the investiga- | tion proceeds. ol et mona ana snare wor[BYRID PLANS 1, GOO-MILE FLIGHT the first round in court by being given | a verdict in favor of withholding its | books till the Trade Commission could be specific as to its requests for daia, but the commission still has the power to put witnesses under oath and inter- rogate them 8s to their personal knowl- edge. The inquiry will be resumed in the Autumn. The Trade Commission has upset the ealculations of both sides in the power fight. Originally the power companies fought against a_Senate inquiry be- cause they feared Senator Walsh of ‘Montana, Democrat, and his associates would emphasize isolated pleces of in- formation and would not conduct a scientific and judicial inquiry. Insur- gent Republican Senators, on the other hand, thought the Trade Commission had been leaning too strongly to the side of big business and would fnc some way to whitewash the power com- panies. View Has Changed. Now, after the inquiry has gone through several stages. it is the anti- power group in the Senate who arc singing the praises of the Trade Com- mission, while the power companies arc somewhat saddened by they are constanily on the defensive and made to appear from day to day as huge combines and trusts of evil design. Curiously enough, while the power eompanies have been under attack an- other prediction which they themselves made has not been fulfilled. They feared that an inquiry would lose them public confidence and that their securi- tics would be adversely affected, and particularly their borrowing power. In- stead, utility stocks have gyrated and mergers have not ceased but have in- creased in number and size. The talk is of bigger and better mergers. All this is leading some observers to | the belief that the disinterested views expressed by rieutral Senators at the | outset are being verified, namely, that if an industry is under suspicion of any kind it is wholesome to have a thor- ough investigation for the benefit of all concerned, and the public is an impartial judge of the value and sig-| nificance of the rP\f'lalh’m= 192 RUN ON VATICAN STAMPS VATICAN CITY, August 2 (#).—Open- ing of the post offices this morning brought a tremendous run on the new Vatican stamps. Many persons stood in line and several large purchases were made. One was for $150,000 and an- other $5.000. The press of people at the central ~ost office, all wishing to be the first to send the mail from the Vatican, was equally great. Rediscount Rate Reduced. By Cable to The Star. BOGOTA, Colombia, August 2.—The Bank_of the Republic, which has branches throughout the country, yester- day was authorized to reduce the redis- count rate from 8 to 7 per cent, fective August 1. The reduction was agreed on in view of gold reserves on hand now of $56,000,000, as compared with $60,000,000 early in the year. Adopted Child"s Claim in $1,000,000 Will Is Held Void| Justice Bailey Decides in| Favor of Three Heirs of Pie{;e Shoemaker. A devise to “descendants” of & tes- | tator cannot be held to include anj adopted child, according to a decision of Justice Jennings Bailey of the Di: trict Supreme Court. The court's opin: ion cuts out a claim of Louis Glover, 1. years old, now residing with his grand- | {[iz mother in California, to a one-fourth interest in the estate of Pierce Shoe- maker, who once owned a large portion of what is now Rock Creek Park. The Shoemaker estate is sald to be worth || about $1,000,000. If the court’s decision is sustained the estate will be distributed among the | I Low Prices Ladies’ Plain Dresses Cleaned $1.25 and $1.50 FOOTER’ America’s Best Cleaners and Dyers shree surviving heirs of Pierce Shoemak: er, who are Mrs. a A. Newman, Francis D, Shoemaker and Mrs. Abigail Newman. The fourth interest would have gone to Abner Shoemaker, son of Louis P. Shoemaker, deceased, who had been a son of Pierce Shoemaker. Abner Shoemaker died leaving only an adopted son, Louis Glover. The will also was attacked on a plea of violation of the rule against per- petuities, but Justice Bailey overruled that contention and sustained the will. GEO. W. 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His face is almost hidden by shadow, | but his jaw sticks out as he uncon- | sciously Teflects the difficulty of his | | task. He might be an engineer, an ar- chitect, a scientist engaged in plotting curves of force. His costume is puzzling in connec- tion with his occupation. He wears fur pants, his feet are incased in shapeless canyas boots wound with cord. O the walls of his room hang queer masks, fur clothing, strangely shaped garments of wool. Two ski sticks stand | in a corner and in another corner is a lantern and fur boots. At one side is a cot on which is a tossed sleeping bag. This is Comdr. Byrd's workroom, his slesping quarters, the table, the found these days working out many of the difficult problems which confront near with the approaching sun. This is the time of an expedition | leader’s greatest responsibility. when he and his men are making their final preparations to take the field for the season’s work. Problems Faced Are Many. Comdr. problems which have always beset lead- ers at such times, problems to which he has devoted months of thought and | problems which are this time compli- | cated by several objectives and various methods of travel. To prepare for the | long train south is one thing, to prepare for long flights over unknown territory and insure the safety of all parties | under many different conditions adds tremendously to_the complexity of de- tail which must be carefully scrutinized. There are matters of food and cloth- | ing, of proper sleeping tents, dogs, navi- gation, personnel and a dozen other things, each with manifold ramifica- tions which occupy his mind, as they have thoughts of the other leaders who have made Antarctic history. Traveling 1,500 miles on foot, as the plish its geological work in the dis- | tant mountains, involves being away | from the base for three months. Every | possible contingency must be provldeds for before the teams start. But in addition to all these mll!ers\ there are the very different problems | connected with aviation to which Comdr. Byrd must give his attention. The flight to the Pole, for instance, | is not a simple flight of 800 miles in- land_and back again. It is a flight for hundreds of miles over a rolling barrel surface, and then a rampart of mountains 14,000 feet high looms up, over which the plane must climb before | continuing its journey over a plateau 110,000 feet above sea level. Th2 factors of ‘speed, horsepower, Tate of climb, the many engineering problems and the problems of aero-dynamics which enter into such a flight make it very com- plicated, Added to these-innumerable consider- | ations are matters of weather, the ques- | tions of route and bases, the possibilities of refueling if necessary at an inland base at some stage of the journey, na: AS ANTARCTIC Problems of Extreme Altitudes and Perils of Iey Ranges Confront Explorcr Mapping Season’s Work. light of a lamp overhead, sits in front | of a table which is littered with oddly | ruler, a protractor and many pieces of | paper, on which are innumerable calcu- | place at which he may generally be | him as the season of his activity draws | Byrd is now facing those | Southern party plans to do to accom- | DAY IS NEARING lzflflnn problems and a thousand things | which must be discussed and solved. | Discusses Plans With Flyers. Last night a group of flyers stood | about the commander for two hours | while they talked over various aspects | of the trip. Should a certain thing be | done this way or that? What would be | the best method consistent with accom- | | plishing the purposes of the flight? | | Question after question came up, and | | there are many of these conferences, | | formal and informal, at which the pilots, all of them experlenced in many | | kinds of fiying, give their opinions. | But it is Comdr. Byrd who must de- | cide; upon him rests th2 responsibility | | of selecting the plan which promises | to give the maximum results with the | | greatest safety. There has probably never been a | flight just like this one projected to | the South Pole. The take-off load is the | limiting_factor in most long distance | | flights, but this flight is limited by the | weight which can be taken over the | mountains at an altitude of at least 15,000 feet. | This means that the take-oft load | will be much less than the capacity of the plane, since in midflight will be en- countered a hurdle which will force the | plane up so high that the load must be carefully calculated to enable the nec- | essary altitude to be attained and at |the same time provide a margin of safety which will enable Comdr Byrd | to regain his base. If the flight could | be made at sea level or at reasonable altitude of a few thousand feet it would | | be much more simple. | Extreme Altitude Necessary. Not only must this hurdle be crossed, | but, once over it, the plane must con- tinue at an altitude of 12,000 feet over | the 10.000-foot plateau, and maintain | this altitude without slipping for 700 | miles, the distance to the Pole from the mountains and back again. | At the same time these matters are | occupying his attention, the commander must devote careful thought to the landing of the ships next year and the | 'be", way of bringing them through the Ice pack safely and soon enough so that a certain amount of loading may be | done before the approach of Wln'.fl" again makes departure necessary. Large | airplanes cannot be loaded and secured quickly, and there wil not be too much | time between the arrival of the ships | and the bad weather which makes | hovering off . this icy coast extremely risky. So it can be seen that there are many things for a leader to think about these | days, and Comdr Byrd spends long hours in front of his table calculating | again. The price of success in the polar regions is forethought and preparation. (Copyright. 1920, by the New York Times nd_the Louis Post Dispatch. Al Tisnts" Tor publication jeserved throvghout | he BODY WASHED ASHORE. | Lake Tahoe Victim Believed to Be Col. Betts, Missing Canadian. RENO, Nev., August 2 (#).—A body | believed to be that of Lieut. Col. H. H. Betts, missing Canadian war veteran of London, Ontarlo, was washed ashore at Lake Tahoe Wednesday night three | miles from Glenbrook. Betts had been | missing since July 7 and an extensive | search was under way. Spe 1332 G St. N.W. 1784 Col. Rd. N.W. cial Phone Dist. 2343 Phone Col. 0720 county jail here yesterday in connection CONSTABLE IS HELD. Fatal Shooting of Lumberman Is Laid to West Virginian. WAYNE, W. Va, August 2 (®).—| Noah Fields, a constable, was in the | with the fatal shooting of Andrew Jus- tice, a lumberman of Louisa, Ky. The shooting occurred Iast night near Crum, . Va. Authorities said Fields told them he shot Justice in an exchange of shots in a roadside lunchroom after he pre- | viously had attempted to stop Justice's | automobile for speeding. No formal charge was placed against | | Fields pending a preliminary hearing | late today. “You Can Relieve » » » OF “FLEECING” MAY Capital | here early yesterday for a local rob- WOMAN IS ACCUSED Police Unlikely to Yield Pair, Though One Is Wanted in Texas. Shortly after Texas authorities wired | & request to hold him in connection with a robbery at Abilene, Fred Dun- ning, 32, of Kansas City, Mo., who, with his 22-year-old wife, was arrested bery, learned that a second man here had taken out a warrant for his wife, Jean, charging she fleeced him of $100. ‘The additional charge, specifying grand larceny, was booked against the wol this afternoon after George P. ds, & hotel guest, told police she made off with his pocketbook. The pair were picked up at Union Station by Headquarters Detective E. E. Thompson, on description, shortly after they had bought tickets for Rich- mond, Va. The complainant in this case was Percy R. Dudley, a traveling salesman of Philadelphia. who said the woman took his watch and wallet. ‘The woman had the watch and {he man had the money when arrested, De- tective Thompson said. Police believe the two have been op- erating extensively over th: United States. The Texas authorities did not specify the charges there, and it is probable that local police will decline to surren- der Dunmnz 'FORT MYER SOLDIERS PLEAD IN AUTO THEFTS! Pvt. Campbell, for Whom Search ‘Was Made, Among Trio to Be Sentenced in September. Private Martin Campbell, for whom | Army authorities have been searching | since his disappearance from Fort Myer, Vi last Tuesday with Private John Wilson, yesterday pleaded gullty with | Wilson and a third man, to stealing au- tomobnrs in Pottsville, Pa., where the trio were arrested, according to a dis- patch received here today. 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