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TUESDAY. CITENS LEADERS SEEK REVALLATN Clayton and Havenner De- THE EVENING STAR, WASHI AUGUST 6, 192 STATE RESTS CASE INTRIAL OF SNOOK Last Prosecution Witness TONG WAR SPREADS DESPITE L. S. EDICI {Rice Liquor or Drug Trad( SAYS CENSUS PLAN POLITICS HELD DRY | BARS DEMOGRATS) LAWS WORST FOE Representative Ludlow De-;Former Assistani AttorneyI clares Set-up in Force to Give Jobs to Republicans. By the Associated Press. Representative Louis Ludlow, Dema- erat, Indiana, announced today he had | protested to Secretary Lamont against | what he described as a “nation-wide | set-up which the politicians are form- | ing to appoint only Republicans in the | census field forc | Ludlow did not amplify his reference to “politicians.” but in a letter to La- mont urged the Commerce Seeretary to issue an order to census supervisors by Party Leaders. ___(Continued From First Page.) Where did the money come from originally? Easily answered. The poli- tic.an first mentioned—the man who died with a quarter of a million dollars in his safe deposit box which his heirs didn't want—practically- controlled the government of an entire State in which prohibition enforcement had been and ‘s most lax. Law-enforcement officers there danced when he pulled the string. Elections were just processions of h creatures into office. But electiol prohibiting diserimination between vet- be erans in filling positions in connection ‘with the census. The Indianan in a statement said the *set-up” he referred to would “shut out | some 25,000 Democratic veterans, wives | and widows, more or less, who are equa ly entitled to these places.” “To my great astonishment.” Lud- Jow said, “I find in talking with Re- publican members of Congress irom various States that a set-up is now be- ing made which, unfess it is stopped bv some regulation to be issued by the Fed- eral administration, will result in tha ' appointment of Republicans to all these veterans' positions and the exclusion of disabled Democratic veterans. Ludlow added he recently discussed with another member of Congress the | possibility of getting a place as census | enumerator for a veteran still suffering | from wounds, and the answer of that, member, he sald, was. “it's no use to| try. He's a Democra H PRESIDENT TO SEEK $5,000,000 FOR NEW PRISON FACILITIES! | (Continued From First Page.) ing is 87 per cent above normal ca- pacity. Mr. Hoover expressed the opinion that this increase in prison inmates is due to the increase in violations of the nar- cotics law. Figures on this subject, he stated, show that 33 per cent of tne Federal prisoners today were sentenced for conviction for violation of the nar- cotics Jaws. Only 14 per cent are serv- ing terms for prohibition violations, he pointed out. The balance of the pris- oners is made up of increases in vir- tually all crimes. The President since making inquiry | following the Leavenworth riot is of the opinion that the overcrowding i the prisons will necessarily result in trol bie-making on the part of the prisone and in disorder and outbreaks. There- fore, he considers it imperative to pro- vide more accommodations. THREE DIE IN WRECK. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 6 (#).— ‘Three persons, all of Dayton, Ohlo, ‘were killed in an automobile accident near Reading late last night. They ‘were: Mrs. Nellie Weiler, 27; a man named Redmond and an unidentified ‘woman. The driver of the car, Patrick Farmer. also of Dayton, was arrested for in- vestigation by order of Coroner Fred Swing of Hamilton County. Farmer sald the car was sideswiped by an- other machine traveling in the same direction, which failed to stop. He said he could not remember the I'nmln's[ nsme. | | BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers'’ Home Military Band, John E. M. Zimmermann bandmaster and Anton Pointner assist- ant leader, at the bandstand, this aft- ernoon at 5:30 o'clock: March, “Our Governor Overture, “Willlam Te Entr'acte— ““The Rosary”....Nevin-Zimmermann “Mighty Lak’ a Rose. Nevin-Zimmermann Beenes rfom comic opera “Pinafore, Sullivan Fox-trot. popula 3 . Silver Waltz suite, “Oriental Roses’ Pinale, “I Kiss Your Hand, Madame." Erwin “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Army Band, Curtis D. Alway. captain, Infantry commanding; William J. Stannard, leader, conducting, and Thomas F.| Darcy, second leader, at the Walter/ Reed General Hospital, this evening at| 6:30 o'clock: March, “U. 8. Fleld Artillery”....Sousa Overture, “Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn Solo for trombone, “My Regards,” Liewellyn Belection from “The Singing Girl,” Herbert Ameriean sketch, “Down South.” Mzddleton I'm .. Ros .Zimmermann " (requested), Rossini M Pox-trot, “I've Got a Feeling Falling” . . M allet Egyptien The Star Spangled Bani By the United States Marine Band, ‘Taylor Branson leader and Arthur S. Witcomb second leader, conducting, at the Tuberculosis Hospital, Fourteenth and Upshur astreets, this evening at 7/ o'cloc March, “High School Cadets’ Overture, “Raymond”.... Waltz, “Golden Sunset” Selection, “The Chocol “Romance"” oconda” . Characteristic, Finale, “Washington Grays” ‘The Star Spangled Banner. By the United States Navy Band, at Monf Park, Thirtieth and R streets, | this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant lead | ler. March. “My Regimen . Blankenbe: Overture, “Der Geist des Wodewoden™ (“The Ghost of the Warrior”), Grossman inglets,” idyl. idsummer Nights, ite— (2) “8) . Miles (b) “ * serenade, Albenis Valse intermesso, “Petite !l)ouurle.“‘ Bohm “Prelude in C Minor"....Rachmaninoff Fourth movement from the “Sym- phonique Suite,” “Scheherazade” (“The Pestival at Bagdad”), Rimsky-Korsakow Humoresque, “Rubenesque”. . .....Slater Excerpts froth “The Show Boat”..Kern Morris dance, “Shepherd's Hey,” 2 Grainger “Anchor’s Aweigh.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” At United States Capitol Wednesday, August 7, at 7:30 p.m., by United States Marine Band, Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader, con- ductin, Grand march, “Homage,” from the suite “Sigurd Jorsalfar”........Grieg Overture, “Mountains of the North," = Tregina 1, “Canoeing” . B 5 Liebesmahl der Apostel Lord’s Last Supper). Descriptive, “A Hunting Andante cantabile from the “Fifth hony” . Tschaikowsky ur?-;lpm-r{h from “The Queen of . Sheba” ..Gow Bucealosst {of the actual facts | First he made a connection with both | gauger the cons | siphoned into a gara | cians back of him who exerted the in- i fluence over his official acts rematn un- politician-ridden Commonwealth. Money, and gobs of it, is essent! the trick. The big boss mentioned above needed money, i seems, with which to meet & campaign deficit. For that son and others (partly to maintain his political control) he secured the ap- pointment of a political friend of his; as prohibition director. This man was wealthy and personally honest, He spent most of his time elsewhere and permitted two other men to direct “en- forcement” efforts in his district. They managed affairs so efficiently that prac- tically all those within the State who wanted permits for the manufacture, use or sale of alcohol and the operation | of near-beer brewerles were eminently satisfied. Their satisfaction was such that they were glad to contribute large sums, including the quarter of a mil- lion dollars which found its way into a safe deposit vault. Bootlegger Petitions President. The influence of liquor in politics be- down in the city wards and coun- districts. But it extends, if it can, up to the cabinet and the White House in Washington. After the notorious “king of bootleg- | ers” George Remus, had been con- | vieted and successively lost his appeals | i i 1 to do | E i ! i i "%] his confession last June 20 that he beat | o, | the 24-year-old co-ed into unconsclous- | the |mess after a quarrel and then cut her Mr. Hoover, “I submit that it should be SENATOR SIMEON D. FESS 0 has been getting a little rm himself during the congressional | Here he is working in his g: den at his home in Yellow Springs, | growing. He enjoyed a large | " practice and was elected to Congress, where he sits today. When | the new prohibition administrator, Samuel O. Wynne, was recently ap- pointed in Phuadelphia, the first politi- cal request that reached him was from | Congressman Golder to the effect that he get rid of Connor and Quigley ; Wynne looked up their records—and | promoted them to senior investigators! | It takes backbone to stand up against the corrosive influence of politics. | Plenty of men can be found. however, | who will do it. The men put in as| United States attorneys and as prohi- bition administrators can stand firm, do | Recounts Confessic of Former Professor. By the Associated Press. COURTROOM, COLUMIN'S, Ohlo, August 6.—The State rested its first- degree murder case against Dr. James H. Snook, former Ohio State University professor, shbrtly before noon today, after completing its picture of his three. r love affair with Theora Hix, | the medical student he is alleged to | have killed. The final detalls of the story were told bv Howard Lavely, county detec- tive, who testified in regard to the ques- tioning of Dr. Snook that resulted in | Approximately five days were re- quired for the State to put into the | records the evidence on which it seeks to send Dr. S8nook to the electric chair. Many Detalls Told. g The story included some of the de- | talls of the friendship starting in 1926 | between the 49-year-old professor and —————— | the girl who came to his department at Mr. the university as a stenographer, of the | room they shared as man and wife | and of the trip to the lonely rifle range, | where Dr. Snook admitted killing her. Also in the State's testimony was the revelation that two emotional stimu- lants were found in the girl's stomach. ‘The State maintained that Dr. Snook gave her the concoctions and killed her when she refused to continue their in- timate relations. | The defense awaited its chance to prove that the professor was “‘mentally impa " and in fear of his life when he killed the girl last June. Defense counsel, in a brief opening statement, said merely that they would ™ to the Circuit Court and the Supreme,, clean job on law enforcement and | stand on two propositions, self-defense | Court of the United States, the rumor reached me that he would never serve had been sentenced. A few days later, s phone call came from the White | House, stating that a respite of 60 days | now in one of the mo: ! would be granted Remus if the Attorney in the countr themselves are not possessed by an, |a day in Atlanta Prison, to which he|qoyerweening political ambition. I am thinking of one United States attorney. particularly, who is serving | difficult districts | He a man of good | still be fair to the politiclans if they and the impaired mental condition of the defendant. The State brought its case virtually to a conclusion yesterday with an ac- count from the witness stand of the in- | terview Snook gave two newspaper men, | in which he recounted the details of General would send over the necessary | personal character and an able lawyer, ! the killing and his love affair. | papers to effect that result. Prominent byt the political bee has stung him. He | W. C. Howells and James Fusco told politicians. including the then Senator | has long lcoked covetously at a nomi- | of Snook's story of driving with the girl Reed of Missouri. had intervened with the President to urge delay The natural impulse when the White House phones to any department is to rush into acquiescence to the request. | But Attorney General Stone viewed it| as a duty to inform the President of | when evidence is laid on his desk de- | denjeq We prepared a brief summary | President_Coolidge refused the respite, and shortly after that the gentleman Remus took up his residence on “Millionaire’s Row” in At- | lanta Penitentiar: where, with other wealthy prisoners, he succeeded in| bribing the warden to extend them spe- | facts. cial favors, for which the warden Was.' aggressive pursuit of the duties of the |, I8! in turn, convicted and served a sen-| nce in the institution he had once ‘'managed.” While his e preme Court of the Un! appeal, Remus figured in turning on_the use of politi bandits.” It involved the Jack Daniels Distillery at St. Louis. The jury r:- turned a verdict of guilty against 23 of the 26 men involved in the con-} spiracy. Among them were a State] Senator, a former collector of internal Tevenue. a former Circuit Court clerk. | a former deputy sheriff and a member | of each of the city committees of the ;| Democratic and Republican parties. “Absorbing” a Distillery. The notorious Remus was the moving s than one. He de-| hich succeeded in get the whisky out of the distillery. | | s was before the Su-| ited States on | another case. | ics by “liquor | ting the Democratic and Republican politi- cians in St. Louis and secured an intro- duction to the collector of internal reve- hue. The collector agreed to change | gaugers at the distillery and to Subs! =8 tute for the old, honest. experienced man a man suggested by Remus and his political friends. The collector did not accept a bribe. He simply did Whl!t.he politicians told him to do. His job was dependent upon lmeir contllnure«‘ih:‘:;;g . After securing removal of the S pirators had the whisky ge ACross th‘e‘ st ;eet water was substituted in the bar- ::;g remaining in the distillery. The collector was convicted and went to Leavenworth. He paid the price for his lJaw violation, but some of the politi- punished. Very early in my tenure of office I} ran into the powerfully intrenched in fluence of anti-prohibition sentiment and the tie-up between liquor and poli- tics in New York. A courageous agent who reported evidence as he found it, irrespective of who the defendants might be, turned in very plain proof of a violation of law connected with the Green River and Eminence Distilleries. It involved the handling of liquor by the Montagne brothers, one of whom Is a relative by marriage_ of the president of Columhia University, who is one of the most violent and vocal foes of the cighteenth amendment. The La Mon- tagnes pleaded f\lll!)’ and served a term in the local jail, in addition to being fined $2,000 each, but every eonceivable political and personal appeal was made 1o quash the case, including an appeal | by a cabinet official. It was reported that $18,000 was voluntarily ‘“contrib- uted” to the deficit left in the Repub- lican national campaign by politicians ho secured permits for the distilleries that released the liquor in question. Bootleggers Groom a Congressman. Attorney General Daugherty called me to his office and told me of the pressure that had been brought on him to “call off any further investigation in the matter.” = I conferred with the United States attorney and, learning the nature of the evidence, advised the Attorney General that the United States attorney could not be, in good con- science, requested to withdraw from the case without himself becoming an ac- complice in suppressing a crime. The Attorney General agreed. The grand jury investigation proceeded. There was no trial, because the defendant pleaded guilty and quietly went to jail. adelphia for many years has been known as a center of the illi¢it alsohol | ring. Consequently liquor cases there piay a very big part in_ city politics. A number of whisky and alcohol dis- tillers organized several companies with interlocking directorates. Well known State and national politicians assisted these five interlocking corporations to acquire permits. One day two inspec- tors, Connor and Quigley, watched a truck being loaded with unmarked pure grain alcohol. Seizing it, the driver, Joseph Aiken, was placed under arrest. There stepped forward a young lawyer named Ben Golder, who secured prem- inence by juggling those cases. The evidence in one showed violation of the itude of 30,000 gallons of bonded whi released on 25 fraud- ulent, counterfeit Government permits. Underlings, however, were the only ones charged with an offense by United States Attorney Coles. When one case came- up for trial the driver offered a plea of guilty. Connor and Quigley, the ts, forward and asked the recital and ordered the United States attorney’s office to make. a thorough investigation. However, the only result o the Government :n e&lm:‘eTent fl:x of gullty. of two fig- a Ip‘::,floo fine! time Mr. Golder’s repu- | state. for the governorship of his| He sees the mirage of political | advancement _on every horizon. As a! consequence he is timorous and yields to expediency and an oversolicitous de- | sire to consult with political leaders | nation manding prosecution that may not prove to be popular with the public. He can't enforce the prohibition law with one eye out for popularity. His ambi- tion makes him uncqual to his task.- If | law is to be enforced in his district he | will have to be replaced or learn to submerge his political vearnings in an | Job he has. 1 do not object to politics. I have al-' ways been more or less active in politi- cal matters. I am not unwilling to be regarded as, nor perhaps is it unfair to! call me. a “politician.” I just hold to | the philosophy that in the end the best | politics is playing the game squarely and enforcing the law vigorously. Underworld Vote. Politics, from the ‘¢ounty courthouse and the city hall to the National Capi. tol and the White House in Washing: ton, has been most responsible for the fatlures of prohibition enforcement. | I'm not minimizing the effect of the thirst-of a large number of people for alcoholic Jiquor. But that's the other ide of the picture. If they were not thirsty they would ol the law and en- forcement would not be a problem. Obedience to law is ideal—and far more to be desired than enforcement. | But we must face facts. And the fact| is there's too large a number of people | unfriendly to the eighteenth amend- ment to expect at this time enough | voluntary obedience to it to save our national honor. You can neither coax, scold mor nag the people into law observance. Con- sequently, enforcement is the necessary approach at this time. Enforcement in /| court, not promises. Orderly enforce- ment. Strictly legal methods of en-| forcement. Enforcement by trained, | highly Intelligent men, imbued with . Courageous enforcement. ment backed up at Washington. Every: body would not like such enforcement but’ everybody would respect it—eve: politicians Politics has said: “Enforcement can't be orderly because it must be periodi- cally relaxed when we need the under- world vote. It must not even be as| trong as the law is in a place like New York, where people are ‘touchy’ on the subject. We must appoint. not trained men, but those who got the vote out and who will be ‘reasonable’ with the oys" Some evasive politician from a dis trict where the dry sentiment is very strong, in order to capture the dry vote at an approaching election, is &lways urging the headquarters office to issue Pollyanna” statements of how many agents will be rushed into that quarter | and how effective prohibition is going | to be—tomorrow—always tomorrow! Or when some agent or officer does act with courage old “Political Pull” pussy- | foots around the offices at Washington and gets some puerile “higher up” to issue a vacillating statement or apology. No wonder at such times courageous agents on the “fighting line” lose their morale! But one battle after another to try a case or remove an incompetent attos ney has made me know that fine results can be obtained, even in the constant warfare against politics, by grit, per-, sistence and a united front! (Copyright, 1929, by Current News Features.) (In her next article Mrs. Willebrandt | will_answer the question, “How wet is | ‘dry’ Ameica?”) MRS. E. R. BOYD DIES. Mother of Prominent Advertising Man Expires Suddenly. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Boyd, 88-year-old mother of James S. Boyd, prominent adyertising man of this city, died at the home of her son, 5323 Sixteenth street, from a heart attack this morning. She had been in excellent health up to the time of her death. Mrs. Boyd was a native of Montgomery, Ala., until com ing to live with her son in Washington nine years ago., * Funeral services and interment will be held at Union Springs, Ala. The ex- act time is still undecided. AIR HAUL RECORD SET. CHICAGO, August 6 (#).—Complet- ing 99 per cent of its scheduled trips National Air Transport Lines announced today that all records for the amount of air mail and express carried were broken during July. Flying a total of 254,53¢ miles during month the planes of the line carried 191,052 pounds of mail and 7,857 pounds of express. ‘The mail increased 18,660 pounds over the previous high month. Two Are Injured by Bombs. ZAGREB, Jugoslavia, August 6 () — A bomb exploded here last night in front of the gendarmerie ‘barracks, slightly wounding a sentry. The bomb thrower hurled another bomb, seriously injuring a-: and then | regarding the methods used in the ques. | picked up the State's exhibits one b; fof the constellation Perseus. Their to a rifle range near the city, of his assertions that she threatened to kill him, his wife and small daughter dur- |ing a quarrel, and his admissions that | he then beat her into insensibility with | a hammer and slit her throat. They | that they saw evidences of | rough treatment during the question- ing which-brought about Snook’s con- fession. | The testimony was introduced to evade use of the confession, which the the defense ass'rts was obtained under duress. ly, the last State witness. took and at the opening of the eleventh of the trial. Lavely identified the hammer and knife with which the former professor is alleged to have killed the student. Lavely said he found the hammer in a tool box in the basement of Dr. Snook’s home and the knife on a shelf near by. | Lavely sald he brought them to the | jail and showed them to Dr. Snook, ask- ing if they were the hammer and knife used in the killing, and that the former veterinary gprofessor replied in the af- firmative. Lavely was then cross-examined. Asked About Myers. Max Seyfert of defense counsel ques- tioned Lavely about the arrest of Marion T. Myers, Ohio State department of agriculture employe, held for a few days after the killing. Myers was an admitted suitor of Miss Hix. Lavely said he was present during much of the Myers ques- tioning, but denied that he heard “any cursing” or threats during the inevesti- | ation. ‘The attorney wanted to know whether Dr. Snook was given food and drink while he was undergoing the long grill da; | a merger, we should get as close to a mand New Figures Before Changing Car Fare. __(Continued From First Page.) | available for return was $6,897. For the | 12 months which ended June 30 of this | year, Mr. Hoover said the income avall- | able for return was approximately $26,000. He contended that this sum was not excessive in view of the fact that the Washington Rapid Transit Co, claimed a property valuation of $800.000. Denying that the Washington Rapid | ‘Transit Co. i* now owned by the North | American Co. of New York, Mr. Hoover | | admitted that it was at one time so | owned. He said that the local concern | was purchased by Harley P. Wilson, who | now owns it as an individual. { “If there is to be an investigation of e Washington Rapid Transit Co. for e purpose of fixing fares,” declared an independent on Clayton Is Sarecastic. ‘Taking the floor to argue in favor of | | his motion, Mr. Clayton referred to a | statement by Mr. Hoover that he, Clayton, had attempted to dra; North American Co. into this case be- cause of the fact that Mr. Wilson is a director in that company. “] was not trying to drag the North American Co. into this hearing,” sald Clayton, “that was entirely Mr. Hoover’s inference. But, of course, maybe the burnt child fears the fire.” Mr. Clayton announced that the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations will ask at the present hearing for a revaluation of the two street car companies and a | valuation of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. “The Washington Rapid Transit Co. has operated in this city for quite number of years,” dec ton, “‘and it stands now before this com- mission unvalued. That is rather a sin- gular situation. This company should be valued and there is no better nor more proper time to value it than right | 0 'his company operates in a walied ‘We want an equitable transfer ar- rangement in Washington. We 1hink we can show that the present arrange- ment is not fair, Says Company Must Spread. ““This company must be broadened out d made to play its part in the general transportation situation in the District. In justice to itself, this company must be developed and knit in with the whole transportation system. “I submit that Congress intended trat every street rallway and bus line in Washington should be used jointly with every other in the interest of the pub- lic. This bus line is to all intents and purposes a part of the general trans- portation lines and it cannot be sepa- rated from the street car lines"? “We may ask that the Washington Rapld Transit Co. be connected up with all the street raflway lines with trans- fers that would be equitable both to the bus lines and the car company. This company itself needs an enlargement of its facilities and transfer arrangements to fulfill its duties not only to the public but to ita own stockholders. “This company has & cash fare with no token rate. It may be in the minds of the members of this commission that it should yield to the extent of selling tokens at a little less than the cash fare of 10 cents. Fleharty Sides With Clayton. “This company eannot live alone and die slone. So long as we cannot get merger under the Jaw as we can After this argument by Mr. Ci Raiph B. Fleharty, people’s counsel, de- clared that if the present hearing is to be restricted to rates of fare he saw no object in making the Washington Rapid Transit Co. & party to the case. “But if we are going to broaden this hearing, as Mr. Clayton and I think should be done. to Include transfer priv- eges and similar matters, then I think this company should be made a party to the case.” J. P. Young, representing the Iowa- Thomas Circle Citizens' Association. poke briefly in favor of including the | ing that ended in the confession. Lave. y sald that Dr. Snook was given sand- wiches, milk and fruit. Pressed further loning, Lavely admitted that he had “used rough, words” in talking to th prisoner. i Lavely testified that during the long grilling he never heard Prosecutor Chester curse the prisoner or “say any- | thing out of the ordinary.’ When Lavely had finished Chester | one and asked that they be admitted in evidence. They included Miss Hix's and Dr. Snook’s blood-stained clothing, the implements alleged to have been used in the killing, the bottles containing emotional stimulants alleged to ha e been given the girl by Dr. Snook, the | keys to their room and several other rticles. BAPTISTS MEET HERE. ‘The Mount Bethel Baptist State Con- | vention will hold a two-day session in the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, | beginning tomorrow morning at 9:30 | o'clock. | ‘The opening sermon of the meeting | Dr. M. W. ices” will be ‘Washington Rapid Transit Co. in the present case. ' ‘The attitude of the Federation of itizens’ Associations thén was further | explained by its president, Dr. George Havenner. ‘Now that the Washington Railway & Electric Co. has been drawn into this hearing upon the question of rates, un! fication of operation, transfers, sald Dr. Havenner, “we beli hould be an immediate the Washington Rapid Transit Co. and that it should be made a party to this case, in order that the commission may determine. whether there should be a uniform fare in the District and trans- fers on all bus and car lines. Hoover Cites Expenditures. “If we are to have a uniform fare let us have it apply to all street car and bus lines.” Mr. Hoover at this point declared that Mr. Clayton had made “an eloquent argument for a merger,” but that this u|uut|cn was not before the commis- sion “If this commission wants to value | the Washington Rapid Transit Co.” declared Mr. Hoover, “we are willing to g0 into that, with the usual advance notice. but that is not properly rt | | will be delivered by Rev. Willlams. Devotional servi conducted by Rev. C. V. Brown, Rev. B. W. Johnson and Rev. A. Luckett. | of this case. This company has c pended $350,000 for new equipment in the interest of the public based upon “TEARS OF ST. LAWRENCE™ WILL BE VISIBLE AGAIN.NEXT WEEK Astronomical Phenomena of Many Falling Meteors, Observed First 1,100 Years Ago, to Be See By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August beautiful “Tears of St. Lawrence, the perseid meteor showers sometimes are called, are due for their annual visitation to earth Sunday night, August 11. ‘The best time to look for them is be- tween midnight and dawn, in direction | radiant,” the position from which they come, rises in the northeast shortly after dark and not far from directly overhead at dawn. ‘The name, “Tears of St. Lawrence,” was given them by Irish peasantry more than & century ago. Astronomical records identify them first about 1,100 ears 3 2 “ot-:‘l‘: the annual showers they the most” certain to return with aver- richness,” said Dr. Charles P. wvcr. pmletuor of astronomy at n:z “Also, as Py Bk i most_exce for a person casually interested in meteors to see & good shower. While quite numerous from August § to 18, yet from August 10 to 13 one is cer- tain to see large numbers, particularly after of i wrel Sy 2 n for 10 Days. which being beautiful phenomena, add to the interes Possibility of better than an average | display is seen by a British astonomer, W. F. Denning, who said in the British scientific journal Nature: “The pres- ent year seems to be favorable for the occurrence of many meteors, for an abundant maximum of 250 per hour for operating out of Washnigion. He came | In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. i its faith in the present fare, fixed by this commission. strenuously protest against bring- ing’ us in here and mixing up ths company with all these other matters that are before this commission in the present hearing. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. can be valued separately, and its rate of fare should be consid- ered as an independent case.” Brief remarks were made by G. Thomas Dunlop, counsel for the Capi- tol Traction Co.. and John 8. Barbour, the present case. Chairman Patrick at thiz point an- nounced that the commission would consider the question and reserve its ruling until a later day. a e exhibit filed by J. B. Heberle, the pany’s statistician. showing graph- in revenue passengers carried by the company from January, 1916, to date. The chart showed a normal inérease | until March, 1917, and then a phenom- | enal increase, which continued until October, 1918. The rate of increase in October lessened somewhat, it has been falling o the present day, although the rates of decrease have been different. From the peak until May, 1921, the fall was almost. as rapid as the previous rise. Then e curve ttened out somewhat and the de- crease since March, 1922, has bfen more steady. The only increase regis- the month of the Shrine Convention. The present rate of carrying revenue passengers has returned fo where it was in July, 1917, approximately 56,- 000,000 passengers per annum. W. R. E. Strike Is Credited. The witness explained the sharp in- crease following February, 1917, first by ington Rajlway & Electric Co.. which threw an unprece the cars of the Capital Traction Co. and next upon the World War, which the United States entered the following month. The rate continued to increase ness explained that war activities in Washington by no means decreased with the closing of the war and it took a long while for the city to get back to_normal. / President John H. Hanna of the company, testifying as to the same ex- hibit, said that underlying the whole curve was the constantly increasing use of automobiles in the District. Each additional automobile could be counted upon to take two passengers per day throughout the year away company, he said. He explained th the system of registering automobiles in tr » District, whereby new registration ust be made each time an automobile changes ownership, made it impossible to secure accurate figures as to the in- creaze in the number of automobiles. but that it was a commonplace and notorfous fact that the number had in- creased in the period under considera- tion. Rate of Fare Is Shown. The chart also carried a separate line indicating the rate of fare in force | during the period. Beginning_with 4% | cents, this rose to 5 cents in December, | K1enjg 1918, and to 6'; cents in November, | 1919, and tu 72 cents in April, 1920. Thereafter it declined to 7 cents in August, 1921, and to 62-3 cents in March, 1922, where it has remained ever since. Mr, Hanna said that there apparently was no connection between the rate of increase or decrease of passengers and decrease in the rates of acceleration in October, 1918, was due to the epidemic of influenza, he said. which had & wide- spread influence upon the transporta- tion of passengers here. Hanna Defends Request. In response to several questions asked by Chairman Patrick and Commission- er Hartman about the effect of fare in- creases on the number of passengers the following statement: It is a fact that increases of fare have had some effect in reducing the number of passengers carried, but it has been a temporary effect and not very fmportant. The falling off in passengers has been going on all the time without regard to the fare. We need financial rclief and believe that if we get it we can improve our service and attract more passengers. We believe the peo- ple of Washington want better service and are more interested in that than ‘I:l' a slight difference in the rate of fare. Asks Beeler's Study Be Sought. Mr. Fleharty, asked the commission at yesterday afternoow's session to em- ploy the Beeler organization of New York City to make a survey of street railways here and point out economies that might be derived from rerouting and joint operation of cars. John A. Beeler, consulting engineer and traffic expert. who is familiar with the situa- tion in this city, consulted Mr. Fle- harty Saturday. It was Mr. Fleharty’s idea that a 10- day survey of local street car conditions might be made by the Beeler organiza- gl. nbsl;mr was el!‘!llnAted l:\ lll.’l’!‘?ln e early morning of August 13. e earth will éccupy very nearly the same position in its orbit on the early morn- ing of August 12 next, and the shower may be repeated if the density of the stream encountered is about equal to that through which the earth passed eight years ago. This may be doubted, however. . Composed of Stone. Meteors which have come to earth are composed of stone, stony iron and . A few of these have weighed 30 to 40 tons, but most of them have been small. Striking 'the is S0 ra: shooting star shower dangerous. Most meteors are consumed in the atmos- phere 50 miles or more up. In rare cases a large one may enter nearly horizontally and escape. ‘The scientific consensus on the flery tralls which sometimes linger for many minutes, is that instead of being white- hot fragments some of them, at least, are aglow in the air, perhaps elsctri- like the aurora. s tratls: Tollow tubes of “Hight. tion upon which a preliminary report ight be based. It then could be de- cided whether a more extensive survey should be made by the Beeler experts for the benefit of the commission. ‘The tentative survey would cost about $1,250, Mr. Beeler said in a letter to Mr. Fleharty, which was read at the hear- ing. The time of one expert at $75 a and another at $50 a day would be required, he explained. Decision to Be Made. The commission took the matter un- der advisement. Its decision will be rendered after it has had time to con- sult Mr, Fleharty on the details of the proposal. If a more extensive survey of local 'street railway conditions is made by the Beeler experts it might include !: revnlultilnr. of the street car companles’ properties. Mr. Beeler was employ~d by the Pub- lic Utilities Commission in 1918 to solve problems growing out of war-time con- gestion here. He is the author of the “'skip: system and is res| ding platforms and sa Zones. in routing cars. e fety the from i | Canada is represetned as & dominion the increase and decrease of fares. The | C. G. Goodloe has been appointed superintendent of the railway mail service here from Atlanta to take over his duties. Goodloe. Mr. Goodloe and T. P. Elan. —Star Stafl Photo. 'REAL WORK BEGUN " ON DEBT PROBLEM AT HAGUE PARLEY (Continued From First Page.) . States of Europe.” The German min- Ister recalled the time when the states composing Germany were all divided by | counsel for the Washington Rallway & customs barriers, which were now re- I lectric Co.. in opposition to Including'calied with Jaughter. the Washington Rapid Trensit Co. in “T hope the time will come,” he added, “when in all the countries of Europe | | the time when customs frontiers existed between them will be recalled with the same amusement.” Premier Jaspar of Belgium. who had The testimony today centered around been selected to preside, called the meet- | ing to order and then turned the gavel over to the Dutch prime minister. an | ically the rates of increase and decrease | understanding having been reached by the delegates that there will be no per- manent chairman, the chief delegate of each country presiding in turn. 12 Countries Represented. Among the 158 officially credited dele- and then gates to the conference there were two | I tk> curve resumed its upward trend to prime ministers, eight foreign ministers, | a peak in December, 1920. Since then eight ministers of finance and three ' governors of state banks. In all 12 | countries were represented. Dr. Gustav Stresemann heads the | German _delegation, which included. be- | sides him, Julius_Curtius. minister or | economic affairs; Dr. Hjalmar Schach president of the Reichsbank: Herr Hil ferding, minister of finonce: Ludwig tered since that time was in June, 1923, | Kastil and 35 others and thelr secre- | tarfes. For Great Britain there were Arthur Henderson, minister for foreign affairs: Sir Willlam Graham. president of the Board of Trade, and Maurice Hankey. who probably will be named permanent secretary of the conference. There were besides 22 others. Premier Briand headed the French delegation, with Louis Loucheur and the strike of the employes of the Wash- ' Henri Cheron. members of his ministry, | and Emile Moreau, governor of t dented burden upon” Bank of France, along. There are be- | sides 15 others. Italy's Delegation. For Italy there is Senator Antoni Durazzo and 13 others. Auguste Zaleski, Pol . heads his country 9; ‘Georges Mironesco, h foreign minis- 's delegation of Rumania’s dele- gation of 9, and Dr. Vojislav Marinko- | vitch, Jugoslavian foreign minister, his | country’s delegation of 10. Dr. Edouard Benes, foreign minister, is at the head of the Czechoslovakian delegation of e. Henri Jaspar, Belgian premier: Emilé Franqui and 13 others represent Bel- glum. Besides these governments By Peter C. Larkin, New Zealand Sir James Parr and the United States by an observer, Edwin C. Wilson, first | secretary of the embassy at Paris. — NATS BURY YANKS IN 13-9 JAMBOREE | i ___ (Continued From First Page.) ked. Durst batted for Sher- "d and hit a home run into the right | deld stands, scoring Dickey and Koenig |ahead of him. Combs walked. Rob- ertson flied to Goslin. Gehrig took a third strike. Ruth singled to center, | sending Combs to tpird. Lazzeri popped | lo Hayes. Three runs. | SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Nekola now pitch: {the laundry and opened fire. or OPENING TWIN BILL' Dispute Believed by Offi- cials to Be Cause. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 6.—Prospects of | one of the bloodiest tong wars in years were seen today by additional killingt both in this city and Boston, bringing the dead to five in two days, in addition | to several wounded. | A few hours after United States At- | torney Charles H. Tuttle and Samue! | Bung Young, Chinese consul general, ihad warned tong leaders here that no violence would be tolerated pending 8 peace conference today. a Harlem | laundryman was shot and killed at his froning board. RBoston Leaders Deceive Police. Similarly in Boston. two Chinese were shot and killed within a few hours after tong leaders had assured the police there would be no tong warfare in that |city. Police officials said it was the first, time tong leaders had deliberatelv | deceived them, and expressed the beliet | the killings would result in the bloodiest | tong war ever seen in New England. In Chicago and Newark, N. J., where the killings started with one death each on Sunday, a tense quiet prevailed. Po- ! lice maintained close watch on the Chi- | nese sections, but no attempts at vio- | lence occurred. ! The cause of the renewed tong out- | break remained in mystery. One theory upon which New York police were work- ing was that it was over the rice liquor | trade, which was said to have become | quite profitable with the deteriorating | quality of other bootleg liquor. At New- {ark. it was thought the war might be jover the opium trade, $50.000 worth of the drug having been seized in that city ! Saturday. Tuttle Threatens Deportation. After a conference vesterdav with Young and_representatives of the rival ! tongs Mr. Tuttle let it be known that if the warfare was not stopped in New York at once wholesale deportations of | Chinese would result. " In a statement. he said his purpose in calling a meeting of tong officers was to offer the good offices of Young jand himself to settle any differences that may have arisen and restore the | peace agreed upon after the last tong | outbreak, several years ago. { “I have stated to representatives of both tongs that it is the intention of the American Government fo take all steps necessary to prevent an outbreak | of organized, murder,” he said. Second Parley Is Called. | Mr. Tuttle issued a joint statement |last night with Dr. Young. ealling for another conference today to certain | whether the shooting which has oe- |cured represented an authorized out- break of hostilities.” In Boston Chin Hing was shot dead in the street and Yee Wah was fatally wounded while lying on a cot in his laundry. Police arrested Lee Sing for the murder of Yee Wah and held four other Chinese as suspects. Harry Yee Soong Tang. secretary of the Hip Sings, |said he believed the shots that killed Chin were intended for him. as he was working nearby when he was killed. Laundry Owner Asks Guard. The Harlem laundryman, Chin Lee, aged 50, was ironing when three Chi- | nese suddenly appeared at the door of Two of the bullets penetrated Chin Lee’s heart for more than two vears following the Masconi, Dino Grandi. undersecretary | and two of them struck the wall of the SEning of the Armistice. but the wit- for forefgn affairs: Alberto Pirelli, Carlo | shop. P New York police continued a search the gunman who early yesterday | wounded Sing On Jun, Chinese restau- | rateur, in Harlem, and Rose France, 50, colored, who was in his restaurant at l!h! time. In Cambridge. the scene of tong shoot- | ings in the outbreak two years ago, Soo | Lee appealed to the police to provide | protection for his employes. The laun- Gry, perhaps the largest Chinese laun- dry in New England. employs a night | shift, and it was for the members of this shift Soo asked protection. A de- tail of policemen was sent to the place. Tang Spends Night at Station. | Last night's shootings in Boston | were prefaced by an attempted shooting Sunday night which set the Chinese quarter on edge and resulted in lead- ers of both tongs visiting police head- quarters during the day to promise there would be no outbreak of hostilities | there. Tang. the Hip Sing secretary. spent | the night at the La Grange street po- |lice station. He told police he feared | for his life if compclled to return to {his lodgings near the scene of the slayings. CHINESE G MAN CAPTURED. | Police Seize Him as He Steals Toward Home of On Leong Director. | _CHICAGO, August 6 (#)—Ching ! Bing, & Chinese gunman, was captured ! by @ police ambush early today as he ! crept, revolver in hand. toward the | Ing and Byrd playing left field for New home of Willie Lee, a director of the York. Hadley popped to Gehrig. Judge | On Leong Tong and president of the walked. Rice also walked. Goslin sin- | Chinese and American Citizens' Alli- gled through Gehrig. filling the bases. | ance. Bing later was identified as the Myer's consecutive hitting streak ended | assailant of Kay Leong Wong, a mem- when he forced Goslin, Lazzeri to|ber of the On Leong Tong. who was | Koenig. Jucge scored and. Rice took | shot and seriously wounded Sunday | third. Rice was picked off third, Dickey | night supposedly in retaliation for the carried in the past, Mr. Hanna made : I changes msmpm" t of linen to Am Amaaring, F | to Robertson. One run. | NEW YORK—Byrd doubled down the left field line. Dickey singled to right. sending Byrd to third. Koenig singled to center, scoring Byrd and sending Dickey to third. Nekola flied to Goslin and Dickey scored after the catch, Combs tripled to center, scoring Koenig. Myer threw out Robertson, Combs scor- ing. Cronin threw out Gehrig. Four runs, EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Lazzeri threw out West. Cronin fanned. Spencer grounded to Gehrig. No runs. NEW YORK—Ruth fanned. Lazzeri singled to right and took third when Rice let the ball go through. Byrd scratched a single that Hadley picked up near the third base line and Lazzeri scored. Dickey singled to right, send- ing Byrd to third. Hadley was taken out of the box and was replaced by Marberry. Marberry managed to knock Koenig's hard drive down, but it was good for a single that scored Byrd and sent Dickey to second. Lary batted for Nekola. A wild pitch let both runners advance. Lary fanned.” Combs flied to Goslin. Two runs. NINTH INNING. 'WASHINGTON—Moore now pitching for New York. Hayes flied to Combs. Marberry fanned. Judge singled to left. Combs went to right center for Rice's high one. No runs. NEW YORK—Robertson fouled to Spencer. Gehrig went out, Judge to Marberry covering first. Cronin threw out Ruth. No runs. 25 KILLED IN CRASHES. ISeventy Five .Hurt on English Highways in Holiday Traffic. LONDON, August 6 (#)—Twenty-five persons were led and seventy-five injured in accidents on English high- ways in the heavy traffic of yesterday's bank holiday. Although England is liberally pro. | vided with arterial roads, the home- jcoming throngs last night were re- stricted to-a crawl for hours at a time. Dunfermline, Scotland, reports that erica s de- | slaying of a Hip Sing tongman. Lee twice had been warned that his ill(e was to be forfeited, the second ad- monition coming last night. A squad of detectives was placed in hiding about his home, and at 3:30 a.m. today, & figure was seen creeping through a rear ! gate and moving toward the window of | Lee's home. The police leaped upon 1 him, disarmed him of a .38-caliber re- { volver and took him to the hospital bedside of Wong. “That’s the man who shei me,” Wong declared. - Bing declined to answer questions and at the address he gave as his residence he was said to be unknown. Police ex- | pressed a belief he was a hired assassin imported to Chicago to exccute mem- bers of the On Leong Tong. The slaying of Yee Sun, a Hip Sing tongm: was the signal for the latest outbreak of Chinese hostilities Sunday. Joe Tuck was identified by a Hip Sing memboer as Sun’s slayer and was to be arraigned today. A coroner's jury re- fused to name Tuck in its verdict yes- terday, however, because the identifica- tion was by an encmy tongman. Tuck was held to the grand jury without bond by Judge Edgar A. Jonas today for the murder of Yee Sun. Two | Chinese identified him as the assassin. S CHINESE WARNED NOT TO WAR HERE IN TONG OUTBREAK (Continued From Pirst Page) glnces of business settling their week's ills and discussing their affairs, pars u.;uhtly'concemlng business and famity airs. One of the Chinese leaders, who ‘did not “want his name given publicity, said he thought it the duty of police to force many idlers to go to work. “They ought to make these men work in the day and llcesnn night,” he said. “They ought to find out how they manage to live without working and unless they go to work transport them to China.” While France and Italy ar ki to the “boater” style of a{rnw’h:'éf t‘l?l: Summer, fashion leaders of land P:.'..“ abandoned it for cooler head cov- -k