Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) this afternoon ” Thundershowers tonight: slightly cooler row fair, cool Tem) pm. yes today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as sec ‘ post office, No. 31,151 er. tures: Highest, 95, at 4:30 rday; lowest, Full report on page ‘Washington, £ and tonight; tomor- 75, at 2 am. @b ond class matter Fhe WITH SUNDAY MORNI N & ing 31 ' ar. “Ffom Press every ty block to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier svstem covers and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,473 WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, '1929—F0RTY7F0UR PAGES. ¥ (8) Means Associated TWO CENTS. SATURDAY 1S FIXED AS TIME LIMIT FOR DEBT SETTLEMENTI (_:onciliatory Attitude Per- vades Parley as Snowden Recedes From Stand. EVACUATEN OF RHINE EXPECTED THIS YEAR Definite Announcement of Date Believed Contingent on Accept- ance of Young Plan. By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, ‘Netherlands., August 14.—Having practically fixed Christmas as the limit for evacuation of the Rhineland, the reparations delegates this morning set Saturday as the date when the chief problems before them must be settled. ¢ The financial commitiee, which met at 10 o'clock this morning, heard the last speeches on the question of de- Jiveries in kind and then, on & motion by Philip Snowden, British chancellor of the exchequer, decided to suspend its work until Saturday in order to lllve continuation of in- gates. Hope for Parley Success. ‘The chancellor, whose demands for modification of the Young plan have represented the chief nut to be cracked, expressed the hope that these conver- sations will bear fruit, and the re- mainder of the delegates echoed his sentiments. Louls Loucheur, French delegate and the principal speaker this morning, agreed with W. Graham, president of the ment of reparations by deliveries in kind is unfortunate. but declared that they “erah lnev;l"ablfle. M. Loucheur joines denouncing the re-exportation of goods delivered on the reparations account. He other speakers in British Board of Trade, that pa,v-.l MRS. WILLEBRANDT TELLS HOW ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE AIDED DRY LAW VIOLATOR Former Official Reviews\ St. Louis Brew- ing Case and Charges Organization Leader Interfered in Trial. (In this, tRe tenth artivle of her series. the former Assistant Attorney General of the United States tells how the Anti-Saloon League put up a bitter fght to protect the State labor commissioner of Missouri, who was helping to flood his £ with high-powered beed. Mrs. Willebrandt also discusses politics versus education as an aid to enforcement.) BY MABEL WALKER WILLEBRANDT. There is no more interesting or unusual chapter in my experience as a prosecutor under the prohibition law than that which curiously enough involved a simultaneous battle with a St. Louis brewery and the Anti-Saloon League of Missouri. I have been accused of being under the domination of the Anti-Saloon League. Such accusations, however, are not un- usual with respect to any person who is engaged in work that is in any way con- nected with prohibition. But familiarity with the case of United States vs. Heber Nations absolves me from the charge of league domination. In the Nations case we not only had a legal battle with lawyers, but I met the organized opposition of the Anti-Saloon Let:’g:le‘ lln every step of the investigation and trial. I bear for the Christian men and women who have worked with passionate zeal for the prohibition cause the most sincere respect. I have never, however, i seen a more flagrant example of misuse of influence and power than the Missouri Anti-Saloon League exhibited in the | Nations trial. Mrs. Willebrandt. A Wet in Dry Clothing. The Nations family had long been active in the dry cause. Hel Nations, the defendant, was State labor commlr;sion':r of Mis};oss;- His brother, Gus, was chief of Federal prohibition officers stationed in St. Louis. Both had as a mutual friend Charles Prather, State beverage inspector of the same State. The Government indictment i charged, in substance, that Heber Nations conspired with others and officials of the Griesedieck Brewery Co. to violate the prohibition act i through_ releases of high-powered beer. It was charged that Heber Nations’ part in the conspiracy was to keep the brewery advised | through his brother Gus, then chief prohibition officer in St. Louis, when it would be safe to run out the forbidden brew. All defendants (Continued on Page 3, Colum n 1.) pleaded guilty to the indictment with the exception of Heber Nations. | ‘ht, however, that the effect of de- Hvarie kind on the economic situa- liveries in tion in Great Britain was less than be- lieved by the British delegation. He gave figures to show that British unem- ployment, in terms of French francs, represented an annual sum of 15,000~ 000.000 francs, while the total deliveries in kind were only 3,000,000,000 francs. Laucheur Lauds Ameticans. The French delegate held that the world economic situation had been af- fected by an increase in exports from w.fand that if Great B! of trade she before the war, it was due to world conditions. Sough,Ameri- can imports from Europe. pointed out, had decreased to about one-third, all of which had gone to swell the ex- ports of the United States. “The Americans are younger and more ardent people than we and understand, perhaps better than we, that as popula- tion increases production must increas> and that there must be a eontinuation race between production and consump- tion,” he said. “Salaries are high in the United - States, stimulating spending, perhaps bringing a higher cost of living, but also progucing an increase in the avallable money for purchases.” Definite announcement of the date and conditions of evacuation of the Rhineland was believed today to await only final acceptance of the Young reparations plan. Mr. Snowden, whose uncompromising attitude until recently made unanimous acceptance seem highly improbable, has shown a much more concilfatory front and there was general hope that his opposition to phases of the Young plan soon would be allayed. Tentative Date Ts Set. ‘Tentatively, Gustav Stresemann, Ger- man foreign minister; Arthur Hender- son, British foreign minister, and Aris- tide Briand, Prench premier, have set the latter part of this year as the date for withdrawal of the allied troops. “Out of the Rhineland by Christ- | mas” has been adopted by the repre- sentatives of the governments here as indicative both of their good intentions and of the stage to which the negotia- tions have progressed. It was stressed however, that that date is tentative, proviso always being unanimous ac- ceptance of the Young plan. Thé offers made Chancellor Snowden by the French in private discussions jast night are supposed to involve abandonment by the latter of .part of their share in the conditional German payments, which Germany will be asked to add to its unconditional payments. This will leave France with her pres- met. share of annuities that can’be com- mercialized. while making up at least half of the £2,500,000 needed to make the annuities satisfactory to the British. The British will benefit by the con- clal negotiations. The transformation which the con- ference has undergone since Saturday, | across when it was threatened with a com- plete, breakdown, is very clear. Every- body talked last night not of firm stands, unflinehing determinations - or uncompromising demands, but of how different viewpoints could be: brought together. LAMONT STAYS AWAY. . United States Banker Will Not Go to| ‘The Hague. WEATHERSEEN .. 200 ARE ARRESTED ] 1 Everything Ready for Second:School-Age Girls, Acting as ~ Leg of World Tour, to Bartenders, Are Among Begin Tonight. Suspects Seized. - By the Associated Press. HAMMOND, Ind., August 14.—Girls of school age, a mayor, a police chief and man and woman operators of scores | of speakeasies were among the 200 per- By the Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. Germany, August 14.—Dr. Hugo Eckener today set the time for departure of the Graf Zeppe''n on the second leg of its_ around-the-world flight at 4:30 a.m. tomorrow (10:30 p.m. today, Eastern standard time). The passen- gers were ordered to enter the gon- dola at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning. day as Federal prohibition agents mop- ped up what they termed the Calumet distriet liquor and vice ring. By 1 o'clock this morning. 165 per- sons had been arrested in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, the two cities against which the agents concentrated their drive. As rapidly as the prison- ers could be taken to Crown Point for arraignment before a United States commissioner, the 250 raiders returned By the Assoclated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, August 14.—Dr. Hugo Eckener, master of the Graf Zeppelin, told newspaper men today he hoped to get the Graf Zeppelin off the ground and started on its trip to Tokio, Japan, second lap of its round- the-world tour, before 5 a.m. tomorro morning (11 p.m. Wednesday, Eastern standard” time). | Mayor Raleigh P. Hale of East Chi- “That will be plenty of time” he| Boan e amgoiorcs, Jumes E. said. “It was necessary to start for | Nick Sudovich, catalogued s & lieu- America earlier because I had to run | tenant of Scarface Al Capone and a race with a gale approaching from | one of the heads of liquor traffic in the Ireland. 2t 5 a.m. The wind which us- | Calumet district, also was seired. Fede- ually blows across Lake Constanee from | fal authorities belicve Capone. now in the north had died down.” a Philadelphia jall, is the actual head ‘Weather reports received during the | Of the alleged liquor and viee ring. night elated mh Ee}:film commander | _ The raids began at 6 o'clock last night crew. “It looks Jike weather | — (Coni | on Page 2, Colu ) ahead Gapt. Hans von o eald (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) xThere is & low-pressure ares over the e Faimur Fentnsil which s aimest w2\ HUCKINS SUMMONED BY INCOME ASSESSOR rapidly moving East, while the high | Financier, Whose Activities Have pressure area over Central Europe s also spreading eastward. We therefore Stirred West, Asked to Explain " No Tax Returns. 300 arrests had been made. hope, rather confidently, we can stick to the great circle route.” Preparations Complete, Pinal preparations were made today for the Zeppelin to take off. The Zep- palin’s five engines were gone over once again, a last inspection was given the fabric which clothes -its rigid frame- work. food, supplies and the ship's cargo of mail were stowed away, and a final checkup made of every element. In the Zeppelin Co. offices maps, charts and weather reports, furnished in part by, Soviet meteorologists, were subjected to intensive scrutiny by Dr. | By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, August 14.—Eimer 8. Huckins, 60-year-old financier whose offer to pay 26 per cent interest on money given him for investment has | Eckener and his aides. They expected | Caused a stir in Wisconsin, has been re- prior to departure to state somewhat | quested to appear before John R. Lenn- more g‘!oflnlul! the '8 course | houts, assessor of ‘incomes, and answer , Tec- | Some questions about tax matters. ition became more general | _The assessor has mailed that the Graf was undertaking a voy-| Huckins to appear “within a reasonable age which will test its speed, endurance | time” and explain why he has made no and airworthiness considerably more | tax return for_three years. than any mere transatlantic crossing. Investors in Huckins’ North Route Hard. Particularly did the possible extreme | ynows northern ‘route, n ltv:rd IM;I Leningrad to Jakutsk, seem a surpreme test, although, as a matter of fact,| gyumme: “have weather conditions that far north were | mhe financier is LONDON, August 14 (f).—Thomas ‘W. Lamont, American financial expert, today told inkuirers that he was not planning to go to The Hague, contrary to rumors prévalent that he would take a hand in the reparations dead- lock. “T received an invitation several days from my former colleagues on the =1‘-;;.mg copumittee to assist them in some of their present deliberations,” the American banker- said. “But I'de: cided that on the whole it is wiser not to proceed to The Hague.” 72D CHICAGO BOMB. Blast Damages Auto 'Amcy ‘Ma- chines and Building. CHICAGO, Auluhlfi llt‘h P~ ioded jast RAERC 8t an auiomoblle % mmflfi glass and doing 3}5:-‘5:’:‘::.: to bulldings and motor | CArS. Police found no satisfactory explana. The agency- | 581d to be betier for an eastward filght | fna: (e vejony Continued on Page 2, Column 5. of his 26 per cen pian.; WET DRINKERS—DRY VOTERS Bootleggers in the halls and mridor; of Congress and liquor in ‘Congressmen’s trunks are described. by '~ Mabel Walker Willebrandt —former Assistant United States Attorney General in charge of Prohibition, in her 11th article, when she asks “Are C;pgrusmen Above the Law?” —appearing in tomorrow’s issue of The Eoening Star NS DRV RAS sons arrested last night and early to-! to the round-up, which they said would | not be completed until approximately | AR CURB STEPS AREDISEISSED BY HODVERAND ADES Broad and Technical Points| l Are Studied at White House Conference. STIMSON EXPLAINS REASON FOR MEETING Negotiations Make Parley Between Civilian and Naval Officials Desirable, Secretary Says. A conference at the White House to- day between President Hoover, Secre- tary Stimson, Secretary Adams, Under- secretary of State Cotton and members of the Naval Board on the question of | naval limitations, dealt with both the | broad and technical points of the dis- | armament problem. After the White House gathering, ! Stimson sald the naval negotiations | had reached the point where it was desirable to have a conference between | the naval_ experts and the civilian members of the Government who are dealing with the subject. The civilian officials are keeping in close touch with the naval advisors, the | Secretary added, and were desirous of | their cordial and friendly co-operation | in the naval problem. | Conference to Study Views. ‘The conference, he continued, was to make sure that no differences in their | points of view might become vital, add- :ing he knew of none at this time. In reply to questions regarding the { part_which the naval experts will piay +in the limitation discussions, Stimson said they would be given full consid- i eration. ! Stimson s=aid the conference was in- ! formal and was not called to discuss jany crisis arising in the naval limita- | tions question, but that the correspond- ience on the negotiations between Am- | bassador Dawes and Prime Minister MacDonald of England was considered. Cotton in Touch With Jones. The White House declined to reveal | the details of the discussion beyond | saying that it had to do with the pro- i posed “yardstick” method of effecting | reductions in naval armaments. It was { added. however, that .both Secretary | { Stimson and Secretary Adams had been ‘out of the eity for the past week or i 50 and that the conference had to do News Note: and vegetables. ! ReparaTions ConFeRENCE Deabrock OVER o BrRiTisw l@ Pf)SIT/OA( Julius Barnes heads $50,000,000 organization to co-operate in merchandizing fruits | > MANGANESE VOTED TR0, SAVED. ONE MissiNG AS PLANE FALLS INTO LAKE T INFREELIST - | Republican Action Regarded’ as Victory for Steel | Industry. | By the Associated Pre: The Senate finance committee Re- publicans todsy voted 6 to 5 to place manganese on the free list. | The vote was taken upon reconsider- | ation of the present tariff of 1 cent a | pound which the House bill did not | change. The action was regarded as a ' victory for the steel industry which has | | with developments occurring within i that. time. . h P. Cotton, the ry | of ‘who has been dealing with the | naval question for the State Depart- { ment, has been in constant touch with | | Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, Ameri- |can ohserver at the preliminary - | srmement conference at_Geneva, and | | other members of the Navv general hoard for the past several days. Mr. Cotton conferred for more than two hours last night with Admiral { Jones, but both the admiral and the | State Department refused to discuss the nature of the conference. So far the State Department has been silent on the naval question. { ,_One possibility in the conferences be- itween the State Department and the | general board, is that the Amei Government rapidly is a) ‘hing the conclusion of its formulation of a naval “yardstick.” Pt Gibson Propesed Yardstick. ‘The yardstick was proposed by Hugh S. Gibson at the last meeting of the | Preparatory Disarmament Commission at Geneva as a means of determining relative naval strength with considera- tions of the factors of s , armor, age and guns in addition to s e various powers were e to confer during,the Summer with their naval experts with a view to devising and submitting a formula to the pre- | paratory commission. It is known, how- ever, that the United States has not yet submitted its formula at Geneva. Immediately after Secretary Adams jand members of the naval general poard returned to the Navy Depart- ment, the Secretary called Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chisf of naval opera- tions, and president of the board, and Rear Admiral Jones, into gonferénce. The other members 6f the board also immediately went into session. TWO YOUTHS HELD INREYNOLDS DEATH | nection With Attack on Woman Tourists. .| Hawley bill Two rican | ous types of leat] also on the free Boys Were Arrested in Con- | 3os: sought removal of the duty. Committee Republicans previously | had voted 7 to 4 16i7etain the duty, but | to base it on manganese ore containing | ganese instead of 30 per cent under | present law, thus giving the domestic ore producers greater protection. Duty on Hides. After the desired addi- tionsl information on the views of or- ::n\nfl lucers, th> committeemen ve decided to support the House ac- | tion in placing a duty of 10 per cent | on imported hides and 20 per cent on; shoes, both of which are now admitted ‘without imposts. They agreed, however, on & number of changes in the House rates on vari- list at present, some and reduec- ing others. The upward revisions in- cluded proposals to place a rate of 14 r cent on leathers to be used for rness or saddlery, and 15 per cent on sole and belting leather, instead of 12%; | per cent as voted by the House, to- gether with 1713 instead of 15 on side, upper, patent and call skin leathers for footwe Reductions Made. ‘The House rate of 25 per cent on leather obtained from animals not of the bovine species, on the other hand, would bs reduced to 17'; per cent, and that of 30 per cent on ornamental leather to 20 per cent. Another reduc- tion was voted on men's leather gloves making the rate $5.50 a dozen instead of $6.50. The $550 rate aj ved by | the House on women’s leather gloves ‘was retained, and so was its 30 per cent rate on leather for upholstery, collars, bags, cases, gloves, garments and straps. ‘With that problem out of the way, the committeemen took cognizance of the sm problem and decided to transfer rough and uncut diamonds from the dutiable to the free list. 'X'he‘ House voted a duty of 10 per cent on | such stones, d 20 per cent on cut diamonds and pea r cent | or_kip rls, which the Sen- tors reduced by half. .‘nwre was bn{; indication what the committeemen would decide with re- spect to sugar, the tariff on which is raised by the House bill from 1.76 cents to 2.40 cents a pound on Cuban raws. A total of 560 telegrams from vari ous sugar Inm‘;esu reached Chairman yest ¥. were unanimous in supporting the House AU wheeler's Critiolsm. Democratic criticism of the bill con= tinued, Senator Wheeler of Montana issuing a statement through the Demo- ecratic national committee in which he the “glaring immorality of the is that it has ‘abandoned ' as the basic theory of tariff ‘pernicious price - making and mbstlwkedorn ‘Wheeler cited s tariff commission T e duties on te or exceed the total value of Lost C Woman in Water o-Pilot and Mechanic Support Until Her R.cscuc by Freighter. By the Associated Press ! CLEVELAND, August 14.—A Cleve- land-Detroit amphibian plane of the Thompson Aeronautical Corporation was reportsd here today to have been forced down in Lake Erie 4 miles west of Pelee Island. % Cy Caldwell, Cleveland, pilot, and Mrs. Robert Little, Cedar Rapids, Towa, 2 passenger, were picked up by ths freighter Midland King. Paterson, N. J., mechanic. was rescued by the freighter Denmark. The eo-pilot, Jack Kasper, is missing. Lupold said the sea was moderately rough when the plane was forcegd He said he and Kasper swam around ! more than 10 per eent metallic man- | the plane holding up Mrs. Little, . A. supold, | Later the Denmark picked up Lupold | and he thought Kasper was taken | aboard the Midland King along with | the woman. | Search was under way for Kasper, by plane and boat, but company officials were hopeful that he had been, picked | up_by some craft without a wireless. i . A. Rheinstrom of the Thompson Co., said the plane took off with good ‘weather prevailing here at 5 p.m. yes- | terday on its regular run. About four miles West of Pelee Island, Rheinstrom said, the plane ran into a | dense fog and it was decided to come | down until the weather cleared. The fog. however. was t@ thick that Caldwell was unable to bring the plane down | capaibly and one wing was damaged. | ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Tiness Forces “Tut” To Abandon Nightly White House Patrol ‘Tut. Belgian police dog. and the reigning head of the White House kennels, has been ill for several days and, therefore, has been compelled to temporarily abandon his night patrol work about the rear grounds of the White House. ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover took Tut with him to the Rapidan camp last week end and he hasn't been the same since. It was first thought that he was suffering from the ef- fects of snake bite poisoning or had druak some water that dis- agred with him, but examina- tions by a veterinarian disclosed that he was suffering from a stomach ailment. Tut is not young dog and this disorder has gone hard with him. He has been vir- tually put to bed in a com- fortable corner of the White House laundry to diet and rest for several days. RUSSIAN MILITARY PLANE FORCED DOWN Steps Taken to Determine Whether Pilots Can Vontinue Flight to New York. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, August 14.—The flight of the Russian military plane Land of the They | Soviets, from Moscow toward New York, has ended in a forced landing 170 miles from Irkutsk, Siberia. There was no in- formation as to whether they would be able to continue their flight. Tass, official news agency, said that the plane had come down in an unin- habited region after taking off from Krasnoyarsk Sunday. Steps were taken to establish connection with the pilot, Semon Shestakov, to determine whether he reqr assistance to enable him to on. *°rrom Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk, near Lake Baikal, is about 600 miles, and the aviators had hoped to reach Chita, 400 miles beyond. Up to the time of the forced landing the plane had covered 3,726 miles in 36 | coml fiying. hours, GIRL'S BODY FOUND - WRAPPED IN SACK child, 12 or 13, Believed Strangled to Death in Minneapolis. | By the Associated Press. | MINNEAPOLIS, August 14.—Bound "in a gunny sack: the body of a girl. ap- | parently about 12 or 13 years of age, | was found in South Minneapolis today. Her hands were tied and she appar- ently had been strangled. | Two icemen, William C. Hoag, Min- neapolis, and William Stokes, St. Paul. found the body and notified police. who summoned Mr. and Mrs. Aune, whose daughter, Dorothy, has tempt to identify the body. Police Capt. Einar Jonassen said the slaying seemed to be the crime of a | moron. The child, he said, apparently | was lured into an automobile, attacked |and slain. Her body was bound in sacks, held together by wire, and tossed into, the street. Automobile tracks were found leading to the spot, on Hiawatha avenue be- tween Twenty-seventh and Twenty- eighth streets, where the body was found lying in a slight depression at the side of the avenue. Weeds and tall grass partially concealed the bundle, VICE PRESIDENT BETTER. | Returns to Office After Slight At- tack of Indigestion, Vice President Curtis was back at his office today, after an attack of indiges- tion which confined him to bed over the week end. Mr. Curtis attributed the slight iliness to the torrid weather, but says he is all right now. He attended the regular cabinet meeting yesterday. Figure in Immolation Held. CHICAGO, August 14 (#).—Charles 'W. Hitchcock, a figure in the investiga- tion of the self-immolation of Miss El- frieda Knaak last Winter, was under arrest today in Lake Bluff, a North Shore suburb. The nature - of the charges was not revealed. Mayor Ma- b said he understood, it had some- thing to do with burglary. FORCED TO.LAND AIR MAIL PILOT ESCAPES DEATH, IN ORCHARD, Jack Webster, Lost in Fog, Brings Ship Down in Dark| : Near Scranton, Pa. Press. . Augist 14.—Jack Shortly afterward he & serjes of forthern Andrew K.! been missing since yesterday, in an at- | TRACTION OFFICIAL DEFENDSOPERATION (COSTS OF COMPANY ! Hanna Declares Record for Economy, Despite Handi- cap, Is Enviable. |COMMISSION MERGER PLAN ROCKS HEARING Proposal for Unification of Carriers Follows Harley Wilson Proposition, President John H. Hanna of the Cap- ital Traction Co. entered a detailed de- | fense of the economical operations of | his_company at the morning session of the hearing before the Public Utilities Commission on the company’s request for an increase of carfare. He sald that in comparison with rom- 1 panies in other cities, the Capital Trac- tion had an enviable record for econom- | feal operation. in spite of the expensive | handicap of the underground trolley | ystem under which it labors. After completing his testimony on i this subject, Mr. Hanna submitted him- self to cross-examination, and G. P. { Young, representing the Iowa-Thomas | Circle Citizens' Association, asking a number of questions as to transfers is- sued by and to the company’s cars and i other tters. Many of the questions were overruled by the commission be- | cause they called for conclusions of flaw from the witness, who is not a ! lawyer. Hearing Ts Quiet. | 8. R. Bowen entered an objection in | behalf of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. to the introduction by the commission yesterday on a new merger plan. The objection was overruled. | Other than this, there was no reference | to the merger during today's discussion. The . hearing this morning was ex- tremely quiet and there was little ref- erence to the commission’s merger plan. Before the hearing started. how- ever, Mr. Hanna told newspaper men !'that the merger plan, which created isuch a stir yesterday. had been dis- cussed informally by the railway com- i pany officials vesterday afternoon and again early this morning. but neither discussion had led to any decision as to the future course of ihe companies. { with respect to the plan. He indicateg/ | that the matter would be taken up ther at a later date and a course of ac- tion decided. Protests Merger Plan. ‘The hearing today began with an ob- { jection maMe verbally by §. R. Bowen, { vice president and counsel of the | Washington Railway & Electric Co., to the consideration ‘of the commission’s merger plan as a part of the present {rate case. The objection was ov by Chairman Patrick, and an exception to the ruling was noted in the record by Mr. Bowen. This it the procedure : which has been followed by the street j railwvay companies and the commission | In the case of similar objections to con- i sidering unified operaticn in connection | with the present hearing. John H. Hanna, president of the | Capital Traction Co., then took the i witness stand and continued his direct | testimony, with special reference to the relative "economy of operation of the Capital Traction Co. and street railway companies in 20 of the largest cities in the country. He further analyzed an exhibit heretofore placed in evidence | showing the comparative cost of opera~ | tion on a car mile basis, excluding de- | preciation. | Fighth From Lowest. | In_total operating expenses. he said !the Capiial Traction Co. ranks eighth ifrom the lowest among the 20 cities | given. Excluding trainmen’s wages, he | 5aid, the local company ranked sixth | from the lowest per car mile. Trainmen’s wages, he held, should be excluded, because, to A I _degree, they constitute an element that is not | under the control of the operating offi- ! cials of the various street railway com- { panies. In gross operating revenue, he said, | the Capital Traction Co. ranked lower than any other company except the San Francisco Municinal Street Car Co. In cost of power, he said, the Capital Traction Co. was third from the lowest, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) ! RAGiNGiAREN;\_BULL KILLS {WOMAN AT WORK IN HOME Animal Escapes While Being Taken to Valencia Ring for Combat " With Matador. By the Associated Press. 'VALENCIA. 3 | raging bull, intended for the Valencia arena, fought his way to here |'oday. killed one woman, wounded three horses and frightened the populace. He finally was put in tow. however, and this évening awaited his turn against a maf 1 The bull escaped while it was being August 14.—A ukenw!uunpu‘rnmwlhull fight. It raced the streets, with the in every direc- of Vicente populace sca! tion, and entered the Porta. Senora de Porta was in the kitchen busy with her work when the bull ap- red in the room, her down. t found its way to a rear door and en- |tered the stable. where three plete search of the Porta reside: o SEVEN JAPANESE STAFF OFFICERS DIE INCRASH i Plane Crashes 900 Feet at Airdrome Near Tokio at Start of Inspection Trip.