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ekl 2 WA, &E ANDPERE " RELATONPROBE Clayton Develops Fact Rail- way Makes Power Under | Agreement. (Continued From First Page.) much or too little left in the valuation after the retirement of property. He next asked if there is any amount | included in the valuation representing the value of Glen Echo Park, and Mr. Ham replied that there was not. Mr. Hartman asked if the company had ex- cluded _$7.000 maintenance of Glen Echo Park from operating expenses. Mr. Ham said the figures chould not appear in that account. Mr. Hartman asked if the company had excluded | from irs capital accounts $6,700, the | cost of a soda fountain stand, barbecue | stand and two games erected at Glen | Echo, and Mr. Ham replied that the figure had been excluded. “Tn December, 1927, said Mr. Hart- man, u show $16,273 in retirements, all on an estimated basis. Could you take a substantial retirement out of that month and explain it so as to make it illustrative on the basis you se_for these: estimates?" “I'd have to look that up,” replied Mr. Ham. “Withont going into the legal aspects of the matter.” “will said Mr, Hartman, “w ¥ou give us vour opinion as to whether or not operating efficiency would be promoted by construction of special work which would permit the routing of the Connecticut avenue cars of the Capital Traction Co. over your Mount Pleasant line and the Washington Rail- way & Electric cars of the Wisconsin avenue line over the Capital “Traction Co.’s Pennsylvania ayenue line?" Holds Plan Tmpracticable. “T should say,” replied Mr. Ham, “that in the first case there wouldn't be any cbsect at all. The results would prob- ably be poor. As to Wisconsin avenue, in one respect the change would be de- sirable because as it is now the only service between Dumbarton and Wis- consin avenue, and M street is the serv- jce from Rockvill. Tt all depends whether a schedule could be built to show operating economies. It is very doubtful if it could be done. The Wis- conzin avenie line furnishes one-half of the zervice east through Dupont Cir- cle. If this was taken off there would have to be other service to replace it. “Will vou answer the same ques- tions,” asked Mr. Hartman. “substitut- ing for the words ‘operating efficiency the words ‘convenience to public sorved?” " 1 shoul practicable. volume of traffic from Eighteenth street and Columbia_road. southbound, is now €0 great that I wouldn't want to add to it. If I were running the whole busi- ness. there is not a change I would make. After all. if you take service off one line, you put it on another. It's just a question of which line is the more congested.” That's all at this time. be more later.” | S. R. Bowen, counsel for the Wash- | inzton Railway & Electric Co., said that | all these questions were subject to the companv's general odjections to ques- tions having to do with joint operation. 2nd then asked Mr. Ham if any changes | in service, even of the most minor | character, could be made without long and careful study. Mr. Ham replied that even such a change as improvement of the service on Wisconsin avenue required months | of careful study before it could be put | into effect. System Would Depend on Public. Chairman Patrick asked whether, if there was one street railway system in Washington, cars could be rerouted so as to make the service more convenient to the public. “Some portions of the public would were having an added con- v it would be entirely im- There may inhabitants at railroad station fleeing fi sale of this power. Mr. Ham replied | that it was treated on the books as| revenue from the sale of power and allocated to Maryland. He added that | it was so reported to the commlssloni both monthly and annually. At this point the discussion turned | away from the sale of power to other | companies, and Mr. Clayton began to put to Mr. Ham a series of questions | regarding the relationship between the | Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the Potomac Power Co. After Chair- man_Patrick had sustained objections by the company to two such questions, Mr. Clayton said he would discontinue that line of examination, adding that he had hoped it to show by his ques- tions regarding the Potomac Electric Power Co. that there is one company in the District the property of which is not being confiscated by the people. Take Up Bus Case. Just before the hearing adjournes ! | | for the day, Mr. Ham began presenting the financial condition of the Wash- ington Interurban Raflroad Co., which | operates a bus line on Bladensburg | road into Maryland. This is a sub- sidiary of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., but has a separate col replied Mr. Ham, “and som portions would feel that the service wa: less convenient. It would depend mainly upon the riding habits of the| puglic. | r. Ham said that some routing | changes that were made during the war | were found to be very objectionable to | the public and were abandoned, notably the “tving up of the North Capitol | street line with the Georgetown line.” Mr. Bowen asked Mr. Ham whether | it would be possible for him to state | at this time whether any advantages would come from piecemeal rearrange- ment of tracks by scparately owned companies. The witness answered in the negative. “Would it be possible to show ad- vantages if you had a complete plan instead of a piecemeal plan?” asked | Commissioner Hartman. “T would not be able to say without | a study of the situation,” replied Mr. Ham. Mr. Ham, responding to one of Mr. Clayton's queries, said the railway com- pany does not buy its power, but gen- erates its own power at the Benning plant under a contractural agreement with the Potomac Electric Power Co. Mr. Clayton wanted to know whether the contract limited the amount of power manufactured. Mr. Ham said the railway company had the right to manufacture all the power it needed for its own use. | “Does your company resell current | 0 other companies not owned and con- | trolled by you?” asked Mr. Clayton. Power Sold by Company. After much wrangling between the attorneys as to whether or not the question was a proper one. Mr. Ham was finally told by the commission to ! enswer it. His reply was a simple, “Yes." “Are those sales at a profit?” was Mr. Clayton's next question. “Now we do o“ject.” interposed Mr. Bowen, counsel for the railroad com- pany. Commissioner Hartman called atten- tion to the fact that the company's report showed that the current sold ! was sold to companies outside of the | District and "said Mr. Clagton should | ehow how that would be relevant or material in the present rate case. “If there is a profit to the railway company on these sales,” stated Mr. Clayton, “I want to follow it up and &ce what finally becomes of it.” In reply to a question asked by Peo- le'’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty, Mr. am stated that the railway company had no capital invested in -the man- ufacture of power so far as its claimed minimum value of $19,280,000 was con- serne 2 Vi Claxton was inquiring into the & power by the Washington Rail- %2 “indicated that one of the thoughts in his mind was whether profits from such sales and if 8o, whether they would be shown in the exhibits in this case. Sales Outside of District of “olumbia. President Ham said they would not be carried as net revenue in the District of Columbia because such sale of power was outzide of the District, adding that commission had ruled in former cases that it could not go into oper: tions outside the District. Commissioner Hartman said he was having difficulty in getting at the rele- vancy of the question Clayton had asked regarding sales of power and called on Electric Co. to other companies, | €! porate identity. | Mr. Ham explained that when the | Maryland and District commissions au- | thorized the abandonment of street company requested that its financial | condition be given study after 90 ddys if it showed a during that time. The local commission at that time be- lieved, however, that the arrangement of free transfers from the street cars | to the bussss at Fifteenth and H streets northeast should be tried out | for five years. Mr. Ham told the new | commission that the commission then | in power stated that when the five- year period was up it would under- take to present to the public and the | company a plan that would best serve | the interest of all concerned. According to Mr. Ham, the five | years expired April, 1928, and, al-| though hearings have been' held since that time no chang: has yet bsen made_in the transfer arrangement of the Bladensburg road bus line. In| July; 1928, Mr.s Ham said, the former | commission ruled that the existing ar- rangement for transfers should con- tinue until othertvise ordered. Im- mediately thereafter, he said, the com- | pany filed another aplication on which | a hearing was held, but no decision | rendered. X Leaves in Huff, __E. C. Riegel, director of the Wash- | ington Consumers’ Guild, organized by himself, left the hearing in a huff yes- terday afternoon after the commission | had ruled that his questions were “am- | biguous” and “could not be answered by an intelligent person.” i After having been absent a large part | of the time and being unfamiliar with testimony already taken, Mr. Riegel at- tempted to cross-examine William F. Ham, president of the Washington ! Railway & Electric Co. Many of his ! questions were repetitions of questions already asked by other attorneys and members of the commission and an- swered by Mr. Ham. ' The commission ruled such repetitions out of order. When Mr. Riegel undertook to ask Mr. Ham about the depreciation ac- counts and outside investments of the railway company, Commissioner Hart- man several times tried to help him frame his questions, but Mr. Riegel continued to ask questions which the witness said he could not! understand. Members of the commission said_they could not understand what Mr. Riegel meant, either. “If Mr. Riegel thinks he cannot frame his questions so that they can be in- telligently answered he should get some one to assist him in representing his =|eople," Yemarked Commissioner Hart- n an. : Mr. Riegel jumped to his feet and re- plied. “It might be a good thing-if we "That will dor nterp “That will do,” interposed Chairman Patrick. “Strike that from the recérd. ‘We will hear nothing more from you.” Mr. Riegel stalked out of the room, letting the door slam behind him, ASK RACE BE PUT OFF. Ttalians Want Schneider Cup Con- tests Postponed by England. LONDON, Augist 23 (#).—An Ex- change Telegraph Agency dispatch from Rome today said the Italian Schneider Cup team had officially requested Eng- both Clayton and Attorney Bowen of the company to explain their respective contentions. Mr. Clayton contended that his ques- tion regarding proceeds from the sale of power by the railway company was material, while Mr. Bowen argued that such a estion was not germaine. Bowen said it would be just as appro- priate to try to show to whom in the railway case what profits were made at Glen Echo Park, Md. At this point Chairman Patrick asked Mr, Ham toican trade is on an q:unlm(mu\g with | ance recol say for ths record how . his treats on its Rsoke ¢ ¥ i land to postpone the famous cup race because of the death of the l'.llll‘:| avi- ator, Motta. The race was scheduled (oxé s&”&m‘ and 7. ‘apt. plunged from a height of 300 feet to the bottom of Lake Garda when the new Italia nspeed plane M-67, which he was testing, took a nose-dive into the water. Tangier, Moroceo, is one of the few colonies of the world in which Ameri the mother country. i this casz | i NG STAR. WASHINGTON. "D. C.. FRIDAY, “ Pictures from China show the tense scenes in Manchuli, Manchurian ¢ and Russian troops are deployed. Above is store boarded up and deserted by rom the city. RUSSIAN TAKES OFF FOR AMERICA AGAIN Shestakov Makes Second Ef- fort to Reach U. S. Over Pacific Route. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, August 23.—Semion She- stakov, Russian aviator, who crashed near Siberia on an attempted Moscow- to-New York flight, left here at 3 am. «8 pm. E. S. T.) Thursday on & new at- tempt to reach America by the same route. He planned several stops, the first possibly at Krasnoyarsk, 2,000 miles away. His new plane, like that he cracked up al Chita after crossing most of Asia, {cars and substitution of busses the | ygg called the Land of the Soviets. It Must Serve Six Months in Jail and has two engines of 1200 horsepower, similar to the engines of the former plane. The aviator said if his flight was suc- cessful it was proposed to establish in 1931 an airline between Russia and the American West Coast as a continuation of the transsiberian.service, On August 8, at 3 a.m., the first air- plane Land of the Soviels started from Moscow to New York, planning to stop en route at Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Khabarovsk, Nikolayevsk on =~ Amur Petropaviosk, Near Islands or Bering Is land, Alaska, Seward, Sitka, Seattle. Sau Francisco, Cheyenne and New York, with a possible stop in Chicago. Shestakov was accompanied by three companions, Second Pilot Philip Bolbtov, a naval fiyer; Mechanic Dmitri Fufayev and Navigator Boris Sterlingov. The first Land of the Soviets crashed in the wilds of Siberia near Chita on August 8, the plane being considerably damaged, but its crew escaping injury. MEXICANS ARE SLAIN BY BAND OF ROBBERS By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 23.—Travel- ers arriving at Torreon Coahuila, from Can ‘Juan de Guadalupe, Durango, to- day said that the chief of police of Ban Juan and several residents were killed | and others wounded in an attack by marauders. . The attack was said to have occurred Satufday night when seven men raced, into the central plaza in an automo- bile, firing at random. At the same time a hundred men appeared afoot, shooting down pedestrians. After several hours’ looting the ma- rauders freed the inmates of the jail, killing the police chief, and then de- paried, carrying off several prisoners, who were released a few miles from town. Holds Driving Record. GOSHEN, N. Y., August 23 (#).—Mrs. E. Roland Harriman holds a record for woman drivers. In 1.59%, with pace, she drove her brown b-year-old horse, Highland Scott, an exhibition mile at the Grand Circuit meeting. The horse cost her $25.000. Mrs. Harriman's hus- band, like his father, the railroad mag- nate,’ is slso a lover qf light-harness horses and an emateur driver. Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS, Calit.—There is one thing that's in the paper every morning, just as regular as heat pros- trations everywhere but here. And that is, “Russia ‘masses troops on China front,” if they have massed as many on that front as they have on the front why they have done what I woul call some mass luction in massing. Cpl. Undmfi is learning 50 they can go up and break the endur- rd. ‘That would just suit them ;-p there and be away from every- or 8 0o o gn d | woma, . on the Siberian border, where Chinese proprietor, who fled, and below refugee —Paramount News-Assoclated Press. !31.122.814 PAID AUSTRIA FROM SEIZED WAR FUND 'Secretary Mellon sa;- Virtually All Awards of Claims Commis- Paid. sion Have Been Secretary Mellon has sent a check for $1,122,814.70 (0 the Austrian minis- ter out of funds seized by the alien | | property ,custodian during the war. {‘ | * The action was taken under the u: ing with the enemy act, which provided | that funds not needed to make pay- | ments on account of awards of the tri- | partite claims commission against Austria_could be returned. In making | payment, Secretary Mellon said virtually | all the awards of the commission against | Ausiria have now been pald, amounting | to about $370.000. but that approxi- | mately $9,000 was being retained to pay | ‘me few yemaining awards. | ARTIST CONVICTED OF SIMPLE ASSAULT Pay $250 on Charge of | * 17-Year-Old Model. Alexander Winocour, owner of the Salon de la Mode Moderne, 1300 block of Connecticut avenue, was convicte |vf simple assault on Greta Lorleberg, | Gre 000 marks annually in excess of the | | 17 years old, artist model, of 2000 block | of Franklin'street northeast, and sen- | tenced to serve six months in jail and to pay & fine of $250, with another six | months in case he failed to pay the fine, by Judge Robert E. Mattingly in | Police Court this morning. | . Paul J. Sedgewick, defense attorney, asked Lo be allowed to make an appeal for a new trial. This was granted and | Winocour held under a $1,500 bond to await the hearing. Miss Lorleberg testified that she had gone to Winocour's studio on May 20. seeking a job, and that Winocour had sent her mother, who accompanied her, out of the room and later assaulted her. | DEATH'S INEVITABILITY DEFIED BY FRENCHMAN | AT SCIENTISTS’ PARLEY | (Continued From First Page.) Police Chief of Durango Town Among Victims of Marauders’ Attack in Auto and Afoot. fault for this delay, he argued lies not in lack of ability by present re- b search workers, but in their impatience with the methods of old-time physiololgy. “Instead of using those nfethods,” he said, “we demand explanation of the | physic chemical phenomena of life and | we neglect the patient study of the spe- | cial organisms of the higher animals. We need special centers for experimental study of death, in which, without ex- plaining the phenomena of life, we may | prevent those of death.” |~ Dr. Hernandez said the idea of form- | ing an international organization for this study was proposed to him a year ago by the Russian, Koubliabko, and that he came to this congress for the purpose of urging its adoption. | ‘The latest development in restora- | tion of youth by gland grafting was de- scribed by 8. Voronoff of Paris, one of the world famous exponents of this ! technique. He sald evidence accumu- i lates that grated glands do not shrivel andedisappear, but that they continue to live. Nevertheless, the effects of the grafting do not last indefinitely. |~ “Thanks to 10 year's observation of a { number of grafted animals d men,” | he said, “the successive results now are defnitely established. They follow: No notable change during the first two months, then a gradual improvement in muscular strength, better appetitie, better working of organs hitherto en- feebled, and, in the case of men, greater capacity for intellectual work, lower blood pressure, better metabolism. These symptoms are yery marked during the first two or three years, but fall off gradually until, in fifth year, they MARTHA NORELIUS LEADS. Ethel Hertle Is Second in Ten-Mile ‘Wrigley Marathon. TORONTO, August 23 (#)—Martha Norelius, former world amateur cham- pion,-glided swiftly into the lead as 45 n. distance swimmers dove from the starting line at 12:15 p.m. today in the annusl 10-mile Wrigley mara- e tmding hampion. TloRes, her by, & efending champion, followed her by & 'L”"‘"‘ in the chase for the $15,000 HOUSE MAY DECAY BUSINESS PROGRAM Senate Plan to Defer Tariff Debate Will Hold Up Lower Body. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The decision of the Senate to delay consideration of the tariff bill on the floor until early in September has made it probable that the House will not resume active work October 14, as planned. ‘When the House members stepped ‘out of harness for the Summer rest they left behind them an empty legislative vehicle. All of the tasks tha béen laid out for them in the special session had been completed pending return to the tariff bill from the Senale for final consideration. Wait on Senate. “The adjournment resolution provided that the House should reassemble Sep- tember 23, but would meet only on every third day until October 14. The leaders planned that no business should be transacled until the October date, when, they hoped, the Senate would be through with ils amendment of the tarir bill. With the pustponement by the Sen- ate of debale on the b until early in September, more time probably will be needed, and the: House will find ilself still left with nothing to do. This may compel the House to idle along for some time. going through the formality of meeting every third day. 4 Speaker Longworth was granted per- mission before the House adjourned to designate some member to preside be- tween September 21 and October 14, if he should be away from the city. ‘This permission could be extended beyond the October date if the House found Atself 10 idleness. Nothing to Be Done. Unless the tariff bill should be passed by the Senate, or some emergency leg- islation should arise, there is little like- lihood that the House will be called upon to act on any important measures in_mid-Octobe The Farm Board already is operating under legislation passed before the re- cess, plans are under way for taking a census, under which a reapportion- ment of the House membership will be made, and the proposal to repeal the national origins clause of the immigr tion act, one of the matters placed be- fore the special session, apparently has been eliminated from consideration by the Senate. SNOWDEN REJECTS NEW COMPROMISE OFFERED ON DEBTS ___(Continued From First Page) | stay here and to continue their efforts into the middle of next week. During the day the four creditor powers and Germany met and discussed the situation. They heard the report of Premier Jaspar of Belgium on his talk with Philip Snowden, British chancellor of the exchequer, last night and de- cided to give somewhat added pri cision to their offer, which was said to approximate 75 per cent of the amount demanded by Great Britain. UGUST 23, 1929. ERNEST L. JAHNCKE |Official to Discuss Past,| Present and Future of American Navy. “The Past, Présent and Future of the | American Navy” will be the subject of en address to be made iomorrow night | by Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secre- | i tary of the Navy, in the National Radio | Forum, conducted by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broad- casting System. 5 Secretary Jahncke has selected a| | topic which should be especially inter- | esting and impdrtant at this. time be- | | cause of the negotiations that are under way belween this Government and Great Britain to arrive at a definite | policy. to follow in further limilation of naval armament. Secretary Jahncke has recently com- | pleted a personal inspection trip of | naval stations and bases which included | Hawaii and the Philippines, and be- | cause of this he has familiarized him- self with the American Navy. Moreover, | Mr. Jahncke has attended the series of conferences held at the department and | |at the White House relative to the adoption by this Government of & defi- | nite policy to follow in negotiations with | Great Britain, Had Long Experience. Although Mr. Jahncke has been the | mssistant “head of the Navy establish- | ment since March, he has been closely | associated with Navy methods and naval | vessels for & number of years because | of his dry dock interests.” He Is presi- | dent of the Jahncke Dry Docks of New | Orleans. one of the largest private dry | | docks in this country. He s & civil, | naval and wechanical engineer and has been active in civic work in New Or- leaus, his Lome lown. He never took any more than a casual interest in | politics until Herbert Hoover became a candidate for the Republican nomina- | tion. He then cast his lot with that | | little band of original Hoover for Presi- | dent boosters and with that same en. | ergy which has made him a successful business man, he served the cause of | | Mr. Hoover right on through the cam- | | paign. He was the recognized Hoover leader in Louisiana. | When the job of electing Mr. Hoover president. was through. Mr. Jahncke | thought he too was through, but before | he could get back in the natural ways | | of his business life he was drafted for further service. He had never held | public office and had no longing for it, | {and to sccept Mr. Hoovers invitation | to join his official family in Washington | as the second in command of the Navy, | meant a tremendous personal sacrifice on his part. But he made the sacrifice | without much hesitation and since com- | ing to Washington he has been applying {the same energy and business-like | methods he demonstrated in his private | | business. 1 Skillful Yachisman. Like Secretary of the Navy Adams, Mr. Jahncke is an ardent yachtsman and is recognized as one of the most skillful amateur skippers in the Gnl!‘ | waters. He has raced his boats in va- | rious places and has won many cov- eted trophies. . For several years he was | commodore of the Southern Yacht Club of New Orleans. | Mr. Jahncke is director of the Canal | Radio Forum Speaker NEST LEE JAHNCKE. STUDY 2300000 OCEAN MAIL AWARD Post Office Officials Still Con. sidering United States Lines’ Application. By the Associsted Press. Assistant_ Postmaster General Glover said todey that the Post Office Depart- ment sull had under cousideration the application of the United States Lines, 1uc., for mail contracts totaling approxi- mately $2.300,000 a year. As chairman ‘of the Post Office De- partment committee on ocean mail contracts. Glover said he had on his desk briefs setting forth the case of the United States Lines and that he was certain no action had been taken by the parent committee which is composed of Secretaries Lamont of the Commerce Department _and Adams of the Navy, Chairman O'Connor of the Shipping Board and Postinaster General Brown. Letter Sent by Brown. Shortly after the United States Lines mnade application for ocean mail con- tracts Postmaster General Brown wrote them stating that their stock prospectus showed the lines would have a profit of approximately $2.000,000 with which P to pay the claims of preference stocks | being’ sold on the New York Curb Market. The Postmaster General wrote it appeared that the financial condition of the United States Lines was such that a postal contract, as that requested, was unnecessary and added he would be glad to hear further from the company. In the meantime, Glover said, con- ferences were held with officials of the . W. Chapman United States Lines. Briefs Are Requested. After the conferences the paren committee asked that the compan: submit briefs giving full details of the financial condition of the United States Lines. This was done. The briefs Premier Jaspar was delegated to see | gank & Trust Co. of New Orleans, vice | Glover added, were now in the hands the British chancellor again and made a hasty trip to Mr. Snowden's hotel. He came back W second interview, whereupon the five powers adjourned to meet again later in the day. The four powers interested in the occupation of the Rhineland held a half hour session and then adjourned without having arrived at definite re- sults. Will Continue Monday. The announcement that tomorrow’s full session had been postponed was generally interpreted as indicating fur- ther efforts to arrive at & compro- mise and that there was still hope of an agreement. Consequently, the confer- ence will go on Monday with the parti- cipation of the chief delegates. It was anticipated that the Brit- ish chancellor, determined upon the righteousness of his claims, would find the second offer quite as insufficient as | the first, and would reject it, just as he did_before. ‘The new offer of Italy, Belgium, Ja- | pan and France to Great Britain, by the | would give | mate of those nations, t Britain 75 per cent of the 48.000, Young plan allotment asked by her. The offer of those four nations to Britain in he first instance was calculated by them to represent 50 per cent of the British demands, but Great Britain never was| able to credit it with being more than | 20 per cent. There were indications & similar situation would arise today. It has been Great Britain’s claim that her stand is not subject to compromise, Uiat It represents a maor premise upon which all the reparations negotiations have taken place, that is. that there was to be no alteration of the percentages for division of German reparations agreed upon at the Spa conference, and that she should collect as much from Europe as was necessary to meet pay- ments to America. The London police force on its present basis was created by Sir Robert Peel just & century ago. From that time the members of the force have been referred to as “peelers” and “bobbies.” GRAF ZEPPELIN’S Map looking down on top of the world, president of the board of administratos |of Tulane University of New Orleans, |sion of New Orleans, member of the | National Foreign Trade Council of New | | York, member of the international Olympic committee and was Louisiana | State chairman for the celebration of Navy day in 192 6. '27 and '28. Also | | he is a member of the American So- | | clety of Civil Engineers, the American | Society of Mechanical ! American Society of Naval Architects and the Louisiana Engineering Society. | ! dent Hoover are by no means confined | to an official status. They are intimate friends. first_invited by the President to join | his little unofficial cabinet known as | |the “Medicine Ball Cabinet.” He was | & guest of the last week end at Mr. | Hoover's mountain camp. | Secretary Jahncke's radio address will start tomorrow night at 9 o'clock. \ ’lule Dirl Balks Great Big Bandit By Babyish Prattle By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 23— George Moore was sitting in jail here today and blaming “baby talk” for his plight. A girl cashier.: who dared to babble at him while he was holding her up was the source of it. In pleading guilty to four counts of burglary, Moore told the court that he had entered a restaurant and ordered the cashier to “stick 'em up,” only to_be met with: “Dreat big mans wouldn't take all ittle dirl's money, would ums?” Moore said he was so astonished that four husky patrons had seized him before he could recov- er his wits. " He will be sentenced ater. 1 l | | | PROGRESS ON fi.my-h' line a le’s - ‘t:ek showing flfl:“.l {.nm from Lakehurst, of and being considered by the Post Office Department’s subcommittee which ith a report on his | president of the reparations commis- had yet to pass upon them and report to the parent committee. Glover said the letter of Postmaster General Brown, written on July 11, dldl not constitute a rejection of the United States Lines' application for a mail contract. Under the application the United States Lines would receive $2,300,000 a Engineers, | year if the boats operated by the line | were continued at their same speed. There was a possibility, the application Mr. Jahncke's relations with Presi- | said, that all the ships would be in-! creased in speed enough to secure fiist- class rating which would make the Mr. Jahncke was one of the ocean mail contracts worth $3,406,000. Davis Will Inspect Islands. MANILA, August 23 (#).—Governor General Davis announced tonight he | would sail at midnight aboard the ex-| | ecutive yacht Apo for a 10-day inspec- | tion tour of the isilands of Mindanao and Sulu BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band, Curtis D. Alway, captain Infantry, commanding; William J. Stanna: leader; Thomas F. Darcy, second lea er; at the Capitol Plaza at 7:30 o'clock March, “The Flower of Sev Overture, “Merzy Wives of Windso Nie “The Commander, Chambers .Rosas le,” Sou: lai Solo for cornet, Waltz, “Impassioned Dream"... Idyl, “Love in Idleness’ .Macbeth March, “Defile” Haney Selection, “Don Caesar de Bazan,” Massenet .Robin & Whiting B Spirit of Independence.” Holzmann “The Star Spangled Banner.” ‘The Community Center Band, James E. Miller, director. will present's con- cért at Garfield Park, Third and E streets southeast, tonight at 7:30 o'clock. N. J, to Tokio and dotted Co., owners of the | ZEPPELIN OUTRIDES | ELECTRICALSTORM {Violent Wind Is Encountered by Graf Soon After Tokio Take-off. Around the World Log Of the Graf Zeppelin By the Associated Press. (All times Eastern Standard.) Wednesday, August 7. 10:39 p.m.—Left Lakehurst, N. J., for Friedrichshafen, Saturday, August 10. 7:33 am.—Landed at Fried- richshafen, complet- ing trip of 4.200 miles in 55 hours 24 minutes. Wednesday, August 14. 10:34 p.m.—Left Friedrichshafen for Tokio. > Monday, August 19. 4:27 am.—Landed at Kasumi- gaura Airport, com- pleting trip of 6.880 miles in 101 hours 53 minutes. Friday, August 23. 1:13 a.m—Left Kasumigaura for Los Angeles. 7:00 a.m.—Graf Zeppelin re- ported her position 300 miles east of Tokio. 8:00 8. m.—Wirclessed Tokio she was aboul 400 miles east of the Japanese coast in latitude 3540 north and longtitude 147.40 east. | | | i | (Coutinued From First Page.) | hawks, bound upon preventing an acet dent such as delayed departure Thurs. day. The trolley running along a stecl !rail at the side, which jammed and caused Thursday's mishap, moved smoothly this time, thanks to an extra oiling and several dozen sailors on hand to help it along. When the rear gon- dola approached the raised door jam at the entrance of the hangar every one held their breath. but the ground crew responded promptly to the order to raise her and the ship passed out into the open without mishap, to the cheers and clappings of those on the ground. Outside there was litie delav, front rope being released and h: irto the body of the Zeppelin. Eckener ave the order and an officer threw in the motor indicators in the control room. The engines broke out into a deafening din, the ground crew gave one last upward pusk and the Zeppelin rose 1apidly, in a short time being wel away to the North at an altitude of 200 | yards. The only visibie sign of ‘hose |aboard now was waving handkerchiefs. The crowds melted away in shoit | time. the hangar door was closed and | officers disappeared in their quarters, | Within an hour no one unacquainted | with the situation would have realized | the great happenings at this usually de- serted portion of the empire during the last five days. The only apparently busy | persons afier the Graf had departed Were Japanese newspaper men rusning around making the most of the limited { telephone snd telegraph service, and | also relying on carrier pigeons to earry | the news back to Tokio quickly to feed Dresses grinding out extras The Zeppelin is gone. but it remains | the biggest news story here, every one eagerly awaiting reports. There is one | Japanese newspaper man aboard the airship, Dofu Shirai. He was apparent- : 1y nervous at the start, but expected tn gain his air legs soon. “I am about to climb a high mountain without legs,” he said before departure. Every one here was sure they would reach America as planned. It vas not a question of whether or not, but how soon. (Copyright. 1929) FIRST OVER PACIFIC OCEAN. Graf Zeppelin Expects to End Crossing by Tuesday Morning. | KASUMIGAURA, Japan, August 23 | (). —Turning its nose eastward for the first flight of an airship over the Pacific Ocean, the Graf Zeppelin. mighty Ger- | man_air liner, left here at 3:13 pm. (1:13 am. Eastern standard time) for Los Angeles. Aboard were a crew of 41. including one new member, and & passenger list {of 19, a total of 60 persons. The new member of the crew was the chis engineer, Karl Beuerle. who came here to supervise arrangements for the Zep- elin's voyage. In addition to the 16 passengers who arrived here from Friedrichshafen with rst, 3 new pas- i | { | | tickets reading to Lakehu! | sengers were aboard. Lieut. Comdr. { Ryunosuke Kusaka of the Japanese naval general staff, Dofu Shirai, Japan- ese news agency representative, and Maj. Shinichi Shibata of the general staff of the army. They replaced four | others who left the ship here after the trip from Friedrichshafen. 5470 Miles Ahead. Ahead of the Graf lay a course of some 5470 miles which Dr. Eckener expected to cover in close to 100 hours, a schedule which. if adhered to. would bring the Zeppelin to Los Angeles at 2:18 am. Pacific time Tuesday (5:13 am. Eastern standard time). g It was easily possible the Zeppelin would exceed this and arrive at Los Angeles in the cool of sundown Monday evening. The course, broadly speaking. lav northeastward from here to south of the Aleutian Islands, where the turn south- eastward toward Seattle, Wash.. would be made. From Seattle it was planned to cruise southward along the Pacific Coast to Los Angeles. Dr. Eckener made it plain, however, he would vary his itinerary according to the weather conditions he encountered. From Los Angeles Dr. FEckener planned to fly 2,500 miles to Lakehurst, N. J.. completing the round-the-world trip he began there Wednesday night. August 7, at 10:40 p.m. Arrival at Lakehurst should be. if two or three days are spent at Los Angeles for re- fueling and the like. some time toward the end of next week. Makes Quick Trip. Beginning his world flight August 7 at Lakehurst, Dr. Eckener pushed his Zeppelin across the Atlantic for its sec- ond eastward crossing in the almost air- plane time of 55 hours and 24 minutes for 4.200 miles. It landed at Friedrich- shafen Saturday, August 10, at 1:33 p.m. (7:33 am., Eastern standard time). The Graf remained at Friedrich- shafen more than four days. leavine Thursday, August 15, at 4:24 a.m., on IS long journey across Germany and Furopean and Asian Russia to Tokio, where it arrived in the unusually fast time of 101 hours and 53 minutes. The course was 6,880 miles. Much of the time the Zeppelin had only four of the five motors running. Exact time of ar- rival was 6:27 p.m. Monday, August 19 Tokio time (4:27 a.m., Eastern standard time). It was at first planned to get the shin into the air for the Pacific flight Thurs- day at dawn, but as the dirigible was being drawn from its hangar prepara- tory for take-off, its tail dipped and two struts supporting the rear gondola were crushed. Repairs were effected Thurs- day, but a high wind kept the ship in che hangar until this afternoon, | | Munson ;;l:t Damaged by Rock. NEW YORK, August 23 (P).—The pleasure vatch Ranora IJ of Frank C. Munson, head of the Munson Steamshin Line, struck a, submerged rock off As- foria near Hell Gate Channel thls morning and stove a hole in her side.