Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Occasional rain, with mild temperature tonight and tomorrow, followed by colder o at 3 mm—l-n.ha! dag: lowest. 54, at 7 Late N. Y. Markets, No. 31,242, Eatered as esco 1 report on page post office, Washington. ht. Tempera- p.m. yester- today. Pages 14 and 15 nd class matte D, C ch WASHINGTON, D. ¢ Foen ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Star. “From Press The Star’s every cif car Within the Hour” rier system covers block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,841 C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1929 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. Lt L () Means Associated Pres TWO CENTS. G0OD IS STRICKEN - WITH APPENDICITIS CONDITION SERIOUS War Secretary Undergoes Operation for Gangrenous Perforated Condition. ON OPERATING TABLE MORE THAN AN HOUR White House in Constant Commu- nication to Apprise Hoover of Situation. Secretary of War Good underwent a dificult operation for gangrenous per- forating appendicitis at Walter Reed Hospital this morning and his condition ‘was described as extremely serious. The surgeons found the appendix in an exceptionally dangerous condition and it was situated very low making the operation unusually difficult. The operation lasted something over an hour, while the ordinary appendicitis operation rarely takes more than 15 or 20 _minutes. Surgeons on the Walter Reed Hospi- tal staff performed the operation, which ‘was determined upon after the War Secretary was stricken suddenly at his | home last night. On Table More Than Hour. After being on the operating table for more than an hour tie Secretary was taken to a room, where tghysu:mu caid they did not minimize the danger of his condition. but said Mr. Good was in as good condition as could be expected under the circumstances. The information regarding his condi- tion was made public at the White House, where secretaries of President Hoover kept in constant communication with Walter Reed so that the President could be apprised of any turn in the situation. Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, the Pres- ident’s personal physician, who was in the room during the opeération, made a personal report to the President soon afterward. He stated that the gangren- ous condition which had developed re- sulted in local peritonitis. The President was given to under- stand that although Secretary Good was bearing up as well as could be ex- pected following the operation and the existence of peritonitis, because of the latter's advancing years his condition ‘was deemed serious. Secretary Good was stricken shortly efter dinner last night at his home, 4700 Davidson Drive, Dr. Boone, was the physicians summoned and it to send the cer to Walter Reed. itely diagnosed as acute appendicitis and an Emergency operation was declared to be necessary. ents for the oper- ation were immediately ordered and President Hoover was notified of the condition of his cabinet member. in-good‘heait, Compiathed. Sovgouy alth, comp oul yest while at "his office in the War Department of not feeling well. Because of this he closed his desk ear- lier than usual and left word with his office staff that he was going home. ‘With President at Arlington. Mr. Good accompanied President Hoover to the Arlington National Ceme- tery on Armistice day, and from all outward _appearances was in good health. He is 62 years old and, accord- ing to representations made by physi- cians who examined him, he is physic- ally able to permit an operation. Mrs. , accompanied him to the hospital. He went to Walter Reed Hospital about a month ago to be examined and treated for neuritis, and was pro- nounced at that time to be in splendid condition. Secretary Good, lnni e flfim in Re- publican national politics, had charge of the Western campaign for President Hoover in the last election, with head- quarters at Chicago. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Iowa | in 1909, and served untfl 1921, when he resigned to take up the practice of law. MEMPHIS DRY AGENTS | MAKE LARGE SEIZURE | — i Confiscate 1,300 Gallons of Liquor, | Five Automobiles and Arrest | Six Men, By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn, November 13.— Federal prohibition agents, who had two of the boats they used in operations against mm-runne;} bombed in the harbor here early Monday, seized and destroyed approximately 1,300 gallons | of liquor late last night, confiscated five automobiles and placed six men under arrest. “If it’s war the moonshiners want, | 1t’§ war they'll get,” said Finis E. Wil- son, district enforcement administrator. The raids were made near midnight at a bridge over Wolf River. Four of the cars were seized as they crossed the bridge and the fifth captured after a mile chase through nearby swamps. The men gave their names as Frank Bellomini, Frank Mareno, George H. Taylor, John Baldridge, Bennie Apiolo and James Walters. Monday’s bombing was the second time Government vessels had been dynamited here in slightly more than a year. No arrests have been made. SENATE CONSIDERS SHORT-TIME RECESS Weary Tariff Debaters Likely to Adjourn for Week Before En- tering Regular Session. An adjournment of the tariff-wea:y Senate for a week of rest before start- ing down the long road of the regular sessiom today seemed virtually assured. Such a course had the approval ot Chairman Smoot of the finance com- mittee, who speaks for the adminis- tration Repubiican group, and of Sen- ator Simmons of North Carolina, a mocratic spokesman on tariff ques- tions. ‘The only indeterminate factor was the attitude of the group of independ- | | Goes Under Knife l SECRETARY GOOD. EPISCOPAL BISHOPS VOTE ON SUCCESSOR T0 RN . MURRAY {Results Unlikely to Be Known | Until Late Today, With 15 as Candidates. Assembled in solemn conclave behind the closed doors of Bethlehem Chapel at Washington Cathedral, the House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States was bal- loting today to elect a new presiding bishop to fill the two years of the un- expired term of the late Bishop John Gardner Murray, who died suddenly be- fore the altar of St. James' Church, Atlantic City, on October 3. Shortly before noon the first ballot was taken, it being understood that votes were cast for 15 rival candidates. With this many candidates, it is doubt- ful if the final result will be reached before late today. The office of presiding bishop being the highest gift within the church the eyes of the Anglican Church through- out the world, of which the American church operates ‘as an independent Next Election in 1931, While today's election is to fill unexpired two years of the late Bis] Murray's term, another election for full six-year team of will be hel the hop the d_at the e convention of the church in Denver, Colo,, in 1931. For election of a new head, 68 votes are necessary, and balloting will con- tinue until one has obtained that ma- Jority. Before proceeding with the elec- tion of presiding bishop, there was bal- loting for the selection of a missionary bishop of Honolulu, another office made vacant a year ago by the death of its incumbent, Bishop John T. La Mothe. The result of this election was not made known at the time. Leonard Convenes Session. Right Rev. William Leonard of Ohio, the senior bishop, convened the solemn session_and immediately gave way to Right Rev. Charles Palmerston Ander- son, bishop of Chicago, who presided by reason of his election as vice chairman of the House of Bishops at New Orleans. Since the death of Bishop Murray the Chlc;,‘;n pr&(l,:':hhllhbeel:l acting presid- s} e church. . m"rhe neg/ presiding bishop will be the second head of the American church (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) BLAST IS LAID TO LEAK. Probers Find Half-Inch Hole in Gas Main. ELYRIA, Ohio, November 13 (A)— | County officials investigating the cause of the Timms ing . explosion Saturday, which led five mey and one woman, today uncovered tne gas main leading into the plant and ex- posed a half-inch hole in the pipe. The hole, which officials said was the re- sult of corrosion, was found in that part of the pipe directly below the room where the blast occurred. Cor- oner Perry indicated the leak was re- sponsible. MAIL TRAIN WRECKS. |Seven Cars of Section of Dixle Flyer Leave Rails. DANVILLE, Ill. November 13 (#).— Seven cars of the mail and express sec- tion of the Dixie Flyer, southbound train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinols Railroad, left the rails and turned over near Gessie, Ind., 15 miles southeast of here, at 12:55 a.m. today. The locomo- tive remained on the track. There were no passengers aboard and &n express messenger was the only person hurt, suffering slight injuries. The southbound track was blocked. but northbound traffic continued un- interrupted. The train was in charge of Conductor D. A. Gray and Engineer A. R. Gray. REVIEW OF EVENTS BEHIND MPHERSON TRAGEDY IS GIVEN New Grand Jury Hears Wit- nesses Who Led Coroner’s Group to Suicide Verdict. PHYSICIAN TAKES STAND; TELLS OF GAS POISON Wife to End Life Are Re- lated in Probe. The background of events which helped lead a coroner’s jury and the Detective Bureau to believe that Mrs. Virginia McPherson committed suicide, but which did not swerve a previous grand jury from deciding she was murdered by her husband, was being pleced together today by the new grand jury, investigating the Park Lane strangling mystery. ‘Various parts of the picture were sup- plied this morning by several witnesses questioned by the grand jury and further information was to be forth- coming during the day from others. Dr. 1. Rutkowski, Emergency Hospital physician, who treated Mrs. McPherson at one time for gas poisoning said to have been self-administered, was one of the first persons to enter the grand jury room today. Once Revived Nurse. Dr. Rutkowski revived the nurse at Emergency Hospital after she had been brought there from the High View Apartments, where the McPhersons lived before taking the Park Lane apart- ment, which was to be the scene of one of Washington's strangest death cases. Mrs. Eileen Saville, manager of the High View, was among more than a dozen witnesses awalting their turn to testify today. Mrs. Sayille told ihe other grand jury_ of occasions when (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ATTENPT T0 ROB NAVY BASE FAILS Gang of Eight Seizes Brook- lyn Guards, but Is Balked in Effort to Open Safe. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 13.—Eight men, carrying pistols, drove up in an automobile to the United States Navy supply building in Brookiyn at 1 am. today, overpowered the officer of the nearly five hours in an unsuccessful at- tempt to force the safe, said to contain $86,000. Failing in their object, the men fled in their car. A preliminary check said nothing of value was taken from the building, which is located in Third ave- nue and Twenty-ninth street. The hold-up men, police said, had evidently made a careful plan of at- tack and had an_intimate knowledge of the building. Lieut. Clinton Thro, the officer of the day, was covered by pistols and had no chance to resist be- fore he was seized. His five guards were overpowered, one by one, and all six were tied up with bed sheets. They were then thrown into the “brig,” the Navy jail. The men then went directly to the eighth floor, where the big safe is lo- cated, and worked on the safe until the approach of daylight, when they gave up the attempt and escaped. o BLACKMAIL CONSPIRACY IS LAID TO POLICEMAN Veteran of Chicago Force Faces Charges After Being Trapped by State's Attorney. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 13.—A strange blackmail conspiracy involving Police Sergt. William Begley of Chicago, who has been in the department 20 years, and several others in Paris, Ill, and Keokuk, Towa, apparently had been un- covered today following the arrest of the sergeant and several alleged accom- plices. Authorities charged = the de- fendants used a fake money machine in their operations. Begley and J. E. Dewey, alleged atd were arrested last night in a trap ranged for them by State's attorney’ investigators on complaint of Jean B. Hassewer, a cabinet maker, who charged he had been mulcted of $2,200. ‘Three hundred dollars in marked money was found on the police officer’s person after his arrest. By the Associated Press. VALENCIA, Spain, November 13.— Whatever the verdict in the recent trial | of Jose Sanchez Guerra, former Spanish premier, on charges of sedition, the government disagrees with it and he will have to be tried over again in Madrid. The civil governor today authorized the following announcement: ent Western Republicans, and there were indications that the proposal found favor with them as well. The adjournment would likely be November 22 or 23, 'nnn “The captain general disagrees with the verdict in the Sanchez Guerra |y, court-martial. The result of this pro- mdlumumwlsimmm- » EX-PREMIER FACES NEW TRIAL, REGARDLESS OF FIRST VERDICT Spanish Government Disagrees With Outcome of Court- Martial, Whatever It Is. preme court-martial of the /ministry of war and marine.” It was reported in well informed litical circles that the court-martial ad decided to absolve Senor Guerra and other civil defendants and give light sentences to the military officials involved. It was presumed the entire list of de- fendants was included in the remand- ment to the Madrid supreme court. Guerra was arrested at Valencia Jan- uary 30 after he had returned to from exile in France, allegedly to garrison there in a move- inst the government of Gen. Rivera, present dictator. e ment Earlier Alleged Attempts of Young | day and his guards and worked for| ' SRS 2N O e (i List of “Common and Pre- ferred” Legislators. By the Associated Press. Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Associ- ation, today declined to give the Senate lobby committee his list of “common and preferred Senators” which he spoke of in previous testimony in explaining his opinion that Senators from States from which only small amounts of Ped- eral revenue were derived should say but little on tariff legislation. It was Grundy's remark about Sena- tors he thought should keep quiet that prompted his recall by the committee, 'f‘ls said today he thought it would be ‘unbécoming and improper” for him to svul the lLt or erif elected public et Submitted a state- ment o the. commitice liting certain States as “backward,” in his opinfon. He, however, did not give the “pre- ferred” list. Realizes His Mistake. “Upon refiection, I realized 1 had made & mistake in promising to give the list,” he explained today. Chairman Caraway asked why he had included Virginia in his statement yes- terday, which was omitted from "the States’ previously listed as “backward.” “1 guess I overlooked it,” Grundy id. After Grundy was dismissed Caraway walked over to his chair, shook hands with him and asserted: “After all, I kind of like him.” ‘They chatted for a few minutes and then Grundy left the committee room. Thomas A. Hill of Pine Bluff, Ark., treasurer of the National Council of State Legislators, followed Grundy on the stand. A former speaker of the Ar- kansas House of Representatives, Hill, in response to questioning about a meet- ing of his organization in Washington in 1927, said J. A. Arnold, manager of the Southern Tariff Association, ad- vanced the necessary funds and that the idea for the meeting originated with Arnold. Hill testified he received $212 and was the only Arkansas delegate, Satterwhite Is Drawn In, He was appointed treasurer by Lee Satterwhite of Texas, president of the organization, he said. John Henry Kirby of Houston, Tex., now president of the organization, had told him all contribu- tions would be sent to Washington and deposited to the treasurer’s account, Hill told the committee, ‘The witness said his books would not show to whom money was paid, but would give only the total. “Do you mean there is no way tc check up on money you paid out?” Caraway asked. sure they would give the information,” Hill answered. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, questioned the witness about a meeunf‘ on December 10, 1925, and asked C. D. Waggoner of Telluride, | Colo., was present. “Is he the man who went up to Wall Btreet and got a half million dollars?" Caraway asked. Hill smiled in reply. A record of the 1925 meeting then was read, which quoted Waggoner as saying Colorado bankers unanimously ;fl‘e against the Federal inheritance ™3 CHINESE BANDITS FREE KIDNAPED U. S. FURRIER New Yorker Disappears While in Company of Beautiful Rus- sian Blonde. i By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, China, November 13.— Aaron Brenner, New York furrier who was kidnaped a week ago and held for ransom by bandits, was released this morning. ‘There was no mention in the Tientsin dispatch of whether the ransom of $500,000 (Mexican) demanded for Bren- ner’s release was paid. Brenner, a member of Brenner Bros. of New York, was abducted last Thurs- day after he had been seen in company with a beautiful Russian blonde. He sent frequent letters to his brother, Joseph Brenner, at Tientsin, begging payment of the ransom asked before he was killed by his captor: lieved to be Russians from Harbin. . Chicago Claims 5,048,000. CHICAGO, November 13 (#).—Cook County will start the year 1930 with a gopuhflun of 3,950,000, the Chicago lanning Association has estimated. Of this number, 3,820,000 will live in the city of . The estimated of the Ch! area—includ- the city's industrial hinterland in 15 nearby counties of three States—was fixed at 5,048,000, { l GRUNDY WITHHOLDS SENATORS' NAMES Declines to Give Probers His| “I could write to the people and I am | who were be- | Premier Backs Plan To Put Peace Treaty In Canadian Schools By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Colum- bia, November 13.—A plan to hang a copy of the Briand-Kel- logg_pact in every schoolroom in the Dominion has received the in- dorselent of Premier Mackenzie King. ‘The premier, as minister of external affairs, said he would undertake to provide copies for any province wishing them. Un- der the law the matter rests with the provincial authorities. ENGLAND DELAYS NAVAL BASE WORK Singapore Project to Be Cur- tailed as Much as Possible By the Assoclated Press, LONDON, November 13.—A. V. Alex- ander, first lord of the admiralty, an- nounced in the House of Commons: to- day that work on the naval base at Singapore will be closed down as much as possible pending the result of the five-power naval conference. Answering questions on the status of the Singapore base, Mr. Alexander re- counted the fact that the previous Labor government in 1924 had decided 4 not to proceed with the proposed base, |but that the late Conservative govern- ment's action in “going on with the work at heavy expense and with con- tributions from the Malay state, New | Zealand and Hongkong had altered the situation very materially. “The House is aware that a naval conference has now been arranged, the decisions of which may affect the ques- tion of the use of this base,” he said, “and in all the circumstances the gov- ernment has decided that the work al- ready contracted for at Singapore shall be slowed down as much as possible; that all the work that can be sus- pended shall be suspended and that no new work shall be embarked upon pending the result of the five-power conference.” 'WINTER IN ROCKIES ' ROUSES GRAVE FEAR |One Death Reported—Sugar Beet Harvest Is Menaced by Extreme Cold. | By the Associated Press. DENVER, November 13. — Extreme cold and heavy snows in the last few days in the Rocky Mountain region caused one death, aroused fears for safety of several persons and gave rise to apprehension for the sugar beet har- vest. ‘The lowest temperature reported was in Gallatin Canyon near Bozeman, Mont., where the thermometer register- ed 20 degrees below zero. A five-inch snow fall accompanied the cold. Tem- peratures generally in Colorado, Wy- oming and Montana were only slightly above zero. Alfred Salazar, 17 years old, was the only victim of the storm so far as known. He and two companions set out to gather wood in the Sangre de Cristo Range, southwest of Pueblo, Colo. A sudden snowstorm caused their team of horses to break away, leaving the youths to walk their way to shelter. Salazar died in the arms of one of his companions. Sugar conpany officials said there would not be serious loss as nearly the | entire crop had been harvested. The crop, however, is likely to be short of expectations, it was added. CONFIDENCE VOTE WINS. Premier Tardieu Upheld by French Deputies, PARIS, November 13 (#).—The Cham. | ber of Deputies today again voted con- Adence in the new government of Premier Tardleu. The vote was 317 to 257, a majority of 60, and came on the first division during consideration of the national budget. A Socialist Deputy moved the first chapter of the budget be sent back to ission. The ter | the nnmeedm = prem| o) and made the matter & . Yoo condénce: s Radio Progr;m:—-l’nge 27 i STOCKPRLESWILT I FRESH SELLING Enermous Liquidation Re- sumes at Opening—Rally Fails to Hold. 3 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 13.—The stock market closed practically at the bottom today after another storm of distress liquidation had carried scores of leading issues down $1 to $20 a share, No meeting of the New York banking group had been called for today, al- though its participants were keeping in close touch with each other and the market by telephone. The Newmont Mining Co., which has large holdings of Kennecott cemt. denied today that it had been liquidat- ing its Kennecott stock. 4 in transactions. Total sales were approxi- mately 7,500,000 shares. American Can 86, down 10; Ameri- can Smelting 627, down 3! American ‘Telephone & Anaconda Baltimore & ©Ohio 105, down 5%; Barnsdall “A” 22, down %, Bethlehem Steel 79, down 2% Briggs Manufacturing 8'z, down 2% Canadian_ Pacific 190, down %, down 7%; Colum- bia Electric 5315, down Columbia Graphophone 173, down Commercial lvents 22, no change; Commonweaith & Southern 10%, down 1%; Brie 42%, down 2%, General ctric 173, down 11%; General Foods 39%, down 3Y,; Gen- eral Motors 36ls, down 27%; Hudson Motors 38, down 5'; Johns-Manville 95, up 1l3; Kennecott Copper 50l2, down 5% ; Lorillard 15, down 3%; Mis- souri, Kansas & Texas 28, down 24, National Cash Register 63, up 2; Na- tional Dairy Food Products 42, down 3; New York Central 160, down 3; Pan- American 563, down 1ls: Paramount Famous Lasky 4112, down4; Radio 28%, down 1';; Radio Keith ration 145, down 1; Sears-Roebuck 813%, down 67. Sinclair Consolidated Oil 22, down 3; Standard Brands 21, down 4: Standard Oil of New Jersey 503, down 3%; Studebaker 39, down 3; Texas Corpora- tion 5012, down 1; Texas Gulf Sulphur 427, down £l4. Union Carbide 60%, down 5%,: Union Pacific 200, down 3; United Aircraft 3114, down 6; United Corporation 19%s, down 3%: United Gas & Improvement 2315, down 1. U‘nlufl States Steel 1511, down 2; Vanadium 40, down 7' Warner Bros. Pictures 303, down 4';; Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing 105, down §; ‘Woolworth down 53, Closing Curb Prices. Closing prices and net changes of leading curb stocks were: Associated Gas & Electric, 37, off 1; (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Honolulu Slayer Doomed to Die. HONOLULU, November 13 (#).— Myles Yutaka Fukunaga, 19, slayer of Gil Jamieson, 10, son of a prominent Honolulu banker, must hang Tuesday, Gov. Lawrence M. Judd decreed in sign- ing the death warrant for the Japanese. Fukunaga won several reprieves by ap- Is which were finally carried to the | nited States Supreme Court, which recently refused to review the case. Capital Traction and Washington The commission handed down held that the companies, on the make out a case. entered permitting the companies, whereby the case might finally be The gist of the commission’s | which came in with an affirmativ faced with the burden of provinj this relief, and secondly that the to setting up any fare change. The hearings on the car fare intermittently through October. ‘While denying the companies’ and that o] possible. TREASURY CHIEFS fuse to Discuss Long White House Conference. President Hoover conferred at some length early today with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Ogden Mills, Un- dersecretary of the Treasury, and Roy ‘Young, governor of the Federal Reserve Board. For more than 40 minutes Mr. Hoover was closeted with these officials, and because of the secrecy thrown about the visit at the White House and the refusal on the part of those who sat in on the conference to discuss it aft- erward, considerable speculation has arisen as to the possible meaning of the conference. Principal among the subjects of spec- ulation was the stock market situation, but the White House and the officials who were with the President have de- clined to either affirm or deny that the subjeet was up for discussion. Upon their return to the Treasury Department, none of the three officials would discuss the matter of the White House conference. Although a number of newspaper men gathered in a group in hopes of getting some expressiol from Secretary Mellon . himself, the Treasury chief remained behind closed doors and would issue no statement concerning the matter. Young and Mills also were non-committal. IDENTIFY SUSPECT. URBANA, Il., November 13 (#).— Officials of two more banks tods identified William S. Ragan, Indianap- olis and Chicago business man, as « robber. Ragan, who was brought here from Chicago after confessing an attempt to rob the State Bank of Pisher, Ill, was pointed out as the man who, working alone, took $3,333 from the First Na- tional Bank of Grant Park, Ill, last May 23. Thaw to Appeal Verdict. PITTSBURGH, November 13 (#).— Harry K. Thaw today announced he would appeal from the verdict award- ing Marcia Estardus, New York night club hostess, $25,000 in her suit charg- ing him with beating her. Thaw u, the plaintiff won the case because he ;-n.dX not appeared as a witness at the rial. REMOVAL OF DINOSAUR TRACKS IS BARRED BY ARI Deputy Sheriffs Are Sent to Scientists’ Camp While State Executive Protes By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, November 13.— Under gubernatorial orders to prevent the removal of dinosaur tracks from the State, deputy sheriffs from Flag- staff today were en route to the camp of a scientific expedition near Tuba City, 76 miles away, to enforce the emr bargo. "The_scientific_party. headed by Gil- | Barn; bert Gable of Philadelphia and Holly- wood, was said to have arrived at 'l‘u';l in, e City, near Dinosaur 3 Navajo Indian MrvltmllmL % v. Phillips lasi phed Gn!‘htulofil to Secretary of the for excaval ‘The ?m'.""“"unnmnm of the Gable. Wilbur ZONA GOVERNOR ts to Wilbur. lands, and under the jurisdiction of the | & Federal Government. _Pending a reply from the Secretary Gov. Phill - structed the sheriff of Coconino nty to take steps to prevent removal of the prehistoric footprints from the State. Included in the party reported to have reached Tuba City, are Dr. J. iden Mason, director and curator of the American section of the Museum of ' the University of Pennsylvania; Dr. the m‘"@ o patosetaiogs, mewds | ent of mtology, includ- L4 animals, of the Museum | of Natural History of New York: Lewls | Bryant of Sterns, Ky.: R. Stearns TALK WITH HOOVER =225 52 imm Mills-and Young Re- FARE RAISE IS DENIED TRACTION CONCERNSBY UTILITIES EQMMISSION 'Holds Companies Failed to Make Out Case in Evidence Presented. WAY LEFT OPEN WHEREBY NEW ARGUMENTS MAY BE OFFERED Body Believegs Merger Would Reduce Operating Costs and Increase Income of Firms. The Public Utilities Commission today denied the request of the Railway & Electric companies for an increase in street car fare to 10 cents. a lengthy opinion in which it was evidence before it, had failed to The petition was not dismissed finally, however, an order being . if they cared to, to enter further evidence as to value of ‘he properties on which the commission could take further action or to suggest any means to the commission decided. opinion was that fhe companies e petition for financial relief, were g first that they were entitled to relief sought could be obtained by increasing fares and in no other way. The commission held that the companies had failed to make out both points, emphasizing, in par- ticular, that the companies had not been able, with the figures at | hand, to establish a fair value which would be a necessary prelude Way Left Open for New Arguments. case began July 29 and continued Any further hearings which may be held will result from the companies’ side, as the commission has left the way open for them to bring forth any'new matter of suf- ficient weight to cause the commission to change its mind. increase, the commission paid them the compliment of holding that both concerns were well managed rating costs under present conditions were as low as e commission held, however, that there were other ways of reducing operating costs or increasing income, namely, by a merger. > Companies Make No Comment. No comment was forthcoming from either of the itioning companies as to the o] m‘odly.n“l'hfl board of 1 Traction the board call & earlier to give the mat- . He: sald that & would probably be reached tomorrow. ‘The commission summarized its find- ing of facts under seven heads, as follows: (1) There is no valuation, as of to- day, on the properties of the two street railway companies, and. therefore, no rate bases upon which to determine either the return now earmed or that which would be earned if the increased fare is granted. Differences in Accounting. (2) Wide differences in lecounlins methods used by the two les an certain errors in the. accoun! disclosed by the evidence render it im- possible to ascertain with the necessary degree of certainty the actual operading expenses or the net railway operating income of the companies. (3) The evidence at to the rate of return which would be produced by the proposed increlsed fares is conjectural. (4) The commission has the flgfi and it is its duty to insist that the companies effect all reasonably possible aperating economies before authorizing them to swell their gross revenues by exacting higher fares from the street N | car riders. (5) The commission has the power to compel the companies to make joint use of each other’s tracks and facilities. This might result in lesser cost of oper- ation and in & measure bring about the relief sought by means of higher fares. Without the whole-hearted co-operation of the companies, the full possibilities of such a forced unification of tions could not be realized, and, therefore, this procedure might result in little or :fi'm no improvement in existing con- itions. Merger Would Aid Service. (8) A corporate merger, now autho- rized by law, would substitute unified | for dual control of street railway opera- tions in this city, would better the street | ear service, and w ubtedly bring about economies, which, with the present rate of fare, would probably put the new merged company in better con- dition financially than that of the two separate companies if they are granted the increased fare and if their expecta- tions of its monetary results are fully realized. (7) Under such circumstances the commission is not justified in compel- ling the street car riders of this city fo ?l! nearly $1,000,000 more per year for he benefit of the two competing street railway companies, In holding that no adequate showing the companies as of the valuation of of the date of the petition for relief had been made, the commission said: Entitled to Reasonable Return. “A public utility is entitled to a rea- sonable return upon the fair value of its property used and useful in the public service. However, the &n of whether or not fares are con- fiscato! som¢ (Continued on Page - FRENCH PLANE RESCUED. Italian Liner Reports Picking Up Passengers and Crew. SPEZIA, Italy, November 13 The Italian liner Arborea [ of Ludington, Mich.; his 3 mmmmnuw no report will be received from deputy sheriffs for oy