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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain today followed by clearing and colder in afternoon, tomorrow partly cloudy. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 60, at 2 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 35, at 4 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 13. *From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION b’ Suntwy Star No. 1,290—No. 31,267. Entered as second class matter vost office, Washington, D. C. PRESIDENT MOVES -~ QUICKLY T0 QUIET OUTBREAK IN HAITI Dispatches 500 Marines and | Calls on Congress for Special Mission. | i i i i RESOLUTION REFERRED TO HOUSE COMMITTEE Borah Asks Thorough Airing of, Question on Senate Floor in Advance. | Confronted by open revolt of Haitian atives against their American-super- sed government, President Hoover sterday dispatched reinforcements of 00 Marines to the island and called n Congress by special message for uthority and a $50,000 appropriation o send a special commission to Haiti 'without delay” for reconsideration of $he American policy there. The President’s message went to Pongress as word reached Washington ghat a small Marine patrol, repelling mob of 1500 natives at Aux Cayes, d killed 5 natives and wounded 20 pthers in self-defense. A resolution to fmect the President’s request, was in- groduced in the House within a few Yours by Representative Stephen G. Porter, chairman of the House com- fnittee on foreign affairs. The Senate was not in session. Early Action Indicated. It appeared likely that while the ldmmlsplxl)':uan was dealing with the immediate emergency in Haiti, Con- gress would comply with its plan for & comprehensive investigation on the ground to see what could be done sbout the American occupation which has continued since 1915. The Porter resolution was referred 0 the House committee on forelgn af- fairs and sppeared assured of early ge in hte Lower House, although presentative John N. Garner, Dem'o~ cratic leader, protested that there was 1no need of a commission to report so long as the Marines were there. Senator William E. Borah, chairman of the Senate foreign relations com- mittee, while not averse to a “liberal investigation, which went beyond the testimony of Marines and American occupation officials, . declared for a thorough airing of the question on the Senate floor in advance. He charged the Marines with surpomng a native government_guilty of “intolerable op- " which _could scarcely be be- | ved to exist in these days. U. S. S. Wright Leaves With Troops. Soon after the House recelved the President’s message, the flagship Wright of the aircraft squadron of the scout- passed out of the Virginia Capes, bound for Haiti with 500 Ma- yines to assist the 700 Marines already thege and a native constabulary of 2,000 in restorng order and protecting the Jives of 300 American civilians in the nt emergency. Their departure was announced of- ficially by the Navy Department soon after 2 o'tlock. At the urgent request of Brig. Gen. John H. Russell of the Marines, American high commissioner ‘at Haiti, the cruiser Galveston has also ‘been ordered to Haiti. It will proceed swiftly to Jacmel, where mobs equip- ped with automatic pistols from Guate- | Tnala have cut telephone lines and ihreatened American and native of- fclals. volt is considered the most| in the island since President | & iiiaume Sam was drawn and quar-| tered in the streets of the capital bz an infuriated mob in 1915. It was that incident which resulted in American occupation and led to a treaty be- tween the United States and Haiti which provided for an American-offi- cered constabulary, regulations of mat- ters pertaining to arms and ammuni- tion and the appointment of an Amer- | jcan sanitary engineer to reccmmend methods for cleaning up the cities of the republic. Embarrassing Position. L. Stimson, Secretary of State, | ;nflz?,’l"emmwmg position of order- ing Marines to a soverign stale and signatory of the Kellogg pact after a| world-wide appeal to Russia and China to respect that anti-war treaty, de-‘ clared the situation “distressing.” “Ci said that a bad situation existed and romised to keep the public frankly | Eflarm(‘d of the developments so far | 2s compatible with the military re- quirements. While pressing for prompt solution of the general situation inherited by the present administration, the Amer- | ican Government is chiefly concerned now with restoring order in the island. The use of arms in any such case in- | variably results in anti-American fecl- ing in Latin America and elsewhere. Marines Only for Emergency. The administration’s _purpose, ac- cording to Becretary Stimson, s to have the Marines primarily to back up the native constabulary. The Amer- jcan officials on the island have been directed to hold the Marines in reserve Tor use only in emergencies with which the native forces are incapable of coping. r State department information was that the Marines who repelled Friday's GEN. JOHN H. RUSSELL. VOTE FOR DISTRICT URGED BY CAPPER BEFORE CITIZENS Kansan Tells Association of Oidest Inhabitants of Capital Problems. With national representation for the District of Columbia ringing as a key- note to a gathering of distinguished | civic leaders last night at the annual banquet of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants at the Raleigh Hotel, Sena- tor Arthur Capper, chairman of the Senate District committee, laid down a comprehensive development program for Washington which he predicted would make “Washington in every sense the model and inspiration for the other cities of the United States.” Senator Capper hoped for passage this session of the Jones resolution pro- viding national representaticn for this city. He was backed in this by an ar- ray of civic leaders from ouistanding trade and ciiizens organizations, most ot whom saw votes for the District in the near future. The District Commis- sioners envisioned a new and greater ‘Washington in the building. ‘Theodore W. Noyes, president of the association, as toastmaster, called up- on local organizations for unity of ef- fort in promoting the city, in obtain- ing national representation, and pre- dicted Greater Washington of which we will be made a reality, not only the city beautiful (in the development of which fine national leadership with lo- cal co-operation is bringing about glor- jous results) but the Americanized city, the City Healthful, the City Intel- lectual, and the City Good, the City of Its People as well as the material, Won- der-City of the Nation.” Capper Asks Enforcement. Senator Capper struck forceful blows for law_enforcement and strongly sup- ported higher pay for both the police and fire depariments. He went in- tensively into a great number of prob- lems facing the District. In short, he favored regulation of dangerous 'weapons; early consumma- tion of the school building program; elimination of “death traps” at grade crossings; elimination of commerc:e* fraud; better control of the real estate and insurance business of the city; a new solution of the lrunspomtlonl question, with “some unified merged way out”: co-ordinated control of traf- fie: building program; a new center market; municipal airport; expansion of library facilities, and abatement of the smoke nuisance. Proctor L. Dougherty, chairman of the Board of District Commissioners, pointed to the greatest budget in the history of this city, now before Con- gress for 1931, as evidence that “‘we can report progress in the District of Columbia.” The increase of $4,183,000 of the budget over the appropriations for the present fiscal year, Commissioner Dough- erty explained, “was largely made pos- | sible by the interest shown by the chair- man of the subcommittee on appro- priations of the House in obtaining money for the Municipal Center and some additional items.” ‘Will Accomplish Much. “If the present Congress allows ap- propriations substantially as presented for the fiscal year 1931,” said the Com- missioner, “Washington will obtain in the near future the accomplishment of several things of great importance.” Commissioner Sydney F. Taliaferro predicted Washington would “endure as long as civilized nations inherit this earth.” - Commissioner William B. Ladue de- clared the municipal authorities were working hard to give a “good, clean, honest business government” for this | city to protect the public health, safety |and public welfare in line with the | great traditions of America. E. J. Murphy, president of the Board of Trade. strongly supported national repesentation, and said that his or- | ganization wanted the municipal air- port in this city, not in any neigh- boring States. Urges Representation. Charles W. Darr, president of the mob attack on Cayes did not resort to Chamber of Commerce, praised _Presi- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) HIGH-SPEED TICKERS TO BE PUT IN NEW YORK OFFICES TOMORROW Downtown Brokerage Houses to Be First to Get Machines| radio to Record Peak Share Days. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 7.—The clos- ing gong of the New York Stock Exchange at 3 pm. Monday will start the Western Union Telegraph Co.’s $4,500,000 program of installing 10,000 high speed tickers throughout the country. The company announced today that the brokerage houses in downtown New York would get the first tickers. They will be installed Monday night and will be in operation before trading opens Tuesday morning. Six million, eight million and ten mil- licn share days on the exchange forced the adoption of tickers that would .not | o Foree thousand tickers will be in- stalled 1n New York. The company es- timates that four months will be re- quired to complete this part of the tesk. The installation of 7,000 tickers in the rest of the country will take another six months. Western Union of- | fictals belteve it will not be possible to operate the new system at high speed ! before October. 1930, when all instru- | ments n the United States ought to be in place and hooked up. Automatic repeater stations will be | established in Richmond, Atlanta Cleveland, St. Louis, Dallas, Minneap- olis, Denver, Los Angeles and Port- that with such unity, “the dream | 209 lY.W WASHINGTON, REVOLT SPREADING IN CHINA AS LOYAL SOLDIERS MUTINY Nationalist Government Hard Hit as Chiang Kai-Shek Becomes Attack Center. REPORT SAYS PRESIDENT HAS RESIGNED HIS POST Four Large Cities Placed Under Martial Law as Troops Are Depleted. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, December 7.—China’s Nationalist govgrnment staggered to- night as the armed revolt against its authority became widespread. Y President Chiang Kai-Shek, the gen- eralissimo who three years ago led the Cantonese northward in a great march that subjugated all elements into a uni- fied government, was the special object of attack. An unverified dispatch from Paris asserted that he had resigned and been replaced provisionally by Tang ‘Yen-Kai, head of the government's exe- cutive council, and that Yen Hsi-Shan, so-called model governor of Shansi province, has become gereralissimo. Later reports, however, declared all sources agreed that Chiang Kai-Shek was still continuing to direct affairs at Nanking, Shanghai, Nanking, Canton and Han- kow were placed under martial law by the harassed government as they were depleted of troops to engage the rebel- lious forces threatening them. Foreigners in Danger. The British cruiser Suffolk was or- dered from Shanghai to Nanking, where, it was said, it would take aboard British women and children because of a_criti- cal situation in the capital city due to the asserted mutiny of three govern- ment regiments there. ‘The railroads leading westerly from Shanghai to Nanking and southerly from Shanghai to Hankchow were cut by rebel troops as the demoralization progressed. Reports, hampered by sev- ered wires and government censorship, filtered in, giving accounts of increas- ingly large defections of government troops as the magnitude of the rebellion ew. Against the Pukow mutineers, who had moved northward from that city to form a mobilization base of other rebels, the government was said to be lanning to send 70,000 soldiers. To do {l\lfl. other areas had been drawn upon in these weakened areas revoll Gen. Tang Seng-Chi, leader of the government forces against the Kuo- minchun (people’s army) troops re- cently active in Honan an® Hupeh Provinces, was ordered dismissed and arrested for circulating a telegram criti- cizing the government policies and ex- pressing sympathy with rebels. The order of arrest was said to have turned 10,000 more soldiers against the gov- ernment in Honan Province. Nationalist troops were defeated at Changchow, 100 miles from Shanghai, when they attempted to disarm the 4th Division, whose loyalty was doubted. ~ The 4th Division turned rebel, killed many Nationalists and tore up the railroad tracks between Shanghai and Nanking. About Canton opposing government ; and rebel forces rested upon their arms, the Nationalists awaiting the threatened assault against the city. The lines were a few miles north and west of Canton. From Nankinz the Nationalist gov- ernment formally approved the pre- liminary agreement between Manchuria and Russia for settlement of the Chi- nese Eastern Railway dispute, which resulted in recent punitive raids by Soviet troops upon Manchurian soil. See Peace Closer. Dispatches from Moscow said the government newspaper Izvestia today sald it regarded the telegrapic ac- ceptance by Gov. Chang Hsueh- Liang of the Nikolsk-Ussuriisky pro- col as a new step by the Mukden government toward peaceful termina- tion of the conflict over the Chinese Eastern Rallway. Although many obstructions yet re- mained to be overcome, it said that a basis for regulation of the dispute had been found by the plenipotentiaries of the Soviet "and Mukden govern- ments “despite interference by certain powers.” TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—32 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 20, 21, PART TWO—18 PAGES. Editorial_Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of New Books—Page 4. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 9. At Community Centers—Page 10. District National Guard—Page 12, Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 18. C. A. Activities—Page 15. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Society. PART FOUR—14 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Music. In the Motor World—Pages 5 and 6, Aviation Activities—Page 7. News of the Clubs—Page 8. Serial Story, “Rhoda"—Page 8. Veterans of Great War—Page 9. District 90! Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 9. Fraternities—Page 10. News—Pages 11, 12 and 13, PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Sports and Financial. Organized Reserves—Page 8, Spanish War Veterans—Page g, PART SIX—8 PAGES, Classified Advertising. | Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 7. Army and Navy News—Page 7. D. A. R. Activitles—Page 8, PART SEVEN—24 PAGES, Magazine Section. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22, GRAPHIC SECTION—I12 PAGES, World Events in_Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES, | Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jefr; Reg'lar land. These are the same points from which operators now are retransmit- | ting quotations from surrounding areas. ¢ Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Little Orphan + Annie; Betty, Somebody’s Stenog; High Lights of History, 4 D), 10, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1929—140 PAGES. CITIZENS DEFEND CAPITAL POLICE Critics Are Taken.to Task in Report Adopted by Federation. The Police Department was given a clean bill of health and its critics taken to task by the Federation of Citizens' Associations last night when, after pro- longed and heated debate, a report was adopted stating that the department ‘“‘compares favorably with the depart- ments of other cities.” The report said that much of the criticism leveled against the department was “hysterical and unsupported.” In adopting the report the federation, by a vote of 43 to 21, overrode a proposi- tion to appoint a special committee to “inquire into the alleged inefficiency” of the department. Text of Resolution. The ball was started rolling by the committee on law and legislation, vymicn brought in a report the text of which follows: “That much of the criticism of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia is hysterical and unsupported. That the said de- partment compares favorably with the departments of other large cities, and that the rank and file of the depart- ment conscientiously are performing ov.!.x:ihl; di;negkln lcgorgnmi-e with their of office and the fa - Vided e 4 cilities pro: e much of the unfair and un- informed criticism is individual opinion, and is not representative of the sound and deliberate judgment of Congress :nd other bodies from which it eman- 8. “That the president of the federa- ton appoint ‘a special committee of five members who shall be instructed to promptly and thoroughly inquire into the causes of the alleged inef- clency and seek and recommend means of improving the administration of the department.” Wm, McK. Clayton Hits at Report, The report, made by Thomas Lodge of American University Park, the com- mittee chairman, instantly drew the fire of Willlam McK. CI Brightwood. Ayeniier “This committee of five,” he said, “will open a Pandora’s box of we know not what evils, and we all know that these boxes, once opened, are hard to shut. This is an extremely contro- versial matter, and the federation and its member bodles have so fur hanused themselves with considerable poise, and have refrained from taking sides. But this investigation will lead to endless debate, and heaven only knows where it will end.” Joseph L. Gammel of Lincoln Park, chairman of the police and fire protec- tion committee, took exception to the report on the ground that the investi- gation, if any, should be made by his () Means Associated P 3 ¥ IN WASHINGTON FIVE CENTS AND SUBURBS TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE {SHucks' THEY ONT NEED Sullivan Favors High Tariff on All Commodities By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 7.—Pat Sullivan of Caspar, Wyo., ap- pointed to the United States Sen- ate for the place made vacant by the death of Senator Francis E. Warren, passed through Chicago on his way to Washington today and declared himself in favor of “a high protective tariff on every- thing.” The new Senator was greeted by his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Cullinan of Chicago. Asked which Senate group he was likely to join in policy, he replied: “I've to be seated yet. I had best not say anything about such matters.” 41 SHIPS MENAGED BY BRITISH STORM Many Lose Lives as Boats Go Down and Property Is Destroyed. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 7.—Forty-one ships and innumerable fishing boats and barges were in distress tonight off the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland after a seasonal hurricane that cen- tered off the British Isles and extended as far as Spain and Scandinavia. The flerce gale, which lashed Britain for more than 24 hours, caused a loss of life that will run into scores when ”}1 the deaths have been tabulated. It Was one of the severest storms in many years. Many Lose Lives. The British steamer Radyr foundered in Bideford Bay, Devonshire, with the loss of all 21 hands. The steamer Frances Duncan went down off Lands End with a loss of 16 lives. The crew of the Italian steamer Casmona aban- doned ship after losing their rudder and were rescued by the steamers Edin- burgh Castle and Arlanza. Ships of all nationalities were among those in distress, British, Nor- weglan, Dutch, Hungarian, Spanish, French and Italian. Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay or the outer chan- nel, the treasure ship Leonardo da Vinel from Italy was thought to be making her way through the-storm to England where her cargo of pictures, valued at $70,000,000, will be exhibit- ed. ‘The Leonardo da Vinci has been sending wireless reports on her prog- ress every day, but has not been heard from since she reported that she had (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) POLITICIANS STIRRED BY VARE'S PROMISE TO FIGHT TO FINISH Possibility of Staging Comeback in Penn~ sylvania Primaries Next Year Causes Much Speculation. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. “Bill” Vare's announcement in Phila- delphia that he is not through with the Senate yet stirred the politicians here last night. The question on every lip was whether the veteran Philadelphia Republican boss would be able to stage a comeback in his own State and win the senatorial nomination in the primary, May 20, next year, His statement, “I am a candidate to the finish,” was interprefed as meaning he would enter the Pennsylvania pri- mary and seek vindication at the hands of the voters, after having been denied a seat in the Senate by that body itself. Scarcely less interest was shown in the reports that Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manu- facturers’ Association, was the prob- able appointee of Gov. John S. Fisher to fill temporarily the vacancy in the Senate caused by the denial of Vare's right to be seated. There is admittedly an element in the Serate which would be more hostile to Grundy's becoming a Senator than it was to seating Vare. One prominent Republican Senator ad- mitted he had sat up until 2 o'clock yesterday morning trying to figure out some way in which the appointment of Grundy could be ly attacked and & Grundy kept out of the Senate should ke be appointed and accept the ap- pointment. ‘The governor has it within his power, of course, to appoint Vare to fill th vacancy if he so desires. Whether Mr. Vare had any thought that the appoint- ment would go to him was not indicated in the statement which he issued. Gov. Fisher, however, was on the other side in the primary fight in 1926, aligning himself ‘with the csntdldng ;: xorlxlnfir Senator George Wharton Pepper, while Vare joined Torces with Biedleman, his candidate for governor. In the 1926 primary fight Mr. Grundy was. backing the candidacy of Gov. Fisher vigorously. He was not so much interested, it is said, in the senatorial election, He helped to raise a large sum of money which was used in the cam- paign, however. The Senate investi- gation of the primary showed that there had been expended mpre than a million dollars for the Pepper-Fisher ticket, while for the Vare-Biedleman ticket there was expended something more more than $785,000. The contention of ~Senators who would like to keep Mr. Grundy out of the Senate, if he should be appointed, is that he was part of the machine which put over the nomination of Gov. Fisher and acted for Pepper, although it failed to nominate Pepper. This or- ganization expended more money, it ap- pears from the record, than was ex- pended by Vare and his friends. Since Vare has been denied a seat in the Sen- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) TRACTION MERGER URGED AT CAPITOL BY UTILITY BOARD Congress Is Asked to Act on Joint Resolution Seeking SENATE TAX CUT 0. K. INWEEK SEEN Coalition Leaders Will Not Object to Sidetracking Tariff Bill. By the Assoclated Press. Adoption by the Senate early this week of the $160,000,000 tax reduction resolution was forecast by party leaders yesterday after the Senate finance ctl)mmuue unanimously approved the plan Although all sides expressed a desire not to delay unduly the tariff bill, Re- publican leaders believed that the tax proposal would not take much of the Senate’s time. Leaders of the coalition of Democrats and Republican independ- ents indicated they would not object to_ sidetracking the tariff temporarily with such an understanding. While some talk was heard of an amendment being offered to make the reduction on corporation taxes applica- ble to 1930 instead of year’s in- comes both Republicans and Democrats predicted adoption of the resolution in substantially the same form as ap- proved by the House last Thursday. ‘Watson Favors Action. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican leader, announced he was in favor of Senate action on the tax cut as early as possible. Chairman Smoot of the finance committee, who will be in charge of the proposal on the floor, said he would call it up as soon as an opportunity offered during the tariff debate. Speedy action on the tax proposal was advocated by both Senators Borah of Idaho, a leader of the Republican independents, and Simmons, North Carolina, ranking Democrat on the fi- nance committee. Two Democrats, Connally of Texas and Thomas of Oklahoma, refrained from voting on the resolution in com- mittee and reserved the right to offcr changes on the floor. Connally said he wanted to hold some conferences be- fore determining whether he would pro- pose a modification. Senator Nye, Republican independent, North Dakota, said he had been in- formed that an amendment would be offered to make the projected 1 per- cent reduction in corporation incomes applicable to next year's incomes on the theory that corporations already had collected from consumers taxes due on 1929 incomes. Mills Explains Bill. Undersecretary Mills of the Treasury appeared before the committee yester- day and explained the proposed reduc- tion would benefit principally the “lit- tle fellows,” or those with incomes of $10,000 or less. These taxpayers, of which there are 2,095,000 this year, paying an estimated total tax of $45,- 000,000, would receive a total reduction of $25,000,000. or 56.36 per cent. The 11,000 taxpayers with incomes of $100,000 and over, he added, would re- celve the smallest aggregate cut, namely $5.850,000. or 1 per cent. This class will have paid an estimated total tax this year of $585,000.000. The 252,000 persons paying $95,- 000,000 taxes this year on incomes from $10,000 to $25,000, would be granted a slash of $15,200,000, or 16 per cent. A reduction of ' $9,700,000, or 6.26 per cent, would accrue to. the 60,100 persons_with incomes from $25,000 to (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) TWO ARMY PILOTS Unification. LOWER FARE PROPOSED FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN New Agreement Lacks Valuation | Stipulation Advocated in Plan That Failed. Impatient over the delay of Wash- ington's two street rallway companies | in renewing negotiations for a merger, the Public Utilittles Commission took | the initiative yesterday and sent to Con- gress a joint resolution embodying ‘a new unification agreement. The action of the commission did not come as a complete surprise, though it was unexpected at this time, since all of the preliminary arrangements and the actual framing of the new merger plan had been clothed with utmost secrecy. It was significantly timed, however, to precede the announced move of the car companies to appeal to the courts for an increase in fare which the commission last month flatly re- fused to grant. The companies, it is understood, intend to file the appeal tomorrow in the District Supreme Court. Similar to Original Plan. ‘The new agreement is strikingly sim- ilar in detail to the original plan the commission drew up and ‘submitted to the companies in August, only to have it rejected, although it does not defi- nitely set forth the capital structure, the stock, bonds and liabilitles of the stock. It does, however, stipulate that the capital structure shall be in strict accord with existing laws and that the total liability of the new company shall not exceed the total liabilities of the two existing companies. An agreed valuation, which proved tc be the principal target of criticism in the original merger agreement approved by the former commission, which died for lack of congressional ratification, is absent in the new plan. The commis. slon covered this essential element by writing into the new agreement that the merged company should enjoy the pres- ent valuation or rate bases now pos- sessed by the two companies pending a valuation of the properties of the con- solidated company. Reduced Fare for Students, The new plan has three cardinal fea. tures from the standpoint of the public It provides reduced fares for schoo’ children, the rate to be determined by the commission; continuance of the existing rate of fare for a period of two years unless changed by the commission in the meantime, and free transfers at any connecting point on the car lines Transfers between street cars and busses however, would be issued, under the agreement, “under reasonable terms and conditions” subject to approval of the commission. Other major provisions in the new agreement authorize the merged com- pany to acquire all of the outstanding stock of the Washington Rapid Transi Co., which would be consolidated with the raillway company when and if the | commission so requires, and directs the new company to take over all existing contracts of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. for the sale of power tc other railway companies. An opinion that prevailed in utility quarters that the commission would was _dispelled by another provision which sets forth that the agreement shall not become effective until ratified by a vote of more than a majority of the stock of the two companies. The agreement, however, must be submitted to the stockholders within six months after its approval by Congress. Denies Valuation Appeal. Still another significant feature of the new agreement denies the merged company the privilege of appealing to the courts from a valuation fixed by the commission, and permits only a review 1by the courts of rates, regulations, or- ders and decisions, through a_stipula- tion that in any such proceeding, the findings of the commission “as to the facts upon which such order or de- cision is based shall be conclusive, if such findings are supported by testi- mony and if such order or decision is not confiscatory.” Coples of the proposed joint resolu- tion, with its unification agreement, were sent to Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee and Repre- sentative_ Longworth, Speaker of the House. In the letter of transmittal, Brig. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the commission, pointed out that the commission is of the “decided” opinion that the agreement is fair to the public and the two companies, and that the “best interests of all concerned will be promoted by its prompt approval by KILLED IN CRASH| ™ sest o the vetier Plane Hits High-Power Line and Bursts Into Flames om Striking Ground. By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI, Ariz, December 7.—Lieuts. R. H. Gilley and J. Q. Adams, Army aviators from March Field, Riverside, Calif, were killed today when their plane crashed and burned near the x{ll[l'xisph-’ntlcn mine, four miles north of lam; The Army pilots had circled over the mine as a farewell gesture to ofcials there, who had been their hosts since Thursday, when they came here to participate in the dedication of the Midland City Airport. Witnesses said the motor apparently stalled as a land- Ing was attempted in a canyon. The plane hit a high-power line and crashed to the ground and burst into flames. The men, with Lieut. W. B. Plaususs, had been detalled to this district by the Government to take part in the dedi- cation ceremonies. Plaususs was flying nearby in another plane at the time of the accident. “I am inclosing herewith a suggested joint resolution embodying a form of street railway merger agreement, with the earnest recommendation that it be acted upon favorably by both the Sen- ate and the House of Representatives. (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) merged company nor the division of | make its new merger plan compulsory | O SCHOOL PROGRAM HIT BY SIMMONS - AS SELF-RUINOUS Chairman Takes Issue With Dr. Carusi in Speech Blam- ing Defects of the Law. POINTS OUT SERIES OF “SERIOUS” DELAYS Congress Meeting Needs as They Arise, House Told, With Data on Budget. The five-year school building program has fafled because of its own inherent defects and weaknesses; in short, be- cause it attempted to prophesy in 1925 what the growth and school needs of the Capital would be in 1930-31. But despite the shortcomings of the program and of its -execution, school construction now under way, together with that already appropriated for or provided for in the 1931 budget esti- mates, will eliminate 53 of the 72 port- able schools now in use and 160 of the present 186 part-time classes. This, very briefly, is the picture of the Washington public school situation as Representative Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska, chairman of the subcommit- tee on the District budget of the House appropriations committee, saw it in a speech delivered in the House yesterday under general debate on the Interior e Department appropriation bill. Mr. Simmons’ address was largely in reply to assertions made recently by Dr. Charles F. Oarusi, president of the Board of Education, in his letter of re- sponse to Senator Capper’s request for an “authoritative statement showing the exact status” of the five-year school building program. In that letter Dr. Carusi contended that “the primary rea- son” for the failure of the program was a “failure to appropriate $4,000,000 a year for that purpose.” Simmons’ Views Different. In his speech yesterday afternoon, Mr. Simmons not only differed with the school board president as to the primary reason for the program’s failure, but he aiso took excepticn to five specific state- ments, or groups of statements, which Dr. Carusi made in his letter to Senator Capper. The Congressman spoke in ref- utation- of these contentions for ap- proximately two-thirds of the time he was on his feet. The specific asser- tions to which Mr. Simmons directed his_attention, with an extensive array of facts and figures, were: 1. That the Board of Education is “not aware of any serious administrative de- ay 2. The conclusion that the program would have been completed if sufficlent moneys had been appropriated; 3. That “it is_obvious that no fault attaches to the Board of Education for failure to originate proper estimates”; that the school board “has annually at- tempted to secure $4,000,000 for build- ings and grounds,” and that the board had asked for $26,429,230 for this pur- pose, only to receive $14,268,250. 4. That the “large surplus to the credit of the District indicates that a more liberal policy toward the Fublh: schools could have been adopted,” and 5. That “by the bookkeeping device of eliminating certain so-called special funds, a systematic effort was made on the part of those (District) officials to have it appear that the schools were already receiving ‘more than one-third of the District of Columbia budget.” 1931 Budget Items. After reviewing these contentions categorically and discussing progress which has been made in the bringing of Washington's schools up to date, in- cluding the school officials’ own elimi- nation of certain items in the program, Mr. Simmons declared: “If the items carrled in the 1931 budiet are appropriated for, that part 1 the five-year pro which should be carried out at tl time will have been substantially completed. Neither the Commissioners, the Bureau of the Budge, nor Congress should be criti- cised for refusing to appropriate moneys for that part of the program which the school officlals themselves have cast aside. In addition to this, Congress will have provided a number of proj- ects not called for nor contemplated by the five-year building program act. The Budget Bureau and the House commit- tee on appropriations have initiated building projects and included them in the appropriations bills in cases where the Board of Education has refused to act. It has been found necessary many times to change and ignore the five- year program when making appropria- tions in order that the school needs of Washington may be met. “The flve-year program has fatled because of its own inherent defects and Wweaknesses. It attempted to prophesy in 1925 what the growth and needs of the city of Washington in its schools would be in 1930-31. The set-up of 1925 does not meet conditions as they exist now. In spite of the defects of (Continued on Page 10, Column 2,) RUBIO TO VISIT HOOVER. Accepts Invitation to Call President at White House. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., December 7 (®)—Pasqual Ortiz Rubio, president- elect of Mexico, has signified his in- tentlon to_accept the invitation of President Hoover to visit the White House while on his visit to the United States, it was disclosed here this after- noon. From Infirmii By the Assoclated Press. BRUNSWICK, Me, December 7.— Togo is dead. The big, shaggy Siberian husky, that four years ago raced across | the Alaskan wastes at the head of a| dog team with serum for the diptherfa- | stricken inhabitants of Nome, went painlessly across the big divide Thurs- | day night. Lieut. Gilley's home was at Houston, Tex., and he was 25 years old. Lieut. Adams’' home was at Inglewood, Calif. He was 24 years old. They were flying a standard Army open cockpit, nm{e-mwred biplane. ] Grown too old and too slow for the trail, Togo two years ago was given to Mrs. E. P. Ricker, jr, of Poland ing, Me., by Leonard Segp:oh:ro his | sl Spri master, who had given credi 80 for leading him safely across miles of DOG HERO OF DASH TO SAVE NOME ISSLAIN SO MUSEUM MAY GET BODY Togo Is Killed at 16 by Owner to Prevent His Suffering ties of Age. frozen snow to Nome on thelr memora- ble dash. Z Mrs. Ricker, wishing to have Togo's splendid body preserved while he was still alert of ear and poise and before h2 had become subject to the pains of aged dogdome, decided to have him painlessly put to death and his body given to the Peabody Museum at New Haven, Conn., for mounting. e ‘Thursday Ralph Morrill, taxidermist of the Peabody Museum, .called at Poland Spring, got Togo and brought him here, where assisted by a veteri- narfan, he put the 16-year-old dog to eep. ‘Today his body was taken to New Haven,