Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1929, Page 1

WEAT. (U. S Weather Bureau Formeast.) ana slightly colder tonight: Cloudy minimum temperature tomorrow cloudy, followed by rain. Highest, p.m.: lowest, 40, at 8 a.m. Full report on page 9. ‘Temperatures: HER. e about 36 degrees; 70, at 3:30 today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Foeni WITH SUNPAY MORNING ED!TIONg Sta “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 109,968 Sunday’s Circulation, 117.207 Nov, BT, F e o Entered as second class matte, shington, D. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1929 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. (%) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. TWO FLYERS PASS VERDE SLANDS IN " SPAINBRAZIL HOP Uruguayan and French Com- panion Head Over Ocean in Non-stop Flight. AVIATORS RADIO ALL’S WELL 2,000 MILES OUT| Average Speed of 100 Miles an| Hour Would Bring Them to Goal Tomorrow. FERNANDO DO NORONHA, Bra- 7il. December 16 ().—The Uru- guayan transatiantic plane en route from Spamn to Montevideo was Te- ported at a point approximately 600 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands this morning. | | | ! Course of Flight | 1 | vord received placed the fiyers | south of Cape Verde Islal CONSIDER MERGER A message received here at 8 am, Eastern standard time, gave the po- stion of the plane as 8 north lati- | tude and 28 west longitude. i This would place the plane about 600 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands and approximately 1,000 miles from the Brazilian main- land. | | | By the Assoclated Press. " PARIS, December 16—Maj. ‘Tadec Jarre-Borges, Uruguayan aviator, and his French companion, Lieut. Challes. who hopped off from Seville, Spain, vesterday morning for Montevideo, Uruguay. today completed the first stage of their 6,000-mile journey and appar- ently were headed over the South A'.‘~ lantic for the ocean hop to South | America. The fiyers were sighted over Porto | Praya in the Cape Verde Islands short- 1y after T7:30 o'clock this morning, Greenwich time (2:30 am. Eastern standard time). The French air min- istry, which reported the sighting, said that all was well aboard. Average 100 Miles an Hour. 1In the 19 hours that they had been in the air, the airmen had co\'crcddap;' coximately 2,000 miles at a speed of | B an. 100 miles an hour. Should they maintain that speed, they shouid yeach Montevideo some time tomorrow n. m;fi?}.w Tarre-Borges, before leaving | Spain, announced that he planned to make a non-stop flight if conditions ere favorable. b A;:l ‘A&Suclaled Press dispatch from Fernando do Noronha said the sighting of the Uruguayan aviator south of the Cape Verde Islands gave definite _indi- cation that he was headed ovep the South Atlantic for Natal. The desolate St. Paul Rocks and the island of Fe: hando do Noronha, off the coast Brazil, are the only bits of land be- fween the Cape Verde Islands and South America. Previouslyd their Preguet, had passe Maio in the Cape Verde group, 6:30 am. FLYERS RADIO ALL IS WELL. Weather Favors Men on First Leg of Trip. SEVILLE, Spain, December 16 (/).— | The aviators, Maj. Tadeo Larre-Borges and Lieut. Challes, who left here in their French Breguet plane yesterday noon, radioed shortly after midnight, Greenwich time, they expected to strike out for the Cape Verde Islands and the open sea after passing Cape Blanco, furthermost extremity of the African coast, probably at about 1:30 a.m. today, heading for Pernambuco, Brazil. Passing over Cape Juby, Rio de Oro, | shortly before that, the fiyers radioed that their trip thus far had been with- out incident and under favorable con- ditions, They sent their greetings to the officials of Dio de Oro, which is a Spanish province. ‘Weather Favors Flyers. | fivers’ course might be given! subdivisions: First. down the sh coast to Cape Blanco, bouf second, across the Atlantic to Pernambuco, Brazil, about 2,000 miles; third and longest, down thei coast to the La Plata estuary and| Montevideo, of about 2,400 miles. The aviators were favored last night and this morning with good weather. | The skies were clear and a brilliant | moon lighted their way down the| African west coast and out to sea. i Their plane, painted white, has a| dual control, and is equipped with a 450-horsepower motor. The French flag is painted on the rudder and the Uruguayan flag on the fuselage. The fiyers took about 1,400 gallons of gasoline and carried a radio set with 1wo antennae. Both of them are skilled pilots. The flight from Seville, which to many persons of Spanish extraction is the city most truly representative of Spain, to Montevideo, capital of his homeland, long has been a dream of the Uruguayan. Five successful expeditions have pre- ceded the two across the Atlantic on the Cape Verde Islands route. Several have failed. The last to make the flight were Capt. Arturo Ferrarin and Maj. B. Del Prete, in July, 1928, when they set their new world flight dis- tance record. recently broken by Capt. Dieudonne Coste, Frenchman. Is Uruguayan's Second Attempt. The flight represents Maj. Borges' second attempt to fly to South America from Europe. On February 20, | plane, a_ French | d over the Island of at i The three Spani 1,600 miles: | 1927, he left Marina de Pisa, Italy, on | the first leg of a projected flight to Montevideo over a route similar 1o that selected for the present flight. He had three companions, including his brother Glauco, who was radio operator. They werc not reported for several days and their two-motored plane was found wrecked in MOrocco. A week later they arrived safely at pe Jubi under escort of a Moorish caravan which demanded $4,250 before permitting them to join their friends. Maj. Larre-Borges attributed his fail- | ure to a stoppage of the oil pump. He | returned to Uruguay, where subscrip- tions at once were opened for a new lane. P'Tieut. Challes in January, 1926, made an 30-hour flight from Paris to Teheran, Persia, and return, and later the same year claimed a world non-stop record by flight to Bender Abbas, Persia. The next year he flew to Saigon, French |G streets, and the Continental Trust | Larre- | [Plan to Substitute for Weaker Boy Is Overheard and| 0F 2 BANKS HERE Commercial National and| Continental Trust Have Negotiations On. Conferences with a view to the pos- sible merger of the Commercial Na- tional Bank, located at Fourteenth and Co., Fourteenth and H streets, are now being held, according to an announce- ment made today by Wade H. Cooper, president of the trust company. “About all that can be said is lhfl(! negotiations are pending and commit- | tees from the two banks are attempting | to work out the details of such a merger,” Col. Cooper added. “If the consolidation takes place at all, it should be carried out in the near fu- ture,” the bank president asserted. At the Commercial National it was stated that the matter is being given careful consideration, but the negotia- tions have not yet progressed far enough to present any definite plan to the board of directors. R. Golden Donald- son, president of the Commercial, thought it too soon to make any fur- ther comment. Officials at the Commercial stated that if the merger plan went through they would take over the Continental Trust, Co. and the consolidated bank would; be known as the Commercial National. They have ample accom- modatjons for carrying on the business of thg expanded institution in their own blilding. Combined Deposits $19,000,000. Merger of these two banks would make an _institution with combined deposits of approximately $19,000,000. On the October 4 call the Commercial reported deposits of practically $16,000,- 000, while the Continental had deposits of nearly $3,000,000. The banks have a combined capital at present of $2,000,- 000 and surplus of nearly $518,000. The Commercial National has re- sources of $20,639,601 and the Conti- nental’s resources total $4,769,647. Com- mercial National stock has sold on the Washington Exchange for several weeks around $258 per share and the Jast sale in Continental Trust Co. stock was recorded at $149 a share. It is understood that in case the merger becomes effective, Mr. Cooper | will be made president of the new bank. Mr. Donaldson, president of the Com- mercial, is known to have desired to | retire from the banking field for more | than a year. He has been agreeable to some sort of consolidation if satisfac- tory terms could be worked out and has several times been approached on the subject since the present “bank merger era” got well under way. Commercial National Officials. In addition to President Donaldson, the Commercial National officials in- clude James B. Reynolds, James H. Baden, Laurence A. Slaughter and Wal- ter J. Harrison, vice presidents; Fred- erick H. Cox, cashier; Hayden Johnson, general counsel; Ralph B. Quinter, trust officer; Robert A. Cissel, controller; Herbert V. Hunt, T. Blackwell Smith, Alexander R. Varela, M. F. Showalter and R. Jesse Chaney, assistant cashiers. Directors are James H. Baden, Rob- ert A. Cissel, Charles Conard, F. H. Cox, H. Bradley Davidson, E. C. D vison, R. Golden Donaldson, W. J. Har- rison, Hayden Johnson, Holcombe G. Johnson, James B. Reynolds, A. M. Rizik, Percy H. Russell, James Sharp, Laurence A. Slaughter, Emmons 8. Smith, jr.; George Tully Vaughan. Besides President Cooper, the Conti- nental Trust officials are Charles W. Warden, first vice president and treas- urer; James L. Karrick, vice president; Mary J. Winfree, secreiary; Nathan B Scott, assistant treasurer; M. I. Tucker, assistant secretary; Norman Fischer, trust officer; John H. Moore and F. A. Barbour, assistant trust officers; A. R. Holden, auditor, and Charles A. Douglas, general counsel. The Continental board of directors includes Wade H. Cooper, C. C. Cal- houn, David A. Baer, Norman Fischer, Victor J. Evans, Charles A. Goldsmith, Frank T. Hines, James L. Karrick, Leon Oppenheimer, Nathan B. Scott, 2d; Luke C. Strider, Conrad F* Syme, Wil~ liam Clark Taylor, D. W. Thayer and Charles W. Warden. ‘qunnmlcs of old paper, the flames had FOUR DIE AS 80 FLEE| BALTIMORE BLAZE: Injuries in Leap. FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY; 5 ALARMS ARE SOUNDED Number in Building Injured and, Six Others Are Effected by Fumes or Cut by Glass. Special Dispatch to The Star. | BALTIMORE, Md., December 16.—| Three persons were burned to death and| a fourth was fatally injured in a Iour-‘ story leap in a five-alarm fire today at | 445 Gilford avenue. More than eighty other persons, most of them women, escaped from the place. A number had been injured. Half a dozen firemen were overcome | or cut by broken glass. The fire started on the fourth floor in a storeroom of the Thomas H. O'Con- nor Waste Paper Co. Feeding on vast | raced through the building when the! firemen and ambulances arrived. | The three persons who perished in| the building were not identified. One) of them was a colored girl. Bodies Lowered to Roof. The woman who chose death by jumping rather than remain in the flames is believed to be Miss Tina Byers. | She died at the Mercy Hopital about half an hour after being taken there When the building had cooled suffi- clently to allow firemen to enter it, they ascended to the fourth ffoor and re- covered the bodies of those who had been burned. The corpses were lowered to a low roof in the rear of the building and then to the ground. Those who escaped from the fire did so before the first pieces of apparatus | reached the scene. Witnesses _said scores of women streamed out of the building into the street, all hysterical, wringing their hands and crying for | those they knew had been trapped. Many of the women rushed about " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) BANK EXAMINATION MAY BE PROLONGED Negotiations Are Under Way for Control of Southern Maryland Trust Co. Bank examiners were still at work | today checking books of the Southern Maryland Trust Co., with reports that it would be several days, possibly sev- eral weeks, before they could announce the status of the institution. Mean- while, negotiations are in progress which may lead to the taking over of the bank by other Maryland banking concerns. Banks of the Southern Maryland Trust Co. at Seat Pleasant and Upper | Marlboro were ordered closed Friday by George W. Page, Maryland bank com- | missioner, The general impression pre- | vails in Prince Georges County that the | depositors will not lose. Except for a broken glass in_an advertising case in front of the Seat | Pleasant_bank, there was no evidence | of any disorder over the week end and the community today remained calm. Authorities do not know who broke the glass. Henry Resigned December 7. Allen MacCullen, who during the last | few days has acted as secretary and general manager of the bank, said this morning that Samuel J. Henry, presi- dent of the F. H. Smith Co. and former president of the Southern Maryland | Trust Co., submitted his resignation to the trust company on December 7 and it was accepted the same day. This was a few days prior to Henry's indict- ;nem. by the District of Columbia grand ury. Hubert T. Plaster, former vice presi- dent and secretary of the Southern Maryland Trust Co., resigned Novem- ber '30. Between that date and the closing of the bank the Prince Georges County commissioners withdrew their funds. Deputy Bank Commissioner John D. Hospelhorn_was in_charge at the bank “(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Pt Reduces U. S. Debt. LONDON, December 16 (4)-—Merry Christmas, Uncle Sam, says John Bull, who has paid $93,795,000 on his war debt. | | Reported t: The: story of friendship between two midshipmen of the Naval Academy, In which the stronger of the two agreed to pass a physical test for the othcr so both could be home for the Christ- | mas holidays may end in their dis- |missal from the Academy, it was learned today. The names of the two youths are being withheld. All midshipmen desirous of holiday leave are required to pass a test which consists of running, swimming, climb- ing and jumping. The smaller of the two boys capably passed all but the test of climbing a 20-foot rope which has been the down- Indo-China. Radio Programs—Page 37. fall of many middies in past years. The stronger boy offered to use his friend’s name and take this test for him. A classmate overheard the con- MIDSHIPMAN FACES DISMISSAL FOR TAKING TEST FOR FRIEND o Officials. versation and reported both to Acad- emy officials. They were called before Superintend- ent of the Academy, Rear Admiral S. S. Robison and their cases heard. The charge against the boys is clagsed as “defying to break the rules of the w¥nited Naval Academy. A midshipman of the class of 27 was dismissed for conspiring to pass a swim- ming test for a friend several years ago. Rear Admiral Richard H. Leigh, chief of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Department, this morning set about procuring from the accused pair signed statements setting forth their versions of the incident as soon as the charges were received at the depart- | ment. | 7 President Hoover or a trial by court- marital will have to determine if the | cember 15.—The first sounding made | | for it being made by Arnold Clark, our | fireman, on a forge set up on the Bar- TAXATION WITHouT REPRESENTATION 1S JUST AS (OBJECTIONABL! TOoDAY AS IT WAS IN % 1)) I/,;I/ /i / ’ BYRD CAMP FLOATS IN'1.600-F1. WATER First Soundings at Little America Show Bottom of Bay to Be Clay. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and the New York ‘imes. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, De- | near the base camp of the Byrd expe- | dition shows that we are indeed floating. Through a hole in the ice at the head of Ver-sur-Mer Inlet, only about 150/ yarc from our front door, a sounding | of 1,600 feet was obtained. That is a| long way to the bottom. | It is hoped that a series of soundings around the bay and in crevasses south of the camp may be made so that some- thing more definite may be learned | about the possible presence of land near | here. Something must hold this Barrier or the Bay of Whales would have dis- appeared long ago. | Sounding is hard work where the old | ice remains and 18 feet of it were pene- | trated before the water was reached. Device Operated by Siple. This sounding was done by Paul Siple, the Boy Scout, and = Vietor Czegka, our machinist. A sled had been fixed up to hold a reel, the framework rier surface. When it was ready, Paul started to| ig a hole through the ice. For the first 5 feet Tom Mulroy helped him by burning oil and using gasoline torches. A long pipe was then used, and for hours he tapped away, scooping up the broken ice chips with a tin can. When the pipe had gone down as far as it would reach and the bottom of the ice was not reached, Czegka put to-| gether two pieces of angle iron, making a drill 20 feet long. Czegka worked down through the last 3 feet and when the drill went through it nearly jerked from his hand. Bed of Bay Found to Be Clay. The sounding line was then let down through the hole and after dropping 1,590 feet brought up against the bou- tom. It showed a clay floor at this part of the bay. Czegka has made a device for bring- ing up samples of the bottom whicn will be used in future sounding. It is small and its end is a scoop, shaped like one of those iron-jawed dredges used in deepening channels, buu it is actuated by powerful springs whicu snap the jaws together when the bot- tom is reached and hold them closed. Some interesting specimens may be ob- tained with it. The Byrd geological party in the Queen Maud Mountains traveled east- ward 17 miles on Friday and yesterday were held in their tents by a snow- fall of 8 inches. Cache Gives Margin of Safety. Dr. Lawrence Gold, leader of the arty, reported that the cache laid down by Comdr. Byrd on his first flight to the mountains was found on Thurs- day and that the food in it gives them a margin of safety, for which they are grateful. The strong winds near the mountains had blown things about to some extent. The belief that Carmen Land is not what has been shown on the map, anu the result oi observations and studies of photographs made on the two south- ern flights make this part of Dr. Gould’s trip very important and he hopes to be able to learn something definite about the land in that direc-! tion before starting back. i “Much cloudiness interferes with our work,” he says in a message to Comar. Byrd, “You surely made the polar flight at the right time. There have been very few good flying days in De- cember. All of the party join in warm regards to you. We call this Camp e he New York Ti (Copyright, 1929, by the New mes “'Louts Post-Dispatch. All 5‘}‘m§"?fr§"§uusfiumn reserved tnroughout the world. FAMILY SLAIN WITH AX. THREE RIVERS, Quebec, December | 16 (#)—A mother and her seven chil- dren ranging in age from 1 to 14 years | were struck down and killed with an ax early today. The woman was Mrs. An- drew Day. The husband and father was taken to a local hospital with his throat cut. Police are investigating. Straightened River Open. CHICAGO, December 16 (/). —Un- kinked at & cost of $9,000000, the straightened south branch of the Chi- cago River was open to traffic today. The freighter McFarland steamed through the new channel yesterday and men are to remain at the Naval Acad- emy. if further investigation determines that course. tolled the passing of the sweeping east- ward curve that had caused tedious navigating for many a sailor. | Justice, stepmother of the boy, EVERY WORD OF R ADIO PROGRAM RECEIVED BY COMMANDER BYRD LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Oliver Owen Kuhn, December 15, 1929. Managing Editor, The Evening Star, ‘Washington, D. C.: On behgl f of my shipmates and myself I want to thank you for yesterday’'s delightful radio program, and through you again send thanks to Mr. Noyes. The prog! ram was simply wonderful. We heard every word, and you cannot realize how much the bo from civilizat; The inhal ys enjoyed it after being away ion fpr a year and a half. bitants of Little America deeply appreciate the message from the management and staff of The Star, which you read at the close of the pi rogram, and join with me in best wishes for you all. COMDR. BYRD TAX CUT APPROVAL IS EXPECTED TODAY Bill Is First Placed on Statute Books at Present Session of Congress. By the Associated Press. President Hoover expects to sign the | $160,000,000 tax-reduction bill this aft- ernoon. The measure will be the first law placed on the statute books during the present session of Congress. Although some members of Congress may come to the White House to watch the President sign the bill, no ceremony of any kind has been arranged. Thus, with the Christmas shopping in full swing those who are to pay taxes next year can count on a considerable saving in that burden, which will help |to mest the inevitable strains on the pocketbook in the Yuletide season. Slash of 1 Per Cent. ‘The tax resolution slashes 1 per cent off the present rates applying on all individual and corporation income taxes to be paid during the forthcoming year. The individual income taxpayers with incomes this year of $4,000 or less will be taxed at the rate of per cent next year instead of 1% per cent. ‘Those with net income between $4,000 and $8,000 will pay at 2 per cent in- stead of 3 per cent and those receiving more than $8,000 will be taxed at4 per cent instead of 5 per cent. Democratic leaders joined with the administration in extending this Christ- mas gift to the taxpayers. It was pro- posed by Secretary Mellon at a time when the collapse of prices on the stock market threatened widespread business injury. Democratic leaders then gave their assurance of support | and co-operated to speed the resolution through Congress. The resolution has been declared by many to have a bene- ficlal effect. Urged Debt Payment. Western Republican independents as- sailed the resolution in the Senate as amounting to a gift to the rich and they argued that the Treasury surplus be applied, instead, to reduction of the war debt. But 11 Republicans and 3 Democrats were all who voted against it on final adoption. Injured Boy Burns to Death. PIKEVILLE, Ky, December 16 (/P). —Brice Justice, 13, confined to bed with a broken leg, died in flames that destroyed the family home at Fishtrap, near here, early yesterday mornini T e Y s wmambere of the | Benefactor Not Made Known—Stricken Girl Identifies| Herself as Minister’s Daughter. family received severe burns urying to save him. Floyd Justice, the falher; Mrs. Rhoda and Bessle Kendrick, a half-sister, were brought to a local hospital suffering from severe burns. Strange Adventure” the latest novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart A Masterpiece of realistic writing Begins on Page 36 of Today’s Star RICHARD E. BYRD, 10 PM. COUNTY CLERK SHOT T0 DEATH HUNTIG l)ames C. Blackwell of Seat Pleasant Found in ‘Duck Blind by Companions. | James C. Blackwell, 43, clerk to the | commissioners of Prince Georges Coun- | ty, Md,, slated to relinquish his officc temorrow to Brice Bowie, was mysteri- ously shot to death this morning in a | duck blind on the Potomac River near Alexandria. Two companions who had left the blind to pick up ducks shot by the trio returned to find him bleeding to death after one shot had been discharged from his gun, supposedly at ducks flying overhead. The charge of shot had en- tered his heart and he died almost in- stantly. The shooting occurred half a inile out in the Potomac off Wellington Villa, 3 miles below Alexandria, at about 8:30 o'clock. Police from Alexandria were called, and Sergt. George Everly brought the body ashore and notified Prince Georges and Fairfax County officials. Blackwell, who lives at Seat Pleasant, was married and the father of three children. He was secretary of the Seat Pleasant Building and Loan Association, and had been secretary to the county commissioners since 1936. He had gone hunting with Marshall Wood and Rudolph Inscoe, both of Alexandria, He parked his car at New Alexandria and went to the blind in a boat. The decoys were set and three shots were fired. His companions said (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) S e WOULD ELEVATE BYRD. Swanson Will Introduce Bill to Make Explorer Rear Admiral. A bill to promote Comdr. Richard E. Byrd to the rank of rear admiral in the Navy in recognition of his exploits in_flying over the North and South Poles will be introduced soon by Sena- tor Swanson, Democrat, of Virginia. Chairman’Hale of the Senate naval affairs committee, has expressed ap- proval of the measure. | of which $15,000,000 is specifically al- HOUSE INCREASES CAPITAL BUILDING PROGRAM FUNDS $125,000,000 Is Added to Total, With $25,000,000 to Be Available at Once. $15,000,000 ALL.OTTED FOR SITE PURCHASES Amount to Be Expenéed Annually in District Is Swelled to $15,000,000. Without a dissenting voice the House today pessed, under suspension of the rules, two bills increasing the public buflding program in Washington ap: proximately $125,000,000, nearly $25,- 000,000 of which is expected to be made immediately available in the regular legislative and Post Office-Treasury ) propriation bills. The authorizations today were: (1) Increasing $75,000,000 already authorized by the Federal building pro- gram_in the District to $190,000.000. The Elliott public building bill passed by the House today authorized an in- crease in appropriations of $115,000,000, located for acquisition of additional sites for public buildings. It also in. creases the amount to be expended an- nually in the District from $10,000,000 to_$15,000,000. This applies only to 0 $150,000,000 out of the total $190,000,001 authorization. (2) The House passed by acclaim the bill authorizing an appropriation of $9,740,000 for erection of the new Su- preme Court Building on the site east of the Capitol grounds and north of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) RADID COMMISSION LIFE S EXTENDED Senate and House Pass Bills Prolonging Federal Body Indefinitely. By the Assoclated Press. Both the Senate and the House to- day passed bills to extend the life of the Radio Commission indefinitely, which under existing law would become only an advisory body on December 31. ‘The House passed the White bill, brought up under suspension of rules. It provides for the extension of the life of the Federal Radio Commission until Congress enacts other laws affecting the body. The commission was created by the radio act of 1927 for one year and Congress subsequently twice extended this original authority. Face Salary Shortage. Several hundred employes of the commission are in for an unpleasant few days unless Congress passe the defl- ciency act providing for the salaries of the commission personnel. On December 31 there will be ap- for salaries of personnel, and the first pay day after the end of 1929 will find only pin money available for salaries. ‘The situation is much the same as that which existed late last month, when the commission announced that on De- cember 1 it would have about $300 after paying salaries on that date. After that announcement was made Con- troller General McCarl found a way to transfer $15,000 from another account to that of salaries, and the Christmas y roll was assured. But the same situation will exist again at the begin- ning of the new year unless Congress meets it. This time there is no avail- able fund which can be transferred to | salaries by edict of the controller general. Forced to Sell Report. A few days ago the commission pre- pared photostatic copies of a summary of the results of the working out of time and frequency radio allocations under the so-called Davis amendment to the radio act. Newspapers wanted some of the copies to illustrate the sit- uation. Ordinarily the copies would be given free to the press, but in this case the commission could not afford to dis- tribute them free of charge and the commission requested payment of 20 cents for each copy—and got it, under some protest. Not long ago the commission printed its annual report and a number of members of Congress wanted copies. The same pressing financial situation existed, and they were told they could not obtain free copies, but could get them from the Government Printing Office at 35 cents per copy. Inasmuch as Congress usually ad- Journs several days before Christmas and does not get back to work until after the holidays, commission officials are afraid they will have to pass out “ U.s” on the first pay day after ear. An unnamed Washington woman of prominence, it was learned today, has befriended the young woman who has identified herself after four days of semi-consciousness at Emergency Hos- pital as Antoinette Brewster Ruggles, the daughter of Rev. George W. Brew- ster of Selma, Calif. Although in a serious condition, the jyoung woman was thought today to have a chance of recovery and is in the care of a private nurse detailed by her benefactor, whom Capt. Willlam G. Stott of the third precinct declines to name, but says is “very well known.” Hospital attendants have been success- ful in feeding the young woman during the long period of unconsciousness. At a lucld moment yesterday the pa- PROMINENT WASHINGTON WOMAN AIDS MYSTERIOUS COMA VICTIM tient whispered to Capt. Stott a few words that confirmed fragmentary in- formation collected from California and a baggage check found among her ef- fects when she was taken to the hos- pital Wednesday night after collapsing in St. John's Church from the effects of a poison. Incoherent mutterings about the op- eration of a drug ring that first at- tracted the attention of the police were not reiterated during the few moments Capt. Stott talked with her yesterday afternoon. Later she will be given an opportunity to tell the police what sne had in mind, but today there was noc a police escort at her side. Capt. Stott proximately $300 left to the commission | TOKIO DELEGATES T0 LONDON PARLEY ARE REETED HERE Party Brings Assurances of Nation’s Desire to See Arms Reduced. | | i i | [CALL AT WHITE HOUSE TO VISIT PRESIDENT Group Will Urge Establishment by Conference of 10—10—7 Ratio for Auxiliary Ships. i BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Japan’s delegates to the London Naval ington today, bringing assurances of their government that it wishes to co- { the United States in the effort to be . made in London for a reduction rather ment. The delegation was welcomed at the the State Department, Secretary Adams | of the Navy Department and other high Secretary Stimson heads the United States delegation to the London confer- of the delegation. ! The first official visit of the delegation House to pay respects to President Hoover at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon. | While the delegation is here—the plan | now is to leave this city Thursday for Japanese will confer with Secretary Stimson and other members of the government has from the first been iriendly to the idea of a naval limita- in with the plans of this country and Great Britain for the conference, z'hlch uary 21. The expectation is that prob- lems to come before the conference will informal meetings here between the | Japanese delegates and those of the The Japanese, as announced Reijiro Wakatsuki, former prime mig}: | gation, are expected to urge strongly the London Conference. the. estnplishe of auxiliary naval ships with which the conference will deal, instead of the capital ships at the - < Washington con- ‘The uest of the Japanese will be covering cruisers, destroyers, subma- rines, etc., be in the ratio of 7 to 10, ain each represented by 10. The hea of the Japanese delegation, before th‘i would “insist” upon the higher ratio for the Japanese navy at Longdom S for a 10—10—7 ratio is likely to of the principal matters urged upg; the it is a subject which may be taki in the informal discussions lmonegn t‘lfl'e, | Japan’s two principal delegat conference are the former pgufi n‘?ix:ll: { marine. A score of advisors an: officials accompany them. In lh?z ::2:; of the House of Peers and head of the | Japanese steel works, and Admiral | military council of Japan. Reijiro Wakasuki, head of the dele- ment of the University of Tokio. He has served his country in many im- of finance, as minister for home affairs {and as prime minister, a position which of the House of Peers. Count Aisuk Kubayama is a graduate of Amherst. ‘The Japanese Ambassador, Katsuji Debuchi, and Mme. Debuchi were at American party, to welcome the dele- gates. Mme. Takerabe, dressed in color to the scene. She was presented to Mrs. Stimson and the American of- In the American official party wel- coming the delegation from Japan and Secretary Adams, William A. Castle, jr, who has just been desig- Secretary of State Nelson T. Johnson, Limitation Conference came to Wash- operate fully with President Hoover and than a mere limitation of naval arma- | Union Station by Secretary Stimson of ranking officials of the Government. ence and Secretary Adams is a member in Washington will be to the White May Leave Thursday. | New York—it is expected that the American delegation. The Japanese tion conference and was quick to join has been called to meet in London Jan- be considered in a preliminary way at United States. | ister of Japan and head of the dele- | ment of a 10—10—7 ratio in the matter 5—5—3 ratio which was established for that their auxiliary naval strength, | with the United States and Great Brit- visitors left Chicago, said that Japan In view of the fact that this request conference in London, it is belleved that | delegates while they are in Washington, ter and Admiral Takarabe, minister of are Count Aisuke Kubaya a, a member Baron Abo, representing the supreme gation, is a graduate of the law depart- portant official positions, as minister be gave up in 1927. He is a member Ambassador Greets Party. the Union Station, witk the official Japanese costume, added a touch of ficials by Mme. Debuchi. were, in addition to Secretary Stimson nated Anfbassador to Japan; Assistant (Continued on Pag2 1 . Column 2) TEAR GAS FOILS BANK ROBBERY ATTEMPT Yeggmen Leave Acetylene Tank Behind After Burning Through Vault Door. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Descember 16.—Tear gas frustrated an attempt to rob the Bank of King George, located at King George Court Hoix-, some time last night. Forcing an entrance through the front door, the burglars used an acetylene torch to burn through the steel vault door. In doing this they came in contact with electric wires re- leasing a heavy charge of tear gas in- side the vault which quickly came through the hole in the door and made the building untenable. Forced to make a hasty exit, the burglars left behind the tank of acety- lene gas, a large sheet of canvas and two cans of water. The revolver kept by the cashier under the front counter was the only thing removed from the bank. Nothing was known of the attempted robbery until F. D. Davies, cashier, went said the woman would not be held. In the few moments she was con- scious the woman identified herself by answering a few questions asked by the police officer. Earlier in the day Capt. Stott received telegrams from Mrs. Mable A. Brewster at Oakland, Calif., and Rev. George W. Brewstei, at Selma, confirming the information. to the bank this morning He found the building still heavily charged with the tear gas. A family lives within 20 feet of the building, but heard no noises in the bank during the night. The bank has-a capital of $12,500 and has been in business for about eight years. H. W. B. Williams of Colonial Beach is the president.