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4 DEMOCRATS SCOR RAIL UNITY PLAN 1. C. C. Forming of 19 Sys- tems Lacks Intercoastal Connections, Senators Say. (Continued From First Page.) tion as to what its attitude would be on | this probably most-discussed point of | consolidation, but opened new contro- wversies in so doing. It would leave the New York Central and the Pennsylvania largely as they now are, but would enlarge greatly the Chesapeake & Ohio system by adding 10 it the Erie and Pere Marquette and a | large group of connecting short lines. | ‘The C. & O. would, however, lose the Chesapeake & Ohio of Indiana, which it had already been given permission by the commission to lease. It would have the Hocking Valley and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. B. & O. Acquisitions. Complete ownership of the Reading and Central of New Jersey would be in- vested in the Baltimore & Ohio, and it | also would acquire a half interest in the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville and the De- troit & Toledo Short Line. The Buf-| falo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, which it now tentatively controls, it would be permitted to retain, but it would be| stripped of the Western Maryland, stock | of which it has been purchasing during the last two years. The fifth trunk-line system would b2 built around the Wabash and the Sea- board Line. With these rcads would be connected the Wheeling & Lake Erie, the Lehigh Valley, the Western Mary- land, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. of Indiana, the Pittsburgh & West Virginia and a half interest in the De- troit, Toledo & Ironton. in forming this system, it was pointea out today that the commission in many respects followed a plan suggested in 1925 by L. F. Loree, president of the Delaware & Hudscn, when he surprised the railroad world by submitting a plan for a fifth system. In addition to his 1925 plan, under ‘which six of the carriers now placed m the fifth system would have been unitea with the Delaware & Hudson as the key road, Loree also has proposed an- other plan recently, with his line as the dominating factor. Under the com- mission’s plan, however, the Delaware & Hudson is assigned to the Boston & Maine, & road which Loree sought % acquire in his second plan, and is taken out of the Eastern grouping and placea with the New land systems. Fifth Line Commended. Pleasure was expressed by Repre« sentative Koch, Republican, of Kansas, co-author of the Koch-Smith rail reso- lution, that “instead of favoring oniy four Eastern systems, they proposed a fifth trunk line system reaching from Kansas City territory to the Atlantic seaboard.” “I belleve,” he said, “the interests ot my section of the country could be served much better by having such a fifth system than to have the Eastern systems reach only to Chicago or even to_the Mississippi.” He added that there was still urgent need for additional tion to “re- move some practical di lties in the °r consolidation to meet the ‘The plan confirms connection of the Louisville & Nashville and the At- lantic Coast e, and the Southern Railway would acquire the Florida East Coast Line, now independent, and the Norfolk Southern. It would lose, how- evg. 1ts long control over the Mobile & ‘Ohio. Another link from the Far South to the Middle West would be provided by the placing of the Mobile & Ohio unde: Doniphan, Kensett & Searcy; Grand Pratrie-Branch, Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown; Gulf & Northern, Indian Valley, Lake Providence, Texarkana & Western, the Manitou & Pikes Peak, the Midland Terminal, Mississippi River & Bonne Terre, Missouri-Illinois, Missouri _Southern, Montana, Mur- freesboro-Nashville Southwestern, the Natchez, Urania & Ruston, North- east Oklahoma, Okmulgee Northern. Ouachita & Northwestern, Prescott & Northwestern, Quincy, Reader, Rio Grande & Eagle Pass, Roscoe, Snydcr & Pacific, the San Luis Central, the San Luis Valley Southern, the Silver- ton Northern, Stockton, Terminal & Eastern, Texas Short Line, Toolle Val- ley, Trinity Valley Southern, the Ulntah, L'Anguille River, Trinity Valley & Northern, the Creek, Bauxite & Northern (undivided one-half interest) land divided interests in a number of short lines. Rock Island-Frisco. The Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf; St. Louis-San Francisco; St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas; Fort Worth & Rio Grande; Kuenah, Acme & Pacific; Ala- bama, Tennessee & Northern; Louisiana & Arkansas; the Trinity & Brazos Val- ley (undivided one-half interest) ; Lou! iana Rallway & Navigation Co.; Ala- bama Central; Meridian & Bigbee River; Mississippi, Arkansas & Louisiana-Mis- souri; Atlantic Northern; Burlington, Muscatine & Northwestern; Cairo, Tru- man & Southern; Cassville & Exeter; Central Rallway Co. of Arkansas; Coombs, Cass & Eastern; De Queen & Eastern; Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern; El Dorado & Western; Fort Smith, Subiaco & Rock Island; the Kansas & Oklahoma; the Louisiana & Pine Bluff; Manila & Southwestern, Miami Mineral Belt, Northern Louisiana & Gulf, Ozark Southern, Poplar Bluff & Van River, Red River & Gulf, the Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern; Thornton & Alexandria, Wichita Falls & Southern, Warren & Saline River, Warren & Ouachita Valley, the Wichita & North- western, Oklahoma-Southwestern, Ckla- homa Union, Bauxite & Norther New York Central—Boston & Albany, Michigan Central, Cleveland, Cincinati, Chicago & St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chi- cago St. Louis, Cincinnati Northern, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Evansville, Indianapolis & Terre Haute, Virginian, Ulster & Delaware, Rutland (except the O. & L. C. division, Boyne City), Gaylord & Alpena, Bristol, Clarendon & Pittsford (undivided one-half in- terest), Grafton & Upton, Chicago At- tica & Southern, the Federal Valley, Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville, Glen- fleld & Western, the Grasse River, Lake Erle, Franklin & Clarion, Lakeside & Marblehead, the Lowville & Beaver River, the Marcellus & Otisco, the Norwe & St. Lawrence, the Skane- ateles, Dexter & Northern, Campbells Creek, Kelleys Creek & Northwestern, Kelleys Creek, the Lorain & Southern, the Fulton chain, Cambria & Indiana Il:d divided interest in other short es. Group of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania—The Long Island, West Jersey & Seashore, the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic, (undivided one-half in- terest), the New York & Long Branch (undivided one-half interest), Arcade & Attica, the Bellefonte Central, the Coudersport & Port Alleghany, the East Broadtop Railroad & Coal Co., the Hickory Valley, the Huntington & Broadtop Mountain, the Kane & Elk, the Kishka Coquillas Valley, the Ligonier Valley, the Marion, the Maryland & Delaware Coast, the Pittsburgh, Lisbon & Western, the Pittsburgh & Susque- hanna, the Sheffield & Tionesta, the Youngstown & Ohio, the Stewardstown, the Strasburg, the Susquehanna River & Western, the Tuscarora Valley, the Washington, Brandywine & Point Look- out, the Winfleld, the Dents Run, Do- nora Southern, the Alliquippa & South- ern, the Chesapeake Beach, the Penn- sylvania & Atlantic, the Scootac, the Baltimore & Eastern, the Ohio River & Western, the Western Alleghany, and a divided .interest in asnumber of other short lines. ‘Wabash-Seaboard Group. ‘Wabash-Seaboard—The Lehigh Val- ley, the Wheeling & Lake Erie, the Pittsburgh & West Virginia, the West- ern Maryland, the Akron, Canton & Youngstown; the Toledo, Peorla & ‘Western, the Ann Arbor, Chesapake & Ohio of Indiana, the New Jersey, In- diana & Illinois, the Manistique & Lake Superior, the Norfolk & Western, the Seaboard Airline, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (undivided one-half interest), the Chaffee, the East Berlin, the Em- mitsburg, the Susquehanna & New T the s 'm headed by the Chicago & th%wm. which also would acquire several other short lines in Sout) territory. Surprise Over Burlington. ent of the Burlington as head of a system of its own came a&s & sur- prise in some quarters. Now owned by the Great Northern and Northern Pa- cific, it was expected by them to be a York, the Willlamsport & North Branch, the Chesapeake Western, _the Valley River, the Big Sandy & Cumberland, the Franklin & Pittsylvania, the Marion & Rye Valley, the Virginia Southern, the Cumberland & Pennsylvania, (undivided one-third interest), the Aberdeen & Rockfish, the Bennettsville & Cheraw, the Birmingham & South- eastern, the Buffalo, Union-Carolina, the Cape Fear, the Cliffside, the Caro- lina & Northeastern, the Durham & of what was projected as the railroad in the country, extend- ing nearly 15,000 miles. While this plan was not in line with plans of the two roads in the Far Northwest section of the country, the placing of them in the same system wes seen as forecasting a favorable decision by the commission 1 of the Great Northern tion of the Burlington. nclgpmm' the Burlington head of & #ystem, the commission proposed a line running from the Canadian border to Mexico. It would include the Missouri- XKansas-Texas and a half ‘interest in the Great Western snd the Trinity & | 5! Brazos Valley. Practically all of its present sub- sidiaries were left with the Union Pa- cific, which also was assigned a num- ber of short lines. Few radical changes were made in any of the Far Western systems, the commission being content to let the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe stand practically as they are except with the addition of a num- ber of short lines. Their present cen- tral units were kept almost intact. ‘The Duluth, Missabe & Northern, the Duluth & Iron Range, a half interest in the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific and trackage rights and partial interests in several short lines were assigned to the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific in building up a system around it. Santa Fe—Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Raillway Co.; Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Co.; Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Co. of Texas; Panhandle & Sante Fe Railway Co., Chi- cago Great Western Rallroad Co., Mis- souri-North Arkansas, Midland Valley Rallroad Co., the Apache, Arizona, Ari- zona & Swansea, the Cimarron & Northwestern, the Colorado-Kansas, the Garden City Western; Gulf, Texas & Western; _Hanover, Manchester & Oueida: Minneapolis. Northfleld & #outhern; Minnesota Western, the New Mexico Midland, Osage, Port Bolivar Iron Ore, the Rio Grande Eastern, Rock Island Southern, Santa Fe Northwest- ern, Sierra Rallway Co. of California, Verde Tunnel & Smelter, Helena South- Southern, the Edgemoor & Manetta, the Pledmont & Northern, the Georgia, Southwestern & Gulf, the Greenville & Northern, the High Point, Thomasville & Denton, the Lawndale Railway, an industrial company; the Macon, Dublin & Savannah, the Maxton, Alma & Southbound, the St. Louis & Hannibal, the Moore Central, the St. Mary's, the Atlantic & Yadkin, the Townsville, the Virginia Southern, the Warrenton, the McRay Terminal, the Tampa Northern fld & divided interest in several short iy = Baltimore & Ohio. Baltimore & Ohio—The Reading, the Central of New Jersey, the Buffalo & usquehanna, the Atlantic City, the Staten Island Rapid Transit, the Per- kiomen, the Port Reading, the Chicago & Alton, the Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts- burgh; the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (undivided one-half interest); the De- troit & Toledo Shore Line (undivided one-half interest); Chicago, Indian- apolis & Louisville (undivided one-half interest); the Sharpsville, the Castle- man River, the Chestnut Ridge, the Cornwall, the Kansas & Sidell, the Maryland & Pennsylvania, the Mount Hope Mineral, the Mount Jewett, Kin- zue & Riterville, the New York & Long Branch (one-half interest), the Quakerstown & Bethlehem, the Rahway Valley, the Raritan River, the Stone Harbor, the Tuckerton, the Philadelphia & Beach Haven, the Ursina & North Fork, the Upper Merion & Plymouth, the Valley, the Washington Run, the ‘West Virginia Northern, the Wharton & Northern, the Wildwood & Delaware Bay Short Line, the Yale Short Line, the Preston, the Buffalo Creek & Gau- ley, the Rowlesburg & Southern, the Strouds Creek & Muddlety, the Win- chester & Western, the Brownstone & Middleton, the Tionesta and a divided interest in & number of short lines. C. & O.-Nickel Plate. ‘The Chesapeake & Ohio-Nickel Plate, excluding the Chesapeake & Ohio of Indiana: The Hock:g Valley, the Pere Marquette, the Erie, including the Chicago & Erle, the New York Sus- quehanna & Western and the New Jersey & New York, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Bessemer western, Bay Point & Clayton (undi- vided one-third interest). Missourl Pacific. New Orleans & Lower Coast, New Orlans, Texas & Mexico; the Beau- mont, Sour Lake & Western; Interna- tional-Great Northern, New Iberia & Northern, the Orange & Northwestern, East St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico, San Antonio Southern, San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf; San_Benito & Rio Grande Valley, Sugar Land, the Texas & Pacific, Abilene & Southern, Cisco & Northeastern; Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf; Fort Smith & Wes , the the Rio Grande Brazos Valley, Rio Grande City, the Denison & Pacific Suburban, = Pecos Valley Southern, the Weatherford Min- |eral ‘Well & Northwestern, Arkansas, Arkansas Short char Cape Girar COarbon County, the Crys Ban Juan, Derdanelle & Russellville, & Lake Erie, the Pittsburgh & Shaw- mut, the Chicago & Illinois Midland, the Jacksonville & Havana, the Chica- g0, Springfield & St. Louis, the Alton & Eastern, the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line (undivided one-half interest), the Arcadis & Betsey River, the Danville & Mount Morris, the Delaware Valley, the Detrolt & Mackinac, the Detroit, Caro & Sandusky, the East Jordan & Southern, the Manistee & Northeastern, the Mount Hope Mineral, the Mount Jewett, Kinzue & Riterville, the New York & Long Branch (one-half inter- est), the Quakerstown & Bethlehem, the Rahway Valley, the Raritan River, the Stone H: the Tuckerton, the sina & , the Upper Merion & Plymouth, the Valley, the Washing- ton Run, the West Virginia Northern, the Wharton & Northern, the Wildwood & Delaware Bay Short Line. Atlantic Const: Line. tiant Line —The Louts- chnhx%on“thg“ 'inugo J .é'\‘:mh . field, the Atlanta, Birmingham & THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHT 21 Billion Dollars Is Estimated Value Of Roads in Merger Some idea of the magnitude of the economic factors involved in the railroad consolidation plan announced yesterday by the In- terstate Commerce Commission was given last night by well in- formed rallroad men in estimates as close as they could make them of the mileage and valuations of the five_major systems proposed for the East, as follows: Estimated Mileage. +15,300. 15.000 Estimated System. N. Y. Central Pennsslvania Balt. & Ohio. 000 Chesa. & Ohio. 12,000 Wabash.........16,000 For the 19 all-American sys= tems proposed to enfbrace about 1,400 class 1 railroads, the mile- age was estimated at 250,000 and the valuation between 19 and 21 billion dollars. Coast; the Gulf, Mobile & Northern; the New Orleans Great Northern, the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (un- divided one-fourth interest); the Ala- bama & Western Florida, the Alabama, Florida & Gulf; the Alcolu, the Apa- lachicola Northern, the Artemus-Jelli- coe, the Ashland, the Atlantic & Caro- lina, the Charleston & Western Caro- lina, the Cclumbia, Newburry & Laurens; the Elberton & Eastern, the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf, the Rockingham, the Virginia & Carolina Southern, the Black Mountain, the Bonhomie & Hat- tiesburg Southern, the Carolina South- ern, the Caroltna Western, the Carrol- ton & Worthville, the Chatt: chee Valley, the East Carolina, the Flemings- burg & Northern, the Hampton & Branchville, the Kentucky, Rockcastle & Cumberland, the Laurinburg & Southern, the Mammoth Caves, the Manistee & Repton, the Marianna & Blountstown, the Milstead, the Lakeland, the Mississippi & Western, the Missis- sippi Central, the Mississippi Export, the Mountain Central, the Nashville & Atlantic, the Northwestern & South Carolina, the Norton & Northern, the Ohilo & Kentucky, the Roaring Fork, the Rockcastle River, the Savannah & Atlanta, the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgla; the Tuskegee, the Wi gton & Lincolnton, the Wilmington, Bruns- wick & Southern; the.Relt Line, the Savannah River Terminal, the Port St. Joe Dock & Terminal, Southern Railway Group, The Southern Rallway, excluc Mobile & Ohio: v s e The Norfolk Southern, the'Tennessee Central from Nashville to Harriman, the Florida East Coast, the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville’ (undiviaed one-fourth interest), the Alabama & Northwestern, the Appalachian, the Atlantic & ~ Western, the _Augusta Northern, the Bamberg, Ehrhardt & Walterboro, the Carolina & North- western, the Dover & Southbound, the Due West, the East Tennessee & West- ern North Carolina, the Elkin & Al- legheny, the Frankfort & Cincinnati, the Gainesville & Northwestern, the Gainesville Midland, the Georgia & Florida, the Graham County, the Hartwell, the Lancaster & Chester, the Linville River, the Little River, the Transflorida_ Central, the Mobile & | Gulf, the Morgan & Fentress, the Oneida & Western, the Pearl River Valley, the Pickins, the Pigeon River, the BSouth Georgia, the Sumpter & Choctaw, the Tennessee, the Tennessee North Carolina, the Tennessee, Ken- tucky & Northern, the Tuckaseegee & Southeastern, the Virginia Blue Ridge, the Ware 8Shoals, the Cincinnati, Burnside & Cumberland River, the Ferdinand, the Louisville, New Albany & Corydon. Illinois Central Group. The Illinois Central—Th 1 Ship Island, the Yazoo &e eton; ‘Wrif Tennille, the Minneapolis & 8t.- Louls, the Tennessee Central from Nashville to Hopkinsville, the St. Louis South- western, the St. Louis Southwestern of Texas, the Louisiana Rail: & Navi- gatlon Co, Atlanta & Saint Andrews Bay, the Bowdon, the Cadlz, tlie Canton & Carthage, the Collins & Greenville, the Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf, the Flint River & Northeastern, the. Geor- gia Northern, the Garyville Northern, the Georgia, Asburn, Sylvester & Ca- milla; the Mississippi & Skuna Valley, the Mississippi Southern, the Natchez, Columbia & Mobile; the New. Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez; the Sanders- ville, the Shearwood, the Smithonia & Dunlap, the Talbotton, the Koscloska & Southeastern, the Blytheville, Leach- ville & Arkansas Southern; the Der- ring Southwestern, the Fordyce : & Princeton, the Gideon & North Island, the Jefferson & Northwestern, the Louisiana & Northwest, the Paris & Mount Pleasant, the Shreveport, Hous- ton & Gulf, the Tremont & Gulf, the La Salle & Bureau County, New Haven and Others., The New Haven—The New York, On- tario & Western, the New York Con- necting Railroad (undivided one-half interest), the Lehigh & Hudson, the Lehigh & New England, the South Man- chester, the Fore River, the Moshassuc Valley, the Narragansett Pier, the Waod River Branch and the Grafton & Upton (undivided one-half im.enm. The Great Northern-Northern Pa- cific—The Farmers' Grain & Shipping Co., the Minnesota & International, the Gilmore & Pittsburgh, the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, the Oregon Trunk, the Oregon Electric, the United Rail- ways, the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific (undivided one-half interest), the Gales Creek & Wilson River, the Hartford Eastern, the Hill City, the Minneapolis & Rainy River, the Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba, the Minnesota, Da- kota & Western, the Montana Western, the Montana, Wyoming & Southern, the Puget Sound & Cascade, the Water- ville, the Columbla & Cowlitz, the Washington Western and a divided in- wx:f"hl lXéhl:lllne short lines. e icago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific—The Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary, the White Sulphur Springs & Yellowstone Park, the Duluth, Missabe & Northern, the Duluth & Iron Range, the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific (undi- vided one-half interest), the Copper Range, the Escanaba & Lake Superior, the Marinette, Tomahawk & Western, the Midland Continental, the Port Angeles-Western, the Port Townsend & Puget Sound, the Ontonagon, the Davenport, the Rock Island & North Western (undivided one-half interest) and a partial interest in several other e Ot ago, Burlington & Quincy— The Colorado & Southern, Worth Denve Cit f-heme ;\)I’t 5=&Fla A NE (ROFBTTOMPRIES ) 5021 Go AveNW, SNNS TIN ROOFS PORCHES BUILT .D, REBUILD, WE BULLD. mERUILD, REMODEL, NGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 2 Omaha & Kansas City; the Green Bay & Western, the Ahnape & Western, the Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western; the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, the Missouri- Kansas-Texas of Texas, the Trinity & Brazos Valley (undivided one-half interest), the Bartlett Western, the Beaver, Meade & Engelwood; the Bevier & Southern, the Colorado & South- eastern, the Colorado & Wyoming, the Eastland, Wichita Falls & Gulf; the Ettrick & Northern, the Galesburg & Great Eastern, the Hooppole, Yorktown & Tampico; the LaCrosse & Southeast- ern, the Lowell & Southern, the Macomb, Industry & Littleton; the Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka, the Rapid City, Black Hills & Western; the Roby & Northern, the Rock Port, Langdon & Northern; the Shelby County, the Shelby Northwestcrn, the Tabor & Northern, the Wyoming, the Hannibal Connecting Railroad, the Winona Bridge Railway and a one-half interest in the Davenport, Rock Island & North- western, and the Great Western, Chicago & Northwestern. ‘The Chicago & Northwestern—The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha; the Chicago & Eastern, the Mobile & Ohio, the Columbus & Green- ville, the Lake Superior & Ishpeming, the ‘Cazenovia Southern, the Hillsboro & Northeastern, the Mineral Point & Northern, the North & South, the Superior & Southeastern, the Sioux City Bridge Co, the Northwesicrn Coal Rallway, the Alabama Central, the Birmingham, Selma & Mobile; the De Kalb & Western, the Mississippi & Alabama, the Mississippi Eastern, the Jefferson Southwestern, the Litchfield & Madison. The Southern Pacific—The Holton Interurban, The Nevada-California-Ore- gon, the Texas & New Orleans, the Northwestern Pacific, the San Diego & Arizona, the Amator Central, the Ange- lina & Neches River, the Arkansas Har- bor Terminal, the Arcate & Mad River, the Arizona Southern, the Bucksport & Elk River, the California & Oregon Coast, the California Central, the Cali- fornia, Shasta & Eastern, the Califor- nia Western, the Camino, Placerville & Lake Tahoe, the Carlton & Coast, the Caro Northern, the Cement, Tolenas & Tidewater, the Diamond & Caldor, the East Texas & Gulf, the Fredericks- burg & Northern, the Groveton, Lufkin & Northern, the Lufkin, Hemphill & Gulf, the Louisiana Southern, the Macma, Arizona, the McCloud River, the Mascot & Western, the Minarets & Western, the Moscow, Camden & San Augustine; the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods, the Nacogdoches & South- eastern, the Nevada Copper Belt, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge, the Ore- gon, Pacific & Eastern, the Pacific Coast, the Pajaro Valley Consolidated, the Peninsular, the Port Isabel & Rio Grande Valley, the Ray & Gila Valley. The Union Pacific—The Los_Angeles & Salt Lake, the Oregon Short Line, the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navi- gation Co., the St. Joseph & Grand Island, the Kansas City Southern, the Arkansas Western, the Texarkana & Fort Smith, the Utah, the Cristie & Eastern, the Great Southern, the Inter- mountain, the Laramie, North Park & Western, the Leavenworth & Topeka, the Leesville, Slagle & Eastern, the Mansfield, the Mount Hood, the Okla- homa & Rich Mountain, the Pacific Coast, the Pacific & Idaho Northern, the Sabine & Neches Valley, the Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern, the Tonopah & Tidewater, the Death Valley, the Union of Oregon, the Sumpter Valley, the Bingham & Garfleld, and an undivided interest in several short lines. BOLD BANDITS BLOCKED. Three Men Arrested in Attempt to Rob Hotel Cash Box. LONDON, December 21 (#)—Three men, smartly dressed, who attempted to rald the cashbox of the fashionable Savoy Hotel in the Strand late last eve- ning were captured by police despite a desperate struggle. A fourth escaped. ‘The men entered the hotel when it was thronged as usual with dinner and dance guests. They asked the cashier to €| change Canadian notes into English money. The cashier shouted for help when they reached for the cash box and hotel attendants promptly sound- ed police whistles and chased the fleelng raiders. ‘The chase drew an immense crowd and stopped traffic on the Strand. The three arrested will appear in Police Court tomorrow morning on charges of attempting to steal £42, which was the sum found near where they were taked. mfsoG&. . - OF 7 HER And he is worthy of the best! 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The Presbyterian Board of Christian Education has announced from its headquarters in Philadelphia that it will send the following representatives: Dr. Willlam Chalmers Covert, gen- eral secretary, who is to lead the dis- of the Ch ,3;\' Gifts at $1 Gifts at $5 Gifts at $15 Gifts at $50 Gifts at $500 Novelty Cigarette Boxes Assorted Desk Clocks Enameled Vanity Cases Pewter Salts & Peppers Onyx Ash Trays Musical Powder Boxes Boudoir Lamps Opera Glasses Coffee Percolators Picture Frames Beverage Mixers 1929—PART O Sterling Silver Teaspoons NE. cussion of the council; Dr. Prederick E. Stockwell, general director of the Pres: byterian board's department of colleges: Rev. W. L. Young, general director of the 'board’s department of university | work, and Oliver Robison Willlamson, general director of the board's depart- ment of church relations, B M. WALL CRASH KILLS ONE. Fireman Dead and Four Hurt in Fayetteville, N. C., Blaze. FAYETTEVILLE, N. 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