Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forccast.) Generally fair today and tomorrow, except th ers this afternoon; not quite so warm this after- noon and tonight, Temperatures—Highest, 102, at 6:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 74, at 6 a.m. yes- terday. Full report on page 5. “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. undiny Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION he WASHINGTON, D. C, ISUNDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1930—106 PAGES. Entered as secon post office, Was! No. 1,322—No. 31,491. IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS ANTTREATY FIGHT WANES AS SENATE PREPARES T0 ACT Ratification by Tuesday Pre- dicted by Its Proponents After Report. RESERVATION HURDLE LAST TO BE CLEARED Pact Reaches Third Week of Con- sideration—65 Members Answer Present. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Ratification of the London naval treaty by tomorrow night or Tuesday was predicted by pro-treaty leaders in the Senate last night. The Senate completed consideration of the treaty, article by article, in the Senate late yesterday afternoon. All proposals to amend the text of the treaty were rejected. Immediately upon the report of the treaty from the “committee of the whole"—which is merely another way of saying the Senate—into “the Senate™ —the final parliamentary stage—Sena- tor Borah, chairman of the Foreign Re- lations Committee, offered the resolu- tion of ratification. Under the rules the resolution was compelled to lie over until the following day, is this case until Monday, unless unanimous con- sent could be obtained to take it up im- mediately. Reservations in Order. Benator Borah then moved an ad- Journment until 11 a.m. tomorrow. At that time consideration of the fourteen reservations which have been offered to the treaty will be in order. The reservations are in effect amendments 1o the resolution of ratification. Others may be offered if Senators desire to « submit them. The proponents of the treaty éxpect to be able to defeat all reservations ex- cept that of Senator Norris of Ne- ‘braska, which they have agreed to sup- port in modified form. This reserva- tion declares that the Senate ratifies the treaty with the understanding that no secret agreements are to operate in connection 'lsttg mu!xe nlv-l‘ tr:::!m Senators opposing treaty sticking to their guns although private- 1y they admit that the fight is about over and that ratification is in sight. et 4 et ok propise filibuster anc ey to do more than express themseves fully on the treaty. Ready to Press Issue, of the treaty, on - 3 Senator David I Wfll'hu” s chusetts, & supporter of A complicated the situation yesterday somewhat by offering a resolution put- ting the Senate onfree':: )-‘n hvomg & building program for avy Wi 'fllflve{hz United States all the shij B e Satrying 0uinch guns, the need cruisers -inc! for which in lhn: American defense pro- has been questioned by some of naval A number of the Senators who are supporting the ratification of the treaty are opposed to a big building pro- gram for the Navy. It has been esti- mated that to construct all the ships permitted the United States under the treaty would cost a round billion dol- lars, although Senator Reed of Penn- sylvanf® has estimated the cost as low as $350,000,000 to carry out the treaty provisions. It was feared In some quarters that if the Walsh resolution were adopted some of these Senators might not be willing to vote for rati- fication of the treaty. Senator Walsh declared that he would g_fler his proposition as a reservation to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) DRY OFFICERS SEIZE 3 “OUTLAW” RADIOS Seven Men Also Held After Long Island Raid—Believe Sta- tions Aided Rum Gang. of Massa- By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 18.—Seven men ar- rested in the seizure of three “outlaw” radio stations on Long Island, believed to have been used by liquor runners, today were held in $7,500 bail each for hearing August 1 on charges of violating the Volstead act and operating un- licensed radios. Joseph H. Wickert, wealthy retired shoe manufacturer, of Mattatuck; Peter Wyckoff. & road house proprietor, also of Mattatuck, and Patrick Fitzgerald, the Bronx, were held on the Volstead charge. Alonzo M. Contdell of East Hampton, Robert Verno and E. J. Blake of Southampton and Sam Schwarz of the Bronx are accused of operating the *“outlaw” stations. Twenty-five Treasury agents, Federal fadio engineers and deputy sheriffs con- ducted the raids on four apparently re- spectable homes last night. They sald the unlicensed stations were communi- eating with Scotland in aiding ships to transport liquor to the United States. SENATE MORTGAGE | Secret Files on Smith Co. and Blaine subcommittee will delve into the ords now,” Brini will continue to investigal expect to have all the data in the hands of the committee when it meets, or be- fore it meets in the Fal Brinkman other | may be highly important developments in_the near future, ‘He sald that he was not tion at this time to P use the committee expects to make of the information placed in to name the individuals it will involve. company was started last year Ly Nu- dictmen mld:t ifs officials, charging that thou- san been defrauded of millions of dollars ‘would next Thu of Jacob Shapiro, president of the real this part estate finn of Joseph Shapiro Co., Inc., o charges of “hl"e puu%m. reach a crisis during the coming week. Rover intimated, probably will be fol- lowed by others, as he anticipa‘ed a|Mi number of complaints during the com- ing week from While Rover reil complaint is the only one of an alleged criminal nature which his >ffice Ll received, he sald he had heard rumors of many victims in Washington of ques- :«z:ebla practices in the sale of real ment that there are approximately 1,500 local cases involving so-called “hid trusts,” the existence of which was dis- covered by the purchasers of homes months after settlement. Blaine Committee at its recent hearing known to him. Shapiro had been sub- poenaed to appear before the commit- court he was relieved from testifying regarding such cases as the Wales to Visit U. S. This Year on Flying And Camping Trip London Express Says Sir Philip Sassoon Will Accompany Prince. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, July 19.—The early edi- tion of the Sunday Express today sald that the Prince of Wales is planuning to visit the United States this year. No date was given, but the Express said the prince would take an airplane and have a “camping holiday.” i ‘The Prince of Wales is planning an unusual adventurs this year. He in- tends to visit the United States and Canada accompanied by Sir Philip Sassoon, the paper says. “They will take an airplane with them and will go to various parts of the North American continent on a free-and-easy camping holiday.” INQUIRY WIDENED Other Probes to Be Given Committee. Indications as to how deeply the HOTTEST LY DAY N 4 YEARS HERE CALSESONEDEATH “Probable” Showers Only Relief Forecast as Tem- perature Hits 102. 106, HIGHEST IN COUNTRY, REPORTED IN NEBRASKA Record Temperatures, Deaths and Prostrations Reported Through- out North and East. ‘Washington staggered yesterday un- der the highest July temperature it has experienced in four years, and despite one death and a number of minor heat prostrations, it bowed weakly to Omaha, which hung up & thermometer reading of 106 degrees to be the hottest place in the United States. The Capital's 102 degrees, recorded between 3 and 4 o'clock in the after- noon, took the life of Mrs, Harry Out- cault, 57 years old, who was overcome in her apartment at 3217 Connecticut avenue and died before the Fire Depart- ment rescue squad could reach her. She entire field of real estate mortgage transactions in the District were re- vealed yesterday when it was learned | reached here July 21, 1926, and, ac- that the subcommittee had asked for | cording to Chief Forecaster Mitchell of fles o the. ering_ the current investigation of the | Brees below the highest temperature ever F. H. Smith Co., as well as an inquiry into the company's activities begun six years ago. Oscar rmission to use the secret ent of Justice cov- H. Brinkman, special attorney A Senate subcommittee, headed by Senator Ball, in 1924 conducted an in- i situation in the District. In the course of this Investigation the activities of the Smith company were touched upon. A concurrent investigation of the same matters by the office of Peyton Gordon, then District attorney, extende 1925, Brinkman said. into the rental and housing d into Expects Data to Be Ready by Fall. “We are investigating all of these rec- an declared, “and ite them. We dicated that there in a 1= State the precise its hands or A second investigation of the Smith t Dodds, special assistant to (he At- ey General. Dodds has secured in- ts against the company and sev- of persons in this country have Smith organization. Rover. announced yesterday that he before the District grand jury y to ask for an indictment Surrenders Voluntarily. Shapiro voluntarily surrendered to the district wttorney last Priday when & warrant was sworn out charging him :ith falsely ll;epreu;nfl:nfl thfi encum- rances on a house he had sold to Wal- | streams havi kling ter 8. Frisble, a Government clerk. The e el realtor was released on bond of $10,000 | shortages in pending a hearing on August 5 before United States Commissioner Needham ._Turnage. The forthcoming grand fury inquiry, urchasers of property. rated that the Frisbie Brinkman is authority for the state- iden He told the at least that number of cases were tee, but upon his refusal to waive im- munity from possible ution in ttes heard involving his own flrm‘fom © TEN FIREMEN INJURED ALBANY, N. Y, July 19 (#)—Ten firemen suffered burns and were over- come by smoke tonight as the buildings and warehouses of the F. F. Crannell Lumbr Co. here were destroyed by fire. Only the absence of a wind prevented a general conflagration, intense was the hear’ that the rubber in the firemen's raincoats melted. Seven buildings, including an office structure, three warehouses and three garages, were destroyed, a. well as large piles of lumber. BOY, 10, CHAINED BY PARENTS, RESCUED BY POLICE Father and Stepmother Sought as Prisoner Tells of - Confinement 12 By the Associated Press. | DETROIT, July 19.—A 10-year-old | boy was found chained to a post in) the dark basement of the home where he lived with his father and step~ i moR}::cued by police, the lad, Clifford Peters, told them he had been chained up for more than 12 hours every day since school was dismissed early in June, and that prior to that he was confined in nwm s ment dungeon on aturdays for about a year. o ‘The x{scue. the boy said, came as a birthday present —the only one he celved. ft‘ squad of policemen broke into the IN BASEMENT was manager of the apartment. Yesterday's highest temperature com- pared with 104 degrees which was the Weather Bureau, was only four de- recorded in the Capital. That all-time high mark was 106 degrees and was registered August 6, 1918. Incidentally, yesterday's mark represented only the for the subcommittee, also_announced | eighth time in the history of the Weath- that he had obtained from District At-| er Bureau, or since 1871, that the mer- torney Leo A. Rover the complete files [ cury had of the District attorney’s office for the years 1924 and 1925. % climbed to 100 degrees. Little Relief Fxpected. Little relief is deemed likely today by the Weather Bureau, which announced late last night that Washington “prob- ably” will be visited by thunder show- ers this afternoon. As far as the tem- fl""mm itself goes, Mr. Mitchell be- leves it will be “not quite so warm.” But Washington was by no means the only hot place yesterday. Reports from virtually every section east of the Rocky Mountains and, in general, north of the Mason-Dixon line showed them sweltering under record or near-record temperatures. Baltimore chalked up 103.1 degrees at 5:30 o'clock, and that reading was 7.1 degrees above the city's all-time record for the date. Charlottesville, Va., reported 103 de- grees and Chicago recorded 101.6 de- grees. Out in Omaha, Nebr., where the temperature for the entire rang at 100 and more, the Catholic bishop rkede chnrchtn‘hum“ whfltl; er epecial prayers for a rain w would salvage heat-ravaged crops. Death stalked across the country's baked region, with 10 dead reported from various cities and towns in West- ern Pennsylvania and West Virginia, seven dead in Ohio, the suicide of & youth in Nebraska who sought death as An escape from the heat, and several drownings which were attributed to des- perate efforts in search of rellef. Threatened ruin of erops in virtually every section of nearby States added mental anguish to thousands of planters who already were suffering with their fellowmen in cities the physical dis- comforts of the heat. The drought in of the country is expected to Reports from all quarters point out gx::h z]ne burnin, cnl)pa :Ag;ot 1‘:‘:t longer, and unless heavy rains fall they will be a complete failure. Water Shortage Feared. Wells have dried up and sturdy in parched gorges, so that acute water many communities have :‘,:ultedh‘ln the curtailment of water 3 any persons are trans, wlng’rt gorl mue:; s less than 10 days' supply of water left in the reservoir v:? pnfirnt ills, Md., which supplies thousands of residents of nearby Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, Md., plans were rushed yesterday to make a second connection with the District water sup- zly at Chevy Chase. From this point it hoped to begin pumping 500,000 gal- lons daily by next Tuesday. Added to the 1,000,000 gallons daily now being pumped from the Rhode Island avenue connection, this is expected to relieve the Maryland situation somewhat, al- though consumers will be forced to curtail their use of water unless rain falls soon. Many Arlington County, Va., property owners today are bemoaning their fate for not having availed themselves of the county water su ply system, it was made known last ‘night by County Di- recting r C. L. Kinnier. While (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—18 PAGES, General News—Local, National Foreign. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Soclety Section. PART FOUR—12 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theaters, Screen and Music. In the Motor World—Page 5. Aviation—Page 7. Fraternities—Page 8. Army and Navy News—Page 8. Organized Reserves—Page 8. Veterans of the Great War—Page 9. District National Guard—Page 9. Radio—Page 10. District Naval Reserve—Page 10. Serial Story, “Ask No Questions"— and PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. Hours Per Day. basement after recelving complaints from neighbors. An ul-fvumnuon by Sergt. Miler Gerou, he said, revealed that the boy's father, John, works as a night watch- man and sleeps by day. His step- mother, Rose, left home for her work PART SIX—12 PAGES. lassified Adver- PFinancial News and CI tising. The Home Gardener—Page 11. Marine Corps Notes—Page 11. News of the Clubs—Page 11. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 11. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 11. each morning at 6, the sergean chaining the boy before releasing him wien she returned at 6:30 pm. - Th: police found no provision for food or water for the boy. One end of a chain about 4 feet long was padlocked to Cliffords leg, the other to a post. Neither Peters nor his wife had re- turned to the house this evening, and search was started for thegh, PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar ::Il'l‘e‘m 3‘,,"‘; ““T‘g;“ Little Orphan e, us; Sm; H lights ‘of Histoty, e been s the ed | letter states, until the financial statistics TALKING OF “TREE TENCENT GAR FARE STARTS THIS WEEK; APPEAL IS FORECAST Court’s Decree Will Establish ITTING” TITLE HOLDERS. TAXICABS ORDERED 10 MAKE REPORTS Public Utilities Commission Notifies Firms to Submit Statements on Earnings. ‘The Public Utilities Commission yes- | terday decided to take a hand in the taxicab situation, and wrote to all of the known or suspected operators of 35-cent flat-rate cabs, asking them to begin at once the monthly filing of statistics re- lating to earnings, operating expenses, capital outlay and the like. ‘The commission’s letter pointed out that, although enforcement of the sec- | tions of its taxicab code relating to financial responsibility has been held up pending court action, the other sections are still in full force and effect. The section rela to taximeters has l“l: of the companies shall-have been ana- lyzed. Provisions of Regulation. The letter points out that the regu- lation referring to the statistical réports reads: “Accurate records of receipts from operation and operating and other expenses and of capital expenditures shall be filed with the commission. in accordance “7ith the law.” The letter continues: “The commission hereby directs you to comply at once with the above sec- tion of its order by filing monthly de- tailed operating reports on forms that will be furnished by the commission upon request. Such reports covering each month's ration should be fur- nished this office on or before mfi fifteenth day of the month following. ‘The fommh;mn‘ ?xml)t re?l\;Ilred p;:: companies to furnis with e, of Ml ‘sceidents in’ which thelr cabs become involved. Approve Nickel Fares. ‘The rates betn{lchlmd by the Nickel Cab Co., which has put 25 flamboyant purple cabs on the street, were ap- proved by the commission. These ¢ charge 5 cents for the first third of a mile, and 5 cents for each additional third, allowing five people to ride for this price. The rates for trunks are 50 cents each; hand luggage is free, and the cabs may also be hired for $2 per_hour. In approving the company's rates, the commission provided that the cabs should in all respects meet the stand- ards set up by the commission, and at the company operating them should file monthly statistical reports with the comission. WIFE TO BE TRIED FOR KILLING IN 1922 Mrs. Oesterreich, Whose Secret At- tic Lover Was Released in Hus- band's Death, Defendant. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 19.—The dis- trict attorney’s office today announced decision to try Mrs. Walburga Oester- reich for the murder here eight years ago of her husband, Fred Oesterreich, wealthy Milwaukee manufacturer. The trial is set for August 4. Otto_Sanhuber, secret attic lover of Mrs. Oesterreich, and jointly indicted with her for the slaying recently, was tried on a murder charge, but the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. His release followed as the statute of limitations in California does not per- mit a manslaughter conviction years after a crime is committed. Sanhuber lived in attics in the Oester- reich homes here and in Milwaukee for years and.was alleged to have shot and killed the wealthy manufacturer while the latter was quarreling with Mrs. Oesterreich, ROBBED OF AUTOMOBILE VICTIM TELLS POLICE Says Three Men and Woman Took Car After He Offered Aid Near Carlington, Md. Marion Huff, 1200 K street, reported to the Maryland State police last night that he was held up and robbed of his automobile about 11 o'clock on the De- fense Highway near Carlington, Md. Huff told the police that he saw a machine apparently disabled along the highway with three men and a woman trying to start it. He said he stopped to help them, when one of the men bran- dished a revolver. The quartet then jumped into his car, he declared, and High-| drove off in the direction of the crnulsund;y Star increase.. Pianist Loses Arm And Leg as Result Of Attack by Shark By the Assoclated Pres HAVANA, July 19.—Eliseo Gre- net, a young pianist, was at- tacked by a shark and severel injured today while swimming of Vedado Beach here. Amputation of the victim's right arm and left leg were necessary after the encounter. TRAIN STRIKES GAR; B PERSONS HURT [Police Arrest 3 Occupants of Machine They Charge Was Abandoned. —— By the Associated Press. ELIZABETH, N. J., July delphia to New York, struck an aba doned automoblile tonight and was de- railed, causing the engine and three coaches to plunge down an embankment and overturn. The accident occurred at De Hart place, in South Elizabeth. The train was traveling at a high rate of speed, a8 no stop is scheduled at either South Elizabeth or Elizabeth. rested llam Allcroft, his brother, A. N. croft, and Willlam McNari, occupants of the abandoned machine. The three men said a fourth man had been driv- ing the car, and police immediately started a search for him. The police said the automobile had been driven across a station guard fence on a for- bidden crossing and that the men had jumped when they saw the express ap- pro g As soon as Engineer Herbert Furman saw the machine he applied the brakes, but the nine-car train, traveling at ap- proximately 60 miles an hour, could not be stop in time. Crashing into the automobile, the engine jumped the rails, collided against a signal tower and then plunged over the embankment to the sidewalk below. The ehgine shot over the left side of the embankment and three coaches over the right, with a fourth coach hanging over the side of the viaduct. Passengers in the derailed coaches were hurled about, many of them suf- fering fractures of the arms and legs. The crash of the wrecked express at- tracted thousands of persons to the scene, a number playing golf on a miniature course nearby arriving with- in a few minutes. Thirty injured persons were taken to the St. Elizabeth Hospital and 13 to the Elizabeth General Hospital. A number of those taken from the wreckage were treated by physicians in houses near the scene. Advertising and Circulation In advertising lineage for the first six months of 1930 The Star was fourth among all the newspapers in the United States, being exceeded only by the De- troit' News, the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. In local display advertis- ing The Star stands FIRST in the United States. Mer- chants and local business men cover this fertile field at minimum expense by advertising in the one newspaper that is univer- sally read in the homes of ‘Washington. Circulation of The Star First 6 Months, 1930-1929. Daily average, 1930....112,154 Daily average, 1929....107,268 - 4,886 --116,908 --112,033 Evening Star increase. Sunday average, 1930 Sunday average, 1929 SENATOR NORRIS RIVAL DISAPPEARS Broken Bow Grocer, Can- celed in G. 0. P. Race, Sought for Questioning. By the Associated Press. BROKEN BOW, Nebr,, July 19.—The whereabouts of George W. Norris, Broken Bow grocer, was unknown to- night, following a hearing conducted by Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the Senate's campaign expenditure investi-| Court gating committee, into his candidacy in opposition to Senator George W. Norris of McCook for the Republican senato- rial nomination. The Broken Bow man, whose name was barred from the senatorial ballot last night by Chief Justice Charles A. Goss of the State Supreme Court, falled to appear at the hearing. Justice had ruled that his was_received by the Secretary of on July 5, or two days too late for a legal place on the ballot. Sought by Officers, Federal officers were searching for the grocer and his attorney, William E. Shuman of North Platte. Meanwhile Senator Nye sought to learn if any money expenditures figured in the gv- cer's candidacy. Questionaing ul Johnson, a Broken Bow attorney, Sena- tor Nye asked: you ever pay Norris of Broken Bow any amount?” 'No,” Johnson replied. “Did you ever see him paid?” Nye next asked the witness. “Absolutely not,” the attorney replied. “If he ever received anything it was without my knowledge.” ‘Withdrawal Was Sought. Questioning regarding a meeting with the grocer in Lincoln, Johnson admitted that he sought the grocer to withdraw his candidacy, and said he had pre- pared an affidavit of withdrawal. ‘The attorney said he went to Lincoln at the request of Yale Huffman, a Broken Row banker and friend of Senator Norris. Senator Nye demanded that the attor- ney produce the records of his law firm showing the list of his clients. Johnson said he did not know why the grocer had left Broken Row after ml‘ill.n' his filing for the nomination July 2. SOCIALISTS WANT NEW YORK INQUIRY Party Tells Gov. Roosevelt Munici- pality Has Reached New Low Level. By the Assoctated Press. SCHENECTADY, N, Y, July 19— Asserting that the New York City a ministration is honeycombed with graft and corruption, the Socialist Party State Convention here today asked Gov. Roosevelt to call an extraordinary session of the Legislature to appoint a Multi-Partisan Commission to in- vestigate the administration of the Metropolis. The resolution calling for the in- vestigation said: “The degree of municipal government has reached a new low level in New York City, wh-re a professedly liberal Governor has not dared to offend the New York City machine by investigat- ing any of the open scandals that have disgraced it." ALBANY, N. Y., July 19 (®.— Senator John Knight of Arcade, ma- jority leader of the State Senate, in a formal °statement tonight told Gov. Roosevelt that in view of recent scan- dals an investigation into New York City's government was imperative. He said that only the State could investi- gate flxrefly. that the Republican- controlled Legislature would do every- thing it could to assist the inquiry, and that all that was lacking was a call from the Governor for an extra session of the Legislature to enact the legisla- tion necessary for the investigation. In his statement, given by telephone from his home, Senator Knight said that the Board of Standards and Ap- m of New York City, “has been ht under the gravest suspicion as & source of graft heretofore unequaled.” REFUEL FLIGHT STARTS ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., July 19 (#).—Robert Black and Louis Reickert, | Arlington, N. J., went aloft at 6:25 p.m. { (E. 8. T.) today in an assault on the New Schedule of Rates to Bolsfer Revenues. OPPONENTS OF INCREASE PLAN TO FIGHT RAISE Revaluation May Be Ordered as| Additional Litigation Is Studied. Effect Is Predicted. Some time this week District street| car riders must start paying 10 cents | cash for their rides. A decision making | this certain was handed down in Dis- | trict Supreme Court yesterday by Jus- tice Jennings Balley. He upheld the contention of the two Washington street rallway concerns that the present rates are 50 low as to amount to conflscation of their property and granted their pe- tition for the increase. Justice Balley, in his decision, gave the companies a choice of selling tokens at four for 30 cents, three for 25 cents or seven for 50 cents. The companies decided to accept the four-for-30-cents rate, and & decree establishing the new rates will be presented to the court probably next Tuesday, with the rates | going into effect the next day or a few days after. rect e since March, 1922, is 8 six tokens for 4oh'cenu. Th?::‘fi?:& will involve the abolishing of the trans- fer charges asked by the companies at some points for transfers between feed- er busses and street cars, and vice versa, Since the result of the charges now is that patrons on those lines pay a total of 10 cents for their rides, the price of their rides will remain B | der the new rates. et Appeal Is Planned, G la‘elnwm'l;, two lines of attack are inder consideration by those fighting bring the rates back down. 'nfe Puhll': Utilitles Commission, which is the arbi- ter of street car rates in the District ex-~ cept when the courts take a hand, is phnnln:f nA lppl:al Pto l&he District ppeals. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech plnupw file a pe- tition with the commission asking for & complete revaluation of the properties of both the street railway companies. Neither of these courses will have the effect of producing any change in the rates ‘mtxnr.h many months to co; it then. 3 's proj valuation is based on the finding by the Goss | court that the two companies are worth $44,939,582 in valuation for rate-making purposes. Based on this valuation, the present returns of the companies are admittedly below the level of a “reason- able return” on fair value. But if he can show that the valuation is excessive he would then be in a position to de- mand lower fares. A revaluation would probably need 18 months to two years to accomplish, with the pros of & long court fight at the end of that. A motion for revaluation was made during the proceedings before the com- mission by William McK. Clayton, counsel for the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. The motion was not dis- posed of, and is still n for action. Mr. Keech may urge action on this mo- tion, or introduce a separate for a revaluation. Justice Bailey's decision reviews the history of the street car legislation back to the time of their first valuations, in 1914. He recalls that their petition for increased rates in 1927 was dismissed without prejudice on account of the {nndency of merger legislation, and how t was reintroduced when the merger legislation failed. Awaited Committee Action. Merger legislation was in ‘intro- duced in the last session of Congress, and on the day that the House District Committee finally killed it by voting for indefinite postponement, the wmn‘rmy lawyers were waiting in Justice ley’s court to be, the argwaent on their second petition. Justice Balley points out that while the Utilities Commission claimed thal it was not satisfled with the res presented by the companies as to ir valuation, it failed to order a revalu- ation, which it had the power to do. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) resent rate, which has been in | BARRERE DECLARES HE CAN CLEAR SELF OF BAKER MURDER Confidence of Suspect Is Dis- concerting to Probers of Slaying Mystery. ALIBI WILL BE OFFERED AS DEFENSE OF PAINTER Prisoner Held Incommunicado— Brother and Wife Refused Entrance to Jail. Hermann Henry Barrere, Warld War veteran and painter, is back in the Ar- lington County Jail, eager, he asserts, to face all his accusers and confident of his ability to convince “all the world” he did not murder Mary Baker. Brought here from Montreal on State and Federal warrants charging him with the slaying of the young Govern- ment clerk and with being a fugitive from justice, the silver-tongued prison- er's frankness and aplomb have proved disconcerting to investigators. ‘The air of assurance which marked the departure for Canada of the offi- cers who sought him was noticeablw lacking when they returned with him late yesterday afternoon. Barrere literally had talked his cus- todians into a state of uncertainty as to his alleged connection with Arling- ton County's most famous murder mystery. Presents Alibi Witnesses. He has an “alibi"—one that is “iron- clad” and indisputable, to use his own words—and yesterday he presented to Commonwealth's Attorney William C. Gloth and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, who ht him back, & list of persons who, he vows, will clear him. At first reluctant to give details of this alibi until he had consulted an attorney, Barrere's propensity for talk- overcame him yesterday during the est: effort” to recall just where he was and what he did on the night Mary Baker died. Counting off each potential alibl wit- ness on his fingers, Barrere sald he would rest his defense on the state- ments of about half a dozen men and women with whom he declares he spent e e y on April 11 last. . Not Cerfaln of Names. The prisoner was not certain of the names and addresses of all these wit- he ficers with “clues” to Heading Barrere's list 354 East Gapliol steet Wiy comotayes pitol s who' em him at as a chauffeur, lflxw Miss Edith W. Heiner of 2119 O street, friend of the Smiths. Another witness whom Barrere re- gards as “vitally important” is a man Whom he can identify only as “Kelly.” ‘This mysterious person at first was be- lieved by the authorities to be George Kelly, the New York visitor who_ dis- covered Mary Baker's blood-stained garments in a thoroughly-searched sewer trap near the supposed scene of the crime. Barrere’s meager descrip- tion of the man doe not however, fit the Kelly from Yonkers. Picked Up Kelly in Car. “This man Kelly,” Barrere endeav- ored to explain, “was a fellow I picked up in my car late that night, and I brought him and some other guys into town. I had never seen him before, t | Kelly was the only name he gave me. I was with him late that night—I think we had a few drinks—and 1’: must have been about 11:30 o'clock. 1've got to g.l;:“lgeuy. He can help to clear my Barrere was unable to furnish the DENMARK DE'NIES SALE OF GREENLAND PLANNED Report of British Negotiating in Connection With Airmail Exten- sion Held Groundless. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 19. —The island Greenland is definitely not for sale. The Danish foreign office today authorized the statement that reports reaching here regarding the possible sale of Greenland to Great Britain in connection with a North Atlantic air route were without basis., The author- itles declared emphatically that Green- land is not for sale to Great Britain, the United States or any one else. | (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Crash Fatal at Airport Ceremony. CRESTON, Iowa, July 19 — Joseph Londergran, 30, of St. J@ph, Mo, was killed today when his air- plane crashed during the dedication of Creston’s Airport. The flyer was unable to bring his machine out of a spin, Londergran was rushed from the field, l:‘\;: g’l‘:“dmm the way to a hospital, ety n was part of an serial e Crossing Crash Takes Two Lives. PORT GIBSON, Miss., July 19 (#).— Two men were killed near here today in the collision of their automobile and & Yazo0 & Mississippi Valley Rallway train at a grade crossing. The dead are J. C. Rogers, 67, and hi . B. Rogers, 30, s ”n'_" - Competitors to By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. SOMERSET, Md., July 19.—Added won't become the most popular sport in this or any other country was the play- ful little game indulged in here this afternoon by 20 beekeepers of “one sting and you're out.” They gave the winner of the game, A. Howard Johnson of Centerville, Md., & bee for first prize, a valuable queen, guaranteed not to sting. The rest of the contestants received stings for their pains or vice versa. The event was a part of the enter- tainment of the annual meeting of the refueling endurance flight record held by the Hunter brothers of Illinois. They are flying a monoplane with a fuel capacity of 190 gallons. 4,875 | second endurance plane, piloted by Charleston and Anding, will off tomoriow Maryland State Beekeepers' Association which was held today at the United States Bee Culture Laboratory, 423 Dor- set_avenue. ‘The idea of the game was to handle | the most bees from & hive of angry in- | sects without being stung, { to the pleasant pastimes that probably | I BEE IS PRIZE FOR CHAMPION HANDLER OF BEES IN MARYLAND Contest of “One Sting and You’re Out” Attracts Twenty Annual Event. Lined up, the 20 beekeepers started plcking their little pets from the hive, ondling them a bit and then putting them down. Whenever a beekeeper would put his down in a hurry and let out a squawk he was ruled ouf. Valiantly the beekers plucked their pets from their perches and just as valiantly the pets resented the indig- nity. Finally the contest narrowed down to Johnson and B. B. Jones of Carroll- raising were made by James J. Hamble- ton, director of the