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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and ht. ‘emperatures—Hig p.n. yesterday; Puli report on pa Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 — lowest, tomorrow; cooler to- ighest, 95, at 3:30 70, at 6 am. ge 9. Che Fheni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,479 Entered as second class matter Washington, D' G, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1930—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. FR¥ () Means Associated - ety Pre TWO CENTS. SHAMROCK rORCED OUT OF RACE WHEN HALYARD - BREAKS, DROPPING MAINSAIL Enterprise Continues and Lipton Orders Challenger to Stay in Contest With Only Headsails. BRITON WAS GIVING DEFENDERS HARD FIGHT Accident Occurs After Green Craft Had Been Making Best Show-| ing of Series as Result of Out- | foxing Vanderbilt in Dash Over | Starting Line. Enterprise Skipper Can Decline Victory, But Must Cross Line NEWPORT, R. I, September 17 (#).—Commodore Harold S, Vanderbilt, skipper of the Amer- ican defender Enterprise, can decline to accept the victory of his yacht today even if he finishes out the course, as he must do under the rules, Capt. Edward P. Therien, harbor master, said. . Capt. Therien, practically the only nautical expert left ashore, said that although under the rules Enterprise would be de- clared the winner, the recom- mendation of the winning skipper as to whether the race should be declared “no contest” or recorded as sailed, generally is considered by the committee be- fore making an official decision. By the Associated Press. U. 8. 8. KANE, OFF AMERICA'S CUP COURSE, September 17.— The third race of the series !or! the America’s Cup today ended | disastrously for Shamrcck V, the | British challenger, three-quarters of an hour after the start. Footing it along on even terms with Enterprise, the defender, Shamrock lost her mainsail, which billowed down, half on her deck| and half in the water. She im- mediately lost way and canfe out. | An official announcemeny, from | the committee ‘boat said that the Shamrock had parted her main! halyard. The committee said it | could not be determined im-| mediately whether the challenger would be able to race tomocrrow. Lipton Orders Race Continued. After a conference with Sir ‘Thomas on the deck of the nearby Erin, Skipper Ned Heard of the Marries Secretary WET AND DRY LINES BY PRIVARY VOTES Massachusetts and Dela- ware Party Nominees Pro- vide Direct Test. | |WISCONSIN PROGRESSIVES | BEAT REGULAR FACTION La Follette Defeats Kohler—But- ler Downs Draper—Coolidge and Ely Win. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Outstanding in yesterday's primary | and convention results in five States were: The rout of the the regular Republi- | can forces in Wisconsin and the smash- | ing victory of the LaFollette Progres- | sives there, who nominated “Phil” La- Follette for governor by approximately | 110,000 votes. The setting of the stage for direct clashes at the polls next November in Massachusetts gnd Delaware over the | wet and dry lssue, with the Republicans taking the dry side and the Democrats the wet. 0Odds Against LaFollette. SENATOR LA FOLLETTE Of Wisconsin. La Foll:ue Weds Rachael W. Young At Madison, Wis. Bride of Senator Is His| First Assistant Secretary. DRAWN IN 2 STATES Senator Robert M. La Follette of | | Wisconsin and Miss Rachael Wilwon | Young of 1869 Mintwood place, his first | assistant secretary, were married to- | day in Madison, Wis., according to As- | sociated Press dispatches. Mrs. L. C. Young, mother of the bride, | | at her home here today, said the mar- | riage was not a surprise, although she | did not know in detail just what the | plans of the couple had been. Senator La Follette and Miss Young, on Page 2, Column 8.) AVERIL'S HOMERS When Phillip LaFollette, younger son | of the late Senator Robert Marion La- | Follette, several months ago tossed his | hat in the ring for the Republican gubernatorial nomination at the behest | of Progressives throughout the State, | the odds were considered to be distinct- ly against him. Walter J, Kohler, the incumbent, a wealthy manufacturer, had triumphed over the Progressives two years ago. Two years before that the LaFollette group also lost the gov- ernorship. The La Follette name, plus the per- | sonality of the youthful candidate for | Governor and the disfavor into which the regular Republican administration, both State and National, has fallen in Wisconsin, proved too much for Gov. Kohler to overcome at the polls. Nomination Equals Eleclion. {Cleveland Outfielder Poles| | The La Follette Progressive group is | again firmly in the sadale in the Badger y State. The Republican nomination for | Governor is regarded in Wisconsin as | tantamount to election. That means a La Follette will sit as chief executive in Madison once more, as his father did a quarier of a century or more ago, | and that another La Foilette will rep- resent the State in the United States | Senate, the present Senator Robert M. Out Three to Drive in Police Protected PENBREAK LEADER Gotice beotected URGED SUI[:"]E AS 0;)rder-Fr¥-n Bride ATTEMPTS FALED ot e ists Given Tickets Often | Use Violence. Whittemore Tried to Kill Self When Trapped, Baltimore Probe Discloses. Washington policemen must not be abused. Those who are bold enough to abuse an officer must answer for their action in Police Court—there is | to be no other way out. Such a warn- ing was issued to the public today by By ihe Asboclstsd Piess. ‘Corpfiranon Counsel William W. Bride. BALTIMORE, September 17.—Cor-| The order is an outgrowth of a series nered with three others by guards and | Of Complaints received in recent weeks police after an unsuccessful attempt to | {rom members of the police force that tentiary, Rawlings V. Whittemore, serv- ing 20 years for robbery, tried to get the cthers to kill themselves. Failing, he turned the pistol on him- self, but the cartridge failed to explode. | escape from the Maryland State Peni- | they were being abused by the public. Some of these abuses were of a violent | nature. Bride Issues Order. The anti-abuse order was issued by Bride after a conference with Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, Police Commis- 8 Runs. s BY JOHN B. KELLER. CLEVELAND, September 17.—Averill's three home runs, two off Hadley and the other off Marberry, drove in eight of Cleveland's runs and the Indians de- eated the Nationals in the first game of a double-header here this afternoon. The score was 13 to 7. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Myer singled to center. Rice sacrificed, bunting to Mor- | | gan. Montague threw out Manush, | Myer going to third. Cronin popped to | Montague. No runs. CLEVELAND—Ray Treadaway, pur- La Follette, jr. In Massachusetts the Republicans ‘Butler for the ‘nominated: Wi M. Senate and Gov. Allen for ‘governor. Both are supporters of the eighteenth amendment and for strict law enforce- ment. The Democrats, on the other hand, nominated Marcus A. Coolidge cf Fitchburg for the Senate and Joseph B. Ely of Westfield for governor, both wets. Butler Barely Wins, Butler, former Republican national chairman and former Senator by a gov- eernor's appointment, has won the nomination in a close race with his wet opponent, Eben 8. Draper. The Asso- clated Press figures give Butler 150,095 votes to 150,550 for Draper and 22,216 for Andrew J. “Bossy” Gillis, with a few Shamrock turned his boat and set | chased from Chattanooga, who reported | precincts still to be heard from. out after the distant Enterprise. She was making such slow prog- ress under only her headsails that | to the Nationals last night, was sent to third base. Jamieson singled to center. Porter took a ‘hird strike. Averill | fanned, and Jamieson, who was trapped off first base, was thrown out for a The narrow margin by which Mr. But- ler won is an indication of the way the liquor question has split the Republi- cans of the Bay State. Had it not been for the candidacy of “Bossy” Gillis, the she soon gave up the futile chase | double play, Hargrave to Judge to Myer fighting mayor of Newburyport, Butler and was taken in tow by a small power boat. Enterprise started to come around when the mishap to Shamrock occurred, but then turned back on the course, ap- parently determined to sail out the race and claim the victory, even though it be a walkover. The tug Susan A. Moran, carry- | Ing the race committee, steamed | over to the disabled Shamrock as | did the Erin, Sir Thomas Lipton's | steam yacht. ( The challenger’s crew, however, hauled in their big sail alone, and then Capt. Ned Heard turned his boat back toward the starting line, running ahead of the wind in only her topsails. Reporters Wafch Case ‘The rest of the big spectator fleet stayed close by for a few minutes and then set off after the Enterprise, foot- ing it away for the 15-mile mark The mishap came so unexpectedly that it took every one by surprise, especially on this press boat. i Attention on the Kane was centered on a bobbing case in the water, which, as it drifted past, was identified as being & case of Scotch whisky, or per- haps a case that had heid Scotch ‘whisky. Up to the time of the mishap, Sham- rock had given the best performance of the series and had shown every indi- cation of making a real battle of to- day’s contest. She had all the better of the start, going across almost bow to bow with the defender but in the windward berth, which gave her a large advan- tage. gl"o this slight margin she had clung with grim determination until the ac- cic to her rigging. The Enterprise we ceping up, however, and it ap- only a matter of minutes and until she would take command. 1. was mot believed the accident to 8h ock was serious enough to require extensive repairs, but with today's race gone she had a staggering margin to overcome. Enterprise would need only one more victory after today to clinch the cup. Crossing the starting line almost bow to bow, Shamrock was jockeyed into the weather berth and almost immedi- ately opened up a slight lead “The positions of Monday's race were yeversed 'Then it was the Enterprise that took the weather berth shortly after the start, and the Shamrock that vainly attempted to maneuver herself out of the defender’s lee; today Enter- had the role of the mouse and lore deerhg&t :lToou mediately made an attemp! escape. He lentyhh boat over on the port tack two minutes after the start, but the Shamrock quickly followed, and re- tained her advantage. Both Enterprise and Shamrock_came (Continued on Page 2, Col $1,000,000 in ORK, September 17 (#)—. NEW Y/ shipment of $1,000,000 in gold, con- to the Guaranty Trust Co. of m im- Gold Arrives. New York, arrived today from Uruguay |y, an the steamer Eastern Radace. No runs. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—Judge doubled to right-field corner. Harris walked. Treadaway hit into a double play, | to Judge. going to third. Montague made a nice | | stop and threw out Hargrave. No runs. CLEVELAND—Morgan flied to Har- | ris. Hodapp got a single on a hot one might have been defeated yesterday by Draper. Gillis called himself a “moist” and attacked both Draper and Butler on the ground that they were wealthy manufacturers, who had no real interest in the laboring man except at election e. Porter o Hodapp to Morgan, Judge | (v Delaware to Be Battleground. The Democrats, meeting yesterday in | | expressed that he would recover. Guard Expected to Live. h'l'he dnrgl nr‘mem d:speru‘ze '""fi.‘?: te yesterday of nine conviets to tion that arresting o R v A I S amsting, athe downtown Baltimore, was revealed to- | day with the excitement stilled and an investigation under way. The one casualty, a guard, Arthur Owen, 31, was in a hospital with a wound in his side, but the cpinion was n investigation by prison and State agencies was under way and officials gy said they planned to get the prisoners | to_re-enact the attempt. | Warden Patrick Brady said today he | learned that Whitttemore, brother of | a man hanged in the prison several| bump each otner off. They'll give us the rope, anyhow.” Others Refused Idea. Calvert County Citizen, Found in Pool of Own Blood, Has Chance to Live. sioner. It reads as follows: It has been brnuahc to my atten- icers, particular] been made_the object of abuse, in many casse, violent, from persons who have been given traf- fic tickets. This, I am sure, is a situa- tion which cannot be countenanced in the slightest degree. The officer is en- gaged in the performance of his public duty, and no right-thinking citizen will (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) The others refused to consider suicide and Whittemore announced he would shoot any one who tried to enter or leave the laundry, where they were | barricaded. His fellow convicts pointed | out that Owen, disarmed and shot at | the start of the escape attempt, might not be dead, and after an hour Whitte- more and his three allles surrendered. Five others had given up earlier. ——— The fact that only 9 of the more| gy a Staft Correspondent of The Star. than 1000 prisoners were implicated| OWINGS, Md, September 17.—Ben- in the attempt an e rope ladder : failed to Tunction prevented, officials | Jamin Lyons, one of the most prominent poned. the l"-a!n-ml‘r | No runs. | State convention in Delaware, nomi- nated former Senator Thomas F. Bay- ard as their candidate for Senator, and Myatt popped to Cronin. |wrote in their party platform a plank that Treadaway knocked down, Tread- away threw out Detore, Hodapp going | to second. e ! calling for the repeal of the eighteenth THIRD INNING. amendment. Right there they set the WASHINGTON—Hadley singled to | stage for a real fight over national pro- center. Myer singled over second, ¢end- | hibiton, for Senator Daniel O. Hastings, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) |the Republican nominee for Senator, i | running as a dry. | ""Outside of the victory of William M | Butler in Massachusetts, the supporters BOX .Score | of mational prohibition had_little to cheer about in the results of yester- | ventions. day’s party primaries and party con- FIRST GAME. They lost out in Delaware, | | where the dry candidate for the Dem: WASHINGTON, " (Continued on Page 4, Column 8.) NEIGHBOR BADLY SHOT DURING FAMILY BATTLE| Duel of Father and Son in Chicago Home Halted, Police Say, by Another Armed Son. D 0 1 o o o0 E. L « Manush, If. Cronin, ss.. Judge, 1b.. Harris, rf Treadway, 3b. Hargrave, ¢ Hadley, p.. Marberry, p Ao e | | | { | | | | aa 0 0| 0 | BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 17.—A gun fight between members of a family across the street may cost Dr. Cleveland Charles MacLane, his life. Dr. MacLgne was wounded in a volley of shots from | which his wife and son escaped by | throwing themselves on the ground. The shots came from the house of | James Thompson. A dispute had arisen | between Thompson and his son, Roy, and the elder Thompson, police were | told, opened fire. The father and son blazed away at each other until their ammunition was exhausted. A third son, | also armed, held his father at the point |of a shotgun until police arrived. »® 41 Jamieson, 1 Porter, f.. Averill, of. .. Morgan, 1b Hodapp, 2b Detore, 3b. Goldman, 3b Myatt, c... Montague, ss. C. Brown, p Miller, p.. |STEDMAN IS WEAKER, PHYSICIANS DECLARE SCORE BY INNINGS: | 123 665678 9~ Rn |BY the Associated Press. . Physicians sald today Representative ““""’"""z "" z 3 :; “, g 9 0_‘,7‘ Charles M. Stedman of North Caro- Cleveland. .| X—13 | jina, who suffered an apoplectic stroke Summary: | last week, was weaker. Cromin (2).| He has failed to respond to treatment re, Harris, | and the physicians said he might die at Morsan (2), | Ahy moment, although they declined to arberry. | give up hope for the recovery of the 89- year-old Civil War veteran. Australian Flyer Falls fo Death. SYDNEY, New South Wales, Septem- ber 17 (#).—David Smith, one of the Australian airmen, who made an un- successful attempt to fly to land in April, was killed today when ma- chine hurtled earthward after his en- gine falled at an altitude of 150 feet. l|=.—ol l'.l‘“;-m off Brown, said today, the likelilhood of a general citizens of Calvert County, this morning disturbance. Prison Termed Worst in East. The Maryland prison, in a report of the National Society of Penal Informa. tion last December, was called “th the East from a physical stand- point,” and the morale was character- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) was attacked, overpowered, his throat slashed, and left in a pool of blood in | his store here by thieves who are be- lieved to have made off with nearly $500. Lyons is in Prince Frederick Hospital, near here, with a fair chance to live, | according to doctors. — | One of his four brothers submitted | to a blood transfusion operation today. So far, Arthur W. Dowell, State’s at- | torney for Calvert County, and Morris | Buckler, sheriff, have no clue as to the | identity of the man or men who at- | tacked Lyons. | ~ Rewards totaling $7,000 were offered by brothers of Lyons this afternoon for information leading to the capture of the assailant. Joseph Lyons posted $5,000" and Hendricks Lyons put up $2,000. Victim Is Giant in Size. Residents of Owings, a small com- munity surrounded by a rich agri- cultural section in Southern Maryland, near Chesapeake B aid Lyons and his four brothers are among the most prominent men in the section and, so far as is krown, had no enemies. Lyons is a veritable giant of a man, being well above 6 feet, and weighing approximately 250 pounds. Lyons’ wife sald her husband got up early this morning to prepare to go into Baltimore to buy some supplies for a new store and gasoline filling station he has just opened. He planned to go to Baltimore with Rufus D. Harrison, a farmer of | neighborhood, shortly after 4 o'clock. | Harrison said that a few minutes before | 4 o'clock. he went to Lyons' store and | sat on the porch. After a few minutes he heard groans from inside the store. He went into the store, which was un- lighted, and, following the groans, came upon Lyors lying in a pool of blood behind the counter. Runs to Get Brother. Harrison ran across the road and awakened one of Lyons' brothers, Hendricks, who rushed over to the store, switched on the lights, and found, his brother lying on the floor. Lyons was on his back, with a large butcher knife nearby and a small piece of rope tied tightly about his neck. Doctors Hugh Ward and J. W. Leitch were called and took fluid to substitute for the loss of blood. Lyons then was rushed to the | Prince Frederick Hospital and Dr. Elliott Hutchins of Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, blood transfusion specialist, was called. Sheriff Buckler has the knife with which Lyons was attacked and is hold- ing it here, awaiting the arrival of police detectives from Baltimore, wh': Opportune Buying Many fortunes have been founded by men who bought heavily and wisely when economic conditions provided high purchasing power for the dollar. This rule can be well ap- plied in our everyday life. Today’s prices are lower than for many years past. Advantageous offerings in today’s STAR include: Negliges and Pajamas, Fall Hats for Men Women, Wearing Apparel for School Children, New Materials Dresses, Distinctive Coats for Fall, Suits for the Business Man, Silk Hose, Rugs and Linoleums, Special Linen Sale, Fur Coats. and for Fall Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. The Evening Star. .39,010 4th Newspaper. 5th Newspaper. Total e ATTORNEY GENERAL - ASKS 0 BE HEARD INORMICK Quiz ;Nye Announces Receipt of| | Letter and Says Decision Will Be Made Later. | CHICAGO, September 17 (#).—Oscar iCIl'lsme‘ Attorney General of Tllinois, again today requested the Senate Cam- | paign Funds Investigating Committee | to hear him “in behalf of Ruth Hanna | MecCormick and the State of Illinois.” Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman, an- nounced that the committee has re- | ceived a letter from Mr. Carlstrom ask- | ing to appear. Nye said “a decision will | be made later.” i Carlstrom attempted to appear Mon- day, when Senator Nye, with a state- | ment that the committee was through with all evidence of espionage, pes}:- e s fo be heard, but was re- fused on the ind that Senator Rob- ert ng: of New York had not ar- rived. tor Wagner arrived at noon, but Carlstrom and Mrs. McCormick had left the court room and did not re- :Xx:pelr. Neither was present this morn- | 8. | James W. Rodgers, financial secretary | to Mrs, ~ McCormick, was called to| identify Col. R. R. of September 27, 1929, for $2,500. sald he cashed it after Mrs. McCormick | indorsed it and gave the cash to Mrs. Mabel G. Reinecke, who yesterday | testified the amount was credited by error to her husband. Returned $5,000 Check. Mrs. George Dean, president of the | Illinois Republican Women’s Club, said | she returned a check for $5,000 sent to | the club by Col. McCormick, since it does not and never has sponsored an individual candidate. She said the| club had, on occasion, received don: tions from Mrs. McCormick, but that she believed these were all made long before the primary campaign. On a previous occasion Col. Me- Cormick has given the club $2,000 for| its general work, but the $5,000 check was “to further Mrs. McCormick's campaign,” which made it impossible lo;d the club to accept it, Mrs. Bean said. Leave Espionage Detour. | Trailed by a bristling statement from | Mrs. McCormick, the committee left | the espionage detour behind today to proceed along its main line of ques- | tioning. The committee expected to con- clude its hearings on expenditures | in Mrs. McCormick's primary cnmpnxmi this week without returning to the| charges and counter charges of prying unless, Nye said, the employment of de- tectives should be considered part of Mrs. McCormick's campaign expenses. Last night Mrs. McCormick in a statement charged continued refusal of the committee to hear evidence she had collected of alleged tapping of tele- phone wires at her home near Byron, 11, constituted “deliberate effort to sup- press the facts.” “I want the public to understand,” added the McCormick statement, “that the proof is available and has twice been offered and twice refused. He (Nye) de- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. U. 3. REGOGNIZES NEW GOVERNMENTS OF LATIN NATIONS Diplomats in Argentina, Peru and Bolivia Ordered to Pre- sent Credentials. PRESIDENT AND STIMSON ANNOUNCE DECISION Secretary Declares Defacto Lead- ers Are Meeting No Opposition and Agree to Obligations. By the Associated Press. Secretary Stimson announced today he had ordered American diplomatic representatives in Argentina, Peru and Bolivia to resume normal . diplomatic relations with those countries. Instructions are going forth to the embassies at Buenos Aires, Lima and |La Paz for the American representa- tives formally to present their papers and resume normal relations tomorrow, September 18. The decision followed conferences be- tween President Hoover and the Secre- tary of State. Mr. Stimson's announce- ment was made at the regular press conference. Promise Normal Conditions. The Secretary said he had taken into consideration that the governments re- cently constituted in the three nations were defacto and in control of the sit- uation. He said it was apparent to the State Department that the governments were meeting with no resistance on the part of the people of those countries. The promises of the governments to bring about an orderly situation and fulfill their obligations to the peoples were taken notice of. Mr. Stimson said the recognitions in no way indicated a new policy or a change of policy by this Government toward governments owing their exist- ence to revolution or coup d'etat. Prompt recognition by this country was inspired, he added, by a desire to maintain friendly intercourse with the three nations and not to embarrass them by a lack of recognition during the present world-wide economic de- pression. Follows International Law. He said the recognitions followed the usual rules of international law, which had been supported by this country since foreign policies were first enun- | clated under the administration of “Secretary of State pointed out, however, that certain differences in mlri:y towards Latin American neigh- were brought about by special treaty arrangements. In this connec- tion, he recalled that the five Central American republics besought this coun- try to approve a treaty adopted among themselves in 1923, which refused to recognize governments coming into power in those countries by revolution or coup d’ etat. This Country, he said, had agreed to follow the dictates of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) THREE OTHERS ILL IN STRICKEN FAMILY Elder Children of Los Angeles Couple Who Lost Three Similarly Attacked. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 17.—The three eldest children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Lowe were rushing to a hos- pital today suffering from symptoms similar to those which preceded the death of the three younger children in the family last Sunday. | Those stricken are Robert, 14; Fran- 11, and Geneva, 9. Last Sunday Betty, 5; Virginia, 3, and John, 18 months, died after becoming ill early in the day. Lois, 7, also was taken ill last Sunday and still is in a critical condition. The strange ailment at first was diag- nosed as leucomaine poisoning, caused by eating unripe fruit or other food unfit for human consumption. Later, however, physicians decided leucomaine poisoning was not the cause of death and a chemical analysis of vital organs was ordered. The analysis has not yet been completed. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe, out of work for several months, were not affected. They said they had not eaten the night before their youngest children were fatally stricken, as “there wasn’t enough for all.” Authorities said they believed something the children had eaten was responsible for the tragedy. WORK ON BOULDE By the Associated Press. 1 LAS VEGAS, Nev, September 17.— Government officials and representa- tives of six Western States assembled here today to take part in the cere- monies marking the beginning of work on the greatest dam ever undertaken— the $165,000,000 Boulder Dam project of the Colorado River. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior and personal representative of President Hoover, and official parties from California, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming arrived on spe- cial trains and in automobile caravans to join Nevada in opening work on the project. A e hammer and railroad spike of Ne silver were the implements of dedication. The ceremony 7 miles out in the desert this afternoon was ar- ranged to herald what Dr. Wilbur de- scribed as a new era of development of colossal projects in the $165,000,000,- 000 to $200,000,000,000 natyral resources of the country. “I_have never been & track worker, but I know what end of the sledge to use,” said Dr. Wilbur as he contem- plated the of his official R DAM STARTED AS WILBUR DRIVES OFFICIAL SPIKE Six States Join to Celebrate Gigantic Engineering Project, but Arizona Continues Fight. The driving of the spike signals be- ginning of work on a 22-mile branch of the Union Pacific Rallroad to Sum- mit, a point in the mountains near the Colorado River from which the Gov- ernment will build a 7.17-file line to the dam site. ‘The Government has estimated eight years will be required to complete the dam, which will be constructed under supervision of the Reclamation Service, of which Dr. Elwood Mead is commis- sioner and which functions under Sec- retary Wilbur. The gigantic engineering undertak- ing 1s the fruit of co-operation and agreement among six States. ‘Ten years have been spent in the negotiations for the project. President Hoover, while Secretary of Commerce, carried negotiations on for the com- pact between the seven Colorado River Basin States involved. Finally six of the States were brought into agreement on the allocation of power and water, only Arizona, upon whose boundary line one of the dam emplacements will rest, failing to agree. Arizona officlally was conspicuously absent. In response to an invitation, Gov. John C. Phillips of Arizéna re- plied his State had nothing to celebrate, and indicated that it would continue 1ts legal fight agalnst the project. i CTEENS GROLRS'S LOSE 2 POINTS IN: GAS RATE HEARING Motions for Dismissal and Immediate Revaluation Overruled. EXTRA PAYMENT RULES ARE BROUGHT TO LIGHT Lowered Washington and George- town Gas Light Co. Schedules Called Disadvantageous. The Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions lost two battles in quick succes- sions as the hearings on the application of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies to put in a reduced rate schedule got under way before the Public Utilities Commission this morn ing. William McK. Clayton, counsel for the federation, moved to dismiss the application without prejudice, and also moved to proceed to an immediate re- valuation of the companies’ properties. Motions were overruled. The principal new development at the hearing today was the discovery that accompanying the new rate sched- ule is a series of rules, two of them calling for extra payments from con=- sumers under certain conditions. Al- though these rules had previously been filed with the commission, they had not been made public. Cites Previous $100,000 Cost. _In making his plea for the revalua- tion, Mr. Ciayton said that no condi- tions which existed in the farcial pro- ceedings in 1926 did not also exist now. At that time $100,000 of the con- sumers’ money was flittered away in & valuation proceeding which got no- where, he said. Is the commission now willing, he asked, to set calmly down and receive an offer, and turn that which is commanded by law to be dealt with on the basis of evaluation and return into a matter of barter and deal? What is the use of a public utility act, he asked, if the commission is to sit and take an offer the company makes without looking into it more closely than to read the company's statement that it is a reduction in rates? Chairman Mason M. Patrick of the commission asked how long, in Mr. Clayton’s opinion, a valuation proceed- ing would take. Mr. Clayton replied that the case be- fore the commission would take one year, that if the case were appealed the- proceedings before the court on first instance would take another year, and that an appeal to the Court of Appeals would take a third year. Gen. Patrick asked what the rate would be for gas during those three years. The rate would be $1, Mr. Clayton replied. Gen. Patrick then asked what the people would gain by the dllli’. ‘The reply was that they would know on what basis they were paying the rates asked. Gen. Patrick then asked which Mr. Clayton would consider the better busi- ness proposition. Mr. Clayton said that the only thing to recommend accepte ance of the company’s offer was that it was expedient. He did not believe in expediency, he said, but in carrying out the mandates of the law. Hartman Breaks In. Here Commissioner Harleigh H. Hart- man broke in and reminded Mr. Clay- ton that the present proceedings are taken under section 84 of the public utilities act, whereas the motion for valuation could probably be made only under proceedings brought urider sec- tion 90. Mr. Clayton said that the commission evidently had this in mind when it drew up the order calling the hearing. If it did not, it should have had, he said. The commission, he said, should have a consumer in mind, even if no- body appeared for him at the hearing. He told Mr. Hartman that the puhl?c utilities act nowhere from section 1 to section 100 says anything about a fair return to the corporations, although it does speak in no uncertain terms of the unreasonableness to the consumer of rates, tolls and charges. Mr. Hartman wanted to know if it would not be bet< ter to take a voluntary offer when the consumer can get it than to try to force the rates down through valuation pro- ceedings which might or might not re= sult favorably to the consumer. Cites Two Examples. “The casuistry of that argument fs that the end justifies the means,” Mr: Clayton says. “We have two examples before us of what happens when the commission accepts offers made to it by public utility corporations. First, we have the Potomac Electric Power Co. That corporation had a $6,000.000 im- pounded fund. The commission ac- cepted a compromise based on a valua- tion written by the company, whereby the consumer was supposed to get & half of any excess return over 71, per cent, and the company was to keep the difference. Under this compromise, the Potomac Electric Power Co. has steadily (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) JANITRESS IS SLAIN Mother of 4 Found Dead After At- tack Near Home. 5 CHICAGO, September 17 (#)—Mrs. Mary Jakubiak, 44-year-old janitress and mother of four children, was at- tacked and slain early today as she re- turned to her home from the downe town building where she was employed, Her body, throat cut and clothing torn and disheveled, was found in a path near Rer home. Police believe the slayer accosted the woman, dragged her into the dusty path that served as an alley and killed her. Her purse lay open near her body, her pay check un< touched. HURLEY ON WAY HOME Arrives at Chattanooga Municipal Airport at 9:45 A.M. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., September 17 (#).—Secretary of War Hurley and his party arrived by airplane at the municipal airport here today, at 9:4§ am, on the way from New Orleans to Washington. The Secretary was welcomed by Sen- ator W. E. Brock and city officials. He was expected to continue to Washing- ton this afternoon. Radio fngnng. on P;n *M