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A.P.IN BROADCAST | DEPICTS TS WORK Gigantic Task of Gathering and Distributing News of World Told. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 14.—The Asso- clated Press in action was depicted for newspaper readers tonight in a Nation- wide and ocean-spanning broadcast. Direct from the general news room of this co-operative organization came a| graphic recital of the story behind the news, to the background of clicking wutomatic printing telegraph machines, telegraph sounders and typewriters. Men and women who every day re- cord and transmit to 1,300 member newspapers the im t happenings of civilization told from their desks the parts they play in this gigantic task. The present as well as the past was portrayed. From the pages of history there came a new dramatization of the take-off from Roosevelt Field by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh of his non-stop flight to Paris. Late News in Broadcast. News just developing and being trans- mitted was used as a basis for part of the broadcast. Even the functioning of the news photo service was described. Kent Cooper, general manager of the | Associated Press, opened the broadcast, which was made by more than 50-sta- tions of the coast-to-coast chain of the * Natfonal Broadcasting Co. and by two short-wave stations. Mr. Cooper was introduced by M. H. Aylesworth, president of N. B. C., speak- ing from Chicago. The two announcers :;nre George Hicks and James Walling- Starting at the desk of J. M. Kend- rick, night executive news' editor, they described what was taking place. Gandhi Scoop Cited. ‘The Associated Press scoop on the Telease of Mahatma Olnghl from India was recalled when gfl-lm in fames A. Mills, A. P. correspondent, waited 96 hours at the gate of the prison to obtain an exclusive story and Ppictures. An ‘example of how the Assoclated Press covers spot news was the Lind- bergh take-off. A cast of NBC actors and G. D. Seymour, a regular member of the A. P. staff, depicted how James MacDonald and Brian Bell flashed this epoch-making news to the world. The announcers then met Hazel Reavis, who interviewed Lindbergh When he landed in Paris; Edward J. Neil, sports writer, who told what was current in sports; M. H. Duhamel, night city editor, who reported the Wall Street bomb explosion on September 16, 1920; Lorena Hickok, staff writer. Then to the news photo room, where A. L. Murphy, news editor, explained the function of his department. At ha nad just come Trem e just come from San hlnegc;: that u| mwgnpt‘ne o(b the had been received there, PIOne Presses Are Heard. As the end of the half-hour ap- proached, loud speakers all over the country ‘were filled with the roar of gigantic presses in the offices of the New York Herald Tribune printing the news of the night, including the storles referred to over the microphone. The broadcast closed with the cry of the newsboy on the street: “Paper—paper =morning paper.” !n' opening the broadcast, Mr. Cooper “With the aid of the National Broad- casting Company, the Associated. is_tonight bringing you to its general offices in New York for a brief visit in the hope that in what is said and what is portrayed you will get some idea of i this co-operative organization. each e on, eac] which is E itself the scene of activ- on behalf of the Assoclated Press. Routine Is Deseribed. “You are hearig tonight the mechani- and manual telegraph instruments it are resounding simultaneousl} in of the Assoc] QEFfiEE! e 60,000 all of North America, and in n to that mileage ocean cables and wireless connections with telegraph for mi e transmissions 4 et, _howe: that SPECIAL NOTICES. iG—HARDWOOD FLOO) i ou_cannot BORAPIN: talled, furniture repaired, antiques re stored. C. 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Let Insured Closed Vans and Carriers. WANTED—TO BUY FURNITURE ENOUGH for 30 sooms, from privale purties only: must_be cehap for cash. Col. 6474. - /ALLIED /5 ug:‘umvl;:z‘m‘ ation-Wide Long-Distance Moy WANTED RETURN LOADS SHAMD N. ¥....March 18th A New York. Estimate. 2" 23rd ‘Mar._a 18th March 25th X March 26th Regular weekly service {o loads to and from Washington, Baltimore, Philadel- phis_and New York UNITED STATES STORAGE CO. INC. 418_10th Bt N.W. el 1 O Al AND machine of ' nand = work NASH FLOCR CO__ 1076 20th st West 1071 ; | soon by Secri _!‘muwd to lie in the cryt with her hus- | Hoover ‘Listens in’ On Story of News Over Radio Chain By the Associated Press. The story the radio told to- night of the world’s news throb- bing through the New York office of the Asosciated Press was heard by President Hoover. Soon after dinner he went to his study on the second floor of the White JHouse to tune in on the national chain hook-up. He had told some associates that the chance to hear of the how and ;ll:;t of the news appealed to As Secretary of Commerce, one of his major interests was the movement which culminated in the present Radio Commission. His son, Herbert Hoover, jr, is a radio engineer. . see the effort, sometimes the joy, some- times the privation, sometimes the dan- ger and tragedy that come to men and women engaged in getting and speed- ing this news to you. Practically all of them work anonymously, content that the organization gets the credit in its own name. Satisfaction comes to them for having the opportunity to give you the news, though some of them have to wait days, weeks, months or years before that opportunity arises. But they are at their posts, ready to act, some 80,000 of them, to send the news to you when it does happen. Dramatic View Minimized. “I have seen the reporter and noisy ‘helter skelter characterization of news- room activities, pictured in fiction and by the stage and screen. I have never seen one such that was not exaggerated. A reporter does not have to have a notebook and a pencil to prove that he is a reporter. A lot of individuals do not have to rush around a news room yelling and swearing in order to make it a news room. Like every other en- deavor, except such things as beating a bass drum. the guleur and the less pre- tentious the endeavor of human activ- ity, the more likely is it to be sincere and efficient. “And, as this is a visit to an office in which activities have never ceased for a moment, day or night, for over 50 years, it can be understood why a com- pilation of the report of human en- deavor, its joys and sorrows, has re- solved itself ‘into a method that is not excitable, though it sustains interest be- yond that of any other occupation. “The news atmosphere of this room has been housed by only three build- ings in 50 years. It has had the thrill of hearing declarations of war, the signing of peace, the deeds of Presidents and Kings and every depressing and up- lifting happening that has affected the trend of civilization during that entire period. More lately it has encompassed the function of recording by photograph many of these events and even as this visit is made tonight, photographs which are being taken are being rushed by electric transmission and sirplane to every corner of the countr — DAVIS IS DECORATED BY KING OF CAMBODIA Philippines Governor and Party Re- ceive Awards During Stop at Pnom Penh. By the Associated Press. MANILA, March 14.—How Dwight F. Davis, governor of the Philippines, and 21l members of his official party except his daughter, Cynthia, were decorated by the King of Cambodia during their stop at Pnom Penh March 6 cn_their tour of the Far East was described here M‘i I;hl dispatch from the U. S. 8. “The ceremony was one of regal splendor in a peculiarly Oriental set- ting,” saild the dispatch. tions later were deposited with the American consul of Saigon (French| Indo-China), who accompanied the party, with instructions to forward them to the Secretary of State in Washing- ton, as required by law.” ‘The kind of decorations bestowed was not mentioned. The Pittsburgh, which is carrying the official party, left Bang- kok, Siam, Thursday and is due to ar- rive at Singapore tomorrow. TWO DEWEY WILLS BRING DISPUTE IN $765,000 ESTATE (Continued Prom First Page.) however, the judge advocate general of the Army may be asked for an opinion and this matter is likely to be taken up etary Hurley. The mauso- leum is located in the southern part of the cemetery in what is known as the Dewey section. There is only one other private mausoleum in Arlington, officials said, that being occupled by the body of Gen. Nelson A. Miles, the famous Indian fighter. Charges Undue Influence. So far as the contest over Mrs. Dewey's estate, the step-son declares RS ' that at the time of making the 1925 will Mrs. Dewey was not mentally competent and charges that it was ob- tained by fraud and undue influence exercised on Mrs. Dewey by “‘some per- son or persons unknown to him.” Mr. Dew:y s esented by Attorneys Charles H. Baker and George R. Jack- son of Washington and Attorneys Fyffe and Clarke of Chicago. ‘The caveat of the stepson followed the filing by Attorney C. F. R. Ogilby of the law firm of Peelle, Ogilby & Lesh of several testamentary papers be wills and codicils of for the probate of the will of May 2, 1925, which is modified by a codicil of May 6, 1925. The codicil provided for the transfer of the body of Admiral Dewey from the crypt of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral at St. Albans to the mau- soleum at Arlington, where it was first interred. The executors, the National Savings & Trust Co. of Washington, and Alvin Untermyer of New York, tell the court that it will not be necessary to carry out the provisions of the codi- cil, which was made when Mrs. Dewey | feared that her body would not be pel'-; { band. The body has already been placed | | in the crypt, the court is advised. Nephew Not Mentioned. | Edward Beale McLean, a nephew, and nearest relative of Mrs..Dewey, is not | mentioned in the 1925 will, but it is expected will receive one-third of the estate if that will is upheld by the| court. This happens because of the failure of Mrs. Dewey to dispose of the entire remainder of her estate in that will. She left oné-thitd of the residue | of her estate to the National Savings & Trust Co. and Alvin Untermyer in | trust, to pay the income to Frederick | McLean Bugher, son of her late! | nephew, Frederick Hamilton Bugher, until he reaches the age of 40 years, | when it is to be surrendered to him. The will expressly declares that no dis- Furniture Repairing, Upholstering, Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 1235 10th St. N.W, Metropolitan 2062 Same location 21 years, which 1 pri & hieh-srade workmannin. o 0" THE VITAL THREE Plumbing, heating and tinning . . . you'll peed our service eventually. Well ‘e glad o furnish an estimate on any work you Deed. 35 years of practical, sensible advice. Budget payments, of course. % FLOOD ¢ Bey, Dec. 2700-Evzs 1411 V Clev, 0619 position is attempted of the remaining two-thirds of the residue of the estate | at the time of the will, but will | be treated in & , which, as far as learned, she never made. - This leaves her intestate, it is claimed, as to that| of the estate, which under the | w would go to her nearest relatives, | Edward Beale McLean and Frederick McLean Bugher. ‘The 1025 will provides a bequest of $10,000 for her maid, Ellen Boyle, and $1,000 each to her servants who have been one year in her employ. A life annuity of $3,000 is provided for Henri- etta B. Bugher, widow of her nephew, Prederick Hamilton Bugher. will of October 23, 1923, ing $5,000 to M of Mrs. Dewey, Gearge Goodyln Dzwey, her THE ISPURN SURRENDER | INBILLBOARD FIGHT Pack and Bard Give Warning Against Compromise and Quit Joint Committee. With a warning that the time has not yet come to compromise with the billboard industry, two of the leading public interest groups in the Nation- wide campaign for the preservation of roadside landscape have withdrawn from the joint committee created here early this Winter to bring about a working agreement between the op- posed forces of “beauty and commerce.” The cleavage which rendered futile the second conference, held during the past week in New York City under the chairmanship of former Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania, was declared to have been a proposal for limited zoning, urged by the billboard industry, which the two public repre- sentatives refused to accept on the ground that it would result in “complete surrender of most of our highways to ugly and dangerous commercialization.” The two members of the committee who resigned at the meeting were Arthur N. Pack, president of the American Nature Association, and Albert S. Bard, general counsel for the National Council for Protection of Roadside Beauty. promise, it was declared at the Wash- ington meeting called last January, de- pended upon participation of the organ- izations which are waging war against the billboard interests. The United States Bureau of Public Roads, recog- nizing no grounds for compromise, had refused to tzke part in the conference called by the Outdoor Advertising As- sociation of America and the National Association of Real Estate Boards. An- other powerful group, the American Civic Association, also had refused, be- lieving that co-operative discussion with the industries which exist for the pur- pose. 8{ exploiting the highways would e. Sought Common Ground. ‘The Washington conference, however, was attended by representatives of a number of public interest organizations which believed at the time that efforts should be made in a co-operative way to find some common grounds that would serve, at least, as a starting point. At the New York meeting, Herbert Nelson, representing the National Asso- ciation of Real Estate Boards, intro- duced a plan for limited highway zoning whereby owners of 75 per cent of the property abutting upon any rural high- way might obtain througn condemna- tion exclusion of all billboards, gas stations, hot-dog stands and places of public entertainment. This plan had Successful efforts to work out a com- [ bod! SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. Sticks to Fight ARTHUR N. PACK. not object to a special zoning classifica- tion within which food stands and gas stations would be permitted but bill- boards would be excluded. But, Mr, Kleiser was quoted as saying, the bill- board industry is not willing to accept interpretation of commercial districts as only those within the corporate limits of cities, boroughs or villages, with the possible addition of a few non-incorporated rural business centers where outdoor advertising could be definitely permitted by local zoning es. Mr. Pack stated that the highway surveys in a number of States con- ducted ‘by the American Nature Asso- ciation and the Natlonal Council for Protection of Roadside Beauty, showed clearly that there were very few dis- tricts outside corporate limits, where, in the public interest, outdoor advertis- ing should be permitted. ““We take the position,” he said, “that outdoor advertising outside of these cor- porate limits and outside of a very few non-incorporated districts, where the situation is such as to make local zon- ing desirable for other reasons, engen- ders the ill will of a large section of the public toward the products advertised. On the statement of authorized officials of the outdoor advertising industry, only 5 or 10 per cent of all outdoor advertis- ing is so located in rural districts. No zoning proposal which would permit the industry to maintain a good portion of this 5 or 10 per cent of outdoor adver- tising, contrary to the wishes of the public, would be satisfactory. Moves Boards Around. “The outline of the zoning proposal submitted by Mr. Bard and myself would definitely destroy all this 5 or 10 per cent of the busin:ss of the outdoor ad- vertising industry in rural areas,” he said. “We frankly admit this. The public does not want it and it must go. “The solution submitted by the Ni been submitted to legal counsel and pronounced workable, but it was ob- Jjected to by Mr. Pack and Mr. Bard as inadequate and dangerous. Pack told the committee that the plan, “while possibly workable for a few sections of highways in rural regions, is nothing more than a com- plete surrender of all other highways in the State to ugly and dangerous commercialization. As a model zoning law, it is entirely unsatisfactory,” he added, “for proper State zoning pre- sumel the classification of all areas wi the State and must set up regulations for their use. As suggested at the Washington conference, partial regulation through taxation of bill- boards outside the coi te limits of cities, boroughs and ges may not tional Association of Real Estate Boart and apparently desired by the industry is that,” he said, “instead of getting rid of these billboagds entirely, they be moved around—excluded from a few re- stricted areas to be set up and concen- trated in other rural areas which are not to be restricted. They are merely juggling things about and trying to make the public believe the billboard people are making & great sacrifice for the protection of roadside beauty, when they are actually setting up machinery by which they may possibly yield only a few highly scenic areas. “Under the guise of zoning” Mr. Pack continued, “they hope to get pro- tection for billboards—to set up more of them along thousands of miles of at- tractive rural highways and still to be ideally perfect, but it is at least comprehensive in its regulative effect. This is not.” ¢ Ry Mr. Bard then presented the prin- ciples of a model proposal for a State zoning commission to be appointed by the State governor. This commission, he said, would survey all the highways of the State upon which State funds had been or were to be expended and place restrictions upon the use of land within public view of these high s. Along sections of highways designated as class A no outdoor advertising, with the exception of necessary signs for the sale of property there local manufactured or grown, would be per- mitted, he suggested, and no gas sta- tions or food stands, etc., would be permitted. Along sections of highways ds ted as class B the exclusion of outdoor advertising would be main- tained, but rural industries serving the traveling public would be admitted, subject to regulation. Class C, under Mr. Bard's proposal, would include only sections of highways within the cor- porate limits of cities, boroughs or vil- lages and a few small sections outside these corporate limits where local zon- ing, already in force or to be adopted, created commercial zones. Proposal Turned Down, “This proposal,” said Bard, “is based upon the exercise of the police power of the State in the public interest.” Mr. Kleiser, president of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, clearly indicated that such a proposal would not be accepted. His industry, he said, was willing to accept restric- tion to commercial districts only, but, as on former occasions, he placed a very different interpretation on the word ‘“commercial.” Formerly, Mr. Pack explained after his return to ‘Washington, the outdoor advertising industry has taken the view that dis- tricts where food stands and gas m-' tions were permitted were, for that reason, “commercial” and open to un- limited billboards. Recently, in re- sponse to awakened public opinion, the industry receded at the Washington conference from this point of view. At the New York conference, Mr. Kleiser openly stated that he would PHILCO RADIO None Better— Few as Good Sold on Easy Terms GIBSON’S 91519 G St. N.W. are the true aristocrats of the Garage World Brick, Frame, Cement Block and Metal %, Lowe= Al call. ..revealing gosineer will call, . revealing no pavment...Phone ‘ATlantie duck out from under the avalanche of public opinion which wants no such mere oplate, but a real cure.” ‘With this discussion the meeting came to a deadlock, and the repre- sentatives of the two public groups, l’n{&ke and Bard, resigned from the com- mittee. In view of the fundamental differ- ences of opinion, Pack said, this com- mittee, if continued, could do no more than recommend a partial and inade- quate zoning plan which will involve the surrender of a large portion of the country’s highways to exploitation by » | commercial interests. He charged that the existence of the committee is being used by members of the billboard industry to defeat the very purpose for which the committee was _created. “By our resignation and withdrawal,” Pack sald, “we hope to point clearly to the present futility of hoping to com- promise between the aims of the out- door advertising industry and the de- mand of the public for real protection against selfish commercialization of our highways, built with the public's money.” HLEE S Guild to Present Play. OXON HILL, Md, March 15 (8 clal) —With Miss Naomi Beall pla; the leading role, the St. Faith Altar Guild will present “Little Miss Clod- hopper.” a three-act play, in St. Barna- bas Church Hall, April 10. Mrs. Wil- liam H. Heigham and Miss T. Middle- ton are sponsoring the play. A. KAHN INC. new things . D. C. MARCH ‘15 '931—PART ONE. I PROGRESSIVE SPLI: OVER FUSION SEEN Brookhart and Nye Among Those Waiting Proof of Democratic Liberalism. (Continued Prom First Page.) conceivably tirow the election of a President and Vice President into the House of Representatives if neither the Republicans nor the Democrats were able to win a majority in the electoral college. That's the kind of thing that sends cold shivers up and down regular Republican backs. Senator Brookhart of Iowa, one of the Progressive Republican group, had before him yesterday a copy of the re- port of the St. Lawrence Power Develop- ment Commission of the State of New York. He said he was by no means satisfied with the recommendations in the report. “If that is the plan of Gov. Roose- velt,” said the Jowa Senator, “it does not satisfy me, It seems to provide for State development ct hydroelectric pow- er and then for the sale of the power to private companies for distribution. That is about what the Hoover plan is in connection with Muscle Shoals. am for Government operation.” Too Early to Predict. The Towa Senator declared yesterday it was much too early to say what he or other Republican progressives would do in the presidential election next year. He said that he hoped a progres- sive Republican candidate, or a number of progressive Republican candidates, would get into the fight in the presi- dential primary States next year. In that way, he said, he believed it would be possible for the progressives to go into the next national convention of the G. O. P. with a very substantial block of votes, and thereby have a de- cided effect on the nomination made for President. He mentioned Senator Borah of Idaho and Senator Norris of Nebraska as candidates who - might sweep some of the Republican States of the West in primary contests with President Hoover. fignhr! "zlye of North Dakota, another of the progressive group amo the Republicans, is one of those vgc‘w will have to be “shown” before he hooks up with the Democratic national ticket next year. These progressives are saying that if Gov. Roosevelt of New York is the nominee of the Demo- crats and President Hoover is the Re- publican standard bearer next year, there will be a lot of progressive voters who will cast their ballot. for Roosevelt on election day. On the other hand, they are not yet prepared to say they themselves will support Roosevelt rather than Mr. Hoover. One of them went so far as to say he believed it was possible that Mr. Hoover himself might “awaken” to the need of more progressive prin- ciples and measures; that he had con- sidered Mr. Hoover and still considered him friendly to progressive ideas. This progressive hastened to say, however, that so far Mr. Hoover had not given evidence of such an attitude. Hard Fight Foreseen. In the event, however, that Mr. Hoover does not become sufficiently progressive to suit, this Progressive Senator insisted that Mr. Hoover would meet a hard fight in the drive for dele- gates to the national convention next Borah, and perhaps a number of other States lining up back of these Progres- sives or, fayorite son candidates of their own choosing. Senator Brookhart, who has recently gen Jowa, said that farm condi- Y ere were still very bad and the day. He does_not lo'g’k‘ u?‘ . He upon the Democratic party with any great | amount of pleasure. He said that it | would have to divorce itself from the | program lald down by Chairman John J. Raskob at the recent meeting of the National Committee in Washington. That im, Senator Brookhart said, was as reactionary as anything the Republican standpatters could devise. Ore of the Democratic sponsors of the recent Progressive Conference, Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon- tana, has been on the “Roosevelt-for- President” bandwagon for & long time. He sald yesterday he belleved that in order to win the election next year the Democrats would have to nomin- ate a Progressive candidate for Presi- dent. Roosevelt, he said, was the man. If the Democrats should put forward a reactionary presidential nominee, Senator Wheeler declared a third party would be formed, with a Progressive at its head, and that then the result would be the same as in 1924. Three-Cornered Race. In that year the Democrats nomin- ated John W. Davis, the Republicans nominated Calvin Coolidge, and the Progressives put a third ticket in the field, headed by the late Senator La Follette and Senator Wheeler. Cool- idge won by & big margin in the elec- toral college. There are some Democrats today who 1 look back on 1924 and the action of the Progressives in that year with consider- able misgivings for the future. They are afraid that the Progressives, after leading them up to the mountain ;:lelnhlu. mpyud“ml? them ml:l;‘en na- ional ‘campaign by again a third ticket in the fiels 5 . Senator Borah of Idaho would not com- ment upon the possible political effect of the Progressive conference. He did say, however, that he believed the confer- ence had already accomplished good by stirring public thought and opinion, and he added that it might be a very good thing to hold another such. conference in the Fall in order to aid the legis- lative program which the Progressives will present in the coming Congress. Senator Wheeler, in advocating the nomination of a ive Democrat, said the Progressives would not support any one who opposed the direct primary system or who attempted to make pro- hibition a bigger issue than economic conditions. His statement was taken as a direct hit at former Gov. Al Smith of New York, who a week ago published an article declaring his opposition to the direct primary and a return to the convention system of nominating can- didates for office. ‘The Montana Senator predicted that if Roosevelt ran against President Hoover, -the former would carry the Northwest as President Wilson did in | 1918 against Charles Evans Hughes. He pointed out that Senators Borah and Brookhart had done much to carry that section of the country for Mr. Hoover in 1928 and that since then both those Eenators have denounced Mr. Hoover's policies and administration. GOEBBELS GETS BOMB Berlin Police Called as Socialist Leader Opens Petard. BERLIN, March 14 (#).—Police today were asked to investigate the source of of a bamb received in the mail by Paul Joseph Goebbels, the National Socialist leader. ‘The package contained eight sticks of high explosive, but Goebbels has been careful about his for some time, and parcel was unwrapped without year, particularly in those States where | accid presidential primaries are held. He ictured a Nebraska delegation favor- ing Norris for the presidential nomina- tion, Pennsylvania favoring Gov. Pin- chot, Wisconsin, La Follette; Idaho, ® 50c¢ a week lent. Students at the farm school held a | mass meeting and were reported to have been overwhelmingly in favor of sup- mgll the: school administration’s stand. SALF--Shell Frames $2.75 Regularly $§ You may not know whether you need glasses. Let our registered optometrist ex- amine your eyes. If you need glasses, he’ll supervise the of the 0] ® pays for=e= ® Jenses and ® frames! “‘ Optometrists for 50 Years™ 1004 F St. NW. 39 YEARS AT 9 Constantly our stocks dis- 35 F STREET TWO UTILITIES HIT UNDER MERGER ACT = Telephone Stock Sale Held lllegal; Alexandria Gas Company Probed. (Continued From First Page.) Co., which is now known as the Wash- | ington Suburban Gas Co. Mr. Bride has suggested to the Public Utilitles Commission that it examine carefully the contracts under which the Washington Gas Light Co. purchases natural gas. Copies of these comtracts, it was said, have not been filed with the commission, although gas company officials promised to do so more than two months ago. Wallace Dunn, an engineer formerly in the employ of the gas company, was in conference for some time yesterday with Richmond B. Keech, = people’s counsel, giving him additional data to support his claim that the owners of the Washington company had planned to get a monopoly on various gas operating plants within a radius of 150 miles of Washington. The ruling on the Chesapeake and Potomac stock was made in response to & request for an opinion by the Public Utilities Commission. Since it did not indicate what steps should be taken by e A i T . Bride for T o e saied tha mm“"u RS r. Bride rul it the was doubly illegal. In the first p?:::. the issuance of the stock, which was acccmplished without-seeking from the commission a certificate of authority, was illegal because in conflict with the act of March 4, 1913, known as the Public Utilitles Act, setting up a com- mission to regulate utilities in the Dis- trict. Then the sale of the stock to the A, T. & T. was illegal because such a sale to a foreign utility corporation of securities 'in a local corporation is forbidden by the terms of an amend- ment to the Public Utilities Act, com- monly known as the La Follette anti- melrler llomendment.‘ \ n a 10-page on, which a finding of !Ichop.‘nw. Bride ..ineulu&e.d' during October, 1930, the telephone company orally informed the comission that it intended to issue stock in the future and desired to know whether it was necessary to obtain authority for such issuance. It was understood by the commission that the company would give it formal notice prior to the ;sliu;nce. but no such notice was in fact en. Acquired by A. T. & T. Co. It appeared from tHe annual report of the comglny for 1930 that $2,000,000 stock of the corporation had been is- sued on September 30, 1930, and the commission had further information that this stock was acquired by the A. to The Chesapeake & Potomac Tale- phone Co. was organized under the laws of New York State in 1883. In 1908 its charter was amended to give it the power to issue $15,000,000 in stock. The company bhad issued $13,000,000 in stock prior to the passage of the public utilities act in 1913. 3 Mr. Bride states his conclusions as follows: “That the company has not complied with the provisions of the public utili- ties commission act in th> issuance of $2.000,000 of its stock without securing authorization from the Public Utilities ‘Commission. T. & T. Co., a corporation fore} e District. e authority to the contrary it seems s clently clear that Public the vfl e y to regulate of such issues is well founded and it has been properly delegated to the m%“’fcni- t ki hat steps le not known wi e B uumlhu& $1,000 to $10, the authorization of the fore issuance of securit penalties must first be assessed wie offending corporation and civil suit instituted to recover the amount of the penalty. The anti-merger act provides that to set the Equity Division of Court shall have power sales of stock or bonds forbidden terms, and also to prevent purchasing them from holding or Vot~ ing them. Presumably both of these courses are opcn to the 3 LONG AIR HOP MADE . Naval Survey Planes Travel From San Juan to Canal. 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