Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1932, Page 12

A—12 x» RULING GIVES GAS SITUATION EFFECT OF ARMED TRUCE Litigation Ended for Present Between Commission and Stockholders. BARS INTERFERING WITH MANAGEMENT HERE Judge Gordon Requires Sworn No- tification of Court Before Changing Set-up. ‘The decree signed by Justice Peyton Gordon in the case involving owner- ship of the Washington Gas Light Co. was regarded today as effecting an armed truce between the Public Util- ities Commissiog and the foreign own- i 2 S S BT cent of the local com- { DRSS LR orical “contest. pany’s stock. For the present there will be no further litigation between the commis- sion and the stockholders. They may vote their stock as they please. they may not attempt to interfere with the management of the Washington concern, nor may they change the pres- ent set-up without notifying the court of the facts under oath. The La Follette anti-merger act is designed to prevent prnesstipfo ington utilities by foreign holding or public utility corporations. there is no question that the local com- pany is owned both by foreign utility and holding corporations, but the legal situation is saved by the interposition of a common law trust between the lo- company and its ultimate owners. This situation was declared legal in lit- igation two years ago between the com- mission and the Seaboard Investment ‘Trust, by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of District Supreme Court. Charging of Fees. At that time, however, although the trust was supposed t% own the stock, those who owned stock in the trust proceeded to run the gas company, and to charge it substantial fees for the benefit of their counsel and assistance. The commission, on discovering the facts, issued an order forbidding any further holding or voting of the Wash- Ington company stock by a large chain of outside corporations, the most active of which were the Central Public Serv- ice Corporation of Chicago and a host of affiliated and subsidiary corporations. Since that time, however, economic necessity has forced the Central Pub- lic Service group of corporations out of the cwnership through sale of their se- curities put up as_collateral for loan: from the Chase National Bank and others. The present owners were will- ing to agree to refrain from any acts of management, and to limit their ac- tivities to voting for directors of the local company, and the commission was willing to agree to amend its order 80 long as the owners'so limit them- selves. The commission reserves the right expressly, however, to issue new orders if deemed necessary by any ac- tion on the part of the present owners. Burroughs Disappearance. One of the interesting sidelights of the present situation is the disappear- ance of Fred S. Burroughs, who ar- ranged the purchase of the stock for $125 per share for the Harris Forbes Corporation, New York investment bankers. The stock was listed yester- day on the local exchange at $60 bid and $70 asked. Its par value is $20. ‘Throughout the early battles between the commission and the outside owners Burroughs was a star witness. As vice president of the Harris Farbes con- cern his word was law. It is said that he was principally responsible for the appointment of George A. G. Wood, later deposed, as president of the local gas company. Today his name ap- pears nowhere in the proceedings. Albert E. Peirce, president of the Central Public Service Corporation, has likewise faded from the picture, along with his vast chain of corporations and his privately-owned Westfleld Trust. The corporations which now own stock in the Washington & Suburban Co. (a common law trust, which in turn owns 108,000 out of 130,000 shares of the stock of the Washington Gas Light Co.) are: Chase National Bank of New York, 1.300; Public Utilitles Associates, 600; Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co., 1,000; Utility & Industrial Corporation, 1200; American Equitles Corporation, 100; Public Utilities Hold- ing Corporation of America, 900; United Founders’ Corporation, 480; American & General Securities Corporation, 180; Second International Securities Cor- poration, 120, and United States & British International Co., Ltd, 120. Chase Bank Affiliate. Of the above corporations, the Public Utilities Associates is a group affiliated with the Chase Bank. The Continental Tlinois Bank is said_to have no con- nection with the Chase Bank. The American Equities Corporation is sald to have no connection with any other group in the picture. The Public Util- ity Holding Corporation is said to be controlled partly by the Chase Bank and the last four groups mentioned are all part of the United Founders’ System, U. S. PROBE STARTS IN ELEVATOR FIRE Agriculture Department to Send Engineers to Chicago if Dust Explosion Is Given as Cause. An investigation is under way by the Agriculture Department’s chemical en- gineering division to determine if the fire which destroyed a six-story grain warehouse at Chicago yesterday was caused by a dust explosion. The aim of the investigation is to gather in- formation useful in preventing similar explosions. Dr. David R. Price, chief of the chemical division, said engineers will rned ! go to Chicago at once if it is leas that exploding dust caused the million- dollar tragedy. The Bureau of Chem- istry and Soils has been conducting experiments at Arlington, Va., for years in an effort to minimize the dam- age from such industrial accidents. “We find that approximately 28,000 industrial plants in the United States are subject to the. dust-explosion haz- ard,” Dr. Price said. * plants employ approximately 1,325,000 persons and manufacture products of an annual value of more than $10,000,000.”" Dr. Price said one of the -most ef- fective preventative means is designing grain elevators and industrial huildings with wide window areas, which blow out and release the pressure when the dust explodes. Bank Club Installs Oficm.. Newly elected cfficers of the Federal- American Club, composed of employes of the Federal-American National Bank & Trust Co. were installed at a dance last night at the Carlton Hotel. The officers are: Neil Luiger, president; Percy . Brothers, vice president; Hewitt Nichols, treasurer; Miss Ruth Lau- gmer. secretary. At the dance James erty rendered 2 program of songs. 7 ' ¢ But | ‘Today | mfimu greeting of Templars States. Arthur G. Fessenden is com- mander of Columbia Commandery. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Those Drug Stores! THEY REPRESENTED THE “REAL AMERICA.” N returning to France after his victory in the International Oratorical Contest here this Fall, Georges Pol Domine, French and world champion of high school orators, wrote his im- pressions of America for the Paris Journal. ‘The following translation of his\essay reached The Star through Mrs. Theo- dore Cogswell of this city: In Wi I was having lunch tranquilly at & drug store. This must not surpris for American pharmacies are perfumeries, tobacco shops, book stores and toy shops all at the same time; but, above all, they are cafes and restau- rants. One can find there every- thing necessary to daily living. I am 7 Fy) told that certain ones among them £ even sell medicine l* from time to time. neighbor had been looking at me at- . wnurnely. He w; wearing a8 ral %‘ coat and had a very agreeable manner. At last he decided to speak to me. “Beg pardon, but aren’t you Monsieur I heard you Saturday eve- Let me congratulate you. I am John Ken- nedy Magruder, and I have just fin- ished my course in diplomacy and political science at the university. My car is outside. If there is anywhere I could take you, Il be very happy to do 50.” Not Just a Word. American cordiality, as you see, is not just & word. It is true that fot a short while I was something of a celebrity. The evening before the press and the radio had announced nearly everywhere that I had been honored by the im- pressive title of international champion of oratory, and, having become the best talker in the world, I had taken my place beside Miss Honolulu, the P! most_beautiful girl in the world (or in the Empire State Building). I say without false modesty that the thing had not been achieved without great pains. Having known the agony of the elimination contests, which, argued at the end of the scholastic year, left me with the dreaded mission of representing French eloquence at Washington, I had first experienced the horrors of sea sickness, then the rigors of prohibition. The evening when, in the vast auditorium of Constitution Hall, we contested the finals for the record of eloquence, was not less rich in_emotions. There were 4,000 people present . . ./ among whom were Ambassadors and others of distinction. Sixty musicians, not counting the conductor, played the national anthem of each entrant before e or she began to speak. They played for me the Marseillaise. It was a little like a slow waltz, but all the same: was very stirring. . . . A rear admiral, re- tired, and another personage of im- portance counted the time exactly of each speech. We had six minutes for the prepared speech and four minutes for the impromptu one. When the time had elapsed the admiral whis- tled serenely on a kind of little flute and the orator had to leave his devel- opment or his sen- tence there. . . . Finally came the awarding of the prizes. They called the name of my comrade, Charles Smith of England . . . applause . . . then Miss Goldsmith . . . still more applause . . . which was understandable since she was American . ., . then my name! American Efficiency. I rose to bow, believing I had won third place, but the director of the con- test s| my hand; Miss Goldsmith shook my hand; the presiding officer shook my hand; I shook a number of hands without understanding, until the orchestra broke into the ' victorious strains of the “Marseillaise” (that I had won first prize). They explained the next day that the winner of first place is named third in order that ap- plause of the good, generous, excellent American public (might work up to a | climax). This is what is known as American efficiency . . . The last night on the ship before ar- riving at Liverpool, we hardly slept at all, my comrade Charles Smith and I. The very good friendship which had sprung up between us on the voyage had made us prolong our last conversa- tion almost until dawn. “Well, Charley,” I asked, “what is the most vivid im- pression that you bring back with you from Amer- ica?” He thought a long time, and I Xnew he must Tecalling all the new and interest- ing things he had seen and experi- enced—the huge buildings which raise thelr massive, superb silhouettes against the sky in New York; Broad- way. America’s Montmartre; the enormous schools, some with 1,500 pupils, and the warmth and cordiality wifh which we had been | recetved everywhere. We had already | spoken at length about the splendid [ hospitality which had been offered us, but when Charley spoke it was not that | which he mentioned. He smiled a little | and said: “You want to know what surprised {me most? I think it was the drug stores.” - OFFICIAL APPEALS FOR SEAL SALE AID Greater Support of Campaign Asked by Reichelderfer in Radio Talk. A last-minute plea for greater sup- |port of the Christmas Seal Sale cam- paign of the Washington Tuberculosis Association was made this morning by Commissioner Luther H. Reichelderfer in an address over Station WRC. He urged his audience not to “let down the bars of community health protection.” ‘The chairman of the Board of Dis- trict Commissioners said: “Down through the ages this mes- sage has heralded the Christmas sea- son—'Peace on Earth, Good Will To- ward Men.’ “But I challenge you, can there be peace on earth in the midst of world- wide hunger, suffering and unemploy- ment? “Throughout the Nation today the Christmas Seal Sale is drawing to a close. That campaign conducted by 2,084 tuberculosis associations to finance the fight against the great white plague. Campaign Far Behind. “All the year around the funds col- lected from the sale of penny Christ. mas seals promote a Nation-wide pro- gram of health protection for you and me. “They finance free clinics, nursing service, scientific research in the world’s finest laboratories, and they teach the tuberculous patient how to get well. “Today that mighty campaign that has been waged for 25 years is running far behind in the sale of the penny Christmas seals. “Today we cannot let down the bars of community health protection. Today, more than ever, after three years of world-wide unemployment, we must stand solidly behind the noble band of men and women who are fighting your deadly. enemy and mine—tuberculosis. Contributions Urged. “Tomorrow is Christmas day. A day | of rejoicing for some, a day of sorrow for others. If on your desk or in your home there is an envelope of Christmas seals, will you not take time to send your' contribution to the Tuberculosis Association, in order that the fight against this communicable disease may 80 on throughout the coming year of 1933 “Your Christmas will be happier, I am sure, if you have the knowledge that you have done your small part in helping to restore some suffering child to good health and in protecting your- self and your neighbor against tuber- PRICE OF DINNER DROPS $1.87, Against $2.27 Year Ago, Due to Cheaper Farm Products. ‘This year's Christmas dinner won’t cost nearly so much as last year's. ‘With farm prices lower than at any time since 4he World War, it is possible, nomics, to prepare dinner for five per- sons for $1.87, as compared to $237 last Christmas, ‘The menu recommended by the bu- reau includes chicken and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy turnips, cranberry sauce, pum] ple, coffee, and milk for the childres K. T. MEET TOMORROW Commandery to Observe Annual Christmas Ceremony. = ‘Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, will hold its annual Christmas observance in the commandery hall to- morrow at 11:30 o'clock. Felicitations will be exchanged with other command- eries and various Masonic bodies. Charles E. Baldwin, past grand com- mander of the District, will respond to from the grand of the United DATA ON AIRMAL COMPANIES ASKED Nye Thinks Transport Direc- torates Influence Awards of U. S. Contracts. In an effort to show the extent of { alleged interlocking directorates of the | large Amorican air transport companies which are alleged to be attempting to | dictate Government airmail contracts |and stifle independent competition, Senator Nye of North Dakota yester- day introduced a resolution calling upon | the Federal Trade Commission for com- plete information on suon matters. “We have reason to believe,” Senator Nye said, “that the policies of the air | transport lines are dictated by direc- | tors who, through interlocking direc- | torates, have obtained a control of the | air transportation situation _which | makes it possible for them to influence | the granting of airmail contracts to an | extent which is imperiling the few re- maining so-called independent air transport operators. The information which is requested in this resolution | will show what is happening in this Trespect.” | . Senator Nye said the information he | desires to obtain is to be used in con- nection with the consideration of ap- propriation bills, chiefly the Treasury- Post Office bill, which now is the sul Ject of hearings by the Senate Appro- | priations Committee. Information Sought Listed. ‘The resolution calls for the following | information, to be furnished “at the | earliest practicable date”: A list of stocks held by aviation hold- ing corporations. | A list showing the various corpora- tions owning stock in air mail trans- | port lines and the amount of stock held in each instance. A list showing the directors of avia- tion holding companies owning aviation stocks in air mail transport lines and having membership on the board of directors of such air transport com- panies. A list showing airplane manufactur- ers, airplane motor manufacturers and airplane parts and instrument manu- facturers owning stock in either avia- tion holding companies or airmail trans- port lines and the amount so held in each instance. A list of officers and directors of avia- tion holding companies who through stock ownership are officers and direc- tors of airmail transport lines and com- panies manufacturing or distributing airplanes, airplane motors and airplane parts and' instruments. Former Status Asked. A list showing employes of aviation holding companies who are also em- ployes of airmail transport lines and companies manufacturing or distribut- ing airplanes, airplane motors and air- plane parts and instruments and the compensation, if dny, received in each instance. A list of employes, officers and direc- tors now in the employ of airmail transport lines or aviation holding companies or companies manufacturing or distributing airplanes, airplane mo- tors and airplane parts and instruments who were formerly employed by the United States Post Office Department, t Office Department and the com- pensation received while in the employ of the department and the compensa- tion they are now receiving in the avia- tion industry. A list of employes, officers and direc- tors of airmail transport lines and aviation holding companies and com- panies manufacturing or distributing airplanes, airplane motors and airplane parts and instruments who are relatives of present employes or officials in the Post Office Department. ISSUE OVERSUBSCRIBED The latest Treasury offering has besn more than three times oversubscribed. Subscriptions totaling $319,718,000 have been received for the issue of about $100,000,000 of 91-day Treasury bills maturing March 29, it was announced bv Secretary of the Treasury Mills. ‘The highest bid was 99.981, equivalent to an annual interest rate of 0.08 per cent. The lowest bid accepted was 99.976. INFLUENZA GAINS, | BUT IN MILD FORM THROUGHOUT 0. . Public Health Service Con- fident There Will Be No Great Epidemic. DISEASE WORKS WAY FROM SOUTHERN AREA General Prostration Distinguishes Malady From Cold, Says Dr. James P. Leake. Although the prevalence of influenza has increased almost a hundredfold in the past month the Public Health Serv- ice is confident there will not be an- other great epidemic such as swept the country during the war. All reports received to date, accord- ing to Dr. James P. Leake cf the Pub- lic Health Service, indicate the present epicemic is of a milder sort, so far as death rate is concerned. than even that of the Winter of 1928-9. This in turn was much milder than that of the Winter of 1918, when the disease was a veritable death plague. Thus far the great concentration of the disease is in the South, although it appears to be working its way northward. Numerous inquiries are being received at_the Public Health Service on the differentiation between a cold, la grippe and influenza, and Dr. Leake says it is not easy to give a specific answer, Differences in Diseases. Generally, he said, it is preferable to | restrict the’term “cold” to a condition more or less localized in the nose and throat, usually without fever and caus- ing little general prostration. The outstanding characteristic of influenza, on the other hand, is the general pros- tration. It affects the whole orgenism, but may have local effects similar io that of a cold. Although there is a considerable element of personal judg- ment, Dr. Leake said, an experienced physician usually can differentiate the two successfu although there may inion. is an old-fash- | ioned, generalized term no longer ini very good standing in medical science. | It may be applied to anything from a bad cold through influenza to mild| pneumonia and usually is a self-diag- nosis. Another differentiating point. Dr. | is thet colds, al-| agious, are more cr | s localized in distributicn while the u” spreads rapidly over a large area. A physician usually would hesitate to diagnose an isolated case as influenza. Cause Undetermined. ‘The actual organism responsible for | proved wrong. I Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical influenza, Dr. Leake explained, still is debatable, and medicine is no nearer a | specific remedy than ever. Near the close of the great flu epidemic which swept over the world at the close of the last century the so-called Pfeiffer or- ganism, a bacterium, was isolated in| France and was accepted as the causa- tive agent of the disease. So when the | great “war . epidemic broke -out, there ‘was much probably useless experimenta- tion with serums. The responsibility of the Pfeiffer organism became more and more doubtful as the epidemic prog- ressed and the death rate went up. Experiments during the past 10 years | have demonstrated almost conclusively, Dr. Leake says, that the “flu” is an- other of the maladics due to the mys- terious filterable viruses. The actual| virus responsible. however. is not cer- | tainly known. Samples of so-called “in- fluenza virus” have been obtained sev- eral times. But none of these has shown sufficient stability of rea to make the identification certain. B: teriologists still are a long way from the certainty with which they have identified the virus of infantile paraly: In fact, Dr. Leake say: still_cling to the cor Pfeiffer bacillus is the really responsible agent, and they cannot positiv Like many other of the filterable virus diseases, influenza differs greatly in virulence from outbreak to outbreak. | Whether there is a loss of potency m" the virus itself or whether a resistance | 15 built up among the populace in gen- | ¢ { eral is not known. There is not likely to be any immediate return of the 1918 condition. 2! Explanations Numerous. Numerous explanations have been ad- | vanced for this fluctuation in virulence. | Amceng the more interesting is that of | anthropology of the Smithsonian Insti- tuticn, who advances the theory that the outbreak of zn extremely virulent virus disease may actually be due to the appearance of a new. ex- tremely primitive form of life on earth, perhaps by the same means through which life arose in the beginning. The filterable virus particles are considered very close to the most primitive of living things, This new form of life must fight for existence and gradually becomes adjusted in a milder form or is eliminated altogether. Statistical studies of the Public Health Service have shown there has been an increased death rate during the great flu epidemics apparently entirely independent of this disease itself, or the pneumonia which usually is re- sponsible for its fatal termination. There is no explanation for this effect. o Scoraing o the Bureau o Home Eeo: | ELVINE the position formerly held in the | pire Rescu CHICKEN BONE TAKEN FROM THROAT OF CHILD Examination Made by Several Doc- tors Before Obstruction Was Located. A piece of chicken bone about an inch long was removed from the throat of 18-month-old Dolores Alpert yester- day after her mother had refused to be reassured about the child’s condition and had taken her to several doctors and two hospitals. Mrs. Alpert said the child first was examined in her home at 401 V street by a private physician, who failed to locate the obstruction. Meanwhile, the e Squad was summoned and Dolores taken to a hospital. ‘There Mrs. Alpert was again assured that nothing was lodged in Dolores’ throat. The mother went with the child to the Epls‘opll Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, h8wever, where the obstruc- tion was finally located and removed. NEW VAULT PLANNED Treasury Asks Bids for Huge Struc- ture to House Millions. Making plans to give more adequate protectiot for a larger amount of | money, the Treasury Decpartment has advertised for bids to be opened Febru- ary 2 for construction of a huge new vault in the northwest court of the Treasury Building. The new money vault is to be about two stories in height, and will virtually fill the entire court. It will be equipped with the most modern protectve devices and will be large enough to hold hun- dreds of millions of dollars. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1932. Mrs. Hurley Presents Gifts to Children absence of Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley. wife of the Secretary of War. officiated today at the Central on’s annual Christmas 'party at the Fox Theater, as the youngsters received them. Since the Coolidges occupied the White House the task has glways been done by the President’s wile, but Mrs. Hoover, who distributed baskets of food at the mission yesterday, was unable to officiate today becadse of her Southern trip. Mrs. Hurley. If you think he looks happy, you should have seen some of the other children! distributing gift bags to children of poor families as In the photograph, 2-year-old Alger Tavenner, 33121; Volta place, is shown accepting one of the gift bags from —Star Staff Photo. TURKEYS ANDTAX] INLOOT OF THIEVES 25 Christmas Birds Taken‘ From Market—Gas Sta- l tions Held Up. Christmas turkeys. Winter blankets, a bass drum and a taxicab were among the $700 worth of loot obtained by burglars and hold-up men in 11 rob- beries reported to police here last night ence Fox, 3600 block of Pour- teenth street. Car thieves took a bass drum. worth $60. I n automobile | owned by Earl Whipp. 2127 California street. while it was parked near Thir- teenth and Belmont strects. Two store windows were smashed in by thieves who t $250 fur coat from the Joseph Sperling, Inc., establishment in the 700 block of Thirteenth street, and five blankets from the place of busi- ness operated by Samuel Sperling in the 600 block of Four-and-a-Half street. Gas Stations Hold-Up. Otis Howland, manager of a gas sta- tion at Second and H streets, was held up about. 1 o'clock this morning by a man who took $16.14 from him. An-| other gas station manager, Willard S. Willis, 770 Eleventh street southeast, | was held up in his station at Four- teenth and Good Hope road southeast by a bandit who took $10. James W. Cole, Lee Heights, Va., re- ported to police that two colored men and a colored woman took $34 from him at pistol point as he was walking | in the 3000 block of K street last night. | Grover Sollers of the first block of M street was stopped by two armed col- ored men in the viaduct at Second and M streis northeast this morning and robbed of 80 c¢ Charles S. Grayson, colored taxicab driver, re- ported to police three colored men had Tobbed him of $5 and his car in the 2200 block of Flagler pla‘e last night. Canned Goods Taken. Other burglaries reported overnight included the theft of $56.75 worth of | canned goods from the warehouse of Frank Kidwell, grocer. of the 700 block of Twelfth street nort of $200 worth of jewelry from the resi- dence of M. B. Lamarche, 8 Barney ircle southeast An automobile, apparently abandoned last night in the Rock Creek and Po- tomac parkway, between Constitution avenue and the Titanic Memorial, yielded a money box and tire patches, identified Thursday as having been taken on| night in & hold-up of the Standard Oil gasoline station at Twen- | ty-Sixth street and Pennsylvania ave-| nue. Police said the machine was list- | ed to George Everhart of the 3300 block of N street. COMMUNITIES TO JOIN IN YULE CELEBRATION Cottage City and Colmar Manor Residents to Attend Tree Lighting This Evening. Special Dispatch to The Star. COTTAGE CITY, Md.. December 24. ! ~—Residents of Cottage City and Colmar Manor will unite in a community Christmas tree celebration this evening under the auspices of the Community Brotherhood Club, which is composed of members from both towns. The tree will be lighted at 6 o'clock, following which the choirs from churches in both towns will join in singing Christmas | carols. Small gifts will be given to all chil- dren attending the exercises and in addition members of the club will dis- tribute toys and baskets of food to all needy families in the two towns. The tree will also be lighted tomorrow and Monday nights. Henry Caspare, sr., is chairman of the committee in charge. NEEDY FAM.ILIES AIDED Sergt. Jasper Unit, No. 13, Legion Auxiliary, Supplies Food. Fifteen needy families were well sup- plied with food today as a result of a Christmas party given by Sergt. Jasper ;‘1’;"“‘ No. 13, American Legion Aux- ary. Each family was given a basket of food and Santa Claus, in the person of William Kershner, distributed Christ- mas stockings, clothing, candy and toys among the 50 children present. celebration, directed by Miss Gilbert Cone, was held Thursday in Thomp- son School. Mary Jane Stanton and RusstEl.l Clarkson provided entertain- ment. TARIFF HEARING DATED The Tariff Commission, investigating the cost of production at home and abroad of raw and refined sugar, mo- | lasses and related articles, will hold a public hearing February 14. In making the announcement, the commission said “all parties interested” January . Birminghem Bismarck. N. D. Boy and Girl Given New Clothes by Congress Member A poor little boy and girl were convinced today “there is a Santa Claus.” Thanks to the generasity of Representative Ralph F. Lozier of Miscouri. they will wear brand- new clothes tomorrcw when they #it down to a Christmas dinner furnished by 2 charitable agency. Their od_outfits, Tagged from overuse, will be discarded. Yesterday, as they do annually, esentative and Mrs. Lozier ed two needy children—the 6. his sicter 8 years old— rough the aid of the Council of Social Agencies and Catholic Charities, and took them “shop- piog. o s ‘The children's father is in jail. social workers seid. They It with their mother, a 2-month baby sister and their grand- parcnts. The grandfather was employed for 28 years by a local firm and when it changed hands some years ago he was lct out and has been unable to get further employment because of his age. THE WEATHER } District of Columbia—Cloudy, with occasicnal rain tonight and tomorrow; siowly riting temperature tcmcrITow; minimum temperature tonight zbout 40 degrees; moderate east winds tonight, shifting to fresh south by tomorrow. Maryiand—Cloudy, probably followed by rain late tonight and tomorrow; ris- INg temperature 1CMOITOW. Virginia—Cloudy. probab n tonight and tomorrow; warmer in west porticn tonight and in’ central and east portions tomorrow. Outlook for December 24 to December 31. North and Middle Atlantic States— Rains at beginning of week, again Wednesday or Thursday and again at end of week. Mcderate temperatures at beginning of week, slightly colder Tuesday, colder Thursday or Friday. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear today. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. Yesterday— Highest, 52, 4:00 pm. yesterday. ago. 62 Lowest 42, 5:00 am. today. Year ago, 46. ‘Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today. 4:24am. Dililam 5:15 p.m. ‘Tomorrow. 1p:m: aii 12:12pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, today .. 7:25 Sun, tomorrow 7:25 4:51 Moon, today.. 4:15am. 1:57pm. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall Capital (current month to date): Month. 1932, Average. Record. 482 3.55 7.09 ' '82 Sets. 4:51 ugusf September . October . . November ... 6.43 Temperature. 2% ® 35U3H *-qusu 3sep 3somoT w'e g o) - Statlons. Weather. * ' £8p1NSIK 50 40 0.8 Clear 46 38 0.14 Ptcloudy 54 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy in Abilene, Tex. HA The | ! Paso, . _ Mont.. 30 ron, 8. Dak.; 20. 080 “Aneles o8 Louisville. w York, N. Y. Qklahoms” City. aha. Nebr. Bhiladelphia Pooenix. AHz Pittsburgh, Pa. Pertland, Me. Portland, Raleigh N Salt Lake City. 20.06 San Antonio. . San Diego, Calif 30.1 San_ Prancisco 29.90 will be given opportunity to be heard. | g87, TF The investigation is being carried on under the flexible rate provision of the | Seatt! 1930 tariff act with & view to possible | 73! changes, 30.16 80 64 30.22 52 42 Year | in inches in the |av (OLLEGE TOGIVE COURSE FOR POLICE iEvidence and Legal Proced- |‘ ure Training Approved by | Officials. 1 | | | 'The Police Department and Commis- sioner Herbert B. Crosby have approved a course on evidence and legal pro- cedure to be given by Columbus Uni- versity especially for policemen. The university will give the course free, but the policemen must provide themselves with a case book and a | textbook on the laws of evidence. The class, which will start January 5 and last for 30 weeks. will be limited to 100 men. It will be identical with the course offered juniors in the university’s Law Schocl. John R. Fitzpatrick, dean of the scheol, will give the course. Inspector F. 5. W. Burke said the course would be followed by others de- signed to give the licemen a firm grasp of the principals of eriminal law and court procedure which they must deal with during their police werk. The present course will deal with such mat- | ters as the function of the court and jury: testimonial evidence, both direct and cross-examination; the competency of wiinesses and their disqualificaticn on mental or moral grounds; illegally | chtained evidence: the admissability of dying declarations and confessions; writings. their ccntents and authen- y; the so-called “parole evidence rule,” and the like. Burke said the course would be valu- able not only to the policemen taking it, but to the department as a whole, | and would undoubtedly result in better prepared and presented criminal cases in the local courts. Although no official announcement of | the school's opening had been made to members cf the force, Inspector Burke said today that 20 applications to at- tend the school have already been re- ceived from police. YULE TREE FETE TONIGHT | Children to Get Gifts at Leurel | | Community Celebration. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | LAUREL, . December 24—A community Christmas tree celebration | will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock by | Headquarters Company, National Guard, |in the armory. Santa Claus will dis- tribute candy among the children. Laurel Post, No. 60, American Legion, has put into condition 300 toys for poor children of the community. Men Begged as Women. | Two men were arrested in London | for wearing women's clothing while begging. Marriage Licenses. s Thompson, 23 nd Virginia Wil- S, both of Hun Va.: Rev. A. E. ey Isaac C. Young, napolis Hotel, anc Jeanette Rabinovitz, 25, New Castle, Pa.. Rev. G. Silverstone. Arthur L. Hendrickson. 30. and Josephine attingly. Roswell A. McWhirt. 27, and Ruth 20. both of Fredericksburg, Va.: Rev. Abernethy. Nat J. Wilson, 28, 2132 Ptnngh‘lnh ave.. b ennsylvania 2124 9th st and Ruth Truhart, 21, st.; Rev. Lee Stewart. Wilford K. McKenzie. 27, 3 Wade d se. and Mable Blucker, 10, 1524 O st.; v shal . 650 T st. sw, Fst. ne: Rev. 26. 1516 1st st. s.w. 35 Prout st. s 131 Walsh, Ww.'S. 11 N st. and N st Rev. 5 Park rd. coran st. oward Carleton Smith. 38. Dupont Circle Apart- %" Ratherine C. Berrs, 40 Uni- avanagh Buch. 23. 1000 F st.. and Bea- trice K. Combs. 19, Fayettesville, ATk : Kev. Ravmond L. Woiv X Carl A. Elsner, 0 Sherrier pl., and Zeldn L Bailey, 20, 210 17th ot se..’Rev ohn C. Copenhaver. ? 27, 2778 Woodley pl. 71728 P st: Rev. . 440 R st. and Rose Katz, 3 ‘Volkman. 34, Cleveland. Ohio, and - Baliimore. Md.: 3 o] 26, and Prances M. , 24, both of Baltimore, Md.: Judge Tt E.'Mattingly. George Grant, 49, 1324 T st.. and Clara Webster. 315 H at. s.w. Rev. W. L. Wa John 8. Haymans. 22. 220 2nd st. se. and Ethel L. May, 10, 220 2nd st s.e.; Rev. W. 8. Abernethy. 21, 1433 Morris rd. 19, 1438 Morris rd. Tris. 30, 933 4th st and . 214 G st.; Rev. W. in. slmr'nmcnmw 28, Sharptown, and Maia B. Philiips. ‘36, Delmar, Judee Rohert E. Mattingly. Al . Anderson, 33, 17 M. Pri Md., Del} ‘William 2203 14th_st.. and Ruth lorida ave.; Rev. ¥ i nan AL, 24, 618 U st 215 Brookiyn, N. ¥ C. Tisinger, 23, and Margugrite 3 B f Motnt Jackson, Va.; Firotgraia. 2o, Betome Bl Wllsh 8 and Theresa : Rev. J. Ed- 348 W gt.. 9T st.; Rév. snd w. | vania avenue, { buildings are going up. REROUTING TALKED AS TRACTION BILL NEARS FINAL VOTE Probability of Passage Turns Attention to Proposed Track Changes. STOCKHOLDER ACCORD WILL BE NEXT PROBLEM Congress Expected to Complete Legislation Soon After Holidays. Shares of Companies Rise. ‘The strong probability that street car merger legislation will be completed by Congress soon after the Christmas holidays and submitted to the stock- holders of the companies for action served to focus renewed attention on the problem of rerouting and track changing that could be considered under a unified system Approximately five vears ago. when the present merger effort began to take shape, detailed_ plans werc aicussed by company officials and the Utilitics Cemmissicn 25 to how the railway sy tems could be improved after conso! dation. If a merger results from t joint Tesolution which 1S now passing through its final legislative stages the indications are that these old plans will be used merely as a basis upon which to work up new studies in which consideration could be given to changes in conditions during the last five years. Stockholders Must Act. John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co. said today that the more immediate problem, if the merger resolution becomes law, is the Jorking out of an agreement between he two companies for the setting of the new ‘merged compan. which agreement will ‘e Lo be passed on by a majority of the stockholders, Mr. Hanna pointed out that when the original merger resolution was drawn up about five years ago an agreement was entered into between the companics, but that it expired June 1, 1929, and for that reason the details of a new agreement will have to be worked o for submission to the stockholders with- in six months after the authoriz islation becomes law. A majorit; | stockholders must approve the {and a “ allowed withis maximum pi w | track rearrangement, one of the first problems likely to be taken up is pro- viding adequate transportation facilities for the triangle area south of Pennsyl- re the new Federal This problem has been under discussion for some time between officigls of the National Cap! tal Park and Planr other Government transportation companies, Fewer Turns Desired. Aside from the triangle area, the Park and Planning Commission also has made studies of how car routing could be improved throughout the city under a unified system. One of the sugges- tions the commission has advanced is that track changes be made that would materially reduce the number of turns street cars are required to make under the existing track layout. While rerouting of existing lines probably could be worked out without much delay following consolidation, plans which involve relocation of track- age are likely to be proceeded with more gradually and with careful deliberation. The resolution authorizing merger and cutlining conditions which must be complied with has passed both branches of Congress and is awziting only House action on Senate amendments. The House may either accept the amend- ments or ak a conference. If the House concurs in the amendments the resolution will go to the President for signature, Pas:age of the merger legislation in the Senate hes greatly strengthened the stock of the Capital Tracticn Co. Dur- ing the last week the stock has ad- vanced from a low mark of $4 per share to $10 per share. The ington Stock Exchange was closed today, but yesterday the stock advanced 31, points from the previcus d:y's trading. The turnover has bzen largely in small lots, but this stock is very widely held among Washington inve-tors. There also has been some trading in Washington Rail- way & Electric isues since the merger plan was again brought to the front. JAILED FOR ATTACK Accused of attacking a 63-year-old man with a knife, Robert Coleman, 42, was sentenced to serve 360 davs in jail when haled before Police Court Judge Ralph Given yesterday. Joseph Sag- giani, 600 block of Third street, stated that Coleman attacked him at First and L streets Thursday and was apparently drunk, Saggiani received several cuts about the head. Deaths R.’epor;d. Julia P. Morris, &3, 1410 R st Mary B. Youn 4445 Ordway st Henrietta Wise. 8. 2000 North Capitol st. . Poindexter, 76. St. Elizabeth's lia for_Incurables Charles Blenn S. Basin. 58. Sibley Hospital Ji A McDonnell. 53, 7415 Pennsyl- 1515_Soring rd. 34, Walter Reed Hos- nited States Naval Robey. 48, V. Pier, al ant of Clarence H. and Irma K. Rhodes, Gellinger Hospital Pierce ct. s.w, s en route to Emer- er Hospital. Bessie Grav. 40. 801 dth . se Lula Palmer. 55 Gal'inger Hosp Mary MeclIntosh. 21. Freedwen . Garfie!d #osnital ll€, "5, Children's Hcs- pital. Jerry Sharp, 2, Children's Hospital. Births Reported. Paul and Sue Stanley, girl. Donll% E. and Rabulsrc ”l’l‘. &irl. . E . Smith, girl. rt J. and Charlotte Armstrong, girl. Myer and Jennie Ostrower. girl. Ja) H. id Dorothy Bmlx‘s. sirl. Gt LB, Wit Edward and Clara Brygger, boy. im nd Ch“s“,nl Ci Haxwell el ge.l“,«‘dlA d_ Je e P bo; el & et boy, Andrew and Sarah Purr. girl James and Sarah Kembile, girl. James and Cecelia Braxton. girl Prestonand Virginia Bruce. girl. Victor E. and Lillian Young, Birl. Franklin and Louvenia Jackson, girl. John ‘T and Willle Gites. girl Ghaties and sl Jackion ofil erry and Raby Rembert, girl. Cornelius and Louise Jackson, girl, il Theodore and Nezzie "Allen, Theodore and Isabelle Morton, E. and Birdie Tuc) "hy Ho; d Evel: boy. Robert and Lilly Gordon. Boy®7" nie! ker,