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10-CENT CAR FARE
. APPROVED FOR D.C.
Utilities Commission to Ap
peal Decision —Tokens
Will Be Sold.
From Fir.-t Page!
/show the value at the date of the hear
ing and that the rate of fare in force
produced an entirely inadequate re
turn upon the value of the properties
and sought to have the rate of fare fixed
at 10 cents cash, or 4 tokens for 30
cents.
“The commission held that the fare
value of the properties could not be
determined save by a new valuation,
that there was no valuation upon which
a rate of fare could be fixed; that dif
ferences in the accounting methods of
the two companies and certain errors
rendered it impossible to ascertain with
a. necessary degree of certainty the
actual operating expenses of the com
panies, and that the evidence of the
result of the proposed increase in rate
of fare was conjectural. The commis
sion left the proceeding open Tbr fur
ther testimony, but denied the request
for increase in fare. A motion had
been made for a revaluation of the
property, but no action was taken on
this motion. The railways have ap
pealed to this court.
Question of Return.
‘‘This is not a proceeding for the val- j
nation of the properties of the railways, j
and the question of value involved is |
only important-upon the question of the
rate of return upon the properties. If,
then, it should appear that allowing for
any errors on the part of the compa
nies the rate of return under the pres
ent rate of fare is confiscatory, as based
upon what the evidence shows to be the
minimum value of the properties, the
errors and overvaluations may be dis
regarded. While the commission ap- j
parently thought an entirely new valua- j
tion should be made, it took no steps
to have it done. It has 'he authonty
to order one made, but it did not do
so and failed to act upon the motion
for that purpose. I think that these
valuations are intended as standards
and bases upon which subsequent val
uations can be made, taking into con
sideration subsequent changes, certainly
for a reasonable time, unless a sufficient
* cause be shown for a new valuation.
But here none was ordered _ .
"Taking the valuation of the Capital
Traction Co. fixed by the Court of Ap
peals as of January 1.,1925. and the
testimony as to net additions * inc *
time, and excluding those items which
the commission claims should not be
allowed, the value of the properties of
that company as of December 31, 1928,
would be $25,728,683. The income, com
puted in the same manner, was $916 -
765.81, a return of 3.57 per cent of this
valuation.
Claim of Company.
“As to the Washington Railway &
Electric Co., the company claims that
there should be addea to the valuation
of June 30. 1919. $16,106,368.14. the sum
of $2,989,908 85, which, with certain de
ductions, wouid total $19,210,899.33.
That there have been net additions
there is no doubt, but taking the com
mission's valuation of December 31.
1921 $17,236,409.58, the income for the
rear’l92B, $816,196.43, would produce a
return of 4.73 per cent on this valu
ation- - - .. -
"The present rate of fare therefore
furnishes a return which is clearly in
* adequate. The commission makes no
real question but that the railways are
•well kept up and economically managed.
No merger can be had without tne con
sent of Congress.
’ “The public is interested in the
proper maintenance and operation of
the railways and the owners are en
titled to a reasonable return. An in
crease in rate of fare is in my opinion
necessary for these objects.
“The commission objects that the
amount of Income from an increase in
rite would be speculative. This is
necessarily true, but such an objection
would prevent an increase in rate at
anv time. Under the proposed new
fare of 10 cents cash or four tokens
for 30 cents, it is reasonable to suppose
that the proportion of tokens sold will
be Increased, the difference in the cost
of a token and the cash fare being 2 V 2
cent*, while under the present fare it
is only lVa cent*.
Percentage of Tokens.
“If as estimated by the railway. 85
per cent of the passengers will buy
tokens under the new rate, if the num
ber of passengers remains the same,
•would on the minimum valuation of the
Capital Traction Co. furnish a return
of 4.95 per cent and on that of the
Washington Railway & Electric Co.
696 per cent. Os course, if the pro
potion of tokens sold should turn out
to be less,-the increase in income and
rate of return would be somewhat
greater. On the other hand, the in
crease in fare will undoubtedly cause
a decrease in the number of passengers.
“In my opinion, the increased rate
of fare asked for, together with the
abolition of the charge for transfers,
will furnish a return that is certainly
not unreasonably high. It is true that
the return to the Washington Railway
& Electric Cel will be higher than that
to the Capital Traction Co., but even
then it is below the rate frequently ap
proved by the courts as a minimum.
That a difference In rates between the
two companies would be impracticable
is shown clearly by the reasons ad
vanced by the commisison in its order
No 344 of October 19, 1919.
“The appeal of the railways will be
sustained and the Increased rates of
fare granted.
“As to the motion for a revaluation,
It appears that the commission has
under its consideration a motion for
that purpose, and I do not think that
this court should act upon such a mo
tion primarily, unless it be necessary
for the determination of the matter
before it, and I do not think that it is
necessary.
“If the commision should order a re
valuation, as it unquestionably has the
power to do, it would have the power
also to pass upon the reasonableness of
the rate of fare fixed by this court, in
view of the new values fixed by such
revaluation.
“The right will be reserved, however,
to fix the price of tokens at three for
25 cents and at the same time an al
ternative to the passenger of buying 7
for 50 cents.’'
DUMP CAR HURTS MAN
Special Dispatch to The Star.
GLENS FALLS, N.Y., July 19.—Acci
dentally crushed under a dump car on
the Spier Falls construction Job eight
miles north of this city on the Hudson
River, Charles Thompson, 26, of Wash
ington, D. C., and a brother of Mrs. A.
H. Beatley of 224 Benning road, Wash
ington, D. C„ is in the Glens Falls Hos
pital in a critical condition suffering
from a fractured spine, several frac
tured toes and numerous lacerations and
bruises.
The accident occurred early Thursday
morning, while Thompson was at work
near one of the dump cars on the nar
jx gauge railroad operated by the
Allied Engineers. Inc., general contrac
tors. The railway is used by the com
pany to haul supplies and material for
the construction work. Workmen on the
.Job say that a steam shovel struck the
side of one of the cars, causing it to
overturn on Thompson.
Ends Life in Blast Furnace.
MEUSELWITZ, Germany, July 19
(JP> —Oscar Woetzold, proprietor of a
foundry, despondent, the police said,
over industrial reverses and credit
losses which were wrecking his busi
ness, dived into a cauldron of molten
iron la his blast furnace and perished.
•
(WHOLE nation in heat grip
With average reading 90.5
■ Deaths Few, But Drought Seriousfy Affects
Crops and Live Stock and Enhances
Peril of Fires.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 19—A withering
heat fastened itself upon America to
day.
From Great Lakes to Gulf and from
• ocean to ocean the continent cooked.
. Three-figure temperature readings were
i j common. Ninety degrees or better
[ were recorded in virtually every sec
i tion.
On the basis of official Government
figures the average maximum tempera
ture for the United States yesterday
was 90.5.
Out of 94 Government Weather Bu
reaus reporting to the Chicago fore
caster, 54 had temperatures of 90 de
grees or better. Only nine of the en
tire number reported maximums un
der 80.
The Nation's granaries, baked hard
by the persistent sun, faced drought.
Live stock in many places saw green
pastures turn russet and die. The dan
ger of corn being fired in the field was
felt in lowa.
Deaths Are Reported.
A few deaths occurred—sun strokes,
prostrations and drowning*—but the
number was not large considering the
i extent of the heat wave.
| Beaches, especially those near large
I cities, swarmed with people. In Chi
; cago, where an estimated quarter of a
million took to the water to shake off
the heat. Lake Michigan had a tem
perature of 68 degrees.
A table of representative official tem
peratures. taken from the Federal fore
caster's chart, reveals how widespread
was the heat yesterday:
J Washington. D. C....* 96
j Fresno, Calif 98
I Abilene, Tex. . 98
i Alpena. Mich 90
Chicago 99
Omaha, Nebr 107
Phoenix, Ariz 106
Huron, S. Dak 100
113 in Kansas Town.
Phillipsburg. Kans., had 113 decrees,,
and Emporia had 109. Scores of other
communities in the Middle West report
ed unofficial readings above 100 degrees.
Weather prophets were doubtful con
cerning any immediate relief for most of
the country. The possibility of thun
der showers was bespoken in the Cen
tral and North West, but the forecasters
pretended to see no certain surcease to
the heat.
The need of rain was felt in a score
of States. The United States Weather
RECORD DROUGHT
WITHERING CROPS
Weather Experts See No
Prospect of Relief in Hard- !
est Hit States.
Spreading East from the Rocky
Mountains over a score of States, the
month-long drought described by
weather experts as gripping its hardest
In Ohio. West Virginia, Kentucky, Mary
land and Virginia gave no indication
today of breaking. Statistics just com
piled by the Weather Bureau show it
the worst ever recorded in these States.!
having extended in some cases over the i
past eight months. Crops are burning
up in many sections and low streams
already are threatening to curtail the
supply of water in some Maryland
communities.
Although complete 40-year records j
were not available for other States, the
dry spell was said to be almost as severe
throughout Tennessee, Alabama, Missis
sippi. Louisiana and Arkansas, while
parts of Missouri, lowa, Kansas,
Nebraska. South Texas and
Oklahoma grew drier hourly with no
relief in sight.
Enormous Water Shortage.
J. B. Kincer, chief of the Weather
Bureau's division of agricultural mete
orology, calculates that in one State
alone—Ohio—the shortage of rainfall
on the basis of normal precipitation has
actually amounted to 140,000,000 tons
of water a day for the past 137 days.
If this deleted moisture had to be
carried into the State for use by fann
ers. municipal water plants and water
power companies, Kincer said, it would
mean 25,000 trains of 100 cars each
would be needed every day. Each car
of every train, he said, would have to
carry 50 tons of water.
During the period from March 1 to
July 17. Dr. Kincer continues, only 64
per cent of normal rainfall has been
experienced throughout the Buckeye
State, while other drought-clutched
States have been in an even worse
plight.
In Kentucky, from March 1 to June
1, he said, there has been only 50 per
cent of normal rainfall, while over a
seven-month period, starting with De
cember, Virginia has had only 65 per
cent and West Virginia only 66 per
cent.
Warning I* Issued.
Warning already has been Issued in
. parts of Maryland that unless rain falls
Inhabitants will be forced to curtail
their water consumption by half.
C. L. Mitchell, Weather Bureau fore
caster, was at a loss concerning the
actual cause of the long-continued
drought. Heavy rains, he said, are
caused by “disturbances’V in the upper
air currents, which, in the United
States, move almost without exception
from southwest to northeast, and there
have been “very, very few ‘disturb
ances.’ ”
Roll Call Is Answered by 65 Senators
At Today’s London Navy Pact Session
Sixty-five Senators answered the
quorum call at the opening of today’s
session on the London naval treaty.
The Senators present were:
Republicans—Allen. Kansas; Bing
ham, Connecticut; Blaine, Wisconsin;
Borah. Idaho; Capper, Kansas; Cou
; zens, Michigan; Dale, Vermont; De
neen, Illinois; Fess, Ohio; Gillett,
1 Massachusetts; Glenn, Illinois; Golds
borough, Maryland; Gould, Maine;
’ Greene, Vermont; Hale, Maine; Hast
ings. Delaware; Hatfield. West Vlr
■ ginia; Hebert. Rhode Island; Howell,
i Nebraska; Johnson. California; Jones.
Washington; Kean. New' Jersey; Keyes,
New Hampshire; La Follette. Wiscon
sin: McCulloch. Ohio; McMaster. South
■ Dakota; McNary, Oregon; Metcalf.
! Rhode Island; Moses. New Hampshire;
1 Norris. Nebraska; Oddie, Nevada; Pat
terson, Missouri; Phipps, Colorado;
Pine, Oklahoma; Reed, Pennsylvania;
Robinson, Indiana; Rob don, Kentucky;
Shortridge California; Smoot, Utah;
I Steiwer, Oregon; Sullivan. Wyoming;
i Thomas, Idaho; Townsend, Delaware;
, Vandenberg. Michigan; Walcott, Con
t nectlcut, and Watson. Indiana —46.
• Democrats —Black, Alabama; Cara
i way. Arkansas; Copeland, New York;
. Fletcher, Florida; George, Georgia;
*
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY. JULY 19. 1930.
Bureau at Washington said the dry
; spell was particularly severe in Tennes
see. Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana and
Arkansas, and to a slightly less degree
in the Middle and South West,
i Such heat as the Nation experienced
yesterday—and faced again today—has
proved a serious tax upon pumping sta
' , lions. Already in parts of Maryland
; warning has been given that unless
there Is rain soon there must be a 50
per cent curtailment of water consump
-1 tion.
Michigan Section Coolest.
! The coolest section of the Nation yes
terday was in Michigan's upper penin
sula. where Marquette had an enviable
maximum of 62. The Pacific Coast, too,
had temperatures in the comfortable
70 s, with a 68 at San Francisco.
Yesterday's heat casualties included
the dfath of a man in Springfield, 111.,
from sun stroke: the death of a Chicago
fireman, who collapsed at drill, and a
drowning and two prostrations in New
i York City, where a temperature of 84
was accompanied by high humidity.
CALIFORNIA TOLL EIGHT DEAD.
Record-breaking Six-day Heat Driven
Down by Breezes.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 19.—Southern
California's record-breaking six-day
heat wave receded today after having
taken eight lives.
Matilda Lagrant, 76, died yester
day in an auto camp at Holtville,
In the Imperial Valley. Her death
raised to seven the number of fatalities
occurring in the below-sea-level valley
flanking the lower end of the Colorado
River.
Cool breezes from the Pacific brought
relief from the high temperatures. All
sections outside of Imperial Valley re
ported below 90 degrees weather. Los
Angeles cooling off to 84. In the Im
perial district the thermometers still
were above 100 degrees, but lower hu
midity was reported. El Centro regis
tered 106.
During the heat wave a high mark of
118 degrees was reached Monday at Ca
! lexico, on the Mexican border,
f The first sunstroke death in Los An
gles County in more than two decades
occurred Thursday at Montebello, los
Angeles suburb.
FOUR DIE IN NEW ENGLAND.
BOSTON, July 19 (/P).~ Four deaths
from heat were reported in New Eng
land last night after a day in which
the temperature reached 94 degrees in
Boston.
YOUNGSTERS MEET
IN TOURNEY FINAL
James Monroe Hunter, Jr./to
Play Philly Howell at Bal
timore Club.
By a BtafT Correspondent of The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md., July 19.—James
Monroe Hunter. Jr., 19-year-old son of
the professional at the Indian Spring
Golf Club, plays Philly Howell of Rich
mond, Va., in the final round of the
Maryland Country Club Invitation golf
: tournament this afternoon. Hunter de
j seated Albert R. MacKenzle of Colum
; bia in 18 holes today in one semi-final
: match, while Howell went to the nine
teenth hole to defeat Harry C. Plitt,
| Manor Club star.
Just as he did yesterday to defeat
| the medalist. Alex M. Knapp of Balti
more. Hunter came from behind to
| win his semi-final match from Mac
! Kenzie. The Columbia veteran was
4 up at the turn, but Hunter won five
I holes in a row to become 1 up. Going
I to the eighteenth all square. MacKen
zic fluffed his approach shot and lost
the hole to Hunter, par 4.
Dingdong Contest.
Howell and Plitt had a dingdong
contest, in which neither man was
more than a hole in the lead. They
played the seventeenth and eighteenth
par 4s and at the nineteenth Plitt
pushed his tee shot out of bounds,
losing the hole to a birdie 3 by Howell.
Young Hunter has been the sensa
j tion of the tournament. Although he
has been the under-dog In most of his
matches he has kept plugging away and
I won his way to the finals by consist
! ently playing steady golf. The young
ster celebrated his nineteenth birthday
1 anniversary on Thursday by registering
-a 74 in the qualifying round of the
j tournament. Howell, who is the Middle
! Atlantic champion, and winner of the
I Columbia tournament a few weeks ago,
. is 18 years. The final brings two young
sters not yet out of their teens, playing
for the honor.
Other Play Results.
Herbert L. Lacey of Indian Spring
was defeated in the second flight today
by H. C. Peck of Richmond, 4 and 3.
Ralph S. Fowler of Washington de
feated William P. Hall of Baltimore
this mornihg and plays Henry Marcey
of Baltimore this afternoon in the final
round of the fifth flight. B. R. Eng
lish of Indian Spring is in the final
round of the sixth flight and Leroy
Sasscer of Indian Spring plays his
brother Tom of Baltimore in the first
flight of the consolation match.
Fowler in Hospital.
District Health Officer William C
Fowler today entered the Johns Hop
kins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., for treat
ment for a minor affliction. During his
absence, which Is expected to be brief,
Dr. Edward J. Schwartz will be acting
health officer.
Harris, Georgia: Harrison, Mississippi;
Kendrick, Wyoming; McKellar, Ten
nessee; Overman, North Carolina; Pitt
man, Nevada; Robinson, Arkansas;
Sheppard. Texas; Stephens, Mississip
pi; Swanson, Virginia; Thomas, Okla
homa; Trammell, Florida; Wagner,
New York; Walsh. Massachusetts—l 9.
Total present, 65.
Absent Senators were:
Republicans Baird, New Jersey;
Brookhart. Iowa: Cutting, New Mexico;
Frazier, North Dakota; Goff, West Vir
ginia. Grundy, Pennsylvania; Norbeck,
South Dakota; Nye, North Dakota;
Schall. Minnesota; Waterman. Colo
rado—lo.
Democrats—Ashurst, Arizona; Barkley,
Kentucky; Blease, South Carolina; Brat
ton, New Mexico; Brock, Tennessee
Broussard, LouLsana; Connally, Texas;
Dill, Washington; Glass, Virginia;
Hawes, Missouri; Hayden Arizona;
Heflin, Alabama: King. Utah; Ransdell,
LouLsana; Simmons, North Carolina;
Smith, South Carolina; Steck, Iowa:
Tydings, Maryland: Walsh, Montana,
and Wheeler, Montana—2o.
Farmer-Labor—Shipstead, Minnesota
Total absent. Si.
}
EUROPE AGITATED
OVER BOUNDARIES
Revision of Treaties Issue
Acute, but High Barriers
Are Faced.
BY PALL SCOTT MOWBEB.
By Radio to The Bt»r.
PARIS,. France, July 19 (C.D.N.). —A
great diplomatic struggle for a revision
of European frontiers as fixed by the
peace treaties is now on.
The French project for a European
union makes it virtually certain that
this revision will be discussed openly at
Geneva next September. The German
reply to the French memorandum says
almost in so many words that Germany
cannot join a European union unless
there are first certain territorial
changes.
Hungary shares this view, as also, to
some extent, do Austria. Bulgaria and
Lithuania. The Franco-Italian tension
has stimulated Premier Mussolini to de
clare that Italy wants certain territorial
changes and the re-establishment of
complete equality between the victors
and the vanquished of the World War.
Borah's Views Stated.
Senator William E. Borah, chairman
of the United States Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, has expressed
publicly his sympathy for Mussolini's
thesis. Ramsay MacDonald, British
prime minister, is silent on the sub
ject, but wrote an article just before
he became prime minister in which
he definitely favored treaty revision.
Informal Franco-German conversations
regarding possible revision seem to have
occurred and Poland accordingly is
manifesting some anxiety.
But what changes are to be desired,
or are desirable specifically? Should
all be granted, or only some of them?
At whose expense should the changes
be made? And, will those designated
to make the sacrifice accept it?
It is in consideration of these ques
tions that the British publicist, Henry
Wickham Steed, recently declared, "re
vision means war.” But even if re
vision means merely steady resistance
to the establishment of real peace and
stability, it is an issue serious enough
to concern every one, not excluding—
because of our foreign trade and in
vestments —ourselves.
Four Groups Defined.
Roughly speaking, Europe at the pres
ent time falls into four groups, which,
in population, though not otherwise, ap
proximately equal the United States.
These are:
1. The stabilization group, which likes
the present order and is ready. If nec-
I essary, to defend it. France, Belgium.
Poland, Rumania, Jugoslavia, Czecho
slovakia, Esthonia and Latvia, with a
total population of 126,000,000, com
prise this group.
2. The revisionist group which, for
one reason or another, is profoundly
dissatisfied with the present order and
is ready to block real peace and sta
bilization, unless changes are made.
The revisionist countries are Germany,
Italy, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria and
Lithuania, with a total population of
126,000.000.
3. The neutral group, which in the
interests of peace, would be willing to
see certain changes, provided they
would be at the others' expense, and
would be Inclined to defend the pres
ent order only if their own territories
are threatened. This group is com
posed of Great Britain, Holland. Swe
den, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Spain,
Portgual, Greece and Switzerland, with
a total population of 106,000,000.
Russia Is Big Factor.
4. Soviet Russia, protagonist of a
world revolution, which has a vague
and somewhat mysterious understand
ing with Germany, but otherwise con
siders ail capitalist states potential en
emies. Russia has 112,000,000 people.
The first, or stabilizing, group is the
only one. except possibly the Soviet
group, which agrees on exactly what it
wants. It is the most homogeneous and
best armed and, therefore, seemingly
the strongest.
The third, or neutral, group is by its
very nature undecided and anxious
above all to avoid trouble and to make
no new commitments.
The Soviet government knows what
it wants, but for the present at least
seems to lack the means for realizing
its revolutionary aim outside its own
frontiers.
Lacks Unity of Aims.
As for the second, or revisionist group,
with the exception of Italy and
Lithuania its members are partially
disarmed by the peace treaties, and it
is further weakened by the fundamental
fact that its members do not want the
same changes and do not entirely trust
one another, thus making common
action difficult, if not impassible.
Germany would like to recover the
so-called Polish Corridor and Danzig,
to say nothing of Upper Silesia. It
would like to recover at least part of
its lost colonies. It would like to an
nex Austria and see Tyrol returned by
Italy to Austria. But under the cove
nant of the League of Nations, the Lo
carno treaties and the Kellogg pact
Germany is bound not to go to war
for these ends. Its only hope, there
fore, would seem to lie in some un
expected generosity on the part of
Poland, Great Britain, France and Italy,
or in a war starting elsewhere, for ex
ample, between Poland and Russia, en
abling Germany to bargain its neutral
ity or intervention.
Italy, according to its official news
papers, would like to receive Dalmatia
from Jugoslavia: Nice, Savoy, Corsica,
Tunis and the Lake Tchad district from
France, and Malta and certain colonial
lands from Great Britain, but it is also
bound by the League and the Kellogg
and Locarno pacts not to start war.
Other Desires Listed.
Hungary wants Transylvania back
from Rumania, Slovakia and Ruthenia
from Czechoslovakia. Banat and Voy
vodena from Jugoslavia and finally
Burgenland from Austria, but it is
bound by the pacts and treaties, and,
in any case, is utterly impotent in the
face of its powerful neighbors, unless
it has even more powerful allies.
Austria wants the Tyrol back from
Italy, Bulgaria would like to recover its
lost lands from Greece, Jugoslavia and
Rumania and Lithuania would like to
have Poland cede it the Vilna region,
but none of these small countries seems
to have the slightest chance of realiz
ing their hopes without big allies.
The dilemma of the revisionist states
therefore seems to be as follows: Either
they must content themselves with some
small readjustments as the price of
their final acceptance and co-operate
in maintaining the present order or one
of them must assume the tremendous
risk of starting a war, which the others
could afterward join in or use to their
profit for bargaining purposes.
Time meanwhile, despite such recent
events as those involved in the Franco
ftalian tension, is apparqptly on the side
of peace and stabilization.
(Copyright, 1830.)
■♦ .
Roulette Given O K.
LISBON. Portugal, July 19 <(P>.—Rou
lette and baccarat today were recog
nized as Portugal’s only authorized
games of chance. The home office put
linger ban the Tombola lotteries and
all other games, imposing severe penal
ties against players and operators. Li
censed casinos and health stations
where the two permitted games are the
attractions alone were excepted.
Matches have been in use for 105
years.
BARRERE TO FACE
BAKER GUN OWNER
Gloth Plans Showdown as
Soon as Prisoner Is
Brought Back.
(Continued From First Page)
nocent. He has had a grudge against j
me ever since I beat him in a court
deal, but I didn't think he would make
me out to be a murderer.’’
Attired in a business suit and straw
hat instead of the bedraggled knickers j
and shirt which he wore when arrested |
in Canada. Barrere was the picture of
outraged innocence as he sat in his
compartment today, puffing frequently
on a cigarette and answering questions
propounded by the officers and news
paper men. His calm was in marked
contrast to the perplexity of his ques
tioners.
"This man either is innocent of this
crime or he is the cleverest criminal I
have ever run into,” Lieut. Kelly, vet
eran of many murder investigations,
declared. .
The Washington and Virginia au
thorities who are bringing Barrere back
today asked Philadelphia authorities to
investigate Barrere's recent activities in
the Pennsylvania city.
Seek Out Acquaintances.
The Philadelphia police were asked to
visit the house on Paxon street, where
the accused war veteran spent an in
determinate period prior to his trip
to Montreal, to question persons with
whom he associated there.
Having been unable so far to shake
Barrere's persistent denial of com
plicity in the crime, Commonwealth’s
Attorney Gloth, Lieut. Kelly and Agent
Hardy decided to seek what informa
tion they could from Barrere’s ac
quaintances in Philadelphia in the
belief the former soldier may have dis
cussed the Baker case with some one in
that city.
Marion Jarrell, 42-year-old companion
of Barrere on his "vacation jaunt” to
Canada, arrived in Philadelphia last
night, having continued on to her home
after arrival in New York with the
Baker case party last night. The offi
cers and their captive remained in New
York overnight in order to seek George
Kelly, the man who found Mary Baker's
clothes in a sewer trap not far from
the culvert in which her blood-stained
body was found on April 12 last.
Kelly, who previously had been
brought back to Washington for ques
tioning about the Baker rase, could not
be located last night by Yonkers police,
who visited Kelly's favorite haunts.
The police reported that Kelly had not
been seen in Yonkers for six weeks and
his friends thought he was living in
New York City.
Knows a New York Kelly,
i It was the desire of the authorities
to confront Barrere with Kelly in an
efTort to learn if the pair are acquaint
ed. Barrere said last night he knew
a man named Kelly in New York, but
he didn’t think his first name was
George, and the description he gave
of the friend did not tally with that
of the Kelly who turned the Baker
girl’s wearing apparel over to police.
There have been reports for some
time that George Kelly and Barrere
had met in Arlington County. Kelly’s
discovery of the murdered girl’s cloth
ing in the sewer near Arlington Ceme
tery after police had scoured the same
locality for a week created a sensation.
An Arlington County officer declared
he had looked in the same sewer, and
is positive the apparel was not there
at that time
Although he had threatened to cur
tail his answers until he could consult
an attorney, Barrere could not resist
the urge to talk some more on the
train, and among the statements he
made was admission that he was driv
ing hm par in the rear of the White
House glounds about the time the
Baker girl was walking to her car
parked at Seventeenth and B streets.
Barrere said he could not be certain
of the exact hour, but he thought it
might have been between 5 and 6
o'clock on the fatal evening that he
stopped his car at Fifteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue to let Miss Edith
Heiner of 2110 O street out of his car
before continuing to Virginia.
Seen Beating Woman.
It was just a few minutes after 6
o’clock that a man was seen beating
Miss Baker in her automobile near the
Ellipse. The man drove off when he
saw he was being watched, the car
traveling north on Seventeenth street
at a high rate of speed.
Barrere, as confident and debonair as
ever, laughed at the suggestion that his
presence in the vicinity of the Ellipse
early that evening was ‘ significant.” He
said he had no way of remembering
I what time he was driving there, except
in a general way, but advised his
questioners to consult with Miss Heiner
about it. He did not know that Miss
Heiner yesterday said that Barrere was
with her in the downtown section until
6:30 o’clock that evening, nor that her
statement had been corroborated by Mr.
and Mrs. Harrison Smith of 224 East
Capitol street, according to word from
Washington.
Apparently Prosecutor Gloth, Lieut.
Kelly and Agent Hardy did not become
unduly excited over Barrere’s admission,
although they agreed it was the first
“interesting” thing they had heard their
prisoner say during his many and
voluble discourses.
Has “Gift of Gab.”
Barrere has a natural "gift of gab.”
He told his questioners that one of his
chief faults was "talking too much.”
All day long yesterday Barrere practiced
his "gift,” much to the Interest not |
only of news correspondents but passer- 1
gers on the train.
BELIEVES BARRERE INNOCENT.
Woman Companion of Murder Suspect
Calls Charges Absurd.
PHILADELPHIA. July 19 (IP).— Mrs.
Marion N, Jarrell of this city, who was
with Hermann H. Barrere when he was
arrested in Montreal in connection with
the killing of Mary Baker in Virginia,
arrived at her home early today still
expressing the opinion that Barrere is
innocent of any part in the crime.
"The whole affair seems absurd to
me,” Mrs. Jarrell said. "I know he
didn’t do it. He is just an unfortunate
victim of circumstances and will be
fully exonerated as soon as he tells his
story to the authorities.”
Mrs. Jarrell said Barrere had told her
after his arrest that he did not even
know Miss Baker and was glad of the
opportunity to go to Washington to
clear up any doubts of the police.
Dressed in Knicker Suit.
A short, attractive woman of 42, Mrs.
Jarrell belles her age with her boyish
bob black hair and twinkling blue eyes.
She wore a linen knicker suit and an
orange tie and knitted fur-lined beret
on the trip from Montreal.
“They are the clothes I wore to take
hikes around Montreal with Bud.” she
explained, “and I haven’t been able to
change them since he was arrested.”
She said she called Barrere "Bud”
rather than Henry or Herman.
“I am sure that if he committed this
murder Bud would have made some
kind of a slip, as I have been with him
continually since he came to our house
to live two’months ago,” she said.
Mrs. Jarrell said she and Barrere have
a mutual understanding, although they
have not mentioned any intentions of '
their marrying except to members of
her family.
Widow of Minister.
Mrs. Jarrell said she was married to
t.he Rev. William Alexander Jarrell, a
minister, in 1909. He died in 1918 while
in charge of a pastorate in Glassboro,
N. J She was born in Millville, N. J.,
and came to Philadelphia after tha
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ZARO BRINGS ‘‘PROOF’ OF HIS 156 YEARS
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Zaro Agha, the Turk who claims to be |
156 years old. and the birth certificate
he brought with him on his arrival In
New York for an American visit. The
certificate is dated February 16, 1774,
or 1191, Turkish calendar, and was
issued in Ritlis. Asia Minor. Zaro says
he has outlived 11 wives, became a
father for the thirty-sixth time at the
age of 96 and grew a third set of teeth
when he was 105. He has never tasted
alcohol. He announced that he was
here to see and be seen by American
scientists who might care to pay for
the privilege of observing a man of
such ripe years. —A. P. Photos.
PROBERS TO GET
COMMUNIST DATA
New York Undercover Police
to Testify Before Con
gress Committee.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 19.—The congres
sional committee investigating Commu
nist activities today was prepared to
hold a secret session to hear testimony
by undercover agents of the New York
police on the authenticity of documents
involving the Amtorg Trading Co. with
Communist propaganda.
Former Police Commissioner Grover
A. Whalen assured the committee he
was convinced of the genuineness of
the documents seized by the police and
made public by him on May 2.
Secrecy Is Exacted.
His offer to have the secret police ap- I
pear before the committee was ac- !
cepted. He declared the hearing would
have to be secret to prevent possible
reprisals against the police and mem
bers of their families.
“Is the Amtorg actually aiding Com
munists in this country?” Representa
tive Bachman of West Virginia asked.
“I have no knowledge of their activ
ity beyond that indicated in the docu
ments.” Whalen replied.
He was then asked about Max Wag
ner, a'printer, who, defenders of the
Amtorg assert, printed the documents
in his shop, on East Tenth street, for
an unknown Russian customer. The
documents have been declared forgeries
by Amtorg officials.
Wagner Not Examined.
“I made no examination of Wagner,”
he satd. “The man has a criminal rec
ord and I could have no confidence in
anything he might have said. He
never printed these documents.”
Whalen recommended strengthening
of the deportation laws, fingerprinting
and registering aliens and return to the
Department of Justice of the powers it
had up to 1925 in keeping watch over
Communist activities. "Deportation
would solve all our problems.” he said,
declaring that 95 per cent of the Com
munists are aliens.
Representatives of the Amtorg will
be heal'd by the committee next week.
SENATOR NORRIS
WINS OVER GROCER
IN COURT DECISION
(Continued From First Page.)
in& of the Broken Bow man in the race
under exactly the same name as that
of the present Senator.”
Attorney General C. A. Sorensen, close
associate of Senator Norris, said the
Nye investigation was accentuated by
the disappearance of the Broken Bow
man the day after his filing was mailed.
The groceryman's petition, mailed
July 2, reached Lincoln too late foi
delivery the next day—the time limit
expiration date. Due to the July 4 holi
day, the papers did not reach Marsh’s
office until July 5.
Marsh approved the petition, but the
chief justice's ruling estops further
appeal. Three candidates are in the
race—Senator Norris, State Treasurer
W. M. Stebbins and Aaron Read of
Madison.
Senator Norris’ friends said he had
accepted the ruling and had abandoned
1 his plans of running as an independent.
Senator Gratified by Ruling.
Gratified that a second George W.
Norris has been barred from the Ne
braska Republican senatorial primary,
Senator Norris of that State is plan
ning to return to his State as soon as
the special session is ended and begin
his campaign for renomination.
VICTOR CERCIO CLEARED
0F STEALING taxicab
Victor Cercio, 27 years old, first block
of E street, was exonerated on charges
of stealing the taxicab of Fred Hop
kins. colored. Sunday, before Judge
Isaac R. Hitt yesterday in Police Court.
Hopkins had told police that two
robbers had taken his cab at the point
of a revolver near Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge, gagged him and tied him to a
tree. Upon the "positive” identifica
tion of Hopkins that Cercio was one
of the men. sixth precinct police ar
rested him Sunday night.
Police had said that they associated
the robbery of the Hopkins cab with
the hold-up of the Lord Baltimore
gasoline filling station at Second street
and Pennsylvania avenue in which two
men escaped with $2,200.
Judge Hitt dismissed the charge be
cause he said the man had proven
from testimony of friends and relatives
that at the time of the robbery he ,
was in his home. (
death of her husband. She helps her <
mother. Mrs. Kathryn Abel, to run the I
mother’s rooming house. I
It was the abrupt ending of a vaca- I
tion trip and the unpleasant circum- i
•stances surrounding her return trip i
which caused her the mast concern.
“I had been invited by friends to visit <
them in Syracuse and Bud agreed to go i
along.” she said. “We left by bus last t
Friday, and after staying in Syracuse 1
for a few days left In the motor car of 1
my friends, a married couple, for t
Montfcal"
Mrs. Jarrell said they spent the days i
hiking neat the Canadian city. 1
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PACT VOTE TONIGHT
SEEN AS POSSIBLE
Quorum Call Answered by 65
Members as Senate Re
assembles.
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I naval armaments. He argued that re
| ductlons In naval armament would be
l made only when the United States
j entered another conference with a fleet
as strong as any other in the world.
Senator Walsh's resolution follows:
"Whereas it is the sincere desire of
the American people to establish a
material reduction in naval armament
throughout the world, and,
"Whereas the United States has
participated in three naval conferences
with the object in view of urging upon
other nations its purpose and desire
to reduce its naval armament and to
co-operate with other nations to the
same end in order that the peoples of
the world may be released of the crush
ing burdens necessitated by maintain
ing their present military establish
ments and because of the conviction
that world peace is more likely to be
preserved by the maintenance of mini
mum navies by the great powers of the
world; and
“Whereas all American experts and
delegates, including Senator Reed of
Pennsylvania, whose statement, ‘We
(the American delegates) were horrified
to find that m these auxiliary classes
the United States was In a condition
of almost hopeless inferiority,’ give ir
refutable and overwhelming testimony
. that there was a failure to make any
material progress in actual naval arma
ment reduction at the three confer
ences which have been held since the
World War.»due to the fact that the
American Navy was proportionately in
ferior to the navies of Great Britain
and Japan at the convening of the last
two conferences; and
“Whereas it Is the opinion of the
American delegates and observers that
no conferences will result in bringing
about a substantial limitation of naval
armament in the world unless at future
conferences the United States is in a
position to scrap its proportional share
of naval craft with other powers; and
“Whereas it is the desire of the
United States Government to remove
all possible obstacles that have here
tofore caused a failure to accomplish
materia] naval reductions, and because
of the sincere desire of the American
people to promote world peace and
lessen the tax burdens of Its peoples
and the peoples of the world in future
maintenance of large military establish
ments; and
“Whereas the London treaty seeks to
establish a definite naval parity between
the contracting nations and therefore
is tantamount to legalizing the right of
each nation concerned to maintain a
navy of the actual strength defined in
the treaty, and, therefore, when other
nations are maintaining maximum
navies permitted under the actual
parity set up the failure of the United
States in this respect is an admission
to the world of our purpose to maintain
a Navy of actual inferior strength to
what our needs require an dagreed upon
by the American delegates at London;
now, therefore, be it
"Resolved, that the Senate of the
United States, in the event that this
treaty is ratified, favors the substantial
completion by December 31, 1936, of all
cruisers mounting guns in excess of 6.1
inches, all aircraft carriers, all destroy
ers. and all submarines permitted under
the treaty for the limitation and reduc
tion of naval armament, signed at Lon
don on April 22, 1930.”
Senator Walsh in a speech to the
Senate amplified the arguments in favor
of his resolution, which were written
into the whereases of the resolution
itself. Senator Walsh also argued that
if the naval needs of the country are
to be considered the United States
should go ahead and build up to the
parity with Great Britain provided in
the treaty itself. He said in conclusion:
"The London treaty seeks to protect
the world against the excesses of mili
tant statesmen, but there is no protec- ]
tion against pacificism carried to the ;
extent of imperiling our security unless
we establish, as other countries have j
done, an actual combat parity. Further- ,
more, the one outstanding fact learned i
from these conferences is that reduc- ]
tion of naval armaments will come
alone from our being on an actual i
parity with other countries at future i
conferences.” <
Senator Walsh made it clear that he t
wished to vote on his resolution before
the final vote is taken on the ratifica
tion of the naval treaty.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, one
of the leaders in the fight to ratify the 1
treaty, sought to interpose an objection l
to the introduction of the resolution at 5
this time, apparently feeling that it i
might further delay and complicate I
action on the treaty.
Senator Walsh said that he did not (
care what time a vote was had on his
resolution just so he was able to get I
a vote. The Vice President ruled that
the resolution would have to lie over S
for a day, but that It was properly In- I
troduced. V
Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor
nia, an enemy of the treaty, took the F
floor again to attack the pact.
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SEVEN BOYS GUILTY .
OF HIDING CHARGES
Eighth Youth Freed After
Nearly 60 Automobiles Were
Reported Stolen.
Seven of eight colored youths whom ‘
the police said admitted having stolen
about 60 automobiles in the North
west section over a period of weeks
were found guilty after a hearing on
charges of joy-riding before Judge
Mary O’Toole in Juvenile Court yes
terday afternoon. The other youth was
acquitted.
Judge O’Toole placed one of the
boys, Ralph Stevenson, 15, 1000 block
of Thirty-hrst street, on probation, and
continued six other cases to September
12, pending investigation. Meanwhile
the boys will be confined in the District
Training School for Colored Boys at
Blue Plains.
Many Can Disappeared. • ,
During a three-month period many
automobiles were reported stolen in the
vicinity of Twenty-fourth and M
streets, in the third and adjoining
police precincts. Wednesday morning
two policemen, H. S. Montgomery and
J. J. Purvis of the third precinct, ar
rested three colored youths who were
riding in a car reported stolen from
I Wade K. Hampton, 1314 E street north
east.
The three youths exposed the activ
ities of their “gang." Policeman Mont-
I gomery said one of the boys, 11 years
old, boasted that- he and his "buddy”
had stolen 26 automobiles. The boys
drove the cars until the fuel was ex
hausted. Most of the machine* have
been recovered, the police said.
Boys Found Guilty.
Those declared guilty by Judge
O'Toole were Alonzo Johnson. 15 years
old; Melvin Johnson, 11; Emory Scott,
13; Gabriel H. Scott, 15: Ralph Steven
son, 15; Carroll Ford, 16, and Arthur
Grant, 15.
Charges against Milton Minor. 16,
were dismissed, while Judge O’Toole
placed the Stevenson boy on probation.
MARINE RESERVES
PARADE IN REVIEW
Brig. Gen. Butler Praises Men for
Proving Themselves
“Real Marines.”
Soldierly and well drilled after two
weeks in training at Quantico, Va„ the
20th Marine Reserve Regiment passed
in review shortly after noon today at
the District Building bjjore Brig. Gen.
B. H. Fuller, acting commandant of
the Marine Corps; Col. Julius TurrilL
commandant of the Marine Reserves:
Dr. Luther H Reichelderfer, president
of the Board of District Commissioners,
and other District officials.
In a farewell address before the 20th
left its training quarters, Maj. Gen.
Smedley D. Butler, U. S. M. C., referred
in glowing terms to the regiment’s rec
ord of achievement during the period
in camp.
"You have been real Marines and a
credit to the uniform you wear,” he
said. "You have done what experts
said could net be done; that is, to
produce in six months of recruiting an
efficient Marine Corps field regiment
in full. While the marksmanship rec
ords have not been: tabulated, unofficial
returns are to the effect that an un
usually high percentage qualified as
marksmen, sharpshooters and expert
riflemen.
The 2d Battalion, under Capt. Harvey
L. Miller, won the highest score in
drill competitions yesterday for various
cups and awards. Company G, under
Capt. Robert H. Wynn, won the close
order drill event.
A squad from Company I, under di
rection of Pvt. H. N. Smith, took first
honor as the best squad in the regi
ment, while Pvt. Smith himself received
the medal for the "best Marine,” pre
sented by the District of Columbia De
partment of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Company K, was awarded the regi
mental surgeon’s cup for the company
with the best health record. The com
pany, recruited mostly from the Capital
Heights vicinity, was commanded by
Capt. J. W. Luckett. The surgeon’s cup
for the most valuable Marine in the
Medical detachment was won by Corp.
R. W. Reeves, while the surgeon’s cup
for the most valuable man in the regi
mental band was won by Sergt. L. R.
Corbin.
U. S. ARMY PLANE TRIPS
OVER MEXICO PROTESTED
Complaints of Passing Border Be
fore Landing Reported Made
by Authorities.
By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. July 19.—The Mex
ican authorities today were reported to
have protested against United States
Army airplanes flying over Mexican
territory near Eagle Pass, Tex.
The interior department announced
receipt of a message from the immi
gration commissioner at Pledras Negras
that airplanes carrying the United
States Army lettering on their fuselage
frequently fly over Mexico before
landing.
AMERICAN WEDS IN PARIS
PARIS, July 19 U *P). —Mrs. Suzanne
Bransford Emery-Holmes of Pasadena,
Calif., formerly of Salt Lake City, and
Dr. Radovan Nedelkov Delitch were
married today at the city hall of the
sixteenth ward. Their religious mar
riage will take place tomorrow after
noon in the Russian-Greek Orthodox
Church.
Dr. Delitch is a Serbian physician,
long resident in Paris. The couple met
in New York two years ago while Dr
Delitch was connected with . the Fifth
Avenue Hospital.
POLAND HONORS CROSBY
Commander’s Order of Polonia Res
tituta Conferred on District. Head.
Commissioner Herbert B Crosby was
notified today by the Polish embassy
that the Commander's Order of Polonia
Restituta, with star, had been conferred
upon him by the Polish government in
recognition of his work in connection
with the recent Pulaski celebration
here.
The insignia of the order have been
forwarded to the State Department,
where they will be held until Gen
Crosby receives permission to accept
the foreign order.
BAND CONCERT.
By the United States Soldiers’ Home
Military Band, this evening at . the
bandstand at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M.
Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Point
ner. assistant.
March—" The Emblem of Free
dom" Goldman <
Overture —"The Hunt for For
tune” Von Supp<
Reverie transcription—“ Chapel in the
Mountains” Wilson
Scenes from the opera— “Faust”.Gounod
Fox trot—“ Forgive Me” Ager
Waltz suite —“Visions of a Beau
tiful Woman” Fahrbach .
Finale—" Salaam Temple” ’. .Morrell
"The Star Spangled Banner.”
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