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, 1924-11-26
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION GIVES
DECISION ELECTRIC RATE CASE:
Makes &c Reduction in Rates for Electric Cur
rent and Establishes New Regulations
for Conduc Company's Books

Under the date of November 14th, the Wyoming Public
Service commission has issued a report of its finding in the
hearing in which the town of Cody was the complainant and
the SShoshone Electric Light & Power company the defendant.
The hearing had to do with the adjusting of the electrict light
rates in the town of Cody, and was brought about when Gov.
Geo. 7. Beck, president of the Shoshone Electric Light & Power
company, asked the town of Cody for a renewal of the twenty
year franchise which will expire during the year 1925.
The town of Cody now has an opportunity to use the current
furnished by the United States government from the electric
plant at the Shoshone dam, and the hearing was desired in an
effort to ascertain if the privately owned company would be able
to compete with the service which is offered by the government.
The following order" and report of commission" is given
Evening star., 1924-07-15
Coast Guard Ship Bear Ice-Locked
In Arctic on Her Last Voyage North

A brief radio came through from
Capt Cochran today. It told in a few
words the story Of q disappointed
crew and insurmountable ice that
blocked the northward way. Half a
dozen times in June the Bear was
caught in the ice. Men acquainted
with the north, brawny and willing
freed her and sought another means
of eeress, but July found her facing
heaviest ice," and a day later she
was held fast again When she was
loose Capt Cochran was ready to
start back.
Fear. for Safety.
Although Capt. Cochran's last mes
saxa indicated his belief that he
would have little difhculty in re-
turning as soon as ice conditions
permit. Rear Admiral Billiard, the
commandant, and others at Coast
Guard headquarters fear that the old
boat may not emerge safely. She
should never have gone this year,
they said, but Capt. Cochran urged
that the old Dundee whaler-the boat
that had made ~ trips into waters
that none other dare penetrate. in
cluding the journey to the rescue Of
Greely-should be given another trial
Congress was asked at its last ses-
sion to appropriate money for rev
craft to replace tho Bear. but the bill
got lost in the jam OF the closing
days. Her sister ships, the Theus
and tho Resolute, long ago were dis
mantIed, but not until each had
served the Government faithfully for
years and had carried such figures
as Schley and Usher and Others in
the most hazardous of 3ouYEeyI
Evening star., 1924-07-15
GEORGE T. HEbbARD
COMMITS SUICIDE
Prominent Merchant, After
Opening Store, Kills Self
in Cellar.

After he had opened his place. at
912 14th street, today and made pre-
parations for the days work, George
E Hebbard, fifty years old. former
F street tailor, went to the cellar
and fired a bullet into his head, from
which he died. His plans apparently
were made with deliberation, for near
a typewriter in his office, was found
a note, typewriter. giving details as
to who should be notified, in order to
spread the news.
There had been no intimations to
his friends or associates Of his inten-
ton to end his life,- though it was
said he was nervous, fretful and trri-
table and had worried recently over
business conditions. He left his
home at the usual hour today and
went to the store, took in the days
supply of ice from the front step and
started the electric fan.
Employees Find Body.
No one heard the shot. 1t had been
his custom. 1t was said, to spend some
time in the morning in Franklin
Park, just across the street reading
newspapers, but the janitor did not
observe him there today. Other en-
ployes of the establishment, upon ar
irving this morning, failed to find
him, and when they saw evidences OF
someone having been there started
an investigation and discovered his
body at the foot of the stairs leading
from the store to the cellar, with the
revolver clutched in his hand
The note which was found said:
Sorry to mix things, boys, so here
goes.
Don't phone the home.
Call Nevius first-Main 260s.
ASK him to call Mrs. Cox, Frank.
lin 1856, and Miss Holther, Main 1874
home-Main 266-ofice.
'sHEBBARD.
"Good-bye; good luck. I am tired
generally. They will spread ths
news"
The first telephone call which Mr.
Hebbard directed in his note was that
Of Herbert Nevius. undertaken. s24
New York avenue.
The phone number after the name
Evening star., 1924-07-15

The venerable Coast Guard cutter
the Bear has made her last journey
to the Arctic. She is pfnched in the
ice somewhere a thousand miles north
Of Unalaska, two propellers are
her sides, and Coast Guard heAdquar-
ters has radioed orders to give up. to
return home from the flftieth annual
cruise into the far north.
So "Healy's puk oomiak' viii not
take the mail and the messages from
civilization to Point Barrow this year.
The old vessel, named "Healy's IRE
canoe" by the natives when Capt
Healy used to guide her into the
northern wastes, no moro will bright
en- the lives of those lost from tho
world for a year at time. She has
been branded unsafe, unseaworthy,
and when she gets back to the states.
II she does. she will be dismantled-
It was on May that tho Bear. In
command Of Capt Cochran. steamed
away from the Golden Gate. Her
skipper bore the usual broad instruc-
dons ITO aid all peoples, to assist
commerce. to open lines Of commune
cation" and last, but one Of her most
important duties, to carry the mails
to every village not reached by the
Bering sea patrol The farthest north
of these In Point Barrow.
Her thin stream OF smoke ana
her white sails-e0r they use sails
wherever possible to conserve stores
Of coaIeageriy have been watched
for many long days each sumn--r by
the missionaries. th" teacher. the
traders and the natives. bueD heir
witches this time will be in In
sna1v vf1faRnl
Evening star., 1924-07-15
Flyers So Weary
They Fall Asleep
In Paris Theuter

By Radio to The Star and Chicago Dali
News. Copyright, 1924.
PARIS, July 15.-Desirous of
entertaining the men who had
been through innumerable hard
ships, United States embassy
officials entertained the American
world flyers on a short tour Of
Paris Monday night. including
visits to the Theater Folies Ber-
ceres, the Four Hundred Club and
the Cafe de la Paix.
What wasn't their astonishment
when, tuckered by their long
exertions, each and every one of
the aviators went sound asleep In
the Folies Bergeres, amidst a
vaudeville show having few equals
for it's magnificence.
The correspondent was told
today that Lieut.. Smiths broken
rib Is still giving him much
trouble and that he has to be
bandaged twice a day. Monday
night after leaving LIE Bourget the
aviators went to see Gen. Pershing
at the Hotel Crillon to tell him
about the voyage.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
Poker, Judge Rules,
Is Not Gambling
In Cor,stantin,ople!

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 15.-A Constan-
tinople court has decided that
poker is not a game Of chance. ac-
cording to the Daily Mail corre-
spondent in the Turkish city.
After hearing a gambling case, in
which the defendants were alleged
to have violated the law by play
ing poker. the court held that
there had been no gambling be-
cause chance did not enter into the
competition. According to the
decision. poker is now permissible
in Turkey.
The public prosecutor, however.
disagrees with this definition Of
the five-card pastime and has an
nounced that he will appeal to a
higher court
Evening star., 1924-07-15
Sac PauIo Firmly Held and
Big Coffee Port May Fall,
AdvicesJ indicate.
U. S. CITIZENS SUFFER ,
SOME PROPERTY LOSS
Consular Officers Said to Desire
Warships Be Sent to Help
Restore Order.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. July 15.-While the
latest official reports received from Rio
de Janeiro stated that the federal forces
front at Sac Paulo was holding it's posi-
tfon in besieging the Brazilian insurrec-
tionists and had even advanced on some
points, unofficial advices indicate that
the rebels not only are still in full COM
mand Of tho city, but are now threaten
ing the neighboring metropolis Of San
to6
A wireless message from the British
ship Andes, which left Santos yesterday.
asserted that the situation at the
Brazilian port was seriouA It stated
that the rebels at that time were but
eight miles from the city.
Up until late last evening the >Brazil-
ian government had not made public any
new communique regarding the situa-
ton. Advices state that the Rio de
Janeiro police are proceeding energeu-
cally against spreaders of alarmist re-
ports.
It is now believed that previous re-
ports that the Sac Paulo rebels num-
bered $4,000 and the besieging federal
troops $4,000 were erroneous. It Is said
that the figures probably were much
overestimated. the opposing forces ac-
tually numbering $4,000 each.
FEDERAIS GO TO SANTOS.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
POLICE FIND BODY
Of DEAD RECLUSE
Woman Believed to Have
Been Member of Prom
inent Family.

The badly decomposed body Of a
white woman about sixty-fve years
of age, whom the police say was
Margaret Kelley. was found in the
front room of the second floor Of the
house at 1711h 7th street northwest,
shortly after noon today. So far as
the first examination shows, there
were no marks of violence, and the
woman, a recluse. apparently died of
natural causes. although there wore
appearances Of commissions.
For years the woman. who was
blind and was said to have been q
lily here has lived in the house
Neighbors say that they have not
seen her for more than three years
Two women from Alexandria, one Of
whom is said to be a grandniece, ap-
peared at the eighth precinct police
station shortly before noon and re-
ported that M. A. Foley. a cabinet
maker. who also occupies the home,
had come to them last night and re-
ported that the woman was dead, and
asking II he could bring her to Alex
andria in a machine and bury her.
The report was telephoned to the Sec
ond precinct, and Policeman R Y.
Stup entered the house and broke
open the door to the front room,
where he found the body lying. on the
bed amid squalid conditions.
Although the woman had ap-
parently been dead for some time. a
nearby groceryman told the police
that only yesterday Foley came in
seeking ice, saying that the woman
was sick. Foley, 1t was said, leaves
the house early each day and re-
turns late in the evening. having no
regular place of employment On
the door is q sign directing those
seeking him to leave notes under the
door. and admonishing them not to
knock with sticks or money as 1t
leaves marks on the door and is
ignorant"
Evening star., 1924-07-15
FLYERS TO LEAVE
EARLY FOR LONDON
Rest for Day in Paris After
Record Welcome on Ar
rival From Vienna.
260 HOURS IN THE AIR
All Planes to Get New Motors in
England, Preparatory to
Northern Hops.
260 HOURS IN THE AIR
By the Associated Press.

oy tne Assoclate0 ffess
PARIS, July 15.-Tired and weary
Of their 1s,o0o-mile battle against
the air, the United States Army
round-the-world flyers today took a
breathing spell in Paris and planned
to hop of for London early in the
morning.
The pilots Of the three planes and
Bourget airdrome yesterday after
noon. sixteen days behind their orig
inal schedule, but with a gain of
twelve days to their credit since they
left Toxic. They made the hop from
Vienna to Paris without difficulty
and. after circling over the city and
dropping flowers on the tomb Of the
Unknown Soldier, at the Arc d. Tri-
omphe. they came down on tthe lie
BourEet air held and were Afnnvee
overcome by the enthusiasm OF thetr
reception.
Given Great Welcome.
The Stars and Stripes hoated in
profusion beside the tricolor rs far
as the eye could see at Le Bourget
So great were the crowds to welcome
the American airmen that the small
force OF guards at the flying field
was overwhelmed and soon the great
space was black with people. The
visiting globe -encirclers were greet
ed by M. Laurent Eynac. undersecre-
tary of the French air ministry, to-
eether with many other notables.
Since leaving Los Angeles on
their historic journey the avfators
have been in the air 26o hours. When
they arrived here they all admitted
they were tired. but they were ready
to hop or again At minutes notice.
However, it WAS the general opinion
that q days rest would be of great
benefit. From London they will ny
by way of the orkney Islands, Ice
land and Greenland, Labrador and
rouebec- thence back to the homeland
Greeting the Flyers.
In greeting the flyers today M.
Eynac said:
"You are the pioneers Of the trans
nortation of the future. Your mar
yelous flight will have an enormous
influence on practical flying"
Lieut. Smith was visibly In need OF
.,een. and he withdrew into the back
ground and insisted that Lieut. Wade
-7Continued on Page 8, Column -
Evening star., 1924-07-15
Girl Fights y Hours for Life in Lake
After Too Men Companions ExPirt

The girl, her brother-in-law, Ed
gar Smith, and Wilbur Hoskins set
out from Big Bay Point Thursday
afternoon, intending to 60 to Barrie.
They were In q sponsor canoe
equipped with q sail This type Of
canoe is built with air chambers run
ming along either side, and is prac-
tically unsuitable. It will turn over.
but viii right itself again.
They had scarcely started when a
sudden squau sprang up and tipped
the canoe over. plunging them into
the water. The lake was 80 rough
that the people ashore apparently
couldp't SEQ that they were in DIM
Guilty.
One MaA Gees Quickly.
Wilbur Hoskins chung to the
overturned canoe for q short time. but
his strength finally gave out and he
went under. AZ the canoe righted it.
self Miss Murchison pulled her broth
er-in-law, Edgar Smith. into It. Again
It. turned over and again she helped
the almost exhausted man back to
safety. A third time and Smith coll
lapsed. dying from exhaustion a. she
held him.
Raa1izing that he was dead, tho
GIRL who was wearing only . bathing
suit. put on his sweater. With the
next wave that struck the canoe
Smiths body was washed overheard
and sank. but tho girl retained her
hold.
From Thursday afternoon to SUM-
day evening she was either drifting
Ia the canoe or clfnging to its keel.
How shs bald out 50 long ID dtmcult
to understand
Evening star., 1924-07-15
i. s. WORKERS GET
PAY BOOST TODAY
1000 Added to Semi
Monthly Rolls Here by Re-
classifying, Distributed.
WAGE OF SOME HELD UP
Late Changes Cause Delay, But All
Departments Will Have Money
Tomorrow.

Reclassifcation went into effect with
the first pay day Of the new fiscal year
today, adding an amount estimated at
$4,000 to Uncle Sans semi-monthly
pay roll in this city.
Virtually all government employees
here received their pay today, although,
on account Of some difficulties attending
late changes in classification, a few In
some departments will be delayed, per-
haps until tomorrow.
The average increase in salary for the
were reclassifed. out Of the $4,000 Fed
erA workers here, is about $5S year.
The total increase Of all those reclassi-
fed in Washington, according to the
latest Bureau Of the Budget estimates,
amounts to about $3,1S3,000 a year.
The total additional cost to the govern
ment over last year, however. it is de-
less on account Of the reduction in the
number OF employees. bringing down the
net increased cost to Uncle Sam for
personnel IN the District Of Columbia to
a little more than half million dol
lara or sss5,1ss. 80
49, Bonus Co.'s.
The increases mentioned, however,
are in addition to the $40 annual
bonus, which has been incorporated
into the salary, and will thus be a
permanent part Of the government
employees pay day, instead Of being
dependent upon renewal each year
of legislation specifically adding that
amount as a bonus.
Some little changes in the estimates
may be made when final figures on
the results of review of ALLEGATIONS
are made public. These have not yet
been computed. The review was
completed by June 80, and notifica-
tions of the changes made were sent
out just in time for government de-
partments and establishments to ar.
range their pay roll for today il
alignment with the latest ALLEGATIONS
Not All Reclassiaed.
Not all of the government employe.
in the District were reclassifed- II
the District there are about 72.00t
government employees Of Uncle Sam
including q few moro than 1000 II
the District of Columbia local gov
| ernment Only about $4,000 were re
classified.
All details for reclassifying the fielt
services have not worked out, bu
President Coolidge has ordered de
partmental heads to apportion funds
for the field personnel, SO that thes'
persons may be paid under a scale o
salaries comparable to salaries nov
in effect in this city. A bill author
CONTINUED on Page 5, Column -
Evening star., 1924-07-15
EARTHQUAKE RECORDED.
Of Great Intensity on Bor-
der of India.
By the Associated Prsss-

TASHKENT, Russian Turkestan,
July 15.-Recurrsnt earthquakes Of
great intensity have been registered
at the seismographical observatory
here during the last four days The
center Of the shocks Is believed to be
in the Pamirs, on the Indian border.
The tremors have been 50 violent that
the seismographicali Instruments were
thrown out OF aliknment while the
walls Of buildings were shaken and
furniture in homes -digplacsl
Evening star., 1924-07-15
SHARK STOPS BATHING
IN MARYLAND RIVER
Hammerhead Spotted and Revenue
Cutter Starts Search for
Creature.

Speclai Dlspatcn 70 Tne StH.
BALTIMORE, July 15.-A six-foot
hammerhead shark Is in Middle River.
Summer residents along the shores
Of the stream have seen the fsh, and
the revenue cutter Chulohuma, from
Norfolk, Is hunting for it
Meantime bathing in the river has
almost stopped, although the ham
merhead Is not the man-eating
variety.
The big fish, its fin just above the
surface. was seen by two fishermen
in a motorboat Sunday. but they re-
turned to shore because they had no
means of combating it. In the even
ing many persons saw the shark
leaping in the stream.
Swepson Earle, Conservation COM
missioner, was appealed to. but said
,Aous Of the conservation nsst -was
equipped to catch the shark.
The Chuiohuma now II cruising
about the river. seeking the shark. =
Evening star., 1924-07-15
ROME IN DOUBTFUL MOOD.
Each Nation Seen Insisting Upon
Its Own Selfish Plans,

ROME, July 15.-Cynicism is the
chord being persistently played upon
by the Italian press concerning the
prospects Of the forthcoming inter-
allied conference in London.
The >Giornale d'Italia says that the
Italian delegates to the conference,
who left for London yesterday. will
be ever ready to lend conciliatory aid.
but it fears the divergence is too
wide and too fundamental to be
bridged by an effective compromise.
The editorial remarks facetiousIy
that the Dawes plan has been hearth
ly accepted In three capitals, but
each clings tenaciously to it's own
particular Interpretation. It contin-
ues: I'VE have the acceptance a In
London. q la Paris and la Berlin.
They all say they want the Dawes
plan executed, but Paris emphasizes
the feature Of severity, Berlin its
feature Of indulgence. while London
harps on the fact that the Dawes
plan is outlined as a plan Of rep
aration, but not OF interallied debts.
Consequently. all efforts. at execution
seem like an attempt at a harmoni-
Gus musical composition for \ jazz
band bby trying to throw into the har-
mony a tempo of fox trot, Chopin's
funeral march and the majestic scores
Of Beethoven and Schubert"
Evening star., 1924-07-15
Rv Consolidated Press.

BY Consolidated Press. -
BREcHIN. Ontario, July 16.-Six-
teen-year-old Margaret Murchison IL
slowly struggling back to conscious
nes. today after soul-trying battle
for life lasting seventy-two hours In
the waters of Lake Simcoe, during
which her two man companions soc-
cumbed.
onlv the most remarkable vitality,
determination and courage could nave
carried her back to safety IN the lace
Of storm exposure, blistering sun ana
hunger after one Of the men VINO
.at ont with her last Thursday from
Big Bay Point in a sailing canoe had
drowned and the other, veteran OF
the World War, had died in her arms
of heart failure
yerRinx on total collapse for her
narrowing ordeal during which she
chung for three days and nights to
the drifting canoe, clad only in. q
bathing suit and sweater, and ter
ribly sun blistered. the girl was found
struggling through q belt Of reeds at
Concord Point near here by Harry
Grant Of Toronto. She II now under
medical attendance ut . cottage mere
and il expected to recover fully un-
less pneumonia sets in.
Could Scarcely SDeak-
She was horribly sunburned. and
40 weak she could scarcely speak. but
when asked who she was. she gasped
out that her name was Margaret
Murchison, and that she lived at Biz
Bay Point Then Grant realised that
she was one Of the three people who
had been missing since last Thurs-
day. Az he helped her toward the
nasrsst cottage che tod, hAr story.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
ANERICANS STILL SAFE.
Uneasiness Exists as Bombs Dam.
age Property in Sac Paulo.

age xfoPerVy IN 0Ao xauAos
News. Copyright, 1924
BUENOs AIRES. July 15.-United
States Consul Haberle At Sac Paulo
advises that all Americans there are
safe. but that they are much concerned
over the development Of the revolu-
tion, according to authentic reports
reaching here today.
A severe bombardment Is going on
around Sac Paulo, shells sometimes
falling within half a mile OF the con-
sulate, although they have not done
great damage to date.
Angio-Mexican oil deposits in Sac
Paulo have been destroyed by IRE.
Goods in warehouses and homes Of
other American concerns are re-
ported to have been sacked with
heavy losses.
Report Artillery Desertisas.
Most Of the federal, artillery sent
to Sac Paulo from Santos Is reported
to have joined the rebels.
Troops from southern Brazil ar
rived at Santos on Monday. They
are not being sent to the front i'm
mediately until their loyalty has been
(Continued on Page S, Column 2.)
Evening star., 1924-07-15
FEDERA1s GO TO SANTOS.
Detachment Of 1000 Sent to Front,
Uruguay Hears.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July To-
Reports received from Santos, Brazil,
late last night state that the situa-
tion in Sac Paulo Is unchanged. the
rebels holding the city against the
pressure of federal troops which have
arrived from Santos and Rio de Janeira.
II ts reported that 5000 federal
troops embarked at Port Allegro for
Santos last night Their departure
vas<wksasai,a by Borges Demadeiros.
rrxssAsnt af 4ths state OF Rio Grande
DO Sui, and large crowds Of citizens.
The government OF Rio Qrande do
Sui has proclaimed a state Of siege.
AMERICANS STILL SAFE.