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Evening star., 1926-03-03
LEAK ON MERGER
DECISION IS DENIED
No Possibility Existed That
Ruling Was Wrongly An
nounCed, Eastman Says.

Denying the possibility of 'leak''
an hour in advance of issuance of its
order against the Nickel Plate mer-
ger yesterday, Interstate Commerce
Commission officials said today every
precaution had been taken to prevent
previous knowledge of the decision
and intimated that the crash in stock
quotations on the New York Ex-
change had been extending over two
days and did not come solely as a
result Of the Nickel Plate order.
Chairman Joseph b. Eastman said
in his opinion there was no chance
Of leak. Every operation surround
ing issuance of the decision was care
fully guarded" he added Assistant
Secretary Crillis said the mimeOgraph-
ing was done behind locked doors and
that the pages of the 40-page decision
were split up among commission
clerks SO no individual could have
complete knowledge of the decision
and the reasons for il.
Newspaper Men Protest.
While newspaper men complained
ct the lack of order in the presSroom
Or the commission which is main
tained for the public, when the de-
"Islon was given out, claiming they
were given no precedence over the
scores of persons gathered there for
purely personal and commercial rea-
sons, 1t was pointed out that the full
text Of the decision was not necessary
10 affect the stock market.
From another source came the in
S"fmajIon that a member of the com
mission telephoned a newspaper man
Ht 525, five minutes in advance of the
ISSUANCE OF the decision, and told him
=" come to the commission imme-
p4teiT., The fact that the commission
"fnled the Van SWeringen merger ap-
phcltion and other terms of the de
rislon were explained on the first page
o. the mimeographed document.
VIII Order No Inquiry.
Mr.. Eastman denied that there was
leak of the information before the
decision was actually issued, and said
Yhe commission would not undertake
an inquiry nor would it issue a state
ment The matter was looked upon to-
day IS closed incident, occurring in
the regular order of commission bust
ness.
~ the same time, in view of the size
of the document itself, and the neces-
hltT Tor qulck action in cutting stem
ciIS and mIneoSraphing, it was held
possible that one or more of the clerks
involved in handling the order had let
1t be known that an adverse decision
ou a question which nearly every OBJ
server believed would be decided IA
Norahly would be Forthcoming during
the afternoon. Hearings on the case
extended over eight months.
Evening star., 1926-03-03

to reveal several loopholes, either of
which may carry the merger plan
over the Interstate Commerce Com.
missions rejection.
Because of the lengthy report of the
commission, it is expected that it will
be some time before the problem is
ironed out and plan of action forth
coming. Through an agreement with
the stockholders who have deposited
their shares with the Van Swerlngen
committee, the merger group is EN-.
powered to substitute any plan that
does not materially change the rights
of the stockholders.
The merger committee, it was point
ed out, is the sole Judge Of whether
or not the modified plan will alter the
stockholders rights. If it becomes
necessary to drop amy of the five
roads to obtain an affirmative opinion
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, the stock in the line will be turn
ed back to the depOsitors.
Evening star., 1926-03-03

extension of the admission order
would be granted. In the meantime
attorneys for the Countess in New
York are preparing a case to come
before the courts to decide whether
the Countess in admitting moral tur
pitude" admitted commission of
crime within the meaning of the
United States immigration laws.
The National Women's Party, which
bombarded Secretary Davis with
charges Of double standards" and
determination" while the Earl OF
Craven was In this country, has taken
no further part in the Cathcart case.
Evening star., 1926-03-03
STOP ITCHING ECZEMA
Penetrating, Antiseptic Zemo
Will Help You

Never mind how often you have
tried and failed, you can stop burn
ing. itching Eczema quickly by ap-
plying Zemo. In short time
usually every trace of Eczema, Tet-
ter, Pimples, Rash, Blackheads and
similar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making it
vigorously healthy, always use Zemo,
the penetrating, antiseptic liquid. 1t
is the one dependable treatment for
skin troubles of all kinds. Ask your
druggist for small size 6Oc or large
bottle, $l,00,
Evening star., 1926-03-03
CONFERENCE AWAITED.
New Merger Plans Expected to BE
Formulated Tomorrow.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March CP).-
Formulation of any new plans here
for the proposed Nickel Plate rail
road merger today awaited ~the ar
rival from Washington of Col, w. A.
Colston, chief counsel of the Van
Sweringen interests. Due to arrive
tomorrow, Colston is expected to go
Immediately into conference with Q. p.
and NJ. J. Van Sweringen, the merger
common. and Newton ID. Baker, who
assisted ColstOn at the hearings before
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Analysis of the report then is expected
Evening star., 1926-03-03
College Man Takes
Mayors Office to
Teach Public Duty
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WATERVILLE, Me-, March g.
A college professor who sought
and won public office in order to
impress upon his students the
necessity OF taking an interest in
their Government will be sworn
in as mayor of this city Monday.
He is Prof. Herbert G. Libby of
the Colby College.
"T have been trying to impress
upon my students for 16 years the
imperative necessity of their taking
an active interest in the affairs OF
their Government" Prof. Libby
explained. "I feel that / must
practice what I preach"
Evening star., 1926-03-03

Princess Juliana, only daughter Of
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, will
take up the study Of International and
constitutional law.
Evening star., 1926-03-03
HOT FIGHT IS WAGED
ON|NSURANCE CODE
Fire Underwriters Say Pend
ing Measure Is "Unneces-
Sary and Unreasonable"

The proposed new insurance code
for the District of Columbia was Wig
orously opposed as an Unnecessary
and unreasonable bill by j. II. Doyle
OF the National Board of Fire Under
writer's, at a hearing today before
the Senate District committee.
Although Mr.. Doyle directed most
OF his testimony to the effect Of the
bill on the fire insurance companies,
he asserted that the measure has only
one meritorious feature, namely, that
relating to life insurance.
The witness emphasized that the
rate-making section would increa Sc
the cost to the companies of doing
business and might lead to an in.
crease In rates as time goes on. He
declared 1t would not reduce rates
on fire insurance.
AT the opening Of the hearing to-
DAY, r. Z. Brandenburg appeared on
penaiI OF Inc title companies of the
District. asking that they be excl,Td-
ed from regulation under the insur.
ance code.
Title Companies Considered.
Senator King of Utah exnressed tho
view that title companies In Wash.
1ngton should be subject to son,a
supervision and required to be bonded.
Mr.. Brandenburg then stated that if
some regulation of the title companies
Is deemed desirable. it should be
brought about in legislation separate
from an insurance code because tho
title companies are not engaged in
insurance. Thomas Baldwin. s1Iper-
intendent of insurance, agreed with
MT. Brandenburg that the title com.
pan1es should be taken care of by a
separate bill.
Mr. Doyle took issue with many of
the statements made yesterday bv the
witnesses who indorsed the bill. dis
agreeing particularly with what was
SAID by Mr.. Duedsberger of the New
fork insurance department. Answer
ing Q question from the committee.
Mr.. Doyle said restrictions on insur-
ance In the United States are too
great, that insurance is not regarded
either as trade or commerce and there.
fore not entitled to protection under
the Constitution and that the 4S States
OF the Union all have different rules
and regulations relating to insurance.
The witnesses in support of the bill
yesterday contended the new code
Evening star., 1926-03-03
CAUSES SOME OPTIMISM.
Several Railroad Financiers Expect
Results in Congress.

NEW YORK, March 8 OPAL
though railroad f1nanciers here are
perturbed over the Interstate Com
merce Commissions disapproval OF the
Nickel Plate merger, several see
causes for optimism in it.
They fell that contemplated consoli-
dations affecting most of the United
States are materially set back, but the
decision may lead to an entire clear
ing up of the situation by congress
sional action. In some quarters 1t is
considered that only the Nickel Plate
merger will be specifically affected.
"There has been much feeling" said
one railroad authority, "as expressed
quite strongly in the opinion by the
commission, that minority interests
were not receiving proper considera-
ton. This very denial Of the Nickel
Plate application will probably accel-
crate congressional action. which Will
clear up the whole consolidation ques-
ton"
Evening star., 1926-03-03
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Evening star., 1926-03-03
RAILROAD STOCKS
HIT BY AVALANCHE
OF SELLING ORDERS

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Evening star., 1926-03-03
View of Sponsor.

Leonor F. Loree, president OF the
Delaware and Hudson and Kansas
Southern Railroads, who is sponsor of
mergers to be built around these sys-
TENS, believes that the decision will
not affect the consolidation movement.
THE decision will have no lasting
effect whatever on railroad Consolida-
| tion," he said THE comm sion does
not deny the value of mergers, but
merely the terms of this particular
one 1t will not discourage private
| initiative in merging the railroads.
Every decision of this kind merely
clea j the way for fut re mergers"
Many railroad heads declined to ex-
press an opinion pending study of the
text.
Plans for a series Of Nationwide
mergers have been worked out for
some time on a regional basis.E Some
of the mergers folloH closely the sug-
gestions of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, but other, including
Nickel Plate, differ.
Five great systems would span the
East under plans now in consider
alton. They would be headed by the
New York Central, the Pennsylvania.
the Baltimore and Ohio, the Delaware
and Hudson and possibly the New
Haven.
In the southeast the Atlantic Coast
Line and associated roads are inter
ested in a unified system. A second
group would center around the South
ern Railwa-- while the Illinois Cen
tral, the SeabOard Air Line and the
Central of Georgia would constitute
another group.
Another group would center in the
Southwest with the Missouri Pacific
at the head. The Southern Pacific
also has been extending it's holdings
The st. Louis-San Francisco, which
only a few weeks ago acquired CON
troll of the Rock Island, has an appli-
cation for consolidation before the
commission now.
Evening star., 1926-03-03
Predicted Big Saving.

The reply of the Van Sweringens
was that no such profits as were
involved in the deal could be exS
pected unless the project as a whole
served the public interest. It was
contended that the unified onera ion
Evening star., 1926-03-03
MERCER DEFEAT COST ROADS
HEAVY SUM, COUNSEL ASSERTS

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
Revocation Authority.

From a standpoint of pure techni-
cality the ruling of the corporation
counsel for the District that Traffic
Director Eldridge had no authority
to revoke the permit of a Washing
ton 'motorist for an offense COM
mitted in another State may be per-
fectly correct, but viewing the
proposition from the angle of acct
dent prevention and potential Grim
inality in motorists it would appear
to be wrong.
Washington drivers are no longer
compelled to procure Maryland oper-
ators' permits. Maryland, therefore,
if an offense is committed in. that
State, cannot revoke the permit
granted by the District. Who else
then, but the traffic director of the
municipality which issued the per-
nit should have the power to re-
woke it?
Washington motorists, when they
travel in other States, are guests oil
these States, but they are response
BILE for their motoring actions to the
District official who has supervision
of their permits. Suppose. for
instance, that a local driver visiting
in Baltimore should in drunken
] stupor run down a pedestrian and
leave after the collision without
making his identity known. After
| this man has either paid flne oil
served a sentence In Jail for his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26

The above text sounds like the early
morning cry of some ancient night
Waterman. 1t is the call to a waking
world; the challenge of a new day of
opportunity. We often reflect upon
what a splendid thing 1t is that time
is broken into fractional parts. To
live "a hours a day and to feel that
each new day is a. unit of life with its
own story of success and failure, of
realized expectations and shadowy dis
appointments, means more to us than
we have thought or realized. To know
that with the beginning of each new
morning we may measure our sue.
cesses with view to new conquests
or evaluate our failures and disa q.
pointments with a view to new and
better attachments means stimulation.
and increased encouragement and
larger efforts. The poet says:
Il slept and dreamt that life was
beauty,
/ woke and found that life was duty"
1t Is veritably true that each new
morning is challenge. We stand
today upon the threshold of a new
year. The old one is rapidly passing
into oblivion. 1t Is a completed record
and 1t is a record that we cannot
~''t"'oS ~ VIC WOulu. lie new one
opens before us like some new book
of unsullied leaves and we are per
United to scan 1t only one page at a
time. Already we are projecting our
selves into it's story, making plans for
the fuller realization of our. hopes and
aspirations. There are two ways of
approaching 1t; the one is to regard
1t as but the weary repetition of an
existence that has known little of OBJ
portunity and less of hope To think
thus means to make 1t anything but a
challenge. 1t means to accept the
defeats and failures of the past as
the prophecy of what is to follow.
The other and more appealing way
is to look upon 1t as fresh oppor.
tunity for the higher realization of
our best, hopes and expectations and
to plan for 1t definitely and to look
forward to 1t with courage and as.
surance. Every journey we make has
an objective. Before we start we
make our itinerary. Is 1t not as
reasonable to do SO in planning the
larger things that have to do with our
aims and purposes? A distinguished
writer, as he contemplates a new year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
Half,a-Plate a Year.

"Only four White House dishes
broken since 1887 There is one to
null over! And just about one hun
dred million people are going to dc
that very thing. Eight years, nearly
nine, and only about ,one-half plate
year,! What a record to set up for
the country to shoot at! What an in
spring example to every cook and
every housewife in the entire United
States. And what Is going to be said
to the same cooks and housewives the
next time a piece of that new china
slips to the floor from soapy fingers!
1t Is very evidently up to the White
House to explain how this remark
able record was made, which, begin
ming in the Wilson administration.
ran through the Harding regime and
Is continuing In the Coolidge time.
with only four little plates broken. And
they might not have been altogether
ruined at that.
or course the average person does
not serve meals on sixty -dollar-a dozen
plates. 1t is little beyond the pres
ent scale of ordinary living. But be-
cause the White House plates cost
sixty dollars a dozen does not mean
that they are any less likely to break
from a drop to the floor than a two
dollar-a-dozen set.
Until the secret of this extraordi-
nary preservation is known there will
still be conversations such as the fol-
lowing occurring in the everyday
home:
Mary" says the husband, what
was that crash 1 heard a minute
ago." ,v4 4.s
We'll, dear, answers Mary,."I was
unpacking that new china that Aunt
May sent us for Christmas and l
dropped three OF the cups. / got all
tangled up in the excelsior"
FINS. IS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
Reckless Railroading.

Further particulars about the wreck
at Rockmont, Ga, go to emphasize
| the impression that reckless railroad
| ing was responsible for the disaster,
| which took a total of twenty lives
The southbound express had been
stopped at that point to await the
passing of the northbound flyer. For
some reason not yet explained the
track and not upon a switch, as is
ordinarily the case. For a safe pas.
sage the northbound train would have
to take the siding and run around the
other express. This meant taking
the entering switch at speed, always
very dangerous proceeding. 1t is
possible. therefore, that the switch
was actually set to give entrance into
the siding. but that the train moving
at high speed failed to take. 1t. 1t
would seem that the colliding train
was moving at too high q speed. 1t
has been stated that the engineer
actually a substitute for the regular
engineman. the road foreman of en-
gines, who was at the throttle at
some distance below the point Of col
lision. If that is true. the accident
adds one more CHASTITY illustration of
the urgent need of the installation Of
automatic train stops.
On a one-track line such as that on
which this horror occurred every pos.
sible precaution should be taken
against lowering the margin between
safety and danger. High speed trains
should be operated Under slow head.
way at possible meeting points. Long
sidings should be provided at frequent
intervals, with the utmost care In the
handling OF switches ':stop orders"
should be given to. engineers in such
terms as TO permit no misunderstand-
ing. Speeding should be punished
by dismissal. But above all there
should be no one-track lines on which
express service is maintained
The day will come when there are
no such dangerous routes of travel.
when all the trunk roads are equip
ped with automotic stops. when
misunderstanding of orders is impos.
sible. when enginemen cannot run
past signals. when trains are not left
standing on main lines to be hit by
trains running off schedule or con.
trary to orders. That day should be
FASTENED by such catastrophes as that
just enacted in Georgia, which should
be the last on that particular road,
carrying as it does a lesson to be
learned immediately in terms Of
sofety provisions that cannot be vio-
lated by reckless or incompetent en-
gineers or signalmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26

it may indeed continue throughout his
school career,
1t Is one of the important functions
of the teacher to assist in organizing
the play of young children. Games
must be taught and the teachers
should be generally helpful In assist
ing children to play the games. Prop
erly supervised play will protect the
younger children from harm which Is
likely to result when children of vary
ing ages play together. More impor-
tant, however, supervised play sup
plies the teacher with the opportu-
nifty for teaching lessons of proper re-
lationships with one another. Selfish
ness, irritability, vanity, oversensitive-
ness and other undesirable elements
of character may gradually be elimi-
mated from child's conduct during
the lessons received in playtime.
The school playground Is a neces-
sary adjunct to the work of the class.
room because 1t provides the means
for regular physical exercises as a re-
lief from the combining tasks or class
room work. While building up bodily
vigor, the playground supplies the
means for bridging the gap between
the pleasant pastimes of play and the
gradually increasing demands on chill
Qr6n IOF dttentlOn 10 IH0 StoTHoT re-
alities of lessons that must be mas
tered If boys and girls are to take their
places as efficient members OF society
a few years hence.
No school building equipment can be
considered complete unless 1t provides
ample play space. Children are so
constituted that they need opp0rtu-
mites for play under wholesome.
healthful conditions, preferably in the
open air. 1t Is as much the function
of the school system to provide means
for 1t as 1t is to teach the formal les
sons of the classroom.
The progressive school of today not
only undertakes to provide adequate
opportunities for play but 1t also un-
dertakes so to organize the other work
Of the classroom as to make it at
tractive to the children. Provision Is
made for giving children the oppor-
tunity to do those things which they
are interested in doing on the theory
that their activity regarding the
things which they like to do is as edu.
cattve is their decreased activity
would 10 on the things which they are
compslleA - =.
toepyriEht. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
Crime Summing.

A novel Christmas dinner was given
8 in Chicago yesterday, according to
dispatch from that city. University
professors entertained as their guests
d number of men Of the underworld,
the banquet being described as "a pri.
vate and select affair for men who
have brains and ability but who have
permitted their energies to be misdi-
rected." One of the professors de-
,livered a dissertation on "Society's
Fright to Protect Itself from the Anti
Social Human Being" which was fol-
lowed by an expression of the views
of an enemy of society" on What
Guy on the Velvet Ought to Know"
1t is to be hoped that a full report
Of these proceedings will be preserved
and broadcast for public reading. 1t
would he unfortunate If the story of
this encounter were not preserved for
guidance. OF course it is possible
that there was nothing new in the
views expressed. Maybe there was no
more than a bromide quality about
the talks. Certainly the speeches of
the hosts DIT the dinner can he dis
counted. But what of the others?
-.:What did they have to say In iustifi-
cation of their role in life?
e" Investigators have often talked with
;. criminals to gain their viewpoints, and
getting much of value. There
IFS nothing, indeed, of any particular
use TO society in the story of the
!. wrong -doer. lie goes astray for va
>riety of reasons. but, after all, he is
astray. and that fact suffices. He
breaks laws for selfishness, for per.
Gverseness, from imagined necessity, or
e for adventure. He may be a pitiful
figure, or a repulsive one. He may
elicit sympathy for his misfortune, OF
resentment for his defiance Of the so
"ciai rules that have been adopted foi
the protection of the people. But in