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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
M'DERM0TT DENIES
MELLETT Staying
Says, on Stand, He Warned
Editor After Learning of
Plot to Kill Him.

ny tIic iSsOtldltu IEeSS-
COURTHOUSE, Canton. Ohio, De
cember 23.-~Patrick Eugene McDer-
mott testifying today III his trial on a
charge of numbering Den +. Mellett.
Canton publisher. deried any com
plicity in the crime and pointed to
Steve kascholk, the States star wit
ness, AS the probable slayer. McDer-
mott said it was he who warned Mel
lett by telephone that three men were
lying in ambush for him at his garage
door.
McDermott was defiant throughout
his cross-eXamination by Prosecutor
e. h. McChntoCk and shouted that ne
had beon framed" On two occasions
Judge Edwin ". Dichl was forced to
reprimand McDerm0tt for his retortS
to McClintoCk. When he refused to
divulge the name of a man with whom
he said he had hid for while III
Cleveland the prosecution asked that
he he held in contempt of court, but
the ruling was deferred and McDer-
mott repeatedly refused to divulge the
name, declaring:
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
BROWNING SUED AGAIN.
Reporter Claims Real Estate Man
Damaged Reputation.

NEW YORK, December % P).-
Edward w. Browning, wealthy New
York real estate man and defendant
in a separation suit filed by Mrs.
Frances Peaches Browning, and a
$500, 900 damage suit filed by a once
adopted daughter, Mary Louise Spas
has been served with IL summons and
complaint in another suit, this time
for $250,000 damages.
The plaintiff is Arthur Lee Mefford
reporter for New York tabloid, who
alleges that his reputation was dam
aged when Browning is said to have
told other reporters for publication
that Mefford had taken possession of
Mary Louise Spas, put her in a high
powered automobile" and so COM
mitted, the reporter charges, the
crime of kidnapping.
The incident, it is explained, pre-
coded the payment of $500 to Mary
Louise Spas for the STORY of her
life" with the real estate man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
Yoshihito's Condition Worse

TOXIC. December 20 CP).-The con-
dition of Emperor Yoshihito was re-
ported as somewhat worse in a bulle-
tin issued at $3.50 o'clock tonight. His
pulse was irregular and his tempera
ture higher than heretofore. High
court officials were called to the bed
side. indicating a serious turn i'll his
Illness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
So TO BE FREED.
Wilbur to Send kilograms Christ
mas Eve to Three Navy Prisons.

Santa Calus will remember 50 men
incarcerated in naval prisons this
year.
On Christmas eve kilograms will he
sent, Secretary Wilbur said yesterday,
discharging this number from the
various naval prisons. The Secretary
said that the worthiest cases had
been passed upon by the celemency
board and the releases were based on
this report. The discharges will take
effect on Christmas day.
Four prisoners will be released
from the prison at Portsmouth, \. H.
II from Paris Island. S. c., and 80
from Mare Island, San Francisco,
Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
Students Aid Yule Rush.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, December 20
R.--Ninety-three undergraduates at
IS Eastern colleges and universities
are aiding in handling the greatest
rush of Christmas business on record
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
-FOUR MAIL BANDITS
MAY GET 100 YEARS
Convicted on II Counts in
Rock Springs, Wyo.,
Robbery.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. December %
Possible sentences of more than 100
years in Federal prison today con
fronted four of the seven defendants
convicted In United States District
Court here last night of taking cur.
rency and bonds valued at $500 600
from a Union Pacific mail train near
Rock Springs, Wyo., August 10 fast.
The others, one n woman, were
found guilty of conspiracy charges,
punishable by shorter terms. jack
Madigan. mail clerk on the train
Jack Kearns, Howard +. Barnett and
John Kamariotis were convicted on
all of the IL counts in the robbery in
dictment. Theodore Theodore, Paul
Sourloa and Edna Nagley face SEN
fences for conspiracy.
Two Pleaded Guilty.
Originally there We're nine defend
ants, but Raymond kid" Ellis and
/ William F. Bradford entered pleas OF
guilty at the opening of the trial,
when confronted with evidence show
ing they aided in burying the loot
most of which was recovered by Fed
eral agents.
Nearly 10 witnesses from widely
| separated parts of the country ties
tilted, the Government attempting To
show that the robbery was an inside
| job. Ellis admitted this charge and
| declared that the idea was obtained
| by reading accounts of an Eastern
robbery, which he decided was better
| than staging a wild West" hoidup.
| The first five counts, consisting OF
| robbery Of the mails by placing the
| life of the mail clerk in Jeopardy by
| the use of firearms, carry sentences
| of 25 years fiat. The next FIVE counts,
| robbery of the mails with the Jeop-
ardy clause eliminated, are punisha'
! BILE with sentences of from l to 10
years each. The last. of conspiracy
| carries q maximum sentence of two
| years.
Sentence Is Delayed
Court attaches said that sentence
| would not be pronounced until some
time after Christmas. Judge T. Blake
Kennedy having granted defense
counsel 10 days in which to file mo-
ton for q new trial.
In his summing up Of the evidence
District Attorney A. ID. Walton asked
the jury to find all of the defendants
guilty on all IL counts OF the indlct-
ment. Later he amended his request.
He described Edna Nagley as a poor
| creature" and stated that whatever
you do with her will be all right with
me-"
The defense argued that Kamario-
tbs, Barnett and Madigan, confessed
"inside man." were guilty of robbing
| the mails without putting in jeopardy
! the life of Albert ]. Miller. clerk in
charge, inasmuch as Kamariotis and
| Barnett entered the car through q
door left open by Madigan with their
reyolvers unloaded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
TWO MEN KILLED
IN AUTO CRASHES;
ONE FATHER OF 7

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
DR.. HOUCK GIVES
MORE CLUES TO
HIS MISSING WIFE

Continued from First Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23

Rudner and Louis Mazer, indicted
Jointly with McDermott.
McDermott said on cross-eXamina-
ton by Prosecutor McClintock that
he did not ride from Massillon to
Canton with Mazer on the night of
July 3, but that he came to Canton
alone on an interburban car and Kas-
cholk came later.
Evening star., 1926-11-01
This Weeks Special
Values in Fashions

Misses Furimmed Coats of pile suede $3.50
Larger Womens Dresses of $3.50
Philippine Gowns four styles round $175
Crepe Chine Neggees trimmed with fringe pastel $875
Smaller Womn Dresses of $3.50
Women Dresses of silk satin, cloth all $275
Misses Dresses of silk cloth $3.50
Jersey Sports Frocks and models with eae skirts $3.50
Gowns from the Walnut Room styles, IA 49, $50
Metallic Combination Hats afternoon and evening $40
Womens and Misses Sweaters cardigan slpover styles $55
Ovebouses, of radum silk sports style, six shades $3.50
Womens Fur-trimmed Coats, Styles $3.50
Women Cotton Combination Suits, styles, $1.35
Crepe de Chine Costume Slips Styles five coors $o.75
Corset Brassieres of kfgued batise broche $975
Uniforms, of silk pop straghne model black gray $675
Misses Roundoe Opera Pumps black patent leather $45
Womens Pumps, of and black suede lizard trimmed $875
Women's Genuine Alligator Pumps and Oxfods $1050 <x
Evening star., 1926-11-01
OCToBER 80"
W
NOVEMBER 6"

WITH the opening of the newly enlarged store
w we welcome you most cordially to COM
plete inspection of the building and the many
specially arranged displays of fine merchandise
HE windows, too, have happy fascination.
disclosing as they do many of the most beau
tlful conceptions in fashions, art and industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-16
WOULD BILLS GO
UP WITH MERGER?

"Will our light and powef bills be
bigger If the indianapolis Light and
Heat Company and 'the Merchants
Heat and Light Company effect the
proposed merger and become the In
dianapolis Light and Power Com
pany?"
This is the question being asked
by local merchants, manufacturers
and hOuseholders.
Under the financial organization
plans announced for the new COM
pany, earnings will have to be
more than 1000, 900 more a year
than were the combined earnings
Of the two present companies i'm
1925 If the ney concern is TO pay
bond interest and preferred stock
dividend as scheduled, and to pay
o. 6 per cent dividend on the com
mon stock, estimating the par
value of the common stock at $40,
the minimum selling price. .
In 1925 the indianapolis Light and
Heat Company declared a common
stock dividend Of Z per cent~aGd the
Merchants, 8.
Hold Higher Rates Certain
That such a tremendous increase
In earnings will necessltate a raise
in rates is the, contention of those
opposing the union entirely, contend
ing that the fifty-hve million dollar
capitalization is excessive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-16

Such is not the case. say officials
fostexing the merger. They contend
that more than a quarter of a mil
lion year will be saved in abolition
Of costly duplication and that in
creased efficiency, under Me one COM
pany system, will reduce overhead
so that no raise in rates wifi be
needed.
High Earning Necessary
To pay per cent dividend on thir-
ty.two million dollars worth Of gold
first mortgage bonds; 6l2 per cent on
fourteen million dollars preferred
stock, and 16 per cent on 9S1, 900
shares of common stock at SO,
means that the proposed new com
pany must earn above operating and
other expenses $3.O9S, 500 annually.
The combined net earnings of the
present two companies were $1,615.-
595.36 last year. This included the
common stock dividend and the sur
plus. By adding to this figure the
funded and floating debt interest
payments, which would include the
interest on bonds, this sum Is
brought to $2.219, 1857. This de-
Quoted from the similar figure s3,-
O9S,6O0) for the proposed new com
pany, means that on such an esti-
mate alone the increased earnings
Of the new company must be S77S,-
S24.33 more than under the present
two-company plan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-16
TOKENS TO
TAKE PLACE
OF TICKETS

Indianapolis street car tickets,
both blue and salmon colored, viii
gixe way 10 metal tokens about the
size of a dime the early part Of Jan
uary, according 10 Robert I. Todd.
Indianapolis Street Railway presi-
dent.
Johnson registering fareboxes win
be installed on all street cars. These
boxes will count and register PEN
MES, nickles and dimes as well as
tokens. and passengers win be re-
buried to deposit their individual
fares when boarding the cars. Con-
ductors will sell tokens, make change
and issue transfers as at present.
Joseph A. MCGOWAN, company sec
rotary and treasurer, said the change
to tokens was decided on after care
full investigation Of their use in
large number Of cities where It has
proved satisfactory TO patrons and
means of saving time for conductors
and accountants. =
The token selected for Indianapolis
has a letter cut in a design OF the
soldiers and sailors monument in
such away as to form a part Of the
shaft. IT Is made Of white metal
and bears the company name and
fac-simile Of the presidents sigma
ture. as do the present tickets. A
million tokens have been ordered.
The first shipment of the new fare
boxes Is expected before the end OF
the month. The company win install
them in the cars and when all are
equipped win put the token system
into effect.
Blue street ear tickets were dis
continued and salmon colored ones
issued Nov by the company in an
effort to check q discrepancy In the
company's accounts between returns
from tickets and the value of tickets
sold.
Three persons are under arrest
charged with stealing tickets ~Hnd
uootlegging them ut reduced rates.
but the company was unable to de-
termine how much OF the discrep.
ancy was due 80 thefts and how
much due TO inaccurate accounting,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-16

mission had granted any extension
of time in the hearing.
Gilliom explained he was rep
resenting the commission and tts
members and that he knew no more
about the matter than he had
CLEANED from the newspapers"
He filed the answer In general de-
NAL and a motion for immediate
trial. The court took these under
advisement.
Here Is an institution I'm the Gov
eminent and in the administrative
department Of the State that Is
charged with a plot that Is next to
treason" GilIiom told the court.
The court is asked to stop this
body from functioning at all, because
OF this plot. I ask for immediate
trial and am waving all questions
of technical pleading"
Gilliom said. that unless the
charges were as serious as they are,
he would contest the authority of
the court in the matter. He said he
did not believe such charges would
be made unless The e was evidence to
support them.
Jurisdiction Denied
The Indianapolis Chamber Of Com
merce, Monday, through fits attor.
ney. Frederick e. Matson, filed a
motion before the service commits
sion denying Jurisdiction there be-
cause OF alleged irregularfty In the
financing of the merger and asking
that the case be thrown out.
Meanwhile, city council lis con-
STEERING a resolution to employ ex-
perts to make a valuation Of the
electric plants with a view to
purchase by the city or defeat of
the REORGANIZATION merger>plot.
Allegations in the complaint OF the
Chamber of Commerce follow:
The petitioners is not public util-
fly. as defined in Sec. OF the Shive-
ly-Spencer utility commission act.
The $55 100000 securities prayed
for in the petition "are not to be is
sued for any purpose connected with
or related to any part of the business
Of the petitioner" as provided by
law.
The commission has no power to
authorize the securities issue for the
purpose of purchasing the capital
stock Of the two companies.
There is no showing as to the
amount Of capital stock OF the COM
panies to be consolidated, nor any
offer to capitalize the petitioning cor
poration within the sum Of par
value of the capital stock Of the con-
solidating corporations, as provided
by law.
The petitioner has not taken steps
or proceedings required to lawfully
accomplish the merger.
The petitioned can not in any
event acquire more than the used
and useful property, plant or bust
ness" of such public utilities, and
has not taken the acts and proceed
ings required to accomplish such
purchase as provided by law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-16

of this matter for months and that
the people of Indianapolis had a right
to know abount the situation. HE
characterized the setting of the
merger hearing Thursday before the
public service commission as a rush
act"
Rucker said another reason for
seeking a restraining order to delay
the merger hearing was so that he
might present facts to the Federal
trade commission at Washington,
the Federal Court at Chicago and to
obtain bills Of discovery from local
and Chicago persons aware OF the
situation. He said granting OF the
restraining order would give the
people Of Indianapolis an op-
portunity to obtain full Justice on
the matter" -
The court then asked II the COM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-16
TWO CALIFORNIA
lUM|NAR|ES GET
ELECTION FAME
Johnson and McAdoo Add to
Both State, National
Powers.
BIZ United Press

~ United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.-two.
figures have emerged out of the
California elections not only as ring
masters Of their state organization.
but with. considerably enhanced
power in national politics.
One is two listed Hiram Johnson,
MWho has done a decisive and sensa-
ional Comeback in the G.. o. P. that
makes him dominant at home and
puts him in a much more command
ing position in Washington. The
other is the suave and genteel Mr.
McAdoo, of Santa Barbara. whose
control Of the Democratic party In
california was cinched by. the re-
cent returns.
Senator Johnson's first victory
was at the August primaries when
his leGons swept to defeat the old
guard administration of Governor
Friend Richardson and Nominated
the Progressive, c. G. Young. The
second was at the state convention,
AAASfl ZIG 0OilllSOu llDSIdL3 WIOlG Tie
Republican platform and organized
the party without the aid of the Her
bert Hoover Harry Chandler reg
ulars.
The third victory was Young's
:. election at the finals with the big
gest majority ever given Californ-
ian. Not the least of Hiram's boasts
could be that Young, for whom he
stumped the state, ran ahead of Sen
ator Sam Shortridge, whom Johnson
opposed, by more than 1000 votes.
Shortridge won the nomination be-
cause Of split in the Progressives,
at the primaries.
McAdoo is now undisputed master
Of the California Democratic organ
tZatfon. He stumped the state in be-
halt of John B. Elliott. candidate for
United States Senator, and in oppo-
. sttfon to the repeal of the State pro-
hibftion\ enforcement act. Elliott
was beaten by Shortridge, but the
significant thNCg about this, SO far
as McAdoo is concerned, Is the fact
that he piled up 100000 more votes
than did Justus Wardell, the wet
Democratic candidate for governor
The enforcement act narrowly es-
capped repeal and McAdoo can also
claim to have been q faeteF In pre-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-16
HOLDING COMP ANY
LEGISLATION MAY
Be REINTRODUCED
State Senator Hits at Utility
Control by Parent
Concerns.

Proposed legislation providing that
holding companies be subject to State
regulation probably will be intro
duced again in the next Legislature
by State Senator William T. CULLEN.
attorney, 421 Lemcke Bldg.
The CULLEN holding company BIN
met defeat in the last General AS
sembly by one vote, but CULLEN indi-
Gated he will reintroduce the bill II
he has any assurance of its passing.
He attributed defeat at the last SEES
sion ito a powerful lobby, made up
of Representatives from all over the
country"
CULLEN said tho proposed legisla-
ton, If passed, would have saved the
Indiana public at least $14. 100000 an
nually, by eliminating the Az per
cent usually paid parent companies
annually in addition to the legal re-
turn on the investment.
Killing the Goose
Conduct OF utilities in the scraIn-
BILE for increased rates is killing the
goose that laid the golden egg, and
is forcing the public TO any means
that might free It from, the grasp Of
corporate greed, and from the machi-
nation Of the public service commits
sion" said CULLEN.
QuiIlen advocated municipal own
ership with managerial control as a
solution of the utility problem. "Mu-
nicipal ownership, will not work
where a utility is made merely po-
litical football. It must be operated
on sound business basis" he said.
"a municipal utility should be UNI
der the supervision Of a competent
manager responsible for successful
operation, who, under contract,
would be protected from political in
reference or opportunities.
Deal With Holding Firm
"When a petition is filed by the
utility the holding concern should be
dealt with instead Of the local dunn
my company. Amy company owning
81 per cent or moro Of the stock
should be considered the principal as
far as the State is concerned"
As q fragrant example. Qufllen
cited the Indiana Bell Telephone
Company which practically is owned
by the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company,
"In such an instance the parent
concern controls the dummy corpora
ton IS truly as a man controls
puppet," said CULLEN.
The legislator denounced the pro
posed merging of the Indianapolis
Light and Heat Company and the
Merchants Heat and Light Company.
into corporation capitalized at
s55, 900, 900 for rate-making purposes.
Total valuation at present Is
s1S.OOO.oOo.
"If 7-cent rate Is a fair return
on $4,000, 900 then three times that
amount would be logical on tho high
err valuation" he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-16
QUEER B|LLSARE
INTRODUCED At
COUNCIL, SESSION
But Embarrassing Traffic
and Cemetery Ordinances
Are Neglected.

City councilmen Monday night
neglected the embarrassing traffic
and cemtery ordinances, but pelted
all types of citizens with weird and
fantastic measures.
No ordinance was adopted, but the
proposed statutes introduced ranged
from one providing for the sale Of
horses to an expression of solicitude
concerning the health of window
washers.
Window washers and painters and
others whose work and duty takes
them onto the outer lodges of build
ings over four stores in height"
must be constantly secured to such
building by means of safety belts or
similar devices" one ordinance de-
clared.
Taxi Measure
One measure would prevent charg-
ing of a fare greater than that
shown on the meter of a taxieab.
while another would force the taxi
owner to display his name on the
side of the cab in letters not less
than two and one-half inches high.
Annexation of Beech Grove and
authorization of filing stations at
Fall Creek Blvd. and Delaware st.
and at College Ave. and Forty-Sixth
st. were other ordinances. =
W0hld Pay Bills
Authorization of>a loan of $3.50, 900
to pay Judgments against the city,
financing unpaid bills bequeathed by
the Shank administration was pro-
vided In another measure.
The celebrated sign board ordi-
nance to prevent signs from being
located within 800 feet of boule-
ward appeared with gusto. There
now Is a similar ordinance, but that
fact apparently did not worry Boyn-
ton J. Moore, council president, spon-
sor of the measure, NJ
tits all bunch of horses" was
Moore's comment when the park
board presented an ordinance to al
low sale Of eighteen horses, to re-
duce the board bill In winter months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-16
Times Washinoton Bureau.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Presi-
dent Coolidges proposed 10 per cent
retroactive income tax reduction
may not send the average individual
taxpayer up on the roof to shout.
But there should be little noise
from the, corporations.
Under the proposal, married man
with two dependents and $4,000 a
year income would get back 70 cents.
A corporation earning $4,000 a year
would get back $3.50 Such mar
ried man earning $4,000 a year would
get nothing but a corporation earn
Ing $4,000 would get s25.
Cents and Dollars
Latest income statistics available
indicate that while 4,S71 $50 indivi-
duals,. earning under $4,000 a year,
were getting back AZ cents each
average, $3.50 corporations would re-
teive from $3.50 to $62, 800 back.
And 1872 corporations earning more
than 100000 a year would receive
from $62,500 on up.
These latest figures are based on
1924 incomes. The tax refunds
would be on 1925 incomes. The fig
.ures are therefore only indicative.
Corporation incomes are reported
to have increased Is to 20 per cent
during 1925, in which case these es-
Inmates would be conservative.
No Help for Consumer
Tax paying corporations, according
to their 1924 incomes, would get back
a total of $SS,154,954. The refund
would be pure profit. They havea al
ready marketed their products man.
ufactured in 1925. There would be
neither necessity nor possibility of
their sharing the gift, In lower
Arices, with the consumer
OF the 1871 ,254 corporations paying
q 1924 tax, 56,11S, or So per cent,
were in the so-called upper brackets,
earning more than $4,000 a year. OF
the 7,369,7S8 individuals paying a
tax, 6,672, $50, or 80 per cent, were
In the lower brackets, earning less
than $4,000 year.
The average refund to all individ-
uals would be $9.55. The average re-
fund to all corporations would be
$671.