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with no one to claim the rema lining
funds.
In the case of the outstanding obli-
cations. including old checks. the Gov
ernmant must keep sufficient funds on
hand to meet the demands. These are
kept in various funds.
The matured debt on which inter
est has ceased. according to the latest
figures AT the Treasury. amounts to
S13 721, ,530.26. All old obligations prior
to April I. 1917, including that of the
Lincoln Monument Association. are
grouped in one class, amounting to
81. sos. .OSO26.
Certificates of indebtedness Of va
rious interest rates which have ma
tured. but have not been redeemed.
amount to 1854 900. Other items in
the class Of matured but unredeemed
debt include the following: Treasury
notes. AT various interest rates. "a
$3.50 500: s'4 per cent Victory notes,
sas.1 and AZ per cent Victory notes.
tasa1.55o.
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way. while the Public Utilities com.
mission might route bus line in the
opposite direction on that same street
Win the. commissioners having voto
power all this could be harmonfzed
Has DificuIty in Merger.
In reply to questions from Chair
man Zihlman. Maj. Covell said that
As representing col Bell. the Fin
glneer Commissioner. he had done
all he could To bring about a voluntary
measure under the permissive legisla
ton passed by Congress lie ex-
pressed the belief that \ forced mer.
ger would he very difficult. He ais
agreed with Chairman Iihlma-, that
the metropolitan area just across
the District line in NarNlHnd should
he considered 10y the Public Utilities
commission and that IL merger /.
effected. 1t should not stop at the
District line. but shoutd complete the
circuit OF the system
Questioned by Mr. Bowman. Mai.
tovel said that a merged compa nv
should he given the exc rsive trans
portation rights IN the D,Sttict or
Columbia which .hn transportation
companies now do not have. II was
a this point that Mai Covell told
Utilities Commission should give bus
line permits they could put the street
car companies into ha hankruptcy.
He picturesauely described this as
hig pistol which the Public Util-
tiles Commission is laying on the
table, but does not want to use. He
said that under merger the trans
portation companies would get a
much better franchise with compe-
tition kept out.
Asked by Mr.. Bowman what u,
recommended the committee OF Coma
gress should do. Maj. Covell advised
drawing up a hill that would punish
the compa MES if they did not merge.
Sees Desperate Situation.
In reply to a direct question re-
garding the punitive power the
Public Utilities Commission now has
and Is fraid To use Maj. Covell said.
IF gave warning and said that
in four or FIVE months we would
throw open the flood gates and let
I'm bus companies 10 operate lines all
over the city. | hesitate to think
what would happen. The street rail-
way companie would he in a desper-
ale situation.
Mr.. Zihlman pressed Mai. Covell re-
gardlnE permits ALREADY issued To nus
lines and pointed ont that in one case
the commission had gone so far as to
allow a 25-cent fare. when other bus
compa MES would have been willing to
furnish the sa me service for 10 cents.
Mai Covell explained that the 2o-cent
fare was for de luxe or special serv-
ice like a parlor-car line.
Representative William G. Hammer
Democrat, of North Carolina, a mem
ber of the subcommittee. criticized
Mai. Covell because the commission
had lent it's sanction and co-opera ton
to an outside concern spending SIS, 900
for two handsomely bound volumes
supplied to members of the commit
tee. which. he claimed. was fine ad-
vertisen1ent for the Washington Rail
way and Electric Co., being report
on A traffic survey made to appear AS
an official document Of the Public
Utilities Commission in order to con.
fuse the public. Mr.. Hammer also
served notice that he intended to pay
his respects in similar vigorous style
, to Corporation Counsel Stephens.
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RUSSIA ARRESTS II SPIES.

LEM NGRAD. January - LP-
Eleven alleged Finnish spies have
been arrested by Russian state poIiti-
cal police. one of their number. while
attempting to escape. was mortally
wounded. The head OF this espionag ge
oreaniZa ton. say the police Is an In
terna tional spy named Alexa nder
Tasso. who is alleged to have crossed
the Russo Finnish frontier clandes,ine-
ly no less than % times during the
Ia 81 Ave wears
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WOMEN RAID STILL.

WALDRON. Ark. January % LED.-
Three Scott County women. taking the
law in their hands during the absence
of most Of the men. who were attend.
ing court, conducted a raid on moon.
shine still, seized it and turned 1t over
to officers.
The women decided to take a look
over the countryside. They found A
large still all ready for a run. I'm
able to turn 1t over. they punched A
hole in the still and emptied the con-
tents. Then. swinging the boiler over
pole. they took It to town and turned
II over to deputy sheriff.
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CENTER OF RESEARCH.
Commission to Consolidate Work at
University Of Washington.

The University Of Washington is
10 he an international center Of the
United States and Canad dian fisheries
research work on the Pacific Coast.
according TO announcement from Dea n
John \. cobb of the college Of fish
cries. The International Fisheries
Commission, composed Of official state
fisheries commissions of Pacific Goa st
States. Alaska and British Columbia
together with the entire Canada n
depar tment of fisheries, will consoli-
date all work here. The university
was selected especially because of It's
proximity 10 the halibut and salmon
supply. Eight leading fisheries
scientists will locate here. among them
William 3. Thompson of the Ca lifornia
State fisheries and DR.. H. r. Dich of
Washington. d. c..
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than The Pas. Manitoba. where icy
blasts swept To the southwest.
Storm warnings were dispia we'd in
the Great Lakes territory and there
was no promise of relief this week
Shippers were war2ed to protect per
tshahle commodities against 90 below
in the North and Northwest. IL below
in the West and 10 below in the South
Zero was the minimum to he antici,
pated in the East.
The Southwest was not exempt.
Snow and freezing temporal lures were
the lot of southwestern Texas. FL
Paso and the Panha ndle. Near zero
and few degrees below We're foreca ST
for the corn and wheat States. Not
much snow was expected.
Chicago ruefully watched the mer.
curry drop 81 degrees in q hours and
heard shiveringly the baleful warning
Of further drops In e or : below by
tomorrow morning. About Monday
observers said, some relief would
}ome.
Sixteen States will he on The cold
wave roster by tonight. foreca st ers
Indicated
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RUMANIAN RULERS I'LL.
Suffering From Effects of Political
Crisis. Dispatch Saws,

LONDON. January % P).-The
King and Queen Of Rums MIA. says a
Bucharest dispatch to the Daily Ell
press. are III and have gone to one of
their castles for the rest cure. They
both appear to he suffering from the
effects Of the recent political crisis
and the remuneration by their son
Carol Of his rights to the throne.
King Ferdinand, 1t is said, weeps
frequently. while Queen Marie shows
signs OF being in an extremely nervous
condition.
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Princess to Study Law.

AMSTERDAM January - P).-
Queen Wilhelminia' daughter. the
Princess Juliana. shortly Will take up
the study OF constitutional law and
international law. Her tutor viii he
Prof. E,ysinga of Lyden University.
Princess .Juliana is. II years old.
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REPORT BOOSTS STOCK.
Farley Call Sends Coal Shares Tn
from 2 to Points.

NEW YORK, January % R.-
Brisk rallies of to points in the
shares NJ the coal compa nes and an
thracite carriers today expressed
Wall Streets response to the bright
ened prospects for resumption of
anthracite mining following the &C
ceptance by John l.. Lewis of the
Scranton Times plan as basis for
negotiating settlement.
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seaplane Flight Again Halted.

ESTON. s. c.. January -
LP.-F'light Of the % seapla nes to
Ferns sndina. Fla. on the next leg Of
their Journey 10 Guantanamo. cuba.
today was again postponed. The hop
to Ferna ndina will he made tomorrow
II weather conditions permit.
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Belgian Queen Has Cold.

BRUSSELS. January - L).-Queen
Eliza beth was forced to remain in
doors today by a severe cold which
she contracted while relieving suffer.
ing in the flooded regions recently.
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MERCURY TO DROP
TO 7 ABOVE ZERO
IN CITY TONIGHT

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spin The propeller and run back to the
control board ana feed the gas. Some
times | wuiIld make these Sprints 20
or 30 times.
Suffered From Cold.
II wore heavy flying clothes. of
course. and my efforts to start the
motor would leave me Wet with per
spirati"n When took the air after
such exercise the moisture would
freeze and | would he most uuc"u-
furtable But if ! could have had
some one to start the engine SO than
| could have kept cool and dry. /
would not have been troubled by the
cold "
II il 300 miles from Fairbanks 10
McGralh aud EielS"n carried tho mail
between these towns regularly. lie
made the rOund trip in two days. The
dog team drivers VIII" had been carry
ing the mail over the same route had
thought themselves fortunate when
they We're able To race their mala-
nutes across and back in - DAYS.
t.ieson was never halted by the
weather. The day Mai Frederick
Martin, leader Of the around-t he world
flyers. pierced "a fog bank and era he'd
int" an Ma sllau mountain peak E.iel-
son few 600 miles without adventure
Mount Mckinley. 1t ana score Of
other mountain peaks we're the ben-
cons hN which he picked his wa y
through the Winter clouds
Following his Alaskan work t,iel
son re-enliSted in the Army to do ex-
pertmeHtal work with airpla ne skis
He designed skis for mann types of
ships and while stationed at McCuok
Field. layton. collected cnnsidera bic
o. 81. f., -
VII" designed the runners used ON the
Selfridce Field pursuit planes which
the Army sent 10 Van f.tteu Lake in
the Michigan wilderness last Winter.
Plans Mail Route.
capt. Wilkins met t.ielson in New
York. The Young fyer WAS here com.
pleting arrangements with John A .
liamhleton. the Baltimore and New
York fna meier. for the formation OF A
company which would bid on the Gov
ernment < Alaskan mail contra cts
This companys bids have been made
If they are accepted F.ielson Will re
turn from the Polar Sea To realize his
dream-the displacement Of the dog
tear mail curriers' and the installation
in Aiaska of n mail service which in
the future can carry she anti-toxin
{" Nome in two hours
Should the bids he rejected. F,iel
son saws he and ITamSIeton will in.
atitute free airplane freight and
passenger service for Ala askan pros
pectsrs who have been kept from the
untouched Ala skan gold fields heca use
those helds have been inaccessible 1t
Is his plan to carry the prospectors
a1eid IN the Spring and pick them
up in the Fan. asking in return that
II iheN discover gold they stake out
the mdJa"ent claim for the owners Of
the planes.
f-itison ~ now at Iia SbrutIrk
ilelchtS. y. j.. working on the two
fokker planes which the Detroit eX-
pe'lItinn will take to Barrow He will
2" Ia Langley Field and do 80 hour.
OF flying on heavy ships before he
starts North
eonNrirht 1926. hv North American News
paper Alliance All rights re.er -ed
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Law Held Not Severe.

Nevertheless. Mexico has not adopt.
eel such severe measures as other
countries and confines herself to pro
Nidins that heirs of aliens in the pro
hibit ell zone may ira nsfer their rights
with sufficiently long delay. to persons
entitled 10 acquire such rights in ac-
Corda nee with the law
concerning alien corporations the
general principle above mentioned will
bA applied except in the case of such
compa MES that ma v have more thai
so per cent Of stock in Mexican com
pa MES owning real estate with aeri.
cultural purposes. in which thev will
he given 10 years to dispose ~ these
rights exceeding more than the 80 per
cent required by law. All other Mex.
lean corpora tions. either industrial
mining and oil. or Of any other kind
not agricultural. are not subjecf to
any restrictions as to the particina
rion of foreigners"
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Has DISTINGUISHED Career.

AIr. Steuart has had = long q M dlS-
ttnEuisheG career in the Government
service in Washington. largely with
statistical units. Born in corpus
Christi. Texas. in 1861. he took two de
srees at Columbia University and
praCticed law in Washington. Mary
land and Detroit. He became con
nected with the census Of manufac.
lures in 1850 and was chief of q Cen
suS Eureau division from 500 to 1909.
hecomnS chief statistician for ma nu-
factures in 1907 Mr. Steuart left
the Census Bureau in 1917 to become
secretary and statistiCian Of the
United States Tariff Commission. bur
returned to The Census Bureau in 1919
as assistant director.
He was appointed director Of the
census in May 1921. Mr. Steuart is
p member Of the American Statistical
Association. the American Economic
Association and the international In
stirution Of Statistics
One of the chief jobs NJ The census
Bureau recently has been the collect.
Ing OF accident statistics particularly
those barring on traffic and automo-
bile accidents. The bureau only with.
in he last few DAYS has been working.
on D+tD for securing more adequate
automobile accident figures from the
States. He lives Al 37o5 Morrison
street. CHEVY Chase
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SAENZ EXPLAINS
MEXICAN LAND LAW
Nations Foreign Minister De-
scribes in What Respect 1t
Affects Foreigners.

MENICO CITY. January 22.-ror-
eien Minister SaenZ, in statement
today. explained the Mexican land law
md it's appIicatiou to foreis sn@rs.
I'm accordance with the constitution
Of 1917 and for reasons of defense and
otherwise" he said. ''prohibiti"n has
"In accorda nee with The principles OF
ing real estate In the border coastal
zone. Consequently. since 1917 no
alien has been able legally to acquire
such RIGHTS in that zone but the law
had Ia solve problems of acquisitions
prior TO that date. "sta bliShing IOr
aliens such conditions 50 they could
keep their properties until death.
when Individuals or until dissolution
Of compa nies. when corporations. and.
furthermore. =" that foreign heirs
could dispose Of them five years from
the date uf an aliens death
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This condition applies only 10 heirs
Of such aliens as acquired real estate
in the prohibited Zon- prior to 1917.
OurSio of the prohibited zone the only
restriction imposed on heirs of aliens
is that OF obtaining the permit re
auirad by the constitution. which is
only condition for the acquisition Of
property rights. and. therefore does
not prevent aliens from acquiring
them &c long as they have obtained
such permit. which does not affect the
rights referred 10 in any funda mental |
manner. This practice has been oh
served since 1917 without difficulty
"In accorda nee with the principles Of
law. any government has the right OF
imposing rulings on inherita noes even
To the point Of reverting them to the
State and practically confiscatinG
them
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v. N. STEUART HURT
SERIOUSLY IN FALL
Census Bureau Director
Slips on Ice in Path of
Mail Truck.

William NJ. stewart, 6" years old,
director Of the Census Bureau. was a.
Emergency Hospital today in A Sc
riouS condition from severe head in
iuries sustained in fall on kalo-
rama road near connecticut avenue
this morning
Mr.. Steuart was crossing \alora m"
road when he was seen to throw up
his hands and suddenly slip ON An
icy spot in The roadway. fallins to
tho ground and striking his head. Fit
teen feet from rim al the time was an
approaching mail truck operated by
Levi Smither. 609 Sixth street north
east. Smither stopped tho truck Just
after his front wheel had touched
snd showed slightly the less of the
PROSTATE form Of Mr.. Sleuart.
unconscious and Faralyred.
He was picked up and taken +" An
apartment house al 2226 connecticut
avenue where. after tirSt-aid treat
ment by Dr. George Ruffin. he was
removed IN the ambulance I" Finer
gency Hospital.
lie was unconscious and para lyznd
upon arrival AT Inc noSpllHl ana con-
rinuei so tor several hours aCterWard.
Dr. RUf7in announced his condition a.
serious. hui said that il was not pos
sihle a this time Ia diac the in
juries to he head :" ~ tn distinguish
between \ fracture of tho skull or
corcussiou Of the brain.
The police Investigation showed that
the injuries were not sustained as the
result 20 collision hy the mail truck,
hui rather from the fall on IN" icy
street.
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OPERATORS BLOCK
COAL PEACE HOPES
IN REFUSING TERMS

Confined from First PAGE
New Britain herald., 1926-04-08
Two Brothers h Same Jail On
 Murder Charges, HirdB Guard
Accused Men Not Identi- fled With Same Crime One Previously Escaped and Became Respected
 Citizen in Another Town

Racine, Wis, April 8 --- James Greco is back home to stand trial for murder. He sits in the county Jail here a few cells removed from his brother, Arthur, who, by one of lifc's strange chances, also awaits trial for murder.
 And by d chance still stranger, one of the guardsmen at the jail is q brother of the accused men, Will liam Greco, captain ot the Racine county motorcycle squad.
 Few men have eyer walked into the county Jail here under conditions more dramatic than those which confronted James Greco.
 Once he Was candidate for sheriff. Before that he was q deputy sheriff. And ne came back to the town which he fled two years ago with the confidence of citizens of Oelwein, Iowa. in which he buried the past and started life anew. He is rccog- nized as one Of the leauing citizens
  freight train when he fled from po- lice seeking the slayer Of Sam Ba- ,le. who was shot during an argu- ment on New Years eve, 1923. He worked as q mechanic and later bought a garage, His business pros perod. Recently detectives went to Oelwein and arrested George Colby, as he was known there Friends rallied to his support and offered 10 aid him in his defense. When he city officials, including the mayor, were at the station to wish him good luck,
 Greco expresses confidence that he will be acquitted. Arthur Greco is held on a charge Of staying his hrother-in- law, Frank Siercyzinsltt, of Chicago. The shooting occurred, Arthur said. when he suspected that a gang of men who approached him one night two months ago intended to rob him.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-08
Hemessy Defends Himself Against
 Criticism Over Sidotti Building
Tells History of Case and Says Owner Should Seek
 Damages From His Own Lawyer

Building Inspector Edward J. Hennessy, who has been subjected to harsh criticism for his actions in the sidotti building wrangle, this afternoon issued R statement de- lending his stand in the case and declaring that sdotti's lawyer, At torney George w. Brady, Is the one to whom the property owner should look for damages.
 The inspectors statement follows.
 Mir. Brady came to my office with his client, MT. Sidotti, and asked permission to erect C build ing on a 6 1-2 foot building line on Washington street. l told him the building line was 15 feet and that I could not issue a permit for 1-2 foot line. Mir. Brady said there was no building line on Washington street. He said the common council had voted to re- duce the line 10 1-2 feet, I told Mir. Brady until such time as the
New Britain herald., 1926-04-08
PARKS CAR, KILLS SELF
Bridgeport Negro, Working in South port, Makes Win Before He Com mits Suicide.

Southport, Conn. April s lP'-The body of John Scarborough, Negro, 4@, carpenter of Bridgeport was found in his automobile here today. He had killed himself with two bui- lets.
 About the same lime the body was found William Pierson, with whom Scarborough lived, had reported to the Bridgeport police his fears that the man had killed himself lt ap~ pearod that yesterday Scarborough made his will and told the notary public who attested it 10 deliver Il today 10 Pierson. Scarborough dis appeared and he evidently came here, parked his machine on side road and killed himself, H. had been Respondent for some timo and had said he had nothing to live for. He left an eleven year old son. II" had been doing odd jobs for car pentors and making deliveries with hls machine. The weapon ho used was taken from Persons room.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-08
MURDER AND SUICIDE
 TINTED IN MYSTERY
Former Bridgeport Pastor, Wife and Son Shot
 to Death

Wilkesbarre, Pa. April LP, -- Bremen answering an alarm at the reCtOry of the Russian Orthodox church here early today found the bodies of the pastor. the Rev. Dr. Alexander II. Mikolin, 52, his wife, and their fl year old son, Alexander, with bullet wounds in their heads.
 Although the authorities were unable definitely to ascertain who committed the crimes. their first belief was that the Russian priest, who had recently returned from q sanatorium where he was recover ing from e nervous breakdown, shot his wife and his son and then killed himself. An old fashioned revolver, with an empty shell in it, was found a short distance from the spot where the clcrgyman's body lay. In the bed in the same room was found the sons body and another empty shell. Mrs. Mikolins body was found on the floor in her room. An other empty shell was also found there
 Bremen al first believed the three persons were overcome by smoke and it was not until they had taken them from the house that they learned they were dead.
 The Rev. Dr. Mikoln came here from Bridgeport, Conn. about two years ago. Last September he be- came ill and entered a sanatorium in New York. He returned about a month ago and resumed his work. Friends saw him for the last time last night when he conducted serv- ices at his church.
 Police, after an invcstieation. Ru- nounced that they were convinced the clergyman had shot and killed his wife and the boy and then ended his own life in a period Of insanity.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-08
ENFORCEMENT OF DRY LAWS
 IN NEW YORK IMPOSSIBLE
 UNDER PRESENT PROCEDURE
HAROLD DURANT AGAIN MEMBER OF STATE BAR
Reinstated by Judge Bald win After Suspension
 of Twenty Years

Waterbury, April 8 PA-HaroId R. Durant of Guiltord, state legislator. former clerk Of the General Assem- bly, and at one time prosecuting at torney Of the Waterbury city court, Is reinstated as a member of the Connecticut bar, after q suspension of 20 years, by virtue of a decision handed down in superior court by Judge Alfred c. Baldwin.
 The hearing on Mir. Durant's ap- plicatlon for reinstatement was heard in superior court here two weeks ago. At the hearing it was brought out by State Attorney Law renee L. Lewis, appearing for the state In the case, that Mir. Durant had never been disbarred but had been indefinitely suspended.
 After leaving Waterbury he be- came one Of the pioneers in the mo- ton picture world and was the first editor Of the Famous Players in New York and editor of some Of the Nun sey magazines. He also wrote several plays winch were produced. He con- 'ributed articles to magazines. As ed itor for various motion picture Com- panies, he testified, he earned over S20.000 year and this enabled him 10 pay back about $20,000 he owed at the time he left Waterbury be- cause Of reverscs in politics and in organized baseball, he being the owner of the Waterbury franchise in the old Connecticut league
 Mr. Durants lawyer, Attorney T. F. Carmody, stated at the hearing that Judge Shulway, who presided at the original trial, told friends he in tended that Mir. Durant should be suspended for only one year, but that he died before he could have his intentions carried out.
 Judge Baldwin in hts memoran- dunn Of decision comments on this phase of the case hy saying that 'it appears that the trial judge who heard the original matter contem- plated further action by the court"
 He then cited the judgment Of Judge Subway where in it read that inc suspension should be effective until further order Of the court"
 Judge Baldwins memorandum says Mir. Durant's life, character, habits and accomplishments since his suspension entitle him to be re- admitted.