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, 1926-09-02
BURIALS
IN THE PUBLIC CEMETERY
OF CHRLSTIANSTED.

AUg. 1926.
1-Wilhelmina Copemann, died at Pc
ter's Farm Hospital, aged q years.
5-Augustus Warner, died at Peters
Farm Hospital, aged rs years.
5-AdeIla Smith, died. at Richmond In
sane Asylum, aged 50 years.
5-WiIIiam Gaines, died at Peters Farm
Hospital, aged Il years.
8-Mary Ann Meyers, died 10 town,
aged 70 years.
elizabeth Fassett. died at Richmond
Insane Asylum, aged Is years.
3-Eliza Cashmere, died at Richmond
Insane Asylum, aged CT years.
5-Mary Hatchett, died at Peters Farm
Hospital. aged 46 years.
6-Rosa Sweeney, died at Richmond In
sane Asylum, aged "a years.
Randolph Ross, died at Peters Farm
Hospital, aged 6 months.
.0-Isaac Neptune. died in town, aged
II years.
,3-RenaIdo Thornhill, died at Peters
Farm Hospital, aged II months.
O--SamueI Schanderson, died at Peters
Farm Hospital. aged 70 years.
, 1926-09-02
E. C. LOCKER Says he Believes Price
Will be 81. so; Gradual Advance
From Present Prices
CROP PRACTICALLY SHIPPED
Balance Mostly for Local Consumption;
Recent Hurricane Damaged
Is, 900 Tons of Cane.

The outlook for sugar next years. good,
atfirms E, c., LOCKER. local representative
of Lamborn and Company, sugar brokers.
For bhe last crop 538, 600 long TONS Of su-
gar were produced in the island. Of
this 47O, 900 were shipped This left g.
600 tons and of this 80, 600 tons were alb
sorbed in local consumption. so that
roughly, practically everything was
shipped or consumed,
Indications for sugar price next year
are $3.50 elf, New York, " hich is the e.
quivalent of S2.75 Cuba. While the price
may be higher, says LOCKER, due to agita-
ton for reducing the Cuban crop yet it
is likely that the mark will near the a.
bove named figure. The idea of many
Cuban producers is that production should
not be allowed to exceed 4,250, 600 tons;
this would make next years crop 600, 900
tons less than this year, and 900, 600 tons
less than 1926.
The reviews of the sugar Weeklies in
dictate that such drastic restriction of the
Cuban crop would reflect unfavorably on
the Cuban producers, for there seems
to be no doubt in their minds that the
other producing countries of the world
would take advantage of such Caribbean
curtaiIment. The result, they believe,
would be to force Cuban sugar prices up
ward. artificiaIly' which would be Of 10
permanent value.
Il take exception to this view" de-
clares Mr.. LOCKER, because sugar is not
a crop that can be produced over night.
Cane takes from II to 16 months tsma-
ture. On the other hand, in Europe and
the States, the beet sugar producers can
increase their paintings and crops 50 that
, 1926-09-02
LOCAL

Information has been received from
the Executive Clerk to the President to
the effect that the draft Of proclamation
further deferring the extention Of the
Co8stwise Shipping Laws of the United
States to the Virgin Islands to Septem-
Der 80, 1927 has been signed by the
President.
The s. s. "Cornelia" Of the Bull Insu-
lar Line is looked for at this port to-
morrow morning to load 6, 900 bags sugar
from the St. Croix Sugar Factory after
which she will proceed to Frederlksted
to load A, 100 bags from the La Grange
Sugar Factory.
The schnr. "Resolucion" from St.
Thomas arrived here at 5 O'Clock this
morning with u. S. parcel post and let
ter mail from St. Thomas. She brought
the following passengers:-Juliu vii
liams, Romalia Jensen, lngerborg Casl-
mer, Lionel Burke and Rose Duncan.
The Universal Jewel production en-
titled Dangerous Innocence" will be
screened 10 the Chris iansted Theatre
tonight. From the ad carried on next
page a one hundred per cent entertain
ment is promised.
, 1926-09-02
ID MILLION FORD.S

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 14.-Another
million mark in Ford production was
passed on July q when ,motor No. IA,
900, 600 came of 1the assembly line ct
, 1926-09-02

bean sea.
Mooior, England,-Otto Veerkoetn, Of
Germany, swan the English Channel
yesterday. He landed at 2:15 p. m, at
Langdon Stairs, half way between Dover
and st. Marqaret's Stairs. He entered
the water at Cape Girls Nez, France, at
1870 A. M. The elapsed time was II
hours and 40 minutes, or almost two
hours better than the record of Gertrude
Ederle, established on August sixth.
Manila-The Philippines House of
Representatives passed over the veto Of
Governor General Wood the bill prOvid-
ing for a plebiscite in the islands on the
question of independence. The action
expected. The Senate also look the
Evening star., 1926-05-01
MISTAKE IN RECORD
is CITED BY GARGES
Says Remark Stopped and Dis.
cussed" Was Transcribed
Stopped in Disgust.

Daniel T.. Garges. secretary TO the
Board of District Commissioners,
wrote to Representative Gibson. chair
man of the subcommittee investigat
ing the charges against Commissioner
Fenning, Yesterday and asked him to
correct the stenographic record of his
testimony before the committee
Wednesday night. The letter follows
''In accordance with n statement
made in my testimony before your
committee on the evening of April %
| inclose herewith a certified copy OF
that portion of the minutes of the
Board of Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia covering the demo
ton of Inspector A. j. Headley from
the rank of inspector to the rank OF
captain.
I'm this connection, I beg to state
that The Evening Star of April 29,
on page s. quotes me as follows:
In reply to a question from
Representative B!anton. Democrat
Texas. Mr.. GarGes admitted that Com
missioners Rudolph and Bell stopped
in disgust the reading of the order.
1.-The testimony l gave regarding
the action in the Headley case by the
Board of Commissioners was that
when the motion of Commissioner
Fenning to denote Headley was made
the Commissioners stopped and dis
cussed' the motion. l did not use the
words stopped in disgust
II hope you will make a note of
this correction in the stenographic
record of the proceedings"
Evening star., 1926-05-01
FARM EXPERT GOING TO PERSIA
AS AGRICULTURE SERVICE HEAD
Earl S. Haskell Widely
Experienced in Special
Work.
Native of Iowa, Lived
Here, Labored in Many
IJ

Earl S. Haskell of 1929 r street,
agronomist of wide experience in the
United States and other countries, has
been appointed director general of ag-
riculture for Persia, and will sail from
New York May for Teheran.
Mr.. Haskell will fill position ere
ated by a special Persian law, which,
in 1922. created also the American
financial mission now operating in
Teheran. of which DIR. A. G.. Mills
paugh. formerly of the American State
Department, Is now head. In taking
up this post, which is thus to be filled
for the first time. Mr.. Haskell will be
responsible to DR.. Millspaugh. who
holds the title of administrator general
of the finances of Persia, and to the
minister of public works.
Confidence i'm l.. S. Experts.
The American financial mission in
Persia has proved so satisfactory to
the government there, according to
advices reaching Washington, that 1t
has been enlarged to the point where
il now consists Of II, and appointment
of the Washingtonian to fill the new
post OF director general of agriculture
Is taken as further evidence of the
confidence Persia is resting in Amer
lean experts.
Before accepting the Persian post
Mr.. Haskell was employed by the
department of middle American re-
search of Tulane University of New
Orleans, for which he recently made
an agricultural survey of the State of
Tabasco. Mexico. He has been en-
gagged here in Washington compiling
a report of this survey and in prepar
ing an extended report on rubber pro-
ductiOn In southern Mexico
Mr.. Haskell has had extensive exper-
ience with the Department of Agricul-
ture here, having travelled as an in
vestigator for the Office OF Farm Man
agement through many States on sew
Evening star., 1926-05-01
Scientist at Meeting Here Talks
Of Predicting Earthquakes by Moon

never hurt anybody. Man is in peril
from them only when he puts up a
building"
DR.. c. c. Abbott. director of the
Astrophysical Observatory Of the
Smithsonian Institution, who has ex -
pressed his belief In a relation be-
tween weather changes and varia-
tions in the heat from the sun, told
of the selection of site for another
solar observatory in Southwest
Africa He has just returned from
a trip to Africa and India for the
purpose of selection of an ohserva-
tory site, and reported that while
British meteorologists were as yet
unconvinced of the practicability of
weather forecasting based on solar
radiation they favored the greatest
possible investigation.
Resolutions favoring establishment
of more solar observatories and the
publication of their results were
adopted by the meeting.
Evening star., 1926-05-01

said that he is not stockholder in
any other company whose supplies
are used by the schools.
Says ID. G. Eventually Pays Bonds.
lie was questioned regarding T.
Lincoln Townsend, whom he said Is
vice president of the National Elec-
trical Supply Go. He said that he
and Mr.. Colladay are close friends
ard also is an intimate friend of Mr..
Prescott. He said he had heard the
names of these men listed as 1.-The
big five" for the first time at the
hearing last night.
Asked If any member of Mr.. Fen
ning's family worked for his concern
or in Mr.. Townsend's s office, he said
no permanent emplOye, but he thought
what the question was driving at was
that during inaugura! committee work
Mr.. Fenning and his daughter worked
in Mr.. Townsend's office.
When asked if, when electrical sup
plies for the schools are sold on con
tract, q bond is furnished, Mr.. Gra-
ham answered, II did not know that
Mr.. F'enning is in the bonding bust
ness, and ne never supplied bond TO
our company" He said that a bond
ing fee becomes part of the cost of
the goods, and that, eventually, the
District pays for the cost of the bond.
hewitt Takes Stand.
DR.. j. Ramsay Nevitt, coroner for
the District continuously since 1900
was questioned by Mr.. Blanton con
cerning his testimony 20 years ago
at the congressional investigation OF
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, and the state
ment he made on page 123 Of the
printed hearings, in which he said
that he had seen straitjackets
used at St. EliZabeth's on two occa
sions. Mr.. Blanton said that the
| printed hearings show that in many
instances Frederick a. Fenning called
| Dr. hewitt as a physician from the
city in lunacy cases and paid him SIC
case. Coroner hewitt answered that
| he never examined many cases fol
Mr.. Fenning.
In reply to questions as to whether
he had recently had a conference witt
| Mr.. Fenning, DR.. hewitt said he hat
called on the Commissioner about TIVE
| weeks ago and asked him one ques
| ton. He said, II haven't called OF
Mr.. Fenning more than six or eight
times since he has been Commissioner
| and then on purely official business.
| Mr.. Blanton tried to emphasize tina
the coroner and Commissioner Fen
! ming have not recently got along vel
| together, but the coroner denied tha
there is any i'll feeling. Representa-
tive Gilbert asked the coroner wha
relation he is TO Mr.. Fenning and was
told. He married my wife's sister.
| Mr.. Blanton asked that Wilton j
| Lambert, an attorney, and Mrs
| Rogers, who was housekeeper for on'
| of Mr.. Lambert's clients in the Ben
nett case, be called as witnesses.
Evening star., 1926-05-01

Possibility of basing earthquake
predictions on the moon was dis
cussed In an address before the clos
ing meeting of the American Geo
physical Union yesterday by Prof.
Henry Fielding Reid of Johns Hop
kins University, who said the pull
of the moon on the earth not only
caused tides, but measurable strains
in it's crust When the direction of
these strains coincide with those ex =
listing because of breaks or faults in
the earth's crust, earthquakes are
not unlikely. he added.
Before reliable forecasts could be
made, DR.. Reid said. it would be nee
essary TO know more about the
faults and the strains near them.
Reporting on an investigation Of
the engineering problems connect ed
with earthquake protection, DIR.
Bailey Willis of California, president
of the American SeismolOgical So
ciety. said: "An earthquake itself
Evening star., 1926-05-01

eral general farm management sur
veys and various cost of production
studies of cotton. pork and the cost or
feeding beef cattle. He made special
studies in the truck region OF New
Jersey, the truck and citrus sections
of Florida. the truck regions OF the
Gulf States and in the Rio Grande
Valley of Texas.
Formerly i'm Philippines.
Experience in other countries took
Mr.. Haskell to the Philippine Islands,
where he was in the Bureau or Agrl-
culture from 1909 to 1918. He was ag-
economist for La Association de Agri-
cultures del Ecuador in South Amer
lea, in 1920, and in 1921 went to the
principal cotton-producinS section o?
Mexico for the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics of the United States De
partment Of Agriculture. For a time
he was in commercial work in Wash
ington.
Mr.. Haskell was born in Iowa and is
a graduate of the School of Agricul-
ture of the University of Nebraska
and of the Iowa State College. With
his wife and two children, Ruth and
Robert, Mr.. Haskell will leave Wash
ington Sunday night and will sail from
New York on the President Harding.
Evening star., 1926-05-01
FIRST OF OSAGE
SLAY|NGS IN COURT
Nephew of "King" Goes on
Trial on Charge of Kill
ing Anna Brown.

By the Associated Pi'ess.
PAWHUSKA, Okla, May Byron
Burkhart of Fairfax, Okla. was ar
raigned in County Court here yestet
day on n charge of killing Anna
Brown, Usage Indiany one of the first
of nearly a score of persons to meet
death mysteriously in the Usage
Indian country in northern Oklahoma
several years ago.
Burkhart is a brother of Ernest
Burkhart and a nephew of w. h.
Hale. king of the Usage Hills" who,
with John Ramsey. are awaiting trial
on a charge Of killing w. f. Smith, q
white man.
The series Of deaths have been
linked by Federal and State invest
gators with an alleged murder con.
spiracy having as its object the wiping
out of several families so that their
estates could be obtained.
A plea Of not guilty was entered b
Burkhart.
Anna Browns body was found I'm Ct
ravine near Fairfax in May. 1929
She had been shot to death.
Evening star., 1926-05-01
NINE POLICE TRANSFERS,
Mai. Hesse Announces Shifting of
Privates.

Maj Edwin 3. Hesse, superintendent
of police, in an executive order today.
transferred nine police privates, as
follows:
Fred f. Patnode. third precinct.
from motor cycle to foot duty; Jere-
miah Mills. from foot duty in the
seventh precinct to motor cycle duty
in the third precinct; William II.
Hinson, first precinct. bicycle duty to
foot duty; Ross H. Kaylor, first pre-
cinct, patrol driver to bicycle duty
Homer o. Tut, first precinct. foot
duty to patrol driver; Frederick A.
Schenck, foot patrolman, from the
fourth to the eighth precinct: Preston
c. Wheeler. foot patrolman. from
twelfth to ninth precinct: Robert F.
Williams, retired. and Foot Patrolman
Daniel d. Pittman from third to
seventh precinct.
Evening star., 1926-05-01
Flyers Off for Macas.

HANOI. French Indo-China, May
l (R-The Spanish aviators. Capts.
GallarZa and Loriga. on a flight from
Spain to Manila, left here at 9:55
O'Clock this morning for Macao, the
Portuguese dependency. 20 miles
southeast of Canton, China.
Evening star., 1926-05-01

Continued from First PageD
vehicles, with their drivers, are ready
for distribution services. Many Of
them were called today to the place
assigned To them.
Suffering Not Expected.
The authorities are credited with
having confidence that present SUI
plies are sufficient to insure that the
public shall not suffer from lack Of
food or other immediate require
mentS.
The governments subsidy to en-
able the mine owners to pay the scale
of wages which terminated at mid
night resulted in an expenditure OF
20. 600 900 pounds. The last national
strike in Great britain in 1921 cos
the nation nearly $50 100000 pounds
in direct and indirect losses.
Text of Proclamation.
The proclamation giving the gov
ernment emergency powers durin%
the strike follows:
"By the King, a proclamation
George. r. ].
Whereas, by the emergency powers
act of 1920 it is enacted that if it ap
pears to us that any action has been
taken or is Immediately threatened
by any persons or body of persons, of
such nature and on so extensive d
scale as TO be calculated by interfer
ing with the supply and distribution
of food, water, fuel or light, or with
the means of loconotion, to deprive
the community or any substantial
portion of the community of the es-
sentials of life we may by proclama
ton declare that a state of emergency
exists: and. whereas the present i'm
mediate threat of cessation of work in
the coal mines does, in our opinion,
constitute a state of emergency with
in the meaning of the said act:
Now. therefore, in pursuance Of
the said act. we do, and with the ad
vice of our privy council, hereby de
clare that a state of emergency
exists.
Given at our court at Buckingham
Palace this thirtieth day of April,
in the year of our Lord 1926. and in
the sixteenth year of our reign.
God save the King"
Evening star., 1926-05-01

Castor oil. which is much used as
a lamp oil in India, gives whittier
light than oil of any other kind.
Evening star., 1926-05-01

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1926-05-01
AhOy! AhOy!

NOV that warm winds are
~ blowing again, wouldn't
you like to have a boat--a
row-boat, motor boat,
speed boat, or if you are that
ambitious, a yacht?
Then why not get one: A
small boat, at least, is not
expensive.
But where" you ask,
would | sail my boat.
Well, that's something, to
be sure. Why not discover j."
a few hundred miles of navi-
gable water, abounding in
inlets, creeks and coves?
Others have found the very
thing already-the lovely,
wooded country of the Ches-
apeake tidewaters. /
Write today to our Baltimore
Terminal, Ho,uard and LOm-
bard Streets, for our booklet,
"An AU-Summer Vacation,
describing his country and
the homes being built there.
Evening star., 1926-05-01
2O3 UNIONS VOTE
GENERAL STRIKE
IN BRITAIN TUESDAY

Continued from First Pagel
Evening star., 1926-05-01
Thinks Order Would Help.

What do you think of Congress
passing a law to compel q merger"
Mr. Bowman asked.
IF Congress orders it the COM
panies would get together" said Mr..
Rudolph.
is it your honest conviction that
Congress can pass a. law to compel
a merger?" Mr.. Bowman asked. The
Commissioner answered that he be-
lieved 1t would be feasible to hurry
a merger in this way and that it
would be of benefit to the people
and might reduce fares. "Of course,
it would have to be fair bill" Mr..
Rudolph said.
Mr.. Blanton injected the statement
that you won't get a voluntary
merger unless you permit the COM
panies to water their stock $10,000.000
or $15,000,000 more. You spoke Of
Congress forcing a merger. If Con-
gress repealed the public utilities act
and forced the companies back on a
Evening star., 1926-05-01
Discusses Bond Question.

Mr.. Gibson then discussed with
Commissioner Rudolph regarding the
large number of bonds issued both to
District officials and various con-
tractors on District work. It was
put into the record that the bonds for
District officials are not at the cost
Evening star., 1926-05-01
Patients Menu Brought In.

Referring to the comment that the
physicians didn't get any real butter,
Mr.. Blanton wondered what the
patients got. He referred to a report
on ST. Elizabeth's made by an investi-
gator for the Veterans Bureau, who
had confirmed this statement, saying
that the patients did not get butter.
but oleomargarine, and not enough
of that
Mr.. Blanton called attention that
they have a herd of 800 cows at ST.
EliZabeth's and he failed to see why
they couldn't have butter He said
he had been reliably informed that
every time the milk is separated 10
gallons of cream are sent to DIR.
Whites residence.
Chairman Gibson then called Mr..
Rudolph. who testified that he has
been Commissioner on his present
term since March Is, 1921, and pre-.
vious to that had served from 1910 to
1918. The part of administration
allotted to him is supervision Of the
auditor. assessor, collector of taxes
and the playground department.
Asked what private business he
was engaged in, he said none. He
then was asked about his interest in
the Rudolph & West Co. He said he
was a large stockholder, one of the
organizers, but resigned his connec-
tion in 1910, when President Taft ap-
pointed him Commissioner.
Owns Onethird of Stock.
In reply to further questions, he
said the capital stock of this corpo-
ration Is about $150.000, that he owns
Evening star., 1926-05-01
Denies Rudolph Acts.


He was questioned if, as one-third
stockholder and president of the COM
pany, he would take oath that the
school system is not one Of the biggest
purchasers from his corporation, He
said he could not give the information
and when pressed as to who could
give 1t. he. said the properly clerk of
the District. He does not believe that
hiA company could tell whether the
supplies are delivered to the schools
or not. He was asked by Mr.. Gilbert
whether, as president Of the school
board and president Of the company,
he did not think he should be able to
throw light on dealings between the
school board and his company. He
was then asked: Does your friend
Commissioner Rudolph have anything
to do with it?" He answered that Mr..
Rudolph does not. When asked what
other firms here furnished electrical
products to the schools, he answered
the Carroll Electric Co. and the
Doubleday.Hill Co.
Mr.. Graham. in reply to questions,
Evening star., 1926-05-01
Denies Merger Proposal.

DCAACo NACA 6OA AOkSoOeSs'
When asked if he had received any
proposals looking toward the merger
he said, mo" Questioned further,
however, he stated that there was an
informal conference some time ago,
but that only one side Of the street
railway question was represented. He
said he believed companies should
get together. Questioned as to what
moves the Public Utilities Cominis-
sion can make to induce a merger,
he answered that it is on. record as
in favor of merger, that Congress
has passed permissive legislation,
but that they are not in a position
to demand a merger but only to use
persuasion.
Asked if, feeling a merger would
be a good thing for the people, he
had made any efforts to induce the
Public Utilities Commission to try
to promote a merger, Mr.. Rudolph
said that the companies had been
brought into an all-day conference
some time ago, but that they then
seemed hopelessly split.
In reply to other questions Mr.
Rudolph admitted that he thinks
the North American Co. may bring
about a. merger
Evening star., 1926-05-01

vehicles, with their drivers, are read,
for distribution services. Many -
them were called today TO the place
assigned To them.
The Washington times., 1926-09-01
STYLES BREAK
RAGNAN
RvsHARRY BIOOMBARGH
gnfernafiofaI News Service.

~ . $50.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. sl,--Tne
raurnan-wiu soon be thing Of TIE
rast II paiIadelphia as wen as any
other large city.
This nicturesque figure finds less
ana aaffIi less profit in his noisy
1ouhds Of the city Streets because,
II Is said. OF woman's modern flllslsy
costume when there are few
CLOTHES there are few rags. q biz
B4riau Bag Broker" declares
sarhev don't wear enough clothes,
these woue en- said one ragnaTl
vino has made a fortune in an
NJ. - THOSE DAYS" rag broker
declared, women wore bustles.
kirts, and many. many pettccats.
Now Dame Fashion has changed
an this.
.sThe result has been" he con.
iinued. That, we have been lorce0
IS 70 TO Europe for our supply Of
rags. Tie demand Of paper manu-
LECTURERS Is so great that II can pc
applied IL no other way. The 90
nestle sources OF rags seems TO De
tIiminisline every year.
saThe growth in favor OF the white
shirt among men might seem 70
counterbaIance the trend in WON.
enssswear somewhat, but as g mat
ter Of fart the automobile absorbs
that difference and n1ores
A man formerly kept his shirts
and sold rlsem to the ragman after
hey were worn out. but now. II he
e thrifty. he saves them to wipe
his car with.
The Washington times., 1926-09-01

WHY men win leave home! Re-
cause they've won q Times free
rgnw-s17e seat mt the SesquI-
Denapsey-Tunney' bout SepteIn-
Der 3.
Evening star., 1926-06-02
OUT.oF.TOWN REAL EsTATE.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-NiCE 5-RooM
house. bath, gas and electricity. with 3 nlcr
corner lots the 'Tty of Norfolk. Va
What have you 10 offer: Phone Frank In
1909 after 30 pm