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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-13
CONTROL Of MINES
AS UTILITY ASKED
IN PENNSYLVAN
Bill Prepared for Extra Ses-
sion of Legislature by
Attorney General.
BY the Associated Press.

HARRISBURG. Pa. January 13.-
Anthracite mining would be declared
public utility subject to control by
the PENNSYLVANIA Public Service Com
mission under one of two bills pre-
pared by the State attorney general
for introduction in the State legisla
ture at the extra session convening
here today. The other bill is aimed
at control of the retail trade by per
mitting compacts between States.
Gov. Pinchot, in statement today
in which he attributed the breakdown
of the anthracite negotiations in New
York to the operators, announced his
intention of pressing passage of the
hill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-13
Bill Is Compromise.

The mothers bill. ordered favorably
reported in the House committee. is
described as a compromise between
the desires of representatives of the
Social Welfare Workers in the Ma.
tional Capital, who drafted with the
advice of the Russell Sage Eounda.
llon last year general public
welfare bill. and Representatives of the
National Mothers Aid Association,
which provides for administration of
the fund by separate board, dis
tlnct from any charity affiliation. The
blli provides that the 500 900 fund
snail be paid entirely from the rev
enues of the District of Columbia.
Representative Blanton. Democrat.
or Texas, reserved the right to file n
minority report against the mothers
ald Dill on two points: one that il gives
unlimited. power for employment of
personnel ana the other that it pro
vides aid for both boys and girls l6
years of age and under. while Mr..
Blanton would restrict the aid for
boys to IA years and under. Repre.
sentative William G.. Hammer, Demo
crat, of North Carolina. and Repre.
sentative Ernest w Gibson. Repub-
llcan. OF Vermont, reserved the right
! to file minority reports against the
compromise amendment which pro-
vides for administration by a sepa-
rate board in conformity with the
Mills bill.
Report from the subcommittee on
the mothers aid bill was made by
Representative Oscar +. Keller. Re
publican, of Minnesota, who will write
the favorable report
Two Beaches Proposed.
The bathing beach bill ordered IA
vorably reported was introduced bv
Chairman Zihlman at the request of
the District Commissioners. II pro-
vides for the building ot two arri-
ficial bathing beaches with suitable
lighthouses in the District of Colum-
bia, one for the white ard ,he other
for colored batherS.
Mr.. Gibson, who reported this hill
from the subcommittee, said that two
members of the subcommittee re-
serve the right to offer an amendment
providing for three bathing Learhes
instead of two, so that there would
Do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-13
Soup Substituted
ForLiquor in<Pubs'
OF English Town
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AssOcIdteu Pfess.
CARLISLE, England, January
13.-Soup as a thirst quencher for
beer and whisky drinkers is being
pality.
Experimental state ownership of
public houses has been in force in
Carlisle for some time. Soup bars
have been installed in the pubs
and large piping hot bowls are
served at ! penny each. The con-
tention of the authorities is that if
men take soup they won't care
much rur Ii,,uu-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-13
New and Larger DirigibIe to
Replace Shenandoah Con-
tempIated in Bill.
OTHER BRANCHES FACE
APPROPRIATIONS CUT
Closing of Lakehurst Station Pro-
posed-Reduction of Personnel
to $4,000 Asked.

bE inc Associated Press
Realignment Of the Nations naval
air defenses. including construction Of
a new and larger diriGible to replace
the wrecked Shenandoah. is contem-
plated in the administrations Navy
program now taking shape in Con
Cress.
The reorganiZa ion would he accom-
panied by economies in other branches
of the naval service. including n re
duction of Navy enlisted personnel
from Sc 900 to So 900 and withdrawal
of d number of warships from active
duty by cutting the appropriati
$l,7S2 900.
The House naval committee also
has decided there is no present need
of maintaining the Lakehurst Naval
Air Station, whose only diTiEihe, the
Los Angeles. now is laid UP in her
hangar. In reporting today the naval
appropriation bill, the committee suc
gested that by closing down the sta
tion the cost Of its maintenance could
be rduced from S1.716.000 10 S128.0 600.
Such a step is not favored by the
Navy Department. which has Suggest.
ed that If the station We're closed q
separate arrangement would have L"
be made TO take care OF the diricibe
Los Angeles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-13
DEBT DEBATE DELAYED.
Belgian Chamber Gives Flood Re-
lief Measure Precedence.

BRUSSELS. January 13 (R.-Dis-
Cussion Of the bill for ratifica ton of
tho Belgian deft-fundinG agreement
with the United States has been post
poned until next week, the Chamber of
Deputies first taking up the debate on
the food situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-13
GIRL, 5, SHOOTS MOTHER.
Woman Expected to Die-Fouhd
Unconscious by Husband

BY the Associated Press
ATLANTA, Ga, January 13.-With
the words, "I'll shoot you, mama"
5-year-old Katherine Lanier pulled the
trigger of a 22-caliber rifle, and Mrs.
c. C. Lanier fell to the floor with a
bullet in her breast just below the
heart Today she lay in a hospital
here, with physicians holding slight
hope for her life, fearing her lung
was punctured.
Claude, 2, was the only other person
in the house at the time of the shoot
ing. Mr.. Lanier told police he found
his wife unconscious on the floor when
he came home. Police are investi-
eating.
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S14.COO.O0O Insurance Deal.

ST. LOUIS, January 13 P)--Con-
troll Of the Missouri State Life Insur
rnce Co. has been sold for $4,000, 900
- Rogers Caldwell Of Nashville, Tenn,
kn investment banker. who presum-
4 rhly represents a syndicate. President
xHI-.v Win = Singleton lannun"cd today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-13
.LASS|TER LEAVES
FORAR|CAP POST
Pershing's Successor Quits
Panama-PIebiscite Row
Probe Ordered.
BY :he Associated Press.

PANAMA, January 13-Maj. Gen.
William Lassiter. chosen to succeed
Gen. Pershing as neutral chairman of
the Tacna-Arica Plebistary Commits
sion. is sailing for africa from Balboa
a noon today.
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Inquiry Ordered.

AFRICA. Chile, January IS uP).-The
Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission
has ordered last Wednesdays disturb
anceS Al Tacna referred to a special
plebiscitary court for investigation and
trial
1t also. directed that all dates thus
far fixed for plebiscitary events be
postponed Is days, thus bringing the
plebiscite date to April so
The election law committee was or
dered to give preference to the dis
cussion and adoption of penalties in
addition to those sanctioned in the
existing law for offenses relating TO
registration and voting.
Manual Freyre V Santander chief
Peruvian delegate. gave a list of at
tackS, which he said had been COM
mitted by Chileans against Peruvians
since the PRONUNCIATION of the election
guarantees. These ranged, he said,
from threats by police agents and
civic organizations to actual violence
and eXpulsions.
He alleged that the Chilean police
We're purposely warned of the expect
ed arrival of the detachment from a
Peruvian ship at Tacna last Wednes-
day so as to prevent the very trouble
that arose.
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Pershing Hits Partisans.

For the first time since he began
his activities with the plebiscitary
commission. Gen. Pershing spoke di-
rectly to the newspaper correspond
ents yesterday evening at the conclu-
sion of a meeting of the commission.
He reiterated his condemnation of
partisan plebiscitary activities on the
part of American citizens.
Although the general spoke in Eng
lish, while most of the correspondents
were Spanish, he made his meaning
perfectly clear and impressed the
gathering, especially when he empha-
sized the fact that while he thought
all Americans, no matter how they
were occupied, were bound to facili-
tate the impartial work of the Amer
lean delegation, he deplored the par
tisan activities of some of them.
Yesterdays meeting of the plebisci
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PRESIDENT DRAWN
CO.
INQUIRY BY WALSH
GriIls Donovan on Coolidge.
MeIion-Sargent Talk Prior
to Statement.
WITNESS SEES NO LINK
BETWEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
Explains Purpose Back of An
nouncement-Thinks Investi-
cation Well Handled.

BY the Associated Press.
White House conference between
President Coolidge, Secretary Mellon
and Attorney General Sargent on Jan
uarN :, before the Department of JUS
tiCe issued lis statement conCernin"
the investigation of the Aluminium
Go. of America. was made the subject
OF inquiry today 10y a Senate commit
tee.
Assistant Attorney General Donn-
van, who was before the committee.
said the statement was presented to
the ATTORNEY General early in the
afternoon and issued late in the day.
He added that he did not know wheth-
er the White House conference re
ferred To by Senator Walsh. Democrat,
Montana, had taken place.
Did not the coincidence appeal la
you?" demanded Senator Walsh.
Did Not Know of Meeting.
II don't know when the conference
was held, whether before or after
gave the statement To the Attorney
General" Donovan replied
The statement of the department
said that the investigation of the com
pany. in which Mr.. Mellon is a stock
holder. thus far did not support the
oft-repeated charge that the consent
decree entered into in 1912 by the com
pany had been violated. The Senate
committee is directing its attention &c
the question OF whether the depart
ment has used due diligence in prose
cutting its investigation
Asked why the statement was is
sued. Col. Donovan said the men in
charge Of the investigation had pre-
pared ii because they had seen an ''ad
vertisement in a newspaper" that an
attack was to be made on the Justice
Department in connection with the in
0llirV
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Touches Upon Disaster.

Referring to the Shenandoah dis
aster, the committee report said thf
fate of the dirigible had not influenced.
its views as to the potentlallues o.
rigid airships for commercial. military
and naval uses. and it was not Pre-
posing abandonment of liShter-than
air development.
By abandoning the Jakehurst ste
ton and saving $1,000 the commit
Eontinued on Page =, Goiulan S.)
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Terrific Explosion at Wilbur
ton Blows Timbers From
Bottom of Shaft to Top.
Rescue Work Starts.
LITTLE HOPE IS HELD
THAT MANY STILL LIVE
Crew Enters Shaft and Converses
With Some Survivors-Aid Is
Rushed From Nearby Towns.
U, s Expert Takes Charge OF
Rescue.
T. ~" A-.o,'4ted Pr"-s

- '''. N--'" ''''N '|'.-~
NILBURTON. Okla. January IS
Most of the los men working ii
the Dcgnan- Mcconnell mirc. three
miles west OF here. are believed to
have been instantly killed today in
4 terrific explosion that wrecked the
main shaft and entombcd them.
Little hope is held out for the res
Cue OF many OF tho men 50 strong
was the explosion that timbcrs were
Blown from the bottom OF the mine
shaft
Fans were still working after the
explosion. but reScucrs were forced
I" wait for gas helmets before ven
turing into the bottom OF the shaft.
which IS about % feet deep.
Every doctor in Wilburton was
rushed TO the mine and doctors. nurses
ana ambulanCes have been summoned
from McAlester. Hartshorne and 9th
er neiGhhoring towns.
Coal Dust Blamed.
The blast is believed to have been
the result of an accumulation of coal
dust in a pocket.
The mine was being operated on a
n"n-urion basis under the 1917 wage
tC"l". Il is three miles west of town.
y rescue crew started work at 1890
nm. and will attempt to reach the
trapped men through the air shaft
which is still open. Some of the. vic
TINS are still alive and couverSed with
l'"ScuerS through the air shaft They
wore advised to remain near the shaft
j. +. l1ynal. chief of the United
states Bureau Of Mines rescue crew
Rt McAlester, Was trr charge of the
work. Equipped with gas helmets
he and two helpers entered the shaft
The blast wrecked the tipple and
destroyed the hosting equipment
Emergency hosting apparatus was
being installed TO bring out the vic
Inns after they are reached.
frantic group of the entombed
mems relatives gathered about the
mine Word of the explosion spread
quickly and crowds of sightseers from
neighboring towns assembled. The
shaft was roped off to hold back the
crowds and expedite the rescue work
Workmen from other mines in the
Wilburton Valley rushed to the scene
and volunteered their assistance in
the rescue work.
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Urged Announcement.

They told me that if this matter
was not faced now and the position of
the department made clear. even more
severe attacks might be expected. "
Donovan continued, Il agreed with
them and recommended to the Attor-
ney General that the statement be
given TO the public.
Il know we are doing an honest job
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w E.ATIIFR

tt- : Weather Bureau ForecastD
Snow and not quite So cold tonight:
minimum temperature about % de
SIeeS: tomorrow partly cloudy.
Iemperature-lliGh 33 at > nm
Yesterday: lowest. Is at 40 ii m today.
Fun report on page :.
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The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-11
Regular Customer"
Gets No Credit
I'm Court

Eugene Crawley, one Of the
regular customers" at Police
Court, claims he has been ter
ribly neglected.
Crawley appeared before.
Judge Gus A. Schuldt today and
pleaded guilty Of intoxication.,
s"Your honor" he said, II have
never been turned loose by this
court. Other people are re-.
leased on their personal bonds
hut I've been here lots of times
and none of the judges ever let
me GO"
"How many times have you
been here, Crawley?" the court
asked.
81 cant count 'em, Judge,
but I've been here enough times
to get out once"
"Not once. I'm going to give
you three times as much as
you got last time"
t'That'll be thirty days."
nunnbled Crawley as he slowly
made his way back to the cell
room.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-11
To REVISE
STUDY COURSE

First steps. toward complete re.
vision Of the elementary grades
STUDY course" will be taken at an
important meeting this afternoon OF
all administrative and supervising
officers of public schools with Supt.
DIR. Frank w. Ballou in the Frank
lin School Buildings.
Edwin b. Hesse, superintendent OF
police, and Director of Traffic Ed
ridge will speak at the meeting Oh
the subject of safety instruction
in the Schools
DR.. Ballou will tell about new
methods of supervising class room
instruction and Robert l.. Hay
cock, first assistant superintendent
will talk on visual Instruction"
Committees composed of principals
and teachers, appointed last week
by DIR. Ballou to study the revision
of courses in arithmetic, reading.
literature, English, history and
geography in the schools will re-
port their findings this afternoon.
The study course change is being
made at this time, according to
DIR. Ballou, to take advantage OF
the nationwide study in curriculum
revision by the National Education
Association commission.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-11
.CRAzED FATHER
KILLS BABY

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. H.
Crazed by fever from pneumonia,
Angelo Corbino, "a, drove his wife
and six children from his home
today, seized seventh child from
it's crib and hurled it to the floor,
killing it.
Police overpoWered the man after
a. struggle and took him to Bay
Corbino's illness had become
critical and a priest was called
to the family home to administer
last rites. Scarcely 4 had he left
when the man arose from the bed,
screaming.
Breaking up furniture, he at.
tempted to attack his wife, VINO
ran from the house with six OF
their children.
The seventh, Nymphia, s months
old. was in a crib.
When his wife returned to save
it. Corbino threw her off, seized
the infant and killed it,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-11
Z FL|ERS SAVED
A SEA
By international News service

CAPE MAY, N. j., Jan. H.
After being wrecked at sea for
nine days, Charles r. Warren and
George Hand, New York airmen,
were being detained at the u. s.
coast guard base here. today, pend
ing an investigation of the dis
abling Of their seaplane off At
lantic City on January 2.
The men, half.crazed with hun
ger, were rescued late yesterday
afternoon by the revenue cutter
"Kickapoo."
The stories of the rescued air
men and mysterious telephone
message received while they were
at sea led coast guard officials to
the belief that they were in the
hands of rum runners, waiting an
opportunity to return to shore.
The men were aboard the schooner
Waldo" which, according to the
skipper. had been lying forty miles
off Atlantic City since the rescue,
due to the heavy seas and terrific
gales
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-11
RESERVE STUDY
PLANNED

Local reserve army officers will
attend four Institutional meetings
during the week, according to the
schedule announced ! this morning
by Lieut.. Col. John Scott, U. s. A.,
executive officer Of reserve head.
quarters Graham Building, 1402 e
St.
The first will be tonight when re.
serve officers of the Ordnance De
partment report to hear Capt. H.
r. Saford, Of the office of the chief
Of ordnance, discuss the manufac-
ture Of metal parts.
Tomorrow night reserve air of.
ficers will meet to study squadron
operation and record and reports of
the operation room. The weekly
practice of the band of the 343rd
Engineers will be held Wednesday
night,
The s2Oth Infantry will meet
Thursday and the reserve quarter
masters OF the District will gather
Friday night to continue their win
ter Plattsburg" instructions, being
conducted under the direction of
Major r. P. Harbold, u. S. A., Of
the office OF the quartermaster
general.
1t is also announced that Capt.
James B. Golden. u. 8. A, assistant
executive officer of the reserve head
quarters, is on a months leave Of
absence and will not return to
duty until about February 1. He
was formerly on duty with the
Sixth United States Field Artillery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-11
VIRGINIA PLANS
FOR BRIDGE

A citizens committee from Ar
lington, va, Is comforting this aft
ernoon with Major u. s. Grant, Ord.
director of Public Buildings and
Public Parks, and Major Carey H.
Brown, assistant director, regard
Ing development of the magnffi-.
cent plaza planned for the viz
ginia side of the new Arlington
Memorial Bridge
The Virginia citizens are headed
by j Cloyd Byars.
Virginia authorities form only one
of several distinct governments
divisions which must coordinate II
the extensive plan for development
OF the Virginia share at the bridge.
The land on which the pretentioua
plaza is to- be built, according to
present plans, comes under the
Jurisdiction of the War and Agri-
cultural Departments. the Arlington
Bridge Commission represented by
Major Grant, and the State Of Vir-
ginia Each of these units must APP.
prove any general plan for develop.
ment of the area.
The discussion this afternoon ID
being devoted chiefly to a general
highway plan by which the Virginia
authorities may be able TO alter
their roads to fit in with the APP
proaches to the. bridge as planned
by the offices OF Public Buildings
ard Public Parks in conjunction
with the Fine Arts Commission. =
Arlington county officials. Il Il
understood, have no authority to
confiscate land for the project. but
- he avsTr
appropriations to the Virginia Iegis.
IafII1.n
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DOUBLE DECkED
SFREETSSEEN
By international News service

4
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE building
tof doubIe-decker streets in the more
.densely populated cities Of the
world was vision Of the future
painted BY Herbert c. Bressey,
chief engineer OF the Roads Depart
rnent Of the Ministry of Transport.
in an address to the Institute Of
Surveyors here.
( According to Bressey, the upper
surface would carry traffic, while
the lower deck. extending the full
width Of the street, would be re-
served for mains OF every kind.
This would obviate the necessity Of
tearing up streets when repairs to
mains are necessary.
Should such 81 system material
ize, said Bressey, zone can con-
ceive that the upper deck might
ultimately be constructed Of sepa.
rate slabs OF standard size bolted
into position, and capable OF instant
removal to give access to q pipe
below. The same facility for re-
moval would greatly expedite re-
pairs, as O. worn-out slab could be
taken out and a new one brought
fr0m stock and dropped into posi-
ton.
The cost of a road so construct
ed would reach a very high figure,
but against this is to be set the
elimination of the perpetually re.
curing expenditure on, excavation,
and the subsequent lessl imposed on
trade and travellers. The authors.
ties responsible for public services
could afford to nay a big rental for
subway accommodation"
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PALM BEACH TO HAVE
PRIVATE BATHING BEACH

PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. IL
An exclusive private bathing beach
similar to Bailey's Beach at New
port will be opened February l,
south Of the Breakers Beach, it was
announced here today. 1t will be
equipped with bath houses similar
to those at the Lido Venice, with
dressing and sitting rooms. show
ers and lockers, surrounding three
sides of an enclosure facing the
ocean.
Mrs. Edward T. Stotesburg has
been elected honorary president; A.
J. Drexel Biddle, jr., Philadelphia,
president and Frederick Prince,
secretary. Fifty leading families
are founders and a large invitation
list is also being prepared for
guests OF clubs and hotels here.