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The Washington times., 1927-12-02
MINE MEN HEAR
POWER TALKS

"Hydro.power is considered a
natural resource and as unit of
public service. its development and
sale must in the absence of COM
petition be subject to Government
regulation Congressman Lewis w.
Douglas, told the American Mining
Congress at its session today at
the Mayflower.
Development and use Of hydro
electric power is becoming ques.
ton of public concern" he added,
and in place Of regulation Of
private enterprise, State ownership
and operation in the public interest
is the only other alternative"
Former Congressman Philip r.
Campbell, of Kansas, spoke on
Federal control of industry. He
attacked the past policies OF the
Federal Trade Commission, declaring
that the commission, created as an
aid to business had, in fact, for
the. past 10 years been an op-
ponent, critic and prosecutor Of
business.
The trade commission, Mr.. Camp
bell said, has exceeded its author
ity and assumed certain powers
which Congress never gave it or
dreamed of giving it."
Congress passed so many reg.
ulatory laws, he said, that it was
necessary to create commission to
assist business in obeying them.
Mr.. Campbell lauded the good
work OF Government experts, but
declared they would be failures If
given executive jobs in connection
with industry. Merely being on
a Government payroll" he said,
does not endow a man with su-
perior wisdom nor executive abil-
ity."
The Government, on its millions
Of acres Of land, Mr.. Campbell said,
Is permitting millions Of horsepower
to go to waste; its silver mines are
idle, its coal fields are unworked
and its fine timbers are maturing
and rotting in the forest. He cited
this as an example of the inability
of the Government to develop in
dustry.
The mining congress viii close its
session tomorrow afternoon. The
board Of directors will meet at S
o'clock today to name officers for
the ensuing year and it is likely
that J. G. Bradley, of Dundon, w.
Va, will be named president for
the ensuing year.
A banquet will be held tonight in
the grand ball room of the May.
flower. The new president Of the
congress and Nicholas Longworth,
Speaker of the House Of Represen-
tatives, will be the principal speak
ers. The program will be broad
cast over station WMAL.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Finds Stranded Actor
Driving Stolen Car

ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. 2.-Efforts
OF Robert Bratton, "a years old. an
actor, of Hobart Avenue, to "get
back home" ended with his arrest
when he passed a traffic light at
Indiana ana Atlantic Avenues and
was overtaken by Traffic Officer
Higbee.
The car he was driving was de-
clared by the police to have been
stolen. and the man was unable to
produce drivers license. Recorder
Corlo today gave the man a choice
Of $500 fine or six months in the
county Jail for driving without d
license and held him under $1,000
bail for the grand jury on a charge
OF carrying concealed weapons. Brat
ton told the Recorder he was strand
ed and was making an effort to get
back home.
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The Washington times., 1927-12-02
BANK|NSTITUTE
PLANS PARTY
By RICHARD HATTON

The Washington chapter, Amer
lean Institute of Banking. has
managed many affairs of ambitious
magnitude. But nothing that here
tofore has been attempted by the
cess, which now seems assured,
of the annual theater party of
the organization which will take
place next Monday night, Decem.
ber 5.
The theater committee Of the
chapter started its work early
enough to secure one of the most
popular New York attractions OF
the present season. Earl CarrolPs
Vanities, with the addition of Mo-
ran and Mack. to whom Metro
politan critics give credit for at
least so per cent OF the kick"
in the performance.
The ticket sale to members OF
the institute began Tuesday. and
the demand far surpassed original
estimates. Then came applications
for seats from the banks Of the
city and again the demand was
the heaviest ever made for an
A. I. B. theater party. If there
are any seats left after the chap.
ter membership and the banks
have been supplied, the public will
be given an opportunity to par.
ticipate. At present it looks like
a complete ''sell-out" of the house,
and those who have put off OBJ.
tanning seats probably will be dis
appointed, although at late hour
yesterday afternoon there were a
few seats left.
The gathering Monday night will
be one of the most representative
of the financial life of the city ever
staged. The 1927 theater party
promises to be crowning achieve.
ment of the administration of /. j.
Roberts and his co-workers of the
the theater party committee COM
posed of Alfred w. Sherman, chair
man; Eleanor L. Dankmeyer, j. T..
Charges B. Hagan, John
r. Keener, III. F. Kimball, Raymond
p. Lochte, Helen MacGillivray, Leo
]. Moran, Lincoln II. Phillips, Jo-
seph M. Reilly. Rose Royce, M. F.
Edwin C. Steffe, Thomas
c. Talbert, G. NJ. VanHoesen and
Robert G. Written.
The New York Life Insurance
has announced that it has
granted to it's policyholders in the
flood-stricken districts of New Eng
land the same emergency privileges
in connection with premium pay
ments and policy loans that have
been extended on a number Of oc-
casions to policyholders who have
suffered from similar disasters.
Confidence is growing in high
Administration circles in the outlook
for general business, which, it is
now felt, will be even more pros
porous in 1928 than in 1926, reports
the Washington correspondent of
'Barron's Financial Weekly"
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Capitol Heights Denies
It Is Modern SOdOm

Capitol Heights and Chicago have
nothing in common-there is no
crime wave in the East Washing
ton suburb.
This is the message Mayor
Thomas J. Luckett. of the local
suburb. gave to the Ladies Auxil.
iary of the Capitol Heights Volun-
teer. Fire Department on the sixth
anniversary of the founding of the
auxiliary. Chief Walter B. Oliver
and Capt. Jack Brook of the fire
ladies also spoke and Joined their
chief in denying that Capitol
Heights has become modern
Eodom or Gomorrah.
1t was also announced yesterday
that Bailiff E. j. Poe, who has
been threatened with prosecution
on charges of iNtoxication on duty,
had resigned and that slot machine
owners had abandoned their enter
prises, thus removing the last OBJ.
stacle to the civic peace Of Capitol
Heights.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
ALE XANDR|A IN
TAG ROW

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 2.-The
city council at a meeting yesterday
afternoon was unable to agree on
either lowering or disseminating the
automobile licenses. Mayor w. A.
Smoot and Thomas J. Fannon both
of whose terms expire next year,
waged an unsuccessful campaign to
do away with the tags altogether,
Councilman Jones, Timberman and
Ticer voting against the measure,
although they were in favor of a
slight reduction Of the rate which
at present is 20 per cent per 100
pounds.
At the next meeting it will be de-
cided whether the present license
ordinance will be continued or the
rates lowered.
Meantime, City Manager Morton
Is ordering the tags for next year.
which will probably be square, in
stead of oval ones now in use.
DR.. w. C. West, Health Officer,
announced that the Kiwanis Club
had appropriated the money for the
establishment of the baby clinic
at the Health Office. 1t was de-
cided to allow the children from
Fort Humphreys to attend the local
schools tuition free,
The first of the applications for
state auto licenses are being mailed
out this week from the office of
the motor Tehicle commissioner in
Richmond. The license tags will he
placed on sale at the local distrib-
uting plants over the entire State
on December Is and may be used
after that Cay.
William Lucas, colored, charged
with transporting two half gallon
jars of corn liquor. was fined $50
and costs in police court this
morning.
Fire of undetermined origin DAM
aged two houses on the 200 block
South Fayette Street, approximately
$500 each. The local department
extinguished the flames before the
fire had chance to spread.
Although there were many more
arrests made by the police in No
vember than in October, 247 being
made last month against 240 in
the previous month, there was a
marked decrease in the fines col
lected, only $1,421 being collected
against $2,264 in October.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; market,
15025c higher. Top, 1925; bulk,
sS@915: heavyweight. $S.S5@9.25:
medium weight, $6.65Q9.20; light
weight. $S.15@SsO; light lights, s7.4o
@S.65: packing sows, $7.25@S.25;
pigs, s7QS; holdovers. $4,000.
Cattle-Receipts, 1000; market
steady. Calves-Receipts, 1000;
market steady. Beef steers-Good
and choice, $16@1s: common and
medium, $S.50@15.50; yearlings, $3.50
@19. Butcher cattle-Heifers, $3.50
015.50; cows, $6@11; bulls, $6@9;
calves. $12@15; feeder steers, $3.50
@11.25; stocker steers. $7.50M10.25;
stocker cows and heifers. $5@S.50.
Western range cattle--Beef steers,
$S.5O@15.50; cows and heifers, $50
11.50.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000: market
strong: medium and choice lambs,
S13.75@1440: culls and common,
s10.50612 so; yearlings. ss.50911.So
common and choice ewes, s497;
feeder lambs. $13@14.15.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Modern Woman Given
DisapprOval in Debate

BERKELEY, Calf, Dec. 2.-Co-
eds of the University Of California
were somewhat aghast todav fol-
lowing the assertion of Cambridge
University debators that modern
women in the colleges of today
are thumb tacks in the seats Of
learning"
The English team, consisting of
Hugh Macintosh Foot, Herbert Lilo.
mel Elvin and NJ. A. B. King g-Ham-
ilton, won the decision over Cali
fornia debators. The question was:
Resolved. That this house disap-
proved of modern women"
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Dawes BOOST,
LOWDEN AID
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

By GEORGE r.. HOLMES
Republican leaders gathering here
FOR the party love feast that always
accompanies Republican National
Committee meeting greeted with
bland smiles today Charles G.
Dawes announcement that he is
not a candidate for the Presidency
next year.
It isn't that they question the
Vice Presidents sincerity, nor do
they doubt the warmth of his re-
gard for his old friend, Frank o.
Lowden. whom Dawes announced
he would support. They just do
not consider that the General has
removed himself from the Republi.
can picture any more than President
Coolidge did when he made his
enigmatic statement 81 do not
choose to run"
AS a matter of fact. number
Of the committeeman pointed out
there is a lot of similarity between
the Coolidge and Dawes statements.
Mr.. Coolidge said. II do not choose
to rum" Mr.. Dawes said. IT am
not a candi1ate:" but neither of
them stated that he would refuse
q nomination if the convention
proffers it.
The practical politicians that
make up the National Committee
feel, however, that the Lowden
candidacy has been given a power
ful impetus by the Vice Presidents
statement.
Some of them interpreted it as
meaning that General Dawes not
only will not enter the primary con-
tests, but viii refuse to let his
friends put up his name in any
State. If that is true, the chances
are that Lowden will run a great
deal stronger in the spring primaries
than he otherwise would have done.
for it is admitted that the Vice
President has certain strength that
he may be able to deliver.
Meanwhile. the gathering of the
committee here to select conven-
ton city. has failed to clear up to
any appreciable degree the confusion
that still prevails among Republi.
cans over Mr.. Coolidges status.
When the President said at the
White House last week that he
would have "a few remarks" to
make to the committee when it
calls on him at the White House
next week, the impression was gen.
eral that Mr.. Coolidge would take
advantage of this occasion to clarity
his position.
Ex-senator William M. Butler. the
committee chairman. dispelled this
impression today by passing around
the word that the President would
have nothing to say about his per.
sonal political fortunes.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
SENATE CAUCUS
PICKS CURTIS !.

Senator Charles Curtis. of Kan.
sas, was reelected Republican
leader OF the Senate today at a
caucus attended by most OF the
Republicans of the upper house.
Senator James e. Watson, of In
diana, was reelected assistant
leader.
Senator George H. Moses. of New
Hampshire, was reelected President
pro tenn, but action on other Of.
fices in the Senate, including those
Of sergeant-at.arms and chaplain,
was withheld
A feature Of the Republican caucus
today was the attendance of Sen.
ators.elect Frank L. Smith, Of
Illinois, and William s. Ware, of
pennsylvania, around whose rignts
to take their seats will rage 4 tre-
mendous battle beginning next Mon.
day.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
N. B. Lyon, %, Held in
Death of ID. M. Walter

Noah B. Lyon, %, S006 Four
teenth st. N. W., was held for
action of the Grand Jury yesterday
by a coroner's jury investigating
the death Sunday of Donald M.
Walter. 26, Chevy Chase, Md. Wal
ter's death resulted from an auto
mobile accident.
The coroner's jury decided also
that Mrs. Rose Allen, 20, 1868
Thirty.first st. N. W., was killed by
gas escaping from leaky main
under her house. The main was
broken. they said. by a steam
shovel belonging to the District Re.
eurtacing Department.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL Markets
Coolidge Is Host To
Congress Chiefs
At Breakfast

, President Coolidge gave a
harmony breakfast''at the White
House this morning, signallizing
the opening Of the congressional
season.
His. guests were the Repubn-
can and Democratic leaders OF
both Houses Of Congress, Sena.
tors Curtis R) Of Kansas, Rob,
inson D) Of Arkansas, Smoot
C0 Of Utah, Watson R) of In.
diana. and Harrison CD of Mis-.
sissippi; Representatives Madden
R.) Of Illinois. Green R.) Of
Iowa; Smell R.l Of New York,
Garner D.) Of Texas, and Burton
(R) Of Ohio.
After the usual buckwheat
cakes and sausage, there was a
round table discussion of the leg.
islative program for the session
which opens Monday.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Police Seek Slayers
Of Man in Bar HOld-up

JERSEY CITY, n. IL Dec. 3
Police today were searching for two
men who participated in a holdup
in a saloon yesterday resulting in
the death of Thomas Rowan, of
Pittston, Pa.
Rowan, who was standing at the
bar when the hold-up men entered,
was hit during an exchange Of shots
between the owner and the bandits.
He died instantly.
He leaves a wife and six children
in Pittston.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Agriculture Building
Will Now Be COMPLETED

Bids for, the excavation of the
site between the two wings of the
Agricultural Department Building.
on the Mall, will be opened at the
office of the supervising architect
Of the Treasury, Wednesday after.
noon Of next week at o'clock.
The building of the third and
connecting wing of the building,
which for many years has been
striking example of incomplete con.
struction, will be undertaken i'm.
mediatelY.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Chinese in Sampans
Attack British Shin

LONDON, Dec. 2.-Six Chinese
Sampans attacked the British steam
slip Siangtan 16 miles below Ichang,
killing the second engineer. the
quartermaster and another member
of the staff and making the cap
tain prisoner. said an Admiralty
Communique this afternoon.
The British gunboats Bee and
Cnat are en- route for the scene.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.--Grains opened
irregular today with wheat u to
and oats: y to Ac, higher. Opening
prices: Wheat-December. $1.2Sh q
1.2SA; March. $1.32K @1.S2&; May,
$1.34%@1.3S%. Corn - December.
88M @S9Hc.; March, 93k@93kc;
May, 96A @96Rc. Oats-December
51% @51hc.; March, 5Sbc.; May,
55K@55%c.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Terminal Co. Is Sued
For $4,000 in Death

A suit for 100000 damages for
the death OF Harry p. Faulkner,
killed in the Washington Terminal
switching yards on July 5, was filed
in the District Supreme Court today
by Mary E, Baker, Administrative,
of 1881 M ST.. n. w.
Through Attorney J. Newton
Baker, she tells the court that the
Terminal Company is responsible
for Faulkner's death, being crushed
between drawbar and humping
post.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
80 FISHERMEN DROWN

BAKU, Russian Azerbaijan, Dec.
2.-Thirty fishermen have been
drowned in a terrific storm that
has swept the Caspian Sea for 48
hours. Two hundred fishing smacks
with 1900 fishermen were ma
rooned by the gale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09
HAS
NEW OFFICES

Rejecting increased sales activity
under the 1927 sales program, the
Chevrolet Motor Company has Just
announced the opening Of three new
zone sales offices located at Colun.
bia, S. c.: Salt Lake City, Utah,
and Richmond, Va, making a total
Of 81 zone sales offices now oper.
ating.
Possibilities Of increased sales Of
Chevrolet automobiles in the ter.
ritory embraced in the new zones
are such that it was vitality neces-
sary to create new zone head.
quarters, with adequately Increased
cordtng to G. e. Dawson, assistant
general sales manager Of the Chew
rolet Motor Company.
The new zone offices will super
wise more closely the activities of
field forces and Chevrolet dealers.
Offices will be supervised by zone
sales managers. with an assistant
and the necessary clerical force to
ing of the new offices is in line
with the Chevrolet Motor Company's
policy of concentrating more closely
on districts where past sales in
dicateNa rapidly growing market.
Following are the changes and
appointments made in the various
Horton, assistant regional sales
S1e - f6A ~ To aakF &
gion at Tarrytown, N. Y, becomes
town succeeding D. e. Ralston, who
becomes regional sales manager of
the Middle West region, with head.
Euhr, regional sales manager at
st. Louis, becomes Pacific Coast
regional sales manager at Oakland,
succeeding F. M. Coats, resigned;
r. l.. Myers, assistant regional
manager at st. Louis, becomes ne
manager at New York City, sue.
ceeding G. H. Schmidt, who is
transferred to the Atlantic Coast
regional office at Tarrytown to as.
sist Mr.. Horton; w. e. Holler, city
sales manager at Los Angeles, Cal,
becomes assistant regional manager
sales manager at Los Angeles, be-
comes sales manager at st. Louis
succeeding w. j. Burns, who be.
comes sales manager at Oakland,
Cal; g. H. Wallace, zone sales
manager at Oakland, assumes a SIM
liar position at Los. Angeles; E. E.
Jones. sales manager of associate
zone at Richmond, Va, operating
under the Baltimore zone office,
now heads the new zone office at
Richmond, Va; C. G.. Smith, zone
sales manager at Little Rock, Ark,
becomes zone sales manager at
Memphis, Tenn, replacing T. J.
Burns. resigned; M. B. Roys, city
sales manager, Chicago, becomes
zone sales manager at Little Rock;
p. A. Watson, sales manager Of
subzone at Columbia, s. c., operut-
ing under the Charlotte, N. c.. zone
office, becomes sales manager of
the new zone at Columbia; c. B,
Speaker. sales manager of subzone
at Salt Lake City. operating under
the Denver zone office, becomes
sales manager of the new zone
office at Salt Lake City.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09
NEW FERRY GO.
ON POTOMAC

The Maryland Virginia Ferry Co.,
p S250,000 corporation recently In
corpcrated under the laws of Della
ware, has acquired possession OF
Hutchins Landing, at the foot Of
Sthe State highway, Morgantown,
Nd. and Of Potomac Beach Land
ing, Va.
The company also has purchased
nom Capt. John F. Bruce all prop
erty and rights connected with the
Morgantown-C Colonial Beach Ferry
Including the 53-foot launch
Yacht with a passenger capacity
~ 176 persons and the give Sis
9ers" q SS-footer with a capacity Of
% passengers.
a modern steam ferry boat
Dapable Of accommodating 80 auto
mobiles and 500 passengers viii be
substituted for the present boats
and the Virginia terminus viii be
moved from Colonial Beach to
Potomac Beach.
Work on the assembling Of ma.
Rertal and supplies, for the con-
Structten Of modern ferry slips
equipped with floating aprons con-
krolled by hydraulic hoists and the
necessary wharf buildings, is well
under way and the ferry is
scheduled to open for business on
May %.
The opening Of this ferry win
give Westmoreland, Northumber.
land, Richmond and Lancaster
counties of Virginia an opportuni-
~ to reach the Washington mar.
kets and reduce the Washington to
Norfolk road distance by approx.
mately 90 miles. Richmond by %
miles and Colonial Beach by so
miles
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09
TO MOTOR ROUND WORLD

Violet Cordery, the automobile
racer OF England. Is planning drive
around the world. She will be ac-l
companied by a woman companion,
q mechanic and an official Of the
Royal Automobile Club. After cross.
ing the Pacific via the South Sea
Islands, Miss Cordery expects to ar
rive in San Francisco and proceed
overland to the Atlantic Coast. She
viii endeavor to make the trip in
i've months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09

II the replacement of piston rings
~ neglected, increased dilution of
OIL In, the dcrank-case results. causing
excessive wear throughout the en-.
CINE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-09

In the old days you saw moving vans only on
city streets but now you'll often see Davidson
van miles out in the country, engaged in long
distance haul. The Davidson Transfer and Stor.
age Co. serves the four large cities Of New York.
Philadelphia. Washington and Baltimore.
Wherever you sec Davidson van you can be
sure that AlNOCO1CAS Is the fuel in the tank.
Read the letter. We feel it's great tribute
from n,oOirs specialists to the fuel that keeps
them movingl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26
MEN AND MONEY
BY VI. S. Rukeyser.
Copyright. 1879

The major problem of American
business has been shifting from pro-
duction to distribution.
Accordingly, some of the leading
corporations in the country are put
ting statesmen into first command.
The Carnegie Steel Co., chief sub
sidiary of the United States Steel Cor
poration, recently departed from ira
dition in elevating William G. Clyde
to the presidency. Mr.. Clydes ex-
perience had been primarily on the
selling side. All his predecessors,
Williams, Dinkey, Corey, Schwab,
had come up to leadership from the
mills and were production or operat-
ing men.
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Co, large independent company, pick
ed a man whose achievements had
been on the selling side as assistant
ITO the president, who will be in charge
Buick Company.
Likewise, in the motor car field, in
stead of picking an operating man
the Buick Motor Car Co. recently ele-
waited E. II. Strong to the presidency.
MIR. Strong had formerly been general
sales manager and his forte has al
ways been SalesmanShip.
These straws indicate how the wind
is blowing.
The Nations industrial capacity is so
large that there is no question of
ability to meet the demand. The real
problem is to stimulate demand to
take the product of the factories.
This situation gives the salesman his
opportunity. In the intensified com
petition Of 1927 selling genius is at a
new premium
G. J. stark, president Of the Penton
Publishing Co., in commenting on the
new tend, said:
"a new and growing fundamental
tn successful industrial business has