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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
SENATORS PLEASED
=. BY MERGER PLANS
Members of District Commit.
tee Express Qualification
at Latest Steps.

Word that the Public Utilities Com
mission had transmitted a new street
railway merger plan to Congress late
yesterday was received with gratifica-
ton last night by Chairman Capper
and Senator Vandenberg of the Dis
trict committee, both of whom took an
active part in consideration of the uues-
ton when 1t was before the committee
year ago.
Il am glad" said Chairman Capper,
that they have been able to submit
a plan to Congress again. We want a
merger"
Senator Capper said he had not vet
gone over the basis for agreement as
just submitted, but added: II have a
lot Of faith in this commission, and 1
am sure there will be merit in a plan
1t presents"
Vandenberg Pleased.
Senator Vandenberg, who followed
closely the various developments which
led to the reporting of a modified plan
Of merger to the Senate last year, said
last night he was glad to learn that
new impulse had been given to the
subject The Michigan Senator said
the published accounts of the commits
sion's revised plan sound like a ration
al basis for negotiations"
When all of the shadow boxing
about rates of fare and other arith-
metic is over, you always get back tc
merger as the only way to obtain the
essential economies the situation re-
quireS. If there is any new impulse
toward merger I am delighted and hope
that some day the work that has all
ready been done on the subject will
bear fruit"
Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis
consin, who flee minority report on
the merger plan as worked out by the
Senate committee last year, in which
he advocated a new rule of valuation
for the District and several other
amendments, withheld comment last
night until he has time to go over
the proposal now being advanced.
Wants TO Study Plan.
at would want to study it carefully
before discussing it," Senator Blaine
said. He expressed the belief that it
would be some time before the question
gets before Congress with the tariff bill
as the special order in the Senate.
Plans for considering the commits
Sion'S new recommendations regarding
merger probably will be discussed the
first time the committee meets. Sena-
tor Capper said early yesterday that the
committee might hold its first meet
ing of this session some time this week.
but this depends to a large extent on
how many hours the Senate decides
to work each day on the tariff bill. If
the Senate works extra hours on the
tariff routine committee meetings are
not likely to be held for the present,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
REPORT BASIN STATES
AGAINST POWER RATE
Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and
New Mexico Said to Oppose
Boulder Dam Plans.
Rx Nae Associated Press.


SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, December
THE Salt Lake Tribune will say to-
morrow that the four upper Colorado
River Basin States have united in a
formal protest against power and water
storage rates at Boulder Dam, as pro-
posed by Secretary of the Interior Ray
Lyman Wilbur.
The protest, signed by representatives
of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico. the Tribune will say, was sent to
Washington from Denver last Wednes-
day by airmail, and was released here
Saturday night by the Utah Colorado
River Commission as reply to let
ter to the commission from Senator
Reed Smoot, Republican, Utah, pub
lished In the Tribune today.
The Smoot letter gave support to the
Secretary of the Interior in fixing low
power and water storage rates, and his
views were directly opposed to the stand
of the four upper basin States in their
protest.
The Tribune story will say further
that the contention Of the Denver con-
ference, which was held behind closed
doors, was that in fixing a power rate
below the competitive production cost
the Secretary of Interior Is favoring
Southern California and making it i'm
possible for the upper basin States to
profit by the Boulder Dam project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
FORCED OUT OF HOME,
WIFE RETALIATES
Former Miss Wynne Has Husband
Arrested After Being Elected
in Night Attire.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, December Robert
Everard, 81, who said his parents re-
side in Detroit and that he once took
part in an expedition to Africa under
auspices Of the Field Museum of Chi
cago, was arrested today on complaint
OF his wife, who charged that he forced
her out Of their Fifth avenue apartment
In night attire early this morning.
She also asked that permits he holds
Tor the possession of large assortment
OF weapons he brought back from
Africa. including guns, knives and tubes
through which natives blow poisoned
darts be revoked. She told Magistrate
Edward Well she was afraid he would
injure himself or her with them while
intoxicated
Mrs. Everard, who was said to be the
daughter of Robert Wynne. Postmaster
General in President Roosevelt's cabi-
net and former president Of the Grid
iron Club in Washington, said her hus-
band became abusive while intoxicated
and finally put her out of their apart
ment. She had to call a policeman.
she said, TO get back into the place.
The magistrate found Everard guilty
Of disorderly conduct and suspended
sentence with the understanding that
he would move out of the apartment
and leave his wife alone. She told the
court he had become annoyed with her
because she had been going out with
other men recently without telling him
where or with whom she had gone.
Everard said he lived on the income
Of trust fund established for him by
his mother. and that he and his wife
came here six weeks ago from Detroit
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passed Gibraltar at eight o'clock last
evening.
The liner AndaNlcia Star, bound for
Madeira and South American ports,
lost her rudder and had difficulty max
ing her way safely to the port Of Fall
mouth. Engineers made mergency
repairs after the ship had sent out a
call for help.
Eight persons were killed in the
interior Of the British Isles, by fall
ing chimneys, uprooted trees, broken
windows and falling walls.
The velocity of the wind reached
l08 miles an hour today in the Scilly
Isles and then broke the recording
instrument. 1t was estimated that it
went as high as 1l2 miles an hour.
which, II true, established a new record
for England, which has heretofore never
felt more than Ill miles an hour.
Wind Down to 20 Miles.
The gale which had ragged over the
MerSeySlde near Liverpool for "a hours
persisted tonight. but the wind had
cropped 10 ~ miles an hour velocity
The Merseyside shipping was COM
pletely dislocated, with many liners
embarrassed.
The liner Carinthia, with passengers
for New York, was Stormbound In the
MerSey. The liner Alberto was also
Stormbound in the Gladstone docks.
The Minnedosa from Canada, due this
morning, was delayed "a hours. The
liners Hector and NeStor of the Blue
Funnel line delayed sailing for the Far
East.
The storm caused the Thames TO
overflow its banks at Maidenhead to-
nlgnt, turning stream into the prin-
clpal streets, where 1t flowed at z miles
an hour. Civic authorities took emer-
gency measures to aid the inhabitants.
All cross-channel trafic by sea and
ar mas been suspended until further
Seawall CrumbIed.
More than 100 feet OF the Dover
Seawall had crumbled tonight under
the pounding of the storm.
The SelSey lifeboat returned safely
alter Is hours OF battling mountainous
seas of the Sussex coast in response to
an > . s from the Hungarian steamer
HonVed, which finally made port by It's
own efforts.
The epic OF the night, however, was
the tremendous tight against the ele-
mehts by the New Haven lifeboat crew
VINO put out In the face of the gale
and rescued 10 men from a stranded
schooner of Eastbourne. The wives
ana other relatives OF the lifeboat men
stood ScRntlly clad on the beach. UNI
mlndful OF the rain and driving spray
70 pray for the safe return Of their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
Ware GIVEN CHEERS
BY HOME HACKERS
1000 Meet Rejected Senator
at Philadelphia and Stage
Demonstration.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December Will
liam S. Ware, counted out by the
United States Senate, but refusing to
stay out, returned home today and
with the cheers of his loyal followers
ringing in his ears, announced that he
was Candidate to the finish"
The Philadelphia Republican leader,
who was denied seat in the Senate
Yesterday because of alleged excessive
campaign expenditures when he was
nominated in the primary of May. 1925,
came into Philadelphia with head up
ana smiling as big crowd of loyal fol-
lowers greeted him.
Crowd Cheers Ware. -..
The crowd of 1000 persons at the
railroad station when he arrived knew
nothing about his plans; nevertheless
tney cheered him and yelled, Three
cheers for Bill Vare," and Were for
you, Bill"
The crowd almost mobbed the limp
ing but smiling Ware and stalwart po-
lcemen came to his rescue and opened
lane. In the crowd was a banner,
held high in the air, on which was in
Scribed:
Welcome to Senator Ware. From his
loyal friends-forty-sev ward"
Ahe SHIlIlnS ledQer mace SLOW prog
resS because hundreds of hands we're
outStretched for him to shake. He
grabbed all he could, until he was re-
strained by members of his family and
his physician, DR.. Shaw.
All Leaders There.
1t seemed as If all the leaders of the
"a wards of the city, sometimes referred
to as the band of brothers." were at
the station. )
Before he had moved so feet from
the train group of women represents
ing many of the wards and headed BY
Miss Marion L. Pyle, vice chairman
OF the Republican city committee,
blocked his way. Impulsively she
threw her arms about his shoulders,
1here were more cheers.
With DR.. Shaw still at his side and
policemen marching four abreast ahead
OF him to clear path, Ware continued
his way, walking to his Office in a tall
offlce building, two squares away. Here
he and Mrs. Ware received many visi-,
tors and shortly after 3 O'Clock they
left by motor car for their seashore
home at Ventor, near Atlantic City.
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$4,000, who are paying an estimated
tax of $l55, 100000 this year. A total
cut of $4,000, 900, or 800 per cent, would
be granted the 1900 taxpayers with
incomes from $4,000 to $4,000, who
are estimated to pay the Government
25,000,000 in 1929.
George Comments.
To the 6,10O persons with incomes
between $4,000 and 100000, who arc
paying $85,000000 in taxes this year,
the proposed cut would amount to ST.
100000, or 2.24 per cent.
Senator George of Georgia. member
OF the finance committee, said in a
statement issued through the Demo-
cratic committee he believed tax reduce
ton measures should operate over a
future period and not retroactively.
He said: The Secretary's proposal
is simply to give back to the taxpayers,
on taxes due for the year 1929, now
practically closing, a portion of the
taxes due by them to the Government
In many instances the tax has already
been collected by the payer, whether
individual or corporation, out of the
general consumer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
REPORT OF SEPARATION
FOUND TO BE MISTAKE
Filing of Marriage Contract Err.
roneously Listed in Paris
Dispatch.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FreSS.
PARIS, December THE Associated
Press on November IA enormously re-
ported that the Countess de Lausanne
de Vauroussel, formerly Ethel MaCom-
Der of Brookline, Mass, had filed an
action for formal separation from the
count.
On that date the count and countess
recorded with the French courts their
marriage contract establishing their
individual property rights. Due to an
error in the translation of the French
legal terms the Associated Press cabled
the erroneous report.
The count and countess, having been
married in Prague in a country foreign
to both. omitted to have inscribed in
their marriage contract the clause rela-
tive to the wife'S property rights. Later
It was considered advisable to add this
clause in conformity with French law
and this proceeding caused the mis-
interpretation.
The Associated Press regrets the error
and is glad to make this correction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
ASKS SUITS BE DISMISSED.
Technical Points Given in Actions
Against Watson and Leslie.

INDIANAPOLIS, December z Or
Motions were filed in Federal Court here
today asking the dismissal on technical
grounds of two damage suits for $50 900
each, one against Gov Harry c. Leslie
and the other against United States
Senator James E. Watson and several
co-defendants.
The suit against the governor, filed
by otto Gresham, q Chicago attorney
alleged that Leslie, while speaker of
the Indiana House. refused to allow
Gresham to file petition for a legis-
lative investigation of the administra-
ton of justice in Indianapolis. The
suit against Watson was filed by Will
liam Rogers of Gary and alleged that
the Senator and his co-defendants at
tempted to intimidate Rogers into re-
pudiating testimony given before the
Reed senatorial campaign funds IN
vestigating committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
TEXAS YOUTH ADMITS
Staying OF PARENTS
Shot Pair Because of Reprimand
He Tells Oficers-Brother Is
Wounded by Him.

BY the Associated Press.
ITALY, Tex. December Herman
Riley, 10. confessed today he shot and
killed his parents and wounded his
brother at their farm home Southwest
OF here last night The youth was
placed in Jail at Waxahachie, charged
with murder.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. c. Riley,
apparently had retired for the night
when they were slain. Riley'S body
was found in bed, while that of his
wife was on the floor at the foot of the
bed.
Walter Riley, IT, suffered a bullet
wound through the nose.
At first, according to officers, the
youth said he discovered the bodies Of
his parents and his wounded brother
as he returned home late last night.
Officers said the youth told them he
shot his parents because of a repri-
mand given him Wednesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
BOOMER ADMITS HE SLEW
WOMAN, POLICE DECLARE
Officials Believe Killer Tried to
Force Victim to Reveal Hiding
Place of Jewelry.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December ARRESTED by
Kenosha, Wis. police as he stepped
from a train there. William Ahrendt,
"a, Immediately confessed the Staying
of Mrs. Josephine Ford in whose apart
ment he was a roomer, Chicago
authorities were advised today.
The body of Mrs. Ford. who was A
years old. was found in the bed room
of the apartment this morning by her
husband, Charles @. Ford, head of a
shirt manufacturing company.
Her throat had been cut by a butcher
knife. Ford had come home from his
factory in response TO telephone call
from his wife who had urged him TO
place her jewelry. valued at $4,000 and
worn the night before, when the Fords
were out for the evening, in a safety
deposit box.
Police said they believe the womana
slayer tried to force her to tell where
she had concealed the jewelry The
bed room bore evidence of a violent
struggle but the gems we're found in
tact BY officers. wrapped in ss>corset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
Mexican Politician Kills Self.

SAN FRANCISCO, December z P.-
Manuel E. Yzaguirra, 80. who survived
several seething generations of Mexi-
can politics to become the chief of the
Mexican Navy Department. shot him
self through the heart here today with
his own service revolver Before killing
himself he wrote note saying he took
his life deliberately because Of falling
health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
LEAVES SOUL TO MELLON
Man, A Cents in Pockets, Writes
Strange Will, Kills Self.

MILWAUKEE,, December 7 (H0.-Di-
recting that my body should go to
science, my soul to Andrew w. Mellon
and sympathy to my creditors" Well
lington Lyle, rs, shot and killed himself
in a hotel room today.
Lytle, believed to be from California,
had only cents. In a note he directed
authorities to return to its owner the
pistol he used. His body was not to be
removed from the hotel room until my
rent Is up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
BACKGROUND OF TROUBLE.
Campaign First Directed For Call of
Legislative Election.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti. Decem-
Der z (P).-Three general factors appear
to lie behind the agitation which began
with the student strike Of November 80
The campaign seemed to be first directed
toward inducing President Borno to call
general legislative elections in February
His failure to do so led to a drive
to prevent his reelection to a third
term as unconstitutional. His declara-
ton two weeks ago that he was not a
candidate was not accepted without
equivocation.
The third factor was apparently a
desire to force an American congress
sional investigation with the object of
compelling withdrawal of American
forces before the expiration of the
treaty in 1886.
The United States department mes
sage to President Borno congratulatine
him on his decision not to be candi-
date arrived on the day following the
strike by the customs employees and the
attempted riots here. 1t Is possible that
if the message had arrived a few DAYS
before it might have treasured the
public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
Few Disorders Reported.

All reports received up to this evening
indicated that today passed without
trouble in all Haiti except for demon
STATIONS near outposts at Chantel and
Torbeck in Cages Province. In those
places crowds of about 1000 person.
each marched in front of buildings of
the garde and shouted "A has Borno''
down With President Borno). There
was no report of any actual attack on
either place or of casualties.
At Torbeck a corporal of the garde
was threatened by the crowd.
Chantel was being held by three men,
bers OF the garde, F4ench priest and
three Haitians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

Rumania's new tariff contains many
reductions in import duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

VARIES STATEMENT
OF FIGHT TO FINISH
STIRS POLITICIANS

Continued From First Pape.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
SENATE APPROVAL
OF TAX CUT WITHIN
WEEK is EXPECTED

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
al SHIPS MENACED
BY BRITISH STORM;
MANY LOSE LIVES

Continued From First Page.)
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
HOLD LAWN FETE

BERWYN, Md, July 1.-THE lawn
fete of t. Holy Redeemer Chu. III,
OF Berwyn, is scheduled to open
Jnly Is.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
SLOT MACHINE
WILL AID AIR
MAIL

Authority to install automatic
air mail stationery and stamp
vending apparatus in postoffices
throughout the country has been
granted to the Air Mail Apparatus
Company of America by Third As.
sistant Postmaster General Robert
8. Regar. II was announced today.
Francis c. Roberts, president Of
the company. announced that ar
rangements now are underway TO
install the first machine In the
city postoffice here sometime this
summer An elaborate ceremony
In which local patriotic organize
tons viii participate Is being
planned for the unwilling of the
first machine. he said.
Sell Envelope. Stamp. Paper
The machines sell an envelope,
stamped with an official air mail
insignia and scent air mail
stamp, and one sheet OF stationery
all for the price of the stamp. An
air mail map Of the United States
is printed on the back Of each
sheet of stationery.
Roberts pointed out that the
machine IL designed to stimulate
interest in aviation and to increase
transportation of mail by air.
Besides selling the stationery. the
machine does all sorts of interesting
things, Roberts said. Every two
minutes it shows a complete motion
picture, depicting the growth of air
mail transportation and showing the
correct way to mail a letter Every
IL seconds what appear to be plain
glass mirrors on the sides of the ma.
chine are transformed into red, white
and blue shields. through which the
complicated machinery that operates
the device can be seen.
Alarms on False Coin
The machine will automatically de.
tect any attempt to secure the sta.
tionery with fake" coins by flash.
ing strong red light in the face OF
the prospective purchaser and ring.
ing an alarm beIl.
Roberts said his company plans to
install approximately so of the ma
chimes in hotels, department stores
and business houses in this city be.
fore the end of the summer.
National headquarters of the com.
pany are at Eleventh Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
Newton Sworn as Aide
To Hoover, Quits House

walter Newton yesterday ceased
to be Republican Representative
from the Fifth Minnesota district,
going on the White House pay
roll as a secretary to President
Hoover.
Since the President took office,
Newton has been serving as his
political secretary, but was drawing
his nav as a member Of Congress.
His resignation from that body be.
came effective Saturday, and he
was sworn in as one Of the Presi-
dents aides yesterday.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
PLANE AND AUTO
men SEEK OIL
ENGINE
~ intermittent News Service

BY international News Service
The oil burning airship and air
plane engine has captured the
imagination Of some OF the great
est engineering and manufacturing
concerns in the country with the
result that the aviation industry
Is seething with rumors Of develop.
ments which may vitality affect fits
future.
Experiments with the oil burn
ing engine are stilI shrouded in
secrecy, despite the fact that an
airplane equipped with an oil burner
has already been flown.
The Packard Motor Company,
which announced q flight to Lang
ley Field, Va, with the revolu.
tio1ary type Of air-motiye power,
was the first big company to claim
the successful adaptation Of the
Diesel engine.
General Motors, through the ALI.
son Engineering Company which
1t recently bought into; the West.
inghouse Electric Company, q pho,
neer in Diesel engines; the Wright
Company and the Winton Company.
all are reported to be carrying on
secret experiments with the oil
burner.
While admitting knowledge Of
the concerted effort of the big
private corporations to develop the
oil burner, government aviation ex.
perts have declined to reveal any
knowledge of the scope of the ex'
beriments.
The Allison-General Motors com.
pany is understood to be concen.
trating upon an oil burner for air.
planes, the Westinghouse company
on the same type of engine for
airships, while the Packard com
pany is seeking to adapt 1t pri'
marily to planes.
The Washington times., 1929-07-02
HAIT|EN FLORA
IS OBTAINED

Mr.. and Mrs. z. c. Leonard have
just returned to Washington from q
botanical exploration in the north
western portions Of Haiti, the
Smithsonian Institution announced
today. Leonard is assistant curator
Of plants at the institution.
The couple went to Haiti In the
middle of December and they have
returned. bringing with them large
collections which viii be Of very
material assistance in making
known the flora of this region.
The work was suggested and par.
tally financed by DIR. w. L. Abbott.
long a patron of the Smithsonian
Institution.
Starting from Port du Paix,
where he established headquarters,
Leonard was able to reach many
interesting localities, chief of which
were Basin Bleu, st. Louis du
Nord, the Moustique range, Jean
Rabel, Bombardopolis, and Torque
Island. In the Port du PAX vicin.
ity the plant life was especially in
teresting because of the various
plant associations found within so
small a. area.
At the northward. however, the
entire peninsula was found to be
for the most part arid, wooded, and
but sparsely settled. In general
the climate of northern Haiti was
found to be agreeable, but drinking
water in many localities was scarce
and often muddy. The few inhab-
itants were friendly and helpful,
Leonard reported.
The botanical material collected
consists OF nearly 5000 numbers,
representing more than $4,000 speci.
mems. In addition. there are a
number Of wood specimens. land
shells and insects.