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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO. January IS (P).-Butter-
Receipts, 1854 tubs; creamery extras,
46: standards, 45h; extra firsts, asa
45la; firsts, 44a441a; seconds, 43a4312.
Eggs unchanged; receipts, $3.50 cases.
Poultry (alive)-Easy: receipts, one
car; fowls, %; Springs, 80; ROSTERS, 40;
turkeys, 25; ducks, 24a28; geese, 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18

NEW YORK, January 10 (P.-Seven
banks and trust companies in New York
City now have deposits approximating
SIS, $40, 100000 Deposits of all banks
and trust companies in the entire cotn-
try 25 years ago totaled about $780,
the deposits Of these seven banking
leaders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18
Power Company Reports Income.

NEW YORK, January Is P).--Utah
Power q Light Co. of Salt Lake City,
Co, reports net income after charges
for the IL months ended November 80
totaling S2,339,99 against $2,318,91z
for the preceding IL months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. January 10 P.-Bar
silver. son Mexican dollars, 43.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Barber g. Ross Inc, 6las..... 94ls 94s4
Cham-Vanblt Hotel 6ias....... 81 $50.
Chestnut Farms Dairy 612s...... 1862 .....
Chevy Chase Club 51as. ....... l03 80.
D. G Paper Mfg 6s............. "a 81
Pot Joint Stock Id. Bank IS. 90 80.
w. M. Cold Storage SIS. 90 49,.
Wash. Cons Title Co. 6S....... 100 102
Waroman Park Hotel 5l2s.... l049a los
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18

Kellogg'sALL-BRAN
10 sold with this def
mite guarantse: Foe
Il according 60 dirse.
lions. ~ t does ssee
reiisvs constipation
safely, sDe sDiu refund
the purchase price.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
AUTO USED TO KIDNAP OFFICER
HERE DISCOVERED ABANDONED
Tag VioIator Escapes After
Leaving Policeman in Semi
Conscious Condition.
Victim to Resume Duty To-
night After Receiving Hos
pitaI Treatment.

With every policeman in Washington
and nearby towns on the lookout for
him.. the man who last night kidnapped
Traffic Officer Carl Lassiter from his
post of duty at Ninth and F streets and
took him to the rear of the District
Jail, where he left him lying on the
ground in a semi conscious condition,
after beating him on the head with the
butt of a revolver. had apparently
slipped through the police Gordon today
and made good his escape.
The car bearing 1928 Ohio tags was
abandoned in the 100 block of Third
street northeast this afternoon and
identified by LasSiter.
The search for the owner of the ma
chine was further intensified by word
from Columbus that the tags had been
issued to George Moore Daw1brooke,
Hotel Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
Lassiter reported to his superiors that
the man he stopped last night carried
a license issued to George Moore and
that he told him he had traded his
car for another and that accounted for
the old tags. The tags, according 20
Columbus dispatches, were issued for a
car of another make.
The kidnapping was the most audac-
ious in local police annals.
Lassiter, who has been member OF
the* department for two years, was di-
recting traffic at his customary post,
tContinued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1929-01-03
COMMITTEE D. KS
DRAFT PROTOCOL
Also Votes Approval of Multi
lateral Treaty Providing for
Arbitration of Disputes.

BY the Associated Press.
The committee on arbitration treaties
of the American Conference today
approved a draft multilateral treaty
and an additional protocol of progress
sive arbitration, whereby American re-
publics could gradually amplify this
system of pacific settlement OF inter-
national disputes. The action was con-
sidered equivalent to approval by the
conference as a whole, since all the
countries are represented on the COM
mittee.
Debate on the treaty was confined
exclusively to questions of style and
phraseology The protocol of progress
sive arbitration was adopted with no
discussion at ALL The arbitration treaty
excepts in its text only matters of do
mestic jurisdiction and controversies
affecting third parties from compulsory
arbitration Numerous delegations to-
day. however, announced that they
would introduce individual reservations
at the time of signing 1t.
Reservations Are Made.
Santo Domingo, Venezuela and 1.-s1-
leo said they would reserve all disputes
in which national courts had juriS-
diction to settle unless a case of denial
of Justice was made Other countries
are known to intend to make the same
reservations at the proper time, among
them Colombia.
Delegations of Bolivia, Honduras, SAL
vador and Nicaragua said they would
have some reservations to make, but did
not specify today what they would be.
Charles Evans Hughes announced that
the United States would sign the treaty
with no reservations, and the Panama
delegate declared likewise.
A committee composed of Pana-
manian and Venezuelan delegate was
appointed to amend certain words IN
the draft which delegates thought could
be improved upon. The revised text will
be submitted to plenary session OF
the conference for final adoption with
out being again submitted to the COM
mittee.
The protocol of progressive arbitra-
Continued on Page 2, Column ID
Evening star., 1929-01-03
Irresistible Force Lands Haymaker
As Immovable Object Knocks Him Out

The first ten was furious battle
just plain and persistent fighting. Four
times the boxers refused to heed the
bell and the referee took several on
the chin in prying them apart.
A 5-minute rest and they were re-
Introduced as if the crowd had never
seen them before. In the seventeenth
both went to their knees, but continued
the fight in that position. There was
no lapse in the blows as Zach struggled
to his feet Then the Climax. There
were widely different versions of what
happened, but this is certain-they met
they socked-they fell. Long appear
ed to catch a haymaker on the chin;
Trout seemed to take straight one
to the solar plexus. Everybody but
Bill and AL knew the fight was over.
The referee could easily have counted
Is before each staggered to his feet.
glared at his enemy with CLASSY eyes
and started fighting again. The referee
and other officials put an end to that.
Newspapermen said the battle was the
the fastest. most furious and most even
ever staged here. :, n
Evening star., 1929-01-03
Amendment to Welch Law
Referred by Senate to Civil
Service Committee.
BR00KHART OUTLINES
REIMBURSEMENT NEED
Would Add as Many Salary Steps
as Were Eliminated by
Measure.

Retroactive salary increases for Gov
ernment employees to the level they
would have received under the Senate
bill last year would be provided for un-
der an amendment to the WEIGH law in
troduced in the Senate this afternoon
by Senator Brookhart Republican of
Iowa. 1t was referred to the Senate
civil service committee for considera-
ton.
The Brookhart amendment, in sub
stance, aims to carry out now what
the Senate advocated when the WEIGH
law was being written last year, namely,
the adding of as many salary steps at
the top of each grade as were elimi-
mated at the bottom of the grade.
Promotion Is Safeguarded.
After setting forth in detail the actual
salary rates that would be necessary in
each grade under the classification law
to carry out this theory, the Brookhart
bill provides:
"The heads of the several executive
departments and independent establish
ments OF the Government whose duty
it is to carry into effect the provisions
of this act are hereby directed to so
administer the same that employees
whose positions are in the grades affect
ed hereby, who we're in said positions on
June 80, 1928, and, who under the act
of May %, 1923, did not receive an in
crease in salary the equivalent of two
steps or salary rates in their respective
grades, shall be given such additional
step or steps or salary rates, within the
grade. effective from July /. 1928, as
may be necessary to equal such increase.
Provided that nothing herein shall
prevent or operate to revoke the pro-
motion or ALLEGATION for an employe
to higher salary rate or grade.
Provided further. that nothing con-
tanned in this act shall operate to de-
crease the pay of any present employe,
nor deprive any employe of any adj
vancement authorized by law and for
which funds are available"
Senator Brookhart explained that
under his bill an employee who received
an increase of only one salary step
within his grade last July would receive
another step up under this bill.
May Confer with Dale.
The, Brookhart amendment also
carries a provision to make similar
corrections in the salaries of employees
in the field services outside of Wash
ingtor1, Senator Brookhart probably
will confer within a few days with
Chairman Dale of the civil service
committee regarding plans for obtain
ing action at this sess ion. During the
last session, when the Welch law was
being drafted, members of the Senate
civil service committee advocated this
plan of giving all employees an increase
Of two salary steps, but in conference
with the House the Senate amendments
were modified.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
ENDURANCE PLANE
BEGINS THIRD DAY
Question Mark Upsets U. S.
RefueIing Time-SeekS
World Record.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Los
Angeles, January 3-The third day of
the refueling endurance fight by the
Army's monoplane Question Mark be-
gan at 1926 o'clock this morning, just
after it had taken on new supply of
fuel from refueling plane No. 2.
The refueling plane, piloted by Lieut..
Odas Moon. passed $50 gallons of gaso-
line to the Question Mark il. six
minute contact shortly after z am.
The Question Marks three motors
were reported to be working perfectly
after AZ hours of duty
Reports of fog over San Diego forced
the plane to keep within short dis
ta of its base here late last night,
and although the weather was said to
be clearing to the south this morning,
the Question Mark kept between here
and the San Fernando Valley.
Signals for Fuel.
About an hour and a half of ma
neuvering on the part of refueling
plane No. 2 was necesSitated early to-
day when the Question Mark scared
over the airport and dropped signal
calling for fuel.
Moon lost contact in his first at
tempt and after landing took off again
to carry 100 gallons up to the ship. He
said he found the air extremely rough.
Moon reported that Maj. Carl Spatz,
commander aboard the Question Marx,
had watched the refueling process care
fully and had checked repeatedly with
another member of her crew stationed
at the fuel tanks. Ground officers as
sumed that the Question Mark had ac-
cumulated reserve supply OF gasonne
from the frequent reflllings, and that It
did not need the full ITO gallons which
Moon had taken up.
Upsets u. S. Record.
The Question Mark surpassed the
time record set in the only previous
American refueling endurance flight at
8:45 o'clock last night, and the next
goal was the worlds endurance record
of 60 hours 7 minutes, which can be
broken by flight until 9:31 O'Clock: to-
night.
Because of circling over the airporss
in the refueling operations, however,
the actual mileage had been cut to ufl-
der SO miles an hour. If the flyers
keep the plane in the air 800 hours
they will fly a distance nearly equal TO
the circumference OF the earth.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
AVIATION PARADE
ON MARCH 4 URGED
Plan for Great Air Demon
stration at inaugural
to Be Studied.

A sky parade, which will probably be
the greatest air display Washington has
ever seen, is being considered as an ad-
ditional feature to the celebration being
planned for the inauguration OF Her.
bert Hoover On March 4.
The proposal of using airplanes Incl
dental to the inaugural parade itself Is
at present N tentative form, but will be
worked out more definitely by Col. Paul
Henderson, vice president of the Trans
continental Air Transport Co., who has
been appointed to the general inaugural
committee. The adoption of the pro-
posed sky parade plans will remain for
the committee on entertainment OF
which Edward G. Graham is chairman
1t was announced at the inaugural
headquarters today that one plane
from each of the so commercial plane
operating companies in this country
has been asked by Col. Henderson. 1t
is intended that these planes circle the
Capitol before and after the inaugural
ceremonies, and then escort the process
sion along Pennsylvania avenue past
the White House, which will mean
about two hours of flying. AS final
part of the feature of this parade 1t
has been suggested that the planes
circle the White House several times
after President Hoover has taken pos
session.
Meeting This Afternoon.
Letters to these commercial COM
panies already have been sent and. by
virtue of Col. Henderson's activities in
air circles, this display in the sky on
Inauguration day is quite certain OF
developing.
This proposed entertainment feature
along with many others that are being
considered in connection with the pro-
gram to be arranged for the entertain
ment of many thousands of visitors who
will be in Washington for the inaugura-
ton period will be among the various
to be discussed at the meeting
of the officers and committee chairmen
of the general inaugural committee at
the headquarters at the Willard Hotel at
4 80 O'Clock this afternoon
Col. u. S. Grant, Sd, chairman of
the inaugural committee, will preside.
He said today that this meeting is not
for the members of the general commit
tee He expects to call a meeting of that
body probably next week.
Mis- Mabel T. Boardman has been
named chairman of committee on
historic sites and points of interest
which will see to it that the various
places of a historical background at
the seat of the Government will be ap-
marked for the benefit Of
the strangers in this city during in,
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1929-01-03

December, 1928, was the first month
since statistics have been kept Of traf-
fic accidents in Washington when there
were no traffic fatalities, Traffic Direc-
tor william H. Harland said today. The
year closed with the same total num-
ber of deaths as 1927-eighty-fo The
best previous month on the records was
September, 1925. when two traffic
deaths occurred
Mr.. Harland also pointed with pride
to the great decrease in cases of per-
sonal injury resulting from traffic ac-
cidents. During 1928 there we're asia
such injuries reported. The injuries re-.
1925, 6.485; 1924 p.S3l; 1924. 9,l3i,
and 1923. 8.49ls
Evening star., 1929-01-03
sy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, January 3.-The ques-
ton of what would happen If an lr-
resistible force struck an immovable OBJ
iect. puzzle for scientists for ages. was
near a solution here last night When
Billy Long of Philadelphia and AL Trout
of Cleveland, negro middleweights, ST.
multaneously delivered knockout blow
upon the person of each other In the
nineteenth round of finish fight.
In seven ring engagements the dusky
eXponents of the art made famous by
the Marquis of Queensberry mad won
one decision, the other matches ending
in draws. AS result they agreed to a
finish engagement, winner take all
Under Florida law 10 rounds is the
limit for boxing matches, but this
statute was evaded by rest OF 5 min
utes between each 10 rounds. If they
,are on their feet at the end of 10
rounds" the announcer bawled, there
will be rest of S minutes, and a sec
ord fight will be held. These battles
will continue until one Is OUT :.se"s
Evening star., 1929-01-03
No Traffic Deaths Here In December,
Record Unequaled in City Statistics

Mr.. Harland said he hoped that there
might be other months this year when
no trafic deaths would be recorded,
night The installation of traffic sig.
mails was credited by Mr.. Harland Will
the major portion of the cause of hold
ing the death and accident rate dowi
In the face of increasing population ant
automobile registration.
Although "a deaths occurred whicl
are officially described as "trafT
Deaths Mr.. Harland pointed out the
four of them resulted from automobile.
driving into the river frcm near Hams
Point where he has no jurisdiction.
There seems to be nothing this Office
can do to prevent this kind Of acci-
dept" he said.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
THOMAS w. MILLER
PAROLE DISAPPROvED
Reasons for His Action Are With
held by Attorney General
Sargent.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Attorney General Sargent today dis
approved recommendation by the Pa
role Board that Thomas w. Miller, for
mer alien property custodian, be pa
rolled from the Atlanta prison.
The Attorney General did not explain
his reasons for disappearing the rec
ommendation.
Miller was sentenced to 18 months
after his conviction in March, 1927. in
New York, on charges of defrauding
the Government of his honest and un-
biased services in connection with his
handling of funds as alien property
custodian.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
56 KILLED IN STORM.

TOXIC Japan, January 3 (P).-Storms
on the japanese seacoast southwest OF
Niigata were reported today to have
killed 56 persons. Several hundred
houses were destroyed.
The railway department in Toxic re-
ceived information that at least 20 vii
liages were inundated by high seas yes
terday.
Niigata is on sandy ST.. , of land at
the mouth of the Shinano River. There
are canals in the. center of the streets
to assist traffic. Tea is grown through
out the district end there are oil wells
in the vicinity,S
Evening star., 1929-01-03
PUBLIC DEBT REDUCED
S726, 6,6O3,316 IN YEAR
Total at End of Calendar Year
1928 Reported at ST.
309,749, 1875.

The public debt of the United States,
which reached its peak of more than
$26, 200, 900. 900 in August. 1919, was cut
down by the end of the calendar year
1928 to $17,309, ,74e,135.
The reduction in the public debt for
the last calendar year, according to
Treasury Department figures today,
amounted to $726,603,316.
Although the Governments balance
sheet of December 81 showed a paper
deficit of $168,475, ,696, as against a
surplus of $65,509,371 on December 81,
1927. Treasury officials are still hope
full that the present fiscal year ending
June 80 will show no deficit.
Evening star., 1929-01-03

MOSCOW January 3 CP).-Rumors
that Leon 1rotsky was sick and that
he was to be transferred from Alma Alta
to health resort were denied by the
authorities today as well as by persons
who recently returned from Alma Alta,
where they recently saw the former
head of the Red armies personally.
These travellers said that Trotsky was
in good health and was devoting much
of his time to writing. He was also
hunting in his spare hours.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
Freighter Calls Help.

NEW YORK, January 3 (P.-The
italian freight steamer Kobe. which
left Philadelphia December 28 for
Venice, sent out a distress call today,
1000 miles east of New York, saying
that her rudder was broken. The
steamer Anselma de Larrinaga. from
Shields. England, for Galveston, re-
ported that she was on. her way to
assist the freightcr.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
MENDEZ PLANE CRASHES.
Colombian Flyer Escapes Injury
as Craft Is Wrecked.

GIRARDOT, Colombia, January up
(delayed) The dream of Lieut.. Benja-
min MendeZ, American trained chief
pilot of the Colombian Air Service, of
flying from New York to Bogota ended
here yesterday in crash, scant rs
miles from his goal
Lieut.. Mendez, who took off from
Mitchell Field November % on his
4,600-mile flight, left Girardot late yes
terday afternoon, but a few minutes
later met with disaster when the plane
crashed into a tree and was destroyed.
Lieut.. Mendez was not injured. Later
he took off for Bogota in an army
plane sent to his aid.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
"FOR CRYING OUT LOUD"

Ragman Fined as Neighbors OBJ
ject to Shouting His Wares.
BOSTON, January up. - Harry
Gear, Roxbury ragman, was fined $40
in Municipal Court here yesterday for
crying out loud" Witnesses testified
that although Gear had license to
cry his wares, he shouted SO loud he
upset the whole neighborhood. The
charge was based on an old regula-
ton against crying out loud
Evening star., 1929-01-03
ADAMSON "vERY LOW
Former Representative From Geor

Former Representative From Geor-
gia Pneumonia Victim.
NEW YORK, January (R).-Former
Representative William c. Adamson of
Georgia, who sponsored the railroad act
named for him, was reported very
low" from an attack of pneumonia at
the Presbyterian Hospital today.
Judge Adamson, who is nearly rs
years .old, entered the hospital in a
weakened condition last week Mem
bers of his family came to New York.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
INFLUENZA GAIN SEEN.
I1S New Cases Is Largest Number
Here in Day.

Reports of influenza cases in the Dis
trict for the first time exceeded 100 to-
day, when 1l8 cases were reported to
the Health Department. No deaths
were reported Yesterday 73 cases were
reported and Tuesday 96
Evening star., 1929-01-03
TROTsKY RUMOR DENIED.

Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1929-01-03

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular sedi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1929-01-03

10. S. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Cloudy and warmer tonight and to-
morrow; lowest temperature about 35
degrees
Temperature: Highest, 80, at noon to-
day; lowest, %, at $50 am. today.
Full report on page 9.
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;ONGESTED
DOCKET IS
PROBLEM

Prohibition prosecutions will be
Bpeeded up In conservative, bust
ness-like manner under Assistant
Attorney General G. A. Young
quist, former attorney general of
Minnesota, who got down to &C
tual business at the Justice De
partment today.
According to information at
the Justice Department, Young
uuiSt will avoid the sensational
and dramatic in enforcement, but
will concentrate all agencies at
his command to the job Of run
ming the bootleggers and Illicit
producers to cover.
10000 Cases On Docket >
Among the first job presenting
gtself will be the clearing Of the
Federal court docketS Of the
10000 or more accumulated dry
eases, many of them having been
untouched for more than eigh-
teen months. In many Of these
older cases it was anticipated
that conviction was virtually i'm.
possible, owing to the scattering
of witnesses or other factors.
Youngquist'S big problem will
be the congestion Of the Federal
courts. Although there has been
agitation in Congress against the
Prohibition Bureau, because more
eases were not made with the
deficiency appropriation, it was
pointed out that many Of the
United States attorneys have
urged that only the important
cases be brought into the Federal
courts, because Of the difficulty
Of obtaining trial.
Attorney General Mitchell was
expected to discuss this situation
In his annual report to Congress
and make recommendations for
additional appropriations that
would meet the present condi
zion. Officials pointed out that
greater court facilities were re.
Guired.
Shift To Be Discussed
The question of the transfer Of
the enforcement branch Of the
Prohibition Bureau to the De
partment of Justice probably VIII
be discussed by Mitchell also. He
indicated some time ago that
there was no thought of trans
Herring that division of the b.
1-eau having IN do with the regu.
1ation of the legitimate use OF
alcohol and whisky. That Sec
ton will be left in the Treasury,
probably under Commissioner
James M. Doran.
With the transfer, which is a
possibility at the next Cangress,
Youngquist will become the coun-
try's prohibition commander-in-
chief. Then will begin another
Of the Governments supreme"
efforts to enforce the Volstead
act.