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Holds Companies Failed to Make
Out Case in Evidence
Presented.
WAY LEFT OPEN WHEREBY NEW
ARGUMENTS MAY BE OFFERED
Body Believes Merger Would Reduce
Operating Costs and Increase
Income of Firms.

Public Utilities Commission today denied the request of the
Capital Traction Washington Railway Electric companies for
a street
commission handed down lengthy opinion in which it
held that the the evidence before had failed
make out
The petition dismissed finally however order being
permitting
the properties which the commission could
further action to the commission
whereby the might finally be decided
gist commissions opinion that the companies
which in with affirmative petition for financial relief
proving that they entitled
relief the relief sought could be obtained
increasing fares and other The commission held that the
companies failed make both points emphasizing
cur that the companies had not been able with the figures
which
to setting up any fare change
Left Open for New Arguments
continued
Internationally through October Any further hearings which
left the for them to bring forth matter of suf
hcient weight the commission its
operating conditions
possible The however that other
operating increasing
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TREASURY CHIEFS
TALK WITH HOOVER
Melton, Mills and Young Re-
fuse to Discuss Long White
House Conference.

President Hoover conferred at some
length early today with Secretary Of
the Treasury Mellon, Ogden Mills. Un-
dersecretary of the Treasury. and Roy
Young, governor of the Federal Reserve
Board.
For more than 40 minutes Mr.. Hoover
was closeted with these of1cials, and
because of the secrecy thrown about
the visit at the White House and the
refusal on the part Of those who sat
in on the conference to discuss it aft
erward, considerable speculation has
arisen as to the possible meaning of
the conference.
Principal among the subjects of spec
ulation was the stock market situation,
but the White House and the oficials
who were with the President have de-
clined to either affirm or deny that the
subject was up for discussion.
Upon their return to the Treasury
Department, none of the three officials
would discuss the matter of the White
House conference. Although number
OF newspaper men gathered in group
in hopes Of getting some expression
from Secretary Mellon himself, the
Treasury chief remained behind closed
doors and would issue no statement
concerning the matter. Young and
Mills also were non-committal.
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GRUNDY WITHHOLDS.
SENATORS NAMES.
Declines to Give Probers His
List of Common and Pre-
ferred" Legislators.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Joseph r. Grundy, president OF the
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Associ-
alton. today declined to give the Senate
lobby committee his list of common
and preferred Senators" which he spoke
of in previous testimony in explaining
his opinion that Senator'S from States
from which only small amounts of Fed
eTal revenue were derived should say
but little on tariff legislation.
1t was Grundy's remark about Sena-
tors he thought should keep quiet that
prompted his recall by the committee.
He said today he thought it would be
'unbecoming and improper" for him to
reveal the List or criticize elected public
ofncials.
0rundy yesterday submitted q state
ment to the committee listing certain
States as backward" in his opinion.
He, however, did not give the pre-
ferred" list.
Realizes His Mistake.
Upon reflection, realized 1 had
made a mistake in promising 10 give the
list" he explained today.
Chairman Caraway asked why he had
included Virginia in his statement yes
terday, which was omitted from the
States previously listed as backward. !"
Il guess overlooked It," Grundy
said.
After Grundy was dismissed Caraway
walked over to his chair, shook hands
with him and asserted:
After all, kind of like him."
They chatted for few minutes ana
then Grundy left the committee room.
Thomas A. Hill of Pine Bluff, Ark,
treasurer of the National Council OF
state Legislators, followed Grundy on
the stand. A former speaker OF the Ar
kansas House of Representatives, Hill,
in response to questioning about a meet
ing of his organization in Washington
in 1927, said j. A. Arnold, manager OF
the Southern Tariff Association, ad-
vanced the necessary funds and that
the idea for the meeting originated with
Arnold. Hill testified he received $2l2
and was the only Arkansas delegate.
Satterwhite Is Drawn In.
He was appointed treasurer by Lee
Satterwhite of Texas, president of the
organization, he said. John Henry Kirby
of Houston, Tex. now president of the
organization, had told him all contribu-
tions would be sent to Washington and
deposited to the treasurer's account,
Hill told the committee.
The witness said his books would not
show to whom money was paid, but
would give only the total.
do you mean there is no way tc
check up on money you paid out?"
Caraway asked.
II could write to the people and I am
sure they would give the information, {"
Hill answered.
Senator Blaine Republican. of Wis
consin, questioned the witness about q
meeting on December 10, 1925. and
asked II g. D. Waggoner of Telluride.
Colo, was present.
els he the man who went up to Wall
Street and got half million dollars?''
Caraway asked.
Hill smiled in reply.
A record of the 1925 meeting then
was read. which quoted Waggoner as
saying Colorado bankers unanimously
were against the Federal inheritance
tax.
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New Grand Jury Hears Wit
nesSes Who Led Coroner's
Group to Suicide Verdict.
PHYSICIAN TAKES STAND;
TELLS OF GAS POISON
Earlier Alleged Attempts of Young
Wife to End Life Are Re-
lated in Probe.

The background of events which
helped lead a coroner's jury and the
Detective Bureau to believe that Mrs.
Virginia Mcpherson committed suicide,
but which did not swerve previous
grand jury from deciding she was
murdered by her husband, was being
pieced together today by the new grand
jury, investigating the Park Lane
strangling mystery.
Various parts of the picture were sup
piled this morning by several witnesses
questioned by the grand jury and
further information was to be forth
coming during the day from others.
DR.. I. RutKowski, Emergency Hospital
physician, who treated Mrs. Mcpherson
at one time for gas poisoning said TO
have been self-administered, was one
of the first persons to enter the grand
jury room today.
Once Revived Nurse.
DR.. Rutkowski revived the nurse at
Emergency Hospital after she had been
brought there from the High View
Apartments, where the McPhersons
lived before taking the Park Lane apart
ment, which was to be the scene of one
of Washington's strangest death cases.
Mrs. Eileen Saville, manager OF the
High View, was among more than
dozen witnesses awaiting their turn TO
testify today. Mrs. Sayille told The
other grand jury of occasions when
Continued on Page 2, Column 80
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STOCK PRICES WILT
IN FRESH SELLING
Enormous Liquidation Re-
sumeS at 0pening-RaIIy
Fails to Hold.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 13.-The
stock market closed practically at the
bottom today after another storm Of
distress liquidation had carried scores
of leading issues down 81 to $40 a
share.
No meeting of the New York banking
group had been called for today, al
though its participants were keeping in
close touch with each other and the
market by telephone.
The Newmont Mining Co., which has
large holdings of Kennecott Copper,
denied today that it had been liQuidat-
ing its Kennecott stock.
Closing Prices.
Closing prices, together with net
changes compared with the previous
close of about SO leading issues, are
given below. When trading ceased at
l pm. the stock ticker was approXi-
mately two hours behind in reporting
transactions. Total sales we're approx
mately 100000 shares.
American Can S6, down 10; Ameri-
can Smelling 625s, down 3Ia; American
Telephone e. Telegraph 207, up 4;
Anaconda Copper 70h, down 61z;
Andes Copper 30ls, down 3; Atlantic
Refining SO, down as; Baltimore &
Ohio los, down 5A; Barnsdall "A" 20,
down "a.
Bethlehem Steel 7sh, down as;
Briggs Manufacturing 8l2, down 27s;
Canadian Pacific 1904, down 4A;
Cerro de PaSco 52h, down 7l4; Colum-
bia Gas & Electric 531a, down IL;
Columbia Graphophone 173z, down q;
Commercial Solvents %, no change;
Commonwealth & Southern 1924, down
lA; Erie 42s4, down 234.
General Electric 173, down 11%;
General Foods 39A, down 34; Gen
eral Motors 561s, down 2Is; Hudson
Motors SO, down 514; JohnS-Manville
sS. up IA; Kennecott Copper 501a'
down 5A; Lorillard is, down "a Mis-
souri,, Kansas S5 Texas 20, down as;
National Cash Register So, up 2; Ma
tional Dairy Food Products ~, down 3;
New York Central 100, down 3; Pan
American 563s, down / u; Paramount
Famous Lasky Al u, down4; Radio 28A,
down ia; Radio Keith Corporation
141a, down /; sears-Roebuck STA,
down 67s.
Standard Brands 81, down 4; Standard
Oil of New Jersey 50S4, down 3%s;
Studebaker 80, down 3; Texas Corpora
ton 501a, down /; Texas Gulf Sulphur
42Ts, down sis.
Union Carbide 60H, down 5K: Union
Pacific 200, down 8; United Aircraft
81 a, down 6; United Corporation 1913,
down 37a; United Gas q Improvement
231a, down Ia.
United States Steel 1917, down 2;
Vanadium 40, down 7Is; Warner Bros.
Pictures 30ss, down Az; Westinghouse
Electric SE Manufacturing los, down S;
Woolworth c212, down Sla.
Closing Curb Prices.
Closing prices and net changes Of
leading curb stocks were:
Associated Gas e. Electric. 81, off /;
Continued on Page q, Column -
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EPISCOPAL BISHOPS
VOTE ON SUCCESSOR
TO JOHN c. MURRAY
Results Unlikely to Be Known
Until Late Today, With
Is as Candidates.

Assembled in solemn conclave behind
the closed doors of Bethlehem Chapel
at washington Cathedral, the House of
Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States was bal
loting today to elect a new presiding
bishop to fill the two years Of the un-
expired term Of the late Bishop John
Gardner Murray, who died suddenly be-
fore the altar of st. James Church,
Atlantic City, on october 3.
Shortly before noon the first ballot
was taken, it being understood that
votes were cast for Is rival candidates.
With this many candidates, it is doubt
full If the final result will be reached
before late today.
The Office of presiding bishop being
the highest gift within the church the
eyes OF the Anglican Church through
out the world, of which the American
church operates as an independent
branch, were turned toward this special
election by the House Of Bishops Elec-
tion Of the presiding bishop In the
american church ranks with the Arch
bishopr1c OF Canterbury In England.
Next Election in 1881.
While today's election is to fll the
unexpired two years of the late Bishop
Murray's term, another election for the
full six-year team of presiding bishop
viii be held at the general convention
of the church in Denver, Colo, in 1881.
For election Of q new head, 68 votes
are necessary, and balloting will con-
tinue until one has obtained that ma
jority. Before proceeding with the elec-
ton of presiding bishop, there was bal
loting for the selection Of a missionary
bishop of Honolulu, another office made
vacant year ago by the death OF its
incumbent, Bishop John T. La Mothe.
The result of this election was not made
known at the time.
Leonard Convenes Session.
Right Rev. William Leonard of Ohio,
the senior bishop, convened the solemn
session and Immediately gave way to
Right Rev. Charles Palmerston Ander-
son, bishop of Chicago, who presided by
reason of his election as vice chairman
of the House of Bishops at New Orleans.
Since the death of Bishop Murray the
Chicago prelate has been acting presio-
ing bishop of the church.
The new presiding bishop will be the
second head Of the American churcn
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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ATTEMPT TO ROB
NAVY BASE FAILS
Gang Of Eight Seizes Brook
lyn Guards, but Is Baked
in Effort to Open Safe.
Nv N. Associated Press.


NEW YORK. November 13.-Eisht
men, carrying pistols, drove up in an
automobile to the United States Navy
supply building in Brooklyn at 1 am.
today, overpowered the oflcer of the
day and his guards and worked for
nearly five hours in an unsuccessful at
tempt to force the safe, said to contain
$S6 900.
Failing in their object, the men fed
in their car. A preliminary check said
nothing of value was taken from the
building, which is located in Third ave-
nue. and Twenty-ninth street.
The hold-up men, police said, had
evidently made a careful plan of at
tack and had an intimate knowledge
of the building Lieut.. Clinton Thro.
the officer Of the day, was covered by
pistols and had no chance to resist be-
fore he was seized. His five guards
were overpowered, one by one. and
all six were tied up with bed sheets
They were then thrown into the brig,
the Navy Jail.
The men then went directly to the
eighth floor, where the big safe is To-
Gated. and worked on the safe until
the approach of daylight, when they
gave up the attempt and escaped.
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ENGLAND DELAYS
NAVAL BASE WORK
Singapore Project to Be Cur
tailed as Much as Possible
Pending Arms PaHey.
py the AssociAted Prsss.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, November ia. v. Alex
snder, first lord of the admiralty, an
nounced In the House Of Commons to-
day that work on the naval base at
Singapore will be closed down as much
as possible pending the result Of the
five-power naval conference.
Answering questions on the status Of
the Singapore base, Mr.. Alexander re-
counted the fact that the previous
Labor government in 1924 had decided
not to proceed with the proposed base,
but that the late Conservative govern
ment's action in going on with the
work at heavy expense and with con-
tributions from the Malay state, New
Zealand and Hongkong had altered the
situation very materially.
The House is aware that a naval
conference has now been arranged, the
decisions of which may affect the cues
ton of the use of this base" he said,
'and in all the circumstances the gov
ernment has decided that the work al
ready contracted for at Singapore shall
be slowed down as much as possible;
that all the work that can be sVls-
pended shall be suspended and that no
new work shall be embarked upon
pending the result of the 1lve-power
conference"
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WINTER IN ROCKIES
ROUSES GRAVE FEAR
One Death Reported-Sugar Beet
Harvest Is Menaced by
Extreme Cold.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER. November 13 Extreme
cold and heavy SHOWS in the last few
days in the Rocky Mountain region
caused one death, aroused fears for
safety of several persons and gave rise
to apprehension for the sugar beet har-
vest.
The lowest temperature reported was
in Gallatin Canyon near Bozeman,
Mont, where the thermometer register
ed 20 degrees below zero. A five-inch
snow fall accompanied the cold. Tenn
peratures generally in Colorado, Wy
oming and Montana were only slightly
above zero.
Alfred Salazar, II years old, was the
only victim of the storm so far as
known. He and two companions set
out to gather wood in the Sangre de
Cristo Range, southwest of Pueblo,
Colo A sudden snowstorm caused their
team of horses to break away leaving
the youths to walk their way to shelter
Salazar died in the arms of one Of his
companions.
Sugar CO npany officials said there
would not be serious loss as nearly the
entire crop had been harvested. The
crop, however. is likely to be short of
expectations, 1t was added.
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REMOVAL OF DINOSAUR TRACKS
IS BARRED BY ARIZONA GOVERNOR
Deputy Sheris Are Sent Scientists Camp While State
Executive Protests Wilbur.

lands, and under the jurisdiction of the
Federal Government. Pending reply
from the Secretary Gov. Phillips In
structed the sheriff Of Coconino County
to take steps to prevent removal Of the
prehistoric footprints from the State.
Included in the party reported to
have reached Tuba City, are DR.. j.
Eden Mason, director and curator of
the American section of the Museum Of
the University OF Pennsylvania: Dr.
Barnum Brown, director and curator of
the department OF paleontology, includ-
ing prehistoric animals, of the Museum
Of Natural History of New York; Lewis
Bryant of SternS. KY: r. l.. Stearns
Of Ludington, Mich: his son, Freeman,
and his daughter, Paulina Stearns.
The roads from Flagstan to Tuba
City are bad, and II Is expected that
no report will be received from the
deputy sheriffs for several days.
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BLACKMAIL CONSPIRACY
is LAID TO POLICEMAN
Veteran of Chicago Force Faces
Charges After Being Trapped
by States Attorney.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November ia strange
blackmail conspiracy involving Police
Sergt. William Begley of Chicago, who
has been in the department 20 years,
and several others in Paris, Ill, and
Keokuk, Iowa, apparently had been un-
covered today following the arrest OF
the sergeant and several alleged accom-
plices. Authorities charged the de-
PENDANTS used fake money machine
in their operations.
Begley and j. z. Dewey. alleged aide,
were arrested last night in a trap ar
ranged for them by States attorneys
investigators on complaint of Jean b.
HaSseWer, a cabinet maker, who charged
he had been mulcted of $4,000.
Three hundred dollars in marked
money was found on the police of1cer's
person after his arrest.
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SENATE CONSIDERS
SHORT-TIME RECESS
Weary Tariff Debaters Likely to
Adjourn for Week Before En-
tering Regular Session.

An adjournment of the tariff weary
Senate for a week Of rest before start
ing down the long road Of the regular
session today seemed virtually assured.
Chairman Smoot of the finance COM
n1ittee, who speaks for the admins
tration Republican group, and Of Sen
ator Simmons of North Carolina, a
Democratic spokesman on tariff ques-
tions.
The only indeterminate factor was
the attitude of the group of independ-
ent Western Republicans, and there
were indications that the proposal
found favor with them as well.
The adjournment would likely be
taken November % or %,
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nr th. Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VALENCIA, Spain, November 10
Whatever the verdict in the recent trial
of Jose Sanchez Guerra, former Spanish
premier, on charges Of sedition, the
government disagrees with it and he
will have to be tried over again In
Madrid.
The civil governor today authorized
the following announcement:
"The captain general disagrees with
the verdict In the Sanchez Guerra
court-martial. The result Of this pro-
ceeding will now pass before the su-
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CHINESE BANDITS FREE
KIDNAPPED U. S. FURRIER
New Yorker Disappears While in
Company of Beautiful Rus
sian Blonde.

BY the Associated Press.
TIENTSIN, China, November 13.-
Aaron Brenner, New York furrier who
was kidnapped a week ago and held for
ransom by bandits, was released this
morning.
There was no mention in the Tientsin
dispatch of whether the ransom of
$500, 900 (Mexican) demanded for Bren-
nerS release was paid.
Brenner, a member of Brenner Bros
Of New York, was abducted last Thurs
day after he had been seen in company
with a beautiful Russian blonde.
He sent frequent letters to his brother,
Joseph Brenner, at Tientsin, begging
payment of the ransom asked before he
was killed by his captors, who we're be-
lieved to be Russians from Harbin.
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BY the Associated Press.

PHOENIX, Ariz., November 1S.-
Under gubernatorial orders to prevent
the removal Of dinosaur tracks from
the State, deputy sherifIs from Flag
staff today were en- route to the camp
of scientific expedition near Tuba
City, rs miles away, to enforce the emr
barge.
The scientific party, headed by Gil
bert Gable Of Philadelphia and Holly
wood, was said to have arrived at Tuba
City, near Dinosaur Canyon, In the
Navajo Indian Reservation, yesterday.
Gov Phillips last night telegraphed
protest to Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur regarding proposed excavation
OF the tracks, discovered last year by
Gable. The governor told Secretary
Wilbur that the tracks are on Indian
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Chicago Claims 5,O4s, 900.

CHICAGO, November l3 R.-Cook
County will start the year 1880 with a
population of 3,95O,o00. the Chicago
Planning Association has estimated.
OF this number, $4,000 will live in
the city of Chicago. The estimated
population of the Chicago area-includ-
Ing the city's industrial hinterland in IS
nearby counties Of three States-was
fixed at 5,04S, 900.
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MEMPHIS DRY AGENTS
MAKE LARGE SEIZURE
confscate 1900 Gallons of Liquor,
Five Automobiles and Arrest
Six Men.
az the Associated Press.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, November 13.-
Federal prohibition agents, who had two
of the boats they used in operations
against rum-runnefS bombed in the
harbor here early Monday. seized and
destroyed approximately 1900 gallons
of liquor late last night, confiscated flve
automobiles and placed six men under
arrest.
"If it's war the moonshiners want,
It's war they'll get" said Finis E. VIII
son, district enforcement administrator.
The raids were made near midnight
at a bridge over Wolf River. Four of
the cars we're seized as they crossed the
bridge and the fifth captured after a
mile chase through nearby swamps.
The men gave their names as Frank
Bellomini, Frank Mareno, George H.
Taylor, John Baldridge, Bennie Apioio
and James Walters.
Mondays bombing was the second
time Government vessels had been
dynanited here in slightly more than
year. No arrests have been made.
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CONFIDENCE VOTE WINS.
Premier Tardieu Upheld by French
Deputies,

PARIS, November 13 (P).-The Cham
ber of Deputies today again voted con-
fdence in the new government of
Premier Tardieu. The vote was 3l7 to
257, majority Of so, and came on the
first division during consideration Of the
national budget.
A Socialist Deputy moved the first
chapter of the budget be sent back to
the finance commission. The premier
opposed and made the matter . ques-
ton of confidence.
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IDENTIFY SUSPECT.

URBANA, ILL.,. November 13 Or
Oh1cialS of two more banks today
identified William S. Ragan, Indianap-
robber
Ragan, who was brought here from
Chicago after confessing an attempt 10
rob the State Bank of Fisher, Ill, was
pointed out as the man who, working
alone, took s3,333 from the First Ma
tional Bank OF Grant Park, H., last
Nav %,
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HOnolulu Shaver Doomed to Die.

HONOLULU, November Is R.-
Myles Yutaka Fukunaga, 10, slayer of
Gil Jameson, 10, son of a prominent
Honolulu banker. must hang Tuesday,
Gov. Lawrence M. Judd decreed in sign
ing the death warrant for the japanese.
Fukunaga won several reprieves by ap-
peals which were finally carried to the
United States Supreme Court, which
recently refused to review the case.
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EX-PREMIER FACES NEW TRIAL,
REGARDLESS OF FIRST VERDICT
Spanish Government Dsagrees With Outcome of Court
Martial Whatever 1t Is.

preme court martial of the ministry of
war and marine"
1t was reported in well informed
political circles that the court-martial
had decided to absolve Senor Guerra
and other civil defendants and give
light sentences to the military officials
involved.
It was presumed the entire list Of de-
PENDANTS was included in the remand
ment to tho Madrid supreme court.
Guerra was arrested at Valencia jan
uary so after he had returned to Spain
from exile in France, allegedly to lead
the artillery garrison there In move
ment against the government of Gen.
Primo de Rivera. present dictator.