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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
|. c. c. MAKES BIG
FREIGHT RATE CUTS
Western Grain and ProduC-
ton Affected-Ruling Avoids
Court Conflict.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
decision ordering sweeping and
general reductions in railroad rates on
Western grain and grain products was
issued late yesterday by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. and was
worded with particular care to avoid a
clash with recent Supreme Court rul-
ings as to agricultural rate reductions.
While the commission began its grain
inquiry in compliance with resolution
of Congress, which ordered special con-
sideration given to agricultural pro-
ducers in rate orders, the findings an
nounced yesterday specifically noted
that the order to cut the grain sched-
ules was based, not on the resolution,
but upon the commissions more general
powers of enforcing just and reasonable
charges for transportation.
The Hoch-Smith congressional reso-
luton, which was before the Supreme
Court this year, ordered the commits
sion to go over the structure of ma
tional freight rates. with view to de-
termining and applying the lowest
rates possible Ito products of agricul-
ture affected by depression"
California shippers of deciduous fruits
we're first to get the benefits of the
findings, and were granted a reduction
by the commission, which the court
HciQ 10 Dt lIlNduQ.
The grain rate decision yesterday re-
suited from another phase Of the in
quiry. and in the course of it the conf
mission also held that Western wheat
was particularly an agricultural prod
uct affected by depression. However,
in specifying reductions. the decision
expressly mentioned the courts findings
on the Interpretation of the Hoch-
Smith resolution, and declared orders
TO reduce schedules were based on the
general interstate commerce law.
A full application of the grain find
ings will mean, it is estimated by some
members of the commission, about
SIS, 900. 900 less in revenues for the
Western carriers most affected. Rail-
roads concerned have an opportunity to
take the case into court, and appeal
against the commission findings before
october l, when the order becomes eff
fective. However, increases recently
ordered into effect about the same date
on classified freight shipments and on
some commodities were mentioned by
the commission as constituting an off,
set to the grain reductions, so far as
carrier earnings are concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
CROSBY ORDERS ELECTRIC FAN
FOR NEWSPAPER REPORTERS
Removal of Detectives Squad Room Cool
ing Device Directs Commissioner At
tention to District Building Plight.

and spotted the fan in it's hiding place.
Detective Hoyle d. Secrest. whose wits
are as sharp as the points of his waxed
mustache, came into the reporters
room and summarily removed the stolen
property.
shall put It back in the squad
room," he inquired OF Capt. Walter
Emerson?
Not on your life" responded the cap
tain. those reporters would only steal
1t again.
And so matters stood, with reporters
and detectives both hopping their I'M
cooled brows, until the matter was
brought to the attention Of Commits
sioner Crosby.
Crosby Perturbed and Sympathetic.
The Commissioner Aas greatly per-
turbed when he learned the true state
of affairs. He is said to have felt that
the detectives were placing unnecessary
temptations in the path of the boys
The Commissioner, being a man of
action, forthwith ordered that a new
fan be secured and placed in the press
room.
In the meantime, the newspaper men
are waiting patiently, and the detectives
are understood to have placed a guard
over the squad rooms full length sofa,
said to be considerably more COM
Portable than the flat-topped desks used
for typewriters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
WASHINGTON BOYS
WIN HIGH HONORS
Cornelius D. W. Lang and George
T. Conn Are Training
Camp Victors.

Two Washington boys won high hon.
ors at Civilian Military Training Camps
In nearby Virginia, 1t was announced
today. At Fort Monroe, Cornelius De
Witt Wilcox Lang, son of Mai. j. w.
Lang of 37l5 Idaho avenue, received the
Military Training Camp Association
medal to the most proficient Red Cross
candidate attending the camp.
Lang Is graduate of Western High
School, class of 1925, and expects to
enter West Point in July, 1881. His
father Is in charge of the press section
in the War Department.
George Thompson Conn, 1853 East
Capitol street, was awarded the citizen
ship medal offered to contestants at
Fort Eustic, Va, by the Civitan Club of
Baltimore. for the best essay on the
subject. What My American Citizen
ship Means to Me-" Conn. who is a
first year man in Company d, the Dis
trict of Columbia outfit, was presented
with the medal yesterday by Dr. RAN
dolph Norman, president of the Civitan
Club of Richmond, Va. The presenta-
ton was made at public exercises at the
camp after which the 300 citizen SOL
diers held review, celebrating Parents
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
TWO OLD CRUISERS
WILL Be SOLD SOON
Huntington and st. Louis
Served to Protect Transports
During World War.
By the Associated Press.


Two obsolete cruisers which con.
voyed American soldiers overseas. and
one of which prevented the wartime
destruction of port facilities in Homo
lulu. are to be sold to the highest
bidders.
The Navy announces that bids will
be received on August for the his
toric cruisers, the Huntington, formerly
the West Virginia, and the St Louis.
Both vessels safely escorted mer.
chantmen and troop transports through
many miles of dangerous waters during
the war. but the l0,500-ton st. Louis,
which, with others of its type, is being
replaced by more modern and faster
cruisers of about the same size, figured
in a more spectacular affair.
The German gunboat Geier was in
termed in Honolulu. The crew of the
st. Louis saw smoke billowing from
the hold of the gunboat and board
ing party from the cruiser found shrap-
mel fuses scattered about and a fire of
oil-soaked waste and wood underneath
a dry boiler.
within a few minutes the boiler
would have burst, exploding ammuni-
ton aboard and spreading fire, shells
and splinters of metal about the harbor.
The crew of the st. Louis threw
lines across the gungoat and warped
her to a pier where chemicals ex-
tinguished the blaze after an all-day
fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
DISTRIBUTE FIRST
CENSUS PAMPHLET
Bureau Starts Series of Re-
ports That Will Reach
Over IS Volumes.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A slender six-page leafiet, the first of
hundreds of statistical statements which
viii pile up into more than Is volumes
tabled Fifteenth Census of the United
States" was distributed today by the
Census Bureau.
Census officials explained this first
fruit of their 1880 pamphlet crop. CIV
ing the population distribution of Della
ware, would be followed by similar
works for each State, and then by a
host of others containing a mountain
of variegated information ranging from
the number OF farmers in any given
locality to the number of people 80
years of age or the percentage of litter
acy in the same section.
Not the least important of this grow
ing pile of facts, from the standpoint
of census workers, at least. will be
decrease in the number OF questions
asked them.
Daily, 1t was learned at the bureau
flood of yet unanswerable queries are
received by telegraph. telephone and
letter. Some of the things people want
to know are:
Does John Xix still live in WaukeganP
The number of radio sets in the
United States?
The number of native-born Negroes
living in Virginia?
How many mines and quarries are
there in Colorado?
How many people over so years of
age live in New York?
What Is the Chinese population of
San Francisco?
All such queries, with the exception
of the first will be answered when the
work Is -ronrpiete, 1t was said, together
with answers to thousand other ques-
tions concerning the composition. char
acteristics and occupations of the peo-
Piles of the United States.
While much of the information will
be listed in the form of statistical tables
some idea of the intervening lines of
the prospective 15-volume work was
given by the first pamphlet. Without
preamble, it began:
Delaware was one of the original IS
States. Its population on April /, 1880,
according to the fifteenth census, was
238. 407, which represents an increase
of 15.404, or SO per cent, as compared
with the population on January /, 1920.
The total area of the State is 1865
square miles. The average number of
inhabitants per square mile in 1880 was
1918, as compared with 1875 in 1920"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
BROMLEY GIVES UP
TOXIC FLIGHT PLAN
Tacoma Aviator Sailing for
Japan to Make Trip
Eastward.
BY the Associated Press.


TACOMA Wash, July 26.-Guy
Kelly, legal adviser for Harold Bromley.
flyer, and John Buffeten. hacker of his
proposed fight from Tacoma to Toxic
have announced the abandonment of the
attempt.
They said a fight from the Japanese
capital to Tacoma would be under
taken, however.
Bromley's plane City of Tacoma was
being dismantled in Seattle and the
flyer was rushing preparations to sail
with it to Toxic this morning on the
liner President Lincoln
Kelly said the Tacoma -to-Tokio at
tempt had been given up because Brom-
ley had been unable to find a place
near Nome or in the Aleutian Islands
where he could take off with enough
gasoline to carry him to the Japanese
capital The legal adviser stated the
plane, able to make 100 to los miles
an hour. could, however, fly from Japan
to Tacoma by taking advantage of pre-
vailing favorable winds
Robert D. Wark and his co-pilot,
Eddie Brown, who plan a Tacoma
Toxic flight. continued work on their
plane in Seattle hoping to return here
and take of Sunday. They expect to
refuel in the air somewhere over Alaska
or the Aleutian Islands.
This is the fourth time Bromley has
failed in his preparations to take off
for Toxic. His first plane cracked up
during the takeoff. Two other planes
were wrecked in test flights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
H0W'S FORMER WIFE
PLANS WILL CONTEST
Mrs. Ineborg Sorenson How De-
clares Son Entitled to
Bulk of Estate.
az the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 26.-Mrs. Inc
borg Sorenson How said yesterday she
will contest the will of James Eads How,
millionaire hobo" who was her former
husband. on the ground his stepson
Holger How, is entitled to the bulk of
the large estate. How, who died several
Gays ago at Stanton, Va, left the 13-
year-old boy SIS.
Mrs. How said her son, by prior mar
riege, was adopted legally by How in
1925 for the sole purpose of making
him the heir" The greater part of
How's estate was left to the workers Of
thu world"
Mrs. How revealed she cannot share
In the estate because final divorce de-
cree was granted her eight days before
How's Ceath. In his will How directed
his former wife receive such an amount
as the law provided.
Mrs. How said her former husband,
Who inherited most of his fortune from
his mother, violated the terms of his
mothers will in his disposition of the
estate
"She left him a substantial sum of
money. but not outright" Mrs. How said.
only the income went to him, but the
money itself wasato be kept in trust
for his heirs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
14TH WAR GRAVES
CONTINGENT SAILS
Gold Star Mothers Leave
iii Sick Beds to Make
French Trip.
~ the Associated Press.

~ che Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 26.-The four
teenth contingent of 233 Gold Star
Mothers embarked on the S. S. Re
public today TO sail for the graves OF
their sons In France and the battle
fields where they lost their lives.
Among the members of the pilgrim
age, many of whom had left hospitals
and sick beds to make the trip, was
Mrs. Lenora Dyer of Fort Worth, Tex,
whose son by a previous marriSge,
Charles c. Rascoe, died of spinal
meningitis month after the armiStice
was signed.
Left Hospital 10 Days Before.
ct left the hospital only 10 days ago"
she said today. But I was determined
10 come and my family wanted me
10. They literally packed me up and
sent me off, because they knew ]
would feel so much happier after Id
seen Charles grave
Mrs Eta Horton of Irondale, Mo,
who has been i'll for the past two
weeks and who suffered from train
sickness on the trip to New York, en-
barked today with feeling of relief.
"You can't tell me that the ocean
VIII tI1dhC lECl disg olShCA bliotA
train did" she said. I'm going no
matter how 1 feel for l know that
once / see where Ernest lies he was
my youngest-Tll be all right"
Takes JOnquil Bulbs.
Among those carrying mementoes
for the graves of their soldiers was
Mrs. T. w. Couch of Cirandview, Tex,
whose son, Lieut.. HUT Couch, was
killed October 8, 1918, in the st. Mihiel
drive. A corner of her suitcase held a
dozen jonouil bulbs from the bed which
always bloomed on her sons birthday
and box of soil from the yard in
which he played as child.
Mrs. Couch expects to fulfill two mis-
eions on her pilgrimage to France.
The second is a visit to the grave of
the son of Dallas, Tex. Gold Star
Mother, who is 81 years old and I'M
able to make the long trip. The Dali
las mother advertised in local papers
for a proxy for her pilgrimage and
Mrs. Couch volunteered to fulfill the
mission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
FREQUENT DESERTIONS
CHARGED BY WOMAN
Limited Divorce Asked in Suit, Al
leging Forced Support of Paint
er's Seven Children.

Declaring that her husband. James
U. Greet, 1104 Eighth street, had. the
habit of leaving her and their seven
children for days at time and on
one occasion, when absent wrote to
her that che hoped God would take
care of the children, for he wouldn't"
Lucy M Greet, 331 K street north
east, has filed in the District Supreme
Court a petition for a limited divorce
and alimony.
Through Attorney Nita S. Human,
the wife tells of her marriage on April
IL, 1909, and accuses her husband of
ungovernable temper and frequent
assertions. When he sought a recon-
Citation from his latest absence, she
says she declined because she knew
he would leave her again.
The wife says she is employed now
in department store lunch room, but
has often taken In washing to sup
port herself and the children. The
husband Is painter and can make $40
per day when he works. the wife states
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
RALPH MILLER DEATH
Is DECLARED SUICIDE
Coroner Issues Certificate After
Man Is Found With Gas Jets
Open in Kitchen.

A certificate of suicide was issued
today by DR.. Joseph d. Rogers, deputy
coroner, in the death of Ralph Miller,
35 years old, yesterday at his home
in the 1900 block of Fourth street.
Miller was found on the kitchen
floor by policemen who forced an en-
trance to the house after they were
summoned by neighbors who smelled
gas. Several jets on a kitchen stove
were open. The man left a note, writ
ten on the back of an envelope with
a pencil, in which he attributed his
act 10 illness.
Miller is survived by his young
bride OF week. an employee Of the
International Association of Book
binders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
OFFICER ARRESTS
LIQUOR SUSPECT
Man Trailed to Garage Faces
Charge Of Posses
sion.

Charged with possession of so gal.
Ions of alcohol, Max Sklar, 1900 block
of Irving street, pleaded not guilty and
demanded jury trial upon his arraign-
ment at Police Court yesterday.
Sklar was arrested after Policeman r.
r. Mccarthy of the tenth precinct had
followed him for three blocks to a ga-
rage in the rear of his home. The sus-
pect opened the garage door and re-
vealed pile of large tin cans to the
officer. Mccarthy approached, exam
ined the containers and discovered that
IL of them were filled with alcohol, he
said.
Sklar was escorted to the tenth pre-
cinct. where he subsequently was re-
leased under $500 bond. The hearing
was before Judge Isaac r. Hit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
MARRIAGE LICENSE CLERKS. AIDE
BOWS TO CUPID AFTER TWO YEARS
Miss Maud Rogers Surprises
FelIoW-WorkerS at Su-
preme Court.
Ceremony Performed Ten
Days Ago at Charles Town.
To Stay on lob.

After presiding for two years at the
marriage license counter in the Dis
trict Supreme Court, Miss Maud
Augusta Rogers, assistant clerk of the
court has fallen a victim to the dart
of Dan Cupid and was married July
is 10 Frank Reddick Rynex at Charles
Town. w. Va. The bridegroom is a
widower and the couple will reside
at Mclean, Va.
Frank E. Cunningham. clerk of the
court, was appraised of the event today
when he received an announcement
issued by Mrs. Mary Ellen Rogers, moth
er of the bride, telling of the wedding
Mrs. Rynex will resume her place as
Cupid'S aide next week.
The wedding came as a surprise to
the associates of Miss Rogers in the
Office of the clerk of the court as when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
PURCHASE OF ESTATE
BY MELLON is DENIED

Reports that Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon had purchased for his
daughter, Mrs. David K. E. Bruce, the
historic old property known as Oak Hill.
near Leesburg, Va, we're denied TODAY
by the owner, Frank c. Littleton, who
lives at Oak Hill.
Secretary Mellon himself is in Pitts
burgh for the week end, but 1t was said
on his behalf that the purchase had
not been made Mr.. and Mrs Bruce,
tt was learned, within the past few
days did make a motor trip through
that country and looked ut several big
estates, but, so far as could be learned.
they have made no decision as to
whether they will buy in that section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
MINE UNION TO EXPAND
Convention at Pittsburgh Aims to
Organize Entire Industry.

PITTSBURGH, July 26 (P).-The an
nual convention of the National Union
assembled here today to consider plans
to extend its work to organization " the
entire extraction industry, union leaders
announced.
Union headquarters said that while
it was planned to ENTER the coal, oil
copper and ore extraction industries,
efforts would be directed principally
Decision to extend the unions scope. 1t
was said, would result in a change of
its name to the Mine, Oil and Smelter
Workers Industrial Union"
Demands will be made, leaders an
nounced, for six-hour day and five
day week, with minimum wage of
e35 weekly for all mine workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
GROUP OF a STATES
SHOW 11.2 PCT. GAIN
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi Have Combined
Population of 9,SS5,311.

The ACKNOWLEDGMENT geographical
group composed of Kentucky, Tennes-
see. Alabama and Mississippi, expert
enced a growth in population for the
last 10 years twice as large numerically
IS that of the previous decade.
These four States now have a COM
bined population of 9,888,311, as COM
pared with 8,893,307 in 1920, an in
crease of $4,000 or 11.2 per cent over
1920. The increase in the previous 10
years was 483 ,406 or ST per cent.
The group now has 1,6l2,000 more
population than New England's 8,276,-
755. New England increased 11.9 per
cent during the 10 years.
The population of the States and the
percentage of increase for the two
decades were:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
MURDERER SENTENCED

Isaiah Potter, colored, was sentenced
today by Justice Peyton Gordon in
Criminal Division l TO serve IS wears
In the penitentiary.
Potter was convicted few weeks ago
OF murder In the second degree in con-
nection with the shooting 10 death of
Stanley T. Williams, also colored, fol-
lowing dispute over a 81 not In a
craps game at 1913 Ninth street In the
early morning of December TO- He had
been indicted for murder in the first
degree, but the jury reduced the crime
to second degree. Assistant United
states Attorney Walter M. Shea con-
Quoted the prosecution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
SITTER NEARS THIRD DAY

If Frank Kilmartin. 17-year-old
Central High School student, is still in
his tree top at Fourteenth and Chaplin
streets at 1925 o'clock tonight, he can
congratulate himself on having COM
pleted three days of the several weeks
which he expects to remain aloft to
break the tree-sitters endurance record
of the United States. Up to noon today,
Frank was still in his perch and as
determined rs ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
McCARL CITED BY COURT
United Cigar Stores Seek $40, 47e. AZ
Interest in Tax Suit.


j. Raymond McCarl, Controller Gen.
eral, was cited yesterday by Justice
Peyton Gordon of the District Supreme
Court to show cause August % why he
should not allow claim of $20,476.47
to the United Cigar Stores Co. of Amer
lea, with headquarters in New York.
In a petition for mandamus the COM
pany says the Court Of Claims in April
1926, awarded it Judgment for $780,
1929 for internal revenue taxes ille-
gally assessed. McCarl refused to allow
interest for the period between the rem
dition of the judgment and the filing
of the mandate of the United States
Supreme Court upholding the Judgment.
The company claims it is entitled to
interest to date of payment Attorneys
Carlin & Carlin and Leslie c. Garnett
appear for the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26

liams. was very
nearly its entire
sum and sub
$ t a n &C. The
amusing, but
oft en- forced
and unnatural
chatter t ha t
went through it.
was admirably
CLOSED over by
the e a d / ng
player, whose
m a n n e r / SINS
W e r e m o + e
soothing to the
eye and whose
h u ky voice
more pleasing to
the ear than
fAA ~nawIe ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26

tajnment. meat
and bread and
cigars up to ten
cents. And also
flowers sent to
dead country
men was allow
able as a deduc-
ton. But II the
Ambassador has
a little extra
"embassing" he
wants TO put
over and decides
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26

he has TO make out his monthly
swindle sheet as follows: Floral
wreath sent to funeral Of American
who lost his life overestimating his
capacity to celebrate the FourthAof
July" Yours, WILL ROGERS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26

Six days left to file your personal tax
return. Persons in business in doubt
as 10 the manner of determining their
average stock In trade should inquire
at Room tO3. District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
Will Rogers
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Well,
the big, news in the papers to-
day was Congress appropriated some
money for foreign embassies TO en-
terrain on, but for no liquid enter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
FRIENDS DECIDE RACE
FOR SHERIFF AT CARDS
Nine-Republican Nomination Fight
at Herk inner, N. 2, Favors
Daniel Strobel With One Out.

az acIA lmcI, W. Ks dNOT5
Daniel Strobel With One Out.
BY the Associated Press.
HERKIMER, N. Y. July 26.-The
cards say that Daniel Strobel probably
will be the next sheriff of Herkimer
County.
Nine Republicans wanted to be
sheriff. Two of them, Strobel and Fred
Sauer, were such good friends they did
not wish to oppose each other in the
primary. So they agreed to play a game
of high-low-jack, the loser to withdraw
and support the winner. Thursday night
they played.
The goal was IL points. The hands
were dealt. The going got rough. Stro-
bel won.
Oh1cially Strobel is only one of eight
candidates. but there are many who
believe that with Saur's aid he will win.
Winning the Republican primary in
Herkimer County is tantamount to cleo
ton. And that is why the cards say
Strobell will be Herkimer's next sheriff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
Holiday" in Film
Outshines the Play, Perhaps.

MECHANICALLY and dramati-
cally speaking, the screen
version of Phillip Barry's
i idyllic treatise on the. stern
and stuffy rich. entitled
Holiday" at the Metropolitan, is
even better than its light and re-
freshing predecessor. the play.
Those who admired the play we're
apt to admit that Linda Seton. as
portrayed ingenuously by Hope Will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
PEACHES RIPE
at QUAINT ACRES

Crop hsbt; do not delay Drive through
r l5er Spring, turn right ct Sligo, only 5
mBes from District. Open every day, m.
toS pm,