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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

soloist Of the afternoon will be Mr..
Isidore Chaser, one of the first violinists
of Hans Kindler's new National SYM
phony Orchestra Mr. CHASER comes
from Detroit where he was konzert-
meister of over 300 musicians, which
position he won through competition
conducted over the whole United
States. He will render several violin
selections and will be accompanied by
Miss Leah Effenbach.
The Cultural Committee meeting,
under the leadership OF Mrs. Tobias
Naftalin, which precedes the general
meeting by one hour takes up this
time, DIR. Theodor Kerzl, prophet and
statesman" paper given by Mrs.
Dave Alpher. Discussion will follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
Interesting Program
For Hadassah Meetinc

At the monthly meeting of the Wash
ington Chapter of Hadassah Tuesday
afternoon at 2:15 o'clock, at the Jew
ish Community Center, Mrs Sidney
Wiseman will give the opening prayer.
Mrs. William Bralove will give a brief
survey OF Jewish current events, and
there will be reports of the recent
Zionist and HadaSsah conventions at
Atlantic City by Mrs. Leopold Freud
berg, Mrs Elias Gelman, Mrs. William
OglIs and Mrs. Dave Alpher. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

Rudolf Leitner, Mrs. Warwick Mont
gomery and Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie
The Junior Committee is composed
again this year of young girls from
diplomatic, official and residential So
ciety, including some of the debutantes.
Those in this group are Miss Taxa
Oebuchi, Miss Refine Claudel, Miss Renee
Claudel, Countess Cornelia SZechenyI.
Countess Sylvia Szechenyi. Miss Maria
Sacasa, Miss Hercilia de Arcaya. Miss
Maria Diez de Medina, Miss Gaby de
Medina, Miss Mathilde Boal, Miss Ethel
heide Leitner, Miss Helen Walker, Miss
Mary Louise Johnson, Miss Nora Nc
Intyre Miss Mary Anderson, Miss Polly
F'oote, Miss Louise Harrison Gwvnn,
Miss Isabel Perry. Miss Teresa Saul,
Miss Kate Hyde Scully. Miss Evelyn
Walker. Miss Eleanor B. Hunt and Miss
Mary c. Hunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

Seven stowaways, hiding In shaft
tunnels and above and below boilers
of the liner Mahia en- route from New
Zealand to England, were found and
put into jail at Wellington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

ertson, editor OF the Hispanic Amer
lean Review of Duke University will
speak ON the works of DR.. Lima.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
HEIRESS TO MILLIONS
OF NINE. WALKER DIES
Colored Woman of Hair Remedy
Fame Recently Sold Villa Valued
at So, 5oo,o
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONG BRANCH. N. j., August Is.-
Nine A'Lelia Walker Robinson. the only
daughter of Nine. Sarah j. Walker, the
Nations first colored millionaire, died
yesterday at the home OF friends here
after a brief Illness.
with the death of Mime Robinson
passes a financial dynasty built upon =
preparation which would remove the
kinks from hair. The preparation was
invented by Nine. Robinson's mother
when she was a laundress working for
$3.50 q week. It was launched on the
market with only $l.25 of capital. and
its returns built UP the fortune which
Nine Robinson inherited.
Shortly before her death Nine. Rob-
insonS mother started the construction
OF the villa Lewaro at Irvington, ~ Y
Mime. Robinson. who inherited the kink-
removing formula upon her mother
death. completed the work Of the mas
sive residence. long one of the show
places on the Hudson. The villa, which
has been valued as high as SO 500 GOO.
waS sold by Mime. Robinson last Spring
Funeral services viii be held Thurs
day at her late New York residence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
PANHANDLE GAS LINE,
S0ls MILES LONG, FINISHED
VIII Serve rs Cities and Towns in
Kansas, Missouri, Illinois
and indiana.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August Completion
of the Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line.
running e05 miles from the Panhandle
natural gas fields OF Texas to Rockville.
Ind, was announced yesterday by Brt-
kaw. Dixon. Garner &, Mckee, oil and
gas engineers.
The main line. with its 4Ie additional
miles of lateral lines. will serve approx
mstely rs cities and towns IN Kansas.
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. 1t was
built Jointly for Missouri Kansas Pipe
Line Co. and the Columbia OIL a. Gas
Corporation, at a cost OF $40 900 900. II
required Is months TO construct
It's initial capacity will be 80 900 900
cubic feet day AS conditions warrant,
the capacity may be doubled by the In
Inhalation Of compressor pumps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
HEADS SoYBEAN BODY
W. ", Morse Of Agricultural De
partment Elected At Session.

COLUMBIA, Mo. August 10 lEg. -
W. " Morse, director Of the Soybean
investigations Of the United States De-
partnent of Agriculture. was elected
president OF the American Soybean AS
eocfation At its convention here yester-
day. The Arlington Experiment Fields.
next convention.
r. D. Hughes OF Iowa State College
.AEnes, Iowa, was named vice president
and J. s.. Parks. Ohio State University.
columbus, Ohio, was named secretary
and treasurer.
-+--s-- q
It Is easier 10 ny than 10 navigate
IN the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
JOHN ]. RASK0B SILENT
ON ROOSEVELT BREAK
Democratic Chairman Declares He
Never Discusses Presidential
Candidates.

NEW YORK. August 19.-John j.
Easkob. chairman of the Democrs tic
National Committee. returned on the
Aquitania yesterday from a week end
cruise to Halifax He refused to COM
ment on newspaper reports that Gov.
Franklin d. Roosevelt was on the verge
of a break with Tammany Hall.
Il never have anything TO say on the
subject Of presidential candidates" he
told reporters smilingly.
Later in the week Mr.. Raskob will go
to his Summer home, at Center
vile, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

A million citizens voted for Eugene
v. Debs, Socialist candidate for the
presidency In 1920, when Debs was
Convict 1858 at the Atlanta Peniten-
tiary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mrs. Laura z. Morris Is in town for
few days. stopping at Wardmau Park
Hotel. She viii return to her home In
New York City the latter part OF this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mrs John A. Toombs and Mrs Jus
tine @. Todd Of Cornwall-on the fiud-
son, n Y, arrived in washington yes
terdsy and are at the Shorehana Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mr.. and Mrs. r: %. Dolan arrived
Tuesday from their home in Taylor.
Tex, and are at the Dodge for q brief
stay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mr.. and Mrs Howard r. BiIlson are
IN Atlantic City for the late August sea
son and are staying at the Seaside
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mr. and Mrs A. w. Luekett and Miss
Dorothy Lucksts have gone to Cape
May. N. j.. where they ere staying at
the Admiral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w Homer Of
Philadelphia have taken an apartment
Ut Wardman Park Hotel during their
stay In this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mrs. Gertrude C. Coolidge and son Of
Savannah, Ga, are passing few days
ut the Dodge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

: Mr.. and Mrs. J. z. Shirk of North
ampton. Pa, are at the Shoreham.
where they viii remain for several days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Delwig and small
daughter are spending several weeks At
Craig Healing Springs, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19
Five State Societies
Plan Moonlight Sail.

Mr.. and Mrs. e. p MacGlone have
gone to Atlantic City and will be at
the Jefferson until Labor day.
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SOCIETY
CONTINUED From Second Page.)

NOUHIIIIueu FIUIh otCOIIu Z aBt.I
University and DR.. Mueller Is a grad
uate Of the Universities of Bonn and
Marburg He is business specialist Of
the Department Of Commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Pascoe of Cloquet,
Mimi, have arrived in Washington for
an indefinite visit and are staying at
the Potomac Park Apartments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Milton King enter
tanned small party at dinner on the
Ehoreham terrace last evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mr. and Mrs Frank M. Moore, ac-
eompanied by Mrs. Dorothy M Welsh
and Mrs. w. r. Moore of Lexington,
KY. are spending a few days in the
Capital and are at the Dodge while
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-19

Mrs. j. T. Mcclure was hostess to a
dinner party on the Shoreham terrace
last evening.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Sixth Marriage on Rocks
Eugeniia to Sue Again
.hoto by Internatfonal

months ago while l was drunk.
When 1. sObered up paid up
some of the checks, then got
drunk again"
His bride refused to aid him
saying:
'T found out too many things
about him after we got mar.
ried. 1 regret Ed faces this
situation, but 1 never want to
see him again." -
Wed to HOyt Three Times
Miss Bankhead three times
married and divorced Morton
Hoyt, son of a. one-time Solicitor
General. Then she married Law
son Butt, a Nevada University
football star, and deserted him
on their Honolulu honeymoon
when she learned he had not
been divorced legally from 6
previous wife. Then she married
and divorced a man named Lee
a Dallas CTexO aviator.
After her divorce from Lee
Miss Bankhead said she wa'
Through with men forever" ShC
reiterated this statement today.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Aug. IL
Q.N.S0.-Six times a bride, Mrs.
Eugenia Bankhead Hoyt-Butt-Lee.
White, sister of Talullah Bank
head, actress, and daughter of the
Representative in Congress from
Alabama, announced today she
would file suit to annul her mar
riage in Aqua Caliente, Mexico,
June 27, to Edward Ennis White,
member of a socially prominent
New York family.
Spouse Jailed for Checks
Police records revealed that
White, under the name Of Ora
ham Devine, had been arrested
and booked on charge Of four
counts of forgery. He was held
in Jail today in lieu Of $1,000
bond.
White gave the Mexican jus.
tice of the peace who married
him to Miss Bankhead a bogus
check for $50, police records re-
Ivealed. White said:
, .'T did most of this fOPr
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
LAUNCH SINKS,
THREE NEAR
DEATH
Capital ReStaurateur and. Two
Friends Cling to Debris As
Storm Lashes River Craft

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Aug. ii
AS his launch foundered and
sank in. the storm which swept
the lower Potomac yesterday
Thomas O'Donnell, sea food
restaurateur of Washington, had
a narrow escape from drowning
with two companions on his trip.
James Edwards and Whiting
While were in the water for more
than two hours, clinging to de
bris from the craft, before being
rescued.
Mr.. O'Donnell, kept afloat by
life preserver, was in the water
until 8 o'clock last night before
reaching shore.
The party was en- route to Mr..
O'DonnelPS summer home at,
Annapolis when the storm sank
the yacht near Piney Point, 0ff
ltfe Virginia shore. all three
men are reported to be none the
worse for their experience.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11

Use of girl informers to visit
speakeasies and drink liquors in
order to obtain evidence Of dry
law violations, was severely con-
demned by Amos w. w. Wood
cock, prohibition director, today.
Mr.. Woodcock'S criticism of the
practice followed the receipt from
Buffalo of reports that Federal
agent there had promised a 19-
year-old girl $40 for each arrest
she brought about by visiting
speakeasies., The. young woman
already earned $75 in this
fashion.
Mr.. Woodcock Immediately or
dered an. investigation.
He declared:
: II will not stand for such
tactics. / cannot condemn too
strongly the action of this
agent in hiring a girl to drink
liquor to get evidence in q
speakeasy."
The dismissal of Arthur C..
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
DOWNED
( ON COAST BY
WEATHER
Radios He Will Try to Finish
Nome Hop Today Although
Conditions Continue Bad

NOME, Alaska, Aug. II U.N.S0.
Forced down on the north side of
the Seward Peninsula on their
flight from Point Barrow, Col.
Charles A. and Mrs. Lindbergh, in
radio messages, said they expected
to resume the flight here today.
Disappointed by failure Of the
noted couple to arrive, a great
crowd marked time during the
intervening hours and were
gathering again to greet the
aerial vacationists.
Weather Gets Worse
The Lindbergh monoplane was,
apparently, forced down by bad
weather. When the Lindberghs
left Point Barrow at 11:53 p. m.
last night, Washington time, the
weather was already taking a
turn for the worse in the vicinity
of Nome. A fog was closing in
and visibility was poor.
The temperature dropped to 40
degrees above zero here early this
morning and it was believed .
similar temperature prevailed In
the neighbOrhOOd where the Lind
berghS came down for the night.
Sheltered In Bay
1t was regarded likely that Col.
Lindbergh had sought shelter of
Good Hope Bay, which lies north.
east of here across the Seward
Peninsula.
It was presumed that Lind
bergh had followed the coast line
from Point Barrow and 'hesitated
to take the land jump over the
peninsula in darkness on account
of having only pontoons with
which to make a water landing.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
S177,656 LEF7 I
! BY AUTHOR

An estate valued at $17,656.83
was left by Mrs. Marietta Mime
gerode Andrews, who died August
z, according to the petition of
Robert E. p. Kreiter and the
American Security and Trust
Company, for probate of her will,
filed today in District Supreme
Court.
Her copyrighted pageants are
given to Mrs. Marie M. Forest
and her notes, manuscripts and
correspondence not in hands of
publishers to Mrs. Seymour Lud-
lum, of Philadelphia. Studio fur
nishings and all tangible per-
sonal property go to her son,
Eliphalet F. Andrews and small
cash bequeStS are made to q
number of relatives.
The residue is to be held in
trust by the executors to pay
monthly allowances to the son
and a daughter-in-law. The grand
children Of the testratrix will be
tfne eventual legatees.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
JAENES CASE
SEEN SOLVED:
BY DEANS
ARREST
Youth Is Taken From Hospital
and Questioned by Police;
"New Evidence" Is Claimed

William Harper Dean, Il, was
placed under arrest after being
taken from Gallinger Hospital
and questioned by headquarters
police today. He Is held for in
vestigation.
Dean Is held in connection with
new leads developed In the muir.
der Of Mrs. Elizabeth Jsynes,
cashier Of the Garden T ShOppe,
1S45 Columbia Rd. N. W., on
April /, last, during the hold.up Of
the place by bandits.
Tried 3 Times to Die
The youth, who is the son Of
w. H. Dean, POST Park Rd. N. W.,
an official Of the United States
Chamber of Commerce. has made
three suicide attempts recently
and has been under observation
at Gallinger. 81
When questioned by detectives
this morning, Dean is alleged to
have given evidence regard Mrs.
JayneS' murder which led to his
arrest. The nature Of the evi-
dence has not yet been divulged
by police.
Dean had been sought for
some weeks by Patrolman John
Boyd, he declared. Boyd, who
runs the beat ON which the
T-Shoppe is located, desired to
question Dean regarding the
matter.
since the shooting, according
to police, the young man abara.
doned his haunts near the
FT-Shoppe and was not seen.
Previous to that, they claim. he
was a frequent visitor in many
places in the neighborhood.
Hope to Break Mystery
Police hope to obtain evidence
from Dean which may "break''
the battling mystery which has
surrounded the murder Of the
middle-aged cashier.
Mrs. JayneS was shot by one Of
two youthful bandits after she had
opened the cash register at their
order. After the shooting, the two
men escaped. Numerous arrests
have been made by police In con-
nection with the case, and hun
dreds Of leads have been run out,
without success.
Dean recently gained notoriety
when he sought writ Of habeaS
corpus against his brides parents
to compel them to show cause why
his bride should not live with him.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
|MRS.ROOSEVELT 7
IN AIR CRASH

NEW YORK, Aug. II Q.N.S).
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. wife Of
the Governor of Porto Rico. and
a number of Porto Rican govern
ment officials, narrowly escaped
with, their lives today when a
Pan-American AirwayS plane
sank in Ponce Bay, on the south
ern side of the island, according
to word received here by the All
America Gable Company.
The plane was carrying Mrs.
Roosevelt and government Off
cials from San Juan. All aboard
were saved.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
A|NUNDSEN AIDE
HUNTS CRAMER

COPENHAGEN. Aug. II G.N.S0
All efforts to find Parker Cramer
and Oliver Pacquette, missing
transatlantic filters, who left Ler,
wick, Shetland Islands, Sunday for
Norway, had been unavailing to,
day.
Although it was hoped Cramer,
the American pilot, and Pacquette,
his Canandian wireless operator,
had come down in some remote
cove on the Norwegian coast, fear
was expressed that their plane
foundered during a storm over the
North Sea.
Last Word Sunday
The last message from Cramer
was received at 3, p. m. Sunday by
the radio station at UtSire, Nor.
way. Giving no position, the
flier said he was heading for
Stavanger, proceeding thence to
this city. .a
Danish naval vessels which set
out in search Of the plane re-
turned to port last night.
Capt. Riser Larsen, who was
AmundSen'S Polar pilot and who
flew across the North Pole in the
dirigible Norge, was to set out to-
day with two paneS for q search
of the Norwegian fjOrds.
Cramer Aide Hopeful
Robert Grant, Cramer's repre-.
sentative in Copenhagen, pro-
(Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
PETERS DIE
IN BANDIT
AMBUSH
Blazing Car Yields 4 Bodies;
Boys Believed to Have Died
! Trying to Protect Girls

YPSILANTI, Mich, Aug. IL
NIN.SJ.-Four young persons
two high school boys and their girl
eompanions-were brutally mur-
tiered today, their bodies soaked
with gasoline, and a torch applied
to their automobile on a lonely
road at the Wayne5WaShtenaW
County line, near here
Four who Lost Lives
The victims were:
Thomas Wheatley, senior ut
Ypsilanti High School and the
son of Harry Wheatley, far
lsneR.s 4.
Harry Lplr: Is, Ypsiianti
High school student and the
SON Of q Washteraw county
farmer.
virginia Gould, is, Of Cleve-
land.
Anna Harris. II, Of CIeve-
land.
The two girls were spending
their vacation at the I.ohr home
and had attended Junior League
party here last night. The time
of the murder was fixed at S
a. m. today, but the bodies were
pst found for several hours.
~ Sheriff Jacob Andres declared
that "petting party" bandits were
responsible for the Slayings.
Police, in reconstructing the
crime, declared that the youths
apparently had parked the car to
watch the sunrise. AS they idled
in the automobile, the "petting
party bandits drew alongside in
o large car. .s
The bandits, Sheriff Andres de.
clared, apparently attempted to
modest the girls.
Struggle Is Indicated
From trampled and blood
stained grass, 3 4wOman's slipper
ground into the mud, blood stains
ON the radiator of the car, and
other evidence, the sheriff said ne
believed WheatIey and LOhr were
beaten into uncOnSciOuSneSS OF
killed when they attempted to
protect them. .,.,
Later, the sheriff stated, the
girls probably were beaten and
thrown back into the car with
the bodies of their boy co:npan,
ions. The interior of the sedan
was soaked with gaoline and the
torch applied.
Identification of the victims
was started by Harry Wheatley,
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
NAUTILUS RUNS
INTO TROUBLE

TROMSOE, Norway, Aug. II
Q.N.SO Hubert wilkins
submarine. the Nautilus, was re-
ported drifting today in the Arctic
seas while her crew was en-
deavoring to repair her engines.
According to wireless reports
picked up here, the submarine en-
countered engine trouble shortly
after her departure from Tromsoe.
The crew worked in vain all night
in an effort to get the engines re-
paired. The polar submarine was
on its way to Kings Bay, Spitz-
bergen, from TromSoe.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Secrecy Guaranteed
Reno Decree Hunters

RENO New, Aug. II Q.N!S0.
Still another rise in the popu-
larity of Reno as q capital of
divorce was anticipated today as
a result of the ruling by Judges
Benjamin F.. Curler and Thomas
F.. Moran that all marital woes
henceforth will be aired behind
closed doors. More than 80 de-
crees were issued in the Mon
day wash"
The Washington times., 1931-08-11

The red automobile of the fire
department rescue squad shrieked
UP to 1851 Perry Place N. w. to.
day to be met by Miss Rose
Henderson, of 1714 Kenyon st.
N. w.
Said she, pointing to an upper
window:
You'll have to get in
through there"
An agile fireman clambered up
and forced the window. He
climbed in and in a few seconds,
poked his head out, saying:
whats the trouble here?
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
RescueSquadSaUesLaura,
Poor Fish, From Doom

1 don't see anybody hurt, or
any fire."
Said Miss Henderson:
"Oh! sir, 1 only wanted You
to let me in. You see, Mrs.
s. L. Ozment went away SUM-
day ON her vacation. and asked
me to take care Of her gold
fish, Laura. But she forgot to
leave me the key, and I was
afraid Laura would staFve to
DEATH"
Miss Henderson, identified by
netghbors, was permitted to enter.
LAURA was fed, and everybody
was happy-except the rescue
squad.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Mortgage Company
B0nkrHptcg Asked

DETROIT, Aug. IL 0NS0.
Miss Margaret M. Wardell, New
York and Cadillac. Mich, attorney,
today filed petition in Federal
court here asking that the Fed
.ral Bond and Mortgage Com
.0any, now in the hand of re-
ceivers, be adjudged bankrupt.
The petition followed the suicide
of Judge Alfred j. Murphy, presi.
dent of the defunct company.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Lightning Bolt Hits
EmDire State Mast

NEW YORK, Aug. II UNS)-
Cellars were flooded and homes
damaged in New York and New
Jersey after a rain and wind storm
which broke a long heat spell.
Lightning struck the Empire State
Building mooring mast during the
storm here last night but no dam
age was done,
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Dry Chief Aroused at Use
OF Girl mforn1ers
Photo by International

Peach, Buffalo dry agent, who
was convicted last week of being
intoxicated in public and using
profane language, was ordered by
the dry director.
Mr.. Woodcock said that he be-
lieVed it was possible to enforce
the dry law without drinking by
agents.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Prize Beauty of 1928
Files DiUOrce Suit

'DETROTT, Aug. II QNSO.
Mrs. Margaret Black Truss. the
Miss Boston of 1928 in the At
lantic City beauty contest, has
sued her wealthy husband, Milton
w. Truss. head Of an investment
company here, for a divorce. Mrs.
Truss charges incompatibility Of
temperament and cruelty.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Coal Exporter HIN
Proposed Rate Rs

The proposal Of the rak dS'
to increase freight rates 1S Jer
cent would prove ruinous to the
export coal trade, Arthur Hale,
chairman of the Coal Exporters
Association of America, told the
Interstate Commerce Commission
today at the resumption of hear
ings on the proposed rate in
crease.