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Evening star., 1936-01-19
PANAMA CANALS
BUSINESS SLUMPS
Nationalistic Policies Held Curb
to Shipments During 1885.
War Spur to Suez.

BY the Associated Press.
BALBOA. January l8.-Statisticians
this week blamed nationalistic policies
of the trading world and labor trou-
bles on the west coast of North
America for sharp decrease in Pam
anna canal transits and tolls during
1885.
Figures up to and including Decem-
ber Is showed a decrease of per
cent in transits and 81 per cent in
tolls. compared to the corresponding
periods in 1884.
In 1885 tolls of 2l,367,7l3 were
paid by 4,8l4 vessels, while the pre-
vious year 5,ll9 vessels paid $23. 1898. :
402 in tolls. Canal statisticians
however, pointed out that the 1885
figures showed an increase of los in
transits and ST. in tolls over 1888.
This buy American buy British.
buy homeland products campaign
has resulted in the laying up of a lot
of European and American shipping, "
they explained.
Countries have been trying to live
within themselves. Consequently, in
ternational trade has dropped de-
cidedly with corresponding loss to
shipping
"The Suez Canal would have shown
a far greater loss than we did this
year had it not been for the artificial
stimulation caused by the Italo-
EthiODian War AS q matter of fa RI
some traffic which formerly used the
Suez Canal is now using the Panama
route because the Suez is still on the
gold standard.
"Nitrates and petroleum shipments,
particularly the former. continue to
keep we'll ahead and to hold up the
daily transit average here"
Evening star., 1936-01-19
PENNSY WILL EXTEND
D00R-TO-DOOR SERVICE
New Transport Facilities for Less
than Carload Lots Will
Begin April l.

BY the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, January 18.-The
Pennsylvania Railroad announced to-
day that beginning April l it will
render a door-to-door transportation
service for ss-than-carload freight
between all points on its system, re-
gardless of distance, at no additional
cost above the regular station-to-
ton freight rates.
The announcement also said the
Pennsylvania Railroad stands ready
to join with other railroads serving
the same territory in extending SIM
liar privileges to shipments between
points on its own lines and those on
other systems.
Evening star., 1936-01-19
law PLOT CHARGED
lin ASSOCIATED GAS
Attorney for Bondholders
Claims SIuSh Fund Works
During Delays.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 18-Charges
that attorneys representing petitioning
creditors we're working in collusion
with counsel for the Associated Gas &
Electric Co. to waste assets through
stalling for time by continued ad-
journment" were made before Federal
Judge Julian w. Mack today.
The accusations were made by at
tOrneys seeking to intervene on hehalf
Of bondholders in the company. Judge
Mack Is presiding at reorganization
hearings Of the utility concern.
Oliver C.. Carpenter, representing
the intervening bondholders, offered
affidavits to support his charges.
They included mention of the alleged
million-dollar slush fund organized
and spent by Howard C. Hopson,
former vice president of the Associated
Gas & Electric Co, for the purpose Of
defeating Federal utility control legis-
lation.
Claim Charges False.
Attorneys for the petitioning credi-
tors and the company requested per-
mission to answer the charges and
termed Carpenters allegations as
wholly and entirely false and un-
founded" and ''recklessly and care
lessly made"
Carpenter referred to Hopson's ap-
pearance before Senate Investigating
Committee last Summer, when he was
questioned concerning the alleged
slush fund for lobbying against utility
legislation Hopson was questioned
as to whether the fund was built up
through the sale of company securities.
Chaffs at Delay.
'"That is why the bondholders are
seeking to be protected" Carpenter
told the court This matter has been
going on for months and months and
nothing definite has been gained, and
STILL they go around spending more
than million dollars while our hands
are tied"
Judge Mack directed counsel for all
parties to file memoranda on the point
whether it was mandatory for the
court to allow the petitioners to in
teryene or whether it vas a matter
for the courts discretion.
The matter will be decided when
the original petition for reorganization
comes up for hearing before the court
on February 3.
Evening star., 1936-01-19
BY BEN McKELWAY..

6peClhI 0tdA NOliCcpOAuCut Va AiC 0t0As
ROME.-One may sense in the at
mosphere of Rome the tense anxiety of
people against whom most of the
nations of the world have delivered a
verdict of guilt and who have heard
the punitive sentence read.
But it is difficult for the stranger to
know whether the attitude reflects
resigned desperation on the part OF
those who have lost all power OF dis
sent or whether it is merely grim,
purposeful determination to follow the
leader, no matter where the leader
may lead Interpretation is a matter
easily influenced by point Of view.
Little Excitement in Rome.
Certainly the visitor who comes to
Rome anticipating the noisy, feverish
excitement of wartime capital,
swept by the high emotionalism OF a
sacred cause, carries away with him
the impression of great city over
which some mysterious, intangible pail
has fallen. 1t may be lifted, on oc-
casion, by the mass demonstrations
where patriotism is injected in large
doses to bolster possibly tagging
spirits, such as the military reviews
where precision and snap and perfec-
ton of discipline bring joy to the
hearts of soldiers and confident pride
to civilians. But on normal day
.Romes glories seem more of the past
than of the present.
The streets ere well filled. but there
are no swarming crowds around the
bulletin boards containing the latest
war news. The hawkers sell Their
newspapers, but there is no feverish
rush to buy them. A million men are
under arms in Italy. but while spie
and span. sword-dangling officers
and red-cheeked country boys ir
privates' uniforms are everywhere ir
evidence-many of them on sight.
seeing tours, ogling like any tourist
there are far more civilians on the
streets than men in uniform.
Evening star., 1936-01-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ANNUAL REPORT


BECKER. PAINT & GLASS CO.
We, the undersigned. the President and
2 majority of the Board Of Trustees of the
Becker Paint & Glass Co., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of
the District of Columbia. do hereby certify
that the amount of the total authorized
capital stock of said company is Twenty
Thousan6 Dollars .SSo0oooo 900 do Of oo which II
actually been paid: and that the amount
Of the existing debts is I.395 %
lSigned.( w r. WINSLOW. President.
(Signed.) c. j. GILBERT. Trustee.
tSiened.) j. c. KLINGE. Trustee
District Of Columbia. S.:
I, w. R. WINSLOW President of the
Becker Paint g. Glass Co. a corporation
oreanized and existing under the laws of
the District of Columbia being first duly
sworn. depose and say that the facts stat
ed in the. aforeeolne report are true to
the best of my knowledee and belief
tSigned) w. R.. WINSLOW.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of January AID. 1896.
ALLAN ZAMANSKY.
(Seal1 Notary Public D. c.
Evening star., 1936-01-19
GOVERNMENT TO REST
CASE IN BREMER TRIAL
Three Witnesses En- Route From
Washington Will Be Last
to Be Called.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL. January l8.-The Gov
ernment will rest its case in the Ed.
ward 6. Bremen kidnap trial Nom
day, George F. Sullivan, United States
district attorney, announced as the
jury was given day of rest today.
The prosecutions last three wit
nesses in the case of Cassius McDon-
aid, William Weaver and Harry Saw
yer, charged with conspiracy, we're
en- route from Washington.
These men merely will testify con.
corning the mutilation by the
United States Treasury of the Bremen
ransom bills exchanged in Havana,
Cuba, and the Government then will
rest its case" Mr.. Sullivan said.
Defense counsel indicated they
would require four or five days A..
Jerome Hoffman, counsel for Weav-
er, said his client would testify, while
attorneys for Mcdonald and Sawyer
had not decided whether their clients
would take the stand.
Evening star., 1936-01-19

at the disposal of the British fleet?
Would France approve the formation
OF police force in the Mediterranean
similar to that organized during the
Saar plebiscite?
After a short deliberation with his
colleagues in the cabinet, Laval re-
piled with blunt ''yes"-in 5000
| words-to all the British queries.
France would 60 a long way, said
Laval in an additional memorandum,
provided Great Britain made it clear
TO Herr Hitler that any further dis
regard OF the Versailles treaty would
be punished by the League in the
same manner Italy is being punished
now
And Laval, fearful lest public SEN
timent in Great Britain might change
| after Mussolni was brought to his
knees, demanded that the British
Ambassador join the French in serv-
ing solemn warning to Hitler.
To say that Hitler was impressed
by this joint action would be an ex-
ageration. Herr Won Neurath was
SmOOLn, pOlte ana Deamlng. he
denied all the charges of the French
regarding the remilitarization of the
Rhine. promised to stop the govern
ment-inspired press attacks against
France, and called it day.
officials conversant with the Ethio-
plan situation have broad grin
every time reports are cabled from
! Adds Ababa or Geneva that an
other Ethiopian hospital has been
bombed by the Italian aviators"
There are. of course. number Of
hospitals on the Ethiopian front.
! But most of those bombed consist
Of bottle of iodine, six packages of
bandages, huge Red Cross nag and
hundreds of cases OF ammunition.
Evening star., 1936-01-19

by friendly people. Tile tourists chief
trouble results from regulations which
prohibit the purchase of Italian lira
with foreign exchange except auth
orized agencies at an artifically-
maintained rate of exchange below
that outside of Italy. Regulations
against taking money out of the coun-
try also have worked to the incon-
venience of tourists, but the Italian
government has adopted the unoffi-
cial policy of taking a broad point
of view toward regulations which, ad
versely affect the comfort of Ameri-
cans; easing them in each case The
American embassy is the only en-
bassy or legation in Rome that gets
along without a police or military
guard.
Effect of Sanctions Slight.
In Rome, was told, the effect Of
the sanctions has not been severely
felt by the man in the street. The
retail price of food according tf
figures gathered by American consuis
has increased about two per cent or
the average, although there have beer
greater increases in the price o1
bread and wine. One may buy a gooo
meal, with vine, in a second class
restaurant for s-y lira-about hall
dollar. Meatless days have worked
little hardship. An Italian chief, with
eggs and mushrooms and fish, car
make hungry man forget the lacs
little meat anyway Gasoline prices
have gone out of Sight-$l go a gal.
lon when l was in Rome-So thoss
who can afford cars can't afford te
run them, and taxi rates are naturally
high. But coal is coming from
Germany by the trainload and along
the railway tracks are great dumps
Some of the coal cars from Germany
bear messages scrawled in chalk or
the sides. or concealed in the coa
inside. saying. hold out until March
Italy. We are with you" l was told
there is no coal shortage in Rome.
The shopkeepers and the business
men are having a tough time of it
and little attempt is made to hide
the fact. "Of course business is bad.
said an official in the Ministry c!
Propaganda. You could expect moth
ing else"
A shopkeeper in Rome told me
1--WE are being gradually straneled
to death. There is no more any
business. We cannot keep going"
The condition in Rome is true OF
Evening star., 1936-01-19

Mediterranean VIII be legal war
that will not break in any way the
existing peace agreements.
Furthermore, Laval has lost no
time calling on the British to show
the world that there Is a quid pro
quo for the French assistance in the
Mediterranean. These are the two
motives behind the joint visit Of
the French and British Ambassadors
to the German foreign office.
x X X
Sir Eric Phipps and Francois Pom
Get. the Ambassadors Of the two new
lyweds, Great Britain and France,
donned their frock coats and visited
Herr Konstantin Won Neurath. Hit
ler's foreign secretary, to tell him that
the Locarno pact, signed by the
| French, the Italians, the British and
the Germans, guaranteeing each
others territorial integrity and as
suring each other of policy of nom
aggression, will remain intact even
| if there was war between France
and Great Britain on one side and
| Italy on the other
| The Germans. who hope that
these nations will Jump at one
anotherS throatS, and weaken them
! selves sufficiently to assure the Reich's
supremacy in Europe, accepted these
| incongruous assurances with pleasure.
But the real purpose of the visit
| Of the Ambassadors was to warn Hit
Ter against any further disregard of
| the Versailles treaty.
The French politicians forced Laval
to yield to the British demands for
/ cooperation in the Mediterranean on
the assumption that what is being
applied now against Italy for break
ing the covenant will be applied in
the future against any other nation
doing the same thing. The British
hedged about giving such pledge
but, with back against the wall,
they had to accept the French
conditions.
| X y
| 1t is an open secret that since last
Summer, Hitler has been sending
troops into the "demilitarized zone
of the Rhine, which should be kept
trictly demilitarized under the provi-
sions of the Versailles treaty.
Not only did Der Fuehrer send
troops, but he also began building
Notifications under the cover of brick
or cement factories.
The French knew it, the British
knew it. the whole world knew it.
But nobody wanted to take the risk
Of making representations to Berlin,
fearing that Hitler would tell them he
would brook no interference in the
Reich's domestic affairs.
The British, who had helped Ger
many last Summer to break further
the Versailles treaty by granting
Hitler the right to build a navy half
as large as the French. did not want
| to associate themselves in a joint
action.
| After the abortive effort OF Laval
| and Hoare to make peace between
Italy and Ethiopia at the latter's ex-
pense, the British foreign Office asked
Evening star., 1936-01-19
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE

SECURITY sfoRAGE Ge dah COMPANY.
ma iority of the Board Of trustees Of the
Security. Storage Co.. of Washington. D. c..
do hereby certify that the capital stock
S50O00O.0O of which has been actually
dssIs m ~ = 4 Inzi zsfisMAET. 's! Il ssesIdsns s "'
LLOYD L. wilson. II. III. I. + Russ: ~ Jrs.
sdsss ce e tns Of Of o se
lumbia. do soemnly swear that the facts
stated in the above certificates are true to
the best Of E. ny KSvENs1 sed sseratary sss
Notary Public in and for the District Of
GS!Smoa fSss this 18th day P6uE q 'aHHsEyy ALVEY AD
tSeal) Notary Public. D. G.
my Commission expires Dec. 10. 1939)
ANNgAL AisS RI REPORT OF THE A AMER1GAN Rs n;ls
trict Of Columbia, to the Controller Of the
Currency. ~ required BY Section Ila:; l6; Act Act
ca ssosk sodsd
Capital stock actually paid in 3.4OO.O00.O0
December 81. 1895 1.499.S .S21.S7
7oIs nscessr exnsnses for yssr ended 400 90, ~
49,. SoRcoRAN THoM: President.
VIM. 1. Beale B. w. Thoron
VIM. J. Father Jr. George w Brown
John Saul J. Philip Hermann
Gilbert Grosvenor NJ G. Gibbs
Gist Blair Harry K. Boss
Chas. A. Garry
Z We CoRCoRAN THoM. President;
and HOWARD MORAN. JAMES M. GREEN
AND VIM. L. BEALE. Directors Of the
american Security and Trust Co. do here
by solemnly swear that the above state
ment Is true TO the best of our knowledge
and belief
SSRSHRAh SSRSSSfek PH1M s1pDoNs 5Es,'snt .er.,.r,
HOWARD MORAN
JAMES NJ GREEN,
VIM L. BEALE Directors.
District of Columbia S.:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
LINNAEUS r SAVAGE,
tSeal) Notary Public b. C.
(My commission expires October 81. Ig4O)
Total number of Directors of this COM
pany. 90. This report must be signed by
the President and q majority of the Dircc-
tors and sworn to by the President. Sec
retary and at least three Of the Directors.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of BECKER PAINT d GLASS Co.
for the election Of trustees for the ensuing
year and for the transaction Of such other
business as may properly come before the
meeting will be held at the ONCE Of the
CORPORATION In the District Of Columbia,
a22 New York Avenue NV. on Monday.
the End day Of March. 1928. At 6 o'clock
pm. JOSEPH c. KLINok secretary.
Evening star., 1936-01-19
FREIGHTER IN COLLISION
British Ship and Liner in Florida
Accident.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. January l8
(P).-A collision in dense fog left the
British freighter Welcome water
logged in the ST Johns River, about
half mile from the ocean today, while
the Clyde Mallory line: Cherokee a
gaping hole in her bow, was towed to
drydock.
None was hurt on either vessel when
the New York-bound Cherokee hit the
Welcome. which had anchored in the
river to await the lifting of the fog.
Clyde Mallory line officials said some
of the 1913 passengers would be carried
to New York on steamer sailing to-
morrow, while few prepared to make
the trip by train.
Evening star., 1936-01-19
MDONALD'S SON HURT
Snow Ball Thrown by Rival Cuts
Nose and Blackers Eve.

DINGWALL, Scotland, January l8.
Py.-Malcolm MacDonald's effort 10
re-enter Parliament brought him a
black eye tonight.
The son of former Prime Minister
Ramsay Macdonald was being cheered
by his supporters at meeting when
a SNOWFALL flung by member of a
rival party hit him in the right eye
breaking his spectacles and cutting
his nose.
MacDonald's eye was heavily band
aged when he addressed the meeting
later.
Evening star., 1936-01-19
Speeders Are Sent
To Morgue for View
OF Accident Victims

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, January 18,-
A trip to the morgue for a
glimpse of sudden death" is
Philadelphia's medicine for
speeders.
Judge Harry S. McDevitt
prescribed it today for three
speeders.
THE coroner informs ME there
are four mangled bodies just
brought in so there's real treat
for you," the court remarked.
Park guards accompanied the
three.
Evening star., 1936-01-19
REPUBLICAN, WOMEN
TO HEAR DICKINSON
Discussion of Presidential Candi-
dates Also to Be Held by
Junior Club.

The Junior Club of Republican
Women will hear an address on The
State of the Union" by Senator Lester
j. Dickinson of Iowa Tuesday at 2:l5
pm, at the National Capital Repub-
lican Club on Scott Circle. Senator
Dickinson will be introduced by his
daughter, Mrs Rollin D. Hunter, the
clubs chairman of speakers.
A discussion Of presidential candi-
dates will be led at the meeting by
Mrs. H. Gordon Edmunds, chairman
of the Program Committee. The
Junior Club has not merged with the
Young Republican group as a unit as
yet, though many of its individual
members have joined the latter organ
iZation.
A social hour in honor of new mem
berS will follow the regular meeting.
Evening star., 1936-01-19
Wanderlust Club to Meet.

Arthur Peterson will address the
Wanderlust Travel Club on Sweden"
at its meeting Tuesday at 8 pm. at
the home OF Eileen Robinson. 5302
Eighth street Dorothy Frazier will
assist as hostess. The public is in
vited.
Evening star., 1936-01-19

The effective range of the automo-
bile in Ethiopia is extremely limited;
even in Adds Ababa they are as it
were n a prison, since there are no
roads beyond the immediate vicinity
of the CITY
Evening star., 1936-01-19

the French government the following
pertinent questions, demanding clear
reply:
II the British feet were attacked
by Italy while exercising the League S
mandate to apply sanctions, would
France help?
How many ships would France
place at Britain's disposal?
Which naval bases would be placed
Evening star., 1936-01-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.

I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracted by any one other than
myself. ARTHUR BEACH. Sr.
3O5 E. St. NV
DO YOU NEED ELEC. WORK DONE?-NO
lob too large or small. Call the ELECTRIC
SHOP ON WHEELS Phone District 6171.
ANNUAL REPORT OF BLOSSOMS, INC
OF Washington. D. c.
The undersigned. being respectively the
president and a majority Of the trustees
OF BLOSSOMS, Inc. incorporated under the
laws of the District of Columbia. do here
by certify that the authorized capital of
said corporation is $4,000 and the amount
of the capital actually paid in is $4,000
and that the amount of the existing debts
is 81 4219.SS.
Dated this 1st Gay of January 1885.
LEILA GORDON MOVES,
President and Trustee.
MADELINE C. TREVVEETT. a
Trustee.
District of Columbia. SIS:
I. MADELINE c. TREVVETT. the UNDER
signed. secretary of Boissons. Inc. of
Washington. D. c.. or oath depoSe and
say. that l have read the foregoing report
and know the contents thereof. and that
the matter and things therein stated are
true to the best of my information. knowl-
edge and belief
MADELINE C. TREvvETT.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day CT January. 1886.
ALEXANDER Y JOHNSON.
fNUtarial Spal) Notary Public d C.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
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Evening star., 1936-01-19
New Moscow Subway.

Americans have designed the sta
ions tor Moscow'S second subway line.
Evening star., 1936-01-19

After the abortive effort OF Laval
and Hoare to make peace between
Italy and Ethiopia at the latters ex-
pense, the British foreign Office asked
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-18

labor's enemies would profit from
the schisn. He made a plea for a
higher wage level, shorter working
hours, freedom to organize, addi-
tional social security legislation and
adoption of the child labor amend
ment to the federal constitution.
He also assailed the idea of an
independent labor party and
pledged the federation to a non
partisan policy in the present presi-
Dental campaign.
John L. Lewis made a radio adj
dress at Washington but did not
mention the split. He maintained
that American industry could "easi-
ly pay a minimum income to I'M
skilled labor of $4,000 year." Urg-
ing labor to organize to better its
condition, Lewis said that liable
economists have already shown that
the entire scope of American life
social, economic, physical, and
spiritual - may be vastly inn
proved"
Secretary of Labor Perkins, also
speaking over the radio, ignored
the civil war within labor's ranks
and painted labor's future as rosy.
"So1ne 100000 men and women
who were jobless at this time last
year have been added to the ranks
of workers in private industry and
the amount of money in pay en-
velopes has been increased nearly
AZ million dollars in weekly wages"
said Miss Perkins.
None of the noted speakers
seemed to wish to comment on the
situation in Minneapolis, where
strikes have resulted in the shut
ting down of that city's immense
milling industry. It is expected this
strike will be extended next to Buff
falo, second American milling CEN
ter, and later to Chicago. The issue
is the closed shop; the milling in
dustry never has been unionized.