Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1921, Page 2

72 THE EVENING STAR., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1921 VAR 1 TOSEABROOKFAR - 1.C. C. Expert Would Dismiss i Comnlaint of Commuters as Unjustified. Complaint of the Washington, Balti- more and Annapolis Commuters’ Club of Seabrook, Md., against alleged ex- cessive fares on the lines of the ‘Washington. Baltimore and Annapolis “Railroad Company was held unjust in a tentative report made today by Examiner Warren H. Wagner of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. : “Wagner recommends that the com- ¢mission should find that the fares as “sailed by the commuters’ club are “not unreasonable or otherwise unlawful” #nd recommends that the complaint be dismissed. In the report to the commission, Mr. ‘Wagner points out that the road has consistently paid 6 per cent or more in dividends on =all stock since 1917. In 1919 it paid 7% per cent. He finds, however, that the revenue from Camp Meade, Md., due to enlargement of ithe government's activities during the war, has rapidly decreased since the war. Made Revenues Slump. A table submitted by the road to the Interstate Commerce Commission showing net earnings on transporta- tion of passengers to Camp Meade pur- ports to show that revenues from that source have dropped from $874,618.51, in 1918, to slightly more than $100,- 000 in 1920. Continuing his reason why the road should be entitled to the rate increase granted las) summer, Mr. Wagner re- ports that the empioyes of the Wash- ington, Baltimore and Annapolis have not received any of the benefits of the wage adjustment put into effect on the steam railroads. Its wage contract expired in January, 1921, the report says, and it anticipated that an increase in wages will have to be made. Dispute Being Arbitrated. Controversy as to the right of the ‘Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis to collect an $-cent fare in the Dis- trict of Columbia as lessee of tne trackage of the Washington Railway and Electrioc Company is now _before a board of arbitration, i said. In the meamtime the road has i deposited a bond of $90,000 to cover . the difference of 3 cents per pas- senger should the board decide it is entitled to only 5 cents per passenger, or on the contract rate as entered into originally between the two carrie LIFE INSURANCE OFFER IS MADE MACHINISTS $12 Per Thousand is Premium Asked on Plan of Exzecutive Board of Union. A life insurance plan with a premium of $12 per thousand has just been sub- mitted to the membership of the Inter- Assoctation of Machinists by the general executive board. The low rate, according to officials, is made possible through the alimination of overhead operating costs and the profit-sharing system of dividends. The insurance feature will extend to :JM entire membership of the erganiza- on. "The compulsory feature of the plan is the carrying of $600 insurance. It is optional whether the amount is In- creased each year until the policy amounts to $3,000. ials pointed out that it would take eighty-thres ars to Pay the $500 in premiums of §6 per B " IS MADE A MONSIGNOR. Bk Goorge Dougherty of Catholic * Vaiversity Gets High Title. rank of monsignor has been ed on Rt. Rev. George A. Herty, vice rector of Catholi T8ity, according to a letter of tion and congratulation re- today from Cardinal Gibbons ltimore. . Dougherty was born in Balti- more in 1861, and served as an aitar ‘boy In the cathedral there. He com- pletéd his_education in the North American College, in Rome, and, after some work in the southern Maryland district, was assigned to St. Augus- tine's Church, in this city. He was made assistant treasurer of the uni versity in 1904 and is one of the most widely knawn educators In ‘Washington. o —— SENDS UP CAR SHOOTERS. One Year and Six Months Given Two Colored Youths. Declaring that the court must show disapproval of the shooting at a % conte Do Un not! cei in 4y “be placed fn danger, Justice Gould today sentenced to one year and six months in the penitentiary two young colored men, Harry Haw- kins and William McKinley Stewart. ‘The court intimated that the sen- ‘s=tenee would have been longer were it ot for the youth of the prisoners. " Thé accused had trouble with the W“ & street car going to Chesa- " Junction, and when they alight- m‘-l!ed for the crew on the return and fired at the car. CREDIT MEN HEAR TALK. . Dun Representative Says 00 Per Cent of Trade is on Credit. More than 90 per cent of the busi- . mess done in this country is on credit, . according to John Brewer of R. G. Dun_& Co. speaking today before the Washington Assoclation of Credit Men at_the Bbbitt Hotel. Mr. Brewer pointed out that a - great deal of responsibility rested on the credit man in every firm, and ! that the utmost care and the exer- , clse of the keenest intelligence ana . Judgment are called for in deciding credit risks. AL il s rm b dae s 4 444404 AR A2 SIS PSR LASAS S T A 99 ARSI SORA4 IR bt R Mr. Wagner | C Pegt_car, by which many persons | ROME BAN COVERS PROTESTANT WORK (Continued from First Page.) ‘above every church and outside évery religious denomination.' " |“What the Y. M. C. A. Is and What It Proposes,” brochure published at the central of- fice, Rome.) “What good can be expected from those who, banishing from their hearts the last vestiges of their faith, £0 far from the cradle of Jesus Christ, where they enjoyed happiness and rest, to wander at the instigation of their passions and of their natur Protection for the Youns.” “Therefore, all of you who have re- celved from heaven the special man- date to govern the flock of the Master are implored by this congregation to employ all your zeal in preserving your young folk from the contagion of every society of this kind. whose £ood works, presented in the name of Christ, endanger the most precious gift that the grace of Christ has given them. “Put the imprudent on their guard and strengthening the souls of those whose faith is vacillating; arm with the Christian spirit and courage the organizations of tho young of both seves existing in your diocese, and establish others like them; to provide these societies with the means of counteracting the conduct of their ad- versaries, appeal to the generosity of the more well-to-do Catholics. “Also get parish priests and direc- tors of organizations for the young to fulfil their mission bravely, and particularly by the diffusion of books and pamphlets, so as to raise up bar- riers against the encroaching waves of errors, to expose the tricks and snares of the enemy, and to give ef- ficacious aid to the defenders of the truth. “It will be your duty, then, at the regional meetings of bishops to treat this grave question with the atten- tion it merits, and, after deliberation, fto come to the decisions that will ap- pear practically suitable.” Mentions Some Publications. In connection with its suggestion that a ban be placed upon certain periodicals, a note calls attention to Fie et Vida (Faith and Life), a monthly review of religious culture, the organ of the Italian Federation of Students for Religious Culture, San Remo; to Bilychnis, a monthly re- view of religious studies, Rome, and Testimonio (The Testimony), a monthly review of the Baptist churches, Rome. The decree concludes: “Metropoli- tans are charged with the duty of making known to the holy see, within six months, the resolutions and decisions loccsalaned by the situation of each dio- ese. In his statement Father Burke said: “There is no doubt that the Y. M. C. A, through the war funds given by the Amierican public, have sent their workers into the Catholic countries of Europe. They have done therein praiseworthy relief work. They also have used that work as a platform from which to preach the doctrines of | They have | evangelical Protestantism. claimed that they were non-sectarias equally solicitous of all religious be- liefs. “They have claimed that they came to level ¢ and to preach the ‘higher’ Christianity, into which the warfare of creeds would not enter. And in 5o doing they have not only insulted; they have, through human kindness, weakened in the hearts of mothers and fathers and children, indebted to their aid for physical _help, the Catholic faith of these suffering people. “It is idle to say that this indirect, unpremeditated propaganda should be overlooked in the face of the great need which the Y. M. C. A. workers came generously to relieve. The mon- eys used by the Y. M. C. A. were given for purely welfare work. They were given by the American people. And the American people truste the work- ers not to permit the shadow of re- ligious propaganda to blacken the trust; indeed, they trusted the work- ers to see to it that the religious faith of every people helped was respected and protected.” COMMITTEE IS INFORMED OF LARGE COAL PROFITS Additional Estimates for 1920 Placed Before Senators at Calder Bill Hearing. More estimated records of large: profits made by coal mining com- panies in 1920 were placed today be- fore the Senate committee consider- ing the Calder coal regulation bill. “hairman LaFollette renewed his ruling under which identity of indi- vidual corporations was not disclosed !for the time being, but declared that i the committee had not decided finally om the point. In his view, he said. “tere should be no secrecy regard- ing the matter, for the public is en- ltlllad to know the names of operators and their profits.” largest of the percentage estimated by David L. Wing, federal trade commission statistician, who gave the figures, went to operating companies in the Pocahontas field, W. Va, cent. A central Pennsylvania producer, on a capital of $2,250,000, had a net income of $357,000 for nine months of 1920, Mr. Wing said, while another 1 mine, the location of which was not i siven, c{urea up $239,000 on $453,000 capital 1o the same period. A largsr concern, valued at $9,000,- 000, produced 1.687,000 tons of coal, and netted profits at the rate of 22 per cent. Several smaller corporations showed losses in 1919, the witness said, and one 1920 profit was as low as 4.5 per cent. Estimates as to profits of fifty- one corporations were put into the record from figures taken from the National Coal Association offices by the Calder committee some months ago. PLACED ON PROBATION. Three Young Men Admi Assault to to Rob Jehn Ackerman. Clarence P. Sowers, William Cush, jr., and William Ernst, young white men, who pleaded guilty to an indict- ment charging an assault to rob John Ackerman, keeper of a gasoline sta- tion on Florida avenue northeast last October, were ser -enced today by Jus- tice Gould to serve two years and six months each in the penitentiary. Be- cause of the youth and former good character of the young men, Justice Gould placed them on probation, rofits 9th & CARAMELS 6OC—p0und—60c Famous for Their Purity and Excel- lence for More Than Half Century ONE STORE G N.W. religious differences | several exceeding 100 per | SOUTHARD, OUT ON BAIL, CHARGED WITH FORGERY Bank Officials Say He Presented Check for $1,200 With Fraud- ulent Signature. Clarence William Southard, twen- ty-two years old, Mount Rainier, Md., arrested in Hyattsville some time ago by Constable Garrison and charged in this city with the theft of an (automobile, was arrested last night by Dr. W. W. Stewart, a bondsman, because he was alleged to have failed to keep faith with him. When Southard appeared at police headquarters today he was ques- tioned in connection with a check | transaction, his ~description fitting {that furnished the police yesterday by officials of the District Natlonal {Bank, where, it is charged, he pre- | sented a check alleged to have horne the forged signature of F. K. Hein- drich, 501 13th street. aank officlals today identified the prisoner as the one who presented the check. Mr. Heindrich declared the signature to be a forgery. A young man answering Southard's description visited the bank and opened an account with a check for $1.200 purporting to bear Mr. Hein- drich’s signature. He asked that he be permitted to draw on the sccount for $1,000. The young man said he was an automobile salesman, and gave his name as James B. Howard, jr. He asserted the check was in payment for a car. Asked for reference, he referred to the Dupont Bank, where, he said, he had an account. He had opened an account with a check for $5, it was stated, and officials of the bank said they knew nothing more about him. ‘If the che a forgery.” said the young man, “T'll hurry and get the machine before it is taken away.” and i i 1 —————————————— \Forty Years of QualityJ1 i Alterations Free he hurried from the bank before a policeman could be summoned. Search _for him was begun last night. Detectives failed to find him, however, and it was a few minutes after the search had been abandoned for the night that Dr. Stewart met him and placed him under arrest. Three charges of forgery and one of falso pretenses have been lodged against Southard. The complainants in the forgery charges are Mr. Heind- rich, D. H. Carter, Jenifer building, and George C. Hodge. 1929 35th street. Samuel Greenberg, 507 Kentucky ave- nue southeast, is complainant in the case involving a charge of false pre- tenses. DIES IN ROADWAY. J. R. T. Garrett, Arlington County Road Head, Stricken at Work. ‘While directing the removal of trees from the center of the roadway on Taylor avenue, Clarendon, today J. R. T. Garrett, fifty-eight years old, | superintendent “of Arlington county roads, died suddenly from heart trouble. The body was taken to the home of Rev. L. Beery, pastor of the Methodist Church on Taylor avenue, a short distance from where Mr. Garrett died, and later was removed to his home on Wilson boulevard, near Ballston, Va. Mr. Garrett is survived by his wife and a son, Bernard E. Garrett. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. WAR NOW “UNNECESSARY” VERA CRUZ, February 4.—Gen. Pe- rez, who has been at the head of an in- cipient revolt near Minatitlan, in_the southern part of the state of Vera Cruz, has reached an agreement with Gen. Guadaloupe Sanchez, commander of gov- ernment forces here. Official announcement of this agree- ment was made vesterday, and it was said that fighting between regular troops and the followers of Perez was ‘‘unnec- essary.” ——————————————— e RESIST WAGE REDUCHON | WOMEN AT “QUIET DAY.” UNTIL LIVING COST DROPS Representatives of 13,000 Local Union Labor Men, in Council, Announce “Unified Stand.” Representatives of 12,000 local union labor men, at a meeting of the Business Representatives’ Councll at 606 5th street yesterday, decided to decline any reduction of wages until a substantial drop in living costs had been made. Twenty-seven organizations are rep- resented through their _business agents in the council. Am official statement of record adopted as thel stand of the organization follows: “Since many organizations before( the war were recelving a wage far below normal, and since the war has brought wages to a standard which should have been in vogue during the normal period preceding the war, the council feels that its members would not be justified in advocating the re- ception of any reduction in wages N ithough 1ivi ts in some “Although living costs staples have decreased slightly, the price of fuel, light, rent and street car transportation has risen to such an extent to offset any slight reduction n the staples. ¥ rhe delegates to this council are instructed to notify their various or- ganizations of the unified stand against decreases in wages taken by he council.” Support was promised to the bakers in case of any development in the controversy over a wage cut of 15 per cent ordered by Roland B. Ma- hany as conciliator. —_— fied An English shipbuilder once fl"t‘ superstition by naming & brig ‘Prl- day,” and launching her on a Friday. She sailed on a Friday, and upon the following Friday went down in a storm. A Kugppenheimer Suit and Overcoat that has successfully with- stood 9 years’ continuous service—displayed in one of our Pennsyl- vania Avenue windows—a mute testimonial of Kuppenheimer qual- ity. Owner's name on request. Eliminating Comparative Prices On Clothes of Incomparable Quality Comparative prices on clothing are to- day meaningless or worse—misleading. EXAMPLE: Sugarwas selling for 28¢ a pound. A half price sale of sugar would sound alluring. ™ Based on the old price that would be 14c. Fact is that sugar is selling as low as 8c. The mere facts concerning this sale are most convincing. Nearly 500 Kuppenheimer Suits $29.50 These Are the Latest Kuppenheimer Models Just the thing for Spring Small Deposits Hcrep\led The Grosner Guarantee Stands Bekind Every Purchase rOSIe 1013 PENN. AVE. N.\W. —House of Kuppenheimer good Clothes Prepare for Lent at St. John’s Episcopal Church. The first “quiet day for woms: Preparatory for the Lenten season at St. John’s Episcopal Church, H streets, which opened 10:30 o'clock, was attended by women who filled the church. Dean Rousmaniere of St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston, was in charge of the services. The session was 10:30 to 11:30, “The Hallowing of Duty™ 11:30 to 12:30 ,“The Hallowing of Prayer.” Intercessions were held To wear with them at | 95¢ from 12:30 to 1 o'clock. There was an intermission from 1 to This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, “The Hallowing of Pain” was held, and will continue until 3:30 o'clock. From that hour until 30 o’'clock, “The Hallowing of Death™ is to be held. Canon Douglas, acting rector of the church, arranged the services. Simi successive Friday in Lent, except today ! Good Friday. —_— Gen. Booth, the preeent head of the Salvation Army, once had a cofin made to fit him, and. wrapped in s |gence against the municipal shroud, stood in | the tex: ‘Prepare to meet thy God. Our Downtown Store—414 9th—Convenient for Men Men's ‘“‘Brogues™ Low Cut and “Cut Low™ of a terrific thousand wing-tips; made .fl:es row! N Uptown | Two Stores at lSthandG x:tth’? Your Service J ood Bye, 2 Price! Tomorrow is positively the last day—we must end it and the opportunity to save half is certainly sufficient inducement for you to take advantage of it. signed and executed by artists. As Low a; $1 7‘50 The Best, $3 7-50 2:30 o'clock. |, Three months ago when shoe manufacturers were in the midst they are now recovering, we ar- ranged to put over this “scoop” right ahead of the spring season. So, now we are ready to offer several pairs of Young Men’s Snappy “BROGUE” Oxfords at about a third below their present market value. Three smart styles in Brown Cor- dovan and Tan Notwegian Calf. Full new lasts; mighty well throughout. You'll like them. price is going to bring many a man downtown early to our stores tomor- The Sale of High Shoes Another mighty good bet. new grouping of high- grade High Shoes that have been recently in $695—and higher-priced sales. Iso several complete new lines of spring shoes just in from the factories. Most any sort of a shoe that a man wants included. Cordovans—~Norwegian Calf “BROGUES"™ — Tan Black_Calf and Kid Laced and _Bluchers, popular lasts. lenty of all sizes at all our 4 stores—at $595. Every Suit Every Overcoat All Furnishings Hats and Caps Everything All our famous 'Roched.er-hilored‘ garments are included— and our Rochester Clothes are the finest that man can make—de- DE LACY SUES DISTRICT. William H. DeLacy, formerly judsg of the Juvenile Court, today filed sul in the District Supreme Court to re cover $10,000' damages from the Dis 16th and | 18T services are to be held on each | trict of Columbia for alleged persona injury. Judge Delacy suffered 1| broken leg February 6, 1918, as th result of a fall on the icy pavemen on G street northwest, between 13t and 14th streets. He charges negli m and preached from | ment in allowing the ice to remal on the lewalk for a week. 95 slump, from which And the special and in various