Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1921, Page 1

W WEATHER. Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and tomorrow. probably showers. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 3 p.m. today: Highest, 67, at lowest, 50, at 7 a.m. to- Closing New York Stocks, Page 25. bening Staf. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Associated paper and also dispatche Member “of the Associated Press the use for republication of all news dispa:ches credited to it or not wtherwise credited m All Tights of publication of s Press is exclusively entitied to the local news published here, hereln are also reser Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 93,562— Ertered as mecond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. ! FAVOR SWEET MEASURE. Bill to Combine Soldier Agencies | Approved by Committee. Favorable report of the Sweet bill.| which provides for consclidation of | various government agencles dealing | | with ex-service men, was ordered to- {day by the House commerce commit- | tee. Under the measure the war risk | insurance bureau. the federal board ! for vocational education and those| functions of the public heaith service relating to war_veterans would be | placed in a new bureau in the Treas- ury Department. The bill probably will be taken up by the House next week. CUSTOM HOUSE IS - BURNED N DUBLIN Sinn Feiners Charged With; Destroying One of Finest | Buildings in City. By the Associated Press. No. 28,150. DIVISION OF SILESIA BETWEEN GERMANS ANDPOLES IS URGED New Proposal to Settle Con- troversy Believed Sugges- tion of Great Britain. T i | | g WOULD BE HELD 30 YEARS BY SPECIAL COMMISSION E French Deputies Expected to Vote Briand Confidence Today—Fight- ing at Ratibor Continues. Ty the Associated Press. PARIS. May 23 the settlement of the supposedly a British sug- The latest plan for Upper Silesian pslin e DUBLIN, May 25.— i 5 soland and Ger- Ay 25.—The Dublin |} 00y, except. maybe, in the stormy cestion, is to give Poland an S RO e e e by e o1 aiill atxite Bxnenl tio Gaion ST spectively, the cOMMUNES| jarge number of Smn Felmers at S 5 e e g SR ] and Confederate forces were hotly | that veted in their favor a R S S ANcmaan s o catine (Ghe Lstotnl Bwroniding ) cent plebiscite, but to hoid the entite} yeatement Insued from Dublin ¢ {the town. this town of more than | territory under control of a svcclal, tle at 3 pm. By the time the fire | 7.000 souis today is celebrating the commission for thirty vears. brigade attacked the flames they |-20th anmv it ""‘ der the an_ this commission v‘vvl’l’}}‘ be ar-rvo?n d by the league of ations and at the end of the thirty- ar period the population of the re- Zion would azain be given the oppor- had taken such a firm hold that it was doubtful if much of the ding could be saved, the state- ‘ment adds. Seven Sinn Feiners were WASHINGTON, D. C GAY CROWDS FIL FREDERICKSBURG FOR CELEBRATION {Magnificent Parade, Main| { Event of 250th Anniversary, | Is Big Success. MAYOR MAKES ADDRESS AS TABLET IS UNVEILED! Cavalry Exhibition, Indians, Beau tiful Floats and Other Features Thrill and Delight Throngs. Special from a Staff Correspondent. FREDERICKSBURG, V. Amid bustle and M 25. which excitem |it has never before experienced in its! organized community. The city awakened this morning to ibe Zreeted by a heavy rain, but those | in charge were not to be daunted in carrying out the preparations for this historical celebration which have ex- WEDNESDAY, their wishes. of views between s on the question are withstanding the de- amber of deputies, and in French official circles s that the allies were e feeling is morning wa coming togethe Briand Confidence Vote Expected. There secmed little question when the chamber of deputies met today that the government of Premier Briand would be given a vote of confidence Tofore adjournment. The premiers Adress before the chamber of yesterday, in which he declared the present situa- tion did_not necessarily call for armed cceupation of the Ruhr region of sermany was an_evident disappoint- ment to many of his followers, but 1t did not appear that it would alien- ate many votes. Newspapers of this city reflected the disappointment felt in some quarters. it having been expected that M. Briand would take a strong attitude. While neither the chamber nor the gemeral public are altogether oonc vinced by the premier's arguments, it is asserted, they continue to extend him confidence. Today's journals gen- erally reserved comment, but the Figaro expressed the opinion which without doubt was held by a large seotion of the generl public. “The only question which matters and which really interests the coun i | | persons were seen to fall. killed, eleven wounded five taken prisoner. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May —The custom- house in Dublin. says a Central News dispatch from that city, was burned this afternoon. The burning, adds the message, is attributed to Sinn Feiners. The fire, says this account. started at 1:15 o'clock. the flames breaking out ‘simultanesusly throughout the building, which was totally destroyed. It was one of the finest buildings in | Dublin and cost one million pounds. | The occupants fled as the fire broke | out. | Another account states that the customhouse was set on fire through bombs thrown in the building. The railroad bridge. running past the building was occupied by a large number of men. upon whom a fusilade | was opened. Others in the immedi- | ate vicinity of the customhouse also| were fired upon. Fierce Fighting in Streets. Lorry loads of the military were | bombed as they were driving up to| the scene. The soldiers fired machine | guns, rifles and revolvers and several | So_far | three persons appear to have been ;| killed. | tended over many weeks. Shortly be- fore the time for the official functions to begin, however, the rain stopped |and the sun peeped through the clouds. jFrom then on the program was car- ried out amid al | sunshine. : Every train last night and today | {brought its large contingent of visit- ! jors from all parts of the state and| ymany parts of the nation whic | ternate showers and | COMMITTEES HEAR swelled the population to half a hun dred thousand. Thousands came in automobiles from the surrounding counties and cities to help celebrate | OF ILL-PAID WORK this most important event in its well crowded history. Today the streets are crowded, the hotels are taxed beyond their capac- ity, aud many of the prominent cit- izens have opened wide their doors to give a southern hospitable wel- come to make the stranger feel per- fectly at home within their gates. Every home almost has some dec- oration. but in the down town sec- tion the stores and other buildings are literaly covered with bunting. and every fifty feet or 80, the nat ional colors are drapped across the street in big festoons. giving the cele- bration a most beautiful background for staging the formal events. Army of Street Hawkers. The street hawkers are here in regiments, with their assortment of The affalr- seems to have been a | Souvenirs, balloons, noise-making most _elaborately organized attack. | |Armed men guarded all the ap-| { proaches to the customhouss to pre-! {vent the saving of the building. i i 'ws. | Shortly afterward, Liberty Hall, the! Copyieht 11 | headquarters of the Irish transport RATIBOR. Upper Silesia. May 24!workers, was set on fire and de- (via. Berlin. May 25).—All night 1oag | stroyed. the Germa: and Poles h#ve been ELECTION CHARGES GALORE. try.” said this newspaper. “is when and how we are to be paid.” Fighting Continues at Ratibor. By Cable to The Star and Chicazo Daiiy shooting at each other in the out- skivts of the city ith trench mortar: | machine guns and rifles. The noise is terrific, making sleep impossible. “So it goes every night,” say the citizens | Factions Make Wholesale Claims of | of Ratibor. 1 Libor = o Voting Intimidation. The bridge over the Oder is defende by two detachments of Italian sol- | BY the Associated Prem. diers with machine guns behind stone | BELFAST. Ireland, May 25.—Whol barricades. They have orders to blow ! sale charges of Intimidation and-per- up the tresties in front of the Poles:onation during the balloting in if they attempt to enter the city. Some 300 yards bevond the river are the Ger. | Ulster for members of the new north- | i { Aaw) ;rg;'asf'l with the Poles. This| py hoth the nationalists and the union- crossed the Oder below Ratibor and | iSts. captured twenty machine guns. 400 oot They claim that twenty Freneh | Of incidents with names. in which it| lere and one French major were declares nationalist voters in Ball; Lgf_'aa“;;:fl",',:),;;;"J{‘m'fi;: I‘j;{g:::{rrom Belfast, were beaten on their i preventing others from attempting to | | cast votes. ]’wu YANKEES I-EI I jsupporters were prevented from ex- | ercising the franchise in nationalist | mans, and it is their patrel which is ern Irish parliament are being mad a4 raiding party of Germans ! A nationalist newspaper cites dozens | prisone and large quantities of | “n with arms in their hands fight- | macarret, across the River Lagan| et { way to the polls, or after voting. thus The unioniats likewise claim their | | districts. Neither side appears to at- {tempt to conceal the fact that per- | sonation was carried on to an unpre- { cedented extent. contraptions and what-not. Mayor King has been besieged for days th applications for all kinds of permits for street operatjons, and he has generously granted them, for he is doing everything in his power to make this historical celebration gpe that will remain long ip the fi of those who come to parti¢fpate and those who come to see. Though the town has assimilated modern ideas fast, there are still remnants of the primitive days of | the oxen and “one-horse shays” to be seen side-by-side with the present- day automobile. And there were on | the streets today, tno, to give a-dis- tinctive setting to the celebration, a few of the fast-fading ranks of the old slaves. Several of them are sched- uled to participate in the parade. While the thousands of visitors were pouring into the town this morning by railroad and by highway, the celebration was formally inau- gurated when the official guests ap- peared at the courthouse and pre- sented to Chairman Brannon of the celebration committee and Mayor J. Garnett King their credentials, which will become a part of the archives of (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 1S SEEN FACING KEEN COMPETITION The hext generation will meet com- Sterling-Lehlbach Classifica- tion Bill Favored by Federal Employes in Other Cities. Underpaid government employes in field forces operatinz outside of Washington had their inning today be- fore the Senate and House civil service t i i 1 | legislation. tives of these workers told the joint committee they favor the Sterling- Lehlbach bill because it provides for standardization of government employ lines proposed for its standardization here. The Smoot-Woods bill does not af- fect the situation outside. with th exception that it provides the classifi | eation to be set up in Washinston may be extended by executive order. Pay of Custom Guards. Chris F. Gayler, representing Unit- ed States custom guards. and night ifspectors in Boston, the first witnes: this morning, presented the commit tes with data showing that this class of workers is. grossly underpaid. While custom gusrds in New York re- ceive a basic pay of $1,300 per annum. those in Boston are paid only $1,170 per annum, the witness stated. A tention was directed by Mr. Gayler to the Dallinger bill introduced in the House, which is designed to compen- sate more justly the custom guards. This measure, he said, has the in- dorsement of custom guards and night inspectors in all of the principal ports in_the country. The witness questioned whether the !Sterling-Lehlbach bill as at present |drawn would cover the situation with Irespect to custom guards and night { inspectors. Representative Black of Texas directed his attention to & provision in the meas- ure which he thought would meet the situation. The pay provided for the I classified group referred to by the Texas | member ranges from $1.680 to $1,920 | per annum. Mr, Gaylor said if the cus- | toms guas L | coming within this classification the [range of pay provided would be satis- factory. P. J. Lydecker of Paterson, N. J., who was to have spoken for government em- committees considering claF.liflcfl(innl New York and Boston representa- 25 <y MAY MAY You LIVE /- LONG ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM FAILURE ON TENNESSEE. SENATOR KING IS TOLD Senator King, democrat, Utah. told the Senate today that he had been informed that the electric drive system adopted for American warships had failed badly in the case of the superdreadnaught Ten- nessee, which soon is to join the Pacific fleet. Senator Poindexter, republican, Washington, a member of the na- val committee, said that while mo- tors on the Tennessee had burned out on two occasions, these de- fects had been remedied and that she would sail this week to join the Pacific fleet. WOOD'S CAR FALLS |Citizen Federation Wants! 1921-THIRTY PAGES. n @”1”‘1 LOWER FARE ASKED ONSINGLE CAR LINE Reduction to Apply to Capital Traction. The Federation of Citizens’ Asso- ciations today applied to the Public Utilities Commission for an imme- diate reduction from the rate of % cents cash or four tokens for 30 cents on the lines of the Capital Traction Company. The application was filed by W. B. Westlake, president. and William McK. Clayton, counsel for the asso- ciation. The petition asserts that the TWO CENTS. 'WOMAN DECLINES OFFICE. ! Mrs. McCleave Refuses Cumberland | Post Because of Household Duties. | CUMBERLAND, Md., May 25 —Mrs {Anna M. McCleave, w yesterday was elected polic: and fire commis- {sloner by the mavor and city council {of Cumberland. nas declined the post, |tighteen years on the hench and in ed today. McCleave stated that house duties and other pressing ac- ies would prevent her filling the place. PAYFINAL TRIBUTE 10 JUSTIE GOULD Distinguished Citizens at Fu- neral Today—Wreath From 281 Prisoners. A distinguished .and representative Washington assemblage filled Foundry M. E. Church at 15th and Church streets this morning at 11 o'clock to |Pay the last sad tribute of affection SeNate District committee was 1to Ashley M. Gould, senior justice of f0'Med today by District Commis- {the Supreme Court of the Instrict of Sioer Oyster, former chairman of the Columbia. Men prominent in the executivi judicial and legislative branche services for the distinguished jurist, who by his honorable service Prinoners Send Flowers. BALLRENT A EXTENSINNEEDED * OYSTER DECLARES Insists Housing Emergency Exists in D. C. Which Demands Action. %COMMISSIONEH BEFORE ‘ SENATE COMMITTEE | Government | Employes Cannot Stand Further Rent In- creases, He States. A housing emergency exists in Washington teday that fully warrants |an extension of the Ball rent act. the in- {rent commission and Ly the present members of that commission. The members of the Senate commit- |the movernment joincd with lawyers °¢ Made it clear at the opening hear- {and laymen in attending the funeral|'MS ©N the proposal to cxtend the life {of the rent commission beyond next of | October, that the evidence must show ithe continued existence of an emer- ®enial and “human” disposition | jhad endeared himself to all classes of | SoACY here. { citizens. i “An emergency still exists here in ithe housing situation,” said Capt. {Oyster. in reply to a question by A wreath of flowers, with an expres- | Senator Jones of Washington. “lIn ion of sympathy. represented 251 ;my opinion vou should extend the Brisoners at the trict jail. Many |rent act unless you want to lose your inr the prisoners were sentenced by | Rovernment employes or send them Judge Gould. but recognizing the all to the poorhouse. In my opinion Justice and fairness with which he it would be impossible for the govern- was accustomed to treat the unfortu nates. these prisoners contributed | pennies. dimes and q chase the floral tribute. A card ac. companving the flowers, read: “A ismall tribute from those in trouble in whom Ashley M. Gould consistently displaved a just and helpful interest. !His was the mind and his was the {heart that led the offenders on the { helpful way.” The law department of teorgetown U'niversity. of which Justice Gould had been a professor for twenty vears, was represented by Rev. J. B. Cree. iden, S. J.. president of the universit ;by members of the faculty and b jhundreds of the student body. with | which Justice Gould was most popu- lar. A pall of flower: sent by the students of the university, covered the jcasket. { Many other beautiful floral ings were banked about the casket and on the rostrum, before which rested during the services. The Di jtriet bar asociation attended in a body. rters to pur-| offer- | |ment employes to stand further in- creases in rent.” H Refuse to Rent Houses. | Capt. Oyster charged that many ! owners of properiy and agents are re- | fusing to rent houses in Washington, and are holding them to sell at ex- {orbitant prices. The continuance of the rent act in operation will not. in the opinion of | Capt. Ovster. retard building opera- itions in Washington. Capital in the District, as in other places, is waiting for lower prices in materials and la- bor before entering upon extensive building operations, he said. With a rent commission that deals fairly with ithe landlords, as well as with the {tenants, Capt. Oyster said. he did not | believe capital would refuse to con- struct dwellings here. Capt. Oyster was particularly critical of landlords {and agents who have refused to make 3 | needed i repail in apartments dwellings which they rent. ‘Sanitary conditions have been de- plorable because of lack of repairs and of the Capital Traction Company has earned | in_ many rented properties. ment outside of Washington along the | rds should be considered as: R the Associated Pross, i HOYLAKE, May 25—Dr. P; er of Lon Angelex, one of the two re- maining Americans in the Britiah ' amateur golf tournament, was elimi- | nated in Aifth round by B. Dar- win of Woking, = un and 1 te play. HOYLAKE. May 25.—F. J. W ©of Hoston. one of the two American * vors in the British amateur ®olf championship, won his way through | the fifth round of the tournament this | a=ernoon by defeating John Ball o Royal Liverpool, 4 up and 3 ll)’ all, who seven times has won the amateur championship of England, had downed J. H. Douglas of the onwents:a Club of Chicako, on the nireteenth green. in the fourth round. Dougias is thirty-six years younger than Ball. He played on the Princeton team last v is a student at Cambridg W, can team. 3 and i Dr. Paul Hunter of Los Angeles, | who, wit Wright, now bears the hopes of the Americans, defeated F. | r. Shefield second district, in | the fourth round, 2 up. Jones Is Badly Beaten. “Bobby Jones of Atlanta ¢ climinated defeat, 6 up a to piay, at the hands of Royval Liv- erpool. Th osed of the | last membe: American team's ! “big three” Francis Ouimet and ! “Chick” Evans defeated yesterday. Jones persisted in find- ing the bunkers on his tee shots. i The British su: 4 a severe: £hock n the title holder, Cyril Tolley. champlo: was elimin: by J. B. Beddard of Pennsylvani and 1 Jones. Evans and Ouimet appeared | together about the course arm in arm after Jones elimination Jones and ans are entered for | the British open championship. but they sa:d they probably wouid not | compete. U. S. WOMAN BEATEN. Burglar Seriously Injures Her at Yokohama. HAMA. May 25— devaqnt. an Ame 5 phy ance. A cessful n perormed. and the patient e doing weil .| ehildren | tinued lo'clock WSt night. in the ex Many Children Voted. As reports come in from the prov- inces the number of cases in which voted yesterday increases, but there was ‘only one anywhere wlhich matched that of the child of two and one-half years who voted for Moles. a candidate in South Belfast. That was the case of a girl just under ithree years. who cast her vote for| ight | J. M. Barbour, a unionist candidate in | Antrim, who United Statea It is not unusual for Ulster children to get on the voting lists. In some cases the parent after whem the child well known has been named has died. and as the | child bears the name on the list it is entitled to vote. - Oftener, however. a member 5f & family misunderstand ing the election agent who vassing his d trict, before the voters' lists are made up, to sce that all sup- | ficiency porters of his party are registered The agent asks how many members of the family are “eligible.” Not un- lists. When the lista are gone over by the registrar some names not en- titled to be there are overlooked and remain. om. s Begin Counting Votes. Election officials this morning be- | standardization of bread. petition from Europe such as the|Dployes in that city, was summoned home United States has never hitherto felt | by illness in his family just before he possible, Secretary Herbert Hoover |Wwas to have been called to the stand told the fourth annual conference on | this morning. He left a brief for the weights and measures af noon today | committee's consideration. in the any competition at the bureau of standards. Mr. Hoover said that the United States can meet this competition. The cretary of Commerce said that the United States can produce its goods and maintain its standards of living on a basis that will allow us to meet He told the conference that it was Declares Pay Much to Small. The second witness was Theodore 1 of New York, secretary of the New York branch of the National Federation of Federal Employes. Eariy in his tes- timony he developed the fact that there are ‘approximately twice as many fed- eral employes in the fleld service as there are in the departmental service in i the desire of the department to set up | e P A% W J6 % GTRTTEN and now vdorxtandln: what eligible means, the | lectiv iperson answering the question gives Zer field today for this work than ight, earlicr in the day, defeated |the names of the whole family, with | that of standards.” Fownes, captain of the Ameri- ; the result that they are placed on the | i | fare between delegates and repr a series of co-operative meetings" “with the American communitics,” not only with officials. but with the busi- ness men of the country. Secretary Hoover said that stand- it arises through | ardization has been a hobby with - him for many years, but that today |2 maximum of $640 a year i8 can- | the question of standards is one em- bracing the very fundamentals of ef- in the whole commercial fabric. “While we are individually ef- ficient,” he said, “we greatly lack col- efficiency. There is no big- Fight Over Hread Question. Secretary Hoover entered the con- rence in the midst of verbal w fei sentatives of the baking interests over the question of the weight Although ®an at § o'clock to count the votes|the Secretary was not aware of this, was expected that when the ers adjourn at 6 o'clock ton results in this city. many districts outsid known. canvass- would will adjourn until tomorrow All of the 358 polling places in this city were busy vesterday. and esti- mates were made that fully 80 per morning. q | cent of the voters went to the polls, | Reports from Strabane a portant towns in Ulster indi the vote would be very heav Retorns May Be Slow. Belfast had returned to almost nor- mal after a night of wildest excite- ment, reports reaching the city indi- cating that many districts in Ulster were similarly Affected. Crowds con. to_walk the streets until 11 pectation that trouble would occur. but when that hour arrived armed soldiers sent pedestrians to their homes. Now and other im- ated that {then throughout the night. however, | there could, at frequent intery 1. be “Halt! Hands gathered in strag- heard the command of up’’ as sentries Tre complicate tional repre under the Ir em of propor- provided fuor <h act made it doubtful tl the end of the weck. Wwas cast in Ulster yesterday for members | he appropriatel in the morning. meeting | of the new north Irish parifament. 1t | ject when he said: ight the!pro and possibly | but be | of manufacture. In case the count is not fin- | = ished by 6 o'clock tonight the officials | be one of the way 1 i hit upon thi “Bread weight is not entirély a em of protecting the sumer, one of simplifying ufé process is sub- id ghat this would or saving some- thing out of the entire national ex- ses. Fractions of pennies saved the hoMEewives of the country, Mr. Hoover {he said,would help the next genera- tion Lo meet foreign competition. Standard Lonf Proposed Practically all of today's session was given over to hearing and dis- cussing reports of the committee on weight and standardization of bread. The committee reported out a bill “calling for a standard loaf of bread, which shall weigh one-half pound, one pound, or multiples of these atandard weights."” A representative of the baking in- dustry vigorously opposed the com- mittee’'s report. declaring that the industry would not oppose selling bread by weight, but did object to ctandard-weight loaf. digcussion of the measure be- A4 at that the The cam he this point Lo - n. director of the N 8 tards who presided wax forced to declare. “There is a 1t mide Lo this question, and we'll It was xaid this morning, whether the| naver compiete returns would be known un- et telling what they v wedd got do.” anywhere by each side will do and what “We have in New York,” he said, ‘“a tremendous body of woefully underpaid government employes, nearly a thousand of whom receive less than $3 a day base pay. the custom laborers among them being limited by statute to Many of the guards and watchmen, particularly those employes in the post office build- ink, but employed under the Treasury Department, receive a similar low wage, some as low as $720 per annum, out of ‘which they have provide at their own expense the official form at a cost of about $70.” Mr. Saal stated the most desirable plan would be to have an allocation made by a neutral committee on which the employes should have representa tion. _This committee could allocate all (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 1 4 Mystery! Thrills! 0000000000000 000000000000000000 watchman’s uni- [ Suspense! | TUGEGARIO, Cagayan province, { Philippine Islands, May 21 (delayed). | —The automobile of Maj. Gen. Leon- iard Wood, one of the chief members of the mission investigating condi- tions in the Philippines at the re- quest of President Harding, fell into Pinacanauan river, near the Caba- ganger route, here yesterday, while being ferried across the stream. Gen. Wood escaped uninjured, but an hour was required to pull the machine from the water. Twenty men, including Gen. Wood. tugged at the rope until the car was hoisted finally up to dry land. The mishap occurred when the automobile slipped from the ferry at the landing. Greeted by School Offcial. At Cabagan, where the party ar- rived soon after the accident, they were greeted by the Filipino school supervisor. In his address he said: “We welcome the mission, and will gladly submit to its investigations. We are like the patient who willingly places himself in the hands of the doctor. We have great faith in the American Congress, and we think that every Filipino can say: “3 owe ecverything 1 America.’ " Gen. Wood, in replying, said: “Among the important and interest- ing investigations we are making are those into the schools, public works and the administration of jus- tice. The latter, if administered in a fair and impartial way, without ref- erence to persons, is the bulwark of any people. The American people want to know the Philippines and their conditions. W. Cameron Forbes and myself came to make an im- partial report of things as we find them. The hospitality of the people has been magnificent. All of the offi- clals, from Acting Gov. Yeater down, have been most considerate in their efforts to aid our investigation in every way possible. Inspects Bulldings. Gen. Wood spent the night here, the | capital of the province. Local speak- ers did not refer to independence, but said they were confident that the mis- sion's report would be fair. This morning Gen. Wood inspected govern- ment buildings and schools prior to { departing for Alcala and Apparri. H have to “All the horror of the coming day and the days to come loomed out from the background. »” Adventure! In the New Serial “The Avenger” By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Now appearing in The Daily and Sunday Star Read the synopsis today, and you will not miss a single chapter. INPHILIPPINE RIVER {General Escapes Injury as| Machine Slips During Landing at Ferry. Ry the Associated Press. as high as 11 per cent on the value | of its property with the present rate of fare—a return which terized as “unreasonable, unjust and discriminatory.” Undecided as to Hearing. The commission probably will de- cide at its next meeting whether to hold a public hearing on the fed- eration’s plea. In its application quotes the statement of the Capital Traction Company, made last week after the companies had failed to Agree to a voluntary merger. Re- the federation |justly.” the speaker said. Fulogized by Bishop McDowel! Rev. William F. McDowell, bishop is charac- |of the Washington conference of the { Methodist Episcopal Church. officiated. {with the aid of Rev. Dr. Randolph, A eulogy was pro- pastor of Foundry Church. of the life of the jurist nounced by the bishop. The bishop pointed out as the domi- nant qualities of Justice Gould his 3 nd his st-dealing, his love of merc; disregard of judicial pom celled, doing justice in dark day and in bright day. betweeh the rich and the fear or poor, impartially, without ferring to the several merger plans | favor. submitted, the two representatives of the Capital Traction Company said: “We fail to find in the piins sub- any considerable reduction in fare. The Capital Traotion Company, as now directed, and under existing con- ditlons, will' continue to give good Service, and is able and willing to do 50 on a reduced fare.” Company’s Revenue. Discussing this statement of the company, the federation petition con- tinues: “Meaning thereby, your petitioner avers, that said company was not only able, but was, and is now, will- ing to substantially reduce its pres- ent rate of fare. and that said re- duced fare would then yield to the company a rate of return reasonably fair and acceptable to said company. and all that it could or should claim or expect under the law. “That it reasonably appears from the context of said quoted statement that said Capital Traction Company recos- nizes and protests its present rate of fare as being unjust and inequitable to its patrans and stands ready and willing to reduce the sam “That the conditions affecting and surrounding the situation of March, 1921, and that then influenced, induced and brought about the issuance of the commission’s order fixing the present rate of fare have radically changed in many respects, as your petitioner can and ‘expects o show to the commis- sion when permitted an opportunity to present evidence and argument bearing | on the same. _That the only rates of fare over the Capltal Traction Company permitted or allowed under the law are reason- | ableable, just and non-diseriminatory ratea.’ That the present rates of fare now charged over the lines of the Capi- tal Traction Company vour petitioner says are ‘unreasonable, unjust and dis- criminatory,” and the same must, there- fore, be reduced to bring them within the purview of the law. Charge of Confiscation. “That said fare now allowed on the lines of the Capital Traction Com- pany is confiscatory in so far as the patrons of said company are concern- ed, in that it is fixed at the present high and abnormal rate to permit the patrons of the Washington Rallway and Electric Company to use and en. joy the service rendered on that com- pany's lines at a lower rate than might equitably be expected or re- quired, and that the same is to law. “That said ital Traction Company was, petitioner avers, so fixed and estab- Capital Traction Company and Wash- ington Railway and lectric Company, Both of said companies were chartered Y Congress to operate as competiti companies and ha B ‘rlecognlxad under the claimed to be by the companies them- selves, so that, therefore, the fixing of a uniform rate of fare to prevent com- betition between rival systems of rail- ways chartered to compete for patron- age is beyond the Nl i mitted any reasonable assurance of | hope is opened to the unfortunate. | “He loved merc:; said the bizhop, s a divine quality, and in this the late jurist ex- | said Capt. Oyster. “Why we haven had serious epidemics here on account | of these conditions I don't know. Flays Stubborn Landlords. “But many of the landlords refuse to make repairs. 1 know of a woman who was forced to remain awake all night, moving her from one room to another. during a heavy rain jto keep them dry, because the land- jlord had refused to make any re- pairs. Finally she appealed to the health department and that depart- { ment forced the landlord to repair the roof. ‘As District Commissioner T intend {to do_evervthing possible to force | landlords to make the necessary re- o airs to the roperti they t, and put the human quality into his | through the heatth department i judicial decisions. and showed that|want particularly to help (he poor He | people.” had no false concept of judicial au- thority, but walked humbly in his high position.” Jurists Universally Beloved. . The speaker referred to the uniform- ity of expressions of praise from all | classes and groups of men, both for j citizenship and the stability of the re- | ! contrary | cause joy and happiness. ‘For Thou hast made him | present fare on the Cap-a little less than the angels, and hast | your | crowned him with glory and honor." " { miss him. | | | i right of the commission and contrary ! to the purpose and intent of the law. “The premises considered, your peti. tioner, therefore, prays that the hon- orable commission give a hearing as provided under the law, and not only grant the relief prayed for, but such other and necessary relicf as in the nature of the ease the honorable com- mission may deem reasonable and wise.” PENNSY LOAN APPROVED. Application of the Pennsylvania railroad for a government loan of $5.700,000 to enable it to meet matur- ing obligations was approved today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. { | l | ter Wadsworth, providing for reimbursement of losses of nearly $1.000,000 sustained by the American_Trading Company of New in buying Argentine sugar on| -northwest. Chief Justice White and Justice Gould. The service of such men gives us, he seid, a new sense of the stability of judicial process and guarantees true public. The speaker touched lizhtly on the tender and loving relations of the de- ceased in his home, and dwelt at length on his fidelity to the high traditions of the legal profession and the ju- diciary. Honorary Pallbearers. The honorary pallbearers included Vice President Coolidge, Speaker Gil- lett, Justice McKenna, Justice Robb, Chief Justice McCoy. Justice Stafford, Justice Siddons, Justice Hitz, Justice Bailey., Justice Parnard. retired: George E. Hamilton, A. 8. Worthing- ton, Henry E. Davis, Frederic D. Mc- Kinney. Adolph A. Hoehling, Clarence R. Wilson, Frank A. Munsey, Edward B. McLean. George R. Gaither. Fred- erick M. Zihiman. Aulick Palmer and | Myron M. Parker. The active palibearers were Ben- jamin_S. Minor, J. Spaulding Flan- nery, Wilton J. Lambert, Peyton Gor- don, Roger J. Whiteford. John Lewis Smith, Ralph D. Quinter and Col. James S. Easby-Smith. The interment took place at Rock Creck cemetery. The Masonic buriui rite was read at the grave by Worship- ful Master W. W. Stockberger of Ta- koma Lodge, No. A delegation from the lodge participated. Justice Gould died suddenly last Friday at his home, 1703 Q street The funeral was deferred to await the arrival of his son. Ash- ley M. Gould, jr. who resides in San Francisco. and who reached ington last evenins. Adopt Resolution. The messengers of the District Supreme Court held a mecting ves- terday and adopted a resolution of or- row at the death of Justice Gould. The resolution reads: *“We mourn his loss. He was kind, considerate and ever willing to do some act that would We will The resolution, a copy of which was lished to stifle and prevent competi-:sent to the family of Justice Gould, tion between the severa] lines of the | wa s signed by Charles Foreman, Henry Brodis, Albert Hansborough. Bernard Frea W. Muse. The District Court of Appeals has ve always been sojadjourned until Thursday out of re- | law and so|spect to the memory of Justice Gould. | SUGAR LOSS ASSUMED. Jjurisdiction and |Bill Favorably Reported to Reim- Charter burse U. S. Buyers. Favorable report was ordered yes- day by the Senate agriculture com- mittee on a resolution by Senator republican, New York, ork | the order of the Department of Jus- tice during the sugar shortaze of 19; Prices of sugar sugar but and other Department of Justice offi- cials advised that the government was morally lia- ble. dronped while the was en route from Argentina former Attorney General Palmer the Senate committee Wash- | ling, James Hawkins and James | At the conclusion of the hearing to- | day Chairman Eali of the Senate Dis | trict committee announced that hear- | ings would be resumed at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Representatives of the landlords and of the tenants will | be given an opportunity to be heard. Secnator Ball said. but witnesses must, | bear in mind thai the hearings are to be concluded probably on Tuesday. | Any testimony given must deal with the question as L0’ whether a housing { emergency exists or not which would | make necessary a continuance of the rent act. | The first witness today was As- | sessor Richards of the District. He told the committee that he believed the landlords were entitled to an in- crease in rent of perhaps 50 per cent | above what was received in 1916. He said, however, that if all restraint was lifted next October, he believed a general increase in rents would start here in the fall. The result would be to compel peo- ! ple to double up and live in congested !dwellings. He testified that. in his opinion. the continuance of the rent lact would_not stop building opera- {tions in Washington, provided the {owners of capital knew there was to I be a fair rent commission. Mr. Rich- {ards said that he did not think the existence of the rent commission dur- ing the last two years had retarded building operations. Before the war, Mr. Richards said, rental property here brought in from $ 10 5 per cent return on tha invest- ment. At present. he said. it is diffi- icult to find any apartments here for rent Probably the only apartments obtainable are those held for co-oper- |ative sale. " Chairman A. Leftwich Sinclair of the rent commission described to the committee the methods of the com- | mission in reaching a decision as to what is a fair rental. He told the committee that following the de- cisions of the District Court of Ap- peals. holding the rent act unconsti- tutional. the apartment houses and hotels had refused to furnish the com.- | mission information. and for that rea- son the commission had been unable {to make any general ruling regard- ling rents in apartments and hotels. ‘Today’s News in Paragraphs Senate and House committees conduct- ing classification legislation heard to- day of the low salaries paid to federal employes in otHer cities. Page 1 Sinn Feiners set fire to and destroy customshouse in Dublin. Page 1 | Funeral of Justice Gould at Foundry M. E. Church attended by many dis- tinguished citizens. Page 1 | Gen. Wood escapes when car falls into | Philippine river. Page 1 | Citizen Federation asks lower fare on Capital Traction linc. Page 1 presented to mew District | ~Civitan Club by Senator Underwood. Page 3 Presbyterian general assembly takes {" Elkton. Md., pastor’s removal. Page ' _ Simon Wolf of Washington speaks at convention in Buffalo. Page 1§ | Company G of Eastern High School wins cadet drill prize. Page 17 Moscow near starvation as peasants re- fuse to sell corn. Page 17 Eckington' association urges establish- ment of senior high school in section | it res Tage | President Harding returns from sea vorage to New York rage 5 Claude W. Owen opposes Commissioners’ view of partial tax exemption to ak housing. Pag! r...__. B