Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1921, Page 26

FIGHT PLANNED 0 D.C. UTILITIES AG b Bill to Abolish Measure Being Framed—Representative Kunz for 5-Cent Fare. Proposal to abolish the public utili- tiex act will probably come before the House District committee in the form of a bill at its next meeting Thursday. Representative Zihiman, who is chair- man of the special subcommittee on | street car legislation. said today that | owing to the absen:e’from th> city ef Representative Woods of Virginia. the subcommittee probably will not meet | L tative Seeoiey h\;r."?:'u.\':’.,ronfiéfij:"-%fi;%fi‘ L “Self. Praiée T FUGITIVE IS RECAPTURED. L R T oatorie Brmmstien, wweav that he is worl 3 % |SiG 8 Aiitng for the abolition of the pubuc N s i e e o PVE QU[T B. F. KEITH'S = i rrmorsox PR“ISE:)LL!-TAA_?I!;A\:\ in ! . . ) AXD PROFANFE T4 N" utilities act and expects to xmmnuce this before the next meeting. ! Representative Kunz is in favor of abolition of the present public uhh—i ties act on the ground that the com- that t the Public Utilities Comm administered the law. With this act abolished. Representative Kunz says. the charters for the street car systems | operating in Washington provide for KEEPING UP: WlTH CHARGES DENIED :Washington Branch Declares have sterling worth, of which| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1921 THE JONESES—It' ATTENDING ' TTHE SEASONS BISGEST SociAL EVENT. he man who tells how good | hp is should drop that stunt in haste; he merely. makes men sxgh “Gee whiz!” I hope that I| shows poor taste. 1 hope that I my neighbors tell; 1 hope that I Gonna Be Some Affair. Norris H. Pyron, been recaptured. sistance, garding Roy Gardner, who escaped with him. counterfeiter, escaped from a train while being! | taken to McNeil's lsland prison, has He offered no re-| No reports have been received re- mail robber, who i ITS A BATNE M A AND I ARE GETTING READY PR The DEMPSEY-— CARPENTIER TETE~ A-TETE ! = WHAT 131T A WEDDING OR _Recepmon HITILIUN AMUSEMENTS. —By POP MOMAND. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. \ sQSnvoy Theater and CRANDAU- 5(...«...4..“, s TODAY _JACKIE BAD BOY. “TH B CRANDALL’S AVERUE GFAND 845 Pa. A SE TODAY — CLARA RIMRALL YOU) Daily 311% Sun. 3133 Hol'ys 3.3 HENRY SANTREY & Hix SOCIETY JAZZ BAND AL LYDELL & CARLETON MACY In Their Rural <Old Cronies” . in RO taking a chance with my films. 1 send them to Grove, 1210 G St., where I am sure of best results. Signed Amateur Photographer | La Bilbianita. a five-cent car He is deter- 5 ined drastic « shall be | i i adorn the earth on which I deign TEZ FAMOUS Hanley. Other Festures. ;:,l::w :?unemr-s;:‘v sl‘:p«redu!:e the It Did Not USUI'D nghts of to dwell; 1 hcp‘c l\"m loaded %u‘ ! \ Street car fares. Expert May Be € Falter L. Fisher. a traction expert. - siced i The Washington branch of the Na- - BOR = & - of Chlcasa O aanington P *heip | tional Disabled Soldiers League and I\ho w nlte the lilting line. But! Bome mads Bondisw AMUS!@!N’T PAcl;K B — R Al S EODSOF AREDENIL IM K straighten out the street car muddle. |its ofcers ana co-defendants, Jumes must show them by my deeds, You need either to protect the | 40 Fun Fertures I + O s o 2 7 the Best Music for North Canitel and P MACK SEXNETTS Winter clothing from motbe. LIBERTY TCOMEDY. A SMALL Representati and both of T the House District committee, cated today. They have taken a par- ticular interest in the hearings which have been held for the consideration of all propositions looking toward a | solution of the street car problem and | especially toward the merger of the two street car systems. These two members have expressed the desire to Chairman Focht of the House District committee to Chair- | man Zihiman of the special subcom- mittee in charge of street car legi lation and indirectly to the Public, Ttilities Commission. They wish Con- gress and the District officials to have the benefit of Mr. Fisher's ex- tensive traction experience in solving the situation here particularly to | find @ cuick way to reduce the -cent | car fare in the interest of the public. {that it had usurped the rights, priv- National Body. Mellen, Samuel Levenbein, Claude E. America and, Charles B. Tarrant, today filed in the District Supreme Court an dnswer to the injunction proceedings brought againsi them last week by the National Disabled diers’ League of New York an national chairman, George H. Gillin. | The local concern denies the charges ileges and duties of the national or-| ganization and asks for the dismissal of the injunction proeeedings. Through Attorneys Offutt & Imlay | the dofendant, James W. Mellen, says he was notified by Giilin in Decem- ber last of kis nomjnation as legisla- tive chairman and secured from the Southern Realty Corporation the use of a vacant room. in the Southern| building, without cost, for the use of | the organization. He and Levenbein the guards with qualities so fine | that 1 am a model to all bards which are in daily view, and not by empty words or screeds or | with my loud bazoo. My merits will be knowh to all, though T am like a clam: I do not need m' hire a hall to tell how good I am. | If 1 in anything excel, the town | will know the fact ; [ do not need to ring a bell attention to at- tract. The man who's prone ta\ crown soon finds that all the: other guys expect he'll jump the | town. True worth in modesty arrayed is sweet and passing emphasize his claim to harp and, Deli:lou 60c Varieties 1010 E St.—Open 1010 E Street) 614 13th Street Open_Daily 8:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. uadays FREE ADMISSION DANCING In the New Spacious Ballroor By Ochmann's Nive Jazz Jesters “THEY'BE TOWN T. E. Morrison Paper Co., 1008 Pa. Ave Special Sale In “ADAM AND EVA” McFariand & Palace. Jack . SHUBERT-GARRICK—Next Week GARRICK PLAYERS Matx—Wed and Sat—Seats Thurs. And THE KILLIOY " YORK TWFY Fa Ave Anpahesgr POLLARD, in CRANDALL’S T ERs THE | [ 1 | t sKIr | NORMA TALMADGE ___ ““I'FIB PASSION FLOW 14th ALICE, CAL HO! LYRI “THE CHARMING DECEIVER ™ __Also_Comedy 6LYIiPlC oS r" e ECIAT 1431 U ST. N.W. TRUXTO oo " MOORISH F\Rnr\- Outskirts Washirgton Famous Auto Conduit Road Cabin John Trolley to Door | | NOTED i Maryland Chicken Bottles Now is the time you need a Thermos Bottle for your pic- We are thereiore || ILT ACILRET Pins Faith on er. purchased the neccssary furml:re and! fair, but when it's brazenly d1>—) nics, etc. ING Representative Kunz said he be- ihad it charged to Glilin. who has!,layved we gu et juncing a special Sale now DANC e e o tess it_isn't there. announcing a sp 2 leved Mr. Fisher could clear up the inever settled the bill, it is stated. Mel at the right time. TONIGHT entire street car muddle here in three months. He emphasized the fact that that situation is continuing because len says ke gave his entire time to the work of the league and obtained | the allowance of a number of claims With blue prints of my merits bright your ears [ shall not vex, | Saunders’ Majestic Jazz GLASS REFILLS i . Cabin John Bridge Hotel | Banquet Rooms—Halls for Rent—Make Res- ervatiofls for Your Parties—Banquets—After- Special Film Features: W Continu Featums B R\OLD S In the we h at D St. N.W. i« From ALL-STAR SHOW O\VF\ MOORE funnie “A DIVORCE OF CON- VENIENCE” EMPIRE 911 H St. N.E. | it | 12 Noon ng A\IMALS 1 farce comeds, K 15th S, nt Col. Rd. OPENS TONIGHT.l it takes too much time for any mem- s s = ber of Congress to give it the inten- gi‘;‘;’e"d Ot risk bureau for dis- | though'l may be a shining l‘ghl Pint size.. noon Teas and Dance: sive study necessary for a solution. | a credit to my sex. Quart size Representative Kunz points out that Wanted Better Serviee. WALT MASON RN hnm"d?r;*m"ps:h:unrgr‘ The uations: greaniss on the courtl (Copyright by Georxe M: et Grechinameted C.ue e ” nance which remedied the str is adyised. has r.ceived in dues an i atthew Adams. - B en I Chicama. and. has been | o o ot 10,000 andohas| QP:.".'n".'.ie E. LAWRENCE PHILLIPS’ counsel for the local transportation commission ever since TENPORARY CUTS IN PRINTING FORCE U. S. Employes Obliged to Take Furloughs Without ' Pay as Work Slacks Up. Slacking up of work at the Govern- ment Printing Office has necessitated the institution of a furlough system by which the force in the bindery and press roomrs has been reduced an average of nearly 100 emploves. it was stated today by Public Printer Cartér. : Of the approximately 4, 00 employes or are takinz advaniage of their 1 leave while the work at the at an ebb, he sald. Loxe Two Dayx Per Wonth. Employes whose aunual leave ha beca used uy ure theones who hav beén’ furfoughed. Under™this: system | each furloughed: employe Is released from duty in rotation an average of two full days a month. it was ex- plained. The daily total of employes | thus off duty in the bindery alone|terday's mark had been exceeded, , and amounts to seventy, and from fifteen 'an official mark of 83 was expected to 01 2 7 to twenty in the pressroom. Where|be registéred late this afternoon. est an I.OEW'S CRANDALL’S 18th « Col. RL emploves have a portion of their an-| At the kiosk on Pennsylvania ave- ! nual leave remaining, they are al-|nue yesterday afternoon the ther- F T lowed to take time oc with pay. The | mometer went to 9S degrees. H oremost russ N u M B' furioughed workers, however, com- —_— N —TODAY— prising both men and women of the House \ e e ifor the dismissal of the suit. spent over $6,000 in salaries, of which Chairman_ Giilin received about $400 per month, it is claimed. Complaint reached them, the defendants state, from a number of disabled soldiers that their ciaims wel not receivin the attention of Mr. Gillin. This led thp h»ml orxanl'l uon lo the decision could be: the soldiers, und il hulu:uralfll HR own financial system April 15 last. The benefit given at a local theater was arranged by some of the defendants. the court is der the auspices o{ ha nacional preanisation and that | the proceeds should not have been: surr»ndered to Mr. Gillin, as clnlmedl In him. Justice Hitz will set a date for the argument on the motion of the na- tional organization for an injunction and on the request of the defendants WARM WEATHER STAYING. | District to Have Real Summer for Rest of Week. Warm weather will stay with the District for the week, with a few ups “iowers late this afternoon wrn-m will_cool the city off a bi but not very much. and tomorrow will be generally fair and warm. Tomorrow night will-be a bit cooler till, but not such weather as will re- quire blankets. Rapid rise and low ering of temperature here is a fea- ture. Early toda the thermometer at the bureau rbgistered 51 degree: | degrees “cooler thin early Sl morning, but by 10 o'clock today yes- e | MOORE BACK IN HOSPITAL. Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginia, who has been in Garfield Hospital for more than a week, fol- lowing an operation for the removal of a carbuncle.” left the hospital to- day to attend the meeting of the joint congressional committee on reorgan- ization of the administrative branch of the government. Representative Moore found. however, that he was not as strong as he thought he was forced to return to the hos- it was stated that he I not be able to resume slative duties for at least an- other week. Health Candies 40, 60 & 80c Ib. Washington’s years? ARE the things for which you are spending your money today as essential your welfsre and comfort as the needs which may arise during the next 10, 15 or 20 ANK OF COMMERCE AND SAVINGS Cor. 7th and E Sts. Corrugated Nickel Case Pint size......... . ..$259 Quart size.. ..$389 Plain Nickel Case Pint size. .$2.89 Quart size .$419 The Gibson Co., Inc. 917 G St. N.W. Let the invalid enjoy the aunebing by ‘Peatlng wee ot our Tavall Rolling Chairs. Very moderate rates The Gibson Co., Inc. 917 G Street N.W. E w plating _ kaives, All work guaranteed. ‘We sharpea all 917 G St. N.W. Franklin materials make = specialty of mickel piating and silver forks, apoonx, ladies’ mesh bags, etec. kinds of knives, scissors and razors. THE GIBSON CO0., Inc. .and Memorial Wreaths Price, $350 and up Blackistone : 14th and H Phone Main 3707 \ GLAYTOH In_“SHAM” 7 Z NOwW rl.AvlnG STANTON GARDENS 4th Street Between B and C Streets N.E. JACK DEMPSEY N EPISODE NO. 1 OF THE MILLION-DOLLAR sl—luu.. “DAREDEVIL JACK” GEORGES CARPENTIER “THE WONDER MAN” 7:30—BIG BAND CONCERT—7:30 8:00—PHOTO PLAYS—S8:00 M | De Luxe CRANDALL'S F at 106 ETROPOLITAN THIS WEEK 10:30 A. STAR CAST In & Perfect Picturization of Ralph Comnor's Famous Novel, THE SKY PILOT ICKERBOCKER [ & KILLIOY NILSSON. in iy, “HIS And Cdmed: M. to 11 P. M. Added Features day and nignt forces. must lose the| QUTSIDE PUPILS LISTED. Squivalentichitwo (UldAyS/ vy each — Our reputalion for expert workmanskip have been —the weather — just enjoy this ol Parame STAR CAST Mr. Carter hopes that with the m,_lmatflcc Schools Have 2,485 Who ;{";?m:::’;.f :as‘l((r\ao'n;n":;]!'g}':: proven hyhl9, years’ service pleasant, fragrant smoke of absolutely un- 13 3n Ralph Conners Bask mga ofispordpEitnnINs inroialiy | Are Non-Residents. about us. He can tell you that all over the scountry. They surpassed quality. T"E wo“Au i th 8 fed- | d cocies the for printing work eral departments turnover of work will be substantial- | iy increased. Conditions ~ should change for the bette the first of | ot Itianicatinateds nermitclas oz the employment of & full-time work- | ing force. The number of employes in the various departments of the big print shop is about the same as be- | fore the war, it i said. Fewer Orders Recelved. Mr., Carter attributes the falling off In supply of orders for government printing jobs solely (o the lack of ap- propriation: the departments. He said that several legislative measures are now under consideration for rem- edying the depleted finances in the federal bureaus having business with the printing office and that this ra.vl shortly,” Mr. | et iieaten mom ot the fur- loughed employes, instead of still gbeing carried on the rolls. might have been without jobs before this. —_—_— / MINNEAPOLIS ELECTION. !' - ! Bitter Contest Today Between Can- | didates for Mayor. MINNEAPOLIS, Mi 3.t C_hle{ interest in 1 * 10a the nost bitter ever waged hess Lear, was was elected mayor years ¢ for a two-vear tarm W sociaist jarty indorsement, was ported tnis year by the work.ng pro- ple's Non-Partisan Political League. Leach is a_brigadier general *in the Minnesota National Guard and was colonel of the 13ist Field Artillery in France. He was the nominee of an unofficial republican convention. REPORTS ON CHILD AID. Juvenile Protective = Association | Columbia. appropriating more than Figures compiled today by school authorities show that there are 2,485 i non-resident children attending 'the trict public schools. Elghty. of ‘this number are paying tuition. The Takoma School has the largest number of non-resident pupils. The figurcs show that there are 317 non- resident pupils_enrolled there. The Elizabeth Brown Schoel ranks | next. with 2§ Seven hundred and thirty-three of the total number. of non-resident pu- pils are in' the high schools: 15 in ! the normal ‘schools. 95 in the junior high schools, 483 in the ungraded schools and the remainder in. the graded schools. 5 SENATE ACCEPTS BILL. Agrees to Conference Report on Second Deficiency Measure, The Senate today agreed to the final conferenge réport on the second deficiency bill. ) The House had already agreed to he report and the bill now goes to| the President for his approval. It carries the Curtis emergency school { building*program -for the District of million and a half dollars for school buildings, sites and playgrounds, and lulhoflxln‘ con(rl ts for $400.000 tanding on end. . ’1'just thought if you want perfect satisfaction you must come to us. Our prices are always just and reasonable. The Gibson Co., Inc. 917 G St. N.W. The Store Your Physician Recommends 2500 miles to the preciation. named below. for this attention. 6th and H WESTINGHOUSE Battery Service Stations Westinghouse Attention is available for all motorists, for any make of battery, at the stations Westinghouse Attention twice a month prevents the development of little battery ills into big battery troubles. 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