Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1921, Page 14

FARM LOAN CRITICS SCORED AT HEARING Gov. Harding Declares Re- serve Board's Policy Gives Aid. OPPOSES KENYON BILL Tells Senate Committee Long- Term Notes Have Doubled During Last Year. Vigorously defending the Federal Reserve Board's policy toward agri- cultural interests, Gov. Harding be- fore the Senate ranking committee; today gave official statistics to show that instead of curtading farm loans, as charged by critics, the federal re- sorve system's advances on long-term | loans virtually doubled during the last year. “I deny the charges. so frequently | made,” said Gov. Harding, “that the board has discriminated ugainst ag- riculture. On the contrary, any dis-: crimination has been in its favor, All criticism is not supported by thej -facts. | Opposes Kenyon Bill. v. Harding appeared before the T apose & bill by Senator Kenyon, republican. lowa, proposing enlargement of the board by appoint- ment of an additional member rep. resen ive of agriculture. This, Gov Harding said, the board was “decided- i | Ay of the opinion.” would be “unwise, subversive and class legislation.” =~} “Where wouid you stop?’ Gov.| Harding asked, “Why not give the motor, oil and other interests direct esentation?” TG, ~H':u-nm|: also pointed out that hoard vacancies 0ccur every Lwa years| ——the next in August—and that Pres fdent Harding could fill the vacancy by appointing an agricultural member. | policies | Conte n sthat the board” ' \bad aided rather than hnrt azricul- i taral interests, Gov. Harding said that Jiquidation and depression had been ‘most severe amor cturing in- | gerests. Loans on azricultural paper | during the last vear, he said, showed a jdecrease only in the Boston. New 'York and Chicago districts: the coun-, nowed an in- | . try. as a whole. he said, crease in agricuitural loan: eaxe. Citinz s Harding said that _long icultural | and live st om ninely days wore $33.000.001 nd increased almost $157.000,000 on June 30 last. The Ch o district, he said showed an increase of almost three | times on this class of paper. “Instead of ordering asricultural deflation this shows that there was in- 10 six months on June 30, 1 monthly to Senator (lass, democrat, Vir-| rjected. ' linz added that the board, five ye », had i ed an order a i lowing nks to loun nor cent of | i their assets on agzricultural paper. al- | “ though it mizht have made it much less. During the fiscal year ending 5 June v. Harding { R 4 PRI | TYeserve system's assets, notes and! Jouns had ased more than one | billion dollars. This was presented to deny charges of forced deflation ) during the recent depression. Cites Figures. dircetly to th loan pation, where critic ntered, ( Harding said, atistics he for the Atlania dis- wing that loans had increased from $60%.000 on Janeary. L1930, to pre ctrict sh $5.412.000 on This, Go June 30y -1926. Harding said, was when cotton was selling around 40 cents a pound. The total loans in subse- nt months given by Gov. Harding 1920, §10.927.000; Augu October, 00,0005 Ne THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C 2 CONVCTS MISSING BELT AS COMFORTABLE AS WOMAN IN DOG DAYS, STOUT OFFICERS MOAN Murmurs, not loud. but deep, al- ready are voiced by some officers at the War Department, mainly those of large girth, against the wearing of the Sam Browne belt, or its sub- stitute, the Liberty belt, especially in the summertime. “How do I like the belt?" said one officer in the heavyweight class. ““Well, it’s hot as blazes and wrinzing wet underneath. It's sup- posed to fit close to the figure, you know, and after you have worn it for several hours on a hot day you can almost understand what a woman endures in the dog days. “It emphasizes all the points in your figure, the bad as well as the Kood, and undoubtedly will be popu- lar only with officers with full chests and slim waists. ““Orders are orders, however, and all officers must wear these heavy belts, regardless of comfort or ap- pearanc OYSTER ASKS TRIAL OF AR FARE PLAN Commissioner to Urge Higher Electric Rate if Other Solution Fails. REGARDED AS PRACTICAL Would Try Out His Proposal Un- til Congress Makes Final Dis- position of Problem. ‘Trial for a limited veriod of his plan to reduce street car fares by increas- SONS OF VETERANS ARE GREETED BY PRESIDEN ing the rate for electric current will be urged by Commissioner Oyster Commander De Groot of Maryland |uPon his colleacues on the Utilities 5 Commission unless a bettcr method of Division and Staff Pay Re- solving the traction problem should spect at White House. be offered at the closing session this afternoon ‘of the Potomac Electric Power Company rate hearing. This was indicated today by the Commissioner, who said he had gone inio the railway and power hearings with an open mind and desirous of being shown that some other plan would produce better results. So far. he stated, his suggestion appears to be the only one that has been of- e U fored that paves the way for reduc- o lfl:‘mf.;"mfl‘m:u2’.’:”3“-“”; te 8- |ing car fares uniformly on both sys- sure him of the good wishes of the i g without injuring the Washing- Maryland division. which includes the | o, W thout Injuring the Washing: District of Columbia. D g D e st .. | restricting “its ability to render cffi- he members of his staff who ac- | TESHICURE [t ' companied Commander Degroot were Regarded as Practical James on junior vice E It is known that several ————— President Harding yesterday received Frank A. De Groot, division com- mander of the Maryland Division, | Sons of Veterans, U. S. A, and his personal staff and a number of prom- inent_members of the organization. The President’s secretary, who is a member of the Ohio branch of the! order, was present during the cere- mony. The object of the visit was to enable the new commander to meet 4 comma Cros: persons division s treasurer: | who have attended the hearings, in- East Division Com nder """i“'},a‘;; cluding representatives of some of the ‘_‘m"fl""‘"""d:"'f i"‘"l‘.m’(“f" CorE. Jonn. iciuzens' organizations, informally 2 -in-Chie . °hn- | have tol yster they conside ander-in-Chlet Fo TR Jonpo! d Mr. Oyster they consider his proposal the most practical one that has been brought forward. But these men have made no statements to the {commission to that effect and Mr. Oyster is at a loss to understand why they have not put themselves on re tord. He believes citizens generally [ who are interested in the rate que: itions should tell the commission frankly what they think of the pro- posal to use Potomac Electric Power Company’s earnings for reducing car fares. Commissioner Oyster would give his plan a trial untii such time as Con- gress may provide a final soluton of the traction problem through legisla- tion or a reduction in operating e penses would make possible a reduc- tion in fares. He points out that users of electricity will continue to pay 10 cents for electricity untl the courts have disposed of this question, and that citizens would be benefited, temporarily at least, if the power company were permitted to divert a cent and a half of this charge o the vision organizer: Past Camp mander Samuel M. 'CUfford, _di- vision patriotic instructor. and Past Division Commander J. Clinton Hyatt. division press correspondent, repre- enting the Maryland division. Others in the party were Representative A. S. B. Stephens, a past commander-in- chief of Cincinnati, Ohio; Representa- tive Clifford lreland, past division commander-in-chief of Illinois: Rep- resentative J. P. Glynn of Connecticut, Representative Sanders, a_member of the Indiana camp: Hatley V. Steel- man, past commander-in-chief: D. A. Carrick and_Willlam M. Coffin, past councilor and national councilor re- spectively president Harding himself is a mem- ber of the Sons of Veterans, belong- ing to the Marion, Ohio, camp. MORE LICENSES ISSUED. in the District ar reached a License collection during the past fis 1 total of $44 17 which is an in- |railway company instead of veing re- <e over the collections of the pre- quired to impound it. Vious Vear of $39.199.07, a report| P e made to Commissioner Rudolph today by Wade H. Coombs. District superin- tendent of licenses, shows. The amount collected for automobile and The Commissioner can se~ no justifi- cation for laying aside the cent and a half portion of the 10-cent electric charge motor cycle tags was $236.033; mis- | pending a decision by the courts, when cellaneous licenses, $144.201.17: op-|the money, in the meantime, could be erate employed to the advantage of the public > permits, $40,960, and engineer licenses, $156. in the form of a full cent reduction in the street car fare. There is considerable uncertainty as to when the commission will announce its findings in the Potomac Electric Power Company and the truction cases. The telenhone and gas rate cases will be up Wednesday and Friday, respectively. Next week the commission will consider the question of rates of depreciation for the varicus utilities. Whether any raté decisions will be reached in advance of consideration of depreciation charges has not been decided. Ham Cross-Rxamined. vember, and December, 0. §15 Subjec we ion ed to Criticiam. charged with all sorts ainst cotton farmers, indignantly. “We ed with oppressing the and forcing the sale of cot- a Harding. rrmer o ator Glass observed that it would “have been a g0od thing if the farm- ers had been forced to sell at 40 cents a pound, s now they can't get 15 cents.” Cross-examination of President v. Harding declarel that men now | Ham by Justin Morrill Chamberlain, criticising the board had been fore- | counsel for Wholesale consumers, nost in _advising farmers to hold|including a large number of depart- their it was around 40 |ment stores. hotels and theaters. took up the major portion of yesterday cotton when FAB is different— Fab is thinner Fab dissolves completely Because of these facts, Fab suds are silkier and more abundant than other soap flakes — they hold their lather in any temperature of water. And Fab is safe. It has passed 5 years of Colptestgufingbefmmchingyour hands. A Tgst is Your Proof.. TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1921 Cutter Bear at Nome Brings Z[]NINGREGULA"[]N Men Rescued From Bering Sea By the Asvociated Press. NOME, Alaska, July 19.—The coast guard cutter Bear, which rescued Reald Amundsen's exploration ship Maud from a precarious position in the ice near Cape Serdze, Siberia, ar- rived here Sunday with the news that the Maud had been towed to within 100 miles south of St. Lawrence Is- land, in Bering sea, and is proceeding under sail toward Dutch Harbor, Alaska. While cruising in eastern Siberian waters the Bear rescued the crew of the wrecked American schooner Ger- trude a few miles from East Cape. Siberia, where the Gertrude was beached in a sinking condition. The Bear also rescued from St. Lawrence Island Dr. F. F. Bruning and Dell Bishop, who were ship- wrecked there last fall after they had drifted about for days in a frail boat in one of the worst storms of the season. They spent the entire winter on_the island subsisting on food fur- nished by the natives. Leo P. Harris, a member of the Burnham party of New York. en rcute to Siberia to hunt sheep and to prospect, returned to Nome with the news that Russian officials at Emma Harbor had refused the party permis- sion to dand. Two other members of the expedition are remaining at St. Lawrence Island awaiting result of another attemnt to secure the re- quired permission tn prosnect A. L. Johnson of San Francisco. a member of the Siberian expedition afternoon’s se; hearing. Mr. Chamberlain developed the fact the company buys its coal princinally from the Consolidation Coal Com- pany and asked if any official of the ‘power company has any interest in- the coal corporation. The witness replied in the negative. on of the P. E. P. Ct It ulso was brought out that P. E. P. Co. sells current to the Washington Railway and Electric Company practically at cost. and the latter company in turn sells some of the power thus acquired to a number of street railway companies, including the Capital Traction Com- pany. This practice was justified by the witness as being legal and proper. Mr. i{fam sald the sale of power to the railway company. or parent body. at_cost was justified because the railway concern assisted the power | company financially at the time it was organized, and also because the traction corporation is P. E. P. Co.s biggest consumer. In reply to a ques- tion by Evan H. Tucker, president of the Northeast Citizens’ Association. the witness said the railway com- pany uses 38 per cent of the current | generated by the power company Testimony Thrown Out. Several witnesses. including Robert V. Swope, manager of the Southern Oxyzen Company of South Washing- ton. Va., were called to the stand by Attorney Chamberlain. Mr. Swope said his company is a schedule E customer_of the Braddock Electric Light and Power Company. which, he 1. i8 a_subsidiary of the Potomac | Electric Power Company. Objection | to his testimony going into the rec- ord was made by counsel for the| electric cqmpany on the ground that rates fixed in his case were estab- lished by the Virginia public utili- ties commission. The objection was sustained. Testimony was given by G. Hall White of Chapin-Sacks Company. to the effect that the electric bilis of that concern have incressed 54 per| cent under existing rates, while §. J. McCathren of the District of Colum- | bin Paper Manufacturing Company declared the increase to his company has been 37 per cent. Mark Lansburgh of Lansburgh & Bro.. called the commission's attention to the power shut-down of last Friday and said his firm is interested more in continuous service than in rates. Shut-Down Hotly Scored. Charles J. Columbus, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, Tead into the record a report of the® association's electric light and power committee, dealing with the power shutdown, a copy of which has been sent to every mem- \Serdz _— which sailed from Nome last year on the schooner Casco, later wrecked in northern Bering sea, returned Nome on the Bear. He suffered many hardships last winter in mushing across the barren Tundra from Chaun bay, Siberia, with news of the dis- covery of gold, silver and tin at that point. (The Burnham expedition, mentioned in the foregoing dispatch, was headed by John B. Burnham of New York president of the American Game Pro tective Association, and Andrew M Taylor of McCarthy, Alaska, noted big game hunter, trapper and guide. It was outfitted at Seattle, Wash., and proceeded to Nome on_ the Victoria carly last June. Mr. Burnham an-| nounced the expedition would attempt to penetrate the Chuckiehi peninsula, the most northeastern point of Si- beria, and that it would be semi- scientific and semi-sporting in na- ture.) MORE CASH FOR AMUNDSEN. Norway Votes 500,000 Eroner Ad- ditional to Expedition. SEATTLE, Wash., July 18.—Capt. Roald Amundsen today received pri vate notification from Christianid, Norway, that the Norwegian parlia- ment had voted him an additional 500,000 kroner with which to continue his arctic expedition, delayed last vear, when his schooner, the Maud. lost ‘a propeller in the ice off Cape Siberia. ber of the association. The state- ment, which is signed by the mem- bers of the committee—] C. Graham, M. D. Rosenberg and M. Columous— follows: “The committee on electric light and power has made an investigation of the shut-downs of Friday, which start ed_simultaneously with the storm. “The following renort has been re- ceived from the company, being a pre- liminary one submitted by the gen- eral superintendent of the Potomac Electric Power Company to the presis dent: At 3:12 pm.. Friday, July 15, a hort circuit occurred on No. 1 6.600-volt tation feeder at Benning. pulling the voltage down to zero and knocking off all synchronous apnaratus in the substations. The voltage was restored in less than one minute at Benning. ** ‘At the time of this trouble a surge resulting from it nut a number of machines supplying the downtown eystem out of service, including the batteries. Of the total nmumber of District of Columbia machines on the system 31 per cent were put out of commission and were therefore not available in restoring service. The Di _slricl of Columbia syvstem was car- rying over 50.000 amneres at the time of the ghutdown. The remaining ma- chines were therefore hadly overload- ed and it was impossible to get the system restored until about 5:10 p.m., nearly two hours after the shutdow: The "emergency switching which is designed to accompl restoration of service, worked per- fectly. but the overload on the ava able machines was 80 great that it. vas impossible to keep their eircuit breakers in. Restoration of service was finally accomplished after the State. War and Navy, Agricultural, Treasury. hotels and other big build- Ings had been requested to open their main switches.' ** Continued Service Promised. “Your secretarv has been further advised by an official of the eompany that with the compietion of the alter- ations proposed and now being made under the direction of Stone & Web- ster. electrical engineers, which will be completed by Octobér. a recur- rence will be practically impossible. “The committec has made vigorous protest against the recurrence of these shut-downs. It seems impos- sible that in this modern age there should be so many recurrences. Noth- ing_more wasteful could happen to business than such shut-downs, i loss to Washington in every one oft | Imitations uy Genuine Chiclets = AQ l i ‘ tario road; CHANGES SOUGHT Commercial Growth of City Seen in Applications Be- * fore Commission. Washington's commercial growth during the last few months is shown by a number of applications for changes in the zoning regulations, which will be consldercd by the zon- ing commission at a hearing to be held in the boardroom of the Munc! pal building at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. One of -the principal applications calls for the designation as second commercial area of the major portion of two blocks betwcen New Hamp- shire avenue and 23d street and north of M street. There are a number of garages in this neighborhood and an expansion of the arca for further de- velopment of this sort is desired. Other applications which wiil be taken up at the hearing propose a first commercial rating for 1st street from D strect to North Carolina ave- nue southeast: an «xtension of the first commercial_area on Kalorama road between 17th street and On- an extension of the first commercial area on B street south of the Mall; a first commercial designa- tion for _both sides of 33th street be- tween N and O sireets, in George- town; extension of the second com- mercial Zone along the railroad track: in Takoma Park, and extension of first commercial area at 10th and U streets, in order to permit of the con- struction of the proposed Masonic | Hall, colored. HOSTESS ON BIRTHDAYS. SANDY SPRING. Md, July 19.—On Saturday afternoon, at Mount Airy, the home of Mr. Benjamin H. Miller, Mrs. Granville Farquhar entertained in honor jointly of the seventieth birth- day of Mrs. John Thomas and the fifth birthday of her granddaughter, Patty Morris. On the lawn of the old homestead some fifty children played games and then sat down to the sort of collation that is the real rea- son for all children’s parties. An equal mumber of grown persons were present. departments being incaleulable and certainly tremendously high. ““The committee has taken the po- sition that even the matter of rates paled into insignificance by compari- son. ““The charge has been made of in- efficiency. At the street railway hearing Thursday William F. Ham, president of the Washington Railw: nd Electric Company, put the Pub- lie Utilities Commission on notice that they should take cognizance of this charge and come to a conclusion one way or another. “The complaint has been made that the Potomac Electric Power Com- pany has never been permitted to earn a sufficient return to warrant the outlay for necessary improve- ments and to meet the ever-increas- ing demands for service. 1t is the be- lief of the committee that such relief should be afforded the Washington Railway and Electric Company as would enable it to give proper service not only today, but in the future. It is the belief of the committee that K it is in the mind of the Public Utilities Commission the company is not equipped to give the service while enjoying @a fair return from th standpoint of every consideration. it should certainly say so and act ac- cordingly. “It is high time, however. that the situation with respect to this utilit: was settled once and for all. The nee of today and tomorrow is service. nc an alibi ore recrimination for o1 against the Washington Railway and Electric v q [/ . BAND CONCERT. At Washington Circle, at 7:30 p.m. today, by the United States Marine Band. Taylor Branson, sccond leader. March, “Buick”.........Hazel. Overture, “Bohemian Girl" Balfe. Intermezzo, ilcen.’ Herbert. Waltz, “Nights of Gladness, Ancliffy Excerpts from Novelties: a. “Fancies, b. “Crooning, Grand Scenes from “Rigoletto, Verdi. “The Spangled Banner. “JOKER” CUTS DOWN AVENUE PARKING New Regulations for Autos to Go Into Effect To- morrow. With the abolition of center park- ing on Pennsylvania avenue tomor- rew, curb parking in certairi blocks of that historic Avenue will be per- mitted, but there is a joker in Star will restrict even the curb privilege. The new amendments to the police zulations provide vehicles m; pirk on Pennsylvania avenue, be- tween Tth and 13th streets, for a period of one-half hour, and between Land 15th streets for a period of on: hour. On the south parking of E street between Granted “on Conditionn.” tions are granted be observed in ac- the provisions of ar- with i ticie 1 of section 16 of the police regu- 1dunce cns. This article stipulates: A vehicle waiting in front of an enirance to a building shall prompt- Iy give way to a vehicle arriving to take up or tet dOwn PASSENZers or (v load or unload merchandise.” Consequently, while vehicles may park la at the curb at an angle of 45 degrees, provided by the new amendments, they may not, under article B of section ce in front of an Drivers wiil not 16, monopolize the sp entrance to a building. be able to leave their cars in such posi- Gong, and this will cut down consider- ably the space originally thcugnt to be available for curb parking under the amendments. Police officials will be on the alert to- morrow to see that the new regulations are complied with, Time will be kept on drivers parking at the curb. Commissioner U¥sLcy convinced the cystem will be a Dig improvement over the present center parking plan. STEALS WEDDING GIFT. Youth Eager to Remember Friends Faces Trouble. The desire of Charles Harris, col- ored. twenty-one vears old, to give one of his friends an appropriate wed- ding present may land him in the penitentiary. Harris thought a piece of silver would be about the proper thing for a present, and. not posses ing one, decided to make a visit to apartment in the Where he acquired three pieces of Iver Choosing one of these, he sent it to his friend and. by means of the pres ent the police were able to trace th theft to him. Harris pleaded guilt today before Chief Justice McCoy. Be- ause of his youth and the statement hat he had not before been in trou- Jle the court referred the case to Probation Officer Steele for investiga- tion N\ \_\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ I N < \ g QANRARRARRRN AR Q | the | regulations, it developed today, which | 13th ! 13th and 14th streets: a two-hour parking privilege is given.! n orthumberland, | 13 INRIOT QUTBREAK Repairing Damage in Penn- sylvania Penitentiary After : Serious Disorders. INVESTIGATION STARTED Two Prisoners Unaccounted for Be- lieved Hiding in Cellars—Order Is Restored. PITTSBURGH, July 19.—Western penitentiary officials today had account- «d for all but two of the convi who yesterday rebelled and, after setting fire to a number of buildings, fought the guards, deputy sheriffs and city polic men for more than two hours. These two, it was stated, were probably hiding incthe lars, and would be retaken be- fore nightfall. | Excitement still prevailed in the big |prison and the twenty?five Pittsburgh policemen reinforcing the prison guard had their hands full keeping the con- viets quiet. 8o many locks were broken yesterday that it was necessary to put as many as €ix men in a cell, and when | together they persisted in shricking and CTYing out at every opportunity. Lock- | smiths worked all night to restore the cell system, and it was expected that within a short time cach man would be {buck in his “old home. i Special Guard Fifty state policems \burg and Butler barra 10 reach the expected ison tonight or tomorrow to relieve the policemen, but prison offi- clals said they did not anticipate any further trouble from the prisoncrs. Large forces ¢ nerware used in yeste, while other workmen w | the clectric and plumbing sy taged by the conviets when away lighting fixtures and pip. | Search for wiapons to use agai guards. It will be days, howeve {fore all repairs have been completed | Formal invest&ation of the riot will | be commenced by the prison board this afternoon, and, according 1o John A. Fairman, the president, the “ring lead- jers of the riot and fire will be punished.” LAKE FAMILY REUNION. More than 300 members of the | Lake family of Virginia, the District | of Columbia and from over the country are expected to attend its fifth annual reunion at Fauquier Springs Saturday. The exercises will t at 9 o'clock in the morning. of workmen were today Ning up the broken bricks and din- i ¥'s ttle, restoring ems dam- they tore in their t the all i I { | i This reunion will be held under the auspices of the ligeal descend- ants of John Lake. who settled acar Rectortown, Va. in 1754, An elabo- rate program is being arranged to entertuin a large delegation from Ohio. Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, | Kans Ok Texas and Cali- | fornia who left Vir- | ginia man |~ The family rs ago. of English extraction | the first arrivals in this country hav- |ing emigrated from Cowe, Isle of | Wight, November 1633, and set- f Maryland who will at- tled in the province | Included among th {tend the reunion are Everett Lake, { Governor of Connecticut; Licut. R. Howard Lake. naval instructor. 1. S N.. Hampton roads. Va: Simon Lake, inventor of the submarine. Milford, 1Conn: « Lake. official of the }A. & O.railroad, Richmond, Va.; Law- remce P. Lake. attorney. of Cinci nati. Ohio: Homer lake, superin- tendent Santa Fe railroad. Welling- ton. Kan. Lake, al