Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1922, Page 12

=12 FOUR MEN ESCAPE | GAS OF OLD TANK Harrowing Experiences Fol- i lows Opening of Vessel ! Junked by U. S. Army. Four men working in the shop of | the Gompers monumental works, 1932 | purifying water in the Army. set out to clear up the question of |7 % 5 McMiilan was arrested vesterday in ath sireet northwest, had a narrow | Mr. Gompers wanted the fank for|whether cxisting law prohibits a :n'fi,"’g‘g,’u‘,“}“‘; campantesiiyouldibe Norfolk after x descriptive bullctin rv VeS| ¢, | compressing air and suppos v G ot - had been sent to police departments escape from serious in Festerday; o h e end wag | merger of the local railways even if o ‘nearby “eitics, Deteative Sergt. E.| learned today, when a large ¢ of what is believed to have escaped from a tank it was quanti been chlorine gas ed at a sale of surplus Army pure fumes. 4 shooting, refused to make known the Supplies, which the employes thought Washington Railway and Electrle, | street rallway merger bill. Two bills | identity of the assailant, and Willlam and to George E. Hamilton, head of | 410 on the Senate calendar—one of | L. Mulien of Lexington, Ky.. and Har- empty workmen had gone out rd_ when they felt sct of the gas, Henry | rs, proprietor, went back into | op to shut down a small engine. | hat the gas might be explo- | id this morning that he the floor mear the door | o his otfi .:dxh.’n:.\:mnl;;eg [scrvers and lay readereat St Thoma | | WiEht Arrange Conference. Dy N rmevely authoriz. | or relatives by the police. sav s - | o s s | It was intimated at the District |ing agnerger put through, since there Tove. noticed thut | Church last night. Rev. George W.|p,iigiis’ today that a conference | is opibsition in the Senate to the pro- ers had not returned to the | place, were bleached brown and with- ered. Fou Dr, T3 Price, health department e = el areuy v . | O MURDER CHARGE HERE chemist, who made an investigation, proposed changes, they contended, stated today that the tank contained chiorine gas. Health Officer William C. Fowler is investigating the occurrence and has asked the War Department to co-op- erate with him in determining def- initely what was in the tank and whether there are any more of them for sale. The tank was purchased by Mr. Gompers from a concern dealing in surplus war supplies and is said to have come from the quartermaster have been one of a type used for empty. When a plug at one end was removed yesterday morning, it pro- duced a noise like the blowing of a locomotive whistle and in an instant ! the room was filled with the noxious TALKS TO SERVICE GUILD. Dr. C. Ernest Smith Addresses St. Thomas’ Lay Readers. Rev. Dr. C. the sixth annual service guild for Atkinson was master of ceremonies Aldrich was choirmaster. Ernest Smith addressed | THE EVE UARMERCER LAW MAY BE NEEDLESS Utilities Commission Notifies Companies of Opinion on The Public Utilities Commission has | the two corporations could agree to terms of consolidation. The commission today is mailing to William F. Ham, president of the the Cap'tal Traction Company, coples of an opinion rendered by Corpora- tion Counsel Stephens on the subject. The commission has decided not to make public the views of its legal adviser, Mr. Stephens, at least before two companies have had an oppor- tunity to study it and reply, if they s0 des're. might even be arranged to go over with the executives of the companies that T contemplated resigning.” It has been known for a long time that several cabinet officers have ob- would Interfere with the development of their departments, but the White House very recently has intimated that these differences had been prac- tically ironed out, and that within a very short time there would be an agreement among these officers which would bring about a happy eolution of the whole affair. Even if the companies and the com- mission should at this time agree that a merger could be effected with- out an enabling act, that fact in it- 1t was pointed out today that the important step is to find a basis on Senate Action Soon. At the earliest opportunity, Sena- tor Ball, chairman of the District committee, proposes to bring up the which merely authorizes the merger of the street rallway companies and the Potomac Electric Power Company, and the other not only authorizes the merger, but provides a new plan for an excess prefits tax on the street car company. Senator Ball said that he thought probably it would be a better plan to posed tax plan. He called attention also to the fact that If the authoriza- = ARRESTED AT NORFOLK Robert McMillan Being Returned as Alleged Slayer of Walter Anderson. Robert McMillan, thirty-seven years old, is being brought to Washington, today from Norfolk to answer a se- cret indictment of the gzrand jury| charging first degree murder in con-| avenue. J. Kelly went to Norfolk today to bring him back. Anderson, who died at Emergency Hospltal, several hours after the ry E. Carpenter of 355 Pennsylvania avenue, alleged to have been in the house at the time of the shooting, were arrested In connection with the case and held for the grand jury by! the coroner's jury. The body of Anderson is at the Dis- trict morgue, unclaimed, although a search was inst'tuted for his friends BUREAU PAY DAY SET. 0 0000000060660660060060066000000000000°06004 = ] NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1922. v Economy Corner aturday Sale of sh Dresses | | department of the Army. Dr. Fowler i 4 " | nection with the shooting of Walter | i |sald_that he was informed from an Subject by Counsel. self would not mean immediate mer- | 4y o yon, thirty-three years old, who { 736_738 seventh Sh’ee Corner of | unofficial source that the tank may Ger: was killed on May 6 at 459 Missourij 12 H St-cet 0660600606600 060000066600600008 mund’s * That Are Different peered into the office from and L. B. When he saw his em- e | the question of \whether the com- | tion for a er was made, the com- ; e ner. Flynn en. | ;OMcers of the gulld are: Rev.| .0 "C0uld consolidate now without | panies may hen §o ahead with a | Following the rule established by c g oo, Flvnn &1 | Enoch 3 Thompson, director, and Dr. | PArts S panies may then e e el e R hn “hna athe 's | Alvin T. Gregory, secretary-treasurer. : o ton | ™ emaelves. ployes of a majority of the executive - . - peEs R e nie| A Desn Ing contention Beartments, fncluding the War De- Different in the character of the materials; of the Washington Railway and Elec- | tric Company that authority of Con- gress would be necessary to merge brother, David Flynn, were given first aid at a nearby drug store and did partment, will be paid the balance of NAVAL HERO COMMENDED. MARSHALL GOES TO PARIS. | Partment wi e May, mext Wednes- different in the models offered; very different not return to the shop until late yes- S 3 Z : E e tmoon. 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