Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1923, Page 3

SEEKS T0 PRESERVE| GHTETS S , tional Museum for Master- | { pieces in Old Buildings. | CITE WARDER HOUSE CASE] Beautiful Carvings in Danger of Being Lost With Razing of 01d Residence. Nucleus of what is intended to.be R national organization for the col- Gection and preservation of architec- | 1 of fine old buildings it be razed was formed yes-| day afternoon at a meeting in the | Jiversity Club, called by Horace W. | slee, chairman of the ,\rn‘hi(L‘Cls'| v Council of Washington. | port of those present was ob- iwed and plans were made for en- ting professional, torical, civ and art bodies. Rep- wntated at the confere were selos Smith,’ president of the Wash- Amertcan i 2ural details Advise local busine: [ 3 ) ¥ 3 istan s te -t has h-xw{ purpose of junk pile some | duabie works of thel ardson, foremost archi- | time, at the old B. H.| 1515 K street north- torn down. ttention to the or parts of Essex Tnsti- s museuin. it the recipient xterior archi- inail . Ric in i df comple t i »wed for their p D, Waleot Smithsonian Ins ility of establishing | al museum of{ Dr. Waleott | proposition be arehiteetur: Yiad suggesicd that the specimens to be SPECIAL NOTICES. ENGAGEMENTS TO LECT Prison und Pr " CHARLE FEUERY. Addr OTICE 1S 11 | i | CHAS Tinst 3IVSIO-THE 1 ehre & eition by Phone N. 5107 NCANTED-TO 1N 1O0L CA I i efte { i i 1 nes M. W treasnrer TANNTA g jerty and Controller N. PAYNE, Seerotary. | CUSHIONS b For Church, Boat or Home We_make all kinds * BEDELL'S FACTORY tiin T Recady to Save You Cash —on General Auto Repairs — Painting. Top Making —Slip Covers, ete. sk prices. R. McReynolds & Son in Painting, Slip ¢ 1 st o -4 el e Tin Roofs—Slag Roofs LLPATRED AND PAINTED. Call Main a1 Grafton&Son,Inc., 45, ng nnd Roofing Experts for M. LUTHER DICUS Kresze bldz. n.w. announces that Le- 3. he will e 1 re he will com- orinch stove of the nipa INTING \ PR Xo order too bix o difficult for us. he National Capital Press 1210-1212 D { { | | promptly practical Lusiness. 3ia 3 i{ MADI- Line. 4219, TteriP*We o Sywhers for -John A. Koons Co., ¥ione . . 'S 3 Better Plumbiog, FoGnoth B, i fa) o (Hestees, Have Beautiful Floors | ucd, scraped and polished. Also new floors | <"\pAMS, Main 1457 night, Frank. 6347, se A New Roof With a Brush Tot me apply ome coat of Liquid Asbestos 3:00fing Cewent to any kind of roof. 1 guara) Also sold ‘in b $1 gal. In 5-y " ets, d n D. C. stimate free. £0N CLARK, 1314 Pa. ave. s, i | DVER 15,000 BUILDINGS IN WASHINGTON Are Covered With Rose Roofing Buying_s New Roof or Repal W ol Oue caniue We are always ready to cstimate aid serve 0 tly, b0 PrRPisen BROS CO. 21202 Ga. Ave, N.W. Forty Years of Printing —~EXPPRIENCE BACK OF EVERY JOB. RICH GEADE—BUT NOT HIGH-PRICED :RVICE SHOP, BYRON S. ADAMS, PRINTRR, orth 2044, Va2 Jith ¥t {aud that civil servic stored to all but one or two dismissed. | i securlties of T | misunderstanding ! concealed by both. Abe Martin Says: - G _, t I Mr. an’ Mrs. Lafe Bud threat- | en t' send ther daughter t’ col- lege if she don’t behave. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) ing preservation, negotiating with the owners for the donation or sale of desired objects and supervising the careful removal to the place of permanent display. The Warder residence Richardson, was cited as a example of the need for -such ganization. g as it highly ornamental wood nd stone carvings of a sort rarcly scen toda. aves Carved Mantel. . Hol nnounced t : removs cd wood mantelpicee in the Iv'' room to the National Art. Ravenel offe ard to ¢ toring tempe would be unaff by the including the stone arch of itrance and elaborate! Scoteh sandstone columns and e in the reception hall. Mr. fered additional s under cover, at the Octagon hous Messrs. West, Whitty s representing interests engaged in raz- ing the Warder house, pledged their co-operation in ving articles wanted Maj. Wheeler and Mu tect “Harris promi; of the Distriet aut tent of their oftice FAIL TO FIX BLAME FOR QUSTER OF 28 gned by & at he had nal t e of the Natio il courtr; weather, the front y ed Di and assistance in the ex- Officials Silent as to Who Ad- vised President to Take Drastic Step at Bureau. Who is responsible for adv dent Harding to oust the twenty-eight bureau of engraving and printing employes on April 1, 19227 This question has not yet been an- ered. Official- Washington 1 nte, but no explanation. The g Pr summarily mystery ion at pr be follows Resolution to investigate the offered by Senator referred B tee on audit and accoun tatement from the White House that dual investigation failea to reveal any graft; that duplication of bonds was Gue to mechanical errors entirely, with no 10ss to the government or investo: status may be re- nt might Jmarize whole af- Caraway of to ate commit- Back at Less Pay. Three women returned to work at the Treasury Department at less salaries than they received aut the bureau. silence once: on the as = of the who d the | 1 him to sweep twent eight persons without adequate planation from office overni ing aspersions on their ¢ 3 At the White White on the night of March 31, 1922, when the order w. ned, were Attorney General Daugh of the € Crissinger, now nominated t ernor of the Federal Re Beyond the suggestion that the Pres dent has the right to change person- nel in the executive departments, and that it was done for “the good of the service,” these two high officials have made no explanation. Belleve Mellon Had No Part. Secretary of the Treasury I als ¢ pe 1ty ture of the order, March 31, at the White Ho heen freely rumored in official cf tiat if Secretary Mellon had taken into the President’s confldence the time suspicions were cast upon zu by reports of duplicated bonds, later proved to be of It has ty {uo dangerous cffect upon the bureau | or the securities of the government, | the President would never have taken his precipitate action. Secretary Mellon has consistently maintained an extremely conservative attitude in the matter, and has mani- fested throughout real anxiety as to the effect of the whole aff: It has {been evident that he has had at heart not only the danger to government any authenticated ru- mors that vast amounts of duplicated bonds were afloat, but also has been oncerned about the reputat asury and the Har. jon. ~ I there ha r between Secretary Me it has been adminis- been any President n over refully tr Harding the dism nd sals, Mellon Ix Silent. At the White House there wa hint thrown out during the authoy tative statement that no scandal had Dbeen uncovered by either of the in- vestigations, that first reports of the alleged duplications, with suspicions of conspiracy, had come from the office of the register of the Treasury, which checks the government securl ties sent out by the bureau of engrav- ing. Further than this, the White House spokesman did not go in re- vealing the source of the suspicion Secretary Mellon, when asked where_the suspicion had_originated, evaded the question. When asked if it was Charles B. Brewer of the Department of Justice investigators, Secretary Mellon let it be known thit he could not say nt Secretary of the Treas- dsworth, in charge of bureau matters in the Treasury, declared that he had no statement to make as to who influenced the President to sign the executive order. Others Refuse to Talk. Charles B. Brewer of the Depart- ment_of Justice, who, according to numergus rumors affoat in the capital, was instrumental in bringing the matter to the attention of the Presi- dent charging a conspiracy, today de- clared he had no statement to make on the mattey, but might later have something td say. Chief Moran of the United -States secret service de- clined to talk. At the White House President Hard- ing was represented as continuing the investigation into the civil service status phase of the matter, and_as favoring later statement from the White Hou a ! Usposing the entire affair to the public. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SNOW BANKS BESET 2=z - BYADSHIVELERS Street Cleaners Opening Sewers and Freeing Cross- | mas- | Museum | uch pieces us | als | Donn of- | offered | heen | om of the | ings of District. FINES FOR LAX CITIZENS { Walks of Derelicts to Be Attended to Tomorrow and Cases Taken to Court. CLEAN SIDEWALKS OR BE FINED $25 To comply with the new snow 1nw, all dwellers within the fire limits must have thelir de- walks cleaned by 3 o’clock this afternoon. The law allows elght h after daylight, and District ficials are figuring this peri of grace from 7 o'clock this morning. 1f you do not comply with the law, the District will clean your sidewnlk and take court action 1o recover the cost, plus a 25 penalty. 1 | Approximately 400 men were put to work by the street cleaning de- . {partment today opening gutters and crosswalks so the snow will flow ifreely to the sewers when it begins to thaw. ' Morris Hacker. superv cleaning, said vesterday's snowfall was not deep cnough to warrant the use of the motor truck plows, and, for that reason, he is concentrating his efforts on clearing the gutters and crossings. Determined not to allow their serv- ice to come to a standstill, as it did in the snowstorm a year ago, officials ! fully cleaned all trackage early yes- terday evening and Kept it open. A. H. Ferrandou of the Washington Railway and Electric Company and 1J. H. Han of the Capital Traction Company announced this morning that they passed through the Storm scrious tie-up on any of ‘Watch for “0Old Sol." r. Hacker was watching for “Old 1" to poke his hed out through the »uds today and melt the snow, for. }if that does not happen, he will have |the mammoth task before him to- jmorrow of cleaning every sldewalk in Washington that is neglected by { householders. Under the new law every dweller within the flre limits is required to felean his sidew, within the first r(n:hl hours of daylight after snow !stops falling. Upon failure of the cupant to do so, Mr. Hacker is di- T ed to do the cleaning and take | court action to recover the cost, plus a $25 fine. The authorities will re the eight hou of grace from 7 o'clock thls morning, which means that sidewalks ;-l|nu|(l be clean at 3 o'clock this aft- ernoon. | " Supt. Hacker said he would not | send out gangs that late in the aft- ernoon to clean sidewalks, but will tackle the job In earnest tomorrow morning, if the snow has not melted before that time. $10,000 Enforcement Fund. Congress appropriated only $10,000 for enforcement of the snow law, half_of which is to be used by the {chief of engineers of the Army for sidewalks around governmens build- ing say, Mr. Hacker will find it alma n ‘impossible task to {clean all sidewalks unless property owners generally comply with the of the law is not at court the District hould to for the recovery {of the penaity and costs of clean- & sidewalks. Corporation Counsel tephens decided to test the law in Police Court, Mr. Hacker has estimated that the of cleaning an individual side- will be about 20 cents, plus the penalty, upon conviction, If a irge number of persons should ig- ore the law the corporation coun- oftice and the Police Court would swamped with the work of re- ing the money spent by the je walk cor city, CORPORATIONS SET LONGER TAX TINE Revenue Official Announces Conditional Extension to June 15 for Returns. H i i ; e Mellon, | jaccording 1o all accounts of the sig was not present ! The commissioner of internal rev- enue today announced an extension until June 15 of the final Hiling tax returns of domestic cor- The commis the general extension of time for filing is conditional, however, upon the filing of tentative tax returns with the proper revenue collecting authorities on or before March 1 April 15 or May 135, respectively, de-] pending upon the date upon which the corporation’s tax year ended. The tentative returns must be ac- i companied with at least one-fourth of the estimateg amount of the taxes due together with « statement setting forth reasons why the returns can- not be completed before March 15, which is the date for fling ordinary income tax return. 1 these provisions {with, the corporations then are pert | mitted to have advantage of, pro- {visions in the law permitting pay are compiled installments, or three in addition to the one_fourth which accompanied the returns. FOOD SHOW GUESTS. Advertising Club Members at Con- vention Hall Today and Tonight. Members of the Washington Adver- tieing Club will be the special guests of the food show this afternoon and tonight at Convention Hall. Seven hundred employes of 8. -Kann Sons Company will attend in a body to- night. Refrigerators and washing ma- ghines were demonstrated yestenlay Tomorrow the West Virginia State Soclety will attend. . —— The reason why nothing further than “for the good of the Servios’ was fret given out as explanation for the order, it was said at the White House, was because there was fear of a violent jreaction on - the securities market to ja report that there were duplications jand conspiracy suspected at the bureau of engraving and printing. The circle of silence seems to have been effectually closed down on one of the most important features of the wholo affair—who convinced the Presi- dent with reports of a conspirgey suffl- cient to cause the President tdgaizn his drastic order? or of street | of both traction companies success- | date for | porations for the calendar year 1922, ioner's order granting | ment of the taxes in four quarterly | 15 TRYING 7O GET LETTER FINISHED IN A HURYY THAT LOOKS - TWUNNY TOO x /s ASKS WHY IN SAM HILL. VOU CANT EVER TIND A ! BOOK IN THIS MOUSE STOP i (C) Wheele: Business Men of Golden Gate, D. C., WORD LOOKS SUDDENLY GQUEER WITH ONLY O LINT COVERS SHEET OF SCRATCH PAPER WITH WORD WRITTEN BOTH WAYS RETRIEVES DICTIONARY FROM 115 PLACE AS DOR- WEDNESDAY, TOC ~ TRIES TO THI ASKS HIS wi uLs? IN PANTRY PLACE THOSE SPELLS THAT COME OVER US San Francisco Community Chest Obviates Tag Days and Drives old” on Plan, Donate Once a Year, Instead of 100 Times as Formerly. San Francisco, without a tag ay! How the Golden Gate recently cured its first community chest more than $2,000,000, thus doing away with all drives for money on the part of individual charity organi- zations, and making tag days a thing fof the past, was told to a representa- tive of The Star today by two busi- ness men of that city who are in Washington for a brief stay. They are A. B. C. Dohrmann, chair- mah of Community Chest, Inc., and L. W. Harrls, chairman of the publicity committee, which “sold” San Fran- clsco on the general idea of such a community budget, making it possible to raise the great sum In ten days. Public Must Be “Sold.” For the public must be “sold” on the idea of a community chest before se- ot outstanding hint brought to Wash- ington by the two Californians, who completed January 31 the first com- munity chest drive in the great I'a- cific coast city. Y Four months of preliminary work, telling the people just what the com- munity chest would mean to them. to the people who needed such benefits. and to the charity organizations themselves, enabled the active work- ers to secure 37,000 in exactly ten days, with another $100,000 coming in after the appeal closed. Has Message for Capit So San Francisco, latest of 100 American cities to have community shests, believes that it has a mes- |Sago for tne National ¢ lits charitable people may | Reducing the cost of administratins |the finances of a great city’s chariti lfrom 15 per cent to 5 per cent thus | caving more than $200,000 is justly garded by the Californians us some- What of an achlevement. The two men, successful busines men of Frisco, were enthusiastic in their account of the work done, and what it means for the social service organizations of their home r‘ll'\ hat it means to the whole popula- {tion there. and especially to those ]f‘unlhrs and persons who during the { 1] | vear will need help. ~“Suppose nobody cared Buttons Read “I Care.” That was the slogan around which the workers buflt their appeal. and its end 125,000 citizens proudly ore butons announcing ‘T care, whereas in 1921 but 14,000 citizens ad contributed to the 100 charities ‘rancisco. tlonal Capital, with fts suc-} uncil of Social Agencles, its second year of growth. i possesses. along with the generous 1 E0init of its people, all the requisites to make a community chest here success, according to Dohrmann and | Harris inow in Council Is Formed. in San Francisco the Council of called there, was formed. It consists of three delegates from the board of directors of each of the 100 social agencies. Of the three delegates from {any one agency, only one could be a wocial worker. The other two are business men or others who may-be the board. “sbout a year ago the board of di- ! rectors of the Council of Social and | and the Health Agencies and the San | Francisco chamber of commerce or- Zanized a joint committes to consid 2t 'the advisability of a community chest. Intensive study was made of | the community chests in existence in { Cleveland, Rochester, Cincinnati, and other cities of the country, and the | thorough investigation made of the { subject by the United States Chamber | of Commerce was given careful study, Board Is Constituted. Last August the joint committee ask- ed Mr, Dohrmann to organize a com- munity chest committee. A board of | directors was constituted, consisting {of fifteen persons appointed by the {counetl, fifteen donors of the city, { persons who in years past had shown | their. interest and generosity in so- cial service. work, two persons from the chamber of commerce, two from the city government, appointed by Mayor James Rolph, and two from the labor unioms. The first thing decided upon ‘was {to .“sell” the public on_the idea of {a community chest. Business men | Were shown how the raising of such a universal budget, if it might be called suchy would relieve them of appeals for this and appeals for that, “drives” for this institution, and drives for that organization, tag days for this and that, pencil days, etc. Soclal _service organizations Were shown how the-budget would enable them to feel at ease for the Year as to just where the money was going to come from. Idea Good, But New. The 1dea was g00d, but it was new to San _Franclsco, 'and westerners have to be shown. So the committees started out to show everybody in town just how good a thing a com- munity chest could be, and just why and how, and even when. There to be mo forcing of the fssue. They would state the thing and the the funds can be raised. This is the| Social and Health Agencies, as it is| 1 [ w I help’in the work i pital which !, well heed.| i 1 } offerings Sure enough. tia it turned out: A small committ to handle newspapers 1 in to c every force started rol T at was just the was appointed this publicity of the city perate and ngg that could 1gh the press posters on street in othe ways, but neve smacking of the sen s went about his we time Mr. Dohrnm ng up the necessary business of the work Telling 700,000 uf something, convincing then getting their fre was a big job, but they are used to doing big jobs out ther Look how they built up the city after the great fire Great Mass Meeting Called. A great mass meeting of the coun- cil was called and the whole propo- sition placed on the table for the ntire ¢ to see. Absolutely no appeal was made for money at that time. The best men in town, some of whom had refused.to join in “shoe- leather” campaigns anf drives, as they all them there, eagerly wel- comed this new sort of appeal, that aimed to do what ought to be done nd get what ought to be given 1o t once, get the money once, and then let up” for a . Being appe ~to just on stead of 100 times a yvear—and appealed with a mighty appeal Went Over Big. went over big! ten days, as stated, just and today San Francisco " by the Golden Gate, with rities all cared for. own budge No more does some worthy organizatic worry month by month how it s going to care for its needy, its help- less, its suffering. No longer does ncisco hospital doing free ve to bother about funds. * on the 1st of ev month the mmunity Chest, Inc. sends each srganization a check for its mont eds Council Continues Work. And the Council of al and Heulth agencies continues as of old, continue, according to the two San Franeisco men here, for the purpose by and any- K nn At the began in- nore— Well, it only took days, And it { of regulating and increasing the efli- ciency of the member agencies and extending their activities. What is the community chest? What ill the communtiy chest do Here i the way the San Franci community chest swered those questions: Questions Are Answered. “The community chest is a fund to which the public contributes once i vear what it desires to give for char- ity, relief and welfare work. “The community chest fund will Le distributed among institutions and agencies of the city to bring relief to the n:edy, comfort to the en- couragement to the despairing. aid to depeudent children and good influ- ences into the lives of growing boys and girls. The community chest will develop throughout the entire community co- operation between the public and the relief work of the city. Not an Experiment. “The community chest will dev. periment. It has been with success in nearly 100 America cities, gaining in its achievements ar growing in the regard of the public where it has been introduced. San Francisco can benefit by the experi- ence of all other cities. “The community chest, by one uni- fied civie effort, eliminates the many drives, tag days and other sporadic campaigns, ending the waste of effort and energy, and reducing the cost of collecting funds “The community chest burden—it multiplies the contributors to welfare work from two to ten times. That means a public sympathy more widely aroused to and concerned with community problems, Every one adds his might to the widow's mite. Guards Charity. “The community chest guards char- ity by focusing attention on worthy organizations, ~protects the public from impositions and avoids waste of the individual's philanthropy fund., “The community cliest unites char- ty and welfare work. Its appeal is not mere to relieve a physical, moral or financial distress, but, while giving that relief. to put the indi- Vidual back on his feet physically sound, morally encouraged or self- spreads the number of { supporting, as the nead may be. These functions are performed by the vari- ous agencies co-related and co-op- erating in the community chest. “The community chest insures jus- tice—like an all-comprehensive scala, the community chest estimates the worth of each agency, balances values with budgets, gives each ageney a just share and then welghs our obli- gations fairly.~ It insures a square deal for overybody. It makes sure that worthy organizations will be supported and that wasted effort will be_eliminated. “The community chest will free the governing bodies of the different re- lief and welfare agencies from the harasesment of financial worry, and leave them more time to Increase people would see it—and do the rest. ' their merciful efficiency.” PERPECTLY SIMPLE WORD CF RIGHT SPELUNG ONE L CR TWO TINDS ONE L WAS RIGHT IN THE TIRST ars | Mr. | It must | { lop | established FEBRUARY 7, 1923. —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. lSlA'I‘ SCRATCHES 1T OUT AND) WRITES IT WITH DOUBLE L INK PE SHE SAYS SHE COULD HAVE TOLD HIM IP HE BADN'T ASKED HER. GOES PR DICTIONARY o SCRATCHES TWQ LS ouT WORKING A HOLE IN THE| PAPER, AND HAVING TO WRTE LETTER OVER. BOOST SHIPBILL AS NATIONAL BOON Senator Ransdell, Col. Roose- velt and Others Address Merchant Marine Body. 1 AID OF FARMER IS SEEN Senator Jones, in Message to Con- vention, for Immediate Passage. Predicted benefits of the adminis- tration ship subsidy bill now before the Senate in pushing development of the American merchant marine were | outlined by speakers todey at the convention of the National Merchant Marine Association at the Hotel Washington. Opening the convention. Senator Ransdell of Loulsiana, president of | the assoclation, forecast early pas sage by Lill, and urged every shipping or- ganization in the country to continue its efforts on behalf of the bill. The American merchant marine and the Navy are indissolubly linked to- gether both in peace and war times, ! Col. Theodors ~Roosevelt, assistant | secretary of the Navy, declared in the opening address He pointed out the supplemental powers of the merchant | marine to the Navy as a “feeder” in time of war and as a training oorps for seamen in peace time. Col. Roosevelt warned that with the limi- tation of navies Great Britain would be master of the sea unless this nation developed its merchant marine | by passage of the ship subsidy bill. | Higher Living Standards. Passage of the bill, Col. Roosevelt added, would probably raise the standard of living among seamen and their dependents in the United States “bove the level of men In the same | trade in competing countries, and; would also help to ralse the standard | of American government by raising {the living ndards of part of the, | population. ‘The _Iu.rmtr, more than any other £roup interest in the country, would | benefit by immediato passage of the! shipping bill, according to a message Tead to the convention from Senator Jones of Washington by Winthrop L. Marvin of New York. B laborer in tlie United States | directly or indircetly benefited by | ving a real American merchant ma- rine, Col. Myron W. Robineon, presi- | cnf of the American Manufacturers' ixport Association, said. The ship- ping bill is a necessary economy, he added i’ i Other speakers included Frank C. Munson. president of the Munson | steamship line, and Robert Haig, vice! president of 'the Sun Shipbullding i Company. A business session 1s being | held this afternoon, at which officers for the toming year will be elected. | The convention will close with a ban- quet tonight, at which speakers will be Commissioner Plummer of the Shipping Board and Representative George W. Edmonds of Pennsylvania, Capt. William H. Stayton, president of the Baltimore Steamship Company, '\\IH be toastmaster. —_— MURDER JURY HUNG. Unable to Agree in Case of Hugh Mitchell Smith. After dellberating several hours, a jury in_Criminal Division 2 announced to Justice Bailey late last night that it was unable to agree in the case of Hugh Mitchell Smith, colored, sixty- two years old, charged with murder in | the second degree. Smith is said to bave shot hix rival, Peyton Sayles, sixty-nine years old, following a dls. pute over a woman September 8 last near Nichols avenue and Morris road southeast. { The jury. was discharged and a new | trial will be neceseary. The jurors are said to have stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction. Attorney James A. O'Shea represented the accused, while Assistant United States Attorney | Presmont_conducted the prosecution. DYSPEPSIA HEARTBURN INDIGESTION Relieved in Ten Minutes By Taking a Dose of Herendon’s INDIGESTINE 35c a Bottle At All Drug Stores FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 1 | | t i i | l FIND.C. COAL ISUNDERINQURY Continued complaint from anthra- cite coal users in Washington and| other cities that the coal sold them for domestic use is partially com- SureRelief FOR ,LN DIGESTION | | @ BELLANS Hot water Sure Relief Dposed of slate, rubble, and other con- stituents not fit for use in furnace or stove, has led Federal Fuel Distribu- | tor Wadleigh to Institute an investi- | gation of the quality of coal sold at | certain Pennsylvania anthracite mines. G. T. Halderman of the bureaa of mines has been sent to Pennsylvania to. Inquire Into the situation, and will return to Washington shortly with a report. Washington purchasess of anthracite, as well as coal users in other cities, have made complaint 10 the Public Utilities Commission and to the federal fuel distributor about the quality of coal sold them. Canadian Dealers Protest. The Pennsylvania fuel commission, Mr. Wadlelgh said, is using every nossible precaution’ agalnst delivery of non-useable coal, but notwith- standing these precautions, coal mix- ed with other non-burning materials is belng received here and elsewhere. | Canadian dealers have also protested to Mr, Wadleigh about the quahty cf anthracite being received in the Do- minfon. The present cold snap finds the government fuel yard well prepared to supply demands that may be made upon it by any government depart-| ment or branch of the District gov- ernment for coal, an official of the yard sald today. While the blg yard at South Capitol and I streets is not fully stocked, there is enough coal on ralls consigned to the fuel yard to take care of any possible requir ment. New River bituminous coal it was stated today, has dropped in price about 50 cents per ton during the last two weeks, and is now being quoted at about $4.50 at the mine. While anthractie has not decreased in price, it was declared that the situation regarding this grade of coal has eased off to some extent. The usual &pring reduction of 50 cents_per ton for anthracite probably will be effected again this year, Mr. Wadlelgh belleves, even though an- thracite production may not by April 1, be up to 100 per cent of consumer’s requirements. A price reduction of 50 cents is usually announced by, dealers eftective April 1, in order to stimulate_early spring purchase of | coal for the requirements of the next | winter. I 25¢ and 75¢ Packages Evervwhers On Time Payments Any Standard Make On Easy Payments No Advance in Prices Gold Seal Used Car Guarantee —covers free replace ments of any part (in- cluding labor) found to be defective within 30 days from purchase. 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