Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1923, Page 12

2 * WOULD REDUCE PAY OF NEW TRAINMEN Commissioner Keller Sug- gests 5¢ Reduction in Pres- ent Traction Scale. i ! MISSIS_SIPPI LAWYER DIES| William C. Meek, Brother of D. C. Man, Expirer. ‘Word has been received here of the death of Willlam Cannon Meek, brother of Samuel M. Meek of 1740 Euclid street, which occurred at his home in Columbus, Miss,, last Tuesday morning. Mr. Meek was a lawyer by profes- slon, being a graduate of the Unl- versity of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, class of 1878. He was regarded as & leading lawyer at the Columbus bar. he having practiced actively his pro- fession there for the past forty-five j vears. BOTH COMPANIES REPLY Washington Railway and Electric; President Predicts Union Diffi- culties Would Ensue. i \ suggestion that the wages of the w men employed as motormen and | conductors be fixed at 5 cents per hour less than the present employes racetve has been made to both street railway companles by the Public Utilities Commission, Chairman Kel- ler announced today : The following letter was written 1o the heads of both companies by Walter C. Allen, executive secretary ©f the commission: Letter to Trolley Chiefs. n reference to my recent conver- sation with you regarding a suggest- ed reduction in the wages of train- smen, it is the chairman’s Idea not that the wages of men now employed be reduced, but that the new men should be started on a scale b cents per hour wer than your present scale. Will you please let the commisaion know if vou are prepared to adopt this suggestion is Teply, John H. Hanna. vice t of ‘the Capital Traction “ompany, informed the Commission that the company would consider the suggestion when it confers with its men sometime during March for the purpose of drawing up a new wage contract, Has Contract With Union. Mr. Hanna pointed out that his company has a contract with the union which remains in effect until March 30. William F, Ham, president of the W. R. E. Company, replied that he would be willing to adopt the plan, provided similar action is taken by tal Traction Company. we have repeatedly informed ommission, we belfeve that any e in the scale of wages of trainmen doing substantially the #ame kind of work in one city would L objectionable and would possibly <to unfortunate results. We st that the scale for men 10 be employed in the future should be g follows: Suggested New Seale. “For the first three months, 46 per hour; next nine months, 49 second year. 51 cents: third cents; fourth year, 53 cent: . 34 cents, and thereafter, s per hour.” Chder tae present scale, all men re- 51_cents for the first three + cents for the ensuing nine and TRINKLE PRESENTS 56 cents thereafter. ~ DATATO SESSION; Bond and Pay-as-You-Go Propositions Explained by Governor. Sneciai Dispateh to The Btar. RICHMOND, Va—There is a possi- bility of the warring factions on the matter of highways getting together and perfecting an arrangement that will provide emgrgency funds and leave the adjustment of the subject to the.people of the state at tht polls | this fall. That is the talk among members, and it may be that some- thing will come from the effort. The 3-cent tax on gas has enemies who are standing pat and the bond people are generally disposed to op- pose that idea. ‘The anti-bond people, | on the other hand, are for the tax on gasoline just as firmly as they arc against bonds. Due to the feeling between the rival eamps, there are more and more mem- bers who are expressing a determina- tion to restrict the work of the ses- sion to just as few subjects as pos- sible and to end the work and get away. “Every one, more or less, has come 1o recognize the fact that our state highway commission is in sore need { of funds to meet the growing demand of our people for a reasonable rapid Toad-construction program,” sald Gov. Trinkle in his message. “There is no method of providing more highway Zunds during the year without action Dby the general assembly, and this spe- cial session has been called primarily for this purpose. Governor Explains Pollcy. After calling attention to several bond. plans, and explaining that.a three-cent gallon motor fuel tax was the only new revenue source in the pay-as-you-go plan of financing the highway work, the governor said: torial nomination prior to the pri- mary of August, 1921, and during the atate campaign just prior to the elec- tion of November, 1921, I stated re- peatedly that I was opposed to the is- Buance of bonds for state highway construction purposes under the con- ditions as they then existed. During the session of the general assembly of 1922 I advocated the issuance of 5 $12,000,000 of thirty-year bonds for highway construction purposes, at an interest rate of not over 41 per cent, and on the basis that a gasoline tax would be levied sufficient to cover the interest and the sinking fund pay- ments, without Teference to the peo- Dle. “Since the adjournment of the gen- eral assembly in March, 1922, a co tisuous campaign of education has Meen conducted for highway develop- ment in Virginia, along with which has been had a public discussion of t1he advantages and disadvantages of’| = bond issue. State's Indebtedness, Gov. Trinkle, in his message, sup- lied the legislature with the follow- ng schedule of the state's indebted- ness: “The present bond indebtedness of the state of Viginia is approximately $22,000,000; the bond indebtednesa of the incorporated towns of the state is $3,668,000; the bond indebtedness of cities of the state Is $57,671,842.7: the bond Indebtedness of the countie: of the state is $18,760,166.21. Total bond Indebtedness of incorporated Towns, citles, counties and state, $102.000,000. Virginia's part of the nationa] debt, and it must be borne In mind this constitutes much a debt against the citizenship of the state as if these bonds had been issued by Virginia herself, is approximaiely $450,000,000.” Other Weork in Session. He urged correction of an error in the senatorial redistricting bill, by Madison county was omitted, andeclared he Was cONvings L@ KAV 7 {gical, one eye?ear, nose and throat, “In my campaign for the guberna- | He was born in Columbus, May 21, 1857, son of the late Col. Samuel M. Meek, who himself was 2 district at torney, judge and a prominent mem- ber of the Mississipp! state xenate, and in his day was one of the famous criminal lawyers of the south. He in survived by three sisters and a nephew, Seth A. Meek of Newberry, 8. C, and his brother, Samuel L Meek, who has been a reasldent of Washington for the past thirty years, URGES PHNSIGINS ADFORVETERANS Col. Forbes Declares Expert Medical Advice Greatest Need of Bureau. A board of consultants, conslsting of four or five specialists to be pald not less than $20,000 a year, was clared by Col. Charles R. Forbes, di- rector of the Veterans' Bureau, onl the eve of his retirement today, to | be the greatest need of the institu- | tion now caring for a total of 25, hospital patients. Col. Forbes recommended that the | board of speclalists should consist of one neuropsychiatric, one tuber-l culosis, one general medical and sur- | { and one orthopedic expert. This might be supplemented, the colonel added, by an educational director to co-operaté with the board in the re- habilitation program of the bureau. U Names Physicians. { Physicians, who were considered by Col. Forbes to be of the type neces- sary to serve the Veterans' Bureau land help solve its difficult problems, were, he said, the following: Neuropsychiatric — Dr. Wililam F. Lorens of the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute; Dr. Thomas W. Salmon, formerly director of the National So- | clety of Mental Hyglene; Dr. Willlam IA. ‘White, head of St. Elizabeth's Hos- 1 pital. i Tuberculosis—Dr. Edward R. Bald- | win, president of Trudeau Sanitarium |of New York: Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart | {of the Veterans' Bureau; Dr. Frank | Billings of Chicago. i | _General medical and surgical—Dr. {Charles M of Rochester, Minn.; | Admiral E. R. Stitt, surgeon general of the Navy, and Dr. L. B. Rogers, assistant director of the Veterans'| Burcau. in charge of the medical | division. { Mental Cases Increasing. i Mcntal cases. Col. Forbes said were | jincreasing, the figure at present standing at 9,243. The bureau is car- ing for 10,915 tuberculosis patients and 5,693 general medical patients, according to fizures compiled today. Col. Forbes, while declaring he dial not personally know his successor, Brig. Frank T. Hines, whose nomina- | tion 1s before the Senate. sald that by reputation he knew of his great abil- ity and predicted success for him. In case Gen. Hines' nomination is not confirmed today, Col. Forbes, whose resignation takes effect today. will llelve the bureau, nevertheless, leav- ing it in charge of a st assistant. H in chi t a staff 1 "Col. Forbes indicated that he would {remain in Washington during the; proposed congressional investigation, ! “tfll the last gun is fired.” He plans ! to return to his profession as civil en- | glneer, interested in hydro-electric | plant design and construction. —_— i {ANTI-CRUELTY SOCIETY | WARS ON COCKFIGHTS i Special Dispatch to The Star. | HAGERSTOWN, February 28.—In- vestigation of reports of cockfights | iin Washington county will be de- manded by the Washington county! Chapter, Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani s, it was an- nounced vesterday by its president, Mrs. Roger Whipple. State’s Attorney ! Wolfinger will be asked to lay these | rumors before the grand jury for a thorough probe. The investigs pute between Baltimore and Hagers- town cockfighting followers as to | where the biggest main had been: istaged in the past ten years. When Beltimore police raided a Back River | bungalow early Sunday Baltimore ; |rlnc(crs claimed that the main was | for the championship of Virginia and {Maryland and was the largest ever held in Maryland in ten years. Hagerstown followers of the sport disputed this claim, when they stated that the champlonship of four states, | Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, was at stake In a big | main held here. Cockfights are staged weekly in this city, it was learnod. H —_— { PLAN SESSION TONIGHT. !neclaniflut!on Bill Proponents l Press for Consideration. An effort will be made to bring about a night session of the Senate for the ¢onsideration of the reclassi- fication bill, tonight, provided it can- not be considered this afternoon, it | was announced by Senator Sterling. chairman of the civil service commit- tee, in charge of the bill. * Both Senator Sterling and 'Senator | Smoot, the latter having handled the reclassification bill while it was be- fcre the appropriations committee, are anxious to get action on the bill without dela; eyt PLAN SCHOOL CHANGE. Prince Georges County Authmfles. Would Add Eighth Grade. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Febru- ary 28—An energetic movement is on in Prince George's county looking to the addition of the eighth grade in the country schools. A number of parent-teachers' assoclation and com- munity clubs have gone on record as favoring addition of this grade. The plan will be laild before the county board of education. . ing could be accomplished by the enlargement of the state office build- x?‘, which is in process of cénstruc- tion. Several - other matters: probably would be presented during the ses- slon, he said. 5 The senate caucus last it failed to change the strength of the steer- ing committee, the majority of whom are said to be strong for the bond issue, and for the two vacancies there will be named one from each factian. ‘That was the announcement of the new chairman of the caucu ‘guson, who will make the appoint today. 51 - ] Commission “'IHE EVENING Statement City Has 5,000 Tons Above Quote. TAR, HiNGTON, WAS Conditions governing the supply of janthracite coal do not warrant tnec jla¥ing of an embargo against the ex- jport of anthracite to Canada, the In- | terstate Commerce Commission de- ’;llared today in a report to the Sen- e. i The commission further reported that investization into anthracite sup- piies and methods of distributing had impelled 1t to refrain from issuing any priority orders governing the movement of anthracite from mines {in Pennsylvania to New England or |the northeast section of New York state. where there has been much ag- Further indication that the hard |ltation for priority and for an em- 18 pm, | srmererre jTos i Vienns, Austris coal situation is gradually adjusting | itself is contalnea in a !mltmvnlv\ from the Public Utilitics Commission today, showing that on February 3 Washington had 5,000 tons of anthra- | cite over and above its 60 per cent allotment H Because of unavoidable delay, the | commission is always from two to| three weeks behind in Its rceords of | shipment, however, and there are no | official data to show whetiaer the| situation has changed any since that date. ’ Although the commission s still en- | forcing the rule restricting house- | holders to 60 per cent of the amount | of hard coal they burned last winter. | they probably will drop this rule| within a faw weeks if present condi- | tions continue. i The statement given out l(\df\y’ shows that on February 3 the Dis- trict had received a toial of 227.998 tons of anthracite, whereas the city’ allotment up to that date was 222,870 | toz g THE WEATHER. | District of Columbia and Virginia— | Cloudy tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature; gentle varia- | ble winds. ! Maryland—Coudy tonight and to- morrow, probably light snow or rain 1n the mountains; little change in tem- ! perature; gentle variable winds. West Virginia—Cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably 1light rain or| snow in north portlon; little change ! in temperature. H Records for Twenty-Four Hours. | Themometer—Yesterday, 4 p.m., H 42; 12 midnight, 41. Toda: 4 am., 3; 8 am. 39; noon, 46. Barometer—Yesterday, 4 p.m., 20.8 8 p.m., 29.94; 12 midnight, 29.98, T day, 4 a.m., 20.94; 8 a.m., 30.00; noon, | 25.97. Highest temperature, 46, occurred | at noon today; lowest temperature, 37, occurred at 5:45 a.m. today. Temperature same datc last year— | Highest, 46; lowest, 25 : Condition of the Water. i Temperature and_conditfon of the water at 8 am.: Great Falis—Tem- perature, 35; condition, clear Weather in Varfous Cities. ¥ Temperature, = g 3 Stations. Tloudy Snow Snow Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Snow Pt.cloudy | Cloudy ~ | Cloudy 1 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy | Clear” | lear Cioudy s‘ll r Albany Asbury Park . Atlantic City Baltimore Birmingham. Blsmarck Boaton . BREE 22 Denver Detroit El Paso. Galveston Helena Houron, 8. Jackmonville. nsas Ci 22R2R2228558 EESH Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Snow €Clear Clondy Rain Pt.cloudy Gloudy Snow Clear Cloudy Clear’ Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Qouds Ly Clear 008 Ram 3 Touisville Miami, FI New Orleana okl Omal Plttsburg) Portland, Me. 3hiRzzssssace 2 Loul 8t. Paul Seattle kane 2233801 E 2 FOREI (8 a.m,, Greenwich time, today.) Station, Temperature. Weather. | don, England 48 Crear iris, France . Ps Clear Part cloudy | Clondy It in * H , Azo u:mlh(on. ylkflml\i‘ . n ,m(‘ Lm’lo Rico. Havana, Co Colon, Canal Zor WM. C. DENNY DEAD. HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 28, — Willlam Croghan Denny of Washington and Boston died last) night at his winter home, Tralee Pa- | got, Bermuda. The funeral services | were held today, with interment at ‘Tralee Pagetl. { Willlam Croghan Denny. well known l clubman of this city, Pittsburgh and Boston, was a member of the Metro- politan and Chevy Chase clubs here. He married Anna F, Duryea. He w: & graduate of Yale. . CHURCH PLOT FOILED. - Three Supposedly Masked Men Seen Near Hagerstown Institution Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., February 27.— Prayers offered at St. Mary's Catholic Church here ye¢ as well as in the parochial school for the protection of T looal church and school raves priests an: cbly' frightened off three me: 0 0-s 2 bargo. A “statement of the reasono which have governed the commission's course was transmitted to the Senate in response to a resolution of Inquiry. A general plan for allotting an- thracite coal was adopted by pro- d}lr‘l-rn and national and etates fuel tributors last fall, the commission’s report sald. when the five months' strike in the producing regions of Pennsylvania ended. That plan hus been followed in géneral ever since, and the commission sald it saw no reason for a change. since in six weeks the season of heavy coal con- sumption will be over. D. C. “Those Who Flirt in Haste Oft Repent in Leisure” Is Slogan of These Girls. |[se of Drugs in High School A. Ke; Special ward street, i riage. Five more residents of have been commissioned by the War 3 S Su- DeRTIREns 15 the Gicers commenced in the United States Su Corps of the Army. They are: Edward as major | were concluded yesterday, John A. Gar- of engineers; John G. McGuire of the Chastleton, Calvin I. Kephart of 2131 F street, as captain Thompson of 401 northeast, as second lieutenant in the finance department, Hazell of 6227 Georgla avenue, second lieutenant general's department. ROSSLYN MAN WEDS. | CUMBERLAND, Ma. | Raymond Leo Post and Miss Gladys Margaret Cox of this city were married at the home of Ed- North Mechanic all Sharp, pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran Church. number of friends witnessed the imi . by Rev, H. WEDNESDATY. Members of the newly organized Anti-flirt Club, photographed yesterday. Left to right: Agnes Lenvall, Mary Vermillion, Margaret Lowe, Annette Trumble, | Ina Click, Mildred Christie, Alice Reighly (president), Helen Brown, Louise D. C. HARD COAL SUPPLY S°A- EMBARGO DENED. EXCEEDS ALLOTMENT Shows | and Kate Smith, D. C. MEN NAMED. Five Residents Given Commissions in Reserve Corps. this ye of 1801 16th stre as major of and quartermaster; Dispatet fo The St Ffebruary 28. £ Rosslyn, V A. Koegel, 61 city Reserve infantry; s | followed by Corporation Counsel Steph- Maryland avenue and Robert F a8, in the adjutant |court to elucidate the action of the PEBRUARY 28, "|ARGUMENTS COMPLETE | IN PEPCO APPEAL CASE| Arguments In the case of the Public Utllities Commission against the Po- tomac Electric Power Company, which preme Court late Monday afternoon, ver, counsel for the electric light com- | pany, was heard first yesterday. He was ens. Both followed the lines of their | {printed briefs very closely, belng In-| |terrupted from time to time by the | courts below. The case is now submitted and will | awalt decision by the court of last re- ! sort. WILL WIDEN STREET. i The Senate today passed a House bill aythorizing the widening of 1st street northeast, along the eastern boundaries of squares numbhered 675, A, 676 and 677, to a width of sixty feet. The bill now goes to the President ! for his approval. e Revealed to Federal Agents Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., February 28.—Police authorities of Martins- burg, W. Va., yesterday admitted that a small group of boys under twenty years of age, as well as & number of older people, were using morphine, “M. and C.” and other forms of dope in the West Virginia town. Federal authorities have been notified, they stated, and an investigation is now being con- ducted by 2 federal narcotic agent. Names of the youths, several of whom are said to be students in the Martinsburg High School. are CONSUL GETS PROMOTION DAY AFTER HIS DEATH Promotion came too late yesterday for Albert W. Pontius of Minnesota, con- sul general at Mukden, China. Dispatches from Peking Monday announced the death of Mr. Pontius after a long iliness, and the list of nominations sent to the Senate yester- day by President Harding contained his name for promotion from consul gen- eral of class four to consul general of class three. Mr. Pontfus had been in the consular service nearly twenty years and the promotion was to have been given in recognition of his efficient work and long service. PONZI ASKS CLEMENCY AFTER 27 MONTHS IN JAIL By the Associated Pro: BOSTON, February 28. — Charles Ponzi, who has served twenty-seven months of a five-year sentence for using the malils to defraud in his in- ternational postal coupon swindle, has applied for clemency and com-; mutation. United States Attorney Robert O. Harris has received from ‘Washington Ponzi's petition, based on f{ll-health. The prisoner returned two days ago to Plymouth jail, after an operation at a hospital here for stomach trouble. Further confine- ment would work a permanent in- jury to him, he contends. There 1s still another indictment | outstanding against the promoter in | the federal court here, charging il- legal use of the mails, and several remain to be tried in the state courts, where a_jury acquitted Ponzi,of mul- tiple charges of larceny several months ago. o in the hands of tho sheriff of Be: kelev county and also have been handed over to the federal au- thoritles. At the same time the Martins burg police let it be known thar the use of whisky, mostly the worst types of moonshine, nad se- cured a hold upon the 'younger boys, some of them still in school It was stated by one of the teach- ers that high school students have appeared in thefr classes intoxi- cated, and sevcral social affairs which school children attended were sald to have been drunken orgles. Names of the youths in- volved also are In the hands of officlals. . SENATORS TAKE UP DEFICIENCY MEASURE The Senate appropriations subcom- mittee yesterday began work on the de- ficlency appropriation bill. It was expected that the so-called Phipps amendment to make effective the re- port of the joint congressional com- mittee declaring that a surplus of revenues of the District of Columbia exists in the Treasury will be offered as an amendmert from ihc fices Senator Phipps has offered two other amendments, one authorizing the recorder of deéds of the District lease an additional floor in the Century bullding, on 5th street, and another authorizing the use of $5.000 heretofore appropriated for addition- al land for the National Tralning School for Girls. D. C. MEN IN CONSULAR SERVICE PROMOTED Prestdent Harding yesterday rec- ommended to the Senate the follow- ing promotions in the consula: service for District of Columbia men Cinton Bailey Hurst, from con- gul gencral of class three to con sul geseral of class two. Horace Lee Washington, from consul of class one to consul gen- eral of class two, Fellx Cole, from consul of class five to consul of class four. Clarence J. 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