Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1923, Page 19

AUCTION OF FLEET | BELIEVED FAILURE Bids Received Only for Cream of Routes Offered for Sale. The attempt of the Shipping Board to dispose of its fleet by auction is doomed to failure, in the opinion of officials, unless there is a surprising cleventh-hour respanse. While there have been a number of inquiries from companies serving as operating agents and a few from independent sourc actual bids submitted to date offer little hope of the board dispos- ing of sufficient routes to justify the operation. has been number of withheld until Monda i on which they may be filed under the condition of the sale, but most of- | ficials are pessimistic in their opinion as to the effect of probable last hour offers on the general situation. Market Affected The continued depression o inaicatian | tion chedules of the engine room 2 rge majority of operati; agents have conducted inquiries re what the board would cons essential in the way of pric guarantees for ¢ stipulated routes, but these invariab comprised the “cream rout. taken over b Prospecti have shown North though al by the board in any g an of operation. since their intenance is compul- under the law, have lost money ntly the probable failure sale. opponents of governm tion both within and out: board are said to have revived, consideration, alternative plans which were ved when the auction proj- ect was approved. These include the substitution of a government form of time charter for the present manag- ing agency plan, and the so-called “put and take” plan, whereby an op- erator would take over a route at a to the govern- that both these e approval of a ment. alten ¢ the board. alternatives majority of DR. BOWLES PROMOTED. Minerdl Expert to Have Charge of . U.\S. Experiment Station. Dr. ofiver Bowles, mineral technol- | ozist of the bureau of mines, has| been dewmignated by Secretary of the Interior® Work to be superintendent of the nbw mining experiment station of the % to be established at} s* New Brunswick, N. tion will speclalize volved in the produc- tion and utilization of the various!} non-methllic n : take up his Dr. v ea f mines and has technical papers and ion. a post made | ough the elevation of Mgr. | ro to the cardinalate. The | l;nast impor vacant tH Luigi post of ohe. its the ved T| Reliable —iRoof Work is sure when Colbert tinners make the repairs or r plé:ce your “overhead <all on us for esti- mites—we'll be glad to At the Bottom of the Ladder. PAPER MISTER. HI66INBOTTOM ! FIND GERMAN SHIPS T0O COSTLY TO SAVE Build Two New Liners. On account of the s Shipping Board yesterday abando plan for reconditioning the former man liners Agamennon und Mount Ver- non. Instead, the board will recommend to Congress the construction of two ships smaller in size than the Levia- than but comparable in every way to that ship for transatlantic service, in conjunction with the Leviathan Survey of the Mount Vernon and Agamennon_ resu in_estimates that their reconditioning as modern passe ips would cost $16,000,000. T informed by shipbuilders th perior to them and more ade- he north Atlantic trade could o constructed in Americs ras at {$12,000.000 each and the board vester- f the next bud FORTUNES are made in Arizona—a bar- ren desert a few years ago, now dotted with ranches, or- chards and mines teeming with activity. Douglas is the centar of the greatest . COPPER producing _ district in the world. “The Romance of Arizona” is an interesting booklet telling of Arizona and the millions made in the Copper industry with other facts of this land of opportu- nity. Writing to-day for free copy is like knocking at the door of fortune. 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The liver active, and blood pure, and you escape disense. When you're debilitated, weight be- low the wstandard. the “Discovery” builds up the beédy. . 35¢ Shipping Board Will Ask Money to CHAMBER t MORO FANATIC ESCAPES. Akbara Not in Fight When 25 Followers Are Slain. ciated Press. A, May 23. (Sulu) indicate that Akbara, fanatic and leader of an insurgent band_that attacked a detachment of the Philippine constasulary, was not killed in the engagement. “fighting leader” | twenty-four others fell. but and e e YELLO Nobody has the right to dictate what taxicab you shall or shall not engage at the UNION STATION You know the service you want and can get it. There is no occasion for being delayed at the Union Station if there is in- sufficient cab service. ! Yellow Cabs are avail- able just off the Union Station property. You can see them. Ask the Union Station ’Starter to call a Yellow Cab for you. If he refuses, tell us; or what’s better report it to the Union Station super- intendent. Yellow Cabs pay no commission or rental fee for hauling passengers from this public railroad terminal. YELLOW - GAB 0. FRANKLIN 1212 The For sale at Peoples D IFA'I;HER JOHNS MEDICINE i of the sect] CHRISTY MATHEWSON DEVELOPED PPEED AND QONTROL WHEN HE CARRIED A NEVSPAPER ROUTE IN FACTORYVILLE .PENN. | | | | Later advices| Lventy-five of the insurgents will re- from the Island of Pata. near Jolo| natical ba Moro | than 300 ‘D. €., WEDNESDAY PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT COUNCIL SESSION Patriotic Bodies Open Third An- nual Meeting Here Tomorrow. President Harding will address the National American Council at the morning session tomorrow at Me- morial Continental Hall, which will open the third annual meeting. The President’s subject will be “The Platform of Democracy.” Opening at 9:30 am., Frank A. Vanderlip, national president of the organization, will take the chair. Forty-two' national organizations will send delegates to the meeting. the purpose of which ig to further better understanding of patriotism and citizenship. Tickets of admission will be given for the morning ses- . They may be obtained gratis by |.making application to the council's Pheadquarters, 26 Jackson place, or at the Social Workers' information burepu.' 1414 F* street northwest. In the afternoon Pershing ~ will peak on “The zen Army.” Those expected to attend the meet- re: American Defense Societ ented by Elong H. Hooker. fo mer treasurer _of the progressive party; the American Federation of with Samuel Gompers and Morrison; the American with John Thomas Taylor of legislative committee n Lewls Smith, head of the District of Columbia department: the American Patriotic League, whose delegate is Herbert R. Gill of Phil- adelphia, and the board of education of New York city, represented by Dr. ttinger. the superintendent of city. ganizations and their del egates are: American Boy Scou James E. chief scout executly the Civil ice Reform Assoclation, Harry W. Marsh; the Council of Jew- ish Women, Mrs.' Alexander Wolf; the Daughters 'of the American Revolu- tion, Mrs. Anothony Wayne Cook: the ‘National Assoclation for tutional Gov, v | Hill. form { the 'na jabeth E jolic We i Lapp of ional Cath- Or. John A tional Com- . Mrs. Louis the Ivation Evangeline Booth; the | ation, Judge ‘led priest and not a| S S ok no part v ey g NEQ oG PENALTIES. Akbara, self-s fighting man, battle A detachment of Philippine 4 ing twenty h; se s reinforceme the of Gov. Gen. Wood it is believed that Law Violators Punished—Several Failing to Pay Are Jailed. . 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