Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1923, Page 23

CHARGES PEPED | EARNS2PERCENT Citizens’ Leader Says Divi-| dend Is Grossly Excessive, ] Asks Hearing. Claiming that the Potomac Electric Power Company is earning a sum equivalent to a 22 %er cent dividend on its stock, William Meck Clayton, spokesman for the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, today petitioned the utllities commission to reopen the clectric light rate case. Mr. Clayton bases his application on the ground that he has gathered new evidence from a statement issued by the company since the commission ated the electric rates a few tatoment, Mr. Clayton rned that, after . including de- ¢ has $1.311,- represents a t on its stock twelve months ending M 3 d 21 per cent | for the year endi 3 Calls Rate Unfair, concluding his ition he de- his showing r fair, nor _non- atory! spectfully submi unreasonable grossly and discrimina- ef prevailed at the District building today that the commisston will not reopen ti se at this time, for the re. the com- nl valuation are now ict Supreme Court that nothing and is to be ned by further compli- cating the rate situation The District Supreme Court has not Yet approved the reduction of a frac tion of a cent in the rate to private households that was decided upon ion last month. Stayw. ollecting and the ohl rate att hour until s settled. Of the collected the court permits ¥ to keep a fraction more Present Rate the vah 10 cents the con than 7 cents. The difference goes into the impounded fund Mr. Ciavton's petition read in part as_follows discussing the company's depre- clation fund, the commission init- mates quite strongly that this fund has already been swollen beyond the evident from depreciuation ac is srowing rapidly that it is necessary, Earned on Lower Rate. | “1t is interesting here to call the attention of the commission to the earning 22 per ording to the depreciation for the year « | would be enriched by $1.14 the amount impounded for that period S S3se======>5 <= Paint Your House NOW! So far the weather has beeii cool and comfortable, Paint your house now, be- fore the hot summer sun arrives Our painters experts and they use the finest paint. Our ‘ low cstimates on re- aquest R. K. FERGUSON, Inc. PAINTING DEPT. are 1114 9th St. N.W. Slain 2491 Avenue Becomes Big Concert Hall In Trial Tonight Between midnight and 2 o'clock tomorrow morning historic Penn- sylvania avenue will form a con- cert hall, stretchihg a mile in length by 160 feet in width, when the large amplifiers adorning many of the posts holding the Shrine decorations “tune up.” In all probability the lights will be turned on tonight also. Under the auspices of the Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Company, & glant motor in the basement of Poll's Theater will send two hours of canned music on the wires as the last extensive test before the Shrine conventlon. This time was sought because of the quletness of that hour. It is poluted out that the music nterfered with somewhat at .t car intersections, but that hg the Shrine program this will be eliminated vious tryouts the program musie successful, the for blocks f the Avenue ry heard ide s ing um then available for or 49 and the tot stock divid per cent exclusive cduction on the $6.000,000 k tor a period of twelve months. he Rtent Comniission of the Dis- trict of Columbia has set 7 per cent as the proper interest to be allowed tate investments. Banks low 4 per cent ts. The company has ntly sold $4.000.000 worth of bonds that net the buyer less than 6 per cent interest per year. “All that the Washington Railway and Electric Company can have in- vested in the Potomac Electric Po Company is $6.000,000, the par of i 60,000 shares of stock, and upon this ler of the commission It is now tted to earn annually from per cent. have hair with lovely gloss Hair cannot have is left dry and brittle Hair specialists all agree that it must be shampooed with olive oil, which cleans but never leaves halr dry and dull. Now thousands and thousands of women enjoy the finest of olive oil shampoos, economical- ly at home. They use PALMOLIVE SHAM- olive oil in its most con- venient form. Washes away all dirt_and grime; removes dan- druff. And it 1 s hair with rich life and glc Get a bottle today at any de- partment or drug store. Just one shampoo will amaze you Try it, and see.—Advertisement 1043 THE ‘EVENING A STAR, WASHINGTON, D.-C, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1923. —————-—_—————_———h.fl-—_v———u——v—-—— 9.YEAR-OLD BOY LONE COMFORTER OF MOTHER AT FATHER’S FUNERAL)| BY W. H. CLAGETT. Dear Folks: Nearin' one of the great churches down in the business scction of the city yesterday I saw four men carry- in' a coffin to the waitin’ hearse at the curb! Desirous oF showin’ re- spect for the dead 1 stopped short, removed my hat and prepared stand by until the mourners passed! I didn’'t have to wait long, for only two followed the casket—one & mother, the other her young son, a {boy about nine years old! The wom- an was bent with grief, her sobs bein' quite audible as the little fellow assisted her into their automobile’ “Don't cry, mother!” he pattin’ her tenderly on the arm. “I'll always be-good and take care of you! Please, mother, for my—" but just then the door of the car slammed, a signal was given, the lonely funeral procession was quickly swallowed up in the maeistro: f trafttic and [ con- tinued on my w to | Now, folks, whether or not the boy lives up to his promise, made at & time ‘when his childish heart was welghted by woe, is not to be con- sidered! The fact that he appreci- ated the situation, and realized that by his ‘conduct would he be able to comfort’ his widowed mother, by showin' her there was some one who cared, will undoubtedly forestall the dreaded hopelessness that's always so ready to.grasp at the heartstrings of the lonely and foresaken! “Nobody cares.” say expert social workers. and there have -heen: many noted ones within our_ midst durin’ the last ten days, Is the staff of life to greedy ‘“despair,” the hideous octopus sittin’ patiently by leerin’ at the passin’ throng, ever ready and eager to wrap its ugly cofls around the disconsolate “driftwood” floatin’ down stream on the river of life, and self-centered, indeed, are those who can’t see their way clear to ald in soms manner the sterlin’ organiza- WALK-OVER The best-known style in the world = PRINCESS PAT Only Walk-Over makes this model. It was created for women who do much walking—fits the natural lines of the feet gracefully. 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