Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1923, Page 4

DOUBTS UTILITIES - CAN GOMPROMISE >Syme l;s Invited to Confer With Commission on Elec- tric Rate Case. Former Corporation Counsel Con- rad H. Syme expressed today doubt as to the authority of the Public Utllitles Commission to consider a compromise in the Potomac Electric Power Company’s valuation sult. Mr. Syme sald he has been invited to confer with the commission at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon to discuss the effects of Chief Justice McCoy" decision, but that he did not know whether the question of a compro- mise would be considered. May Question Own Power. He added, however, that as the commission was engaged in the per- formance of a public duty and the matter was now In the hands of the court, the commission might ques- tion its own power to consider or consent to a settlement, in view of the fact that under Chief Justice MeCoy's decision it had now become the duty of the court to consider the entire record and correct any error which the Court of Appeals felt the commission had made in its original finding of valuation. Although Congress did not provide the commission with funds to employ Mr. Syme this year, he is still in the case as representative of citizens and will t Corporation Counsel Fran- cis H. Stephens in any further court developments. In effect, Chief Justice McCoy's de- cision was' that the District Supreme Court may proceed to revalue the property. A date for further hear- ing of the matter probably will not be set until officials of the Potomac Bleetric Power Company have decided whether they wish to take this latest ruling to the Court of Appeals, Syme Reviews Situation. Discussing the situation today, Mr. yme sald: = The situation in the Potomac Electric Power Company case so far s the Interest of the consumers of ectric_energy is concerned could ot be better than it has been made ¥ Chief Justice McCoy's decision. He istained the contention of the Public 1"tilitles Commission that under the decision of the Supreme Court of the nited States it has become the duty of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to consider the entire record made before the Public Utili- ties Commission ,and in_accordance with the opinion of the Court of Ap- peals to add something to the factor known as reproduction cost on account of the increased cests of labor and ma- terfal between the 1st of July, 1914, and the 1st of January, 1917, when the val- uation was made. “And when this is done only that weight will be given to the reproduc- tion cost to hich the court thinks it is entitled: and it does not neces- sarily follow' that the fair value of property would be increased for rate- making purposes by any amount add- ed to the reproduction cost. “It must not be forgotten that the ion had the right to . s of the Potomac Power Company as it d o any valuation whatsoever had been made, and the law itself makes the decreased rates primu facle just and reasonable, and it was then up to the vower company to show that they were either unfust or unreasonable The valuation made by the commis. lon showed that the decreased rates would have been reasonable and non. conflscatory even though a much higher value had been given to the property of the com; L B pany as a base RAILWAY LINE HIT - BY CITIZENS’ BODY Randle Highlands Asks Revocation of East Washington Com- pany Charter, Condemning the' East Washington Helghts railway, which runs from 17th and Pennsylvania avenue south- east to Randle Highlands, “as becom- ing less and less serviceable,” a reso- lution requesting the revocation of the~ charter of the company was adopted by the Randle Highlands Citizens' Assoclation at a meeting in the Fountaln Memorial Church last night. The resolution will beforwarded to the Public Utllitles -Commission with a request that a Capital Traction Company car or bus line be estab- lished in the place of the other road and that free transfers from the 17th and Pennsylvania avenue cars i Randle Highlands be granted. A committee composed of P. E. Mc- Kinney, Mrs. F. E. Masson, A. K. Ware. and T. M. Crane was instructed to circulate a_ petition in favor of the request before the citizens of Randle Highlands and to forward this peti- tion to the Public Utilities Commis- ston. A request also will be made to the District Commissioners to improve the sewerage system in the vicinity of the heights. In the annual election of officers A. K. Ware was elected president, and other officers chosen as follows: T. A V. M. Mew- er, secretary; J. R. Coryell, treasurer, and P. E. McKinney and C.'A. Barker, delegates to the Federation of Citi- zens Associations. Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses bave been issued to the following Ralph S. Fowler and Virginia R. Ward. Silas R. Hauvermale of imore, M Hilda M. Heacock of Woodlawn, Md. Charles A. Owens and Florence Wolfey. James Dudley and Mary Blackwell. William R. Savoy and Clara E. Strong. Arthur Ransom and Anna Matthews, both Lanham, Md. Viliam” McKinley Brooks and Edoa F. homas, Samuel H. Jackson of Fredericksburg, Va. and Carrie Pullon of this ci Raiph Miles and Anita Marshail. Martin 1. Barr and Thelma Henderson, both ¢ Lanham. Md. Donghoe and Issbelle B. Cain. Oulshay and Anna L. M; Vogt and Bernice E. Judd, both of Luray, V Earl 8. Fitzhugh and P! llomena Rockell. Tobert 0. Powell of this city and Mary By Roy of Markham, Va. Stanley W. Cotbin and_Anna P. Rector. Howard Willlams and Pearl B. Davis. Charles B. Parker and Sue E. Brawner. Ernest Burnett and Suste Mcintosh. Albert” Tunstall _of Worcester, Mass., and Nellle Savage of Newmarket, N. H.. Philip Bubkow of this city and Dvelyn H. Bolger of New York city. Earl A. Stoup and Muriel C, Wiliiams. John “M. Porter and Ida Carter, both of Warrenton, Va. John P.' Harrls of this city and Mabel 8, Atkinson of East Troy, Wis. William M. Jewell and Mary E. Grat. Isanc 0. Gordon and Laura Schaffer, both of Movut 1de, Va. - - Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been reported t the health department in the last twenty-four James H. Lake Joel R. Sidd and of. 8. D Joseph J. William Sibley Hospital . 451 N. Y. a 4 t, lospital, ‘ecelia E. Locker, 80, Nickols ave, . Charles Barbour, 47, Casualty Holmu" e Helen Jones, 18, 5220 Blaine st. n.e, ;‘n‘mu fufllllll)roh, 70‘., {-Ie% Dent st. nfant of William an rtha L2 en’s Hos) L Je. 2oy —_— A novel Insurance policy has just been {ssued by Lloyd's underwriters. It insures patrons of motion-picture theaters against death from excessive laughter whilst in the theater. LODGE 15 VISITED BY GRAND MASTER Albert Pike Masonic Group Entertains Many Officials From Other Bogfles. Paying his annual grand visitation to Albert Pike Lodge, No. 36, last evening, in its lodgeroom, in Scottish Rite Cathedral, 3d and E 'streets northwest, Dr. Mark F. Finley, grand master of Masons of the Dis- trict of Columbia, welcomed a large number of Masonic officials from other jurisdictions. The latter are here for the sessions of the Masonic Service Association, in progress, for the conference of Masonic grand m ters tomorrow, and to attend the lay- ing of the corner stone of the George Washington Memorial in Alexandria Thursday. The visitors walked in the Grand Lodge line last evening. Those wel- comed included Joseph Sinal,” grand Prentiss B. Carter, deputy grand master; John A, Davilla, grand secretary; Ira Weingrun, grand mar- shal, and Edwin F. Gayle, constitut- ing a delegation from Louisiana. Past| Grand Master Arbuckle of West Vir- ginia, Deputy Grand Master Hender- son and Grand Chaplain Gallagher of Michigan; past grand magter, representin; master of the Pnul%plnu at the cor- ner stone laying; E. A. Perkins of Manila, representing the Grand Lodge of the Phillppines in the Service Association, and deleg: from Utah were also officially *wel- comed. Grand Master Finley was unusually enthusiastic {n commending Albert Pike Lodge on its progress and achievements during the year, and especially on the fact that, although an “outlying” lodge, it stands No. 4 on the list of the constituent bodles in amount subscribed for the new Ma- sonic Temple project. In keeping with its custom, the lodge presented a personal testi- monial to the grand master in the form of & gold fountain pen and a gold pencil, the address being made by Ellwood P. Morey, as master. Fol- lowing the visitation supper was served to the visitors and members. The visitation this evening will be to Naval Lodge, No. 4, in Masonic Hall, Pennsylvania avenue and 4th street southeast, at 8 o'clock. COMMISSIONERS MAKE TRAFFIC RULE CHANGES L Street Made One-Way West- bound—Parking Extended on Vermont Avenue. Two amendments were made to the traffic regulations by the Commis- sioners in board session toda L street between 14th and 20th streets, nOw & one-way street for east-bound vehicles, was reversed to west-bound. Two-hour parking now permitted on Vermont avenue between H and streets was ordered extended to M street. Births Reported. The follot births have been reported to hours. L. and Lillle M. Shirley, PRy iy O gy . and Maude E. ‘fl?" George M. and Maud Ji Aaron C. snd Edna Selis, poy. Tomorow California A cuons Tokay Grapes We are distributing a car- load of these fine grapes:to our stores today. On Sale Tomorrow Per Lb. 10c WHITE HOUSE Brand Sweet Cider, per gallon jug, Fresh Pressed No Charge for Container APPLE 59¢ S For the Halloween Entertaining You’ll Want Some Fire Apples. ; Skoqkum’ Select From These: > Delicious, perlb. . . . Per Original Box, $3.75 West Coast Jonathans, 4 lbs. for 25¢ Per Original Box, $2.49 "“Sanitary” Brand Eggs are Good Eggs Every egg guaranteed to you to be 2 good egg or the loss will be Per Doz ours. We buy only the best graded storage stock from which we' select the eggs which we pack in.our “Sanitary” brand carton. We tell you frankly that all the eggs we sell ‘at-this season are storage eggs. A trial dozen will enable you to judge quality, 42c BONAR LAW, EX-PREMIER, IS DEAD OF PNEUMONIA (Oontinued from First Page.) q monia and & condition that gave rise to considerable anxiety; but soon after extras appeared, giving news of his death. o The official bulletin {ssued by the physiclans who attended thé former premier read follows: “Mr. Bonar Law dled at 3 o'clock following an acute attack of septic pneumonia. . . (Signed) ¥GOULD, MAY,; HORDER.” The ex-premier's daughter and his two surviving sbns, Anthony and Rich- ard, were with him during last days of his illness. Two of his sons were killed In the world war, & sorrow from which Mr. Bonar Law rer recovered. ‘When the Canadian Scotsman—Mr, Bonar Law was born in New Bruns (Wick, Canada, on September 16, | 1858—accepted his high office a year 0 his friends well knew that his {health was precarious. Outside that close circle it was known only that he had contracted a throat complaint which prevented him from speaking. Knew His Comditien. Mr. Bonar Law was aware of his own condition and promised the unionist party, when he accepted Its mandate, he would resign if and when he found his strength unequal to his work. He gave place to ntanley| Baldwin, his chancellor of the ex- jchequer, almost before his new gov- ernment was fairly organized, retiring to the country to safeguard his failing strength. No official statement a: but the public drew an inference from the fact that Dr. Thomas Horder, who was attending |him when he resigneéd and who has |since been his. physiclan, 1s one of the foremost cancer specialists. During the interval spent in the country since his retirement from the |prime ministership, Mr. Bonar Law had been able to take outdoor walks, and also motored -considerably. The reports of these activities, which seemed to indicate that he was hold- ing his own, had not prepared the public for the news of his compara- tively rapld decline. Simple Funeral Destred. There is every reason to belleve it was Mr. Bonar Law's wish to be burfed as simply as he lived. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, | who succeeded Andrew Bonar Law to the premliership, pald the following tribute to the dead statesman: “For him, I am thankful he has | been~ spared further suffering; for his friends, the loss is irreparable. The country will not forget that he sacrificed his 1ife in her service.” POWERFUL WAR FIGURE. Bonar Law Put Premiership Aside in Lloyd George's Favor. Andrew Bonar Law, one &f the most powerful figures in political Europe preceding, during and imme- diately following the world war, be- came prime minister of England Octo- ber 23, 1922, upon the resignation of David Lloyd George, last of the famous | war premiers and of the “big four” at | Versailles to step down from office, | Bonar Law had distinguished him- self five years before as the man who refused a king's offer to make him prime minister. As leader of the Wz NSNS NZNN 7N 20 WOZY 0\ 2 7R IZNNY \ 7N 12243 e N\WZ7eY N W7 N 3 \ N 23 NNZN2 N\ 774 \“‘l’ \\\‘l \“" e conservatives, the largest single par-|with the king, =na taniey Baiawin,[dition, he was ty in the house of commons, he was summoned by King George to form & cabinet laty in 181 alter Lloyd George, then minister of munitions, had forced an issue with Premier A th and brought about the latter’ resignation. The political colleagues of howeve! declined to war, used the . honot. Lloyd - George and his famous war cabinet was the result. Fought th Lloyd George. Often called the “Roosevelt of Epng- land” because of his tremendous fol- lowing from all parties and all walks of life, Bonar Law became chancellor of the exchequer under the new pre- mier and fought side by.side with the “Little Welsh'Gfant” until the spring of 1931, when he ‘was forced to retire because of 11l th, Although always & champion of the man he had virtually made premier, Bonar Law remained with his party Wwhen the conservatives, in 1922, met and decided to withhold support from the coalition government, which, it was felt, had out-lived the emergency for which it was created. When the king again {nvited him to form a ministry he found no words behind which to couch a refusal. the premier was suffering from a rlous throat affectlon. A few da: ehancellor o named to succeed him. Mot Groat Problems. The government .of Bonar Law uer, was dealt with several problems of great! domestic and . international magpi- ong_ these was the Irish the French invasion of the lley, which.placed England in an extremely dellcate positio) he funding of the American debt and the difficulties with soviet Russia over the treatment of British subjects in the near east. A statesman with fow political en- emies, the career of Bonar Law was singular. He was forty-two yearsof age before he entered politics. A suc- cessful Glasgow iron merchant who | had been born and educated in Can- ada, his rise to eminence in the Br ish’parliament began with his elec- tion in 1900 as a unionist from the Blackfriars division of Glasgow. Favoréd Tarif® Reform. Strong for . tariff reforgn, he soon became noted for his ar reasoning on that subject, and as a result was made parliamentary. secretary of the board of trade. Later he guccessiyely became leader of the unionist, or op- position, party.in the house of com- secretary of state for the col- chancellor of -the exchequer; lord of the privy seal and finally premier. = A lithe; slim figure of a man, scarce- 1y five' feet in heighth, with a bris- tling mustache, bright, active eyes, and a determined set to his mouth and chin, he was a typical hard- headed Scotch busin mt In 1311 H St. N.W. SAMPLE HOMES OPEN TODAY 643 Columbia Road N. 5829 Colorado Ave. N.W... 916 D Street N.E..... 424 15th Street N.E....... 121 16th Street N.E....... 131 16th Street N.E. 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Even the limited income finds satisfac- tory selection of ‘4fine’”” furniture from our assortments. ving Room Dining Room Suites Suites " Hours—8:48 to 5:30 ROR A Upholstered Chairs Tables and Occasional Pieces 121517 F Street and 1214-18 G Street - e INE TARANR m\?;lh\i &2 Res N N7 T, REDN NI E 7 7)) \: W 30 /) f, N 6 R 'K ! MEIREIR AN AN RN 4 I\ 7] R N RN N NN something of an ora- tor, quick of thought and speech, using short, sharp sentences, that often smacked >f that bitter, cutting sarcasm, for which he was famous It was his peraistency that brought about the evacuation of Gallipoli, of emoye] of more than 100,000 llfivlvin‘éBfl ish soldfers from 4D untenable position, _ Able Opposition Leader. His ‘services as government leader in the house of commons, a more dif- ficult and thankless poeition th: hat of the leader of the opposition, placed Bonar Law high among his illustri- ous predecessors—Disraeli, Gladstone, (t!:‘:nnhell-fiannemln and A. J. Bal- r. News of his retirement due to- ill health in the spring of 1921 came as a shock to his colle Fornier mm}:’-‘rqglm nal jhave for s been engaged in givin nm; taking. blo urfium Mr. Bona‘r Law, but they never Jeft any rancor behind them.” Lloyd George, In read- ing the retiring chancellor's letter of T nation, repeatedly choked back 80bs and exprossed the hope that hiy friend might return ¢o his duties aftes a prolonged Bonar Law's breakdown dated from shortly before the Paris peace con= ference of 1919, which he attended 49 one of the British delegates. Fought Irish Republicans, The disposition of Bonar Law tn take the most positive stand on grave public questions caused him soms embarrassment before his first re. tirement. ‘He was an uncompromi-. * ing foe to the Irish republican moves ment. The desiro of Lloyd George and Bonar Law to resume trads relations with Russia through the soviet gov- ernment also met with determine| resistance from rl Curzon, the for- elgn secretary; Winston Churchill, then secretary for war, and Austin Chamberlain, “chancellor of the cx. chequer. The dffficulty of the situ tion was made greater by the atti- tude of France and America, whero there was much opposition to the British plan, Evening Slippers for-the Halloween Party 2 Gold and Silver Brocaded Strap Slippers As Illustrated 5100 Same model with low boxed heels Other Evening and Party Slippers in Black Satin, Suede and Patent Leather. $6.50 to $9.50 “Atwin® desired shades, $1.95. Queen Quality Boot Shop 1219 F Street N. W, Baolustve Agents in Weshington for QUEEN QUALITY SHOES. L I and “Windsor” Silk and Chiffon Hoslery, all L 2 to 14 Yr. Fur & Cloth Collar GIRLS’ COATS A big value- siving event for day; Wool Cioth Coats, belted, convertible collars, large pockets an neat trim- mings. 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