Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1924, Page 17

BUSINESS T0 BEAT LAST YEAR RECORD Railroad’s Survey Indicates 10 Per Cent Increase in Volume for U. S. The volume of business throughout the United States will be 10 per cent larger this year than it was during the record-breaking ar of 1923, ac-% cording to u preliminary survey gath. ered from thousands of sources Ly the leading railroads of the United States. Almost cversthing that rolls over the rails, the carriers have been ad- vised. will roll in larger volume dur- ing 1 it did a year ago, Iron, steel, building m erials, automobiles, wctured articles will new production re be foreseen now. The single excep- tion to the trend is coal, and the r son why there will not be a propor- tionate incre. coal production, 1t iy said, Ii fact that produc- tion 1 on 50 great a ec in s in the s of the survey by the railroad sen in the making for th weeks. Almost every line of has been consult of the United St normal t this information | 3 nging their trafiic for the remaining ten and one- If months of 1921 wrted to lect it shortly” before New Year. work has not been completed, but pro d_far enough, to enable hering it to form an intelli- imate of business in 1924, as the shippers see it. Strive for Improvements. usual demands upon | ystem, the leading their effort n first-class | being | it can be financed, anc s prudent f that ) nt plant ing_rep with the same maximum efficiency that inaugurated the drive to clean up and get ready more than a y Bad-order countr of owne at a | the | per cent throughout were reduced to 7 hip on January 15. standing total of 15! on that dat the number of c; as almost twice t order locomotives are ed no less energeticall nd locomotives, con. r, are being de- numbe heing rep and new o tracted for las livered almos As a result o roads had at the time of iny i requirements. At | time the carriers were haul- | volume of traffic far above the for the past five vears. This s being carried without in- | convenience and with a degree of di patch unknown half a decade as even Months Avernge. nonths in 1923 the' rail- ountry averaged a haul | 1 1,000,000 loaded frelght weekly—a feat which was re- For seven roads of th of more th- cars HARRIS~ e BNOLAN WILLIAM ¥ ANTELMANN, Son of Capt. Santelmann, leader of the United States Marine Band, and a member of the world famoux musical organisation. garded as unique. - Only five times before 1923 had the level of 1,000,000 cars a week been reached, and then in the peak of the rush season starting in October. Last year the 1,000,000-cars-a-week movement started {in May #nd continued through Novem- ber. This year the carrlers believe there will be quite a few weeks when the volume of traffic will exceed 1,100,000 . They expect to handle the ight without delay and without the inconvenience of car shortage, a handicap that has arisen perennially, 3, to restrict the business enterprise of the country. The movement of the new record | volume of freight loadings will be made possible, if achieved, by the closer co-operation of the shippers of the country. Last year the rafl- roads extended their right hand to the country’s shippers and asked for teamwork.. The shippers responded, and for months shippers and car- riers sat down at council tables throughout the country to plan ways and means for delivering the goods without hitch. Conferences Extended. This year these conferences have been extended to new regions and have been enlarged to provide for al- most every conceivable kind of bu: ness inte utilizing the railroads. In addition, the merit of early shipping has been clearly demon- | strated, and the usual peak period of Octobef probably will be flattened out to an even greater extent than it was last year. The heavy traffic will no longer be confined to iwo or three months in the fall, if the consoli- dated carrier-shippér plans previal, but will start, probably in May, be distributed throughout months instead of being compressed into thre There are tribute to and the | cannot be foretold with certainty at this time. But unless unforescen com- plications arise, the railroads antici- /] e in 1924. They however, ipate the greatest usiness the United States has ever seen. do, (Copyright, 1924.) "THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 10, 1924—PART 1. DRECTORS NANED | ooz CATHEDRAL ALK INHOSPITAL DRIVE Three Vice Chairmen Each to Direet Ten Team Cap- tains in Campaign. John Poole, Arthur C. Moses and Harry King have been appointed vice chairmen of the Emergency Hospital campaign, which will begin next month, it was announced at the Emergency Hospital campaign head- quarters, 14th and G streets north- west, yesterday. Mr. ‘Moses has appointed the fol- lowing team captains to assist in ac- complishing the object of raising $500,000 for new construction and im- provements at the Emergency and Casualty hospitals: Thomas Bones, F. G. Coldren, Charles I Corby, Dr. Karl Corley W. M. Kennedy, Charles A. Langley, A. N. Miller, David Roy. H. G. Smithy and Odell Whipple. Each of the three vice chairmen will be re- sponsible for the appointment and guidance of ten team captains, and each captain will recruit a team of ten members, it was stated. Home for Nurxen. Part of the funds raised will be used for the construction of a three- story nurses' home, which is already being erected next door to the nine- story Emergency Hospital building on New York uvenue, opposite the Cor- coran Gallery of Art. Some of the nurses are now housed in unsuitable o'd buildings near the hospital, and a number are living In the hospital itself, taking up room which will be released for patients when the new building is completed. Other valuable space now used for administrative purposes in the present building, it is declared, will be made available for public and charitable use when the nurses' home is ready for occupancy. In addition tq the men's teams, a large number of women will take part in the campaign, under the leadership of Mrs. Reginald S. Huldekoper and her three vice chairmen, Mrs. Car- roll C. Glover, jr. Mrs. Flovd Wag- gaman and Mrs. M. J. Vaughan. Mrs. Vaughan is president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Casualty Hospital. WO00D SUPPORTER WINS IN PHILIPPINE ELECTION By the Assoclated Press. MANILA, February 9.—Vincente Rama, member of the democratic party, was re-elected a member of the Philippine house of representatives trom the province of Cebu today in a special election, defeating a coalition candidate. Rama, who Is a supporter of Gov. General Wood, was ynseated by the house last December on the ground that he was not a resident of the dis- trict he sought to represent. One of the last acts of the legislature was the passage of a bill changing the date of the annual session from Octo- ber 16 to July 16, The measure, legislators explained would shorten bythree months the period whRherein Go. General Wood migvht fill offices by appointment. The Creséent~Five Rooms and Bath. $35.00 ¥, Are You Getting the Most Out of Life? To get real happiness for yourself and family, to_ really get the most out of life, A HOME OF YOUR OWN is an absolute necessity, It is the first step toward thrift. 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They had Willis $2,000 sinking the ship, ifie testified that of sinking $40,000 insu promised by their part in brothers had tes Capt. Willis charges against him tried to black he was an prirates who raided Virginia Pretelt. Capt. Willls’ ship after the Marla Borges. omplice of __A—iesemblance. From the Philade tecord. Bloobs—As @ borrower {quick as lizhtning. |~ Slobbs—and to he's carry | same pla | —e———— | Looks Like a Frame-Up. | From the Boston Tra | Edith—Did you {before you were encaged? Ethel—Yes; that's how to be engaged—pupu came along. Jack kiss SHIP-SCUTTLING CHARGE AGAINST CAPTAOIN FAILS Accused Man in Norfolk Court (floral tributes sent to Mr. Wilson ‘Wins Case After Testifying to February 9.—Capt. fed- harges of hark the , 1922 n ship Slerra cquired her. eras his ified had eacock in the forepeak of bark would hey testified that the purpose | llect been cach for the the were made by the Coutevas brothers after they had | afl him, alleging that | whisky | the steamship next the similie Curther, he never strikes twice in the | you we happen | -~ TOBE AMPLIFIED Sermon in Chapel Today May , Be )-Ieard by Thousands Out | to See Wilson Tomb. In preparation for the throng that is expected to attend the first devotional service to be held in the Bothlehem chapel of the Holy Nativity eince it be- came the sepulcher of Woodrow Wik i son, amplifiers will be placed in opera- tion in the amphitheater, where those who cannot be accommodated in the chapel may hear the service. Announcement was made that no tick- ets for admission to the chapel will be issued. Pcople will be admitted as they arrive. When the chapel has ac- commodated its capacity the overflow will be seated in the big amphitheater, where 25,000 persons &an be handled See Tributes Afterward. Every word of the service, at which Blshop Freeman will preside, will be carrted to the crowd outside by means of amplifiers. Before and af- ter the service visitors will be per- mitted to pass through the chapel as usifal, where Some of the sources of from all over the world still survive. In order that visitors to the na- tional Cathedral, of which the Beth- lehem Chapel is a part, may not be disappointed in their desire their respects before Mr. tomb, however, and at the same t permit the regular services days and weekdays to take place with out interruption, it is important that visits be timed fo fit the chapel sche- dules. The following suggesion was | | Admits Leaving Wife On County Road, But Denies Other Charges Thomas R. Burch in an answer to his wife's suit for a limited divorce, in which she claimed that he left her with two children in an automobile on a country road and she had to walit for a passing autoist to get home, admits the éharge, but declares it re- sulted from a fit of anger caused by “is wife's quarreling and insistence a driving the car. He denies other cnarges made by the wife and says interference by his mother-in-law caused much of the trouble. He asks that her suit be dismissed. Attorney T. Morris Wampler repre- sents the husband. made from the offices of the cathe- dral. ( Public Is Welcome. “The public is welcome at all serv- ices, but are, of course, expected to remain throughout, and these hours are therefore not recommended to visitors, although the grounds will be open at all times. Between serv- ices until 6 p.m. visitors may pass through the chapel. “On week days the services are short and those who wish to wander around the chapel will have only a short time to wait until thelr con- clusion. “On Sundays, however, conditions are different, the sermons at the 11 o'clock and 4 o'clock services and the large congregations that fill the chapel making it necessary to sug- gest that visitors who wish only to pass through plan to visit the chapel between 1 and 3 o'clock. At 3 o'clock tomorrow it will be necessary to clear the chapel of visitors and prepare it for the 4 o'clock service.” — One of the largest unexplored areas in the United States lies in a triang- ular space between the Colorado and the San Juan river in southeastern Utah. Here an area as large as some of the smaller eastern states still remains practically unknown to white men. JOHNSON REPORTS IMMIGRATION BILL Says Measure Will Prevent Millions of Aliens Flood- -ing Country. Present plans call for the House to consider the Johnson immigration bill as soon as it disposes of tax legisla- tion. Chairman Johnson of the immi- gration committee yesterday filed a report on the measure, signed by fourteen committce members, Dis- senting views will be presented by three other members. Pointing out that the present 3 per cent law, based on the 1910 census, expires June 30 next, the report de- clared there was “immediate and urgent need for enactment of immi- gration legislation.” “The committee is advised,” the re- port continued, “that an immigration of between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 would have entered the United States during each of the past two years if the 3 per cent law had not barred the way. Need of New Law. “If the 3 per cent law is permitted to expire, and if no other legislation s enacted, the movement to our shores of the largest migration of peoples in the history of the world may be expected to begin July 1, The exclusion clauses of the February 5, 1917, will be powerle: stay the tid, Provisions of the Johnson bill were summed up in the report as follows: Preserves the basic immigration law of 1917, 1= 2 limitation as fnaugurated in the act of May 19, 1921. Changes the quota base from the census of 1910 to the census of 1890 Changes the quota base froma ti census of 1910 to the census of 1840 Reduces Percentage. Reduces the percentage from 3 to plus small base quota for each | countr. | Counts certificates, not persons. | Provides for preliminary cxamina- | tion overseas, < Exempts wives, children under eighte. nd parents over fifty-five, of American citizens. | Reduces classes of exempted aliens. Places burden of proof on alien {rather than on the United States. | Meets the situation with reference | to admission of persons ineligibl. citizenship. Restriction of Orlentals. Carries numerous sections to les sen hardships of immigrant: In tightening the bars against im migration of Japanese and other orientals the bill provides that the ble for admission to ates are government amilies and attend- ants, tourists, busi men and sea- Z the country for v stay, ministers, teache a tudents and those previousi admitted lawfully who from u visit abroad. 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