Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1924, Page 12

ASSAILS VALUATION PLAGED ONPEPCO Attorney Cites Washington Market Decision to Sustain Plea for Increase. * The recent decision of the Dis- frict Court .of Appeals in valuing o plant of the Washington Market Company was relied on today by At- rney John 8. Barbour as sustain- g his contentions before Justice afford in Equity Division 2 for a i:igher valuation of the property of o Potomac Electrio Power Com- any. In the market case the ap- sellate court increased by more than 500,000 the figures arrived at by a sajority of a condemnation commis- sion. This decision, the lawyer asserted, s determinative of a number of points und also determined that allowances 2 hich the Public Utilities Cemmission had excluded in the Pepco case Should oroperly be included in the revalua- ton which the court is about to make. Concludes Arguments. Ar. Barbour concluded the argu- ients in the case and Justice Stafford ok the question of revaluation un- r consideration. The lawyer for thescompuny went into the merits both of the historical nd of the reproduction estimates as made by the commission, and pointed out various ulleged errors made on tio part of the commission's account- sint, particularly in eliminating from ihe plant account $2 00 of physical ‘roperty purchased from the Potomac Ulectric Light and Power Company 1896, and $1,977,15 eliminated United States and Power Compuny ic Ttilities Commission aaid represented ouly the value of the franchises, ? Mr. Barbour insisted, and cited ex- tracts from the transcript to sup- “ort his contention that this $1,977,- 50.63 represented additions to and provements in the physical prop- ies of the United States Electric | Power Company and its W s own experts had testified that the $550,000 climinated by the commission from the plant account as being a promoters’ fees were proper and legiti- nate expenses, to which there could be mno criticism agyd which should be continued in the plant ac- counts of the company, quoting spe- cific statements made by Dr. Bemls, @ director of the commission's valua- tion bureau to sustain the propriety of this item. Historical Costn. Mr. Barbour Sangster's ascerta costs was not in accordance with the nd could not be reconciled ken from the ult of of the business and with the transac- tions to which the original entries referred, quoting at length fror that cost of reproduction, as estimat- urder normal conditions, ays be less than the actual cost of such a property as this, owing to piecemeal construction in actual practice and the wholesale ‘methods of calculation for reproduction, and yet hc showed that Pillsbury’s re- production ~osts of physical” items only exceeded by more than $2,000,000 tho historical costs us reported by Mr, Sangster, contending that th showed that S or's ascertainment of original “wholly -un- trustworth Taking up the question of repro- duction costs of the Potomac Elec- tric Light and Power Company us of argued | figures per cent of ‘those arrived at by Mr. as_being the costs two years prior thercto, whereas the un- contradicted evidence of all of the witnesses who testified on the sub- ject was that property costs had advanced much more than that dur- ing that period, and that Mr. Pills- bury. had testified that the physioml property of the company could be torn up and sold for scrap at the time he testified in 1916 for more than he had estimated as the repro- duction costs of the same property. He insisted that under the facts in this case and under the law the reproduction cost as of July 1, 1916, ‘Was the only safy criterion of value worthy of consideration by the court. and that if this were followed an due cffect given to the same the value arrived at by the court could not be less than that estimated by Mr. Almert as the reproduction value. POPE PIUS CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY OF REIGN Stately Function in Vatican At- tended by Queen Marie of Ru- —_ mania and Nobility. By the Associated Press. ROME, February 12.—Pope Pius colebrated today the anniversary of his coronation, holding a ' stately function at which the entire papal court, the diplomatists aceredited to the Vatican, the members of the Ro- man aristocracy and numerous in- | vited guests, including many Amer- icans, were present. Queen Marie of Rumania, although here incognito, occupied & special tribune purposely erected for her as a sovereign. The impressiveness of :the service was greatly heightened by the sing- ing of the sistine choi e dl STUDENTS 10 BE QUIZZED IN PURCHASE OF LIQUOR { Thirteen Summoned Before Louisi- ana Grand Jury Following Investigation. By the Associated Press. e BATON ROUGE, La., February 12— Thirteen students at Louisiana State University, have been summoned to appear before the East-Baton Rouge parish grand jury In connection with an investigation into the alleged sale of intoxicating liquors to youns men at the institution, It is a continuation of the inves- tigation begun last month, when T. D. Boyd, president of the university; Capt. Francis Woolfley, commandant of cadets, and A, T. Prescott, a fac- ulty member, were summoned before the jury to discuss methods whereby the university ofiicials and the parish officials could co-operate more closely Lu_ i matter. The sheriff -has observed thot «tn. dents can get liquor, while detectives employed by him aré unable to do so. Most of the summoned are presi- ‘dents or other officials of the frater- ‘nums al the university. « SINCLAIR SAILS FOR U. S. Declines Statement as He Leaves Aboard President Harding. DBy the Associated Press. | SOUTHAMPTON, England. ary 12—Harry nelair tho steamship President Harding to- day for New York. He yefused to make any stateme Febru- . L It is said that there are 2,000 recipes in China, and that a good Chinese cook is supposed to know them wl und not to repeat a dish more than once a month %0 Yo% % Poste e st o PP P40 40 048 40 050 00> Joogeefeatesteseafesies oef * 3 * K3 0% % %% * K3 Q K3 " KD ' % " o "% * % » KD "’ $0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00, o " ¥, 2 "' Sosde et 6% 0, 4o K3 * & * e * Soadoefeadods 90 6% 4%-% 6% ¢% o% % R “f’.“.“’”.“.“.“'“}" * o%% * * IXIXD peedreda el 0o o%% bo% %! % Sosde Y %0 630 od0 eds oBo sfo o3 * * * % » 2 o> % " & 4% % X2X TN . D030 o0 oo e3e Bt > % T XX W R NI F NN RN g led on | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., ISHPTORAVEMAST " FOR SHENANDOAW Orders Given to Prepare Ramapo, Fuel Boat, With Mooring for Dirigible. Final orders for installation of a mooring mast on the fuel ship Ramapo at Mare Island navy yard in preparation for the flight of the Shenandoah on an Arctic exploration cruise this summer were approved today by Secretary Denby on recom- mendation of Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the naval air service. Re- vised plans for the mast squipment will o forward withid the next fow ay. - Today’s orders completed the fire- | paratory steps for the flight and set {at Test rumors that the trip might not be carried through. The. fuel ship Patoka is fiow en route to Nor- folk navy vard for installation of a mooring “mast and will be used at the “stan " base at Spitzbergen { while the Shenandoah is_en Youte to ! and from the pole from.Nome. Members of the party sent to Nome to’ make preliminary inspection and begin the work of developing the polar flight base there left Washing- ton several days ago. They will ar- rive in the far north before the fce hus gone out, permitting entrance of shipping in the Alaskan harbors, and will make the trip into Nome by sled. The Ramapo is to be stationed at Nome at the time of the flight and probably will follow the Shenandoah as far northward as the ice will per- Tit. cquipped with & mooring mast for The Potoka was to have been service with the fleet as a tender for the Shenandoah during the fleet ma- neuvers, and will be used for that purpose after the polar expedition has been completed. Secretary Denby's order in approv- ing orders for conversion of the Ramapo set machinery of the Navy Department in full motion to com- plete details for the polar flight. The Shenandoah 18 expected to be ready to resume operations before May 1. She is now undergoing repair of-damage which resulted from her recent breaking away from the mooring mast at Lakehurst, N. J, during a gale. ORDER IS EXPLAINED. Navy Air Chief Says Shifts Made “In Interest of Service.” Commander Frank R. McCrary, who in naval orders made public yester- day was relieved from command ot the U. 8. S. Shenandoah and the naval air station at Lakehurst, N. J., was ordered to line duty last night as commanding officer of the submarine tender Canopus, now at Mare Island, Calit, undergolng repairs. I® was also gnnounced that the assignment of Commander Jacob H. Kline to the command of the Lakehurst station would be of a temporary character, a8 it was intended later to transfer him to duty with the Asiatic squad- ron, for which he recently applied. Last night's orders further in- structed Commander R. D. Wyer- bacher, engineer officer of the Shen- andoah, to proceed to' the aircraft factory at Philadelphia for duty as engineer officer there and directed Lieut. 13, II. Kincaid to report to the receiving ship at the Brooklyn navy yard for assignment to duty with the Atlantic fleet. - Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of tho bureau of aeronautics, de- scribed the change of officers as be- ing “in the best interests of the Navy.” Other officials at the Navy Department made no attempt to con- ceal tho fact that friction among th PARIS ROYALISTS VOTE AGAINST WILSON TRIBUTE ident for Peace Aid. By the Associsted Press. PARIS, February were cast in the senate today against a resolution expressing grate- ful homage to the memory*of Wood- row Wilson for the part he played in the war and his efforts to obtain guarantees for a definite peace by in- ternational understanding. The resolution was sent to the for- eign affairs committee in the usual way, where it was immediately ex- amined, and the senate regorter then read the committee’s unanimous adoption of the motion. The only votes against its adoption by the sens ate were those of Dominique de la Two in Senate Only,to Oppose Res- | as returned today against T. k oldtion ng Former Presi- Smith and Luther Robling, said to Thanki: e Us have been president and . re- Creagh, twenty-five ment of Agriculture. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, .192% e e — v The grand jury today returned two | iridictments against Miss M. Eleanor years old, a res ident of the District of Columbia, for- merly employed in the infernal rev-|for of $200,000 because he in enue office and later in the,Depart-|for the compan Miss Creagh is charged with stealing from the ! ination May 10, 1923, Miss Creagh ]repre!enl('d hersclf as a resident of the stato of Indiana, gave & Wrong | age and date of birth, and also swore she had never been arrested or charg- i ed with crime, g An_indictment for false pretenses . Fran| secretary, re pectively, of the Occidental Oil Cor- poratiom ‘Although only one indict- ment was reporte nited States EetTwor '°“'S’Government Employe AlS0 In- |are piaing w mamiare® dpet, tigre dicted for Theft of Records. charges against the men in connec- tion with ‘the sale of stock in the Ycompany. which indicates that total ! subscriptions secured in Washington reached $175,000. The -sfeific charge of the indic jment is that the men obtained $1,000 {from Dr. 3. ¥ Mitchell, Febru- ription to the stock 'of the company after telling him that the corporation owned oil lands in Wichita Falls, Tex., and that Smith owned 100 acres of land in that tate for which he had refused an of It w: sented, the indictment set out, that in-|jt was able to puy a dividend of 1 Haye and Count De Blois, both royal- | ternal revenue office records and files | per cent a month. ists. alued at $10. She = with purjury officers at Lakehurst.and those of th. Shenandoah’s command had ed from time to time, and lcd, to a situation where action su that taken yesterday could no long be postponed if the interests of the service were considered. of New York. Still another reason waseadvanced, £ that the shift was made in order to replace “student aviators” and qualified afrship pilots” on the Shel andoah with oflicers experienced in flying dirigibles. fice he: While Admira) Moffet will command | pers we; the Arctic expedition, it was said [man imper Commander ~ Zachary — Lansdowne |of the compe would have @ntirc charge of’ the <ho W Skenandoah during that period. He most experien vy in dirigible opera- tions, and has been connected with every enterpri; unched by . th Th Navyy in its development of lighte than-alr craft since that science was | nota irst taken u pplic urred ¢ to the income tax Jetober 31, 14 of Harry Alexan- The government | Briscoe, joy ridin young had | lin, communication with th to show also charged with a through | ygainst them are d a-position ag typ- nment employ. e t it al Commissioner Hirt and under bond for the grand jury. Mintepresentation Charged. womun how minated ajintent to kill and assauit The of- | dangerous weapon. and the pa- s s Other fndietments. Others indic#ed and the tarceny; Ruth Studrt Wright, forger: and uttering; Claude ¥ support of minor T. Kincaid, asgault pon; William Saunders and Jame Charles asganlt with on; Joseph 1. Matthew: the {ceny; Bernard H. Harri with The oldest bottle of wi Migs | World, so far as authenticated r e United | held ds can settle this question, i 1t is a which bears of he company was prospering o that | charges | zen st John Tigue, grand | Balf squara ni thirty-rix s possession of a London, wine ex- L. bottle of \Bavarian its label the DEFENDS ALAMEDA NAVY BASE PROJECT McKean Denies Officers Push Pro- posal for Sake of Sap Fran- cisco Society. | Naval officers are i recommon the Alameda base for war purposes not to enable them “to butt into Francisco society,” Rear Admiral Me- Kean, commander of Mare Isiand navy vard, declared today befors th House naval committce. “Social advantages,” the admira) | said, were mot being considered b the officers. but recreation for t. enlisted personnel must not be ov { looked. Francisco. be &dded, afford ore advantages to the mer allejo. t two and ons mpared n Fr: dangerous weap- | grand lar- | ault with Admiral McKean repli 5 a base at Mare Island ould not bLc il not want cited modern Miss Conn. Y %0 % 4% % o 4% % 20.4% %042 4% 6% o %0 %0 o5 20e% <%0 o 0e Pose e st oo 02"10':“:“2“.“3“2“.“.“.“r:“.fi.“:“:“:“.“.“&. “o“o‘,‘0’?"‘:“:“:"0“:“.".“30:“:“}0:“:“M@:‘é’:“:“:“:“:“:“:“:“:“:“.“:“.“.“o"o“o“o’,’o“’ UNCLE SAM ASKS: ‘“What’s the Matter with . My Government?’’ The Oil Scandal Be‘cause of the charges that some ofi.icxals in high places have been futh.leu to their trust, many people are inclined to be impatient with !:he .Govemment at large and to inveigh against it. This attitude is entirely wrong. Even though it should be proved that some official, or a group of them, is guilty of misconduct in the management of public affairs, the government will continue to func- tion properly as a whole. That one or two government officials have been faithless to their trust has been the sensation of dec- ades. And it should be so, because our public officials and employes are hones.t, and the Federal Gov- ernment is growing greater and strongereveryday. Itservesitsciti- zens better than any government on eartl3 has ever served any people. A Con'-le what will—wars, epidem- ics, riots, panics, scandals, good times and bad, the thousand and one things the Government does for the people are attended to promptly and efficiently. The mails are carried, the weather is forecasted, the time is kept, the standards of weight and measure are fixed, the courts func- tion, disease is fought, the money is made, inventions are patented, science is fostered, and statistical records are kept. The Constitution still guarantees free speech, religious freedom, the privilege of peaceable assembly, the right of public trial by jury, and the right to petition the govern- ment for redress of grievances. 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