Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1924, Page 4

20,000 WITNESS j BLOSSOM FESTIVAL Only 40 Per Cent, However, of 1,000,000 Apple Trees Are in Bloom. WEATHER IS DRAWBACK Parade One of Features on Win- chester Program. Special Dispatch (o The Star. WINCHESTER, Va, May 3.—Win- chester’s firet annual apple blossom festival was held today with no more than 40 per cent of the blossoms out, due to cool and partly cloudy weather that has prevailed for the past week. The general committee hoped against hope that no less than 1,000,000 trees n the commercial orchards of Fred- erick County would be in full bloom by sunrise this morning, but all their wishings were unable to raise the thermometer above 70 degrees. State pathologists stationcd at & ficld laboratory bere stated early in the weck that five bours of contin- uous sunshine with a temperature of 75 @egrees would bring out the blos- soms of all late varietles, but the de- sired sunshine and temperature were not forthcoming and the 20,000 visit- ors who flocked to Winchester to see « million appte trees in full bloom had to content themsclves with a view of the earller varieties Town Gayly Decorated. 1n spitc of nature's failure to re- spond, as hoped and expected, the celebration, arranged by a dozen or more committees under Director Gen- eral W. A. Ryan, carried out a fes- tival program, the like of which, it was declared, had never been at- tempted in the Shenandoah valley All down-town sireets of the town wero gayly decorated with real and imitation apple blossoms; streamers and festoons of en, nink and white, the official colors, covered the fronts of business buildinzs and sim- ilar decorations, along with the Stars and Stripes, were used on private residences. Thero were six d purade, each of which w = local or visiting band. W. weod White was grand bis two main aides were Mi O'Le: and Mrs. Amos “Ther: re m floats entered by and other establishm 4 num ©f them coming T hirteen Vir ginia and West Virgi resented in the a Inc, the new organization that Broadcasting the Virginia Valley's at- tractions with a view of attracting tourists. More than 100 private auto- mobiles competed for prizes offered for the most artistically decorated cars Crowned “Queen Shemandoah.” Miss Elizabeth Steck, lovely young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M Steck, was crowned Quecen Shenan doah by Richard H. Grav, who acted as King Pomo. Princ were as follows: Winchester, Miss Katharine Barnett: Frederick, Miss Elizabeth Smith; Jefferson, Miss Florence Mor- gan: Augusta. Miss Virginia Lewis Davidson: Ciarke. Miss Virginia Hardesty: Rockbridge, Miss Corinne Bell; Shenandoah, Miss Bobbie Bruce Donaldson; Rockingham, Miss Lucille Hoplkins. Heralds were Kenneth Rob- inson and Harry Byrd, jr. Train- bearers wee M Ethel and Retha Cooper. James R. Du Shane was court Jester. The corenation ceremonies took place on the Handley School grounds, with an_immense throng present. Tonight Queen Shenandoah and her court will be special guests at a festival ball President Coolidge was represented Wy Secretary of War Weeks, who brought a party of nine, and were yests of Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. jass. High officials of the Pennsyl- vunia and Baltimore and Ohlo rail- road came on special cars. Many luncheons and dinner parties were given. A mammoth fireworks pro gram will be carried out tonight on the Handley School grounds. HOUSE GETS POSTAL PAY INCREASE BILL| Kelly Urges Early Action on Meas- ure Calling for Flat Raise of $300 for Employes. Shryock The revised postal salaries bill, completed by the House post office committee yesterday, was immediate- 1y reported to the House, where an effort will be made to get early ac- tion The House committee approved a time differential proposed by Repre- sentative Kelly, Republican, Pennsyl- vania, which would give postal work- ers on duty between 6 p.m. and 6 am. the samec pay credit for fifty minutes work as is accorded day workers for an hour. It was esti- mated that 70 per cent of the clerical force and most of the railroad mail clerks would be bencfited, Another change in the bill would provide for six classifications of rail- way mail clerks instead of seven, as proposed in the bill. The maximum salary which would go to clerks in charge would be $2,700—an increase of $400 over the present scale. There would be a flat {ncrease of $300 for other classifications. The committee recommended that the yearly pay of rural mail carriers who are in two classifications should be ncreased from $1,300 to $1,400 and from $1,100 to $1,200, with substitutes recelving fifty cents an hour. The bill provides for a flat increase of $300 & year for clerks, carriers, inspectors and supervisors, Mr. Kelly making no attempt today to call for another vote on his amendment, de- feated several days ago, which would make the increase $400. —_—— Young People to Give Play. The Young Peeple's Christian Union of the Church of Ou= Father, Univer- walist, 13th and L streets, will give its first presentation of the play, | “The Fascinating Fanny Brown,” in | Baltimore tonight, the proceeds of which are to go toward the further- ance of the activities of the union. ‘The play is to be presented in this city next weck. Senate Inquiries Cost U. S. $325,000, Warren Declares The high cost of senatorial in- vestigations was called to the at- tention of the Senate yesterday by Senator Warren, chairman of the appropriations committee, who es- timated that those now under way hud cost ®o far a total of $325,000. A detalled roport showing ex- penditures by various Senate com- mittees engaged in inquiries was presented by Senator Warren. The investigation into causes of decreased production of gold and silver led the list, with a total of $56.409; the Veterans Bureau se- lect committee was shown to have peid out $45,902 to date: the “col- lection, care and counting of bal- lots” {n the Mayfield eleotlon in Texas has cost $37.096: the ofl in- quiry, $32,808; Daugherty investi- gation, $13.419; reforestation in- quiry, '$8,941; Great Lakes to Gulf Channel 'bearings, $10. rental conditions in District of Columbia, $5,976, and investigatipn of the in- diotment of Senator Wheeler, Dem- ocrat, Montana, $3.814. CASE IS DELAYED Assignment of Judge Pray to Butte Will Postpone Action Till June. By the Assoclated Press GREAT FALLS, Mont., Ma signment of Federal Judge George M. Bourquin to Seattle during May and the resulting assignment of Judge C ries N. Pray of the Great Falls di- on to Butte for that month will have the effect of postponing the ar- raignment of B. K. Wheeler, Mon- tana junior senator, who was in- dicted here by a United States grand jury April 8, according to an an- nouncement by the district attorney's office Senator Wheeler's case originated in the Great Falls division of the Montana federal court district and an be transferred to the other divi- n only upon a court order. Such are not made cpt_for cause, and court_officials see no like- lihood of the Wheeler case being Lieard at any place other than Great s, United st Attorney J. L. Slat- tery said on the day Wheeler was in- dicted that the caxe would take its turn on the calendar, which would bring it up for trial in perhups sixty jave, e CAR CRUSHES BOY’S FOOT. Amputation Necessary for Two- Year-0Old Child of Capt. Nylen. Edward Nylen, two. pt. Arthur Nylen, U. ar-old son of A., stationed at Walter Reed Hospital, had his foot | crushed by a street car vesterday aft- ernoon at 3d and Rittenhouse strects. The boy was rushed to Walter Reed | Hospital, where an examination dis. closed so serious an injury that am- putation was necessary Shortly before the accident happen- ed the child left his home at 321 Rit- tenhouse street and jolned a number of neighborhood children at play. He was at the corner to the west of the Nylen home when he went to the roadway, where he ran into the car and one wheel crushed his left foot. His recovery is expected e LAST NIGHT FOR CIRCUS. Closing a successful week, the George W. Johnson circus, playing under auspices of Kallipolis Grotto, R. E. R, will give its last Washing- ton performance for this seassp to- night at §:15. in Union station plaza. | After leaving Washington the John- son circus goes to Baltimore, to fill | an engagement there for the Elks' charity fund. The Baltimore engagec- ment will be followed by an extensive tour of the territory cast of the Mis- sissippi river. / A Ton of Molten Glass Imagine, if you can, a clay pot four or five feet in diam- eter and over a yard high, containing about a ton of molten glass, the whole a white-hot mass, traveling by overhead cranc from an oven to a big steel casting table. An awe-inspiring sight. What if the pot should break? Bat it goes on its way to the casting table, and when poised di- rectly above it, the pot is tilted and its contents poured on to the table. As the mass of glass is pour- ed on the table, it spreads out exactly like a mass of dough, and to follow the simile further, like dough, 2 roller passes over it to fiat- ten or bring it to 2 uniform thicknesssuitable for further stages of manufacture. Send us vour orders for Window Glass HIRES TURNER GLASS COMPANY BERNnARD W. SriLs, Manager Wasuinarow ill ak v New Place out of Home You cannot imagine what a difference Awning ill make in the comfort of your home. . Those hours of th: w“::- mer days, when the sun is almost Awnings will unbearable, protect you—and provide the shade that makes every room of the house and every corner of the porch habitahle. Awnings are not a luxury—but very much of a neces- sity in this climate. Estimates and suggestions gladly submitted. Tent and Awning Section Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assn., Inc. R. C. M. Burton & Son 811 E Street N.W. The Copeland Company Franklin Square 1318 K Street N.W. Capital Awning Co. W. E. Russell 1503 North Capitol Street Walter J. Yroctor Go. 210 to 214 H Street N.W, fares by Pullman travelers were held THE EVENING ST WASHINGTO. PULLMAN SURCHARGE | THE WEATHER HELD UNREASONABLE District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginla—Showers tonight and prob- ably tomorrow morning, followed by Discontinuance of Practice Recom- mended to I. C. C. by fair during tomorrow; moderate tem- perature: moderate southerly winds. Examiner. West Virginia—Showers this aftes noon and tonight: tomorrow fair; moderate temperature. Recorda for Twenty-Four Hour: Thermometer—4 p.m 12 midnight, 56; 4 am., 49; noon, 75. Barometer—4 p.m. 20.92; 12 midnight, 8 am. 29.95: noon, 29.57. Highest temperature, 75, occurred at noon today:; lowest temperature, 48, occurred at 5 a.m. toda ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 71; lowest, 56. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at § am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 56; condition slightly muddy. Tide Tables. (Furnisbed by United States coast and geodetic survey. Today—Low tide, 1:55 am. and 2:2% p.m.; high tide. 7:47 am. and 8:15 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 23:06 p.m.; bigh tide, §:53 p.m. The Su ; Today—Sun rose 5:08 a.m.; sun sets 2 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises §:07 a.m.; sun sets 03 p.m. Moon rises 5:17 a.m., sets 6:48 p.m. Automobile lamps to ‘be lighted one- balf hour after sunset. ‘Weather in Various Cities. PURELY RELIEF MEASURE One Payment for All Service Pro- posed. Surcharges paid on passenger unreasonable and discontinuance of the practice was recommended in a report of an examiner for the Inter- state Commerce Commission made public yesterday. Arguments'in the case before the commission were as- signed for May 8. Considering that the railroads are saved the capital investment in Pull- man equipment and other facilities necessary to maintain and to an extent operate the cars and that most of the rallroads are receiving sub- stantial payments out of the charges collected for the Pullman service Pproper, the report said, It is believed the time has come when the commis- sion may well eliminate the sur- F charges. H An inquiry into the reasonableness H of the surcharge rates was instituted by the commission at the request of traveler's organizations, chambers of commerce, shippers, hotel associa- tions and other associations. The cxaminer recommended that greater use of upper berths in Pull- mans be enforced by the railroads to reduce the expense of providing sleeping car service, and advanced the opinion that even if the railroads are not adequately repald under thelr Pullman contracts for hauling the heuvier Pullman cars, the roads have no right to impose a surcharge “to recoup losses growing out of their improvidence in failing to make con- tracts which would afford them proper compensation for the service of hauling the cars “The Pullman passenger a higher class of servioe coach passenger and sh tor the report said. ments should be through the Puil. |Dhoemix . man charge proper, and not spread | po:ised Me out in two charge., one collected by the Puliman company and the other by the railroad. Under such an ar- rangement the Pullman charges could be so wdjusted as (o produce the revenue necessary to cnable the Pullman company to meet its obilga- tions to the raiiroads and also pro- vide a fair return on its own opera- tions. Under tho present system, with two transportation agencies charg- ing for what should be one service, ortunity for duplicate and exces- e charges is multip d and regu- lation made more difficult. The pres- | Deumark ent system, devised temporarily to! e Tmeet an emerge is illogical and | 7al). Asore unscientific #s o permanency.” | Hermuda The Pullman eurcharge is 50 per| Porto Rico, cent of the amount charged for the, Space occupied by the passenger. and was established August 26. 1920, to e produce additional revenues ~with| Rice grown in India totals more which to meet an increase in :“,',’i than 76.000.000 pounds a vear, and awarded to railroad employes by the | the natives eat nearly 68,000 Rallroad Labor Board ! pounds in that time > %00) Temperature. ®= 1Wau0] a8 aen Abllene, Tex. 30.00 Albany ... 3002 Atlanta ntic imore Rirmingham Bismarck Roston Boffalo . Charleston. . Pt.clovdy Pt cloudy Rain rt.cloudy Cloudy Rain Galveston .. Helena Huron, Pt.cloudy Clear Cloudy Clovdy Clear Clear Clear Ciear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt eloudy Pt.cloudy | Clear Pt cloudy Clongs Picloudy Cloudy Cienr Pciovdy Kaosas City. Los Angeles Loulsrilie Miami. F1 receives | New Orle than the A pay more but the pay- | Ihiladelphia. 20. Phoenix Pt cioudy FOREIGY, (8 am., Greeowich time, today.) Stations. Temperature. Weatber London, England T Paris, Prance. Juan Zooe. | D. C, SATURDAY, 30 REBEL OFFICERS IN OAXACA GIVE UP Force of 600 Flees to Tabasco, ‘Where Federal Planes Bom- bard Capital. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, May 3.—The su render of three rebel major generals —Cesareo Castro, Vidal Silva and Ig- nacio Cabrera—three brigadier gen- erals—Gaspar Cantu, Celerino Leyv: and Filiberto Silva—and six colonels, eighteen other commissioned officers and twenty-gix soldiers, is reported from Huautla, Oaxaca, by Federal Gen- A. Reyes Gil. Gen. Castro, who was, Governor of Puebla under Carranca, took a leading part In the revolution under Gen. Maycotte. A federal column under Gen. Do- nato Bravo lzquierdo forced the rebel Gen. Alberto Pineda, with 600 follow- ers, to evacuate the town of San Cristobal, state of Chiapas. Retreating to Tabasce. Pineda is retreating to Tabasco, to join Gen. Candido Aguilar at Villa Hermosa, where, it is reported, all the remaining revolutionary elements of the fsthmian states and Yucatan are planning to make a final stand against the offensive being carried on under Gen. Eugenio Martinez. PLANES BOMBARD TOWN. Fifteen in Fleet Reported Attack- ing Tabasco State Capital. VERA CRUZ, May 3.—A dispatch trom Villa Hermosa, capital of Ta- basco, says that fifteen airplanes un- der command of Gen. Ralph O'Neill of the federal forces have bombarded Villa Hermosa, which is held by the rebels. The dispatch adds that £,000 troops under command of Gen. Eugenio Mar- tinez also have begun an attack on Villa Hermosa and that the rebels are fleeing. Coolidge to Visit G. U. President Coolidge will attend the commencement exercises of George- town University June 9, but it is not expected he will make an address. Several weeks ago Rev. John B. Creeden, president of the university, extended an invitation to the Execu- tive to attend the exercises and it was accepted A Special Offer A Beautiful Picture of Baby 5 UNDERWOOD F\ Extraordinary Bobby Jones Specials 610 Oth St. N.W. 20,000 Sterling Silver Thimbles 14c each One to each customer ntil they run oot N wpecial—Waldemar goid ilcd wateh chain, 40e. Nineteen Pages of Advertising Will Tell the Details of Our Great May Underp rice Sale, Which Starts Monday, May 5th READ Sunday Star Sunday Herald Sunday Post G & 1lith Sts. Service and Courtesy MAY 3, 1924 WANTS FARM RELIEF LINKED TO TAX BILL Norbeck Will Offer MeNary-Hau- gen Measure as Amendment, He Declares. The McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, which has been belabored in committees for the greater part of this session of Congress, was thrown into the ring along with other major measures which the leaders are at- tempting to dispose of. Already reported out by the House agriculture committee, the measure bas been brought sharply to the front in the Senate by the announce- ment of Senator Norbeck, Repub- lican, South Dakota, that he would offer it as an amendment to the tax bill in order to ses “what the Sen- ate thinks of the farmers of the country.” House leaders have indicated an unwillingness to give any farm aid measure right of way until advised regarding the position of President Coolidge and Chairman H.-lut-lnnho; the House agriculture committee ha an appointment with President Cool- idge today to discuss this and other agricultural proposals. The McNary-Haugen bill has the approval of the Agriculture Depart- ment, officlals of which collaborated in drafting it Denby Visits Coolidge. Edwin Denby, former Seeretary of the Navy, called on President Cool- idge todey, but explained it was “merely a friendly visit.” gl Open House at Hospital. National Hospita: day was observed at Mount Alto Hospital on Wisconsin avenve today, where open house wel- comed visitors from 10 am. to 5 p.m. Many responded to the invitation of Dr. Dunlap P. Penhallow, medical offi- cer in charge, to inspect the institu- tion The Army Band rendered a pro- gram of music in the afterncon. She (impatiently)—We've been wait: ing a good many minutes for that mother of mine. He—Hours, I should say. She—Ours? Oh, George, this is so Service Spring ts here. Why be un- comfortable in a taxicab when you can have your choice of a new 7-passenger Plerce-Arrow, Cadillac, Marmem or Winten open or closed car for any city driving for $3 per hour? Five- passenger cars, $2.50. Also meter cabs. Special tours for sightseeing parties. 'E. F. Gregg | Main 104 Franklin 5262 Established 187, Four Facts New Building Plans Reduced Floor Space 200,000 Less Furniture 40,000 Savings for You These are the reasons for one of the most im- portant furniture sales that Washington has ever seen. All of the details will be given in our two-page announcement in Sun- day’s Star. The Hecht Co. 7th at F Announces the Opening of their —on the ground floor and under the management of the Franklin Sq. Hotel I\' opening the Coffee Shoppe we offer to the public the finest place of its kind in Washington—a most elaborate affair. designed in POMPEIAN style, with beau tiful subdued color tones of green, blue, black, buff, etc. All of the woodwork and paneling is carved in conventional designs and finished throughout in Polychrome tones. formal opening— ——for— Lunch, May 5 Carnations for Every One On Our Opening Day The lighting and, in fact, everything in the Coffee Shoppe has been especially de- igned. Pullman Booths, which give pri- vacy to diners-out, are an attraction. Unique Table Arrangement and decoration are other features. Quick, Quiet and Effi- cient Service has been arranged for. Moderate Prices It has been the whole idea throughout the planning of this Coffee Shoppe (during the past six months) to effect the most beautiful énvironment and still maintain Most Moderate Prices—to offer a cozy. elaborate place to dine at charges no greater than you pay in any small me- diocre restaurant. Self Service A steam table ar- rangement allows you to secure instantaneous vou care for more self service. leisure dining. The design and execution of the work on the Coffes Shoppe —was_dons by— . MR. WM. H. TUTTLE—Architect of Washington. Franklin Square Hotel Coffee Shoppe Table Service Carefully trained per- sons will wait on you