Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1924, Page 4

BREAD KEEPS PRICE DESPITE FLOUR DROP Deciines Only 2 Per Cent, While ‘Wheat Falls One-Half, Trade Commission Reports. CLAIM STUDY HAMPERED Millers Advised to Ignore Ques- tionnaires. A slump in wheat prices two years &go brought less than a 2 per cent deerease in bread priges, the Federal Trade Commission sald today in a report on its investigation of the wheat flour milling industry. From January, 1919, to September, 1922, flour prices in the northwest de- creased 33 per cent and in the south- west 43 per cent, the report said. Wheat prices declined 55 and 50 per cent, respectively, in the two districts, it added, but the decrease in bread cost was only 2 per cent except in Kansas City, where a price war brought a 15 per cent drop. Efforts to Hamper Inquiry. Certain trade associations, the com- mission reported, tried to hamper the in- quiry immediately after it was launched and the report charged that the Mil 3 National Federation, the leading asso- ciation of the flour milling industry, told its members they had the right to refuse to answer the cost and profits questionnaires sent out by the commission, and advised them not to open the books to the commission. Despite these occurrences, the report #aid, the millers accorded every aid to the comm:'ssion, A constant concentration in the flour millins industry co 1914 W noted in report irty per ¢ of the mills operating in 1914 have gone out it is said, spite the producti Expansion of s of others for thi profit of f on their i found. that s increased ion. ls is nt, the commission Two sorts of Mills. 9 per cent of the total flour output of the country produced by so-called merchant mills, which e grain and sell the mills contrasted with the custam mills ch grind the grain for a fixed charg Detailing the profits in the try, the report continues “The milling profit showe wide ran years 2 for ¢ tricts. The average rel for all companies lows: 47 cents in 58 42 cents in 1921, and with an avera period of “Ahout indu per a profit per was a the per n for four-vear cents barrel Elements of Cost. “During the four-year period, 1919- . the average cost of the wheat constituted alm 90 per cent o the cost flour and by-products; cost of packages, nearly 4 per cent of this total cost: labor, about per cent. and expenses and depreciation 5 per cent. The average quantity wheat used per bushels, in 1919 bushels ost of wheat ranged barrel of flour in per barrel i In distriets, cost at_per barrel of flour was as Mountain and coast, $5.07: rn $6.18; southwestern, $5.27; routhea and eastern, each, $6 “This marked decline in the cost of wheat per barrel of flour does not fully reflect, of course, the disastrous deciine in the prices of wheat from 1920 to 1 The purchase prices of wheat veraged $2.28 per bu: 0 in 1320, $1.82 in and $1.28 in 1922. The decrease in this average delivered price of wheat from 1920 to 1922 was almost 50 per cent. If the prices of wheat were recikoned at the farm would b f course, still mills the g 1919, ne BANKS PLAN MERGER TO AID DEPOSITORS Paul Institutions Consolidate | to Avert Possible Run by Alarmed Patrons. St. By the Associated Press ST. PAU Minn. protect the Capital Bank of St from a po n was taken last ight when the boards of directors of he Merchants' National Bank and the Capital National Bank voted to llw!ili(‘ Announcement of the action said: As a result of action taken by the boards of dir ors of the Capital National Bank and nts" National Bank the Ni tional Bank assume: bilities of the Capital \ll banking operations will be con- ducted from the offi of the Mer- chants’ National Bank.” The Capital National was in_the same_building as the Capital Trust and Savings Bank, which was closed Saturday by the state perintendent of banks because of “frozen a > ‘The Capital Trust had deposits of $5,000,000. Closing of the Capital Trust arted 4 run on the Capital National, although the two had no financial connection With the more than $12,000,000° in deposits of the Capital National the Merchants' will have. $40,000,000 in deposits. — = MAYOR IS THREATENED. Culpeper Official Warned About Sentences Imposed. May to Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va. May 5.—Anony- mous letters of a threatening nature are being received by Mayor Alden Bell, the letters promising vengeance of @ drastic nature if the “Judge,” as he is called from his court proceed- ings, does not “let up” in the deci- sions of this same court toward the lawbreakers. ———— H.'S. BRADLEY DIES. Contractor Lived Here Ten Years. Rites Tonight. Hamilton Scott Bradley, sixty years old, well known contractor, died at Emergericy Hospital vesterday, fol- lowing a lingering illness. Mr. Bradley was born {n Leesburg, Va., and had been living in this city ten’ years Funeral services will be conducted at the home of his brother, Edward Bradley, 1831 F street, tonight at § o'clogk. Interment wiil be in Lees- burg, tomerrow. Hgiis survived by his widow, Mrs. Getrrudés Bradley, and a daughter, Miss Blanche Isabelle Bradley. —_— AUCTIONEER IS SUICIDE. i1 Hesalth Is Blamed by Samuel Bowman’s Family. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 5.—Sam- uel Bowman, prominent auctioneer of Greencastle, Pa. mnear here, sent| a buMet into his brain early today in the bedroom of his home. 11l health ‘was responsible for his act, his “mlfl ily declare. A flashlight used ti light '.lrs room was found bemide the Lody, st ll-lielcd.- MME. LENIN WORKING FOR RUSSIAN SCHOOLS Soviet Leader's Widow Wants System Like U. S.—Invites American Educator Over. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 5.—A letter from Mme. Lenin, widow of the soviet leader, to John Dewey, former pro- fessor of philosophy at Columbia University, inviting him to come to Russia to teach in the public univer- sites, was brought here today by Charles Reicht, a New York lawyer and legal adviser to the Russian gov- ernment, who arrived on the Belgen- land. Mme. Lenin, he said, is not enter- ing political life, but is working to upbuild a public school system on the American pattern. Reicht said the feeiing in Russia was that Germany should be made to pay reparations to the last mark. He characterized as absurd the state- ment in Paris of Grand Duke Nicho- las, that the Soviet government was on’the point of disintegration, and asserted that Russian monarchists generally admitted there was no chance for a return to imperialism. ISLE OF PINES CLASH REPORTED IN HAVANA TE——— Americans Declared to Have At- tacked Office of Chief of Sanitation, By the Ascociated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, May 5—Charges that an American citizen in Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, had violated a local sanitary regulation and then refused to pay a fine imposed by a magistrate were set forth in a report made public sterday by the Cuban state department. The name of the American is not known here, but at the State Department it was said he was the husband of one of the wom- an members of the delegation that protested to the United States Senate against ratification of the long-pend- ing treaty formally recognizing Cu- ban sovereignty over the Isle of Pines. Neither the American embassy nor the American consul general in Hav- ana has received a report on the in- cident from Charles Freeman, consul in Nueva Gerona, and neither office was Inclined to believe that any ac- tual violence had occurre although the Havana newspaper La Noche as- serted that Americans had attacked the office of the chief of sanitation of that place. Will Order Inquiry. The American consul general at Havana, Carlton Bailey Hurst, said last night that he would order an in- vestigation. 1t is known that tense feelings have existed between certain Amer- ican residents in the Isle of Pines and certain Cubans there, and re- cently, during discussions between officials of the American embassy and the 'uban state department, the | Cuban government was informed that Americans in the Isle of Pines had been advised to remember that they were living in a foreign country and to obey its laws. At the same time the Cuban government was urged to take steps to prevent discrimination against American residents. PHILIPINES SEEKING IMMEDIATE FREEDOM Quezon Tells House Committee Nation Feels This Is Due. The Philippine independence mis- sion laid its case today before the House insular affairs committee. Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippine senate and head of the mission, told the committee that tl Filipinos felt they were entitled to immediate and absolute independence. We confidently hope,” he said “that_this Congress will act on this question. From our point of view solemn enant exists between t United States and the Philippi , wherein the islands were promised independence as soon as a stable gov- ernment was established. We now have a stable government, and feel that it is time for the United States to make good on its part of the agreement.” Quezon said the mission did not wish to insist on ‘the enactment of any particular measure but expressed preference for a resolution along the 1in of that proposed by Representa- Cooper, Republican, Wisconsin, which would give immediate inde- pendence. ; “ommenting on_the Fairfield bill which would provide for a plebiscite in thirty years, Quezon expressed the opinion that such a vote would be too far distant to prove acceptable to the Filipinos. PRESBYTERIANS 0. K. FAITH MAINTENANCE 4 By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 5.—Republi- cation of an afirmation issued last January over the signatures of 150 Presbyterian ministers was an- nounced yesterday by the Rev. Mur- ray Shipley Howland, chairman of the committee which compiled the statement. The afirmation, in its second publication, carries 1,283 sig- natures. The additional signatures, it was stated, had been added after the first publication in January. The purpose of the affirmation is declared as “maintenance of the falth of our church, the preservation of its unity and the protection of the liberties of its ministers and people.” The statement affirms acceptance by its signers of the Westminster con- fession of faith and defends the right of the Presbyterian clergy to f dom of thought and teaching, “in view of certain actions of the gen- eral assembly in 1923 and of per- istent attempts to divide the church and abridge its freedom.” Prominent churhmen, whose signa- tures have been added to the state- ment since its first publication in- clude President Remson D. Bird. of Occidental _College, Los Angeles; Chaplain CharlesW. Harris of the University of Indiana, Profs. D. E. Culley and Frank Eakin of Western Theological _Seminary, Pittsburgh; Dean T. W. Graham of Oberlin Grad- uate School of Theology, Prof. Paul Vandyke, Princeton: Acting Presi- dent James D. Williamson of West- ern Reserve University, Chancellor Emeritus Samuel .B. McCormick of the University of Pittsburgh, Prof. John A. McInfesh of the McGormack Theological Seminary, Chicago. ‘DEBT DEADLOCK DENIED. Labor Organ Answers Anglo-Rus- sian Parley Critic. LONDON, May 5.—The Daily Her- ald, Laborite organ, today terms as “pernicious nonsense” the declaration at_Lancaster, Saturday, by J. J. O'Neill, National Liberal, that the Anglo-Russian conference had reach- ed a deadlock on the question of the recognition of debts. The newspaper declared that, on the contrary, the negotiations have progressed with unexpected smooth- ness, and that there are not the slightest signs of anything in the nature of a deadlock. It charges Mr. O'Nelll with taking gl RULES LANDLORDS MAY SUE FOR RENTS Justice Van Orsdel Holds Ball Act Entitles Owners to Collect in Courts. SAYS LAW PROTECTS ALL Overrules Decision of Municipal Court in Snow Case. A'landlord may sue in the Munici- pal Court to'rccover increased rentals allowed him by a determination of the Rent Commission in his favor as well as the tenant may recover (x- cess of rentals exacted from him. Justice Van Orsdel so held today in an opinion of the District Court of Appeals reversing the action of the Municipal Court, which had held that the Ball fent act provides only for recovery by tenants of excessive rents. Chester A. Snow, owner of the Winton apartment, 'brought suit in the Municipal Court to recover $300 from Mrs. W. H. Benton, one of his tenants, who had been paying him only $35 per month for an apartment which the Rent Commission raised to $57.50. Mr. Snow sought to recover the difference in rent for the period between the filing of the tenant's complaint and the determination of the Commission { Threw Out Snow Sult. The Municipal Court threw out Mr. Snow's suit on the ground that the code does not provide for such suit and that the Ball rent act does not give that right In reversing that finding Justice Van Orsdel quotes section 107 of the rent act, which provides that the dif- ference 'in rentals may be “added to or subtracted from, as the case de- mands, future rent payments, or after the final decision of an appeal from the commission’s finding may be sued for and recovered in an action in the Municipal Court.” The Ball rent act, he states, was not enacted solely for the bewefit of tenants, but equally for the protec- tion of both landlords and tenants. 1t was not intended to operate one way. The act provides for recovery of the difference. the court points out, and if against the landlord the tenant has the right of recovery or reduction from future rent payments and if the difference is in favor of the owner like suit may be maintained, the court finds. “Otherwise,” says Justice Van Orsdel, “a tenant might abandon a lease and the landlord would be left without a remedy, and it is not the policy of the law that wrongs shall be left remedyless” WOMAN VOTERS PLAN PROGRESSIVE ACTION An attempt will be made here this week by the Woman's Committee for Political Action to formulate a defi- nite plan around which the “progres- sive” woman voters can rally in the coming national elections. Meetings will be held at the Wash- ington Hotel May 8 to 11. It was stated today by Mrs. Sally H. Burch of Maryland, acting chairman, that “no action on individual candidates was contemplated.” The committee expects, however, Mrs. Burch said, that after the national conventions of the Republicans and Democrats in June something in the way of in- dorsement of candidates may come out of the July 4 convention of “pro- gressives” to which the committee will elect delegates from each state. — ES |W00D SEES PHILIPPINE | INDEPENDENCE IN FUTURE By the Associated Press. MANILA, May 5.—Faith in eventual independence for the Philippine Is- lands, but warning that independence, if granted now. would be a failure, was expressed by Gov. Gen. Leonard Woed in a newspaper statement made public yesterday. Gen. ‘Wood declared he had been working for Philippine independence as bard au’ as earnestly as many Filipino leadc. “I long to See your country inde- pendent, but believe it is not vet roper time for complete separa- " the governor general said “For if independence were granted now it certainly would’be a failure. The Philippines being the only Clristian nation in the orient im- bued with western civilization, it would be a pity to see undone all that we have accomplished here to date.” ——— COURT DISMISSES CASE. The Supreme Court today dismiss- ed for want of jurisdiction a case brought by the city of Buffalo, N. Y., against the public service commis- sion of New York state and others to determine the power of the com- mission to fix street car fares in Buffalo. The city contended that under its contract with the companies oper- ating street cars it had the right to require them to operate upon the rates of fare agreed upon when the franchises were granted. The courts of the state, however, took the view that under the provision in the con- tract which reserved to the legisla- ture the right to regulate the fares it could delegate its authority to the public_service commission and that the action of the commission in au- thorizing an increase in the fares to 7 cents was valid. BURGLARS RDB—é;ORE. Get Pens and Pencils Valued at About $800. Burglars visited the store of . Morrison Paper Company, 1009 Penn- sylvania avenue, after closing hour Saturday and stole fountain pens and pencils valued at approximately $800. The intruders made an unsuccessful effort to batter open the door gf the safe. There was very little money in the safe, police were tol As EBONITE "Strings" 1o a Stick, o S0 1t Winds —___ Around the Gears WEAR that goes on un- seen and unthought of—un- til you have a repair bill that staggers you. EBONITE — flows into every moving part, pre- vents noisy grumbling gears, stops WEAR, saves repair bills, and makes gear shifting casy. Have your motor car or truck EBONITED today. At dealers’ in five pound cans, and at serv- ice stations from the; Checkerboard pump, only. "EBONITE ITS SHREDDED OIL GLACIER NATIONAL PARK TO BE OPENED JUNE 15 Will Begin Fifteenth Season. Last Year’s Record of 30,000 Vis- itors Expected to Be Broken. The opening of Glacier National Park June 15 will mark the fifteenth anniversary of Uncle Sam's “Alpine” vacation land for tourists, The 1500 square miles of moun- tains and lakes, long famed as the big game hunting krounds of the Blackfeet Indinns, were trunsformed into Glacler National Park by an act of Congress in 1910, Records of the bureau of natlonal parks show what more than 30,000 tourists visited the Montana play- ground last summer and inguiries indicate that these attendance figu may be exceeded this year. The new $7,500,000 natic road bill, whicl Iy signed by President Coolidge, will give to glacier park park a fund of some- thing more than $1,600.000 for use in improving fhe romds and trails in the park. This money Is available now, and its use will be spread over a period of three years. U. S. WINS IN APPEAL AGAINST DRUG FIRM Court Orders Retrial of Case Against Chichester Company In- volving Claim of Misbranding. al parks The United States today won its ap- peal from a decision of a jury ifi the District Supreme Court that it could not maintain its suit for a condem- nation of certain pills manufactured by the Chichester Chemical Company, which the government claimed were misbranded because attempting to claim to cure certain female diseases The District Court of Appeals in decision by Judge Martin of the al United States Court of Customs Ap- | peals reversed the finding of the jury and remanded the case for a re- trial. The prosecution claimed that the trial court erred in refusing to let a physician- summoned by the govern- ment tell of the “consensus of medi- cal opinion” and also fell into error by denying a prayer to the jury per- mitting_them to presume fraudulent intent from a false statement in a booklet issued by the company. The appellate court overruled the latter contention, but sustained the first point in favor of the government CHINESE PROTEST EXCLUSION BY JAPAN Ask for Same Rights That Tokio Demands From United States. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 5.—A delegution repre- senting the Chinese Association of Tokio called on Foreign Minister Mat- sui today and presented a memorial protesting against Japanese exclusion of Chinese, declaring that the Chinese exepect the same combideration from Japan that Japan is seeking from the United States. The delegation emphasized that although all of the colored races are interested in the legislation to bar Asiatics from America, it would be impossible for them to stand together while Japan restriction on Chinese immigration. Before the delegation’s visit to Mat- sul plans for a mass meeting of Chinese residents of Tokio and for a_demonstration before the foreign office were called off at the insistence of the Chinese minister here. STUDY SETTLERS’ RELIEF. ‘House Members Take Up Changes in Reclamation Law. Advisability of revising the recla- mation laws, as proposed by Secre- tary Work's fact-finding commission. was taken up today by the House irrigation committee. The commission’s recommendations, which have been indorsed by Presi- dent Coolidge, were designed to af- ford relief to settlers on irrigated lands by a readjustment of govern- ment charges and the deferring of payments. PARENT-TEACHERS MEET. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 5.—Problems of the school, the home and the com- munity will be analyzed at the twen- ty-eighth annual convention of the National Congress of the Mothers and Parent-Teachers’ Associations which opened here today. Several co-operating associations, including the International Kinder- garten Union and the National Con- ference on Home Education, will meet in Minneapolis this week, and & joint sesgion with the Parent-Teacher del- egates will be held * -dnesday. Preliminary busin¢ and the an- nual banquet tonigh .ade the open- ing-up program of Parent-Teach- er's Association. hegular business sessions will get under way tomorrow morning. e Seek Dead Sailor’s Kin. PHILADELPHIA, May 5—Officers of the Philadelphia navy yard were today seeking to locate relatives of Arthur Vernon Gulley, torpedoman of submarine O-12, who died as the re- sult of an explosion aboard the craft Friday night. The accident is said to have been caused by alcohol fumes being ignited in the forward com- partment of the submarine. Gulley's father was listed as last living at er Park, Cincinnati_suburb. MoCormick Modical Glasses Fitted College Eyes Examined Graduats Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone Main 781 Bldg. 409410 McLachlen . 10th and G Bts. N.W. "Nuff Said! The Best Place and Lowest Prices, After All Ask my 20,000 custom- ers. I give the service you have the right to expect. Packing, Crating, Shipping | | maintained its present | | trict Supreme Court, and the govern- If ther is a hereafter ther’s goin’ t’ be a whole lot o' people too tired t’ enjoy it. We don’t believe anything tore out faster zfter th’ war than liberty muffins. (Copyright, Jobn ¥. LUMBER FRAUD CASE "OPENED BY PARKER Special Assistant Attorney 'Gex;eml Outlines Charges Before Jury in North Carolina. Dille Co.y Attorney General John I. Parker of North Carolina to- day outlined to the jury the charges contained in the lumber fraud indict- ment against John L. FPhillips of Thomasville, Ga., and Joln Stephens of Jacksonville, Fla.; Charles Phillips, jr. of Atlanta, Ga.; Frank . Sullivan of Buffalo, N. Y., and Ernest C. Morse and Charles S. Shotwell, former offi- cials of the War Department. The e is on trial before Justice Bailey riminal Division 2 of the Dis- Special Assistant ent claims it lost about $%,500,000 rough the sale of surplus lumber | from Army cantonments. The lawyers for the defense, teen in _number, are expected close the angles of the def opening statements immediate the conclusion of Mr. Parker ment. They will not adopt the usual course of waiting until the govern- ment’s evidence is concluded, it was stated. The plan of the alleged conspirac as stated by government counsel. who, with Assistant Attorneys Gem- eral’ Ward and Borchardt, is aiding United States Attorney Gordon in the prosecution, ‘was that Phillips and Stephens would be appointed to sell the government lumber to the trade on a commission of 12 per cent, that they would not aciually market this lumber themselves, but would turn it over to other wholesalers and brokers at a price less than its value in consideration of secret payments to_Phillips and Stephens. Mr. Parker said the government ex- pects to show that Phillips and Ste- phens secfetly collected enormous sums on account of the sales, for which they did not account to the United States. Government Received $500.000. The prosecutor said he would show that Sullivan bribed Shotwell and that the conspirators secured the release of air service lumber badly needed by the government. For this lumber, he said, the government was pad $800,000 and from its sale the alleged conspirators or some of them se- cured $850,000 profit, of which $324,- 000, he asserted, was paid secretly to John L. Phillips. The lawyer oited an instance which he said would be proved in which George M, Chambers, the gov- crnment inspector, who has died since the filing of the indictment, knew that a prospective purchaser had been offered §27 per 1.000 for certain lumber: t he took the purchaser to Phillips, who sold him the lumber at $1S and collected $7 per 1,000 from the purchaser for the government inspector. In another case, the prosecutor de- clared the evidence would show that Phillips had an offer of $34.000 for a lot of lumber, which he offered to accept if a flat fee of $5.000 was paid, which the purchaser declined. Phil- lips then sold the lumber to the firm of Eitzen & Touart of Pensa- cola, Fla., who resold it to the $34 000 man. Phillips was paid $10,000 secretly in cash, the lawyer said, and the government received a settlement on the basis of $31.000. A total of $600,000 was secured by Phillips, the jury was told, on the sale of govern- ment lumber, fbr which the United States did not receive one cent. Former U. §. Senator Dies. PORTLAND, Ore.. May 5.—Frederick William Mulkey, fifty, former United States senator from Oregon, dled at his home here vesterday. | Meyer’ : 1331 F REYEM SHOES WE WERE CURE WOOLENS, AND HAVE MADE THEM UP OUR WAY. ‘WITH WIDE TROUSERS AND OTHER NEW STYLE FEA- TURES, TO SELL AT $25. THIS LOW CHANGE OUR PRICE RANGE TO . $25 to $70 BACKS PENSION LAW IN FACE OF STRIKE Argentine President, However, Pro- poses Changes to Meet Some of Objections. WILL ENFORCE TERMS Urges Thirty Years of Maximum for Active Service. By tle Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, May 5.—With Loth capital and labor on strike today, demanding postponement in the ap- plication of the pension law, they were confronted in the morning papers with the text of a message which President De Alvear will send to Congress clearly indicating that he intends to enforce compliance with the law, but proposing a number of amendments designed to meet the ob- jection raised to it. The chief objection has been the law postpones for two vears -stablishment of a xcheme of henefits, meanwhile requiring the ecmployers and employes to contribute to the pension fund without knowing when or in what proportion the employes will get their money back Proposes Thirty-Year Term, Tno [*esident proposes that thirty e fixed as fhe maximum of before pension are receiv- that employes incapacitated for ler fifteen years of Service oned; thai pension contribu- returned to foreigners leav- ing the country to ployes in case of t earning . les Desos ¥ be required to contribute ent of their salaries, in- nt, and that contri- against unem- ploym be optional It understood the pro ont would hand a copy of the message to representatives of the employers who planned to assemble in front of the government house this ternoon to protest against the law's enforce- ment of 5 1 butions as HELIUM RESERVE NO. 1 FIRST OF ITS KIND 7,100 Acres of Land in Utah Set Aside for Government'’s Use by Coolidge. The helium reserve, which has been set aside by President Coolidge by executive order, is the first reserve of this character made in the United States It is designated as helium reserve| No. 1 and consists o 00 acres of land in Merry County, Utah, in which the greater part of the mineral title is vested in the United States. The reserve is withdrawn from all forms|© of settiement, location, sale or entry. | Several prospecting permits on the area were issued some three years ago and an oil company drilled to a depth- of between 2,000 and 4,000 feet. No oil was found. but a helium- bearing gas was found, which, under the terms of the general leasing law is reserved to the government. The extent and value of the helium deposits are not definitely known and the lands are still subject to various prospecting permits, but to conserve the helium for governmental needs. ' Secretary Work recommend- ed to the President that a reserve be established ICE CREAM STRIKE ENDS. Chicago Supply Restored After | Barren Sabbath. CHICAGO, May 5—After Chicago had experienced itsfirst Sunday with- out ice cream, a compromise was reached yesterday between ice cream manufacturers of the city and strik- | ing drivers. Twenty-six plants were tied up, and thousands of employes | thrown out of work by the strike of four days. The ferms of, the com- | promise were not made public The drivers sought an increase ia pay. which the manufacturers op- posed Mourning Blacks Dyed 24-HOUR SERVICE Carmack Dry Cleaning Co. Main 1344 Ground-Gripper Shoes Relieves All Foot Pains 1315 E St. meates Theater Bldg. ABLE TO SE- WILL PRICE, BE s Shop Street | to override PRESENT OPERETTA. Sacred Heart Pupils Give Per- formance. * Students of the Sacred Heart Academy = presented ' a three-act operetta, “Yanki San.” last night for the benefit of the “children’s win- dow” endowment. The window is to be placed in the Sacred Heart Church at 16th street and Park road. Thoso taking part in the play were Miss Catherine Carr, Miss E ell, C. McHugh, R. McConnell, M. McDonald, J. Sweeney, E. Tolker, F. O'Donoghue, L. Yeatman, E. Downe: M. Horton, C. O'Connell, H. Mullal, M. O'Donnell, E. Fine A. Hicks, D. Tolker, H. Newell, J. Downey, M. Mey, Doody, E. Ap- pich, L. McHugh, K. Donovan, M. Winsatt, J. Butler, M. Car- . A. Clame A. Finch, C. 1d, A. C McHugh, M. v, K. Lee, Brand, B. Tuttle, Johnson, E. Ratigan, D. Early, . Hall, J. Doody, 1. Sharnikow, M. Mo- £, M. Broussurd, F. Godey, A. Her- Morris and J. H. Ramisch, Hugh, R. Dal bert,” ¥ Murphy. Miss panist BURSUM BILL VETO HIT BY G. A. R. HEAD Coolidge Action Called “Cruel and Unjust” in Appeal for Ove}rlding. Rita Downey was accom- Characterizing the veto by Presi- dent Coolidge of the Bursum pension bill as “cruel and unjus aylord M. Salzgaber, commander-in-chief of | the Grand rmy of the Republic, appealed Ly wire today to Senators “The s0 unjust who nobly that I cannot fi trong President Coolidge is | the feeblc old veteran saved thelr country. 1 words sufficiently characterize it the wire | nt from Van West. Ohio, said. “With | their just claims against the govern- | ment they are ignominiously turned from the door of help and hope. It can- the door of help and hope. It can- not be possible that the great nation has forgotten those who saved it from disunion “On behalf of my suffering and de- serving comrades, 1 appea! to the branch of the govérnment best repre- senting the people, the American Congress. to right t grievous wound and pass the Bursum pension bill over the veto of the President. “The old men and women whom we thought had earned a nation's grati- tude now at the average of eighty ¥ ars ‘plead on bended knees to Congress to give them aid in their enfeebled old age and thus give ex- sion to a praver for simple jus- ce, which I am sure the peopls nation will _heartily = approve. Thanks to these Union veterans and Almighty God. the government at Washington stiil lives. With broken hearts they vidows will ap- peal everyw gress may veto of to corn of the Veterans tors declar mm construction of an $18,000.000 bridge over the Potomae River here, and as millions for monuments to an ideal and a stone instead of bread for those who made possible the spirit of America?" Senator Bursum, Republican, New Mexico, plans to call the bill up to- morrow in an attempt to pass it over the veto. Land Fraud Probe Delayed. _The Sen mittee investigating | charges of land frauds in the lower | o Grande Valley of Texas canceled today's hearing because of liamentary situation in the graphed s dent had r BETER We offer ware (which RERNNELARAN AR TERNNR b $7.50 Teaspoons. . $14.00 Dessert Spoon $15.00 Tablespoons. $15.00 Soupspoons y $14.00 Dessert Forks. $15.00 Medium Forks. $13.00 Bouillon Spoons. $11.00 Butter Spreaders $9.00 Orange Spoons.. $13.00 Salad Forks. .. $12.50 Fruit Knives... $7.50 Coffee Spoons.... $10.00 Iced Tea Spoons S. S¥ASIREANATINAIIATERS $1.50 Butter Knives $1.25 Sugar Spoons $2.00 Jelly Server..... $2.00 Cold Meat Forks. $3.75 Salad Forks $3.25 Berry Spoons. ... $2.00 Sugar Tong:.... $16.00 Roast Carving $225 Gravy Ladle $3.00 Tomato Server 1215 to 121 s o b FIEENNEINNEERIAE SILVER PLATED (Excepting hollow handle $9.50 Oyster Forks........ X Set (ss)... DULIN&MARTIN POSTAL DISCHARGES HELD DUE TO POLITICS Reform League Makes Charges iy Respect to Removals in Indiana. Charges of wholesale removal postal employes in the classified cis ervice on the basis of charges in spired by political motives were macq today In a report special con mittee of the Civil Service Reform League. 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