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INQURY T0 SOLVE PROBLEM N RATES Finances of D. C. Public Util- ities to Be Investigated by Commission. An investigation of the financial condition of the public utility corpo- rations in the District, with a view to ascertaining whether a reduction in rates is feasible, will be made the latter part of next month by the Pub; lic Utilities Commission, it was an- nounced today by Maj. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commissioner and chairman of the Utility Commission. A similar inquiry, conducted by the commission in January, did not result in any change in rates. Inquiry fn Line With Policy. Maj. Bell pointed out that the forth- coming study of the financial condi- tion of the public utility corporations is strictly in.line with the commis- sion’s policy to keep a close tab on the earnings of the traction, tele- phone, gas, electric light and bus companies. As soon as Maj. William E. R. Co- vell, new assistant Engineer Com- missioner, reports for duty, Commis- sioner Bell plans to assign him the task of reviewing the condition of the utility corporations and compar- ing their earnings with previous Years. Earl V. Fisher, executive sec- retary of the Utilities Commission, will be detailed to assist him. First Step Indicated. The first step in the commission's investigation will be to consider the present rates of return of the utility corporations since January as com- pared with the corresponding period of the preceding year. Efficiency of the service will be studied next. DAUGHERTY PROBE - UPHELD BY BRIEF Paper Filed by Government Sustains Senate’s Right to Pursue Investigation. The attempt of the Senate Daugh- erty committee to inquire into the af- fairs of M. S. DaugheTrty, brother of the former Attorney General, was fully upheld by the Federal Govern- ment today in docketing with the Su- preme Court an appeal in the Senate’s unsuccessful contempt proceedings against Mr. Daugherty in Ohfo. A Department of Justice brief filed with the court declared the committee had ample constitutional authority for its action, and had not sought, as held by the lower court, to exercise judi- cial functions. The brief declared also that the committee had not encroach- ed upon any of the prerogatives of the House of Representatives, under the provision placing the power to impeach in the hands of the House. Disclaims “Personnl” Phase. The Senate inquiry was not a per- sonal investigation of the former At- torney General, the government ar- gued, but was directed to produce in- formation required by the Senate within the exercise of its legislative duties. Both houses of Congress, it was held, have the constitutional Power to punish to the extent neces- sary in order to prevent obstruction of their functionings. The lower federal court had erred, the brief continued, when it enter- tained the habeas corpus proceedings brought by M. S. Daugherty, because it had no right whatever to inter- fere in the matter. Ohio Court Orders Release. When arrested upon a warrant fs- sued by the Senate in connection with the Senate investigation of the Department of Justice, for having declined tq appear before the special committee and produce certain rec- ords of the Midland National Bank at Washington Courthouse, Ohio, Daugherty obtained his release by order of the Federal District Court for Southern Ohio. The records sought by the committee, the Gov- ernment said, were expected to dis- close whether former Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty had certain financial transactions since November 1, 1920. Pioneer Fruit Man Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, August 19.—Edgar Craven Henshaw, a pio- neer fruit man in this section and also widely known as banker, stock dealer and Republican leader, was buried here this afternoon following his death Sunday, after a short ill- ness. Mr. Henshaw was 65 years old. Surviving are his widow, one -son, two daughters, one brother and four sisters. SPECIAL NOTICES. Says Labor, Farmer and crats Have By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr.,, August 19.—Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, in Nebraska, in accepting the Demo- cratic vice presidential nomination here tonight praised the party plat- form as broad. strong and progres- sive enough to satisfy the principle of “equality before the law” and a fit instrument through which farmers and wage earners might work their will without dividing strength and making possible “the triumph of re- action and selfish interest.” John W. Davis, the presidential nominee, and himself he termed “in harmony with the platform upon which ‘we have been nominated.” The DBmocratic party stands as a unit, “without the intervention of fac- tion, bloc or ‘section,” he declared, “free from obligation to either indi- viduals or interests that would pre- vent it from being used to restore confidence in Government and eco- nomic justice to the Nation.” Recognition of Farmer. His selection as “one from the heart of the great Middle West” as the vice presidential candidate, Gov. Bryan haled as the Democratic party's rec- ognition of “the importance of agri- culture as one of the basic industries of the Nation.” Political unrest and discontent throughout the country is a protest against the inaction of those in pub- lic office, he asserted, coupling the statement with an accusation that “failure of the Republican adminis- tration to enforce the law against conspiracies in restraint of trade and illegal combinations of business which stifle competition has unnecessarily, unfairly and dishonestly increased the cost of living and permitted the profiteer to ply his trade without let or hindrance.” States in Business, Entrance of some States into the field of commerce, in which he and the State of Nebraska were among the leaders, he attributed to “the fail- ure of the national Republican ad- ministration to enforce .the law against private monopoly.” Although, he continued, millions of dollars a year were saved to the people in their coal, gasoline and ofl bills, he did not favor such municipal or State compe- tition except when “Government of- ficials become corrupt and the Fed- eral Government fails to function for the protection of the masses.. The alternative result would be I. W. W.'s, bolsheviks and anarchy in the com munity and State,” he declared. Gov. Bryan, in discussing what he termed “a few of the outstanding issues uppermost in the minds of the people of the great agricultural States,” included “woman’s worth and equality, child welfare, the Demo- cratic party’s interest in and support of labor, the needs of the agricultur- ist, water-power development, law enforcement and the outlawing of war.” The nominee expressed appreciation of the desire of the citizens of Lin- coln, where he has made his home 30 years, to have the notification made here. “I am indebted to the people of Lincoln and of Nebraska for whatever success I may have achieved.” he said. He referred to his conmegtion for more than 20 years with the publica- tion of The Commoner. issued by him and hise brother, William Jennings Bryan, as having given “an oppor- tunity’ to appply the ‘principles of ‘equal rights to all and special priv- ileges to none.""” “As a business man who has heen endeavoring to apply business prin- ciples. to government and nat as an experienced platform sppeaker. I will give all the support to our national leader as my abilities will permit,” Gov. Bryan said. Equal Rights of All. The success of the Nation, composedy of divers peoples and activities, re- quires that the desires and interests of each shall be subject to the rights and needs of all, with individuals, groups, factions and organizations restrained to the extent that equal rights of others shall not be impaired, he declared. The Democratic platform. Gov. Bryan asserted, upholds the ideals of America, demands a return to honesty and equality in government, and out- lines the legislative and administra- tive requirements for such restora- i It is the most progressive plat- form ever promulgated,” he declared. He paid a tribute to his running mate, saying the spirit of unity rose and reason triumphed in the nomina- tion of “that able lawyer, that trained diplomat, that experienced statesman, that champion of the rights of hu- manity, that progressive Democrat, John W. Davis.” 7 “The buying of immunitits, issuing of permits, hoisting of tariff sched- ules and the granting of Government oil leases in return for campaign contributions must_be uproated and destroyed if this Government is to endure,” he asserted, adding that men must be selected for public positions because of honesty and ability, rather than social qualities or political strategy. 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N.W. pHain BRYAN BACKS PARTY PLATFORM AS WEAPON AGAINST REACTION Women Have Instrument For Expression, With Assurance Demo- Kept Faith. b the care of mothers are of first im- portance, he sald. Labor must be dealt with humanly, asserted Gov. Bryan. “All legislation for the benefit of the wage earners rests on the first sentence of our platform's labor plant. ‘Labor is not a commedity; it is human,’” he said. “The ‘captains of industry’ have their pllr and should be protected in their ‘rights, but those whom they employ and whose labor they direct have rights as sacred and essential as their em- ployers to industrial welfare and our political progress.” Pledge Against War. He termed the Republican adminis- tration’s attitude toward labor unfair, and termed recent action regarding railway mail as “economy at the ex- pense of labor. The Democratic party's pledge of all its energles toward outlawing war could not be stronger and express the sentiment of a large majority of the American people, Gov. Bryan declar- ed. War propaganda and mobiliza- tion demonstrations are unnecessarily inflammatory and misleading, he said. The nominee criticized the Repub- lican party for its attitude toward agriculture, holding it to blame for depreciation of land prices, legisla- tion which changed the farmers’ con- ditions from prosperity to adversity, and for spreading industrial depres- sion_and unemployment. “The Democratic party has proven itself to be the friend of the farmer in the past and the platform adopted in the recent national convention provides for the most complete and practical relief for the farmer that any political party or organization has eyer conceived.” Gov. Bryan spoke in support of the development of water power and strict public control of and conserva- tion of all natural resources. “Laws should be obeyed by all, regardless of whether this or that individual may like or dislike them,’ he said. The nominee concluded with a laudation of the Democratic party's conduct of the World War. Speech for Harrison. The Democratic party is the only party to which progressive elements can look for direction and leadership, Senator Harrison of Mississippl de- clared in officlally notifying Gov. Bryan of his nomination. Omitting any direct reference to a third party ticket in the field, Senator Harrison declared the national cam- paign must be contested between a “reactionary” Republican organiza- tion and a “progressive” Democratic ticket. The Senator assailed the Republi- can party as “hopelessly disrupted, without plan or purpose, courage or cohesion,” and declared it to be domi- nated by reactionary leadership. After warmly praising the accom- plishments of John W. Davis, Mr. Harrison paid a tribute to Gov. Bryan for the ‘“courageous manner” in which he handled Nebraska's coal and gasoline situations, and for his efforts to lower State taxes and to economize in the administration of State affairs. “The long list of progressive achievements that has filled the pathway of your short administra- tion,” he said, “reflects credit upon the common sense and patriotism of your citizenship.” _The Republican party, uéd, is reactionary “because : re- actionary leadership controls it, dominates it, directs it.” “It cannot look, therefore, for sup- port in this campaign from the pro- gressive and independent elements of the country,” he said. “The Demo- cratic party is progressive, as it has always been, znd it is the only party organization to which progressive- ness can look for direction and Jead- ership. he contin- Has Proved Ability. he Democratic party is today the only agency through which the Gov- ernment can ,function in an orderly manner during the next four years. It has proved its ability to harmonize differences, unite efforts and get re- sults through team work, both while in control and while in the minority. “If the Republican ticket should again triumph, the American people will experience the same antagonisms, the same confusion, the same uncer- tainties that have characterized the party for four years. How can busi- ness contemplate with complacency such a situation? And have not the farmers of the West tasted enough of the bitter dregs of this adminis- tration to know that if there should be a recurrence of the disastrous de- pression through which they have just passed there would be little hope of extracting from the confusion and disorder incident to such an ad- ministration the slightest opportu- nity for assistance or rellef. “CBngress through the coalition of Progressive Independents and Demo- crats, and over the protest of a re- actionary Republican leadership in the Congress might be able to pass some legislation, but it would be met, as it has been, by the vetoes of an unsympathetic President.” Defeat of the ship subsidy bill, the battle waged against the “Iniquitous and indefensible provisions” of the Fordney-McCumber tariff law, defeat of the Mellon tax plan and adoption of an opposition substitute, and the “long and hard fight to rid the ad: ministration of graft and corruption, were detailed as achievements of the “progressives’ forces,” the Democratic alignment withe which no one could deny, during the last four years. Attack on Coolidge. President Coolidge’s references in his acceptance speech to agriculture and tax qugstions were attacked by Senator Hafrison in sarcastic terms. “It must be refreshing to the great agricultural West,” he sald, “after living: through the lean years of this Republican administration—confront- ed as it has been with a situation deplorable in the extreme and hardly comparable to any other in this gen- eration—that the Republican .nomi- nee for President should announce in his acceptance speech in speaking of agriculture, ‘The glad tidings of good news' that ‘now that nature and economic laws have given some tem- porary relief, I propose, therefore, to appoint a committee to investigate and report measures to the Congress in December that may help to.secure this result which we all desire.’ “The President overlooks the fact that in June, 1921, while Vice Presi- dent, at the direction of Congress, he appointed a committee to study the needs of agriculture and to make recommendations ' to the Congress. ‘The Republican nominee has forgot- ten that that committee made its re- port ih the fall of that year, and up until this good hour he has done nothing toward having asy of the recommendations applied or enacted into law. - “In the same spaech it was kind the President to admit what he had previously through presidential ukase or otherwise declared to be impossi- ble, namely, prosperity under a Demo- cratic tax bilL” /, . a2 —_— Nearly half the potential water- power In the world is in troplcal Africa, but a small part -of' which is developed. . Asia_ ranks second, with North America, South Amerita and Europe following. in the order named, while' the. waterpower of) Ausiralla is very small y WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 192 EYPECTED T0 GREET DAWES G. 0. P. Chiefs Gathering for Notification at Evanston” Tonight. - By the Assoclated Pres EVANSTON,~ I, August 19.— Charles G. Dawes, once currency controller, once the A. E. F.'s chief purchasing agent, once Federal Bud- get Director, and once head of the reparation commission’s experts’ committee, waited at his home here today for the coming of Republican leaders to add formally another title to his name—that of Republican vice presidential nominee. The party chieftains gathered by the hundreds, and even by the thou- sands in Chicago, and tonight they will march on this quiet little city on the shores of Lake Michigan to notify Mr. Dawes in formal manner of his selection as the Republican candidate for Vice President. The notification will take place at ceremonies to be held on the lawn of the stately Dawes home, starting at 8 o'clock, Central daylight saving time. The exercises are™o be preced- ed by a monster parade of the old fashioned type, designed to give the whole affair something of the flavor of a big political rally. Flags and Bamners Fly. Everything was in readiness here for the notification. Evanston was dress- ed in her best, with flags and banners fiying, and her citizens had decorated all the street at' the Dawes home. Wide lawns looking out toward the lake scarsely more than 300 yards distant, had been covered with a speaker’s platform and with seats for e members of the official notifica- mn committee and the hundreds of notables including Senators, Repre- sentatives, governors and other pub- lic officials who had sent word that they would be present, Officials of the national committee working with “Evanston citizens in arranging for the ceremonies expect upward of 100.000 people to gather about the Dawes home and along the nearby lake front should the weather be favorable. Voice amplifying ap- paratus has been installed to insure hat all may hear. £ Delegations from nearly 100 Chi- cago organizations, some political some civic, rome labor, some busi- ness and some representative of the nominee’s native State of Ohio, have reserved space near the speaker's stand. An almost equal number of delegations i8 expected from other middle Western cities and towns. Music and Noise Abound. Many of the delegations plan to bring banners, torches and bands with them, and one enthusiastic group has received permission to anchor a steam caliope of the circus type op- posite the Dawes home. Early indi- cations were that neither music nor noise would be lacking. Thousands upon thousands will hear the proceedings by radio as engineers have installed apparatus linking up 16 of the larger radio stations of the country, extending from New England far into the west. The radiocasting will start at 6:45 p.m. central standard time, with description of the prelim- tnary events. Willlam M. Butler. chairman ot the Republican National Committee, will preside at the ceremonies. The invocation will, be offered by one of Mr. Dawes neighbors. Rev. John Thompson, pastor of the First Metho- dist Church of Chicago, and benedic- tion will be pronounced by Rev. Hugh Patrick Smythe, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Evanston. Jeflerin to Speak. The notification address will be made by former Representative A. W. Jefferis of Nebraska, who placed Mr. Dawes' name before the Cleve- land convention. He was selected to take the place of Theodore E. Bur- ton, temporary chairman of the Cleve- land convention, who now is abroad. Mr. Dawes’ address will immediate- ly follow that made by Mr. Jefferis, and with the benediction, the cere- monfes will end. Several functions incidental to the main proceedings were arranged for today. The Hamilton Club of Chic: go will entertain many of the visitors at a luncheon with Senator Watson of Indiana and Chairman Butler as speakers and the Republican editors of Illinois will have a dinner just before the notification ceremonies. Mr. Dawes will entertain the mem- bers of the National Committee and of the notification committee and a number of others at dinner. Wife Seeks Divorce. Charging misconduct, Gretchen W. 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And some of those that kindness brings to me with healing in their wings, have long been held by me as foes, with them I've swap- ped hot words and blows; I've look- ed on some with high disdain, and held that others were insane. We'd meet upon the thoroughfare, and pass no words of greeting there. But ancient grudges know decay when sickness has the right of way. When it is bruited “far and wide that I've a green pain in my side, my enemy forgets his grouch, and comes tip- toeing to my couch; “I bring,” he says, “your ache to heal, a poultice made of flaxseed meal.” And when this pea-green anguish ends all for- mer foes will be my friends, and it is worth my while, I vow, to nurse the pain that racks-me, now, if that will bring the neighbors back, for- getting grudges, to my shack. (Copyfight.) ~ WALT MASON. MOFFETT ATTACKS CLASSIFYING BOOK Personnel Board Violfites Law in Issuing It, Says Minority Member. Guy Moffett, clvil ®ervice commis- sioner and minority member of the personnel classification board, has fs- sued a statement declaring that the board has violated the law in issuing the class specifications placed in the hands of Government departments yesterday “Many phases of this classification problem are technical and compli- cated,” Mr. Moffett said, “and super- ficial discussion of them often tends to confuse the issues rather than clarify them.” The board, Mr. Moffett charged, had failed to comply with that part of the law which ordered the setting up of class epecifications, describing duties, minimum qualifications and | titles of classes. Defines Term “Class.” “The term class,” he said, “means a group of positions to be established under this act sufficiently similar in respect to the duties and responsi- bilities thereof that the same require- ments as to education, experience, knowledge and ability are demanded of incumbents, the same tests of fit- ness are used to choose qualified ap- pointees and the same schedule of compensation is made to apply with equity.” : Mr. Moffett charged that the board in its specifications placed a car- penter, machinist, plasterer and & stationary steam engineer in one class, a chemical engineer and naval architect in one class, and a bacterio- | ‘neist and astronomer +in another class. ASKS PAY FOR INJURY. ‘Woman Sues Former Employer for Accident With Machine. Twenty thousand dollars’ damages are sought for personal injuries by Mildred Stewart, through her mother, Annle E. Stewast, in a suit filed today | against the Old Colony Washington ! Company, Blair road and Butternut street, in the District Supreme €ourt. Through Attorneys Stearman & Stearman, the plaintiff alleges she was employed March 6 last by de-| fendant company and in performing | her work got her right hand caught in an electrically .operated pressing machine, seriously and permanently injuring the hand. The plaintiff al- leges that the machine, into which an attendant feeds articles of clothing, was in an unsafe and defective condi- tion. ‘Will Filed for Probate. ‘The will of Henry K. Southland, for- mer superintendent of the composing room of The Evening Star, who died re- cently, was filed for probate yester- day. After payment of any just debts, the will, which is dated Apri) 26, 1899, stipulates that the residue of the estate is devised to Mary Eliz- abeth Southland, the widow, who is named executrix. Wisconsin Avenue . Pharmacy 4905 Wisconsin. Avenue —is'a Star Branch Of- fice—where Classified ads for The Star may be left — and prompt live in that ular rates NI: charged. Naturally - enough ‘The Star rings MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other papers here combined.. “Around the comer” is LA FOLLETTE FORCE TOINVADE GEORGI Independents Plan to At- tempt Demonstration in Democratic Stronghold. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., August 19.—Sup- porters of Senator Robert M. La Fol- lette have been summoned to meet here Thursday night to hurt & chal- lenge at rock-ribbed Democratic Georgia by launching a movement not only to put the names of the inde- pendent standard bearer and Senator Burton K. Wheeler, vice presidential nominee, before the people in the offer a ticket to oppose the regular emocratic candidates to be nom- inated in the September 10. In announcing the meeting here yesterday W. F. Brandt, secretary of the temporary third party organiza- tion this State, declared that he is leaving the Democratic party for the moment because of “Ku Kluxism” and is turning to the Wisconsin Sen- atqr because he is the only candidate who has “stigmatized the Ku Klux by name.” C. W. McLure, temporary chairman, in issuing the call for the meeting, announced that while he still 18 a member of the Republican party, he has joined the La Follette- Wheeler banner because he felt it s for the good of the State that Georgia have two political parties. With conditions existing in the Re- publican party, he said, it would be impossible for that faction to build up adequate opposition to the Democrats. At the meeting today, to which all voters of the State have been Invited, the general situation will be can- vassed and leaders say it Is almost certain that decision will be made to put up candidates t-. uppose Gov. Clif- ford Walker, who is running without opposition in the Democratic party for renomination, and- Representative W. D. Upshaw of the fifth Georgia district, who has one opponent for renomination in the forthcoming pri- mary. Harry Stilwill Edwards, Macon lawyer and author, is being seriously considered according to leaders of the movement as the Independent choice for governor. 1t also is expected that an electoral ticket will be named at the meeting to make the independent bid for the State's electoral vote. Plans for the meeting were discuss- ed at a series of conferences held here Saturday and Sunday by Robert M. La Follette, jr, son of the in- Painting—Paperhanging®{ Homes, Clubs, Schools, Office Buildings, Apartment Houses Harry W. Taylor 2333 18th St. N.W. Cel. 1077 I‘::neral election, but possibly also to statewide primary FLAT TIRE? 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La Guardia of New York City, ex- plained here Mmst night that he con- sidered the “reelecttion of Henry Al- len Cooper of Wisconsin of greater importance than that of an other can- didate In the country.” Representative Cooper presented the La Follette platform to the June Republican convention. “The Progressive men and women of New York City send to the people of Wisconsin their greetings and an urgent call to return Henry Allen “The hands that Cooper to the Sixty-ninth Congress,” sald Representative La Guardia in his address. “Mr. Cooper belongs no longer to one Congresslonal District.” Representative La Guardia said he was sent by New York Progressives in answer to “the material assistance sent by Wall street” by the foes of Representative Cooper, who, he sald, “was belng penalized for his convi tion: = 2 “The success of the Progressive movement in the East,” he added, “is typified in this instance when New York sends one of. her Congressmen for the cause fo progress to Wisconsin.” Marriage Is Annulled. 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