Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1925, Page 14

"THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ROKERS VARNED OFGREATSHINDLE Have Lost More Than Mil- lion by Clever Scheme. and the | who were promised in proje fraud, until | the stock s of the com- omas McW ted here by a his wife w BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, Stanley this evening at 5:45 k. M. Zimmer- March, “The Great American,” Linc Overture, “A Night in Gran: Kreutzer Prelude for strings and piano, “The Last Prayer of the Virgin® Massenet Gems from musical comedy, “Mary Jane McCane," Youmans arine tomor- X:15 pm., by United Marine Band Orchestra, ann, leader, Rossini “lo s ®..Czibulka “On the ..Baron tempo. (c) Bajaderen Dance, No. 2, ro viva tar. bruary 3.—Victorio deep-water sailor, house keeper, trian, that when his time d to die at sea’ Yes- Itrian found him of heart disease in the bathtub, jBle——glalc———|a|———[ol—| COAL YOU SAVE MONEY BY BUYING L[ THE RIGHT COAL FOR YOUR PARTICULAR PLAN Don’t let the smoke go up the chimney without satisfactory results in heating the inside. Get our advice on the kind of Coal to use and you'll save money. No charge—no obligation. R.J. & M. C. GRACE i Y Linc. 233 Ie—on|e———a[o|——a|a|——]| 4th and F N.E. Linc. 234 H fl WATERWAYS URGED AS AID TO FARMERS Rivers and Harbors Congress Says Lack of Improvement Ham- pers Prosperity. Pointing to the “urgent demand” for reducing the commercial distance between the farmer of the West and Middle West o his crops may sell in the East at prices comparable with or lower than the farm products of other countries, the National Rivers and Harbors Congress declared in a statement that failure to Improve and use the waterways of the United States limits prosperity and that the Panama Canal is not a help but a hindrance to the Middle West. “The tremendous advantage in {ght rates to and from the Pacific ~ Orient tends, like the pressure of a glacie commerce -and ind toward locations on or near the At- lantic seaboard,” the congress sald . that might re would be appa temporary rather The cities of the st have grown g and prosper- ous not In spite of the development of the West, but use of it.” Improving every possible outlet to all to the limit will serve three 1 poses; the congress declared. ' First, it will decrease the cost of shipping Western products to distant markets; close at hand, and, third, it 3,/ 1925, ‘] will change the Panama Canal from a hindrance to a help.” With these ends accomplished, the statement added, “agricultural de- pression will give way to an ablding prosperity—a prosperity in which the railroads of the West, the cities of the East and the Natlon as a whole will amply share." CLAIMS UNION OFFICE. St. Louis Man Asks Court Here to Sustain Right. John B. Haggerty of St. Louls, Mo., has asked the District Supreme Court to ald him in asserting his claim that he is the duly elected president of the International ~ Brotherhood of Book- binders. He brought suit for a man- damus against the members of the hoard of electors of the international brotherhood to compel them to throw out the votes of Local No. 25 of New York, which, he claims, were cast ii- legally, and to rescind their forme' decision declaring Walter N. Reddick elected to the presidency. Justice Wendell P. Stafford ssued a " | rule on the board of electors to show ; | cause February 13 why the writ of mandamus should not be issued. The defendants, who' are sued in- dividually and as members of the board of electors, are Walter N. Re dick, Fe'ix J. Belalr, Otto W. H Willlam E. Lorentz and Miss Nannie Daniels, all of Washington. Attorney Simon Hirshman appears for the petitioner. Ordered to Hospital. Lieut. Col. Robert R. Love, United States Ct ry, at Fort Sam Houston Tex., has been ordered to this city for treatment at Walter Reed General Hospital. mann, YATeYiTa\il7ax 170 N QTTRXATS BTaY I aVIrE ERTOR PERCENTAGE % THE C The Cost of Your Telephone Service vs. Other Costs The Telephone Company has been confronted by the same problem as other industries in meeting the increases in wage levels and material prices over those of the pre-war period. Even today, with prices largely stabilized, the costs to the Telephone Company of all the things that go into giving telephone serv- ice are on the average about 65 per cent above the pre-war level. Notwithstanding this, we are today giving Washington a far more efficient and comprehensive telephone service than before the war at a cost to our subscribers, on the average, of only 20 per cent over the pre-war rates. This moderate increase .in the cost of your telephone service, as compared with the increased costs of the other things that make up your daily expenditures, is shown in this chart. INCREASE OF PRICE LEVELS WASHINGTON 1914--1924 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 10 120 furniture & Furnishings Clothing Food Fuel & Light Housing (medium priced) Miscellaneous Average Cost f Living Telephone Rates 150] The data for this chart, except telephome rates, was supplied by the U. S. Department of Labor. The reasonableness of our present rates is demonstrated by the remarkable growth of the telephone system in Washington. ington has today 41 per cent more telephones than the highest number in service in the busy period of the war, with an increase of 50 per cent in the total number of messages handled. HESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY Wash- VAN FIGHTS ELEMENTS TO FACE WOMAN’S SUIT ) Comedian Cancels Chicago Dates to Answer $150,000 Breach of Promise Charge. By the Aesociated Press, NEW YORK, February 3.—Billy B. Van, comedian, appeared yesterday In Queens County court as defendant in a $150,000 breach of promise suit instituted by Miss Ray Mayhr. Mr. Van was forced to break a theatrical engagement in Chicago to attend the trial, was held up by a storm and arrived after several let- ters written by him to Miss Mayhr had been read to the jury. Miss Mayhr testified that she met the comedian at Rockaway Beach in 1916, when she was 16 years old, and that he promised to marry her in 1922. However, in 1923 he married Grace Walsh, who became his fifth wite. At the time she first acepted his attentlons, Miss Mayhr said, she knew that Ross Beaumont as his ces: e Lec: Automatic Oil Burner Electric Ignition Dependable Burn Fuel Oil Economical Immediate Installation Kleen-Heet Sales Co. 1013 12th St. N.W. Main 7886 Frank. 6935 in splendid array. to 42. Some silk A 2-strap pump of blaci patent, $3.85 wife. She contended, however, Mr. Van described this marriage “business arrangement,” which JRTH that he | mitted 5997 was trying Unde T | to marry Miss Walsh she wrote him a letter renouncing all claims upon to termi HE daily supply of our milk on your doorstep is only a part of an endless flow of fresh milk that passes through our sanitary plant each day. 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