Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1925, Page 2

NIGHT AUTO COURT 10 START MONDAY Trials Up to 11 P.M. for Vio- lators of Traffic Laws As- sured by Schedule. The Night Trafiic Court in the Dis- trict will open next Monday. This was decided yesterday afternoon b; Judge Gus Schuldt, elected presid- ing judge of the Police Court follow- ing a conference of the four judges. Beginning today and lasting through Saturday, the four judges will alternate on the three benches. Start- ing Monday, Judge Isaac R. Hitt will preside over the traffic cases in the ‘Traffic Court on the top floor, Judge fohn P. McMahon will preside over the United States cases in the large courtroom also on the top floor and fudge Gus A. Schuldt will preside over the District of Columbia cases in the large courtroom on the second | floor Judge George H. Macdonald preside over the Night Traflic Court| to be held in the second floor court-| oom. He probably will open court| 5 pm. and will remain on duty! until 11 pm. This will result in I'olice Court £ open from 9:30 in the morning continuously until 11 o'clock at night for trafic cases. ! \s new juries will be chosen every wo weeks, it I8 the present plan for! the schedules of the four judges tof cuange that often. It is the purpose of the judges that their work shall he alternated so that during the year each one will average the saume hours during the day and night The new program resulting from the passage of the traffic act by Con- gress will call for a closer co-opera- tion of the Police Department, but it is believed that with the Increase n force as set forth in the act no trouble is to be anticipated. Judge Schuldt stated today that he believed by next Monday plenty of time would be given them to function well in the new scheme of things. Forfeitures to Be Reduced. Forfeiting collateral in traflic cases practically will be done away with. | Driving while intoxicated cases and other violations of & more serious nature will be excepted, mainly be- cause of the nature of the cases and the right to demand jury trials. All other traffic violaters arrested before | 11 o'clock at night and on week days be immediately hailed into court for trial The long Wwait for jury trials now enjoyed by some law violaters will also be done away with. Jurles will | be available most of the time, and| it is doubtful except in unusual cases that they will sit later than & week after the alleged violation took place. 1t expected that the crowded docket will be a thing of the past, and it is hoped by the magistrates that speedy trials will greatly diminish traMc violations as well as other crime. DRY UNIT PLACED UNDER NEW HEAD IN TREASURY SHIFT (Continued from First Page.) b the official an- n mimeographed | more to say than nouncements made. i statements. The realignment -of duties among | the four principal advisers and as- ants to the Secretary of the| Treasury was accomplished, accord-| ing to Mr. Winston, “in order to have 4 somewhat more logical division of the various Treasury activities be- tween the undersecretary and the as- slstant secretaries.” Undersecretary Winston now has direct charge of foreign loans, which | formerly under Mr, Wadsworth. tant Secretary Charles S, Dewey takes over the treasurer's office and the office ofgthe controller of the cur- rency frong the undersecretary and e section of surety bonds from Mr. corth. Assistant Secretary Moss direct charge of the internal revenue and the supervising archi- tect’s office and takes over other duties theretofore handled by Mr. Wadsworth Gen. Andrews has charge of customs, Coast Guard and the prohibition un Moss' Burden Heavy. Guard and had formerly been Secrctary Moss in a co-ordinate all prohibition | activities under one head. but Mr.| Moss also had such a burden of other Guties that it wes understood the load was found (o be too much No specific comment was made in | | Coast the | unit stant Customs, prohibitio under As plan to | will| | Murdock as 18, whe Wedding Brings Trial As a result of his marriage in Rock- ville, March 11, to Miss Ethel Mur- dock, 631 I street southwest, Cordell B. TRrift, 628 1 street southwest, has been indicted for perjury by a Rock- ville Jury and his caxe docketed for enrly trial. The indictment charges that in ap- piying for the license Thrift repre- semted hix age ax 22 and that of Misx n reality, it is alleged, he ix but 17 and the girl 14, Thrift ix now free on $1,000 hond. NEW TRUNK RAILWAY ASKS 1. C. C. PERMIT Would Build' 344-Mile Outlet From Pittsburgh to New York Harbor. A new railroad corporation, the New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway Co., filed application with the Interstate Commerce Commission ay for permission to bulid 344 miles of track. with a main line 283 miles long running almost entirely across Pennsylvania east and west. The - company was organized Pennsylvania last' January and rep- resented that it was not associated with any existfpg railroad. no plans for finafeing were filed, the application said construction would be financed by sale of stock and bonds, s The main line will run from Alle- gheny to Easton, with 30-mile branch at Pittsburgh Junction and a 31-mile branch at Brush Run. The application said the object will be to furnish “a direct low-grade line from New York harbor to the West via Pittsburgh.” There have been proposals by the New York Central to link up a line through northern Pennsylvania by using existing railroads to shorten the distance from New York to Chi- cago. The proposals for railroad con- solidation in the East have ralsed considerable controversy in the rail- road world as to which of the greater trunk lines might be enabled to con- ect the West with New York by the shortest distance. e ———— sail May ation in in Sep- in will a v return connections, his family for planning to business 0 with Europe, tember. Both Gen. Andrews and MMr. were sworn in by F. A. Biegfeld, chief clerk of the Treasury Depart- ment, In the office of Undersecretary Winston, and both ceremonies were observed by many officials interested. A =hift in the offices ‘occupied at the Treasury also took place, Mr. he announcements concerninz & more vigorous drive toward the en- forcement of prohibiticn. but it is a fact that before since the en- | actment Voistead act has the | entire of one the | sista etaries of the Treasur over to those duties per-| prohibition | Gen. Andrews, who takes over these| dutles, is knowledged authocity problems f leadership and nated commwand. He was in| tive the Regular Army r 30 years. and commanded the 172 fantry Brigade, $6th Division, in ance. After the armistice he rved s deputy provost marshal| sncrul at general headquarters until | the end of that organization. He ! tired at his own request from active service on September 30, 1915, and :fore coming to the Treasury was elver for the New York and Queens County Railway Co. Mr. Wadsworth, who had served as Assistant Secretary since March 15, 1921, represented the Government at arls for the scttlement of the cost | of the American Army of Occupation the Rhine. and in his capacity as | assistant in charge of foreign loans had served as secretary of the Ameri- can debt commisston, was extended | cordlal appreciation his public | service by President Cooliage and| Seeretary Mellon | pting 1 never of the atte of heen giver taining to service of your resignation as * of the Treusury, Coolidge, “to take | efect, as you Suggest, on April 1, If lidve to express the regret [ feel that | Governmeat is to lose your ex- part and valued services. 1 know that régret Is shared by those who have been associated with you throughout the governmental establishments. You have borne an important share in the duties of the great Treasury Depart- ment, during a perlod of difficult and impressively successful operations. | “In thanking vou for the services rendered. I wish to add expression of ny hearticst good wishes for your future career: 1 cannot extend a bet- ter ope than that you may be as suc- | cengfyl in promoting your personal| fortyhes as you have been helpful in cdnpet¥ing the interests of the Gov-| ernment,” i Beeretary Melion. in expressing “a fd4aling of very genuine regret” at .. Wadsworth's resignation, sals he kgew “at what personal sacrifice you have served your Government.” | “F'eannot let this opportunity pass,” he said, “without expressing to you v sincere appreciation of the serv- jces which you have rendered to the Treasury and to me” In his handling the problems of the foreign debt, Mr. Mellon said, Mr. Wadsworth had always shown himself intelligent, eficient and loyal. Mr. Wadsworth, who 1s silent regarding his future Dewey moving to the former Wads- worth office, and Gen. Andrews tak- ling the office formerly occupied by Mr. Dewey. H. R. Sheppard, as- Sistant to Mr. Wadsworth, was tran ferred to Assistant Secretary Moss 7k Dow, assistant to Mr. Moss, was transferred to Gen. Andrews, and Charles R. Schoeneman rematned s assistant to Mr. Dewey. Wiillam B. Kilpatrick was also retained in Mr. Mosw' office as assistant in charge of the office of supervising arehitect Roll Called in “Fools’ Hall of Fame”; Laugh Turned Socrates, Columbus, Lincoln, Scorned for “Folly,” ow W ear Wisdom’s Halo—Patrick Henry : and World Itself Have Niches. i day, it might list of ‘the muse upon This Fools' be world's the being All to run over the greatest fools and of their folly Hall of Fame ny miches and in recognize the busts of such outstand- Socrates, who asked a lot of foolish questions and got so many crazy notions in his head as a result that his colleagues put him to death, though posterity, it is true, still benefits from those strange ideas. A little farther on is an elegant likeness of Columbus, who had a foolish idea of the earth's shape, and. refusing to believe that the earth was flat, had the audacity to set out in three little ships to prove his point. Of course, fool that he was, he didn't circle the globe as he had .upected to and the joke of it all was that instead of reaching the Indies, as he believed he had, he omly discovered a new world! well wisdom Fools® contains them one ma ing types as Queen Hax Her Niche, Right next to him may statue of Queen Isabella, foolish enough to believe a ot what Columbus told ~her about his funny ldeRs, and Who went so far wrong that she helped him to exploit them. The fellow with the peculiar name, just across the way from Isabella, Was another “nut” of about the same time and With ideds even worse than those of Columbus. Nicolaus Coper- nicus labored under the impression that not only was the carth round, but it was performing a lot of gy rations in the air, to boot. =Natural. who was While | Gregg | LAFAYETTE PARK CHANGES SLIGHT Sherrill Denies Street Will Be Cut or Trees Sac- rificed. Work being done in connection with plans for beautifying Lafayette Park does not involve extension of Sixteenth street through this square or the removal of the statue of Gen. Jackson, it wes announced today by Col. C. O. Sherrill, superintendent of public buildings and public parks, under whosc supervision the work is being executed. Neither will the workn:en disturd any of the trees which now grace the park, Col. Sherrill said in calling at- tention to statements to the contrary in an article published in The Star vesterday, which created an erroneous impression Col. Sherrill emphasized that the only changes being made in this at- tractive park have to do with im- proving the means of approach to the Jackson statue from the north and south and the beautifying of these approaches o as to present a pleas- ing vista through the square from Sixteenth street to the White House. New Walks Planned. | The plans call for two parallel ce- ment sidewalks, each 15 feet wide and spaced 50 feet apart, running di- rectly through the center of the square from north to south, but ourv- ing around the parking at the base of the Jackson statue. No provision whatever is to be made for vehicular traffic through the square, Col. Sherrill said, and not a tree will have to be moved or de- stroved to carry out the plans for the approaches and parkins. Between the two walks, he stated, will be a 50-foot parking covered with fine grass, and on the outer edges of the walks will be planted attractive shrubbery, flowers, etc., to form a garden effect. The big elms &t the H street side of the square, Col. Sherrill said, will Temain whegg they are as will the magnolia and’ other trees which some persons had feared might have to be sacrificed. Inspects Work Today. Col. Sherrill visited the park todas to watch the workmen as they pro-| gressed. Digging of the bases for the sidewalks already is well under way and the work is rapldly being pushed. Col. Sherrill pointed out that as soon as the funds permit the other approaches, curving to the center from the corners of the square, will be replaced with broader cement walks. The present walks are of as- phalt and long since have become rough and unserviceable, in addition to being much 00 narrow. The coping of the fence inclosing the grass plot around the Jackson statue, Col. Sherrill, added. will be reset in a substantial foundation. At present the fence is out of plumd and presents a wavering wppearance. FRAT ROW CLIMAX EXPECTED TODAY (Continued from First Page. successful, despite statements to the contrary. O the more than 13,000 high school students, it was em- phasized, less than 200 have admitted membership in the debarred organiza- tions. They include 78 at Central, 77 at McKinley, 17 at Western and 14 at Eastern. Parents Assall Rule. The fraternities have threatened to test the legality of the board's rule | in the courts if it is not revoked. | Several parents also have notified school officials that they will take similar_action if their children are not reinstated in the positions of honor they held in approved high school organizations before the fra- ternity expose. One of them is the father of a boy at Western High School who was prominently identi- fied with the Staff of the school's paper, the Western Breeze. He char- acterized the board’s rule in a letter to Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools, as “dam- nable.” | The board's schedule this after- noou also includes action on a reec- ommendation of Superintendent Frank W. Ballou concerning the pro- posal to establish & continuation school for children between 14 and 16 vears of age, who are compelled to return to school under the new compulsory education and school census law. The superintendent will urge that the school be not establish- ed. It time permits, the board plans to give consideration to a proposal of Washington artists to utilize the cul- tural value of color, design and| murkl paintings in working out the| $19.000,000 five-year school building program. The artists already have held preliminary conferences with be seen the of | Dr. Ballou and Municipal Architect| Albert L. Harris on Cotemporaries 1y, he drew a big friends The earth’s shape and behavior also went to the heads of Kepler, Galileo and’ Isaac Newto ose busts oc- upy niches 3 and 74, re- spectively. Soeme American “Fools." In the main corridor aré assembled ! memorials to other big fools. Most! of them are Americans, too. For in- stance, an inscription on. the one done in marble points out that this fellow had the nerve to tell the “Mis- tress of the Seas” where to get off. back in colonial days, and dared her to make the most of it. Patrick Henry is famous in spite of such folly. . Another familiar visage in this section is labeled Lincoln. He was the fellow, you remember, who turned looss all the slaves and was pig- headed enough to stand by his guns in a foolish effort to save the Union. He has a special monument, by the| way, down on the Mall. Todey Hax Its Quota. There have been recent fools, hut| history's stamp on them is not suffi- ciently plain to ailow their entry into this select group. It Is not =0 long 4g0 since the greatest civilization the world has ever known went out to battle with itself, and drew millions into the casualty lists. In the select group Robert Fulton may be Incorporated—the fool who took a boat up the Hudson River and promised the laughing crowds, de- riding him, that steam—mere steam— laugh .from his Willlam A. Driggers, 20-year avintor and his plane, which crashed yesterday CITY PARK SYSTEM UNDER NEW HEAD Sherrill Order Consolidates Offices Charged With Care of Public Grounds. The new office of public buildings and public parks of the Natlonal Capital, under which will come the maintenance and operation of all Government buildings in the city and the care, improvement and establish- ment of the parkway system, came into being today in accordance with an order issued by Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, its director. The new office is an amalgamation of the office of superintendent State, War and N Department _buildings and the office of public buildings and grounds, under the chief of engi- neers. United States Army. The amalgamation was authorized by the last Congress after it was urged on that body by President Coolidge for the purpose of consolldating Government organizations in Washington doing substantially the same work and in the interest of economy. The new office is an independent establishment and comes directly under the President Other Changes Made. Several changes in officlal person- nel, in addition to those announced several days ago. were made today. Maj. Joseph C. Mehaffey, U. S. Army, Engineer Corps, now stationed at Baltimore, Md., has been ordered to Washington as assistant director of the office and will be pluced by Col. Sherrill in direct charge as chief of the construction and designing division. Under Maj. Mehaffey will come the following sections: Con- struction and major alterations, en- gineering section, landscape archi- teet section, architectural section and surveying and drafting section. Capt. E. E. Haring, U. 8. Army, Engineer Corps, who has been on duty in Col. Sherrill's office as execu- tive assistant for several years, has been ordered to Denver, Colo., for duty. B. C. Gardner, who, it was originally announced, was to be chief of the transportation and supply division was named today by Col. Sherrill as chief of the administrative division In the place of F. W. Hoover, who was acting ehief. Mr. Gardner is at present assistant superiniendent at the State, War and Navy Building. J. F. Glll, who in the original or- ganization plans was designated a: sistant chief of the bulldings and maintenance division, has been named chief of the transportation and sup- ply division to take the place orig- inally named for Mr. Gardner. Until sterday he was supervisor of con-} struction in the old office of public buildings and grounds. Notables of World Honor Hammond On 70th Birthday Messages from prominent person- ages all over the wolrd crowded fn on John Hays Hammond, world- famous mining engineer, last night and today as Mr. Hammond reviewed 70 years of a life crowded with acticity. Mr. Hammond, internation- ally known for his work in mining engincering fields, was 70 years old yesterday. Congratulatory messages and tele- grams of fclicitation came to him trom the great of the world as he went back over a life spent in wrest- {ing the riches of the earth from Its | reluctant place. On his desk in his home on Kalo- rama road, overlooking the depths of the canyon of Rock Creek, silver vase filled with carnations from the White House, the gift of President Coolldge, while among the many messages s one simply signed “BllL” It came from a lifelong friend, one of the great men of the world, and a former President of the United States—Willlam Howeard Taft —Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a classmate with Mr. Hammond at Yale. Mr. Hammond's latest work for the Government was as chairman of the United States Coal Commission, which went out of existence a year and a half ago, after an exhaustive investigation into the coal mining industry in the United States. Short- Iy nfter that body went out of exist- ence he was mentioned in connection with the office of Secretary of the In- terior, resigned by Albert B. Fall, and was also mentioned in connection with a vacant diplomatic post | abroad. . Will You Help Us Carry On? The Salvation Army needs $50.000 to carry on with its work _among Washington's poor. Help us to keep open this Summer our Fresh Air Camp for mothers and children at Patuxent, Md to continue our Missing Friends Bureau: keep open our Employment De- partment: to help the needy in time of rrouble. and our other many activities. Please send’your contribution to Thomas P. Hickman, 807 & Street NW. should move it. It's hard to pick fools cotemporane- ously; but it's easy to glorify their foi | tor sale give promise of making money is a; |Jones merchant marine act | the field at Benning, D. C. SHIP SALE ROW DUE TO FLARE UP IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES Board’s Award of Five Vessels to Dollar Line Will Be Appealed by Opponents of Policy—V ote Was 4 (Continued from First Page.) the position of & man Who offered a race horse for sale to the highest bidder who would promise to keep the horse racing on the track. The Pacific Mail offers to buy the horse and pay the greater amount of the purchase price for him out of purses he might win on the track. If no purses are won. then the horse will not be paid for, but will be returned to the Shipping Board In a rundown or crippled condition. “The Dollar company effers to buy the horse and pay for it out of its own pocket. The board’s ship sales commit- tee has recommended the acceptance of the Dollar bid. The best that T can get from the advice of the officials of the Fleet Corporation, President Palmer and General Manager Cone, as given before the board, supports the recom- mendation of the committee. “The Shipping Board is attempting to | £et out of the business of operating ships as rapidly as possible, ard this can be done only when the ships offered | The Dollar proposition is in line with this policy. It is fair to the Government in the permanent establishment of the American merchant marine. It pays a definite sum and guarantees continued operation for five years, and if they keep them going for five years there is no reasonable question that they will keep them going indefinitely.” Lissner States Position. Commissioner Lissner, in a state- ment, declared the Pacific Mail bid had disregarded an earlier agreement between the ship sales committee of the board and the bidders on a set of terms and conditions under which the bids would leave open only the matter of price without varying con- ditions. This bid, he added, had been declared illegal by counsel for the board because of some of its condi- tions. Tn contrast, he said, the Dollar hid was strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed upon. Acceptance of the Dollar bid, he asserted, was in line with the “spirit of the merchant marine act to trans- fer Government vessels to private operation” and “is in keeping with the principla of liberal sales policy adopted by the board.” The deal, he added, “is advantageous to the Gov- ernment from the financial stand- point,” and “the National Treasury will be better off to the extent of several million dollars through this sale in comparison with continued Govern- ment operation.” Commissioners Benson, Plummer and Thompson insisted that the Gov- ernment should not sell the vessels at all at this time. Commissioner Thompson stated his reasons for voting against the sale as follows: “The sale of the five ships operat- ing in the San Francisco-Orient serv. ice was opposed and voted against me for the reason: “(1) The price paid was only one- fourth of. or $15,000.000 less than, the amount it would cost to build the ves- sels at this time, and one-sixth of, or $25.000,000 less than, the original cost of the vessels. “(2) Because the San Francisco- Orient line js showing no money loss in operation. therefore not necess tating any sale at this time at sac- rifice value to stop any losses requiring monies from the Treasury of the United States. “(3) The sale created a monopoly American flag passenger service in the Pacific-Orient trade under one control and put under one ownership 12 of the 23 President type vessels, the pick of the ships in the American merchant marine, “(4) The sale made no provision for replacement of the vessels when they become obsolete over a period of vears, or enforces no penalty per- formance bond for the operation of the ships on the route for a stated period. *(5) Because the law lays emphasis upon these elements, specifically en- Joining that sales should be made un- der conditions which ‘would influence a prudent, solvent business man in the sale of similar vessels or property which he is not forced to sell,’ and the sale as made was considered by me as violative of this injunction, as well as the spirit and intent of the merchant marine act of 1920." Bennon Volces Oppositio Commissioner Benson said he be- lieved the action of the majority of the board violated practically every principle and policy outlined in the of “The Dollar interests”” said Ad- miral Benson, “siready own seven of 502-foot President type ships which operate in the Pacific and paralle] the present service of the Pa- cific Mail. They also operate the five 535-foot President type ships operat- ing out of the Puget Sound area to the Orient. “By the purchase’ of the five ships being operated by -the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. they gain complste control of American combination pas- senger and frelght steamship service in the Pacific Ocean. This ~ombina- tion places the five ships still owned by the Government and operated by the Dollar interests at a disndvantage. It also places the American ship- per. sending his goods through the Western ports of the United States at, the mercy of one American operator | or forces him into the nands of ihe foreign shipping interescs. “The unfortunate nature of this transaction is emphasized by tha inct that the Pacific in the future is| destined to be the most important| area in which the commercial and national operations of the United States are to be located.” When the sale ‘was announced, | President Palmer of the Fleet Corporation immediately emphasized that he had made no recommendation to the board in the matter one way or the other. He had carefully re- fruined from giving advice, he as- serted, although he was mentioned in the statémeénts “of - both Thalrmard & T e Ay (4 The Woite g&i.'dw to 3. O'Connor and former Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon, counsel for the Pacific Mail, in connection with consideration of the proposals. Chairman O’Connor's statement, in this connection, said “the best that T can get from the advice of the offi- clals of the Fleet Corporation, Presi- dent Palmer and General Manager Cone, as given before the board, sup- ports the recommendation” of the sales committee for acceptance of the Dollar bid, and that of Mr. Chamber- lain declared “the board has ignored the bid of the Pacific Mall to buy the ships for $1,125,000 more than the Dollar offer under a plan suggested and urged by a committee headed and composed of Chairman _O'Connor, President Palmer and Secretarie: Hoover, Mellon, Weeks and Wilbur. Mr. Palmer was joined by Mr. Cone in saying that neither had been in a| position to submit recommendations it desired, and indicated that in ap- pearing before the hoard both had replied merely to inquiries as to tech- | nical matters Comment by Dollar. Tn commenting upon award of the bid, Mr. Dollar said “On behalf of the Dollar Steamship Line, I desire to express my satis- faction with the action of the board in awarding the sale of the five pas- senger vessels operating out of San Francisco to the Orlent to us. “It will be our policy to maintain this service In the same high-class manner as we are now maintaining the round-the-world passenger ships with the seven other President liners purchased by us from the board. “We feel certain that both the Gov- ernment and the public will have every cause to feel well pleased with the practical working out of this con- tract with our company. This enables us now to give a weekly salling with passenger vessels from San Francisco to the Orfent.” Chamberlain Statement. Former Senator Chamberlain represented the Pacific Mail, “The fact that three out of seven members of the Shipping Board bit- terly opposed the Dollar bid and have denounced it as a violation of the Jones’ act is sufficient evidence that a national blunder will be committed if the sale goes through. The Jones act does not oblige the board to sall, and specifically enjoins the board to consider the national defenss and the permanent maintenance of steam- ship service when it does sell. “The acceptance of the Dollar bid is a heavy blow to the national de- fense, because it sells out of Govern- ment hands, subject to only a five- year guarantee of malntenance of service, five of the «mall number of American ships fast enough for naval auxiliary service. The terms and conditions of the bid impose no obli- gation to the buyer to keep them in the transpacific service after five years, &nd it is open to grave doubt that the obligation for service even that long is binding under the pro! posed contract. “The board has ignored the bid of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. to buy the ships for $1.125,000 more than the Dollar offer under a plan suggested and urged by a committee headed and composed of Chatrman O'Connor of the Shipping Board, President Palmer of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and Secretaries Hoover, Mellon, Weeks and_ Wilbur of the cabinet. The Pacific Mail bid contemplated the gradual withdrawal of the Govern- ment and the devotion of all earnings on the ships over capital charges to the construction of new ships and re- duction of capital indebtedness. The Pagific Mail also would guarantee op. eration for 10 years instead of years. “Without some provision for new ships to replace the old. there can be no prospect of ‘permanent service in this strategic route from San Fran- cisco to our Pacific possessions. “The Pacific Mall has operated in that trade since 1867. It withdrew its own ships in favor of the Govern- ment’s behind which it placed all its organization, going business and good will. As a result this has been the most successful of all Government lines, and the majority of the Ship- ping Board now propoze to deliver it over to the Dollar interests, which never operated ships under the Amer- ican flag until they began to pick up bargains from the Shipping Board, which did not have a ship requisition- ed by the United States during the wan because they did not have one ship under the American flag."” 5 Eldridge to Be Honored M. O. Eldridge, director of traffle, will be the guest of honor at the Aimas Caravan Clud, luncheon meet- ing Friday at 12:30 o'clock in the Mayflower Hotel. The luncheon has been designated “ladles’ day.” A program of music has been arranged and_will consist of solos and duets by Frod East and Willlam Raymond and popular songs by Miss Kitty Garner, accompanied by George Wil- son. The committee in charge ex- pects an attendance of more than 400 persons. NOON-DAY LFNTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O'Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW Rev. J. T. Huddle CONDUCTED BY Rev. Geo. M. Differderfer | no HEBREWS GATHER ATNEW UNIVERSITY Formal Opening of Institution in Palestine Attracts Im- mense Throng. By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, April 1.—The new Hebrew Unlversity, situated on the summit of Mount Scopus, was sol- emnly Inzugurated today in the pres- ence of 7,000 persons in the great amphitheater on the side of the hill. Thousands more unable to gain ad- mittance had to be turned away. A distinguished company was present, including representatives of more | than 50 leading Institutions and academic bodies in all parts of the world. The inaugural address was deliv- ered by the Earl of Balfour, author ot the “Balfour Declaration,” fn which Grert Britain set forth her policy of encouraging the creation in Pales- tine of a national home for the Jews. Road Thronged With Vehicles. Hours before the ceremony began the narrow, dusty road leading to the summit of Mount Scopus was black with vehicles and pedestrians. the | throng comprising largely Jewish men, women and children, who had trudged across the flelds and climbed the slopes leading toward the peak of the hill. Hundreds had wamped long distances—400 had walked from Jaffa to witness the historic event— and many far-away countries of the world had their representatives there. The new university etands like sentinel 3,000 feet above the sur- rounding valleys, giving new point to the name of the mountain on which it is located, for the meaning of Scopus is “hill sentinel.” Pattern After Olden Times. Much like the olden days, when ths Greek brought goat skins as a pro- tectlon against the cold, hard stones of an amphitheatre, most of today's modern pligrims brought cushions with them. Jewish peddlers did good business in “Balfour chocolate “Baltour cake,” and “Balfour cligar- ettes.” The amphitheater overlooks the Mount of Olives with its grave of innumerable Jewish dead Mount Scopus itself is full of history, for it was here that the armies of Titus encamped before descending upon and destroying Jerusalem. and Alexander the Great established himself here. RABBI IS FELICITATED. British Ambassador Approves He- brew University in Palestine. Sir Esme Howard, British Ambas- sador, and Rabbi Louls Schwefel. president of the Zionist district of Washington, exchanged greetings at the British embassy today and at the same time expressed the belief that nothing but good will would grow out of the opening of the Hebrew University of Palestine, which for- mally opened today. Rabbi Schwefel and a delegation of 30 or more local Zionists were received at the em- bassy by the Ambassador. While local Zionists are holding celebrations to commemorate the opening of the university, the Amer- fcan consul at Jerusalem officlally represented the United States at the ceremonies at the university in Pales tine, while Lord Balfour and Gen. Allenby, conqueror of Palestine from the Turks in 1918, represented the British government there. The Brit- ish government governs Palestine under a protectorate Sir Evme Howard's Respouse. In reply to the address by Rabbl Schwefel at the embassy here today, Sir Esme Howard said “We hope that this new university of yours may stimulate a revival of learning and culture in the East, not only among the Hebrews, but also among Christians and Mohammedans, teaching them to live together In peace and harmony, to tolerate and respect each other's beliefs, and to act toward each other in that spirit of charity which alone makes life worth living.” The Ambassador also thanked Rabbi Schwefel on behalf of the gov- ernment of his majesty the King of England for the *words of elo- Qquence” the rabbi used in his address. #nd assured the latter that a copy of the address would be forwarded to the King. Talks of Zionists® Hopex. Rabbi Schwefel had told briefly of the desires uppermost in the hearts of the Zionists and said: “We come, not bousting of what we have accom- plished, not proud because of our contributions in the past, not too much elated by the fantastic great- ness of this day. We realize that only one step forward has been taken to- day and humbly hope that it is but an earnest start of What we may ac- complish in the future. “We owe our thanks Britain, not because of the power with which they have endowed us, for we seek no power and demand right for ourselves. We arc grateful for the confidence in our own cause which your Government has given us.” Accompanying Rabbi Schwefel to the embessy wevre Jacob Heckman, chairman of the executive committec of the Zionists, District of Washing- ton; Paul Heimmelfard, Joseph Wil- mer, Mrs. I. Kahn, Maurice Garfinkel, Jacob Horenstein, Maurice Stein, Rev. Lou Novack and other leaders in the Zionist movement. The Ambassador's address is to be read at a general mesting to be held in the Willard Hotel tonight at 8:30 o'clock. There also will be special addresses and & program of music at the Willard. The speakers are to be Willlam Hard, newspaper man; Dean Willlam A. Wilbur of George Wash- tngton University, and Dr. Abram Simon, rabdbi of the Eighth Street Temple. Al Shefferman of the Wash- ington Opera Company will be the leading soloist of the cvening. Has Prominent Site. Kstablished as a research univer- sity, thereby avoiding a large ex- penditure in construction of lecture rooms and student laboratories, the Hebrew University occupies a prom- inent position on Mount Scopus, above Jerusalem. To the west the univer- sity looks toward the clty, to the east toward the Dead Sea and the valley of the Jordan, and on the further side the mountains of Moab. A medical department of the uni- versity was founded in the Spring of at the time Prof. Albert KEin- stein visited the United States, by the American Jewish physiclans’ commit- tee, headed by Dr. Nathan Ratnoff of New York. Prof. Fodor, formerly of the Uni- versity of Halle, has been appointed to take charge of -the chemical de- partment, and {s also superintending the equipping and installation of the laboratory. In the Autumn of a committee was formed to further the Igitute of Jewish Studies, and drew ‘up a memorandum outlining this as a center for promoting the knowledge of Hebrew and cognate languages, Jewish literature, histo: philosophy and institutions from the cultural and comparetive point of view. It is proposed as an institute for advanced research, combined with to Great 1922 | PHONE VALLATION SEENAS 13000 Hearing on Rate Cut to Be Held if This Figure Is Set. A formal public hearing 2o consider Whether telephone rates should be re- duced probably will be hisld some time this month, it was indicated at the District Building today. Decision as to whether there should be a hearing has been held up pend ing settlement of the claim of the Chesapeaks & Potomae Telephone Co that the value of its property should be increased substantially. While the commission will not be able for several days to make known the new valuation, it is understood it will be approximately $19,000,000. 1f this figure is agreed upon the rats hearing fs likely to follow, it was said The commission's old valuation brought up to February 28 was in round numbers $18,500,000. If present indications are correct, the commis sion’s new value, while slightly high er, will fall far short of the company's claim to a value of $25,600,000. Poliey Ix Decided. Members of the cor aid actually decide on a new value at the conference late yesterday afternoon but did declde its pelicy with regard to subtracting depreciation, allowing for going concern value, what f{t Would allow for working capital and similar disputed items. The indications are that when ths accountants for the commission apply the methods agreed to by the com mission for treating these various items they will arrive at a value close to $19,000,000. It is reported the commission ds clded yesterday to deduct from the company’s claim several millions of dollars “representing accrued depre clation. As to the value of the company s land and buildings, the testimony of District Assessor Richards differed from the appraisals of the company = witnesses. It is understood the com mission will strike a compromise value somewhere between the two estimates. The value of the company's prop- erty is the basis on which the com misslon decides what the ratee for service should be, and if the com- pany's estimate of $25,000.000 ghould be sustained there would be no like 1ihood of a reduction in rates. Dozier Devane, counsel for the com pany, is to submit a brief covering legal points involved in tha company s claim to $25,000,000 value, and this document will be considered by the commission before the new value i announced YOUTH IS REB-UILDING $300 AIRPLANE WRECKED WHILE COMING DOWN ntinued from First Page.) Hiller's Benning. Driggers bought the a vear ago for $300. Army Thomas-Morse, S4C single-seat scout plane and is powered with ar 80-horsepower Le Rhone motor. He has made freque hops in it as an laid to his studies in aeronautical design and construction. which he is pursuing individually. He learned to fiy two years ago, “stealing” the in- stryction from an Army pilot in an Army vlane. and to date has flown more than 100 hours Shortly after he learned to fly he entered into arrangement with Bertram D. Stew- art to take up passengers in & Curtiss “Jenny,” which they then owned On a fiight one day with a passenger just across Highway Bridge the plana crashed and both Stewart and the passenger were killed. Driggers had obtained hangar space for his plane at the Naval Alr Station, Anacostia, D. C., and when naval officials learned that several Government planes had to remain outside nll night recently becaus four or five civilian planes were | the hangars orders tO eVACUAte wer given. Driggers had obtained per- mission to park his plane in a fleld near t scene of the accldent and just before twilight he took off for tis new berth The crash was not couple of hours old last night when Driggers made a “deal” with a man here to purchase three propellers for $5, he said residence at Barnes Station craft abou It is an o'd more than a Denies Misconduct Charge. Omar H. F avel today filed answer to a suit for an absolute divorce brought by his wife, Bessie C. Fravel, following his arrest in a rald by the police vice squad. Fravel admits the arrest but declares he is innocent and that the case is still pending in Police Court. The husband also filex a crossbill in which he prefers charges of misconduct against the wife. He wants her suft dismissed and an absolute divorce granted to bim from her. Attorney 1. Q. H. Al ward appears for the husband {| BOWIE ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. FIRST RACE—Claiming; purse, $1,200. a. 4 furlongs. Freds D. Boabiai: o tes. Also eligibie— Oreriaok 1Banderole g Fire < Roosting *Rarracks $oLittle Emme §Buttercip ¢ Lady Chliton Hariew Hall - P. Whitney entes entry $1,200; maiden m 1 18 18 . 16 18 of Troy Hampton Lady. 5 Bruns . Worthingion 5 White Marsh ... Commisaioner Teaupot sign s s Jonn &, Mosby . Rowht of dier Ranock Also cligible. Bl Shaffer 1 Gladstone THIRD RACE—Claiming; purse, §! year-olds and up: 64 furlongs. . 119 Romping Home .. 110 Transacting 108 4 Teodieton | SXew Hope [[I1] 8T sSiedge ..... ... 100 Merrimac ........ 104 *Trapdale . 100 FOURTH RACE—Olaiming; purse, 31,200; 3-year-olds and up; 6% farlongs. emental ...... 114 SFreedom's Oall.. 107 e Dave Hargios 110 *Johony Overtos.. 101 SReths Flower... 106 Hourmors ....... 112 Sea Tide . Tocdis Hidaea Jowsi 111 118 Jingle . FIFTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,200; roar-olds and up: T furiongs | Brunen verglade Top S 10 104 *1ady Bos et .14 Demijonn *Setting Sun . SINTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,200 yearokis 300 up: ldy miies . 116 *Rupee 5 115oPete the Ner by 1107 Daoclog Fool . 116 *Lexington Maid SEVENTH RACH-Claimiog: purse, § 4-year-oids and up: 1 mile and 70 yards *Overfre . .. 111 SRosa Yetta ... oo 108 SSpugs ... 103 *Riossorabouse 113 16, 118 Al Bord 108 102 110 107 an open lecturing center with seminar and class instruction for pioked puplls: 5 i ¥ 111 *Toodles .. ... 108 porestice allowance elaimed. ‘Weather cloudly; track good.