Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1925, Page 3

DEATH HOUSE CASE NEARS SOLUTION Police Find Had Reasons for Killing Youthful Associate. By the Associated Press NDON, April 4—The myste gloomy old Bloomsbury uville Cooke and Selwyn t ige de was be- arer zolution today with the of post-mortem examina- e bodies. The police are sion of a great accumula- detail ¢ Fnin lives an inventor-poet, and F 2 Young man-about-town, whic pected will be presented at m e Gri ter ths ved r lusion of Posse th today Th quest Foster died nd from effects first suspicion that urs b Cooke ther than from th f which his com- »rted to have been post-mortem exam- police, however, hav whether the indica- had killed him- - joison was adm persor Cooke d the mon und, and th yvered cuted another to an unnamed . Ind., April 4 —R. W, superintendent of who was route from WAYN . general Nickel Plate railroad, with heart disease en s city in his private car land, died here last night died aboard hi ivate car, be- too i noval to a hospital Ir. Mitc who was 60 years wid, was t ling with Keith C. Baldwin, masi mechanic of the Nickel Plate when he was T m, Mi His of espectively with 40 was connected for more thi Kent and James and and Cincin- have been sum- leve SPECIAL NOTICES. TE _ANNUA ETING OF STOCKHOLD: Jtizeas Bquitable Bui be eld April 13, 1 M &t.. for the elect and <uh other come before thix mest tock will be opened 7 SR MAYFIELD, § NATHAN CAYTON, Rec s of IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS frict of Columbia—1In the matter of the dicsolution of Colonial r the Colonial poration. Al ms against the exhibit 518, Jenife: ent Company, or persons’ having mpany are hereby ime to me. at my Bailding, with the P reof. NATHAN CAYTON, Receiver. ANNUAT TION 0 tors of the Washington Cent Permanent Building Assoctation will 14 at the office of the association. w.. ‘on_ Wednesdas, May 6, from 10 am. to & p.m i G. OSTERMAYER CERTIFICATE OF CHANG THE CIVIL SERVIC INCORPORATE! WASHINGTON INSTITUT notified to afice. Suit 4 ix to rertify that ai '8 mecting of the miockiolders and 4 meeting of the directors of the above fitled ‘corporation, a body cor * under the Tawn of the District ot Co Neld ou the 20t au Warhington. Distriet of Tlon were HnaBimousIy carried at e meatings 1o Change ¢ Washington Tastitute, § a 00l, _Incorporated, Tncorporated. 3rd_day of April, TERRY, President. ASSELL, Secretary. to n Institute, Incorp ed, on Mare ), . W. CUMMINGS ANNOUNCES THE yemoral of his dental office to 931 F Fhone Main e Wi, nm NG or Conbeny of {he Districr o Colrpiaorrance 04 TL AT B o Nondng. Amels b LOUIS R PEAR, T N0 J0B_T00 TARG Frankiin 10 ed prompt- metal e Qur Rrices are right. H Also Miami 800305 WFE MAKE WEEKLY TRIPS .;_Wilmington Del., York ' 0 SFER RAGE ©O. BB RESPONSIRLE FOR ANY ebra comtracted by A other han L ANT € st. n.e. - REPAIRING AND UPHOL- o tar oo S2TVBerE. " Ad To consult this big printing plant—be. fore you place your order for printing. The National 12101212 D NOW IS THE TIME :rIvoLIijimmnl and REALTORS— architects, builders, houseowners—all real- e the economic value of placing orders here, KOONS 110 3rd st. e.w. e N Phone Main 083. Inventor-Poet | that NCORPORATED. | Cagit_al Press| | What’s Ahead In ¥o20 there were 202 separately operated railroads in the United State: f which each had a gross operat- 18 income of $1,000,000 or more a year. Since then 12 roads have been merg- ed into others. At the same time 25 smaller roads have been absorbed by larger ones. The age of railroad consolidations seems to have arrived | A new era has come since 1920. { The mergers so far are small com- pared with that developed by the | Van Sweringen brothe: of Cleve- |1and during the past two years In the organization of the new and en- larged so-called Nickel Plate System. Railroad mergers were once frown- ed upon by the Government. But since 1920. Today they can be i effected In three ways. Two are pro- i vided for in the transportation act of 1920. ! " The first way is for one railroad to | lease or purchase the stock of other railroads. But the law requires that roads thus brought together must maintain their separate corporate ex- istence and operating organizations. A complete working unit is impossi- ble. In spite of this, nearly all the tentative mergers so far have taken ! place under this plan; they are tenta- tive because they must conform to {the plan of consolidation finally | | adopted by the Interstate Commerce | | Commission, { Second Method Provided The second method provided for in | | the transportation act calls for a new | nlidated company for the two or | railroads t are brought to- | This is a difficult plan, for the Interstate Commerce Commission mnust not only declare such a merger is in the public interest, but must also decide that the merger will be in har. mony with the general plan of rail- road groupings that the commission is required by law to adopt and an- nounce to the people of the United States. The commission has been working for three years, but has not made a final decision as to groupings. Neither of these methods is definite; they hinge on a contingency in the future. And =o a third plan of con- solidation, outside the transporta- tion act. was figured out by the Van Sweringens Ten, ¥ = ago these hard-working bachelor brothers were interested in Cleveland real estate, not railroads. They were developing a large resi- dential district Better transporta- tion facilities for this tract became necessary. So, in July, 1918, they pur- chased the old Nickel Plate railroad from the New York Central for $8,.- 500,000. 3 miles long. Then It was 523 came the war. The railroads were taken over by £ the Government and this little line went with the rest. i But in 1920 the road was returned to them. Immediately they organized a new railroad corporation under the laws of several States to acquire and operate the properties owned by sev- eral railroad companies. Then they applled to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to exchange the capital stock of this new holding company for the capital stock of the companies merged. The commission approved, because the several State laws permitting such consolidations were still in force and the commis- sion had no power to nullify any law of any State. Thus a rew and effec- tive plan for consolidation was dis- covered. ther In Other Ronds. The Van Sweringens lost no time. In March, 1922, the old Clover Leaf road and the Lake Erie and Western, with a combined mileage of 1175 miles, were merged with thhe Nickel Plate. Six months later these two men took over the controlling stock interest in the Chesapeake and Ohio through the purchase of the Hunting- ton stock. This, in turn, gave them the control of the Hocking Valley railroad, an important coal road. These roads added 2,896 miles more. In the Summer of 1924 the control of the Erie and the Pere Marquette passed 1o the Van Sweringens, who immediately proposed “unified control and operation of the new propertfes along with that of the Nickel Plate and the Chesapeake and Ohio.” Now the new Van Sweringen plan of unification and unified control embraces 9,145 miles, representing an investment in road and equipment of $1,081,000,000 and a combined total net fncoms of ap- proximately $30,000,000. The capital items in the several roads have been re- duced by about $100,000,000. Thus, in two years, this new Nickel Plate system emerges as one of the first 10 raiiroad systems in America, and with a combined net income equal to more than $15 a share available for the common stock for the year ended June 30, 1924. Four Great Systems Seen. The Interstate Commerce Commission | ad planned on eight, and possibly nine, Eastern systems to serve in the terri- tories south of Boston to New York, west to Chicago and southwest to St. Louis. Tt now looks as if four and not nine systems would serve this territory. These are the New York Central, Penn- sylvania, Baltimore and Ohio and Nickel Plate. The Van Sweringens consider that “balanced competition” is required by the railroad industry and public interest. To their way of thinking “competition between raflroads, to be effective, must bo on something approximating an equal basis; in other words, strong syatems aompeting with strong systems, not weak roads pitted against powerful ones They believe balanced in the Eastern territory would re- sult from the adoption of the pro- posed four-system arrangement with | groupings based on natprally jre- | lated #nd complementary lines. For | instance, two' of the roads, the New | York Central and the Nickel Plate, would operate main lines as at pres- ent through the Buffalo gateway; the other two, the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohia, through the Pittsburgh gateway. This would maintain the natural traffic trends and preserve existing main channels to_and from tidewater. Each rystem competition i will have my son, Paul F. Grove, J . nted with me under the firm name of Paul F. Grove & Son, lephone sumber will remain the same, PAUL F. GROVE. T e B PREPARE FOR » RAINY WEATHER A‘vrlll ly- utllul"{ l- rr’h-a{ ;::{H bave us put your roof in 4 condition. IRONCLAD feiae Taia 'CARPET 75 Sosinnaknme: 3 ‘THE LOWIN Coy STOBING. » Rear 1414 V 8t. N.W. 2 : = PRINTING— . .-li‘i‘:l» meets your requirements—prompt 2160, FIGH GRADE, BUT NOT HIGH PRICED BYRON S. ADAMS, EBINTEE, 512 Lith “ric largest of its kind in the city, is ready to_renovate your MATTRESSES, BOX SPRINGS & PILLOWS. e are as near as your phone. Bedell's Factory €0 ¥ st. N.W. THE ALTAMONT 1901 Wyoming Avenue Twelve Rooms and Four Baths THE DRESDEN. 2220 Connecticut Avenue Ten Rooms and Three Baths John W. Thomp:on & Co. Realtors 1614 Eye Street N.W. Mein 1477 4 Building in Georgetown 55,000 Brick on Lots $5,200, Including Brick H. W. OFFUTT 1200 WIS. AVE. WEST 914 No. 6—The Railroad Industry as Seen by the Van Sweringens. By John F. Author of “Can Europe Hold Together?” and “Can Your Taxes Be Cut?” THE EVE G for Business? . Sinclair. o. M. J. VAN SWERIN! would have lines tapping the others’ territory and affording a wide fleld for competitive effort Want Fair Competitio In this new railread development tnese two ycung Clevelanders hav. taken a novel position. They still be- tieve in railroad competition, but not unfair and uneven competition. They do not want the heavyweight in com- fon with the lightweight. So have carried the new phrase in raliroading “balanced competition.” The Van Sweringens are quiet, at- tractive, and likeable personalities. Everything about them and their of- fices gives the impression of order and distinction. They live together, travel together, dine together, work together, these Siamese Twins of the big business world. Strange to say, they have no office in New York. They ure still young men, O. P. being 45 and M. J. two years younger. As a result of thelr successful methods raliroad officlals seem gen- | erally to belicve that the transporta- | tion act of.1920 should be amended. They favor additional legislation to | adjust all the legal rights in any| merger as between majority and mi- rority stockholders: at present there is no way to meet a dissenting minor- ity interest. Frovision for a less rigid plan of consolidation is also favored for the next few years so as to allow railroad mergers to be completed,even before any final plan is agreed upon by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. Far better to permit the evolutionary process of ratlroad grouping to continue as it has been proceeding for many decades, they suy Tomorrow: c. 01l Induntry. (Copyright, 1925, in United States, Canad: and Grea: Britain by North American New paper Alliance. AlL rights reserved.) DANISH CAPTAIN HELD. Accused of Larceny of Gargo of Guano: BALTIMORE, Md., April 4.—George J. Nielsen, captain of the Danlsh steamer Dorte Jensen, was arrested last night charged with the larceny of a)cargo of guano valued at $44,650 from the Standard Guano Co. The charge was placed against ship’s master by George A. Whiting. president of the guano company because bills of lading for the cargo were not turned over to the com- pany's representative, according to the police. Mr. Whiting declined to explain why he ordered the arrest. Capt. Nielsen said the bills of lad- ing were not given to the guano company because the freight on the cargo had not been paid. The cargo is consigned .to Kingsport, N Scotta. |dratt of a Bedford on the the | STAR, MAY BAR CHILDREN PLAYING IN STREET Traffic Director Finds Youngsters Figure in Large Percentage of Accidents. Pointing out that children are vic- tims in a large percentage of traffic accidents, Director of Trafic Eldridge announced today that he is consider- ing steps that might be taken by his office to prevent youngsters from playing in the streets. Mr. Eldridge is not sure a regula- tion could be made to cover the ques- tion, but he is considering what steps the police may be able to take to pre- vent roller skating, the riding of wagons and similar toys in the road- way of traffic. More Playgrounds Suggested. “Of course,” Mr. Eldridge said, “the ultimate solution of this problem is the establishment of more play- grounds. But a great deal can be done in this matter by constant edu- catfon.” The director will propose to school officials that a representative of his office, and sometimes himself, make talks In the schools on the dangers of playing in the streets. Organiza- tion of junior safety councils in the schools also was suggested as a move toward cutting down the traffic death toll among children 2 Revising Trafic Rules. The director's advisory committee working dally on the tentative revised set of trafc rules to the submitted to the Commission- ers for approval before the end April, so that they can be put into effect early in May. — BELGIAN CABINET TO QUIT TOMORROW Few Changes Result From Par- liamentary Election, But New Government Is Held Certain. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, April parliamentary elections seem to promise only a few changes in &he composition of the Chamber of Rep- presentatives and the Senate. There will be a new government, however for Premier Theunis and several of his ministers are determined to leave power, and the cabinet has an- nounced its intention to resign to- morrow night The Catholics, who had 7 the Chamber and 73 in the and the Liberals, who had 23 in the Chamber and 30 in the Senate, gen- erally are expected to be returned to power, although there is some threat of strong gains by the Flem- ish extremists. The Chamber, which at present numbers 168 seats, will add one dep- uty, as Eupen and Malmedy, recov- ered from Germany, will be repre- sented for the first time. The Sen- ate had 153 members. As the campaign had been dull, it is not expected that more than half a dozen seats will change hands. Tt is considered likely, however, that the Socialists will lose many yotes to the Communists, but without affect- ing the election of deputies. The prospect of the return to pow- er of the present Catholic-Liberal coalition is based on the fact th this combination polled 1,125,000 votes in 1921 against 804,000 by all other parties, coupled with the gen- eral bellef that there will be no great changes. 4.—Tomorrow's seats in enate Ex-soldiers have established pros- perous farming communities in Min- nesota after clearing the land of stumps with reclaimed war explosives. BED RooM ¥ xng' LIVING ROOM " x1rE’ DiNING: Typical Floor Plan OWN YOUR OWN APARTMENT HOME A few of the advantages are— Monthly rent payments saved and applied as sound real estate investment. Assurance of congenial nei Economy of general living expenses through co-operative community administration. The pride and satisfaction with the comforts and conveniences of apartment residence. WASHINGTON, D. €., SATURDAY, APRIL n 2 ™3 Slated for Peking CHICAGOAN SLATED FOR HIGH U. 5. POST H. R. Wilson Probably Will Be Made Assistant Secre- tary of State. The Assistant Secretaryship of State, to be vacated by John Van A MacMurray, selected by President Coolldge to succeed Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman as American Minister to Peking, probably will be offered to Hugh R. Wilsoi of Chicago, chief of the current information division of the State Department Mr, Wilson has been in the foreign | service since 1911. He was counsellor of the Tokio embassy when ordered to the State Department a year ago lo aid in the reorganization of the for- ecign service made possible by the pas- sage of the Rogers blll. Prior to that time he had been secretary of the Berlin embassy and had had com- parable assignments at Vienna and Buenos Alres. MARINE HELD IN MURDER. SCRANTON, Pa., April 4.—A radio- gram received last night from the commanding officer of the C. S. S Idaho, off the coast of San Diego, alif., by District Attorney E. P. Lit- tle of Susquehanna County, informed the public prosecutor of the arrest of Joseph Welichka, United States JONMN VAN A. MacMURRAY. EVOLUTION IS WINNER. California to Permit Teaching of Theory. SACRAMENTO, Cali State Board of Educa went on record formally in favor of teaching evolution in the public schools of California, but only as a theory, thus upholding the findings of a committee of. educators which some time ago, submitted a report in which the theory of the teaching of evolution was upheld April 4.—The n yesterday HOTEL HAMILTON Announcement We wish to announce that the owncrship and management of the Hotel Hamilton was changed March 31, 1925, and that in the future marine, wanted for the alleged mur- der of Burns Lyon, wealthy Uniondale cattla dealer, In October, 1921 Welichka is the fifth man taken in | custody, only one of the others is still at large. | Walter Kubas, 13-year-old shoe | shiner, made a confession implicat- | ing himself and five others. | are urder indictment for the Painting--Paperhangi Homes, Clubs, Sckools, Office Buildings, Apartment Houses Harry W. Taylor ] 2333 18th St. N.W. Col. 1077 WANTED Two Experienced Salesmen We have immediate need for two (2) thoroughly ed high-powered new house salesmen, men of character with ability to hustle and enthuse over new houses covering every phase of the active market. Applicants must have car; trifiers and inexperienced men need not apply. Applications will confidentiall Apply in person Sunday morning between 10:30 am. and SALES MANAGER. C. H. SMALL & CO. Builders—Real Estate 925 15th St. NN\W experi be treated noon to Main 6861 T T e P S 1017 Sixteenth Street Three Squares from White Hou;e WITH fourteen huge rooms and six complete baths, this mag- nificent home is exceptionally well adapted to social entertainment or for use as a physician’s office and residence. Forty-two-foot frontage: five open fireplaces; double drawing room, etc. A A A Your Inspection Is Invite ' S nday the hotel will be conducted by the new owner as a fir!t'cla!fi modern l’\os'elfy‘ The Oakland Corporation MR. WILLIAM FRANK THYSON President Mr. A. J. HATTON Auditor Live Right WARDMAN 1430 K Street Main 3830 “We House One-Tenth of Washington's Population” 2SS TSRS TSz WANTED— Experienced Real Estate Salesman ST I Costs Less : in BDuriErm At 36th and R Sts. N.W. Prices $8,500 Up Our Easy, Safe Terms If you are a real producer, with proven, successful record and good references, make written ap- plication, stating qualifications in full to Sales Manager McKeever & Goss ISHANNON - & LUCHY IS A2 S 2SS X = The six new build- ings recently erected in Cleveland Park as CO-OPERATIVE APARTMENT HOMES are now 51/ fi occupied by enthusiastic owners ighbors. of home ownership, 3018-28 Porter Street N.W. - Small Payment and $72 a .Month clnother, Address Box 415.H, Star Office All replies treated confidentially. Concrete Streets Cement Sidewalks Gas & Electricity ‘Water and Sewerage Stores & Schools Detached Homes Large Grounds Accessible to two car lines and two main boulevards into City. 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