Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 4

i | AISHTON DEFENDS RAIL EFFICIENCY Testifies at Rate Hearing That Car Loadings and & Economy Are at Peak. [N 23,000 Miles Total | Highways Rebuilt In States in 1924 Twenty-three thousand highways were built to & faced on the State road system in 1924, the Bureau of Public Roads, De partment of Agriculture, announced today. Progress during 1925 should | be at least as great as in 1924, the bureau added, according to best in formation ava miles of de or sur. in the Virginia THE FENNING ESPOUSES CURB ON FIREARMS, Indorses Report Citing Need | for Betier Law on Weapon Sale. RUM ROW IN YEAR LOSES $15,000,000 IN BRITISH CAPITAL —(Continued from First Page) _ The captain says that if eventually he gets away from Deal he will trans- fer his cargo to some other ship far off the American coast and at a point where he will be in no danger of being captured. To Englishmen the news of the stifling of the liquor traffic to Amer- lea is welcome, for the huge drain are responsible only to our owner, a young lady living in London.” The ship is a five-masted schooner and the crew is a motley band, who, according to reports, comprise Finns, Lascars, Belgians, Esthonians and only three Britishers. The captain said he has been master of the ship for 25 years. He outfitted here recent- ly with twin-screw motors and wire- less apparatus and entered smugsling o8 a definite business. The legal aspects of the case are confusing, but it is belleved English officials will not be able to stop the ship when she is ready to sail, which she probably will do within a week. (Copyright, 1 by Chicago Daily News Co.) P VL T EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1925. SAYS HE HAS LOST JOB. William C. Thrift Seeks Release From Paying Wife Alimony. William C. Thrift yesterday told Justice Hoehling of the District Su- preme Court that he has lost his em- ployment as a musician and cannot pay the alimony of $40 per month ordered by the court. His wife, Mrs. Gladys R. Thrift, who Is suing him for a limited divorce, he declares, is working for the Government at $120 per month and there are no children. Attorney Robert E. Lynch appears for the husband. the best dressed men are praising the new “Curvette” Shoulder 5.399.5 and the of the last few years had almost ex At a popular bathing beach a lar, 4 2 arge hausted all stocks of old whisky, 80| clock on a jetty of rock warns the that most of tha ble for pur- | bathers of the tides. chase now is ba | WIDER SHOULDERS all the necessary padding and clumsiness that the original ENGLISH SHOULDER FEA- TURED. You'll like this CURVETTE shoul- der even more when vou have to put on a topcoat or overcoat. Tourist traffic in British Columbia this year ix much greater than in last. aystem wa. total mileaz . 1923 was reported at Coamissioner Frederick A. Fen 341.7 mil | niug. Who supervises police affuirs of | In Ma t 5.5 in | G o 5 in e e e e b e and | e Eymll t came out today in support | RUM SHIP TO SAIL. ot 1958 and : miles were | Of the recommendation in the annual | surfaced, the bureau of the Department for | 25,000 stringent law to govern the nd possession of revolvers and | {other dangerous weapons In order to | | reduce crimes of violence. By the Ascociated Press. CHICAGO, September 10.—Tending | to show that the Interstate Commerce Commission’s suggesiton of 1922 that the railroads look to ‘“efficiency and economy in operation,” offers no solu tion of the problems of the Western i roads, President R. H. Aishton of the 1 American Railway Association today Geseribed the conditions of {ne mwaHERRILL T0 MAKE e e T T wesier tetent | DRIVE FOR BEACHES IN NEXT CONGRESS! rate,advance ca far in 1925.” he said, “the rail Page.) | ence on uniform Sta ways of the country have handled the largest number of carloads of freight ever transported in any similar period [ {gard to this question.” to be owned by a London woman who | | Commissioner Fenning said that | has been engaged in liquor smuggling | this national conference, which is an |on a large e for five vears. Cus-| of time, and with this peak traffic the carriers are operating with the great- wdjunct of the American Bar Asso-|loms officials at Dover discovered the ciation, has been considers the | #hip Wednesday night. They found | est economy and efficiency ever shown. ’n of weapons and that as soon | that it was unable to sail for tempor s on the best statute to he | ar of funds. although it was for the various States it nned, with a fortune in boc considered in connection with | carefully stowed away lation for the District. | Admits He's Smuggler, Fenning said that one of the local | Capt. W. R. Whitburn the national con:|the vessel. openly adi ference, i the subcom- {4 smuggler and savs English officials tee f which is | have no power to stop him He ex | conside 3 : | that he is anxious to get awa, £ el o the open sea, where we smuggler. vom. Washington on the > safer,” but that he could not pa ‘rederick S. Tyler and Walter C. [the crew. He is reported to have de | clared that “our present cargo is a |, also voiced the hope ‘:‘}n nl» l]]lluf\ ;‘. the m’ ,l,,),‘.\,.;:..“ with | rers “onsid hagpcs i 7 would soon carry out!the bulk of contraband that is run in Crn aiiwavs alone, i ppoars that| Mr. Gordon pointed out. too. that| e endarion T 1he polise we: |in and/0own tha Americen coastr I {hese lines in 1924 reduced their fuel | poliution of both rivers will be make- | new precinet station to| ‘“We ship whisky for a certain bill in the freight ser el Hally reduced when money is ap- o of the substation now |port,” Capt. Whitburn is quoted as $18,000,000 as compared with propriated for completion of the in- Tenleytown. He pointed |saving, “we carry it a few thousand In the passenger service there was \ervepm:nl sewler .~vnex]r;ml ‘T‘)C‘f"‘u\u v!.-_\mw';‘ ,\;.‘l\mt{aliun m;los. ‘l‘hpn transfer »uk;u wm.- ves- a corresponding ving of almost |sewers intercept sewage refore | controls more than one-fifth of the | sels. e are not afra e make $4,000, 000 in the 1924 £ saving. it flows into the c and Ank-|areq of the District of Columbia and|no secret of our calling. There is E sl E costia rivers and Creek and rapidly growing residential |nothing illegal at our end of it. We Claims Cut Two-Thirds. carry it down to the main outlet,|section “Loss and damage payments of which is too far down the Potomuc| . the Western railw have been cut LEGION TO AID MITCHELL. river for any refuse to come back,| almost two-thirds since 1920. ven as far as Hains Point, with the “There has been increasing ade- Seek to quacy of transportation and pro- gressive improvement in the efficiency & hese S San st io Martial in Secret i and economy of railroad operation. In this entire matter the raflroads of the country are leaving no stone un- SAN ANTONIO, Tex., September ! turned to provide the greatest meas- 10 (#).—The American Legion of Tex- ure of efficlent service to their pa- as will energetically interest itself to prevent Col. Mitchell being court-mar- led behind closed doors, if tried in and to do it with the greatest Texas on charges growing out of his re of economy ever known.” Busses Get Short Hauls. criticism of the War and Navy de- partments, Dr. W. T. Dunning, newly Passenger business Is not profitable on Western railroads and short-haul clected commander of the Texas Le- business is_developing on bus lines, gion, sald after a conference with | President Charles Donnelly of the Mitehell last night Northern Pacific Railroad told the commission yesterday. “Short-haul business,” he said, “is more and more to busses. And what we have lost there is no likeli- hood of recovering.” Tn 1919, he said, the passenger serv- fee on the Northern Pacific carried 9,336,000 and earned $20,000,000, but in 924 had dropped to 3,607,000, the rev- enue being 13 millions. “Trucks have not yet become the menace they will be,” he added. Thinks Pool Socialistic. Asked by John E. Benton, chief coun- sel for the National Association of Railroad and Utllity Commissions, di- recting cross examination, what he thought of the “Potter plan” to pool the proposed 5 per cent freight rate increased and then divide the proceeds amonsg the weaker roads, Mr. Donnelly said: farmers in entering the world markets “I do not think the pian is workable. | because Canad: has lower land values 1 think it is socialistic and fopessible. | and lower freight rates. BETTER DENTISTRY All this specialization, systematizing and organization is for the purpose of producing better work—a higher grade, more artistic dentistry. The lower prices are merely incidental, but a natural result, always, of a successful system. 1t you will call upon us at our offices we will be pleased to explain in full to you the many desirable features of our service. A careful examination of your teeth and an exact estimate of cost will be given free of charge. All dental work leaving this office is supervised personally by Dr. Freiot and guaranteed. That hus been our record for the past 24 years. Using only the very latest appliances known to dental science, only the latest paln-preventive meth- ods used b, R. FREIOT'S office, giving the least asible. discomfort. ~ Thousands of satisfled pa- Yiomts in ‘Washington and surroundin towns. Testimonials upon request. ight large “lectrically cooled, sanilary reception and operat- All instruments, glasses and appliances, al ly sterilized before —minus un- report !a mor Cases neral Bound for Atlantic Coast, on ( Serrett, i Capital and Surplus, $550,000.00 The Columbia By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. | “I not only indorse what was said | LONDON, September 10. Maj. Sullivan's report about l)\\‘rl".\ ship loaded with 00 cases of National Bank a better law on this subject,” | Scoteh whisky, in Deal Harbor, is ex- 911 F Street | ner Kenning, “but 1|bected to sail shortly for the United | f Open at 8:30 A.M. Daily mmunication with the | States to deliver contraband lquor in Zates to the national confer. | defwnce of the prohib Compound Interest laws with re- | hip is the C Paid on SAVINGS | in It’s Your Convenience —that largely dictates the service given to “Columbia” depositors. (Continued from ¥ al Serrett, said make it possible accur the flow of water pas Kuppenheimer —tailored this coat to “fit” under an overcoat. That's something to take into consideration when you buy a WIDE- SHOULDER MODEL. 1,795,000-Car Increase. January 1 August 5, were loaded with snue freight, as compared with 50,000 cars in 1924. 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