Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1926, Page 5

UPHOLDS POWERS OF SANITARY BODY Maryland Attorney General Rules on Question of Rate | Fixing in Suburbs. ' 'he Maryland Public Service niisston is not authorized to determine tho legality of increases recently m: the Washington Suburban Sanitary smmission in front-foot henet arges for wat n Mont mery and Priv unties. | Maryland, John as- | stant attorney general of declared in an opinfon sent todiy the commission The opinfon is viewed as a v for the Washington Suburbar tary Commission, which has co i In prc Ings Lelore v Comnission that the ion of the latter body did n to the question of but merely to the ableness of tt Hubner | tend. | Fublic | wisdic- | tend | vt ason t was conter rates might m Sut ;l}v: Mary- | tarmine <he s ruling the at It is not for v upon the authc the ion to the | from 10 cents to 13 | to drectde upon the new rate anitary y tix and s of with the same line of | 1id that it is not within | of the Public Service the legal service Com v I what be taken in view general’s opinion. EPISCOPAL DRYS GO “WET”; STIR U. S. RUM ISSUE ANEW! tinued from First Pa ssion has | further steps | of the attor. ge.) H statement to be p Record because it seemed to profoundly ridic " “We'll let the country * rejoined Willis Wheeler Disputes Statement. tement he disputed dire points get forth hy Dr. He declared that prohibition has ulated rather than eltminated seientific hing: that deans of | sitles and high s rincipels have denied the wet slander that youth is as drunken today as when the license system existed that prohibition has not only discou aged consumption of wine A4 it to a sr amount; that 45 not ereated by prohibition: ation about | n buy more | cluding hooze. v does not | prohibition, for th deviltry of any an the poor. that Scored by Dr. Wilson tinds herls r. Wilson nerance Society o in his association: declared “the Church | s not the Epis is not an organization « r of consequence.” The ant thing about Em. statement, he was | > | Church t signif Dr sham's sald, he “was a darn fool to wive up a | &ood church and a big stipend to maks | is wet,” nd his present step will no he popular and perhaps he will suceeed in undoing some of the darn | fonlishness of which he was guilt ; that is, <o far as his| are concerned.” | retary, sald Dr. Wil | in saving “We have ation since the prohibi. dcubt vears al Interests se right asserted, “but we ect it any longer.” EPISCOPALTANS ACTION. Church Temperance Body Favors Wines and Beer. NEW YORK, February 4 (4). urch Temperance Soclety of I i1 Church, for 51 vears u leade canse of prohibition, it is an unced, favors modification of the “t to legalize the sale of nd beer. i uncement_was made ves erday through the Rev. Dr. James Empringham. national secretary, for- | merly national vice president of the | anti Saloon League. ! A poll of the 20,000 members of the | society, Dr. Empringham said, show- ed an overwhelming preponderance in - of modification of the Volstead "he The ant d that his announcement was public_only over the pleas of prohibition leaders, who asked suppress it lest it do lrre- v e to the cause of pro. ayne B. Wheeler, general counsel to the Anti-Saloon League of Ame among those who asked | him to hold it up, he said. Empringham Report. In a report made by Dr. to a closed meeting of was said that his society was now in favor modifying the Volstead act— “1. Because the effect of prohibi- ion hus been to put an end to sci- entitic_temperance teaching. Tt has discouraged the consump- n of wine and beer and increased e demand for distilled liquors, which today are mostly poisonous. | “3., It has resulted in increased | drinking among young people. “4. It has brought about dlsrespe(t' for all laws. “B. Tt is class legislation, discrimi- ' nating in favor of the rich. 6. In our survey we found intem- perance increased.” The survey referred to was one made by Empringham more than a vear ago throughout the Nation in an effort to prove that prohibition was a uccess. This surver, hie told the as. sembled clergymen, showed him thate | their Maryland, (ol ! Char Dr { official prohihi THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 4, 1926. on the contrary, the prohibition laws had made the situation worse. We believe,” he continued, “that the first result of this disclosure will be that the societies will get back on d jobs and do thoroughly what )v-‘lvvnx when prohibition came | Y on an education move- | ] . Wi Which 14 the only hope for he | Daughter-in-Law of Senator will sion of the whole liquor traf Support Mary Garden in *Carmen.” MRS. BUTLER TO SING HERE IN OPERA ROLE they w along— went, suppre fic, t we honestly believe that pro hibition hus n responsible for a chy and general law that a moditicatic the 't would e in the interest it @nd temperance.” The change of poiley of the Chureh | uperance Society, Dr. Emp ham Ad, followed 4 report he nude some | tine ago to the hoard of dire Dr. Empringham resigie f the Cathedral of Centra! New York ! Sy the New Yo tate Ant Ait nine I the son. ther e Volstead i of pro utler ! Willlzn been et n ot 1l Civie Oy pany mex wecordin Beriice W of S Massacht the Wil cuse o ente doon | i oftic el ore rden sings (he A ud | torium Saturday afte noon Fehuiary Mrs. Butler presious (o marri ke ath tr tor Holyr of soriety e Cepted the e his ¢ Manni th appeared i Mines n Boston chieved 1 e 1 und wning br 1 have and probub Vil by in the 1 1 the organiz in any wa ot iler Gretel in p ke of flu ~ no rshall in the t and diny rmen” i srnoon and “CRig evenin with Titta inchback jester, Edith ilda und Charles Hackert Duke il showed me J as the E siipend | STUDENTS ARE INVITED. tipend to | Have Special Opportunity at Auto- hia and t T had h a good- chur ke the wor ATTITUDE IN CHICAGO. mobile Show. shop There Believes 1 Not Support Temperanc ) of the Disir hy the Washi de Associatio show dur n la not re- | ter Church of | weok in the ,, iscon o and st runding t the . Charle iven ar t utomobile show examine by more than fed by their themselves of dealers” organ auspices tha in : the Ande 7 not mes | and members Bishop the Rev. 1perin ed with ham Knowled npri ts to my of tendent e no Chicago. ine !vm» nt deal ten despite aly of t stated 1t inly wili comes to a clo night The public i pom. duri week < bro fans B tertain uto show. A an on the a selections by broadeast by T o'clock 1., \ization | FINNISH QUESTIONNAIRES [ recor | the st SHOW WET SENTIMENT“';J”“; perisa ) from 1:30 1o 10:30 mainder of the 1 in urday Large Proportion of Replies Indi- cate Trend Unfavorable to ram | Spen- | organ Har * from Dry Cause. Fobr committ nd, which was appointed by the g nment In 1322, has d an inferim . giving the replies re qumbers of police. m and other authorities | 1920 | TOCKHOLM Canyon Bill Revised. ft of the Swing pment of the project v ative publican, California, and | into conference with Secretary Work, | uthor of the new proposals which | been written into the measure. Summarized ind th replies were v of pecially | smpared | war and which is les are vibra than 600,000,00 ate apparentl L sec hibition ¢ (Copsright. 1926, of times Lond. Lore hy Chic TH e 4l ‘\IHF’ after-Inventory Sale Men’s Trousers 8 4.65 That will match your odd coat and vest > Where is that odd coat and vest? This sale of odd trousers almost gets in the class of a sale of suits—at $4.65. It means that ten to one you can match your odd coat and vest. And that means an extra suit for business wear. ~ And another very *After-Inventory Sale” formerly $6 to $8.50. Cassimeres, serges, tweeds, bones, worsteds—all sizes—and pattern you can imagine. First Floor important point— means that all were herring- in every The Avenue at Ninth { mission hou wha | | about | response e | | they | showing THURSDAY, eye and replied: T that to Mr.« Den Van declared that when entification he told the hi Al up “his house,” son’s name whic tents of the env did not mention the | wong. didn't hand WAN TAKES STAND IN OWN DEFENSE ! AS TRIAL NEARS END (Continued ARMY BILL GOES ABOVE ESTIMATES OF BUDGET BUREAU First sked for ofticials | ning the ared on the He sald he from First Rt R (Continued from Page) Page.) Didn’t Speak “Why didn't you go out to jand bring Wong in instead of the bank to call up his house Maj. Gordon. “Tie told me he couldn't speak Lile the | lish and if they asked anythin ts of an | them to call up his ho a teller. . to prov You didn't think i stub in the f him to come in the book is that of [ vou interpret for him, the defendant, and turther ths Wan X and not w strange Chine panfed Van to the bank the [ N th ring - the checl bo R had enlisted his services to cash a nglish. | check at the Riggs Natlonal Bank for ‘Hul amount which he later learne be $5,000. The unknown ¢hinese his name as T. | Wong, Van and ompanied him in k. remaining ondered ove the existing of these organizitions Of funds allotted to activities strength the car king asked the non-military e £ committe smmended including a supple mate of $10,000,000 recently 1t w increase of §10 urrent tunds, and harbor sadd M to | he Iing amount re to tell replied submitted, 0,000 03 the e e at the mment has sought hindwriting on s check it bank did 3 for allotment 000 for b the recess sht before the noun ork oo Kraner Lynchburg, | Cal it u a Methe Cavoline | elopaer 1 7 street, and | Lima, Ohio. Mr. he deferdant m.um,n tor the m roads, ver, n fo prop done appror of the Goverr 1l Shoals, Al from Funds for Pl nevertheless in x | to dere Eulish reput Who vesided near the misston house, in [ fied she wa vakened in the middl o th anuary 29 hy o loud| 1 door slanning, and like a | heard 1o shots A of the tion of knew him in 14 Counse maintained the and Prosecut Wi ne Jout ) hours ven wher ion evid, vehenne it sived the thrill th 1 s morni $ud. Gordos Vin's testinun tended @ motion { Wan remained pursuil 1tion with teap mted ted o | ¥ reput - de. | Ohig b | school in Ada Det delense registered it fis sterduy afternoon wis plven that eitl kiire of an « that | heurd near the mission Louse. p ‘At | on the night of Ja 24, and u Chinese named brother [ cushed the the morning of January John Edward Hoover attorney, whose residein began Lis o pictire the i bed, betwe on th¥ nicht ihe rsed 1ol it “Di you ne the ddte ise Ncores. on th wiilt 1) ot which soupht Riges N You went to 1 [ never told witniess by Lrotlier oy U 'Wiin mat vou | fendant 1 that,” Steps from the mission & loud report late days 1 the e testified. Mr. Hoover was unable to say port was th fa pistol { fire of an autowobile add s the subject between him and his wite Van was the Just witness heard yesterday afternoon. and while he wis on the stand defense counsel sald the 2§ yeur-old Chinaman was suffering | from severa pains produced by stomach trouble. Van told the story | he ever had been in Washington be- [ of the two brothers’ arrival in this fore. that he went 1o t country and carried it up to February | Bank. “hecause they accu ne of | 1. 1918, when Wan was brought the mure Washington from New York to as Justic in solving the On the nig er told thew that Told Wan Noth The visit Lo the bank vequ an hour, and when he re Union Station Vin suld he Ing to his brother Wan ting on & bench, and ward they departed for New York, Van admitted on the stund that he made false statements to police officials here February 3, 1919, at which tinie he sald he denied tha said he ired urned to told noth- | who was sit shortly after the ek The noise. he of comment on Dl»tnu Measures Called for Saturday Wendell Guestioning cross-exan; Wong sho i the wn and i the doc Van replie W i 1 conclusion | riple 1 3 s en very Hote out t rined in ed about § o'cle putting o a amot th No. vou susy 15 about 1 e 2 after his | ¢ ing ng to the hotel Ked 1 mov s replicd he her question the Dere The witn o was not ar h first learncd check and that mission from Kelly, who ington brought h Wan W On redirec iwurd ning of January 30 1ding to return to New York, the » Unic ation, Van| T e there he met two | five g ed him on the | 0000 Brown Hat examination by he said, and the him to help Lim get a che Van finally vielded, he testi ember | the bank with him whil Tked in "“‘1 mained outside. and, fal i } irned to the th Moy was w red about months first trial he saw a news n of T. P. Wong's wvas produced by man, who examinel lengthy consnltation the hench was admitted in evidenc A Government witness had testi: that the occupants of the car wh went to the bank were Van and Wan Van, however, made it plain in his tes tin iy th Wong looked very much like his brothe except that b card. | taller and heavier built a moment, | short for Maj. Gordon to make ht in the | headway with crossexamination rmer pl felt_hat in Ja Van testif the persons Phone. Maln 81088100 | 04-610 9th St. N.W. 21050 <! hom he s Bank regarding the ¢ the envelope and he denied asied any officials to ca sfon house when the: fication from him. Thr the bank, Robert V. Fleming dent; George O. Vass nett G Dent, were called an_ still held he could not state specifically if were the men v whom he talked regarding the check “Did you hand Mr. Dent name B. S were Wu's ordon, at the witness i ¢ rd for Gordon 4 3 .‘ML more. Roomi rooms £14 with toilet in room. 50 tory. 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