Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1926, Page 10

AEVALUATON BIL SCORED N HEARNG Plan' to Make Corporations| | Phy Cost Declared “Vicious” | and “Ridiculous.” The bill which has passeg the Sen- nte and is now under consideration by the House District committee t ¢ against public utility corpora- lavy a b Lfie cost of les was aluation h mentally wrons hearing today hefore the public utilities subcommit- 1ee of the House District commit- o0, « # Two bills were under congideration The 6ther being a proposal to author- | ize consolidation of the Washingion | 5 t t man of the Public sion. was a witness. ax wax alvo | Tresident Berry of the Chesapeake | \nd_ Potomac Telephone Co. The| Tublic Utilities Commission supported ot bills. i Officials of all the public utility companies were present ard are on record as being opposed to the re-l valuation bill. The hearing wiil pe continued tonight at 8 o'clock, when | Toth Maj. Covell and Mr. Berry will ugain be witnesses. Reid Attacks Bill. Representative Reid, Republican, of hois was the first to declare the Zssessment bill “vicious.” He asked ‘Maj. Covell if there is any other unicipality in the world so poor that | §i cannot pay for such valuations in of the people. Repre-| nmer, Democrat. of North | ed how the Public Utili- | ion expects to get more ion if the corporations | or the valuation. | j. Covell said that Congress had ziven such work to the Public Utilities on to perform and that by making this request he belleved it was the easiest way to have the valuation made without a direct appropriation from Congress. He said that the re- &ponsibility now rests with the Dis- rict committee. Mr. Hammer declared that he wants the Public Utilities Commission to esti- mate the cost of making a valuation and then come before Congress and Justify it so that unlimited authority mav not be granted, as under the mending measure, which he said would “encourage waste and extravagance and pyramid the cost to the people.” Reid to Offer Plan. Mr. Reid said at the proper time he | would present a motion to authorize | an expenditure of $75,000 by the Pub- le Utilities Commission in making the requested revaluation of the gas light | companies, but that he did not ap-| prove the system proposed by Maj. Covell. Maj. Covell said that the commis- sion is agreed that this would be the best method of setting up a revolving fund for re-valuation. The president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. explained the complete and detailed post-war inven- tory made by his company, as a result of . which, he said, it would not be necessary for his own company ever again to expend such a large amount in costs of valuation, nor for the Pub- | 1o Utilities Commission 1o spend any- thing like the cost to the individual cqmpany. He said that the Public Utilities Commission can now make a raliable spot check of the company's inventory and analyze the unit costs. The difficultles between the Public Lactobacillus Acidophilus Milk For.Intestinal disorders Ask your physician about it Prepared by the NATIONAL VACCINE AND ANTITOXIN INSTITUTE 1515 U St. N. ALE! NONE BETTER A. G. HERRMANN 750 Tenth St. Lantz Bros.’ 7th 2nd D Sts. S.W. Is a Star Branch There is no section of the city and no nearby suburb that is out of handy reach of one or another of the Star Branch Offices—located and maintained for the convenience of the pa- . trons of The Star Classi- fied Section. | The Classified Section of The Star is the great “clearing house” for ! community wants and needs and the Branch . Offices render helpful service—without fees of any kind—only regular rates are charged. The Star prints MORE Classified ads every day than all the other papers here combined. If you want results use The Star. “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office. Utilities Commission and the tele- phone company are rather - legal questions than auditing questions, he,| explained, such ag depreclation al- lowance and the value to be allowed as a going concern. He sald that the objection of his company to this legislation is that it would uuihorize the Public Utilities' Commisston to assess more ‘against than the company has ever spent and a great deal more than it will ever have to spend again. He askel that Congress, or some agzent of Congress, should visa the plan of the commisston and find out just what it intends to do before putting the company ! the excessive cost cn the c Berry sald that the is anxious to establish a pl | that will meet any emergen was asked by Mr. Rewd regarding an automatic service and whether it would reduce rates. Mr. Berry said the cost of installation would be sc heavy at the present time ax to off- cheaper rate, but that the com- many is looking forward hepetully to the time when it can bring the rate down. —_— HILLTOP PREP CLOSES. 25 Get Diplomas From Georgetown Junior School Today. The commencement exercises of o the Georgetown University Prepara- tory School at Garrett Park, Md., are being held this afternoon. Twenty-five seniors will be given their diplomas by the Rev. Thomas A. Emmet, S. J.,, headmaster. Col. James S. Easby-Smith of the George town law faculty was scheduled to make the address to the graduates. The exercises open at 3 o'clock in the school auditorfum. In addition to diplomas Father Em- met will award scholastic prizes to a number of honor students. This year's graduating class 15 one of the largest in the history of the school. THE EVENING SOVET PLANEADS GOLDSTROM TR Problem in Globe -@ir- dling Attempt. BY ANNA LOUISE STRONG, Special Correspandent of The Star and the North American Newspaper Ailiance. MOSCOW, June 3.—Tomorrow morning John Goldstrom will leave Chita in an airplane volunteered by the Soviet go'ernment to catch a transsiberian train, which will ar- rive in Harbin Saturduy morning, June 5. This will give the Japanese flyers * who are to carry him from Harbin to Yokohama two days to make the flight of about 1,100 miles. Goldstrom's boat, the President Madison, leaves Yokohama for Vic- toria June 7. “The assistance of the Soviet govern- ment solved Goldstrom’s principal problem, which was to make a con- nection at Chita for Harbin. Govern- ment officials have ‘aken a lively in- terest in his dash dcross Russia and have gone to extraordinary lengths to ald him. Goldstrom has now completed more than half'of the circuit of the earth. Near Verkhneudinsk, Wednesday, al- most exactly two weeks out of New York, he crossed the meridian of lon- gitude 106 east—180 degrees east of New York City. If it were possible for him to complete the second half of his race in the same time he would set a record of 28 days, almost eight days under the present record. 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ANACORTES, Wash.,, June 4—A coroner'd jury which investigated the death of Paul Pietrowsky by shots from a Coast Guard cutter machine gun near here Wednesday has rec- ommended that ‘the Coast Guard use more judgment in the future in board- ing vessels.” The report held the shooting law- ful, but said “it is the opinion of the Jury that the arrest and search might n:ve been effected without the loss of BletrowAky was shot after he threatened the Coast Guardsmen with a shotgun when they attempted to board ‘the vessel. No liquor was found ‘an_the v ‘STAR, "WASHINGTON, D. €. - FRIDAY, MEMORIAL PLANNED FOR CONFEDERATES Services to Be Held Sunday After- noon at Arlington—Flowers Will Be Distributed. Memorial services for Confederate soldier dead will be held at Arlington | c National Cemetery Sunday afternoon by the United Confederate Veterans. Flowers will he strewn over the graves of the Confederate dead and placed at the tomb of Gen. Joe Wheeler JUNE 4, - 1926. Members of Camp 171 and visiting Confederate veterans will assemble at the west gate of the cemetery at 2:45 o'clock and, led by the Army Band, will proceed in a column to the Contederate Monument for the serv- fces. An address will be delivered by Aubrey G. Weaver of Front Ruyal, Va,, after the invocation by Rev. or. W.'A. Lambeth. A quartet will sing, and benediction will be pronounced J. W. Duffey. ¥, commander of Camp of the memorial servi committee, assisted by John Follin, chairman; W. L. Wilkerson, vice chairman; N. D. Hawkin< and F. M. Angelo. Decoration of the graves will be under the direction of Mrs. Gabriel Edmonston, assisted by members of the United, Daughters of the Confederacy and Children of the [ composed of Mrs. Fannie 8. Hearts!l, Miss Lillian% Chenoweth, Charles k. Confederacy, Howell Smith. led by Mis. Maude The aunrtet will he Myers and Franels P, Hedrtsill. 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