Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1926, Page 12

;12 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1926. : CTZENS STOY ONEATAN CNTROL Central/ Association Tables Resolution on Change in D. C. Government. The proposal that the commission form of go rt for the Distriot be supplanied hyr @as-map. rule, a suE- put forward by Mra conslderable discus- may come heforo n at its December es Ryan, president of explained the ew form of government and on to lend its in- that appoint- d elim- dorsement. ment of a @ woul inate tho of powers and ould work to the s a wihmle. William P. he association voted to lay ution on the table for further study. ° Widening of North Capitol street e to the Capitol association, acting Dr. Kenealy. He project is under eet lamps along Capitol street, ake the widening before the new lamps pointed oui tha way to place ne this secton of voted mpproval of for the new city mar- by Dr. P. J. Duncan. ~kin spoke of the need of e Blake School n of a suitable 1 to play would rom traffic near McMahon urged s icn to join in irive, which is spon the memt i leration of Citizens' sored t Fe s re-elected president ther officers ary; H. C. and Mr. Mc- y, delegates to EJECTED WIFE, UPHELD. Court Declares Man Had Right to Oust Her From His Office. - NEW YORK. November 2 (#).—A summons cha disorderly conduct against urgh, a cotton o, Mrs. Alma er, was dis- terday. d the warrant converter, Clayburgh, a co en she sald her husband »d from his office by pri- rate detectives. he said when she called on her A, from whom she wa: called t < to oust her, Ma . ! ruled that Clay- burgh w od, in that Mrs. Clayburgh had no right in the office. Grounded Ship Floated. November 2 (#).—The 3 aru, which went Yok has been It been towed into the harbor ond div re examining it to determine if the damage |is gerious. 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So all news is passed along, as we travel on the trails; delegates who've suffered wrong hand us out the grim details. “When vou get to Bea: Dell,” says a wight of gloomy ‘stop not at the Blink Hotel— s is run by urbane crooks. Bows and becks and wreathed smiles will enchant you at the door, courtesy in more, the hunger pengs you feel; charging you the highest price, they put you up a stingy meal.” In red memoran- dum hooks we set down that tavern’s name; “We'll pass up that ,031111., gad- sooks, wo thers,” wo ex- earth, whan stop to eat they s worth ‘When they find" ave stong they send forth the ghastly news; it's rehearsed by every tongue on all highways tourists use. Here upon the Western coast I've been told of meager feast offered by the bonehead host of a hostel in the East. In the Southern latitudes you will hear of soggy pies in the far off Northern woods, where the fretful tourist hies. Landlords of a thousand inns where a robber charge is made, wonder, as thev rub their chins, why there’s such a slump in trade. They don't " w their fame has flown every- where that flivvers roll, and they murmur and they moan, getting deep- er in the hole. But at Punktown-in- Hay there’'s a Number One hotel, and the tourists, as they stray, sing ite praises wildly well. And those tourists, as they chase. through the dingle and the dell, yearn to reach that storied place, with its world- renowned hotel. ~WALT MASON. (Copvright. 1926.) —_—— LINER’S CAPTAIN FINED. Master of Roussillon Penalized When Liquor Is Found. NEW YORK. November 2 ().—A fine of $3.500 was imposed on Capt. Rene Bourdeaux, master of the Frefich liner Roussillion, yesterday as a re- It of the seizure of 1,000 bottles of sorted liquors in the coal bunkers of the vessel Friday. An_official of the French line pro- tested the fine, requesting and being granted postponement of collection until after Capt. Bourdeaux had re- turned to France and laid his version of the matter before the company’s officials. : 2 R O Victoria, Australla, has announced that hunting of native game by air- plane is prohibited. ENGLAND. 40 styles—but they give you nathing | U Courtesy will not suffice When ! * TEACHERS PROTEST STRANGE CUT IN PAY Auditor Explains Unexpected De- ductions Are Due to New Retiremént Law. Finding thelr October pay checks in some cases as much as $10 less than iber ‘pay checks, scores ~n publio school teachers today besieged the District auditor's oluce and tne Franklin School to learn the reason for the unexpected deduc- tions. i Investigation showved that the de- ereases were due to the fact that the Distriet audhor’s ofice ie not yet in a pesition fo make exactly the proper avuucuons under the new teachers’ retirpment law and has been compelled l to make a maximum deduction of 8 per cent pending a final readjustment. Another factor is that in September retirement deductions were made under the old law, while in October new gedrewicry Juw geductions were madefoth for Septernber and October. ‘Teachers over 52 years of age were said to be hardest hit today, inasmuch as the actuaries’ scale for this class has ‘not yet been completed and the auditor’s office has made a flat maxi- mum deduction of 8 per cent. Noted Mining Operator Dies. GREENWICH, Conn., November 2 (AP).—Charles Bradley Rowland, 63, vice president of the Continental Iron ‘Works in Brooklyn, N. Y., descendant of the last colonial Governor of Con- necticut and director of the Batapelus Mining Corporation of Batapelus, Mexico, died here yesterday. —— e - More thay 100 miles traoks of the Southern Ralway of are to be electrified. PLEASANT LAXATIVE For Sick, Bilious Children Mother! Give Constipated Child If your little one is out-oi-sorts, won't play, seems sick, languid, not natural—suspect the bowels! 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" A Statement on Transit by The North American Company L The North American Company advocates a unified management of all the transpor- tation facilities of the District of Columbia. Such unification is manifestly in the inter- est of the public and of the companies themselves. A unified system can give better service and at the same time effect important economies. The North American Company alone cannot, however, bring about a merger. We have but a minority voice in the situation. We own or control less than 37% of the voting stock of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, and less than 3% of the stoek of the Cn‘”ul Traetlen Company. The only company controlled by interests allied with-us is the Washington Rapid Transit Company, which company is, bowever, but a small element in the traction situation. There has never been any concealment or attempted concealment of the extent of our interests in the Washington transit companies. It was reported voluntarily over a year ago both to Congress and to the Public Utilities Commission. None of our investments in the traction companies was made until after March, 1925, when the Merger Act expressly repealed inhibitions of the “Anti-Merger Law,” which sought to restrict for- eign corporations from acquiring the stock of local transit companies. Our interest in the Washington transit situation was froni-the beginning known to and apparently encouraged by the Public Utilities Commission as tending to promote that unified operation which we have always advocated. Following the acquisition by allied interests of control of the Washington Rapid Transit Company, one Washington newspaper, under date of December 18, 1925, stated: “Officials of the Public Utilities Commission are jubilant over the news of the purchase of the controlling interest in the IWashington Rapid Transit Co. by the North American Co., large holders in thd District traction interests.” Other papers carried similar reports of the gratification of the Commission at the acquisition, which was recognized as a step toward merger. Shortly after the acquisition of our interest in the bus company we formally notified both Capital Traction Company and Washington Railway and Electric Company of our intention to turn over our interest in Washington Kapid Transit Company at cost to a consolidated transit company if the merger could be consummated within a reasonable time. This offer is now renewed. Since our investment in Washington Transit Companies we have worked intensively to consummate an operating merger. Approximately a year’ ago we initiated negotia- tions, which were actively pursued throughout last Winter, and by last Spring the inter- ested companies had substantially agreed upon a detailed plan whereby all the transit properties of Washington Railway and Electric Company, Capital Traction Company and Washington Rapid Transit Company would be operated through a single company, with a universal street railway transfer and on a “service-at-cost” basis. The plan was made expressly subject to the approval of the Public Utilities Commission and by Congress. The Public Utilities Commission last March was particularly invited to pass upon the “service-at-cost” provisions of the proposed plan of merger. The pendency of valuation proceedings in the courts and of legislation affecting the regulation of utilities in the District has deferred settlement of these matters. We have no reason to doubt, however, that the interested companies will promptly take up the consummation of a merger immediately upon the settlement of those ques- tions involved in the negotiations which have thus been referred to the Commission. Certainly, so far as The North American Company is concerned, no effort will be spared to consummate that operating merger to which the people of the District are entitled. THE NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY, By FRANK L. 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