Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1927, Page 4

CALLES DENOUNCED AS AIDING ATHEISM Catholic Women Told Mexi- can President Also Pro- motes Communism in U. S. An attempt to spread the doctrines of Communisin and atheism in the United States and particularly among Mexicans who have been compelied to flee to this country to avoid persecu- tion in their home land charged against the Calles government by Wil Jiam Montavon of the department of slation of the National Catholic fare Conference this afternoon at the session at the Mayflower Hotel of the seventh annual convention of the National Council of Catholic ‘Women. A few weeks ago, he said, a group of inspectors was sent by the Mexi- can government to investigate an yeport » education of Mexi refugees in the United States. gaw the work that was going on and wrote back. denouncing the work of de-Mexicar ing carried out in our sc Mexican Government's Answer. “The Mex ment de- fended {tself, . “by pointing with prid nal activ ties which 8| ing conducted in the United States. Less than a month ago the Te: papers told of an incident which oc- curred at the Laredo custom: cases of books from the Me: received f an Spanish teaching of Commun! trines under which C in Mexico. “People in our countrs avon concludes, “are understand that in Mexico we are wit- nessing not simply an orgy of loot and confiscation, not merely & contest between two parties for political pow- er, but an enterprise which has for its purpose to set up in Mexico a so- cial and political system in which are denied the principles of right and ‘us. tice upon which our institutions stand, and to use Mexico as a base of operations from which to extend that enterprise until it covers the continent.” Trained Workers Needed. Highly trained social workers are the great need of Catholic welfare work, Rev. C. Hubert Le Blond, direc- tor of Catholic Charities of Cleveland, Ohto, today told the National Council of Catholic Women. Due to the growing complexity of society and consequently of social service, the old methods of conducting charities are not sufficient, but new and more efficient methods must be adopted and workers trained so that they will be highly capable in their profession of social service, he said. School’'s Work Lauded. The National Catholic School of So- elal Service was praised in the address of Rev. Willlam J. Kerby, acting di- rector of the school. He outlined the texts for the | m and the doc- les is operating * Mr. Mont- beginning to PROMINENT AT MEETING OF CATHOLIC at the Mayflower Hotel. The board of directors of the National Council of Catholic Women, who arve holding their annual meeting | They are, leit to right: Mrs. George NSatory, Bishcp Joseph Schrembs, Gamble, Mrs. Arthur Moller, Mrs. Wallace Benham, Mrs. John McMahon and Mrs. Henry Key: Mrs. Anna D. “A. P.” AND KIWANIS SYSTEMS COMPARED Non-Profit, Co-Operative Organiza- tion Lauded by Roe Fulkerson at Convention. By the Associated Press. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, Septem- ber 27.—The Associated Press was drawn by Roe Fulkerson of Wash- ington, former internatipnal Kiwanis president, as an illustration of co-op- erative service to which he likened Kiwanis clubs, in an address last night at the annual State Kiwanis convention here. “Kiwanis is very much like the Associated Press, an organization which covers the entire country for the distribution of news of impor- tance,” he said. “In each city of any size there is at least one news- paper member of this non-profit or- ganization. This newspaper gathers important news in its section and passes it on to the other papers, who in turn send it the important news of their sections. fmportant part the school has played in furnishing charity workers through- out the country. At the present time, | he said, 32 persons have been grad- uated from the school’'s two-year course, while 61 have finished the one- year course of studies. Mrs. John MacMahon of Chicago, the first vice president of the National Council, who presided this morning, also spoke in commendation of the local school. She said that it is the foremost educational institution of its kind in the country. service, she declared, must be looked upon as ?‘ p::tu;!lo:\.. nddthc plwuu ‘where it ugl graduate col , such uulcbooh of mfl hg. rs. Frances'C. bein, president of the First Slm;-‘l Ladles’ Unlon of Ameérica, spoke of the $1,000,000 drive her organization is conducting antong the members of the Tace in this country for the erection of schools where the native tongue will be preserved in memory, al- though English and American ideals would be taught. At the session: this afterncon the Catholic woren were to heaf an ad- on “The Present Situation in Mexico,” by William Montavon of the department of legislation of the Na- tlonal Catholic Welfare Conference. Committees Appointed. ‘The following committees were an- founced for the ensuing year at the meeting this morning: Nominations, Mrs. George Hanson, Mrs. R. K. Le Blond, Mrs. J. S. Haley, Mrs. Theresa Molamphy, Mrs. J. D. Hunter, Mrs. A. J. Aicher, Miss Mildred Merrick, Mrs. Frank J. Conway, Miss Mar- guerite Boylan, Mrs. E. H. Gurney, Mrs. Frank Bongardt, Miss Martina Pleace, Mrs. M. J. McFadden and Mrs. John Murphy; resolutions, Miss Eliza- beth Brady, Mrs. G. F. Hendrick, Mrs. George P. Ewell, Miss Julia Deal, Mr: Thomas Nolan, Mrs. T. B. Gerdhart, Mrs. Anna Fennessey, Mrs. John Daly, Mrs. Matthew Dunn, Mrs. Mary J, James, Mrs. N. B. Arnold, Mrs, John Dougherty, Mrs. J. C. Brennen and Miss Mary Coughlin; elections, Miss Hannah Cassidy, Mrs. Nora Cotter Brosnan, Mrs. Patrick J. Kelly, Mrs. Danlel Stewart, Mrs. George T. Settle and Mrs. Emma Dulcey, and creden- tials, Miss Mayme G. Carey, Miss Nellie McGrath, Mrs, Bdward Frank, Mrs. F. J. Lyons and Mrs. Katherine Haley. Beauty Contests Decried. Beauty contests, beach pageants and similar public displays were con- demned as “detrimental to girls’ wel- fare,” in a resolution formulated by the council at its meeting in the May- flower Hotel yestorday afternoon. ‘The resolution s the outcome of & round-table discussion on girls’ wel- fare, at which the general atmosphere was hostile not only to those who enter beauty contests, but also to the girls’ parents and relatives who per- mit them to enter, and often urge them to do so. The resolution was unanimously adopted by about 100 delegates who participated in the dis- cussion. Mrs. George V. Mclntyre of Chicago, president of the Catholic Big Sisters, presided at the meeting, and was one of the speakers who bitterly attacked beauty contests of every de- scription. Mrs, McIntyre cited numerous ex- amples of moral delinguency in young women following beauty contests, and said that the long string of evils at- tendant upon this “exploitation of fem. inine pulchritude” make pageants of this type a growing menace to girls' welfare work. Invited to Havana. Others who were emphatic in their @Aenunciation of parents for not pre- venting their daughters’ entering such tontests were Mrs. John MacMahon of Chicago, first vice president of the council, and Miss Sara Laughlin of the White-Willlams Foundation of Philadelphia. Other speakers last night were, Benor Don Cayetano de Quesada, con- mul attache to the Cuban embassy, ‘who invited the council to meet in Havana next year, and Mrs. Frances ‘Bushea of Cleveland, Ohio, who spoke ¥or the promotion of peace . Disabled Veterans’ Drive. An intensive malling campaign, in onnection with the forget-me-not drive to be conducted by the District of Columbia Department of Disabled American Veterans on October 15, was decided upon at a meeting of the executive éymmittee yesterday. The “This news is confined to facts, non-partisan and non-sectarian, as the papers in the organization repre- sent every phase of religion, political and racial thought. “There is a similarity between this job of news gathering and interna- tional Kiwanis. This also is a non- profit organization, which acts as a clearing house for all Kiwanis clubs. It takes the best thought of each. As it is composed of a group of of- ficlals from different parts of the country, it acts as a distributer of this information from each to all. “Like the Assoclated Press, Ki- wanians represent every phase of thought and creed. The ideals and policies of Kiwanis are arranged to suit all needs and its objectives are of such a character that they appeal to all men.” PAVEMENT LAYING URGED. Northw Brightwood Citizens Discuss Military Road School. Laying of a pavement from Georgia avenue to the Bates Road School was requested by the Northwest Bright- wood Clvic Association meeting in the Military Road School Jast night. The step was urged to protect children from autcmobile traffic. Alleged insanitary conditions in the school were discussed, following the report of a special investigating com- mittee, composed of J. H. White, Dr. A. B. Terry and James Washington. A committee was named to place the matter before Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent in charge of colored schools, A general dilapi- dation and lack of running water was complained of. —. OFFICER HURT IN CRASH. Police Lieutenant’s Car Runs Into Front of Grocery Store. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 27.— Police Lieut. A. R. son of the local police department is at his home suf- fering from internal injuries sus- tained Sunday night when his auto- mobile crashed into the front of a grocery store, - Patrolmen Dowdy and Witt were with Lieut. Wilson, but they escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Coolidge Invited to Florida. An invitation to visit Pensacola and Tallahassee, Fla., in the event he goes to the Pan-American Congress at Havana, Cuba, next January, was extended today to President Coolidge by Representative Yon, a new mem- ber of Congress from Florida. Mrs. Coolidge also has been invited to stop at Jacksonville by Senator Fletcher. The Bank that makes you a Loan with a Smile. Easy toy $ $ $1,200 $100,00 $6,000 $500,00 THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Bupervision U. 8.Treasury 1408 H STREET N. W. campalgn is to inform the public of the aims and work of the society, as ‘well as to solicit subseript o Union Victors in Battle of '64 to Give Back Flag Taken From Floridians ., September 27.— On a mission of peace, three blue-clad veterans of the North came to the camp of the former enemy today to play a prominent role in the thirty- seventh annual reunion of the Florida divis] They brought a blood-stained, tered flag, captured from a brigade at the battle of Franklin, ‘Tenn., on November 30, 1864, which, after more than a score of years on display at Toledo, Ohio, as a Union trophy of victory, is to be returned to the survivors of those who fought under it. The emissaries, who were commis- sloned for the duty by official order of the Toledo camp of the Grand Army of the Republic, were Col. W. ‘W, Alcorn, Emery D. Potter and Eli Bourdo, members of the 111th Ohio |from its defenders, the Ist Florida Cavalry and Infantry regiments. | Until Col. Alcorn formally presents | 1t to Gov. John W. Martin at the con- | vention Wednesday the battle-scarred flag_will rest in a vault at a local bank. Afterward it will be placed . |among the other Confederate flags in the istate Capitol. Wearers of the gray. thelr ranks sadly thinned since the last reunion, came to Marianna from all parts of the State by train and in automobiles. Gen. T. J. Appleyard, commander, said that 300 veterans would be on hand for the opening of the reunion, estimating that 80 per cent of the re- mainder of the 900 living members probably would be too feeble to at- tend. Sons and daughters of the Confed- eracy also were arriving in lar nunsbers to take their part in the an- Infantry, which wrested the banner nual mecting. Two Women to Receive Hero Medals For Saving Office Two woman employes of the French Steamship Line left here last night for New York, where today they will be presented with medals for heroism displayed when they saved the company’s office here from being held up several weeks ago. ‘The women, Mrs. Rebecca Sanford assistant general agent, and Miss Elizabeth Tew, secretary, will meet the steamship Isle de France at Quar- antine, and aboard the ship will be From Being Held Up given the medals by Maurice Tillier, director general of the company, who is coming from Paris for the purpose. The Isle de France was due at Quar- antine at 11 o'clock today. Last month a man entered the offices of the company, drew a re- | volver and ordered the two women, who were alone, to keep quiet. Mrs. |Sanford jumped up, slammed the door of the safe shut and ran out into the street screaming. The men ran out of the office and escaped. LONDON PAYS HONOR T0 U. S. LEGION GROUP New York Members Given En- thusiastic Greeting as They Marched Through City Streeta. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 2 ple of London gave a W astic reception to a delegat ly 150 American Legion members from New York, who marched through the streets this afternoon, causing a difil- cult traffic problem. The Americans, in bright uniforms and bearing flags, “fell in” in the great Scotland Yard, while a crowd which had followed them from their hotel in Trafalgar Square became more dense each minute, holding up ‘Whitehall traffic. Then the visitors marched to the Cenotaph in a column resplendent with red, white and blue ribbons, British and American flags and the marchers’ bright costumes. A drum major of imposing proportions and gorgeous in scarlet, blue and gold led the legion band. A woman's contingent head- ed the marchers, bearing 12 American flags. i(!er placing a wraath on the Ceno- taph. the American veterans Visited the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in ‘Westminster Abbe: BOY HURT BY CAR. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 27, —Leroy McCraw, 9-year-old son of A. 8. McCraw, a Boonsboro highway mer- chant, suffered a fractured skull and a fracture of his right leg late Satur- day when he stepped from the running board of a car belonging to W. H. ‘Wranek, of Lynchburg, in front of a car driven by O. B. Stine, a telegraph operator at Coleman. The boy was taken to the Virginia Baptist Hospital, where his condition is reported to be serious. The accident occurred at Bon Ton, several miles trom Lynchburg. Woman Gets $61.13 By Missing Legion Parade, on Policy By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 27.—Those provident Leglonnaires who took out insurance against mishaps dut- ing their trip to France have thus far put In only small claims at the Paris offices of the insurance companies. Boils on the ear were compen- sated for by the payment of $1.95; a tooth broken by biting on hard celery brought $3.95; a severe cold on shipboard was worth $10; strained leg ligaments, causing a woman delegate to miss the big parade, brought her $61.13, and a real war-time experfence, a sur- prise attack by ‘‘cooties,” was re- warded with $2.36 indemnity. MARRIAGE ANNULMENT AUTHORIZED BY COURT Justice Hoehling Grants Final De- cree to Wife of Spanish Em- bassy Employe. Justice Hoehling of the District Supreme Court today granted a final decree of annulment to Katrina Van Rensalaer, who was married March 5 last, to Gustavo de Medina, an em- nloye of the Spanish embassy, who left for Spain shortly after the cere- mony. Miss Van Rensalaer was only 22 years old and in her petition to the court declared that her marriage to the Spaniard at Chestertown, Md., was procured by fraud and coerclon and while she was in “a highly nerv- ous and excited state.” Miss Van Rensalaer is the daughter of Mrs, John_ Mitchell Dunn, wife of Lieut. Col. J, M. Dunn. The young woman's petition for release from her mar- riage vows was filed in court just 13 days after the ceremony. Brothers For Wednesday: New Arrivals of Enticingly Chic SPORT DRESSES In Jersey, Wool Crepe, Velvetine and Plaid Combinations At 1950 Up ADAME will truly revel in this charm- ing display. voguish—and such remarkable values'! 1t would really pay to make the Rizik salon your first point of call TWELVE i/ § TR AVathen s o0 1A e e So modish, so truly in the morning. HIRTEEN ge | SCHOOL PRODIGIES PROBLEM IS AIRED Junior College Suggested as Proper Place for Pre- cocious Youngsters. How best to handle prodigies who are graduated from high school at 15 and 16 vears, and in many cases con- siderably younger, was thoroughly dis- cussed today at the final ression of the commisgion on the curriculum of the department of superintendence of the National Education Assoclation at the association’s headquarters, 1201 Sixteenth street. The commission is devoting a year's study to the revi- sion of the senior high school cur- riculim. Dr. Charles H, Judd of the Univer- sity of Chicago expressed himself as in favor of permitting the prodigios to advance in thefr cducational career as rapidly as possible, but Arthur Gould, assistant superintendent of Los An geles, maintained the viewpoint that the prodigies «hould not be skipped or hurried along. Junior College Idea. The question was discussed as a so- cial situation, it being contended that the exceptionally young pupil in col- lege finds him out of it” in ath- letics, fraternities and other activities of the major portion of the puplls. Solution of the situation was seen v many of the educ rs in tha es- tablishment of the 4 od out junior college ¢ seconda ation will w e1f it a two-year ilum the situ- of Oakland, ake up the junior collegc is afternoon for a com- sion. question plete discus Schrader Speaks. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, who i8 a member of the commission, is known to be in favor of the junior college movement, but is understood not to see any possibili- ty of its being included in the local high school curriculum in the imme- diate future, Schrader, supervisor of cducation for the State of A chusetts, urged that more at- | tention be given to the physical train- ing of all puplls. He said there “is too much money and time spent on Roman_holidays” in athletics. While Mr. Schrader did not oppose special- thietics in the schools, he said it was the duty of educators to > that all pupils in the school re- ceive sufiicient physical training. BURGLARS MAKE $3,000 HAUL AT CLOTHES SHOP ‘Inlmders Force Transom of Store. Carry Loot Through Front Door. Forcing a transom over a show win dow of the Model Shop, 921 G street, burglars last night or early this morn- ing entered the place and stole wom- en’s wearing apparel valued at $8,000, Harry C. Racoosin, manager, reported to_the police. Discovery that robbers had been in the store was not made until late in | because the stors was v 'on account of the Jewish New Year and it was some time before a checking up disclosed the amount of wearing apparel missing. Examination of the premises show- ed that the burglars had carried the oot from the house through the front door, having jimmied the door from the Inside. sed SOUTH TO BACK SMITH LATER, SAYS BRENNAN Committeeman Declares Dixie Will Join in Making Nomination Unanimous in Convention. By the Assoclated Pi CHICAGO, September 27.—George Brennan, Democratic national commit- teeman, said yesterday Illinois Demo- crats want Gov. Alfred Smith of New York as their presidential candidate. Mr. Brennan also declared he was confident that Gov. Smith's name ‘would be on the Illinois primary bal- lots, and that he would ultimately win the Democratic nomination at the na- tional party convention. “Hundreds of Republicans have told me that we Democrats must nominate Smith,” he continued. “Smith is sohid and substantial and is in equal favor with conservative business peo- ple and:labor leaders, Many of the national committeemen of Western States have said their delegations will be for Smith. The Southern delega- tions may not be for Al on the first ballot, but when the time comes they will join In making bis nomination unanimous.” REED SEES G. 0. P. AHEAD. Senator Pradicts Victery, but Names No Candidate. NEW YORK, September 26 (&), Senator David A, Reed of Pennsylva. nia will make no conjectures about the presidential nominees, but he is cer- tain that whoever is selected by the Republicans will be elected. Senator Reed gave his opinion on the outcome when he arrived today on the Leviathan after a motor tour of the French provinces with his mother, Mrs. James H. Ree \dded to the || AL G € of that_couni White House yesterdey. the British embassy (on left). (on right), followi: tz, managing director of the Austrs z a visit with President € He was presented by Heori Chilton, counselor of | ian Press Association | By the Associated Press. 3 | CRICAGO, September Field, where the Army ht to a tie and Tunn sey fought to a decision, Thompson’s_suggestion to the Demo- cratic and Republican parties as t site for their 1928 conventions. The mayor today mailed letters to | the committeemen of the two parties in the 48 States, saying: “Many national conventions have been successfully conducted in our Coliseum building. which has a seating capacity of 15,000 “I believe a canopy can be thrown Both National Political E:onventions Invited to Meet at Soldier Field, Chicago over a sec ur sta Field). which is located on the shores of Lake Michigan, and which might be of advantage during the month of June if larger seating capacity is ed. is would provide for 30, 40 or thousand seats. With the loud peaking dev which is being used t present the speaker's voice is well heard in the open stadium, which seats 100,000 or more people.” The leiter concludes with the hope t the committeemen, ‘“when the ne comes to vote, will look with vor upon our city.” DEMOCRATIC HOPE FOR FAVORITE SON IN KANSAS SLIGHT (Continued from First Pas quarters here that after the delega- tion breaks from Ayres, as it is ex- pected to do eventually, one delegate. or perhaps two, out of the 24 from Kansas may go to Smith. It is be- licved that some of the prospective delegates will personally favor the New York governor. But whether | they exercise their personal choice or | are bound by the unit rule in the con- vention is another thing. Kaneas is so overwhelmingly Republican t any Demoeratic nominee for Pr is likely to fare fll in this State, It dia vote for Bryan years ago and | more recently for Woodrow \vilson, but both of them were considered dry and up for elections before natiol wide prohibition became a national issue. ~ A wet Democrat in this would have as much chance of ¢ ing up with his Republican oppo as Dempsey had in his recent argu- ment with Tunney at Chicago. While both Republicans and Demo- crats are expected to unite on favorite- son delegations to the national con- ent ventions next year, Kansas is as full | of politics today as a dog is of fleas. This is particularly true of the Re- publican side. A governor and a full State ticket are to be elected next | year, not to mention, a delegation to | the House of Representative Also | the Republican national committeeman | is to be elected. David W. Mulva the present national comnitteeman, | one of the most hard working end successful members of the Republiean | national committee, it is expected, will | be re-clected, though there are certain elements in the party which might like to oust him. The national com- mitteeman {s chosen by the delegation to the Republican national convention. Everything at present appears to be running smoothly for the choice of a Curtis-for-President delegation when the party conventions are held In th State next Spring. The election of such a delegation, it is said, will in- sure the re-election of Mr. Mulvane, This is especially true, it is sald, if the Republicans are convinced that the delegation is to go through for Sen- ator Curtls, and, in the event of his not being the choice of the party, is ready to swing to Mr. Hoover. Progressives Back Hoover. If the Republicans should, become convinced, however, that the delega- tion is to be used in the interests of politiclans’ choice for the nomination, as the late President Harding was selected in 1920, there might be a flare-up, which would cause trouble. The progressive leaders are pretty well back of Mr. Hoover for Presi- dent in Kansas. The farmors of the Palms—Ferns Hardy House Plants Y5 Price Sale Wednesday Come Early and Take Your Pick They Will Go I'ast At These Prices Fine Large Boston Ferns, 89¢c Each A Pride to Any Home Extra Large Ferns, $1.75 Great Big, Massive Ferns in 8-inch Pots $3.49 Graceful Kentia Asparagus Ferns, 49c Each Plant Lawn Gra: Now A urprise for Was Large Kentia Palms, $1.25 Each A Large Assortment Fine Little Table Ferns, 15c Each Now Is the Time to Plant Fall Bulbs Hyacinths—Tulips—Crocus—Freesias—Narci; Calla Lilies—Iris Roots—Peren: Come Down and Inspect Our Assortment—Bulb F. W. Bolgiano & Co. 1009 B St. N.W. Palms and Ferns Add Warmth and Comfort to Your Home All Winter Palms, 49¢c Each Rubber Plants, $1.00 us — Easter Lilies Plants Book Mailed Free Start in Bowls Paper White Narcissus | fect State are In better condition than thev 2 in almost any of the other agrl- cultural States of the West. Their wheat, hay, corn and pats crops have been excellent. Prices for cattle and no are good. After a period of cight or nine years, since the agricul- tural deflation after the war. the farmers are coming back. They are coming back without the aid of the .Haugen farm reliet bill. and v of them are wondering if they veally need it. So Mr. Hoover's chances here are oned good. The real fight in Kansas next year is expected to be over the governor- ship. Paulen, the present governor, con- cludes his second term, and two terms isall that Kansas gives traditionally to a governor. The progressives are cen- tering their efforts right now around Clyde M. Reed, a newspaper owner, 't Parsons. a former chairman of the | Public Utilities Commission, who was runner-up to Paulen in the fight for the nomination for governor in 1924. Mr. Reed has been oppgsing the appli- cation of the rallroads for increased freight rates on wheat at many hear- ings throughout the State. But the regular Republicans have other ideas, ind several possible candidates, among them Seth G. Wells, chairman of the Repullican State central committee; | John D. M. Hamilton of Topeka, Speak- Revresenta- v. D. A. N. . Ryan, secretary tate. Joseph Mercer of Cotton- wood Falls, reckoned a progressive may be interjected into the race, thoush his entry might have the ef- of splitting the progressive strength. It is hinted in some quar- ters that might be reason for some support which would be thrown him The Democrats are thinki seriously of nominating Edwird {ackney for governor. M n is a lawyer at Wellington and f member of the Public Utilities ( mission. Other Democrats meatio for the nomonation are Joseph Ku caid of Olathe and Noel Bowman ot Garnett, the last reported to be the cholce of former Gov. Jonathan M. Davis. GROSNER’S Special Purchase they’re worth $40 & $45 No Alteration Charge idze at the | [y OPERATORS OPPOSE UOAL RATES QU Inquiry Into Local Charges Is Declared “!nopportune” in Brief Filed. The present Inquiry in into Washington from the South pending before the Interstat | merce Commission. is inopportune a decision should be held up until the | commission acts on an investigation | undertaken on its own motion into tha | entire eastbound rate structure on | bituminous coal, the Somerset County | Coal Operators’” Association held in a { brief filed with the commision todav The rail rates to Washington are un | der inquiry in the commisison’s in- | tization of the entire easthound ra structure on soft The brief was one of three fi t the com on today bearin: the rail rates on coal moving from West Virginia points to W ngton. in a procedure brought m 120 | by the Potomac Electric Pov v | alleging a vio'ation of the inter: ‘-unln\‘ ree act in imposition of prese rates on bituminous coal from t | South to Washington. ~ The Patomac c Power Co. seel reduction vesent rate of $3.13 per gross ton from Chesapeake & Ohio New | River mines to Benning, D. C. At the |time of the original complaint several | other independent coal companies in | Washington joined in the proceedir | among them Fadeley & Co., whol | salers, and the Agnew Co. At the same time briefs were fi ¢ the power company through &, | and €. R. Marshall, its att and Charles R. Webber for tha Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. one of the respondent carriers named in the nt. The power company brief |took 26 exceptions to the prop report of Examiner Berry of the ¢ sion, which came after a h ng 1d been held on the rates, and asked that the rate be rcduced to Benning, D. C. The Baltimor> & Ohio brief also | contained exceptions to ihe report of | the examiner, cee nz | finding of undue prejudica con 1 stained. the com- moval by directing & Ohin |rates to Washinzton and via the | Chesapeake & Ohto and Pennsyl- vania to Relee. Va., and Rosslyn, Va., be increased rathor than that the rate via the Chesepeaks & Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio to Washington be reduced. The Somerset Count brief took the position “that tho time is inopportune in any v to act on rates from the South to Washington, until the reatronableness or unreason- ableness of the present rates to that point shall have been determined in an investigation by the commission on its own motion in which the entire East-bound bituminous rate structura is under consideration, the Washing- ton rate among others.” The present proceeding will bring that heavy savings to consumers ol power and electricity in Washington, if the rate on bituminous coal to Ben- ning, D. C., are reduced, according tu testimony presented at a hearing be. fore a commission examiner several months ago. At the same time in. dependent dealers declared that a re- duction in the rail rates would result in an immediate reduction in the price of soft coal here. NEW ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FOLLOW TARGET Battery, Automatically Aimed Aft- er Being Set, Proves Efficient in Tests. 17 the Associated Press. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, M 1., September 27.—A battery of anti- aficraft guns that, having been trained on a target, automatically follows i{ across the sky, was tested here today and proved highly efficient. After adjustment for range an speed of the target, which was towe by an_ airplane 2% miles above the ground, the guns scored several hitq and incidentally cut the cord by which the target was being towed. A battery of four Browning ma. chine guns, aimed and fired in unison at the rate of 2,000 shots a minute, also was tested. Mail Bids Sought. | Dispatch to The Star. PER MARLBORO, Md., Septem —Guy M. Coale, local post ster, has blanks and information re. arding bids for carrying the mails tween the Upper Marlboro post office and the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Contracts must be in by Octobar 3. t 5 o | mis: Operators’ 2 ¥328 F STREET We're lucky to get them at such a conces- sion as to allow us to offer this exceptionally low price. NEW FALL MODELS,...NEW FALL FABRICS. 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