Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1928, Page 12

ASKS CHURCH RULE ON SUNDAYCLUSIG Religious Liberty Group Re- quests House Body to ‘Leave Observance’ With Clergy. The Religious Liberty Association of America, holding its semi-annual meet- ng today in conjunction with the an- Bl conference of Seventh-Day Ad- Yer leaders of North America, &t organization's headquarters at Takoma Park. requested the House District committee to “leave this ques- tion of Sunday observance and church @iscipline with the churches” in con- gemning a Sunday closing bill for‘ Washington. | In a resolution adopted and signed | br W. A. Spicer, president, and C. S.| Longacre, secretary, the association de- | Clared “the churches have no more for scholarships this Summer by selling gospel literature. H. E. Rogers, statistical secretary of | the general conference, reported yester- day that the highest per capita income ever received by the Seventh-day Ad- ventist denomination came in 1926, | when for each of the 261,834 members | & total of $157.88 was received. making a grand total of $41,338351.92. As auditors’ statements must come from the ends of the earth, Mr. Rogers ex- plained that it is impossible for any | record less than & year old to be com- piled. The total investment for the demoni- nation at the close of 1926, Mr. Rogers disclosed, was $48,025.317.33, an increase during the year of 081.09, and that during 1925 and 1926 the labilities of the denominational educational in- | stitutions _in North America were de | port of conferences in North Americ the speaker said, shows for 1927 a {church membership of 112276, the | number baptized for the ar being | 8,165, with a net gain of 18: The tithe reported for 1927 is $4.- 8.89, an increase of 9.48 | the amount reported for 1926, Mr. Rogers said. “The amount of home mission offerings were $1,525.91280, an increase of $207.870.74 erings for foreign missions were $2,733,503.65. Income $8,462,405. “The grand total of all funds received | creased $365.988.62. The statistical re- | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, WAY 1, 1928 over the total receipts of 1926. The per capita of total funds was $75.37 for every person registered as a member of the church, December 31, 1927. This is the highest per capita ever reached by this body in this country.” An urgent appeal is to be made to every individual member of the de- nomination throughout North .America to contribute to the Midsummer offer- ing for foreign missions, so that suffi- clent funds may be raised to keep the foreign mission board from curtailing appropriations to its missions’ program abroad, and thus maintaining its record of never having retrenched in any of its gospel efforts beyond the seas, mem- | bers explained Prof. J. L. Shaw, general treasurer of | the fo ‘mission board, delivered an | ada howing the privations and suffered by missionaries and | in China, and as a result of appeal, the campalgn for funds decided upon, | “Mrs. L. Flora Plummer, secretary of the Sabbath School department, re- | ported that during 1927 the Sabbath | Schools alone contributed a total of 1,620,041.38, and of this amount $24.- 1 300.50 was given in what is known as [ the birthday offering. the individual | members giving a penny for each year | of their life. | A New York publisher says that 88 | per cent of fiction is produced at a loss. | SAN DIEGO TO CURB UNRULY POPULACE Stockade Proposed Particularly for Women Who Return From Tia Juana Intoxicated. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 1.—Erection of a stockade 10 feet high at the Inter- national border to take care of unruly persons, particularly women, returning to this country after visiting Tia Juana has been recommended to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors by Inspec- tor.E. T. Zimmerman of the State traf- fic_patrol. Inspector Zimmerman said he had been studying the situation for some time, and declared that woman visitors to Tia Juana in particular give the of- ficers considerable trouble. Woman mo- torists and others under the influence of liquor, he said, swarm out into the fast-moving line of traffic with little or no regard for their own safety or the safety of others. “There is a steel lock-up chamber clroumstances,” the inspector pointed | Husband Asks Absolute Divorce. |against Oenevieve M. Leech, 508 D out. “Means of segregation should devised, and to my mind the most effi- cacious would be a stockade about 10 [filed in the District Supreme Court by feet high.” A new type of powered Ve]ficle [first—the Locomotive street northeast. then—the Tractor right to dictate legislation on religious | for the state than the civil has the prerogative under venth-Day Adventist leaders | be the rules GROSNER’S yoted to engage in & Nation-wide drive | o place the children and youth of the | somination in their own schools and | make their salvation both as good e i this country and candi-| for Heaven more secure.” | W. E. Howell, superintendent | jon, declared there are 30,000 | enrolled in A Special! the Adventist | s schools of the country, but there are 20,000 others in Adventist homes that | not in denominational institutions. 17,000 Pupils in Schools. . C. A. Russell, also of the edu- department, said that the s are operating 725 elementary | s in North Ameri ent of nearly 17.000 pupils. Rev. . Eastman of the publishing d!-i nt announced that 300 students | mified their willingness to work | with an en- | It certainly is a2 “SPECIAL” when you can walk into our shop at this time of the year and “pick up” brand new Spring $40 and $45 KUPPENHEIMER SUITS at $29.75. Your size is here in a pattern you'll like. Final Any $30 to $55 TOPCOAT in the House $1 9.95 in North America during 1927 for|The fact that publishers are good fel- |NOW in use at the border sobering-up evangelistic work amounts to $8462.-lows may explain why f-‘ion neverthe- | station, but it cannot be used for woman 40534, a net increase of $250.660.32 |less leads other classes of printed books | prisoners except under the most pressing 1325 F STREET ‘40 & *45 Spring Suits Every One a Genuine Kuppenheimer A Special Group of $5, $7 & $8 $2.95 Spring HATS New Shades—All Sizes 1328 F STREET gmummmmmmummnnmmnmmmmlmmumummmmmlmmmlmmnmmmmmnumnm||||ummmumnml_mummmmu IS THE MERGER TO BE A NATIONAL SCANDAL? T T TR OO TR RO aim::1umuunmmmmnmmmlwumm:m|mmuummuflnuuuum1muuummuuumulmuumumummnuumuuuumuummummuummmmuumuumlmuuumluuumuumumuummmumumuumulummmmuuunmnumllnnmumnunmmmmumm|mmmmmuuuluuumumlmuu:xnmm; To the President Members of Congress Citizens’ Associations and Minority Stockholders Is Washington, the flower of the nation, to be' “sacked” as the Romans sacked Rome? Why is the merger plan being rushed through Congress? Who is to be the gainer if the merger goes through? If the public, then why is the North American Company spending large sums to influence public opinion to rush the merger through Congress? Who wrote the merger plan? Who understands it? » > - AND WHAT IS THE NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY'’S OBJEC- TION TO AN IMPARTIAL VALUATION BY THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AS HAS BEEN URGED BEFORE THE HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE? These and a multiplicity of other questions anent the merger might well be answered by Congress hefore it sanctions the merger, which, if consummated, will be a National Scandal, The North American Company, with a golden halo around its feverish brow, says to Congress: “Why, Gentlemen, the stockholders voted for this merger. It is their plan. The Public Utilities have acquiesced in it. We are merely & Holding Company.” -~ - - And it is true the majority stockholders voted for the plan. But who are the majority stockholders? _ 1t has been shown before the Public Utilities Commission that the North American Company holds 47 per cent of the stock of the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Company which in turn controls the Potomae Electric Power Company, The remaining 53 per cent of stock is held by 2,300 unorganized minority stockholders, . "y S, ] minority stockholder 1 asked for the names of eir names were refused, The reason s obvious. As the larges the 2,209 othe AN OPEN LETTER As one of the larg?st stockholders in the Washington Railwa) an MOTOR TRUCKS \WN ERS and operators of motor trucks O will have an opportuaity this week to view one of the most remarkable deveclopments in the history of automotive transportation. The Relay Motor Truck, embodying the principle of Surmounting Action, sweeps aside all former ideas of truck performance and operating economy. It brings the era of higher speed operation, of increased load safety, of greater ton-mileage and longer truck life. These are not merely claims—they are proved advantages that come from Surmounting Action. - The Relay principle combines the power of the tracklayer with the smooth speed of the automobile. It lays an internal track over obstacles, climbs them without jar and swings the load safely ina cradle of steel. For the first time in automotive aonals, the weight of the load and the momentumof the truck aremade to do USEFUL work—in five different ways— First—The load is made to cushion- the shocks—Relays go faster, giving more fon mileage per day. Second—The load helps surmount road ob- stacles without bounce or jar—Relays reguire less repair—carry fragile loads more safely. Third—The load is made to give tremen dously increased traction where added trac- tion is needed—Relays pull out of holes and up grades that are insurmountable by conven- tional trucks—this means continwous operation! Fourth—The load makes the tires bug the road, preventing scuffing—Relaysgive greatly increased tire mileage. Fifth—The load is made to give gready increased braking—without slipping. Relays are safer. These things you will see at the demon- stration. Don't miss it! It mdy mean thow sands of dollars saved for you. General Auto Truck Company 21st & Virginia Ave. NW. this is Relay National Demonstration Week! Charles H. Pardoe, General Manager be sure to see this remarkable new vehicle this week! and Electric Company, Mr. Noonan asked the right to have copied the list of stockholders from the company’s register. That was refused. Mr. Noonan’s letter, asking the privilege of sending a representative to copy these names, follows: OPEN LETTER Mr. Edwin E. Gruhl, Vice President and General Manager North American Company, No. 60 Broadway, New York City, New York. Dear Sir: Will you not direct Mr, Wm. F. Ham, president of the Wash ngton Railway and Electric Company, to allow me, a minority > R g > will hold. Read the records of the Federal Trade Commission’s report to the Senate on the subject of Holding Companies. It will be too late then to rectify the mistakes of a hasty merger, or an over-valuation. Under the unification plan Congress has until June, 1929, to perfect the merger. Members of the Senate and House District Committees, Washington has no vote, it has no voice, you are our spokesman. Do not be rushed into a merger without all the facts. minority, want a true valuation. We, of the We want to know what the future Read how they operate, how they “fee” a corporation to death, how These are basic facts, prepared by the Commi The North American Company's acti controls 66 companies is clearly set forth. stockholder, to have a list of the names and addresses of thc other stockholders, that I may acquaint them with the loss they will sustain through the impending holding company? I am able to take my loss, but I am informed that there are a aumber of small holders to whom it will mean a great hardship. Very truly yours, JOHN J. NOONAN. request. - > > they escape State regulation and how pyramiding—as the Egyptians never understood it—is done. ion, at the Senate’s ties showing how it The facts—and all the facts—about the evils of holding companies wil! be found in Senate Document No. 213, of the 69th Congress and Document No. 46 of the 70th Congress. I'0 THE SENATE AND HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEES: The minority stockholders ask that you subpena William E. The response to the foregoing request was that none save the stockholder in person might examine the stock register, and Mr. Noonan was denied the privilege of sending a clerk to make the copy. Forty-seven per cent of the stock is a working majority with the 63 per eent minority unorganized, The North American Company, owning the 47 per cent, and being organized as a unit, votes as a stockholder to merge, It votes to make the valuation $50,000,000, > > -« Washington car riders and the taxpayers—sans the vote—will be forced to go hat-in-hand and humbly to Wall Street for velief. The North American Company~a foreign Holding Company, not responsible to the Public Utilitles Commission of the District—may or may not give it tg them, 1f they don't, then what? Humphrey, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and gain, first hand, through his testimony, knowledge of the evils of a holding company. We also ask that you subpena the Utilities Manager of Moody & Co., 35 Nassau Street, New York City, as to the financial methods of the North American Company. AGAIN: IF THE MERGER IS A GOOD THING FOR WASHING- TON WHY IS THE OCTOPUS OF WALL STREET—THEF NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY—SO ANXIOUS TO RUSH THE UNIFICA- T'ION PLAN THROUGH CONGRESS? IF THE PLAN IS A GOOD THING FOR WASHINGTON WHY [S THAT COMPANY SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, EMPLOYING A FORMER CABINET OFFICER AND OTHER HIGH-SALARIED CORPORATION LAWYERS TO GAIN CONTROL OF WASHINGTON'S TRANSPORTATION AND LIGHTING UTILITIES. AMPLE TIME IS AVAILABLE FOR THE INTERSTATE COM- MERCE COMMISSION TO MAKE A FAIR VALUATION AND FOR CONGRESS TO THOROUGHLY STUDY THE MERGER PLAN BEFORE ACTING. Respectfully, JOHN J. NOONAN. g T T S riage ceremony with James N. Davis ‘They were married 512 Seventh street southeast, May 15 Suit for an absolute divorce has been | February 14, 1925, and the husband |1926, Attorneys Bertrand Emerson, jr. charges that without the formality of land David A. Hart represent the hus Sidney W. Leech, 3121 Warder mm.!a divorce his wife went through a mar- | band.