Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (0 8 Weather Fair and slightly w morrow cloudy to partly cloudy: cooler tomorrow afternoon and night. Temperature—Highest. 74, at noon to- day: ‘lowest, 57, at Full report on page 30. Bureau Forecast.) armer tonight: to- 6:15 am. today. . v s £ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Rt ~ Foening Star. - w The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday's Circulation, 104,186 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Th nd class matter . WASHINGTON B C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1928—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Pr PLAGUE SPECTER STALKS IN FLORIDA; BURIAL EXPEDITED Presence of Bodie: of Deadg May Force Evacuation of } | Refugee Camps. RED CROSS HEAb PUTS DEATH TOLL ABOVE 700 Relief Work.rs' Minds Affected by Caring for Corpses, Howard W. Selby Says. By the Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.. Septem- ter 21.—The plague specter today an- pearad over th> Florida Everglaaes. scarcely five days bchind the hurricane that took between 500 and 800 lrves. The immeadiate problem was recovery and burial of badies. Living conditions in t-veral refugse camps have been | made so nearly impossible because of | their presence that complete evacuation within ‘48 hours was considered unless zome disposition was made of the dead’ in that time. : | Alrcady evacuation of women and children from Pahokee, Belle Glade and gefugee camps along the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee was nearly com- | pleted. They left their men behind, eonseripts in the battle against diseasc. 537 Bodies Buried. All efforts to check the death list had heen zbandoned today as officials came out of the Glades with confirmation of orders to bury es fast as possible. Gov. John W. Martin came from an nspection tour with National Gu?td figurcs showing the soldiers had put 537 bodies in rough graves. Howard W. S-lby, chairman of the Palm Beach Ceunty Red Cross committee, estimated the dead at between 700 and 800 after his trip yesterday. while A. L. Shafer, State disaster relief director for the American Red Cross, who accompanied him, said his original estimate of 400 dcad was certein to be raised. The call for outside help went out fiom Selby first. “We need financial Gov. Martin_conferred with| officials here, then imediatcly issued a eall upon every mayor of Florida for| all the help possible. 16,000 are Homeless. one paragraph he geid them ‘l'l"‘l'here p:regrlé’.noo homeless, W without a change of clothing. m'operty‘ damage of more then 450,000,000 and | Adit. Gen. Vivien Collins of the SLI!; | troops has already u:cqunud for 537, bodies dead and buried. Sev bodies nmow are stacked in piles Pahokee awaiting burial and conserva- tive estimates are that the death list will mount to more than 800. Ninety- | five per cent of the homes and business | property is either destroyed or damaged The situation in the storm area beggars scription.” dc§rthwork of the Red Oross was co-, ordinated yesterday with the various counties. Palm Beach, Dade, Okeecho- bee and St. Lucl‘:h“k{\n‘l'é?lehf“iz‘;geu 3‘1 esponsibility, altho , in | R eented the refugee stuation | st Lllfl!.l:;:‘f::"k A aationnl N directing _where ross workers were r?ectssary and co-operating everywhere. | Workers' Minds Affected. o seription of conditions in the hur-; rk:’:rcxe zgne brought back by inspection | parties and relief workers hardly were | Teadable. They were reflected, how- | ever. in statements by Mr. Selby and | others on their return. Selby said: . “Workers out there have been work-| ing with bodies so long their minds: have hecome affected. and unless bodics | Temaming are recovered and buried | or otherwise disposed of in 48 hours,} evacuation will be necessary, including | jiof workers. | M"We may also have to spray the en-| tire scction with lime {rom airplancs.| Workers are burying bodies in quick- ! lime. Fred C. Stuck. at Pahokee, told th man that cremation lution. “Shipping of Palm Beach will not today,” he concluded. He also advised immediate evacuation of the school- house refugee quarters at Pahokee. State health officials, who assumed responsibility for the s nitary situation in the area, under orders from Gov. Martin, said they believed “cremation would not be necessary. No national Red Cross appeal has heen made, but the national organiza- tion has asked State organizations to accept donations of every kind for the Florida chapter. May Quarantine Area. Declaring that health conditions are prowing worse every minute, Selby said it might be necessary to place the whole area of 100 square miles under quaran- tine Selby denied reperts that any rioting h2s occurred in the stricken area Pienty of armed guards arc on duty, he said An airplane has heen scouting over the arca, spotting bodies, he declared, sdding that many corpses had drifted away to almost impenetrable places. “Approximately 75 bodies have been stacked up near Pahokee for two days,” | he said. “And we have been unable to | bring them here for burial. Communica- | tions (o towns in the area are entirgly | cut ofl except by boat.” { Pred C. Stuck, in charge of work at Pahokee, reported to the Red Cross to- day that cremation was the only solution | of handling the bodies. Since there is little wood available for fuel in the Everglades, he suggested the use of oil and refuse for the cremation. There | could be no delay to ship the bodies to cities for burial, he added. at) in charge of reliet e Red Cross chair-| was the only sc- bodies to West be feasible after | | | dying by the k. “because of the dead bodies and dead animals. such as rabhits opossums and other animals The odor is becoming unbearable. FURTHER DEATH LISTS STOPPED. | Declare Determination of Race Is Impossible. MIAMI, Fla, September 21 (#).— Miami_news staff men sent to West Palm Beach to compile and keep up to date a list of the dead reported today that the condition of the bodies was that this was no longer possible. ‘Decomposition is so pronounced now that whites cannot be distinguished from eolored.’ one stafl man reported, “put hy early thiz morning there wa no ecrfirmation that eremation hed Rean begua o the interior,” Reporters | | rapped by Fire On Mountain Toy Five Imperiled By the Associated | SAN DIEGO. Calif., September 21.—Word was awaited here today from the fire fighters who were making a desperate attempt to rescue a woman and four men sur- rounded by a forest fire on Beauty Mountain which was reported “burning wild over 25,000 acres.” J. E. Elliott. supervisor of Cleve- land National Forest, telephoned his men had hopes of rescuing the quintet, two of whom. he said, are Grorge S. Marcock and his wile. Th» three other men are fire fighters. Elliott said the fire had burned over a 10-mile front in Chihuahua Valley, near the border of San Diego and Riverside Counties. The blaze had entered part of Cleveland Na- tional Forest, he said. and was burn- ing uncontrolled. . {000 NEED AID AT ONCE ON ISLAND Inflienza Epidemic Starts in Perto Rico. With Other Dis- eases Threatening. D the Associated Press Dy SMITH TURNS FIRE ON CHURCH BIGOTS AS “UN-AMERICAN tion on Records of Two Parties. OKLAHOMA AUDIENCE | Takes Fling at Mrs. Willebrandt, G. 0. P. Committee and Fel- lowship Forum. OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahome, September 21 (#).—Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s special train left here at 11 o'clock today for Denver. %overal <hort stops are scheduled across Ok- lahoma and Kansas. v the Associated Pres OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. Soptem- ber 21.—Gov. Smith wants the Ameri- can people to decide the November presidential election on the record of the two major parties and their nomi- nees and not on religious grounds. B CHEERS HIS ATTACK! \ : {Inauguration Rush he extent of $500.000 "/ | Before a demonstrative audience that | SAN JUAN, September 21.—Four hun- | packed this city’s Coliseum last night | dred thousand destitute persons need | immediafe assistance, and most of them | will require help for a considerable time, in the opinion of the Red Cross otganization here. This, the first “quick estimate” of the post-hurricane needs of Porto Rico, was telegraphed to Wash- mgton today. | Requests for additional tents, cots and | blankets were also sent to the Capital. ! The workers on the ground said that | they could not at this time meet the | headquarters request for an estimate of money requirements. Seek to Halt Disease. Health and hygiene are occupying | much of the attention of the relief workers. Influenza, typhoid, measles and maleria are in prospect for the | stricken populaticn, but all rescue agen- cies are bending every effort to ward i off disease. | An epidemic of influenza has already | started, Red Cross officials found in making a survey of approximately a quarter of the devastated area. The officials believed today that a danger- ous epidemic was in prospect if refu- | nominee minced no words in an effort to drive home this point. Declaring he had been forzed to drag the religious question out info the open | because of “an apparent widespread at- | tempt” to distract the American people from the “real issues” by circulation ef un-American secret propaganda involv- ing his Catholic faith and moral habits, the governor struck a blow at those he believed responsible, challenged his cp- ponents to find a single “scandal” in I his long legislative and gubernatorial record and appealed to the people not. to be swayed by religious prejudice in | casting their ballots. Opponents Assailed. The Republican national committee, Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt, As- ant Attorney General: the Ku Klux Klan, the Fellowship Forum, a frater-| nal publication of Washington. D. C.| and former Senator Owen of this State. a Democratic bolter-—all were mecn- tioned by name in the address, which vernor said would be his last on the gover I toleranee] to hear his second speech of his West- | lern swing, the Democratic presidential HARPERIS UPHELD |Getting Under Way; INBAN ON STRATON| Reservations Made | The inauguration rush is getting under way. Forty-five suites in the Mayflower Hotel have been reserved by the New York Hoover-Curtis Club for the inauguration ceremonies next March. Matthew Quay Glaser, organizer of the club, upon reserving the rooms, said that “Tammany Hall will be much surprised to wake up and find New York has given over 200,000 majority to Hoover.” {Auditorium Directors Ap-| prove Refusal to Let Pastor | | Speak in Hall. Action of Robert N. Harper in deny- ing the use of the Washington Audi- torium by Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton for an address against Gov. Smith was “unanimously approved” by the board | of directors of the auditorium corpora- | tion at a meeting last night; Mr. Har- per announced today. | At the same time Mr. Harper, who s | president of the corporation, denied a | charge by Elmer E. Rogers of the Scot- | tish Rite News Bureau, that he barred Dr. Straton because otherwise “it| would make him (Harper) appear mer- | STUDY OF WEATHER IS WILKINS' PLAN Expedition’s Head Hopes to 4-gees were not immediate shelter. were_destroyed, with 2,361 persons in- jured, including 270 who have placed in hospitals. At Guayama 200 t | cases of influenza made necessary the enty-one | o iaplishment of a temporary In the area surveyed 35.450 homes been ‘Thospital, for which tents were sent from San Juan. Army Aids Red Cross. The Army was aiding the Red Cross work in every way, most of the trucks which were damaged in the storm hav- ing been repaired and put into service. The steamship Padrico was loaced with 200 tons of food for chipment to Arroyo on the southeast coas'. Arroyo is the seaport for the Guayama chstrict and the food will be distributed at the port and throughout the dJistrict. Politicians, many of whom were named on iocal relief committees, must not handle relief measures, Henry M. Baker. Red Cross director of disaster relief, asserted. He emphasized that food and supplies must get to people who need it most in the shortest possi- e_time. bl The municipal political squabble in San Juan, which resulted in ‘he re- fusal of the municipal assembly to vote the mayor money for clearing the streets of garbage and debris, was dealt with by Commissioner Estedes of in- terfor. The commissioner, whose or- ganization has already cleared most of the island’s 1,000 miles of roads, placed 20 the "department’s trucks at the disno-al of the city for clearing up the refuse, | Coffee Loss, $3,000,000. United States Trade Commissioner McGay reported that the coffee crop was insured for somewhere betveen $3.000,000 and $7,000.000. A careful survey of the citrus fruit losses indicated an estimated damage of $5.400,000. Two of the island’s most prominent citizens have succumbed to strain caused by the aftermath of the hur- ricane. One of these was Dr. Francisco del Valle, who was the first mayor of San Juan after American occupation. He was dean of the medical fraternity in the island. The other was Pedro de Castro, official interpreter, who died suddenly | | I the subject. of “whispering. | the growth and the expansion of the | I can promote its welfar cenary to his Smith co-workers.” The | auditorium head also declared he could not recollect having: made a re- ported statement to Rogers to the ef- fect that if he allowed “a man like Straton to use the hall he would bring down upon his head the wrath of the Roman Catholic Church.” Harper's statements were prompted by the issuance of a letter attacking him for his action, and sent to the newspapers by Rogers. The letter said that “we feel that Col. Harper is for- getful of these constitutional provisions for free speech) and that he is ex- ercising a power in derogation of them, and that, as a disciple of democracy, | he should be the first to come to the ! defense of freedom of speech, letting the chips fall where they will.” Called “a Censor.” “His refusal to rent the Auditorium for the use of Dr. Straton appears to make him a censor of political thought and feeling, linking him with opinions de- structive of our free institutions,” the letter declared. Rogers said he was chairman of a Protestant lay committee appointed to make arrangements for the appearance of Dr. Straton before a mass meeting | here this month. I “I called on the manager of the | Washington Auditorium to engage the | Auditorium for the evening of either ! September 22 or September 29,” Rogers’ letter said. “The manager informed me that the hall was available for either of the two nights, but that it would be necessary for me to name the purposes and the speaker, as the board of direc- tors of the Auditorium would have to pass on the matter. I gave him the name of the speaker and stated the sub- ject would be ‘The Moral Issues of This Political Campaign.’ “As 1 was leaving the hall Col. Robert Harper, chairman of the board of ditec- ! tors of the auditorium. came in. The manager immediately told him of my mission. Col. Harper said that he would inot allow Dr Straton to occupy the hall for the purposes stated: that Dr Straton was abusive in his remarks | concerning Al Smith: that if he allowed | and Tammany. Now he said, he- will devote himself to what he considers are the “reai issues” such as farm velief, water power, Government reorganriza- tion and other topics. Water power will his third speech of the Western tour, and today he turned toward Denver, where he will deliver that address tomorrow be the theme of night. h\‘m(h Rev. John Roach Straton, New Yotk Baptist clergyman, and Rev. Mor- decai Ham, Oklahoma City Baptist minister, two of his critics, on the platform, the governor told his audi- ence last night that “one of the mean- st things” he had seen in the cam- paign was a circular sent to him by 5 Masonic friend of his and purporting to have been sent out “under Catholic auspices to Catholic voters. Disowns Circular. Quoting from it. he said it “tel ‘how we have control in New Yorl stick together and we'll get control of the country.'” He said it apparently had been sent to the Masonic Order in New York because “so many members of that order are friends of mine and have been voting for me for the last 10_years.” He disowned any connection with the circular and said he would take a chance that *“nobody inside of the Catholic Church has been stupid caough to do a thing like that.” And then. as the crowd cheered. he added: “Let me make myself perfectly clear. 1 do not want any Catholic in the United States of America to vote for me on the sixth of November be- cause I am'a Catholic. If any Catho- lic_in this country believes that the welfare, the wellbzing, the prosperity. United States is best conserved and hest promoted by the election of Hoover, 1 want him to vote for Hoover and not n the other hand” he con- tinued. “T have the right to say that any citizen of this country that belleves that .1 am capable of steering the ship of state safely through the next four years and then’ votes against me because of my See Meteorological Stations Established. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 21.—An in- tensive study of Antarctic conditions to determine their influence on weather throughout the world is the chief aim of an expedition headed by Capt. Sir | George Hubert Wilkins. The members of the expedition, with their equipment, | sail tomorrow on the steamship South- ern Cross for Montevideo. At that port they will board a Norwegian whaler for their Antaretic base on Graham Land. Capt. Wilkins, who last Spring flew from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitz- 1 bergen, said he would seek suitable basis | for the establishment of meteorological | stations, which he hoped nations of the | Southern Hemisphere would erect. Seven years ago, he said, meteorolo- gists told him his idea of stations in the Arctic and Antarctic regions was a fan- tastic dream, but asserted that with the | advent of radio and fast planes his | dream is nearing reality. The Aero-Arctic Society of Berlin is to establish 35 meteorological stations in the Arctic, and he hopes to see 12 opened in the Antarctic. Conditions in the extreme north and south have a direct influence on the climate in all other parts of the world, he believes. “Today. forecasters at best have but | a 35 per cent accuracy,” he said. “With these meteorological “stations we could expect 50 per cent, and later even greater. This would help in the raising | of crops and do away with the present speculations in foodstuffs and clothing, thus benefiting consumers all over the globe.” PLANS BUS SERVICE a man like Straton to use the hall he | would bring down upon his head the | | wrath of the Roman Catholic Church | | Moreover, Col. Harper said that he was| religion, he is not a real, ~ure, genuine American.” Called Red Herring. vesterday. He had interpreted the speeches of visiting Presidents and other high officials. His last activity was at the relief meeting called by Gov. Towner on Monday. Stumped by “Up a Stump.” De C-stro had a reputation for b2ing able to meet almost any American phrase with its Spanish equivalent. He was at a loss, however, at the first Fourth of July celebration ever held on the island when Phillip C. Hanna, then American consul, used the expression | “up a stump.” De Castro laughingly told the speaker that he could not put that into Spanish. One of the unusual effects of the storm is a scarcity in domestic pets, particularly dogs. In its news story of a week ago. the Associated Press said that even the cats and dogs that nightly prowl among the ~arbage. cans, sought shelter indoors. Exploration of storm ruins has revealed dozens of dead dogs. Owners of thoroughbred animals. perticularly airedales, bulls and police | dogs. state that their pets have either been lost or made serfously ill by the storm experience. | supporting Smith for President, and if | he rented the hall to Straton it would | | make him appear mercenary to his | | Smith co-workers. Ex-Nun IncidGent. “Col. Harper then briefly recalled the | | unpleasant experience he had with cer- | tain authorities of the Roman Catholic | Church because he rented the audi-| | torium to an ex-nun for several nights | last Winter. He said that he had been “ { caught between two fires. that of the As to the “whispering” against him. Roman Catholic Church and some | he said at one point: “One scandal in | protestants. When he complied with my administration would save the Re- | the demand of Roman Catholic author- publican national committee all the | jties for an apology for renting the money that I believe they are using to | guditorium to an ex-nun he was im- spread through the malls this scurrilous | mediately called upon for apologies for propaganda,” | apologizing to_the Roman Catholic He said a North Carolina woman |Church. The Protestant position, how- | who called on him recently at Albany | cver, was that Col. Harper exercised his | told him that the amount of anti-|natural and legal rights in renting hic Smith propaganda that was being sent | public auditorium to those who sought (Continued on Page 4, Col 2y " /I for the expression of freedom of ge 4. Column 2) (0 oh guarantced in the first amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States and that no apology was due the Roman Catholic: Harper Makes Statement. T"> nominee said that the “cry of | T-mmany Hall” which former Senator | Owen had raised in a letter to Senator | simmons, Democrat, North Carolina. | and printed in the Congressional Record, | was “nothing more nor less than a red herring that is puiled across the trail in order to throw us off the scent.” “It'’s nothing more nor less than my | religion,” he declared in challenging the | “truth and the honesty,” of Owen’s | purpose | Machine Dcli;/crs I.: For Penny in Slot and Push of Plunger| By fhe Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 21.—A vending machine, which for a penny delivers a lighted cigarette, has been invented by a Brooklyn man, William Cchen, 25 years old. was on his way to England today at the ex- pense of 2 group of London manufac- turers to demonstrate his invention. He hopes ta market his machine in Enaland and later sell it jn this coun- [ ‘The machine is an upright metal box | Harper told 4 | Auditorium 15 “open at all times for honest discussions of public questions, | but that it is not to be used as a place for self-appointed individuals to villify the candidates of either party.” “1f they sdhere to the bona fide 1s- sues of che campaign in the proper way for the enlightenment of the peo- ole, they are welcome,” he said. “The Auditorium is owned by more than 800 business men. We want pub- lic discussions there on any important public question, but the discussions should be made by persons who are accedited to make them, and not by self-appointed agents who wish to wreak personal spite against either of candidates. o eandidates onghceradited repre- (Gontinued on Pagél4, Column 1.) [ ighted Cigarette (on the front of which is the head of an Indian. By inserting a penny in a slot and pushing a plunger a stream of smoke issues from the Indian's mouth, and a lighted cigarette appears in a slot at the bottom. Cohen said he spent three years working on his invention and used | 25,000 cigarettes in making tests. Radio Programs—Pages 41 & 42 f| FROM UNION STATION| Pennsylvania Railroad Considers Operation to Hotels and Pri- vate Residences. The Pennsylvania Railroad is con- sidering the development of an organi- | zation for the operation of a motor bus and taxicab service from the Union | Station to local hotels and probably dircct to private residences, an attor- ney for the company revealed at a con- ference yesterday afternoon with Earl V. Fisher, executive secretary of the | Public Utilities Commission. | Tickets sold in New York, Philadel- | phia, Baltimore and other points on the ! main line of the Philadelphia, B:xlll-{ | more and Washington division of the | | railroad em. under the plan con-' | templated. would contain a stub, en: | titling passengers to transportation | | from the Union Station to their homes | |or a hotel in taxicab or motor bus. | Fisher advised the attorney that for- | he Star today that the | o) "hubtic hearing before the utilities | Montague, ss. . commission would be necessary before the | service could be authorized or denied. A legal question is involved. lmwevvr.‘ over whether the proposed plan would | Tepresent supplemental transportation or | would be interstate or intrastate. The | railway company. it was said, likely will { insist that the bus or taxicab service «Would represent a continuation of the original journey. President Invited to Panama. PANAMA, September 21 (#).—In the expectation _that President Coolidge would visit Havana in 1929 after leav- | the Panama Rotary resolution inviti tip to ing the presidency Club has adopt-d him to extend his Panama. | Bluege, 3b. | Ruel, ¢ THSHIGTON BEATS CLEVELAND, 270 Braxton and Underhill Stage | Pitching Dual as Series Opens. BY JOHN B. KELLER. CLEVELAND, September 21.—Wash- | ington beat Cleveland today in the first game of a double-header, opening the final series between the teams for 1928. The score was 2 to 1. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—West popped to Lind. Montague threw out Rice. Gos- lin singled to center. Judge singled to right, sending Goslin to third, but was out trying to stretch the hit. Tucker to Montague. No runs. CLEVELAND — Gerken singled to center. Lind fouled to Ruel. J. Sewell was hit by a pitched ball, Harris went into short right for Tucker's Cronin threw out Autry. No runs. WASHINGTON—Montague threw out Bluege. Ruel walked. Ruel stole second. Harris was safe when J. Sewell's throw pulled Van Camp off the bag. Ruel held second. Cronin fouled to Joe Sewell. Braxton fouled to Van Camp. No runs. CLEVELAND—Harvel singled to cen- ter. Van Camp fouled to Ruel. Monta~ gue singled to right, sending Harvel to second. Underhill got a single with a bounder over second, filling the bases. Gerken forced Underhill, Cronin to Harris. Harvel scoring and Montague | %0 took third. Lind flied to Goslin. One run THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—J. Sewell picked up West's grounder and made a two-base wild throw past first base. Lind tossed out Rice. West going to third. Goslin fanned. Judge popped to Lind. No runs. CLEVELAND—J. Sewell flied to Rice. ‘Tucker was out, Judge to Braxton. cov- ering first. Bleuge threw out Autry. No runs. FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—-J. Sewell threw out Bluege. Ruel walked. Gerken came in tor Harris' high one. On a wild pitch, Ruel took second. Cronin walked. Brax- ton fanned. No runs. CLEVELAND-—Harvel fouled to Judge. Harris threw out Van Camp. Montague flied to Rice. No runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—West lined to Lind. Rice flied to Tucker. Goslin got a single with a drive that Lind knocked down. Goslin stole second Judge singled to right, scoring Goslin with the tying run. Judge was caught Lind. One run. | CLEVELAND—Underhill _singled to left. Gerken sacrificed, Braxton to pop. | stealing. Autry to NEWTRIAL BOARD 'LEGISLATORS SEND URGES DISMISSAL PROTESTS AGAINST OF 4 MORE POLIGE. CAR FARE INCREASE Total of Seven Recommend- Ham Reiterates Plea That ed in Three Sessions Since | Raise Should Also Apply Appointment. 1 to His Company. ASKS TW;BE DROPPED | MESSAGE DISPATCHED ON INTOXICATION CHARGE| TO SENATORS REVEALED | :Second Officer's Removal Sought iClayton Overruled in Attempts to for Failure to Pay Debts. | Four Given Fines. Halt #earing—Galloway Pre- sents Objections. | | | Four more policemen were reeom- | Reopening of the street car rate hear | mended for dismissal from the force ' ing before the Public Utilities Commiz- | by the Trial Board in its findings made | sion today was marked by the receipt public today. bringing the tetal dismis- | of protests against an increass in fare sals decreed by the new board up to | from eight more members of Congress, seven in Its three sessions since its|and testimony of William F. Ham, pres- | appointment and to five within the last | ident of the Washington Railway & | two days. The cases reported today | Eiectric Co. in support of his con | were heard yesterday. tion that any increase granted the Cap- For the first time within recent vears, | ital Traction Co., should also apply to the board urged dismissal of an officer | his company. 2 obecause of neglect to pay his debts. One| Nearly all of the additional messages such case was acted on Wednesday and | from members of the Senate and House one yesterday. | were filed with the commission by Mer- The men who yesterday incurred the cer G. Johnston, director of severest penalty within the province of | Peoples’ Legislative Service. Mr. John- | the board—dismissal from the force— | ston handed the commission ielegrams | were Policemen Claude A. Ezell of the | from Senators Wheeler of Montana. Third precinct, C. B. Vaughan of the | Cutting of New Mexico, Howell of Ne- | Ninth precinct and O. E. Jackson and braska, King of Utah. Dill of Washing- | Howard Dorrenbacher of the Fourteenth ton, Frazier of North Dakota, Nve | precinet. of North Dakota and one from Dorrenbacher was accused of being Representative Huddleston of Ala- intoxicated on September 11, with in-|bama. The commission had already subordination, disobedience of orders, |received one from Senator Me- failure to rcport and of being asleep | Kellar of Tennessee. and the letter 2 | written yesterday by Senator Capper. while on duty. | chairman of the Senate District com- He admitted all the allegations, except | mittee. ~ Senator Capper’s leter con that of being under the influence nl|txm-d a telegram voicing the protest liquor. He attributed his condition foof Senator Vandenbers of Michizan, lack of sleep. ‘The testimony indicated! who also sent a wire to the Peoples that he was found asleep in the sta- | Legislative Service. i 'Mon house by Lieut. Hugh H. Grove. | night inspector, and that he refused | In Response to Query. to tell the lleutenant what he had | After Mr. Johnston of the People' been doing for three hours when he!'Legislative Service had filed (he me | failed to report to the station house sages. Attorney G. Thomas Dunlop of | through the signal system. :!{:et?}:plnl Traction Co. pointed out Accused ot Intoication. | Query Sent to'them and he soeeted Ezell was alleged to have been under | that the record also show a copy of the the influence of liquor while in his home | message sent to the members of Con- in Lyon vmq{:‘ Va., c:m the l;\s{\"t L?th"”’ September 8. jeut. Grove an leut. | In response. Mr. Johnstoi e S equade told the board that the | copy of & telegram fhe Leiimtiv cor officer was intoxicated. | ice had sent members of the Senate and Ezell's alleged condition was dis- | House, which stated in substance that | covered when a taxi driver who had'a proposed inerease of from 13 fo o3 | taken him: home turned in at head- | per cent in the rate of fare was beinz | quarters the officer’s gun, which he had | considered in Washington, fhat the | found in his cab. The gun was lden-|hecessny for such increase had nn: bzcen tified and an investigation begun. Ezell | demonstrated and asking members to denied the charges. | wire their. views to the People’s Legi: Charged with conduct prejudicial to | lative Service. the good order and reputation of the | The commission previouslv had taken police Aepartment, Policeman Vaug- ! the testimony as to the condition of the han was alleged to have gone to At-|Capital Traction Co., which was the lantic City in company with a woman original applicant for the increase, and other than his wife and to have regis- | the purpose of today's mesting was tn tered at a hotel there with her under |hear from the Washington Railway & an assumed name. § | Electric Co. its views as to whether any Policeman Jackson was found by the | increase that may be granted should ap- ard to have made no effort to {x\muly ply to both companies, | with a previous ruling of the trial board | [to pay his debts. Inspector Louis J.| o o Clayton Cbjects. | Stoll. “chairman of the board. said he . GO President Ham began hix had been up on charges of a similiar JpmOnY. however. Willlam Mc] | nature several times before. Clayton of the Federation of Citizen: Associations made several motions. in- Four Given Minor Fines. | tended to halt consideration of the case, Yesterday R. W. Trump of the third : 21l of which were overruled. Mr. Clay- ecinct was recommended for dismissal | (o0 noted exception to the overruling of these motions, and the hearing pro- ceeded. Clayton’s first point was that pre because of his failure to pay his debts. | It was testified that he had made no | Cee | eftort to pay $201 which he had owed |3 iUl 10-day notice of today’s hearing | for two years. His case was heard Wed- | Nad not been given. He then raised | nesday | the point that the commission should Four other officers were fined yes- | Make a new valuation of the Washing- | terday on minor offenses and one was | ton Railway & Electric property before | .:q;m,d of @ charge ?’, '?y.kmg a false ig;oceed(i:g with the rate case. followed statement. He was J. J. Hunter of | DY another motion callin; . | the fourth precinct, who was alleged to | Mission to settle the ql’xzesnl!i]ortlheotu‘rl'x‘p ‘iutve qtlv:;ll a ;ulge Gt for reporting | g:;:‘hod of _Ttlgnldr:mu depreciation before ate al e station house. Two wit- | g on wil e case. ;wsltem:‘lmhmw”"‘imm% he ha‘d MG‘&’I’]’ outset of the rlunrmg. Charles n investigating a dist ; loway. representing t e T 0] S (he At iean EV0 Se:"v’lce.h:n#ng‘el; The board yesterday was composed | 0f Government employes, filed a resolu- of Inspector Stoll and Capts. William | tion opposing the increase in fare and G. Stott of the third precinct, Guy E. | further declaring “that should such D ot e ek preeincs | erament. employes {o Cease st of the s Bean o recinct. s to ce . oo At L. ~!r‘:etu|;nilwa_\'&yaud lhaatseulim:mlglusl}is a " 2 3 | and other citizens pledge themselves t Five Killed by Lightning. 1 pick up by auto Eersnnzs going in fi:efr’ WARSAW, Poland, September 21 (4. | direction.” ~he resolution of the or- —Five workmen who sought ganization was signed by Mrs. Margaret shelter | 2 under the eaves of a house in Zawiersie | Hopkins Worrell,” president. Judge. Cronin threw out Lind, Under- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. | BOX SCORE—FIRST GAME 1 WASHI? AB. | West, «f Rice, rf Goslin, Judge, 1b. 5 3 0 1 3 4 Harris, 2b.. Cronin, ss Braxton, CLEVE > = Gerken. If Lind, 2b. Ti Harvel, cf. Van Camp, 1b Underhill, p Totals lobhbb'&b“h % “@ SCORE BY 2 0 1 1 0 0 Washington SUMMARY Runs batted in—Gerken. Judge, Goslin. Stolen bases—Ruel, Gosiin. e en,’ Biuege. Ruel. ton te Cronin ta Judg ngtan, 115 Creleland, 11 during a storm today were killed >y ~ Mr. Ham told the commission that lightning. |any increase found necessary for the Capital Traction should be applied also to the Washington Railway & Electric for the following reasons: First, because the present rate of fare is inadequate, | insufficient_and confiscatory to the ! W. R. & E.: second, because either a straight 8-cent cash fare or the 10-cent fare. with four tokens for 30 cents, would not be unreasonable. and. third, lecause separate rates of fare for the two companies would be discriminatory. prejudicial to the W. R & E. and con- | trary to public policy. | 4.05 Per Cent Return. According to President Ham the fare value of the Washington Railway Elcetric svstem as of July 31, worl out according to the commission’s meth- od, was $19. 003.234.56. On that valua- tion, Mr. Ham testified, the rate of re- turn for the W. R. & E. was only 4.05 per_cent. | “We submit that a fare producing a rate of return as low as this on a valu- ation arrived at by the commission’s | method 1s confiscatory and inadequate,” iMr, Ham said. | The witness stated that while he did | not intend to go at length into the issue | of what constitutes a fair rate of return, lit was his judgment that 7!5 per cent | would not be unreasonably high. At this point Mr. Clayton noted an exception to Mr. Ham's valuation re- port on the ground that it was not in accord with the utilities act. Mr. Ham filed another exhibit show- ing that there has been a steady falling off in the number of pay passengers | since 1919. when the peak of 83,095,608 | patrons was carried. The statement showed that for the 12 months ending July 31, 1928. the total number of pay | passengers carried by the W. R. & E. Wi 0.105.000. NGTON R. LAND R. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 o0 0 List of Messages. | The additional messages received by . | the People’s ,Legislative Service from members of Congress relating to the street car rate case were as follows:' Senator Wheeler of Montana—Due to serious unemployment situation and necessity for reduced fare for school children, I vigorously protest against any increase in Weshington's street car r,nu by the Public Utilities Commi: sion.” Sanster Cutting. Nev Me; (Continued on Page 3, INNINGS 3 0 (] . 0 [ 1 0 1 o i 0 -1 — Of Braxton. % off Under- Hit by pitcher—By Reavton ¢ Wild piteh—1 nderhill. Umpires — Messes, Geisel, Owen;. owell). | ‘Gowan and