Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1929, Page 17

The Fy ning PP e PO R Wy w CATHOLIGSTARE P REPORT ON STUDY OF ETHIGS OF WAR Topic for Association of In- ternational Peace Meet- ing Here. 5 CONDITIONS JUSTIFYING COMBAT ARE LAID DOWN Committee Denies All 'D'se. of Force Between Nations Is Immoral. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Most nations tha® go to war believe their cause is just.: Armed men on both sides kill each other in the firm conviction that their country is in the right and that they are fighing intolerable wrongs. This is largely due to the obscurity of the science of international ethics, a preliminary study of which, made as a corner stone for a system of relations between nations which would reduce the possibility ¢f war to a minimum, was before the annual mceting of the Catholic Association for International Peace at Catholic University today. This study has been carried out by a group of clergymen, headed by Rev. John A. Ryan of Catholic University. It attempts to chart the narrow line between the ethical law, binding upon an individual and the ethical law bind- ing upon a state. It denies the pacifist declaration that all’ use of force be- tween nations is immoral. Not Held as Precepts. “This assumption,” says the report, “finds no support in either the law of'| revelation or the law of nature. Cer- tain sayings cf Christ which are cited on its behalf, such as the injunction about turning the other cheek and not resisting evil, have always been inter- preted by the Catholic Church as coun- cils of perfection. They are not pre- cepts. Moreover, they were addressed to individuals and not to states. “The natural law clearly authorizes the individual to defend himself by force against unjust aggression. Were innocent and upright pérsons to re- frain from defending their rights by physical means, the amount of evil and suffering in the world would be in- creased instead of diminished, for un- just men are always willing to use that weapon, and they would be able to ex- ercise it more frequently and effectively. Righteousness would surely not be pro- moted if wicked men were permitted to have a monopoly of physical coercion. “All the arguments that justify force in the vindication of individual rights are fully applicable to the political groups known as states. Moreover, the individual is morally free to refrain from violent self-defense when he is not definitely résponsible for the welfare of |. others, as is a husband or a father, whereas the obligations of a state to its members forbids it to indulge in such self-denial.” Lays Down Conditions. Having admitted the possible justifi- cations of war, however, the commit- tee proceeds to introduce qualifications which would make armed conflict, ethi- cally justified, a practical impossibility under modern conditions. It lays down five conditions justifying a state in en- tering war—actual or certainly immi- nent violation of rights, moral certainty that this is the situation, a degree of ®evil in the injury proportionate to the evils involved in war, inefficacy of peaceful means and a well grounded hope for bringing about better condi- tons. “In few, if any, modern wars,” the committee says, “have all these conditions been observed by the nations which initiated hostilities. An honest attempt to observe all these conditions would make war practically impossible.” “Neither actual violation of national rights nor 1noral certainty about it, nor both combined, are sufficient to make war morally lawful. The rules of ethics require that the reason must be in proportion to the magnitude of the evil. War inflicts such enormous in- juries upon innocent and guilty alike that it cannot be justified except by the gravest reasons known to human society. The rights and interests that are unjustly attacked and jeopardized must be of primary importance to the State and its members. Such minor evils as a slight or temporary offense against national honor or prestige or comfort or property will not justify the awful evils involved in devastating | possessi ‘warfare.” )nvnlves Small Group’s Welfare. Although travelers and investors in foreign lands have the right of pro- tection by their own government under international law, the report says, ethically this right is limited “by the right of their country and their fellow citizens not to be exposed proportionately grave inconvenience. ‘They have no right to expect as much protection from their governments as they would have obtained had they re- mained at home. The situation in- volves the welfare of a small group of adventurous citizens versus the wel- fare of the community.” A state, the committee concluded, ethically has the right to insist that its diplomatic representatives be treated with proper respect, but in the great | seco: majority of cases “the right need not be urged so far as to involve the use of armed force. National honor has many times been used as a pretext for wars of aggression. The right of self- proservation implies also the right of @ state to prevent by t means other states from Has “Plenty of Legislation” She Wants to Introduce in House. Hopes to' Keep Special Con- gress Meeting “Pure” for Aid and Tariff. BY MARTHA DALRYMPLE, Associated Press Staff Writer. Mrs. Medill McCormiek, newly elected Representative from Illinois, has “plenty of legislation” that she s planning to introduce during the regular session of the Seventy-first Congress. e Refusing to discuss any further the bills that she will bring up and fight for, she declared that her present fight will be to keep the special session, which will open on April 15, “pure” for farm re- lief and tariff. Says She's Farmer's Friend. i ‘This daughter of Mark Hanna and widow of Senator Medill McCormick asserted that she is a farmers’ Repre- sentative and will take her part in the debate on the floor of the House in any fight for proper relief, as well as in any effort necessary to keep the session closed to consideration of anything ex- cept the two major problems. “I fought tooth and nail for the McNary-Haugen bill and the equaliza- tion fee,” she said, “and on the strength of my stand on it I won the election in my district. But I don’t know yet what I will do on anything that is presented after these agriculture committee hear- ings. I will have to wait and see.” Business Interests Demand Time. Her new congressional duties occupy only a part of the hours she puts in at her desk during these days before she The Rock River farms, at Rockford, I, and a newspaper that she has recently bought at Rockford both de- mand her time. ‘The routine business of being in Con- gress is not new to her, and she admits having a small start on other incoming members because of the years she served as a ‘girl in the office of her father and later as an assistant to her husband, both when he was ‘in the Senate and when he was Representative at Large from Illinois. “But of course, no matter how much you might know about the work, it is always a different matter when you are actually the Representative, with the | is sworn in as a member of the House. | WA MRS. McCORMICK TO FIGHT REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT McCORMICK. - responsibility and the need for making decisions,” she said. The dairy farm in Illinois is. her pet, she admits, and she is the only woman ‘member of the. Holstein-Friesian Asso- clation. She has established an exten- sive laboratory at the farm and hes developed a .method of . putting. iodine in her pasteurized milk to safeguard the babies of that Mississippi Valley section against goitre and other thy- roid gland troubles that result from a lack of a proper amount of jodine. She has been making a trip to Chi- cago at least once a month to spend a day or so at the farm and a day, per- haps, in the office of her newspaper, where she is preparing to make many changes in the course of the next few years. The rest of her time at home she spends at her office in Chicago. where she gathers up the loose ends of other business ventures. Keeps Eye on Children. A slim, brown-eyed woman, who ‘wears sports clothes most of the time, she seems more a casual Washington soclety matron, with problems of bridges and dinners, than a busy wom- an of affairs, political, financial, agri- cultural and journalistic. Despite her many business and pro- fessional interests she has found time during the last month to make two trips South when her two youngest children, a boy 12 and a girl 8, were slow in recovering from attacks of in- fluenza, It was a relieved mother who returned to her desk in the House Of- fice Building last week with the an- nouncement that the youngsters were much better. 10,078 Persons Pay Visit to Monument, Setting Record Another index of the great throng of visitors in the city was seen today in the announcement by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, di- rector of public buildings and public parks, that the crowd yesterday set a new record. H. R. Owen, superintendent of the Po- tomac Park group, reported to Col. Grant that yesterday there were 10,078 persons at the Wash- ington Monument, and that the -elevator made 85 trips and carried 35 passengers on each one throughout the day. “The elevator mechanism work- ed very satisfactorily under the heavy strain,” Mr. ‘Owen re- ported. ° An estimate of the number of visitors at the Lincoln ‘Memorial showed that on Saturday there were 8,000, on Easter Sunday the number jumped to 15,000 and yesterday there were 7,000. On the three days the hours were ex- tended and the Memorial was open each night until 10 o'clock. Six floodlights on the south side and three on the north side with general lighting were used. Most of the visitors at night used the ‘wooden steps and there were no accidents, Mr. Owen reported. of other national and political groups, including the one to which the aspiring group has hitherto been politically sub- ject. If the status of sovereignity would do the subordinate national group more harm than good or, if concession of it would result in grave injury to the dom- inant state, the change could not be justified by any such abstract principle as ‘the right of self determination.’ In any case, national minorities have a right to maintain their language, cus- toms, sense of unity and all ¢heir other national characteristics so long as these jons are not clearly and gravely detrimental to the welfare of the ma- jorlty or of the state as a whole.” Difficult Ethical Question. Whether a state is morally bound to observe its treaties, according to the report, is not self-evident but “a very difficult ethical question. The state which has compelled another state to accept unjust commitments has no valid right to their: fulfillment. The unjustly coerced state does not owe fidelity to the offending state. But if individual states were left ethically free to decide whether an. agreement was kept, would not a grave injury be done to international good faith? “Possibly this is a reasonable position: Unjustly imposed agreements whicl cover performances and conditions of ce are not always n 3 monli‘;rghunwry. but the provisions of In the . nately e ditions. itions | 10 the evening. e Mayflower and SyiphjLéave Navy Yard - Six Hours Apart to.Be Decot?missionaefl extortionate and whether it should be | N. BALTIMORE M. E. CONFERENCE OPENS 145th Session Will Last Through Next Monday Afternoon Here. The 145th session of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church began today at the Foundry Church, Sixteenth and Church streets, with Bishop Herbert Welch of Pittsburgh as presiding bishop. Con- ference examinations for the admission of new members were held this morn- ing. More than half the members have arrived and by tomorrow morning ap- proximately 300 ministers who compose the conference are expected to be in Washington. The Cairo Hotel has been designated as the official headquarters Llrl\d many of the members are stopping there. Conference to Last a Week. ‘The conference, which Is held yearly in Washington or a city of Maryland or Northern Virginia, will continue throughout the week and adjourn Mon- day afternoon. Friday, Saturday and Sunday the second annual Council of Epworth League and Young People’s Work will hold its sessions in the Ham- line Church, Sixteenth and Allison streets. The Laymen's Association of the Baltimore Conference will convene for one day, Thursday, and the Lay Electoral Conference, the - legislative body of the district, will meet Friday and discuss the admission of laymen to_the annual conference. ‘This afternoon Bishop Welch was ready to meet the district superintend- ents of the conference in the Cairo Hotel and map out plans for the week. The superintendents include Rev. H. Wilson Burgan of Baltimore, Rev. Clar- ence E. Wise of Baltimore, Rev. Vernon N. Ridgely of Baltimore, Rev. Edwin T. ywhbray of Frederick and Rev. J. Phelps Hand of Washington. Rev. Dr. Prederick Brown Harris, pastor of the Foundry Church, will also be present as_entertaining minister. Bishop Wililam Fraser McDowell, the resident bishop, and two retired bishops living in this_city, Bishop John W. Hamilton and Bishop Frank M. Bristol are to take an important part in the meetings of the conference. Most of the speakers at the various group meetings are from-other confer- ences, Rev. Albert E. Kirk and Rev. . E. Davis, who will ‘speak to the educational and d%%]m ic , are groups tonight at 8 o’ th from Chicago. Bishop Welch to Speak. Tomorrow Bishop Welch will make his first formal ice before the hurch. ‘The Mutual Relief Association of the conference will meet at 2:30 o'clock Missionary 3 Rev. J. T. Wardle Stafford will give a lecture before the assembled members, and the meeting of the Board ofMissions and Church Extension will take place those who will address the H. League of America. SHINGTON, D. C., ARREST IN KILLING Detective Leaves to Return Ruth Bradley, Accused in Green Gables Case. PR CHARGED AS ACCESSORY - IN ROADHOUSE SLAYING Florence, S. C., Police Act on Ad- vice of Capital Officers Working to Solve Case. Investigation of the Green Gables murder case took a new turn today when local police sent a detective to Florence, 8. C,, to return Ruth Bradley, alias Lynn Dalton, wanted by the Dis- trict on a grand larceny charge and by Maryland authorities as an alleged mur- der accessory in the roadhouse shooting. Headquarters Detective Arthur T. Fihelly is on his way to the South Caro- lina city with the larceny warrant, which has no connection with the Mary- land case. In view of the more serious charge made out against the woman in Prince Georges County it was uncertain what disposition would be made of the larceny case. ‘The Bradley woman was arrested at Florence last night at the request of the Washington police. She had been sought continuously by local and Maryland au- thorities since the slaying at the road- house on March 20 of Wesley Poutra and the shooting of Joe Hauser. She is expected here tomorrow night. Associated Press dispatches from Flor- ence quoted the Bradley woman as denying that she had anything to do with the shcoting. She told police she was at the roadhouse the night of the affray, but fled when the shooting started, leaving her car and fur coat at the scene. She said she knew Poutra and that he was “a fine man.” Message Intercepted. The girl's arrest was brought about by an intercepted message signed “Lynn Dalton” and addressed to Evelyn Met- calf, alias Evelyn Austin, one of the girls now being held in connection with the affray at the Marlboro jail. The nessage was written from Richmond, Va., and mentioned that Ruth Bradley was being sought on the Green Gables case. Detectives here then remembered that they had a warrant for a Lynn Dalton, a woman, for grand larceny, and a search of the records revealed that the description tallied with that of Ruth Bradley. The telegram was then sent to the Florence authorities asking that the woman be arrested. Headquarters _detectives today ad- mitted that both they and the Mary- land authorities had believed up to last night that the Lynn Dalton they sought was a man. It had previously been believed that the Bradley woman would be brought back here and turned over to the Mary- land authorities, but after a lengthy conference between Lieut. Edward Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, and Mary- land authroities, it was decided ‘shortly before noon today to send Fihelly to Florence to return the woman here to be tried in the jurisdiction on the grand larceny charge. brought the total number of persons ar- rested in the case to date to seven, Lieut. Kelly said. He listed the others as_Louis Behrens, alias John Bunny; John Bremer, Evelyn Medcalf, alias Evelyn Austen; Lucille Grisson, Emile Torre and Joe Hauser. Behrens and Bremer are at liberty on bond. Torre, Evelyn Metcalf and Lucille Grisson are held at the Marlboro jail. Hauser is at Emergency Hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. Opinion of Police. Police still insist that the riotous party and subsequent shooting were staged for the purpose of placing the Maryland roadhouse in ill repute and depreciating its sale value. WOMAN GIVES VERSION. “Knew Nothing of Shooting,” South Carolinian Says. ing upon advices from the Washington, D. C,, Police Department, and also State Attorney J. Frank Parran of Prince Georges County, Md., Florence police officers last night arrested Lynn Dalton, a 27-year-old white woman, and placed her in the Florence County Jail, awaif ing the arrival of Washington authori- ties. The telegram from the Maryland authorities, received early yesterday morning, requested the woman's arrest on charges of murder. The telegram was so worded that the police authorities thought Lynn Dalton was a man. Later yesterday evening another telegram came from the chief of police of Washington, D. C. It said: “We hold United States warrant charg- ing grand larceny for Lynn Dalton, white woman, 27 years of age. Said to live at 513 North Dargan street.” Florence officers recalled - seeing & woman who fitted this description at 513 North Dargan street when they called there Sunday morning searching for a man. They returned as soon as wire was received and ‘The arrest of the Bradley woman gt TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1929. INTERCEPTED NOTE [DISTRICT HEADS 0.K. FOR FARM RELIEF AT SESSION LEADS TO WOMAN'S| FIVE. PROMOTIONS e IN POLICE CIRCLES Changes *Are Made on Rec- ommendation of Supt. *Pratt. =7 REORGANIZATION PLANS CREATE NIGHT INSPECTOR has been Present Assistant Superintendents ‘Would Thereby Be Relieved of Much Extra Work. ‘The District Commissioners today ap- proved five promotions in the Police De- partment. created by the retirement of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse as superintendent. ‘The promotions were made on recom- mendnfl:an of Mdj. Henry G. Pratt, who At .the same time Maj. Pratt an- nounced plans for a Tt tion the administrative work of the depart- ment, which call for creatifig the office of night inspector. The night inspector will have charge of the department at night in case of any emergency. He will be called on to be present at three, four and five alarm fires to conduct the police work neces- sary, thus relleving the present in- spectors and assistant superintendents of much of their extra night work. ‘The net ition is made possible by the impending transfer of Inspector William S. Shelby to charge of the De- tective Bureau. The personnel work of the department, hitherto in Inspector Shelby’s hands, will be placed in the hands of Lieut. L. I. H. Edwards. Accord to the new scheme, In- spectors Thaddeus R. Bean, Albert J. Headley and Louis J. Stoll will alter- nate on the night work, each doing it for a month. The other two will work in the day, each supervising half of the District, the division line being Seventh street. At present Inspector Headley has charge of the section east of Seventh street and Inspector Stoll of the District west of Seventh street. The promotions approved by the Com- missioners were: Inspector E. W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau, to be assistant superintendent. Capt. Thaddeus Bean of the first precinct, to be in- spector. Lieut. n T. Davis, sta- tioned ‘at police rters, to be captain Sergt. James E. Bobo, first precenct, to be lieutenant. Pvt. Willlam P. Barnes, tenth precinct, to be lieutenant. TWO BUS TERMINA SITES SUGGESTED Square at New York, K, 10th and 11th and Area at 10th and E Urged to Commission. Two additional sites for the proposed Yased 1 interstate. tansbortation. were were offered to the public Utilities Commis- sion today by Washington real estate agents. One is the square bounded by. New York avenue and K streets and Tenth and Eleventh streets, and the other is located at the southeast corner of Tenth and E streets. John W.'Childress, chairman of the commission, indicated that either of the sites would make a good location for the proposed terminal. While the Elev- enth street and New York avenue prop- erty is not as centrally located as that Tenth and E streets, he pointed out, that, as the business section gradually is moving northward, it might event- ually be in the heart of the shopping and theatrical district. Childress to Confer With Agent. Mr. Childress plans to confer tomor: Tenth and E streets, who FLORENCE, 8. C., April 2 (#).—Act- | pus Club. (Rd “Aflphmulthemhjectwfllbedh- cussed ' by Chairman Childress, Mr. CITIZENS’ GROUP PLAN " to Harrison Law Author About Drugs. Characterizing a m not covered by the Harrisen actas -forming, mem= NARCOTIC LAW ACTION Committee Named to Present Pleathe * FIRST WRIGHT MEDAL AWARD PAGE 17 GOES TO COMMANDER HAVILL n Aerodynamics Is Considered Best Sub- mitted. Designed Number of Propel- lers for New. Type Planes. The first award of tl Brothers Medal for the bul:epl;:":l: acrodynamics, structural theory or re- search or airplane design or construction oy vill, chugo(mu;lel'ympelhr' section of ‘the Buresu of Naval Aero- nautics, Na; r . This an- nouncement was coupled with the information that he will be formall; presented ‘with the medal at a dlnne¥ to be held at the conclusion of the Detroit Aircraft Show on April 14, Comdr. Havill submitted his paper on “Aircraft Propellers” last year to the Soclety of Automotive Engineers, donors of the medal. The Dayton, Ohio, sec- tion of the society originate€ the idea of awarding such a medal in 1924, but none was considered worthy of the medal until this year. The winning paper described research work Comdr. Havill performed while on duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics. ‘The commander has designed a num- ber of propellers for new types of planes and has evolved a chart which materially simplifies problems of air- | plane propeller designs. LIEUT. COMDR. C. H. HAVILL. Comdr. Havill was born in Rochester, N. Y., November 25, 1892, and grad- uated from the Naval Academy in 1916. He took a Navy post-graduate course in aeronautical engineering in 1922 and 1923 and holds a master of science de- gree in aeronautical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has had extensive experience with aircraft, having served at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, N. J, and has been on duty aboard the naval dirigible Los Angeles. His service with the Bureau of Acronautics dates from March, 1927. ATTACKS PRACTICE OF MONEY LENDERS | posed Sale of Property Under Foreclosure. A decision that may have far-reach- ing effect on the right of money lend- ers to withhold interest and brokerage charges in advance from the principal R. |of the note was rendered by the Court of Appeals vesterday in reversing the action of the District Supreme Court which had dismissed a petition for the sale of premises under foreclosure when a plaintiff had charged that the note under which the foreclosure was con- templated carried an extortionate rate of interest. The decision was handed down in the case of Jerry Maiatico, who had sought to enjoin the Mortgage Security Corp- oration of America from selling at fore- closure a building when he had bee: paid only $98,720, although the note was for $110,000. Record Quoted. According to the record Maiatico had indorsed a bond for Harry Bramow, who is serving a prion term on a charge of violation of the bank- ruptcy laws, to guarantee the comple- tion of the building upon which the note had been given. Payments of the }om were to :et:dmeed ul'.a: buil ing progressed toward completion, un- der the terms of the loan made to Bramow. Bramow found he could not complete the building and the plain- tiff took over the construction to pro- tect himself on the bond under a deed from the former. paid s;s demands were made. upon him to com- mence payment on the note, it was brought out. Maiatico replied that he could not see why he should begin pay- ment of a note for $110,000 when he had only received $98,720. Property Advertised. The lender then advertised the prop- erty covered by the note for foreclosure, so Maiatico brought suit to enjoin sale of the building. The District Supreme Court dismissed the bill for injunction. In remanding the case for a new hnflnwcaufl of Appeals held that the plaintiff need only repay the amount of money he actually received from the lender. Maiatico was_represented by Attor- neys Alfred Cercep and James J. O'Leary in the injunction proceedings. GUIDE LICENSES TO GET COURT TEST Appeal Made Following Arrest to Determine Legality of Police Regulation. the security corpo! 720 to Maiatico under the loan, Police regulations providing for licens- ing of city guides are to have their constitutionality tested in the courts. Pending an attempt to have an 1!]:; pol lation. An injunction preventing from moselting Grace ment of the case has been District and an at- ‘| Thomas is prosecuting the case. L 2 g % i i o e Court Decision Based on Pro- | ration had | settle-| fained in Fear of Doctors Inspires Injured Man To Fight for Freedom on Way to Hospital CRASH SAFEGUARD URGED BY C. OF C. Wants Public Vehicle Oper- ators to Establish Financial Responsibility. | The Washington- Chamber of Com- merce, through its committee on police and fire protection and public safety, | be has started a movement to require the operators of all motor vehicles and trucks carrying passengers or freight for hire to establish financial respon- sibility to cover possible damages grow- ing out of accidents. . The proposed legislation would in- clude in its provisions taxicabs, motor busses, trucks and vehicles operated by hackers, some of which now are said to operate without being able to show a reasonable amount of financial re- 'n | sponsibility to cover damages to cus- tomers arising from accidents during operation. Asks Bill Be Drafted. ‘The chamber committee .l‘t:m meet- ing yesterday adopted a resoluf urg- ing the preparation of such legislation and specifically asking the directors of the chamber to call on its committee on law and legislation to draft a bill. Members of the committee, of which Charles W. Darr, president of the chamber, is chairman, declared that { under existing conditions some taxicabs and vehicles of hackers are being oper- ated for hire here, the operators of which cannot show financial responsi- bility. The committee urged that such enterprises be forced to post bond or insurance policy or otherwise to estab- lish such responsibility. The committee also reiterated its former recommendation that there be a periodic inspection of automobile brakes and headlights as a means of forestalling traffic accidents. The com- mittee urged that motorists be given a specific time to have these inspections ! made, and to be required to carry a certificate to this effect. Pledges Co-operation to Pratt. The committee authorized the ap- vointment of a subcommittee to make a survey of the living quarters of fire and_police stations, following a report by Mr. Darr that he had found that in some instances these provisions were inadequate and not suitable for habi- tation. ‘The committee adopted other resolu- tions praising Maj. Edwin B, Hesse for his services as superintendent of police and commending the appointment of | former Police Inspector Henry G. Pratt as his successor and pledging the co- operation of the chamber to the new ! chief of police. TENNIS COURTS TO OPEN.| F. W. Hoover, gencral manager of the Welfare and Recreational Service of Public Buildings and Public Grounds, Inc., announced today that as a result of the favorable weather it will be pos- sible to open some of the tennis courts much earlier this year than usual. ‘Three groups of courts will be opened at 6 a.m. Thursday, unless bad weather intervenes. These courts are: The Reservoir courts, at Sixteenth and Ken- nedy streets; the Potomac courts, lo- cated in Potomac Park near the Tidal Basin, and the Henry courts, located in Henry Park, at Seventh and B streets. priaalbia Bt R i AIR MAIL LINE OPENS. Aeronautical Corporation. Regular pilots on the run besides vore.m-?homelslnmycl C. W. March of Bay City Preston of tiac, it kS 4 i AGTION ON-MERGER WILE BE PRESSED AT EXTRA SESSION Capital Traction Co. Letter to Stockholders Reveals Companies’ Plans. UNIFICATION Afi;EEMENT EXPIRES IN 2 MONTHS Move for Increate in Fares Not Expected Until After Con- gress Convenes, With only two months remaining be- fore expiration of the transit unification agreement, the transportation com- panies, it was learned today, are mak- ing plans to press for approval of the joint merger resolution at the coming special session of Congress. The first indication that the transit companies will seek to have merger legislation considered at the extraordi- nary session was given by the Capital Traction Co. in a letter to its stock- holders under date of April 1. Checks for the 134th quarterly dividend accom- panied the communication. John H. Hanna, president of the com~ pany, pointed out in the letter that the unification agreement is effective until June 1, and that an effort would be made to have the joint resolution ap- proving the terms of the merger, which was favorably reported by both the Senate and House District committees in the last Congress, passed at the spe- cial session. Plans Revealed in Letter. “Since the date of the annual report of your directors recently sent you,” said the letter, “Congress has adjourned without passing the joint resolution ap- proving terms of a merger between your company, the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the Washington Rapid Transit Co. Inasmuch as the agree- ment between the three companies, ap- proved at a special meeting of the stockholders held March 15, 1928, is ef- fective until June 1, 1929, an effort will made to have the joint resolution, which was favorably reported by the committee on the District of Columbia in both the Senate and the House, passed at the special session of Con- gress which convenes on April 15.” Mr. Hanna also explained in the let- ter that the board of dircciors at its last meeting authorized a renewal of i the company’s application for increased fare in the discretion of the executive board, but he gave no intimation when it likely would be filed with the Public Utilities ion. When asked today when the appli- {cation would be filed, Mr. Hanna an- swered: “It is our expectation to file it before long.” There is little likelihood, however, that the petition will be sent to the Commission until after Congress con- venes, and the probable fate of the merger legislation is more definitely known. The traciion company, it was said, does not desire to jeopardize fa- vorable action on the merger resolution by another move for increased fares. Original Plea Dismissed. ‘The company's original application for higher fares was dismissed by the Utilities Commission last October with- | out prejudice to its right to renew it after March 5. It was the sion’s belief then that if merger legis- lation was enacted at the closing ses- sion of the last Congress, it would not be necessary to consider the increased fare petition. ‘The petition was based on the ground {that the company was earning less than a fair return on its Court of Ap- ! peals valuation of $26,000,000. It {asked for a fiat 8-cent fare, or else a 10-cent cash fare, with four tokens for 30 cents. During the hearings on { the application before the commission | company representatives said a 10-cent | fare. with no token rate, was preferable The next meeting of the directors of the Capital Traction Co. will be held April 11, but plans for renewal of the increased fare petition are not expected to be discussed. .The executive board, {1t was explained, was authorized to file the application at any time it saw fit, which makes further consideration by the directors unnecessary. CHURCHES BENEFIT UNDER TWO WILLS Documents Filed for Probate Also Include Bequests to District Wel- - fare Organizations. Several local institutions are the re- cipients of bequests under gwo wills filed for probate in District Supreme Court today. The Church of the Atonement, Rhode Island avenue and U street northeast, and the Luther Home for the Aged arc naméd beneficiaries under the terms of the will left by James M. Himes, who - died March 19. : | upon the death of his wife, Maud M. Himes. The sum of $5,000 also is to shall go to the most . Church or Lutheran z!o £ | w g% ¥ ] EE d o i g FT i H E § : : gggg i §.§ g £ gfi