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Call North 5314 day or night. 2038 18th st. B.W. Reasonable prices. _ Painting—Papering i ame aaaress sihs 110. ational st lwin S. Rucker on 5 Central Public Service Corporation and SO UTRERICAN STORAGE " AND " TRARS: THE AMERICAN STORAC STOCK OWNERSHIP AGCOUNTING ASKED Broker Files Suit to Collect Fee on Sale of Gas Com- pany Shares. | Declaring that while ostensibly the ' | controlling interest inthe ‘Washington | | Gas Light Co. Is owned by the Seaboard Investment Trust it was inareality pur- chased for Albert E. Plerce, president of ‘me Central Public Service Corpnration , of Chicago, or for that corporation and | that such purchase made to evade the District law is being used as a kasis for the denial of his claim to a com- | mission of about $78,00 for inaugu- | rating and alding in the purchase, George Bowie Chipman, local stock- i broker, today filed suit in the District Supreme Court for a discovery and accounting against Pierce, his company, Harris, Forbes & Co. of New York, and | Frederick S. Burroughs, also of New York. & Chipman says the purchase and acquisition of this stock came about as ;@ result of his efforts in having in-| vestigated the situation, in having brought defendant, Pierce, into contact with Ord Preston, who has just tend- { ered his resignation as president of the 1 Washington Gas Light Co., and in hav- ing made or obtained the disclosures of stock ownership. In compensation, he declares, it was agreed that he should be paid $1 per share on all stock pur- chased. While not informed as to just how many shares were procured, Chip- man asks that the defendants disclose the total number of shares so obtained. Admitted Share Purchase. The Seaboard Investment Trust, in its answer to the suit of the Public Utilities Commission questioning its right to hold the stock. admifted that it had bought 108.000 shares. Mr. Chipman explains that it was agreed between him and Pierce that 30,000 shares standing in the name of Dana A. Pearson should not be included, as Harris, Forbes & . could control that stock. Deducting these shares would leave $78,000 due him, Chipman declares through At- torneys Andrew B, Duvall and Frost & Towers. Chipman tells the court that in the | Autumn of 1928 he learned that Pierce and his associates desired to secure con- | trol of the stock of the gas company {and November 5, 1928, he got into com- munication with Pierce, who came to Washington two days later in company with George Shriver ot Hambleton & Co. and met him and his aide, Paul D Keller, at the Carlton Hotel. After a preliminary conference, he says, they went to the home of Ord Preston, who held 6.000 shares of stock. Preston agreed to sell his holdings to Pierce, or to the company of which he is presi- dent, for $125 per share provided that! the same figure should be offered to all other holders. Pierce then agreed that he would pay $125 for all gas stock that should be offered Pierce went to New York, the court is advised, and arranged with the other | defendants. Harris, Forbes & Co., and | Frederick H. Burroughs, a director of ' | that firm, to finance the stock purchase | for Pierce and/or the Central Public Service Corporation. Later Plerce was advised of the ban of the anti-merger statute and with the co-defendants formed the Seaboard Investment Trust, | to circumvent the law. | Agreement Alleged. Chipman charges there exists an! | agreement petween Pierce and/for the | Central Public Service Corporation, upon certain conditions unknown to him by which all the stock of the gas company |is to be transferred upon demand to Pierce and/or his company or to some one nominated by them. Since the or- ganization of the Seaboard Investment Trust Burroughs has been made a direc- tor of the local gas company, the court | is told, and Pierce has visited Washing- ton on divers occasions to confer with | Ord Preston over the management and affairs of the gas company and in Feb- ruary. 1930, an engineer of the Central Public Service Corporation examined the records and files with a view of changing the method of conducting business and changing its rates and | schedules. | It is claimed that Pierce and his corporation are in full and complete | control of the business, although the | stock for the time being is held in the |name of the Seaboard Investment | Trust. Yet, it is asserted, Pierce has | denied the right of Chipman to any compensation under the agreement on the ground that neither he nor his company bought any stock of the gas campany and that it would have been illegal for them to have done so, ! “though the fact is, as herein alleged, that beneficially they do own and con- trol such stock.” | The court is asked to decree a dis- | covery and to hold that the beneficial | ownership of the Washington Gas Light | Co. stock is in Pierce and (or) the to give Chipman a judgment for $1 for each and every share of the stock shown to have been purchased in excess | of the 30,000 shares held by Pearce. i PAUL DANA DIES AT 77 Son of Famous Editor Succeeded Father as Editor. NEW YORK, April 8 (#).—Paul Dana, s. . of the celebrated Charle~ A. Dana, and editor-in-chief of the New York Sun ; | from 1896 to 190?, died yesterday of pneumonia. He was 77 years old. As the son of one of America’s great- est journalists, who also was editor and part owner of the Sun, the younger Dana had been reared in*the atmos- phere ot journalistic tradition. He was born in New York. He at- tended Harvard University and later was graduated at Columbia Law School in 1878 and admitted to the bar the | same year. Dana’s wife died in 1922. Surviving are a daughter, Janet, the wife of Dr. Warfield Longcope of Baltimore; two sons, Anderson and Duncan Dana, and two sisters. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, ORVILLE WRIGHT IS HONORED AS FIRST TO FLY ENGINE PLANE President Hoover Will Receive Medal Tonight From Orville Wright, first to fly successfully an engine-driven airplane, and three other persons equally distinguished in their respective fields of engineering and sclence, received special awards in rec- ognition of their achievements this aft- ernoon through the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in session at the Mayflower Hotel. Peatured earlier in the day by the award of the PFiftieth Anniversary Med- al of the soclety to 16 of the foremost engineers of the world and testimonials to the living founders of the society, the two-day session will close with an an- niversary dinner this evening at which Herbert Hoover. This medal has been instituted to commemorate the civic and humanitarian achievements of the first engineer President and will be awarded from time to time to a fellow engineer for_distinguished public service. ‘The Daniel Guggenheim Medal for Aeronautics was awarded for the first time to Mr. Wright “for design and construction, with his brother (Wubur ‘Wright) now deceased, for the first suc- cessful engine-propelled airplane.” ac- cording to the citation read hy William F. Durand, president of the Guggen- heim Medal Board. * Membership of Board. The board which awards the medal consists of four members of the Amer- ican Society of Mechanical Engineers, four members of the Society of Automo- tive Engineers with a representative also from England, France, Italy, Germany and Japan. ‘The Gantt Gold Medal, memorializing the achievements of Henry Laurence Gantt, management engineer, industrial leader and humanitarian, was awarded to Fred J. Miller for “distinguished achievement in industrial management as a service to the community.” The presentation was made by L. P. Alford on behalf of the Gantt Medal Board made up of representatives of the In- stitute of Management and the Amer- ican Soclety of Mechanical Engineers. To Willlam Le Roy Emmet of the General Electric Co. was awarded the A. S. M. E. Medal for his “contribu- tions in the development of the steam turbine, electric propulsion of ships, and other power-generating apparatus.” N Lauer, vice president of the society. Mr. Emmet is a graduate of the Naval Academy. The final special award, the Melville Medal for original work, was presented to Prof. Joseph Wickham Roe of New York University for his paper on “Principles of Jig and Fixture Prac- tice,” regarded as one of the most valu- able scientific contributions of recent years. This medal was founded through a bequest of Rear Admiral George W. Melville, a past president and honorary member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Its presentation was made by Mr. Lauer on behalf of the society’s board of award. Gold Medal Presented. At the Founders’' luncheon in the Mayflower a special gold medal was versary of the society to its six living founders, John W. Cloud of London, England; John S. Coon of Atlanta, Go.; Robert F. Grimshaw of New Yorl Prancis H. Richards of New York; E. H. Robbins of Pittsfield, Mass., and Am- brose Swasey of Cleveland, Ohio. John R. Freeman, past president of the society, presided at the luncheon and the presentation address was made by Robert L. Daugherty, vice president. Mr. Swasey made the response for the Founders. 22 countries assembled for the confer- ring of honors upon the 16 distinguished engineers who contributed to the paper: summarizing the engineering achieve- ments of their respective nations dur- ing the sessions. Each of these re- ceived ister of his respective country. Vice President Lauer presided at the con- vocation and the committee on awards comprised Kenneth H. Condit, Arthur M. Greene, jr.; Herlet L. Seward and Roy V. Wright. The medal symbolizes the character- istic forward-looking spirit of en- gineeing and recalls past achieve- ments. It commemorates a half-cen- tury of the constructive infiuence of engineering on the social and economic elements of civilization and ints to the unbounded possibilities of the fu- ture. By its award to distinguished en- gineers chosen by the engineering so- cities of 16 countries it unifies through- out the world the ideals of the pro- fession. American Is Honored. ‘The American engineer so honored was Dr. Carl Ewald Grunsky of San Prancisco, a past president of the so- ciety and president of the American Engineering Council. Acting Secre- A __ 1IN rich flavor cicn e} GULDENE @\ Mustard 4§ PAINT AT . Half Prices Discontinued Items of Well Known Makes. Among these are very seasonable goods, ssuch as Screen Enamels Four-Hour Enamels Auto Enamels Flat Wall Paints Outside Paints Varnishes the presentation of the first Hoover | is Gold Medal will be made to President |' The presentation was made by Conrad | presented in honor of the fiftieth lnnl-i After the luncheon the delegates from | Engineers for Distinguished Services. tary of State Joseph P. Cotton made the presentation. Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Am- bassador, presented as the medalist of his country, Loughnan St. L. Pendred, president of the Institution of Me- chanical Engineers. Medalists from other countries were: Austria, Hofrat Ing. Ludwig Erhard, presented b¥1 Edgar L. G. Prochni Minister to the United States; Belgium, Baron Gaston S. P. de Bethune, pre- sented by Vicomte de Lants! 3 charge d'affaires; Canada, Brig. Gen. Charles H..Mitchell, presented by Vin- cent Massey, Minister; Columbia, Prof. Julio Garzon Nieto, by Enrique Olaya, Minister; Czechoslovakia, Dr. Stan Sl'):'cek, by Ferdinand Veverka, Min- France’s medalist, M. Georges Claude, was presented by Ambassador Paul Claudel; Germany's, Prof. Ing. Conrad Mltlfhnss. by Ambassador von Prittwite; Italy's, Prof. Ing. Luigi Luiggi, by Am- bassador de Martino; Japan's, Dr. Masawo Kamo, by Ambassador Dubuchi, and Mexico's, Senor. Ing. Norberto Dominguez, by Ambassador Tellez. Other Medalists Honored. Other medalists were Prof. Ir. Danlel Dresden of the Netherlands, presented by the Minister, J. H. van Royen; Sweden, Vilhelm Nordstrom, who was presented by W. Bostrom, the Minister; Switzerland, Dr. Aurel Stodola, pre- sented by Marc Peter, the Minister, and Prof Donato Gaminara, the medalist of Uruguay, presented by Minister Varela. At the anniversary dinner tonight at which President Hoover will be honored, Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur will speak on “The Influence of 1 Engineering in Promoting International Amity and Upon the Progress of Mankind.” Mr. Durand, past president of the | society, will act as toastmaster. Addresses will be given also by Charles Plez, presi- dent of the soclety, on “The Broadening Responsibilities of the Engineer,” and Robert A. Millikan, past president of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, who will speak on “The Bonds Between Science and Engineering.” At the institution and presentation of the Hoover gold medal Dexter S. Kimball, award, will preside and J. V. W. Reyn- ders, past president of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, will make the addresses. Fol- lowing the presentation of the medal by Mr. Kimball, President Hoover will make president of the board of | a response. The President’s brother, Theodore J. Hoover, a well known engineer, came from Swanton, Calif., to attend the ses. sions and witness the presentation e: ercises this evening. With tomorrow free for delegates to visit the Bureau of Standards, the | President will receive the delegates at the White House at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Present Differing Views. eyes, opposing opinions on the influence of engineering in the civilization of two leading countries of the world during | half century’s progress were presented to_the society. From Great Britain the opinion wa: advanced by Mr. Pendred that the in- fluence of mechanical engineering is | not wholly good in its effect upon home life and in its destruction of the self- | reliance of the people. The American viewpoint, presented |by Dr. Grunsky, vizualized a machine- | made tuture where less drudgery will | afford more opportunity for the develop- ment of the cultural side of life and | where life itself will be made more | comfortable and less noisy. Classes in carpentry, masonry and other subjects have been opened in Oartmoor Prison, England, and some nmates are permitted to take lessons by rorrespondence in other subjects. the fiftieth anniversary gold | medal through the Ambassador or Min- Viewed from British and American *® % SALTZ BROTHERS 1341 F STREET N.W. PLOT 0 AID BOND FLOTATION IS SEEN Representative =~ McFadden Asserts Allies Trick U. S. on Reparations. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 8—Representa- tive Louis T. McFadden of Pennsyl- vania, chairman of the House commit- tee on banking, yesterday charged that international ~bankers had brought “great American news agencies” under the control of foreign interests for the purpose - of misleading the American public on the subject of German repa- rations. ‘He did not mention any agency by name, Addressing members of the Govern- ment Club in the Hotel Astor, he said that unless the State Department cer- tified the legality of the issue of repara- tions bonds soon to be floated here he would introduce a bill to forbid their sale in the United States. He charged that the “influence of these powerful financiers had also per- meated the policies of American pub- lishing houses, so that books and weekly and monthly periodicals have been used to mislead the American public, and to exclude from their pages authentic information upon the subject of Ger- man reparations and the movements of European diplomacy.” ‘The Young plan, which led to the foundation of the International Bank that will float the bonds, he said, is the culmination of 10 years of secret® diplomax that was effected with the “connivance of the international bank- ers of New York.” Mr. McFadden contended the Inter- national Bank contains seeds of a future war in which a united Uurope would be arrayed against the United States. “In proportion as the United States in: creases its holdings of German bonds,” he said, “the allied governments de- crease their holdings of them, for it is from the allied governments that the American inveStors buy the bonds.” He then suggested that in time the allied governments might have received reparations in full, while the “United States was still demanding payment of annuities by Germany,” and that the bank relieves the “all'es of the financial :lugomlblmy of collections of reparation ebts.” American_radio sets are becoming | popular in Czechoslovak 614 H St. Dist. 2775 THE BELL BELL CAB CO. ™ DISTANCE in the CITY PROPER No charge for extra n, Shopping or Bu: $1.10 per hour SALTZ BROTHERS' ENGLISH SHOP BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT MR. 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The short memories of the Ameri- can voter is what keeps our poli- ticlans in office, LOSERS IN $10.000 SUIT Case Involving Death From Oysters Arose in 1926—Present Managers in Charge Three Years. ‘The former proprietors of Harvey's Restaurant, and not the present own- ers, are the defendants in a $10,000 damage suit verdict, growing out of the death of Kenneth M. Smith after he ate oysters in the restaurant in 1926, which was upheld by the District Court of Appeals yesterday. A headline in The Star yesterday stated “Harvey's Restaurant loses in $10,000 suit.” Harvey’s restaurant has been under the present management for about three years. The former proprietors have no interest in the restaurant now. 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