Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1930, Page 17

* BOY BANDIT TRID | INDICTED; SERIES OF HOLD-UPS CHARGED Filling Stations and Grocery Losses Laid to Youths and Older Helper. SEA ROVER IS HELD ON LARCENY CHARGE Driver Faces Manslaughter Trial. Nine Cleared of Liquor Charges by Grand Jury. John R. Martin, 30; Joseph A. Cross, 18; Clyde M. Fisher, 20, and Vincent Delcher, 18, called by the police the “boy bandits,” were in today by the grand jury on a charge of robbery. Martin, Fisher and Delcher were charged in two other indictments with similar offenses. The four are said to have followed Robert Croce, a groceryman, from his store at Fifteenth and A streets south- east to his home, 1726 B street south- east. at about 11 o'clock on the night of November 22. At the point of a pis- tol they are alleged to have taken $125 from him. ‘The robbery of two filling stations are charged to Martin, Fisher and Delcher in the two other indictments. They are accused of visiting the station at Fifteenth and D streets southeast No- vember 28 and robbi Galen B. Kagey, the attendant. On the same evening, it is charged, they held up the station at 2715 Pennsylvania avenue and took 8100 from Otto L. Weisenborn, who was in charge. way Robbery Charged. yway robbery also is alleged against Sharp, Ernest Holmes and Rob- cused of taking $122 from the pock of Robert Lee on South Capitol street between N and O streets November 23. ‘Willlam H. Bell, alias Tom Thumb, and Joe Brown, alias Red Top, both indicted also for robbery. They are said to have entered the grocery of Dina Wollstein, 441 Delaware avenue southwest, and to have taken $8 November 28. : i George Reed, colored youth, ded guilty in Police Court to snatch- the pocketbook of Paulina Block, 2307 Calvert street northwest, was in- Rol e Ce P! lynn L Giannoni has a suit pending against the United States for $30,000 damages resulting from the loss of his naviga- tion papers which he claims were taken from him illegally and for damage Austin Hearell, 16, white, escaped for the fourth time September 29 and Making way for extension of afternoon dug out the bottom the above result was obtained. MOORE IS RENAMED T0 FINE ARTS BODY Author Is Expected to Be Re-Elected Chairman of Commission. President Hoover today reappointed Dr. Charles Moore as a member of the Fine Arts Commission. Congressional actlon, is unnecessary. ‘The commission elects its own chair- man, but it is considered likely that he will again be chosen as its presiding . Dr. Moore, who was one of the members of the commission when set up by law on May 17, 1919, obtains ap- pointment for his four-year term as the %:sult of President Hoover's ac- tion. Dr. Moore has been' chairman continuously since July, 1915. Dr. Moore, who makes his' home at 1719 H street, is an author of note and has iated basis for the National Capital. NAVY REPAIR CHARGE DENIED BY JAHNCKE Assistant Secretary Declares En- listed Personnel Not to Blame for Idle Civilians. Assistant Becretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke today denied as|be to “absolutely unfounded” ges that person. the repair work of naval vessels. wish to emphasize,” Mr. Jahncke 2| said, “that enlisted personnel are not a.m., on Rhode Island avenue near 8s she was crossing the street her brother-in-law, Harry B. Hel- iberger also was struck and #aid to have called police from his home while they were seeking a hit-and-run driver and announced that he had knocked down two people. Check Theft Alleged. James J. Powers is accused of cash- ing $600 worth of American Ex ress Co. travelers' checks, which William Hurworth, Butte, Mont., reported to have been stolen from his room in a New York hotel April 4, 1929. Powers was located at Palm Beach, Fla, Feb- ruary 21, last, after he is said to have cashed about $400 worth of the checks in this city. Two persons are charged with vio- lations of the liquor lrl‘:l and nine others were exonerated in the grand Jury’s report. Those accused are Ran- dolph H. Lawrence and Joseph Gales, Similar charges against Lena Hesson, Haywood B. Holmes, William B, ‘Wade, Wilhemine Mont: 5 B ‘Walter Walker, Robert Jackson, Frank Jones and Lewis Gimbide were ignored. Other cases in which the grand jury declined to indict include Cora Lonyay false pretenses; . housebreaking and and Thomas Boukis for vicla- fl.nzl"2 section 8 of the act of August 20, Others indicted and the charges «against them include: Trotts E. Jack- son, Butler R. Carey, Floyd Armstrong, Percy Honesty and George R. Fillmore, housebreaking and larceny; George M. Tinsley, assault to kill; William E. Paine, false pretenses; Snowden Norris And Willlam M. Edelin, carnal knowl- edge; John H. Jones, larceny; Tom Poulk, depredation on private property; e Reed, robbery: Clarence W. ‘Burch, Herbert M. Daniels, Richard H. Murphy, William J. Tibbs and Bora G, Hyman, non-support. CAREY TO SUPERVISE D. C. FIRE AND POLICE UNITS performing repair and maintenance for- merly performed by civillans and also T wish particularly to emphasize that the work now being performed by en- listed personnel is not causing unem- ployment of eivilian personnel.” RET|REMENT.CONTROL 'TRANSFER PROPOSED New Jersey Senator Buggests Civil Service Jurisdiction in Cases of Federal Employes. Transfer of control over the retire- ment law for Government employes from the Veterans' administration to the Civil Service Commission has been proj in a bill by Senator Kean, Republican, of New Jersey. It has been referred to the Senate Civil Service Committee for report. Supervision over retirement matters formerly was in the Pension Bureau of the Interior Department until the con- solidation of all pension work under the Veterans' administration. Senator Kean believes that since the retire- ment law relates to employes in the Civil Service of the Government, it should be administered by the Civil Service Commission. PLANS INSPECTION TRIP Civil Bervice Official Will Visit Porto Rico. Lewis H. Pisher, chjef of the service record and retirement division of the Civil Service Commission, will sail from New York on Thursday on an cfficial mlmm?wmmwlndflu Vi . r. Pisher's work will cover the ad- ministraticn of the civil service act and rules in the islands. He will visit the more important communities of both Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bolling Field, of this 250-foot and also as s smokestack at the Giesbo: pening Staf DR A0 i measure to eliminate a flying hazard, workmen yesterday ro steel plant, inserted a charge of explosive, and U. S. DESTROYER FOR USE OF NAVAL RESERVISTS Date of Vessel's Arrival Here Un- der Assignment Is Not Yet Determined. The U. 8. 8. Hamilton, a destroyer, will be assigned to the Washington Navy Yard for the training of Naval Reservists, the Navy Department an- nounced y. date of her ar- rival in the national capital is as yet undetermined. ‘The Hamilton will spend its time be- tween the Washington Navy Yard and the fifth naval district, with head- quarters at Norfolk, Va., and in the Hampton Roads area. U. S. BUILDING BILL UP FOR DISCUSSION House Committee to Consider Treasury Measure Designed for Ex- pediting Construction Program. Hearings are to start Thursday before the House Committee on Public Build- ings and Grounds on the Elliott bill, in- troduced at the request of the Treasury Department to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to expedite work on the TFederal building program. ‘Treasury officials including Assistant Secretary Ferry Heath and James A. Wetmore, the acting supervising archi- tect, and representatives f1om the Post Momuwbepmmmt have been invited to There will be considerable discussion in the hearing over the concluding pro- vision of the bill, mwn t‘z :;‘e‘i ll:gpt sum” Ponl author! “in :pecp:m cases where the Secretary of the Treasury deems such procedure to the interest of the Government in the expedition of projects he is au- thorized and empowered to select the contractor therefor without competi- tion and at such fees or lump-sum price as he deems just and proper.” WESTERN HIGH PLAY TO BENEFIT JOBLESS Scholastic Thespians to Repeat “The Belle of Bagdad” Tomor- row for Unemployed Relief. Western High School will stage an “unemployment benefit” performsnce .‘hl l:l‘: o'clock" mlomorflzw afternoon, when 1t repeaf recent presentation of “The Belle of Bagdad.” Mrs. Gladys Price Sanders and Miss Lucy Lynch will direct the performance. The leading players will include Ralph Ccnkey, Elizabeth Crane, Calvin Rich- ardson, Dorothy Luckett, Frederick Chew, Horace_Gingell, Helen Kirtland, Beatrice Mullin, William Ridoer, Arman Bakshian, Virginia Sellars, Paul Ward, Margaret Yakel, John Palmer, Ernest Murphy, Betty McGowan, Busey How- ard, Letty Brown, John Maker, Mere- dith Smith, Jack Varela, David Leon- ard and Robert Stevenson. POLICE COURT CHARGES AGAINST TRIO DROPPED Insufficient Evidence Hand, Bays Prosecutor, for Any Success at Trial. The Distrct attoney's office i Police ourt today dropped all charges against | John Hay Davidson, Mrs, Lillian David- son and Vernon G. Taylor, the latter a sculptor of the 1600 block of Buchanan on generfl fight in front of the new Shore- am Hotel. Michael Keogh, assistant United States attorney, in dismissing assault al;u-;ie- inst the trio in addition to u:‘dhmaerly cases against Tay- lor, declared’ that he did not believe that there was sufficlent evidence to take the case into court. MOVING STOP SIGN MUST STOP MOVING BEFORE JUDGE MOVES Boulevard Marker Has Changed Location Three Times Since Driver Was Arrested. Police Court trial of David G. .Yol;m- Lmy'hnn!m - |1t was in snother. That declared was partially obscured by a “Saturday when T looked at the sign it in ,” the judge com- Ined &)m&'m ;ujrelll, “and an inspection sign certainly moves about.’ noise aroused n.: family, who frigh Turkey Dinner at Church, street, arrested November 30 after a |M: STORE IS HELD UP, FIFTY GENTS TAKEN Cab Drivers Robbed of $36. Women Are Victims of Purse-Snatchers. A colored man today held up Jacob Toxen, & grocer, in his store at Ninth and G streets southwest and took the entire contents of the cash register— a fifty-cent piece. ‘Toxen was tidying up his store for the noon-day trade when the man en- tered and held a pistol under the grocer's nose, accompanying the move- ment with the usual curt order. The grocer complied and the bandit grabbed the half dollar with an oath and fled toward Tenth street on foot. Customer Informs Police. F. A. Emerson, 214 C street, walked into the store during the robbery, but beat a hasty retreat when the bandit flourished his pistol. Emerson report- ed the hold-up to No. 4 precinct. A different turn was taken in a case last night, mewr’t v{m: an attempt to stage a -up ical of the thriller: hygded dime movie s Robert McFarland, 19-year-old colored youth, in & cell at the second precinct station, his intended victim wheeling t;‘x& felling him with a blow to the chin. Peter J. Hogan, 57, of 1108 M street, was walking along Twelfth street at K when McFarland came up behind him and pressed something against his “Stick 'em up and give me your money,” ths boy barked. Hogan peered over his shoulder and saw the colored youth, his finger jam- med into Hogan's back and awaiting for the man to obey his command. Hold-Up Is Frustrated. Hogan wheeled quickly, struck the colored boy a terrific blow on the chin and then leaped atop him when he fell. Charles Friedenberg & of 4701 Kansas avenue and Nathan Luber of 615 Irving street helped Hogan to hold th2 boy until police arrived. Patrolmen Frank Bonelawsky and R. E. Willlams of No. 2 station arrested the boy, and were still holding him for investigation today. MacFarland gave his address as 626 O street. Meanwhile armed bandits active in this line lately robbed a trio of Wash- ington taxicab drivers of $36 last night, according to reports to police. A lonely point on Sheriff road north- east furnished the scene where two col- ored gunmen relieved James Charles Rollins, 28 years old, of 1600 E street southeast, of $18 in bills afier haflin, his cab at John Marshall place and street. Taxi Drivers Robbed. Jack Hunt of 1521 Isherwood street northeast was held up in Sullivans court southwest by a pair of colored men answering the description of those who robed Rollins, and $8 was taken from him. The men entered Hunt's taxi at Twelfth and C streets. ‘Ten dollars was taken from David Novoselsky, 304 B street southeast, by & young white man who hired his cab at Fourteenth street and New York avenue and instructed him to drive to Georgetown, where he pulled a pistol, prodded it in Novoselsky's ribs and made him drive to a point near the Naval Radio Station towers at Arling- ton, Va. There the bandit took the hacker's money, leaped from the machine and ordered the driver to “beat it.” An unidentified pedestrian appeared in front of 2419 Pennsylvanja avenue last night about 7:30 o'clock just in time to fruatrgkfie the attempt of an unidentified pocketbook snatcher to rob rs. Groce Curtin of 1130 Twenty-fifth street. Mrs. Curtin was walking on the north sidewalk of the thoroughfare when a young colored man, wearing & gray suit and gray cap, but no overcoat, grabbed her in an effort to rob her. Purse-Snatchers Busy. Just as he grabbed her, police later learned, the white pedestrian appeared ‘went in pursuit of the fleeing col- man, losing sight of him when he turned from Pennsylvania avenue and ran north on Twenty-fourth street. Louise Middleton, colored, of 302 G street southwest, also selected as a vic- tim of a purse snatcher, was no so fortunate, losing her pocketbook con- taining $10.20. She was walking on G near Sixth street southwest about 1:16 ed entrance to the home Church street. azarian, 1757 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1930. LOOK OUT BELOW! ‘ s v R : . 2 i b 5 EDUCATION GENTER IDEA IS FORWARDED BY USE OF BUSSES Limitation of Portables Is Aim of Transport Plan to Be Used Next Fall. $2,500 IS AUTHORIZED FOR FIRST EXPERIMENT ons fo Be Offered Buggestion in Joint Conference to Be Held Tonight. An experiment looking toward the marked limitation of the use of portable schools in the District of Columbia will be undertaken next Fall when a i e St bt port puplls from Bradbury Heights Mflm‘n to the Ran- dle Highlands and the Orr Schools. Plans for this experiment were out- lined * toda: Robert hl;. Haycock, cl ), '.hzi probably presented to the civic associa- tions tonight in the joint conference at the Franklin Building with the Board of Education. It is at tonight's confer- ence that the school authorities re back to the citizens on the fate of request for school relief and improve- ments as contained in the 1932 esti- mates now in the hands of Congress. $2,500 for Transport. In response to the petition of the school authorities at the suggestion of Dr. Frank W. su] tend- ent, the Bureau of the Budge: has In- | from . cluded in the 1932 estimates an item of $2,500 to provide the bus transporta- tion experiment. The task will be un- dertaken next Fall, when the children avenue and north of Massachusetts ave- nue, will be brought to school of having the school, in the form of an antiquated, flimsy, wooden portable, taken to the children. At present the Bradbury Heights children have to walk south on Ala- bama avenue to Pennsylvania avenue, thence westward to to reach the Randall Highlands School. ‘This distance, s exactly two and one- tenth miles and there are no public transportation facilities available. Some of the children attend the Orr School, which is two and eight-tenths miles from their homes. Bus Idea Not New. ‘The Bradbury Heights residents peti- tioned the Board of Education for a portable school last year, but this was found unfeasible when it developed that no water or sewerage facilities ex- ist for the erection of a portable. Meanwhile, Dr. Ballou, who for several years has sought bus transporta- tidn experiment, renewed his energies in seeking funds for the bus - tion. t'At Dl'm!‘l"llt‘ the ?':r scmé..“‘;:{ has two portables on un the 1932 mmllu.m‘i ‘?lch?lilu:e the transporta also, include au- thorization for the construction of an ld:m:g" t will be next ar experiment Fall in the colored schools. It is be- lieved the test in those schools will be made for the relief of pupils living in the BSouth Takoma Park section by transporting to Ml Road School. Central Schools Favored. ‘The possibilities within the bus trans- portation idea are greater even than the limitation which success would place on the future use of portable schools, it was pointed out today at the Franklin School. School authorities here and in other cities have been con- Sidering in t years the merits ot establishing e and complete school plants in ces sections of the city and then transporting the pupils from their homes to those school centers, in- stead of attempting to establish smaller and independent school units in the neighborhoods where the children live. Another phase in the test lies in the possibility of making complete use of the old school buildings which either have been emptied entirely or have witnessed g striking reduction in their enroliments through the removal to other neighborhoods of the families. RAIDERS SEIZE LIQUOR Woman Under $1,000 Bond on IlI- legal Possession Charge. A gallon of wine, half-pint of whisky and 15 bottles of home brew were re- ported seized by the rum squad in a raid yesterday at 408 Sixth street, just across from the Police Court Building. Mrs. Margaret Mae Price, 47 years old, was held under $1,000 bond on a charge of ill-gal possession. Mrs. Price, police sald, d_been arrested in & prgvious raid on the premises. : Sergt. N. O. Holmes and Pvts. Harry G. Bauer and R. A. Willlams staged the raid. The officers sald they found money in Mrs. Pries’s possession which had been given in exchange for intoxi- cants. INAUGURATE NEW AIRLINE * MEMBER OF WHITE HOUSE “GANG" OF LINCOLN'S DAY IS IN CAPITAL Norman R. Smith, 73, Literal- ly Played at Feet of Civil War President. Emancipator and Grant! Stand Out, He Says, as Great Personalities of Time. Norman R. Smith, 73-year-old sur- vivor of one of Washington's most l‘l’lkm.l cliques—the White House lll;'l"' of the 60s—has returned to the Mr. Smith, s boyhood companion of Thaddeus Lincoln, son of thep:r:-n. President, is here'as a California dele- gate to the National Rivers and Har- s now convening at the Willard Hotel. ¥ A periodic visitor here, the former White House “crony,” who, with all the blunt familiarity of a six-horse team driver, refers to Civil War celebrities by their first names, s a source of spar- kling anecdote. Contrary te Tradition. As the young friend of Thaddeus Lincoln, privileged with free access to the White House reception rooms, then the focal point of American destin; leasured great men, speak from the "'tm' Tow.” His im- pressions, in great part, are contrary to_popular tradition. “There were but two large scale per- sonalities in the Union during the last days of 65—Lincoln and Grant,” Mr. Smith relates, “I saw both of them in the only possible way to actually see & man—in his home.” ‘The sentimentalized picture of Lin- coln, a naive, great-hearted man, en- dowed more with fortitude than sub- tlety, Mr. White said, is a gross mis- mupuw, “wholly inadequate char- I received my impressions of Lincoln e ground up actually playing, at times, under his fe . White NORMAN R. SMITH. he served as presidential , 18 the neTthfll\m of the Civil War to Mr. Smith. “Grant withstood & temptation to which some of the greatest men of his. tory have succumbed—a dictatorship, ey dieripted and the Army i his very an very hands, Grant, disdaining secret pro. posals to disband Congress, strictly con. fined himself to routine reconstruction work. That was one of selfish gestures in history. Divided in Four Parts. ‘When asked to compare the Wash- ington OL uolsd and the present-day city, 3 said: “Well, at that time, all Washington, to & classic quotation, was divided into four parts, the Navy Yard, the Island, Capitol Hill and Swampoodle. Now you have a unified city, with prac. tically all sectional divisions effaced. ‘Tonight Mr, White, a former page himself, will be host at a dinner for the Senate pages at the Capitol Res- taurant. Twenty-four golden mountain trout, presented to the Senate Boy Scout the most un- boeti | Troop by the Arcada Troop of Humboldt outsider, d.ll';l;h;ll! provincial to high officialdom. four trying s was on the defensive, both -ocr:fiy and politically. He used every resource of an amazingly int telligence, bargain ing like a second-hand clothes dealer, 'stoopf low to attain & great end. He ‘was a duellist, not a deliberator. “Not for 25 years, when the memoirs of Robert Lincoln are published” Mr. White concluded, “will the most signifi- cant phase of Lincoln's presidency—his domestic life—be authentically revealed. - | within soun County, Calif., will be served. Mr. White special Treasury agent for the Pacific Coast Lincoln's administration, who was lost in 1865, along with 325 gg miners, when m-nuhlP ther Jonathan foundered off - dad, Calif. Mr. White now lives at Trinidad, distance of the sea, not many leagues the spot where his father was lost. “For nearly all my life,” he said, “at least 50 odd years, I have beep carryiny out the onary harbor projects of my father on the Pacific Coast, ‘We will have a different man then.” Not Lincoln, but Gen. Grant, whom TENDIE N MONTH INTRAFFIC MISHAPS High Record Set in District for November—Injury Cases Also Increase. ‘With 10 traffic deaths in the District of Columbia last month, a high record for November for the past three years was set. ‘The number lm"ruus by one the number of trafic deaths in the same month in 1928, and is exactly two and @ Dalf times the number recorded in November iast year. A new high reccrd for the past three years also was set for the number of minor injuries ax well as the general number of traffic accidents. . There were 302 minor in)i.1es in the month fust past as ngainst 248 in November of last vear and 239 in November of 1928. The greatest number of accidents was registered on November 1, when there were 44, with 18 persons sustaining lk:!::.]n.zr injuries and one person being ‘The greatest number of deaths in for violaf lations during the month of Noveml totaled 2,881. The greatest number of arrests from any one cause d month was 429 for overtime parking. ‘The next high total was for speeding, totaling 423. MAJ. MOORE TO SPEAK “What America Owes the World” will be the subject of an address by Maj. Charles H. Moore, retired English army officer, before the Round Table organization tonight at the Jewish Com- munity Center at 9 o'clock. ‘The meeting will be open to the pub- lic and at the conclusion of Maj. Moore's remarks the question will be open for discussion. ning port after port. Trinidad, hard his nnumunzyhne.wmbemlu:gvmm g:flon of his judgment. That's why I'm NEW AIR SERVICE OPENS TOMORROW Officials Fly South Today to Take Part in Inaugurating Line at Atlanta. Headed by Postmaster General Walter F. Brown, a group of dis! Fed- eral and civil aviation officials from the National Capital and New York left Wasl Hoover Airport this morn- glant 18-passenger biplanes tri-motored mono) to par- ticipate in the inaugurat of aerial passenger service to Atlanta, Ga., to connect there with the new Southern ml e ontinental mail and passenger airline. Inauguration of the new line, which will take place officially tomorrow, when a fleet of 10 tri-motored planes will take off at various points along the route, marks the beginning of an expa..'on program which will give the wation: Capital direct air Puun%er connection with every part of the United States, Canada and 20 countries and_terri- torial ions in the West Indles, and South America. Planes Arrived Yesterday. ‘The four big planes arrived at Wash- ington-Hoover Airport late the | and J. Cheever Cowden. “Casey” Jones and H. A, Elliott and R. 8. Westing of Eastern Air Transport, operators of the new line, were among the party. One of the planes was flown by Capt. Frank B. Courtney, distinguished former British fiyer, who was forced down in mid- ocean on a transatlantic attempt, Among those who boarded the big airliners at the local fleld were Post- master General Brown, “Casey” Jones, Capt. Thomas B. Doe, president of Eastern Air Transport; Mr. Grosvenor, of the board of the aviation corporation; Mr. Cowden, F. G. Coburn, president American Airways; _Carl Byoir, publ\lhledr Hl\élna Puu T. A Morgan, president Sperry Gyroscope Co.; Mr. Elllott and Mr. Wosting, East- ern Air Transport. Augmented the official from the National Capital,’ the planes took off this morning for the South. One plane was to stop at thhmo'ii. for a party of official guests from it city. A luncheon stop for all planes was scheduled at Greensboro, N. C., includ- PAGE B-—1 OPEN RATE FIXING FOR POWER IN 133 SOUGHT BY KEECH Publio Utilities Commission Postpones Determining Schedule Till Thursday. RICHER PROFIT FEARED BY PEOPLE’S COUNSEL Asks Revelation of Secret Negotia- tions—Says Proposed Reduction Will Not Accrue. A last-minute fight to bring the mat- E‘t’o o:h detgrmhuhufll::l'dakcmz: Tates e open People's Counsel’ Riehmond B. K‘:’ech. Mr. Keech presented his petition at a meet- ing of the Public Utilitles Commission yesterday, and the commission decided to postpone the fixing of rates until ‘Thursday. After the meeting there was a differ- ence of opinion as to whether Mr. Keech had actually raised the it that he wants a public hearing. Cl ' man Mason M, Patrick said that he did not think Mr. Keech had argued for the open hearing. Mr. Keech said that he had specifically asked for it and that he had read to the commission the law on the subject, in paragraph 38 of the Public Utilities Commission act, which seemingly requires & public hearing be- fore any change in rates is ordered. Reduction Tentatively Accepted. The Potomac Electric Power Co. has offered, and their offer has been tenta- tively accepted by th: commission, to Teduce the rates $830,000 next year, by 8 reduction of the primary rates from 4.7 10 4.2 cents per kilowatt-hour with accompanying reductions in secondary rates. Mr. Keech holds that the rate schedule presented will not only not lcwmrlhh this or any reduction, but that it will, on the contrary, bring about an increase in the profits of the power Nmflnfi. In order to ieave no doubt as to his stand on the public hea: Mr. Keech rurp!e letters—N P for publication.” tended all along process by which the new rates are reached. He explained his stand in a written memorandum to the commis- sion yesterday, which said, in part: “While T have not computed what the return of the y would be if the schedule as submitted were approved, it 1s perfectly apparent that it would far exceed a return of 7!, per cent. It is also self-evident that the company has not taken into consideration an increase in consumption that may be reasonably anticipated. “The inequity of the proposed sched- ule is well manifested by reference to the charge for domestic consumption. The reduction in revenue 4n Schedule A is really imaginary. It is estimated that by reducing the rate for this class of consumers to 4.2 cents per kilowatt hour there would be a reduction of $331,850.62 in revenue. In esti- mate, however, no consideration has been given to the fact that among these consumers there are many who are pay- ing and will pay the minimum bill of 75 cents; hence as to them there will be no“lon in revenue due to the decreased raf ing two or three extra planes which were to join in ternoon. ner. l'.’dthe Piedmont Driving Club night ‘closes the day’s program. Service Begins Tomorrow. ‘The new passenger line, which i: be one of the major links in one greatest co-ordinated aerial systems the world, will begin operations tomor- row morning when planes official party will take off Field, Atlanta, at 7:45 am. at cities en route the e 2 More important still, however, 15 the fact that the average increase in con- sumption in this class since 1928 is 19.22 per cent. 1; a’l‘leh l‘t“m into consideration, as Ve proper} should, the revenue for l.h: ar m!,z be $3,431,650 as compared eaer, M e & 8 . uct , of a af $138,673.68. There would, gt course, be some increase in operating costs due to the enhancement in consumption. Time Considered Sufficient. “If the commission has determined that the decree (a decree of equity court under which the rates are an- nually determined) is not susceptible of such gonstruction or interpretation as will ?gmit it to consider the elements set forth in my recent memorandum, then it is my view that the commission should fix a date for a public hearing in order that every one interested may have an opgonunlt,v to express him- self as to whether or not the so-called consent decree :s now a just and rea- sonable document. There is, in my opinion, sufficient time for this mat- ter to be accomplished.” HOWELL PLANS STUDY. Nebraska Senator to Investigate Light and Gas Rates Here. Electric light rates will be made the subject of a careful study by Senator , | Howell, Republican, of Nebraska, he announced today. “I intend to look into the electric light rate situation, and I may discuss it on the floor of the Senate,” Senator Howell sald. Senator Howell also said that he was going ahead with his analysis of the :ndhwlmrg. his study of Nebraskan said this that in addition to his research into the gas rates, he wants to int him- Self with the rates of the Elec- tric Power Co. in recent years. . '