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DIPTYCH RECOVERY HONORS EXTENDED Secretary of Jugoslav Lega- tion and Others Praised for Part in It. Relative to the article whi iblished recent] in The Evening gt:ll’ concerning & papal decoration bestowed upon the Minister from Jugo- s<vis in recognition of his services in $nding and restoring to the Cathedral ‘ Zagreb a valuable diptych stolen in , the Minister, Dr. Leonide Pitamic, has requested that the following state- ment be published: “Besides the Minister, the secretary of the legation, Mr. B. Stoyanovitch, has been created by the Holy See a knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. Further, much praise for car- rying out hgppily the work is due to the generous attitude of the Cleveland Museum of Fine Arts, and especially of its former director, Mr. Frederic Allen Whitney, now president of the Amer- ican Federation of Arts in Washington. “Finally, the Minister was very ef- ficiently helped by some of his fellow countrymen in Cleveland, and espe. cially by Dr. E. A. Kordick, attorney at law in Cleveland, who not only had the first sight of the diptych when the Minister, with his friends, searched for it in the museum, but who acted re- peatedly as an intermediary between ane museum and the Jugoslav lega- jon.” ich was Skeletons Una;rth;fl u; VNevnds. i PASADENA, Calif. (#).—Skeletons of small_horses, of mountain sheep larger than those now living, and of both little and big camels are found in Gipsum Cave, Nevada, the latest discovered American deposit of prehistoric remains. SPECIAL NOTICES. ¥ BUTTER MADE _FROM t Quernsey cream; no coloring. By par- W pound "year roun AM leton Farm, Warrenton, Va. 36° ART FLOOR SCREENS, fast, waterproo! on display FOR BRIDGE PARTIES, banquets, weddings meetings. 10c up per day each: new chairs, UNITED STATES STORAGE GO~ 418 10n st.n.w._ Metropolitan 1844. WANT TO HAUL FULL OR PART_LOAD to or from New York, Richmond. Boston, Pitteburgh and all way'points: special r NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSN. 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N response to my request to Wash- | ington for an experienced man to take charge of rail transportation, W. W. Atterbury, general manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, ar- rived In France and reported to me September 1, 1917. In our first brief conversation we ran over the problem in a general way. Considerable headway in the organiza- tion of our railway system had already been made by the Engineer Corps. Much to my surprise, Mr. Atterbury seemed to be very familiar with the situation, and his personality, his force, his grasp of the difficulties of the task and his willingness to undertake it appealed to me at once. 1 So, without hesitation and with a feeling that undoubtedly the right man had been found, I told him that he would be appointed. A few days later, in consultation with Col. Harry Taylor, | the chief of Engineers, and Col. Wil we determined the details of readjust- | 7| ment required. independent ‘transportation de- parlment was created to operate and maintain all broad and narrow gauge railways and canals in American use and to construct roads, wharves, shops | — |and other buildings for railway pur- , although the construction con- for the time being under the eer Corps. Atterbury’s Aides Called. At Atterbury’s suggestion a cable was sent requesting certain men to fill im- portant positions in the organization. Engine h | The list included J. A. McRae, general | manager of the Long Island Railroad, for general manager, with C. M. Bunt- ing as business manager, H. C. Booz as engineer for construction and J. G.| Rogers as deputy. The last three were then with the Pennsylvania Railroad. ‘The railway problem was far from easy, and many were the obstacles to be overcome, both in our own and in the French services. Successful manage- ment would have been very doubtful under a leader without Atterbury's pa- tience, ability and force of character. My diary notes the following: “Pgris, Monday, September 3, 1917. “Called on Gen. Foch, chief of staff, yesterday, on routine of procurement. but his office has no control. Afterward talked with Paul Painleve, minister of war, on the same subject. De Cham- brun, de Ferronay and my own staff ::rkln; far better liaison with Prench reaus. “Conferred with Atterbury this morn- . Took Col. Dawes this afternoon to call on minister of war, and ex- plained purpose of our purchasing agency. Called on the minister of mu- nitions with Gen. Kenley to expedite manufacture of airplanes for our service, “Frequent conferences with heads of our various activities enable me to give direction and impetus and promote co-ordination.” It was foreseen that with the removal of my headquarters to Chaumont our supply officers would find it difficult to keep in close touch with the correspond- ing French bureaus in Paris, and as we were to be within the zone of the armies, co-operation with French army headquarters would assume greater im- nce. Since the line of authority separating this zone from the rear was not distinctly defined, it was evident that procurentent in general, especially regarding the use of facilities, might become complicated. In my discussion with M. Painleve he thought that with intelligent liaison officers there should be no difficulty, and promised to expe- dite our business with the bureaus. Clemericeau Urges Action. Visits to our training areas by the French, official and otherwise, had be- come rather frequent. One of the vis- itors, M. Georges Clemenceau, who al- ways remained a power even when not in any official position (Clemenceau was not then prime minister), called at the | headquarters of the 1st Division, ac- companied by Gen. de Castelnau, the commander of the group of armies with which it was serving. In the course of the conversation with Gen. Sibert, the division com- mander, M. Clemenceau. with consid- erable emphasis, urged that our troops be put into the line without delay. It was explained to him by Gen. de Cas- telnau that ag soon as they were suffi- ciently advanced the troops of the di- vision were to be placed by brigades | with the French in a quiet sector near | Luneville. ‘Although there was nothing threaten- ing in the situation and no immediate probability of a serious German of- fensive, M. Clemenceau wished to know why they could not go in at once. Gen. Sibert told him that the division had been in the area but a short time and had only recently begun training, and that the American commander in chief must determine when and where the division should be employed. M. Clemenceau went on to say that America had now been in the war se eral months and the French people were wondering when they expected to take an zctive part. He said that the French army was exhausted by the war and that | its morale was poor. He insisted then, as he did with even greater vehemence later on in an officlal capacity, that it was not so much a question of troops being ready as it was of giving relief to the allies. Although the division was only par- tially trained it could have been used in an emergency, but there was nothing threatening in the situation at this time and no suggestion had been made that | it should go into the line for serious work. Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 1235 10th St. N.W. Metropolitan 2062 Same location 31 years, which insures low prices_and_high-grade warkmanship FINE PRINTING We are busy heiping those who ire more business with live printing for business stimulation. CASLON PRESS, Inc, PRINTCRAPT BUILDING. DISTRICT 1515. indow Shades 75¢ Expressed General Sentiment. Although it was obviously quite out of place for Clemenceau to make any such demand, yet there is little doubt that he geve expression to a very general sentiment among the French people at that moment. They simply wanted to see American t in trenches. I could well understand this attitude of the ple, and realized that their morale been none too high, but it was gradually growing better. The censorship of private letters of soldiers in the French army showed an im- provement, based largely upon the hope of considerable aid from America. Quite apart from sentiment, however, it was & question of having the lst Divi- sion in fair shape before placing it even in a quiet sector, where it would surely become a target which the Germans would utilize to strike a blow at Amer- 1 | ican prestige. THE SHADE FACTORY ¢! From anof enceau's visit left ther it of view, M. Clem- the impression that fi Prench were inclined to dictate what ‘we should of our | mediately prior to our entry into the units. | Chaumont, umwum duly THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO My Experiences in the World War —By=—. Gen. John J. Pershing Commander in Chief of the Amer: | | [ | | | | | s ¢ Some of the A. E. F. aviation equipment. ican Exped ionary Forces to see the possibility of amalgamation lurking in the background. Another circumstance that suggested the same thought, the knowledge of which came to me about this time, was that the French high commissioner at Washington, Andre Tardicu, had report- cd difficuity ir persuading Secrctary of | War Baker to divert tonnage to send over units other than those designated for our Army. \ | It was difficult to construe this move in any other light than as further evi- dence of the none too well concealed opposition of the French to our build- ing up an army. Such methods were, of course, irreg- ular, but nevertheless similar pressure to alter our program was repeatedly used by both allies before the end of the war. There can be little doubt that both, especially the Frénch, entertained the hope that we would provide them not only with replacements, but with labor- ers and technical troops as well. U. S. Aviation Primitive, In looking back over the period im- war, the very primitive state of our aviation still gives me a feeling of hu- miliation. The punitive expedition of 1916 went into Mexico with 8 of the 13 antiquated tactical planes which | constituted our all in aviation. Those old planes were not in any sense properly equippsd as compared | with planes being used by other nations | even then, and with no adequate facili- | ties for repair work, they were con- stantly in danger of going to pieces, yet the services of our aviators in Mexico | stood out strongly as an indication of what American flyers were to accom- | plish in the World War. | The daring and the courage of men like Townsend Dodd, Foulois, Dargue and others who were with that expedi- tion aroused my most enthusfastic ad miration. While there were many hair- breadth escapes in Mexico, fortunately all our flyers were spared to form the nucleus of our World War aviation corps, in which they again served with distinction. Although at the date of our entry into the war more than a year had elapsed since the b:ginning of the Mexican campaign, there were still only 35 tfained fiyers and about 1,000 men in aviation, with only a few training planes, none of which were suitable for anything else. An extensive program following ca- bled recommendations from the French premier after we entered the war seems to have been adopted at home as the basis of our efforts. Upon the repre- sentations of the chief signal officer, Brig. Gen. George O. Squier, Congress made an appropriation of $640,000,000 in July, 1917, in an effort to overcome past negligence. No Magical Power. There soon followed many extravagant claims by prominent civil officials con- nected with aviation and by the press as to how we were going to have large fleets of planes in operation before the Summer was over and end the war at once with a preponderancs of aviation. But congressional action, even though generous, furnished no magical power to transform our air service from a mere skeleton into a real fighting force in an instant. Everybody who sto] a moment to think knew that time would be necessary and that it was idle to count upon airplancs from our own factories within a year, or perhaps longer. The failure of our Aviation Bureau to keep abreast of airplanc development in the contending armies cost us serious delay. With a lack of data at the beginning, little progress had*been made at home | on our aviation program at the end of five months. Fruitless efforts to de- scribe mechanical construction and give definite information concerning production and otherwise reach de- cisions by cable prompted Washington o send a special mission to France, of which Maj. R. C. Bolling was the head. Through his ability and expert knowl- edge he rendered exceptional service in co-operating with those in control of gllied aviation and in furnishing the necessary technical information upon which to base action at home. The in- vestigations made by his mission con- firmed the view that our manufacturers could not begin to furnish planes before the Summer of 1918. At this time it | | looked as though we should not even | have sufficient planes for training, and | much less be able to furnish planes for | our troops as they went into the line. | With my mind filled with these i pressions and realizing the vital im- portance of aviation, my efforts were unceasing to overcomc the deficiency. Pershing Orders the Planes. After inquiry as to French capacity |to turn out planes I made a contract | with the air ministry late in August committing us to an expenditure of $60,000,000 for 5,000 planes and 8,500 engines to be delivered as rapidly as possible at intervals before the first of June, 1918, on condition that we should | provide certain tools and raw materials. | To make a contract to pay such an amount appeared somewhat bold, but |under the circumstances some one had to take the initiative in providing planes needed at once for the develop- ment of our air force. As aviation was in no sense a logical branch of the Signal Corps the two were seperated in the A. E. F. as soon as practicable, and aviation was or- ganized and maintained as a distinct force. To co-ordinate our training with that at home, Brig. Gen. Willlam L. Kenly was sent over the latter part of August and was appointed chief of avi- ation in the A. F. Col. Mitchel!, who | had succeeded Maj. Dodd, the first | chief of aviation, was given jurisdiction over aviation in the zone of advance. |Mai Bolling was placed in charge of | aviation in the zone of the interior and soon succeeded in securing better co- operation through an Inter-Allied Air- craft Board. ‘The next essential step was the train- ing of airplane pilots, and accordingly arrangements were made for our men to enter flying schools in England, France and Italy after they had passed their preliminary tests at home. Va- cancies were held. for us in those schools, but we were unable to take full advantage of this opportunity for train- ing because of the delay in sending over flyers. However, we proceeded with the establishment of our own training centers, the first of which, lo- cated at Issoudun, was planned for a capacity of 900 pilots by Spring. Another entry from my l.inr{‘e “Chaumont, Thursday, September 6, 1917. Left Paris yesterday morning for at Troyes for lunch. installed here D.: C, JANUARY 25 Georges Clemenceau and Gen. Pershing. in regimental barracks. surrounrflngs'se’lus against the employment of pro- give relief from depression of Paris. On my invitation President Poincare CLT; this morning to inspect 1st Di- vision.” Poincare Compliments Men. Driving to Gondrecourt with my chief of staff and aides, we found Gen. Petain and staff and an escort of French troops drawn up at the station, where President Poincare and his party, in- cluding the minister of war, were re- ceived with due formality. 'The presi- rent and I led the way by motor to Houdelaincourt, was to be held. It was a compliment to the 1st di- vision to have a visit from the head of the French Republic, and every man was on his mettle. The troops were already assembled when we arrived. As the President and I walked through the ranks he commented very favor- ably on the appearance of the men, and was quite struck with their size and their youth and their vigor. After the command had marched in review, the President asked to meet the officers and made them a very happy speech. Upon conclusion of his talk they show- ed their appreciation by promptly giv- ing him three rousing cheers, which pleased him very much. From the purely military -point of view, the impression gained by the President at this review could not have been particularly favorable, as at least | Shipped four-fifths of the men were recruits and over one-half of the officers had been but recently commissioned. More- over, the men had been hard at work on combat training, and this, together with the uneven ground of the muddy hillside where the review was held, made military precision difficult. How- ever, he was a very keen observer and no doubt drew great satisfaction from the thought that a few more months of training of this group of 25,000 Ameri- cans together with others yet to come, would one day make a formidable a dition to the forces of the war-worn allies. Again from my diary: “Chaumont, Saturday, Septemebr 8, 1917. Have seen various officers of missions at my headquarters. Gen. Ragueneau, as chief of the French mission, became Gen. Petain’s repre- sentative. “Miss Elizabeth Hoyt, secretary of the Red Cross, took lunchen with us and gave us an_interesting account of, its | ecent activities. Gov. Allen of Kansas also of the T and Willlam Allen Whit Red Cross, came to call.” To maintain closer relations among the allied armies and keep each com- mander in chief advised regarding the morale, proposed o] tions and move- ments of troops of other armies, and, in faet, all matters that might affect the general situation, a system had grown up whereby the army of each nation was represented at the quarters of the others by a group of officers called a mission. Consequent- ly, when we definitely established head- quarters et Chaumont, we exchanged missions with the British, French, Itallan and Belgian armies. Advanced Own Ideas. ‘The missions with us, especially those of the French and British, did not always confine their' activities to ncr- mal lines, but often took occasion to advance their ideas regarding the train- ing and use of our Army. The French continously argued that we would contribute more to the allied cause by helping to strengthen their units than by building up an independent army of our own, although the British were not far behind in their efforts in_that direction. Knowing this attitude of our French friends, it was nevessary to be on the | lookout to avoid commitments to sug- gestions that might eventually involve the question of amalgamation. Apart from this, however, and considering their services as a whole, it should be sald that the fine spirit of helpful- ness and -co-operation by the members of these missions appealed to us, and many close friendships grew out of our association with them. My diary says: “Chaumont, Tuesday, September 11, 1817. On_Sunday saw representative of Postal ent sent to organize service for the armies. Conferred with several staff officers. Dr. Woods Hutch- inson called. Chemical Warfare De- partment, known as ‘Gas Service,’ estab- lished in A. E. F. System of schools for our forces completed. “Conferred yesterday with Gen. Will- lams; “Frolpu:t of obtaining tanks not hopeful unless they can be produced * e e of poisonous gases in war. use o - fare had been discussed at The Hague Conference in -1899, with the regult that several nations pledged - them~ where the ceremony | jectiles the only object of which was to give forth suffocating or poisonous gases. This action had created a feel- :}Iguu( security regarding such a possi- y. Germany had subscribed to tlie agree- ment, and when her armies disregard- ed this pledge and became the first to use gas shells the impression was thet they had now thrown every consid- | eration of humanity to the winds. Use Becams Coramon. This action by the enemy forced the allies to adopt this weapon them- | selves as a matter of self-protection. From that time on the employment of gas became common to all com- batants. The use of gas in warfare presented an entirely new problem to us, and the organization of a service to handle it demanded immediate attention. The first plan of the War Department pro- vided that the Engineers should de- vise and handle the mechanical fea- tures and the Medical Department the chemical, but this soon proved to be | impractical and it became evident that, as we had maintained at the beginning, a separate service would be necessery. Meanwhile application was made for a complete chemical laboratory to be to France for use mainly in investigation as supplementary to simi- lar work in the States. Considerable information concerning gases and the organization of gas troops had been gathered by my staff, and on August 18 Lieut. Col. Amos A. Fries was designated as chief of the Gas Service. He made some further investigation of the subject in the British and French armies, and as a | result an order issued September 3 es- tablished a department known at that time as the Gas Service. Experiments were at once begun to discover new gases and devise improve- ment in gas masks. To save tonnage and avoid the dangers of explosion in transit, it was decided, after consulta- tion with the allied services, to request the shipment from the States of the basic elements and manufacture the chemical products in France. After thorough tests of different types of gas masks we adopted the box respirator used by the British, and a preliminary purchase of 100,000 was made to meet immediate demands for training. ‘With the development of trench weapons and special tactical methods of defense, never had the offensive been more costly in human life than in this war. The ingenuity of the allies was put to the test to devise new en- gines of war that would make the at- tack possible without excessive losses. Accepted Allied Experience. ‘While the tank, which was simply an armored caterpillar traction motor ca: was favored by many officers as an aid to advancing infentry, this opinion was by no means unanimous. Our investi- gations, however, led to the conclusion that we should accept allied experience and also adopt the tank as a weapon. Both the French (light) Renault, weighing 6 tons, and the British (heavy) Mark VI tanks of 30 tons, ap- peared useful according to circum- stances, and it was estimated that we should have at least 1,200 of the former and 600 of the latter. Negotiations for their procurement were begun with the respective gov- ernments, and it was found that th French wanted us to manufacture 2,000 Renaults for them. As there was little or no prospect of our obtaining tanks abroad, their manufacture at home wes recommended and full deteils of re- quirements were accordingly cabled to Washington. Tomorrow: Pershing celebrates fifty- seventh birthday, but notes little Prcx- ress in getting our Army assembled. (Copyright, 1931, in all countries by the North American Newspaper _Alliance. rights reserved. including the Scandinevian. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited.) BRIDGE PARTY PLANNED Optimists Club Event Will Climax Month ef Activity. A bridge party, to be given at Ken- wood Country Club Thursday will cli- max a month of activity for the Opti- mists Club of Washington. ‘The club has organized a Junior Op- timists Club, under direction of Harry lice ‘The organization meets in the Boys’ Club of Washington club- house at Third and C streets. Both Senior and Junior Clubs are | represen! the Boys’ Club Ball mu ,mlnd e'.hc gnh)r Club has voted to purchase playing uniforms for both organizations, 19 PART ON AMBULANCE BILL MEETS SETBACK Protest Raised at Failure of Congress to Give Air Field Machines. An unexpected set-back in the pro- gram of modern ambulances for Army air flelds has just been encountered in the House of Representatives, with the recent passing of the War Depart- ment supply bill and its complete omission of funds to carry on the mod- ernization of ambulances at more than & ddzen air fields. The latest report from Surg. Gen. Ireland shows an in- crease in the number of deaths in Army aviation from 35 of last year to 51 deaths for 1930. Program Begun in 1929. The program to obtain modern and sanitary vehicles to replace the old wartime artillery ambulances now in use at many of the Army posts was inaugurated in 1929 with one experi- mental model that was tried out at Brooks Field. It was then decided to commence a program that should carry on this im t work each year of some 20 am| ces that would be sub- stituted annually for the open type, which had been harshly criticized by the surgeons and many visitors to the air fields. According to Representative Roy G. Fitzgerald of Ohio, aviators are ex- pected to serve for 30 years before they can hope to retire from the service. “If the expectancy is such, with the resent hazards,” he stated yesterday, “that a man must be dead some three and a half times before he can retire, by the ordinary nature of things in aviation, I feel that we should do all we can to try to preserve the lives of these brave lads, and that this help should not be grudgingly withheld, whether for ambulances or any other alds. to life saving on the air felds.” Following the original model, some 10 of the new type ambulances were obtained and sent out to a number of the more important air flelds and Army general hospitals, including Kelly Field in' Texas, March Field in_ Cali- fornia, etc. Thirty new ambulances were provided for by Congress last year, under the 1931 appropriation, which were to cost “not more than $3,500,” but because of the fact that only 20 had actually been asked for by the War Department only this smaller number were permitted, by some ruling of the Quartermaster General, and thus 10 vehicles were lost to the service. Strong Protest Is Made. o Apparently the Bureau of the Budget washed out this whole program when the present estimates for 1932 and 1933 came up before them in the War De- partment appropriation bill recently. A strong letter of protest against this omission of funds for ambulances was sent up to Adjutant General Bridges, early in January, after it was learned that no more .new machines would be avallable in the next two years. But it was then too late, and in any case, members of the War Department are not permitted to discuss such matters with Congress after the Budget has ruled against them. All told, about 16 Army flying fields are now badly cared for in this essen- tial respect, as the old-time vehicles are not merely relics of the World War, and thus 14 years old, but have a slow speed that is considered an unneces- sary menace by the flight surgeons. One of the chief uses of the air field ambulance is to bear the officials and hospital corpsmen to the scene of a crash where wire cutters can be used, if necessary, Lo cut out the pilot or pas- sengers from the plane. In some cases, in fact in many cases, a plane starts to burn as it strikes the ground, and high speed is required to reach the spot in time to save the aviators from a terrible death. A few minutes more or less in getting to an arm or a Cavalryman who has fallen from a horse, may mean discomfort, but not invariably the difference be- tween life and death, as in aviation. Immediate Action Desired, It is for this reason that the Govern- ment officials feel that ambulances ca- pable of a faster speed than is possible to the old Army type, should be pro- vided as rapidly as possible, and have urged this measure for the past 10 years. ‘This past year, when 20 ambulances were delivered to the War Department, under a new contract that permitted great savings because of the recent de- pression and lowered costs generally only two such conveyances out of the entire lot, reached the air stations. This {means that it will not be until some { time in 1933 that new ambulances will be_sent to these great Army air fields Representative Fitzgerald hopes that some action may be taken before Con- gress adjourns. COLLECTOR OF PLANTS TO SPEAK TOMORROW Mrs. Edith Banghart, Fellow of Royal Horticultural Society, Herg on Lecture Tour. Mrs. Edith Banghart of Medina, Wash., distinguished grower and col- lector of Alpine plants, fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, England, and honorary vice president of the Alpine Garden Society of Eng- land, will lecture before the American Horticultural Society and its guests, the 20 garden clubs of the District and nearby Meryland and Virginia, to- morrow at 4:45 p.m. in the auditorium of the Interior Department. Mrs. Banghart comes to Washington after lectures in Boston and Philadel- phia. She brings one of the finest col- leetions of slides ever assembled in this country and speaks with authority, as she not only knows but grows her plants and has been on numerous col- lecting trips in the Rocky Mountains and in Canada. All gardeners who are interested in the growing of Alpine plants in their rock gardens should not fail to attend this unusual lecture to Infantry officer who has broken his' Loses ‘Sheep, Hogs and Dog While on County Jury Duty Madison Farmer Returns Home to Find Stock Killed and Stolen. Sbecial Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va, January 24.— One Madison County man who will certainly endeavor to be excused the next time he is summoned for jury duty s O. L. Hoffman, manager of Rock Hill Farm, for during his ab- sence from the farm on jury duty last week dogs got into his flock of sheep, killing two ewes and an im- ported pure-bred buck, and_thieves stole two large hogs from his hog pen and shot the German police dog which was trying to protect his master’s property. R. L. Thomas and his three sons have been arrested and admitted to bail in the sum of $250 each for a preliminary hearing within a few ONRITTEE BAGKS GONSENT DECREE Chamber of Commerce Group See Utilities Arrangement as Useful to Citizens. A stand in opposition to any attempt to abrogate the present consent decree between the Public Utilities Commission and the Potomac Electric Power Co., which sets up & plan of mutual profit- sharing, was taken by the Public Utili- ties Committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce at a special :ne;nnx in the Homer Building yes- erday, The committes, which was presided over by Harry King, president of the chamber: and chairman of the utilities group, also adopted a resolution approv- ing the bill now pending before Con- gess providing for a merger of the ‘ashington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies. In opposing the propesal to revoke the present schedule of electric power rates and to modify the District Su- preme Court ruling of 1924 establishing a schedule of profit-sharing, the com- mittee . commended the utility in ques- tion because of its record of service to the citizens of Washington. The com- mittee felt, however, that if “‘after pains- taking investigation, the Public Utili- ties Commission feels that further modification of existing rate schedules is possible, it would take such question up with the other party to the consent decree for co-operative consideration in the public interest.” The resolution further stated that “the committee is unalterably opposed to coercive action directly or through the courts which might usher in another 10~ year period of expensive legal combat, such as that whith preceded the adop- tion of the consent decree of 1924, the effect of which would be indefinitely to postpone the rate reductions which the public has been enjoying under the present arrangement.” The recommendations of the commit- tee will be made to the Board of rectors of the chamber at its nex meeting for final action. Built as a memorial to the little daughter of the Bishop of Pretoria, the Jane Furse Memorial Hospital at Sekuk- uniland, Africa, is the only institution A-3 MASONS ARE INVITED TO'LECTURE ON EGYPT Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans Will Speaks on Mysteries of Ancient People Tonight. . Members of the Masonic fraternity and others have been invited to at- tend a lecture this evening by Henry Ridgely Evans, Ph. D, on “The Mys- teries of Ancient Egypt.” The lecture will be given at Theosophic' Hall, 1216 H street, opposite Masonic Temple, at 8 o'clock. There will be no charge for admission. Dr. Evans is noted as a student of psychic; research and Masonic an- tiquities. He is on the staff of the United States commissioner of education and is a_member of the Committee on Educal of Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, F. A. A. M. He is a regular contributor to the New Age and other magazines, as well as the author of “The House of the Sphinx.™ “Cagliostro and His Eyyptian Rite of Freemasonry” and other books on Ma- sonic antiquities and symbolisms. In his lecture this evening, Dr. Evans will explain the inner teachings of the hierophants of the Sphinx and Pyramids and show their influence on Judaism, Christianity and modern Freemasonry. “ SuuNaCE Pine Rust Moves South. White pine blister rust, now vigor ously fought in the New England States, is creeping farther southward each year. Farmers are being advised to destroy currant and gooseberry bushes, host FRANKLIN The Aeroplane of the Road CALLAN MOTORS, Inc. Sales—Service 1529 M St. No. 2604 EDISON STEWART WARNER RADIO SETS Sold on Easy Terms Your Old Set in Trade There are mnone Better and Few as Good. GIBSON’S 917 G St. N.W. 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