Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1931, Page 22

i THE EVENING LAR, _B6 . e IL MANAGEMENT *LATEDFORPROE I. C. C. to Investigate Costs of Coal and Car Spotting in Ruling on Rate Plea. By the Associated Press. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion will investigate certain manage- ~ment practices of American railroads before ruling on their applications for & 15 per cent increase in freight rates. The investigation was announced late yesterday. It will deal with prices paid for fuel and practices in connection with the handling of coal at tidewater points, Lake coal, private.freight cars, the spotting of cars at industries and the construction and maintenance of sidings for shippers. ‘ommissioners Eastman, McManamy and Lee will preside at hearings to be held at times and places to be an- nounced later. ‘The action was taken on the commis- sion’s own motion. All railroads oper- ating in interstaté commerce are to be notified. ' ‘The commission said it desired” full and complete information on the sub- Ject to determine whether the practices are ful and consistent with eco- nomical and ent management.” g . GRAF TO MAKE FIRST FLIGHT TO LONDON = Dirigible to Make Trip Thursday, | P. Garland Ligon, also . Victoris - and. Yencouser, British Columbia. They will return to Wash- ington by way of the Canadian Rockies about the middle of August. Mrs. R. M. Leeds of New York City is again in Washington for a few days, staying at Wardman Park Hotel. SOCIETY ' (Continued Prom Fourth Page.) Miss Alma Mizell, Miss D. Gertrude , Miss'Sara P. Grogan, Miss Meda Mrs. Patrick Gallagher, . Bassett, Miss Elva Mc- A. Needham and | in Ni she, is staying §t the AmT&x Hotel. James YH. “Trewirk: of* Cedar jied. by Mrs. M. Miss Nancy L. Mumm | Rapids, Iowa, accom) Miss Grace Pardoe, who makes her, ton by motor yesterday and are a home with her nephew, Mr. Hiles Par- " Warafian Park Hotel while in this city. po California, accompanied by her niece Miss Erva Pardoe, daughter of Mr. and | FAR A Mrs. Hiles Pardoe. They started Friday, _M WAGES HIT LOW Yon of the Colorado. They will return FOR 15:YEAR PE_R'[OD by way of the Canadian Rockies. aris _ ¥ : other daughter, Miss Margaret Pardoe, are spending the month of July in| . Demand Falls Off, Says Ag- Mrs. Foxwell. ricnlturd Report. Mrs. Mortimer O. Stabler was hostess ” Theodore Stickney, arri doe, on Forty-third street, has gone to L 5 and today are Visiting the Grand Can- | Mr. and Mrs. Hiles Pardoe and thelf | gupnly of Workers Shows Rise as Leonardtown with Mrs. Pardoe’s mother, Priday at a bridge luncheon in her at-.!lowest level in the last 15 years, it was tractive home, Drayton, once the home |said yesterday by the Department of | of Mr. Stabler's grandparents, on the | Agriculture. Manorin Sandy Spring. Mrs. Stabler'’s | The index Was 123 per cent vflrfiu. guest of honor was Mrs. H. Janney war, as compared with 127 on April 1, Nichols of Westfield. N. J.. daughter of | 160 & year ago and 112 in 1916. Representative Ayres of Kansas. smlli The supply of workers on July 1 was tables were placed in the old dining | 111.1 per cent of normal, as compared and sitting rooms, and quantities of | Summer flowers from Drayton urdem‘ ‘William - John Thomas, ‘Thomes, Mrs. Charles E. Bond, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Maurice J. Stabler, Mrs. | Mrs. A. Douglas Farquhar, Mrs. Harwood Owings, Mrs. Thomas Hyde, 4th: Mrs. Harold Louns- | | bury, Mrs. Howard Ramey, Mrs. Wil- liam W. Moore, Mrs. Austin LeMar, Mrs. Willam Gilpin, Mrs. Charles Mrs. Herbert Stabler of . Mrs. William Dinwiddie, Mrs. G. Rust Canby. Mrs. William Jar- mand and Mrs. Willlam Trice of Vir-| ginia, Miss Claire Hutton, Miss Anne | Guaranteed, Against’ Discoloratiop Farm wages on July 1 were.at tht" ‘ Mrs. M, H. H11.I€ In New.¥ork, where |- n Washing- | | | to 99 per cent a . The demand for farm w,y:.u.r '—‘:S','a T cent l;t ;l;:r:m, in contrast to u.r.n July 1, — s Co-operative societies in England are reducing wages to employes. , “Dine Under the Stars” A" cool ' summer® eating place. Try our Special 75¢ Din- Sale of e e = : a $7.50 Hy-Bridge ngraved Frames Extra Special $3.50 WASHINGION, / D, C, LU DAY, JULY Phone Orders —Call MARION GAGE —NAtional 5220 ® 14, Direct Entrances From K and 7th Miller, Miss Mary Miller Stabler. Miss Returning to Base at Miss Eliza Canby 6 A M. Saturday. Latest style. beautifully engraved frames, fitted with comfortable pads that do not cut or slip. Permanently guaranteed against any discoloration or tarnish. s EYES EXAMINED FREE Two Registered Optometrists in Attendance Dr. Kanstoroom in Charge Goldenberk's-—Optical Dept., Main Floor. Use Your Charse Account | vy Reading Nichols. Mrs. | Hugh Galloway. Mrs. Willam Gilpin ' Miss Claire Hutton and Miss Anne T | Miller received the prizes FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, July | _ Miss Katherine Edwards flew from | 14.—The Graf Zeppelin, glant German Pittsburgh Saturday for luncheon at dirigible, will make its first flight to | the National Woman's Country Club, | London and its first landing on Eng- | landing on the open field on the club lish soil Thursday, it was announced | yesterday. | The Graf is expected to land at Han- worth Airdrome at 6 p.m. Thursday, etop and hour and then begin a 24-hour | sightseeing flight over England. The return to Friedrichshafen is expected to be made by 6 am. Saturday. | Preparations for the Gral’s Arctic flight, which is scheduled for July 24, | are in full swing. Photographic instru- ments have been built into the dirigible, and yesterday an arrangement was added for releasing a balloon to take | measurements in_the stratosphere. Prof. Ludwig Weickmann of Leipsic | and Paul Waltchanon of Russis will participate in the trip to England to | try out their instruments in preparation | for the Arctic flight. | TOLLEY WINS $2,500 SUIT | AGAINST CHOCOLATE CO. Manufacturers Agree to Pay Golf Star Damage for Libel in Use of Name. TLONDON, July 14 (#).—Cyril Tolley, British amateur golfer, ha< obtained £2,500 famages and costs against & firm of chocolate manufacturers for alleged libel in connection with the use of his name in_an advertisement. Lord Chief Justice Hewart, in Law “Courts today, approved that amount, which the chocolate firm agreed to pay Tolley. | The golfer won a verdiot of $5.000 in an action in July, 1929. but this verdict was upset in the Court of Appeals a few months iater. Tolley took the case | to the House of Lords, which reversed | the appeal court judgment and ordered a mew trial. This trial was avoided by | the chocolate firm agreeing to pay the damages announced today. | Children, First of 125 to Go. The annual beach camp of the Vol- unteers of America was cpened at Chesapeake Beach today, when 25 chil- | dren were taken to the resort for a | month's stay. One hundred more youngsters will g0 to the camp July 22.” As each child enters the camp he is weighed. o that a second weighing on his return home will indicate the health improvement afforded by the holiday. Transporta- | tion to the camp is being provided | through the courtesy of J. M. Rector. vice president of the Chesapeake Beach Railway. | 55th Anniverv‘sary |@nd_Massachusetts _delegates. _visiting estate in the rear of the club house. She was accompanied by two friends. the trio returning to Pittsburgh that afternoon. Wardman Park Hotel during their stay in the Capital Miss Mary T. Fitzgerald and Miss E. Farrington left Washington Friday to attend the convention of the International Federation of Notre Dame | Alumnae at Belmont, Calif, to which both are delegates. The convention will open Saturday. En route they will visit many points of interest and after the close of the convention July 22 they will tour the Weat Coast with the Ohfo COPLEY COURTS 1514 17th Street Northwest One to three room apartments—all with outside kitchens and ‘“aths— soundproof walls—large closets jn each room—refrigeration—twenty- four-hour secretarial telephone and =levator service. 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