Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1932, Page 5

THE EVELING WS STAR, ax A5 ERNET WANTS 4 EASTERN RAILWAYS President of C. & 0. Supports | Plan of Willard and Atterbury. Consolidation of Eastern railroads | into four systems was urged today by | the president of the Chesapeake & Ohio one of the roads around which the pro- | posed merger would center. J. J. Bernet, the witness, was the third president of leading Eastern road: to urge this action instead of the five- | system plan advocated by the Inter- ! state Commerce Commission | Ask Only Four Lines. | Bernet described the five-system plan a3 impracticable and said the four New | England gateway lines should be as- | signed to the Eastern systems instead of New England He followed Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio, and W. W. At- terbury, president of the Pennsylvania as & witness at hearings before Chair- man Porter of the comm ion These roads, together with the New Deny Killing 8 York Central, have asked the commis- sion to change its 1929 consolidation | plan to provide only four systems. They | would be the key lines | Brnet said a four-system plan would make for efficiency and better public service, Changes Proposed. “The principal changes in the com- mission’s plan proposed by the appli- cants” he said, “are the elimination from the plan of the Wabash-Seaboard System and the reallocation of the car- riers composing that system, the trans- fer of the four so-called ‘Hudson River Bridge Lines' from New England sys- tems to the proposed four systems, the transfer of one carrier (the Chicago & Eastern Illinois) from a Northwestern system to an Eastern system and changes in the allocation of certain carriers as between the four proposed systems in Eastern territory.” Bernet said the commission’s plan in- cluded in the Wabash-Seaboard the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton and the Chesapeake & Ohio of Indiana as con- | nections between the Norfolk & West- | ern and the Wabash. This would de- prive the Chesapeake & Ohio of its Chi- cago line, he added, leaving it with a line ending at Cincinnati without any eonnection beyond. Fears Shift in Program. Defending the four-system consoli- @ation plan, W. W. Atterbury, presi-| dent of the Pennsylvania Rallroad, yes- | terday declared at the hearing that | any change in the alignment now pro- posed by the carriers would entail re- | opening of negotiations that would en- danger the work of eight yea | Atterbury said the railroads’ scheme | was the result of numerous concession. by all parties. The five-system East- | ern set-up suggested by the commission, for which the railroads’ plan is a sub- stitute, is lacking in ~possibility of | pr‘odper financial stability} Mr. Allflbur)" 8a ‘Taking up the question of the Dela ware & Hudson Railroad, a “bridge” Mne to the New England gateway, At- terbury ued against independent ownership by any one. He asserted that joint control by all four systems— Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central and Chesapeake & Ohio— Nickel Plate—was the only insurance | against one party to the plan gaining control of the line. Questioned regarding the disposition | of the various lines leading into New | England, Atterbury denied emphatically | that the Pennsylvania controls the New | Haven Railroad. HOOVER PREFACES BICENTENNIAL BOOK| Foreword by President Praises Volume Issued by George Washington Commission. President Hoover, in a foreword to & booklet issued today by the United | States George Washington Bicenten- nial Commission governing Nation- wide declamatory, essay and oratorical contests, describes celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Pirst President as brin “to our million teachers and 32,000,000 school | children & special incentive to fresh study of the formative period of the Nation.” The preface by the President con- tinues: “So rich and vivid is the rec- ord that the founders live again the epic of laying the foundations of the Republic. Washington as the cen- tral figure kindles our imagination as | darkness, in | ALBERT RAMER D ELLSWORTH . MOWYER. BOYS DENY KILLING EIGHT N LOG CABIN Confession Is Repudiated and Called Hoax by Pair Charged With Murder. By the Associated Press GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, January 8.— Two youths, Ramer, 15, and Albert Elsworth Mowyer, 17, who Tuesday told Sheriff Charles Swanson they| burned & father and his seven children to death in a log cabin near here, Te- pudiated their confession today. The two boys previously had de- scribed in detail how they went to the | log house of James White, 59, during and sct the building afire after fastening the doors and windows. | They sald they were revengeful against White, who had beaten Ramer in a fight, Arraignment to Be Called Off. Shortly before they were scheduled to be arraigned this morning the youths | told the sheriff and Prosecutor Harry M. Miller the entire story was a hoax and denied they had anything to do with cremating White and seven of his eight children | The prosecutor said the boys probabl would not be arraigned today as a re- sult of retracting their confessions. Miller added, however, the charges of first-degree murder had not been with- drawn against the pair. Mowyer and Ramer will be held in Gallia County Jail until the case either is dropped or prosecution is pushed, Sheriffl Swanson said. The youths were brought here last| night from the Boys' Industrial School at Lancaster, where they were serving sentences for automobile theft The boys said they made the fake confessions to gain publicity and to secure their release from the boys' re- formatory. GEORGE AND CO. Extraordinary Purchase and ; of | Famous Maryland the embodiment of the courage, ideal- ism and wisdom h transformed scattered and dependent colonies into & free and independent nation The heritage of dom which w enjoy had its begi g in th it and deeds of Washington. that bright page of our history will quicken our patriotism and deepen our devotion to the land we The booklet, which w tests sponsored all ov by the National Col rected by the variou nial Commissions, will to schools participating in the contest First Fishing Class In U. S. University Opens at Stanford Practice in Fly-Casting Is Prefaced by Talk on Care of Tackle. By the Associated Pr STANFORD UNIVERSITY, January 8.—Equipped with fishermen's outfits, the first fishing class instituted at an American univer began its course of instruction yesterday. Charles M. Sprague, assoct of physical education, prefaced a sho practice in fly-casting with a few re- marks on the care of rods, prese n of the enamel on lines and making of flies, . Sprague told the 10 tyro Izaak Wal- tons that the university would be neutral on the moot question of whether fish Calif complet are color blind. He explained the light | colors in flies are to enable the fisher- man to see his lure in the water and the dark part of the fly is chiefly to fool the fish by its resemblance to live insects evVERFRESH CITRATE or MAGNESIA CLEANSES THE ENTIRE SYSTEM 25 IN CLEAN NEW BOTTLES and Salisbury (3 for $1.85) Actual $1.50 & $1.95 Values here \ 7 [ R \\\ \\ \\ % NI AR Materials and Workmanship never offered at such a price! Fine Broadcloths! End and End Madras! Woven Madras! Al- most endless selection of shades and patterns collar attached and a neckband styles in plain Even those popular nd Buddy Rogers models included. All Sizes—13V} 1o 17 910 7t StNW. ¢ ‘ CIVIC CLUB HEADS GUESTS AT DINNER Will Attend Annual Installa- | tion Banquet of Soroptimist Club Tomorrow Night. With the presidents of many men'’s and women'’s clubs and visiting Sorop- timists as guests of honor, the Soropti- | mist Club of Washington will hold its | ! annual installation banquet tomorrow | night at 7 o'clock at the Carlton Hotel. The principal speaker will be Repre- | sentative Paul John Kvale of Minne- sota and Right Rev. James E. Freeman, | Bishop of Washington, will give the in- | vocation. Miss Grace Goodpasture, re- tiring Soroptimist president, will make |an address of welcome and there will | | be responses from Mrs. Anna Schlorer | Smith of Phliadelphia, first vice presis | dent of the American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs, and Dr. Luther H. | Reichelderfer of the Board of District | | Commissioners. Mrs. Mary Catherine | Lewis, vice president of the Lewis Hotel | Training School, will be toastmistress. Honor Guests. The honor guests will include Miss Pearl Billingham, president of _the Camden, N. J., Soroptimist Club; Mrs. Tola S. Ranck, president of the Phila- delphia Soroptimists; Mrs. Cora Davis, president of the New York Soroptimists and Miss Elizabeth B. Murray, pres dent of the Atlantic City, N. J., Sorop- timists. Others include Harry King, president of the Washington Chamber of Commerce: Mrs. Kvale, Mr. and Mrs. Isea> Gans, S. Percy Thompson, presi- dent of the Rotary Club; Eugene R. Woodson, president of the Kiwanis Club; Miss Elizabeth M. Haney, presi- dent of the Business and Professional Women's Club; Dr. Maurice L. Town- send, president of the Civitan Club; Wililam L. King, president of the Cos- mopolitan Club; Mrs. Willilam Lee Corbin, president of the Women's City Club: Miss Freida Kenyon, president of the Quota Club, and Mrs. Amelia Gude Thomas, president of the Zonta Club. Rodeheaver to Sing. ‘Homer Rodeheaver will be the soloist and will lead the Soroptimists in song. Miss Esther Goodpasture and Miss Mary Bourke, in Colonial costumes, will act as pages. The newly elected officers who are to be installed are: Mrs. Nell R. Hysong, president; Miss Daisey Reed, first vice president; Miss Jewel Downs, second vice president; Mis Emma Buchle, recording secre- tary; Miss Ella C. Werner, correspond- ing secretary, and Mrs. Marie Pierce, | treasurer. Mrs. Ada Jean Bennett heads the Banquet Committee in charge of ar- rangements. She is being assisted by | Miss Mary Bourke, Mrs. Betsy A. Pisher, | Mrs. Marie P. Rogers, Mrs. Eva J.| ‘Turner, Mrs. Laira L. Waters and Miss | Mary G. Whiteman. RARE BOOKS OPENED Topographical Works to Be Avail- able to Students. | ROME _ (NANA).—The British School at Rome has come into the pos- session of a collection of Italian to- | pographical works so unique as to be re- garded as the most important in the world. The collection was formed by the late Dr. Ashby, mostly during his long tenure of directorship of the school. There are many thousands of volumes and & num- ber of the rarest works, all of which will soon become available to the stu- dents | (Copyright. 1932. by the North American | Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Motor cycle delivery is being_intro- | duced into Belgrade, Czechoslovakia. - | BO luxurious Fleeces . ...all V3 off! No | business Adams Seeks Help To Keep Mud Hens From Navy Airport Mud hens are raising havoc with the flying fleld at the Naval Air Station, Seattle, Wash., and Secretary Adams wants Secretary Hyde to do something about it. Rear Admiral William A. Mof- fett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, explained that $5,000 has been spent for grass seed on the landing fleld. The mud hens eat up the grass, and the field is “considerably dam- aged.” The naval airport is on a State game preserve, so now the Navy wants Secretary Hyde to secure & walver so that the pesky mud hens can be shot. HYATTSVILLE LEGION ASSAILS MAPES BIL Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, January 8.— Opposition to the Mapes bill on the grounds that under its Maryland people employed or having in the District of Columbia would have to pay an income tax both | to the Federal Government and the District was voiced by Snyder-Farmer Post, No. 3, American Legion, at its propriation last year by increased tax- provisions | COTTRELL SCORES MAPES TAX BILLS Proposed Measures Opposed by Board of Trade Because } of Intent, He Says. | A | The only reason for pending bills | tmposing increased tax burdens upon | the voteless people of the District was | ascribed by Robert J. Cottrell, execu- | tive secretary of the Washington Board | of Trade, in a radio address over Sta- tion WMAL last night, as the desire on | the part of Congress to reduce still | further the proportion of the Federal | contribution toward the upkeep of the National Capital. Discussing the whole subject of fiscal relations, Cottrell de- lared it was primarily for this reason that the Board of Trade has enlisted |in the fight against District revenue measures embodied in the Mapes re- pors. Declaring that Congress had pursued its policy of reducing the amount of the Federal share of appropriations in the face of increased expenditures to make Washington the most beautiful capital in the world, Cottrell asserted it s now proposed to fix the amount at $6,000,000 and make up the $3,000,000 difference in the $9,000,000 Federal ap- bi-monthly meeting A committee comprising Comdr. Wil- | ation. He said: Explains Board’s Stand. liam T. Luman, Orion R. Butler and Caesar L. Alello was named to draft a resolution of protest against the bill | “Now in opposing The Mapes bill and and present it to the Maryland con- | the gas tax and income tax, the Board gressional delegation of Trade and the civic organizations Vice Comdr. Kenneth A. McRae re- |are opposing these bills for additional | ported that plans for the post’s an- | taxation not because they dislike an nual Memorial day exercises were pro- | income tax or a gas tax, for we have gressing satisfaetorily | not determined one way or the other, Ernest Gilinas of College Park was |but for this reason: These bills have admitted to membership. been introduced for the purpose of rais- A. Kahn Jne. Arthur J. Sundlun, President 39 Years at 935 F St. The Debutante Sterling Silver The quaintness of early Colonial Silver, enhanced by the beauty of modern design, gives Debutante Silverware its lasting worth. The un- usual low pri of silver definitely suggest that you enjov these splendid of- ferings. Teaspoons Hal Dozen 87 i Dessert Spoons Hall Dozen $17 Dessert Knives Hal! Dozen $19 Dessert Forks Half Dozen $18.50 Butter Spreaders Hal? Dozen $12 s Salad Forks Hal! Dozen $13 Coffee Spoons Half Dozen $5.50 Oyster Forks Half Dozen $8.50 Ko avhemalinic ey CLOSE-OUT SALE! ND’S entire stock this season’s brand new OVERCOATS *13.34 for all our *20 coats *'16.67 for all our *25 coats *20.00 for all our *30 coats *23.34 for all our *35 coats These are overcoats you've seen here thic season at their regular prices, in our regular stocks. Rich Bouclés sturdy Meltons . ., .. distinguished Chesterfields . . . burly Ulsters “special purchase” of inferior goods, no picked- over “odds and ends”, no antique models — and no fictitious price- comparison. Original price tag on every overcoat. Use Ten Payment Service it costs nothing extra! ing additional revenue, not, however, to give th> District of Columbia more money to spend, but to enable the Fed- eral Government to cut down its own contribution. So the practical effect of thelr use is not so much for the purpose of creating in ideal tax system, but by creating an opportunity to again shift the burden of the development of the great National Capital onto the backs of the people of the District.” ‘The whole problem involved in these fiscal relations is a highly technical one. Cottrell pointed out. It rests, he said, on one simple factor, whether or not the Federal Government intends to as- sume its full share in the upkeep and development of the municipality. “Any one can realize that it is im- possible for a community of 500,000 people to carry on the development of the National Capital in a manner de- sired by the 120,000,000 of the country, nn]d that the Federal Government must help.” Scores Lack of Ballot. Cottrell declared it must be borne in mind that when the burden of the peo- ple of Washington is discussed, they | have a peculiar situation to face. “We do not elect our city officials,” he added, “nor do we have a voice in our local governmental affairs, nor do we have a voice even in national poli- tics; nor do we have a voice as to how and when the millions of dollars which we pay in taxation to the municipality should be expended. “Our job is simply to pay,” he said. “In paying we purchase Government | improvements and developments on & scale far more pretentious than other cities by reason of the fact that every- thing has to be in keeping with the grandeur of the development of the Federal city. Many people are under the impres- | sion that special privileges of some sort | are meted out to those who live in | Washington, he said, whereas the sit- | uation is just the opposite | “We pay not only local taxes but Federal taxes,” he said, explaining that the people of the District, in addition to their municipal taxes, paid out to the Federal Treasury taxes just slightly under the total contribution of 10 States.” | noon are: ‘The bill to increase the gen- | eral powers of the Commissioners, te | enable the assessor to testify in con- demnation proceedings, to authorize establishment of credit unions in Wash- ington and a bill to protect trade marks or labels of unions and associations of Committee, Meeting Today, Will Take Up Other Mat- employes. 4 CONDEMN ters First. CITIZENS MAPES TAX BILLS Burroughs Auoci‘ Also At- tacks Budget Buw:. . for Slash- ing Proposed School Building. The Senate District Committee its meeting scheduled for this nner-‘ noon may discuss procedure to be . . followed in considering the Mapes bills| The Burroughs Citizens’ Association m taxation and® fiscal relations, but |adopted last night a resolution putting the committee is not likely to go into | ization on recor unani- the detailed provisions of the measures | :::u;i;“:;puéspd to .uec&: \\’4“.94? i at this meeting. | bills. “The action was taken at a meet- First Set for Tomorrow. ing in the John Burroughs School, Eighteenth and Monroe streets north- The committee meeting, originally east scheduled for tomorrow morning, was| The associati changed when it was found a number | tfon recommes t an item: for of members could not attend tomorrow. | purchase of a s:hool site at Twe One of the things Chairman Capper |fourth and Randolph streets northe: wants to talk over with his colleagues | be reimserted in the 1932 budget. Pur- is the suggestion that the Mapes bills | chase of the site, it was pointed out, be referred to the Bureau of Efficiency | was recommended by the Board of for study and report | Education and the District Commis- There are four Mapes bills, seeking | sioners, but was stricken from the bud- 1 aiso adopted & resolu- | to add a total of approximately $4,000,- | get by the Budget Bureau. 000 to the District’s tax burden by | The resolution also urged an appro- enacting a local estate tax, a local in- | priation for erection of a four-room come tax, a tax on automobiles by | elementary school building on the site, weight and an increase from Z to 4 |or in lieu of that, a four-room addition cents a gallon in the gas tax. There |to the Burroughs School. is also the Mapes bill to repeal the In introducing the resolutions, K. P. provision of 1922, which made the 60-40 | Armstrong, chairman of the organi- ratio of expense between the District | zation's School Committee, criticized Vand Federal Governments substflnli\'e‘tne Budget Bureau for ‘“arbitrarily law. | killing a recommendation of the Dis- | trict authorities, who are better ac- Ratio Never Repealed. | t authorl ve | Ouainted with the District's needs than Although annual lump_sumy have | Sutinted with the Distr been substituted for the Government's | 40 per cent from year to year, the sub- stantive law has never been repealed. 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