Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1935, Page 19

TAPPING OF WIRES RELATED AT TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY Two Revenue Bureau Offi- cials and Tax Consult- ant Face Charges. GUARDED TELEPHONE TALKS ARE REVEALED Efforts of Defendants to Secure Various Large Accounts Pre- sented in Evidence. Evidence of guarded telephone con- versations and meetings in the Carlton Hotel, obtained by Government agents over tapped wires, was presented today in District Supreme Court, where two Internal Revenue Bureau officials and a New York tax consultant are on trial for conspiracy to defraud the Govern- ment. The trial was resumed today after a recess of several days. he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C,- MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1935. Daughter of Fleming Elope With Y oung New Y ork Banker | ington high school girl, hurled 42 feet HIGH SCHOOLGIRL W'CARL ENABLES| [ two Figures in Jait Shooting KILLED BY AUTO; |TRAFFIC" SURVEY 1S 08TH VICTIM WITH W. P. A. FUND [Young Student Hurled to|New Moves Are Planned to Death When Struck by Motor. TWO SERIOUSLY HURT Lieut. George R. Grunert, Army Polo Star, Injured in Collision at College Park. Traffic deaths to De: Same period, 1934 ‘The death of a 16-year-old Wash- | when struck by an automobile on Wis- | consin avenue last evening, brought | IN OTHER ACCIDENTS| GRANTS AID OF $106,164 | to 108. She was the seventh person the District’s traffic toll for the year | | received word that Controller General Cut Down Accident and Death Toll. WORKS PROGRESS UNIT First Large Project Approved for White Collar Workers on Relief List. An intensive survey of traffic condi~ tions throughout the District to pro- duce data on which traffic control measures may be based in new moves to cut down the accident and death toll, will be launched soon by the Traffic Department with the aid of a $106,164 grant from the Works Prog- ress Administration. Commissioner George E. Allen today ¥ ‘Thomas Alton, guard in the Annapolis Jall, is shown holding the gun which Frank Stevenson (inset), a prisoner, snatched when it was Society and General PAGE B—1 $000 SLAH INNET GAS RATE SEEN THIS WEEK Commission Expected to Render Early Decision on Sliding Scales. CHANGES IN PROPOSAL INDICATED AT HEARING Average Domestic Use Would Receive Smallest Advan- tages Under Plan. A decision on the proposed adop- tion of the sliding scale plan for an= nual correction of rates of the Washe ington & Georgetown Gas Light Cos. and an immediate net rate reduction of $305,000 probably will be announced by the Public Utilities Commission be« fore the end of this week. Public hearings on proposals were concluded at noon today, and the com« mission announced it would render & Efforts by the tax consultant, Frank | B. McElhill, and his partner, Richard | :ilx:dd:‘;smmc here during the past J. Callaghan, to secure various large | 5 i | Pive-year-old Willlan Cain of 911 I tax accounts, including that of the b e e i A TPt decision “with all reasonable dispatch.” From the trend of debate at the hears ings it has been indicated the come mission will ask the company to make dropped during a scuffle in the jail and used to shoot Mrs. Sally Picard, | McCarl and President Roosevelt had another prisoner, and then fatally wounded himself. —A. P. Wirephotos. Beeieendebbmsddutes bt i ilioir s | approved allotment of that sum for | the employment of some 200 persons now on the relief list for making the Bankers’ Trust Co. of New York, also were related. Refers to “They.” John Saxon, jr. special agent of the Internal Revenue Bureau's intel- ligence division, said MCcElhill told Callaghan over the telephone that “they” had suggested an attempt to get the trust company’s account. ‘There was no further identification of who “they” were. MCcElhill is charged with conspiring | with John W. Hardgrove, former asso- ciate chief conferee of the Internal Revenue Bureau, and Henning R. Nel- son, former auditor at the bureau, to solicit $10,000 from Thomas N. Mc- Carter, New Jersey utilities magnate, for securing an exemption for him in his income-tax payment. McCarter reported the alleged so- licitation to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, who set special agents to work to trap the alleged conspirators. Seven “wire technicians,” who tap- ped telephone conversations by the defendants during last August, testi- fied this morning. For the most part the conversations seemed unrelated. Tells of Conversation, Fred C. Pond, one of the wire tap- pers, told of a conversation August 21 participated in by all three defend- ants while McElhill was stopping at the Carlton. He said Hardgrove called the hotel, and Nelson, who was in MCcElhill’s room, answered. Hardgrove ‘was-invited to join them,-but said he had indigestion and would see them later. The next day McElhill called his partner, Callaghan, who was in New York, S8axca testified. “How did you make out with Mc- Carter?” Callaghan was quoted as asking. “All right,” Saxon said McElhill replied. “They are writing up the re- port today. I'm waiting for the fel- low now.” The next day, Saxon said, Callaghan again inquired: “That's all finished, isa't it?” “Yeah. That's all over,” he said MCcElhill replied. SAFETY CONFERENCE CALLED BY ROPER National Accident Prevention Parley Will Be Held in Wash- ington December 18. Governors of all the States and na- tionally prominent publishers and heads of press associations were in- vited today by Secretary of Commerce Roper to particpate in the national accident prevention conference to be held at the Commerce Department December 18. ‘The purpose of the conference, Sec- retary Reper said, will be to effect a better co-ordination of accident pre- vention activities of national State and local agencies. He promised the Federal Government “will do all it can in an advisory way” to support the local highway and home safety programs, Such organizations as the American Red Cross, the American Automobile Association, the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, the National Assqciation of Credit Men, the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Disabled American Veterans, the National As- sociation of Insurance Agents, the National Highway Users Conference and the Automobile Manufacturers Association have arranged to send delegates to the conference. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, president of the American Red Cross, will open the meeting and will turn over the gavel to Senator A. Harry Moore of New Jersey, chairman of the general safety group created by President Roosevelt recently. Secretary Roper said that he wants the newspaper leaders present for a consideration of means of proceeding with educational activities, M’CARL ALLOWS $8,329 FOR D. C. GUARD HISTORY Research to Go Back to 1802 and Cover All Wars Since-—Armory Site Study Permitted. Controller General McCarl today countersigned $8320 in W. P. A. funds to prepare a register and his- tory of the District National Guard. Some of the funds may be used also in studying a site for s new Na- tional Guard armory. The historical research would ex- tend back to 1802 and bring the Na- tional Guard history to date. Records will cover all the wars in which Dis- trict Guardsmen have participated since the War of 1812, through the ‘World War: A register of the unit and officers of the National Guard will be pre- pared with available funds covering the period since the close of the World ‘War. MRS. WILLIAM ‘Who before her marriage Saturday wa: of Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Fleming. ‘The former Alice Marie Fleming, daughter of Robert V. Fleming, presi- | dent of Riggs National Bank and head | of the American Bankers’ Association, today after her elopement Saturday | with William S. Renchard of Trenton, | N J. The bridegroom, meanwhile, had returned to his post with the | Chemical Bank & Trust Co. of New York. News of the couple’s marriage in Elkton, Md., came as a surprise to| relatives and friends. The bride’s par- ents appeared pleased, however. ML} and Mrs. Renchard came to Washing- | ton yesterday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Fleming at their home, 2206 Wyoming | avenue. The bride plans to leave her par- ents’ home soon for New York, where she and her husband will reside. BABCOCK 10 LEAVE CHIGAGO HOSPITAL Various Stories Reach Capi- tal on Hurts of A. F. G. E. Head. E. Claude Babcock, 3301 Military road, president of the American Fed- eration of Government Employes, to- day was expected to leave Columbus Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where he was taken yesterday under circum- stances that were variously described in accounts reaching here. A message from the Associated Press quoted a police report to the effect that Babeock had been picked up in the street badly beaten about head and face. This was de- nied by Cecil E. Custer, treasurer of the federa- tion, who was reached in Chi- cago and said Babcock col- lapsed on the street while in company with rel- atives, with whom he had dined. Custer amplified that Babcock had been ill before leaving here Sat- urday and that this, coupled with re- currence of an old war ailment, was responsible, according to his advices. Later today federation headquarters issued a statement based on a conver- sation which C. H. Whitsey, executive assistant to Babcock, was said to have had with the hospital and in which it was asserted the federation head had been assaulted and robbed. “According to the house physician at Columbus Memorial Hospital, to which Mr. Babcock was taken after he was found unconscious, he suffered a bruised left eye, a broken nose and the loss of a tooth,” the statement ex- plained. “He was attacked from be- hind, it was said, with some heavy instrument, and robbed of $65. Pre- sumably robbery was the motive for the attack. His glasses were smashed.” Babcock and Custer were in Chi- cago for a meeting today with repre- sentatives of State, county and mu- nicipal employes, who are planning to organize under the A. F. G. E. Bab- cock will be able to participate in the sessions, it was added. ROWLAND IS NAMED HOUSING HEAD HERE Appointment of Henry Rowland of New York City as director of its hous- ing activities for the District was an- nounced today by the Federal Housing Administration. He succeeds Henry H. Dearing, who was made assistant F. H. A field director. Rowland, who has been with the F. H. A. since early this year, formerly served in executive capacities with a number of New York financial and industrial firms. He is a graduate of Lawrenceville School and Yale Uni- wversity. Dearing had served as F. H. A. di- rector locally since May. As the as- sistant field director, he succeeds Leigh R. Gignilliat of Chicago, who recently was named fleld director. b E. Claude Babcock. S. RENCHARD, s Miss Alice Marie Fleming, daughter ~—Hessler-Henderson Photo. Mrs. Renchard, who is known among her friends as “Dolly,” is prominent in the younger social cir- cle here. She was graduated in 1933 specialized in art and the history of | painting and sculpture. She made her | debut in 1933 and has since been | active in the Junior League. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Renchard of Tren- ton. His father, now retired, formerly | represented the New York Life Insur- ance Co. in New Jersey. Young Renchard was graduated from Prince- ton University in 1928. At present he is in his bank’s divi- sion of territorial relations and has charge of the correspondent relations of the institution with banks in | Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and | the District. Killed by Auto MARY ELEANOR LEE. SLAIN GUNMAN SUSPECTED HERE Edward A. Dee, Killed in Phila- delphia, Was Quizzed in Bank Hold-Up. Police were informed today that a gunman shot to death in a hold-up attempt on an armored car in Phila- delphia Saturday night was one of . three snspects in the $25,000 rob- bery of the Wood~ ridge - Langdon Savings & Com- mercial Bank at 2027 Rhode Is- land avenue Oc- tober 12, 1932. Edward A. Dee, the slain bandit, was arrested Edward A. Dee. o "a not be identified by bank employes. He was said to have virtually admitted the robbery later. i | 7 EE | dence Hospital shortly before noon to- | day after he was hit by a street car at | Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street | southeast. Physicians said the child’s | condition was serious and gave treat- ment for a possible fracture of the | skull, | Two other persons, one of them an | Army polo star, were seriously injured | 1n crashes yesterday in nearby Mary- land and Virginia. Another Wash- ingtog high school girl also was a traffic victim, but 1s not thought to be in a serious condition. Mary Eleanor Lee, a second-year | student at the Sacred Heart Academy, | was Kkilled just before 6 p.m., when struck by an automobile said to have been driven by Albert Katz Weinberg, was back in the home of her parents | from Holton Arms School, where she | 36, of Baltimore, at Wisconsin avenue | and Albemarle street. She was cross- | ing from the curb to a street car loading zone when struck. Weinberg Freed on Bond. She was taken to Georgetown Hos- pital where an oxygen tent was used in a fruitless effort to save her life. She had a fractured skull, fractured | arm and serious internal injuries and died within an hour. Weinberg was released in $2,000 bond pending an inquest at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at the District Morgue. Miss Lee had been living with her | guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Edward A.| Dacey, at 4228 Military road. They had moved |there just a month ago from 1508 Spring place, where the child had lived with them for 11 years. |Miss Lee was | born in 1919 in Herndon, Va., the daughter of Rob- ert and Maiy Lee. Her mother died when she ; was 4 vears old. Her father, re- | married, is a painter and lives at 2115 1 street. Dacey is chief draftsman of the Bureau of Reclamation. The girl had planned to go to Trinity College when she was grad- uated from Sacred Heart Academy. Lieut. Grunert. polo player at Fort Myer, Va., where he is on duty with the 3d Cavalry, was seriously injured late last night in a collision at College Park, Md. He is a son of Col. George Grunert, on duty at the Army War College. Skull Fractured. Lieut. Grunert is in Walter Reed | Hospital, where it was reported after | preliminary examination that his skull is fractured. He was unconscious when taken to the hospital, but had partially regained consciousness this morning. The Cain child was on his way downtown to see Santa Claus in one of the department stores when the ac- cident occurred. His father, John C. Cain, a Navy Yard employe, said he was holding the boy’s hand as the lat- ter skipped along a pace or so ahead. The elder Cain said he did not hear Lieut. George R. Grunert, 27, star | | traffic survey. | general fund as he sees fit in making | for relief in the District. The grant goes into the general fund made available to Allen for this and all other projects under the W. P. A, and he may draw upon the | the survey. Will Rival 1925 Survey. Incidentally, this is the first large broject for white collar workers on the relief list which has been ap- | proved since Allen found it necessary | to halt work relief programs which had been financed out of Federal grants Such pro- grams were abandoned last month when it was announced the Federal dole would end with the November grant, | ‘The survey planned by the Traffic FALURETO BAN SALOONS CHARGED Lack of Protection to Dry States Laid to Roosevelt at Rally. President Roosevelt was denounced“ for failure to protect dry States and | | to prevent the return of the saloon |lin B. Steventon, awaiting sentence for as pledged in the last Democrat®: plat- | PRISONER DEAD IN JAIL SHOOTING Self-Wounding Fatal as Woman Is Freed After Turn- ing State Witness. Be the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, December 9. —Frank- a larceny conviction, died today of a “some” change in the framework of the proposed sliding scale and in the allocation of the proposed rate cut. The hearing was concluded after company officials this morning introe duced data on the expected sffec8 on its business of the sliding scale and an analysis of the effect on different classes of customers of the proposed new rate schedules. See Sales Boost Lost. Company officials estimated their total sales of gas would have been increased nearly 10 per cent on next June 30 had the reduced rates pro= posed under the pending sliding scale plan been in effect for the year ending with that date. Evidence to this effect was submit« Department will be the most exten- |form, as the United Dry Forces yes- | head wound, self-inflicted after he |téd to the commission as hearings sive ever conducted by that agency |terday ended an eight-day campaign| had sought vengence in the Anne | and will rival in scope one made in |for the return of prohibition to the Arundel County Jail on the woman 1925 by an engineering firm, pri- marily devoted to street car transpor- tation. M. O. Eldridge, assistant traffic di- rector, explained today his office hopes | to gather information which would be | of great value in planning control of | traffic by lights, determining the causes of accidents and the compiling of records of drivers. Particular attention will be devoted to the downtown congested section. It is planned to make traffic counts on movement of vehicles during all night periods as well as all day periods at all important intersections. *“Cordon™ counts also are to be made to ascertain the total number of cars entering or | leaving the District. “Delay” Studies Included. The workers also will make “delay” | studies. For instance, the checkers| will count the number of cars which are halted at an intersection by a red traffic light and the number of those cars which are able to cross the inter- | section on the green light following the red. The purpose of this would be to determine whether the timing of the signals should be changed in re- lation to the direction traffic is going, east-west as against north-south, for instance. A section of the body of werkers would be assigned to make tabulations from existing records of the location and causes of accidents, particularly those involving injuries or deaths. Extra Special Delivery. KALAMAZOO, Mich. (#).—“Hold until he arrives” was the direction on a letter received at the county jail for an itinerant, name withheld. Sherif Charles W. Struble took charge of the letter, mailed from New Orleans on December 4. “It will be only a matter of time until I shall be able to complete delivery,” he said. ago the child’s young sister, Joan, 2, died of pneumonia, the father said. The other high school girl involved in a traffic accident last night was 15-year-old Geraldine Gerhardt of 3153 Mount Pleasant street, who was struck by a taxicab while crossing the street at Sherman avenue and Park road. She was treated at Gar- the approach of the street car until it was upon them. Only a few months Yéung Washington field Hospital for cuts about the head and body bruises. District of Columbia. The closing meeting was held in the National City Christian Church | on Thomas Circle, and, in spite of the rain, the auditorium was filled. Nearly 500 persons heard Dr. Harry E. Woolever, editor of the National Methodist Press, charge national re- | peal was accomplished by misrepre- | sentation and deception and through pledges made, but never kept. Dr. Woolever's criticism of President Roose- | velt met with a spontaneous response from the audience. His address was the principal talk of the rally that climaxed a series of more than 15 meetings held in various churches of the city yesterday. Prohibition Return Seen. Earlier Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, vice president at large of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union, forecast the return of prohibition, “this “may not be accomplished by the united dry forces and the organized | opponents of the liquor traffic. It will be accomplished by the liquor interests | themselves.” She, too, turned her fire upon the| Roosevelt administration and the| methods used to bring about the repeal | of the eighteenth amendment. “If ever a test case can be made be- | | fore the Supreme Court,” Mrs. Colvin | declared, “with a masterly marshaling | of the facts about the methods by which the eighteenth amendment was| killed, the court that overruled the N. R. A, would likewise overrule the| | Constitution-perverting tactics used to bring about repeal. Never before was it conceived that the administration would offer bribes to secure support for changing the Constitution.” Mrs. Colvin also warned against ad- vertised pleas by distillers and brewers for moderation. Revenue and Moderation, The New York State W. C. T. U, she said, has begun a series of adver- tisements urging total abstinence to be published along with liquor adver- tising. The plan, she said, eventually will be extended to other States. Inspector L. I. H. Edwards of the Washington Police Department pre- sented statistics on arrests for intoxi- cation and for driving while intoxi- cated, showing an increase since repeal in both classes of arrests. Arrests for drunkenness from 1831 to 1935 jumped from 16,408 to 22,589. In 1935 there were 422 arrests of boys and girls under 21 and 3 under 17. For driving while intoxicated the number increased from 224 in 1933 to 351 in 1935. He also cited an increase in the number of automobile accidents. Liquor Advertising Hit. ‘The meeting was concluded with the adoption of five resolutions presented by a committee of which Col. William O. Tufts was chairman. Others op the committee were Miss Laura Lind- ley and William P. Mahoney. ‘The resolutions, in brief, asked: |of Anne Arundel County agreed. ‘That foes of alcohol decline to patronize periodicals or other adver- tising media carrying liquor adver- tising. ‘That teachers instruct young people fully on the evil effects of alcohd. That the argument that liquor reve- nue has been a source of relief to taxpayers “is a delusion and beneath the consideration of sensible people.” That all sutomobile drivers be given immediate tefts of their sobriety if they are involved in an automobile accident and that they be taught the dangers of taking even a single drink of liquor. And that Congress pass the Guyer bill calling for prohibition in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Dr. E. M. Ellison, chairman, pre- outlined the two purposes Forces. The first, said, is the education of young in the dangers of drink and permanent return of Hayride a la Hollywood. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (#).—Twelve hay-laden trucks carried nearly 300 film folk, decked in various “country” costumes to a Malibu Lake club “barn” and “hick” party given by Grace , actress, last night. Oh, yes, was & motor cycle police escort. » who turned State’s evidence against him. Steventon, 38-year-old former police- man of Nassau County, N. Y. shot himself in the head in the Anne Arundel County Jail here yesterday, outside the cell of Mrs. Sally Picard, 26, of Pax, W. Va. Gets Guard’s Pistol. He began his move for vengeance by scuffling with a guard who came with a trusty to bring his breakfast. During the struggle, Steventon and the guard rolled down two flights of stairs. A .38 caliber pistol dropped from the holster of Thomas Alton, the guard. cell occupied by Mrs. Picard. He slid back the cover of the open- ing, called to her and started firing. One bullet nicked her arm, another struck her in the shoulder and lodged in the juncture of the collar bone and , | the breast bone. A third bullet flat- | tened against the steel door. | Steventon was tried here last week for the larceny of $500 in cash and| Jjewelry valued at $8,000 from the home of Mrs. Helen B. Bennett near here. Mrs. Picard, indicted with Steventon on the charge, was not tried but turned State’s evidence. Today the Anne Arundel County Court struck a charge of larceny | against Mrs. Picard. Judge Linwood L. Clark suggested that the charge against Mrs. Picard be nolle prossed, saying “from the evidence there is nothing on which to hold her any- wa! State's Attorney Roscoe C. Rowe Steventon was convicted, but sentence was deferred pending motion for a new trial. PHONE USERS URGED TO SEARCH DIRECTORIES New Book Due This Week—Com- pany Often Finds Valuable Papers in 0ld Ones. With the distribution this week of 2 new issue of the Washington tele- phone directory, company officials warned subscribers to search their old books thoroughly before turning them in. Bank books, birth certificates, in- surance policies, receipts and even money have been found in the collect- ed directories, they pointed out. Since January 1, last, 6,800 addi- tional phones have been installed lo- cally, John A. Remon, general man- ager of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., announced. Approx- imately 206,000 copies of the directory will be distributed. The new issue hag approximately 6,000 more listing than last year. Two Light -fines Served in Fetes At White House Mrs. Roosevelt Answers Drys’ Demand for Abstention. By the Associated Press. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said to- day that two American light wines are served at state functions in the White House, This reiteration of her original pro- nouncement when repeal became ef- fective was given in reply to press con- ference questions about the demand of dry forces for complete prohibition in the White House. Then she was asked about the proj- ect of some Republican women to grow potatoes on their fashionable front lawns in protest against the po- tato control act. “It is not up to me to comment on any decision of the Republican wom- en,” Mrs. Roosevelt sald, adding she understood there was “some confusion in people’s monds on this question of Ppotatoes.” ’ were resumed on the proposal of the companies for adoption of a sliding scale plan on which the commission would allow a basic net return of 6.5 per cent on an agreed rate base of $21,750,000. At the same time the companies sub- mitted further analyses of the effects on different brackets of gas users of the proposed new rates, calculated to effect an immediate rate reduction amounting to a gross of $851,000, or a net cut of $305,000 below the present 8.5 per cent discount which has been | in effect since August of 1932. Average Consumer Aided Least. The new figures on customer rate | reductions again showed that the average domestic consumer, the largest | Steventon snatched the gun, ran to the | Pody of company customers, would re= ceive the smallest benefit out of the | net $305,000 additional cut. It has been figured that the average domestio consumer, one not using large quanti- ties of gas for house heating. would get a reduction on monthly bills of some 3 or 4 cents. Much heavier cuts would be given | to the smaller number of commercial and industrial users, particularly through adoption of the requested “promotion” or optional rates. The new calculations as to the effect of the proposed new rates were sube mitted to the commission by John Bruton, associate gas company coun- sel, and were based on data prepared by Robert Owers, treasurer of the com- panies. Owers told the commission the figures were based on past exe perience of the companies, the present trend of growth of business and oper- ating expenses. Under the new rates, he said it was figured, the rate of in- crease in volume of sales would be somewhat higher than in the past. Domestic Consumer Figures Given. It is calculated that $167,120 of the total additional rate cut of $305,000 would go to domestic consumers. Fifty-one per cent of the domestic consumers use between 900 and 4,000 cubic feet of gas a month. Company calculations today showed this class of domestic consumers would receive a total cut of $19,774, or 11.8 per cent of the total domestic cut of $167,120. Unofficially, it was figured these domestic consumers would get but 6 per cent of the total additional cut of $305,000. The same table shows domestic cone sumers using from 4,100 to 10,000 cu=- bic feet a month, or 24 per cent of the total of domestic consumers, would get reductions totaling $63,907, or 38.2 per cent of the domestic cut. Five per cent of the domestic consumers, those using more than 10,000 cubic feet, would get $80,155, or 48 per cent of the domestic cut of $167,120. Those domestic consumers using 800 cubic feet or less per month, or 18.2 per cent of the total number of domestic cus= tomers, would get no reduction. Exhibits submitted by the companies showed $20,459 of the additional rate cut would go to consumers under the “C” schedule for commercial and in- dustrial use. Again, this schedule showed the larger consumers would receive a greater cut than those in the smaller brackets of use. For in- stance, 17 per cent in the “C” sched« ule, using from 10,000 to 100,000 cubie feet, would receive a cut of $13,729, or 67 per cent of the $20,459. Over 100,000 Get 18 Per Cent. Those using from 100,000 to 1,000,~ 000 cubic feet, or less than 1 per cent of the total consumers in this class, would receive cuts amounting to 18 per cent of the $20,459 cut. Those using less than 900 cubic feet on the “C” schedule would get no reduction and those using from 1,000 to 10,000 cubic feet, or 58 per cent of this class, would get a cut of 9.2 per cent'of the $20,459. The “optional” or promotional com« mercial and industrial schedule shows consumers using from 10,000 to 100,- 000 cubic feet, or 76.5 per cent of the total users in this class, would re« ceive a cut of 38.5 per cent of the total reduction for this schedule of $79,460. Consumers in this bracket using from 100,000 to 1,000,000 cubic feet, or 11.7 per cent of the total in this class, would receive 56.7 per cent of the $79,460. The optional rate users wha consume 900 or less cubic feet, or § per cent of this class ‘would get less than 1 $79,460 cut, and 10 class, using from 1,000 feet, would receive 2.4 $79,460 reduction. ’