The evening world. Newspaper, February 28, 1922, Page 9

. THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1922. DPAD AROUND Richard Hoffman, —— FoUND WITH = 8TRAP| was found dead in bed this morning, NECK. A leather strap was around his neck, fifty-two, an in-]one end of it tied to the bedpost. He| Is a desire on the part of the people to participate, and this commisston has recognized, in the past, the Corpora PRENDERGAST LETS CTY TAME PART GAS CONFERENCES Lawyer for Consolidated Gas Fails to Keep Corporation Counsel Out. A CONSUMERS’ VICTORY. Expert Accountants and En- gineers to Be Named at To-day’s Session. The biggest step yet taken by the Public Service Commission to “short route” its investigation of gas rates nd gas standards will be taken to- day, when Chairman Prendergast an- nounces the personnel of a staff of expert accountants and expert gas en- gineers to consider the opposing con- tentions in the three-cornered dispute between the city, the commission and the gas companies ana then submit the questions in dispute to the com- mission. The determination of the Public Service Commission to adopt this method came late last evening at the end of bitter debate that Insted two hours before Chairman Prendergast ‘and Commissioner Semple, with Cor- poration Counsel John I’, O'Brien and ‘William L. Ransom representing the ‘Consolidated Gas and other compan- fes, The controversy was over the at- tempt of the gas company's attorney to keep the Corporation Counsel out of the conference, which © Prendergast had called. wrangling, Chairman Pre ruled that the Corporation [ ‘was a proper and rightful party Lo the proceeding as representing the people of the city, the consumers of gus, and counsel for the gas companies con- sented to sit with the ci sentatives. Mr. O’Brien at once s1 the gas companies turn ventories of the gas pro, athe city’s accountants m ht check them up. He declared there were many old gas mains no longer fit for id be elimin the gas company’ continued: “T sc Gervice Commission will rrived at and have fh here in its files, an inventory of every public utility op- | erating in this city and have some| evaluations on record here, the sooner the public will know what the price of gas should be.” | Chairman Prendergast declared it was a fact the city had in the past | been a participant, and is now a par- | ticipant in the gas rate questions. He said, “This city is throughout the country agitated about utilities rate: at is an obvious fact. To fail to recognize it Is to fail to recognize a very im- portant state of the public mind. Public attitude can be helpfu' or harmful to the gas companie: $i pending on the treatmen r companies afford the public public has to be convinced. It does | not understand. | “The public has a right to a fair| rate, a rate of cou: gas companies. seem to think to-c f fair rate. . It is important for th panies to satisfy consumers, There as The SLOAN’S EASES PAIN RELIEVES THE ACHE IRMENTING, agonizing rheue matic aches are quickly relieved by Sloan's Liniment. “Apply it ‘ without rubbing and you will feel a comforting sense of warmth and Good also for rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, soreness ,over-exert ed muscles, stiff joit.ts, backache, strains epmeta em et pain y you up. Sloan's Liniment handy and at the free sign ofa ache or pales He ae i ‘or years, Sloan’: tl workd’s pain and ache li ment. Sloan's Liniment couldn't keep its many thou- ands of friends if it didn’t make good. Ask your neighbor, Ay all druggists—3Se, 70c, $1.40. Hose Res erence anemeenen tion Counsel us the representative of tho people, It is surely worth while to ameliorate this condition." Judge Ransom said the gas com. |" puntes desired to protect their prop: erty from what he termed the unfair methods of the city's experts. He ob- fected to giving the Corporation Coun- sel'y experts un equal voice In deter. mining the questions in dispute which involve a $150,000,000 investment in gas property. | sili BILL GIVES CHINAMAN RIGHT TO BE LAWYER | was to-day asked to pass a special enabling act so tha King Chung, native born Chinaman, a he bar examination and if he chooses practice law here. Being an Oriental, Chung is barred from citizenship and from taking the bar examination, He | sraduate of | Yale Law School and s ul prepara tory schools. He desir return to China to practice law second time such a requ made. In 1887 Hong Yen ¢ admitted to the bar un cumstances. a | I. R. T. SWITCHMAN HURT. William Coughlin, twenty-nine years old, of No. 439 East 121st Street, Man- hattan, for the Interbor- ough Rapid Transit, was caght between | cars of a train he | this morning at the Museum fon tn Brooklyn. 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