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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-30
FAIR

Fair tonight, except snow
in the mountains, warmer
Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1918-06-12
PAY INCOME TAX
BY SATURDAY OR
PAY THE PENALTY

washinEtonians. pay your income
aud excess PROFITS tax by Saturday
and avoid penalties.
This Is the warning sent out today
by the collector OF internal revenue
at Baltimore, who is handling millions
Of dollars daily in payment OF taxes
by residents OF this revenue district.
After Saturday a penalty Of per
cent additional assessment and in
terest OF l per cent for every month
during which the amount remains I'M
paid will be assessed against those
who are delinquent.
So fast are the letters pouring into
the collectors office in Baltimore
that a machine Is used to open them.
The checks are pinned together, num-
bered so that they may be located II
lost in the shuttle, and sent to the
Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond.
This action is taken because OF the
effect on the money market that i'm
mediate cashing OF all the checks
would have Many banks would be
compelled TO call in loans or make
other sacrifices II the checks were
turned into cash at once. officials eN-
plain. Instead. the Federal Reserve
Bank will send the checks to various
institutions for deposit. distributing
the amounts prOportionately, and
check on the total as the Government
needs require.
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experts estimates OF the cost OF in
stallation and maintenance and states
that 1t Is prepared to furnish the
necessary equipment without delay.
Its Favored Producer.
Tho telephone company manufac-
lures its own automatics at the West.
ern Electric Company plant, It Is
stated, and it Is this company that
cannot supply the equipment for
Washington for q long time to come,
It Is claimed. There Is no sincere
longing to buy equipment from an
independent company.
Everything presented on the tele-
phone issue here In the future win
be in the open and carefully dissected.
The company's propositions and facts
from now on must be submitted IN
q manner that can be understood by
anybody. The masses Of figures here
tofoTe have been little Understood by
the public. Even the utilities COM
mission has felt that It would like
to have facts that stood out plainly
and indisputably, clear to any man.
l. has obtained information that has
been asked for, bot somehow the I'M
preston was left that something was
lacking. 1t Is going to have light all
along the line before II finally acts.
The commissions Investigations
will also determine the government
departments and bureaus as to
whether they will pay increased rates
for their telephones.
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AUTOMATICS
FOUND SURE
. CURE FORD.C.
PHONE EVILS
Ccontinued from First PageJ

CContinued from First Page)
that if the company will install auto
mates in this city it will not only
be able to operate without increased
rates, but probably be able TO reduce
its present charges to all users.
The Public Utilities Commission,
which heard the statement Of these
experts, has set 1890 o'clock June
Is as the time for the experts to
come across" with facts and figures
that will substantiate their claims.
The telephone company has been
notified about this hearing, that it
may have representatives present.
Lively Fight Coming.
A crackerjack fight is in sight
with the Government experts satisfied
that they will be able to show con-
elusiveIy that IL, the telephone COM
pany will modernize its present plant,
eliminating heavy costs due to
manual operation. it will not have to
ask that increased rates be paid in
Washington
= The experts substantiate to the
fullest degree the claims OF Post
master General BurlesOn that he can
take over the local telephone system
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year. and private subscribers $250,0OO
to $3OO, 900. The company was losing
money and must have relief. he said.
Mr.. SwAyzs said that IL would be
impossible to obtain and install auto
matte equipment for Washington In
time to make real improvement In the
service here. The equipment could
not be obtained now, and the cost
would be so excessive as to further
embarrass the company.
Combat Company CInImA
DR.. Wolf and Mr.. Macomber combat
the telephone claims in most positive
manner. They assert that automatic
equipment can be had and installed
in four or I'VE months, and that in
five years It will pay for itself, at
the same time allowing fair returns
right along upon the present rates
charged in this city.
II these two men can demonstrate
this to the satisfaction OF the COM
mission there will be no order for
Increased rates, and the commission
Will inform the telephone company
that II must try the automatic sys-
tenn before II can expect financial aid.
Messrs. Wolf and Mscomber point
out that II Is not necessary to put
in automatics all at once. They could
first be put in for the "war group"
Of Government phones and then ex-
tended to the main" and other ex-
changes. There IL no question Of
their practicability. That has long
ago been settled. There might be
some confusion at FIRST in changing
the habits of subscribers, but in a
short time the automatics would be
working we'll and the company saw
ing money.
One Of the large Independent auto
matte companies has submitted to the
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and operate it much more efficiently
than at present-wIthout a penny's ex-
ira charge to the Government or to
individual users $3.50.
Members of the Utilities Commits
sion who. have been inclined to feel
that the telephone company was en-.
titled to financial relief are. now "up
in the air"=and are determined that
they will grant no increase until
every possible fact bearing on the
situation has been fully developed.
Experts Prepare Data.
The experts who are preparing to
prove their claims are DR.. Frank A
Wolff and George 5. Macomber, and
they will be assisted -bFPref- z. B.
Rosa, assistant director of the bureau.
The three men have presented their
claims to the Utilities Commission,
which insists only that broad asser-
lions be substantiated by detailed
facts and figures. The commission
wants light and plenty Of It
The big fact looming DIP today is
that the Utilities Commission is
heartily tired OF the tactics Of the
telephone company and its methods
Of presenting its claims for financial
relief. There Is not single mem
Der of the commission willing to go
on record as refusing relief If. il is
honestly and squarely needed. There
is no inclination to deny any utility
OF the District fair play and a finan-
cial return upon its properties that
viii enable the payment of a fair re-
turn The company's high paid law
yers and. experts however have mud
died things badly. and the feeling is
strong that the concern has not laid
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

down its cards in frank. open man
ner.
/ On March Is. for instance, T. P.
Sylvan, assistant to the President of
the Bell telephone interests, appeared
before the Utilities Commission and
officially announced that the company
would inseaf automatics in Washing
ton within not less than two years
and would try to do SO within
eighteen months. The day before
this Mr.. Sylvan, who had represented
the company in hearings before the
Commission asking for relief, made
the same announcement to newspaper
men.
Sway1e COntradEets Sylvan.
Mr. Sylvan was recently side
tracked, and the company sent its big
legal gun. J. L. swayze, from New
York, to take up the tangled skein
T. swayze announced that Sylvan was
talking through his hat; that the
company does not now propose to in
stall automatics, and will depend or
the manual system.
Mr.. Swayze also withdrew the orig
inal application of the company "a
be allowed to da away with unlimited
service 90 private subscribers and put
everybody on a measured basis. He
sympathized with the public's disap-
proval OF this plan, but felt that the
commission should put a blanket in
crease on subscribers. He appeared
before the utilities commission in ex-
ecutive session. He practically ad-
mitted that the heavy additional costs
OF service, in Washington were due 10
lav,11 -
effect OF his statements was sabstah-
TALLY that the Government should pay
the company about $3.50 900 more each
The Washington times., 1918-06-12
HOSPITAL SHIPS
INITIAL TRIP TO
FRANCE DELAYED

The hospital ship Comfort, SEIZED
uled to sail this week without guns
and without conveys to test the good
faith OF the Germans, has been de-
layed. 1t will probably be several
weeks before the ship will leave an
Atlantic port for France.
The Red Cross has been directed
by the State Department to comply
in every detail in the manning OF
the ship in compliance with interna-
tlonal rules, and this demand occa-
stoned the delay. Both crew and
officers must be civilians. The crews
now aboard are naval reservists. They
will either be dischaEed from the
naval rolls to which they have OBJ
iected or their places will be filled
by sailors from MERCHANTMEN
PershInE says, eve want team
work" Eat potatoes and save wheat
DON'T ISnve II to your neiEhbor-we
want teanwOrk-
The Washington times., 1918-06-12
DOGS BITE Three;
TWOBOYS INJURED;
POLICE BEGIN HUNT

Three Neutrality-suspicious. two boys
and a map-are nursing dog bite
wounds today. One OF the boys is Sc
riously injured
The dog was beaten OF in its at
tack on the boy by a woman neighbor
only after II had inflicted deep gashes
on the lads neck, both his arms and
on one leg. There are indications that
the dog was suffering from hydropho-
bia
The seriously Injured boy IS Austin
KinglA. eight years old. son Of Mrs.
F. Kingla, COS Adams street northeast.
The other two are ViRcent Kale. four
teen years old. OF 3013 p street north
west and John Dent, cOlored. forty
fve years. SIG X street southeast.
GFTIennys Dog Bites Boy
Austin Kingla is in a critical condi-
ton. and physicians at Casualty Hos
make a second cauterization Of the
wounds today.
The child and the dog had been
friendly for many weeks, but yester-
day the dog attacked the boy. Cling
ing to his throat for several minutes,
the dog was finally beaten into sub
mission with a baseball bat in the
hands OF Mrs. F. Wilson, a neighbor.
The police have been instructed to
rid the streets and surrounding woods
in the extreme northeast part Of
the city OF the many stray dogs that
have been seen there.
eNewEie7 II Attacked.
While delivering newspapers last
night about 8 o'clock at 324O S street
northwest Vincent Rale was seriously
bitten on both legs Just above the
knee by a fox terrier owned by Mrs.
Thompson, Of 3247 r street north
west The dog Is licensed and at the
time was muzzled. Treatment was
given the boy by doctors at the
Georgetown Hospital.
The third victim was John Dent,
colored, As years old, who lives at
GIG X street southeast Dent was
bitten on the hand by a stray dog
when he attempted to put it out Of
his yard.
The Washington times., 1918-06-12
COLD CUTS GERMAN RATION.

As a result OF the recent cold wave
which passed over practically all OF
Germany. retarding the crops. the po-
tato allowance Of seven pounds per
week will have to be reduced. Basic
dispatches, quoting the Strassburger
Post, declared today.
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

rhDDTU TODAY AND TOMORROW
llAhUEdN CARMEL MYERS In a
BROADWAY SCANDAL"
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

CTDEVD TODAY AND ALL WEEK
DlNHlNU SERGT. GUY EAPEY'S
LOVER TIE TOP"
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

II you pay now the Kaiser can't
prey later. How about your Income
Taxi
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

mHInITTSC KnIckeFbOcker,
NANUALL } 18th 50. at Col Rid.
TODAY MARY PICKFORD IN
'sTLIss." TOMORROW ALIC Z
BRADY in THE ORDEAL OF
ROSETTA"
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

M VTTDIr OPENS AT ESQ p. VI. ,
liza " PAULINE FREDERICK
IAS1 U 81. IN LA TOSCA"
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

RANDALL'S T T66Hf iS SfB E 4 E 5s..
ROW - CONSTANCE TALMADGE IN
1.-THE LESSON -
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

ITEADCD so 9th 81. n. w.
LEhUN TO-DAY AND ALL
THIS WEEK
JEWEL CARMEN
IN CONFESSION"
NuEic for the Show Played on Our New
So,O0o Pipe Organ.
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

CRANDALL' Se saggy .I Fsss Z Goi ana
TODAY ENID BENNETT in BIGGEST
SHOW ON EARTH TOMORROW
KITTY GORDON In THE INTER
Lopez"
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

lDHnlTT1C american, LIST a RI
NlAHlNVhLL y TODAY - CHARLES
RAY IN THE FAMILY SKELETON
OMORROW-MABEL NORMAND In
JOAN OF PLATTSBURG."
The Washington times., 1918-06-12

DIl7L 4s4 eth st. NV.
/ LALh TO-DAY - BRYANT WASH
BURN IN 'TWENTY-OEE.
The Washington times., 1918-06-12
ADJUSTMENTS

) S4s r Pa I've Ave. 5. F.
TO-DAY - SESSUE HAYAKAWA in
THE WHITE MANS LAW" TO
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DALTON In h
.TYRANT FEAR"
Evening star., 1918-07-05
CHURCH HOLDS TOURNAMENT.
Race and Coronation of a Queen
Feature at Congress HEIGHTS.

With fifteen riders entered and rid
Ing, the third annual tournament of
the Roman Catholic Church of Con-
gress Heights. was held yesterday
afternoon in the picnic grounds, and
proved to be the most successful yet
held. Theodore Cats, Knight of Bud
weiser, captured first honors, with j.
Blanford second. j. F. Love third and
Herbert McConkey fourth. After the
first round the number was reduced
to five. S Marvin Peach. states attor-
ney for Prince Georges county, Mary
land. delivered the address Of the day,
while Charles w. Darr delivered the
address of the evening. The corona
tion of the queen" took. place at 8
o'clock. and at the same time the
maids Of honor were chosen.
The tournament was in charge of a
committee consisting of J. Henry Kir-
by. John Cusic. Henry Langley, Lam
caster Mattingly, Miles Shugrue ana
Julian Marceron: church marshal, ].
Henry Kirby; aids, Andrew Jarboe,
Herbert Talbert and James Fowler;
judges, A. E. Randle, Herbert Tall
bert, James Fowler. William Thomp-
son. G. NJ. Book, Thomas Dean, r. A.
Sansbury. p. ]. Walshe, J. W. Green.
and w. E. Fowler.
A lawn fete was conducted in connec-
ton with the festivities and this will
be continued for a number of weeks.
in order to raise funds with which to
erect a church in the suburb. Carl
Wahler is chairman Of the committee.
Dancing in a pavilion and numerous
booths are features.
Evening star., 1918-07-05
GERMANY's ERRORS CITED.
Speakers at College Park Tell Of
the Failure of Kultur.

Representatives of many sections of
Prince Georges county were present
yesterday afternoon at the celebration
and meeting Of the Prince Georges
County Chamber Of Commerce and
Agriculture at the Maryland State
College. College Park. Following ad-
dresses by representatives Of three
executive branches of the federal gov
ernment a general meeting of the
officers and board of directors of the
organization was held
DR.. Clarence J. Owens. managing d.
rector of the Southern Commercial
Congress, was in charge Of the gath
ering. He opened the meeting with an
address in which he criticised the
kaiser
Following his talk. speeches were
made by DR.. Abercrombie. assistant
secretary of the Department of Labor:
DR.. Sweet, assistant secretary Of the
bureau of commerce, and DR.. Ousley.
assistant secretary of the Department
of Agriculture.
Each of the three speakers pointed
out the various influences the war is
having on the development of great
problems in the particular sphere in
which each is engaged. DR.. Abercrom-
pIc tTdCeO the QeVelOpmeHI Oh tHe nd
tion from the Declaration of Inde-
pendence until today, when it is a
great factor in world politics. DR..
Sweet pointed out the mistakes made
by so-called efficient Germany, and
showed wherein there was falsity in
the claim that all things good were
manufactured in that country. DR..
Ousley touched on the world economic
situation and stated that while food
may not win the war, the failure to
produce food may lose it," He de-
manded full retaliation on German
towns and people for the atrocities
committed by the Huns in Belgium
and France.
Evening star., 1918-07-05
BurlingtonHote1
431 Rooms, $3.50 to $500.
WASHINGTON. D. C..
D. C. AND RAILWAY SUED.
Woman Claims She Was Hurt
When Auto Hit Excavation.

The District of Columbia and the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company are named as defendants in
a suit to recover $4,000 damages for
alleged personal injury, filed in the
District Supreme Court by Mrs. Es-
ther L Hoart. Through her attorney
the plaintiff says she was a passen-
ger In her husbands automobile No
vember g. 1917. and while she was
riding on 11th street southeast be-
tween N and o streets the machine
ran into an unprotected excavation
by the side of the car track She al
1eges she was thrown from her seat
against a part of the automobile and
seriously injured.
The District is Joined because of
the existence of the alleged defect
in the roadway.
Evening star., 1918-07-05
Absolved of Disloyalty Charge.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, July 5.-The Min
nesota supreme court held today that
A. c. Townley, president Of the Non
Partisan League. and Joseph Gilbert
league organizer. did not violate any
state law by circulating certaia
literature which referred to the war.
The men were indicted in Martin
county on the charge of attempting
to discourage enlistments. The su-
preme court, referring to the circula-
ton Of partisan League resolu-
tions, said: These resolutions, taken
as whole, appear to be nothing more
serious than a somewhat fiamboyant
platform upon which a certain class
of citizens are solicited to join an or
ganization whose avowed purpose is
the amelioration of alleged evils of
present economic conditions"
Evening star., 1918-07-05
PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED.
Athletic Events Feature the After.
noon Program at Petworth.

Prize winners in the athletic events
that made UP the afternoon program
Of Petworth's July celebration were
Misses Laura Weihe, Helen Cast, Vir-
ginia Day, Mildred Madux, Maxine
HeisS, Beatrix Jones, Grace Weeks
and Mildred Tincher. and Raymond
Jones. Homer Drissell. Ashley Handy.
Frank Flanagan, Louis Carliner,
Harley Buckingham. William Carnell.
De Witt Moore, Robert Howard, Will
liam Montgomery, Everett Netzell,
Marvin Wire. Frank Batty, Claude
Ballard, Gessford Sartwell, Noetzell
and Howard, Anadale and Jones.
Evening star., 1918-07-05
Kerensky Tells of Hiding.

PARIS. July 4--Alexapder F. Ke-
Tensky. the former Russian premier,
today told the Associated Prsss that
between November. 1917, when his
government fell. and May. 1918, he
was hiding in various cities of CEN
trail Russia. At first he was in Pc
trograd and later in Moscow and did
not leave Moscow until May IS. The
Russian leader said that at all times
he was In contact with political lead
ers of the parties opposed to the boil
shevik regime.
Evening star., 1918-07-05
ia DEATHS IN A WEEK.
June 20 Period Had More Than in
Similar Time Last Year.

One hundred and fourteen deaths
were registered in the District dur
ing the week ended June 2s, exclusive
of those reported from Navy and
Army institutions. This is fifteen less
than the number reported for the
preceding week. but three more than
for the corresponding week of last
year. OF the deaths sixty-seven were
OF white and forty-seven of colored
nersonS,
Evening star., 1918-07-05
RALLY AT BENNING TRACK.
italian Catholic Society Hears Sew
eral Patriotic Addresses.

A patriotic rally was held at the
Benning race track yesterday by the
Italian Catholic Society Of the Dis
trict. John P. Raffo of the allen prop
erty custodian's office spoke on the
war aims of the allies and touched
upon the recent victories of the Ital-
ians against Austria.
Rev. N. NJ. De Carlo, pastor of Holy
Rosary Church. also spoke. Stephen
Gattf was chairman. There was mu
sical program
Evening star., 1918-07-05
Fakers and Crooks!

The advertising columns of
The Star are edited as care
fully as the news columns.
Fakers and crooks are barred.
Every advertisement known
to contain an untrue sor mis-
leading statement has been re-
jected.
Every reader is asked to be
on the Vigilance Committee and
help police the columns.
Evening star., 1918-07-05
Gifts to Prisoners Allowed.

According to an announcement made |
by the War Trade Board persons in
the United States. with the consent
Of the War Department and under
such regulations as it may prescribe.
may send foodstuffs. funds. clothing
Germans and Austrians interned or
held as prisoners of war in this coun- !
try
Evening star., 1918-07-05
U. S. Troops to Watch Panama Vote

PANAMA. July Sit was announced
at the American legation here today
that American soldiers would super
wise the elections for the Panama ma
tional assembly Sunday. This action.
it was stated. was taken at the re-
quest of both the political parties to
insure a chance for all to vote
Evening star., 1918-07-05
Cooperate With Entertainers.

Cooperating with the womep's COM
mittee yesterday, the management of
the Mount Vernon steamboat line gave
passes to fifty of the soldiers for the
trip to the home and tomb of Wash
ington, while a special car of the
Mount Vernon electric line was
placed at the disposal of the soldiers
The Blue Line sightseeing motor bus
line last night furnished one of its
big cars to convey a party of wound
cd soldiers to the Capitol plaza, the
car being the only one aside from the
Presidents machine permitted with
in the roped-off inclosure.
Gifts of candy, milk, etc, were
contributed yesterday by Velati,
Thompson's dairy and the Sanitary
Grocery Company.
Sunday the men are to be guests
of the Potomac Boat Club at an
elaborate entertainment.
Walter Reed convalescents are to
be guests of Keith's and Polls the
aters every week during the summer
season.
A big chicken dinner is to be given
for fifty of the patients at a date to
be announced later, Mrs. Brooks
being hostess at her country home
The Red Star and Gray Line sight
seeing autos have offered cars to
take the guests to and from the
dinner
Evening star., 1918-07-05
KILLED IN ACTION.

KILLED IN ACTION.
KEoGH. James j. private. New
York. N. Y.
MARTIN, Christopher. private
SLINKER, Fred, private, Terry.
Mont
SLEEVES. Roswell F., private.
Derby, Conn.
zoRNES, George Lawrence. private,
Kehoe, Ky.
DIED OF WOUNDS.
HEROLD, John j.. jr.. sergeant,
New York, N. Y.
BARIBAULT, Leon A., corporal,
cREsco. francisco Di, private.
DUDALA, John, private, Borocon,
Russia.
KoTLYN. Joseph. private. cleve-
scHwEMMER. Gottfred. private,
SNYDER, Frank Smith, private.
Meadowbrook, w. Va.
DIED OF DISEASE.
RAEZER, John W., sergeant. San
IONA. orazio, private, Santa Saba.
Messina, Italy.
DIED OF ACCIDENT AND OTHER
CAUSES.
BERNSTETTER. Louie, private,
Fedora, South Dakota.
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
VAN OSTRAND, Mortimer A, lieu
tenant, Lewiston, Idaho.
LAMBERT, Roy f., private. Rose
vile, Cal.
OLSEN, Carl A., private, Harting-
ton, Neb.
MISSING IN ACTION.
FAULK, Leonidas B., lieutenant.
Monroe. La.
DEITERs. Harold, private. Brook
De I; SAINT cRo1x, Mather, private.
Savannah, N. Y.
HALLINAN. Martin H., private.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
SNOWMAN. Willis E., private. Blue
Hall, Me.
PRISONER (Prevfously Reported
Missing).
WHALEN, John L., private, Boston,
Mass.
Note-Previously Reported Missing,
Now Reported Discharged to Depot
Division for Duty.
NIvER. Robert s.. private. Hart
ford, Conn.
Evening star., 1918-07-05
Members Of Committee.

Members of the committee of volun-
teer entertainers, of which Mrs.
Claude r. Zappone is chairman, are:
Mrs: Wesley Martin Stoner, Mrs. r.
n. A. Green, Mrs. David Kinchelos
Mrs. Harvey OHiggins, Mrs. r. q.
Laine.. Mrs H. C. Thompson, Mrs. j..
r. Esbey. Mrs. H. E. Loper, Mrs.
Lowery. Mrs. Kenyon, Miss Fay Grif-
nth, Miss Selma Borchardt, Mrs. John
F. Jarvis. Mrs. Martin English, Mrs
Eiinor Sanford. Miss Ostha GUIDE, Miss
Marguerite Zappone, Miss Bagley.
Miss Hogan. Miss Mildred Shoemaker,
Miss Goldsmith, Miss Ruth Curtis.
Miss Gertrude Parsons, Mrs. William
Ducksten and Miss Alma Kemele.
Evening star., 1918-07-05

Some men are born great,
others achieve greatness, an
others have ther photos taken
with ther chins restin' on ther
hands.
If theirs anything in young
husband tn installment houses
II git it out.
Evening star., 1918-07-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The. ROLL
OF HONOR
Total

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Note-The table includes the marine
casualties as announced by marine
headquarters to date, but does not In
clude Navy casualties.
The Army casualty list for today
contains twenty-three names, divided
Evening star., 1918-07-05

The Los Angeles Daily Morning Tri-
bune will discontinue publica tion for
the war.