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The Washington times., 1919-01-10

sands Of suburban residents would.
If the Utilities Commission should
agree with Beeler, be compelled to
pay probably or 3 cents additional
to the 8 cents they now pay that the
alleged losses of the company might
be made good. 1t Is either this, ac-
co:ding to President Ham. or an in
creased fat fare of something like 6
cents, without the exact unit being
liked.
Dislike "zone, idea.
There is so far no friendliness to the
zone" idea in the Commission. IL
would, they see,, penalize the Washing
tonians who have gone into the sub
urbs and built their homes. 1t would
throw back into congested parts of
the city many people who would leave
the suburbs. It would afreet thousands
of people Of moderate means who have
invested all they have in suburbaI,
homes. 1t would cripple further deycl-
oprnent Of Washington as q beautifuf
city. These people, Il 10 admitted.
went to suburban districts on the plea
that the car fare is no greater than
If they lived in, the heart Of the city.
The Washington Railway and Elec-
trio statements concerning unprofit-
able suburban lines do not take into
account that when Congress per-.
mitted the joining Of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric lines with
the Potomac Electric Light Company
it did so with the purpose OF
Strengthening the finances Of the
company so that losses sustained in
some OF the lines would be made UP
by profits from the electric light
company.
Readers OF The Times are writing
this paper in large numbers declaring
that the w. r. and E. has not reached
its financial state so much from un-
profitable suburban lines as from mis-.
management OF its entire business
during the strike. and many years of
diversion of funds to the payment OF
fancy dividends on common stock,
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BELIEVE 10
D. c. TRANSFER
POINTS WILL
Be GRANTED
ny BILL PRICE.

A very marked impression has been
left In the minds OF members OF the
Public Utilities Commission by the
incidents of the last few days in con-
Bection with the hearings over the
granting OF free intercompany street
railway transfers. Never before has
the public displayed such profound
interest In street car conditions nor
taken such a determined attitude as
to obtaining what 1t feels to have
been a long-deferred right.
While the decision OF the commits
sion cannot be definitely forecast, the
impression prevails that 1t will. by: a
majority vote, grant transfers at the
sixteen points recommended by John
A BeelerN and about which there were
three days of hearings. Grave doubts
as to increasing. congestion rests I'm
the minds OF members OF the COM
mission today as to three or four of
the sixteen points-notably the
walking" transfer from Seventeenth
and II streets to Capital Traction
cars at Pennsylvania avenue and Sew
enteenth street, at New York avenue
and Fifteenth street. Fifteenth and
@ streets and Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
Both roads are in agreement that
the Potomac Park cars of the Capital
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SEN. JONES AGAINST
HIGHER CAR FARES

That there should be legislation
for universal transfers and that the
fares Of the street railway companies
should. never have been increased
were assertions. made today by SEN
ator Jones OF Washington, q leading
member Of the Senate District Com
mittee..
Senator Jones said, however, he saw
little hope OF any legislation relating
to the local street railways this ses-
SION.
r The washington Senator is thor
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ference in the ultimate result
II transfers were charged for and the
public saw At to pay the charges the
income from this would not be an iota
OF the needs of the w. r. and E., as
those needs are now presented. So
at this time it would make little diff
ference in the final result what the
transfer losses would be. They would
admittedly be so small compared to
the large additional revenues the COM
pany seeks as to amount to nothing.
HintinE At "zone, system.
The statements of President Ham
at the hearing point to the probable
ity that when that company does
make its formal application for more
revenues 1t will squint very strong
ly in the direction of seeking to ac-
quire the money through the imposi-
tion Of additional charges upon peo.
pie living in suburban portions of the
District. The company has laid great
stress upon the long haul 1t is COM
peIled to make of these passengers
for the flat fare Of cents and the
losses it will incur in giving them
transfers to the Capital Traction
lines for comparatively short hauls.
Mr.. Ham has hinted that the scent
fare ought to be divided so that the
company making the long haul would
derive the largest part of the money,
say 315 cents out ofeach five.
The company upholds Mr.. Beeler in
the view that the Fundamental diff
Guilty" is that the long passen-
ger gets more for his money than he
Is entitled to, and should pay in pro-
portion to his ride.
This, Of course, means that thou
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ourhly disrust,d with ,he lnaa.eu...

oughiy disgusted with the inadequate
service here.
81 have quit using the cars" said
Senator Jones. "I walk TO my Office
and back home from it. ! fnd can
arrive at my destination as quick or
quicker and that dc, not have 70 un-
dergo q lot OF waiting around"
Senator Jones said the proposition
to increase stiIl further the rate OF
fare here was absurd.
The increases now In force should
never have been allowed he said.
The companies are running their
cars packed and 3smmed, and their
revenues are certainly heavy. Con-
sidering the service they give. see
nc warrant for Increasing the fare 90
cents strsight and certainly none
for another increase. Nor do see
any symptoms OF satisfactory Inn
proyement In the service"
Senator Jones, as q member OF the
District COMMITTEES. has kept In close
touch with the street railway con-
ditions here. He was one or the sub
The Washington times., 1919-01-10
LIGHTING MENACED
. BY broken STACK

Eighteen tons of sheet iron, form
ing the upper part OF q 00-foot
smokestack of tho Potomac Electric
Power Company, at Fourteenth and
B streets northwest. today threatened
to collapse upon the plant. one of the
sources Of Washington's light supply.
A breach In the rivet work OF the
stack was discovered at noon yester-l
day, and the high winds last night
and early today widened the break
halfway around the stack. With the
lessening of the gale officials OF the
company believe workmen will be
able to re-enforce the stack and thus
prevent 1t from falling.
Steel guy cables are being occurred
to the smokestack and unless tnere
is heavy wind this afternoon. the
reinforcement with sheet iron will
pc completed by nightfalL. II
..s Building scaffoid. 4
A score of carpenters are at work
building q soaffoldIng seven feet
wide. 1t will be erected to the top.
and the stack will then. be taken
down in sections.
In the event that the stack should
fall on the boiler room Of the plant.
the street lighting system downtown
would probably be crippled. and the
Government war buildings be deprived
of heat which they get from the aux
iliary station of the power company.
= Alfred Frick. q steeplejack OF Ben
ming. mounted an iron ladder running
up the stack in an attempt to put
a guyrope about the shanks Of rivets
on the interior, bit was driven down
by the high wind.
That the huge stack did not col
lapse early today. when the gale was
blowing. Is due, 1t is believed, to the
protection offered 1t by the iron lad
der and a steel guy cable running to
an adjoining stack.
Directly under the stack is part OF
the boiler and stock rooms and the
big garage of the electric company.
This morning. however. the employees
reported for work, and while display
ing fear in many instances, they went
about their work as usual. ~
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GERMANS REPAIRING SHOES
WORN BY, AMERICAN TROOPS

coBLENz. Jan. Io.-Thoussnes ..
pairs Of American shoes worn B:
American troops In the third army o,
occupation are being repaired a. th.
big shop established here this week.
Several hundred Germans are foinr :
the work under the direction a.
Americana. soldiers widows win b.
ADDED to the repair force shortly. a
wage OF marks for q days work r.
being paid. The marks are usw snf
direct from Berlin. according 20 arm
istiee terms.
The Washington times., 1919-01-10
500 TROOPS FORCE
COUNTY OFFICERS
TO RESIGN

Officials here today were
awaiting reports of the in
tcident at Evansville, Ind,
where 500 soldiers march
ed on the courthouse and
forced the resignation of
two county commissioners
and the county attorney.
The soldiers, according
to unofficial dispatches,
demanded the reinstate-
mept of A. j. Veneman as
county attorney. Vene-
man had been succeeded
by Henry Buente, chosen
by the commissioners.
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committee 20 look into the strfks. on
the WashinEton Railway and Elertrf
some ucnths eEe feme weeks sEI
be got q resolution PISSED calling o.
6e Public Utilities commissior 4.
disclose what 10 was doing, n anf-
thing. 20 compel adequate service.
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Traction Company are already crowd
ed to uncomfortable PROPORTIONS dur.
ing the rush hours. They have told
the commission that the additional
burden on these cars OF taking up
transfer passengers at the three
points first naakSsnsd will be a Sc
rious one.
Both reads finally agreed to abide
by the decision OF the commission as
to all sixteen points. The Capital
Traction at the beginning declared 1t
would interpose no legal objection.
The Washington Railway and Elec-
tric Company was forced into that
position by William Henry White, OF
the Mount Pleasant Citissns' Associa-
ton, in the closing hours of the hear
ing. The w. r. e. e., through Mr.
Ham, had at first agreed to abide by
the verdict of the commission for q
limited" trial of free transfers, but
Mr.. White was insistent in asking
what the final attitude OF the com.
pany would be. President Ham agreed
to refrain from legal opposition.
The problem Of denying transfers
at points that would cause serious
congestion is one bothering the COM
mission. They see difficulties about
inaugurating q real free transfer plan
IL the points that would benefit the
greatest number Of people are omit
ted. They do not wish to omit any
point that would help the public II
tranfers are decided on.
Tosrteenfh and the Avenue.
The best arguments for free trans
fers made during the meeting were
from representatives. OF the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing and De-
partment of Agriculture. The Bureau
delegation was headed by Edward r.
William and its speaker was John
J. DevinY. The latter was SO con
vincing in his arguments as to re-
cetve the close attention Of the COM
mission.
lie did not think that suggestions
OF of~congestion should be considered at
Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue as against the great benefits
that would accrue to over 11.0Oo Gov
ernment workers from the vicinity OF
the bureau He argues that transfers
at Twelfth and Pennsylvania avenue,
from the washington-V Virginia line,
would divert q large portion Of traffic
from the Fourteenth street cars OF
the w. r and p. He asserted that
many empty cars Of the Virginia line
pass the bureau each day, and should
be utilized for tho benefit of the pub
lie. Thousands Of employees who NV
walk would use the Virginia cars II
they could get. transfers at Twelfth
and the Avenue.
Mr.. DeViny also brought cut the
idea that the issue Of free transfers
to and from the Virginia line would
give Thousands OF Washington people
quick access to. Potomac Park and the
bathing beaches.
Matter Of More Revenues.
Offcials OF the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company do not
know today when they will make for
NAL application to the commission for
increose Of revenues from some source,
but the famentable financial outlook,
which the company claims, leads the
Utilities Commissions. to believe that
application Tor relief will not be long
delayed Alleged losses from free
transfers would make no Diff
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
Phrases.

Omaha world-Herald:: Three or foa
phrases uttered during the war az
likely to be long remembered One
them. make the world safe for demo-
racy," spoken by President Wilso9
has already been repeated THOUSAND
of times. Another which has becon1
familiar to all Americans and Frenc]
men were the words of General Pers
ing, when he placed a wreath on "
tomb of Lafayette. An grafton was q
pected, but he only said Lafayette
we have come, When the Germa1
had smashed through the British al
French lines until they were witn3
thirty-nine miles of Paris, and one
their long range guns was alrea9
Smelling the city, General Foch sal
They shall not pass, and he kept p
word. But of all such phrases, the OF
that will probably live the longest v
uttered when Grant said: Let us haJ
peace" That is the desire of the who
world now, and they hope that
days OF military autocracy are end'
forever.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
MILITARY POLICY
OF THE NATION
CONTINUED from pa.e /,

many words, he said today, that he
Will not handle the bill
Il told Secretary of War Baker
that l will not handle an army re-
organization bill at this session of
congress-" Dent said. 1T would be
silly to try to put such a measure
through in the fifty working days re-
naming at this session of congress"
Kahn's statement was an indica.
ton OF the dissatisfaction many com.
mfttee members feel with the attI.
tude OF the general staff.
Before l enter into the considera-
ton of an army bill. want to hear
from General Pershing and General
Liggett and others who have seen
actual fighting on the other side"
Kahn said. obviously we cannot
get them here for this session of con-
gress.
Furth ermore, / am going to
Europe Immediately after this session
of congress to find out what I can
of the English, French and Belgian
army plans and talk to any of our
officers who may stlll be on the other
side at that time
An army reorganization bill can
not pass this session Of congress. but
an army appropriation bill will have
to be passed"
As members Of the house and SEN
ate military committees view it, fix
ing of peace military policy IN
wolves, among others, decision con-
corning the following:
Future of the national guard.
Size of the standing army, both
mobile and reserve.
Universal military training.
disposition of army environments.
Upon all these questions there is
a wide variance OF opinion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
Il Has Arranged Big Program Of In
tensive Study for Coming Year
and Will Have Excel
lent Papers.
MEMBERS m EARNEST
Shakespeare and MarIowe the General
Theme of Papers Which Will
be Read at Each
Meeting.

The Shakespeare club, of which II
EBoyden Blood is president, has ISSUED
Its seventeenth annual year book
The subject of study for 1919, Ii
Marlowe and Shakespeare.
/ The program as arranged by Miss
Rachel Roberts, Mrs. Lees Ballingel
and Mrs. Hugh j. Robertson pro
vides for seven meetings for study
and for the social meeting on April
l23 in honor of Shakespeare's birth.
day anniversary. The, program fol
lows:
January IA. at the home of Miss
Elsie Buck-Paper:: Sketch of Mar
loves life, stressing his work with
Shakespeare by Mrs. Ira w. Wills.
Paper: Analysis plot of Edward II,
by w c. Howell.
Lees Ballinger-Paper: A study in
III compared with Shakespeare'S
Paper: Historical background of Ed
ward II. by Mrs. G. L. Norman.
February IL. at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. J. F. Elder-Paper: The
Tragedy of Kingship; a theme in
Shakespeare and Marlowe. by w. G.
Blood. Paper: Anticipations of
Shakespeare in Edward: II, by ]. o.
Boyd.
February %, at the home Of Miss
Roberts-Paper: Sketches in Black
and White; Shylock and Jessica;
Barabas and Abigail, by Mrs. j. O.
Boyd. Paper: Comparison of the
plots of the Jew of Malta and the
Merchant of Venice. by Mrs. Hugh j.
Robertson.
March II. at the home Of Mrs.
Emma Kilbourne Wright
The art Of the soliloquy as seen in
Shakespeare and Marlowe, by Mrs
w. G. Blood. Paper. Williams. in
Shakespeare and Marlowe. an analy-
sis, by John r. Irwin.
March %, at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Karl Kiedaisch-Paper: Color
and Imagery in Tamburlaine, by
Mrs. Emma Kilbourne Wright. Paper:
democratic and Cleopatra; the CLASH
cal versus the romantic method In
character drawing, by Mrs. H. Boy
den Blood.
April 8, at the home of DR.. and
MRS, Frank M. Fulton-Paper: The
Faust Theme; it's poetic ana dra.
matte elements by Mrs. Robert M.
Lapsley. Paper: Use of Magic in
Marlowe and Shakespeare, by Miss
Bertha Read Craig.
The members OF the Shakespeare
club are: Miss Martha Baldwin, Mrs.
Lees Ballinger. Miss Besse Blood. /
Mr.. W. G. Blood Mrs. w. G.. Blood, |
Mr.. H. Boyden Blood, Mrs. FL. Boy
len Blood, Mr.. J. 0. Boyd. Mrs. J. o. |
Boyd, Miss Elsie Buck, Mr.. Theodore
Craig. Mrs. Theodore Craig. Mrs. j.
:. Elder, Dr. Frank NJ. Fuller, Mrs. |
Frank M. Fuller. Mr.. w. C. Howell, |
Mrs. w. c. Howell, Mr.. John r. IT. /
win, Mrs. John R. Irwin, Mr. Karl I
Mrs. Karl Kiedaisch, Mrs. !
(. NJ. Lapsley, Mr.. G. L. Norman, /
drs. G. L. Norman, Miss Roberts, Mr.. !
Hugh Robertson, Mrs. Hugh Robert /
on, Mr.. John S. Sprowles, Mrs John i
J. Sprowles, Mr.. Ira W. Wills, Mrs.
ra w. Wills, Mrs. Emma Kilbourne /
Wright.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
Grain Review.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.--After lower
trend at the opening, grain futures
on the Chicago board of trade took
turn for the better today and
gained strength. There was little
demand at the outset for commission
house corn. but reports OF better re-
ceipts, due to the cold weather,
caused selling. Provisions were
steady.
January corn. opening down 1sc at
$1.41, gained Us. February corn,
down ac at the opening. $1.35h,
gained rs. March corn, off " at
the opening. $1.34Z, was up IN. May
corn, unchanged at the opening,
$1.34A, was up TX higher. July
corn, unchanged at the opening,
$1.34s. was rs higher
January oats. down q at the open
ing. 6S1ec. was " higher. February
oats, down Is at 69A, the opening.
was Is up. March oats. opening late
at 69as, off Is. was 1ss higher. May
oats, down n at the opening, 69s4,
was / 7sc higher.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
BEGIN WORK ON
RAILWAY PUZZLE
Continued frcn. page u

bring about efficiency and economy
might drive business away from their
lines. All the waste resulting from
these practices and running into huge
costs is paid for by the public in
the form Of Increased rates"
In presenting his views to the com
mittee, McAdoo said:
Il have given you a statement of
the transportation conditions a year
ago, OF the transportation achieve.
ments under federal control during a
year OF war and of the present stu
alton.
What remains to be considered Is
what permanent solution Of the rail-
road problems should be adopted and
what shall be the temporary form of
railroad control pending a permanent
solution.
I'm December, 1917, there were
about $50 separate operating railroad
companies in the United States. with
operating revenues of $1,000, 900 or
more per year each. Seventy-three
of these companies had operating rev.
enues of $10,000,0O0 or more per year
each
There were several hundred com.
panies whose respective operating
revenues We're less than 81 900 900
per year.
Broadly speaking, there are three
general permanent solutions of the
railroad question, the first is to send
the railroads back into the private
control of the several hundred old
companies. The second is to have
outright government ownership and
control OF all the railroads. The
third Is to reconstruct the railroad
map along logical lines so as to wine
out these hundreds OF different rail-
ROAD companies and substitute q
few companies which
under strict and close government
control can be expected to combine
the advantages OF government con-
troll, including unified control OF
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03

passenger rates were in effect for onl1
little more than half OF 1918, wher{
as increased wages and other irighs|
costs applied all through the year.
III the increase. In fretsht and pa}
senger rates had gone into effect ,
the beginning OF the year, 1t is esd
mated. there would have been : nj
Plus for the year Of at least $100. oO0I
o0O to the government" McAdoo said
For the year 1919. with all rate il
creases granted In 1918 operating I'd
the entire twelve months and upoi
the assumption that the traffic fo|
1919 is substantially the same as id
1918, and that the cost OF fuel and
supplies remains the same. it is estI
mated that there should be a surplus
TO the government over and above
the standard return OF approximately
S100.000.000. It Is to be expected
however, during the year 1919, the
cost OF material and supplies may b
reduced and 1t is also reasonable I'd
exrect that with improved operation
under normal conditions. relieved Of
the intense pressure and EXCESSIVE
cost incident to the war necessity and
with general improvement in operI
auon and use OF facilities and equiv
ment that may be reasonably expect
ed in peace times, many more econl
omies can be effected.
Since the object Of the government
should be at all times to operate thu
railroads not for profit, but at cosI
and to render at the same time th4
best possible service, confidently bel
lieve that 1t will be possible during
the year 1919 or certainly at the end
of the year 1919. to effect consider
able reduction In rates unless th(
traffic for 1919 should be much les
than 1t was in the year 1918"
His study Of the railroad problem
with relaxation to the nations future
prosperity has convinced him, Mo
Adoo said, that during this great per
fod Of world development involvfn1
the vital welfare OF the America
people. 1t seems to me particular
wise that the period OF federal con
troll OF railroad transportation
made concurrent with that OF goyer1
ment ship control, that Is. for ~
years to come"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03

Everybody venturing out of doors
II Indianapolis must wear '.fu''
ma SKIS, which give the Hoosiers quite
beauty touch. San Franciscans and
Seattiers are similarly adorned and
somewhat improved in appearance.
Inc assessed valuation of real es.
tate and personal property in Cook
county, including Chicago Just com.
pleted. totals s1,0S4, 9OG,671. OF this
ssZz ,4S6 S51 is for real estate and
sz62 420 900 for personal property. The
assessment is based on one-third Of the
full value, VI 'no