Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-09
ASK FOR ABOLITION
Of UTILITIES BOARD
Northeast Citizens Also Sug-
gest Congress- Fix Gas and
T Street Car Rates.

Three persons were admitted to
membership in Northeast Washington
Citizens Association. at a meeting
last night in the hall of the Church
of the Good Shepherd. 9Th and l
streets northeast. at the first meet
inc held there. President Evan II
Tucker presided. Rev c. s Aonot''
Mrs. X. B. Donald and r. B. Linkihs
were the new members
Roscoe Jenkins. chairman OF the
committee on public utilities SUD
mitted a report embooy1nS 81
luton asking Congress to repeal the
nrbIic utilities act, abolish the PUP
lie Utilities Commission and enact
lepislatiou fixing rates or street car
fares with the universal .
privilege 1t also asked that CouslesS
fix the price of gas ana eLec.'S
nroportion to that paid by the govern
ment
cite. Multiplicity Of Duties.
The r.so,ution recited the Increases
in the price of gas, electric
and street car fare, and declareo tn'l
a large majority of the time Oh 1ne
Commissioners has been ana IS
consumed in investigating anu ~ ~.
ing hearings for the benent OIL INC
privately owned pupiiS @ha;-
porations. thereby neglectlng t me-
rnties as Commissioners of the DIS
trict of Columbia.
The resolution was adopteo- Nc
DIR. Charles NJ. Emmons, presldent u
East Washington Citizens AsSocia. -,
invited members of the association 10 "A
tend the fiftieth anniversary ceiepratlois
OF the first named organization III East
ern High School the night OF November
%. President Tucker, in accepting .ne
invitation. said the East Wasnlnseon
ranization of it's kind in the District.
and declared it had made wonderful
record.
Plans Community Center.
DIR. Starr Parsons, chairman OF the
committee on schools, presented re-
port favoring organization OF COM
munity center for East washington anu
the report was adopted: He also pre-
tiicted that action would be taken at
the approaching session Of Congress IN
The matter of changing the school board.
He said the association had gone on rec
ord favoring an elective school board
Dr. L. D. Walter, chairman OF the
committee on police and fire department.
,old of the number of vacancies In the
:.ulice department He declared the lack
az sufficient number of policemen to
;.atrol the city makes conditions danger
Jus after midnight.
Association Committees Named.
President Tucker announced COM
,littees for the ensuing year as follows:
Executive comrnittee-Evan II. Tuck
-. chairman: DR.. l.. ID. Walter, Dr.
starr Parsons, Roscoe Jenkins. Edward
=. Parker. Samuel Thomas. william ].
i-rizzen, w. G. Lang. AlOnZo G. An
ihony, Prof Percivai Hall and James
II. Wood.
Legislation-Evan II Tucker. chair
man; William j. Frizzeii. Prof. Percival
r.,
IONS. Hubert Newson and George D.
Little.
Publicity and mail service-William J.
Ff;ZZell. chairman: AlOnzo G. Anthony,
:. II. Aschenbach. r. c. Murphy, Will
liam H. Mcconnell. Rufus Allen. DR..
Louis F. Bradley. Frank w. Collier. An
drew ]. Fallon. Dr. George II. Magee
and r. B. Whitehurs,-
Streets. avenues and alleys-W. G.
Lang. chairman: Il. \. Norway. w. w.
"reecy. Harry Baden. Jacob Frech, w.
=: Wymann. Ralph +. Day. T. Ashley
lynn. Edwin c. Henderson. ]. H JEFF
is. ]. Martin, J. II. Nally and c. E.
Eeickhardt-
Water, lights and sewers-Samuel
Iomas. chairman; Thomas L. McNa-
ara, p j. O'Dea, Joseph NJ. Carper,
Fiddesop. Edward Herbener. j. II.
;rby, R. c. MOberly, George H. Smith,
T. Tate. J. w. Tyler. Ambrose Will
;; ms. W. r. Smith, J. s. Wasney and
ebert Rogers.
Assessments - Alonzo G. Anthony.
:irman: w. ]. Baker, w. S. Branson,
C. Dunno. Milton Aekman. John Ca /.
~. John E Doheney. Luther L. Holtz- |
". william J. koerth. J. w. Anna !
q &c. G. G. West. +. W. Waldron. g. c. |
rley. w. s. Upton and Joseph H. |
.,Eroe.
Parks and spaces-Prot Percival Hall. /.
o,rfnan; Gustav Hartig. II. E. Day. !
imam Stead. James \. Farley. w. H /!
holiday. William III. Hoover. DIR. p. A. +!
sddOn, Frederick F. Leapiey, Will K /
Martin. Walter c. Mitchell. Charles |
-'ayes. Harry c.. Davis. Arthur Robb. !
=: NJ. Jones and c. II. Newton.
Schools-Dr. Starr Parsons. chairman;
T.. Hawkins. DE-. Ii. X Schneider. Mrs.
Emma Ryan. Mrs. Rose Reid. J: II.
';eekwith. n o; Jarvis. Alice Reed John
cyrus f. Cook. William T. Belts.
thomas McGrath. John F. Maragon and
William B. Severe.
sanitary affairs-James NJ. Wood.
ane. J. 6. Prienkert. NJ. n. Ready.
\. Souder. Thomas A. Cannon, E.
- English, P. w. George. Edward
rbener. Oscar 3. Lacy. Eugene
aoux. David J; Roberts. John G.
Public utilities-Itoscoe Jenkins.
1irman: William F. Dement,. w. H.
ham. S. z. Elanton. Clarence
nhey. Harry Caldwell. Frank w
sllier. p w q or.e George w
adwin, Oscar T. I.acv. J. NJ. Stewart.
lillian J. Rogers. William Watts. F.
'erling Wilson. II srry J. Zuschnett.
Police and fire dep9 rtments-Dr. L.
Walter, chairman: II. J. Collins. ].
Patten. Timothy Hanlon. Benjamin.
'Tilliams. G.. NJ Little. Lieut.. Yulee
lodges. Edward VI. Venables. Gregor
{. Nix. William G. McGirr, d. j. Nc
';amara. John T. Miller. H. r.
:teitzler. G. l. Creecy, z. /. Haigh.
Membership-Edward y. Parker
chairman: Samuel Thomas. Roscoe
Jenkins. J. G. Buck. D. J. Mcnamara,
August Ruprecht. Jacob E. Peterson,
arthur r. Gilchrist. Russell Knott.
Mabel G. Halves Meyer Fisher,
Charles E. Talbert Samuel Ceas, Isa-
bella Givin. Gertrude Marley.