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The Washington times., 1921-06-15
IL
5G[NI FARE,
LOWER GAS,
AIM Of DILL.
Abolition OF Public UtiIIties
Commission ls Prelude to
Benefits for Patrons.

A bill to abolish tho Public Utili-
ties Commission and to put the pub
lie utilities corporations of the Dis
trict under the control Of Congress
will b introduced into the House
late this afternoon. 1t was learned
today.
Passage of the bill would bring
about q 6-cent fare and cut the cost
Of gas more than 80 per cent.
HAMMER IS AUTHOR
Con gresham william C. Hammer.
OF Wisconsin. member Of the District
Committee. II Is understood. framed
the bill last night and win have It
introduced before the House ad5oins
today.
Other mem bsrs OF tho District Com
n1ittee. 1t yas learned. are interested
in tho bill and they believe enactment
Of such fekislation 10 the only sure
way to bring about 4 hve-csnt fare.
The bill provides that the Public
Utllities Commission be abolished and
that all powers now vested In this
ccmmisaion be Withdrawn. 1t further
provides that the statutes In effect be-
fore the commission was created be
re-enactcd.
Under this bill, the street car COM
panies and other public utilities In
the District Of Columbia must reduce
the cost OF their service or produce
tion to more than pre-war level.
The cost Of gas under the bill would
drop to seventy-flve cents per thouo-
and cubic feet, tho rate in effect be-
fore 1s13, the year the Public Utili.
tiee Commission was created.
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
PARENT-TEAcHERS' BODY
HEAR FOUNTAIN PEYToN

Fountain Peyton, reftsin rDcrbev Of
the Board OF Education, Addressed the
ANAL season meeting Of the Parent
Teacher Association of tho Thaddeus
Stevens School last nikht at the
school. Mr.. Psyton spoke on '-rhc
Power Of Educstion.''
Resolutions commencing the ex-
cellent service Of Mr.. Peyton during
his six years on the Board Of Educa-
ton were unanimously adopted. A
feature OF the meeting was the play.
ing Of the kindergarten band of the
school.
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
MOUNTAIN OF GOLD
. TO Be CHECKED BY
CHAMP COUNTERS
Crack Squad Leaves for New
York to Verify United States
Assets In Bullion.

The fastest money counters in the
employ Of the Treasury Department
have left Washington for New York
whore they will begin the task "f
counting. piece by piece, and note by
note, the largest amount Of gold anil
gold certificates ever brought to
gether In one spot In the history OF
the world.
L. T. zieg,cr and 8. A. swArtx. Of
the Treasury Department; H. b.
Webster. OF the California mint. snd
F. II. Chaffin. Of the Philadplphta
mint are the men engaged In the task
to check up and calculate the amoun
OF gold now held by the United States
Assay Omice In New York. The count
OF the worlds largest stock of gold
has been made necessary by the
change of superintendents at the
Assay Office. and the fact that the
Government, on it's own account.
wants the figures Included In reports
for the fiscal year.
The heavy work of the counting
board has to do with the gold which
has come Into the United States dur
Ing the past ten months from twenty
six foreign countries In one continu-
Gus stream. This new gold has been
assayed, melted and recast In bars.
The work OF counting the gold cer-
uficates, OF which many million dol
lars worth are on deposit, Is to go
forward. coincident with the gold
Weighing. When the work is finally
completed and the results checked up.
they will be certified by the four men
20 the Treasury Department. whicn
Will accept the check II found correct
and relieve the bondsmen Of the out
going superintendent. The work 10
expected to take about thirty days.
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
CATHOLIC MEN TO TALK
PLANS FOR CONVENTION

The committse appointed to make
preliminary arrangements for the Dis
trict convention Of the National Coun-
ell of Catholic Men viii hold their f'rst
meeting at the headquarters OF the
National Catholic Welfare Counsil,
1914 Massachusetts, avenue. this eve
ming at O'Clock.
Mem bers- Of the eommittes are:
AdimArl w. 8. Benson, st. Paurs Coun-
Gil: Thomas J. Donovan, St AIoysius'
Council; DIR. william c. Gwynn. Holy
Trinity Council; John Crowley, st.
Matthews Council; John H. Hunter.
Immaculate Conception Council;
George J. Cleary. Holy Name Council.
R Paul Repetti. ST. Peters Council;
M. B. Harlow. St. Thomas' Council;
Prof. Eugene A. Clarke, st. Angus
tines Council: w. H. Murray. st. Mav-
tins Council, and DR.. n. J. slattery,
executive secretary OF the National
Council of Catholic Men.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN
GETS REVENUE PLUM

c. p. Smith. assistant solicitor in
charge of intsrpretative division No.
OF the solicitors once. has been ap-
pointed Assistant oommissicner OF
internal revenue, succeeding Paul F..
Myers resigned. The appointment 10
effective June 16.
Mr.. Smith IL q native Of windham.
N. II. He was graduated from Brown
University In 1902 and studied law In
the law schools of Brown and George
Washington universities. He was ad-
mitted to the bar OF the District OF
Columbia In 1o11.'
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ADMIRAL AND WIFE,
welded SO YEARS,
CELEBRATE TODAY
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Jewell
Happy A. Ever on Golden
Jubilee.

Fifty years ago today. At s o'clock,
in this city. the pretty and young
debutante dAughter Of an admiral
and Q, young naval officer were mar
ried at st. Johns Episcopal Church.
Today At 5 o'clock Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore r. Jewell win celebrate
their golden wedding anniversary
At their home, sl3S r street north
west.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jewell are the same
old lovers, but he 10 now Rear Ad-
niral, and they have q son, Comdr.
C. T. Jewell. who lives with them.
II have always been q navy girl"
said Mrs. Jewell. and believe
navy girls make the best wives for
navy men. They. understand the
mode Of life Of . navy man and thus
adapt themselves with less rest
lessness and contention. We are
just ~ happy today as we werc
my years ago when we were
united"
Il wish I could say that at the
end of nifty years married life"
said . newly-mads bride. How do
they DO itr'
I'VE live simply now" continued
Ars. jewell. 'for there is no use
10 sqpandsr ones strength in excess
sfvs 4ocial life. We enjoy the past
- much ~ the present and have
many pleasant "reminiscences"
Mr.. and MIRA. Charles c. Glover
will entertain for them this After
noon. The latter 10 q sister of Mrs.
Jewell.
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SACRED HEART PUPILS
WILL GRADUATE TONIGHT

Graduation exercises for pupils of
the Academy OF the Sacred Heart OF
Mary will be held tonight At st.
Dominic's Hall.
Last night the pupils OF the Acad-
emy gave q three-act drama. The
Mistress Of FernlAigh Grange"
Members Of the cast were Angela
Brosnan. Helen Regan. Margaret
walter. Nellie Keane, Marguerite
Fitzgerald, Selma Green. Mary Nc
Cracken. Edith Branson, Eleanor
Messina.e Catherine O'Donnell Agnes
Auth. Lucy HIN and Mary Margaret
Long. =.
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
WOMAN GETS INJUNCTION
IN PAVING COST SCRAP

Justice Stafford Of the District
Supreme Court today granted an In
junction to Mrs. Anna M. Knox and
others preventing the District Com
,missioners from collecting an as
sessmAnt for the paving OF Nayior
road from Good Hope road to the
District Line. The court held that
the Boriand amendment under which
the property owner Is required 70
pay one half Of the cost Of improve
ment q streets applies only to city
streets The District authorities
paved the road In question and lev
led . tax Of $500 against the prop
erty Of Nro. Knox.
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
OLDEST VETERAN
ADDS TO APPEAL
OF FLAG PROGRAM
Closing Exercises at Capitol At
tracts Blind Survivor Of
Mexican War.

Bathed In the glare Of the Capitol
searchlights william Harman. ninety
ons-ysar old Mexican War veteran
At Soldiers Home. stepped down the
steps of the East Front last night ~
the central figure In a pageant In
honor Of Old Glory during the clos
Ing exercises Of the Capitals nag day.
Standing erect and walking firmly
despite his age and almost total
blindness. Harman was roundly
chsered as he appeared. escorted by
soldiers OF later wars and . group
Of nag bearers.
A large crowd was drawn to the
Capitol Plasa to hear the singing OF
thA National Community Chorus un-
der the direction Of Charles Wsngsrd
and Miss Fannie e. Buck. MY GLORY
Flag" . new song composed by Jamea
= Lewis. Of this city. was included
In the nine patriotic numbers on the
program
Twelve young men from Gonsass
College represented the soldiers OF
the Revolution. veterans Of the civil
war were present to represent that
campaign. and Spanish-American war
and world war veterans appeared ~
Representatives of the soldiers OF
their day.
Csl John NcElroy. commander Dc.
paYtment of the Potomac, made q
short address. Comrads Washington
Gardner. commissioner of pensions,
and past commander-in-chi OF the
@. A. r.. spoke. and Mrs. Isabel
worreil Bail. past national senior
vice president Of the Women's Re-
Lief Corps. told of the hags flown
In various parts Of the country be-
fore the final adoption OF the Stars
and Stripes.
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
Payne Seeks Divorce.

Alleging misconduct and naming q
willard A. Payne today
hlAd suit In the District Supreme
Court againNt Sadie L. Payne, for
abaoluts divorce and the custody Of
their four children. The couple were
married IN this city February 8. 1901.
and have four children. Attorney
Walter A. Johnsten appears for the
plaintin
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
j. s. BUTTS IN TO
! FIND THAT GOATS
ARE SCARCE HERE
Government Discovers Real
Reason Why People Here
Don't LoSs Nanniss.

You can't get the goat Of wash
instonian.
Now. please don't rush on and yell
that this 10 q rash statement. II
isa't.
This IL q fact Of grave portent.
The reason at hrst was obscure.
It was pretty widely known that q
washingtonian's goat was . rare
keast-almost as rare ~ q good egG
In . cold storage plant.
At any rate no scientist. off-hand.
could explain the reason.
A good crystal gaser might make
stab At II. but what good would
that do?
At last the reason has been re-
ducsd to cold. scientific hgures. 1t
took months OF patient research. a
house-to-house canvass, and all cf
the resources Of one Of the gree test
government bureaus to arrive At thess
epochal figures.
STEADY now! Here's the great Sc
cret:
S-s-h!
Know why you can't get The goat
Of a Washingtonian?
It's because only Deven washing.
tonians have goatsi
This momentous fact was ascer-
tatnsd By the Bureau Of the Census
In gathering the Agricultural census
At the same time II was found
that, though there may be many
Aarys In Washington. there are
darned few of them who have little
lambs. II you're speaking Of calves
Of course It's q different matter.
And IL you must know further
here's why.
There are eight ewes and tws
rams in the District and they are
one year old or more. Ba-a-n-a-A
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
Chinese Pay Drug Fines.

Convicted OF possessing narcotics
snd drug paraphernalia, James Ice
ana Sam Lee. 37S PennsyIvania
. avenue north west. and Huie Bing. 9<s
pennsylvania avenue, were tolny
riven suspended sentences OF tvo
years each. and James Leo was hnch
800. Sam Leo and Bing were also
Snsd easo each. all three mon paying
cash In court They pleaded guilty
ksfors Justies siddsas - osaninai
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
Twsnty-Ysar Club Meets.

The Twenty-year Club, composed of
employees OF Woodward & Lothrop.
met yesterday In the store cafeteria.
After talk by Fred Z. Woodward, q
program of musical and vaudeville
numbers was given.
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
To Welcome Exiles.

The Honduran government has Is
sued general amnesty decree 90 tns'
all euiss may return to the country
whenever they please under . govern
mental guaranty Of protection. " was
announced here by the Honduran isea-
t,o0.
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
General Sawyer 10 Speak.

Gen. Chas. \. Sawyer win address
the Mems CLUB Of the Chevy Chase
PrssbytsriaA church tomorrow even
ine at Q 0'eleck.
The Washington times., 1921-06-15
Twenty-six Procured
Licenses to Wed
Yesterday


81 Ill nGht. s,
Colonel Krolls busy ssason =
on.
He handed over thu. counter yes-
tsrday marriage licenseS 10 twep-
ty-six young men. That's sons
record for one day. sayi The
colonel.
Colonel Kroll also says he
wishes the flowers and nd roses
would bloom and the birds sing
some other month than June. be-
cause he's getting tired Of having
70 do double work the hottest
month of the year. Couldn't they
be- = little obliginG md aocommo-
date a fellcr?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
To Group the Federal Government Jobs

mitted the following concurrent reso-
luton Is. Con. Res. 32), which goes
fully into details:
Resolved by the senate (the house
Of representatives concurring), That
a joint committee of the house and
senate, to be composed of five mem
bers Of the senate, to be appointed by
the vice president, and five members
Of the house of representatives to be
appointed by the speaker thereof, be,
and the same same is hereby, created
and authorized and directed to investi-
gate the various activities Of the sew
eral departments and agencies of the
government and submit reports to con-
gress from time to time recommending
the reorganization of the various de-
partments and agencies and the plac-
ing under one department or agency
the various activities of the govern
ment relating to the same or correlated
subject matter, with view to doing
away with duplication in government
work and promoting efficiency and
economy in the government service.
The department of public works in
the Knox resolution would be the re,
organized Interior department.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
Protection for Maternity and Infancy

REPRESENTATIVE of eleven ma
N tional organizations of women
have created a joint congressional
committee to work in Washington for
the passage of various measures,
among them the Sheppard-Towner bill
to provide protection for maternity
and infancy. Among the members of
the committee are Miss Ethel Smith,
National W0men's Trade Union
league: Mrs. Kate TrenhOlme Abrams
and Miss Ida Hafford. General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Ellis
Yost. Women's Christian Temperance
union; Miss Louise Stanley, American
Home Economics association; Miss
Mary O'TooIe, District of Columbia
Woman Suffrage association; Mrs.
Maud Wood Park, chairman National
League of Women Voters;
That the women of the country want
this bill passed is evident from the
fioed of petitions presented to con-
gress In a single number of the Con-
gressional Record are these petitions
Fruit Hill Women's club, New Prov
idenee. r. l.. Ragozza club of Rock
ford, H.; residents of Washington
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
FREAKlEST PLAY OF SEASON
Umpire Allows Runner to Score Who
Left Base Before Fly Ball
Had Been Caught.

Del Howard, manager of Oakland,
CAL, team, tells of the freakiest play
that has happened in the Coast league
this season.
The Oaks were playing Seattle on
the latter's field. Casey was umpfr-
ing the bases and Jimmy Toman han
died the balls and strikes.
Jack Knight of the Oaks was on
first base when Pop Arlett hit a fly
to left center. Bill Stumpf made a
great catch of it. Knight, who thought
Stumpf couldn't get near the ball
had passed third base.
Stumpf threw to Kenworthy and the
bali went through his hands, passing
by several ether Seattle players. II
hit the bats in front Of the Oakland
bench and was picked up and thrown
to second before Knight could return
Umpire Casey ruled him out. Then
Del Howard claimed the runner should
score, as the ground rules allowed the
man to advance if the ball hit the
players dugout or bats.
Casey reversed his decision and the
run counted. Then ensued a 1O-min'
ute argument.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
WASHINGTON
SIDELIGHTS !
National Parks and Water Power Act

Apparently the national park service
was asleep at the switch, for the new
water power act permits the filing or
applications for power sites in the ma
tional parks. The power commission
consists of the secretaries of war, in-
terror and agriculture. Secretary
Payne protested to the President, hold
ing that the granting of national
park power permit should be only by
act of congress. Then came the pledge
by Senator Jones.
The official statement of the ma
tional park policy is @That the ma
tional parks must be maintained IN
absolutely unImpaired form for the
use of future generations as well as
those of your own time" The organic
act creating the national park service
specifies that the purpose of the ma
tionaI parks Is ''to conserve the seen
cry and the natural and historic OBJ
jects and the wild life therein
Applications for permits, however,
have already been fled in Grand Ca
non, Yosemite and Sequoia-
Friends of the national parks have
already begun the bombardment OF
congress, the women being especially
active. A glance at the list of memo
riaIs, petitions, etc., shows protest
from women's organizations from
Rhode Island to California.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
HIGGINS ANGLING FOR
FASTER OUTFlELDERS
Babe Ruth Win Not Be Member
of Pitching Staff.
Yankee Manager Realizes That Speed
Must Be Added to Team Ii 1t Is
to Be SuccessfuI-Pratt Is
Uncertain Quantity.

If Miller Higgins has his way the
Yankees of 1921 will be a more fleet
footed aggregation than they were last
season and in previous campaigns
The little manager realizes that speed
must be added to the team if 1t is to
be successful next year, and 1t looks
as though a few of the slow-moving
members of the team will be among
the missing next spring. In their place
Higgins hopes to have men who are
fleet of foot.
In discussing the future OF the Yam
KEGS Manager Higgins said:
II am going to make efforts to OBJ
tain two new outfelders who have in
their makeup ability to cover a lor OF
territory in the outer works and who
will also show speed on the base paths.
am also going to try to improve the
pitching staff I am looking for one
more pitcher, not necessarily a left
handler. No, Ruth will not be mem
Der of the pitching staff next season.
1t is my present intention to retain
him in the outfieId. If between now
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
Bureau of Veteran Re-establishment''

is a member of the public health service
1t creates in the Department of the
Interior bureau of veteran re-estab-
lishment." To it would be transferred
all the functions of the war risk insur-
ance bureau, which now handles so
per cent Of the soldier relief work :
the rehabilitation work of the federal
board for vocational education. and
such functions of the public health
service as are connected with physi-
cal examinations Of soldiers.
The director Of the bureau would
receive $4,000 year. He would have
full power to conduct all government
functions having to do with soldier
welfare and to promote greater eff
cheney in extending relief Immediately
upon application Of soldier and then
forward the case to Washington for
review should doubt arise as to the
wisdom of the original action.
The crux Of the whole plan, accord
Ing to Mr.. Rogers, is that one man,
the director, would be supremacy re-
sponsible for all soldiers relief.
'1The day Of passing the buck would
end" he declared.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
"AEFS" NO LONGER In USE
Once Popular Piece of Plate Has Al
together Disappeared From the
Tables of Royalty.

So rare is the nef that to most peo-
pie the very name is unknown; not
more than six specimens exist any
where in the world. The other day
a silver nef, not more than % inches
high, was sold by private treaty in
London, Eng, for the huge sum of
S23,500. At Christie's last year a
slightly smaller one fetched $4,000 at
public auction. The reason for these
very high prices is that the nef is the
rarest piece of antique plate in exist
ence. Shaped like a ship, and beau
tifully modelled, nefs were nearly al
ways made by the Seventeenth CEN
fury silversmiths, who specialized in
them, to the order of crowned heads.
Their ostensible use was to hold wine
or other beverages In the hull of the
vessel, the liquid being delivered
through a spout in the bows. Kings
made presents of them to other kings
Most nefs were so constructed that the
wine, being once inclosed, could not be
tempered with; no slight advantage in
the days when poison was recognized
agent for the removal of obnoxious
monarchs by their disaffected sub
jects.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
POWER
H0uSE

u7ASHINGTON.-One of the first
w bills introduced at this session of
congress was a bill Is. 4554) TO amend
an act entitled AN act TO create a
federal power commission; to provide
for the improvement of navigation,
the development of water power, the
use of the public lands in relation
thereto; and TO repeal section Is Of the
river and harbor appropriation act ap-
proved August 8, 1917, and for other
purposes" approved June 1q 1920 ;
referred to the committee on COM
MERGE. This bill was introduced by
Senator Jones of Washington, chair
man of the committee on commerce.
who pledged himself TO this action to
Secretary Payne of the Interior de-
partment before the President signed
the water power act last June.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
Sure; Why Spoil Perfectly Good Lake?

COUTH DAKOTA evidently knows
- good thing when she sees it-and
wants to keep it, especially If Uncle
Sam is willing to pay the bills. Any
way, Representative Sterling OF that
state presented this memorial:
BE it resolved by the house Of rep
resentativeS of the State OF South
Dakota (the senate cOncurring)-
Whereas the congress of the Uni
ted States in years past has appropri-
ated money for the sinking of four
6-inCh wells on the shores of Lake
Andes, in the County of Charles Mix,
State of South Dakota, for the pur-
pose and object of keeping said lake
filed with water to at least its nor
NAL depth, which result has been fully
and successfully realized, to the great
pleasure, satisfaction and enjoyment
of the general public, and all persons
interested, with the exception of GER
tain landowners, whose lands abutting
the shores of said lake have become
flooded and covered with water; and
Whereas the owners of said flooded
lands have instituted proceedings with
view of inducing congress 70 appro-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07
PLANE DROPS BALL

A novel kickoff was witnessed
at an international footoal
match which took place IN VI
emma recently between Austria
and Hungary.
Both teams were lined up,
ready for the start, but 1t was
noticed they had no ball. An
airpIane, however, suddenly APP
peared on the horizon, lowered
over the playing field for a short
time, and then, to the huge de-
light of some $4,000 onlookers,
slowly glided down until it was
so feet above the center. Then
the pilot dropped football. and
as soon as the ball touched the
ground the referees whistle
sounded and the match was on.
Having got rid of it's bomb,
the airplane mounted again and
made off amid the cheers and
laughter of the crowd.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07

CONSOLIDATION of all branches of
- the government dealing with sol
diers' welfare under plan backed by
the American Legion is proposed in a
joint bill introduced in the house and
senate by Representative Rogers of
Massachusetts and Senator Capper OF
Kansas. In drafting the measure
which will be pressed for passage this
session, Mr.. Rogers had the assist
ance of the legion's national legisla-
five committee; Col. r. G. Cholmeley-
Jones, director Of the war risk in
suranee bureau; w. Lamkin, head of
the federal board for vocational edu-
cation. and Mrs. Lavender Warren, who
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-07

THERE appears to be considerable
vim to the movement TO reOrganiZe
the executive department. Senator
Knox Of Pennsylvania introduced the
following resolution for Senator Nc
COrnick OF Illinois (absent in En-
rOpe),:
Resolved, That there be appointed a
special committee of the senate to be
composed of 10 members, 6 to be
chosen from the majority party and
from the minority party, to consider
measures for the reorganization of the
executive departments and the crea-
ton of department of public works
and 4 department Of public welfare
Senator Jones of Washington sub