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The Washington times., 1924-12-31
VET INSURANCE
BAGS ARE To
Be MAILED
AttsAvt by Citizens to Hold
u Policies Knocked Out
~ Justice Mccoy

TAA &Uestion was argued before
CSoaf 9astice Mccoy. of the Dis
trACt Supreme Court today, whether
Srfgadier Frank T. Hines, director
of the Veterans Bureau, should be
required to show cause why he
Ahould not he prevented from send
ePg out $50 sacks of insurance poll
caNs TO veterans of the world war.
The attempt to tie up the dis
tT45ution of these policies was made
by Attorney Benjamin Catchings, Of
New York, representing Francis A.
Adams and forty.seven others, the
majority Of whom are residents of
New York.
Attorney Catchings informed the
court that the petitioners are tax
payers Of the United States and
have during the. year 1924 paid
about 100000 income taxes for 1928.
Claims by Petitioners.
He claimed that Director Hines
had ESQ sacks full of endowment IN.
surance certificates for upward Of
$3.50 100000 ready for mailing to.
morrow morning at o'clock, and
that many additional certificate
would be sent out thereafter.
Attorney Cor petitioners claimed
that DirectAr Hines is without
authority to issue the certificates,
and that IL issued the certificates
will create a moral obligation to
provide moneys for their payment
and will result in the Increase of
the public tax burden.
Motion Is Dismissed,
Assistant District Attorney Yer.
non West, appearing for the Gov.
eminent replied that Director
Hines in his ministerial capacity
was carrying out an act Of Con.
gress authorizizing the issuing of
the certificates, and also argued
that petitioner had not sufficient
interest in the case to maintain his
suit and cited in this connection
the rockingham case and the case
of William Shearer, the naval ex-
pert who recently sought to pre-.
vent the sinking of the Washing.
ton.
The Veterans Bureau was repre-.
scented by William Wolf Smith,
l.. A. Wind. J. M. George and
Omar Clark. The court dismissed
the motion.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
NEW MAKE Of
COPPER BEING
DEVELOPED
Carries More Electric Current
Than Ordinary Kind,
Ayers Scientist

Copper that a child can bend one
way, but which requires a Hercules
to twist into any other position after
being once bent, is the newest I'M
provement in conductors for electric
current, the American Association
for the Advancement of Science was
informed today by Doctor w. P.
Davey, Of the General Electric Com
panys research laboratory.
THIS new make Of copper, further
more, is capable Of transmitting not
only more current than ordinary
copper, but more than silver, here
tofore a much better conducting
metal than common "copper"
Doctor Davey explained that the
single-crystal copper, as 1t is known.
is not at present commercially
practicable, because of delicacy OF
construction and difficulty of manu-.
facture. From a scientific stand.
point, however, the results are
far.reaching.
Ordinary copper is made of in.
Vulnerable crystals, but special
process melts this new metal into
one. 1t is easy to bend but, once
bent. the single crystal is trans.
formed into a mass, and the meta;
possesses the properties Of common
copper only.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
POWER OUTPUT
GAINS FASTER
THAN VALUE
Pepco Production Grows 362
Per Cent While Valuation
Increases 1873 Per Cent

The electric current output OF
the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany has increased 362 per cent
since 1914, while the valuation Of
the corporation has increased only
1873 per cent, Major William e. r..
Covell. Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner. declared today.
These figures make clear"
Major Covell points out, "why we
can get III -cent electric light
rate, with $B2 800, 900 valuation.
while in 1914, with a valuation of
only $11,O0O.OO0. the rate was con.
siderably higher"
He made public the following
In 1914 the output was 80 1000 ,OoO
XIV. hours.
In 1917 the output was $1,000, 900
XIV. hours.
In 1920 the output was 10000 ,Ooc
XIV. hours.
In 1924 the output was 14s 900. 900
XIV. hours.
That is" says Major Covell, in
explanation, "the output has in
creased from $4,000 900 kilowatt
hours to 14S,000,000 kilowatt hours,
or 1852 per cent, while the valuation
has increased only 1873 per cent. In
other words, the output per dollar
OF valuation has increased from 81
kilowatt hour to 455 kilowatt hour"
Analyses Agreement.
J. In another statement, Major
Covell Analyses the compromise
valuation agreement between the
Potomac and Electric Power Com
pany and the Public Utilities Com
mission. He also gives a brief
history of the case.
His statement follows:
I'm 1915 the Public Utilities Com
mission claimed that no allowances
should be made for increased value
of plant due to the increasing price
level. Subsequent Supreme Court
decisions. in general. and the de-
cision 10 the Court of Appeals of
the District of Columbia in the
Potomac Power Company case. in
particular, established the principle
that some allowance must be made
for increased value due to higher
price levels. The fight since this
time has been on the amount to
be allowed and hence to be added
to the 1914 value.
THE courts have very generally
held that an amount should be
added to the value of the plant to
represent going concern value" or
the increased value of a going COM
pany over the bare value Of a
newly erected but idle plant. The
Public Utilities Commission has
maintained that no such value
should be added but that this was
already allowed for in the value OF
1914. In public utility. cases in
other States, the going concern
value" allowed has usually bean
from 10 per cent to 20 per cent Of
I the total value of the plant.
The following figures show in
round numbers the cost of plant
and other capital items. over which
there was practically no disagree
ment between the Public Utilities
Commission and the company value
of plant in 1914:
Value in 1914 Ono de-
probation deductedD 311. 900, 10000
Actual cost of total
additions to Deem
Der 81. 1924. 1850. 10000
Value of Maryland
property ....... soc, 100000
Material and supplies. soc, 100000
Working capital. 49,, 400. 100000
27.4So. 10000
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
FORMER DISTRICT WOMAN
INJURED IN SALVADOR

Word has been received here that
Mrs. Montgomery Schuyler, wife OF
the American minister to Salvador,
was injured severely In an automo.
bile accident in Salvatore last Sat.
urday.
She has been removed to the
Rosales Hospital for further ex-
animation. Before her marriage to
Mr.. Schuyler she was Edith Law.
ger Of this city,
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
o. c. COMMITTEE FAvoRS
ACCEPTANCE or PARK GIFT

The House District Committee to.
day reported favorably on measure
authorizing the. Chief Engineer Of
the U. s. Army to accept q tract of
land lying along Foundry Branch
between the Glover parkway and
Reservoir road, donated by Mrs. Anne
Archbold for National park purposes.
The tract viii be known as the
"Archbold Parkway" and lies ada
cent to Burleith subdivision
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
6Sth House Hands Out
S3,OOO,OOO Per
Minute

The "Iame duck" House Of the
Sixty-eighth Congress will GO
down in history as the "$3 ,000,-
OO0-a-minute" House.
Money was appropriated that
fast in consideration Of the
Postoffice and Treasury bills,
carrying $763, 900, 900. The bills
were passed in 255 minutes Of
actual time, or at the rate Of
nearly three million a minute.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
BU|LD|NGSUP To
80 FEET ARE
PROPOSED
Such Structures Shall Contain
Only Eight Floors and Be
on Wide Streets

A bill which would amend present
building regulations in the District
and permit the construction OF build.
ings ninety feet high in residential
zones was introduced in the House
today by Congressman Reed of West
Virginia.
The measure was recommended
by the District Commissioners after
the Zoning Commission had hell
hearings on the matter.
Under the terms Of the measure,
the ninety.foot buildings can be only
eight stories in height and can be
erected only on streets 100 feet wide
Churches are excepted from che
regulations of the bill.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
THAMES JEWELLERS FLEE
BEFORE RISING WATERS

LONDON, Dec. 31.-Riverside in
habitants continued their flight be
fore the rising waters of tbs
Thames and other rivers of Ems
land today
A week of almost continuou
rains has resulted in record hig
water stages.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
BLACK SHIRTS MOBILIZE
FOR fascist FUNERALS

FLORENCE, Dec. 31.--Strong
concentrations black.shlrted lAtcisti
militia We're reported today from
Turin, Milan as well as this city.
The reason for the mobilization
was the funerals Of Fascist killed
fighting communists.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
Army Man il Fight on
Light Rates
BY VIVIAN LEE TILI.MAN,
o. 8, Army.

large part in the battle to lower rates Of the Potomac
Electric Light Company played by Major William e. r.
Cov Of the Corps Of Engineers Major Coyel Of the
assistant engineer commissioners of the District Of Columbia
It fell to his lot upon being assigned to duty at the District
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
METROPOLITAN
MEMORIAL M. E. CHURCH
John Marshall Place,
Az annH n Skrno&e NJ VA

WATCH NIGHT SERVICES
From $50 to 10 a reception will
be held. From 10 to IL there
will be COMMUNION, consecra-
ton, and revival sermon. This
will be the concluding service OF
the ministry i'm Metropolitan
Church of DIR. Harry Dawson
Mitchell, as he and Mrs. Mitchell
leave New Year Day for their
new home in Ocean Grove, N. j.
Spend Tonight at Metropolitan.
THE NATIONAL METHODIST
CHURCH.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
|1NiIlIIII SION
Fortify Your System
Against Winters Attack
TODD'S TONIC
TAKE

Todd,s Tonic
may be had at
Peoples Drug
Store No. 1, Tth
and X Streets
} N. w.. where
Mr.. r. q. White,
~ trained repre-
sentative. will
be glad to ex-
plain the merits
Of this truly
great remedy.
Todd's Tonic Ia
also sold at all
Peoples Drug
stores through.
out the city.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31

Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs
William p. Hill, 145s Monroe street
northwest, will receive New Year
day from 2 to o'clock. With
them will be their house guest
Mrs. Coleman Nockolds, wife Of
Lieutenant Colonel Nockolds, OF
Miami, Florida.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29

National Committee. Reading from the list of contributors. Walsh de clared that T. C. Dupont, E, F. Albce and others, who appeared on the list, lad already contributed to the Republican national campaign fund through other agencies.
 From 25 to 20 per cent of the contributors to the clubs funds were Democrats, Waldo said, and named as such Phil Benkhard, D. J. Green hut, Leonard M. Miller Henry truhoff and Harry Gordon.
 Asked by Senator Caraway if the actors delegation had been paid" to come to Washington he replied: T know they were not paid"
 Ad Man Denies It
 Chicago, Oct. 29.-Ben McCutch- con, one of the owners of the Nc- Cutcheon-Gerson publicity syndi- cate, said today, he never had heard of any such proposition as told the senate committee on campaign eX- penditurcs by Gilson Gardner, q Washington newspaper man and supporter of the LaFolctte inde- pendent campaign Mr. McCutcheon also said he did not know William Burch of Washington, mentioned by Gardner as having represented inc Mathematician organization, and that Mr. Burch had not repre- sented his syndicate.
 'T never heard of any such thing, said McCutcheon when informed
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
grams favorable to the candidate.
 Would Sell to IaFOIlette.

'The young man told me that they would prefer to sell the scheme to LaFollette because they sympa- thized with his views" Gardner said, 'and woud be willing to sell 1t to LaFollette at lower figure than to either of the old parties"
 He said he declined Burchs offer, saying That is more money than LaFolIette has"
 "I judged they sold the proposi- tion to the Republicans when heard about the actors calling at the White House, including Al Jolson, John Drew and Charlotte Green wood, who were mentioned in con- nection with the offer" said Gard ner.
 In reply to Frank P. Walsh, at- torney for LaFollette, Waldo said the Coolidge Non partisan clut brought to Washington the delega- tion of actors who recently break lasted at the White House. The club paid for the actors transports ton and luncheon, Waldo said az gregating s1,3S26O, The arrange ments were made with Secretary 1 Slemp, and Waldo said he had not ! informed President Coolidge that the actors expenses were paid.
 Waldo testified that his organiza- tion had raised s15,000 which had not been reported to the Republican
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29

Senator Shipstead, farmer labor,
 Minnesota. are due here late today from Washington and will get the Chicago end of the general investi-
 gation under way as quickly as pos sible. They are accompanied by Mr. Kirkland and Samuel Untermyer of
 New York, supporter of John w. Davis, who has been associated be-
 fore the committee with Frank P.
 Walsh, counsel for Senator La Fol- lctte.
 The attention Of the committee probably will be directed first to the
 La Toilette charges of republican
 "'slush" fund with William NJ. But Ter, chairman, and William Y.
 Hodges. treasurer, of the republican national committee, among the wit Inesses
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
ENPLOYES FIRED,
 IS STORY TOLD
(Fontinued From First Page)

had been delegated to raise contrl- buttons from the trade unlons TOT Ia Toilette and had received ap- nroximately $120,o00 from approXl- mately S5,O00 contributors. lie de- clared that 94 per cent Of the con trtbvtors were workers throughout the country who contributed one dollar.
 "six per cent of the fund was contributed by unions as such' he added. Brunson said in reply to Bourland that he received a salary of $125 week from the La Toilette organiza- tion. He had not worked as ma cbinist for seven years he said, but had been engaged in educational and political work.
 DO you not know that some of the mine unions in Illinois have levied special assessments for the La Toilette campaign?" Bourland asked.
 NO do not"
 DO you know of any referendum being taken by international organi- zations approving the action of the grand officers in supporting La Fol- lette 2"
 Nc"
 Appeals For La Toilette
 Readig a circular sent out by the La Toilette organization. Bourand said it contained a request for the recipients to ask La Toilette sup porters to ask their grocers to con- tribute to the fund. Brunson said appeals for funds had been made to people regardless of their political beliefs or religious faiths"
 At the close of the forenoon ses- gion, Senator Caraway issueds sub- poenas for W. H. Steed, district chairman of the United Association Of Railway Employes, and Otto Blaudt, president of the shop crafts Of the Northwestern Railway com rany, both of Chicago, calling for their appearance here. They were summoned at the request of counsel for La Toilette who said they could testify regarding the bribery Of labor leaders"
 Actors Were Hired.
 Bankers and captains Of industry waited in the wings for further questioning the senate campaign fund investigating committee today switched ifs spotlight on the delega. ton of actors who recently called al the White House and breakfastet with President Coolidge.
 Rhinelander Waldo, former police commissioner of New York, testified that Coolidge non partisan organ ization of which he is head paid the expenses Of actors during the trip tc Washington. Then from Gilsor Gardner, a Washington newspaper man, the committee heard a sugges. ton that Republican money haC been used also to secure the use O Hines" favorable to Coolidge 1T various vaudeville skits.
 Gardner, a supporter of LaFollette said that early in September William Burch of Washington, representing fhe McCutcheon Gerson syndicate, z subsidiary of the Shubert Theatrica Corporation. called on him and Of fered to sell to the La Toilette or ranization for S5D0oO a publicity proposition whith would include lines worked into vaS5s file pro
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following warranty deeds have been filed at the offics of the town clerk: Philadelphia Coco has transferred five lots at Garden Park to Antoinctte Viola. Rebecca Schechtman and Clara Dorfmar have transferred property on Wes' street to Alexander and Eva Koil, lnnn
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29

that Gardner had said Burch had proposed on behalf of the Mo- Cutcheon-G -Gerson syndicate to sell to the LaFollette organization for s50,- 900 Q publicity proposition to in cludo lines favorable to the candidate in vaudeville acts. T do not krsw Burch. We have no representative at Washington. We are doing some feature publicity work for the Dem ocratic national ticket, but have done nothing for the Republican or La- Toilette organizations and I never heard of any such thing as Gardner attributes to Burch."
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
R. R. Mems Part

Chicago, Oct. 29. - Expenditures by the railroad brotherhoods on be- half of the La Toilette Wheeler ticket will form one phase of tho inquiry into campaign costs, which is to be conducted here by the sen ate campaign fund Investigating sub-c 'mmiltee under the direction of Senator William E. Borah of Idaho.
 4 request for the summoning of Warren s. Stone of the locomotive engineers organization. and L. F., Sheppard, president Of the Conduc- tors organization. has been made to the subcommittee by Weymouth Kirkland, counsel for the republican national committee.
 Senator Borah and his colleague,
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29

More than 100000 workers are TOW employed in the chemical in- dustry in Italy.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-03

La construction de una nueva Univer-
Sidad Nacional. mucho mas ampIia Y mas
importante para hacer dc Washington eI
gran ccntro educativo de America.
Tn cdificio para la celebration de con
vencioncS asambIeas con cabida para
seis mil personas
Tn stadium" que logre atraer a la
Capital Ia celebration dc los juegos OHM
picos Y los mayores acontecimientoS at
l6tieos americanos
In sistema de acueductos que sirya dc
Iuodclo todas las municipalidades del
mUndo s
Tn sistema mejorado y aumentado de
parqucs dc recreo para nnos
In gran monumento nacional de la Paz.
el mayor del nundo, proyectado por Paul
=. Cret ,arquitectO del Edifcio Pan
Americana. e arco dc granite de Valley
Forge que commemorate los sacrifices
Y los ideales del pueblo americana en- la
Guerra MundiaI
Washington tambi6n proyecta la cons
trucvi0n de nm soberbio monumento la
memorial del CorOncl Roosevelt La Co.
mission del aIonumento a Roosevelt, con
resideneia en- Nueya York. ha recaudado
hasta ahora un fondo de un million de do
lares para comenzar los trabajos tan prom
10 como Sc encuentre el local apropiado.
El senador Pepper, dc Pennsylvania ha
.ofrecido presentar una resolution desti-
nando IN sitio para el monumento.
\ pesar de los antagonismos polfticos
fXistentes en- Washington es cosa indie
spendiente y f,era de la polftica ell asunto
de las mejoras de Il capital nacional. Fue
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-03

nado con el PreSidente Jackson Los de-
fensores de eSta idea Sostienen que cl
puente constituira un monumento CONNIE
morativo para Lincoln el General Lee
cuya mansion permanece todavfa en- Ar
lington. Sc piensa hacer cl puente de Glen
pies dc ancho con capacidad suficiente
para ses Ifneas de vchfculos con dos
c6modaS aceraS para los viandanteS. No
hay que decir que Sc buscari el mas alto
standard dc bellcza arquitect6nica.
Cuarto. Ia ampliacdn del Parque Mall,
que So cxtiendc desde cl Capitolio al Mo-
numento de Washington. de ahi h;sta
cl Monumcnto dc Lincoln ESto Sognifi-
cara cl traslado dc los edificios que ocu-
pan tcmporalmente las oficinas dc In que
IRA Y otras construccioneS deSagra dableS
que hoy afean e bello c0njunto dc ese
eSpacioso perque. FL plan Immediate con-
Sistc en- Ia construction de dos anchas
ayenidas bordeando cl Mall deSde al Ca
Gradualmentc todos los edificios desagra-
dables la vista serin destIalfdos o tras-
laIados. permiti6ndose las orillas de
ambas ayenidhs sOlamente edificiOs del
Gohierno del mds bello tipo arquitecto-
nico.
Quinto La erection de stodos los edifi-
clos del Gobierno necesarios. de un disc
no una construction digna de las inn
poriantes actividades que albergaran.
En- un recieilte informe al Presidente
Sc recomendaba la compra del area com
prcndida entire ell Gapitolio ell Tesoro.
colindantc con la Avenida Pennsylvania
Y las calIeS Catorce 3. In construction
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-03

sObre esos terrenos de los edificios para
cl Departamento de Justicia. el Departa-
mento de Comercio, ell Departamento de
Trabajo. el Archivo.
Sexto. FL desarrollo de un extenso sis
tema de parques Y una serie de ayenidas
conectando el bello Rock Creek Park Y
Ancostia Park.
S@p'imo El establecimiento de un SUI
bUrbio residential rodcado de iardnes, Ell
los alrcdedores dc Washington, para ser
ocupado por los empleados del Gobier-
no.
Octave. Propender decididamente ha-
Ger de Washington un centrO de artes
lctraS. ESto incluiri ell deSarrollo de las
universidades SituadaS Ell Washington ell
estImulo la protection a los trabaios
de la Galerfa Corcoran su escuela de
arte: Y dc la Socedad Geogrdfica Nacio
nal, de otras instituciones por el estilo
Noveno La termination de la imponente
Cathedral Nacional en- Mount st. Albans
dominando la ciudad. Esta Catedral, di-
cen los miembros del comit6. respondent
az Veseo iue "aSnIueloH ue leHef uiid
catedral para fines nacienales tales como
oraciones pJiblicas, actos funerales de la
naci0n, funciones del Dfa de Gracia. etc.
sin estar dedicada al uso especial de de-
terminada secta religiosa, sino alberta
ignalmente u todas las religiones Ademds
esta dedicada a guardian los monumentos
aprohados por el Congreso pasado en- hos
nor a los heroes que cayeron por la caus;l
de la iberlad
Hay quienes sugieren los siguientes pro-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-03

cl SenadOr Pepper. quien, en un banque-
tc celebrado principles de encrO. en- el
que Sc reunieron los prcsidentes de inn
portantcs comit6s de la Camara cl Sc
nado Y varios representatives de organiza-
clones civiles para discutir el mejor plan
de lIevar a cabo los prop0sitOs tendencies
a cmbeIlccer la capital.
Fuc el ScnadoT William II. King. de
Utah. lfder dem0crata. quien en- una re-
ciente 2Samblea de RESIDENCES urgi0 el
nombramiento por el Presidcnte de un
comitG dc tres cxpertoS para la confeeci6n
dc un plan para el .embelecimiento de la
ciudad Propuso que el comit6 Sc compu
sierra de I'M arquitecto, un ingeniero Y un
ciudadano que viera con anticipation las
necesidades futuras de la ciudad luego
que hiciera nm cuidadoSo eStudio rim
dera su informe al Congreso.
FL scnador Fernald. de Maine. Presidcn
tc del ComitG de Edificios y Terrenos Pu-
blicos eI Senador Ball. de Delaware. Pre-
sidente del Comit6 del Distrito de Colum-
bia: cl Representante Langley. dc Ken
tHcky. Presidente del Comit6 de la Ca
mara de Edificios 'rerrenos Publicos:
ell Representante Reed Presidente del
Conite de la Camara del Distrito de Co
l1lmbia. activan diligentemente la aproba-
ci0n de todI la legislation pendiente que
incluye Ia rcalizaci6n dc yaiios de los pre-
yectos. La seiiora George Wahrton Pep
per- la selora Tasker J.. Oddie, esposa
del Senador por Nevada la sehora Claude
Swanson, esposa del Senador por Nirei-
mia; la senora William Cabell Bruce, es-
posa del Senador por Maryland, La Sc