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Evening star., 1924-12-21
TEACHERS TO HEAR
NOTED EDUCATOR
Cora Wilson Stewart on Pro-
gram of Bible Study AS
sociation Meeting.

Many teachers representing the
edged the invitation extended by the
World Association of Daily Vacation
Bible Schools to attend the educa-
tional sessions of the international
conference to be held at Calvary Bap-
tist Church January and Z, when
Cora Wilson Stewart, noted authority
on the eradication of world illiteracy,
will deliver the principal address.
Following an address delivered by
Mrs. Stewart at the Teachers College
of Colorado last Summer. DIR. j. q.
Crabbe said: Cora Wilson Stewart is
one of the most forceful speakers of
the American platform. She has the
greatest living message presented to
any public. She was the headliner of
our program, which included such
speakers as Edward Howard Griggs.
Edward A. Steiner, William Mather
Lewis, Dallas Lore Sharp and John
Adams of the University of London.
Missionary to speak.
Rev Robert G. Boville, founder of
the World Associa tion of Daily Vaca-
ton Bible Schools and famous mis-
sionary to China, will speak at the
conference.
The chairmen of the Washington
committees include: Mrs Minnigerode
Andrews, honorary chairman of the
executive committee: Mrs. Hattie G.
Privette. active chairman of general
committees; Mrs. Elsie c. Laughlin
publicity, Miss Bertha Thomas, cos
tunes: Mrs. w. 2. Towne. personnel;
n. X. Gardner, lighting: r. l. CARRIER
music: Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, pag-
cant director.
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with the rest of the train was broken
as the rear trucks clung tenaciously
to the edge of the trestle. The sew
erance from the rest Of the train
caused the forward end of the car
to swing sharply to the side.
For moment 1t poised there, as
though measuring its plunge. then
hurtled downward for some 60 feet,
turning over as 1t went, and buried
its nose, bottom up, in the murky
waters of the river.
Rear High In Air.
The force of the plunge carried the
forward end of the car into the
muddy bottom of the river and so
firmly did the car rest that It's rear
remained we'll above the surface OF
the water.
All the trucks remained in sight
and the slant of the car brought two
rear windows above the line Of the
water. affording life-saving egress
for many occupants of the car.
Within a half hour the gates OF
the Wisota dam, miles up
stream, had been closed and the
water thus was lowered nearly
feet at the scene of the wreck, greatly
expediting rescue work
Meanwhile the passengers were
doing all they could to help one an
other to safety, while firemen rushed
to the scene and lowered ladders
from the bridge and brought row.
boats into play.
Out of one of the exposed windows
crawled Sam Curtis, the negro stew
ard from st. Paul. Drenchcd and
freezing he remained atop the bot
tom of the car, aiding as he could In
the rescue work, refusing to leave
for the hospital until every one In
sight had been removed
Two men sought to gain the safety
of the not-distant shore by swimming
according 10 eyewitnesseS. but the
120 feet of icy water intervening 8
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MRS. STETSON is VICTOR
IN SCIENCE CHURCH ROW
New York Court Upholds Previous
Order Forbidding Erection
of Spite Wall.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 20.-The
appellate division of the supreme
court today upheld Mrs. Augusta T.
Stetson in her fight to keep First
Church of Christ, Scientist. of New
York. from building spite wall
between her home on Central Park
West and the adjoining church, OF
which she once was first reader.
Today's decision unanimously re-
fused church trustees permission tc
appeal from a lower court decree
which after 13 years of litigation
granted Mrs. Stetson an injunction
forbidding the church to raise any
obstruction TO light, air, view and
access" between the Stetson home
and the church edifice.
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sapped their strength and they went
down. Henderson was one of them
and his body was recovered at 8 p.m.
[ To facilitate the rescue work line
was run from shore to the partly
submerged car and to this line a
raft was anchored, the base of oper-
attons for the rescuers The coach
is nearly in the middle of the river,
about a city block wide at this point.
When the firemen and other help
ers had reached the car most of the
passengers still alive had been aided
to the safety of the upturned bottom
OF the rear end of the coach and
their drenched clothing had become
an ice casing before they reached
the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Necker of
Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, who were
travelling with Henderson. counted
themselves fortunate tonight. They
had sought seats in the observation
car and were unable to obtain them,
being forced to go to the forward
coaches.
The trestle is a single-track affair
and workmen soon had II in shape
to permit trains to pass. Wrecking
trains were sent from Minneapolis
and Stevens Point, Wis.
Boys Aid I'm Rescue.
Hospital officials said tonight that
Evening star., 1924-12-21

John II. Dunn, New York, Is the only
one in the hospital whose condition
Is critical.
Coroner Henry Larson, who with
District Attorney Harold E. Stafford
is investigating the cause of the
wreck. said he had not decided to-
night at what time an inquest to fix
responsibility for the deaths would
be held. He declared it would be
some time next week.
Several boys who had appropriated
a rowboat earlier in the day to use
1t for going over their trap lines
aided materially in the rescue. The
boys were but a short distance from
the, bridge when the coach plunged
into the river. They imm ediately
worked their way to that side of the
river and gave the boat to rescue
workers. who picked up several of
the rescued, took them across the
river and hurried them to hospital
here In automobiles.
Tells Story of Plunge.
A graphic tale of the accident was
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Mr.. spencer's daughter Barbara

Mr.. Spencer's daughter Barbara, 6
months old, was drowned.
My wife was in another part of
the car eating lunch. / was holding
Barbara in my arms. Suddenly there
was a slight jar and then a jumping
OF the coach. / knew the car was
of the rails. ] shouted to the porter
to jerk the air brakes. He started
running ior the end OF the car. We
were on the bridge and 1 saw the
river below. The car seemed to leap
upward, then down. The water
rushed up and Il was black to me
for an instant. j felt myself strug-
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Tells Story Of Plunge.

A graphic tale of the accident wa:
told by Mr. Spencer
Evening star., 1924-12-21
SHOALS BILL HOLDS
POgT|ON|N SENATE
BaCkers Hope to Get Vote on
Measure Early After
Holiday Recess.

The Muscle Shoals question re-
mained at the head of the Senate
calendar when Congress recessed
yesterday for the Christmas holidays
1t has been before the Senate since
the opening day OF this session under
n unanimous consent agreement and
there it will remain until a final vote
is taken.
Consideration of the issue now has
reached the point where Senate
leaders hope to obtain a final roll
call shortly after the holiday recess.
When the vote Is called, the Senate
Will be required to decide between
three plans-Government operation
private operation, or reference of the
whole problem to a commission.
Proposals In Three Bills.
The proposals are embraced in the
bills of Senator Norris. Republican,
Nebraska, providing for Government
"PeratIou, ana OF Senator Underwood,
Democrat, Alabama, calling for, first
private operation and then Govern
ment operation, and amendments of
fered by Senators Wadsworth. New
York, and Jones, Washington, Repub-
licans. which would refer the ques-
ton to a commission.
During the three weeks of the
present session, the Muscle Shoa s.
problem has beeh debated exhaus-
tively and frequently Speakers went
Tar afeld into political discussions,
which brought charges of a filibuster.
Senate leaders had expected to clear
the calendar of Muscle Shoals before
Christmas, but in face of opposition
to the pending Underwood bill, they
were forced to abandon their hopes
Yesterday was devoted to two
speeches by advocates of Government
operation of the property.
Senator Shipstead, F'armer-Labor
Minnesota, accused President Coolidge's
friends of trying to place him In IAN
embarrassing situation by advocating
the Underwood bill, which would re-
quire the Chief Executive to lease the
property.
Wants Farmers Considered.
Muscle Shoals, he declared, should be
dedicated TO the interests of the farm
ers, but if the General Electric Co.
finally obtains control of the property
1t will LOOK Is if part of this power
is to be dedicated to fertilizing the bar
rem political fields of the Northwest"
Asserting that Senator Norris had
shown that the General Electric Co
was the head of the power trust" of
America. the Minnesota Senator said
several members Of the firm of ]. p.
Morgan & Co. were on the board of di-
rectors of the General Electric Co
During the last campaign, he declared.
S26.00o was contributed to the Repub-
lican campaign fund by members of the
board OF directors Of the General Eiec-
tric Co. S. G. Mitchell of the Alabama
Power Co, he said, had contributed
$4,000 to the fund George F. Baker OF
the Morgan firm, $1,000; Dwight Nor
row. $4,000; f. w. Rice, $4,000, and
J. r. Lovejoy, $1,000.
Senator Norris spoke for two hours
in favor of Government operation as
provided in his measure. He read from
numerous pamphlets and quoted many
figures from reports of publicly operated
plants in Canada.
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
General Improvement per cent debenture
bonds of this company, da ted January Q 1918
due January l, 1925. in the amount of $50.
10000, will be paid at maturity at the Office
OF the trustee, the American Security and
Trust Company, 18th and Pennsylvania ave
NV, Washington. ID. c.
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY.
By A. VI. FISHER, Treasure
December 20. 1924.
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Hospital officials said tonight that
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Nothing Fancy Wanted.

Finn the Detroit News.
The Surgeon-TH sew up that
scalp wound for you for $40.
The Patient-Gee, doe! ! just want
plain sewing, not hemstitching and
embroidery,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

whooping cough. etc. administered daily from
9:3O am. to 12:39 pm. aud pm. TO pm.
1921 St NV. l4th doorl. Phi. NJ. 1919. 22s
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slingf I'm the water. I was searching
for the !baby-I could not find her, L
crawaed out of the window and was
taken ashore. My wife was rescued,
too"
Spencer was on his way to Chicago
to attend the annual convention of
the American Association of Journal
ism Schools. He Is president of the
organization. His condition Is noG
regarded as seriouS
, 1924-02-14
Administrators Notice.
In The TiS.iCt Court Of The liFgin Is
lands Of The United States. Christian
Stad Sl6-J1iiGidI District
HJTHE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOF
SUSANNA MARGRETH PLASKEiT,
DECEASED.

AEOTICE is hereby given, that A. r.
IN STAKEMANN, Administrator OF the
~ above entitled estate, having filed IN
the District Court of the Virgin Islands
of the United States, his final account of
the administration Of the said estate, the
hearing of the same has been fixed for
NONDAY the 3rd day Of MARCH A. d.
1924 at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon of that
day. at the Office of the Judge of said
Court in The Town Of Christiansted, Is
land Of ST. C2cix, and al persons inter
ested in the said estate are hereby notified
then and there to anpear and show cause,
if any they have. why the said account
should not be settled and allowed.
C~hristiansted, St. Croix, January Goth
1924.
A. E. STAKEMANN.
administrator.
, 1924-02-14

c3norising TIE British Empire. 1t is
racognized that the world Influence OF
the dominious has been greatly increased
since the war and the lead rs Of the
Labour Party believe taat the present
relations q the d1niniJn toward the
imperial government in undigaitied and
incompatible with the dignity OF equal
states in a British League Of Nations.
Ottawa. Feb. 18th. The wedding took
place at four O'Clock this afternoon OF
Miss Lois Booth, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Fred Booth and grand daughter
oil Mr.. J. h. Booth, muIti-mIIlionaire
lumber man. Prince Erik aa3 Princess
Erik on the r return from abroad viii
live in California, where they VIII take
up orange growing. Confirmation Of
this comes from the Booth home.
Prince Erick, accordine to Danish Gus
tom was supported at the altar by his
father Prince YaIdemar.
, 1924-02-14
(Conhuued from Isl page.)

speech may Prov to b. "a ner a general
oItIin2 of o,til than a detailed pro-
: ramme of IegisIat on. The first huSi-
ass of the House Of Com ms on Tues
dav will be the election OF a chairman
AID a deputy chairman Of committees. IN
This a concession is to be made to the
Liberals, with a view to securing their
goodwill. The Government IS expected
10 propose a labour meaber. Robt.
Young, as chairman, sbut leaving 1t to
the Liberals to choose a member OF thclf
party for deputy chairman. Parilamen-
tarians are watching with great inter
est the developments 10 this new expert
ment of a labor Government, and that
a minority Government IN the task OF
administration which is likely TO tax the
Prime Minister to the utmost. sun II =
not unlikely that the Prime Minister Is
under far more hopeful auspices than
seemed possible a month ago, Inc H'St
test OF the temper Of The House seems
likely to arise quite early and VIII be
concerned with what the Governments
opponents characterized as the hrsl 50.
cialists move on the part OF the ia0our
Govern ment. The new minister Of
health. John WheatIy, who belongs TO
the extremist cIydesjde group, has gwen
the Poplar Guardians a sort OF tree
hand in the distribution Of relief to the
unempI0ved. lhus completely reversing
the policy pursued by his predecessor.
The Conservative opposite" IS eXpec'ed
TO attack this move forthwith, on The
ground of its Socialistic tendency and
curiosity has arisen on two. points, hfst
how far, Mr.. Macdonald will support ms
extremist colleagues and second, Wnetn-
er. Mr.. Asquith and the Liberals viii
tieat Mr.. WheatIeys activity with ben
violence, or viii be against IT. 10 The
latter case, the Prime Minister might
see himself obliged 10 drop his extremist
ideas.
London, Feb. h-Radical. changes in
the relations between the dominlons and
Great Britain are certain should the Ia
b,nr Government come back to power
with a clear majority after a general
election for which all parties are pfepaT-
ING during the coming sumner.
A general reorganization OF the de-
partm.nt Of the Imperial Government
is foyeshadowed. The doMinions VIII
be severed entirely from the colo
NAL Office and their affairs handled IN
: separate department closely connected
with the P"ivv Council. The DOminlons
will probably be asked to appoint special
M isters. who will be attached to the
Govern men, % adv,S them on all
touching foreign relations as
we'll as imperial affairs, though the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-21

rates, all classes of business, city and
company were far apart, 3.43 cents
per kilowatt hours in the case Of the
city and 1.72 cents in the case of the
company, the city's general average
rate being almost exactly 100 per
cent higher than the company's.
As to reduction in rates since 1890,
Seattle is third in the list of the
country's large cities. Chicago, where
there is no competition, leads with
an 80 per cent reduction, Spokane, no
competition, comes second with 1874
per cent reduction, and Seattle is
third with reduction Of 20 per cent.
In the period 1904-1914, beginning
the year before the municipal plant
came into operation, Seattle is sew
enth on the list in reduced rates, and
in the period 1914 to 1924 it dropped
to seventeenth place.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-21
DON'T LET POLITICIANS FOOL
YOU

DEOPLE over the state must not
= take too seriously. the stories If
what municipal competition has done
to lighting rates in the city of Seat
tie.
Seattle is served by both a muni-
cipal plant and by private COM
pany. Of the total number of Kill
owatt hours generated and sold in
Seattle last year the company's pro-
portion was about IS per cent and the
city's % per cent, or only one-quarter
While the maximum domestic light
rate the highest rate in force for any
sort of service, was identically the
same, city or company, 51s cents pei
kilowatt hours for the first 40 kilo-
watt hours, the two general average
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-21

matter how much watered stock there
may be in a public utility company,
the price one has to pay for the SER
vice does not include any return on
this watered stock. The principle Of
most commissions is well stated by
the Public Service Commission of n.
York as follows: -. ...
Invested capital for the purpose
of computing rate of return to a
public service corporation means the
actual value of the property used in
giving the service. This has no con-
nection whatsoever with the share
capital of the corporation, nor is it
material whether the capital was
raised by the issuance of bonds OF
the sale of stock. Neither does il
make the slightest difference wheth.
er the issued capital stock is swat
cred or not, nor to what extent the
water may be present. The injection
of water cannot add one cent to the
value of the property which is ac-
utally used and that is the only in
quiry which the commission is inter.
ested in"
That should dispose of the water
ed stock argument of ignorant mu-
nicipal ownership advocates. The
principle of the New York Commits
sion is also the principle of the COM
mission of this state = the Depart
ment of Public Works. ~ =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-21
DO FIGURES LIE?

WE KNOW when We studied eco
W nomics about twenty years ago
that practically all municipally-own-
ed utilities were proving liability
and burden to taxpayers, and that
service performed by them was uni
versally poor. 1t is with interest
therefore, that we submit in other
columns figures from Indiana and
Seattle to prove again that old fun
damentals in business and politics
do not suffer any change with time.
We shall always have advocates
Of government ownership, who will
always ignore history and data. Ger
tain politicians, like La Toilette AMI
Bone, who recognize this fault in the
American people will always try to
cash in politically on this ignorance
of fundamentals in business and gov
eminent. They know that certain
percentage of voters want chance
to help manage some utility that
they don't know anything about. They
know further that these voters elect
not the competent man, but the inn
parctical politician to manage these
public utilities, because said imprac-
tical politician always promises the
most. They know further that pol
itician can fool the public and run
down the utility during an election
year, and they know also that the av-
erage board of directors are not fool
ed. In other words, the public's bus
mess is nobody's business, and for
that reason public utilities will show
the same results twenty years from
now as they did twenty years ago.
But twenty, forty and sixty years
from now there will be other Bones
and boneheads trying still to lead
the American people away from the
fundamentals of business and gov
eminent.
No matter how competent the man.
ager Of public utility might be,
there always comes time when the
voter is led astray by promises from
q certain loud-mouthed politician who
guarantees lower rates and better
service. OF course the politician only
wrecks the property, and the next
politician who promises the most,
always takes charge. Public utili-
ties therefore, never will be put on a
business basis, and La Toilette and
Bone know as well as anyone that
that weakness Of human nature will
always keep good management out of
public utilities.
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nAVIS states that Coolidge was
wrong in trying to force the SEN
ate investigators to quit taking up
all the senator's time, and for de-
handing trials in courts with bipar-
tizan attorneys. Though Coolidge
only made this demand after weeks
of dead mems" testimony, by self
confessed crooks, we are certainly
surprised to hear corporation at
torney infer that cases should be tried
in the newspapers. However, if Davis
insists on trying cases before Wheel
er We will regretfully accept the
Wheeler judgment that Davis is un'
fit for the presidency.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-21
INSULTS

GENERAL farmers have Informed
~ us that they are insulted by our
inference that frost and lack Of
rain in Horse Heaven has made some
La Toilette votes. While we are
loath to apologize for some conclu-
sions that are shared in by all OBJ
servers, we will say that our state
ments were not intended to apply on
ly to farmers. It is an old axiom
that any misfortune causes every
kind of man, farmer or professional
man, to lose sight of the real cause
of his misfortune and strike out blind
ly for unsound change in government
which has no relation to the cause
of his complaint.
Why can't we therefore, be frank
in these columns and admit the
truth? We all know that several
countries in Europe have gone off on
wild political joy rides simply be-
cause of the bad conditions brought
about by the war. We know also, in
dividuals in this country who are
sound ordinarily but who go off
half cooked when theings are not
moving as they should, and we know
that Coolidge is going to suffer from
that frost for the same reason that
state after state in the middle west
is being conceded to Coolidge;
namely, that certain percentage of
voters are unfair enough to condemn
or praise without reason. When peo-
pie are satisfied they don't want a
change and when dissatisfied, they
do. The redeeming feature of the
American situation is that we are
better informed and less emotional
than the average European, and
therefore less likely to fall for the
La Toilette vagaries.
The real insults come not from Us,
but from the Hills and Dills who in
suit American intelligence by infer
ing that our crop isn't short, and the
Canadian crop isn't short, in spite
of letters we get from there, and
that this Jump in price is to stop
La Toilette" We insult you? We
can't if Hill and Dill have made you
believe this.