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Evening star., 1925-09-17
TRACTION REPORT
WILL Be STUDIED
Officials of Both Lines Will
AnaIyze Survey to Decide
on Merger Question.

Of,cials Of both street railway COM
psnies announced today that as soon
as they receive complete copies of the
transportation survey made by the
engineering firm of Mcclellan <
Junkerfeld they will make a careful
analysis of all the facts collected to
determine what conclusions they be-
lieve should be drawn from the dOcu-
ment.
George +. Hamilton, president OF
the Capital Traction Co. said he
would not attempt to venture pre-
diction as TO how the findings of the
New York engineers might affect the
movement for street car merger
until he has studied the entire report.
The report was made public in chap
ters over period of two weeks, but
Is not vet available in printed form.
Samuel r. Bowen, vice president of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Co, said that as soon as his company
was furnished with complete copy Of
the survey 1t probably would be
turned over 10 the company's own
engineers and accountants for analy
sis TO see whether they agree with the
various facts educed by the New York
engineers.
Survey Sweeping.
The survey. which came to a close
yesterday was undertaken last April
al the expense of the North American
Co, OF New York, a public utility con-
Germ which has some investment in
local utilities.
There were two general objects in
view in having the survey made,
namely, to determine how Washing.
tons transportation problems might
be improved and to find out what the
possible results of consolidation of
the lines would he Although the
North American Co. provided the
fund of S50.000 TO pay for the inquiry
II was made under the supervision of
the Public Utilities Commission, and
resulted in the assembling OF detailed
information on every question enter.
ing into the operation OF the street
car and bus lines.
Perhaps the most outstanding fact
developed by the survey was that the
private automobile has become a most
important factor In the transported tion
of people 10 and from work, and that
II Is about twice as expensive as street
car riding. based on a per passenger
per mile standard of calculating cost.
Growth Predicted.
Another important prediction made
by the engineers was that Washing
ton will continue to grow as it has
in recent years and that 1t will reach
an ultimate population of a million
people within the present city limits,
not to speak of the rapid growth
that is occurring in the metropolitan
area of nearby Maryland and Virginia.
which is in realit va part of the life
of Washington.
The decision of the North American
Co. last March to have the survey
made came on the heels of passage
by Congress of an act authorizing
the railway companies to merge. with
the proviso that the plan of consolida-
tion be ratified by Congress.
II the study which various agencies
will now make of the transportation
report leads to the final conclusion
that a merger is desirable, as officials
of the Utilities Commission believe it
will. u is likely that definite pro-
posal may he laid before the next
session of Congress.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
Strike Ties Up SO Ships.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Septen-
ber II HD --Thirty-three overseas ves-
sells, of a total tonnage of 325 ,574, are
lying idle in Australian ports. A SEN
sation has been caused by cablegrams
from Englan nd that liners might cease
running 70 Australia 20 long - the
aeamen.s strika continued
Evening star., 1925-09-17

the time, got the check cashed, Cohen
said, and gave the money to Jones.
The same thing happened on another
occasion, when he brought over a
check for $1,000. signed by q man
said. to be- & partner Of Lerner,
Evening star., 1925-09-17

Through scientific methods of for
estry loggers of company in Sweden
return to the same timber tract for
cutting every 10 or 10 ysaxA
Evening star., 1925-09-17
MANY MORE TAKEN
IN AUTO TAG NET

Continued from First Page)
Evening star., 1925-09-17
MCKINLEY.SMITH
SENATORIAL FIGHT
Is STIRRING ILLINOIS

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1925-09-17
CLEARING STREETS AFTER SNOW
HAS CREATED PROBLEM HERE
New Plan to Be Put Into Effect This Year in Effort
to Handle Siuation-Lack of Funds Has
Been Handicap.
BY WILL T.. KENNEDY.

This Is the fourth Of a series OF ar
ticles on the condition Of Washing
tons streets. The mn tall appear
tomorro
Evening star., 1925-09-17
Felicitated by Labor.

LINCOLN, Nebr., September j.
GP).-A telegram expressing pleasure
at his nomination TO succeed his
father as Senator from Wisconsin
was sent Robert NJ. La Toilette, jr.,
by the Nebraska State Federation of
Labor annual convention in session
here yesterday. Hope for his election
was expressed.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
AIR PROBE is BEGUN;
MORROW is NAMED
BOARDS CHAIRMAN

Continued from First Page.
Evening star., 1925-09-17
Action Is Recommended.

The committee recommended:
l. Plow all street car streets and
main traffic lanes. starting work when
snow reaches a depth of Q inches.
2. Remove all snow from business
district and other congested areas.
:. Keep open crosswalks in resi-.
Dental and business areas to the ex.
tent possible by existing white wing"
force.
4. Establish an emergency fund of
$125,00O for snow removal for each
Winter.
5. Purchase certain specified equip
ment, the total cost for the new per.
manent equipment being $15O,OO0.
Now, just where do we stand facing
the coming Winter, with the expert
ences of last Winter and the recon-
mendations Of the business mems Dis.
trict, officials joint committee as
guide?
First let us emphasize that there
job-first. plowing, and second, re-
moval.
Plans for this Year.
Recognizing. as the COMMITTEES
agreed. that the first duty is to open
UP driveway areas alongside the
street car tracks, 50 that the vehicu-
lar traflic will not turn in on the street
car tracks and block street car traf-
fic. the superintendent of street clean
ing, after conferences with officials Of
the street railway compa nies, has
charted out II railway. routes on
which plows will be operated prompt
ly when the snow starts falling.
Last year the mechanical equipment
for this work was insufficient They
then had fpur-npsher trucks With
Evening star., 1925-09-17

As an Illustration of the constructive
criticism made by competent authori-
ties, We quote Col. James b. McChord,
United States Bureau of Public Roads.
formerly engineer of highways in
Philadelphia. who installed there the
system Of fighting the snow as it falls.
In an article two years ago In the
Star he said:
THE recent snowstorm In Washing
ton would not have caused anything
like the Inconvenience 1t did ii there
had been thirty or forty heavy auto
plows, beginning on the evening OF
Saturday, January %, and working
throughout the night and following
day. 1T costs comparatively little to
equip a motor truck with plow
blade. 1t might readily be done at the
Army, Navy or Post once garages or
machine shops in Washington quite
cheaply with surplus war materials.
of which the War Department has
such large stores. The Government
trucks are operating in Washington In
large numbers and are under the con-
troll of the Engineer Commissioner.
having been recently placed under his
jurisdiction as chief co-ordinator of
motor transport by the director of the
budget 1t should, therefore, be with
in the power Of the District ohhcials
to prepare almost Immediately the
pnew-hEhtce notsr pscw segiaaent'
Evening star., 1925-09-17

Chicago. by $4,000, and the only thing
that pulled him through was carrying
the State outside by 100000.
Evening star., 1925-07-07
ELKS PLAN OUTING
FOR 1900 ORPHANS
Plenty to Eat and Varied
AmuSements in Glen Echo
Park Tomorrow.

A-plenty to eat and various forms OF
amusements will constitute the attrac
tions for 1900 Washington orphans al
the twentieth annual Elks' orphan
outing, under the auspices of the
Washington Lodge of Elks in Glen
Echo Park tomorrow.
Twenty special cars will be furnish
ed by the Washington Railway & Elec
trio Co. to take the children to the
park in the morning and bring them
back In the evening. The cars will
run near the various orphanages
meeting at Eleventh and + streets al
10 O'Clock in the morning and proceed
ing from that point to the park, al
two-minute intervals
All OF the riding devices and amuse
ment features will be free to the
orphans all day, and General Manager
Leonard B. Schloss of Glen Echo Park
himself an Elk and a member of the
Washington Lodge of Elks. will be or
hand to assist in making the children
happy. There will be a-plenty OF
hot dogs" ice cream cones and pop
for the children.
Members of Outing Committee.
The following compose the or
Frank Baum, chairman: =. J. Cal
Ian, vice chairman; John Z. Lynch,
secretary: f. j. kersheimer. chair
man transportation: William G.. Neu-
meyer, chairman commissary; Sam
uel richards, chairman toys: Lemuel
Roby, chairman public order: John
Frick and Arthur Whitcomb. COM
mittee on music, and DIR. William F.
Walter, chairman physicians. The
following members will be in charge
of the children from the different or
phan asylums: p. ]. Foley, St. Jo-
seph's; E. T. Simpson, Bruen Home
Julius Wenig, st. Vincent's: r. F
Crowley, st. Johns; Martin Wiegand
Good Hope Orphanage; G.. f. Beck
man, Washington City Orphanage;
Charles j. Montgomery, st. Rose
School; +. V. A. Brown, Gospel Mis-
sion; A. F. Zimmerman. Home In
dustrial School; George d. Kehoe
Jewish Foster Home; A B. Evans
Baptist Home; George Pumphrey
Bell Home, and Robert Hoy, Central
Union Mission.
Evening star., 1925-07-07
CrO,Uded Federal
Prisons Make Aid
OF States Vital
Only Three So Far Haze
offered to Care for
OuerfOW.
BY the Associated Press.


Unless further offers are received
from State officials to assist the Gov
ernment in housing the approximately
5000 Federal prisoners, Government
prison authorities expect little early
relief of the overcrowded conditions
in the Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth
institutions. Thus far only three
States have agreed to absorb some
of the overflow.
Meantime, plans are going forward
for reformatory for woman Federal
prisoners At tlda~so'> w .~ v
the Secretaries of War and Interior
and the 4At.DIue 1t-
survey Of old Army cantonments
for a site for the new $4,000, 900 insti-
tuition to be built for man first Of
tenders. Money for the latter prison,
which will provide for between 1000
and 5000 men, is yet to be requested
of Congress.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt,
Assistant Attorney General, with
supervision over the Bureau of Pris-
ons, expects the woman's reformatory
to be ready by next Spring to receive
about $50 woman prisoners now
housed in State and county prisons.
DR.. Mary B. Harris, formerly in
charge of the New Jersey Industrial
Schools for Girls, will be its superin-
tendent.
Special attention is expected to be
given TO facilities at the reformatory
for treating narcotic drug users, it
being pointed out that so per cent of
the women arrested for violating Fed
eral laws are addicted to the use of
narcotics.
Evening star., 1925-07-07
NEW WILL ADDRESS
POSTAL WORKERS
Will Open Convention of Colorsd
Employees of Post Office
Department Tonight.

Postmaster General New will open
the eighth biennial convention Of the
National Alliance of Postal Employees
composed of colored workers in all
branches of the postal service, at the
Dunbar High School auditorium to-
night. The Postmaster General will
extend greetings to the delegates. Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General
Henderson and Walter H. Riddell,
general superintendent Of the railway
mail service, also are scheduled to
speak.
The business sessions will be held
during the week at the Cleveland
School. Tomorrow night a reception
will be given the delegates at the Dun
bar armory, and the following night
John d. Gainey, assistant chief clerk
at large. will entertain at smoker In
the Whitelaw Hotel.
District presidents in attendance
are: James NJ. Richardson, r. Z. L.
Hutton, w. NJ Montgomery, William
WEIGH, Il. F. Morrison, j. o. Gillian
Robert I. Jones. Irving Butler. r. O.
Wright, J. H. Nelson and V. H. Spar.
row.
Delegates include:
First district. E. Thompson, c. E
Lindsey, A. Z. Norton and ]. B. Tay,
lor; second district, George Oliver
George l.. Rieras, r. j. Narcisse, 10
seph w. Mason, John Crawford and
James w. Wilson; third district, j. E
Hutchinson and S. A. Hull; fourth dis
trict, J. II. w. Simmons and L. L. Nc
Dowell; sixth district, John d. Booker
r. j. Salisbury, c. A. Palmer, J. w
Goldsberry and e. A. Bryant, jr.; sew
enth district, John L. Pritchard, VII
liam L. Hensley and G.. n. It. Gray
eighth district. NJ d. Anderson, II. w
Beecher, w. H. Owen, Arthur Cole, L.
J. Lee, r. G. Hawkins and j. A
Wheatley; ninth district, w. F. Buf
kin, ]. H. Cochran, E. l.. Keene, J. r
Lansing, c. G. King and r. o. vii
holt; tenth district, P. A Coleman and
r. A. Bailey.
Evening star., 1925-07-07
PUBLISHERS FACE
ACTIVE SESSION
Southern Association OF
Newspaper Men to Elect
Officers Today.
By the Associated Press

ASHEVILLE, N. c., July 7.-Dele.
gates TO the Southern Newspaper Pub
fishers Association annual convention
entered the second days session today,
with many important matters to be
settled.
Officers of the association for the en-
suing year were to be elected, and next
years convention meeting place will
be selected.
The committee of the code of ethics
will be heard this morning, as viii
numerous other committees.
Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New
York Times, was on the morning pro
gram for an address, and Kent Cooper
general manager of the Associated
Press, will speak this afternoon.
Yesterdays session was taken up
with an address from the president OF
the association, Arthur G.. Newmyer
and reports of othter officers. 1t was
also the opinion of the convention
after much discussion, that some
changes should be made in the postal
legislation.
The convention will last through to-
morrow. Every Southern State is
represented. A golf tournament will
feature this afternoon and tomorrow
Evening star., 1925-07-07
Sour Stomach
Phillips Milk of Magnesia"
Better than Soda


Instead of soda hereafter take a
little "PhilIips Milk of Magnesia" in
water any time for Indigestion or
sour, acid, sassy stomach and reIiet
will come instantly.
For fifty years genuine "Phillips
Milk of Magnesia" has been pre-
scribed by physicians, because il
overcomes three times as much acid
in the stomach az a saturated soIu-
ton of bicarbonate Of soda, leaving
the stomach sweet and free from all
gases. II neutralizes acid fermenta-
tions in the bowels and gently urges
the sourine waste from the system
without purging. Besides, il is more
pleasant to take than soda. Insist
upon "PhiIlips." Twenty five cent
bottles, any drug store.
Evening star., 1925-07-07
MRS. MILTON SAVES LIFE.
Rescues Miss Helen Davenport
From Drowning at Beach.

From Drowning at Beach.
Mrs. Samuel B. Milton opWashing-
ton has again been the central figure
in life'saving at Chesapeake Beach,
going to the rescue and saving from
drowning Miss Helen Davenport. I5-
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry B. Davenport Of 3216 Eight
eenth street northeast. Miss Daven-
port was swimming in water 10 or IL
feet deep along with a number of
others when she called for help and
was seen struggling in the water
Mrs. Milton, who was some little dis
tance away, where she had been in
structing her class OF Juveniles in
swimming and life-saving. sprang
back into the water and went to the
rescue. Miss Davenport had gone
down twice when Mrs. Milton reached
her.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-02
RAIL MERGERS

The big problems in the United States
mainly transportation problems. An immensely
wealthy and productive nation needs to about
and get its goods moved. The railroads admitted
y inadequate they stand. President Coolidge tells
the newspaper correspondents he believes the solu-
ton of the problem would be greatly helped by voun
tary consultations.
Such consultations are permitted under
legislation recently enacted by Congress- provided the
Interstate Commerce Commission approves. The first
big voluntary merger proposed made up of five lines
with the Nickel Plate nucleus, is under scru
iny There has been vigorous fight against approval
made by group of stockholders of of the lines,
but it is generally expected that the merger will go
through If so, it is to be followed by others
in other sections.
Here is notable change from the days when rail-
road mergers evils to be fought by the govern
ment, and the great desideratum competi-
tion. 1t is that competition may be
done, making wasteful duplication and needless
pense. The ideal is simplfcaton and efficiency,
in big units where public service corporations
cerned with the government friendly as long they
do what is right but holding poised club ready to
swing when they treat the public unfairly.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-02
SALMON HITS BOY
IN EYE, ESCAPES;
SAYS FISH STORY

EUREKA, Calf, Sept. .. - \
whopper that got away after strik-
ing Il boy fisherman in the eve
comes now to take its place on the
imterminabe list of fish stories.
Fisherman here assert that a large
salmon jumped into boat at the
mouth of the Klamath river near
here while party of three persons
was fishing. Then after painting
for moment the beauty hit one of
the boy fishermen in the eye with
its tail, blackcning the optic. Be-
fore the surprised youth could re.
cover his his self possession the fish
escaped.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-02
Shortest Route
Must Be Taken
By Taxi-Drivers

Los ANGELES, Sept. >. - A
straight haul is the shortest dis
tanee between two points, and taxi
drivers should be governed accord
ingly.
This new rude was siAsdown for
local 'eab drivers BY the board of
public utilities on August !.
Drivers, it was decreed, must
take the shortest route between two
points in hauling fare, which
means the cabby must not travel
two or more miles while taking n
passenger one mile or less.
Other rules made effective ut the
same time provide:
Stamped receipts, showing dis
tancc travelled, must be given to
each passenger who pays a fare.
Meters must be plainly visible,
so that passengers may see plainly
the distance Travelled.
Failure to observe the new rcgu-
lations will result i'll Il fine or re-
vocation of the drivers license.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-02

chuckled Uncle Wiggily, and when
he Went into the kitchen to start
making the pops. 10 and behold!
There WASH t bit of sugar. Not
grain in the bungalow! ''Oh, what
shall | do!' cried Uncle Wiggily.
There is no time to 20 to the store
for sugar, and the children will be
so disappointed. y
Then he looked out i'll the yard
and saw many big humble bees On
the red clover blossoms of which
there were many thousand in the
grass.
..Ha, 1 have it!' cried the bum
ny. There is sweet sugar juice In
the red clover blossoms. l can't get
it out, but the humble bees can with
their long tongues. I'll have the
bumblers gather me the sweet juice
and III boil it into sugarpops.' -
No sooner said than done. When
the Bumblcrs heard what Uncle
Wiggily asked they buzzed:
.'Of course we'll give YOU clover
honey juice-all you want. y And
with the sugar from the blossoms
the bunny made forty 'levcn sugar
pops and it was the grandest party
Skipper and Nippcr ever remember
cd. All the animal children said
so, and when they ate the sugarpops
they gave three cheers for Mr..
Longears.
And if the clock hands don't go
around backward, trying to catch
the last minute by the tail. III tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily and
MIR Who Who.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-02
Discarded CheWs
of Gum Are Bane
of Theater Men

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. T.
Second hand blobs of chewing gum
arc so many gobs of woe to John
Royal, manager of the b. +. Keith S
Palace theatcr here.
Royal classified them among such
calamities as mother-in-laws, appen-
dices, flat tires and old safety razor
blades.
Annually, according to Keith re-
ports, thousands of dollars ooze out
of the Keith treasures because of
the custom of gum chewers to be,
stow their cuds on the theater seats
or on the floor. Damaging suits,
cleaning bills, bad tempers. and dis
satisfaction of customers are some
of the tributes cXacted, Royal said.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-02
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD e. GARIS
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
SUGARPOPS

Nippcr and skipper, two of the
/ lively little rabbit boys who lived
with Uncle Wiggilv in his hollow
stump bungalow, hoped up to their
new Daddycums as he sat reading
the paper on the porch one bright,
sunny morning.
1.-The company will be here in
about half an hour cried Nipper
with jolly little laugh,
"What company?'' asked Uncle
! Wiggily in surprise.
And, please, veil help you
make the sugarpops, went on Skip
per. without giving his brother a
chance to answer the question which
Uncle Wiggily had asked.
what 5 tnis all about''' cried
the rabbit gentleman. Company
sugarpops-what does it mean!'
ION, - said Skipper. "Nippcr
and | want to have a little party.
We have asked Sammic and Susie
Littlctail, the other rabbits, and
Johnnies and Billie Bushytail and
Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow and
Mamie and Billie Wagtail to come
and be the company.
"There's lot more than those
whom we have askcd,' went on Nip
per. But we came to tell YOU ii S
almost time to make the sugarpops,
cause now we told them you could
make lovely sugarpops and we will
want to eat them at the partv,'
Uncle Wigsilv jumped out of his
chair, and waved his paper in the
air.
This is the most funniest thing
l have ever heard of. = he cried. all
excited like. ''Oh, kuura, gurra,
gazinka!' -
why, what S the mattcr!' ask
ed Skipper.
II don't know anything about
making sugarpops. said Mr.. Long
ears. II didn I know YOU had in
vited whole lot of company! |
didn t know you were even thinking
of having party. And now your
mother has gone out, and so has
Nurse Jane. I'm home alone, ex-
cept for you children, and you tell
me there is going TO be lollypopI
party ..s.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-02
Ostrich Riding
To Be Feature
Beach Rodeo

The ancient sport of ostrich rid
ing will be revived at the first an
nual Capistrano Beach rodeo, Sep
tember q and Z.
In Africa and South America
the home of the ostrich-thesc birds
are raced as horses are in this
country. In fact, the sport has such
II following that fans 'follow the
BIRDS as Americans follow the
ponies; study dope sheets and bet,
too! In this country, owing to the
scarcity of ostriches and the diff
Guilty of training them, racing is
only done occasionally. But since
Violet Bowen and other screen stars
have gone for it as a fad, new in
tercst in the sport is manifested.
Lloyd Chapman of the Cawston
Ostrich farms, who will perform on
some of his own birds at Capistrano
Beach, says that the great Difficult
ties encountered in training and
racing ostriches make the sport just
SO much the more interesting. He
says that his audience will be treat
ed to some brand new stunts on
Labor Day-that SO far as kick is
concerned, ostriches are in the
thrilla minute class. -. -
Plans for the Labor Day cclebra-
tion are well along toward compile
ton. a. w. Parks. manager of
the event, reports that the past
week has brought in many new en-
tries for practically every event,
and he expects this rodeo at Capt.
strano Beach to be the best affair
of its kind he has ever managed.
Every day now,'' said Mr..
Part&ye' the arena is full Of hopefnL
riders getting themselves in shape
for the big time. Some people have
an idea that cow-punchers who com
pete in rodoes just ride in and take
ii chance, but that ism t the case.
The championship the men who
will be champions some day-traip
for Il rodeo just a boxer trains for a
fight. Only | believe the rider has
a harder job.
The boys who are already on the
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-02
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Birchfield
have returned from a trip along the
coast beyond San Francisco.
Peter Brunk who has been III Ell
Centre all summer, will leave this
week.
Arthur Brick is expected to re-
turn tonight,
Charlie Sones. is back in the city
after a.syacation of seven weeks,
which he and Mrs. Sones spent mo-
toring through Yellowstone Park,
Montana. Idaho and as far north as
Vancouver and Seattle. Mrs. Sones
will remain in Live Oaks for thc
rest of the summer.