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Evening star., 1925-01-18
Valuation Dispute Ended.

The outstanding feature in the af-
fairs of the fuel company was the
agreement entered into with the
Public Utilities Commission regard
ing valuation and rates, the decree
being entered on December 81, lSZ4,
by the Supreme Court of the Dlstrlc'
of Columbia before which nlgauori
In the matter was pending.
This agreement not only settled all
matters in dispute between the com
pany and the commission regarding
valuation and rates ordered by the
commission based thereon, but also
established a basis upon which rates
would be made in the future.
BY the terms of the agreement, the
value of the company's property used
and useful, as OF January l, 1925, was
fixed at S32.5o0.O00, and rates deter
mined that would yield 7h per cent
on said valuation AS result the
company announced that its max
imum rate for electricity for retail
consumers would be reduced from 10
cents per kilowatt hour to IN cents
per kilowatt hour with substantial
reductions in other sch edules, all to
become effective on January l, 1928
The agreement further provided for
sliding scale of rates to be adjusted
annually. If the return for any one
year exceeds III per cent on the val
uation plus additions to date unde-
preciated, one-half of said excess Is
to be used in a reduction Of rates to
be charged the public thereafter. Ii
the average return for any consec-
utive five-year period falls below 7 II
per cent, or IL the average return for
any consecutive three-year period
falls below per cent, or If the aver
age return for any consecutive
l2.month period falls below Sh per
cent. the commission shall promptly
increase rates as to yield II per
cent on the valuation plus additions
Evening star., 1925-01-18
Opposes Tax Exemptions.

Albert H Wiggin, president of the
Chase National Bank Of New York
in his annual report TO shareholders,
expressed his conviction that there
should be, no tax-exempt securities
and the hope that a constitutional
amendment might be adopted per
mitting the Federal Government to
tax State and municipal securities at
the same rate at which it taxes
Federal securities and permitting
State and municipal governments to
tax Federal securities at the same
rate they tax their own securities.
Existing contracts must be respected
he said, but making of new con-
tracts involving the tax exemption
should be prevented as speedily as
possible. He declared much of the
S644so00 600 in tax-exempt municipal
and farm loan bonds taken up by
investors from June to October, 1924.
representing 'nonproductive expendi-
ture, needless extravaganza and waste
of capital
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Continued from First Page,
MUTUAL-"Moon:ight Maids. i"

Lewis, and Ben Bernard - responsl
ble for the staging.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
brought East especially for this pro

brought East especially for this pro
duction.
Men OF Steel" will be made by thu
Eastern production units of First NJ
tional. Much of the picture will b
filmed in the steel mills at Gary. In
diana, on the Mesaba iron range of
Minnesota. and at the ore docks in
he Great Lakes. Interior scenes vii!
be made at the New York studios.
For years Sills has had such a story
In mind. When he learned that First
National was planning a steel pic,
ture he Immediately went to work
on his story. Hudson read 1t and
pronounced it one Of the best origi
nal stories submitted to him in his
years of screen experience.
In the picture Sills will be seen as a
foreigner who has como to America In
the steerage with thousands OF others
seeking living in the land of prom.
Use. He has found his way to the
iron mines. where his living depends
on his hands and his physical strength.
AS the iron ore comes from the
mines and makes It's way by river.
lake and rail to the steel center where
1t finally energies as highly refined
steel. SO goes this foreigner in his
refining process, finally coming forth
a refined product. a real American
/ compliment to steel.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
STRAND-Loew's Circus.

Loew's wild animal and big top cir
Gus VIII be at the Strand for one
week. beginning Sunday, December 20.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Actors. Not Makeup, for
Types.

THE picture Of tomorrow will de.
pend on actors who employ make.
up to duplicate types, rather than
actors who are types. This means
return to the actor Of yesterday
the real actor, according to the pre-
diction Of Lon CLANCY. king Of make.
up artists. prince Of thrills.
THE oldtime actor had to play
different part every week." says
CLANCY. And did 1t by makeup. In
the old days we did the same on
the screen. Then came the craze for
types, and many a man who wa
a type was not an actor. and the
artistry OF the picture suffered &C
cordingly.
II stayed with the makeup ant
never showed my own face. They
thought I was unique. achieved
a certain amount OF success. Blu
I worked hard for years to learI
what 1 knew-in transforming stock
companies and one-night stands.
Rupert Julian. who directed 9TH
Phantom Of the Opera" is an ole
stage actor-with stage slant. II
didn't look for types, but for actor
who could portray any type. II
grabbed Jack Pratt, an old directo'
and stage star-and Jack enacte,
three characteristic ditferent-witf
greasepaint.
ED Tracy is another-played tn
rat-catcher In makeup almost a
fearSome as my own. Anton Va
verka, the famous old Europea,
actor, achieved marvels with make
up. These people know how to use
ia knowledge CLEANED from year
of study. hard work and often hun
ger. That Is how the real artist IS
born.
Il grant you an amateur couldn"
do it--perhaps that IS why the type
system arose. But, after all, the
good old hard work on the stage Is
what makes the real actor"
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Duncan Sisters, December 2S.

The Duncan sisters. Rosetta and
Vivian, in their new musical comedy.
Topsy ard Eva will come to the
National Theater the week beginning
honday night. December %.
The play Is based on Uncle Toms
Cabin" with book by Catherine CHS
lolm Gushing and music and lyrics
~ the Duncan sisters.
In tho cast are Helen Reed, Edmund
fitzpatrick. Isabelle Mohr. Antoinette
Ioots. Vernon Rickard, Myrtle Fergu
on, Bert Keyes, AL Sands, Dan Bren-
zen, William c. Gordon. Marguerite
}el. Jessie Bell and a spirited choru:
( London Palace Theater dancers.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Current Attractions

foreign office Of the British govern
ment, and in 1918 the value vf his
work was recognized by the great
honor of an appointment as COM
mander of the Order of the British
Empire.
Prof. William Lyon Phelps says o.
him: "fIe is one Of the most melodious
of modern writers, with a witchery in
words that at it's best Is irresistible
He has the imagination of the inspired
poet. giving him creative power to
reveal anew the majesty of the un-
AIMED sea and the mystery Of the
stars
Princeton Triangle Club, Saturday.
CARRIED In the soft apparel OF Vene-
tan maidenS and the splendor Of
dashing young beaux -advanturers, a
representative array of Princeton ath-
'etes will be seen in Fortune" the
Triangle Clubs play. at the Washing.
ton Auditorium Saturday evening.
Transformed by the lipstick and
rouge box, these rugged sons Of the
gridiron. diamond and playing fields
will Intensity, with the life and pep
of Americas sporting youth, the ac-
ton and humor of entertaining muSi-
cal comedy.
Playing the part of Fortune. the
handsome nero, VIII be Walter B.
Booth. president of the Triangle Club
and the senior class, and a varsity
letter man in foot ball; John Lang
horne, in the role of Cordiani, is
president of the sophomore class, and
was captain Of the freshman crew last
Spring and also a member of the
varsity crew which rowed Pennsyl.
vania this Fall. while in the chorus
will be Jake Slagle, 1927. all-American
second string halfback last year and
a member of the varsity foot ball team
for two years as we'll as left fielder
on the varsity base ball nine last
Spring and one Of the leading hitters
in Eastern Intercollegiate base ball; J.
j. Steinmetz, high jumper. and S. r.
Bradley, Jr., pole vaulter of the
varsity track team, which, with Cor.
nell, met the combined Oxford Cam.
bridge team at Atlantic City last
Summer. are alternates for the dane
ing chorus; G. w. Fisher. captain of
the soccer team and a member Of the
lacrosse team last Spring; c. K.
Cromwell, tr.. captain of the 150.pound
crew, and NJ. lie Roy Goff of the Ia
crosse team; NJ. D. Hardin. jr.. and
II. A. Royster. jr.. members of the
swimming and wrestling teams, re.
spectively
Others prominent in athletics are
W. II. Forrest. A. v. Shannon, D. l..
Munroe, J. w. Wasten, r. l. Robin.
son, 7. p. Trimble, w. W. Townley
and j. K. Gilley.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Coming Attractions

Marcelltne, from the New York Hip
nodrome. and other clowns, aerial
stars, acrobats, tumblers. side show
freaks. including Londy, the Dutch
glantess, feet 6 inches tall; Lion
ette, the lion-faced girl; Nine. Beatrice,
the snake charmer; Victoria. the
tatooed lady, and last but not least,
Jolly Irene. who weighs 62O pounds
with her nose powdered and stands
feet II inches. the fattest woman
In the land, will all be there.
Richard Havermann's wild animals.
lions, tigers and leopards, also are
coming. 1t is the first time in the.
atrical history that such a daring act
has been presented on vaudeville
stage. Rajah, the fiercest tiger in
captivity; Prof. brakes leaping
hounds and Mile. Camille's Pomeran-
ans Will be other spectacular fea-
.ures, along with Lillian st. Leon,
the queen of the sawdust ring" and
3ostock's Riding School. to please
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Janet Richards Tomorrow.
Alfred Noyes Reading Thursday.

Alfred Noyes. after an absence of
several years. has returned for brief
time to this country and will give
readings from his own poems in the
auditorium Of the Central High School
under the auspices of the Washington
Society of the Fine Arts Thursday
evening at Sis o'clock
Alfred Noyes, poet and critic and
visiting professor Of English at Prince
ton. was born in the county Of Stat.
fordshire in England on September Is,
1880. In 1918 Mr.. Noyes, already
widely known by his poetry, came to
America as lecturer on the famous
Lowell Foundation at Boston. During
his visit he also lectured at various
universities and colleges, including
Princeton. He was given the honor.
ary degree Of Lift. D. by Yale In the
following year he was made visiting
professor at Princeton.
In 1916 he was attached to the
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Writes His Own Story.

THE steel story which First Ma
tional will film this Fall as one of
the biggest specials" of the year was
written by Milton Sills. First Ma
tional's famous actor.
In this picture, titled Men of
Steel" Sills will be starred, and will
be supported, according to Earl Hud.
son. who will supervise the production,
by an unusually strong cast. Sew
eral of the players. recently placed
under contract in Hollywood, will be
Evening star., 1925-12-13
KEITH'S-Brooke Johns.

NNII n S-BrOOK6 JOINS.
Brooke Johns will top the Christina
veek bill at b. F. Keith's Theater, be
inning next Sunday, appearing with
oodee Montgomery. daughter Of the
ate Dave Montgomery Of Montgomer,
nd Stone fame. He will also be as
listed by his Oklahoma Collegians.
Other acts will include VIII NJ.
oney in why Be Serious?" an(
ieorge Choos. presenting Danny DARE
~ Petite Revue" with q large com
any Of beautiful dancers.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

Anra Toebe heads the cast of the
Moonlight Maids" which comes to
the Mutual Theater this week, open
Ing with a matinee today.
Billy Hogan is the leading com
edian and the supporting cast includes
Myrtle Andrews. Ann Darl. l.ng, Harr
Levine, Paul Ryan and Frank Mckay
The extra nightly feature announce
includes Plantation Revue night to
morrow; surprise night, Tuesday:
wrestling night, Thursday: amateur
night, Friday, and auction night.
Saturday.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
GAYETY-"Golden Creek"

Vaudeville, ballet, farce and musical
interludes will diversity next weeks
at the Gayety Theater,
Golden Creek" starring Billy Airing
ton, known by his tramp impersona-
tions as 1.-The Beloved Vagabond." Eide
Mae is his leading lady and others are
Bob StartZman, Jean Bedina, sou.
brette: Cleera, classic dancer; Walter
LeFoye, leading man, and Il chorus
of 90 singing and dancing girls.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

EAREE-Vaudeville and Pictures.
The Earle Theater. next week. will
'ner as its photoplay attraction "The
,ncient Highway starring Jack
iolt. In addition to the six acts O.
audeville and the usual house fea.
ures.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

lovers of horse flesh, together with
Jerry, the massive husky from Nome.
and Teddy, the champion high jumper
Of the world
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Burton Holmes, Today.

"Circling the Mediterranean" will
constitute the fourth topic in Burton
Holmes new cycle of screen Journeys,
presented at the National Theater this
afternoon at $50 and again this eve
ming at $50 o'clock
The trip starts with the arrival of
Fhe cruising steamer in Madeira, and
takes in old Funcha1 and its creased
streets which have never seen snow,
Gibraltar, Morocco and through the
rebellious region of the Riff to Tangier,
Tunis and Algiers: thence to the Island
OF Malta before embarking for the
French Riviera Thence it proceeds
TO Naples, Amalfi, Capri and Sorrento,
and then on to Greece to view the
Parthenon, the Acropolis and the
other monuments Of this classic land.
A trip follows through the Darda-
nelles to the Golden Horn and Con-
stantinople; a cruise to the Holy Land,
including jerusalem, Gethsemane and
Bethlehem: thence to Alexandria,
Cairo and along the Nile to the Pyra-
mids and through the Valley of the
Kings to the tombs of the Pharao obs.
The next and final travelogue will
deal with the jungle-buried city of
Angkor the Great in Cambodia, one
OF the provinces of French Indo- China
Maude Frances Reading Today.
Inc Little Theater. Wardman Park
Hotel, will continue its series Of liter
ary programs this after oon at 4:30
O'Clock, when it will present Maude
Frances Of Boston, dramatic reader,
IN program which she calls a Joyce
kiimer Appreciation" but which deals
quite as much with two cotemporary
soldier-poets of equal if no superior
worth, Rupert Brooke and Alan Segar.
Miss Frances Is a graduate of DR..
Curry's School of Expression. Boston.
Janet Richards Tomorrow.
Miss Janet Richards Will give her
weekly interpretive review Of Public
Questions, Home and Foreign" to-
morrow morning in the auditorium Of
the New Masonic Temple, Thirteenth
street and New York avenue, at 10:45
O'Clock. beginning the talk with a re-
view of the most interesting and i'm.
portant developments in foreign af-
fairs for the past week, followed by
comment on the press reaction from
the Presidents message and the new
Congress. rs the Legislative Tend
enCy Reactionary?"
Evening star., 1925-12-13

Miss Katherine Mcfarland, a Phila-
delphia girl. was recently decorated by
the Greek government with the Greek
cross of heroiSm.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
NUTUAI-"Band Box Revue"

1.-The Band Box Revue" is to be the
at the Mutual Theater mex.
week, with Joe Penner, eccentric char
acter comedian, heading the cast, sup
ported by Rae Keith, singing and
dancing soubrette.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-23
DOCTORS plan
BLACKLIST
Of TARDY
CoIored Physicians and Sur
geons To War On Deiin-
Iinquent Pay Patients

Establishing of patients who fail
20 pay for medical service will be
undertaken by the Medico- Chirurgi-
cal Society of the District of Column
bia. composed OF colored physicians
and surgeons, it was announced to-
day.
The society proposes to establish
Q central bureau where a card in
6ex of delinquent patients will be
maintained for the benefit of all
physicians
"A physician, when called upon
to treat patient. has thus the
means of ascertaining whether or
not this patients name is recorded
among the delinquents," the society
stated in a notice issued today.
IF the patients name Is so re-
corded a satisfactory adjustment
with the previous attending physi.
clan must be effected before further
treatment is rendered by the new
attendant"
The society states in its notice
that the system has been inaugu-
rated by physicians Of other cities
with most gratifying results
The Medical Society of the Dis.
trict Of Columbia has not been no.
titled Of the plan, 1t was stated, and
knew nothing of the proposal
There 10 no intention on the part OF
white physicians 20 follow the lead
of the colored organization, it was
stated at the headquarters Of the
aOafafv
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-23
TWO SMALLPOX
PATIENTS ARE
DEAD
Since January I, ID in Dis
trict Have Been Victims
of This Disease

Two more deaths from smallpox,
making fourteen in all since Janu
airy 1, and the only deaths from
the disease here in nineteen years,
were recorded by the District
Health Department. The victims
died in the Smallpox Hospital last
night. They were
Mrs. Dora Moss, forty-seven, 229
Seventh street northeast.
AlonZa Glynn. fifty-one. colored
10 o street southwest
The thirteen day old baby Of Mrs
Margaret Mower, OF 715 Kentucky
avenue, is reported seriously Ill
The infant has been separated from
its mother and is confined to the
Smallpox Hospital Mrs. Mower,
entirely recovered. was allowed to
return home.
Although there are several sus
pected cases, no new cases were
reported today
Since January 1. forty-seven cases
of the disease have been reported
Fifteen persons now are confined
to the District institution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-23
SAYS SCHOOL OFFICIALS
STIFLE TALK ON PLATOON

School authorities were accused of
sitting discussion of the platoon
plan of schoolroom organization by
Snowden Ashford, former municipal
architect. in an address last night
at a joint meeting of the Dupont
Circle Citizens Association and the
Washington Chapter of the Amert-
can Institute of Architects In the
Interior Department Building audi
forum.
Mr.. Ashford declared there must
be some reason why representatives
of the Bureau of Education do not
lecture in Washington on the
platoon plan.
Ninety-three cities have adopted
the plan, he asserted, and statistics
show that pupils who are trained in
platoon schools obtain a higher
rating in high school than those
who receive their earlier education
in schools following the traditional
system,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-23
BOSS PAINTERS
To MAKE NEW
PROPOSAL
Employers to Offer Long Term
Contract at Present Scale,
It Is Reported

Settlement of the painters strike
experienced q temporary hitch to-
day. as the employers prepared to
meet and formulate a definite pro-
posal for adjustment of existing wage
differences.
1t is understood that the master
painters are putting out a tentative
offer of a long-term contract for
union labor at So a Cay, the present
scale. IL not slightly in advance OF
that wage.
The union cannot act further in
the matter until the early part of
next week. The painters interna-
tional organizer, William J. Gal
,agher. is now in Philadelphia, and
probably will not return until after
Sunday.
John B. Colpoys. Federal mediat-
or. was optimistic today over DC
yelopments in the strike situation.
He pointed out that the principal
lob of the Government. had been
completed when the two sides were
brought together in conference on
the wage scale. He expressed HIM
self as confident that the good
sense Of leaders on both sides will
show the way toward an amicable
settlement.
Secretary Minor Click, of the
painters union. said today that the
number of unemployed strikers In
the District was decreasing daily.
Less than 800 are now signing the
strike roll for the weekly benefits
voted by the organization.
THE men are staying In town
and finding work at the union
scale of $40 a day." said Mr.. Ci'< :
"It doesn't stand to reason that ii -
should go to other cities while
there's plenty of work for union
men to be found in Washington.
Few developments turned up in
the plumbers case. A committee
of leading master plumbers today
notified the fair wage committee
that It must hold matters in abey-
ance until something definite is
heard from the union.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-23
D. c. IS RUSHING
REPAIRS ON
STREETS
Highway Official Denies Dis
elimination in AlIoting of
Repair Work

Charges of discrimination against
the northeast and southeast Sec
lions of Washington in the matter
of new streets and resurfacing of
Fulfilled old thoroughfares, were
met today by officials Of the Dis
trict Highway Department.
Leonard p. Robertson, assistant
engineer of the Highway Depart
ment, announced that bids were
opened today for seven new streets
in the northeast and southeast dis
tricts.
At the same time Mr.. Robertson
replying to criticism Of his depart
ment for failure to remedy the
damage done to highways as q re-
suit Of the ravages Of a severe win
ter. declared the department il do.
ing everything in its power to cor
rect this evil.
Five gangs are at work daily,
patching holes and in general ton.
ing up" Fulfilled thoroughfares, he
said. Two of these gangs are
emergency crews hired for the ex-
press purpose Of hurrying work.
'Today we open bids for con.
struction of seven new streets in
northeast and southeast Washing
ton" Mr.. Robertson said. These
streets are the following:
"A street, from Fifteenth to Sew.
enteenth. northeast: North Carolina
avenue northeast. Fifteenth to b
streets; Potomac avenue southeast,
Sixteenth to E streets; e street
southeast, Eighteenth to Nine
tenth; A street southeast, Fifteenth
to Eighteenth; Seventeenth street
northeast. East Capitol to A street,
and Seventeenth street northeast,
East Capitol to A street.
1.-THE Potomac avenue and E,
street southeast projects will be
the only direct paved thorough
fares to Gallinger Hospital. some
thing that has been needed in that
section for years.
ION April go the highway de.
partment. will open bids to asphalt
Pennsylvania avenue bridge"
The new streets in northeast and
southeast Washington, will cost in
the. neighborhood of 100000, Mr..
Robertson said
Paving work in Second street
between Upshur and Webster streets
was completed today. Yesterday
the work of paving Fourth street
between Taylor and Upshur streets
was finished.
Much of the work of the five
patching gangs is being done in the
downtown section, where skid
chains on motor car tires the past
winter. practically ruined the sur
faces.