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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
REPORT OF CONDITION
of the
WASHINGTON
SAVINGS BANK
ut Washington, in the District of Columbia
ut the close of Business June 80. 1927.

at Washington, in the District of Columbia
at the close of Business June 80. 1927.
RESOURCES.
j. Loans and discounts. in
ceptances 1of other banks
and foreign bills of ex-
., bank e.; -, $3.50. FL oa
4. Other bonds stocks. securi-
ties. etc owned 135.900. 90
1888 :..:.,.:;;:.:,... e5.aas.53
~ banking honss 1919: 9.73O.31
10. Cash in vault and amount
;, due from national banks: 133,1eeS1
IL. Amount due from State
s9%esn's o;ne in than tas l neIasf
ed in item 100 $3.50. gST0S9
IL Checks on other banks in the
porting bank ;a.-,,;...; 15.l6oes
Id .SloS.22S.2S
Total .............ss 29, 81 AZ
e s sss1ta' s fSsd paid IN
SI. !. Undivided profits ....... s.2s7a1
81 Certified checks outstanding 1000
b bank deposits 3ashes,t subject nssth 5s
90 ,, within 80 daysl: -
20 check -. SCI. 757 %
81. Dividends unpaid ....... 3,0I0.O 90
Total of demand deposits
tother than bank depos-
lts) subject to reserve.
items 80 and
BIB S324. 1877 93
Time deposits subject to re-
serve payable after 30
days; or subject to 80
days or more notice. and
postal savings):
IS. Savings deposits . 3Is.7f0s7
81. Other time deposits $500. 81 4S4 as
Total of time deposits sub
Jet to reservs items 35
Total .:........ .$S29.3l1.47
District of Columbia SIS
/. JOHN d. LEONARD Treasurer of the
above named bank. do solemnly swear that
'he above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief
JOHN d. LEONARD. Treasurer
Subscribed and sworn to before ME this
End dav of July. 1927
(Seall tSignedD JAMES H. MARI,
Notary Public. ID. c.
THos, E. FARRELL.
WIN E. RUSSELL.
J. REDMOND WALSH,
GRANVILLE GUIDE.
JOHN NJ. TRANT.
Directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08

RESOURCES.
!. Loans and discounts. in.
Guiding rediscounts accent
ances of other banks and
foreign bills of exchange
or drafts sold with in
dorsement of this bank. 1884 59S. 81
2. Overdrafts. unsecured ...... 11912
3. U. S. Government securities
owned:
All other o. s. Government
miums. il anyi ......... c0s50.00
ties. etc. owned Hs SOU. 74.Oo7.5o
g. Banking house. Sill .74sS4:
s. 300 90 ~ e'. 11s.14s.sa
national banks ......'... 1891 SO
Total of item 10 S74. 321 So
II. b Miscellaneous cash items 1294.75
Total. 1924. 43O AZ
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LIABILITIES.

LIABILITIES.
10. Capital stock paid in. S106 04o GO
81. qug ndiSid asp1 profits 3soY.13
~ Etc accrued ....:....: s4s2.ss
IS. Cashiers checks outstanding 6.527.26
Total tai. Of f. items ~ GO s,o "a
Demand deposits tother than
bank depositsl subject to
reserve fdeposits payable
within 30 daysl:
30. Individual deposits subject an
30. Cert ri ri1tes of deposit due in f''0'
than t for money S1 borro%ed' 1e.sssssso %
33. Dividends unpaid ......... 10000
81. Other demand deposits. -. 56.97
Total of demand deposits
! ,other .r than bank "a rs depos-
80 and "a" .o.s1ee.1o4.74
Time deposits subject to re
serve tpayable after 70
days. or subject to 30
days or more notice. and
postal savings):
g. s SsSeP s% asD9 ssps.lts 1895 ac5ss5
Total of time deposits sub
)ect to reserve items :35
20. LIABILITIES ahh .ns other than than those
above stated .......... 3569.54
Total. .S924.43o4@
city Of washingt9r District of C9 e uni ho ss
named bank do solemnly swear that the
above statement Is true to the best OF my
J. T. EXNICIOS.
President.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this
seal PEARLE P. CRAMER.
Notary Public.
Ny commission expires October 10. 1923.
Correct-Attest:
f. w. LIBBEY.
J. FRANKLIN MEYER.
MARsHALL o. EXNIcIOs.
C. F.. MCCOY.
JOHN G. TEXTER.
LOUIS A. ROSARY.
G. L. SH0REY.
Directors.
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REPORT OF CONDITION
of the
BANK OF
BRIGHTWOOD

At the close Of business on June so. 1897
RESOURCES.
]. Loans and discounts. in
Guiding rediscounts &C.
ceptances of other banks
and foreign bills of ey-
change or drafts sold
with Endorsement OF this
z. overdrafts secured. 5so.s5
Government securities Tin
o,s Guiding psI premiums I,nn,: if anyl 1920
tiles, etc. owned. 4e.2e4.e5
s snEn asT75 and fixtures. 100 oso 90
:, due from national banks 27.seo.oI
banks. bankers a sfu and trust
companies 9n,ps ia.,, in the. the l United
ed I'm in item e io l.an '".,u e,ass .es
Total of items col, 70 }. :, and nd
Is. Other assets. if any nyo 1890
Total .......... 1868 ga o4
LIABILITIES.
l9. Capital stock paid in. 500 600. 90
60. Surplus. fund .:........... 100000
q. Undivided profits 1850 1,490.50
e. Certified checks outstanding 4.415.5O
TosssII Of items so,a apps ''i'''
Demand deposits; tother than
bank depositsl subject to
reserve tdeposts payable
within 80 days):
20 i to che, check oepos..S s.o.e e2s,ele.o1
81. Other demand deposits. -. S2.51
Total of demand deposits
iother than bank deposits
% sSa q re sssss.eo 5se8s
Time deposits subject to re-
serve payable after 30
days. or subject to 80 days
or more notice. and postal
savingsD:
35. Savings deposits ......... 1881 .01
81. Other time deposits. .... 64.47002
Total of time deposits sub
1ect to reserve. items IS
Total 1858. 224 O4
City Of Washington District of Columbia. IS. !:
sbove-named bank. do solemnly swear that
my knowledge and belief
r. L. SCHREINER. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9Th day of July. 1927
tSeal1 sSigned) A. B. CALDWELL.
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
c. L. OSBORN.
r. w PERRY.
L. J. SLAyENS.
Directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
REPORT OF CONDITION
OF THE
Departmental Bank

At Washington. in the District of Columbia.
al the close of business ON June 80. 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
Local Market Unusually Dull.

Trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange was unusually dull. Thirty.
five shares Of Potomac Electric Power
51a per cent preferred stock sold at
101B and the company's per cent
preferred came out at 108K. Fifteen
shares Of Capital Traction moved at
los, and 40 shares Of National Mort
gage & Investment preferred at tx.
Ten shares of Liberty National Bank
stock brought 205H.
The weekly calling of the unlisted
issues showed that the bid on Army
and Navy Club 5s had dropped from
81 to IS. The bid on Connecticut Pie
Co. stock advanced to 140 and the only
other change in quotations was a de.
cline in the bid on Washington base
ball stock from 50 to as. The asked
price remained at 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08

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Brunswick Ter.
Burns Bro (10)..
Burns Br 3 t2).
Bush TermltbS)
Bush Ter de, t7).
Butte Cop t50c).
Butte&Supert2).
Butterick (g2)..
Dyer & Co. .....
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Calf Packgt4)..
Calf Petrolt2)..
Can Dry tt2A).
Canada Sou go.
Can Pacific t1UD.
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Case Thr pf "a.
Cent Alloy CD.
Cent Alloy pf(7)
Cent Leather CTS
Cent Lea pr ctfs.
Cen Ry NJtt12).
Cerro dePas(t5).
Certain Teddy
Chand-Cleve 80.
Chandler pf(2h)
Ches & Ohio(10)
Ches Corpn.....
Chi & Alton.....
Chi & Alton pr. d.
Chi e. East Ill.
Chi & East Ill Of.
Chi Great West.
Chi CT West pr. i.
Chi Mil & st P...
Chi Mil&StP pf.
G M&StP pf CTS.
Chi e. Nwn t4)..
Chi Pine Tool 49,
Chi Rock Is (5).
G r l & P pr 90.
Chile Cop t2h).
Christie E t1.20)
| Chrys ler Corp(3)
Chry sler pf A(8)
Cluett Peab (5)..
Cluet Pea pr 90
Coca-Cola o..
| Collins & Aik(4)
! Col Fuel & Iron.
| Col & Southn t3)
| Col Gas & Ell t5)
/ Col Csc pr AGO
| Col Carbon (4)..
| Com Cred d..
Com Crlst pfc "
Com Powr (2R)
! Com Solv e 49,.
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| ConRRCuba pf 6
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| Cont Bakg A(4).
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| Corn Prod (t3). ,
Corn Prod pr 90
| Coty Inc t5)....
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| Crucible pf(7)..
Cuba Cane Su pf
Cuba Comply go
| Cuban Am S "a.
Cudahy Pkg 90.
Cushman's go.
| Cushmann pr CD
Da vison Chem.
Deere&Co pf(7).
Del Sc Hud CO.,.
Del l. & w CD.
d r G Wst pr.
Detroit Ed 49,.
Diamd Mitch go.
Dodge Bros CT A
Dodge pr t7)....
Dome Mines "a.
Dupont tt9 IL D..
la stman 49,.
Eaton Axle t2). .
Eisenlohr & Bro.
EiSenlohr pf 60,
FL AutoLttt6 h }
Electric Boat.
Elec Power & 1t
Elec P&Lt pft7)
Elec Refrigerat tn
Ell Stge Bat tf6)
End John 3D..
Endicott pr 20.
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Epqit Bldgt7)..
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Erie Sim SEE ~ }
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~ Washington. in the District of Columbia
~ the close of business on June 80, 1927
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
HOLDS COMMUNISTS
CAUSED MASSACRE
Mine Workers Editor Says Herrin
Killings Were Aimed Against
Government.
By the Associated Press.

.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, June eli
The Herrin, ILL.,, massacre during the
miners strike of 1922 was attributed
to communist influence by Ellis Searles,
editor Of the United Mine Workers
Journal, in an address today before
the Indiana State convention of Elk
change Clubs.
Following a warning that Items of
thousands of we'll meaning men and
women" have become infected with
the germ" of communism, Mr.. Searles
declared the United Mine Workers has
had bitter experience with commun-
ism.
During the miners strike of 1922"
said Mr., Searles, "19 paid communist
organizers were sent from communist
Headquarters In Chicago to Herrin,
Ill.,, and these 10 paid plotters. aided
by 81 communists who lived at Herrin,
fomented and We're responsible for the
Herrin massacre, in which more than
a score of men were killed. 1t was all
a part of the communist plot to seize
the United Mine Workers strike and
convert it into the beginning of an
armed revolution against the Govern
ment. The United Mine Workers of
America was not TeSpoHSlpie LOT tildL
massacre. It was purely and exclu-
sively communist affair. This is not
hearsay. 1t is a fact that has been
definitely established"
The Government Ia without power
to investigate or check communist
propaganda, Mr.. Searles declared. He
added that every American citizen
should seek to bring about enactment
of laws that would enable the Govern
ment ito protect itself against those
who would undermine American insti-
tutions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
POLICE PERSONNEL
CHANGES PLANNED
Captain for 14th Station and
10 Detective Sergeants
h! to Be Named.

Appointment of captain for the
fourteenth precinct station OF the
Metropolitan Police Department and
10 additional detective SergeantS fol
the Headquarters Detective Bureau
together with a number of other minor
changes in the police personnel, are
expected to be made within the next
week by the District Commissioners,
it was learned today at the District
Building. The appointments will be-
come effective July /, when the saia-
ries for the new positions become
available.
The fourteenth precinct, formerly
known as substation 7, has never had
q captain in command, the comma nd
ing officer being a lieutenant. The
appropriation act for the coming fiscal
year. however, carries a provision for
the appointment Of a captain TO COM
mand this precinct.
Eesse Studying Personnel.
Mai Edwin +. Hesse, superintend-
ent of police, on whose recommends
ton the appointments will be made
by the Commissioners, is making
careful study of the personnel with
view to giving the new positions to
the officers whose records merit them
a promotion. The 10 additional detec-
tive sergeants will be selected princi-
pally from the ranks of the precinct
detectives. although a ranking officer
is expected to be elevated to the
captaincy. These 10 new detective
sergeants will give the Detective
Bureau a personnel of so.
win Enlarge Motor Cycle Squad.
The. other contemplated changes in
personnel involve the enlargement Of
the motor cycle squad from rs to 80.
New equipment will be purchased for
the additional motor cycle officers
with the $4,000 increase for motor
apparatus allowed the Police Depart
ment for the coming fiscal year.
Maj. Hesse plans TO further increase
the personnel of the motor cycle
squad to 125 as soon as Congress will
provide the salaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
80-DAY TERM DRAWN
FOR CARRYING PISTOL
Detective Prevents Alleged Theft
Of Automobile and Arrests Two,
Finding Weapon.

The watchful eye Of Headquarters
Detective Frank M. Alligood yester.
day prevented the theft of an automo-
bile.
Robert e. Davis, colored, aroused
Alligood's suspicious as the former
was sitting in an automobile parked
on Fifteenth street. When Alligood
asked Davis whose car it was Davis
told him that it belonged to a friend
in a neighboring house, Frank E.
Brown, also colore6.
Alligood was unconvinced that the
car belonged to Brown or that Davis
had permission to be in it, He hand
cuffed the colored men together, put
them in the back of the car. and
started to drive to Police headquarters.
AS he watched his prisoners in the
mirror. Alligood noticed that Brown
was fumbling in his pocket, and made
them hold their hands up until they
had been searched.
Brown was found in possession of
a pistol. This morning in the United
States branch of Police Court Brown
was sentenced to 1870 days in Jail by
Judge Mcmahon on charge Of carry
ing a concealed weapon. Davis was
held in $1,000 bond for the action of
the grand jury on a charge of joy
riding. The automobile belonged to
Henry G. Bahr, apartment "A, 1440 r
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
ROBERT E. LEWIS HURT,
AS STREET CAR HITS HIM
Sustains Severe Injury on Penn
sylvania Avenue-Treated at
Emergency.

Robert E. Lewis, 70 years old, 1881
street. clerk in the Interstate Com
merce Commission during the past SO
years, was severely injured when he
was hit by westbound Capital Trac-
ton car. at Pennsylvania avenue and
Eighteenth street, shortly before 1890
O'Clock today.
physicians at Emergency Hospital.
where he was taken, decided to use
tne A,ray to determine the extent of
his injuries. -
Mr.. Lewis. had left his place Of en-
ployment for the LUNCH period and
was crossing to the north side of
pennsylvania avenue when the acct
dent occurred as the car passed over
tracks undergoing repairs.
witnesses questioned by the police
differed as to the circumstances under
which the injuries were received
some witnesses told the police he
stumbled and fell against the car.
while others declared the car struck
and knocked him down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
HEALTH CAMPAIGN
AIM FLOOD AREA
Hoover Announces Systemat-
ic Cooperation of State and
National Officials.

Arrangements for systematic
health program over the flood States
OF the Mississippi River Valley to last
IS months and to be especially di-
rected against malaria and typhoid
were announced today by Secretary of
Commerce Hoover. Mr.. Hoover Will
leave Washington tomorrow for the
flooded districts. to be gone about 10
days The health program will be
conducted by state health officials un-
der the leadership of the United
States Public Health Service and will
be financed by contributions of pr
vate agencies cooperating with the
health service and State and county
authorities. The sum of 100000 is
available Immediately from the Red
Cross Mississippi food fund for the
health promotion campaign, and the
cost of the continuation campaign Is
estimated at 81 100. 900, to be provided
by the various private agencies out
side the Red Cross. The entire plan
takes effect at once.
Cleanup i'm Each County.
A cleanup campaign is to be insti-
tuted in each county. supported by
the Red Cross, extending over 80 days
1IL6f the IlOOu TeCeueS, III CU-OpeEdlloil
with State and County health officers.
This is to be followed by the continual
ton program, to last for Is months.
Secretary Hoover said vigorous
health campaigns have been conducted
by the Southern States for many
years. and malaria has been elm
mated by degrees as a result of these.
An aftermath of the receding water
from the flood, Mr.. Hoover added, has
been a number of sporadic outbreaks.
which it Is proposed to get under con-
troll at once.
Estimates $500, 600, 900 Crop Loss.
Actual damage to crops, live stock,
roadWays and buildings was placed at
a minimum figure of $200,000,000 today
by Mr.. Hoover. The Commerce Secre-
tary said that If many other tangible
and Intangible losses as a result of
the flood We're added to this total,
you could run it up to anything you
want" He said the flood in the Mis-
sissippi Valley would have relatively
little effect upon national prosperity,
although anything that reduces the
power of a large group of
people necessarily has some effect on
the business structures of the Nation.
He could make no estimate Of the
possible effects of deforestation on
the upper stretches of the Mississippi
and it's tributaries as contributing fac
tors to the flood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
AID is ADVOCATED
FOR PAROLED MEN
Statewide Organization of Char
liable Folk Urged by North
Carolina Pastor.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE, N. c.. June 21.-The
stigma of Imprisonment which follows
a man after gaining parole from peni-
tentiaries, particularly as it affects his
obtaining employment, Is the problem
DR.. Albert Sidney Johnson would solve
through the creation of a Statewide
organization Of charitable men, which
would serve as a medium for finding
jobs for paroled prisoners.
DIR. Johnson, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian Church here, has written
Edwin B. Bridges, State commissioner
of pardons, anent the matter. A capa-
BILE. man should be employed, DR.
Johnson thinks, to go about the State
seeking openings into which former
prisoners could be placed, thus giving
them their Chance" and saving them
the embarrassment of having to be
Stunned wherever they go seeking
employment.
Asked to enlarge upon his plan, DR..
Johnson said: I'm several States such
a plan has been inaugurated, and
found to be not only workable and
practical, but most effective in obtain
ing employment for men who have
proven deserving and who might
have found hard going had not the
organization come to their aid.
when a man is paroled, 1t means
he has merit, from the viewpoint of
the prison authorities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
FIRING HIS REVOLVER,
D. C. BANDIT GETS SAL
Robber Holds Up Delicatessen
When Proprietor and Daugh-
ter Are Alone.

Firing a shot at his victim when
he attempted to summon aid, an un.
identified colored bandit last night
held up Abdalla Samen. proprietor of
a delicatessen at Eleventh and Lamont
streets, taking SAL from the cash
register and making his escape in an
automobile which he had parked at
the curb and left with engine run
ming while he robbed the store.
Samen and his 9-year-old daughter
We're alone in the store. The colored
man ordered two cigars and rendered
a bill in payment. The storekeeper
bent over the cash register to make
change. He glanced up to find him
self looking into the muzzle Of a
revolver. ~..
Don't move" commanded the
bandit as he helped himself to the
contents of the till. AS the thief
walked from the store Samen followed
him and attempted to call for assist.
ance, but the bandit wheeled and fired
one shot at him, the bullet going
wild. The little girl was made i'll
with fright.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

Seventy-three nurses have passed
the examination for registration in
the District of Columbia and are now
eligible to attend cases here. the
nurses examining board announced
today. Only two nurses failed to pass
the examination, which was held May
3 and 4. and 80 made grades of 80 or
over. Twelve nursing schools were
represented.
The highest mark was made by
Sister Gertrude Liberata Baker of St.
Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia. with
an average of 81. Miss Mary Carolyn
Harris Of the Army School of Nursing
was second. with 1894, and Miss Ann
Cotter of Georgetown Hospital third.
with 94.S3.
The successful nurses were:
Constance Mary Allen, Sister Ger
trude Liberata Baker, Mary Lucille
Baker, Lucille r. Baker, Mrs. Blanche
Bedenbaugh, Charlotte E. Bucker,
Anne M. Buckner, Yvette l.. Caldwell,
Lucille A. Carpenter. Thelma Maude
Carpenter, Anna G. Carsons, Bertha
V. Clarke, Minnie Bell Cline, Mary
Catherine Comins, Mrs. Mary Foley
Comins, Hazel Cover, Lannie c.
Copenhaver, Myrtle Virginia Copen-
haver, Ann Cotter, Virginia M. Crabill,
Carolyn E. Darr, Mamie Lucille Day
hoff.
Imelda de Dianoris, Ethie M. de
Hart, Mrs. Vurnice j. Dixon, Rachel
Early, Edith r. Edwards, Marie A.
Eyler, Vivian La Verne Fisher,
Bernice L. Fishpaw, Luella B. Fiske,
Margaret e. Francis, Alice L. Garner,
Ella J. Gibson, Mary Lucille Goss,
Navine Regina Coulter, Phyllis Belle
Greaves. Mary Delilah Harloe, Mary
Carolyn Harris, Mary d. Howard,
Helen a. Horton, Betty Erlane Jen-
kins, Tennena Motel Jordan. Eleanor
A. Kangas. Catherine Louise Kream-
err, Elizabeth Laughrey, Alma Cath.
crime McWilliams, A. Kate Marsh,
Jessie V. Mitchell, Phyllis Clair
Mobus, Senorita e. Moore, Mamie r.
Moseley, Anne Muse. Katherine f,
Mulliken, Ethel Florence Newell,
Scottie B. Robertson, Bertha Ander-
son Robey, Althea C. Schafer. Agatha
Schumacher, Elda J. Skinner. Cath.
crime Chandler Stuart, Bess Thomp.
son Sydnor, Annie -,andolph Italia.
ferro, Justine S. Trant, Nora Jane
Van Crosson, Margaret Rose Walter,
Francis I. Williams, Katherine E..
Winand, Constance Stockton Wood,
Margaret Louise Woolard, Jessie E.
White, Rada Francis White and
Claribel Ziegler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
CONDUIT ROAD FOLK
HIT ONE MAN CARS
Utilities Body Gets Petition,
Signed by 400, Rapping
Association Move.

Declaring that the action of the
Conduit Road Citizens Association in
Endorsing one-man street cars does not
represent the views of the community,
petition signed by 400 residents OF
the Conduit road section was sub
mitted to the Public Utilities Commits
sion today, expressing vehement OPP
position to the one-man cars.
The associations Endorsement of the
one-man cars. the petition declared,
reflects on the integrity and intelli'
gence of our people, and we are ap'
pending our signatures hereto to con-
vince the commission that the action
OF the citizens association does not
carry the approval of practically all
OF our people, who are opposed to the
operation of one-man cars"
Want Better Service.
The petitioners said they were OPP
posed to one-man cars because they
slow up vehicular and street car
traffic and are dangerous because OF
the inefficient operation by man
who devotes one-half of his time to
the transaction of business.
1--WE want better service in the
future than we have had in the past. "
the petition read. 1--WE do not want
I'D move BACKWARDS. we 90 IlOL NdHl
one-man cars or a return to the
horse cars
We do not want to be abused by
an excited, nervous, overWorked, con-
ductor- motorman who is essentially a
combination of circus ticket seller. a
railroad crab, an information bureau,
radio announcer with everybody
standing by, an official bouncer for the
the railway company and a general
nuisance to the public"
Merger Holds Solution.
The solution of the one-man car
problem, the petition pointed out, lies
in the merger Of the transportation
companies.
A letter signed by o. L. Kelsey, 572a
Potomac avenue, which accompa MED
the petition, said that ''97 per cent OF
our people canvassed are opposed tC
one-man cars and have signed the pc
tition. The other per cent is made
up of employees of the street railway
company and their relatives and
friends, who, in some instances. YER
bally Endorsed the petition, but re
luctantly refrained from signing, ir
order to keep peace in the family, as
they explained"