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The Washington times., 1928-12-17
COM P AN Y
70 PUSH
COURT
PLEA

The march of the Washing
ton Gas Light Company toward
4 higher rate in this city has
been checked.
Attorneys today told the
Public Utilities Commission the
scompany would not dismiss its
NAppeal from a previous Valua-
Mon ruling Of the commission.
rhe commission ruled two weeks
A,so that unless the company dis
Missed its appeal pending in the
C strict Supreme Court, its petition
Il q revaluation would be denied.
Hearings Suspended
III Following the announcement. the
commission suspended hearings IN
definitely
Ss> The hearings had been going on
sslsce August. The company pa
TSfisS three experts before the COM
mSSsioN They testified that the
proEertfCs of the company should
be vslueoS. at between $2S.0O0.OOO
and $4,000, 400. The present valua-
fEU il
TO offscE this testimony, People 8
Counsel RaISh Fleharty placed
Byers Nick. Eachnan, chief ac-
4countant for the Public Utilities
Commission, on the stand.
Raps Company Figures
Bachnan tore into the figures q
the gas-company experts and tod
the commission the actual value Of
the properties Of the company was
approximately $13,000,000.
Attempting to offset this darnas-
ing testimony, attorneys for the gas
company moved that Bachman's 81
statements be stricken from the
record because some of his figures.
were based on statistics gathered by
accountants for the commission be
fore he took office.
F'leharty, aroused, by this move TO
ruin his case, asked the commission
to discontinue the hearings until
the company settled it's appeal
Taken by Surprise
swager Sherley, counsel for the
gas company, told the Commission
that F'leharty's move had taken the
company by surprise. He said
counsel for the company had had
numerous conferences with the Com
mission since it upheld FIeharty's
motion, but were unable to reach
an understanding.
I'VE regretfully announce that
we are unable to acquiesce in the
suggestion that has been made on
behalf of the commission that we
dismiss the case pending in the
Supreme Court of the District,
SherIey said. "To do so would
be to waive all rights of the COM
pany to challenge the correctness
of fhe findings in the valuation
proceedings appealed from and
admit their validity"
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
Recent Floods Explained
By Bible, Ayers TheOlOgist

Revelation of the second coming
of Christ, as seen in recent dis
asters, was the subject of a lecture
by DIR. B. c. Wilkinson, dean of
theology of the Washington Mis-
sionary College at the Arcadia,
last night.
Science is at a loss to account
for recent upheaVals Of nature and
their horrible harvest of human
life,'' DIR. Wilkinson declared. THE
scientific explanation for recent
floods. storms and earthquakes can
be found only in the Bible"
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
HEARING To
Be HELD
To-Day

Z 4 .
Whether or not there will
be any merger legislation at
this session Of Congress will
be determined largely today
when all parties concerned
gather for a showdown before
the merger subcommittee Of
the Senate District Commit
tee.
Merger negotiations are now at an
impasse. The subcommittee is sol
idly against accepting the merger
ton companies have shown no dis.
position to make concessions.
The next move lis up to the trac-
today exactly how the COMMITTEES
feels and then politely asked to
put up or shut up. "
The meeting today will be held
at o'clock. The subcommittee has
invited the Public Utilities Commits
sion, Peoples Counsel Ralph d.
F'ieharty, and Representatives Of the
companies, including Harley r. VII
son. originator of the plan, to meet
with DIR. Milo r. Maitbie and rep
resentatives OF the Bureau Of Eff
ficiency, who furnished reports on
the merger.
All Members no Attend
All five members Of the subcom.
mittee are expected to. attend. They
are Senators Capper of Kansas,
chairman: Blaine of Wisconsin, Van.
denberg OF Michigan, King Of Utah
and Glass OF Virginia.
The meeting will be executive,
but Senator Capper has given assur-
ances that the proceedings will be
made public after the session Il
over.
In calling the meeting Senator
Capper announced that it was for
the purpose of getting the reaction
of all concerned to the Maltbie and
Bureau of Efficiency reports.
One of the most interesting re-
actions from the committees view.
point will be that of Public Utilities
Commissioner Harrison Brand, jr.,
whose denomination now is pending
before that body. Brand has been
severely criticised for his former
stand on the merger question. To,
days session should reveal whether
he has changed his mind as a re.
suit of the two reports.
The success of today's conference
depends upon the attitude the com.
panies take. Ii they insist that
the Wilson merger plan be accepted
as 1t stands, or practically SO. the
impasse will stand, as the subcom,
mittee is in no mood to accept the
agreement.
IT the companies show an inclina.
ton to make changes in the agree
ment it will open the way to future
conferences at which a merger
agreement satisfactory to all con.
cerned may be worked out
Fixed Rate Base Opposed
Senator Vandenberg is going into
the conference with a determina-
ton not to accept any merger
plan which embodies a fixed rate
base. He reiterated his views today
as he waited for the meeting to
begin.
Speculative arithmetic should
not be frozen into the permanent
contract" Senator Vandenberg said
The estimates of valuation and
probable savings under unified op'
Grafton are speculative.
Estimates of the proper valua-
tion of the companies range from
$4,000, 900 to $62 900, 900. The cost
OF the properties is estimated at
about $38,000,0 900. The reproduc.
tion value is estimated at So, ,00O..
600. The reproduction value. minus
IL per cent for depreciation, is
said to be about $4,000 900, and
the reproduction value. less 25 per
cent depreciation. is somewhere
between $40,000,00 and $50 900 900,
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
WOMEN DEBATE

Equal rights for women, as set
forth in the proposed consti rtionai
amendment, were debated by Misses
Simpson and May Bigelow, local
attorneys, before the Washington
Open Forum yesterday. Other
speakers were Mrs. Ethel S. Cohen
and Miss Mabel Vernon.
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
HEADQUARTERS OPENED

Headquarters of the Hoover-Cur.
tis inaugural committee were opened
today in the Gridiron room at the
Willard Hotel under the direction
of w. Irving Glover, Second AS.
sistant stmaster-General, execu-
tive secretary of the committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
PAPS AND ELKS
 MEET SUNDAY
Bills to Be Out for Revenge Moose Will Use New
 Apple-Thrower

With blood in their eyes the players of the Elks ball team will go onto the diamond at the, city ball park tomorrow afternoon to avenge themselves on the Moose for the walloping that outfit gave them before several hundred spec tators on July 4
 And just as determined 10 make the Elks help them up the ladder in the race for seeondhalf City League honors, the Moose will De present. Manager Art McKin- non has trick up his sleeve, and his beaver tomorrow will be a eer- tain player who has not been seen in action in the box in Ju- neau.
 In order that the game may be finished as early as possible, the game will begin at 1:30 o'clock sharp, an hour earlier than the usual Sunday contests start, both managers have Announced.
 Jackson will hurl for the Bills tomorrow, and will be receiyel by Coughlin. Blake is slated to crouch behind the bat for the Paps, and those who attend ths fracas will be able to see Manager McKinnon pull his new pitcher from his cuff.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
ROWING
 CLUB TO REPRESENT
 CANADA IN OLYMPICS

ST. GATHERINGS, Ont, July '. The Argonaut Rowing Club of Toronto, yesterday became Cana da's eight-oared crew Olympic en- try defeating the Winnipeg Rowing club by over length, covering 1000 meters in 6:3S. It was an even race most of the way but the Argonauts pulled away at the finish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
NEW SPRINT
 ACE BOBS UP
California High School Lad Defeats Flashy Field
 at Harvard

HARVARD STADIUM, Cam bridge, July "A new sprint king, ace of the Olympic's Pack, 19-year old Frank Wykoff, of Glendale Cal, high school boy, husky, dark haired youngster, featured the op- ening day of the final American Olympic track and field tryouts yesterday, winning the 100 metre dash over the flashiest field O. sprinters the country has ever seen and equalling the Olympic record of ten and three-fifths.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
OLDEST REGIMENT
 WEARS 17S4 CARE

FORT SWELLING, Minn., July 7.-UnifoTms like those worr oy the regiment in 17S4 are donned for parades by soldiers of the Third Tnfan- try, declared by it's officers to be the oldest regiment in the United States army.
 By war department dispen- sation. color guard and drum major appear in the black cooked hats and cockades, blue coats and white brooches of Revolutionary war days.
 Reorganization of armed forces after the war of 1872 caused other regiments and the First Infantry to be com bined as the Third, and it is by this lineage that the regi- ment claims its title as Uncle Sam's oldest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
American League
Juneau City League

LET AlmquIst Press Your Suit We call ana ueiIver. Phone 628
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
SID FERRIS IS
 DOWN FOR COUNT

NEW YORK, July Ray Mil Ter. of Chicago, last night knocked. out Sid Ferris, in the tenth round.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07

Special Delivery-1O:3O a. m. Sunday. George Bros. Phone 92 or 95. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
HELEN WILLS
 STILL CHAMP
Defeats Opponent Before Crowd, Including
 King, Queen

WIMBLEDON, Eng, July 7.- Helen Wills today retained the championship of the women's singles when she defeated Sen orita Elias de Alvarez before a huge crowd including the King and Queen. The score was 6-2 and 6-3.
 Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon, French Davis Cup pair. won the mems doubles from Ger aid Patterson and J. B. Hawkes., Australian veterans, by a score of 1911, 6-4 and 6-4.
 
 Ord nonorc Tor T,ac- Ernpfra
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-07
GAMES FRIDAY Pacific Coast League

Mission II; Seattle 3. Oakland 12; San Francisco 6. O; Portland A. Sacramento 1, }; Los Angeles 2 [. Second game seven in- nings.
 National League New York Il; Pittsburgh '. Brooklyn 8; Chicago IA.
 American League Chicago 9; Washington s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
FIL|BUSTER D n
MARKET SITE
PROBABLE

a. Senate filibuster against the
adoption of the southwest site for
the farmers market is In the offing.
Senators Tydings and Bruce, re-
presenting the truck farmers of
Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties, are holding out against
the passage of the Stalker Glass
bill, which would place the new
market on the waterfront.
Two efforts to obtain action upon
the measure. which was reported
fayorably by the Senate District
Committee, have been blocked.
The Maryland Senators are stead
fast in the belief that the bulk of
the Washington population want a
retail market operated in conJunc.
ton with the farmers wholesale
market. and that the new site
should be north of Pennsylvania
Avenue so as to be convenient to
the northwest and northeast Sec
tons of the city.
Senator Glass expects TO make
another attempt next week to
obtain the passage of the Stalker
Glass measure, and is confident the
legislation will become law before
the session closes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
City Employees Given
IncOrpOratiOn Charter

The City Employees Association
which has been in existence. since
1907 has been granted charter
in that name.
The new incorporated organization
will have as its object the promo
ton of the interest of all en-
ployes of municipal, county and
State governments all over the
country.
Subscribers to the certificate of
Incorporation filed yesterday are
Joseph e. Evans, S. b. Garrett,
John III. Chappell, George T.. Bow
man, A. w Reynolds. A. r. Null.
len, William M. West, William j..
Smith, Monroe w. Richmond,
Henry C. Garages and Edmund A.
Dillon. Attorney Clifford p. Grant
represented the organization.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
d. c. Dairy Council
To Give Comedy Here

am Tell the World" a humorous
craftsmanship play by Cliff Gold.
smith, will be presented by the Wash
ington Dairy Council in the Central
High School auditorium tonight at
o'clock.
The play will be acted by the Phila-
delphia Interstate Dairy Council
troupe, the cast including Frank
Grapzow, Thomas kearney, III. l..
Way, Myra Boucher, Adelaide Bemis
and Louise Everts.
The play will be preceded by mu-
sic, motion pictures, monologue by
Mr.. Goldsmith and prologue by r.
J. Poisson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
APPEAL + Il { D
IN STAPLES
CASE

Representative Thomas l.. Blan-
ton, as counsel for Policeman Or
vile Staples, Of the Third precinct,
recently convicted by the police
trial board Of series Of alleged
offenses, today placed in the mail
under Congressional frank printed
copies of the policeman's appeal
from the findings of the board.
The appeal had not at noon
today reached the Board of Com
misioners. Tomorrow is the last
dRy on which the brief may be
filed.
Copies were sent by Representa-
tive Blanton to Major Edwin b.
Hesse, superintendent of police,
and Inspector Henry Pratt.
The brief covers rs pages and in
the main is a recapitulation of the
evidence offered recently before the
police trial board, which found
Staples guilty.
In his summary of the case Blan.
ton says:
''If Orville Staples can be con-
victed upon such uncorroborated,
impeached testimony of the profess
sional bootleger, who admits that
he is mad at Staples for being re-
peatedly raided and arrested by
him, and because this splendid young
officer seized his truck with liquor
in it, then none of the 1,S48 police
men in Washington are safe from
'frame-ups.
This conviction is wholly I'M
supported by any believaose evil
| dence. and the Commissioners of
| the District of Columbia should
| exercise their jurisdiction on appeal,
and set this conviction aside, and
| restore Orville Staples to his status
of March II, 1923, when ne was
wrongfully suspended"
"The Commissioners should try
this case de novO and permit appel
| liant to offer testimony and asCer'
tain whether there is any truth IN
| said report, which II true would
disqualify both said chairman and
said Burlingame."
The chairman of the board is
| William I'll. Wahly, assistant cor
| poration counsel.
Blanton, who sets up that he is
representing Staples without cost,
| justifies his act by the fact that the
Gibson subcommittee OF the House
promised protection to witnesses who
appeared before it; that Staples did
appear before the Gibson subcom.
nnittee; that he. Blanton. Is mem
Der of the Gibson subcommittee, and
feels, therefore, it is incumbent upon
him to defend Staples.
The District Commissioners have
completed reading transcript OF
the Staples trial and are prepared tc
give speedy consideration to the brief
as soon as it reaches them through
regular channels.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
Washington in Pictures

The cornerstone OF Luther
Place Memorial Church was
laid In 1870. This beautiful
brownstone building is situated
in the triangle bounded by Yer
mont Avenue, Fourteenth and
N Streets Northwest.
The church was organized az
peace memorial to the men
of the North and South who
sacrificed their lives in the var
between the States. In 1888
the Luther Statue Association
was organized and the bronze
statue of Martin Luther, a
copy of that at Worms, was
erected in front OF the church.
In 1904 the church was par
TALLY destroyed by fire but was
speedily rebuilt President
Roosevelt delivered the address
at it's reopening. President
Taft spoke in the church in
1911.
Founded as a memorial to
peace the church contains pews
in memory of Grant and Lee
and windows in honor of
Luther, Wicklif, Calvin, Mel
anchton, Adolphus and Huss.
The church was organized by
the Rev. John G. Butler, suc-
cessively Chaplain of the House
and of the Senate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20

Although tse bill Is much less
generous than the WEIGH bill. on
which the committee held public
hearings. it is a victory for the
employees because 1t has the APP
prevail Of the administration.
Representative Frederick r.. Lehl.
bach OF New Jersey, chairman of
the committee. has not made the
Administration proposal public, but
it is known that It would give the
employees a SIS, 600, 900 annual in-
crease instead OF an increase in the
WEIGH bill variously estimated at
$35 ,000,0 and $68,000,000.
Details Not Known
How this $4,000, 900 increase
would be distributed among the
various grades and classes is not
known except in a general way. 1t
Is understood that the lower salary
grades and the professional and
scientific grades are well taken
care of.
The new proposal would also
create an additional high salary
grade above the present top grade.
Some idea of the scope of the
new bill can be gained by figuring
the average raise. IL the increase
were divided equally among the
12O, 900 classified employees, which it
will not be. it would result in an
annual increase for everyone Of
$125 year.
Instead of that, however. some
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20

employees would get considerably
more than that and others nothing
at all, as the bill is drafted
Maximum's Unchanged
Lower salaried employees. It II
understood, would get increases rum
ming from $500 to 5000. In order
to accomplish this the bill is drafted
to raise the minimum salaries of
many OF the pay grades. but leave
the maximum Of the grade the
same.
For instance, in salary grade
now running from $1,1O0 to $1,000
the minimum is increased to $1,000
and the maximum left at $1,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
NOlU Continue

Blue eyes gazed back at
her somberly They Wer1
large eyes, frank, wide
nothing on the conscience
eyes, and the blue Of them
was the high lovely blue d
picture postcard ocean.
Above them, straight blacl
eyebrows tweezered BY ~
ture almost met ia her pres
ent anxiety. The creamy
shoulders, bare except Where
her gown ran up slim pen
nants Of pink chiffon, sagged
i little and the tilt Of the
black head was not As daunf
less, as d debonair, As usuaI =
There was ! dimple il her
right cheek; but II was FAX
from i mirthful dimple nov
Not q smile, but 3 GRIM tight
ness Of the curved coral Lips
produced IL.
Beauty iii distress.
OF the distress and i'll
causes, more viii presentlx
be told. Meanwhile there /
this to- be said, ia footnote
of the beauty II was not
the flamboyant type. Ym
did not stare at it on Tire
street but after You weie
past you had a vague conyic-
ton that You should have
sense Of something subtle
overlooked. When you met
her, you were drawn to her
by some inward sweetness
not definable. The realiza-
Continued ON Page I'D L
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
FOREST TO SPEAK

Wilbur Forest. political editor OF
the New York Herald Tribune, will
aadress the monthly meeting of the
georgetown Citizens Association in
Fotomac Bank Hall, Wisconsin
Avenue and M Street Northwest,
Monday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
COL. LADUE TO SPEAK

Col William b. Ladue, Engineer
Commissioner, will speak at the
meeting of the Mid-City Citizens
Association Friday night in the
Thomson School, Twelfth and l.
Streets. NORTHWEST.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
RABBI SILVERMAN TALKS

Rabbi Joseph Silverman, of New
York, will occupy the pulpit at the
Sixth Street Synagogue this evening.
DIR. Silverman is head of Temple
Emanuel. the largest reform Jewish
Temple in the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
NURSERY BENEFIT

A benefit d nee for the Ursuline
Day Nursery will be held tonight
in !. the. Washington, Hotel. The
dance is spofisored6 by the Mount
st. Ursula Iunio1 Guild.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20

''Why would the companies he
willing to give the public So .O0O,-
O00," Gilbert asked. why would
they rather make donation of $12,.
900 900 than have a revolution?
What Is the great rush at this
timer
Childress replied that there hadn'i
been any great rush. that the plan
had been under consideration since
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
I Girls in
Fight for
Love Of
One Man
Read This First

Two iaxz bands bIared I pulse
quickening fox.trot at the Copley
plaza ballroom. Tomorrow Xala
ana Harvard were going e. plag.
football it Cambridge. Of al tlsm
jewellers. Gay Leonard was pel
haps fIia most thrilled. Her
escort Tor the evening wan biz
broad.shouIdered Alan PomerOy
over supper that night. AIar
and Gay discussed Jerry DAVIS
gay quizxed Alan about Jerrys
The youth declared Jerry was noe
the kind of man any '.nice" gir
WOnld want til know.
Dolly Quinn got ) job - hos
tess III jaxx palace, but tlin
Job didn't appeal II her. ono Oh
Of her custOnlerss Was yp
MacmnahOn, Hastily dressed nv
divfduaI, who became too anrfllnl
with Dolly. The latter resente
his advances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-20
Federal Pay Increase
Prospects Brighten

Prospects Of pay for Federal employees brighter
today day the present session Of Congress
opened as of the submission the House Civil Service
Committee yesterday of bill which has the approval q
President Coolidge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-15
Three 5000 Scores
on |. B. A. Records
For BOWlers to Break

st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 15.-(AP)-
Three 5000 scores now are on the
books of the international Bowling
association tournament, in progress
here, for five-men teams to shoot at.
The third score over the 5000
mark was established last night by
the Goodman jewelers. of st. Paul,
when they counted 3,O03 to 60 into
third place in the quint standings.
The St. Francis hotels Of st. Paul
are first with 3,083 and the L. S.
Donaldsohs, Minneapolis, second,
with 5000.
O. Carlson and p. Daily of Min.
neapolis, took first place in the dou-
bles, with 1858, and Bill High and
H. Carlson, also Of Minneapolis, fin.
ished second with 1851. High got
the highest single game Of the
tournament, 298. He made II
straight strikes and on his 18th try
got all pins but two.
Bill Pehle Of Minneapolis set q
new record in the all-events with a
total Of 1887. This beat by one pin
the former mark of Emil Matak Of
st. Paul.
The usual quota Of Twin Cities
bowlers, appearing today will be
augmented by visitors from Menom-
onie, Wis, and St. Cloud and Roch-
ester, MINI.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-15
Mandell and Walker
Will Defend Titles
in White Sox Park

Chicago. Feb. 15.-R-Boxinr
champions Sammy Mandell and
Mickey Walker have at last acceded
to the demands of the national box.
ing association, agreeing to risk
their titles to outstanding chal-
lengers at the White Sox baseball
Mandell's manager, Eddie Kane,
yesterday sigred 4 contract with
promoter Jim Mullen Of Chicago
for . lightweight championship
match with Jimmy McLarnin Of Los
Angeles June 81. Jack Kearns,
manager for Walker, also promised
Mullen that Walker would risk his
middleweight crown against Ace
Hudkins, the Nebraska Wildcat"
Joe Anderson Of Cincinnati or any
other outstanding challenger on
July IS.
The Mandell-McLarnin match.
which would be fought on q per-
centa9e basis and at 1856 pounds, has
ono @if." That is that McLarnin
must make = satisfactory showing
AGAINST Sid FERRIS in their match &C
New York on February "a.