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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

Yet, when the question came
before the Public Utilities Commits
sion, that body ruled that the hear
ing was informal, and that witnesses
need not be sworn.
In Heavens name, if that was not
the time to swear witnesses, when
should they be sworn? Is the Pub
lie Utilities Commission an informal
group of gentlemen, giving an
amiabIe ear to informal visitors who
drop in to discuss car fares, cleo
tricity charges, and $50, 100000 capt.
talization, and such casual details?
Or is it an official body? It would
be good to know under what cir
cumstances the $1O,OOO-a-year gen.
tlemen of the Public Utilities Com
mission would think it worth while
to swear witnesses.
And, in this connection, it would
be worth while to know how much
benefit the public has had, by reason
of paying the salaries of these
informal gentlemen.
The Public Utilities Commission
was asked about the holdings of the
North American Company in the
local utilities. The commissions
attitude was that that was not
essential, further than that it had
learned that the North American
Company owned 10000 shares of
Wreco stock, instead of approx
mately $4,000 recorded in its annual
report.
The Washington Herald regards
itself as, in modest fashion,
spokesman of the public interest of
Washington. In that capacity, it
would like to know why the Public
Utilities Commission regards it as
uninportant and unnecessary to
investigate such matters. It calls
on the District committees of House
and Senate to produce illumination
of such absolutely elemental and
essential consideration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
AIR FLEET To
QUIT D. c.

At 3 o'clock today the largest
cross.country formation of bombing
and cargo planes ever staged in
the United States will take wing
from Boiling Field on q 13O.mile
flight to Langley Field. Va.
AS passengers in the % bombing
planes, six transports and several
observation ships. will be members
of congressional committees that
handle military affairs and a large
number of newspaper men.
At Langley Field the Army air
men will take part in Army Air
Corps demonstrations, which will
include the Army's new attack and
bombardment planes.
The Congress members and cor
respondents will he guests Of Off
GERS at the Virginia field during
their stay there.
On the trip to Langley Field the
planes will pass over territory
famous in the military history OF
the country, and 1t Is expected two
Army dirigibIes from the Army
Air Corps lighter-than-ai station
at Langley will fly northward t.
meet the great flying formation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

In fact, the commission regarded
as immaterial how much the hold
ings of the North American Company
were in the Washington corporations.
Mr.. Clayton, representing the citizen
ship of Washington, asked an investi-
cation of the North American Com
pany, it's financial structure, it's
holdings in these Washington COM
panies, it's plans for their future.
The Public Utilities Commission
regarded that as unimportant and
nonessential!
IT IS REALLY PAST UNDER
STANDING THAT A BODY
CLOTHED WITH THE AUTHORI-
TIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF SUCH A PUBLIC SERVICE
BODY COULD HAVE DONE so
BAD A JOB AS THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION DID IN
LOOKING INTO THIS MERGER.
It had been freely charged that
alien interests proposed to take over
the vital public utilities of this city,
over-capitalize them, and by Fed
eral law bind the community for all
time to pay rates based on that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

his suit. and complained. The
clothes were found in Cardwell's
room. He made no effort to conceal
them or remove Identifying marks.
The midshipmen whose clothes
were taken say they are certain
Cardwell only borrowed the clothes.
The Navy Department agrees to
this.
But Cardwell was dismissed, and
Secretary Wilbur and ranking ad-
mirals sustained the dismissal.
Committee Lenient
"In any institution other than
one in which the military dis
cipline must be maintained the con-
duct of this young man probably
would not have evoked comment.
certainly not such condign punish
ment as was visited upon him. )"
said Secretary Wilbur.
Friends of Cardwell declare that
his life's ambition was to be naval
officer. Unable to get a congress
sional appointment he enlisted In
the Navy, took examinations and
entered Annapo1is.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

It will not do to reply that the
commission had access to all the
information of it's own experts. It
is we'll known that if some of it's
experts had been put on the. stand,
free to give unbiased judgments,
those judgments would have been
highly critical Of this merger. Why
should these gentlemen have been
suppressed?
The North American Company is
a Wall Street organization, with
interests scattered all over the
country. It comes here and asks
control of the most necessary day
by-day facilities Of this city, and a
perpetual charter. Does the Public
Utilities Commission feel a delicacy
about asking it's managers to tell in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
DUTY.
On GEMS

NEW YORK, May 3.-Urging
reduction in the Government duty
on imported jewelry, Emil w.
Kohn, president of the Retail
jewelers. Association, in speech
to the annual meeting declared
that approximately $35 100000 in
jewels is smuggled into the country
annually.
The Governments 20 per cent
duty is responsible for the vast
amount of smuggling, Kohn said,
and a 10 per cent reduction would
tend to remove the practice, COM
mon among travellers, of failing to
declare diamonds and other pre-
cious stones purchased abroad, on
returning to the United States.
Harry Larter, president of the
jewelers. Security Alliance, at
tackled the "fake'' auction and
criminal" trade practices in an
other speech. Such practices are
countenanced by most of the jew
elers in New York. he asserted.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
. REPRESENTATIVE GIBSON, of

K Vermont, concentrated the en-
~ tire problem of the Washington
public service merger, into series
Of questions yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Gibson wanted to know precisely
the things that every serious-minded
member of Congress and everybody
in Washington wants to know about
this merger.
The North American Company,
one Of the biggest and most power
full arms of the National Power
Trust, asks a monopoly of light,
power and transportation in Wash
ington. It demands from Congress
a perpetual charter. It is not a
citizen Of Washington. It is a hold
ing company, organized under an
alien jurisdiction. 1t is not amen
able to the laws of this District. 1t
is subject to every one of the objur-
cations which the Federal Trade
Commission has directed against the
entire system of holding company
nominations over public utilities.
Yet, when the merger program
was before the Public Utilities Com
mission, the North American Com
pany was not summoned. When it
was suggested that the mighty cor
poration which designed to estab-
lish this control of Washington,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

Particularly, it calls on Repre-
sentative ZihIman, chairman of the
House District Committee, whose
constituency is tributary to Wash
ingtOn, and includes a vast number
of people who work in Washington.
to show a more definite concern
about the public interest. This
newspaper undertakes to say that
Mr.. Zihlman's position of authority
and influence will be sadly jeOp-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

ardized if he does not hereafter give
a better account of his public
stewardship than he has given thus
far.
Why did not the Public Utilities
Commission summon it's own experts
on valuation, during the recent hear
ings? One of those experts had
himself prepared a consolidation
plan. It had had wide publicity,
and many people believed it repre-
sented a sane solution of the prob
lem. Can the Public Utilities
Commission explain why it should
pay salaries to gentlemen in such
capacities, year after year, and yet
not consult them in time Of crisis
like this?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

The lords of the navy say 1t
should-and refuse to reinstate
Larry Cardwell, of 4215 Canal
I'd. N. W., in the Annapolis Naval
Academy.
The House Military Affairs COM
mittee takes a different view.
And the issue has been placed be-
fore Congress, to dispense justice
or injustice.
The facts are generally agreed
upon, according to the report of
the naval affairs committee today
on a bill to reinstate Cardwell. AS
explained by Representative Bur-
dick (R.) of Rhode Island they are:
Only Borrowed
Cardwell, rushing to inspection,
found he had no freshly pressed
suit, In dismay he rushed to the
room of Midshipman Beverly
and grabbed pair of trousers. He
continued in search of a coat, and
went into Midshipman Thompson
room, where he got another pair
Of trousers and also coat.
Both cadets were absent at the
time. One of them returned, missed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

detail their plans for Washington?
They were not summoned.
It has been stated that the
directors of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company, or many
of them, have sold their stock, in the
main, to the North American Com
pany. The people of Washington
would like to know if that is true.
These utility corporations have been
looked upon for many years as
citizens of Washington, controlled
by Washington people. Is it true,
as has been alleged, that these Wash
ington directors and managers have
for the greater part sold their
stock?
Who, really, stands as sponsor for
this proposed monopoly-with
perpetual charter-of Washington's
public utilities? Washington wants
to know that, and it is up to the
Public Utilities Commission, the
District committees of the two
Houses, and finally to Congress, to
provide answers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
$78,z00,o0o GRAB
No Holding COMPANY ~ No Wall No Pyramiding
No Wall Street

excessive capitalization. Appar-
emily, everybody in Washington
except the Public Utilities Commits
sion perfectly understood what was
proposed. There were differences
of opinion about it's ACCESSIBILITY, but
no difference about what was to be
done to Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
Public Utilities Commission
Has Done a Very Bad Job

ought to be sent for to tell about it's
plans, the Public Utilities Commits
sion saw no reason for doing so.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
Career In NaDyKiHed
By Pants Episode

Should young mans dream of proud career an
officer of Uncle Sans Navy be blasted because he
borrowed pair of pants from friend?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

The Power Trust is under more
than suspicion with the American
public. It confronts definite charges.
It's own records show that it has
used a vast sum, to which the North
American Company was large con-
tributor, to elk" public opinion.
Apparently the Public Utilities
Commission has no intention of going
into these questions. Is it possible
that Congress will be equally
remiss?
Respectfully,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
AN OPEN LETTER

stockholders the Washington Railway and
Electric Company Mr. NOonan asked the right to have copied the list
stockholders the company register That refused Mr.
asking the privilege of sending representative to copy
names, follows
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

response foregoing that the stock
might examine the stock register and Mr. NOOnan
denied the privilege of sending clerk to make the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
OPEN LETTER

Edwin E. Gruhl
Vice President Manager North American Company
No. so Broadway New York City, New York.
Sir:
F. president of the Washington
Electric Company to allow minority stakeholder to
addresses of the other stockholders that
may acquant them with the loss hey will sustain through the i'm
pending holding company?
am able to my informed that there
stockholders to whom it will great hardship
Very truly yours,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

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AUTO WRECKS MILK
WAGON, TWO HURT
Horse Killed as Result of
CraSh--Tmee Others In
{. iured in Accidents.

The street on New HAMPSHIRE ave-
nue near Newton place looked like the
MILKY Way this morning after an au-
tomoiile driven by Charles H. Jerman.
SIS wears old. 27l7 Thirteenth street,
crashed hesd-on into and practically de-
molished $ milk wagon driven by Ten
Wiltshire, - years old. 1902 Trinidad
avenue northeast The crash threw
bottles in every direction.
AS result Of the crash both Jerman
and Wiltshire were injured. The for
mer was treated at Garfield Hospital
for cut on the forehead and abraSionS
10 the hands and knees. Wiltshire was
cut on the hands and legs. but refused
treatment The horse was so badly IN
1ured that Policeman w. B Davis Of
the tenth precinct shot it. The case
will be taken 10 Traffic Court next
Tuesday. Jerman is we'll known in local
real estate circles
Madison Hill colored. years old
So2 Second street. suffered a possible
fracture OF The skull when he was
struck in front Of his home bv an auto
mobile driven by Thomas Kallan. l6
wears old. a97 New Jersey avenue. The
injured child was taken to Casualty
Eospiial where his condition is said to
be serious
Mrs. Anna Ritter. 40. 1903 " street
southeast, vas bruised about the face
and body when knocked down bv
motor cycle operated by Otto c Mattat
1855 Brothers place southeast. Willie
Carpenter. colored. 40 1913 Columbia
street suffered bruises on the head and
arms when he fell from a truck at
Sixth street and Maryland avenue
southwest He was treated at Emer-
Eency Hospital
Evening star., 1928-05-04

Michigan Park Citizens Associations
The meeting was held in the nome Of
A. T. T. Scheer. 1924 Saratoga avenue.
The viaduct has recently been the
scene of several ta-9l accidents,
Included in The resolution were re-
quests for widening of the roadway and
the installing of better 'ighting facili-
ties under and hear the viaduct
The committee also voted To indorSe
the proposal for the establishment of
a branch public library in the orth-
east section of he ity. A resolution
was adopted fayNrinz the eStablishm. mt
of a bus route from Rhode Island ave-
nue. and Fourth street northeast. to
Franklin street. to Seventh street, to
Michigan avenue. % c. APPEL road and
thence to the District line.
Evening star., 1928-05-04
VIADUCT is DISCUSSED
AS MENACE TO PUBLIC
Citizens Ask Commissioners to
Remedy Conditions at Sixth ST.
and Rhode Island Avenue.

The District Commissioners we're
called upon TO take steps to remedy the
dangers at the visduct, Sixth street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast last
night at meeting of joint COM
mittee of citizens. representing the
Brookland. Dahlgren Terrace and
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Evening star., 1928-05-04
Infringement Suit Filed.

The Simplex Piston Ring Co. of
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Evening star., 1928-05-04

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Evening star., 1928-05-04
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CLAUDEL HONOR GUEST.
Ambassador TO Attend Celebration
of Valley Forge Amitv Treaty.

Ambassador Claudel OF France will
oe the guest OF honor at a reception
ny the Institute Francais de Washing
ton. In the home of Mrs. Perry Belmont
1918 New Hampshire avenue. Sunday
afternoon. at 4 O'Clock
The reception commentaries the
150th anniversary of the Treaty of
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Valley Forge on May s. 177s.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-07-19

Mrs. Pete zylstra and son, Jimmie,
returned last Wednesday from Long
Beach, Calf, where they have spent
the winter and summer.
Miss Esther Roberts went to her
home in Joliet Friday to spend the
week end with her folks.
Mrs. Frances 0lel was business
caller in the county seat Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Simpson of Long
Beach, Calf, are here this week at
Lou Tunnieliff's home. Mr.. Simpson
is connected with the movies and is
here to contract carload of horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Heikkila and
daughter, Jean, returned Saturday
evening from various points in South
Dakota and Minnesota where they
have been visiting for the past few
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bertrand and
daughter, Geraldine. and son, julius,
arrived Saturday evening from Casper
to make their home here for the
future.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Miller of
Wayne, Neb., spent the first part of
the week visiting at the C. E. Hudson
home. They left Wednesday morning
fox Calgary, Canada, where they will
visit before returning home.
Maurice Haines was a business
visitor in Billings the first of the
week.
Miss Mary Monahan is visiting with
her cousin, Miss Mary Haeter, in
Laurel this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scott and
daughter of Pasadena, Calf, are
visiting at the Harry Harness home
this week.
Mrs. Harry Monahan and son, Bob
bic, Mrs. John Mopahan, Mrs. NJ. G.
Hogan and Mrs. Pat Monahan mo-
tored to Joliet Tuesday to sypend the
day visiting at the Mathwig- Reardon
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Bergan and
daughters, 0'Delta and Fern, motored
TO Joliet Tuesday to visit the springs.
Mrs. E. D. BACKYARD was visiting
friends in Joliet Tuesday.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-07-19

total Of 100000 aeroplane miles were
flown in this country, against $780,
600 miles in Germany, 3,35000O miles
in France. 100000 miles in Great
Britain and 100000 miles in Holland.
Total commercial aviation flying
in this country in 1927 in addition to
that on regular routes was 100000
making 100000 miles in all. This
was gain Of 80 per cent over 1926.
The number Of planes produced in
1927 was 1858, or more than double
the total for the preceding year.
1.-THE crying need Of the industry
is for more landing fields. Well
equipped fields are to aviation what
good roads are to the automobile.
municipalities are catching the spirit
OF this need and at the end of 1927
there were 600 landing fields. with
plans under way which would bring
the total up to 1000 in 1925
while commercial aviation is ex-
panding rapidly it will not be ma
terial part Of everyday life until it
carries the bulk Of our long distance
mail, has become a definite factor In
express transportation, and until pas
sengers use it naturally to bring dis
tant cities closer to each other"
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-07-19

American capital, prompted by the
marked aeronautical progress OF re-
cent years is beginning to take az
awakened interest in commercial avi-
alton, according to the Union Trust
Company. Cleveland.
Commercial aviation received It's
greatest boost when the government
turned over the airmail routes to
private operators" says the bank in
Its magazine Trade Winds. 1.-THE
spectacular feats of Lindbergh, Ben
nett. Byrd, Chamberlain and others
also have tended to hasten the day
when Americans may be considered
.Airminded.'
Present average rates at which air.
mail is carried in most cases are
yielding profits. Another factor is the
growing recognition Of commercial
aviation as an aid to big business
through the quick transport of i'm
portant mail. OF parts OF expensive
machinery, and Of passengers.
Americans are not yet as accus-
toned to air travel as are Europeans,
yet in 1927 official figures for air
transport operations on regular routes
show that America led the world. A
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-07-19
THREE MORE DIE
OF SORE THROAT

LEE, Mass, July 14.-The epidemic
of septic sore throat which has swept
this town, claims three more lives
Saturday, bringing the total fatalities
up to 26. Seven other persons were
reported in a critical condition. 1t
was announced that beginning Mon
day health officials would make a
house-to-house canvass in an effort to
definitely establish the extent of the
epidemic. 1t is estimated that more
than $50 persons now are stricken.
The town has population of 1900.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-07-19

hay was about exhausted. A dry May
threatened stockmen with another
year of forced marketing. The rains
continuing for the past so days re-
vived the ranges and placed pastures
in excellent condition, giving to stock
men generally the option Of taking
advantage of admittedly favorable
prices or further increasing stocks.
While the rains caused some delay
in shearing and in some cases actual
loss Of sheep, a wool and lamb crop
larger than for several years is ex-
pected as a result Of the increase in
numbers of sheep on hand, shown in
government reports at the beginning
of 1923, and the general effect upon
the industry will be very beneficial.