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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-04-26
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Christian Endeavor meeting at
6:45. Preaching at 7:45.
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BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN
NJ. T.. Kauth DastOr

English services Sunday at 1920
am. Sunday school at 9:45. Bible
class meets every Thursday eve
ming at 8 o'clock. You are welcome.
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work. Call 1871.
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johnson SEEKS
To SPEED Up
DAM BILL
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cussion ii annendatnry legislation In
II final effort to get action.
There ere pending a amendments
to the Colorado River power and r..
rfgation measure, and moro than bO
additional have been drafted TOR 1u-
ture Introduction. johnson Will di-
rect discussion TO these as soon as
possible, as they must be disposed Of,
ssI am well. satisfied with the first
days debate he said today, review
ing discussion which opened debate
on the bill.
Opposing forces announced efforts
against the measure would be con.
siderably weakened, il not eliminated.
by California's agreement to q cut
Of 400, 900 acre-feet in the 4,6O0, 900
acre-feet allotment accorded it uI1-
der the SwTng-J 0hnson bill This de-
1nand, however, he indicated, would
not be acceded to. He win fight for
enactment as It stands, except for
minor legislative revision In accord.
ance with suggestions of the special
engineers report made during the
summer.
Senators Ashurst and Hayden
of Arizona indicated q desire to
thresh out the water and power
allocations first. They said johnson
would be charged with betrayal Of
the cause OF governmental owner.
ship should he support an amend.
ment according the Government the
option OF operating Boulder Dam
power plant.
johnson asserted the amendment
was introduced at ''the 1nsistence
OF the Secretary of the Interior
to protect the Government from
possible monopoly"
ST don't consider that the Ad-
ministration would not approve the
Governments protecting itself by
the option OF operating the plant"
he said. LAS / understand it, the
Administration doesn't want the
Government to enter the retail
power business.
To this Hayden retorted:
II want to warn the Senator
from California that IL he sup
ports the optional amendment he
will be charged with deliberate be-
trayal of the cause Of Govern.
ment ownership. which he has 20
long championed."
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
False Figures Fail to
Win Lottery in
Harlem

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-A bold
attempt to win the Harlem mum.
bera'' game. which pays 500 to Il
was frustrated Ia the lobby of
the New York Clearing House at
No. II Cedar street. but only ii
the nick oE time.
Each morning Clearing House
figures for the previous day are
posted on i Blackboard ii the
lobby.
Newspaper representatives gath
cred In the lobby AZ 4 young man
in the uniform of the Clearing
House went to the board and
posted the following figures: Ex-
changes. 1900 100000: balances,
100000. 900, and Federal Reserve
balance, 5000. 900.
Then Arthur Hartman Of the
Clearing House staff came into
the lobby with the official figures.
The youth fled and disappeared
in Cedar street toward Broadway.
The Official figures were ex-
changes, S1,s0S, ,O0O, ,oeO; balances,
$161, 900. 900 and Federal Reserve
balance, $156, 900, 900.
The Washington times., 1928-12-06

appealed his case and won a new
trial and freedom with the aid of
his sweetheart, Anna Rosen.
Weiner claimed that a confession
had been forced from him by police
beating.
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
SUSPECT IN JAIL
ESCAPES AGAIN
AF0UL LAW

NEW YORK, Dec. s H.N.s.1.--.
Robert Weiner, convict who figured
in the sensational Tombs jailbreak
attempt here two years ago, was
arrested here. early today charged
with burglary. Weiner and two
companions who were captured
after a terrific battle with detec-
tiyes, are responsible for more than
score of burglaries here recently.
according to police.
In the Tombs jailbre3k attempt
three conyicts killed warden and
a keeper and then committed sui
eide when cornered. Weiner was
convicted of first degree murder as
the man who furnished the guns.
He served aterm of Is months, but
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value were not before the District
courts, and elements were included
| which the United States Supreme
Court has ruled should be disre-
sarHed. "Tt IS clear, both from the record
of the case and the opinion itself,
that there was no testimony before
the court as to the amount of depre-
citation actually existing In the prop
erty as OF any date later than July
1, 1914. How could any court make
a finding of fact as to depreciation
in 1927 upon any such record?
From the above facts, 1t Is my
opinion that the total value claimed
by the companies as Of January !,
1928, amounting to $62 ,128, ,447, does
not represent the true value of the
properties as of that date, and that
it does not represent the value which
would be found by the District courts
upon a complete, up-to-date and
proper record covering all elements
of value Of the used and useful prop
erth If the case were adequately and
effectively presented.
Courts Not Bound
"The District courts passed upon
the case as it was presented to them,
and the findings so made do not bind
the commission or the courts in q
later proceeding upon a different rec
ord with all of the facts adequately
presented"
In regard to the provision of the
agreement extending the $50,O00 900
valuation for a period Of ten years,
Maltbie said:
"The practical effect of the ten.
year limitation is to deprive Con-
gress and the Public Utilities Com
mission Of the power to fix the
value Of the property and the fares
to be charged for at least ten years.
In other words. the power to regu-
late rates, a sovereign power, Is to
be suspended for decade.
Rate litigation is replete with
decisions holding that the delega-
ton OF such power or its limitation
will not be upheld unless the
sovereign authority has clearly
authorized such action and 1t has
been accomplished In clear and un.
mistakable terms.
prices may decline, other
methods OF transportation may be
invented, economic and Industrial
conditions may be altered, but the
rate base will take cogniZance Of
no such factors"
"One must be extremely optimistic
to hold out the expectation that
the value of the present property of
the two street railway systems In
isWashington will exceed $50. .0Q0. .00A(1
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
TYPE TO BE SET
BY TELEGRAPH
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cally operates either Of these type
setting devices.
The teletypesetter II extremely
simple. and occupies little space. It
can be attached to any existing
standard typesetting machine. such
as linotype or intertype, with little
more than an hours labor.
The teletypesetter Is not typeset-
ting machine in itself, but automati-
cally operates such a machine by
electrical impulses.
1t is expected that the teletype-
setter will be offered for sale in
about six months. None Of the
machines have yet been produced
for sale.
The cost has not been announced,
but it was stated that one Of the
largest newspaper publishing firms
In the country has asked the privil-
ege of purchasing the first ma
chimes produced.
Editors can edit the incoming
copy as they see fit. The receiving
printer furnishes typewriter
copy of whatever Is sent just As
quickly as it IL transmitted ~ tha
AandinG- poin& --l----i --
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
Bigamist ParsOn Ends
Jail Term To Go
On Preaching

RALEIGH, N. G.. Dec. 8
1.N.s).-"It IL the only profes-
sion / know. shall continue in
the ministry Of God"
This was the declaration today
Of the Rev. willis F. Jordan,
sreyhaired Methodist preacher, as
he walked out OF the big gate
at the State prison q free man,
and left behind him prison
sentence Of 10 months for bigany.
It was alleged that the Ann
nesia Parson' had three wives
at the same time.
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Concert Arranged for
Church Building Fund

James Edward Lee, local concert
artist, will give a recital at the
Turner Memorial African Methodist
Episcopal Church tomorrow night
for the benefit of the Lincoln Con-
gresational Building Fund.
Lee will be assisted by the girls
and boys chorus of the church.
The program is being sponsored by
Mrs. Fannie Thompson and MISS
Mary-IA~EurQpas
The Washington times., 1928-12-06

with appeal to the courts. AT q
per cent rate, the new company
would be entitled to an increase in
its net income of $463 900; at a
per cent rate an increase of $685.
| 900 (or a total net income OF the
new company Of $4,000, ,00O.J
Discusses Fare Rate
"In order to earn a net income
of $3.5O0, 900 the new company
would have the right under the
contract to increase fares appreci-
ably. As higher fares would In
crease gross earnings as well az
net income. the gross earnings tax
and the Federal Income Tax would
would be ircreased. In order to in.
crease net income by i$963,OOO. the
company would be obliged to in
crease its gross by considerably
more or about $1,140.000.
what rate of fare would be
necessary to produce a net income
of $4,000, 900 under all OF the cir
cunstances that seem likely to Cd
tain in 1880 IS speculative. The
best estimate that I can make is
that an cent cash fare would pe
required or some schedule ap'
proximately equivalent OF a 10 cent
cash fare with 4 tokens for 81
cents.
"It is interesting to note that
these are the schedules which the
companies have submitted to the
Public Utilities Commission for ap'
| proval under present conditions
without unification.
"In general, it may be said, thai
the above estimates understate
rather than overstate the amount
| of increase in fares necessary tc
| produce a per cent return upon q
rate base of $50,000,000."
Hits at Valuation
In another part of his report
! Maltbie ridiculed the figure Of $62,'
600 900 which the companies claim
| they could get at the present time
| as total valuation from the
| courts.
The companies have consistently
contended that in offering a valua
ton of $50, ,000, 900 they were giving
| away ST., 200, 900 in valuation. This
claim has received official credence
from the Public Utilities Commits
| sion and the Bureau of Efficiency
How the figure of $4,000, 900 to
| be used as the initial rate base was
| determined, does not seem to be
clear" Maltbie said. He then re-
viewed the fact that the companies
are making the $62,000,0 900 claim
on the basis of the court decision
| giving the Capital Traction Com.
pany a valuation of $25, 900 900. In
regard to this basic decision, Malt
| bic said:
"The record before the Supreme
Court and the Court of Appeals was
incomplete, defective, and otherwise
unsatisfactory. Whatever may be
the reason, it seems to be admitted
| that the case was not adequately
! prepared or presented upon behalf
| of the public.
Raps Case Factors
Factors which the United States
Supreme Court has declared should
be considered In determining faiv
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
LEONORA HIGHET
INERGER'!RAPPED
INdNAE ETB|E
REPORT I
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cised the failure Of the agreement
to provide for proper depreciation
accounting and for gobbling up the
$1,000 900 depreciation reserves
which the two companies have ac-
There Is little doubt. in the minds
Of many members of Congress that
the Maltbie report has killed the VII.
son traction merger agreement. A
substitute may be worked out that
can receive the approval OF the Sen.
ate committee, but it is q foregone
conclusion that with this report in
their hands members OF the com.
mittee will never approve the pres
ent plan.
Hammers At Point
Over and over again in his lengthy
report -Mltbie struck vicious blows
at the proposed rate base, the very
heart OF the agreement. Some OF
his remarks about this feature OF
the plan follow:
After examination OF all avail
able data and OF the property, /
de not recommend the acceptance
OF the $50,000,000 as the present
value Of the property and as the
amount to be used as the basis
for determining fares for a decade.
The proposed method for ad-
justing this rate base from time to
time does not commend itself.
'.Tt il not customary for merger
agreements to include provisions
specifying the value of property
or the method of adjusting such
value from time to time.
In my opinion the entire section
relating to values and the deter
mination of fares in accordance
Herewith could wisely be omitted
and these subjects left for deter.
mination by the properly constitute
authorities when the questions
arise.
Sees Unification Simple
Qualification may be brought
about without changing the status
OF any Of the parties to the agree
ment, and it would seem that this
is the natural course to follow 80
far as valuation and rate making
are concerned.
The proposed agreement creates
a situation which cannot be altered
1DE ISA years. J. HIS lS unnecessary y
and Objectionable, and 1t is recon.
mended that there be omitted from
any unification agreement any at
tempt to change the status of the
property or the powers Of Congres se
and the Public Utilities Commits.
sion as to valuation and rate
making
MaItbie declared that it is i'm,
possible to forecast accurately saw.
inge that will be affected by unified
operation. After q discussion OF
the various estimates of savings
under unified operation, he said:
Less Than Per Cent
Upon the basis of. the proceed.
Ing analysis the gross revenues of
the new company would be $3.50. 900
less than in 1927 and the net IN
come would be $2.592, 900 after
deducting the taxes charged in 1927.
These changes will cause certain
alterations in taxes. The next ef
feet Of these changes would be to
reduce the net income to $2,537, 900
This amount would represent q
return upon rate base of $50, ,000,.
600 OF less than 81 per cent; and
II in order to earn the net income
set forth above it would be neces
aary to add to the rate base. which
is quite likely, this percentage OF
return would be reduced to less
than per cent.
The agreement does not fix the
rate of return but leaves the rate II
- determined by tina commission
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
D. c. Dry Director
To Face Charge
OF Speeding

BALTIMORE. Dec. s u.N.Sl.--
John r. ]. Herbert, prohibition
administrator for the Maryland
District Of Columbia district. must
answer to . charge Of speeding in
traffic court here next Monday.
Herbert was caught on Fort
Avenue on his way to Fort Nc
Henry last night going in excess
Of 2k miles an hour, according TO
Traffic Officer Edward r. Hinks.
who had trailed him severHl
blocks.
As Herbert's car had d. @.
tags, he would have been taken
direct to traffic court last night,
but because Of his job as prcni.
bftion official, the arresting OF.
ficer, telephoning to headquarters
for instructions, was told to
merely summons him to court for
Monday.
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
KINGS FEVER IS
ABATING
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4A0AAA AA1S - ~SG~1
the lord high chancellor, the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, and the home
secretary. Upon the report of the
attending physicians that death had
occurred, a meeting Of the privy
council would be called Immediately
at buckingham Palace, and the
home secretary would notify the
Lord Mayor OF London Of the
Kings demise.
All British ambassadors and
ministers throughout the world
would be notified by cable.
After all these details had been
attended to the home secretary
would make the public announce
ment Of the kings death, and a
public proclamation would be- issued
in the name of the new king.
According to English censtitu-
tional law, the new king succeeds
to the throne simultaneously with
the death of the old.
New Parliament
simultaneously with the kings
death the existing Parliament comes
to an end, and new parliament
is summoned in the name of the
new king, to whom each member
of parliament must take an oath of
allegiance.
Although these formalities neces-
state a delay of several hours in
the announcement Of the death of
king of England, their very OBJ
servance renders impossible
practice sometimes observed in
Oriental lands of suppressing the
news of the death OF a sovereign
for several days.
In the case OF King Edwards
death a period Of five hours lapsed
between his actual demise and the
public announcement of the event.
The Washington times., 1928-12-06

Factors which the United States
Supreme Court has declared should
-be considered In, Determining fair.
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
I IND SLAIN BOY
As PRISONER
DIRECTED
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from Scranton, Pa. Not long after
got there the State police came
and arrested me. They took me to
the jail at Straaburg, Pa, where I
was held for three or four days.
The police called my brother, Frank
Rogers, wh6 lives In Patterson. N.
j., ana asked him to come to
Strasburg. He came on and / was
turned over to him. Frank told me
to go to New York and hang around
the Bowery, and he would meet me
there the next week. He gave
me SIS.
"Well, I went to New York, and
stayed there about two days, when
I got q job on the Delaware and
Lackawanna section gang. / was
sent to Secaucas, N. j., just outside
Jersey City. / worked there Off
and on ever since March, 1924. I
used to work until I'd saved about
$50 and then I'd go to Hoboken,
and come back again to Secaucas
when my money was gone.
Meets the Boy
"It was about o'clock in the
evening of November II this year
that I met the kid-Joe. didn't
know his other name. He was
about or Z years old. / ran into
him on First Avenue. New York,
and took him to a movie on Third
Avenue, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Streets.
I'VE only stayed there about half
an hour, and when / suggested that
Joe come on over to New Jersey
with me, he said he would. We
took the Hudson Tube to Journal
Square, Jersey City. Then we went
quite a ways to a field--I guess
you'd call 1t swamp. or a marsh,
past the Susquehanna Bridge be-
tween Jersey City and Secaucas.
Il took off Joe's overcoat, and
the kid started to boiler and put
up fight. / had to hold his hands
Lehlnd his back to keep him from
fighting. He sure did struggle
hard' hollering all the while, too.
Stayed by Body
'I got scared then, guess. Any
way, took q jack-knife out OF my
pocket and cut Joe's throat. / didn't
realize what I'd done, | guess. / had
to stay there then. couldn't seem
to leave the kid. He was dead, of
course. / stayed with the boys body
until about o'clock in the evening,
and then left it there and went to
the railroad yards At midnight
caught a freight train to Scranton,
where l stayed about three or four
hours.
Pretty soon, after having some
thing to eat, took a train for Buff
falo. ! stayed there about half day,
and then came on to Detroit. /
stopped at the McGregon Mission for
two nights, and then went to the
Gratiot Hotel.
I'm glad I have confessed. 1t
takes load off my mind"
Detroit police are awaiting word
from authorities in the East as to
the disposition of KudZinowski.
SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 8 Q.N.s).
That Peter Kudzinowski might
have been telling the truth when
ho told Detroit police yesterday
that he murdered Harry Quinn here
in March. 1924, was made known
today by the authorities OF Minooka,
in Lackawanna township, near here.
Minooka authorities said that
Harry Quinn, 90, disappeared in
1924 and no trace of him has ever
DCcH lOuHQ ny TCldllNSS. IL was
never reported though that he was
murdered until Kudzinowski made
such statement in Detroit yester-
day.
1t was stated by people in Mo-
nooka that such a young man as
Kudzinowski. alias Rogers, alias
Lambert, lived in Minooka four
years ago, and was friend Of the
1mlaaing Quinn
The Washington times., 1928-12-06

Read the Classified "RentaI Columns"
for an everyday guide to WashlRgtOn's
most desirable apartment vacancies.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-10

Mr.. Earl Morrison was in Salem
last week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cain enter
tanned at an informal card, party
Friday evening at which the guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. U. S. Reed Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Scott, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Boyle and Mrs. G. P. Moore.
An Italian supper was enjoyed dur
ing the evening.
Bob Wright, popular student,
the son of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs.
George Hardin is confined to his
home with illness.
Denver Ed. Martin, pugulist and
trainer, is spending a few days in
the city from Yakima.
Mrs. X. Gray has charge of the
program to be presented by the club
women Sunday at the Montivilla
Methodist Church. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Turner will give a musical
number. Mrs. W. Boyle, a reading,
"The Negroes Contribution to Mus
ic," and Mrs. Gray will sing.
Monday evening group of NUT
ual friends enjoyed 500 at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r. Blackburn.
The Literary Research Club of
which Mrs. w. A. Reed is president,
held an interesting business meeting
Friday at the Williams Avenue Y.
w. c. A.
Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune has
issued a call to the club women of
the country to attend the sixteenth
bi-annual convention of the N. A. G.
w. which will convene July 81 to
August 3 in Washington, d. C.
Register now. Registration books
are now open for the enrolment of
voters for the primaries to be held
May IS. If you have moved or
failed to vote in either the primary
or general election of 1926, or have
not voted heretofore, you must reg.
ister. The books will close April
II. In order to vote, you must be
enrolled. Register now.
Messrs d. l.. Thomas and c. NJ.
Prather, contractors, are doing the
remodeling work on st. Phillips
Episcopal Church and for the up-to-
date Tailoring Co. When the Up
to-date Tailoring establishment is
completed it will present one of the
most modern places of its kind IN
the city. css2
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-10
Pocatello, idaho
Dovie E. Morgan, Reporter

The tacky party given by the
Pastors Aid Society of Bethel Bap-
fist church was a financial success.
Mrs. astoria Harris won first prize.
The Layman League met with Mr..
VIM. G.. Burrell last week. The raj
ly at the church Sunday for the
church Indebtedness reported $178..
90 raised.
Mrs. Clemmie Battles who spent
the week in Twin Falls, returned
this week accompanied by her
daughter Mildred, who was visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Jennings of that
city.
The Valentine box social given by
the girls of the Busy Bee Club last
Friday evening at the home of Miss
Isabelle Washington was a success.
The affair was largely attended by
young people who enjoyed the many
amusements,
The members of the Sempre FL
delis Club were hostesses at a tur-
key dinner honoring their husbands
last Thursday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Z. j. Harris. Val
entine favors lent festive air to
the occasion. Seventeen delighted
husbands enjoyed the occasion in
which literary and musical program
was presented under the direction OF
Mrs. T. A. Patterson.