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The Washington times., 1934-01-10
PEPCO To FIGHT
CODE At RATE
GUT BAN
P. U. C. Counsel Joins Battle
Charging Authority Will
Rest With Power Trust

Expressing fear that. adoption
of the proposed electric light and
power code would upset local ar
rangements with the Potomac
Electric Power Company, which
have brought about yearly reduc-
tions in electric rates here, Riley
E. Elgen. acting chairman of the
Public Utilities Commission, to-
day announced the commission
will participate in hearings on the
code Friday at the Washington
Hotel.
Mr.. Elgen and William A. Rob
erts, special counsel for the COM
mission, will appear at the hear
ings to attack the proposed code
which they charge would be
dominated by the power trust.
On KiIOwatt Hours
This fear is based on the pro
vision that membership in the
code authority would be appor.
toned on the number of kilowatt
hours sold.
The suggested setup would pro.
vide a code authoritJ composed OF
representatives of the Edison Elec.
trio Institute, representatives of
private enterprise which are not
members of the institute and rep
resentatives of Government-oper,
ated power plants.
In addition to objecting to the
membership apportionment, the
Commission will fight a section
designed to encourage sale of
electrical appliances and the fair
practice provisions of the code,
asking that the latter provision
be modified to apply only to wages
and working conditions.
It is pointed out that there is
little competition between power
companies.
May Revise Scale
It is feared that the code, es-
pecially the fair practice provi-
Sions, would lead to the establish
ment of uniform power rates for
various sections of the country,
which might result in reversal of
the sliding scale" arrangement
with the Potomac Electric Power
Company, which has resulted in
annual cuts in rates for some
years past.
The views of the commission
were embodied in a letter sent to
Recovery Administrator Hugh S.
johnson yesterday by Elgen.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
Fatal Train Wreck
Blamed on VQndGLS

Malicious tampering with the
track caused derailment of the
Pennsylvania railroads Cavalier
Limited" near Salisbury, Md, last
July, it was reported to the In
terstate Commerce Commission
by the Safety Bureau yesterday.
Four persons lost their lives and
six others were seriously injured
in the wreck.
The train en- route to New York
from Cape Charles, Va. hit dis
connected section of track at Q
speed of almost so miles an hour.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
MALL PROJECT
EXPEDITED

Washington's 143-year-old Mall
development program is at last
under way.
Proposed by General L'Enfant
in 1891, and approved in 1901 by
the Mcmillan Park Commission,
it has ceased to be only a group
of white lines on blueprints, and
has become a major Public Works
Administration project.
Workmen have been at work on
the development since Monday,
cutting trees, grading and laying
out roads. Contracts for tn e
grading of the north and south
Vista Drives through the Mall
has already been awarded, and
the first concrete is expected 10
be poured within a few weeks.
The Public Works Administra-
ton has allotted 100000 for the
project.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
LIBRARY USERS
DOUBLED

Maybe people had more time
to read last year, or maybe they
really didn't have the time, but
were preparing themselves for jobs
under the recovery program, but
anyway the Library of Congress
enjoyed the biggest business" of
it's career during 1888.
Books issued doubled the pre-
vious high record, made in 1928.
and the number of readers was
boosted by nearly so per cent, says
Herbert Putnam, librarian. in his
annual report to Congress.
New items added to the collec-
ton numbered 156,045, bringing
the total items now in the library
to 7,539.453. This figure includes
4.633.476 printed books, 1921: :228
maps. 1,110,428 pieces of music
and 524.321 prints.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
'PIease Help My Little Bobby, He's So Small
and Needs Aid So Badly. Her Appeal
Through The Times; Child in Hospital

tribute blood for TRANSMISSION. To
day she called The Washington
Times and made her plea:
"Please help me save my little
Bobby. He is so small and needs
help so badly.
CAN'T BUY BLOOD
eff we only had money, we
could buy blood from somebody.
But we don't even have enough
money to save our baby's life.
Cant you find somebody who
would consent to a blood trans
fusion? We need quite a few for
Bobby, but any little bit will
help"
Several members of the Thomp
son family and friends have vol
unteered their blood but it does
not suit Roberts blood. Others
have been found to have identical
blood, but these would not give
their blood without charge.
The boys father, Harry Thomp
son, is a painter, but has been
without work for quite some time
Both parents have submitted their
own blood for tests, but when their
child needed them most, they
could not help him; their blood
would not suit.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
District Wage Board
Place GiUen Minnis

William Minnis. a mechanic in
the City Refuse Department, was
appointed by the District Com
missioners yesterday to serve as
a member of the District Wage
Board. He will take the place
left vacant by the death of E. T.
Byrn.
The name of Harold w. Baker,
former engineer of construction
who resigned to become city man.
ager of Buffalo, was dropped
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
Red England

An enchanting item of news comes from England. The
niece of the Duke of Westminster turned SocIast fsI
ran gossip column and is writing for The Oxford
Cambridge Magazine. She has sad some hatSn
words about her extremely wealthy uncle the Duke h
self who owns 600 acres Of anSO to eeeve or or
than million dollars year IN rentals Inc luke Is
going to sue for libel.
All this is good enough but the best s as Robert @
Browning said in another connectlon' TO come ""@'
was the libel? Here is part of it:
"He is one of the richest Englshmen. His money
should do good in and to England Instead of shoulder
inc his responsibilities he has two houses in France
mack of boar hounds also in France yacht which ne
spends good deal of his time IN foreign waters anu
now see that he is no longer going to have any race
horses in England. He has sent his string over 10
France. Is this setting good example"
No Pink Coats?
admire the way the accusation is built up to climax
You get the feeling that the Socialist niece full OF inter
national brotherhood is mildly dspleased that her unce
prefers France to England and the thought OF tn Ooa
hounds annoys her only little the disciple OF
dstrihted wealth grows warm with indignation at the
thought of yacht and the fact that the yacht hes
in foreign waters aggrayatesm ~ heT 6 cNNG 10
HAVE ANY RACE HORSES IN ENGLAND! INA! IS
more than English flesh and blood however MarAlan'
bear.
The Criminal Code
A friend once told me of English girl ne knew
Sauted by an acquaintance, she nodded cooy ana eH-
pained that the had been wastre was thoroughly
dshonorabe and had played peculiarly mean IrcA o
his own wife something like SUBSTITUTING lSIo oatbo
ears for her string and giving the real ones to anotner
woman A few hours later my friend saw her CUT an
other dead The girl explained that TINS second "
had been caught cheating at cards at MS cluO'
The vounq woman considered herself emancpaed from
all morality lust as the Dukes niece would probably con-
slider herself far more internaonaist and COMMUNIST
than an English lady enslaved by Enghsn traulVlons'
Her agony the breed of English race horses so %
how makes me think of the American Communists "ho
have lust discovered that the Russian ReVouCon was a.
least as Russian as it was revolutionary
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
VOTE IN SENATE
EXPECTED ON
MONDAY
Senator Carey Offers Scheme
of Compromise Between
Extreme Opponents

Predictions on Capitol Hill to-
day that the Senate will approve
speedily the House bill for liquor
control in the District gave rise
to the anticipation of legal liquor
traffic in the National Capital
by February /.
Although many members Of
the Senate District Committee
are committed to the dispensary
system Of distributing liquor here
as opposed to distribution by
private industry, as proposed in
the measure passed by the House
yesterday-several Of them secretly
conceded today that they expect
the House bill will be approved
virtually in toto by the Senate.
Senate to Vote Monday
On the basis of this concession,
it is expected that the Senate will
dispose of the measure by Mon
day night, since the committee
will meet tomorrow, probably re-
port the bill tomorrow or Friday
and pave the way for a final
Senate vote on Monday.
Such a course of action would
permit the bill to reach the White
House for Executive signature by
Tuesday, and since the plan is to
become operative is days after
aIoo o4Yono& ~ mould ha m 6alN,
ruary l that the first legal liquor
could flow in the Capital City.
However, it is pointed out, con-
troversies which may arise over
sections of the bill in the COM
mittee or on the Senate floor, or
changes which the Senate may
make in the bill would disrupt the
smoothness and speed of this pro-
gram.
Offers Compromise System
One new proposition was thrown
into the field today by Senator
Robert D. Carey (R0 Of Wyo'
ming, which may pave the way
for a compromise between the
QlSpeIlSdTy anu private ShAc az
vocates in case the unexpected
develops and enough sentiment
is corralled in the Senate COM
mittee to take up the dispensary
system seriously.
The proposal, which the Wyo-
ming Senator said he will place
before the committee tomorrow,
is that the wholesaling of liquor
here be done solely by Govern.
ment dispensaries, with the retail
trade being conducted by private
interests.
His contention is that such q
system would afford a method Of
price control, which, he argues.
should be obtained.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
500 Fine, 80 Days
GiUen 3 JOY Riders

George E. Harrison. 10, and
John Cornell, 20, both Alexan-
drians. were fined $1OO and costs
and sentenced to serve 80 days in
the Alexandria Jail today by the
Alexandria police court on a
charge of joy riding.
It was charged that they took
an automobile belonging to
George Ettleman of lit Prince
St. from his garage and drove
It to Fredericksburg. On the re-
turn trip the car was wrecked
near Dumphries.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
SOrOptin1ists Induct
Edna G0Sch TOniQht

Edna Gasch will be installed
as president of the Soroptomist
Club of Washington tonight at 7
o'clock, when the club holds it's
eleventh annual installation ban
quet in the Willard Hotel. The
retiring president is Nora B. Huff
man.
Among guests expected are Gov.
Albert C. Ritchie, Major James
Stewart Richardson, the principal
speaker; several women members
Of Congress, the presidents of all
civic clubs, and representative
women of Montgomery county.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
Wagner Will Remain
As NRA Board Chief

Senator Robert Wagner, of
New York, agreed at a White
House conference yesterday to re.
main indefinitely as chairman of
the NRA's National Labor Board.
Because of his senatorial duties,
Wagner offered. his resignation
recently, but agreed to retain the
NRA post until his successor
was selected.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
COST Of LIVING
HIGHER HERE,
PROBE SHOWS
Has Decreased Less for Single
U. S. Clerks Than Among
Married Persons

Living costs in washington are
considerably higher than for the
nation as a whole, and they have
decreased less in the case of
single men and women in the
Government service than among
married employees, the cost of
living survey by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reveals. This sur.
vey was the basis of Presidents
Roosevelt's decision not to change
Federal pay during the present
siX-month period.
It also has become known that
the widely prevalent impression
that salaries would be restored
to the extent of 6 per cent arose
because living costs have in
creasd here 6.5 per cent since
July. This fact, it was felt, would
make possible per cent restora-
ton, but the law provides that
changes in salary must be based
on living costs in 1928, and not
on those which prevailed when
the cut went into effect.
Lubin Explains Survey
DR.. Isador Lubin, commissioner
of labor statistics. explained the
survey in the following state
ment:
During the past four months
the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
in accordance with your instruc.
tiOns, has been engaged in sur.
vey of the cost of living for Fed.
eral employees in the District of
Columbia. This investigation
was made in cooperation with
the Bureau of Home Economies
of the Department of Agricul-
ture. DR.. Faith Williams, Of
the Bureau Of Home Economies,
was in direct charge of the study.
In conducting the survey, i'm
measurable aid was furnished by
the committee on Government
statistics and information SER
vices of the American Statistical
Association and the Social
Science Research Council, and
by the Consumers Advisory
Board of the National Recovery
Administration. The Women's
Bureau and the Children'S
Bureau of the Department of
Labor and an Interdepartmental
Committee on Retail Prices, con-
Sisting of representatives of the
various Federal agencies, have
cOOperated in the field work.
LIVING COSTS SHOWN
"The cost of living of Federal
employees in the District of Co
lumbia has been determined for
the first. six months of 1928 and
for December, 1888.
Gas basis for this determine
tiOn, information was obtained
on the expenditures Of different
types Of Federal employees at
both dates. through detailed
schedules filled cut in personal
interviews with employees whose
names were chosen by lot, and
through two questiOnnaires, one
sent to all employees and one to
a large sample of employees
whose names were likewise
chosen by lot.
From these data the guam
tity and the cost of different
goods and services purchased by
Federal employees in the first
six months of 1928 have been
aScertained. The cost of the
same bill of goods and services
in December, 1888. has been
computed, and index numbers
have been calculated showing
relative costs of the two periods.
Prices have been collected which
will make it possible to calculate
living costs in March. 1888, but
they have not yet been sum-
married..
Taking costs in the first six
months of 1928 as 100, the in
dex of the average cost of living
for all Federal employees in the
Continued on Page II, Col. y
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
Aid for Strikers
Asked of President
BY international News Service

ny IHIeFHHIIOhHf NeWs SeFVICe
A delegation of American Fed
Grafton of Labor members called
at the White House today to leave
a personal appeal with the Presi-
dent asking that he aid strikers at
the plant of the Edward G. Budd
Manufacturing Company, of Phil
adelphia, to obtain reinstatement
in their old positions.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
so Products Face
Possible Import Cut
Bv international News servic,

BY International News Service
The Tariff Commission is
closely watching so commodities
to determine whether the import
restrictions of the NRA shall be
applied, Sidney Morgan, secretary
of the Tariff Commission, teSti-
fled before a House Appropria-
tions subcommittee in hearings
made public today.
The Washington times., 1934-01-10

up knowledge about finance, Ill know
much better in 1936-and so will
the President, who has set that year
for the elimination of the entire
program in-of all things-prosper-
ity. AS a citizen (and taxpayer),
however, am enormously pleased
with the scope of the whole thing:
Ten billion dollars (Which is even
more impressive when you say ten
thousand million dollars) is the kind
of figure which makes sense and l
hope no one will be so unkind as to
remember that the insignificant sum
of five billion dollars was suggested
in the Hearst papers three years
ago and would, without much doubt,
have done as much good then as
twice as much will do now. Another
The Washington times., 1934-01-10
True to Type
Ten Thousand Million S Not Bad
By GILBERT SELDES

haven't the faintes idea whether the financial pro-
outlined by the President is good better BEST
It may be terrible. Judging by the rate at which pick
Evening star., 1934-01-28

(You know, these are the same designers who
had amazed the world last year with the Silver
Arrow, prophetic Of the cars Of the future
They know their stream-lining)
For 1884, they have succeeded in expressing
the spirit Of the Silver Arrow without too
radical departure from Pierce-Arrow's distinc-
tive character. The sweeping wave of line is
startling without being exactly rakish. Each
model suggests man whose personality is not
submerged by full dress ;. if you catch what
we mean. To put it bluntly, it's the kind Of
:ar in which one would like to whirl up to the
,olf club while the rest Of the foursome are
watching. Even if you are married, its not
bad to have pretty girls look wistfully as your
car drives past. After all, we're only middle
aged once, and youth often fingers far into the
forties and sometimes beyond.
Evening star., 1934-01-28
By the Associated Press.

BY Ine Associated FreSS.
PHILADELPHIA, January 27.-Mrs.
Emma c. Bergdoll wants her notorious
draft-dodging son, Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, to come home.
He is still a fugitive in Germany,
and the mother. approaching 70 years,
has written q letter to President
Roosevelt to pardon the son as a part
of the Presidents birthday celebration.
Growers brother, Erwin, who served
four years sentence for -dodging,
was among the 1.500 persons whose
citizenship was restored by President
Roosevelt last Christmas
Mrs. Bergdoll, the widow Of wealthy
brewer, says she IS lonely without
Grover She says Grover has three
children whom she has never seen.
Bergdoll is now 40 years old, and has
been living in Germany, so far as is
publicly known here. since 1920.
Growers father left him a lot of
money, some reports had it a million
dollars He bought automobiles and
airplanes and had many a brush with
suburban police for his recklessness
both in the air and on the ground.
In 1917 he was listed a draft dodger
ana later technically as an Army de-
serter He was hunted in the United
States, Mexico and Canada, and was
captured in Philadelphia in January,
1920. After legal battle he was con-
vlcted and sentenced to five years at
Governors Island, N. Y In March,
1920. Bergdoll told Army officers a yarn
about pot Of gold" containing $780,
900 he buried in the Western Maryland
mountains. Permission was granted to
Evening star., 1934-01-28
us. CONTROL ASKED
FOR HOLDING FIRMS
Power Commission Urges
Federal Supervision Of
Service Companies.
~ the Assoeiated Press,

~ the Associated Prsss.
Federal control over holding COM
panies and adiliated service Companies
which dominate" companies licensed by
the Federal Government under the
water power act was urged today by the
Power Commission In its annual report
to Congress.
The commission also said extension
Of its jurisdiction "by granting to II
supervisory authority over intercorpo-
rate relationships and the accounting
records Of companies afiiliated with the
commissions Licences Is essential to an
effective administration Of the Federal
water power act"
The commission, the report added, Is
confronted by many obstacles and ut
times insurmountable difficulties, in tta
effort to audit and classify costs Of q
licensed project where holding COM
panies, which are beyond the jurtsdic-
ton Of the commission, manage and
supervise the affairs Of the licensed
project.
Saying these dificulties point un-
erringly to the need for Federal juris-
diction over holding companies and af-
filiated service companies under the do
minion Of which licensees 20 often Tive
and move and have their being, the
report summarized the situation as fol-
lows:
Most Of the licensed projects operat-
ed as public utilities are members OF
holding company groups. Through the
method o.. of.intercorporate control by af-
filiated service companies, these holding
companies manage and supervise the
affairs Of the licensees, including the
financing and construction Of the
project.
"As a result. many items claimed by
the hcensee as . part Of construction
costs arise from intercorporate con-
tracts thus imposed by common owner
ship and control, while the pertinent
Evening star., 1934-01-28
TO HONOR
RABBI At DINNER
Baltimore Man Who Inducted
Dr.. Simon Into Ministry
Will Attend.

Right Rev. James Z. Freeman, Epis.
copal Bishop Of Washington; Most Rev.
Bishop James H. Ryan, rector Of Catho-
Lie University; Dr. william A. White,
superintendent Of st. Elizabeth's Hos
p!tal: former Justice Wendell Phillips
Stafford Of the District Supreme Court
and Rev William Rosenau Of Baltimore
will be among the speakers at a tribute
dinner to D.. As-am Simon, rabbi Of
Eighth Street Temple, February 7, At
the Mayfiower Hotel.
Dr. Rosenau indicted DR. Simon into
the ministry at Eighth Street Temple
almost a third Of a century ago.
At meeting of the Sponsoring Com
mittee Friday it was found that many
who have not been invited want to at
tend the dinner, which is to commence
rate DR.. Simon's 80 years service with
the Washington congregation, and aft
erward 1t was announced that an invi-
tation Is not necessary to attend the
dinner. Reservations may be made
with Sydney Selinger, 818 F street.
Evening star., 1934-01-28
LONG AND LEADER
OF WARD CLASH
Secrecy Guards Heated In
tervieW With Old Regular
Politician.
" the Associated Press.


NEW ORLEANS, January 27.-Re-
ports tonight otld of a heated inter-
view U. j. Burke. attorney and first
ward leader of the old regular political
forces had today with Senator Huey
p. Long in the Senator's hotel suite.
Rumors were widely circulated
through the city that Burke left load
I'd revolver cartridge with Senator Long
rs his calling card but Burke declined
to confirm this report.
Senator Long and I had an inter-
view this morning, which was satisfac-
tory to me and probably him." Burke
said. If it had not been. Louisiana
would have had new Senator and the
regulars a new leader in the first
ward"
Senator Long could not be reached
tonight for comment. Richard A. Dow
ling and James O'Connor, assistant at
torney general, were reported to have
been in the suite at the time, but both
declined to comment.
The reports circulated tonight were
% the effect that Senator Long had
used strong language over the tele-
phone last night in a conversation with
Burke and the latter replied IN SINH
lar terms.
Then. these reports indicated Sem
ator Long dared Burke to repeat the
statements he had made in his pres
ence. and Burke urged Senator Long
to fix the time for meeting.
The hour was set and Burke filled
the engagement.
During the recent city primary cam
paign. in which Senator Longs candi-
date lost to the old regulars, Burke was
made the object of attack on several
occasions by Senator Longs stump
speeches.
Evening star., 1934-01-28

limits . but these cars will speak right out
n any company. They are what you might
call spontaneous We don't mean that they're
rowdy or Aashy, for no family brought up on
Pierce-Arrows wants that sort of thing -.
They're the kind Of car that looks its part
With blond mop of wind-blown curls, and
1ancing blue eyes, in a pretty tanned face,
poised above the steering Wheel She will dart
ahead of you when the red turns to green On
the highway, she may pass you at 70 miles an
hour. Gust loafng along" she will call it,.
or she can stop in her tracks with mere
ouch of her toe.
Evening star., 1934-01-28

Although a majority Of the buildings
of the station are still Of temporary
construction, the surrounding grounds
have been so completely overhauled
and renovated that the Anacostia Sta
ton now Is regarded as a notable
credit to Washington and to the Navy.
Though most of the work has been
accomplished by regular station per-
sonnel, under direction of Comdr. Har-
rill and his predecessors. aid has been
received during the past few months
from the Public and Civil Works Ad-
miniStrations.