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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09

4 5 the result Of statements which appeared in the
AA press at the time the Companys application
was before the Commission, there is danger Of pub.
lie Misunderstanding of the situation. Capital
Transit Company, therefore, takes this opportunity
to place the facts before its patrons.
The Joint Resolution Of Congress providing for
the nnifcation of the transportation properties in
the District of Columbia authorizes Capital Transit
Company to purchase the stock Of Washington Rapid
Transit Company at the fair value thereof, and on
such terms may be accepted by the owners of
ouch shares Of stock and may be approved by the
Public Utilities Commission Under this authorize.
tion Capital Transit Company entered into an
agreement with the late Harley P Wilson to purchase
from him his Washington Rapid Transit Company
stock at price which, in the opinion Of the officers
and directors Of Capital Transit Company and as
substantiated by an Independent appraisal, repre-.
sented the fair value Of the stock to Capital Transit
Company.
A traffic survey Of the District of Columbia made
In 1925 and submitted to the Public Utilities Com.
mission led the then members of the Commission and
others to suggest that in the interests of urtherng
merger of all the transportation agencies in the
City, the Washington Rapid Transit Company should
be purchased by The North American Company,
which then held substantial interest in Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company. The acquisition
OF controlling interest in the Bus Company by The
North American Company followed and its an.
nouncement met with both official and unofficial
approval. This approval was testified to in news
articles and editorials in the Washington Post in
the Washington Herald and in the Washington Star
on December II and l8, 1925.
The cost Of the stock of Washington Rapid Transit
Company to The North American Company was
$4,000 The report of the Federal Trade Com
mission made in its investigation of utility corpora
tions and filed with the Senate in 1881, SENATE
Document 90, Parts 80 and 34) gave complete
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09

The Children's tuberculosis
Sanatorium at Glenn Dale, Md,
which was opened last September
has almost reached its capacity
of $50, DR.. Daniel L. Finucane.
superintendent, reported for Janu-
airy to the Board of Public Wei
fare yesterday.
The institution started the
month with ia patients and ad
mitted %.
Indications were the steady in.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09
o THE USERS
Of Transportation Facilities of
Washington CAPITAL TRANSIT
Makes the Following Statement

We value your goodwill and patronage and we
therefore, wish you to view without prejudice
plans for coordnatng and improving the transported
ton service of Washington for your ultimate benefit
NAPIIAL TRANSIT COMPANY Of
" Columbia decision made last October Public
Commh of the Of
TranitCo
Capital o Company the
duplication of The Public Of
the application to
tof
and
o.
0 be of
in determining rceofc ompd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09
Starlings Losing
In Balloon War;

The balloon war" on the star
lings today was ordered continued
until April l, if the birds have
not migrated before then.
Assistant Engineering Commits
sioner Capt. Howard F. Clark an
nounced that the 10-week cam
paign has been a success and
that employment of emergency
relief workers to send toy bal
looms into the startling roosts
would continue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09
SISTER DEFENDS |SADOR FISCH
Died ~ Poor Man. She Says

SISTER of the man
whose reputation has
been impugned by the
Hauptmann defense trav-
eled 5000 miles from
Germany to Pennington,
N. j., to clear his name.
Miss Fisch tie stifie d
through an interpreter,
that Isador Fisch died a
poor man after having re-
turned to Germany with
only $500.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09

record Of the facts, including the of the stock
and the terms and conditions upon which it was
later sold by The North American Company to the
late Harley P Wilson. The record made it perfectly
clear that the sale Mr.. Wilson was made in fur.
herance of the plan for the uni6caon of the trans.
Portation properties, solely to technical point
which had been raised regarding the ownership of
the stock by The North American Company, and
that neither The North American Company nor Mr..
Wilson had any intention of making profit out Of
the transaction.
The original merger agreement entered into in
1923 included the stock of the Bus Company on the
basis of cost to The North American Company plus
normal carrying charges. The present price of the
stock does not include any provision for carrying
charges
Statements made in the press the effect that Mr.
Wilson paid only 100000 for the property do not
state the facts That amount represented only the
initial payment made by him for the stock. the
balance being payable upon the contamination of
the merger. Following Mr. Wilson's death on
November y, 1894, the stock acquired from his
estate by Mr.. J. E. Baker. who has undertaken to
carry through the transaction on the basis of Mr.
Wilson's agreements.
Press comments NAV have given the impression
that the Washington Rapid Transit Company has
never had any earnings and has operated at a loss.
The fact is that the Washington Rapid Transit COM
Pany has paid interest regularly on Indebtedness in.
Cured by 1t for the purchase Of equipment (of
which balance of $4,000 remains unpaid and is
to be taken over by Capital Transit Company and
that the financial position of the Company has been
improved and the value Of its assets substantially
increased since 1925. From its own and independent
engineering reports, Capital Transit Company is
satisfied that its net income would be increased by
the acquisition of Washington Rapid Transit Com.
pany sufficiently to justify the price agreed upon.
buy the property of the Bus Company is the final
les hopeful dream for many years. The result to
Il enjoy broader and more economical use Of
npany is sincerely hopeful that following the
may be in position 10 cooperate in their efforts
the interests of the public.
SIT COMPANY
III. HANNA, President
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09
MOTHERS watch
CHILDS COLD

COMMON colds often settle in
~ throat and chest where they
may become dangerous. Don't take
chances at the first sniffle rub on
Children's Musterole.
Children's Musterole is just good
old Musterole, only in milder form.
It penetrates the skin with warming
tingle and goes to the seat of trouble.
It gets such marvellous results be-
cause it's NOT just a salve, but a
"c0unter iTFitant" - quick and
helpful in drawing out pain and
congestion.
Used by millions for Is years. Rec
commended by many doctors and
nurses. All druggists. In three
strengths: Regular Strength, Chill
dren's (mild), and Extra Strong.
Tested and approved by Good House
keeping Bureau, No. 1857.
CHILDRENS
EI|! j !i!I; 4! e
VtIIM 49, "'o"-----sHsItG7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09
County Chapter
Sponsors Dance

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. 9.
The Montgomery County Chapter
of the Izaak Walton Leogue will
sponsor a washington Birthday
dance at the Rockville High
School gymnasium, February %,
beginning at 9 p. m. Jack Clag.
gett is in charge. assisted by
Maude Wilson, Jack Spates and
Bob Hughes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09
u. S. Durum Wheat
Shortage Barred
International News Service

For the first time in 35 years
an alarming shortage of Durum
wheat production in the United
States was reported today by j.
Allen Clark, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. From a peak
acreage Of $3.50, 900 in 1928
Durum wheat production was re-
duce to 1861 900 acres in 1894.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09
SCOUTS PLAN PROGRAM

Colored Boy Scouts of the Dis
trict OF Columbia will usher in
National Scout Week with a spe-
cial program tomorrow at 3 D. m.
at the Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A.
All Scouts are urged to wear their
uniforms throughout next week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-09
Hoover on Business
Trip to New York

CHICAGO, Feb. 9 G.N.SD.
Herbert Hoover, former President
OF the United States, paused in
Chicago today only long enough
to visit a few friends and then
catch the Twentieth Century Linn
tied to New York, where he is
going on business only"
ADVERrIsEMENT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
NEARLY BLIND SEE
WITH MICRO LENS
Clinic Demonstrates Value Of In
yention That Aids 5 Per
Cent Vision.
Nv the Associated Press.

nv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 27.-Anxlous
mothers with bewildered children
came hopefully today to clinic staged
Mt the fourteenth annual meeting OF
the American Academy of Optom-
etristS.
They were drawn there by DR.. Will
liam Feinbloom, research fellow in OPP
tometry at Columbia University,
whose newly perfected "micro-Tsion''
lens has been held forth as a key to
the world of vision for 10000 near
blind persons in New York City insti-
buttons and more than 1000 school
children in blind institutions over the
Nation.
The new micro-vision glasses, &C
cording to DR.. Feinbloom, enable per-
sons with as little as per cent vision
to read again and distinguish the
world of color and movement.
Rachel Levy, Is, almost totally blind
for six years and heretofore able to
read only large newspaper headlines,
read ordinary newsprint before the
clinic audience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
PROBE IS W|DENED
FORBONDHOLDERS
Owners of Municipal, Irri-
cation and Reclamation
Securities to Benefit.
ny the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
A special House investigating COM
nnittee announced today it planned to
determine whether bondholders are
being plundered on municipal. irriga-
ton and reclamation project securities
The committee, headed by Repre-
sentative SABBATH, Democrat, of Illinois,
already has made extensive inquiries
into real estate bondholders' protective
committees, which 1t says has saved
millions to the bond owners and dis
closed many abuses.
The House recently broadened the
committees powers to look into all
types of defaulted issues. The group
now plans to carry its investigation OF
bad securities into Florida. South
Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama
Georgia and Arkansas, pressing It's In
curry on through the recess Of Con-
gress.
SABBATH said authority given the
committee to transmit its evidence to
the courts would enable it ito safe
guard and protect the interests OF the
bondholders, with the cooperation OF
the courts from further plundermg by
the racketeering type of so-called pro-
tective real estate bondholders' COM
mittees, receivers, trustees and at
torneys."
He said there had been thousands
OF complaints from municipal, irriga-
ton and reclamation project bond
holders, who have alleged abuses and
unfair practices by protective COM
mittees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
Army Girl in Shaw
PLAY at Sylvan

Miss Dorothy Riess, daughter OF
Capt. H. w. Riess, q. S. A., and Mrs.
Riess, will play one Of the two lead
ing feminine roles In the presentation
tonight at the National Sylvan
Theater in the Monument Grounds OF
George Bernard Shaw's fable play,
"Androcles and the Lion" with the
Washington Community Players, which
Miss Bess Schreiner is producing for
the Summer Festival Committee, with
Mr.. Robert Halsted as director. Miss
Riess and Miss Adele Whiteside will
play the comedy and the romantic
roles, respectively, with perhaps IL
or more other popular young Wash
ington actresses appearing as Chris
tian martyrs throughout the scenes
Of the play.
Among these players are Mrs.
Edythe Lazaroff Goldman Miss
Adrienne Courtney Of the Shakespeare
Society, Miss Jean Duke, Miss Polly
Hope, Miss Agnes Kessler, Miss Mar
garet Mcdowell, Miss Alice NELL, Miss
Ruth O'Neil, Miss Shirley Rowe, Miss
Crystal Tardy, Miss Alice Louise
Hunter. Miss Marjorie Bean and
others.
Mr.. Halsted is assisted by Mr.. Harry
Blutstein and Mr. Richard Welles OF
the Logan Circle Dormitory in the di-
rection Of the scenes of the play,
which are laid in and near Rome IN
the early Christian era, when the
Emperor Nero was in his full power.
The complete cast numbers more than
80 players of the Capital City, many
of whom have made a name for them
selves in various drama groups here,
from time to time.
The Summer Festival Committee
announces that should the weather
prove Indictment, preventing the fes-
tival drama tonight, "Androcles and
the Lion will be given Wednesday
night at o'clock, preceded by a
concert by the band of the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. employees group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
Powers.Le Clair
Wedding Yesterday

The marriage Of Miss Penelope Dear
lie Clair, daughter Of Comdr. Hugh
Pope LIE Clair, q. s. n, and Mrs. lie
Clair, to Mr.. Ralph Wilson Powers,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence L.
Powers of Hyattsville. took place yes
terday in the home of the brides par
ents at Newport, Lieut.. Frank r. Ham,
ilton, Chaplain Corps, U. s. NJ, ON
ciating. A reception followed the
ceremony.
The bride, who was given In mar
rage by her father, wore white satin
gown with high collar and long train
and q tulle veil caught with an old
rose-point cap that had been In the
family for years. Her sister, Mrs.
Lionel Alexander Arthur, who came
from Florida to attend, was matron
of honor, and Miss Mary Louise Ref
snider of this city, maid Of honor.
They wore delphinium- silk over
taffeta and carried talisman roses and
delphinfum.
Miss Elizabeth Powers. q sister OF
the bridegroom, and Miss Marguerite
Prescott OF Washington were brides
maids. They wore peach silk net over
taffeta Of the same shade and had
bouquets of talisman roses. Miss
Mary Dear, o cousin of the bride, and
Miss Placid Kerrick, daughter Of Capt.
Charles s. Kerrick and Mrs. Kerrick,
were ribbon girls. They wore white
net over peach.
Mr.. Frank Smoot Of Washington
was best man, and the ushers were
Messrs. Joe Richardson and George
Chadwick.
After o trip the couple viii live Ia
Hyattsville, where Mr.. Powers is an
attorney. He Is graduate of the
University Of Maryland. The bride
was educated abroad. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27

Come on. Make a Fun-Day out Of
Monday. And Sunday and Satur.
day, too. You owe yourself big
time in the big city over Labor Day.
See Radio City, ocean liners, Gen.
trail Park, Wall Street, Riverside
Drive, the Aquarium-and that's
only a start. Shows. Night clubs.
Put them all on the merry menu.
And of course you'll want to
make your headquarters the Hotel
New Yorker, which is New fork.
Hospitable. Luxurious. In the CEN
ter of things. And the center of
things. Dine here in our air-con-
ditioned restaurants-the popular
priced Coffee Shop or Empire Tea
Room for a quick bite-the Man.
haitian Room or new Summer
Terrace for a more leisurely meal.
Dance to the refreshing rhythms
Of Clyde Lucas and his California
Dons in the cool atmosphere of
our Summer Terrace. Enjoy all
the luxury at prices that are not at
all luxurious. Come on. It's a date.
And remember parking your
car Is no problem with our con-
venient garage facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27

LOS ANGELES, August 27.-Charg-
ing insuficiency Of fact in his wife's
double-barreled divorce suit, John
Barrymore has filed counter action
in his marital wrangle with Dolores
Costello Barrymore.
His answer was filed yesterday.
Mrs. Barryrnore's first suit COM
planned that her noted actor husband
drank to excess and left home without
providing for the care Of herself and
the two Barrymore children. Her sec
ond action was identical except that
it named Henry Hotchener, the actors
manager, in order to obtain prop
erty accounting.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06
BRIDGE LEAGUE PLAY

Washington Bridge League will
hold its monthly pair game at
$3.50 p. m, today in the Shore
ham Hotel.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06
'D.C.M|LK PRICES
HIT COUNCIL

The long fight Of the Con.
sumers Council Of the AAA for
reduced milk prices in the Dis
trict Of Columbia came to a head
yesterday when q meeting voted
to introduce legislation in Con-
gress to establish a municipality
owned pasteurization and bottling
plant.
Headed by Mrs. John Boyle, jr.,
a committee was appointed to
draft legislation for introduction
in Congress. Serving on the com.
mittee are e. Claude Babcock,
AFGE leader; Homer Dodge,
Matthew E. Boyd and James
Ring.
A single negative vote was regis
tered by Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
chairman Of the milk survey com.
mittee, Of Washington, who be-
lieved milk producers and dis.
trtbutors should be induced to
compromise.
The council declared milk prices
in Washington as excessive, dis
tribution methods as wasteful,
charged the dairy section of the
AAA is mishandling the current
milk situation, and praised the
Federal Trade Commission for in
valuable aid to consumers gen.
orally.
Before adjournment the coun.
Gil made plans for a campaign
to fight local high rents, and in
structed its chairman, Mrs. Boyle,
to appear before the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations to seek
q larger appropriation for the Di-
vision Of Weights, Measures and
Markets.
Many exhaustive surveys pre-
ceded today's meeting Of the
council.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06
DC. Lawyer Explains
Bankruptcy Act

, William II. doc" Collins, FORMER
star prosecutor Of Leo A. Rover's
staff, has been named by Bar
Association President H. WinShip
Wheatley to head the new COM
mittee on Criminal Law and Pro-
cedure, which will investigate the
necessity for changes in the
current practice.
Equipped with all the necessary
energy and experience, Mr.. Col
Inns is ready to start his commit
tee to work at once along the
lines designated. His committee
is cohesive and is expected to
work in harmony unless some
member jokingly refers to the
Mcpherson case as an example
of something or other.
Members of the committee in
clude James A. O'Shea, Harry T.
Whelan, Harry L. Underwood,
George D. Horning, jr., and
Charles H. Bergazin.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06

ception of the idea in the last
Congress right up to actual cases
in which it has been applied, Mr..
Hanna takes the section and
shows other lawyers how very ade-
quate the act is when it is used
in the proper situations.
His paper concludes that 1t is
generally agreed that the new law
affects all future reorganizations
except those brought about infor-
mally as a result Of creditors
agreements; it obviates the neces-
sity of ancillary receiverships and
goes more deeply than previous
statutes into the necessity for
showing actual good faith"
The writer's treatment Of the
photography Of his subject shows
deep study and knowledge and
that portion Of the paper alone
Is well worth a readers time.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06
BOARD
CONTRACT.

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. Ode
spite the fact there are two bills
pending in the Maryland legisla.
ture for immediate abolition of
the Montgomery county liquor
board, the board of county COM
missioners today voted to place
approximately 20 clerks, includ-
ing several from the liquor board,
under contract until December l,
1888.
Carried by the fusion majority
on the board, the decision gives
contracts to John c. Walker,
manager Of the county liquor dis
penSary system; Edward Peter,
counsel for the liquor board, and
several clerks. Twelve clerks from
the county treasurer's office also
are affected by the new Setup.
It was pointed out by Robert
D. Hagner, only Democratic mem
Der Of the board present, that
these contracts would prevail
even If the pending legislation is
enacted, but he was voted down.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06
Prisoner Leaves
North, Protesting

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Feb.
(IN.SJ-Paul White, AZ, left the
bleak, snowcovered north today
for the balmy climes of the south
land-under protest.
Released from Sing Sing Prison
after a five-year term for forgery
and grand larceny, White was
turned over to deputy sheriffs
from Louisville, KY, where he is
wanted for escaping Jail while
awaiting transfer to a peniten-
tiary to serve eight years for
forgery.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06
Wagner Bill Topic
OF Miss LenrOOt

Miss Katharine F.. Lenroot,
chief of the United States Chill
dren's Bureau, will discuss Ger.
tain provisions of the Wagner
bin for social security at meet
ing Of the Council Of Social
Agencies next Monday at 1890
p. m. at the Y. w. c. A., Seven
teenth and K SITS. N. w.
Miss Lenroot's talk will relate
principally to the provisions Of
the bill which affect child vel
fare, particularly as they apply
in the District. A general dis
cussion Of the subject will follow
Miss Lenroot's talk.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06

fault by the borrowing home
owners, who, according to Hole,
apparently believed that no
action to force payment would be
taken by the corporation, the re.
mainder being due to abandon.
ment, resulting from death of the
owner or similar misfortune"
Referring further to the 10
cases of deliberate delinquency,
Chairman John H. Fahey said:
"The public interest calls for
general recognition that individ.
ual loans from the corporation
are valid obligations, and that
no compromise can be made
with borrowers who deliberately
refuse to live up to their con-
tracts on the mistaken aSSump-
tion that they can do SO with
out penalty"
Meanwhile the Federal Housing
Administration announces that a
countrywide survey shows a re.
markably high degree Of prompt
ness on the part of borrowers in
making payments on moderniza-
tion loans, supplementing the re-
suits Of similar survey made pub
lie several days ago, which showed
that loans under Title of the Ma
tional Housing Act are creating
new credit that would not have
been used without the stimulus Of
the modernization credit plan.
Those commercial and indus.
trial banks from coast to coast
which are leading in moderni-
Zation loan activity reported
that, after a period Of near
ly six months, more than 99h
per cent of the loans made by
them under their insurance con-
tract do not have a single monthly
payment as much as 16 days
overdue.
Finance companies participating
In the plan report a slightly lower
percentage. This is due, FILA Of
ficials say, to the wider areas over
\ which they operate and the conse.
quent longer time required to have
payments recorded at their head
office.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06

to this time.
Home owners
Loan Corpora
ton, which has
issued a fore.
closure warning
against a d i n
quents, S t a t es
that thus far
but So sue h
suits have been
in S t i t uted in
various parts Of
the country.
OF this mum.
ber only 10 have
resulted from
deliberate de.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06

j o u n q | was
m a de by a
Washington at
torney.
Writing on
Corporate Re
org a n / Zation
under the Bank
ruptcy Act"
j o hn Hanna,
law school lee.
turer and prom
inent practition-
er, takes Sec.
ton 77B apart
to show what
makes it run.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06
One Good Hook
On Belt Saves
N. Y. Man

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 d.N.s).
One defective hook Of his safety
belt started Michael Karp. win.
dow cleaner, on the road to eter-
nifty yesterday.
But the other hook halted his
journey in midair.
Girl employees in a sixteenth
floor office at 1410 Broadway
screamed when Mr.. Karp sud-
denly disappeared over the win
dow ledge.
Crowds gathered in the street
below, expecting him to fall mo.
mentarily.
Moaning from the pain Of a
broken ankle, shattered when
his leg was snapped against the
building, Mr.. Karp was hauled
back by male employees Of the
office and taken to a hospital.
The Washington times., 1935-02-06

One of the outstanding CONTRIB
buttons to the current number Of
the American Bar Association
The Washington times., 1935-02-06
HOUSING UNITS
BOAST GOOD
COLLECTIONS
BY DICK BAKER

Both the large Government real
estate relief agencies are boaSting
of excellent collection records up