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WASHINGTON MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2G, 1911.
PRICE ONE CENT.
2STTJMBER 8071.
HOUSE PASSES BILL TO WIPE OUT RESORTS
MEASURE NOW
UP TO WILSON;
300 MATES
ARE AFFECTED
Legslation Gives District Attor
ney Power to Enjoin Owners
and Proprietors of All
Segregated Houses.
I Passes Lower Body of Con
gress Without Dissenting
Vote, After Two Hours Spent
in Frank Debatp.
Without a dissenting vote the House
today passed the Kenyon ed light"
bill, which will wipe out th- egresated
secelbn of Washington, ai.u turn 300
inmates of resorts into the streets.
The bill was passed in the identical
form in which it went through the
Senate, and now only needs the sig
nature of the President to become ef
fective. Under its provisions the District At
torney may enjoin and abate as
nuisances every house in these d strict?-.
The bill will become effective immedi
ately upon the signature.
The passage of the bill was applauded
in the galleries.
Deli&ie of 3vo Hours.
The red light bill was the first meas
ure called up by Chairman Johnson, of
the District, today, this being District
day In tho House. A debate of two
hours preceded the passage of the bill.
One attempt was made to make a slight
amendment effecting the language of
the measure, gut Congressman Towner,
of Iowa, urged that the bill go through
as it left the Senate, in order that It
might not be delayed in conference.
The engrosed copy of the bill probably
will go to the White House tomorrow,
and as soon as President Wilson elgn It,
the District Attorney may begin the
work of wiping out the red lignt district
by injunctions.
Under the drastic terms if the bill,
the owners, as well as the occupants of
houses, may be enjoined, and the furni
ture and fixtures of such houses are sub
ject to public sale, to pay tho cost of
injunction proceedings.
It is estimated that at least 300 wom
en of the underworld may be rendered
lomeless within the next ten days,
providing the District Attorney pro
ceeds immediately and vigorously.
Congressman Caraway of Arkaneas,
whose subcommittee teported the bill,
took charge of the measure, and an un
usually frank and spirited debate fol
lowed. The social evil was treated from
every angle, and the several score
women in the gallery heard a plain
cpoken legislative discussion on tho
subject of vice and the underworld.
Up To the President
Most of the women represented up
lift societies, which have been instru
mental in getting an early report on
the bill from the District Committee.
The passage of the Kenyon bill by
the House, unless it is amended, bends
It direct to the President, and with
the signature of the Chief Executive,
the District Attorney will be author
ized to start injunction proceedings
against every resort in the Capital.
During the debate Congressman Sls
kon raised a point of the enormous
Bower the bill puts in the hand of a
Spiteful individual. Injunction, it is
Provided, may bo issued on complaint
of any citizen.
ThiB is a most unusual proceeding,"
ald Mr. Slsson. "because it does not
-quire the giving of a bond What s
prevent any slanderous man or wom-
tn from taking malicious advantage of
a house or a hotel and forever blacken
its reputation?"
Congressman Prouty of Iowa said that
a three days' notice was required be
"ore injunction hearings, and that any
accused person had the usual remedy
'ur slander
"But the mere filing of an affidavit,
however false, is sufficient to blacken
ad disgrace any one forever," retort
ed Mr. Slsson "I think without ques-
on a bond should be required of those
who start injunction proceedings in
rd-r that the malicious slanderer
all not be given such tremendous
u wer by the law."
'ongressman Moore of Pennsylvania
iked Congressman Caraway what Is to
oecome of the 300 women turned out on
lie streets with the passage of the bilL.
"I would like to know what arrangs
nents have been made by the moralist
and the uolifters to do something lor
these women," said Mr. Mort
Congressman Caraway said that he
understood the Florence Crittnion Mis
sion and the other missions of the city
were ready to aid the girls In getting
a new start.
"What Is some of them do not want
to reform? Where will they go?" asked
Mr Moore. "Will they come to m
city of Philadelphia or New York?"
They will if ou let them,- sa.d Mr
i araway.
"I am opposed to vice." continued
Mr Moore, "but the mere passage of a
law of this kind does not end the evil,
it seems to me this bill simply raises
6. club over the head of these unfor-
unate women, but extends no hand
jf fellowship or moral uplift."
Mr Moore asked If the injunction
olan had worked consistently In any
Dther jurisdiction, and was Informed
i Congressman Caraway that it had
oeen verj successful in Iowa
Portions of the co!luqu b' tween Mr.
Moore and Mr Caraway treated the
uoclal evil in its barest atpects and
plain language was used.
YOUNGSTERSHALT
WHEELS OF U.S.
Two Jersey City babies, Ed
mund, four, and Anna May,
two, blocked the wheels in
the Executive offices today.
They accompanied their fath
er and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Brookhurst, to see the
President.
When they entered the Execu
tive offices the corridors
i were jjutneu wiui uiigreaa-
' o j - t
men, senators ana commit
tees waiting their turn for a
word with the Chief Execu
tive. The children are pretty, arid
the President bent down to
speak to them.
They held onto his hands for
nearly five minutes, while
the engagement list went
"clean to smash."
E
Bremen Keep One From Jump
ing by Pushing Her From
Window With a Ladder.
Trapped by flames which made escape
by the stairway Impossible, three half
clad women had'-to be carried down lad
ders during a fire which swept the bouse
at 1311 C street northwest about 5 o'clock ,
this morning.
Pearl Howard was about to jump from
a third-story window when Lieutenant
Thomas and Privato Posey, of No. 3
truck company, raised a ladder and
shoved her back from tho window ledg-
with the top of the ladder. Thomas and
Posey ran up tho ladder, grabbed the
woman, just as she was making a sec
ond attempt to jump, and carried her to
safety.
Carried Down Ladders.
Gladys Ryan and Eva Wilson were
carried down the ladders from a second
story window. Shivering in the early
morning cold they were hurried to near
by houses where clothes were given
them.
Starting in the basement, from an
overheated latrabc, tho flames rapldly
spread up a stairway and swept evcr
room in the house. Policeman Cava
naugh, of the First precinct, saw smoke
coming from the windows and ran to
No. 3 truck house which is only about
a block away. When the truck com
pany arrived, the flames had spread
through the entire house and the three
women were standing at uio winaows
screaming.
Flames Spread Rapidly.
The flames had spread so rapidly
through the house that it was impos
sible for the women to get out in the
halls. Tho third floor was enveloped in
names and the Howard woman was
badlv burned on the arm In getting to
the window.
The damage to th2 house is estimated
at $5,000. The Are caused much excite
ment In the neighborhood and a large
crowd had gathered in front of the
house before the fireman got the lad
ders up and were yelling to the women
not to jump.
L
MAY BECOME INSANE
Kept Prisoner Without Clothes
by Father After Return From
Eloping With Foster.
PEMBERTON. N J.. Jan iv -Guarded
by her father, who holds her
prisoner without clothing, Delilah
Bradley, tho sixteen-year-old Sunday
school teacher who eloped with Joel M
Foster, Is on the verge of collapse, and
it is feared she villi go Insane.
It Is known that the girl has received
several communications from Foster
since she was brought back from Mo
bile, as a youth In the village has con
fessed to have acted as messenger, and
her father has made her a prisoner, yes
twday placing a guard in front of the
house.
Foster, who is stopp'ng in a New
York hotel on Sixty -ninth street Is ex
pected back In Brown's Mills after the
departure of Mrs. Foster, who. it is
said, will bring suit for divorce.
Railroad Defeats D. C.
In Fight Over Lights
Tf.e l" lilted States Suorcnic Court to
day in effect atlirmed decision of the
District Couit f ii--l. holding tli.it
the 1 hllauHphia. Haitimore aid M .Isl
ington radru id is nm llahli to the lls
trict for u bill fur WJI for lightlng
streets and alios adioiiii'ig the rail
road's lines from October. litOh to !
comber, lalO The court today dia
inkod the District's uppca.
I
II TO
IN BURNING HOUS
BRADLEY
FOUR PERISH,
IN
AN
HIT HEAD-ON
Several Passengers Missing and
Many Hurt Near Jackson,
Mich., After Express Meets
Freight.
Wreck Occurred Late at Night
and Rescuers Were Ham
pered by Debris Which Im
prisoned Victims.
JACKSON", Mich., Jan. 25. Tho bodies
of four persons were rcmovod today
from the wtccIc of Michigan Central
passenger train No. 70, from Bay City
to Jackson, which met hoad-on with a
northbound extra freight train a few
miles north of Jackson last night.
Rescue workers are continuing to
search the debris for more bodies as
several persons arc missing.
A dozen passengers on the train
were seriously injured and several of
them, now in local hospitals, are be
lieved to be dying.
One victim died while a dozen men
tugged to lift wreckage from hla limbs.
The smoker of the passenger train
was telescoped by the baggago car
ahead-when No. 70, traveling at a high
rate of speed, crashed Into the freight
bound for Grand Rapids. The night
was exceedingly dark, but with the aid
of the fow lanterns available tho first
tearch chewed three dead bodies In tho
smoking car. None of its occupants
was able to escape after tho collision
and the screams of the survivors rent
the air within thirty seconds after tho
impact
List of Dead.
Tho known dead are:
CAL JOHNSON, engineer of passen
ger train.
S. W. COCHRAN, of Lansing. Mich.
THOMAS SCROOGIE Owosso. Mich.
L. V. BEC'C. Jackson. Mich.
The berlously injured include
Arthur Chane- Detroit, both legs
broken, badlv tut; may die.
Jefferson Davis. St Charles. Mich.,
scalp wound, internally Injured: may
die.
R. Champion, passenger fireman.
John Bush, freight engineer.
Mott Sherwood, Jackson, Michigan
Central master mechanic
P. A. Smith, Alma, Mich., -incon-scious;
may die.
Coroner Marks has ordered an in
quest to determine responsibility for
the wreck Information given out to
day from tho local offices of the Michi
gan Central said that the patscngcr
train had tho right of way.
BE M GOVERNOR
Wilson Expected to Put Civil
Force in Charge at Panama
Within Few Days.
It is expected that wifluri a lew days
President Wilson will Ibjuc an execu
tive order putting into operation the
permanent government of tho Canal
Zone, with Col. George w. Gocthals at
its head as the "first goernor."
The president told visitors this morn
ing that at no time has he considered
any one but Colonel Goetha s as gover
nor. He fcill is without offieial knowl
edge of tho offers made to Colonel
Goethals by Mayor Mitchell, of New
York, to head the police department of
that city.
Some of tho President's callers
brought to his attention the report that
Goethals would accept the governorship
of tho Zone for one year, and, at the
expiration of that time, apply for re
tirement to accept the New York offer.
The President was asked whether such
an arrangement would suit him, and
whether ho would grant tho request for
retirement. The President explained
that In tho absence of any official
knowledge of the New York offer, he
was not prepared to uisiuss mis. lie
did not suggest, however, that ho had
in anywny abandoned his Intention of
naming Goethals as governor.
Battle Practice Fleet
Arrives at Guantanamo
Five battleships and nineteen destroy
crt. coniiiri'in? tin biltle practh e fleet,
arriv.'d .it Cu'iiitanuino today, the
Hiiiullpo iiuaranUiie at that point,
whi'h delaitd the Meet at Ciilnbra for
several duys, huvlnff been raised.
I DARKNESS
G0ETHALSS00NT0
m FOR
UANCER'S VC K
Urges Conservation of Radium
Supply of United States Be
fore House Board.
ALARMED AT EXPORTS
OF METAL TO EUROPE
Says That Poor Man Should
Have Opportunity for Treat
ment With Element.
Two hundred thousand victims of the
"red plague" today found an ardent
champion in Secretary of the Interior
Lane.
He camo out flatly before the House
.Mines Commlttco for withdrawal of all
remaining radium lands, declaring tho
fight for this segregation Is so strongly
tinged with human Interest that it Is
really a "battlo for our mothers, our
fathers, our sisters and brothers to pro
tect them against tho ravages of can
cer." Poor Man's Curei
He backed this declaration with the
statement that radium ought not to be
merely millionaire's remedy, but a cure
J within the reach of tho poor man.
Further, ho announced that his policy
contemplates, "as a public duty," a big
fight to prevent radium monopolization.
"There can be no question that it is
our duty to obtain an much as possible
of the curativo agent," said Lane, "be
cause wo know that It is a euro for su
perficial cancer.
"I was alarmed in my Investigation
when I discovered that 75 per cent of
tho radium Is made in this country, and
wc have now only two grams here. I
found, too, that wc are sending this
radium across tho water and arc forced
to ouy it oacK. ino second danger nas
that there would be a monopoly of the
lands and radium.
"What must wo 6ay, when thousands
are dying every year. If we should And
there was a monopoly, and that wo
could not get It?
"It seemed to me that it is manl
: testly my duty to Inaugurate a move
ment to prevent this.
"It is not often that the human touch
comes into our work In Washington, so
It was with particular pleasure to
undertake this work.
'The word "withdrawal' has mt with
some oppos tlon," he said
Pneumonia Blocks Proof
Of Radium Cancer Cure
PHILADELPHLV, Jan. 36 Proof of
Uio efficiency of radium as a cure for
cancer was cruelly withheld hero today
just at tho moment of greatest hope,
when another disease resulted In tho
death of Erman Cook, a Panama Canal
engineer, the flrst in this city to under
go tho radium test.
While the doctors were exultant over
rcmarkablo cell changes caused by the
radium emanations, pneumonia set In
and proved too much for tho greatly
weakened patient
Dr. I. G. Shullcrohs, physician in
charge, said the Jll.OuO worth of the
precious mineral had already produced
wonderful results, and would almost
surely have led to complette recovery
from the. dread disease If other compli
cations had not set in
Suydam Gives $25,000
For Cancer Research
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Trustees of tbe
New York Homeopathic Medical Col
lege and Flower Hospital, announced
today that Lambert Suydam hnd do
nated $25,000 for research work In can
cer. With tho exception of the Crocker
bequest, this is the largest single
amount given by any one individual for
such work.
Dr. Royal S Copeland, dean of the
college, says the task of obtaining ma
terial and Instrumsnts for these inves
tigations will begin at once.
Dies of Cancer After
Treatment With Radium
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 26. Samuel
Laughlin, sixty-two, for more than a
quarter century connected with the Uu
reau of Charities here, died today. Ra
dium had been used for a cancerous
growth on his cheek.
He was a thirty-third degree Mason.
Municipal Judges to Be
Nominated This Week
ppointnients to fill tho four vacancies
on the bench of tho municipal court prob
ably will be recommended by Attorney
General McReynolds In the next day or
two. The Attorney General was at the
Supreme Court much of today, and
hnrilK will reach the Munieln.il Court
I appointments before tomorrow.
I Judge Terrell probably will be icap-
' nointed.
Hardware Head Must
Face Federal Trial
Dismissal of alleged faulty indictments
for alleged fraudulent use of the malls
by Hardaway Young, president of the
Southern Hardware Compnn. of Mo
bile. Ala., was reversed today lv the
Sunremo Court on the Government s ap
nea! Pennsylvania und MassarhiiM-ttt,
national banks won- sto khnldeis in
Young" corporation A trial or Young
wia ordered.
FACTORS IN SUFFRAGE ROW
tk,z ; $??
f- j-sy-1,-. ;w.i -. a -r- -t - , jim
Methods of bankers In financing the
Frisco railroad' . system and various
rliu.tt-oirJngs of the management of
that system, leading up to a" receiver
chip are severely condemned today in
a report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to the Senate.
The report 3ays
"The sale of securities to the invest
ing public through the bankers at a
time when every appearance indicated
the Insolvency of the Issuing company
Invites and warrants condemnation of
all who assisted or participated in the
sale."
speyer & Co., New York bankers,
come In for criticism. The commission
says Spcyer & Co. should have known
of the deplorable condition of the com
pany at the time when they bold about
$3,000,000. of 5 per cent securities at
78. This was in April and May, 1913.
Tho commission declare the troubles
of the road were financial, and not due
to operation. Jt enumerates among the
causes of the financial difficulties lead
ing to the receivership, dlsppiporlionate
capitalization, the acquirement uf new
lines, the financing or tho New Orleans,
Texas and Mexiro railroad, und other
South Tevas Hues, and the desire for a
Chicago terminal. which ompelled the
assumption of heav y fixed charges
The commission savs tho sale of se
curities at low price3 indlrates a deplor
able weakened credit or extravagant
arrangements with bankers. The report
shows the road paid premiums of J1.ISV,
000 In a ear on J3il52.OO0 gross return.
It was even found the road carried fixed
charges of tL'-SCVO) a par in interest
on monoy never received.
Astor May Spend His
Honeymoon on Yacht
NEW YORK. Jan. 2S. -Vincent Astor's
steam yacht, the Noma, Is undergoinlg
a thorough overhauling at the yards of
the Staten Island Shipbuilding Com
pany, at Port Richmond. Staten Island,
and, according to thus-e in charge of
tho work the Noma is to be finished
about the timo the young millionaire
Is to marry. It Is generally believed
that Mr. Astor Is having his yacht
fitted up so that he will be able to
spend his honeymoon upon it
New boilers are being Installed, the
engines are being overhauled, and when
tho Noma leaves the yards she will be
much speedier than before. She will
then be painted both Inside and outside
and her cabins luxuriantly refitted The
yacht will be sent to Manhattan early
In tho spring.
Tug Potomac to Help
Frozen-in Fishermen
American fishing vessels jammed in
tho ico in tho Hay of Islands. New
foundland, havo sent repeated urgent
calls for assistnaeo to the -Navy De
partment, and tho tug Potomac will
leave Now port. II. I . to go to their
assistance as soon as she takes coal on
board She sailed yesterday from Nor
folk Nhvv otllelals do not believe tho lives
of tho fishermen are in peril, the chief
danger bong the destruction of tho ves
sels in the ice if mean- are not pro
vided to tow them out to sea
Untermyer to Be First
Witness on Owen Bill
Samuel T'liternuyer will be the llrst
witness before the Senate Hanking and
Currency Committee on the stock ex
chango bill of Senator Owm. It was
announced today hearings would begin
February 4.
Edward P. Lyon, of the. Now York
ll.ink Note Conipanv. and iepresenta
tives of the grain exchanges of Chicuco
and Milwaukee, will io among those
hoard
It is generally helieved the whole
FiiMf t of cotton fiituies, short salei,
mil the 1H '!' become involved In
tho dUcuition.
pyflkP DEMAND I
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MRS. MEDILL McCORMICK. ! -i: a 4&S ZST jft
1.C.CSC0RESBANKS jfMfi ffT
WHICH AIDED FRISCO ffH Vif
Sale of Securities Warrants HM9H"X Wm&vlff
Condemnation, Says Report, fr . Wj Ja
Methods of bankers in financing tho WU'IPmttL' tBBttOfSM '
Frisco railroad' . system and various w&WfcE&Z&f&KKM lllilililiKi-ilililililH -
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MRS. RUSSELL M. MacLEKNAN. MRS. 0. H. P. BELM0IIT.
BEACHEYNOTTOFLY
LI
Smithsonian
. Ut Him
a Model.
Institution Will
Use Machine as
Lincoln Bcachey is not to fly the
original Langley aeroplane. A posi
tive statement to this effect was made
at tho Smithsonian Institution today,
when attention was called to dispatch
es from San Francisco to the effect
that Heachey had been given permis
sion to demonstrate the flying qualities
of this pioneer aeroplane.
Heachey askel permission to demon
strate the ilylng ciuilities of tho Lang-
ley machine, and was told that the I
original could not be used. Ho was ln-
formed further that there was no ob-1
Ject-on to the uso of the machine for a'
modtl. jo money was authorized by
tho Smithsonian to build a duplicate,
however.
Tho flying qualities of tho Langley
machine were demonstrated nearly ten
years ago at Wldcwater, Va., when
C M. Manley. Prof Lang.ey, assistant,
flew a quarter size model of the ori
ginal machine.
Derision heaped upon his head when
the first aeroplane ever built plunged
into the Potomac after a ninety-foot
f ight, is blamed for Prof. Langley's
death.
Tho original Langlev machine is now
at the Smithsonian. Tho engine, is ex
hibited in the technology division of
the New National Museum.
Senators Appeal for
Waller's Promotion
senators Swaiison and Martin of VIr- i
Hni. utini-uleri to President Wilson to-
..... ., --
dav for the appointment ot L.ieuu i oi
Littleton V. T. waller, as major gen
eral commanding the marine corps.
they left the White House the Senatom
d d not seem to have much hope that
Colonel Waller would be promoted.
It In understood that Secretary Daniels
N ini lined to favor Col. George Hurnett
for th' place, and that it light against
Colonel Waller is made on the ground
of i barges in connection with the Samar'
campaign
Secretary Bryan Pays
Visit to Mayor Mitchel
NEW YORK. Jan. 2x Secretary of
State, Hrvan paid a surpriso visit to
Mavor Mitchel todav. presumably re
garding the White House-New York
controvei-sv over Colonel Goethals.
Secret.irv llryan did not say that he
came to discourage the major's attempt
to obtain the services of the prospecive
governor of the Cniil Zone to head the
New York police dwuitmcnt, but that
ua tbe inference.
I GLEf AEROPLANE
Two Hundred Appear Before Public Utilities
Commission With Appeal That Effects
25,000 Railway Officials Say Exten
sion Will Mean Big Loss.
SUFFRAGE FORCE
Secession Movement Alleged to
Be Caused by Some Ul
terior Motives.
With the causa of woman suffrage
apparently split upon the rock of par
tisan politico, events are crowding one
another today In the suffrage ranks.
Each of the factions accuses the other
of "hidden motives' and each declares
Itself stanch for the "cause." There
is much Innuendo either way. and to
day the two factions are farther apart
than ever. This breach may be wid
ened it a meeting Wednesday when
those who seceded from the union with
their friends and supporters In the
movement will organize.
Reason for Secession.
Strong intimations from the Congres
sional Union today that interests other
than the cause of woman suffrage were
actuating at least some of those w-ho
are most active in opposing the union
In the campaign upon which it has cm
barked, followed close upon the meet
ing of the secessionists yesterday.
Those affiliated with the union hurl
ed the charge that personal interest
rather than concern for tho "cause"
actuates thoso withdrawing support
and membership from the union. This
followed tho statement yesterday of
Mrs. Russell M. MacLcnnan. an em
ploye of one of the departments, to
tho effect that one of the serious
dangers of belonging to the Congres
sional Union was the fact that women
doing so were In danger of violating
civil service rules as that oianlza
tlon was now an avowedly political
organization.
Allege Political Notices.
The motives of Mrs. Medlll MeCor
mlck. Mrs. Antoinette Funk and others
In attacking the so-called political
moves of the union are also questioned
and the belief expressed that there is
more of political maneuvering back of
tho attitude of tho Congressional com
mittee than exists in the announced
purpose of tho Congressional Union.
Mrs. McCormick. Mrs. Funk, and
their Immediate assistants are out
and out supporters of the progressive
party. It Is said, and In withholding
their support to a movement that
contemplates forcing the Democracy
Into the suffrage ranks, there are those
who believe they anticipate a g.vat
advantage for tho Progressives when
that party is prepared to formulate
Its next national platform.
As opposed to this Mrs. Jessie Hardy
Stubbs, of tho Congressional Union,
vCoaUauttl on Teath Face.)
CITIZENS
IMPH
CAR SERVIC
More than 200 residents of south-
east Washington appeared before tho
Public Utilities Commission today to
urge additional street railway facili
ties in the territory east of tho Ana
costia river, a project which was bit
terly opposed by officials of the
Washington Hallway and Electric
Company, on the ground that it
would be a heavily posing proposi
tion from the start.
Among the neighborhoods repre
sented were Anacostia, Bowne road,
Benning, East Washington Heights,
Garfield, Minnesota avenue. Handle
Highlands, Twining City, and Suit
land, Sid.
As the repreesntative of these sub
urbs andjtwenty citizens associations.
Robert P. Bradbury presented a peti
tion asking the commission to ort'etf
the .extension oC tho- existing lines of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company from Nichols avenue and
Good: Hope road, Anacostia. by way of
Good Hope road, to Good Hope, along'
Bowen road (now known as -ftt.iham;
avenue) to Sutliern avenue, alng South
ern avenue to Benning- road and thence
to Benning.
Mr. Bradbury, in his opening state
ment, said that after endeavoring for
years, to obtain from Congress authori
ty to build this line, the citizens ap
peared before the Public Utilities Com
mission with the request that it bo
ordered by the commission, and that If
the Washington Railway and Elec
tric Railway Company should refuse
to build the extension, that the line
be Installed by the District and rent
ed to some other railway company to
operate.
25,000 People Effected.
Such a railway, he said, would afford
rervlco to S.OCO residents of the south
eastern section ot the District and re
sult in the immediate development oi
that section. The. length of tho pro
posed road is five and a half mile. A
counter proposition to build a line front
Good Hope road and Nichols avenue In
Anacostia, along Good Hope road ta
Good Hope, thenco along Bowen roait
to the Suit road and along: the Suit
road to tho District line, a route cover
ing about two and a quarter miles, wn.i
offered by Dr. Charles M. Emmons
president of tho East Washington Clt.
zenr." Association.
Mr. Bradbury) said he would agree
this if it was the opinion of those Inter
ested that it could be obtained easier
Arguments for additional facilities wer
presented also by IL B. F.Macfarlan-'
counsel for the trustees of an estate i
Bowen road: P. O. Smith, represe.ttln
residents in Maryland, adjacent to It.
southeastern section of the Dlsxic, aai
the Rev. G. LeRoy White.
Company Opposes Change.
In opposing the petition, Clarence I'.
King, president of the Washington Rail-
fway and Electric Company, said th
cost of tno extension as proposed o
Mr Bradbury has been estimated b
engineers of the company at 1360.W0, if IS
involves the crossing of the steam rail
roal tracks, and J200.0CO. it another routu
is j-elected.
The returns from the investment, hi
said, would not be expected to be njoro
than enough to pay the salaries of tho
motormen and conductors.
At the conclusion of Mr. King's argu
ments, it was announced that another1
hanrlni- nrllt 1 conducted at which thtV
'railway company will bo asekd to pro
' duce figures showing me cost or con
struction and the estimated coal or ope
ration. Figures will be requested also
from tho citizens, showing the amount
of traffic that may be expected and th
number of residents the extension will
serve.
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
SENATE.
I Met at noon.
; Heports on Frisco railroad financing
j submitted by interstate Commerco
Commission,
j Education and Labor and Judlclar
( Committees meet.
aUDCOimuiuee conuui-ij ocuxiok va uia
trlct appropriation bilL Will strike
out provision to require property own
ers to pay for paving.
Senator Works speaks on patronage.
Lee and Glass Senatorial cases to DO
considered.
HOUSE.
Met at noon.
Kenyon "red light" bill oilled up ana
debated.
Radium hearings continued D7 Mlntj
Committee.
Interstate Commerce Committee held a
hearing on bill to limit working' hours
of trainmen.
Subcommittee of District Committee
began hearings on Crosser bill fo
municipal ownership ot District atreew
railways, T