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The Public Utilities Commission
today resumed investigati&ns into
the affairs of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company in rela
tion to the application of that com
pany for increased revenues. It be
gan sharp cross-examination of Wil
liam F. Ham, president cf the com
pany, as to facts and figures hereto
fore submitted by him indicating
that for the year 1919 the company
will fall far short of earning suf
ficient net revenues to meet its obli
gations. The company has estimated, from
its own books, that its net revenues
for this year should be increased by
$600,000 if it is to keep up proper
maintenance of its physical proper
ties and meet all obligations, includ
ing interest on bonded debt and on
?15,000.000 of stock capitalization.
Ask About Figures.
Colonel Kutz. chttrman at the com
mission, and Conrad Symc, its coun
sel, both made pertinent inquiries
concerning- the estimated income and
operating expenditures for the year,
accountants of the commission hav
ing' reached conclusions, from their
investigations, that the company has
set up figures that are more doleful
in appearance than they ought to be.
So the cross-examination this morn- i
Ing was largely for the purpose of
trying to ascertain what the gross
revenues of the company will be for
291S. as compared with 1918. and the
probable operating expenses, thereby
arriving at probable nt revenues.
XV. McK. Clayton, at the start of the
hearing, informed the commission that
not only did he appear as chairman
of the committee on public utilitivs of
the Federation of Citizens" Associa
tions but likewise represented W. B.
Westlake, Charle. W. Rav. and W. S.
Torbert, citizens of Washington, who
desired to be mad parties to the pro
ceeding t-o that if appeals from th de
cisions of the i ommisMon ai e desir-
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DOLT ON. III.. May 1.. Three
masked bandits, with drawn re
volvers, today robbed the First Na
tional Bank here of between $1.1.000
and $L'0.000
The robbers drove the cafniT and
his woman assistant into the vaults,
looted the oafh draueis and t--aped
5n an automobile
LATEST BRITISH FAD
LONDON". Mav LI The latet-t fad
among English societj women is to i
te pnotograpned in ueu. 1 he cus
tom is being imported from France
Buudoir calling" is expected to
follow the fashion of having one's
picture taken while in night dress,
teclinmg in bed.
RENT SUBURBAN
bfm'RBAX HOME 5 larcr room
and poreh. JI- 50. colored lenantc.
Apply 1021 7th nt N. W
Mr. Frank Ruppert,
1021 7th st. N. W., rout
ed his suburban home
through the above ad in
The Times.
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LADY; PHYLLIS KING.
Daughter of the Earl of Lovelace,
who. It is reported, may be wed
ded to the Prince of Wales. The
question of who the Prince of
Wales will select as his bride
is puzzling the British aristoc
racy. The war has narrowed the
choice of royal marriages and it
Is believed the heir to the British
throne will eelect a bride from
the British nobility.
Making Washington the headquar
ters of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of 131ks. with a magnificent
building costing $2,000,000, contain
ing a convention hall with a seating
capacity of 0,000. is the program of
Washington Lodge So. l."i. B I. O. K..
to be offered at the national conven
tion of the order at Atlantic City
in Jul This ambitious rnmrcilr-n
' has the sanrtion of the KIks' rccon-
strurtion commission, headed by Past
'Irand Exalted Ruler John A. Tener,
former governor of Pennsylvania.
Past Exalted Puler Joseph A Burk
art. of Washington lodge, is re
sponsible for the suggestion and wilT
bring it before the attention of the
entire organization at Atlantic City
He was given unanimous support of
the project by Waxhington Elks at
the big initiation meeting at the New
Willard last night.
Unified 91,000,000 Fund.
The Elks raised a fund of $1,000,000
for war purposes and were about to
raise another million when the arm
ihtict was signed. Not all this first
million was found necessary, and
about flOO.000 remains. It is not
thought feasible to apportion this
money among the 1.-100 lodges, and it
ts expected that it will bi the ker
nel of a fund designed to erect In
a?hlngton a magnificent building i
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COSTA RICA REB&S
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SAN SALVADOR. Mav 15 dvices
from Nicaragua ."ay that Costa Rican
revolutionary forces continue to ad
vance and arc defeating the troops
under President Tinoco. capturing
numerous prisoners and some war
material. A circular has been ad
dressed to the government of Central
America asking recognition of the
belligerency of the revolution
The Nicaraguan authorities have
arrested twenty-six persons who
wore attempting to join the revolu
tionary ranks. The Nicaraguan gov
ernment, the advices add, is neutral
in this political emergency of a
neighboring country.
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GALE AT SEA
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 15.
A mother and her four children and
an engineer were drowned when the
barge Nanticoke from Perth Amboy,
N. J., filled and sank in five minutes
in a northeast gale six miles off the
Isles of Shoals early today.
The dead:
Mrs. William Gray, of Perth Am
boy, N. J., wife of Captain Gray, of
the Nanticoke.
Four children of Captain and Mrs.
Gray, ranging in ages from five
months up to 8 years.
Engineer (name unknown), of the
Nanticoke.
Tries To Save Family.
The barge sank while Captain Gray
was making frantic efforts to fight his
way to the family sleeping quarters
under the pilot house. He was driven
back by the rising water.
Allan McDougall, of Perth Amboy.
a deck hand, had launched a small
boat. When the barge sank Captain
uray manageo to k w "c ,sra
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boat. He and McDougall drifted until
6 o'clock, when their boat was sighted
a mile off shore by the crew of the
Rye Beach life-saving station.
The life savers put out in a lifeboat
and brought the two survivors to the
station. Captain Gray was nearly In
sane with grief over the loss of his
family.
The Nanticoke was the sternmost of
the three barges, laden heavily with
coal and in tow of the tug Triton,
bound from Perth Amboy to Portland
and Rockland, Me.
SrrM IJont In Sinking.
The gale kicked up a rough sea. At
1 o'clock in the morning, while Cap
tain Gray and McDougall were on
deck, the captain noticed that the
Nanticoke was sinking rapidly by the
stern.
Yelling to McDougall to get the
small boat ovri, the captain dived for
the pilot hoiii-e and sleeping quarters
underneath, where his family and the
engineer were a.-lep.
Before lie could get to his family
the stern of the barge was sub
merged. The heavily laden eraft was
about to go iln. The mother, chil
dren, and the engineer were caught
in the fatal water trap.
The barqe. with its si victims,
sank so rapidlv that the small boat,
with the captain and McDougall was j
nearly carried down in the suction.
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The City of Mobile, a ba'kentm
of Port Arthur. Tx . loaded with gaj
olenr, practically was deitr"d wit.i
the probable los of three live.-, as th;
result of an explosion w'hile the ves
sel was in the harbor if Mon'evidi
Uruguaj. yebterday. the State Uc
partment was advised today.
De Witt Harp and U. HowarJ Thorn
son. Americans, and Carl Peaison. a
Spanish citizen, are reported mis--ing
and probablv dead '''hi men
signed wilh the ship at Jacks, nvillc,
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DUBLIN. May 10 -Frank P Walsh. (
representative of Irish societies "n
America, indicated before he left for
PariH that he and his colleague?. Ed
ward Dunne and Michael Ryan, will
seek to compel the peace conference
to receive Ireland's demand for recog
nition, it was learned today.
"We have no authority except to
ask that De Valera and his associates
be allowed to present their case," h
was quoted as .-aying, "If the demand
Is refused ve, ourselves, will go be
fore the conference and we have . o
authority to demand less than recognition."
THOUGHT DEAD
N X
OSION
NVOYS TO DEMAND
HEARNG
FOR IRISH
SAFE
German Delegates Oppose
Trial of Ex-Kaiser
PARIS, May 15. The German peace delegates will op
pose signing that article of the treaty providing for trial of the
former Kaiser,, it was learned this afternoon.
' Foreign Minister Brockdorff-Rantzau was understood to
have forwarded a note to the allies accepting German respon
sibility for the war to the extent of ogrecing that reparation
is necessary, but denying individual responsibility.
CHEAPER
EIGHT BEGUN
A fight for cheaper gas for private
consumers was begun today in the
District Supieme Court by William
Hollls and Sam Goodman, candy
I manufacturers, of Takoma Park, who
filed suit against the Public Utilities
Commission, the District Commission
er.8, and the Washington Gas Light
Companyto enjoin them from charg
ing private consumers of gas in ex
cess of the rate of 75 cents per thou
onnr? rnhin fntt nm. en'nt nhllhrl hv
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Congressional at of Marich 4, 1013.
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Plaintiffs represented by Attorney
Roscoo F. Walter, declared that the
action of the Public Utilities Commis
sion permitting an incerase in the gas
rates from 75 cents to 90 cents was
illegal, and they asked that the gas
company be required to return to
them the excess amount charged for
gas used by them.
BURNED BY IB
VICKSBURG, Miss.. May 15.
Lloyd Clay, a young negro, was
taken from the county jail here, late
last night by a mob of a thousand
men. marched to the center of the
city, hanged on a large elm tree,
and burned after his body had been
riddled with bullets and saturated
with oi!.
The mob easily overpowered
Sheriff Scott and twelve deputies
who attempted to frustrate the lynch
ing. Deputy Cockrill wan injured
internally with a crowbar which was
used to
batter down the jail doors.
Clav had been arrested earner in
J the dav charged with assaulting a
iv.hite girl The tree on which Clay
I was lynched wa. In front of the
home wh re the aiiegeu assauu oc
curred. L
SERVICE STARTS
CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 15 Daily'
aerial mail servica was inaugurate I
between Cleveland and Chicago todaj j
Carrying a large sack of fire-class j
,..ii oh -rcetimr.-, from Postmaster
Murphy" .of Cleveland to the postma.-.
, "ter ..f Chicago the big mail plan .
! piloted bv "Eddie" Gardner, forme
' urmv aviator, too!, the air at tli
I Woodland Mil field at O.:S0 a head
, mg !! Chicago
I At Brvan, Max Miller i-i waiting to
lake up'the flight in the e.cnt he i
j needed All aviator w scheduled
1.. depart f:om Clmago ! 'l-viland
' at the suine hui
NEW CASUALTY LIST
OF A. E. F. 289.701
Casualties in the A. E F to date
total 2SD.701. the War Department an
nounced today. Of these 34.145 were
killed in action, 14.H24 died of wounds,
23.276 died of disease, 4,602 died of
other causes, 4,744 were taken pris
oners, 3,937 missing In action, and
204,743 were wounded.
NEGRO ANGER AND
NW
ARIA
m
AT NEWFOUNDLAND
EACE UNJUST,
VERDICT
PARIS. May 15. The most bitter
indignation is expressed here over the
victory of the German and Austrian
agents at the international congress
of women at Zurich, where the
treaty terms were characterized as a'
"violation of the principle of justice
and a continuation of the rule of
force."
The resolution denouncing the
treaty was moved by Mrs. Philip
bnowden, wife of the well-known
English labor leader, and was sec
onded by Miss Jeanette Rankin, for
mer woman member of the American
Congress.
The peaco terms, as they stand, ac
cording to the women delegates, "are
entirely in the interests of the ene
mies of the central empires." They
declare that the conditions are not
worthy even of ordinary considera
tion. SAYS 2 3-4 PERCENT
BEER IS NOT LEGAL
An opinion to the effect that the
brewing of beer containing 24 per
cent alcohol is illegal has been given
by Attorney General Talmer to Inter
nal Revenue Commissioner Roper, but
officials explained that It would not
operate to stop the manufacture of
this beer pending a decision by the
federal district court of New York in
a case now under consideration.
The Internal Revenue Bureau asked
for an opinion as to the sale of reve
nue stamps for beer containing ono
half of 1 per cent of alcohol and more,
making of which the Internal reve
nue bureau has held to be prohibited.
The beer manufacturing siMiat'cn
is complicated by the fact that the
tevenue collecting aspect is distinct
from that of whether manufacture is
illegal under the food control measur?
and executive regulations. Internal
Revenue Commissioner Roper today
had the Attorney 'leneral's opinion
under consideration, but declined to
state officially what action he might
take under it.
FOSDIGKTO BE 0. S.
Ravmond Kosdu k head of
commission for training camp
tivities during the wur is to be
of the American officials on
the
the
council of the Leaguo of Nations
when it is organized, it was learned
officially here todav.
Just what post Fosdick will hold
is not known here, officials stated.
Kosdu k ix in Colorado Springs, Col,
vii-Iting. it was stated at his office
here He recently returned from
Paris.
PARIS, May 15. Ambassador Page,
returning to Rome, admitted today
that he had made no progress toward
a settlement of the Flume question.
He declared he would make public
the compromise plan he submitted to
the "Big Four."
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OFFICIAL OF LEAGUE
HUME QUESTION
STILL HANGS FIRE
LABORCLAUSE
0
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STAND, lie
ELS FOES
.CODLGXZ, May 14. (De
layed) General Pershlnjc. asked
what America vronld do In event
the Germans refused to sign the
peace treaty, replied she "would
play her part, whatever that
might be."
PARIS, May 15. The allies have
flatly refused to consider the Ger
man proposal for readjustment of
the labor section of the peace treaty,
it wa3 officially stated today. Three
of the seven communications submit
ted by enemy delegates thus have
been turned down. Answers to the
others have not been made public.
The German communication, sign
ed by Foreign Minister Brockdorff
Rantzau, said:
"With reference to articles fifty
five and fifty-six of the proposals for
the establishment of a League of Na
tions, submitted by us, we beg here
with to transmit the draft of an in
ternational agreement on labor law
prepared by. the German govern
ment Propose Own Program.
"The German government is of one
mind with the allied and associated
governments In holding that tho
greatest attention must be given to
labor questions. Domestic peace and
the advancement of mankind depend
vitally on the adjustment of this ques
tion. The demands for social justice
repeatedly raised in this respect by
the working classes of all nations are
only partly realized in section 13 of
tho draft of peace conditions of the
allied and associated governments on
the organization of labor. These
sublime demands for the most part
have been realized in Germany with
the assistance of the working classes,
as Is generally acknowledged, in an
explanatory manner. In order to
carry them into execution ev
erywhere in the interest of man
kind, the acceptance of the program
of the German delegation is at least
necessary.
Protest Blockade ,
A protest against the blockade of
the Central Empires was moved at
the congress of women today.
Frau Glucklich. of Hungary, de
clared that the blockade was respon
sible for Bolshevism in her country.
Thirty-two American delegates are
present, including Jane Addams, of
Chicago, Ida "Tarbell and JeanneuC
Rankin, the former member of th
American Congress.
England is represented by 23 dele
gates, including Mrs Philip Snowden
and Mrs. Despard.
Only one woman represents France.
There are three representatives
from Ireland, 27 from Germany and
four from Austria-Hungary.
Plead Starvation.
In moving the resolution opposing
the blockade some of the delegates
declared it was bringing starvation
to women and children.
Frau Heyman. of Germany, said
that German women protested against
the invasion of Belgium and the in
human deportations of civilians from
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BAItUE. VI. May I.". George Long.
of Montpelier. a teamster, and Mrs.
Belle Parker, a lodging house keeper,
w ere arrested today for questioning
m enrmeetion with the murder of
Mrs. Harry Broadwcll, whose nude
bouv was found in a garden here
nearly two weeks ago
The arrests v. ere made by Sheriff
Frank 11 Tracy.
RETREATING JUGO-SLAV
SACK TOWN IN AUSTRIA
MILAN'. May l. The retreating
Jugo-Slav troops that invaded Aus
tria sacked and destroyed the town
of Wlndlsch-Graetz, not even sparing
persons of their own nationality, ac
cording to advices received here today.
PA I
WO ARRESTED IN
KLLNG
WOMAN
WITH CROSS-OCEAN
H1RH0DAY
American dirigible balloon C-5
reached St. Johns, Newfoundland,
at O.:40 n. m. (New York time),
completing n flight of M.0S5
miles from Montauk, I. I., al
most the distance from New
foundland to the Azores, without
stopping. Sbe nay attempt to
cross the Atlantic.
American seaplane NC-4 hop
ped off from Halifax at 0i05 (New
York time), for Trepassey, 3few
foundland, alighted on water tor,
repairs, then resumed, flight.
Crews of the XC-1 and NC-3
spent the day tuning up their
planes at Trepassey.
British aviators at St. Johns
decided, not to attempt a start
across the Atlantic because of
rain and fog.
COMPROMISE
S SOUGHT IN
SENATE ROW
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Further efforts were being made
today by Senate "regular" Republic
ans to compromise with' progressives
the fight on . Senators Penrose and
Warren as chairmen of the Finance
and Appropriations Committees.
These efforts were directed at
reaching individual progressives
through various means, and thus deci
mating the progressive voting
strength in final test. Regulars today
claimed that of the eight progressives
who have attended conferences in
Senator Borah's office, five will vote
for Penrose.
The fight on Warren, regulars ad
mitted, has more chance of succeed-'
ing than that on Penrose.
Won't Yield on Penrose.
As to Penrose, the regulars declare
they will not yield. Senator Smoot.
however, is much more generally
favored among Republicans of both
factions for chairman of the Appro
priation Committee, because he is re
garded as -more likely to carry out
the Republican economy program
than Warren.
Progressives will hold another con
ference following the naming of the
Committee on Committees, which will
draw up the committee lists. Senator
Lodge said today he does not know
when he will name this committee.
To Demand Caucus.
Senator Borah will demand that
the caucus called to consider the re
port of this committee be public. He
and other progressives will not at
tend unless the caucus is open, and
then only with the understanding that
they are not to be bound by its ac
tton, Borah said.
NEW YORK. May 15.-Eight leaders
of the Russellite Cult escaped long
prison terms for alleged disloyalty
during the war when the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals todav
reversed the decision of the United
States District Court in Brooklyn, in
which the men were found guilty of
conspiracy to violate the espionage
law
Judge Henry D. Ward, in announc
ing the reversal, stated th-.t the de
fendants did not have the temperate
and impartial trial to which they were
entitled.
The case attracted nationwide in
terest both because of the prominence
of Pastor Russell's sect as" well a.,
because the cases resembled many
other espionage law violations. Seven
of tho men had been sentenced to
serve twenty years and the other one
to serve ten years.
BISHOP GREER RECOVERING
FROM OPERATION IN N. Y.
NEW YORK. May 15 Bishop Da
vid H Greer, of the Episcopal Diocese
of New York, operated on at a hos
pital Monday for Intestinal trouble,
was icported by his physicians today
to be rapidly improving
TAKE BEIX-ANB BEFOBK MKAU Mad
ee how fine cood dtceitlon makes you imI.
Advt.
RUSSELLITES FREE
FROM JAIL TERMS
BIG IP OFF
iTliEiSEY
S DELAYED BY
BADWEATHER:
Unsettled breather threatens
to delay the navy flight to the
Azores. .
Reports reaching the Navy
to
Department today said clouds
and ram squalls onrtha eastent
part of the course, asd poor
visibility rendered conditions
"quite unsatisfactory.?
This information was .compiled
by the Weather Bureau from
data sent by radio from de
stroyers stationed along the
route. .Radio transmissions from
Newfoundland were Tery unsat
isfactory and practically no re
ports were being received from
that, region-.
A report to thenayy from Ad
miral Towers, in conraand of the
flying fleet, sent before the .lat
est weather forecast had been
received, declared that the ma
chines were tuned- to" perfection'
and that it might be "advisable"
to start from Trepassey for the
Azores at sundown tonight.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May o
While flying from Halifax to New-!
foundland today ttfe seaplane NC-4.
alighted on the water, made neces-
sary repairs, and again took the air
and continued her flight toward!
Trepassey Bay.
Aviation experts here regarded,
this feat as of the highest impor-;
tance, as it demonstrated the fact
that the NC planes daring their
trans-Atlantic trip will be al)le. ifj
necessary, to descend, make repairs,,
and resume their voyage" without as
sistance. Thirty Miles Out.
Various unconfirmed, reports were
circulated here early today that the,
N'C-4 had .returned to this harbor.,
The spot where the seaplane alighted
for repairs Is about thirty miles
from Halifax, near the coast.
The plane, after having made a,
good start from this port, was seen.
to circle downward. She was up
again and well on her way to New
foundland at 12:47 p. m. .
BIG U. S. NAVY DIRIGIBLE j
ARRIVES AT ST. JOHNS
Of CROSS-OCEAN FLIGHT;
ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland.
Mayi
15. The American dirigible C-5-reached
St. Johns, safely today at lO
a. m. ("Washington time), and Is nowj
moving toward the field reserved tow.
her at Quidl Vido, near here.
The "Blimp" was first sighted this1,
morning as she passed over that
Island of St. Pierre, fifteen miles,
south of the Newfoundland coast, het
gray body scarcely distinguishable iw
the morning mists. She was proceed-!
ing at about sixty miles an hour, and'
ilfteen minutes later passed over tho
mainland.
The balloon reduced her- speed ttf
such an extent during the flight that
-.he required twenty-five hours and
forty minutes to make the 1,065 mifo
flight from Montauk Point, L. I. Her!
average speed was only about forty
nautical miles an hour.
Rain and Foe.
Light rain began falling shortly
after the "Blimp" reached the shore ofi
Newfoundland at 4:15 a. m., a fog- be
gan mantling the country and con-
trary winds set in. The dirigible
poked her way through the mists and'
climbed higher.
At 9:40 local time, the C-5 vraa
sighted passing Whltbourne. fifty
miles from St. Johns. She was barely
visible because of the fog.
The cruiser Chicago got In touch,
with the "Blimp" a anout this time.
It was at 'first feared that the,
dirigible, wardering about above the
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