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FINAL
I EDITION
number 11*02. Washington, Tuesday evening. January ?. i#20. iom? m imfricwl price two cents.
Soviet Ark May Have to Return With Its Cargo of Reds, Caminetti Admits
Today
1* Destroy Unions.
An tnduitrial Samurai.
Nunc, Htm and Eggi.
By AKTHm BBIBBAftB.'
? . (Cvrynakt. IMC)
You know what anarchy ana
Um Mt*d" procranunc generally
wnM do to oapttal, if opportunity
off arid. Y? know ulso by reewt
revelations from tha Attorney
General * office that one plan Of
tko "red" gentlemen ?u "com
Cate destruction of organised la- i
Man who do not believe In prop
erty or In government object to
organised labor. They know that
It wpr.jf enta a strong part of gov
?nuMnt, i nd a foundation upon
which Intelligent capital can build
?securely.
Borne that represent capital and
tor years past have been trying
to dee troy organised labor and
break up tha union* may do a lit
tle useful thinking, when they find
that they have been co-operating
with th? plan of professional an
arch lata.
Properly managed, honestfv con
ducted, organisation* of capital or
labor benefit the country.
Instead of working as they have
done to destroy labor uniona, it is
surprising and fortunate that
capital haa not sought to build up
n great industrial ''8amural."
While the Japaneee were atill
Oriental savages, using hideous
nuuks and torn-. ..d against their
enemies, the noble Dalmio class,
uoresponding to our plutocratic
gentlemen, knew enough to keep
between themselves and the peo
ple a layer of defendera. Those
were the Samurai, who led highly
Ihonorable Uvea, wore two swords,
and ware ready to cut off the head
of any little fellow who failed to
bang that head on the ground at
the approach of Any Dalmio whose
claas waa established by an annual
income of "tep thousand koku of
rice." The Trust makers' short
cut to happlaeaa, and the best pos
sible shock absorber upon which
thair big fortune might ride, would
be an American industrial Samu
rai, made up of three or four mill
ion organised workmen, paid five
to ten dollars a day and up, not
"two aword men" but "TWO FIST
?D" men ready to fight for a good
job.
fortunately for the people, for
tunately also for union labor,
which should work constantly to
bring up the average, American
plutocracy is leaa intelligent in
1*26 than was the Japanese no
bility two hundred yeara ago.
We know that electric lights in
the ehlokaa ooop mean more eg*s
In winter. Artificial light means
a longer day, the hen eata more,
has more vitality, lays more. This
fict ia demonstrated, no specula
tion about It
The lateat thing attempted with
hens ia music added to the electi'ic
light in the coop. It is declared
that a phonograph kept running in
definitely ia a sure cure for i in
lethargy, keeps the hens alert, ac
tive Inside and out and adds to the
egg production.
PRESIDENT HAS POWER
TO ISSUE LEAGUE CALL
Would Act as an Individual, Net
a U. 8. Official, Polk
Declares.
President WlUon ha* authority to
call the first meeting of the League
?( Nation*. Irrespective of whether
th? United State* ha* ratified the
p**ce treaty. Under Secretary of State
Polk stated today. He declared that
he had been present at a meeting of
the le^^;* In the peacc conference
Hri been decided that the cov
.(PH^^G^he league of Nations gave
tthe President the nuthorlty to call the
meeting a* an Individual and not a*
an official of the United States.
DATO DENIES CHARGES
OF ADMIRAL DECKER
MADRIP, Jan. Former Premier
Dato today characterised a* absolute
ly fanciful the statement of Rear
Admiral Decker, of the United State*
navy, that he had Insured Spanish
neutrality In 1#18, and also had In
duced Spain to take steps against
the activity of German submarines.
Rear Admiral Pecker, in explaining
his refusal to aceept a naval decora
lion, claimed that as naval attache
in Madrid be hah been Instrumental
In keeping Spain from entering the
war as a German ally. ?'
1 ?
I
Keeping Up With
The Time*
A FACT A DAY
All those who are de
termined to make 1920 a
bigger business year than
1919 stand op!
A lot , of' them, aren't
there?
That's aot surprising
news, for the volume of ad
vertising printed in the
Washington papers ?? The
Times emphatically includ
ed?in these first few days
of the new year is far
ahead of last year's figures.
And that indicates and
support* W.' and active
Among Ringleaders in Propa
ganda for 8prt|ding Unrest
In Allied Countries.
SEEK TO GRAB COMMERCE
Teutons Hope Chaos Will Give
Them Chanoe to Regain
Trade Supremaoy.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
L If. S. Staff Correspondent
Germans, if not Germany, are
among the ringleaders of the "Red"
movement In the United Statea and
allied countries. Proof of this ia In
the hands of Department of Justice
officials here
in France, during the July labor
troubles, the charge was openly
made that German money was to a :
large extent responsible The idea, it {
was said, was to bring about a revolu
tion if possible and, falling that, to
cripple Franpe industrially, so as to j
allow Germany to get the lead in
business following the war.
Germans Are Lenders.
The question In many mlnda here
Is; Just how widespread are these i
machinations and to what extent are
German Influenzas encouraging revo- I
lutions in allied lands with the same
Idea in mind?
The moving spirits in the Commun
ist International held ia Moscow,
Russia, last March, wcro a Prussian
and a German. Lenin and Trotsky,
many officials here are convinced,
were merely their catspaw.
Fritz Platten. nown as the supsr- i
Bolshevik, and the same time one
of General Lud< <)orff's most trusted
agents, was the Jru*elan In the case.
And a more U nceroua conspirator,
Secret Service i >n declare, is not to
be found anywutrs.
The German was none other than
Dr. Albert, the Kaiser's paymaster in
the United States during the days
when strikes, a^ more serious trou
ble still, Were laid at the door of
German "propagandists."
Whllfe Dr. Albert's name doss not
appear among the signers of the
manifesto adopted by the Communist
I International in Moscow and forward
ed to all /allied countries and their
; colonies by tho Bolshevists, it Is
known that he was present and fur
thermore, that he brought with him
from Germany the written tenets of
the Spartaclsts of that country and
secured their adoption as part of the
Communist's manifesto.
The name of Fritz Platten is little
known to the world, yet officials hero
insist he is the ablest Bolshevist of
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MAN, 80, SPURNS RESCUE
TO DIE IN BURNING HOME
Tired of Life, He Elects to Perish in
I Dwelling Where He Spent
His Life. v
READING, Pa., Jaa. 6.?Deep at
tachment to the house that had be*n
his home for 'his long life of -llthty
years and an unshakable belief that
he had lived long enough, c^usod
William Kennedy to refuse to be re
moved from the dwelling when It
caught Are this morning. He re-tilt
ed all sfforts of h<s granddaughters,
Edna and Anna Bell, aged nineteen
and twenty-two. to osrry him out, and
perished In tho flames.
The flrs. It Is believed, stir'ed
through an overheated stove, and was
discovered by the two gir's after It
had made considerable headway. Th^
house was somewhat Isolated, and <t
was Imposslbls. at the rate the lira
was spreading, to notify the neigh
bors In time to savs It.
The first object of tho girls was
to remove their aged grandfather
from his bed on the second floor of
tho homo, from whloh he had not
arisen for the day. Despite persist
ent attempts to save him, ho strug
gled to remain in the burning home
until they had te flee for their liven
when the smoke and flames reached
the second story.
SPANISH EMPLOYERS'
CHIEF IS WOUNDED
Group of Union Workmen Attempt
to Asaassinatr President
Ganpera.
BARCELONA. Spain, Jan. 7.?Presi
dent Ganpera, of the Kmployrrs'
Federation, was seriously wounded
here today when a group of union
workmen attempted to assassinate
him Throe other* were ?tr?rt by
oullata.
I
CARGO OF REDS
MAY RETURN
The Soviet "Ark" Buford, carry
In g 240 Kuiilan radicals to an I
unnamed Kuropean port, may have
to bring It* cargo of unde
sirable* back to this country. It
was stated at the Department of
l^abor today.
"When the Buford left we were
not certain that It would ever be
able to land," said (Solicitor J. W.
Aberr rumble, legal adviser to the
Bureau of Immigration. "Before
any more are deported we will
wait to hear of Its fate. Jt Is a
possibility that the Buford may
have 4o come back with iu pas
senger*.
"The Buford tvai an experiment
We don't know what tha outcome
will be."
According to latest information,
the Buford today was somewhere
beyond the Azores, "destination
unknown." it was rumored the
Buford will attempt to land at
Danalg. 1'oland, and send tha
"reds" Into Russia from that port.
But whether the Polish govern
ment will consent to such an ar
rangement Is not certain. The
Poles might oppoae It. becauae
there is still a radical element In
Poland which would seise upon
the situation to start demonstra
tions. The same situation, <11 Is
pointed out, exists In almost every
country In which the Buford might I
try to land Ita cargo of Bnlshevlki.
Commissioner C'amtnetti an
nounced that no deportations
would be inado until It had been
learned what success the Buford.
the first "soviet ark," had met
with.
GOVERNMENTCLERK
TAKEN IN RED DRIVE
Justice Agents Hold Statis
tician of Federal Trade
Commission.
CHICAGO. Jan. C? Rafael Mallon
former minister of tlie gospel, and
now in Government service as statis
tician for the Federal Trade Commis
sion. is today In custody of Depart
ment of Justice agents in connection
with tha?Jlrlve against the "Reds."
Mallen was secretly taken 'tito
custody at his home late last night.
The Government's agents maintained
the greatest secrecy concerning his
arrest. Mallen recently returned fro*r.
Mexico, where his father is said to
be now serving the Carranzlsta rfov
krnmrnt In a diplomatic capacity.
The charges upon which his arnt*t
was made were not made public.
Senator James E. Watson of In
diana charged In a speech before the
United 8tates Senate, on November 20.
that the Chicago ofrice of the Fed
eral Trad* /Coromlaslon was "packed
with radical*."
I
Declare* Alleged Confession in
Stayinos of Three Educa
tors Was Coeroed.
ALSO REPUDIATES FORGERY
Student ?how? Little Emotion
As He Tells Story of
Police Cruelty.
Repudiating admissions of com
plicity in the slaying of the three
i members of the Chinese Educational
Mission last Januarr, and declaring
he was skk In Ms room at the
Harris Hotel at the time the educa
tors were slain, Ziang Bung Wan,
Chinese student on trial for his life
before Justice Oould and a Jury in
Criminal Division No. 1, District Su
preme Court, took the stand in his
own defense this morning.
Only SUght Kmotion
Manifesting but sli'.at emotion,
other than the frequent ewsying of
hlB slender body as he sat In tye wlt
n-HH chair and thd intertwlnlna of
his finger*. Wan protested his Inno
cence, declaring the admissions of
cullt ware wrung from him by the
police by deprivations, constant gruel
in* examinations and reactment of
the ortme la his room aad at the
' houee of mystery" by detectives.
That' Wan won If V take the stand
and protest bis Innocence was not a
?urprlse. Neither was It a surprise
| that lie repudiated the confesslo* the
police claim to have obtained from
him. In which He admitted he had
shot nnd killed ften Ren Wu, one of
, the Chinese educators, after the |*t
' ter had slain Or. Theodora T. Won it
and C. H. Hsle, the other two.
Oeales He r?m? Check.
Vot only did Wan repudiate the a8
mission he is alleged to have ssade
that he killed Wu, but the statement
that he forged Dr. Wong's name to
the 15.000 check which Ms brother,
Tsong Ing Van. took tv he Itiggs
National Hank and attempt ^ to have
cashed. Wan testified that .10 had no
knowledge of the check transaction
until the day after his brothsr had
taken It to the bank.
In hla alleged confession to the po
lice, Wan detailed how he shot Wu
twice, after the two had arranged
to forge the check and obtain the
$5,000. But today Wan declared this
admission was obtained by the po
lice through coercion?that he was
sick and worn out-t-a physical wreck
from the night and day examination
by the police?and signed the state
ment of guilt to "get rid of 'he de
tectives."
Although denying that he was In the
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Problems of Washington
The Public Schools:
Need of Reorganization
Superintendent of School* Says Well Organ
ized Business Department Is a Pressing Need, i
But Primary Consideration Is Efficient Teach
ing Staff?Warns Against Hasty Innovations
In Reorganization.
\
By KRHEST L. THUR8T0K.
Snprrlnteafeat of Public Schools
The n^iin work of the public schools is to teach the
children of a community, to give to all a fundamental
education. All departments of the school system should
co-operate to this end. Efficiency in all other departments
means increased educational efficiency.
Of theso special departments, one of the most vital
is that of business. The school system is a tremendous
business organization. Our material plant?land, build
ings, and movable property?is undoubtedly worth $12,
000,000. There are in use over 200 structures, permanent,
portable, rented.
The business relating to all of thom must be prop
erly conductod and definitely brought under proper cen
tral control. Supplies must be ordered, distributed, and
acoounted for.
The different kinds of articles used in a school system
run literally into the thousand*. The volume of acoonnt
PRESIDENT WILSON
APPOINTS DX
RENT BOARD
President Wilson this ????
noon ferwardcd to the Senate
the mmn of the new District
Rent Commiaaion. They are:
Jamea F. Oyater,
A. Leftwich Sinclair,
Guy Maean.
Captain Oyater Is preaidrat
of the Washington Board of
Trade and has boon prominent
in District affair* for many
yedk
A. Leftwich Sinclair ia s
lawyer and haa served aa presi
dent of the Chamber of Com
merce and s director of the
Board of Trade.
Gay Mason is a former news
paper man, now practietag law
in the Diatrict.
The appointments were made
from a list of 6*0 applicant*
The poaitiona are good for two
years and the aalary 95,900
As soon aa eoolrmcd the
now commission will begin
caaaideration .of haadrads of
disputed cases awaiting adjudi
cation.
JENKINS' REQUEST
REFUSED BY COURT
I
Mexican Justice Declines to
Nullify Bail Bond and Re
turn Him to Jail.
MEXICO CITT. Jan. The crimi
nal court at Puebl* today denied the
petition of W. O. Jenkins that his
bond be nullified and that he be re
turned to the penitentiary.
In handing down hla decision the
judge explained that, according to
Mexican law, an order craning lib
erty on ball cannot bo recalled.
William O. Jenkins. American con
aular agent at Puebla, haa been at
liberty on ball following hla arrest
on chsraes of collusion with bandita
who kidnaped him and held him for
ranaom.
Jenklna aald when his releaaa waa
effected that It waa without his {
knowledge and against hla wishes.
He Immediately atarted action to be
remanded to the penitentiary, declar
ing hla releaae on ball would ao alow
up action on the caaa the chargea
agalnat him might never be dismlss
ed.
HOUSE MAY USE TRICK
TO KEEP BERGER OUT
plan Is to Seat Htm sad Then Un
sest Him?Procedure Would
Bar Him for
. An entirely new line of attack on
Victor Berger, the Socialist, may be
started If Berger appears today and
olalma Ms seat In the House.
Barger'a credentials were not ac
cepted last spring, when he sought
to take hla seat. He waa finally de
nied recognition by the House.
Plana hare been made to prevent
his being aeated at this time, but
there are members who have come
forward with another plan which may
bar Berger from returning during the
preaent Congress.
The plan Id to aaat hlpi and then
, unseat him.
! If Berger la denied hla seat, ha may
i return to hla diatrict and again make
the race for a aeat In the Houae. If
he la aeated and then unseated. he
will be Ineligible under an old law.
during the remainder of the preaent
aeaalon.
Thle plan Is gaining In popularity,
and It will no doubt have* Its sup
porters when Berger puts In hla ap
pearance again.
Berger Is ahroudlng his movements
In mystery.
504 SACKS OF HAH
FOR MANILA DESTROYED
All mall for Manila that wu on the
tranaport QrvCt Northern, about 004
saeka, had been destroyed by wat?r
entering from the chain-lackers, the
War Department waa advised today
The mall Involved waa that received
la San Francisco from November 20
to November N.
LORD CUNLIFFE DIES.
IiONDON, Jaa. a?l^>rd Cunllge,
ona of the foremoet bank era In Eag
Friends of District Rally to
Support Half-and-Half
Plan Retention.
CLAIM D. C. TAX NOW FAIR
Williams of Illinois to Lead
Fight to HokJ Act
of 1878.
Friend* of the District of Colum
bia in the House are clearing the
deck tor action today and a deter
mined fight for retention of the half
and-half fiscal relation between the
District and Federal government* is
looked for.
Right on the heels of the commit
tee report favoring abolition of the
?o-oalled half-and-half plan, a mi
nority report will be filed today,
signed by probably one-half of the
members of the House District Com
mittee.
WilHaais to Lead Fight.
Congressman Thomas 8. Wllliama
of Illinois, who prepared the minority
report, will lead the fight for con
tinuance of,the present plan. He w II
be supported by nine Republican
members of tbe District Committee.
The majority views will be defend
ed by Chairman Carl &. Mapea. of the
District Committee, and his support
will come mainly from (Democratic
.members. .
' Among the signers of tbe mlnor'ty1
report that will be filed today are:
Congressmen Thomas 8. Williams ef
Illinois, Frederick N. Zlhlman of
Maryland. Stuart Reed of West Vir
ginia. Norman J. Gould of New York.
Frank Murphy of Ohio. Bon K. Fooht
of Pennsylvania and E. D. Hays ?(
Georgia.
Other ??W?ii'?
Other members of the House Dis
trict Committee who will support the
views of the minority are Congress
men Loren R. Wheeler of Illlno a,
Burd'ck of Rhode Island, and Over
stren. or Georgia.
Tne minority beHeves that It fully
answers the charge by advocates of
the Mapes bill, repealing the half-and
half plan that District of ColuinMa
i property is underassessed and that
the noed for continuance of the half
and-half no longer exists.
The minority report seU fort*
among other things that:
"It Is our conclusion that the peo
ple of the District are row taxed
fairly and reasonably. This la espe
cially tha case as to real and per
sonal property other than tntai.gl
bles. The rate of three-tenthe of oae
per cent on Intangible property la
lower than similar property Is aa
sessed in many of the States.
?"The amount of revenue derived
from Diatrlot taxation, doubled .by
the addition of a like amount from
the Federal Treasury. Is not more
than the Leeds of the District re
quire. Many very necessary Improve
ments are now being delayed. All
available revenue under the existing
arrangement will not more than meet
the presalng needs of the District for
years to come.
"Justice and equity to the cltlsens
of the District, who, of all American
cltlsens. have absolutely t.o voice In
their local government, and the best
Interests ef the Capital City will be
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ALEXANDER T HENSEY
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
End Came Suddenly?Member ef a
Prominent Washington Real
Estate Concern.
Alexander Thomas Heneey, of the
real estate firm of Swartsell. Rheem
St Hensey Company. 727 Fifteenth
street northwest, died suddenly ye?
terday at Pasadena. Cal.. according to
reports reaching this city today. Xr
Hensey was fifty-eight years old, and
when In Washington he resided In
the Dresden apartments.
Mr. Hensey was born In Washing
ton. Many years ago he conducted the
Bunday Herald, a weekly newspapei
He was also flnanolal clerk In the
'city poetofflce for meny years.
Thirty years ago he enieied th^
real estate business. He left here In
November for California where he ex
parted to spend the winter. He Is sur
vived by a wife, and a son, Clarence
A. Hensey, of thlayclty. The bodv
will be sent here.
CASTLE TOWN AGROU ND.
UONDON. Jan. The American
steamship Castle Town. fro? Boston,
was i spoiled aground January S
near Sslonioe.
f SBLL-Akl I
300 SERVICE MEN
FACE DISCHARGE
BY WAR RISK
Upward of three hundred ex
service man who entered the
Govern mtnt service after their
discharge will be dismissed from
the War Risk Insurance Bureau
within the next two weeks.
Many of them would be given
preference over girl clerks In the
bureau If the Civil Service Com
mission had been prompt lu cer
tifying their examination papers,
it was said this morning.
Col. M. R. Wainer In oharge
of the personnel division at the
bureau said that every effort was
being made to place these men,
but that the regulations of the
Civil Service Commission com
pelled the bureau to five pref
erence to regularly certified
clerks. Included in the ex-serv
vlce men who are being dis
charged are a number who have
been serving aa supervisors at
the bureau.
They took the civil service exam
ination in seine instance aa long
aa six mooths ago but the cvtu
mission has failed to paaa upon
their papers and establish them
as permanent employes.
SENATE TO PROBE"
DANIELS' AWARDS
Naval Affaire Committee totes
10 to 1 for Investigation of
\ Unfairness Charges.
The Senate Naval Affairs Commit
tee today ordered appointment of
subcommittee to Investigate awards
of war medals to naval officers for
war service.
The committee Is directed to go Into
the criticisms of unfairness made
against Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels by Admiral 8iras and other high
naval officials.
The committee voted 10 to 1 for
this Investigation following lengthy
arguments. Senator Walsh of Mon
tana, Democrat, cast the only vote
sgalnat the Investigation. Senator
.Kin* of Utah. Democrat, proposed ap
peintment of a committee to deter
mine whether an Investigation should
be made, but Senator Liodge of Mas
sachusetts, Republican declared criti
cisms coming from such high naval
officers as Sims warranted the Sen
ate In beginning an inquiry at once.
Chairman Page annouacsd he will
appoint the subcommittee within t
few days. It will consist of five
members and Is authorised to sit
jointly with ths House Committee
during the investigation.
SENATOR WOULD PUT CAR
LINES OUT OF BUSINESS
A threat to put Washington street
car companlss out of business unless
more efficient serviee Is given the
public was msde In the Senate today
by Senator Dial of South Carolina,
member of the District Committee.
Senator Dial declared that If the
street oar companies cannot run
enough cars to meet the needs of the
people, it Is time that the Senate Dis
trict Committee should be directed to
look Into the matter.
If their financial status Is such
that It is Impossible to give better
ssrvice. Senator Dial declared, the
companies should be put into the
hsnds of a receiver or put out of
business.
"It Is a very serious mstter," said
Senator Dial, "when a Penator csnnot
even get to his engagements on time."
"iiihibii imwi ?'mmsm
I \\ ho Is The Girl? J
Two years ago in en English {j|
hospital in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
a young American girl spoke
a word of courage and cheer
to a dying American soldier.
Her smile gave him the cour
age to live. La it Saturday
afternoon he went to the Be. |
I a see Theater. He thinks he
saw the same firl.
Was It THE girt?
If not, who was she/
Either way, will ahe ton to
the bach pace of this pa per
and read (he eeldirr's letter 10
Beatrice Fairfax?
TRANSFERSTO
COST 2 CENTS
Car Company Asks Boosted
Rates Become Effective
at Once.
SERVICE/ALREADY IMPROVED
Additional Revenue Will Save
Public Discomfort, Says
President Ham.
A straight seven-cent fare, and a
two-cent charge for all transfer*,
are asked in a petition filed today
with the Public Utilities Commlufbb
by the Washiagton Railway and Elec
tric Company. It Is also requested
that the company be allowed to sell
metal tokens for car fare, At* for
thirty-live cents.
The present rates are unqnet- ~
tlonabiy Inadequate, t unreasonable
and confiscatory," declares William
F. Ham, president of the company, to
the petition
Return Inadequate.
President Ham aucrtj the company
la only earning 3.2S per cent retura
on the valuation of the property,
while the Utilities Commission has
stated time and aaaln that a per een|
is a fair earning.
The railway company ia unable to
continue with the present fare, says
the petition, and adds "at no tlwe
during the past alxteen months has
the public paid the cost of the
service."
The Commission is asked to oen
sider the petition Immediately, aad
grant the increased fare at the earl
elst possible -nomtnt.
President Ham ask'a the Commls?
alon to urae Congresa to repeal the
law which compala the railway com
panlea to pay the aalaries of trafSa
policemen atatloned at auch Inter
section* where atreet cara paea. Ha
??ye thla taxation coata the company
$00,000 a year, and declares it is an
unfair burden;
Weald Spare Pafclle.
In discussing the propoeod fare In
crease with a representative of Tho
Times today, Mr Ham pointed par
tclularly to that part of the com
pany'a petition dealing with tha re
routing street ear plan recently an
nounced by the Utllltlea Commission.
"We do not want the public to
think we are putting anything over
by aaklna for a 2-cent charge for
transfers," ssld Mr. Ham. "The re
routing plan will make It necessary
for probably several thousand more
peraona fo transfer who have hereto
fore foupd It unneceasary. Realising
that the rerouting will mean extra
transfer*, we have aaked the Commis
sion to make exceptlona In the charg.
Ing of a cents for transfers. We
want the commission to grant free
transfers at several points, ao that
the reroutfng plan will not be an
extra financial burden upon the pub*
Re?ar*> Ia Shert niUSS.
The petition statea the Utilities
Commission eatlmated that <800.000
was a fair amount of return for th?
company to roceive yearly. Prealdenl
Ham statea that under the preaeaf
rate the company will reoelve a re
turn of which ia ?3?n,?08le?.
than the Commlaalon'a estimate. The
increased fare aaked would enable
the company tfc earn the *800.000
Prealdent Ham believes.
Since the pr< sent rate became ef
fective. November 1, laat, there ha*
been a decrease In pasaenger trat.
flc of 6 s per cent; a decrease In 2?
cent Inter-company tranafere of 2$
per cent, and an Increaae in free
intra-company transfere of 41 peg
cent. The petition aaya the commia*
alon eatimated tbat under the great
ent fare. 13 3 per cent of the car pxa
singers would pay atralght I eeota
Aa a matter of fact, the company
points out. only 0.8 par cant have paid
' c'nta. The average dally number
of paaaengera under the present rata
is 221.K27. compared with the aver
age pravloua to this fare of 2aT,t00.
T* Rerrler.
It is made clear In the petition that
Increased fare will mean better street
car service. The petition states the
commission "should not only be wll).
Ing, but snxlous, to grant the rev.
enues necessary to prevent the di?
integrat Ion" of the company.
The commission poll. L>iit that th|
company has granted an Increaae In
the wagea of employea. and further*
that operating expenses are confntt*
Ing to go higher and h'gher.
"The compsny has apared nfl'hej
exponas, nor effort to render as voo<3
service to the public aa was possible
under the vary trying condition*
brought about by the war." contlfuei
I the petition. "Ilecently. the effect*
of these efforts hsve been apparent
to all In very much improved opera,.*
1 Ing conditions. Her vice la more -eg*
ular. and detention* fewer than f.>j
some time paat. and It Is our earn?<-i
desire to still further Improve oui
eerv|r? and facllltlea."
"Tbe rommlaslon's flndlnga of fast
value are Inadequate, aad we he%i
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