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22 D. C. Men Drop Br
NEWRRRATS~ Here's How the
Rates Al
[.re are sme .f the thing.
to Mr. Average Mas. For instant
Ordnay are from New Y
Sleeper fare Is $22.26. Total, $11
Lines WIN Gain 1,500,000,-r the new rota
000 hi Gross Revenue by I. C. ora .0? t ore i pe
C.Grant of Higher Charges. freight ate on a Pi
_____per 100 Pounds in carload lots, is
Under the tnew rate, aacordin
asitied "e1m a1. aln sestinas ms, it will be 4l.42, or $1.l11
of the United Itates tmoerow will A
pe Into the sk' of preparing c UT o
now res sab1dmles to esaform to the Former Director General of 8
decision of the Interstate Commerce count of the lncresed cost of ship
emaispm late yesterday allowing teal whh enter into the m
inreases per cntnws pianos for instance, estimated
Pulma faesand fro would fall on the public fivefold.
s c cr:t drit .hz. According to his coputation,
It may he weehe bedore the roads New York to Ca!ifornla will cost
begin to get the b t at the in
dt abot 1500,00 t0 begin collecting the new rates
etoM days after it chedule aao been
lr 0"I.11L ilead with the interstate Commerce
*SNP= W.iU~*Comumission. The Commission then
3OYI~os of ratin Is a complex may bold up the rates for thirty days
'problem keeee of the thousands of or more, pending a bearing if ship
special onsiderations which have per. protest. Thousands of protests
some to ye accepted In rite making. probably will be filed with the corn
The decisio of the Interstate Com- mission.
"esae Oomiulaletos berely more The increased rates pre intended to
a guide on which railroad offi- protect the public treasury by inaur
piae .a et to work. The Inereases Ins a return of 6 per cent on the total
allwed bthe commiseion are stated invetmen of the * sads, which was
qay In general percentage figuires. estimiated by the commision to be
Tbeee" pereentages the railroad rate $18.900,000,000. Under the guarantee
officials must apply in making new clauses of the transportation act the
eery4 ahdubea. Government mnust reimburse the roads
rthe .Interstate Commerce If their return falls below El per cent.
Comm i5on regulations no road may Since Xarch 1 the road have piled
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feet You
the new railway rates will mema
0:
ork to San Fracisee is 408.08.
L5.3 plus 3 per cent war tax, or
s will be 1111.40. ileeper far,.
cent war tax., or $15U.07.
1.06, or $T1.10 for the round .trip.
m, New York to San Fraelseo,
R3.31.
g to the Bureau of Railway eo
nerease per 100 pounds.
850 pounds the icre.se in the
rill be $0.43 etween these points.
aliroads Walker D. Hines, en a
ping to the factories the raw mla
anufactuer of finished products,
at any increase in freight rates
therefore, the piano sbipped from
the purchaser about $47.15 mor.
p a deficit of approximately $800,
000,000 for the Government to pay, it
is estimated here.
(government officials, therefore, are
araxious to have thp new rates go
into effect as soon ah possible.
One-half of one per cent of the
earnings of the roads under the In
crease must be devoted to purchase
of new equipment and betterment of
service. This is intended to protect
the comfort and convenience of ap
proximately 1,000,000,000 persons who
annually buy railroad tickets.
The increases on passenger fares
mean approximately $4.75 more for
each person in the United States. esti
mating the population at 105,000,000.
The freight rate increase per
capita amounts to $0.10. In plain
thct, however. it means a tai of far
more than that in .increases in gen
eral commodity prices, according to
an economic principle discovered by
former Rail Dlredtor Walker D. Hines.
Hines figures the freight rate in
crease will be reflected from three to
fAve-fold in all commodity prices. This
would mean prices generally wiU be
boosted a total of from $3,000.000,000
to $5,000,000,000 by the freight in
creases. Railroad officials contradict
this, declaring the reflection will be
less than two-fold or less than $2,000,.
000,000.
LESl REVUNUE THAN ASKED.
It was unofficially estimated, fol
lowing the decisfbn of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, that the in
creases granted will bring $143.000,000
less revenue to the roads than they
had asked of the commission.
The freight and passenger in
creases granted are the largest in
the history of the nation.
The operating revenues for the
three big groups of roads during the
past year were as follows:
Eastern, $1,788,000.000: Southern.
$390,000,000 and Western, $1.475.000,
000.
Taken as a whole, the operating
revenue of the railroads annually as
a result of the increase4 rates will
be $4,981,930.&1, ti against $,663,.
000,000, the figures for last year.
The increase will continue in force
until March 1, 1922, exactly two years
after the r~ilroads, by Presidential
proclamation, were returned by the
Government to their private pwners.
In making its awards, the commis
Ision refused to recognize as valid the
calculations of the carriers that their
properties-that is, the railroads of
the United States-were worth $20,
640,572,611.
DENIES POSTOFFiCE HAS
LOST THROUGH FINANCIER
Statements that the Postoffice De
partment was "losing millions of dol
lars".through the Ponzi international
reply coupon transactions were char
acterized as "utterly absurd" today
by Acting Postmaster General Koons.
"There is no way by which the De
partment could lose money through
trading in these coupons," said Koons.
"Since the inauguration of the inter
national reply coupon, the United
States postoffices have redeemed 1.
223,416 coupons, having a postage val
ue of $61,120.80."
"This," said Koons, "represents the
volume of business done by the postal
service of this country in interna
tional reply coupons for a period of
fifteen years."~
RO33RT V. FLUXING,
Cashier.
AVOWN . WEVWU.
Assistant Cashier.
GEORGE 0. VASE,
Assistaat Cashler.
o that they are less
the right direction.
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onal Bank-where
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ThRDNG AI
'COUPONKING'
Cheering Crowds Follow Ponzi,
Boston's Mew Finanoiul Genius.
Few Withdrawing Money.
DOBTON, Aug. 1-alled as a
"benefactor of the commoa people."
Charles Poasn, young financial wisard,
appeared at a lawn party last night.
Many of the people who have been
enriched by Pensl's 60 per cent in
forty-tive-days'-scheme in dealing in
lnternational postal reply coupons
were present and Penal was *0 man
of the hour.
After going among the crowd sell
ing articles in behalf of a home for
Italian orphans of the North End
tenement district, Penal made a speech
announcing that he was contributing
$100,000 to the home for the unfortu
nate little ones.
Although under investigation and
still paying off notes on demand.
l'onzi remained as debonair and af
fable as ever.
Every place he went today he was
followed by crowds, many persons ex
tending their bands and wishing him
good luck.
Cheers marked the path of his mo
tor car through the streets of Bos
ton.
WANTS TO REIN !OR OFWICE.
Police warned Ponsi's chauffeur not
to let his car stand longer than
twenty minutes, allowed by law, be
cause it was demoralising traffic.
Commenting on the public acclaim,
Ponsi expressed a desire to run for
public office-probably that of mayor
or governor.
Responding to cheers. Ponzl waved
his cane, tipped his hat, smiled, and
bowed his way to his expensive
limousine.
An investigation by agents of the
Italian embassy and the filing of a
$5,000.000 libel suit by Ponsi against
Clarence W. Barron, publisher of the
Boston News Bureau, were among yes
terday's developments. Barron's
property was attached and a jury
trial asked by Ponsi's attorneys.
I'onsi closed his Pie alley office
yesterday afternoon because there
was not a great enough crowd to
warrant staying open.
FEW WITHDRAW MONEY.
Not more than thirty were in line
at any one time during the day with
drawing their money.
In the meantime the work of audit
ing Ponsl's accounts proceeded under
the direction of United States Attor
ney Gallagher.
auditors probably will work all
day to expedite the task. Auditors
will determine whether Ponsi's assets
exceed his liabilities. Pons! insists
that they do. Ponsi says his system
of booking was so skilful that the
most careful audit will fail to dis
close the methods which enabled him
to pay out millions to his depositors.
The auditors also will seek to learn
the methods by which the wizard op
erates. Ponsi aided the auditors in
every way.
Part of the day he spent in receiv
ing insurance agents, portrait paint
ers, and scores of others anxious to
sell him something. Tomorrow he
will pose for the movies at his coun
try home in Lexington. That the
Department of Justice is investigating
was evident today 1y the presence of
a woman operative at Ponsi's School
street offices. The operative and Miss
Lucy Meli, secretary to Ponzi, con
ferred for nearly an hour this after
noon.
STATE MAKING PROBE.
Attorney General Allen has a State
investigation under way, but has not
made public any of the movements of
his agents or what they have learned
of the mystery- of finance.
To have seen the dteam come true
and still be young enough to enjoy
that is the experience of a little
woman who lives today in a very fine
new mansion in the historic town of
Lexington. This little woman is Mrs.
Ponzi, wife of the young financial
"wizard." Seated in the sun parlor
of her new home she spoke with
eager interest.
"It's all as much a surprise to me,
Mr. Ponzi's snccess. as to the public
at-large," she said. "I never dreamed
of such riches; even nowr I do not
begin to spend what I could spend.
The most interesting thing to me is
that he has accomplished what he has
been trying to do for seventeen
years, what I thought was more or
less of a vision.
"My husband is a graduate of the
University of Rome; a member of a
good old Italian family, whose monecy
had been pretty well spent before he
came along.
'"Well, here in America he has
tried about everything there was to
do. always with the great scheme in
in ind.
"Last winter he evolved the new
scheme. Since then Charles has
earned this home and millions and
his dear little mother has come to
live with us in comfort."
Mrs. Ponsi, a beautiful young
woman, smiled in wifely triumph.
Ponsi said today that he expects to
go back to his business of doubling
investments in ninety days tomorrow.
CONPIDENT OF CLEAN RECORD.
Ponsi declared that the Federal
district attorney's audit would be fin
ished by then, and that he was confi
dent that nothing illicit would be
round In his business. There would
be no reason for the Securities Ex
change Company not continuing it~s
husiness along the lines it had been
conducted before the investigation
threw the full glare of publicity
upon it.
In the past three days Ponul paid
out no less than 81.450,000 to de
positors. His readiness to pay has
completely restored public confidence
in Ponal, and there is more than one
ready to stake all on the financial
genius of the little Italian.
Rumors were current that Ponsi
was on the point of conferring with
the New York financiers who are re
ported to have offered him Sl0.000.000
for his business, which cmnsists
mainly in his methods for cashing
postal reply coupons.
Questioned on the subject, Ponsi de
nted that he would sell out. The
rumornefuted.to enm dona
kf At1anta I
Take Motlej
Criminals
To Prison
(Continued from First Pate.)
Into the administration beilding. they I
aotied the other inmates-men of
robust - build seemingly contentbd.
A band started up-the prison band
as if it was welcoming the new ar
rivals.
After having been led into the pros
onee of Fred G. Zerbst, warden, the
Washington prisoners were photo
graphed, their finger prints were
taken, and they were measured.
They were then ordered to take a
bath, given their prison number and
clothes, and led to a cell --not a dark.
gloomy room, but a clean, sanitary
cell wherein the sun penetrates and
the air smells fresh.
"Prison life is not like it used to
be." remarked one of the guards
who accompanied Captain Peake.
"But these fellows seem bitter to
ward the world-they believe they
are misjudged." suggested another.
"No; you are wrong." suggested
Wprden Zerbst. "Sympathy and hope
wilU displace the bitterness they may
now feel."
Asked why this temperamental
change should follow the confinement
of the prisoners, Warden Zerbst de
clared:
"These men will learn to grope for
their souls. When a man gropes for
his soul he is on the path leading to
decency, honesty, and right. Of
course, out of 1,800 or more prisoners
one expects to find sullen and rebel
lious men, but they soon get over it.
"A man who has done wrong--the
man who has killed or robbed- -
realises the penalty for such crimes.
He'N generally make the best of it.
If he does, it's to his henct should
he attempt to get a pardon. It he
continuously breaks the rules of the
prison, he need not expect any help
or sympathy."
WARDEN BERDIT ABSOLUTE
MATER AT PRISON.
Of couse, discipline is not lax in
the Federal prison. Absolute master
is Warden Herbst. There are some
men, he said, who are wholly bad.
Then, there are others who may have
a good heart, but a poor will. Some
who come to Atlanta have been in
prisons before. They take to the
prison life like ducks to water.
Nowadays in the most modern
prisons, such as the Atlanta institu
tion. efforts are made to $elp the
prisoner--to teach him morality, and
educate him if he Is illiterate.
For instance, down at the Atlanta
prison, there is a big auditorium
which seats more than 1,000. Only'a
year ago Geraldine Farrar sang there
for the convicts. Other noted opera
singers and stage folk have been in
vited to entertain the prisoners.
And the prisoners at Atlanta don't
live on bread and water. Warden
Zerbst bought a 1.500 acre farm. The
guards who took the twenty-two
Washington prisoners went over this
farm. They found watermelons, corn,
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and all sorts and varieties of vege
tables which will be placed on the
conviots' tables day by day. TheM
are 137 Holstein and Jersey cows in
pasture, and they give nearly 300 gal
tons of mUk each day. The milk
goes on the table for coffee, cereals,
and desserts. On Thursday night, the
in ates sat down to beef stew, string
bans. black-eyed Susan peas, plenty
of bread, oleomargarine, coffee, and
watermelon.
After eating they went out in the
yards, played basketball and baseball,
and enjoyed other athletics for an,
hour and a half. They then retired
to their cell rooms and retired at S
o'clock. While some of the cells ac
commodate only two inmates, there
are other cells, more like small
dormitories, which accommodate four.
bome of these are fitted up with
gorgeous furnishings.
There are 180 prisoners, Including
fifty Washingtonians, who work the
farm. They live in domitories on the
farmlands, being like trusties. In
six months only one of these 180
farmhand-convicts has escaped. They
are placed on the honor system with
a sprinkling of guaris about them.
LA1E PRISON FIT TO MAKE
$S0 $ OR CLOTItNU
But in the prison proper at Atlanta
the men weave cloth and make shoes
and clothing. When a man's term
ie up he is given $3 and a suit of
clothes. He can go to the clothing
nills and earn $5) a week as a
neaver, or he can go into a shoe fac
tory and get a job. This is a big ad
vantag" for the convict who before
entering the pris'n had no trade, and
if he was an illiterate he will have
been taught to read and write before
leaving.
"Everything Is dlone to make the
convict look ahead- -to the day when
his term will expire," said Warden
Zerbst. "There are some we run
across who believe they are not guilty
of any moral wrong-that they have
been misjudged. If they are innocent
they can get into touch with friends.
We permit the prisoners to write reg
ularly, to friends and relatives. But
he will have to observe the rules
while here. If he does not, then he
reed expect no encouragment, no
sympathy."
The Washington men taken to At
ltnta on Thursday were Webster,
Randall. George C. Chatterton, Rich
ard Henry Eva, Martin N. Jefferson,
Arthur Salvatore Bassl, Myer Snyder
man, Lee Jeu (a Chinese), Bernal E.
< ole, Raymond E. Groves, Lonnie A.
Coggins, Jo.ieph Zarega. Perry A,
Smith, Samuel Magruder, Harry Bi.
Trooks, Arthur Hall. Robert E. Pryor.
George Silnms, Barnes Gary, George
Matthews. Frank Norman. and John
Joseph Harris. All of them, except
Webster. are under forty.
Chatterton forged a 'humber of
checks. His sentence was sixteen
years, as a woman who was implh
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drug act.
D. C. (UARPS GESRTUD BY
MANY PrVUOMURS.
The guards with Captaia Peaks in
eluded Samuel C. Brooks. chief clerk
of the District Jail; Joseph W. Pratt
and George H. Smith, clerks at the
jail; Dr. P. J. C. Conley. dentist of
the jail and asylum hospital; A. C.
Sacks, deputy United States marshal;
Lieut. Ira Sheets and Precinct Detec
tive Manford Emanuel. of the Wash
ington Police Department. and Dr.
Walter Rapaport. of the hospital
staff of the District JaIL As they
passed through the prison with Cap
tain Peak. they were greeted by nu
merous Washington men serving
terms.
Inside of an hour the Washington
officials were apptoached by at least
200 men who had been seat to the
prison from this city. Each of the
convicts urged that something be
done to lessen their sentence. They
had 'no complaint to make of tne
prison treatment, but wanted to get
out. The word "home" seemed to at
fect them.
"If I only could get another
chance." said several, wistfully.
"Buck" Raglan, who is serving a
fifteen-year sentence for manslaugh
ter, was one of those who appealed
to Captain Peake.' Raglan is a print
er and gets out the prison newspaper.
"0ood Words." It is a newsy paper.
too.
Another Washington man seen was
J. D. Donnelly. who was convicted
and sentenced to six years for em
hesaling a large sum of n' .aney from
a Washington trust company. Don
nelly hopes to get a pardon. le sper
ulated in the stock market, lost his
own money, and then is alleged to
have tampered with the bank funds.
He served in France with. the Marine
Corps during the world war and for
this reason was given a light sen
terre. He is in the prison record
office.
Guy Powers shot and killed his
fiance in a At of jealousy. He is serv
Ing fifteen years. being assigded to
the hospital as an orderly.
rOWERs YEARNS TO BE FREE
MAN ONCE MORE.
"Captain. I was pot responsible for
killing that woman. I was mad with
rage. If I could only get back to
Washington a free man," he said to
I'eake and ('hief Clerk Brooks.
Another Washingtonian who hailed
the District guards was Harvey Gaw,
who shot his sister several years ago.
He, too, claims he was of unsqund
mind when he fired at her. He is
doing ten years.
The twenty-two prisoners taken to
Atlanta on Wednesday will soon get
in the colony of Washingtonians at
the prison.
"The average Washington 'boys'
are all right." declared the warden.
"I have but little trouble with them.
They are at work at various jabs
about the place. A few I have got
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