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BROWN HOLDS UP MERGER REPORT A DAY
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* The Bureau of Efficiency’s
report bn the traction merger
plan was delayed again today
when Herbert D. Brown, chief
< ©f the bureau, ordered several
minor changes in the test.
The prospect now is that the re
port will not be delivered to the
Senate District Committee until to
morrow.
May Be Sensational
With the new delay the belief
fe growing that the report will be
nf a sensational nature. It is ex
ported |o recommend radical
changes tn the wording of the
* Wltoon traction merger plan,
which is now awaiting action by
Rumor has it that the report will
contain a valuation of the proper
ties of* the street-ear companies by
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, totaling far less than the SSO;-
•00,000 asked by the companies.
" This has been denied, however, by
officials of the bureau,! who decried
recent attempts to forecast the con
tents ofthe. report.
The report was scheduled to be'
delivered yesterday, but was delayed
by Herbert D. Brawn, ehief. of tha
1 bureau, who had a few final touches
to > make on the work of his assist
ant.z , 1
The exact total of the valuation
reached by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, has not been revealed
by the Efficiency Bureau.*
Court System Hit
The bureau in submitting the re
port will point out that the valua
tion of 850,000,000 is not more than
the companies could get in the local
courts under the existing system,
hot win cite the Interstate Com
merce Commission figure as repre
sentative of what it should be and
would be under any other court sys
tem. »
p ’Hie Interstate Commerce Com
mission in reaching its valuation
total used the same system of ac
counting it uses in estimating »he
/value of railroads.
In other words, the Bureau of
-Efficiency’will point out that under
xnjr present system of determining)
Value the $50,000,000, i» not ex
cessive, but that the system is
wronw
Capper to Make it Public
Senator Arthur Capper, chairman
of the Senate District Committee,
said yesterday that the report will
v be made public a« soon as it reaches
him. ... * i.
. Capper has about decided that i
his special subcommittee appointed
to study the merger cannot be
called together until next week, but
he wants the merger report in order
that* members of the committee may
study It between now and then.
Only three members ot the sub
committee are in town today, and
one other member. Senator Vanden-1
berg, of Michigan, is not expected |
back until the end of the week
Capper does not want to call the
v committee together until all mem
hers can attend.
Meanwhile 1 be is also awaiting the:
final report of Dr. Milo Mahbie.[
special utilities expert, hired by the!
subcommittee to investigate the pro-I
posed consolidation.
Maltbie has indicated that his re-1
port will be ready by the end of
this week, so that when the «uh- j
committee gets together the first)
part of next week it will have both
reports.
While these merger reports were
being awaited with, keen interest.
Senators' were informed today that
William A. Roberts, recently ousted
by reputedly pro-merger influences
as a member of the public utilities
•mbcomrnntee of the Federation of
Citizens Associations, had placed
his services at the disposal of the
House and Senate District Com
mittees In their consideration of
the Harley P. Wilson unification
agreement. >
Ready If Called
He will not inject himself into
the fight, or assume any respon
siblllty for speaking for anyone ex
cept himself, he .declares. He is)
ready, however, to become a /eader ;
of the merger opponents if he is '
asked to do so.
"It is not my intention to press I
any ideas that 1 may have with re- !
spect to the merger," said Roberts
today. “The responsibility of repre- !
Renting the Federations of Citizens :
Associations in public utilities mat
ters is in other hands.
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ROBERT H. ROSE, of Lanham, Md., and Bernard C. Kiley, of Hatfield, Majs.,
above, left to right, students at Catholic University, have built an experimental wire
lesi station v at Catholic University which students are using to send messages to
folks at home. This pictute shows the two students with their experimental pet. •
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A •‘•large black ear" Is the only
description Mbtdrman Roy Oliver,
of the Capitol Traction Company,
can offer of the hit-and-run auto
mobile which struck him down at
Eighteenth and U Streets North
west, in one of the most unusual
accidents of the kind ever recorded
In the city. Oliver is in a serious
condition at Emergency Hospital.
During the early rush hour, while
he was drlying his car in from
j Chevy Chase. ; the front fender came
loose'and dragged.
The motorman stopped the car
and adjusted it. •
Then he was struck. Occupants
of the • street car, however, did not
realize anything had happened, and
Oliver was seen lying on the street
bjra customer in a grocery store.
He was taken into the store and
given first aid. Later being re
moved to Emergency Hospital, it
was discovered he suffered a pos
sible broken back, three broken
ribs and cuts. He is being treated
i by Dr. I. Rutkoski.
Traffic, on the Chvey Chase car
, line was tied up for more than a
quarter of an hour, and an inspec
' tor drove Oliver’s car in. ’
Police .were unable to discover
anyone who saw the car hit the
I motorman. It. was one of a num
ber driving down Florida Avenue,
where it crosses U Street. The
automobiles were traveling at con
siderable speed and about 50 feet
apart.
Oliver lives in the 2000 block of
H St. N. W.
CITIZENS TO ELECT
The Southeast Washington Citi
zens Association will meet tonight
at 8 o'clock In the Southeast Pub
lie Library. Officers for the en
suing year will be elected.
GOING OUT OF
BUSINESS SALE
Now On
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404 Ninth St. N. W.
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WHI F S
\Hesse Gambling War Called Pose
Library Bill to Call
For 48 Branches
• A bill authorizing a ‘ five year library building program,
providing tpr the construction and equipment of 48 branch
libraries, will be introduced in the House on the first day
of the coming session by Representative Ernest W. Gibson
nf Vermont, he announced today.
The measure was written by Gib- <
son in collaboration with Public
Librarian George F. Bowerman. It
will carry no definite appropriation,
as the cost of the program has not
been estimated, but will merely
authorize appropriations sufficient
td carry out the‘ purposes of the
act- .
Five major operations authorized
in the bill are as follows: one, en
largement of the centra*! Public
Library; two, construction of 12
branch libraries .to cover every
congested residential section of the
city; three, equipment of 25 branch
libraries in public schools; four,
equipment of three branch libraries
in Government buildings: five,
rental of quarters for eight branch
libraries in less congested resi
dential sections of the city.
This is the most extensive library
expansion program ever proposed in
a Congressional bill. Measures in
troduced hi former sessions were
intended to authorize part of this
program, but none of them went as
far as this one.
The only estimate of the cost of
the program is $1,700,000, which
would only cover the first two items
in it. the enlargement of the center
building and the construction of 12
bra nches.
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Wage Earners’ School»
Teaches, Garment Making
Plans to teach garment making
to women at the Wage Earners;
School were being perfected today
by Miss Lethia.L. Craig, social
service secretary: Electric machines
will be installed. » <
■Women already are-being -trained
In cooking and other housework
that they may obtain employment.
The institution is located .in the
building of the National Associa
tion of Wage Earners. 1100 block
of Rhode Island Ave. N. W.
Cars of all makes, models and price*
are a dally feature of the Classified for
Sale roliimnn: read about these good
used rar buys.
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POLICE QUIZ
WILL BE
HELD
As Maj. Edwin B. Hesse,
superintendent of police, al
tered his tactics in the police
battle against local gamblers
today there wash's possibility
that the Gibson subcommittee
of the House District Commit
tee will resume its police in
vestigation within a few days.
Haase Redded today to fight the
gamblers through inspectors of the
District Building Inspector’s Office
and the Fire Department, by taking
action against the owner* of build
ings In which alterations have been
made without permits for the bene
fit of gambling establishment*.
To Confer Again ? z ./
The Gibson committee's changed'
attitude toward a police Investiga
tion followed a conference yester
day between Rep. Ernest W. Gib
son of Vermont, chairman of the
sub committee, and Rep. Ralph Gil
bert, of Kentucky, another member
of the committee.
These two men, leading spirits
of the subcommittee for the past
two years, did not definitely decide
whether to go Into the police situa
tion Immediately, but decided toj
have another conference in a day
or two, with other members of the
subcommittee to make the final
decision. > T
Gibson had previously indicated
that his subcommittee would not
immediately resum® its police in
vestigation. I
Member* of the committee are
said to feel, however, that the sud
den offensive against gamblers by
Major Hesse within the past week
Is a grand stand play for their
benefit, and they are not inclined
to be fooled by it.
They gave Hesse instructions last
spring to clean up the gamblers,
they say, and they feel that his wait
ing for them to come back before be
ginning the warfare Is an indication
that he is merely trying to appease
them. ,
Hesse believe* he can curb the
gamblers by strictly enforcing the
fire and building regulations.
The strongly barred doors of these
establishments are, in his opinion, a
violation of the fire regulations.
And the alterations which have ber i
made in many of the gamblers! build
ings. to allow passage from one
building to another have, in many’
instances. ,>een made without proper
Authorization froi the dsuilding in
spector’s office, he thinks.
The police chief plans to hold the
owners of the buildings responsible
if any violations of the fire or build
ing regulations are discovered.
More than 100 persons arrested
over the week-end by police in their
drive against gambling forfeited col*
lateral In Police Court yesterday.
Only seven of the approximately 180
victims of the police activity ap
peared to fight the charges of dis
orderly conduct. They were all ac
quitted, The other* forfeited from
$5 to $25.
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NO. 441 CURTIS SCHOOL
The Curtis School, located in O
St. N- W.. between Thirty-second
and Thirty-third Street* was the
first school in the District to be
named for a living person. Built in
1875. it was named for W. W.
Curtis, then president of the board
of trustees of Georgetown, who died
some years later- Adolph dura
wag the, architect of j the school
Shot in Leg Climax
Os G Street Quarrel
During .an altercation on the
second floor of a house in the 300
block of G St. N. E., Eugene O.
Mears., colored.. 32 years old, was
shot in the. leg by- Joseph T.
Thompson, of the same address.
Mears was taken to Casualty Hos
pital in an / ambulance, and treated
by Dr. Ajax of the hospital staff.
Thompson was arrested by, police
of the Ninth precinct and is being
held pending the outcome Gt Mears’
injuries.
Henry Gilligan Heads
North Capitol Citizens
Henry Gilligan was elects presi
dent of the North Capitol Citizens
Association at the. McKinley High
School meeting last night.
Others elected were George A.
Casey, ' first vice president; Mrs.
Julia H.’ Lawless, second vii?e presi
dent; William T. Richardson, secre
tary-treasurer, and delegates to the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
8. M. Ely and William G. Hen
derson.
I\ Thanksgiving
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Roast Turkey
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Nantucket Cranberry. Sauce
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’ The school stltl contalns tho
library’ put there ;by George >*»•
body, 7 of Georgetown, who placed
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public, library in Georgetown. '
The fund accumulated until 1873
and then .< Edward M. Linthicum
added $5®,000 tn it for the purpose
of bulldink “A ftee schbol. ‘ The
Curtie School was built a* a result.
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