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WASHINGTON. FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1919. Bf nA Wat if KIN IN BUREAU CARS NVESTIGATE Utilities Commission Starts Probe of Charge "Through" Service Is Cut. In chKrjre made by mo large a number of people ngalnrt a street railway line, as herewith mentioned, the Public Utilities Commission should not throw upon the public the burden of unearthing the facts, but should do so through Its otto Investigating force, to the fullest extent. By BILL PRICE.

The most serious charges yet brought against the Washington Railway and Electric Coiripany are before the Public Utilities Commis-fcion, which proposes to Investigate them fully, even if a formal, open investigation becomes necessary. They are mad by a committee of employes of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and other Government establishments in that vicinity numbering; over 10,000 people, and un-lequivocally are that the company has deliberately reduced the number of through cars and increased the number of short-trip cars to compel patrons to pay 2-cent transfers. If this charge is proved before the Commission, it will be such a serious violation of the orders of that body as to result In the imposition for the first time of heavy penalties provided by the utilities law. The difficulty about these penalties Is that the Commission has no direct way of collecting them, but would have to go before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sue for collection, prove Its case, and prob-l ably wait three years for the money while appeals were taken. Kutx Wants the Facts.

Chairman Kutz, of the "Utilities Commission, was today determined to ascertain, as a Icily as possible the facts in the charges, which were laid before him yesterday afternoon by the committee, after the committee had appeared before Chairman Mapes, of the House Commitee on the District of Columbia, and laid the same coxnslaints before him. E. R. Williams, chairman of the complaining employes, declared today that the operation of cars from the bureau has been carefully watched pince the 2-cent transfer order, which distinctly prohibited the railway companies from changing the runs of cars on any lines, and has what he regards as conclusive proof that large numbers of through cars have been taken off. compelling the use of other cars from whlchj-Pay, transfers are practed.

-r- He declared that before the 2-cent transfer order there was a good through service from the Bureau to various points in the city, cars waiting in numbers at the hours th thousands of employees were making shifts. These have now been reduced to a minimum, and the number of Eleventh street and LeDroit park cars greatly increased, theeby hinging about the collection of tansfer charges from thousands of people who have heretofore paid one fare only. the discrimination being against people who live longest distances from the center of the city. Begin Investigation. Two inspectors from the Public Utilities Commission today began investigation of the charges, and upon their reports will be determined what further action the Commission will take Accusations ha-e been made for a Jong time by the car-rldlng public living in outlying portions of the Jjistrict, including portions well within the city proper, that the policy of the railway has been to neglect hem for the revenue to be derived 'rom the short-haul passengers and when there are tie-ups.

passengers having the longest distances to j-o must wait long and patiently car are diverted to the short-liaul lines. Railway Denies Chances. Superintendent Casey, or the railway company, said today that the iame number of cars, over the sam runs, are now furnished Bureau and i ther employes, as before the 2-cent i rder. tha tif there have been changes t'jey were without orders from him. r.nd he is now investigating to find i ut Just what has occurred.

Under I circumstances would ho tolerate uch a diversion of cars from officially i pproved schedules a is hinted at in toe charges. It would not profit the company to do anything of that sort The railways have repeatedly claimed that thev do not dictate th operation of their own cars, that this it done by the Commission, which makes orders for so many cars, under certain headways, over all lines. day and night. Failure to a comply vith these orders through deliberate disobedience would subject the company to penalties that are severe, if there is any real of collection them when impoed. Proposed Legality Test.

The Kenilworth Citizens Association is preparing, as already told In these columns, to bring a test of the legality of the 2-cent order. It has received sufficient encouragement to Induce members of the committee to express the belief that at the next meeting of the association. Tuesday night, the organization will go on record for employing an attorney to take the case to the courts. Suspended Teacher to Recite With Accusers And Judge in Audience The three sides of the triangle In the case of Miss Alice Wood, the teacher suspended for her discussion of current events, will gather at tho Western High School this afternoon. Judge Stafford, who as a justice of the District Supreme Court, will help make the decision on Miss Wood's appeal for the rescinding of tho Board of Education's order, will bo there.

Members of the Board of Education, who voted to suspend Miss Wood, will be present, while Miss Wood also will attend the meeting. The occasion will be exercises In honor of the Western High School students who participated in the great war. Miss Wood and Judge Stafford will both be on the speakers' stand. The Board of Education members will bo seated with tho audience. Miss Wood will recite patriotic poem, dedicated to the soldier students at Western High School.

OF The navy yard gets a big share of the 5598.668.764 appropriation carried In the navy bill, reported in the House yesterday. In addition to a huge pay roll, is appropriated for Improvements and extensions at the navy yard, in line with recommendations made last year by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. The largest single item for the navy yard is a blanket appropriation of 5500.000 for new and Improved machinery for the shops In the naval gun factory. How Money Is Divided. An appropriation of $800,000 for extensions is distributed as follows: West extension development, power plant extension, $214,000.

extra ducts and manholes, fireprooflng storehouse. No. 10, sewer, water, and paving extensions in the eastern addition, railroad classification yard, dispensary. raising roof of open hearth shop and additional crane. proof shop.

outside distribution. outside oil distribution system. $20,000. An appropriation of $200,000 for the Engineering Experiment Station at Annapolis. is carried In the bill.

Appropriations for the Naval Academy at Annapolis total $2,007,640.60. Of this sum. $390,000 is for salaries of instructors. The Navy Department asked for $45,000,000 for aviation, but this sum was cut by the House Appropriations Committee to $15,000,000. The largest item in the navy bill is an appropriation of $133,000,000 for continued construction of the 1916 building program.

No new construction is authorized. An appropriation of $1,000,000 is carried in the navy bill for torpedoes. This sum will be available until June 30, 1922. The leper colony on the Island of Guam will again receive consideration at the hands of this Government. The navy bill carries an appropriation of $20,000 for the support of the colony Chairman Butler, of the Naval Affairs Committee of the House, will probably call up the bill for consideration today.

mm EXTENDED The Federation of Citizens' Associations next week will petition the Public Utilities Commission of the District to extend the two-cent transfer system on the street car lines of Washington. William McK. Clayton, attorney for the association, will file the petition Monday or Tuesday. The association is anxious that transfers be issued at every street car intersection in Washington, provided the issuance of this transfer does not mean a round trip for the passenger "Now that Washlngtonlans are forced to pay two cents for a transfer." Mr Clayton said today, "I see no reason uh they should not be allowed to trantfer at every street car Through Mr. Clayton, the association also will take up the matter of merging the Georgetown and Ten-leytown car lines.

Yesterday the Public Utilities Commission refused to allow the Washington Railway and Electric Company to discontinue its present "through" run to Kenilworth The Kenilworth Citizens' Association made a protest against such action, which would mean Kenilworth citizens would be forced to pay two cents for a transfer at Kenilworth Junction. S.HEPPARD ASKsiciENTIFIC LAND TITLE REGISTRATION Senator Sheppard of Texas, a member of the District Committee, introduced a bill In the Senate yehterday providing for the establishment of the Torrens system of land title registration for the District. It is a sclen-t'fic simplification of the registration of titles, and has been adopted in a number of States. The bill was referred to the District Committee. NAVY YARD GETS BIG ARE BUDGET WANTD.C.TRANSFER District Girls Picket Western Union Office to Aid El cSbl.

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Pinned on them are signs which read: "Down With W. U. Kaiserism," "Does the STATUS QUIZ OSTS $2,500, SAYS GLASS Secretary of the Treasury Glass has sent to the House a communication stating that It will cost $2,500 to comply with the resolution of Congressman Blanton of Texas, which lirects the Treasury Department to rurnlsh fhe House with certain Information as to the employes in the department and their duties. The resolution calls for the names it the employes, the firms, persons or corporation by whom they are employed and the compensation they receive In addition to that received by hem from the Government. It also calls for the names of husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters who are employed by the Government and the department In which they work.

Secretary Glass states there are 32,000 employes of the Treasury Department in the District of Columbia and 25.000 field agents, making a total of 57.000. To compile the Information asked fnr it will be necessary to have each employe fill out a questionnaire and a force of clerks and statistical ex- nerts will be required to prepare the report for the House. Similar resolutions calling on other Governmental departments have also been passed. Kach department neaa will file with the House a statement ilmwlnc the exnense that will be in volved An appropriation will prob- lbly be necessary Driore ine worK can begin STILL PICKETING Picketing of the Franklin School by members of the arent.s' apue. composed of 20,000 Washington residents, continues today as result of the failure of the Board of Education to take up the case of Iloscoe C.

Bruce, assistant superintendent of schools. Colored clergymen, among whom are Rev. Dr. Tanner. Rev Dr James L.

IMnn, Rev. Dr. .1 Milton Waldron. Rev. Dr.

J. II. Cailis. Hv Dr. William D.

Jarvis. and Rev. Rr D. 1. Turpeau.

are reiterating their claim that the welfare of the color- schools is menaced, and that lJrurc must be icmovnl sooner or later. The Parents' League i.s now by two scorc colored ministers in Waj-hington, who have done much to win approval for the opponents of the assistant superintendent. In support of the purposes of the Parents League, the officials today made public a letter M-nt to Mrs Tanner on April 24 by J. Hayden lohnson, one of the colored members the board BANK JANITOrTGEfsTYEARS FOR LARCENY OF $35,000 Stoble Moore, colored, formerly employed as janitor at the Franklin National Bank, who wa convicted of larceny of f.lS.ftOO of the funds of the bank, today was sentenced to serve Ave yeirs in the penitentiary by Justice Slddons. presiding In Crlmlnul Court No.

1. Moore said at the trial that he found $21,000 In the sewer trap in the basement in the bank, which was restored to its owner The court denied a motion for a new trial. BRUCE OPPONENTS D. C. Teachers Get Right To Form Advisory Council As School Board Yields Following four months of opposition to the appeal of the teachers' unions of Washington for the organization of a teachers' council, the Board of Education yesterday yielded to tho general demands and announced that such a council, to act in an advisory capacity to the school officials, would be formed immediately.

The council will be made up of the superintendent of schools, the assistant superintendents of white and colored schools, two representatives of the administrative officers, five delegates from the high schools and normal schools, eight representatives, of the grade schools, and three delegates from emploes not named In the above groups. Immediately upon the organization of the teachers' council, the members will confer with the Board of Education on matters of policy, preparation of school estimates, and other proposed changes in the system of public education in Washington. Unions Not Recognized. According to the resolution, the Board of Education does not recognize the teacher" unions, nor agree to the principle of collective bargaining, but the teachers declare today that these changes will come about when the teachers' council gets to work. "We may say that the teachers' fight has been more than half won," said Miss Alice Deal, president of tho High School Teachers' Union, today.

"The formation of a teachers' council has been one of our principal demands, and now that the council is to be formed, the other changes for which the teachers have fought, will be more readily brought about. "The majority of the members or the council, will, of course, be members of the teachers' unions, which Is fair. Inasmtnro, us SO per cent of the instructors ut the District are affiliated with the unions. "We hope to have all difficulties between the Board of Education and the teachers, adjusted shortly after the teachers' council organizes. "The resolution Just passed by the board will have no effect on the moement for revision of the school laws.

The committee in charge of this -work will continue to meet and plans to have the substitute set of laws ready to present to Congress in the fall. "The teachers' council, of course, will not take up the Wood case, as that matter must be settled in the courts. The moral support of the majority of the members, though, will be given to Miss "The effect the formation of the Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska will pak on tho League of Nations at the federated meeting of all the churches of Washington, on the Ellipse, Sunday afternoon. The address will be the first of a scries under the auspices of the churches, which are making an effort to popularize open air meetings. Prominent men from all over the countrv will discuss topics of tho day.

The services will be undenominational A bund will furnish music for the chorus of singers drawn from the choirs of many churches. Men of prominence In Washington will be In charge of the meetings and all organizations in church woik. Including the War Camp Community Serviee and young people's societies, are co-operating. If yon can't save the flmt dollar, you can't aave the last. Invcat every pny day In W.

S. S. TO DISCUSS LEAGUE 'ICEGREAMMAKERS ON ELLIPSE SUNDAY; AID HEALTH OK W. U. Own "iou?" "Don't Desert, It's Your Fight, Too," "What of Enforced Furloughs?" The girls from left to right are Ida BJadd, Emma Stafford, and Vesta Tanner, all multiplex machine operators.

council on the case of Roscoe C. Bruce, assistant superintendent of colored schools. Is conjectural. If any action Ib taken at all, the general opinion seems to be that the board will be asked to hold a hearing to settle the controversy. Resolution Adopted.

The resolution passed yesterday by the board, and which means a revolutionary change In the system of governing the public schools of Washington, reads as follows: "Resolved, That as a step In the establishment of a closer and more helpful contact and relation between the Board of Education and the officers, teachers and other employes in the system, the Board of Education approves the immediate formation of a council to be constituted an follows: "First. The superintendent of schools, the assistant superintendent of white schools, the assistant superintendent of colored schools, and two representatives of the administrative officers; "Second. Five delegates from the high school and normal school teachers; "Third. Eight delegates from the graded school teachers; "Fourth. Three delegates from all of the other teachers not included In the above groups, and "Fifth.

Three delegates from employes not included in any of the above groups. "The representatives from the several groups above named to be respectively chosen at a meeting open to all members of the groups, and these meetings shall be called to order by tho secretary of the Board of Education, and shall then be organ-ired by the group itself. Would Be Permanent. "That all groups electing delegates be requested to confer upon their delegates the power. If It seems advisable to all of the groups, to convey this preliminary organization into a permanent council.

"That as soon as notified of the organization above contemplated the president of the board shall fix a date for a conference between the council lnrt the Board of Education to consider: "First. The advisability of per-niancy in organization; "Second. The preparation of school estimates; "Third. To confer with tho board generally on matters of policy, and "Fourth, The fixing of regular dates during the year not less than four in number, for conferences between the said council and the Board of Education, and an arrangement for emergency conferences." Co-operation from three of the largest ice cream manufacturers in Washington has been given Dr. William C.

Fowler. District Health Offl ccr, to aid him in his campaign to protect the Washington public from being sold Impure Ice cream. Not only have the three 1 anufac-turers offered co-operation. I have notified the Health Officer of their Intentions to supervise every retail establishment in which their ice cream is The manufacturer' reprcsen tatives will report to the Health Department, or have remedied, conditions In retail establishments that do not comply with the food laws here. With this aid Dr.

Fowler said today he believed Washington would be free from the sale of Impure Ice cream. It Is not Dr. Fowler's Intention to be antagonistic toward the re tail ice cream dealers, but he Is determined to prosecute the violators of the law. Wire Strikers jffTffiBgSSEsff 4,000 DRU ADDICTS ROBE SHOWS There are about 4,000 drug addicts in Washington, according to comparative figures given out by the special Investigating committee of the Treasury Department, whose report has Just been made public. This report states that there are more than 1,000.000 drug addicts in the country who take morphine or opium In some form or other.

On account of the secrecy with which this traffic is carried on it Is Impossible to arrive at accurate figures. Washington is no worse than any other community in this respect, and not half as bad as Baltimore, New York and other thickly populated centers where vice thrives, according to Detective Serg. Robert Sanders, who is In charge of running down "dope" cases for the local police department. Secrecy Shrouds Traffic "This traffic is carried on in such secrecy," he said, "that no person can come anywhere near giving an estimate of the number of addicts in Washington. Morphine is the principal drug used.

"It is obtained in varlouB ways the same as whiskey Is obtained by and from bootleggers. One thing Is certain, and that Is that none of our drug stores deal in illicit traffic of this kind. It Is not confined to Chinese or negroes, as many believe, as there are many white people In this city who take their drug twice a day or more. "Every day I run across persons I havo never heard of before who have practically become dope fiends. Many Washingtonians get their dope In Baltimore, as there are physicians over there who ill prescribe it for them." Investigation Committee.

The Treasury Department committee which investigated dope" conditions in the United States was composed of Congressman Henry T. Rainey of Illinois. Prof. Reid Hunt, of Harvard University. B.

C. Keith, former deputy commissioner of internal revenue, and A. G. DuMez, of the public health service. The report states that imports of opium into the United States has Increased twice as fast as the population.

Much smuggling is done from Canada and texico. The per capita onsumption of drugs is said to be from 13 to 72 times as great as that any other country. Enough opium is consumed In the I'nited States every year, the report states, to give every man. woman and child thirty six doses. A mlni-mim estimate of the value of drugs used in this country annually is $20,000,000.

Much apprehension is felt as to the probable Increase in the drug traffic when th country goes dry. Four warrants were sworn out today by Inspectors of the District Health Department against managers of soda fountain and soft drink establishments in Washington for violation of the sterilization laws of the District. The campaign of the Health Department against violators of this law is bringing results, according to Dr. R. R.

Ashworth. chief food Inspector. Dr Ashworth says the number of cases reported is dally decreasing. WILL ARREST FOUR SODA COUNTER IN One-Armed Men Best Elevator Operators, Says Inspector Evans William I. Evans, chief elevator inspector of the District, has recommended to the Board of District Commissioners that elevator operator's permits be issued to "men only." At present SO per cent of the 1,000 elevator operators in Washington are women.

Mr. Evans "believes, and stated In avletter sent to the Commlsslqnerev that soldiers should be given the Jobs as elevator operators, Mr. Evans said today that the number of permits being- issued to women were steadily decreasing. "While I havo not found women elevator operators Inefficient," Mr. Evans said" today, "I do not think they should be allowed to keep their present positions." Mr.

Evans recommends that one-armed soldiers be given preference. A part of his letter regarding this follows: "Some question has arisen concerning a person with one arm who may be employed as an operator: to this I would say, he would make a better operator than one with two arms, or just as good, at least. The statistics here and elsewhere show that accidents on elevators occur at door openings, where the door has been partly closed with one hand and the car operated with the other, leaving a condition which is and has always been dangerous and beyond our control. This Is greatly obviated by a one-arm operator." D. C.

BILL BEFORE Efforts will be made to bring the District appropriation bill into the Senate next Monday with a unanimous report from the full Appropriations Committee favoring restoration of the "half-and-half" plan of appropriating for theDlstrlct. The subcommittee having the Dis trict bill In charge has agreed to continue the present fiscal system, de spite the action taken by the House. and so will recommend to the full committee. Senator Curtis, chairman of the subcommittee, expects to com plete work on the District bill late this afternoon, so the- full committee can take up the measure tomorrow morning. Adjournment of the Senate until Monday on account of the acute situa tlon arising over International relations precludes any possibility of the District bill being placed on the Sen ate calendar before then.

That It will be reported Monday and passed in record-breaking time Is assured. A provision was written in the "bill by the subcommittee giving employes of the District of Columbia Injured In the municipal service the benefits of the Federal employes' compensation act. This provision has the hearty in dorsement of Chairman Curtis and a majority of the full committee, it is understood. It removes a discrimina tion from which relief has long been sought. Vain attempts have been made by Senator Sherman, chairman of the District Committee, to obtain a quorum of members so the committee can do business.

Another call has been sent out to members for a committee meeting Monday. A number of important District matters await the attention of the committee, among them the investigation which the Senate ordered Into the case of Miss Alice Wood. Washington school teacher, who wajj suspended temporarily by the Board of Education for the alleged teaching of Bolshevism. Senator Jones of Washington, author of the Wood resolution. Intends to have the hearings conducted In the near future, despite the fact tliat Miss Wood's case Is pending in the District courts.

It probably will be one of the first matters the District Commit tee will consider. SMALLPOX AT JAIL The smallpox situation at the District jail is practically cleared up. There have been no cases reported since tho discovery of six men with tho malady last Sunday. Dr. Fowler, health officer.

Is confident the situation is well under control and expects no additional cases to develop at the institution. The sixteen-day quarantine ordered Monday is still in effect at the Jail. The six men with smallpox, removed from the Jail Sunday, are reported to be improving. The cases are very mild. DISTRICT CHINESE COUPLE WED AT ROCKVILLE, MD.

Miss Helen Wu. who has been connected with the Chinese Educational Mission here, and Lee Chung Wong, were married at Rockvllle Wednes day afternoon by the Rev. P. Row land Wagner, pastor of the Baptist Church, in the minister's home. The bridegroom gave his Age as thirty three, and the age of his bride as eighteen.

They motored out to Rockvllle ac companled by two friends, and Immediately returned to this city. Both gave their addresses as Washington, D. C. Mr. Wong Is at present acting di rector of the Chinese Educational Mission here.

SENATE MONDAY UNDER CON mm OF PATENT PROPOSED Cong. Nolan -Introduces Bill Which Would Create Separate Office. Removal of the Patent Office from the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and creation of a new Governmental department to be known as the Patent and Trade-Mark Office Is provided in a bill Introduced In the House by Congressman roian of California. Tho bill was drafted by and has the backing of the National Research Society, which made a survey of several Governmental departments last year. As an Independent organization tne Patent Office would be able to carry out many plans which have been proposed for encouraging Inventors in this country.

The Patent Office is one of the few Governmental agencies that la self-sustaining. In fact last year saw the first deficit since the office was established In 1837. There is now in the Treasury to the credit of the office a surplus of J8.150.464.10. Many Men In Service. Last year's deficit is explained by the fact that so many men were in the service, many of them overseas.

It is planned, ahould the Patent Office be divorced from the Depart ment of the Interior, to- inaugurate a campaign of the country, particularly In industrial centers. r. Field agents would be sent io. man ufacturing plants to -Workers of the patents needed and thejt explain how a patent is procured. The Patent Office propaganda, cam-, paign that Is proposed would be con ducted along the same line thatjgnff been carried out by the Department of Agriculture among the farming -Hfr terests of the country.

The agrlcuf- tural experts stimulate planting seed. if for food products: the Patent OClia. experts would plant mental seeiH which they believe will bring for patentable ideas. Under the Nolan bill, the Commissioner of Patents would prescribe rules and regulations governing tho recognition of agents, attorneys and other persons representing applicants fur patents. Conld Debar Agents.

Under the Nolan law, the comm.J-sioner has a right to debar an ag'nt. attorney or any other person from practice in his office, but an appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This provision is not in the present law. Certain changes are made In the new bill that relate to fees. The present fee required on filing each original application for a patent is $15.

The new bill increases the fee to J-0. Under the present law, J20 is charged for each original patentTho new bill reduces the fee to J15. Another important change is made in the manner in which patent fees shall be paid. Under the present law. fees may be paid into any national depository or subtreasury.

Under tha proposed new law, all fees will be paid direct to the Commissioner oC Patents, who In turn will transmit them to the Secretary of the Treasury. Under the present system, the Sec. retary of the Interior has Jurisdiction over seven distinct and separate bureaus. The new patent office bill would amend the law so that he would be relieved of supervision of the patent office. THREE BABY CAMPS TO OPEN IN JULY At the summer outings committee of the Associated Charities yesterday afternoon, it was announced that the three baby camps under auspices of the committee will be opened about July 1.

Superintendents for all three camps were announced. They are: Camp Good Will, Mrs. Ida M. Cahill, who has had much experience in conducting similar camps; Baby Hospital Camp, Miss Clara E. Fellows, who has been superintendent of a large hospital for babies and convalescent children: Camp Pleasant.

Mrs. Laura B. Glenn, who has been superintendent for the last three years. An appeal for funds to cover the expenses of these activities was approved. The estimated budget this year is about $16,000.

The Camp Good Will committee of navy yard employes announced it would give its usual Saturday entertainments at the camp during the summer for the benefit of mothers and children. The summer outings committee reported It had purchased sixty large tents for use at the camps. It also reported the naval gun factory committee had raised $1,000 for the erection of a pavilion at Camp Pleasant. Among the contributions- already received is a gift of more than $600, the proceeds of a garden fete given by the Friends' School, for the benefit of the Baby Hospital Camp. CHARGES Hl'SBAXD IS CRUEL.

Mrs. Claudia B. Powers today filed suit In the District Supreme Court against Benjamin L. Powers, who. she-says.

Is employed at the Giesboro steel plant, for a limited divorce and alimony. She alleges cruelty. Mrs. Towers, through her attorney. David Wolf, says they were married in January.

1906, in this city and htve one child, whose custody is requested by the wife..