St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 3, 1926

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3 Ee eee Sr ee ee wre» v Ph ae er is ie "AGE A. ‘Are More Agents Needed | ath | DAY ‘4° for Business Growth? | ETE Oe eo ~The Post- Dispatch Prints Twice as Many ? | 4 ea B. meests a Ads as = Other e t. Louis Newspape d. i : ; j : pis cen S : Sh erro : _ The Only Evening cao im St. Lours With the Associated Press News Service y H. C. Fisher. — — = Ss. Pat. Offic e.) PRICE2 CENT: vou. 78 NO. 269. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY aun JURORS PONSIDERING ON TRUE BILLS 1 "9 cy Indictment A “Drawn Against Sidener, Bender, Rutherford Law- yes and Others. “1 CHARGES MADE AGAINST GEIST Michael! Cutter, Profession- al Bondsman, Accuses . Record Clerk of Conniv- ing at Trickery. _, The grand jury resumed its ses- 'gonat 10 a. m. today, prepared to _w@te during the day on indictments | ging conspiracy pervest and obstruct justice” against sevon ™ men mentioned in the Rutherford ® murder case, and to prepare its | final report. which will be submit- ted to Circuit Judge Mix tomorrow, ‘Just before final adjournment. Conspiracy indictments drawn in | Atforney-General Gentry’s office at Jefferson City, which will “to ATE vote today, name, as was told yes- ferday, the following: Circuit At- torney Sidener, A. Samuel] Bender, Verne R. C. Lacy, W. W. Hender- ® en, John Rutherford, William Geist and Joseph Siegel. May Make Partial Report. A possible shift in the erand jury's plans déveloped at the noon | Pecess when Attorne Sentry announced the grand jur- ~ ~ 3 to Judge Mix some time in afternoon. Gentry indicated at the grand jury might return Some of them. He said ot ral bankers had been hi for the afternoon Mi they would be heard befo :. grand jury made a partial re- : The first partial report was .. le Wednesday evening, Me Indictments of Sidener, Bender ‘and John Rutherford were re- turned. It is likely that the inclusion of /Mrs, Tillie Tucker, mother of the bellboy slain by William Beott Rutherford, in the conspir- acy charge, . ecanion from a second degree murder in- Stier a Seughter. May Indict Geist Twice. There is a probability that a @rand jury will be asked to co fider a second indictment santnat | Plea of guilty of man- ers office, based on the story | hich Michac] Cutter, bondsman of | 2000 Division street, told the grand wiry yesterday. Cutter has en- larged on the exclusive story he Meld the Post-Dispatch May 26 of how he paid $100 to Geist for the | Aatter’s help in working a “ringer Hiture case. The complete Cutter evidence Miles three instances in which he erts he paid money to Geist Mor official trickery. Chie! among the instances of | Geist'e connivance which Cutter | alleges was the Breninan-Waish | Eomitution case, as exclusively re- | fin the Post-Dispatch. € utter | » has told of two more cases, as In 192 8 Cutter signed an $800 | md for Clarence Webb, Ne gro, & concealed weapons charge. Webb disappeared and Cutter sent WD Joe Oil, another Negro, as a: “tinger’ for Webb. This was done. | bondsman alleges, with the fennivance of Geist, to whom he | charges he paid $100. Joe Oil aded Kuiltvy of the charge and | fined $100 and costs in Webb's ue. Cutter paid the fine and =. ®Mmounting to $113, and Oil) =e. **d out, the deception having | 4 a Successful. @ “%e third instance which Cutter | occurred also in 1923 and | Case was that of Paul Gold- | charged with selling liquor | Violation of the State bone dry | Cutter says he signed a bond | $500 for Goldberg. He then’! _* *VYered that his man would not | ®n hand and says he went to. Geist about it. He says Geist thim: “y¢ you pay $150 you'll % See the files tn this case min.” Cutter declares he paid $150 and the case against | Was dismissed. Says He Paid Geist £350. | mmarizing Cutter’s allegations | on'iet Geist—he dealt with him “4 three separate occasions, and pm $250 in all for Geist's help. has refused to comment on _ ‘8 charges. — a bondsman, Cutter was loath Mitte FNAL ACTION: be | submitted to the grand jury for | ‘y-General | im might make another partial re- | Mspiracy indictments today, or at when | Allen | “will be considered by | the grand jurors. She took part | in the arrangements through which Rutherford was released Aictment on payment of $500 fine | William Geist. record clerk in Side- | 'Supreme iwife. 1 the court in a $1000 bond for-.| / {es, | population. be (among other cities. | fice ‘thorized for St. Louis. vestigated the finding of liquor in ‘the room of a girl student in a pri- | versity. IVENING, JUNE 3, 1926—56 PAGES. CLOUDY TONIGHT, TOMORROW; PROBABLY WITH SHOWERS THE TEMPERATURES. Poveda e ree pm w = S¢ §. ‘ —s ism SO & © o" Highest yesterday, m.; lowest, 66, at 4 a. ose vee ee © @ @ 86, m., Official forecast — City au GuNTY ANNOUNCE THEIR ENGAGEMENT for St. Louis and vicinity : Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably with showers; not much change in temperatyre. Missouri: Mostly unsettled tonight f and tomorrow; possibly local | hu ndershowers: /not much change ; in temperature. | Illinois: Partly | cloudy in north | portion, probably local showers or thundershowers in er tonight in portion. Sunset, |row), 4:36. | Stage of the Mississippi, 8.3 feet, a fall of .5 of a foot. SCHOLAR’S DISCOVERY LOST extreme 7:22; sunrise (tomor- IN FIRE THAT KILLED HIM Secret of Origin of Ancient Egyp- tian Tongue Dies With Dr. Aaron Ember. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., June 3.— Proof that ancient Egyptian and the language of the Biblical Jews were of a common Semitic origin died with Dr. Aaron Ember, Johns Hopkins Egyptologist. it was said at the Oriental Institute of the university yesterday. Dr. Ember died Tuesday of in- juries suffered Monday in a fire at his home in which the profes- .sor'’s wife, a servant were burned The scholar was fatally | trying to save his manuscripts, the work of 10 years of painstaking re- search, which were published soon. Hospital physicians said Dr. Em- | ber, when he learned that his wife ‘and child had perished and that ithe fruit of 10 years of research work had been destroyed, had no desire to live. $80 BILL FOUND IN RAT'S NEST UNDER STATION FLOOR Find Was Made by Carpenter Ke- pairing Walls of Wabash Depot at Ferguson, Mo. A $59 bill was discovered rats nest under the ———— ee ee se in a| Mo., several weeks ago by E. E. Davis of Wright City, who was repairing the station walls. The bill, which was of an old issue, was tattered around the edges, but was still passable. The station agent, H. E. Hulett. who has been there for more than 5 | years, does not recall any shortage ' in his accounts during that time. DIVORCES BACK-SEAT DRIVER. Wife Criticised Way Ran His Car. SAN FRANCISCO, June 3.— “Rack seat” automobile driving is a just cause for divorce. The State Court said so vesterday. Claude H. Harman, Californian ‘divorce on the ground that his belittled his ability as constantly telling him Jessie, a driver by ‘from the back seat just how he should make the dangerous curves ‘ahead. The trial Court refased the Jecree, but the State Supreme Court allow e d it. ‘ST. LOUIS IN BUILDING PLAN | Work on Federal Offices May Begin This Seamer. the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June present plans, still subject to revi- sion, the projects to be undertaken By ‘this summer under the public build- ‘ing bill recenty passed in Congress, construction in 60 cit-.) large centers of | provide for most of them It is probable also that work will | done this summer in St. Louis, A Federal of- building already has been au- 86,328 RECALL SIGNATURES Addition of 59 signatures to the petitions for the recall of- Mayor Miller in the last 24 hours brought the total to 86,328, the Miller Re- call Committee announced today. The minimum required as 60,456 but the goal is 120,000. Liquor in Room of Girl Student. Ry the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, 0O., June 3.—Ohio State University officials today in- vate dormitory. Three and possibly more girls are involved. All names are being withheld. .The girl in whose room the liquor was found has returned home of her own ac- cord, it was announced, at the uni- The other two, who are known to be implicated in the af- south partion to | night and tomorrow; slightly cool- | southeast | their 6-year-old son and. to death. | burned | to have been | flooring | : of the Wabash station at Ferguson, | a carpenter . San Francts- | | co. locomotive engineer, sued for a —Under | MERICANS WI ULF TROPHY FOR Sh. ‘Defeat British Competitors | for the Walker Cup at St. Andrews Links, Scot- land. 7 SCORE 6 1-2 POINTS TO OPPONENTS 2 1-2 ‘Bobby Jones Beats Tolley in Most One-Sided Match al Prize. By the Associated Press. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June 3 —American golfers, who gained a lead of three matches to one in ' the foursomes competition with British stars yesterday, 'through the singles matches with flying colors today and _ retained | possession of the Walker Cup in- |ternational golf trophy. | Bobby Jones of Atlanta, defeated Cyril Tolley, former British cham- pion, 12 and 11, incidentalfy scor- ing the most one-sided victory in the history of Walker Cup compe- tition. | Jess Sweetser, who last week won ‘the British Amateur championship, 'defeated Sir Ernest Holderness, 4 and 3; Watts Gunn of Atlanta won from W.G. Brownlow, 9 and 8, and the victory for America ‘clinched when George Von Elm of | Los Angeles finished all square in his match with Maj. C. O. Hezlet. This gave America 643 points to 2% for Great Britain, a lead the British were unable to overcome , by winning the last three matches. The Walker Cup is to golf what the Davis Cup is to the _ tennis 'world, and both trophies were do- nated by St. Louisans. Dwight Da- 'vis, now Secretary of War, donated ‘the Davis Cup. and G. Herbert | Walker, formerly uz St. Louis, gave | the Walker Cup to the golf world. | It was the fourth victory for /_America in as many contests for the Walker Cup. A detailed account of the play will be found in the sporting news ‘pages of this edition. NAVAL OFFICER ON TRIAL FOR BEING DRUNK AT BALL Subordinate Says Captain, in Scot- | tish Highlander Dress, Tried to Embrace Dancers. THE FOURTH TIME in History of Internation- came | Was | ———————— nae _—— Screen and Musical Comedy : i ' | ; ' | EE CE 9 S | ber of Family of Social Prominence in Bay State. By ihe Associated "Press. LYME, Conn., June 3.—Miss Con- stance Binney, inotion picture ac- 'tress, and Charles Cotting of Bos- ‘ton, a member of the firm of Lee. | Huzginson & (o., were married at the old Lyme church at high noon today. The ceremony was per- | formed by the Rev. Appleton Law- irence of Boston, son of Bishop Wil- liam Lawrence vf Massachusetts. Miss Binney was attended by her 'sister, Mrs. David Sloane of Phila- By the Associated Presse. NORFOLK, Va., June 3.—Capt. | delphia, as maid of honor. She was Charles M. de Valin, on trial be- saeursee to the alter by ber uneie, fore «a naval courtmaertiel on Basil Miles of Paris, American ad- at a dance at the Officers’ Club} mo Tee fe ner 2 rm | ne >; nanan al os. tg ~ ; ‘ . l i ve? TS + oe Hage | by her mother, Mrs. H. W. Gray. lander costume bagpipe player, Commander Blake- 'ly of the battleship Texas testified today. Lieut. K. E. Lowman, for the | defense, told the Court that he also attended the dance and saw no evi- dence that Capt. de Valin was in- toxicated. On the other hand, he thought the accused officer's be- with the which was havior was in keeping spirit of the occasion, one of hilarity. The er Robert G. Heiner, executive of- ficer at the Norfolk Naval Hospi- | tal and subordinate to Capt. de Valin, alleged that the Captain ap- peared intoxicated at the ball, that he drew more than an é allotted | amount of liquor from the hospital | supply, and that he used a4 Gov- ernment truck for private pur- | poses. Commander Heiner testified that and moved about the floor in an “unseemingly manner and that he attempted to embrace several of ;} the women dancers. BANK TELLER $50,000 SHORT | youngstown. O., Man Admits Embezzied Funds. By the Associated Press YOUNGETOWN, O., June Harold Williams, 325 years teller at the Dollar Savings and Trust Co. here, taken into custody today after having been missing sitfce Tuesday, embezzled about $50,000 bank's money, nounced this afternoon. The money was insured. Reihl said investigation showed Williams had been speculating in stocks and also playing the races x-Kaiser's Yacht Sold for $6100. a Fia., June 3.—An anti- | quated relic of former Kaiser Wil- | helm's floating household, the one- time palatial yacht Nohab, has been sold at auction here for $6109. The original cost of the vessel was well into six figures. The sale was by the United States Marshal to. satisfy libels, but Federal officials held the opinion that District Judge Rhydon M. Call would not confirm the sale because the price recetved was out of proportion to the cost. He 3.- of fair, have been summoned to ap- pear before the acting dean of ‘women, . a The purchaser announced his name as A. Rehby. and preceded by a | charges, filed by Command- | Capt .de Valin appeared at the ball | old, | confessed he had | the | bank officers an- | Miss Binney is 26 ‘was born § in Philadelphia, the daughter of the late Haroid O. Bin- ney. Mr. Cotting is a graduate of | Harvard. Mr. Cotting is a member of a ‘noted Boston family. He is a mem- iber of the Somerset Club, Essex ‘County Club, Tennis and Racquet, Eastern Yacht, County, Exchange, jand Harvard Clubs. He was grad- juated in 1911. Constance Binney retired from /motion picture work more than a year ago and has not been seen in any new films since that time, al- though several of her old pictures are still being shown in the smaller theaters throughout the country. Miss Binney began her stage ca- ,reer seven or eight vears ago as a | chorus girl and dancer with mu- |sical shows in New York. A sud- den opportunity presented itself where she was called upon to take | the place of the leading dancer of | the company and she | immediately. } tion to near stardom on the stage and soon after she went into the’ movies. A motion picture company known | jas Realart. was formed with Miss Binney as its principal asset and she became well known as a screen star, playing demure, sweet girl ‘parts. The Realart company was ‘absorbed by the Famous Players- | Lasky organization and Miss Bin- ;ney gradually faded from big pic- Three years ago she re- turned to the musical comedy stage. | tures. being seen in “The Sweet Little! | Devil,” which played in St. Louie lin October. 1924. At the end of that theatrical season Miss Binney went back into the movies and announced her retirement from the iscreen and stage. ee ee POISON TABLETS KILL CHILD Poison tablets mistaken candy caused the death of Lawan- ‘da Daley, of Mr. 137 15. Olive street, at City ‘at 5:40 p. m. yesterday. | Police were told the child found Hospita! | three tablets in a handbag used by | the mother and ate most of them. Emergency treatment at the hos- pita) tatleg Jo save the child. 4 Constance Binney Bride of Charles E. Cotting, Mem- years old and | scored a hit This led to her eleva- | made one or two pictures and then for! 13-menth-old daughter! and Mrs. Thomas Daley. | Star Weds Boston Banker ee EA A AP LL Tt OE oe Wg Pog Ow mngggrys« et AP w CONSTANCE BINNEY. SURPLUS OF $30,000,000 INDICATED FOR U. S, TREASURY Probable Balance for Year Ending June 30 Is $100,000,000 More Than Estimate. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 3.—A sur- plus of almost $300,000,000 for this fiscal year. which ends June 390, or about $100,000,000 more than had i been estimated by President Cool- fidge, is indicated by the condition ‘of the Treasury at the end of May. The Treasury report shows the sur- plus for the first 11 months was $35.000,000 more than for the cor- lresponding period last year. Last year the final balance was $250,- 000,000. Indications of the surplus led 'Senator Copeland (Dem.) of New | York to suggest another tax reduc- aap He asked Chairman Smoot of the Senate Finance Committee why | Tee reduction was not in order immediately, and Smoot said he | would have a statement to make later. Despite the prospect of the sur- | plus this year, the President is con- } . ‘cerned with next year when he feels ithe real effect of the recent tax re- | ductions will be felt. SEARCHERS KILL SKIPPER, 70, | Coast Guard Fired When Captain | Aimed Gun at Boarding Party Near Anacortes, Wash. By the Associated Press. Pietrowsky, 70 years old, skipper of an unnamed speedy cabin launch, was fatally wounded by Cutter 269 near Anacortes, Wash., yesterday when he displayed a shotgun as guardsmen sought to board his vessel in search of liguer. Boatswain John H. Davis, commanding the cutter ordered the gunner to fire when Pietrowsky raised his weapon to his shoulder ‘as the boarding party approached, according to a report received by | Capt. F. G. Dodge, coast guard | commandant here. No liquor was found on boat, Davis reported. ALLENDALE, M0., BANK CLOSED ee ee Special to the Post-Dispatc h. JEFFERSON CITY, June 3.— The Farmers’ Bank of Allendale, Worth County, was closed today by the Board of Directors and turned over to the State Finance Depart- ment. It is the thirty-first State hank to be closed this year. Its last report, April 30, showed de- posits $26,097, loans $28,221, resources $41,842, capital $10,000, surplus $2500. Girls Give ve Mrs. Coolidge a a Quilt. By the Associated Press. the ——e stock WASHINGTON, June 3.—A quiit | was presented Mrs. Coolidge today by 10 students from Berea College, jmum here as guests of Senator Ernst of Kentucky. The quilt was; spun, dyed and woven by girls at ie college. | For most of the five girls and five boys it is the first journey outside their mountain homes. | They will spend five days in New | York as guests of Adolph 8. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times. ae BUT FIND NO LIQUOR ON BOAT SEATTLE, Wash., June 3.—Paul machine gun fire from Coast Guard | total | BATHTUB PARTY HOST GETS YEAR IN PENITENTIARY Earl Carroll, Theatrical Pro- ducer, Also Fined $2000 for Perjury in Testimony Before Grand Jury. TERMS ON 2 COUNTS RUN. CONCURRENTLY Defendant Gives Notice of ! Aepiek eed Us: Bend ts| Continued by U. S. Judge of New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 3.—Earl Car- roll, Broadway theatrical producer convicted of perjury in connection with grand jury investigation of a party in his theater at which an unclad chorus girl served drinks from a bath tub in which she was seated, was sentenced today to serve a year and a day in Atlanta Federal prison on each of two counts, the sentences to run con- currentiy, and to pay a fine of $1000 on each. Carroll originally was indicted on six counts. Two referred to his testimony that there had been no liquor served at the party, two to his statement that no one occupied the bath tub, and two to his as- sertion that he had no list of guests at the party. The guest list indictments were dropped on recommendation of the prosecution. The producer was found not guilty of the liquor in- dictment, but guilty of the two in- dictments concerning the nude woman in the'bath tub. Sentence was imposed by Judge | Goddard before whomi Carroll was tried and convicted. Origin of the Investigation. Grand jury investigation of the bathtub party was begun as the result of published reports that liquor had been served in the the- ater. During the perjury trial Car- roll’s counsel contended that as the only interest of the grand jury was whether the prohibition laws had been violated, it was immaterial whether or not the producer had told the truth concerning the bath- tub incident. He asked to have the two indictments referring to this point dismissed on this ground, but Judge Goddard ruled that the grand jury had a right to ask any questions it saw fit and that’ if they were answered untruthfully this constituted: perjury. aes ee | Buckner, after Carroll had been sentenced, consented to a motion | by counsel for the producer to ad- | mit Carroll to bail vending argu- ment on appeal before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Carroll's bail of $5000 was con- tinued and Judge Goddard grant- ed permission to the producer to | _ leave the jurisdiction of the South- ‘ern District of New York pending | ithe outcome of the proceedings be- fore the higher court. This is not usual, but was granted because of Carroll's theatrical work, which, his counsel said, necessitated his | leaving the district. Sentence Far Under Maximum. Carroll faced a maximum sen- Fito of five years and a fine of |} $2000 on each of the counts on which he was convicted. During the trial Joyce Hawley, |17-year-old chorus girl, testified ‘she had occupied a bathtub on the stage of the Earl Carroll Theater at Carroll's invitation, and that she had been drunk at the time from drinking liquor served her in the ‘theater. The jury by its verdict lasserted its belief in her first istatement, but ‘not in her second. The party described variously as 'a Washington birthday celebration, la party in honor of a man who ‘had backed Carroll in his theatric- ‘al enterprises, and 4 welcoming ovation to Countess Cathcart, who had just been released from Ellis Island. where she had been held on a charge of moral turpitude, was attended by widely known fig- ures of the theatrical and artistic fields. Counsel for Carroll submitted a ' petition signed by mine members of the jury which convicted the producer asking that the Judge show leniency. Judge Goddard replied that Car- roll had had a fair trial; that he had been justly convicted and that although he regretted the necessity of doing so, there was open before \him but one conrse—that of fixing a just penalty. He then imposed sentence. Carroll already has ap- pealed. Bele | $500,000 Fire — Canadian Village. By EBEC, P P. oO. June 3.-~-The town of Riviere Du Loup, about 120 miles from this city, was swept by fire yesterday. Thirty or forty commercial establishments and dwellings were destroyed. The loss —_ at more than $600,000. * United States District Attorney | ——— ; FORD'S NET PROFITS IN SEVEN YEARS TOTAL $526,441 ,95! Special to the Post-Dispatch. . DETROIT, Mich., June 3. HE net profits of the Ford T Motor Co. for the seven- year period from 1917 to 1924 were $526,441,951, and the gross profits were $876,176,230, it was testified before William 8. Sayres Jr., Master in Chancery in Federa] Court, by Herbert L. Leister, chief auditor of the Ford organization. The Parker Rust Proof Co. is asking for royalties approximating $1,000,- 000 from the Ford company for alleged infringement of patent in the use of a rust proofing process. Judge Tuttle ruled last year that there had been infringement. PAYS $16,000 PENALTY Inspectors Found in Her Bag- gage Several Undeclared Pieces of Jewelry. By Leased Wire From the New York Bureay of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, June 3.—The lar- gest penalty for smuggling im- posed in recent months on any of the many persons caught by cus- toms inspectors trying to bring Valuables ints this egentry from Europe without declaring them for duty was paid yesterday by Miss Grace E. Emery, said to be a member of a wealthy family of Bradford, Pa. She was caught by Inspector Gibson upon her arrival here on the Holland-American liner Rot- terdam, Friday evening. He found on her finger and in her luggage several jewels not specified in her forma! declaration. When he began to question her she broke in harghtily: “I guess you don’t know who you are talk- ing to when you suggest I'm dis- honest.’’ In spite of her protestation she was turned over to a woman in- of | spector who found a number | other hidden articles of jewelry. “I'm sorry I did it,” she told Collector Elting when she _ ap- peared before him yesterday es won't do it again.” He ordered her to pay the fine ‘fixed by law. It is 100 per cent of ‘the domestic valuation of the ‘smuggled property, and a second 100 per cent in Heu of forfeit of ‘the property. The jewelry had | been fixed by appraisers as worth $8000. The penalty she was re- ‘quired to pay, therefore, was $16,- 000. To this was added $3000 on dutiable importations which she had declared. It will be $19,000 in all. Whereupon, Lewis Emery, her prother, wrote out a check for that amount. “We make a practice of prose- cuting only these who smuggle commercially,” said Elting. “T don’t believe there has been &@ single case in which a person who hag sought to smuggle in jewels as did this woman was prosecuted 80 long as they paid the “penalty.” , SENATE ORDERS INQUIRY INTO By the Associa yt INGTON June 3. — The Federal Trade Commission was éi- rected to investigate the increased cost of gasoline and oil in a resolu- tion adepies Serer by the Sénate. A RE Re Ee a Gustavus Adolphus Mach Iinterest- ed im Various Fxperiments. FAST ORANGE, N. J., June 3. —rown Prince Gustavus Adoilph- us of Sweden wes an interested visitor today at the experimental laboratories of the electrical wis- ard, Thomas A. Edison. After in- specting the East’ Orange plant, the wer ethe luncheon guests of Edi- son and his family. The Crown Prince and the in- ventor discussed the use of Swed- ish iron in some of his electrical appliances, a new phonograph on jot the. eubjegta, UNITED RAILWAYS ASKS FOR Elah-b CITY WILL PROTESI Crown Prince and Princess | CENT FARE: ——— Two Rides for 15 Cents for Token Buyers, No In- crease in Charge for Children Sought. ACTION APPROVED BY FEDERAL COURT Mayor Says Opposition Will Not Interfere With Negotiations on New Service-at-Cost Franchise Application for immediate ip- crease of the present 7-cent street car fare to 8 cents cash, two tokens for 16 cents, in the city and in St. Louls County, was filed with the State Public Service Commis- sion today by the receiver of the United Railways Co. It ig not pro- posed to increase the fare for chil- dren, which is 3 cents, Mayor Miller issued a statement announcing that the city’s legal department would oppose the pro- posed increase, and declaring that the controversy over fares would not stop negotiations for the pro- posed survice-at-cost franchise or- dinance. The receiver's application was made under authority of an order. issued yesterday by Federal Judge Faris, who is in charge of the, re- celvership. The order directs the receiver to apply to the Commis- sion for the increase. of Increase. It is estimated by the United Rajlways officials that the pro- posed increase from 7 cents to 7's Cents and 8 centa will increase the company's revenue by §$1,200,00° ayear. For the year ending Apri! 30 last, the net income was $2,748.- 000, and thus lacked about $1,209 - 000 of what would be required to pay at seven per cent return on the $56,600,000 valuation fixed on the company’s property by the Public Service Commission. No rate of return on the com- pany’s valuation has ever been fixed by the commission. In ‘ts application, the receiver asks that 8 per cent be fixed ag the rate of return. However, the rate of fare requested shows that the company would be satisfied, for the present. with a 7 per cent return. An $8 per cent return would require §2,- 400,000 a year more revenue than at present. Receiver Wells today issued a statement to explain to the public his request for an increased rate of fare. He cited a large decrease in the number of passengers, duc to increased use of private automo- biles and competition of motor- busses and service cars. Increased Taxes Cited. Since the beginning of 1924, the receiver said, there has been an in- creasing burden of taxes. “Activi- ties of ambulance chasers” have in- creased, notwithstanding reduction # the number of accidents, and high damage verdicts have been rendered by juries. This combination of decreased income and increased expenses, the receiver says, “makes it impossible to maintain the high cheracter of service desired, make further im- provements in service, and pay a reasonable return on the valuation of the property allowed by the Public Service Commission, and He said the number of pay pas- sengers in 1924 was approzimate- ly 13,500,000 less than in 1923, | Other Bardens listed. 1925 were $638,567 | higher than in 1924, the statemen’ continues, and in the first 4 only an interest but « tamiliarity ! - Fae hay ee La Se Yawn ON tg NOR, Ae ha ee ot Ne Es ee eee OR a Oe oe i oes “%, 47 yap Pe vs