RAIL FARE PROBE ORDERED BY I. C. C

Commission Acts Upon Pro- test Presented Through

N. R. A.

By th« Associated Press.

Acting on an N. R. A. protest •gainst continued low passenger rates

on the Southern Railway, the Inter- state Commerce Commission yester- day ordered a general investigation of fares in the South and West.

A hearing was called here for April 23, and bus operators and passenger traffic officials of the railroads as well •s the public will be heard.

The dispute had its inception in a conference called by recovery officials of the N. R. A. and the Federal co- ordinator of transportation, Joseph B. Eastman, at New Orleans four weeks ago. ‘Officers of the railways of the Southeast and of bus operators at- tended to discuss low fares.

I. C. C. Order Necessary. The railroads are not aSected by

the N. R. A. and any agreement on

their part would be voluntary. The only way they could be forced to m-

crease passenger fares, which for the last five months have been l'i cents per mile on coaches and 2>2 cents on Pullman and parlor cars in the Southeast, W’ould be through an In- terstate Commerce Commission order.

The legal passenger rate Is 3.6 cents a mile set by the commission 10 years ago, over the protest of many States which have a 2-cent manda- tary rate in their State Constitutions.

For the last five years, the railroads have been seeking some way to meet bus competition for passenger travel and have urged regulation of the motor transport industry. The South- ern Railway six years ago began ex-

perimenting with reduced rates and for the last two years has been charg- ing l\2 cents a mile on some divi- sions, a rate which was applied to the entire system five month ago. The

| result was a 105 per cent increase of passenger traffic on the Southern. and other Southeastern roads followed j suit.

Two and Three Cent Rates Urged. After the motor bus code was adopt-

ed, bus operators found they could not operate profitably without raising rates. They also found they could not raise rates unless the railroads did so.

At the New Orleans conference, bus operators proposed that the railroads raise coach rates to 2 cents and Pull- man rates to 3 cents, and that the motor bus code be changed to halt special excursion rates and chartering of busses as well as other practices J by which they had obtained much traffic from the railroads. Most of the larger roads except the Southern j agreed.

After noting the effects of the Southeastern reduced rates, carriers In the Western rate territory last December cut coach rates to 2 cents a mile and Pullman rates to 3 cents. They filed a petition last week for continuance of these rates.

Having received all of the petitions, the commission yesterday announced 1

it had decided to make a thorough Inquiry into the situation in both areas, adding that "protests against ■

continuance of the present coach fanes in Southern territory have oeen made by operators of motor coaches through the administrator of the Na- tional Recovery Administration.”

CAFE OWNER ARRESTED

Samuel W. Russell, 61, was arrested yesterday after police found 2>z bar-1 rels of black bass in his sea food I establishment at 1108 Maryland ave- nue southwest.

Headquarters detectives, led by Sergt. Guy Rhone, raided the place after an agent of the Bureau of Fish- eries reported he had purchased some of the illegal fish there. The fish were confiscated.

Taken to police headquarters, Russell said the fish were delivered to his I establishment yesterday morning by a truck driver whom he did not know. He declared he did not know the fish were black bass until just about the time the officers arrived. He was re- leased on $100 bond.

Sale of black bass has been pro- hibited in the District for several years.

Mark Twain Manuscript ORIGINAL OF "TOM SAWYER” AT GEORGETOWN.

THE above page is from Samuel Clemens' ''Tom Sawyer," the original

manuscript of which has been presented to Georgetown University. —Star Staff Photo.

fi'T'OM SAWYER.” beloved • • I character of fiction, has

| taken up a permanent A abode In the archives of

Georgetown University. The gift of Mark Twain’s original

script of his famous epic of boyhood, presented to Georgetown by Mrs. 3enevieve Garvin Brady of New fork, brings to Washington one of America’s most prized manuscripts, it is Samuel Clemens’ first draft of iis best-loved piece of fiction, with lis letter of transmission to his pub- isher.

Gift Announced.

Dr. Coleman Nevils. S. J., president if the university, announced the gift if the manuscript as a surprise fea- .ure of the Pounder's day exercises ast night, soon after he had con- erred an honorary degree of doctor >f laws upon Mrs. Brady, It was ilaced on exhibit in the parlors of he College of Arts and Sciences, vhere it excited the interest and uriosity of a distinguished group of

guests. This original script, written and

corrected In Mr. Clemens’ patient and clear handwriting, for nearly 15 years formed a part of the library of Nicholas F. Brady, New Ycrk utilities magnate and collector of art and let- ters, He formerly lived across the street from Mark Twain's home, on the southeast corner of Fifth avenue and Ninth street. Through the win- dow Mr. Brady used to see the au- thor writing and smoking in bed. He

I knew Mr. Clemens slightly, it was

said, and “Tom Sawyer” had been ; one of his favorite books since boy- hood. In later years he determined

j to obtain the original manuscript and i when It became available, about 15

j years ago, Mr. Brady succeeded in purchasing it. Today the manuscript is insured for $50,000.

Received From Husband.

Mrs. Brady received the script as

a gift from her husband. For years she has been interested In Jesuit edu- cation and out of her long friendship

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with pr. NeviU presented the manu- script to Georgetown. Arrangements will be made by the university officials to show the volume to the public on certain occasions. It will be care- fully guarded as one of its most prized possessions.

To turn the nearly 1,000 pages of ruled paper covered by a clear script, with Its changes and interlineations, is to catch a glimpse of the white flame of genius, literature in the making. Significant changes, "cut” paragraphs and pages—all these are of decided interest to the legion of Mark Twain readers. Much would have been lost If the typewriter and not the pen had been the medium for this great book of boyhood.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” were set down upon common ruled paper of note pad size. Every sheet is now framed In a border of fine heavy stock which preserves It from wrinkling and the wear of Inspec- tion and permits both sides to be seen. It is rarely, however, that Mark Twain wrote on. the back of a sheet.

Bound in Bed Cover. specially made red morocco case

of dictionary proportions holds the nearly 1,000 pages.

The first page Is Mark Twain's letter transmitting the manuscript to his publisher with his dedication. Then follow the preface and easy- flowing text of the story in the author’s admirable handwriting. Only toward what was apparently the end of a hard day's work does it flag and sprawl slightly. It was penned at an average of 50 pages a day. The manuscript would be hailed In any newspaper office as "clean copy.” There are not a great many correc- tions, and these are usually to put a bit more "punch” in boyish phrases, situations and Tom's easy flow of "sass.” Apparently Mark Twain’s nar- rative and phraseology was well shaped in his mind before he put pen to paper.

In chapter 1, where Aunt Polly Is searching for Tom, her soliloquy “Where can that boy be, I wonder?" Is changed to “What's gone with that boy, I wonder?" Small changes, these, but giving a far richer flavor to that homely Missouri speech of the dear old lady, drawn from the author's mother.

Original Crossed Out. For some reason the author crossed

out the details of Tom's showing off on his first meeting with Becky—how he managed his broomstick horse and—but the original Is well worth

rescuing verbatim: “Tom made his horse cavort and kick up and tear around furiously, wondering the while If she was admiring his military panoply and his fearless bearing—or better still, if she were being terrified. And presently, still pretending not to know she was by, he sallied forth out into the street and attacked a cow and put her to flight, observing that he wasn’t afraid of a mil-”

There are among the changes one of an interesting nature. William Dean Howells, the publisher, wrote the author advising that Huck Finn’s swearing be toned down, according to Albert Bigelow Paine, Mr. Clem- ens’ biographer. The author, Mr. Paine says, had slyly skipped the swearing when he read the manu- script to Mrs. Clemens and that on Mr. Howell's advice he changed Huck’s reform lament: “They comb me all to hell’* to “They comb me all to -thunder.’’ An Inspection of the original manuscript shows, however, that while Mark Twain did cross out "hell,” he wrote it in again right above.

Completed In 1175. Mark Twain completed "Tom Saw-

yer” in 1875 and took the script to Boston to show to his publisher. How- ells called It the best boy story he had ever read. The publication was delayed, however, and finally Moncure D. Conway, in this country on a visit, took the manuscript to London and arranged for copyright and publica- tion by the firm of Chatto & Winders. Here publication was by the American Publishing Co. In 1876.

This year Is “Tom Sawyer's” 58th birthday, and, young as he always will be to his host of admirers and future admirers, he has come to Washington to stay.

DODSON SEEKS RELEASE

Second Attempt to Free Liquor Law Violator Is Made.

A second attempt to obtain release of Oeorge Dodson, convicted prohibi- tion law violator, through habeas corpus proceedings was begun in Dis- trict Supreme Court yesterday.

Justice Daniel W. O’Donoghue re- fused to grant the first writ on the grounds it had not been shown that the local courts had Jurisdiction over the District Reformatory at Lorton, Va.. since It was in another State. Dodson subsequently was brought from Lorton to the District Jail and the present petition is directed against the superintendent of that institution.

PROPOSAL CURTAILS IRISH CONSTITUTION

Bill to Abolish Senate Eliminates 16 Articles—Adoption Seen

as Inevitable.

By the Associated Press. >

DUBLIN. April 14.—The constitu- tion of the Irish Free State will be flattened down considerably If Presi- dent Eamonn de Valera’s bill to abolish the Senate, the text of which was

made public tonight, becomes a law. Under the measure, which already

has had a technical first reading in Parliament. 16 articles of the consti- tution dealing with elections to the Senate, its powers, procedure and the like will disappear from the docu- ment.

If the bill passes and the Senate Itself dies, the position will be that acts approved by the Dail Eireann will become law immediately. De Valera holds a majority In the Dail.

The Senate will undoubtedly hold up the project. A measure to limit powers of the second house to delay bills to three months Instead of 18 months, as at present, however, will go Into force at the end of this year.

The Senate abolition bill, therefore, can become law In March, 1935, de- spite Senate action. The upper cham- ber wiU then automatically vanish.

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