Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1923, Page 4

§ HSICE SINFORD [ SIS WIT COuRT .; Time Since Present Term ’ Was Convened. FORMALITY MODIFIED Power Company Valuation Case Among Others on Calendar for Week. Associate Justice Edward T. San- ford of Tennessee took the judiclal oath upon the reconvening of the Su- preme Court today after & three-week recess. Chief Justice Taft adminis- tered the oath immediately after the court met, the new justice, wearing his judicial robes, repeating it after him while the court, bar and audlence stood. He then was cqnducted to hisf seat at the extreme left of'the Chlef Justice, filling the bench for’the first time since the present term of-the Supreme Court began In Dctober, and thus making likely the early con- sideration of a number of cases which have been put off duc to the n- cies ' o A notable modification in the for- malitles of the court was ntroduced today. . For many vears it has been the cus- tom of the crier to announce the court as the justices filed into the room With the bar and audience stndin and then, after the court had hed the bench, to sound the traditional "Oyez” as the court seated itself, ad- monishing all having business “be- Tore this honorable court to draw near and give their attention because the court is now sitting.” . Lends Added Digntty. Today an additional ‘touch of dig- nity was given to this' time-honored formality as the members of the court after reaching the bench re- mained standing during the “oyez. The crier modified his announcement to conform to the facts and instead of decldring the ‘court “now sitting” etated that the court s “now in ses- ston.” Tien the court, making a formal ‘bow to the bar and audience, seated_itself. Among the cases on the calendar for presentation to the court after the dellvery of opinlons are several of nation-wide importance, and it is expected that the original actions brought by the states of Ohlo and Pennsylvania to prevent West Vi ginia from restricting the exporta- tion of natural gas and the allen land cuses from California and Washing- ton to determine whether Japanese can be prevented from owning or leasing land in those states will be ®et for argument shortly. Cases for This Week. ‘The cases on the calendar for this ‘week include the attack by the Chi- cago Board of Trade upon the con- stitutionality of the “grain futures under which the government seeks control over the principal grain exchanges of:-the: Fountry, and to which it proposes farmers’ co-opera- tive assotlations shall be admitted to membership, The, fgtes fixed by state public r)flefi_‘j miseions are at- tacked iif cabesisigsiust the New York Telepho; “ompany, and in those ;riou%?by M);‘llho\}‘c;l;x Gas \nnd P T ama Nat- Ural Ok QORI A5d. the Arkansas Natural @as”Comipkuy. The authority of states %o proBidbit the use of for- eign langnages low the elghth grade in public, private and parochial schools, zlready assailed in_cases from Iowa and Ohio, will be further tosted by two cases“from Nebraska, the mocp.. imporiant “Having been brought bY the Nebraska district of the Evangelicgl Lutiesan Synod of Mis- souri_anddther states. Former service men will be inter- ested in a case'brought by the United Btates against Neljon W. Rider to have finally determinad the con- struction to'be placed upon laws reg- ulating the pay enlisted men receive while in training for officers’ com- missions In the reserve, corps. District Cases Listed. The motion picture industry is in- terested in cases which the court will hear during the week, two brought by the Fox Film' Corporation against Frederick M. Knowles and others, prosentirig - ‘for. - interpretation dis- puted™ questions " arising from the fAlfIng ot copyrighted books. ", ‘cf8e’ qf “the” Public Ttilities Commighjor against the Potomac Electric- Power Company, involving the valuation and rates of that com- pany, on appeal from the Court of Appeals of " the Distrlct of Colum- bla, i3 on the calendar. Oral argu- ment i3 expected to be reached not later than Wedgesday. The argument will bo on answers submitted by the two sidcs to the litigation to thres questions pro- pounded by ~the Supreme Court- other Congtess can vest in that bunal tho.character of roview of the proccedings of the Public Util- s Commiasion contemplated by tha creating it. whether an appeal can be taken until a final judgment Las been pronounced in the Court of Appeals, and whether such judg- ment is final. . Brie€ for the com- mission was 4iled last week and the mpany's brief is expected to be filed tomorrow or next day. PROTEST - STHG MEASURE and houso have, adopted ‘a joint reso- lution asking President Hakding not to apply the coastwisp shipping law to the Thilippine Islands, it became known here today. The resolution declares That 3 ippines. It reads: act considered by our people as an act of njustice to them. Furthermore, would appear like sscrificing their in- 0 those of e shipping inter- csts in this country. - T e IDtEF PLANS LECTURE. COURSE. —— Beginning tomorrow night at 8§ o'clock and continuing for six mue- cessive weeks, Dr. D, C..Main will de- liver a course 'of free lectures on Dsycho-analysis at>the Trinity Com- munity House, 3d-and. C streets northwest. ‘The schedule of the lectures is as follow. Féebruary 20, “Heredity and Environmant’ February 27, *“Born Y.ong and Born Short,” with & discus- «ion of fundamental instincts the sclence of mankind; March 6, “Mal- adjustment and Maibehaviour,” with a discussion of personal reactions and individual varlations in _mental equipment; March 13, “The Parasite and the Host,” with a discussion of social hyglene ab- i) detidstie ralations; Matth 20, $ Y \boli¥m- <and sthe Over~ 4 discussion and Interests of the Phil- i ““Application of the coastwise ship- ! Ding Taw to the Philippine Islands s ‘ T Another S kating At tlleBottom of the Ladder— Day on Lincoln "Pool Is Forecast Every indication points to an- other successful skating day on the Lincoln Memorial reflection pool. Although some of the ice has been cut up considerably by the large mumber of skaters who flockeg to the pool yesterday, these areds have been cleared off and guards -are’ watching over any places- that might not be strong enough to hold the weight of skaters. v Yesterday morping & large num- ber of men, women and children started a whirl that lasted until ‘way after. nightfall, and which closed the first successful.skating day Washington has had-this win- er. “Skating is fine on the Soldler Home pond;* was, the report to- day, and under the parental ayes of 'a policeman many children whiled away the hours in that ~sport. Rock creek pond also was reported to.be of sufficlent strength 10 Support @ numbér of skaters. NLEGES RELLER | “SLURRED CITIZENS| Association Resents D. C. - Commissioner’s Remarks Before Electrical Body. “ARROGANCE” IS CHARGED Thomas J. Donovan, president of the Central Citizens' Association, last night made public the text of his letter to Col. Charles Keller, Engi- neer . Commissioner, in which by di- 'rection of the assoclation, he form- ally protested aguinst the reported | statemeénts made by the Commission- er hefore the American Electric Raflway Assoclation meeting last week. he letter follows direction of the Central Citi- zens” Association I beg to enter our most vigorous protest to your state ment, alleged to have been read be. fore the American Electric Rallway Assoclation, and parts of which were quoted in the local press. “Our thought in submitting this emphatic protest, and in the most definite terms, is to convey to you this fact, that irrespective of your ! opinion &S to the type and character of those of the citizens who exercise the inalienable right of criticizing the public acts of men delegated with authority. it is not done in any cap- tious spirit in this instance, but rather with the belief your senti- ments as conveyed in the report Is out of harmony with the citizens gen- erally, save only those who may be beneficiaries or manifested spirit of arrogance and intolerance shown by you in this instance alone and with- out reference to any previous expres- sions. It may nod be amiss to point out to you that, in the minds of the aver- age citizen. it is a part of the job of the utilitles commissiol to keep a reasonable check upon the earnings of public corporations and upon the initiative of the commission to either raise or lower the rates of the vari- ous services rendered, to the end that the public may secure first-class serv- ice for the compensation awarded to the corporation rendering the serv- ice. ‘It becomes, I think, pertinent to inquire why it was true that the tele- phone company had to appeal to your august body for the privilege of re- ducing the rates upon one class of thelr patrons. We sincerely trust that you have not become obsessed with the idea that your job is to raise rates only. t is no purpose of ours to calum- niate nor to complain about men who are trying to do difficult things, but we do want to say to you that there are few of the citizens of Washington | who seek no special faver for the: selves, that they resent the imputa- tion and slur that your paper throws upon a multitude of them simply be- cause they do not admit that vou have a monopoly upon all the in mation pertaining to public u and that your fiat is a dictum by criticism.” —_— JUDGE KNAPP LEAVES | ESTATE O $100.00 Special Dispatch to The Star. SYRACUSE, N. Y., February 19.—The | will of Judge Martin A. Knapp, who died February 10 at Washington, w. filed for probate here, nam ing the sister of the testator, Mrs. Alice K. Kellogg of Syracuse as principal residuary legatee and mak- ing a number of special bequests. Realty was listed as $15,000 and pe: sonalty unknown, The estate totals about $100,000, Weslevan University, Middletown, Conn., is to receive $10,000 outright and balance of the estate in case of the death of Martin Knapp of personal property library, which is to go to Martin H. Knapp, the nephew. Each is also be- queathed $5,000 outright. Employes of Judge Knapp recelved $1,000 each, and an additional $100 for each year they remained in his employ since 1914, the date of the They are Warren B. Elils, orgianna_ Grayson and Annette Simmons. Each gets $1,500. The income of the residuary estate was to go to Mrs. Kellogg and a brohter of Judgo Knapp, since de- ceased. The cvent of his death was provided for and a clause becomes operative, dividing the principal into thirds, One-third goes to Wesleyan and two-thirds iy to be_shared by Mrs. Kellogg and Judge Knapp's nephew. Mrs, Kellogg is to get three-quarters of this two-thirds. On her death the nephew is to have her share. On his death, if without children, the estate shall go to Wesleyan. Frederick W. Barker and Martin H. Knapp are the executors. Now. Evenings, 9 to 1, Dance to ‘The Original Peacock Orchestra of Deauville and Paris Special Washington’s | Birthday Program—Favors European Regalement Slight or Complete. 4 Prices below the Horizon. The Petit Madrifllon The Chastleton 16th at R Reservations. Phone.North 10000 [} HAQUIE CHAPLIN ACCIDENTALLY PLAYED BEroer =@ THE KING BloYoLE MRS. RAIZEN CONVICTE OF SLAYING PHYSICIAN Guilty of Second-Degree Murder. Faces Term of Twenty Years to Life Imprisonment. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 19.—A ver- dict of gullty of second-degree mur- der was returned by & supreme court Jury yesterday against Mrs. Lilllan S. Ralizen, who shot and killed Dr. Abraham Glickstein in his Brooklyn office December 10, 1921. Mrs. Ralzen's defense was that the physician had rulned her life and that she had been driven to insanity through haunting fear of him. The jury, picked from a special panel of 100 men of “super-intelli- gence” and Instructed defendant their hearts,” returned the verdict after deliberating twelve hours And‘ fifteen minute: When the ju fendant, sobbing. was led to the pris- oners’ room. She fell asleep, head resting on her aged father's shoulder. She spent a restless night however, awaking numerous times 4 asking If the jury had reached a verdict. Recelving negative answers she prayed aloud. “My God,” she pleaded, “why do you forsake me? ; Then after the long wait came the word. Mrs. Ralzen seemed to sense the verdict, twice falling to her kne ', as siven the case | to pray while on the way to the court-room. When tha verdict, which carries a sentence of from twenty years to life imprisonment, was spoken by the foreman, the defendant etared blamk- 1y, then crouched down into her chair and shuddered. She made no audible sound. Throughout her trial she had been subject to spells of violent weeping. But there were no tears in her cyes as she stood at the bar to answer the perfunctory questions re- quired by law. LOW FREIGHT RATES HIT MIDDLE WEST CONCERNS By the Associated Prees. CHICAGO, February freight rates to the Pacific coast via the Panama canal threaten to force many middle western concerns to move to the Atlantic coast or quit business, according to a statement by R. M Calkins, vice president of the Chicago, Paul railway. To explain the seriousness of the situation confronting middle western shippers, Mr. Calkins cited one cass where a Wisconsin company shipped ten carloads of its product to the Paclfic coast by way of P’hiladelphia 0 under the rallway Milwaukee and St. “For quick action and relief the transcontinental roads will on March 7 reduce the rates on tinplats from the Chicago district o the west coast from $1.20 per hundred pounds to 75 cents ‘and will make corresponding reductions ‘on all ather.gommodities, ultimately involving the entire fab- | ric,” his statement declared. | 3Ir. Calkins ‘stated that the pro- posed reductions would apply not | only to the entire Pacific_coast, but i Chicago and the coast. to the intermediate terrilory between Try this : soap at our risk Here is nnoipthatwflldm the dirtiest, grimiest, clothes without a pars ticle of rubbing and give you the snowiést, sweetest wash 19.—Lower |; CARLY IN LFE OV A HOME MADE FILM STUDIOS BURNED, 'NILLION DOLLARS LOST Building Which Housed'-Interna- tional and Cosmopolitan-Produc- tions Destroyed by Fire. 3 NEW YORK, February 13.—Prop- ertiés aud films valued at $1,000,000 were destroyed vesterday in a fire which razed a three-story building in Harlem, occupied as studios by ‘International Films and the Cosmo- politan Productions, Inc. Many valuable objects of art, bor- ‘rowed ‘from famous collections by the film companies for use in plays of medieval days; coples of many costly film plays and the entire wardrobe of the actors and actresses employed were destroyed. The aged watchman, who discover- risked his life in an attempt to sa: a monkey and a parrot caged on the top floor. He managed to bring both to the street, but the puarrot, its feathers singed off, died while rau- cously squawking ‘Fire:” of the bullding before daybreak from an undetermined.cause.and soon swept throughout the wooden struc- ture. — The women of the state of San Luis, Mexico, are given the fran- chisé under a measure adopted by the state legislature. you ever saw. Every Household Needs Two Soaps 3;::? i Mo s e i for, uses, icate fabrics, cleaning paint, CLEAN-EASY AND dishesanddel. p’s ed the fire and sounded an alarm, | The blaze started on the top floorI IS STARTED TODAY Prosecution in Richmond ~ Murder Case to Call Three More Later. SOON TO GO TO JURY Testimony Expected to Be Com- pleted Tomorrow—Prisoner Pleads Accident. By the Aswociated Press. RICHJOND, Va., February 19.— ‘The trial of Thomas Pollard, real estate and insurance broker, for the murder of Mrs, Thelma Hamm Richard- son, his former stenographer, went into ita second week today with the prosecution’s case still incomplete, but with the court hearing the first of the defense witnesses. The common- wealth had hoped to rest Saturday, but three of its witnesses were too 1l to testity and by agreement the defense started the introduction of its case. These three state witnesses Wwill be heard upon completion of the defense. No indication could be gotten early today of just when the case would &9 to the jury. Court attaches were of the opinion, however, that at least tomorrow will be required to com- rlete the taking of testimony, and t was thought Pollard's fate would be placed in the hands of the ju: b; late Wednesday. Ly Mrs. Richardson, pretty young di- vorces, was shot and killed on the evening of December 11 last at the Pollard home, where she had gone, the state charges, to seek “an un- derstanding” with her former em- ployer. The day before Mrs. Richard- son’s death the woman's former hus- band, Herbert Richardson, decorated war hero, told the jury SBaturday, he discussed with her the prospects of a reconcillation after she had told him ho had been right all along in saying Pollard would get tired of her. The defense contends Mrs. Rich- ardson was killed in a scufffe with Pol- lard for pos RELIABLE ROOF PAINTS It All Depends . +~upon the finish you use Wind- whether or not that re- c decorating job will “p: shield i Glass out” all right. TCome to Reilly’s for We Cut Glass Tops Furniture Varnishes, Floor Stains, Wall Fin- ishes, House Paints, etc., and youll get Quality —to order for ?roducu-_—the LR tables, desks, insure right results. dressers, etc. SPECIALLY LOW PRICES. HUGH REILLY CO. 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Stiff Collars 5c Mostly Small and Large Sizes thietic Union 75c_ Athletic Shirts and Drawers, each.....45¢c “MONEY'S WORTH OR MONEY BACK”