Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1923, Page 2

RLD ECONOMIC PARLEY FAVORED Rome Resolution Declared to Be in Line With Presi dent’s Idea. OPPOSES U. S. INITIATIVE Executive Believes First Move Should Be Foreign—Belgian Offer Still Open. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ST. AUGUSTINE March President Harding )t opposed to the principle a world ic conference, but not the Un ates to ta initiative in call This is t ecutive that th rlcan dele Congre the Internutional Chain- ber of Commerce at 1 unanimous tion favoring a world Fi 24— is ceono does wish e the the chief ex- abroad e position of ws comes from Rome had suc tion of & reso econ conferenc Mr fronted namely duced which would whelming v mic ¢ hefure been proposition, when Senator Borah intro- resolution in the Yenate, ve passed by an over- - but for the gest from the I'resident that such action might be misconstrued, because fee ers had already been sent out by this government o Harding con- by the same his su the subject Awnit for Initiative. he fnner history of what was go. ing on at the rame time that Mr. Borah was pressing his resolution has never hecn revealed by the Amer- fean government. but it has a direct bearing o1 the effect which the reso- Tution passed in Rome will have on the poiicy of the Washington ad ministration Mr. Hlard mention of economic confe s in conver tion with Premier Briand, Arthur Balfour and other statesmen who at- tended tha Was! conference on the limitation armaments in No- vember, 1921, he explained then that he hoped IBuropean power would take the initiative, as he be Jeved that u the basic problems. such as reparations, which would be inextricably of any we Il eco- nomic con there should be an agreement among the European pow- ers. Both the President and $ Hughes found themselves being urged, nevertheless. to take the initiative. They politely warned off these re- quests, most of came from American business men. The chief argument advanced then was. that in any economic conference the United States, as host, would have to down a progra 1 this would in- Volve sacrificis. just as was done at the outset of the arms conference. acts About Ratified. was also contended by the President that until the Senate acted on the arms treatices there would be no use entering into further confer- ences, and when the Senate did act the statement was made that until the powers which signed the arms agreements actually ratified them it would be futile to propose other eco- nomio readjustments which involved questions even more delicate than limitation of naval armament. Ail the powers have. ratified except France, and action by the French is expected within a fortnight. The arguments, however, America’s taking the {nitiative re- main the same In the executive's mind. He feels that untfl Europe ix in a more accommodating mood conference on economlic question would be deadlocked. kelgium did take the Initiative a few months ago and her invitation to an ecconomic conference to be held at Brussels #till holds good. Her activities had the warm approval of the American government. But.when inquily was made as to whether France would consent to permit the subject of reparationd to be made a part of the program of tha economic conferenc the " Poincare government at Paris flatly refused Thére has been no change of ministry in France since then and tha Ruhr situation has de- veloped in the meantime, introducing L new series of problems which France is demanding shall be REt il between Germany and France directly. an m. against Against Sacrifice. The President has felt that the success of any economic conference hinges first o all on a willingness to make mutual sacrifices and upon a recognition of tho fact that repara- tions furnish the keystone of the arch of world readjustment Most Europeans insist that the debts of the allies to each. other and to the Unlted States are also fundamental, but President Harding feeis thaf American public opinfon would not Approve putting into the honper the subject of war debts, because such & 8tep might be construed as in- ting a discussion of debt cancellu- tlon, against which Congress already has taken u determined stand cElslation limiting the powers of the commission created to negotiate for the funding of the war debts, Being unable therefore to 4 sacrifice on war debts, be. also to persuade Fy readjustment of ( propose ing unable rance to. discuss a ierman reparations the President has the firm hellaf thas # world economte conference would hu.fil &ood thing if there were any assurance of progress being made on these Important fundamentals. Business Men Confer. The' resolution passed at Rome, largely through the efforts of John H. Fahey of Boston, former presi- dent of the United States Chamber of Commerce, represents the sentl. ment of the executive organization ot the American chamber and has the $upport of many groups of American business men who want to see the purchasing power of Europe ‘nereas- ¢d through improved exchange rates, Mr. Fah#y is an ardent chamwpion of international co-operation and a firm believer in the league of nations idea. He 18 a democrat and a warm admirer of Woodrow Wilson. The present head of the United Ktates Chamber of Commerce is Julius H. Barnes of Duluth, a republican and an intimate friend ‘of Herbert Hoover, Sucretary ©of Commerce in the Harding cabinet. Both Mr. Barnes and Mr_Fahey have frequently been in conference with the Department of State and adminis- tration officials generally in recent months in the hope of persuading the American government to par- ticipate more actively in the econ- omic readjustment of the world affairs. The resolution passed at Rome is unquestionably an effort to give moral support to any step which the Harding administration may desire to take whenever the clouds on the present European skies clear up suf- flelently to permit the calling of an- other international conference. At the Rome meeting are representatives ©of the business interests of the whole world, and it {s significant that Amerfcan business leaders have felt warranted in urging a solution along the very lines which the Harding administration has been advocating in its informal parleys with European governments in the last twelv ‘months. (Copyright, 1923.) ian to the ! lay | in | 21 College Boys 4 Years Unkissed In City of Vamps By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 24.—Twen- ty-one senlors of Columbia Col- lege, Columbla University, have worried through almost four years of college life in this clity of vamps and flappers and emerged unkissed, according to confessions disclosed in the annual senfor questionaire, results of which were made public today. lleven reported they hud evad- ed the lure of lady nicotine, e chewing pipe and clgars as well as the cigarette. A majority of the class voted “no” to the ques- tion' “is prohibition & success.” ‘RADIO EXPERTS ASK - NEW AREA BE OPEN [ Suggest to Mr. Hoover That Wave Band Reservation of U. S. Be Available. Radio experts and government offi- cials, completing the second annual | |radio conference at the Department ! tof Commerce yesterday, joined ml | suggesting to Secretary Hoover that | President Harding be asked to open | the wave band area | lup to public us hitherto reserved for military and| | government cervice. Thd conference |also urged that broadeasting stations i ereafter be given Individual wave lengths on which they may continue their services with less interference to other users. The conference ladopted recommendations for a re- | vision of wave lengths in the ether i for wireless use. Present powers of the Commerce ' Department, the conference decided, are sufliclent to establish and enforce the new regulations and “thus bring order in the radio world.” Previously Concentrated. “I'reviously all brosdeasting w; concentrated on three wave length: official summary of the conference recommendations explatned, 360, 400 and 455 meters. Now a new field, extending from 222 meters to 545 me. ters, can be created for the purpose. Within that field stations can be as- signed individua! wave lengths and divided into two classes, The higher-power class stations, cor- ponding to the praeent class “B” | can use the wava lengths | | 288 meters and 545 meters, lower-poweered stations (new ‘B stations) can use the waves | from 222 to 286 This will enable the higher power ations tribution in fifty locali- ties and comprehensively covering jhe United States, to be within the reach of every listener. Suitable wave lengths are provided in the recommemlations for the more than | five hundred existing lower power stations. “The report urges that the fleld of amateur aotivity be extended by alloting & band extending from 1560 meters to 222 meters in place of the waves up to 200 meters now used. The band from 200 to 222 meters can be reserved for high-grade con- | tinuous wave telegraph transmitting { stations operating under special i L} i | | . license. Technical and training school licenses can aulso occupy this band. The report confines spark ambteur radio telegraph stations to the band 175 meters to 200 meters. Rules for Ships, “It adwo includes the provision that #hips using 450 meter waves keep! silent between 7 and 11 p.m. and. as| #00n as possible, readjust their equip- ment for transmission on wave lengths bove §00 meters, >rovision is made in the recom- mendations for & new fleld of ship telephone wervice, enabling persons | i on shore to talk 10 those aboand ship. « This can be carried out on waves' 1h\r above broadcasting waves, so \ that no interference can result { “The reading of telegrams or let- | i ters by broadeasting stations shouid {be permitted.” says the report, “so | {1onk as the signer is not addressed in | person and so long as the text mat- | ter 1s of general {nterest. “Another recommendation &lmultaneous rebroadcasting mitted as a service only on a broad- casting wave length, and with the authorization of the original broad. caster and of the Department of Commerce. “The new regulations recom- mended are based on a plan sub- mitted by the radio inspectors of the Department of Commerce, and in. cluda elements from other plans sub- mitted by the radio section of the Associated Manufacturers of Klec- trical Supplies. the National Radlo Chamber of Commerce, the Institute of Radio Enugineers, the American newspaper broadcasting stations d several other groups. “It §& the unanimous opinfon of the conference that the Secratary of | Commerce in licensing stations h i the authority under the present law | to regulate hours and wave lengths | of operation of stations, and to re- | voke or withhold licenses of stations when such action is Hecessary to prevent interference detrimental to the public good. | i | | i i i | | is that be per- Ask Co-Operation. The committee alSo urged that fullest co-operation be given by those who operate broadcasting stations and by the public with the Depart- ment of Commerce in the co-opera- | tive adjustment of local broadcast- ing problems in order to realize the fullest poswibilities of the recommen- dations outlined.” Commissiofer Carson of the bureau jof navigation acted as chairman of the conference during the executive sessions which completed its work and enforcement of the new schedules will be in the hands of inspectors of i his stafr. | Maj. Ge: i George O. Squier, for the {Army: Commander D. C. Bingham, ifor the Navy: Hiram Percy Maxim. {president of ‘the American Radio Re- lay League; A. H. Griswold, assistant vice president of the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, and r. Alfred N. Goldsmith, secretary of j the “Institute of Radlo Engineers, were among the conference commit- tee members. POINCARE DEMAND TO BE FOR TREATY WITHOUT CHANGE (Continued from First Page.) tute an official reserve of the French jgovernment for the future, notifying of its acceptance of the treaty as drafted in Washington and its reser. {vation of entire liberty when the itreaty reaches maturity.” While regretting “the manner in which the negotiations were con- ducted in_Washington,” and declar- ing the treaty's term& are open to dispute, Debats says France {s mor- 11y compelled to ratify. Refusal would arouse irritation in the United States so keen as serfously to compromi international rela- tions,” it believes. ! pany must look inte table to meet the de | day {ing of depu: I government ! | General's -office THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO PEPCD 15 PLANNIN §4,000,000 UTLAY Ham Announces $2,228,000 of Total Sum Will Be’ Spent This Year. NECESSARY FOR DEMAND 20,000-Kilowatt Generator Will Be Added to Plant at Benning. A program for the expansion of the Potomac Electric Power Company, call- | ling for an out of $4,000,000 during the pext two r, was outlined last night by Willlam F. Ham, president. Of the total amount, $2,228,000 will be spent this year, Mr. Ham said, and the balance in 1924. These penditures are m the company to keep pace with the grow- ing demand for current Outstanding Projects F Here are the ou to be launched by Jirection of an addition to the Ren- ning power station fo house a 20,000- kilowatt-hour generator. Construction of a new storchouse at nd C streets northwest, with ad- 1 office room space on the upper floors, Imi kilowatt nned. standing projects soon the company installation of turbine at Benning. Building of a new electric substation on I, street botween. 17th and 18th streets northwest The task of enlarging the Benning ma. this vear, but the new tu will stailed ‘as soon as it can be obtained from the factor. Explainx Use of Current. The view of the Benning station, as shown in the accompanying picture, is the way it will look in 1427, when all of the contemplated improvements have been made. Mr. Ham explained that the use of electricity for every conceivable purpose I8 increasing o rapidiy that the co the future o that cquipment av and. The office building and storehouse to be erected in the rear of the present headquarters of the company at 133 cet will cost about $200.000, he es- timated. a 12,500- bui it Wil always hav RAILROADERS TELL OF STRIKE RIOTS iShop Worker Assaulted and Stormed With Stones by Children, He Says. By the Ausociated Pross, NEW YORK, March 24 —Testimon as to dixorders and damage inflicted upon railroad property during the re- cent shopmen's strike s given to- by officials and workers of the New York, New Haven and Hartford and Long Island railroads at a fed- eral government hearing, The bearing, arranged for the tak- tions to be used by the an the shopmen’'s union was conducted renresentatives of the Attorney deral complete on terminatio tives said the would be sent hearings. to Chicago. 2 the government anent injunes timony of the here on May will against the employes' department of erican Federation of Labor. xperiences With Shopmen. Witnesses today periences with striking shopmen, the railroad officials relating their ef- forts to protect their workers from harm at the hands of the strikers. Hans Christiansen. working as a machinist helper at New Haven, Conn., =ince last July, testified to be- ing assaulted by strikers while on & trolley car one ht. He said he had two teeth knocked ont and re- ceived two black eyes. A man, he said, came to his homs one night and told his mother they would “get him," frightening her. William Benton, foreman of the shops at Hartford. aid his neighbors called him a “scab,” and on one oc- cusfon twenty-five children threw rocks at him. He passed pickets every day going to and from work but they never caused any rail- the trouble, he safd. Warned to Quit Work. Willtam L. Lemoine, car inspector at New Haven since July, told of being warned by a group of men to quit work or he would be “put in the hospital 80 he could not work."” After that he remained on the com- Pany’s property, sleeping in a box- car. He said he had six children and went to see them occasionally in a taxi cab accompanied by guards. Walter L. Halliday, New Haven rallroad trainmaster,” said that one of his men had reported to him that strikers had bribed two of his chil- dren, giving them pennies to call thelr father a “scab.” Patrick J. Hogan, general fore- man of car inspectors of the New Haven division, sald he had discov- ered twenty-five instances where Jjournal boxes had: been partly filled with sand. He found boxes packed with emery, retainer valves turned up and bolts in brake rods pulled out. RUN SHIPS OR SELL, LASKER WILL URGE ON THE PRESIDENT (Continued from First Page.) will be the principal feature of his dafly program. Several administration officials, in- cluding Attorney General Daugherty, will join the party here and the Presi- dent on his arrival found Fred Starek, member of the War Finance Corpora- tion, and one of those prominent in his preconvention and election cam- paigns in 1920, awaiting him. It would not be surprising if Mr. Hard- ing_and Mr. Starek ha@ a political conference during the next few day: Another administration official whé met the Harding party here was Walter C. Brown, chalrman of the joint congressionai’ committee on de- partmental reorganization. Mr. Brown also was prominent in the Harding campaign of 1920 and it s fair to as. sume that politics- entered somewhat into a conference he had with the President tonight. The conference, however, dealt pri- marily with the work of reorganizing the administration mwhln-r‘y of the overnment; with which k Mr. large ex- | lo necessary to enable | injunction against | representa- | seck & per- | described their ex- | through | HOW BENNING POWER PLANT WILL LOOK WHEN ENLARGED! Hundreds Flee 5 o e G o S 7 i R Rapld increase in use of electricity in Washington han made it necessary for Potomaé Eleetric Power Com- pany to take ateps for immediate en ' REDS TERRORIZING DISTRICT IN'RUHR Green-Shirted Bands Spread Fear in Section Around Essen by Night Raids. | By thie Associated Press ESSEN, March 24.—Bands employed men wearing green shirts have been terrorizing the country | at night in the Rotthausen district, near Essen, and the French are send- | ing additional tzoops to this region | to end tha trouble German officlals say most of these men are communists, led by a Rus- slan miner, and that thelr object Is {to show their strength azainst the| sationalists, whom the communists | oppose way The Germans declare { bands, which circulate nightfall, are armed In near Totthausen, several 1 communists surrounded the home of a mine director with whom they m:al they desired to bhold a conference. | The director, however, had been| warned of their coming and escaped. | At least eleven Gormans have been | wounded in the last few nights in| consequence of the activitles of the | | green bands, according to the Ger-i | i of un- in every that these | only after} one case, hundred | | man officiais. | Setze Much Muchlnery. L DUESSELDORF, March Z4.—Thir-| teen hundred ton§ of machinery and| | tools were seized here today by order| of the restitution office in Wiesbaden. ) The seizures were in accordance with | two ordinances promulgated by the | | interallied Rhineladd commission & week ago With a view to assuring | resmuption of reparations in kind | from German The goods taken | will be divided between the French! d Belgians. Orders have been | given for similar selzures at Sleg- bure. ' OCCUPATION COST HEAVY. | | Four Years in Rhineland Requires 4,500,000,000 Gold Marks. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 24.—The allied oc- cupation of the Rhineland for the| {past four years has cost Germany 4,500,000,000 gold marks, according to a statement made to the reichstag today by Minister of the Treasury, Albert. This total expenditure up to the end of last year did not in-| clude expenditures for occupation of the territories taken as sanotions by the allies or the cost of maintaining | the allied control commissions. The occupying forces in the Rhine- land were more than 100 per cent greater than the number of troopa witi. which Germany garrisoned this area before the war, sald the min- istor. In addition to ‘the thirty-two German firing ranges and parade grounds in the area which the allles | were using. he added, they had es-| tablished fifty-four new ones, while | ninoteen fiying fields had been added to the seven formerly used by the Germans. In sixty-one localities 250 factory sites had been seized. Commission Force Heavy. Dr. Albert wsserted that during the negotiations of 1919 regarding the constitution of thé Rhineland com- mission it was agreed there would be only a few offiolals in addition to the four actual commissioners, but that the personnel attached to the commission now numbers 1,300. He called attention to the fact that his {atatement applied only to territory the occupation of w(hm:‘l ‘was author- the peace tre: . 120 o ¥nea ordering dissolution of the ministry of the treasury was issued by the government today. Most of the ministry’s present duties, including those dealing with reparations, will be taken over by the ministry of nance. A ministration affairs in connection with the occupled areas are trans- ferred to the minister of the interior, while the minister of economics takes over a number of duties pertaining to economics - hitherto handled by the treasury. Abolition of the ministry, which was forecast early this month, is in line with the policy of retrench- ‘mem recommended by Herr SBaemisch, or of economy. A order han been isaued by the minlstry of rallways forbidding rail- way men in the.occupled areas to obey or co-operate with the Franco- Belgian rallway administration. ‘Adjournment was taken by the reichstag today until April 11. -in the 5:30 The Evening Star It is published that Depend’ Upon Getting the Latest argement of Benning plant. Soviet Cherishes Scant Hopes for U.S. Recognition By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, March 24.—The state- ment made by ths American Sec- retary of State, Charles E. Hughes, several days ago in Washington, that recognition of the Russian soviet government would not be- come a fact until the soviet gov- ernment abandoned Its present policies, is printed by the Moscow newspapers today wothout com- ment Unofficially it is learned that the Russian government cherishes no expectation of immediate recog- nition by the United States, but feels certain “recognition will come sooner or later from an economic if no other standpoint SAYS NIRS. BUZZ1 ADMITTED KILLING Brother-in-Law Declares She Borrowed Pistol to Slay Schneider. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 24.~William Ture, brother-in-law of Mrs. Anna Buzzi, who was held in a charge of homicide in connection with the slay- ing of Frederick Schneider, wealthy Bronx contractor, today told District Attorney Glennon that Mrs. Buzzl had confessed the slaying to him. Turc, held in high bail as & ma- terfal witness, declared that Mrs. By made her confession when he visited her after the slaying to re- claim a piatol he had loaned her two days before the shooting. Woman Axked for P Tt was the tracing of this pistol, alleged to have been the one used in the slaying, that led to the arrest of Mrs. Buzzi and Turc Samuel Goldstein, Turc's who was_present at the between Turc and Mr. Glennon, gave the following version of Turc's state- ol. attorney. | ment: “* Turc told Mr. Glennon that the reason he had kept quiet up present time was because he was between two fires—his own wife and his sister-in-law. He sald on many occasions Mrs. Buzzl asked him to procure a pistol for her. He said he had asked her what she wanted ft for, and she would reply: ‘Well, after 1 get it I'll let you know “He said he finally procured a pis- tol and gave it to her. This was on Saturday evening, February 24. He became worrfed after giving her the pistol, he sald. He could not sleep Saturday night and tried to get in touch with Mrs. Buzzi over the tele- phone. He tried to get in touch with her on Sunday, and on Monday called her geveral times, but failed. “He sald he went to her apartment at about 5:45 p.m. Monday, the day of the shooting, and asked her if she had the gun. She sald, Turc told the district attorney, ‘I just shot Fred Schnelder.’ Turc sald he told her he didn’t believe her and Mrs. Buaai said: ‘Yes, I have done so.’ New Witness Summoned. “Turc told the district attorne: that when he gave Mrs. Buzzi the pis tol he asked: “‘Now, Anna, what are you going to do with it? and she said: “‘I'm going to shoot Fred Schnfe- der. He's going to leave me and If & can’t have him I don't want any one slse to have him.' “He sald he admonished her not to do anything of the kind as that would be foolish and did not believe she had the nerve to do anything of the kind.” Richard Smith of Dallas, Tex., a former friend of Mrs. Buazzi and of Schneider, has been summoned to tes- tify concerning events prior to the murder, District Attorney Glennon revealed tonight, after corroborating the statement of Turo’s counsel. Smith arrived tonight and will be questioned at length tomorrow. Turo, who is held in $50,000 bail as a material witness, has offered to waive immunity and testify before the grand jury Monday, the district attorney said. SHIP JOURNALIST DIES. NEW_ YORK, March 24—Capt. George L. Norton, widely known ship- master and owner and dean of ship journalists, died today at the age of eighty-six. He was harbor master of the port of New Orleans from 1871 to 1876 and later served as inspector of steam vel for the gulf states. Later he became editor of the Marine Journal, which post he held until his retirement in 181 Edition of all the news of the day interview | to the! HITS INTERFERENGE WITH CIVIL SERVICE Edward Keating, at Banquet, Says Politicians Won't Keep Hands Off. Political interference with the civil | service was deplored by Edward Keating, former secretary of the con- | BTessional joint commission for re- classification, at a “reclassification” dinner of the federal emploves unions | Hotel, at which the achievement of a | four-year legislative fight was cele- brated Deseribing such a condition as “dis- graceful”” Mr. Keating declared that | the best interests demand that civil service emploves be put beyond the | reach of politicians. “If there s anw thing wrong with the civil service toda: he said, “ninety per cent Que to the fact that politicians won't keep their hands off. If they don't stop their imterference volunterily, jt should be stopped through legisla- tion.” is Merit Baais Demanded. The civil service, Mr. Keating em- phasized, should be based absolutely on merit. He pointed out that there no objection from the government em- ploses when the reclassification com- mission started its task of setting up standards of qualifications and efficien: for the civil service employes. Lauding the federal employes’ union for reforms it has Instituted in the civil service, Mr. Keating predicted that if the organization continues to grow. within five years “no congressman will dare interfere."” He gave the union the credit for the passage of the r tirement law as well as the reclassific: tion bill. Brig. Gen. H. M. the burcau of the budget and chairman of the personnel classification board urged the devotion of the federal em- ployes to the government's program of | economy, stressing the necessity of | “team work” and to that end. “We need an old-fashioned revival in the government xervice along the lines of accountabillty and responsi- | bility,” sald Gen. Lord. “Millions of dollars are wasted every year by public servants, because of their failure to recognize their account- villr““)' and responsibility to the BOV- ernment.” Promises Just Treatment, The personnel classification board, |Chairman Lord made clear, is en. | tirely familfar with the conditions in {the government service and will give ithe employes “fair and just treat- | ment.” “The government, above all other | | | i | salary commensurate with the service rendered.” Judge W. W. Warwick, alternate chairman of the personnel classifica- tion board, told the 500 members of the unions and their friends who at- tended the dinner that the board is desirous of developing a report “tha: will compel Congress to adopt a real classification plan and have it on the statute books so that it will develop from day to day and year to year.” He said he is confident Congress will adopt the plan because of its merits. Belief that the fight to make the re- classification bill & successful law has only begun was expressed by both Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, and Luther C. Steward, president of the ployes. The equal pay for equal work prin- ciple of the reclassification legisn. tion. Mr. Woll pointed out, is destined to find foot and development i pri- vate employment, “There s a great opportunity in this law,” he “maid “for all wage-earners in eliminating strife in industry. : “Real Work Just Beginning.” “Our real work Is just beginning,” s2id President Steward, -ihe. so: cess of the reeclaasification act rests largely in the hands of the federa) employes, and 1 believe they will sustain this burden.” He also pratsed the federal workers and national or. ganizations for their support in pushing the reclassification = bill through Congress. A’ plea for women representatives on the personnel classifieation board was made by Miss Roberta Lo Lind. sey, president of the Federal Em. ployes' Unlon of the Treasury -De. partment, who spoke in behalf of the organized women in the civi service. Other mpeakers were R. M. Boeckel, representing the National Civil Service Reform League: Lewis IR. Merriam, assoclate dircetor of the [Institute of Government Service; Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, representing the national democratic committee, and Miss Marian Parkhurst of |W0m€fl.l committee for recl ition of the government service. Dr. J. Franklin Meyer. president of the Federal = Employes' Unlon of the bureau ,of standards, was toast. master. START GAMBLING PROBE. Legislators Suspected of Gaming in Oklahoma State House. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., March 24. —The lower house of the state legis- lature was called into executive ses- sion today by Speaker Murray Gib- bons to discuss what the speaker of the District last night at the Ebbitt | Lord,” director of | intelligence service | employers,” he added. “should pay & | National Federation of Federal Em- | In Panic as Big Woli Escapes By the Associnted Press NEW YORK, March 24—Hun- dreds of women and children fled in a panic, then turned to join policemen and antmal keepers in pursuit of a large timber wolf that escaped from its cage in Central Park Zoo today when a keeper opened the door to separate two animals that were fighting. Dozens of shots were fired by the police In a chase that lasted an hour and wound through the park. The wolf was captured after a pa- trolman had sent two bullets into its shoulder. SEEK BLACKMAILER AS ACTUAL SLAYER IN MODEL’S MURDER (Continued from First Page.) tion with the crime and that neither would be arrested Revelation Is Spectacular. Mr. Pecora’s naming of Mitchell and Jackson was spectacular. ! This morning he announced repeat- | edly that he would continue to shicld | their identity for the sake of “Mar-| i shall's” family. Then the name of Mr. Mitchell went the rounds of newspaper offices. Still Mr. Pecora would not talk. Then a newspaper printed the name. Mr. Pecora remained silent, but O!- [cott added to the mystery by assert ing that a great wrong had been dons Mitcheil and that his client would “right the wrong.” It was learned that Olcott was pre- paring a statement. Pecora's Statement. At this point Mr. Pecora again was presented with a copy of the newspa- per naming Mitchell and he confirmed the identification in the following statement: “When Mr. Mitchell, through his attorney, Nielson Olcott, expressed a desire on Friday, March 16, the day {following the murder of Miss Kee- nan, to be interviewed by the authori- ties, he requested that the interview be held at the place other than police headquarters in order that he might avoid w was considered to be un- due notoriety ion with the in co “When this request was made to me 1 immediately telephoned to In-| specor Coughlin, in charge of the de-| tective division of pol: ters, who, with Capt. homicide department, was directing the investigation of Miss Keenan's death. They saw no objec- tion to questioning Mitchell at the district attorney office the follow. ing ning and arrangements for such an Interview were thereupon ade. ‘Hence on Saturday, March Mr. Mitchell, accompanied by a man heretofore known Wilson, but who_ in reality is a New York lawyer named John H. Jackson, came to this office and were questioned at con- siderable length by Inspector Cough- lin, Capt. Carey and myself. Both Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Jackson at that time had every desire to be frank and truthful and we were all satisfied with their attitude. Withholds Information G 1 “The information which they gave | us then obviously cannot at this| time be fully disclosed, in view n{l the fact that the police are still {nard at work investigating the; crime. i | “Thers was nothing, however. {the information which Mr. Mi: jand Mr. Jackson gave us which idicated that either of them was the siightest degree involved in the Both Mr. Mitchell and Mr. 1 mor i as i | 1 Inspector Coughlin, Capt. Carey myself at this inter last Satur- day. They requested, however, for| the sake of their families, that their| identities be concealed until such time | as it might become necessary in the interest of the public good to have them made known." Request Seemed Rensonnble. “This request,” Mr. Pecora's formal statement continued. “then seemed to me, and ill seems to me, to have been reasonable. Both of the police | officials who were present agreed with me that no possible harm could be done by granting the request ‘It especially seemed to me that only tangible results that could fol- low the giving of Any publicity to their true identities would be to in flict noedless pain, humiliation and | | suffering upon the respective families of Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Jackson. Sought to Save Families. “In connection with the making of this request, I pointed out to Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Jack<on the fact that ultimately their fdentities would have to becomie public becauss of the exigencles of the casc. Roth of them recognized this element and indicated | every desire and wlillingness, in such | event, to have their identities become public “Solely for the sake of their tam- | ilies, not one member of whom had been gullty of the slightest act of indiscretion, and to spare them the suffering that would ba inevitable upon this revelation of identities of | Mr. MitcheH and Mr. Jackson, 1 have up to the present time deciined to reveal their identities. The revela- | tion, however, has been made from a Source unknown to me and there nothing further 1 can do to stay the humiliation and distress that will undoubtedly be visited upon members of their familles.” MITCHELL DENIES REPORT. and | few | the { i | i Philadelphian Refuses to Admit Friendship With Model. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 24—A reporter found Mr. Mitchell resting at his home in Rittenhouse Square. Mr. Mitchell, a handsome, middle- aged man, refused to admit that he was “Mr. Marshal He had just come from his morn- | ing bath when the reporter was { ushered into a reception room. With- | out undue preliminary questioning. Mr. Mitchell was asked if he were the “Mr. Marshall” of the Keenan murder mystery. He answered: “The King case? Why, that's that murder we have been reading about in the papers, isn't 1t? Why do you come here? Who sent you?" Calls 1t Insulting. “Wo have learned that a man giv- ing your name admits that he is the friend of Dorothy Keenan, whom she called ‘Mr. Marshall,’" said the re- |the courts the 10-cer i gtve NEW ELECTRIC RATE § CUTAPRIL 115 SEEN Public Utilities Commission Expected to Order 7 1-2- Cent Charge. WILL SWELL NEST EGG Householders Will Continue to Pay 10 Cents Pending Ruling by Supreme Court. An order reducing electric light rates in the District after April 1 is expected to be issued by the Publio Utilltles Commission this week, cording to reliable reports. The present rate for household cur- rent is 7.67 cents per kilowatt hour. The belief prevails at the District bullding that the forthcoming de- cision probably will make this 73 cents, which would be a cut of & fraction of a cent Householders, however, will con- tinue to pay the company the old rate of 10 cents per kilowatt in accor- dance with the terms of the injunc- tion issued the District Supreme Court in by Set Difference Aside. The differenc paid and t between the 10 cents um which the ssion decides the company keep after April 1 will be set aside to await the outcoma of the litiga- tion n pending in the United States Supreme Court. The only immediate effect, there fore, of a rate reduction at this tims will be to swell to larger figures the “nest egg’ that already has been ac- cumulated &ince 1917 At this time there is more than $3.000,000 being held by the company, which will go either to the consumers or the corporation, according to which side wins the court battle. Whatever reductions are upon by the commission must proved by the District Suprem as all other reductions ha handled since the issuance of the Junction. Crisls About Reached. The crisis is about to be re the long legal fight between pany and the commission. T est court land s now ening the question of whether jurisdiction to go into the merits the valuation placed on the plant by the commission, which uation the company is contesting. If the supreme tribun clude that it is with such action probably final victory for the compan the District Court of Appeals held the commission’s valuation was roneous. The commission in 1917 reduce rates from 10 to 8 cents per kilowat: hour on the basis of this valuation and if the valuation is nuilified by t rate probably o com would be restored. Has Further Effect. The decision in the Potomac Elec tric Power Company case has even a more far-reaching effect, however, for the valuations of the two streef rallway companies also have been contested by the companies and they hinge upon the same principles ou hich the electric light case was claim of all three compantes t the valuations fixed by the commission are too low. And since rates are based upon the value of the property higher valuations mearn higher rates. commission wins the c ave to distribute the d to the interest difference rate and current netion wa s nearly invested pou & e will re the commis cent rate used sine The con unded t bonds. cent rive on’s pany funa in gover: men SEEK TO REFUTE U5, AGENT'S STORY By the Asso 4 Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March = Efforts of the defense to break dow: the testimony of Philip Ukman, star witness for the government in th Gary liquor conspiracy case, on tria before Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger c Milwaukee, Wis, in the United S district court hLere, were contir today. and a number of witnesses led to testify to the good char acter of the defendan Ukman, who acted agent for the prohibition Gary, recently testified on alleged false He asserted by the Gary made to force ued s cal >ficial forces in of his arrest rge of blackmall he had been maltreated police. and effort him to sign a state w implicating himself and pro hibition ager a blackmail plot Police Sergeant Tetifiex. James McCartney, Gary police ser- geant, who assisted in Ukman's ar- rest, testified for the defense that Ralph Stagnaich, one of the sixty-three defendants in the case, told him that Ukman had declared he was to rest Willlam M. Dunn, judge of city court, and Blaz Lucas, attorney, and that he (Ukman) as ts i {was to be made city judge as a re- ward. Lucas and Dunn are ants, In reply to a question from Dis trict Attorney Homer Elliott, McCart- admitted the fact that Ukm had let it be known that {f his plans went through a number of city and county officials would be arrested had made the case an unusual one. Stephen Mendich, a government witness, was called by the defenso with the announced purpose of im peaching Him. “You can't do that here,” declared Judge Geiger, who ordered the wit ness discharged. defend other than what I have read in the papers, and must a8k you to excuse me from continuing_the Interview.” The first call upon Mr. Mitchell was made early this morning. Subsequently the reporter questioned him again. He persisted in denying that he had ever posed as “Mr. Marshall,” or could he any helpful information abous the murder. The reporter having been informed that Mr. Pecora had announced his in- tention of again questioning “Mar- shall,” again endeavored to see Mr. Mitchell. Repeated inquiries, chiefly by tele- phone, brought the response from a man believed to be Mr. Mitchell’ valet, that he “had mot yet come home.” Stotesburys Silent. PALM BEACH, Fla, March 24.— Neither E. T. Stotesbury of Philadel- phia, nor his daughter, Mrs. John GETS $37,500 DAMAGES. ORANGEBURG, S. C., March 24.— may be read by the Washington public while it is news—reliable and authentic. Special fea- tures are made of Financial news; Sports finals —and the Court calendar for the following day. For Sale by Newsboys and News- dealers throughout the ‘;lty termed “something unusual and un- precedented. The session lasted more than an hour, after which the speaker called newspaper ‘men and asked that no “surmises: be reported. He ‘gave ‘no” indication as to” what ened at e session: hape ho declined to be France would be: accused of im-|Brown has been occupied for more erialism more than ever and “Hard- | than eighteen months, and with respect Mrs, Cora R. Cauthen, widow of H. H. | ing and Hughes would not pardon us | to which he recently presented a tenta- Cauthen, was awarded $37,600 damages ) for endangering the great work on|tive report to the' full committee. in a sult against the Southern rail-|which they have founded so many|Hearings on the tentative reorganiza- way, here yesterday for the death of |and different hope tion will be held soon after Congress. her husband by drowning. Cauthen a| For this reason the paper approves |convenss next December, Mr. Brown telegraph operator assigned to duty |the method of formuliting the resor- | sald, adding that it oped by the Branchville, S. C., fell into an open|vations, which it declares are along | President that _the ‘clstern the night of Décember 26, 1921. | the same lines as those adopted by | scheme. might be mmde. ive at'the The petition in the suit asked §100,000, | the American Senate, ming session of Con Kearsley Mitchell, could be inter- viewed tonight regarding the an- nouncement at New York today that Mr. Mitchell was the mysterious “Mr. Marshall,” who has been questioned in! the investigation into the death of Miss Dorothy Keenan, a model. It was jmpossible to reach either on the telephone and reporters were in- formed they were not in, porter. 4 “Why that's insulting,” Mr. Mitchell He did not permit himself, how ever, to lose his temper, and quickly said’ that, of course, he could not blame the reporter. “But it 18 useless for you to come here,” he declared. “I know nothing about the case ’ exclaimed {