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N i WEATHER. Rain and colder tonight and to- morrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended 2 p.m. today: 5 am. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 yesterday; lowes Hghest, 69 58, No. HINES PLANTORID VETERANS BUREAU " OF POLITICAL PULL Friends of Congressmen Will Not Be Considered Out of Turn, Director Says. 28,828. ' ) CASES TO BE NUMBERED, WITH MOST NEEDY FIRST Unfair Official Infiuence to Dis- criminate a Great Hindrance, He Insists. Director Hines of the Veterans' Bu- reau today moved to put a stop to political influence by members of Congress who force special consid- eration for their disabled veteran friends. and constituents, ahead of more worthy claims. Although the announcement glven out at the bureau simply revealed the method by which Director Hines has ordered all pending claims reclas- sified, and the order in which they shall be considered, It was inter- preted as being a direct blow at a practice of members of Congress which has proved to be a virtual monkey wrench in the machinery of the operation of the Veterans' Bureau since it began the complete adminis- tration of government welfare for disabled of the world war. TUnder the order of Director Hines, all pending clalms, numbering about 3.500, will be classified into three groups—emergency, routine and those in which no action, or only supple- mentary action, will be necessary. This reclassification is to be made of cases pending before the medical board of review and the board of ap- peals, with a view to bringing to the immediate consideration of the bu- reaus those claims which by thelr emergency nature merit the first at- tention. Under this classification all cases will be numbered and then will be taken up according to their numbers, &0 that most urgent cases will always be uppermost and the most needy vet- erans be awarded the first attention. This will prevent, it is expected, the pushing ahead of unworthy claims, through political or other Influence, and consequent injustice. Great Waste of Time. During the administration of former Director Charles R. Forbes it was an open secret that the operations of members of Congress inside the Veterans' Bureau, in attempting to get speclal consideration for their friends and constituents, consumed an enormous amount of the time and at- tentlon of the bureau officials. The office of the director has always seen an intermittent stream of visitors from Capitol Hill. With the announce- ment todav of Director Hines, this ; brought to the at- D tion. of "the_ public for the first time, and promises to receive much consideration, not only inside the bureau, but among the members of Congress themselves. Emergency Cases First. Gen. Hines, true to his policy of conservatism, yet courage, in facing the trying situation at the bureau, gave out the announcement today in a spirit not of pique at Congress, but with the hope that a sane admin- istration of the new rules, aimed at bringing relief to the most needy first of all, will deserve the “co-op- eration of Congress.” | At the same time it was announced that opportunities for vocational | training have been extended under a recent decision of the controller gen- ! eral, which may permit a large num- | ber of disabled veterans who otner- wise would have been excluded to artake of the privileges of being re- Bafilitated in vocational training. Virtually, the ruling Is taken as meaning that a veteran who attempt- ed vocational education under the so- | called section 3, where a veteran must support himself, and who had | been forced to give it up, is not| necessarily thereby debarred from so called section 2, under which a vet- eran is trained, with maintenance. Amatter of sharp interest to Wash- ington disabled veterans came to| light when Director Hines let it be known that there ia a proposal be- | fore him that the Washington dl pensary remain open for three hours | one night a week for the benefit of local beneficiaries of the bureau who are busy during the day and wish to save time. No action, It was an- nounced, has as yet been taken on the proposal. CARNARVON HAS RALLY. Patient Improves After Hope Is Abandoned by Doctors. CAIRO, April 4—The Earl of Car- narvon's doctors virtually abandoned last night any hope of his recovery and the family gathered around the bedside anticipating the worst, but the patient rallied, never losing con- * sclousness. Today his temperature was 101, and he was maintaining the slight improvement noted last evening. He was still weak, but less deprossed. is physicians regard the fight for lite he is making as most remark- able. Everything, they say. depends upon h! ability to maintain his strength for the next day or two. 46,000 MINERS QUIT. Union in Wales Pits Forces Strike Against Non-Unionists. By the Associated Press. OARDIFF, Wales, April 4—Forty- aix thousand miners in the Rhondda coal felds went on strike today. Not 2 pit in the district was working this morning. Picketing was being maintained in many places, but no cases were reported of non-unionists attempting to work. The strike was called for the purpose of forcing fsome 5,000 non-unfonist miners to join the miners' federation, the sur- face men and stokers having organ- 13ed _themselves into a union which the fedoration refused to recognise. [4 Entered as second-cl post office Washington, | munist party matter D. C. 'U. S. Destroyer . Py Collides With British Cruiser he A ted Pre: LONDON, April 4—The Ameri- can destroyer Fox colllded with the British light crulser Ceres at the entrance to the Bosphorus vesterday, according to advices recelved from Constantinople by Lloyds today. Both vessels, the report sald, were badly damaged. The strong current was held re- sponsible for the accident. The British admiralty this aft- ernoon confirmed Lloyds advices that the Fox and the Ceres had been in collision, but sald it un- derstood that the damage to the Ceres was comparatively slight and that no lives were lost. DESTROYER IS DAMAGED. Fox to Be Laid Up Two Months for Repairs to Hull. The destroyer Fox will be laid up two months for repairs as a result of her collision in the Bos- phorus Tuesday with the British cruiser Ceres, the Navy Depart- nformed by cable to- ** patch did not explain the cause ur the accident, but sald the usual court of inquiry had been ordered. No lives were lost on either boat, but each of them sustained con- siderable damage to the hull. Re- pairs will be made on the Fox at her pregent location by the United States naval repair ship Denebola. JURY GETS FOSTER CASE AFTER MONTH Syndicalist Acts and Crim- inal Intent Must Be Shown, Says Judge. By the Associated Press. ST. JOSEPH, Mich, April 4.—Wil- llam Z. Foster of Chicago, is guilty of violation of Michigan's law against criminal syndicalism, Judge Charles | White instructed the jury today, if: 1—The communist party of America, at the time he attended its convention last August in lonely dunes on the shores of Lake Michigan, was a soclety formed to advocate and teach criminal syndi- callsm, and if: 2—Foster assembled with the con- vention delegation voluntarily, or, in the words of the court, “with consclous design and purpose to further and pro- mote the teaching and advocacy by the communist party of the doctrines of criminal syndfcalism.” 1t is not &isputed, the court said, that the meeting was a eonvention of the that Foster /was ;gflm"f: somme. of the sessions. o, he ontinued, only those two questions are left for the jury's consideratiph. The court's instructions, a 6,000-word document. was read to the jury at 9 St one- wornan. In "the box retired o consider a verdict. B Range of Law Limited. Judge White instructed the jurors that it was not a crime for the com- munist party to assemble in this state, nor was it a crime for Foster to preéach and advocate in this state “the theories or doctrines of class struggle, mass action, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the soviet system, industrial unionism, internationalism, affiliation of the American trade |:nlor: v the red international I aos ntons, support of the soviet overnment of Russia, independent Sorking class action, the communist | Soctal révolution and other industrial, onomic and political changes men- tioned in the documents of the com- in evidence in thim %% crime was committed, the court said, unless Foster and the communist party “taught and advocated crim: Sabotage, violence and terriorism as the methods, or one of the methods, of accomplishing the changes in the or- ganization of soclety desired by the Ct nists.” OFhe Michigan law against criminal syndicallam, he sald, was not aimed against advocacy of any changes in our industrial, political or social in- stitutions, no matter how far-reach- ing or how drastic such propo: but agalnst advocacy of criminal as a means or method of bringing em about. P ven it ihe jury finds the com- unist party, the court sald, was tdrmed to teach doctrines of criminal syndicalism, the mere fact that Foster attended its convention would not be sufficient to establish his gullt unless the jury decided he took part in the convention with knowledge that the party did advocate criminal acts, and with the purpose and intent is presence to aid, abet and take h teaching: Legal Method Described. Judge White described to the jury the legal method of changing the government of the United States, or of the state of Michigan, by constitu- tional amendment, and said all other | methods proposed must be unlawful and illegal. The court told the jurors that, In determining whether or not Foster | was a member of the communist | party. ‘as claimed by the state, but | denied on the stand by him, the jury {should take into consideration what the evidence disclosed as to his men- (Continued on Page %, Column 4.) Princess Saves Jobs for Many Italian Women By the Associated Press. ROME, April 4.—Princess Yo- landa’s plea for retention of needy woman rallway employes whose dis- missal had been ordered by Deputy Torre, the raliroad commissioner, has resulted in revocation of the order in the case of 10 per cent of the women affected. In a letter to the deputy the princess sald it would hurt her to think that on the day of her wed- ding other women less favored by fate should be without the means of livelihood. ~The decree was issued a month ago as a step reducin; the railroad personnel. affect all women who entered the service since 1916, b ch WASHINGTON, D. C, KELLER QUITS POST AS COMMISSIONER Maj. F. S. Besson to Serve Until New Appointment Is Made. HAS BIG JOB IN WEST Engineer Is Praised for His Work in District During Short Regime. Col. Charles Keller will leave the position of Engineer Commissioner of the District, and with the consent of the chief of engineers, to accept & position with a large water-power development company n the west. Maj. F. S. Besson, who has been an assistant Engineer Commissioner for four years, will take his place until Gen. Lansing Beach, chief of en- gineers, recommends his successor to the President for appointment. Col. Keller's announcement came as a distinct surprise both to officlals at the District building and to the com- munity. For several hours this morn- Ing his office was crowded with heads of departments, who called to wish him success in his undertaking. Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster both {ssued statements in which they pald tribute to the character and abil- ity of the retiring engineer officer and expressed regret at his departure. In his statement announcing his plans, Col. Keller did not disclose the name of the corporation with which he affillated himself, but it is under- stood to be an engineering firm that is developing a large water-power project in California. The trip which the colonel made to the Pacific coast several weeks ago is sald to have been a forerunner to his departure from the service of the District. Expert on Electricity. Col. Keller for years has been in- terested in electrical power. For a number of years, on behalf of the War Department, he supervised the operations of the power companies at Niagara Falls. Later he was the representative of the War Depart- ment in drafting the federal power act, under which water power devel- opment on navigable rivers and in the public domain was placed upon a commereially practicable basis. During the war before going to France as deputy chief engineer of the A. E. F., Col. Keller, then a brigadier general, realizing the alarming and growing shortage of electrical power for manufacture of war materials, suggested and organ- ized the power section of the war indystries board for the purpose of controlling and conserving the avall- | #Ble supply of power and of putting t to its highest use. For this and other services he was later awarded the distinguished service medal. It is interesting to note that the published record of the form of or- ganization and activities of this power section prepared by Col. Kel- ler after his return from France has been regarded worthy of perpetua- tion by the War Department in its peace-time work of keeping In close touch with resources of men, ma- terlals and manufacturing capacity. Regrets Leaving Post. The colonel declared today that he regretted deeply his departure from the District government. He said he found his three-fold duty as Com- missioner, public utilities chairman and zoning head one of absorbing in- terest. Improvement of theaters following the collapse of the Knickerbocker and an enlargement of the personnel of the bullding inspection office are probably the outstanding events of Col. Keller’'s brief but active period of service here. He came to the District govern- ment as successor to Col. Charles Kutz, in October, 1921, only a few months before the Knickerbocker dis- aster. ine grade schools and one high school have been completed under his regime and many bthers started. In leaving Col. Keller took occasion to congratulate the people of Wash- ington upon the well qualified and eflcient corps of employes they have in the service of the municipality. Many of these city workers, he sald, are “regrettably underpald, compared with the salaries pald men doing similar work in other cities. R Praises Skill. The statement issued by Commis- sioner Rudolph, chairman of the board, follows: “Col. Keller's proposed retirement (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) HARDING PLANNING SOUTHERN SWING Long Trip Before End of Ad- ministration Reported Un- der Consideration. By the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga., April 4.—Because of early morning showers President Harding postponed today his trip from here to Alken, 8. C. All ar- rangements for the visit to South Carolina had been completed, and it was only decided at the last minute to defer the trip until tomorrow morning. Mr. Harding was sald today to re- gret exceedingly that the time he had allotted to his vacation would not permit him to visit more points in the south. Invitations from various cities d towns began to ur into the White House early in the year immediately after it was announced that the Presi- dent planned a vacation trip after adjournment of Congress, and they still are coming in, several having been recelved since his sojourn here began. ‘The pmgoled ‘western trip Is ex- pected to be the only one of any con- sequence that Mr. Harding will make this summer, but it is lleved by some who have talked to him recently that before the conclusion of his ad- ministration he may take a wing throu the south. If the President has any definite plans along that line, however, he has not disclosed them, it is emphasized. v WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION KU LUK “PALACE INSHERRF'SHANDS Simmons, After Dispossess- ing Evans, Is Himself Barred Out by Court. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, April 4.—Sherifft J. L Lowry of Fulton county, with a force of deputles, early today took charge of the imperial palace, headquarters of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, under an order signed by Judge E. D. ‘Thomas, dispossessing W. J. Simmons, imperial emperor, who took charge of the headquarters and the Klan yester- day under a temporary injunction ob- tained by him against Imperial Wiz- ard H. W. Evans. The order, signed about 2:30 o’clock this morning by Judge Thomas, di- rected Emperor Simmons and the other plaintiffs in the action to ap- pear for a hearing before him this afternoon at 2 o'clock to show cause why the temporary injunction against Imperial Wizard Evans and the other officlals of the Klan should not be dis- missed. Deputy in Charge. Sherift Lowry at once proceeded to the imperial palace on Peachtree road and placed Deputy Sheriff Milan in charge, all of the Simmons faction leaving after having taken charge yesterday, when they secured a tem- porary injunction against Imperial Wizard Evans following the break when the emperor undertook to or- ganize a woman's order on the lines of the Ku Klux Klan. The imperial wizard had issued a proclamation prohibiting Klansmen from afliating with the “Kamelia,” the woman's order, and threatening ban- ishment for any who disobeyed the proclamation. Misrepresentation Charged. The order early today was issued by Judge Thomas, when Paul Etheridge and other attorneys representing Im- perial Wizard Evans appeared before bim after midnight and presented arguments denying the allegations of Emperor Simmons in his prayer for in- junction yesterday. They charged “‘gross misrepresentations” were made in_the petition of Simmons. Dr. Evans, the imperial wizard, re- turned last night and decision was made to go before Judge Thomas following conferences with headquarters officlals. In discussing the latest turn in Klan affairs, Dr. Evans said, “The issue would be settled, once and for all, as to whether the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan s an institution to be conducted 1ing 1 | Repels Assailant MISS LILLIAN BIINTE. DEVERISSWEPTIN ASCHEARD MAYOR Democrat Wins by 103,748 Plurality—Republican to Succeed Mann. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 4.—Judge Willtam E. Dever of the superior court swept into the office of mayor yesterday with a plurality of 103,748, the sec- ond largest in the city’s history, turning the city administration to the democratic ranks after eight years of republican rule under Mayor Willlam Hale Thompson. Judge Dever polled 387,961 votes, and Arthur C. Lueder, the republican candidate, 284,213. Willlam A. Cun- Inea, soclalist, recelved 40.841 votes. In a special congressional election in the second Illinols distriot, Mor- ton D. Hull, republican, was_elected to fill the unexpired term of the late James R. Mann, over Barratt O'Hara, democrat, former lleutenant gov- ernor, 56,330 to 42,495. Democratic Increase in Council. The democratic party increased its strength also in the city ecouncil yesterday, electing thirteen of the by one indlvidual for his private finan- |tWenty aldermen voted for, and at clal gain, or a great American fraternal order, the affairs of which are in the hands of its members.” Status Is Unchanged. Ben H. Sullivan, attorney for Em- peror Simmons, declared today that the modification made by Judge Thomas' order this morning “does not change the status of the temporary injunction granted to Col. Simmons Monday, in which he was virtually recognized as imperial wizard and head of Klai He said it merely placed the property and records at im- perial headquarters in the custody of the court, pending the outcome of the hearing this afternoon. The temporary control of the Klan yesterday was assumed by Emperor Simmons, when his attorney obtained a temporary injunction against Im- perial Wizard Evans on the ground that Simmons, as founder of the order, under its charter, possessed supreme authority in the administra- tion of its affairs. A hearing on the temporary injunction yesterday had been set for Saturday, April 7. Dr. Johnson in Charge. Emperor Simmons named Dr. Fred |the campaign, republicans charged hig | 8ttack on Mrs. Catherine Gaine; B. Johnson of San Antonio, Tex., chief of staff and placed him in control of the imperial palace. When the Sim- mon's faction appeared at the head- {Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) the same time virtually nullified the representation’ of Mayor Thompson's political machine. Four of the five aldermanic candi- dates, said to have been strong sup- porters of Mayor Thompson's admin- istration, were defeated, as was Jam. J. McCothb, appointed harbor master by Mr. Thompson, and who ran for a council seat. As a result of the election, it was stated only two Thompson supporters remained among the thirty-seven democrats and thirteen republicans of the new council. Thirty aldermen were elected last month. The election, in keeping with the campalgn, was one of the mildest- mannered In Chicago's history. A few kidnapings and other acts of lawlessness were reported, but noth- ing of a serfous aspect occurred. Say Thompson Opposed G. O. P. While Mayor Thompson, who an- nounced his political retirement re- cently, when he refuzed to offer for a third term, took no active part in forces threw thelr stfength to defeat the republican nomimee. They cited the vote of the second ward, repre- (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) Star Readers Get Last Minute News inm The 5:30 Edition Every department of The Star’s news-gathering or- ganization is “on duty” to the very minute of going to press—that you may have the latest information-about everything—from everywhere. ‘eaturing financial news—sports finals—and the pro- gram of the courts tomorrow. For sale by newsboys and newsdealers throughout the city. - Sfar, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1923_THIRTY-SIX PAGES. Negro Admits Seizing Two White Women in Northeast. Denies Other Cases. . Police today foresaw an end of at- tacks on white women in northeast Washington with the arrest last Inight of James Mason, an eighteen- year-old colored boy of 1227 Alton's court, shortly after another daring attack In the northeast, committed on Miss Lilllan Biinte, twenty-five years old, Navy Department employe. Confeasions were obtained by police of the ninth precinct which may clear up the mystery surrounding a series of attacks on the streets and in homes by a colored man, who suc- ceeded In escaping in every instance. The police are trying to connect the man captured last night with the so- called “gas jet flend.” who has caused excitement and fear among residents of the northeast by his foroible entry in homes and opening wide gas jets in an apparent attempt to asphyxiate his victims. Admits Two Attacks. According to the police, Mason con- fessed today to having grabbed and partially choked Miss Biinte last night before her desperate struggle and soreams frightened him off, and also to having attacked Mrs. Fannie Finkelstein near her home, at 500 12th street northeast, on March 7. Questioning by Detectives Kuehling and Wilson today failed to wring from the prisoner further admis- sions, but he will later be confronted with “gas jet” victims and witnesses. Miss Blinte was returning about 9:45 o'clock to her home, on Emerson street northeast, from the car Btop at 13th and D streets, after having ac- companied a girl visitor to a street car, when she noticed a colored man start walking in the same direction on the opposite side of 13th street. She previously had seen him stare at her from the corner of D atreet as she put her friend on the car, and, being of a nervous disposition, she feared that he might follow her home, she said. Tripped Over Umbrella. As she passed E street she saw him cross to her side of the strest and quicken his steps. Her first idea was to run, and, again, to turn and con- front him, but before she could make up her mind he gave a Apring “like an animal,” and clutched her with both hands about the face and mouth in a viselike grip. An umbrella which she carried under her arm slipped, and in the struggle the assailant tripped on it and fell. With her screams the man jumped to his feet and ran down 13th street toward G street. Miss Blinte, al- though faint and suffering from deep scratches and brulses to her face and chest. ran to her home and aroused her mother and sister, who telephoned the police. Before the officers arrived the mother and two daughters ran out of the house toward 13th street in time to see a colored man slouching his way back toward B street. “He's the man,’ Miss Biinte told her mother and sister. Frightened by Screams. Acting on the description of the as- allant furnished by Miss Blinte, Offi- cer Ward and the three detectives, in different parties, _simultaneously sighted Mason on 13th street near B less than twenty minutes after attack. He was taken to the girl's home. whero she identified him as her an: rs. Finkelsteln was made the vic- tim of a similar assault several weeks previous. She had just left her home on 12th street and was passing a dark alley when her assailant crept up from behind, threw his arms about her and was frightened off by her screams. The police are endeavoring to find out if Mason was responsible for the n her home, at 306 K street, on ch 23, when ‘she surprised a colored in- truder in the act of turnin as jetn in her home. She was struck 6 man as he rushed by her into the street. Two girls who saw the colored man Tun out 3d street northeast and who ‘Wwere taken to the station house today falled to identify Mason as the man they saw running. Willlam Curtin, brother-in-law to Fire Capt. Willam Devers, of 1226 Maryland avenue northeast, who saw the “gas jet flend* run from Capt. Devers' resi- dence recently, atter turning on the 28, will be asked to look at M: and ascertain if the prisoner was the in that case. Mason when arrested wore a dark, fu-fitting suit, slouch cap of dark material and _virtually worn-out shoes. Ho is about five feet eight inches tall. He said he was an ice wagon employe, 4 “From Press to Home Within .the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Clasping Violin, Former Maestro, Dies in Poverty By the Associated Pres: FRESNO, Calif., April 4—Hug- ging his favorite violin to his heart, Max Bachman, sixty years old, former wealthy director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and leader of his own orchestra at the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco, died in the county hos- pital here yesterday, virtually friendless and in poverty. Bach- man's last request was for music, which hospital attaches were un- able to provide. ASKS 51 5000 OF ARPLANENEN J. V. Martin Names 28 Cor- porations and 38 Individ- uals in Suit. Suit to recover $51,5610,000 damages was instituted today in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by James V. Martin, trading as the Martin Aeroplane Factory of Long Island, N. Y, against the Manufac- turers Alrcraft Assocfation, Inc., twenty-seven other corporations and thirty-elght individuals for alleged conspiracy to destroy his business. Martin s his business has been damaged by the defendants to the extent of $17,000,000, and under the Clayton trust act he sues for triple jdamages of $51,000,000, and an at- torney's fee of $510,000. He is rep- resonted by Attorney Raymond M. Hudson. f Mr. Martin alleges that the defend- ant corporations and individuals have conspired to monopolize the aircraft trade or commerce among the states and have become amenable to the provisions of the anti-trust laws. He tells the court he began his research work {n aeronautics more than twen- ty years ago, and was a contemporary of the Wright brothers and Glenn H. Curtiss, and that he invented means looking to the greater efficiency of the flying machine and also made im- provements which he claims are indis- pensable parts of present-day alr- planes. None of the defendants has invented any alrplane or device, the plaintiff asserts. Makes Serious Charges. The defendants, it is charged, in furtherance of the alleged conspiracy have slandered the plaintiff, burned his planes, lied about his accompl{sh- ments and destroyed government re- ports commending his devices. They have even made plans against his life, Mr. Martin says, and have brought about the failyre of his business in England, Canada and France. Among the defendants are Benedict Crowell, former assistant secretary of war; Howard E. Cofin of Dayton, Ohlo; Sidney D. Waldon of Detroit, Mich.; Edward A. Deeds, Harold E. Talbott, jr., Chastes F. Kettering, all of Dayton, Ohlo; Jesse G. Vincent, Willlam B. Stout. “both of Detroit; Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Alr Service; Richard F. Hoyt, Henry M. Crane, Benjamin F. Castle, George H. Houston, Clement M. Keys, all of New York city; rear Admiral William A. Moffett, director of naval aviation; Horace M Hickam, chief of the information group of the United States Army Alr Service; Frank H. Russell of Washington, vice president of the Curtiss Company; Commanders Hunsacker and Krauss, U. 8 N.; Thurman H. Bane, F. D. Schnacke, both of Dayton, Ohio: Lester D. Gardner, Caleb S.' Bragg, John K. Robinson, jr, Samuel §. Bradley, James A. Blair, jr. Grover C. Loening, Albert P. Loening, all of New York city: Delos C. Emmons, Dayton; Fred B. Rentschier, Patter- son, N. J.; Willlam R. Sebhers of East Greenwich, R. L; Inglis M. Uppercu of Keyport, N. Roy D. Chapin, Detrolt; Maj. R. H. Young. U. 8 A.: Howard C. Blood, Detroit; Willlam D. Gilmore and R. H. Fleet, both of Washington, D. C. Many Cerporations Named. The corporations named include the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, organized at Washington; the Bur- gess Company of Massachusetts, Boe- ing Airplane Company of Seattle, Wash.; Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company of New York, the Dayton Airplane Company of Ohfo, G. Ellas Bros, Inc, of Buftalo, N. Y.; the Engel Atrcraft Company of Ohio, the Fisher Body Cotporation of Detroit, the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation of New York, Goodyear Tire and Rub- ber Company of Akron, Ohio; L. W. F. Engineering Company of New York, Glenn L. Martin Company of Cleveland, Ohio; Mitsul & Co., Ltd of New York; Packard Motor Ca: Company, Detroit; St. Louls Aircraft Corporation of Missouri, Sturtevant Aeroplane Company of Massachusetts, Thomas Morse Aircraft Corporation of New York, J. G. White & Co. of Connecticut, Wright Aeronautical Corporation of New York, Loening Aeronautical Engineering = Corpora- tion of New York, Cox-Klemin Air- craft Corporation of New York, Huff- Deland Aero Company of New York, Stout Engineering Laboratories of Detrolt, Gardner-Moffatt Company, Ino, of-New York and Standard Aero Corporation of New Jersey. ARABS HOOT ZIONISM, CHEER FOR KEMAL Disorders at Jerusalem Bring Many Arrests—Jews Barred From “Wailing Wall.” By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, April 4 (Jewish Tele- graph Agency).—Several persons ar- rested during an Arab procession in celebration of the ‘Nebi Moussa (the Prophet Moses), in which Zionism was hooted and cheers given for the An- gora leader, Mustapha Kemal Pasha. “Palestine is our own country,” “Down with Zioniam" and “Long live Mustapha" were some of the shouts of the marchers. On account of the procession Jows were prohibited from approaching the ‘walling wall” for prayer during the Passover, as has been the ocustom of Palestinian Jews through the age The fact that they were denied access on this Passover for the first time cre- ated great indignation among the Jows, Net Circulation, 96,041 TWO OCENTS. ELECTRICITY RATE REDUCED SLIGHTLY EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 Consumers to Benefit Only by Possible Future Re- fund, However. NEW HOUSEHOLD CUT IS SEVEN-HUNDREDTHS CENT Public Utilities Revision Contin- gent on Pending Valu- ation Case. The Public Utilitles Commission to- day announced a reduction in the Tate for electricity used in house- holds, effective April 1. For the first sixty hours the new rate will be 7.6 cents, as compared Wwith the old rats of 7.67 cents. This {8 a reduction of seven-one-hun- dredths of a cent. Current in exocess of sixty hours will be 4.9 per kilo- watt hour in place of the old rate of 4.96 cents. Slight reductions also were made in several of the other schedules of the company for current used for Gther purposes. Although these reductions are ef- fective as of April 1, the consumers of electricity will continue to pay the pre-war rate of 10 cents per kilowat hour until the valuation case now pending in the United States Su- preme Court is finally settled. The effect of the reduction, there- fore, will be to increase the amount of money being set aside by the com- pany in the impounded fund to be returned to the consumers of elec- tricity if the commission wins the court suit. This fund has been ac- cumulating since the valuation case was taken into court in 1917 and mounts to almost $4,000,000. In its decision today the commis- slon again_states its belief that the Potomac Electric Power Company should pay its income taxes out of its net income and not pass it on to the public as an operating ex- pense. _ Commission’s Decision. The order of the commission reads in part as follows. “The estimate of operations for the calendar year 1923, submitted by the company at the hearing In this case, includes the estimated capital ex- penditures for that year, an increass of approximately 7 per cent in sales, and allowance for the cost of coal based on the average prices for the last three months of 1922, and as- sumed no increase in other operating expenses. On this basis the mated amount avallable for return i $1,675,- 371.60, or 7.99 per cent on the weight- ed fair vaiue for 1923. The question of deducting the balance in the de- preciation reserve from the value of the company’s property in arriving at a base for rates, and the question of the exclusion of federal income taxes from opersiing expenses, are not considered in the foregoing esti- mates for 1923. This case is the re- sult of the commission's inftiative. “The rates now in effect in the Dis- trict of Columblia are reasonable and compare favorably with those in ef- fect {n other large cities where power plants are operated by steam. What is desired by all is good service, and this implies dependability as well as rea- sonable rates. To insure dependabil- ity, and for the business man particu- larly, this is the first consideration, it is necessary that the company shall alweys be in a position to keep the capacity of its plant well in advance of the demand upon it. To insure economy in generating energy it Is necessary that the company shall keep well abreast of progress in the mechanial and eleotrical arts, install- ing new and approved appliances promptly when their worth has been demonstrated. Wil Not Impair Credit. “To do these things the company must be able to ralse funds in com- paratively large amounts. To enable this money to be secured at reason- able rates, it at all, requires that the company shall have good credit. It is therefore in the interest of the entire public that rates be not reduced so low as to prevent that healthy growth of the company’s facilities without which the entire community might sufter serfous losses and inconven- fences of varTous kinds. The commi slon does not, therefore, believe a re- turn of 7.99 per cent, more or less, to be excessive, but if Is nevertheless of the opinion that the circumstances of this case warrant a reduction in the present rates of the Potomao Electric Power Company, and that this reduction will not impair the company's credit or its abllity to serve the public. “The eltmination of all but one deci- mal place in the present rates, and the elimination of fractional amounts in the flat-rate steps in schedule D and in the minimum charges in other schedules, will result in a reduction of approkimately 370,000 per annum after allowing for an estimated in- crease of 7 per cent in sales over 1932, In this decision the commission takes exception to the statement of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions that the $7,000,000 of property added to the company’'s valuation since it was valued in 1916, has never been appraised, valued or passed upon by the commission. In answering this laim”of the federation, the commis- sion says: Most Exact Valuation. “Jt has auditied the books of the company each year and analyzed the urchase and construction vouchers: through inspections, examined all new property and equipment, and all such _property has been thoroughly sed upon the review, as required by , before the certifica'te of the comm! slon_authorizing the issuance of bonds to pay for that property, has been ven. There is no better method of valuation known than the ascertain- ment of. the actual cost of property where such cost represents the invest- ment honestly and prudently made. The commission beliéves this to be the most exact possible kind of va uation and in accordance with t provisions of the public utilities act.” The commission states that when the power company’'s property was valued in 1916, the balance in the de- reclation fund was $821,668.01. On Eoccmbar 31 last the balance was $2,730,232.85, showing a net accrual during those six years of $1,908.- 564.84. After setting this up in detail in a table, the commission goes on to t is quite evident from this analysis of the depreciation account that the reserve is growing rapldly to such ize that It is necessary to give careful consideration at an early date to the manner in which it shall be treated, and this the com- mission proposes to do.”