Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1923, Page 2

* GOMPERS ASSAILS WAGE LAW OPINION Recalls No Recent Decision So Basely Setting Forth Re- | actionary View, He Says. The Supreme Court's decision in- ‘alidating the District of Columbla ninimum wage law was declared to- day by Samuel Gompers, president ot the American Federation of Labor, to have “basely” set forth the “reac- tionary employer viewpoint of wage warners.” “Flve justices, a bare majority of one,” said Mr. Gompers in a tormal otatement, “have taken from the woman and girl wage earners the protection that guaranteed them Something approaching a fair wage | and fair hours of work. | | 1 Bought Like Groceriex. “I recall no recent decision which 80 basely sets forth the reactionary | employer viewpoint of wage-earners The court savs that labor is to he bought just as groceries ovs bought To buy the labor of & Womaw 1% the District is now like buying pins’ feet in a butcher shop. rding learned Justice Sutherland. who wrote the decision. “Has the justice never read the Clayton act, which says: “he labor of a human being is not » semmodity or article of commerce?” “All progressive men &ad women must resent the language used by the court in this decision. It demeans humanity. Women and girl wage earners are to bBe bought over the counter. Thus does the court put human beings in the cl of com- modities, to be the subject of highly organized, powerful commercial traf- fe! It is appalling and almost bevond comprehension that such language and such reasoning could be written into a decision of our court of last Tesort “It is noteworthy t dissented. That Justice sot hesitate to express his opinions was shown In the child-labor deci- sion, but he finds this demeaning of woman _ workers tupossible The is shocking and I whole procecding trust that the coming Congress will to extend effective find some way protection to the woman workers of the District of Columbia and to all states that may hereafter enact such protective le fon. “It may not be ami at this time that thi monizes gxactly with th supparta tne demand cratia Woman's organization for a blanket amendment to remove all legjsfative inequalities between men and women, the effect of which would %@ to annul all laws seeking to pro- tect women from some of the results of industry. The court takes advantage of that proposal even be- fore it is presented formally in law This decision is an amazing forecast of what would follow such an e actment.” LITTLE REDUCTION ‘ IN WOMAN’S PAY T0 FOLLOW RULING | (Continued from ¥t Justice Taft Taft does to point ou decision ha logic which of an aristo- must be done to hamahize the courts | or else the Constitution “n of the country have seen two child | labor laws invalidated, and now the | minimum wage law for womer which they have worked for nearl twenty years to put upon the statute | books of fourteen states and are | still working for in ot states. | Their other statute, the Sheppard- Towner act, is also awalting a de- cision from the Supreme Court.’ the | evil | |cure the heip OIL WORTH $500,000,000 SECURED TO AMERICANS i BY TURK GRANT ! States in getting a ratification of these fmportant concessions is re- markable, because It was achieved against the influence of Great Britain, France and Russia, particularly Great Britain, It fits in most opportunely with the (Continued from First Page.) to secure, for the United adequate oil resources—the ratification of the Columbian treat reversing the republican policy. Congress during the eight years the Wilson regime, itensity of the drive. The Chester railway and concession, which includes ment of the great Mosul oil and a 1.200-mile railroad in the Meso- potamian fleld, {s granted to an Amer- ican company, organized by Admiral in of mining Chester, unier the laws of Delaware, | called the Ottoman-American Devel! opment Company. Gen. Goethals, who built the canal and who was head of the Ship- ping Board during the war, Is dent of this company. Maj. Chester, Jr., son of Admiral Cheste: {s treasurer. Arthur Chester, another ton, has been representing this com- pany in Turkey during the lat year. Kermit Roosevelt iz also Interested. Supporting Rights Eight Yei During the last two administra- tions the State,Department has been diplomatically supporting the rights of this company against the machina tions of certain European govern- ments t have maintained an atti- tule of hostility against the Amer- ican clalm from the time the nego- tations were fnaugurated The Secretary of ate, in 1908, ap- pointed Admiral Chester to represent the American government in the ninth international congress of geographers at Geneva. At the request of the State Department, he was permlitted to remain_abroad beyond his leave from the Nuvy Department, in order to act a commissioner 'from the the New York State Board of Trade to undertake a research into busines conditions in the near east., arranged for by those bodies in conference with the Secretary of State. Roosevelt Took Hand. instructions that Admira received from the Sceretar Nuvy were due to the personal rection of President Roosevelt that Admiral Chester be given carte blanche authority to carry out a pub- : policy, in which he was so deeply concerned as to dispatch a portion of the battleship fleet to Turkey, with instructions to the commander to re- ceive on board the vessels the officers {of the Turkish navy for passage to the United States in the interes: of concession this country through iral Chester was trying to secure in Turkey Admiral Chester's selection for this duty was based largely on the fact |that & few years befor. whil in command of the United Stutes battle- ship Kentueky, he had been sent with the ship to Smyrna on u delicate mis- 1, which had proved successful ng his visit to Constantinople he had gained a considerable knowledge of the Turk and sent home some con- tidential messages from Abdul Hamid, the Sulton of Turkey, President McKinley, Informing him of the strong desire of the sultan R of Americans | County and countrymen The ter the uplift of his | Got Concession in Month. TUpon making known his mission to the sultan on thls second visit to { Constantinople in 1908, Admiral Ches- ter in the short space of one monih 1d secured & tentative concession for i the construction of a line of railroads the Ottoman empire, partly covered by the franchise now ratified, with | power to extend its operatlous into {the eonstruction of all the public works in Turkey, with the one pro viso that the work should be done Elaborating his statement that no | under American management. general reduction in_wages pected to follow, Mr. McKee “The decision Is gratifying It Just upholds what we have stantly contended bLefore ths mum wage board, and our stand exactly. I do not believe that there will be any general re- duction of wages. It was just a case of fighting the law because ft took away the right of contradt. Of course, the matter of wages is largely a matter for each individual house to consider. Some may be able to| pay the minimum wage and more, | while others cannot meet the mini- | mum wage requirement.” { Believed Unconstitutional. Mr. Manual sald that he always be- leved that the law would be declared | unconstitutional, bhecause it took | away the constitutional right of con- tract. The Hotel Men's Association, he claimed, instigated the fight which resulted in the court'’s decision, and | did it solely on the constitutional | grounds. “I do mot believe that the decision will reseft in a reduction of wages. 1In fact, I bave many female employes now whont I am paying much more | than the minimum wage. It was just | = ridiculous piece of legislation, in- volving the making out of numerous reports, data, et It took away the free American right to make a con- tract. “We are not trying to down the working people. We want them to get just as much us they can, but we do object to the =overnment making us pay a certain amount and then requiring a lot of paper work. I do not believe that the re- sult will be followed by any gen- eral reduction of wages.” * Senator Borah's comment on the de- eision yesterday follows: “This {s practically another five to four decision. T take it that had the full court taken part, it would have been so. I have not read the opinion and I am not offering any views in regard to it at this time. But this law had the approval of the Con- gress and of the executive and falls nevertheless by a bare vote. Really one vote determined the decision. “I feel very sincerely that a law which has_had the approval of both the other departments of the govern- ment as being constitutional sught not to be held vold upon a mere five to four decislon or ought not to turn upon a single view or the opinion of one Judge, for that is the effect.” “The income tax law, the ten-hour law of New York, the child labor law and now this law have all been held invalld by a five-to-four dectsion. These five-to-four decisions are forc- ing constant agitation for constitu- tional amendments. The income tax decisfon brought an amendment. The child labor decision has brought a proposal to amend the Constitution which has been reported favorably by the judiclary committee. This deci- sion ‘will undoubtedly call for another proposal. It seems to me that we ought to avold if possible these five- to-four decisions.” _——— WILL HEAR SCHOOL NEEDS Civic Associations to Be Given Hearing by Board Tomorrow. Civid association representatives wrill be given an opportunity to pre- ment the needs of the schools in which they are particularly interested at the annual joint conference with the board of education tomorrow mnight at 8 o'clock in the Franklin 00l building. Data submitted by is said ex- min ] bears out | | { ‘Upon the receipt of Admiral Ches- ter’s report concerning this tentative convention, conferences were held with Secretary Root, and the &yndi- cate was assured the strong support of the American government t on! in securing the concession, but 3 carrying it ;into effect, for it was only by such assurance that capi- talists in the United States would undertake a franchise of so extensive a character. Backed by Home Government. It was pojnted out to the State De- partment that American capital had never been invested, to any great ex- tent, in Asia Minor, and it must be definitely known that this new parture into industrial flelds in west- ern Asia would receive the strong backing of the home government be- | fore engaging in an enterprise which was sure to involve long and tedlgus hegottations and substantial financial burden as well It is a matter of record that not only was the syndicate assured of such support, but that in the ensuing negotiations no attempt to open up trade for American citizens in a for- eign country ever received more cor- dial and helpful co-operation from our government than that accorded this group. It was with this understanding that the Ottoman-American Develop- ment Company was incorporated and capital enlisted in the cause of ad- vancing American trade in the near east. Based on Consul's Report. ‘The initiative in this great under- taking originated in the State De- partment itself, being based upon the report from the United States con- sul at Alexandretta, as a part of the public policy in which the govern- ment was at the time greatly in- aterested. After u bitter contest with the Bag- dad Railway Company, backed by ail the power of the German government, wielded by one of the most astute diplomatists, Baron von Beibenstine, the German ambassador at Constanti- nople, superimposed by & secret con- clave at the British embassy, a con- ventlon was arranged with the Ottor man minister of public works, was approved by the grand vizier and sent to parliament for ratification when a strong speech in its favor was made by the bead of the government him- self. 7 Every one knew that in this as- sembly the American concessionaires held the strong backing of the m jority of the delegates and there was no doubt that the concession was as- sured of adoption when it reached parliament. While the negotiations were going on in Constantinople it was understood that the State De- partment at Washington had com- municated with all the European powers interested in Turkey and had been informed that they were satis- fied with the verdict of the Ottoman cabinet rendered in favor of the Americans—even the German forelgn office going so far as to say that as the convention had been harmonized with German interests the kaiser was not only willing but anxious for American capitalists to come to Tur- key and aid in the development of the country. Recession Brought About. Admiral Chester was a party to a conference which brought about a re- cession in the German opposition to the scheme. Every chancellery in Constantinople, upon submission of the convention to parliament, offered congratulations to the American am- bassador, Ridgley Carter, on the suc- cessful efforts of the Americans in .winning the concessions. fhe civic bodies will be used by the Poard and the school authorities in the preparation of the school estl- snates for the next fiscal year. Harry O. Hine, secretary of the Poard, has sent invitatlons to vir- ® all organizations interested in the Improvement of the schools to have representatives at the meeting. ! SHIP STRIKE SETTLED. ’%vnn. France, April 9—The liner jce will sall for New York tomor- yow at 8 pm. and the Chicago at m., the strike of steamship stoker: ‘The late Philander C. Knox, Secre- tary of State during the latter part of the negotiations, displayed his deep interest in securing the concession, and the assistant secretary, Hunting- ton Wilson, who was commissioned fn 1909 to proceed to Constantinople to felicitate the new sultan of the Ot- toman empire on his coronation, pub- licly stated that the principal object of his visit was to aid the American claim. He Informed the American ambassador . that the department would be willing in order to secure the concession to flvo up our treaty rights to the “capitulations” in Tur- key, as had been done a short time h&nln the case of Japan, develop- | region | York Chamber of Commerce and | de- | { thirty-one THE EVENING — e ) ) | jdrive made by the Harding adminis- | | tration, { States, i i ] illustrating the | i ' { | Photogruph shows fir | tomi, the Justices, led by W hotographing Devante tice Su | Butler, Jus 'PRESBYTERY PLANS ce.) nued from First Pa meeting today, cated that Mr from the m ing of the presbytery, ut the clergy could docide whether to institute further action against him or continue the suspension. Following a cussion garding ecclesiastical the {mittes agreed withdraw its for- mer recommendations and make the | supplementary report { Tho preamble to the report pointed {out that the recommendations were {brought before the Presbytery “in view of the unfavorable publicity { which has been given to Mr. De Pue.” Jone or two members of the Pres- bytery indfcated that, irrespective of future court fon against Mr |De Pue they would present at his ecclesiastisal ‘trial data, unfavorable te him as a minister Rev. M. in which it was advo- De Pue be suspended ry until the next meet- which time re- com- to the | S. White Hemoved. At tery s | Maurice byterian ing the Perb pastorate” of Rev s at the Sixth Pres Church, ‘on recommendation jot a_special committee headed by |Rev. Dr. Hugh K. Fulton, which In {vestigated long-stading ' differences j existing betw. igation at the Sixth Church ! " Mr. White, it is said, had placed | his resgnia in the hands of the Presbytery, effective next fall; but | the action’ of the Presbytery last {night placed the date for severance {of his connection with the church lat May | __The Sevee friction which led to | White's removal is said to have jgun sbout & year ago and to f jeriginated from “broad view h { by the minister regarding certain orthodox bellefs It is understsod, { however, that the question of due | trines supported by the minister were not considered by the commit- tee, which made its recommendations for the good of the church aad in tion i The committee on pulpit vacancies was authorized to take up the matter of transferring Mr. White to another church. 31 MISSIONARIES ARE CONSECRATED {Ceremony Features Thirteenth Southern Methodist Council Convention. By the Associated Press. MOBILE, Ala., April 10.—Culminat- ing in the consecration last night of missionaries and the charge to them by Bishop H. A. Boaz of the orient, with addresses and re- ports by missionaries and deacon- esses during the day, “Missionary day” was carried out at the thir- teenth annual convention of the woman’s missionary council Southern Methodist Church yesterday. The list of missionaries consecrated today included M. Elstone Roland, ‘Washington, D. C.; Eva Massey, White Post, Va., Baltimore conference; Con- stance Rumbough, Lynchburg, Va., Virginia conference; Mary Bell Winn, Rigdgeway, S. C., South Carolina con- ference; Blanche L. Hauser, R. N., Ptaffton, N. C.; Mabel Jetton, Shelby, N. C., western North Carolina con- terence. Home missionaries—Misses Ola Gil- bert, Marianna, Ala; Olivia Miller, Rocky Point, N. C., 'North Carolina conference; Annie Rogers, Spartan- burg, S. C., upper South Carolina con- ference, and Ruth Wyatt, Richmond, Va., Virginia conference. rthering of the Justices of the $ ‘aft, vixited several n part of the Congre- | Mr. | ia ! order to eliminate the reported fric- | of the| urt " men ix ice Taft, f such an important group o Justice ¥ erl, Baby’s Two-Floor {BumponHis Head 1 i EDWARD HANTZMON. A small bump on the head an aimost indistinguishable bruise on the knee were the only casual- ties sustained by Edward Hantz- mon, 2% years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hantzmon of 602 ¢ street. northeast, when he fell thirty feet—from the second-story window of his home to & grass plot in front of the house. He was playing with his_ sister when he essayed to hide near the window. In his excitement dur- ing one stage of the game he mounted the window sill and iost Lis balance, dropping to the ground. Dr E. C. Wilson, 1777 Columbia road, was called and made a close examination, which revealed the above mentioned In- Juries. WIFE’S KIN SLAYS SALT LAKE BANKER and {last night from Salt Lake City im- mediately went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Browning, the parents of Mrs. Ballantyne, and told them the story of the shooting. His statement follows: “The Browning boys and myself went to the Ballantyne home shortly before noon yesterday. Ballantyne greeted us and shook hands. He told us he had not treated his family right during the last few weeks and asked us to destroy a bottle of liquor he had. John told him he should make | the fight himself and said he should peur the liquor in the sink. This Ballantyne did. | “Ballantyne agreed that his family | should go to Ogden until he had pulled himself together. This seemed satisfactory and Mrs. Ballantyne got herself and one child ready, and with her mother, who was there at the time, went out to the car to drive to Ogden. “At the door he shook hands with me and then, sceing his wife in the car; went to the automoblle opening the door, commanded his wife to get out and o in the house. She did and Ballantyne shoved her along as they walked toward the house. hen Mariner and John followed them. Ballantyne rushed into the li- brary, from & bookcase. Then Mariner step- ped toward John, who had a gun in his hand, and told Ben to drop the gun and not to do anything like that. “At that Ballantyne swung the gun at John's head and the next instant Mariner fired a shot. The bullet en- tered Ballantyne's neck and he fell near the bookcase with the gun in his hand. “I meanwhile was in the hall and was not an eyewitness to the shooting. *I notified the police and Ballantyne was taken to a hos- pital and the two Brownings and my- self went to the police station and, | where he picked up a gun! FIRST OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF U. S. SUPREME COURT AS NOW CONSTITUTED for any pl their robes of office mhead by t that they kept their appointment Justice Holmes and Just McReynol unted STINNES SEIZED BY TO TRY MINISTER Fall Leaves Only FRENCH, LATER FREED; CABINET OFFICER HELD _First_Pag. (Continued _from number of the They roused manded to know the Stinnes compartment. the industrialist and his ‘vife and led them to the Laggage car, where the couple were locked up. This is Herr Stinnes’ second trip to the Ruhr since | the occupation. The French authori- | ties are said to have been watching for him and his agents and only re- cently they intercepted one of his pri vate couriers, seizing a‘privaie pa which the magnate was forwar to his representatives in Muclhelim Cabinet Member Arrested. Associated Press "HARNHORST, Germany, April 10 -—The French today arrested here Ed- ward Hun 3 the chancel- lery of the biet; Adam Ste wald, former premier of Prussia, Reichstag Deputy _(Giesberts, former minister of posts. The latter two were released, but the French are continu- ing to hold Secretary Hamm on the ground that officials active in the Ger man government had been forbidden to enter the occupied area. Intended to Speak at Funeral. BERLIN, April 10.—It was stated here this afternoon that Secretary of the Chancellery amm and former ~Minis- ters Stegerwald and Giesberts, arrested | by the French in the Ruhr, had gone to that district with the intention of speak- sen_at the funeral of the vic- tims of the Krupp shooting. Unofficial were that all three prisoners were re- leased after the funeral ceremony MYSTERY IN INCIDENT. By t! Joke or Serious? Question ed in Berlin. By the Asscciated Press. BERLIN, April 10.—Whetiter the French merely intended to perpetrate a joke on Hugo Stinnes when they held up and detalned him with his wife as they were entering the Ruhr region this morning or whether their Purpose was to retain him as a host- age was a matter which seriously agitated the personal associates of the industrialist in Berlin today. Aside from the news that he and Frau Stinnes has been taken out of the sleeper attached to the Berlin- Essen express at Scharnhorst and locked up In the baggage car, no further details were known in Berlin up to noon. At the magnate's private offices here it was stated he certainly would have given up the idea of going to Muelheim had he suspected the French were on the lookout for im. Despite the fact that Herr Stinnes has many friends and confidants in the ranks of the French industrialists, he 18 reported to have steadfastly de- clined to listen to indirect overtures made to him from French sources which it is raported only recently | were becoming more insistent. Herr Stinnes, it is asserted, has given the government his word that he would reject any efforts on the part of the French or Belgian interests to reach him directly, in an effort to circum- vent Chanceilor Cuno's policies in connection with the Ruhr invasion, and diplomatic circles in Berlin are equally assured that the magnate is just as firm in his passive resistance @as Is the humblest pit worker in the Ruhr. RESIGNS D. C. POST. Harry S. Nichols resigned today as examiner in the insurance de- partment of the District government to accept a position with the Acacia Life Insurance Assoclation. Commissioners have promoted Thomas M. Baldwin, jr., from the po- sition of deputy and examiner to ex- aminer at $3,000 a year. J. J. Mchermott was promoted from statistician at $1,700 to deputy and examiner at $2,000. i | | | Ask- | LEADERS OF COLGATE GLEE CLUB, APPEARING TONIGHT AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. e i ographer since the recent changes. » the minute. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1923. | | | quired to Lip Stick Ban ir. Schools Held Legal by Court | By the Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 10.— Rules by school boards prohibit- ing girl students from using pow- der and paint are “just and rea- sonable,” and should be enforced, the Arkansas Supreme Court held today, in its ruling on the “Kno- bel lp stick case Four of the five justices co: curred in the decision, while the fifth, Justice J. C. Hart, dissented. PEPCO VALUATION NEXT STEP IN FIGHT (Continued from First Page From which it would appear that while the lower court would be re- give consideration to this element, the weight to be allowed it in a final determniation of fair valus would rest in the sound judginent | and discretion of the court,”and this { consideration Following thelr usunl cuw- An interesting item in In the picture are: Seated, Standing, left to right—Ju mesnengern. Nation’s Anthem Most Ditficult For Human Voice By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, April § Declaring “The Star Spangled Bar ner” probably is the most difficult song for the human gotiate, R. G. Jones, superinte; ent of Cleveland schools, address- ing last night's sessfon of the Musi visors’ National Con- ference, urged that a substitute be selected as the national anthem Mr. Jones suggested that “some beautiful. dignified expression of emotion found in American life” be chosen. |PLOTS AGAINST U. S. CHARGED AND 7 MEN ARRESTED IN D. C. voice to ne ing communi but blame tiiem, because they ed with taking a good step in the di- {rection of anurchv. 1In the address anarchy is described as the only rem- edy for the “international bloodshed” | that is even now impending | Anarchilsm i eulogized and praised. | { Hoboes are given u mead of glory be |cause they are rebels against on are credit- talistic serfdo g of this country is referred to as fol- lows: “I speak to American workers in the name of the red flag—red being the color of slaves and white and | blue being the hues of aristocracy.” Police to Be Firm. Another section of the address reads as follows. “The time may come when the genus homo has embraced anarchism (pre- ceding that period there will perhapy be a kommunist klan in a regalia of Ired robes); then the average rebel of that day will be saying, Lenin and i Trotsky were fools, they made one mistake during the Russian revolu- tion, and were a minute late in pre- dicting the advent of anarchism.’ " This sectlon is cited by the officers making the arrests as indicative of the progress of this clique of alleged radicals, who g0 so far as to term the dictators of the soviets fools be- cause they were not even more ad- vanced in revolutionary practices of the century. “There will be no more meetings in Washington such as these men can stir up,” declared Inspector Grant to- day, “unless they are able to get an injunction against us preventing us from arresting them. BOWIE ENTRIES For Wednesday. FIRST RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,800; two- year-old flifes; four furlongs. TRpl 5. 110 Fehrah . ... Fleet Princess. ... 108 | Lee Adrian : Rachel Potter.... 113 | *Dorothy Ryan... Princess Amo ... 114 Julis iR SECOND RACE—Olaiming; thres.year-olds; six furlongs. purse, $1,800; 107 | Night .. 109 | Madson . *Hill House ..... 111 |*Josephine THIRD RACE—Claiming: purse, $1.200; four-year-olds and up; six and & half furlongs. King John . 115 | *Buper Dantzio 118 | Flui FOURTH RACE—Claiming; purse, $1,800; four-year-olds &nd up; mile and & tard 105 | King T L L 104 7 Porin iming; purse, thres-year-olds and up; mile and seventy B o i) T D, atm 11100 10 | %8¢ Gormaia: J1a purse, §1,200; Citation . o g el Dr. Chas, Wells. 105 Mystio . 1105 L] $1,200; toonth, $1,200; yards. . 101 7 l 108 SIXTH RACE—Clai: three-year-olds aad up; Scottish Chief.... 112 Wrangler ........ 96 *Blue Brush . *Lad’s Love SEVENTH RACE—Claiming; three-year-olds and up; mile snd & alx | arate and distinct from t would alss “apply i1 the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia should remand the cas: to the Public Utilities Commission for a revaluation Rate Case Hangs Fire. “Of course, 1 do not know what the attitude of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia will be when the case is remanded to it. It is certain, however, that nothing that will be done can affect the present impounded fund and its accretions untfl a final determination of fair value as of the time when the rates were fixed has been made. The law gave the com- mission the right to fix rates after a hearing, and those rates cannot be disturbed unless the company proves ! to the satisfaction both of the com- mission and of the court that they wera, in fact and In law, confiscatory when made, and this could only be done by the company proving that the value of its property at the time the rate was fixed was so great that the rate itself failed to insure a return of 6 per cent, and even in this event the Supreme Court has held that the fact that even less than & per cent return was given under existing rates did not, taken alone, show that U rate was confiscatory. “Of course, the rate e valuation 'ase, the relation between the two be ing that had the valuation been sus tained, little ground, if any, wouid have been left for questioning the rate. ‘I do not know what, if any, mo the company contemplates making in reference to the rate case, but it is certain that it will net ha finally de cided until a val rop- erty is determined as of approximate- ly the time the rate was made. The opinfon in the Pepco terday wus rendered by Ci Taft, and was opinion. The opinion, after going at length into arguments suppo power of Congress to create th Utilitles Commission and providing 1 review of its orders by the two Dis- trict courts, discusses the question of the jurisdiction of the United States Su- preme Court as follows: no Discusses Jurisdiction, “Such legislative or administrative Jurisdiction, it 1s well settled, cannot be conferred on this court either directly or by_appeal. The latest fullest authority i3 to be found in_the Justice Day, speaking for the court in_Muskrat vs. the United States. The principie there recog- nised and enforced on reason and au- thority is that the jurisdiction of this court “and of the inferior courts of the United States ordained and estab- lished by Congress, under and by vir- tue of the third article of the Con- stitution, Is limited to cases and con- troversies in such form that the judi- ctal power is capable of acting on them and does not extend to a. of constitutional law fra; Congress for the purpose of the advice of this court without r parties or & real case or to adminis trative or legisiative issues or troversies. “The fact that court 18 invalid_does not, however. render paragraph 64 invalld as & whole. Paragraph 92 of the law clares these paragraphs to be ind pendent and directs that any para- graph or any part of it invalld shall not affect the validity Moreover, we think Congress would have given the appeais to the courts of the District, even if it had known that the appeal to this court could not stand Question of Validity. question has been made validity of paragraph which forblds all recourse to co to met aside, vacate and amend the orders of the commission after 1 day, and of paragraph 69, which puts the burden upon the party adverse to the commission to show by clear and satisfactory evidence inadequacy, un- reasonableness or unlawfulness the order complained of. It is suggested that this the public utility of its constitutional right to have the independent judg- ment of the court on the question of the confiscatory character of an order, and so brings the whole law within the inhibition of the casa of Ohlo Val- ley Water Company against Ben Avon Burrough. It is_enough to say that even if paragraphs 65 and 68 were in- valld the whole act would not fail in view of paragraph 92, already re- ferred to. “It will be time enough to consider the validity of those sections when it is sought to apply them to bar limit and independent judic ceedings, raising the question whether a rate or other requirement of the commission is confiscatory. Our con- clusion that the provision for appeal to this court in paragraph 64 is in- valid_makes it unnecessary to decide whether the appeal must be from a final decree or whether the decree of the court of appeals was final.” SEA ROMANCE SHATTERED TAKES THIRD HUSBAND HUNTINGTON, W. Va., April 10.— Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, a survivor of the Titantic disaster in 1912, who was granted a divorce a month ago from Robert P. Daniel of Philadelphia, another survivor of the same disaster, was married Saturday at Ironton, Ohio, to L. C. Cort of Huntington, a former Pennsylvania State athlete, the bride's mother, Mrs. James A. Hughes, an- nounced last night. Mrs. Cort’s first husband, Lucten P. Smith of Unlontown, Pa., was drowned when the Titantic sunk, and the en- counter in mid-ocean bstween Daniel on this D opinton of M as deprives 110 | *Bond * 110 i Bogart .. . 108 | Bonfire ..... .. © 110 | *Tom Ouasidy. lowanoe olaimed, track fast, e 5 . e ‘Weather clear, and his widow culminated several years - 110 i later dn thelr marriage. Mrs. Cort, who is the daughter of former, Representative Hughes, is prom- ininept in Washington society. The 5:30 Edition Gives You the Facts It rounds out the day’s news for STAR READERS— keeping them fully informed—up to the last minute before going home. Things in which every man is interested— late financial news, and sport finals are featured; and also tomortrow’s Court Calendar. For sale by newsboys and newsdealers throughout the city et or de- | of the rest. | of | ININISTERS NAME FORM. P. CRURCHES \ Assignments Announced at Maryland Conference Held in Baltimore. i Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., April 10--Pas | toral assignments in the Marylane {conference of the Methodist Protes tant Church were announced thi morning. The -announcement wa made by the Rev. G. I. Humphreys president of the conference and pas tor the Rhode Island Aven Methodist Protestant Church, Wa Maryland, Delaw District Columbia and Pennsylv and Virgiula. Washingto The st of assignments ington follows sen; Cherrydal First Church, Street, B. F. M. Compher P. W. Cros J Straugh Virginia mac, J Bausher, hburg Grah Georges, J Robert Rr Special appe the g 1 Lewis; president of Wes land College, Rev. A. N. Ward dent of the West . Minster Theolo cal Seminar H. L. Elderdic. dist Protes ry reign superir . Rev. J ary « work e rence the of re parts Assignments. i Wilbur ‘M Hookor Rulley; Mount North Carol Rhode Islund J Congres Tabor, ¢ Aven: Avenu: intments were W, w Gord ; New Chure Alexandri ¥ H. L, Simms; J m i President . ferenc 1 Rev. T Mar heridan; rd of young A. Sexsmith Resolutions Passed. { Resoluti ¥ the Ar X it support s effort Mary E. people’s secure fc assist federa ference also pr W. H. Andersc attac . The 5 faith ork, sup. loon League on “the racetrac expressed hope would put ar P VRS T s m the 5:30 BMtition of Yest S0.000 SUT FILED AGAINST LARGOMBE Young Woman Claims He Tried to Attack Her in Apartment. 1 ] i i { A an attempted M. Bh erday e sault. Miss Elizabeth | ty-one vears, old, ¥ | the District Supreme Court | $50,000 damages from John 8 13r, forty-five vears ol | The | the twe ed suit : recov 1 Larcombe local clubmar ped fr of La R stres Larcombs | con at the Royden ( morthwest, January is under bail on but the hearing i not been held In her Attorneys Charles O Marthell, the youns that Larcombe attemipted assault on Her and wards & door leading and otherwise struggled and states, ras and locked the dc Larcombe pound a Police Court has filed throu Shaw > woman a pushed into a bedroo her hersel adjoining and. freeing oo osed do: es threatened d. €he crawlec i and to break it down. Terrif out through a window nging by her hands, attempted reach tie d apartment be attempt and fell a & she tells the court. tal MRS. CLYDE BURTON DIES. Rated as One of the Best Organists in United States {oMrs Ciyde-Burton, eight 1244 TUnion | southwe suddenly { afternod found house, aied be moned. Albert Clyde-Burton, who resides in v employ of t public bulldi charge of the body Mrs. Clyde-Burton, it is stated, w one of the best organists She studied in a schoc ears ago. from naturs she avers, ard Know Estelle M old stre- died vesterda She was unconscious w another occupant of the pol clan could be sur by c according to e, ore & physi her reinia, and is in the uperintende i unds, husband e in Germany certificate ~ of death causes Was given. LEAVES $800,000 T0 CHURCH JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., April The Methodist Eplscopal Chur. South, it has been learned, was ic h and realty by J. W y. N. C. who. dle last week of inju suffere a automobile accident. Mr. Higgins, whe was president of a vank h many other interesis, was eighty-ons vears old and childless Keep Your Property Well Painted And You Keep Tts Valus Up R. K. 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