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WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow . unsettled, not much change in tem- rature. Temperature for twenty- ur hours ended at 2 pm. today: Highest, 60, at noon today; lowest, 39, at 6:16 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. -— Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 27 No. MUCH DISHONESTY INVETERAN BUREAU ORYAN BELIVES Preliminary Survey Indicates Irregularities on Big Scale, He Declares. 28,835. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO GET CRIMINAL DATA Size of Organization and Funds Blamed for Lavish Ex- penditures. A prediction that pretty big scale” will be revealed “here and there” by the Senate in- estigation of the Veterans' Bureau was made today by Maj. Gen. John ¥. O'Ryan, special counsel for the investigating committee, on the basis of information gathered by him in a preliminary survey of conditions. Gen. O'Ryan declined to go into dctails, but indicated his bellef that to a great degree the very method of handling large funds in the 1 ireau had encouraged irregularities. He said that wherever evidence of crim- inal acts was uncovered it would be 1ald before the Department of Justice. ‘dishonesty on a Ready for Senators. ‘The inquiry he has been conducting | for the past month has reached the Stage, he said, where sessions of the Senate committee itself probably will begin next week. He indicated after several executive mectings the committee members would be asked to make a tour of the country for pereonal inepection of the vario bureau proj After that hea ings are to be opened here. In predicting that dishonesty would be found in the past conduct of bureau affairs. Gen. O'Ryan suggest- ed that it was inevitable that where nuch money ias appropriated uli be a psychological tend- thing on a lavish and without the proper safeguards. It was almost an invitation to be dishoncst. he added. An organization of 29,000 employes, he pointed out. had been bullt ap that | Entered as second-class matter post_office Washington, D. C. lLenroot Fears Japanese Will Control Hawai By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 11— Returning from several weeks' visit in Honolulu, United States Senator Irvine L. Lenroot, Wiscon- sin, declared the Japanese question is becoming a real menace to the Hawalian Islands and to the United States Itself. He advocated “some kind of action by Congress to safeguard Hawailan and Ameri- can interests.” . As a remedy for the rapid growth in the ~American-born Japanese population of the islands, Senator Lenroot suggested that Congress ought to establish a commission form of government if it ever be- comes apparent the Aslatics were upon the verge of gaining political control. However, he sald, he had no positive suggestion to make at present. . “In Hawalii there can be no evad- ing the possibiity of the Jupanese possibly coming o eontrol through the franchise,” the sena- tor sald. “The Japanese are not now voting in large numbers, but any one who witnessed the greatly increased Japanese population can- not but feel concerned over the situ- tion.” 015, WILL DEFEND - TURKEY OIL GRANT Grgat Victory Seen in Con- firmation of Chester’s Fab- ulous Mineral Concession. Cabled confirmation was received today by Rear Admiral Colby M. | Chester from his son, Arthur Chester, { is in Turkey as representative of the Ottoman-American Company. of the press dispatches {from Angora yesterday that the Turkish national assembly has ratified {the Chester railway and mining con- ! cession. The State Department has also re- |ceived copies of the proposals. which lare believed to be the ones ratified, ibut as this is a business contract, to | be éxecuted by private capital, the State Department intends not to | It s, | Development | ¢ Foen VASHINGTON, D. C REPUBLGANSSHY AT HARDING PLAN INWORLDCOURT Senator Watson Presents Opposition Views to Hughes and Departs Unconvinced. LOOKS WITH DISFAVOR i ON UNEQUAL VOTING { Indicates Some Arrangement Could | { @ive U. S. Representation in Electing Judge. Views of republican senators who look with disfavor on some features of the administration proposal for American membership in the Per- manent Court of International Justice were presented to Secretary Hughes today by Senator Watson of Indiana, |one of the republican leaders in the Senate. The conference developed a discus- slon lasting nearly two hours, in which the proposal was viewed In every detail, including its political features, Senator Watson left the State Department saying he was im- pressed by the logic of Mr. Hughes' argument, but that his position on the matter was unchanged. Would Safeguard U. S. ! Senator Watson explained that he looked with disfavor on any proposi- tion which would not safeguard the interests of the United States through equal representation for the United | States i the body electing the judies | { composing the internatioral court. Tle | indicated that some arrangement { might be made to accomplish this end | and polnted to the reservation voted ! by the Senate in its consideration of | the treaty of Versallles under which the United States. on becoming = member of the league of natlons, | would have equal representation with all other nations In any elections held by either the league ouncil or & sembly Forerunner of Conferemecw. |Flesh Rotted After Allegedi WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D.C. BOY LEASED, CHARGES FLOGGING Mistreatment by Gang Boss, Who Is Indicted. ed Press. MACCLEMY, Fla., April WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 ! 0 E ! 2 onvict gang boss The meeting between Mr. Hughes |J0N¥ Ttoddenbury. convie CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME. Harveys Coming Back tothe U.S. In Near Future! LONDON, April 11.— A; Ambassador Harvey and Mrs. Ha vey, together with their daugh- ter, Mrs, Marcellus H. Thompson, and their granddaughter, Dorothy, are planning to leave London shortly for a trip to the United it was said at the embassy . The exact date of the salling wili not be fixed until n | “Rum-Running” ng Sftar. “From Press 1o 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 Net Circulation, 95,704 1923—FORTY PAGES RIGHT T0 RESTRICT SHIP SALE UPHELD Clause in Shipping Board Transac- tions Approved by Hughes. The right :(ne Shipping Board to sell its ships subfect to the condition that they shall not be used by the new ! * TWO CENT Two of Cabinet Celebrate T heir Birthdays Today Two members of President Harding’s cabinet observed their birthday anniversaries today by sticking close to their desks and conducting the government's busi- ness as usual. They are Secretary Hughes, Who was born at Glenn Falls, N. Y. sixty-one years ago today, and Secretary Weeks, who first saw the light exdctly two years earlier at Lancaster, N. H Another coincidence was that the two statesmen were graduated in 1881, Secretary Hughes from Brown Unlversity and Secretary Weeks from the Naval Academs. In 1905 Mr. Hughes was nominated for the mayoralty of New York eity and Mr. Weeks became a member of the House of Repre- sentatives, Both were candidates for the pesidential nomination at the republican convention at Chicago In 1916, when Mr. Hughes ‘was chosen as the standard Learer. Representative Samuel E. Wins- low of Massachusetts is observing his sixty-first birthday anniversary today. TARIFF BOARD RIT LEFT T0 PRESIDENT { Commission Members, Divid- ed Over Procedure, to Be Called to Conference. The President is expected to call { members of the Tariff Commission to | the White House before the close of the week nd endeavor to iron out | difterences which have arisen in the t commi: over the right and duty {of the commission under the flexible i tariff provisions of the Fordney-Mec- { Cumber tariff act to fnitiate investi- | gations of the various schedules. |~ Chairman Thomas 0. Marvin of the | commission and William Burgess of | Pennsy nia, a member of the com- ! mission, on the one hand, and Vice } Chairman William S. Culbertson, on ! the other, have differed seriously in | regard to the course which should be | followed by the commission. | Mr. Culberison, backed up a ;BflNFERENEE T0FIK NEW PEPGO VALUE ' BEING CONSIDERED iNegotiations, if Successful, | Would Avoid Months of ‘ Litigation in Case. {BELIEVE DISTRICT COURT COULD APPROVE FINDING fUtili!ies Commission and Company . Already Agree on Value of Ad- ! ditions Since 1916, {ferenes with officials of the Potoman Electric Power Company, with a view | to settling as quickly as possible {the disputed valuation case, is being Iconaldored by members of the Public { Utilities Commission, it was learned today. Presumably the purpose of such |a conference, if gne should be held, | would be to endeavor to reach an |agreement as to what the value o jthe property should be without o {Ing through months and possit years more of court litigation, Still Under Consideration. | Whether the commission will |clde even to attempt such a com- | promise of the case was not kn | today, but it was ascertainea u |such a possibility had arisen minds of officials. ! It is believed by well informed per- sons that if the commission and th | company could sit down together and |reach some agreement on those fea- | tures of the valuation on which the | differ. that the entire matter of el tric_light rates and the {mpoun {fund could be untangled within | comparatively short time. H , Advisability of arranging a cons in the Court May Approve Agreement. Tt also iy believed that the District | Supreme Court would have authority as the matter now stands, to ratify in a final order any ugreement the | commission and the company m ambassador, who at present is in | I v 'ship, ut : owners as rum runners hus been sanc. | majority of the membership, p Norfolk, and Mrs. Harvey, who is s i H lution some time ago tioned by the State Department in its | thFough a resolution ] e = in Parls, return to London next |reply to objections raised by the gov- | calling for the inltiation of investi-; Sue! a course, it was pointed out weel i s L Lot S ¢ schedules. This program, t0day, i8 not unusual, wherein the = i ernment of Canada. ;g:&ggif was opposed by Chairman | Parties to a court action, after a long They are expected to return from |, Secretary Hughes based his answer to | \aryin and Mr, Burgess. The ratier | le8al battle, agree to compromise and their American trip in June on the [the Canadian protest on the results of ' was taken to the President jus: be-Bave it approved by the court. \r-gn; quickly, with the natural re~ul[‘;m‘“k“ the proposals public. | ol Renaior Wiation whnilo ket Moo the Baker county turpentine camp | e o oo el PRL TR d"““i “&‘::""; :":‘"“' L d‘““‘“’ “’:!“ the forerunner of a serles of con- | of State Senator T. J. Knabb, was in- | rights of (he Americans who secure Crenc v n 3 cans | vel ay k 1 Will Divide Complaints. | these valuable concessions for aevcl-1l',‘,"’,',‘“ecss:‘;;‘(‘f’:‘nl’,"‘l‘,'l‘(‘, ".“‘\;““L:‘r‘ 2%} dicted late vesterday by the Hlkc\; On_the other hand, le sald, he be- | OPMent of the natural resources of | Siate. The Indluna semator sali lva | county grand jury on ocharges of| lieved that many employes were being | ycW Turkey, and the open doorway 'hag found the Secretary notonly will- | treating convicts cruelly. i inadequately paid. The committee coun- | for an immense American trade in|ing, but anxfous to exp.ain_details | The ingictment grew out of charges | |arrive at. {0f the administration propo: and w! steawmebip - Levigthan . whew . 1t Should an entire revaluation of tha scl indicated “that the complaints re- | the near east. 3 i i ceived would ‘b divided imto. threg | | The American syndicate, headed by(OLIRS BURBIRERUON BIOROSE 3 | made Ly Paul Revere White, Msn-; groups. Those which cannot be sub-|Maj. Gen. George Gocthals, Is pre- | “gepator Walson later sew. Presiden: . teen years old, Washington, D. C. ntiated will be droppedy-hewsmetd: | Dared to develop these incaleulable!p,rding at the White Hotse, bUC sald | youth, who claimed he was flogied | e where nothing criminal could oll and mincral resources as soon as . ipejr did not touch en_the in: | FARdne TR e ) proved, but where he is satisfied | POssibie, and abundant capital al- | o000 Cooure | They. diseussed fuAme! y as jhere was something wrong will be laid | feady has been placed at its disposal | cpjefly - the projected ~trip of -ths | while serving a sentence at the camy before the committee, and those clear! N = COMTIRCL e he Pacific coast and ’ v s Sen- involving criminality will be turned over | been under consideration for a mat- | Alesjqent 0. the Paciflo i”(";r‘:;":‘:‘f";y ’:e“c:z‘:f“"] s ! Beaten Twice Daily. r irfventigation” his Flovida trip. The ;‘Iw:;::‘:rnc(lcal“‘l:mm‘:(hlh:na‘:e.%ll':::l?a\v‘::‘&?\l fim rn--m\-mp ‘askea |POWer company promptly be neces- that the mmatter of procedur: be held (S4ry the District ~Supreme Court The detailcd stbjects treated in the|up unul his return. and mnot the Utllities Commission | must revise the pres S | reply were not revealed, nor would offi- Commission Adopts Pregram. ‘m the opinion o;Cc’r;;:l’lo;h(]f‘;unsoi clals discuss the extent to which the| Later the tariff commission adopted Frank Stephens, counsel for the cor- bodrd's regulation of use of ships pass- (5 program of investigatons dealing | Mission. = J 5 Mr. S ol i lie: Ing to foreign registry might be carried./ with schedules with regard to swhich | 3% I"“lif_h:ng“:‘;;ihggm“g; Suetior The objection made by Canada was | applications had been receivéd by the | a blanket protest against the placing makes its first voyage under the ' American flag. - ! TAX LAW REVISION laska. to the Department of Justice. | ter of ubout twenty vears, with the Alask world war and disrupted affairs in| i opinion of the United States Supreme Turkey interesting to muddle the sit- | Court in which it found it had no URGES SEVERE LAW FOR STREET SAFETY Traffic Engineer Klotz Rec-| ommends Heavy Penalties for Reckless Autoists. A reckless driving regulation. with severe penalties for violations, is the outstanding recommendation made to the Commissioners by R. G. Klotz, traflic engineer of the Utilities Com- mission, who recently toured a num- | ze cities. ! ber of la The Commissioners’ traflic commit- tee, of which Klotz was a member, already has recommended such a reg- ulation to the city heads in its pend- ing report. Commends Safety Rules Elsewhere. Mr. Klotz says he came home with a feeling that pedestrians crossing at intersections are safer in other cities than here as a result of the rule en- forced elsewhere providing that at policed corners right-hand turns are permitted only while the remainder of the traflic is moving along the street from wkich this turn is being made. The engineer told the Commissioners the tendency in the states is to fix & speed limit of fifteen miles an hour on congested streets, twenty miles on uncongested streets and from twenty-five to thirty miles on out- lving highways. Custom Governing Arrests. He said that in other cities arrests are not made for slight infractions of the speed limits unless the ex- cessive speed was attended by cir- cumstances which endangered life or property. In such instances. he said, the excess speed is taken as evidence of recklessness. The Commissioners may take up the proposéd new traffic regulations for action at their Friday board meet- ing, They have been postponing action to dwait the views of Mr. Klotz. GREECE REFUSES TO PAY INDEMNITY TO TURKEY | ‘Will Decline to Sign Peace Treaty if Payment Is De- manded. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 11.—Greece has irre- vocably decided not to pay a farthing of indemnity to Turkey, declared M. Alexanderls, forelgn minister of Greece, in an interview here today. It Turkey insists upon an indemmity Greece will not sign the peace treaty, he asserted. M. Alexanderis, who is the sole civillan member of the Athenian re- volutionary cabinet and formerly was iinister to Berne and Berlin under the Venlzelos regime, came to Paris 1o discuss Franco-Greek relations with Premier Poincare. He will leave tonight for Greece, stopping at Bel- grade to discuss with King Alexander the development of, the Jugoslav-Greek triéndship, uation, there are many loose ends to { be picked up, which will take consid- ierable time. Ag a matter of fact, as i the situatlon now stands, while Ad- ! miral Chester and thosc associated with him know that they probably ! have the most valuable concession in the whole world today, and one_ for which the largest nations have Been cdutending «nd unlimited private capital supporting the rival contest- | ants, they Lave no definite idea as to ithe actual extent of their rights. Survey by Americans. The first thing that will be done is | to make surveys to determine the ex- itent of ofl and mineral deposits and the best methods of developing them. {1t is specifically agre with the | Turkish government - that this s to iLe done exclusivsly by Americans. The importance of the United States securing her share, at loast, in the {oll deposits of Asia Minor, hias been j recognized as vitil for some years {by all departments of the government | which Eave specinl relation to oil r sources and which have studied worla cenditions regarding oil supplies. Fer example— The Navy Department considers the | Mesopotamia ofl flelds as one of the most valuable in the world strategi- cally for the American Navy, and | weicomes it as a fucling reservoir of jincalculable importance. i |“"Dr. David White, oll expert of tie | United_ States geological survey, has { announced publicly that the greatest need of this country industrially s | to ecure rights in the petrolenm de- | posits abroad. The United States Senate has passed a resolution to the effect that the federal government should cul- tivate American ofl concessions in foreign countries, and Congress has made a_contribution of $35,000 to | enable the President to carry on such investigations concerning oil deposits abroad. ! The State, Navy and Interior de- Ipartments all maintain _special oil (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | i | | By the Associated Press. LUXOR. Egypt. April 11.—An anclent Hittite document recently un- earthed in Anatolla discloses an amazing royal romance in which Queen Anksamen, consort of Pharaoh Tutankhamen, was one of the princi- pals. It also appears that the queen was banished by Tutankhamen's suc- cessor, the Pharaoh Ay. This remarkable document has been translated by Prof. Archibald® H. Sayce, one of the leading Babylonian and Egyptian scholars of Great Britain. It reveals the extraordinary {fact that while King Tutankhamen's | body was still upon its bier awalting burial, his twenty-seven-year-old wife dispatched an ambassador to the King of the Hittites, who was then besieging the anclent city of Car- chemish, between Mosul and Da mascus, to induce‘the king to give her one of his ‘sons in marriage. “My ,husband is dead,” said the Egyptian queen to the Hittite ruler through her ambassador. “I have no children. Your sons are sald to be grown up. If you will give me one of them, and if he will be my hus- band, he will be a great helpmate. I send bridal gifts. The kiug of the Hittites apparently doubted the motives and good faith of the Egyptian queen. He replied to her overtures: (the king), where is he. Have you Tut’s Widow Hubby-Hunting . While King Still Rested on Bier | “The son of your lord | |WORLD RACE EQUALITY | | SOUGHT BY JAPANESE | i New Society Will Publish Maga- zine as Part of Plan to Push Claims for Rights. i By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1928. TOKIO. April 11.—A movement de- { manding equality, of races in inter-| natfonal relations has been launched here. The leaders are denouncing the Japanese government for its “weak foreign policy” toward America and i other countries, and declaring Japan should demand international equality rights in the name of justice. The new soclety is expected to publish a magazine as a part of its plans to conduct & world-wide campaign for | equality of races. —_— MEMEL GENERAL STRIKE LIKELY TO END TODAY| By the Associated Press. MEMEL, April 11.—Shooting has oc- curred in various parts of Memel in the course of the last two days, but no cas- | ualties have been reported. Further detachments of Lithuanian infantry and cavalry arrived on Mon- day and several arrests were made. Some of those taken into custody were removed to Kovno, while others were deported from Memel territory. Tt is announced that as a result of negotlations between the Lithuanian high commissioner and the German strikers the general strike will end to- day. The shops are also expected to re- open. ydeceived me? The general of the army (Horemheb) has not nominated my son to the kingship.” The queen thereupon rejoined: “What'is this you say? I have de- ceived you? If I had & son and my people had a ruler, I would not have sought the hand of a man from an-' other country. No one has had chil- dren by me. I have no son. Give me one of your sons as my husband and he shall be king of the land of Egypt.” The document shows that the royal romance was almost completed by the King of the Hittites giving the fair suitor one of his sons; but just as the marriage was about to be celebrated King Ay seized the throne of Egypt, and the hapless queen was banished. Present history and archeology show no_trace of Queen Ankhsamen. She seéms to have entirely . disappeared from view after King.Ay.usurped the throne. It is known -only -that she was the real inheritor of the throne, and that Tutankhamen owed his kingship entirely .to her rights of royal succession.” It is presumed that Ay’s motive in banishing her was to prevent a forelgner from ruling over Egypt, especially a hated Hittite. American archeologists who gave the text of this amazing document to the Associated Press correspondent regard the foregojng . circumstances as one of the most dramatic revela- tions in present day knowledye, of Egyptian history. The Hittite nar- rative, they say, makes it clear that Tutankhamen did not have progeny to continue his flourishing reign. It | also makes it extremely unlikely, they -add, that the body of.Queen Ankhsarmen will be found' in the royal necropoli 3z ; | fine for vagrancy and in default of it White charged that he was beaten | with an eight-pound strap, as often' as twice a day, because he was unable | to work as well as oider and stronger | men, and that the lashes were so! severe as to draw blood. The flesh on his hands and feet rotted, he! claimed in an afdavit which consti- | tuted part of the evidence submitted | to the grand jury, aud sores broke out over his legs and’ arms. ] The so-called “whipping _boss™ | vhite charged, would not listen to! his protests that he was unable'to| work and told him that sick convicts | “always ended up in the rgreen | cemetery back of the camp. A d Small Fine. “He told me he wanted me to rot away,” declared White in his affidavit, “so he could bury me in his Ever- green cemetery, where he buries whites and negroes side by side.” White was sentenced to pay a small was leased to Senator Knabb. He was removed from the camp after State Prison_Inspector Thomas had visited; it. White's first complaints resulted in an effort by the Baker county commissioners to force Senator Knabb | to relinquish his convicts, but on his | promise to remedy condition he was allowed to retain them. BROUGHT ON INQUIRY. H. M. White Investigated Alleged Mistreatment of Kin. i Harrison M. White of 1725 Q street, an employe of the Internal revenue bureau. and a brother of Paul Revere ‘White, was responsible for bringing to light the latest alleged irregular- ities in the turpentine camp of State Senator T. J. Knabb. Mr. White today told a Star re- porter that in February he was in- formed by a citizen of MacClenny of the conditions of the camp in which his brother had been working and immediately went to the place. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) —_— DR. BALLOU QUITS LITERARY SOCIETY Superintendent of Schools With- draws Tentative Acceptance of Trusteeship. Superintendent of Schools Ballou has severed all relationship with the National Literary Soclety, he an- nounced today. Shortly after Fed- eral Commissioner John J. Tigert withdrew from the soclety Dr. Ballou, who had been elected a trustee, agreed to serve tentatively until he had made further investigation of the society’s purposes. In & letter to A. R. Harrison, pres- ‘dent of the society, Dr. Ballou said: *“Under date of March 26, 1923, I wrote you tentatively accepting & trusteeaship In the National Literary. Soolety until I should Nave time to investigate the program of your or- ganization. My tentative acceptance was also based upon the condition that my name should in no way be used as sponsoring the work of your soclety. “In view of what has transpired within the last few days, I am wrif ing to state that I cannot accept a trusteeship in your organization and 1 withdraw from any relationship to the society. It will, of course, be understood that my name is not to be used. in any way In connection with yourw zgapization.”. - ! cent to | statement made at the White House ! yesterday that President Harding in MAY BE DEFERRED Senator Smoot Declares Such a Course Would Be Inexpedient and Unwise. Belief that it would be inexpedient for Congress at its December session to undertake revision of the federal tax laws was expressed by Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, who is in line for the chairmanship of the Senate finance committee, after al discussion of tax problems with | President Harding. H The opinfon expressed by Senator Smoot follows closely upon a state- | ment made by Secretary Mellon fore- | casting that the Treasury might re- | new its endeavors to decrease the | surtax rate from the present 50 per | 25 per cent, and also the event of a revision of taxes would prefer a reduction all along the line. Favers General Reduction. Senator Smoot said he subscribed fully to the President’s view that if any reduction were made it should bs applied to all federal taxes, but added that revision at the next session of Congress must necessar!ly be based on guesswork. He pointed out that not until after the payment of the June installment of income and other fed- eral taxes would it be possible to es- timate in any way the excess of gov- ernment receipd over expenditures, and added that even then it would be a mere estimate. Present tax laws, in ths opinion cof Senator Smoot, are working satis- factorily, and unless grievous faults are found, he said, he personally would prefer to awalt at least o year before undertaking any revision. Revision of the federal tax system always affects business and lends un- certainty to the state of the business world, the Utah senator sald, adding that he thought American business ‘was entitle to’ proceed for a period at least without the disturbing elcments ‘which nrls/e from tinkering with the tax laws. Presenting to the President a re- view of the appropriations voted by the last session of Congress, Chair- man Madden of the House appropri- ations committee told the Président today that from . figures he had worked out * the federal government ‘was running at present about $90,000,- 000 behind receipts, but that there was every Indication that when the books for the year were closed on June 30 receipts and expenditures would nearly balance. Operation of the new tax law, in the opinifon of Mr. Madden, will result in the piling up of a surplus during the next fisca] year. The appropria- tions committee chairman predicted that this surplus from government operations would total §$430,000,000 for hree-year period ending June 36, 'n Sees Surplus. under Canadian registry of any vessel purchased under a contract which made its operation conditional. It was understood, however, that the point of attack was the clause now included in all Shipping Board sales contracts, binding the purchaser not to employ the ship in such a way as to violate the laws of the United States. This clause originally was draft by the Department of Justice to help in the campalgn against forelgn rum runners, and when Secretary Hughes asked the department for an opinion recently it reafirmed its belief that the provision was legal and enforce- able. TIRES OF TROUBLES; {MURDERS HIS FAMILY Seattle Man Calmly Informs Po- lice He Slew Wife and Three Young Children. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., April 11.—M. Efec, a second-hand dealer, shot to death his wife and three young daughters, one an infant, because he was “tired of so much trouble at home” he sald when he walked into | a police station here early today. Efec was locked up while police- men hurried to his home six blocks away and verified his report that he had " shot his wife four times and each of the children two or three times. The bodies were ecattered about a bedroom. Efec said that he had used so many bullets because his victims did not die quickly enough. ! commission. | When the President takes up the controversy it is expected he will !have to decide whether the commis- jon is to go ahead with investiga- i tions of various schedules, under the jflexible tariff provisions of the law, jon its own initiative or not. It is pointed out that the commission, under the tariff act@imust make an {investigation of tarift schedules, with nd abroad, and submit its report and submit its proof and recommendations !'before the Presldent puts into effect any change in the rates as provided in the flexible tariff provisions. It is ar- gued that the commission should be permitted to initiate investigations; that {the investigations before him ‘and | what should be done. ! On the other hand, if the President | should adopt the plan of telling the commission what schedules he wish- ed investigated, or did not wish in- vestigated, he would have only his { political advisers to make recom- mendations in regard t> the tarlff echedules, and he would mot i have data collected by an impartial ! tribunal upon which to base his de- i cision. i Fimal Decision With President. | ot course, after the tariff commis- sion has made an investigation of a tariff schedule it can only report to the President. The final decision re- { mains cntirely with him. Efforts have been made by some of | the President's advisers, it is said, to make him believe that If the tariff commiss'on Is permitted to make in- vestigations on its own Initiative it will result in chaos 1nd. constant iz- ritation to business. On the other hand, the flexibie pro- visions of the tarlff law were hailed forward, and they navs relied upen these provisions as a meoins of fore- stalling criticism by democratic_on- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Houston Street Gang Reforms; Teaches Golden Rule With Fists: By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 11.—The Hous- ton Streeters—the band of youthful warriors which for years has had other east side gangs begging for mercy—has formed an tleman Club,” and along With it what Salvation Army officers today described as “the most rough-and- tumble Bible class in the world. The reason, according to army headquarters, is Miss Elizabeth Jus- tice, attached to the Bowery corps, who took a hand in. the making of Houston street history only a month ago. Miss Justice declared that if the “gang” was to be reformed, it would not be through any patronizing pro- gram of “boy’s work.” That solemn effort had been made many times in the past, and failed. Pound im Golden Rule. So Miss Justice just went down into the Bowery and made friends. Her broad smile and “man-to-man” way of talking made a hit with the “bunch.” Having decided to go in for ethics and religlon, the “gang” proved militant crusaders, eager to pound the Golden Nule into’ the hides of their traditional enemies. Miss Justice ad- mits that it may take many weeks before she can teach her charges to turn the other cheek. _ Admittance to weekly meetings is tained by password, ‘I'm a gentle- X 34 “Im a Gen-| man.” If & movement refuses to be orderly, a monlitor kicks him into submission. If he fails to doff his cap | on entering the hall, it is knocked oft for him. If he opens his mouth dur- ing Scripture reading, he does it only once. Dramatic moments attended the last meeting, the army revealed today. Miss Justice had announced that it would be a testimonjal meeting. The first boy didn’t just get the idea. Hes- itating and shuffling his feet, he an- nounced: Gets Collection of Dice. “During the week I shot craps—I threw a brickbat at a policeman and got arrested—I stole money from me mother—I played hookey from school —1I got into four fights and got a i of pride in the boy's recital. She in- terrupted: “Our friend here has told he did last week. Now he'l hat he is going to do next wee! ext week,” he blurted out, “I'ty not going to do any of them,” and before Miss Justice could ou what tell you down into his ragged pocket and brought out a scarred pair of dice. These he turned over to her and ask- ed her to throw them away. Others had been awaiting the op- portunity to reform. A dozen sur- rendered their trophies. Whcn the meeting ended the table behind which Miss Justice sat was filled with dice, - cigarette and cigar butts, dime movels .and decks_.of cards. s busted nose” Miss Justice detected a suggestion regard to the cost of production here | | the President will have the results of | |then can use his own judgment as to | by many republicans as a real step | realize | what was happening he had reached | | Jurisdiction over the case. i In this the corporation counsel dif- | fers with Attorney S. R. Bowen for the power company, who took the | position yesterday™ 'that the only icourse left to the District Supreme Court 1s to declare the old valuation void and leave the commission to make a new valuation as of the pres- ! ent day. Should Revise Valuation. Mr. Stephens says it is clear in his !mind that the deciston of the Court of Appeals, which now stands as fina. |means that the lower court should revise the valuation along the Iir | indicated by the appellate tribunal. | The principal ground on whicl the {Court of Appeals found the commis- sion’s valuation In error was in not | Blving proper consideration to w. time values in arriving at reproduc- ! tion cost. According to the corporation coun- sel, the mandate of the United States Supreme Court probably will be sent | to the Court of Appeals in thirty days | That court then will remand, the pro- |ceedings to the District Supreme | Court. | _One side or the other, Mr, Stephens said, then will move for a hearing i | the "lower ‘court. The District Su- | preme Court still has the original | valuation record of approximately 6.000 pages before it as well the evidence in the case. | Allowance for War-Time Prices. According to the corporation coun- {sel's theory, the court then will pro- 'ceed to determine from that vast lamount of evidence what allowance | the commission should have made for { war time prices and raise the orlgl« | nal valuation accordingly. The commission in 1916 announced the fair value of the power company |to be $10,250,000 in July, 1914, when | the valuation was begun. The com- | pany contended the commission | should have made allowance for the increase which occurred between 1914 jand 1916 in the value of the property. According to District officials, thers |is no difference of opinion between | the commission and the company on the value allowed on all additions to {the property since 1916. In 1917 the | commission” gave the fair value as |$11,517,488.23. " Since that time the | commission has added approximately $7,000,000 to the valuation, represent- ing enlargement of the piant during : that time. The commission in its last rate order gave the value of the property as §19,486,080.94. FOUR FLEE MATTEAWAN [ AFTER BESTING GUARD Overpower Another at Gamage and | Escape From New York Hospital for Insane Criminals. By the Assoctated Press. MATTEAWAN, N. Y. April 11— |Four prisoners at the Matteawan State Hospital for Criminal Insanc escaped today. They overpowered & night watchman, bound and gagged him and robbed him of his keys. They next overpowered a guard who had ‘the ‘keys to the garage, from which' they stole an sutomobile bé: longing to the superintendent of the institution and drove north, carrying the guard with them as far as Pough- Kkeepsic, sixteen miles north of here, where they dropped him. The fugi- tives are John Hawkins, John Coffey, Marquis Curtis and Frank James. In some way unknown to the officlals of the institution they obtained a re- volver. The escape was not discovered for two hours. When the watchman falled to make his rounds a search as begun. o 15k