Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Falir tonight: increasing cloudiness; not much change in temperature Temperature of twenty-four hours “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is deiivered every evening and ended at 2 p.m. today: at noon today; lowest, 39, at today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 No. 29,033. Highest, 60, Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. KASERANDPRINGE Parade of Sea Fighters Opens " Navy Day Ceremonies Here * HOLD WYSTEROUS PARLEVATBORDE Pair Leave Doorn at Night, Returning to Castle Early Next Morning. SON REPORTED SEEKING RETURN TO FATHERLAND Separatists Name Ministry, Headed by Mathes—Twenty Killed in Rioting. Br the Assoctated Press. DOORN, Holland, October 27.—For- mer Emperor Willlam and ex-Crown Prince Frederick Willlam, accom- panied by two other persons. left the ex-keiser's home here at 6 o'clock last evening in an autcmobile in the direction of Arnheim, about ten miles from the German border. and returned at 2 o'clock this morning. They were followed by three other automobiles, according to a person well informed regarding affairs at the chateau. It is reported here that the ex- erown prince wishes to return to Ger- many at any cost and that he has had conversations om this subject with representatives the Dutch government. SEPARATISTS STRONGER. of Winistry Named, Support of Invad- ers Aids Republic. By the Assaciated Press. COBLENZ, October 27.—The Rhine- land republic, made stronger by the approval of the Franco-Belgian au- thorities, is devoting its energles to extension and organization. The provisioal government at Cob- lenz has sct up a ministry, of which Joseph Matthes is premler, although he prefers to be called “executive commissioner.” The other portfolios have been assigned as follows:. Herr von Metzen, foreign mini.ter. Herr Wolterhoft, minister of finance. Herr terior. ather Kremers, minister of in- ion_and public worship. r Wuller (Muller?), minister of port. Herr Kleber, minister of justice and agriculture. With the exception of Father Kre- mers, who is a Roman Catholie priest, the ministers are lawyers. Plan Stabilized Money. Herr Wolterhoff has prepared 8 plan for the issuance of sound money to extend to one billion gold francs. and to be secured on a complicated system of mortgages on unhypothe- cated real estate and the railroads. The republican leaders are hoping that the allies will consent to transform their first mortgage on the railways under the Versailles treaty into a second mortgage, in consideration of the sum of 350,000,000 gold francs. Liebing, minister of the fn- The people in the towns where the | republicans are installed appear to have accepted the situation, now that the French and Belgians have made clear that they will not countenance attempts to expell the Disturbances are, therefore, fewer in number. Several more towns of secondary importance are reported to have been occupied, among_them being Gerol- Btein, which is the rcalm over which reigned the grand duchess of Offen- bach’'s famous comic opera. Separatist troops to the number ot several thousand have been divided into detachments, each of which is held in reserve either in this city or its immediate vicinity ready to pro- ceed to the occupation of towns where the republic has not yet been pro- claimed. BERLIN RAPS VON KAHR. Declares Bavarian Dictator Exceeds Authority. By the Ansociated Press BERLIN, October 27.—An official statement issued here today declares that Dr. von Kahr, the Bavarian dic- tator, exceeded his powers In refusing to negotiate the Bavarian questions with the central government. His po- sition is only temporary, the statement points out, and the right to negotiate lies in the hands of the Bavarian gov- ernment as a whole. The statement was an outcome of replies which Dr. von Kahr made yes- terday in Munich-to various inquirers who desired to know whether the dis- pute of Bavaria with the Berlin gov- ernment was amenabl® to negotiation. Dr. von Kahr answered that he would reject all negotiations with the present government of the reich. REDS SEEK RECRUITS. Offer Made by Ruhr Leaders to Saxon Forces. By the Associated Press. COLOGNE, October 27.—The Ruhr communists are endeavoring tq enlist recruits for Saxony's “red” army from among the Ruhr population, accord- ing to advices from various parts of the district. ‘They are offering as in- ducements free food and housing and high pay. EKRUPP PLANT SEIZED. LONDON, Getober 27.—A mob of peveral thousand unemployed seized the Krupp works at Essen yesterday and barricaded themselves in the main_buildings, says a dispatch to the Daily Express from Essen. At least seven persons were killed and 200 wounded in a desperate fight with the “blue” police, who are described as inadequate to deal with the situa- ton. The attack, according to the Ex- press correspondent, developed at noon, a few hours after Dr.. Krupp von Bohlen and his three codirectors in the Krupp Company returned to Essen on parole from the Duessels dorf prison. Essen last night was wild with excltement. The police are uttempt- ing to put &-stop ‘to:pillaging. separatists. | Denby Urges More| Money for His Forces. Drill on Ellipse by, Nlan'nes Draws Crowd. { Time turned back a half dozen years {1n Washington today, as a column of | stalwart marines marched down Penn- | sylvania avenue, accompanied by a hundred bluejackets, with two bands accompanying the twin columns. Itf brought back -memories of the day In June, 1917, when a similar column of marines marched down Pcnnsyl\'an\ai avenue, bound they knew not where. But then the marines were engaged {in grim business. Today they took | part in a celebration in honor of Navy day and the sixty-fifth anniversary | of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, former assistant secretary of the navy i and President of the:United States— the man wko is regarded to have done | more for the efficiency of the Ameri- | {ean Navy than any other President. | ‘Washington today is doing honor to | | the Navy, the first line of defense of | | the nation, and to the individuals who {have mafie the Navy what it is. The Capital of the United States joins with | every city and hamlet in bringing to | every American the true meamng of | the Navy. Available ships are co AMERICA AWAITING . PLANS FOR PARLEY Some Announcement to Clar- ify Situation Expected Tonight. By the Associated Press. Hopeful that ‘Indicated acceptance by France, Italy and Belgium of Brit- Ish proposals for an advisory study by an international commission of ex- perts of Germany's capacity to pay had definitely opened a way toward solution of the reparations tangle, Washington officlals today awalited the further formulation of plans pre- sumably under way at the European capitals. Developments of the last.twenty- f6uF Mours were said authoritatively to have been such as to make it ap- pedr a virtual cerfainty that America | | would be represented on the proposed icomm)nlon by experts named with the approval of the Washington gov- ernment. Just how far the European governments involved had proceeded [ tqward a complete agreement, how- ever, was & matter which, it appa- | rently was expected here, would be clarified by some official announce- ment from London. | At the same time, late unofficial ad- | vices from Parls bringing out that the French acceptance of the British pro- | posals was not regarded there as con- | ditional, fnasmuch as the plan for a| committee to be named by the repara- tions commission, it was sald, was: one of the British alternatives, gave ; | support to the anticipation by officials here of a defin>e agrcement. The plan which the French govern- ment would accept at least appears to offer no obstacle to American particip: tion so far as_the American gover: | ment’s position” was stated by Secre- | | tary Hughes in bis reply to Lord Cur- zon's communication of October 13. While the United States, he said, could I not participate officlally in the activi- tives of the reparations commission, he had “nio doubt.” the Secretary added, that competent American citizens Would accept membership on an ad- visory body appointed by the commis. slon to make recommendations. It would be expected here, however, it was said, that not only the American { members of such an advisory commis- sion, but those representing the allled | governments would be appointed only with the approval of their respective governments. The qualifications of the { personnel of such a commission, it was i pointed out, would be a vital consider- | ation, and it was held that if the com- | mission’s recommendations are to car- iry a weight commensurate with the {importance of the subject dealt with, { government approval of the selections | Would seem an essential condition. | SEE DRIVE ON FRANCE. i Berlin Papers Agree Allies Disap- prove Poincare’s Policy. | By the Assoctated Press. BERLIN, October 27.—The Anglo- American exchange of notes on the reparation question and the speeches of Premier Baldwin and Gen. Smuts are prominently featured in the Ger- roan press, and while the editorial ap- praisals of the triple discussion are as yet non-committal, the newspapers are agreed generally that it consti- tutes. a “moral offensive agalust France.” In the opinion of Die Zeit, which usually reflects the government at- titude, the utterances of the British statesmen and the exchange of views| between London and Washington ! plainly indicate that England, during | the last few months, has devoted her eofforts to reconstructing her forelgn policy In the direction of establishing a firmly co-ordinated front against French imperialistic policies. The_newspaper believes that Secre- tary Hughes' observation that the proposed conference might fail be- cause, of the lack of necessary una- nimity on the part of the European powers and that the American gov. ernment in that case would reserve | Washington clearly perceives the mo- tives of the French policy. “The Anglo-American exchange of views is an urgent admonition ‘to France that it can no longer remain oblivious to commen world interests, and that both governments desire to restore conditions essential for Euro- pean peace,” says Die Zelt. That M. Poincare now hak arrived at the parting of the ways-is the declaration made by the Boersen Zelitung, which holds thct the French premier is responsible for “blasting the conference at Genoa and the ch | ereis | tmportant respects. Shenandoah Is Due To Arrive in Capital -At 7 O’Clock Tonight A report from the Navy air ecruiser Shenandoah to the b reau of acronauties today gave the following schedule of her flight down the Shenandoanh val- leys Hagerstown, 11 n.m.; Martins- barg, 11120 nimij Winchenter, 1@ noon; 'Harrisonburg, 1:15 p.m.; e g e Stpumeon. 2" mam Lexingtos 5 m.; Washington, imore, 7145 p.m. centrated in seaports for elaborate ex- s and for the courtesles of “Vis- itors' day.” while in sections which, because of geographical locatlon, will never view the battle fleet the his- tory and purport of the Navy are be- ing brought home to America. Parade Starts Ceremonies. Ceremonies in Washington, begun with the parade of marines and blue- jackets down Pennsylvania avenue, Included a parade and review in honor of Secretary of the Navy Denby, with battle exercises on the Ellipse. Aptitude of the marines in changing from fleld to dress uniform was shown. Following their drill the sea soldiers marched to the John Paul Jones monu- ment, where they formed a guard of honor, while addresses were made hy Secretary Denby and high officials 5t the Navy Department, after the Navy Secretary had laid a wreath at the foo: of America's first naval hero. “False economy which holds back money for maintenance of the Navy is ‘madness,’ " the Secretary declared. Standing on crutches, as the result of arecent operation. Secretary Denby (Continued on Page 9, Column 2 NAVY FEARSLOSS OF 553 STATUS Britain and Japan Exceed U. S. in Many Types—Aid of Congress to Be Asked. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Navy day is an appropriate occasion for calling attention to the fact that America is running the risk of losing her place In the 5-5-3 ratio fixed by the Washington conference. When Congress convenes and the budget is under discussion the Navy Depart- ment is prepared to show that the $362,000,000 it is asking for the next year is a minimum, which cannot be cut by a single perny without injury to the service. There i tion that the United Stites 1s in “dair- ger” at sea. - Our sailormen have gon- jured up no bogey mensce with which to terrify Congress. What they do point out, though, is that-the Ameri- can battle fleet s deficient in many Of our “treaty squadron” of elghteen capital . ships, only five ean fire at 30,000 yards. All of them require underwater protec- tion and anti-alreraft armor. sbould be an oil-burner. The Navy today has a personnel of only 86,000. That total is not less than 20 per cent lower than actual | requirements, having been cut down during preceding Congresses malnly | In consequence of the anti-prepared- ||jke those that have gathered to ap- ness agitation. In modern cruiser strength the fleet is serfously lacking. 1t aggregates about 80,000 tons. The Japanese have 180,000 tons of modern cruisers. To maintain our treaty su- periority over Japan in the ratio of 5 to 3 the United States would require twenty-three cruisers of 10,000 tons. Seeks Only Eight. The Navy is asking for only eight new light crulsers, in addition to the ten we have built or are bullding. Great Britain has forty-three, bullt or bullding, and Japan twenty-five. This new type of light orulser is the eyesight of a modern fleet, serving as scouts, as a supporting force for (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) NEW LINK CLAIMED INDESCENT OF MAN Mound " in California Yields Skull That May Antedate:- Neanderthal Skeletons. By the Assoclated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., October 27.—A ‘new .link in the sclentific theory. of human evolution wey be forged from materials found .> ex- cavations made on' Burton -Mound, near here, by J. P. Harrington of the Smithsonfan Institution, he an- nounced last night. The shape and contour of skuils found indicate they belonged to an age earller than that in which the Neanderthal man lived in central Europe, Dr. Harrington belleves. The Neanderthal man possessed a far greater expanse of forehead than the Santa Barbara primitive, he said, and a comparison ‘of the two crania indicates that the Neander- thal man was in the more advanced stage of civilization. Proof that the Santa Barbara primi- tlve man possessed crude tools and utensils was found in the hard pan in which the skulls were unearthed. The scientists penetrated the hard pan to a depth of forty-four its final decision is proof positive that | inches below thé’ level where the |tained at .luncheon at skeletal material was found and dis- covered primiti inplements re- sembling mortars and pestles made from stone. Rude flints of a cultural e hitherto unknown to archeolo- ts also were found. 4 Further investigations will_ be made on the same spot by Dr..Har- rington_and his dssistants. _Another body of explorers, under Dr. re rington, will go to Point Magu, in Ventura county, today to make fur- ther investigation of the spot whers the skeleton of a mastodon and other primitive fossilizsed remains were un- 0 sugges-., Each | ¢ Foenir WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION |GETTYSBURG TRIP | PROVES REAL TREAT T0LLOYD GEORGE Welshman Thrilled by Beauty of Scenery—Visits Historic “Opots En Route WILL RETURN TONIGHT FOR FAREWELL DINNER Many Officials to Attend Affair Ar- ranged by Overseas Writers for Ex-Premier. » By a Staff Correspondent, GETTYSBURG, Pa.. October 27. { Turning momentarily from the swirl- ing whirlpool of international prob- lems, David Lloyd George motored to historic Gettysburg today and viewed from the summit of Little Round Top the rolling flelds where the fate of this nation was decided more than half a century ago. It was a fitting climax to the for- mer PBritish premier's- visit to the National Capital that his last day should be marked by a trip to the place where, amid the thunder and flash of guns, the natlon to which he now looks to bring peace once more | to suffering Europe was permanently tempered. Impressed by Scenes. Rolling leisurely through the quiet mountains of Maryland, Mr. Lloyd George drank in the beauties of the stately Blue Ridge. Nature had painted her forests with a lavish coat of vivid colors and the panorama drew from the eager little Welshman | exclamations of sheer joy as he gazed upon the flashing shades of the woodlands' fall dress. Accompanied by Dame Margaret and Miss Megan, Lloyd George, the famous British statesman, left Wash- | ington promptly at 8:30 o'clock and | headed direct for Rockville. His first | view of the mountains was obtained | about ten miles beyond the seat of | Montgomery county. The official cars | traveled at a comfortable pace and | Frederick was not reached until nearly 10 o'clock. Mr. Lloyd George showed keen in- terest in that historic old Maryland town and was received enthuslasti- cally by crowds that filled the streets at the time he passed. He was first shown the house from which Barbara | Freitchie is reputed to have waved the Stars and Stripes in the very face of Gen. Jackson and his Confederate trooper: - Short Stop at Frederiek. The stop in Frederick was brief, and the party, pressed for tima, hur- tied on to Gettysburg. Much of the road over WHTENThe automobiles sped was the same ground that the Con- federate troops covered on thelr march’ to the scene.of the battle that definitely turned the tide of the civil war, crushed the Confederacy and | made the United States an indivisible nation. Throughout the eighty-mile drive to the battlefield Mr. Lioyd George's fa- millar figure was easily recognized by the people of the countryside and the citizens of the score of small {towns through which the - distin- | guished visitors sped. Everywhere | they were given an ovation, and in | the town of Gettysburg a large crcwd |plaud the former prime minister of Great Britain wilbrever it was known he might stop was on hand. ‘Watches Shenandoah. The road of the Lloyd George party crossed the trail of the giant dirigible Shenandoah, in the heart of the Blue | Ridge mountains of Maryland. The former British premier leaned eager- 1y out of the window of his car and watched the huge silver-colored bag of America's greatest airship as she sailed in majestic grandeur through the wooded peaks of the mountains en route to the valley for which she is named. The Shenandoah was sighted a few minutes after the party left Thur- mont and remained in clear view al- { most until the tower on Little Round Top came into view. At the Pennsylvania state line the distinguished tourists were met by two Pennsylvania state policemen who_escorted them to the outskirts |of Gettysburg, where city officials, members of -the Rotary Club and a | committee from the Chamber of Com- merce met them. A hearty welcome awaited Mr. Lloyd George and Dame Margaret. A huge bunch of white chrysanthemums, however, was Get- tysburg's speclal tribute to the charming little daughter of the dis- tingulshed visitors, Miss Megan Lloyd George. She smiled winsomely when the bouquet was handed her. Tho party. was taken first to the town center, following the route oc- cupied by the Confederate artillery. At the city's center a large crowd awaited the coming of the former British prime minister, and gave him a vociferous welcome. Mr. Lloyd George raised his hat in response and was escorted Immediately into the hotel for a few minutes’ rest before starting his tour of the battlefleld. Veterans Guide Party. Special guides, some of whom had fought in that bloody struggle, took charge of the tourists and showed them' every point of interest on the big rolling plateau. Going first to Little Round Top, Mr. Lloyd George marveled at th natural fortification of the Devil’ Den, just a short walk down from the summit. The visitors gasped when they were told how the Federal troops successtully held Little Round Top, the key to thelir position, in the face of a fire from which it seémed they had virtually no protection. The scenes of the peach orchard, Cemetery ridge and Bloody Angle, where men were cut down like weeds at harvest time, were too impressive to bring from the visitors any word or_remark. Returning to Gettysburg shortly after 1 o'clock, the party was enter- the Eagle Hotel. Not a mishap marred the pleasure of the long drive from Washington to the battlefleld. At every road the tourlsts were given Special police protection. Washing- ton motor cycle men escorted .them to the District line, and from there to the battlefield they were similarly protected by other policemen. ‘Will Return by Train. The program. for the remainder of the: day calls for a motor drive to York, which is twenty-seven miles . . (Continued on Pags 3, Column 6.) | {commission; then, as now, they were |is of the greatest significance today. 'BERLIN MONEY PRINTERS MORGAN IS READY TOASSST AGAN Expression at Ending of Last Year’s Inquiry Recalled in Parley Proposal. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Publicity and open diplomacy—the weapons that brought the allies to- gether during the war—have at last brought an accord again among France, the United States and Great Britain. Until Secretary Hughes and Lord Curzon. British foreign secretary, de- cided to make public their exchange of notes, the French were against any interference in the reparations situa- tion. But in the face of the British invitation and American acceptance| the French could not afford to refuse a parley. While it is known that the French are not optimistic about the outcome and the situation is still capable of} getting tangled, the view here is one of gratification that at last a break h‘f come in the deadlock. n order to understand the next moves it Is necessary to go back to June, 1922, when the ldentical pro- cedure which is about to be followed in the appointment of a commission of experts was wrecked by the French after the committee got to work. Then, as now, the experts were fnvited to Paris by the reparations named, not by governments officlally, but by the reparations commission, and they were only to give technical advice. Inasmuch as J. P. Morgan will be invited once more, or some member of his firm, to sit in the con- ference, his statement at the conclu- sion_of the last meeting of .experts It represents the point at which the start must be made. He said then in a carefully worded announcement: | There As Private Citizen. “I came purely as a private citizen, holding no authority from my gov- ernment to discuss matters under- its control, but as a banker engaged in the distribution of securities in the investment markets of the United States fn so far as their condition might permit. “I explained at the first meeting of the committee that there is no in- terest in the United States in a loan| to Germany per se. There is, how- | ever, in my opinion, a growing ap- preclation in the United States of the fact that its own prosperity is to a degree dependent upon the pros- perity of the allied nations and that the prosperity of the latter is, in a; large degree, dependent upon the re- tabilitation of Germany's credit. “I consequently belioved that the American banker and investor could be interested to a substantial de- gree in the purchase of German obli- gations if two fundamental eondi- tlons were satisfactorily established: “First, such a loan should be at. the request and_would be for the benefit of the allied nations. This could be in no way better expressed than by the active co-operation of the private bankers of the allied countries in distributing of the Ger- man securities to their nationals. “Second. Through the technical se- curity to be given by Germany and the rehabilitation of its internal financigl situation, Germany should clearly show a desire to meet its ob- ligations in the hope that by the ful- fillment of that obligation it could re- establish its credit as one of the com- mercial nations of the world. Short- 1y_stated, therefore, the two funda- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) DELAY CALLING STRIKE Vehicles Around Reichsbank 'Ob- struct Traffic as Paper Notes Are ‘Eagerly Sought. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 27.—The proposed general strike of the printers is still in-abeyance, as the vote on the pro- posal in the different printing offices, upon which the Printers’ Federation insisted, has not yet been taken. The state printing works, therefore, are working at full pressure, but they still are powerless to cope with the enor- mous demand for notes. Today the Reichsbank was besieged by so many vehicles from factories and banks, walting to cart money away, that trafic was obstructed. It is now hoped the new renten- marks will be ready for issue today and that this will ease the situation. Each rentenmark note will bear an 1 q Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1933 -THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 93,097 TWO CENTS. ‘Who’sGotButton’ Cause of Desire To Be Mr. Burton “Button, button, who's got the button?” and similar jests from his friends have caused him much em- barrassment, Frank Edwin Button declares in a petition filed today in the District Supreme Court asking for permission to change his name to Frank Edwin Burton. The peti- tioner asserts he owns no real es- tate and has no desire to evade any bills by the change in name. The sole reason assigned is “the name of Button has caused him embarrassment in divers ways." Attorneys L. B. Perkins, L. A. Widmayer and . M. Foley repre- sent- the petitioner. While the lawyers would not confirm the rumor, it was whispered about that young Button is contemplating matrimony and the young woman does not fancy the name of Button. SOLDIERS ON EDGE FOR 6. U. CONTEST 5,000 Gather at American| League Park to Watch Elevens Do Battle. Camp Meade, Fort Myer and other | nearby Army posts emptied their troops into the Clark Grittith Stadium | this afternoon, where the Third Army Corps eleven—the pride of the serv- ice—will battle - with the powerful Georgetown University gridiron ma- chine. Apparently confident of a triumph for the team that represents them, the soldiers, between 5,000 and 6,000 strong, invaded the American League Park long before the hour scheduled for the clash. The Georgetown stu- dents and other supporters of Hilltop eleven, almost equal in num- ber, also took their positions in the stands early, eager for the Blue and Gray squad to wash its hands of the stains of three successive defeats Bands from Fort Myer, Camp Meade and Fort Washington, in addi- tion to the Georgetown band of forty pieces, kept up an almost incessant blare before the game. The crowd moved to the music and forgot the chill in the alr that made the after- noon an ideal one for a foot ball game. The 3d Army Corps squad of thirty- five, led by Assistant Coach Licut. Breidster, -arrived in Washington about 10:30 o'clock and went to the Washington Hotel, where a light lunch was served.’ From the hotel the squad went to the ball park, where it awaited the sounding of the whistle that announced the starting of the battle. The hilltop team reached the stadium.about 2 o'clock. e . GREEK REVOLT AT END. Last of Rebel Troops Said to Have Surrendered. LONDON, October 27.—Announce- ment that all the Greek rebels have surrendered is contained in an Ex- change telegraph dispatch from Athens received this afternoon, the revolutionary movement which broke out in Greece early this week thus coming to an end. The message bore marks showing that it had been pass- ed by the Greek censorship. the | POLIGE TRIAL BODY . HEARS DAVIS CASE IDry Agents, Testifying Against Vice Squad Officer, Admit Spite Work. Charges and counter charges, with witnesses apparently unable to specify dates and places, marked the opening and other members of the vice squad {on charges preferred’ by revenue agents. The trial board convened in No. 6 precinct station and began ‘on charges against Lieut. Davis, tak- ing the specifications one by one. He was charged with “faking evidence” lon a man arrested for bootlegging, | but under cross-examination his at- torney, T. Morris Wampler, developed | the fact that the man agalnst whom the evidence had been “faked” plead- ed guilty to the charges. At one point Attorney Wampler asked Revenue Agent George Fowler, jr., if “spite” was the motive which {led him to make charges against Davis. Charges Spite Work. “Then, In a spirit of retaliation, after he had preferred charges against you, you thought you'd pre- fer charges against him?’ Mr. Wamp- ler asked Fowler. “Yes, sir,” responded Fowler. When he took the stand to defend himself, Lieut. Davis denled in toto two charges embodied in the first two specifications on which he was 1 arraigned. For more than an hour and a half a searching inquiry was made into i details of the first of thirteen specifi- cations against Davis, prohibition | agents generally alleging that Davis | had produced a bottle of liquor for | evidence in a case against Pomeroy Brown and James Pritchard in De- cember, 1922, when no liquor had been fourd in the car of those men. Witnesses for defendant declared i Agent George Fowler had stated at the time he found one-half pint of liquor, and Davis himself denied ever planning to fabricate evidence. Other Ci s Delayed. Cases against Sergt. J. D. McQuade and Private Harry Bauer of the vice squad will be heard later. The charges against Policeman W. H. Vermillion will also be heard separately. Ver- million is represented by Attorndy Chapman W. Fowler. T. ‘Wampler represents Davls, McQuade and Bauer. The trial started at 10:10 o'clock. Willlam H. Wahly, assistant corpor- ation counsel, presided as chalrman of the trial board. Capts. Plemmons and Sanford sat as assoclates. Preliminary to the trial, Mr. Wha- ley announced that the cases would be taken up separately. - The case of Lieut. O. T. Davis was called first. Attorney T. Morris Wampler suggested that the specl- fications be considered singly. The police school classes were dis- missed from another room in the sixth precinct, so that it might be utilized as isolation quarters for wit- nesses. Incidentally, shortly after the call Hng of the trial, Ralph E. Ruby, pri hibition agent and witness, was served with papers in_a rent suit (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Mrs. Richard Croker Donates * Husband’s Estate to Tammany, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 27.—Bula Edmonson Croker, widow of Rich- ard Crpker, former Tammany leader, has offered the estate, of her late husband to Tammany Hall. . In making the offer to Charles F. Murphy, present Tammany chief, Mrs. Croker said she was carrying out the wishes expressed by Mr. Croker on his death bed in Dublin. She declared that it had been his wish that she return to New York, go to Tammany Hall and “offer the boys all the help they neet Mrs. Croker not only offered the Croker estate; she offered her own services. scription to the effect that’the Ger- man Rentenbank is bound to exchange rentenmarks on demand for renten bonds on a gold basis with 5 per ocemt interest, e “The spirit of my husband went with me to Tammany Hall,” she said tonight. “He sat at my si as 1 offered whatever I am. and whatever I may have to the cause he loved.” Mrs. Croker said her husband spoke to her shortly before he died as follows: “Bula, ail that T am, all that I have been, all that I have, I owe to the boys at Tammany Hall. They made me. 1 was theirs and what I have is theirs. Tell them that. Some of them were rough. 1 was rough, too, but they were loyal. They belonged to Tam- many, Hall, body ard soul. and so aid L. Asked what was Mr. Murphy's reply to the offer, Mrs. Croker said he had only put his hand on her shoulder and invited her to at- tend a Tammany dinner Sunday night. She said she would |be proud to go. decided Nothing definite upon, she sald. Mrs, Croker is in complete con- trol of the Richard Croker estate, except part of it involved in liti- gation with Richard Creker, jr. The estate not involved is said to be worth more than $1,000,000. was of the trial today of Lieut. Q. T. Davis | Morris | UTILITIES BODY WINS FIGHT T0 REVALUE PEPCO PROPERTIS D. C. Supreme Court Upholds Plea to Modify Impound- ing Order. SPECIFIC HEARING DATE NOT SET IN DECISION Chief Justice McCoy Recommends Hearing Before Justice in Equity Court. : Chiet Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court today upheld the con- tention of the Publie Utilities Commis- slon that the court may proceed with a new valuation of the property of the Potomac Electric Power Com- pany, and that the impounding order may be modified so that the company may receive the benefit of the latest reduction In the price of current. The Pepco opposed both contentions and asked that all impounding be stopped and that the old price of 10 cents fixed by Congress should ob- tain and the company be no longer required to set aside the difference between the 10-cent per kilowatt hour paid by the consumer and the price fixed by the commission. Keep Impounding Order. The impounding order of 1917 re- quired the company to set aside 2 cents out of the 10 cents collected from the consumer. Later the com- mission amexided its rate fixing a new price of 8% cents under which the company was required to impound only 11z cents. Recently the rate was modified 5 per cent and the Public Utilities Commission ~ through At- torney Conrad H. Syme and Corpora- tion Counsel Stephens asked for a further modification 8o that the odn- pany might not be required to im- pound more than the difference be- tween the latest rate and the price collected from the consumer. Date for Hearing Not Set. Chief Justice McCoy directs that {the case be set for hearing on the question of a revaluation before one of the justices sitting in equity. No date iv mentioned in the opinion of the court for the rehearing, but the suggestion is made that time be al- lowed in which the power company may apply to the District Court of Appeals for the reversal of the de- cision today rendered. In the course of his opinion the chief justice says, “the Supreme Court has ruled that the law requires that the court should consider the record before the commission, ““Whether there to enable a valuation to be made as of the present is beside the point. The valuation made by the commiseion as of December 31, 1916, is the only thing to be considered. That it was made as of that date is stated by the Court of Appeals, and the plain- tiff's contention was just that. “What use can lawfully be mada of a valuation once found is not the question here. The statute says that valuation {s to he made. The Court of Appeals has said in this case that the principal object is to provide a rate mase—not the only object. Cop- | gress did not say that rate-making was the only purpose. Maybe Con- | gress wanted the information for its | own use.” Pending Six Years. The appeal of the Potomac Electric Power Company from the order of the commission in 1917 and the in- Junction ¢ the company to prevent the putting Into effect of the rate of § cents then fixed by the commission has been pending for more than six years. The late Justice Gould s { tained the valuation placed on the company’s property by the commis- sion, but allowed the company an in- Jjunction against the rate change on condition that the company impound the 2 cents difference until final ad- judication by the courts. This fund now exceeds $3,000,000. ‘The company appealed to the Dis- trict Court of Appeals and that tri- Lunal reversed the decision of Jus- tice Gould on the ground that the commission had refused to take into consideration reproduction cost at the time of the rendering of its de- cision. It remanded the case for “further proceedings not inconsist- ent with this opinion.” The Public Utilities Commission _sought a re- view by the United States Supreme I(‘nurl. but that tribunal held it was without jurisdiction. Application wa: then made to Chief Justice McCoy for a revaluation by the Equity Court. Arguments were heard several months ago and the chief justice has had the matter under advisement. The court was at the same time asked by the company to vacate the injunction order of Justice Gould re- quiring impounding of a portion of the company's receipts. In dispos- ing of this gpplication, Chiet Justice McCoy says, “The injunction in the present case was_granted upon the case made by the bill at a time when the valuation order by the express terms of the statute had prima facie validity. The decree in the valuation case entered in this court upon the mandate of the Court of Appeals is & fact which | has not been brought into the pres- ent case in such manner that it ls a fact of record in the pleadings. “If the injunction is to be made un- conditional because of some new fact such action can be taken only on a supplemental bill bringing in that new fact. The valuation order, so far as the present case is concerned, still has prima facie validity. “The situation being as stated, the motion for a further modification of the injunction must be granted and the motion to vacate the injunction must be denied, leaving the merits of the application to be decided upon a further hearing if any is made by the power company ubom filing a supplemental bill" =~ Holds Court May Act. The chief justice reaches the de- cision that the District Supreme Court is entitled to review the com- | mission’s valuation. He points out | that the Court of Appeals, in its opinion, do€s not preclude such cone sideration by the lower court, and a fair construction of the opinion leaves the lower tribunal to consider the matter. The chief justice says: #It is no: stated in the opinion that the commission refused to take evidence of increased reproduction costs. On the contrary, the court states more than once that there was such evi- dence before the commission. " . The _reasonable interpretation is (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. ' b nt evidence