Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1923, Page 2

» THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, MASONIC MASTERS | o iosermue weves FOREIGN INVESTING 722i gnd Mexico 1923. o . WILK PRICE RAISE |DR. 6. F. ZOOK MADE ! TIGERT ASSISTANT TALKS and TALES With axd About ON HOSPITAL NEVER PINCHOT RENEWS |Feel Earthquake SETFORTOMORRON dvance Coincident With Change in Directorate of Producers” Association. i | At & meeting of the board of di- pectors of the Maryland and Virginia {lk Producers’ Association, Inc., yes- rday, Frank S. Walker of Wood- jerry Forest, Va., was elected to fill e unexpired term of H. T. Pancoast Purcellville as president of the socation. Inquiry today as to the ason for the resignation of Mr. Fan- past brought the response by officlals the association that he was “tired his job.” . " Coincident with the change in lead- ship of the association the price of flk in the District goes up 1 cent | quart. The mew price is effective morrow morning. ¥ Pooling Plan Set Aside. "The pooling plan, the bone of con- tion béetween the.assoclation and the distributors in this city during the latter part of September has, for the time being, been set aside. Under an, the dealers would buy their} from the association in- of the individual farmer. and cks in payment would Ko to ation. All members of the who signed the contract were to sell only through the asso- clation office. After ‘certain peduc- tions, the association would pay the farmer for his milk The dealers refused to consider the demands of the association, and went ahead with their individual cofitracts. October 1 arrived with no shortage in milk, and nothing further was heard from the disputants. Inquiry among the leading dis- tributors today indicated that the pooling contract was not in operation and that, as heretofore, the farmers were belng paid individually. Offictals at the h quarters of the esociation also declared that the ney in the majority of cases was zoing directly to the farmers, with the dealers holding out the roker- nge fe as forms which fee is turned over to the association. Justifies Increase in Price. As to the increas: in price, a pokesman for one of the leading dis- butors declared that the Increase s warranted and had been offered his firm at the time of the Octo- contracts. The offer, however, was set aside then, the assoclation an- Bouncing that no increase was sought at that time. President Walker of the association declared this morning that the in- erease was brought about because of the advance in price of concentrated Yeeds from 16 to 22 per cent, 40 per cent and more raise in hay prices and labor costs ranging up 30 or more per cont. He declared that Richmond producers s1me price as Washington producers, though the tubercdlin test was not equired by thole Pitfes.. No Further Ailvanée in View. Asked &s to the possibility of fur- ther increases during the winter, M. Walker declared that none was con. templited. Howeyer, he said his state- mient was based on conditions as now existant. Should costs continue to in- crease or should they drop, he said, cvisions might be discussed with a view to either Increase or decrease. He was emphatic in stating, however, that at the present no change what: ever was even being considered. One of the leading dealers stated that the price agreement was to rule “until fortger notice,” whila another, stated tha ftten conti calied’ for dv-livbry'o: the price of 36 cents a allon for 4 per cent milk until May 1. The lafter was emphatic in de- claring thagghere would be no fur- ther increase-so.far as.his firm was concerned. $¢oa i atead the the associution Baltimore and received the i i HERMINE NOT BADLY HURT Culprit Who Threp Stone-at Ex: Kaiser's Wife"Not Caught. DOORN. Holland, October 31.—The injury - to Princess Hermine's ear, | caused by a stone that struck her!| while she was walking near Doorn Castle, is painful but not serious. The ‘culprit has not been found, but an eyewitness of the incldent be- Appointment of Dr. George F. Zook as assistant commissioner of educa- tion was announced today by Com- misstoner John J. Tigert. Dr. Zook will retain his positiom as chief of higher education. He suc- ceeds Willlam T. Bawden, former assistant commissioner, who resigned several weeks ago. Offices of the bureau of education are now being moved from the pen- sion office building, at 5th and G streets, in which they have been for a number of years, to the Interior De- partment bullding, at 18th and F streets. The office of Tommissioner the office furniture and records of the other offices of the bureau of education are now being moved. JURY BEING PICKED IN THEATER SUITS Trial of Knickerbocker Dam- age Claims Begins Before Justice Siddons. Hearing was commenced today be- fore Justice Siddons in Circuit Di- vigion 1 of the question of the re- sponsibility for the collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater, at 1Sth street and Columbia road northwest, January 28, 1922 which resulted in the death of nearly 100 patrons and the maiming of others. Four suits for $10,000 damages cach brought against the Knicker- bocker Theater Company have been consolidated for trial. Three are by the personal representatives of dead patrons of the theater and the fourth | is for personal injur survivors. A jury late this afternoon. The suits were instituted Josephine T. Lyman, admini: rix of David Lyman; Wiiliam J. Forsyth, ad- ministrator of Mary A. Forsyth; Oscar W. Underwood, jr., administrator of George Sydney Freemen, and by Mary Young, for her own personal “injury. Attorneys Archer, Chamberlin and Smith represent the plaintiffs, while by one of the will be selected Attorneys Miiton J. Lambert,- Rudoiph | H. Yeatman and E. T. Bell appear for the company. Demurrers Overruled. Demurrers were filed to the suits the company on the plea that no pecific act of negligence was charged in the declaration. But Justice Hoeh-' ling, who heard arguments of counsel, overruled the demurrers and required the company to plead. The court then held that the hap- pening of the accident raised a ques- tion of necligence which the company must combat. Counsel for the com- pany are expected to plead ihat the building was passed by inspectors of the: District and federal governments, that the company did not know of any defects in the construction of the T00f and should not bé held re- sponstble for the disaster. The defense was made clear by At- torney Lambert in the examination of the prospective jurors. Two of the men on the jury panel answered that they had expressed the opinion that the company could not be held re- sponsible. One of the talesmen put the blame on Congress, which, he said, w: neg- ligent in faiiing to increase the force of inspectors in the office of Building In- spector Healy, and the othet suggested that when he bought his house he knew" nothing of building and relied on the inspection by District officials. Theater Mapager Excused. Another member of the panel is man- ager of one of Grandall's theaters, and other prospective jurors aseerted they ownea stock in_motion picture ventures. More than fifty other suits are pend- ing for the death or injuries of pa- trons of the theater. In these suits at- empt-is being made not only to hold he Knickerbocker Theater Company responsible, but also the architect, builder, iron fabricators, cement men, and the District of Columbia. Negli- Eence in failing to inspect properly the bullding during the course of erection is alleged against the Dis- trict. Demurrers by ‘some of these de- fendants were overruled by Justice Hoehling, and a special appeal on lieves that the stone was accidentally slung from a sling with which he | saw a boy playing. The Doorn au- thorities refuse to discuss the affair. TWO YEARS FOR LIBEL. Ousted Mine Official Sentenced in Halifax, N. S. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, October 31— James B. McLachlen, secretary of District No. 26, United Mine Workers = T-csident John L. Lewis during the | Cape Breton coal strike last summer, was_sentenced to Dorchester pen tentlary today for two years for se- ditious 1ibel. FOR THURSDAY, FIRST = RACE—Two-year-olds: 3 pitss, $1,3007 ive and o BaM furionge 8 ';;"fil]l’l' “Omewn . L] ot et T atee o; “four-year-olds 200; clalming; two miles. pounds claimed for rider. m'l.mfi"dlhlfl ‘Rflfl?.:.l TRIED ~BACE—Twoyearolds; claimiag rures, $1,300; Sve aad o Nalt furionge 5 Without Prince Hamlet. Tt Fhonsi Waich Charm f&r‘dlC Flower. 07 | el 01 FOURTH RACE—Olaiming; three-) -l 224 wn; purse, $1.300; ono mile % the questions of law in these cases i3 before the District Court ot Ap- peals. PLEA FOR IMPROVING D. C. WATER FRON Permanent improvement of the Washington harbor front is to be kept constantly before federal and America, until ho was ousted by ! District officials until definite plans | Pi2ined. are completed, according to the report of the committee on rivers and har- bors of the Washington Board of Trade, made public today. FranR P. Leetch is chairman of the committee. While the report says that none of the tentative studies or plans so far evolved has recelved officlal sanc- tion, there has been a definite crys- tallization of sentiment as to the merit of the proposed undeértaking anhd the necessity for preparation of definite and comprehensive plans, for submission to Congress, with request for authorization and appropriation. The report calls attention -to the | point that the committee, in co-opera~ ‘tion with other organizations, | successtul in having was the proposed memorial bridge across the Potomac designed with a draw, which was of vital importance to the shipping in Georgetew: NEW TRAFFIC SYSTEM FOR CITY VITAL NEED, PRESIDENT ASSERTS (Continued from First Page.) 1s convinced that the vast majority of them agree with him that a com- 98 | plete change should be made with- out delay. Senator Ball is conducting an in- vestigation on the part of a subcom- mittee of the Senate District commit: tee into traffic conditions here, and he intimated that when the time comes 100 | for this committee to make a report | 10 t 107 FIFTH RACE~—Pimlico- serial weight race No. 1; for all ages; “,flv MAA‘; furlongs. General Thatoher. 27 iden Rule Efla—an lds and ;_l:'hm:mu.m;mmnu; SEVENTH RAOCE—The _Hotel g.lflx \claiming handicap; for sll ages; it will be along the lines as expressed by him above. He said the next meeting of this subcommittee will be at the Senate ofice building next Tuesday. ! Touches Other City Needs. During his conference with the President today the District chal 187} man touched upon housing conditio { finances and improvements generally |in the District. He said he told the President that he belleved the esti- mates submitted to the budget by the committee for the District’'s needs for the next year was by no means ex- { travagant, and that he hoped the sum would not be unnecessarily cut In describing the housin to the President, he pointed out that while there has been great activity here in building, and that he knows 08 | there, are at present many vacant 108/ 5partments and houses, little has been 3, 4one in the building way for the fam- fly of moderate means. In other words, according to. Senator Ball, prices’ for houses and rents are stili too high. He said he did not take up with the President thé matter of having the Ball rent act extended 3% |again when it expires mext spring, ;| but that would do so later. He explained that he had rather ‘| give this mattor more thought betore making a definite proposal. by | TONEET ANUALLY Formation of Supreme Grand Lodge Not to Be Attempted at Present. A new epoch {n American Freemasonry was reached today, when, for the first time in the “history of the Masonic | Tigert has already been moved and {order in this country, grand masters | and past grand masters from nearly every state jurisdiction sat down side by side and made plans for an annual conference in Washington of grand masters and past grand masters. ‘In the council room of the Scottish Rith Temple leaders of Masonry from all over the United States made sug- |gestlons pertaining to harmony be- |tween the various jurisdictions. Dif- lfurancel were discussed, and only a short time will elapse, it was stated, {before existing misunderstandings will be for all time wiped out in the craft. Dr. Mark F. Finley, grand master of Masons of the District, was host and was elected chairman of _the conference, the first honor of its kind ever to be bestowed upon a Mason. Arvine W. Johnson, the veteran grand secretary of the Grand Lodge here, ‘was chosen secretary. Finley Is Thanked. The resolution thanking Dr. Finley for his invitation and approving the {step to hold conferences of grand masters and past grand masters in the future when a call for a confer- ence. be made was offered by Judge Townsend Scudder of New York. It W&S unanimously adopted. It was the sense of the assemblage, as put forth in the address of we cgme by Dr. Finley, that in no way, Tk the present at least, was the aim of thos€ presént to form a supreme grand- lodge of the United States. Fach jurisdiction still will maintain lits own' directorship and authorit: | “What this meetng Is for,” Dr. Fin- {ley stafed, “is to get together, obtain |the personal cantact and when pos- sible wipe out by harmonious round- table discussions the differences of opinion that exist between some of the grand lodges. An address of approval of the con- {ference was delivered by Secretary Davis of the Department of Labor. Welcoming the guests, he said no greater achievement could be ob- tained than that of having the craft under one leadership in this countr He pointed out the problems of im- migration and educaiton in Americ | greater help than that of the Masonic one head. He sroke of the enroll- ment of aliens bill before the coming Congress as well as the selective im- {migration bill and asked those pres- jent to support It. 3 | Upon adjournment the délegation, { numbering about 300, was shown ! through the temple by Perry W. | Weldner, former secretary generai of | the Scottish Rite. Following this a {luncheon was served. This afternoon the body will be taken sighteeeing. and brought back for dinner at the temple at 8 o'clock. Tonight at § o'clock the grand visi- tation will be made to Hiram Lodge, No. 10, where, for the first time in { history, the ceremony will by nature’ of a mational visitation Corinthian Lodge of Detroit will con- fer the degrees. The members of the body will a tend the George Washington Mason Memorlal corner stone laylng tomor- irow, in Alexandria, Va. A replica of the- trowel used by George Washington, when he laid the corner stone of the Capitol was pre- sented to President Coolidge today by a committee of Masons composed of the following. Former Senator Chamberiain, J. Claude Keifer, secr tary and treasures . of - the - ¢ Washington Masohte Memorial Asko- ciation; John H. Cowles of Kentucky |and Leon M. Abbott of Massachuse: NEW APARTMENTS BARRED IN 7 AREAS ! Regulations, Making Some Exceptions. ‘The zoning commission today ap- proved the new regulation prohibit- ing the erection of any more apart- ment houses in seven large areas of the northwest. Engineer Commissioner Bell ex- following a meeting of the commission, that a number of indi- vidual pleces of property, however, had been exempted from the new reg- ulation on specific objections of the owner, The seven sections in which only residences will be permitted in fu- ture are bounded as follows: 1—On _the north by the District line, isouth by Albemarle street and Audubon terrace, east by Rock Creek Park, west, by District line. 2—North, Tilden; south, Snyder's lane, Wisconsin avenue, W street, Massachusetts ~ avenue, California street; east, 23d street, Connecticut avenue, Calvert street, 20th street, Cathedral avenue and Rock Creek Pagk: west, Arizona avenue, Massachuselts avenue, 39th gtreet and Tunlaw road. 3—Frontage on both sides of R street between 31st street and Wis- consin avenue. 4—North, . Edmunds stroet; south, New Cut and Canal roads and U atreet; east, 48th street; west, Ne- braska avenue. 5—North, District line and Rock Creek Park; south, Alaska avenue; oast, Alaska avenue and District lin Rook Creek Park. District line; south, Tuckerman street, 5th street and Rit- tenhouse street; east, District lin west, Georgia avenue. 7—North, Kennedy street, Shepherd street; east, ioth street, Decatur reet, Jowa avenue and Buchanan lstme(; west, Rook Creek Park. |SCHOOL FRATERNITY PROBLEM UP AGAIN ‘The old question of existence of high sehool fraternities has been re- opened before the board of education, it _became known today. The school authorities transmitted to the oorporation counsel at the District bullding two letters received recently from parents of high school puplls who, it is understood, failed to fill in a blank form required by the school authorities, setting forth the organizations to which the pupil belonged. The father of one of the children wrote to the school board asking for more specific information as to re sons why he should make written ex- planations of his son's failure to fill out the card. The school board passed the com- munication _on_to the corporation counsel’s office for a report as to how it should handle the situation. ‘The corporation counsel of the Dis- trict. it was stated at the District building today, ruled a number of years ago that the board of educa- tion was within its powers in. regu- lating school organlzations, -, and stated that nothing could be of { fraternity of 3,000,000 members under | of the | Zoning Commission Appr'ovesI BUILT, HINES SAYS (Continued from First Page.) counsel of the Veterans’ Bureau, tes- tified that O'Brien’s claim was sent to the controller general's office on Sep- tember 19, 1923, and allowed nineteen days later. “Within our experience,” he added, “that is a short time to obtain the ac- tion of the general accounting office even in a case where there Is no pro- test against'the claim.” The witness also #aid this was the only case within his knowledge in URGED BY HOOVE Says Money Should Go Into Reproductive Channels, However. which a clalm had been allowed after disapproval by the director of the bu- reau. The certificate of allowance was signed, “E. Richards for the con- troller general, by E. L. H" The warrant for payment was signed, “I. by D. G. M" | Luclen B. Johnsor of San Fran- clsco, who old the Livermore Hos- pital site to the government fbr $105.000, tostified that he bought the land in Qctober, 1920, from the Cresta Blanca Wine Company for $19,257, and before the sale to the govern- ment put on It improvements cost- ing $26,674, including a residence, garagoe and other buildings. “I at no time tried to seli this prop- erty to the government,” Mr. Johnson said, adding that he first was ap- proached about the sale by Thomas O'Dea, a real estate dealer, in Sep- tember, 1921. The month following a ninety-day option on the tract was given to Frank Tynon, an employe of O'Dea. Offer Was Reduced. The evidence was that after O Dea’s optlon expired, Johnson wanted $112,- 000 for the property sought by the government, which ~ included seven acres owned by the wine company and the water rights in the creek ruhnnlng through the gene tract, | which Johnson owned. Forbes coun- tered with an offer of $105,000, which was accepted. Immediately after been consummated, to President Harding dated February 13, 1922. “In accordance with the standing_reached at our conferenc on Thursday afternoon, January 12. the letter said, “I have & consideration of §10 parcels of land, including all of the property originally offered to the bureau at $150,000 and also two other valuable tracts facing the road, o that the hospital site wiil be bounded on tha east entirely.by the county road and will include all of the creek known as Arroyo Del Valle, which was excluded from the original offer on acconnt of vatiahle water rights which the owner wish- ed to’ retain . 0u never offered to-sell tn the government for $£150,000, did you? asked Gen. O'Ryan. ;o replied Johnson A deed to O'Dea was made out, bu he did not buy the land before the op. tion expired. On the day after the explration. Johnson sald, the govern- ment made him an offer of $165000 i for the 221 acres in the site, and the sale was made on that basis. John F. O'Rvan, general counsel for the committes, read into the rec- ord a telegram from - Chartes F. the Forbe: It sale had reported a letter t erans bureau, to L. T. Grant, ‘then district manager for the bureau at San Francisco. The telegram was dated at Washington, January 14 1922, and said fler $105.000 for Livermore site. Wire your opinion price quoted.” _Cramer Visited Site. Before this, or in November, 1921, Charles F. Cramer, thea. general counsel for the bureau, who com- Isitc with O'Dea, A report on his visit which Gen. O'Ryan read into the record, said | {Cramer was seeking the assistance of O'Brien in obtaining an option With the assistance of friends, the Cramer report continued, O'Brien suc- ceeded in getting a fifty-day option at a price of $150.000, but Johnson said he knew nothing of this option, and insisted that he couldn't have given an option, as he already had given oné to O'Dea. A letter from Cramer to Forbes, un- der date of November 29, 1921, said the $150.000 price for ‘the property was “very reasonable.” and that if the option wae not exercised an_ ex- tension prohably cuid not be “I cannot urge ton strongly the pur- chase of this property.” Cramer wrote, adding that the hospl finest in the country. Tells of Pressure. Congressional influence wasbrought to bear to block a plan of the| Veterans' Bureau to abandon the pro-| Jected tuberculosts hospital at Excel- | sior Springs. Mo, the Senate investi- | Fating committes was told yesterday | by E. L. Morse, prominent in re- publican _politics in Missouri, manager in that state of the Lowden campaign for the republican presi- dential nomination fn 1920. Morse: subsequently sold the plant to the| government for $116.100. | Morse testified that when he was| notified of this decisfon he came to. Washington to use his influence with | senators and representatives, who protested to the bureau. He sald hel saw fifteen senators and that one of | them, Senator Bursum, republican, | New Mexico, took the matter to the! White House. Later the sale was consummated. Throughout his examination Morse in- sisted on answering questions in his own way and going into detailed ex- planations. After Senator Reed and Senator Walsh, democrat, Massachu- sstts, had taken turns at question- ing him, he was permftted to tell his story in his own way When Morse conclided, Gen. O'Ryon made this statement for the record: “I told Mr. Morse, who was agltat- ed this morning, that the purpose of the lengthy examination of him and the questions asked by members of the committee, was not fof” the pur- pose of reflecting upon his integrity, but because all concerned In the in- vestigation were alert to bring out the manner In which trusted repre- sentatives of the: government were transacting the important matters that were intrusted to them in this work of alding the disabled soldiers and that we had not intended by this cross-examination to reflect upon his right to obtain for his property any price within reason, so long as there was not involved on his part any corrupt bargain.” AROUSED BY CHARGE. nson sald. Dr. Souther Asked to Prove Polit- ical Influence. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,, October 31. —Statements credited to Dr. R. F. Souther, Boston physician, testifying before the Senate committee Investi- gating the United States Veterans' Bureau, that pressure by congressmen and others had resulted in unjustifi- able allowances for disabllity. are challenged by Representative Walter Newton of Minnesota. Representative Newton tslegraphed Brig. Gen, Frank Hines, director of the bureau, demanding that Dr. Souther be “called to account” by the investigat- ing committee and told to prove his charges by producing specific cases of unwise and unjustifiable expendi- tures in allowances to disabled vet- erans. Mr. Newton said that when he got back to Washington he would insist that the physician name specific cases and not rely upon blanket generality. | "“I am sick and tired.” he said “of {these persons who find a congress- man’s letter in a file of the Veterans' | Bureau and then set up a yelp about political influence EL DORADO CLUB MEETS. Young Professional and Business Men Hold Luncheon. The El Dorado Club held its weekly luncheon at the Franklin Square Hotel yesterday. The organization is com- posed of young business and pro- fessional men of the city. Among the guests of the club were Fred Boswell, Willlam Wright, . 8. Roberts, R. F. Howard and R W' Waring, Richards for the controller general, | under- | -{#8 Mr. Mellon was introduced, country | Forbes, former director of the vet- | mitted suicide last March, visited the {Benson, The economic policy of the United ! States will gain greatest enhance- | jment by ateering America’s surplus {funds into proper foreign channels, Secretary of Commerce Hoover told delegates attending the twelfth an- nual convention banquet of the In-; jvestment Bankers' Assoclation of !America last night at the Willard | Hotel. His message, however, car- iried the modificatibn that this credit iextension should be restricted to { reproductive purposes which would, | perpetually, promote our export jtrade, thus increasing the produc- i tVity of foreign nations and mate- | { Not only {s the United States de- pendent upon such a policy, but the whole world is partially relying on such a mode of procedure, ~Mr. | Hoover declared. The maintenance | of our economic strength is most | potent at this time, and the main- tenance of this strength lies in wise investment in reproductive enter- prises, not only at home, but abroad | as well, ho sail.s New clectric power lines wi ticularly lauded by the Secre: an investment field. | Secretary Mellon Speaks, | Secretary of the Treasury Mellon | Preceded Mr. Hobver s addressod | a few terse remarks to the assem biage, in which he commended their | cfforts in their campaign to rid the | country of those undesirabl the | bucketshop, the fraudulent security | broker and the fake salesman. *One | »f the wisest men of the country, ] ke of | il ! e par- ary as \ ! briefly on his career as a membe the Investment Bankers' Associati The transportation act, “by which, in substance, railroad security hold- ers are limifed to a return of 6 per cent, and income over and above this amount is subject to the control of |the government, either through re- jcupture or.through the creation of restrictive reserve funds.” came in for a scathing denunciation by Alvin | W. Krech, chairman of the board of the kquitable Trust Company of New York city. i Wil Dam Up Capital. [ This curb upon earnings, he said, if | unchanged, will check and eventually | prevent she flow of new capital into! railroads, except at the expense of | the existing investment in those properties. This result will be occa- | sioned in view of the hazards to| which railroad capital is subjected, | he_explained. The banquet, itself, was one of the! most sumptuous affairs ever held in| this city, The entire big ballroom was | filled to overflowing, while emer- gency provision was made for many | in the adjoining small baliroom, | while the press occupled the entire; balcony. Approximately 8§30 were in attendance. The evening was replete with en- tertainment and surprises. Local tal- | ent was secured from visiting shows, | and Washington's own artists, in_the persons of orge O'Connor, ~ Mrs. Gawler and Mrs. Brylawski, were on hand to aid. Travesty on Klan. Most noteworthy in the entertain- ment repertoire, however, E travesty on the Ku Kiux Klan. This | “syndicate sketch” was provided by | local financiers, including the “Im-} perial Grand Gizard” and the “Im-| perial Supreme Gizabo,” and eight | Klan “privates” The costuming Ior[ the skeich included the white robe | and hood minus the fiery cross, with “Oklahoma” the password The sketch depieted w group of bankcrs | trying to get into one of the sacred banking syndicates, which produced hearty laughter through its entirety. ! Eugene E. Thompson, chairman of | ithe banquet committee, and local vice | 5 association, made a welcome, following | tion by Bishop Freeman. vnes, chairman of thé cor vention committee. and John A. Pre cott, president of the association, spoke briefly. Included among the many notables among “those present” were Secre- taries Wallace, Hoover. Mellon and New, D. R. Crissinger, governor of the Federal Reserve Board; Justice Bal- ley, Maj. J. F. Bell, Admiral W. Edward _cClark, Henry M. Dawes, Admiral Edward W. Eberle, Bishop Freeman, Elliot H. Goodwin, Col. H. Hawkius, W. S. Hayden, Ju tice McCoy, Willlam Montgome: John J. O'Connor, Edmond Platt, i | | { | i 1 Justice Robb, Dr. L. 8. Rowe, the Dis- | trict Commissioners, Justice Siddons, Bascom Slemp, Chief Justice Smyth, Justice Stafford, W. F. Stevenson, Eliot Wadsworth and Garrard Win- ston. W. W. Spaid. member of W. B. Hibbs & Co., drew the plaudits of the banqueters with his elaborate enter- tainment program. EXPECT SENSATION INKLAN AFFIDAVITS By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga, October 31.—Affi- davits bordering on the sensational are promised by the plaintiffs In to- day’s hearing in the case of David M. Rittenhouse of Philadelphia and oth- ers seeking a recelvership for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. No statement as to what the affidavits contain_was available before court reconvened, but it was understood in- ternal strife in the Kian would be bared. The plaintiffs intimate they expect a strong counter attack from the present Klan administration when the defendants’ side is heard. A description of how Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard, Mer Rouge, La., citizens, the state of Loulsiana charges, were killed by a hooded band, met thelr fate; of a Ku Klux Klan educational campaign in Okl homa and of activities of the Klan in connection with the ex parte hear- ing investigating the death of Danfel and Richard at Bastrop, La., were read yesterday from depositions signed by former klan investigators jand Dr. H. W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan. Dr. Evans told of the Oklahoma incident. Another development was the pub- lcation here of a letter written by E. Y. Clarke, imperial glant of the kian and formerly imperial wizard protem pending the election of Dr. Fvans. Clarke charged. his life was threatened and. “his reputation at stake” in declining to call a meet- {ing of am important klan committee of which he is chairman.. He further alleged a national conspiracy within the klan to defame him. Dr. Evans, whose deposition was read yesterday declared that the kian_ belleved an anti-flogging law should be passed in Oklahoma and sald it was the desire of the officlals of the klan to stamp out that sort of lawlessness. Asked what kind of a campaign | was planned in Oklahoma, the im- perial wizard said it was to have been a speaking. campaign. He said there was to have been no campalgn against Gov. Walton in this connec- tion. Dr. Evans denied knowledge of .any money furnished the kian in Oklahoma, but sald if “they needed it, jt probably was furulshed them ——tei—iu_ }in Buch amounts 3s were necessary,” 'worth yesterday, 4 2 | Shock This Week MADRID, October 31.—A sharp earthquake occurred Monday at the village of Padrillo, near Logrono. Deep cracks opened in the roads and it was necessary to stop work in the stone quarries because of the sulphurous fumes that issued from them. MEXICO CITY, October 31.—A heavy earthquake shock was feit at noon yesterday at Chilapa and other points in the state of Guer- rero. No report of damage or Cas- ualties has been received here. RHINE RECOGNITION REFUSED BY BRITAIN; SAXONY MORE QUIET (Continued from First Page.) tion with magnates controlling over 80 per cent of the Ruhr industries. The French terms are payment of _ 4 arrears on coal taxes, and delivery! rially inereasing their buying power. | henceforth to the allies for repara- | tions of 20 per,cent of the coal and coke produced.” After these agree-| ments have been signed, the French authorities and German industrialists will be obliged to tackle the serfous problems of transportation and cur- rency, which, until they have been at least ' partially solved, threaten to block anything like a return to nor- mal conditions in the Ruhr. French reports from unoccupled Germany picture the communists and the nationalists as being on the verge of o sanguinary civil war, with Chancellor Stresemann’s government swinging hopelessly between the two extremes. Such an armed outbreak would, it 1s believed, reinforce the Rhineland geparatist movement. On the other hand, indications here are that France, pending the outcome of the forthcoming conference of economic experts, will refrain from giving the separatists full support. SEE SITUATION CLEARING. Political Circles Believe Saxon Sit- uation Will Help Berlin. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 31.—W1th the sit- uation fn Saxony gradually becoming stabilized and the united socialists in charge of the new government there, political circles in Berlin expressed belief today that the danger of a parliamentary crisis hers was less fmminent. The socialist deputation in the cefchstai will vote this afternoon on the question wf retaining the party's members in the present coalition gov- ernment. The newspaper organs of Chancel- lor Stresemann voice bellef that the political situation 1s more favorable for him today. They incline to the view that the assumption by the so- clalists of the new government in Saxony presages the continuance of socialist participation in the present coalition government here. SAXON STRIKE FAILING. Physical and Financial Exhaustion of Working Class Is Reason. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1 BERLIN, October 31.—The incom- plete character of the Saxon general strike of prptest against the ousting of Premier Zeigner indicates exhaus- tlon-g#Ahe, political parties there. The working class, while deeply in- dign: the overthrow of the Zeig- ner gévernment, are S0 near their lastcpust of brcad that they did not dare WsK Josing three days' pay by strik! The workers are exhausted from ong underfecding and the unions re exhausted financially. Hence, tri- u 1t action against the military reactionaries, such as occurred in the case of the Kapp putsch, can hardly be expected now. MOBILIATION IS DENIED. | Stresemann Says Saxon Movement! | Simply to Properly Police Nation. | BERLIN, October 31.—In response | ! {to critics at home and abroad, who | have questioned the concentration of | {large Relchswehr forces in Saxony {and suggested that army maneuvers were intended, the government has issued an officlal statement asserting that the concentration is in mowise| contrary to the treaty of Vervailles and that it plans neither maneuvers nor a mobilization. The troops have been sent into Sax- ony, says the statement, only to se-| cure the proper policing of the state, | and, more especially, to break up the armed ‘“selbst-schutz” organisations, the existence of which cannot, In the opinion of the allied military commis- slon, be permitted. EKRUPP FREED AGAIN. Believed He Has Seen Last Days of Imprisonment by Freach. By the Associated Press. DUESSELDOF, October 31.—Baron Krupp von Bohlen, head of the Krupp plant, technicaily surrendered himself to {at any time, plants operating under NELLONCRTIGSH Second Letter Says Secre- tary’s “Defense” Shows Dry Law Neglect. HARRISBURG, Pa., October Gov. Pinchot's criticisms of federal prohibition enforcement — expressed | last night for the second time this week In a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Mellon—occupled the atten- tion of state and federal officials to- | day. In his second letter the governor | termed Mr. Mellon's answer to his | previous letter “a defense of things | as they are” and declared what is needed “is not a defense of past and present evils, but the determination to abate them, followed by effective action.” He asserted that “if the| present situation represents the best the Treasury Department can do, then my previous suggestion that the enforcement service should be placed directly under the President has greater force than I suspected when I made 1t The suggestion to which he re- ferred waus voiced by him in a speech before the' recent citizenship confer- ence in Washington, in which he de- clared the federal enforcement serv- fce In Pennsylvania “lost its soul through politics” and urged the com- plete elimination of politics and di- rect control of enforcement by the President. Text of Second Letter. The governor's letter follows: “I am in receipt of your letter of October 29. First of all, let me thank you for your courteous expression concerning my efforts to enforce the law. I appreciate it greatly. “Your letter is in effect a state- ment that the present system of fed- eral enforcement and its resuits are sufficient and satisfactory. My dis- appointment at its tenor is all the more keen because I understood you td be fully in accord with the Presi- dent’s desire for co-operation. I have laid before you, first privately and then publicly, the situation in Penn- sylvania, which is everywhere known to be intolerable, together with sug- gestions for a remedy. Your answer i8 a defense of things as they are. 1 am sorry. “What is needed is not a defense of past and present evils, but the determination to abate them, foilow- ed by effective-action. It is a matter of sincere regret to me that your answer to my letter is merely an effort to justify the present system of enforcement, which all America Knows to be defective, inefficient and a breeder of corruption. Efforts in Pennsylvania. . “My letter asserted, and you do not deny, that the state government of Pennsylvania i3 using to the utmost every power it has to combat the present outbreak of lawlessness. Every man famillar with the law | and the facts knows that the fed- eral government is not, and that the | main_fault is divided between the failure to use the federal permit e fectively as a means of law enforc ment and the system of politica appointments to the enforcement seryice. “Your letter contends that I am wrong when I say that plants de- tected in violation of the law are per- mitted to continue operation under federal permits, and then proceeds to ishow that the plants I mentioneq had | been convicted and fined for vioiation of the law before 1923, and are still | actually in possession of federal per- | {mits for 1923, as 1 said they were. i Under such circumstances a fine amounts to nothing more than high license for law-breaking. 1 ask you | to refuse to reissue permits for the | {operation of plants where the law has | been broken. I Disputes Point in Law. “Your letter asserts that the law requires your departmeni to reissue permits after a ycar to applicants who | are admittedly law breakers. There | 18 no such provision of law. Thelaw | | does forbid the reissuance of & per-| mit to such offenders until a year has passed, but does not_require you to{ jrenew 1t afterward. If you have any doubt of your power to refuse a per- mit to a lawbreaker after a vear, 1! suggest that you do so refuse and! let vour refusal be appealed to th courts. The applicant can appeai, but when you relicense a lawbreaker the public has no recourse. i “You have been good enough to| grant my request for the right of the state police to inspect for violations, federal permits. 1 thank you heart- ily, and I suggest that under the right t0 ‘modify permits set forth in sub- section B of section 15 of Treasury decision 3398, approved by you, it would greatly assist enforcement if | this right were given to the state! police #or all permits immediately. “All but one of the five breweries which I named as still operating and which had been caught by the state police and reported to your depart- ment were So reported prior to Au- gust 15, and that one on September 6. Your answer is that they have been cited or the administration is in mo- tion for the purpose. If the permits of these plants had all been promptly suspended, as my letter asks, one of them, the Rettig Brewing Company of Pottsville, could not have been caught violating the law again by the state police, as it was last Satur- ay. i “Hope of Enforcement.” “I regret that your letter should show entire satisfaction with the present regulations regarding alcohol and brewery permits and contain no reference to the suggested insertion | of conditions in the permit which the French prison authorities today at the end of the parole granted him in {order that the negotiations. between the Ruhr industrialists and the occupation authorities might be facllitated. He was allowed an additional week of freedom. The opinion is expressed unofficially in both French and German circles that the Krupp plant head has seen hiw last of imprisonment. dx‘l"'ll‘are has_been no official announce- ment of a French agreement with the Krupps, but German newspapers an- nounce that the Krupps are re-employ- nig hundreds of men recently dlscharged 2nd that the locomotive piani now is able to work on full time because of a farge order for locomotives placed with the plant by the allied railway regime. The locomotive repalr shop also has received & large order for repair work. PRINCE MAY RETURN. Wilhelm Asks Dutch if He May Go Back to Germany. DOORN, Holland, October 3L— Former Crown Prince Friedrich Wil- helm of Prussia, it is learned au- {thoritatively, has asked permission of the Dutch government to return to Germany. Holland does not object, !but would not allow the prince to return agaln to this country. ccording to reliable sources, (Fl:l‘edrlch Wilhelm has conferred with !the German minister at The Hague lin regard to his return. i Separatists Occupy Worms. BERLIN, October 31.—Rhineland [separatists have occupied the public {bufldings at Worms and declared a i republic, according to advices recelv- led here. The local workers are re- i ported to have gone on strike. Making Up for a Day. From London Answers. Mother—I gave you a penny yes: terday to be good, and today you a just as bad as you can be. ‘Willle—Yes, mother, I'm trying to show you that you got your mouney's would make lawbreaking, as I said, ‘practically impossible with honest enforcement.” This is the line along | which the best hope of effective en- | forcement will be found. I repeat | my offer to help in framing such con- ditfons. “Whatever happens, I assure you | that the state administration of Penn- sylvania will leave no stone unturned to co-operates with the federal gov- ernment and to free the common- wealth of the present open and scan- dalous deflance of law and the Con- stitution which is encouraging overy enemy of good government, creating contempt for all law, enriching crimi- nals and ruining their victims by thousands, and which is a blot on the g00d name of both state and nation. “I have no change to make In my statement contained fn my previous letter; the facts are as I there sst them forth. The law-abiding citizens of Pennsylvania are profoundly alarmed and anxious for relief. The | state administration is doing its level {to wipe out fore {manage to pul | Senator CAPITAL’S GUESTS When nice folks accomplish so: notable achievement etiquette de. mands that those attaining success accept formal congratulations and immediately shrink from the lime- light, which, as a rule, is exceedingly refreshing, but when a great live, en- ergetle, pulsating community like the clty of Washington entertains a group of 2,000 leading American financiers in such & manner that all acclaim it “the greatest ever” then it's well within the iimits of decorum to let the world know it. Such is the unanimous opinion of the big outpouring of investment Lankers who for the past three days have been holding their twelfth an- nual convention at the New Hotel, and if the heart of the nation 18 not seiected for many future meet- ings of the organization it will not be the fault of any members now at- tending. “It has literally capped the climax,” exclaimed Lyon R. Dinkins, president of the Interstate Banking Company of New Orleans, to Clark Caldwell of Caldwell Nashville, Tenn., as the two bank rested for a moment in the of the shoreham Hotel. attended many conventions of organization, but for real, old-fash ioned hospitality, comfort, and fillment of promises, thi; ing far surpa “Absolutely, er man, who, by the-way, is consider ed one 'of the classiest golfers in the organization. “And it will be imip. sible to sufficlently thank the ers of Washington for their efforts in making our stey 50 3 able. Never have I scen an.entei tainment committes work so _he- fore. 1 have talked with men from every section of the country and heard the same sentiment expressed from one and all alike. Yes, have the ideal convention clty of th country, and the sooner other larg. organizations learn this the more a tractive will be their annual gather- ings.” i | It was learned later from M well that Lyon R. Dinkins is un questionably the leading banker uf New Orieans, which makes doubly interesting an opinion expresscd by the Louisiana man on business con- ditions and the political situation in the southland as they appear to him today. “Business in the present is general is this true of town state, where excelient prices a; ing realized for cotton and the sugar cane crops are unprecedentcd. Mo in New Orleans is quite plentiful and fairly cheap, and the decided s so noticeablé throughout the se carlier in the year has faded 2 and now everybody is busy. “Taking it thet you are a dem crat, Mr. Dinkins, who do you thin will lead the old party in 1uz4”" “Well, you're a bit off in your ‘take my boy,” smiled the genial souti- erner. is a fast-growinsg movement throughout the s h, particuiarly © cate the old o y of casting your ballot according trad The progressive s never before t rived when the Y low the Mason clasp hands and shoulder to crush trend to radicalism throughout the lund e “Yes,” interrupted youns Caldwe "we, in Tennessee, feel the same on the 'question. And let me tell right here that the strength present occupant of the W is being appr: ed more in all parts of the south 1 am a southerner, and will re in state and section, kins, I believe th Caid- south right and and member Top tious nt time is p er all petty ments and work with my nor brother for the g President Coolidge following in Tennessee, and republicans b: long shot. sonally, I am m. and of my friends feel the su E and, 8o saying, Tt ce and Lou- na hurried to the Willard to an- swer the roil call. Just a pleasant, agreeable, clea: cut_type of American citizen is Oiho C. Snider of Kansas City, the othcr end of Prescott & Snider, the first of which, James: A. Prescott. is the retiring president of the organiza- tion, and ‘when asked about cond tions out hustling Missouri city only and said, “Oh, we ugh. in “How about Pr your way, Henry Underwood, Hiram J— “Hold on a minu the bright-eved fin as he ducked for the elevator. “Ieally, 1 don't know a thing about the poiitical uation. You know we in Missourl have fo be shown, and if you caro to get in touch with me after th has been done, why nothing would delight me more than to express n opinion,” and then Kansas City we scooting. Mr. Snid the Hotel Washingt on!" laughed And_speaking of accommodations 0 solicitous was W. A. Harriman & Co. of New YOTk that representatives from their thirty-od branch house throughout the country would be ab. to let their home folks know that they hadn't been run over or any- thing like that that a specia] W free for use to any affillated with big concern, was installed in the ants room of the convertion hall, probably never in the hi telegraphy has a singis wire more yeoman service. A two-week leave of absence will doubtless be gleefully granted to Eugene E, Thompson of Crane, Parris & Co., Algernon Gardiner, president of the Standard National Bank, and Robert Stead, jr., of Harris, Forb & Co., for work rendered durlng t convention by those in charge of staging the gathering. A busy trio was this, the first named gencrally occupled with everything, which the two latter were continuously on the job checking in and out eager golfers Who never lost an opportunity to get back to their favorite pastime. And maybe Josh Eyans, jr, vice president of the Riggs National Bank, wasn't the pleased party throughout the entertainment. On the day Pr dent Coolldge recelved the visitin firemen—that is bankers—Joshua Evans, jr, stood right next to thc first gentleman of the land and he wiil never forget it. But a8 ever with sunshine thers is always a little cloud. Cincinnati that grand old Ohio community kissed by a once bubbling Riina, is not up to much in so far as busiuess is concerned, at least so thinks L. K. best. If the present situation repre- ;Ballinger, head of L. R. Ballinger of sents the best the Treasury Depart- ithe Porkopolis town. ment can do, then my previous sug- ‘When asked about conditions in gestion that the enforcement ‘service should be placed directly under the President has greater force than I suspected when I made it.” ———e—s $6,000 TO GRANDCHILDREN . i Mrs. Hoertel Leaves Rest of Estate: to Son and Daughter. i The will of Mrs. Fanny E. Hoertel, | formerly of New York, was offered| today for probate. She leaves $3,000 ! each to & grandson and granddaugh- | ter, George W. Hoertel and Elsie A. Hoertsl. = The remaining estate Is; devised to her son and daughte Emile E. and Amella J. Hoertel Willlam J. Vonderheide, Emile E. Hoertel and Ferdinand W. Keller are named as executors. By the terms of the will of/Mrs. Eleanor 8. Morrison, her entire es- tate is left in trust to her hushand, John L. Morrison. He Is to pay $5.000 to her sister, Jane S. Griffith, and $1,000 each to James §. Griffith, Henry ¥. Griffith, Sophia D. Ash and Elsle B. Stabler.’ The husband s to have the use of the remaining estate for life, : his neck of the wooeds, the investment banker sighed a bit as he regretfully foplied: “Business is only so-so in ur town at present, in fact, I would isay it was dull. Of course, things !might pick up a bit this winter, but right now—but what's the use of talking about it.” Like all sons of the Buckeye state, Mr. Ballinger still evidenced griel over the death of the late President, but said that the people of the state were highly gratified with the man- ner in which President Coolidge was conducting the office. ‘The big meeting will adjourn this day of our Lord, and when the last 00d-by has_been sald, ome of the most successtul conventions ever held by the Investment Bankers' Associa- tion of America will have gone on the records of that very stable organiza- tion. THE MIXER. _— Qualified. From the Cornell Widow. “We want & man for our informa- tion bureau,” said the manager. “He must be a wide-awake fellow und accustomed to complain “That's me,” replied the applicant. “I'm tbe father of twins.”