Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1924, Page 2

r 2 7 NEWS PRINT RAL RATES ATIACKED Washington and Baltimore Publishers Point Out Variations Here. | 1. C. C. HEARS COMPLAINTS Claim Made Evident Intention of Body’s Ruling Is Now Nullified. Rates on news print paper main- tained by the Canadian Pacific and eastern trunk lines in the United States were attacked before the In- terstate Commerce Commission today by representatives of Washington newspaper publishers, who pointed out discrepancies in the rates on transportation of news print .from mill points to this city. There are differences ranging from 215 to 11% cents between the rates from distant points to Baltimore and rates from the same points to Wash- ington, T. D. Geoghegan, traffic man- ager of the Washington Publishers' Association. said. He claimed that this was in direct opposit > the stated principle of the commission ihat as the distance grows greater the difference between contiguous points of delivery shall ‘grow less and finally disappear, while, matter of fuct, there is an incres ratio_in the present instance corre- sponding to the greater distance of Be pommt. of origin A complaint was filed several weeks ago on behalf of The Bvening Star Newspaper Company attucking the rates, and subsequently more than a dozen publishers, representing all the important daily newspapers in Wash- ington and Baitimore, intervened, be- coming parties 1o the complaint. The differential in distance between Washington and Baitimore is not great enough to cover the great spread in rates shown by tariffs of the carriers on news print paper, Mr. Geoghegan pointed out Pay for Wi Because publishers piy for the protective Wrapping around rolls of news print paper on The basis of news print sale rates, Mr Geoghegan declared, The Evening Star Newspaper Company paid more than $20.000 for wrapping during 1932, which it sold only as waste paper, thereby realizing ot more than $2,000 on an expentiture of 529,000, Consignees are also required to pay for the Interior wrapping &4 freight cars carrying news print, ha #\d, un- der a price arrangement with the manufacturers, the cost of suth wrap- ping being figured in the cost of pa- per loaded on cars at the mills. The witness declared The Evening Star Newspaper Company had instructed shippers to disregard the ruies of the { American Railway ciation re- rding c ding of news print pa- per and had thereby greatly reduced its damage loss in transit, due to} friction between tightly packed rolls | of news print. By leaving a space be- | tween the roils, he said. the dam due to jolting of the car h lessened. .. are forced to ply of Newspapers. Newspaper publishers more than four billion news print paper during .\lr.v Geoghegan said, or about one- ‘fourth of th- paper consumption of the nation during that vear. Im- portance of the daily newspaper in American life is shown by statistics of business houses in New York dur- ing the pressmen’s strike in that ity last September, the witness said. Newspaper publishers in Washin ton carry large stocks of news pri paper, he declared, which they do not use except in an emergenc: Mr. Geoghegan called to th tion of Examiner W. B. Hunt merous discrepancies in rates newsprint, one of which—the from Buffalo, N. Y. to Washing agalnst the rate from B Mich.—he declared to be a clear vio- | lation of the fourth section of the| interstate commerce act. Many other discrepancies in cla: and commodity rates between Washington and New England, upper New York and Cana- | dlan points were also pointed out. | J. P. Welcker of the National | Tribune was the first witneAs called | by Mason Mangum, rep ating the complainant and intervenors He testified that the National Tribune was a constant receiver of ahipments of news print from northern points. WHITNEY TELLS OF HIS| PART IN SINCLAIR OIL| Says He Bought Total of 155,000 consumed pounds of | atten- r nu on rate o | City. | i Divorce Under Fire PHILIPPINE LIBERTY URGED BY GUEVARA Tells House Islands Seek Only Freedom U. S. Ob- tained for .Others. By the Assoclated Pross Delivering his first speech in the House, Pedro Guevara, new resident eommissioner from the Philippines, independence for the Is- lands today with the statement that “an independent Philippines will be stronger for Americanism than a sub- jugated Philippines possibly can be." “No matter how altruistic your de- signs,” said he, “a dependent Philip- Dpines must behold Americanism less affectionately than would a free Phil- ippines. This Is but human. You have won the sincere friendship and admiration of China, though you have done less for that country than you have for the Philippines. Battle for Principles. “I am certain you will realize that the Filipino people are fighting the battle of American principles. Our victory will be your victory, our de- feat yout defeat. The Filipino peo- ple do not ignore the geographical situation of their country. Nor do they ignore the interest of this na- tion in those latitudes. Our drean is to be useful 10 your nation, to show her and the world our gratitude for the unselfish leader- ship of the American people during our association. “Our coasts and mountains, our lakes and bays. our rivers and seas, will be yours in time of need. Our fortunes, our lives, will be at the dis- position ‘of this nation should destiny call you again to the fields of battle in defense of the safety of the world, justice and liberty.” advocated Desire of Is Commn that Filipi foner Guevara declared “aspire to be placed on the same plane as those who hate en- joyed the benevolent and humanita- rian influence of the American flag. “Cuba,” he continued. freed: Czechoslovakia, Lithuania and | Poland are now free, thanks to the moral intervention of the United States; E@ypt has recovered her in- dependence through recognition by | the British empire of American doc- trines. Ireland has secured from Eng- land @ Free State political status. But the Philippines, under the Amer- n flag, cannot secure freedom, that s treasure of a people which | America herself has helped other small countries to acquire. BILL WOULD BARE i “has been | REALTY SALES DATA|: Seeks Other Changes in Law Af- fecting Assessments and Taxation. DEFINES D. C BESIDENT} Measure Sent to Congress Also Iserted her and !to support’ herself. {had i uary THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ININA W, PUTNAN'S DIVORCE VACATED Must Prove Residence Rhode Island Was Legal, Court Orders, in LAWYER GIVEN WARNING Told Client Must Appear to Explain Evidences of Inconsiste ency in Case. By the Asociated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. L. January 3.— Judge Chester W. Barrows of the superior court today entered an or- der vacating the divorce granted yes- terday to Nina Wilcox Putnam San- derson from Robert J. Sanderson un- til such time as she shall appear in person and satisfy the court that she has been a resident of this state for more than two years prior to Oc- tober 16, 1923. Judge Barrows also sent a letter to P. Francls Cassidy of Woonsocket, attorney for Mrs. Sanderson, stating that if the court does not hear from his client within a reasonable time it will feel that it is its duty to lay the facts before the attorney general for suitable action. Neither Mrs. Sanderson Tt v her The ac- tion was conducted deposition Mrs. Sanderson asserted in her depo- sition that she had lived in Provi- dence little more than three years.” The newspaper told the court hat she had “lived” here a little more than a vear and a half and that she actually had spent only a small part of that. time in Providence. In recalling hig decision Judge Burrows declared that he did not propose to have fraud perpetrated in his court and that he would con- duct a full investigation of the claims made in the plaintlff’s deposition. Novelint Twice Married. Mr. Sanderson was the novelist's second husband. They were married in New Haven in November, 1919. Her first husband, Robert Faulkner Put- nam, died in 1918 Judge Burrows was informed that Mrs. Sanderson had a country home at Madison, Conn.. and that her name was on the voting list there in 1921 and 1922, In a magazine article last year Mrs. Sanderson referred to Mr. Sanderson | as follows: “I got me a new husband, an A-1 edition that pulls a lot of my gost spontaneous lines, and quick ‘as he ¥ them I run in the other room and write them down before 1 for- get them. He's a big help to me.” Woman's Lawyer Sileat. P. Francis Cassidy of Woonsocket, counsel for Mrs. Sanderson, refused to discuss the case other than to re- late the action of the court in grant- ing the divorce. Questioned concerning her residence in Rhode Island, he declared Mrs. Sanderson had lived in Providence for “about four v and mw that time with the deponents in the case. He sald he expected her back in Rhode Island within a few weeks The Sanderson divorce case was one of many heard before Judge Barrows. Her counsel, Mr. Cassidy, appeared be- fore the court and read the depositions in the case. Mrs. Sanderson, in her deposition, declared that she was mar- ried to Robert J. Sanderson of New Ha- ven, at Stamford, Conn., on November 4. 1919, and that her husband de- “left her in destitute circumstances” about three years ago. and that she had since been obliged Deponents roborated her testimony to the effect that her husband had deserted her. and one declared that the husband not contributed to her support from the date of marriage. Neither of the principals appeared in court. WRITER IN FLORIDA. Cannot Be Found for Statement on Divorce. By the Ausociated Press WEST PALM BEACH. Fla, Jan- Nina Wilcox Putnam San- derson, whose divorce from Robert J. Sanderson was granted today at Providence, R. 1., and later recalled by the court until certain statements id before it could be investigated, me to Florida two weeks ago and is now residing at Del Ray, a town of one thousand Inhabitants, eigh- teen miles south of here. She could not be reached for a statement re- garding the announcement of Judge Chester W. Barrows in superior court at Providence that the court “will give the matter a very full investi- gation.” WITNESSES EXAMINED st of | cor- | ENATE TO PROBE MAYFIELD ELECTION Committee Will Investigate Charges of Illegal Expenditures. The Senate toduy adopted a resolu- tion providing for an finvestigation by the committee on privileges ‘and elections of charges that the election of Senator Mayfield of Texas was brought about by the excessive ex- penditures of money by illegal prac- tices. Senator Mayfleld, it has been charged, was the candidafe of the Ku Klux Klan in Texas for the election of senator. When the. resolution was reported to the Senate today it was lcriticized by several senators on the grounds that it was not specific enough. Senator Spencer of Missourl, chairman of the committee, replied that it was in almost the exact terms of the resolution under which the election of former Senutor Newberry of Michigan was investigated. LIFE AS RECORDED INROCKS TRACED Dr. John C. Merriam ‘Shows Progress of Primifive Creatures in America. The story of the rocks. an enticing history of the world left engraved upon the sands of adtiquity in an ever-advancing procession of foot- prints, ‘made b, the creatures of primitive ages, was unfolded to the members of the Twentieth Century Club to- day by Dr. John C. Merriam, presi- dent of the Car- negie Institution of Washington Through the me- dium of the cam- era and actual specimens of rocks still bearing the imprints of feet, Dr. Merriam car ried his audienc back down the trail of the paleon- tologist into the dim centuries of creation and showed it the impres- sions made by elephanis, tigers, Isloths, horses. lions and strange birds when they roamed over the American continent Findx Clear Record. To the paleontologist gist, Dr. Merriam said, the life record of the past is not written in doubtful heiroglyphs and symbols, but is un- rolled in a panorama of the clearest reality by the {mpressions left upon the now petrified sands of an age that passed bewilllering spans of time back. He told how the scientist finds the trail of the primitive creatures and frequently even succeeds in tracking the makers of their graves, there to discover (heir fossil skeletons. ATTORNEY ADMITS AIM TO FREE THAW (Continued from First Page.) Dr. John C. Merriam. | file the petition before Christmas had been abandoned because of congested court caleudars. Coyne today definitely confirmed re- ports that his client, the slayer of Stanford White. now In a Philadel- {phia asylum, would soon seek his { frecdom. Philadelphia lawyers {the Thaw family yesterday vigor- ously denied printed reports that a move to free Thaw was contemplated. and that if declared sane he would return to New York to face charges of having assaulted Frederick Gump, jr. son of a Kansas City manufac- turer, in 19177 pleading tempora: insanity when the alleged offense was committed. Coyne’s connection with the Thaw case dates back to the trial of a suit against Thaw for $50.000 attor- nevs' fees. He successfully defended Thaw. and since then has been re- tained by him as private counsel. Held Same by Doctors. Mr. Coyne's statement follows: “I have redd the articles emanat- ing from Philadelphia regarding the contemplated Thaw proceedings. 1 am Mr. Thaw's New York attorney | { | | i and geolo- | representing ! SEES PUBLIC REBEL OVER GOAL PRICES Treadway Holds Federal Power Must Curb Owners and Workers. SAYS: PROFITS EXCESSIVE Uncontrolled Monopoly Reasop for Excess Charges on Consumer. 4 x the Associated Press. Continuation of the abuse of the public on the part of those responsi- ble for the high price of anthracite, Representative Treadway, republican, Massachusetts, declared today in the House, eventually will lead to a pub- lic uprising that will demand gov- ernment interference. “I am confident,” he said, “that a way can be found out of this situa- tion. I hope it will be short of gov- ernment ownership.” In a lengthy prepared addres: Treadway made references to ments by President Coolidge on the coal situation in his message to Con- gress, to the findings of the Federal Coal Commission and his bill. which seeks regulate hard cc production and distribution “The main sources of relief come through the federal ment.” he asserted. “No other ductions are possible when all phases of the problem are considered.” to to must Reanon for Prices. Declaring that the reason for the high price of anthracite is “uncon- trolled monopoly,” the Massachusetts representative contended that inflated prices were the result of the com- bined action of the landowners, the state laws of Pennsylvania, the oper- ators, miners, transportation compa- nies and jobbers. The fact that anthracite produc- on is & monopoly and uncontrolled and unregulated,” he said, “makes it the toy of every element in any way connected with the busines: Data gathered by the Coal Commis- on, the House was told, prove that 8’ profits are both excessive and ntrolled. As to wages paid miners, Mr. Treadway said, their or- ganizations “have entered into the spirit of greed and a realization, as lall others have, of the lack of con trol over business.” Hourx of Labo: hours of employment be- surface should not be long, never in of eight possibly more than ®ix, h continued, employe working by the quantity production should be permitted to ex- ercise his own judgment as to output When there is opportunity, through favorable conditions, to increase the amount of production and thereby add to his daily wage, no regulation leither of the operator or the miners' I‘Inlnl should prevent this being done. . Discussing suspensions of produc. {tion in the anthracite field on account 1of disputes between the operators and miners, Mr Treadway said: “In any future agreement between those responsible for the preparation of anthracite for market, a, thigd party must sit at the counci] table and ‘in fact be at the head of the table. The industry has been run long enough with two parties at interest, namely the men and the o We are demanding representation for the public and it is our duty as leg- islators to see to two interests become subservient that of the public.” WEST COAST SHIVERING; ORANGE CROP IN DANGE! Snow Falls in Valley Towns of Northern California—Oregon and Washington Hit. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, January 3.—California, Cregon and Washing- on were in the throes of a frigid ave today which forced the mercury down to new low levels certain sections, made the high mountain points wear long dresses of snow, which extended to valley towns in northern California and brought pre- dictions today for snow in the three states. Southern California, where tion of slight damage to the crop was evident in report | “While neath the ertainly hours, . excess not “the and piece ll i i i indica- orange of a frost there Called | erators. | it that the other | THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1924. DIXMUDE WRECKAGE FOUND NEAR SICILY Five Blackened Parts of Giant Craft Confirm Theory of Fall Into Sea. BY the Associated Press. PARIS, January 3.—Jire-blackened wreckage from the French dirigible Dix- mude has been discovered off the coast lof Sicily, the ministry of marine is ad- | vised, thus bearing out the theory that {the great airship fell into the sea after taking five or as the result of an ex- | plosion. One of the gasoline tanks was picked up near Cape San Marco, only a few miles from the spot where the body of {the Dixmude’s commander, Lieut. du ! Plessis de Grenudan, was brought to the surface by fishermen. The upper part of the tank was blackened by fire. Several pieces of the rubberized cloth used in the balloon envelopes were ilso found, leaving practically no doubt that the Dixmude fell in that vicinity with all on board. BILL RAISES POLICE SALARIES IN D. C. Fire Department Personnel Also Benefited in Meas- ure Before House. Fifteen legislative measures affect- ing the District of Columbia were in troduced in the House today by Representative Stuart F. Reed of West Virginia, chairman of the House District committee. One of these bills proposes to fix the salary of officers and members of the metropolitan police force and the fire department of the District, as follows: Major and superintendent of police, $5.200; assistant superintendents, 0 each: inspectors, § each; licutenants, of class class class three, $2.000; privatés two. $1.900; privates of $1.800; driver-privates, $1,5 The bill provides that unted members of the police force wha fur- nish and their own horses shall re compensation of $540 a members of the force motor vehicles shall rccelve $480 extra per_year; those mounted on bicycles $70 per year extra one, maintain fve extra vear, while mounted on Extra Pay Measures. Members of the force detailed to detective headquarters shall each re- ceive extra compensation of $480 a vear, while members of the force de- tailed for special duty in the pre- icinets in the prevention and detec- tion of crime shall receive $180 extra per members to the motor cycle service shall receive $120 extra per year The annual basic = nd members of should be as fol Chief engineer, {enzincers, § ea {enineers, $3.500 e 1§ 0. deputy fire {inspectors, £2,000; {lieutenants, § sergeants, isuperintendents of machinery gistant _superintendents {chinery, $2400: pilots, $§2,000; {engineers, $£2,000: assistant engineers, $1.900: marine 1.800; privates of s thre |pach; privates of class two each, and privates of class one, $1,800 ch. The salaries provided for in bill would be payable on and July 1 next. H 14th Street Bill. | Another bill is_the reintroduction {of the old Ball bill to tain streets and alleys within the area known as the Walter Reed General Hos pital and authorizing the extension and widening of 14th street from Montague street to its southern terminus south of Dahlia Nicholson street from 13th to 16th streets, Colorado avenue from Mon- tague street to 13th street, Concord avenue from 1fth street to ern terminus west of §th street. 13th street from Branch road, and Piney Branch road from 13th street to Biair road, Amending the law relating to taxa- tion in the District of Columbia is proposed in another bill by Repre- sentative Reed. This provides that after July 1 next each national bank as the trustee for its stockholders and_all incorporated banks, including savings banks and trust companies, in the District, through their pres dents or cashiers. shall make a r vear: detailed | laries of officers ; deputy chief fire murshal, captains. marshal $2.400; $2500; $2.100; $3,000 f ma- marine marine firemen. this after i | i privates of | - fire department | : Battalion chief | vacate cer- | street, | its west- | Nicholson street to Piney | ny’s 5:30 Edition of The Star. NATHAN B, SCOTT. EX-SENATOR, DEAD Served .Two Terms in Con- gress From West Vir- -ginia and Was 82. 8 LOCAL BANK HEADED Succeeded in Position by Son. Guy, Whose Demise Closely Zollowed. Former Senator cighty-two years mer’ president of the Continent Trust Company, died at his home her at the Wardman Park Hotel of he: trouble about ok yesterday aft noon, r of about five weeks, Mr from West Virginia from 1899 until 1911, two fuil terms, after wh presi- it of the local bank sue- ceeded by his son, ¢ Nathan Bay old, who was SCOTH 30 NATHAN BAY PLANS T0 ENLARGE STANDARDS BUREAU Langley Introduces Three Bills for Buying Land and Erecting Two Buildings. af an filness Scott | was nator ch he became He wa ¥ Scott, who him- f died shortly afterward. Scott | M Mrs. is survived by Scott. his widow Agnes Cowgell Wax Born in Ohio. M aggre in Guernsey 18, 1842, Ho in a country school. 1 rado in a “prairic landing on the present May 8. when the i0g cabins He remained th then left for the Gregor had just been discovered, on the spot where Cent stands. He remained about a when Ohio, enl was bort cour December received his educ Three bills providing for extension of the facilities of the bureau of standards were introduced in the House today by Chairman Langley of the House commit- tee on public buildings and grounds, who 150 @ member of the Public Buildings Commission. One bill would authorize the Secre- tary of Commerce to acquire by con- demnation or otherwise a “certain tract of land in the District,” for the en- largement of the present site of the bureau of standards. Another bill authorizes the purchase the Sccretary of Commerce of a s nd the construction and equipment a building thereon for as a m track scale and test car depot The third bill authorizes th struction by the Secrctary of merce of a power plant buildi {the present site or the standards Th a short time Leud, which and camped al Ci new that country returned to ion army and served through the war, after which he located in Wheelin W, V. Mr. Scott wae president of the Cen tral Glass Works of Wheeling. In 1887 he organized the Dollar Saving Bank (now the Dollar Savings a Trust Company), the first institut of its kind in the stat Mr. cott was ele d council of Wheeling in served two ¥ as president | second branch He was elected 1582 to serve four vears in the state senate, and was re-clected in 1886 {In 1885 he was selected as the repre sentative of West Virginia on the re- publican national committee, where he served until his death. A greater part of the time 1 been a mem ber of the executive « - of the natjonal republican committee recognition of his services to the . President McKinl appointed him commissioner of internal revenue Mr. Scott entered this office on the first 1898, served as com during period of the an during whicl the 1880 to t con- ng on | buread of | b d- to be acquired for en- nent of the bureau of standards | aRgres approximately 234 square . at a price not to ex- | ceed $17 | This land lies to the east of the | main site of the bureau of standards | and includes land between Tilden and Van Ness streets along Con ticut av The estimated cost | for the construction of a power plant | building is $200,000, The estimated cost for the track scale and test car $50,000. Mr. S a NEWMAN WILL LECTURE |\, 5ot weg o« 0 TO GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY |ifiy i 0 2% Lodge, No: 83, in and the issioner. the business or in W handled the volume of business tncidet 10 the passage of the War revents master | BY Congress ol o Terms in Senate. Unit a 1o the uar He was el {Senate in {Seoiiepns rty-third deg Friendshin 0, ty after t birthday. civil war he James A. Gar- d President of Unitea field, the | State He was appointed a membe Memor Commis Shown in Motion Pictures Tomorrow. of th Lincoln March 1921 body n Remarkable motion pictures of the | Parana region of Paraguay, one of | was remc South America’s most interesting mul.”]'” leiel) least-known areas, will be shown be- | wjamm af Mag fore members of the National Geo-|The funeral ar sraphic Socicty tomorrow afternoon | With the wish. 3 i ma financier evening at the New ,\la.&unl‘"'['](;n“‘ f.",-‘\wru will be mple by E. M. Newman Secott residence, 1620 Starting at the quaint 16th cen northwest, Saturday capital, uncion, Mr. New o'clock - amera route lay through the re Bishop {of the strange Guarani Indians Into | Episcops {the district where matte n0us | Shera { Paraguay tea and tonic, is grown, ! Methodist Episcop: ipast a remote German colony. ugh {iain of the Hou {Jungles and enchanting falls, | close personal fr two and one-half miles wide. until jwill officiate. The {the Iguazu Falls were reached and |mated, and th | pictures of them taken in flood tide. | Creek cemetery. There wi The camera also caught scenes of | tive nor honorary pailbear inundated villages along the Alto Parana river, where thousands of natives were made ho s by the | { terrific flood waters, and snapped the {beautiful lguazu Falls from the | R B e ERSURD FOR $100000 LIEL Scott n Park ie of h Scot U. 8 A keeping states simple the strect Senator Wardm: to the | Mis. Guy T. Seout ents the dead are to be conduc B aftern former w: the f od at nt on at McDowell Church tgomery of the Methodist and Rev. James astor of Cily hurch and cl Representative ds of Senator Scott body will be cre From Yesterda i i {A. C. TOWNLEY SOUGHT IN BIG EMBEZZLEMENT | Non-Partisan League Founder and IN MURDER WYSTERY | Shares in Mammoth Company. killing yesterday, was port under oath to the board of per- | and rave had charge of his affairs |immune from snow today, but a kill- 1| tax appraisers before the bth | here for elght years. Recently I have | ing frost is predicted by the weather} Leader Charged Jointly With ‘Would Increase Board. v of August each year, giving the | Chain Store Head. ount of their gross earnings for | National Liberal Alliance man. am Harry Payne Whitney. New York banker and sportsman, told the Sen- ata public lands committee today of | his part in floating corporations| organized by Harry F. Sinclair to operate the lease of the Teapot, Dome naval oil reserve. i A total of 155,000 shares of the Mammoth Oil Company and a con- siderable interest in the Sinclair Oil Company were purchased by him in October and November, 1922, Mr. Whitney said, in three block. For the first block, comprising 50,000 shares of Mammoth and 50,000 shares of Sinclair Oil, he said he gave “ade- quate securities In exchange,” includ- ing 8,000 Standard Oil of New Jersey, 2,000 Standard Oil of New York and 6,000 Revnolds Tobacco. The second block of 50,000 shares of Mammoth, he said, cost $1,025,000 and the third of 55.000 shares, was obtained in ex change for 23,000 shares Reynolds ‘Tobacco. McLean To He Called. Before Mr. Whitney was called. the committee decided to ask Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Wash- irgton Post, to appear before it later and testify regarding a loan of $100,- 000 he made to former Secretary Albert B. Fall, who was head of' the Interior Department when the Teapot Dome lease was signed. The Sinclair issues in every in- stance had been purchased for his own account as an investment, Whit- ney declared. and, with the exception of small portions of the syndicate in- terest, were still held in his name. Mr. Sinclair is to be recalled tomor- row for interrogation along the same lines. It was indicated the inquiry ‘would be concluded early next week ‘'with the appearance of Mr, McLean | and two other witnesses who are to testify upon geological features of the Teserve. EARTH SHOCKS FELT. Slight Tremors Reported Near Los Angeles. 108 ANGELES, Calif., January 3.— Slight earth shocks were felt in Los Angeles last night. Distinct shocks also were reported;in Whittier, twelve miles east of here, and in_other nearby cities. including Pasa- dena. The tremors were slight and_of about fifteen seconds duration. No damage was reported. i District assessor of the consideration Property owners in selling real es- tate would be required to advise the involved if a bill transmitted to Con- | gress by the Commissioners today be- comes law. The same measure provides for & number of other less important ad- justments in_the law affecting as- sessments and taxation, and. in addi- tion. changes the license law in sev- eral respects. Section 1 is intended to inc the permanent board of assessors from five to six members. Present law calls for only five members, but the annual appropriation act makes provision for six. The Commissioners are seeking to have the two acts con- ‘orm. e 0. C. Resident Defined. The next section defines more Verdict of Coroner’s Jury in puthl of Daniel Kenney Thi: Afternoon. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., January 3 —Only one more witness remained to be examined this afternoon by the coroner's jury investigating the death of Danfel Kenney, whose body was found with gunshot and stab wounds in a clump of woods near here Monday afternoon. This witness s Thomas Marocker, father-in-law af Kenney, who a yvear ago stabbed the man now dead and was convicted clearly who shall be considered a resident of the District for the pur pose of taxation. The bill would authorize the asses- sor to include in the regular assess- ments certaln bulldings erected after the assessment books for a given pe- riod have been made up. It the new measure is enacted per- sonal tax returns would have to be made in May of each year instead of during July. Under this change the board of personal tax appeals would convene the first Monday in August instead of the first Monday in Janu- ary, This change is desired because Con- recently stipulated that taxes be ‘semi-annually, in November and May, instead of being paid wholly in May. The filing of personal tax re- turns In July does not leave sufficient time in which to hear appeals and prepare the bills for November. Changes in Licensing. The bill provides for certain changes in the methdd of licensing phreno glets and dance halls, and, in_addi- tion, would require public guides to obtain licenses. The section of the bill relating to the_consideration in deeds follows: “That hereafter no deed, except deeds of release, deeds of ‘trust.or other deeds not involving the trans- fer of title to real estate, shall be recorded among_the land records of the District of Columbia, unless it is wccompanied by a sealed statement, addressed to the assessor, giving the information hereinafter referred to: and the recorder of deeds of said District is directed ta receive such sealed statement and transmit it to the assessor of sald District without breaking the seal.” The bill then provides that the sealed statement shall contain the true consideration, which Informa- tion s to be regarded as confidential by. the assessor and solely for use in gaualizing ussessments, " - © of ‘assault and sentenced to six monthe’ imprisonment. The several witnesses who testi- fled today all reported that they did not see Kenney after 4 o'clock Sun- day afternoon. The movements of those questioned have been satisfac- torily traced, according to an official of the county. There is no question but that the man was murdered, it was added. PLANS WINTER CONCERTS. Beginning January 10 at 8:15 p.m. and continuing every Thursday night thereafter until the summer band season;” the United States Navy Band Orchestra will give & concert at the United States Marine Institute Hall, §th and 1 streets southeast. No ad- mission will be charged, and Director Charles Benter extends a standing in- vitation to the publie. These concerts were given last year, and, owing to their popularity, it has been decided to resume this program for the winter. WILL SERVE CITY FREE. Mayor and Council Agree to Draw No Salaries. PIKESVILLE, Ky. January 3.— Plkesville's mayor and city council have gol on record as willing to give free mervice to the city during the ensuing year, it becamie known following & meeting of the council Tuesday night. Furthermore, Mayor J. F. Pauley announced that members of the council and himselt*would give the they ordinarily would have ."nt.‘ to ‘the city to be:used in been informed that the physicians at the hospital who have had Mr. Thaw in charge for seven years have unani- rwously stated that he has recovered from his ailment. His private physi- cian, Dr. Kirby of Philadelphia, has {likewise so stated. In view of the medical opinions of these d ors, we have made some preparations to have the question determined by a jury ! Just when the matter will come up I am unable to state. “There are so many groundless ru- mors regarding his affairs that seems difficult_at times for the truth to prevail. The story that he has been out of the hospital is not true. {In the entire seven years he has been out but_four times, | from Judgd Martin, and on each occa- {sion he spent the éntire time allotted Judge Martin with his mother. Mr. Thaw has done everything dur- ing these vears, by exemplary con- duct, to heip his mother, whose devo- {tion to him in all his ‘troubles has {won the admiration of all. to the luxurious quarters at the hospital and privileges allotted to him by the authorfties, he has just one room and lives under the same regulations as other patients and has no privileges whatsoeyer. which re. dounds to_the credit of the manage- ment of Kirkbride's, by which name the institution fs known.” Denied by Family. Mr. Coyne’s announcement followed printed reports from Philadelphia that if he Bucceeded in having him- self declared sane Thaw would sur- render to the New York authorities to face charges of having whipped Frederick Gump, jt., =on of a Kansas City manufacturer, in & New York hotel in 1917. The Coyne statement algo followed denials of Philadelphia torneys representing the aw family that any efforts would be made to have Thaw declared sane in the Pennsylvania courts, District Attorney Banton, informed of Thaw's reported intention to take steps to have himself declared sane that he might face charges pending against him in New: York, announced that his office would vigorously pros- ecute the two Indictments against him should he gain his freedom. Son of & Pittsburgh millio; 3 Thaw on & night in June, 1906, shot and killed Stanford White, & noted American architect, in the midst of a crowd of diners on the roof of. the old Madison Square Garden. Thaw's grievance was based on a confession he sald had been made to him by his wife, who was Evelyn Nesbit, chorus girl, Tegarding White's rela tions with her prior to her marriage. Many of these incidents were al leged to have coccurred d4n White' famous “hall of mirrors” in the tow- er of Madison Square Garden. Thaw won a nine years' fight for freedom carried through the courts of New - York, New - Hampshire: and i it upon an order | | CHARITY STAMP ISSUED. ideman Ministry of Post Seeks Money for Relief. BERLIN, January — Charity stamps are being issued by the min- {istry of post to help finance the feed- ing of the poor. These stamps will !be sold at twice their value and will {be issued in @enominations of 5, 10, 120 and 50 rold pfennigs. “Deutsche nothilfe” (German relief) will be printed across the face of the stamps. |Canada. First he was acquitted of the charge of murder, but declared insane. Then in June, 1915, after he had escaped from an asylum and had heen brought back from Canada, he was declared sane and freed. His subsequent divorce Was ob- {tained in the Pennsylvania courts, with the provision that Russell Thaw, whose parentage Harr: denied, Should inherit part of the Thaw wealth. Thaw was sent to his present place of confinement after fleeing New York because of the Gump incident. Thaw was Indicted by a local grand jury on January 8, 1817, on charges of having kidnaped Frederick Gump, jr., son of a Kansas City manufac- turer. and later again was indicted on charges of conspiracy and second {Gegree assault. Mr Banton said he had received no intimation of Thaw's reported plan. Should Thaw be brought into the jurlsdiction of the New York courts 1 shall do all I can to back up the indictments,” Mr. Banton sald. “I¢ is seven years since these in- dictments were returned, and | pre- sume it will be & difficult matter to et in touch with the necessary wit- Resses. I have lost track, for in- Stance, of the complainant. The mo- Tent any move is made by Thaw toward freedom I shall begin an in- vestigation toward rounding up the Witnesses. 1 cannot convict without them. ‘Wil Oppose Move. PHILADELPHIA, January 3.— For- mer Judge James Gay Gordon, coun- sel for Mrs. Mary mother- of Harry K. Thaw, indicated teday that any attempt to have Thaw: Teleased from the Pennsylvania Hoss pital for Mental and Nervous Dfs- eases would ‘be opposed. A Coplay Thaw, the preceding vear ending June 30, !less the amount paid by them as in- i terest to the depositors for the pre- | ceding year. : | The bill also requires these bank officials to pay to the collector of taxes of the District on such gross earnings 5 per cent the tax on grosd earnings now paid. The Dbill carries a penalty of $500 for each offense upon conviction in the Police Court. S Heat for Houses. The furnishing of heat in living quarters in the District of Columbia is required under another Reed bill. | This provides that every owner, Jand- | 10rd, lessor or sublessor or agent who {shall lease - sublease any apart- i ment, bullding or part of a building, room or rooms, tp another with an agreement to heat the same and shall neglect to keep the temperature at not less than 68 degrees between 7 am. and 10 p.n., upon conviction shall be fined not lass than $25 nor more than §100 for each offense and each day of such neglect shall be deemed a separate offense. Representative Reed also reintroduced a bill left over from the previous Congress for the widen ing of 4th street, south of Cedar street morthwes Another bill which Chairman Reed introduced today is the old bill fathered by Representative R.Walton Moore of Virginla, providing for an {investigation and report upon the condition of the Chain bridge across the Potemac river and the prepara- tion of plans for a bridge to replace it should this be deemed necessary. Civil War Forts Bi ion for the necessary survey F}:lrlllon of a plan for a pro- poséd [parkway to connect the civil war fgrts in the District is made in another old bill reintroduced today by Representative Reed. To prevent fraud respecting secur- ities offered for sale within the Dis- trict/ and to provide a summary pro- ceeding therefor, requiring the regis- tragion of persons seling securities in the District, is another measure whyich Chairman Reed has reintro- duced. g Regulation of the practice of the solance of chiropractic in the District Is proposed by another old bill which Chmirman Reed reintroduced today. The District Commissioners are uu- or highways in the District, rendered useless or unnecessary by reason of the opening, extension, widening or straightening of roads and highways in accordance with the highway plan under another bill which Representa- tive Reed introduced. ‘Among these strects which would be elosed are Broad Branch road be- tween J 31at streets, Piney ‘Branch road between Spring road 4l year in lieu of | thorized to close certain streets, roads { By the Associated Press { FARGO, N. D, January 3.—A war- {rant for the arrest of Arthur C. Town- lley, founder and former president of | | the National Non-Partisan League, and | 13, Hasting: sumers’ former president of the United Stores Company, { Joint rged with the embezzlement fof § 35 of the funds of the store company was issued here vesterday by | Justice J. K. Bingham on order of | State's Attorney H. F. Horner. The complaint, signed by J. B. Brin- ton, former private secretary to M. Townley, charges that Hastings depos fted t amount alleged to have bee embezzled in a bank and then drew it {out again for his own and Townley's personal use. The complaint further alleges that@ownley participated in the embezzlement _ COLORED GIRL CONVICTED. Beatrice Johnson, colored girl, Lwho is under indictment by the grand jury in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, charged with the larceny of $30 and false y tense, was convicted in the Poli Court today In the first case, she was sentence to serve 180 days in jail, and on the second charge to serve 60 days. She { Ploaded guilty to both charges. —_— { a 1and Blair road, Pierce Mill road be- tween Tilden street and Wisconsin avenue, Belt road between Wisconsin avenue and Chevy Chase Circle, ¢ fax street through square 71 Queen’s Chapel road between Bla- i densburg road and Irving, and Grant road between Wisconsin avenue ani Connecticut aVenue. An amendment to the act regulat- ing plumbing and gas-fitting in th District is proposed in a bill rein troduced by Representative Reed. The opening of a minor street from Georgia avenue to §th street north- Iwest through squares 2875 and 2877 |is proposed in a bill introduced by Chairman Reed. g 3 At'the request of the District Com- missioners, Chairman Reed reintro- duced the bill authorizing the wider ing of Georgia avenue between Fair- mont street and Gresham place north- west. Also at_the request of the Commis- sioners, Representative Reed reintro- duced Senator Capper's old bill to regulate the practice of osteopathy in the District. Another amendment to the act rela- tive to the payment of claims for material and labor furnished for Dis- itrict of lumbla buildings was re- introduced today by Chairman Reed &t the request of the District Com- missioners. before Judge McMahon. ! Files Suit Here Against Dry Leader. Francis Harley. ! the National Liberal Alliance, vesterday !filed suit in the District of Columbia i Supreme Court for $100,000 damages fagainst Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League of { America and nine others for al- {}eged libel and slander. * The defendant { made statements and |lars reflecting the o Iballot to ascertain the and dry i sentiment of the prople of the United | States on the cizhteenth amendment. The other defendants are Andrew Wilson, local president of the Anti- Saloon Leas Emma Sanford She ton, president of the W. (. G B, 0. Watson, secretary of ¥ Councils Churches of Am Lo Darby executive secretary Washington Feder iwilliam Knowle: Clay chairman an said sent are to have out cireu- integrity a wet w chaim ommittee, Men's Organt [, Clarence True Wil | Sadretary. board of temp I tion and public morals. of M. 13 I Rev. Herbert F. Randolph, president of the Pastors’ Fedérat and Albert I, | Shoe: retary and at- | torne n League Chamberlin Atto { smith represent the plaintiff. BODY OF GIRL FOUND. | Canton, Ohio, Police Say They Have No Clue to Crime. | | 'CANTON, Ohio, January 3.—The body Inf a girl identified as that of Ruth | Hunter, eighteen vears, of this city, was found early today along a little frequented road three miles west ‘of here. The clothing was disarran the body apparently had bee‘\fdry’:: in the rain for some hours. Police {have no cluc as to how she met | death, they announced. ASKS NEW D. C. HOLIDAY. Senator Ball of Delaware of the District committee, troduced a bill making birthday, February 12, o the District of Columbla. central Bib| i, general nee, prohil Churel; and chairman today Lin holiday