Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Mostly cloudy and somewhat unset- tléd tonight and tomorrow; colder to- morrow. Tempersture for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.r. today: Highest, 54, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 37, at 8 a.m. tosn.y. Full report on page 3. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers’ every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 Entered as seco; No. 29,110. post office Washington, nd-class matter D. C. . . DETERMINES UPON DRIVE 10 DRY " CAPITAL OR“BUST" Best Prohibition Sleuths of . Nation Are Concentrated T Here to Clean Up City. QUARTER TO BE SHOWN TO NONE IN CAMPAIGN Silence Will Be Maintained and | Fight to Finish Waged—No 48-Hour Deadline. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Prohibition enforcement is to have its greatest test here in Washington. The officials entrusted with that work have made up their minds that the Nation's Capital s to be bone dry. With Anti-Saloon Leaguers and temperance advocates gathered here for the celebration next week of the fourth anniversary of constitutional prohibition in this country, word has one forth that this city, at least, 1s 10 be made in tuality a dry municipality, no matter what the cost. This is to be a real test. it will admitted ibition cannot rative ) o long as Washington remains it is said, there is little hope ctive enforcenment in other com- that lean to alcoholic damp- jiess. The chiefs have decided there is not much to be gained in raking their subordinates over the coals in her jurisdictions when the Volstead ct is being violated right under their noses here in Washington. that Le made laws of effe muniti ¥Falr Warning Given. Fair warning therefore, to and all other flaunters that they must make up their mind to accept prohibition nd ablde by it. The prohibition agents have gone 80 far as to say that if they cannot make Washington dry they might as well give up the task everywhere. Washington conseauently is to be- come a dry symbol to the rest of the country. There has been entirely too much drinking ers in connection with national banquets and diuners Too many prominent itors hav their towns with that the; found as the Atlant is going to be admitted wines and liquors have not been served openly the banquet but on_the icn of each i dinner it is elaimed eral el rooms have been taken over and converted Into virtual bars. For some of the func-| tions the committees in charge have imported old-time bartenders and| the jubilation has gone forward in| gaia” tempo. has been glven, vernment officals of the law v to me ement Washington I Termed as “Joke” Abroad. Distinguished foreign visitors, en- tertained here at the Capital, fuvari- | ably have gone back to Europe with the statement that prohibition seems to be a “joke” In this country, even in the very home of the government. | All of this semi-public drinking is to be stamped out. To this end the prohibition chiefs are importing some ©f thelr most successful operatives from other districts. None of the reg- ular agents are being relieved in the District of Columbia, but there is to Ve a concentration here of the “best sinds” in the enforcement unit. and it s to be a case of dry up Wash- | fngton or “bust.” It was reported today that the spe- cial agents who recenti; “cleaned up” Favannab, Ga., and rounded up some ninety or one hundred or the chief bootleggers and conspirators, have ar- rived in Washington and begun work “under cover.” They are known in the service as the “Irish wrecking crew,” and what they intend to do 1o the lawbreakers here in the Capital §3 sald to be aplenty. Neither senators nor representa- tives nor officials in any branch of the government will be spared in the “round up” of those who sell and those who possess the forbidden bev- erages. Example to Be Set Here. An example is to be made of Wash- ington, and naturally the temperance delegates who are here are delighted wvith the prospect. They feel that a mreat step forward will be made if the 1id can be clamped on Washing- ton good and tight. taunted everywhere with the free drinking in Washington, they say, &nd they believe if an effectiva start can be made here the rest of the country will vield: The prohibition agents do not ex- pect to blot out the last vestige of wetness. They say that a certain &mount of moonshine will continue to Alter into the Capital from the sur- rounding rural countles in Maryland end Virginia. They are striking at the “choice liquors” which have been youring into the Capital lately and Tringing here higher prices than in almost “any other section of the country. Some of the Taids thus far made have been anonymous affairs. The Tiames of the homes invaded have not Leen made public This is to be no Prass-band affair this time. The workers are going to labor quietly and earnestly and belleve their| #ilence will be more effective than fiambuoyant accounts of obsoure ar- yests. Neither is the round-up here 1o be a forty-eight-hour “deadline” uffair. If Washington is dry by late rpring the prohibition unit will be gatisfied. (Copyright, 1924.) ABANDON HOPE " FOR CREW OF L-24 Admiralty Believes No Chance Left to Save Men on Sunken Submarine. a They have been i By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 12.—The admi- yalty today abandoned all hope of sav- ing the lives of the forty-three men who went down with the submarine Y24, when it was rammed by the @readnaught Resolution off Portland il on Thursday. 1f it fals, | the | | tainly hope he gets out of | trouble.” “I was discharged or rather let out,” ; Neither Injured by Long tire Structure Tears L Two unidentified white men miracu- lously escaped death shortly before noon today when the large motor truck in which they were riding was precipitated thirty-five feet down into Plymouth run, on the Virginia side of Chain bridge, due to the collapse of a 150-foot single-span iron bridge over that stream. Neither of the occupants was In- jured even slightly, it was reported, and both left the vicinlty hefors county authorities _could identify them. 2 Search on for Me A search is being made for them this afternoon, the only clues in pos- session of the Arlington county offi- cials being that the men were hauling rock dust for the county. The truck was owned by Joseph H. Nicholson, 1412 Shepherd street northwest. The truck, which was said to be of three and a half tons capacity, had almost reached the Arlington county road from the other side when the LEAN SAYS FALL NEVER CASHED LOAN ed by Former Secretary, Publisher Testifies. By the Associated Press. PALM BEACH, Fla, January 12.— Senator T. J. Walsh of the Senate tee heard from E. B. McLean, Wash- ington newspaper publisher, here yes- terday that he had loaned $100,000 to A. B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior. but that the checks for the money were returned uncashed, and Mr. Fall informed him that he had ar- ranged to obtaln the loan elsewhere. In a letter to Mr. Walsh yesterday Mr. Fall, who also is In Palm Beach, stated that he had not made use of the $100,000 obtained from Mr. Me- Lean, but refused to disclose the source of the money used, stating that it was “in no way connected with Mr. Sinclair or in any way in- volved in any connection regarding the Teapot Dame or any oil conces- sion.” : The Sinclair oil interests obtained Wyoming while Mr. Fall was a cab- inet member. Mr. Fall in his letter stated that he did not wish to “go further than this"” at the present time because of his physical condition, but indicated that {later he might amplify his letter. ceording to Mr. McLean's deposi- tion, Mr. Fall wished to borrow the $100,000 to purchase a ranch. Mr. Fall took the note for $100,000 which ke had given Mr. McLean when he borrowed that sum from him when he returned the checks, Mr. McLean said. TESTIMONY RECALLED. Senators Again Read Fall Btate- ment on McLean Loan. Senators who read dispatches from Florida concerning Edward B. Me- Lean's statement to Senator Walsh, were re-reading with interest today the testimony of former Secretary Fall relative to the $100,000 loan before the Senate public lands committee which was embodied ih a etatement submitted to the committee December Former Secretary Fall, in his state- ment to the committee, said that he secured from Brownfleld a verbal agreement that he might have until December 15, 1921, to consider whether he should make 'a purchase of the property. He sald that it was October, 1921, that he obtained this agreement. He said, “I notified Brownfleld that I would have to borrow at least part of the money and that I preferred not to do so that time, If the property could be sold to some one else who yould be an agreeablg neighbor as Brownfleld and the Hatris heirs had been. Tt may be said that this ranch covered the head waters or what ls known as the main Three Rivers, assoclation. 1 then made arrange- through my land, and which, sinking as it comes out of the mountains, rises again at the springs ‘below, which are used by myself as irri: gation and for watering stock. To protect myself doubly, in addi- tlon, in_ the arrangements which I had made with my former Mexican assoclates, 1 then made arrange- ments that in casa of necessity I might secure $100,000 through parties in_Pueblo, Col., and forwarded them (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) HOUSEKEEPER OUSTED BY MABEL NORMAND Mrs. Burns Declares Dismissal Followed Statement to Police About Shooting. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif.,, January 12.— Mrs. Edith Burns, companion for many years to Mabel Normand, mo- tion picture actress, has admitted that the shooting of Courtland S. Dines, Denver ofl operator, by Miss Nor- mand’s chauffeur here New Year night, had resulted in her dismissal by the screen star, but added that “despite the fact that this little af- falr has temporarily separated us, I love her with all my heart.” Ot Horace A. Greer, the chauffeur, who shot and seriously wounded Dines, Mrs. Burns declared, “If there ever was a fine boy, it was that drive A better man never lived and I ¢ this Mrs. Burns explained, “because I ai- lowed the police to enter Mabel's home and told them the truth about what L knew of the events leading up to_the shooting. “Mabel was very excited and angry and told me there was no sense in talking about the case. So she finally As soon as the weather moderates naval officials will take further Ktpps to verify the position of the wreck and to ascertain the exact sause of the disaster, said: ‘Edy, you had better go away and I will have some ome eise look after the house.’ " Arralgnment of Greers has b £ontioued uatil Jaauwy 1% @) Checks for $100,000 Return- | Teapot Dome Investigating commit- | ® lease of the Teapot Dome lands in | WASHINGTON, D.- €, SATURDAY, TWO ESCAPE DEATH ON TRUCK WHEN BRIDGE DROPS 35 FEET Plunge Into Stream—En- oose From Fastenings on Both Banks in Virginia. entire bridge tore loose from its fas- tenings on both sides of the bank and crashed to the water below al- most intact. One of the big iron girders crashed through the cabin of the truck and would have un- they not jumpedNclear in time. The truck landed In a vertical position held by the twisted girder with the front wheels in the air. Aside from smashing the.cabin, no other damage was evident. Truek Just in Front, b One truck similar in size and car- rylng two colored men and a load of rock dust had just crossed the bridge when a cracking sound was heard | Following closely was the other truck, and just as the front wheels touched tha bank the bridge col- lapsed. carrying down with it rockdust-laden vehicl A sign at the entrance of the bridge bears the warning that no truc over three tons should go across. Ac cording to Deputy Sheriff R. L. Beach of Arlington, the bridge has been standing at least fifty years, and citi- zens of the surrounding country have been agitating either a new bridge or the repair of the standing ons to climinate danger that existed. Bandit Feigns Injury to Rob Passing Autoist Special Dispatch to The St HAGERSTOWN, Md, January 12.—Twice within the past week a lone highwayman, operating tween Indlan Springs and Flint- stone, along the National highway west of this city, has by a ruse stopped motorists and taken large sums of money and other valuables from them. The latest robbery occurred Thursday, when a salesman lost $180 in cash, a dlamond ring, a dlamond-studded lodge charm and his_gold watch. The salesman, on his way from Hagerstown to Cumberland found a man lying along the road, stopped and inquired and was told by the man, feigning in- jury, that he had been struck by a machine. The salesman assisted the wayfarer into his car. The stranger pretended to be helpless and said he lived over the hill on & side road. While driving down the side road the salesman was sud- denly held up with a pistol. HIDALEO CAPITAL | !Recapturé Follows Battle in | Which Dynamite Dis- lodged Troops. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 11 (By { Radio via the Fort Worth Star-Tele- gram). — Pachuca, the capital of Hidalgo, is again in the hands of the Obregon troops. Meager reports telling of the fighting there of the last few days and of the capture of the city by the rebels were followed today by a war department bulletin telling of the recapture of the city by the federals. The fighting started Wednesday, when the rebels attacked. They oc- cupled the city after they had dis- lodged seventy barricaded federal troops by dynamiting the building. Yesjerday federal reinforcements ar- rived and attacked the rebels, re- taking the city, according to the war department bulletin. The bulle- tin said that the battie lasted al day and the rebels lost 116 killed and wounded. The federal general, Victor Monter, was killed. Say Oaxmca Recaptured. The bulletin sald that Oaxaca, the capital of Oaxaca, which was held by the rebels, had been captured by a loyal band of mountaineers under Senator Isaac Ibarra, acting on orders from the central government. Romulo-Figueroa, the rebel chief- tain, who has been roaming in the southern part of Morelos, advanced to within sight of Cuernavaca, the capital, today, but quickly retreated when he found that federalists under Gen. Pedro Gabay were enveloping y him, according to Teports. The rebels in Vera Cruz are re- treating before the advancing Obre- &on troops, it is reported here. clal dispatches from the Jalisco front say that the rebel leader, Manuel | attempt to take Guanajuato, capital of Guanajuato. Destroyers for Obregon. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., January 12.— Three destroyers, which have been purchased by the Obregon govern- ment, will be delivered within the near future if an inspection by Mexi- can officers is satisfactory, Manuel Escudero, Mexican navy engineer, an- nounced here. TAMAULIPAS IN REVOLT. Rebels Occupy Nearly All of Tux- pam Oil Districts. BROWNSVILLE, Tex,, January 12— Virtually all of southern Tamaulipas, Mexico, 18 in revolt and rebel forces now occupy nearly all of the Tuxpam oll_district, extending their lines north and west, according to information re- celved here by courier by representa- tives of Adoifo de la Huerta. An engagement Wwith federal troops south of Tampico, in which the rebels clajmed - a victory, was A number of government soldlers, the re- port sald, refused to fight, joinging the revolutionists. ? —_— FOSTER BARRED AGAIN. NEWARK, N. J., January 12—Wil- llam Z. Foster, strike leader and doubtedly killed the occupants had ! <he | | TORN FROM REBELS Spe- | Dieguez, has made an unsuccessfulytan Museum. ANGENT PAPERS FOUND N CASKET * NEAR DAREPLATE Leaden Receptacle Dug Up in P Street Yard Contains Beads and Parchment. TURNED OVER TO EXPE'RTS AT NEW YORK MUSEUM Kaufman Declares Local Scientists Paid Expenses of Taking Find to Metropolitan Museum. pe/ A mold-encrusted leaden casket cofitaining a forlorn array of crudely shaped beads and a strange-looking document that appeared to be made of heavy parchment paper, has been unearthed near the spot where one week ago today Russell Kaufman dug up a.lead plate bearing a name of white child born in America. tached to this latest discovery in the back yard of Mr. Kaufman's boarding house, at 1520 I’ street northwest, | that he has placed the objects In the hands of New York sclentists, said to be members of the staff of the Metropolitan Museum, for examina- tion to determine definitely whether | they, together with the plate, indicate the burial place of the lost baby, Vir- ginia Dare. The story of Mr. expected find reads ltke a chapter from fiction. Disappointed over the |announcement of scientists from the Smithsonfan Institution that the plate {eould not have been buried more than |fifty years, although the name of the {child it was supposed to bear disap- peared more than three centuries |ago, he started to fill up the hole ! ‘at had been dug originally as a \bed for a holly tree. That was last | Tuesday morning. Stung by velled insinuations. the oung man determined to make Kaufman's un- nother effort to unearth something | |that would lend more credence to the story of the lead plate. Assisted by |Frank Hauer, who lives at the same address, he began excavating to the left of the first hole. About five feet |from the surface his pick struck an {object that was harder than the clay- {like earth, but yet soft enough to i¥leld under the jblow of the plck. Finds Lead Casket. A minute more of careful excavat | ing revealed the casket. It was coy- jerea to moderate degres with { green mold, but to a far greater ex- | tent awith ‘a hard, white matertal that may be dried clay. The iid of the casket, which is a scant seven | inches square, was dented in, a con- | dition that may have been caused by | the plek striking it. Its construc- { tion was of the rudest character, the | 1id being held to the casket by two large, metallic pins being inserted | through roughly scraped out hole | Mr. Kaufman has learned some les- | sons from the way he handled the | first lead plate. Instead of washing the corrosion from the casket with strong acids, he carefully preserved | it In its original condition. Upon get- | ting it to his room he raised the lid. Inside he found elght roughly shaped {beads and the paper or parchment document. There was also a _quan- tity of dust, which scientists belleve was the thong upon which the beads had been strung. Time and the chemical condition of the ground In which the casket had been buried had completely destroyed the color of the beads and they ap- peared to be little more than clay themselves. The paper, however, con- { talned some hand-written print.’ The | document itself, Mr. Kaufman said, was made of a substance almost heavy enough to be a thin sheet of bark and was folded over twice. It was so rfrail that it almost. fell to pleces when he opened the casket. = Viewed by Scientists. | Even under a powerful reading | glass it was impossible to decipher jthe words that were written on the document, although a letter here and | there could be made out. It happened that three men, said to be prominent Washington sclentists, but whose |identity Mr. Kaufman promised to conceal for the present, called to examine the plate a few minutes after he had unearthed the casket. They, too, found it.dmpossible to make {out the writing, but declared they with proper instruments. The visitors were 80 Interested in the discovery, Mr. Kaufman said, that they agreed to pay his fare to New York if he would take the objects to two men,) whose names he also |agreed to withhold for the present, | said to be attached to the Metropoli- Losing no time, the young man boarded a train that day, turned the over to the scientists and will return to the metropolis tomorrow for their report. & “T am sure I do not know whether the casket and its contents are his- torically valuable or not,” sald their discoverer. “It seems, however, like a pecullar coincidence that the Dlate and the casket should have lain buried so close together. “The matter is wholly in the hands of the sclentists. If they say the objects are genuine and may really be assoclated with the burial place by thelr suggestions. certain, however, I am not going to do any more digging in my back yard. I've had enough. Trinkle of Virginia yesterday, offer- ing to turn over to the state of Vir- ginla, without cost of compensation of any kind, the original plate. Gov. Trinkle wrote him immediately ask- ing for additional information, and Mr, Kaufman has forwarded him a complete description of.the object and the circumstances under which it was found. - DRAFTING MERGER BILL. Senator King Silent on Details of Measure. A new bill looking to the merger striking similarity to that of the first | | So much importance has been at- | were confident it could be deciphered | casket and its contents | | | | | | 1 of Virginia Dare, I shall be guided |sorts of objects One thing 18| yhen they attempted to speak. Fists ‘oo much, in fact.” started to shoot. Mr. Kaufman telegraphed to Gov. |panic. ¢ Foening JANUARY 12, Star. as fast as the papers are printed. Net Circulation, 98,420 1924 _TWENTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CENTS. OFFICIALS INVITED IND. C. PAY HEARING: ‘House Committee to Take Up Police-Firemen Pro- posal Monday. Commissiofer Oyster, accompanied | by Maj. Danfel Sulllvan, superinten- dent of police, and George S. Watson, chief engin have been invited ms the first wit- nesses at a hearing Monday morning before a subcommittes of the House District committee, appointed to con- sider the police-firemen pay increase biL . The meeting has besn called by Representative Frederick N. Zihlman of Maryland, acting chairman of the House District committee, during the {liness of Representative Stewdrt™F.| Roed. af West Virginia. The subcommittes is composed of the following members in addition to Mr. Zihlman: Representatives Lam- pert of Wiscorsin, Beers of Penn- sylvania, Blanton of Texas and O'Brien of New Jersey. Under ‘the provislons of the bill, which has been recommended by the District Commjssioners, an increase is slated for the major and superin- tendent of police from $4.500 to 35,000, and an increase for the assistants from $3,000 to $3,600. There is also recommended for the various grades, {including inspectors, captains, lfeuten- | ants and privates of the first, second a.r.dh third class an increase of §340 each. Raise for 'Fire Chief. An increase for the fire chief s recommended of $1.200 per annum. |An tncrease is also provided for the | deputy chiefs, the chief battalion en- gineers, fire marshals and deputies and privates of the first, second and third class of $340 each. The salaries paid in the police and fire departments {n Washington, Rep- resentative Zilhman points out, are considerably lower than those paid in nearly all of the larger cities of | the country, and some of the smaller citles, such as Atlantio City, N, I.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Hoboken, I Lawrence, Mass.; Akron, Ohlo; Jersey City, N. J., and Newark, N. J. pay their officers and privates considera- bly more than is recelved by the mem- bers of the metropolitan police force and the fire department here, Repre- sentative Zihlman emphasizes. 2 KILLED, SCORE HURT IN COMMUNIST RIOT Extremist Factions Clash in Politi- cal Meeting in Paris to Pro- test Ruhr Invasion, By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 12.—A communist meeting last evening at the head- quarters of the extremist labor fed- eration to protest against the high cost of living and the occupation of the Ruhr was converted into a. riot in which two persons were killed and a score Injured through the dissen- slons of an anarchist faction. The anarchists objected to the use of the premises for a political meet- ing. Marcel Cachin and other promi- nent communists were pelted with all and hooted down and finally some one This caused a waved freely 80 FANATICS SLAIN IN FILIPINO ROW Official Advices Place Deaths High- er Than Early Reports of Moro Battle. By the Associated Press. MANILA, January 12.—Eighty mem- of the street railway companies of | bers of the Colorum, a society of reli- the District will be prepared by glous fanatics, were killed at Bucas prominent radical, has been prevent- | g aqor King o Utah and introduced | Tsland last week in a clash in which ed from addressing a mass meetiNg |, 1. Senate at an early date, Sena-|a number of constabulary soldiers for the third time here. He was to have spoken last night under the auspioes of the Civil Liberties Union, but had barely mounted the platform when a police detective escorted him to headquarters, where tor King sald today. were slain, official advices from Su- “These street -railways must be | rigao disclosed today. merged,” Senator King said. “I'm not ready at this time to give the de- he remained | tails of the bill which I will Intrb- . A hour conversing with the cARfalni Quge”. 5 flC‘ll'.‘d Wflm'nto has been or- The Sacramento will leave here te- a of the fire department, Quake Prophecy Drives Mexican Poor to Altars By the Awsoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 12 (By Radio via the Fort Worth Star Telegram).—The city is again normal after the excitement and tense situation caused by the pre- diction that an earthquake and volcanic eruption would _destroy Mexico City yesterday. The If- norant, superstitious classes that left the city and those that re- mained In the churches all day . returned to their districts as the | Providing for the appointment of g?gmdr:fiv noe t‘;!‘"sexar;d by1 d‘i {an additional counsel for the Public Bavpeared excitement Rad | yeiities Commission, to be known {as “the people’s counsel” a bill was {introduced in the House today by Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland, which was referred to the {REV. DR. CHAPPELL TO TAKE NEW POST " 2 somicee i section to the organization act of the | Publio Utilities Commission which would provide for appointment by the President and confirmation by the Senate of such a “people’s counsel,” | to hold office for & term of four years, | unless removed for reasons specified in the bill. It is specifically provided that no person shall be appointed to this of- fice unless he has been a continuous bona fide resident of the District for at least five years immediately pre- ceding his appointment and shall be engaged In the actual practice of law for a period of at least flye vears. The people’s counsel would receive an annual salary of $4,000, payable in equal monthly installments, ac- cording to the Zihlman bill. The du- ties of such people’s counsel would be to represent and appear for the people of the District at all hearings of the Public Utilitles Commission and to represent petitioners appear- ing in the interest of lower rates and PEOPLE'S COUNSEL FORCAPITAL ASKED |Zihlman Proposes Additional ; Attorney for Utilities Body to Represent Citizens. \ | { i I Mount Vernon Place Church Pastor Accepts Call to Memphis Pulpit. Rev. Dr. Clovis Chappell, pastor of | the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South, 9th street and Massachusetts avenue northwest, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Methodist Episcopal Church South of Memphis, Tenn. He is to assume his new charge the lat- ter part of this month. Dr. Chappell, who has been pastor of the local church for six years, is jone of the most popular ministers in the city. When he assumed charge here the church had a membership of 800 and it now has a membership of ! 2,500 with overflow meetings each | improved public service. Sunday in the Sunday school room.| He would also represent the in- The financial budget when he came | t(Test of the consumers and users of here was about $10,000, which, he Public utllities in the District in the 1d, has grown to about $70,000. courts of the District and before the No one has as yet been selected to | Supreme Court of the United States. succeed Dr. Chappell at the local To Appear im All Cases. church. He would also be granted the |REV. DR, HILLIS STRICKEN 722 2070 1 it aues-crmine DURING CHURCH FIGHT alty, forfeiture or fine growing out Pastor of Plymouth Congregational of violations of the public utilities act and for the recovery of money Seriously Il After Discussion of Church Finances. tmpounded or held in escrow or in By the Associated Press. trust under the provisions of the public utilities law. The people's counsel Would aiso be authorized and empowered to make o ;.| Investigations of the service of pub- D:’;,zy:}f%’;;::‘;;’lfl:2;;"::::::;_— to xulm‘llel‘ the pavaioal \'ut:ualln?x of g eir properties and the rates g;:s:':;:m:’:‘l“°:jh::c;f‘° “?:’Z:"“;: charged for public service in the sueceeded Dr..Lyman Abbott, col- lapsed last night from a cerebral hemorrhage after a meeting of the church council, and early today was District. . In explaining the condition which considered to be in a critical condi- tion. He is sixty-six years old. prompted him to father this legis- lation, Representative Zihiman point- Dr. Hillis collapsed after a stormy ssfon of the council over plans to ed out that in the act of March 4, 1913, creating the Public Utilities Commlssion, it is provided that the strengthen church finances. It was sald there were no personal quarrels at the meeting, but the situation had commission may at any time deems necessary employ other at- developed some stressful moments, which contributed to his illness. i torneys at law as assistants to the general counsel for extraordinary legal service and that they shall be compensated out of the sums ap- propriated for the expenses of the commission, ‘“Unfortunately for the Distric Representative Zihiman said, “the amount allowed for the expenses of the Public Utilities Commission have been pitifully * small. The recom- mendation carried in the pending budget for Incidental and all other ST s e PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR UNEARTHED Thirty-Eight Arrested in Alleged Conspiracy—Other Leaders of Nation Said to Be Marked. By the Ausociated Press, GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, January 12. —Advices from Quito say that the Dpolice of the capital have dlscovered a plot to assassinate the president of th bile, Dr. vo, ¢ e s Tomayo, and Other| .py the appointment of a people’s Thirty-elght arrests, it fs said, have | OUnSel” ~Representative ~Zihlman been made, including the staff of the | 3TEUeS, “hearings of this nature and newspapor’ Humanidad, which has | other extra services would be taken i oo ata b care of; the interests of the citizens The instigator of the plot was frus- g trated In an atiempt to take tne 1ife|Would be protected before formal gt Col. Juan Manuel Lasso, a candi- |hearings and tho peopl’s counsel ate for the -presidency, Other|would be given authority to make in- prominent persons marked for assas. Bination, the reports assert, were tan | vestigations of the fiscal valuation Leonidas Fisa and Gonsaio Cordobo |and earnings of public utilities in the The latter is the presidentlal candi- titute proceedings T date of the liberal faction in the mas D';"“" "‘df Rl e tional assembly. reduction of rates. “It must -be apparent to any one fa- 318 000 GEMS STOLEN miliar with the affairs of the District 'y . ‘Widow of Former Michigan Judge tlcally imposible for them to give Reports Loss at Hotel. such time as is necessary for the in- 1T, Janvary 12.—Mrs. ve: LDE;;:,?,“‘ o e 2‘,:‘;: Ereat problems arising out of public utilities here. justice of the Michigan supreme! ‘“Under the Drovisions of this bill court, reported to police today that| the citizens would have a counsel, to Jewelry, valued at 318,000, was stolen [ give his time to this work, and he esterday from her room at a local| would be held responsible for the ini- iotel. ‘A maid employ: tiation and proper presentation "ol 1s being beld for Luvest) cages involving Fates sad services” $5,000. Therefore, the Commissioners are prevented by lack of funds from employing the necessary extra coun- sel to represent them in the case now pending, which involves more than 35,000,000 in excess rates paid by con- sumers of electricity in the District land now held in trust awaiting the decision of the court. ‘Will Protect Citizens. falls upon the shoulders of the three Commissioners, the corporation coun- sel and his assistants makes it prac- it | general necessary expenses is only | that the great volume of work which | stigation and consideration of the| COUZENS INVITES MELLON T0 DEBATE ONTAXCCUTPLAN [Senator Takes Issue With | Treasury Claim That Surtax Drop Will Aid Industry. [CITES MILLIONS HE PAID UNDER PRESENT RATES Says Exempted Securities Bought { to Dodge Business, Rather Than U. S. Levy. ! Secretar; Mellon was llenged ! today by Senator Couzens, republican, | Michigan, to a joint debate on the question of the necessity of reducing ncome surtaxes from 50 per cent to per cent and stopping the issuance of tax-exempt securities as a means | of diverting capital to productive en- terprige, Meantime the House ways and means committee pressed forward to | complete consideration of the admin- istrative features of the Mellon tax | BilL, %0 as to open public hearings on !the tax-reduction provisions next Mond: Republican leaders of the House in dealing with the subject gave further thought today to the extent to which the Mellon bill m be modified in order to command a majority vote in the House. A conference on this sub- Ject was held yesterday, but appar- | ently the leaders got nowhere. | In his letter to Secretary Mellon— ! the third in a serles of exchanges be- tween the Treasury head and the senator on the tax Qquestion—: Couzens declared that the percentage of tax exempts on the market—S$11,- ©00,000,000—was small compared with the §120,000, to $125,000.- 000,000 of other securities “is to give an appearance of the whole discus- sion &s a tempest in a teapot.” Cites Treasury Report. Senator Couzens cited from Treas- ury reports to support his contention that the receivers of large incomes are not escaping any such large amount of surtaxes through the own- ership of tax-exampt securities as would “make it desirable for the gov- ernment to lower surtaxes in order to secure more revenue for itself to release capital for business in- vestments.” The Michigan senator declared that states and municipalities must have funds from some source for improve- ment, and asked the Seccretary If contended thi vas less produ ~(Continued on P SUIT AGAINST THAW SETTLED PRIVATELY 1 Less Than $100,000 Paid to Gump, ‘Who Charged Assault and Indignities. ¥ By the Associated Pres: PHILADELPHIA, January 12.—Con- firmation was had here today tha: the sult for $650,000 against Harry K. Thaw brought by Frederick Gump, ijr, of Kansas City, has been pri- | vately settled for less than $100,000 |The suit was the result of charges that Thaw had whipped Gump in a New York hotel in 1917 and had sub- Jected him to “gross and savage in- | atgnities.” So far as can be learhed there is no change in the attitude of Thaw's family, which is opposed to his being released from the Pennsylvania Hos- pital for Mental and Nervous Dis- eases. He was committed to this in- stitution by a Philadelphia court at the time New York authorities were endeavoring to have him extradited to New York on the Gump charges. WILL MOVE TO QUASH McCRAY INDICTMENTS | Attorneys to Make Demand When Indiana Governor Is Arraigned in Criminal Court. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., January 12— Motions asking that fifteen indict | ments pending against Gov. McCraj { be quashed will be filed by attorne | for the executive when he Is ar raigned in criminal court here today it was announced. The indictments returned recently by the Marion county grand jury following an in- vestigation of his financial transac- tlons, charge forgery, false pretense and embezzlement. The governor's attorneys declined to state whether they will file mo- tions asking for a change of venue |from Judge James A. Collins of crim- inal court. Gov, McCray is not expected to ap- pear in court to 1t was explained that it would n be necessary for the executive to appear if he does not make a formal plea to the indict- ments. POSSES ABANDON QUEST OF OUTLAWED ASHLEY Everglades, Trackless Jungle, Proves Haven for Outlaw ‘Who Penetrates Depths. By the Associated Press, WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,, Januar: 12.—John Ashley, one of the two members of the notorious Ashley | gang still at large, today apparently {had made good his escape, as small | searching parties, one by one, gave up the pursuit and returned to their homes. The Dverglades, virtually a trackless swamp, where Ashley dis- appeared, proved 2 haven of refuge for him. Bill Ashley, a brother of John, said to have joined the fugitive outlaw Thursday, surrendered at Olympia esterday. He denied having seen his rother or assisting him in any way, |