Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1924, Page 2

GRAND DUKE SEES | SOVIET FALL NEAR nzl-‘m:uer Head of Russian Army - olds Internal Strife Will " Wreck Movemenr. WILLING TO LEAD FIGHT Says Hostility to God Spells Doom of Communists. Br the Associated Press PARIS, May Iixiled Russians living in Paris are greatly cheered by reports arriving almost daily from Moscew of an impending change. The struggle for power between the Stalin trim®virate, including also Kameneft and Rykoff, and the moderate groups is growing more tense, in the opinion of Russians of distinction here, who helieve that the present regime is toppling and that even a slight push would throw it over. The hopes of hoth monarchists and liberals scem 1o unite upon Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, second cousin of the former emperor and once in command of the Russian armie The grand duke is living quietly in all country ho som, from Paris, near Chol Situation in Russin, On being osked to review Present situation in Russta, grand duke re “What is going on in Russia is well known to all who take a real interest in_the subject of arbitrary dealing: reign of terror. la total disregs exaction have been the the r p i famine All things hoiy d: great numbers of bishops, pricsts and monks have been put to death, and oth exiled in most appallini conditions. Those who still remain yjected to cruel | persecutions and every moment run the risk of sharing the same fate. Try to Kill Souls. “The Bolshevists are attempting to destroy the ul of the people; they want to uproot all moral and religious >undations. However, neither perse- cutions nor a frantic propaganda of godlessness has been able to tear out from their hearts the faith of the people. Their religious vitality is sure to be manifested sooner or later through the moral bankruptey of the communistic power, and prove once more the people fidelity to the Orthodox Church. “Russia has lived by faith and faith 1l save her. The only addition Grand Duke Nicholas has made to the rather long two-storied house, which is owned by his nephew, is to transform one wing where candles burn be- r The chapel accom- about fifty persons, and an st comes regularly from Paris to conduct services for the grand duk the grand duche: and their small household. Hanging near Itar is u frayed white silk flag trimmed with gold, which the grand duke’s father carried in_the Turkish was of 1878, and which Nicholas had with him always during Wage War Against “Phe Orthodox Church is mot the only one which is persecuted by the Tolshevists” ha continued. “So are all other creeds and all those who have any religion. War is being waged against God. “It is very difficult to the future, and much more fet it the grand duke “One thing is clear. To be saved from destruction Russia and her many millions must be liberated from eommunistis rule. We cannot know | ther the time or the conditions| der which this long-hoped-for lib- | ation will be chieved.” Both extremists and moderates in the Soviet government are endeavor-| ing to control the army, the grand| duke declared, adding: i “The army Is flesh of the flesh of | the Russian people. When the huur‘ of liberation strikes, and as soon as| the people have recognized the| necessity of overthrowing the voke| of the oppressors and of re stab- | Yishing the national government, the army will come to the same con- clusion and will cease to be a “red” army. All those who, having re- mained ‘n Russia, were forced to enter the red ranks will be only too happy to atone for their voluntary | or involuntary sins toward their untry. They will be joined by those who have shed their blood for the liberation of their country from the communistic yoke and now are pining in exile, and there will be then one valiant powerful Russian army worthy of the greatness of| Russia, standing guard over her| honor and the peaceful prosperity of the Russ people.” Proofs of Confidence. In terminating the conversation the grand duke said “You wish to know how the appe of my countrymen to put myself at the head of a mov ment for the liberation of Russia. 1 do not seek anything for myself, and, Il;v'vn:, lllyl “’Idi soldier, I can on say’ that 1 should be happy ive | my life for the service of my coun: | try. But I shall deem it possible head any n B movement on when I shall have acquired the co: Vietion that such a decision on m: part is in accordance with the wishes of the Russian people and that the ti for 4,4}_«-‘:\» action has come.” n course Jnvers 5 Duke Nicholas saidr < - iom Grand Russia is “At the present time #governed by the party in behalf of interests. I class and international place must be taken by a natfonal | non-party Bovernment, free from . This government T modate Orthodox D! speak of so to pre- continued. T regard class _inter Tiust be firm and strong, and at the same time just and enlightened. It :v)\u:l ':m-'(, me l)\l’xl!uflrdinn of legali- v and the sacred rights of and civil liberty. Eesnw Base of Regeneration. “The cessation of class and national hatred, the prevention of violence and every Kind of lawlessness, the righ: of free development of national ire 10 the peoples who compose the Rus- sian state—such are the rundamental principles upon which must be based lh{:_ r)flurnr‘ru!ion of Russia,” Nicholas then outlined his own political policies, with particular ref- erence to the distribution of land. pecial attention,” he said, “must be _paid to the agrarian question, which is one of first magnitude. Such Jand as is not at present held by the state is being cultivated by the peas- ants. It cannot of course be faken from them, but the peasants theme selves will' be entirely satisfied only when their right to full possession have been ratified by an undisputed stable government authority. Must Pay Landowners. “I think that a great majority of the Jandowners = have recognized the necessity of making a sacrifice in the interest of the country. On the other nd, the state will have to give com- pensation to those who are deprived of their property, which will have passed into the hands of the peasants. Court Orders Vote on Bonus. - HARRISBURG, Pa, May 5.—The “Tfauphin County court today ruled ilat a proposed amendment to the state constitution permitting the bor- Towing of $55,000,000 for soldiers’ bo- 7us must be submitted to the people is year for approval or disapproval. amendment passed the legisla- ture and proceedings were brought sgainst the secretary of the common- wealth to restrain him from adver- tising and certifying it this year. e “Chapter 179, Maryland laws, provides 2 fine of from $5 to $25, or thirty to |delivery and |of An Oratorical Winner FRANK L W Of McKinley Manu: GIVES UP ADVANTAGE IN ORATORY CONTEST (Continued frorm First Page.) sergeant, will appear in the assembly this afternoon to hear him deliver his address, Basis of Judgment It s expected that the three judges will take seats in the audi- ence to hear the delivery, and will make their rating 50 per cent on 50 per cent on content of the oration. The plan of judging silent estimates of the with a final meeting of next week to compare notes as to the grand winner for the District, who will be announced shortly there- after in the columns of The Star. It was announced today that the judges, in weighing the contestants, will keep in mind the necessity of selecting an alternate. The grand | winner will receive a prize of $300, in addition to the prize of $100, which was presented by The Star to each of the eight local district winners and will then have the right to com. pete with the six other zone winners of | the country in_ the final contest to be held June 6 in_ Memorial Con- tinental Hall, with President Coolidge presiding. Will Have Alternate. It has been thought necessary, | however, select an_alternate to | the winn be represented should overtake calls for candidates, the judges ¢ . in case sickness | the winner. Some | such happening as a cold, like that| suffered today by Miss Smith of the| Western hool. might at the last moment place this zone in a handi- cupped position, it is realized. The | selection of an alternate insures that | the District will be represented. Al- | though the selection as alternate car- r with it no monetary considera- tion, it gives the one selected a chanice, perhaps, to be a_“pinch hit- ter” for the District of Columbia. Owing to the time—3:45 o'clock— it is expected that there will be a large gathering of students and par-| ents at the McKinley Manual Train- ing School, the first stop of the judges today. That school's competitor, who has lived here for the past eleven years, is assistant associate editor of | the weekly paper at the school. | Immediately after the judging at Tech the judges will be taken by The Star to the ‘entra High School, | where they will hear Miss Newburn present her cration on the Constitu- tion, the subject of the national ora- torical contest. Either the immortal document in itself or some famous name in American history has been the subject of every one of the ora- tions, here and throughout the co try A sketch of Mi: Newburn was printed in The Sunday Star of yes- terday. | Kramer to Preside. Principal Kramer hay issued an in- vitation to the entire afternoon ses- | sion to attend the oration delivery at the Central High School at 4: o'clock this afternoon. He will pre- side ard lead in the regular chapel procedure which will be observed prior to the delivery of the address. Excitement was high in the two schools today, as last-minute prepara- tions were made for cheering on the school representatives who will give their orations tod in_an effort to bring to their own school the | coveted honor of representing the District in the final national eontest. The District grand winner will not only have that honor, but also an opportunity to win either the first | grand national prize of $3.500, sec- ond_prize of $1000 or third ' prize The next judging will be Thursday afternoon. when it hoped Miss Smith of Western will be so far re- covered of her cold to permit her to appsar before the judges at 3:45 | o'clock. Edith Miley, winner in the first district, will be heard at 4: that afternoon Present plans call for the appear- ance before the judges at 3:45 o'closk, May 12, at the Armstrong High Schooi of Rozier Gaddis, and at 4:15 o'clock that afternoon of Lillian L. Washington of Dunbar High School. The final hearings will be at 3:45 o'clock, May 13, when Ruth Green- wood will appear at the Eastern High School, and at 4:15, when Ruth Crave of the Holy Cross Academy will be heard. 5 Congratulates Star. . The principal of the Holy Cross Academy has written the following, in congratulating The Star and its editors upon the contest: “May 1 be permitted to express to you my deep appreciation of the honor that has come to the school through Miss Craven's successful ef- forts in the oratorical contest, and to tell you also that the intensive study of the Constitution on the part of all the students in our high school department which resulted from the contest has been most gratifying to the faculty? An unusual, enthusiasm has been aroused and a deep love of country engendered by their reading and research. May I, then, be per- mitted to congratulate you and all who gave their time and service to the furthering of the contest and to say you have done more to foster right principles in our American youth by the contest than a year of history could have done.” Senate Passes Bil Creating Commission to Pick District Flag The Senate today passed a bill creating a commission to procure a design for a flag for the District of Columbta. The bill now goes to the House for action. The commission is to be com- posed of the President, the Secre- tary of War and the president of the board of District Commissioners. 1t will have the advice of the Com- mission of Fine Arts. The bill as reported carried an appropriation minety days’ imprisonment, or both, for taking any tree, shrub, vine or flower from the property of another without the written permission or personal su- srvision_of the owner. A similar Jaw for the District of Columbia and Vir- ginia will be urged."—Wildfiowey. Pres- so that the District might | ! of $1,600. This provision was stricken out, however, at the sug- gestion of Senator Robinson of Arkansas, who pointed out that the members of the commission, all officials of the government, Eaae such ag, appropriation. up: “gol THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 6. 0. P. WOMEN STUDY POLITICS IN SCHOOL 350 Enroll for Four-Day Course Being Held Here—Will Meet President Coolidge Thursday. FESS ADDRESSES STUDENTS Deplore “Efforts of Certain Sena- tors to Scandalize Honorable Men.” Pledging their alleglance to Presi- dent Coolidge, 350 Republican women from Washington and many of the statcs today took their first lesson in a political campaign school that will last for the next three days. The school is being conducted at the New Willard Hotel under the auspices of the League of Republican Women and the students number some of the most prominent women in Washington. Through the four days of the school sessions the women will llsten to addresses by some of the nation's most prominent Republicans and will meet the President at the White House Thursday, the closing day of the sessions. aminations in prac- tical politics will be held Thursday afternoon and diplomas will be pre- sented that evening by Mrs. Virginia ‘hite Speel, president of the League of Republican Women. Enthusiasm has been manifested for President Coolidge in the state conventions of Tennessee and North Carolina, Mrs. Lindsay Patterson of orth Carolina_told the convention today. ~Mrs. Patterson urged that the woman voters must organize and must bring to politics all their own good qualities if they would hold their balance of power, granted them by a constitutional amendment. “Do not let us worry and fuss about the ward heeler and his methods,” Mrs. Patterson said. “Let us out and be ward heelers ourselves. With or- ganization we can bring to politics our better qualities and swing our| entire strength behind what we be- lieve to be the right.” Allegiance to Coolidge. Patterson sald that “when women get started they break all speed laws,” and urged that they work more and more to “make poli- tics the science of government.” The school adopted the following pledge: “I pledge alleziance to Cal- vin Coolidge and to tha Republican platform upon which he will stand i government of honest integrity, ith protection and progress for all.”’ Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio ad- dressed the school at noon today on “Why the Two-Party System.’ Other speakers today include Sec- retary of the Navy Wilbur, Mrs. Harriett Taylor Upton, vice chair- man of the Republican national com- mittee, and Mrs. Georse Barnett. Willi ¥. Colladay, national com- itteeman of the District of Co- lumbia, will preside at « session to- night at which the speaker will be Attorney Genperal Harlan Fisk Ston The school had before it for con- sideration and discussion a resolu- tion_recently adopted by the League of Republican Women, which de- nounced as “un-American the present efforts of certain Democratic sen- ators and representatives to scandal- | ize the names of honorable men by | the unsupported hearsay statements of confessed crooks and bribetakers.” The resolution called upon Repub- licin senators and representatives to cet these attacks and to “demand that the reprehensible conduct of one or two Republicans shall not be held to reflect upon the thousands who have always stood foursquare in the country’s defense and who are now its best relian Will Analyze Message. Speakers tomorrow at the school, which is under the direction of Mrs. William Wolff Smith, include Secre- tary of Labor Davis, Representative Johnson of Washington, chairman of the House immigration committee, and D. Butler Wright, third assistant secretary of state. The President's message to Con- gress will be analyzed Wednesday by Representative Burton of Ohio, to be followed by an address by Senator James E. Watson of Indiana. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the budget, will speak Thursd: THREE JOYRIDERS KILLED Man and Two Women Victims as Coupe Hits Tree. NEW YORK, MAY Eugene Me- Namee and two unidentified women were killed and Alphonse Marcoux of Riverdale was injured seriously to- day when a four-seated coupe of an expegsive type sped down Riverside drive and crashed into a tree at 98th street. John Zanft told the police that Marcoux was his chauffeur and that he apparently had taken the car last night for a joy-ride. A charge of grand larceny was made against the chauffeur, whose condition is eriti- cal. A card in the handbag of one of the youns women bore the name Peggy Johnson, but police thought it likely that the card had heen given to her by a friend and that John- son was not the dead girl's name. PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,300: maidens; four and one-balf ‘furiongs. Gold Piece 115 Mrs. John F. Kleaver.. 115 Ber S 12 nts.. 115 Casette Judge Fuller..... 115 tEdward F. Whitney entry. SECOND RACE_The Sporting chase; purse, $3,000; four-year-ol two miles. El Kantara. 145 Britannio . - 187 1Shawn A. Gisuna 1l Grass Ball Ges.... Hidalgo Steeple- aad ‘up; 152 *Levigns 1o 154 Trayeon Trisough. 162 $Woodley 2d....: 185 tBoatman 145 +Mrs. F. S, Vonstade and Middleneck Farm entry. z +Ten pounds claimed for rider. THIRD RACE—The Jockey Club handicap; Jume, $1.500; threoyearolds sad up; & urlongs. Champlain . St yalentine..... 106 n 3 ic.?-u.‘.'n 20 110 111 105 L. 128 bt 116 tHeel Taps. Wellfinder B Go Foin. {Edward F. Whitney entry. Glen Riddis Farm entry, Throo pounds clsimed for rider. FOURTH RACE—Purse, $1,500; thre . olds and up; claimings one mile. i FIFTH RACE—The Made at Home; Durse, $1,500; six furlongs. 05 three-year-oids and up; mile wad & sixtesnth. . Bees ...... Beau Nash. ... *+WellSnder Bluffer pounds claimed, *Apprentice five w-'imr. clear; track, fast. Only one couple in every 1,006 mar- ried people live to BOMB BLAST HURTS 11. Phosphorous Explodes at Schofield Barracks, Honolulu. HONOLULU, May 6.—Lieut. Ralph H. Tate of Michigan, chemical war- fare service; Sergt. Richard Williams and Private Dimitris Papadimitrio ‘were seriously injured at Schofleld barracks when a phosphorous bomb exploded In the chemical warfare area of the barracks. Nine other en- listed men were burned by flaming gas. They are Sergt. Rowland Fourner, Corps. Charles Cooley and Rudolph _Mattson, Privates John Heaver, William ' Crump, Willlam Sehnert, Grant Cavanaugh, Clifford Jackson and Harry Miller Emery. A shell was being placed in the bomb when it exploded. CHARGES DAUGHERTY BALKED TRUST LAW ‘Witness Tells Senate Committee of Alleged Intervention in Rail- road Combine Case. LIQUOR DEAL IS AIRED Illinois Dry Agent Says Breweries Still Operate. Former Attorney General Daugher- ty personally intervened in the liti- gations over New England railroad combinations, It was charged today during the Senate inquiry, to relisve the New Haven line from the neces- sity of obeying the antitrust law. Conrad W. Crooker, as attorney for 2,500 minority stockholders of the Boston and Malne, testified before the Daugherty committee that the New Haven had “gotten through the back door of the Department of Jus- tice and induced Mr. Daugherty to re-open” the proocedings affecting it. Daugherty, who had R. G. Hutchins, jr, ot New York, as a financial ad- viser, arranged a “secret meeting” in the chambers of Federal Judge Mayer in New York in May, 1922, Crooker said, and the final decision to modi the decree was reached. Crooker de- clared his clients were not repre- sented, but said he charged no im- proper conduct against Judge Mayer. Daugherty’s intervention into the New England transportation tangle came in December, 1921, Crooker said and resulted in modification of a con- sent decree entered against the New Haven's control of the Boston and Maine. The step, the witness de: ed, was “grossly unjust” to his el and there was “no good reason or excuse” for it. The Interstate Con merce Commission, he all necessary authority in railroad consolidation and the intervention of the Department of Justice was grossly improper.” Says Daugherty Got Busy. His clients, if the Department of Justice had stayed out, would have been able to buy the New Haven's stock in the Boston and Maine, Crooker continued, but before they could act “Mr, Daugherty committed hintself and got busy with the New Haven officials, the bankers and the others, to modify the decree.” The Massach mission on Januar! ed the modif “I came to Washington,” said, “but was ne Mr. Daugherty, though I made sev. cral attempts. His assistant, W. F. Martin, told me that they had never had the Massachusetts letter.” Legal steps by which the Groomes & Ullrich Co., & Chicago liquer hov distributed 5,000 ¢ 8 of high-grade intoxicants among its stockholders and scaped penalties under the Volstead act, were described at the outset of today’s hearing. Explains Liquor Distribution. Charles A. Williams, attorney for the concern, explained the plan by which the corporation was dissolved, and it's assests of whisky, wines and cordials, turned over to 130 Chicago aitizens, who bought out the eight or ten original stockholders. Though the prohibition enforce- ment unit has instituted prosecution against officials who issued the per- mits, Williams insisted that the trans- action was entirely legal Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, committee prosecutor, tried in vain to et the witness to admit that the 130 “knew they bought stock, but were going to get whisky." “These people knew they were do- ing something_entirely legal”” Wil- liams said. “They knew the com- pany's assests were entirely liquor. 1 haven't the psychological insight to know their reasons. o The government seized about 1.700 or 1,800 cases of the whisky during the distribution, Williams said, but the balance got to stockhoiders. Liti- gation in the case still is in progress. Relatives of Judge. Senator Wheeler got the witness to identify a Dr. Isham, one of those who got the stock, as a “brother- in-law of Federal Judge Carpenter,” and another, a “Mr. Birmingham,” as “a son-in-law or brother-in-law of Judge Carpenter.” “Why bring in Judge Carpenter?” asked Paul Howland, attorney for H. M. Daugherty. “T'1_show you after a while,” Sen- ator Wheeler retorted. Williams identified himself as a re- publican ward leader in Chicago, and one of those indicted in the liquor Qistribution transaction. Birming- ham and Isham were not indicted. The only people who were, prosecuted, Williams ~said, were “those who changed their political allegiance from Brundage,” the state attorney eneral. E1t Was put into the record that Williams _was acquitted after trial i ictment. O e ar 4" Cyon, who identified himself as one of the Chicago “beer squad” of the prohibition enforce- ment unit, testified that some brew- eries closed by federal injunction “still are making beer. Senator Wheeler introduced what purported to be an express company receipt showing that twenty cases of liquor were delivered to 1625 K street ‘the little green house” repeatedly referred to in testimony as the home of Howard Mannington—on October 21, 1921, The document was present- ed in corroboration of _testimony given some weeks ago by Dan Smith, a negro butler, that liquor deliveries had been made there. g Firemen Thank Committee. The House District committee to- day received a letter from the City Firefighters' Association, signed by Capt. Edward O’Connor, thanking the committee for passage of the new salary bill. —_—— Five Commissioned in Army. Five more residents of this city have been commissioned by the War Department in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army. They are: Her- bert C. Wooley of St. Elizabeth’'s Ho: pital, who is appointed a colonel in the Medical Corps; Ralph Hamilton of 924 15th street, a major in the Med- ical Corps; Daniel S. Hatfleld of 3514 35th street and John J. Mattare of 3240 N street, as first lieutenants in the Medical Corps, and Erie L. Poff of the New Ebbitt as a second lieu- tenant in the Medical Administrative Corps. T . 1922, protest- Crooker e et the dogwood. for. others insisted, had | er allowed to see ACCEPT INVITATIONS. More Than 100 Organizations to Attend Conference. More than 100 national organiz: tions have accepted the President's recent call for a national conference on outdoor recreation here, May 22- 24, it was announced yesterday at the office of Theodore Roosevelt, chairman of his committee. PRI Noted Woman Writer Dies. LONDON, May 6.—Mrs. Hubert Bland, poet, novellst and author of childrens’ books, died yesterday. She wrote under her maiden name, L. Nesbet, STRENGTH OF NAVY OBJECT OF INQUIRIES Britten and Rogers Seek to Secure Comparative Data on Condition. ALARMED BY REPORT Fear U. S. Not Keeping Strength Allowed by Treaty. With the purpose of ascertaining the present strength of the United States Navy, especlally as compared with the navies of Great Britain and Japan, two resolutions were intro- duced in the House loday. Representative Britten ranking Republican on committee, proposes that Department transmit to report covering twenty while Representativ publican, Massachusetts, terse resolution of inquir clared they were acting of the recent report of Admiral Coontz, commander-in-chief of ~the battle fleet, in which deficiencies in the Navy were pointed out. Outlines Resolution. Outlining his resolution. ten said it would “once more call to the attention of the country the state of our unpreparcdness s of Tlinois, the naval the Navy Congress a ven points, Rogers, Re- offers a Both de- as a result Mr. Brit- he_ declared in a statement, a period of years for sul struction only to find th |not a single ship that | darn! “If: e | years to how “lon, £00d one? am certain our Navy with England's and that Japun is very notwithstanding « Washington confer her si t mec ompar spendi sarine con- t we hav is worth a takes the government ten build a us: submarine, will it require to build a is not on a I am not far be- ir right ce to rit | so re iind us, | under the | be nearly twice | “Our greate | aviation to we are taking five | build plane riers | constructed in three. Strength of Other Fleets. Britten not is proper the fleat. Yet or six years to hich should be ssity The resolution on secks informath Department as to of ican Navy, but | from ‘the” Navy strength in various particulars, the British and Japanese navies. sntative Rogers declared that friends of the Amcrican Navy ed at the disclosures concerning the physical condition of our war vessels, if ‘the Navy maintained at the strength agreed upon at the Wash- ington conference, he added, appre- hension can be dismissed. “But if we are not,” he s incumbent upon the administration and Congress to make good the de- ficiencies. It is as fundamental policy of the American nation | maintain the 3-5-3 treaty navy ratio as it i& to maintain the Monroe dc trine. Inactivity by the administra- {tion or by Congress in this vital matter should not and will not be tolerated by the American people.” ral I3 d types.” ded, “it CAPITAL TAX BILL PASSED BY SENATE Minor Revisions Made in Present Law—Personal Property Re- turns Due in May. A bill making a number of minor changes in the laws relating to taxa- tion and assessment of property in the District was passed by the Sen- ate today. The bill provides that personal property returns shall be made to the assessor in May instead of July, as at present, and that the value of said property shall be taken as of May 1 for taxation purposes. It further orovides that the hoard of personal tax appeals shall convene on the first Monday in August in- stead of the first Monday in January. It re-enacts into permanent law the existing requirement that real estate and personal taxes be paid twice a year, in November and May. Another section of the bill requires that the consideration involved in the transfer of real estate must be made known to the District assessor to be used only in assessing the property for taxation purposes. COL. WILLIAMS INDORSED FOR VIRGINIA GOVERNOR Alexandria Business Man Put Into Race by State Travelers’ Pro- tective Association. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. May 5—Col. Julian Y. Williams, prominent Alex- andria business man, will be the next_governor of Virginia, if 5200 members of the Virginia branch of the Travelers' Protective Association have tbeir way as voiced in resolu- tions adopted before adjounrnment Saturday in Norfolk. Col. Williams, president of the Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemical Company and national president of the T. P. A, was picked by this body because of his demonstrated ability in politics. He has been directly and indirectly identified closely with state politics for many years and has shown himself a progressive as well as a prudent politician. At his home here last night Col. Williams would make no further comment on_the action than that it was extremely complimentary. Busi- ness men of the city received the news gladly. The next gubernatorial election in the state will be held in 1925, the new governor to take his seat of office January 1, 1926. At present many possible Democratic nominees are being mentioned, among the most prominent of whom are Col. Williams, Harry Flood Byrd of Winchester and Lieut. Gov. Junius West. At the same meeting at which Col ‘Williams’ name was brought up Senator Carter Glass was mentioned as the association's choice for presi- dential honors. A “spit attendant” in a popular Lon- don restaurant has just retired after forty-six years' service. For nearly every day during this long period he roasted thirty-five sadi ten beef sirloins and. sixteen loins % $175,000.000 over | | | | July | touches on the strength of the Amer- | ently become greatly alarm- | 1 as at the inadequacy in num- | les-of mutt. Grande ok | was MONDAY, MAY 5, 1924 WHEELER TESTIFIES IN D. C. DRY HEARING Mrs. Willebrandt Also Gives Views on Use of Guns in Rum- Running in Capital. FORMER ASES JAIL TERMS Favors More Rigorons Punishment for Offenders. Wayne B. Wheeler, executive of the Anti-Saloon League, and Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general, were the principal witnesses today before the House District committee investigating law enforcement in the District of Co- lumbia, particularly with regard to the use of dangerous weapons and violations of the prohibition law. Mr. Wheeler said that evidence which he had placed before the Dis trict committee shows that the Dis- trict of Columbia like some other judicial districts, is not using the power it has under the national pro- hibition act. Up to January 1, 1923, there were no injunctions granted agalnst liquor violators in Washing- ton. he said. Since that time thirty- seven temporary Injunctions have been granted, but none_ has been made permanent. Discussing the conspiracy law, which he said has been used with tremendous effect in_Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and New York, Mr. Wheeler pointed out that this has been used sparingly in the District of Columbia. Three cases only have been tlled, said. In one case, nolle prosse was entered; in the next case the indictment was quashed, and in the third case a demurrer was sus- tained. Says Fines Smaller Here. The average fines in prohfbition cases throughout the country in 1923 were $170, while in the District of Columbla the average was $79.43, he said. In regard to jail sentences for boot- legging, Mr. Wheeler finds that In the District “they were few and far between.” The jail sentence is the most Tective means to stop bootieggers, Mr. Wheeler said. In discussing the subject of second offenders, Mr. Wheeier told the in igating committee that ooks show that from January 1, 1923, March 20, 1924, 363 persons were a sted in” the District. charged with ond offenses agalnst the prohibi- tion act. 974 Arrests Made. The total number of arrests from 1, 1823, to March 1, 1 was Thus, for a period 'slightly in excess of one.year. Mr. Wheeler finds, more than one-third of thase ar- rested have been arrested previously. The evident inadequacy of the penal- ties is the cause .of many of these offenc he sai Of the second offende 3 have been docke Supreme Court of the District, tried, who, after con- paroled, Mr. Wheeler em- of averaze amount of forfeited bonds in 250 cases reported for the year ending June 30, 1923, was slight- Iy over $21, he said Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, Texas, proposed four amendments. one of which should make a serious penalty for giving a fals ne or address. The second would increase the amount of col- nd_in case of forfeiture. a | warrant _would issue. ' ‘The | third proposal was for re-enactment | of the Sheppard law for the District lumbia. The fourth proposal | provide jail sentence in ad dition to a fine. Mr. Wheeler recommended making the use of t « screen by per- sons transporting liquor a felony. He said it should be made a very seri ous offcnse for any one violation of the liquor found with 1y possession. Sees Shooting Reduced. Mr. Wheeler said that such legis- lative safeguards will redure the amount of shooting Representative Rathbone, Republi- can, Illineis, chairman of the sub- commitice conducting: the investi- £ation, was instructed to get from | the Aftorne ral an opinion as Sheppard act is still District. He said | that tke police are not aitempting to iforce it on the ground that it | was superseded by the prohibition act. | Mrs. Willicbrandt told the investi- gaung committce that there was { very limited judicial equipment in | the” District to handle violations ot law of this kind. Al such cases through the United States at- y's office, which is already over- dened. she said. Mrs. Willebrandt urged that the Police Courts should have Jjurisdiction in minor cases, but pointed out that even these courts are now far behind in_their work Mrs. Willebrandt also recommend- ©d that the number of judges should be increased Representative Elanton questioned Mrs. Willebrandt regarding some of the statements made by Mr. Wheeler. First, in regard to the fact that to January 1, 1923, no_injunctions had been granted for liquor violations. Mrs. Willebrandt said joint responsi- bility rests with the United States at- torney's office and the prohibition agents. She said that the injunction is the most effective instrument for reducing the number of violations, Tells of Procedure. Representative Blanton then re- called Mr. Wheeler's statement that since January 1, 1923, thirty-seven in- junction cases have been introduced, none of which have been carried to a |conclusion. He asked, who is re- sponsible. Mrs. Willebrandt explained the nec- essary procedure, that first an in. junction order must be issued and that then it is necessary to obtain a sec- ond offense before closing the case. The conspiracy section is the most powerful feature of the law in en- forcing prohibition, Mrs. Willebrandt said, but that the United States at- torney must have evidence, She advised the committee that the average fine and jail penalty in the District is very low. The average has been broken down, she said, by the fact that the police_courts are not given jurisdiction. Bench war- rants should always be issued. The general practice of allowing forfeit. ure of collateral should be changed, Mrs. Willebrandt said. R e RULES ON FREIGHT RATES. Supreme Court Defines Liability of Shippers. Shippers are not liable, the Supreme Court held today, for differences be- tween the lawful interstate rate and the amount actually paid on f.o.b. shipments, unless it {s specifically provided for by contract. The case arose out of @ shipment of coke from Holt, Ala., to the Great Western Smelters Corporation at Mayer, Ariz, and was. brought by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad against the Central Iron and Coal Com- pany. WILL STUDY WATER USE. Commission on Rio Grande Irri- gation Named. A Senate bill authorizing appoint- ment of a commission to co-operate with representatives of Mexico in a study of the equitable use for irriga- tion purposes of waters of the Rio below Fort Quitman, Texas, 2 ’mfi- Sy law weapons to be in his engaged in | FORMER PROSECUTOR GETS 10-YEAR SENTENCE W. J. Corcoran Guilty in Plot to Blackmail Wealthy Men—Wom- an Given Five Years. By the Associnted Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,, May 5—Wil- liam J. Corcoran, former district at- torney of Middlesex County, was sen- tenced today to seven to ten years in the state prison for blackmail. Mrs. Theresa Duggan was sen- tenced to five years at the woman's prison at Sherborn and T. Warren Kane to three and a half to five years at the state prison. A stay of execution of sentence on all three was granted. The charge grew out of the in- vestigation by former Attorney Gen- eral J. Weston Alien, which led to the removal of Nathan A. Tufts as district attorney of Middlesex County in 1921, Mr. Allen named Corcoran one of a blackmall gang which had extorted money from wealthy men lured into comprising situations. RADIO PATENT GIVEN DE FOREST BY COURT Declared to Be Inventor of Audion. Patent Commissioner Ruling Reversed. Lee De Forest of New York was de- clared today by the District Court of Appeals as entitled to priority as the Inventor of the audion as a means of producing sustained elec- trical oscillations in transmission by radio or otherwise. The opinion of the appellate court reverses the finding of the commis- sioner of patents, who had awarded priority to Edwin H. Armstrong. Claims to be the inventor were also made in the patent office and on ap- peal by Alexander Meissner and Irving Langmuir. In reaching the decision of the Court of Appeals Justice Van Orsdel says the question was one of fact merely as to whether De Forest, who dmittedly first conceived the idea, had not abandoned it after reducing it to practice. The court was impressed with the testimony of Armstrong and his wit- nesses who place his conception of the invention in October 1912. Redueed to Practlee in 1912. As neither Meissner nor Langmuir could go back that far, they are eliminated, the court suggests, and left the question merely between De Forest and Armstrong. De Forest re- duced his invention to practice in 12 and the testimony fails to disclosc that he abandoned it, the court fi . The decision of the New York court in a suit brought by Armstrong against the De Forest Radio Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, which was decided in favor of Armstrong. has no bearing, the court finds, be- cause it involved an infringement and not the question of priority. So little has that case to do with the matter that the court Suggests that if the decision had been for De Forest it would not necessarily have an- ticipated the terms of the claims of the Armstrong paten FINNEY TESTIFIES BEFORE OIL JURY of Tank Construction Company Also Are Called. Officials Officials of the J. G. White En- gineering Company of New York, and ssistant Secretary Finney of the In- terior Department, were called as witnesses today befors the grand jury which is inquiring into criminal charges growing out of the | Sonate oil inquiry | _The White Company is building un- |der contract with E. L. Doheny's | Pan-American Petroleum and Trans- port Company oil tanks for the Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which the Pan-American company is required to | construct under its lease of naval re- | serve No. 1 in California [ this tankage already has been com- | pleted _and Doheny has announced |that the remainder will be con- | structed irrespective of the govern- | ment’s suit for the annulment of all | contracts his company entered into | with Albert B. Fall and Edwin Denby. ccretary Finney several times has )earcd before the Senate oil com- :\‘z‘l‘t:‘-‘;‘dlic testified there that Fall had told him Harry F. 'Enfl;ur was to arrange to take care of all claims in Teapot Dome and later evidenoe was adduced in an effort to show there was a conspiracy in this connection. |¥ia also told of the secrecy that at- tended the leasing negotiations. NAVY OFFICERS’ PAY CASE RULING UPHELD The Supreme Court today affirmed the decision of the lower courts that naval officers are entitled to their statutory naval compensation when on leave of absence with permission to engage in other work. The question was raised in the cuse of Assistant Naval Constructor Jame Reed, who, in 1912, was granted Jeave of absence to become assistant director of public works at Philadel- phia. He submitted with his request for leave an agreement that he would refund all pay received by him from fhe overnment while on leave The Court of Claims held that notwith- standing the agreement he was en- titled to the salary pald those of his rank while on duty outside the service. GETS $7,500 VERDICT. Milton Blum Wins Damage Suit Agaflst Taxi Company. The Terminal Taxicab Company must pay Milton Blum ° damages for injuries received by him in No- vember, 1920, when he was struck by a taxicab of the company at Union station plaza. The District Court of firmed a judgment for that amount rendered by a jury in the District Su- preme Court. The opinion of the ap- pellate tribunal was rendered by George E. Martin, presiding judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, who sat in the absence of Justice Robb. ELEVATOR FALLS, 8 HURT. Lift Crashes Eight Floors in Chi- cago Building. CHICAGO, May 5.—Eight persons, including two women, were injured and several others severely shaken when &n elevator crashed eight floors to the bottom of the shaft in the Ashland block today. A new oper- ator was in charge. The accideiit was caused by jthe snapping ofi) the cables as Ihn‘(u" at he was ascendigle and about to sto the nintl vor, ording to operator, S 0 was among the dured. special | A part of | | was’ driving, | THE EVENIN ‘Appeals so declared today when it af- | TWO DEAD, TEN HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Child ~ Injured Fatally When Thrown From Pony Struck by Machine. COLORED WOMAN KILLED Knocked Down When She Alights From Motor Bus. Thirteen trafic accidents, two fatal were reported by the police during the twenty-four hours ended at 5 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Sadie Mor ton, colored, fifty, 1239 16th street northeast and Thomas Linney, nine 4000 Tunlaw road, were victims of, the fatal accidents. The former was knocked down in front of 1202 Bladensburg road north east by an automoblle last night, dy ing at Casualty Hospital an hour later, while the boy died at George town University Hospital this morn ing as a result of injuries sustained jesterday afternoon when a pony he was riding at 31st street and Mass: chusetts avenue was struck by an automobile. Mrs. Morton alighted from a motor bus in front of 1202 Bladensburg roai northeast. and walking in rear of the vehicle, was knocked down by the automobile of George Lanham, 1327 C street northeast. She sus tained a broken leg and severe injur: to her head. Lanham was paroled to appear as a witness at an inqu Thrown From Pony. The Linney boy, son of Thomas I. Linney, contractor, and a pupil i Blair School was riding alone yes terday aftetrnoon when the accident happened. When the automobils struck the animal the child w. thrown to the roadway and his sku! fracturec Capt. C. O. Henry, U. & M. C, sta tioned at Quantico, Va., took the in jured boy to the hospital. Occupants of the car that struck the pony stop ped and remained on the Scene unti! the boy had been taken away. Wal ter Mertz, forty, 1601 Wisconsin ave nue, alleged to have been driver of the 'automobile, surrendered later to Dolice of the seventh precinct an: was held to await the result of the child’s injuries. Auto Overturns. Overturning of the automobile Robert Kittridge, 808 22d street, a 8th and N streets yesterday after- noon resulted from a collision with the car of W. H. Walton, 1330 14th street. Mrs. H. Buntz, 1253 43; street southwest, and Mrs. Gertrude Buntz, Union H . J, occupants of the overturned car, were injured They were treated at Emergency Hospital Others injured in traffic accldents yesterday were Joseph Wescin, 3322 O street; Mrs. Antonio Longfellow, Government Hotels: John D. Herrell, Mrs. Laura Herrell and Mrs. Laura Campbell, 1735 Kilbourne: place; An- nie Sherry, 612 D street southeast; John Fletcher, colored, 720 Brown court; Mre S B. Robinson and Miss Pearl Robinson, her daughter, 1363 Monroe street, and Martha Lane, col- 51 Cleveland place. NOTEDPHOTOGRAPHER DEAD AT HOME HERE George F. Maxwell, Lifelong Local Resident, Widely Known for Artistic Work. of George F. Maxwell, seventy-eight years old, retired photographer and a lifelonz resident of this city, died at his residence, 715 Upshur street, yes- terday, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted at his late residence tomorrow morn- ing at 9 o'clock. Following, requiem mass will be held at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church. Interment will be fn Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Maxwell was educated in the public schools here, and early in life went into the photograph business. He became widely known as a portrait otographer, and attracted much in- terest in scientific circles when he made a trip to Florida to photograph the sun. under unusual conditions, for the United States Naval Observator: He retired from business about fiftec yea For more than twenty-five years Maxwell v member of the & ius Catholic Church choir. He is widow, Mrs. Mary Maxwell, three daughters, Mrs Joseph McGarry and Mrs. Louise Noland, both of Asheville, N. C., and Miss Mary Maxwell of this city, Aunto Falls: Woman Killed. YORK, Pa. May b.—Miss Anns Marshall of New Haven, Conn., forts years old, was killed, and Mre Chauncey st and’ W. €. Kraber were injurcd late last night, when their automobile went over an em bankment along the Susquehanna trail, near Strinestown. Kraber, who was unable to make a sharp turn at the morthern entrance of the bridge. Swedish Actress Arrives. NEW YORK, May 5.—Mme. Harriet Bosse. Swedish actress and widow of August Strindberg, arvived today c the Drottningholm for an indefin stay in the United States. April Circulation Daily - - 99,676 Sunday - 103,508 Digeict of Columbin. w2 ’ FLEMING NEWBO usiness Manager o nd SUNDAY STAR, docs o emuly swear that the actual number of cop of the paper namedl, sold and distributed 4o iog the month of April, A.D. 1024, wss toltows: DAILY. Copies. 09,561 102,146 102,120 . 101,661 98,723 - 101,488 <. 101,600 L 101,087 101,165 100,562 9T 5TR 101,124 100,649 Less adjustments.... o f—— Total daily net circulation..3,891,57% Total average net paid circu- IR .55, Cuvvive 95,760 Daily average number coples for service, ete 016 —_— Daily average net circulation. . 89,676 SUNDAY. COoples. . 104,711 20 . 108,521 27 Less adjustments ........ Total Sunday net circulation. 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