Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1924, Page 1

-WEATHER. Cloudy ana w tomorrow fair jand south shifting to no Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 No. 29,415. PRESIDENT AGREES WITH MELLON, TAX CUTNOTWISENOW What Congress May Do An-| other Question — Some Members Want Action. WHITE HOUSE OPPOSES CALLING EXTRA SESSION Those Urging One Recall Presi- dent’s Statement Revenue Act Needed Revision. The administration has no ntention of pressing for tax legisla at the coming short n Congress, it became known toda r Secretary Mellon had conferred ith President Coolidge. Tt is understood Mr. not it practical the problem at th of the lack of time other difficulties entering situation. Administration officials feel it would he rather futile to renew the fizht at the short session, problem has just been nd the resulting law #oing into effect Session Uncertain. the administration given consideration, so far, to the call z of a special ion’ of the new Congress after nexe March 4 to con- Nider tax reduction. What Congress itself may attempt, without recommendation from the ad- ministratic is another question. Some elements in _the Senate and House want immediate action, de- spite the fact that the Republican party leaders seem agreed with the White House as to the inadvisability of such a course. Others are press- ing for a special session after March 4. and it remains to be developed whether they will muster sufficient strength to convirce the President that such a session should be pre tinn se Mellon to take session because consider into the is just now axt vither ha Recall Coolidge Statement. Unless Mr. Coolidge issu session call the new Congress will not December. Those who are urging a special session point out that the President declared after the- act of 1924 was perfected that he favored another revision at the earliest op- portunity, and they argue that a delay until Jate in 1925 would not carry out ‘that program. A horizontal reduction of 25 per cent on the income taxes as pro- vided in the revenue law enacted at he last session of Congress is:the only possible tax legislation at the short session of Congress, in the opinion of Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate finance committee. Congress Line-up Same. “It would be idle to attempt a gen- eral revision of the tax laws at the coming session of Congress, which ex- pires March 4, Senator Smoot said Just before leaving Washington to at- tend the funeral of Senator Lodge. “The Ti in the Senate and in the House ren ns exactly the same as it was when the present revenue law was put through. “If, however, the condition Treasury warrants it, Congress misht @t the coming session, put through a reduction per cent in the in- come tax rates, effective all along the line, That may be done. We will know after December 15 the date of the last income tax payment for this year, just how we stand. “The per cent reauction in in- come tax. provided by Congress at the last session was applicable only to the incomes received in 1923. The revenue law enacted at the sanwe ses- sion, however, tions which will the income recei of 25 be applicable to -d in 1924, The sug- gestion now advanced by Senator Smoot might reduce by 25 per cent the taxes levied under the new law. If such a horizontal reduction were made at the short session of Con- sress, then pressure for a special ssion after March for tax reduc tion. which has been growing in some quarters, despite the fact that many Republican leaders are opposéd Lo calling a special session of Cong might be lessened materially. Undoubtedly efforts would be made, Senator Smoot , to amend th publicity provisions’ of the income tax law at the coming session. But while he favors repeal of the pub- Jicity provisions of the income tax Provisions, Senator Smoot does not ex- pect them to be repealed’at the ‘com- ing session, if at all. Cangress will be called upon, Sena- tor Bmoot said, to extend the life of 1be Foreign Debt Funding Commission at the cominz session. This commis- slon, negotiated the funding of the itish debt to the United States, and as made agregments with several gther, nations which are still to be ratified. &560,000 OFFICE BUILDING 16 BE BUILT ON F STREET Birictare Seven Stories High Will Reblace Former Home of Y. W. C. A. at No. 1333. ' The, Adams Building, 4333 F street, ‘ormet home of the Young Women's hristian Association, is to be torn own 2nd a seven-story office building With stores on the ground floor is 10 be erected in its place. It is un- derstood, that the new building will Tepresent an invesement of $500,000. The owner of the building is Albert o, ar, trustee for the Adams Building Trust. The new structure will Tace 55 feet on F street anll go pack 113 feet. The exact number of yooms the building will contain has 20t been determined. There will be keyeral stores on the ground floor. The, architects are Coolidge, Shep- k,ly, ullfinch & Abbott ‘Boston, . Boyle & Robertson of Washington are the builders. Work ias already commenced and it is ex- Jected that the structure will be completed in August. Representative Parker Weds. BOSTON, November 12.—Representa- tive James Southworth Parker df the 1wenty-ninth New York district was married today to Mrs. Amy Glidden Iiichards of Boston, at the home of the bride here, - ent | does up made material reduc- | ntly warmer tonight, colder, rthwest winds. Temperature for 24 hours ending at 2 p.m.: Highest, 58, occurred at noon lowest, 51, occurred at 1 a.m. nd in view of| tax | since this threshed out, i within | 1 called. | special |} apor 1ay B | cabinet meet until a_year from the coming | foric. | 1 | | | i !Original Papers | confidence of the | {latter moderate Entered as secona class matter post office Waashington, D, C. Of R. L. Stevenson Bring High Prices BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 12.—The original manuseript of “Kid- napped.” by Robert Louis Steven- son, brought $10,000 at an auction sale of the William Harris Arnold collection here yesterday. It is be- lieved to be the highest price ever paid for a Stevenson manuseript. Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach outbid Miss Belle de Acosta Greene, li- brarian of the J. Pierpont Morgan Library, in acquiring it. The single page manuseript of Stevenson' “Requiem” brought i_lr,fn(m, a “‘l‘li’ll‘ his notebook for ravels W key™ 3 o th a Donkey"” brought The total amount cellection, which included rare first editions of Tennyson and George Washington personal ©opy of the “History of the United, States,” was $148,723, GORE'S SELECTION | 1S EXPECTED SOON paid for the President Seeks to Stop | Rumors of Many Changes in Cabinet. The vacancy caused by the death of | Henry C. Wall cretary of Agricul- | ture, will be filled by President Coolidge | a few da, and according to | those close to the President he will ap- point Howard M. Gore, now acting Sec- retary of Agriculture. Appointment of Mr. ablnet post until he assumes the office of Governor of West Vi ginia March | 4, to which he was elected November 4, | would be looked upon by officials and | politicians as a very happy solution of | the problem, and at the same time | would be a fifting compliment to the | popular West Virginian, who left his | campaign fof governor to others the | moment Secretary Wallace died, and | has handled the affairs of that busy | department ever since. i This probable appointment and the announcement made at the Whité House yester afternoon that Sceretary of | is desires t> retire from the | l“'A\l,;\m. 4 were the two principal | s of goesip among the many ! at the White House fud;\."‘“%‘f.‘e‘:lififi ton of Mr. Gore to succeed Secretary \\a!!al\'e r.lDrK‘Rrs to meet wi proval of all concerned. £ tary Davis, it is lhOLoDin‘i‘:n l:;f Sr;‘;r:l' that President Coolidge will not have a | Breat amount of difficulty persuading him to change his mind and remain lrlt the administration tha i ite | the adn that beging life o L WeMa. Qulet. Bumors. me of the President's inti associates feels certain that :‘)"!,cm:l‘: nouncement by the White House that | Secretary Davis is the only cabinet member who has made known his in- tention to fetire, was an indirect at. tempt on the part of Mr. Coolidge | to put at rest the widespread gossip, | since the election, regarding cabinet resignations and changes, and, if ))0341\ sible, to check somewhat the cabinet speculation epidemic which has as. sumed such prominence within the | past week. It is the opinion of vire tually every one in the President's e that he has no other changes in the cabinet in mind. They contend that he has given very little | if any thought to the reorganization of his cabinet. He has plently of time for that, it is pointed out, and. besides, the President finds its neces. sary t. give every moment possible at “this time to the Government's business. Much interest is centered in the President’s appointment of Theodore Douglas Robinson of New York as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- nation early in October of Col. Theo- dore Roosevelt in order that the| might conduct his campaign for Governor of New York. In mak- | ing this appointment of Mr. Robin- | n, President Coolidge fulfilled the last request made by the late Sen-| ator Henry Cabot Lodge. Carriex Roosevelt Tradition. | Another " interesting feature inci-| t to this appointment is that Pres- ident Coolidge has carried out what has become a Roosevelt tradition in the Navy Department. The office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy has been held by Theodore Roosevelt, | “(Continued on I 2, Column 7.) = re to take this o BROOKHART’S LEAD | OVER STECK NOW 540 Error Found in Count That Re- stores 69 Votes to Democrat in Iowa Race. By the Associated Press. sl DES MOINES, Towa, November 12., —Senator Smith W. Brookhart's ofi cial majority over Daniel F. Steck Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, went to 540, a new low mark, this morning, when the election ‘board of Shelby County, dis- | covered an error which: wiped out a | loss of 69 votes previously recorded | for Steck. Official returns are still | awaited from 21 counties. ‘With the probability of completion of the official canvass late today, in tense interest was manifesg in the outcome of the race. LEOPOLD AND LOEB i GET TEACHING JOBS|~ Two Boy Murderers Added to Prison Faculty at Joliet. By the Asgociated Press. CHICAGO, November 12.—Nathan F. Leopold, jr., and Richard Loeb, serving life sentences in the Joliet Penitentiary for the kidnaping-mur- der of Robert Franks, will be mem- bers of the 'faculty of the prison, Warden Whitman announces. Leopold is teaching night classes in English, devoting two hours a night in instruction in reading, writing and spelling. Next week Loeb will take charge of an arithmetic class. The duties will be in addition to their Jjobs In the prison shops, ! embargo than any | during the [ in’ WASHINGTON FARNERS 10 TAKE SSUEWITHUNINS OVERCHLD LABOR Lines of Battle Being Drawn to Influence Legislatures in Children’s Fight. 15 RECALLS STRUGGLES OF FORMER BATTLES Promises to Present as Spectaculer Campaighn as Prohibition and Suffrage Encounters. BY FREDERIC Ameri WILLIAM W S two m zanized industrial turc and labor—are ch other in the fight for ratifica- tion of the child labor amendment. | he approaching Winter will find | them straining cvery ounce of their | strength to influence action on the | mendment in 43 States, the Legis- latures of which are about to upon it. Of the five States that have already acted, only one—Arkansas— voted in favor of ratification. M chusetts, on November 4, defeated ratification in a referendum vote by jority of more than 400.000. The ana, North rolina and Georgia legislatures had previously declined ratification. 1f nine more States join Massachusetts, Louisiana, North Carolina and Georgia, making altogether,” the amendment will be swamped. as three-quarters of the Union (36 States) must ratify the amendment to make it constitution- ally effective Dramatic Fight Seen. Undoubtedly the country is on the threshold of as dramatic crusade to write the child labor amendment into the Constitution as the United States cxperienced when the fight was on for ratification of the prohibi tion and woman suffrage amend- ments. The organized opposition of the farming group is a far graver barrier to friends of the child labor the supporters of prohibition and suffrage had to over- come. The fisht of the agricultural group will be launched at ‘Chicago second week in Decem- ber. on the occasion of the annual meeting of the American Farm Bu- reau Federation. As farm sentiment dominates in the Legislatures of 10 dozen Middle Western and s, it is easily con- ceivable that it can swing enough of them into line against the child labor amendment to defeat it. In States like Kansas, it was an issue in the late campaign. The attitude of the organized farm- ing community toward the amend- ment s set forth in an autheritative quarter as follows: “The farmers object to the ‘con- gressional mother’ idea, as found in the child labor amendment to the Constitution, permitting Congress to s laws governing and regulating child labor. Their protests in Wash- ington were of little avail, for .Con- gress has now put the question up to the States. But the State Farm Bureaus yere at the same time put on their guard, and the fight is' by no means over. States already have refused the amend- ment, and more do so this Winter. . <t vowerfully or- agricul- | ed against groups Four to ratify will Charge Meddling. “In the past Congress has tried several times to legislate on child labor, and the Supreme Court always found its action unconstitutional. Such proposals gave those who are always waiting for a chance to ‘move on the youth of the country a wonderful chance to meddle in the home and inject a congressional guardian between the parents and the children. Properly trained and given a sufficient amount of red lit- crature, they would make ever-in- creasing ‘recruits to the Socialist army. Idleness by fiat of law in- deed would be a new domestic problem Interest of the farmer in child labor is graphically indicated by the 1920 census. Under the headirg of “Chil- dren in Gainful Occupations,” there were listed 378,863 between the ages of 10 and 14. Of these, 79.9 per cent were employed on the home farms. There were only two other larze groups—those in trade, 4.6 per cent, of which three-quarters were new boys, and those in personal service, constituting only 3.2 per cent. The farm folks think their own children can best be looked after by ‘“their natural parents, and not a congres- sional mother.” The American Federation of Labor | holds its annual convention at El Paso, Tex., next week. Mr. Gompers' organization is the chief protagonist of the child labor amendment. As the farmers at Chicago in December will gird their loins for anti-ratifica- tion, organized labor in Texas on No- vember 17 may be expected to map out a vigorous pro-ratification cam- paign. ‘For many months the fed- eration’s 40,000 “locals” have been working for ratification. Labor is relatively as potent an influence in Legislatures of _industrial States as Ty “(Continued on Page 2, Column C., WEDNESDAY, NEW PLANETFOUND * CLOSETOWORED Celestial Body Was Within 20 Million Miles of Earth on September 26. &5 the Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif., November 12.— Premier calculations just completed, under the direction of Prof. A. O. Leuschner of the astronomical de- partment of the University of Cali- fornia and his assistants, reveal that the fast-moving object discovered October 23 last, by Prof. Baade at Bergedorf, Germany, Is another planet, moving in a highly ellipse at a high inclination to the ecliptic, close to the earth and near its perihelion, sald an announcement by Prof. Leuschner today. The caleulations, the announcement safd, were attended by great difficul- ties, due to the discovery of errors in earlier observations. “While the inclination of about 26 degrees is exceeded by that of the planet Albert,” said Prof. Leuschner's statement, “with inclination of about 33 degrees, and while the cccentricity of about fifty-five one-hundredths is equaled by two other planets, there is no other planet now known which has both such high inclination and egcentricity. Twenty Million Miles Away. “At its closcst approach to earth about a month before disce the very, (near Perihelion on September 28, the (new) planet’s distance was about 20,000,000 miles, or approximately twice the distance of the famous planets Eros and Albert at their closest possible approach. The new planet is receding from both the earth and the sun. = “The mean daily new planet is about 7.55 seconds of arc. The length of the semi-major axis of the ellipse is two and three- fourths astronomical units. The orbit intersects the elliptic at a point 243 degrees east of the vernal equinox and the perihelion (point of the orbit nearest the sun) lies 103 degrees farther east in the orbit. motion of the Planet Photographed. “The investigation was made pos- sible chiefly by the accurate obser- vation secured at the Lick Observa- tory since October 30 by Assistant Astronomer H. M. Jeffers and Astron- omer H. M. Tucker and an observation of October 27 by Dr. V. Biesbroeck at the Yerkes Observatory, although yniversity of Chicago and one by C. Bower at the United States Naval « ervatory at Washington, D. C., also were utilized.” The planet Prof. Lauschner has been photographed by H. B. Kaster, a graduate student of astronomy. ASK AID OF DAWES. CHICAGO, November 12.—Charles G. Dawes, Vice President-elect, the first director of the National budget, has been suggested for a financial or budget adviser to the Chicago school board, which has made plans for a $170,000,000 10-year building pro- gram. Gen. Dawes, it is pointed out, would have time before the inaugu- ration in March to help the school finances on a strong basi: 5,000 Bootleggers Plying Trade In Washington, Says Prosecutor There are 5,000 bootleggers in the National Capital. This estimate of those actually engaged in the sale of intoxicants prohibited by law, whether dis- tributed in cage or half-pint lots, was made today by Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart, who for the past three years has been in control of the Police Court end of enforcing the prohi- bition law. Mr. Hart based his estimate in round figures, but after careful consideration. Accurate figures are virtually impossible, as it would take months of going back into old files, some of which are now most disfigured with age, to obtain an accurate check, he said. It is also estimated by Mr. Hart that at least 10,000 charges of bootlegging have been brought into court during the past five years of prohibition enforcement. Of these 8,000 have either plead guilty or have been found gullty by the courts. Less than 1,00 have been nolle prossed for lack of sufficient evidence and about 500 have been dismissed by dis- agreeing juries. Many of this number, Mr. Hart stated, are repeaters, who have come up for second or third of- fenses.. Thé estimate that there are 5,000 bootleggers active today in Washington, an average of one person out of every 90 engaged in unlawful pursuits, is surprising, said Mr. Hart, but the fact that so many have been brought be- fore the courts is sufficient evi- dence to.him that the number will, in time, be greatly diminished if not totally wiped out. Mr. Hart pointed out that for the first of- fense fines were generally Im- posed, which had little effect in breaking up the trade. Now, however, Mr. Hart states that not only are jail terms be- ing given for second offenses, but in many cases in first offenses as well. Not more than 250 people now engaged in the liquor traffic have escaped being brought into court, and, according to Mr. Hart, théir day of reckoning will soon come, eccentric | eninn WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THEY'RE DROPPING Regular Aerial Service, Paris to Moscow, Planned By the Associated Press MOSCOW, November are under way for a direct aerial passenger service between Mos- cow and Paris. The first airplane over the projected route, which covers Strassbourg, Prague, War- aw, Vilna and Smolensk, arrived at’ Minsk erday, carrying the director of the French Society of erial Communication, which will direct the servige. g Regular bi-weekly flights will be inaugurated eagly in the Spring the 1,500-mile journey to be cov- ed in 19 hours by planes car: ing eight passengers each. The machines will be equipped with searchlights and other accessories for night flying. The present ralil- road journey between Moscow and the French capital occupies near- Iy five days. - B S HEARINGS STARTED UPON SUPPLY BILLS House Committee Hopes to Have Several Ready When Congress Convenes. To give the coming session of Congress a running start on its ap- propriation program, the House ap- propriations committee began hear- ings today on the first of the annual supply measures. vretary Work of the Interior Department was one of the first witnesses to appear at the opening hearing, which was held behind closed doors. . Chairman Madden hopes that when congressional session begins on December 1 _several of the appropri- ition bills Will have passed through the committee stage and be ready for consideration in the House floor. Total to be dteduced. The committee also took up today the Post Office Department supply bill. Chairman Madden declined to estimate what the total appropri- ations woulds be for the next fiscal year, but asserted they would be still ‘lower than those for this year, which were cut $390,983,878 under the previous year. Total appropriations last year were $3,784,123.324, of which $1,399,- 051,075 was for the sinking fund, public debt and other permanent charges. Two Bills That Failed. Two appropriation bills failed of passage the last session, the second defitiency bill, carrying $175,- 000,000, and the field service classi- fication appropriation of $26,357,767. ‘Appropriations for the Post Office Department for the present fiscal year were $613,645,195, which was an increase of $16,633,401 over the pre- vious year, while the total Interior Department appropriation was $290,- 493,724, or a reduction of $37,104,216. ORDER TUGS TO TAKE WASHINGTON TO DOOM Navy Proceeds With Plans for De- struction of Dreadnaught . Under Treaty. Five naval tugs were ordered to- day to proceed to Philadelphia No- vember 15 for the purpose of towing the hull of the uncompleted battle- ship Washington to a point off the Virginia Capes, where it is to be destroyed in gunfire and mining tests. This program is opposed in a suit pending in the District of Columbia Supreme ‘Court, where an injunction restraining the department is being sought by Willlam B. Shearer of New York. Official statistics -on the Washing- ton up to the date when work on her was stopped as a result of the Washington arms conference agree- ment, show a total cost to the Gov- ernment_for the ship of $16,600,000, which had been reduced by sale of surplus material and other income to date of $15,240,000. The Bureau of Construction and Repair estimated the Washington was 75.9 per cent completed—not 85 per cent, as has been reported—when work was stop- ved in August, 1922, 3 A NOVEMBER 12, 1924 -THIRTY-S1X PAGES. BUSLINE RENEWS 0-GENT FARE PLEA mentIs Needed, and Pay Raise Is Planned. For the fourth time within a year, the' Washington Rapid Transit Com- pany today applied to the Public Utilities Commission for a straight 10-cent fare on its Lus lines. After one of the previous hearings the commission, May 1, increased the -cent straight fare to 10 cents for a cash ride, or tokens at three for 25 cents. The company tells the commission in the petition filed today by Attorney Conrad H. Syme that its experience from January to November of this year ‘“demonstrates the impossibility of its compliance with the ments of “the public utilitie: under its present rate of fare." The company sets forth that for the ten months ended November 1 earnings from all sources totaled $250,443.24. Operating expenses for the same period were $271,3 showing an apparent net profit of $9.069.58. In explaining its condition, however, the company goes on: law Shows Actual Loss, “The service life of 14 of its busses expired within the last 10 months. Upon these busse: depreciation for a_corresponding period of the previ ous year amounted to $11,002.65, which amount would ordinraily have been charged to operating expenses. Therefore, this apparent profit of $9,- 069.58 would be changed under nor- mal conditions to an actual operat- ing loss for the period of $1,932.98 upon the same equipment, had its life not expired.” Mr. Syme states that by May, 1925, the service life of all of the com- pany’s busses will have expired, mak- ihg it necessary during the coming year to replace the present equip- ment with new busses at a cost of zx.omm each, or a total outlay of $298,- 100. “When it is considered,” he con- tinues, “that these busses run 18 hours a day with frequent stops, it will be seen that an estimated service e of three years is approximately correct. The annual depreciation of the new equipment would be $36,008.” Mr. Syme further states that it will be necessary for the company to build or otherwise obtain garage space for the new equipment. The company also told the commission it intends’ to increase the pay- of its bus drivers if a higher fare is granted. is o {MRS. HARDING SHOWS i GAIN IN STRENGTH Slight Improvement Reported Fol- lowing Better Night's Rest for Patient. ) [ B the Asecciated Prese. MARION, Ohio, November 12.—Mrs, Warren G. Harding, critically ill*at the White Oaks Farm home of Dr. Carl W Sawyer, near here, was somewhat stronger this morning, having slept five hours last night, ac.. cording to a bulletin given out this morning by Dr. Sawyer. “Complications and other conditions which have been present are un. changed,” Dr. Sawyer said. ERSTWHILE OFFICE BOY NAMED TO HEAD MERGER Ernest Sturn Becomes Chairman of Board for Insurance Companies. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 12.—An of- fice boy 32 years ago, Ernest Sturn today is the new chairman of the board of directors of the American Eagle, the Continental and the Fidel- ity-Phenix Insurance Companies. Mr. Sturn went into the employ of the Continental company in 1892, and rose to the position of vice president and secretary of the allied companies before assuming his presept office. As chairman of the board of direc- tors, he succeeds the late Henry Evans, who also started as an office boy. W. R. T. Says More Equip-| require- | 73.66, | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every cit; block and the regular edi- “ tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 97,834 Coolidge May Get One.of Alabama’s Electoral Votes By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., November 12.—Possibility that one of Ala- bama’s electoral votes may be cast for President Coolidge is claimed by some Republican leaders as a result of a situation that de- veloped at the election. . . Bates, one of the Democra- tic . nominees for presidential elector, died after his name had been printed on the ballot. Demo- crats were advised at the last minute to vote for A. A. Shelly but few wrote his name in on the ballot. AS a resplt, A. A. Bingham, Republican, ran about 20,000 votes ahead of Shelly, as most of the Democratic votes were cast for Bates. As a result, it mission headed by may be called on case. CIDER DEATH TOLL ISRASED TOTEN i is stated a com- the governor to pass on the Other Sixteen Victims at Bedford Elks’ Home Re- ported Improving. | { By the Associated Press. | LYNCHBURG, Va., November 12.— James K. Collins, New York City Lodge 1, B. P. O. E., died today, bring- ing the total number of victims of poisoned cider served at the Elks' National Home at Bedford Monday to 10. The other 16 aged Elks made ill by the cider and confined to the { hospital at the home were reported today as “showing signs of improve- ment.” Daniel Crowley of Summer- ville, Mass., was said to be the most seriously ill 1| The death last night of W. H. Hutchinson of Corry, Pa., brought to nine the number of fatalities which | resulted from the members of the {home drinking, the cider from "a |barrel which fd been used previ i ously to hold a plant-spraying prepa- | i ration containing arsenic. One of the | victims died almost instantly, and the t others succumbed Monday | ! Three attendants at the home, jmade ill by the cider, have com- i pletely recovered, but the -advanced | vears' of the aged Elks made them| more susceptible to the effects of the | poison. {at one time vesterday to walk about { the home, but they were later forced i to return to the sick ward for fur- | ther treatment. Supt. Mosby and county and State | authorities are convinced there was no criminal intent in putting the cider in the barrel, and Dr. Thomas ‘B. ‘West, » Bedford County - coroner, {said no inquest was likely. Com- | monwealth’s Attorney KEdward C. ! Burke said he was making a thor- |ough inquiry into the affair, but there seemed no likelihood that legal action would be taken. Arrangements for the funerals of | the victims were being completed to- | |day, The bodies of all except Alvin | | Spalding of Loveland, Colo., will be sent [to their homes for 'interment, it has | been decided. Spalding, on account of | | the long distance to his home, will be a in Berford. PROOF INHILLCASE - ISPUTUPTOU.S now ven night. ;Dry Law Charge Against i | Representative Goes to | | Jury Today. | | By the Associated Press. ! BALTIMORE, Md., | Charging the jury in the t 1 of | Representative John Philip Hill, in j the United States district court, for alleged violation of the Volstead act .by making wine and cider. Judge Morris A. Soper directed the jurymen to ignore the definitions of intoxica. tion as expounded by Dr. Harvey W Wiley, pure food expert, and Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore. These witneeses testified yesterday that cider with 2.70 per cent alcohol and wine with 11.61 per cent alcohol are intoxicating. He also told jury to find Col. Hill not guilty en the fifth and sixth counts of the in- dictment, which charge him with maintaining a common nuisance at his home, No. 3 West Franklin street. November 12— Charges Not Supported. The testimony, the judge said, did not bear out these charges, and he, | therefore, dismissed them. | The standard of intoxcation which the jury should have in mind, Judge erage which contains enough alcohol in such quantities as a man is able to drink. Intoxication, the judge added, is what the layman knows as being | drunk. When Judge Soper had completed his charge, Disttict Attorney Wood- cock asked him to instruct the jury that the burden of proof rested on were not intoxicating in fact, and that it was not incumbent upon the Government to prove that they were intoxicating. This, Woodcock argued, is provided for in section 33 of the national pro- hibition act. Judge Soper, however, declined to take Mr. Woodcock's construction of the law and refused so to charge the Jury. Judge Soper's charge to the jury preceded the argument in the case, which was opened by Arthur W. Machen for the defense. Mr. Machen told the jury it was not John Philip Hill who was on trial, “but the last vestige of Ameri- can liberty.” Woodcock objected, and Judge Soper told Machen he could not make an anti-prohibition speech in court. The case is to go to the jury this afternoon, oM Several of those ill were able ! i _— | » the | Soper said, is that produced by a bev- | to intoxicate a normal man when drunk | Col. Hill to prove that his fruit juices | TWO CENTS. TENANTS LEAGUE MAY BE SUED FOR PROTEST MEETING Agent of Clifton Apartments Considering Action to In- clude Res. WAS DEFIED IN BUILDING BY HIS AROUSED CLIENTS Forbidden to Assemble, They Do So Anyhow, and Pledge Finish Fight on Increases. Legal action will be taken against the Tenants' Leaguc. and probably those who arranged the rental-prote meeting in the lobby of the East Clif- ton Terrace Apartments last night, stated today by Joseph Lowe rental agent Mr. Lowe conference it was declared that he with other attorneys, was ir and | had not vet decided on the exact form of action, but that be a criminal it probably would charge. He stated that {action might be brought for criminal trespass, and that in some respect: the affair might warrant a charge of “inciting to riot.” He was not definit: however, about what course he would pursue. Mr. Lowe stated that the lobby of the apartmeit was taken possession of by outsiders and tenants against his will and the matter involved the right property owners to control their property. Holds Question Vital. ‘This question is so vital that interests every property owner town. What rights have propert owners, if people can come in fror the outside and conduct meetings their halls and occupy their premis¢ against their wishes. It is a seriou own | situation and must be met,” declare! Mr. Lowe. Lowe said that arrangement in regard to the rental increase could be made without any such meetings When informed of Mr. Lowe's in- tentions today Mrs. Henry C. Brow: of the Tenants' League declared: "I he wants to do it Jdet him go ahead We were there by invitation of. th« tenants. If he brings aétion I imagin he will have to bring action against his own tenants.” Mr. Lowe Heckled. Pledging themselves to move out in a body rather than pay increased | rents, several hundred tenants at w: | enthusiastic meeting in the lobby of Clifton Terrace Apartments East Jast night entered whole-heartedl> into heckling Mr. Lowe, who came t stop the meeting. Almost an hour before the sched- uled time the tenants began to gather in little groups and tell one anothe jof the rent raises they had received {and of the various other complaints | Finally A. O. Reed, a tenant, called the meeting to order and the crowd surged into the lobby. “This hallway cannot be used as a public meeting place. I could nor give permission if I_wanted to,” de- clared Mr. Lowe, as he pushed hi way through a jeering crowd. Howled down by the tenants, Mr. Lowe wa powerless to prevent the meeting. Mr. Reed stressed that the meeting be carrfed out in an orderly manne ‘We have no ill feelings, but we don't intend to pay any increases; we pay enough: most of us can't pay any more and we won't if it is at all possible,” declared Mr. Reed, yield- ing the floor to Mrs. Brown, Would Defy Landlords. Mrs. Brown declared: “If we all | stand_together and flatly refuse to the increases they won't put us | out because they cant do it. The trouble is not the high cost of labor or materials, we are willing to stand | increases for that, but it is the in- {iquitous financing. I am a sick | woman, with one foot in the grave, but the other foot comes down hard on that sort of thing,” declared Mrs. Brown as she directed her husband |to display a chart, the figures on | which, revealed the value of the {apartment after naming the trusts now on the building. “Go to the President’s mansion and ask what he is going to do with his | Government employes who are in this building and face the loss of a home,” declared Mrs. Brown. R The crowd insisted Mr. Lowe speak | At first he refused, but they became | insistent and he complied with their request. He stated that he did not | mind talking with the tenants, but |that he objected to “undesirable | trouble makers or fools from the outside trying to conduct a drive for membership in the Tenants' League in the lobby.” Here a man jabbed him in the back of the neck with a pole. to which the financial statisties of the apartment were attached. Mr. | Lowe was continually heckled and de- clared he had no desire to speak, but the crowd urged him on and he de- |tlared: “I came here to tell you that I could not sanction the meeting if I so desired. I hope the tenants will realize that less than one-third in these apartments got raises.” Here a loud hooting and yelling drowned out the rest of his remarks. “I am not familiar with Washing- ton; I come from Boston. There they will, at least, give a man a chance,” he said. “There is an acute situa- tion in Washington—government em- ployes, who have insufficient salaries, are confronted with the high cost of living; but calling people names will not remedy the situation. It's an economic problem: there should be more houses. However, speaking not as a landlord, but as an individual, if you people think the landlords are profiteering, 1 will endeavor to get the owners to sell you this building at the value set by the court, and then you may be able to reduce your rents” This was received with much laughter and heckling. P. J. Dougherty, a lawyer, declared that the court value of the place was not the assessed value or the market value, but the value of the building as it would cost to be reproduced to- day. The figures of this cost were submitted by the landlords, with no similar figures from the tenants, he declared. Henry E. Schirmer, president of the Tenants' League, expressed Ns in- tention of bringing the matter Yefore Congress. “I want the help of all of you to get a permanent rent bill by December. Get your facts, so we can show the Senators; preserve.all your “T{Continued on e 2, Column 6.) Radio Frogrmns;Fagg 2.