Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (. s, Unsettled, tonight and row: mi about 29 Weather Bureau followed by tomorrow imum legrees. Highest lowest, 28, at Al report on page 7. warmer temperature Forecast.) or rain tomor- ight 45, at 4 p.m. $ a.m. today snow Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 T WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e Foening Star. “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 as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 98,634 Sunday's Circulation, 106,501 offic ¢ ond class matter ashington, D. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 192° HIRTY PAGES. £ PARIS AGREEMENT BINDS U. §. IN N0 WAY, HUGHES SAYS Formal Statement Declares Nation as Free as Ever From Commitment. CLAIM FOR ACTION BY CONGRESS HELD INVALID Collection of Debts Seen as Purely Executive Function by State Secretary. Hug the legally ¢ and ¢ from m European s of dor repre- public as soon the full text by A American pe said atement ! bas the Ke and would be s the other made ve was received here. asking Ca With of the John- for a copy by tor approval » veterans of From these Qe State Depart- charges that the P: by Ambassador of Sta solution pr publican te ther he has heard cement, signed the Secretary wolvement 1 guarding the war which eince t t ever the tse Text of Statement. of the agreement conferenca i participa- United States in th has already been published in the newspapers. The full text of the agreement is on its way to this country and will be pub- lished soc ved. In th meantime it may be 1) The conference ministers held Paris purpose of reaching To the allocation of the payments ex- through the operation of the Dawes plan. In view of inclusive sharacter of these payments it was y for the United States to part in the conference In order rotect its intere: ) The confe body, agency d for either jermany or by illes. In taking ference there was no violation of rvation attached by the Seu he treaty of Berlin ghes state portion the relates recent to reached at Paris whi tion of Dawes h the annuities s as’ rece fi for pected = Paris was commission by our treaty the treaty of part in this no or prov with Ve ate to Not agreement T Bound. The reached at mply for the allocation fs made under the It does mot provide for or deal with any questions izht arise if the contemplated ments should be made any such contingency the at Paris puts the United under no obligation legally or ind the United States will be as It ever was to take any of action it may think advis i of payn Dawes plar «morally free at Paris neither nor modifies treaty United States that the Paris agree- requires submission to Congr rded by administration ers as valid. They take the view that it has be the immemorial ¥ of the Washington Government the Exe deal with all relat the collection of nations, ent reiterated (4) The ement irrenders the gestions not reg utive g to other State Depar! denial of a story that r Kellogg had sought to qual- an signature \ reserva The »n absolving the cally f any nt. It S regarc re appeared to the Department gotiations as be t a Coolidge 0. K. View. Mr. Hu Wi Hot approval it of all The Wh was said by e the full dge, who, fully advised mtroversy said at obtained for h plete sanction it was issued Ohio, a abli- the foreign relations ussed the Faris had as said angl s th ary to'h House ient the President w r of dis of wnson, whose resolution up Wednesday In the itions committee, declined Secretary Hughes r than to that his ne of inquiry, and all the in would seek facts case. Borah of it man the foreign re- who had prepared to that oifered declined to VIEWS HELD WRONG. Tradition. of Peaceful Debt Collec- tion Followed at Paris. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United not invoived in any requiring the use of force in lection of debts from Germany other country The traditional position of the United States has been maintained, notwith- standing the implications in European press dispatches and apprehensions pressed by the “irreconcilable” group on Capitol Hill Secretary of Hughes merel yeiterated in his statement today wi has always been the American attitude ever since Elihu Root presented to The Hague conference® of 1907 a convention embodying the Drago doctrine, which repudiates the idea of enforced collec- tion of debts When Mr agreement not provide Geal with ise il ““{Continued on Fage 5 States Government has obligation the or become col- any Stat Hughes points out Just reached at for sanctions (penaities) or any questions that might the contemplated payments Column 1) that the Paris “does the | greement as | With | Am- | Department | d as un- | the | !Strict Adherence | To Dawes Plan Is _ Ple_(lgad by Luther5 BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. iy Radio to The Star BERLIN Luther to the made 1. . 7 Chicago Daily News 19 of January Chancellor < declaration his po.icy Re‘chstag, which will be ate today, confirms in the strongest terms the intention of the new cabinet to carry out the Dawes plan Intern will be benevo the new government benevolently capitalistic— nt on the lines suggested by Saturday’s decision which makes | @n eight-hour day obligatoiy on all German heavy industry, and capi- | talistic in so far as the unoearable | taxes on industry and business will | be lowered so far as possible. Business is encouraged (o believe general situation has been created by which Germany can obtain ihe she so urgently reeds. credit (Copyright, 1925, by Chicazo Laily NOTEBR OFLS News Co. OKER ROLE . DEPLORED | Rabbi Wise Urges Americans | to Think More of Nation 1 as Moral Debtor. 1 = | | Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York City, speaking today before the Na- Conference on the Cause and | Cure war, the Washington Hotel, called upon Americans to think | less of this country as “the finanelal creditor of the world, and to hope more for America as the moral debtor nation of the world European nations very busy another, thereof. harassed, | tiona1 of at | | | he said, “are their debts to one | evading the payment We are occupied, less though harassing in | secking merely to secure the payment | of those debts. It grows just a little | weary to be made to feel from day | to day 1 tate Department were an international note broker's agency. and little more Dr. Wise suggested that | posed department of peace | been paying less more the pro- which has | urged as a help to prevent war, !~l\'>|]y’ll| be the Department of State | itse | | | | | | | | Motives of War Analyzed. Discussing “Psychology of War and Peac Dr. Wise said: “As far as | the masses are motivated in the di- n of war, the outstanding mass motives are fear and greed, each of | Which is largely instinctive, neither | of which is really reasoned. That fear obtains in Europe inevitable | after the harrowing and crushing ex- | perience of ten years. but there is no excuse for f in America, though {fear is being played upon by the | protagonists of war, one day by alr threats, the next by insinuations touching the Japanese, the third by Whispers regarding Mexico and again {and the worst of all, by rumors that | the Allies will not pay their debts to | us. President Coolidge was commended | for having stood out against the | “naval mathematicians” who recom- mended elevation of guns The great agencies in the building up of a mass psychology for peace, | he said. were religion and education, {the church, school and home | Middle Ground Souzh Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, honor- | ary president of the National League of Woman Voters, who general chairman of the conference, outlined the aims and ideals of the confer- ence. ~Explaining that the nine na- tional women’s organizations had called the conference for their own education concerning the problems of war, she said “we dream of stretch- ing our hands over the ‘lunatic fringe’ as Theodore Roosevelt called it, of both war and peace movements, to find comfort and friends on the other side It was that there | program the expectation might be she said worked out a whereby the organizations represented might co-operate more effectively and practically in working toward peace No Quarrel Explaining With Army. that the conference | has no quarrel with the Army or Navy." Mrs. Catt said “they repre- sent the old system of defense, which must continue to be honored and re- spected until a safe and sane substi- tute is found. No road to world peace.” she said. “will ever be trav- | eled to the end unless and until it | brings the sense of security to na- tions. How to exchange the universal | feeling of insecurity, doubt and dis- | trust for one of security, faith wnd | £00d will seems to be the funda- mental dificulty.” { he sugges the conference be “first_appeal to the Army, the avy, und ecspecially the American gion to join in this task. There i3 al danger that the obsolete-mind- generals, throwing stones at peace- make nd hysterica.ly-minded searchers for peace, hurling bitter words in return, may jointly create a | barrage of villificaticn which will ob- | scure the real question and the real me vement “he conference swung into its first program with the session this morn- ing in the Hall of Nations, where the | meeting will be held morning, after- | noon and evening, until the end of the week. It was explained that the meetings are open to the public. b: purchasing tickets, either for one ses. sion or for the cntire conference. The meeting this morning was| opened by praver by Rev. W. C | Waltemyer. Mrs. Catt presided. Mrs Thomas Winter, “(Continued on Page the 2, Column 1.) | modest— CURB ONINAUGURAL PARADE THREATENS SOLE FUND SOURCE Galliher Fears Grandstands " Can Be Filled Only by Big Military Pageant. SALE OF RESERVATIONS ONLY WAY TO PAY BILLS President Determined to Retain Stand Ceremony. for Simple dy sens President Coolidge dgtermined in the strictest his that the ceremonies attend inauguration be thoroughly the simpler the better the Washington committee In charge faced with a serious problem in the matter of raising funds with which to meet the expenses of even a simplified fete. Already deprived of the revenues that were once derived from the now discarded inaugural ball, the com- mittee may now be called upon to confront the loss of its last big source of revenues, other than public subscriptions, if the parade is too severely censored—the sale of reserva- tions for reviewing stands. With to apply re- quest ing his Need of Big Pageant. polnted out today that a large enough crowd to fill all of the grandstands that can be bullt along Pennsylvania avenue will not be at- tracted to Washington on inaugura- tion day by anything but a brilliant military pageant escorting the Pres- ident from the Capitol after he ha been formally sworn in as the Na tion’s Chief Executive. Willlam T. Galliher the general committee, conference with President this morning on the matter troops may participate. Mr. told the President that he quests from a number of military organizations known from one end of the country ot the other as “crack regiments” for permission to accom- pany the governors of their respect- tes in the march up Pennsyl- vania avenue. It was a chairman Coolidge Galliher had re- Limit on Troops. The President, it is understood, re- iterated his desire that the number of men who might ompany the State governors, Including their staffs, suites and oflicial escorts, should be Jimited to 100 each. This limitation on the number of troops that may appesar In line, excepting the regula fighting establishments of the coun- try, it is said, would also apply to the local High School Cadets Mr. not his desire nor a big parade from numbers, There are, in and about Washington. he said. perhaps a full brigade of Regular Army, Navy and Marine Corps troops and Reserve offi- cers xhom he would like to call upon the form the first div intention the to plan standpoint of of defense Division of Governors. tinued, it was his plan composed Then, he cox to have a second division of the governors of every State in the Union, their staffs and their suites. But accompanying each governor would be a contingent of troops, ranging in size from a company of peace - strength to a battalion, and representing the outstanding military organization of that State This pian, he said, would bring to Washington the very flower of the country’s military, and give to Presi- | dent Coolidge’s inauguration a touch | olor the like of which no other Most of these picturesque entrancing of President had enjoyed old_organizations hav uniforms and represent -hapters in the Nation's history presence, marching behind their gov- ernors, was pointed out, would Sweep the crowds off their feet with enthusiasm. 1t is understood, however, that the President feels that unless the num- ser of men each governor may bring is limited. the State Legislatures may misunderstand the nature of the inaugural procession and waste large sums of money sending big contin- gents of State guards to Washington. Such a situation, it has been made known heretofore, would be to the President’s disliking. Between Two Fires. As a result Mr. Galliher is between two fires. He is anxious and bound to respect the wishes of the Presi- dent. On the other hand, he Is re- sponsible for the ceremonies attend- Ing the inauguration next March. those in a position to know, there is likely to be insufficient money to meet the inauguration expenses unless the people of Washington pay the entire bill. Harry Wardman, finance committee, is out to raise $100,000 for inauguration expenses— decorations, entertaining, firework and all other purposes. Even though the committee is successful in selling all of the reviewing stand reserva- tions, it is id, two-thirds of the $£100,000 may have to be made up by patriotic business men and other citi- zens who will pledge contributions. Up to the time of President Wil- hairman of the son's administration, Mr. Galliher said, (Continued on Page 2, C ) Plane, at Home in Sea, Air or on Land, Receiving U. S. Tests at Bolling Field | | l An amphibian airplane, equally at home on land, in the water and | in the air is being tested by Air Service officers at Bolling Field this afternoon for the purpose of determining its qualifications for | admission inte the Air Service | as a cratt of military value. It is | the first of its type ever built ! in America. Resembling a seaplane with a | hull to which attached land- ing wheels the plane carries a pilot and observer and is powered with a Liberty motor installed upside down The wheels may be folded up into the hull by means | of a lever in the cockpit when it is desired to land in the water. The craft is a biplane with wings resembling those of the De Havi- land. It has a four-blade pro- peller. Lieut. Wendell H. Brookley of McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, flew the ship to Bolling Field from New York City yesterday afternoon. It will remain here several days for rigorous fiying with landings on water and on the ground. This afternoon a race is scheduled to be held between the amphibian and a service De Haviland plane, the latter being capable of making about 120 miles an hour. The new plane was built by Grover C. Loening. of had a further | f what | Galliher pointed out that it was| ion of the pro- | | cession, as representing the first arms Their | 1t the parade is curtailed to the extent | that now seems probable, it is sald by | chairman of the | i CHAPMAN WILL GO BACK 10 ATLANTA U. S. District Attorney Says Bandit Is Held for Federal Prison Warden. ted Pross INDIANAPOLIS, erald Chapman. to ranging from robber attributed, and who was arrested 3 Muncie, Ind., will be held for the warden of the Atlanta Federal prison, Alexander G. Cavins. United | | States district attorney said today. | Chapman escaped from the Atlanta| Institution in March, 1923, a few | months after he had been sentenced | { Ind., January 19 « whom eri | to murder are sterday at to serve 25 years in connection with the $2,400,000 mail truck robbery in New York in 1921 Chapman was Muncie last night Mr. Cavins said Chapman would be placed in the | custody of thé warden of the Federal penitentiary as soon as the warden called for him Linus P. Meredith, marshal, was ready o take the pris- oner to Atlanta today, but the district attorney said he proper procedure would | be to walt for the warden from brought here United States| Operations in Muncie. Federal authorities revealed | they traced Chapman to long as four months ago, forts to capture him had been un- | successful. He was sald to | operated at Muncie as a member of | “the high-brow gang.” The author- | | ities also declared that Chapman had | been attentive a young woman who was a member of a rather prom- | inent Indiana family, but who Is| now living In the San Franclsco | | underworld. | | Chapman remained reticent today | "rognrding details of his escape from Atlanta and his subsequent activities. | Chapman, leading figure in a score | of criminal ventures that have be-| come notorious the country over, was | |lodged in jail here today awaiting | | arraignment before the United States | commissioner. The nation-wide search for the | | dapper-appearing despriads, whose | exploits, according to police, have run the scale from petty thievers to a $2.406,000 mail robbery. was br_aght to an end yesterday at Muncle, Ind., | where he was captured by a squad of | detectives after a gun battle | | The arrest was the culmination of | intensive search b that Muncie as but ef-| | {an (Continued on Page 4, Column conducted NAVAL GUN ELEVATION | REJECTED BY SENATE Proposal to Spend $6,500,000 on Work Defeated by Vote of 45 to 22. By a vote of 45 to 22 the Senate| refused today to consider the ques- tion of the elevation of the guns on | 13 American battleships in order to give them equal range with ships of the British battle fleet The fight over elevation of the guns | was resumed when Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennesse, demanded a rec. ord vote on his proposed appropria- | tion of $6,500,000 to meet the cost of | elevations. Chairman Hale of the naval commit- tee told the Senate it would be unwise to “take affirmative action while a pro- test of a foreign government in this matter is pending.’ I MISSING BAILIFF SOUGHT. iPollce Court Official Gone for Week—No Relatives Here. A lookout has beert instigated for James P, Jeftries, bailiff at Police Court for a number of years, who has been missing for more than a week. Announcement to this effect was made today by Frank A. Sebring, clerk of Police Court. Teftries is 32 years old and whs em- ployed as ballifft before the war. During the war he served 18 months overseas. Following the war he ob- tained his old job in the court. He is unmarried and has no relatives in the city. His nearest relative is a sis- ter who is in Porto Rico. Radio Programs—Page 13. Mercury in Maine Drops to 56 Below; Coldest on Record By the Axsoe FOF 19.—A below d Press FAIRFIELD, temperature Me, Ja of 36 degrees recorded here at is nuary zero ock lieved 1t for Maine was this morning establish a It o new BOSTON, January New England shivered temperatures reported points to be th The official 13 —Northern today in from some lowest in 27 years thermometer at diner, Me., early today register degrees below zero, the coldest weather recorded since 1895, SMOOT WILL PUSH REORGANIZING BILL Assures President Measure Will Not Be Changed to Meet Objections. Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, who has been the administration’s bill to reorganize the executive departments of the Government conferring with President Coolidge to- day regarding this pending legisiation stated that despite opp handling its present form. He said the joint con- gressional committee which prepared the bill has no idea of making changes in it to meet the objections. He said he is hopeful of the measure getting early consideration. The most persistent opposition to thi legislation, according to the Utah Sena- tor, is that being offered by the United States Bureau of Education, which, he said status as a emall bureau of the Interior Department than be elevated to the position of being a large part of a new department of the Government. He said also that there is some objection raised by members of veterans to the placing of the Veterans' Bureau in this new department, along with the Bureau of Education. Some little pro- test is being made againet the tran fer of the Federal road-construction work from the Department of Agricul- ture to the Interior Department “The Bureau of Education might as well understand now that if it is not placed in the new department, it will be becuase the reorganization bill failed to pass” Senator Smoot declared. Seek Veterans Support. Senaor Smoot said the opposition on the part of veterans' organiza- tions to placing the Veterans Bu- reau in this new department is not serious, because it is due to lack of real understanding on the part of those offering objection. When they are more familiar with the real pur- pose of the change proposed in the bill they will strongly favor the bill. Senator Smoot said the President was especially eager to have this legislation pass the present session and that he assured the President today that he will do everything in his power to make this possible. He stated that It is his intention to get the reorganization bill placed upon the Senate calendar =o that it will be in a position to get consideration immediately after the Isle of Pines matter has been disposed of thers. Senator Smoot also feels hopeful about the passage of the administra- tion's bill providing for a public build- ing program for the District of Columbia to cover a period of five years, at a cost not to exceed $50.000,000. The Utah Senator admits that there is considerable opposition to this pro- posed expenditure unless there is a general public building bill which would authorize the building of nu- merous Federal bufldings in various sections of the country. The Presi- dent has several times Congress for this authorization to build necessary governmental build- ings here, explaining that they are necessity if the departments are to be adequately housed and efficiently conducted. President Coolicge today personally commended J. F. McLarney, a mem- ber of the Metropolitan Police De- partment, and Pearson Talbott of the local Fire Department, who were re- cently presented with medals for bravery. They were presented to the President by Maj. Sullivan, superin- tendent of police, and George Wat- son, chief of the Fire Department. The President was told that McLarney distinguished himself several months ago when he unarmed a man attempt- ing to shoot another policeman. Mr. Talbott was decorated for carrying a woman from a burning apartment at Twenty-first and F streets. There are a number of important " (Continued on Page 3, Column 6) in the Senate, after | tion from sev- | have | eral quarters the bill will be pushed in | would rather remain in its present | organizations | appealed to | | | | | indors, [ | i | | | ) terest NEW GREAT FALLS MEASURE FAVORED Zihiman Brings Out Report of House District Committee on Project. District report from the House supported by the Secretary Weeks of Department, was made to today by Representative Fred N. Zihiman of Maryland, acting chairman of the House District cor mittee, a new bill providing for “the improvement of the Potomac River and the development of hydro- electrical power at Great Falls.” Accompanying the letter from Secretary which says L am pleased to inform the proposed bill is in with the views and policies of the de- partment, as expressed in the recom- ations made oo Congrass in Senate document No. 403, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session.” ent of the the War House on is Weeks, vou that Provisions of Bill. The new Great Falle power hill is a substitute for the Senate hill. known | as the Norris bill as follows “That the tomac Its provisions are improvement of the Po- River for the improvement of the navigable capacity thereof and for the development of hydroelectric power. in accordance with the report submitted in Senate document No. 403, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session, is hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Sectetary of War and the supervision | accord- | of the chief of ance with the plans recommended said report: Provided, That retary of War may. upon the recom- mendation of the chief of Engineers make such modifications In said plans as ke may deem advisable. Sec. 2. The Federal Power Comm sion is hereby authorized to issue licenses for the purpose of utilizing the surplus water or waterpower to be made available by the construc tion of the dams ard other necessar works authorized in the section under the terms and cordance with the down in the Federal (41 Stat.. 1063) ec. 3. Actual construction shall not be commenced on any unit of the complete project until the necessary lands and easements for flowage for such unit have been acquired by pur- chase or condemnation or agreement made for such purchase, on terms deemed reasonable by the Secretary of War, and until guarantees have been obtained in such form as to satisfy the Federal Power Commis- sion that the power can be disposed of on terms that will protect the in- vestment of the United States and conserve and utilize in the public in- the navigation and water re- sources of the Potomac River.” Engineers. in in the Sec- in ac principles laid waterpower act Purposes of Legislation. The purposes and details of t legislation are explained in the Zihl- man report as follows: The Great Falls hydroelectric project is based upon Senate Docu- ment 103, which contains the result of the investigation made by Maj. Tyler under an appropriation carried in the Federal water power act The report of Maj. Tyler is divided | into two parts: 1. Providing for an additional water supply for the District of Colum- bia For the erection of power dams " (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) fSpeeding Auto Snatches Baton From Officer Who Signals Halt Policeman Christiansen second precinet is not his awe-inspiring Policeman Christiansen, known, is crestfallen. Several times today he reached instinctively for his symbol of authority, but it was not in the pocket where he usually keeps it. The unblased truth of the matter is that Policeman Christiansen's nightstick jumped from that pocket yesterday, right under its owner's nose, and went on a joy- ride. It has not yet come back “Chris.,” as his friends and ene- mies call him, was standing at the intersection of Seventh and M streets vesterday, with his baton reposing comfortably in the afore- said pocket, when trouble appeared on the horizon. A suspected rum ear was approaching as though it of the swinging baton today. let it be Zihlman report | preceding | I'WO CENTS. Stone Nomination | s o, || TUHOUSNGUNTS e Comnite ERTY 1) RO nation of Attorney General Realtors’ Secretary Says 768 New Apartments Soon Will Be Available. Stone of urt Senate ordered today by the Chairman Sterling and t the committee acted | I ju- said the unanimously re- ney, who had been as Iy to appear in an action brought the executors of Pierpont Morgan, for whom Stone once was counsel Action on Mr. Stone's nomin tion had been deferred after Jame. Ownby presented the record o Morgan litigation, several tors desiring to inquire in the facts, ed previous- connection with him by of 1 My against the estate 310 ARE LISTED AT $50 OR LESS; 486 AT 375 | QUSTER OF TENANT REFUSED BY COURT Judge Mattingly Adheres to Original Decision in Fink- Peck Case. Licensing Plan for Dealers Advo- cated by Chicago Witness Hearing Tonight. £ honsing the Real Washington by Estate Roa | Shows that there legislation is no necessity fo rent is John Petty & board, toda told the joint congressional committes at a hearing on the Whaley Mr. Petty, strongly v of t rent the board passage of a estate dealers the pro permanen attacked ¢ bil representing advocated icensing law The posed the for real constitutionality Whaley bill for {rent commission was Roger J. Whiteford, appearing a< | torney for local board, and | Nathan William MacChesney of (' | cago, of National | Rea1 Boards, | model licensing | of | f Tudge Robert Municipal Court today refused to Krant possession of an apartment at 211A Morgan street, sued for by Mra. Frances F. Peck against Jacob H Fink, in the face of a recent decision {bY the District Court of Appeals which reversed his former decision | declining to grant possession, and re- Marttj of e gly the a the o | | Association | ate author for real awse s operators, Resume Hearing Tonight. So | comm rent to Interested tee in act and pase rent Chesney were members of the discussion of the powers of Cong legislation that Mr. Ma was requested 1o apps again at a hearing to be held tonigh at 7:30 o'clock. in the Senate committee room Mr. Petty told the the surveyv conductsd by the Rea Estate Board showed that there are manded the case for further procesd- ings with the find- | Ing of the appellate tribunal that the | housing emergency had passed and that there is no constitutional bas's | for legisiation extending life of | the Ball rent act | “Judge Mattingly declared | has the greatest respect for the decis- | 1on of the higher court, which based {its opinion on the Chastleton case | asf mone Hiily Hovfin arits [In the United States Supreme Court. | avafianre: o ey fo%, unrented an 'lr-”t'hnk'!h;wn case was not decided | 1562 unfurnished and 162 foraishe on the Sole Issue of the passing of the | He further. told the corm iinished war emergency, sald Judge Mattingly, | 163 saditionst aomgt o mittes | amd the remiTksiotithe (COUEL R Fola | oiovess of sanstrictiin Loula oo o | tion to it were mere dictum and not | {he market within the neve ana | controlling. He reiterated his former | ‘"¢, TaTKe! Within the next 90 days. ruling and denfed the motion of At- |\ o srgjeair: PELLY insisted, the sur- | for possession ton demanding the enactment of | Must Ask Review. rent law. | Attorneys E. Hilton |John L. Krupsaw. representing ghe | tenant, were a< much surprised Actorney Ottenberg when the court) declined to follow the Court of Ap- [ peals, as they expected a judgment | to issue as a matter of course, from | Which they would have had to ask tha Court of Appeals for a writ of |error. As the case now stands At torney Ottenberg must request tha| Court of Appeals to review the new decision. | _“With all regard to the Supreme | Court of the United States and to the Court of Appeals.” said Judge Mat. tingly. “and we all know the former's history and the great fight that occurred in_opposition to its endeavor to read new law into the Constitution in past |vears. I say that without having this [jancetion: befors: thonySifok el to 0 | was 1o shortage af ihese clasres of jclde the Rent Commission, the rent law | 3eoperties such as was indicated by | and the act of Congress unconstitutional | e’ ne last. | by saxing on ‘facts we judieially know" | 3 | without having the issue before them | at all—I do not know what to say—it | is not proper. With great respeet to the | courts, I again follow my original de- cision. ot inconsistent that he committes that Jackson and Lists Prices of Apartments. Mr. Petty said that many propert rent are at a erate rate. being listed at less and 486 at less than § only 242 are listed at over § This suggestion was challenged Senator Ball, chairman of the « mittee, who put into the record a re- port of the Washingten Real Estaie Board to the national association last June stating that there was a short age of 500 single dwellings for ront n Washington and a shortage of 1.000 moderate-priced apartments rent At ever the hoard of the £ 310 $50 whila the of the Mr. Whiteford placed before committee a report by the to the national association of December 31, 1924, showing tnere close hearing. how- loca such report of 3 Senator Questions Petty. Senator Ball q’:'(r‘nn:d‘)lr Petty regarding the elimination of the shortage shown in the report to the ! national organization in Ju ask- | ing whether there had been unusual | bullding activity in Washington in the last six months. Mr. Petty. in a statement to the board, had insisted that rental prop- . were not being constructed in Washington because of the rent act Senator Ball called attention to the fact that a report on bullding opera tions in various cities of the country showed that in New York and Wash ington there has been a great amount of construction work, although those cities have rent laws. Representative Blanton of Texas questioning Mr. Petty, brought out i fact that in four “not a single house has been constructed 1in Washington rental purposes Mr. Petty added that two-family | flats had been constructed either | rental purposes. To Put Case to Court. Attorney Ottenberg declared this |afternoon that he will call to the at- |tention of Justice Robb, who rendered | the opinion of the Court of Appeals, the refusal of Judge Mattingly follow the mandate of the Appellate Court The lawyver declined to say what he would ask the higher court to do. but asserted the matter would be called to the attention of the Jus- tices of that tribunal and action w then up to them i | In the course of his decis | fusing to grant a judgment for pos- | session, Judge Mattingly said “This court has no pride of per- | sonal opinion and as far as I am per sonally concerned, I would have pre- ferred the case taking its regular course before some other branch of the court. and let final action be | Representative Blanton expressed taken there, but that was not to be.|the opinion that no rent bill would The Chastleton decision, as I under- | be a panacea to stop the dissatisfac- s:‘and it :ndd as 1 comprehend it at!tion among a certain class of tenants the time, did not have solely befo the question of the exislfl.n-zfu;:l’r'l LIk (tew Mlng) tsimwl emergency or the constitutionality of “Isn’t it & fact that rent legislation acts as a red flag before a bull, cay the Ball law There were other issues | ing turmoil to asked Mr Blanton that case they were to upon which it went to g and, therefore, I say that X replied fon they d Blanton |emergency as a war measure or any he had _tror n- |other kind of measure before them |Eineer located at 817 Fourteen for decision. Notwithstanding the | Street, in which it was said that if statement that “on facts they judi-|there were no large salaries connect- cially know or knew, there was no|ed with the Rent Commission the further emergency, they sent it back | legislation would not be to the Supreme Court of the District | this time. The letter of Columbia. 1 belleve it was to go!clared that the rent bill is designed to Judge Stafford, a good man and|(o prevent the undermining of the true, lo determine whether an_emer- | hoaith of Government employes. They look very héalthy, the letter said, and if a vigit is made to the executive d= gency cxisted on evidence. When partments there would be found more was brought before him he sent it out to determine the facts and de- 500 fur coats than on Fifth avenue in New York cided it should be done, but up to this time, it has never been done, be. Senator Ball objected to this kind of statement, saying that the commi cause of the confused condition Judge Stafford is non-plussed him- S had insisted on afdavits in connec- ! tion with letters submitted Mr. Petty in his statement on behalf of the board told the committee thas | the board has 119 members, but that 391 licenses to do a real estate busi- ness have been issued in the District | a ol | two vears raised in decide, and that court, my opin- not have the question of increase?” Petty extracts from from an e Mr. read received e pressed at further de- Column 3.) Control Over Members. “In view of that statement, said Senator Ball, isn't it a fact that your organization has had practically no control over the situation here?” Mr. Petty replied that the board has a direct control over its own | membership and by reason of fts prestige has influence over men not members “Why hasm't vour organization asked for legislation to correct this situation?" asked Senator Ball Mr. Petty answered that he had | taken up the matter of a licensing | jaw with the board some time ago: that the board was favorable to such Jegislation, but, believing there would | be no opportunity to pass it at the <hort session of Congress. had | planned to recommend a law at the next ion, Mr. Petty in reply to a question by Senator Copeland sald that the pro- (Continued on Page 3, customers couldn't wajt. Police- man “Chris” Christianisen made sure his baton was basking in its usual aura of authority, stepped to the roadway and sternly lifted his right hand. It was a signal for the automobile to halt, but the driver mistook it for a demon- stration of ennui and came right ahead. . Policeman Christiansen and hi. baton both might have been miss- ing this morning at rell call if they had not been separzble. As it was the eord of the club caught on a projection of the car as At rasped by him and before m-f, knew what was happening authority had deserted him A policeman without a baton is not conducive to the hest interests of law enforcement, and Policeman Christiansen at once decided that he would give up the chase be- cause .of lack of authority.