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2 . CROSS-TOVN BUS TOBEAVTHORIZED Utilities Commission to Issue Permit, But Undecided on Which Applicant. The Public Utilities Commission, it was indicated today, will authorize establishment of a cross-town bus line from the vicinity of Thirty-sev- enth and T streets eastward as a result of the public hearing neld yes- terday. The question of whether the per- mit will be given to the Washing- ton Railway and Electric Company or to the Washington Rapid Tran- sit Company, however, will not be determined until early next week. There were indications today that the decision is more lfkely to Eo to the railway company. The commission, however, will not reach a definite conclusion for several day Certain legal points were raised in the closing arguments yesterday which must be passed on by Corpora- tion Counsel Stephens first. The Burleith Citizens' Association had representatives at the hearing vesterday to impress upon the com- mission the need for bus transpo tion from the section west of Wis- consin avenue and indorsing the ap- plication of the Rapid Transit Com- pany to operate the line. Oppose Joint Lime. Although the two street railway companies have in the past est lished bus lines jointly, the Washin ton Railway and tric Company is not willing to form a partnership with the Capital Traction Company in running the proposed Ccross-town bus line. This was developed at the after- noon session of the public hearing Vesterday, when John H. Hanna, vice president of the Capital Traction Company, announced that he thought the proposed new route from Bur- leith to the center of the city should be a joint bus operation of the two car companies. He vigorously op- posed giving such a line to the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Company. Col. Bell, chairman of the commis- sion, asked Willlam F. Ham, presi- dent of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, for an expression of opinion on Mr. Hanna's suggestion, and Mr. Ham replied that he would have to protest against making the new line a joint operation ou stated, Mr. Ham, company was losing money on_its present bus line said Col. Bell “Wouldn't you be willing to share your losses with the Capital Traction Company?” Declines “to Share Loas.” Mr. Hem smilingly replied that the offer was kind, but that he did not expect the bus routes would always be operated at a loss and that the new route asked for might prove profitable. He also argued that the route he has asked for from Thirty- seventh and T streets to Tenth and 1 streets by way of Q street and K street is practically all in territory now served by the Washington Rail- way and Electric Co. Throughout most of the day the Dbig question before the commission was whether the new cross-town bus line should be given to the Washing- ton Railway and Electric Co. or to the independent bus company, the Washington - Rapid Transit Co. It was not until the late afternoon that the situation ‘took on a new angle by the plea of the Capital Traction Co. At the morning session yesterday nearly all of those who spoke were supporters of the Rapld Transit Co.’s petition. In addition to sev- eral citizens' associations, the bus company had in its behalf long pe- titions signed by persons along its proposed route, which would extend from Thirty-seventh and T streets northwest to Fifteenth and Mary- land avenue northeast. Opposes Bleeding Car Lines. At the afternoon session the situa- tlon changed somewhat. Willlam McK. Clayton, representing the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations, took the floor in defense of the railway company's application. Mr. Clayton told the commission that if it continues “to bleed” the street railway companies by author- izing bus lines the railway companies will be forced either to curtail strest car service or increase the rate wf fare. A merger, Mr. Clayton continued, is the ultimate goal of the people of ‘Washington, and he added that if a merger existed there would not exist the same need for new bus lines. In his application for the cross- town bus lines 3r. Ham proposed to charge the same rate of fare as the street cars, with the difference that a 2-cent transfer to intersection car lines would be issued only to bus passengers paying the cash $-cent fare. that your Would Issue Transfers. Tn response to a query from Mr. Clayton, Mr. Ham said that he would be willing to issue the 2-cent trans- fer to all bus passengers if the com- mission ordered it. President Ham of the Washington Rallway and Electric was on the witness stand most of the afternoon, ing into detail to show that the orgetown and Tenleytown Railway on Wisconsin avenue has been op- erated at a loss from the time it was started until a few months ago. The Georgetown and Tenleytown, he testified, owes the Washington Rail- way and Electric Co. $590,187.65. He also submitted figures to show that the Washington Railway and Flectric system, as a whole, is earn- ing only 4.16 per cent on a valuation of $15,017,419.32. He declared that if the transit company is allowed to run the cross-town busses the loss of street car passengers by the Wash- ington Railway and Electric would take about $93,000 a year from the car company’s revenue. In summing up the case at the close of the hearing, Attorneys S. R. Bowen and Edward Clifford for the Washington Railway and Electric Co. raised a question of the legal right of the commission to grant bus franchises to the Rapid Transit Co.. on the ground that the utilities law confines the commission’'s powers to utilities that were in existence when the law was passed. Opposes New Loop. Conrad H. Syme, attorney for the transit company, responded by point- ing out that some time ago in a previous case he had raised a similar ntention that the street railway companiegs are not empowered by thelr charters to engage in the bus business. Chairman Bell sald the commission would refer these legal questions to Corporation Counsel Stephens for opinion. The street rallway companies also entered strong opposition to the proposal of the Rapid Transit Co. to add a loop to its Sixteenth street bus line by running through Spring road, Kansas avenue, around Sherman cirele, Illinois avenue and Longfellow street. Hiccoughs Epidemic in Belgium. BRUSSELS, February 5.—An epi- demic of hiccoughs has struck the province of Limbourg, eastern Bel- glum. The victims run into the hun- dreds and there have been three fatal saseny THE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. STOKES TRIAL MAY BREAK UP DOZEN FAMILIES IN CHICAGO Prosecution to Seek Only Married Men as Jurors in Hearing of Conspiracy Charges—Proceedings May Exceed Month. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 5—Twelve Chicago men are in danger of separa- tion from their wives and families for from a month to six weeks because the prosecution wants only men of family to hear the trial of W. E. D. Stokes of New York, charged with conspiracy to defame his wife, Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes of Denver, Colo. The trial promises to last longer than a month, and during that time the jury will be kept locked up. Three jurors meeting prosecution requirements were selected at the SPECIAL TMAFF RULES ANNDUNCED Regulations Governing the Streets at White House During Reception Given. The following trafiic regulations are announced in connection with the congressional reception at the White House tonight: North entrance—Guests having cards of admission for the north entrance of the White House and pink carriage cards will enter by the northwest gate on Pennsylvanla avenue, and these vehicles will be parked on Pennsylvania avenue opposite the White House. Second north entrance—Guests hav- ing cards of admission for the second north entrance and brown carriage cards will enter by the northwest gate on Pennsylvania avenue. These vehicles will be parked on Pennsyl- vania avenue opposite the White House until called. South entrance — Guests having cards of admission for the south portico and blue carriage cards will enter by the southwest gate on West Executive avenue. Cars will leave the grounds by the southeast gate on East Executive avenue, and will be parked on West Executive avenue and State place. When called they will enter by way of the southwest gate on West Executive avenue and will depart by the southeast gate on East Executive avenue. East Entrance Rules. East entrance—Guests having cards of admission for the east entrance and - white carriage cards will ap- proach the east gate in a southerly direction along East Executive ave- nue. These cars will be parked on the east side of the Ellipse. When called they will proceed north along East Executive avenue to the east gate. The east entrance will be open for admission of guests after 9 p.m. Guests will be recelved by the Presi- dent until 10:30 p.m. To avoid crowd- ing it is desirable that arrivals be distributed over the period from 9 to 10:30 p.m. Gate cards should be placed on the right side of the windshield of ve- hicles so as to be easily seen by the police and expedite traffic. Taxl cabs will be available for de- parting guests at the east entrance, both north entrances and the south entrance. . The following roads will be closed to ordinary vehlcular trafic between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and midnight: Road south of the Treasury (Treas. ury place), East Executive. avenue, West Executive avenue, road north of the Ellipse in White Lot (South Executive avenue) and road south of the State, War and Navy Building (State place). e e POLICE RESERVES END SCHOOL RIOT Ban on Fisk U. Men and Women Walking Together Causes Shooting. By the Associated Preas. NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 5.— Aroused by the insistence of Dr. F. A. MacKenzie, president of Fisk Uni- versity, negro institution, that the rule against men and women walking together on the campus and streets should be observed strictly, 100 male students joined in a demonstration last night. Police reserves restored order after pistols were fired from Livingston Hall and varfous disorderly scenes enacted on the campus. Five students were jalled on charges of inciting to riot. Dr. Mac- Kenzie being named as prosecutor. Others participating in the demonstra- tion were given an opportunity to sign a condemnation of the disorder or quit school and leave Nashville. WOMEN'S CLUBS TO START, LAW-OBSERVANCE FIGHT Federation to Hold Meeting To- morrow for Purpose of Start- ing Campaign. With the purpose of starting a cam- paign for law observance, the Wash. ington Federation of Women’s Clubs will hold a meeting tomorrow morning at 11 o'clack, in the Wardmean Park Hotel Theater, with representatives of welfare and civic organizations and the clergy in attendance. Rev. W. L. Darby, executive secre- tary of the Church Federation, will address the meeting on law observ- Lieut. Mina Van Winkle, metro- an police, also has been invited to_speak. Mrs. Virginia White Speel, presi- dent of the Washington Federation of Women’s Clubs, will preside, and Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, Assistant Attor- ney General, will attend. WILL INRREASE SERVICE. Three Ce#¥ an Hour Planned to Maryland Towns. An increase in car service during the non-rush hours to Edgemoor, Bethesda and Alta Vista on the Wis- consin avenue line will be put into offect February 9, the Washington Railway and Electric Co. announced to- day. At the present time the non-rush hour service from these communities consists of one car an hour, terminat- ing in Georgetown. The new sched- ule calls for three cars an hour dur- ing the greater part of the day. Two of these, city bound, will contlnue to Lincoln Park, first session of the trial yesterday after the defense failed to obtain a continuance for Mr. Stokes and his codefendants, Daniel Nugent, his New York attorney, and two negroes. Mr. Stokes and the three others were indicted after, it was alleged, they had sought to have proven in a New York divorce court by informa- tion obtained in Chicago that Mrs. Stokes formerly was a habitue of a notorious night-life club here. Mrs. Stokes' attorneys said she would arrive in Chicago tomorrow to appear at the trial Saturday or Mon- day. SEEK COUPE DAVER ASKILER OF GRLS Police Believe Murderer Guilty of Other Attacks About Los Angeles. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February murder of two little girls, vesterday months after their disap- pearance, and the murders another lttle girl insists she had committed in the past two years occupied the attention of authorities here today. Search for May and Nine Martin, sisters, of 12 and 8, who wandered away from home August 23 last, with 65 cents taken from a baby sister's bank, ended yesterday when their bodies were found in a fleld scarcely a mile from the sunny front yard in which they last had played with their dolls. Lay in Shallow Ditch. They lay huddled together in a shallow ditch under brush and weeds which apparently had concealed them from hundreds of searchers who months ago alded police and deputy sheriffs in a suppcsedly minute in- spection of the vicinity. Their torn clothing indicated a struggle had pre- ceded death, and an autopsy Indi- cated they had been attacked and slain, probably by strangulation. Search was begun for a man who, last Summer, annoved women and girls in that neighborhood. He believed to be the man sought for several recent attacks on girls in other sections of the city. He habitually entices his vietims into a small coupe. When the Martin girls were reported missing a neighbor said she had seen them leaving a school playground in a coupe. Confessions of Murder. Another little girl, younger than either of the slain, faced Superior Judge Walter S. Gates yesterday and repeated a sensationai story involv- ing her in the alleged murder of two infants and an advoit and at- tempts to murder several other persons. She was 7-year-old Alsa Thompson, brought before the judge for investi- gation as to her sanity as. the result of her confession to police last Mon- day that she had fed ground glass to her twin sisters, in Dauphin, Mani- toba, two years ago, poisoned a wom- an with ant paste here last year, and had attempted recently to poison members of the family with which she boarded by putting sulphurie acid from a radio battery in their coffee. ) Representatives of the district at- torney, alienists, and Mrs. Claire Thompson, Alsa’'s mother, heard the story and failed to trip her up in her recital. ‘Wanted to See Deaths.” “It's all true, mamma,” said the child. “I did it because I wanted to see them die.” In the case of the twins, Mrs. Thompson said she remembered that their sickness was & purzle to he: ‘parts of their stomachs be coming away on the 5.—The revealed seemed inside.” MORRIS W. ODELL HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGES Police Seize 350 Quarts of Booze. Defendant Released Under Cash Bond. to Morris 'W. Odell, who was arrested last night and charged with illegal posseszion and transporting, pleaded not guilty in Police Court today and demanded a jury trial. He was r leased on a cash collateral of $350. Guy Mason represented the defendant. Odell, who lives at 1416 Sixteenth street, was arrested by Policemen H. Rinke, J. W. Casey and J. L. Billman, all of the third precinct. According to their statement, they trailed Odell's automobile for more than an hour last night and finally apprehended him as he was leaving a garage at 1423 Columbia road. There they are alleged to have found large bundles containing more than 350 quarts of bonded liquors. The liquors are said to include rye, Scotch, champagne, wines and cor- dials. e HOWARD U. ORCHESTRA GIVES FINE PROGRAM Wesley Howard, Violinist Soloist, in Concert Presented at Lincoln Theater. The Howard University Orchestr under the direction of Dorcy Rhodes, with Wesley Howard, violi: ist, as soloist, presented a program of professional caliber with com- mendable interpretation at the Lincoln Theater yesterday afternoon. Beethoven's “Egmont” overture was the opening number and was played with sureness of attack and fine balance of tone. Gruenwald's patra” foli movement, glven in manner. In the concerto, by Lalo, “Spanish Symphony,” Wesley Howard showed good tone and smooth bowing in the difficult solo passages and was given fine support by the orchestra, which consists of about 40 members. The finale was a movement from Mozart's “Symphony in G Minor.” R 190,000 Get Doles. VIENNA, February 5.—The number of unemployed persons receiving doles from the government in Austria has reached 190,000, the highest number since the reconstruction period- be- gan, “Anthony and Cleo- wed with the second Dance of the Nubians,” particularly interesting BONE DENIES NOME NEEDS FLYER'S AID Serum Supply Through Reg- ular Channel Will Meet Need, He Says. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, February 5.—The diphtheria epidemic situation at Nome does not warrant immediate use of an airplane to carry serum from Nenana, Gov. Scott C. Bone of Alaska declared in a telegram sent from Juneau to the Nome Board of Health in answer to an appeal to expedite & shipment of antitoxin, “A large supply of serum will not reach Nenana (referring to 1,000,000 units sent from Seattle yesterday on the steamship Admiral Watson) until Tuesday. Three hundred thousand units of serum will be sent from Nenana. I will be governed by de- velopments until Tuesday. Please ad- vise Dr. Curtis Welch.” Dr. Welch informed the board of health that he had used 81,000 of 300,000 units of serum received Mon- day by relay dog teams from Nenana. He ‘said 38,000 units were used the first day and 43,000 Tuesday. The board of health pointed out that if Gov, Bone's program was longer than the executive anticipated the city would be without antitoxin for a longer period than at the start of the epidemic. Conditions Faver Flying. The board of health and Dr. Welch emphasized In a statement that 1,100, 000 units of serum due in Nenana Fri- day from Seattle should be divided and 600,000 units be sent on by air- plane and the balance by regular mail schedules. Dr. Welch sald that if his program was adhered to a regular supply of serum would be assured the city until the opening of the naviga- tion season in the Spring. Conditions are favorable herp for flying. “If the people of Nome are com- pelled to wait until Gov.. Bone can make up his mind that conditions are really serious and conditions warrant sending serum by afrplane, we might as well constitute the gov- ernor the head of Nome's health board, administering orders by long distance government, which may be likened as to the distance between Seattle and New York, not by raflroad connection, but by dog-team mervice across the continent,” Mayor Maynard informed the health board, Leonard Seppala, undefeated dog- team musher of northern Alaska, and former Finnish athlete, who played a commanding role in the Nenana-to- Nome dog-team relay, arrived here yesterday afternoon from Bluff, 60 miles east of Nome. “1 was glad to participate in the re- lay race,” said Seppala, who appeared to be physically well after the rigors of the trip. McMAHON DEFENDS RECORD AS JUDGE (Continued from First Page.) fense, the witness told the commit- tee that he was convinced that Rosby had been trapped by unscrupulous prohibition agents and that inasmuch as he had no previous police record he was released. The judge denied vigorously that he was susceptible to outside influ- ence, He testified that he would never allow a person to approach him on a case before it was tried, but that after conviction he would listen to statements of the previous ar- acter of the defendant and would weigh these statements in a final ais- posal of the case. Reanon for Protests. Senator Means asked the witness if he could advance any reason for the storm of protests from all parts of the United States that had arisen re- garding his reappointment. The judgo replied that he could think of no reason. “Do you think that there is co- operation between the court and the prohibition department?” asked Sen- ator Means. here 18 no friction that I know of,” repliéd the witness. “I see that your opponents have compiled a list showing the alleged low average of fines that you have levied in prohibition cases. What have you to say about that?’ asked Senator Means. Claime Gemeral Average. “I think that cases where fines were not imposed must have been added to the list and calculated in the gen- eral average. I don't think that it is exactly fair to take the total of cases that I handled, including those which were dismissed and those i which jail sentences were Imposed, to arrive at an average of fines. Only cases In which fines were fmposed should be computed when such an average s struck,” sald the judge. “From your testimony you do not assume any responsibility in col- lateral cases. Who is respomsible?” queried Senator Means. “The primary responsibility is with the arresting officer and he should get in touch immediately with the assistant District attorney iIf col- lateral is forfeited when a case should be tried,” answered Judge McMahon.” ‘Would Stand on Facts. Asked if he were an advocate of prohibition, Judge McMahon said that the prohibition act should be rigidly enforced; that ch case should stand on its own facts and that no precedent could be set in dealing with this class of law vio- lators. ‘When asked whether he had ever dismissed a case because the arrest- ing officer was not present, the judge said that he frequently had. Both Senator Means and Senator Caraway expressed surprise.at this admisston. Among the list of witnesses for Judge McMahon were the fellowing: David Hart, assistant United States attorney in the prohibition division, who safd that as far 2s he. knew there was no friction between. his department and the judge, and that, in his opinion, Judge McMahon was absolutely fair in all his dealings. Williem S. Atkins, deputy clerk in the Supreme Court of the District aid that the only trouble with the judge was that “he was too homest.” This observation drew vociferous ap- plause from those attending the hear- ing. 3 8 Calls Judge Falr. A. B, Scrivener, detective on the lo- cal police force, said that the judge was fair and honest in all cases. E. J. Kelly, also a detective, testifled that the judge was very fair and not open to outside influence. Detective Kelly was asked why Davis and McQuade, members of th: vice squad, were opposed to the re. appointment of Judge McMahon. “If Davis and McQuade were around this committes very much they would find fault with you,” enswered Kelly. Opinion of Vice Squad. A third detective, T. F. Sweeny, said that the judge was fair, fearless, efficient and gentlemanly. Senator Means asked the witness point blank if he thought much of the vice squad. “I do not,” answered Detective Sweeny. Sergt. C. C. Wise, Officer C. H. Trammel and H. H. Springer, presi- dent of the City Club, testified that [0 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1925. TRIBUTE TO SIGNER OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Photograph made today during memorial servicex held by the Sonx of the Revolution in the District of Colum- a tribute to the memory of John Witherspoon. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, who delivered the invocation, and Robert Lansing, who placed the wreath on the statue, are shown in the center of the picture. TRIBUTE RENDERED JOHN WITHERSPOON Sons of Revolution Hold Me- morial Services at Monu- ment of Patriot. Sounding a call for a better Ameri- canism, Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor emeritus of the New York Avenue Presbyterfan Churéh, de- clared today at memorial services at the John Witherspoon Statue, at Con- necticut avenue and N street, that “there is no room in America for any but Americans.” The services were held under the auspices of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia, and a wreath was placed at the base of the Witherspoon Statue by Robert Lansing, former Secretary of State. John Witherspoon, an ordained min- ister in the Presbyterian Church, and a Scotch immigrant to the United States, stood for the principles of republicanism and Americanism in their essential characteristics, Dr. Radcliffe declared, combining the qualities of tenacity, pugnacity and perseverance in 1 character which bespoke its ruggedness and independ- ence when he rallied his doubtful col- leagues together to sign the Decla- ion of Independence by declaring would_rather die than submit longet to Writish rule. Dr. Radeliffe called on all Americans to rerflunce any ties of allegiance they may fve to foreign nations and to bec Americans in spirit and in name® “A man who owes alleglance to many nations cannot be a good citizen of onme,” he said. Dr. Rad- cliffe referred to the speech of With- erspoon in Independence Hall in Phil- adelphia at_the signing of the Dec- laration of Independence as the “most significant moment in the history of the world.” John Witherspoon was born February 5, 1722, just 202 yea ago. His statue stands just across the street from the British embassy, representative of the nation against which he rebelled. Princeton Graduates Present. A delegation, of 25 ministers of the Presbyterian -Church in Washington attended the memorial services, as dia many graduates of Princeton University, of which Witherspoon was the first president. The invo- cation and benediction were pro- nounced by Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pas- tor of the Church of the Covenant. A detachment of sailors from the navy yard acted as guard of honor, and music was furnished by a sec- tion of the Navy Band. Services were announced by Dr. Thomas Edward Green, chaplain of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Colum- bia and chaplain general of the so- clety in the United States. Grouped at the rear of the monument were the flags of the society, with the American flag, Continentai standards, the banners of the Sons of the Revo- lution and the Bourbon emblem of France arranged about the statue. The committee of the soclety in charge of the ceremontes included: Dr. Green, chairman, and Rev. Walden Myer and Rev. John Van Schaick, jr. They were accompanied by the officers and members of the board of man- agers, including Brig. Gen. George Richards, U. S. M. C., president, and Charles P. Light, secretary. John Witherspoon came to the United States to be president of the then Princeton College in 1768, and in 1772 became a leader of the Presby- terians espousing the cause of the patriots in the difficulties with Great Britain, and was accounted “as high » son of liberty as any man in Ameri- ca” He was a member of the Con- tinental Congress and also a member of the Congress of New Jersey. QUAKE 1S PREDICTED. Italy to Be Center of Mild Dis- turbance, Says Scientist. FAENZA, Italy, February 5.—Prof. Raphasl Bandandi, the seismologist, who makes a specialty of. forecasting earth shocks, predicts an earthquake, having Italy for its center, for tonight. The shock, he says, will be a shgnt one, however. Other earthquakes with their center distant from Italy are pre- dicted by Prof. Bandandi for February 7,11 and 19. EARTH SHAKES IN NORWAY Fifteen Shocks Open Cracks Amid Explosions and Beverberations. OSLO, Norway, February §.—Fifteen earthquakes, some of considerable violence, accompanied by éxplosions and reverberations, have occurred in southern Norway during the last fortnight. Cracks reaching 150 feet in length by 3 feet in width were opened at Sigdal and Sokna. ———————————————————— e Judge McMahon's administration had been most efficient. It is not expected that the commit- tee will hold any further hearings ou the confirmation of Judge McMahon. Chairman Means announced today that if any further witnesses wanted to be heard they should write to him and if the remarks were pertinent they “Would:bs nserted In the record. Oil Find Reported On Little Island Near Nova Scotia By the Associated Press. . 8., February 5—A dispatch printed in the Halifax Chronicle today says that oil has been discovered seeping through the earth in three places in the vicinity of Clarkes Harbor, Cape Sable Island, off the southwestern tip of Nova Scotia. In one place the oil is seen bub- bling up in the main street of the town, the dispatch adds. COOLIDGE DECISION ON ARICA AWATTED Stand of American President of Vital Importance to Three Nations. BY. CLAUDE 0. PIKE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. BUENOS AIRES, Febfuary 5.—The approach of March 4 brings increas- ing interest in all South American political circles regarding President Coolidge’s decision In the Tacna-Arica | arbitration. The press of Buenos Aires is eagerly awaiting the announcement of the de- cisfon, but it refrains from discussing the subject, evidently not caring at the present moment to indicate its feelings or sympathies for either con- testant. The arbitrators position is considered difficult and deep curiosity about his solution of the problem s shown Effect of Plebiscite. It is generally considered that, should the decision be made favoring the holding of the plebiscite, it will he a distinct victory for Chile, inas- much as for the last 40 years, the Chileans have almost superseded the original Peruyians inhabiting the provinces captured at the close of the war in the Pacific. Among the predictions of the awards possible for the arbitrator to make is that the disputed province be made a mandate territory with the recommendations that affairs be ad- ministered for a further period of years by a representative of some European power. It recognized that in the event of such a decision, any indication of the United States attempting a supervision of the prov- inces would start an agitation in the United States and also the American republies charging further imperfal- istic designs. Another prediction is that the Cool- idge decision will divide the terri- tories between Peru, Bolivia and Chile, assuring Bolivia a port on the Pacific and at the same time placing a strict embargo against the three nations maintaining armed forces in their respective awards. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) OPERAS TO BE PRESENTED IN D. C. ARE EXPLAINED Chicago Company Representative Tells Stories Before Capital School and Theater Groups. Charles Isaacson, representing the Chicago Opera Company, will tell the tories of the four operas to be pr ented here next “Boris Godunoff, moor” and “Thais,” before a number of local audiences during the next few days. He spoks last evening at Mount Ver. non Seminary and at the Wardman Park Theator, during an intermis- sfon of the Ram's Head performance of “A Doll's House,” and later before the choir of the Church of the Cove- nant. This morning he spoke at 9 o'clock at Eastern High School, and ht West- ern High at 11 o'clock. In the eve- ning he will speak at Catholic Uni- verstly and at the Wardman Park Theater, His engagements for tomorrow in- clude a talk at Business High at 9 am., a talk to the Friday Morning Club at 11 am., and one at the Wil- son Normal School at 2:15 p.m. $6,500 SUIT FILED. ‘Woman Sues Builders on Adjacent Property. Suft to recover $6,500 damages was filed today in the District Supreme Court by Mrs. Augusta Friederich, 1214 Good Hope road southeast, against Lorenzo W. Thompson, Rob- ert W. Thompson and John L. Thomp- son for alleged damage to her prop- erty., She declares that the defend- ants erected a three-story bullding adjacent to her property under a per- mit allowing a two-story edifice and have theréby endangered her prop- erty and depreciated its value. She is represented by Attorneys Boyd snd MATINGLY DENES HE GNORED OURT Judge Fights Mandamus to Force Issuance of Ouster Order on Tenant. ed the decision of the District Court of Appeals in the housing emergency case of Peck vs. Fink is made today by Judge Robert E. Mattingly of the Municipal Court. Judge Mattingly, through Attorney E. Hilton Jackson, filed an answer the rule in mandamus laid ggainst him by the appellate court at the request of Attorney Louis Ottenberg, represent- ing Mrs. Frances F. Peck, owner of premises 211-A Morgan street, to whom Judge Mattingly refused a judgment ousting Jacob H. Fink, the tenant. Judge Mattingly declares that his action was merely a refusal to grant a summary judgment before a trial on the merits of the ouster proceed- ing. which, he contends, is an ex- ercise of judiclal discretion in view of the mandate of the appellate court directing “further proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion of the court” and mnot directing the entry of a summary jullgriént’ for posses sion. Denies Ruling Is Ignored. Judge Mattingly denies the charge |of Attorney Ottenberg that his action |in_refusing to oust the tenant before {a hearing of the facts constitutes “‘an unqualified refusal to follow the | opinion and mandate” of the Court |of Appeals, and asserts that, on the |contrary, it is his intention and has always been his intention to follow the opinfon if, on #he hearing of the case, an interpretation of the opinion |1s called for. He aiso denies that Mrs. Peck has no adequate remedy at law, and declares that to issue a man- damus against him would be to con- trol his judicial discretion and would have the effect of substituting a man- damus for a writ of error, which the Court of Appeals has frequently re- fused to do. Finally, Judge Mattingly asks that the rule against him be dismissed and the mandamus refused. TRAFFIC AND SCHOOL MEASURES TO COME UP FOR VOTE MONDAY (Continued from to st Page.) gomes from District taxes, and in that event he favors granting any new school project District residents ask for. Sees Money Saved. Representative Oscar E. Keller, Re- publican, Minnesota, emphasized that under this bill there is an actual sav- ing of money, and that therefore it is a real economy measure. When Representative Blanton sug- gested to the committee that there is a move on foot to restors the 60-40 plan of dividing the costs of upkeep of the National Capital, Representa- tive William C. Hammer of North Carolina exclaimed: “It ought to be done. Iam for it." Representative ‘A. H. Gasque of South Carolina said that by delaying action oh the school bullding pro- gram ‘‘we are keeping thousands of children out of school. This is the question of children and not of tax- payers. We must do something at this session of Congress.” Representative Gibson was Instruct- ed to report the bill with amend- ments which had been adopted by the joint subcommittee of the District by a unanimous vote. Representative Blanton called the attention of the committee to the im- perative need for something to re- lieve the rent situation, and this leg- islation has been made the special or— der of business at a meeting of the District committee tomorrow, which expects to get its bill reported out at onoce so that it also may be taken up in the House next Monday. Representative Blanton said he wished it distinctly understood that he is unalterably opposed to extend- ing the life of the Rent Commission. 1He intends to present his side of the argument and then bring the matter to a vote. YEGGMEN BAFFLE POLICE. No Clue Is Found in Blowing of Jewelry Company’s Safe. Nothing has developed in the in- vestigation of the work of yeggs in the place of business of the National Jewelry Manufacturing Co., 918 F street, where jewelry valued at ap- proximately $20,000 was stolen from the safe, and police this morning ad- mitted they were at a loss for a clue to the identification of the yeggmen or location of the place where the loot was taken. Inspector Grant said he was satisfied the yeggmen wore gloves while blow- ing the safe and taking possession of its contents, not a single fingerprint being left by them. Police of other cities have been asked to lend a help- ing hand {n the investigation. | Denial of the charge that he flaunt- TURK STAND BRINGS BALKANWAR TALK Flatly Refuses to Explain Ex- pulsion of Patriarch—Com- mon Front, Greek Aim. ! BY WALTER COLLINS. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News SOFIA, February 5—While Con- stantine, the Greek patriarch, who has been expelled from Turkey, is proceeding to the Mount Athos Mon- astery aboard the warship Averol the Turkish government has met the Greek protest requesting explana- tions for the expulsion with a flat refusal The Turkish point of view is that the patriarch intrigued with the Bol- sheviks and was altogether an un- desirable subject. The military sec- tion of Greece is talking loudly about a war of revenge. Appeal to Clergy. { Diplomatic demarches made throughout Europe, members of the clergy calling on_all the jclersy and the Christian Church to show a united front in the face of this outrage to an orthodox priest Greece will protest to the league at the council me in March against Turkey, and Bulgaria will protest that Greece has refected the minor- ities’ protoco | The attitude which | most pow [now ake toward Turkey will h great (Copyright, 1925 are being Jugoslavia. the the Balkans tions, will be watched by Chicago Daily News Co. BALKAN CHIEFS CONFER Concerted Action Against Turkey May Be Topic. BY CONSTANTINE BROWYN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News PARIS, February 5.—Although the feeling at Athens seems to be calm- ing down, the French foreign office has begun worrying about certa conversations which are going on be- tween the Jugoslavian, Rumanian, Bulgarian and Greek governments | which seem to be planning some com- mon action against the Turks in c: Greece does not obtain satisfaction | the matter of the expulsion of | Greek Patriarch Constantine | Turkey. | The internal situation in each Bal- kan state is unsatisfactory, but military situation in European Tur- key 13 such that it would require o a very slight effort on the part each « ¢ to defeat Turk army. the from Turks Negleet Capl . the withdrawal of the from Constantinople, the T ks attached no importance to the forme capital, which is subject to such reg- ulations as taxation from the Ang government that it appears this gov ernment intends to ruin whatever left of its former prosper The population. which ir ceeded 1,000,000 inhabitants dled down to hardly 500,000 main city. Adrianople, whose po; tion in 1923 was estimated at 650 has now hardly 000 inhabitants, The Turks are keeping in Europear Turkey a small garrison formed two much reduced divisions of 4, men each. the main strength of the Turkish army being mobilized on th Syrian and Iraq frontiers. Since wir The Believe Turks Unprepared. The Balkan governments are |aware that for technical and polt considerations, the Turkish gover: ment is unwilling to transport forces from the eastern frontier to Europ and it is believed in Athens. Sofl Belgrade and Bucharest that the Greek and Bulgarian armies, slightly reinforced by some Serbian contin- gents, would be able to defeat Turkish police troops in Thrace and Constantinople An easy victory may prove temp ing to these countries, who have ways looked eagerly toward Constan- tinople, and at the time of the sig- nature of the Lausanne treaty showed themselves to bo dissatisfled with the allied decision to allow the Turks to remain in Europe. According to a Balkan diplomat Parls, conversations have been carried on between the four Balkan capitals as to the ultimate fate of Constan- tinople in case of the expulsion from Europe. This is a thorny question which is likel. to prevent the co- | operation of the Balkan state: ccord- ing to that diplomat, who says that Serbia and Rumania favor the idea of neutralizing the town and placing it under the League of Nations, thus re- moving the danger of Russia’s occu- pying the key to the Black Sea. It has been suggested to the London, Paris and Rome foreign offices, that in this way, the British, French and Italian navies could be stationed at the Bosphorus, thus preventing Rus- sia from having complete control of the Black Sea. Freunch Oppose Hostilities. Greece is reductant to accept such a solution and the French government is hostile to any idea which might threaten the peace of eastern Europe. She is warning the Rumanians of the danger of a Russian attack on Bessa- baria as soon as hostilities are begun in any part of the Balkans. Premier Herriot, while he fs seri- ously worried at the unexpected turn the expulsion of the patriarch might take, hopes that Bulgaria’s lack of a vegular army, Serbia’s interior @iffi- culties and Russia’s menace to Ru- mania will avert the danger of war. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) e DEAD SHOEMAKER ONCE HAD FORTUNE Papers Left by Idaho Man Show He Once Had $1,500,000 in Maryland. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Idaho, February Papers found among the effects of Constantine Lynch, aged shoemaker of Deary, Idaho, who died a month ago, revealed that he once had a fortune of approximately $1,500,000 and was elected Republican Governor of Maryland, but kept from office by charges of irregularities, according to testimony in probate court here yes- terday. Lynch’s estate of $1,500,000 was probated and J. A. Harsh, banker of Deary, named administrator. The time and place of Mr. Lynch's for- tune was not ascertained, further than that it was in, Maryland. Five sons and a daughter survive Mr. Lynch, including Winters Lymch of Detroit and Mrs. Alba Dobson of Baltimore. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md, February The office of the Maryland Secretary of State has no record of any Repub lican ever having been elected go ernor by the name of Lynch. Liovd * Lowndres in 1906 and Philip B, Gold- boro, 1912, were the only Republicans ever elected to the governorship. T Baltimore City Directory has ne ree- ord of Mrs. Alba Dobson.