Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (D. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and possibly to- morrow morning; tomorrow cooler; moderate to fresh southwest winds. Temperature: Highest, 66, at noon today; lowest, 51, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page New York Stock Market Closed Today Entered as second class mattar post office, Washington, D. C. 0. 29,564, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, HERRIOTDEFANT _ i o e N BTER DEBATE | 7 G oo ON SENATEFLOC Vote Expected Tonight Will Be Close—Premier Scores Poincare Rule. the Awsociated Press CHICAGO, April 10.—Bobbed and shingled hair for women mean only additional expense to journey- men barbers, says W. S. Leidig, president of their union, here in a plea for a wage increase before Charles Bendhelm, Federal ciliator between the journeymen and master barbers. “We have had to buy new uni- forms and keep ourselves spick and span all the time on account of these lady customers.” he as- serted. “That costs money for laundry as well as for new clothes. Then we have to buy curling irons and special heavy ars Cosmetics. rent and towels are higher,” counters the statement of the master barbers, contending they cannot afford the increase. con- AGAIN PLACES BLAME UPON HIS PREDECESSORS Ministers Accused Defend Fiscal Policy in Uproarious Session. R e SHEPHERD PLANS U. 5. GOURT FIGHT Denied Bail by IMinois Su- preme Bench—More Deaths Hinted. ‘ By the Associated Press PARIS, April 10.—"If this be war Tet have it outright here” sald Premier Herriot, arising in the Sen- ate this afternoon to reply to the most scathing arraignment his gov- ernment has been subjected to during its ten months’ life. The debate had the Senate in such A state of effervescence a is seldom seen among the staid and stable sen- ators. Sentiment seemed evenly | divided and parliamentary prophets predicted the vote would be close. Premier Herriot in his reply again mentioned France's foreign debts as welghing heavily upon the country’s foreign policy and s times actually hampering her negotiators The premier said there was a conflict ¥ of technical and financial methods be. tween the Bank of France and the treas- ury. The former was opposed to infla tion, while the latter was forced by cir cumstances to favor larger circulation bacause of the higher cost of commodi- ! ties. us By the Assaciated Pres: CHICAGO, April 10.—Federal courts may be asked by the defense to take jurisdiction of the case D. Shepherd, charged with the mur- der of his foster son, Willlam N. McClintock. it wis learned today af- the Tilinois Supreme Court at gfield had refused writ of corpus. It was the fourth sutile attempt the defense effort to get Shepherd out of jail The latest setback in the campaign to free Shepherd on bail came less than 24 hours after the coroner had announced Dr. W. D. McNally, cor- oner's chemist. had found sufficient | mercury in the vital organs of Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock to have caused death and expressed the opinion that Mrs. lintock was murdered. She was the mother of “Billy” McClintock and died 16 years ago. in Blames Predecessors. The present situation of the treasury. =aid M. Herriot, was explained by the fact that the source of internal loans had been dried up, while when his prede cessors were in office money had flown in fre The premier repeated many of the arguments he had advanced in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday Premier Herriot's direct mention of ex-Premier Poincare was considered as making it certain that the latter would fntervene in the debate. The premier al- Vuded to him in saying a high, official of the ministry of finance under Poin- care, in December, 1923, on the eve of the flotation of the credit national loan, wrote the Bank of France that “the French treasury is already in desperate | straits ™ Hold Evidence Inndequate. T the Federal courts may asked to consider the ca ably upon constitutional grounds, w hinted by Willlam Scott Stewart, Shep- | herd's attorney, who three times, prior i to going to the State’s highest court, Jiad sousht anmd was denied bail | Shepherd by the criminal courts. The | effort to obtain a writ of habeas cor- pus from the high court was intended | to free Shepherd on the ground that he was being deprived of his liberty | illegail Illinois law provides that one charged with murder may be | granted bail unless the “proof is evi- | dent or the presumption of guilt is | great.” The defense has contended | that proof of gullt is not evident nor |is there any great presumption of guilt in Shepherd's case. | “All ‘this talk about Mrs. McClin- tock and Dr. Olson being poisoned fs merely an effort to inflame the public | mind against Shepherd,” said Attorney Stewart. "It is irrelevant and ridicu- lous.” be Senate in Uproar. The Senate rear at this was thrown into an up- It seemed unlikely that a would be taken until late to- night, with the cabinet's fate still in the balance Continuing, Premier Herriot said that the bonds which would be re- med through the proposed forced loan or some other system eventu- ally adopted should be burned in a public square to show the country that France was paying her debts. “France must be saved,” exclaimed the premier. “Let us save France, with me or without me, With or with- out my government. Some one must do it. These financia] measures must be passed.” The political eabinet, which battle around the ed in the Cham- her of Deputie terday, shifted to the Senate today whe former F nance Minister Francois-Mar=al took the rostrum to defend his ministry under the Poincare regime, which Premier Herriot attacked y erday. The government won & vote of con- fidence in the Chamber of Deputies last night after the premier had ad- dressed it, but the real fight was expected today, particularly as ex- Tresidents Millerand and Poincare Wwere reported ready to lead their forces against Herriot M. Francois-Marsal reviewed the premier's arguments of yesterday in #whiech he had charged that the blame for the financial difficulties now facing the country rested upon the shoulders of the previous adminis- trations since the war. Poincare Defends Policy. Millerand, Briand or Poincare did the Bank of France ex- ceed the legal limit of its circulation,” minister declared interrupted with e | sulted from poison in connection with the McClintock fortune marks | stnister history of the estate, through i the last five decades. Following the indictment of Shep- herd, echoes of the past. long silent, formed themselves to hint that other | mysterious deaths were linked with {the old tale of a deadly curse that | followed the estate The deaths to which attentjon re- (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) PARTY OF SCIENTISTS IS SOUGHT BY RADIO Had Reported Daily by Wireless. Not Heard From Since March 29. Never under ex-finance Poincare the Senator the remark I can vouch and the first Charles d ister in the first By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 10.—Radio sta- tions and ships at sea which for five days have filled the air with calls for the steamship Arcturus, carrying scientists on a deep-sea oceano- graphic expedition, today continued their efforts. The expedition has from since March 29, tain reported that all was well 200 miles south of Panama. The vessel i had been giving her position daily by wireless The Arcturus left New York on Feb- | ruary 10, and after a trip-to the Sar- | gasso Sea, on March 28 put out from | Panama for a survey of the Humboldt | current and a visit to the Galapagos |Island, in the Pacific, 730 miles west {of Ecuador. The vessel carried two powerful wireless outfits, with a | range of 5,000 miles Thinks Party Safe. While officials of wireless companies sald they knew of no atmospheric espec ve months of 1924 Lasteyrie, finance mi Poincare cabinet, is sued note today denying that the ogal limit of note circulation been exceeded during his minis He stated that the treasury was so embarrassed at four times during lis two years of service that he was obliged to ask the banks to subscribe 1o a supplementary issue of national ‘defense bonds, but such operations were quickly terminated by repa ment as the bonds fell due. It is unquestionable.” he said “that the first time this limit was ex eded wa under Premier Herriot last October.” The ex-minister read a letter from Gov. Robineau of the Bank of France to Finance Minister Clementel on De- cember 9. 1924, warning the latter that the legal limit of ecirculation gwas being reached and entreating him 1o take measures to prevent inflation which would be ruinous to the coun- try's eredit. This warning. he said, was repeated in letters of February 5 and not been heard when the cap- Francols Marsal ention to the fact that on April 2 when the circulation already had ntinued on 4, Column 3.) GRIFFS-GIANT GAME « POSTPONED BY RAIN Teams Leave for New York, Where Struggle Will Be Resumed Tomorrow. munication for 10 days, Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy, assistant director of the American Museum of Natural History, said he felt no apprehension concerning the saféty of the expe- dition. Unprecedented weather had pre- vailed in the vicinity of the Humboldt current, he said, and trouble may have,been experienced with the wire- less outfit on the ship. M foreibly called Scent Important Find. Arcturus is the largest vessel especially for deep- It is equipped with The ever fitted out sea exploration. {every type of fishing nets, from the | huge overboard trawl nets to the | smallest of hand nets. The crew num- i bers 35, and with 14 sclentists and 2 | passengers, the total on board is 51. | There was a feeling among some scientists that the expedition might be on the verge of some important discovery, and, that in order not to be premature, all information from the Today's scheduled game between the Nationals and Giants at the Grif- fith Stadium was called off shortly be- Jore 2 o'clock, when it was decided | BEEMECES B0 Aty that weather (‘mldlfln.nfi would con- Naval officials at Washington may unue to be such that it would not be! e asked to send a Government ship possible to stage the contest. | from Panama to find the Arcturus If Both teams left on the 3 o'clock | the silence of the vessel's radio is train for New York, where they will| prolonged, representatives of the New ook up tomorrow and Sunday, and | York Zoological Soclety said today. hen take a day of rest before figuring | Officlals of the soclety said, how- in the openimg games in the major | ever, that no anxiety was felt at pres- Jeagues. ent for the safety of the expedition. l of Willlam | e, presum- | for | Suspicion that five deaths have re- | the | condition which would prevent com- | EFFECTS OF POISON BELIEVED FOUNDIN - THOMAN AUTOPSY iBut Brain Evidence Must Be Backed Up by Further Test, Says G. W. U. Doctor. | | | | | | i i ( | | HYPOTHESIS OF DOSING WITH RARE DRUG STUDIED Report to Coroner’s Office by Chem: ist Held Up Pending Clear- ing of Suspicions. “Suspicious” pathological evidence. which, if confirmed, will tend to bear out charges that the late Samuel P Curtin Thoman was poisoned has been uncovered by Prof Hunter, assistant dean Washington University Medical | School, he announced today | The “suspicions” were of enough | importance to warrant postponement | until Monday of the pathologist's re- | port to the coroner's office. The re- | sult of the pathological findings was | | to have been turned over to Deputy [ Coroner Herbert E. Martyn today | The peculiar signs were found upon | | intensive study of the brain of the {recently exhumed body, Dr. Hunter said. Of themselves, they do not| show conclusively an unnatural ori-! gin, he explained, but if they actual-| I}y are the resuit of poisonout drugs! |4 study of the blood corpuscles of | the dead man will undoubtedly reveal | corroborative s, mptoms. Awalts Conclusive Tests. | The professor sald he worked most | of last night on the brain tests and indicated that his observations had aroused his erest.” He empha- sized that unless the blood tests now to be instituted back up the “sus cious evidences” noted in the brain, Ihe would be inclined to disregard ! the somewhat unusual appearance of the brain tissu | | Dr. Hunter s he has discussed | with Deputy Coroner Martyn th pl»:l—“ sibility of some of the so-called rarer| drugs having been administered the | deceased In such a way as not to re- veal themselves by chemical analy sxs‘ of the vital organ Certain of these drugs might have | ffected the brain of Mr. Thoman so| to produce the suspiclous appear- ance presented to the pathologist un- der microscopic examination, he stated. Effects Dificult to Trace. “There are a number of coal-tar de-| rivatives that might have affected the | brain as indicated,” Prof. Hunter as-, serted. “They are organic compounds, | exceedingly difficult to analyze in an’ autopsy test such as Was necessary | in this case. They would tend, if! administered in small quantities, to produce a lethargle condition, not un- like sleeping sickness “Furthermore, and you understand | that T am merely discussing the various possibilities from a sclentific andpoint, if Mr. Thoman was al- ready suffering from encephalitis, or | inflammation of the brain, as we have | found to be the case. it would take but a few small doses to ‘shove him over the border,’ and no one would have been the wiser. : “Of course, the peculiar condition of the brain in th case may not| mean anything sinister. But we cannot afford to overlook the slightest possibility. That is why I have de- lded to continue my examination for several days.” Will Cenfer With Deputy. Hunter arranged to have an- conference today with Dr who is in personal charge general autopsy for the | coroner’s office. The chemical tests, | completed by Dr. T. M. Price, Health | Department chemist, showed negative results for all metallic and slkaloid | poisons. | Dr. Hunter commented upon the | fact that coal tar poisons are all made | up in the form of white, crystalline | powder. A letter, now In the hands | of the police, names a certain in- dividual as having given Mr. Thoman | “a white powder” in a drink while he | was 111 a year ago. | 1f the present pathological examina- | George | £ | i Dr. other Martyn, of the tion finally confirms the chemist's re- port that no polson existed in Mr. Thoman's body. the police automatically | will drop the whole investigation, which | began two weeks ago following a mys- | terious attack on the dead man’s daugh- | ter, Mrs. Fleta Motherwell, at her home, {1205 C street northeast. | “The attack, police were led to believi was made by persons interested in ol taining possession of the incriminatir letter held by the police. The letter, in | itselt, police say, does not warrant mak- | | ing an arrest. 50 DEAD OR MISSING IN GALE-IN JAPAN Sharpest Quake of Year Rocks| | Tokio—Steamer and Fishing } Craft Founder in Storm. | Il By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 10.—The sharpest earthquake shocks of the present year occurred on the eastern side of Tokio Bay yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. | They lasted 50 seconds. Severe shocks were felt in Tokio between 6 and 7. Many fishing craft and one 600-ton steamer foundered in a gale which swept the south coast of Japan yester- |day. Over 50 persons are dead or mis: | ing. 112 KILLED IN CHICAGO. Revised Police Figures for First Quarter of 1925 Issued. CHICAGO, April 10.—Revised police figures for the first quarter of the year show a total of 112 killings in Chicago, including 49 murders, 32 {cases of manslaughter and 29 cases deemed by coroner's juries as justi- fiable homicide. Jealousy was the reason ascribed in 8 murders, domestic difficulties in 7, revenge in 3 and 8 were hold-up or robbery victims. In the killings considered justifiable 12 were by “the police in hold-up, burglery-or.gunman cases. temporary | In the evening D. C, PLAN LANE SYSTEM FOR RUSH TRAFFIC Trial to Be Made—War on All-Day Parking Proposed. Truck Speeds Fixed. A plan of reserving of a wide thoroughfare for south-bound trafic in the morning and two-thirds for north-bound vehicles in the after- noon rush period may be tried out here in the near future, Col. I C Molier, traffic engineer, said today. Col. Moller said that before such method applied any through artery probably will be given a trial on some short block like Madison place, beiween Pennsyl- vania avenue and H street Mark Off Three Lanes. In carrying out this scheme the roadway would be marked off into three lanes. In the morning rush the two west lanes would be south-bound and the lane along the east curb would be for north-bound machines the two east lanes bound and the one two-thirds is it would at the bound The subcommittee working with Trafic Director KEldridge on the re- vision of the traffic code has practi- be north west side would be for south- | Intantry FRIDAY, APRIL 1 \ | | | | | | | | offenses. cally settled all of the important ques- | tions with the exception of parking in the congested area, and this will be disposed of at a conference tomorrow night. Monday night the full advisory committee will go over the tentative draft of the new regulatio; Mr Eldridge expects to be ready by Wed- nesday or Thursday of next week to submit his recommendations to the Commissioners. Prompt Action Expected. The new regulations will become ef- fective May 3, and. since 10 days | tice must be given the public, the city heads probably will act within a few days after recelving the director's recommendations. As parking, present ued on Page 4, Column BALFOUR RESCUED FROM SYRIAN MOB Algerian Cavalry, Called to Drive Hostile Throng From Hotel, Kills Two. By the Associated Press. DAMASCUS, Syria, April 10.—Aige- rian cavalry galloping through the streets of Damascus with drawn swords and eight armored cars ma- neuvering with the troops are credited with having saved Lord Balfour from the hostile mob of 6,000 people which attempted to attack his hotel yester- day. Two were killed and many in- jured before the disturbance was quelled. The mob almost succeeded in reach- ing the hotel where the veteran British statesman is staying, the ef- forts of the Syrian police having failed completely to check the demon- strators, although extra precautions had been taken because of the attack against his hotel Wednesday night. The mounted troops and armored cars soon scattered the crowds up | stide streegs. The demonstrations against Lord Balfour are due to his work in the establishment of a national Jewish home in Palestine. He is the author of the Balfour declaration, by which Great Britaln announced support to the Zionist movement. Lord Balfour went to Palestine recently to partici- pate in the opening ceremonies of the new Jewish University, on Mount Scopus. : Lord Balfour did not venture out of his hotel vegterday because of the disturbances of the night before. When the shouting crowds approached the building, the French gendarmes displayed the utmost coolness. A French officer, lying almost full- length upon his horse, charged singly into the mob as it approached. It was a timely effort, for the sudden- ness of his move startled the leader, while the troopers followed the offi- cer's example and pushed the crowds back from the immediate vicinity of the building. Hicks Now Custodian. Former Representative Hicks of New York was sworn in today as alien property custodlan, succeeding Thomas W. Milier, resigned. 10, PRESIDENTIAL PRUNING. 40-YEAR “RED” PLOT SENTENCE : Y CIRCLES HERE AROUSES ARM International Angle Is Suspe_cted——Accu;ed Ring- leader and Ajde Who Got 26 Years, May Have Penalties Lightened. Stunned by court-martial upon two soldiers ganizing the severe penalties a Honolulu imposed | charged with or- communistic secret ciety thers, Army circles here are agog today following receipt of a cablegram from Maj. Gen. Edward L. Lewis, commanding the Department of Hawalii, stating a preliminary sur- vey of the case indicates that the sentences were excessive “and prob ably will be very materially reduced There Is a widespread belief among ranking officers in Washington that the military court must have uncov- | ered conditions of a serious nature that may involve one or more foreign nations. which were withheld from public announcement for diplomatic reasons. A full report of the testi- mony taken at the trial, which prob- ably cannot reach Washington for| several weeks, is eagerly awalted. Paul M. Crouch. whose home ad- dress Is given as Taylorsville, N. C., and Walter M. Trumbull of Taunton, | Mass., both on duty with the 2lIst in the Hawaiian Island privates accused of grave Crouch was sentenced to vears at hard labor and dishon- BYRD PICKS THRE MAGMILLAN AIDES Selects Plane Mechanics Accompany Expedition Into Arctic. in a are the | | 40 to Vith only two months remaining before the MacMillan Arctic expedi- tion under the auspices of the Na- tional Geographic Society is scheduled to leave for the northland, Lieut. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, in command of the naval section of the project, has selected three mechanics to ac- company him, two of which are now on duty at the naval air station here. They are: Chief Boatswain's Mate S. J. Williamson and Avia‘ion Chief Machinist's Mate Charles I. Kessler of the Agacostia station, and Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Flovd Bennett, now attached to the U. S. S. Rich- mond. Comdr. Byrd hopes to arrange a conference with. Rear Admiral. Wil- liam A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, this afternoon, at| which the selection of officers to fly. the two Loening amphiblan planes will be considered. It is doubtful if any pilot on duty in Washington who has volunteered for the trip will be selected because of the general feel- ing throughout the service that: the “plume” are given to those on duty here. However, a departure may be made from this In the Interest of the flight's success, and if the best men are found to be here they will be chosen, it was said. The selection of the mechanics is | as definite as can possibly be at this time, Comdr. Byrd said, and does not indicate that the three men abso- lutely will make the trip. In one case the man selected may not get farther than Wiscasset, Me., the offi- cial starting point. This applies to Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate | Kessier, who will leave the Navy in July, and who has expressed the de- sire to return to private life. How- ever, Comdr. Byrd regards the in- itial preparation of the planes for flight as one of the most important features of the expedition, and it will receive the benefit of Kessler's past experience. All Qualify as Pilots. Chiet Boatswain's Mate William- son has been at the naval air station for about two vears and has seen 12 years of service in the Navy. He was born at Fall River, Mass. in 1895. Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Kessler has been at the air station here for the past year and a half and has a record of 16 years in the Navy. He was born in Eaton, Ohio, in.1882. Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Ben- nett was in charge of aircraft on the Richmond when it made its memo- 1925— FIFTY- | orable | charge. rable cruise in Arctic waters in con- nection with the-world flight. Dur- (Continued on Page.3, Columf'7.) FOUR PAGES. ) | | | “From Press to Home The Star’s Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is deliver ed to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 102,282 * Rudolph Will Act To Keep Swimmin Pool at Camp Open Commissioner Rudolph, chalrman of the Board of Commissioners, said today that he would confer with Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes supervisor of playgrounds, in fhe lope of having the swimming pool at the Camp Simms rifle range, Congress Heights, kept open for | the youth of that sectfon this | Summer | He agreed to act following an- nouncement in The Star yesterday that the District National Guard, | which controls the camp, was un- | willing to open the pool unless some arrangement could be made to keep a supervisor there to make bathing safe for the youngsters Mr. Rudolph said he could not state definitely that the pla mrounds department is in a posi- tion to send a supervisor to tne pool, but that he would take the question up with Mrs Rhodes. WIDE POWER GIVEN INBUILDING BRIDGE i | | | | { | | | Controller Confers Authority | 0o tess thar for Immediate Contracts on | Memorial Span Over River. Wide authority is given the Arling- to nMemorial Bridge Commission in the expenditure of funds for the erec- | tion of this gigantic span across the Potomac River, starting at the Lin coln Memorial. A decision by Con- troller General McCarl, made public today, insures that the bridge project may go forward without any delay due to the necessity of walting until | appropriations become available be- fore contracts are made Lieut Clarence O. Sherrill, di-| rector of public buildings and public| parks of the National Capital and ex- | Col | ccutive officer of the Arlington Me-| Army. years dis- discharge from the Trumbull was sentenced to 26 at hard labor and dishonorabie i Gen. Lewis' cablegram. received at the War Department this morning, | sald Crouch had been tried and found guilty of four separate counts, charg- ing him with, first, organizing a secret xociety having for its object | revolutionary communism in viold-| tion of the laws of Hawali: second, advising and persuading another sol- dier to join the society: third, writ- ing a letter to the third Interna tionale in Moscow .applying for af. filtation, and, fourth, stating in the presence of other soldiers that he favored the overthrow of the Ameri- can Government by revolutionary means, if mecessary. Trumbull., the message stated, was accused of the first, second and third counts charged against Crouch, and, in addition, with using disrespectful language against the President of the United States and against the| Nation's flag. A fellow soldier tes- tified that Trumbull had said he was “sick and disgusted with the whole damned country. 1 wish I could get where I would never hear the name " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BANKS T0 REPORT GAIN OF $5.000.000 Increased Deposits Date! From December 31 to April | 6—Riggs Is Leader. BY CHAS. P. SHAEFFER. | Local banking institutions will re- port a gain of at least $6.000,000 in | deposits as of April 6, over the previ- ous reporting period on December 31, | last, according to an estimate based | on statistics furnished this morning| by available representative banks. This preliminary survey took in the | majority of the larger institutions, while the savings banks, very few of which are included in the sum- | mary, are all expected to show in creases. | Heavy deposits of stock dividends | and bond interest received the first | of this month is the primary con- | tributing factor to those institutions showing appreciations. Also, there is|contracts so made are subject to and | revised valuation said to be a plentitude of available for speculation and invest- | ments, much of which is now lying | dormant, awaiting some definite trend | on the part of the stock and bond markets. | In dating the call as of April Controller McIntosh has deviated from a policy that has been em- ployed at the Treasury Department for the last two years, that of call- ing for a statement of condition reg- ularly at quarterly intervals, namely March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31. Riggn Leads All 6. Riggs Natlonal Bank led all other institutions in reporting gains, show- ng an increase of approximatel $2,000,000 over the last call. Closely following was the Merchants Bank and Trust Co.. with $1,133,245.43 and e Washington Loan and T with §1,081,511.86. T Statistics of available institutions follow: Where no cents are given the amount s an approximation: INCREASES. Deposits. Net change. - '$7,208,449.01 000 $478,000.00 Riggs 2,000,000.00 | Distriet .. e.d0000 Citizens' 100110 Merchants' Bk. & Tr. Liverty America McLachlen Bank of Co Second ..., Lincoln ", 200000000 Wash. Loan & Tr. 1 Franklin . oA Bécur. Sav. ‘& Com. 4.681,400.87 Commiercial Nat'nai 14,040/978.62 LOSSES, Natl. Metropolitan.$16,160,784.76 Federal-American .. 11,431,442.73 Natl. Bk. of W 42,285.07 Colymbla. 3,489.581.86 5.243.17 1,193'248.48 s, | about four months to complete t | where the eight | be located. Then the work of changing necessary |explained that two friends of |at once. Commission, said today. | in discussing the controller's deci-| sion, that it gave him very complete | authority to proceed with the work morial Bridge | He safd he asked the controller for a|more | decision as to whether he could make | by the Distric contracts for work the bridge in advance of the time the appropria-| tions became available. Contracts to Run Period of Years. Col. Sherrill said the decision gives, him authority to make contracts run- ning over a period of years, based on | the estimated cost of the work, and wth the stipulation in the contrac that the money was only to be paid | during the vear that it hecomes avail- able by appropriation from Congress Work is being rushed forward on the bridge under the belief that the funds | were available, and the preliminary | work now is being done. In fact, it was started several weeks ago. Th first | boring has been made, and today the | drill is being shifted to another spot to | take another boring on the Potomac | Park shore. Nothing in the way of actual planning or the kind of construction for the piers, of course, can be done until the information obtained as the result of the boring is available. It will take | bor- ings, which will be made in the river and on the Virginia shore at points supporting piers will Columbia Island and the Georgetown Channel bed will have to be done. Controller's Decis! Quoted. i The controller general in his de-| cision referred in detail to the act of | February 24, 1925. authorizing the | bridge project. he intent of Con- | gress” said the controller general, | “in adopting the 10-year bullding program and in authorizing expendi- | tures during that period from appro- priations to be made from time to time not to exceed a total of $14,750,- | 000, as gathered from the foregoing, | was to confer authority on the com- | missfon to enter into contracts with private parties after due and proper ompetition to continue for the period for the construction of the bridge and its approaches or to authorize prosecution of the work di- rectly by the commission, ‘or both, as the commission might deem advis- able. “In public works of magnitude it has been customary for Congress to grant authority therefor within a limit of cost, but only make appro-| priations by fiscal vears as the prog- ress of the work requires, rather! than immediately appropriating the | entire amount of the authorization. | The authorization and not the appro- | | priation is the authority for contract- | ing for so much of the work as! physically and the orderly sequence | of construction make necessary, but| the contracts so made impose no obli- | gation upon the Government bevond the amount actually appropriated, and | Dby Congress, and must so stipulate *'* * The entering into contracts by the commission, under the uct of Feh-? ruary 24, 1925, is authorized accord- | ingly.” i COURT PROBE ORDERED | IN PHILIPPINES LAND GRAB | By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. | MANILA, April 10.—The director of | lands has ordered court actlon in the | biggest land grabbing deal ever at- tempted in the Philippines following a report by a special inspector. The case is in Pontevedera, where it is | the municipal mayor, whom he aided and | abetted, obtained title under false | pretensions, to large communal lands | secured by Spanish royal grant. A | thousand Filipinos of peon class are | living on- the land. It is alleged that committeemen | representing these poor people were | manacled and thrown into jail, but finally reported in Manila to lay the matter before the Bureau of Lands, | That office started an Investigation | Interest in the public lands question has become greater since officials apparently have become more | vigilant. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) HAUGHEN UNDER KNIFE. | { Operation on Iowa Representative Is Successful. Representative Haugen of Ilowa, who has been confined to a hospital here for several weeks, underwent an operation today. “Physicians sald it ‘was successful. effect not | duced will be « | pany’ TWO CENT 96,000,000 SLASHED FROM VALUATION CLAIMED BY C. & P Utilities Commission Adopts $18,576,956 as Figure for Phone Company. HEARINGS ON CHARGES TO BE RESUMED SOON Credit for $125,000 Spent on Radio Station Is Disallowed by Officials valuation of the 1 ' of the Chesapeake and Potomac phone Co. wa i Public Utilities Cos toda $18.576,956. This figure is approximate! the valuation of % for by The new Tele ounced the missior as $6.000 000, 000 asked . he procecdings began sever: ago. It is approximatel less than what the v would have been ceedings had not been held The commissign announced same time that hearings to rec the reasonableness of existing phone rates, which were interrup several months ago by the compan request for a revaluation, will be sumed in the near future Although the siightly reduced it was unofficial trict Building th necessarily mean th telephone rates will follow tlon of whether rates areful 1 the of Valuation. the compan months $400.0 the the pre pany £ [ pmmission he valuatio D this dos ¥ F The qu today B a hearing with next Division Briefly summed tion is as follows For rights of wa lallowed $93.330. ™ pany the land $675.000 than the whi The building used by $2,600,534, which ase of both estimates from the assessed trict tax office All other physical includes mechanical te paratus, $15,703,440 For over-heud and g cluding an unstated amount ing concern vz $2.810,000, $4,000,000 Is Cut OfF. The foregoing items g value of $21.882,354. From that however, the commission subtrs $4.000,000 for depreclation T brought the value down to $17,882 It was still however make allowance supplies and work For matcrials and and for working cus making these final value was found to be It was learned that the in revaluing the telephone disallowed $125.000 spent by cquipping casting station. 1 while th tive of u ropert lephe necessary prope the radio broad rendered in broadcasting. it did not feel that cost of the station could be made proper allowance in a valuation which is to be the basis of fixing phone rates Deprec Two of the of contention rad the tion Debated. most import poi in the valuation pro ceeding were the question of deprr ciation and going concern value. The ompany argued that while it accrued depreciation reserve proximately $4,500,000, the physical depreciation existing in the property was only $1,800,000. On this point the decision shows a deduction of $4,000,000 for depreciation The company’s claim for going cern value was $2,800,000. In the com mission’s decision there is an item $2,810,000, bui this includes overhead and intangibles as well as going concern The commission has given no indication of just how much of that figure in their decision represents going concern value Willlam McK. Clayton. who repre sented the Federation of Citizens' Asso ciations throughout the proceedings, ex pressed gratification over that part the decision dealing with depreciation since the commission subtracted almost as much as he argued for. As to the total valuation, Mr. Clayton advocated that the commission follow the invest- ment theory instead of roduction costs, which he estimated would have produced a fair value of only $15,500,000 It was understood today that the question of whether there is to be a rate reduction as the result of this will depend very of money | dependent upon future appropriations | largely on how the commission treats the allowance for depreciation in an nual operating expenses when the rate hearing comes up. The valuation arrived at today rep- tésents several days of tedious figur ing by Maj. W. E. R. Covell, E. \ Fisher and Byers McK. Bachman, in conference with the Commiskioners, The final announcement was ‘made after Commissioners Rudolph and Bell had consulted with Commissioner Oyster, who has been at home because of illness recently. DIES OF SMALLPOX. Jesse F. Stevens Tenth Victim of Disease Since January 1. Jesse F. Stevens of 1521 Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast, died at the Smallpox Hospital last night, the tenth victim of the disease in Wash- ington since January 1 Although no additional the disease have been discovered in the past 48 hours, there are stili nine patients at the hospital. cases of SECONB HERRIN BOMBING. Grocery Store of Candidate Mayor Is Wrecked. HERRIN, 1L, April 10—The sec- ond bombing Within a month was staged here early today, when an ex ploslon wrecked .he grocery store of Marshall McCormick & Bros., in the south side residence district. McCormick is a candidate for mayo on the Citizens' ticket, which is op posed to the conservative tickét spon- sored by the Ku Kiux Klan. No ame was Injured. for