Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau morrow; continued cool Temperatures: Highest, lowest, 45, at 6 a.m. Full report on page 7. Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness tonight, lowed by showers late tonight or to- fol- 56, at noon today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 @The —— No. 29,583. Entered as seco nd class matter post_office, Washington, D, C WASHINGTON, D FRANGE T0 FOLLOW BRITAN N RETURN TOGOLD STANDARD Laillaux Warns Country Sac- rifices Must Be Borne to Meet Competition. LONDON STOCKS REACT FAVORABLY TO POLICY Paris Sees Advantage to U. S. in| English Course by Enhancing Great Reserve Here. By the Associated Press TARIS, April 23.—The establish- fent of a gold standard by Great Fritain will necessitate France tak- ng the same step in the opinion of the best French financial authorities. Minister of Finance Caillaux already 45 studying the question and has in- timated that it is necessary for the French people to make sacrifices to eccomplish the return to the gold btandard. The resumption of specle payménts ®y England, it was stated at the Bank of France today. will be a good thing for the United States, because it will _increase the value of the immense ock of gold held in America. France, It was said, cannot continue to strug- gle along with depreciated currenc: while all the other important com- mercial and finan countries are working on a gold basis. Great Sacrifices Probable. It is generally recognized that great macrifices will be required and a dif-| ficult period passed through before | French money can be put on a basis| of parjty with the dollar and the| pound sterling, but financiers expre the opinion that the time has come when it must be attempted. | M. Caillaux thus far has refused to g0 into details regarding possible TROOPS IN BATILE, Chamberlain Gets Added Guard; Plot| On Life Rumored By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 29.—Additional guards have been assigned to pro- tect Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain, presumably in con- nection with the discovery of a plot against his life. ! The news ot additional police protection for the British foreign secretary came from official quaz- ters. but there was much reticence about discussing the nature of the supposed plot. It was intlmated that some of the details were dis- covered outside of Lond REDSAND BULCAR LOSSESAREHEAVY Sofia Panic-Stricken When Sounds of Engagement Are Heard. By the Associated Press. ROME, Aprik 29.—A dispatch to the Tribuna from its Sofla corre spondent reports a new outbreak of | fighting between Bulgarian govern ment troops and communists. Casual-| tles are unknewn, but this dispatch says they are believed to be fairly heavy The population of Sofia became panic-striken because of intermittent | muffled explosions and all street traf- fic was stopped. A strict censorshiy prevalls, the dispatch added. | The Tribuna dispatch says the ex- plosions were caused by attempts of government forces to blast the Com (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) measyres to this end. He has con ned” himself to warni that a ‘painful financial penance” com ing in order to repair the disastrous | effects of the war and its aftermath on French finance and money. He | has vaguely talked of the “novation” | of the public debt. which is taken In | financial circles to mean a sort of forced refunding of the interior obli- | gations at something about the pres- | ent market value, which would reduce | the home debt burden nearly 506 per | cent. | Wages Present Problem. The readjustment of wages. which | have increased 400 per cent since 1813, | 1S one of the gravest difficultfes in the | Way of the renovation of the franc. With French money at par, the prices of commodities would necessarily be | radically reduced and present wages | no longer could be paid. i It is understood that Caillaux pur-| poses devoting the whole Summer | parliamentary vacation to the prob- | lem, so as to be able to tell the cham- | ber, when it reconvenes in October, | Just what must be done. BRITISH APPROVE MOVE. | Stock Exchange Responds to Gold | Standard Announcement. By the Associated Press | LONDON, April 29.—The London | Stock Exchange showed evidence to- day of being generally pleased with | the new British budget. which ft is | considered wlll carry on the policy | outlined by Premier Baldwin at the! beginning of his administration, au- | . guring well for the financial and com- | mercial community of the country. The downward adjustment of the income tax and the absence of the expected raid on the sin aused fractional gains in i ies. especially government is- ile those securities affected | by reimposition of the McKenna du- ties moved up well, especially the \ rious motor car and cycle shares. Announcement of the protective | =il tariff caused a sharp rise in the | shares of silk and artificial silk man- | ufacturing companies, these chang- ing hands with considerable freedom. Tobaccos also were good on the| strength of the preferential duties. | Speculative issues were little affected, moving quietly and steadily. All Classes Are Affected. Great Britain's return to the gold | standard w: announced yesterday | by Mr. Churchill. in what is consid- | ered the most important budget statement of modern times. Apart from its leading feature, the return to gold, the budget was of vast importance, for it contained some- thing for classes—6 pence off th income tax on earned incomes unde £1,000 for the middle classes, allevia- tion in the supertax for the wealth and a big_scheme of contributory in-| surance for the working classe: which next year will give the widows of insured men 10 shillings weekly for life, with 5 shillings weekly for the eldest child and 3 shillings for each other child under the age of 14, \and also eventually old-age pensions payable at 65 years, instead of 70, as and without any test as to | | ktng fund | vestment | Another important announcement by the chancellor was that American | credits were being arranged for to the amount of not less than $300,- 000,000, but these would be used only it and when required. Restores Imperiai Preference. Mr. Churchill has restored in a cer- tain measure imperial preference and the McKenna duties, the latter hav- ing to do with foreign films, motor cars, motor cycles, clocks, watches and musical instruments, all of which the United States exports heavily to England, and has also placed protective duties on silk and nops. He remarked that general elections haa robbe@ the treasury of the op- portunity o making a searching ex- amination of expenditure, thus indi- cating that he favored still further retrenchment in the public services, although there is a general opinion that rock bottom has been reached at an annuel expenditure of approxi- mately £800,000,000. Mr. Churchill admitted that he did hot fest justified in taking into con- mideration in this budget any sub- etantial expaneion of trade, which @dmission is regarded as rather pes- simistic in view of the country’s rospects. The country is by no means unani- ous on the ubie of resumption of ‘SHIP BOARD SIGNS |ing out of San Francisco to Manila |five vears. DOLLAR CONTRACT Five Vessels Are Involved in! Sale to Line—First De- livery on May 5. A contract was executed today for sale by the Shipping Board to the Dol- lar inerests of the five President type and the service of the Cali fornia-Orient line Approval of the Shipping Board was given to the contract as drawn by its counsel and R. Stanley Dollar, vice president of the Dollar lines, and it was signed by Chairman O'Connor for the board and by Mr. Dollar. The ships. all of the 525-foot class, are the President Taft, President W son, President Lincoln, President Cleveland and President Pierce, sail- by way of Honolulu, Yokohoma, Kobe, Shanghai and Hongkong. For four years they have been operated for the board by the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Co., which was an unsuccessful bidder for their purchase and also unsuccessfully sought to enjoin their sale to the Dollar interests. Additions to Line. By the sale the Pacific Mail will be without any passenger ships in the Oriental trade, while the Dollar inter- ests will have the five President-type vessels of the Admiral-Oriental Line which they now operate for the board out of Seattle to Manila and their ships going to the Orient in their round-the-world service, besides the acquired. ¢ to the Dollar interests of the five Vvessels of the California-Ori- ent Line will not be completed until late in June. The first one, the Pres ident Lincoln, will be taken over upon its arrival in San Francisco May 5. The others will be taken over simi larly as they arrive at that port. An initial cash payment of one- third of the purchase price will be made by the Dollar interests as each vessel is taken over. The remainder of the payments will be made over a period of years, the last being in 1937 The total payment involved is $6,625,- 000. A bond of $1,000,000 will also be deposited to insure carrying out the terms of the contract, including a stipulation to maintain the service for The vote on approving the con- tract was 5 to 2, with Commissioners Thompson and Benson voting against it. Commissioner Plummer, who op- posed the original authorization of the sale, voted with the majority, ex- plaining that he regarded the ques- tion now merely one of administrative routine. L0S ANGELES DELAYED. LAKEHURST, J., April The start of the Navy dirigible Los Angeles flight to Porto Rico, post- poned yesterday, was again cailed off today when the sun failed to appear to dry out the rainsoaked airship. Capt. George W. Steele said that weather forecasts Indicate excellent conditions for a start tomorrow. The dirigible continued to swing at her mooring mast in a 40-mile wind today. . HINDENBURG SEEKS PEACE BY TREATY, CHANGELLOR SAYS |Germany Wants No More War, Only Security, Dr. Luther Asserts. EVACUATION OF RUHR DECLARED VITAL ISSUE Must Be Speedily Settled in Order to Stabilize Europe, Pre- mier Warns. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 29.—Germany’s for eign policy will not be changed, Dr. Hans Luther, the German chancellor, declared emphatically today In an ad dress before the annual congress of the League for German Industry and Commerce. This declaration is under- stood to reflect also the viewpoint of President-elect von Hindenburg, with whom the chancellor conferred yester- day. While Dr. Luther did not refer to the recent election, it is generally understood he spoke with the full au thority of Hindenburg and the groups promoting the field marshal's can didacy. “The people of Europe desire the removal of uncertainty and lack of clearness,” Dr. Luther had previously declared. “A policy having that end in view must naturally be governed by the law of continuity and cannot rbitrarily change its direction. Desires No More War. That Germany does not desire war was a further categorical declaration by the chancellor, who laid great stress upon Germany’s adherence to the security pact idea “Germany desires to protect her- self by treaty.” he observed, “and, as T wish to emphasize at this time, does ot desire to conduct wa With regard to the failure to settle the evacuatlon question, Dr. Luther declared “The whole European polic from delay on this question.” In order to hring about stable Buropean conditions the question of the evacuation of the Cologne area by the allies must be speedily set tled. Dr. Luther said. or more than three months,” he said, “we have waited in vain for the reasons held to justify the non-evacu- ation.” Reverting to the security problem the chancellor reiterated: “It is self- evident that the standpoint adopted by the government remains un changed.” Pledges Co-Operation. The chancellor followed with a pledge for international co-operation. “German statesmen and German men of industry and commerce will never fail” he said, “to contribute their share to peaceful understanding and national suffers co-operation of nations.” Turning to internal probiems he in-| sisted that all talk about new infla tion was criminal. The chancellor said the Reichsbank has made the mark completely secure through measures it has adopted, and | that it has other measures in hand for keeping it stable. In order that Germany may export more and also that home consumption may be increased he solemnly admon- ished his hearers to forget the figures of inflation and again to calculate on close margins in which every penny counts. He said he considered an export sur- | plus essential both for industry and for the meeting of reparations pay- ments. He added a plea that the German people resume their pre-war habit of accumulating individual savings. Cabinet to Remain. The German cabinet held a meet- ing last night and, after listening to a report by Dr. Luther on his con- ference with Von Hindenburg, agreed unanimously to remain in office. This decision was arrived at on the ground | that there was nothing in the German constitution which required the resig- nation of the cabinet on the occasion of the election of a new president. In Reichstag circles there is a very defini’e impression that the present government will not be interfered with by President von Hindenburg. and that he formally will request it to remain in office in its present make- up, notwithstanding the fact that it contains one Democratic ard one Cen- trist member. in the oplnion. of political leaders, in- dicate a desire on the part of Chan- cellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann to retain the good will or neutrality of both these parties in the Reichstag, thus insuring the present government a safe working majority and the necessary immunity from the aftermath of the election. Despite the apprehension reflected in the foreign press comment on the election, government circles are tak- ing a calm view of the post-election situation, apparently convinced that the Nationalist leaders who espoused the candidacy of Von Hindenburg will desist from indulging in political ex- cesses, which might terminate in a parliamentary crisis and rivet the three Welmar parties which backed Dr. Marx into a strong oppositional factor on the floor of the Reichstag. There is a keen desire apparent in the circles about Von Hindenburg to eliminate all possible irritants from the situation on the eve of his inaugu- ration. This_inclination 'is said to (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) Veteran French Aviators to Aitempt Non-Stop, Round-Trip Flight to U. S. Br the Associated Press. PARIS, April 28.—A non-stop flight from Paris to New York and return will be attempted about July 20, it was announced today, by Paul Tarasoon and Francis Coli, both distinguished aviators who were severely wounded in service during the war. “We have one chance in 20 of succeeding, but that is enough,” they declare. Tarasoon has a wooden leg, as a result of a pre-war airplane fall. He concealed that fact and got into the French aviation service guring the war, brought down 11, L] German planes and distinguished himself in six other aerial duels. The fyers will attempt to win the $2,500 prize offered in 1919 by Ray- mond Orteig for the first non-stop flight from Paris to New York and return. They plan to fly via Eng- land, Ireland, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in a hydroairplane, which is being built with a 500- horsepower motor made in France under German patents. The flight is unofficial, although the builders of the plane are giving aid and it is hoped some arrangements may be made for assistance in American Yaters, local co-operation for the inter-| Such procedure would, | Fhoeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION iR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, i | i | i i | | (CHARGE INJUSTIGE - IN'PATENT OFFICE ?Employes Protest Rule Re- ! quiring Two Weeks’ Notice of Intention to Resign. Alleging unfair use of his authority lin several Instances, employes of the | Patent Office have taken a direct {slap at Patent Commissioner Thomas H. Robertson and have appointed a committee to investigate rumors and |discontent among the examining jcorps of the Patent Office in line | with allegations that Mr. Robertson has placed obstacles in the path of examiners leaving the office for out side positions. The center of the controversy now raging at the Patent Office is a_pro- posal made by Commissioner Robert- son that two weeks' notice shall be given to the Commissioner before any member of the examining corps leaves |the office to take an outside position. { Opposition of the examining corps {to this proposed regulation comes about, employes explain, because Com- | missioner Robertson is sald to be |opposed to losing any of the corps of expert examiners and Is said to have personally asked patent law firms not to employ examiners from | the Patent Office. Bar to Better Jobs. The employes allege that Mr. Rob- ertson utilizes the two-week period to convince employers that the services of examiners are more needed in the Patent Office than outside. The Pat- {ent Office Society, an organization numbering upward of 500 examiners, | is aroused over what they say is an at- {tempt to restrict their chances of outside employment at considerably increased salaries. Among other charges made against Mr. Robertson by members of the society are the following: That he is opposed to the Patent Office serv- ing as a training ground for young patent attorneys; that he has con- { sistently held up advances in ratini |and salary advances in cases merit- |ing immediate promotion in both grade and salary and by this attitude { has aroused a spirit of discontent in | the Patent Office. Rejects New Rule. The Patent Office Society discussed | Mr. Robertson’s proposal at a meet- |ing yesterday, amended it several | times and finally declined to submit to the commissioner's proposal that two weeks' notice be given. During | the course of the discussion on the | proposal, an amendment was carried | “That no effort should be madé after resignation has been given to dis- | suade any member of the examining | corps from resigning or to dissuade {any person or firm from employing any member of the corps.” The committee appointed to inves- tigate the matter consists of Ex- aminers Cohen, Eisinger, Workman, Stringham and Boynton. HUSBAND ARRESTED IN MURDER MYSTER Threats Ascribed to Former Army Butcher, Whose Wif> Ts Missing. Pny the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 29.—Threats at- tributed to Frank Kocurek, former Army butcher, that_he intended to kil his wife have led to his deten- tion in connection with the finding a week ago of the dismembered and headless body of a woman in a catch basin. Kocurek was taken into custody after William Littleton, an acquaint- ance, told the police Kocurek had said, “T am going to kill her, and when I do it I'll use my Army ex- perience as a butcher and kill her in such a way that should whats left of her be found no one will ever be lable to tell who she was.” Kocurek admitted the body night be that of his wife, who, ha said, was kidnaped by two men May 11, 1924. Later, confronted with Little- ton, he changed his story and said his wife had left him. A hatchet and large knife, covered with.a brown substance, were found in the Kocurek home. Tests to de- or blood will be made. Kocurek was hysterical after several hours ef in termine whether the stain is ruutJ You Go "WAY BACK AN’ STAY, YET! May Will Arrive In Weeping Mood; Texas Has Snow) Miss May, who will follow the month’s visit of Miss April here day after tomorrow, is very apt to come {nto town weeping cool tears, according to the Weather Bureau, which today predicted a continu- ance, for the next 24 hours at least, of the cool, drizzly weather of yes. terday and today. Miss April will make her de- parture to the accompaniment of showers tomorrow, preparing the way for the usual flowers to be worn by her sister May. No im- mediate return of the hot Summer weather of the last week is ex- pected By the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. April 20.— In contrast with the weather of last week, when Government ther- mometers recorded unprecedented high temperatures for April, snow flurries descended upon parts sof Indiana today. SAN AGELO, Tex., April Snow fell here early today with the sixth day of rain, which broke a drought of three months. THREE MORE DEAD FROM SMALLPOX Total Fatalities Here 19. New Case Develops—Fow- ler Is Optimistic. Three more smallpox fatalities were recorded at the District Health De- partment today and one new case was reported to the authorities, bringing the total deaths from the disease this vear to 19 and the total cases to 52. The deaths follow: Mrs. Tda Murray, 29 yvears old, of 412 Thirteenth street northeast, who succumbed early today at Smallpox Hospital. Vincent Cowsill, 40, who was re- moved recently from Providence Hos- pital to the Smallpox Hospital, where he dfed last night. Marian Gallie, 4 vear old, of 1371 Potomac avenue southeast, who died yesterday afternoon. The new case was that of Ethel Glick, 21 years old, of 313 Seventeenth street southeast. She was taken to the Smallpox Hospital today. There are 14 patients at the hospital. Health Officer Fowler, while depre- cating the fact that many of the cases which have appeared in Washington are of the malignant type, expressed satisfaction with the situation gener- ally and voiced his confidence that the widespread vacclnation will soon stem the outbreak—the worst during the past 19 years. A circular in which Dr. Fowler urges all employes of the District government who have not been suc- | cessfully vaccinated in recent years {to have it done, was sent to all offices in the District service today by Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Commis- sioners. Arrangements will be made to have a physiclan from the Health Office visit each department of the city government to administer the vaccine. —_— MOB OF 200 ATTACKS MEETING OF KLANSMEN Stones Are Weapons of Crowd That Descends on Session at North- bridge, Mass. By the Associated Prese. WHITINSVILLE, Mass.. April 29. —Police were planning today to con: duct an investigation into the dis- orders which marked a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan in Northbridge early this morning, when 150 members of the Klan were attacked by 200 men as they attempted to leave the meet- ing place. State police ‘were also considering an investigation to learn the leaders of the attacking force which met the klansmen with a fusillade of stones, smashing automobile windshields and otherwise damaging the | machines. Several of the klansmen were struck by stones. | Auditorium May ng Star. “From Pr The every city bl Yesterday's ess to Home Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 100,700 1925—-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. SCHOOLTOHONOR 1S RIZE OMTOR Eastern High to Have Special Assembly Friday for Miss Asenath Graves. Miss Asenath Graves, the 16-vear- old Eastern High School student. who | was unanimously chosen to represent the District in the national oratorical contest finals at the new Washington 8, will be honored at a special assembly at the school Fri- day morning at 9 o'clock. The school has planned to make the celebration | of the victory a gala event. Although details for the assembly have not been completed, Principal Charles Hart announced today that he is arranging to have representatives of the student body, the alumni, the home and school association and the oratorical contest committee make short conggatulatory talks. Will Receive $300 Check. At this time Miss Graves will be presented with a check for $300 by | The Evening Star, the prize for win- ning the District championship. She received yesterday a check from The | Star. for $100 as the result of her selection as best orator at Eastern. By virtue of winning the District cham- pilonship Miss Graves is aiso certain of one of the national awards, which range from $300 to $2,000. A preliminary celebration of Miss | Graves’ victory was staged at Eastern | yesterday afternoon soon after the Jjudges made known their decision. The student body and faculty were hastily assembled in the auditorium, and Mr. Hart made known the result of the contest amid deafening cheers School songs and school yells subse- quently rang throughout the big audi torium and reverberated in the corri dors. Principal Hart and the faculty at Eastern are elated over the honor which Miss Graves has brought to the school. The principal pointed out that she is one of Eastern's outstand- ing students, both in scholarship and student activities. Scholastic Rating High. Throughout her four-year course at Eastern which is now drawing to a close, Miss Graves has a scholastic rating averaging close to 95 per cent. She has never received a mark less than G (good), while the majority of her grades have been E (excellent). Despite the attention Miss Graves has given to her studies she has found time to particlpate in a number of student organizations, in which she has been honored with election to im-| portant offices. She holds membership in the Debating Society, the Glee Club and the Dramatic Association and took one of the principal roles in the 1925 edition of the school's Spring play, “Adam and Eva.” Miss Graves also has a penchant for newspaper work. She became con- nected with the staff of the Easterner, official school organ, and her meritori- ous work soon won for her the posi- tion of first assistant literary editor. In addition, she is editor of “The Cub,” an occasional supplement to the Easterner, published by the class in| Journalism. Poet of Graduating Class. In June Miss Graves will graduate from Eastern holding the office of poet of the graduating class. She will continue her education at Mount Holyoke in the fall, and is planning] to specialize in English, with a news- paper career as the ambition of her life’'s work. The prizes she has won in the oratorical contest will be used to pay her tuition at Mount Holyoke. The oratorical contest is not the| first competition conducted by The Star in which Miss Graves has ticipated. She took one of the lead. ing prizes in The Star’s current events’ contest several years ago. It was the determination of Miss Graves to be a winner that brought her the District champlonship in the oratorical contest finals this year. In the initial contest last year she was chosen as one of the two best orators at the school, but was not given the opportunity ‘to participate in the finals. Undismayed, she entered the 1925 competition, and won the school champlonship as well as the city champlonship, and now has an oppor- tunity to win even greater laurels in the national finals. —_— Traction Strike Threatens. AKRON, Ohio, April 29.—Motormen and conductors of the,entire Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company Electric Rallway system voted to bus operators o Programs—Page 18, o sven the Hent to i heis uniom * TWO CENTS Volcano Erupts, Covering Village With Black Ashes By the Associated Pr MANAGUA, For two ain of black Nicaragua, April an incessant ashes from the vol | cano Ometepec, situated on an is- | land in Lake Nicaragua, has been | falling in the vicinity of El Riito. | Ometepec became active again H few weeks as did some smaller Nicaraguan volcanges. Thg opinion is expressed here that thi is safeguarding the coun- ing severe earthquakes for in Legal Battle Against Local Law. Hearings were concluded today be- fore Justice Bailey in the District Su- preme Court in the case In which Mrs. Annie Steerman, owner of 1656-58-60 Columbia road, is challenging the right of the Zoning Commission to ex- clude all classes of business from a residential street Counsel for Mrs. Steerman will file a brief in support of theis contention that ,the present zoning regulations are unconstitutional. Assistant Cor | poration Counsel James C. Wilkes was | granted until Tuesday to file a brief | sion’s position that the regulations are | constitutional for Mrs. Steerman, Attorney J. | V. Morgan declared there are many provisions of the zoning law with which he agrees, such as regulation | of the height and area of buildings | but he said he believed the commis sion “has gone too far in excluding | all business from residential streets. | Corporation Counsel Stephens and | Mr. Wilkes contend that the zoning | regulations are a proper- exercise of | the police power for the protection of { the health and safety of the public. | Want Some Stores Exempt. Counsel for Mrs. Steerman take the stand that while there may be par | da ticular classes of business that would | be a menace to a residential section the Zoning Commission cannot sa. that all stores fall in the class that would make their exclusion from resi- dentlal areas justifiable. Mr. Wilkes argued yesterday that a great Mnajority of the people regard zoning as a good law. sought to show in his closing argu ment that the public generally is in clined to favor laws that are desir lable but which, he sald, infringe on constitutional rights 3 “I love the District of Columbia and 1 hearken to the cali of the city beautiful, but T am not going to let it blind me,” said Attorney Morgan. | The specific plea of Mrs. Steerman is for a writ of mandamus to compel the building inspector to allow her to remodel her property to make it avail able for business. The section of Co- lumbja road in question has been | | Following today's hearing the court took the case under advisement Declares Law Reasonable. In making the principal argument n behalf of the commission vesterday |afternoon Edward M. Bassett., legal | expert from New York, stressed the point that a zoning law is a proper | exercise of the police power if it is | reasonable and non-confiscatory. “We have tried,” sald Mr. Bassett “to keep zoning reasonable and not to try to cure all the ills of a city in the name of zonin | The New York lawyer referred to {some communities which, he said. did not approach the subject of zoning in the proper way, with the result that their zoning ordinances were not sus tained. Mr. Bassett declared New would no more do without its law today than it would try without its school system or and fire protection. Counsel for Mrs. Steerman had previously stressed the point that while some particular store or class of stores might be a nuisance in a resi- dentlal neighborhood, and, therefore, subject to exclusion under the police power, it was unreasonable to bar all stores from a residential area with- i4.7|,l| regard to the nature of the busi. | ness. Attorney Jo V. Morgan, in begin- {ning his argument for Mrs. Steerman yesterday, mentioned phototgraphic studios, book stores and beauty par- jlors as examples of business that could not be regarded as detrimental to health, morals or safety, and, there- fore, not subject to exclusion under the police power. Exceptions Impossible. Answering this point, Mr. Bassett said it was not practicable or reason- able to attempt to set up zoning areas {based on the nature of the stores to be_conducted. Mr. Bassett also asserted that zon- ing is not based on esthetic con siderations, nor is it invoked for the purpose of beautifying a city. The operation of a zoning law, he added, may incidentally bring about an or- derly development, but he insisted the real purpose of such laws is to safe- guard the health and general welfare. He said that advocates of a reason- |able invocation of the police power | to zome citles would be sorry to see zoning overthrown | Capital. Mr. Bassett said that store exclu- sion has been upheld in Ohio, Iowa, | Kansas, New York, Louisiana, Ten- | nessee, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and | California. He frankly admitted that zoning had suffered defeat in New Jersey and in Maryland. In the Mary- land case Mr. Bassett expressed ihe belief that the adverse decision was due to the failure of the City of Bal- timore to obtain an enabling act. BOD; FLOATS ASHORE. . York zoning police Letters Bear Name of Thomas P. Wilson of Ashburn, Va. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 29.— ! The body of a man, believed to be | Thomas P, Wilson of As) p | floated ashore at Somers % The body was fully clothed, even to overcoat and overshoes. Letters found in the pockets bore Wilson's name, TAKES Z0NING CASE UNDERADISENENT Court Hears Final Arguments' | to substantiate the Zoning Commis- | In making the closing argument to- | Mr. Morgan | { zoned residential by the commission. | to do ! in the National MASTER PLUMBERS SILENCE ACCEPTED ASPAY RAISE 0.K. Committee on Fair Wages Charges Employers “Stalled’ on Reply to Letter. ;LURE OF GREATER GAIN | HELD BASIS FOR ACTION $11 Scale for Men Will Bring Profits to Contractors, Lusk Declares. Receiving no definite decision from the Master Plumbers’ Association as to whether it intends to grant the in crease from $10 to $11 a day demand ed by unfon plumbers, to be effective niext Wednesday, the citizens' fair wage committee today assumed that such an increase would be granted. A letter to this effect was forwarded to | E. J. Ewing, president of the Master | Plumbers’ Associatjon. { A bombshell was also dropped into | the situation when the fair-wage com | mittee, through its executive secre | tary. Rufus S. Lusk, openly charged the master plumbers with desiring an increase in wages so that they could { get the larger per cent of profit due to the larger amount of money that | will be involved in carrying out jobs when larger wages are granted | i Says Increase Sought. Mr. Lusk said it was the sense of jthe committee and the builders and | business interests ‘that the plumbers | had failed to do their part in helping to stabilize the building industry of ‘lhe city “We feel that the reason | of the silence on the part of the mas. {ter plumbers is that any increase in | wages they grant means an increase {ir the profits to be gained by them | The situation, as it now is, is east understood, when it is considered tha i these men desire to give an increase,” {said Mr. Lus 5‘ He also declared that if a slightest increase is granted no piumber wil he employed by the building interests who works at a higher wage than i now obtains. “This places us in the j position that the eat proportion of {the builders in Washington will be | forced, as a consequence of this dilia | tory stand, to use etvery available { plumber who can be obtained in Wash {ington or other sections of the count {to work at the present wage scal | Charges Body Indifferent. | Mr. Lusk explained that the master | plumbers’ committee had waited {upon him several times.and, he said, |“They plainly indicated —deliberate | stalling” that indicated indifference i to_the situation. ! Mr. Lusk said that the committes | felt “organized labor's interests would remain exactly in the same position {if the employing plumbers were to act on the recognized purchasing {power of the dollar today. There | has never been anything to show that {the falr wage committee is not cor- rect in its attitude toward holding down building costs at this time, in spite of our invitation for arguments jon the matter,” sald Mr. Lusk. | Will Affect Others. | The master plumbers today stated | that they had not arrived at any con- clusion with the union men as to the settlement of the issue which will come to a head next Wednesday, but | they Indicated something would be done before that time. They declined | to give any information as to how { the situation stan The action of the unfon plumbers and master plumb ers will, it is said, undoubtedly in fluence ‘the actlon’ of the master | steamfitters and union steamfitters, who also have a controversy which | comes to a head May 30. | ‘The letter sent to Mr. Ewing reads | “On February 16th, a meeting was I held in this office at which a commit tee from the Master Plumbers Associa tion and other assoclations interested in holding down building costs in Waashington was present. Your com mittee was told at this meeting that | the general contractors and operative | builders opposed any wage increases at | this time. | On February 24th another meeting | was held, in which a committee from ;)nur association w present and at { which meeting Mr. Joseph Heffron of | your assoclation said that in previous | difficulties the builders and contractors {had promised protection for the sub | contractors, but when strikes arose the | support failed to materialize. He | wanted something more definite than | the mere promise of protection in the :arem of a strike. | Committee Appointed. { “On March 26, a general meeting , | of contractors, operative builders and { subcontratcors was held at the City | Club. ~ Although we made strenuous efforts to have your association pres- lent, none of the officers with whom | T got in touch would even notify your | members of this meeting. Two plumb- | ing contractors were present. At this | meeting the fair wage committee was | appointed. | "“On March 30 a meeting of the |fair wage committes was held; al- | though you and other members of our association were notified you failed to appear. i ‘““Another meeting of the fair wage committee was held March 31, at | which you, together with three mem- | bers of your association, were present Again you requested that some tangi ble evidence be given of the support that could be expected from the gen- eral contractors and operative bulld- ers in the event of a strike. A reso- lution was passed that a meeting be {Ceircd Of the general contractors to | obtain this support for you. Agreements Reached. “Chairman Galliher of the fair wage :ecmmittee. on_April 6 appointed & committee of five to ascertain from the general contractors their willing- ness to co-operate with your organiza- tion in the event of a strike. This committee immediately started to work, and on Tuesday, April 14, they, together with myself, attended a’ meet. ing of your organization. They learn. ed the agreements signed by 34 of the leading contractors and 34 lead ing operative builders of the city promising that in the event of a strike they would not unduly obstruct plumbing contractors. “You have had over two months to reach some decision: the M Stone Masons' Association and Master [Con olumn 33