Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1925, Page 2

* STRONGER HAWAI HAYBEBLOCKED Coolidge Economy Believed to Stand in Way of Ad- ditional Defenses. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE, President Coolidge’s determination to reduce next year's Federal budget by $300,000,000 bodes ill for the Navy's desire to expend another $25,000,000 or $30,000,000 on defenses in Hawaii. Military and naval authorities seem to be agreed that the recent maneuvers at Hawaii demonstrated the strong advisability of strengthening the pro tective resources of the islands. But whether the admirals and the generals will be able to convince Mr. Coolidge on this score remains to be seen. hington officialdom expects vigor- | ous exchanges of opinion batween the | administration and the defense ex- perts before the President is convinced | the United States needs ‘“the o CHARLES MANGIN. who commanded French forces at Verdun and French and American forces in battle of the Somme. strongest outpost in the world" in Hawali, as recommended by Chairman; Butler of the House naval committee. | Mr. Coolidge delayed fixing a date| for the start of the Summer vacation | in order to be in Washington for the| semi-annual budget B! |h0‘ Government business organization on | June 22, The President is expected ( on that occasion to outline in det how and where he thinks $300,000,0 can most easily be slashed from the 1926 bill of national expenditure. | There have been categorical state. ments in circulation t Mr. Coolidge thinks Army and Navy appropriations are fields in which retrenchment can | be effected. Some of these statements attribute to the President the inten tion of urging dr: ie cuts in them in his first message to the Sixty-ninth Congress | 0 | Previous Heavy Cut. As recently as last Covlidge rejected a n recommendations for expansion of | the fleet, made by a special Navy board consisting of seven admirals and the commandant of the Marine Corps. The carrying out of the pro- | gram recommended by the special| board called for an annual expendl-' ture of $80,000,000 for three years. The President forwarded to Congr after minute study of the speci board's request, estimates that called | for only about 30 per cent of the| recommendations it contained. He ignored enti the recommendation of progressive airplane building program” at an initial cost of $20 000,000 for the first year. The Navy board asked for immediate constru tion of eight 10,000-ton cruisers. Mr. Coolidge advised Congress to vote money for only two. Three major reasons are assigned as the motives likely to impel Presi- dent Coolidge to disapprove of ex- tensive new naval expenditures at this time. These are 1. His belief that there is nothing in the international situation, either in the Pacific or in Europe, to justify | any considerable increase in Ameri- can naval armament. 2. A definite conviction that any move by the United States in the di- rection of additional armament ex- penditure would compromise the ad- | ministration's eager, though tempo- | rarily checked, desire sooner or later | to bring about a further limitation | of armaments by international agree- ment. 3. A realization that increassd out- lay on the Army, Navy or air force, or on any other Federal department, without urgent and manifest rea- son, would be incompatible with the Coolidge economy program. Fleet Is Efficient. Editorial country February Mr. mber of urgent opinion throughout the to the effect that the Navy's battle exercises around Hawail showed that the United States fleet is in splendid condition—well officered, well manned and well equipped—rather than demonstrating that the Hawailan Islands are “defenseless.” Members of Congress, who are still in Washing- ton by the dozen, are inclined to agree with editors that sham war operations against a mythical enemy, while im- measureably valuable for training pur- pose, are far from capable of proving that existing protective measures in men and material are inadequat; quiries made by this writer on Hill indicate that this is the line that will be taken in Congress next Winter if the Navy and War Departments ask for substantial increases in ap- propriations based on the recent “battle of Hawaii." Tt is an open secret that the admin- fstration is bent upon doing every- thing within its power to propitiate Japan, with due . consideration to American dignity and interests. Pres- ddent Coolidge refused to listen to protests against holding the recent /maneuvers in Hawaii and dispatching the fleet upon the forthcoming trans- %pacific_cruise to Australia and New Zealand. Advocates of the cancella- ftion of these plans pleaded that Japan Avould be “offended,” and perhaps even rovoked, if they were carried out. hese arguments made no impression jon Mr. Coolidge. But he is equally “hostile to any armament policy that “would unnecessarily arouse Japanese fears or aggravate relations that have, in reality, never been quite the same @s they ‘were before enactment of Wapanese exclusion, in May, 1924 Arms Parley Postponed. Mr. Coolidge has recently become aware that conditions are not favora- ble to the convening of another dis- -armament conference in the early fu- ture. He has therefore temporarily pigeonholed that plan. But he has qnot abandoned it. Every recent ut- ‘terance of his on the subject has made plain that he would not easily be persuaded to countenance fresh -American armament expenditure. All of those utterances feveal Mr. Cool- idge as still committed to the pol he laid down in his message to C gress last December, which in very stern language set forth that he would “resist any attempt to resort to the old standard of dealing with other countries by terror and force.” In his inaugural address on March 4 of this vear the President asserted that “the people of this country do not need to maintain great military forces.” is 1 (Copyright, PLANS SEWER EXTENSION. Line Through U. S. Reservation Proposed by Arlington County. Extension of the sewer system of Arlington County, Va., to the Potomac River. through the Fort Myer Mill- tary Reservation, is planned by the county authorities, and iy now before the War Department for action, pipe line, as planned, would pass under the main road from Key Bridge to the Army post, but the projectors promise that the work of construction will not interfere with general traffic on that road and that when it is re- paired it will be in better condition than 1t is at present. Otherwise the line passes through unused portions of the reservation. War Department officials_are uncertain whether they COLONEL COOLIDGE | the | Bridgewater, { building. The mre authorized to grant the applica- tion under existing laws and condi- tions or whether the proposed use of the reservation requires specific au- thority by Congress. FAINTS ON PORCH Overtaxed, His Friends Say, Better Than in Weeks, Dr. Cram Declares. By the Associated Press PLYMOUTH, Vt, May 12.—Col Jhon C. Coolidge, father of the Presl- dent, does:not remember anything about a fainting spell he was reported to have suffered early yesterday on porch of his farm house home here, he told inquirers today. His health, he said, is “about as usual’ After an examination of his patient last night, Dr. Albert W. Cram of the Coolidge fatnily physician, pronounced Col. Coolidge's ondition to be better than for weeks. Pulse and blood ptessure, the phy- sician said, showed marked improve- ment Overtaxed, Friends Say. Persons close to Col. Coolidge maintained, however, that there was a collapse erday and that the 80-year-old man, is paying in falling health for the prominence he has achieved since his son entered the White House. Dally entertainment of throngs of visitors to the Presi- dent’s boyhood home and a heavy correspondence that keeps Col. Cool- idge at work far into the night are lamed by his friends for his con- ditlon. Miss Aurora Plerce, housekeeper to Col. Coolldge, admitted today that he fainted vesterday while posing on the porch of his home for photogra- phers. He was carried into the house and revived quickly. A few | minutes later he received a delegation of Kiwanis Club members from Provi- dence, R. 1., and walked about the farm with them in search of a rock to be used as a Keystone for a new o rapid was his recovecery that Dr. Cram was not summoned, and it was only last night after the report had reached him from other sources that the family physician ar- rived. In mentioning the incldent Miss Plerce rald: “T hope this will be a lesson to hini to tell us where he is going when he starts out anywhere. Then we will be able to find him if anything hap- pens.” Heart Skipped Beats. Dr. Cram found that Col. Coolidge's biood pressure, which had been 230 re- cently was only 160 last night, while his pulse had advanced from 28 to 80. In a recent examination in Boston specialists reported that the Presi- dent's father was suffering from “heart-block,” incidental to advanc- ing age, and indicated by slow pulse. Dr. Cram sald that the collapse yes: terday may have been caused by the heart skipping a few beats. BARS DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER OF CHING Jury Convicts Negro, But Is Lenient, Presumably for Cir- cumstantial Evidence. Special Dispatch 1o The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 12.~The doubt attending a conviction on eir- cumstantial evidence alone is belleved to have saved the life of Isalah Butler, colored, convicted here last night of killing 'Joseph T. Ching, St. Marys County lawyer and politician, the ver- dict being “murder in the first degree without capital punishment.” Ching was found dead on the streets of Leonardtown late on the night of November 17 last. Butler was declared to have made threats against him. An ax was also found that belonged to Butler, and which was thought to be the instrument of Killing, but there was no direct evidence of. the crime, Judge Robert Mass wil sentenice But- ler Thursday morning. SNAKE IN ERIN DESPITE OLD ST. PATRICK LEGEND Small Reptile Found in Dublin Is of Harmless Variety. On Exhibition. By the Askociated Press. DUBLIN, May 12.—Notwithstanding the legend that Bt. Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland, one has been discovered in Dublin and is now on exhibition in the National Museum. It 18 a very small specimen, less than two feet long and of the harmless varfety, News of the find caused much comment in the press. Snakes have occasionally been brought into Ireland from overseas, but they have never been known to breed hers THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FEAR OF RSSA BLOW TOARMS T Polish Envoy to Geneva Par- ley Says Nation Cannot 0. K. Agreement. By the Associated Press. A. May 12.—Soviet Russia made the crux of the sit- uation faced by the international con- ference for control of traffic in arms. Poland flled an amendment to the Proposed convention to the effect that the countries bordering on Russia would not be bound by that agree. ment unless the Soviet government alko was bound by it. Russia refused to attend the pres ent conference, giving as the reason that its purpose amounted to inter- ference in domestic affairs. Most of the forenoon session, how- ever, was devoted to the question of the sale of armament to govern- ments. Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohlo, heading the Ameri- can delegation, told the conference the United States favored the utmost publicity of statistics of arms ship- ments. He sald America agreed that some sort of document should always be issued by the exporting country in connection with shipments, but he believed the name of the exporting firm should be withheld, bacause this would give information to competitors. Statement Applauded. Mr. Burton was applauded when he announced that the United States was ready to subscribe to such a conven- tion. Mr. Burton said he recognized that importing countries would be at a dis- advantage under the convention, but he expressed the opinion that informa- tion from military attaches and secret emissaries generally revealed the ex act situation as to armaments. He explained that the American laws re aquired publicity as to the output of private arms and manufacturers and that the production of the Government arsenals was negligible. The conference finally adopted the principle that some document should always be given setting forth the con- sent of the exporting government to the sale of the arms. On the question of who could buy arms, Mr. Burton agreed with others that the shipments could be author- jzed to provinces of countries, and even to cities, provided only that the central government approved. Other- wise, it was pointed out, the arms might be used against the government in a revolutionary outbreak, embar- rassing the exporting countries, See Security Involved. The Polish amendment as to Russia was preceded by the declaration that traffic in arms could not be considered apart from the whole problem of dis- armament and security. The Polish delegate sald the league covenant provided that the geograph- fcal situation and circumstances of each country must be taken into ac- count, and the signers of the conven- tion must not be placed in a condition of inferiority as compared with their neighbors. 'he amendment provides that the convention shall not apply to coun- tries having a common frontier with produeing countries nor parties to the agreement until the latter shall have had adhered to the convention. In supporting the amendment Gen. Sosnowskl of Poland sald the confer- ence could not hope to impose the same obligation on Russia’s nelshbors as on others. 5 The discussion showed that exists regatding Russian srmament, particularly on the part of Poland and Rumania, who doubt the wisdom of publishing the details of their own importation of arms. The Rumanian delegate sald Rumania was living under ‘‘constant frontier provoca- tions. fear British Carry Point. Supported by the United States, Canada and enough other countries t get a majority, Great Britain yester- day succeeded in carrying through her proposal to have warships and airplanes excluded from the control which it was hoped to establish over the traffic in armaments. This exclu- sion from control applies to sub- marines, airships, seaplanes and other war vessels. The decision was reached by the military, naval and air committee of the International Conference on the Trade in Arms and Munitions, but since every state is represented in this committee, there seems to be little chance that reservations will be taken in the full session of the conferefice. 'The majority for the British pro- posal was close, and it got smaller and smaller as the president worked down through the list until a deadlock was reached. When it came to a vote on armored trains three votes were taken and each time they resylted in a tie. The committee finally decided, as an exception, to retain tanks as armament, the sale of which should be subjected to supervision and pub- MHeity. Newly voiced arguments of the ad- vocates of passage of the British amendment were that warships trafic cannot be hidden from the public eye, and that it is not necessary to include them in the system of license and con- trol. As for airplanes designed for war, the argument was that it was practl: cally impossible to differentiate war from commercial planes, and that, therefore, their inclusion in the supet- vised list of war implements would be unreasonable. U. 8. ACTION EXPLAINED. Attitude Toward British Plan at Geneva Held Temporary. By the Associated Press, Buport of the American delegation at Geneva yesterday for the British proposal to eliminate warships and airplanes from control of traffic in arms, if such control is established, is regarded here as a move to-facili- tate placing the question before the whole conference at & later date. Approval of the proposal by the military, naval and air committee of the international conference will be considered by the full membership, but it is considered doubtful in Geneva that the decision will be changed, in- asmuch as all the states are repre- sented on the committee. Action of the American delegation, which is headed by Representative Theodore B. Burton of Ohio, is not to be regarded, officials here beli an index to this Government Captors Return Shell-Riddled Flag Of Louisiana “Tigers® After 60 Years NEW ORLEANS, La., May 12.— Riddled with bullet holes and pierced in two places by canmnon balls, the Civil War standard of the 10th Louisiana Regiment is home after more than 60 yeafs in the hands of its captors, the 1ith Connecticut Regiment. ‘With it came a clasping of hands of survivors of the bloody fleld of Coldwater, where on June 3, 1864, the ragged emblem of Louisiana’s “Tigers,” the 10th, was taken by Lieut. Peter Ambler. Ambler's cousin, Ira R. Wild- . man, Danbury, Conn., palnter, re- turned it to Capt. James Dinkins, Who headed & group of Confeder- ate veterans. Four fighters for the cause of the Union, clad in the familiar ble, surrendered it to the South. . The flag will be deposited in Con- fedefdte Memorial Hall, and the sword of Col. Ledyard Colburn of the 12th Connecticut Regiment, which was taken at Coldwater, will return North with the sol- diers who brought the flag home. L4 Pleture shows the Secretary of t MAJ. GEN. MURRAY DIES AT HOME HERE Retired Officer Was Chief of Artillery for Many Years. Held D. S. M. Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray, U. 8. A, retired, for many vears chief of Artil lery at the War Department, died at his residence, 2400 Sixteenth street today, after an filiness of several monthe, He is survived by his widow and twe daughters, Mrs. Henry (. Pratt, wife of Maj. Pratt, stationed in this city, and Mrs. Ort Preston, and by a son, Maj. Maxwell Murray, Field Artillery, stationed at Fort. Sill, Okla. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, but it is probable that burial will be at Arlington. Gen. Murray was a native of Mis- souri and was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 1874. Al his field service was in the artillery, He was made chief of that branch in October, 1906. He was promoted to the grade of major general in March, 1911, and was retired for age in De. cember, 1915. Notwithstanding his retirement he was retained in active service and commanded the Western military de- partment during the World War, with headquarters at San Francisco. He was awarded the distinguished serv- ice medal for the efficient manner in which he handled the many dif- ficult problems arising in that de- partment Since the World War he made his home in this city. PRINCESS’ INFANT SON IN DETENTION HOUSE Is Removed From Home by Police When Governess Is Taken Ill Mother to Get “Release.” His governess taken suddenly ill during the temporary absence from the city of his parents, the 2-year-old san of the Princess von der Lippe- Lipski was taken today from his home at 1600 Rhode Island avenue to the House of Detention to be cared for until the return of the princess. The governess, Mrs. Bessie McCon- nell, was removed to Emergency Hos. pital for treatment, leaving the baby without any one to look after him The police accordingly put the child under the care of Lieut. Mina Van Winkle of the Woman's Bureau. The baby was thoroughly enjoying his new surroundings today, playing with Rusty, the pet feline of the Woman's Bureau. The princess, on being informed in Baltimore of her child’s plight, made immediate ar- rangements to get her son ‘‘released.” PREOSN. BUTTE IS NAMED. Texas Law School Dean Is Porto Rico Attorney General. Appointment of George C. Butte, dean of the law school of the Uni- versity of Texas, as attorney general of Porto Rico was announced today at the White House. The appointment becomes effective ‘Thursday. Mr. Butte, who has been at the University of Texas since 1922, served during the war as head of the foreign intelligence department of the general staff. He succeeds Herbert P. Coats of New York, who has resigned. Cleared of Arson Charge. MONTREAL, May 13.—George F. Perkins, president of the Perkins Electric Co. of this city, was ac- quitted yesterday afternoon in the Court of Bessions on charges of arson, aiding and abetting and coun- seling and procuring to commit arson, all connected with with a fire at one of the company's stores ih Jan. dary, 1924. — Smallpox Case Reported. One new case of smallpox, the first for several days, was recorded this afternoon, when ' 14-year-old Meilene Everett, of 941 Fifteenth street south- east, was sent to Smallpox Hospital, tude on the warship exclusion ques- tion, because it had not been consid- ered in _extended conferences here rior to Mr. Burton’s departure. Eng- land’s desire to exclude warships from the control measures is thought to be based on theé economic condition of her shipbuilding industry, which places it on a commercial plane, in which the Washington Government is not concerned. As proposed, the exclusion clause includes submarines, airships, sea- planes and other warcraft. One of the British arguments is that trac in warships cannot be hidden from the public and, therefore, control is un- necessary. Regarding airplanes, it was cohtended that it was almost fm- possible to differentlate war from com- mercial planes and that control fea- tures would be unreasonable. A Turkish proposal to make it obligatory for the governments of manufacturing countries to export arms to any country provoked consid: érable discussiofi, dispatches said, but it was rejected overwhelmingly, e Navy and to Mount Vernon on the Secretary's yacht, the 8 E i George Stansell, Secretary Wilbur, Mrs. Wilbur, Miss Flora Longenecker, Robert Session: Mail Pilot Flies Only to Clear Fences When Forced Down in Western Fog By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo, May 12 Kipling's hero of the overland mail has a counterpart in Frank R Yager, pilot of the air mail service. The overland mail rider’s trail, ac- cording to the poet, was all clut- tered up with many varieties of impassable obstacles which had to be passed, but Yager's troubles loomed up in the form of barbed- wire fences. Leaving Omaha early yesterday with mail, Yager soon ran into a fog so dense he was unable to see the 500,000-candle power beacons that were supposed to light his way. He made a forced landing at O0UBT ON COOLIDGE HINDENBURG NOTE Congratulations Not Yet Prepared, But Are Not leigatory. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge had not prepared a message of congratulation to Presi- dent-elect Von Hindenburg today, though it was said at the Department of State the question had not been broached there for decision and it was not known what the White House might ultimately decide. The inauguration of the new Ger- man President will be the occasion for many congratulatory messages from the nations which were neutral dur- ing the World War, but it is not cer- tain just how many of the allied powers will follow the more or less customary procedure of sending a formal message of greetings. It is not an obligation for the head of one state to congratulate another. It has been done in many cases, but the officfals familiar with precedent say they do not keep track of the omissions, as it is a question entirely within the volition of a friendly state and the absence of a congratulatory message is not looked upon as any- thing unfriendly. The sending of a message to Von Hindenburg might, of course, be misconstrued on this side of the Atlantic on the part of those who feel that the aged field marshal is guilty of the acts which listed him as a war criminal under the Versailes treaty. Naturally, the god wishes of the American Government go out to the German people and their govern- ment in reconstructing war-torn Ger- many and bringing about a condition that will enable the Germans to pay their reparations, and such expressions of hope and encouragement may still be made by President Coolidge when he receives the new German Am- bassador here. 1t s considered likely that any ill feeling which may result among Ger- mans from an omission of a meseage of congratulation to Von Hindenburg will be taken into account when Mr. Coolidge replies to the formal address presented by the German envoy, who, in fact, will be Von Hindenburg's per- sonal representative, and whose cre- dentials will be attested by the new President of Germany. Apart from the embarassment pre- sented by the question of a personal message of congratulation, the induc- tion into office of the field marshal is looked upon here as an event that may ultimately prove the salvation of Germany. High hopes are enter- tained that he will be able to con- solidate the German political situa. tion and make the German leaders realize the necessity for fulfilling external obligations. On the whole, while there is skepticism about the effects of the rivalry between the monarchists and the republicans and the possible disturbances that may ensue therefrom, the true desire of the administration here is that Von Hindenburg will succeed in develop- ing a unity Inside Germany and a better attitude toward the nations of the world, an attitude unmarked by remilitarigation or financial default. - (Copyright, 1925.) SCIENTISTS PLAN TRIP. Three Will Doubt” in Brazil. Explore “River of DENVER, Colo., Mdy 12.—Three young Denver scientists of the Colo- rado Museum of Natural History will embark on an expedition this month to explore the “River of Doubt" in the interior of Braszil, which the late President Theodore Roosevelt dis- covered during his South American travels. The party, which will collect speci- mens of animal and plant life for the museum, includes F. Walter Miller, mammalogist; Frederick B. D’Amour, photographer, and Frederick Branden: burg, taxidermist. SUIT FOR $2,000,000 UP. BUCHAREST, May 12.—Trial of the - Baldwin Locomotive Qo.'s suit against the Rumanian governmerit to record an_outstanding balance of ap- proximat $3,000,000 fof locomo: tives delivered in 1919 and 1920 was begun here yesterday. ision is expected by Friday. C., TUESDAY, MAY 12, | 1925. ational Oratorical Contest. The pa Wilbur; Max Kroloff, Eugene Miss Asenath Graves and Philip Glatfelter, CUTINPHONE RATE . Gherardl, aid to Secretar ohe in western Nebraska. ‘The fog soon lifted and he took off again, only to be forced down & second time Yager made five forced landings within 100 miles, the fifth being at Archer, Wyo. There, determined to get ahead in spite of the fog, he decided to taxi his way across the wide open spaces. But even the wide open spaces ve occasional fences, and the pilot began to en- counter them. He hopped the first three or four, in spite of the dark- ness, but on’ hurdling the seventh he began to tire. He then waited for the first streak of dawn and took the air for a change, arriving here at & a.m Coolidge Prefers 10-Cent Cheroots To Costlier Cigars By the Asociated Press NEW YORK, May 12 Coolldge smokes 10-cent cheroots, preferring them to expensive cigars. Charles D. Hilles, a close friend-of the President, made the disclosure last night at a meeting of the Ohio Soctety. Mr. Hilles related that a friend of the President, noting the cheroots, had sent him a box of ex pensive cigars. Two weeks later the friend called at the White House and, offered a cigar, ob- served that the box was the same as he had presented to the Presi- dent, and gnly three cigars were out of it. The President explained by tell- ing a story of Jim Jackson of Northampton at a church social. Offered a large plate of strawberry ice cream, Jim said: “I won't have any, thank vou. I am afrald it might spoll my tasta for prunes.” President GARRETT IS GUILTY; GETS 11 YEARS AS HE ASKS LENIENCY (Continued from First Page.) had thought there was persecution in my case, but bear no ill will. “I am not the only one to suffer, for I know that it is extremely unpieas- ant for each member of the court here today. I know that each one of you likes me, each one is fond of me, just as I am fond of each of you. I know I have done wrong. This is a black page in my history, for which temptation, environment and the like are partially to blame. I know you will measure up to the duty imposed on you. Sorry for Friends. “1 have come here as much of a man as I could; T am sorry for the other members of the bar: sorry to have lost the faith and esteem of the court: sprry, too, for my friends. If it ‘were merely a question of money, this would not have occurred.” The judges then retired for consul- tation. Only a bit more than half an hour had been occupled by the fore- #oing proceedings. Almost an hour had elapsed before the court returned. Judge Urner spoke for his assoclates upon resuming the bench. “1 could not express all that the members of this court feel as we come to dispose of this very unfortunate case,” he said. “It is one of the most deplorable situations with which this court has ever been confronted. “Justice is required to act imperson- ally, yet it must act through personal agents who have ordinarily personal sensibilities. Mr. Garrett has said that this case {s no more painful to him than to the court. I think in every case the judge who imposes sentence shares some of the burden which duty compels him to inflict. There is an un- usual burden in this case. Sentence must be imposed on a member of the bar who has practiced his profession patiently and skillfully before this court. Any proper ground on which the court could refrain from perform- ance of the duty imposed by this case, It would be glad to accept, and stay the hand of justice.” He pointed out, however, that the grand jurors who returned the indict- ment had taken an oath which pledged them to perform their duty without “fear or tavor, affection or partiality.” The same duty, he said, rests on the minds and consclence of the court. The sentence was seven years in the Maryland penitentiary for the Walter émbezzlement, at the end of which time a four-year sentence in the same institution was imposed for the $1,500 case, in which Ida J. Rabbitt was a prosecuting witness. Other sentences were imposed to run concurrently with the firat sentence of seven vears, a8 follows: 8ix years in the $4,000 em- bezzlement from Charles H. Rabbitt, four years in the case of the bond lt;rxory. and three years in the Terry se. G-rr«‘; is 48 years old and has a wife and two daughters. He came into prominence in 1904, when, at the e of 22, he was elected “mayor” of Glen Echo, being the youngest person ever chosen as &n ‘executive of & Maryland town. He was a member of the House of Delegates for one term and waa defeated in 1919 for State's attorney ot Montgomery County by Thomas L. Dawson, but was eledted in 1923 by a large margin. Just before xhu.un“w .W: tg-ma :oadny he ualtnb:d as and as a member of thebar " Y YOUTHFUL ORATORS vy was taken McElmeel, MAY BE APPALED Company Undecided Regard- | ing Reduction Ordered by Utilities Commission. Officials of the Chesapeake and Po. tomac Telephone Co. were still unde clded whether they peal District Supreme Court from the decision handed down by the utilities noon, reducin telephones The Commission cut unlimited house hold service from §5 to $4.75 a month and ordered that the company give two-party line customers 30 calls in- stead of 35 a_month for $2 This increase in the number of calls on party line service is equivalent to a reduction for that service comparable to the cut in the unlimited rate. The reauced rates are calculated to give the company a return of 7 per cent upon the new valuation placed on the telephone property of avprox imately $18,500,000 today to the commission yesterday rates on residential President Berry Delays Action. A. E. Berry, president of the pany, said today he could not make |a statement as to the future course of action until the decision of the commission has Leen mor> caretully considered. Although the company’s main ot jection is against the valuation on which the rate cut was based, it is probable that it court action is t1ken it will involve the rate case as well. The company is known to be of the opinion that in fixing the value at $15,378,956 the commission erred in the allowances it made for o heads, going concern and in the amount subtracted for depraciation. If a court appeal is to be taken, the company probably will Inake known its purpose soon, siuce the commission ordered that the 1edused rates be made effective on June tel- ephone bills Radio Service to Continue. Although the commission refused to allow as a telephone operating ex pense approximately $83,000 a year spent in maintaining the WCAP ra- dio station, President Berry has stat- ed that the company will not curtail its radio service at this time. The capital investment made by. the com- pany in_installing the broadcasting station also was disallowed by the commission in arriving at the fair value of the telephone property. At the rate hearing the company made a strong plea for a return of 8 per cent on valuation, which would | have precluded a reduction in rates. The reductions in rates will mean a saving to the public of about $80,- 000 a year. Maj. W. E. R. Covell, as- sistant to the commission, said ‘the new rates may yleld the company a fraction more than 7 per cent due to the difficulty of fixing monthly rates that will produce an exact rate of re- turn. William McK. Clayton, representing the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions, argued for a reduction at the rate hearing, contending the return should be 6 per cent. Reduction Preceded by Inquiry. The reduction in rates marks the culmination of an inquiry that has been in progress for about six moniha, beginning last Fall, when the com- pany requested a revaluation of its property before any change in rates ‘was considered. Officials of the commission now are enaged in computing what it cost the company to carry out the revalu- ation and how much of that expense the company should be authorized to reclaim from the rate payers in amortization. A large part of the valuation expense represents an in- ventory of the property that was taken. 5 - U. S. JOINS ATTACK TO STOP SALES OF LEWD MAGAZINES (Continued from First Page.) definitely makes the dealer responsible for the wares he sells, and hereafter ‘Washington dealers are to be held strictly accountable. Statute Is Clear. The law in question reads as fol- lows: “Whoever sells or offers to sell, or ive away, in the District of Colum- ia, or has in his possession with in- tent to sell or give away or to exhibit to another, any obscene, lewd or in- decent book, pamphlet, drawing, en- graving, picture, photograph, instru- ment or article’ of indecent or im- moral use, or advertises the same for sale, or writes or prints any letter, circular, handbill, book, pamphlet or notice of any kind stating by what means any of such articles may be obtained, ¢ * * or by bill, poster or otherwise advertises any public exhibition, show, performance or play containing obscene, indecent or las- civious language, posters or sugges- tions, or otherwise offending public decency, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.” TR Napoleon always made his generals stand In his presence, regardless of how long they were with him. would ap- | after- | { which had |each orator a ARE SPEEDING HOME Triumphal Return Awaits Them-—Visit Mount Ver- non on Naval Yacht. Six young oratorical champions are Journeying today toward a triumphant entry in their home towns, in fa flung parts of the United States. The seventh, Miss Asenath Graves, resides in Washington Several of the orators caught traine for home soon after returning late yesterday afternoon from their notable trip down the Potomac River to Mount Vernon as personal guests of the Sec tetary of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur The remainder were due to check today or tonight Among the latter 15 Robert Sessions of Birmingham, who takes back to Phillips was H | 8chool the title of national scholast oratorical champion. Bob came here with his whole family, composed his proud parents and two young sis ters, and they had difficuity in pu the honored youth away from scene of his glory and b waiting studies in the junio Birmingham. Secretary’s Interest. The river trip yester grand finale to the r ment which had young visitors < Wiilur, intensely interested in yvoung America and thoroughly appreciative of the patriotic qualities of the na tional oratorical contest, generousl: turned the U. S. 8. Slyph over to the finalists and thelr paren and furthermore, dropped his work at the Navy Department to go along also company with Mrs. Wilbur with his aide, Capt. Gherardi, U With the Secretary’s colors above to bring naval craft en route to salute, fiving stations and Capt. Wen | zell started the Sylph out of the Wash ington Navy Yard at 1:30 p.m immediately thereafter an luncheon was served on the deck. Mess attendants f dential vacht Maytlower Sylph's crew in servir and orate quarter the presi isted the he meal Points Historic Spots. Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur were in troduced to h of the guests by and Mrs, C. Fred Cook. representing The Star as host and hostess, respec tively, and during the trip down the river the Secretary personally pointed out the places of interest, with the as sistance of Capt. Gherardi when his memory was fault Unable to work the & because of the shallow water at the dock in Mount Vernon, Capt. Wenzell in command of the ship, anchored in midstrean: and conveved the party ashore in Admiral Hutchinson's barge heen sent ahead for the The group was met at the wharf by Supt. Dodge of Mount Ver non, who conducted Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur and their guests on a tour of the shrine, starting at tha Iph inshore purpose. | tomb of Washington com- | Poses for Photos. The Secretary posed several with the contestants for the benefit of two staff photographers of T Star, who are preparing material for a plctorial booklet to be presented to souvenir of their visit to the National Capital Already late for a social engage ment in Washington, Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur returned by automobile after completing an inspection of the old manor house and outbuildings and, to assist one of the contestants Philip Glatfelter of Pennsylvania, to catch a train home took him and his mother back with them Capt. Gherardi remained as special representative of the Secretary, and took charge of the party for the trip back to Washington. Because of a menacing storm cloud the officer sug gested that the party not linger too long, and at five minutes to 4 the Sylph again got under way. Before going ashore the young orators and their friends gave a ris ing vote of thanks to Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur and Capt. Gherardi, say ing they would never forget their first visit to Washington. JAPMJ VNOTVAFTER LOAN. Fear High Interest Rate for Re- construction Funds. times TOKIO, May 12 (A.P.)—The finance minister informally stated today that no negotiations were under way either in New York or London for the Japanese reconstruction loan owing to the high rate of interest which would probably be demanded He admitted that the loan may be negotiated in the Fall. but at present no finances are needed for recon struction work. The finance com missioners abroad will exercise ex treme precaution before finally plac ing the loan, he said. PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,300: 2-year-old maidens: 4% furlongs. Chocolate Soldier 115 117 Barnes Wells Lanark Gaffeman . Hank Monk s +Crepol vay Stadman Foroaan e Criieader eppelin Curler +Pastime Stable entry. ND RACE—The Consolation_ steeple. S DARicaD. puree. $3.000% 4-vear-olds and up: 2 miles . 148 Bullseye uincamp | 140 8 baricras |0 137 Owen Tudor 130 $Brookmeade Stable-L. 3J. E. Widener entry. THIRD RACE—Claiming: purse, $1.300 3-year-olds: 1 mile and 70 yards. o an' Ve axe, SHOTEN " 114 SMoon Magie © 1 *Kanduit .. 10R Mra. Finley 1 Can't Say No.. 116 RACE—The _Arundel ar-olds and up: 6 furlongs. Heir-atLaw Scorcher FReply Leoten Hiroom. | Storm_King Heel Taps . Rock B 135 Houdinj_. . 135 double Tip 133 i, Lawrence .. 130 $Fairmount .... 135 E. Kiefer entry R FOUI purse. $1.500: 3- Big Heart . 15hamrock Arno . . Sleive Roi .00 +T. W. O'Brien-Mrs. T. W. O'Brien entrs TFT ACE—The Pimlico Spring han (ucliu: g‘/.?oo added: 3-year-olds and up Th miles. B. Barnes) .. B Eaen (R, “Seobiel Thomasine (0. Brown) Wise_Counsellof (no boy) Joy Smoke. (1o Boy) ... Dikit (B. Kennedy) . Rustic (A. Johnson) Gen. 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