Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain and colder tonight and tomor- row: lowest temperature tonight about 40 _degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 55, at noon today: lowest, 48, at 6:45 a.m. today, Full report on page 6. ®(Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 No. 30,214. fofon, post ond class ma Washington, ‘b ¢ D. C. ch WASHINGTON, ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, THURSDAY, ) 5 JANUARY 20, 192 NICARAGUA PEAGE REMOTEAS SACASA. SPURNS DIAZ OFFER Refuses Bid to Conference Based on Liberal Partici- | pation in Government. REBEL ARMY REPORTED | DEFEATED AT EL POZO| Revolutionary Leader Says Nation | Needs U. S. Help, But Wants No “Tutelage.” By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, January 20. —The proposals for peace advanced | by Gen. Adolfo Diaz, head of the Con- | eervative Nicaraguan regime, have been refused by Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, president of the Liberal regime at| Puerto Cabezas, it is announced here. | Gen. Diaz proposed a conference with the object of making peace on the basis of Liberal participation in | the government, Liberal representa- | tion on the hench of the Supreme Court, election without contest of Liberal congressmen in the two de- partments and supervision by the United States of free elections in 1928. Dispatches through Conservative sources say a detachment of Diaz cavalry defeated Liberal forces at El Pozo, “near Telica, in northwestern Nicaragua. SACASA PREDICTS VICTORY. Says Nicaragua Needs Friendly Alli- ance, Not U. S. “Tutelage.” 1 PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua, January 20 (#)—Dr. Juan Bautista Sacasa, Liberal president, told -a staff | correspondent for the Associated | Press in an interview yvesterday that | Nicaragua needs and desires “a friend- ly and just alllance with and the co-operation of the United States,”| but cannot agree to “Tutelage,” with | injury to her dignity and sovereignty. The Liberal chief, whose govern- ment, recognized by Mexico, is oppoe- ing the Diaz Conmservative regime at Managua, which has, American recog- ! nition, expressed confidence of being able to carry his fight to a success{ul conclusion. He also denied again that the Liberals have a pact with Mexico or have received military aid from the Mexican government. Wants Frank Understanding. “Together-; with v cabinet,” { said, “I am in pcffu:eon! ‘that tk: Unifed Statee offers Nicaragua and the other Latin American nations fi&tfl‘ commercial advantages than [exico or any other nation. | “We wish a frank and dignitied un-, derstanding between Nicaragua and the United States, an understanding between the greater commercial and financial interests of two sovereign entities. “We do not wish offenses which, un- der the pretext of defending Americar | capital, are committed against our | country, flagrantly disregarding our weakness, rights and decorum. “The financial policy—let's call it ‘the dollar policy’—which has been i pertectly defined in the recent political | technigue of the United States, has| occagioned for the United States more | harm than her greatest competitors ever could. The United States has unnecessarily made herself feeared in- stead of being a protective promise. Gives U. S. Preference. | made, either by the United States or any step was taken to submit the con- troversy to an arbitrator or some im- 1,000 TO GET CHEAP DIPLOMAS ‘ TO SAVE 2.9 CENTS PER PUPIL| Grade for June Graduations, He Makes Plain Today. One thousand midyear graduates of the senior and junior high schools of the c will be forced to accept decidedly inferior diplomas when they are graduated the latter part of the month, it was developed at the Franklin School today, where the February diplomas have been re- ceived and are being forwarded to the various schools. While it is admitted by school offi- cials that time will not permit the diplomas being scrapped and new ones printed in time for the Febru- ary graduates, it was made plain by Charles F. C vice president of the Board of E tion, today that he will demand the satisfactory high- grade diploma of former years he readopted for use during the June graduations Saving on Diplomas. Decision of the Board of Education to have the cheaper diplomas printed | was reached at the meeting of Decem ber 1 upon the irecommendation of Asst. Supt. of Schools Raymond O. Wilmarth. Mr. Wilmarth, in a report, pointed | out by the use of a cheaper printing process that 2.9 cents could he saved on each diploma. At the time, how- ever, it was argued by school officials that through the use of the cheaper “there will be no loss of | Is No Comparison. | There is no comparison between the old diploma and the new diploma The old diploma is clear cut, soft lined and shows the picture of the Capitol in pleasing, cameo fashion The new diploma gives the appear- ance of being haphazardly smeared with ink, causing the picture of the Capitol to look the work of an ama teur; gives evidence of broken, jagged lines in the letters on the diploma and generally gives an unfavorable impression. While the new diploma is of stich poor workmanship that it is apparent to the eyve of the uninitiated. it is not until a new one ‘is laid beside an old one that an ate idea can he gained of how poor the new diploma really is. Carusi Admits Shock. When both a new and old diploma were shown to Vice President Carusi today by a reporter of The Star he frankly admitted he was shocked by the eomparison. He had not seen the new diploma hefore and declared he certainly would demand that the Board of Education rescind its “in- terest of economy” act of December 1. I well know,” Mr. Carusi ex- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) BARS 10 MEXICAN Difficulties in Way of Plan as Solution of Trouble Pointed Out. By the Associated Press. While no definite move has been | Mexico, looking to arbitration of the oil and land law dispute, Secretary Kellogg's announcement that he has considered the possibility of applying | this principle to the question has oused considerable speculation in Washington and Mexico City. It is concerned chiefly with the many preliminary obstacles that would have to be surmounted before partial tribunal. Secretary Kellogg's statement on the Robinson arbitration resolution been interpreted officially as car- ing no idea that the United States would initiate an arbitration proposal, while the Mexican foreign office has pointed out the difficulty confronting it in committing itself until some of- ficial suggestion has been received as to the points to be arbitrated. There is speculation in many Mexican quar- ters as to whether the United States or Mexico would make the proposal to arbitrate. Root-Godoy Treaty Cited. Meanwhile, Mr. Kellogg's reference to arbitration relations already exist- ing between the two countries has given rise to the observation that he undoubtedly” had in mind the Root- Godoy treaty of 1908, providing for submission of disputes under certain circumstances to The Hague. Exami- nation of the treaty discloses, how- ever, that resort to it is surrounded | (UEBEC OPPOSES | . ARBITRATION'SEEN - WATERWAYS PLAN Premier Declares Province, With Millions at Stake, Against Power Export. BY TOM WATLING. EPemiI Dispatch to The Star. QUEBEC, January 20.—Quebec is opposed to the St. Lawrence waterway development plans which have been advanced by Secretary Hoover. Unalterable opposition was today | expressed by S. L. A. Taschereau, | premier of Quebec, in a special inter- | view in which he pointed out that the ; proposed waterway route to the sea from the Great Lakes unquestionably would work great hardship upon this Canadian province and would be .2 deterrent to already swiftly progress. ing industrial enterprises. “Why s so little progress made | with the development of the St. Law- rence power and waterway scheme?” the premier was asked. Fears Loss of Mills. Premier Taschereau rose from his seat and walked over to the window. “There,” he said, with a wide sweep of his arm, “there {s one of the rea- sons why I do not approve of the §t. Lawrence plan. Since my government | prohibited the export of power, indus- | tries have come into our province, and | for every mill that is opened here a mill shuts down in the United States. The St. Lawrence plan would mean the export of power to the United States and those plants would flourish there instead of in Canada.” Mr. Taschereau paced the floor, now | and then pausing at a window to look | out to the spot where the Anglo- Canadian Paper Mill is raising its| $20,000,000 investment. Plants at | SWITH SUPPORTERS ASVOTE ADVANCES Appeal for Upholding Rights of Sovereign State to Rep- resentation Has Weight. EXPECTA:I'IOi iS BORAH WILL TALK FOR COLONEL Balloting Is Expected to Be First on Overman Plan to Seat Aprointee Now. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The hopes of the supporters of Col. Frank L. Smith, Senator-designate from Tilinois to fill the McKinley vacancy, had brightened perceptibly as the Senate today hegan its second day of debate on his case. Relying on the appeal that to deny Col. Smith the right to take the oath of office would create a dangerous precedent and disregard the rights of a sovereign State to representation in the Senate, the Smith supporters be- lieved they had gained ground. The vote, they insisted, will be much closer than was expected two days ago or even yesterday The count at the opening of the session, according to a poll made by one of the leaders, stood 44 to 39 against Smith being allowed to take the oath of office, with 12 Senators absent and paired. Two Democratic enators, however, who were included in the Smith opposiiion were still un- decided, after the debate of yesterday, and might swing to Smith. Borah Favors Smith. With Senator Borah of Idaho ex pected to take the floor in favor of allowing Col. Smith to take the oath of office, the Smith supporters be- lieved that still other Senators might be swayed to cast their votes for the Deneen or Overman resolutions, which would seat Smith, investigate him fur ther, and then have the Senate pass on the right of Smith to retain his seat. Opponents of the seating of Smith, on the other hand, continued to insist the Regl resolution to refer the Smith credentials to the privileges and elec- tions committee without administering the oath would carry. ‘What the opponents of Col. Smith fear is that if he is once seated, the Senate may find it-impossible to reach A vote on the question of unseating him later, because of the shortneag o the present session ‘and the necessity of completing the appropriations bills and adjoufning. See Better Showing. It is admitted even by the friends of Col. Smith that the vote against his retaining his seat will be stronger than the vote against his taking the oath at this time, provided he is seated now. The Smith people, however, believe that the colonel will make a better showing before the privileges and elec- tions committee than he did before the Reed clush fund committee. So far the debate has turned almost entirely upon the right of a Senator- designate or Senator-elect to be sworn in when he presents his credentials in due form. The issue involving the use of excessive amounts of money in the senatorial prlmn;‘_\' campaign last “In short, we concede without dis- | with special dificulties and for that cussion a commercial preference to: reason it specifically provides that no Wward the United States and desire to | other means of arbitration upon which give friendship to all the nations of | the governments could agree shall be the world, but the charge of tutelage, | deemed excluded under the treaty. Arvida and Drummondville are also | being built. by another company. ““There is a new plant at Steanne de | Beaupre,” continued Mr. Taschereau CLOSING OF BANK FOLLOWS SUICIDE with injury to mg’ dignity and sov- | ignty, we concede to none. i O Slearagua and the other Latin | American countries which require the | assistance of foreign capital most need | a friendiy and just alliance with and the co-operation of the United States.” | SENATORS DELAY ACTION. | Decision on Kellogg Statement Off Until Tomorrow. Decision as to making public the | revised tramscript of Secretary Kel-| logg's statement last week on the | Nicaraguan situation was deferred | again today by the Senate foreign re- | lations committee. Because of other enzagements by committeemen, Chairman Borah can- celed the meeting called for today ! and issued & new call for a session to- | morrow. i At that time the committee will take | up some of the pending Senate resolu- | tions on the Nicaraguan situation as well as the Kellogg transeript FIND RAILWAY OFFICIAL | { | AND WOMAN SLAIN BY GUN » Southern Railway Officer Killed by | Side of Auto—Other Victim | Some Distance Away. | By the Associated Press | BIRMINGHAM, Ala A. B. Moore, supervisor of safety and ganitation of the Southern Railway, and an unidentified woman about ? years old were found shot to death on the outskirts of the city here today Mooré had been struck in the face with a shotgun charge, police said, Wwhile he apparently was working on the motor of his had been stopped road. The body of the woman was found some distance from the car with a shotgun charge in her head. Police believe she had been running from {he car at the time she was killed shotgun was found some distance from her body The bodies morning by a work. 3 At the offices of the Southern Rail- January 20, itomobile, at the side of the were discovered this negro on his way to way here it was said Moore was mar- | ried and was the father of two chil- dren. He was 40 years old Big Japanese Bank Is Bankrupt. TOKYO, January 20 (#).—The Tei- koku Business Savings Bank. which had 300,000 depositors and which sus- pendad some time ago, was declarad bankrupt today. | M which | Th treaty provides that after the two governments had agreed on the question to be submitted in the form | of a “special agreement defining clear- Iy the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the arbitrators’” and the time within which each step in arbitration must be taken, such spe- | clal agreement must be ratified b; (Continued on Page 4, Column 5. HOUGHTON LEAVES FOR POST SILENTLY U. S. Ambassador to England Sails on Albert Ballin, Main- taining Reticence. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 20.—Alanson B. Houghton, American Ambassador to England, sailed for Southampton the Hamburg-American liner Al- Ballin early today surrounded by the same secrecy that marked his arrival on December 20. He boarded the Albert Ballin yester- day afternoon and remained in his stateroom until the vessel sailed short ly after midnight. Officials of line denied that he was aboard until after sailing time, Houghton was booked to the Aquitania a week ago, | eanceled his passage at the last ment, saying he had remained cause of the illness of a brother | During the Ambassador's visit a | substitute service of a summons in a $50,000 false arrest suit, brought by Dorothy Mason, was authorized by {a Supreme Court order. |~ Mrs. Mason alleged in he; bert sail but mo. be. {on complaint that she had been falsely accused of robbing Mr. Houghton of an heirloom | pin and $1500, and that he had the | “a $7,000,000 plant, while above Que bec another fifteen millions will be | spent soon. The power is coming from | Lake St. John and if it were to be carried to the United States those | plants would be south of the border, | not here in Quebec, increasing our | prosperity.” Opposed for Four Reasons. “I am opposed for four reasons,” said the premier: “1. It would mean joint control by Canada and the United States of what | is after all a Canadian water [ “2. It is not purely a navigation | proposition. What the Americans | have in mind is the development of | the power. 1 am opposed to the ex- portation of power and I believe the Province of Ontario agrees with us in this respect. i 3. The information of our experts | is that the St. Lawrence scheme would hurt very much the port of Montreal. 3. Canada, with the heavy financ- ing burden she is carrying already, cannot enter into such an adventure which would mean a heavy outlay. “By export of power you mean to! Jnited States?’’ 1 “Most certainly. We have no ob- jection whatever that the power go to our sister Province of Ontario.” Interested in St.¥Lawrence. “You say it would hurt Montreal. Would not the construction of the Lake Ontario, Hudson route, the al- ternative suggested in the Hoover report, hurt Montreal still more?” “I 1 State Examiner to Ask Receiver for Institution Near Staunton That Lost Cashier. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., January 20.—The Bank of Mount Sidney, Inc., nine miles north of Staunton, is closed to- day as a result of investigations made by B. J. Woodward of Richmond, State bank examiner. He will ask the Augusta County Cir- cuit Court to appoint a receiver. Homer C. Early, 43 years old, cashier of the bank, committed suicide last Friday by shooting himself in the head. Auditors have since been working on the bank's books, but if a_shortage has been discovered mno official an- nouncement has been made Frank McCue, one of the directors of the bank, admits a shortage is apparent, but says he is unable to give any figure. The Bank of Mount Sidn was organized las’ gring, and i business had growr. & about $53,000. 'MARX FAILS TO FORM ' MIDDLE PARTIES’ RULE am interested in the Canadian aspect of the case. The St. Lawrence is a Canadian waterway." “With the deepening of the St. Lawrence, would not the trafc from the Welland Canal’ increase the busi- | ness at Montreal?” .« “That I cannot say. I am not an. ex- be injured. The interests of Montreal must be supreme, for Montreal is Can. ada’'s greatest port, and, after all, charity begins at home.” _the Dominion_has | “evaded service in her suit. “(Continued on Page By the Associated Press | MARION, Il January 20.—Sheriff |Coleman today was searching for |Lory L. Price, State highway patrol |man, and his wife, Ethel, who he be. |lievea were kidnaped from their home | here Monday night by Shelton gang | aters | Search of the Price home at the edge of Marion revealed the bed had been slept in that night, but footprints on the ground indicated Price had been {Herrin Area Officer and Wife Believed | Kidnaped From Home by Shelton Gang wires had been cut outside the house. Price’s revolver was found in one room Price, who covered the hard road between Carbondale and Harrisburg, wan the last outsider known to have been at the roadhouse of Charles Birger, gang leader, before it was burned recently, killing four persons. Price was stopped on the highway last Friday by an automobile in which he sald Carl Sheiton, rival gang lead- Jed away. in his hu,;n'- Telgbbone er, was riding. 'MARX | Hinderburg Reserves Decision on | Further Steps to Solve German ! Cabinet Crisis. pert; our experts say Montreal would | | By the Associated Press | BERLIN, January 20—Chancellor | Marx’'s negotiations for the formation - |of a cabinet of the middle parties ~ | have failed. He returned his com- mission to President von Hindenburg today. The President reserved decision as to what ‘further steps would be taken to solve the ministerial crisis. Dr. Marx this morning conferred anew 'with the chairman of the People’s party, which since yester- day, has been urging a rightist coali- tion. The conference developed in- surmountable difficulties for the for- mation of a coalition of the middle parties, whereupon Dr. Marx visited President von Hindenburg and -re- ported that his .efforts. had been truitle The Marx cabinet resigned in De- cember after a defeat in the Reich- stag, but continued to function over the holidays at thé President's re- | ? | Third street, were captured after their | {1y from the police drive on suspicious = ing Star. —FIFTY “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city, block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the paper (#) Means Associated Pres: s are printed Yesterday's Circulation, 105,567 AR Ny B CHORUS—IT'S HARD TO BE FUNNY THESE:X DAYS! TWO IN CRASH HELD IN POLICE ROUND-UP Arrests Made Shortly After $100 Robbery—Six Others Being Investigated. An early morning round-up of sus- picious wayfarers, part of an inten sive campaign against the renewed activities of highwaymen, caught in the police net today eight suspected men, two of whom owe their present plight to the hazards of modern Wash- ington traffic. This pair, who described themselves as Thomas ‘Buster” Asble, 1706 T street, and Jpseph Henderson, 609 automobile had collided violently with a taxicab at Sherman avenue and Co- lumbia road, both sustaining severt injuries in the crash. The accident happened a short &is- tance from where Abraham C. Luber, 60 years old, of 1110 Columbia road, had been held up and robbed of $100. Two other men in the automobile leaped from the wreckage and fled, but Asble and Henderson, police de- clared, were too badly hurt to thove. Sent Them to Hospital. Policeman C. A. Paulson of the | tenth precinct placed them under arrest and sent them to G_-llinger Municipal Hospital. In addmz_»n to the injuries sustained in the accident, physicians found Asble to be suffering from an apparent bullet wound in his right leg, seemingly recently inflicted. Police said the Injury was not ex- lained. 2 The other six arrests resulted direct- One of them was de- epectacular. Detectives Cullinane, O'Dea and Cox entered house at 1605 Thirty-third street. There they found Archie R. Benson, his hands stuffed in his coat pockets. Detective Cox took no chances. Rushing the man suddenly, he hurled him to the floor, reached in his right coat pocket and drew out a .32-caliber pistol, the police declared. Benson was taken to the nearest station house and held for investigation. | OthersgAre Arrested. Another man was arrested more or Jess as a result of the traffic accident. When Detectives Kelly, Waldron, | Sweeney and Darriall went to Ashle’s | home they arrested John Williams, 18, of Portsmouth, Va. Although still held for investigation, the police said he had admitted participating in four hold-ups since New Year day. Four others arrested in the so- called “round-up” and now held for invsetigation gave the following names: John Leslie Binns, 21, 1249 Wisconsin avenue; Henry Clay Harris, colored, 3212 O street; Samuel Le Roy Saylor of Hyattsville, and Elvin C. Casey, 1706 T street. characters. scribed as DEEDS BILL APPROVED. Subcommittee Reports Measure for Re-organizing Recorder’s Office. The judiciary subcommittée of the House District committee, with Rep- resentative McLeod as chairman, to- day favorably reported the bill for re- organization of the Recorder of Deeds office. This subcommittee expects to meet again Saturday morning to consider the advisability of holding a number | night on the advisability 2,000 Ballot Boxes From Philadelphia Safely Stored Here By the Associated Press Ballots and records of Philadel phia City and County used in Pennsylvania's controverted sena torial election - last November arrived here early this afternoon in a fleet of motor trucks and were stored in the Senate Office Build- ing. The 2,000 ballot boxes and 3,000 metal containers in which are the original registration books were placed in special rooms with spe- cial locks and will be guarded night and day until the Senate campaign funds committee orders their examination. Th task of counting the ballots and checking the registration books is likely to occupy a large force of clerks during the greater part of the Spring and Summer. While this work is under way the com- mitte will begin its investigation of the. charges - of vead fraud in voting and registration made by Willlam B. Wilson, Democrat, in his contest for the Senate seat to which William §. Vare, Republican, was elected on thegface of the returns. HEARING TONEHT ON3 APPONTEES Gibson Group to Confer on Inquiry of Utilities Board and Counsel Candidates. Investigation of the circumstances @/ surrounding the appointment of the Public Utilities Commission and peo- ple’s counsel, now awaiting approval by the Senate, is to be considered at a special meeting tonight of the Gib- son subcommittee, which is making a systematic and comprehensive study of the municipal administration Chairman Gibson said today that he will confer with the subcommittee to- of holding an open investigation of all the cir- cumstances surrounding these ap- pointees, particularly in the light of a resolution unanimously adopted by the Brightwood Citizens' Association and transmitted to the House District committee. The resolution will be be- fore the Gibson subcommittee at the meeting tonight Mr. Gibson is today conferring with other candidates for the public util- ities offices and with representatives of leading business and civic organiza- tions that made recommendations re garding candidates. It is probable that several of these persons will be witnesses before the Gibson hearing tonight. he resolution from the Brightwood ad¥ociation, received today by man Zihlman of the House District committee and signed by Charles W Ray, president, is as follows: “Resolved, That emphatic protest by the Brightwood Citizens' Associa- tion is herewith entered against the men named by the President as mem- bers of the Public Utilities Commis- sion and as the people's counsel “We believe that the President has been misled by those on whom he relied to advise him as to these nomi- nations. We ask the most careful in- vestigation by the true friends of the helpless people of the District of Columbia. “We believe the President in com- mon honesty to the people of the Di of hearings, including one on the Blanton bill for licensing real estate operators. trict should withdraw these nomina- tions.” Druggists Double Mc;ney on Whisky, Says Andrews; 16 Per Cent, They Claim By the Associated Press. Estimates of profit to retail drug- gists on prescription whisky, ranging from 16 per cent to 100 per cent, were 1aid before the House ways and means committee today during hearings on the Treasury plan for creation of a corporation to manufacture medicinal liquer. : Assistant Secretary Andrews of the Treasury told the committee druggists reaped a 100 per cent profit, but the figure was disputed by Eugene Brok- meyer, representing the National Re- tail Druggists’ Association, who de- clared the higher figure represented profit, while .the. net revenue gross W more nearly approach 18 per Brokmeyer contended that the over- head costs to a retail drug store would amount to 28 per cent of the revenue excluding costs incidental to handling of presgription whisky. The expense of complying with a mass of regula- tions, he sald, woutld reduce the net rofit to 16 per cent. ¥ Asked byp: member of the com- mittee if “druggists didn't cut the whisky enough to make up for ‘the overhead,” Brokmeyer said that de- pended on the cl:mtol c‘irusrg;'n..na he protested against ‘stigmatizing a o of druggists because of a minority.’ cussion Gen. Andrews T3t sehich ranged ist, w 1 fy to the retailer at from Char- | BRYN'S RECALL DUE 10 DISAGREEMENT | Norwegian Minister Refused to Press Shipping Claim Against United States. Helmer Halvorsen Bryn, Minister Plenipotentiary from Norway to the | United States since 1910, and second i ranking Minister of the resident diplo. | matic corps here by virtue of that | long tenure, has been officialy relieved | of his duties here and the papers for his recall deposited with the Depart- | ment of State, it was announced at the | Norwegian legation today. Although the legation accompanied this announcement with no explana- tion, it was learned from authentic sources that Mr. Bryn's recall resulted specifically from his refusal to press | an old shipping claim. This, his gov- ernment felt, amounted to neglect of official instructions and minimized his usefuiness as Minister to Washington. At the same time it was learned that Mr. Bryn had not been performing the duties of his office since December 1, Alexis H. G. O. Lundh, counselor of the legation, having taken over the work of the Minister since that time. Reports that F. Herman Gade, Nor- wegian Minister to Brazil, was acting Minister were formally denied. $7,000,000 in Claiims. Mr. Gade, accompanied by V. Mor- genstierne, chief of the Anglo-Saxon division of the Norwegian foreign of- fice, has been in Washington for some weeks, representing his government in these claims against the United States Shipping Board. The claims over Norwegian ships seized in United States ports early in the war and re- conditioned, it is said, aggregate close to_$7,000,000. s Mr. Bryn's refusal to handle these claims, it was learned officially, that led to his recall. The Minister, his friends explained, simply disagreed with his government on the matter and felt that he could not perform conscientiously the duties asked of hx_m. Mr. Gade and Mr. Morgen- stierne were thereupon sent to Wash- ington and Mr. Bryn was forthwith relieved. Gade Graduate of Harvard. This fact gave rise to the rumor that Mr. Gade was acting as Minister and that he would succeed Mr. Bryn. That Mr. Gade might be the future however, was held possible. CONSUMERS WIN TELEPHONE RULING Virginia Supreme Court Affirms Corporation Commission on $200,600 Increase. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., January 20.—The Supreme Court of Virginia today gave its decision in the famous telephone rate case, upholding in every particu- lar the findings of the State corpora tion commission July 31 last year, tomac Co. had The company has asked the right to increase its rates so as to add $750, 000 annually to its revenues. The corporation commission granted a $200,000 increase. The company’s| right to an earning of 8 per cent on $24,000,000 was argued at considerable length, and all of the larger cities of the State, through civic and business delegations, fought these arguments with special counsel and volumes of | contradictory data. The Supreme ! Court in its ruling today fixes the| company’s valuation at $19,000,000. | SLAYERS OF 100 CAUGHT. Leader of Russian De:pendne‘ «Killed in Fight With Troops. SMOLENSK, Russia, January 20 (#).—After committing more than 100 murders and endless robberies and as- saults in Smolensk province over a pe of two years, Smirnoff An- tonenkoff, leader of a' gang of des- pes , was killed today in a battle ‘with red troops. His follower: who were arrested, from which the Chesapeake and Po.| appealed. | YOUTHS FACE QUIZ IN STRANGE DEATH OFMARY S CLARKE Camden Police Pick Up Two From Cape May, Where Frozen Body Was Found. MURDER AND SUICIDE THEORIES BOTH PROBED Finding of Only 55 Cents in Hand- bag Strengthens Former—Iden- tified by Friend Here. By the Associated Press. CAPE MAY, N. J., January 20— | In the pursuit of some clue to the cause of the death of Miss Mary S. Clarke of Washington, D. C., whose body was found on the beach here last Saturday night, Jefferson Gibson, Cape May chief of police, went to Cam- den today to question two youths un- der arrest there in connection with the stealing of an automobile The boys are Joseph Clark, 18, and Harry Rutherford, 16, both of Cape May and members of respectable fami- lies. Paul Voelker, city manager of Cape May, said today that the boys were not under suspicion of murder. Boys Had No Money. “We have no evidence at all against them,” Voelker said, “but so far as we know they had no money when they took an automobile in which they left Cape May, and we want to know how they have been living since.” The boys were held by the Camden police when they applied last night for_lodging. Only 55 cents was in the handbag belonging to Miss Clarke, which was found near the body. Police will ques- tion the boys whether they had found any money and jewels before they left Cape May. Three theories—murder, - suicide and accidental death—were being in- vestigated today in connection with the finding of the body on the beach here last Saturday. Miss Clarke was said to have possessed a comfortable | fortune. Always Had Cash and Gems. Miss Clarke lived at Haddon Hall, Atlantic -City, from last May until January 10, when she checked out, saying she was going to Washington. Investigation revealed that she had gone to the Capital, but had left next day for New York. > She always considerabla money and jewelry. en the body was discovered ‘was no jewelry, Her pocketbook, fe ‘30 feet from | the body, contained. 55 cents and a book of script railroad tiel There were no marks on the body to indicate murder, but Coroner Wil- |liam M. Thompson appeared con- vinced that she was slain for theé pur- Mpose of robbery. Other investigators thought that she either committed suicide bv swallowing poison or was stricken by a heart attack and frozen to death while watching birds on the | beach. She devoted much of her time to the study of bird life. Snow Falls Over Body. Her gray hair was frozen with the melted snow that had fallen upon her as she lay on the beach. The left hand was pressed across the abdomen, as though she had been in pain. This indicated to the coroner the possibility of poison. Word received from Joseph P. Fish- {er, jr. of Pittsburgh, said that he be- lieved Miss Clarke was his cousin, who had $50,000 in addition to a reg- ular income from the estates of her father and a brother. Her nearest rel- ative, Fisher said, was a brother, Law- rence Clarke, a shoe manufacturer of Weaverville, Calif. Doubt of Identity Removed. The last doubt as to Miss Clarke's identity was dissipated today by Charles W. Spellman, assistant man- ager of Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, where Miss Clarke lived from May 10 last year to January 10, leaving on the latter date for Washington. Spellman and several friends of the dead woman viewed the body in the | Cape May morgue and identified it. George Taylor, a railroad conduc- tor, identified Miss Clarke as one of his passengers on a trip from Cam- {den Friday. She arrived at Cape | May at 6:19 pm, he said. She | seemed in the best of spirits at that time { STRANGE CONDUCT BARED Friend Here Identifles Articles Found i on Body. The mystery surrounding the death of Mijss Mary C. Clarke of this city |and Atlantic City, whose frozen body | was found on the beach near Cape May Saturday night, deepened today !as her closest friend here told of her | strange conduct before her death. | Mrs. Edward P. Kern of 2814 Belle- ’\\ew terrace, who has known Miss Clarke for more than 20 years, said she had expected her to return to Washington, where she usually spent the Winter, before Christmas. After | hearing nothing from her she tele- | graphed the Haddon Hall Hotel, Atlan- | tic City, Tuesday night, she said, and was told that Miss Clarke had left January 10 for Washington. She called the Mayflower yesterday morn- ing and was given the information that Miss Clarke had registered Jan- uary 10 and checked out the next day, saving she was going to New York. Mrs. Kern said it was unusual for her friend to come here without com- municating with her, and she became concerned for her safety. Thee next news she had of her was when she was informed by The Star that the body found on the beach at Cape May was that. of Miss Clarke. Usually Spent Winters Here. Mrs. Kern said Miss Clarke lived in ‘Washington in the Winter and at At- lantic City in the Summer. She had a comfortable income, she said. She knew of no reason to support the theory of suicide and said Miss Clarke ‘was extremely active, of a gay disposi- tion and never despondent. Mrs. Kern sald that articles found . on the body indcated that it was that of her friend. She recognized the de- scription of a handbag, two small pins, wHl be executs M‘migm_—-‘fim-sc s Miss Clark 64 old, she said, and had tren- 3 a tur coat and gloves bought at Gar- finckel's here. e was about