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TRACTION FRVS WIN FRST PONT Justice Wheat Denies Motion of Commission to Dismiss Appeal From Order. _(Continued From First Page.) of the companies after Gen. Patrick had exgllmed at length and in detail the differences between the new permissive legislation under consideration and the earlier merger proposal which had been submitted and approved by & majority of the stockholders of the two com- panies before it came to Congress, whereas in the new form it has not been submitted for approval by th: stockholders. Vice Chalrman Hartman of the Pub- lic Utilities Commission said that the statement as made by the attorney for the companies does not represent either the written or spoken wishes of the commission. “We do not and have not suggested,” he said, “and the bill be- fore you does not seek to deprive the court’ of its independent judgment. Even if such was the intention of the commission, it would be construed by the courts as unconstitutional, and the companies would not lose any of their cons'ftutional rights.” Mr. Hartman, in answering the first objection of the street railways, said that the pending measure was not drawn to enact an agreement already made, but it was drawn to become ef- fective when the agreement is made and to save Ccngress doing the work over twice. He explained that this measure tells the company what Con- gress will do if the companies agree to merge. ‘l'rg: hearing was adjourned subject to the call of Chairman McLeod. File Letter of Objection. ‘While the traction case was before the House committee and the courts, of- ficials of the two lines filed with Chair- man Capper of the Senate District com- mittee a joint letter, objecting to several teatures of the merger legisiation, par- ticularly the proposal to amend the util- ities Jaw in order to outline & new sys- tem of procedure to be followed when decisions of the commission are ap- pealed to the court. The companies aiso urge the striking out of the clause which would require continuation of the oresent rates of fare for two years from the date of merger. The companies inclosed also & copy of a letter they sent to the Utilities ‘Commission recently, giving the com- mission some of their objections to the present merger resolution. The letter came to Senator Capper on the eve of the public hearing to be held by the Senate committee in Room 212 { the Senate Office Building at 8 lock: tomorrow night. ‘We ask that if changes in the fun- damental law with respect io court re- | views are to be considered, they be ini- tiated by a separate bill designed there- for,” the companies toid Senator Cap- per. Asked Higher Fares. “We also believe that the provisions with respect to the continuance of present rates of fare for a period of two years ld be eliminated and that this matter should be left to be ing are confiscatory, in m’n. they are now iding less than a fair return upon !‘-.'. present fair values of their respec- tive iproperties. The question of the confiscatory character of the existing rates s now pen before the Su- preme Court of the for deter- mi) nation. “Maniiestly the companies could not propérly make any agreement which ‘would deprive their stockholders of their constitutional right to a fair return. Moreover, it is thought that it would not be the desire of Congress to enact | any legislation which would cripple or T the new company in its opera- ‘hampe; tion and in performing its obligation to * adequately serve the public or thatl would affect its ability to attract to the | ente the necessary new capital which an effective merger would de- mand.” The companies ask that paragraph 6 of the pending plan, which outlines how future stock issues would be authorized, should be enlarged to permit the is- suance of additional bonds or other se- curities as well as stock, subject to the approval of the commission. In this same _connection, they recommend a change in paragraph 11 to provide in & similar manner for alteration of cap- Htalization from time to time. Want Merger. In the letter which they wrote to the Utilities Commission recently, John H. Hanna, president of the Capital ‘Traction, and Willilam F. Ham, presi- dent of the Washington Raflway & Electric system, declared the two com- panies “are still anxious to bring about a fair and equitable merger.” However, it should be definitely un- derstood that if this legislation should contain provisions and conditions in question, it would be impossible for the street railway companies to proceed un- der the terms of such enabling act. Furthermore, the incorporation of the objectionable provisions in the legisiation would invite opposition from other utilities and others concerned, who would recognize the unreasonable- ness and the unlawful character of the proposed limitation upon the rights of Judicial review.” i In analyzing that part of the merger plan. which seeks to rewrite the present utilities law on the subject of how to proceed in appealing to the court, the companies say that the proposed changes in the law would curtail the rights of the public as well as of .the railway companies. Would Impair Rights. “Such amendments,” the letter con- tinued, “if enacted, would, it is clear, take away all proper and reasonable op- wortunity for judicial review of orders of the commissions and substitute in ¥eu thereof a scheme of review which would impair constitutional rights of all iriterested parties to a fair opportunity for submitting the issues involved ‘to & Judicial tribunal for determination upon it own independent judgment as to both law and fact, which is guar: teed to them ‘in order that there m: be due process of law' &s provided by the fifth amendment to the titution of the United States.” ‘To support of their arguments that Judicial review is not an “empty right” in utility cases, the companies point out that in the past consumers have gone ,into the court seeking a review of or- ders of the commission: The proposed amendments to the present utilities law dealing with the method of court procedure in appealing from actions of the commission were brought_forward last year by Senator Biaine, Republican, of Wisconsin. They are also incorporated in the plan of merger now pending. The com- panies closed their letter to Senator Capper with the statement that for the reasons given it may become ad- visable to ld-‘ll.rv - fllfl:r;nl {orm lol“:,‘h! posed legisiation and point out thay mu are certain other changes that would occur in the legislation in con- uence of such & revision of the -«’flm action of Justice Wheat in y- ing the motion of the commission for | dismissal of the a) 1 of the companies from the commission’s order denying | them an increase in fare paved the | sueh ap) way for a hearing the court on vthememotm-m:{monmu- denied. | throwing arcund the big medicine ball A 'PATRIOTIC Or the Odyssey of Mr. Yon of Bit to Save The House in commitiee of the whole was discussing the Post Ofice bill on Saturday when Representa- tive Yon of Florida moved to strike out the last word of the amendment being considered and asked uman- imous consent o speak for five min- utes out of order, which was granted and which he did, as follows: Mr, Yon.—Mr. Chalrman, ladies and gentlemen of the committee, I move to strike out the last 'li:rd lnd(m llul’:e the Ivil of proceeding out of order. “x‘ w.:: xm:mm in the remarks of my friend, Mr. Rankin of Mis- sissippl, the other day, when he at- tacked various and sundry newspaper and news reel people for their seeming exaggerations of accounts and pictures taken and the means undertaken in procuring Plc‘um of the famous fire in the Capitol on the night of January 3 of this year. Also, I have listened to the remarks of my good friend and dis- tinguished leader of the opposition, Mr, Tilson, as he opened his remarks with a reference to that famous fable of Aesops, “Wolf, wolf, when there was no wolf.” But, in preceedings, since I have re- ferred to these two of the best friends I have in the House, I want, as one who was fortunate or maybe as the occasion presented itself, to express my feelings, jor, in other words, the consternation that overcame my American patriotic soul at the time, and I take no issue with my distinguished colleagues in do- ing so, for, as I have said before, they are two of my best personal friends. And for Mr. Tilson to hold the position he does as leader of the opposition party, that of a real Florida-cracker Democrat, he has been unusually kind and consid- erate to me. But in proceeding I will say that I left my home district on the afternoon of January 1, after driving over a lot of the most delightful and picturesque paved highways and for the next-two days over through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia of the old historic South. And on this | drive through Florida I was reminded | of Ponce de Leon, De Narvaez and De Soto; through Georgia of James Ogie~ thorpe, Robert Toombs, Sydney Lanier, the poet, and others of the illustrious past; through South Carolina of Fran- ces Marion, John C. Calhoun ‘snd others who have added laurels and luster to the Nation's history; through North Carolina I was reminded of the | dispute between North and South Caro- | lina as to which belonged the honor of | giving the first light of day to the pe: | sonification of Democracy in America— | Andrew Jackson, and thought also of Nathaniel Greene, and of a more recent , Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy in the late war, and he dried the | Navy. Through the grand Old Domin | fon, Virginia, and of Washington, Je ! ferson, Stonewall Jackson, “Jeb” Stu- [ art, Lee, and a host of others that have | added luster, and memory of them | should act as & guiding star to future Americans as examples of patriotism and fidelity to Democratic and patriotic principles, and arrived in the Capital of the greatest Nation on earth just in time to get dinner and walk out on the | | but there was a fire, but not nearly so THE EVENING FIREFIGHTER | Florida and How He Did His the Capitol. street in front of my hotel, just in time to hear the fire alarm. To my conster- nation, I heard the added remark, “The Capitol is on fire.” Living down agross the Capitol grounds northwest, I looked up and beheld the flames just bursting forth. Imagine the emotion and the consternation that raged in my soul, for it was nearly three years a when I first came to this city to as- sume the responsibilities that my people at home had intrusted to me, and rom this same abode I trudged up the “Hill” and thought of the- greatness and grandeur of this edifice, represenga- tive of a great Nation and this thought came to me in all of my excitement on the night of January 3, 1930: That this grand exemplication of the American Nation was on fire. In my excitement, I ran for my top- coat and hat that I might go and help extingulsh the blaze, and as I ran up the walk through the grounds that sur- round the Capitol and reached the ramparts or western approach, mever such an emotion or a more patriotic fervor overcame any one. From these western ramparts I looked up and, as the blaze and threat from the flame was whipping toward the magnificent dome, yet and yet Old Glory in the light of our early evening, by the light of the innumerable illuminations that make an object of beauty of-our noble Capitol dome, and the lightning | blaze of a fire that was threatening its foundation, yet with the screeching sound of the sirens of the fire engines from the 27 to 30 fire stations in the District which were shrieking a warning for the right of way, nothing so thrilled me, though, as I looked skyward, and even though the blaze threatened its foundations, I was reminded that it would not give way its duty “To wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” I was restrained to re- member of what I had read of the immortal Francis Scott Key as he was held on a ship in view of Fort McHenry when, in his patriotic fervor and after ’oln. through the terrible night's vigil, rom the early morn’s light he could vision Old Glory, and the view ired him to write those memorable lines: “Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,” and so forth, or the words of our national anthem, and with a thought of what happened to the Nation's Capitol in 1814, under Gen. Ross and his army of Britishers, T rushed around to the east front about the time the firemen arrived and, after having ob erved such a threat as I had to the Capitol, I joined in with the gallant firemen and others who felt as I did, to aid in pulling the hose through a smashed ‘main entrance Cap- itol door that it could be used at the seat of eonm’nnnn on the top floor; and I tell you it was no easy job. Pretty soon I ran into a policem: nd a Mr. Lieutenant of Police—that, after every- thing was over, except the moving pic- tures. I did not see the picture-taking, as I had gone to my place of abode; much fire as there was smoke after- ward. But durlnfi the height of the flame I got a thrill T will never forget I thank you. (Applause.). PARLEY OPENING HEARD BY HOOVER President Expresses Pleas- ure Over Extensive Use of .[English Language. Like many.-hundreds of thousands of other Americans, President Hoover arose earlier than usual today to hear the opening ceremonies of the five-power Naval Conference in London as they were broadcast by radio. Arising at § o'clock the President dressed himself in the garb he generally wears while taking his daily exercise of and repaired to a basement room where 2 high-powered receiving set had been installed. With him sat - Attorney General Mitchell, also dressed for the medicine ball gamé; Justice Stone of the United States Supreme Court, Dr. Joel Boone, House physician; Lawrence Richey and Walter Newton, two of the President’s secretaries. Hoover Expresses Pleasure. A striking picture was presented by | Mr. Hoover, the man who has done 50| much personally to make possible the successful launching of this Naval Con- ference, as he sat attired in & rough sweater, rumpled trousers and rubber- soled canvas shoes while listening to | these epoch-making speeches. Mr. Hoover expressed pieasure at hearing the English language spoken so extensively. The Italian and Japanese delegates spoke in English in their speeches, M. Tardieu, the French prime minister, being the only speaker to use his native tongue. The President declined to comment on the various speeches, but praised the clarity of the radio reception, which was as clear as if the speeches had been made in the next room. The small group, so vitally interested in the success of the conference, sat com- pletely silent during the entire cere- monies. Immediately aftei the last speech the President and his companions went into an inclosed court for the regular early morning medicine ball game. Navy Men Listen-In. ‘While the President was listening to the broadcast Acting Secretary of the Navy Jahncke and two admirals were in & room at the Mayflower Hotel, lis- tening to the conference. The reception at the Jahncke party 'Was 30 clear that sound motion pictures of the group were taken, Present at this event were Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval oper- ations; Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, member of the eral naval board, and Capt. A. W. J director of naval intelligence; Comdr. Luther Sheldon, and George Akerson, of the presidential | secretary staft. 1 plication of the companies for a tem- porary injunction raising the fares pending final settlement of the legal question involved in the case. The he ing is scheduled before Justice Whey on January 30 and will necessitate review of the fare case before the com- mission last ‘year which resulted in a denial of the higher fares sought by the companies. Hope to Aveid Review. The commission had hoped to pre- clude a court review of the fare case when it filed the motion to dismiss the ! appeal of the companies on the ground | that its decision was not final and that | the fare case was still open for the| companies to submit additional evidence showing the need of financial relief. The companies, in their arguments on the motion before Justice Wheat last week, insisted, however, that the de- cision of the commission was final be- cause it definitely refused to grant them | an increase in fare, Memorandum Handed Down. Justice Wheat handed down & memo- randum opinion on the commission’s motion in which he said: “The defend- ant moved to dismiss these bills, which m{l J" review an order al‘;l‘u Pubu: o8 upon groun that the order is not final. The statute, | | | { | | | cution of the case, are taking an sctive SEARCH OF BRADY HOME BLAMED ON GUN POWDER FIND (Continued From First Page.) valusble in determining the type of bomb used in the triple murders. A search of the home of Mrs. Ella Brady, near Woodmore, Md., was made last night by police investigating the bomb explosion by authority of a special search warrant.” Mrs. Brady is U mother of Lawrence Leroy Brady, Wash- Infiu:n automobile mechanic, who is in Marlboro awaiting trial on a ‘ha of first degree murder. Another son, Herman, is at liberty ler bond a5 a State’s witness. and lives at his mother’s home. The special search warrant was is- sued to County Policeman Frank P. Prince by Justice of Peace H. W. Gore, and was said to have given authority to search “for anything in the nature of firearms or gunpowder.” Prince was accompanied by Sergt. Charles Schalter of Baltimore during the search, but neither officer would reveal what if anything of importance was found in the home. Parran Taking Active Part. Both State’s Attorney J. Frank Par- ran and J. Wilson Ryon, former State's attorney, who is assisting in the prose- ! part in_collecting evidence, often ac- companying police in running down clues. Deput; and Harry inson have also been temporarily assigned to helping in the :olleethn of evidence within, the last few lays. k3 A special clerk has’ also been em- ployed in the State's attorney’s office he | OF_throughout the Uniied States, de- sheriffs A, W. Hepburn | ¢ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JA UNFAR PRAGTCE | CHARCES DROPPED Trade Commission Denies Jurisdiction in Advertising Cases of 1924. The Federal Trade Commission to- day announced dismissal of charges of | unfair competition and unfair trade | practices brought by the commission in 1924 against five publishers and press associations and advertising agencies. ‘The announcement of the commis- slon regarding its action did not go into details nor reveal the vote, but it | Wwas understood that dismissal was made on the ground of lack of juris- | diction. ‘Questions of fairness or unfairness of the charges complained of were not discussed in the laconic announcement | of the commission’s action because of the “lack of jurisdiction.” Those named in the complaint were the American, Association of Advertising Agencles, its officers, executive board and members; the American Press As- sociation, the American Newspaper Pul lishers’ Association, the Southern New: paper Publishers’ Association, its offi- cers and directors, and the Six-Point League, its officers, executive committee and members. Defendants Faced Four Charges. ‘The defendants were charged with unfair competition in violation of the Federal Trade Commission act on the grounds that, by concerted action, they attempted: “l. To prevent certain national ad- vertisers from obtaining their adver- tising from dally newapapers at the so- called net rate, . “2, To monopolize the ‘Fllclnl of na- tional advertising in daily newspapers by advertising agencies for the special benefit of one of the respondents, the American Assoclation of Advertising Agencies, and to prevent competition | as to commission charged by such agencies for service rendered. 3. To promote these schemes through agreements among the respond- . To promote these schemes by co- | operative efforts among the individual members of each of the respondent or- ganizations.” The respondents answered: “(A) That the conditions complained | of are not in any sense the result of | Any agreement or combination and con- spiracy among the respondents; “(B) That there has been no restraint of any one's interstate trade and no un- fair methods of interstate trade or com- petition; “(C) That the practice, the scope, kind and character of service in na- tional advertising, and relations of the parties are normal developments over a long term of ve-rs: are in no sense ai tificial, forc- ¢ - srained; “(Dy " aone of the subject mat- ter set . _..a in the complaint has to do with interstate trade or commerce, and that the commission' is without juris- diction.” The commission charged that these alleged practices and conspiracies would have the following effects: “Regulates National Advertisers.” “(1) To regulate in part the busi- | ness of national advertisers by con- straining them to employ respondent agencles and other agencies, which maintain said standard trade differ- ential as their minimum rate of remu- neration for engaging, on behalf of said national advertisers, in the activities and commerce between various States scribed in paragraph 3 hereof, and by hindering and preventing said adver- tisers from themselves engaging in said activities, and from employing ncles cm;st.ng for said activities less than the standard trade differential; or in the alternative, mnltnlnlnf said national advertisers to pay for direct advertising at aforesaid gross rates and in addition thereto to engage in said activities at | thelr own cost and expense. To lessen, hinder and obstruct the competition in | interstate commerce of such national advertisers as do not employ agencies that maintain the standard trade dif- ferential. late the publication by newspapers of national advertising in mfia;-ulu Commerce and “t'o Testrict such | nationa ung(n: newspapers | throughout the United States selected and approved by respondents; to con- strain newspaper publishers throughout the United States to charge for the publication in interstate commerce of such tional ‘advertising at aforesaid to hamper and obstruct lation, distribution and sale in - commerce of news- pa ‘whose publishers accept and publish the national advertising of di- Tect advertisers and of national adver- tisers that employ agencies not adhering to the standard trade differential. gross T the circuls terstate to Jook after the clerical work in con- nection with the investigation. In their thorough search to find a witness who might have seen the bomb delivered, police have questioned pas- sengers on the first street car to leave Chesapeake Junction on the morning the missive was found on the front porch of Mrs. Annle Buckley, where it was apparently left by mistake. A lengthy zeport on the bits of metal, paper and other articles found in the wrecked home of John Hall, on Carmody road, after the explosion has been sent to Ryon by the Bureau of Standards. The assistant prosecutor expects to study the report today. FUND GROWS TO $1,913, District Building Employes Give $84 to Hall Family. Contribution of $84.15 by a group of District Building employes yesterday, together with other donations, has in- creased to a total of $1,913.60 the fund being raised under the sponsorship of The Evening Star Newspaper Co, for the benefit of the family of John Hall, whose home, in Seat Pleasant, was wrecked New Year day by a bomb, Three of the members of Hall's fam- ily are still receiving hospital treat- ment for injuries sustained when the bomb exploded. The money raised by these donations will be used to defray medical expenses and to repair their dwelling. The list of contributors follows: Acknowledged, $1824.95; J. M. T., 31; 8 K. 81 some empioves of ine Dis: trict ‘Building, $84.15; R. 8. B, $2.50; total, $1,913.60. s o PERJURY CASE- RENEWED. Pantages Witness Goes on Trial for Second Time. LOS ANGELES, January 31 (#).— Garland Biffe, law book salesman, went on trial in Superior Court yesterday for the second time on charges of jury for his testimony in the tris Alexander Pantages, wealthy showm: | who is under = term of 1 to 50 years for criminally assulting Bunice Pringle, 17-year-old dancer, .Biffie’s first trial was un- bad_ migwo blackmail and conspiracy. T o Talki¢e Campaign in Mexico. MEXICO CITY, January 21 (#).— Newspapers of this capital today pub- D, | said, “the attorney for the commission lis) an ofcial “statement by Gen. Estrada, acting forelgn minister, that the government would give its unquali- however, does mot by the ri hto{mv‘z'mnlll":rfiu and rently was not purpose. will, therefore, be ‘The fied support to a campaign in Mexico mln!}t‘ ‘r:nmu - Iv:nv'mmh the m nguage ix used. » minister me.dm mehull “justified, neces- Pl 5 N “(3) To regulate the business of ad- vertising agencies throughout the United States by preventing them from engaging in their activities in inter- state commerce as described in “para- graph three hereof, except upon terms prescribed by respondents, and by en- forcing the standard trade differential as the minimum price for their sald activities; hinder, obstruct and sub- stantially lessen competition, and par- ticularly competition in price, "among agencies engaged in interstate com- merce as aforesaid; to prevent national advertisers, by establishing advertising departments or said described house agencies, from themselves engaging in the activities described in sald para- graph three. “Competition Denied Public.” “(4) ‘Te deprive the public of the benefits Of free competition, and par- ticularly of competition in price, be- tween agencles; to enhance the cost of national advertising in newspapers, and thereby to increase the cost of the dis- tribution of goods, wares and merchan- dise sold in interstate commerce by means, in whole or in part, of national advertising, and thereby to enhance the cost to the public of the goods, wares and merchandise nationally advertised in newspapers. “The alleged acts and practices of respondents are all to the prejudice of the public and constitute unfair meth- ods of competition in commerce within the intent and meaning of the Federal Trade Commission act.” As explained today by EMsha Hanson, counsel for the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, the case hinged largely on the efforts, through circula- tlon of ‘“recognition lists” and other means, to keep publishers informed about advertising agencies which were working on the accepted basis of keep- ing all of their commissions. These lists also dealt with those which were offering inducements to clients by split- ting commissions obtained from the publishers, as well as advertisers who were attempting, directly or indirectly, to obtaln rebates of the amounts of commissions on their advertisements. 700 Names on List. “Throughout this proceeding,” | | he strenuously had sought to prove that two of the respondents, the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the American Association of Advertis- Agencies have combined and con- ired to monopolize the advertising agency field for the benefit of the said | respondent, the American Assoclation } of Advertising Agencies. The facts are | that the American Assoclation of Ad- vertising Agencles have, s found by the (commisison’s) examiner 132 mem- bers, whereas the American Newspaper Publishers Association maintains a rec- ognition list of advertising agencies, as found by the examiner, containing about names. “At_the time this proceeding was started, the membership of the Xmm- can Association of Advertising Agencies Acting Secretary Jahncke of the Navy hear the speeches at the opening of the seated: Capt. A. W. Johnson, director of Jahncke and Rear Admiral A. T. Long, member of the general naval board. Mr. Jahncke. s the host at a listenin, Naval Conference in London. f naval intelligence; Admiral Charles :‘ tal was_approximately the same as now, whereas, at the time this respondent was made a party to this proceeding, its recognition list contained 522 names, In other words, during the period of this proceeding, the American News- paper Publishers’ Association has ex- tended recognition to more than 170 advertising agencies not members of respondent American Association of Ad- vertising Agencles, while on the other hand, the membership of said respond- ent American Association of Advertis- ing Agencies today is one less than at the time this respondent was. made & part to this proceeding. . . .” “It is an uncontested fact, found by the examiner and admitted by the at- torney for the commission, that for many years prior to 1917 the great bulk of national advertising placed in’ daily newspapers was placed in such news- papers by advertising agencies for the accounts of their clients, the adver- rs. “Publishers Dealt Directly.” “It is also an uncontested fact that for a'long perfod of years there were certain national advertisers who dealt directly with publishers of daily news- papers without using the agencies. It is equally uncontested that during the last 30 years the number of such na- tional advertisers dealing directly with | newspaper publishers has mateially | decreased. 2 “Likewise, during the perjod of 30 years prior to the bringing of this com- plaint, the commission paid by pub- lishers to agencies for furnishing a vertising has been, as found by the ex. aminer, practically stabilized at 15 per cent, with an additional 2 per cent for cash. Therefore, as was pointed out to the commission in briefs and arguments, long prior to the bringing of this complaint and long prior to the time when this alleged con- spiracy or combination between re- spondents is alleged to have started, the business of handling national advertis- ing for advertisers who desired to have it placed in daily newspapers, had been developed into channels which, both it placed in daily newspapers, had been proved to be to the best interests not only of the publishers but to the ml majority of advertisers as well as 3 fide_agencles. “The issue squarely presented itself as to whether or not the Federal Trade Commission, in & proceeding brought approximately 10 years after it was created, would upset a sound prac- | tice, bullt up during almost -a half | century of experience prior ‘to its| creation, | “Commercial Bribery Charged. Stated in another way, he sald, the precise issue was whether the commis- sion, “in face of numerous Federal and State statutes condemning rebating or commercial bribery,” would seek “to fasten that curse upon one of the greatest industries in America.” ‘The only purpose of the Rroceedlnl, in so far as newspaper publishers were concerned, . he d, was “to compel them to grant rebates to any advertiser who desired to transact business upon the basis of rebating, the method of making the rebates possible being merely incidental. He pointed out that the com- mission condemned such rebating in trade practice conferences held in many industries. . It has now cgn- demned it in the newspaper publishi Industry, by its action in dismissing the complaint. No charge was made, he emphasized, that publishers had conspired or com- bined to fix the rates of advertising or their charges for subscriptions, or had sought to restrict either the volume of advertising published by daily news- papers throughout the country or the interstate movement of commodities in such papers. Associated with Mr, Hanson as coun- sel for the newspaper publishers were Robert, C. Beattie and Robert C. Morris. ‘The attorney for the advertising agencies was Clark McKercher of New. York. James S. Finlay of Chattanooga, Tenn., represented the Southern publishers. Counsel for the Trade Commission was Eugene W. Burr, NORRIS CHALLENGED ON PARTISANSHIP By the Associated P LINCOLN, Nebr., January 21.—A challenge to United States Senator George W. Norris to prove his repub- licarism was made yesterday by Wil- llam Clapp, a farmer of Elmwood, who filed & protest with the secretary of against Senator Norris having a lace on the Republican primary bal- K)t as a candidate for renomination, Under the law the secretary of state is the judge and the jury in determin- ing whether a candidate is barred from running on any particular party ticket. Secretary of State George W. Marsh sald he would notify all concerned and set a date for a hear Norris Welcomes Test. By the Associated Press. Commenting_on an announcement |,o " | from Lincoln that Wil Clapp had filed & protest against his eertification as a candidate in the Nebraska sena- torlal primary, Senator Norris, Repub- lican, Nebr. yesterday issued the fol- lowing statement: { am not finding tlullz" wlth' l‘lxr. Cl.pp for filing a protest. It's perfectly pm‘ée:d and T am anxious o have it ided. e V1t ‘offictals of the State are going to decide that & man can't select his own litical party, then it's time I found it out.” DR. HRDLICKA TO SPEAK. The second of & series of lectures by distinguished sclentists under the aus- | ha BYRD IS REPORTED Entire Orchestra Is Vaccinated as Member Falls 111 By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, January 21, —The entire personnel of the San Prancisco Symphony Orches- tra, including Alfred Hertz, the director, was taken to the Central Emergency Hospital for vaccina- tion yesterday following the col- lapse from smallpox of one of the members during the matinee concert. READY T RETRN Amateur Radio 0perator7 Picks Up Message From “Hanson.” By the Assoclated Pre | SALEM, Ohlo, January 21.—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his ex- ploration party at Little America, Ant- arctica, started final preparations today for their return to the United States, | according to wireless messages re- | ceived here last night by George Mor- row, amateur radio operator, from one of the radio operators of the expedi- tion. The operator at Little America told Morrow the supply ship City of New York had just arrived from New Zealand after a 400-mile battle with ice and that loading of the vessel for the return trip would be started at once. All members of “the expedtiion were in good spirits, the message said. Last night's radio conversation was held with an operator who signed his name “Hanson.” He requested Morrow to stand by for another conversation | at 4:30 am. tomorrow, BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Jan- uary 21.—A pl!ow'rnpme surveying flight to Discovery Inlet was made yes- terday, the first flying day since the bay was mapped just after the eastern flight, Capt. McKinley, with Harold June as pllot, surveyed the coast be- tween here and the inlet and also photo- graphed the inlet and the surrounding territory. Sea Smoke Over Water. ‘The temperature dropped suddenly last night and was 9 above this morn- ing, bringing with it clearer skies than we have had for a long time. There were clouds to the south over the Bar- rier and apparently some sea smoke over the water at the mouth of the bay. Soon after the plane took off they reported clouds to the west of Discov- ery Inlet and at one time thought of turning back, but decided they could do their work and beat the clouds back to camp. This they were able to do and they have just returned. Geologists Return. Over the southern hills of the Bar- rier to the south yesterday morning appeared a long, black line that moved slowly toward camp, dipping out of sight into hollows and reappearing, al- ways a little nearer than before. It was the southern geological party, led by Dr. Laurence M. Gould, conring | in from a sledging journey which, since it began, has taken them more than 1,500 statute miles, one of the longest siedging journeys ever made in the Ant- arctic. They had been on the trait for nearly three months. Sunday night word came from Larry Gould that he would be in this morn- ing, but he was not expected so early. ‘They have been traveling at night and Wwhen they reached here at 9:30 o'clock they had covered 34 miles in their last long push. ‘They had been over some of the most dangerous trail that can be found; over huge crevases 40 and 50 feet wide, where the roofs fell in behind the sleds; clambered up the sides of moun- tains’ where slipping snow threatened to overwhelm them; skidded across crevassed ice fields, where sleds smashed against the sides 'of deep cracks; camped on places where the Barrier snapped and groaned beneath them. They had traveled all the time ex- cept for three days when they were stormbound, collected a mass of val- uable geological data and had come as good condition as when they ! | i started. Glacler Pressure Jarred Tents. ‘The outward journey was almost without incident until they reached a point 60 miles south of the mountains. There the tension from the pressure of glaciers debouching into the great plain of Barrier was so great that when they /camped at night they could hear beneath them the constant report of the ice movement, jars which shook the tent. They headed at first for Liv Glacler, but found such terrific crevasses there that they were forced to turn back after a day's travel. The crevasses were 40 or 50 feet, wide with cracks on the ‘where they pices of the Anthropological Society of Washington on the evolution of man will be given at the National Museum ludll:;hll'n p.:"?htl by'l;r Ales Hl’dl'lpk": curator of physical anthropology of ti Smithsonian Institution. Dr. -Hrdlicka rentiation of will speak ‘on ““The Diffes Races.” ’ d sagged. They went across them at top speed and at different points, each man holding to & rope some 30 feet back of the sled. Dr. Gould went on the theory that if the dogs and sled got across the men could eross well, although through bel Journey was when they wenl east and had to cross 40 miles of ice split by cracks which, deep or wide e) ous, made such sH aleds £ enormous tne INCOY IS HONORED . g-in party at the Mayflower Hotel early today to In attendance at the party were, left to right, Hughes, chief of naval operations; Mr. nding is Comdr. R. H. Skelton, aide to —Associated Press Photo. BY FRIENDS OF BAR Kindliness of Retiring Justice Appreciated by Young Attorneys. " Praise for his judiclal services and best wishes for continued health and happiness in his retirement were ex- tended last evening to Walter I. Me- Coy, who resigned from the position of chief justice of the District Supreme Court December 9. Justices, lawyers and other friends of the former chief justice assembled at the Willard Hotel to join with the Barristers, a ¢lub of the young- er members of the bar, in taking formal leave of the distinguished guest. Judge Garrett Pays Tribute, Judge Pinis J. Garrett of the United States Court of Customs and Patent, Ap- peals, who served with Justice McCoy in the House of Representatives before his elevation to the bench, paid tribute to the guest of the evening. Col. J, Mil- ler Kenyon, president of the Bar Asso- ciation, felicitated the retiring jurist on behalf of the bar and Norman B. Prost, president of the Barristers and toast- mut thle t?‘:nmr. presented an en- resolution passed the elub extolling Justice MeCoy l:yd express. ::;‘l“tl":em lgfr‘e’chdol;oufn:he club for his o ndness e younger at- torneys in his court. o In reply, Justice McCoy recalled one of the experlences of his early life at the bar when he had been “bawled out” KING'S VOICE SPANS SEA FOR FIRST TIME Americans Hear Opening of London Naval Parley Very Distinctly. The voice of King George V of Eng- land spanned the Atlantic for the first time -today and through radio’s magic power coursed its way into thousands of American homes. Two extensive radio networks, those of the National and Columbia broad- casting systems, carried the King's brief address, which signalized the opening of the epochal conclave of the five world powers in the House of Lords in London. Words Heard Distinctly. . The rebroadcast marked another achievement for radio in transatlantic relaying. Aided by favorable atmospheric con- ditions, every word spoken by the King, as well as by the othér international figures who followed him before the microphone, was heard clearly and dis- tinctly on this side of the Atlantic, Even the muffied coughs and the sub- dued ripples of conversation among the delegates during short interludes in the speeches poured out of the loud speakers. J From a technical standpoint, the re- broadcast was regarded with greater success than the international ex- change of radio programs on Christmas day. The only distraction was a sea- shell-like roar, caused, obviously, by :g: increased amplification used on American rebroadcasting apparatus, King's Radio Volee Excellent. ‘The rebroadcast revealed that George possesses an excellent voice and has a distinct and decisi\c manner of pronunciation which shows only a slight trace of English accent. He spoke more #s an American than any of the English leaders who fol- lowed him, 2 It was shortly after 8 o' in Washington, or a few minutes after 11 o'clock in London, when the King stepped before the microphene in the Toyal gallery of the House of Lords. Within five minutes he had concluded and a Japanese interpreter was before the microphone repeating the address in_his native tongue. The King came before the micro- phone unannounced, and it was several minutes before the American Nsteners surmised by the nature of the address that England's ruler was talking. Appropriate Preludes Offered. Columbia’s prelude to thé London re- broadcast was a talk by Senator Dill of Washington, who declared it the first ever made before breakfast, and a med- ley of national airs of the five nations participating in the Naval Conference played on ee organs. WRC and the other N. B. C. stations broadcast an appropriate musical program provided | J¢ by a studio orchestra. 4 Wml. u:ndx::.'a Columbia network rop, e on program at 7 o'clock when Secretary of State Stim- son finished his address. WRC and the N. B. C. stations, however, continued until the close of the proceedings, at 8:21 o'clock. ARMY OFFICERS CHANGED. Orders Affect Commissioned Per- sonnel Throughout Country. Lieut. Col. Morris E. Locke, FMeld Artillery, has been transferred from Boston to the 1st Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Okla.; Maj. Edwin M. Scott, Qua termaster Corps, from Grenada, Ni ragua, to San Francisco; Capt W. Fitzgerald, Veterinary Cor the Army Medical Center to m office of the Surgeon General, this city; Capt. John G. White, Fleld Artillery, from the Philippines to Fort Lewis, Wash.; Capt. Allan P. Bruner, Coast Artillery Cor from Hawall to Columbla, 8. C. duty with South Carolina Nal Guard; Capt. Samuel A. Greenwell, Ad- jutant General's DepaYtment, from Sam Houston, Tex., to this city for duty with the War Department General Staff. Maj. Raymond C. Wolfe, Corps, and Capt. LeRoy Davis, Cavalry, have been placed on the retired list on account of service. Capt. Max Weinberg, Medical Ad- ministrative Corps, now in this city, has been ordered retiremen to his home to await holes. But as that was too dangerous to continue, he turned back out as soon as possible. d got In Labyrinth of Pressure Waves. Their difficulty in locating the food and fuel cache left by Admiral Byrd at the foot of these mountains was due artly to the enormous waves of the rrier caused by pressure, waves so deep that in the bottom of them the mouptains were almost hidden and the fandscape was altered so they could hardly ize it. waves all tains on_the for many miles. ‘They found these the face of the moun- rrier, extending north Their next most difficult part of the t to the ), lltho\lsll not 1o be very danger- ippery going that two ‘were smashed. (Copyright, 1030, by the h d Yy e g Rl York n:'i:un‘.""'fl! world) -~ e S nas | disabilities incident to. the | ha by & judge and said he then determined he wor always help a young-Tawyer, The guest declared his intention of remaining a citizen of Washington after & visit to his son in_ California. He inted out that he has made many riends here, while but few of his asso- ciates remain in South Orange. Features of the entertainment at the dinner were an exhibition of talking ictures, supplemented by feats of m Ty Jfi?{n Mulholland, m-'ll:i” Char "\ man, & quartet singing Nagro spirituals and an orchestra. Guests and Members Present. Included among the guests and mem- bers of the club were: Norman B. Frost, toastmaster; Justice Finis J. Garrett, Justice James C. Me- Reynolds, Justice George E. Martin, Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel, Justice Willlam J. Graham, Justice Oscar E. Bland, Justice Charles S. Hatfield, Justice lrvtng L. Lenroot, Justice Fen- ton W. . _Justice Samuel J. Gra~ ham, Justice. Willlam R. Green, Justice Benjamin H. Littleton, Justice Thomas 8. Williams, Justice Wendell P, Stafford, Justice Frederick L. Siddons, Justice William Hits, Justice Jennings Bailey, Justice Peyton Gordon, Justice Alfred A, Wheat, Judge George C. Aukam, Judge Robert E. Mattingly, Judge Na- than Cayton, Judge Gus 'A. Schuldt, Judge John P. McMahon, Judge Isaac R. Hitt, Judge Ralph Given, States Attorney Leo A. Rover, sloner Sidney P. Taliaferro, Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder, Abram F. Myers, Leslie C. Garnett, Clarence M. Charest, Archie K. Bhipe R idolph e K. ipe, Ru Bastia H. Ye Waiter M,. n G F J ‘eatman, ; ., er P, 1 gu-uon Burns, Henry C. Lank, “Victor 8, Merach, ‘Austin Oanfleld, Landreau, Thomas Ellis Edward M. Norman - B, Welllver, Moty e, M. ", Me) E jues, Shands, J. Robert Sherrod, Clar- ence A. Miller. Julian Cromelin, Wilbur N. Baugh- man, Kenneth N. Parkinson, Frederick B. Warder, John I Richter, David L. Riordan, Bernard B, Y F. Colladay, Jesse em'& l.tep T llliam E. , J¢ D. Kelly, Daniel 8. Ring, ey tnll:nloiol‘:e.N. pL A. Can Dale, Chapin_B. Bauman, Bernard M. Wise, David P. Smith, Robert Watson, W. 8. McBroom, Prancis C. Brooke, Emmeti Leo Sheehan, Harold R. Stej Thomas M. lllrw".!. chol‘lzrfl' T. Titt= mann, 3 e Garvin, Burt New, hard R. Baker, jr.; Dun- bar Hare, Wil , Johm Mulhol- land, G. Bowdoin, Craighill. William C. Ashford, Charles S. Baker, Jerome F..Barnard, Alexander H, Bel E. Hamilton, Andrew M. Hood, South Trimble, jr.: Lucian H. Vandoren, Glllespie T. Walsh, Richard E. Well- ford, James C. Wilkes, Richard H. ‘Wilmer. > Charles Fahy and Philbrick McCoy, non-residents. ‘The dinner was in charge of the fol« lowing committee: ‘Theodore Colz:eg chairman; Arthur P. Drury, Pran . Hill, jr.; Thomas Gul:;-ph ‘Walsh and Richard E. Well- HUNT FOR BEAST BEGINS IN EARNEST . WITH AID OF U. S. (Continued From First Page.) the Chapman pigsty. The officers stayed on duty all nlshl, but caught no glimpse of the marauder. The dogs now quartered at the eleventh preeinct are the property of Walter L. Whitney of 7019 Ofiml aveniue. They are big foxhounds which ve been used with considerable sue- cess in Southern Maryland in and treeing raccoons. - Mr. Whitney de- clared this morning that his dogs, how- ever, would trail and tree anything in the cat family, no matter how large. Numerous offers of do!l for trailing have come to Capt. Peck. One man, Wwhose name he did not get, this morn- lnf offered to bring down from Penn- sylvania dogs that have been used suc- cessfully in trailing and treeing bobcats in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Capt. Peck accepted the offer and is waiting for the pack to appear. Other sportsmen, with ‘all sorts of dogs from terriers to wolfhounds, have called in at the eleventh precinct, offering their dogs to get in on the sport. apt. Peck e considerable anxiety over the manner in which independent bands of panther hunters are roaming b:m district in which the n animal has reported. “There is too much runnhanuwnd out there guns. I hear there has been some , and I warn every- with 8l hooting, body to stop it before some one gets hurt. I'm convinced that there is some animal at large out there and will do everything ble to kill it, In the meantime, independent hunters had Dbetter leave the hunting of such animals to the 5&: and those whom they, call in'to help.” A