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Closing N.Y, Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Entered post office, No. 31,577. second class matt ‘Washington, er D. ;C. MORROW SUPPORTS HOOVER AS BORAH DEFENDS PINCHOT New Jersey Candidate’s Stand Seen as Eliminating Him as 1932 Possibility. PENNSYLVANIAN MAY GET BACKING OF INSURGENTS Statements of Two G. 0. P. Lead- ers Regarded as Bearing on Presidential Race. BY BYRON PRICE, Associated Press Staft Writer. Two of the “strong men” of the Re- publican party, Dwight Morrow of New Jersey and William E. Borah of Idaho, have given the country an illuminating peep behind the scenes of the big po- litical show in 1930. It was the wet Morrow who declared last night he hoped to vote again for Herbert Hover in 1932. It was the dry Borah who challenged those who are trying to remove from the picture a figure already hailed by his friends as a possible candidate against Hoover— Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania. Morrow Also Possibility. Morrow himself has been mentioned often as a presidential possibility two years hence. His overwhelming nomi- nmation for the Senate on a platform calling for repeal of prohibition put him into a position of conceded.leadership among Republican wets. His declaration for Hoover, how- ever, in nowise surprised the Presi- dent’'s circle of political advisers. ‘They had expected such a pronounce- ment at the proper time, and Mrs. Mor- row picked days, several“dry leaders had forecast his noi tion over Hoover in the next Republican National Convention. Morrow repeatedly has labeled himself & regular, although he with the Hoover platform of 1928 on prohibi- tion. He praised the President’s eco- nomic policies. By so much. he has weakened any threat that serious op- tion to a renomination for the Pres- lent vtvlg,wme from the wet Eastern wing of the party. Borah's shwm{nt mentioned neither President Hoover nor 1932, but it em- asized again the rift between the jents and outstand- ers of the East. Pinchot became the Republican nomi- mee for Governor of Penhsylvania over the opposition of several of these lead- gs, and a considerable number have iblican national 5 defeat for the governorship might con- SR g len g a m dnmmnznm ‘would hearten his to offer him as a leader of the ‘warning shot in the form of a sugges- tion that a Senate committee hi investigate whether the public utilities of Pennsylvania were spending money to defeat Pinchot. Thus he raised an issue often raised before by such Western leaders as Sen- ator Norris and the La Follettes. He said he had been “in communication” ‘with some of the Pennsylvania Republi- cans, What that communication may have amounted to he did not disclose, but he at least put his party on notice that the West was not letting the Penn- sylvania situation pass unnoticed. Further developments on the Penn- sylvania front are expected by the poli- ticians, whose attention is turned mo- mentarily from the possibility of & wet Eastern Republican revolt to the ac- tivities of that everwengaging group of ;hlcb Senator Borah is a charter mem- T, MORROW OPENS CAMPAIGN. Former Ambassador Eliminates Self As Presidential Candidate, By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, October 14.—The campiagn of Dwight W. Morrow for United States Senator was under way today after an opening speech in which he eliminated himself as a candidate for the presidency in 1932, He repeated his stand for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and restora- tion of State rights in the control of liquor which he announced at the open- | ing of his primary campaign five months ago. | He praised the administration of | President Hoover, stressing especially the work of the London Disarmament Conference, to which he was a delegate. Regarding statements which have | linked his name with the presidential eandidacy in 1932, he said: “I have the right to say, especially in view of the wholly unauthorized state- ments made during the primary cam- | aign about my own, position, that I fook forward "with pieasure and with confidence to the opportunity of voting two years from now for the renomina- tion and re-election of President Hoover.” His reference to “unauthorized state- ments” was taken to mean speeches of supporters during the primary cam- paign who suggested him as a presi- dential possibility. “I am not speaking with the au- thority of the President of the United States or even with his knowledge,” he said do haveg the right to say, however, that in my opinion the Re- ublican national administration with ;flmdent Hoover at its head will be judged wo years from now by the pa- tience, the calmness, the sympathy and the courage With which it has carried on the Government during the period sl .| Ing. A | lican Marine’s Bravery May Prevent His Leaving Service Officers Act to Remit Sentence of Discharge Against Pvt. Guthrie. | Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, com- ! manding the Marine Corps Post at | Quantico, v;., }vrlx: hold;| l‘“l(conlpmpr o sional Medals of Honor, himself, e~ ciates bravery and is® willing to back it up by action. He has recommended that Private Roland S. Guthrie, who was slated w | be discharged from the service, and while under arrest recently saved the {life of his guard, Corporal John J. | Antinovick, at the Washington Navy yard, when the latter fell overboard from the gangplank of the U. S. 8. Porpoise, be retained in the service. Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, comman- {dant of the Marine Corps, today con- curred in that decision. Papers in the Guthrie case will now be sent to the judge advocate general of the Navy, Rear Admiral David F. Sellers, but (Continued on Page 2, Column 17.) DEMOCRATS FIGURE he #n ‘WITH SUNPAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON D TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, GAIN OF 60 SEATS In Such an Event Prospects for Hoover Program Would Be Black. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. election three weeks from today, con- servative estimates place the Repub- lican loss in the House at from 18 to 30 seats. Democrats insist, however, that such estimates are far too conservative, and a survey of the situation indicates that the Republican loss might run as high as 60 seats. In that event the Demo- crats would control the next House of Representatives; the Republicans would have received a real “licking,” and the rtu ts for the Hoover program of efllmn would be black, indeed. No one doubts the political pendulum is swinging k from the Republican high point reached in the 1928 elections to the House. But there is still doubt as to whether the swing will go so far that the Democratic victory will reach the proportions of a landslide. With- in the next two weeks the trend may become more sharply marked. At pres- ent many of the voters are saying noth- ing and doing a good job at it. epression and drought, the two big 's” which are eu::n‘ the Repul wet and dry ‘oo, may bring.the wet a1 e, may lide for which the hfle( some of embers _of House are frankly at prospects, the Repub- : stage by oms ahot. Re: s a 3 - plmnxb‘m) the Rh:pubuun congressional Te, - sided over by Re] ntative Will J.'.fa of Indiana, wi indicate that matters are not nearly so bad for the Repub- licans as the public has been lead to believe by some of the observers, Fight Demoeratic Attack. ‘The Republican headquarters, occu- pying a large part of one floor of the Palmer House, are the scene of great activity. The Republicans do not in- tend to quit hting. On the con- trary, they are lining up everywhere to meet the Democratic attack. Speak- ers, many of them nationally known, will be sent into key States and to oth- ers where the G. O. P. candidates are hard pressed. . ‘The wet-and-dry issue and its prob- able effect in many of the congres- sional districts is puzzling the Repub- lican leaders even more than the prob- able effect of the depression -mr the draugl::i rthermore, Republican meml of the House in whose dis- tricts this wet-and-dry issue has been raised are mcki:s close to home. They cannot be persuaded to take the stump in other districts, it is said. The po- litical make-up of the House in the present Congress is 261 Republicans, 161 Democrats, 1 Farmer-Labor and 12 vacancies. Of the 12 vacancies, eight are for seats which have been held by Republicans and four are for Demo- cratic seats. If there were no vacan- cles, the House make-up would stand 269 Republicans, 165 Democrats and a er-Labor; total, 435. The Repub- lican lead over all opposition would be, under those circumstances, 103, If the Democrats can win 53 of the seats held by the Republicans, and at the same time hold all the House seats which they now possess, they would have a total of 218 seats in the next House, or & majority of one. G. O. P. Has Chance for Gains. ‘To give the Democrats 60\ seats now held by the Republicans is to resolve in their favor practically all the contests in which there seems to be an element ‘01 real doubt today. Purthermore, the | Republicans have a chance to pick up a few seats in the House which are | now occupied by Democrats. This is | true in the second Massachusetts dis- | triet, in the third Maryland district, in the first Montana district, and In a Tammany district or two in New York City, owing to the scandals which | have broken in full force in the metrop- | olis, involving Tammany leaders. The | Massachusetts Republicans insist they (have a real chance to win back the luoond district, which had always been | Republican until it was lost last Spring | by & “by-election” to Granfield, a wet Democrat. The Republican nominee, Joshua L. Brooks, in running as a wet | and 1s a widely known and prominent | business man. "Third in Maryland, for- mer Representative John Philip Hill, the Republican nominee, is the wettest of the wet. He has been able to carry this district for years in the past. In 1928, however, he was declared defeated the pan! are | (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) “(Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) BRAZILIAN REBELS INTWO SECTORS IN DIFFICULT POSITION Bello Horizonte Front Abandoned as Federals Send in More Troops. Is CITY OF UBERABA TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT FORCES Capture Gives Them Control of Triangular Part of State of Minas Geraes. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, October 14— Radio messages intercepted by the gov- ernment here today indicated that the position of Brazlian revolutionists in the states of Minas Geraes and Parana was becoming difficult. One sent from Bello Horizonte, capi- tal of Minas Geraes, told revolutionary headquarters in the south that the in- flux of a great number of federal troops had caused the abandonment of the Bello Horizonte sector. “Have the government of Minas Geraes take other measures,” the rebel message concluded. Economic Situation Hard. Another intercepted message was from the chief of the rebel forces in Parana CHICAGO, October 14.—With the |, Getylic Vargas, head of the revolu- tionary movement at Porto Alegre, and declared that the situation in Parana was difficult from an economic stand- point and that it was necessary that supplies be shipped immediately. ‘The government announced that fed- eral troops had captured the important city of Uberaba, thus taking over the triangular portion of Minas Geraes which lies between the states of Goyaz and Sao Paulo. Save for the slowing\down of busi- ness, caused by the banking holiday decreed by the government, Rio de Janeiro presents a normal aspect. Precautions Continued. Military precautions continued, how- ever. The captain of the port today ordered that all night traffic in Rio Harbor cease except for those securing special permits. Government vessels and ferry boats will operate as usual. ‘The chief of the Rio de Janeiro State Police today issued an order forbidding the sale of hard liquor, saying that this was necessary to avert possible disturb- ances. Cafes were not required to close, however. Following the fixing of food prices in the capital to prevent profiteering, the minister of agriculture has ap- pointed & commission to organize food control throughout the nation. FEDERAL FORCE 1S ROUTED. Rebels Win Battle Near Carlopolis, In- flicting Severe Casualties. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, October 14 (#).—Brazilian revolutionary troops, fighting for five hours near Carlopolis in the Parana-Sao Paulo border area, have routed a large federal force, in- flicting severe casualties. An official insurgent announcement at Porto Aleger, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, saild the battle was the hardest fought' thus far of the engagements along the 200-mile Parana-Sao Paulo front for the session of Sao Paulo. The first ttalion of the revolu- tionary army attacked the federal posi- tion early yesterday morning after ad- vancing to a point between Affonso Camargo and Carlopolis. Desperate fighting ensued, and after five hours the federals gave way, leaving dead and wounded and supplies behind them. They fled toward Carlopolis. Prisoners and Arms Taken. Many prisoners were taken, the an- nouncement said, including several high officers. Among the supplies were rifles and machine guns. The revolutionary troops also sustained some casualties. In another encounter along the long front, the right of which is in the State of Sao Paulo and the left in Parana, the revolutionary forces took 35 prisoners and captured a large quan- tity of supplies, munitions and two machine guns. The contact was at Gatinga. Although fighting incident to the revo- lution against the government of Presi- dent Washington Luis is in progress in at least three or four important areas, it has appeared here that the major fon_of civil Advertising Aids There are desirable of- ferings in almost every line of goods to be found in the stores of Washington. The best of these are featured in the advertisements ap- pearing in The Star. Only reading careful adver- through of Star tising can the buyer of today realize the many offerings in style, quality and price of the local mer- chants. Articles advertised in to- day’s Star include: Women’s Dresses and Frocks, TWO GIVEN LIFE IMPRISONMENT TWELVE HOURS AFTER MURDER Bank Robbers Sentenced After Confessing to Hold-Up and Subsequent Shooting of State Trooper. By oo Busciatad Press. CENTERVILLE, Mich., | — Only & little mere than 12 hours fol- lowing State policeman an g :bnnl at Battle Creek, Thomas Mar- »30, and James Gallagher, 28, were ced in ci.rcul: lcoyn here today imprisonment in Jackson prison. * guilty to murder their capture after the killing d_the robbery State Trooper John Burke was shot . Fur Scarfs, Men’'s Fall Outfittings, Leather Handbags, Rugs And many others, Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. The Evening Star. . 41,505 and killed by the pair when he overtook them while driving along a road en route to Indiana afte ing the east 2d Newspaper. . ... .. 9,663 3d Newspaper . ... .. 7,688 4th Newspaper...,. 3,638 5th Newspaper..... 2,904 T .. 23,893 THE 1L -LINOIS ATORIAL SITU ening Star. 1930 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. every city block a tion is delivered to FHR¥ UP) Means Associated BRIDE IS EXPECTED 10 URGE HALT ON BORLAND AGTLEVY Recommendations on Paving| ATION. RELIGIOUS WORKERS GATHER IN' CAPITAL 14,000 Delegates Expected to Attend Disciples of Christ Sessions, Starting Tonight. Missionaries from the cannibal sec- tion of the African ‘Kongo, bandit-in- fested Thibet and the now troublesome land of Ghandi in India mingled with | clerical and lay leaders of the Christian Church of the Americdn continents, Eu- rope and Australia, who were regis- tering in large numbers at the Wash- ington Auditorium headquarters for to- night's opening session of the interna- tional convention of the Disciples of Christ. Commemorating the 100th anniver- | sary of the church and the 1900th an- niversary of the Pentecost, the sessions tonight will mark the opening of one of the greatest religious meetings ever in the National Capital and the important in the history of the brotherhood. Every available seat in the audito- rium will be filled those among the | several thousands of delegates already | registered who are waiting to hear the | key-note of the convention sounded by its president, Robert A. Long of Kansas City, Mo, nationally known business man and lay leader in the Christian Church. His theme will be the underlying motive of the conven- tion, “The Great Responsibility of the | Church.” Dr. Poling on Pensions. Rev. Dr. Daniel Poling of New York City, editor of the Christian Herald and president of the World Christian Endeavor Union features tomorrow morning’s program with an address on the movement for an adequate minis- terial pension system among the Chris- tian churches in the United States and Canada. The raising of a $8,000,000 reserve pension fund is the biggest movement before the convention. Dr. Poling will speak at 11:30 o'clock at the Auditorium. The large crowds of disciples arriv- ing here on special trains today from all parts of the United States, indi- cated that the expectation of a 14,000 attendance during the 10 days’ sessions of the three successive conventions would be realized. Tomorrow afternoon will mark the opening of the Youth Convention which, with the Interna- tional Convention, will continue through Sunday. Then will follow the World | Convention, to which delegates have come from upwards of 30 countries to attend the first session of this nature | ever called by the Christian Church. Conventions Separate. While these three conventions will hold separate meetings there will be occasions, as during the final dedication of the great National City Christian Church on Sunday, when they will meet together. The closing session of the World Convention will be a “corona- tion service,” Thursday, October 23, which will bring to an end the 10 days' deliberations connected with the anni- versary, President Long and the officers of the International Convention were among the earliest to register at the head- quarters, which today took en the ap- pearance of a great convention hall, with display booths of the seven big affiliasted organizations depicting the activities of the church in all corners of the world. The affiliated organiza- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) . W. C. T. U. SPEAKER WRONGLY QUOTED 1932 Third Party Not Outlined by | Mrs. Ella A. Boole Before Convention. By the Associated Press. JOHNSTOWN, N. Y., October 14.— The Associated Press herewith corrects an erroneous story carried on October 12 crediting Mrs. Ella A. Boole, na- tional president of the Women's Chris- tian Temperance Union, with asserting before a State W. C. T. U. Convention that a third party would be established in 1932 if both Republican and Demo- cratic platforms call for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Mrs, Boole did not outline plans for a third party before the convention | and = convention delegates _yesterday wired President Hoover that “Mrs. Boole ;fld :#e State W. C. IIT‘ U. Convention eartily support you your program.” ‘The Associated Press regrets the mis- | statement and is glad make this correction. Radio Pre-rams age C 9| Bacteria Isolated That Causes Death From Appendicitis By the Associated Press. MARBURG, Jugoslavia, Octo- ber 14—Dr. W. Pfannenstiel to- day notified the National Medi- cal Association that he had suc- ceeded in isolating and cultivat- ing a specific bacteria responsible for the phenomenon of decom- position of the appendiv in ap- Ppendicitis. This culture, upon introduction into the intestines of mice, in- variably produced death from appendicitis. On the other hand, having produced acute appendi- citis, Dr. Pfannenstiel was able by u% of an anti-toxic serum cultivated from virulent specific bacilli to reduce inflammation and the mice recovered. The physiclan has no doubt that his serum will modify acute appendieitis in humans and pre- pare them for a subsequent harmless operation. POLICE AND REDS CLASH IN BOSTON Hand-to-Hand Fighting Out- side of Labor Convention Hall Brings Arrests. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 14.—Communists and police engaged in a hand-to-hand battle outside the convention hall of the American Federation of Labor to- day. Several arrests were made. The disorder started when police at- tempted to break up & demonstration by the Communists after having denied them admittance to the Hotel Brad- ford, iu which the Federation of Labor sessions are being held. When the police arrested one speaker who tried to address the crowd other Communists attempted to rescue him. A furious struggle then ensued be- tween the crowd of Communists and police. Police reserves sped to the aid of the police detail at the hotel and a number of Communists were taken away in patrol wagors. Police commandeered a taxicab to carry other Communists to a near-by police station. One taxicab was almost captured by the mob, which leaped upon its running boards and nearly suc- ceeded in rescuing a prisoner within. While the battle was at its height, the business of the federation conven- tion contined uninterrupted, although some of the more curious delegates watched the struggle from balcony win- dows. During ths melee, police used their clubs freely. Mounted police arrived a few moments after the trouble began and were particularly effective against the militant Communists. A number of women were included in, the Communist ranks and their screams added to the general confusion. Allj traffic on Tremont street at this point was paralyzed, and a crowd of several thosuand filled the street. When the Communists finally were dispersed, after fully 20 minutes’ of fighting, ‘the number actually arrested was estimated at between 12 and 20. Police had advance warning of the demonstration in handbills circulated freely last week, calling upon the “mili- tant_workers of Boston” to join in 8 (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) C. F. CURRY IN RACE TO SUCCEED FATHER Son of Late Representative From California Seeks Seat in Congress. By the Assoclated Press. Charles Forrest Curry of Sacramento, Calif., son - of the late Representative | Curry, today announced he would be a candidate to succeed his father as Rep- resentative from the third California district Mr. Curry, who served overseas as a captain in the Army Air Corps for nearly two years, was his father’s as- sistant since the Sixty-third Congress. The senior Curry, who died late Friday night, had won both the Republican and Democratic nominations from the third district. ¥ Young Curry was urged by many friends and Republican organizations in the third district to become a candi- date for the seat. He advised them that, If elected, he would follow his father in “policy, practice and prin- |and ciple.” He is 36 years old and was recently married, BUDGET ESTIMATES GONTROL DEBATED Trade Board May Seek to Take D. C. Affairs Out of : Bureau’s Hands. , ,~ 7 The question of why the estimates for the operation of etary of Trade in a decisipn tof Investigaty the | advisability of Jaunchigg a campaign | to. remove the affairs of the Pistrict | from jurisdiction of fhe Buréaf of the Budget. ko § This matter Was referred today to the Municipal Fingnce Committee of the trade body to study and recommenda- .u:.n by George ‘Plitt, president of the rd, by authority { the , ted k- 'nrl“lhe the control of a Fefleral ag having to do with national fin; problepfs was definitely raised today by the Board fter !“}.amw v.: '._ . whole probl s Tndications that the matter may be carried to President Hoover for an ex- pression of his views, shouldl the jboard decide to launch,a campaign to 1elieve the District from control of the Budget | Bureau, were given by Mr. Plift in announcing thet this action al:o ‘Yas to be given careful consideration. | Detailed Study Planned.’ The trade body, which h?/ &' mem- bership of approximately 3.5¢ lecal business men, will act gn the findings of a special committee which is to be appointed shortly with/ directions to make a detailed study/over a period of time of the various hureaus and in- dividual Government icials whose au- thority encroaches on the jurisdictions of the District Commissioners. Announcement of the decision of the trade body to tflx{e an investigation of the fundamentgl principles behind the existing machinery for the formulation of the municipal budget of the District comes at a time when the District Com- missionery are appearing before officials of the Bureau of the Budget to de- fend it for municipal expenditures in the fiext fiscal year, included in the Commissioners’ estimates, on which the Budget Bureau officials will take action befafe the total budget is to be sub- mitted by the President to Congress at its forthcoming session for action there. Consideration of the question of launching a campaign for the removal of the District budget from jurisdiction of the Federal budget officers is an out- growth of dissatisfaction among local taxpayers over the present machinery for handling estimates for the operation of the municipality. Bureau Has Wide Power. ‘The Budget Bureau now has the au-~ thority to change not only the total amount of the budget submitted by the city heads. but also has the power, and in the past has exercised its preroga- tive of changing individual items sub- mitted for the financing of the work of various departments of the District. Further, it is pointed out, the Bureau of the Budget has had the power to approve or disapprove the anticipated Federal contribution to the District on which the tentative budget for the city is predicated by the Commissioners. In suggesting that the Budget Bureau should not have jurisdiction over the municipal budget, members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trade expressed the opinion that the problems of financin, f the (Continued on Page REPUBLICANS UNITE AGAINST ROOSEVELT New York G. 0. P. Seek to Remove Possibility of New Yorker's Presidentid] Candidacy. By the Associated Pres: SYRACUSE, N. Y. October 14.—A campaign program calling for the de- feat of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt in order to eliminate him as a presidential possibility in 1932 has been agreed upon by State and county leaders of the Re- publican party. Leaders from 15 upstate rural coun- ties met with the four major candi- dates, including Charles H. Tuttle, the party's candidate for Govenor, and State leaders at a conference here last gram. ‘They would point out to the voters that Roosevelt's re-election to the 1 his lk!wli;'mg’ul be ‘oppose 1] 00) lieve such s any e ey - ninated " They be- € would block fections within the tie-up of Washington should b plaéeg ‘under/} night and decided upon the new pro- Assessments to Go to D. C. Heads Today. CONFERS WITH AIDES ON ACTION OF COURT Favors Raising Money to Be Lost Under Law by Increase in Gasoline Tax. Corporation Counsel Willlam W. Bride probably will recommend to th District Commissioners today that assessments levied under the Borlaj act for highway improvement du the past three years be cancel Mr. Bride called together a of his assistants this morning the decision of the Suprem the United States in ref: of certiorari to review of th Court of Appeals, canceling as- sessments under the land act in two cases. One of the decisions also held that an ent for curbing under the act of 1894 was illegal. What is to be done with respect to assess- ments for curping in the fhture is not known, ./ > After the” meeting today, Mr. Bride sald his recommendation was to be made he Commissioners this after- noon asd that he did not feel it proper to ke it public before conferring with* the city heads. It was under- E , however, that the decision of the trict’s legal advisers was that any ttempt to assess property under the Borland act would probably meet with a reverse in court, and that the best thing to ‘do would be to cancel all assessments under it. The period of three years was selected, it was said, as that is the period for the running of the statute of limitations, which bars all claims arising more than three yzars prior to the filing of a suit of this nature. Assessments Tabulated. ‘The amount of assessments under the Borland act for the fiscal years 1928 to 1930, inclusive, is $1,403,834.40, made up as follows: 1928 fiscal T, $477,717.23; 1929 fiscal year,, $704,- 819.75; 1930 fiscal year, $221 .42, It is thought that this sum roughly represents amount involved with the exception of certain claims filled under a special act passed February 11, 1929. According to that act, claim- ants for cancellation of assessment un- der the Borland lay, who filed their evious to February 11, 1830, S assessments made - ber 1, 1916. Most of these have already been adjudicated, but it is thought that all of them will be re- viewed If the decision is made to ean- cel all Borland law assessments. This would add an indeterminate sum to the approximate figure previously mentioned. Mr. Bride was asked what he would recommend as a source of money to take the place of that to be lost by cancellation of the Borland law assess- ments. He said that in his annual re- port he had recommended -an increase of the gasoline tax to 4 ceggs per gallon. This would result in an increased tax collection of about $1,300,000 per an- num, which should be enough to take care of the paving work and the re- funds together, Mr. Bride estimated. At present when a claimant believes he has been improperly assessed he may file his clajm with the District Com- missioners for reimbursement or can- cellation of the assessment. The Com- missioners may cancel the assesment or (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) OIL CONSERVATION IN OKLAHOMA LEGAL State Supreme Court Upohlds Laws and Right of Proration of Flush Fields. { i | By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, October 14— The Oklahoma Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the State oil conservation laws and the Jjurisdiction of the State Corporation Commission to administer them in the form of proration of the output of flush ofl fields. The decision was issued in a suit brought by the C. V. Julian Oil & Roy- poration commission from enforcing its proration orders in the Oklahoma City field as to that company. John Head, attorney for Julian, at- tempted to withdraw the case recently when a similar decision was announced here by a Federal Court of three judges, but Attorney General J. Berry King, who headed defense of the con- servation laws, protested against dis- missal, and the court declined to drop the case. The Julian company has joined hands with the Champlin Refining Co. to attack proration before the corpora- tion commission, which was designated by the Federal Court as the body which relief first should be sought before ap- pealing to higher tribunals. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers® as fast as the papers are pri; Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,706 alties Co., seeking to restraln the cor- | nd the regular edi- Washington homes inted. Press. TWO CENTS. WARDMAN 1S SUED WITHGASSOCIATES “FOR RECENERSHP Stock Juggling, Mis ment and Fraud in Plea for MORTGAGE DJSCOUNT CO. INJUNCTION IS SOUGHT — Group of Bockholders Claim Rights of THose Advancing Capital Disregarded. rges of intricate stock-juggling emes, mismanagement and fraud are ade against Harry Wardman and several of his business assoclates in & suit for an injunction and receivership filed in 'Alexandria today by a group of the stockholders of the Wardman Mortgage & Discount Corporation. The court is asked to -appoint & suitable receiver to take over the ase sets and operation of the corporation and to grant an injunction restrain- ing the officers and directors of the Mortgage & Discount Corporation from holding a meeting on October 20 for the purpose of dissolving the corpora- tion. Named as defendants are Harry ‘Wardman, Thomas P. Bones, Henry J. Robb, J. Floyd Cissel, Robert N. Tay=- | lor, K. Parrish Wood, jr.; James D. Hobbs and the corporation. Committee Back of Suit. The suit was brought by Robert B, Smythe, Theodore S. Grape and Charles D. Dlm“h‘l‘ l:amrlnlllae of lwckhn'lfl representing a larger group holdings of stock amount to more than $100,000 in actual cash.” Attorney Harry F. Kennedy, under the direction of Harry A. L. Barker, chairman of the Stockholders' Committee, filed the suit. “Your complainants are informed and believe,” the court is told, “that the defendant_corporation was, by the de- fendants Wardman, Bones and Hobbs, conceived in fraud, organized in deceit, promoted and conducted with an utter and wilful disregard of the rights of the preferred stockholders and minor- ity common stockholders, who ad- vanced all of the capital.” It is charged that the was originally organized through straw men, who subsequently were replaced by Wardman, Bones and Hobbs, and that these three men “managed and controlled the corporation in such & Tisiced ahd misrepresent tc the mi epresent plainants and the public generally the extent of interest and investment. of the ‘defendants and the “the o oy the Company ke y com| - pose of organization and the under which stock was to be » Series of Corporations Named. It was further charged that the de- fendants organized, or caused to be organized, a ‘series of corporations, each of which bore the name of Wardman, said names being so similar as to be confusing and misleading. The corpo- rations named in the suit are: ‘Wardman Realty & Construction Co., Wardman Construction Co., Wardman Realty & Finance tion, Ward- man Real Estate Properties, Inc., ‘Wardman Corporation and Wardman Administration Co. Wardman, Bones & Hobbs are alleged to have acquired control, directly or indirectly of all of these corporations. It is further stated that advertising material sent out by the defendants set forth that stock in the defendant cor- poration was to be sold on a unit one share of preferred and one share common for $125, with the par value 1of the preferred stock fixed at $100. De- spite the fact that the announced plan of the corporation called for co-operative management, it is alleged, the defend- ants, without authorization, issued to themselves of 24,955 shares of common or voting stock, as against 6,730 shares issued to the actual purchasers of pre- ferred stock, thereby gaining absolute control of the corporation. It is fur- ther charged that Wardman, Bones & Hobbs pald nothing whatsoever for their common stock, although the other stockholders, in effect, paid $25 a share for theirs. Purported Plan Outlined. On or about February 1, 1924, and after Wardmap, Bones and , 88 officers and directors of the defendant corporation, took control, it was alleged, (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) —_— WALKER TIRED OF JOB AND WANTS TO RETIRE Hopes to Leave City Better Than He Found It, New York Mayor Tells Realtors. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 13.—James J. Walker, now in his second term as mayor of New York, is tired of his job. “All the glory is gone, all the glitter is off,” he sald in an address before the United Real Estate Owners’ Asso- clation last night. “It is just a hard {:[:_ and somebody else ought to have “I am not a candidate for office, and if you add, ‘and you'll never be again,' T'll not contradict it. But before I go I want to feel that I'm leaving the city better than I found it—that's all I want to live on for the rest of my life.” CHICAGO MUSICIANS PREi’ARE “RASPBERRY” MUSIC FOR G. O. P. Union Declares Party Has Twice Failed to Heed Request 4 By the Associated Press. using | Republicans. to Dispose of “‘Canned Music.” “Eight thousand musicians resent canned music,” he sald. “We are going to put 30 or 40 band wagons on the street and do all we can to defeat the The Democrats, he said, have agreed to use union trumpeters, and no “can- ned musie. ‘The R&lbllunl, denying are falr to ' & “emw“nndflm}h::