Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1930, Page 2

POWER RULE 1SSUE Matter - of Regulation Was . Also Factor in-Last Na- tional Campaign. the 1 3 ries of ths ! a:?l‘:z "'o- ':»;:".:o:la.!,f.'m ’M“ Tor ralpower on | 8Sected ot "tns ‘mezs setsion of Comoress. POt is a vital factor in modern industry and modern life. While the industries are dependent electric homes that have no electric LL’ per cent of the railroad country has been electri- It is little wonder, therefore, that the MORAN. FACES QUIZ ON LINGLE KILLING AND OTHER CRIMES . (Continued From First Page. Cross Lake, also in Lake County, last i by gangland ‘uumlum = ly g mflflfl:nwtw‘ st L & . Moran's arTest was made as & result received by & revolver when trapped, officers said. As he waited for & on va- ‘harges filed by the Lake County ite’s attorney, Moran told ne per men he had recently been in 0, where he has been sought for weeks. In City Hall Last Week. “Why, xmmmonqu'xum 4] cago only last week,” he said. with several acquaintances there. If the Chicago police were looking for me they weren't straini I rge against me. of the Central in Chicago and active . vagrancy . I am not in any rackets.” ition of the electric power Industry | seraignt fon, Particularly be- many of the States. The attitude of the two major political parties and their candidates for President toward the issue in the last campaign. For example, because Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, Progressive Republican, took the view that Alfred E. Smith was more Emflm{o{hflmmfllu’:n: Tates charged for electric power - terstate commerce is , therefore, to be dealt with from a political point of when the subject comes up for n in Congress. The economic situation, under such cirmumstances, is etimes forgotten in the heat of poli- tics. Senator James Couzens of Couzens, the vn;relnmon mittee are Howell of Nebraska, Pine of Oklahoma, and Brookhart of Iowa, on the Republican side, and Dill of Wash- n and Wheeler of Montana,” on the Democratic side. This does L e [ ‘with 5 seeking to bring about Federal regu- Jation of all kinds of “communications.” furthermore, if the joint boards do not function to the liking of some of the consumers, Federal regulation may be demanded. How it will be possible to separate the business of producing and transmitting power which goes into interstate com- merce from the business of producing and distributing power in interstate commerce is & gmbl-m . A con cern which does 76 per cent of its busi- -ness within the State and sends 25 per cent of its generated power into inter- state_commerce may find in the end Questioned. has been advanced in some that the Pederal Govern- ment has no authority to fix the rate or the ¢l for electric power which goes into interstate commerce. . A distinetion is made between the price of the electricity ci sumers the charge made mmh:ml of the electricity from the Mnt to the point of distri- ition. latter, it is held, is sub- ject to Federal regulation, but not the :lhb of this proposition say rernment has the umunar:(m t the Gov- £.58 S B - §in T Egggfig g Eig provid food and drugs which go into John E. Benton, representing the State Public Utility and Railroad Com- missions’ Association, appearing before committee, was asked whether he believed the Federal Gov- -, | ernment had authority to regulate the z:le. of coal or shoes which went into iterstate commerce. His reply was: “I the under by | 4o not Nkl"z anybody knows the ex- %urely Jocal and th by the States ves than by the Federal Govern- Question of States’ Rights, The State commissioners contend that & commission in California can arrive chall the commerce clause of the Constitu- 280 | jobs. of authorizing the Col te the cost of bedding for cat- n‘wckyudl would have been Chalienge in Court Likely. ‘That the luumrlt‘ of the Congress, 1 Power Commission, ice” of electricity en- more fairly at a just rate for electricity | oo consumed in California than can a commission in Washington. it there the question of States’ g-l who wish the Federa! Government regulate everything. Senator Couzens takes the view that his power regulation bill will not under- mine the powers of the State public utility commissions. In an article pub- lished in the Public Utilities Fortnight. h; Jl';- his mm htor saying that commissions have nothing to fear from his bill, “I believe in home rule,” said Senator Couzens. “I believe that Government should be kept close to the people as o He insisted, however, that Federal regulation was needed to supplement the regulation of the power companies by the States, making reference to the fact that the States cannot touch con- tracts entered into between generating companies in one State and distributing in another and to the fact that holding companies appear to be able to keep aloof from State regulation. Seeks to Safeguard Rights. means hydro-electric power. ter of fact, however, electricity pro- duced by fuel-using plants is & great mrt of the production of electric power this country, There are reasons for this. The production of power by plants using coal and v«::iher !unlwlrl con- better results e Hydro-electric powe L L e e, are evidences that the e . It is obvious, therefore, Government is to control dealing only with hydro-electric but must have control enuulr electricity produced by coal fuel plants. (Copyright. 1930.) sty stiin MEXICAN CITY FLOODED the mission unless “a substantial numlmoi request Federal regulation.” In ting to e e v are inclined to be skeptical when, "see the arm of the Federal Govern- Rain Swells River Avenidas, In- undating Pachuca. MEXICO CITY, October 21 dalgo, to the newspa) that rain, falling A':"hm since last Saturday night, Pachuca, Excel Viihin o fortight wi & 3 reported. Granted Reno Divorce. RENO. Nev. October 21 (#).—Mrs. M. R. and iced country during the last 10 years has t | fluctuated between 34 and 40 per cent e ¢ | has not been necessary to expen ) — Hi- THE EVENING SPEAKERS PICTURE PLIGHT OF IDLE Social Welfare and Trade|Justice Adkins Adjourns Case| ‘¢ Experts Heard at Monday Evening Club Dinner. ‘The evils of unemployment stalked forth in all their ugliness, and the re- sponsibility for their existence was the subject of eloquent discussion in a series of talks delivered by several of the Na- tion’s foremost authorities on social wel- fare conditions and economics before a large and representative group sttend- ing the dinner held last night v the ‘),(a:d-y Evening Club at the Y. W. parts of coun ployment,” said Mary director of the Women's Bureau, United States Department of Labor. “A sur- which we thought a thing of the in this country.” Says Employers Suffer. “Not 150 miles from Washington,” she continued, “in one of the mine regions, miners are going to work without any breakfast, so that the children can have something to eat before going to school.” “These tragedies are not only for the workers,” declared Miss Anderson, “but for the employers as well. In Chicago blocks upon blocks of empty stores can be seen in certain parts of the city, where storekeepers who ran small stores which gave credit to workers were and mass prodacson. Mo ass production. New machines and sudden changes in systems have thrown literally hundreds out of work, “Take a textile mill today,” she said. trodu makes it possible for one person to tend 50 or 75 machines. This is so in cigar and cf te trade. About lve people are that are necessary Imm one machine where it used to ¢ | making cigaret ting ban 00 people mow Lun be- operate 3 can s vt ny older people are being thrown into the unemployment chnl.n‘mu - derson sald, because the tendency employers now is to take only the young, Young Replacing Old. “This is an era of speed,” she de- clared. “The older wrm have lost erations Dpor B loymen ns Upon t and Remarks Upon It ()uly,"p were offer- z Leifur director of is HALTED BY COURT Until 200 Veniremen Can Be Sworn. __(Continued Prom Pirst Page) room sbout 10 o'cleck and assigned a chair just to the rear of his attorneys. He entered the room with a smile on his face and paused to shake hands with Hamilton before taking his seat. He nodded & greeting to his friends and relatives. A moment after Judge Adkins had taken the bench, Collins rose and sug- gested that all the jurors be sworn in as & body. This was done with dis- patch by a court clerk. Cy J oty s mr:mnulmrbothm-uholwhm streets, on April 11, prosecutor read the complete witnesses to be used by the Governmen Justice Adkins then Miss Ol Bleverling, of 710 H street mrthem!“u the second to be excused. She announced that her “mind was iy M. E.pwinl!on, of 32-A Beach street; northeast and C. len, E cut ayenue, also were excused in quick sut for reached convic- tions as to the guilt or innocence of it members of the original group to the jury box were allowed to leave the box when they announced, in response to & , that they had scruples against impofln‘.uu death penalty. Several of them explained that this scruple applied chiefly to cases in which circumstantial evidence will play ight were H. C. Mac- of these convictions or scruples already to, the justice put further ques- them that resulted in a further out of the prospective venire- Among these questions were: Has any one discussed this case with since becoming a or? Do you Gnvocy of bulhutics experte. DI Yo ony o experts. you know any member of the family of Mary Baker? The court, for an unannounced rea- son, excused Maurice Levy and '):’:1. V. ac plea | w. ‘Randall. Mr. Magnusson suggested that as a relief measure a committee be organized composed of employers and workers to work out the best solution for unem- ployment relief. The establishment, of co-ordinat State and national employment agencies as a solution to the unemployment sit- uation as offered by Mr. Magnusson was given strenuous objection by Dr. John | ion, A. Ryan, professor of moral theology nd economics at Catholic University. ‘Employment exchanges are overrated,” declared Dr. Ryan. “They .don't make If 4,000,000 people are out of because there are no jobs, ex- changes will not help. Exchanges mere- 1y bring jobs and people w{ewer," “When I see the utter futility of our leaders since unemployment began,” de- clared Dr. Ryan, “I wish we had twice a8 many Comm in the country as we now have so as to put the fear of —into the hearts of be | OUr leaders.” Recalls Maine Program. Recalling the Gov. very highest,” Dr. Ryan asks, “what ;I‘u been done with that program? “We have had no help from our re- sponsible leaders, either in industry or politics,” dec! ment and, perhaps, in that way, bring about some response.” An istic note was cast into the talks of the evening by Albert T. Burns, head of the Ni spotted, . B 3 mento, Calif, and Portland, an extra cent for relief.” Mr. Burns highly advocated employ- ment insurance a relief measure. ment through insurances. more we can make the cost borne by all in. yolved, the more we'll have relief,” he declared. 20 INJURED IN INDIA Ooramtly | Bolice Fire and Charge When had caused the river Avenidas to overflow and in- city for the second time Crowd Refuses to Disperse. BOMBAY, India, October 21 (#).-— No casualties were | Twenty persons were injured today, when the police fired and c A '&?::;w.cu pnknw & crowd l:.md?'n: t| excused. ‘was depleted. a new panel was brought in llplo minutes of 11 o’clock. ‘Women Are Challenged. 29 V street northeast. A moment later Mrs. Henry H. Gil- ligan, wife of & well known lawyer and member of the Bofird of Education, was excused for cause by Justice Ad- kins after she said she had a h who was a friend of Edward Callahan, d | stepson of the defendant. Harry G. Albrecht of 3241 M street was challenged by the defense after he had declared he possessed no fixed opin- Four then were excused for cause, Mrs. Augusta Noack, 1022 Sixth street southwest; Charles Turner, col- ored, 1113 Rhode Island avenue; Walter 8. Walton, 651 Lexington street north- east, and Eugene ise, colored, 907 Westminster street. ‘The Government challenged G. E. Roberts of 36 Q street northe Seven More Excused. Seven persons then were excused for cause, most of them they had the case after rea new: paper accounts and were convinced the gullt or innocence of the defendant. They were Thomas Wingfield, 154 Eleventh street northeast; Howell Pee- les, District freight agent of the thern Railway; Henry Waters, 4419 Beventh street; Miss Dorothea Stinch- comb, 2831 Thirty-first street; Miss Lillian Zepp, 1734 Lanier place; P. A. Bacon, 1489 Newton street, and Edward Chase, 725 Bixth street southeast, The defense exercised another per- emptory challenge after the questionin, by Justice Adkins of Max Yaffe, 133 Fifteenth street. ‘W. E. Benton, 3809 Alton place north- east, and F. B. Rollins 1260 Oats street northeast, were excused for cause. Alfred A. Nelson, 1140 Abbey place ;mnhn.n. was challenged by the de- ense. Albert P. Dobbins, 3202 Seventeenth street northeast, and Charles L. Rouse, | 307 Grant street northeast, falled to answer questions propounded by Justice Adkins to his satisfaction and were Circumstances Js Bar, After saying he opposed circumstan- tial evidencenllnd t;‘:JI.IM be unable to convict any one on the basis of such testimony, Leo Spaight, 940 Fourth C. | citizenship to the effect Btreet northeast, was excused for cause, ®s was V. Absher, 1311 E street south- 17 Arkansas ave. . e satd he had Another opponent of circumstantial evidence excused was Ernest E. Day, 3009 H street southeast. Michael Lshtm.n, 644 Lamont street, wl’;_;:e\ued for cause. Parkhurst, 3208 street southeast. ‘The first exception of the case was entered ‘Vandoren after J. I Drexel of 1424 W street was excused for cause by Justice Adkins. Drexel had said a greater amount of circumstantial than direct evidence would be required to convince him of the guilt of the de- tmd'n‘lnt. added he was ca) defense challenged Robert H.|(®). A HAVENNER DENIES WITHDRAWAL TALK Citizens’ Association Federation President Is Candidate for Re- Election. Dr. George C. Have ,m-uo the Federation of Citizens’ tions, today denied reports he said are being circulated in the ranks of organized that he would Mlvn.undmul&t'n—dwm4 an Local pt i Suffrage. " TR W e B WOO0DS IS NAMED TO HEAD RELIEF FOR UNEMPLOYED ) o _spend sl avalable money looking to the employment of additional persons, SURVEY OF WORLD BUSINESS. : ~ £ in Some Countries, Darkness in Others. A review of business condi- Wi ter of '-he‘lm and the summary_follows "hrr’l.utzm conditions show sev- eral hopeful indications, though actual business . activity has increased little. In Jaj some gain has been made by cotton spinning, but other industries continue to lag. China in al is favored by the roved po- ’luml outlook, with construction ex- tremely active and crops exceptionally good. Slowly returning confidence is ;:am:m]y appreciable change in British “Although prospects in Siam are sea- sonally improved, the rice export mar- ket is hot . After exception- ally low levels of prices and business in the Philippines during September, several favorable factors have appeared in Ootober, including increased railway trafic, greater construction activity and reduced unemployment. “The agricultural outlook is the only hopeful feature in the Australian crops awail promise - lonally but the business outlook products. continued decline as the result of pre- vious overtrading and in New Zealand prices present appreciable gains. Gains in Netherlands. “In the Netherlands and Belgium, ains are being ed and the out- fook 1s somewhat improved; in the case of the Netherlands, however, the Au- tumn pick up has not assumed normal ns. px:om Prench wheat crop is one of the worst on record and the country’s foreign trade both export and import is at a low ebb. Reports of Greek Bearr: ployment .wm dec“{-‘fi Heavy em] g nea m,&o laborers on public works in Italy is the ful factor in that country. “Increases in contemplated construc- tion in Canada and iproved confil- dence in the textile industry are the principal favorable factors in the Canadian situation, but newsprint pro- duction has declined. “Political conditions in Brazil have caused a psnl;m of business, Con- ditions have falled to improve in “TRAIN KILLS TWO Teacher and Huckster Die as En- gine Hits Two Trucks. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., October 21 .—Two persons were killed and sev- eral others injured today when & Oen- tral Raflroad of New Jersey express train * collided with two . automobile trucks. The dead: Lee C(ieorge, 50, a huckster, of this city, and Miss Augusta McLellan, 55, school teacher, of g~ ston. ‘The accident nc?;nd at the ‘The following list of “possible Gov- ernment witnesses, in the trial of Her- bert M. Campbell, on the charge of murdering Mary Baker, was announced at the outset of today’s court proceed- ings by Assistant United States Attor- ney H. 90!1!1“, in charge of the prosecution: Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald, deputy coroner, Samuel Hardy, special agent, Depart- ment of Justice. Capt. Edward J. Kelly of the Detec- u‘&' m Souder, ballistic expert, 3 er T, Bureau of Standards. W. 8. Rice, Bureau of Standards. 3 . Goddard, ballistic ex- pert, Northwestern University. Detective Sergt. John P. erty. James Alford, 1105 Thirteenth street. Benjamin C. Craddock, 4623 Forty- third place. Prancis T. Harmon, 3 ‘Wayne C. Carr, Arunmunty po- man. Miss Olga Skinner, Park, Va, friend of gry Baker. S % Miss Mildred Lyon Park, Va., Sperry, another friend of the slain girl. Detective Sergt. Fred Sandberg, fin- ng{nt expert of the Detective Bureau. tective Sergt. J ‘Waldron, Detective Carlton Talley. Lieut. Johd H. Fowler, ballistics ex- pert of the Police Department. Norman 8. Carson, Rosslyn, Va, Prancis T. Rice, 1607 I street. David A. Richmond, Arlington, Va. PAT HARRISON SAYS SOUTH IN BAD WAY Mississippi Senator Takes Rap at “Cabinet Starvation Committee.” Business conditions throughout the South are “bad and the administration has done nothing to improve them,” Senator Pat Harrison, Democrat, Mis- xlulrpl. asserted in returni to the Capital from a trip through the South. “An unique thing in American his- tory,” sald Senator Harrison, “is the appointment by the President of a Cab- inet Commit to prevent starvation. For a long time the administration re- fused to admit conditions, but now the President has appointed a starvation committee and tI cry-babies, are saying, ‘don’t blame s ‘The Mississipian expressed confidence in the Democratic outlook in the elec- tion and notified the Democratic Na- tional Committee he was ready to re- turn to the campaign front. He likely will be sent into some of the “hborder States,” including West Virginia, Ken- tucky and Oklahoma. BUSH LEFT NO WILL; SON IS HIS SOLE HEIR Estate of Slain Bus Owner Esti- mated to Have Value of $380,579. Louis Bush, president of the G Bus Co., who was killed near h"l! ce October 8, left no will, and ap- { administration TANPBELL TR | (s e ormmnc or s coome i | & & - Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Wood, 4317 River Road A) its. Howard B. sheriff of Arlington County. Ray Cobean, Arlington County police Hugh C. Jones, Arlington Coun! 3 H . Ey ll\m:n mhA':.Vl u{)r".' v)o"n}nnln M. Swain, Arlington co;;hngywwdm deputy sherift and jailer of Arl County. Clarence E. Joneston, Bladensburg, ‘illg:"hm. Detective Bureau pho- Peter B, Graeft, :a.}.;x:;' May gm uzo L s . Mrs. Jamg Master, 513 mx‘gvm street nor?neut.u ¢ . Poos, , Va. Willism E. Willls, Experimental Farm, Arlington, Va. ey ors s 4 Smith, 514 Nineteenth. Commonweslth's Attorney William Gloth, Arlington t':fi:ny. ik s e,"(;.w‘ ©. Welburn, Arlington Coun- U. S. DECLARED EVOLVING NEW TYPE BUTCHER SHOP Retailing Meats, in Boxes, in Va- rious Bizes and Grades Seen as Future Method. "O‘I‘;R‘J:“h“m \GO, October 21.—The J« tute of American Meat Packers '.Endm tods{ that the disa) of old-fashioned butcher with its cleavers, saws, chopping blocks and sawdust is “but a question of time.” Samuel Slotkin, president of the Hy- grade Food - Products tion of New York, sald the revolution which has hit merchandising methods of other mcet:‘ would ::on Telegate present- stores to museums. nzlunfl(nx fresh e Republicans, like| jn te o b:en tried out for the past few months,” —_— BOY STEPS BEFORE GUN, SHOT PROTECTING DOG —— Spokane Youth, Taunted by Pals, Fires and Wounds Friend in & Shoulder, By the Associated Press. NAHONEY STARTS BACK T0 CAPTTAL Suspect in Bush - Slaying Eager to Return—Carnell Still at Large. (Continued From Pirst Page.) the homw of an armed man to rob it Ll RTER i i ; 2 : f Randle Heights, Vi eights, Vs.|and had threat not hold her tongue. Mrs, Sullivan Held. Mrs. Sullivan was arrested find any resemblance. One of the finger prints, it was said, was found to have been left on the machine a policeman. meats in_attractive, | ha