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New York. Nov. ls.-Tbe stock mar
kct made further recovery FROM '.N re-
cent acute depression /" the ear! part
OF tOday'~ active and varied u"h.'ASS'
but fc, back sharply later. Dealings
were LARGELY professional! and snSseSteu
a more general readJuSinen; "t trad
srS' contracts.
Sentiment III speculative circles seem
ci 20 De sustained at the outset uy NtS-
,crday's declarations ~ d.Nid"'d us
b~urscmCHtS, maintenance OF IN" "'E"
rate OF production N basic iUHAStTi"iS
aud cumulative evidence OK increased
activity in many lines Of business
Money conditions also favored the
markets constructive side. Can '""hN
opened at five per zen hui eaSed I" -
per cent before noon. ami four per cen,
In the final hour a. a result OF the ''o'd
OK offerings from local ana ints''''
financial institutions. Rates Tor '.'"e "S'
co~mmUGa,.orS were ~uucha"EHi' OH
funds. especially fov the shor;c" dates
were in good supply.
Gains wiped Out.
Leaders Of the steel. equipment ana
rotor divisions. as featured by AIteu
States Steel. baldwin Locomotive anu
Srudcbakc-. made their usual SuoSidn-
i:sl contributions 10 the session az fore
noon gains OF ono 20 Two points. but
these were more than Offset later.
Rails did not figure 10 A. important
extent in the DAYS business. aItA"uE'
authoritative adviCeS from the pri"cIpa!
cCntcrs OF transportation reported "
continuance -: heavy tonnage move
mrn,s 10 tsLSwater and c;her points OF
distribution. some Of the Junior rails
which are not meecTnE their fixed
CHARGES. were under occasional selling
pressure.
Movements IN oils were confusing.
General Asphalt. for example. being the
object Of another severe drive on "a
miliar rumors Of adverse financial con-
dit!ous. Other foreign oils were i7res"-
lar or uncertain. with many OF tae 10
neSt.c group
S~hippings Weaker.
ShippinSS represented the markets
eeakest side. International Mercantile
Marine preferred soon reactinG from its
firm opening and suffered an extreme
decline OF almost five points to AN.
Offerings OF this issue. which
IN Affected related shares, were attended
by rumors that the Washington admin
istration might feel constrained 10 mod
fly or perhaps abandon It's subsidy pro-
gram.
Tone OF the market at tho close was
heavy. vergin upon weakness. Further
heavy liquidation OF the independent.
~4;ee!S. Asphalt. Marine. preferred and
Industrial Alcohol. finally extended 20
United states Steel. American Can, Corn
Products aud numerous spectalties. Net
losses ranged from one 70 SIX points
among popular stocks. Sales
70 LOO. 900 shares.
Pronounced strength was shown oy
European currencies. sterling rising
over one cent. presumably on the oHl-
come OF the British election. The PARIS
rate was At It's highest level in over a
fortnight. Italian and Belgian remit
tances rose apprsc!aoly and German
marks wers fairly firm. despite latest
political and economic developments III
that country.
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Evening star., 1922-03-15
Special Dispatch to The Star.

cpeclal UlBp4Vcn TO Inc St4f.
LOS ANGELES, March 15.-The
mixed jury" is having a crucial test
here. Nine men and three women are
about to decide the fate Of Madalynne
Obenchain, charged with the murder
Of her sweetheart. ]. Bolton Kennedy.
It is the first time 30 far as known
that women have sat upon a jury
in judgment Of another woman stand
ing in the shadow of a death sen.
tence.
Should the women on the ObenchaiI
jury bring about q mistrial. as womeH
already have done in so many crimi-
nal cases in California during the
last three years, 1t Is extremely
doubtful whether mixed juries longer
can be employed where . capital
crime IL the issue.
II California's experience counts fos
anything it may be stated that. the
communities which believe they have
solved the housing problem" for
mixed juries by segresating the meJ
and the women, are doomed to disap
pointment.
It has been found here that with
the men and women separated In dif-
ferent apartments the men at times
reach one decision and the women
arrive Al another. When the jury
gets together again the differences
are irrsconoilable and . mistrial res
su.fs s.3 ~ * .y.sf ~ 80 !, HI Z 80
Airsaay there has been . missriAi in
Evening star., 1922-03-15
PROBE OF DIVORCE CASES
HALTED UNTIL SATURDAY

ALEXANDRIA. Va. March Is
Hearing of arguments, scheduled for
today, was POSTPONED until Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock by the special
committee Of seven OF the Alexandria
Bar Association engaged in probing
the divorce situation here. The post
ponement was made owing to the In
ability of Attorney John s. Barbour
Of Fairfax county, representing Judge
Moncure. to be here, he being Ill.
The committee, on motion OF Attor..
ney ]. Randall Cation. a member OF
the committee, adopted a resolution
forero his purpose of presenting to
the grand jury. selected and sum-
moned for Friday, March II. all mat
tars pertaining to the divorce situa-
-tion now being investigated by the
committee. until a a report OF this
The Jury, however. will meet and in
vestigate the criminal cases, and
Judge Moncure probably will have
them begin a probe of the divorce
situation early next week.
Just after the committee adjourned,
court convened and Judge Moncure
called A. Cloyd Gill. Washington
newspaper man, and directed Sergt.
Cox to have Mr.. Gill give bond In
the sum of $500 to appear before the
grand jury to testify as to what he
knew about divorce conditions here.
Mr.. Gill short time afterward had
Attorney Gardner L. Boothe. who is
a member of the probe committee,
go on his bond.
The court took this action because
of the fact that Mr.. Gill Is a nom
resident of the state of Virginia, his
home being in Washington. The
court is anxious that he appear be-
fore the grand jury.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
SCORES FLEE RENO HOTEL
Largest Hotel Destroyed by Fire.
Firemen Rescue Many.

RENO, New. March 15.-Scores Of
guests escaped from upper windows
in their nightclothes when the River
side Hotel. the largest hotel here.
was destroyed by fire early this
morning.
At o'clock the building still was
a furnace, and the ruins could not be
searched. but check was started to
learn if any guests were missing. No
serious injuries were reported.
The fire, believed to have started in
the engine room, broke out shortly
after o'clock The flames spread
upward quickly and the guests.
aroused by the smoke. found the
stairways cut of. Most of them
we're rescued by firemen with ladders.
The firemen prevented the flames
from spreading to other buildings,
but could not save the hotel.
Several thrilling rescues were re-
ported. among them that Of two chill
dren from a blazing room. The scan
tily clad guests were cared for in
surrounding houses. A mild night
saved them much suffering from ex-
pOSure.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
"DOLLAR MARK LURING
WIVES. TO STEER THEIR
HUSBANDS INTO JAIL
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March l5.-'Greed
for diamonds and furs Is the curse
of the times" Judge Louis d. Gibbs
of the Bronx county court declared
today in suspending sentence on
Saul Zukor. millinery dealer, who
pleaded guilty to receiving stolen
goods.
Modern women. yes, great
majority of them" he said, ARE
using the dollar mark to steer
their husbands into Jail. Just as
long as the men of the family
bring home the money no questions
are asked. The trouble with the
man of today is that he is too
eager to make money. to supply his
wife or daughter with diamonds
: and furs. He is bound to get it
somehow-honestfy or by criminal
methods
Judge Gibbs condemnation OF
modern tendencies was delivered
after Mrs. Zukor, the prisoners
wife. had been called to the stand.
Attired in an expensive fur coat
and her fingers covered with rings.
she Indignantly denied that she
had knowIedSe of her husbands
crime. though admitting thAt she
had charge of her husbands store.
Judge Gibbs accused her of being
in league with her husband, and
ordered her from the courtroom.
He explained that sentence was
suspended because the prisoner
had four small children to support.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
RAIL MERGER BY TAX =.
BILL AUTHORIZED BY
SENATE COMMITTEE

The Senate District committee
this afternoon authorized Chair
man Ball to Introduce and report
favorably from the committee a
new bill authorizing the merger OF
the street railways of the Dis
trict and providing for a new sys-
tenn of taxation for the street
car companies, in accordance with
the suggestions Of the District
Commissioners.
AS soon as the bill has been
prepared Senator Ball will intro
duce 1t and report 1t.
The new bill will contain the pro-
visions Of the bill authorizing the
street railway merger, wnich is al
ready on the Senate calendar and
in addition to those provisions will
do away with the present tax and
substitute for it a tax Of SO per cent
on not incomes in excess Of 6 per cent
and not In excess of per cent and
a tax Of IS per cent on net in
comes in excess of per cent.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
NEW STREET PAVING
T0START MONDAY
Spring PERIOD Of Improve.
ment Projects About to Be-
gin-Repairs to Be Made.

The District engineer department
Will begin its spring period Of stree,
paving and repair work Monday. Maj.
+. S. Benson. assistant engineer COM
missioner. stated today.
On that day the Crawford Paving
Company expects to begin on four
important resurfacing jobs, as fol-
lows:
Connecticut avenue and Columbia
road, east side, from Florida avenue
to California street.
c street southeast, from I'd 10 Sd
streets.
A street northeast from 9TH 10 9Th
streets.
The Commissioners also have ordered
the resurfacing of the following
streets before the expiration Of the
current fiscal year In June:
Northwest-Seventee street from
Massachusetts, avenue to street,
$4,000, 18th street, Massachusetts ave-
nue. TO l. street, $1,000; L street. 10th
TO 11th street. $2.5uo; Massachusetts
avenue, 18th street to Dupont Circle.
$1,000; Massachusetts avenue. 22d
street to Sheridan Circle. $1,000: K
street. Massachusetts avenue to goth
street. $10,S00.
Northeast-Ninth street. Massachu-
setts avenue to Maryland avenue,
$4,000.
Southeast-Canal street, South Capi-
toll to e street, $4,000: d street. north
side, from I'd to Sd streets, and North
Carolina avenue. Sd street to Pennsy!-
vania avenue.
Other streets have been recommend
ed to the Commissioners for resurfac-
ing and probably will be ordered soon
In addition to these resurfacing
jobs, the engineer department will
have Its regular minor repair gangs
at work during the spring patching
the bad spots in existing streets.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
NON-PARTISAN BLOC
IN U. S. CITIZENSHIP
URGED BY McAD00

LOS ANGELES. Calf. March
15.-What he termed the "intol-
Grant partisan basis on which
our government functions" was
deprecated In the first speech de-
ltvered here by William G. Nc
Adoo. former Secretary of the
Treasury and director general of
railroads. since he came to Los
Angeles to make his home.
In a speech before the City Club
he declared all matters taken be-
fore Congress or other legislative
bodies were settled upon political
bases, often much to the detri-
ment of the purposes.
What we should have in the
United States" he said, lis
large body of intelligent citizens,
who are not affiliated with any
party and who could hold the
balance of power. Such citizens
would be Americans first and
their check on the big parties
would be most valuable"
Evening star., 1922-03-15
AID OF LABOR PLEDGED.
Will Assist Legion in Relief Of
Unemployed Veterans.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 15.-Samuel
Gompers today informed the national
headquarters Of the American Legion
that organized labor would give every
encouragement to the legion cam
paign to relieve unemployment among
veterans of the world war. The cam
paign ends next Monday.
"This Is a most worthy object"
wrote Mr. Gompers, referring to tho
legion's campaign. "You know. how
ever. that the membership Of the
American Federation of Lsbor is COM
posed Of wage earners only. While
our membership cannot give employ
ment to the unemployed members Of
the American Legion there is no
doubt that every encouragement will
be given to bring about the desired
results. Thousands of members Of
the American Legion are also mem
bers of the trade unions and the
sympathy of the wage earners will
go out to those who did SO much for
not only our own country but for the
entire world"
Evening star., 1922-03-15
BUDGET BUREAU OFFICIAL URGES
$3,OO0OOO FOR WATER SUPPLY

Former Senator Sherman Of Illi-
nois, who worked with the budget
bureau on the estimates for the
District Of Columbia for the fiscal
wear 1928, who was at the Capitol
today, expressed a hope that the
conferees on the District appro-
priation bill would approve the
Senate amendments for an in
crease in the water supply. Sem
ator Sherman pointed out that the
appropriation for an increased
water supply was imperative.
There may be some ground for
differences NJ to the. appropfta-
shArman. I'VE can live with
Evening star., 1922-03-15
TodayYs News In Brief

Committee depicts needs Of orphans
In. near east and appeals for funds.
Page 2
Alabama Power Company accused by
Representative Oliver. Page 5
Seek possible May day plot in radi-
calls death by bomb. Page 3
Negro pours kerosene on woman and
lights 1t. Page 3
Fosdick. former league official. sup
ports four-pow<r pact. Page 3
Woman civil service employees see
/ equal rights in Redistribution.
;. Page II
Publicity association to boost capital
urged by w. B. Galloway, B. & o.
passenger expert. Page II
storm death toll 10 placed at e.
Page Is
Commissioners oppose salary Increase
for District teachers Page Is
Evening star., 1922-03-15
SEPARATE ROOM FOR JURY WOMEN
SAID TO LEAD TO MORE MZS7RLALS

the case in which Mrs. Obenchain is
concerned today. Arthur Burch was
indicted jointly with her for :he mur-
der Of Kennedy, but demanded a sep
arate trial. Women predominated on
the jury, which was locked up for
separately. but without avail. The
breach was found to be widencd when
the full jury met. There was nothing
to do but dismiss the jury after a
very expensive and hard-fought trial.
On the segregation phase Of the
mixed jury, problem the California
the pink of propriety. In 1919. when
womenwere first made eligible for
jury duty. the lawmakers directed
each county should provide "a room
for the feminine members of the jury
which shall be separate and apart
from the room provided for the male
Rooms Lock Inside.
This provision has been lived up to
in the state in letter and spirit in the
deliberations Of all mixed juries. In
the courtroom here where the most
important criminal. cases are heard
there is a room for the deliberations
of the jurors and a stairway leading
to two separate apartments above.
one for women and one for men. with
cots for sleeping. These dormitories
are arranged SO they can be locked
from the inside. Juries taken to hotels
for the night are Quartered two in q
room As 2 rule. with a bailif on
guard In the hall.
Presiding judge Frank r: Willis Of
:s;onttnued on Page 2. Column 81
Evening star., 1922-03-15
DISTRICT GETS GIFT
|OF 18M0TORCYCLES

The police war on bootlegsers. au-
tomobile speeders and other violators
of law will be made more effective By
the receipt OF eighteen motor cycles
from the federal government
Commissioner Oyster was notified
today by the chief co-ordinator OF
supplies for Uncle Sam that the Post
Office Department has agreed to turn
over to the local police department
it's surplus Of motor cycle equipment.
These additional machines. repre-
senting in value moro than $1,000 Will
be available as soon as the city or
ficials send to Toledo a bill of ladlng
for their shipment.
Both Commissioner Oyster and Maj.
sullivan were elated today when these
pointed out that eighteen more ma
chimes will practically double the
present motor cycle squad consisting
Of twenty-four men.
With the steady development OF
high powered automobiles. it has pc
come almost Impossible Tor tne s na,
cycle police to apprehend speeders and
whisky runners. Thus the big task
has devolved principally upon the
motor cycle squad.
Present Inadequacy.
When twenty-four motor cycles are
divided among eleven precincts ana
allowance Is made for men on leave
the inadeauacy of the present num-
her becomes apparent. The generous
offer of the postal authorities Will
make possible the detailing OF two
more motor cycles to the precincts
having large suburban territories, and
at least one to each precinct.
Commissioner. Oyster believes the
new motor cycles will give the de-
partment a big advantage In coping
with high-powered automoohes useo
The ninth precinct furnishes an ex-
annie Of the handicap under wh1cn
the police find themselves in attsmipt-
ing to prevent smusgling naaor ,Yaro anro
the District IT That enPPirs PEeeihea northeast ]
boundary Of the city. with many
roads leading in from Maryland.
Too Many Roads to Guard.
AT the present time when the Off
GERS have reason to suspect that
whisky runner is headed this way
from Maryland they cannot possibly
watch all of the east-end approaches
TO the city and must rely largely on
chance to cover the right roads. With
more motor cycle equipment this
handicap will be removed to con-
siderable extent.
The Commissioners are extremely
grateful to the federal government
for the spirit of cooperation SHOWN
recently in giving the municipality
badly needed equipments left over
from the war period.
The offer Of eighteen motor cycles
without cost Is the second valuable
contribution the government has
made to the protection of life and
property in washington. A few weeks
ago the War Department agreed to
turn over to the fire department a
varied assortment of equipment, from
motor apparatus to small fire-fighting
implements.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
SEPARATE
UTILITIES BOARD
Col. Keller Says Little Could
Be Accomplished Due
to Litigation.

There Is little that a separate public
utilities commission could accomplish
in the District as long as the valua-
tions of several Of the largest cor
porations are involved in litigation
In the opinion of Engineer Commits
sioner Keller, who is also chairman
of the utilities commission.
Col. Keller voiced this belief today
when asked for an expression on the
proposal suggested to Congress that
a utilities commission be created, not
composed of the Board of Commits
sioners.
thing which he sees could be done
by a new commission that has not
already been done would be to
change the policy Of a uniform rate
of fare for both street car COM
panies by giving each company the
rate it would need to earn a rea-
sonable return.
!. Dutie. Do Not Interfere,
The colonel indicated that he does
not believe the duty of serving on
the utilities commission unduly bur-
dens the District Commissioners. For
a short period Of the year when rates
come up for revision the Commits
sioners are kept busy serving in the
dual capacity.
But during the balance of the
twelve months, it was pointed out at
the District building today, sepa:-
rate utilities commission composed
of three men would find little to
occupy its time.
Except during the short intervals
when rates are under revision. the
meetings of the utilities commission
consist principally of locating car
stop signs. approving applications Tor
jitneys and similar routine matters.
Officials also called attention to the
probably has passed through the
busiest period Of its career. The
enormous task Of valuing the prop
critics of the companies has been
completed, and, as the country gradu.
ally returns to normal conditions
rate cases will not have to be heard
so often as they were during and
Car Rate Long Unchanged.
Before the war, Col. Keller pointed
out, when the nations equilibrium was
not upset. tho street car rate OF si1
Tor many years. Nor did other utilities
need changing rates.
AS the country settles back to q
pre-war basis the utilities also will
become stabilized and require less at
tention from tao utilities board, it is
Commissioners Rudolph, who was serv-
ing his first term nine years ago when
the utilities law was being drafted.
believed then that the utilities board
should be composed Of others than the
District commission. He has reiterated
that view aince returning to once