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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-27
THE PHILOSOPHICAL

Seattle lodge, win meet In the Lppy
building, Third and Columbia, sun.
day, at y. m. Lecture by w. q.
Shepard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-27
HART FORCED
To RE EMPLOY CHASE

II also came out Saturday that the
present scandal dates hack years bo-
fore BatchclIer ever appeared in the
matter. According 60 well authenti-
Gated reports. Gov. Hart was forced
by tho power interests 60 re-empioy
Marvin Chase as supervisor Of by
draulics-after he had discharged him
as chairman Of the state reclamation
board-for the sole reason that Chase
II known to be friendly to tho gravity
project
The Seattle Chamber OF Commerce.
which has been one OF the most ae.
tive promoters in the state Of the
basin project, IN inclined 20 discount
the seriousness of Batcholler's
charges. however. on the ground
that. no matter how many reports
are suppressed. the federal govern.
mont can be depended upon TO decide
on the most feasible and economical
plan of developing the territory.
n was pointed out Saturday by
chamber officials that tho Columbia
Basin Irrigation league. which liz the
principal agency promoting tho prof
ect. went on record. at the request OF
the chamber. as being In favor Of no
particular form OF project. but az
urging thoro investigation of all
plans offered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-27
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
BASIN
STARTS 0M phCE ONE

that he was unabls TO keep an TN
biased point OF view.
As 20 the statement that neithef
my fun report. nor that OF any
other engineer has been published
by the state. Scott is simply dodg.
ing. lie II trying 10 compare my
report 20 the individual findings Of
some ~ engineers employed 10 make
the Columbia basin commission sur
vey. Naturally all of the ~ enFi-
n~ers' reports weren't published
because, individually. each made
only minor computations. but IN
my case ! was hired by the state
to make the report by nysals II
was q one.man Job-iust like Gen.
the Cocktails report
has been published.
IEGIsI4ATuRE LIKELY
To AIR CHARGES
You notice tnat Scott makes no
mention Of why he refused 20 show
tho report 20 newspaper men. nor
does he touch upon. the charges
against Goodnsr. which had been
submitted 10 him more than a year
before"
Tho charges against the con-
servation and DEVELOPMENT de-
partment have aroused storm
Of Indignation In Seattle. Taco
ma and Olympia. and II II taken
ms \ foregone conclusion that
the matter will ie brought be-
fore the legislature Monday.
Legislative. action ~ill probably b.
by Seattle chapter Of the American
Association Of Engfn@err. urging pub
location Of the suppressed BatcheiIsr
report Copies have been snt to
Lieut.. Gov. w. j. coyic and the
chairman Of both house and senate
appropriations and reclamation and
irrigation committees
A new phase Of thu scandal came
90 light Saturday when n was learned
that the Western Water Power Co.
has a dual reason for combating the
pumping project. which IL advocated
By nafch~iier m more economical
than the gravity proposition
In tho FIRST place. carrying out Of
IN. gravity project would increase
the minimum flow Of tho Spokane
river from $500 cubic feet per SEQ
ond 20 -. ooo--which would greatly
aid the cornpany.s plants on that
stream. Secondly. the gravity prof.
ect would ruin a private power prof.
Get at Y Canyon. below Albany
Fails. which In being pushed by Hugh
l. Cooper. the eminent New York
engineer. II IL naturally 10 the in
tsreHs OF the Western Water Power
Co 10 block Cooper. as his plan. II
put thru. would flood Eastern Wash
inEton with cheap power. which
would be undesirable competition for
the CORPORATION.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-27

OIL should not be- allowed to collect
on wires.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
McADoo WOULD PUT LID
ON PRESIDENTIAL BOOMS

ATLANTA. Jan. 22.-Adequatt
Federal appropriations for launching
la campaign for graduating the boil
weeviI was given as the solution tc
agricultural problems confronting
Southern farmers by William @
McAdoo during a three-hour visit
to Atlanta yesterday.
McAdoo, accompanied by Mrs
McAdoo, was en- route from Au
gusta, Ga, to New Orleans and
from there to Los Angeles. their
home.
The former Cabinet officer good
naturedly evaded discussing politics
when told that there were various
movements under way In Georgia to
form "McAdoo for President" clubs
"Some one should put the lid on
such movements" he replied. II
want to have a good time, and nm
convinced that the Presidents job
is one that is not suitable for one
with recreattonal tendencies"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
PEPCO CASE To
Be ARGUED
TUESDAY
So, 500, 900 Paid in by Users
Of Electric Power Here
Is at Stake.

Oral argument in the Potomac
Electric Power Company valuation
case before the United States Su-
preme Court will probably not be
made until tomorrow. While the
case is on the court calendar today,
there are five others scheduled
ahead of it.
The case involves an impounded
fund Of $500, 900, which the Public
Utilities Commission wants to re-
turn to the electricity users while
the Company is endeavoring to have
1t turned into its treasury.
The Potomac Electric Power Com
pany places valuation on its prop
critics of $23, 1926, 900, while the valu-
alton as found by the Public Utili-
ties Commission was $11, 231, 700.
The commissions valuation was sus-
tanned by the late Justice Gould in
the District Supreme Court, but the
decision was reversed by the Court
Of Appeals.
Conrad III. Syme, special counsel
for the Commission. and Frank II.
Stephen, District corporation coun-
sci, will argue the case before the
Supreme Court for the Commission.
The company will be represented
by s. r. Bowen, vice-president, and
John s. Barbour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
FOch Making Plans
Compel RhineIand
kers to Dig Coal
N FlsANK e. MASON.
lANK p. MASON.
n eraa tlOnal News Service.

PARIS, Jan. 22.-Further military
pressure TO compel the Germans in
he Rhineland to obey French orders
were considered today by members
Of the French general staff. Mar
shall Foch, who was generalissimo
Of the allied armies in the great
war, has. assumed chief command of
the French and Belgian forces, al.
though he is remaining in Paris.
The marshal conferred twice with
Premier Poincare and later with
members OF the general staff.
A ministerial council was held to
consider measures to offset g. gen.
eral stoppage Of work by Germans in
the Ruhr. Marshal Foch was present
to advise on military matters. Others
taking part were Minister of Finance
De Lasteyrie and Minister of Public
Works Detroquer.
The Frnch bluntly call the German
walkout a strike, declaring that a
stoppage Of work could be nothing
less.
The Rhineland situation has been
brought to q crisis by the re-
fusa1 of the German miners to
work the mines. 1t is a test Of
endurance with everything In favor
OF the French.
Rhineland advices to Partisan
newspapers reported German troop
movements. According to the
Matin, General Ludendorff reviewed
the Reichswehrt near Muenster, al.
though there Is only a handful Of
German military police stationed in
that region. Conflicting advices
were received regarding tho labor
situation in tho occupied zones.
One report was that local strikes
had extended into q general strike.
Another (printed by the Petit
Parisien) YVES the men decided to go
into the mines where they would
stand during work hours with
folded arms, refusing to do any
labor.
Pertinax. political editor OF the
Echo de Paris. said that the French
had adopted plans for an immediate
counter movement. cutting off the
|Rhineland from the rest of Germany
so that the German workers either
have to work or starve.
Berlin, in it's madness. Is trying
to provoke violent complications"
said the Echo de Paris editorially.
The French war ministry denied
that any further advance into Ger
many Is contemplated at the present
time.
Although Germany Is seethlng
with secret societies, there are no
indications OF any German troop
concentrations near the borders of
the occupational Zone," said a war
ministry official
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
TIA JUANA RESULTS.

FIRST RAcn-Five and one half fnr'
longs Marion XOrratne, i0h tstsNeI, 20
$4,000, se;so. eSsS' . won, pInnS'uana,
i6 1at MARTINI 81 60 third Time, / ,os 10,
Observation-Disclosures, Operator snd sheka,'r
SECOND RACn-FtVs ana ~" A. o.
s s4sS $50 PS ~on HSi Es W.
lis (Marttnes,, Si.G6 IhIrd. y.mss ilss'
scratched-Danc lna OIL Tw H,nn. INA.
THIRD RAcE-Five and eRe;ha't FUR
longs, Duo de Ouise, no 1hAilsl' Sse'
s sac go go T ssso s@scSnS Don iess
lis tThampssnI, ss.GO, third, Time,
i:07 SIS, Goratehed-Eye Bright na"A
Y and Billy joe,
FOURTH RAcn-EiVe and en .cs 81
$500, Sto.e0' wonI PoacneT, lt5 (Fes
tori &12,4o, So 90, secondi Yukon. 20
lPetzoldt), 1920. third: Time, diof sdS:
FIFTH RAcE.-one and ene-stxtsen ~
miles, Prince Direct ilS aKosss}s ,h sAOi i1s
s stsSsn ss'o ssS sss sS" sssond P,am
% (Rails}, gao, third, Time, i'47 Sd
All started
SIXTH RAca-one mile and seventy oa
ss5 s5 sSn"y woH e g tka" %. %
116 tBuelD. $40 third. Time, 1i42 30
Standardization II, Rifle, Ten But
tons and Crystal Ford.
SEVENTH RACE-F'ive-eighth miie.
Pay orr, I0S (Petzoldt), $500. S3.40,
$3,0O, woni Vibrate, 10s (Clavel $4.4O,
$500, seconds Noon Hour, 92 (Dean)
$3.50, third. Time, 1901. Scratched
Bill Blackwell and Tom Craven
EIGHTH RACE--One mile and one
quarter, Dominater, 40 Carter, $500
$4.20, $500, won Reyde, 10 (Bakerl
$6.s0, $500 second; John Arbor, 115
(Claver), $3.e0, third. Time, 9;09 40
Scratched-Hish olympus and Lola.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
Vl0RL D WAR VE
DIES If TER
LEAP
James Edward Ray succumbs
to Injuries Received IN
Four Story Fall.

James Edward Ray, twenty-eight
years old, who leaped from . fourth
story window az S14 Twenty.second
street northwest Saturday night and
suffered fatal injuries died yesterday
at Emergency Hospital.
Al verdict Of suicide was issued by
Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt. IL is
the belief Of the coroner that the
man was mentally unbalanced. He
suffered three fractures of the arm.
q broken leg, fracture Of the skull
and internal injuries.
Ray was d veteran of the world
war, and Ii is said that he grieved
over the fact that he could not OBJ
tain compensation from the Govern
ment. He served with the Twenty
ninth division overseas. He spent
six months at Government hOspi-
tai, and when released was given q
clerical position at Union Station.
where he was employed until his
death.
Funeral services will be held ut
st. Stephens Church at o'clock to-
morrow morning. and burial win be
In Holy Rood Cemetery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
500, 900 HANS HokBEIN
PAINTING NOW IN AMERICA

NEW YORK, Jan. PA portrait
by Hans Holbein. the younger, esti-
mated to be worth more than $780,
900, has just been brought to Amer
lea. 1t was learned today. and with
1t Eas come the story Of a search Of
almost 100 years for a lost master
piece.
Holbein painted It in 1917. It Is
of Jacob Won Hertenstein. q knight
and mayor of Lucerne, who was for
ia loag time Holhein's protector and
patron. It remained In the posses
sion Of the family until 1926, when
Franz Ludwig Won Hertenstein. the
last surviving member, sold It to
Marquard Wocher. of Basic. He,
in turn. sold 1t to Wynn Ellis, an
Englishman. who was travelling in
Switzerland.
When Mr.. Ellis died his London
house was closed and the picture
lay in an attic. concealed by can
vas cover.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
PARLEY ON NEA Ar
EAST BEGINS
To BRE Ak
Heads Of British and French
Delegations Prepare to
Withdraw.
by international News Service.

LAUSANNE. Jan. 22.-There was
every indication today that the
Near East peace conference has be-
gun, to break up.
NJ. Barrere, head of the French
delegation, announced that Ill health
has compelled him to Withdraw
from the conference.
Lord Curzon, head Of the British
delegation. stated that he would
leave for home within few days.
Although the conference has been
in session almost continuously since
the middle of November, It has ac-
complished practically nothing be-
yond establishing new frontiers In
Thrace. These had virtually been
agreed upon before the parley
opened.
Questions that are still hanging
fire are: Future status of the Tur-
kish straits: boundaries of Turkey
in Asia; future of Mosul: Turkish
national debt. and measures for
safeguarding lives and interests OF
foreigners In Turkey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
MOTION AGAINST
THEATER SUIT
/ FILED
Knickerbocker Owners Claim
Victims Have Ko Case
. in Equity.

Those persons who have suffered
~ a result of the collapse of the
Knickerbocker Theater, january 2S
Of last year, causing the deaths OF
nearly 100 patrons of the play.
house., have no standing in an
equity court to subject the real
estate formerly owned by the cor.
poration to the lien of suits for
personal injury or for death, ac
eording to a motion filed today in
the District Supreme Court by
counsel for the Knickerbocker
Theater Company and Harry Gran
dali. who were recently sued to re-
strain. them from concentrating
the sale of the theater site to Mr.
Crandall.
This suit was brought by William
j. Forsythe, administrator of the
estate of his sister, Mary Ann
Forsythe; Josephine T. Lyman, adj
ministratrix of the estate of David
Lyman, her husband, and Mary
Young, who suffered personal in
juries.
1t is claimed by the theater con
Germ and Crandall that the suit in
equity shows no facts giving any
right to the plaintiffs to interfere
with. or question any transaction
of the defendants with regard tC
the real estate.
Equity" they declare, has nc
Jurisdiction upon application of. =
claimant for damages in an action
to place a lien on real estate that
defendants may. have owned, MOI
has it any jurisdiction to interfere
with or disturb any transaction by
the defendants with that property.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
SHOT DEAD;
POSSE HUNTS
SLAYER
Bodies Found Near Highway il
Waco, Tex; Man Had
Been Dragged.
EMMA BAsTH.

WACO, Tex, Jan. 22.-Blood-
hounds and the full force of the
sheriff. city and State ranger de-
|partments were today employed
in an effort to run down the per-
petrators of Waco's latest muir
der mystery-the seventh of its
kind within a year in this COM
munity.
Mans Face Shot Away.
The bodies Of William e. Holt,
forty-five years old, a Waco car
penter. and Mrs. Ethel Denecamp,
twenty-one years old, wife of II.
w. Denecamp, of San Antonio,
Tex, were found by relatives and
friends of the dead woman about
100 yards from Mexica-Waco public
highway Sunday afternoon.
Hollis face had almost been en-
tirely shot away by a charge from
shotgun. His clothing. was hang
ing to the body in shreds and the
flesh on his back and side indi-
Gated the body might have been
dragged some distance. The rope
was attached to the ankle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
SYMPATHY STRIKE HALTS
CARS IN MEXICO CITY

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 22.-Street
car service in Mexico City and the
suburbs was paralyzed yesterday in
consequence Of strike Of the
Motormen's and Conductors Union
In sympathy with the strike OF
mechanics of the traction company,
which began ten days ago.
More than 5000 motormen and
conductors refused to work today
and there were some indications
that light and power company en-
ployes might join the movement.
The Chauffeurs' Union is financially
supporting the strike, but taxicabs
were operating today.
The striking mechanics made ia
demands upon the company, III of
which were granted. The company
and the men are in a deadlock over
the remaining three.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
PLA SITE FUND
1t lacked AS
% Small
Mrs. G. s. Rafter Says Crime
IS Committed BY Accept
ing 81. 600.

Declaring that the Board Of Edu-
cation has COMMITTED crime by
not asking more money for the
school Fairgrounds. Mrs. Giles Scott
Rafter, president of the congress of
Mothers and Parent Teachers Assoc
Citations, last night said that I'VE
should tell Congress to keep the
absurd amount of money it proposes
to appropriate for our school play
grounds next year
The bill provides $4,000 for the
maintenance and repair Of the
present eighty-four school play
grounds and an additional $4,000 for
equipping, improving and repairing
eight new school Fairgrounds.
Less than 500 each for the
ninety-two Fairgrounds" continued
Mrs. Rafter. Think of It. Let
US abandon this makeshift system
of operating our school Fairgrounds
and then start all over"
Mrs. Rafter's organization IL op-
posing the switching OF the control
of the Fairgrounds from the Board
of Education and placing 1t directly
under the control Of the municipal
Fairgrounds department Of the Dis
trfct Government.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
NE " DIRECTORY
0F SUBURBS
ISSUED
First Since Pre- War Days
Shows Increase Above Is
Per Cent Quotes Times.

More than fifty towns In and
near the District OF Columbia are
Included in the new 1928 Wash
ingt0n Suburban Directory, issued
today by Justus G. Nelson, pub
fisher.
The new directory shows an in
crease or 100 pages over the pre-
war issue, the last one printed.
This increase, in excess Of IS per
cent shows the approximate
growth Of suburban Washington
during the past few years.
.eTde increase, states Nelson,
aspIainly proves that the nearby
suburbs can trlthfully be called
Greater Washington.
Four new towns have been add
ed to the directory since the last
issue, as follows: Capitol Heights.
Md. Greater Capitol Heights. Md;
Maryland Park, Nd: and Seat
Pleasant. Md.
IN announcing his latest directory
Nelson quotes the following para
graph from The Washington Times
of recent date.
The suburbs offer B fertile field
even vet for any merchant who, by
proper service and effective pub
lefty, can gain hold on this large
element of Washington trade.
The suburban directory includes
all those communities within the
District of Columbia which are not
included in the washington City
Directory and also all towns in
nearby Maryland and Virginia, as
far as Rockville, Nd Such sub
nrbs as Chevy Chase and TakOma
Park are included.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
POINTS TO NEW RIVALRY
TX NAVAL ORNAMENTS

LONDON. Jan. ga new form
Of rivalry In naval armaments-the
construction Of light craft-has been
launched. according to Archibald
Hurd, famous British naval expert,
writing in the Daily Telegraph to-
day, He gives statistics showing
the increasing strength OF the
United States and Japan In light
cruisers, destroyers and submarines.
Hurd declares that the United
States is planning to increase these
types, also to modernize present
capital ships, He admits that this
action Is entirely within the Wash
ington armament treaty but con-
tends that ''the purpose Of the
treaty is being defeated"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
MUMMY OF EGYPTIAN
PRINCESS IS TATTOoED

LONDON. Jan. pam American
archeologist today discovered the
mummy of a tattooed Egyptian
princess at Luxor. according to
cable dispatches to the Daily News
The princess, who Is believed to
have lived more than 1000 years
ago. is thought to have been one
Of the favorltes of King Menthulo-
tep. The body Is marvelously pre-
served, The hair and teeth are In
tact.
The neck and bosom were delicate
~ tattooed. The girth Of the waist
and the lines of the body Indicate
that the princess was slender and
statuesque. The body Is being sent
to the Cairo medical laboratory for
pathological examination.
1t was officially announced TODAY
that the principal treasures from
the tomb of King Tutankhamen
will be on view at the Cairo
museum early In March.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
Haynes FAVORS
FIGHT ON
DRUGS
Campaign Of Education in the
Hearst Papers Warmly
Commended.
by cOsmOpOIltap News Service.


SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.-Pro.
hibition Commissioners Roy A.
Haynes, here on a drive against
liquor and drugs on the Pacific
coast, is strongly in favor OF a
moral crusade against the drug
habit to further the ends contem
plated by the enforcement Of the
law, and holds that the campaign
of education carried on by the
Hearst newspapers will not only
serve to warn the people of the
dangers that Turk in deadly drugs,
but will assist in the enforcement
of the laws.
Commissioner Haynes hopes to
see the people educated to shun the
use Of narcotics as they would OF
a poison, SO that the drug traffic
would not only be illegal, but nn.
profitable. He made his attitude
plain in several addresses which he
sandwiched in between conferences
with his local enforcement agents
in both the prohibition and mar.
cotics division and with United
States District Attorney Williams
in charge OF prosecution.
I'VE welcome the present arouse
ment of the people on the subject
he declared. Every agency, help
ing conscientiously and sanely, is
doing pa<"iotic service. Mere reg
ulations ard laws are not adequate
to meet this evil. The people them
selves must know of the dangers
and reach such high moral plane
that when temptation comes to
them they can control the impulse
This quality Of control begets char
acter and right conduct, which, as
have said before, gives stability
and quality to modern society"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
MERRIAM. To BE
BROUGHT HERE
AND JAILED
Man Who Attempted to Rob
Local Bank Broke Parole
in New York.

Lewis r. Merriam, twenty-nine
years old. who in April of>last year
presented himself at the paying
teller's window at the Merchants
Bank and Trust Company, Fifteenth
and H streets northwest, and
snatched between $4,000 and $4,000
and who pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary by Chief Justice Nc
Coy and placed on probation be-
cause of being a drug addict, will
be brought back from New York,
where, it is reported he has broken
his parole on various occasions, and
will have to serve out his sentence.
Chief Justice Mccoy today signed
a bench warrant for Merriam's ar
rest and Detective Sergeant
Sweeney of Police Headquarters
will go to New York today to
bring the accused back here.
When arrested Merriam gave his
name as Edward Royton, but he
was identified as Lewis Merriam,
who served two years in the East
ern penitentiary, Philadelphia, for
the theft of $4,000 worth of
Liberty bonds. He also admitted
to the police that he had served a
term at Blackwell's Island for lar
ceny and aggravated assault.
The arrest of Merriam here was
due to the presence of mind of
Samuel A. April, assistant receiving
teller of the bank, who pursued the
robber, firing several shots at him.
April succeeded in catching Mer-
Ram and was graphing with him
when Policeman w. A. Schotter ar
rived and placed him under arrest.
/ Merriam was noticed among the
crowd attending the opening of the
| new bank, but no particular Atten.
| ton was paid to him. Suddenly
he walked over to the teller's win
| dow and put his hand under the
bars. Selling a pile OF bills he
tried to hide them under his over
coat and attempted to escape.