davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Kevin review., 1923-03-29
Slump in Mexican Field
Helps u. S. Producer

SCandaTu Oll company of New
Jersey, has issued a statement to
the effect that oil companies in
Mexican fields face losses, and
the resulting break in confidence
in these areas has had the effect
OF strengthening the oil situa-
tion in the United States. The
move is expected to encourage
development Of new area north
of the border.
Says a report based on Mr.. Bed
ford.s statement:
In the present situation only
the American oil companies are
in position t o meet the in
crease demand for oil, and the
outlook for them is the best.
Production of light oil in Mex
oco is less than half what it was
a year ago, present figures be-
ing 1,461 900 barrels a week, com
pared with 3,569,000 barrels
year ago. In the meantime de-
mand for oil has increased, and
The consumption is at a high re
cord. The increase Of production
lin the United States has been
entirely in the California field,
which is now about $4,000 bar
rels a day, compared with $780,
900 year ago.
9 Production Of light oil in the
imid-continent field is $4,000 bar
rels day, compared with 837,-
900 barrels g year ago, showing
practically no change.
,si "The result of this situation is
that the American oil companies
with properties in the mid-con-
tinent and eastern fields will be
favored with higher prices and a
market for all the oil that they
can produce this year.
4 " AS against the situation in
respect of American oil compa-
MES it is pointed out that only
one important American-owned
company operating in the Mexi-
can oil fields pay a dividend.
Situation in mid d-continent dis
,rict is also true in Gulf Coast
fields, which are producing slight
y over 100000 barrels daily,
about 10000 barrels daily less
han was produced in that dis
,rict a year ago.
Thus, two important big dis
riots supplying the bulk Of dom
,stic and export oil demand have
lot made any progress in a year
which w marked by fairly
lctive drilling. In nid-continent
district big Burbank field was
developed to its large production
# around 10000 barrels daily,
argely within the last IL months.
t has now declined to below 70,-I
90 barrels daily. Likewise, the
'ig Tonkawa light oil pool in
oklahoma was yielding but a few
barrels daily IL months
go, and is now producing over
5000 barrels daily.
Despite bringing in of these /
nd other new districts in the t
ast IL months, amount of new $
rude OF ! production obtained !
asst of Rockies has been sufi-
lent only to about balance nat
raj decline in older districts. |
[eanwhile, Of course. demand Q
,r oil has shown big gain and :
lrrent refinery consumption of v
.ude oil is at record figures.
Domestic refineries are runn-
g approximately 1,850,000 bar .
lis of crude oil daily while in :
ebruary, 1922, these plants ran :
! average of 1861, 900 barrels
lily to the stills. &
with the big demand and lt
,tter prices for crude and re- .
led products, oil companies in
id-continent and Gulf Coast O.
eas are making big money. W
.ofits in 1922 were largest for to
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
DNESNi PtJLNOcNf KARNE.
VALOvY PROVOD.

Cd hotelu Statlerova ma Eu-
cid ave. vyjde dnes o pdlnoci
pochodnovy prdvod lcastnfkd
zednarske konvence, a ubirati
Sc bude rdznymi smery ulic do
lenniho mesta. Vtipne skupi-
ny, vroubeny nosici pochodni,
provadeti budou rozpustilosti
die vzoru mardi gras slavnosti
.jez jsou hlavne popularnimi v
Los Angeles m6stech. kde Ii
je obyvatelstvo 1--WE jizni krve.
Trate poulicnfch kar jezditl
budou mimoradne, ably divaci
Sc snadno dostali do stredu me-
sta po ukonceni sc opetne po-
hodlne mohli navratit domu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
POcASf Sc NEMENf, PRAVl
POVETRNOSTNf KANCE-
LAR SPOJ. STATU.

Of. L. /. ST. - Okolnost, ze
Y poslednich dvou letech bylo
We vetsine casti Spojenych Sta
til pozouhodne mirne pocasi,
piivodila posudky, zdali snad
v nasich koncinach zemekoule
nenadchazi celkova zm6na po-
casi v povsechnem smyslu. Po-
vetrnostni kancelar Spojenych
Stat1 vsak vydala zpravu, We
ktere uvadi, re ma po ruce &C.
lou radu dokladG statistic
kych zaznamd, podle nichz Sc
m1ze rozpoznat, re Sc pocasi
nemeni. Bylo uvedeno, re ur-
cita perioda casova jevi Sc jak-
81 v mfrnejsim pocasi a Ease ur
cita doba vykazuje chladne
zemi v t6ze dobe rocni.
Jsou sice rozdfly v klimatic-
kych zmenach, je pocasl mo-
kre a suche, horke a chladne
a podobne, ale je velmi malo
znamo, ze by snad byla nejaka
urcita pravidla, podle nichz by
Sc tyto zm6ny ridily.
Je treba sice NIT znalosti,
kdy jak asi sc poGasi meni, a.
vsak nenf prospesno, aby Sc
tento znalostem vsecko ostat-
nj podrizovalo, jakoby tyto by
~ smerodatne.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
Rratr pfepadl spicfho bratra

- Obec Cejtice u Dol. Kralo-
vic byla jiz delsi cas- svedkem
SPORT, vzniklych V rodine Lou
dove. Spory, jez byly projed-
navany pred soudem, vznikly
Y dobe, kdy starsf syn, nyni 35-
lety Frantisek Louda odchaze-
je We valce "a sluzbou vojen-
'skou ustanovil, ze majitelem
poloviny usedlosti jest jeho O.
tee; druha polovina byla ma
jetkem zeny jeho, ktera vsak
lsvou polovinu prodala svemu
otci. z toho vznikle spory pii-
ostrovaly sc neustale, az dosa-
hly vrcholu, kdyz Frantisek
Loula dal Sc Sc svou zenou roz
vesti a mladsi bratr jeho Jan
|pocal ciniti 81 naroky ma MAZE
tex rodic1. Dosud nezname
prfciny vtiskly Janovi do ruky
vrazedn0u zbran. Y utery Is.
kvetna 0 pill 4. hod. ranpi
vnikl kradmo do konske stale,
kde spal bratr Frantisek - ro-
dina Loudova jest znama pc
okoli svym peknym konstvem
- a uderil spiciho bratra O.
lstrlm sekery nekolikrate do
hlavy. Rozt'al mu hlavu ctyri-
krate ma temeni cepelem Sc
kerry rozbil mu prave oko. v
lzapase, ktery sc rozvinul mezi
obema bratry oba jsou slim
a hrmotni - zasadil mu jeste
lsecnou ranu ma ruce a ma noze.
H!ukem zapasu a volanim ma
padeneho pfivolana matka pri.
vedla pomoc re sousedstvi, ale
mezitim jiz Frantisek ztratou
krve vysilen zIstal lezeti ma
dvore v bezvedomi. Dosud me-
podlehl zranenim, ale while.
dem k jich velikosti a t6zkosti
neni jisto, ida zGstane ma Ii
WI. Bratr-1tocnik byl dodar
do vezeni okresniho soudu y
Dolnich Kralovicich, odkud dc
lvazby, krajskeho soudu ma Ho.
lrach Kutnych byl pfeveZen.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
I'VE
Po influence. Pr. A. s. Han

70 u0Iluenzes 4. a. >. nan
'senova q Port Arthur, Tex,
pfse: "Pfed dvema roxy, po
influence, bylo me zdravi v
zubozenem stavu; byla jsem
seslabla nervosnf mela srd
ce v zl6m stavu. Kdyz jsem
pocala uzfvati DR.. Petra Hobo
ko, zahy jsem pocitila vysled-
ky. Sesflila jsem a pribrala ma
vaze. Vain nynf vice nez kdy
koliv We SVEN zivote.' UGinek
sflivky teto prost6 bylinne pri
pravky jest velmi dobre znam !;
povzbuzuje zazivani; zvysuje
chut' k jfdlu; upravuje stolici,
posiluje nervosnf soustavu a
zlepsuje stav krve. Neni to le-
karnicky lex, zvlastni jednate
le jej dodavaji. Piste ma DR..
Peter Fahrney and Sons Co.,
|2501 Washington Blvd, Chi
cago, I'll.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
VYLET KLUBU CLEV.
OBCANU.

Minulou nedeli uspoTadal
vylet do prirody Klub Cleve-
landskych ObcanG, neb jak sc
tomu rika, piknik. Pocasi by
10 jako ma zakazku, lepsi 81
nemohl zadny pfat, vetricek
jake vejir ovival libezne velky
zastup, ktery Sc tahnul po E.
II. I'll. v Capkove zahrade.
Prave jssne tam dosli, kdyz
hrali: "a uz Sc to toci, toci a
uz Sc to k sobe tlaci,", ia po-
padnu svoji drahou polovici a
hajdy do kola a stara jako by
ty muzikanty musela poslou-
chat, pritlacovala Sc ke mne,
az jsem Sc potil, chci il domlu-
Wit, ohl6dnu Sc, ale morte ha-
dry, ono 81. to vsechno X sobe
tlacilo, protoze iinak zadny by
Sc tam byl nevesel, kolo bylo
jake kdyz nabije, iablko by
hylo nepropadlo. I'll obcanko-
We museli sc narodit ma zvlast-
nj st'astne planete a do vfnku
Jim musela nejaka ia lesnl villa
dati nejaky magnet, neb at
poradaji cokoliv, vsechno sc
to "a mimi tahne. Myslim, re
ten jejich pokladnik vail 0
n6kolik liber vice, kdyz Sc u
bral k domovu, neb tech ze-
lenych papirkd Sc mu delaly
az mrakoty a coz nez to spo-
cital, ale re srdce Jim to pra-
no, neb takovy zabavny vybor
jake ma Klub Clev. ObcanG,
na ten mohou jejich clenove
jiste byti hrdymi, nepracuji
pro sebe, neb delajf vse bez-
platne, pro dobro klubu a pro
to, jejich Klub tax zdarne po-
kracuje. Ceny ma zavodech
obdrzely danny: l. Marie Je-
strab; 2. slec. j. Milwala, 8
slec. V. Hroch. Panove: l,
JOS. Peck, 2. J. Kodet, 3. Chas.
Srnka.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12

Cena plnovousu. - U okres.
soudu v Litomericich projed-
nan byl velmi zajimavy spor,
z nehoz Sc poucujeme o Gene
plnovousu. V delnickych ba-
racich. bydlil mezi d6lniky. ta-
ke pysny a prisny delnicky
mistr. Nemeli no radi po-
misty jednou, kdyz spal, uflzli
mu jeho dlouihy plnovous, sa-
haifcf az po pas, ma kterem 81
nejvice zakladal, nebot' mic
mu nedodavalo tolik vaznosti
jake plnovous; take kniry mu
ustiihli. Kdyz Sc vzbudil, zu-
ill vypsal odmenu $50 Kc to
mu, kdo mu vinniky prozradi
TAX je .vskutku zjistil. Diva
pachatele tohoto poskozeni
"krasy" mistrovy byli odsou.
zeni pro prestupek poskozeni
cizfho maetku ma diva dny bez.
podminecn6 a ulozeno jim ma.
hraditi mistrovi "a plnovous-
patnact set korun a "a knii
500 sKc.a
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
SEBEVRAzDA CESKY.

Omaha, Neb., 10. cervna. -
Tragickym zpdsobem skonci-
la zde zivot svdj pi. Mary O.
pocenska, manzelka znameho
krajana, p. Freda Opocenske-
no. Zmizela re sveho domova
behem noci asi pred ctrnacti
dny a minuly ctvrtek objevena
jejl mrtvola plovouci v rece
Missouri. ZGstaly po nj, krone
manzela, dve d6ti, synove, 49,
lety Karel a 8-lety Fred. Sebe-
vrazdu spachala v tezk6m ner
vovem rozruseni.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
AUTOMOBILOvE NEsTEsTf

Youngstown, O., IL. cervna.
Dva muzi byli zabiti a jeden
nejspise smrtelne zranen, kdyz
jejich automobil byl zasazen
ma sever jedoucfm vlakem
Pennsylvansk6 drahy tri mile
ma jih cd Greenville, Pa. wee
ra vecer. Ma miste byli zabiti
Joseph Bahuhn a George Rit.
tan a poranen byl Jack Small
Vsichni tri bydleli v New Ca
stle, Pa.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
DAUCHERTY ZDEDlL
$25. 900.

Washington, IL. cervna. 49,
DIE zn6ni posledni vile Jesse
w. Smitha, dIverneho pritele
a politickeho spolecnika ge-
neralniho navladniho Daugher
ty-ho, jenz spachal sebevrazdu
v tomto meste 80. kvetna,
Daugherty zd6di $4,000. Po-
sledni ,vdli, ktera byla predlo-
zena probatnfmu soudu dnes,
rozdeluje Sc pozdstalost d
hrnn6 hodnote $4,000.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
7 BRATlSLAvE ODHALENO
SPIKNUTf.,

Praha, 8. cervna. Jak O.
znamuji "Narodni Listy", dv9
ste osob, nezi mimi cetnf ko-
munisti, bylo zatceno nasled-
KEN odhalenl mad'arsk)sho
spiknuti v Bratislave. U jedno-
no mad'arskeho porucfka ma
lezeny byly kompromitujicf Ii
stiny, z nichz 1rady dovedely
Sc podrobnostech spiknuti.
Policie pokracuje v patrani pa
dalsich spiklencfch.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
MATKA S DCERUSKOU Va.
ZNE POPALENY.


Petileta Julie Rohova, 1910
Daniel ave., stala blfzko ka-
men, ma kterych nest astnou
nahodou pTekypela polevka,
nasledkem cehoz plameny "a
sahly Sat devcatka, ktere Sc v
zapetl octlo v plamenech. Ma
pokfik dev6atka pfispechala
matka, jez ohen Sc snazila u
dusiti. Byla vsak i s ditetem
ma rukou tax popalena, ze by
~ ODE dopraveny do glenvill-
ske nemocnice.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12

PRODA Sc cukrovinkovy a
grocerni obchod, kde Sc trzi
pres S400 tydne. Najem $45
m6sicn6. Byt 0 trech ~pokojich.
Cena $4,000 hotove aneb sc Wy
meni "a jedno neb dvourodin-
ny dIm. Haste Sc v els. 1901
Harvard Ave. 6-14
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12

''Tak milostiva, uzivejte te-
HE pilulek a omladnete de-
set let" Pacientka: "Pro-
sim vas, pane doktore, memo
hla bych ty pilulky take dat
|svemu muir"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-12
U soudu.

Svedek: "Kdyz jsem videl
to hrozne drama rodinne, Via
sy mi hrdzou vstavaly"
|Soudce tx sv6dkovi s holou hla
vou): "Pane svedku, nezapo-
imlnejte, ze vypovidate zde
pod prfsahou."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-09
AILING FLOCK TO HEAR
MESSAGES OF HEALER
Mrs. Pauline Harrell Reported to
Be Making Seemingly Impos-
sible Cures at Services.

Mrs. Pauline Harrell, white evan
gelist, who for the past two weeks
has been holding services at two
colored churches here, and, according
to reports, has been effecting cures
of the crippled and afflicted, VIII re-
sumo her meetings tonight AT So'clock
in Convention Hall, 9Th and New York
avenue northwest, for one week. Be
ginning tomorrow she will conduct
services from to 4 o'clock each aft
ernoon and from until 10 o'clock
At the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
and the Ebenezer NJ. L. Church Mrs.
Harrell claims to have given sight to
the blind, speech to the dumb, hear
ing to the deaf and cures to the Grip
pied and diseased. Persons have
Hooked to these places and she was
to have continued her work at the
latter church this week. but for some
misunderstanding which caused her
to rent Convention Hall.
Mrs. Harrell, whose home is in Min
neapolis, Mimi, has for the past two
years been engaged in this work, ac-
cording to DIR. and Hrs. NJ. NJ. Mad
den of Chicago, her managers. The
power to heal came to her, they said,
when she was stricken in a trance. A
message told her to preach the Word
of the Lord, annoint the distressed
with oil and the power of the Lord
would be shown, DR.. and Mrs. Madden
continued. Since that time she has ap-
reared before record-breaktng crowds
of white and colored people of Mis-
souri,, Indiana and other places.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-09
DEN0UNCES SOVIET
FOR Staying VICAR
K. c. Head Calls Execution of
Catholic PreIate a Piece
of Vi|Iainy.

The execution of Vicar Gen. Butch
kavitch in Russia, On charges of
opposing the soviets, was character
lied as a ''high-handed piece of vii
lainy. an attempt to terrorize the
Christians of Russia, and. indeed, all
religion" by Supreme Knight James
A. Flaherty. leader of the knights of
Columbus Of the United States and
Canada, in opening the final session
Of the supreme international board
Of directors meeting at the Willard
Hotel today
Supreme knight Flaherty took oc-
casion to issue, in the name of the
the Russian soviets recent acts.
The contrast in the brave and
noble attitude Of the martyr priests
and bishops with the bloodthirsty
prosecutors Is as striking as anything
recorded or the reign of terror in
Russia, in sending Vicar Gen.
Butchkavitch TO death, has signed the
death warrant of the soviet system
OF government among the nations of
the world. The Christian Church will
stand when Russia and her soviets
are forgotten"
Supreme knight Flaherty tonight
Will address Potomac Council of this
Columbus Hall AT that time he is
expected 10 reveal a number of the
greater steps recently taken by the
order IN the work Of social welfare
and education.
Announcement was made at the
meeting of the supreme board today
that the aggregate reward Of $4,000
for any person or persons proving
the authenticity of the fake oath"
attributed to the knights of Colum-
IN Ia r1 mr., p
one claimant. The sixty-day lilnita-
ton is almost elapsed, Supreme Ad-
vocate Luke +. Hart of st. Lauis an
nounced, and the $4,000 posted in
Ave Texas banks has brought forward
none to prove the authenticity of the
statements relative to the oath be-
ing circulated in that state.
The board last night gave a private
dinner in honor Of Archbishop Fuma-
soni- Biondi. apostolic delegate to the
United States He told the Knights
that Pope Plus XI had expressed to
him cordial appreciation for the in
PRODUCTION OF the American system
of welfare work in Italy introduced
by the Knights Of Columbus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-09
$286,S13 IN SALES
FOR PROPERTY TAX
Auction Results Show Four
Buyers at D. C. Auction
Monop0Iized Purchases.

The District government took In
s2s6.s1S.67 at the auction sale of prop
erty sold for nonpayment of taxes.
Chatham NJ. Towers, collector, an
nounced today. This Is far in excess
of last years sale.
Although there were approximately
forty bidders at the sale. the records
show that four buyers paid in nearly
all of the money. They were: John
Faust of Cleveland, &. II. Wiltsie of
Rochester. the National Mortgage and
Investment Corporation of this city and
Il. J. Rout of this city.
Dispose Of 4.70I Parcels.
Out of approximately 10000 parcels
of real estate offered for sale. 4.761
were disposed of.
Each buyer at the sale received
from MIR. Towers IL tax certif1cate
after paying the actual amount or
tax due since May. 1922. These GER
tificates must be held by the buyers
for two years. during which time the
owner may redeem by reimbursing
the man holding the certificate for
the tax he paid plus penalty of l
per cent month.
If the owner has not redeemed his
property at the expiration OF two
years the tax sale purchaser may
amply to tn commissioners for a tax
decd to the property.
Deeds Cloud on Title.
These deeds constitute cloud on
the title to the property and must be
removed by making settlement with
the holder before the original own
er can do anything with his prop
erty.
If YOU are in doubt az to whether
you paid Your taxes in May, 1922,
the advice of the tax collector is that
you call at the District building now
and lind out if your property has
been sold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-09
URGES SURVEYING
BUILDING SITUATION
Mr.. Madden Would Learn
. Best Time to Start Gov
eminent Work.

A nationwide survey of building
operations to determine when, in
view of the home building boom and
the cost of construction, the United
states could best enter upon long
delayed construction of public build
ings. has been proposed by Represen-
tative Martin Z. Madden, chairman
of the House appropriations commit
tee, in letter to Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon, 1t was learned
The government. Mr.. Madden
pointed out in his letter. should not
enter the situation at a time when
II would be burden upon the home
building program Of the nation. This
view was also recently expressed by
Secretary of Commerce Hoover in a
letter to President Harding in which
he urgd that all government build
ings be withheld until it could be
taken up at time when building
was slack and prices right, so as TO
provide needed activity
The cost of construction through
out the country is bound to come
down some time in the future, in the
opinion of Representative Madden,
although he hesitated to predict
when this brak in prices would come.
The cost of building at the present
ION. mas risen from a previous low
point TO which ii sank after the war
boom Of high prices.
AT least forty public buildings
throughout the country in the esti-
nation of Mr. Madden should be erect
ed shortly under modified plan.
Money was authorized and appropri-
ated by Congress in 1913 for about
100 buildings, but the cost Of con-
struction rose so sharply that they
could not be built under the plan pro-
posed. If the forty are to be con-
structed at present prices. he point
ed out, the plans will have to be
materially modified. In fact, he said
the tendency in public buildings had
been entirely too much toward
building a monument" instead of d
building for utility"
No specific recomme ndations We're
made. Mr.. Madden says in his letter
to Secretary Mellon. as to just what
buildings should go up under reduced
plans. In discussing the matter today
however. Mr.. Madden indicated that
privately he was of the opinion that
when the time came an archives
building would perhaps be the first
need in Washington. Post offices
and other federal buildings through
out the country, he intimated. were
most needed at the present time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-09
DEMURS TO INDICTMENT.

James II. De Pue. retired Presbyte-
rian minister recently indicted on d
charge of using the mails to defraud
today filed a demurrer to the indict-
ment. Through Attorneys Jeffords &
Dutton, the accused says the indict-
ment is bad in substance. He points
out that the names of the persons to
whom were addressed the parcels of
mail described in the first, second
third. tenth and eleventh counts do
not appear In the indictment. and
there is nothing to show to whom
they were addressed, or why the
names do not appear. None of the
envelopes containing such parcels is
set out or described.
Mr.. De Pue also claims the alleged
copies of letters in the fourth to
ninth counts do not show on their
face that they were in execution of
any scheme to defraud. and there is
nothing in the indictment to make
such showing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-09
"GLAD HAND" SALVATION
BARRED BY ADVENTISTS
Elders Decide All Converts Must
Be Thoroughly Instructed Be-
fore Being Admitted.

"Glad hand" salvation must go in
the Seventh-Day Adventist Church,
the spring council of that denomina-
ton decided yesterday. when it re-
sumed conferences at .Takoma Park.
Conversion of sinners to Christianity
must be effected by thorough teach
ing of the main tenets of the faith,
the church elders, who represent
every section of the United States,
declared.
In the past, evangelists have invited
converts to step up to the pulpit and
shake their hand by way of showing
their belief in Christianity. Such
practices will not be tolerated in the
future by the Seventh-Day Adventist
Church, the elders declared. Nor may
eyangelists accept converts who have
listened to only one or two sermons.
'They must be thoroughly instruct
ed in the principles of righteousness
until their lives and characters have
been transformed into new creatures
spiritually before they y, are are baptized
the elders decided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-09
MILLIONS INVOLVED
IN COURTS DECISION
Slaughter House Regulation by
D. C.. Commissioners Declared
Unconstitutional.

Litigation pending in the Police
Court for more than year, known
as 1.-The slaughter house cases" in
volving property valued at 100000.
was decided today in favor of the
defendants in an opinion handed
down by Judge Robert Harrison.
The court held that the regulation
promulgated by the District of CO.
lumbia Commissioners and the Zon-
ing laws that prohibit the establish
ment or operation of existing slaugh-
ter houses OF such businesses in the
fire limits of the city are unreason
able and confiscatory in their nature.
and If enforced would take without
due process of law. without compen-
sation. the business Of the slaughter
houses operated within the city fire
limits. and therefore would be un-
constitutional and void. which the
opinion declared they were.
The opinion was based upon a mo-
ton TO quaSh the information. which
had been unanimously argued by
counsel for defendants last week and
on one or more occasions prior to
that. While the government was not
present at the time the opinion was
read by Judge Hardison, the case was
left in such shape that the corpora
ton counsel may file exceptions to
the ruling of the court. thus enabling
the District of Columbia Commls-
sioners to take the case to the Dis
trict of Columbia Court Of Appeals
for final adjudication.