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Evening star., 1924-05-05
PHILIPPINES SEEKING
Immediate FREEDOM
Quezon Tells House Committee
Nation Feels This
Is Due.

The Philippine independence mis-
sion laid its case today before the
House insular affairs committee.
Manuel Quezon, president of the
Philippine senate and head of the
mission, told the committee that tn
Filipinos felt they were entitled to
immediate and absolute independence.
I'VE confidently hope" he said,
that this Congress will act on this
question. From our point of view
solemn covenant exists between the
United States and the Philippines,
wherein the islands were promised
independence as soon as stable gov
ernment was established. We now
have a stable government, and feel
that it is time for the United States
to make good on it's part of the
agreement"
Quezon said the mission did not
wish to insist on the enactment of
any particular measure but expressed
preference for resolution along the
lines of that proposed by Representa-
tive Cooper, Republican, Wisconsin,
which would give immediate inde-
penderce.
Commenting on the Fairfield bill
which would provide for a plebiscite
in thirty years, Quezon expressed the
opinion that such vote would be
too far distant to prove acceptable
to the Filipinos.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
u. S. WINS IN APPEAL
AGAINST DRUG FIRM
Court Orders Retrial of Case
Against Chichester Company In
volving Claim of Misbranding.

The United States today won its ap-
peal from a decision of a jury III the
District Supreme Court that it could
not maintain its suit for a condem-
nation of certain pills manufactured
by the Chichester Chemical Company.
which the government claimed were
misbranded because attempting to
claim to cure certain female diseases.
The District Court of Appeals in
decision by Judge Martin of the
United States Court of Customs APP
peals reversed the finding of the
jury and remanded the case for a re-
trial.
The prosecution claimed that the
trial court erred in refusing to let
physician summoned by the govern
ment tell of the consensus of medi-
cal opinion" and also fell into error
by denying a prayer to the jury per-
mitting them to presume fraudulent
intent from a false statement in a
booklet issued by the company. The
appellate court overruled the latter
contention, but sustained the first
point in favor of the government.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
COURT DISMISSES CASE.

The Supreme Court today dismiss
ed for want of jurisdiction a case
brought by the city Of Buffalo, n. Y,
against the public service commits
sion of New York state and others
to determine the power of the COM
mission to fix street car fares in
Buffalo.
contract with the companies oper-
ating street cars it had the right to
require them to operate upon the
rates of fare agreed upon when the
franchises were granted. The courts
of the state, however, took the view
that under the provision in the con-
tract which reserved to the legisla-
ture the right to regulate the fares
it could delegate it's authority to the
public service commission and that
the action Of the commission in au-
thorizing an increase in the fares to
z cents was valid.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
WOMAN VOTERS PLAN
PROGRESSIVE ACTION

An attempt will be made here this
week by the Woman's Committee for
Political Action to formulate a def
mite plan around which the "progres-
sive" woman voters can rally in the
coming national elections
Meetings will be held at the Wash
ington Hotel May s to II. 1t was
stated today by Mrs. Sally H Burch
of Maryland. acting chairman. that
no action on individual candidates
was contemplated" The committee
expects. however. Mrs. Burch said.
that after the national conventions of
the Republicans and Democrats in
June something in the way of in
dorsement of candidates may come
out of the July 4 convention of pro
gressiyes" to which the committee
will elect delegates from each state.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
RULES LANDLORDS
MAY SUE FOR RENTS
Justice Van 0rsdel Holds Ball Act
Entities Owners to Collect
in Courts.
SAYS LAW PROTECTS ALL
Overrules Decision of Municipal
Court in Snow Case.

A landlord may sue in the Munich
pal Court to recover increased rentals
allowed him by a determination OF
well as the tenant may recover ex-
cess of rentals exacted from him.
Justice Van Orsdel so held today in
an opinion of the District Court of
Appeals reversing the action of the
Municipal Court. which had held that
the Ball rent act provides only for
recovery by tenants of excessive
rents.
Chester A. Snow, owner of the
Winton apartment, brought suit In
the Municipal Court to recover $30O
from Mrs. w. II. Benton. one of his
tenants, who had been paying him
only $35 per month for an apartment
which the Rent Commission raised to
$3.50. Mr.. Snow sought to recover
between the filing of the tenants
complaint and the determination OF
the Commission.
Threw Out Snow Suit.
The Municipal Court threw out Mr.
SHOWS suit on the ground that the
code does not provide for such suit
and that the Ball rent act does not
give that right.
In reversing that finding Justice
rent act, which provides that the diff
ference in rentals may be added to
or subtracted from, as the case de-
mands. future rent payments, or after
the final decision of an appeal from
the commissions finding may be sued
for and recovered in an action in the
Municipal Court"
The Ball rent act. he states. was
not enacted solely for the benefit of
tenants, but equally for the protec-
tion of both landlords and tenants.
1t was not intended to operate one
way. The act provides for recovery
of the difference. the court points out
and If against the landlord the tenant
has the right of recovery or reduction
from future rent payments and if the
difference is in favor of the owner
like suit may be maintained, the
court finds. "Otherwise," says Justice
Van Orsdel, "a tenant might abandon
lease and the landlord would be left
without remedy, and it is not the
policy of the law that wrongs shall
be left remedyless."
Evening star., 1924-05-05
LUMBER FRAUD CASE
OPENED BY PARKER
Special Assistant Attorney General
Outlines Charges Before Jury
in North Carolina.

Special Assistant Attorney General
John ]. Parker OF North Carolina to-
day outlined to the jury the charges
contained in the lumber fraud indict-
ment against John l.. Phillips of
Thomasville, Ga, and john Stephens
of Jack sonville, Fla; Charles Phillips,
jr.. of Atlanta, Ga; Frank T.. Sullivan
of Buffalo, N Y, and Ernest c. Morse
and Charles S. Shotwell, former Off
cials of the War Department. The
case is on trial before Justice Bailey
in Criminal Division 2 of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, and the govern
ment claims it lost about s1-500,000
through the sale of surplus lumber
from Army cantonments.
The lawyers for the defense. four
teen in number. are expected to dis
close the angles of the defense in
opening statements Immediately after
the conclusion of Mr.. Parker's state
ment. They will not adopt the usual
course of waiting until the govern
ment's evidence is concluded, 1t was
stated.
The plan of the alleged conspiracy.
as stated by government counsel.
who, with Assistant Attorneys Cen
eral Ward and Borchardt, is aiding
United States Attorney Gordon in the
prosecution, was that Phillips and
Stephens would be appointed TO sell
the government lumber to the trade
on a commission of IL per cent, that
they would not actually market this
lumber themselves, but would turn
it over to other wholesalers and
brokers at a price less than its value
in consideration of secret payments
to Phillips and Stephens.
Mr.. Parker said the government eX-
tn show that PhillinS and Ste
phens secretly collected enormous
sums on account of the sales, for
which they did not account to the
United States.
Government Received $50O,oO0.
The prosecutor said he would show
that Sullivan bribed Shotwell and that
the conspirators secured the release
of air service lumber badly needed
by the government For this lumber,
he said, the government was paid
100000 and from Its sale the alleged
conspirators or some of them Sc
cured SS50,000 profit, of which s324,-
GOO. he asserted. was paid secretly to
John l.. Phillips.
The lawyer cited an instance
which he said would be proved in
which George NJ, Chambers, the gov
crnment inspector, who has died
since the filing of the Indictment.
knew that a prospective purchaser
had been offered s27 per 1000 for
certain lumber: that he took the
purchaser to Phillips. who sold him
the lumber at SIS and collected 81
per 1000 from the purchaser for
the government inspector.
In another case, the prosecutor de-
clared the evidence would show that
Phillips had an offer of $4,000 for
a lot of lumber, which he offered to
accept if a fiat fee of $4,000 was paid
which the purchaser declined. Phil
lips then sold the lumber to the
firm of Eitzen & Touart of Pensa-
cola. Fla, who resold ii to the s34.-
600 man. Phillips was paid $1,000
secretly in cash, the lawyer said, and
the government received d settlement
on the basis of $4,000. A total of
$600,00O was secured by Phillips, the
jury was told, on the sale of govern
ment lumber, for which the United
States did not receive one cent.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
HELIUM RESERVE NO. |
FIRST OF ITS KIND
7,10O Acres of Land in Utah Set
Aside for Governments Use
by Coolidge.

The helium reserve, which has been
set aside by President Coolidge by
executive order. is the first reserve
Of this character made in the United
States.
1t is designated as helium reserve
No. l and consists of 7.100 acres of
land in Merry County, Utah, in which
the greater part of the mineral title
is vested in the United States The
reserve is withdrawn from all forms
OF settlement, location, sale or entry
Several prospecting permits on the
area were issued some three years
ago and an oil company drilled to
q depth of between 5000 and 1000
feet. No oil was found, but a helium-
bearing gas was found. which. under
the terms of the general leasing law,
is reserved to the government.
The extent and value of the heliurn
deposits are not definitely known
and the lands are still subject to
various prospecting permits, but to
conserve the helium for governmental
needs. Secretary Work recommend
ed to the President that a reserve
be established.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
WOOD SEES PHILIPPINE
INDEPENDENCE IN FUTURE
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, May 5.-F'aith in eventual
independence for the Philippine Is
lands, but warning that independence,
if granted now, would be a failure,
was expressed by Gov. Gen. Leonard
Wood in a newspaper statement made
public vest erday.
Gen. Wood declared he had been
working for Philippine independence
as hard aH3 as earnestly as many
Filipino leaoeI..
Il long to see your country inde-
pendent but believe it is not yet
the proper time for complete separa-
ton the governor general said.
For If independence were granted
now it certainly would be a failure
The Philippines being the only
Christian nation in the orient i'm
bued with western civilization. it
would be a pity to see undone all that
we have accomplished here to date"
Evening star., 1924-05-05
PRESENT OPERETTA.
Sacred Heart Pupils Give Per-
fcrmance.

students of the Sacred Heart
academy presented a three-act
operetta, "Yanh San" last night for
the benefit of the "children's win
ooW endowment. The window is to
De placed in the Sacred Heart Church
at 10th street and Park road.
Those taking part in the play
were Miss Catherine Carr. Miss E.
Mcneil, c. McHugh, X. Mcconnell,
al. Mcdonald, J. Sweeney, E. Tolker,
r. ODonoghue, l.. Yeatman, T..
Downey, NJ. Horton, c. O'ConnelI, FL.
Muilaly NJ. ODonnell, T.. Finch, A
Hicks, d. ToIker, H Newell, j.
Downey. NJ. Mey, NJ. Doody, L. APP
plch' l. McHugh, X. Donovan, NJ.
Rice, G. Wimsatt, J. Butler, NJ. Car
roll, NJ. A. Clamence, A Finch, c.
redmond, A. Cooksey, l.. McHugh, NJ.
murphy, X. Lee, L. Brand, 3. Tuttle,
V. Clark, f, Johnson, f. Ratigan, D.
Donovan, F. Early. c. Hall, j. Doody,
H. Ramisch, e. Sharnikow, NJ. Mo
Hugh, X. Biggs. NJ. Broussard, F.
DAILY, u. Doody, M. Cooley, A. Her
bert X. kendig, NJ. Morris and j.
Murphy.
Miss Rita Downey was accom-
panist.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
NINE. LENIN WORKING
FOR RUSSIAN SCHOOLS
Soviet Leaders Widow Wants
System Like q. S.-Invites
American Educator Over.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 5.-A letter from
Mime. Lenin, widow Of the soviet
leader, to John Dewey, former pro-
fessor Of philosophy at Columbia
University, inviting him to come to
Russia to teach in the public univer-
sites. was brought here today by
Charles Reicht, a New York lawyer
and legal adviser to the Russian gov
ernment, who arrived on the Belgen-
land.
Nine. Lenin, he said, is not enter
ing political life. but is working to
upbuild a public school system on
the American pattern.
Reicht said the feeling in Russia
was that Germany should be made to
pay reparations to the last mark. He
characterized as absurd the state
ment in Paris of Grand Duke Nicho-
las, that the Soviet government was
on the point of disintegration, and
asserted that Russian mOnarchists
generally admitted there was no
chance for a return to imperialism.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
BANKS PLAN MERGER
TO AID DEPOSlTORS
st. Paul Institutions Consolidate
to Avert Possible Run by
Alarmed Patrons.
BY the Associated Press.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, May "a move
to protect interests of depositors of
the Capital National Bank of ST. Paul
from a possible run was taken last
night when the boards of directors of
the Merchants National Bank and the
Capital National Bank voted to
merge. Announcement of the action
said:
LAS result of action taken by the
boards of directors of the Capital
National Bank and the Merchants
National Bank the Merchants Ma
tionaI Bank assumes all deposit liza
bilities of the Capital National Bank.
All banking operations will be con-
Quoted from the office of the Mer-
chants National Bank
The Capital National was in the
same building as the Capital Trust
and Savings Bank, which was closed
Saturday by the state superintendent
of banks because of frozen assets"
The Capital Trust had deposits of
$J,000.000. Closing of the Capital Trust
started run on the Capital National,
although the two had no financial
connection.
With the more than $4,000, 900 in
deposits of the Capital National the
Merchants will have s40,O0O,000 in
deposits.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
DEBT DEADLOCK DENIED.
Labor Organ Answers Anglo-Rus-
sian Farley Critic.

LONDON, May 5.-The Daily Her
aid, Laborite organ, today terms as
"pernicious nonsense" the declaration
at Lancaster, Saturday, by J.. j.
O'Neill, National Liberal, that the
Anglo Russian conference had reach
ed a deadlock on the question Of the
recognition of debts.
The newspaper declared that, on
the contrary, the negotiations have
progressed with unexpected smooth
ness, and that there are not the
slightest signs of anything in the
nature of a deadlock.
|. 1t charges Mr.. O,Neill with taking
part In a campaign deliberately start
ed to wreck the conference,
Evening star., 1924-05-05
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
Woman Alleged to Have Tried to
Enter Garage.

Miss Harriet Marie Lucas, twenty~
nine-year- -old nurse from Lexington,
KY, arrested Saturday night, when
she was alleged to have made an
unsuccessful attempt to enter the
garage of Capt Emmett Thornton,
4415 Illinois avenue. has been taken
to Gallinger Hospital for treatment
Detectives Mullen and Murphy, who
arrested her and held her on charges
of attempt at house breaking and
concealed weapons, stated the prose
cution's side of the case to Assistant
United States Attorney Ralph Given
today and bond for the appearance of
the nurse was fixed at $4,000.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
ISLE OF PINES CLASH
REPORTED IN HAVANA
Americans Declared to Have At
tackled Office of Chief
of Sanitation.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA. Cuba, May 5.-Charges
that an American citizen in Nueva
Corona, Isle of Pines, had violated a
local sanitary regulation and then
refused to pay a fine imposed by a
magistrate were set forth in a report
made public yesterday by the Cuban
state department The name of the
American is not known here, but at
the State Department it was said he
was the husband of one of the wom-
an members of the delegation that
protested to the United States Senate
against ratification of the Iong-pend-
ing treaty formally recognizing Gu
ban sovereignty over the Isle of
Pines
Neither the American embassy nor
the American consul general in Hav-
ana has received a report on the in
cident from Charles Freeman, consul
In Nueva Corona, and neither office
was inclined to believe that any ac-
tual violence had occurred, although
the Havana newspaper La Noche as
serted that Americans had attacked
the office Of the chief of sanitation of
that place.
VIII Order Inquiry.
The American consul general at
Havana, Carlton Bailey Hurst, said
last night that he would order an in
vestigation
1t is known that tense feelings
have existed between certain Amer
lean residents in the Isle of Pines
and certain Cubans there, and re-
Gently, during discussions between
officials of the American embassy and
the Cuban state department, the
Cuban government was informed that
a m T-in N n a TSla n Pines had
been advised to remember that they
were living in a foreign country and
to obey its laws. At the same time
the Cuban government was urged to
take steps to prevent discrimination
against American residents.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
CHINESE PROTEST
EXCLUSION BY JAPAN
Ask for Same Rights That Toxic
Demands From United
States.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
TOXIC. May 5.-A delegation repre-
senting the Chinese Association of
Toxic called on Foreign Minister Mat
sui today and presented a memorial
protesting against japanese exclusion
of Chinese. declaring that the Chinese
exepect the same confederation from
Japan that Japan is seeking from the
United States.
The delegation emphasized that
although all of the colored races are
interested in the legislation to bar
Asiatics from America, il would be
impossible for them to stand together
while Japan maintained its present
restriction on Chinese immigration.
Before the delegations visit to Mat
sui plans for a mass meeting of
Chinese residents of Toxic and for
a demonstration before the foreign
Office were called off at the inSiStence
of the Chinese minister here.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
TO BE OPENED JUNE Is
Will Begin Fifteenth Season.
Last Years Record of 10000 Wis
itors Expected to Be Broken.

The opening of Glacier National
Park June is will mark the fifteenth
anniversary OF Uncle Sans ALPINE"
vacation land for tourists.
The 1900 square miles of noun
tains and lakes. long famed as the
big game hunting grounds OF the
Blackfeet Indians. were transformed
into Glacier National Park by an act
of Congress in 1910,
Records of the bureau of national
parks show what more than $4,000
tourists visited the Montana play
ground last summer and inquiries
indicate that these attendance figures
may be exceeded this year
The new $7.500,00 national parks
road bill. which was recently signed
by President Coolidge. will give TO
glacier park park a fund of some
thing more than $1.500.000 for use
in improving the roads and trails in
the park. This money Is available
now, and its use will be spread over
a period of three years.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
CONTINUE TO SEARCH
FOR MINERS BODIES
Rescue Parties Seek Five Others
Reported Missing Since
Benwood Disaster.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WHEELING, w. Va, May -
Rescue crews went into the Benwood
mine of the Wheeling Steel Corporation
today to search for the bodies of five
men listed as missing since lass Mon
days explosion, in which l=Jre than
100 miners met death. One hundred and
fifteen bodies have been recovered from
the wrecked workings.
George Holiday, sr., the mine fore
man, is among those unaccounted for.
The rescue men were instructed 70
explore the main entry in the hope that
the bodies would be found there.
Funeral services were held today
for twenty-five of the victims. Burial
was in the Mount Calvary cemetery.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
POSTAL DISCHARGES
HELD DUE TO POLITICS
Reform League Makes Charges i1
Respect to Removals
in Indiana.

Charges Of wholesale removal oi
postal employees in the classified civi
service on the basis of charges IN.
spired by political motives were mads
today in report of a special com,
mittee of the National Civil Service
Reform League.
The report charges that nine rural
carriers and other classified employees
in Indiana were removed following the
filing of trivial charges, which, il IS
alleged, were trumped up in order IA
create vacancies which might be filed
by deserving Republicans
Evening star., 1924-05-05
BACKS PENSION LAW
IN FACE OF STRIKE
Argentine President, However, Pro-
poses Changes to Meet Some
of Objections.
ENFORCE
WILL
TERMS
Urges Thirty Years of Maximum
for Active Service.

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, May with both
capital and labor on strike today
demanding postponement in the ap-
plication of the pension law, they
were confronted in the morning
papers with the text of message
which President De Alvear will send
to Congress clearly indicating that
he intends to enforce compliance with
the law, but proposing a number of
amendments designed to meet the OBJ
lection raised to it.
The chief objection has been that
the law postpones for two years
establishment of a scheme of benefits,
meanwhile requiring the employers
and employees to contribute to the
pension fund without knowing when
or in what proportion the employees
viii get their money back.
Proposes Thfrty-Year Term.
1no L~pside-t proposes that thirty
years be fixed as The maximum of
service before pensions are receiv-
able; that employees incapacitated for
work s.Iter fifteen years Of service
be penSioned; thai pension contribu-
tionS be returned to foreigners leay-
ing the country and to woman en-
pIoycS III case VI HLdi I ldSe, lIdt elII-
ployes earning less than 100 pesos
monthly be required to contribute
only per cent of their salaries, in
stead of per cent, and that contri-
buttons as insurance against unem-
ployment and sickness be optional.
1t was understood the president
would hand copy of the message to
representatives of the employers who
planned to assemble in front of the
government house this afternoon to
protest against the laws enforce
ment.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
STUDY SETTLERS RELIEF,
House Members Take Up Changes
in Reclamation Law.

Advisability of revising the recla
nation laws, as proposed by Secre-
tary Works fact-fnding commission.
was taken up today by the House
irrigation committee.
The commissions recommendations,
which have been indorsed by Presi-
dent Coolidge, were designed to af-
ford relief to settlers on irrigated
lands by a readjustment of govern
ment charges and the deferring of
payments.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
Seek Dead Sailors Kin.

PHILADELPHIA, May 5.-Officers
of the Philadelphia navy yard were
today seeking to locate relatives of
Arthur Vernon Gulley, torpedoman of
submarine Ola, who died as the re-
suit of an explosion aboard the craft
Friday night. The accident is said
to have been caused by alcohol fumes
being ignited in the forward COM
partment of the submarine. Gulley's
father was listed as last living at
Deer Park, Cincinnati suburb.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
PARENT-TEACHERS MEET.

of the school, the home and the COM
munity will be analyZed at the twen-
ty-eighth annual convention of the
National Congress of the Mothers
and Parent-TeacherS' Associations
which opened here today.
Several cooperating associations,
including the International Kinder
garten Union and the National Con-
ference on Home Education, will meet
in Minneapolis this week, and joint
session with the Parent-Teacher del
egates will be held ,dnesday.
Preliminary busine and the an
nual banquet tonigh .Iade the open
1ne-up program of Parent-Teach-
er's Association. Regular business
sessions will get under way tomorrow
morning.