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Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-17

II o 'cick-the hour of remcm-
brancc for the Ellls' absent broth
erS. Special music and a church
program will he held.
Otto .jeancon, chairman of the
entertainment committee, assisted
by Thorn Hurley, d. l.. Sternberger,
Victor Ratliff, Fred Narin and John
Roddic, has arranged a complete
program which will feature several
local singers and musicians.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-17

it, and is shortest, cost economical
and most convenient for its inter
ests. And that channel viii be of
san Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-17

Maybe Jack Dempsey has lost his
Panch, as one sport writer says, but
just the same no other fighter has
found it.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-17
Pacific Beach
to Have Paving

san DIEGO, July l-.-On recon-
mendation of the city manager, the
city council has accepted the bid
of the Griffith company for pacing
Mission boulevard, from the bridge
TO Cass avenue and Garnett street,
Pacific Beach. The pavement viii
have Il concrete base, and under the
Griffith bid, will cost a total ,f
Sll5, $500. 10. -Four bids were sub
mittcd for the work.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-17
EXPECT KEARNS
BACK TOMORROW

Jack. .kearnS, manager of haavY-
weight champion Jack Dempsey, is
expected back in Los Angeles to-
morrow from NewYork, where he
went to release the first of hcmp-
sev : motion pictures series. There
is :; possibility, according to Il local
rumor that kearns will spent the
winter in the employ nf Tex Rick
ard in his new indoor arena in New
York.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-17
S. ID. HarbOr In
June Does Big
Month Business

The port of San Diego did Il 49,
100000 business IN the month of
june, according TO the monthly re-
port issued yesterday by Harbor-
master Joe Brennan.
Cargo handled fotaIIc,t 51,137
tons with II value Of $2,025,339.
Imports from American ports were
valued at $1,676,0&1 and products
with value Of $263,67G were
shipped to other ports in this coun-
try. Foreign commerce totalIed
2l@s tons with u value Of 1876
Goastwisc passengers entering and
leaving the port numbered lS43 and
lGl ,025 were carried by ferries. Am
oricau, British. French and Japanese
and government craft are listed
among the - ships that arrived iii
June.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
Four Resolutions
Before Senators
In Teapot Probe

Abrogation of government oil
leases and designations of two cabl-
net members are called for in four
resolutions now pending before the
Senate as a result of the Teapot
Dome investigation.
The first Walsh resolution would
cancel naval oil reserve leases, in
cIuding those granted to the Harry
f. Sinclair and E. l.. Doheny inter-
ests in wyoming and California by
former Secretary Of the Interior
Fall while in President Harding's
cabinet.
The Robinson resolution, intro
duced by the democratic leader of
the senate, asks the President to
request the resignation of Secretary
of the Navy DENLY. saying it Is the
sense of the Senate that is the
proper course.
Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon
tana, today introduced resolu-
Senate that the President request
the Immediate resignation of At
torney General Daugherty. He as
serted Mr., Daugherty had taken no
steps to indict those guilty of acts
of negligence and corruption in the
Veterans Bureau, former Secretary
Fall and others under suspicion.
A new resolution introduced by
Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana.
today directs the Secretary of
the Interior to abrogate the per-
mits, leases, etc, under which sec
tions SO and 16 in California are
being exploited. The excuse for
leasing the Elk Hills reserve was.
that oil was being drained from it
through these Standard Oil wells.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
PATENT OFFICE WORK
SPEEDED BY CHANGES
Work Report Shows Great Increase,
But Congestion Still
"Deplorable"

Changes in the method of handling
patent and trademark applications
at the patent office have resulted in
a gain in work of the office of 1000
cases per month. while operating eX-
penseS have been reduced by thou
sands of dollars by coordination of
work and elimination of Implications,
Secretary of the Interior Work said
in a report on the business Of the
patent office for the calendar year
1923, submitted today to Congress.
At the same time Secretary Work
described congested conditions in the
patent office due to greatly increased
business as "deplorable"
Even under the new system it will
be five years before the technical
work can be current, the report said.
ITO accomplish this within a reason
able time it added, the force would
have to be augmented by at least 100
more examiners" Progress is de-
clared to be further shown by the
fact that one year ago an applicant
in some branches of the work had to
wait fifteen months before his patent
case could be taken up for the first
reading, while today no applicant has
to wait more than nine monthS in
design or trademark cases.
Notwiths standing the current gain,
there are still on hand $1,000 patent
cases, 900 design cases and 2,100
trade mark cases awainting action.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
GREGORY NOTED DsTRUST-BUSTER';
STRAWN LESS KNOWN PUBLICLY
Con affirmation of Their Appointment in Teapot Dome
Case Viii Be asked of Senate by President
Coolidge.

The appointment by President
Coolidge OF Thomas w. Gregory and
Silas Fl. Strawn as special prosecu-
tors of the Teapot Dome oil lease
scandal brings back into public life
one of the nations best known cor
poration prosecutors and into general
public notice for the first time a
lawyer not so nationally well known.
Mr.. Gregory not only won promi-
nence as Attorney General in the cab
met Of President Wilson. but before
that came into nation wide repute
as the special United States prosecu-
tor and investigator in the govern
ment's fight against the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company in 1913. His home is in
Austin, Tex, and he accepted the
appointment by long distance tele-
phone before the President announc-
ed his selection.
Native of Mis~issippi.
Mr.. Gregory was born at Craw-
fordsville. Miss, in 1861 and was
educated in both public and private
schools. He was graduated from
Southwestern Presbyterian Univer-
postgraduate course at the Univer-
sity of Virginia anu received the de-
gree of doctor of laws from the Uni
versity of Texas in 1885. The same
year he was admitted to the bar OF
Texas.
Almost from the beginning of his
career Mr.. Gregory has been a public
prosecutor, a smasher of monopolies
and Illicit corporations. He was early
employed by the state of Texas to
disrupt corporations that We're vio-
lating its antitrust laws, and won
such a name for himself in that work
that when the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company was
accused of breaking the Sherman act
he was appointed special assistant
United States attorney general to
prosecute the case. The next year
President Wilson made him Attorney
General.
Succeeded by Palmer.
After serving for four years he re-
signed in 1919. and was succeeded by
A. Mitchell Palmer. He once declined
an appointment to the judiciary, and
early in his legal career refused an
appointment as assistant attorney
general of Texas. He once more re-
sumed the practice of law after re-
Evening star., 1924-01-30
SAYS SHE BROUGHT
MAN BACK TOL|FE
Woman's Story Attributed to
Mental Strain by
Physician.

Coroner hewitt today ordered an
autopsy on the body of Edward j.
Whalen, sixty-two, watchman, who
died suddenly last night at his home,
6O7 9Th street northwest.
Dr. hewitt said that although he
could see nothing suspicious in the
circumstances surrounding the death,
and although he was willing to sign
a death certificate If DIR. George r..
Sorrell attending physician, made one
the autopsy should be held as mat
ter OF procedure.
Investigate Death.
Detectives Cullinane and O'Dea,
who were sent to investigate the
death, which took place while Mr..
Whalen was not under the care of
q physician, declared that they were
told by Mrs. Whalen last night that
she had massaged her husbands body
after DR.. Sorrell had pronounced him
dead and brought back life.
Detective Sergt. Embry, in charge
of the detective bureau at night, also
said he was told by Investigators
that the wife was rolling cigarettes
for her husband and herself at an
early hour this morning. DR.. Sorrell.
who treated Whalen some time ago
for intestinal trouble. attributed these
statements to the mental strain
which the widow was undergoing.
Underwent Operation.
DR. Sorrell said that Whalen last
November left Providence Hospital
after an operation. He declared that
he later told Whalen to go back to
bed when he found him up and out
side one day. Whalen was a veteran
hssG g ND nj aI
until recently as a watchman in a
government building.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
ADVICE ON THEATER
CRASH CASES ASKED

The United States Supreme court
has received from the Court OF APP
peals of the District of Coiumoia
certification in the KnlcKerpocAei
Theater damage cases, requesting 10
be advised upon questions OF law afls-
ing upon the record in each of the ap-
peals in those cases.
The Court of Appeals desires to De
instructed upon these questions:
al Assuming the facts in each OF
tho aforementioned appeals to be true,
do they constitute eaaad and II Il not % in
one or more appeals. in which one or
ones? ,,h ,nosa,
nronerIy Joined as a defenoant WIFI
the other defendants named therein.
The Court of Appeals further Ger.
tifies that there are pending in that
court ten other appeals involving the
same questions and that there are a
large number of cases awaiting trial
in the Supreme Court Of the District
in eachs-of which similar questions
are presented
Evening star., 1924-01-30
HOLLER INDICTED
ON FRAUD CHARGE
Grand Jury Charges He
Awarded Degrees Without
Instruction or Examination.
ALLEGED VICTIMS NAMED
Twenty-Four Others Are Accused
of Various Offenses in
Same Report.
ALLEGED VICTIMS NAMED

Helmuth p. Holler, known as
Bishop" Holler and as president of
the Oriental University, was indicted
today by the grand jury on charge
of evolving n scheme to defraud and
with using the mails in furtheran
of the alleged scheme. Holler, it is
claimed, awarded degrees to APPLICANTS
without giving instruction or re-
quiring examination or qualification.
IIoller was indicted some months ago
on a similar charge and is awaiting
trial.
Under the new Indictment it is
alleged he secured money and prop
erty from J. Vincent Policy of Royers-
ford, Pa: Rev. f. H. Bessler of Kan
sas, William \. B. Gilkes of Brooklyn
y. Y; John e. Fleming of Lynn,
Mass: Vincent Chritina and Isaac
Lewis of New York.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Arnold Williams,
larceny; Thomas ]. Fields and Ar
bella Pugh. robbery; James Hall anI
James Grillo. housebreaking and lar
ceny; William Brown, assault with
dangerous weapon John H. Jackson,
j. p. Wilton Johnson and Joseph
Green, grand larceny; James III. Nc
Donald, joy riding; James Powell. as
sault with dangerous weapon; Elzear
Howder and Joseph NJ Goetzinger,
JOY riding; Alphonse Stark, Clarence
Lee and Carl Dean. grand larceny;
John l.. Smith and Paul f. Pratt,
Scott, assault with dangerous weapons;
John Holmes, Alfred b. Lort, Harry
Goldberg. E,lmore c. Gray, sr., and
Eldred +. Moore, non-Support.
Evening star., 1924-01-30

turning from the cabinet ana estap-
lished offices in washington, Where
he stilk practices. He was In Austin'
however. when he was seiec1eu 70
represent the democrats IN the teapot
Dome prosecution.
Mr.. Strawn, the republican prose :
cutor, has done considerapie work
along the same line, but In less con-
spicuous capacity from the STANDPOINT
Of the general public. He was born
In Ottawa, Ill, in 1855. was gradu
ated from the high school there and
was admitted to the bar In 1883.
After practicing for a short time in
Ottawa he entered the firm of Wins
ton, Payne, strawn G. Shaw. in Chicago.
strawn Is Rail Oficial.
He is general solicitor for the Chi
cago and Alton railroad and n direc-
tor Of the National Bank of Chicago.
His firm is general counsel for sew
eral railroad companies. He is chair
man of the committee on legal edu-
cation of the American Bar Associa-
tion. is president of the Illinois Bar
Association and was fromerly presi-
dent of the Chicago Bar Association.
He also was once president of the
United States Golf Association.
Mr.. StraWn is now in Washington
and had a conference late yesterday
with President Coolidge shortly be-
fore the White House announced his
appointment, together with that OF
Mr. Gregory, as the Teapot Dome
prosecutors. Mr.. Gregory Is en- route
to the Capital from Texas. Mr.
Strawn has been a friend of Presi-
dent Coolidge for some time and ii
was the President who first thought
of him in connection with the oil
inquiry.
VIII Ask Confirmation.
At the White House it was indi-
Gated that Mr.. Strawn and Mr.. Greg
ory would serve under the resolution
pending in Congress and be paid from
funds provided for in a special reso-
luton in case the resolutions are
adopted In such case, it was said,
Senate confirmation of the appoint
ments would be asked
On the other hand, il by any
chance at present unforeseen, the res
olution should fail Of final adoption,
the two counsel, it was said, would
serve probably as special assistant
attorneys general, operating under
the Department of Justice and be
paid from the funds appropriated for
that department In the latter event
the White House view was said to be
that Senate confirmation at least
would be unnecessary.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
DEMOCRATSPLAN
SHIP BOARD inquiry
Party Leaders Announce In
tention of Asking Special
Investigating Body.

Democratic leaders Of the House
announced today they would attempt
to have a special committee appointed
to investigate the affairs of the
Shipping Board.
Representative Garrett, the demo.
cratic leader, said it was planned to
have Representative Davis of Tennes-
see, a democratic member of the mer-
chant marine committee, introduce Il
resolution calling for the investiga-
ton.
Representative Longworth. the re-
publican leader, has been informed
of the minority plan, and has taken
the position that If an inquiry is or
dered the committee should have wide
powers and authority to go back as
far as it may desire into the Wilson
administration in it's investigation.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
$500, 900, 900 DEBT
OF SOVIET TO u. S,
Continued from First Page.)

else it owned in Russia. Another
American victim of conf1scation is the
tiona1 Harvester Company,
which suffered the loss of bank de-
posits, extensive stocks of imple-
ments, warehouses and factories.
The Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany was victimized through the ma
tionalization of it's manufactured
stocks. These were on hand for sale
in depots in numerous towns and
cities, and their total value runs into
heavy figures.
The New York Life Insurance Com
pany, under czarist laws, had been
compelled to form a. Russian corpora
try. 1t was also required to keep in
Russia an investment in Russian
securities equal to the amount of in
surance in force in the realm. Every
nickel of these assets was taken by
the soviet and is still held.
Capture of Vladivostok.
When the American, British and
Japanese forces evacuated vladivo-
stok and the soviet took possession
of that important Pacific port, still
more American property was looted.
The docks and warehouses of Vladi-
vostok were packed with goods of
all kinds from the United States.
firms and corporations figure in the
list of claimants, whose rights the
Coolidge administration determined to
enforce before recognition will be
considered.
The soviet authorities have on oc-
casion indicated their readiness tC
discuss compensation for American
claims, provided the United States is
ready to discuss a scheme of mutual
CONDENSATION. The soviet is ready
to put in a bill for damages done to
Russian property by the various Rus
sian ana allied military expeditions
which sought to overthrow the Red
regime, Kolchak. Wrangel and others
which Moscow claims were par
TALLY financed by the United States.
Individual American claims, in the
total of $433.000, 900 -odd, range all the
way from $500 in the case Of smaller
applicants to $2,000,000 and more IN
the case OF some of the big corpo-
rations above mentioned
fCopyright. 102l.J
Evening star., 1924-01-30

New Jersey, and Gasque. South Caro-
lima, to consider the bill
A subcommittee was also appointed
to consider the bill providing for the
opening up of Bancroft place between
Phelps place and 23d street On this
committee are Representatives Zihl-
man. Mcleod, Michigan: Stalker. New
York: Gasque, and Kent, Pennsyl-
vania
The committee ordered favorable
report on the bill which already has
passed the Senate to prescribe the
method of capital punishment in the
District, by abolishing hanging and
substituting electrocution. This ac-
ton was taken on motion of Repre-
sentative Gasque.
Representative Rathbone OF Illinois
told the committee of Il recent visit
he made to the jail, where he saw
the prisoners eating their dinner un-
der the shadow of the gallows, which.
he declared. was shocking, inhuman
and barbarous" He asked the COM
mittee if they did not wish to con.
slider at this time whether it wouldn t
be better to abolish capital punish
ment altogether in the District
Representative Gasque was instruct
ed to write the committee report on
the bill to substitute electrocution
for hanging.
Evening star., 1924-01-30

it is sought herein to obtain a judi
cial review Of the policy adopted by
the Secretary of War concerning the
war emergency building construction
out the period of the late war, and
that, too in the absence of fact allie
cations that would make such review
proper, even assuming, but not hereby
deciding. that the question, IS one
open to judicial review.
Even if the order of the Secretary
of War of April IL, 1917, may properly
be construed as limited in applica-
tion, as insisted upon herein by
counsel for the government, notwith-
standing the plain and unambiguouS
language of the order itself; as well
also if Notwithstanding the official
adoption and approval by the Secre-
tary of War of the cost-pluS form
of contract. court and jury never
theless may supervise and even re.
construct the terms and provisions OF
such form of contract; the court Is
of opinion that the Indictment as
drawn is not such as that the de-
fendants could advisedly plead thereto
they are called upon to answer nor
what is intended to be proved there
under"
40 Pages OF Decision.
Justice Hoehling devotes forty
typewritten pages to an analysis of
the indictment and to the views OF
counsel for the government and the
claims of the lawyers for the de-
fense.
Those indicted with Mr.. Crowell,
and who also are exonerated by the
action of the court, are William A.
Starrett of New York, engineer and
architect and former chairman of the
War Department committee on emer-
gency construction; Morton c. Tut
tie of Boston, Mass, general manager
of the AberthaW Construction Com
pany and former member Of that
COMMITTEES; Clemens w. Lundoff of
Cleveland, Ohio, vice president and
general manager of the Crowell-Lun-
doff-Little Company, and general
manager of the Cleveland Construc-
tion Company; Clair Foster, formerly
with the Thompson-Starre Company
and then holding a commission as
major in the United States Army:
John MacGibbons of Baltimore and
Chicago, connected with a bonding
company and associated with the
emergency committee, and James A.
Mears, general manager of Fred L.
Lacy & Co., who served as secretary to
the emergency committee.
Demurrers to the Indictment were
filed on behalf of all the accused ana
ARGUMENTS were made and briefs
submitted to Justice Hoehling by At
torney Frank J. Hogan and Henry
D. Stimson, former Secretary OF war.
United States Attorney Gordon and
special assistants to Attorney General
Daugherty represented the govern
ment.
1t is expected the government will
note an appeal from the decision OF
Justice Hoehling.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
THE WEATHER

District of Columha-Lfght rair
thls afternoon; cloudy tonight; to-
morrow fair, tempera ture above
freezing: moderate westerly winds
Maryland-Light rain this after
noon; cloudy tonight: tomorrow fair.
moderate to fresh westerly winds.
Nirginia-Light rain this afternoon.
generally fair tonight and tomorrow
moderate temperature; moderate
southwest and west winds
West Nirginia-Fair tonight ana
tomorrow; cooler tonight
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer-4 pm, SO; 8 pm, Al:
II midnight, SO; 4 am, SO; S am, A.
noon. 40
Barometer-4 pm, 3025; pm.
30.23; II midnight, 30.15; a M, 3o.03;
) m, 29.9S; noon, 29.91.
Highest temperature, ST. occurred
at $3.50 pm. yesterday. Lowest tenn
peraturc. SO, occurred at am. todaE
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 81; lowest, 81.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at am: Great Falls-Tem-
perature, S5; condition, very muddy
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States coast and
geodetic Survey.)
Today-Low tide. S:56 m. and a:51
PHI, l4Si TUE, - IL din. anu = - pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. 10 am and
1855 pm; high tide, 3:I9 am and
3:59 pm.
The sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 7:1S am; sun set,
5:26 pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:f7 am; sun
SETS 5:27 pm.
Moon rises l:4S am; sets 12:35 pm.
Automobile lamps To be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
NEWS CIRCULATION
|SFAV0RED BY P. 0.
Beginning Friday Papers Will
Be Handled as First
Class Mail.

Beginning Friday, newspapers will
be accorded the same treatment in
the mails as letters and other first
class matter by an order made public
today by Postmaster General New.
1.-THE ORDER" said Mr.. New, means
much to the American public. 1t is
one of the most important and far
reaching steps in post office history.
1t is for the benefit of those who de-
sire to have their newspapers placed
before them at as early a moment as
possible. This should keep both the
city and rural population in closer
and quicker touch with their several
fields of activities"
Method of Handling.
Under the new system newspapers
will be made up in separte sacks
plainly labeled with the word news
papers" If there are only a few
copies at the point of dispatch, they
will be placed in pouches with first
class mail or in separate sacks, even
though the sacks are only partly
filled. The order stipulates that news
cells post at any point in their dis
patch from the publishers office un-
til their delivery to the addresses.
New Orders Issued.
PostmasterS are required by the
order to notify publishers in each in
stance when deliveries do not catch
the dispatch which they are adver-
tised to catch; also to notify pub
fishers when they are sending their
publications TO wrong addresses and
to address of deceased persons. Pub
fishers will be notified by postmast-
ers when they are putting up their
mail in an incorrect manner
The order applies alike to daily and
weekly newspapers. 1t stipulates that
all sacks of newspapers when re-
ceived in post offices must be segre-
gated promptly and the contents dis
tributed and dispatched to the proper
stations for delivery by carriers on
the earliest possible trips.