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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06
Time Has INDICATED His Vote
Against War, Says Sen. Norris
Would So Act Today, He Says,
Citing Flood of Evils Which
Followed in Train
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES

Ten years ago today America de-
clared war on Germany. throwing the
might of 10000, 5000 people into the
war to end war
OF that little group in the Senate
"willful men" they were called by
woodrow Wllson-who brayed the
condemnation Of the country ana
voted against the war resolution
there remains today only one.
He is Senator George w. Norris
of Nebraska. The rest are gone.
Stone of Missouri, LaFollette of
Wisconsin, Lane of Oregon, Gronna-
of North Dakota, are dead--hastened
to their graves by the opprobrium
that was heaped upon them. Yard
aman of Mississippi, he OF the
picturesque name. has long since re-
tired.
Never Regretted 1t
Senator Norris sat in his office
today, the same kindly, Independent
philosopher Of April S, 1917. Look
ing back over the 10 years and
what they have brought to America
and to the world he philosophical.
Have I ever regretted that voter"
he repeated. No, never have.
Would vote today as / voted 10
years ago today. would"
He stared out of the window at
the soft green Of q new April, the
beginning of the second decade after.
What, after all, did it bring us?"
he asked. 1T was, you recall, "a war
to end war 1t was "a war to make
the world safe for democracy; "a
war to end militarism.' 1t was q war
that was to purify the soul OF Amer
lea. In that great torrent of blood
letting was to float away all the
Impurities OF not only our own coun-
try but Of the world as well.
Enumerates Wars Now On
''And what have we today? The
streets Of Shanghai echo to the
marching feet of United States
Marines, while Chinese cities tremble
under the guns Of our warships,
anchored in China's rivers.
In Nicaragua, one OF the min
ority peoples for whose liberation
we entered the world war, there
are thousands more marines. and
more battleships. They are there to
keep in the Presidential palace at
Managua man who is the creature
of our own government. They are
there opposing ragged continental
army that Is striving to do in Mic.
aragua what another ragged con-
tinental army did in America $50
years ago.
In Haiti, there are more marines
powerful enough to keep mem
Der of the United States Senate
from entering the country,
In the Balkans. there Is brew
Ing more wars. In Italy there IL a |
military dictatorship; In Russia, too,
and in Spain. In Syria, the heel
Of the French oppressor IL on the |
necks OF the people and thousands |
have been slain because they dared |
dream OF nationhood.
so much for the war that was |
to end war.
Money Enthroned In u. 8.
The real heritage Of the war.
he went on slowly. lis to be found
here at home. It was here that the
soul Of America was to have been
purified.
Here, ten years later, they can
see special privilege and the power
of money more securely enthroned |
than ever in the seats of the |
mighty.
we have political corruption such
az was never dreamed of before. We
have q new crop OF milllonalres
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06

The Times and Herald Rental Col
u1ns offer an up-t0-date listing 0f
many rooms, houses and apartments |
Tor rent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06
IN|EKICAIIS F0IL.
KIDNAPPING

~ International News Service
MEXICO CITY. April 6.-An At.
6suipt to lridnap "A. 3. Watts. vice
president Of the Sinclair Oil Corpora
ton. has led to the arrest Of Gen.
FREDERICK Cordoba and four other
Mexcans, according to stories pub
hshed in local newspapers today.
Watts Is now en- route to New York
and ID due to reach Laredo today.
The local newspapers state that an
attempt was made to force Watts
into an automobile In front Of the
Regis Hotel. in the heart or the city,
but that this attempt was foiled by
the police.
One report was that b mistaken
identity had foiled the plot An
z. w. Watts, of New York, who ID
stopping at the Regis Hotel, refused
today to confirm or denF reports that
an attempt had been made to kidnap
him.
General Cordoba formerly com.
aaanded the Sinclair Oh Company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06
Coolidge to Address
Medical Men NAV II

President Coolidge today accepted
two mutation sto speak in Wash
ington during the month Of May.
He win address the convention
of the American Medical Associa-
tion at $50 o'clock on May II at
the Arcadia Auditorium, Fourteenth
Street and Park Road. DIR. William
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06
such a the world Aas nevsr betore

such as the world has never before
witnessed.
I'VE have . crime wave that
staggers the imagination OF the
world.
We have gigantic. war-grown com.
binations OF trade and money that
are squeezing billions annually out
Of the people who gave till it
hurt, and they are doing It under
the fawning and paternalistic eye Of
the Government.
We have q national avaricious.
ness. and sense of grab, grab, grab,
that cannot be eradtcated from the
national consciousness for genera.
tons to come.
This we have. why? Because the
war did what a few OF us believed
II would dot Supplied and paraly-
zed the moral consciousness OF the
American people as nothing else
could have done. And because ii
was q war of gigantic commercial
interests from beginning to end.
All this, and more, the war.
brought US. It ID our harvest from
what we sowed.
You ask me if I would vote
again today as I voted 10 years ago
this day. The answer ID, I would 4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06

Gerry Morgan extended the invita-,
tion.
Arrangements also were oorsa.
pIeted today for the Presidents al.
snual Memorial Day Address -
Arlington National Cemetery. The
invitation was extended BY d dele
cation headed by Mai. Gen. John
a. Klena retired, representing the
@. A. =. the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, ana other patriotic organize
tons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06
Do Y TRIED
As KILLER

nv International News servlee
JEFFE RsoN Ohio. April s.
With the selecting Of names from 4
new jury panel, the procedure OF
drawing jury to hear evidences in
the trial OF Floyd Hewitt, rs.
charged with the murder Of Fred
Brown, r.. S. went forward here
today. after the original panel Of rs
names had been exhausted.
The new panel consists Of so
names.
Eleven tentative JURORS were
seated when court opened this
morning. Although court officials
expected the full quota would be
drawn before nightfall the defense
still has Is peremptory challenges,
which may delay completion of the
jury.
Hewitt. being tried on the
specific charge Of killing Fred
Brown IT., is also under indictment,
charged with killing Mrs. Fred
Brown, the little boys mother. The
double Staying took place at the
Brown home In Conneaut, last
February ~, the woman and her
son being beaten to death with a
poker and a baseball bat.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06
KINGS ILLNESS BLAMED ON NEGLI GENCE
POOR FOOD
RA.PPE Ed
! y International News Services

~ International News Service
BERLIN April s. The Prague
newspapers are publishing sensa.
tional statements that King Fer.
dinand's illness Is due to negligence.
according to the Neue Berliner.
Zeitung.
Or. SIuys. Belgian specialist, who
has arrived at Bucharest, Is quoted
by the Prague newspapers as stat.
Ing that the Kings present critical
illness is due to incorrect nourish.
ment and 1t Is alleged he has stated
that the Kings condition shows
signs Of criminal negligence.
BY International News Service
VIENNA-By Courier from Buch.
Arrest, April 6.-King Ferdinand's
condition is still critical. Opinion
IN Bucharest differs as to whether
the King will live q day, a week
or 8 fortnight, but little hope is
held out for his recovery.
Yesterday the King was able to
sign some documents and letters.
Even though the King RECEIVERS.
from this attack it is expected that
the influenza will have left him so
weak that he win not be able to
submit to radium treatments for
the checking Of his cancerous
troubles.
The King is said to be convinced
himself that he will never walk
again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06
TO HEAR COOLIDGE

President Coolidge today ac-
cepted an invitation to address the
annual convention Of the American
Medical Association here on May
II. =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-06

Music Of better quality 10 pro-
duced by . German inventors
phonograph equipped with two tone
arms that introduce certain inter.
val between the tones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01

Angeles and Salt Lake property by
Two main questions are involved:
% Whether the commission, in deter
mining the value Of railroad. is JUS
tilted in taking the 10-year average
price of materials prior to 1918: and
(0 whether the commission has legal
right to make rates based on valua-
ton, as against all other methods.
Donald r. Richberg, young Chicago
lawyer, who is general counsel for
the railroad brotherhoods and repre-
scented them before Congress during
the period preceding enactment of the
Watson Parker rail labor act, says:
Tremendous economic issues are
involved in the proceedings about to
come before the Supreme Court. The
people of the United States are paying
Sc 900 900, 900 a year for steam rail-
road transportation, of which about
81 900 900, 900 a year goes to the own
ers of the railroads as net COmpensa-
ton for the use of their properties
The owners are now engaged In a
stupendous litigation with the United
States Government, seeking increased
pay for the use of their properties.
THE truth is that the private own
ers of public utility properties do not
want to charge the public the full
amount of their claims. In the first
place, the traffic will not bear the
charge. In the second place, rates
would be so much greater than the
reasonable cost of the service that
the demand for public ownership
would be irresistible. What the prt-
vate owners of public utilities are
seeking to do is to establish legal
right to charge much more than the
traffic will bear. Having established
this claim, they will then be in posi-
ton to insist that rates be fixed as
high as the traffic will bear"
F. w. ".
Copyright 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
EXCEEDS FORD SALES.
General Motors Outdistance Former
Leader in Auto Trade.

Based on the November registra-
lions from 81 States, the General
Motors Corporation will sell more cars
at retail in the United States than
Ford. According to a compilation ap-
pearing in the December 25 issue OF
the Financial World, this is the first
time that Ford has been outdistanced,
and the remarkable strides of General
Motors are evidenced by the fact that
in 1928 Ford sold five cars to every
two by General Motors. At the be-
ginning of 1925 Ford was still com.
fortably ahead Of General Motors, but
by the close of the year his lead was
overcome.
The complete tabulation of the sales,
month by month, for the individual
motor companies reveals some inter-
esting developments in this highly
competitive field. Some of the smaller
companies have been about holding
their own, others have been losing
ground fast, while Chrysler has shown
sharp gains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
new YEAR MARKET
SUPPLIES SOLD OUT
Good Demand Noted Yesterday for
Small Turkeys and Other
Poultry.

Wholesalers, more especially those
engaged in the sale of poultry, closed
what they termed cleanup holiday
market yesterday afternoon. They had
not anticipated there would be much
of a demand for turkeys, 1t is stated,
and orders to raisers for large ship
ments were not given in advance.
Dealers depended upon only such
supplies as shippers brought or
shipped to the city, according to re-
ports, and the supplies on hand yes
terday were pretty well cleaned up,
dealers having very little stock to
carry over for the Monday morning
trade.
1t was reported that the Christmas
trade was rather satisfactory. Some
merchants were caught mapping with
their supplies of turkeys for Christ
mas, 1t Is stated, and lost money.
Prices were kept until the last minute,
when some did their best to unload at
Is or 90 cents below the regularly
established market price.
Consumers who bought early In the
season paid prices considerably higher
than those who waited until the clos
ing hours of the market, and 1t is
probable that some of the former will
mako an effort next Christmas to
profit by their experiences.
While there was a fairly good de-
mand for small turkeys for New Year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
HUGHES TO ARGUE
BIG RAIL RATE SUIT
Will Appear in $4,000,
600, 900 Case" in Supreme
Court January 3.

Charles Evans Hughes. former Sec
rotary of State, will argue before the
United States Supreme Court on Janu-
airy what is being described as 1.-The
greatest railroad suit In history"
Authorities are speaking of it as a
$50 900, 100000 case" because the
whole giant structure of the valuation
of American transportation systems is
at stake. On the outcome will depend
future Interstate Commerce Commits
sion rulings on rates. These depend,
under existing law, on the railroads
valuation, because they are authorized
to charge such rates as will produce
a fair return upon the aggregate
value" of railway property.
The forthcoming Supreme Court liti-
cation concerns in particular the Los
Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Co.,
but its outcome will affect all rail-
roads. The f1xatiOn of future railroad
valuations, authorities declare, will be
based on the courts decision.
Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the
Union Pacific Railroad, Is coming to
Washington to serve as Mr.. Hughes
technical adviser. The Union Pacific
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
Expansion of American Industry
Throughout World Is Seen.

Prof. James w. Angel, economist of
Columbia University, son Of DR.. James
Rowland Angel, president of Yale
University, estimates that half of the
approximate $3.50 100000 American
money going abroad this year is for
Europe alone and one-third of that
will be used for industrial equipment
gand working capital to finance the
task of repairing the gaps left by the
war and for new expansion. The other
itwo-thirds is for financial stability.
1.-THE American dollar" he states,
lis thus becoming the mainstay of
European finances both public and
sprivate. While our investments else
lwhere are of a less unusual character
ithey reflect a steady expansion of
american industry into comparatively
gundeveloped parts of the world and
will probably continue over long
periods"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01

average returns on wishing are ex-
ceedingly high. An idea leads on to
fortune. Humdrum details, which de-
kermine the success or failure among
business enterprises, such as estab'
lished earning power and realizable
assets, mean nothing to him.
He is ostensibly dealing with new
idea or process, INFESTED at the mar
l<et place. Accordingly, he must In
hibit every normal impulse of the buy
err to ask for a balance sheet, showing
assets and liabilities, or for an income
account, in which Unconditional &C
countants record the story of success
or failure of business concern.
Forecasts i'm Detail.
The faker forecasts earnings in
great detail. He conceals Ignorance
in a series of false assumptions. lie
starts with one arbitrary guess and
reasons logically from that premise
step by step. But since his first as
sumption is probably wrong, his con-
illusions bear no relation to what &C
tually develops in the careers of such
tll-guided corporations, which event
ually tell their true story at the bank
ruptcy courts. The promoter OF a
concern to make covered carpet tacks
starts to figure how much net profits
will be if only 10,O00,00 Americans
buy the product. The figure, 10000
900. is, OF course, arbitrary and mean
ingless, yet the promoter will try to
slip it into the consciousness of the
prospect as a fact.
Having no tangible records of sue
cess. the faker argues by analogy, re
citing the facts about the triumphs
of the most eminent corporations in
the country in allied fields.
Like all soothsayerS, the security
charlatan deals in generalities.
He denounces legitimate bankers
financial editors of newspapers, Bet
ter Business Bureaus and other
agencies to which prospects might
rrofitably turn for advice. He diverts
attention from himself by attacking
Wall Street and the interests. In
some instances, he Identifies himself
with a new movement toward democ-
racy in finance.
Speaks Vaguely of Profits.
The faker speaks vaguely about
profits that will accrue to shareholders
from a rise in the value Of the stock
A test OF his sincerity would be
whether there will be free and open
market in which the stock can be
readily converted into cash. Ordinar-
lily promotion stocks are practically
unmarketable.
The itinerant stock salesman, re-
cruited from the ranks of unemployed
plumbers, bookkeepers, clerks, and
other human f1otsam and jetsam
gives an automatic sales talk, learned
by rote, which is in no sense based
on his own analysis or understanding,
The essence of his method is speed
He cannot afford to encourage genu-
inc investigation.
Sometimes crooks operate over the
telephone.
They give prospects the idea that
they have been selected for special
consideration and privileges. That
statement is a sure indication OF
charlantanry, as good houses will only
sell at the market.
The way to avoid the faker is to
make it a fiat rule never to deal with
strangers. Unless convinced by indie.
pendent competent investigation that
the house in question is reputable,
buy securities directly through your
bank, and let it assume the RESPONSE
bility of picking an honest broker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
PIPE MILL TO OPEN SOON.
bethlehem Steel Plant to Be Ready
at End Of Summer.

BALTIMORE, January / (Special).
The SIS 900. 900 pipe mill in course
of construction at Sparrows Point by
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation will
go into operation at the end Of next
Summer, 1t is said. This mill will be
the largest in the East and the only
zone on the Atlantic seaboard. It will
make every size of commercial pipe
and will afford employment to 500 adj
,ditional workers.
Operations in the various plants at
Bparrows Point have been curtailed
somewhat, which is usual at this sea-
son. Nearly 1900 names are still on
the corporations pay rolls at the
Point, and it is probable that the num-
her will be increased early in 1927.
] Extensions now under way or plan
ned call for an outlay Of more than
SIS 900, 600, and when the program is
completed the corporations invest
ment in the Baltimore district will be
In excess of 500, 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
BANK CLEAR|NGS
4
! BREAK RECORDS
4
Gain of S39, 302,849 for the
Year Is Reported by All
{ Washington institutions.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

s Washington bank clearings in 1926
were $4,000, SAC larger than in 1925
and thereby smashed all previous
srecords. Checks passing through the
! Washington Clearing House totaled
IS 1872 $50, 95165. while the clearings in
Z 1925 were 81 3,27S,092.
s December clearings played an inn
Z portant part in the years total fig
! ures, as they reached $127,262, 714.46.
These figures We're we'll ahead of De-
: cember, 1925, when the Cancelled
4 checks amounted to S123,7 $3.50.
! They were also larger than any other
month during 1926 with the exception
1 of June.
November clearings totaled $11S,-
066, 537, so that the December figures
/ showed gain of more than 50 100000
{ over the previous month, Christmas
! trade of course being the chief rea-
son for this advance.
Going back 10 years to 1916, 1t is
! found that the clearings for that
year were only SAT- ,041 1858. 1t was
I In 1923 that the local clearf1gs first
passed the billion mark, the total be-
] ing S1,102, 15S,974. In 1924 there was
another substantial gain, the figures
amounting to $1,167 .39S,426.
Comparison of the clearings by
months in 1926 and 1925 follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01

controls the Los Angeles and Salt
Lake line. Judge Lovett and other
railroad executives long have main
tanned that the present practice OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission is to
determine a railroad propertys value
for rate-making purposes rather
than to determine it's fair value"
Judge Lovett assails the soundness Of
that practice.
"A railroad has but one value" he
says, land that is it's value, it's value
as protected by the Constitution along
with all other property against the
States by the fourteenth amendment
and against the Federal Government
by the fifth amendment"
The late Senator La Toilette orig
mated the movement which may cul-
inmate in final action by decision of
the Supreme Court. In 1918, after
years OF effort, La Toilette secured
the passage of an act of Congress pro
viding that the Interstate Commerce
Commission should ascertain and re
port the value of all railroad prop
critics. In doing SO the commission
was particularly ordered to report
the original cost" the cost of repro
ton less depreciation.
Struggle With Valuation.
Ever since the Esch-Cummins trans
portation act of 1920, with it's so.
called ''rate-tlxing clause" has been
in operation the Interstate Commerce
Commission has struggled with the
valuation proposition
The Supreme Court is now called
upon to pass concrete Judgment on
the question whether the commission
has the right to determine valuation
for the purpose Of producing a fixed
return. The proceedings to be held
on Janaury 3 are on appeal to the
Supreme Court from a decision Of the
southern Federal court Of California
annulling the valuation Of the Los
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
COMPETITION is KEEN.
Savings Banks and Other Institu.
tions Vieing With Each Other.

BALTIMORE January 1-Competi
ton among savings banks and insti
tutions maintaining savings depart
ments for savings deposits continues
keen.
Thus far there is no general move
ment among local institutions to In
crease rates, but 1T is intimated that
one or two may adopt a more liberal
policy in this respect, despite the fact
that there is a large accumulation OF
surplus funds throughout the coun.
try, causing lower yields on bonds.
Practically all Baltimore savings
banks pay per cent on deposits, with
one-half per cent extra, or a total
Of Az per cent. This rate is held to
be adequate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
DATA ARE AVAILABLE.
Listing Applications Before Stock
Exchange Open to Investors.

Local New York Stock Exchange
representatives consider as most help
full the recent order allowing investors
all over the country to have complete
information concerning corporations
which are seeking to list their stocks
and bonds on the big board"
! Copies of the listing applications will
now be available to those interested.
About 500 new listings are now made
yearly on the exchange.
President Simmons says the applica-
tions usually contain great many
more facts about the companies than
appears in any other reports. This
data contains detailed information
about the character of the officers and
the value of the securities which are
being marketed. Successful investors
md such facts absolutely essential.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
Alb. A. ROSTER GROWS.

During the past year a total of S26
banks were added to the membership
of the American Bankers Association.
In the three States of Florida, Louis
lana and Nevada there is a 100 per
cent membership. AT the close of the
fiscal year, August 81, there were
21,252 banks in good standing.
Enrolment in the standard and
special courses of the American In
stitute of Banking increased to 1920
during the past year, Institute mem
bership increased by 1892, the total
now being 57,456. Twenty-three new
chapters have been organized, bring
ing the total up to 1856, and Is study
groups have been formed in places
considered too small for chapters.