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> LUNDIN 1S INDIGTE IN SCHOOLS PROBE Former Member of Congress Named in Blanket Re- turn in Chicago. 23 OTHERS ARE ACCUSED Regarded as “Power Behind Throne” in Mayor Thompson's Machine. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 29. former representative in Congress and imown as the silent power behind the political machine of Mayor William Hale Thompson, and twenty-three others were named in a blanket indict- ment returned in court today by the spedial grand jury which is Investigat, ing school board affairs. Virtus Rohm, Lundin's nephew, also was among the Indicted men, a nim- ber of whom were Indicted previously by the same grand jury, in connection with the administration of the school tunds and property. A The indictment, which contains a blanket conspiracy charge, was re- turned before Chief Justice Michael L McKinley of the criminal court, wh Set the bonds of the defendants at $10,000 each. Lundin is reputed to be in Cuba, and Rohm recently was reported to be in Los Angeles. In Insurance Business. Rohm is in the insurance busines and it is sald he and Lundin were partners for a time and did an enorm- ous business in school insurance. De- talls of this insurance business were told to the special grand jury and it was said to be in connection with the insurance deals that the grand jury acted agalnst Lundin and his nephew. The grand jury has been investi- Eating school board affairs for several weeks. Willlam A. Bither, former attorney for the board of education, was the first indicted. He was tried and found guilty. Facing a prison sentence. Bither was denied a new trial and now awaits an appeal. Soon after the grand jury investi- zation began Lundin, whose home is in the adjoining county of Lake, went to Rochester, Minn., where he announced he was under treatment. He wrote a letter to State's Attorney Crowe saying that he expected to re- turn to the jurisdiction of the grand jury and would inform him when he returned. Mr. Lundin, so far as known, did rot return to Chicago. Among the other defendants named In the indictments are Albert H. Sev- eringhaus, a trustee and former vice president of the school board; Edwin S. Davis, a trustee and former presi- dent of ‘the board; Charles J. Fors- berg, formerly business manager of e board; Fred N. Krengle, formerly ssistant ' business manager; John Campbell. printing_cxaminer for the board: Charles E. Ward, an attorney and Thompson politician. Called Self “Poor Swede.” Lundin, who referred to himself as “the poor Swede,” is credited with having been the genius of the Thomp- son organization, which many politi- cians believe was the greatest politi- cal machine ever established in Chi- cago and Tllinols. With the retire- ment of the mayor and the absence and indictment of Lundin and other changes in political alignment, the machine now is reported to be break- ing up. The beginning of the breakup of the machine started a year ago when every candidate in the Lundin-Thomp- son slate was defeated in the Cook county judicial elections. Then the Chicago Tribune sued five “wheel horses” of the organization In an ef- fort to recover millions which, the newspaper charged, had been lllegally expended to “experts” in connection with public improvements. A special grand jury began investization of al- Teged ‘graft in the expenditure of school funds and that inquiry has been under way since August. An- other grand jury more recently began investigating charges of protected vice. Factions opposed to the Thompson organization united on Arthur C. Lu- eder, postmaster, Chicago as a candi- date for mayor. A bitter primary campaign was in prospect until May- or Thompson announced he would not run again. The speclal grand jury issued a subpoena for Lundin, but it was never served. DEATH OF BURROUGHS UPSETS PLANS FORD. €. House Adjourns Today Through Respect for New Hampshire Representative. The plan of House Leader Monde\l' and members of the House District committee to get action in the House today on important pending District ‘legislation was frustrated when the House adjourned out of respect for the late Representative Sherman E. Burroughs of New Hampshire. Mr, Mondell, however, eaid that he will do his best to give the House District committee ample time before Congress adjourns to bring up all the important District measures that are waliting action. Next Monday already has been given over to District legislation by agree- ment on the floor of the House not to set aside District day, which, in the regular order comes next Monday. The galleries of the House this morn. ng were filled with many citizens, in- cluding representatives of citizens’ ssociations, who were particularly nxlous for the passuge of the bill to =tend 14th street through the Wal- . ed Hospital grounds and for the passage of the teachers' pay and school reorgenization bill. The resolution for adjournment to- day was offered by Representative Wason of New Hampshire and calls for a committee of twelve members of the House to attend the funeral. This delegation, appointed by the peaker, i3 as follows: Representa- tives Wason, New Hampshire; Green, Vermont; Dale, Vermont; Winslow, Massachusetts; Pague, Massachusetts Gallinger, Massachusetts; Dennison, Tilinois; ~Vestal, Indiana; Hersey, Maine; Lea, California; Graham, 11" nois, and Newton, Minnesota. KEMAL PASHA MARRIED. Turk Leader’s Bride Is Daughter of Wealthy Merchant. - By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, January 29.— It is reported that Mustapha Kemal Pasha, Turkish natlonalist leader, as married today to the daughter t a rich Turkish merchant of Smyrna, Mouaamerou Chaki Bey. Mustapha Kerhal's bride is q.l'ld to huve DBrought him a “dowry one million Turkish liras, 3 » Fred Lundin, | GIRL MISTAKEN "FOR BURGLAR SHOT BY FATHER HARRODSBURG, Ky., January 29.— Miss Ruth Johnson, twenty-five, to- night was believed to be dying from two pistol bullet wounds recelved early yesterday when her father, S. P. Johnson, fired at her while searching for a burglar. Members of the family were awakened by unusual noises in the house and the father and daugh- ter went to investigate. They came separated, and when the father reached the kitchen he saw a figure and fired. He heard his daughter scream after the first shot, but, be- lieving she was in'an adjoining room, continued to fire. He is prostrate with grief. DOUBLE MURDER PUZZE TOPOLCE Memphis Authorities Have | No Clue to Perpetrators | of Crime. i | | | | FIND BODIES ON HIGHWAY | Mrs. Ruth McK. Tucker and Dun- can Waller Probable Victims of Robbers. { By tie Associated Press. M. Tenn January Police still were without a clue today | in their investigation of the- deaths| of Mrs. Ruth McElwain Tucker,| twenty, and Duncan Waller, nineteen, | a traveling salesman of Mayfleld, Ky., | who were found shot to death on a road several miles east of here yes- terday. Two theories for the shooting were offered by pollce—robbery and jeal- ousy. Jewelry worn by Mrs. Tucker was said to be missing, as was money | carried by Waller. Woman Separated From Husband. Mrs. Tucker was the wife of i Tucker of Franklin, Tenn, from | whom she was sald to have been parated three vears. Tucker was at his home several hundred miles away when informed of his wife's death Waller's body was found seated in an automobile with two__bullet wounds in his head. The body of Mrs. Tucker was found in the road- way about twenty steps away from | s | | the car, Last Seen Saturday Night. The couple was last seen about 9 o'clock Saturday night when they motored to a suburban soft drink stand. Mrs. Tucker. who lived with he mother, was said to have been intro duced to Waller only a day before the couple met death. Her father is confined in a hospital near Hopkinsville, K FRENCH ORDER 300 PRUSSIANS EXILED FROM DUSSELDORF (Continued from First Page.) |operation is being hampered by the frefusal of the German workmen to { take orders from the French, The rail strike is completely ef- fective in Coblens, but two battalions iof French engineers have taken over | the lines and placed heavy guards at | important points. The workers ha jserved notice that they will not re- | sume their jobs while French troops jare present. There is no communica- | tion between this city and Duisburg jand Essen, while yesterday only one | train was operated to Mayence. | Wire Limes Strike. A strike of the forces at the tele- phone and telegraph central offices, called last evening in protest against the troops, gave the French another problem to solve. The Ruhr has been taken over so completely that today the city of Dort- | mund was the only open avenue of communication with the rest of Ger- many. The closing of that entrance, it is expected, will be followed by other | strikes. Burgomaster Schmidt, Chief of Po- lice Oexle and five other city officials have taken up their residence'in Elber- feld., Arrested Friday as a result of’ Thursday disturbances, the men were escorted out of the occupied zone yes- | terday. Altogether, it Is estimated { that approximately 100 German offi- cials in the Ruhr have been expelled. Coal Miners Busy. The coal miners seem to be génerally | at work, for on Saturday two-thirds of the normal output was mined. Near- 1y 10,000 cars of the 15,699 loaded on that day were sent into the interfor of Germany for local consumption. The departure of the American troops from the Coblenz area has & marked effect on the peeple, who are showing the new occupying forces tempers that contrast to those dis- played to the doughboys. CLOSE RESTAURANTS EARLY. | By the Associated Press. COBLENZ, January 29.—As a result of demonstrations in Rhineland cities last evening the restaurants were or- dered closed at 10 o'clock. | The railroad strike in this area is | still effective, and there is .no indl- { cation when it will’end. THe French { are able to run a few trains with the d of the troops. { The deportations of German offticiala | continue and the men are taken across I'the frontiers in automobiles instead of trains. The Germans have moved the civil administration of Wiesbaden | to’ Frankfort, | “The dollar was’ quoted at 32,000 i marks today. | The policy of the French toward { the rallroad workers remalns friend- Iy and none of the leaders has been i arrested. The occupation officials are { trying persuasive tactics with prom- ises of higher pay. % i ORDER WIRE SUPERVISION. By the associated Pross. PARIS, January 20.—The French | government has made arrangements to supervise press dispatches going through Paris from points otcupied by the French in Germany, it was announced this afternoog. It was sald at the forelgn office that the object of this supervision was to stop the dissemihation of manifestly false news.- .Dispatches which the supervisor regards as un- true and likely to be mischievous are referred to the minister of the in- u'!‘ho foreign office .declared this arrangement was not a censorship. Correspondents whose dispatches aupervision, if not most ly exercised, might amount to the worst kind of censor- ship, declaring that an organized censorship would risk less interfer- ence with legitimate and conscien. WASHINGION, V. G, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 19u3 FOR NEW-McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND LANGLEY JUNIOR HIGH 2.ND SYREET Drawing shows large school reservation scheme on the tract bounded by T atreet, Lincoln road, 2d street mortheast and the rear of R atreet houses. The Emory School is aiready bullt, the Langley Junior High is under comstruction and the mew appropriation bill carries funds for purchase of additional land needed for the mew PLEA AGAINST SITE FORBATHING BEACH Senator Swanson to Repre- sent Citizens Protesting Col- ored Resort at Rosslyn. Senator Swanson of Virginia tomor- row will present formal protest to Secretary Weeks from citizens of Arlington county against the proposed establishment of a bathing beach for colored people on the federal reserva- | tion at Rosslyn, near the southern ap- proach to the Georgetown bridge. “ongress has authorized the War Department to establish such a bat: ing beach in the Potomac river. While the proposed site is being opposed strongly by the citizens of Virginia, it also is meeting with opposition on the part of colored residents of the District. No Definite Action Taken. Secretary Weeks said today that no definite action had been taken in the matter, but that the Rosslyn site had been recommended as the best avail- ablo place for the purpose, Clarendon itizens’ Association has already reg- stered strong disapproval of the proposed establishment “of a bath- ing beach for the colored popula- tion of the District of Columbia right at the Virginia approach to the new $2,000,000 Key bridge—the gate- Wway 1o the south. The sentiments of*f{ha Clarendon Association on the subject are voiced by F. B. Keefer, its secretary, with the approval of C. R. Taylor, its president, in a protest to Col. rill. in charge of public bulldings and grounds, in which he says in part: “We are the more incensed at this movement in view of the brilliant promises held out to us as late as Tuesday of this week by the chair. man of the Fine Arts Commission at a mass meeting held at our sister community of Cherrydale, full reports of which appeared in the Washing- ton papers, and a vigorous editoria approving the same appeared in the widely read editorial columns of thi Washington Star, a paper that hi always championed the cause of her neighboring community across the historic Potomac. The county and civie officials of this rapldly growing progressive section of Virginia have always worked in harmony for the betterment of con- ditions ~ bordering on the Nation's capital, and we are astounded that such a’ proposal should even be con- sidered by a public official. Rosalyn Alse in Oppesition. The citizens of Rosslyn also are said to be bitterly opposed to the colored bathing beach in or near that town and are expected to make for- mal protest to the War Department through Representative Moore of that Congressional district. Furthermore it appears that many colored residents of the District are dissatisfiedl with the Rossiyn site on the ground that it is outside the District lilmts and too far from the homes of the main body of the peo- ple for whose benefit it is intended. They assert that it is open to many of the criticisms made against the site previously selected at the High- way bridge end of Columbia Island. The Civic Center of Affiliated Asso- clations, a colored organization, h protested to the War Department agalnst any separate bathing beach for colored people as being contrary to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence. 3 KILLED IN RIOT AFTER RACE CLASH! By the Associat:d Press. BLANFORD, Ind, January 28.— Three persons were killed near here early today and several were wound- ed when Sheriff Harry Newland at- tempted to investigate the firing of several shots at two negro store- keepers. When Sheriff Newland and his dep- uties entered a dance hall where & wedding hsd taken place st evening, the crowd started an at- tack, and one of the merrymakers opened fire on the sheriff's party. The dead are Mike YaricH and Ban Stupar, miners of Blanford, and Meli Obradovich; 1iving near here. Sherift Newland was wounded in the shoul- der. Echo of Race Trouble. The firing of the shots at the n groes was said to have been an echo of the trouble which week, when the citisens of that eity warned all negroes to be out of town by noon last Wednesday unless the negro, who attacked an eleven-year- old girl was turned over to them by Sher- | tarted last’ MecKinley. not captured, and the majority of the negroes fled. A few remained, it was | sald, to dispose of their property. Sheriff Newland was questioning some of the men when, according to | witnesses, Stupar and several others | drew revcivers and fired at the sheriff ! Stupar is said to have wounded the | sheriff. who returned the fire, Stupar dropping to the floor dead Several men are being held in the | Vermillion county jail in_connection with the shooting. The women and children who attended the dance were permitted to go to their homes. W, Satterlee, prosecuting attor- ney, arrived shortly after the shoot- ing and announced that he would make 4 complete investigation. DIPLOMATIC LIQUOR FACES RATIONING (Continued from First Page.) | i under prohibition laws, but the ex- se duties on wines, champagnes and spigits (liqueur, brandies, etc.) are ex ceedingly heavy. They are said to in- crease the cost of such drink over duty-freo cost by at least 100 per cent. It is with a view to preyenting privileged foreigners in Great Britain { from trafficking for private profit in junlimited quantities of duty-free liquor that the British regyations were instituted. They &im, M fact { to prevent “diplomatic bootlegging.” | just as the American authorities are !bent upon preventing it in Wash- | ington. | "Diplomats on duty {purchase all the imported “wines. | champagnes and ‘spirits they please !under ordinary conditions in Great { Britain, but by doing 8o they at least | do not cheat the British treasury out i of excise revenue or have any incen- tive to bootleg. It will be noticed, also, that the British do not permit every Tom, Dick jand Yarry assoclated with a legation | or embassy in London to import duty- j{free liquor. No one below the rank of an ambassador, minister or charge d’affaires enjoys that privilege. At Washington everyboedy or any- body connected with a diplomatic es- tablishment has unrestricted liquor- import rights. He may be only an understrapper of a fourth-grade at- tache, earning $100 a month. He can bring in, extraterritorially, as much champagne as an ambassador of the i richest power. All he has to do is to ! file his application in the regular way through the State Department and make his own arrangements to take possession of his stuff at the port of arival and transport it “under his own steam” to any desired point of destination. ‘When it is understood that the latest Washington diplomatic list confers “diplomatic liquor” privileges on no fewer than 377 persons, men and women, and that the number shortly will exceed 400, the possibil- ities in the situation are apparent. A large number of these privileged foreigners reside in New York—finan- cial attaches, commerclal attaches land the like. Peru has an “honorary commercial attache” in Boston. The British government even “ra- tions” duty-free automoblles to for- eign diplomats. Only chiefs of mis- sion and important sybordinates may bring in foreign cars without payipg 33% motor-car tax. (Copyright, 1028.) 12 CAUGHT IN RAID ON MARYLAND INN (Continued from First Page.) I ) 1361 Ohio avenue; A. R. Points, §13 6th street northwest. According to the Maryland officials sworn statements have been recelved from these men, admitting either that they were gambling at tl Maryland Inn or that they had come there for that purpose. A number of guest cards, made out to “invited guests,” with the annotation “‘admittance by card only,” were seized. These men were released this morning at 6 o'clock under $100 bond each for appearance Friday at the They are listed The two alleged proprietors were brought before Judge Gore early this morning also, and re- leased under the bond mentioned. The officers ralding the inn declare that it was fitted up with peepicies and other accessories for safety in looking aver prospective guests befors giving mittance. O'Neill and Pumphrey were not at the inn when the raid was madi O'Neill came to Marlboro later to pro. vide bond at the request of 6ne of th arrived there that he was taken into custody. Pumphrey also was arrested after the raid had taken place. The - inn was fitted out, y the -'police, with elaborate devices to in- ure protection of patrons. To the Pack ‘door, where the general en trance was maintained theré was. e spring bolt attached, operated by u clothes line, which passed by pulleys to the other side of an inner door, where the door atténdant had his post. The two doors formed entrance and exit respectively to an ante- room. Peep holés were: cut in sboth of them. The second or -inner door ‘was fortified with timber and a heavy bar was attached to a pivot. The lookout could open the outer door by pulling, the cord; which re- leased the bolt, but if it so happened that he m“t‘::t:“ 'll‘lc t:\. 10.;1:- of'-h'-hn persons gain access ‘would hl:.' to their way throt the second door. Three of the upper rooms were fittad with bflliard tables, on which, the sworn statements allege, gambling i with dice was the order of the eve- the second - in London can, witnesses held, and it was when he| Crippled Veteran Swings Crutch At King George | By the Associated Pres LONDON, January 29.—What fis described by the Evening News as an attempt to assault King George ‘was made today by a crippled ex- soldler when King George and Queen Mary arrived at St. Pancras Station from Sandringham. The newspaper says the soldier. | wbo had been hiding, dashed | toward the royal couple, waving his crutch threateningly, and had got within a few yards of the king when stopped by the police. Other accounts by news agencies describe the incident merely as the attempt of a soldier to attract the king’s attention, and the soldier himself placed this construction on the affair. INDGTHENT FOUND ON ALLEGED FRAUD Contractor Is Accused of Wronging Church Out of $12,000. Max Halperin, a contractor, was in- dicted today by the grand jury on & charge of larceny after trust. He is alleged to have secured-$12,000 from the congregation of Salem Baptist Church (colored) -toward the -erec- tion of a néw church on Champlain street between Kalorama road and Euclid street. ' The money . was paid to him, it is stated, August 31, last, and when‘only a portion of the foun- dation had been erected Halperin is said to have left Washington and has not since returned. Pastor Makes Charges. Rev. Richard D. Grymes, pastor of the church, told the grand jurors, it 18" understood, that he entered into a contract with Halperin to bulld a church to cost $46,000, and paid him $12,000, the balance to be secured by deed of trust on the completed bulld- ing. Halperin left the city and the pastor sent him a number of lette: and telegrams, to which no reply was received. Last November, Mr. Grymes weng to Pittsburgh, where he saw Halperin, he said, and received a promise from him to return and proceed with the building of the edi- fice He has not since seen Halperin, he stated. Anti-Narcotie Law Cases. As a result of the activity of the narcotic squad the:grand jury report- ed fifteen indictments for violations of the Harrison anti-narcotic law. Those acoused of selling or having dope in their possession are Rebecca Hawkins, Louise Matthews, Robert J. Clancy, Louise Jam: Thomas Worm- sley, Richard Joshua, allas Fatback ‘Wright R. Harrison, John H. Banks, glias Pretty Pink: George Parker, Mabel Hawkins, Lillian -Bowie, Julia Wheeler, William H. Robinson, Ed- ward F. Gibson, Albert Underwood. The grand jurors exonerated James W. Chamberlin of a charge of hom 1 Chamberlin, while operating an automebile, struck and killed Joseph Sullivan. at 4th and. D.streets northwest, January 12. The grand jury also ignoretl a charge of robbery lrlnlt Josephr Winsmore, and one of embeszlement against James H. Brooks. Others Under Indictment. Others indioted and the charg against them' are: Allen Richardso: Gilbert T. Si lwood and James H. Johnson, assault with a dangerous eapon; Milton Blackwell, recelving stoen property; Matthew Brown, for- gery; Willlam ' C. Leftwich, larceny aft trust; Fred Burrus, -John T. i Waters, Thomas L. Pickens and ! Frank Cornelius, grand larceny. 1 {Favorable Report OnSanfordVoted; To Replace Pitney The nomination of Judge E. T. San- ford of Tennesses to be-an associate. justice of the Supreme Court, succeed- ing Justice Pitney, who recently re- tired, was ordered favorably reported toduy by a unanimous vote of the Senate judiclary committes. 8 The c%mnltm acted without dls- cussion after a subcommittes, which was appointed jast week to make the usual inquiry into ths nominee's qualifications,- had reported that the nomination should be recommended for canfirmation. Chairman Nelson of the judiciary committee said he planned to call the nomination up at the first executi session of the Semate. No-opposition DAWSON MAY QuIT Maryland State’s Attorney Urged to Drop Claim of Jurisdiction. Special Correspondence of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., Japuary Since State's - Attorney- Thomas L. Dawson announced his purpose a week jOr 80 ago to see that Maryland's mo- tor vehicle regulations are enforced on the Conduit rbad just as they are on the other roads of the county, not- withstanding that motorists have had a free rein there for the last seventeen years, ot ever since the late Judge Hendersgn decided, in the circuit court hers, tsat -the, thoroughfare is not a gb!l_q “highway" the Maryland statutes, and that, therefore, the Maryland motor vehicle laws do not apply, he has been impor- tuned by numerous prominent officials and others to desist, or, at least, “hold Off” until certain negotiations, such as automobile rectprocity and things, Columbia are adjusted. Among those who have written Mr. | Dawson ‘urging him not to persist in his expressed determination are Rep- resentative Frederick N. Zihlman, Chairman Mackall of the state roads commission and Attorpiey General | Alexander Annstrons. In view of the “pressure” that has been brought to bear, State's Attor- ney Dawson. will probably, he an- nounced today, put the matter up to the county commissioners for a de- cision. It 'is understood that a feel- ing exists among members of the board that this 1s an inopportune time t. begin such a crusade, and it is said that at the meeting of the commissioners next Tuesday a reso- lution will be adopted requesting Mr. Dawson to reconsider and citing rea- sons therefor. If such a resolution is presented to the state's attorney, he will, he has intimated, let the matter drop for the present, at least. —_—— MRS. M.C. BLODGETT DEAD Mrs. Mary C. Blodgstt, widow of Capt. James H. Blodgett, died Friday at her home here following an attack of the grippe about ten days ago. She was ninety-three years old. Funeral services were held yesterday after- nogn, at. the First Congregational Church, which she had attended since 1882, Interment was in Arlington cemetery. Capt. Blodgett, her late husband, was a civil war veteran, being & member_of the 75th Ilincis Volun teers. Surviving Mrs. Blodgett -are a son, Frederiak H. Blodgett, who, with his wife and daughter, are res dents_of this city; a brother, Rev. John K. Browne, formerly a mission ary in Turkey; sixteen nephews and nieces, and & widowed sister-in-law. U.'S. NAVY PAYMASTER KILLS SELF ON FLAGSHIP S By the Associated Prees, MANILA. January 29.—Lieut. Com- mander Eugene H. Douglass, paymas- ter of the flagship Huron of the TUnited States Asiatic fleet, commit- ted suicide yesterday aboard the flag- ship while despondent over disappear- ance of ‘the ship’s stores, for which he was not responsible, according to a statement issued by Capt. C, D. Stearns of the Huron. Capt. Stearns paid a high tribute to the dead officer’s devotion to duty. of \ Lieut. Commander Eugene H. Doug- lass, Supply Corps, U. 5. N, was on duty st the naval proving ground at Indian Head, Md., as supply and dis- bursing officer from June, 1919, to September, 1921, when he was or- dered to the Hurom, flagship of the Asiatio fleet. He re; Vessel for duty in 'SEEK FIRER OF SHOTS. ——— Five bullets in the walls and ceil- ing of the shoeé-shining establishment of Willfam E. P8, colored, 1121 7th ps yesterday afternoon. It is alleged by Capps that the bullets were intended for him, but that the shots went wild. Charles Bombrey, tolored, 1848 Tth street, is ‘wanted by the police to ‘answer for the shooting Bombrey, named by Capps as his alleged assailant, is said to have called at the 7th street place of busl ness on a financlal mis; and is alleged ° CONDUIT ROAD ROW within the meaning | other | pending between the District of | and Maryland authorities, | HONOR McKINLEY WITH CARNATIONS " AT WHITE HOUSE The memory of former President McKinley was honored today at | the White House on what would have been the martyred President’s eightieth birthday. Pink _carnations, - the flowers which McKinley loved and which adorned his coat lapel almost daily, were brought from the White House greenhouses and distributed among the personnel at both the executive offices and the White House proper. Amotig the attaches with McKinley when there were passed nun détes of the late chief cx-cutive, while the carnations bore colorful and eloguent tribute to the wur- tyred President. CARTER SUPPORTS CLASSIFYING BIL Public Printer Points to Needi of Legislation for His | l Establishment. | were President pns an lREMEDY FOR INJUSTICE | Plea for Enactment of Sterling- | Lehlbach Measure, Which Is Pending in Senate. | That the Sterling-Lehlback recl sification bill, now. pending in the | Senate, will remedy an unjust situa- | tion- in the government printing of- fice is explained by Public Printer Carter in his annual report to Con- | gress, made public today. If the Sterling-Lehlbach reclassi- fication bill 18 not passed, the public | printer urges that Congress should | at once confer on him authority toy readjust the wages of printers, press- men and bookbinders from time to) time, as that oflicial has always done | for every other trade employe in| Uncle Sam's big printing establish- { ment. i Extract From Report. In his report Mr. Carter s “The wage question presents fodd angle it affects the govern-| {ment printing office. Here the wages | of the three principal groups of em- ployes—printers, pressnien and book- | binders—are fixed by act of Congress, | while, on the other haud, the wages of all 'other groups of employes, includ- ing electrotypers, stereotyp photo- | engravers, machinists, electricians, | carpenters, plumbers, bindery workers | and press feeders, are determined by the public printer. Thus more than half of the total pay roll is based| upon wages granted in the discretion of the public printe less than ! half of the pay roll « sts of wa rigidly fixed by act of Congress. As| readjustment of wages by Congres an ditions is difficult to obtain, the result is an almost constant inequality be- tween the Statutory wages for cértain crafts and the discretionary wages for all other trades in the government printing office. “In justice to all concerned the wages of every employe = fixed by law or eise power vested in o woy € all the wages in th?z office as oe I'sion may require. Obviou c Bre cannot undertake to determ! the tes of wages to be paid clagses and grades of workers great establishment. This been done for any other industrial! plant of the gover! ent, such as the | navy yards and the bureau of e graving and printing, which are er powered to_aujust the wages of the skilled trades to meet changing con- | ditions. The government printing of- | fice alone is restricted by law as to the wages to be paid three of its! principal crafts—printers, pressmen land ‘bookbinders. compens: {tion was fixed by 12,71919, at the flat rat an hour, which cannot except hy Congress itself ! Situation for Many Years. | “This situation has existed for many years and had its origin at a time When thé government printing office | was rather a small affair wigp rela-| tively few employes, confined mostly to the groups named in the law, the fixing of whose wages was a com- paratively simple matter. Now, how- | ever, practically every branch of the | skilled and unskilled trades is re-| |quired in the vast and varied work: {of the government printing office, and ithe settlement of wages is no minor !matter or one which can he deter- | mined without due consideratign of | the relative rates of pay for all the groups. i “The Sterling-Lehlbach recjassifi- | cation bill, now pending in the Sen- | ate, proposes to remecs this unjust situation by naking the wages of | all the skilled and unskilled trades | subject to collective bargaining be- | tween the head of an establishment | like the government printing office | and a representative of the trade| concerned, their agreement or di agreement to be subject to approval by the director. of the bureau of the budget in consultation with the Civil Service Commission If the Sterling-Lehlbach or some ! similar bill fails to become a law, it is respectfully recommended that Con gress at this session confer authority on the public printer to readjust th wages of printers, pressmen and book- | binders from time to time, the same as he has always done for every other trade employed in the government printing office: i Right of Review. H “It it is deemed desirable to have the wages as agreed upn by the pub- | lic printer made subject to the ap-! proval of somes other agency of the government before they become ef- | either all this not | changed fective, it is suggested that this right | of review be vested in the joint com- | /mittee on printing, which acts as al board of directors in numerous other ! matters affecting the government printing office, and is eminently well qualified by a thorough knowledge of this office to pass upon the question of wages for its.employves. In fact the joint commiyjtee on printing, | through its close @Mliation with and membership on theiprinting commit- 1 tees of the Senate and the House, has | on several occasions Advised Congress | as to fixing of statutory” wages for the government printing o\fice. - In view of this recommendation. and the fact that it appears to be tha intention of Congress to soon relieve Jtself of the task of fiximg by law part of the | out being iar ft | Raymond AGTION BY COUNCI. ON RUHR DOUBTED Question May Be Brought, Up for Debate, However, to Show Willingness to Aid. {BRANTING CHANGES MIND Mosul 0il Dispute Will Be Brought .Up Tomorrow by Lord Balfour. By tie PAR occupation mentioned council of ti still this the The meeting of e league of nation 4 that Lod annou Branting of S ot bring the questic said would discussion the chiefly intere taken ec he do, if he greeable to mean ider that her with Ger the league this statemer r Poinca any co Ready to Act if Asked. car some mer it know could Howe questic tha ot g ers inte activ said the does not not fol On the lates th constant attentic The resolution fon that the ful contribu when invit This talk expres ancil should n o the subject s0 Voices reparation b at coun: th d asking of solving The first s the ¢ ion was o be o to ugenda. A ittee on Austria ellor Step while Viviani, ) Zarl of Balfour re . Italy 3 Cha sents Austria, Czechoslovakia dra, M. Seipel repr Osusk and t from time to time. to meet new con- ;! regard of article plies b the cov red before the council will further stud f ke out ar nada tak counc ort of the agreement wh the last assemb TRAFFIC FATALITIES DOUBLE 1921 PERIOD SINGE SAFETY PLEA istance, at wl the courts ¢ jail senten and saciety girlg soc tendences to bre driver and poor r Going upon_the was best to strike able spot, the traffic Angeles 35 per mile for e i s of t would days in soon discove 8 for rich nie cured wher limit more ri m. CAESARO CAMPAGNOL! DIES IN HOSPITAL OF AUTO CRASH INJURIES esaro Campagnoli,: fifty years oli. 204 & street northeast, died at Casi alty Hospital last night as.a resul a fracture of the skull, the in having been received Satu; when he was knocked down by an au tomobile on Flc North Capitol street. Raymond J h Fe twe ears old, 716 Euclid street. d the machine that struck Can is held at the éighth prec station await the : ida avenue neur to { coroner. having been arres after the accident. The inquest will be held at the morgue tomorro ernoon. wo Inquests Today. Nevitt arranged to e t at the morgue this : he case Involving the de of Mrs. Emily Keith, sister-i Representative Fuller of 11ii was fatally injured by an aut at 13th and B str Saturday” noon. An hour later an inquest wi be held in the ¢ of Krank V. Capers fifty-five years oid, 1225 Girard st who was killed by an autbmobil 14th and Girard streets Satu night. Corone: an inque: noon in Vs old, the s Wood, Allison that killed was released om bond ¢ shortly after the accident sSamuel King, colored, 74 o driver of th . Keith, unable to give b detained al the ninth preci on to await the result « twent Boy Likely to Recover. James Crowley, colored, fourtee years old, 1831 T street, who was se ously injured in a traffic jumble in front of 51 K street northeast Satu day night, is expected o recoves When taken to Emergency Hospit it thought his skull was frac tured, but this morning, it was said he seemed to be suffering only f wages to be paid emplovys of this office, T shall refrain from ma king an Specific recommendations as (0 wage readjustments at this time —_—— OBJECTS TO “ETHEL.” Echel Gordon Asks for Permission to Change Name. Because his name is often tuken far “Ethel,” much to his discomfort amd annoyance, Echel Gordon today asked the District Supreme Court for per- mission to change his name to Edwin Gordon. He. 4lso says the name ‘Echel” is of foreign- extraction and aim. fo pronounce, and its oddity a y his ‘business inter. mh&w‘ concussion of the brain Daniel C. McCarthy, inmate of & diers’ Home, was knocked down & an automoblile unear the Kagle gale iemrance to the grounds of the i { stitution. He sustained an injurs t ‘l\i right arm. | FOURTH FIRE VICTIM DIES ALTOONA, 20 Litzinger, aged six, died in the Altoona Hospital this morning, the fourth mem- {ver of the Litzinger family to lose her ‘e as the result of a fire which de- oyed the home at Coupon, a little ;'."},\quln town, late Saturday night The other victims were: Mrs. Rose Litz\nger, her -sons, Vernou, aged thir- teen, and Edgar, aged pight. Charles, aged )au, was so badly burt that it is (he, too, will die, Pa., January ay v

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