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2 L ‘Death Claims Writer THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FINAL CITIZEN PAPERS C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1924. GUS ). KARGER DEAD [ALL SPAIN APPEARS [**0 e acues " v v | L ABOR RANKS DROP Fceidens S 17 FVANS SLAYERS AFTER OPERATON Veteran Newspaper Man Long Prominent in Life of. Capital. Gus J. Karger, ocorrespondent of the Cinolnnati Times-Star and vet- eran newspaper man in the National Capital, died yesterday afternoon at Providence Hoepital. He had been ill for a weck followlng an operation for appendicitls and gall stones, which was found necessary upon from travels during the campalgn Funeral services Geler’s - 1113 Seventh ernon at 2:30 co'clock. Rabbi Abram Sfmon of the Eizhth Street Temple will officiate. The body will be taken on the 4:45 train to Cincinnati, where interment will be tomorrow in the, Cemetery there. | ent Cooltdge made arrange- ments, despite a heavy calendar for to- day, to at end the funeral services of Mr. Karger List of Pallbearers. Active pallbearers will be Edward W. G bleman, Carl D. Ruth, Luroy T. Vernon, Levi [ David, Senator Sim- eon D. v nd Ben Murch, Hon- orary pallbeirers will include Wil- m Fiowards Taft, Assistant Secre tary of War Dwight L. Davis, Sen- ator Willis of Ohlo, Represcntatives nd Longworth of Ohio and 1l known newspaper men. in Per the son muel se Rosenthal Kars, ger came o thiy country when a boy and recelved his oarly edueation in the publle schools in New York. He later attended high schools in Cleve- land a ibus, Ohio. Started as “Devil.” Mr. Karger started his newspaper career as a “printer's devil” in Cin- | cinnati, getting subscriptions and re- ortin in the early! it His first position was with the Free I'ross, with which he start- ed at a sala:y of 312 a week. From the luatter paper he went to the Commercial (i.zette, first as a police roporter ind was later pro- moted to assictant editor and| then State correspondent, traveling throughout the State of Ohlo on political assignments. This work laid the foundation for his work as & politieal writer and correspondent in Washington. Active in Politics, Prior to coming hers Mr. Karger | was ominent in politics in Ohio. Hc was a member of the Ohio State Republican central committee in 1896 and was also very active in politics In Cincinsatl just prior to coming to Washinzton in 1898, As a corre- epondent, he. hud attended all na- tional - political conventions stnce Coming to Washington, Mr. Karger became correspondent for the Cin. cinnati Post, Scripps-McRae papers and Scripps-McRae Press Assoclation. Then, in 1906, he became the corre- spondent of the Cincinnati Star Bu- reau of which he was head at the time of his death. { his return | prestdential | will be held at! reat, thin aft- and In Taft Campaicn. While in this city Mr. Karger had the distinction of becoming publicity representative for Willlam Howard Taft in the latter's presidential cam- paign in 1908. In addition he was a director of organization of the Re- publican National Commlittee, at th New York headquarters, during Taft 1912 campaign. He was also chair- man of the standing committee of | correspondents at bot the Demo- | oratic and Republican conventions in 1920. 1 Besides his affilfations, as a former ! president and a long-time member of | the Natlonal Press Club, Mr. Karger | was a member of the board of gov ernors of the Ohio Society and was | prominent In Masonic circles, having | been a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Almas Temple of the Mys. | tic Shrine. During the Harding administration Mr. Karger was toastmaster when the | te President was entertained at the | National Press Club here. 1In al tumorous way Mr. Karger brought | out many of the incldents and events | during the tim. that President Hard- | ing was in the White House. Indeed, Mr. Karger had been the close friend of many Presidents and had the rep- utation” of being able to get news from the Whit: House at times when it was most difficult to obtain. | Club Names Committee. The National Press Club of Wash- ington, of which Mr. Karger was a former president and member of the boasd of governors at the time of his | death, has appdinted the following as members of a spectal committee to at- tend the funeral services: Henry L. Sweinhart, acting presi- dent; F. J. Haskin, John T. Suter, Frank B. Lord, Theodore Tilier, Grafton . Wilcox, Mark L. Goodwin, Avery C. Marks, Jr., and Carter Field, past president: mes L. Wright, chairman, ane | Richard V. Oulahan and Robert Barry | former chairmen of the standing com- | mittee of Washington correspondents, | John Coakley, A. J. Montgomery and | Raymond Clapper of the board of gov- ernors. Walter Buel, Carl D. Ruth, E. W. Gableman, Leo Sacks, Louis Ludlow, E. B. Johns, Nixon Plummer, Negley Cochran and Charles E. Morris, rep- resenting Ohlo newspaper correspond- ents. Graham B. Nichol, Harry N. Price, Frank I Whitchead, Arthur S. Hen- ning, Jay G. Heyden, Charles S. Groves, Arthur Sinnott, Col. Henry Hall, Willlam J. Cochran, James P. Hornaday, Angus McSween, James D. Preston, Roy A. Roberts, Hal H. mith, Frederic William Wile, John Snure, Leroy Vernon, Henry Suydam, L. White Busbey, David Lawrence, Charles Michelson, N. O. Messenger, Edward B. Britton, William A. Craw- ford, Morris Glaser, Bascom Tim- mons, Benjamin Meiman, Charles G. Ross, Wilimott Lewis, Mark Sullivan, Yverett C. Watkins, Charles C. Hart and Edgar Markham. TRIBUTE BY TAFT. Chief Justice Mourns Loss of Vet- eran Writer. Chief_Justice Taft of the United States Supreme Court today paid a heautiful tribute to the veteran news- paper writer. “1 mourn the death of Gus Karger as a warm and very intimate friend. He was a man of excoptional quali- ties. Born 58 vears ago in Berlin and brought up in a German-speaking home, he was educated In the schools of Ohio, He was American to his finger tips. He made himself. He hegan as a reporter on a German Democratic newspaper called the Volksfreund of Cincinnati, doing police court work and practically all of the city mews there was to do. ‘Then he became a reporter on the Cincinnatl Post, finally city editor, and then the Columbus correspondent of that newspaper. His ability, his fidelity and his fndustry widened his fleld into work at Washington, where he has been for a full 20-odd years, at one time doing congressional work Tor the United Press. Then he be- came the correspondent of the Cin- cinnati Times-Star, for which for near a score of years he Has been the sole Washington correspondent. | Secretary said. 1$176,000,000 in 1922-23 to § | bas J. KARGER. HOOVER OUTLINES ADVANGES OF YEAR Better Farm Prices, Sound Reparations Policy and Business Advance Cited. Advance in agricultural prices, the beginning of sound policies in man reparations and the recov of agriculture were characterized the three outstanding features of the past fiscal vaer in a review of busi- ness conditions made public today by Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Although there was some slackep- ing in activity In some lines during the latter part of the fiscal year, the report said, there has since been complete recovery. Stubility of Agriculture. increasing stability in agri- * the Secretary said. “is fur- ther marked by the fact that whole- sale prices of food products show a continuing decrease in spread as compared to farm prices. The rise in agriculture prices, while in a large part due to general world economic readjustment and to settlement of European economlc conflicts, has been favored to some degree by local and special causes, such as the decrease in corn crop and the fact that the abnormal world wheat crop of 1923 swung over to a slightly subnormal crop of 1924 Transportation facilities for past year were declared by Secretary Hoover to be adequate in every way for the first time since long before the war He polnted to the greater stabllity of foreign currency as an- other factor in the economic better- ment of the country and declared conditions in general have been aided by ratification of the Dawes plan. 21 a “The culture, Detter Foreign Trade. Forelgn trade of the Nation =0 im- proved during the fiseal year, the that America’s fa- vorable trade balance increased from 757,000,000 This was due principally. he sald, to the increase in trade with Oceania, South America and Asla, Notwithstanding lower prices than in 1919, the value of sales of retail stores was greater in 1924 than In that year, Mr. Hoover added. Pro- ductlon slackened at the end of the fiscal vedr, he said, and recovered slightly during the last'month of the Summer. Of the Dawes plan, Mr. sald: “European stabilization, this plan may be expected to achieve. will bring about a revival in world trade and Increased consumption of commodities, in which the United States is bound to have its share. This trade revival and increased con- sumption power should outweigh any increased competitive power which might be expected from execution of the plan. It is not too much to say that this settlement of the vexed reparation problem, coming at the time it did, prevented another Buro- pean collapse, with its Inevitable re- percussion on world trade and on the business of the United States. The Dawes plan is the first effort to solve the reparations question purely on a commercial and economic bass, Hoover Cafe Bandits Get $12,800. CHICAGO, robbers early 17. — Seven invaded the November today Pershing Palace Cafe and ballroom, | | covered with flowers offéred by many | owned by Al Tearney, minor league ball chieftan, bound a watch- man. blew open the safe and obtained $12,800. country and came to know well every public man. He was close to & num- ber of the Presidents. They trusted him, as wel! they might. While he was a Republican, he had more than most correspondents, a real judicial mind and a very great sense of re- sponsibility in what he said through the columns of his paper. I have watched him grow in his power of |city and county detectives, which they | description and statement and sound- ness of conclusion. He made bis signed letters most interesting and | a great feature of the Times-Star and wielded a wide personal influence in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana that was noteworthy. His personal qualities of loyalty, frank- ness, sense of humor, courage o lovable companionship made him a friend one rejoiced to have. Pros- perity or disappointment, success or failure made no difference with Gus. He was bound to his friends with hooks of steel. He had been so long in the Capital of the country, was so experienced and so wise through that experience that he was valued great- ly by his associates of the journalis- tic profession. “They recognized his worth and leadership by making him president of the National Press Club and one of its active managers. He was one of the deans of the Washington cor- respondents. With him Jjournalism was & profession. He did not permit himself to be diverted from it by temptations of office or business. He was at the height of his power and usefulness. The position he had won for himself enabled him to write the telling truth and to draw fair and useful conclusions from it. He never made hls contributions to his journal the vehicle of personal disiike or prejudiced attack. He was broad and generous and liberal. He was a strong man physically and mentally, and it is a real loss that we are not to have for many more years the sistance that- he could render to ths cause of publishing the truth from Washington to the large community which he reached, without fear or fa- vor. One needs almost a lifetime to secure such a pulplt. And now in full strength he is taken from us His home life was brimming with sweetness. It is sad to think of the bergavement of the loving wife and the void his death makes in his happy “He had a very wide experlence in the great political center of this family.” Ger- | the | which | BESET BY UNREST Strict Censorship increases Revolt Fever, But Conserv- atives Are Strong. BY OLIVER FOX. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MADRID, November 17.—A strange situation has arisen in Spain. There is abundant evidence that the authori- ties are engaged in a struggle to the death with the many forces of disorder. The battle at Vera last Friday be- tween frontier police and a well armed oand of half a hundred desperadoes who had been sent from Paris by some mysterious organization; an attempted assault by the Communists on the mili- tary barracks at Barcelona on the same day, for which two men, captured red- handed, been summarily tried by court-martial and garroited, and many arrests reported from all parts of Spain, point to widespread unrest ve Distrust Is General. rtheless, the censorship remains nd the anxiety of individuals by wild rumors, which are not ailayed by the statements of the offi- {eial **con uniques press,” owing to the { distrust of the public for government news. | This distrust is general, but it must be added that it is not altogether justi- fied, for the history of the military directorate shows thit no event of any real importance has been willfully with- | held from the public. | Only Official News. Extreme prudence has characterized the munuer In which news has been divulged, but news has reached the public. Spain petitioned the dir > to ab ish the ce ship, arguing that it w doing more harm than good, and was trangling the press to death The reply was i rebufl, coupled with the frank ad- { mission that censorship is necessary to | the existence of the directorate. There is no news, therefore, except the offi- cial news, plus the wild rumors that nothing can stop. The question one most often hears 1s: “Is this the long expected revolu- tion?" It has often been put in the course of the last two decades when the latent unrest of the country, whose political equllibrium s still unachieved, has rizen to the surface in a distinet wave. But always the great conservative strength of Spain has come to the vescue and has overridden the tem- porary crisic Spain is faced once more with a atlemma and the uncertainty it im- | plies, and he would be foolhardy who would dare to prophesy its outcome. Bu the lesson of history allows of optimism and the belief that the forces of law and order will come out again on top. The situation, nevertheless, is grave It is authoritatively described in the | words of Admiral Magaz, vice presi- | dent of the directorate, who is acting | for Gen. Primo de Rivera while the later is in Morocco and who said mony attended by the King: “The hour Is grave. Allow me to digres: from the subject of olive oil” —the national conference at the admiral was presiding—"to con- trast the useful activities of the agri- cultural element with the conduct of the other elements who, calling them- selvas the directors of the intellectual | youth of the country, impatiently sow aiarm and contribute to and spread the pessimism which is incompati- ble with the tranquil evolution of a government. “There also Is a great contrast with the activities of those who in the name of a false libe nd the national frontiers, armed bands composed of the scallywags of humanity and the cast-offs of the Great War and send them to Spain in an endeavor to provoke revolu- i tion.” The gravity of the situatfon in Spain, thus described, is overshadow- Ing for the time being even the tre- mendous struggle of the army in Africa. Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Dally News Co.) . |DIES BEFORE MYSTERY OF MURDER IS SOLVED Diamond Connoisseur, Who Was Shot by Unidentified Assassin, Carries Secret to Grave. LOS ANGELES, November 17.— Harry I Katz, dlamond connoisseur, {musician and real estate who was shot down at the door of tery of death and the identity of his slayer to his grave. He was burled at Mount Zion Cemetery at Belvedere, near here, without the display of wealth that had marked his life. A modest casket, of the 200 friends and relatives who |attended the ceremony, held the re- mains of the slain man who had ex- pressed a pleasure in expensive au- tomobiles, sparkling gems and an- tigue art objects. The cortage was escorted by a | picked squad of detectives, requested { by a brother, Morris Katz, who feared (& demonstration from some quarter | which he could not explain. There was no_disturbance. | "By his death, Katz left an appar- |ently unsolvable murder mystery to | virtually admit will be added to Los | Angeles’ list of unsolved homicides. | ———— SENATOR CURTIS SEES COOLIDGE ON FARM POST Kansan to Ask State Delegation to Agree on a Candidate for Sec- retary of Agriculture. The post of Secretary of Agricul- ture was the subject of another dis- cussion today - between President Coolidge and Senator Curtis, Repub- lican, of Kansas, in which the names of J.'G. Mohler, secrtary of the Kan- sas State Board of Agriculture, and William M. Jardine, president of Kan- sas Agriculture College, were put forward by the Senator. Mr. Curtis sald he would call a meeting of the Kansas congressional delegation after the opening of Con- gress and ask for An agPeement on one of the two candidates from that State. Gen. Beach in Mexico City. | MEXICO CITY, November 17.—Maj. { Gen. Lansing Beach, U. S. A., has ar- irived in Mexico City. According to unconfirmed reports he is on a con- fidential mission from President Cool- idge to President Obregon. S A Hearing Set in Robbery. Willlam _Stanley, charged with rob- bery of the National Token Shop, 1217 Pennsylvania avenue, Saturday, when he took 30 diamond rings from Mrs. Mabel Pappineau at the point of a revolver, will be given a hearing Friday in the Police Court. His at- torney, James O'Shea, asked for a continuance. 25 Reeently a press association of | | never be ontatned tn W which | ¢hority, ty organize, be- | operator, | his luxurious apartment last Monday | evening, yesterday carried the mys- | | | | | in a recent speech at an official cere- | | ot | | i | additional men to enforce such a law, | move { to stand on. | 11ttle CLOSING 11 COLLIERIES| Hudson Coal Company Failed .to Adjust Long Pending Griev- ances, Claim of Men. By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa, November 17.— Eleven of the twenty collleries of the Hudson Coal Company between For- est City and Nanticoke, Pa., were idle today because of a strike of 14,- 000 mine workers, who charge the company has failed to adjust long- pending grievances. A survey showed that 8,000 miners in different parts of the company's district had heeded the advice of union leaders and remained at work. The strike order was issued by the general grievance committee at a session attended by delegates from 22 local mine unions. A telegram was recelved at head- quarters of the miners’ union here today from International President John L. Lewls. He advised local lead- ers to exert every influence to get the strikers back to work and have their grievances adjusted through the proper channels. HEADLEY PROPOSES PEDESTRIAN LAWS Traffic Chief Would Regulate Walking Like Driving—Ap- proves Film Lesson. Safe and sane trafc conditions will hington un- til the Police Department is given a law authorizing it to regulate pedes- trians with the same severity that it regulates vehicles, and at least 200 is the opinion of Inspector Albert J. Headley, chlef of the traffic bureau. Admitting that there are many strect intersections in the heart of the city that are left unguarded be- cause there are not enough policemen to take care of them, Inspector Head- ley declared that he was confident the traffic bureau s doing the utmost that could be expected of it In the absence of an adequate force. “School” Is Probosed. The suggestion was put forward to the inspector that it might prove beneficial to select some busy, down- town intersection, and make of it a school,” where careless pedestrians would betaught to walk right, ‘and motorists to drive right. The idea was to place a policeman at the semaphore and an additional man on each corner to control the pedes- triars. Under this plan the men at the corners would compel pedestrians to only the vehicular trafic moved—with the policeman’s sema- phore. Although heartily approving the idea, Inspector Headley gave two short but sufficient reasons why it could not be worked out—"no au- and no men.” Elaborating, he continued: “There is no law or police regu- lation that authorizes us to regulate the movements of pedestrians who are walking along in the peaceful pursuits of thelr business or pleas- ures. I could send out the men—if I had them—and the pedestrians could promptly tell them to Ko to the devil; and we would not have a leg Wants Law for Pedestrian “What we need right now, and should have without delay, is a law that would authorize us to arrest a pedestrian who walks out past the officers’ semaphores, just as we now quite readily arrest a motorist for such an offense. Until we have such a statute you need not expect much better than we now have. “Then, too, we need 200 more po- licemen right now: If I sent two or four men out to handle some corners, to make a school of it, I would have to take them from intersections that need them badly. The need for more men is pressing. This morning there were 189 privates and 16 sergeants on the streets in every precinct In Washington. They were not just traffic men. Those figures cover every uniformed man that was out on duty for all purposes—and many of them were obliged to spend most of the day down in Police Court. We are doing the best we can right now with the material we have. When we get more men and needed laws we will try to do better.” The Star's Film Approved., Inspector Headley heartlly ap- proved the idea of showing the mo-| tion picture of Washington traffic conditions, which was fllmed by The Star, in five of the city’s leading mo- tion picture houses. The pictures will appear in the regular bill of the Co- lumbia, Palace, Metropolitan, Rialto and Tivoli theaters for a week, be- ginning next Sunday. This picture shows actual scenes as they were caught by an expert cameraman in the midst of traffic. It brings home in a most effective manner the dangerous chances pe- destrians and motorists alike take in their haste to cross streets that are less than deadly under the present pressure of traffic. It will appear at every perform- ance at the flve theaters named, and it is not unlikely that more than one heedless pedestrian or reckless motorist will recognize himself dart- ing through the traffic and, seeing just how close he came to serlous injury or. possibly death, may be more careful the next time. It was in an effort to bring this lesson home to Washington that The Star had the plcture filmed, and the motion plcture houses are co-operating in the drive to improve conditions in the National Capital. e RUSSIAN PAPER DEMANDS ACTION ON JAPANESE PACT Declares Excessive Demands of Latter Are Dragging Out Nego- tiations Interminably. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, November 17.—Under the caption ~It is high time to finish,” the Izvestia says today that treaty negotlations with Japan are dragging on interminably because of excessive demands by Japan. The paper says Japan has insisted upon having 60 per cent of the North Sakhalin_ofl flelds and has attempt- ed to exact Russla’s promise that if she should decide to lease the other 40 per cent to foreigners it would be glven to Japanese interests. The editorial warns Japan that an international situation may arise under which she might lose even the advantages offered her by the Soviet government now. The Soviet gov- ernment offered 40 per cent. Pershing Back From Switzerland. Gen. John J. Pershing, retired, has Just returned to this city from a visit to Switzerland to see his son, Who has entered & preparatory school Director of Opera Company and Radio Bedtime Story Teller Apply to Local Court. Application for final citizenship papers was made today In the office of the clerk of the District Supreme Court by Harold Meek and his wife, Mrs. Marietta Stockard Meek, who are better known as KEdouard Albion, director of the Washington Opera Company, and as Peggy Albion, tell- er of bedtime stories over the radio The applicants made their declara- tion of intention November 30, 1917, and hearing on their final papers will be held after the expiration of three months. Mr. Meek will discard the name Harold anq wlll be known as Edouard Alblon Meek, while Mrs. Meek will make no change in her given name. Meek was born at Port Stanley, On- tarlo, Canada, March 24, 1884, and came to the United States A"gust 6 1 Mrs. Meek is a natlve of Reac sville, N. C., but lost her cit- ‘zenship by marriage to a forelgner. Meek is described in the petition as a concert singer, while the wife's occupation is given as a writer. They re- side at 1814 G street. - PRESIDENT GREETS FARM COMMISSION Puts Problem of Stabilizing Agriculture Up to Spe- cial Body. President Coolldge today put up to the commission of representative farm leaders he has appointed the problem of mapping out a program for the psrmanent stabilization of ag- riculture, Bricfly welcoming the commission, which met In the cabinet room at the White House for its first session, Mr. Coolidge told the members of his pur- | pose in naming the organization and placed entirely in thelr hands the formulating of a workable plan ot farm rellef. No statement from the White House after the meeting. Robert D. Carey of Wyo- ming, chairman of the commission, said the inevstigating body would meet this afternoon at the Department of Agriculture to organize and discuss a plan of procedure. Elght of the nine commissioners were presented to the President. Charles S. Barrett, chairman of the National Board of Farm Organiza- tions, of Union City, Pa., the only absentee, was expected to reach Washington in time to attend the or- ganization meeting. o I0HELD IN MURDER was forthcoming OF PASTOR'S WIFE Woman Who Died to Save Circuit Rider Husband Buried as Heroine. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., November 17.—Ten men are in jail at Buchanan, Ga. Haralson County, today, on charges of having been members of the gang which on Thursday night shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Robert Sewart at Draketown, Ga., when she went to the rescue of her husband who was being abducted. Mr. Stewart a member of the North Carolina Meth- odist Conference, and has been active in the fight on bootleggers and moon- shiners. It is planned to give them & prellminary hearing tomorrow be- focre a justice of the peace at Bu- channan. Search for other members of the gang was In progress today. Mr. Stewart, who assisted In the round- up of the ten men in jail, was not a| member of the posse today, having temporarily abandoned the hunt to attend funeral services for his | wite, which were held in the moun- taln community in North Georgia, from which she departed several vears ago as the wife of a “circult rider.” Simple exercises marked the burial. Tributes were pald to her memory and her last act, the sacrifice of her life to save her husband, was eulo- glzed. Similar eulogles were heard In many churches of the North Georgia conference yesterday, in which she was referred to as a herolne. DETECTIVES DIVIDED IN SQUADS TO HUNT DEATH-CAR DRIVERS (Continued from First Page.) what better and probably out of dan- ger. . Carroll Suther, 607 Quincy stregt, stoppod_his automobile on the 3600 block of Park place yesterday after- noon after the car had injured Rose- mary Entler, 4, 728 Quebec street, who was hurt while running across the street. Suther took the child homo, where an examination showed he had mnot been seriously hurt. Another pedestrian injured by an automoblle yesterday was George A. Pugh, 41, Bethesda, Md, who was knocked down by the automobile of L. M. Leach, 1409 Thirty-fifth strect, while crossing at Thirty-third and N streets. a broken bone of his left cheek. John Woolfolk, colored, 45, 1928 Sixth street, was knocked down last night at Florida avenue and Sixth street by an automobile driven by Willlam L. Barksdale, 3046 Newark street, Cleveland Park, and brufsed and shocked. He was given first aid at Freedmen's Hospital. Harold Nebel, 3, and Marie Jen- kins, 410 K street northeast, were in- Jured yesterday afternoon as a result of a collision between the car in which they were riding and another machine at Fourth and M streets northeast. They were treated at Sib- ley Hospital by Dr. Einstein for cuts and bruises. Hurt in Collision. A collision between the automo- biles of John L. James, 1432 V street, Anacostia, and George M. Martin, 3127 Warder place, occurred on Nichols avenue, Anacostia, about 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning. Mrs. Emma James, occupant of the former car, was cut about the face by broken glass. She was given first.aid at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. An automobile driven by Goodman Haves, 1248 C_street northeast,. col- 1lided with another car at Seventh and C streets northeast yesterday after- noon. “ Haves' left leg was injured and he received a cut over his left eye. His machine was badly damaged. Po- lice reported the failure of the driver He was treated at home for| | which bioueht the federation's ranks|gpng | membership loss to some extent, only | {mpregnable in | Tex | Hawkins _concern, FAST IN FOUR YEARS Loss of About 30 Per Cent Since 1920 Peak, Official Figures Reveal. Ranks of the American Federation of Labor droped 30 per cent last year from the membership peak in 1920. Figures revealed today in the officlal report of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, made public in El Paso, Tex., scene of the annual convention, show that where there were 4,078,740 paid up members in 1920, the year 1924 listed only 2,865,979, The Federation of Labor figures support figures supplied in Assoclated Press dispatches from New York quoting the National Bureau of Eco- nomic Research as authority for the statement that membership in all unions throughout the country had dwindled from 5,110,500 in 1920 to 3,779,- 000 In 1923, Lose Most of Gains. This report stated, fn part: “Those which had been most heavily repre- sented in war industries and which had experienced the most substantial gains were In the perlod of defla- tion the heaviest losers. The metal and transportation unions alone con- tributed about €0 per cent of the total loss In this perlod. The textile and packing house unions lost about ag much as they had gained.” The figures in the officlal report of the executive council, supplemented by figures showing the voting strength of the unions, disclose the following fact: Gains Made by Som.e. Gains were made by mine workers, electrical workers, railway employes (of the amalgamated ussoctation) and | painters, comparing 1924 with 1020. | Losses, extremely heavy, were su; tained by machinists, boiler makers nd textile workers less heavy by carment workers, railway car- men, carpenters and teamsters and chauffeurs. It must be remembered, however, in comparing these figures, that they “epresent deflation from a peak, which was reached in 1920, after a rise from 1918, which was gre er in the two | years thereafter than the loss in the four years succeeding 1920, Experts | point out, how er, that the federa- tion has failed to hold gains, made during the high tension indus- trial era superinduced by the war. | Decline Hegun in 1021. | The year 1921 marked the first tend- | ency toward a downward slope, when the federation lost 71,842 mem- bers. But the most serious blow came during 1922 when 710903 were drop- ped fiom the 1421 figures, giving a| total then of 3,195,635, | In 142] there was a further decreas to 2.92¢, 000, a loss of more than 269, This year has noted a check in| ) 459 dropping from the total figure during 1924, The following tabulation of the| soting strength of these organiza- tions is appended, the voting strength | ratio on the general average being 1 vote to every 100 members. Figures for the larger organiza- tions follow: Union Boilermakers Carpenters Railway carmen workers nt workers. Painters cumsters 1031 Chutrears. 111100 1103 le workers * Yiose The following table shows eration membership from date: the fed- 1918 to| Membersh | NEAR END OF CONSPIRACY CASE GOVERNMENT Officials of Mortgage Company on‘ | Trial for Using Mails to | Defraud. | By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November 17. Snited States District Attorney | Homer Elliott plans to bring the Gov- | ernment’s case against 15 officials of the Hawkins Mortgage Co. charged | with conspiracy to use the mails to defraud, to a close by the middle of | the week, he disclosed yesterday. | About 40 witnesses for the prosecu- tion remain to testify, he said, many | of the original 150 subpoenaed having been excused. Mr. Elliott indicated that the testl- mony of the remaining witness would center about the alleged in- dividual illegal acts of the defendant officials of thc company. Attornys for the defense. who are | expected to begin presentation of their case about Thursday, have in- | dicated they will make a plea that | their clients, as underlings in the had no knowledge of postal law violations as charged. Although a report was current that | Morton S. Hawkins, head of the con- , whose operations are said to | have run into the millions, was nego- | tiating for a surrender last week, he | had not given himself up as yet,| federal officials said today. | | | ! { | | says the telegram. CHALIAPIN FREE TO SING | IN WASHINGTON JAN. 26/ “Chaliapin is free to sing with the | Washington Opera Company in their production of Gounod's ‘Faust' on | January 26, according to a statement | made this morning by Edward Albion, director of the local company, and | based upon word received in a tele- | gram from Jacques Samossoud, direc- tor of the orchestra with the com- pany, who went to New York to see Chalfapin personally about the mat- ter. “Copy of the Chicago Opera Company contract is not necessary, The singer’'s co! tract with the Washington company is absolutely valid, and he will sing | with them in the January production. | “Mr. Chaliapin received his release for that date dircct from Herbert M. | Johnson of the Chicago Opera Com- | pany,” added Mr. Albion. Kellogg Not to Resign. LONDON, November 17.—American Ambassador Kellogg today took oc- casfon to deny reports published by several newspapers that he was plan- ning to resign. He declared he had no intention of resigning or of re- | turning to the United States in the near future. | of the other car to stop, as required | by law, but they succeeded in estab- lishing ownership of the machine. Frank O. Adams, 38, 1370 Spring road, was driver of an automobile that struck three other cars parked on D | street, in the downtown sectlon, last night about 10:30 o'clock, and damaged them. Adams was treated at Emer- gency Hospital for slight cuts and brulses. was held by the police on charges of reckles driviag. i | tion s § | air service and ordnance, Condolences Upon Death of Karger President Coolidge today sent the following letter of condolence to Mrs. Gus J. Karger: “The news of your husband's death has brought to me a sense of sorrow and of real loss.- H's long service as a leading figure in the corps of newspaper corre- spondents, which s so important a factor In the life of the Capitol, had made him the trusted friend and the helpful counselor of many public men. Like most of the men of his profession, he lived a pub- lc life while enjoying little of the recognition it brings to those who devote themselves to it in other capacities. I want to make recognition of the part he played in this community and in the Vo tion, to tell you of my own griet in his golng, and to extend all sympathy and condolence in your PLEA OF VETERANS URGED ON COOLIDGE Legislative Program, Nation- al Defense as Aim, Outlined by Legion Commander. Basic recommendations for placing the Government on a firm foundation from a natlonal defense standpoint were urged upon President Coolldge today as the legislative program of the veterans of the World War by James A. Drain, national commander of the Amerfcan Legion. The rec- ommendations of the representative of the fighters' who saw first hand the resuits of the failure to prepare call for liberal appropriations for the Army Alr Service; maintenance of the 5-5-3 pollcy for the Navy as laid down in the disarmament pact, and elevation of turret guns of our bat- tleships to meet the range of those of Great Britain. Other features of the program for universal draft, retirement of disa- bled emergency Army officers, inter- pretive amendments to the adjusted compensatfén act, completiop ef the Government's hospital builddg pro- gram, calling for 7,615 additional beds: ninetcen specific amendments | to the Recd-Johnson bill, governing care of the disabled and opposition | to fundamental amendment to the present restrictive immigration law. Details of the Program. The details of the program as sented follow: DS niversal Draft.—This measure provides in the event of war for the Rrafting of capital, labor, industry! teansportation, in addition to fan power, and for'the stabllizing of s s to make atio e defense and KU| take S profit out of war. Its primary ;v)\:}prao is to prevent war. Any nation { Nould hesitate to attack the United| ates with the knowledge that the entire resources of the richest and| tost productive natlon in the world| Were ready for mobllization. The “no profit feature would greatly lessen | the enthusiasm for war amonggcertain elements of the population. The Johnson bill in the House, and | the Capper bill In the Senate, ldentical measures, to accomplish this legisia- | are now pending in their respec- tive military affairs committees. These bills were drawn by the leston, and| have been approved by the general} staff of the Army. A third measure, the McSwain resolution, recently re- ported to the House, would create a commission to study the subject. ears have already been spent | ing the legislation, and the on therefore asks for the enact- ‘nt of the Johnson and Capper bills. | Plea for Emergency officers. 2. Retirement of disabled emer- gency officers of these three branches of the service. Retirement for serv- fce disability has been extended to eight of the nine cases. The emer- gency Army officers alone have not| been recognized. They were extend- | cd equality on the battlefield, but ave not yet received equality in re- irement for disability incurred in the service, The Lineberger bill in the House and the Bursum bill in the Senate, identical measures, would accomplish this legislation. Each has been fa- vorably reported by the military af- fairs committee. The Veterans' Bu- reau estimates that 1,000 officers will be affected by those measures and that the total annual cost involved 000. Adjusted compensation. Several administrat amendments _ request- ed, including elimination of the de- pendency clause, and an additional provision that a veteran may assign his rights to a patriotic organization chartered by the Congress. Urges Hospital Program. Completion of the Government's hospital building pro- gram. The legion has completed an exhaustive survey of the disabled men of the Nation, together with the Government hospital facilities avail- able for thelr care and treatment This has led the legion to request the construction of permanent mod- ern fireproof hospitals containing 7,615 beds. The leglon believes that these addi- tinoal beds will save thousands of dis- | abled veterans' lives, and that this con- { stréction is an obligation on the part| of the Government. 5. Amendments to the Reed-Johnson bill. This meaeure, although basically good, was hurriedly rewritten in con- ference during the closing days of the last session of Congress, and therefore contains a number of defects unavoida- ble in euch a large piece of lesislation. Experts of the legion, in daily touch with the disabled throughout the Na- tion, have given months of study to this measure, and they ask 19 amend- ments _to the act, known officially as the World War veterans' act, 1924. These proposed amendments were sub- mitted in detail to the President. Prior to his conference with the President Gen. Drain called by appoint- ment upon Secretary Wilbur of the Navy and Secretary Weeks of the War Department. He discussed in detail with the two Secretaries the legion's legislative proposals affecting their de- partments, later presented to the Presi dent. Following his call upon the Presi- dent Gen. Drain visited the chiefs of to discuss further details of the Legion's program. He left on an afternoon train for In- dianapolis. SUPREME COURT RULES ON VETERANS’ RATINGS Compensation ratings made by the United States Veterans' Bureau are 4 permanent not reviewable by the courts, the Su- | preme Court held today, except only when it is shown that they are wholly unsupported by the facts and are “ca- priclous” or arbitrary. In all other cases, the court held, the compensation ratings fixed by the director of the Veterans' Bureau are final. The decision was handed down in the case of Sam Silberschein, who had sought unsuccessfully to have the Federal Court for the Eastern District |the American | convention, | the international b: | will | Juarez Th | Kathleen of Michigan set aside a ruling by the director, 4 10 DIE N MEXICO Bandits Sentenced for Mur- der of British Subject Last August. B the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November Alejo Garcla and Francisco Rulz yes terday were sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs. Rosalle Eva the American-born widow of a Bri ish subject, who was killed last Au- gust near her hacienda in the stat: of Puebla. The trial of the two men had been In progress for several days in th town of Puebla. The verdict was reached at midnight Saturday night, after & day spent by Garcla and his counsel in an endeavor to establish the fact that the bullet which caused the death of Mrs. Evans was fired b John Strauss, superintendent of vans hacienda, In a moment of ner vousness while endcavoring to vepe an attack made by bandits on Mrs. Evans. Death Will Occur This Week. The sentence was passed, notwith standing the protest of Cosme Zaf- ras, recently deposed as attorney general, who charged that the trial was {llegal because of his absence from the court. The execution of the assassins {8 expected to take place during the present week Many times during the trial Garcia Insisted on talking at length and denying his guilt. Counsel for de- fense insisted that Mrs. Evans' death wound was made by an expansive bullet, which could not have been fired from the rifies of either of the men on trial. Mrs. Evans was shot dead near Texmelucan, state of Puebla, early last August while on the road to her haclenda. She was shot through the left side and, falling from the buggy, which she was driving, her halr caught in the wheels and the bod: was dragged some distance. Her face was badly mutllated. Mrs. Evans, whose home was Brownsville, Tex., was the widow of a Britlsh subject, a former president of the Bank of London in Mexico. Prior to her assassination she had been one of the central figures in & controversy in connection with the seizure of her property near Puebla. Her fight was taken up by H. S. C. Cummins, the British charge d’archives in Mexico City, and the acrimonious dispute between Cummins and the Mexican authorities on behalf of Mre Evans resulted in the Mexican go ernments demanding that he be Wit drawn from his post. A.F.OF L. TOFIGHT WAGE REDUCTIONS Annual Convention Opens in Texas—Will Have Visit From Mexicans. By the Assoctated Press. EL PASO, Tex., November 17.—Tha 44th annual convention of the Amer!- can Federation of Labor opened her= today. Some 400 delegates, spokesmen for approximately 3,000,000 workers af- filiated with 107 craft organization entered the infitial session, faced w: the task of shaping labor’'s progr: in {ndustry, polit and civic ent prise for the coming vear. Debate in three depar ferences last week fore snvention k e on stand agalnst wage reduct nental cor t a gener: a determined Mexicans to Visit Session. Labor Interests of two nations ce tered in this district the Mex Labor met opened it Confederz Juarez, tion of n ro; es late tod Hall here The Mexican deleg: march to Li a joint session with the Americans. The American convention will m to Juarez for a joint sessio the er tomorrow evening of the executive cown- cil, summarizing the work the federation since th. nd & convention of October. the an nual address of Pri and the address ecutive Secretary Gec of the Texas State Federation of The report of i bor, made up the program of the. ini al sessfon of the American Federa- {tion of Labor today. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. FIRST RACE—Claiming; purse, year-olds; 513 furlongs. Barney Google... 113 wdrop ....... 106 voit a Falry *Note o' Love. Zero Hour. .. Clavichord Clonaslee ... . edburgh Abber. 104 Wrack Lane...... 111 tdoaquin Stable ard W. SECOND RACE—Cia for 8-year-olds and up; Sea Sand. .. 120 Oralegko il sWithout ........ 101 Katherine Rankin 10! Freedom's Call... 1 St. Michael. 108 ‘amoufiage 0 ilver Maid. 108 arthema 102 ferrimac 12 *Black Ruler 108 THIRD RACE—The Advance Purse; purse $1,300; 2-year-olds; 6 furlongs. Laddie Buck... Young_April. Faddist Batiencld . Sundrae Emissary "Also eTigibi Revoke Pot_Shot Flagship Miss FOURTH RACE—The Benning Purs $1,500; for 3-year-olds and up; 1 mile and 0 yards. 1den Billows. Setting Su 107 Pathan Leonard G....... 102 Drumbeat FIFTH RACE—Claiming; purse, year-olds and up; 17 miles. Guelph 116 Triumph Drumbeat 104 *Erica The Roll Gal 118 Belpbrizon Orpheus 104 *King O'Netll' T Procyon 110 Blue and Red... *Modo - ez SIXTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,800; O year-olds and up; 1+ miles, Ru S haeiis LMY Priges K ... CEkeoba @'070. 1L 101 *0ur - Star Quecreek old Faunui. SAshburtou - *High Priestess.. Ticaces . Mary Agues. Meadow Lawn EVENTH RAC 3.year-olds and up Dernier Sou. *Smarty . *Demijobn *Attorney *Intrepid . Double Tip. *Zouave *Apprentice sllowance ciaimed. ‘Weather clear; track fast. $1,300; i D Za D104 19 *Re Westorer Grace *Ivory A Wo Troxler. Elemental *Rags . I X *Sweepstakes Clem Theisen. Marie Maxim.... 105 Crosby Sdinburgh Peter Paul Danby 108 King O'Nelll IT. 107 01 103 54 103 -Claiming; purse, $1,2300; 1/ miles. averne, 103 59 Do 1101 L 105 100 uir. . Boy Gourmaud Austria has a prison for women which is conducted without guards, and no prisoner has ever tried to escape. The women do all thelr own work,