Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1924, Page 17

‘WHE EVENING' STAR, 'WASHINGTON, 'D. "C.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1924 William Howard Taft, Chief Jus- ice of the United Siates Supreme Court, leaving the chapel yesterday after the funeral of Gus. J. Karger, newspaper correspondent. AVING CHAPEL AFTER KARGER FUNERAL. The President, mem-~ upreme Court and other officials attended the funeral of Gus J. Karger. \gton yesterday. This photograph was snapped outside the chapel after the 3 lonal. Photo PRESIDENT COOLIDGE L& bers of the cabinet, members of the newspaper corespondent, in Wash funeral. PRETTY GOVERNMENT CLERKS TO TAKE PART IN “UNCLE SAM'S FOLLIES.” The stars of this snappy musical review, which will be produced in Washington, are stenographers and clerks of the?various Government departments—and there is plenty of talent, too. Miss Grace Ticker, leading lady, is seated on the piano with the directors of the show. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood SECRETARY WILBUR ASKS FOR AN EXTRA 30 MILLION FOR NAVY. Secretary of the Navy Wil- bur and a number of the Navy's bureau chiefs before the sub.committee of the House appropriations commit- tee yesterday, where they made a plea for an additional $30,000,000 for the Navy budget. This amount would bring the appropriation to $323.000,000 for 1925-1926. Cupsright 1y Underwood & Underwool HE WILL SIGN THE INITIALS, “T. R” The new Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Theodore Douglas Robinson, at his desk in the State, War and Navy Building yesterday. The new sssistant secretary is a cousin of the recently resigned Theodore Roosevelt. National Photo, LEADING HIS OWN FUNERAL PROCESSION. This wax figure of Mike Merlo, general president of the Unione Siciliana and its 34 branches, led Merlo’s funeral procession in Chicago a few days ago. Following the figure and the hearse were 30 automobiles loaded with flowers. By Usited News Pic EXPLOSION GAUSES |LOSE LEGISLATION HUGE WAR SAVINGS ASKS EXPLANATION * war FRAUD DISCLOSED Arrest of Counterfeiters of Stamps, All Foreigners, Ef- fected by U. S. Agents. R the Associated Press UNIONTOWN. Pa Felief that Fayettc anty is the headquarters for a gang of counter- feiters who have flcoded the western Penneylvania region £10.000 unterfeit Amps was Federal agents af three arrests here prisoners, Giova Romeo. atorekeeper of Uniontown: his broth- ar Rocco, a barber, and loe Marino, zeneral storekeeper at Collier, near liere, were charged with having cir- culated more than §2,500 in counter- feit stamps. The Fayette County gang, authorities said, may be closely a: ciated with the circulation of more than $5,000,000 worth of the spurious stamps throughout ation. In one instance, at town, they said, the counterfeit stamps passed there were furnisied by the Fayette counterfeiters. ember 18— th more than in savin today by had made expressed general the Prisoners Refuse to Talk. When questioned at the Fayette County jail early today the prisoners refused to talk, leading authorities to bellave that they feared other mem- bers of the gang. They refused to tell the source of their supply of the worthless stamps, each saying in turn, “I'll die before I tell anything.” The men were taken to Pittsburgh to face a United States commis- sioner, The Federal agents announced that they expected to make at least a half dozen more arrests and that thoy hoped to locate the counterfeit- ing plant. The spurious stamps, they | added, were excellent imitations. ‘While refusing to go into details eoncerning their evidence, the Gov- srnment agents said they discovered the plot while working in the Phila- delphia post office. CLEVELAND BANKER HELD. Biagno Russo Under Bond as Head of Counterfeit Gang. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, November 18.—Biag- 9o Russo, 29, Cleveland foreign ex- change banker and steamship agent, alleged head”of a gigantic natio) wide counterfeiting plot in war sav- ings stamps, was held in $50,000 bond late yesterday by United States Com- missioner Martin J. Monahen. He went to jail in default. Ruseo is the fifth to be arrested on a charge that he “did knowingly and feloniously utter and pass, buy, sell and exchange” counterfeit war savings stamps of the series of 1919. Stamps amounting to $4,195, which Russo is alleged to have cashed at the post' office, were . identifled by Federal Agent William G. Harper. Assistant District Attorney Miles ¥. Evans believes that as Govern- ment experts check the stamps re- deemed others in this district will be implicated. It is estimated that $25,000 of the counterfeits were cir- culated here in the nation-wide es- timate of $5,000,000. The Fayette Advertiser thinks if <ome one would just invent a human self-gtarter there wouldn't be &0 many loafers everywhere, ™~ Government | they | The,| OF OYSTERS WL | Executor of Dairyman’s Es- tate Dubious on Mean- ing of Codicil. George M. Oyster, dairymuare, isii a| will and two codicils, and while an agreement has heen reached s to the | Interest of his widow, Cecile It Oys ter, who has since remarried, and {now Mre. Cecile 1. Shircliff of Troy N. Y. -and of certain other specific | beneficiaries, Edwin . Brandenburg, executor and trustes of the estate, is in a quandary as to the intention of | the testator in reference to other bequests totaling about $20,000, which are_ordered paid out of the income of the estate. Through Attorneys Tobriner & Graham, the executor has asked the District’ Supreme Court to construs the intention of the deceased. Justice Hoehling issued a rule on-the heirs and beneficiaries of the estate, in- cluding Commissioner James F. Oys- ter, the brother of the deceased, to answer the. petition and to set forth their views of the meaning of the will by November 28. The codicil in question provided that in the event Henry N. Brawner, jr., should elect to buy out the in- terest of the deceased in the dairy business, certain sums should be re- tained by the trustees sufficient to pay “the sum specifically devised in my said last will and testarent.” The executor says he does not know whether these bequests out of income are to be included or the residue of the estate paid over without such de- duction to the five beneficiaries. The persons entitled to the residue of the | estate in equal shares are Commis- sioner Oyster, Henry N. Brawner, jr. E. Willlam Oyster (since deceased) and Anna I Schulteis and Marian U. Rutherford. Mr. Oyster died in Atlantic City in April, 1921, shortly after making the second’ godicil to his will. His estate | has since been in litigation. WILL PRESENT OPERA. Calvary Bible Class Plans Annual Concert. An opera and musical selections by local talent will .feature the thirty- fifth annual concert, under the aus- pices of the Vaughn Bible Class of the Calvary Baptist Church, in the Sunday School rooms Wednesday at 8:15 p. m. The concerts, which hive been held each year for the last 34 year$, have attracted audiences totaling about 30,000 people. Among those on the program are Walter Holt and a section of his Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orches- tra; Walter W. Beck, dramatic in- térpreter; Elsa Louise Raner, violin- ist, with- Marie C. Hansen, accom- panist; George H. O'Connor, baritone, with Matt Horne at the piano; a cast. from the Estelle Wentworth Opera Company in the kitchen scene from “Martha,” with Miss Wentworth as musical director and accompanist and Albert Parr as stage director. The opera will be given in costume, and the cast will include Elizabeth Thorn- berry, Nina Norman, Russell Cordrey, Woodruft Youngs and Ellsworth Con- dron. The committee in charge is as fol- {lows: Guy A. Ourand, talent; J. E. Rayford, program; Hugh W. Smith, press; E. L. Tolson, tickets; J. A. Patterson, reception; O. A. C. Qehm-. ter, decorating. & FREEZING WEATHER FOLLOWS BIG FIRE IN JERSEY CITY. One of the fire-fighting boats throwing water on a burning pier. The water froze about as quickly as it left the hose. The fire, DEFENDS POLICIES OF SHIPPING BOARD President 0'Connor Resents Criti- cism by President of U. S. Steel Corporation. Shipping Board policies, particu- larly as they affect competition be- tween Government and privately owned American ships, were defend- ed in a letter yesterday frog Chair- man O'Connor of the board to James A. Farrell, president of the -United States Steel Corporation, replying to the latter's recent criticism. of the board. The letter, referring to statements made by Mr. Farrell in an address at the annual banquet of the Society of Naval Architects and Engineers at New York, denied that the board was pursuing a policy that deprived pri- vately owned American ships of busi- ness they were prepared to handle. “It is the policy of this board to encourage private ownership,” the chairman wrgte, “and I believe you know that to be the case.” Mr. O'Connor replied to Mr. Far- rell's criticism-of. the board’s-action in placing Government ships in, the grain trade between Gulf and Eyro- pean ports by asserting that it Was done to meet the urgent need of farmers in the West and South: He asked the Steel Corporation president “What privately owned American ships were on the spot and available to make prompt European delivery of this grain congested in American ports?” g Referring to the ships owned and operated by the Steel Corporation to carry its own products, Chalrman O’Connor asserted, “You have a sur- plus export beyond the. capacity of your ships,” and asked ‘‘What lines handle - that surplus, foreign lines * ¢ * or doyou use American lines for such surplus export?” “Many Americans are showing their desire for a permanent American merchant marine—not by patriotic after-dinner spesches, but by ship- menta,on American .vessels carrying. the‘American-flag,” the Tetter -3«2_ Crosses to Replace Wood Markers Of American War Graves Quverseas The «wooden markers on the graves of the American war dead overseas are to be replaced by stone crosses, it has been decided informally by the Battle Monu- ments Commission, headed by Gen. Pershing, the general said yesterday. While the proposal has not been actually voted upon by the com- mission, the individual members have signified their approval of the plan and it is probable that it will be formally voted upon this week. The matter then will be presented to Secretary Weeks for approval before details concern- ing the placing of the crosses are taken up by the Army Quarter- master Corps. Only those in graves rope are to be designated by the stone cross, it was announced. The graves of soldiers whose bodies were returned to the United States States will Dbe marked with a stone slab. This is to be done in conformity with the cus- tom established after the Civil ‘War, The commission has jurisdiction only over the graves overseas. There are 30,447 American graves in France, Belgium and England, comprising 256 acres. Trees, shrubbery and grass now beéautify the fields where the American war dead are buried, and the construction of buildings and roadways has progressed ma- terially, Gen. Pershing said. e ——————————————————————————————————— DENMARK MAKES MUCH OF FORD PLANT START Premier and Mayor of Copen- hagen Lend Official Color to Ceremony. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New CHRISTIANIA, November 18.—The Ford Motor Company has opened a large new factory at Copenhagen in order to supply Germany, Scandinavia and the Baltic states with cars. The dealers in the countries men- tioned accepted 'invitations to the apening ceremony. Premier Stauning and the mayor of Copenhagen were also present officially to declare the factory open. The factory, which is built on the American style, will be able to turn out 600 cars daily—sufficient to sat- isfy the present demand. On Saturday night a banquet was given at the most fashionable res- taurant in Copenhagen, at which the premier made a speech, wishing the Ford Motor Company the greatest luck in the future and expressing his admiration of the gigantic American organization.. m&mm?mn&p’-ny Wews Co.y BRAZIL TROOPS KILLED URUGUAYAN IS CHARGE Authorities Investigate Reported Federal Invasion—Rebels Attacking. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, November 18.—La Nacion's correspondent at Rivera, Uruguay, says a party of Brazillan government troops crossed the fron- tier and killed & Uruguayan citizen in Uruguayan territory, and that the authorities are investigating. He adds that'a detachment.of mu- tineers from the Brazilian battle- ship Sao Paulo have arrived from Montevideo and crossed the frontler into the Brazillan province of Rip Grande do Sul to join the revolution- ists there. Argentine border advices say forces of Rio Grande rebels are besieging the federals at Saican, not far from Santa Anna do Livramento, on the frontier. NRebels_are also.reported to have unsuccesstully attacked Santa Maria, key . position- to -the -Rio @rande raiiroads. 5 the worst in the history of Jersey City, resulted in a property loss of $2,000,000. By Upited News Pictures. INSISTS METHUSELAH| REACHED 969 YEARS Prof. Longacre Defends Literal Bible Against Astronomer. Characterizing as a fallacy the statement attributed to Prof. Russel D. Crawford, astronomer of the Uni- versity of California, in which the latter declared that Methuselah was not 969 years old, but that he wa only 80 years old, Prof. C. S. Long- acre, associate pastor of the Seventh- day Adventists in Takoma Park, to- day declared that the university edu- cator is “a foolish wise man” and that “the astronomer pretends to be wise in his own conceit, and a criti- cal investigation of the facts prove the fallacy of his logic and short- sightedness of his deduction.” Prof. Longacre declares that if it is true that the ancients reckoned their years by months, as Prof. Craw- ford insists, then ‘‘Adam was 17 vears old when he dled and 9 years old when Cain was born, and Eve the same age.” Séth could have been but 76 vears old when he died and 8 vears old when his first child was born, the Takoma Park clergyman infers. He claims also that a mathe- matical analysis of the theory indi- cates that “Mahalaled would have been but 5 years old when his first child was born and Enoch would have been only 5 years old when Me- thuselah, his first son, was born.” The professor argues that the an- clents reckoned 30 days in their month, as is proved by the Biblical statement that the “water prevailed on the earth 150 days, and that in the eighth chapter of Genesis it says that the flood prevailed five months, proving that the ancients reckoned 30 days to each month.” —— Widows with young daughters are preferred by the telephone companies in Cuba to take charge of small. ex- changes. It is the custom to install the exchange in the parlor of the family, dwelling, where the mother can act as manager and the daugh- ters as operaters ] ! ened fo STOODFRELLSS One Man Missing; Two Boats and 0il Tanks Destroyed by Blaze. November 18.— it was estimated ed by fire whijcl ng with an explosion aboard here last night, tanker and destroy several oil tanks ashore. The flames threat- time to sweep the water- T oline front One man, a carpenter aboard the tanker, is missing. Several of the crew of 36 were rescued from the icy waters of Stater Island Sound after they had jumped overboard. their clothes afire. The barge captain, at first belleved to have been killed, was found unconscious in a hospital. The explosion on the dbarge 44 sent flames to the tanker William Boyce Thompson, anchored alongside. ship was d ate its way to the first of the four $,000-barrel gasoline tanks of the plant of the Sinclair Refining Co nearby. Emergency pumps were used to draw off the contents of other tanks near the fire. More than 87, 000 gallons of gasoline were de- stroyed, however. A stiff wind scattered the sparks and firemen had difficultv in saving 3 Is of the United States Shipping Board moored in midstream. U. S. JOBS AVAILABLE. Competitive Examination to Fill Vacancies Announced. The Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examina- tions to flll vacancies in the follow- ing positions: Chief architectural $2.400 a vear; junior architectural draftsman, at $1,680 a year, quarter- master general's office: junior chem- ist, departmental service, at $1,860 a year; junior physicist and junior technologist, Bureau of Standards, at $1,860 a year: minor laboratory ap- prentice, Bureau of Standards, at $900 a vear; junior scientific aid, at $1,320 a vear, under laboratory ap- prentice, at $1.140 a year., Bureau of Standards; junior scientific aid (en- tomology), “Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, at $1,320 a year; assistant Scientific aid (m sewm history), Divisfon of History, United States National Museum, at $1,500 a year; assistant scientific aid, Bureau of Standards. at $1,500 a year; assistant scientific -illustrator, Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, at $1,500 a year; as- sociate dairy manufacturing special- ist, Bureau of Animal Industry, De- partment of Agriculture, at $3,000 a year; industrial investigator, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, at $2,400 a year; plant quar- antine inspector, Federal Horticul- tural Board, Department of Agricul- ture, at $1,560 a vear; junior mathe- matician, Coast and Geodetic Survey, at $1,860 a year; physiotherapy aide, at salaries ranging from $1,020 to $1,650 a vear; physiotherapy pupil aide, at salaries ranging from $720 draftsman, at to $1,000 a vear, in the Public Health | Service and the Veterans' Bureau. blanks may be obtained at the office Full information and application of the Civil Service Commission, 1724 F street northwest. The | stroyed and the fire soon | SCORED BY STONE Urges Against Building Ad- ministrative Machinery at Expense of Liberty. Br the Arcociated P NEW YORK. Nove States Attorney ( {8tone in an address la induction of Huger dean of the law schoc University, the position wone when he entered | Coolidge’s cabinet, urged that ¢ | exercised in the enactment of not to “build up our administra | machinery” at'the expense “of | dividual liberty and freedom of | citizen.” “There is a growing and insistr complaint,” he said, “that our |tem of law enforcement is breakir |down and that there is an increasing |lack of respect for the law. The | vigor and fidelity of public offic |and the temper and psycholog the people are elements of first | portance in all problems of law | forcement. But upon th | responsibility for its success | rest | “We make a prodigious number of laws. In enacting them we disre- | gard the principles of draftmanship |and leave in uncertainty their tr meaning and effect. More and more | we take over into tho field of pos | tive law that sphere of human acti which has been hitherto untr meled by legal restrictions, without thought of the extent to which | wise: po may leave some phases { of human activity to control of moral | sanctions or to the restraints of th community sense of what is right conduct. held Pre ve n- th im | Sees Liberty Curbed. “We disregard the principle th there is a point heyond whict | restraints of positive law cannot b | carried without placing too are | strain on the machinery and agenc of law enforcement. We I of account the true relatio the law to be enforced to chinery for enforcing it. up our administrative with ever-increasing powers authority in administrative offices the expense of individual libe freedom of the citizen. “To preserve in our syste principles of individual libe v & to accommodate them to the require- ments of an efficient administrative system, to ascertain the principl which gqvern the relationship of pos- itive.law to the machinery and pro esses of law enforcement, are prob- lems which cannot be solved wholly in tke field of politics and of gov ernment. To their solution schools of law and of political science have con- tributions to make. “There must be brought to bear upon them the same thoroughgoing research, the same analy carried forward in the spirit of co_and of scholarship, as have hitherto be devoted to the common law. “These flelds of study and investi gation, these opportunities for high public service, insistently call for the employment of that unique capacit: for research and analysis which has been developed by methods of study and instruction in the modern Ame: fcan law schools.” The famous general, Alexander the Great, was born in Europe, died in Asia and was burfed in Africa. He was «born -in Macedonia in Europe, »