Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1924, Page 2

2 ® MEXICO EXECUTES THREE GENERALS Fourteen Other Officers Shot for Part in Uprising—New Revolters Taken. MENXICO CITY, November S4.— Seventeen officers, including three generals, of the rebel forces formerly headed by De la Huerta in the state of Tabasco, who were granted am- nesty after the failure of the De Ia Huerta revolt and who recently re- med the govern- ent, were exccuted Saturday at 3 Termoso, capital of the state Tabasco, according to reports re- ceived here from Gen. Vicente Gon- zales, chief of military operations in Tabasco Rebel elements in Tabasco who revolted upon receipt of repo that Gen. Flores had started a rebellious movement are said to have been con- spiring with dissatisfled groups in the state of Chiapas. Advices reac ing here from that state say that federal garri Palenque has er- rested 10 ulleged conspirators. MEXICAN LABOR WARNED. Calles Agent Tells Federation Projected Revolt. activities against of Chihuahua, o. wriquez Saicedo, entative of Presiden in the ention_ of Con of Labor, nt after final nvention yes 1id “another re- organized for No per- vember sonal clect the Mexlcan issued a pul adjournment o terday in which he belllon” was being attempted overtiirow of the co: stitutional _and democratic govern- ment of Mexico.” Rico, president of the on, denfed emphatically that teleeram from Presfdent Obre- warning of a new sgAinst the governme celved by offic the co Salcedo was received by the con- vention of tha American Federation of Labor in El Paso, Tex,, us the of- fictal representative of President- elect Calles. Gathering on Horder. “Rebel groups are concentrat along the border, part Yaso, Tucsor, Douglas. Bisbee, Laredo and Las Cruces.” he said. The movement, he sald, was headed Gen. Angel Flores, defeated can- date for the presidency, who now s Sonora, and by Adolfo and Alfonso de la Huerta, leaders in the uprising ast Winter The new arms and am by movement is without munition and the expect- ed vigilance of the American Gov- etnment wlong the border will no doubt prevent accumulation of mil tary stores there.” The now movement, Salcedo assert- ed, was timed “to start about De- comber 1, the day after the inaugu- ration of President Calle Alfonso de la Huerta, he said, now ts {n Tucson, Ariz, and Adolfo is in Los Angele CHICA(_EO FUGITIVE ACCUSED OF BIGGEST SWINDLE IN HISTORY (Continued from First Page.) Shander Zimmer, all of Chicago, re- turned with the word that “we found nothing at all.” “It was just a scheme they con- tended upon landing in New York, “to get us out of the way until he could make his get-away.” Koretz's family had invested in his company wholeheartedly “and were left penniless when he fled. Mrs. Ko- etz gave up their home in Evanston and her personal jewels to satlsfy de- mands of creditors outside of the family, The Federal Government at. tached & fund of money that Koretz had left with her and other members of the family as “dividends” from his vroject. Source of Clues. The clue that led to the capture of Korets originated with a Chicagokn who had seen the missing man in the East. This man, whose name Was not revealed, communicated with his attorneys here and they In turn in- formed Abel Davis, trustee for the bankrupt Koretz estate. The state’s attorney’s office immediately set to work in running down the tip and were rewarded early this week when they learned tie true identity of the mysterious wealthy man who was ving in retirement in Nova Scotia. Mr. Davis {s trust officer of the Chi- cago Title and Trust Company, which firm had offered a reward of $10,000 for the arrest and couviction of Ko- retz. Son of Poor Parents. Leo Koretz was the son of parents ot little means. He worked In the offices of the law firm of Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, at the same time studylng law. After being ad- mitted to the bar he practised at his profession with indifferent suc- cess. His interest in developing swamp lands began several years later when he went to Arkansas and converted great marshy tracts into paying rice flelds. Returning to Chicago he ad- vised his friends of his success and they suggested that he organize a company to further his project. The rice flelds, he said, were bringing in returns with almost unheard of Tapidity. Koretz told his aseociates that he preferred financing the work him- self, but when they learned that he was about to turn his hand to simllar reclamation in Panama he was persuaded to organize a $1,000,- 000 corporation, but he refused to sell stock without giving personal notes in exchange for money received. This company was the first and the most important of the Bayano River trusts in which his family, business associates and other wealthy friends invested so heavily. The promoter asserted that his holdings along the Bayano River held veritable lakes of ofl, “flowing gold chat will make all my friends wealthy,” a8 he described them. Had Many Schemes. Although Koretz' swindle was pop- ularly known as the “Bayano River ofl bubble,’ his schemes took in other things than oil. He had plans for bullding enor- mous fortunes out of timber, trop- al fruits, grains, railroads and anches in Panama. He also told his prospective investors of rubber plan- tations and rice flelds to be devel- oped. Even hogs and sugar were ‘being consldered, he suggested, Attaches of the state’'s attorney's office here have described the swii dle as “the greatest confidence game in the history of the world.” Its perpetrator lived an intensive social life, owning several automoblles and maintaining thi luxuriously ap- pointed ofices and a magnificent North Shore home. He was known in his set as & free spender, and it wa® upon this clue that officers de- pended most in seeking him after Qe dlsappeared. Iy con- | uprising | nt has been re- | nvention. | 'POLICE INSPECTION TO TAKE ALL WEEK Sullivan Heads Committee on An- nual Tour of Stations Through- out City. A committee of police officials beaded by Maj. Daniel Sullivan today began the annual inspection of the force, which will continue through- out the week until every precinct has been visited. As the Inspection committee ap- proaches each station the command- ing officer will line his men up in company formation outside and re- main at attention until the inspection is over. A feature of the inspection will be a careful examination of the revolvers of the patrolmen. After the appearance of the men has been noted, the superintendent and his aldes will observe conditions in the station house bulldings, includ- | ing an examination of the records. Maj. Sullivan will be accompanied by Assistant Superintendents Charles Evans, Henry (. Pratt and Inspector Harrison. FEW NEW CABINET FACES EXPECTED | No Changes Likely Until After| NURSE DRIVE NETS March 4—Davis May Remain. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | Although the eloction is | weeks dicate that few made in the | Cocltage on the 4th of March, and { that real reorganization of the | offictal family will take place in the | interim after Congress has adjourned. Therc is at the moment no cer- | tainty that there will be a | vacancy. [Even James J. acretary of Labor, may stay. In an- nouncing the fact that Mr. Davis had his resigmation, the three will be President changes cabinat of the { volunteered | President was careful to indicate that | ha still hoped to prevall on Mr. Davis to remain. There are certain circum- | stances under which he may be pre-| {valled upon. | The job of selec {Lavor 1s no ea stirs up all sorts of factional | culties, the best colution of |may prove in this case the retentt of the incumbent. Mr. Davis' relation- hip, however, to the Fraternal Order lof the Moose, of which he s the virtual head. may require his return to private life. Work May Leave | The only other vacanc; been regarded as certain is that of the Interior Department. It has been | reported that Secreatry Work wishes to leave on the 4th of March, but the talk is still in the vague stage. | Some cabinet officers like their jobs {50 well that they naturally want to | stay. Others dre more or less indif- ferent and will stay if the President insists. Technically all the cabinet officers_submit thelr resignations to one, and diffi which oat. that has | rdministration 15 elected to succeed itself these resignations are as a rule perfunctory. Mr. Coolldge, however, {18 in a somewhat different position. Ho did not select all the men who compose his cabinet. He is respon- sible for Attorney General Stone, Sec- retary of the Navy Wilbur and the new Secretary of Agrlculture, who will, of course, stay only till March 4. as he has been elected Governor of West Virginia. This leaves Secretary Hughes, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Secretary of War Weeks, Secretary of the Interlor Work, Sec- retary of Labor Davis and Postmaster General New as the appolntees of the late President Harding. Because of! the fndividual relationship to thelr portfolios, the retention of Messrs. Hughes, Mellon and Hoover may be regarded as sure. i Immediate Changes Unlikely. The other four portfolios may not see Immediate changes, but some of the incumbents might of their own initiative desire to return to private lite or electivo offices. Both Mr. Weeks and Mr. New are former mem- bers of the United States Senate. Mr. Weeks was caught in maelstrom of local politics in Massachusetts in 1918 after a good legislative record in the Senate here. Mr. New was the victim of a division in his own party | tn Indiana when he lost to Beveridge in the primaries, and then Beveridge was in turn beaten by Ralston, Demo- | crat. Factlonal quarrels played a part in the final result. Summarizing the entire cabinet situation, therefore, the chances of change would seem to narrow down to four portfolios—War Department, Labor, Interior, Post Office, and of these Labor and Interfor are the only ones in which there has been an indication that the incumbents are anxious to return to private life.| The cabinet of President Coolidge on the whole will undergo little change for another year at least. (Copyright. 1924.) TANK EXPLOSION ROCKS TOWN; 1 DEAD, 10 HURT Special Dispateh to The Sta: CUMBERLAND, Md.,, November 24. ~—One man was killed and 10 injured. veral of them probably fatally, by the explosion of an acetylens tank at Keyser, W. Va., 25 miles southwest of here, early toda: The tank, with others, was being loaded into a Baltimore and Ohio freight car. It was belleved that all were empty. The town of Keyser, & mile away, was shaken, a clock was Lurled from a wall in the B. & O. shops several hundred yards distant and the car about which the men | were working was wrecked. | Ambulances wers summoned and the injured were taken to the Hofr- man Hospital at Keyser. Albert Turbin, laborer, is dead, and Charles Kight, George Smith, Martin, E. L. Turbin, George Stark, Andrew Ambrose, C. Poland, D. Rolls, J. D. Johnson and J. E. Wilson are injured. Kight was foreman of the crew. Hundreds rushed to the scene and found the men mangled amid the debris of the car and the torn tracks and overturned cars about the scene. Physicians and nurses wers sum- moned from Piedmont and other —_— FORBES PANEL CALLED. CHICAGO, November 24.—A panel of prospective Jjurymen was called today for the trial of Col. Charles R. Forbes, former director of the Veterans' Bureau, and John W. ‘Thompson, St. Louls and Chicago con- tractor, under indictment in connec- tion with alleged irregularities in the administration of the bureau under the Forbes administration. Attorneys for the defense appeared of old, enough has happened to| single | Davis, | {18 more & & Secretary of | 28 a rule! o | | the take eftect on March 4, but when an | State | | son, $55; No. 18, Mrs. Walter R. Ghe- John | before Federal Judge George A. Car- penter with motions for a consolida. tion of the indictment counts and for a list of the Government wit- nesses. Whether the actual trial would be delayed until after Thanks- glving was uncertain. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1924 The picture made today shows Maj. Daniel Sullivan, chief of police, inspecting the men of No. 4 precinct, on E street between Four-and-u-half and MORE THAN $000 Intensive Part Finished, But Clean-Up to Complete Budget Planned. The intensive part of tha Instruc- tive Visiting Nurse Soclety’s ca palgn for a two-year budget of $ 000 formally closed today with a luncheon in the New Willard Hotel. at which time more than $10.800 w. reported in subsecriptions since Sat- urday noon The grand total for the than $52,000 &nd although the desired sum of $97.000 was not reached, speakers em ized that the amount redeived in the drive will e able the society to expand its work it promised the p. It was| turther emphasized, how that the | $97.000 will be obtalned within the next few months, as a volunteer com- mittee of about rembers will be srganized to canvass the remaining number of the original 18,000 pros- peets who could not be visited durin; drive just closed. drive now | Thanks Women Workers. Mrs. Montgomery Blair, campaign chairman, personaily and on behalf of the board of managers, the nurses and the soclety, thanked the 200 women workers for their diligent | service. In answer to her call for | volunteers about 25 women respond- | ed and these will meat in room 832 | Star Building, next MondAy morning at 11 o'clock to “clean up” the cam- puign. Mrs. Blair declared the soclety | has its budget for next year and| that the work of enlarging the so- clety would go on just as though the original amount sought had been ob- tained. She personally thanked the vice chalrmen of the campaign for thelr work in the office. They ure Mrs. carroll Glover, Mrs. Willlam J. ther, jr., and Mrs. J. W. Davlidge. Thanks for Publicity. Mrs. David Potter, chalrman of the | publicity committee, praised the work of Charles Stelzle, campaign chairman, in the preparation and distribution of | the most complete set of literature | ever gotten out by the soclety. Mr.| Stelzle introduced a resolution. which | was unanimous'y adopted, thanking | the Washington newspapers for their support of the campalgn. Gifts of nurses were reported from | the Church of the Covenant and The | Evening Star. This makes the third consecutive year The Star has support- ed a visiting nurse. All Souls’ Uni- tarfan Church will take an offering Thanksgiving day for the soclety, which is the first time ever recorded a church has made a special appeal for the soctety on Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Frank Weeden, assistant treasurer, was complimented by Joshua Lvans, r. treasurer, who declared Mrs. Weeden a1d all the work of the campaign. She reported $1,326.50 received in contribu- tions from the office. The teams which reported today and their amounts follow: Team No. 1, Mrs. Whitman Cross, $2,879; No. 2, Mrs, Harvey W. Wiley, No. 3, Mrs. R. S. Huldekoper, No. 4, Miss Clara Farrar-Smith, .5, Mrs. Edward Heidings- 0. 6, Mrs. J. S. Smith, $76; No. 7, Mrs. Cresson Newbold, $284; No. &, Miss Olive Graef, $57; N 9, Mrs. Northup Dean, $7; No. 10, Mr. Merriam Curtls, $174; No. 12, Mrs. C. R. Lindsey, jr.. $228; No. 13, Mrs. J. P. Haynes, $100; No. 14, Mrs. E. L. Neville, $376.50; No. 15, Mrs. George Myers, $222; No. 16, Mrs. W. S. Far- ber, $55; No. 17, Mrs. Dorsey Richard- rardi, $258; No. 19, Miss Cora Barry, $238; No. 21, Mrs. Wilson Compton, $722; No. 24, Miss A. B. McCammon, $206.50; No. 23, Mrs. Austin Kautz, 3242; No. 26, Mrs. Swagger Sherley, $222; No. 27, Mrs. Cazenove G. Lee, $181; No. 28, Mrs. Carter Fort, $12 No. 29, Mrs. J. Cralg Peacock, $270; No. 31, Mrs. Henry Fry, $149; No. 33, No. 23, Mrs. George P. Scriven, $48; No. 324, Mrs. Dantel C. Stapleton, $201; No. 35, Mrs. Clarence Perley, $137; No. 37, Miss M. H. Wingate, $267.80. —_— SAYS PRINCE STOPPED “BLACKMAIL” CHECK Attorney Declares Eastern Poten- tate Paid Second £159,000, But Reconsidered. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, November 24-—Another sensational touch was added this aft- ernoon to the melodrama being un- folded in the suit of C. E. Robinson, a former bookmaker, against a Lon- don Bank, in which allegations of blackmail are being bandled about freely and a mysterious eastern prince, known as “Mr. A." is sald to | have pald £150,000 as the price of keeping his relations with Robinson's attractive wife from the knowledge of the world. One of the counsel for the defend- ing bank, which alleges blackmall, declared that not only had the poten- tate paid £150,000, but later wrote a check for £150,000 more. Apparently his highness had reached the end of his patience with the payment of this last huge sum, however, for he in- formed the authorities and the check was stopped in England. The eight-hour day has been tem- porarily abolished in Germany and wages are on.an hourly basis. FEDERAL HOLIDAY | iWOrkers to Have That Sum . Lincoln Cemetery. Sixth streets southwest. Al other precincts will be inspected thi eek. Child, 4, Deaf, Dumb and Deformed, Started Toward Useful Life by I.V.N.S. Deaf and dumb, her finge: and & $1;-year-oid girl was discovered by an Inetructive Visiting Nurse So- clety nurse, begging for pennes from passersby, it was learned today, and ng an edu- h only part of loped, a instead The chilld was y home assigned ountered in place the visiting nurse to visit, act that she was picked e streets serves to fllustrate that the nurses as they go their rounds are always on the look- out for people in need of help. Further investigation of hte child, which the society has named “Bright es,” developed she industrious, likes to sweep the pavement, dry the dishes, sew &nd run errands. She will sit at the pi » and, with her badly deformed hands tapping the PAYRISES SO0 Over Salaries in Decem- ber Last Year. i | Adding a total of $4,121.923 to the| salaries of 4,688 emploves as of | July 1 classification of Government | es In the District of Colum- Il make avallable for Christ- mas nceds of the Government work- ers In Washington this year about $170,000 more than was pald them for the first half of December last year. The Government's total pay roll for ! the present fiscal year, as lnnnuncmdi today by the Bureau of the Budget,| with the sum added by ssification. | is $95,480,069, against siightly more ! than $90,000,000 last vear. Divided | into semi-monthly instaliments, this | makes a little more than $170.000 avallable to employes for their Christmas needs thls year over the Paid out on December 15 last | Most to Be Spent Here. Washington will get nearly all of increase, according to estimates made by the Chamber of Commerce, which | declares that about 85 per cent of the money paid out in salaries b ernment to employes {n Washington is spent directly or indirectly in this city. A total of $4,121.923 has been added to the Government pay roll in Wash- ington by classification, of which $3, 680.171 was the orlginal awards of the Classification Board and $441.752 was added on a review of the board's find- ings. Government employes, under a rul- ing made several years ago, may draw for their Christmas needs against their salaries up to about two days before Christmas, provided they have worked on the days against which their advance salary is drawn. There will be no advance of the date of regular payments from the first of each month Increase In the amount paid out in salaries in the District of Columbia represents an additlon of 4.5 per cent under the classification ratings in the total pay roll for the flscal year. PLANS FOR GIFT TAX ADOPTED BY BUREAU Regulations Announced for Reve- nue Assessment Recently Au- thorized by Congress. Complete regulations relating to the new gift tax provided for in the revenue act of 1924 have been worked out and {ssued by the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue, an announcement sald today. The regulations provide in detail for all provisions of the gift tax, which according to the announce. ment is imposed ““upon the transfer by a resident by gift during the calendar year of any property wherever _situated, whether made directly or indirectly, and upon the transfer by a non-resident by gift during such calendar year of any property situated within the United States a tax ranging from 1 per cent | of the amount of the taxable gifts not in excess of $50,000 to 40 per cent of the amount by which the taxable gifts exceed $10,000,000." | IRVING L. TRUMAN DIES; | WAS BORN IN NEW YORK Irving Luclus Truman, 74 years old, formerly for many years in the lumber business {n Pennsylvania. died at his home, 114 East Shepherd street, Chevy Ch Md., yesterday. Mr. Truman moved with his family to Chevy Chass about a year &go. Mr. Truman was born in New York. He retired from the lumber business about 15 years ago. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Clara W. Tru- man, and a daughter, Ml Jessie Truman, of this city. Funeral services will be conducted at Gawlers undertaking establish- ment tomorrow _afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. A. S. Mowbray, pastor of Brookland M. E. Church, will officlate. Interment will be ia Fort keys, utter gurg bright eyes 2 Little Edward has just had a good start in the world aided by an Instructive Visit- ing nurse, who found his 13-vear-old mother totally fgnorant of how to care for him. The nurse paid visits day after day to bathe Edward, while the mother stood by watching the proceeding with intense inters ‘When the time came for her to bathe him herself she performed the task 5 1 as the nurse, although ter- rified. The father, a laundryman, was anxious to increase the comfort of his wife and son, but did not know how. The nurse soon had the crude furniture replaced with Amer- fcan furniture, und at once thers was introduced u genuine baby's crib, a wicker baby buggy and il 1er things that an American ahould have. Drunken Drivers Jailed and Fined By Stern Juris penalties were glven b Judge Schuldt in the Police Court today to defendants charged with the more serlous trafic viola- tions. Rufus R. Lee, colored, charged with driving whila intoxicated, received a jall sentence of 15 days and was fined $150. Frank Lancaster, colored, charg- ed with driving a coal truck while under the {nflusnce of liquor, was given a jall sentence of 10 days and a fine of $50. A woman, Hazel G. Rogers, charged with driving while in- ed, demanded a fury trial was released on a bond of Eugene Bennett. colored, was fined $40 for not having a permit and $40 for colliding. ames Harrod was fined $40 for colliding, $40 for leaving after colliding and $20 for speeding. Robert Getts, colored, was fined 340 for not having a permit and $20 for speeding. Howard T. Davis, colored, sen tenced to 15 days in jail for dri ing while under the influence of liquor. NATION WILL HONOR JUSSERAND IN GREAT FAREWELL TRIBUTE (Continued from First Page.) ter where or in what guise the cele- bration eventually takes place. One enthusiast has come forward with the scheme that the District of Co- lumbia should strike a medal of honor for Jusserand, and present it on the occasion tn question. Plan Without Precedent. American tradition offers no prece- dent for Government leadership in bestowing extraordinary honors on a departing diplomatic representative. Probably Jusserand's countryman, the Marquis de Lafayette, was more signally distinguished fn that respect by the government of the United States than any other foreigner be- fore or since his time. Other coun- tries habitually bestow honors under such circumstances as mark Jus- serand’s forthcoming retirement. France itself keeps the higher ranks of the Leglon of Honor open for such purposes. Great Eritain has an “Or- der of Merit,"” to whom men who ren- der to Britaln such services of friend- ship as Jules Jusserand has rendered to the United States are eligible. The eulogles on Jusserand. which are finding expression all over America, in newspapers in small towns as well as in big cities, and from coast to coast, indicate that no other diplomat ever acquired such a hold on the imagination of the Ameri- can publie. Of course, there’s hardly any American citisen of distinction who has been a part of 8o many succes- sive cycles of national life at Wash- ington. Jusserand has been on duty here under five presidents—Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding and Coolidge. Intimate of Many OMcials. He has enjoyed the confidence of no fewer than eight secretarifes of State—Hay, Root, Bacon, Knox, Bryan, Lansing, Colby and Hughes. Beores' of United Btates Senators, Supreme Court justices, Represent: tives and departmental chieftains have Mheen his intimate friends. American literary, historical and sclentific associations, and colleges and universities by the dozen, have honored him. Mme. Jusserand is herself an American—formerly a Miss FElsle Richards, who happened to be born in Parls. For all of these reasons, the stage is set for a ocom- memoration of the ambassado: ‘Washington career that would be- come unique in American history. John Hays Hammond, speaking as a private citizen of Washington, sald to this writer: “Washington and the Nation will honor themselves by honoring Jules Jusserand. I am convinced that plans, suitably to mark his long service in the cause of Franco-American friendship, will evoke enthusiastic support not only in Washington, but everywhere In the United States.” (Copyright, 1924.) -— Costa Rican Leader Dies. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, November 34.—Dr. Carlos Duran, former presi- dent of Costa Rica, died yesterday. Dr. Duran was a physician and an honorary fellow of the American College of Surgeons. _ A THEATERS SHOW Thousands Have Lesson of Safety Impressed Upon Them. Thousands of Washington motor- ists and pedestrians had the menace of prevailing trafic evils brought home to them In a sensational and convincing manner yesterday, when they saw conditions as they actually are through the eyes of the motion picture camera, screened in five of the city’s leading theaters—the Pal- ace, Metropolitan, Columbia, Rialto and Tivoli. The picture, entitled “Our Traffic,” | which was photographed under the irection of The Star, by one of the hest known motion picture photog- raphers in Washington, will be shown at each of these theaters at every performance this week, to carry fite lesson to as MANY Dersons as poE- sible. Later the film may be made availablo for the use of persons speaking on the traffic problem. Narrow Escapes Shown. The verage person who “takes a chance” in trafic does not realize just how “close” that “chance” was. The | outstanding feature of The Star's film {1s that it shows persons missing death or injury by inches, motorists running across the paths of swiftly moving fire engines and ambulances and a score of other carcless acts that make traffic the problem it is tocay. Probably the pedestrian did not realize he was in danger. But when he sees himself runntng across Penn- sylvania avenue in front of street cars and automobiles, or watches himself standing out in the middle of the street with machines cutting an all too narrow oval around him, he is ltkely to change his mind. Those are the points The Star's picture brings out with a clearness that no other medium could achieve, The picture was purposely limited s0 that it could be included in the programs of the largest motion plc- ture houses in the city. It takes only a little more than five minutes for a showing, but in that time it tells a story that is pointed, unmis- takable and eloguent, without need of words. No emount of time or money was spared to make It pos- sible to bring home to Washington the pressing need for traffic improve- ments, and “Our Trafc" demon- strates that need in & manner that cannot be contradicted. §79.373.46415 CUT FROMU. S REVENUE Collections From July 1 to October 31 Show Effeot of New Law. With all phases of the tax reduction carried by the new law in full force, & decrease of $79,373,464 was shown in Internal revenue collections from July 1 to October 31, the first four months of the current fiscal year. The principal decreases include a loss as compared with the same perfod last year of $22,267,692 in Income taxes. Total internal revenue collections for the four months covered by a statement from the Internal Revenue Bureau today were $763,167,423, as compared with $815,5640,888 for the perfod from July 1 to October 31, last year. Income taxes for the last four months were $430,119,549, while for the corresponding period In 1923 the collections were $452,387,241. Miscellaneous Tax Drops. Taxes {rom miscellaneous sources in the four months beginning July 1 this year were $306,047.874, or $57,105,- 772 below the same period last year. This sharp decrease resulted largely from the repeal of some of the mis- cellaneous taxes. Tobacco taxes again showed an in- crease, collections between July 1 and October 31 belng $120,696,495, as com- pared with $114,492,080 for the same period of 1923, The repeal of the tax on admis- sions under 60 cents cut the revenue from that source sharply, collections from July 1 to October 31 being $13,022,489, against $22,633,849 for the same period last year. - STITT IS REAPPOINTED. Rear Admiral to Serve Another Term as Navy Surgeon General. Rear Admiral Edward R. Stitt of the Medical Corps of the Navy, who will complete his four-year term a surgeon general and chief of the Naval Bureau of Medicine and Sur. gery next Monday, has been reap- pointed by President Coolidge to that office for another term of four yea: The outstanding features of his past administration of that office are the establishment of an accounting sys. tem for hospitals and the profession- al advancement of the Medical Corps by special post-graduate instruction of the memhers. STAR TRAFFIC FILM ROBERT H. LOVETT QUITS COURT OF CLAIMS POST Illinois Man, Who Represented Department of Justice Before Tribunal, to Practice Law. Robert H. Lovet: of Tllinois, As- sistant Attorney General representing the Department of Justice in the Court of Claims, has resigned, effec- tive December 1. Mr. Lovett has been in his present position since the beginning of the Harding administration. turn to Peoria, his home, to re-enter private law practice. TENANTS T0 PUSH VAR ON RENT RISES Mass Meeting for Public to Be Held Saturday Night. Denounce Joseph Low. Determination to carry on their |fight against high rents was ex- pressed in a statement today by the Tenants' League, which invites the citizens of Washington to a mass meeting in Central High School Sat- urday night, and denounces Joseph, Low, manager of the Sixteenth Street Mansions, for his actions In attempt- ing to break up the meeting there Saturday night. O. A. Reed of the Clifton Terrace committee today expressed his inten- tions of appearing before the Public Utilitles Commission in opposition to the charge made in the apartment by the management for the use of tele- phones, which, he asserts, is exces-| sive. Continue to Organize. The Tenants’ League ca on its work of organiz tenants In vari apartments Mrs. Henry C. Brown today stated that she is still getting calls from va- rious apartment houses asking her to conduct meetings in them. The tement issued by the Ten- ants' League follows: “The officers and members of the Tenants' League emphatically protest against the attacks upon then ves, upon other tenants and upon the press made by such a landlord as Low Saturday evening at the Six Street Mansfons. | Demand Freedom of Doors. | “We are reputable men and wom who believe that men who have mo | respect for the rights of others, for age or for sex or for the press, must not be allowed to bar doors, to prevent free ingress and egress to bulldings, to manhandle law-abiding men and women, and, with thelr hirelings, to try to drown out orderly speakers. “We recefved a written invitation from a committee of tenants in the Sixteenth Street Mansions to meet there to discuss the rental situation in Washington and the framing of & new law which shall be just and fair to landlords and tenants alike. Free Speech Defended. “Wa are citizens who believe tenants have a right to the lobhies of the apartmente in which they live for | unmolested, orderly meetings. In this | we are supported by the chairman of | the Rent Commission and by the re- | fusal of the Commissioners of the Dis- | trict and of the police to interfere | with such meetings. i | “We are citizens who believe in the right of free speech on the part of tenants, as well as landlords. We re- sent {nterference with the representa- tives of the press, who should be free o voice affairs that are of interest to the people. MRS. HARDING IS LAID TO REST IN MARION | AFTER SIMPLE RITES| (Continued from First Page.) | taith she relied and found sure sup- port when her bsloved was taken away from her and it wae in the pos- session of this faith that she went home to God.” The Rev. Dr. Swank related a con- versation wiht Mrs. Harding, soon atter her arrival In Marion with the body of President Harding, In which she sald, “My faith in Christ is the only thing that has enabled me to bear up under this great sorrow. I feel that His grace is sufficient for me. Were It not for that I would despa “The last request Mrs. Hurding made of, me,” the Rev. Dr. Swank con- tinued. “before she and Mr. Harding left for the inauguration ceremonies in Washington was, “Oh, pray for us, for we feel that our reeponsipilities are too great to be borne without Divine help!' " Rev. Dr. Swank chose his text from the fourteenth chapter of John, second verse, “In my Father's house are many mansions; It it were not #0, 1 would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." “So much hae been sald and writ- ten about the fine, beautiful and use- ful life of Mrs. Harding that it 1s needless for me to try in this brief time to say more,” Dr. Swank con- tinued. “One thing, however, it seems to me, has been neglected in all these tributes—her deep conviction of and her profound faith in the great realities of Christianity. “The first time I visited her she related to me the story of her con- version in girlhood and how that ex- perience had only widened and deep- ened as the years had come and gone. As our friendship increased and the Tesponsibllities of life became heavier she found this trust in God essential to enable her to meet the great bur- dens that her onerous position im- posed on her. “Relating to me the story of her serfous iliness while she was mis- tress of the White House, she said as the letters and telegrams came pouring in, each bearing the message ‘We are praying for your recovery,’ the conviction came to her one day that she was not to die and from that time she fought steadlly on with a great faith in Divine Providence until her recovery became assured. “It was In this faith she lived; in this taith she did, her work; on this faith she relled and found her sure support when her beloved was taken away from her and It was In the possession of this faith that she went home to God. MEMORIAL RITES HELD. i Calvary Baptist Pays Honor to Mrs. Harding. Memorial services for Mrs. Warren G. Harding were held yesterday morning by Rev. William N. Aber- nethy, D. D. in Calvary Baptist Church. Following the services a floral offering was sent to Marion, Ohlo, by the congregation. Just three weeks after the church had decorated the late President's pew, where he had sat during most of the Sunday mornings while he was In the White House, services| were sald for his wife. The cholr ng “Lead, Kindly Light,” and ref. He will re- | {burg road. {of usefulness. |acquirement of Chopowamsic ihe recommends an approp: il ASKS U..TOBY TOWN OF QUANTICD Lejeune Report Again Advo- cates Purchase—Cites Conditions in Camp. Purchase of the town of Quantico, Va, surrounding which is the great Marine Corps base for the East Coast expeditionary force of that COTPS. agaln was recommended by Maj. Ge John A. Lejeune, commandant of this branch of the milit ry service, in his annual report made public today. “The existence of this town adjacent to the marine barracks and not under the control of the commanding gen- eral of that post creates conditions which are highly undesirable and which affect adversely the morale of the command,” sald Gen. Lejeune The town of Quantico has been one of the sore spots in the marine bas at Quantico, and the conditions pre- vailing there have been no end of trouble for those directing the corpe, according to those who know the situation. It is a rendezvous & bootleggers and others of the law- breaking element, and the marine forces have no control over it. How- ever, the marine officers have gon 50 far as to prohibit the men fro crossing the rallroad tracks into t town after dark and this is rigid enforced. The effect of this is felt on the men, because they have to be denied the 'privilege of congregating’ in the town. Would Cut Temptation. town of Quantico proper a small strip extending fro: the railroad tracks to a point near river front, lined on either side houses and stores of various kin In order to reach the town from I it is necessary to pass through Marine reservation for a distance of several miles from the Fredericks The purchase of the property would give the ma |compiete control of this section and enable the commandant to keep temp- tatfon from the men of the command Legislation was Introduced at last session of Congress to purchass the town, but falled, but Gen. Le- jeune expresses the hope that ti coming session the proposition aga may be considered and appropria actlon taken. Gen. Lejeune said there also s te |gent necessity that permanent buil ings be provided at Quantico to ho the personne! of the expedition force stationed there. He pofnted out that temporary barracks bullt during the war have been made to serve long beyound their allotted p Their condition is such that the work of repair s unkeep Is wasteful of both time money and the shelter affor@ed is nefther adequate nor suitable. Recom mendation for appropriate leg!s! tion to relieve this condition will submitted before the next Congress convenes. Gen. Lejeune further says that the Islan which s adjacent to the reservatio: Iying at the confiuence of tha Chopc wamsic Creak and the Potomac River, is also desirable as an addition to the Marine Corps reservation, tion for the purchase of the fiying field at Brown Fleld, Va., adjacent to the reservation. MAN’S NOSEVHAHDENS. Mysterious, Rare Disease Found in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, November 24.—A case of rhino schleroma, a rare disease hich hardens the nose to almost rock- e texture, is challenging specialists at the Howard Hospital. The victim & a man who has been suffering for five | vears, Many speclalists have been called i consultation, but the patient has ob- tained little relief. In the early stages of the disease the nose assumes a tough, leathery texture, and 1t gradually hardens until the nos- trils closs entirels. In the last stag partial strangulation ensues. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. FIRKT RACE. purse, $1.800 year-olds; € fur Gola Cramp Champignol {ming: *Kirkfield | *Rand Dile SNote o' Love.... tKoirula and Mrs. . Acker entry. RECOND RACE—The Evergiades Cial Handicap; $1,300; all ages; 634 furlong cLean 116 thest Beloved L 112 Leonard G. 103 *Polly Wale. . +Mungo . 1103 *Rarney Google 3. L. Burch and J. A. Buchanan entry. THIRD RACE—The Terminal Purse; $1.300 2-year-oids; Gl furlongs. 114 Bandhuret . 111 Keno: 111 Brane 50 111 Miss Grebis. 1108 Aiso elig 1108 Demurrage .. 1108 Lady Glassen. tdndge Fuller... 111 Cardift s Flagsilp .. 11 tHarry Baker 1Triple Springs Farm entry. FOURTH RACE — Bhenaudoah Handicap: sear-olds and up; 1y miles. 118 Setting Sun. 99 Opperman ... tPiough 105 Prince Hamlet. {Three pounds claimed for rider. FIFTH RACE—Claiming; purse, $1.300; 3 yeat-olds; 1 mile and 70 yards. *Quotation B m 108 Jobn F. 108 Enslaved .. Pettibocker evoke ... Kieaver.. : e *Play On SIXTH RACE—Claiming: 108 308 108 108 E—Claiming; purse, 31, 4 up; 14 mil Trappean SComms Ob. *Mystic Posdin 1john . Mayer. *Owasco *Apprentice Weather clear; track good. Christmas Is Coming Shop Early So You Can Mail Early erence was made to Mrs. Harding's life in hte pastor's prayer. The Hard- ings had been members of the church for two years. l