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WEATHER (U. §. Weather Bureau Forecy and tomorrow; probably light Highest, 70, at 38, at 6:30 a.m. Fair tonight what cooler tonight, frost. Temperature noon today; lowest, today. Full report on page ) some- | A i Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 No. 29,562. post_office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington;, . C * AGRICULTURE WORK UNIFIED BY JARDINE + INECONOMY MOVE New Grouping of Offices De- signed to Promote Effi- ciency in Department. PERSONNEL-BUSINESS DIVISION IS ORGANIZED N. A. Crawford Heads Information Service—Russell Named As- Tmportant reorganization and con- solidation in the administration of the Department of Agriculture, in the interest of economy and effclency, were announced today by Secretary WM, A division of personnel mess administration with Dr. W. W. Stockberger as dl-| and busi- Jardine. i has been formed | AcceptsWith Protest on Plea That He Is Too Old to Run. Party Foes Aghast. Stresemann Drops Fight on Marshal. By the Associated Press, BERLIN, April §.—Field Marshal von Hindenburg was nominated to- [day as a candidate for President of the German Republfc by the National- Conservative Bourgeois bloc. It was announced that the field jmarshal had agreed to stand for the sistant to Secretary. | office. Von Hindenburg's nomination was forecast several hours before he ac- tually accepted, as it was known this° morning that he had agreed to run against former Chancellor Wil- helm Marx in the elections of April 26 If assured of the united support of all the parties comprising the National Bourgeois bloc. Despite the opposition of Foreign Minister Strese- rector, and particularly In charge of|M&NN. it was stated beforehand that the cies W. A. Jump, the budget officer of the department, has been named as- Eistant director of ‘the new division and is to have charge of business operation. He will continue to act as budget officer. ¢mployment and personnel poli- Heads Information Service. | the, | war hero {the verge of 80 who had made good German People's party not oppose the field marshal event he was nominated. Von Hindenburg's protests against entering the grueling race on ac- count of his age were met by sup- porters, who adduced to the aged the examples of men or would in the as statesmen. They pointed out that Bismarck when he was retired was A further important change at the| department 1s the appointment of | Nelson A. Crawford of the Kansas State Agricultural College as direc- | tor of the office information. In th office will be consolidated all the in- formational work of the department under one head, including the work | of the present office of publications and the press service. F. M. Russell, formerly in charge | of the department’s press service, has | been appointed tant to the Secre- tary. The changes announced are in line | with the desire of Secretary Jardine to | bring about more effective adminis- tration with greater economy. When he assumed office he .found a dozen or more separate offices engaged in personnel and business operation af- fecting the department as a whole, with the head of each office report- ing directly to the Secretary. Hundreds Are Affected. By the order issued today Secre- tary Jardine brings together under a single directing head the following offices: Personnel office, salary clas- sification office, office of Inspection, chief clerk and superintendent of | Luildings, mechanical ahops, sectio of accounts, serving the Sectst office; office of budget and finance, office of purchase and sales, ofiice of the traffic manager and the division of accounts and disbursements. Sev- eral hundred employes of the depart- ment are affected by the order. The consolidated office of personnel and | business administration will oceupy quarters on the second floor of the Administration Building. The pack- ers and stockyards administration will be located at B street and Lin- wood place, in the building formerly occupied by the office of the solicitor, and the solicitor's office will be lo- cated in the Administration Building. These changes will be made as speedily as possible. Co-ordination of the business ad- ministration of the department and | the consolidation of Its offices of In-; formation bring each of the main divisions of its work under a single directing head, responsible to the Secretary of Agriculture, it was ex- plained at the department today. The three other main divisions are those | considerably older than the field marshaly The cases of Clemenceau and Bafour were also cited. There were plenty of objections to the field marshal's nomination volced fn the nationalistic ranks, however, numerous members of the old regime literally “standing aghast” at the suggestion that “the one remalning figure of the glorious past” be drag- ged into the quagmire of German party politics. “He has been a soldier all his life PARIS LEVY CRISIS WILL COME FRIDAY Chamber Delays Debate on Herriot’s Policy Pending ~_‘Cummittee Report. By the Ausociated Press. PARIS, April 8.—The Chamber af Deputies this afternoon fixed Friday evening for discussion of the gov- ernment’s bill for relief of the fiscal difficulties of France. The finance committee promised to have its re- port on the measure ready at that time, The Herrlot government, raising the question of confidence on a minor detail of the education budget in the Senate this evening, obtained a major- ity of only 2, the vote being 142 to 140. The finance committee is consider- ing alternative plans that have been submitted to it. Among these is a drastic out-and-out capital levy, pre- sented by the Socialists, and a scheme from the radical Left group, hitherto supporters of the government, but who now appear to be wavering. M. Klotz, former minister of finance, it is understood, also intends to propose a tax on unearned increment. Hindenburg Named Candidate Of Nationalists for President e Fhoend WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ! - WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1925—FORTY-TWO PAGES. IELD MARSHAL VON HINDEN- BURG. and wholly typifying the rigid mo- narchical era which has gone,” “ob- served a well known former naval offi- cer, “and any attempt to make him fit | into the post of President of the Ger- | man Republic—a new world to him— | must be designated as a piece of frivolity and political fnsanity.” Stresemann Yiel The nomination of Von Hindenburg | and his acceptance were formally an- nounced at 2 p.m., at the conclusion of a four-hour session of the National Bourgeois bloc, in the course of which the terms laid down by the field marshal were carefully discussed, The opposition of Foreign Minister Stresemann’s German People’s party yielded to the pressure of other fac- | tors, comprising the united Right and the Bavarian People's party. There- after Von Hindenburg issued an off- cial indorsement of the following parties: . The German National People's party, the German People's party, the Bavarian People's party, the Ba- | varian Peasants' League and the! Economic League. PATRIARCH TIKHON STRICKEN BY DEATH Central Figure in Russian Religious War Succumbs Suddenly in Moscow. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, April 8.—The Most Rev. Dr. Tikhon, former patriarch of all Russia, died of angina pectoris in| a private hospital here early today after an illness of three days. Archbishop Tikhon, who once as| archbishop of New York, was in| effect the head of the Russian Church | in America, where he spent nearly 10 | years, was chosen metropolitan of | Moscow, July, 1917, and became patris arch of all Russia and was formally enthroned ‘in the Kremlin Cathedral in November of that year. IHe was considered a progressive in the Rus- sian Church of that period, but shortly began a campaign of opposi- tion to the Bolsheviki because of their attitude toward the church and had | the “anathema” pronounced upon them in the Russian churches. This course resulted in the an- ! white | white light on the | sengers for hire it must display two AUTOLAWTOCALL FOR BRIGHT LIGHTS OPERLY FOGUSED Dimming to Be Banned Ex- cept on Few Streets Un- der New Ruling. POLICE TO TAKE COURSE AT STANDARDS BUREAU| Will Be Trained to Make Tests of | Is Outlined. Bright lights, properly focused so as not to be blinding. will be required on all automoblles when new head-| light regulations now being dra"’d: by Traffic Director Eldridge ar!! adopted. { Dimming of lights will not be per-| mitted excepl on streets where lhorh: is sufficient illumination to 'nnlvlb} the driver to distinguish an object 200 feet away These and other proposed headlight gone over by Mr. engineering asajtant, Col. I C. Moller. preparatory to submitting recom mendations to the Commissioners. New Rules Outlined. | Col. Moller said today the new| headlight regulations will be based | on findings of the Bureau of Stand- ards after careful investigation and | will be in general harmony with the requirements in nearby Eastern States. The new rules for lights, as tentatively outlined teday, are: i features of the! law are being Eldridge and his| All automobiles will be required to! have lights that will show up an object 200 feet {n advance. i Machines muet have two such| lamps not exceeding 21 candlepower In strength, and must be so arranged | that no part of the beam will be | above a horizontal plane passed! through the center of the light. Green or red lights will not be per mitted on the front of an automobile. Rear lights must be ample to per- mit reading of the number plate 50 [feet away. Dimming Is Barred. i Dimming of headlights will not be ! permitted. except where a street is| 3 F ga RYIN’PAN HE FIRE @ U. . GOMMISSION 10 FACE INQUIRY Usefulness of Employes’| Compensation Body Is Questioned by Coolidge. . In line with his economy and retrenchment program President | Coolidge has ordered a surley of the | functions and the administration of the United States Employes' Comi- pensation Commission. It has been represented to the Pre bright enough to enable the driver to|dent that the work being done by this see an object 200 feet away. Officlal in the traffic office say there are few | streets where dimming would be pos- | sible under this requirement. A motor cycle must have one head- | light complying with the same ri quirements fixed for the automobils | headlights, and one rear light. If 2 mOtgE opsle has u side-car, that car must C4Ffy = white light visible 500 feet away. ! Bicyeles wifl be required to have a light visible 200 feet awa Horse-drawn vehicles must carry one | left side, visible for 200 feet to the front or rear. If| a horse-drawn vehicle carries pas front lamps. ! Parking Lights Unchanged. | No change will be made the | parking light regulation. i Col. Moller said today it probably | will be necessary for a considerable number of motorists to change or readfust their present lights to com- ply with the new code, and for that reason it Is planned to recommend to the Commissioners that two or| three months of grace be allowed be- | fore the new headlight requirements are strictly enforced. As in the case of brake testing, it is planned to have several policemen trained at the Bureau of Standards in headlight testing to take the lead in | enforcing the new rules. in ommission is not commensurate with | the annual appropriations it receives | from the Treasury and that its serv- ices could readily be performed. satis- factorlly by any of several Govern- ment departments. Before arriving |at any conelusion the Executive wants a sweeping inquiry made, and when this- has been completed and the President has made up his mind an- ouncement will be made whether or not the commission is to continue as at present, whether or not it will be consolidated in one of the depart- ments or be abolished entirely. In the latter evenf, it was pointed out | by one In authority today, the service being performed by the commission would then be turned over to probably the Department of Labor or the Pension Bureau. Inquiry Under Way. The survey is to be made unde the direction of Frederick J. Bailey chairman of the Personnel Classifica- tion Board. Under his supervision experts from the United States Bu- reau of Efficiency have been called in to organize the investigation ordered by the President. It is understood that representatives of the Budget Bureau and the Civil Service Com- mission will assist in making the survey. The preliminary organiza- ion already has entered upon the AUl Kurds Unite | To Battle Turks } In Religious War| By the Associated Press | LONDON, April 8.—A corre- | spondent of the Daily Express has penetrated into the heart of Kurdistan, whence he sent a dis- patch by courler representing the whole population as in arms. pre- pared to wage a bitter religious war against the Turks to bring about restoration of the caliphate, the abolition of which is regarded as an insulting blow at the Mos- lem faith. The correspondent con- firms the report that Sheik Said, who is leading the Kurdish in- surrection, desires to install a son of the late Abdul Hamid as caliph. An agency dispatch from Con- stantinople reports fierce fighting in progress in the neighborhood of Gzendj between Kurdish insurrec- tionists and Turkish troops. PAINTERS JIN OVER ONE BOSS 10 RAISE Thomas H. Reid Signs Agree- | ment With Strikers—No Other Breaks Reported. The first victory in the wage contro- versy between the union painters and the Master Painters’ Association went to the union men today, when Thomas H. Reid, former president of the association, signed a contract with the local union granting an increase from $9 to $10 per day. The contract had the signature of Mr. Reid, Ar- thur Chamberlain, president of the ar. The Star’ every city bl tion is delive as fast as th Yesterday’s “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- red to Washington homes e papers are printed. Circulation, 102,049 * TWO CENTS. | EMPLOYMENT CASE DECISION DEFERRED Test of Legality of Agency Charge for Finding Jobs Is Taken Under Advisement. The case of John D. Kendall, ac cused with two alleged violations of the law regulating the fees employ ment agencies may charge, was heard in Police Court today, and, after lis- tening to arguments occupying more than an hour, Gus A. Schuldt an- nounced that he regarded its outcome as too important for quick action, and would take it under consideration “This is a matter of deep concern not only to the working people of Washington, but also to those who are engaged in the operation of cm- ployment agencies,” Judge Schuldt said. “It has been very interesting, and the court will give it due consid- eration.” The verdict probably will reached for more than a week. not be Two Violations Charge. Hearing of the case was begun in Police Court today, when John D. Ken- dall, president of the Washington Busi- ness Bureau, was brought to trial on two counts, alleging infraction of the statute. Mr. Kendall was charged with vio- lating section § of the law, by charg- ing a voung woman, who applied to him for assistance in obtaining a position, a fee greater than $2 after he had found work for her. The sec ond count accused him of failing t print on the back of his receipt that | section of the statute regulating the fees employment agencies charge. Taking Testimony A aived. Sam Syme, Kendall, waived representing Mr. the right of taking may FIRST TEST FAILS 10 SHOW THOMAN KILLED BY POISON New Analysis to Be Made on Basis of Charges by Man’s Daughter. ;‘CERTAIN PERSON’ NAMED ! IN LETTER FACES ARREST Will Be Taken if Autopsy Reveals Prominent Mason Was Drugged. While chemists at George Washing- | ton University Medical examining today vital hody the samu man to assist the police ing the accuracy of reports prominent Mason Doison, several were given the made by Mrs. Fleta pretty 25-year-old daugh deceased, who instigated the gation Dr. Oscar B. Hunter | pathology and bacteriology, and as- sistant dean of the medical school, who s personally supervising the chemical analysls and spectroscopic xamination of the vital internal or- gans, announced today that liminary analysis has failed so fa show any traces of one poison explained that search for anothe | now under wa School organs of the C. Tho determin- that the by of late was startling case in killed new Motherwel of the nvesti- professor o | ora- | to 1s Police Awalt Autopsy. meanwhile i await the outcome of the autopsy now under way. If definite jevidence of polson is found they are | prepared to make an arrest. for the | pofson will be corroborative of incrim- inating statements made in a letter |now in the hands of the police. This letter names a certain person as hav- [ing given “a white powder” to Mr Thoman in a drink while the de- ceased was {1l last May Mrs. Motherwell, in what was her first authentic | circumstances leading up to the | present investigation, made the fol- lowing statement to a Star reporter today | “After my mother took poison the | second time, Jast November , T learned {from a friend that a letter had been fouffd at the Tlhoman home, at 1372 | South Carolina avenue southeast. T obtained possession of it through this friend. The letter was signed and named a certain person as having ®iven white powder to Daddy while ! ick. I have turned it over | to the police { Describes Attack. | “T didn’t have the was attacked two weeks ago, but somebody evidently thought I had | Here's just how the attack happened |1 had returned from the corner | Erocery store and was walking through the dark corridor toward the kitchen when, without a word of | warning, two hands were clapped over my mouth and eyes. They were | strong, large hands. At the same time some one else grabbed my hand nd tied them behind me with a piece of clothesline. “The two persons next stuck a sock in my mouth and tied another one over it, as a gag, and they blind- folded my eyes with another piece of cloth. Then I was carried down the cellar steps, my knees being skinned as they bumped along the stairs, and my feet were then doubled up back of me and tied hands. i Police, are time marking in she said story of the letter when 1 © my Then of scientific work, headed by Dr. E. D. Ball; regulatory work, headed by W. G Campbell, and extension work, headed by C. W. Warburton. These| testimony and with Assistant submitted, together I Was put behind a four-foot Corporation Counsel | ;hf»‘“ Thomas, a bill of facts in which the | faint % | though. premises upon which the | task. It is understood that the represen- hope By this time 1 was ready 1 kept by wits all the t local union, and William J. Galligher, représentative of the International Painters’ Union. Col. Moller said that under the new regulation it will be simple for a mo- | torist to determine whether his lights | tations made to the President regard- are focused properly by measuring |in& this commission and which re- nouncement in May, 1922, of his ab- | dication as patrioarch. This Soviet an- | nouncement, however. was contra- | Would Appease Supporters. The radical supporters of the gov- Ko charges | offices act in the capacity of clearing | houses for departmental activities, assuming much of the detall work formerly carried by the Secretary. In this way the Secretary gets an op- portunity to glve his attention to general principles under which the department is conducted. He is given opportunity to devote much more time to the consideration of agricul- tural policies. Some Reductions in Sight. In bringing about the consolida- tion, Secretary Jardine let It be known that he expects that not only increased efficlency, but also consid- erable economy will be brought movut. in line vith the general pol- fcy of President Coolidge. Eventu- ally, the consolldations are expected to result in some reductions in per- =onnel, but it was sald at the depart- ment today that no wholesale redu tions are contemplated. The appointment of Dr. Stockber- ger as director of personnel and busi- ness administration is a_recognition of the excellent service he has ren- dered the department over a period of 20 years. He has had many years of experience in scientific work in the Bureau of Plant Industry, and of late has been associated with personnel activities of the department, or the first time, the department will have in effect a personnel mana- ger in the new director. This is in line with the wishes expressed by many of the Government workers In Wash- ington. He will be in contact with the Civil Service Commission, the Bu- reau of Efciency and the Classifica- tion Board. He will deal with mat- ters relating to employment, promo- tion, classification, civil service re- tirement and compensation under the Federal compénsation act. Under his direction it will be possible to build up a permanent personnel policy on a sound basis. Ald for Employes. With Dr. Stockberger as director of personnel, the many sclentific em- ployes of the department may be as- sured of a sympathetic and under- standing administration of the clas- sification act. = The department has ahout 20,000, a very large number of whom are engaged in scientific work. About 5,000 of the employes are lo- cated in Washington and 15,000 in the field. W. A. Jump, who has been selected as assistant director of the new office of personnel and business administra- tion, has been in the department 18 years and has a thorough grasp of the business side of the administra- tion. It is expected that material economies will be effected through his management. For example, the centralization of purchases for the department. He represents particu- Jarly, in_the new office, the adminis- ~ WContfuucd on Page b, Corimn 13 ernment, represented by Louis Malvy, are making efforts to induce the So- {calists to withdraw their proposal, but the Socialists are expected to go ahead—not that they belleve there | is any chance of the plan's adoption, | but to satisfy their constituents that they remained true to the Soclalist doctrines. It is believed that the party later will rally to the govern- ment's plan. This plan provides for authoriza- tion to raise the limit of the bank bill issue by the Bank of France by four billion francs, bringing it to a | total of forty-five billion francs, and !for a “forced loan,” embracing a 10 per cent contribution by capital. | Members of the finance committee | declare that their midnight discus- | sion established clearly that the gov- ernment bills call for considerable modification at the hands of the com- mittee. Chamber Victory Seen. How the debate will end continues to be a subject for speculation in { political circles. It is pointed out that a part of the government's radi- cal supporters are almost certain to vots against the cabinet, as will the {radicals representing the rural con- stituencies. But as the Communists | are likely to support the administras | tion, a capital levy being in line with their views, experienced political ob- | servers expect that the government will be sustained by a small major- ity in the Chamber. In the Senate, however, there are no signs of hos- tility to the measure decreasing. M. Millies-La Croix, president of the Senate finance committee, declared fatly in the course of yesterday's dicted by church authorities, who | declared his resignation was impos- sible under church laws and that he was forced out. His arrest was re- ported shortly afterward and it was| several times announced that he would be placed on trial for his oppo- sition to the Soviet action In confis- | cating church treasures and other measures against the former rights of the church. The successive post- ponements of the trial wers followed by an announcement late in 1923 that the patriarch had been released from prison amd proceedings against him abandoned on his giving out a letter expressing regret for past hostility to the Soviet government. Later he moved toward reconciliation of the| faithful of the Orthodox Church with | the new “Living Church” organized | by the Formists. Meanwhile the patriarch had been unfrocked by an Orthodox Church conclave, but declined to recognize the unfrocking, declaring the assem- blage was an illegal one. Archbishop Tikhon was born in Pakoff in 1864 He became Bishop | of Lubin in 1897, went to America shortly thereafter and after his re- turn from the United States became Bishop of Yaroslav in 1907. He was created Archbishop of Lithuania and Vilna in 1913. Fought for Orthedox Church. Dr. Tikhon's death occurred at his residence in the Donskoy Monastery, in the outskirts of Moscow. Until a nervous breakdown, with which he was afflicted eight months ago and which confined him to his bed, he had shown the greatest activity in fight- ing for the old Orthodox Church prin- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ‘Bedrock was struck this morning shortly after 11 o'clock by the darill which 1s boring to determine the kind of foundation on Which the Arlington Memorial Bridge will rest. The rock was encount- ered at a depth of 48 feet. The drill now is pushing its way through the rock, and will go ap- proximately 10 feet further to de- termine the kind of rock there. It was necessary to shift the drill yesterday from the original hole that was sunk, because the boring machine hit the riprap work placed to retain the land on the water. edge on Potomac Park, and the drill pipe was broken. As soon as a sample of, the tock is }Bedroc_k Encountered at 48 Feet | In Borings for Memorial Bridge " (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) - obtained, the drill will be shifted to a point 36 feet above the center line of the bridge end another boring made to determine the slope of the rock. Then a barge will be brought up the river and drilling done in the river bottom. A number of holes will be sunk all the Way across the river and on the Virginia shore at such points as the piers are to be placed. It Is estimated that it will take about four months to complete this work. When this work is completed, the data ob- tained will be used as a basis for asking bids for the work Incident to the construction of the pler which will suppert the proper. {sent by President Calles to his private with a vardstick the distance from | the ground to the center of the light | and then placing a mark at the same height on a wall or garage door. The light, he sald, should not strike above the mark on the wall SMALLPOX CLAIMS TWO IN CAPITAL IN 24 HOURS Death Toll for Year Raised to Nine. Baby.of One Victim in Hos- | pital With Disease. ! The ninth death from smallpox this year occured today when Mrs: Louise Graham, colored, of 308 Ninth street southeast, succumbed to the disease at the District Smallpox Hospital. This made two deaths within 24 hours, Mrs. Catherine Higdon of 1630 G street | southeast having died at the hospital yesterday afternoon. Among the patlents still suffering with the disease at the.hospital is Francis Graham, the 1-year-old baby of the colored woman who died this morning. No additional cases of the disease have been reported at the Health Department since yesterday. EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO ABATING AFTER MONTH Residents Returning to Chalchi- huites, Calles Reports—Almost Every House Damaged. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, April 8.—Deflnite re- ports of the extent of the damage suf. fered by the town of Chalchihuites on the Zacatecas-Durango frontier through a series of earthquakes since March 15, are contained in a message secretary: here. President Calles, who visited the earthquake zone, says that almost every house in Chalchihuites was damaged. The jority of the in- habitants who abandoned the town are returning, as the earthquakes ap- pear to have ceased. President Callas has appointed a committee to aid the sufferers. m Yachts Burned. COPENHAGEN, April 8.—Twenty boats, including several fine Swedish' racing yachts, were destroyed yes- terday- by fire ‘at the wharves of ddevalla, Sweéden, a seaport 45 miles arth of Gottenburg. ' sulted in this survey, followed the President general request of de- partmental heads and others familiar with the functions of the various agencies of the Government. Inquiry showed that for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next the com- | mission has received an appropriation of $151,500 for its work, of which $138,000 is for salaries. The princi- pal salaries are paid the three com- missioners — Mrs. Bessie Parker Brueggeman, chairman; John J. Kee- gan and Charles H. Verrill, who re- ceive $5,200 annually. Previous to the reclassification act, they received only $4,000 a year by statute. Others Total $32,350. Other officers of e commission re- ceive annual salaries ranging from $32,350 to $2,236. These are: S. R. Golibart,, jr., sccretary of the com- mission; E. C. Ernst, medical direc- tor; R. J. Hoage, statisticlan; John' W. Edwards, chief claims examiner; S. D. Sientz, attorney, and A. H. Gardes, chiet of accounts. The President has not yet been ad- vised as to his authority to arbi- trarily eliminate the commission or to curtail Its functions. This will be determined later. The commission was created by act of Congress and there are some who contdnd that it will require an act of Congress to completely abolish it. Othcrs are of the opinion that the President may act under the same law which gave him authority to transfer the Patent Office from the Interior Department to the Department of Commerce. CARNARVON’S WIDOW COMING TO CALIFORNIA Sails From London to Forget Or- deal Connected With Dennis- toun Divorce Suit. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, April 8.—Almina, Coun- tess of Carnarvon, will sail for New York next week, en route for Cali- fornia, to rest and forget her recent ordeal connected with Dorothy Den- nistoun’s suit against her husband, according to a report here today. Col. Dennistoun, it'is declared, in- tends to remain in the seclusion of his country cottage, and will not ac- company the countess to America. Mrs. Dennistoun already has depart- ed for a secluded village in Austria, ‘where she intends to remain until th furore surrounding her suit has died t. {Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Radio Progeame- - The other master painters, ever, are standing firm, and as the re- sult of a meeting last night declared for an open shop. and are advertising for painters at $9 per day. They state that it is their intention to continue to refuse the increase. According to Mr. Galligher of the painters’ union, 23 independent employers have sign- ed up to pay the increase. The demand for higher wages does not ef. fect those men working for the Gov ernment, because of the limited ap- propriations allowed for Government work, he said. Get Replies From Banks. The Central Labor Union has re- ceived about 20 letters in reply to its communications to local banks de- manding their position in the contro- versy. Fifty of these letters were sent by registered mail with return receipts requested so that the union can check up who received them, it was stated today. One official of the Central Labor Union said that it was the duty of the labor to find out where banks stand because they did not intend “to give their money to banks and then have those institu- tions strangle them with their own money."” = At the same time it was apparent that District banking institutions are were brought against the defendant were admitted. It was agreed that the case should stand or fall on the question of whether the statute applies to per- sons seeking employment other than common laborers. “The facts in this case are ad mitted,” Mr. Syme said, in opening his argument. “The only question I may wish to raise by placing Mr. Kendall on the stand later is that of the reasonableness of this act in the event that this court should find that it does apply to other than those lines of endeavor enumerated.” Traces History ot Law. Mr. Syme argued that the act was passed in 1306 simply to protect girls from being sent to houses of ill fame by employment agencies. He sald that orevious to the passage of the law some unscrupulous agents would get girls to their offices, take away all of their money and send them out into the street penniless. Mr. Syme told the court that he was prepared to go into the consti- tutionality of the act if the court was not yet satisfied that the staute of- (Continued on page 4, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 2 Count Michael Karolyi, political subject. The State Department Tomorrow, exclusively will give out a signed have said in the United stricted. Watch for this Karolyi statement tomorrow in The Evening Star. Mg Karolyi Story That Was Barred By the U. S. State Department was barred from all “political activities” during his three months visit in the United States. He was not allowed to write or speak on any Senate foreign relations committee, the count’s friends and several newspapers that the restrictions be lifted. Today Count Karolyi is on Canadian soil. pledge to silence is no longer binding. Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance, he statement telling what he would Stateshad he not been re- first Prasideni of Hungary, was deaf to pleas by the The through The Washington Assailants Flee. “This was about 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. About half an hour later Policeman Lewark, who rooms here. came home, saw how the place had been ransacked and began to look for me. One of my assallants remained beside me until Mr. Lewark's foot- steps were heard upstairs. Then the nerson ran out the back door of the cellar. | “Mr. Lewark finally found me and {notified the ninth precinct. He knew {what it was all about, as well as I |did. The Detective Bureau then be- |san its investigation. | "I have always been convinced that |my father was poisonea. Every (imw he would start to get weft ne was |taken deathly sick again. He kept saying ‘Why? That is all he would say. He was unable to say anything more | Daughter Denies Animus. “If they don't find poison in |daddy's body I will be the first to admit I have made a great and ter- rible mistake. I don't want to hurt anybody, but I won't rest until I find out for sure that he died from |natural causes. Daddy was too good {a man to be murdered, and if he was I want to have the privilege of hang- ing the -person who did it.” | Policeman Lewark corroborated |Mrs. Motherwell's story of the at- |tack. He said he was a close friend of Mr. Thoman and as a friend had felt it only just that the “grave sus- picions” thrown on the tanner of Mr. Thoman's death should be in- vestigated once and for all Mrs. Motherwell is well known throughout the northeast section. She was adjudged the third most popu- lar young woman during the 1922 Shrine popularity contest. The body of Mr. Thoman was re- {interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery to- |day in the same spot where it had 1ain since his funeral, in May, 1924. MELLON BACK AT DESK. Treasury Head Bronzed by Vacae tion in Bermuda. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon returned to his desk today, following a short vacation in Bermuda. The Secretary had a conference in New York yesterday with Undersecretary of the Treasury Winston, who is en route for a month’s vacation in Europe. Mr. Mellon seemed to have bene- fited by his brief tMfp to the Ber- mudas, his cheeks were browned, and he plunged into the pile of business awaiting him at the department with vigor unusual for one of his 70 Fears s