Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy with rising ture today and tomorrow; possibly light local rain tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 32 at 10 p.m. y; Jowest, 28 at 6 a.m. yesterday. **From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by ‘The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. Full report on page 7. No. BEATH SUBDUES . TIGER OF FRANCE 1,288— No. 31,253, AFTER LONG SEGE Clemenceau Expires in Early| Morning Hour, With Mem- bers of Family at Side. “MY WORK FINISHED” ARE HIS LAST WORDS Wanted. No Women or Tears in Closing Scene, But “Death Before Men.” By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 24 (Sunday).—The stout heart of Georges Clemenceau, Tiger of France, ceased beating at 1:45 this morning. The wartime premier was he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sunday Star. @ M s _Associated Pri Entered as second class matte: post office, Washington, D. C. 88 years old. The sharp tongue of the grand old man of France was silenced forever. His predominating quality as author, journalist. and statesman always had been the display of fighting spirit, and | he died as he had lived—Aghting until his last breath. | His grandson, Dr. Jacquemaire, who | had watched in the death chamber dur- ing the last hours with other members of the family, stepped from the little house in Rue Franklin into the court- yard and announced to the waiting re- porters, “Grandfather has just died.” Family at Bedside. Mme. Jacquemaire, daughter of Cle- menceau; his son Miche!, and his close friend, Dr. Laubry, were present when “Father Victory” met defeat at last in the struggle which he had waged for several days with indominitable cour- age despite terrific pain from uremia. The last iliness began on Thursday. It found him barely recovered from a serious heart attack last month which was followed by the strain of Armistice day. Doctors gave injections to bolster up the heart against the, terrific strain aced nn&lnd‘:‘dmlnilured morphine relieve the pain. The uremic poisoning spread grad- ually through his system and the physi- cians early abandoned all hope of sav- ing the life of their patient. He was unconscious much of the time. The last words that the Tiger pro- nounced, in the final lucid spell at 10:30 p.m. last night, was an expres- slon of satisfaction. “My work is fin- ighed, told Dr. Laubry. It was unde: which he undertook to wri death of Marshal Foch ¥ reply to one edited by Raymond Recouly, which ported to have been inspired by the late marshal. Correction of the first Qn.u'g:k the proofs was completed only Premier Visits Scene, Premier Andre Tardieu was informed 15 minutes after the death of his for- mer friend and chief by Michel Clemen- ceau. He immediately left the min- istry of the interior and proceeded to the Rue Franklin. Accompanied by his secret general he entered the death chamber. ‘The premier consulted with the fam- fly relative to the wishes of the de- regarding his funeral. The ‘Tiger was reportéd to have absolutely forbidden a national funeral, speeches or demonstrations of any sort. It was said that he had expressed s ~ish to be b%?ed l‘r‘nl his mhtlt:e ver;dr‘m an upright position, as his equally staunch father had been before him. M. Tardieu expressed his tribute in simple words: “France and the world have lost a gn citizen.” Premier rdieu on leaving the house was deeply moved. Perspiration streamed down his face despite the chill weather. “He is as calm and great in death as he was in life,” he said. He hesitated a moment and then spoke with a tinge of regret: “It is useless to tell you that there will be no official ceremony.” Relieved From Pain, TLate in the afternoon Dr. De Gennes | said M. Clemenceau was in a condition “bordering_ on coma,” & was no longer suffering the terrible pain he | erwent yesterday and last night. The Tiger was kept quiet by con- #tant injections of morphine, while his heart was being stimulated with cam- phorated ofl. The oxygen tubes sent for yesterday were being used this eve- . He dled on a big bed with a dragon carved on the headboard and | other monsters at the foot. In his| moments of lucidity he showed himself | grimly determined to have his own way to the last, and in one of these he told the doctors that he did not want any women around his bed at the time of his death. “I want no women tears,” Clemenceau said. en.” | bef:r:m\; procession of visitors, includ- | ing leaders of Prench political and cul- tural life, called at the apartment in the Rue Franklin to leave their cards. Hundreds of people stood in the streets O e Havas Agency e Havas eount of a visit by Mgr. de la Valette, president of the society of the friends of Pascal, the great French Catholic writer. Mgr. de la Vallette wrote his name in the visitors' book and said as e left the house: “the anti-clericalism and I want no “Let me die | published an ac- GEORGES WASHINGTON, CLEMENCEAU. YALE TURNED BACK BY HARVARD, 10-; BOOTH INEFFECTIVE Crimson Wall Sweeps Eli Out| of Early Advantage in Dramatic Rally. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. HARVARD STADIUM, CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,, November 23.—With one of the most dramatic gtrokes of the foot ball converted the return §ame of the celebrated Albie Booth to its own advantage today, and beat Yale, 10 to 6, for the second year in succession on a half-frosen battle- ground before a roaring crowd of 58,000 spectator: s. ‘Yale sent her little boy in blue in the game early in the second period to lead what looked like a triumphant drive, but two swift “breaks,” a blocked kick by Booth each time, enabled Har- vard to counter-attack and win the game with a brace of smashing, slash- ing_scoring drives. The Elis were hammering toward the Crimson goal early in the second quar- ter when little Albie came on to the field to shed his heavy wraps and at- tempt to drop-kick a field goal from the 25-yard line. Blocked by Surging Line. ‘The ball scarcely had left his toe before it was blocked by the surging Crimson wall, bounding off the chest of the alert Jim Douglas, Harvard end, and recovered on the 18-yard line. From there the Crimson marched 82 yards to a touchdown, scored by Full- back Wally Harper after a brilliant advance featured by a lateral pass, Devens to Mays, which the latter con- verted into a 35-yard gain. Shortly after the kick-off Booth, punting from near his own goal, again was smothered. Again Douglas, the ubiquitous Crimson end, was on top of the mighty Atom to block and recover the ball on Yale's 17-yard line. This time the Blue braced and prevented a touchdown, but Barry Wood, the sopho- more Harvard quarterback, calmly drop- kicked the pigskin between the uprights !M;'A the 15-yard line at a difficult angle. season, to the Two Minutes to Play. Fighting desperately to check the Crimson rush, with less than two min- utes to play before the end of the half, Yale's big captain, broke through to hlock Wood's punt, giving Yale the ball on Harvard's 18- yard line. Two passes thrown by Booth failed, but on the third, after a 5-yard penalty, the Eli ace tossed to “Hoot” Ellis, who took the ball on the 15-yard line and fought his way across the goal line for Yale's only score. Booth's drop-kick was not blocked, but it went wide of the uprights. SHELBY AND KELLY ARE EXPECTED T0 GET PUBLIC TRIALS District Commissioners Are | Held Likely to Grant Plea of Counsel. ‘The formal demands of Inspector Willilam 8. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly for a public trial to seek com- plete vindication of the July d jury’s charges ‘of inefficiency which grew out of the detective bureau’s in- vestigation of the mysterious death of Mrs. Virginia McPherson. probably will be granted by the District Commission~ ers, it was indicated yesterday after- noon at the District Building. ‘The demands were filed separately | of that body having included 66 indict- | D. C., SUNDAY ISTIE CLOGGED BY LTGATION AN N LOGAL COURTS Bench Unable to Keep Abreast of Cases—Con- gestion Grows Worse. ROVER'S OFFICE IS NOW 756 INDICTMENTS BEHIND | Eighty-One Prisoners Awniting | Trial; 2,500 Law Suits Pending; More Judges Needed. BY THOMAS M. HARVEY. Litigation in the District Supreme Court is almost hopelessly congested. Indictments to the number of 756, some of them 4 vears old and one, the Doheny bribery case, reported in 1924, are pending in the office of United States Attorney Leo Rover despite his action in dropping by the “nolle route” 780 cases to which he fell heir from for- mer administrations since he took of- ffice in April, 1928. Some of the nolled cases were nearly 10 years old. Weekly additions are being made to the number of indictments by the grand jury's reports, the last return | | | | ments. The Police Court is daily hold- ing large numbers for grand jury action. Persons named in 322 of these pend- ing indictments, some going back of | 1924, have never been apprehended; more than 300 others are on bond and 81 are in the District Jail awaiting action of the grand jury in their cases. No figures are available as to the num- ber of persons who had been held under bond in Police Court and were await- ing grand jury action November 1. Only 66 trials were held in the two criminal courts in October and 112 pleas of guilty taken. | Civil Cases Jammed. In the civil courts even greater con- gestion prevails, More than 1,000 cases were left unheard on the Circuit Court calendar at the completion of the court year last June and no cases, which have been ready for calendaring since July 1, were ever placed on the calendar. ‘The total number of law suits pending is about 2,500. On the calendar is one case filed in 1914 and quite a number filed in 1922 as the result of the Knick- erbocker Theater disaster. Many new suits are daily filed. Trials in the two law courts in Octo- ber totaled 35. Of a- total of 1,622 uity proceedings, including divorces, which were pending June 30, 1929, about 600 are shown ready for trial, and most of these have been on the calen- dar for more than a year and one of those on the calendar was started in c:o. Dlllybelddlflen! are being made %o the number of pending suits and to the number ready for hearing. t oases were heard during October in the two Equity Courts. What is the cause of this congestion and how can it be remedied? with the Commissioners by George E. Strong and Henry I. Quinn, attorneys for Shelby, and James A, O'Shea, coun- sel for Kelly. Shelby’s appeal was re- celved in the morning and Kelly’s came in the afternoon shortly before the close of the District Bulilding. The letter written by Shelby’'s at- torneys was devoid of all criticism, but O'Shea in his plea for a public trial for Kelly attacked the Commissioners for.removing the officer as head of the nomicide squad without giving him an opportunity to be heard in his own de- fense. O'Shea claimed such action created an impression that there might have been some justification for the grand jury’s excoriation. Demands Not Yet Studied. Although the Commissioners have not formally considered the demands of ‘the two officers and probably will not do so until the semi-weekly board meeting Tuesday, there is strong like- lthood of official approval. The Com- missioners are represented as feeling, like the accused officers—that only by a trial can justice be done and the basis of the grand jury's charges either es- tablished or proved groundless. If the Commissioners grant the re- quest, it was pointed out, an extraor- dinary trial board may have to be ap- pointed to hear the charges against Shelby, since the police manual re- quires that an officer be tried by a board of his peers. Shelby is the senior assistant superintendent is outranked only by M Pratt, superintendent. 1In: (Continued on Page 11, Column 1.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—32 PAGES. General News—Local, National Forej and Thus, all the scoring, most of the thrills and drama of this forty-eighth battle between the Crimson and the Blue, was confined to & second period, in which Yale's mightiest weapon was turned against it. Booth Sees Reversal. Booth, whose inspiration to the Eli the moment he stepped on the field, had the strange experlence of seeing his appearance signalize the victorious Crimson drive, Until Booth entered the | game, Yale held what little edge was ~{Continued on Page 2, Column 1) (Continued on Page 11, Column 4) LOST RAPHAEL IS BELIEVED FOUND IN ANCIENT FLEMISH FAMILY HOME Original Painting of the Discovered, Ar By the Associated Press. GHENT, Belgium, November 23.— “The Lost Raphael,” the original paint- ing of the “Madonna of St. Salvi,” for which art experts have been searching, has been found here, according to sev- eral art connoisseurs. The painting, Which is sald to have been one of the master's finest, has been missing for four centuries, Jilius A. Van Hee, former American | vice consul here and President Hoo- ver's right-hand man for Flanders in the Belgian Relief Commistion during , the war, affirms that he has found the painting in the home of an ancient Flemish family of Ghent. Documents to show that it has been ,in the Rossession of the old 99 *‘Madonna of St. Salvi t Experts Say. Is landowners since 1641 are available, Mr. Van Hee said. Seymour de Ricel, one of the most famous art experts in the world, has agreed to go to Ghent and make a re- rt. po?mncuco Sapori, director of the National Gallery in Rome, and Cava- liere Charles Doudelet, an art expert of Antignano, Toscana, Italy, authori- ties on the works of Raphael, have studied the picture for weeks. Both said that in their opinion it is the original. Severa] copies of “The Lost Raphael,” made by puplls of the master, o known to be in existence, one of them is in the Princeton University Museum. It is known as the “Newton Picture” and was bought at Christy’s, for £90—about $450—in 1923 attack had all year been in_evidence | gn. | Schools and Colleges—Page 22 and 23. ! PART TWO—8 PAGES. | Bditorial_Section—Editorials and Edi- ! “torial Features. | Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. | Review of New Books—Page 4. | ' PART THREE—16 PAGES. | Society. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. In the Motor World—Pages 5 and 6. Aviation Activities—Page 7. Fraternities—Page 8. Army and Navy News—Page 8. Serial Story, “Rhod: Page 9. Organized Reserves—Page 9. Veterans of the Great War—Page 9. Marine Corps Notes—Page 9. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 10. At Community Centers—Page 10, | Spanish War Veterans—Page 10. District National Guard—Page 10. W. C. T. U. Notes—Pages 10. D. A. R. Activities—Page 11 Parent-Teacher Activities- District of Columbia Na: Page 11. News of the Clubs—Page 12. Radio News—Pages 13, 14 and 15. PART FIVE—10 PAGES. Sports and Financial. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Section. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Cross-word Puzzie—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; ggrs.: Little grp n mebody's Stenog; History, 2 Screen age 11. Reserve— " |a denial of reports that she was en- ‘The lack of sufficient justices stands out as the prime cause. While the population of Washington has trebled since the number of justices was fixed at six and litigation has advanced by leaps and bounds, but one increase has been made in the number of justices, and he has been on the bench but a few months, Tiiness of Justices. | Unfortunate iliness of several of the | Justices has also played no little part | in the failure to bring cases to trial. Purely local cases are sidetracked by the demand of Federal cases involving the oil scandals, and controversies growing out of the departmental activi- tles, against which not only local peo- ple have grievances, but also are brought into the District Supreme Court from all parts of the United States because Washington is the place where cabinet officers have to be used. By congressional distate Federal con- demnation cases and appeals from the Public Utilities Commission are given preference over other duties of the court. Mandamus cases against a num- ber of independent Government ag (Conitinued on Page 11, Column 7.) STINNES TRbTH DENIED. Late Industrialist’s Daughter Says| Report Premature. BERLIN, November 23 (#).—Fraulein Claire Nore Stinnes, daughter of the | late industrial magnate, Hugo Stinnes, | today telegraphed the Associated Press gaged to the Swedish sportsman, Axel Soederstroem. The engagement was announced in the Berlin press this morning, but spokesmen for Fraulein Stinnes' family | said the announcement was premature. MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1929—-134 PAGES. FIVE IN WASHING X ¥ CENTS AND SUBURBS| | TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE CouLDN'TR GET Tris| BIRD IN T HOOVER RE ‘IVES A 35-POUND TURKEY FROM A CALIFORNIAN. | RED TROOPS SLAY CHNESE CVLIANS Soviet Forces Sack City in Manchuria, Mukden Dis- patch Says. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, November 23.—A dis-| patch tonight from Mukden, Manchuria, to the Kuomin, Natlonalist government | news agency. said: “Wireless dispatches from Hallar con- firm earlier reports that the Soviet forces occupied Manchuli and Chalainor, Western Manchuria, and are now ap- proaching Hailar. “Upward_of 1,000 miners and civil- ians of Chalainor were mercilessly slaughtered by the Reds, who reduced the eity to ruins. “Chinese_defenders of Manchull suc- ceeded in holding the city until Wed- nesdgy, when the Reds severed the Chinese soldiers’ other possible retreat, forcing the latter to evacuate and their retreat toward Hailar, Hundreds Flee fo Mines. “The Soviet troops captured Chalal nor Tuesday night. Hundreds of mli ers took refuge in a coal mine, escap ing the Soviet bombardment. “After the Red occupation, the Soviet soldiers - stopped the mine pumps, drowning the workers trapped within. Upward of 700 other civillans also were killed by Soviet bombs. “Refugees are pouring into Hailar, which Soviet planes are reported to be subjecting to bing.” Nationalist sovernm:nt troops appear to have gained the upper hand in Ho- nan Province fighting, the rebellious Kuominchun troops being in retreat westward along the Lunghai railroad toward the Province of Shensi. Developments in the civil war in the adjoining Central China province of Hupeh were uncertain, however, as the Nationalists strove to prevent the rebels reaching the Yangtse River at Hankow. Rebels Abandon Loyang. Loyang, scene of hard fighting in Honan Province, said dispatches, had been abandoned by the Kuominchun forces to the attacking Nationalists, the rebels continuing their retreat. The Kuominchun troops, it is believed, plan to withdraw into Shensi Province be- yond the Tungkwan rail head, where the Nationalists are not expected to pursue. The rebels were reported to have cut the Lunghai Railroad west of Loyang, seeking to retard the Nationalist pur- suit. In Hupeh Province the situation is less clearly deflned. Hankow dis- tches stated that Nationalist forces ad begun to move westward from Tsaoyang, secking to sweep the Kuo- minchun troops into Shensi Province, thus ending the latter’s threat against Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang, tri- cities on the Yangtse River. However, it was stated that “the Nationalists have not yet encountered the enemy, al- though Nationalist airplanes inflicted (Col ued on Page 2, Column 4) Selection in his museum. Selection chosen will be shipped to Dearborn after packed. Mr. Ford was in Alexandria last Wed- nesday morfiing for a short time and returned there later in the afternoon after a visit to the old Vauclause gold | mine near Wilderness in Orange County, Va., where he purchased the 100-year- old machinery for his museum. Antiques Are Bought. On the way back to Washington he stopped in Predericksburg and pur- chased $2,000 worth of antiques. Later, passing through Alexandria, he ordered Mr. English to purchase one of the old Colonial homes there and ship it to Dearborn. Mr. English declared last night that he had several places in view and would probably make the purchase within a few days. One of the places under consideration is said to be the second oldest in Alexandria. Some of the homes in Alexandria are promi- nently identified with early American history. The Masonic lodge there was attended by George Washington, who was once its master. Many of the old landmarks of the town were pointed out to Mr. Ford last Wedneeday betore Mr returned Bere to the erences FORD TO BUY OLD MANSION IN ALEXANDRIA FOR MUSEUM Building Will Be Razed ‘and Shipped to Dearborn for Re-Erection After Is Made. Henry Ford, the Detroit auto magnate, has decided to buy one of Alex- andria’s oldest Colonial homes and ship it to Dearborn, Mich., for re-erection f the house has been left to Richard B. English, Washington division manager for the Ford plant, who announced yesterday that the house it is razed plece by piece and carefully of industrial leaders called by Presi- dent Hoover, Finest of Architecture. Some of the finest examples of early Colonial architecture in America are to | be found in Alexandria, which was an | important city long before the Revoiu- | tionary War. Early in the eighteenth century Alexandria became the mctrop- | olis of the northern end of Tidewater | virginia, Its first name was Belle | Haven. It was the nearest town to Mount | Vernon. rge Washington often went there and became identified with | many of its activities. He joined the | volunteer fire company and Masonic | Lodge, and his pew in old Christ Church is visited by persons from all over the world. ‘The historic meeting of five Colonial governors to plan co-operative meas- ures for the conduct of the .French and Indian War took place in Alexan- | dria. is was the first instance of | joint_action by the American Colonies (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) C. O. D. Firefighters Set $25 Price for Answering Alarms Special Dispatch to The Star. SUFFERN, N. Y., November 23. —Hereafter when out-of-town residents appeal to the Suffern Fire Department for help to com- bat fires, they will have to guar- itee payment of $25 before the apparatus will leave the station, it was disclosed here today when Mayor Charles E. Hooper in- structed Fire Chief Edwin Thompson that the fire depart- ment must adopt & “pay-as-yous g0” policy. ‘The Suffern department is fre- quently called to homes of private residents living in Alrmont, Viola, Sterling and other places in New York and Mapwah and Warwick, N. J., but these communities con- tribute nothing toward the sup- port of Suffern’s two fire com- panies, the mayor lamented. Now when the firemen leave the town it will be $25 per fire. 5 SKATERS DROWN INMINE RESERVOIR [Boys Plunge Through Thin Ice When Only 15 Feet From Rim. By the Associated Press. JEANETTE, Pa., November 23.—FPive boys, ranging in age from 8 to 12 years, drowned near here today when they fell through thin ice on a reservoir while skating. The bodies were recover- ed several hours later. ‘The ice on the reservoir was said to have been about an inch in thickness and the lads had skated only 15 feet from the rim when the ice gave way and plunged them into the cold water. ‘The boys, sons of miners, were: John Chlaria, 12; Walter Lotisky, 10; Chester Lancuski, 10; John Gress, 8, and ‘Willlam Goblesky, 11. The accident occurred at Edna No. 2 mine of the Hillman Coal & Coke Co. Hundreds Watch Rescue Work. ‘Three hours’ labor by the parents, brothers, sisters and friends of the boys were required before all the bodies had been recovered. Hundreds of per- sons from the Edna No. 2 settlement and nearby villages gathered about the reservoir as the rescue efforts proceeded. ‘Workmen engaged near the reservoir heard the water splash as the boys went through the ice, but when they reached the scene only ripples and broken ice indicated where the five had gone down. These men spread an alarm. Went Without Parents’ Consent. ‘The youthful skaters, anxious to test Lhe ice after two days of slightly below , freezing weather, were said to have | visited the reservoir without the consent of their parents. The water in the reservoir, which is bullt in a valley, is between 8 and 10 feet deep. TORCH MURISERESS GETS CAPPER URGES CITY TOFIGHT FORVOTE Greatest Enemy of Crusade Is Indifference, Kansan Tells Women. Zealous and aggressive action by the people of Washington in-their fight for national representation was urged by Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Senate District com- mittee, in a stirring speech at a meet- ing of the District League of Women Voters in the board room of the District Building last night. “In my State,” said Senator Capper, “if its two million inhabitants were told that they cculd have no voice in the government which they are taxed to support, I know what would quickly hap An army would be organized ::d mu m;‘xal m‘nfil‘l‘ across the plains e ca) of country and en- force its rights. | | { | | | | HOOVER APPEALS TOALL GOVERNORS FOR CO-OPERATION | Julius Barnes Simultaneously Reassures Nation by Radio of Soundness of Business. PRESIDENT’S WIRES ASK FOR CONCERTED BUILDING Federal Government Is Pledged to Do Utmost—Trend of Confer- ences Is Revealed to Country. Promising that the Federal Govern- ment will exert itself to the utmost within its own province of public works, President Hoover yesterday asked the governors of the 48 States for their co-operation and that of municipal and county officials to the same end. A few hours later, Julius Barnes, the President’s chief aide in the move to maintain business momentum, re- assured the Nation in a radio address that American industry and standards of living were in no danger of serious impairment from the effect of the stock market collapse, if the people stood together in the team-play urged by the President. Mr. Barnes, chairman of the board of the United States Chamber of Com- merce, spoke at the suggestion of Presi- dent Hoover and virtually as his rep- resentative, Situation Ts Diagnosed. He based his diagnosis of “the Busi- ness Situation,” his topic on the de- velopments of the President’s five con- ferences of the last week to mobilize the country’s resources for continued business development, and reported that: “The basic element needed to main- tain our high level of business activity, to preserve employment, to continue wages and earnings, is the element of collective common sense, orderly con- duct of everyday living, guided by both prudence and cours President Hoover sald one of the largest factors that could ke brought energetic yet prudent of public works by the Federal ernment and State, municipal county authorities.” Asks for Canvass. ‘He asked for a canvass of the Stal ite, for “Of course, I do not recommend for | the next six you an appeal to arms. But you must all be aggressive to secure for your- selves that which is rightfully yours,” Recalls Early Career. Senator Capper, who was introduced by Mrs. Edna Johnston, vice president of the organization, started in a hu- morous and reminiscent vein by recall- ing that his first political activity as a young man was drawing up a platform for a Kansas political club. The first plank called for abolition of the United States Senate, and it was adopted by acclaim. “That's one of the few things I've changed my mind about,” he re- marked. He then recalled that he was the first Governor to be elected in Kan- sas by its “discriminating women after they had been given the right to vote.” He gave a resume of the histor] background of Washington's voteless condition, tracing it to the days in Philadelphia in 1783, when the Con- tinental Congress was forced to remove from the City of Brotherly Love to Princeton, N. J., to escape the soldiers of the Continental Army, who turned upon them in anger because the Con- gress was not able to repay them for the sufferings they had undergone in the battle for America’s independence. “Surprising as it seem,” he sald, “there are a great many persons in this city who think that the District had the right of national representation until 1878, when the present form of gov- ernment by s Board of Commissioners was introduced. “Mistake” Is 129 Years Old. “I wonder how many know that, ex- cept for a brief period of four years from 1871 to 1875, the District has never had an elective representative in Con- gress. With the exception of that little time the Nation's Capital has been the victim of a mistake 129 years old. “Paradexical though it be, the present plight of the citizens of the District is due, in great part, to & meeting held by a grumbling band of starving, penniless men in the city of Philadelphia on a day in June of 1783. “These ragged grumblers were heroes, and none shall take their glory from them. They were soldiers of the Con- tinental Army, and had undergone the most gruelling hardships in the face of almost certain defeat. Lacking sufficient food and clothing, and remembering the torture of the Winter marches, when their shoeless feet stained the {snow with scarlet, they now were beset with piteous pleas for assistan their families. P syiiin “Congress had no money with which 25-YEAR PRISON TERM Illinois Girl Regrets Only Sorrow | Brought to Father in Slay- ing of Man. | By the Associated Bress | KEWANEE, 1lI | Laura Weaver, 21-year-old canfesse torch murderess, pleaded guilty to a | first degree murder charge today and | | was sentenced to serve 25 years in the | | State penitentiary at Joliet, Miss Weaver, who is 6 feet tall, weighing 230 pounds and possessed of Herculean strength, had confessed that she strangled her common law hus- d, Wilmer T. Kitselman, last June ! 30, with his own belt at Wyoming, Ili., and then carried the body to a lonely road where she burned it beyond recog- nition. Kitselman was 52 years oid. She declared the man had been i humanly cruel to her, and her only | | regret in the slaying was the sorrow | i she brought to her father, a wealthy | retired Fox River Valley farmer. The girl sobbed today as Judge Joseph E. Dailey of the Stark County Circilt Court passed sentence. She | will be.taken to prison Monday and | will be eligible for parole in 15 years. | f Fire Threatens Ranch Families. GRANTS PASS, Oreg., November 23 () —Fear was felt here today for the safety of ranch families along the e River between Tindale Hill and Gold Beach, where a forest fire with a 10-mile front was reported sweep- ing down the narrow valley toward Gold Beach to pay them for their services, and the men, growing impatient, turned their anger upon those whom they deemed responsible for their straitened circumstances. “The Continental Congress, a fugi- governors asid: “With a view to giving strength to the r-mnt economic situation and providing for the absorption of any unemployment A muicipal and county authorities. Promises to Do Utmost. “The Federal Government will exert itself to the utmost within its .own vince and I should like to feel that have the co-operation of yourself and the municipal, county and other local officials in the same direction. It would be helpful if road, street, public building and other construction of this type could be speeded up and adjusted in such fashion as to further employment. “I would also appreciate it if your officials would canvass the State, mu- nicipal and county programs and give me such information as you can as to the volume of expenditure that can be prudently arranged for the next 12 months and for the next 6 months, and inform me thereof. “I am asking Secretary Lamont of the Departmen of Commerce to take in hand the detailed measures of co-opera- tlol;;‘lth you which may arise in this matter.” Appeal to the People. Mr. Barnes' address, was in effect, an appeal to the American people to do their part by taking the word of the governmental and business leaders that business conditions are healthy, and refrain from any severe tight- ening up of purchases, which in itself would be enough to upset all that Amer- 1can industrial leadership was doing to pass a delicate situation, ‘The day of a two-car and two- telephone American family, toward which automobile manufacturers and telephone companies were looking when the fall in security values brought widespread concern about continued prosperity, was still a good probability, Mr. Barnes counseled, “if American business is kept alive and virile.” ‘The Chamber of Commerce leader, designated by the President to take over the business leadership which has al- ready assured construction and expan- sion projects reqm’l‘l;!nfi expenditure of nearly $7.000,000.000, gave to the coun- (Continued on Page 11, Column 5.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) WOMAN RIDES QUARTER OF MILE, UNAIDED, WITH FRACTURED SPINE Miss Katherine Garrard Thrown From Horse Onto Pile of Stones After Taking Jump. Her frail body racked by the pain of A fractured spine, Miss Katherine Gt rard, 33-! ld member of the Wom- an’s Bureau, rode unaided a quarter of a mile after her horse had thrown her onto a pile of stones as it went over a jump In Rock Creek Park yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred in a secluded portion of the park and it WAS necessary to go to the nearest au- tomobile driveway for aid. Miss Garrard, weighing scarcely a hundred pounds, is an expert horse- woman and was unseated by her horse slipping d almost striking a tree as the animal came to earth after clearing the hurdle. At Emergency Hospital the injured woman’s condition was pronounced grave. An X-ray photograph disclosed a bad fracture near the middle of the sploe, Physicians last necessary to administer opiates to alle- viate the pain. Smiling, despite the tears she could ;lol keep l’lgnm her eyes, Miss Garrard ay on an ergency Hospital cot last night and told of the lcc!gent. “The gentleman who was with me and I had been riding through the park for about an hour,” she rerlted. “We went over a series of jumps. On the l::: hxl'me‘ mty horse eulnredm the burdle, s foot apparently hit someth that caused hg:.m swerve ludden‘?,". He almost struck a tree, and then 1 fell. Just what caused me to lose my seat in the saddle, I don't know. ‘The horse trottec. off, unhurt, and my companion rusied to my side. I had fallen flat on my back in a little gulley where the rain had uncovered 4! (Continued on Page 4, Caluma 12 [