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ton has been taken up with charges
of debauchery and corruption and
testimony relating to the domestic
difficulties of former Director Charles
X: Forbes. and his principal accuser,
Elias H. Mortimer, members of the
committee say a vast volume of con-
structive work has been done at their
business sessions, which have extend
ed over many weeks.
AS result of the inquiry which
began last March, they declare that
much red tape" in the bureau has
been cut: injustices to both the vet
Grams and the government have been
removed in many instances, and a
general speeding up of the machinery
both in the central office and in the
field has been brought about
Reforms Up to Congress.
Additional corrective measures re-
main to be put into force, but the
committeeman say some of these must
await action by Congress on recon-
mendations for legislation which will
accompany the committees report.
Chairman Reed and his colleagues de-
sire to get these recommendations be-
fore the Senate at the earliest time
possible, and this has been a con-
trolling factor in cutting short the
public inquiry.
The task undertaken by the COM
mittee and its investigators has in
volved an inquiry into thousands Of
cases OF claims of veterans: the work.
ings Of the various sections of the bu-
reau. both in the central office and in
the field, and the running down Of
many charges Of irregularity waste
and graft" In this work John F.
ORyan, general counsel. and his per-
sonal stan from New York city have
had the assistance of hundreds of
lawyers and doctors In communities q
throughout the country, as well as
OF committees of the American Le-
gion.
Aside from those already accom-
plished. results of the investigation
Will include changes in a number Of
processes with a view to more equal
Justice and CELEBRITY in the disposition
OF claims and appeals. There also
is to be a fairly general reorganiza-
tion OF the higher personnel of the
bureau, but this will come gradually.
Seeks to Do Justice.
Evidence adduced tending to show
corruption in the handling of the af-
fairs of the bureau will be turned
over to the Department of Justice for
further investigation and such action
as the facts obtained may warrant.
The committee was charged by the
Senate with fnquiring into this phase
Of the situation. but it's function nee
essarily is limited to the gathering Of
evidence.
The thought uppermost in the
minds of the committeeman, as they
explain it, is to see that full Justice
is done to both the disabled veterans
of the world war and to the govern
ment, and that there is a business
like administration of this. the most
costly and one of the largest of all
of the government departments.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
COLLADAY ELECTED
BY BOARD OF TRADE
Officers All Renamed at Meet
ing of Directors This
Afternoon.

Organization of the Washington
Board of Trade for the ensuing year
was effected late yesterday afternoon
with the election of the officers who
served during the past year at meet
Ing in the assembly room of the board
in The Star building.
The officers Reelected were: E. F.
Colladay, president; Samuel J. Pres
cott. first vice president; ]. Harry
Cunningham. second vice president;
Arthur Carr, secretary; Richard L.
Conner. assistant secretary; Walter
III. klopfer. treasurer: Fred ]. White.
burg, counsel.
Previous to the election President
Colladay had read the list of ten new
directors elected at the meeting of
the full board last Friday night and
welcomed them in their new positions.
Mr.. Prescott occupied the chair
during the election of the president
Mr.. Colladay, following his election,
thanked the directors and said that
he took it that it was an approval
OF the work done by the board dur
ing the past year. and said that the
good work would be continued.
He said that he would devote all
the time necessary to carry on the
work of the board for the ensuing
year. pointing out that he believed
that there were many things to be
done: aftirmatively and progressively.
However, he warned that there were
great many things to prevent being
done.
The board gave to the president
authority to appoint standing and
special committees for the ensuing
year and also authority to arrange
for the annual midWinter dinner.
Secretary Carr proposed the estab-
lishment in the board of a conven-
tions bureau to foster the bringing of
conventions to the Capital city. He
believed that the board should start
the movement by attempting to sell
the idea to the merchants. expressing
the belief that 1T was a good business
proposition. He said that Washing
ton had no big Industries. and he
thought that the board should start
this as the big industry of Washing
ton. He did not believe it would be
expensive. he said.
However, Odell Smith said that the
board should face the matter square
ly, pointing out that it would be nee
essary to provide funds for many of
these conventions, and that a great
many come here for conventions alb
solutely without funds.
After further discussion the entire
matter was referred to the executive
committee for study and report.
President Colladay was given au-
thority to name delegates to repre-
sent the board at the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
THREE SUITS WON
BY KN|CKERBOCKER
Jury Quickly Reaches Verdict
in Claims for Collapse of
Theater Roof.

The Knickerbocker Theater Com
pany was exonerated by a jury In
Circuit Division last night OF civil
liability for the death of two patrons
and the injury received by third by
the collapse of the roof of the build
ing January %. 1922.
The Jurors reached verdict about
& o'clock. but 1t was two hours later
before Justice Siddons and the coun-
sell in the case had assembled to hear
the foreman of the jury announce
that In all three cases the verdict was
in favor of the defendant company.
Attorneys Archer, Chamberlin q
Smith, representing the plaintiffs, VIII
ask for a new trial, and should TINS
he refused, will take the cases to the
Court of Appeals. Attorneys wilton
7 Lambert, r. II. Yeatman and T.. J.
Pell for the company Will oppose the
motion for q new trial.
The suits, which were for $lo,ooo
damages each, were brought by Mrs
Josephine Il. Lyman. administratrix
Of her son, David H. Lyman, jr.; Will
liam J. Forsyth, administrator OF his
sister. Mary A. Forsyth. and Mary
Young for personal injuries. More
than fifty similar cases are penang
on the dockets of the court as the re-
suit Of the disaster.
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of fair play would demand that she
be heard"
"a woman's character is a delicate
thing" said Mr.. Wright. 1T is as
fragile as frost on wlndow-a breath
of air expelled and 1t is gone forever.
session"
Appearing at his own request. former
Representative Coughlin of Philadel-
phia took issue with Representative
Johnson, republican, Washington. that
Charles kasavage, world war vet
eran, who has been declared insane,
was kidnapped from the state Of WASH
ington and taken to Pennsylvania,
where he is now undergoing treatment
in a Veterans Bureau hospital.
Mr.. Coughlin said kasavage first
had been removed from Pennsylvania
to Washington; that later it had been
determined that this was an illegal
removal" and the soldier then was
returned to his own state.
Letters written by kasavage to his
relatives Mr.. Coughlin said. SHOW
that he believed that his wife, who
had been appointed his guardian. was
responsible for his retention in a
hospital"
Married ON Sailing Eve.
The former representative said Ka-
savage was married only five days
before he went overseas. and added
that he believed 1t would be for the
best interest of the veteran to have
appointed "a guardian who would
look after him."
"My own experience has shown" he
added, that the affection OF a wife
Of five days cannot offset the love of
a mother of a lifetime"
Forbes testimony that Mathew
O'Brien of San Francisco had the in
dorsement of the entire California
delegation as architect for the Liver
more, Calf hospital was denied by
Representative Lineberger, repub-
Hcan, California, in a telegram to
Chairman Reed, which was read into
the record at today's session of the
committee.
this respect as "unqualif1edly false, y
Representative Lineberger demanded
that he be made to produce the proof
of his assertion. He added he knew
nothing of the matter until O'Brien
had been employed and that he be-
lieved this was true as to a majority
of the California delegation.
Accepts Morse Proposal.
Chairman Reed announced that the
Veterans Bureau has accepted the
proposal of E. L. Morse that the Ex-
celsior Springs, Mo-, hospital property
sold to the government by Morse, who
is a prominent Missouri republican
politician, be reappraised with a view
to an adjustment of the price. A board
of appraisers has been appointed and
Morse has agreed to refund any diff
ferences between the amount Of the
value they fix and the sum he re-
ceived from the Veterans Bureau.
The Senate committee is determined
to wind up it's public hearings today.
so as to be able to submit its report
to Congress next month.
While much of the public investiga-
Evening star., 1923-11-20
RED CROSS WORK
FACES CURTA|L|NC
Tagging of Drive for Mem
berS Threatens Activities.
Only $8,444 Given.

only enough funds are in the pos
session OF the District Chapter of the
Red Cross to run the local organiza-
t'on to January. it became known to-
day, as the enrolment Of new mem
bers continues to lag.
A total of sS,444OS has been re-
c"ived to date, a big jump having
taken place in the last three days,
hut sun the returns are far below
the expectation of the officials Of the
District Chapter.
Half the proceeds GO to the ma
tlonal organization. it was pointed
out; SO that the returns that actually
VIII go to the local chapter are still
very small. Unless the enrolment
picks up materially, it was said. Sc
rIous curtailment of activities will
result.
Less Than 1000 Give.
Officials contrastcd the present en-
rollment of less than 1000 mem
bers, with contributions Of $4,000
WIN the enrolment of 100000 to
10000 in the District during the
war, with contributions of $4,000. 600.
The war no longer exists, of course,
Dut the Red Cross is very much in ex-
lstence Only recently the national or
tanlzatlon demonstrated to the world
what 1t can do by handling the great
fund given almost overnight by the
American people for japanese relief.
Inat subscription somewhat mill
tated against the present appeal it is
pelleEed, as many persons do not dis
criminate between those funds mere y
handled by the Red Cross and the
FUNDS used by the Red Cross to carry
on It's manifold activities
one may have contributed to the
Japanese relief and still have fallen
snort OF his highest social instincts if
ne tails to send his dollar enrolment
as a member of the District ChaDter
OF the Red Cross it was declared
Even the dogs are coming across
Ior the Red Cross. Yesterday after
neon Jock Warren" wire haired fox
terrier, the property of Mr.. and Mrs,
y. IL warren, entered the District
chapter headquarters bearing a crisp
dollar bill in his mouth
He laid the bill at the feet of one
OF the workers and wagged his tail
vigorously. as if very well pleased
with himself and the world in gem
eral. especially the Red Cross
JOCK was a faithful Red Cross
worker himself during the war, hav-
ing been familiar sight, in his uni
form, with a little box around his
neck, into which many a dollar was
dropped.
Enrollments may be sent to the Dis
trict chapter, 16 Jackson place. Ac-
acknowledgements will be made promptly
and button sent to each new mem
Der.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
MRS. |. B. HAGNER DIES.
Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Will
Take Place Tomorrow.

Robert Dodge Hagner of the income
tax division of the United States in
ternal revenue service, died yester-
day at the family home in Bethesda,
Md. aged twenty-five years. The flu
neral will be held from the Blessed
Sacrament Church, Chevy Chase, to-
morrow morning at 8 o'clock. The
burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery
in this city.
Mrs. Hagner before her marriage
was Miss Irene Brown, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. p. H. Brown of Frost
burg Md. She was married to Mr..
Hagner six years ago, since which
time she has resided in this section.
She is survived by her husband,
mother and father and a young
daughter.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
unforeseen obstacle interposed at the

unforeseen obstacle interposed at the
last moment.
1t was pointed out that the ques-
tion was now largely one of appro-
pirate phraseology in which to strike
mean between the two divergent
viewpoints. The forecast here was
along these lines:
The proposed joint note to Ger
many will not be in the form of an
ultimatum, nor will 1t give the Ger
mans q time limit within which they
must comply with the allied condi-
tions. Neither will 1t demand a
formal reply. It will be mainly in
the character of a firm. peremptory
notice to Berlin that the allies in
tend to inaugurate allied inspection
of German armaments In certain
chosen areas still under the author
ity of the central government.
On the question of the kaisers
heir the note will hold the German
cabinet responsible for any overt or
subversive acts looking to the resto-
ration OF the Hohenzollern dynasty.
British officials consider that their
diplomatists have won a partial vio-
tory over the French. but they show
no disposition to exult over It
Evening star., 1923-11-20
RUHR PEOPLE HOPELESS.
Listless Air Hangs Over Entire
District, Once Quite Busy.

By radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1928.
BERLIN, November 20.-The threat
Of a general famine overhangs that
inferno which is called the Ruhr dis
trict, for employers. reich and French
alike having repudiated responsible
ity either for feeding or employing
its four million inhabitants after No
vember 80.
The writer has just returned from
the Ruhr, which he entered with a
German friend through "smugglers
der which the French sentries have
neglected. Our guide was a straight
forward youngster. formerly mine
clerk, but now unemployed, who is
smuggling cigarettes for living.
The Ruhr landscape Is strikingly
changed. Where formerly the Ruhr
had no canopy of sky but only black
smoke for a roof. now the hundreds
of smokestacks which encircle one
at any point are smokeless. Huge
peared vaguely gray through the
smoke. now loom UP black.
Feeble Business I'm Shops.
The Ruhr, despite the partial ac-
tivity Of certain works like the Krupp
plants, unproductive repair works and
the feeble business done In the shops.
Is virtually dead. Telephones and
In Dortmund the streets are lined
with iron shutters, protecting the
shops against plundering. Enormous
crowds wander aimlessly about. The
vast space before the railway station
Is black with humanity crawling
They are the BLACK stock exchange"
which is a feature Of every city In
the Ruhr since the occupation. Here
the Germans must buy francs for rail-
way fares, since the Franco-Belgian
administration accepts only francs.
but sells them only at the rate of 80
to 100 per cent over normal.
Here also is the thieves market. 1t
is the shadiest looking crowd of
humanity ever assembled in any
thing stealable - shoes. watches,
beads, cigarettes, horsewhips.
From the street above come several
thousand unemployed. marching in
folk songs with admirable harmony.
They join the miscellaneous masses
below.
For a moment, silence. Then-panic.
The police have attacked.
Door Is Barricnded.
A woman with baby carriage
dashes past the writer Into the sta
ton, but French troops bar the doors,
cutting off this means of escape,
while platoons of troops take up the
guard outside.
Two French armored cars with
faded camoufiage rumble through the
streets.
The "black exchange" resume es
business. A policeman says to the
writer:
"Yes, it happens every day. 1 don't
blame them, they are hungry. Their
dole buys an average of two loaves
of bread a week. No, there has not
been much trouble here"
He forgets to mention that there
has been a skirmish that very morn
ing in which one was killed and sew
eral were wounded.
When the writer arrived at Essen
two hours later the city showed the
usual hopeless Indifference, although
there had been barricade fighting in
which a dozen had been killed and
many wounded that afternoon. The
unemployed had resisted the police
with rocks. while the few that had
firearms had seized a part of the
Krupp works.
OuTRBIE OVER WORDING.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

preme court who presided, at the
trial. announced the verdict
Guilty as charged in article 49,"
the chief Justice said. More applause
greeted his words and brought a
hasty reprimand from the marshal
OF the senate.
Then followed in rapid succession
verdicts on each of the remaining
charges.
Charges Found True.
Those on which the governor was
were:
That he exceeded his pardon and
parole powers. Vote Al to O.
That he placed his personal chauf-
feur on the state health departmen mt
pay roll. 35 to 6.
That he padded the state pay roll,
38 to g.
That he prevented the assembling
of a grand jury, 30 to l.
That he suspended the right to the
writ OF habeas corpus, 40 to l.
That he issued a $4,000 deficiency
certificate for the state health de-
partment when no deficiency existed
81 to 4.
cate for $4,000 for a state negro
orphans home in order TO provide
salaries for two negro BARRIERS whom
he ordered placed on the pay roll OF
the institution, 40 to j.
That he attempted to prevent a
special state election to be held
That he exceeded the legal limit OF
election expenses. 28 to 13.
That he solicited gifts and contribu-
he was elected. Vote, unanimous.
That he is generally incompetent
Vote, SO to A.
Charges Found Untrue.
The charges on which he was ac-
quilted were:
That he used his official position tc
obtain personal property and credit
30 to Is Qacking the necessary two
thirds majority to conv1cO.
That he received $4,000 bribe tc
approve an application for a state
business academy, 26 to IA.
That he refused to permit the execu-
tion of the law providing capital pun
ishment, IL to 80.
That he illegally named large num-
bers Of known criminals and ire
sponsible persons as state police, "a
TO II.
That he Illegally named Charles H
lature, as a district judge, IL to 29.
The trial ended with no evidence
having been presented for the defense
the court previously having voted &c
proceed with the hearing when Gov
Walton unexpectedly withdrew with
his counsel Saturday after announcing
that he no longer could stand the
humiliation of an unfair trial"
The board of prosecution completed
presentation of its testimony today,
with the defense, as a unit, absent.
New Trial Denied.
a member Of the governors legal
staff was in the gallery, however, and
when the roll call on the charges was
started, he took his place at the de-
fense table, he entering exceptions
to each vote of guilty as it was an
nounced.
After the formal verdict ordering
the governors removal had been rem
dered, F. L. Riddle, chief of the de-
fense counsel, entered the chamber
and presented the motion for a new
trial.
Throwing great sheIf Of papers
on the clerks desk, Pii,,le said:
81 hereby petition tf.s court for
permission to present application for
new trial"
AS he made the statement, he
laughed aloud.
Immediately after denying the pc
tition, the court adjourned.
Lieutenant Governor Trapp, who
became Governor through the action
of the court, himself had gone through
an impeachment fight Articles seek
ing his removal in 1921, on charges
Of corruption in office, were stricken
by senate Impeachment court which
voted 27 to 16 to quash the charges.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
From Yesterdays $3.50 Edition Of The Star.
G. 0. P. OFFICIALS HIT
MCADOO BONUS PLAN
Bond Issue Proposal Impractical
Would Eat Up Surplus,
Is Said.

The proposal by former Secretary
Of the Treasury McAdoo that the
government could both reduce taxes
and pay a soldiers bonus was de-
clared yesterday In administration cir
cles to be impractical.
To pay the interest on suoh a bend
issue as Mr.. McAdoo would float for
the bonus would practically absorh
the surplus revenues now aoefuihs q
under the present program OF
economy, Il was explained. and make
impossible any reduction OF taxes
Secretary Mellon was said at the
Treasury this afternoon to have re.
ceived an enormous number OF letters
and kilograms approving tho Sccre-
tary's plan for tax re60ction.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
WOULD HAVE AUTOS STOP.
Representative Brownies Plan for
Cars on Side Streets.

An ordinance requiring motorists
driving along side streets to stop be-
fore crossing a main highway was
advocated by Representative Edward
E. Browne Of Wisconsin in a letter
to the District Commissioners today.
"In practically all cities, with the
exception of Washington. they have
what is known as a boulevard stop"
said the representatives. letter "In
other words, all Of the side roads
that come into any main boulevard
or arterial highway have the word
Stop painted across the center of
the highway the ordinance requiring
every motorist or the driver of every
the boulevard or arteriaI highway.
"Pennsylvania, Connecticut and
Massachusetts avenues and 10th
street would be considered arterial
highways. No one should be allowed
to cross these highways without COM
ing to a complete stop"
Evening star., 1923-11-20
HITLER REPORTED ILL.

MUNICH, November 20.-Adolph
Hitler, leader Of the Bavarian fascist,
is reported to be critically i'll in the
fortress at Landsberg. He is suffer-
ing from brain fever.
Recent Munich dispatches reported
that Hitler, who was one Of the lead
ers of the separatist revolt, had been
interned in the Landsberg fortress.
Hitler was placed under special
guards--veteran sergeants selecked
for their powers of resistance to Hit
Ier's magnetic personality.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
QU1BBLE OVER WORDING.
Allies Agreed on Note, But Not
on Its Phraseology.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 20.-British
government officials considered this
morning that all danger of disagree
ment with France on the question of
the ex-crown prince and the resump-
tion Of interallied military control in
Germany had passed. They expected
that the council of ambassadors
would reach a compromise unless an
Evening star., 1923-11-20

conceal the essential contradiction
between the British and French
views" The newspaper asserts that
Germany is breaking up and that the
Ruhr and Rhineland are on the point
of being separated from her because
of Frances aggressive action, and it
insists upon the necessity of giving
effect to the British view in that
area the chief center of which is
Cologne. If this cannot be done
through Paris. says the Times. it
should be done through Cologne, and
adds: THE French policy is con-
juring up the very dangers France
herself most feared"
The Daily Mail, the most conspicu-
GUS champion of France in London.
makes a violent attack upon Prime
Minister Baldwin and Foreign Min
lister CurZon for attempting to de-
stroy the entente" and tells the Brit
ish electors that every vote given
the Baldwin government in the COM
ing election means vote for quar-
reling with France.
RUHR PEOPLE HOPELESS.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

Balm of Gilead is a yellowish, aro-
matte gum collected from certain Ara
bian and Abyssinian trees. 1t has al
ways been valued In the east for its
exceptional fragrance and supposed
medicinal qualities.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
LA TOILETTE I'LL.

Senator La Toilette Of Wisconsin
Is i'll here with a slight touch Of
grip. Physicians said he probably
would be in bed for two or three
days.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
ONE-WAY STREETS
ESSENTIAL IN D. c.,
EXPERT TESTIFIES

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BOWIE ENTRIES
FOR WEDNESDAY.

SECOND RACE-Claiming; purse. 81 1,3oo
for three-year-olds and upi SIX and one-half
furlongs,
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7SaAsaA
BRITISH DELAY VIEW
ON NOTE TO BERLIN,
HOLDING UP COUNCIL

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THIRD RACE-The Terminal purse; purse,
81. 800; fer two-year.olds; FIVE and one-haf
formerly ran as Squires.

FIFTH RACE-Claiming: purse, 81, 800; for
three-year- -olds and up; one mile and seventy
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oklahoma Senate Removes
Walton as Governor, II to O

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MRS. MORTIMER DENIED
HEARING AT INQUIRY

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