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Evening star., 1924-10-08
GEORGE R. TAGGART, 80,
is CLAIMED BY DEATH
Former Assistant Corporation
Counsel Succumbs at Hospital,
Following Illness Of Two Months.

George r Taggart, S8 yaars old.
former assistant corporation counsel
of the District Of Columbia, died at the
Georgetown University Hospital yes
terday, after an illness OF about two
months.
Mr.. TaEgart was the son Of the late
Hugh r. Taggart and Mrs. Anna NJ.
TagEart His father was at one time
special assistant to the United States
Attorney General. and was for long
time prominent attorney of this city.
Likewise. two brothers, Richard J..
Taggart and William L. Taggart, are
Paul D. Taggart, Is a student at the
Georgetown University Law School.
George r. Taggart, 3S years Old
early education at Emerson Institute
and later was graduated in law from
Georgetown University. Soon after
graduation he took up his profession
and later was appointed an assistant
corporation counsel Following his
resignation, he returned to private
practice in this city and Maryland.
He gained considerable fame while
handling a case which came to be
known as the FLETCHER drug case"
He was a member of the District
of Columbia Bar Association and
other organizations here. Besides his
three brothers he is survived by four
sisters, Miss Isabel G. Taggart Miss
Eta L. Taggart and Mrs. Raymond
Hardy, all of this city. and Mrs. Ralph
Daughton of Norfolk. Va. Miss Eta
l.. Taggart is practicing attorney.
Funeral services will be conducted
at st. Patrick's Church tomorrow
morning at o'clock. Interment will
be private, in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
GEORGE G. WARREN, So,
EX-FIREMAN, EXPIRES
Native of Pennsylvania Was in
District Department 80 Years.
Funeral Tomorrow.

George G. Warren. So years old.
formerly for 38 years a member of
the District of Columbia Fire Depart
ment, died at his residence, 1912
Grant road, yesterday.
Born in Shamokin, Pa. August %,
1855, Mr.. Warren had been a resid lent
OF the District for the last so years.
He retired from the fire department
three years ago. He was a member
of Reno Council, No. 46, Jr. o. U. A NJ. ::
the Firmen's Relief Association. Com
rades' Association and the Eldbrooke
n. E. Church.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence tomorrow afternoon
at 2 O'Clock. Rev. John E. Fort, pastor
Of the EldProoke NJ. E. Church, will
officiate.
Mr.. Warren is survived by his
widow, three sons, George, Eugene
and Howard Warren, all Of this city,
and two half sisters
Evening star., 1924-10-08
DIVORCE
kfAV0R TO Wife
University Man Enables Hef
to We'd One She Really
Loves.
BY the Associated Press.

oy tnt hkBOClApku freSS.
CHICAGO. October $50 enable
his wife to marry another man. for
whom she confessed a perfect pas
sionate love" and with whom she
was said In evidence to have been
living in Evanston for more than a
year, DR.. Alfred Lawrence Hall-Quest,
director of the University of Pitts
burgh extension work and noted lee
turer. has obtained q divorce.
Every precaution was taken to
guard the name Of the man, the cul-
tured love letters telling OF her in
fatuation for him having been copied
into the record with his name deleted.
In her letters the wife pleaded for
her freedom, SO that social laws
might sanction" her life with the
other man, for whom she said she
was ready ito give up everything
else"
After the signing Of the decree by
Judge III. A. Lewis every effort was
made to shield DR.. Hali-Ouest from
publicity.
Educated ut Princeton.
DR.. Hall-Quest, aged ~. was edu-
Gated at Princeton. and recently,
q Pfoi ~ SOAutupbd Cht-
versity, took the degree Of doctor of
philosophy. He taught at the Uni
versity of Illinois and University of
Cincinnati, and wrote q number of
scientific works.
He married Shirley Ivy Knox in
Minnesota, in 1908. In 1928, he said In
evidence while he was at Columbia.
she left his home in Cincinnati and
came to Chicago with the other man.
A few days after the elopment she
wrote her husband a letter. which was
introduced as evidence. In which she
said:
that my going away with was
necessary. not because it meant a con-
summation of the love that is between
us, but because II offered, as we saw
it. the only way for an upbuilding
made necessary by years of tearing
down process.
That public scandal should be avoid
ed for your sake can quite realize,
but -- and I can and must take all
of the blame that attaches to our de-
cision to live together. and. therefore.
no secrecy was ever contempla ed
when we left"
Hopes Freedom viii Ease Mind.
Other letters portrayed her hope that
freedom would bring ease of mind and
reasserted her love for the other man.
The last of the letters told how hope
less would be the husbands plea for
an interview in the hope Of ending the
situation.
Attorneys for DR.. HaIl-Quest, who
left last night for Pittsburgh. ex-
pressed chagrin that the case had be-
come public. and declared the husband
had done "a noble thing in giving up
his wife-who. after all, cannot be
blamed fer following the dictates Of
her heart"
Evening star., 1924-10-08
RIDING AND HUNT CLUB
HOLDING MEET TODAY
First of OcI.1er Series Takes
Place on Norton Farm, Start
ing at Arlington.

Members of the Riding and Hunt
Club Will stage the first of a series
of October meets on Norton's farm
today, the hunt starting from Arling-
ton Park. Va.
The schedule of other meets for the
month was announced today by Mel
vim c. Hazen as follows: Saturday,
october II. meet at Rudolph kauff :
mann's; Wednesday, October Is, Grant
Circle, Fifth and Varnum streets;
Saturday, October 1s. point to point,
and Wednesday, October 30, at the
Kaufman place.
Officers of the club for the current
year have been elected as follows:
Samuel J. Henry. PRESIDENT; Thomas
Bones. vice PRESIDENT: Rodney Lynn,
treasurer, and Mrs. Dora Flax, Sec
retary; Roland H. Dawson, huntsman: ::
George b. Mullen, jr., whip; Earl
Graves, whip. and Melvin G. Hazen
and Gen. William Mitchell, joint
masters.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
GERMANS SEE Loan
NOW AS CERTAINTY.
Berlin Optimistic Over Prog
ress Made to Date in Dawes
Plan Application.
By the Assoc la ted Press.

/
BERLIN. October s.-American,
English. and continental participation
in the &20o.000.0o0 Dawes plan loan to
| Germany to an extent which win den-
nitely insure its successful fiotation
| now is viewed as certainty in Ger
man official circles where the prog
ress of the London negotiations has
stimulated a pronounced feeling OF
optimism.
| pondent of the Associated Press the
Importance of the loan as an integral
part OF the Dawes plan, Chancellor
Marx said:
Keen Interest shown.
Both the German people and the
| German government are keenly in
| terested in a successful conclusion of
the negotiations now under way in
| London. The German people sincere
| ~ desires and is prepared to do
everything in it's power to accom-
plish enforcement of the Dawes plan
particularly as the results of the
London conference have yielded a
sounder and more healthy basis for
| resumption of normal relations be-
! tween Germany and her former enc
mics than has any previously sug-
| sested solution Of the reparation
problem.
The German people see in the loan
a means of stabilizing Germany's
finances, while its failure, on the
other hand, would be bound to have
a far-reaching detrimental effect on
the entire situation, and might even
| mean the collapse of the Dawes
| plan"
Sees Liberal q. s. Partieipa ton.
Chancellor Marx anticipates liberal
American participation in the loan,
inasmuch as American bankers, in his
| opinion, view the securities and
guarantees offered as sufficient
| Our negotiations with representa-
| tives of the various international
| money markets" the German states
| man continued, "have been marked
| from the beginning by spirit of
! loyalty on all sides, and we view IL as
| an ausplcious omen for their happy
/ conclusion that not only the United
States and England, but also France,
| Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Holland
and Sweden are prepared TO partici-
pate in the loan"
Evening star., 1924-10-08
STOLEN CARS RECOVERED

Two automobiles stolen here and
driven to Baltimore were recovered
yesterday by Detectives Jett and
Davis. They drove home in the car
of Thomas Duvall. Croome. Nd, and
later will return the car Of Felix Dem
mis-, 1908 Alton place, stolen some
time ago.
John Brite, 22, Riverdale, Md, is
one of three persons under arrest in
Baltimore for the alleged theft of the
cars, two others being Ralph Ed
wards, 30, and Horace Edwards. his
16-year-old brother, former residents
of Norfolk, Va
The three prisoners are also alleged
to have stolen machine in Balti-
more. The car belonging to Mr.. Dem
mis- had been titled by the Maryland
officials and sold, its numbers hav-
ing been changed after it was stolen.
Evening star., 1924-10-08

ICOntlnued from First Page.)
the opportunity for the use of radio
communication can be kept open t
the highest possible degree Tn.
goal We desire to reach is an oppor.
tunity for every one to have access
to radio communication without limi.
tation. But in order TO secure thi,
result it is necessary that there b.
rules and regulations. Otherwise
there would be such confusion tina,
there never would be any certainty
of service. The Government Is un,
dertaking to cooperate in producink
this result.
Might BE Cosruptins.
But liberty is not license and ir
this new instrument of science there
Is an opportunity for greater license
even than in the use OF print, fol
while parents may exclude corrupt.
ing literature from the home, radio
reaches directly to our children
Furthermore, there is also a grea,
responsibility on the part of those
who transmit material over the radio
that there should, be no malice Oh
slander through these channels. En-.
tirely aside from the legal liabili.
ties that may be involved, there i.
the double injury because those whe
are wronged can have no opportu-
nifty of reply.
In many other countries the gbx.
ernments, in order to assure these
guarantees, have taken over the
actual conduct of the programs by
radio. We have not believed this
was consistent with American insti.
tutions, but we believe that freedom
in development in these matters
would secure wider use of the art
and more perfection in it's conduct
and above this, we have been pre-
pared to trust our people to pre-
serve the high standards and ideals
which must accompany this grea,
agency of communication.
Need OF Tr.mc Rules.
"The rapid development of the art
now involving some 10000 agencies
that are sending communications into
the ether, raises the most intricate
technical problems with which the
Government has had to deal. for. in
deed, here is an industry which by
unanimity of opinion must have its
traffic rules provided and enforced by
some central authority. otherwise
there would be confusion ana chaos
and the total loss of this great me-
dunn of communication.
During this period Of intensive
development of the radio art the ad-
ministration has had the fine coop
GRAFTON of the industry itself in the
creation and maintenance OF theae
rules. That the vast amount o1
communication which 10 now in prog
ress over the radio should be handled
by a governmental bureau of less
than 120 men is evidence not only
of the realization of the necessity
for traffic control. but Of the willing
ness of the industry to cooperate in
its maintenance.
Il wish to thank you for the CO.
operation you have given to the ad-
ministration and to express the ap-
probation which feel is due to you
gentlemen who have contributed SC
much to the development Of this new
advance in our civilization. 1t is a
fresh evidence that the genius faI
progress has not left the American
people and that our citixens can be
relied upon to conduct their own
business in a way best calculated tc
promote the public welfare"
Evening star., 1924-10-08
HITS HOSPITALS RUN
AS DIVIDEND PAYERS
DR.. S. S. Goldwater, New York,
Urges Better Accommodation
for Middle Glass.

By the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, y. V, October S.-Dr. S.
S. Goldwater, director of Mount
Sinai Hospital. New York, last night
addressed the annual banquet of the
American Hospital Association in
convention here. His subject was
the purposes and emotions that un-
derlie modern hospital work. He
stressed the present demand for bet
ter accommodation for the middle
classes of society, whose hospital
needs are asserted to be greater than
that of the pauper class. His criti-
cism of the hospital run as good
business" was severe.
DR.. Malcolm McEachern Of Chicago
presided at the dinner which was
addressed by noted surgeons and
physicians of England, Australia, as
well as America.
On Friday DIR. f. c. Gilmore Of the
Wesley Memorial Hospital OF Chicago,
who was chosen president-elect last
year, will be installed. Tomorrow
officers will be chosen to take Office
at the meeting next year.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
GIRLS DEATH MYSTERY.
Miss Blanche Long, Danville, Va,
Found-Supposed Poison Victim.

DANyILLE, Va, October S.--Police
are investigating the death of Miss
Blanche Long, % years old, a native
Of Semora, y. c., who was found dead
in her room today at her boarding
house. While the theory is widely
entertained that the young woman
swallowed poison in a fit of despond-
ency attributed to anonymous letters
said to have been received Monday
by her fiance, W. R Butler. whom she
expected to marry next Thursday, and
by Mrs. BERTHE Taylor, her landlady,
no definite basis is yet available for
asserting this as a fact.
Coroner J. Z. Taylor held an au-
topsy over the body last night and
will make public his report today.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
LIKENS HUMAN LIFE
TO BASE BALL GAME
Rev. DR.. Hayes, in Civic Club
Luncheon Address, Talks of
Everyday Living.

Drawing a parallel between the
game Of base ball and the game Of
life, Rev. DR.. H. bennington Hayes,
pastor of st. Marks English Lutheran
Church, told how every day living
can be compared to the great national
game, base ball, at a luncheon of the
Civitan Club at the Layafette Hotel
yesterday.
I'm life man is either a sport or a
slave" said Rev. DR.. Hayes, and stated
that we either take the things of
every day life as sport or become
slaves to them. CAS- in the game of
base ball." he continued, cheer, op-
tomism and punch are essential In
playing the winning game Of life.'
''The spirit Of cooperation and team
work are also essential he said.
There is story Of life in every base
ball game. Many men in the game of
life are. as in the game of base ball,
left on bases because Of their failure
to deliver. Each one Of us has his
own particular share of work to do in
order to help win the pennant of life.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to arrange plans for enter
tainments in the raising of funds for
carrying on the work Of the club:
Rudolph Jose, chairman; r. Arthur
Smith, E, q. Adams. l. G. Steward, l..
StoddaSd Taylor. Robert Burklin and
Thomas A. Stearns. James M. Proctor,
president, presided.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
MISSING BOYS LURED
BY BASE BALL, BELIEF
New York Police Ask Search Here
for Franklin Roshek, IA, "Who
May Assume Name McGraw."

1t is believed that several youthful
base ball fans from distant points,
reported missing from their homes,
either came to this city or went to
New York to witness the world series.
Such Information is contained in sew
eral letters Of inquiry received by the
local police the past few days.
The latest query was received from
the New York police by Inspector
Clifford l. Grant yesterday afternoon.
1t asked that Franklin j. Roshek,
IA. alleged runaway from that city,
be located and returned home. 1t was
stated that he may assume the name
McGraw. He has been missing since
September %.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Would Limit Presidents.

PANAMA, October 8.-The National
Assembly has been asked by President
ChiAri to amend the eoRstitution so as
to faYbid the reelection Of presidents
and to bar from the presidency ktas-
men Of an outgoing chief executive to
the fourth degree Of consanguinity or
the second degree Of aMaity. The
measure wsule alss bar vice pfesi-
dents exercising the presidency from
succeeding themselves.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
SIX KILLED IN AUTO
AT RAILROAD CROSSING
All in Car Crushed When Machine
Gets in Path of Dixie
Flyer.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DALTON, Ga. October Six per-
sons are dead as result Of the Dixie
Flyer, on the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis Railroad, crashing into
an automobile at crossing of the
Dixie Highway here yesterday. Four
of those in the car were killed out
right, the two others dying in a local
hospital a few minutes after having
been taken there.
The dead are: Will Johnson. wife
and 7-year-old son; Lester Chastain
and Ellis Quinn and wife. No one
else was the in the car besides the vic
tins. All are residents of Whitfield
County, Ga, Of which this is the
county seat.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
MERGER PLANS MADE.
Railroad officials Agree on Future
Consultations.

NEW YORK. October 8.-Execu-
tives of the Eastern railroads are
reported in Wall street to have COM
posed tina major differences which
previously have blocked plans for fu-
ture consultations in Eastern terri
tory. 1t is expected that their pro-
posals will be submitted to the In
terstate Commerce Commission later
this week.
Previous reports indicated that a
fifth trunk lima system was under
consideration. in addition to the en-
larged systems Of the Pennsylvania,
New York Central. \'Nickel Plate
and Baltimore and Ohio.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, October s (Spe-
ciaD A determined effort to awaken
the city and its voters to the fact that
a presidential election is to be held
within one month will be made by
the Democratic committee. Dates will
be set for several rallies to be held
before the end Of the month. Chair
man William p. Woolls today an
nounced that either former Repre-
sentative Roland b. Mahaney or
Charles A. Douglass would address
a mass meeting which probably will
be held next week.
After spending q year and eight
months in the State penitentiary on
a term Of three years given him by
a jury In Corporation Court when, it
was testified, he dropped a half-gal-
lon jar of liquor. Mercer Langley is
back in Alexandria today, having re-
ceived a pardon from Gov. Trinkle.
The sentence imposed upon Langley
was one of the most severe ever
given here.
Old Dominion mmandery, No. IL,
knights Templar of this city will to-
morrow participate in field day ex-
ercises to be held on the White House
Ellipse by the various Communicates
of the District Of Columbia. The To-
cal commandery will be guests OF
Washington, at dinner and theater
party.
H. Roxier Dulaney, jr., yesterday
purchased the equipment of Arling-
ton Beach at the south end Of High
way Bridge for $4,000. The resort
will be operated next year under the
management of Jesse Thomas.
Evanxelistic Services End.
More than 900 persons signed
pledges Of reconsecFation at the
evangelistic services which ended
Sunday night at the Second Presby-
terian Church, Rev. DR., ]. Ernest
Thacker, who conducted the services,
left the city today.
Jesse Taylor. Raymond Barrows.
Richard Hunt and Harold Lewis. all
Of Washington, were yesterday held
for action of the grand jury on
charges OF larceny In connection with
the robbery OF the hennery of c. o.
Pullman, Fairfax County. near this
city.
Because of the danger incurred by
children who have taken to skating
on the city streets, the suggestion
has been made by several motorists
that certain streets be set apart for
skating.
Police under direction of the city
managers office have again insti-
tuted a drive against 400 automobile
owners delinquent with their city
licenses.
Edward H. Pueh. former resident,
died yesterday after he had been in
jured when the Southern freight train
on which he was conductor backed
into him at Arlington, Va Mr.. Pugh
had long been in the employ of the
road and moved only few years ago
from this city to Charlottesville. He
was we'll known here.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Fair Opens ct Cumberland.

CUMBERLAND. Md, October s.
The new $150,00o plant Of the Cum
berland Fair Association on the Nc
Mullen highway and the Potomac
River was opened yesterday to con-
tinue day and night until Saturday,
inclusive. There was q formal open-
ing In which city and county oficials
took part, marching to the grounds
with the band of st. Mafy's Industrial
Scheol, Baltimore. School children
were admitted free and tree train
service was provided.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
WILL SCRAP GREAT SHIP.
Preparations Under Way to Strip
Superdreadnaught.

PHILADELPHIA, October S.-Prep-
arations are under way at the local
navy yard to strip the partially COM
pleted superdreadnaught Washing
ton for use as a target at the South
ern drill grounds in December. Use
of the ship for gunnery practice is In
compliance with the naval armament
treaty. Her preparation for target
work, it is estimated, will cost $780,
900.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Slayer Gets Fifteen Years.
,neeial nis.ateh 10 rhe star.

wARRENT0N, Va. October a.
Arthur CoPam. tried here in the Cir
cult Court today on the charge Of
murder Of Bud Pinn. was found guilty
and sentenced to Is years In the peni-
tentiaxy. lease Dose 10 under in
dictment and will be tried later in
the same case. Dose Is said to have
handed Coram the pistol with which
the killing was done. Pinn was killed
in a house by 2 shot fired through
4 window.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
See Good Fur Season,

ST. JOHNS, N. F., October s.-A
good fur season in the Far North
was reported by officers of the Hud-
son Bay Company's steamship Mas
copie, which arrived here yesterday
from Hudsons Bay and Baffin Land
where the vessel made its annual
visit to outlying fur posts of the
company. Ice conditions are normal
for the season, the officers said