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Evening star., 1924-04-24
D. C. MAY REQUIRE
TITLING OF AUTOS

The District Commissioners probably
titling of automobiles in Washington
within a short time. Commissioner
Rudolph inGicated today.
All Washington motorists, who
bought Maryland tags before reci-
procity became effective, January ! of
this year. had to have their cars titled
in order to go into Maryland When
temporary reciprocity was agreed to
the Maryland authorities, it is under
stood. requested that the District
adopt a title regulation also.
Commissioner Rudolph indicated
that he regards the adoption of
title to go with an automobile as
good principle aside from the fact
that Maryland wants it.
Protection for Buyer.
The Commissioner pointed out that
when a person buys a new car direct
from the factory there is no doubt as
to the validity Of the deal. But when
secondhand cars are bought, he ex-
planned, the requirement that the
seller show a clear title is protec-
ton to the buyer against the posi-
bility that it is a stolen car.
Mr.. Rudolph intimated, however,
that he might not favor as elaborate
a titling system as the one in vogue
in Maryland.
Following the signing of the gaso-
line tax bill by the President yester-
day, Commissioner Rudolph wrote to
Gov. Ritchie of Maryland stating that
he assumed the present temporary
agreement would now be regarded as
permanent. In conclusion, he said:
1T is a source of much satiSfac-
ton to the Commissioners of the Dis
trict that these reciprocal courteSieS
regarding the operation of motor ve-
hicles are now an accomplished fact"
Evening star., 1924-04-24
CANCEL GEM INSURANCE.
Liloyd's Action Follows Recent
lE Wave of Jewel Thefts.

CHICAGO, April 24-Contracts for
jewelry insurance running into mil
lions of dollars have been Cancelled
by Lloyd's of London, according to
today's Chicago Tribune.
Diamond losses, mainly through
theft, have increased in the last year
more than 800 per cent, precipitating
the action, and agents of the COM
pany are said to be instructed to take
no more insurance on jewelry and to
concel and make refunds for all out
standing policies, the Tribune says.
Evening star., 1924-04-24

Continued from First Page)
Henry Cabot Lodge. senior senator
from Massachusetts, who is tba
leader of the Senate, nobody ranks &c
high in the service of the party as
Mr.. Hughes.
The fact that Mr. Coolidge comes
from Massachusetts makes it politi
porary chairman from the same
state. There is some talk about the
possibility that Senator Lodge NAV
make the speech placing Mr.. Cool
idge in nomination.
McAdOO's Chances AnaIyzed.
Meanwhile, the discussion of Demo-
cratic politics continues to grow in
interest. Most of the editors and pub
fishers assembled at New York this
week, for instance, were asking each
other to guess the next Democratic
presidential nominee. Naturally, with
the Republican race closed to Presi-
dent Coolidge. there is an inevitable
interest in the Democratic contest
One found many persons from diff
ferent parts of the country ready to
admit that Mr.. McAdoo could not be
nominated because of the one-third
block against him. Undoubtedly the
editors with whom this correspond
ent talked feel that the first fight
would be on McAdoo, that he would
either develop greater strength on
the first few ballots or be eliminated
quickly. There seems to be no idea
that any one else in the race will
bear the brunt of the initial ballot
ing.
Next to McAdoo. the talk is of
Senator Raiston of Indiana. While
many insist that he cannot be nomi-
mated because of his advanced age,
others also think Gov. Al Smiths wet
views will disqualify him. Yet the
champions of both RalSton and Smith
are cocksure there will be a stampede
In the direction of their favorite.
Davis Widely Discussed.
The name of John w. Davis is men,
toned more frequently than any one
else, with the possible exception of
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, as
possible compromise candidate, though
many of the Democratic editors inter-
viewed in New York felt sure Senator
Underwood of Alabama would win if
Dixon line for a candidate. Mr. Under
wood is held in high esteem, and if he
hailed from northern state his
nomination would be foregone con-
cluSion.
Sentiment in favor of any one man
has not crystallized so far as the
opinions Of editors from many parts
of the country would seem to indicate.
But all seem to expect long drawn
lout convention of the Democrats, with
plenty of ballotlng and excitement such
as characterized the sessions in 1912 at
Baltimore and in. 1920 at San Francisco
(Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-04-24
Plan Pay for D. G. Counsel.

Chairman Davis of the Subcommit-
tee which drafted the District appro-
priation bill reported to the House on
Tuesday and which is expected to
come up for consideration in the
House on Saturday explained today,
that the item of $4,000 due special
counsel for services rendered the
Public Utilities Commission in valua-
tion cases will be Included In the Sec
ond deficiency appropriation bill
Evening star., 1924-04-24
REBEL STRONGHOLD
IN CHIAPAS BESIEGED
Mexican Troops Plan Concentra,
ton on Tabasco After San
Cristobal Fight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, April "a San
Cristobal Las Casas, capital of the
state of Chiapas. held by the rebel
Alberto Fineda, is being attacked by
federal forces under command of
Gen. Donate Bravo Izqiedo.
San Cristobal is considered the last
rebel stronghold in Chiapas, and once
it is taken the federals will be con-
centrated in Tabasco for campaign
against the rebel bands left in that
state.
The railway authorities have been
ordered to give full facilities TO three
New York bankers who will cross the
border shortly en- route to this city.
1t is reported that the bankers, whose
names are not given, are coming to
discuss terms for a loan.
Evening star., 1924-04-24
EARTHQUAKES SHAKE
DISTRICT OF HAWAII
Residents in Terror and Dangerous
Eruption of Kilauea Is
Feared.
Rx the Associated Press.

HILO, T. H., April 24.-Earthquake
of severity and length are continu-
ing in the Puma district. The tracks
of the Hawaii Consolidated railway
at Kapoho were tossed about like
waves, and the service had to be
suspended
r. II. Finch, assistant volcanologist
at the observatory, reports progress
sive cracking along the rift line east
ward from Kilauea volcano and the
possibility of a flow of lava either at
Puma or in the ocean off Puma
There are continuous quakeS at
Kapoho, where the residents spent
four days OF terror, the windows and
doors rafting continually. The
ground is wa rm in hollow places.
Evening star., 1924-04-24
CUBAN SHIP CAPTURED.

The Mexican federal gunboat Bravo,
according to wireless dispatches, has
captured a Cuban schooner, which at
tempted to land munitions in the vi
cinity of Progreso. A Panaman1an
steamer also is held.
The American gunboat Tulsa has left
Progreso for Galveston.
Evening star., 1924-04-24
G, Stanley Hall Expires.

WORCESTER, Mass. April "a
g. Stanley Hall, president emeritus of
Clark University. died at his home to-,
day after a prolonged Illness
Evening star., 1924-04-24
REGRETS HYSTERIA.
California Governor Believes Scare
Without Foundation.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, April "a
California must concentrate on quiet
ing the hysteria created in this and
neighboring states by the foot-and
mouth epizootic, Gov. Richardson de-
clared today.
False propaganda has caused the
consumption of gasoline TO be reduced
so per cent and hotels and resorts
are doing no business he said.
Travel has been stopped.
''If quarartinCs new imposed by
other states continue" the governor
declared, our fruit crop will not be
able to move.
The disease is under control and
is serious in only TWO counties
Fight Under Control.
The federal and state officials are
well able to cope with the epizootic
and are watching the infested areas
closely, according 10 Gov. Richardson.
Quarantine measures employed in
the fisht against the disease were as
sailed as unnecessarily cruel and pro-
ductive of public hysteria" at
meeting of the American Animal De-
fense League at Los Angeles.
ReSclutionS We're adopted calling
on city. county and state authorities
to cease indISCriminate killing Of
cats, dogs and herds OF cattle, and a
telegram was dispatched to Presi-
dent Coolidge urging appointment of
an impartial board" to investigate
the epizootiC in this state.
Pledges L. =. Aid.
President Coolidge. following an ans
nouncement by Secretary Wallace 4
the plans to take over eradicatiol
measures. informed c. c. league and
members of a committee representing
Gov. Richardson at White House
conference that the full cooperation
and the complete resources of the
federal government would be used to
wipe out the disease.
Afterward Mr.. league issued a
statement i'll which he said that the
situation now would be met.
Evening star., 1924-04-24

In addition to being very cunning,
the fox is also a clever mimic. He
can bleat like a lamb, NEW like a
cat, and he can even initiate the
squeal of a pig. This ability to
mimic is often made use of in various
ways by the fox when hunting for
Evening star., 1924-04-24

, fG. w. Campbell and G. w. Forman entry.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear, track fast.
Evening star., 1924-04-24
HUGHES NOW LOOMING
FOR G. o. P. KEYNOTE TALK

Continued from First Pase.)
Evening star., 1924-04-24

FOURTH RACE-The Albemarle purse;
81, 500; three-year- -olds: one mile and seventy
I'd
Evening star., 1924-04-24
FOR FRIDAY,
!. L. Lariabee entry.
SECOND RACE-Purse 81 200; claiming !;
four-Year r-olds and up; six furlongs.

THIRD RACE-Purse. $1,000; claiming
three-year-olds and up; FIVE and one-half fur.
Evening star., 1924-04-24

FIFTH RACE-The Kentmere claiming
handicap; purse. $1,000; three-year- r-olds and
up: one mile and sixteenth.
Evening star., 1924-04-24

SIXTH RACE-Purse, 81 200: claimi
three-year-olds; one mile and seventy yard
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
Employers QHit
When Lockout Is
FOHn a Failure

NEW YORK.-A crisis in the New
York garment industries has been
averted and only a minor aftermath
remains after an abrupt, two-day
stoppage which tied up 1879 of the
industry here.
Owing largely to conflict between
the contractors and manufacturers in
the clothing trades, a lockout was
proclaimed, affecting more than 90
900 organized garment workers.
simultaneously, 5000 workers, en-
ployed in $50 New York firms, went
on strike to enforce existing union
agreements. After its second day,
the lockout was abandoned and the
men returned to the shops The 5000
strikers are still cut. 1T is stated at
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers
headquarters that the spirit Of the
striking men is determined and that
their fight for the defense of union
standards enjoys every prospect of
success.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
Court SustGins
Lees Expulsion
of Rail Strikers

CLEVELAND.-W. G.. Lee. Presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, has just been upheld by
the Circuit Court Of Appeals in
ousting 8s1 members of the broth
erhood for taking part in the out
law strike of 1920. The courts de-
cision came in suit presented
against Lee and other officers by
suspended members, asking for the
appointment Of a receiver, to take
over the property and beneficiary
funds of the brotherhood, totaling
more than 100000.
During the strike, Lee had with
drawn charters of an locals par
ticipating in the strike. Members
who did not strike were admitted
to other locals.
Lee, besides being president of
the labor organization, is an official
Of a $10,000,00O corporation. He is
the most conservative leader in the
brotherhoods.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
British Railway
Men Pledge Aid to
DOckers' Strik e

LONDON. - Promise of support
from the National Union of Railway
Men has made the British lockers
more aggressive in their threats of a
national strike February 18th, unless
their demands for a two shilling a
day increase and guarantee Of en-
ployment or maintenance are met.
The railway workers solidarity is
pledged in letter given out by the
Transport and General Workers I'm
ion, which states that all members
coming under the Shaw agreement
shall cease work with the lockers
and that any cases of blaeklegging
will be punished.
The Shaw agreement related to all
workers on and about the docks, in-
GLIDING railway men employed into
rshunting freight ears en- ard off the
docks. Walkout of these railway
workers will effectually paralyse
freight movements, even tho some
blacklegs are obtained on the docks.
Sixteen shillings a day was the
wage fixed under the Shaw agree
ment in 1920, but this has since been
cut to 9 and 10 shillings. The men
now demand an advance Of two shil-
lings.
Dockers are refusing to load Ger
man ships whose crews numbering
more than 1900 men, are on strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
Nearing Declares
France Has Reached
End of Her Rope

Surprise has been expressed in
many quarters at the stability OF
the Russian government" writes
Scott Nearing in the February Lib
orator. mo student of the economic
basis on which the soviet government
is founded will feel any such sur
prise-quite the reverse. He VIII
regard It as the most natural thing
in the world.
Take the new Russian currency
as an example. The Russian State
(government) bank has adopted as
the currency unit, the chervonetz. a
l0-ruble piece. The chervonetz was
quoted in New York, Jan. II, 1924.
at $4.5S, On the same day the pound
sterling was quoted at 1925, which
means that while the pound sterling
stood at SO per cent of par, the
chervenetz stood at SO per cent of
par, In the estimate of New York
bankers on Jan, II, 1924, the prom
Use to pay of the soviet republic was
sounder than the promise of the
British empire"
France has reached the end Of
her rope" Nearing declares in the
same issue of The Liberator. "When
she passes over the brink, pulling
Belgium and perhaps Britain after
her, the keystone Of European cap
italism will have fallen. After that
the arch will crumble rapidly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
MiLLiOnGires to Act
as PGU-Be0rers at
Funeral of Wilson

the IA points which furnished the
pFOpaganda- fuel that @ataed the
hearts of millions to the war for
democracy,
Wilson's ability to please the liber-
ais with phrases while winning the
plutocratic forces with license to loot
was strikingly illustrated by his
method, thru A. Mitchell Palmer. of
handling alien property. While the
president was expressing his love for
the German people and his purpose
IN going to war to save them from
their rulers hundreds of millions of
dollars were being swagged by those
on the inside thru the good offices of
the Alien Property Custodian.
And while waging a war for demo
cracy" his Attorney General, Thomas
W, Gregory, was putting hundreds of
worhngmen into penitentiaries for
long terms under the espionage law
which fagrantly violated the plain
terms of the Bill of Rights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
Many Jobless in Denmark.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. - AL
most 80 of the workers of Denmark
are unemployed. This is about twice
as many as were normally unem-
pioyed IN pre-war times.
AS compared with normal pre-wnr
conditions, s.9% of the workers.
namely, those belonging to the build
ing, BARRIERS, hat makers and shoe
workers trades, are enjoying a
greater percentage of employment
now than before the war. On the
other hand, the brewery workers,
rope makers, glove makers, glass
workers, copper smiths and electrical
workers have five times as much un-
employment as during the last year
before the war. With the workers
in the iron industry, the typo
graphers and the book binders, un-
employment is three times as high as
before the war. The smiths have
been especially hard hit, and unem-
ployment among them is greater
than ever before, largely due TO the
fact that the docks of Koege have
been closed and all work there sus-
pended.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
Missouri L Dor
Wages Campaign on
N e W Constitution

ST. LOUIS.-R. t. Wood, presi-
dent Missouri State Federation Of
Labor, is touring the state labor or
CARNATIONS against the proposed. new
state constitution, on which the pee-
pie will vote in special election,
Fec. 26th.
The labor federation is bitterly
against the proposed amendment to
Article /, which would abrogate a
citizens right to trial by jury in
a case of libel. Labor opposes
amendment No. 7, which would es-
tablish Judicial council" with UNI
limited power to abolish established
courts and create new courts. The
council would be empowered to set
up an industrial court.
Wood says the hostility to the
constitutional amendments is not
confined to organized labor. About
20 delegates to the constitutional
convention have announced they are
opposed. Wood has characterized
the new constitution as "a thousand
times more vicious than the one
which was rejected in Illinois,"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
War Mothers Ask
That All Military
Prisoners Be Freed

ST. LOUIS. - Release of soldiers
sent to prison by court martial for
various alleged infractions during
the war, will be sought by the Ma
tional War Mothers, according to
its executive committee, which is
meeting here.
"The wartime sentences in milf
tary cases were abnormal" says
Mrs. H. H. Mcclure, president.
"These prisoners have served four
to five years, and we war mothers
believe many of them have served
long enough. We hold that the men
who went to prison when they were
in the service of their country should
receive some consideration, par
ticularly when conscientious object
ors, Wobblies, and the like have
been let out"
The war mothers endorse the reso-
luton adopted by the recent con-
-vention, Veterans of Foreign Wars
The vetrans te.egraphed request
to President Coolidge that cases Of
service men sent to prison by court
martial be reviewed. The war
mothers have examined the eases
of fifty military prisoners at
Leavenworth, and they will appeal
to the president and the secretary
Of state, Mrs. Mcclure says.
"a discharged prisoner receives
an outfit from underwear to hat and
shoes, that costs s12, besides S.
and railroad fare to the place from
which he was sent" Mrs. Mcclure
continues. Every thug and every
policeman knows that outfit. In
Kansas City we have provided new
overcoats for several d''.
military prisoners, so they would
not be so Enthusiastically labeled
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
NO TEARS FLOW
FOR WILSON AT
LECION'S ORDERE
Mourn Only for Lenin
in Pittsburgh Meeting
IsDssial e DE DaIIy wsrksrl

PITTSBURGH, Pa--More than a
thousand workers iammed the Lyceum
Theatre today to honor the memory
of Nicolai Lenin, resisted the efforts
of American Legionaires to swing it
into an occasion of mourning for Will
son. The meeting was addressed by
Fred Merrick, the District Organiser,
and Jay Loyestene.
Despite repeated advanced warn
ings thru the press from the AmeFi-
can Legion that the meeting would be
broken up, as it was in Monessen, the
|workers flocked en- masse and turned
the gathering into one of the most
successful meetings ever held by,
workingmen in Pittsburgh.
Merrick and Lovestone brought the
enthusiastic audience to repeated ap-
plause when they told Of Lenin's
great services in uniting the workers
of the world against the imperialists,
in building the Communist Interna-
tional, and in organising the most
constructive movement the world has
yet seen--the international Conf
rnunist movement. An appeal for
AASAuDCAoAA1p III Lltc w OAhcIS dELy HS
the Party of Lenin in America was
made.
At the close Of the meeting the
American Leglonaries,, Department
OF Justice Agents and all sorss Of
non-descript secret service men, who
turned out in large numbers and &C.
cupied the front seats, attempted to
raise a turmoil. One of their crew
got up and asked the audience to rise
and bow their heads in reverence to
Wilson whose death he announced. II
was only the tactfulness of Merrick
and the skill with which he handled
the request that prevented a riot as
the audience refused to comply with
this show of pseudo patriotism. De-
partment of Justice Agent Lennon
was seen in the box coaching the
Legionaire.
The attempt of the disturbers to
force the audience to sing America"
also failed and the meeting sd-
journed peacefully.
A collection of about $3.50 was
made. The net proceeds will go to-
wards the relief Of the starving Ger
man workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05

mittee's decision. Howat had not
complied with the requirements of
the constitution, he had caused the
international losses of funds in going
to the courts for redress and so on.
The decision of the committee was
that until Howat complied with sund-
ny imaginary constitutional require
ments his case was net properly be-
fore the convention.
Lewis Becomes Mute.
At this point three fourths of the
delegates were on their feet cheering
for Howat. The motion to accept
the committees report was put, the
telleFs counted the votes for and
against but the tabulation was never
announced. That the committees re-
port was defeated was so obvious
that even the monumental gall of
John L. Lewis deserted him and his
lips were sealed. The reporters at
the press table felt that had the vote
been counted Howat would be re-
stored to membership with all rights
and privileges in the union.
Lewis threw the constitution to the
winds and turned the platform over
to his gunner. While the payrollers
and his other lickspittles passed by
and shook hands with him after that
disgraceful scene the militant miners
were meeting in the center of the
hall organizing the forces that will
BRING about the downfall of reaction
IN the miners union. Had this been
done when the Cleveland convention
broke up in similar manner two
years ago, John l.. Lewis would not
have. gone away from Tomlinson Hall
growing about his illegal victory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
TYRANNICAL RULE
in BAVARIA LED TO
Staying OF HEINZ
Workers Liberties Had
Been TrampIed Down
BY PAUL HOYER
(stah Correspondent Of The Federated Press)

SPEYER, PaIatinata, Germany
The murder Of the German separatist
leader, Heinz, by a German COM
patriot, is an act of despair which
surprises nobody who has had an OPP
pcrtunity to look into conditions in
the Palatinate.
For months a reign of terror has
obtained there, almost worse than in
the Ruhr and lower Rhine regions.
The men who assumed power there
under the protection of French bayo-
nets were not men who believed that
the Palatinate would be better off as
q separate state, but hoodlums and
criminals Of the worst type.
Shortly before the murder, the Ger
man trade unions in the Palatinate,
the works councils and a number Of
municipalities had joined in sending
a deputation Of is men to the Inter-
allied Rhineland commission at Cob
lenz to describe the anarchial condi-
tions obtaining in the Palatinate and
to express the protest of the popuIa-
ten against these conditions.
The deputation also presented a
series of demands, including the fol-
lowing: Restoration of conditions by
which the regularly elected and ap-
pointed authorities may be able to
fulfill their functions unhindered;
freedom Of press and assembly; in
volatility of personal liberty and Of
private personal property in accord
ance with German laws and the
agreement with the Rhineland com
mission; cancellation of the deporta-
lions, arrests and confscations made
by the separatists; disarmament of
the separatists and restoration Of
the German police.
AS a result both of this protest of
the workers Of the Palatinate and of
the tragic excess of the murder of
Heinz, the British government has
sent consul-general Give of Munich
to investigate conditions personally.
The results Of his investigations are
not yet known at this writing. but
It is known that he was told frankly
by the spokesman for the organized
workers that 999O of the population
Of the Palatinate have no use for the
separatist movement or its leaders.