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Evening star., 1924-02-14
CALLS BILL INToLERABLE.
Suter Says Senate Expected to
Handle Measure Fairly.

Motorists of the District are de-
pending on the Senate to give the
gasoline tax bill, passed by the
House, fair and Intelligent con
features" are eliminated from it. the
bill should have the united opposition
of the citizens of Washington, de-
clared Jesse c. Suter, secretary man
ager of the Washington Motor Club
in a statement today.
Mr.. Suter said the registration tax
of fifteen cents per horsepower. added
10 the full personal tax on all ma
chimes and the two cents a gallon
gasoline tax. brings a result that ''is
intolerable."
I'VE intend" he continued, "to take
this matter to our affiliated automo-
bile clubs of the country who are
very much interested in seeing that
a fair and equitable system of auto
mobile taxation be worked out for
the District of Columbia and that
District motorists be accorded full
rights OF reciprocity as enjoyed by
the citizens of the several states.
THE mere fact that this measure
provides for the placing of all funds
derived Hereunder TO the credit of
use on streets is no guarantee that
Congress will make this money avail
able for such purpose. In fact, there
is no more guarantee in the placing,
OF this money in the Treasury to the
credit of the District that 1t Will be
used for such purposes either imme-
dately or in the near future than we
have of the use of our S5,000.000 bal
ance over which there has been SO
much contention.
1T is bad enough for this bill to
retain the full personal tax on all
automobiles, in addition to. the gaso-
line tax of . cents per gallon, but
when the registration tax of Is cents
per horsepower is added to these 9TH
or forms, the result is intolerable.
Motorists are epending upon this
measure receiving fair and intelligent
consideration by the Senate. Unless
the obnoxious features should be
eliminated this bill should have the
united opposition Of the citizens OF
the District"
Evening star., 1924-02-14

Fred Less, s25; Harry J.. Lee. So;
Agnes 1. Lee. sa5; H. B. Leary. jr..
Mssssy ssssse .s5 j. MISS Msdsov a,,s1 s!S s . T.
Juliet McMaster. IS; Bessie Mcintyre,
MseD9qgis. Nc. aq,y. tr; sss; Esther MeClellsnd.
Bessie B. Mulford. s25: Grace Maude
Morgan. $25: Morgan Brothers, $25:
Mrs. Ellwood B. Morey. $40: s. f.
Moore. s26: Ada c. Moody. s25: r. w.
ss g. Mnss RaRsei .5 boasss hSis.
Anonymous. SO; w. B. Mason. s1o:
Mrs. Mamie E: Norment, $40; Con-
sl5; Alice Ruth overstreet. $40: John
l. Oliphant s25; Marion ". oIds. SO;
Ruth NJ. OberIy. 50: Portia N. Oberly.
IS; Mary O'Mally. $50; Teresa r.
3oreshs E oversereet. asa s SAG: EIeanor mo-;
p. Putski. $25; B: T. Prendergast, $25:
c. w. Prenket, $25: A. G. Powell. $25:
Irene de Poptawska-I a-I.einewaber. $25: D.
6r Mafy Ass s. naSa 81
Peck. $40: Edward v. Payne. s25: Ada G.
Payne, SIS; Edna e. Parker. SO;
katherine b: Padgett, 50; Fred v.
ReR,tt SIS; Elizabeth sdst L; Reiss; : s. s. D.
buschatio. SIS: Edmund l. Read. $40:
N. c. Raymond, $40; Henry Ravenel,
$40: Mrs. F. l. Hansome, So; Mrs. ].
NJ. Rails. 325: Josephine w. Rust. $40;
Lael T: Rose. $5; William Edgar Rog-
G. Roberts. IS: Roland Robbins. $40;
Florence NJ. Riggs, IS; Mrs. Mary Y.
Richardson. s25; Margaret Richard
son. $25; Mrs. Chester d: Swope. $40;
Stuart, IS: Frank J. stryker. S.: Bates
NJ. Stovell, s25; A. Stephen. s25; Mrs.
j. Stout, $25; Charles A. Stott, 50;
Mrs. Clara Stoll. SIS; Charles A. Scott.
SIS; Annie e. Stivers. IS; James NJ
speare. SO: Harry z. sokolovs $2S;
81; Louise J. Smith, $25: Janet Walk
er Smith. 5; George Sikbee, $40; Mrs.
Thomas Sidwell. $25; Thomas Sidwell.
$25: Donals B: Sickler, $40; Carrie II:
shipley. ,5; Gsoree r Shields, ssS;
shands, ;25: Douglas schif1eley. $25:
Mary A. schaatf. $25; NJ Elizabeth
Schaaff, $26.
Eiizabeth H. Samson. SO: 8. R. Tur-
ton. 325: Emma v. Triepel, $40; Anna
Miss L. B. Thorn. $25: Minnie F.
Thompson, S25: Irving A. Tennyson.
$26; Col. J. r. NJ. Taylor, IS: Raymond,
M. Taylor. 325: u. 8. Railroad Admin
istration. SIS; William w. Wother-
spoon, $25; Marion P. Wormhordt, $45;
Winner, 50; Amelia X. Williams, $40;
Charles F. Wilson. $25: Roxana B.
Willard, S.; Lora White. $40; Whites
Inn, IS; Anonymous, $50; Josephine
White, IS; Helen NJ. White, $40: E. L.
White, $40; Abigail B. White. $40;
John NJ. Weloh, $5; Lena w. Welch.
Isl; William u. Watson, IS: Mrs. l.
&c. Warren, $25; Given Warren. $25;
Charles H. Warren. $25; Mary F..
Ward. $25; Grace Wanstall. $40; Eu-
nice w. Wright, IS; Ottilie Young.
$40; Mabel 2. Young, $40: Ford p.
Young. $40; n Zkk1A b Sons, IN
Evening star., 1924-02-14
ID. C.. NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY
WINS NATIONAL RIFLE CONTEST
I2Ist Engineers Take Three Out of Six Highest
Places, Beating Regular Army
Teams.

troops to win first. fifth and sixth
highest honors out of the six highest
Is quite a record.
The individual scores OF the win
ming team are as follows: corp }.
w. Crockett. 1856; Private Marcus w.
Dinwiddie. 734: Corp. Lloyd T. Needs;
.Os: Corp Harry W. Wells. 705. and
private Herbert Milwit. IO2; Capt.
J. r. Mickey IL commander of COM
pany a. from which the winning team
was drawn and Roy w. Reese is
first lieutenant. Lieut. keese is also
comnandant Of The Canitai Cadet
Corps, the drill team within tho or
ganiZation to which most OF the team
also belong. Capt. Mickey Is to be
the new major of the LIST Battalion.
12lst Engineers. and Lieut.. Keyes will
be captain of Company A.
Makes Perfect Score.
Corp. Crocket made q perfect score,
100 out of a possible 100. at prone,
slow fire; and perfect score. so out
prone, kneeling and sitting positions.
Private Dinwiddie made perfect
score In slow fire at prone, kneeling
and sitting positions. Corp. Needs
made a perfect score. slow fire. prone,
and rapid fire. prone
tional Guard. winners OF fifth place
in the matches, is composed of First
Lieut. Clarence 5. Shields, Sergt. j..
Quade, Sergt. Roy w. Longanecker.
Sergt G. f. Murphy and Corp. Will
liam +. Andrus. The Headquarters
and Service Company team, winner of
sixth place. is composed OF Can't. Sid
ney Morgan. Master Sergt. Fletcher
F. Bernsdorff, First Sergt. Whiting
p. Lightfoot. Technical Sergt Frank
B. Kaye and Regimental Sergt Maj.
Henry L. Meares.
Corp. Crockett won high prizes at
the national rife matches last fall
and the year before at Camp Perry.
Lieut.. Shields has been a member of
the District teams for several years
and Capt. Sidney Morgan has won
many prizes. The Z Company team
won the regimental trophy at Camp
Simms last fall.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
DEFEAT SPLITS ARMY.
Scattered Insurgents Moving To-
ward Tuxpam and Oaxaca.

l'y the Associated Press.
ABOARD HEADQUARTERS TRAIN
OF WAR SECRETARY SERRANO,
Queretaro, State OF Queretaro,
February 13.-Endique Estrada's re-
be llious forces are continuing in dis
verse suffered at Octolan, while the
scattered renants OF the Vera Cruz
insurrectionist army are fleeing
northward into Tuxpam and south
ward toward Oaxaca to gain the
isthmian states. Gen. Francisco Ser
rano. secretary Of war, and Gen. Juan
Andreu Alm&Zan, stated tonight
THE rebellion must be considered d
virtually ended" Secretary Serrano
declared, while Gen. Almazan, return
ing from Tehuacan. asserted that the
Tebe.s suffered 100 casualties during
their latest brush with the pursuing
federal column under his command
hcar the Baisas river, in southern
puebla.
Secretary Serrano. who left Vera
Cruz for the western front was joined
at Apizaco by Gen. AimaEan who is
bound for Ocotlan. to confer with
President Obregon regarding co-ordi-
nation of the Jalisco. Oaxaca and
northern Vera Cruz operations.
Concentration Attempted.
The defeated Vera Cruz leaders are
attempting to concentrate in Oaxaca
for the purpose Of entering Guerrero
and joining other disbanded insur-
rectionists, according to Gen Almazan
Among the rebel leaders who are
trying to unite in Oaxaca, AlmanZau
says. are Fortunate Maycotte, Cesareo
Castro. Fernando Reyes. Higino
Aguilar and numerous others. un-
heard OF until the latest rebellion.
In addition to the forces under the
federal generals Juan Dominguez
Donate and Bravo Izauierdo. who re-
pulsed attacks by Sanchez troops at
Santa Lucrecia, cutting off the rebel
retreat southwark. the Oaxaca leaders
are forced to contend with the
menace of federal column under
Fausto Topeta.
While 1t Is understood that Jalapa is
almost ungarrisoned, the capture OF
this city is being delayed until the rail-
way can be repaired and measures
taken to deal with the force Of rebels
now holding Perote.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
Fate on Strange Career.

The Paris courts report one OF the
most curious series Of incidents yet
laid before legal students in the case
Of Paris woman who on the occa-
sion of two previous weddings had
lost her husband in an auto accident
while en- route home from the we'd
ding ceremony. She recently married
a third time and as the bridal car
was speeding home it collided with
vehicle and the third husband was
killed In a manner almost identical
with the fate Of tho first two. The
courts took cognizance OF the series
Of strange mishaps. because in the
case Of Tho second husbands death
the woman asked dA1aA&eA
Evening star., 1924-02-14
GALLERY OF ART
ARCHITECT NAMED
Charles A. PIatt, Who Made
Freer Plans, to Design
National Structure.

Charles A. Platt Of New York.
architect for the building Of the
Freer Gallery OF Art, was named to-
day as the architect to prepare plans
for the proposed building for the
National Gallery Of Art
Mr.. Platt was selected to design the
rev building at a meeting Of the
board OF regents of the Smithsonian
Institution held today. Funds peces-
sary for the preparation of the pre-
liminary plans have been, raised. Re
gents attending the meeting; today
mere weIe Senator A; o; Stanley 9S l,san Ken,
Moore of Virginia and Walter IL.
Newton Of Minnesota. Charles f..
Choate. jr., of Boston, Robert S.
Brookfngs Of st. Louis. Irwin T.
Laughlin Of Pittsburgh and DR.
Charles X. Walcott, secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution.
Plans Authorized.
Congress authorized the regents Of
the Smithsonian Institution a year ago
to prepare preliminary plans for a
suitable firepreof building with granite
fronts for the National Gallery of Art,
including the National Portrait Gallery
and the history collections of the Ma
tlonal Museum. The building is TO be
erected. according to the authority
granted by Congress, when funds from
gifts or bequest are tn possession Of
the regents. and the structure is to be
built on the north side Of the Mall be-
tween the Natural History Museum and
!th street. leaving a space between
It and the street of not less than
100 feet. and a similar space be-
tween 1t and the natural history build
Ing. with it's south front on q line
with the south front of the latter
building.
Mr.. Platt Is q fellow OF the Amer
lean Institute of Architects and a
member OF the American Academy of
Arts and Letters. He was born in
New York in 1881 and was educated
In the art schools of New York and
Paris.
Evening star., 1924-02-14

Company A. 121st Engineers. Dis
trict National Guard. rife team. won
the military gallery championship Of
the United States recently conducted
under auspices Of the National Rifle
Association of America. according to
announcement today.
Not only did the local guardsmcn
win first place in the company team
matches. but out of the six highest
scores the District National Guard
won three of them.
The A Company team was highest
out of the entire field, which was not
only open to National Guard teams
all over the country but to the Reg
ular Army. Organized Reserves. Ma
rine Corps and Navy, making total
score of 1854 points out of pos
sihle perfect score Of $3.50. defeating
Company y, 18th United States Infan-
try Fort Crook, Nrb., by 90 points.
The infantrynen finished with score
OF 1854 They were winners of last
years match.
The third place was won by Troop
A. 18th Cavalry. Iowa National
Guard, with total score OF $685.:
fourth place. by Headquarters Com
pany, 18th Infantry. with 3.i0e: NTH
place. by Company F. 1a1st Engineers.
District National Guard. with a score
of 1896, and sixth place. by Head
quarters and Service Company, Dis
trict National Guard, with total
score Of 3.37I. The highest score.
made by the Marine Corps. was made
BY the 24th Company. United States
Marines. Guantanamo. Cuba. with a
score of i279. twelfth place. The
lowest score recorded was made by
Company X. 1S0th Infantry. California
National Guard, with 2.1Ts. Several
teams. including Company c. 12lst
Engineers. did not finish. 1t Is be-
lieved that if the c Company team
could have finished tina: the local
guard would have won the four places
ouf Of the six highest, as the C Com
pany team is one of the best in the
local guard
Record for Regiment.
For one regiment OF National Guard
Evening star., 1924-02-14

another couple-women-wh were
approaching from an opposite direc-
ton.
Just look. will you! Isn't 1t funny
how blind people can get along with
out seeting-must have sixth
Sense-
Must be awful-both Of them-its
a shame to let them go on the streets
like that-poor things"
But they might have saved the
wear and tear on their sympathy,
for the blind man and woman, having
passed the pickaxes, opened their
eyes. Like sensible humans, they
had lowered their lids to protect
themselves from bits Of asphalt that
scattered with every stroke of the
pick.
Which. in a tiny way. shows what
circumstantial evidence counts for.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
SHOOTS SELF IN HEAD.
John H. Canivan Likely to Die of
Wound.

John II. Canivan, thirty shot
himself in the head In a second story
room of his residence. 1927 South
Capitol street today, inf1icting prob
ably a fatal wound. He was rushed
to Emergency Hospital, where he was
at the point of death this afternoon.
Let me die he told his brother,
Bernard Canivan, according to the
latter. when he rushed from the kitch-
en- to the room where the pistol ex-
plosion was heard.
Canivan had been out of work for
some time, according to the brother,
and had been drinking since last Sat
urday. He Is "A widower and three
brothers are the only known near
relatives.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
From Yesterdays $50 Edition Of The star
! RAIL LAND GRANTS:
| -, INQUIRY Is ASKED
Requests of Work and Wallace
Basis of Resolution Offered
in House.

Congressional investigation into
land grants to the Northern Pacific
railroad was asked in a resolution
introduced in the House yesterday by
Chairman Sinnott of the public lands
committee.
The resolution. introduced at the
request of Secretaries Work and Wal
lace. would direct the Secretary of
the Interior to withhold his approval
of the adjustment Of the Northern
Pacific land grants under acts OF July
2, 1854, and May 81, 1870, pending a
full inquiry to determine the rights
of the railroad and the government.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
CITY GAINS IN BEAUTY.
Kutz on D. c. Building Visit Notes
"Constant Improvement"

"Washington is constantly improv-
ing In appearance" was the comment
Of Col. Charles W. kutz, former engi-
neer Commissioner, when he visited
the District building today. en- route
to his present home in Cincinnati
col Kutz. who ran the engineering 9
branch OF the District government be-
fore and after the war, arrived al
the District building just as Commls-
sioner Bell was about to hold ses-
sion with his department heads. ihe
former Commissioner sat IN Oh tne
meatinp and enjoyed the discussion of
problems that for a number Of year. >
rested on his shoulders. The colone !
is now engineer officer in charge OF
the Ohio river.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
REBELS IN FLIGHT
!. IN WEST MEXICO
0bregon Message Declares
Officers Could Not Make
** Them Face Battle.
BY. the Associated Press.

By rue Ass0c1A'pd freSs.
AfEX1CO CITY, February IA (by Ra-
die via Fort Worth Star -Telegram).-
Defeat of rebel Gems. Dieguez and
Estrada by Gen. Escobar at Palo
Verde. on the western front. is re-
ported in a message from Gen. Obre-
gen. The rebel forces were put to
fight. notwithstanding efforts of
their leaders to make them fight, the
message said.
=Agrarians residing at Zamora and
neighboring towns have requested
the regional confederation Of labor to
use its influence with Gen. Obregon
tG the end that arms might be ship
ptd to fight rebel maraduers in Mich
Uacan.
Gen. Almazan has reported that fed :
efal troops engaged the rebels in the
battle at IXcamilpa, state of Puebla,
and defeated them with fatalities to-
falling fifty.
DEFEAT SPLITS ARMY.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
PEDDLERS ARE OPPOSED.
Briehtwood Finds Door-to-Door So
1icitors an Annoyance.

The Brightwood Parent-Teacher
has declared war on tne
peddler. ThrouGn ms
upon the time of the busy house
wives" a resolution adopted by the
association Tuesday night declared,
he has become an annoyance border
Thera ssociat ton commended the Dis
trict Commissioners for the recent
PRONUNCIATION of d regulation requir-
ing peddlers to obtain permit as 10
their good repute and integrity.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
Disorder, Violence and Trouble
Have Marked Area Since 1906.

specisl Dispatch to The Star.
HERRIN, ILL.,. February 1t.-This
county comes rightly by its heritage
of disorders, violence and trouble.
Its history since Col George Rogers
Clarke, the first white man known to
have been In what is now William
SON county, came down the Ohio river,
in 1896, reads like Il symposium his
tory OF all the wild mountain dis
tricts of old Tennessee and Kentucky
and the western frontier towns COM
bined.
The county's first settler. one Frank
Jordan, established himself here In
1910. Others followed rapidly. The
first homicide occurred in 1913. when
Thomas Griffee. seeing an Indian aim
ing at the same bear he had drawn a
bead on, turned his rifle on the red
skin. All this is written down in the
history of the county. For seventeen
pages. after recording the first homi-
eide. the writer, Milo Erwin. who set
all these things down in 1876. chron-
icles. with but q few lines to each
the killings up to that year.
Emulating Early Example.
Nor is Williamson county today do
ing otherwise than emulating the ex-
ample Of earlier generations in the
on JnIy I. 1858, Field Henderson
and George Bulliners had fight In q
saloon over a game OF cards, and Tor
nearly ten years thereafter the county
was a scene Of such assassinatfons OF
men and women on public thorough
fares and from ambuscades as would
outdo the worst that has been told OF
certain r1otous southern mountain
districts. In that day there we're two
rival factions. with. as today, the third
party OF onlookers, and the series Of
killings is spoken OF as "the bloody
what were called the Republican and
democratic" sides.
Many shot to Death.
In the decade OF terrorism more
than 200 were aligned on both sides
and the death list amounted to nearly
half that number. Men and women
were shot to death seated At their
firesides, on roadways, In their fields.
There we're three "origtna! causes
petty quarrel over cards. rivalry over
ment for a bag Of oats-that led up
To the first shooting and started q
reign Of near anarchy.
Tho law.abiding element finally
brought to justice one OF the killers,
Marshall Grain, after countless trials
that were farces because OF framed
alibis and testimony. 1t Is estimated
tha vendetta. cost the county more
than $4,000, items OF $40 for scaffold
and s3s for coffin and shrouding being
Included. Where $4,000 a year was
normally spent for county upkeep, the
total expenditure for 1875 was more
than $4,000, because of criminal
pursuits and trials
Evening star., 1924-02-14
Too Much Exercise Decried.

DR.. Harvey Sutton, an American
surgeon widely known for his writ
ing as we'll as for his ability as a
facile surgeon, has recently given
some solid advice to men past forty
years who are seeking to maintain
It was not so much matter of
taking exercise as 1t was a matter
Of knowing when to quit taking it.
He inferred that too many men hav-
Ing passed the halfway mark were
seeking to prolong their At condition
by too strenuous exercise, with tho
result that they were overStraininE
themselves and shortening their nat
ural lives.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
German, Village
Free of Death
Since May, 1922

By the Associated Press.
kONIGSHOFEN. Baden. Febru-
ary 14-The village of Althausen,
near here. claims the non-death
record Of Germany. there not hav-
ing been a funeral in the little
town since May %. 1922.
There are some 400 residents OF
Althausen, the eldest Of whom is
eighty-seven, and still on the job
every day as the village cobbler.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
UNION FAvoRs RENT BODY.
Committee Named to Urge Reten'
ton of Committee.

The Central Labor Union has adopt
ed a resolution favoring the reten-
ton of the local Rent Commission. A
special Legislative committee has been
appointed with instructions to aid
this end. Under the chairmanship of
Cabell Adams the committee has been
attending the hearing in Congress
on the proposed retention.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
FIND BOY MURDERED.
and Two Men Under
Arrest at Youngstown, Ohio.

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, February IA.
The body Of six-year- boy,
badly mutilated, was found In a city
park here yesterday by three boys.
The dead child is thought to be Paul
Prologo whose parents reported him
Tuesday night.
Police are holding the lads step
mother and two men. The corpse was
found In a clump of underbrush, with
the head beaten to a pulp.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

District public school teachers in
terested in the forthcoming examina-
tion which will determine the seven
teachers to be promoted to the supe-
rior group B salary classification
were notified today by Supt. Frank w.
Ballou to attend a conference at the
Franklin School tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock. The date for the eXam-
ination will be set at this meeting.
Evening star., 1924-02-14

woman's arm with
an assurance that
betokened fun
ownership. And
her matter-of-fact
acceptance of his
care showed that
the walk was SIM
ply a little Incl
dent in their jour-
ney through life.
There was nothing
about the two to
attract notice, ex-
cept that both the
man and woman
had their eyes
closed. This cir
cumstance caught
the attention ~
Evening star., 1924-02-14
NEBRASKA MAN HELD.
Arrest on White Slave Charge Fol
lows Return From Europe.

NEW YORK, February 14.-Claude
Bessie. former city clerk of Omaha,
Neb.. was arrested yesterday as he came
off the Cunard liner Berengaria on a
Kansas City warrant charging violation
of the Mann act.
Evening star., 1924-02-14

cial. Sheriff Galligan's release placed
him at the head of the county's govern
ment in the place OF Coroner McCown,
vho has been the acting sheriff. Mayor
Anderson returned to Herrin and again
took charge of that city's government.
and Alderman Carl Nails tenure as
mayor pro tenn. ceased.
The tury's verdict declared that
CaeIe's death was the result of gum
shot wounds from the hands Of the two
Shelton boys, and that Angelo Delaria
was seen fleeing from the scene with
two revolvers in his hands. The jury
made no explanation as to its verdict.
Evening star., 1924-02-14

Many a man doesn't leave his wife
much when he dies because he left
her 80 much when he was alive.
A woman gets almost az sore at the
villain In the movies ~ . man gets
q the umpire In Q ball game
Evening star., 1924-02-14
In JOUR- TOWN
s!t,S

A man and woman were picking
their way over crossing where la
borers with pickaxes were digging
into the asphalt. The man held the
Evening star., 1924-02-14
U. S. Intervention
AT HERRIN SOUGHT

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RENT COMMISSION
UPHELD BY LABOR

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HERRIN'S HERITAGE RIoToUS