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Evening star., 1924-03-22

Henry J. Healy Of Worcester.
Mass. was paid S2.175 for twenty
three days.
$7..25 to New Yorker.
Bryan Kennedy of New York City
was paid s7.725.9s for two days. an
average Of $3.s62.3S per day. at which
rate his yearly compensation would
have been s1.409.sS7.7o.
Aleck Licata (no address given
received $s2l-54 for seven days.
Thomas b. Lovatt of Philadelphia
was paid sS,0s6.35 for seven days
Joseph Rubin of San Antonio, Tex.
3S9.11-
"R- f. Swepston of ChiIicothe, Ohio,
was paid $2,17750 for one day.
David b. TRAILER of Greenville,
>. G.. was PAID s7.s7S.s0 for FIVE days.
Joseph p. Upper of Logan, Iowa
was paid Sz,4Ss,s$ for one day.
D. G., was paid s153.Sz for four days
Fox of Baltimore was paid s13,-
659.45 on the 10Th day OF September,
1922, for crying sale on that day.
Smith and Jaffe, 68 West 45th
street, New York city, were paid $2S.-
1925 for making a sale on Augusf
''Gerth's Realty Experts, sos 5th
avenue, New York city, were paid
23,55S.84 for sales made from the 18th
10 the lSth OIL august, 1871, ana fcr
crying sales on the 10th TO the 18th
day of October, 1921, they were paid
s56, 6,030.S2. and for crying sales on tho
18th and nth days OF December, 1921,
they were paid s45,407.52, and for cry
ing a sale on December z, 1929, they
were paid St2,750. For the four sales
just referred TO, that same 6rm was
paid sl67,747.1s
'"rhe total compensation paid tn
auctioneers, as just recited by me,
amount 1869 per cent was paid dur
ing the Woodrow Wilson administra-
tion and $500 per cent under the ad-
ministrations of Presidents Harding
and Coo1i6Re
Evening star., 1924-03-22
BUILDING BOOM DUE
HERE SOON, IS BELIEF
Pilkington, Noting Reports, Says
Virtually All Workers Will
Be Employed.

A building boom which will employ
virtually every building tradesman
in Washington now out of work is
due to start within fortnight and
will result generally in improved en-
ployment conditions here, in the opin-
ion of r. M. Pilkington, director of
the Washington office of the United
States employment service. Mr.. Pill
kington bases his belief on the un-
willingness of building contractors
to start new work during early
too uncertain to insure continued op-
erations, which has held up build
ing.
From all parts of the city come re-
ports to the employment director of
preparations to start building oper-
ations on large scale. Other In
dustries in the Capital also will open
up their outside work on a more ex-
tensive scale, and provide employ
ment for many.
Expects Trade BetteFment.
A large department store recently
has laid OF eighty-eight clerks in the
face of what the employment Office
director believed to be a coming boon
in department store business. Mr..
Pilkington, however, still looks for a
betterment in general department
store business, which will result In
increased employment.
A new 450-room addition to the
Willard Hotel will employ many
building tradesmen, he said, while
work on the proposed Federal-Amer-
lean Bank building, a million dollar
structure. will employ many more.
Three hundred men are needed at
Camp Meade to assist in demolition of
that camp, and the same number are
wanted at Camp Dix.
Good stenographers are in constant
demand, although the field for gen.
eral clerical help Is limited by an
oversupply, many Of whom have been
discharged from the government de-
partm ents.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
HOUSE GETS NEW
CLASSIC Y|NC BILL
Measure by Hudson Like
leh|hach, But Defines Civil
Service Procedure.

Representative Frank NJ. Hudson,
member of the House civil service
committed. today introduced a new
hill covering changes in the c'ass'h-
cation act, This will probably be
considered at "A special meeting or
the committee this afternoon. Repre-
sentative hudson explained that it is
not in conflict with the now classiti-
alton bill introduced by Chairman
Lehlbach.
The Hudson bill would abolish the
existing CIassificat ation act. II pro
videS the powers. duties and funC-
toms of the claSsif1cation act vested
IN the personnel classification board
he transferred to the Civil Serv ice
Commission. This is the same leeis-
alton as sought by Chairman Lehl-
hach's measure to abolish tho classi
fication board and transfer its duties
to the Civil Service Commission.
Provides for Procedure.
Representative Hudson's bill, how
over. provides what the procedure of
the Civil Service Commission shall be
after il has taken over the functions
Of the personnel classification board.
Representative Hudson proposes
that the Civil Service Commission
naires TO each employe calling for
Il complete statement of the duty he
or she performs, educational quail
fications and what are the necessary
educational qualifications TO fill the
position which the employe now
holds
1t provides that the Civil Service
Commission shall then proceed to
CLASSIFY and allocate employees to the
service. class and grade to which they
re entitled TO be allocated as set
forth in the existing act of March
4. 1928.
Efficiency Committee.
Representative Hudson also proposes
that a committee under the civil serv-
ice shall be appointed to pass upon the
efficiency of employees based upon month
]y work reports kept by individual en-
ployes themselves, and reports of Of
would be sent to the committee every
quarter beginning on July /. 1924.
The bill provides this committee
shall consist of five members. two of
whom shall be women: two shall be
appointed by the President. two shall
be appointed by the Civil Service
Commission from the personnel of the
classified Civil service of the United
states government, and one shall be
A classified civil service empIoye elect
cd by the popular vote of the en-
ployes themselves.
This committee shall serve for pc
riod of four years, beginning on the
first day of the fourth month after
passage of the act, and the salaries
shall be $4,000 a year.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
COURT FREES TWO.
Had Been Accused of Seeking to
Kill Won Kahr-Third Guilty.

MUNICH Bavaria. March 22.-The
Munich district court today acquitted
two young men charged with con-
spring TO Kill DIR. Won Kahr. former
Bavarian military dictator, but sem
fenced third to one year imprison-
ment.
Acquittals also were voted for two
national socialists accused of con-
spring against Won Kahr's life in
consequence of tie arrest of one of
their companions.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
$42,750 A DAY PAID
TO AUCTIONEERS BY
U. S., REPORTS SHOW

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-03-22

Fruits must have pectin and acid
to make perfect jelly.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
TROOPERS RIDE TONIGHT.
Sd Cavalry Rough Riders Sponsor
Fort Myer Program.

Troop f. Sd Cavalry. will hold an
exhibition drill and rough riding show
in the post riding hall, Fort Myer,
Va. tonight at 1880 O'Clock.
The trough riding squad" Of the Unit
ed States Cavalry will perform stunts
at extended galIop, This squad has
been in training all winter preparing
new and thrilling stunts which will
be shown at all the principal horse
shows and fairs throughout the
southern and eastern states during
the coming season, it is announced.
In addition to this, there will be an
exhibition of novelty jumping by
Sergt. Smith.
There will be n.ounted events as
follows: Potato race, exhibition pla-
toon drill. trained horse, exhibition
platoon jumping. two famous come
dians. cavalry troopers in action, res
cue race, wrestling, fencing. throwing
rope, and stage coach holdup. The
final event of the evening will be
given by the rough riding squad by
jumping through hoops Of fire and
electric jumps.
Evening star., 1924-03-22

sation while the whisky tax was be-
ing collected would have amounted to
100000 a day. or $s.000.000 a year.
II one 10 paid on the percentage plan,
ceived by this auctioneer for one
days services would not fall far short
of paying the salary of the governor
of my native state for four years.
lanta, Ca. was employed for thirty
days. for which he was paid $37, ,209.4
daily average of $1,204.31. At that
rate his compensation for year
compensation for one month was
more than sufficient to pay the sal
aries of three cabinet officers for
twelve months.
Cites $4,000 Payment.
Arthur c. Sheridan, an auctioneer
of New York city, was employed for
one day, for which he received $4,-
603.20. At that rate his compensation
for a year would have been $780,
16S.
Smith g. Jaffe, auctioneers. of New
York city were employed for forty
days. for which they were paid
s7S,7l9.2s, daily average of s1.sSo.24.
The amount paid that firm for
thirty nine days would very nearly
pay the annual salaries of ten United
States senator's. At the rate Of
$l,S90.24 per day the annual COM
pensation would amount 10 $685.
937.60.
"A. II. Swepston of Chillicothe.
Ohio, was employed for ten days for
which he was paid $24. .sS5.56. q daily
average of s2.4SS.35. AT that rate
his annual compensation would b.
S908,247.75.
Michael Tauber of Chicago, Ill.
was employed for twenty-six days
for which he was paid $60,600.56,
daily average Of $2.230.7s. at which
rate his annual compensation would
be $s50,734.70.
"Wiimerding. Morris & Mitchell of
New York city were employed for
nine days as auctioneer. for which
service they were paid SIS, 1896, a
daily average of s2,08777, at which
rate the annual compensation would
be S762,039.05.
shows Further Awards.
Samuel winternitz, an auctioneer
OF Chicago, ILL.,. was paid $5s,995.48
for thirteen days. His compensation
averaged s4.615.O3 a day. At that
rate his annual compensation would
amount to s1,6S44S5.95. The amount
paid this man for thirteen days would
lack only IS of paying six members
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion their annual salaries.
Samuel T. Freeman of Philadel-
phia, Pa. was employed for sixty.
four days, for which he was paid
,s167.I63.43, daily average OF So.
611.93. At that rate, his annual com
pensation would be S953,354.45. The
amount paid this man for sixty-four
days would pay the salaries of the
nine Cabinet officers for year; and.
in addition, would lack but little of
paying the annual salaries OF six dis
trict federal judges.
Atlantic Coast and Realty Com
Evening star., 1924-03-22

sating the auctioneers was on the
percentage basis instead of by the
day, week. or month or year. Just
what the motive may have been for
OF conjecture only. However. it can
be safely stated that no more ef-
fective way of paying large fees
could possibly have been devised"
Got &x3O.s7O for IIs Days.
In discussing the War Department
report ard the amazing salaries paid,
Representative johnson said: 'Tt is
disclosed that NJ Fox & Sons of Bal
timore. Md, were employed on 113
different days for merely crying auc-
ton sales. The testimony showed
that the auctioneer did not pay for
the advertising nor for any other ex-
pense incident to tho sale. The COM
pensation allowed the auctioneer. in
every instance was merely for say
ing. How much am / offered for this
piece of property then stating the
1ner o. na,, or ofsrs, and then saying.
times. and sold" For those lI3 days
the auctfoneer was paid the snor-
nous sum OF s23o.370.72. For less
than one-third Of a year he was paid
more than the Presidents salary for
three years.
ITO go more into detail: He was paid
$2,03s.67 for only a part of each of
those llS days. This auctioneer was
pald at the rate of approximately
three-qusrters of a million dollars a
year:
"Gerth's Realty Experts of New
york were employed as auction eer
Tor eighteen days Their compensation
was $ll ,450.SS day. making g. total
lot eighteen days of s20s.110.08. For
each OF those eighteen days the auc-
tioheer received only little less
than the annual salary of "A justice
OF the Supreme Court of the United
states: and for the eighteen days
he received nearly enough to pay
the annual salaries Of the nine mem
~ two years. And for each and every
one of those days he received near
~ as much as is paid TO a cabinet
officer for whole year.
Averaged s2.643 Daily.
Gordon Williams of Chicago,
Ill. were employed as auctioneer for
sixteen days. For those sixteen days
they were paid $43,es9.79. AN average
OF S2,643.l1 for each day. Congress
will discuss for hours the propriety
OF adding s143 to the salary of a
government clerk who already is re-
ceiving s2.500 per year, but we find
that in this case the auctioneer was
paid more than such salary for a
comparatively short portion of one
days work, without Il word of pro-
test.
The Louisville Real Estate and De-
velopment Company of Louisville, Ky,
was employed one day as auctioneer.
For that one day that concern was
paid $24.l9is0, which amount would
almost pay the salary of the collector
of internal revenue at Louisville for
four years. If the collector had been
paid on the same basis, his compen-
Evening star., 1924-03-22
G.. W. u. Faculty to Meet.

The faculty club Of George Wash
ington University will meet in the
faculty club rooms, 728 Goth street
northwest, Tuesday night at Sis
o'clock. DR.. Charles r. Mann, director
Of the American Council Of Education,
VIII Epeak .-. '.-.I
Evening star., 1924-03-22
ORCHESTRA CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra, Stanley
Hall, this evening, beginning
at 5:45 o'clock. John S. M. Zim-
mermann. bandmaster.
March, Under Orders. Glagau
Overture, primrose. .Brepsant
Duet for flute and horn, '"ritl
Serenade" It'll
tMessrs-Bergh and Finocchiaro)
Selection, "Song Land. Ball
Fox trot, "Mindin' My Bus'-
ness" Donaldson
Waltz suite, Naples"
WaldteufeI
Ptnale, why Did KISS That
Giri~ Henderson
Tho Star Spangled Banner"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09
MCCOY JURY is
SHAPING Up
All IL May Be Selected by
End Of TOday'S Session

Los ANGELES. Dec. Before
the cloae OF today's court session the
jury which viii decide the fate OF
Kid Mccoy may be definitely ss.
Iected.
Seven women and four men are
already in the box tentatively &C.
cepted by both sides
The defense has few challenges left
and is apparently unsuccessful in it's
efforts to give the jury a masculine
majority.
For Mccoy. the man OF a thou.
sand loves charged with staying
Mrs Teresa Mors. his latest para.
mour. does not want women 10 de.
lermine whether he shall live or die.
Sitting ~ The counsel table in
conversation with his attorneys.
Mccoy watched every vcnircman
questioned as the jury selection
continued. That he prefers a ma.
jority Of men e. evident The
'lady'5 man" doesn't want women
70 decide hits fate
Mccoy denies he has any prefer
encc.
put 'cm an In a bag. shake thcuS
up. draw out II and let tho trial
go on" nc said
"lf Kid Mccoy doesn't hang. the
people viii have lost their case.
District Attorney saa seycr told his
deputies today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09
PITY US
MURDER
DEFENSE
Pastor a d Woman
Now Facing Jury;
Are Accused of
Killing 2 Mates

MOUNT VERNON. H.. Dec. .
A'i A defense % pity will b. con.
strucied 20 save Lawrence NJ Hight.
former Methodist pastor. and Elsie
sweetin from tho EalIows.
They are on trial here for muir
dering MILFORD Swertin. the woman'F
husband. by putting poison IN his
food Both will 10 tried later for
killing Mrs Hlght Ia a Ike man
ucr
First state witnesses will so on
the stand today and the state ok.
poets 10 take at least three days
IN presenting their 100 witnesses
Nelson Layman. attorney Tor
Hight pictured the minister as a
man who had inherited mental GO.
eentricitiea.
Nh. Swcctin was presented 10 the
jurors as a woman who had never
hHd opportunity 10 gain an insight
into uffuins Of the world.
Robert Smith. her attorney, told
how she had been reared In the
little community around Ina. had
worked OUT FOR several ycan. then
married MILFORD Swu5tln and settled
down He expects 20 prove that
Hight was not nc the Swertin homo
az the time Of swecttn's death and
that both Mr. and Mrs swcctln be-.
came ~ at tho same tmle, Tie
said Mrs swcctin did not know
what she signed when she made
her confession.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09
RAISE BURGLARY
INSURANCE
Rates Go Up Here Due 10
Success OF Lawless

CEATTLE merchants and In.
- dusiriali,ts must pay
double price for the success with
which daylight bandits and safe
blowers have operated In King
county during the past year.
An increase OF 30 per cent In rob,
berry insurance rates has been levied
hy the Underwater OF the Pacific
Coast. according 20 advicos received
I by local insurance writers.
The rate on bank messengers and
payroll messengers has increased By
onc.hhlf a similar increase has
been put on mercantile safe Insur.
nnce.
/ But California citizens are In a
worse state as apparently tho crooked
gentry has been more active and
more successful down there.
Under the new rate Los An.
! geles jumps TO high place along
/ with Kansas City on house bur
/ glary insurance. both cities sur
passing Chicago. The new rate
Is S33 per $1,000. compared to
$3.50 per $1,000 In Chicago.
4 new class OF risks has been ere
ated FOR the entire state Of Calitor
mia. II 10 pawnbrokors and Jewellers
ana drug stores This rate has IN
creased from s. per $1,000 to $40 OF
| 500 per cent Increase.
An increase equal TO that in Seat
tie has been placed on messenger
ana payroll insurance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09
LTIMORE POST
SUIT is Up
Second Tax Publicity Case
Opened by Government

BALTIMORE, Md. Dec. 9.-The
second step in the governments ef-
forts 20 determine legally whether
the public can be informed OF in
come tax returns thru the news
papers was taken here today when
the test case against the Baltimore
Post came to trial
al tho evidence being conceded
by both sides, there remained only
TO conclude the legal arguments of
opposing counsel on the constitu-
tional freedom OF the press before
Federal District Judge Morris \.
soper hands down his decision
Tho Post Is one Of three news
papers indicted by the government
FOR publication OF incomes taxes paid
ljy citizens The case against the
Kansas City Journal Post is now be
ing carried TO higher court after
n verdict Diminishing the indictment
In the district court
The third casc-against the New
York Herald Tribune-is to come
mp In the New York district court
today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09
by JIM MARSHALL

uI SEEN what ! como down to
j sec, anyway" said Uncle Bos.
Icy Turner Ho stretched his con.
gross boots out over ono Of tho
Olympics 1rak rugs and leaned back
wcurily In carved chair.
suayo men and cnigmntic women
wandered around The lobby Tho
heavy odor OF warm luxury drifted
drowgily thru tho air Uncle Boslcy
pulled chnrrcd corncob and blue
bpndanna from his pocket applied
ono 10 his mouth and the other to
his nose. From tho first he evoked
tho blue smoke Of cut plug, from
thc second n foRhorn trumpotlng,
A bcllboy coughod automatically,
Uncle iloHlry looked around rcproy.
ngly, shifted onuo tapped out his
pipe Oh Tic arm VI his chair.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09
Holiday Shopping Promises to Break
All Records; Many Novelties

ISN'T IT just the grandest time-ths Christmas season
Seattle is in the thick Of it and plans Santa Claus
ever made in all his CHEEKY career promise brighter than
those of the 1924 season.
Beginning right after Thanksgiving, Christmas crowds
began flooding the streets and the shops and merchants for
the most part unite in declaring this years holiday business
will eclipse all former
Wise shoppers getting early the day The after
crowds always big make it difficult for shoppers to
obtain the individual attention they desire so the early
birds have distinct advantage the late Corners
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09
The Fishing Must
Be Good in Texas

Evidently they expect fishing Ia
be good down In Texas the coming
season Down at Pier there is one
carload Of bamboo fish poles which
came in on Japanese boat last
week. consigned 20 DallnS Texas
There arc 30 poles TO a bundle. each
i6 feet long an nicely trimmed and
ready Tor tho line.
"Ycs, that pile VIII make just q
carload" said the manager OF the
dock" And that Is very small
shipment. OFTEN we get twice that
many and they 20 to all point,
where people fish with hooi
and line"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09

Seattle Riddles, II indications hold
good. will have their stockings
crummed full this Christmas. Mer-
chants say early shopping has been
notable for the quantities Of toys pur.
chased This may be accounted for
by reason OF the exceptionally large
and varied offerings o. novelties.
Many new shops have come into
existence and they, as wen as the
older. wcll-estnblished ones, have
gone in for a character OF Christmas
merchandise never before seen in Sc
attic.
Riddles and their parents are held
spcllbound by tho great showing Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09
Main Street

STANLEY GRIFFITHS, the
shipping man, lodging automo.
bilcs crossing Union at Fourth.
II. KANIP, Of the Lloyd Trans.
fer Co, collecting freight bills
on Western ave. GEORGE w.
SHIELDS, OF Pacific Goldfish
Co, making deposit at the bank
W. ID. LANE, lawyer. carrying
a brief case along First ave.
JAMES A. HAIGHT, wearing
hts usual smile, walking down
Second ave. TO Pike, a. III. DIM.
MOCK, former city engineer,
climbing Madison st. from Sec.
ond to Third. FRED BERT.
insurance man. walking slowly
UP Third ave c. l.. BAASCH,
restaurant man, looking at pic.
lures in front OF the Heilig.
ALIEN. MYERS, insurance and
apprasals, in front of LeaIy
building. JIM FENTON. auto.
mobile dealer, talking to man in
front Of olympic hotel. }. l..
CHICK, real estate, waiting for
a car on Westlalle. j. VI. DEF.
FENBAUGH, retired merchant,
walking up Second ave. "SUL.
LN" SULENGER, the paint
man, who hurries, hurrying
along Third ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09
PROMPT ACTION
EDITORIAL

THE STAR on November II called the attention OF
city officials and the public to the rottng cond-
ton of Railroad ave- where disaster looms in gaping
holes and insecure underpinning Of the shaky wooden
trestlework built out over the Sound
City officials promised immediate relief.
On Tuesday-25 days later-a Star reporter went
down to Railroad to what had been accom-
plished.
Conditions were just they had always been. The
same holes The shaky bridgework The same
danger of autos crashing thru into the water.
At the city-county building the reporter tried to
learn why. This is what he found
JOHN CARROLL, chairman council streets commit
tee: | don't know what the status of the matter u.s.
Let's find out.
CITY UTILITIES DEPARTMENT: Better see the
streets department
STREETS DEPARTMENT.: The matter is in the
hands Of the board of public works and the city eng
neer.
CITY ENGINEERS OFFICE: The plans are ready
for approval Friday by the board of public works. If
approved public hearings will be set for the middle
of January.
MEANTIME, while the city is thus dashng madly
lVl about its business of getting $4,000 together
for emergency repair work to give the Immediate
relief" that was promised, heavily loaded trucks con-
tinue to rumble all day long the quakng struct
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09

depot and signed up just tn same as
back in tn Harris house. put down
my grip and somebody says 'FRONT.'
Hike sergeant in the army. did
nm cycs-front but outa tn tail o.
ono cyo ! seen boy grab that grip,
so | figgorcd it was stan. This kid
beats It For hole III the wall and 1
rolcr8 him Nabs him In corner
by heck and Just then another lad
sums a door and the hole in the wall
starts moving up.
We'll sir. | grabs back my grip
and by and by we stopped going up
the door opened agin and VIC all
tutfblcd out Then | discovered that
tho boy who'd tried so grab my grip
had got aholt Of my room key, Young
rnsrnll | took II away rum him and
found my room ul right TURTLE