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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
DETROIT PAYS HALF y
OF NATIONS AUTO TAX

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 2S.-More
than half Of the taxes collected by
the United States on automobile
trucks, passenger cars and acces.
series were paid In Detroit last
year, according. to figures made
public By Fred L. Woodworth, col.
lector Of internal revenue.
The total amount collected was
$144. ESQ, 400, of which Detroit paid
$7S,95S,S77. The previous year, De.
troit's payments amounted TO $780,.
20,44S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
ST. PATRIcK's DAY BALL
TO AID K. OF c, BAND

A concert, card party, and ball
win be held in the washington
Hotel on st. Patrick's Day, March
IL, for the benefit Of the Knights
OF Columbus Band. Arrangements
for the affair win be made at a
meeting of the committee in charge.
DR.. Charles /. Griffith, State
deputy of the X. c.. will head the
reception committee at the ball. At
tractive souvenir programs will be
distributed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
LOSSES IN RIVER
FRONT FIRE
100000
MHHH HHH
Officials Announce Schedule
Will Not Be lnterfered With.
Covered by Insurance.

/" With firemen still on duty today,
guarding against the fitful outhurst
Of flame from the smouldering
ruins Of the $500, 900 fire which de-
stroyed the steamer Midland and
the wharf Of the Washington and
Norfolk Steamboat Company. Of.
ficials Of the company are making
a detailed check.up on what can
be salvaged.
Covered BY Insurance.
Daniel J. Callahan, vice president
and general manager Of the com
pany, will turn over to- the fire de-
partment, today an itemized state
ment Of the amount and extent Of
the damage, Fire Marshal Seib an
nounces.
Despite the harsh weather which
prevailed along the river front yes
terday, Levi Woodbury.. ninety'three
wears old, president Of the steam
boat firm, was down at the wharf
together with hundreds Of other
curious Waehingtonians, viewing
the remains.
Odeli s. Smith, secrotary.treasurer
Of the company, in announcing that
both the Midland and the wharf
damage il covered with insurance.
declares that no steps for rebuild
ing viii be taken until after Q con-
ference with adjustors TOR the IN
surance companies.
Doesn't Tangle Schedule.
Fearful that the Midland's hull
might sink, workers on Harbor tug
"77' and the firefighter kept their
pumps going for three hours yes
terday afternoon to draw of the
great quantity OF water that ha0
settled In her hold when she was
doused to curb the flames.
When the Southland, one OF the
company's trio Of steamers, arrived
from Norfolk : yesterday morning,
the boat was ordered to dock at the
wharf Of the Maryland, Delaware
and Virginia Railway Company.
The Charles Manchester, excursion
steamer, that harbor tug vi"
towed out Of danger during the fire,
was returned to her wharf.
Point Is made by officials OF the
steamboat company that the fire
will in no way interfere with the
regular schedule between here and
Norfolk except that both the North
land and Southland will temporarily
"shove off" from the Virginia Rail-
way Company wharf.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
H 4 If MILLION
SEE LEN|N
RITES
Thousands Spend Night in
Snow to Pay Honor to
Soviet Leader.
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" ana with bowed heads through.
out the day before the tomb.
airy guard of stalwart cavalrymen.
their uniforms thick with frost,
paced slowly back and forth before
the tomb. Powerful searchlights
from the Kremlin played over the
streets all over the city.
The authorities were hard
pressed to find accommodation for
had to sleep in the snow around
the b0nfires.
Although half frozen, their ella
ton over seeing the grave Of the
master" lifted them above physical
suffering.
Factions Reunited.
Leaders Of all factions united ir
declaring that the funeral was the
greatest tribute ever paid to any
man in Russia. Although ecclesias
teal services were lacking, the emo
ton Of the mourners mounted Il
religious fervUr.
The ceremonies began cary in the
morning at Trade Union Hall
where the body rested in its red
coffin upon a red dias. A hidden
orchestra played continuously
Among the selections were Chopin
Funeral March," Wagner's "Heav
emily Twilight" and Monuscko's
Funeral March,"
The mournsrs sang the revolu.
donary song "Internationale."
Wife Follows Coffin.
When the coffin was carried to
Red square, the revolutionary
burial ground fronting the Krem,
lin. II was surrounded by members
OF the government and All.Russian
congress, leaders of the communist
party and officials Of the Third In
ternationale. Madame Lenin and
Lenin's sisters trudged behind the
coffin. The procession, led by a
military band, passed between lines
OF Red soldiers.
Leon Trotzhy failed to arrive.
The initial session of the federal
soviet congress last night was dedi.
Gated to Lenin's memory. Madame
Lenin delivered an address express
ing hope that her late husbands
work would be carried on without
INTERRUPTION.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
MacD Donald Receives Ministers

LONDON, Jan. 2S.--All the South
American ministers were received
IN audience today by Premier Mac
Donald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
| INES HERALD
OPERATES IN
NEW PLANT
Hearst Building, Costing ~.
600, 600, Houses All Pub
fishing Activities.

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tiers and the best grades Of modern
equipment.
international News Service and
Cosmopolitan News Service made theS
change yesterday. and Universal
Service win mover from the Bond
building on Wednesday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales OF carcass beef in Washington
3. c. for week ending saturday,, jan
airy 20, 1924, on shipments sotd ous
per pound and averaged 14.1S cents
per pOund.-Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28

needs Of the navy In any emery
ency threatening the national Sc
curity:
Resolved, that the said leases
are against the public interest. and
that the lands embraced therein
should be recovered and held for
the purpose to which they were
dedicated, and,
Resolved further, that the Presi-
dent of the United States, be, and
he hereby is, authorized and direct
ed immediately to cause suits to be
instituted and prosecuted for the
annulment and cancellation OF the
said leases, to en5oin the further
extraction Of oil from said reserves
under said leases or from the ter
ritory covered by the same, to Sc
cure any further. appropriate incl
dental relief, and to prosecute such
other actions or proceedings, civil
and criminal. as may be warranted
by the facts.
"And tho President is further
authorized and directed to employ
special counsel who shall have
charge and control Of. the prosecu-
ton Of such litigation, anything in
the statutes touching the powers Of
the Attorney General or the De-
partment Of Justice to the contrary
Notwithstanding
COOlidge's Move Asset
President Coolidge's action in
beating Congress to It" by direct
ing an impartial inquiry by outside
attorneys into the naval oil leases
before the passage Of the Walsh
and Garrett resolutions was de-
Indiana, chairman Of the Republi-
can Congressional Campaign Com.
mittee.
--"By his action" Wood said at
the White House, 1.-THE President
has turned political liability into
an asset"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
Storm sweeps Norway Coast.

CHRISTIAN, Jan ga hur-
ricane swept the west coast OF
Norway today. Many fishing boats
with their crews were reported
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28

Seventy-nIne years old, who Is the
only woman member Of the Ma
tiOnaI G. A. R., and who Is also
the only woman war veteran to
receive q Government pension In
her own name. She ''tOted" 3
rifle for the Yankee forces and
was the only woman soldier of
the war Of the rebellion: Miss
Marcum 10 QuarterEmaSter secre-
tary of the Thomas Buchanan
Post 122 Of the G. A. r. at WILL
iamsburg, Ky.
of letters from all over the United
States and IL he undertook to an.
swer them would require q secre-
tary. One Of those writing Mr..
Marsh on the conditions in Loudon
county was Upton Sinclair.
Evening star., 1924-10-13
HARRY WAGNER EXPIRES.

Harry Wagner, 40 years of age. a
banker of Jackson, Wyo., and long a
resident of Washington. died Sunday
morning at Idaho Falls, Idaho, after
an operation.
Mr. Wagner was born in Washington
and was a graduate of Business High
School of this city. Shortly after leav-
ing school he went to Cody. Wyo., with
Buffalo Bill' Cody. where he engaged
in the banking business. Not long
after the death of Buffalo Bnr' Mr..
Wagner moved to Jackson, Wyo., and
at the time of his death was manager
and cashier of the Jackson State Bank
at that place.
The funeral will be held from his home
in Jackson. Mr.. Wagner is survived
by his widow. Mrs. Beatrice Scott
Wagner, formerly Of Buffalo, N. Y;
his father, William Wagner of this
city. and six sisters. Mrs. L. F. c.
Heintz. Mrs. Delmas c. Stutler, Mrs.
Z. p. Hutchinson. Mrs. Frank B. Wal.
lace and Mrs. Elmer L. Trey. all of
this city. and Mrs A. F. Kwis Of
Cleveland, Ohio. -
Evening star., 1924-10-13
COOLIDGE LAUDS
NAME OF COLUMBUS
Tribute to Americas Discov-
erer and to U. S. Citizens
of italian Birth.

In a Columbus day letter to Vita
Contessa of New York, president of
the Italian Benevolent Society. and
which was made public in New York
yesterday, President Coolidge paid a
glowing tribute to Christopher Co
lumbus and to those citizens Of this
country who are of Italian birth.
Commenting on messages which he
SAID made apparent that this year
Columbus day would be observed
very widely" Mr.. Coolidge recalled
that Columbus. in his own time was
repaid with little else than disgrace
disappointment and ignominy.
Ranks Among Greatest Men.
To-day" the President said. Co
lumbus holds place as one of the few
greatest among men. Probably of
all achievements that may be credited
to single individual, that of Colum-
bus would be popularity accepted as
the foremost in history
with every celebration of this an
niversary we all realize more clearly
the significance Of the revolution in
human relationships which begaa
with the voyages of Columbus and
the expansion OF civilization to the
outlying parts of the world. 1t is
hitting that son of Italy should have
been marked by destiny for this sery
lce' that Italy, SO long the seat OF
ancient civilization, should thus pass
on the torch to new area and new
world
1T is the fortune Of our country
TO have attracted thither an impres-
sive number of the sons and daugh-
ters or this land where leadership
and lofty talent have so long found
noble fruition. They have contributed
richly of their industry, their love for
liberty, their genius for the sciences
the arts and the humanities. They
have given much to making our coun-
try what 1t is, and in turn / am sure
they have found advantage in the
opportunities which this new CONT
nent has afforded 1t is good to
know that Columbus day will be so
generally observed and that its cele-
bration will furnish new testimony to
the traditional friendship between
our country and the ancient homeland
of the Italian people"
Evening star., 1924-10-13
OFFICIALS ATTEND
M'kENNA'S RITES
President and Mrs. Coolidge and
Many Other Dignitaries at
Funeral Services.

President and Mrs. Coolidge, JUS
tices oi coen,upn. .ne nupr .s nao;o,a ou': nlgn
IN members of the cabinet and dIg.
nitaries and their wives of the dip
lomatic corps. today attended the fu-
neral services of Mrs. Amanda Borne
man McKenna, wife of Justice Nc
Kenna, who died Friday
Father Buckley of st. Matthews
Catholic Church officiated at the
services, which were held at II o'clock
this morning at the residence, 1850
Connecticut avenue. Chief Justice
william Howard Taft and associate
justices Of the Supreme Court were
the honorary pail bearers. Interment
was in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1924-10-13
SCHOONER BURNS
AFTER GAS BLAST
Broken Barrel Causes Explo-
sion on Potomac River Boat.
Two Aboard Escape.

The two-maSted schooner Jennie l.
Foote was destroyed by fire two miles
north If Smiths Point, at the mouth
of the Potomac Rive r last night when
tar gas fumes eXcapinE from brOk-
en- barrel aboard came In contact with
a lighted oil lamp in the captain 8
cabin and caused an explosion. c. L.
Thompson and Edwin L. Grey, skipper
and mate OF the schooner, respective
ly. werc the only ones aboard and
they es, aped death by leaving the
burning ship in a small boat without
any oars.
The Merchants and Miners passen-
ger steamer KerShaw. seeing the
flaming schooner, which lighted up
the entire point for about 90 minutes
after the explosion, rushed to the as
sistance of its crew, which by this
time was aboard the Maryland. In
doing so it ran aground, but will be
fUated some time today.
According to the captain. he and
the mate We're sitting on deck about
9 o'clock, and the schooner which
was ~ years old, was moving
through the water by means of sail
and motor. suddenly flames were
seen shooting outside the cabin, and
the cantain opened the door. He
grabbed the oil lamp which over
turned, and the kerosene ran down
his arm. In an instant his hand
was attire. and was severely burned
before he could eNtinguish the
flames. y second later 50-gallon
gasoline tank on deck exploded. and
then the cargo of tar gas barrels
blew up.
Thompson and Grey lowered a
small boat and padded off with their
hands from the blazing vessel. A
short time later they were picked up
and carried into Baltimore by the
Pilot boat Maryland. Thompson
today is in Murphy Hospital, Balti-
more. while Grey was uninjured.
The schooner had taken aboard
10 barrels OF tar gas in Baltimore
and yesterday added los more to the
cargo at Annapolis. 1t left the latter
city yesterday morning at $3.50 o'clock
hound for Mobjack Bay Va The
captain and mate live at Piankiatank,
Cobb'S Greek. Va,
Seven weeks ago another boat
owned by the Thompson 's--the Eva
Bramble-and in command of J. Is.
Thompson. the father of c. L. Thomp-
son. struck a storm off Cedar Point,
turned over and sank. All aboard
were saved.
Evening star., 1924-10-13
CLUB ORGANIZATION
PLANS FORMULATED
Catholic Men Act Upon Sugges-
tions Presented at a Breakfast
in St. Martins Hall,

Elaborate plans for a great clut
organization, similar to the Catholic
Club of New York, were discussed and
acted upon yesterday by st. Martin s
National Council Of Catholic Men. a,
a breakfast in st. Martins Hall. The
gift of St. Martins parochiai build
ing, adjoinging the rectory, offered
to the men by Rev. NJ. j. Riordan
rector of St. Martins. was accepted for
use as Il headquarters for the organ
iZation.
The building will be converted into
an auditorium. library, and meeting
room, with bowling alley and dance
hall. 1t is at present used as a
school room, but as soon as the chill
dren have been transferred to the
new school building on Mount ST Mar
tin, the dedication of which will take
place in the presence of the papal
delegate to the United States next
Sunday, the present building will be
occupied by the council
President r. w. McChesney presided
at the breakfast and meeting and
made the opening address to the 100
men who attended. He outlined a
series of activities, which the coun-
Gil will at once inaugurate, embrac-
ing educational, religious and social
fields.
George Melting, chairman of the
committee in charge of the new club
building. detailed the present plans
with regard to the builting. In all
respects, he said. the headquarters
will be complete modern club.
Rev. NJ. J. Riordan urged the estab-
lishment of a social study group in
the parish, in line with the ideas of
Archbishop Curley. President Nc
Chesney Endorsed the plan and it was
adopted by the men.
Part of the plan of the organiza-
tion will be the maintenance of a cir
culating library for the entire parish
of st. Martins, placing at the dis
posal of parishioners many valuable
works not otherwise available. Rev.
Francis Y. Cavanaugh, assistant rec
tor of ST. Martins. will select the
books and direct this activity.
Francis de Sales Ryan was ap-
pointed chairman Of a committee to
promote a more accurate knowledge
of church doctrine and practice. En-
nett Carr and G. A. Maurer were
placed in charge of a field meet to be
held Friday afternoon on Blooming
dale Fairgrounds for the children of
ST. Martins, who will be given a holi-
day by Father Riordan on that day.
Maurice H. Lanman was made
chairman of the committee in charge
of a ladies night" entertainment
October 20, and William r. Brennan
was named chairman of a committee
in charge of card party and dance
to be held at the Raleigh Hotel, De-
cember 2.
Evening star., 1924-10-13
ANATOLE FRANCE DEAD IN PARIS:
NATION PROFOUNDLY IMPRESSED
Writer Is Rated Best In.
terpreter Of French
Peoples Character.
Style Marked by Great Lu.
cidity, Simplicity and
FOrcetulness.

i3y the Associated Press.
fARlS, October 13-The death a,
Tours OF Anatole France created q
profound impression throughout the
country and the newspapers prin,
columns about his life and works
The aged writer's long struggle
against death had been watched with
intense interest and admiration. His
Vitaiity amazed the doctors. Weeks
ago they announced that his end was
put question Of hours. yet he held
MS own and even made surprising
rallies. Almost to the last he main
tanned consciousness and lucidity
only yesterday he lapsed into semi
consciousness. murmurlng in a faint
voice from time to time II am dying"
and calling for his mother.
The end came peacefully, without
a struggle, shortly before midnight, in
the presence of his wife and his faith
fui physician, while Lucien Psychari,
his little grandson. who Is also the
grandson OF the late Ernest Renan,
slept in an adjoining room.
Not National Funeral.
The desire of the French govern
funeral cannot be realized as parlia-
ment is not in session, making il i'm
possible to pass the special act which
would be necessary to accord national
honors to the famous author.
The state will, therefore, assume
the costs of the funeral, as it did in
the case Of the famous statesman,
Leon Gambetta, who died when parlia-
ment was not sitting.
"INTERPRETER" OF FRANCE.
Evening star., 1924-10-13
BROTHER OF MUDD
MAY Be CHOSEN
G. 0. P. Committee of Mary
land Called to Nominate
Successor in Congress.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, October 13.-The
Republican State central committee
Will meet here on Wednesday at /
o'clock to select a candidate to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Rep
resentative Sydney E. Mudd, candidate
to succeed himself in the fifth Mary
land district. Galen L. TAFT, chair
man of the committee, issued the call.
The consensus of opinion among
Republican leaders is that Thomas 3.
r. Mudd. a brother of the dead rep
resentative, who has handled the
campaigns in the fifth district for six
years. will be named as the logical can
didate.
While Mr.. TAFT would not commit
himself on the question of selecting
Mr.. Mudd, other leaders say he is the
logical candidate. although 1t is
thought former State Senator Oliver
Metzerott of Prince Georges County
may make bid for the honor
Two Parties to Act.
Thomas III. Robinson. Attorney Cen
eral for Maryland. has announced
that both the Republican and Demo-
cratic State central committees must
meet at an early date to designate
nominees to fill Represe ntative
Mudds unexpired term. The cleo
tioH Will De subject 10 call OF iOV.
Ritchie.
Gov. Richie said he would be gov
erned in his action relative to calling
an election by the rulings OF Mr.
Robinson. He pointed out that the
election can be held at the general
elections November T.
''The only difference" he said, will
be that the ballot will contain two
names. one to fill the unexpired term
and the other to fill the full term"
J. Enos Ray, chairman of the
Democratic State central committee,
said he will call his committee early
this week.
Mr.. Robinson called attention to
section of Article of the
Federal Constitution, which provides
that when vacancies happen in the
representations of any State, the
executive authority thereof shall
issue writs of election to fill such
vacancies
Mr.. Ray said he could not indicate
who the choice Of the Democratic
State central committee will be.
Charles f. Chance is the Democratic
nominee for the full term beginning
March 4.
The funeral Of Representative
Mudd will be held at 1890 O'Clock to-
morrow at La Plata, Md. Many
friends will go from here and also
from Washington, D. @, where Mr.
Mudd was we'll known, having at
tended the District public schools and
Georgetown University.
Evening star., 1924-10-13
MARTIN StTHURSDAY
Services to Be Held Here for FLYER
Meeting Death in TC-2

Funeral services for Lieut. Bruce N.
Martin, Army Air Service, who died
from injuries received at Langley
Field. Va, when the TC-2 was blown
up last Friday, will be held at Hines
Chapel, 1901 Fourteenth street, Thurs.
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. They will
be private and the body will be Gre
mated.
Lieut. Martin was a native of New
York and graduate Of Union Uni
versity. After Ave years service in
the National Guard of New York and
of Washington, he was commissioner
. first lieutenant in the Regular Army
in October, 1917. In the following year
he was assigned to the Air Service,
and served at San Antonio, Tex:
Columbia. S. c.; Lee Hall. Va; Mineola.
N. Y; Mitchell Field, N. Y; Ross Field
Calf; Aberdeen, Nd. and Langley
Field, Va. He was rated as an air.
ship pilot September /, 1920, and
commanded various airship and ball
loon companies.