Evening star., 1924-11-17
GUS ]. KARGER DEAD
AFTER OPERATION.
Veteran Newspaper Man
Long Prominent in Life
of. Capital.

eran newspaper man in the National
Capital. died yesterday afternoon at
Providence Hospital. He had been i'll
for a week following an operation
for appendicitis and gall stones, which
was found necessary upon his return
from travels during the presidential
campaign.
Funeral services will be held at
Geier's 1113 Seventh street, this aft
ernon at 2:30 o'clock. Rabbi Abram
Simon of the Eighth Street Temple
will officiate. The body will be taken
on the 4:45 train to Cincinnati, where
tnterment will bC tomorrow in the
Jewish Cemetery there.
President Coolidge made arrange
ments, DESPITE a heavy calendar for to-
day, to at end the funeral services Of
Mr.. Karger.
List Of Pnllhearers.
Active pallbe7rers will be Edward
, W. q hleman Carl d. Ruth, Leroy T.
Vernon, Levi II. David Senator Sim
con ID. Fess and Ben Murch. Hon
orary pallbetr"rs will include Will
liam Eowardt Taft, Assistant Secre-
tary of War Dwight l. Davis, Sem
ator Willis of Ohio, Represe n ntatives
Burton and LonEworth Of Ohio and
many well known newspaper men.
Born in Berlin, Germany, July r.
Iocp, TIE son or S1Inuel ana MIS-.
Therese Rosenthal karger Mr.. kar-
ger came 20 this country when a boy
and received his early education in
the public schools in New York. He
later attended high schools in Cleve-
land and Columbus Ohio.
Started as "Devil.,
Mr.. Karger started his newspaper
career as a printers devil" In Gin
cinnati. getting subscriptions and re-
porting. This was in the early
eighties. His first position was with
the Free Press. with which ne start
ed at salary of Sl2 a week
From the latter paper he went to
the Commercial Gazette. first as a
police reporter and was later pro-
motrd TO assistant editor and
throughout the State of Ohio on
political assignments. This work
laid the foundation for his work as
political writer and correspondent
in Washington.
Active In Politics.
Prior to coming here Mr.. Karger
was prominent in politics in Ohio
He was member of the Ohio State
Republican central committee in 1896
and was also very active in politics
In Cincinnati just prior to coming to
Washington in 1899. AS corre-
snondent, he. had attended all ma
1892
Coming TO Washington, Mr. Karger
became correspondent for the Gin
cinnati Post. Scripps- -McRae papers
and Scripps-McRae Press Association.
Then. in 1906. he became the corre-
spondent of the Cincinnati Star Bu-
reau of which he was head at the
time of his death.
In Taft Campaign.
While in this city Mr.. Karger had
the distinction of becoming publicity
representative for William Howard
Taft in the latter's presidential cam
paign in 1908. In addition he was a
director of organization of the Re-
publican National Committee at the
New York headquarters, during Taft's
1919 campaign. He was also chair
man of the standing committee of
correspondents at both the Demo-
cratic and Republican conventions in
1920.
Besides his affiliations. as a former
president and q longtime member of
the National Press Club, Mr.. Karger
was member of the board Of gov
ernors of the Ohio Society and was
prominent In Masonic circles, having
d
member of Almas Temple of the Mys-
tic Shrine
During the Harding administration
Mr.. karger was toastmaster when the
late President was entertained at the
National Press Club here. In
humorous way Mr.. karger brought
out many of the incidents and events
during the time that President Hard
ing was in the White House. Indeed,
Il Ia hk oil frta a
of many Presidents and had the rep
utation of being able to get news
from the White House at times when
1t was most difficult to obtain.
Club Names Committee.
The National Press Club Of Wash
ington, of which Mr.. Karger was a
former president and member Of the
board of governors at the time of his
death, has appointed the following as
members of special committee to at
tend the funeral services:
Henry /. Sweinhart, acting presi-
dent; F. j. Haskin, John T. Suter,
Frank B. Lord, Theodore TiIier,
Grafton S. Wilcox. Mark L. Goodwin,
Avery G. Marks, jr., and Carter Field,
past presidents.
Richard V. Oulahan and Robert Barry
former chairmen of the standing COM
mittee of Washington correspondents.
John Coakley, A. ]. Montgomery and
Raymond Clapper of the board of gov
ernors.
Walter Buel, Carl D. Ruth, E. w.
Gableman. Leo Sacks, Louis Ludlow,
E. B. Johns, Nixon Plummer, Negley
Cochran and Charles E. Morris. rep
resenting Ohio newspaper correspond
ents.
Graham B. Nichol, Harry N. Price,
Frank 1. Whitehead, Arthur S. Hen
ming, Jay G. Hayden, Charles S.
Groves. Arthur Sinnott, Col. Henry
Hall. William J. Cochran, James P.
Hornaday, Angus McSween. James D.
Preston. Roy A. Roberts, Hal H.
Smith, Frederic William VILE, John
Snure, Leroy Vernon, Henry Suydam,
l.. White Busbey, David Lawrence
Charles Nicholson, n. o. Messenger.
Edward 2. Britton, William A. Craw-
ford. Morris CHASER, Bascom Tim
mons, Benjamin Meiman, Charles G.
Ross, Wi!lmott Lewis, Mark Sullivan,
Everett c. watkins, Charles c. Hart
and Edgar Markham.
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