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Evening star., 1925-10-25
MRS. WILSON BACK
FROM EUROPEAN TRIP
Visit of Few Days in New York
Before Coming to Washington.
Refuses Interviews.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 24.-Still
dressed in deep mourning, Mrs. Wood
row Wilson. travelling as Mrs. Edith
Wilson, returned from Europe tonight
on the Berengaria. She was accom-
panied by Mrs. Bernard Baruch, Miss
Belle Baruch and Miss Evangeline
Johnson.
Mrs. Wilson's name did not appear
on the passenger list, and though she
was frequently seen on the ship dur
ing the crossing, she remained in her
suite after the ship reached quaran-
tine until it locked Her only response
, TO the request that reporters be al
lowed TO interview her was thank the
gentlemen of the press, and tell them
l have nothing whatever to say"
Mrs. Wilson went over in May,
listed on the passenger list as
Eleanor Collins" She spent con-
siderable time at Geneva, where she
attended sessions of the League of
Nations Upon her first visit there
every member of the league rose as
a mark Of respect. Mrs. Wilson, it
is understood, will stay in New York
for several days and then return to
her home in Washington.
The Berengaria arrived a day and
half late, due to an extremely
severe pa assaSe.
Evening star., 1925-10-25
STREET CARS HIT ONE.
DRAG ANOTHER MAN

Two men are at GalIinger Hospital
suffering from head injuries and pos
sible fractures of the skull. each
charged with intoXication by police. as
the result Of two separate street car
accidents last night.
Walter NJ. Lehman, so, was taken to
Gallinger Hospital in an unconscious
condition after being hit by a one-ma n
street car at Twelfth and East Capitol
streets last night. According to the
police. he staggered in front of the car.
The car was operated BY A. J. Canard,
4S49 Wisconsin avenue.
Lehman's address was not ascer.
tanned by the police. His condition is
serious. He is being treated as a pris-
oner-patient at the hospital.
The other injured man is Fra nix
Robinson. 81, colored, of 1887 Benning
road northeast. He attempted to
board a street car at Seventeenth
street and Benning road, where there
is no car stop. Making leap for the
street car. which was in charge of
Motormman Charles H. Vinke of 1929
North Capitol street and Conductor
X. X. Menefie of 1912 c street north
east, he found a hand hold and was
dragged a block before the cal
stopped He sustained possible
fracture of the skull and severe head
| injuries. His condition also is re.
garded as serious. A charge Of intoxi.
| cation was placed against him by the
kpolto0H
Evening star., 1925-10-25
CHECK ON ALIENS
UPHELD BY MASONS
Scottish Rite Support Given
to Report Denouncing
U. S. Disruptionists.

Adoption of the second part of the
report of its committee on educa tion,
urging coma inuance and extension Of
AmerlcaniZation work AS an inStru-
ment against those " no danounce or
ganiZed eovernmen marked the con
Guiding session Yesterday of the Su-
prene Council of Scottish Rite Ma
sons, Southern Jurisdiction.
The first portion OF the report in
dorSInS the proposed educational bill
to he offered in Congress, was adopted
previously.
The greatest power TO meet the
"dlSrupuonists, the report declared
Is an Intelligent citizenship who not
only have Il clear understanding of
the rights. but who also appreciate
the obligations of citizenship"
The report committed the council
to the firm support Of those organi-
cations engaged in the ''Iaudable
effort of maintaining our institution
As Il virile instrument for the preser-
FatI"n of the right of every man TO
the enjoyment of d government such
as our forefathers created" "
1t had been hoped that in our
country extreme denunciations OF
organized government such Us we en-
JOY under The Constitution Of the
United states would spend them
selves and die" the report stated
Instead of waning attacks upon Or
saniZed government seemingly at
times become more violent and
vicious. and the question presents
itself to us, Can a government sur
vive if ii fails to protect itself? To
thoughtful men it is cause for increas-
ing concern that such latitude IS
given proponents TO carry on such
intensive campaigns against every
phase Of our Government"
Undue notoriety given those small
number Of aliens and Communists
and other undesirab bles is deplored in
the report.
Evening star., 1925-10-25
HUNGARY OBJECTS.

BY Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
VIENNA, October 24-Hungarian
public opinion is hurt at the attitude
taken abroad regarding the trial of
former Peoples Commissar Matthias
Rakosi and many accomplices who
were arrested on the eve of attempt
ing a Communist insurrection. IA
kosi was exchanged for Hungarian
officers threatened with death by the
Soviets. He returned secretly To
Budapest and was preparing an in
surrection when the plot was discov-
cred. Most of the band were ar
rested and placed before military
court.
Rakosi was one of Bella Kun's most
Jealous assistants. There was not a
chance of making a successful insur-
rection but q Communist row would
have hurt Hungary abroad. Since the
arrest of the conspirators Socialists
and Communists from all over the
world have been agitating against
Hungary. A Socialist deputy in the
Czech Parliament protested against
the trial. So did the German League
for the Rights of Man and a group of
Austrian Socialist writer's. OF course
Moscow Communists sent a telegram
of protest to their British comrades
while the central committee of inter
national workers requested NJ. Van
dervelde, Socialist premier of Belgium
to ask Belgium, Denmark and Sweden
to intervene.
The Hungarians say the protests
come mainly from lands which never
have been cursed with Bella Kun dis
aster. Anyway the large number OF
witnesses cannot be heard within the
legal three days limit. Hence it is
thought the accused will come QUITO
matically before a civil court.
Copyright. 1928 by Chicago Daily News Co. }
Evening star., 1925-10-25
COUNTESS HOPES
TO ENTER j. S. YET
"PartiCuIarIy Because We
Need the Money" From Lee
tures, Says Mime. KaroIyi.

By Cable to The Star and New York World.
PARIS. October 24-Cpuntess Ka-
rolyi was informed by Passport Con.
sui bona Id Bigelow that her visa had
not been granted when she called to
learn If definite refusal had been
made. He then asked her series of
prepared questions which led the
countess to believe that the refusal is
not definite, so she still hopes for the
visa, although she has been infogmed
by wire from Ralph Beaver Strass-
burger that Secretary Kellogg had
definitely refused.
The questions asked related to the
political activities Of the count and
countess in France since they were In
America last year. Later she said she
did not care to say exactly what queS-
tions We're put to her beca use she had
answered them in relation to her ap
pliGation for the visa. but said they all
turned on whether she or her husband
had been active politically in France
or had any relation to the Communist
party here or in Hungary. She said
she had been able to answer all in
the negative. as neither she nor her
husband had had political contacts in
France.
Mr. Bigelow asked her whether they
had not been refused admission to
Jugoslavia. to which she will be able
to answer by presenting the passport
which JugoslaVia recently renewed.
The effect of the questioning said
the countess, made me believe there
are false reports about me which have
been circulated recently and that
Wa ashington'S refusal to let me come
in might he ba sed on these. / hope
my answers were satisfactory. They
were, however, not put as direct ques-
tions. but Mr.. Bigeiow said he might
be called upon to ask such questions
and asked me what my answers
would he
Another reason which leads me to
believe that Washington may still
grant my visa is that Mr.. Strassbur-
ger wired me that the State Depart
.ment had informed him that my ap-
plication specifically states that my
visa Is to be made for a lecture tour.
whereas | applied for visa to pay a
visit and see my agent about a lee
ture tour which is already arranged,
but not finally decided upon.
I'm the application l said I might
eventually undertake it. In the tele-
gram sent to the consulate by Wash
ington this might not he clear. | hope
! am not finally barred. as | counted
upon the lecture tour particularly he
cause we need the money. One of Mr.
Bigelow's questions this morning in
ferred that our expenses were to he
paid by Hungarian Communists. and
| was able to tell him that the money
he asked about came from my lectures
last Winter in America and from ar
ticles ] sold to American publica-
tons
Copyright. l925.l
Evening star., 1925-10-25
Cut in Surtaxes
To 20 Per Cent
Sought by Reed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Reed of PENNSYLVANIA
declared yesterday he hoped for a
reduction 10 20 per cent in sur
taxes at the coming session of
of Congress. A lower rate, he
said. would be preferable, but that
he belived this figure was the low
est that could be obtained at the
present time.
lie also favored abolition OF taxes
on capital gain and capital loss,
asserting that such taxes tended to
freeze money.
The Senator said that after a re-
duction of the surtaX to about 20
per cent has demonstrated that the
Treasury will receive increa sed
revenue by such procedure, he he
lieved it would be possible to go
still further. and within two wears
hopes the surtaX would be brought
down to 10 per cent.
He called at the White House
today to take up several routine
matters. hut made clear he did not
discuss taxes with the President.
Evening star., 1925-10-25
BALDWIN MAY TAKE HAND.

By Cable TO The Star and New York World.
LONDON, October 24.-Premier Bald
win is understood to have determined
that an investigation into the Char
teris corpse factory anecdote will fol-
low the return of the general TO Eng
land. when he will be asked what he
really said. AS Charteris is retired,
no disciplinary action can follow.
The facts about the cadaver story
appeared to be complicated. Ths
original yarn almost certainly orfEf-
mated through genuine mistake in
the Berlin Lokal AnZeiger of April
10, 1917, which referred to "grea
corpse conversion establishment at
Evergnicourt." the word "kadaverver
wertungsanstalt" was wrongly under
stood to refer to human bodies in
stead of those of animals.
This was promptly pointed out at
the time by those who understood
German, but the propaganda organ
izations made great use of the story
in the East, as was confirmed to
me today by a man chiefly respon-
sible. A great play was made with
the story in China, where reverence
R~. 3.n~< 49,
Evening star., 1925-10-25
SPEEDWAY CLASSIC
TO Be RUN MONDAY
Weather Permitting, Auto
Pilots Will Try for 25O-MiIe
Record at Laurel.

The 2j0mile automobile classic at
the Laurel speedway. postponed yes
terday on account ot rain. will be held
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock if the
weather permits, ii was announced
last night. by the Baltimore wa shing-
ton Speedway Co. In the event of an
other postponement the race will be
staged Tuesday
The new date was set at pro
tracted conference between the pro-
moters, members of the contest board
of the American Automobile Associa-
ton and Fred Wagner, veteran start
er. who represented the drivers
The Is pilots entered in the race
will remain In Washington until Tues
day night. If necessary. They have
notified speedway officials. however.
that they will he forced to leave at
that time in order to prepare for a
25o-mile race next Saturday at Salem,
\. H.
May Try Course Today.
If the weather is favorable today
the racers plan to timber up their
motors in the steep banked pine arena
at Laurel in preparation for the Cruel
ling 250-mile grind. The motors have
been tuned perfectly and the bodies
of the gayly colored cars polished for
the occa sion.
In order to preclude a repetition of
the unfortunate incident at the in
augural event at the speedway last
July IL, when Bob McDonough was
given the victory over Peter De
Paola through a mistake of the Off
cial scorer. those in charge of the
race have engaged an expert. Capt.
r. A. Leavell of Detroit, to operate
an electric timer. Sol +. Hardy will
be the chief scorer. The .umpires will
he Walter w. Johnston, Henry Wan
der, j. c. Lewis and II. o. O'Neal.
Special Trains to Laurel.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
arranged to run six special trains To
the speedway, the first one leaving
Union Station at 1890 O'Clock. Five
special trains will be run from the
track to Washington after the race
The $50 District National Guards
men who volunteered to serve is spe-
cial police at the track had the ra ce
been held yesterday. will be on the
job tomorrow according to Capt. Sid
ney Morgan, of the 121st Engineers
sineers.
Evening star., 1925-10-25
Life Terms in Staying.

MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn, October
"a UP9.-James Evans and George Viii
fong, negroes, accused of the Staying
at Knoxville on July 25 of William
r. Hamilton, former superintendent
of the Anti-Saioon League of Ten
nessee and prominent Baptist lay
man, were found guilty of murder in
the first degree by a. jury here this
afternoon and sentenced to life i'm
pEisopusnt In the StatA peuiteptta16
Evening star., 1925-10-25
GREEKS ARMING HEAVILY
League Not Inclined to Humiliate
Either Party.

By Cable to The Star and New York World
GENEVA. October 24-AIthouyh
the League OF Nations is ready to take
drastic action, IL necessary, Monday.
when the Bulgar affair comes up. offi.
cials are disinclined to humiliate
either party.
Undoubtedly Greece eventually will
ne the most severe sufferer through
her own intransigeance. The league
mas heard that the Athens militarists
headed by Panga1os, who assumed con
troll of the government after the Opera
Bouffe revolution, have been armins
heavily, bent on making Greece the
preponderant military nation Of the
Balkans.
Border Row Expected.
Three weeks ago the general staff
considered this position to have beer
attained except in aviation. The Dor
der coup was not entirely unexpected
inasmuch as the Pangalos admins
tration repeatedly has evidenced il.
unrelia bility. If Greece withdraw.
her force from the frontier. furnishe.
satisfactory explanation, and does no
insist upon the 6,000,000 drachmas
indemnity. the matter probably viii
be dropped
This is certain, however, to brins
the political downfall Of Pangalos. Il
Greece remains tntransigeant, tht
council will order a commission Of in
vestigation to determine the responsi
bility and Justice Of Greece's ulti
matum. Clearly Greece already ha.
broken the covenant pledges, as die
Premier Mussolini at Corfu, accord
ing to league representatives. NJ
amount of explanations from Athen:
will justify her action. and the atti
tude of the league will he dictated
entirely by the future behavior of the
Greeks.
Sofia Well Behaved.
garded as having adopted an exem
garded as having adopted an exam
Dlary attitude under the most tryine
circumstances. following the origina
clash, although Athens informed the
league tonight that the Bulgars ar,
invading Greece. Sofia has caused thu
league the least trouble of any for
mer enemy and therefore can be ex
pected to receive the most liberia
treatment.
A full representation Of the council
will attend, including Chamberlain ant
BRAND of England and France, Hy
mans of Belgium, Benes of Czecho
slovakia, DIR. linden of Sweden, Am
| bassador Mellofrano of Brazil, Buer,
of Uruguay Count Quinones de Leor
| of Spain and Viscount Ishii of Japa n
| 1t is jocularly stated among tn,
| league representatives that it wa
| hoped that Italy would send Musso
| lini, because he Is undoubtedly tn
| most competent statesman in Europ
on such matters.
(Copyrisht. 1e25J
Evening star., 1925-10-25

Continued from First Page)
the Monday night meeting He add
ed: 1T is my understandings how
ever. that Gen. Charteris' remarks
were given out with his own ap-
proval"
Other members were on less sure
ground. William s. Hutchinson said
that Leon Dabo, a painter had been
chairman of the Monday meeting. Il
understood" he said. that Gen
Charteris had authorized publication
of a part of his remarks during the
evening. / don't think it was his in
tention that all of his disclosures
should be published What parts he
was reported TO have approved I do
not know" Mr.. Hutchinson said that
among those present were ]. r. Bond.
the generals lecture manager, and +.
Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times.
Denial Is Issued.
Before sailing today, Charteris, now
member of Parliament, made a com
plete denial that he had instigated the
corpse factory" story. He said re-
ports that pictures were used were
entirely fictitious" and hoped ''the
whole thing would calm down, with
his statement.
My whole idea in speaking" he
said, was to show that propa ganda
not based on truth is futile
The comments or remarks attrih-
uted to me in that speech were taken
from the context of the talk. The
corpse factory story was referred
to. This story was never used for
the simple reason that it was not
truthful. and any report that any pic
lures were used is entirely fictitious.
1T was not necessary for us to
spread false propaganda, as sufficient
false propa ganda was being spread
from other sources to affect any
which was spread for good purpose.
The general did not touch on de-
tails of his reported National Art Club
revelations which painted him as stop
ping the boiling down" fiction when
man in his office wrote fake diary
to be placed on the body of a dead
German, expressing the horrors Of the
watts. The general was reported as
having said the deception had gone
far enough" since an error in the
diary might have disclosed its falsitN
Evening star., 1925-10-25
123 HORSES SAVED
IN Fl. MYER FIRE
$4,000 Damage Done to
Stable-VaIuabIe Supplies
Threatened.

Soldiers rescued 123 horses from
Battery A stable at Fort Myer when
fire broke out in the structure yester
day afternoon, causing $35 900 dam
age and imperiling the million dollars
worth of artillery equipment stored in
a nearby building.
The prize artillery horses. which
have been features in Washington
horse shows in past years. were safe
ly gotten from the building by sol
diers working systema ticalIy under a
general fire call at the post but some
of the prize harness was destroyed.
The blaze broke out at about $50
o'clock in the afternoon and it was
still Smouldering at midnight Its
origin has not yet been traced, but
investigators at the post are proceed
ing on two theories-one of which
they hope to establish in the near fu-
ture-either that a cigarette was care
lessly thrown into some hay or that
electric wires short circuited.
Flames High i'm Air.
The building in which the fire start
ed is a two-stoTy brick structure, 200
feet long. with Il slate roof. As soon
as the fire got To the hay flames start
ed shooting high in the air, illuminat
ing the entire post. All of the Airing
ton County fire apparatus from
Cherrydale. Clarendon. Ballston. Pu-
tomac and other points were called.
and No. and No. - Engine Com.
panies from Washington also assisted.
insufficient water pressure at the
outset, it was stated allowed the fire
to gain headway. The heat was SO
terrific that the fire had To be fought
at long range with short RELAYS of
hoscmen and automobile traffic
through the fort was tied up.
Much damage was saved by the mo
thodic operations of the soldiers sta
toned at the post. Commandant
r. F.. d. Hoyle assumed command and
stationed his forces at their regular
stations.
Supplies in Danger.
building as the first Precaution and
turned into a nearby corral. The other
stables We're at the other end of the
field and were not jeopardized.
Near the burning building. however.
was an artillery shed housing more
than a 81 900. 900 worth of artillery
equipment. including large guns and
the accessories for the three batteries.
This was imperiled several times but
sparks from the burning building were
extinguished almost as soon as they
ignited this shed.
Several hundred stood in the pour
ing rain to watch the efforts of the fire
fighters. They, as well as most of the
soldiers, were drenched in the down
pour.
Evening star., 1925-10-25
Two Children Burned.

Two children tried to start fire at
222 Second street with coal oil yester-
day and ignited their clothing. Smailey
and Matte Stevenson. both colored.
and s years of age, respectively,
were treated at Children's Hospital for
burns and the former was later
treated for injuries to the eyes.
Evening star., 1925-10-25
SMALL SAVINGS FUNDS
FLOOD INTO FLORIDA
Bank Deposits in New England Go
ing in Realty Boom and
Speculation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, October 24.-The small
savings bank depositor in common
with the depositor in the commercial
banks of New England is taking his
turn at specializing in the Florida
real estate boom. Bank officers said
that the aggregate of Withdrawals sent
South had assumed enormous proper
tionS.
One Boston savings bank president
estimated that 81 900 a day 6vas being
sent to Florida by customers who
confided their plans to the clerks. A
suburban bank estimated it's Florida
land Withdrawals at $4,000 a week
One of the larger commercial banks
estimated that its customers had sent
81 .000, 900 to Florida. Springfield
Worcester and other cities and towns
reported similar Withdrawals.
Evening star., 1925-10-25
SERVICES POSTPONED.

Because of the inclemency of the
weather. announcement has been
made in behalf of Grand Chaplain Rev.
DR.. John c. Palmer that the Masonic
services scheduled for Temple Heights
this afternoon at 4 o'clock, under the
auspices of kallipolis Grotto, Mystic
Order of Yelled Prophets, have been
Evening star., 1925-10-25

tian Associations.
national Convention. ). All income
derived from funds of the Interna
tional Committee lie turned over to
the National Councils of the United
States and Canada. s. That the con
vention he asked to approve the bor-
rowing of money from the General
Board. I. That the buildings held in
trust or owned in China and various
other countries he turned over to the
That the International Convention
hereafter meet every four years in
stead of every three years.
Problems of Membership.
Dr. w. d. Weatherford, president of
the Y. NJ. &. A. College at Nashville,
Tenn. presented a report of the COM
mission on membership problems.
A nominating committee of Is was
Constituted cut of the larger commit
wee on nomina tions, consisting of one
from each Of ~ States and Provinces
of Canada. The smaller committee to
care for further business during the
convention consists of: F. Louis Slade.
New York: DR.. A. G. Studer. Michi-
gan: W. W. Fry. New Jersey: F. r.
Iefferey. Maryla nd: DR.. II. r. Rond-
thaler. North Carolina: w. f. Adams
Massachusetts: c. E. Stockdill. Can
ada; II. o. Hill. California: W. X. Cal
noun. Kansas: J. d. Ringer. Nebra ska
Urban Williams, Texas: G. F. Rearick
Illinois: l.. G. Nichols. Oregon: Fred B.
Shipp. Pennsylvan MIA; DIR. J. c. Norton.
Arizona.
More than / 900 delegates are be-
lieved by officials of the association to
he in attendance. The association men
know how to sing with a'win. George
w. Campbell Of Chicago is leading the
music. accompanied by J. Edward
SprouI of Ridgef1eld, n. J., at the
piano.
Personnel of Committee.
The convention committee consists
of Adrian Lyon. Perth Amboy. \. j..
chairman: Harry Ballantyne, Toronto,
Canada; Burke Baker. Houston. Tex;
E. n. Bonsall. Philadelphia. Pa; p.
D. Edwards. Duluth, Min: Roy r.
Guild. New Bedford. Mass; Robert F..
Lewis. Cleveland, Ohio; George l..
Listman, Boston, Mass: Ira E. Lutte,
Denver Colo; John r. Mott. New
York City; W. J. Raybold. Pittsfield
Mass; Ivan B. Rhodes. New York
City: James NJ. Speers, Montclair, n.
j.: Carroll II. Sudler. Chicago, H.; w.
d. Weatherford. Nashville. Tenn.
Speakers at the last nights session
included Harry White Of Chicago. who
is in the Latin-American field; John
r. Isaac. a native of India, inc charge
of work among the Indian students in
the London Y. NJ. c. A: II. 3. Durkee.
national secretary for Czechoslovakia;
F. c. Cotton, foreign department.
specializing in Bulgaria and Russia
and Fletcher s. Brockman. administra-
tive secretary for the Far East.
4 feature OF the evening was the
Hampton Quartet, from Hampton
Institute, in negro spirituals.
Evening star., 1925-10-25

They then marched in procession
CARRYING the national, colors, to the
Bulgarian legation.
Evening star., 1925-10-25

At a wedding In ST. Louis not long
ego the Chest man" MaSrA NomaA