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Evening star., 1925-03-07
HUGHES DEPARTS
ALMOST IN SILENCE
Ex-Secretary Leaves With
out Any Official PIaudits for
His High Service.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Charles Evans Hughes has left pub
lie life almost as inconspicuously as
any official of recent years-sing ed
out neither by President Coolidge nor
Congress for honors in recognition OF
service done.
1t is true the undersecretaries. bu-
reau chiefs and cabinet colleagues to-
gether with the entire diplomatic
corps went to the station to say
good bye" but there stands no tes-
timonial from the Government except
the generalities of the letters ex-
changed at the time OF his resigna-
tion more than a month ago.
In the hurry and hustle OF the in
auguration the departure of one OF
the most prominent figures in Amer
ican public life went unsung and, one
might say, unrewsrded. Many men
received the distinguished service
cross for work done at their desks in
Washington during the war. Charles
Evans Hughes has been concentrated
for four years on one of the most
complicated tasks that ever faced a
Secretary of State. Were Ii not for
the ingenuity of Mr.. Hughes the 'Iso-
lationists" In the Senate would never
have been brought into line in the
making OF a treaty of peace with
Germany. And were II not for Mr.
Hughes. the United States would not
now be cooperating with the League
of Nations nor two Presidents so
definitely committed to the adherence
OF the United States TO the World
Court protocol.
Hailed by Press.
The retiring Secretary has not sat
.-4 Ii 4.
what seemed TO two Presidents the
best foreign policy possible under the
peculiar circumstances existing in
the United States Senate.
So far as the press and the out
side world are concerned. II can be said
without much dissent from any
quarter that Charles Evans Hughes
was frank with the newspaper men
and told them in his almost daily
conferences more facts about the
foreign policy of the American Gov
ernnent than they ever secured
through any other channel before.
that was rare. His expositions were
luch. The newspaper men listened
often to an argument that might
have been directed to the Supreme
Court or world tribunal And oc-
casionally his hearers were so i'm
pressed that they did the unprecented
thing-they broke out into applause.
Retires Wien Praise Unsuns.
Mr.. Hughes idea was that in argu-
ing before the group OF newspaper
men he was really arguing with the
American people. He never con-
sciously missed a correspondent. He
frequently perceived by their ques-
tions that they might inadvertently
misrepresent situation unless he
elucidated.
Mr.. Hughes policies have been at
times the subject OF severe criticism.
but there never has been any doubt
what they were. He guided two
Presidents. He worked day and
night at his job. He was TO the
minds OF most people in Washin gton
a great Secretary of State.
Yet he goes back to the practice
OF law without anything being said
from the highest places in the Gov
ernment and with no badge of honor.
except the satisfaction to himself OF
conscientious service for the public
welfare.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1925-03-07
FEW SEEKING POST
OF TRAFFIC DIRECTOR
Only Two Members of Police De
partment Have Announced
Candidacy for Position.

Engineer Commissioner Bell today
expressed surprise at the limited
number OF applications thus far for
the position of director of traffic.
Although more than a week since
Congress passed the legislation ere
ating the office. comparatively few
have sought appointment.
Two members of the Police Depart
ment-Inspector William 5. Shelby
and Motorcycle Policeman Milton d.
Smith-have made known their in
tention to seek appointment. The
name of Capt. r. G. klotz. engineer
of the Public Utilities Commission
was being mentioned at the District
Building today as candidate.
The Commissioners have indicated
several times during the past few
days that they intend to move care
fully in the selection of director
in order to get the best man avail
able for the place. They regard the
position as one OF great importance
and they have let 1t be known that
they will not be hasty in making a
choice.
Evening star., 1925-03-07

the beginning of this administration.
venture to say the votes of these
men in the next two years will stand
the test of party as well as those of
others"
During Senator Watson's defense of
the action of the Republican confer
ence Senator Brookhart interrupted,
saying:
.I challenge the statement that
left the Republican party during the
campaign. l did not leave the Repub-
lfcan party. 1 am a better Republi-
can than the Senator from Indiana.
followed the principles of Lincoln and
Roosevelt"
Senator Watson replied that IL the
had had their way Calvin
Coolidge would not today be Presi-
dent of the United States, but Senator
La Toilette would.
In making his protest against pres
ent action on the committees, Senator
Norris said that he had been told
these were not the only demotions
and departures from the seniority
rule. He said that he wished it en-
forced or abolished, although he was
not a. defender of that rule. Further
more. he said that he liked to be
in good society" and would not feel
badly il II was in the company of
these four men," referring to the
insurgents.
Evening star., 1925-03-07
KING HITS INTOLERANCE
IN SPEECH AT SYNAGOGUE
Religious Training Is Necessary to
Life of Nation, Senator
Tells Meeting.

Seven hundred and fifty persons at
tending the young peoples meeting at
the Sixth Street Synagogue last night
heard Senator william H. King Of
Utah denounce religious intolerance as
a curse Of mankind.
Senator King averred that no nation
would progress unless its people be-
lieve in a Supreme Being and follow
religious instincts in their own man.
ner. but without endeavoring to i'm
press such belief upon others not vol
unfairly wishing to embrace them.
He also predicted the downfall OF
bolshevism, because of the intolerance
practiced toward religion in Soviet
Russia, speaking from the experience
of personal trip to that country.
In so far as religious education is
concerned, he said. it was one of the
fundamentals of the structure of the
American Republic.
senator King was introduced by
Rabbi Louis J. Schwefel. The serv-
ices were conducted by Cantor Novick.
Evening star., 1925-03-07

goes to Senator Moses of New Hamp-
shire. This was formerly held by
Senator Sterling of South Dakota,
who failed of reelection. Senator
Pepper of Pennsylvania becomes
chairman of the committee on print
ing, an ONCE formerly held by SEN
becomes chairman of the committee
held by Senator Pepper.
ID New Men Placed.
The committee assignments OF the
new Senators are as follows:
Senator Deneen of Illinois, agricul-
ture and forestry, claims and ju-
dietary and privileges and elections !;
Senator du Pont of Delaware, Civil
Service, District of Columbia, mines,
post Offices and post roads: Senator
Gillett of Massachusetts,, education
and labor, enrolled bills, judiciary
and library; Senator Goff of West
Virginia, claims, interstate commerce,
military affairs, mines and mining,
privileges and elections; Senator Nc
Master of South Dakota, Indian at
fairs, military affairs, post office and
post roads and public buildings and
grounds; Senator Pine of Oklahoma,
Owl Service, claims, interoceanic
canals, interstate commerce and mil
itary affairs.
Senator Sackett, Kentucky, agri-
culture. banking and currency, Dis
trict of Columbia, expenditures in
executive department, and interstate
commerce.
Evening star., 1925-03-07

in front of hotels, theaters and audi
toriums and tie up traffic behind the m
while passengers fish around in their
pockets or pocketbooks for their fare
and a tip-maybe.
In the latter case the fault Is as
much the passengers as the drivers.
probably entirely so, Headley de-
clares. Passengers OF a taxi should
have their money handy when the
cab stops to let them off. and the
driver should have plenty Of change
on hand.
An outstanding example Of how taxis
and their passengers may combine
to congest traffic occurred on the
night of the opening opera at the
WashinSto Auditorium, the inspector
states. Automobiles were piled up
hopeless tansle because of the delays
caused by taxis at the e street
entrance.
Regulating Taxis.
Since that time the police have been
paying special attention to the taxi
problem and have adopted several
new regulations restricting their op-
erations. A noticeable Improvement
has resulted.
Inspector Headley has discovered
that one reason for the great increase
in the taxi business is the growing
custom among car owners of leaving
their cars In the garage rather than
undertake to find parking space close
to their destination and calling
taxicab instead. This condition Is es-
pecially widespread on rainy days.
In addition to these problems con-
fronting the police there is the ever
present diplomatic and congressional
immunity phases with which to deal.
The diplomatic angle is an old one.
1t involves frequent chases by motor
cops after speeding limousires, only
to have that familiar DO you know
who 1 am?" thrust at them by the
ambassador extraordinary and pleni-
potentiary from Neuralgia. The con-
gressional immunity rule was only
recently adopted. 1t permits MEM
bers of Congress to park long as
they want to when trsnsacting Gov
ernment business.
Every exception to the regulations,
every change in the old rules, means
added trouble for the police.
And another wrinkle in Inspector
HeadIeys forehead.
Evening star., 1925-03-07
HE|MER SUCCUMbS
TO BANDITS SHOT
Candy Company Manager
Dies From Wound Received
in HoId-Up Thursday.

James F. Heimer, Sc, manager of the
! Big Four Candy Co, SOS f street, who
was shot in the abdomen by an armed
bandit while in his place of employ
ment early Thursday night, died at
| Emergency Hospital early last night.
He was conscious at intervals, but
was unable to make a detailed state
ment of the attack. During one of
his luci@ intervals he made the state
ment that he thought the intruder
was joking when he displayed the
pistol.
light fedora hat dropped in the
store by the slayer is the only clue
thus far obtained by the police, ac-
cording to police statement this
| morning. The hat was made in Con-
necticut and sold by a Boston dealer
it is stated, and efforts are being
| made to obtain Information from
Boston relative to il.
Several persons have been found
by the police who say they believe
they saw the slayer either enter or
! leave the store. and more than one
witnessed the pursuit from the store
by the proprietor OF the establish
ment.
In view OF the fact that the hat
worn by the slayer was sold in Bos-
ton, II Is stated, police feel that the
slayer possibly came here from that
section to witness the inaugural cere-
monies and make haul of cash
Why he should have selected the
| candy store as place to stage hold
up, police are unable to understand.
| large sums of money not having been
kept there a t night.
Police are trying to locate persons
| who saw the bareheaded bandit max
ing his way from the scene OF the
murder. Thus far, however, they have
been unsuccessful, no person having
reported seeing him after he got
away. Maj. Sullivan and Inspector
Grant are taking a deep interest in
the investigation of the murder, and
will pay for information assisting in
solution of the mystery.
Came Here rs q Boy.
Mr.. Heimer, native of Troy, Pa,
came here as a boy and finished his
education in the public schools. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice
! Heimer. and three sons, Edgar, Fred
erick and Robert Heimer.
The deceased was prominently
identified with the Masonic fraternity,
Delns a member OF ColumDl2 Ct m =
mandery, No. 2, K. t.; Almas Tenn lie,
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine: Osiris
Lodge, F. A. A. M; Martha Chapter,
o. E. S.; Washington Naval, r. A. M,
and the .Gave1 Club. He was a char
ter member of Almas Temple Band.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at his
late residence, 1882 E street south
east. Interment will be in Congress
sional Cemetery.
Coroner hewitt swore In a Jury
over the body at the morgue at IL 80
o'clock this morning. 1t is probable
that an inquest will be held next
week.
Evening star., 1925-03-07
Coolidge Planning
Ne,o England and
Minnesota Visits

Although President Coolidge has
not reached final decision as to
what trips, II, any, he will make
in the near future. it was said at
the White House that he hoped
to be able to attend the Morse
American centennial celebration
at the Minnesota State fair grounds
in June. He also is hopeful of
going to New England, either for
the Lexington Concord celebration
next month, or the exercises that
will commemorate the 150th ami
versary of the battle of Bunker
Hill. in June.
Mr.. Coolidge had planned to ac-
cept the invitation of the late
President Burton of the Univer-
sity of Michigan, who placed him
in nomination for the presidency
at Cleveland, to attend commence
.nent exercises at Ann Arbor in
June, but 1t was said that while
Mr.. Burton's death might not
prove determining factor, the
president might find himself un-
able to make the trip. 1t was also
stated at the White House that
the President could give no en-
couragement to those urging him
to make a trip in the near future
to Texas.
Evening star., 1925-03-07
Riral Scoops A. p,
But Ignorance of
Geography Is Sad
Interviews "OLdW oman, -
But ''She" Happens to
Be Alaskan Village.

How rival news gathering organ
ization of the Associated Press, in
its reckless hurry to give the public
detailed account of the race to
diphtheria -racked Nome by Sepalls and
his dog team carrying antitoNin. con
verted Old Woman. a village. into a
person, and then interviewed her,
has just come to light.
An Associated Press dispatch. few
hours before. had said:
THE last report received placed
Sepalla at Old Woman, near Norton
Sound, which is an arm Of the BERN z
Sea, with his dogs in full run"
The opposition apparently took the
same or a similar dispatch and re-
wrote 1t in the office into the fol-
lowing:
Last word Of sepalla received to-
day by radio told of an aged Eskimo
woman who had seen Sepalla on the
trail near Unalakleet.
1t was Sepalla, the Finn she
said. knew him. But he did not
stop. He was going like wind"
1t is noted that the ina ginative
editor, in his extremely liberal in
depreciation of his dispatch-if he
actually got one from his own repre-
entatives-transforme Old Woman,
the tiny cabin settlement on the
~AIdShdH tTdIl, INTO n very con
venient parsonage from whom to get
a splendid little intervie in &
the Associated Press had failed to do
1t was a plain beat" all right.
In fairness to the Associated Press
however, il might be explained, for
the benefit of those who do not al
ready know 1t. that the world s
largest and most dependable news
gathering organization doesn't try TO
'embroider" its news dispatches after
their receipt at headquarters. Its
news Is telegraphed, cabled or radioed
from the place where the event tran
spires, and it delivers to its m EN-
bers only such news as is actually
received.
Otherwise, of course, readers of'the
Associated Press dispatches might
also have gotten that colorful and
enterprising statement from the
aged Eskimo woman" instead of the
some what more drab truth.
Evening star., 1925-03-07
MRS. ELEANOR GULL DIES
Former Veterans Bureau Worker
Ill for Two Months.

Mrs. Eleanor w. Gulli, rs years old,
wife of Alvin J. GULL, an employe
of the Times-Herald, died at her resi-
dence in the Kingman Apartments,
423 Massachusetts avenue, yesterday,
after an illness of about two months.
Mrs. GULL, who was married in st.
Patrick's Catholic Church last June,
was formerly an employe of the Vet
erans' Bureau. She was a native of
this city and the daughter of DIR. and
Mrs. A. D. Wilkinson, both of whom
live in the Kingman Apartments.
Funeral services, with requiem
mass to be celebrated by Rev. Fran
els J. Hurney, will be conducted in
ST. Patrick's Church Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Interment will be
in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Besides her parents and husband,
Mrs. GULL Is survived by Q brother,
Alfred W. wilkinson.
Evening star., 1925-03-07
DEMAND PROBING
OF THOMPSON'S TAX
Senators Want Mellon In
formed of Failure to Assess
Huge Sum Against Him.

Oftlcials of the Internal Revenue
Bureau have been directed bv the
Senate investigating committee to
call to the attention of Secretary Mel
lon the circumstances under which
there has been failure 10 asses.
S573,009 additional taxes against Will
nam Boyce Thompson of New York,
one-time chairman Of the finance
committee for the Republican ma
tional committee
In directing the oficials to act.
Chairman Couzens said the record in
the Thompson case disclosed before
the committee had developed "a most
astounding situation"
The record. which has been submit
TED TO the Senate by the committee
involves two separate cases. One is the
claim by Thompson Of a loss of s597.-
4IS in the sale of stocks and bonds,
me other was statement TO the com
| mittee showing that Thompson and
o. ]. Mcconnell had bought mineral
land in Kansas, Missouri and Okla
homa in 1912 for approximately
$4,000, and that it had been sold in
1917 for approximately 100000, with
out either making a return of profit
on the transaction in their income tax
reports.
0Hciai Charges Fraud.
John Alden Grimes. chief Of the
metal valuation section of the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau declared in a
memorandum made part OF the COM
mlttee record, that il was the opiniou
OF MS section that the failure to re-
turn a profit on the sale of the land
was clear case OF fraud"
The records state Sydney Alex
ander, head of the Natural Resources
DIVISION, held conference with the
taxpayer without calling in repre-
sentatives of other interested sec
tions and, in commenting on this.
Grimes said in his memorandum
that this is but one of several recent
instances in which Mr. Alexander has
attempted to settle engineering uues-
| tfons with taxpayers representative
without consultation with, or author
ity from. the engineering section"
Ihere also was documentary evil
dence to the effect that Miss Eliza
beth Hart, auditor of the natural re-
sources division, had complained that
Alexander, at his conference with
the taxpayer, had conceded that the
matter of losses from the sale OF
securities would be dropped, and that
she had stated she would resign be-
fore working the case on that basis"
In summing up the case. l.. c. Man
son, counsel for the committee, de-
clared it had disclosed that lit is pos
sible for the heads of two divisions,
by cooperation, TO fix a tax and in
spite of the best efforts of conscien-
tious employees working under them.
to keep from responsible officers.
such as the solicitor and the COM
! missioner himself, the information
such as goes to the liability of a tax
payer to pay tax"
Evening star., 1925-03-07
"HUMILIATED" WIFE
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
Charges Husband Faxed War Rec.
ord and Used Liquor-Another
Alleges Desertion.

Edward J. Euker, a clerk in the
Tariff Commission, told his wife,
Dorothy NJ. Euker, that he had been
with the American expeditionary
force in France and had letters and
citations for bravery and that he was
attending the Foreign Service School
here, according to the allegations of
petition for a limited divorce and
alfmony fled by the wife today. Mrs.
Euker says she has found out that
ne never went to France and was not
attending the school mentioned These
discoveries have caused her deep hu-
imitation when learned by her rela-
tves and friends, the wife asserts
Mrs. Euker also charges that her
husband got drunk and broke in the
door OF their apartment. which she had
locked in fear Of him. They were mar
ried October Is, 1921, and have no chill
dren. Attorney George c. Page repre-
sents the wife.
Woman Asks Decree.
Menne Bush Barry today fed suit
for A limited divorce from Robert T.
Barry, said to be in charge of the
local bureaus of the philadelphia
Public Ledger and the New York
Evening Post, on charge of deser-
tfon. Mrs. Barry says her husband
makes SI0,oVO year and asks that
he be required to support her and
their 7-year-old -child. They were
married at Louisville, XIV, November
%, 1916. and lived happily. the wife
says. until last July. Attorneys
leffords & Dutton represent the wife.
Absolute divorce is asked in q
suit filed by William L. Torney. an
employe of the navy yard against
his wife, Mary p. Torney. They were
married September 4, 1915, and have
two children. The husband complains
that when his work took him away
from home at night the wife left the
children and went joy-riding with
otter men. Attorneys Bertrand Emer-
son, jr., and E. Russell Kelly appear
for the husband.
Evening star., 1925-03-07
Present Disadvantage Utea.
WOMEN TO DEBATE.
q. w. q. and Cornell Students Will
Clash Tonight.

A debate between women students
of George Washington University
and Cornell will be held this evening
at Sis o'clock in Corcoran Hall.
Twenty-first street between G and H.
The members of the George Wash.
ington team are Misses Phoebe Nor
rison and Hester Beall and the
Cornell team, Misses Ruth Hansuer
and Marjorie McMullen. The subiect
will be, Resolved, That Congress
should have the power by a two
thirds vote to declare effective a
Federal statue which has been pro-
nounoed unconstitutional by the
United States Supreme Cour4.~
Evening star., 1925-03-07
FILIPINO STRIFE
REAL CIVIL WAR
Provincial Disorders Held
Far From Merely Fanati-
Cal Uprising.
BY WALTER ROBB.

By Cable to The star and Chicago Daily News
MANILA March THE trouble ir
many parts of Nueva Ecina, the
largest rice province ip the Philip
Pines which heretofore has been re
ported as constabulary conflicts with
the Colorum religion sects, is in
reality a civil war of class against
class. 1t seems to be the most seri-
Gus since the notorious Putajan up
risings in the Samoa Islands during
the early years of the American ad-
ministration.
Astute and unScrupulous leaders,
according to high officials, have or
eanized the most ignorant element of
Nueva Ecija into a secret society cali
ed Katipunan Macabula Macasulag,
which is quasi-religious and quasi
political and closely resembles the
communism of bolshevist Russia.
The sect's ideals of just land own
ership are to destroy feudalism and
seize the big rice estates. The
strength of the secret organization,
which involves terrorism has forced
the landlords to modify tenantry con-
tracts so as to divide the crops equal
ly. but a disa agreement came when
the landlords were required to bear
the entire expenses Of working the
land. They insisted that the tenants
bear a half part.
Has 1000 Members.
Having 1900 members, and boast
ing the approval OF certain provincial
officials who are awaiting support
for the June elections, $50 members
Of the organization gathered on hill
near San Jose, large town in the
northern part OF Nueva Ecija which
they were planning to seize as a pre-
liminary movement throughout the
whole province. Two days ago they
were attacked by a constabulary
patrol which killed seven of them
and dispersed the main body into
the mountains. Here the pursuit con-
tinues, with constabulary reinforce
ments from Manila These comprise
so soldiers and officers, and make a
total force of 163. with full com
plement of officers.
In this province the ignorant Fill
pinos are all mystics at heart They
are preyed upon by willy leaders. who
have assumed supernatural powers
the consta bulary officials say. For
example, when a constabulary rifle
man was fired on at a meeting near
Sam Jose, the Macasulags had only
one firearm. Revolver in hand, a
fana teal leader aimed and cried to
his comrades to follow him and he
would kill the entire American Army
They believe in auspices, omens and
so forth, which this occasion was
thought to have favored until they
saw their leader and six others killed
by the constabulary fire
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