Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-29
John l.ROGERS DIES;
IN HOUSE Z YEARS
Massachusetts Representa-
tive Ranking Member of For
eign Relations Body.

Renr.sentative John Jacob Rogers
=, Massachusetts,. ranking member OF
tho House foreign affairs committee
and member Of Congress since 1919
died at Garfield Hospital here last
night after a long illness. his aea'h
resulted from Hodgkins' disease.
Mr.. Rogers was operated on TOT ap-
nendicitis July IA. last. He recovered
quickly from the operation ana ai'ei
r.st,nx for a few weeks threw NM
self into the campaign and DOCTORS oe
c,ared that overwork caused his re-
1snsa After treatment at hospital
in Boston, he again improved ana
turned to his home in Lowell. Mass
and last January his physicians al
,ised him TO go South, belieFlns the
roilder climate would hasten his con-
valesence.
Stricken I'm South.
Mr. Rogers remainde in Wasning-
ron for fortnight and then ie1t lor
Georgia, believing few weeks theI
,,,ou,d make IL possible for him to
rssum. his duties as member OF
Congress- At Charleston, s. e., ne
vas taken suddenly Ill and was re-
turned to Washington, entering the
GARFIELD Hospital. AT first 1t was
believed that he was suffering from
sallstones, but an operation was
deemed inadvisable. due to MS weak
ened condition.
Mrs Rogers, who is the personal
commemorative of President Coolidge
in Investigating Veterans bureau
hospitals throughout the United
states. said last night that experts
Elliott P. F. Joslin and Roger 1. Lee
of Boston and DIR. Thomas A. Clayton
Of Washington, diagnosed his illness
as Hodgkins' disease. about which the
medical world knows comparatively
little. Apparently II is the link De
tween a chronic infiammatory condi-
ton and tumor, producing numerous
enlargement of the Emphatic glanos.
Mr.. Rogers has served continuously
in the House since the 63rd congress.
Specializing in international anairs
he became a recognized authority on
the subject in the House. He is the
author of the Rogers act, passed a
wear ago. reorganizing the diplomatic
corps, and described by former Score
tarv of State Hughes as AN instru-
ment making the diplomatic corps
second to no organization under the
American Government" He was
urged to become a candidate for the
Republican nomination for United
States Senator from Massachusetts
last fall, but finally decided not to
enter the contest.
Was Private in War.
MI Rogers was born in Lowell, Au-
gust Is, 1881. He was graduated from
Harvard University in the class OF 1904,
receiving his AN. in 1905 and his
LIB in 1907. In the Fall Of that year
he married Edith Frances Nourse of
Lowell and began the practice OF law.
Mr.. Rogers entered Congress in 1913,
serving continuously since then except
for a period of the World War, when
he enlisted as a private in the Field
Artillery. Republican leaders of Massa-
chusetts frequently said he would make
an excellent governor, but he personal
~ preferred National politics to State
politics He is trustee and director OF
several business organizations and the
members of number OF clubs, includ-
ing the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase
Of Washington. His residence in Wash
ington is 1855 Sixteenth street.