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1 URGES . C. TOAID 3000 SIGHTLESS R SUFFERERS Miss Winifred Holt Appeals for Veterans Who Must Be Rehabilitated. Tnless funds are forthcoming soon the work of rehabilitating more than 3.000 French soldiers who were blind- ed during the war must cease or be greatly curtailed. according to Miss Winifred Holt, who has established five “lighthouses” for the blind in that country and two such institutions in the United States. Miss Holt is now in Washington, where she is organizing those inter- ested in this work, not only for the program for this country and for France, but to meet the appeal for a lighthouse to be established for the blind in Poland and another for the blind in Italy. Enlists Italian Aid Although in France the work isnow being carried on almost exclusively among those who lost their sight on the battleflelds, it is to be extended, 3f possible, to include some of the 35,000 civilian blind in that country. To establish the work in Italy Miss Holt is enlisting the aid of Italians in this city, and is being assisted by the Sons of Italy. organized by per- sons of that national It was Miss Holt wh cial uid to the first Americav soldier who was blinded the war in a French hospital at ;. and by per- brought spe- who had lost their sight. As there were less than 100 Ameri- cans who were made blind by the ‘war. their training has not presented such a problem as that found in other countries, but their condition has served to focus attention on those who are similarly afllicted and for whom the lighthouses are establish- ed and maintained. Wars Against Blindness. “We are waging a ‘world war against blindness,’” said Miss Holt yesterday, “and we are teaching that blindness. except in cases where loss of sight follows an accident, is large- ly a preventable disease, just as is typhoid or yellow fever. Care for those who already are sightless, and education and legislation to reduce the number of blind to the lowest possible minimum- t. ‘At present the work among the brave soldiers of France who are sightless is in grave need of support. ‘We have at lighthouse No. 3, in Paris, the only electric driven Braille prin ing press in the world, and we are hoping to establish there the first uni- versity settlement house for the blind. is our chief ob- b W.U. LAW SCHOOL Dean Pound Is Principal Among Several Noted Speakers. Dean Roscoe Pound of the law school of Harvand University was the guest of honor at the eighth annual banquet of the George Washington University Law School last night in the Franklin Square Hotel. More than 300 students, alumni, of the faculty and their friends at- tended. Dean Pound, who was introduced by Dean Merton L. Ferson of the local law school, tozstmaster. re- viewed the history and development of law in this country, and paid a tribute to the accomplishments of American educational institutions in the promotion of legal studies. He went thoroughly into the effect of the old Roman law and of the English common law on the laws of the United States, cited the short- comings of each of the older codes and outlined the advantages of the ‘We are now printing two magazines for the blind there. Indersed by Embassy. “This great work should continu aid the French ambassador recently. ‘We ‘were with you at your birth; you came to us in our Hour of, need. This ‘work should ceunt as @ monument to the friendship of America and The Washington committee for lighthouses for the blind_met yester- day at the home of Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, 2311 Massachusetts ave- nue. where Miss Holt is staying, to discuss methods for getting support in this city for the work. The officers of the committee are Col. Cary Sanger. | president; Charles J. Bell, treasurer, and Gist Blair, secretary. —_— NOTED LIBERTY HUT SOON TOBE DISHANTLED Building Sold t Capt. M. C. Ray- sor, Who Will Begin Removal Tomorrow. Liberty Hut, on Union station plaza, the large wooden structure erected several vears ago_for the Billy Sun- day revival and later used by .the Y. M. C. A. as a service men's read- ing and rest room, has been pur- chased by Capt. M. C. Raysor, and is 1o be dismantled immediately, it was announced yesterday by Capt. Raysor. Confirmation of the negotiations for the sale of the building was ob- tained at Y. M. C. A. headquarte It was stated by officials there, how- ever, that papers consummating the deal will not be signed before to- morrow. It is understood that the consideration involved was $5,000. Capt. Raysor intends to start Tazing the hut tomorrow. An offi- <ial_edict calls for the abolishment of the hut and the restoration of the parking on the site by May 1. The purchaser will plow up the ground after razing the hut and plant neces- sary shrubbery, etc., in accordance with his contract. The War Department requisitioned ! @ part of the building as a sales- reom for surplus war commodities some months ago. TO STUDY IMMIGRATION. New York University Summer i School Plans New Classes. ’ NEW YORK, February 19.-(‘urrvnl| immigration problems have created such ‘widespread interest that the swmmer school of New York University duct an institute for the scientific aludyl of the situation, it was announced here | today i Practical “training of teachers and other workers in the immigrant field will ®o undertaken by the institute, which will work in co-operation with the New York state department of education. “NOR’EASTER’ WARNING UP ‘Mississippi Storm to Spread From Hatteras to Delaware Breakwater. NEW YORK. February 19.—A north- east storm warning for the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Dela- ware breakwater was issued by the ‘weather bureau at 3:30 p.m. today. “The disturbance is central over| southemstern Mississippi.” the state- ment reads, “and will move northeas ward with ncreasing intensity and cause increasing northeast and east ‘winds tonight, probubly reaching gale force. H U. S. TO TEST TORPEDO : BOAT CONTROLLED BY i WIRELESS CURRENTS After several months' considera- ! tion. the War Department has de- cided to construct a Hammond radio-controlled torpedo boat for a practical test and to install in it a gasoline engine of 1600 horse- power. The torpedo will be placed in the bow of the boat. and will contain 1500 pounds of explosives. The craft will operate fifteen feet un- der water and its movements will be controlied from air or the shore, ‘There ix an air intake pipe which projects out of the water and mission of Gen. Pershing she later visited all the hospitals where Amer- ican soldiers were under treatment and made a special record of those shows the course of the craft The principal items of cost are $170.000 for engines and gear, $100.000 for bull and accessaries. $45.000 for radio dynamie features and $58.000 for auxillaries and tests_The design calls for a speed of t@rty-five knots, - present legal system in use here. Presidents ef each of the classes com- posing the law school were called on for snort speeches. They were: Wil- liam A, Hunter of the class of 1923; L. Brooks Hays, class of 1922, and Ha old T. Kay, class of 1921. Samuel Her- rick, president of the Law School Alum- ni Association, and Philbrick McCoy, in charge of the committee on the foun ing of an official publication, tne Law Review, also spoke. Vocal solos were sung by Arthur H. Deibert, an alumnus, and Prof. Hector G. Spaulding of the Jaw school facuity. The dinner committee comprised the following: Ismar Baruch, chairman Dean Merton L. Ferson, Gilbert-L. Hall, Newell W, Ellison, Glénn Eno, Geprge E. Hughes, Leslie Jackson, Sarah A. Tilghman, Paul H. Baker, Bernard ¥. Burdick and Filimora Wilgus. Among those seated at the guests' table were: Dean Merton L. Ferson, toastmaster, and Mrs. Ferson; Dean Roscoe Pound. President William MillerEollier of Georsg W ashington University, Chlef Justice W. 1. Mc- Coy, Justics Wendell P. Stafford, Admiral- C. H. Stockton, former president Gebrge Washington Uni- versity; Robert L. Henry, jr, G. F. Wells. Dr. H. C. Davis, G. F. Moore, Col- J. M. T. Partello, Prof. J. M. McFall, Prof. H. G. Spauiding, Prof. A. Levitt, Prof. C. S. Collier, Prof. and Mrs. L. Wilgon, Prof. and Mrs. W. C. Clephane, Prof. and Mrs. T. A. Lavery, Prof. H. H. Hartman, and John W. Townsend, secretary of the law school. General Collardet Urges Preparedness “ in Presenting Cannon The necessity of preparedness, even for the most pacific nations whose pow- er and situstion seem unlikely to in- volve them in conflicts, was emphasized by Gen. L. Collardet, military attache of the French embassy, in presenting a captured German cannon to George Washington University yesterday aft- ernoon in the “university yard,” in the rear of Lisner Hall, 2025 G sircet. The exercises, which were attended by 500 persons, including representatives of the Frnech government, university officials, students, members of the faculty and alumni, ‘marked the formal opening of the centennial celebration of the found- ing of the university. The cannon was captured by the French forces in October, 1916, near Fort Douamont, on the Verdun front. In presenting the war trophy, Gen. Collardet pointed out that the reason for the struggle was that France, Belgium and Great Brjtain were in- iadequately prepared to defend these | countries from the Germans. President William Miller Collier of the university presided at the cere- monies and “formally accepted the &un on behalf of the institution. “The gift is an exceptional honor and is highly prized by officials and students,” said President Collier. the time of its presentation only one other university in the country had been 80 honored. Among those who witnessed the presentation ceremonies were Wil- liam King and John T. Doyle, trus tees of flheh university; Prince De earn of the French embassy and Henry B. F. Macfarjand. 7 Representative Johnson in Americanism Plea at G. W. U. Banquet Teaching of Americanism in the educational institutions of the coun- try was urged by Representative Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota at a banquet of the department of arts and sciences of the university last night =t the Willard, ome of the events of the centennial celebration. He declured that many institutions are teaching subjects “that do not make for a sound government.” Representative Johnson also pointed out that George Washington Univer- sity had a traditional reputation throughout the country of “honesty and integrity.” *I hope you will ai- wayg live up to the traditions of the university,” he said. President Collier gave a brief re- sume of the 100-year history of the university. declaring. that its record through this period is high despite many vicissitudes. *It is the constant aim of the trustees.” he said, “to ob- tain better facilities and larger and more commodious buildings.” He concluded by predicting a bright fu- ture for the institution. Other speeches were made by Dean Howard L. Hodgkins and Dean William Allen Wilbur, both of whom related historical incidents pertaining to the in- stitution. An elaborate entertainment program was furnished by students of the institution. They were Josephine Houston, Preston Haynes, Cameron Bur- ton, Mary Vacarro, Tex Noll, V. U. Wang., Wallle Wright, ‘the Ayres twins,”” Nellie Anderson, Mazie Dun- C.. B. Eckhart, Maxine Ellott 3D SQUADRON, 3D CAVALR HOLDS BIG BANQUET members | THE SUNDAY § AFTER GLASSTHROWERS. Maj. Gessford Warns Police Depart- ment to Prosecute Violators. | In a message to members of the police force last night Maj. G ford. superintendent of police. called attention to complaints of violations of the regulation nst throwing | glass on the stre Members of the | force were directed to require strict compliance with the regulation. Not only were they instructed to enforce the regulation. but the super- intendent of police directed that glass or other articles calculated to do dam- age found on the street should be removed by the policemen. Investi- gation and arrest should follow. D. . SCHOOLS OPEN NUTRITION COURSE Classes Organized for Chil-’ dren Underweight, With } Special Attention to Diet. Nutrition classes for children who are under the normal weight for their age are being opened in the { Washington public schools, two hav ing been organized last week and four others being ready to start this week. The first of these was started last Thursday at Miner Normal School, where twenty-dne children were | found to be nineteen pounds or more underweight, while one was twenty-| seven and another a twenty-eight | pounds lighter than they should be. The second class was started at the Tomlinson School with twenty-three pupils, all being 10 per cent or more | underweight. Neglect of Diet Figures. Malnutrition is not. as a rule, the result of poverty, the medical au- thorities have found, but is frequent- ly due to neglect by the pupil to give proper time and attemtion to diet. Nervousness, due to overactiv- ities in studies or athletics, is often an_important factor. H These classes are the result of the survey made by the chief medical | inspector, Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, and | his staff’ of physicians and nurse last winter, when it was discovered that an alarming degree of malnu- trition prevails among the children in_the District of Columbia. In fourteen _ selected schools throughout the District all of the children were weighed and measured | and given physieal examinations, and | it was found that one-third of these children were underweight 10 per | cent or more. Parents Are Invited. The board of education decided to open nutrition classes in six public | schools, which will be conducted | along lines prescribed by Dr. Wil- liam P. Emerson of Boston, Mass., nutrition specialist, who has been working with underweight children for the past twenty years. In these classes children will be weighed and examined each week by the sghool physiclan and nurse and will be given instruction in proper health habits, in food values and in good hygiene. Individual charts, showing the progress of each child’s weight, will be used to stimu- late interest. It is desired that par- ents attend these classes, as the progress of the child will depend largely upon their co-operation. |DR. WOOD WILL PREACH SPECIAL G. W. U. SERMON Further Plans for University's Centennial, Including Award- ing of Degrees. George Washington University will observe the second day of the cen- tennial celebration of the founding of the institution with a midwinter convocation sermon at 3:30 this aft- ernoon at the Church of the Covenant, 18th and N streets northwest. The { public is invited. Centennial delegates, university of- ficials, faculty member: candidates for degrees and members of the Feb- ruary and June graduating classes will march into the auditorium in academic procession. William Milier Collier, president of the university, will preside. The cen- tennial sermon will be preached by the Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor of the church and one of the university councilors. A reception in honor of the centen- nial delegates and other guests will | be held from § to 7 o'clock tomor- row afternoon in the large ballroom at the Raleigh Hotel. A centennial dinner will be held at 130 tomorrow evening at Rauscher’ Delegates from 120 colleges and uni- versities and more than 150 alumni, in addition to university officials and honor guests, are expected. President Collier will be toastmaste The centennial convocation will be held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Central High School. The public i8 invited, but admission will be by card only. Tickets may be obtained by visiting, writing or telephoning Prof. Elmer Louis Kayser, sedre- tary of the university, administration building, 2101 G street northwest. The centennial oration will be de- livered by Charles A. Richmond, president of Union College. A com- memorative address will be delivered by William Bruce King, lawyer and member of the board of trustees. Degrees will be conferred, including twenty-seven honorary ones. Glirls, Babe Holmes, C. Pearson, Gerti. Perry and Billie Swett. 5 ael Mussman presided and acted stmaster. The executive com- mittee for the banquet was composed of Earl Shea. Katheryne Sim- monds and E. C. Scott. On the enter- tainment committee were Catherin ITonge, Joe Garnett, Martha Warring, Eddie Bsown and Evelyn Jones. D. C, FEBRUARY 20, 1921—PART 1. EORGE F. TO MEMORY Patriotic Organizat Citizens to Honor President on Tuesday. All Washington will join Tuesday in celebrating the 189th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. The day will be a legal holiday. with the departments, schools and places of business closed, while the national emblem will be displayed everywhere. The celebration this year has marked interest, owing to the approaching in- auguration of another President of the United States. unding the colors” at the Wash- ington Monument, when forty-eight 2 will be flung to the breeze in a around the great shaft, will take place at 9 o'clock Tuesday morn- ing. This unusual event, with three bu- glers “sounding the colors” will be under direction of Col. C. S. Ridley, superintendent of public buildings and grounds. He is to be sisted by pa triotic socicties and representatives of the various wars of the country. High school cadets will participate. Chief among the memorial meetings Tuesday is to be the seventh joint celebration of the District of Colum- bia Daughters of the American Revo- Idtion, the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia and the Dis- trict of Columbia Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Will Award Essay Medal, Memorial Continental Hall will be » scene of ceremonies. James L Preston, president general of the Na- tional Society, Sons of the Revolution, will preside and make the address of greeting. The exercises will begin at 10:30 a.m. Addresses will be delivered by Rep- resentative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio and by M. Jean Jules Jusserand, the French ambassador. Col. Henry sreckenridge, president of the Nav League of the United States, will read extracts from the state papers of George Washington. ‘The music for the occasion will be furnished by the Marine Band. The invocation will be delivered by Rev. James E. Freeman of the Church of the Epiphany, and the benediction by Rev. Wallace Radcliffe of the New York Avenue Presbyterian. Church. The representatives of the three so- cieties on the joint committee of ar- rangements follow: Sons of the Amer- :an ,Revolution, Col. Frederick C. Bryan, Albert D. Spangler, William A Miller; Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Francis St. Clai Mrs. G. Wallace W. Fang Howard L. Hodgkins: bons of Revolution in_the District of C bia, Brig. Gen. George Richards, Charles P. Light, Dr. Marcus Ben min . Victor P. Reich, student at thd Mc- Kinley Memorial Manual Training School, has been awarded the gold medal presented by the Sons of the Revolution and the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution to the writer of the best essay on “The Work of the Wom- en of the Revolution.” ~Miss Lucy de Graffenreid Woolley of Gunston Hall and Miss Nellle E. Weishaupt of the Kastern High School are commended for their essays. The medal is to be delivered t e exercises at the Memorial Continental Hall. James T. Lloyd, former representa- tive from Missouri, is to address the th Association of Oldest.Inhabitants at i a meeting to be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the old TUnjon engine house, 19th and -H streets. Following the regular business meet- ing there will be exercises appropri- ate to Washington's birthday, and at these Mr, Lloyd will speak. Annual meeting of the Washington National Monument Soclety is -to be held at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at residence of Justice Willis Van- devanter, 1923 16th street. Following election of officers and other busine: Justice Vandevanter will entertain the members of the society at lunch- eon. Special Church Services. The annual meeting of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Ameri~ PATTON, IN COMMAND. IDISTRICT WILL PAY HOMAGE OF WASHINGTON ions, Churches and Birthday of First an Revolution, will be held at noon Tucsday, at Rauscher's, following the joint cclebration of the 189th anniver- wry of the birth of George Washington | by ‘patriotic societies at Memporigl Can- | tinental Hall. Transaction of general business, elec- | tion of officers for the ensuing year and election of delégates to the national con s at Buffalo on May 16 will occupy annual session. Luncheon will be ’!‘Er\'e(l. Announcement was made that ballots should be prepared and presented |in person to tellers between the hours of noon and 2 o'clock, at the annual meeting, nt of the local society, ases of William Alexander secretary; Alfred B. Dent { treasurer, and ‘Capt. Overton C. Lux- ford, registrar. For vice presidents the {candidates are: Henry L. Bryan, Dr. | Mark 1. Finley, Rear Admiral Frank | F. Fletcher, U. 8. N.; Clarence A. Ken- yon, Dr. Andrew Stewart, John B. Tor- bert and Dr. G. Tully Vaughan. Candi- | dates for the board of management are: Dr. J. Newton Baker, John S. Barker, Dr. Thomas J. W. Brown, Mark F. Finley, Merritt L. Dawkins, Samuel Her- rick, Francis H. Parsons and Albert D. Spangler. Candidates for dclegates and alternates for the national congress are Admiral George W. Baird, Dr. J. New- ton Baker, John S. Barker, Claude } i Bennett, Col. Frederick C. Bryan, . W Chatterton, William A. Copenhaver, De | Witt C. Croissant, Alfred B. Dent, Mark F. Finley, Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, ‘0. W. Goodwin, Samuel Her- rick, Maj. A. M. Holcombe, George R. 1de, Rear Admiral Theodore F. Jewell, Clarence A. Kenyon, Commander John H. Moore, Frederick D. Owen, William S. Park, Henry W. Samson and John B. Torbert. Centennial convocation exercises of George Washington University will take place at 3 o'clock Tuesday after- noon at the Central High School. Honorary Jdegrees are to be conferred upon many men and women. A patriotic service in commemora- tion of the birthday of the father of his country will be held in the Luther Memorial Church, at Thomas tonight at $ o'clock, under joint auspices of the Christian Endeavor Soclety and the congresa- on. Col. John Fair of the general staff, United States Army, will preside, and tho" epeakers will be Dr. Lewis DL Haupt of Cynwyd, Pa.. former mem- ber of the Isthmian canal commissio and Dr. Paul Reinsch, former Ameri- can minister to China and the head of the China relief fund. Services commemorative of the birth of Washington will be held at 4 o'clock this aftermoon at St. John's Church, 16th and H streets. Rt. Rev. Williwm A. Leonard, Bishop of Ohio, is to preach the sermon. MASS AT ST. PATRICK’S. Washington Chapter, K. of C., to Observe’ Washington’s Birthday. Under the auspices of the Wash-. ington Chapter, Knights of Columbu memorial mass will be held at St Patrick’s Church at 10 o'clock Tues- dsy morning. m Rt, Rev. Mgr. C. F. omas will be celebrant, Rev. Wil- liam J. Cahjll deacon and Rev. James J. O'Connor subdeacon. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Louis Veath; a former Army chaplain. The master of cveremonies will be Rev. Edward J. Sweeney, 8. J. chaplain ©f Washington Chapter. nCHiBISHOP'S HOME BURNED. ST. JOHNS, N. F., February 19. —A nurse watching over a sick priest in the residence of the Roman Catholic Arch- bishop of St.- Johns early today dis- covered fire which destroyed the struc- ture. Promptness in giving the alarm probably saved the lives of the arch- *bishop, vicar general. eight other clergy- ‘men and-the de staft, H 4, PHI KAPPA PSI DINES. | Fraternity Observes Anniversary | | of Founding. | The Phi Kappa Psi | a dinner last night at the University Club, in commemoration of the found- ing of tue fraternity, sixty-eight years ago. Forty-one members were pres- ent, representing, besides the local Alpha, twenty chapters throughout the country. After the dinner fraternity songs were sung and reminiscences of the old days became the topic of conversa- tion. Col. John T. Hull, U. S. A., pre- sided. SLAYERS PARADED BODY AROUND TOWN Matewan Gunmen Carried 1 One of Victims Down Street on Litter of Rifles. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSON, W. Va, February {19.—The body of I W. Ferguson, | Baldwin-Felts operative, Who was killed in the Matewan pistol and rifle improvised litter of rifies, was car- ried through a street of the town by men of Matewan shortly after the fight. Thomas Chafin, a state’s wit~ I ness, so told the jury in circuit court today. B . When theé litter bearers passed him in the street, the witness said, one remarked: “They brought ‘them’ in here and they are going out on ‘them,”” meant by “them.” Chafin replied that i1t was his understanding that it re- ferred to rifies. Although unable to positively identify the litter bearers, the wit- ness testified that he saw Willlal Bowman, . Fred . Burgraff, *Dous’ { Mounts, 'Art Williams and N. H. At- iwuod in the party. All except At- wood are defendants, of which there arq,nineteen being tried in comnec- tiolf with the death of Albert C. Felts, |slain with nine other .mea . in the miners’ families from houses of the Stone Mountain Coal Company by the detectives. | Brands Sid Hatfleld { . Dr. W. I Hill, a Matewan dentist, followed Chafin on the stand. - He told the jury that he was standing a few feet from Albert Felts and Mayor Testerman a few moments hefore both were shot to death. Felts and the mayor were conversing in front of Chambers’ hardware store opposite the railroad station. He said the two were surrounded by a crowd of men. Felts, he testified, handed the mayor a piece of paper and said something to him which the witness did- not hear. Immediately a laugh : went out from those standing nearby. The laugh was followed by a shot, Dr. Hill told the jury, adding that as 500n as he heard it he started to run. State's counsel endeavored to de velop that Felts could not have fired the first shot—the one that precipi- tated the general encounter. The witness was asked whether he saw Felts make .any move and replied in the negative. He was then asked where in his opinion the shot came from. Defense counsel strenuously objected to this line of interrogation but after considerable argument Judge R. D. Bailey, presiding, ruled that the witness could answer. “In my opinion, the shot came from inside the doorway of the hardware store.” was Dr. Hiil's reply. The witness testified that after the shooting he saw Sid Hatfleld, Mate- wan police chief, who is one of the defendants, in the center of a crowd lof men and that Hatfield remarked | that he, Hatfleld, killed Felts. Court adjourned shortly after 11 o'clock until Monday morning. CONFERENCE MEETS AGAIN Opposition Expressed Against Bonus for Navy Yard and Arsenal Workers. The conferees on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill at their first conference yesterday made considerable progress, but were unable to finish their work, and ad- Jjourned to meet today. The bonus provision inserted by the Senate was discussed, but without any definite action. The House conferees, under the rules of the House, must submit this amend- ment to the House in any event. It is_expected, however, that the House will agree to the Senate amendment providing for the general bonus for the government employes and for the employes of the District of Colum! Opposition was expressed in the con. ference to giving the bonus to the employes of navy yards and arsenals and also to the woman’s bureau of the Department of Labor. However, the matter was not definitely determined upon. %‘he proposal to give the bonus to the police and firemen of the District was received by the House members of the.conference with more approval, and it is expected that the House will agree to. this proposal. at least to the $120 bonus now extended to the police and firemen, if not to the $240 bomus for them. BECOMES STUDENT AT 52. DURHAM. N. C, February 19.—The Rev. 5. E. Marcer, fltt{d'o yearsold, has demonstrated his belief in the old adage that “it is never too late to learn” by re-entering Trinity College here after an absence of twenty-five years from the classrooms. Two of his sons are undergraduates at the in- stitution, A. E. Marcer, a junior, and L._E. Marcer, a freshman. Mr. Mercer is taking up work lead- ing to an A. M. degrée, having re- ceived hiz A. b. degree {n the Trinity class of 1896. IN ACTION" AT FORT MYER Fraternity held | encounter last May 19, resting on an; America, and thus depleting the ranks of them, whom he could not identify, | Asked by counsel what was | i fight that “followed the eviction of | TODAY- ON APPROPRIATION SCORES ENGLAND ON $R.SH POLICY Asquith Refers te Recent “Hideous Blunders”~-Also Raps Reparations Plan. By the Associated Press. LONDON. February 19 —H. H. AN quith, former prime minister, in speech at London today severely at- tacked the Irish policy of the govern- ment and its failure to publish the | Strickland report. He declared that “the hideous succéssion of blunders and crimes committed during ti | months were the blackest in the | of England’s relations with Ireland never in the lifctime of the oldest among them had Great Britain sunk i 50 low in the moral scale of natior Mr. Asquith described the Pari agreement on reparatio impossibl of fulfillment, and, he added, it was an extraordinary paradox. which would be . th the t th ant i comic if it were not o ses | people who were proposing ! dumping bill to exclude German goods Ifrom the British markets were in the | indemnity in goods. Stop Irishmen Sailing for S LIVERPOOL, February 19. — A new scheme which the police believe is ir tended by the Sinn Fein to prevent young Irishmen from emigrating to S. of the Irish republican army. was in- augurated here last night when armed men raided three emigrant boarding houses and seized the tickets and pass- ports of a dozen Irish youth who were ready to sail today on the steamer Car- {mania. The victims were ordered to | return to Ireland immediately. No personal injury was inflicted on the youths and no damage done to the houses. The raids were carried out by large bodies of men. Armed Men Rifie Mail Bags. BELFAST February 19.—Armed men boarded a freight train this morn- ing at Ballyh: Junction, County {Cavan, and proceeded on it %o near Ballyhaise, where they held up the engineer and searched the train. The men threw into the river goods d tined for Belfast and rifled the mail ags. Parliament Member Arrested. DUBLIN, February 19.—Michael Patrick Colivet, Sinn Fein member of the house of commons, was arrested | today. He returned to the com- mons unopposed for Limerick city in December, 1918, while interned in England. About half of the area invested by the military yesterday was still occu- pied today, and the soldiers were tending their operations to the S merhill district. A vigorous search is being carried out, many persons being detained within the cordoned zone. MRS. HARDING MAY NAME MISS TODD AS SECRETARY Well Enown Social Aid Looms Large in White House MISS GEORGINA TODD, Few subjects are of more vital in- terest to Washington society than the selection of a secial secretary for the White House, and so far Mrs. Warren G. Harding, the next “first lady of the land.” has left mothing but vague runiination on the subject. Circumstantial evidence in the way of well founded rumor points to Miss Georgina Todd, one of the best known social Secretaries in Washington, as the most likely person for the plac Miss Todd has had years of experi- ence in her work and knows Wash ington society in all its phases, offi cial and otherwise. She has served as social secretary to Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean and her mother, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, and to women like Mrs. Larz Ander- son. It was Mrs. Anderson and a group of friends who, through Miss ‘Todd, opened the Rock Creek Park tea house in ancient Adams’ mill, a quaint stone mill with its wooden water wheel which stands as almost the only landmark in that immediate vicinity, a few seasons ago. Vhether Mrs. Harding announces Miss Kathleen Lawler, who, rumor says, has no hankering for the place, or Miss Laura Harlan or Miss Todd, as her choice, her judgment cannot be questionaed. Miss Todd’s home is in ‘Washington. U. §. OFFICER AIDS HONDURAS SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salva- dor, February 19.—The Honduran gov. ernment has signed a contract with W. G. Stott, United States Army officer, under which he will organize a national police foree, says a dispatch {rom Tegucigalpa. 3 | same breath asking Germany to pay the | Z I RE TR WASHINGTO ! e Y., PROBABLE ESCORT FOR MR. HARDING MA CANADIANS ANGRY OVER PROVISIONS IN FORDNEY BUL “Eye for an Eye” Suggested in Dealing With U. S. Tariff Measure. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Ont, ¥ y Canada’s pari 19.—in- arians now in session are discu the Washing- respecting the Ford- ney , and the opinion is expressed that 12 shoul w no hesita in Canadian than prese Today's { stands very ment, speaks ‘Other coun T making and we m the United States will influe lation elsewhere. Reprisals spoken of in some quarters, and has been suggested that a Canadi policy of an eye for an eve and a tooth for a tooth would secure mor: favorable legislation in the United tes. We believe an avowed poi- v of to be as fatuous as of % the othe when smitten Can Imitate Americans. “If the Amer trade, or, rather {be one of all s we can govern ourselves accord ly. We can retain the Canadian o ket for Canad aud would be ar- rant idiots it we failed so to do. We jcan pay the Americans the compli- ment of imitation, in the belief that what is sauce for the goose will be sauce for the gander. 1f the Amer- icans will not buy our products we hould seek customers elsewhere, and especially and particularly within the | British empire. “The adoption of the Fordney tariff Nl or of a like measure, by the in- ening President and Congress, may Yeerc some havoc to Canadian indus- tr RUL it may prove a blessing in | disgrid- Canada has shown her met- Uesin nany a fleld, commercial and otherwisg, and it is not to be coerced fato surrexder of her fiscal inde- pendence RETIRED GRS WANT MORE PAY Form Association to Petition to Get Surplus From Fund. Estimating a_surplus this vear wf $8.000.000 in the fund from whickt payments are made to retired govern- ment employes, beneficiaries of the fund last night organized the Re- tired Government Employes’ Associa- tion, which will petition Congress to |amend the law in order that more {equitable amounts may be paid the | former government workers. | Jacob W. Starr was elected presi- {dent of the association at the organi- {zation meeting, which was held at {1323 New York avenue. Other officers | chosen were Robert Armour, secre- jtary, and George Simmon, treasure: { Another meeting will be held at th {same place at 2 o'clock Saturday aft- ernoon, when committees will be ap- pointed and steps taken to present the association’s views to Congres | Statements made at the meeting {were to the effect that 4,761 employes: ‘have been retired under the retire- ment act passed by Congrass which became effective August 20 last. Of this number about 2,000 reside in the District. The fund from which these former government operatives are ipaid is collected through a momthly {deduction of 2% per cent from the |pay of active emploves of the gov- {ernment. Amounts allotted those @0 {the retired list, according to thek age and length of service, range front a minimum of $15 a month to a maximum of $60 a month, it was stated. According to an estimate presen: ed at the meeting, collections under the per cent deduction plan this ivear will produce a total fund of 1$13,000,000, of which only $5,000,00% will be required for those on the ! retirement pay roll. Members of the association declared the present rates of pay allowed the retired em- {ployes are inadequate and that. with lthe prospect of a large surplus in I the fund being accumulated this ye { the rates should be substantially in- creased. CARUSO STILL GAINS. i)!ore Cheerful and Takes Solid | Food—Fever Continues. NEW YORK, February 19.—Enrico Caruso, world famous tenor, today apparently was able to maintain the progress he has been making in re- | pulsing a heart attack which early | this week threatened his Itfe { " He appeared more cheerful and was able again to partake of Solid food. W he still has some fever, his physicians declared his condition was progressing satistactorily. With relapse still possible. they refrained however, from definitely pronounc- ing him' convalescent. The tenor’s secretary tonight gave 'ou[ the following statement: | “For the first time since his re- ilapse Mr. Caruso sat up this even- ing, supported by pillows and assist- od by his nurse and valet. He has leen asking to do this all day. und very pleased when the phy- ns gave their permission. Brother Coming for Caruse. NAPLES, February 19.— Enrico Caruso's brother is leaving on board the steamer Caronia for New York. He believes that possibly the singer will accompany him to Italy to con- valesc BARS MUNICH NEWSPAPER. PARIS, February 19.—The interallied commission for the Rhine provinces Las ordered the exclusion for one month from the German occupied territory the Munich newspaper Nueste Nachrichten. The exclusion is ordered on the ground that the news- paper had published false statements regarding the French troops of oc- cupation. Laymen’s Midday Lenten Services B. F. Keith’s Theater Daily, Except Saturdays, 12:30 to 1 O’Clock Tomorrow: Conducted by— Rev. Wallace Radcliffe Speaker— Martin A. Morrison, Civil Service Commissioner.