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9 . THE EVE} D. C, MON DAY, APRIL 11 1921 CONGRESS SSURES PRESDENT NTY Factional Differences Disap- pearing in Favor of Co-Oper- afion With Mr. Harding. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding and Conszress have entered upon an era of com- plete partnership. Talks with re- turning members whose factional dif- ferences were pronounced in the last | Congress indicate that Mr. Handing | has behind him in Congress 2 power- ful influence for co-operation. “Ir- reconcilables,” as well as “reserva- tionists.” as the zroups became known | in.the treaty fight. are asscrting with vnmistakable positiveness that “the | President and the Senate are =oing) 10 zet alonz exceptionally well to- gether.” Mr. Harding has his address to Congress. face this seems as if he swallowed another Wilson policy. but there will be a distinct difference between the ways of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Harding. The former was wont to ‘enter the legislative chamber in solemn dignity aml depart as abrupt- 1¥ as he came. Mr. Harding views decided to read On the sur- had merely his visits to the Capitol as an opportunily to mingle with colleagues in the cloakrooms and | drink in the atmo: - of fellow-| ship which is charact of thel membership of hath the & and ! House, irrespective of parties. ‘The i new President can call members of | Congress by their T mes and hardly feel that he is doing something artificial to carry 1avo Warren Harding's visit to the Capitol will be a2 simple return to the congressional ars along- whose co- fold of one who spent six ¥ side the same individual operation he now seeks. No Pro-German Peace. The writer has been talking with gome of the so-called “bitter-cnders” in *be Senate who feel satisfied that .Mr. ZZarding has interpreted the man- date of the last election correctly “when he turns his back on the league of nations and peace treaty. But the | * significant thing which one draws from conversation with these senators is that the alternative—a separate peace with Germany—doesn't mean the same thing to them as it does to the folks who have heen regarding such a step as “an sbandonment of the allies” or a “pro-German peace.” Of one thing the public may be as- sured and that is that when America makes a separate peace it will not be a pro-German peace, but a pro-ally peace. Anything else would be ab- surd and unthinkable. None other than Senator Knox, author of the resolution declaring a state of peace with Germany, gave the writer such an assurance in an informal talk on the peace outlook. Mr. Knox is in cofrplete. accord with © the Hughes { policies as announced in recent notes. He sees no friction—only harmony ahead. It was natural that there should be considerable speculation as to the part the Senate foreign relations comuhittee should play as contrasted with the Department of state formulating foreign policy. So far as Mr. Knox foresees. there is no pro pect of an infringement by either branch of the government on the pre- rogatives of the other. Congress has on many occasions by joint resolu- fion declared American policy toward ign nations. There are plenty of Precedents for the expreasion of an opinion by Congress. and. indeed, the Knox resolution simply requests the President to enter into an agre ment with Germany at the appropri- ate time to carry further the require- ments of peace making after Con- gress shall have declared a state of Deace. Will Establish Precedent. Of course the making of peace by congressional resolution will mark a Precedent in American history. Here. tofore wars have been ended by the ratification of treaties. But the con- vinging argument has been made tha: at this late date there is no sound ;e?'lzg v;hy America should be de- ri of certain commerci - tunitles hecauce of he oxistenty h a technical state of war. ceddre proposed in th Yould divide the trea'v-making task ints two parts—a decl ration by ('.o"-l Eress and a treaty afterward. The| first requires only a majorlty vote of | l both houses. but the second must be approvel by a two-thirds vote of the Senate alone. The democrats have a big enough minority to block rati- fication of a peace treaty if they wish. It is probable they will be consulte] in making the new peac cc pact. It 18 100 carly to say what the separate treaty will be like, except to state a | few general principles First, it will be satisfactory te the allies and arrived at after complete change of views with our principal | fociates in the war. 1 Second, it will adopt as many por- tions . of the Versa ity ae feasible and such as will precerve the solidarity of the allies and eliminat America from oblizations of enforee ment. Third, it will afforq no opportunity § 10 Germany to escape her oblizations to the allies with respect to payment of the damage done in the wap America Independent. Finally, the subporters of rate treaty the sepa- bring forth another jdea on which they place much emphasis It is that Great Britain, France, Japan, Ttaly and Belgium entered into a solemn agreement not to ma ke Peace except in unison. Ameries en tered the war without hecoming a party to the promise. She is there- fore” free to make an independent peace without in any way damaging “_!r legal record. And if the Tnited States makes a peace which the alljes regard as svmpathetic with thejp viewpoint and hav n 1t 1o encour- | agement to the Germans, the s pro- ponents of the independent treaty plan feel that much of the oppro. brium which ha to the phrace Germany” < attached heretofore a separate peace with will have heen removed. (Copyright, 1921} RETIRES TO STUDY TO WRITE ADDRESS (Continued from First Page.) therefore considered probable that he will give them minute and very se- rious attention in his recommenda- tions. What Fe will have to say re-| garding ti -important do- mestic eing awaited througho With tho Ereatest Other Important Questions. Prominent £ the other domes- tlc policies which will occupy a consiflerable part of his address—all of which will deal with the recon- struction policies of the administra- tion— med of the most paramount importance to the Union at this tim. are suggestions for solution of the transportation dispute, relicf for djs. abled war veterans, a system for maintenance of interstate highways, creation of a war liquidation com- mission to dispe quickly of the cumulation of wreck of the war, legislation radio transportation bill, American valuation on imports, and Navy . G lombian treaty ration | bill and a budg | { a | | | | regulati anti-dumpin; appropriations. n and s¥ imm n Deep Secrets. Kathryn—"She is a woman with a mysterious past.” Edgar— What are the mysteries? Kathryn—“The d of her hirth and the original color of her hair.” —_— e Eight of the ollve trées in the his- toric garden of olives at Jerusalem are more than 1,000 years old particularly | duced, | tive Luther W HIGHEST COURT SETS BOUNDARY LINE FOR OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS The boundary between Oklahoma and Texas follows the souin bank of the Red river. the Supreme Court held today. in dec dir: the dispute between the two stut The_treaty of 1819 betw United States and Spain madd southern bank the boura: court said. citing negotiations be- tween Secretary of State Adams and the Spanish envoy at that time, when Texas was a part of Mexico. By “every consideration,” the court added. that definition of the boundary was just and legal. OPEN CONVENTION OF WOMAN VOTERS More Than Thousand Dele- gates in Cleveland for Week’s Sessions. By the Associated Press CLEVELAND. Ohio. April 11. than one thousand woman and alternates, representing every sressional district in the coumtry. attended seven preconvention s th of the convention the National agne of Woman Vo which opened a week's meeting here today Fach conference discussed a program of action upon which the convention will act during the week. The vention proper will open with morning, afternoon and evening ns. Conferences of the seven standing smmittees of the league were held this morning and this afternoon. A full and frec discussion of legislative reforms the league is trying to get for the women of the nation featured each conference, all of which were open to the public. The discussion will be continued at seven separate dinners this evening. Nationally known experts in social iene, women in industry, election citizenship and other topics will conferences, and a vtoe will More con- morning of con- law: address » be taken at executive sessions during the day on the program the confer- ences will recommend to the national board of directors. The seven conferences today cussed the following subjects: American citizenship. child welfare, election laws and methods, food sup- ply and demand, soclal hygiene, uni- form laws concérning women and women in industry. One of the speakers at the confer- ence on uniform laws concerning men was Mrs. Catherine Waugh MeC ago, whose subject “Wife and Husbands as Guard- dis- R MIGHTY LEGISLATIVE TASK BEGUN TODAY delegates ! second | tomorrow | GEORGIA MURDERS BEFORE GRAND JURY Wholesale Killings of Ne- groes, Alleged in Williams Case, Being Investigated. I MONTICELLO, Ga., April 11.—In- Ivestigation by the Jasper county srand jury of the wholesale murders of negroes alleged to have been com- I mitted by John S. Williams and his {three sons, and of the Iynching of Jugene Hamilton, s negro, several montis ago, was sta here today at a special session called by Judze J. B. Park of the Ocmulgee circuit. Clyde Manning, the negro plgnta- tion hoss, whose testimony forms the principal link in the chain of evi- dence against Williams, arrived at %45 o'clock from Atlant ral other negro witn. custody of Sheriff W. I%. 1 { deputies. ‘Thé other negroes were ‘na Manning, wife of Clyde Man- Claude” and Ciyde Freeman, Julius Manning, Emma Freeman and John Freeman. Ali are nezroes who | worked on'the farm of Williams or his sons. es, in the rsons and No Sign of Disorder. Monticello was fillog with prople from all parts of Jasper county and | from adjoining counties when the grand jury convened, but iiiere was Ino outward sign of disord.r Doyle Campbell, s seneral the Ocmulgee circ which em- { brices Jasper county, expressed a | determination to investizate the | “murder farm” Killings to the bot- {tom. He said he expected to bring {to light at least threc murders in {addition to those previously exposed {in the “murder farm" investigations. Concerning the lynching of Eugene | Hamilton, a negro put to death by a { mob in Jasper county several months ago. Mr. Campbell said he would seek indictmen against six or seven Jas- per county citizens whose names were furnished him by Gov. Dorsey. There was a mass of evidence to be pre- sented in the lynching case, he said. Negro Witnesses Guarded. An effort would be made, it was understood. to finish with the testi- mony of the negr brought from the Fulton county jail. and get them hack to Atlanta before nightfall. They were brought here under a federal court order by Judge Sibley, charging Sheriff Persons with the responsi- bility of delivering them safely back to the Fulton county jail. The fed- ¢ral court will use thém as material witnesses in pending peonage in- vestigations. GRADUATION DATE SET FOR DECEMBER Second Class Will Leave BY 67TH CONGRESS | Naval Academy Six Months enough to overlook them and to think me worthy of this re-election. I shall try to repay your confidence by the most sedulous and conscientious at- tention to the duties of the office. They are partly political and partly judicial, and 1 shall endeavor not to confuse the two or allow one to im- pair the other. n the last Congress the member- ship on both sides of the House showed me a consideration and friend- 1y courtesy for which I shall always be grateful. I am not without hope that 1 shall experience the same kind- ness in this Congress, but, at any rate, I shall endeavor to earn your good will, and my experience will al- ways be at the service of any one, the new members. “There is every prospect of a busy, important and long session. The con- dition of all phases of our productive istence of factivity is depressing, in some cases The pro-{alarming. instance | statesmanship to determine how much {it can be remedied by national legis- It will require the wisest lation. “It may require unflinching cour- age to abide by that determination. 1 trust we shall prove equal to our task. [ am sure you are approaching it with earnestness and high purpose. | Again, gentlemen, 1 thank you for the honor vou have done me and I hope I shail have your friendly as- sistance and co-operation.” The galleries were crowded, mostly with wives and relatives of the new members. Miss Robertson Given Bomguet Miss Alice Robertson of OkJahoma, the one woman in Congress, attract much attention. She carried a large bouguet of American beauty roses and distributed _some of thefe to new members who sat near her. The usual flood of bills was Intro- including a resolution by Representative Sherman E. Burroughs of New Hampshire to give national representation to the residents of the District_and_a bill by Representa- Mott of New York to prohibit possession of dangerous weapons In the District except under license from the superintendent of police. —_— CAPT. DUNEAN HONORED. Named Additional Member of War Department General Staff. Announcement is made of the ap- pointment of Capt. Arthur G. Duncan, Reserve Corps. U. S. A.. as an addi- tionai member of the War Depart- ment general staff. and Mis assizn- ment to the plans division thereof. Capt. Duncan served during the war in the Quartermaster Corps and was in_charge of recruiting publicity in the office of the uarter- master general. Capt. Duncan is the author of the Army and Navy News, which appears cach week in The Sunday Star and the quality and scope of which has called forth commendation from a va- riety of sources. In addition to his service in the world war Capt. Duncan participated in the Spanish-American wa: as a member of Col. Roosevelt's 1st Volunteer Cavalry, or “Rough Riders." Later he served as a lieutenant in the hilippine campaign, under the late 'n_ Lawton. He comes from California, but has been a resident of the District for aearly three years. HARDING MAY ATTEND. It is considered likely that Presi- dent Harding will attend the ground- breaking incident to the celebration of the commencement of the erection of the Roger Willlams memorial stat- ue at 16th street and Columbia road, the date for which will later be sef for the last part of the month. He has been informally invited to participate in the ceremonies on this occasion, but a formal invitation will be tendered to him Wednesday morn- ing, when a special committee, repre- senting the Roger Williams Memaorial Association. will call at the White House. The committee will be headed by Dr. Clarence Barber, former presi- | dent of the Northern Baptist Conven- tion: Percy 8. Rhodes. CHARGES OF MISBRANDING. Alleging that the makers of “T. B Donaldson's Wonderful New Life” promise many therapeutic qualities to the medicine. United States Attor- ney laskey today filed libels in the District Supreme Court against quan- tities of the medicine found in & number of drug stores. The court proceeding i8 under the pure food and drug act and charges misbranding. Foster and John D. | four-vear course. Sooner Than Expected. Spec ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 11.—Orders from Secretary Denby of the Navy, re- ceived at the Naval Academy today, and announced in an order of Supt. Scales at the noon formatioh of the regiment of midshipmen, direct that I Dispatch to The Star. stead of June, as would have been in the regular order. 3 Back of the order is understood to be the need of more officers for the Navy, and one of jts effects will be to make unnecessary the demotion of many officers who hold special rank under war-time legislation. It will also give superior rank to many Naval Academy graduates. over those, recently appointed, or to be appoint- ed_from the ranks. i Under legislation passed when the United States entered the war the Secretary of the Navy was given authority until October 1 of the pres- ent year to direct the advanced grad- uation of any midshipman, provided not over a year was taken from the cretary Denby has acted under this authority. It was announced that the membsrs of the second class would not go on the practice cruise this summer, but, after a short leave, would begin spe- cial work in_preparation for early graduation. This course will begin about July 1. and the date of gradua- tion is not fixed any more definitely than that it will be in December. Jt is understood that an extra ex- amination for admission to the next new class will be held, probably in May, it_being necessary, in view of the early departure of members of the gecond class, that the new class be as &# as possible. DECISION ON WAGE ISSUE. Justice McCoy Arbitrates Between Printers and Newspapers. In a decision in an arkitration pro- ceeding between *he local typographical union an? the Washington Newspaper Publishers’ Association, just announced, Chief Justice McCoy of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, chairman of the arbitration board, chiracterized re- setting as waste and extended the time within which publishers may reset mat- ter from fourteen days to thirty. Justice McCoy upheld the contention of the publishers that resetting foreign adver- tising should not be required because of the insertion of a local address of a mer- chant or agent. The arbitrator rejected the request of the printers for increased pay, except for work on Sunday afternoon news- papers, and also rejected the counter proposal of the publishers for an in- crease in hours. —_— LENTEN OFFERINGS IN. St. Columba Chapel Wins the Epis- copal Prize Banner. With Rev. James E. Freeman pre- siding, the Lenten offerings of the children of the Episcopal diocese of Washington were presented yester- day afternoon at the Church of the Epiphany. The Sunday school of St. Columba's |chapel. Tenleytown, won the banner Ifor the largest per capita offering, $381, or $2.41 per pupil, while the Jargest amount contributed was by the St. Margaret's Sunday school, $517. The collections turned in by St. Alban's amounted to $397 Greetings from the Bishop of Wash- ington were read by Dr. Freeman. The services wcre in charge of Rev. Enoch M. Thompson, assisted by Rev, T. F. Hall, Rev. E. W. Curran and the Lenten offering committee, which was composed of Rev. G. W. Atkin- son, jr.; Rev. F. M. Tinkel, Rev. Wil- llam W. Sherer and Rev. Robert E. Browning. HAYWOOD LOSES APPEAL. Supreme Court Refuses to Review I. W. W. Cases. The Supreme Court today refused to review the conviction of Willlam D), Haywood and more than seventy-nine other members of the - W. on charges of having conspired to ob- struct the war activities of the gov- ernment. Refusal of the Supreme Court to tn- tertere closes the long “to-mave his associatin Haywood and from privon. Onl.z":m presidenti: pardon the sentences imposed. Z Tea can now pi with sev- | the present second-class, 660 in.num-, ber, is to graduate in December. in: SENATE AND HOUSE PRESIDING OFFICERS ON WAY TO OPEN SIXTY-SEVENTH CANDIDATES FOR D. A. R. OFFICES ANNOUNCED Committee Chairmen Named for Thirteenth Continental Congress Convening Here April 18. Candidates for general offices of the Daughters of the American Revo- Singleton Ashenfelter of New Mexico, Mre, G. H. Holden of Vermont, Mrs. A. L. Calder of Rhode Island, Mrs John T Moss nf Missouri, Mrs. Ben- jamin D. Heath of North Carolina and Miss Alethea Serpell of Virginia More than a thousand delegates are expected 1o attend the CONEress. ames of committee chairmen were made public last night. mong them are: Credentiais, Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter, chairman, and Mrs. Henry B. Jor., vice chairman; teliers, Mrs. Charlis H. Bisseil: pro- gram, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett; house. Miss Katherine A. Nettleton. cha man, and Mrs. Louis T. McFalden, vice chairman: invitations and boxes, Mrs. Charles H. Bise: adges, Mre ard E. Claugh'‘o: 'S 5. Duncansou ms, Mrs. Sol Lansburgh: g Mra Howard H. McCall: bullatin board, Miss' Marv V. Petty; d=corations, Miss Aline Solomons ;. lunches, Mre. Fred Volland; card index reg ter, Miss Mary C. Oursler; front doors, Mrs. Frederick H. Stronz: litcriture, Mrs. John M. Beavers; first floor doors, Mgw, Charles H. Le Fevre and Miss Slorrn,cc S Marcy Crofut; informa [i . Mrs. Frederick T. F. Johnson ception, Mrs. William C. Boyle transportation, Mrs. A. J. Brosscau hospitality committee for tea room, Mrs. William T. Talboti; press, M Natalie Sumner Lincoln. and pag Willoughby 8. Ch PROSPECTS ARE FINE FOR HORSE SHOW MAY 12 T0 17 A silver cup will be awarded *he winner of a military steeplechase race in the horse show to be held at the Virginia end of the Highway bridge from May 12 to 17 inclusive. Melvin £. Hazen, general manager of the National Capital Horse Show, Military 4nd Amateur Racing Associa- tion, announced today. The trophy is eme gift of Gus Buchholz, proprictor of the Occiden- tal Hotel. and is the second prize to be donated to the horse show. The first was a silver tray for fox hunters, the glft of Mrs. Eemamin H. Warder. The rase 2r officers in uniform will be sver a two-mile course. That the show will be largely at- tended this year Is indicated by the carly reservations being made for hoxes. Those who have taken boxes to date are Willlam du Pont, Edward iH. Everett, W. W. Spalding, Mrs. Louis Titus. Ord Preston, James Far- i l meleo, « Larz _Anderson, Col. R. M. Thompson, Miss Julla B. Whiting, Mrs. Henry Oxnard, Thomas F. Lo- gan, Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph, Mrs. Cromwell Brooks, N. H. Luttrell, Mrs, Bdward C. Walker, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. Dr. F. 8. Nash, Gen. James. A. Buchanan, William P. Eno and Miss Mattis. The list of classes of events is com- plete and ready for distribution to ex- hibitors throughout the United States. Circulation of the requirements for each class will be followed by the re- ceipt of entries from all sections of the country. HOSTILITY TO PASTOR BLOCKS MASS SERVICE Kenosha, Wis., Church Surrounded by Congregation and Guarded by Entire Police Force. KENOSHA, Wis., April 11. — With the Holy Rosary Catholic urch sur- rounded by a large crowd this morn- ing -and guarded by the entire Ken- osha police department, the Rev. Peter Perardi, upon advice of the police, did not appear to say mass. The priest'’s home was entered last night by a crowd of several hundred per- sons in a demonstration for his re- moval. In lleu of a service today a band, stationed near the church, which is_in the quarter known as “little Italy,” played over and over “The Star Spangled Banner.” The crowd at the chorch dispersed when it was annopnced the Bervice had been dis- | pensed with, 5 * Rev. Perardl, who: sdught refuge in the sanctuary’ of the church last night, was taken to the home of another priest, after he had been rescued by the police, who dispersed the crowd. The chicf of police announced the church and the priest's home would be kept under guard until Arch- bishop Messmer of Milwaukee has settled the dispute Protesting members of the church said they had a long list of griev- ances against the priest, objection centering on an alleged ’ dictatorial manner assumed in handling affairs of the congregation, *3 shall stay in Kenosha and in charge of tmy Parish until 1 am order- ed_§o leave by the archbishop,.” said S Perara, CALVIN COOLIDGE, President of the Senate. i | ! TAKING PLAY SITE | i lution, to be filled when the thirtieth | Continental Congress conyenes I on April 18, wers announced o ‘Ten candldates are sceking the| Leight vice presidential chairs { latest name added was that if Catherine Campbell, state regent of Kansas, who was nominated at the state conference a few weeks ago. The other candidates are: Mrs. How- ard L. Hodgkins of this city. Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum of Maryiand, Mrs . D. Chanauit of Kentucky, Mr i ‘erected. (Picture by National Thoto Co.) BRINGS PROTEST Neighborhood Aroused Over Building of Homes Next to Adams School. Three hundred and fifty children at- tending the Adams School, on R street between 17th and 18th streets, saw workmen take initial steps today to destroy their only play space — a vacant lot adjoining the school —on which four new homes are to be Meantime their parents and teachers drafted pétitious to be sent to the board of education and the Board of Trade, requesting that ac- tion be taken. if possible, to preclude the owner from carry.ng out his pro- posed building operations and to acquire the site as a permanent play ground for the children. Although thirty-two years old. the Addms School has never had a pl ground for its pupi There is_vir- tually no vacant space in the school- yard in whicn the candren can spend thelr recess perfods, and for many years they have been playing on the plot of ground adjacent to the school, which the teachers and parents have repeatedly asked the school board to purchase for a playground. Strong Pétitlon Ready. One of the petitions framed by the Mothers’ Club of the school will be sent to the Board of Trade. It strongly protests against the erection of homes on the site adjoining the school, and points out that this prop- erty should have been acquired for a playground more than twenly-five years azo. It also requests the Board of Trade to make an effort to have the proposed building operations de- layed until Congress grants funds to buy the property. Another of the petitions to be sent to the board of education makes an ultimate appeal to that body to pur- chase the property, and 1o take ac- tion to delay the construction of (Pe four homes on it. This petition will be taken up by the school board for consideration at a special conference at the Franklin School tomorrow aft- ernoon The third petition will be sent to D, J. Dunigan, owner of the plot of ground. appealing to him to defer his Pproposed plans for erecting homes on the property until the school board acts on the above-mentioned request This petition states that “our chil- dren’s best interests demand that a playground be given them.” Would Shut Off Light. If the proposed homes are built on the property, teachers at the Adams School say, the children will be forced 1o remain ‘in the building at recesses, or else play in the street, which at the present time is a busy thorough- fare for vehicular traffic. They claim also that if houses are bullt next to the school. they will prevent any light from entering the rooms on the east 8ide of the school. Consequently arti- ficial light will have to be used in these rooms, they say. which will re- sult in impairment of the eyesight of the children. GEORGETOWN STUDENTS TO HEAR EUGENE STEIN Russian Lecturer and Foreign Ex- pert Will Speak Tonight at For- eign Service School. Experience gained during nearly thirty years in the diplomatic serv- ice of his country will be told by Eugene Stein, noted Russian lecturer and foreign affairs expert, in a talk he will give at 6:30 o'clock this even- ing to the students of the school of foreign service of Georgetown Uni- versity, 506 E street northwest. Mr. Stein still holds the post of representative of Russia to Argen- tina, an office which that republic recognizes, This is his seconl visit to_the United States. He entered the Russian foreign of- fice in 1892, after a course at the Classic College, St. Petersburg, and in the faculty of oriental languages in the university of the same capital. His first government work was that of student interpreter at the Russian legation in Peking. He accompanied the first Korean embassy to Russia on the occasion of the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II. Returning to the orient he received the appointment of interpreter of the Chinese language to the legation at Seoul, soon afterward becoming sec- retary of that legation and charge d'affaires ad interim. At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war Mr. Stein was appointed judge of the prize tribunal at Viadivostok, and after the disablement of the Vladivostok cruiser squadron he became a member of the diplomatic chancery of the comman- der-in-chief in Manchuria. Tn 1906 he was secretary to the Rus- sian legation at Cettinje, Montenegro, and three years later occupied a simi- lar position in Brazil. In 1913 he was made permanent charge d'affaires in Buenos Aires, and in 1916 envoy ex- traordinary and minister plenipoten- tiary of Russia to the Argentine gov- ernment, in ‘{vhlch post he was subse. uently ‘confirmed by the_ provisional :uv'rnm t of Prince Lvoff. He is & master of six languages and is now serving as a Lowell Institute lecturer. CONGRESS. | l FREDERICK H. GILLETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 1POST OFFICE BRINGS JOY TO FARTHEST NORH FOLKS Minnesota Hamlet Gets Mail Once a Week Carried Over Ice and Snow. “PE: E. Minn, April 10—Proud| He was a member of the American | of its recently established post office, | Geozraphical Society, the Ameriean! Which has the distinction of being | Archacological Sociely and of the fol. | the farthest north of any in thé| clubs: Metropolitan., Chevy | United this little hamlet, nd Cosmos of this city: the| 150 inhabitants, now ty and Century of New York s its mall once a weeck. Composed of several townships of mainland and many smal] islands, and separated from Minnesota by the Lake of the Woods on the south, it is necessary to employ horse and sleigh freighiters to transport the post over the stretches of ice During the watm summer months motor boat will be used. Two davs to town, a twenty-four- hour <ojourn there, and two more days for the return trip is the sched- ule of the mail and freight carrier. who augments his load with a cargo cach wa Situated about thirty miles north of latitude 49 deerces, which for the most part mark< g« northern hound- ary of the United States in the west, Penasse lies at the farthermost end of Northwest angle, which incident ally is the most northerly point the country. Take of the Woo which forms a portion of Minnesota's northern extremity. and tke Canadi h n province of Manitoba form the an- gle's southern and western bound- aries, respectively. — IMMORAL PUBLICATIONS DECLARED SOCIAL DANGER 1Censorship of Motion Pictures Sug- gests to Reader Need of Sup- pressing Q@uestionable Reading, To the Bditor of The Star: I note in The Star of April 8 that the District Commissioners have en- acted new police regulations govern- Ing moving picture shows, and that among other things to be barred are productions showing “sex relations in a manner tending to the corruption of morals.” and “undue demonstrations of passionate love, or scenes of viee. This action has no doubt basn taken to check the rapldly groeing tendency to place befors the public pictures which do bear the above objectionable features. No one whose deny that the ge society is eves are open will neral moral tone of growing lower year by year. Things that in former times would not for a moment have been countenanced are now taken matter of course. =g a Old-and you alike affected. Indecd, the alder oars are largely to blame in the matter :..:‘lhvylpo'rmll in the present gener- on what would not ha - crated In their own. o ° Peen tol And to what is this due? are formed from those are guided by Our lives s of others. We chat we see, w o hear and what we read. Uu‘x:r:-ad';l::i- tion begins in the home, and con- tinues through life. We are influ- enced by our surroundings, and our thoughts are molded by impressions of what we see, hear and read. Now 1 arri{l‘omi!‘l‘g to the point moving pictures which on; - der the heads above noted are T‘;n‘:‘l;- ered detrimental to morals and ape to be barred, why not reading matter also which is along the same lines? Is it more harmful for a young per- s0n to see an immoral mov) ng picture that to read an equally immoral story? There are today magazines and on the newsstands Stories, and these other publications which contain such are bought by the young of be sexes, carried into the homes and read by old and young allke in fhe most matter-of-fact way, as if it were quite the correct thing to feed the mind on crime, immorality ana vice of the lowest type! To say that these are writte: published to “teach a lesson™ 1s"m?;g evasion and subterfuge. They are writ- ten and published to pander to a de- praved taste, which by them is grow - ing more and more depraved year by year. This is only too evident. The social fabric of the nation is. by such literature (?), being undermined, de- praved and debased. Is there no way to stem the tide before it is too late? Is it'too late even now? We have a law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquor, deeming it a poison to the body. Do we 1ot need, even more than this, a law to prohibit the manufacture and sale of what is slowly polsoning the minds of the youth of our land, the future hope of the nation? I have seen life in many of our large cities, and in various parts of the country, and am not ‘thine skinned” or’ prudish, but I cannot be blind fo the bald facts which stare me in the face at every turn. 1 Bee the effects of this class of literature(?) on every hand, and would feel mysglf criminally neglect- ful of a plain duty did I fail to raise my voice in protest and in warning. J. F. OERTEL. P. 0. RIFLE CLUB TO QUIT. The Post Office Department Rifle Club is to meet in the conference room of the department at the close of work today to wind up the affairs of the club. The organization has nine rifles and 5,000 rounds of ammunition, and it has been suggested that they be sold, and the fund® given to the base ball team of the department. in winter. | HENRY K. PORTER DIES IN'81ST YEAR Former Representative and Prominent Manufacturer Succumbs in This City. Henry Kirke Porter, sentative in ania and promin Pittsburgh, Pa., died vesterday Washington home, 1600 1 str . He was in his « body will be former from Congress Pennsyl- i | | at ghty-first year sen Fittsburgh Mr. Porter was born in Concord, N November 24, 1840, the son of ze d Clam Porter. When nty vears of age he received the| A. M. degree from Brown University. | He studicd at various theological seminarics from 1861 to 1566 and re- ceived the degree of LL. D. from Bucknell University in 189 Union Soldier in Civil War. During the civil he enlisted with the 45th Masachusetts Volun- war teers, serving from 1562 to 1563, He | began his business carcer in 1566 as | a member of the firm of Smith & | Porter. The firm heeam: exc H manufacturers of light locom ! and changed its name several times | with growth, beinz known succes sively as Porter, Bell & Co: H. K. | Porter & Co. and H. K. Vorter & | Co.. Incorporated. He was president | of the latter corporation at the time | of his death | Mr. Porter served as republican rep- resentative from the thirty-first Penn- sylvania district the ” Fifty-eighth Congress, 1903 to 1305, He was presi- dent of the Y. M. (" A. in Pittsburgh from 1868 to 1587; of the American Baptist Missionary Union. 1901-4: of the American Baptist Home Mis ion- ary Society, 1893-7; as a member @f | the international commission of the Y. M. C. A since 1875 as trustee of the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh since 1890 as trustee of Crozier Theo- logical Seminary since 1871: as a member of the board of fellows of Brown University since 1889; as vice president of the Pittsburzh Chamber | jof Commerce from 1592 to 1906; as| trustee of the Western Pennsylvania lustitute for the Blind since 1887 and as president of the hoard of th. institute since 1901, Hix Other AmI; ' i i i | ! i 1 | | l { of diseases i Pitisburgh. maintained his Washington residence in Boston on Hygiene. of the second century had newspapers 1 |-.ualt-mc-nl made by Dr. John Foote, yeorgetown University, who spoke at {Art.” Dr. Foote stowed copies of nu-’ 1of ancient Egzyptian und Greek ch l~' chanical toys and “modern mames, | “These pictures speak a universal iknown in the past and were forgotten means of the press and by word of child welfare,” said the We ditions confronting us today—even the United States. as compared with the population of rate of 6 per 1,000, while Lacka- in the eighth century—they had to be in Rome, wrote one of the best popu- lost, and no work of equal value was | ment materials feeding. but the Eng-{ | Bone on repeating its mistakes and and the Duquesne and University of Mr. Porter had his permanent home at Oak Manor. Pittsburgh, but he for occasional visits here. i e L Georgetown Professor Lec- tures Before Century Club Specia! Dispatch to The Star, BOSTON, Mass.. April 11— Tf Rome the physical decay of the Romans {might have been arrested,” was the editor of Mother and Chilq and pro- fessor of children in ithe Century Club last evening on “The {Evolution of Child Care as Reflected in | {merous rare paintings and statuary fof ancient davs and pictures of toys | dren. which included dolls and me-| such as shuttlecock and hoop rolling. | Speak Univers Language. {language. and inform us that many {of the things we cherish todax were I because of worla poverty and world | ignorance. Popular education by mouth is the mo: important single factor in keeping alive the work of can interpret from the s Y past just why we have certain con- why, for instance. Brookline., Mass, jhas the lowest infant death rate in | “We know exactly the relative in- telligence of the people of Seranton Lackawanna. N. Y., when we learn that Scranton has an infant death | wanna has 276. “Orphan asylums were established rediscovered in the seventeenth cen- tury by St. Vincent de Paul: Soranus, lar books on the nursing care of the child in the secon® century. but it was produced till half a century ago: the Egyptians used cow’s milk to supple- lish did not use it until late in the seventeenth century. The world has calllng that repetition experience, Child Hygiene Most Vital. “Popular education in the essen- tials of child care, using such knowl- {cdge as was available, would have {prevented incalculable suffering in jthe past. No ore will care to deny {the supreme importance of safe- guarding the life and healtr of the children of the United States, if this can be accomplished by popular edu- cation. And yet no single indi- vidual has means enough or time enough to educate even a small por- tion of the public in what it should know about child hygiene. “But every person who supports his local Child Welfare Association and the national organization—the American_Child Hygiene Association “can feel that by such action he is doing his part in the endowment of ideas in what has become the supreme public health problem of the day. Not only ideas on health care, but a proper spread of these ideas is essen. tial, since parents need a great deal of bringing up. TO VISIT MT. VERNON. Decision to pay a special visit to Mount Vernon to lay a wreath on the tomb of George Washington was reached at a session of the executive board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis at the Washington Hotel today. The session opened with Dr. Lec M. Franklin in the chair. The executive body will make final arrangements for the main conferencesof the Re- formed Jewish clergy a€’sessions this afternoon and tomorrow. The cen- {ral conference will start Wednesday. Program arrangements. allotment of time to speakers and general Plans for the conduct of the cen- tral conference occupied the atten- tion of the executive board today. The trip to Mount Vernon will be made after the concluding executive session early tomorrow afternoon. One hundred and forty-five rabbis will attend the conference. It con- stitutes the annual gathering of the clergy of the reformed branch from all parts of the country. ? l & by NEW RULEISMOVE 10 ABOLISH RIDERS Tinkham Measure Proposed as Remedy for Federal Legislative Evil. In an effort to correct the ovil that has grown up in the House of attach- ing legislative riders to appropriation bills, which has frequently delayed and prevented the passage of bills, an amendment proposed to- occasional imporsant House rules 1ay by Representative George H inkham of Massachusetts He proposes that such riders upon appropriation bills shall be forb except by two-thirds vote of the House How great this abuse has zrown,” Mr. Tinkham explained. “is shown by the fact that there is a total of sev- enty-seven laws which were passed in manner by the Sixty-fourth. Sixty-fifth and first session of the Sixty-sixth Congrese” Two-Thirds Rale. Representative Tinkham ¢mphasized that the republian party i t House now has eclsven members in is no excuse, he sy any abis tion to the two-thirds rule if 1k pro Congress desires to put into effact this vital refo Representative Tinkh: ber of the special committec of (b budget. and points out that under the new budget tem. by which all ap propriating power has been taken from otk committees of Congres and placed in the appropriations con mittee, if the practice of lezislation rider is continued. will b little left for the committecs of Con- harn gress to do. Appropriatic and legislation will be in the h ot a or two committees, he which is “a thoroughly umlemocra ‘method of prooedure Clannes of Ride Often legislative riders are added 14 bills which have no relation to th subject matter even of the appro- priation ills themselves. Tegisia- tion for the War Department i: often added to bills in rclation to rive and harbors or other unrelated ap propriation bilis Representative Tinkham emphasiz. that much of the prohibition irgisia- tion previous to the adeption of the cighteenth amendment was passcd by way of legislative rider. War-time prohibition was one of these mea ures Legisla e riders have been added to deficiency appropriation bills and nearly all of the objectionabie | lation passed in relation to the I trict of Columbia in recent years has been by lezislative rider, Representa- tive Tinkham says PRESIDENT WILL TALK OVER PHONE TO CUBA Establishment of Oral Communica- tion Will Be Witnessed by Notable Gathering. Diract telephone communication between the United States and Cuba will be established for the first time this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. when President Harding, in the presence of distinguished offidials gathered at the Pan-American building. will talk with President Menocal at Havana The formal ceremonies marking the event will be under auspices of the National Press Club. In addition to the President. the press club will have as its guests Secretary Hughes, Secretary Mellon Secrctary Denby. the Cuban minister and other prominent Washington officials. Address cs will be made by Awery Marks, president of the Press Club: Dr. L. S Rowe, director of the Pan- American Union, and J. J. Carty, vicee president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Immediate- Iy after the opening ceremony the cable will be turned over 1o the scrv- ice of the public. The new cable system has been in- stalled by the Cuban-American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company 1t connect the svstems of the (uban Telephone Company and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company The completion of the connection, which w: effected under direction of Bell cxperts, is an important step in submarine telephone communication REPRESENTATIVE FLOOD PROTESTS BIRD'S SEAT Claim Made That Kansas Man's Campaign Expenditures Were Too High. The seating of Richard E. Bird as republican representative from the eighth Kansas district was protestad on the floor of the House today by Representative Flood. democrat, Vir- ginia. At his own suggestion, Mr. Bird stood aside until the other mem- bers had been sworn Mr. Flood charged that Mr. Bird's own sworn statement of campaign expenditurcs showed that he had spent more than $10.000, twice the amount. Mr. Flood said, a candidate for representative was permitted to expend under the federal dorrupt practices act. Mr. Bird was clected to succeed William A. Ayres, whose term expired last March 4. Bowie Entries for Tomorrow. First race, claiming: for ol four furlongs—Feigned 107; Miles S. 119; Wilfex, 10%. Black Track. 101; Veiled Colicen, 112; Kate Brummel. 106: *Radi 108, Dare, 109: Mable A, 101. Second race, claiming: for three- vear-olds and up: six and a haif fur- longs—aPueblo. 115; Cherumbino, 112; Van Sylvia, 110; Ballast, 107; Mary Head, 94; Lloyd George. 112; Enos, n, 107; *John J. Casey, 107: Enrico Caruso. 112: Punchinello, 112} *All There, 107: aNorth Shore, 94 'Also eligible. George Bove: *Sea Mime, 102; Ballarosa, 112: *Tony, 110. aPhillips and Bernie entry. Third race, claiming: three-vear-olds anad one-half furlongs - e, and up; Midia. 112; Rafferty, 112: Lady Granit 95: xLady Mildred, 108; Spugs, Jean Bullart, 115: Navajoe, 9 34; aYankee Notions, 107; Burgoyne, 115; OAdity, 99: xBackbat, 113; xDou- ble Van, 1 Also_eligibie. Mountain Dew, 107; Kirah, 113; Olive James, 107 axToadstool, 107. aDonahy and Troy ent Fourth race: the Whitelaw purse: for three-year-olds and up:; seven furlongs—King's _ Champion. 11 Shoal. 104; Wood Vielet, 99 Panaman, 107: Mythology, 100; Santana, 104, and Night Raider. 100. = Fifth race; claiming: for three- year-olds and up: one mile and sev- enty yards—Soldate De Verdun, 112: *postoral Swain, 115; *Penelope, 102 Frogtown,, 108: $Tantalus, = 109; *Roisterer, 99; Widow Bedotte, 107, and *Escarpolette, 106. Sixth race, (',Va';min‘: ffl];:l;;h&d year- olds and upward; onc mile a si e e hemevolent, 113 Speedsser, 111: Lorena Moss. 106, xOld Mec- Kenna. 106; Louise Wynne, 90; Kohi- noor, 111; Kilkenny, 108 Oaklawn Belle, 106; x Rail Bird, 103; Spear- Yene, 111; Swirl, 105; X Alhena, 106; x Betsy, 98 race. claiming: for three- one mile and : Ben Hamp- Baronne, 111: Seventh year-olds and upward; a sixteenth n 11, son, 111; Attorney x No Tramps, 103; rity, 111; David Craig, 111; Toss Up, 95; xSenti- mental, 108, & ize, 101:" Goldcrest Boy, 111 M 168; Toreador, 89 ec, 106. phivis WY 1 X Apprentice all Weather clear; —