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~ LEAGUE OF WOMEN . THE EVENING .STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1921 OPENS CONVENTION Second Annual Meeting in Cleveland Starts Forming . Progressive Policies. PLATFORM EMBODIES MANY FORWARD STEPS ‘Uniform Divoree and Marriage and Child Welfare Among Needed Laws Considered. . By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, April 12.—The second annual convention of the National League of Women Voters formerly opened here this morning with more than 1,000 delegates and alternates trom all parts of the country in at- tendance. The convention will close Saturday afternoon. The convention’s working schedule was drafted in seven pre-convention conferences yesterday, three of the conferences completing their recom- mendations. Four of the conferences ‘were unable to complete their reports because of deadlocks. The four are expected to complete their recommen- dations by noon today. Conferences on child welfare, uni- form laws concerning women and food supply and demand reported their recommendations last night. Those to report today are: American social hygiene, and women industry. The conferences on child welfare | recommened the immediate passage of a congressional bill giving fed- eral aid for maternity, and _infant care; indorsed the principle of phys- ical ~education in schools through state action, and urged the enforce- ment of all child labo and scpool attendance laws. Food Supply and Demand. The food supply and demand confer- ence recommended legislation for the acquisition of stock yards by railroads; federal regulation of the meat-packing industry; prevention of unfair trade practices and co-operation with federal agencies to secure the proper produc- tion, distribution and use of food. For uniform ‘laws concerning women the conference recommended uniform , state legislation on marriage and di- * vorce; abolition of “‘common law” mar- riages; legisiation requiring health cer- tificates as one reguisite for the mar- riage license; equal property rights of | women with their husbands; laws pro- hibiting the evasion of marriage laws; legislation making wife and child abandonment a criminal offense; ex- emption from jury duty of mothers of young children, and mothers’ pensions. All these recommendations, and those to be made by the four other conferences, to report today. will be acted upon during the week. Mayor Extends Greetings. Mrs. Maud Wood Park, national chairman, presided at this morning's session. Mayor W. S. Fitzgerald ex- tended Cleveland’s welcome and Miss Amy Grace Maher of Toledo, greet- ings from the Ohio League of Women Voters, and Miss Belle Serwin of Cleveland, greetings from the Cleve- land League of Women Voters, fol- lowing which Mrs. Park delivered her annual address and the annual reports of the league officers were made. Recommendations of the national board of directors and executive coun- cil on amendments to the by-laws were presented and discussed, but not voted upon. s Reports of the regional directors d zenship; election laws and meth- in MARK SPOTS WHERE FIRST AND LAST WAR BOMBS FELL IN PARIS PARIS. April 12.—On the wall of the Credit Lyonnais Bank, Rue de Choiseul, this city, a tablet has | been placed bearing the simple in- | scription: “Aeroplane bomb. Jan- | uary 30, 1918.” The ministry of war has had tablets placed on the walls of the houses near which the first and last bombs of the war | fell in Paris, and it seems to be | the general custom for private in- | dividuals to mark with some sim- | ple inscription the various points | of the capital where damage was done by German bombs or shells. The tablet on the wall of the Credit Lyonnais recalls one of the most murderous air raids ever made on Paris, 110 persons losing thejr lives, while several hundred were wounded. It was shortly aft- er 11 o'clock that the aerial torpe- do, the first of the raid, fell in the Rue de Choiseul, killing a French soldier on leave and two Austra- lian . soldiers who were coming from the boulevards. The torpedo wrought great damage among the numerous banks in the vicinity. e REPORTS ON NATIONAL | CATHEDRAL FUND READ Washington Voted Logical Place For Sructure at Meeting of Committees Today. Reports .of the condition of the) funds for the building of the Na- tional Cathedral at St. Albans were | read at the annual meeting of the| all-national cathedral committees of | the United States, at the Guild of St. Albans today. Preceding the business gessipn a | special communion service was: con- | | ducted in Bethlehem Chapel, when | the officiating clergmen were Bishops | Harding of Washington, Rhinelander | of Pennsylvania and Berry of Rhode i Island. In an address later Bishop Rhine- lander stressed the necessity of com- pleting the cathedral, characterizing it as a nation-wide deed, in order that the nation-wide church might i function. He added that Washing- | ton was the logical place for the { cathedral, because the center of a| national church should be at the seat | of_the national government. The visiting delegates were enter- tained at luncheon by Bishop Hard- ing, after which they went into Ses- sion later. . ROOSEVELT MOVES DATE. | Assistant Navy Secretary Will Joi1 ! Fleet April 18. | Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt announced today -that he: Would leave Washington to join thei Atlantic fleet at Guantanamo, Cuba, on! April 18, instead of the 20th, as was originally his intention. ! The change will allow him two days with the fleet before the aruise north starts, and_he also will have an op- portunity to view part of the annual fleet athletic competitions. In other respects his itinerary remains un- changed. ——— e and chairmen of states were on the afternoon program. At tonight's session the delegates will hear the report of the commit- tee on policy, read by Miss Katherine Ludington of New York, which advo- cates building up the broadest possi- ble membership in state and local leagues before the organization at- | tempts too heavy a program of con-| gressional legislation. Ten women speakers are on to- night's program and the retommenda- tions of the national board of direc- tors and executive vouncil as toipal icy. will be presemted-by Miss . Louise Slade of New York and dis- cussed from the floor. ! w; “|'8 o'clock, address on juvenlle delin o |SAYD.C. TAXATION ADDS O SURPLLS Lower Rate on Realty and Personal Property. At a meeting of the Northeast shington Citizens’ Association held last night in_Guild Hall, Church of the Good Shepherd, 6th and I streets northeast, President Evan H. Tucker, as.chairman of the executive committee, presented a resolution de- claring the present rate of taxation on ‘real estate and tangible personal property will net more than is needed to meot the expenses of the District. It will ‘increase the surplus in the United tes Treasury, he asserted. The association voted to request the Commissioners to make such re- ductions in the rate of taxation for the year ending June 30, 1922, as will permit of no further increase in the surpius. The resolution concluded: hat we are positivel d unalter- ably opposed to any inc in taga- tion in the District while a surplus of District revenues exists in the United States Treasu The association also’ went on record as being decidedly opposed to any further increase in the water rates while the service is self-sustaining. Renort on Hamilton School. Dr. Starr Parson presented a report of the committee on schools and col- {leges dealing with conditions at Mcunt Hamilton School, where tuber- cular children are educated. The re- port set out that the children are well cared for, told of improvements that had been made and suggested the addition of two rooms and instal- !lation of new seats for the children. Dr. Parsons said the food furnished the children costs the District 15 cents a day for each child. He sug- gested that increasing the cost to 23 cents a day would give them ymuch better food. The children, he pointed out re upposed to eat five times a day, three times at home and twic 2t the scheol, physicians urging that numerous small meals are ad- vantageous to them. The report was adopted. Improved Police Conditions. Dr. L. D. Walter, chairman of the committee on police and fire depare- ments, reported that the police force is in much better condition. There are orly about thirty vacancies in the department Dr. Walter presented a_resolution asking that the city postmaster bs requested to restore placards hoxes giving the time of collections. !The resolution was adopted. New members admitted last night were E. L. Anderson. C. E. McAllis- ter, Melvin Cooper, H. B. Hundley, J. Houston Parker, Lars J. Jansen. H. G. Clay, H. A. Gregory and Edward . Rohrer. CHILD WELFARE, TOPIC. Addresses This Afternoon and Evening at Hamline Church. Mre. Edna K. Bushee, secretary of the Juvenile Protective Association, will speak on child welfare work in the District tonight at 8 o'clock at Hamline M. E. Church, where a four- day community child-welfare hibit opened this afternoon. Dr. Ella Oppenheimer of the United States | Department of Labor is speaking at 3:30. on “The Care of the Pre-School Child.” Tomorrow's program is as follows: One o'clock. exhibit; 3:30, confer- ence. and demonstration on groper clothing for children. with aldress Mrpg. Jennie STaffpri;. 4130, . tea quency by Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile Court. on! ex- CHANGES URGED The proposed child labor and com- pulsory school education bill was dis- eussed at a meeting of the Washing- Iton Council of Social Agencies held at the Raleigh Hotel yesterday after- noon. The new draft of the bill was! referred to the executive committee of the council for further comsidera- tion. This action was taken in order that a united front might be made by all those agencies and persons in favor of such legislation when the bill is carried before Congress. The discus- | sion developed that the latest draft of the bill appears somewhat con= fused and perhaps would not stand as good a chance of passing Congress as if it were remodeled. Mrs. Whitman Cross. president of the council: Walter Ufford _and others ,made a plea for unanimity upon the vital subject of child labor and compulsory cducation for the District. It was pointed out that all are in fiavor of some such bill and that its final success must not be opardized by failure of those in- terested to agree upon details. Bill Must Be Amended. an H. Tucker, representing the Citizens' Relief Association, said that compromise with th and gave it as his opinion that * | citizen: association would support { the bill in its present form.” When asked by Miss Marshall of the Consumers’ League upon what ground the “general citizen” of the District would object, Mr. Tucker said that this would be because the bill in its present form does not permit chil- dren to work outside school hours. Newbold Noyes, representing the Assoclated Charities, pronounced the } !Ibill in its tentative form to be con- | fused, and expressed the hope that | before it shall be brought before Con- | gress for action every effort be made {to so simplify and moderate certain | of its provisions that its passage may | be assured.. He spoke against “the idea of inculcating in the minds of1 boys the theory that decent, healthful work outside of school hours is some- thing to be shunned until he is six-| teen years ol Mr. Noyes pointed out that the bill, as at present drawn up, will not permit a boy who is in progress of completing _his eighth grade in school to do any Kind of out- side work, save these arbitrarily se- lected type: ew Bill Is Outlined. Miss Marshall asked Mr. Ufford to !outline tne new bill. According to Mr. Ufford, the new draft of the bill provides that the compulsory school- attendance age shall be from seven to fourteen years, without exception; the present .“poverty clause,” allowing children to work upon request of par- ents, is abolished; a school census is provided, and a bureau of school at- tendance and work permits establish- | ed. In order to work at fourteen years of age, Mr. Ufford said, the children must have passed the cigth grade in | the public schools, must be physically {fit and both parents and employes imusl submit certain certificates. Va- | cation permits to work may be given he i children under the eighth grade, said. Miss Lydia Burklin of Friendship | House declared that the highest grade in four school buildings in her neigh-| {borhood was the sixth grade. Miss McArthur, general secretary of the Y. W. C._ A told of an investigation she had made which showed that many girls “are tired of school” and leave before the eighth grade. Mrs. Walter S. Ufford asked that the child | be made to_feel that its “work is learning.” Dr. John O'Grady of the St. Vincent I de Paul Society said the proposed bill AND SCHOOL BILL FOR DISTRICT Welfare Experts Insist Measure Must Have | Citizens' Full Support When Put Northeast Citizens Request | | Mr. Ufford said: National Capital such a Stnday law as in accordance with American laws; and customs and the laws of God, for- IN CHILD LABOR i Before Congress. has higher standards than,any simi- 1ar bill except the Ohio state bill.. Dr. O'Grady said he was opposed to the enforcement provisions of the pro- posed law. Three- Vital Points. In summing up what a good draft of a child labor and.compulsory edu- cation . bill for "the District should possess, Mr. Ufford declared that the following three points should be ob- served: Every child should be in hool; there should be machimery to enforce t and - the authorities should have a knowledge of how many children there are in the city Quoting statistics to show that per cent of the children are not get- ting the education provided for them, “I insist upon some type of school for the children who cannot make the regular eighth grade.” Brig. Gen. Sawyer. the President's physician, was made a member-at- rge of the Washington Council of cial Agencles. Mrs. Olive Ross of . welfare work of the War Depart- ment was made a member of the council as representative of a public agency. The Day Nursery and Dis- pensary Association of Washington was admitted as a regular member agency. 8 The council voted that each mem- ber agency be asked to give a written indorsement of the proposed colony and school for the feeble-minded in the District. The matter will be for- mally brought before the council and the indorsement of / the various agencies communicated to the Senate and House, - Finances in Good Shape. The report of William Knowles Cooper, treasurer, showed the finances of the organization to be in good shape. Mrs. Johm P. S. Neligh, sec- | retary, gave a report on behalf of the executive committee. Mrs. Ufford reported briefly for the committee on | family work and Mr. Cooper for the committec on community work. Miss | Mabel Boardman, chairman of the committee on health, was not pres- ent. Julge William H. Detacy gave a cial report on the organization and ork of the St. Vincent de Paul So- ciety. This society conducts its work in fifteen local parishes, he said, and last year distributed $6,000 here. One | hundred and sixty-four families were visited. "A total of 3,200 visits was made. to homes, hospitals, etc. The feature of the year was the establish- mont of a central office, under direc- tion of Rev. John O'Grady. e S S EI:EADS FOR SUNDAY LAW Dr. Crafts Takes Writers and Act- ors to Task. In a report of the committee on Sabbath observance of the Washing- ton Presbytery, read by Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, at a meeting of that body in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church today, the press, many cor- respondents, cartoonists, editors, mo- tipn picture houses, and actors were taken to task “for recent absurd lies about mythical blue laws of the past and equally mythical blue laws al- leged to be proposed.” The report stated that the Washing- ton Presbytery “reaflirms and renews| its petition to Congress to give the i Union, 17 =T METHODIST PULPIT CHANGES ARE MADE Thre,e- Conferences of Episco- pal and Protestant Bodies Announce Pastorates. Several important changes in the pastorates of Methodist Episcopal churches in this city and Methodist Protestant churches were announced following the ending of three confer- ences yesterday. Two Methodist Episcopal conferences were held, on= at Baltimore and the other the South- ern Methodist, at Roanoke. The Methodist Protestant conference was at Newark, N. J. Rev. Dr. J. Nicholson, who has begn pastor of the Madison Square Church, Baltimore, for three years. was ordered to Washington by the Baltimore conference as pastor of the Wesley Church. Rev. J. P. Hand of this city was ordered to St. Marks' Church, Forest Park, Md. Rev. Harry Evaul, pastor of the Guilford Avenue Church, was ordered to lowa Avenue Church here. Wanshington District Appointments. Other appointments in the Washing- ton district were announced as fol- lows: District superintendent, J. R. Ed- wards; Alexandria, D. H. Martin; Ar- lington, J. M. McCauley; Burtonsville, W. B. Elliott; Camp Springs, G. L. Conner; Concord, S. E. Robb: Falls Church, S. R. Murray; Forestville, H. C. Crutchley; Gaithersburg, Frank A. Killmon; Herndon, E. Stack Hyattsville, E. N. Bergerstock; Hyatts. ville, J. R. Wood; Kensington, W_, 1 McKenney: Langdon, ville, Lanham, J. R. Cavileer; W. Clark’ Main; Laytons- Leonardtown. W. M. Bra- F. Linger; St. at’ Pleasant, W. N. 'E. Linweaver. Ogg: Montgomery c Rosedale, P. C. Filly on. Anacostia, T. E. Copes; Brightwood, C. 8. Cole; Brookland. A S. Mowbra) Bruen, H. E. Huddleson: Calvary Montgomery: Chevy Chase, J. L. Congress Heights, E. Bergersto Douglas Memorial. Edward Hayes and 3. P. Hayes; Dumbarton Avenue. B. I. : Foundry, H. F. Randolph Gorsuch, L. J. McDougle; Hamline, H. P. Fox: Lincoln Road. W. E. McNei McKendree. C. A. Shreve: Metropol tan, H. D. Mitchell: North Capitol. E. Spielman: Petworth G. E. Wi liams: Ryland, J. H. Jeffries: Tenle: T, Fort; Trinity, Joseph Dawso W. J. Meeks; Waugh. H. F. Downs; Wilson Memorial. T. S. Long; ‘Washington Grove, A. Osborn: Wood- side, C. F. Wheeler. - Appointments in the Washington district announced by the Methodist Protestant Conference at Newark, J., follow. Cherrydale. W. M. Snvder; First Church, C. M. Compher, Georgetown. B. F. Ruley, Mount Tabor, E. T. Kirk- North Carolina Avenue. P. W. Rhode Island Avenue, G. A 1 Humphreys: Wesley Chapel of Kent. A. F. T. Raum; Westminster. E. H. Vandyke. Wilmington, Del: First Church, F. G. Holloway: Peninsula. L. B. Smith; Whaleyville, C. P. Butler: Wye. L. W. Gordon. Washington district appointments announced at the Methodist Episco- pal South conference, at Roanoke, Va.. follow H. Wells, presiding elder: Belts- ville and Branchville. R. L. Whittig; Brunswick. J. W. Mitchell; Calvert. A. O. Lyons; Chesapeake. W. J. Whitesell; Clarksburg. J. D. Pope: Colesville. W. B. Dorsey: Frederick. A. Lee Barrett; Gaithersburg, D. M. Brown: Goshen. G. R. Mays: Hyatts- ville and Brentwood. C. H. Cannon; bidding labor and business, including commercial amusements, with excep- tion of unobtrusive labor by those who really keep another day, and for wotks of mercy and charity.” PLANT N©°2 Layrel. F. F. Nee); La Plata and In- dian Head, H. A. Wilson: Paul L. ‘Warner,_jr.. preacher; Mount Rainier, J. M. York; Patuxent, C. Rice; Poolesville, ‘W. Aaron; oPtomac, business. | PROPOSED FIREARMS LAW PROTESTED BY CITIZENS Congress Heights Association Ob- jects to Licensing of Weapons | Possessed in Home. | A resolution objecting to the bill presented in the House vesterday pro- hibiting the retention:of firearms in a house without a bond and permit, was introduced at the Congress Heights | Citizens' Association meeting. at the town hall last Aight. It was adopted and referred to the legislative committee for action, with instructions for that-committee to ap- pear before the District committee with a protest against enactment of the proposed law. A resolution of the (eorgetown Citizens’ Association favoring the es- | | i | | minded children of the Distrfet was indorsed. The association went on record as opposing the extension of St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital grounds outside of the present boundaries, although fa- voring the building of new nospital structures or dormitories within those limits. The reason cited was that en- croachment upon the residential sec tion of the community might prove detrimental to community welfare. WOMAN WRITER IN TOMBS. Mrs. Hunt, Charged With $10,000 Theft, Awaits Father's Arrival. NEW YORK, April 12.—Mrs. Har- riet Pendleton Hunt, writer and mem ber of a prominent family in Cincin- nati, Ohio, was held in $10,000 bail here on spieion of grand larceny. She was taken to the Tombs prison, await arrival of her father to arrange for her bond. The court refused to entertain a { motion to dismiss the charge against Mrs. Hunt, whose lawyer predicated {his plea on the alleged indisposition of a New York brokerage firm to prosecute Mrs. Hunt for obtaining from them $10.000 worth of victory bonds on a check which came back from a Cincinnati bank marked “Not sufficient funds.” ssistant District Attorney Sabba- tino said that advices from the Ohio city showed that Mrs. Hunt had $3 on deposit. RUSSIA BANS AMERICANS. Soviet Will Prohibit Entry of United States Citizens. NEW YORK. April 12—The soviet government has issued an order pro- hibiting any one from the United States from crossing the borders of Russia_after April 20, according to a cable message made public by Charles Recht. attorney here for the Russian soviet government. The message. received from the soviet consul at Libau, stated that all emigration from_this country would be suspended after that date until lan official representative of the soviet government with authority to vise passports of persons who desire to go 110 Russia, arrives in the States. No_indication as to when such an official would arrive was contained in the message. SHIPS WARNED OF ICEBERGS. NEW YORK. April 12.—A special warning against icebergs. reported as only thirty miles from the track of west bound transatlantic steamers into New York, has been issued here by the United States hydrographic office. E. W. Brubaker; Prince George, 1 G. Mitchael; Rockville, N. B. Harmon, jr.; Savage. L. H. Smallwood. ington—Calvary, J. C. Haw’ E. A. Lambert; Epworth, J. P. Tyler J. T. Myers, pastor. in Japan; Marvin, @. M. Hesser; Mount Pleasant, C. K. Ray; Mount Vernon Place. C. G. Chap. pell; M. L. Rippy, jr. preacher, and St. Paul, J. J. Ringer. | | URGE tablishment of a school for the feeble-! United | THEREPEAL OF BORLAND LAW Piney Branch Citizens Prg- test Charge on Home Own- ers for Street Work. Determined cffort on the part of the Piney Branch Citizens' Association td have Congress repeal the Borland {amendment requiring abutting property 'nwnt-n« to p: half of the street im- provements was embodied in a resolu- tion udopted by the organization at a meeting held in the lowa Avenue Meth- odist Church last night Referring to the resolution, Edgar B. Henderson, president of the body, said the association believes works an unjust hardship on property owners in the newer sections of the i and a detriment rather than a benefit to the improvement of Washington Delegates from the orgamization to Federation of Citizens' Associations instructed to co-operate with jgates from other associations to repeal the law Sees Improved Police Service. B. L. Hackenberger. chairman of the committee on police and fire protection I reported marked improvement in polics for the vicinity, stating that additional patrolmen had been to the neighborhood. He ridi- culed the alleged differences between the police and detective burcaus, and jattributed such allegations to props- anda of office seckers. . Requests for eral street im- provements were made by the com- mittee in charge. and hetter light- ing facilities for the District were advocated, by the organizatic J. Walter Thompson reported t efforts were being made by the en tertainment committee to have a nt- ting celebration in the community | on the Fourth of July | After paying tribute to_the ability | of Miss oole. S T. Cameron. | reporting for the committee on and legislation, said that th jciation deemed’ it inadvisable to dorse any one candidate for the po- sition of municipal judge of the D trict. the body favoring the best possible material. regardless of sex. After considerable discussion re- garding the overlapping of buildings jon others in the row in the 4000 {block _on 14th street and at 15th and Buchanan streets. the matter was referred to the committee on law and legislation. with to use means for the p: { similar cases in the future. | Prizes for Summer nstructions ention of | On the recommendation of J Me- Dowell. the association voted $10 in jprizes to be ded to school chil- ldren and Boy Scouts for a summer |campaign of gardening and lawn | preservation | It was further recommended that Ithe ass iution co-operate with the Columbia Heights Citizens' Associa- tion requesting the erection of a school at 13th street and Spring road. i A communication from the Wild Fiower Preservaon Association of America regarding the collecting and selling of wild flowers was referred to the committee on parks and gardens. Indorsement of the proposed plan of the Georgetown Citizens' Association to erect a home for the feeble-minded children of the District was unani- mously passed A request to the Commissioners that a public playground be established a |the east end of the hospital tract the vicinity was voted J. Lynn Yeagle spoke on preserving the historical spots in Washington and at the conclusion of the business session A. E. Demaray gave a motion picture lecture on the national parks of the United States. New members admitted to the or- ganization last night inciuded Frank C. Austernahl, George L. Skirm. Mr. d Mrs. J. H.La Mon, L J. Pyle, Fred B. Campbeil and H. T. Miller. n Make YOUR Business Grow - Public-is' buying Underwood Typewriters in anticipation of better Make the Underwood a' part of your business plan. : To fill the demand for Underwood A7 PLANT N2 . HARTFORD M Typewriters fwo factories have become It’s Not too late — Start Now ORE Underwood Typewriters were sold in theUnited States in January, February and March,1921, than in the same three months of any' previous year.\ : -