Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1921, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C. FRIDAY, fAY 20, 1921.° JUSTICE'S FUNERAL T0BE SIMPLE ‘RITES 1 ] — Government Machinery to 4 Halt as Nation Pays Re- ¥ spect to Dead Jurist. " Scores of friends of the jurist, num- bering many high officials, but rep- resenting also the humbler walks of life as well, called today at the home of the late Chief Justice White to Pay their respects, and messages of condolence continued to come in to the family from all parts of the country and from abroad. The funeral of the late Supreme Court head, which will be held from the residence on Rhode Island ave- nue tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. will be marked by simplicity. At the request of the family. there will be no ceremonies of an “efficial” nature, but practically every branch of the national government will be repre- sented among the friends and usso- ciates of the late Chiel Justice who will attend. Solemn high requiem mass will be celebrated at St. Mat- thew’'s Catholic Church by Rt Rev. Mgr. Thomas S. Lee, the pastor, as- sisted by other chureh digmitaries. Interment will be in historic Oak Hill cemetery, Georgetown. overnment to Halt. By order of President Harding the machinery of the federal government will be halted tomoirow during the funeral. The order was issued yes- terday afternoon and follows “The death of the honorable Edward Deuglass White, Chief Justice of the TUnited States. occurred this morn- ing. In his death the United States has lost one of its most distinguished citizens and public servants, whose legal training and profound knowl- edge of the law made him eminentiy fitted for the highest judicial office of the country. “He had served well and faithfully as a senator of the United States, as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and as Chief Justice of the United States. His judicial opinions, based always on the principles of right and justice. and unbiased by personal influence and consideration. will hold high rank among the decisions of the country's highest court of justice. “His private life was simple and un- affected and was charaoterized by virtues which might well serve as examples for the people of America. “In testimony of the respect in ‘which his memory is held by the gov- ernment and people of the United States, and in recognition of his cmi- nent and varied services as a public servant, natienal flag be displayed at half mast upon all the public buildings of the -United States: that the White House and the several executive departments and independent government estab- lishments in the city of Washington be closed on the day of his funeral; that the usual and appropriate mili- tary and naval honors be rendered, and that on all the legations and con- sulates of the United States in foreign countries the national flag shall be displayed at half-mast for thi-ty days from the receipt of this order. Atterney Gemeral Expresses Regret. Both Attorney General Daugherty and Solicitor. General -Frierson ex- pressed their sorrow at the death of Chief Justice White. “The judiciary, the bar, in fact, the whole country,” said Mr. Daugherty, “highly as the Chief Justice has heen held in their estimate during his life and period eof public service. will hardly ever be able to measure the benefits he has conferred in main- taining Jaw and order, in preserving our national traditions, in elevating the standard of citizenship, and in maintaining our institutions by his long and dlalint\‘:lhfll service. Work- ll‘ to the Igst. he showed the noble ‘Adelity unty death.” ™ Mr. Frierson said ef Mr. White: “An accomplished scholar, a great orator, a profound lawyer. a just Judge. a devoted patriot, and a real man. the extent of the nation’s loss is incalculable.” D. C, rament’s Tribute. The District building will be closed from 10 until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning out of respect to the memory | of Chief Justice White. Persons who €re in the building at 10 o'clock to 7 their tax bills or transact other iness may remain. but the en- trances will be ciosed during the hour. Heuse Pays Respeet. The House adjourned today until tomorrow out of respect to the lat Chiet .Ynllie“e after a brief s lll:m‘. during which resolusions were adopted declaring that his death h: aused profound sorrow. Speaker Gillett, Representative Mondell, Wyoming, the republican leader: Representative Garrett, Tennessee, acting democratic leader; Representatives Volstead, Min- nesota. and Thomas. Kentucky. rank- ing republican and democrat, respec- tively. on the judiciary committee, and members of the Louisiana dele- tion were selected to attend the 'uneral. Mr. Mondell declared that by the death of Chief Justice White the na- tien “lost the services of a great jur- ist and Louisiana lost a great citi- sen. He was a great man, faithful, fair and fearless.” said Mr. Mond. “We all profoundly mourn his lo: As spokesman for the Louisiana delegation, Representative Dupre, democrat, characterized the dead ju #ist, who formerly represented Loui ana in the Senate. as “a valiant sol dier. a great lawyer, a learned and just’ judge. a far-seeing statesman and, more than all, a simple, C! tian gentleman.” TALLAHASSEE, FI May 20.—The Klorida supreme court resumed its session today after having adjourned yesterday out of respect to the mem- ory of the late Chief Justice White ©of the United States Supreme Court. Upon learning of the death of the jurist the court ordered a tribute #pread upon the minutes and adjourn- ed immediately. FLOOD DROWNS FAMILY. SMITHVIELE, Tenn., May 20.—John Cope, a farmer, living three miles from here, his wife and four children, rang- ing in sge from six months to ten yoars, were drowned at Love's Ferry. in Caney Fork river. when their wagoi Wwas caught by a flood tide in the riv £2id to have been caused by the over. fow of the Great Falls dam. Only two Bodies have been recovered. I do hereby direct that the| MAKES ADVERSE REPORT. the James rive; Camp Eustis, V: improvement o navigation_ purposes Secretary Weeks today notified Con- gress. He also mended discontinuance of the work. BRIDE IS BRUTALLY MURDERED IN WeOD Young Matron Found Crim- inally Assaulted, Robbed and Shot to Death. MRS. MARGARET E. WEBER. At 2 oclock today m posse was organized and, headed by Mary- 1a; uthorities, sent to wearch the woods mear Seabrook. Md., for a colared man who, at about 1 o'clock this afternocon, wasx ween to rush from the woods d make uan un- wuccessful attempt to board a mov- ing freight train. He fell, picked himself up and ran back to the woodx, Seabrook is a few miles north of where Mra. Margaret E. Weber was myrdered yesterday. Criminally assaulted, robbed and sBot to death. the hody of Mrs. Mar- 8aret Elizabeth Weber, twenty years old, the seventh months' bride of John F. Weber. jr.. of Columbia Park, Md.. was found yesterday afternoon in the woods near Whites station, on the Washington, Baltimore and An- napolis electric railroad. The third finger of her left hand was severed by the murderer to remove two rings. one a plain gold wedding ring. the other an engagement ring set with a diamond, presented to her by a rela- tive. A bracelet and a pocketboak, ccntaining about $12, were also taken, but a small ring worn on her right hand was left undisturbed. James Dixon, colored, of Ardmore. Md., was arrested last night by Dep- uty Sheriff Warner of Prince Georges county as he stepped from an elec- tric car at Seat Pleasant. He is being heid at the Hyattsville jail for in- vestigation in conneetion with the crime. The body of Mrs. Weber was found by a colored girl, Edith Queen, living on the farm ef J. P. Wilson, about a mile from the scene. She notified Mr. Wilson, who gommunicated with coun- ty authorities and the Washington po- lice. The officers reached the scene a Iittle later and the investigation began immediately. Some Sign of Struggle. Mrs. Weber evidently had started from her home to visit an aunt, Mrs. George Sheetz, in Hyattsville. She car- ried with her a freshly baked cake and two dozen eggs as a present. She must have been waiting at the station for a car, according to the police theory, when she was accosted by the murderer, who forced her to walk, probably at the point of a pistol, up the little path that leads across the railroad tracks and into the woods. She may have struggled a little, as the deeply imbedded footprints show she resisted as she walked. When she reached the secluded spot in the wood where the murder was ccmmitted the paper bag in_which she carried the eggs and the cake was placed gently on the ground. This was proved by the discovery that none of the eggs was broken, mor was the soft cake dented, as would have been the case had the package been thrown to the ground. When €onstable Thomas M. Garrison of Hyattsville reached the scene of the murder yesterday the body had been untouched. The clothing was not torn. and the hat and eyeglasses worn by Mrs. Weber were undisturbed. The revolver wound showed the gun had been placed against her head, powder burns on the flesh and clothing being apparent. Detective Sandberg found the dis- membered finger not more than ten inches from the hand from which it had been severed, and a small blood- | stain on a piece of paper was exam- incd for fingerprints. Tt failed to re- veal any such traces. however. Although little has been found to determine the time the crime was committed, testimony of persons who passed the spot show the murder took piace between 9 and 1 o'clock. *Mrs. Weber. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Schmitt, 1375 F street northeast, and Weber ‘were married October 27 last by Rev. Clarence K. Wheeler. pastor of Holy Comforter Church. 14th and East Capitol streets, and had resided. at the home of the wife's parents until April 18, when they moved to Columbia Park and resided with the husband's sister, Mrs. Clarence Brady. Weber had started the erection of a home and | expected to occupy it before his wife | would become a mother. The body was taken to the home of Mrs. Web- er's parents. Who Was the Perpetrator of the Mysterious Crime Which Startled an Entire City? The setting for the crime was unusual; it was committed in an unusual manner. Mys- tery shrouds the whole affair—UNTIL— Read the Remarkable New Serial “The Avenger” By E. Phillips Oppenheim, o Beginning in The Evening Star Next Tuesday Preliminary_examination by Army engineers of Hampton creek, Va., and from its mouth to ., has proved that ? either stream for is inadvisable, recommended abandon- ment of the improvement of the Red river, In Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, the Engineering Corps having recom- W_R. TUCKERMAN LOSES GOLF MATCH Defeated by District Cham- pion in First Round at Chevy Chase. Spectacular golf with low scoring by practically all the contestants marked the play in the first round of match play in the Chevy Chase Club's annual spring goif tourna- ment today. A result somewhat in the nature of an upset came when Walter R. Tuckerman, the Chevy Chase star, was defeated by Robert L. Finkenstaedt, Columbia, by 5 and 3. Finkenstaedt was 4 up_at the! turn and had par leit for a 74 when| the match finished. e S. M. Newton of Richmond had a 73 in his match with Donald Parsons of Chevy Chase, Newton winning by 4 and 3. George S. Lyon of Toronto. several times Canadian champion. had a 74 in his match with Guy Standifer of Chevy Chase. won by 3 and Standifer, had a Frank Thomp- | son of Toronto defeated Donald Wood- ward of Columbia 2 up, and Lee L. Hurban of Columbia won from Me-{ Menamin of Norfolk by 2 up. W. ( Ballantyne of Columbja defeated his clubmate, George P. James, 3 and Builuntyne had a 77 in his match. Second Flight Winners. Results in the second flight were as| follows: John H. Clapp, ¢\ (', defeat- | ed Loren Johnson, C. C.. 6 an Dalzell, C. C.. defeated D. K. Col.. 7 2nd 6: Reeve Lewis, C feated Harry Colson, Toromuto. holes: J. W. Grissinger defea ven Thompson, ¢ 4 and Jotell, Racebrook, defeated W son, C. €., 1 up; Fraser Hale, C. ( feated James Baird. Col, 6 and A. Fuller, C. C., defeated W. D. dleton. War Department. 3 and 2. F. Thompson of Canada Wins Qualifying Round With Low Score of 75 “rank Thompson, younger brother of ‘William J. Thompson of the Mississauga Club of Toronto, Canada, annexed the qualifying round of the annual spring golf tournament of the Chevy Chase Club yesterday. Thompson turned in a His card follows: 646335505340 3344354453575 Si M. Newton of the Country Club of Virginia, Richmond, Va., was in second place in the qualifying’ round. with a card of 76, and third piace went to Rus- sell Smith of Portland, Ore.. with & score of 78. Smith was out in 37 and appeared to have low score within hix grasp, but he slipped badly on the last four holes, and finished the last nine in 41. . The qualifying scores of yesterday were exceptionally good. A tie resulted at 83 between five men for the last two places in the first flight. Harry Colson of Teronto, John McMenamin of Hamp- ton Roads and W. B. Mason. Allan Lard, and Sam_ Dalzell, all of Chevy Chase, played off for the two places. Mason and Colson dropped out at the first hole, taki to the 4s of the others, and McMenamin secured a 4 on the second to clinch his place in the first flight. Lard and Dalzell went along to the fifth hole before Lard won his place in the honor flight. Draw for Place. One 92 secured a place by draw in the fourth flight, the lucky player being Robinson White of Celumbia. Considering that the course was slow the scores turned in yesterday were fur better than the average. The fir: flight is made up of the strongest players in the tournament, as very few of the cracks failed to play well S Mid- veteran. who has won the Dominion title eight times. His game is not pretty to watch, but is powerful and Rives the impreseion of reserve strength. Local golfers were glad to see Lee L. Harban piay #o well. Harban has been off his game for a time. but it appears now that he is coming back. Miller S, Sgevinson of Columbia spoiled his chance for a place in the first flight at the first hole. where he hooked his tee shot and took $. — JUSTICE GOULD DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME OF HEART TROUBLE (Contin i ucd from First Taze.) of the fift department. Justice dould had been a professor at the Georzeiown Law School for a number of vears. and was one of the th anniversary of the law most popular members of the fac-| ulty. Tie regard in which he was held by the students was evidence the Law School anniversary, when | the doctor's degree was conferred | upon Lim. The applause lasted for several minutes. Justice Gould presided over many of the most important trials in the local criminal courts, a3 wc'l as many civil and equity proceedings. His decisions were rarciy reversed by the appellate court While ut college. Mr. uld was | active in athletics, being pitcher for | the college nine after his freshman year. While in the Department of Justice he was engaved the pena ration of the star route cases. Dur- ing his service in the office of the; United States attorney, Mr. Gould | tried many the Snell c: the defense important cases, notably . in_which insanity wa: the Towles forgery case 1 j and the Bonine case. He also attend- ! ed to a great mass of important civil business for the government. One of the most important recent trials presided over by Justice Gould involved the alleged conspiracy of Jules, alias Nicky. Arnstein of New York and others o bring stolen se- curities into Washington. This was the day set for the hearing of a mo- tion for a mew trial and. in event of refusal, as was generally expected, sentence would have been imposed. Justice Gould presided at both the trials of Arnstein. and a tribute to his unfailing fairness in conducting crim- inal cagses was paid by Arnstein in open court after the jury had con- victed him and his associates. Rising from his place at the bar., Arnstein | said: “Justice Gould. many criminal say that | fairly tried An" important decision of Justice Gould was the one in which he upheld the valuation placed unon the Poto- mac Electrde Company by the Public Utilities Commission. an appeal from which decision is now pending. Death Thunderbolt to Ba The news of the death of Justice Gould came as a thunderbolt to the justices and employes of the court. Chief Justice McCqy and his other associates immediately met in cham- bers and announced that as the court| was now in recess until after the funeral of Chief Justice White. the court will hold a public meeting in general term at noon tomorrow to take appropriate action on the death of Justice Gould. The largest court- room in the building will be used for the meeting 8o that the lawyers and other fricnds of the dead jurist may be accommodated. Justice Gould was a member of the Army and Navy Club, the Metro- politan Club, the Chevy Chase Club and a member of Takoma Lodge, No. 29, F. AL A M. MME. CURIE HERE TO RECEIVE GIFT I have attended trials. but 1 want to er knew one to be more enough to quality in the honor divi- sion. Fraser Hale and John H. Clapp of Chevy Chase and John C. Davidson lof Washington are practigally'the only players of note who did sot get in the first flight. ‘The Tuckerman-Finkenstaedt match this morning should prove one of the best of the tournament, as the young District champion is playing fine golf. Tuckerman, the star of the Chevy Chase Club, is also well on his game, and the match should be very close. Finkenstaedt had a card of 79 yes- terday, with an 8 on the eleventh hole. Former District Commissioner J. Thilman Hendrick said, when ques- tioned after he finished his qualify- ing round, that he had beaten par a stroke. He later divulged that he had taken 99, whick, as he said.’is ‘one better than par of 100. speaking in business terms. Mr. Hendrick is a stockbroker. Pairings for Today. pairings follow: First fight, first C. Ballantyne, Coi. (80) vs. George . (82); George 8. Lyon. Toronto 5 ', Chevy (83) M. s W. mand " (76) vs. (82); Frank Thompwon, Missi xsauga Douald Woodward, Col. Hobert L. Fink- enstaedt. Col. (79) va. K. Clevy Ci z A. K. MacKensle,' Col. (81) ol (0) John McMenamin, Koads (53) (79) W 5 vs. 3 Chase (83); Harry 8. Colson, Toronto (83| Reeve Lewis. Chevy Chase (K6): J. W. Vi i86), vs. Morven Thompeon, 1. Racebrook (87). hase (83): Frazer Jumes Baird, Col. ). vs F (86) W. LA” Futler. ¢ I vy Chase (86) Third flight: "First ronnd —W. i Col. (8%), va. John W M. Talcott, Chevy 'rentins. Kirkside (87) Hamp ton Kosds (87), vs. Dunnelley. Wash ington_ (89): G. €. Ligon. Baltimore (89). va. | Hugh MacKenzie, Col. (80); Jame Toy, Col 187), 1. B. Gish. Col. (68); Douglas Hill- ver, Washing‘on (80), vs. 8. K. Bwan, Balti mofe (87); G. T. Cuuningham. Lann. (s8), va. M. B.' Stevingon, Col. (57): Tom Moore. Washington (87), vs. L. A. Sanford, La Porte | (88) | Fourth flight- | Col._(91). vs. H. H. Saum, Col. v (81): Noely Symons. Chery Chase Ve i A D Buorr, ashinglon (90); H. Stabjer. Col. (®1), va. F. P. Waggaman. Chevy Chuse 180): Neiwbold Chevy Chase (911, ve. & n ingion _(91): James Strayer. ( 8. W. Cramer, Cli | Chase (01 Washington (91). v Kobinson White. Col J. €. Moore, Chevy Chase (90). vs. G. E. Truett, Washiugtou (80). TOURNAMENT SIDELIGHTS. The course of the Chevy Chase Club was never in better condition for scoring. All the players, particularly the visiting Canadians, were highly pleased with the course. They said emphatically that the heavy course suited them well, as they would rather pitch their shots up to the hole than Play the pitch-and-run shot. John S. McMenamin, the tall player from the Hampton Roads Club, had two of the most remarkable holes of the tournament in a row. He drove the green on the fifth and ran down the putt for & 2, then put s brassie second shot on the sixth green and ran down the putt for & 3. Par for the two holes is 4—b5. McNenamin im. preased many of the goifers with h Jong ball and his apparently effortless stroke. Russell Smith of Waverley. a former Pacifio northwest champlon, got sround in 78 and did not really hit & tes shot. His shots out of the rough, however, put older golfers in mind of |H. Chandler Egan in his paimiest days. He sliced & ball into the rough at the third hole, then put a midiron shot on the green, nearly holing his 3. His sliced tes ahot at the fifth carried the bunker and he rimmed the cup for s 2. He shauld have had a 2 at the ninth, his chip shot rimming the cup and just staying out. Smith should g0 far in the tournament. George S. Lyon, the aixty-five-year- old youngster from Canada, continues to be the surprise of the form golfers. The way he sways his body and hi fiat swing thrill every one who watch- es the powerful game of the Canadian 'HARVEY’S PROMISE OF RADIUM GRAM (Continued from First Page.) to Mme. Marie Curie of Paris, dis- coverer of radium, at the White House by President Harding this aft- ernoon left Pittsburgh late yesterday in the care of chemists who cxtract- ed it from the ore at a laboratory here. GIVEN GOLD MEDAL. Social Science Institute Confers Honor Upon Mme. Curie. NEW YORK, May 20.—The gold medal of the National Institute of Social Sciences was conferred upon Mme. Marie Curie at the society’s annual dinner last night in recogni- tion of her notable scientific and hu- manitarian services. Henry F. Osborn of Columbia Uni- versity’ made the presentation in place of Vice President Coolidge, whose attendance was prevented by illness. Dr. Osborn read the Vice President’s address, in which the dis- coverer of radium was praised as among the most notable in the world of science. Mme. Curie is to be ranked with Pulaski and Kosciuszko in the history of their country, Mr. Coolidge suid. LOST RADIUM RETURNED. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., May 20.— Radium valued at $3.500 lost since May 3, when it was carried from the offices’ of an Oklahoma City medical firm by a charity patient, has been returned by mail, it was announced | yesterday. In an accompanying let- ter the patient, who had been in- structed to return in three hours aft- er the radium had been applied to an affected tissue. said he did not know its value until he read an account of its loss in a newspaper. OF U. S. AID LAUDED BY BRITISH PRESS (Continued from First Page.) We shall not prevail unless we are able to show that our methods offer the fighting nations greater security than theirs. This Great Britain and | America can do together, but neither alone. (An outline of Col. Harvey's speech will be found on page 3.) Ambassador ey's participation in the questions brought before the | supreme council will be confined to those in which the United States is involved and on the Silesian problem he will act only as an observer, it was | authoritatively declared again today by administration officials. It was reiterated that the determination of boundaries in Europe was regarded as quolly a European question i While not participating the settlement of such questions, Mr. Harvey will be expected to make careful and accurate reports, as such information s Jooked upon as vitally necessary in shaping the policy of this government in dealing with the European situation. No new instructions have been sent to Ambassador Harvey. it was stated, as he was glven full directions as to how far he might go when he was directed to take his place in the su- preme council. ctively in FIRST SLACKER ARREST. Alleged Draft Evader Held in Eighth Corps Area. ROCKFORD, Tl May 20.—The first alleged slacker arrested In the 8th Corps area since publication of the War Department's slacker list was in the guardhouse at Camp Grant to- day awaiting a hearing. He is Ernle Johnson of Rockford. jmeeting. AMITY OF RACES URGED BY SPEAKERS Convention Told of Need for Harmony Between White and Colored Peoples. Pleas for the white and colored del- egates to the convention for amity be- tween the colored and white races to spread the new spirit of racial under- standing were made by speakers at the morning session, held in the First Congregational Church, 10th and G streets northwest. Representative Theodore I Burton, Charies Lee Cook of Lousville, Ky.. and Louis G. Gregory were the akers. he races must. dwell in amity in country because they live side by said Mr. Burton. The colored should be recognized by white imen, not only because the Constitu- éson of the United States requires it, bLut by the divine power of God. Must Reach Understanding. Both races, he continued, must learn to understand each other. He told the delegaies that if a crime was com- mitted by a colored man his people :hould help in bringing him to justice. {At the same time, he added. if a crime as committed and the offender un- known, and a colored man happened to be around. people should not jump to the conclusion that a colored man committed it. “We are to take an important place among the nations of the world.” said the senator, “but we must first put our own house in order. One of the ost sefious blots on our national life is that of lynching. This is not| against the colored man alone, but against the white as well. I am ready to do whatever can be donc. by con- stitutional amendment or otherwise. to remove this frightful blemish from the nation.” C. L. Cook's Address. Hope that the convention may be- come the stepping-stone to the final achievement of human and universal brotherhood was expressed by Charles Lee Cook, a manufacturer of Louis- ville, Ky. The world, he said, is look- ing. and has always looked, to this country for social justice. There is a great work ahead. he continued, in bringing about racial understanding. All must face it and help to achieve it. and not bury their {heads in the sands of optimism. He pointed out that individuals must do their part in this great work. “Let’s try to vindicate the divinely appointed mission of America. Break every bond of misunderstanding.” He told the delegates to go eut from the convention and spread the new spirit, a stronger spirit of Chris- tian gratitude. “One in Origin and Destiny.” “The white and colored are one in origin and one in destiny. for from God we came and to Him we return.” sald Louis G. Gregory. to consider, in a way that is material, how to increase inter-racial harmony. “In times past ihe whites have rendered the colored, looking at mat- ters in a large way. two great serv- ices,” he continued. “First, you fought for our freedom, an act which resuli- ed in freedom not only here but in the freedom of the darker races throughout the world. Secondly. through ceontact with your western life, we are far removed from that primitive state in which our anoces- tors were brought to America, the measure of our progress in education and civilized usages. When the doors of church and state, schools and col- leges, mills and factories were opened, we entered, and no one can deny that vour aid has been a good invesiment. But to remove all friction that re- mains, it is our earnest hope that the whites will Increase their kindness toward the colored, and that the ool- sred will make such an attitude easy by expressions of gratitude and ap- preciation. This is wisdom. It is the divine and therefore the effective way.' Violia Solo in Program. Joseph Douglass, a grandson of Frederick D. Douglass, the great abo- litionist, renderea a violin solo. Albert Vail of Chicago presided. There will be a session tonight at 8:30. at which addresses will be deliv- ered by Representatives Martin B. Madden and Alfred Martin of New ¥York. There also will be a musical program by the Howard University Chorus. under the direction of Miss Lulu Vere Childers. The convention will close, following sessions tomorrow morning and night. URGE PREJUDICE ERASED, Prominent Speakers Make Strong Plea for Peace. Wiping out of all racial prejudice was strongly urged by speakers 1ast( ong in the United States “are ines-(any desired place night at the opening of the conven- tion for amity between the colored and white races at the First Congre- gational Church, 10th and G streets northwest. The church was filled to capacity with people of both races, who gave approval to the remarks of the speakers in urging better under- standing and getting together on the basis of heavenly teachings. “This convention is not called for the purpose of discussing racial dif- ferences,” said William M. Randall of Boston, chairman, in opening the “We all realize that we are living in a remarkable day—perhaps a new day. To me ils great expres- sion is a call to the human family that war may cease; that races and nations may come together in a new ®PIf evolution means anything.” he continued t means that these great “It is for us ideals must become a fact: that is. the bringing together of the white and colored races. SIXty years ago the public realized the necessity of abolishing slavery and in that way solved a great problem. Lately. the public is trying to solve the problem of political freedom, and the solu- tion is near. The thing now to ac- complish is the coming together of all races. “The only problem before us love, tolerance and sacrifice. must live as a nation in peace and Wwe must e as a people in peace Senater Shortridge Speaks. Senator Samuel M. Shortridge of California told the delegates that he “very heartily and unreservedly join vou in the spirit of the hour.” “Peace between us and the ther nations of the earth should be the reverent prayer of every man and woman in America, as well as throughout the _world,” Senator Shortridge said. “There should be peace and the meaning of peace spread to all our people in America. But we should be one people, one people in aspirations, one people in our devotion® and loyalty to the flag “How can we become one people he asked. “It is by doing justice to all men, whatever colors, of what- ever degree or whatever stat in life. Peace has come to the nation, but I want peace among our people. War called upon many of our sous and daughters to make sacrifices. 1 shall never forget that the colored men of the country gladly marched to death that their country, my coun- try, might live. I shall never forget that in every war in which the coun- try has engaged that colored men fought and died for their country. and I say it without any desire or purpose of arousing a dissenting thought. 1 shall never forget that colored men died for the republic which enslaved them. “I always have anuounced that in lall proper ways that | wouid be their champion and friend, for, in the words of Abraham Lincoin, 1 have | malice toward none and charity for all’ “You know and 1 know that for a I'nation to be great and perpetuate it- !self it must be homogenous. 1 this convention will result in bring- ing about a tolerant feeling between the races. ‘“There is a fraternal spirit abroad in the land. When I speak of peace in the country 1 mean peace between all the people. To be fraternal there must be candor and truth. All po- litical, social and racial questions should be dealt with in a good spirit without anger. Prejudices - ar. “The age of prejudice must pass with the new cycle of universal com- munication.” said Albert R. Vail of Chicago. “Prejudices of race, of poli- tics, of religion have caused innumer- able wars. They destroy the founda- {tion of mankind. But now the age Jof knowledge is at hand. Science is proving the oneness of mankind. Pure religion today is revealing all races as leaves of one tree, drops of one <2, : “Some individuals in all races are {ignorant: they must be cducated Some members of all races are wise and unaelfish. They must train their brothers of all races and nations. As St. Paul said: ‘God made of one all nations of men.’ All great prophets have taught the same sublime truth. The radiant century is breaking when prejudice shall meit away before the sun of truth and in the light of the new day we shall come, east and west. north and south, all races, all re- the kingdom of God. “Then we shall see that diversity in race is beautiful. It is like the beauty of the different colored flow- ers in a garden. If they were all alike the garden would be monoto- nous. Ged, the World Gardener, made His races of different colors because 1it added to the beauty of His hu- manity. As He loves them all alike. He whose heart is whiter. whether his skin be red or black or yellow or brown, he is nearer to God. The radiant century is dawning when we shall see mankind from God's point of view, and love all His children.” Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham, who arrang- ed the musical program to be fol- lowed throughout the convention, told jof the origin of a number of plan- tation songs, and the Dunbar Com- munity Singers, led by W. Scott Mayo, rendered them in typical plantation atyle. In all of the son termed songs of SOrrow. were woven the words of God. teal Away,' she said was a song composed and used by the slaves to call their meet- ings which they were forbidden to have. which she then it would be taken up by others finally reaching the canebrakes, and then all would steal away to hold their church meetings. In the course of her remarks she told the sudience that the colored People were the first kindergartners, the first real child story tellers in America. They were the slaves. Solos were rendered by Mrs. Henry Grant and Master Lenore Cook. —_— BUSINESS “LOOKING UP.” Conditions Better in U. S. Than in ¥ Any Part of World. CHICAGO, May 20.—Business condi-, timably better than in any part of the | world because business and industrial organizations of the United States promptly proceeded to bring about de- flation,” Joseph E. Davies of Wash- ington. former chairman of the Fed- eral Trade Commission, said in an ad- dress before the American Wholesale Lumber Association. J. Howard Bur- ton of New York was re-elected presi- dent of the association. SLUMP IN EMPLOYMENT. DETROIT, May 20.—A net dercase of 1,776 men employed was shown by the labor report of the employers' association here today. It was the first week the employment situation had not improved by several thou- sand since the industrial revival be- gan. The seventy-nine member firms now employ 116,721 workers. | —strictly orthepedic la Illustrated above is est lasts for children— slipper. Priced according to Johnson declared that he had been examined by a draft board and dis- charged because of poor physical con- ition. Correct footwear for growing girls and boys toe room for natural growth. 1001 F St., Corner Tenth Children’s Dept—Third Fleor. G5 Established 1869 sts that admit full five- shown one of the new- a gunmetal ankle-strap size, hope | ligions into the spiritual oneness of In the night. some one in a; plantation would start humming it. | 50-50 BILL REPORTED. Senate D. C. Committee Passes Favorably on Jones Measure. The Jones bLill restoring the half- and-half plan for the District of Co- lumbia was formaily reported favor- ably from t} Senate Distriet com- mittee today by Senator Ball, chair- man. The bill now goes on the calen- dar. It is Senator Ball's purpose to obtain consideration for it in the Sen- ate as soon as possible. SHORTAGE OF FOOD - ALARNING SILESIA Hunger Likely to Cause New Outbreaks in Industrial Region. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 20.—The food short- age in Upper Silesia has reached a crisis of a magnitude considered like- ly to cause further disorders unless it is relieved shortly. according to jadvices reaching official circles here. | Interchanges are proceeding among ; the allied governments in an attempt to relieve the situation before the meeting of the xupreme council, tion. considercd probable that rep- resentations will be made to Ger- many that the payment of the work- i{men’in Up Silesia, heid up by the i refusal of German interests to trans- mit funds into the district, be be- { gup immediately in an effort to sta- {bilize conditions there. { The date for the supreme council meeting has not vet been fixed Briand Opposes Early Meeting. PARIS, May 20.—Premier Briand of France is opposed to a the supreme allied council to discuss the Silesian question until the inter- allied commision in Silesia has reach- ed an agreement and submitted a re- port. Some of this morning's news- papers_declared that M. Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain were likely to meet at Bou- logne either tomorrow or Sunday. It would appear, however. that M Brfand will not confer with the Brit- ish prime minister until after inter- pellations of the government in the chamber of deputies are completed. and he has secured a vote of confi- dence % There are at least nine more mem- bers of the chamber to question the | | | | { government relative Lo reparations. the general financial policy of the ministry and the Silesian question. and it was believed here today that M. Briand will not be able to reply 1o these and receive a vote of confi- dence until late tomorrow. Will Deliver House Assurances that Germany would avoid interference in the Silesian Dlebiscite area and that shipments of arms and ammunition across the Sile- sian frontier would be stopped, given to the Spanish ambassador at Berlin Ly Joseph Wirth, the German chan- lcellor. yesterday. served to decrease the tension over the Silesian situa- 1on here today. {J Announcement is made by the min- | many will soon begin the delivery of wooden houses to be erected in the devastated zone of northern France. Germany will furnish 3 houses, which will be semewhat simi- lar to the portable houses seen in American beach colonies. but built niore solidly and consiructed so that they will be waterproof. i MAPS FOR CHILDREN. Day's News Made More Under- standable With Their Aid. School children of the present day are taught the day's news in connec- tion with their other siudies. Topics of the day prove an interesting sub- ject to all cnildren. How much easier it is for tnem if they have a large. acurate map in their classroom or home to see where the big news is Fappening. The detailed map of the United States as found in the map now being_distributed by The Star |shows each child the exact place where important events are happen- ing. The striker in Mingo county. W. Va.. is easier to talk about if the child has found it on the map and sees the exact spot where the coal miners of this mountainous county are fighting out their difficulti What an asset to the home is this map! Each boy or girl if old enough to read can find these places and all of them without having to ask papa of mamma, for the easily operated finder with each map enables the | child to put his or her pencil point on that is being searched for. CRABS SELL QUICKLY. BALTIMORE, May 20 (Special).— The first large shipment of Maryland soft-shell and hard s arrived aboard the steamer Virginia. of the Maryland. Delaware and Virginia Line, ‘from Crisfield. The shipment consisted of thirty- three boxes of soft crabs and thirty- eight barrels of hard. of a large variety, and were quickly sold. Soft crabs brought from $2 to $2.25 a dozen wholesale, while §14 a barrel was the price asked for the hard. Where 1 What Is the answered by the index at map of The World the news of the day, isa r tions are asked. country in the world. Come to the business cents. which 18 (o take up the Silesian ques- | meeting of | Briand and | try of liberated regions that Ger-| 00 of these | Czecho-Slovakia? What Is the Population of Your Home Town in the New Census? These and thousands of other questions are the United States This map will add interest to your reading of uable aid and should be in every place where ques- The map is of good size, yet easily handled, and its instantaneous finder—a part of the map itself— enables you to locate in a few seconds any city or spect this wonderful map. Readers of The Star may obtain a copy for 75 MOVE T0 ACOUIRE MT.VERNONTOLD Miss Comegys, Regent, Reads Annual Reports at Women’s Conference. The reading of the annual reports of the regent. Miss Harriett Clayton Comegys of Dover, Del,, occupied the entire session of the second-day mee:- ing of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ As- sociation of the Union, now in confer- ence at Mount Vernon, Va. The regent called attention to some notable events which occurred in the early history of the association “In March, 1860." said Miss Comegys. “six years after Miss Cunningham s first appeal went to the country for $200,000 required for the purchase of Mount ~ Vernon. xhe invited both houses of Congress 1o accompany the association on the first officiul visit to the home and tomb of Washington. The invitation was favorably accepted and in the Senate a resolution wus passed to assemble an hour earl than usual and adjourn in season for the excursion “On the afternoon of the 7th of | March this distinguished party, with | the Marine Band from the Navy Yard, {lett the wharf on the Thomas Coilyer, which the steamboat com: had Ipatriotically placed at the command of the regents for this occasion Hing to Decay. “Mount Vernon wa hen in a o of “delapidation and fast falling 1o decay In an adires delivered b | Hon. Johnson Cochran of \ | said. tomb in i state was a matier of philanthropist. and eve women of America have achiev i their desires. have accomplished their aims. and Mount Vernon. with its sacred ashes. reposes under the custody of the women of America—the property of the American Union. Miss Comegyd read an article writ- | ten by an editor of the London Times after his visit here last summer. “We have no place of national pilgrimage in Lngland which is 8o perfect in model as Washington's {home at Mount Vernon.” it said. “It is perhaps through lack of the fig- ure of the Washington that we have {Othing o compare with it. For jany parallel one must rather go lo {Fontainebleau. But certain shrines {are ours and none of them incloses quite such thoroughness as this. When I think of the completeness of the preservation of Mount Vernon, where, every day. through the piety of in- dividuals, a thousand persona! relic have been reassembled so that, save a | i for the sightseer. this sercne and |simple and Virginia mansion is_al- imost exactly as it was, 1 am filied with admiration. For a young people, largely in a hurry. to find time to be s0 proud and reverent is a significant thing With the flags half-mast in memory of Chief Justice White, who had been | | i vhairman of the advisory committee, the convention opened yesterday with {twenty-nine vice regents. represent- ing us many states in the Union, pres- jent. Miss Comegys was in the chair land after reading the farewell ad- .dress of Miss Anne Pamela Cunning- {ham, founder of the association, the {vice regents visited the tombs of i Gen. and Mrs. Washington and placed wreaths on the sarcophagus. Delegates in Attendance. Among those attending the confer- ence are Miss Harriet Clayton Com- legys, regent; Miss Alice M. Long. j teilow. vice regent for Massachusetts: | Mrs. Charles Custis Harrison. vice ! regent for Pennsylvania; Mrs. Thom- as S. Maxey, vice regent for Texas; ,ers Robert phinison, vice regent { for Alabama; Mrs. John Juiius Prin- igle, vice regent for South Carolina: | Mirs. Henry W. Roger: regent i for Maryland: Mrs. Leary, vice regent for Washington: Mrs. J. Carter Brown, vice regent for Rhode Island; Miss Mary Evarts. vice re- | gent for Vermon: nioine Len- | tilhon Foster, L for Del ware; Miss Anne Ragan King, vice regent for Louisiana; Miss Jane A, ! Riggs, vice regent for District of Columbia; Mrs. Horace Mann Towner, vice regent for lowa; Mrs. Thomas P. Denham, vice rezent for Florida; Miss Harriet L. Huntress, vice regent for New Hampshire; Mrs. Charles Ei- Hiott vice regent for Minne- i sota: njamin D. Walcott. vice * regen | Hanks, Miss Annie Mrs. t for Indiana; Mrs. Lucien M. vice regent for Wisconsin: B. Jennings. vice regent for Connecticut: Mrs. William Hal | Bradford, vice regent for New Jers | Mrs. George H. Carpentier, v | gent for Illinois; Miss Mary Govan | Billups. vice regent for Mississippi: Mrs. Margaret Bushie Shipp. vice re- gent for North Carolina: Mrs. Hor- Ton Pope, vice regent for Colorado; Mrs. Charles J. Livingood, vice re- gent for Ohio; Mrs. Celsus Price Per- I rie. vice regent for teorgia; Mrs. Horace Van Deventer, vice rezent for | Tennessee: Mrs. Charles Wheeler, ! vice regent for California. and Mrs. Randolph Anderson, Vice regent from Georgia. BANDITS BATTLE POLICE. CHICAGO. May 20.—Five bandits fought their way out of the Division State Bank in a pistol fight with po- lice who surprised them in a nhold-up. but four of the bandits were captured and most of the loot recovered when an automobile in which they fled over- turned in rounding a corner. Two of the robbers were wounded, one prob- ably fatally. The fifth escaped with about $300. which bank officials said would be the total loss. s Albia? Language of tached to The Star’s new Today and eady reference and inval- office of The Star and in-