Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1921, Page 2

“g= W ENATE APPROVES - MORE SUBMARINES Adopts Amendment to Au- . thorize Use of Part of | $90,000,000 for Building. Resuming consideration of the maval bill today, the Senate adopted an amendment by Senator McLean. republican, Connecticut, which would authorize the expenditure for sub- marine construction of part of the $80,000,000 carried for continuing the 1316 building program. - Genator Poindexter, republican. Washington, in charge of the bill, said tho amendment would give the de- partment discretion to let contracts for possibly the entire six submarines praviously authorized. struction ©f which has been deferr enator Poindexter aud ment authorizing constr additional naval transport. The 1d0 another amend- ment. tor Kenyon. republican, Tow sials of the Virsin ican citizens. and amend- tion of an to requi to be ing tie federal for app : e insalar treasury said the head of t + local government. who had heen ndly United Stat ates. Aporeves Navy of 120,000. istan v very uner 1ot H come tax laws to} | Els COMMITTEES HEAR OF ILL-PAID WORK (Continued from First Page.) Positions after surveying all depart- ments, and the just schedules establish- ed could be perfected and perpetuated by giving to the erployes the right to appeal to the committee at any time | in the future for an adjustment of their | classification. | Discussing the Smoot-Woods bill, | Mr. Saal characterized it as being en- | tirely deficient in any provision what- soever for the classification of the flell service. It does not purport to app! the fleld service” he said. “and by | its terms ix specificatiy limited in operation to the departmentul servie in the District of Columbia. In view of the fact that the lealirs in Con- gress have explicitly siated that a continuance of the so-called bonus of §2{0 bevond the nex' fiscal r unthinkable, the adoption of the Smoot bill would be no less than a calamity for ihe ficld scrvice, as it would leave them *d without ther honus or reclassification. “Their condition perh urgent than the depariment: . for it has never been s of the field €ervice that they were over- manned, nor have their wages during the period of the war kept pace witn th _increased cost of lhiving, which New York hes been exceptionally severe.” Other New York v Mr. Saal. They we pearing for Fede No. 4. and es service immigr: 1 | { to more serv: s followed Employes’ Union, wliy for the cus t New York. and W. J. Coy nector, president of the | and branch’ of the Federal Unio [ le stat Embplo; Mr. to 231 dment | Ly a vote of 4 committee an Senate Tt atopied fixing the Navy personnel at 120.600 | Snatead of the 100000 provid the | House bill. Aft in q sue- | ard i % from i or roll calls. | ing for in- yriations aEgEresat- | $43.200.000 were approved. | 41 on the Navy person-| broke the attack of have een fighting to} in recommended The way of the after | Borah con- 1 ix i e advoc 1ne tos appro whout “Fhe roll nal apparently eenaiors who oerturn the by the naval a'so was paved for passage bl tomorrow or Thursday prospeciive adoption of the amcndment for a disarmament ferenc committee. Party Lines Droken. were broken in the vote Navy personnel at 120.- republicans voted to hold the personnel to 180,000, but the loss of these republicans to the com- tee provisions was offsct by four- teen democrats who voted to keep 120.600 men in the Navy. Among committee increases adopted were $15.377.000 for pa personnel, $5.800.000 for r force 783.000 for pr ¢ 500.000 for fuel and 1ts transportation, and $5.000.000 for thg Marine Corps quartermaster corps. Nearly all these increases were bound up in the deeision for a personnel at 120.000 men Senator Lenroot, republican. consin. led the battle yesterday against the committee increases, and again warned the republicans that the country would not stand for them. He was joined by Senator Hitchcock democrat. Nebraska, who announced that he would vote again<t the bill if the committee increases should be sub- stantially sustained | Wis- | | | fied,” Is i represents | had | states man fixing of the work r pre no ro are salaries with performed in the nd tha in many cases officers and their titjes on whatever to the work they There are laborers who are classi he s , “who are ented from receiving any increase in salar by an ancient act of Congress whi 8 their pay to §S40 per annum or per day. Laborers in the navy st across the East river are re ceiving $3.84 per day, and ¢ the west coast of the United States laborers in the navy vard are receiving $4.40 per day Our charwomen are still work- at $360 per annum. while char- women in the navy yard across the East river are receiving $2.96 per diem, which will figure out about §300 per annum.” In indorsing the Sterling-Lehibach bill Mr. Viele said the employes he desire representation be- fore the classifying agenc Pay in Immigration Service. Mr. Coyne directed the committee's attention to the low salaries paid in the immigration service. This serv- | ice. he stated. has grown up in kind of haphazard way and during the last ten §Tars has been “prac- tically starved to death because of lack of necessary appropriations to carry out the exclusion Che witness characterized pol HS ‘penurious. ar? said iti cost the gover t of the United States and individual | millions «7 _oilars in the of insane aliens and those of r classes who have become [\ub-l lic charges from other causes. i 1t is a sad fact”” said Mr. Coyne. “that the appropriations for lating immigration for this nearly half a million dollars lexs than | | | this { nor care Mr. Swanson Supports Program. it was fifteen vears ago, although | the personnel of the service is nearly | Senator Swanson of Virginia. rank- ing democrat on the naval committee. however, =upported the committee program, declaring that with the | three times as great and the classes excluded by law have been increused | ahout 100 per cent. This starvation | aviation and other programs of the policy is also aggravated by the fact Navy 120.000 men were needed. Sen- ator Underwoed of Alabama. demo- | cratic leader. who voted for the 120.- 000 personnel. made a lengthy ad- dress advocating international dis-( armament agreements, but opposed disarmament by the United States in the absence of an agreement with other powers. MRS. ANGUS CRAWFORD, WAR NURSE, EXPIRES Gave Services at Walter Beedvxol- pital, thro She Was Weak- ened. by Influenza. Mrs. Angug® McDonald . Crawford, wife of An MeDonald Crawford, died at her régidence, 1310 New Hamp- shire avenue, ‘last night of heart trouble, brought on by an attack of! influenza suffered as a result of her | services at Walter Reed Hospital as| a volunteer murse during the war. Funeral services will be held tomor- i xustaining, I mony { further indorsement from representa- at the service m than self- inasmuch as the head tax collected from the arriving alicns is usually more than sufficient to pay the cost of the service.” All of *hese facts. the witness con- tended, skow the vital necessity for a reclassification of the immigration service. and the entire personnel of the service, he said, is heartily in favor of such a classification as is! contemplated by the Sterling-Lehl- | bach bill. Sterling-Lehibach in Favor. The Sterling-Lehlbach bill is pre- ferred by the majority of government workers over any other ciassification measure pending in Congress if testi- given at yesterday’'s morning and ‘afternoon sessions of the joint committee is any criterion of senti ment in_the federal service. Both Fred Telford. a civil service éngineer, and Dr. Jjohn R. Mohler, chief of the bureau of animal industry of the Department of Agriculture, the only witnesses to testify vesterday ( morning, indorsed this bill. It received | | | | tives of skilled and unskilled workers at the afternoon hearing. The Smoot-Woods bill was objected to in several particulars by Mr. Tel- row morning at 10 o'clock in the chapel at the Theological Seminary Hill. Va. and buria! will be| Seminary. ! | i Hane 3 of this, he stated, civil service exam-| in the family plot at Seminary Hill. in.rs had been singled out for par-| During the war, wher the Regulars jcyjar mention, whereas other gov-| Ams purses were serving abroad.lernment examining work is passed | WES & olintoe =i mineat ata iy O e el i SmoaT Weellalimeasuze | Walter Recd Hospital. She served |1t the briefest mention. steadily through the influenza epi-{ Some Skilled Workers Slighted. r‘lnnleu4‘:h|n-)v lnokhnu h = heavy 10il| The witness said he could not un- in deaths among the soldier patients 5 2 Axor! ! jderstand why the accounting work of st tne hosplial and skinsed tolleave liheiincimeitaxiburea ‘should be spe- | e o until her place could belified in this bill in detail and certain | Aillo¢ the returning regular nurses. | cinds of engraving work mentioned A little after she left the hospital she grades when a large number of was stricken with influenza hersclf. | giher skilled workers in the service and not long age suffered a relapse, lare given only meager mention. Skille resulting in the heart trouble whichied laborers, he stated, are passed caused her death vestorday. over with a mention of only three! Mrs. Crawford was well known here, | [ines i in New York and in Virginia She | Discussing the question of promo- | prominent and always {tions, Mr. Telford said any measure | took a leading part in welfare work [ which provides a range of pay for for the soldiers. promotion on the basis of efficiency The deceased was born at Seminary | ratings is deficient if it does not give ughtar of Mr. and |to the agency administering the law Worthington. She |a guide as to how that range of pay MeDos Crawford, | shall be applied. Otherwisa, he point- | one of the prineinais and a part own- |€d oul, there would he opportunity | er of the Fmmcrson Institute of this | fOF favoritism in promotions. H S Survived by her hisband, | Dr. Monler testified briefly, urging rES ¥ Warthinaton. 1ge in the suggcsted rating for three brothers—Hugh, and George Y. Worthington, | ELEVEN GIVEN DIPLOMAS. | it placed an undue emphasis upon cer- | Wil- ! ford, his principal criticism being that | tain kinds of work. As an examplg pectors in the bureau of animal | ry contained in the report of | the congressional oint commission on ! reclass: ation. Unless this rating is| revised, he said, about 1800 inspectors | ceive less pay under a classi- tem than they are receiving at_present. Martha Seminary Holds Commencement Exercises. Eleven graduates the Martha! Washington Seminary were present- | diy Washington of . s 4t com nene pers] cises last night at Oakcrest, 3322 16th Rtreet. The o cement addres was delivered b . James Shera Montzo who pointed oui t rexpon to country, civics an home d uates are Dorothy Ambler. Hissette. Dorothy Ju: Wil Daughtridge, ll| Grace Wilson Gil- dred Mary He Taylor Hoffman Amanda Kol 15 of Geor- | v Carolina. | | man o rickson of New of O 1 essce, Thelma 1 Eia amd Ann SENATOR FRANCE SAILS. Hele ertry « Reyno Says He Expects to Meet Lenin and Trotsky in Russia. NEW YORK. Mar 25.—U Senator Josenh 1. France of Maryland sailed aboard the Aquitania veaterday to apesd several weeks in Rus- sia. He announced that representatives of the soviet government will mect him in London and escort him into Russia, either through R # or Lihau During his visit Senator France said he expects 10 interview various bol vik_leaders, including Lenin and Trotsky. ted States and obtain an understanding of cond tions there. He plans to pass at least x weeks in Mos the seat of the soviet government. Senator France =aid he haned to bring about a series of conferences which would improve relations between the soviet government and the American government. The senator declared that batter rela- h Russis was a matter of prac- m—iics, Py " Testimony showing that the present | compensation of lay inspectors is in- adequate was given by several wit- nesses at the afternoon hearing. A. H. Stevens, Thomas C. Ryan and Richard Nash, members of the inspection serv- in- ice, gave the committee detailed formation as to the arduous du performed by the inspectors, espec Iy in the meat division. Some of these | it was disciosed. receive but $1.330 per annum. The witnesses | stated that this service inspected all | the meat which was shipped to the erican forces in Kurope during the ! r without a single complaint be-| made that inferior meat had been | passed ! 1ngin, machinists’ helpers, en- gravers and other government employes i endering skiiled services followed lhl" meat inEpeclors At the afternoon ses- | sion. Thomas D. Jones, representing | stationary engineers and firemen, urged that dynamo tenders be eliminated from the clastification and carried as engi- neers. He alvo thought refrigerating engneers should be listed as engincers. For printing office machinists Edward R. Wiiliams advocated n central wage board and right of appeal for the work- jers. Roy J. Mickey, appearing for ma- lchinists’” helpers, said skilied laborers | doing mechanical work should be given ¢ “signation to correspond with the 12 duties performed. rpenters and joiners wera repre- sented by Lee R. Downs, whose ple: was for compensation for skilled labor- ers that shall be 1n accordance with the prevailing_practice. 2 nest J. Green spoke for skilled and unskilled helpers in the bureau of en- graving and printing. Steel plate clean- ers and other plate workers tn the bu- reau were represented by Walter Spring |and John A. Mooney BRITISH SHIP TO RESCUE. CONSTANTINOPLE. May 25.—Brit- 1sh naval officials here have sent a i few minutes. | tographers snapped by Licut. Eugene Rovegno, jr. United brought to the naval air station at § One thousand copies of today's & the opening of Fredericksburg's cel GAY CROWDS FILL FREDERICKSBURG FOR CELEBRATION (Continued from First the town. This formality took but a | Unvelli t Tablet. Shortly before 10 o'clock those offi- partic.pants in the unveding of | tablet marking the nuth\\n»l‘ undary of the lands ceded by Sir Wiiliam~ Berkeley for the establish- | ment of Fredericksburg. formed in | front of the home of Mrs. D. D.| Wheeler. Headed by the marine posi | and from Quantico, Va. the pro-| cession marched to the site on Lewis | street Hardly had the music ceased and the band and officia! participants taken their places, when there hove n sight United States naval a- anes, With their accompanying spluttering and deafening explosions of high-speed motors. Naval pho- | pictures of the unveiiing and procecded to Washing- | ton for delivery to The Star. Rev. R. C. Gilmore of Fredericks- buri opened the ceremonies wit prayer. following which Dr. J, N. Bar- | ney, also of this place, introduced Dr. . Smith of Richmond, Va., said 1o e the only surviving .member of | “Stonewall” Jackson's staff, and who was with him when he-died, not far from here. Dr. Smith told of his first visit to Fredericksburg, which way during th civil war, when he came with Jack- on's army. He referred briefly to the progress the town had made since that day, pointing out that he had returned often. He said that former citizens of the town should return to it frequently. ThoSe who go away from it after growing up. he contin- ued, too often exile themselves from the city which is one of the richest in American history. He praised the efforts of the aseociation for the pres. ervation of Virginia antiquities and its work of marking historical spots. Upon the completion of his address Miss Jacquelin Smith, six years old, of this town, and a descendant of Law- rence Smith. pulled the cord which drew back O!d Glory and exposed the tablet to view. Mrs. . . Wheeler, on behalf of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, officially pre- sented the tablet to the town. | Major King Speaks. It was accepted who referred through whi during its a wilderne perous communit by Mayor Kinz. briefly to the changes ‘h the town has passed ars of existence from thriving and pros- “In place of the wild, wood trail. tree-lined extend in orderly sequence,” said. “The wigwam gives place to handsome’ homes; 1 bountiiul and shady forest gives life and food to thousands of citizens in- | stead of a few hundred nomads: the siren sound of industry supplants the warcry and, noblest of all, these pioneers implanted upon these shores the great principles of orderly self- government—those ideals which yet make America Zreat among the na- tionk of the earth. “In accepting from the Assgociation for the Preservation of Virginia An- tiquities. whose great interest has| made this celebration possible, this | emblem of the past, our city, through its mayor, does 80 Wwith a decp sense of responsibility that our children shall continue to he taught the Jdes- sons of the past-—that no nation is truly great whose peopie forget the shoulders upon which they climbed to greater achievement.” This ceremony closed with benedic- tion pronounced by Rev. J. J. Lanier of this city. | 'roop K Exhibits, i Then the party moved to the Princess _Anne Hotel. where Troop K. 3d U. S. Cavalry. was in formation Promptly &t 11 o'clock, Capt. M. W Davis, commanding, gave the order which sent the hordemen on a gallop | to the plaza on Washington avenue, | where, within the area inclosed by half 2 hundred or more white pillars, the Fort Myer boys gave a snappy | exhibition of how the Army trains horsemen. The troops were put through a series of movements in rapid-fire order, looking at tmes as though they could never be sepa- ated, and all accomplished by the mere blowing of a whistle Judge John T. Goolrick of this city then introduced Dr. Charles Beatty Alexander. vice president general of the Society of the Cincinnati and a regent of New York University Dr. Beatty reviewed the early his- tory of the life of Georze Washing- ton, talked in a reminiscent vein of the days of the mule and oxen teams here, and told of many of his visits here in early days in homes which now are prominent in local history. He said that while nominally this is a celebration of the 230 years of the life of Fredericksburg. it is, in a sensc a celebration in memory of George Washington, with whose life and his- tory this town is closely linked. fr Up Patriotl “Those who have originated this celebration and who are arranging to have like celebrations in other locali- ties.” he sald, “are doing a great pa- triotic servica. They are reviving in- terest in history. They are recalling great_memories. They are inviting contributions of knowiedge and hav- I | warship to Adalia to force the Turks to release elevan prisoners who were removed from the British steamer Palatina. ing such contributions placed in per- manent form. We must not forget that, small as the number of people sara in this country at the-time of | origin THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 1921. Sta Marine € ed 1 verno. tion ntaining n ebration, were ~ent to Flyer Brought to The Star Fredericksburg Picture LIEUT. EUGENE ROVEGNO, JR., Snapped by a Star staff photographer ,when he landed at Boiling Field this morning. Washington, it s not by numbers that great historical events should be measured. The late European war injured our sense of proportion. We have learned to think in millions and billions. We can recall that the religion, which most of us profess had its in_the little hill country of Bethlchem, and that the philosophy. which ix the foundation of most or our thinking and science, was derived from the small towns on the little peninsular of Greece. It is whole- some and right that we should pre- serve the great memories which this ocension recalls. Before Dr. Alexander completed his address, over in City Park, a few blocks away, real Rappahannock In- ns, dercendants of those redskins who inhabited this area, launched into a serie of yells, with ac- ompanying ncing and waving of tomahawks over their heads, and zave to the people an exhibition of the tribal dance of their an tors, a preliminary to an informal severance of diplomatic relations with pale- faces or some other tribe of Indians thzt had incurred their enmity. Th acc spectacular emony was i panied by music from a band repre senting @ modern fighting clement, the marines. Parnde Follows Reception. Following a reception by Gov. Westmoreland Davis of Virginia, and other guests. numbering 200, and a luncheon at the Princess Anne Hotel. the parade, the biggzest event of the celebration, started to move. There was a platoon of police act- ing as a wedge, (o move back to the designated lines the thousands of peo- ple who formed human border along the parade route. Then follow- ed Chief Marshall kBdgar M. Young and his two chief aides, W. S. Fm- brey and J. Conway Chichester. Colorbearers. three of them. one each for the United States colors, the colonial flag and the Virginia state flaz followed The music for this, the first div was furn by the United Cavalry from KFort Myer. behind it came Troop K, 3d States Cavalry, also from Fort Myer. The glisterinig’ huir _of the brown horses and the Snappy appearance of the troopers brough forth the plau- ts of the crowds. The United States Marine Post Hand from Quantico followed heading the second division, which wits composed entirely of floats. giv- 0 vears in pi ing Fredericks ture. This disp! arral the direction of Mrs. L. brough forth most favorable comment Not an important point in Freder- icksburg’s long series of historic events was overlooked. Redukin War Paint. 1t began with floats bearing lineal decendants of the four tribes of In- dians in this scction which recog- nized the great king Powhatan as the Mattaponi, Chick- ahominy. I'amunky and Rappahan- nock tribe The war paint of the redskins stood out in deep contrast to the pure white of the floats. On down through the days of Cap- tain John Smith. Buckner and Roy ston. who established Fredericks: burg; Maj. Lawrence Smith and a company of colonial soldiers sent here to defend the colony; Fred- ericksburg’s hospitality in the days of Suky Livingston, and which is being given a living demonstration in the celebration today—- Walk in gentle- men sit at your case pay for what vou call for and call for what you Dlease.” There was Washington and his cherry tree, Washington as the student: John Paul Jones, who once worked in a store here: depiction of revolutionary gen- erals: ducking stools. ~pillories “and stocks: the peace ball attended by Washington_and his officers: *“To Live and Die in Dixie,” showing typical Vir- ginia darkies before the war; “The Blue and Gray”; Dr. James P. Smith, last of “Stonewall” Jackson's staff. who par- their ruleri FREDERICKSBURG ON THE MORNING OF HER 250TH BIRTHDAY. 'his photograph, xhowing the decorations at Princess Anne and Commerce streets, was taken at 10:15 o’clock thix morning from a Vought machine the naval alr service. of Lieut. Rovezmo's photogriph and an account from a Star stafl correspondent of Fredericksburg thix afternoon in three naval airplanes. 1 students of the State Normal School | liam owers. Horace L. Smith, De- located here. The girls drew a float | catur J. Holcombe, John T. Trout, on which was a tableau depicting | William 1. Maupin, jr.; James D iscience, music and literature. Also|Richards, Edward L. Garrett, Robert there were floats of organizations and | . Garrett, Robert B. Williams, Na- clubs, and then 450 small boys and|poleon Bond, Thomas M. Dobyn: girls composing the agricultural clubs | Stephen D. Timberlake. jr.; Charles SR T | i | | | ] | | jef th { { ‘The plates were developed at Quantico and the prints ed in other festivities during the . and Maj. T. B. Robinson of the nion Army, riding side by side in an old shay drawn by the principal motive power of that day, oxen. There was a float showing the advance the enjoyment provided by the band concerts and the happy spirit which prevailed on the streets downtown. The streets were thronged with hun- dreds of automobiles, bearing lice from many other states, and in some of woman into modern activities, the | parts of the city it was with difficuity American Legion. the Armistice and | that traffic untangled itself from many “Hope of the Future. 3 tie-ups. Fighting Fifth” in Line. The committee in charge of markers hen there came into sight the glis- | completed its work, and it had one o Then there came into sight the glis- | oot tasks, for every block in tening rifles and the snappy tread of | che town requires some marker to two battalions of marines, with an ac- | tell visitors of the history of the home or site which bears it, for dur- ing the 250 years of its existence practically every notable in history has favored the town with his resi- dence or some visit of note. Accompanying Gen. Davis were the following members of his staff: Cols. David H. Leakle, Samuel L. Slover, William M. Scott, Thomas H. Notting- ham, Harold Gordon Blundon, Franci N. Biliscly. Benjamin M. Stephen, Wil- companiment on the side lines of the applause of approval as the modern fizhters passed by. This contingent was made up of a battalion of the “Fighting ifth,” which covered itself with glory 1 turning back the (German advance at Chateau Thierry, and a battalion from the 6th Regiment, headed by the regi- mental band. The fourth di and industrial sion was scholastic It was led by the 230 of Spottsylvania county. This division Adams, Julian Y. Williams, Field was headed by the Fredericksburg|Wilbon, William A. Roberts, Wilbur Band, led by A. B. Bowering, who also | C- Hall and Carroll Menefee. led the military band at “Stonewall” | Accompanying Briz. Gen. Smedley Jackson's/tuneral: D. Butler, United States Marine Corps, were Maj. and Mrs. William F. Harri- son, Maj. and Mrs. William P. Up- shur, Lieut. Commander and Mrs. Les- ter S. Pratt, Capt. and Mrs. Charles D. Sniffin, Lieut. and Mrs. Thomas A. Tighe and Lieut. John Nefll. The executive committee in charge of the celebration, and to which much of the credit for its success is due, composed of William L. Brannon, chairman; Charles 1. Williams, secre- tary; Capt. Maurice B. Rowe, treas- urer: Judge John T. Goolrick, Mavor J. Garnett King, Edgar M. Young, H. K. Sweetser, Charles M. Hassell, El- liott E. Brooks, William A. Bell, Reginald T. Rowe, Capt. R. Conroy The head of the procession will not reach the reviewing stand until 4 o'clock, where it will be reviewed by Gov. Davis, his staff, the city officials, members of the celebration commit- tee, headed by W. L. Brannon, and the official guests. Elaborate decorations have been erected on the plaza, where the re- viewing stand is located, and where the afternoon exercises will take place. Gov. Davis and Herbert L. Sridgman of New York are scheduled to_speak. Following these ceremonles. Mayer King will held a reception in honor of Gov. Davis and the other guests of the city. There will bs a community | TeSin o 2 sing by Fredericksburg's mizealiovcs TIOace B Crlamond Chester chorus. accompanied by a marine |1 e e 1 CopRilLiRober 1. Biscoe, Rev. J. F. W. Field. Rev. Harry L. Hunt and C. Harold Guffin. Wl W 6 DETECTIVES ACQUITTED. [ Freed in Matewan Shooting; Sid | Hatfield Surrenders. LEWISBURG, W. Va, May 25.—Six | Baldwin-Felts detectives, indicted in | connection with the deaths of three | persons who were killed in the battle at Matewan, W. Va, more than a year ago, were found not guilty by a jury in circuit court here. band. on the plaza in the avening. to be followed by fireworks. The celebra- tion will conclude with 2 grand ball in the Princess Anne Hotel, beginning at 10 o'clock, at which there will be an exhibition of dances of old days by young people of the town in native costume. Gov. Davis Arrives. Gov. Davis and his staff arrived shortly after 6 o'clock last night, and, accompanied by members of the local committee, he went to his head- quarters in the Princess Anne Hotel. After dinner he went to Kenmore, where an informal reception was tendered him by H. A. Whitheck, who now resides there. This old home was built in 1740, is in an excellent state | | Census Bureau Reports Total of 2,000 School Children Tell of LISTS ILLITERATES IND. C. 10,180 in 1820. 10,190 persons more vears of age in the in 1920 who per cent of all > or over, the ced today. Of were femaies and ales. This compared terates in the District There were than twenty- 1 ne Columbia 4,185 with erates 521 were of ma- rentage. While were col- 1.62% forcign born and 64 for- nixed parentage. there were 101.850 persons twenty years of attending school in the District of Columbix. the gest proportion < from cighteen to twenty years Female students outaum- the males in there beinz femules attending school here mpared wih 48 males. This is Compared with 43,603 females in 1910 and 40.888 males for a total of $4.481. SEND PRESIDENT WIRE. fr Forest Protection Demonstration. President Hardinz, aboard the Sontiad yacht Mavflower vesterd route from New York to Washing- in receipt of a telegram from 2000 pupils of the Johnson-Pow- na Cooke schools. informing him forest protection demonstra- Monday afternoon in Rock Creek Park. The telegram was sent to the 'resident in New York by the children follawing the demonstration. Mr. President. we have. at the di- rection of the American Forestry As- sociation,” said the wire message, “given a forest protection demonstr tion in Rock Creek Park to open th week set aside by you. This is sent you, in the name of the 2,000 children Who took part. by those on the pro. m. We have done our best. and nk you for making the proclama- tion.” "It was signed by Granville Licf. Paul Lewis, Everett Johnson. Dunbar _ Forseythe, Alton Bishop and | Barry Bake 1 IN i Nee 4 of preservation and is pointed out as| WILLIAMSON. W. Va, May 25 smi the house in which Col. Fielding | Hatfield, forme ef “of police of | . Lewis took the sister of George|Matewan, W. Va., appeared at the &= Wflg’lt&D Washington, Betty, as his bride. sheriff’s office here and furnished bail | It was a gala occasion, and all of the city officials and prominent resi- for his appearance swer to a charge of in court ta an- | ssault. He is | dents, as well as many of the towns. | charged with assaulting P. J. Smith, | people and guests took this occa- | superintendent of the Stone Moun- sion to ‘greet the chief executive of [tain Coal Corporation. at Matewan. | the state Hatfield, hccompanied on the trip | The cavalry band gave a concert{from Matewan by Deputy Sheriff | last night in City Park., which was|Medley Crum, came to Williamson at | crowded with people. It was deco- | the instigation of Sheriff A. . Pin- | rated with many festoons of red,|son. He said that he had come vol- white and blue electric lights. untarily when he was informed that were in participates Hundreds of visitors town last night and the, in a warrant had becn rrest. issued for his Almost as Easy as Wishing Your breakfast cup isready without trouble or delay when INSTANT POST is the table beverage. To a teaspoonful of Instant Postum in the cup, add hot water, stir, and you have a satisfying, comfort- ing drink,delightful intaste— and with no harm to nerves or digestion . 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