Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1921, Page 2

_OBSERVE FOURTH « Conrad H. Syme Extols Right " Thinking Before Inhah- " itants’ Association. It the individual citizens of Amer- fca think in terms of righteousness and justice the nation will be right and just, Conrad K. Syme, former . corporation counsel of the District, ) declared addressing the Association 1 of Oldest Inhabitants of the District > of Columbia at their Independence . day meeting in Union engine house, . 19th and H streets, today. “Our country,” said Mr. Syme, “is what our thinking makes it, and if “we all think in terms of righteous- *ness and justice—individual, national and International—we need never fear for the land we love." The usual patriotic atmosphere of the Fourth of July meeting of the association was dampencd today by i“the absence of Benjamin W. Reiss. one Eof the best known and most liked [ members, who died Friday. The sec- | Tetary’s chair, which he occupied for t twenty-four years, was draped in ¢ black. and on his desk were placed ; twenty-four white ro. |4 Tribute to Mr. Reiss Henry L. Bryan, the presiding officer. opened the meeting with a tribute to I'Mr. Reiss. He reminded his feliow | members of the devotion which the | former secretary showed toward the ¢ organization, declaring that he gave { mearly all of his time for many years { to the work of the association. _ Mr. Bryan recalled how Mr. Reiss Fnever failed to visit members Who ;were ill, or confined to their homes by 7the infirmities of age. ¢ The patriotic exercises were opened fwith an invocation by Rev. Wm. Tay- loe Snyder. The association then re- cited the American creed. This was {followed by the singing of “America. ¥ Excerpts from the Declaration of In- fdependence were read by L Q. C. “Lamar. Then followed the address by {Mr. Syme. [ Mr. Syme said, in part: ¥ “For more than two years we have {been seeking to orient ourselves {amidst the moral, economic and politi- cal chaos following the greatest up- ‘heaval the world has ever known. The .{ tremendous_forces of good and evil, {unleashed by universal war, have Fbeaten upon the nations of the world f—all of the quantities we have here- {tofore’ known and weighed in the {equations of life, the formulas of in- ¥dividual and national conduct and the fperspective of our relations man to {man, man to country, nation to na- 7tion and each to civilization itself have been disturbed, distorted or de- stroyed. “The sea is yet rough and greatly {troubled. Cross and counter currents fdrag aimlessly. but insistent: the winds Yare fitful, but the stars are true. £ “wEach one of us must take his bear- Yings and search the eternal verities for those rules of duty and service which fwill bring him into true relation to ‘his fellow man, his country and the “world. = Safety fn Individual [ *In this individual effort lies the {mafety of the republic. A nation is es- Lsentially the expression of the com- posite thought of its people. 1If that thought be right, if it places individ- ual and commercial and national honor and integrity above all else: if it loves justice, squares itself with fduty. and consecrates itself to the .service of right, the nation will be full of light. “ ““National destiny, like human des- -tiny. will be sordid or splendid. as national purpose or human purpose wills. We must either be construc- tors of individual, national and inter- inational right thinking. or become the instrument of those destructive ‘forces of lust and greed and selfish- ness which are the train attendant of .an_unclean natlonal consciousness. “As citizens of this republic the ‘time has doubly come when we must -individually seek to realize our true relation to our own government and its relation to us. We have the back- .ground of one great tradition. It ‘springs from that fierce, disdainful strain of Saxon blood and manhood which for centuries defled tife perils -of land and sea in search of an heroic death. To such manhood liberty in Ats best sense was the breath of life, the very aspiration of existence— liberty to live and strive and love and die unfettered, unafraid and unre- . strained, except to that extent which * ‘the safety of the nation and the rights of others required. National Tradition. *“This is our great national tradition. It wrote itself into the Declaration of our Independence; it wrote itself into our Constitution, and it breathes ! into our laws the only vitality they possess. Translated into terms of gov- ernment, it says that no government is fit to govern that governs more than is necessary to insure the na- tional security and that equality of right and opportunity among its peo- ple which is the real reason for gov- ernment itself. It says that no gov- ernment that does not do this is not fit to govern; that favors a class or a group unjustly; and it says, finally, that the safety of a republic lies in the individual virtue of its citizen- ship. “If we will take these fundamental truths to heart; if we insist upon them and live and express them: if we will only remember that we can- not legislate into ourselves morality or right thinking; if we will hold fast to the truth’ that our country really is what our thinking makes it, and if we all think in terms of right and justice, individual, national and international, we need never fear for the land we jove.” New Members Elected. The following new members were elected: John B. Lord, 1212 Monroe street northeast; JMillard F. Lord, 1220 Monroe street northeast; Frank L. Durand, 93¢ Eye street; John A. Reynolds, 1100 23d street; Willlam F. Taylor, 1132 29th street; Charles H. Bradley. 1401 Fairmont street; Robert Lee Cox, 2928 P street; James E. Padgett, 616 1Sth street: Francis A. ¥ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 4, 1921 W alter Reed Men Appreciate Auto Rides on Hot Days When you have an empty seat in your automobile, why mot drop out to { Hospital and take o H boys there for a ridet Automobile rides are especially appreciated by the wounded men these hot days and evem- | ingw, it is stated. While rides | are given the men, the enthusi- asm on the part of many auto- mobilists seems worn out. Those who wish to render this wervice should ride in the grounds to the Red Croas house and ask for Director Doherty, who will make the assignments of men to the automobiles. If feasible, Mr. Doherty asks that citizens intending to rem- der thix service telephone him at Col. 8227 an hour or wo in advance, no he can make ar- rangements. But if out riding and you find a seat empty, do not hold back on account of the telephone. Just ride into the grounds at Walter Rteed any time up to 9 o'clock p.m. FREEDOM MESSAGE BY LIBERTY BELL Proclamation of 1776, An- nouncing Independence of Colonies, Is Recalled. now famous and beloved Liberty years previously with-the words clalm liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof,” tolled had been solemnly declared. “That day stands not only as the day of freedom of the original thirteen colo- nies, but as a prophecy of the forth- coming independence of practically every portion of the Americas, as well as of liberty-loving peoples in other parts of the world. ~Today most nations cele- brate a day which has a particular sig- nificance in marking the time when the light of liberty broke upon them,” says a bulletin_ issued by the National Geo- graphic Society from its Washington headquarters. Bastille Day in France. “On July 14 the French celebrate their fete nationale, or Bastile day, the day in 1789 on which the mad, frenzied, half-starved and persecuted mob of wretched and miserable hu- manity which haunted the hovels in the Faubourg Saint Antoine pulled down almost with their bare hands the prison which had grown to mean to them the symbol of their oppres- sion. - “Today. on the site, a bronze column marks the spot where this hame fortress shut away thousands of pris- oners, many of them in dark cells and dungeons, to &hich they had been consigned without trial and from which they were dragged at intervals for exquisite torture. The mob killed the guards, carried the prisoners on their shoulders in triumph through the streets and scattered the prison records to the winds. Thomas Paine secured the key of the Bastile and sent it to George Washington, whose fight for liberty had served to help kindle the spark of freedom which had already been struck in France. “When Napoleon put such a decided kink in the doctrine of the divine right of kings, the feeling of unrest manifested itself in the colonies of most of the European nations. One of the mightiest reactions came J the colonies of Spain t of us. Liberty Bell Rung in Mexico. ‘Miguel Hidalgo, curate of the little village of Colores, Mexico, rang the bell of his parish church early on the morning of September 16, 1810, to tell his compatriots that they must take from that moment their stand in the cause of freedom. That day is now celebrated as the Mexican Independ- ence day, though the emotional and volatile followers of the priest desert- ed him by the thousands and allowed him to be taken prisoner, his head to be severed and suspended for ten years fupon a spike from a corner of the Alhondiga de Granaditas in Guanajua- to, where during his earlier successes he had made a spectacular stand. *The Independence day of the Central American countries is just one day be- fore that of Mexico, though the actual drawing up of the Acta de Independen- cia occurred eleven years later. Pro- nunciamentos had begun to appear in various cities in Central America as early as 1811, and though Spain, on ac- count of her wars elsewhere, was un- able to send armies to Central America, a blow was struck for freedom when- ever it was possible and many of the na- tives and creoles died in the cause of liberty. Finally, in 1821, the repre- sentative of Spain in Guatemala joined the rebels, and on September 15 in- dependence was declared. The other countries immediately followed suit in a few days, but all of them observe the earlier date. Liberator of Five Nations. “Before independence was gained in Central America revolution was rife in practically every portion of Soutl America. The royal governor of Ven- ezuela was deposed on April 19, 1810, and a popular council was selected to rule. The next year Bolivar, the cre- ator of five of the South American na- tions, was instrumental in getting a formal declaration of independence drawn up and a republican constitu- tional form of government was de- clared on July 5. Veneszuela decrees a holiday on each of these days. When Ferdinand VII tumbled down off the throne of Spaln upon the com- ing of Napoleon the Chileans, too, see- ing that their chance for national freedom had come, organized on Sep- tember 18, 1810, a government to con- trol as long as France should hold Spain, and they now consider this the date of the independence. The other Spanish-owned countries had caught the epidemic and lined up Blundon, Silver Spring, Md.; William W. Dodge, 134 B street northeas James S. O'Hagan, 1731 Kenyon stree William B. Hardy, 119 5th street mortheast; N. M. Diilinger, 3220 Hiatt place; James A. Dowrick, 1625 18t street; Willlam M. Dove, 1910 G street; James M. Woodward, 723 20th street, and Myer Cohen, 518 Wood- ward_building. J. Eliot Wright, assistant secretary, announced the death of three mem- ders since the last meeting. They ‘were Benjamin W. Reiss, N. M. Brooks and Edward T. Bates. i Following the meeting a large del- legation of members went to the home of the deceased secretary, Mr. Reiss, o pay him a final tribute before the funeral services, which are to be held ‘at 2:30 o'clock. : - These members of the association will be the pallbearers: Henry L. ‘Bryan, Capt. George W. Evans, John C. Proctor, Dr. B. W. Summy, Mat- Jhew Trizible and Washington Top ‘ham. Tribute to Mr. Relss. John C. Proctor read the following tribute to the deceased secretary: BEN REISS. as independent republics, Peru and Bolivia being among_the last to re- sist the authority of Spain. “Brazil, wearying of the tempera- ments and tempers of Portuguese princes, proclaimed its independence of the mother country on September 7, 1828, although it submitted to several of them thereafter as Braszlllan em- perors. Cuba claims as her independ- ence day that on which the American governor general withdrew from the island and left the little country to conduct {ts own affairs untrammeled by a foreign power. Czechoslovakia came into positive existence on Octo- ber 28, 1918, and this day has since been a national holiday. The new re- public of Germany celebrates the day on which the kaiser abdicated.” ———— LESS IDLE FREIGHT CARS. June Reports Show That Number Continue to Decline. Number of the idle freight cars on the railroads of the country conttnue to decline, “according to reports re- On July 4, 1776, from the tower -of Independence Hall, in Philadéjphia, the % Bell which had been inscribed twenty-three 'Pro- out to the world its message that the independence of the thirteen colonies \ : NEW $2,000,000 BUILDING SUGGESTED FOR WASHINGTON. GRAIN FIRES BURN OVER LARGE CALIFORNIA AREA Make Effort to Conquer Big- gest of Three Blazes. SACRAMENTO, Calif, July Three grain fires burned over about 5,000 acres in this section. About 700 men were fighting the largest of these. Near Fairfield another blaze swept an area twelve miles long and in places half that in width, doing dam- age estimated at a million dollars. Ten residences, scores of farm bulld- of grain were burned. At Novalo, in Marin county, a fire swept about 2,000 acres. BANK AT PEKING CLOSES. Branch of French Depositary Plans for Reorganization. PEKING, July 2.—The branch of the Banque Industrielle de Chine here was closed yesterday. A communica- tion issued by its manager stated the directors were making preparations for reorganization of the bank. reported that the Peking has demanded cancel- lation of the tramways contract, amounting to four million taels, which the bank is financing. The bank was heavily interested in city light and power plants and hotels. It is T municipality A statement of its affairs and formal application for authorization to make adjustment with its creditors was made by the Banque Industrielle de Chine in Paris on June 30. In conse- quence of this action the bank sus- pended payments. The capital stock of the institution, one of the largest French banks in the far east, is 45,000,000 francs, one- fourth of which is paid up. It was reported in Paris the day the appeal was made that the Chinese govern- ment was ready to assume its liabil- ities if a loan of 300,000,000 francs could be floated to take up the Chinese script which the bank holds. -—————— POLAND GREETS MR. HARDING Children’s Festival Will Feature July Fourth Celebration. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, July 3.—American Inde- pendence day will be elaborately ob- served by the Polish government, be- ginning with a children's festival this afternoon in the largest park in War- saw. Children will visit Hugh C. Gib- son, United States minister to Poland, on Monday to present their plans for sending homemade toys to American children next Christmas. Gen. Plisudski, chief of state, has cabled to President Harding his inde- pendence greetings. The message says: “Participation by the youngest Polish generation in this year's cele- bration of America’'s birthday will prove again the closest friendship of Poland and America. The day when the great principles of America’'s freedom were proclaimed is very dear to Poland, which is basing its future upon the same ideals. Gen. Pillsudski thanks the United States for its aid during Poland's trials and hardships. —_— ‘WASHINGTONIAN TO SPEAK. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., Jul second annual reunion o 4. — The Lutheran churches in the Synod of Virgina is | Jadkeo! to be held at Fishers Hill, near Stras- bure, July 7. The _principal speakers are to be Rev. G. M. Diffen- derfer of Luther Memorial Church, Washington, and Rev. Cronk, D. D. the new missionary superin- tendent of the Virginia synod. A musical program 18 to be a feature. ORDERED TO WAR COLLEGE. Capt. Harris Laning of the Atlantic fleet and Capt. Robert Morris of the twelfth naval district have been or- S 1% dered to take a course of Instruction at ;ha Naval War College, Newport, R L Advocates Speedier Action On Congressional Business ings, 400 sheep and about 20,000 acres Much Damage Done While 700 Men PROPOSED B. P. 0. ELKS MEMORIAL BUILDING, WHICH LOCAL El.l':'!l!.l,lksll(! 4— JOSEPH A. BURKART, Who has been sment to Los Angeles, Calif., to persuade the Grand Lodxe of Elks to erect its memorial build- ing in the National Capital. g THE WEATHER. District of Columbia and Maryland, fair and continued warm tonight; to- morrow, partly cloudy, probably local thundershowers: gentle northwest and north winds. Virginia, fair tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy; probably local thun- dershowers in east portion; not much change in temperature; gentle vari able winds, becoming moderate north- erly. West Virginia, fair tonight; tomor- row, partly cloudy; little change in temperature. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer — 4 p.m. 86; 12 midnight, 82 90. temperature, 92, occurred at lowest temperature, 3 0 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 77; lowest, 64. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 am.: Great Falls—Very muddy. Up-River Waters. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. July 4. ‘The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers were both muddy this morning. Weather in Various Cities. M4 g @ Temperature. s e T ny . 29.¢ Atlantic Oity 29.! Baltimore .. 29. Bismarck ***3q8a 30 a0 o dwpaaiea SER8ESE! Los Angeles. Loulsville Miami, SuEaRuNERE L Ess ERERIRERSIINR2RR Philadelph Phoenix, Ariz Pittsburgh . Me. Portland, Me. Portland, Ore SRR IR RRRRERRRNERERSRIZRERABINIRES BBBEEEETEREYY BEREZRBILRR FIRE MENACES MANSION. Volunteers Rushed in Motor Cars to Save Redwood and Heirlooms. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., July 4.—Hurrled appeals for help over the telephone and hastily commandeered automo- biles to take members of the volun- teer fire department from Culperer to Redwood, the home of the Wil- llams family, on the Thornton Gap turnpike, saved that historic house from total destruction by fire,’ When the kitchen and other buildings at- tached to the mansion caught fire. Redwood, which was the home of “Jack” Pendleton, for many years member of Congress from this dis- trict and a noted figure in political life in ante-belllum days, came by descent to his nephew, George Mor- ton Williams, and is now occupied by his widow and daughters. The house is filled with heirlooms, antique furniture and paintings. GRABS SNAKE BY MISTAKE. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va, July 4—Louis Hardy_ of Jefferson county, W. Va., [r] ITY. the day with me, land of liberty! our intrepid sires Threw off the yoke in “ smouldering fires 6" men and true, Red, White and Blue! Oh, wonderful land of the of causes right! One of the most pretentious Fourth of July celebrations to be held in the city will start this afternoon at 4 o'clock, when the demonstration a ranged by the Piney Branch Citizen: Association will open with a series of athletic events. The entry lists to all events, which have been in charge of Rev. J.'J. Queally, have filled well, and, as prizes will given, close competition is looked for by the res! dents of the eection. 5 Starting at 7 o'clock, the children's parade, in which will be costumed representatives from _most ~every house in Piney Branch Park, wiil march from 13th and Delafleld 'place, north on 13th to Gallatin street, west on Gallatin through the John Dick- son Home grounds to Delafield, to 13th, to bandstand, where prizes will be awarded for the most artistic and most patriotic costumes and floats. Each child in the parade will be given an American flag. A band will play at 8 o'clock, and at 8:15 an elaborate moving picture program, under the direction of James T. Hamilton of the Knickerbocker Theater, will be presented. At 8:30 balloon ascensions will be made and the skies will be lighted by fireworks. This will be followed by a general display of fireworks, follow- by a carnival of confettl. Edgar B. Hendepson, president of the organization, and Clinton R. Thompson, chairman of the patriotic committee, will be in charge of the celebration. CLOSE CALL FOR RICCI. PITTSBURGH, July 4.—Vittorio Ro- 1andi-Ricci, ambassador from Italy to thé United States, and Bishop Hugh C. Boyle, recently consecrated head of the Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh, had narrow escapes yesterday when the platform from which they were about to address a multitude in con- nection with an orphans' home dedi- catlon collapsed. Much excitement breaking down of the floor. but neither the bishop, the ambassador nor the 150 persons assembled on the stage were injured. As soon as they extricated themselves from the wreck- age the speakers made their way to the front entrance of the orphanage, where they completed their part of the program. The occasion was the blessing and dedication of St. An- thony's Orphanage for Fatherless Children of Western Pennsylvania. Earlier in the day the ambassador spoke at the dedication exercises of the Italian hospital of Pittsburgh. — Aby’s Dream of Heaven. 1d be pleasant to accept, wlltglo‘::udoubl of its reliability, the testimony regarding a future exist- ence offered by Roland Aby, & twen- ty-year-old college student in Chi- cago, who was resuscitated forty- five minutes after he had been pro- nounced dead from drowning. But Dollef is mot such a simple thing as one would like it to be. Mr. Aby says that while uncon- salous or dead he found himself in a world “filled with gorgeous daubs of futuristic colors—purples, golds and crimsons—peopled by fantastic beings like Russian ballet dancers, and fllled with rhythm pulsating for a one, two, three, four count end- lesal ‘We do not question the young man's truthfulness. But un- fortunately he is not in a position to know just what were the condi- tions under which he saw and heard these things he describ and, on the whole, what he tells indicates that some time while he was insen- In followed the of “Heaven Approved Liberty” ‘Who fell on this field, the first ‘Was th They nobly The contest was long, bloody & The action 0f 0 t was decided to co tinue to use the pres during the summer. D noltorms Several of the m away with the cause of the extra ex; whil pearance in_shirt sleeves would ex- pose d blackjacks, Walter T. Birkhead, old, was asphyxiated gas in his room at 215 this morning. stove were oD TRYING TO PERSUADE THE GRAND LODGE OF ELKS TO LOCATE IN Independence Day! By W. H. Clagett. A toast to our independence, come drink to Ye free men born who know no king in this To the day! The day! The glorious day, when and stirred the Of freedom, so that you and I and all good Could live in peace, protected by the great sun-kissed west! ‘We gather to toast a health To your winding rivers and golden plains— your mountains of matchless wealth! To the fearless women and dauntless men who've proved so stanch and brave! And to honor the soldier dead who sleep 'neath the sod of the hero’s grave! And here's to the grand old starry flag, that flies so high todam— Spotless and pure as the virgin snow, through all the world away! God grant that her folds will ne’er unfurl, except for freedom’s fight, And till the end she'll ever wave in defense PINEY BRANCH CITIZENS !MONUMENT INSCRIPTION HAVE LIVELY FOURTH, TELLS OF U. S. FREEDOM Sentiment on Shaft on Com- mon at Lexington. Sacred to Liberty & The Rights of mankind!!! The Freedom & Independence of Amer! Sealed & Defended with the blood of her sons, This Monument is erected By the inhabita Under the patro: chusetts, the memory of their Fellow Citizens, Ensign Robert Munroe, Messrs. Jonas Parker, Samuel Hadl Jonathan Harrington, Jun: aac Muzzy, Caleb Harrington and John Brown of Lexington, & Ashabel Porter of Wobus to the Sword of British Tyranny & Oppression An. Doy The Die was cas! th-‘e.he Blood of these Martyrs, Is PARIS CELEBRATES 4TH AFTER THE USUAL ORDER Military Side of Program Lacking. Americans Put Wreath on . Lafayette Monument. PARIS, July 4.—The Fourth of July was celebrated in Paris with a pro- gram much after the usual order, al- though the military side of the cele- bration, which was a feature of the |day In the two years following the armistice, was lacking today. In the forenoon a group of American visitors {to Paris placed a wreath on the mon- jument to the memory of Lafayette erected in the gardens of the Tuileries by the school children of the United States. President Millerand sent President Harding a cable messags of Fourth of July congratulations, while Premier Briand sent a similar message to Sec- retary of States Hughes. Premier Briand instructed a diplomatic officer to attend the customary independence day reception at the American em- bassy and express to the American people through Ambassador Wallace the sincere best wishes of the French nation on the American national holi- ay. SEES LUMBER DUTY HINDERING HOUSING American Forestry Associa- tion Head Writes Presi- dent Opposing Tariff. Declaring that he is opposed to any tariff on lumber, Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Forestry Association, in a statement sent to President Harding just before the President departed for his holi- day, points out several reasons why he belleves Congress should not im- pose such a tariff. Mr. Pack believes that with the country in vital need of at least a million” homes and quite as many if not more farm buildings for agri- cultural purposes, now is the time to build, because it is certain that prices of lumber will increase as the years go by to such an extent that unless adequate housing s now provided it will be seriously retarded by growing costs. Resources Being Decreased. He also believes that any tariff which will add to the cost of paper is inadvisable, because it will materially affect the production of newspapers, magazines and books, the greatest educational medium in the country. Another reuson advanced in oppo- sition to the tariff by Mr. Pack his belief that no restriction should ve made against the use of the nat- ural resources of any country by the United States when such natural re- sources of its own are being steadi decreased by our constant them. Finally he declares that our own forests are being depleted at such a rate that it will be faise economy to adopt any measure which would increase the demands upon them when such demands can be supplied by importation from other countries. The time {8 now here, he says. when we are awakened to a realization of the serious situation brought about by our diminishing forest areas and our failure to provide means for per- petuating our forests so that they will provide for our present as well as our future needs. RIFLE RANGE VICTIM. Soldier Killed by Machine Gun Bul- let Near Coblenz. COBLENZ, July 4.—Albert Siddons of Tulsa, Okla. a member of Com- Here 18 a reproduction of the in-|Pany C. 5th Infantry. was killed by a scription still legidble on the old mon- ument on the common at Lexington, Mase., commemorating that battlefield. It was written by Rev. Jonas Clark, who was pastor of the Lexington Church from 1755 to 1805, and whose house, one of the objectives of Paul Revere's ride, 18 daliy thronged by Elt‘:"'"" from all over the United ate machine gun bullet on the rifle range near Andernach, near here. Another member of the company set up a machine gun and started a belt of ammunition. Only one shot was fired. but the bullet hit Siddons in the |back of the neck and he died in fifteen minutes. LITTLE GIRLS BURNED. Fireworks Cause One Death—An- other Child Dying. SAN JOSE. Calif., July 4—Two lit- tle girls, Gladys Flathman and Joyvce McLaughli: played with fireworks yesterday at their homes in different sections of the city, in anticipation of today’s holiday, with almost identical results. Their dresses caught fire and they suffered severe burns despite the ef- forts of neighbors to save them. Gladys died in San Francisco hospi- tal last night. No hope is held out for Joyce. rn, Victims On the morning of the ever memorable Nineteenth of April 1775. cause of God & their Co e Cement of the Union of ‘:g:;ye States, then Colonies; & gave the their brethren's Blood, and at the point of the sword, to assert & Defend their native Rights. dard to be free!! affecting. emn appeal; Victory crowned their arms; and The Peace, Liverty & Independence 1 of United States of A: ‘was their glorious g‘:‘:‘:f‘d. ——— POLICE OPPOSE SHIRTS. Crossing Officers Decide to ‘Wear Present Uniforms. Crossing policeme: B yaltardly‘ Lariess tnn of the District posal that the; in weight, indorse a pro- similar to those in use by rallway and postal 1 was taken at eetiog fifty crossi; @ others suggested that their ap- their pfs} MAN IS ASPHYXIATED. 'y wear blue shirts, light & meeting policemen yester- | building. "By a forty-five years by illuminating B street early Three burners of a gas en when the odor _of spring to the spirit. Firm: resolution of their Fellow ‘(‘;I‘:?l::: They rose as one man, to revenge Righteous Heaven approved the sol- follow while you are away. en objected to doing coats now in use be- pense involved, Daily and Sunday. Daily only ....... Sunday only ..... need of | your vacation Call at The Star office or mail check or money order before leaving for the seashore or moun- tains and arrange to have The Star mailed to you RATES BY MAIL, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Maryland and Virginia All Other States PETWORTH HOLDING ELABORATE FOURTH {Features in Parade Attract Attention—Fireworks i There Tonight. Practically every one in Petworth today had something to do with the elaborate celebration ot July 4 ar- ranged under the direction of the Pet- worth Citizens' Association. It was to be a full day, with plenty going on every minute, and just time enough off allowed by the program committce for meals. In the procession, which was led by the Interior Department Band, were lots of Uncle Sams, Old Mother Hubh- bards, Little Boy Blues, and it also wits not without its clowns. After marching over many of the streets of the Petworth section the parade proceeded to Grant Circle, where the festivities of the day are to be centered. By the time the rear of the parade Teached the great circle, the booming of @ 'y beginning the national one guns, announced the arrival of noon, and the colors were broken to the breeze, while the entire assemblage sang “The Star Spangled Banner.” A corps of men fom the seamun gunners’ class at the Washington navy yard participated in the celebration by firing the national salute. The detail was sent to Grant Circle through the courtesy of Secretary of the X Denby. Following this part of the celebra- tion, there was a community Lo by Charles M. Wengerd, and selection by the band, after which there was a brief respite, when at 1 o'clock the Petworth Boys' Base Ball Club started la contest with a team representing the married men of the section. Beginning at 3 o'clock, the athletie contests will begin, and there are twenty-one features on this program, which’ will take a good part of the remainder of the afternoon. | Patriotic exercises will be held at {the circle beginning at 6:15, following which there will be fireworks. s e CHILD’S FINGERS, CAUGHT IN PULLEY, TORN OFF Four-Year-0ld Girl in Culpeper Hurt in Hayloft While Hay- fork Is Operated. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. t CULPEPER, Va., July 4—Char- lotte Da: ;. ecar-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dawson, while playing in a hayloft on her father's farm. caught her hands in a pulley by which the hayfork was being operated and several fingers were torn from each hand The presence of the child in the hay loft was unknown to the men at work until her screams of pain were Heard and it was impossible {to stop the machinery in time. The child is very ill from the shock and her mother is prostrated. REED MARSHALL HURT. Nephew of Former Vice President i in Serious Auto Crash. | EASTON, Md. July 4.—Reed W. Marshall, twenty-seven, a nephew of former Vice President Thomas R. Mar- shall, was probably fatally injured here in automobile crash on the state road while he and his wife were returning from Middletown, Del. They turned off the road to keep from ‘running into a carriage with a woman in it and ran into an embank- ment, completely turning their car over, pinning Mr. Marshall's wife be- neath it and hurling him out on the road. His skull was fractured, HARVEY AT BALL GAME. | Throws First Sphere at Contest Be- tween U. S. Enlisted Men. LONDON, July 3—A crowd of four thousand persons, included Col. | George Harvey, the American amb sador, and Mrs. Harv. Admiral Albert P. | mander o {forces in European w Niblack, saw the America occupation’s base ball a team from the Pittsburgh, Admiral hip. by the score of remely exciting game on the Stam- i ford bridge grounds here to day. | "Ambassador Harvey threw in the first ball. —_— SIGN CHINA-GERMAN PEACE. PARIS, July 4—A Peking message states that ratifications of the treaty between China and Germany, resto: ing a state of peace, were exchanged July 1. you on 1 Month. 1 Week. ......50c‘ 15¢ 1 Month, ! gas attracted the attention occupants of the house, and ‘z’fi."gfif dition of the body suggested that death had oecnmnd probably shortly reached down to pick up a rail In- stead, he picked :r pperhead snake, and it bit his almost immediately turned while his hand swelled rapidly. He was almost crazed with intense pain. Efforts to find some whisky with which to stimulate the man were futile. a doctor administered other stimulants. GETS BATTLESHIP COMMAND. Capt. Edwin T. Pollock, at the New- port Naval War College, been as- signed to the command of the battl ship Oklahom: e to outside impressions he en- ;;:lul a vivid, fantastic dream of the sort which sometimes comes to peo- ple with delicately organized nervous systems if they happen to be under the influence of special stimull or in a peculiarly susceptible physical condition. Color visions, dance vi- sions and even auditory dreams are by no means unknown phenomena. Usually when vivid they herald an awakening. So the chances are that Mr. Aby’s vision of heaven was really a dream of returning consciousness under the ministrations of the per- sons who restored him to lifg—De- troit Free Press (indep N, bad, old scout. you've gone to rest, > you were really of the best: 7 Honest, kind and true as steel— ceived by the American Rallway Association. The reports show that Your absence every one will feel. June 28 there were 377,860 cars in ex- A boon v nmmlfigm;‘.‘“ friend— cess of currents freigh- requirements i § or a reduction of 3,896 cars compared AnGes g with the total on June 15. Surplus box cars totalled 140,627, a decrease of 3,308 In about & week, while surplus coal cars numbered 163,982. Reports also: showed an in- creased demand for other classes of freight cars. From June 15 to June 28 surplus automobile and furniture|the want to cut some cars declined about 460, flat cars 333 |of the congressional “red tape” sad and stock cars 1,140, . substitute action for delay. often as desired by was a and had relatives in this JUNE DROUTH IN ENGLAND. LONDON, July 4.—England is suf- fering from a serious drought, acorch- ing weather having vailed for nearly six weeks. Du than & quarter of fell, the month bein more than s ceptury. Address may be ch-n;ea as well by '.g' republican members of the House to unite in an effort to speed Congress in the enactment of needed legisiation. Mr. Ansorge makes it piain that the call for a conference is mot in the spirit of revolt, but that mew members 'We'll mise your cheery, hearty laugh, And all you've done 1n, ouz benalf, Ana your devotion to our cause Will ofttimes make us stop and pause. in laying you away— ich some of us must do foday— that time will but increase we bave for you—Ben Relss. b octor read a poem he had mp—z-auhnendum day. & The Eveni.nd Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington carrying the Associated Press dispatche