Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1921, Page 2

o2 'DISTRICT SUFFRAGE ARGUED !.. BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE i x—Representative Lloyd Pleads for Jones Bill—E. C. Brandenberg Also Urges Voice in Government. The people of Washington are sat- 4Msfled with the present form of gov- &iproment, but are dissatisfied because “of the fact that they are not repre- imented in that government and have o volee in its councils, former Rep- Iwesentative James T. Lloyd of Mis- 3!souri told the Senate District commit- i tee yesterday afternoon. He repre- fsented the joint citizens’ committee on * mational representation and the Cham- ' ber of Commerce. ; The committee gave two hours yes- terday in hearing statements of both sides on the matter of suffrage Pn(\ Yepresentation of the District in Con- gress. Senator Ball announced that i could be given to each side. S e meither side could yield its time to the othe Edwin C. peared_on 2 the joint citizens’ comm Peralfid” the Washington Board of Trage, while G. W. Ayers, represent ing several hundred ;u‘a:e:‘:krn‘: sald, pped d in oppositio 8 2 e et "X letter from John & Baker, in opposition to suffrage, 3‘:‘ $Taid before the committee by Who announced at the % he had a number of . both for and h he would lay at the proper Senator Ball. eamo time th o @iher communication azainst suffrage, wh hefors the committee time. United for Jones Me: nr:.l 4 “TiBecause of the fact that certain of the representatives in the joint cif- | 1zens’ committee favor the delegate | as a stepping stone_to securing fu 1 | Tranchise. while the large majority o i the membership feels otherwise.” Mr. | Brandenberg said, “the joint citizens committee In all fairness feels that it cannot take a positive stand us against the delegate. This organiz stron, however, is united in its sup- Hport of the Jomes measure, thous ,id.ridgd on the Poindexter and Capper iPUIS. o appear before the committee itoday as a representative of the SVashington Board of Trade. This or- {irs on record as insisting that e statna of the citizens of the Dis- ‘trict of Columbia with reference their participation in aifairs of the | government be changed from that of 1ithe condition of aliens, mental incom- {petents and” criminals in the several lates of the Union. Under existing onditions so far as participation in ational affairs is concerned. our cit- ens are iz no better plight than {§hese unfortunates. We are abso- Jutely opposed to the idea of the elec- of a voteless delegate in_the louse. or for that matter, in both wuses of Congress. The bills now hder consideration by this commit- ce do not and cannot give us the jzhts of a territory, for a territory iay ultimately become entitled to ull representation in Congress when population and other conditions ifvarrant its admission as a state of ikhe Union. i Scores Delegate Plan. “The present bills contemplate no ther or further relief for the Dis- rict than representation by & vote- iJess delegate: The power is simply to ispeak upon the floor, without the ipower to enforce his views by vote, about as harmless and ineffective tlas the firing of one of our great guas {lwith a blank cartridge. “If a voteless delegate is good for he District of Columbia, then it is 00d for every state of the Union. Xt the purpose is to create an ideal {community without the right to vote ibr to par < ithe nation, then the same condition i} good for each of the states. No one ifor a moment can seriously contend ithat such a condition is good for the tates and if not good for the states, 1s not good for the District of Colum- ‘bia. We strongly feel that the enact- rent of the present bills for a vote- Jess delegate would entirely defeat fthe objects sought in our constitu- ional amecrndment, and even if it ould not defeat its purpose would, ‘In our opinion be used as an excuse ifor postponement of its consideration Perhaps for another generation, and for these reasons we protest against ithe enactment of the present bills. Oppose Change In Government. “The great majority of the member- of the W hington Board of , as well as many of the other : organi ns, and they consti- the si and bone of the Dis- itrict of Columbia, are opposed to any auge in the form of the city gov- ernment. They frel and 1 feel that fthe exclusive ‘control over the Di: itrict of Columbia should remain with the federal government through_ the ! ‘@ppointment of the board of Com- nissioners by the President ot the fCnited States, and in that manner the Hederal government will always hold & tight rein over District affairs in @ccordance with the provisions of the onstitution. We do not think tha ongress will ever stand for a local iself-government that is anything dmore than a mere form. The election “of the city officials and common coun- ‘cil would 2ccomp! no good. Even 1¢ local self-government is granted. e secure nothing. TLocal self-government, as under- istood, means not only the election of @ governing body. but, above all, the power to levy taxes and to say how ose taxes shall be disbursed. The here power of selection of Commis- wioners through an election instead of appointment by the President would be an idle ceremony. for their powers are circumscribed by laws made by a Xongress in which the District citi- #iens have no part or say either in the selection of its members or par- Ricipation in their councils. So long #s the people are prevented from participating in the making of the Jiwa “tor their government or In the Jevying of taxes and providing for | the manner in which they shall be expended, there is not and cannot be! Jocal self-government. So long as the {sitizens have no right to levy taxes, $ust so long will the cry of taxation ithout representation be hurled at the doors of Congress. Would Vote for President. “The real fact underlying the pres- lént demand on the part of some for & change in the local form of govern- hent is due almost entirely to the 'fame dissatisfaction on the question iof taxation that existed in the minds ind hearts of the colonists that was responsible for the revolutionary war. *This issue is always present—while t times it may not be apparent upon e Sastaceit is constantly smoider- ing. We of the District, in respect to he question of taxation, are no dif- rent in this respect than every ember upon this committee and very law-abiding citizen of this lcountry. We rebel at the idea of igaxation without representation. i “What is more, the commission iform of government is daily being Jooked upon with more favor, and i#many of our cities are now appointing ifocal managers. The election of the Fommissioners cannot by any possi- ility be any improvement over ap- ipointments made by the President {Bhen he complies with the law in Imnaking the selections. = If, therefore, jwve are given the right to participate {kn the election of the President, we do {in this way have some say in the ap- pointment of the local officers. " “For the reasons stated, we are op- iposed to any change in the local form 5»! government.” j Ball Praises Lioyd’s Appeal. fli Most of the time of those in favor ibf suffrage, particularly the Jones "resnlullon. ‘was given to Mr. Lloyd, ‘wwhose presentation of the case was ‘rharacterized by Chairman Ball at its jlconclusion as the best that he had heard and the kind that the commit- ee desires to receive. Brandenburg appeared on | iganization has time and again placed; pate in the councils of | present system of District govern- ment. I think I can safely answer that question in the affirmative. The people believe that Washington 1s one of the best governed cities in the United States. Its officers are honekt and have the best interests of the people at heart. The dissatisfaction in Washington is not_on -account of its local government, but.because of the fact that the people are not rep- resented in that government and have no voice in its councils. With one ac- cord they come to you now, asking that they may have the right to vote for presidential electors and for rep- resentatives in both branches of Con- Bress. They wish to be recognized as izens, with the rights that are at- tached t8 citizenship. The President appoints - their Commissioners. They wish to vote for the officer that rames these Commissioners. Con- BTesg is their legislative body. They sh the right to have representatives in that Congress. All Want Representation. X “In these urgent requests they are all agreed. and among them there are no dissenting views. Those who in- dorse the Poindester bill do so, in most instances, hecause they believe it is the first step toward representa- tlon in Congress and in the electoral college and because they believe Con- gress will do nothing more for them. Those who advocate local self-govern ment and support the Capper biil a equally anxious to secure the repre sentation asked in the Jones bill. You have observed. 1 am sure, in_the statements which have been made In favor of the Poindexter bill thatnone of them opposed the Jones bill. The people are seriously dlvided on the advisability of the passage of the Poindexter bill; but few advacated the passage of the Capper bill; but all. of every class and condition of our people. ‘favor the Jones bill. If you give Washington what it wants, what it insists upon, what it believes in common justice it ought to receive, you will favorably consider the Jones bil Lloyd \ Mr. said that the people wanted representation because of that inherent feeling in all Amer- icans that they shouid have a voice in government. The people, he con- tinued. do not demand the granting of these privileges simply because other people have them, but because, :l the light of present-day condition: it is citizens, they should be permitted to enjoy. The people here. he went on, want to remain under the control of Con- 8ress, but they wuant representation in Congress, the same as a state. The President and the Senate control the executive and judicial branches of the local government, but, he asked, why should not the people here have a voice in the selection of that Pres- the appointments of its chief officers? Not Asking Statehood. 1 know how jealous the Senate is of its power,” he said. know with vhat caution it has considered the various applications for statehood in the past, but the people here are not asking statehood; they do not want it; they are only asking representa- tion in the Congress and the right to \'?‘le for presidential electors. If the Jones resolution is adopted and the proposed constitutiohal amendment ratified, Congress and the executive will yet have complete con- {trol of the District, but the people Wwill enjoy that privileze which they crave; that right which every Amer- ican ‘covets: they will then . enjoy that right which our revolutionary fathers demanded from England—the right of representation. They will have that for which the revolution- ary fathers_fought. ‘The people come to you in no spirit of antagonism. They come with loyal hearts, asking for that to which all {free peonic are entitled. in the confi- dent belief that if the Congress will 1only seriousiy considr their plea on its merits there can be only one re- sponse, and that is that the people of the District shall be given tha rights which free men enjoy in all republics —the right of representation. ‘The Declaration of _Independence asserted as a self-evident truth that all governments derive their jus. pow- {ers from the consent of the governed. what powers have been granted to the igovernment by the consent of the Bov- erned in the District of Columbia. It is ruled absolutely by the will of Con- {gress, and vet the more than 435,000 people here have not, nor cannot, give any consent to such governmtnt. 150,000 Wonld-Be Voters in City. Citing statistics as to the number {of potential voters here. Mr. Llovd said that there are 85,000 people in the employ of the government, at least ! half of whom have lost their residence in the states from which they came. Tt is safe to say that there are 380, 000 bona fide residents'of the Distriot of Columbia, of which number there jare at least '150,000 of voting age and heve not the right of suffrage any- {where. It is for these 150.000 voters that the various organizations in the y District speak and for them they make this urgent demand. Pointing out that the only serious objections urged to the Jones resolu- tion was the character of the citizen- ship here, he said there can be no question of the intelligence of the District voters. He the gave a num- ber of statistics showing that the per- centage of illiteracy here was smaller than for any state north, that the percentage of paupers is smaller than any state, and that the number of business failures is smaller. He cited the fact also that the assessed value of property per capita is greater here than for any state by several hum- dred dollars; “Considering the District from the standpoint of its illiteracy, it% fru- gality, its accumulated wealth or its prosperity in business, it stands far above the average in the states. In fact, from any standpoint the District may be considered, its ability to cast an intelligent ballot is the equal of that of any of the states of the Union, and it is a serious and un- justifiable reflection on_its , iAtelli- gence, its business ability and fits patriotism to say. that it cannot be trusted to vote for representatives in Congress or for presidential electors.” Lauds District Citizens. If the qualifications for voters, he continued, are to be viewed from the standpoint of morals, .it is worthy of note that in church affiliation, at- tendance at their services, support of ! their institutions, it is not equaled by any city of 200,000 population in the United States. He lauded the devotion of the District men who served in the world war and the manner in which its citizens respond- ed to every loan drive to help win the war. “The people are native-born Amer- icans. They speak the English lan- guage and they are in complete sym- pathy with American ideals. Then why fear their ability in the matter of their representation? There can be no well founded reason -to doubt the intelligent use of their ballot. It is safe to say that representatives that may be chosen here will be equal in intelligence, in morals and in patriotic devotion to the govern- ment of those from the states. “The people of the District beg your committee to favorably report the Jones resolution. They urge the Congress to pass it, that the loyal, liberty loving Americans living in the District may have submitted to the various states of the Union the proposed amendment, which, if adopt- ed, will_give the people here, not statehood, but representation in Con- gress and the right to have voice in the selection of the President of the United States. “These people have more intérest in the President than any others, be- cause the President has more direct relation to them than to the people of the states for the reason that e is no state government, They { n . |states. he said. the right which, as American | ident and in the body which confirms | |The people here, in all seriousness, ask | SCHOOL PUPILS LISTEN TO HEARING ON DISTRICT VOTE FOR DEBATE NOTES Two puplls of the Wheatley pub-_ lic achool sat yesterday at the long tabie in the Senate District commit- tee when the hearing on Distrigt suffrage was in progress. They were Ward Fairfax of 667 F street northeast and Vernon Frye, 1181 Neal street. Senator Ball presented them to the committee and to the specta- (tors, saying they had been desig- nated by their teacher to come to the hearings and listen to the argu- ments to obtain material for a de- bate to be held at the school in the near future. o The little fellows listened ‘in- tently, and took pages of notes, and at the conclusion of the hear- ing made inquiries as to where they could pbtain certain docu- ments necessary in their argu- ments. are more interested in the Congress than any other people because it is | their only lawmaking body. Today these people, out of the 531 members 1ot Congress in both branches, have ino one of whom it may be said he {is thelr congressman or senator. Urges Voice in Government. | “These people urge ‘you to give them an opportunity to say that they have representatives in both branches of Congress who are answerable to them and who may be held responsi- ble by them. They usk an American birthright; @hey wish fyeedom in fact, for & voice in the councils of the nation. They urge. as a matter of justice, the right of. representa- ‘tion, and they crave the privilege of iving consent to the government | j that their powers of citizenship may i be exercised. They have shown their jlovalty in war and in peace and they pray “for that recognition which would give them partnership in the affairs of the republic. They desire I(o be more useful to the government. | They believe the Jones biil, if adopt- ied and made a part of the Constitu- tion, would enable them to do so. They wish to teach their children that they are the citizens of the best government amongst men and to encourage them to actively par- ticipate in its affairs. They wish them to love the flag of our country and to know that it means the same to them as it does to your children. They do not come to you in & com- plaining mood. They have no griev- ance but they want to possess the | God-given rights for which the fath- {ers fought and for which the people here and their posterity will ever strive to maintain, whether in times of peace or when the clouds of war shall gather. Mr. Lloyd pointed out, following questioning by Senator Ball. that most of the government employes have lost their votes in the states from which they came. Qnly a small percentage have votes in their home Senator Ball, how- cver. said that under the plan of vot- Ing by mail he believed that many of them exercised this privilege. He said that he was really surprised at the number who voted by mail at the last election, and for this reason he expressed the further belief that the figures presentéd by Mr. Lloyd on the number who voied in the states was too low. ! Mr. Avers told the committee that ihe had been a resident of Washington for the past three years; that he had had twenty-five years of experience in various cities, dealing in_ politics, and that he was not the pald repre- sentative of any one. Mr. Lloyd tock the floor at this point and said that he hoped the com- mittee did not fe~l that any one ap- {pearing before it in behalf of the Dis- trict suffrage was being paid for it. Senator Jones asked Mr. Ayers {Whom he represented. The reply was that he represented a number of citi- {zens, mauy of whom are members of {the_clvic organizations here. Asked by Senator Jones if he was authorized to represent them, he replied that he ihnd been authorized by them as indi- viduals. g Chairman Ball’stated that any one had a perfect right to appear befape | the committee on this matter. It is‘a national matter, he said, a matter that affects every state in the Union. Any one may be heard, no matter where he comes from. Mr. Ayers Explains Views. { . “We, in the United States,” said Mr. Avers, “have been accused of not hav- ing an international vision. 1 think {that may be applied to the District of Columbia, in that the vision here is local- and mot natignal. I would like to say to those in favor of suffrage, ‘Let’s be broad-hearted.” Look to the gansrl ?rf the nation first.” “Suffrage,” he said, “is not a na- tional right, but an acquired right. -It is not a panacea for all the ills, politi- {cal or otherwise. The District of Co- lumbia is merely the workshop of the sovernment. It might as well be called a military reservation. It was not ins tended to be similar to any other tey- ritory. Our forefath oy ers did not intend “For the sake of loyalty and bro: vision,” he said, “I !h!nkylhe pre!e:la! form of government better than has gyer existed in the District of Colum- Rw hy Business Prospers in D. C. {_Referring to Mr. Lloyd's statemen| |regarding the small ‘mumber of Tal ures in the District, Mr. Ayers said ithat the reason there are so few fail- ]urea here is because the government |never closes down. The money is paid to the employes regularly. ‘Those Who come here and handle | District affairs, he said, have been {praised for their interest and consid- eration for the' well being of the Dis- trict. To bear this out he read eal. torials from The Star eulogizing for- mer Senators McMillan, Hale, Gallin- ger, to the eulogies of former Com- missioner Kutz and Comwissioner Keller. Never a condemnation, al- ways an eulogy, he said. _ There i8 no chance for corrupt - tices In the present system of wovern: ment for the District, he sald. Tak- ing up the case of the Engineer Com- missioner, he pointed out that he is here under his superior officers, is looked after, has retired pay and is ‘onte Wi roae t] no reason to go Mr. Ayers then began the rea. a number of articles from Th.:xnsfi:: quoting news happenings as reported in it fifty years ago. He read of so- called Tammany tactics, collusion and injustice in the handling of case: and said that this is what would re turn with suffrage for the District. Mr. Ayers had not . finished his staterhent when Senator Ball stopped him for the day and to place in the record a letter from John A. Baker, 1819 H street northwest, in opposi- tion to suffrage, which, as follows: & B DTG Tean J. A. Baker Opposes Suffrage. . “The propaganda for suffruge is under the management of a few per- sons ambitious for congressional honors and influence. The citizens of the District of Columbia of the pres- ent generation, and many of the new residents, know nothing of the con- ditions that existed here previous so the establishment of the present form of the District government, and it is in this field that the propagandist is diligenly working. These citizens would repudiate the scheme if they were familiar with the conditlons re- terre«:l to and knew the dangers in- volved. 'he columns of The Evening Star| newspaper of the 70's exhibit the evils and show the disgraceful condi- tions of the then existing condition, {', I !thlnk tnpplle-tihto ;belxhen exist- ng legisiature, esignation of ‘feather duster legislature.* " “The present editor of this news- paper, who is a leading advochte of suffrage before your committee, may assist your deliberations by furnish. ing it with some of the interesting articles referred to.” The hearings will be resumed at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. MRS. SEMONES CHOSEN. Special Dispateh to The Btar. RICHMOND, Va., November 15— Mrs. Harry Semones of Roanoke has been chosen queen of the Virginia historical here in rll::lry for the honor all over the state. - o £ ‘The pageant will last one week, ginning May &, -r intense | “MAIL MUST BE DELIVERED OR- THERE MUST BE A LADIES’ DAY OBSERVED MARINE DEAD AT POST OF DUTY."—SECRETARY DENBY| AT THE ARMS PARLEY, ' ! Picture shows the loading of one of the mail trains at Union Station last night with a “devil dog” standing hy, OFFICIAL TEXT OF BALFOUR’S SPEECH (Continued from First Page.) ments over the weakness of my empire. Far from it. We are strong. I hope, in the vigorous life of its constituent parts “We are strong, 1 hope, in the ardent patriotism which binds us all together. But this strategic weakness is obvious to everybody who refiects: it is present in the minds of our enemies, if we have enemies. Do not let it be forgot- ten by our friends. “These reflections, with your kindness. 1 have indulged in in order to explain why it is that I am-addressing vou at the present ‘time. We have had to consider. and we have considered, the great scheme laid_before you by~ our chairman. We have considered it with admiration and approval. We agree with It {n spirit and in prin- ciple. We look to it as being the basis of the greatest reform in the matter of armament and prepara- tion for war that has ever been conceived or carried out by the courage and patriotism of states- men. Drops All Pretense. “I do not pretend. of course—it would be folly to pretend—that this or any other scheme, by what- ever genius it may have been con- trived, can’ deal With every sub< ject; can cover the whole ground of international reconstruction. It would be folly to make the at- tempt, and it would be folly to pretend that the attempt has yet been made in any single scheme, as .was clearly explained by the Sec- retary of State on Saturday. The scheme deals, and deals only, with three nations which own the largest fleets at present in the world. Tt therefore, of necessity, omits all consideration for the time being of those European na- tions who have diminished their fleets and who at present have no desire, and 1 hope never will have any desire, to own fleets beyond the necessities that national honor and national defense require.” Land Armaments Untouched. “Agiin, it does not touch a ques- tion which every man coming from Europe must feel to be a question of immense and almost paramount importance; I ‘mean the heavy burden of land armaments. That is_left on one side, to be dealt with by other schemes and in oth- er ways. What it does is surely one of the biggest things that has ever yet been done by con- structive statesmanship. It does deal with the three great fleets of the wprld, and in the broad spirit in which it deals with those fleets in the proportion of disarmament which it lays down for those fleets the government of the country whigh I represent is in the fullest and the heartiest sympathy with the policy which the United States ‘have brought before us for our consideration. (Applause.) They have, as we think. most rightly, taken the battle fleet as the ag- gressive unit, which they have in the main to consider; and in the battle fleet you must include those auxiliary ships without which a modern battle fleet has neither eyes nor ears, has little power of defense against certain forms of attack, and little power of observation; little power of dealing_ with any equal foe to which it may be opposed. Limitation Is Acceptable. “Taking those two &s really be- longing to one subject, namely, the battle fleet. Taking those two, the battleships themselves and the ves- sels auxiliary and necessary to & battle fleet, we think that the pro- portion between these various coun- tries is acceptable. We think the limitation of . amounts ble; we think it should be accepted (applause) ; we firmly believe that it will be accepted. “In my view of the message which has been sent around the world on Saturday it is net a message which is going to be received by those most concerned with cool approba- tion. I believe it is going to be received by them with warm, hearty approval, and with every effort at full, loyal and comple! co-operation. » “I think it would be fll-fitting on ich an occasion as this it I were t® attempt to go into any details. . There are questions—and I have no doubt that the Secretary of State, our chairman, would be the first to tell us that there are details which can only be adequately dealt with in committee. At the first glance, for example—and I give it merely as an example—our experts are inclined to think that perhaps too large an amount of tonnage has been permitted for submarines. More Easily Abused. “Submarines are a class of ves- sels most easily abused in their use and which, in fact, in.the late war, were most grossly abused. We quite &dmit that ;mhzbly the sub- marine is the “defensive weapon, properly used, of the weak, and that it would be impossible, or, if possible, it might well be thought undesirable, to abolish them altogether. But the amount of submafine tonnage per- mitted by the new acheme i» far in excess, I believe, of the tonnage possessed by any nation at the present moment, and I only throw it out as a suggestion that it may . be well worth considering whether that tonnage should not be further limited, and whether, in addition to. limiting thie amount of the ton- it might not be practicable, n{ it practicable, ,;«inb!s. to forbid ~ _ altogether the construction of those ~vast sub- is reasona- ready to carry out the Secretary’s order. marines of great size which are not intended for defense, which are not the weapon of the weaker party, whose whole purpose is at- tack and whose whole purpose is probably attack by methods which civilized nations would regard with horror. Questions of Detalls. “However, there may be other ques- tions of detall, questions connected with replacement, questions connect- ed with cruisers which are not con- nected with or required for fleet action. But those are matters for consideration by the technical ex- perts, and however, they be de- cided, they do not touch the main outline of the structurc whick the United States government desi erected and which we earnes:ly wish to help them in erecting. “That structure stands, a¥ it seems to me, clear and firm, ahd I cannot help thinking that in the broad outline, whatever may hap- pen in the course of these discu: sions during the next few weeks, that structure will remain as was presented by its original a chitects, for the admiration and for the use of mankind. 1 have little more to say, ex- cept this. 1t is easy to estimate in dollars or in pounds, shillings and pence, the saving to the tax- payers of each of the nations con- cerned, which the adoption_of this scheme will give. It is easy to show that the relief is great. It is easy to show that indirectly it will, as I hope and believe. greatly stimulate fndustry, na- tional” and international, and do much to diminish the dificulties under ‘which ‘every. civilired gov- ernment is at this’ time laboring. All that can ‘be -weighed, meas- ured. counted, all that is a matter of figures. -But there is .somes thing in “thia scheme which is above and beyond numerical calcu- lation. There is simething which goes to the root. which is con- cerned with the highest interna- tional morality. This scheme, aft- er all—what does it do? It makes idealism a practical proposition. Takes Hold of Dream. “It takes hold of the dream which reformers, poets, publicists, even potentates, as we heard the other day, have from time to time put before mankind as the goat to which human endeavor ~should aspire. “A narrative of all the attempts made, of all the schemes advanced, for diminishing the sorrows of - war, is a melancholy one. Some fragments were laid before you by our chairman on Saturday. They were not exhilarating. They showed how easily ft is to make professions and how difficult it is Lo carry those professions into ef- ect. “What makes this scheme a lond- mark is that combined with the profession is the practice, that in addition to" the expression, the eloquent expression of good inten- tions, in which the speeches of men of all nations have been rich, that a way has been found in which, in the most striking fash- ion, in 4 manner which must toucn the imagination ‘of everybody, which must come home to the dullest brain and the hardest heart, the government of the United States have shown their intention not merely to sy that peace 18 a very good thing. that war is horrible, but there is a way by which wars can really be di- minished, by which the burdens of peace, almost as intolerable as the burdens of war, can really be lightened for the populations of the world. And in doing that, in doing it in the manner fn which they have done it; in striking the imagination not merely of the audience they were address- ing; not merely of the great peo- ple to whom they belonged, but of the whole civilized world;: in doing that they have, believe me, made the first and opening day of this congress one of the land- marks in human civilization.” —— CITY STREET CLEANERS - TO BE GIVEN PRIZES Ceremonial Without Precedent at District Building Friday Morning. A ceremonial without a precedent will be staged in the boardroom of the District building Friday morn- ing at 10:30 o'clock, when repre- sentatives of the street cleaning de- partment and the refuse, ash and garbage collection services will be called before the Commissioners to receive prizes for having performed their -duties meritoriously. ‘The prizes are to be given by a committee of the Twentieth Century Club, headed by Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson, which recently made an’ in-| spection of the refuse collection and disposal services and made recom- mendations for cleaning up Wash- ington for the armament conference. In this inspection the work of the drivers and collectors was noted care- fully, and a decision has been reach- ed as to the most efficient employe in each service, to whom will be pre- sented a prize of $5 and a banner pro- claiming him the best collector. Mrs. Jackson seid. today the committee | would’ consider ‘means’ for perpetuat-| ing its work, with the object of con- stantly stimulating the efforts of the collectors as well as educating house- holders.to the importance o every. assistance. to these guardians of the ‘city’s health. EX-YALE ATHLETE EXPIRES. $T. LOUIS, Mo., November 15.—Jesse Dwight forty-four,. & promines) or here, died late last i‘.‘%-‘:;%% 1-3: Pars rowin the several ath- ties. siving | WORKIG OUT SUM SHVED BY NAVY CUT iEffect in U. S. of Proposed Arms Limitation Being Considered by Experts. l What the United States plan fori the limitation of naval armament will save to the American peo- ple in dollars and cents is now being worked out by experts of the | Navy Department under the direction {of the Secretary of the Navy. These | figures, when compiled, will take into i consideration what will be saved lon the building program—which will be ubandoned if the United States plan goes through—the increased icost to the country because of the : maintenance and manning of the | additional hips, construction of jneeded additional yards, ct It was explained today that the plan pro- ! posed by the United Stat hag, been "Iinuwn to only a few officials of the i v Department and the secret had been 8o jealously guarded that no attempt had been made to gather the | sl:lllsli(‘i. Assistant Secretary's Comment. | Assistant Sceretary Roosevelt point- ed out that in all probability there Would be saved $200.000.000.°on the | building®_program of the United | Stages. - From other sources it wa.s! Mearned that approximately $250,000.- 100 would be required to complete ! i this program But the adjustment {of contracts, etc. would prevent the {saving of this entire amount. Th_the current appropriation act for the Navy $§90,000,000 is carried for the bubiding prozram. Some of this will be saved if the plan soes through. Under the budget for the next fiscal year probably another $40.000,000 will be provided for the building program unless the pian for limitation of arma- ment goes through. If it does go through, then this item for huilding will be lopped off the Navy bill. Naval experts regard the suggestion that it will be possible to cut the per- sonnel of .tke Navy to 50,000 men as absurd. They pointed out today that| the naval Vv els today, with about 100,000 men, are not fuil manned, and that many of the vessels whica it is proposed to scrap are not now in com- mission, but are laid up. Also the vessels now building are, of course, not manned. The opinion of these Navy men is-that it will be impossible to reduce the present personnel of the Navy to any considerable extent and man properly the vessels which the United States will retain. For instance, eithteen battleships which the United States would retain under the plan would require 14,000 men alone. When it comes to scrapping the Navy vessels, it was said that it would be |impossible to salvage any appreciable sum. The loss in money value will be almost complete. EDUCATORS ARE HEARD AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY School of Religion Opens at Three- . Day Session in Memorial Chapel. With prominent educators and clergymen from all sections of the country in attendance, the fifth annual convocation of the School of Religion of Howard University open- ed today for a three-day session. All sesstons will be held in the Rankin Memorial Chapel. Dean D. Butler Pratt, who presided at the initial session, delivered the address of welcome. An address also was made by Dr. Harry Jones, a missionary from Africa, who spoke in the absence of Dr. .James H. Butler, president of Slater and James Funds, of Charlottesville, Va., sched- uled as the principal speaker. Dr. j Butler will make his speech at a later session. The general subject to be discussed during the convocation is “Next Steps Toward Racial Co-operation.” The subtopic discussed at today’s sessions was 'he Re-establishment of Confi- dence. Speakers at this afternoon’s ses- sions were James W. Johrson, secre- tary of the N. A. A. C. P, of New York; Rev. James H. Buhrer, and Rev. Jesse E. Moorland, secretary of the colored men’'s department of inter- national committee, Y. M. C. A. of New York. At the evening session at 7:46 o’clock ‘Rev. James L. Pinn will preside. Devotional exercises will be conducted by Rev. W. L. Washington. Bishop John W. Hamiiton, chancellor of American University, and Rev. E. D. Jones will speak. —_— TAIL SPIN KILLS ONE. Three Fall 1,000 Féet in Plane at Pensacola. PENSACOLA, Fla., November 15.—A seaplane with Lieuts. Steadham Acker and O. D. Spaulding and Machinist’s | Mate Colton aboard, went into & tail spin at an altitude of 1,000 feet yes- terday near Barancas Beach, being re- dueéd to a ekl ‘o! graehnt: 3 Cglton. was ki instant and Acke 30 lding seriously {Biurod. ‘but l‘(‘{l lieved they will recover. The: has not, ¥ of the WW it been recovi B 3 Rhese are small considerations com i views, WITH MANY ATTENDING Today was “ladies’ day” at the con- ferencé on limitation of armament in Memorial Continental Hall. Mem- bers of the Senate and of the House, who almost to a man. attended the opening session of the conference on Saturday, today gave their wives and daughters an opportunity to attend a session of the conference. However, a number of the, scnators and repre- sentatives were in evidence again. Particularly the bachelors, among them Senator David 1. Walsh of Massachusetts, who followed the pro- ceedings with great interest. SAY HUGHES PLAN CANNOT BE BEATEN Public Opinion in England Solid for Carrying Out Sweeping Proposals. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921 LONDON, England, November 15. Further study of the Hughes scheme for the reduction of nava! burdens convinces the newspapers and public of Great Britain that an initiative has been taken which cannot be defeated. Members of parliament, clergymen, newspaper writers, lawyers, doctors, business men and platform exponents of liberal thought, such as Lord Rob- ert ‘Cecil, concur in a grand chorus of approval. All realize that important matters of detail must be arranged, but all declare that Secretary Hughes’ main purpose must be carried out. They assert that the public sentiment of the World will tolerate nothing less. Marshal Foch's appeal to the Amer- ican Legion to fight for peace as it lately fought for freedom stirs the Eritish Legion profoundly. British ex- service men, with their first-hand knowledge of war and its aftermath of unemployment, humiliation and Lunger, join their American and other comrades in the watchwords, “It shail cease. British newspapers squarely face the unfortunate aspects of the ship- scrapping movement. TLey hear the cry of thousands of workers threat- ened with orders to march out of the dockyards into the company of the unemployed. They are alive to the consternation of "the authorities al- {ready in the midst of difficulties with swarming crowds of workless. They see the prospects of large numbers of naval men and officers blighted and their careers ruined. They wpublish {figures showing how thousands of Britishers in the navy have already been thrown upon a cold world by this country’s drastic naval reductions hitherto. But the newspapers agree that pared with what the Washington con- ference promises in the way of the financial relief of humanity and still better the final closing of the chapter of war. “We ‘must turn a deaf ear to all cries” says the Daily Telegraph. “As guardians of the interests of genera- ons unborn we must take long We must steel our hearts and study’ this matter with a single eye to the general welfare and not that of this nation only.” Well informed British publicists do inot now and for a very long time have not regarded the opposing Japanese and American policles as threatening war. Any suspicion on the part of the British government that Japan reaily wanted war and not peace with the United States would have led to a dis- turbance in Anglo-Japanese relations long ago. The Anglo-Japanese treaty has been retained thus far by the British gov- ernment because of the conviction that it was made not for war but for peace in the Pacific and the far east. TWO ACCUSED OF SETTING BOMB AT U. S. CONSULATE By the Associated Press. LISBON, November 15.—~Two meg have been arrested, charged with placing the bomb which exploded on the staircase at the American con- sulate here November 1. A third man, who is said to have remained out- side as a guard against the police while his companions did their work, is still being sought. At the time of the outrage the police attributed it to the agitation in connection with the case of Sacco and Vanzett!, under conmviction of murder in Massachusetts. No one ‘was hurt and but slight damage was done by tne explosion. Both of the men arrested are said to be com- munists. PREDICTS EARLY CLOSE OF CONGRESS SESSION Prospects of agreement of a pro- gram of legislation and adjournment of Congress before Thanksgiving day are now in sight. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts stated on the flocr that he was seeking to reach an agreement with the House for an adjournment on Thanksgiving eve. The program, as tentatively com- pleted, provides for enactment of the $500,000,000 railroad debt bill and the tax revision measure. ‘The railroad debt bill was before the Senate again yesterday while the Senate interstate commerce commit- the continued hearings on bills to re- store rate and other powers of the states and for repeal of the so-called 6 per cent rate guarantee section of the Esch-Cummins law. ‘That the fight for this legislation would be carried soon to the Senate floor was assured when Senator La Follette, republican, Wisconsin, in- troduced amendments to the debt bill covering both features before the committee. One amendment would repeal the 6 per cent provision, an- other would prohibit Interstate Com- merce Commission decrees from hav- ing any force or effect over intrastate traffic and a third would provide that funds derived from the debt bill should be spent on railroad mainte- nance or improvements. A clause of the last amendment would compel the carriers to spend repair funds in their own shops or plants and would prevent contracts to outside con- cerns. In discussion of the legislation in the Senate a statement was present- ed from Director General Davis show- ing that under the present accounts between the railroads and the gov- ernmen there was a balance due the carriers of about $280,000,000. The balance sheet submitted was of October 1 and showed $554,000,000 owed by the railroads to the govern- ment and $834,000,000 due to the car. riers. [TALIAN ARMY OFFICERS VISIT WAR DEPARTMENT Lieut. Gen. Guiseppe Vaccari, chief of staff of the Itallan army, and other members of the Italian mili- tary commission to the arms con- ference called at the War Depart- ment yesterday afternoon and paid their respects to Secretary Week: Assistant Scretary Wainwright an Gen. Pershing, chief of staff. Gen. Vaccari is one of Italy’s fore- most soldiers and wears the gold medal for valor—Italy’s highest deco- ration—for exceptionally distinguish- ed services during the world war, At one period he commanded the Bar- Jetta igade, at another time he commanded the 22d Corps, which was the first.to cross the Plave-river, and at another was chief of Staff of the 34 ‘Jtalian -Armny. ¥ BAPTIST MEMBERS JOIN IN DISTRICT National University Proposed at Forty-Fourth Meeting of Association. With delegates from all of the twen- ty-three Baptist churches of the Dig- trict in attendance, the first business session of the forty-fourth annual meeting of the Columbia Association of Baptist Churches opened at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, 6th and A streets northeast, today. E. Gratz Dunkum, vice moderator. called the mecting to orde: - lowing_devotional 5 “led o services, led by Rev. Walter Scott of the Kendail Baptist Church, letters from all churches showing their uct - ing the last year were e capitulation of the reports showed that the present membershis of the twenty-three churches, which includes one at Hyattsville, is 13,088 a net gain over the same period last lyear of 995 persons. It was shown further that during the year a total of $392.015.80 had been raised by the membershin, of which $122,044.22 had been dispensed in benevolences. Figures for Sunday schools affiliated with the churches gave a total mem- bership.of 14,202, responsible for rais- ing & fund ‘of '$44,092.83, of which $18,817.40 h. §1881740 had been’ disposed of for Visitors Introduced. After the re . | DOTt of the committee ion ordcr of exercises had been read jy Rev. John C. Ball, chairman, and gev- Ho W. 0. Milligan had spoken or the advisory committee, the re- mainder of the early sestion wa given over to the introduction of v Election of officers to 3 serve durin the ensiing year will be held at tne later session, after whick several im- H committ ‘i porta €e reports will be At tonight's session exercises will be given by children from the Baptist Home, who will be the guests of the convention_together with the ladies from the Home for the Aged. The principal speakers at this session will be Rev. J. J. Muir, Rev. James W Many and Rev. Frank L. And: president of the Intern s president ernational Bajt miversity Proposed. At last night's opening services 1 establisnment of a national Bapt: university in Washington in connec- tion with erection of the Nationu | Baptist Church—the Roger William=« Memorial, now under construction— was proposed by E. Hilton Jack- son. moderator of this section. It is significant the serious atten- tion given during the last year by representatives of both conventions of the church to the possibility of es- tablishing in our midst by joint ac- tion in this strategic hour a great Baptist memorial” Dr. Jackson de- clared. Rev. Henry Allen Tupper, par- tor of the First Baptist Church. preached the sermon. |THREE CONGRESSMEN | IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Senator Wadsworth, Representa- tives _I'uge and Crowther in Collisions. A collision between the automobiles of Senator James W. Wadsworth, jr., of New York and Representative Cal- vin D. Paige of BMassachusetts oc- curred early last night near Pennsyl- vania avenue and 14th street. No one was injured. _Representative. Frank Crowther of New York was in a traffic_collision at Massachusetts a¥enue and 4th street last night about 9:30 o'clock. His automobile and a taxicab, driven by Frank Williams, {n the employ of the Arcade Taxi Company, collided and were damaged. Police reported that m‘cl{nams of the vehicles were not re. - A Capital Traction car, in charge of Motorman N. B. Hannic and Conductor Harry W. Maedel, jumped the track on the loop at the west end of the car barn at 36th and M streets yesterday afternoon and struck a wali of the building. Daniel T. Cunningham, 1320 36th street, and William J. Schwarzel, 1521 35th street, were slightly injured. he automobile of Dr. Chase Taylor, 1433 Belmont street, was driven against a pile of paving stone of the Capital Traction Company at 15th and U streets last night. The physiclan was slightly injured. Milton M. Dimmette, nine years old, 6227 Sth street, was slightly hurt when knocked down by an automo- bile at Georgia and Colorado avenues. William H. Small, 639 4th street northeast. driver of the automobil took the boy home and later to Gar- fleAld }ilosnitaL collision between the automobi of Dr. William R. Wood, Izlolilt Capitol sireet, and Floyd D. Everett, Ballston, Va, cccurred at 1st and D street® northeast about §:39 o'clock ’lan night. Mra. Catherine Evere i w?sl[h‘eu first aid at Casualty Hos- pital. H. AL Clark. nineteen years old. 126 W street, suffering from a Iaceration of the rignt ear and dislocation of the left shoulder, was taken to Freed- men’s Hospiial from 7th and P streets !yesterday aftstnoon. He was injured in a collision between his motor cycle and an automobile, —_— CONFER ON MINES. Co-Operation of Commerce Depart- ment Discussed With Mr. Hoover. Development of the mining indus- ltry of the United States through co- operation of the Department of Com- merce was discussed yesterday at a meeting of 2 committee appointed by the American Mining Congress and Secretary Hoover. More than two hours was devoted to a discussion of possible deveiopment of exports, with !the result that subcommittees were appointed to prepare definite plans in which' the Commerce Department could co-operate. Those who saw Mr. Hoover in- cluded: Representing the oil branch of the mining industry—E. L. Doheny, New York, president of the Mexican Pe- troleum Company:-George S. Davidson, Pittsburgh, president of the Gulf R fining Company; Judge A. L. Beatty, president of the Texas Company. Representing the metal branch— Bulkeley Welis, Denver, gold: F. B. Richards, Lake Superior Iron Ore As- sociation; Edgar Z. Wallower, zinc: B. B. Thayer, New York, coppe Representing the coal branch—Al- bert G. Nason, president Nason Coal Company, Chicago; J. G. Bradley, president Elk River Coal and Lumber Company (also president of the Na tional Coal Assoclation); T. H. Wat- kins, president Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corporation; J. G. Puterbaugh, president McAlester (Oklahoma) Fuel Company, and Dr. D. W. Parker, Philadelphia, secretary, Anthracite Bureau of Information. R WOULD EXTEND AWARD. Bill Gives Three More Years to Recognize Heroism. & Award of congressional medals of honmor and distinguished service crosses and medals for herofsm dur- ing the world war would be author- ized for three more years under i bill introduced vesterday by Repre- sentative Frothingham, republican. Aassachusetts. Existing law requires that an award be made within three years of the performance of a brave deed. The time limit expiréd Armistice day und the last autherised medals were con- ferred on America’s unknown sollier. ‘