Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1922, Page 2

A\ ». 52| Named by the President Register of the Treasury Announces Guest List - For Trade Body Dinner POPE’S LIFE SADDENED BY WORLD-WAR HORRORS High Aspirations Curbed by Long Conflict. Tireless Efforts to Restore Peace Fuil. . Succeeded Pius X in 1914. Pope Benedict XV, the 258th suc- :‘t the lmnol]l: ml't'mlm ehr;mal;h::; reme head 16 worl ould unite in servic: e Lok pater a8 up prayers for the restoration of unive of the Roman Cathollc Church, began | ge] amity and good will. The next oc- his pontificate on September 6, 1314, | casion lluudlct “";l.ledz‘;hxfi‘:‘:;: soon after Europe entered upon fits sflfwfl ive was on July 25, b four years of war. Upon many occa- | fret “fl':“,‘.z o 3‘,',:1':,!.,'::3:: sions during the war he endeavored |ing that “blessed be he who first ex- to bring the belligerent nations to ull‘l ::zhulln bru}ch .m;l;e:g?:lr :I.ll a peace agreement and thus to main. | han o Snemy 10 offer & tain the title which had been a. |®0BeblE conditions of posce fectionately bestowed upon him by il a high dignitary of his communion THREE MORE SIEN 10 RAISE $a.000 David Sanger, J. L. Whitmore , and Charles Picard to Head Commitiees. David Sanger, member of the firm of Philipsborn’s; J. Lee Whitmore of Whitmore, Lynn & Alden, jewelers, and Charles Picard, propsiétor of Harvey's restaurant, were yester- day’s signers as members of Chaire man Robert N. Harper’s committee of one hundred thata will individualaly sell $5.000 worth of stocks and bonds for the New Convention Hall. “As a lifelong resident of Washing- ton interested in its artistic aand commercial deevlopment, it gives me DR BALLOU SCORES INADEQUATE FUNS Sees Little Hope of Meeting School Needs With Pres- ent Estimates. There is little hope of meeting ade- quately the public school situation in the District of Columbia because of the inadequate estimate included in the budget now before Congres: according to Dr. Frank. W. Ballou, superintedent of public schools, who explained in detall the local school conditions last night at a meeting of the American Association of Uni- versity Women at 1607 H street. - GOVERNMENT COST - CHTSTO0 000900 First Half .of Fiscal Year Shows Expenses to Be £ $1,838,000,000. Decrease of nearly $700,000,000 in ordinary expenses of. the government during the first half of the current fiscal year, as compared with the same period In 1920, was announced today at the Treasury. At the same time poblic debt disbursements fell oft by about a billion dollars, accordl to a‘statement covering financial opera- tions from July 1 to December 31,1921, _During the first six months of the ng, Benedict XV even ous days ‘pontificate. Visitors have eaid that he lived as t fiscal year ordinary expenses Considering the manner in which nly as curren e totaled $1.838,000,- the local Behools have been treated |as “s messenger God sent to bring e Lhemoorest joou txibaturs jof great pleasure to head a committee to raise a minimum of $5,000,” said e et 2,508,000,000 for 000, compared with $2,508,000, ‘2?; correpsvonding period of the pre- Vious year, while public debt dis- bursements totaled $3.078,000,000, a3 against $4,945,000,000 for the first hal of the fiscal year of 1920. e Ordinary expenses for the month o December amounted to $329,765,750, compared with $324.483,316 in Novem- ber, while public debt disbursements for the month aggregated $801.07 680, against $880,720,159 in November. Qf ‘the ordinary expenditures for the first half, of the current fiscal year interest on the public debt, amounting to $508,000,000, was the largest item. with $371,000,000 for the Navy De- partment and $144,000,000 for the War Department next in size. Navy De- partment expenditures were $57.00 000 less than for the corresponding period of the previous year, while the thus far In the matter of finances for meeting the local demands, the out- look is most discouraging Dr. Ballou stated. “The need for greater appro- peace.” The war between Italy and Aus- tria, in both of which peorlu of the Catholic religion predominate, W Bora November 21, 1854. Glacomo della Chiesa, the spiritual head of 300,000,000 Catholics, was born of noble line at Pegli, Italy, on No- Yember 21, 1854. His father was the Marchese della Chi: (pronounced Keeasa. He recelved his education at the Capronican College and later at- Iende:eaht. An?de:ly &l Eoclul‘l lld‘:‘a. 0 the priesthood in 1878, he In May, 1916, Mgr. Bonsano, papal|soon attracted the attention of Cardl- delegate to Washington, delivered to|nal Rampolla, who, under Pope Leo President Wilson a message from the | XIIL, was the papel secretary of state. Pope in which. he intimated that|He accompanied Rampolla to Madrid American might volunteer to concil- [in 1383, when his patron was nunclo, iate the European belligerents. The|remaining there until 1887, when he note came at a time when the United |returned to Rome upon the elevation States and Germany were in the midst of Rampolla to the cardinalate. of a diplomatic crisis and Mr. Wilson,| In 1901, after having served four in his reply, did not respond to the|years as secretary of the nunciature pontift's suggestions for bringinglin Spain, he was appointed secretary about peace. The next communica-|of the Cypher. This position gave its tion from the Vatican to the White }incumbent considerable authority, and Mr. Sanger. “Ever since I have been identified with local organizations,™ added Mr. Sanger, “there has been talk of a convention halala, and con- vinced that it is now to be made a reality through your committee, 1 am pleased to join in the work and feel sure that my committes will under- write the responsibility with rapi- dity.” Glad of Opportunity. i “The opportunity to help my fel- low Washingtonians realize a muchly needed convention hall cannot be overlooked and I take great pleasure | in accepting the chairmanship,” said | Mr. Whitmore, in a letter to Chair- { man Harper. “For years there has been a com- viction “among the members of my family generally that we should have a suitable convention hall,” said Mr. Picard, “and ] most heartily sub- he said, “but should be ready to make the necessary sacrifices of pride and e T A Ic! written e 1af - i AL ¢ SoTrow lo, the |peror Francls Joseph of Austria, ask- folatis ¢ [ing him to “shorten the war,” and likewise sounded the then Emperor of Germany as to the terms upon :nllah he would lay down the gage of attle. THOMAS BRADLEY, President of the Washington Board of Trade, who is chairman of the recep-|priations at this time is most ur- tion committee in connection with the|gent,” he declared. “But it will not fourth annual midwinter dinmer of|be possible to expand or pro{nr be- the membership committee February|cause of the manner in whicH the 4 at the New Willard Hotel, an-joriginal estimates of the board of Rounces that Semator Framcis E.|education have been pruned: first by Warren, Semator Wesley L. Jomes,|the board of District Commissioners, Senator Willlam H. King, Semator)then by the bureau of the budget and Willlam B. MeKinley, Representative |then by Congres: Frank O. Milispaugh, Representative Declared Non-Progressive. Frederick N. Zihlman Distriet! Dr. Ballou stated that the budget Commissioners Rudolph amd Oyater|as it went to Congress was non-pro- 've accepted imvitations to be the:gressive, and since its treatment in gnfi of the board at the ammual]Congress thus far it has become still metion. less progressive. In further discu ing the school budget he explained PAY BILLS PROMPTLY, HARLEY V. SPEELMAN, President of Columbla Heights Citi- sens’ Association and mow assistant register of the United States Treasury. MINERS T0 STRIKE [FPAY IS DENIED ts abHorrence of a deed which had shocked the world. War Curbed Aspirations. The successor of Pius X was sald to have combined the statesmanship of Pope Leo XIII with the grace of his immediate predecessor. He en- deavored, it is said, to carry out the \deals and policies of those two great churchmen. But the world wai which broke the heart of Plus X, saddened the first four years of his pontificate and prevented the fulfill. ment of some of his aspirations. that, without wishing to be critical, he is of the opinion that the schools of Washington will never be treated ar Department total showed a de- in a ive and constructive chease o $258.000,000. THRIFT DAY SLOGAN | manfer “fost ‘a0 tong as the present | One of the incidents of his pontifical |1iguse came on January 16, 1817, and|the same year Mgr. della Chicsa was DA, bor of the committes 3 — arrangement of preparing estimates ch President ) contained the approval by Benedict |named as consultor of the holy office. of one hundred, pledging my com- - $2,570,000,000 Debt Redemption. “Redemption of certificates of in- debtedness in the amount of $3,670,. 000,000 was the largest item of public mittee to at least sell the quota of ident's peace note. Thr $5,000 worth of stocks and bonds.” of e P months later the United States her- self had resorted to the arbitrament of arms and entered the struggle on A _notable promotion came to him on December 16, 1907, when Pope Pius X appointed della Chiesa as areh- bishop of the important see of Bologan and finally appropriating money for schools is continued. It is his opinion that the local system will be unpro- gressive and inadequate to meet local Wilson paid to him on January 4, 1919, when the President went.to Rome prior to the opening of the peace conference at Paris. Social Credit Men’s Association to Hold Demand 20 Per Cent Increase debt disbursements for the first six months of the current flscal year, compared with $4788.000,000 a ‘year 2g0, as against $20,000,000 for the same months in 1920. Liberty bonds of the varying issues retired during the period aggregated ~$38,000,000, compared with $49,000,000 during the corresponding months of the previous T YEOE the liberty bonds retired $16.- 030,000 consisted of purchases made from foreign repayments, as compared with $40,000,000 purchased with these funds during, the first half of the scal year of 1920. Ao tavings. securities redeemed during -the current year aggregated $52,000,000, compared with $80.000,000 during the first half of the previous year. BLUE RIDGE CLUB’S NEW HOME TO START IN MARCH Construction of a net% home for the Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club, to re- place the one which burned to the ground November 19 last, will begin about March 1. This decision was reached at a meeting of the club in the office of John L. Edwards, 1416 H street, a member, which viewed the plans submitted by the architects, A. B. Mullett & Co., and unanimously approved them. The contract will be let_promptly, it was said. The clubhouse will be modeled closely after the old one, with the exception of a few improvements and changes. The building will be con- structed from hollow tile and will have a slate roof; two separate heat- ing plants will be installed and the bathroom and plumbing facilities will be enlarged, as well as several of the rooms. In reference to financing the project, it was made clear that arrangements were virtually com- eted. Pl e Blus Ridgf Rod and Gun Club is situated in [Wudoun county, Vir- ginis, about a -mile from Harpers Ferry, and is composed of ifty Wash- Forth Today end Tonight. Members of the Credit Men's As- sociation of the District will be in charge of this day of Thrift week— Pay ' Your Bills Promptly.” The main argument to be advanced by the speakers today and tonight by pay- ing bills promptly is to safeguard the purchaser as well as a considera- tion due the merchant. "A person deliberately advertises himself as a poor financial risk when he fails to pay his bills promptly,’ said Mark Lansburgh of the Retail Credit Men’s Assoclation and a mem- ber of the District Thrift week com- mittee. “Pay your bills promptly as a matter of simple honesty. Just as every man is expected to do his part in creating or distributing that which the world needs, so each member of society is expected to play fair in meeting his obligations.” Speakers today will include Maj. Joseph H. Randall, who will speak at Woodward & Lothrop’s; William M. Lewis, at the Terminal Y. M. C. A., and D. W. Robertson, at the boys’ department of the “Y. ‘The District branch of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution was addressed yesterday afternoon by Mrs. George Maynard Minor, president gen- eral of the D. A. R, and Maj. Guy Withers, of the Y. M. C. A. national committee on the subject of thrift. Mrs. Ella S. Knight, chairman of the thrift committee, opened the meeting which was presided over by Mrs. Francis A. St. Clair. Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, vice president general of the District for the D. A. R, and national chairman of thrift for the Federation of Wom- en’'s Clubs, made brief addresses, as did the following: Mrs. M. T. Morse, Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel, Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton, Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, Mrs. George T. Smallwood, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs. Clay- ton E. Emig, Mrs. Lewis B. Thompson, Mrs. Eastman, Mrs. Mussey, Mrs. G. W. Hanger and Mrs. Ellis Logan. Miss Mary Helen Howe sang several songs, and was accom- panied by Mre. Marie Howe Spurr. Miss Ethel Garrett rendered & piano program. Ellen Spencer, demands. He believes far too many people, unfamiliar with the real needs of the schools, are intrusted with the power to cut estimates pre- pared by the school heads. He con- sidered this most unfortunate, espe- cially when the local schools are in such urgent need of money to ex- pand, when practically every school building in the city {s crowded be: yond its actual capacity. He said that most of his time as head of the schools must necessarily be given up to correcting conditions rather than promoting the actual educational work of the school. Subcommittee Lauded. Dr. Ballou said he was pleased, how- ever, with the interest being taken by the 'Jjoint congressional subcommittee headed by Senator Capper, of which is making a survey of the local schools. If this committee continues this survey in the same interested and thorough manner Dr. Ballou feels cer- tain that the District will be benefited, probably not this year but maybe next year. Dr. Ballou described in detail the es- timates as prepared by the schuc heads, their treatment by the Comm's sioners, and then by the budget bure: and then explained the privisions of th- budget as it now stands. He said conclusion that one outstanding feature is that for many years Congress has shown by its appropriations that it has failed to keep abreast of the natural growth of the schools of the District of Columbla and that therefors the system has been slighted. B —_— LAMBSKIN CLUB INSTALLS Entertainment Follows at the New ‘Willard Hotel. Officers of the Lambskin Club of Master Masons and the Ladies’ Auxil- iary were installed at a meeting of the club in the ballroom of the New ‘Willard Hotel last night. - They are: C. H. Hild, president; B. W. Bollinge! vice president; Ralph Smithson, sec. retary; George Speckman, treasurer; Willlam Hughes, marshal; Joseph and treaty questions wi 1t is said, Benedict presented to h Y ere discussed, during the private audience, at the conclusion of which Pope is guest & handsome mosaic unroducln:u Guldo Ren!| valued at $40,000. One of the smallest men famous picture of St Pete! physically ever elected to the chair of St. Peter, the former Cardinal della Chiesa|th never expected to be thus honored by He would to re Cardinal n a simple priest or, at most, and Archbishop of Bologna. Appeal for Truce Falls. On the day of his election he spoke of the burden of responsibility thrust upon “one frail brain,” and expressed his horror of the world conflict then being waged and his hope that it would quickly end. his coronation, when th ring was placed upon his issued an encyclical to the of the world, In whi all speed.” One weel fisherman!' 'k aft finger, he episcopacy ground, however, and later, on De- cember 12, 1914, the Vatican authori- ties announced the Pope' Christmas truce was fall; plan for a and Turkey had refused to acquiesce. thousand miles of battle following Christmas day, of cannon thundered an Along a front, the thousands answer to Benedict’s appeal to “lay down your Again on January 18, 1915, Pope Benedict took up the task of bringing peace to a war-torn world, decreeing that on February 7 priests and laity GASPARRI MAY SUCCEED BENEDICT AS NEXT POPE (Continued from First Page.] the side of the allles. Isswes Famous Appeal On August 8, 1917, still hopeful of saving the world from a veritable cataclysm, Pope Benedict issued in his own handwriting his famous ap- peal to the nations, exhorting the hemnunt’ P‘I‘IIOI‘I tln end the war for One passage read ages to be repaired and as to the war no other means of solving the question than by submi ting as a general principle complete and _reciprocal condonation, which would be justified, moreover, by the immense benefit to be derived from disarmament, so much so that no one will understand the continuation of a similar carnage, solely for reasons of an economic order.” The Pope, however, recommended the evacu tion of Belgium by the Germans, self- determination and freedom of small Earlier in that year (IA!H, u: trian rulers that a hle: ru a4 B fo “enter into a council of peace with | Marine pollcy would allenste the syr ‘The appeal fell on stony pathy of all neutrals. When Berlin put out one of her innumerable peace “feelers,” Benedict, in reply, insisted Germany must stop her deportation of Belgian civilians and repatriate all exiles. In September, 1918, the Vati- can finaliy announced it would take steps toward bringing about peace only when invited to do so by both groups of billigerents. ’ Protests “Wanten Massacre.” Pained by tae shelling of Paris by the German long-range guns in the spring of 1918, Pope Benedict sent a protest to Emperor Charles of Austria and to the Berlin government against what he characterised as & “wanton massacre. take place, including a solemn fu- neral in the Basilica of St Peger, to succeed the late Cardinal Svampa. His administration of this office for seven years was characterized, it is said, by prudence and diplomacy. His consecration as an bishop was performed by Pius himself in the Sis- tine Chapel, an honor so unusual that it attracted world-wide attention. Ar- chbishop della Chiess was made & cardinal in May, 1914, less than six montha before mounting the throne of St. Peter’s. -He took his eccleslastical title from Pope Benedict XIV, one of the ablest pontiffs of the church, who was born in Bologna on March 31, 165 died on May 3, 1768. Personal Appearance. Benedict XV's personal appearance has been described as follows: “A man physically ill-favored but gifted with great intelligenc short of stature, ascetically thin, with the right shoulder raised above the left, and giving one the impression of extreme nervousness and weakness. But when he raised his head the visitors instinctively feit that they were In the presence of a man equipped with exceptional intellectual powers and energy. He reminded one of the noted poet Leopardi. With an ample brow surrounded by coal blac] hair, black eyes, lively and penetratls a large mouth with thin lips full of ex- pression, the Pope conveyed the im- pression of a man of few friendships, but these most sincere, devoted an lasting, Always “‘a friend in need,” as a - ate of his church once said of him, Pope mndmv:‘om' ted his relldl:ell s to avert ip to poor people by ad- vlncin%u,m.m to save a financial in- stitutioh of Rome from bankruptcy in the spring of 1918. This was in keep- ing with his regutation from the time he was ordained a priest in 1878 to the day -of his death. When he was made a cardinal it was with difficulty that he ‘was able to meet the expenses necessary to one in such a high office, and this ‘was because up to that time he had given his entire income to impoverisked townfolk. olk. An instance of his generosity was cited In connection with a ban he once put upon “‘tango” dances, which were such a vogue several years ago. Friends of & poor dancing master in Boloi za, who was ruined by the edict of the arch- 4|of the United Mine Workers, at In- in Scale—Lewis Is Pleased. By the Assoclated Press. SHAMOKIN, Pa., January 21.—De- ‘wage convention of the anthracite miners, which adjourned late last night, will be presented for ratifica- tion to the international convention dianapolis next month. The principal demands provide a 20 per cent increase in the contract wage scale and an advance of $1 a day for all men employed by the day. Nine- teen demands were presented, some of a technical character. All were adopt- ed without serious opposition. April 1 Strike Threat. The convention instructed the scale committee to perfect arrangements providing a_suspension of mining on April 1 in the event that no satisfac- tory agreement has been reached by March 31, This action was unexpected by some of the leaders, it was said, and did not provoke dissenting voices among the delegates. It has been the custom of the anthracite miners except in one or two instances to remain at work pending the favorable progress of wage negotiations. The demands of the anthracite men will be presented to the eperators after the Indianapolis convention. President John L. Lewis of the ta- ternational arganization today ex- pressed gratification at the action ofy the anthracit men. UNION INSTALLS OFFICERS Maurice Gaither Heads Federal Employes’ Local. mands adopted by the tri-district o when the present wage| d | scale expires. H FAVORS SPECIFIC RATES. Senate Committee Will Comvert Some From Ad Valorem. With a view to simplifying the ad- ministration of the proposed ‘perma- nent tariff law, majority members f the Senate finance committee are understood to have decided to con- vert ad valorem rates in the Fordney bill into specific rates gherever pos. sible. Ad valorem ratads would Le based upon whatever plan of valua- ticp_finally is written into the bill whereas the #fecific rates would be based on weight or content and would be independent of a valuation plan. Specific rates In the chemical sched- ule—the first in the bill—wera con- sidered again yesterday by the ma- jcrity members, as the experts had rot completed the drafting ofl all of ythe valuation plans which have been proposed. As soon as these -plans lare completed, Chairman McCumber said it was the plan to consider them and reach a decision. ADDRESS STATE SOCIETY. ‘W. T. Page, J. C. McLaughlin and H. M. Rose Speak. William Tyler Page, author of “The American Creed,” and clerk of the House of Represetatives: Represent- ative James C. McLaughlin of Mich- igan and Henry M. Rose, assistant secretary of the Semate, were the speakers at the regular meeting of the Michigan State Society of 'the District last night. at the Wilson Normal School. Mr. Page gave a brief review of the careers of many ! prominent men who have served in both houses of Congress from Mich- igan during the last forty years. Dancing. concluded the evening pro- gram. {RENT COMMISSION FACING CALL-DOWN i i ington men. LOCAL LIBRARIANS HOLD fACQUAINTANCE MEETING’ One hundred and ‘sixteen local li- brarians held an “acquaintance meet- ing” yesterday eyening in the tea room of the Grace Dodge Hotel, co- incident with the annual meeting of the District of Columbia Library As- sociation, at which officers for 1922 were chosen as foilow “President, Do) ‘W. Hyde, jr., of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States; vice president, Anne G, Cross, librarian of the Department of Commerce; secretary, Mary F. Car- penter, Department of Agriculture li- brary; treasurer, Nelson W. McCombs, liprarian, Federal Reserve Board. “Vice President George F. Bower- man, librarian of the Publio Library of the District, was in charge of the meeting, owing to the absence of Prosident Herbert Putnam, director of the Library of Congress. -A short business meeting followed, at which Dr. Bowerman reported on reclassification legislation and H. H. % Meyer, chief bibliographer of the ‘Williams, inside sentinel, and Roy ‘Wolfe, outside sentinel Officers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary are: Mrs. Charles Thrope, president; M B. W. Bollinger, vice president; Mrs. Robert Henry, secretary; Mr: liam Hinestine, treasure: Johnson, conductress; Mr: oUnited States Marshal Splain was |5 Kors warden, ‘and Men 3 y Justice Balle = 3 % of .ne District Supreme Court to taks | LpEncs sentinel- Following the installation, an en- into custody Richard Storty and hold y him in dail until his arrears in mi- | iorgainment was provided by & com- mony to his wife, Mrs. Grace Rollow | mitte®: of Wwhich Mr, 1lq was chalr: Sk weuad op M fulk com, dialect reader; Miss Thelma court hé had been sick and’aise speng | HIld:, soprano soloisti the Montrose a term in jail In Virginia, and for et ey ogull. Gilbert sisters and Arm- this reason he fell behind in his pay- | strong in songs and comedy and Miss Mrs. Storty brought suit against the Jessie Bell, impersonator. hacker several months ago for a lim- WILL BE PROMOTED. ited divorce on the grounds of cruelty. ‘Attorney Raymond Neudecker ap- peared for the wife. Col. Hay to Become Brigadier Gen- eral When Gen. Treat Resigns. Col. William H. Hay, cavalry, chief ADDS ENGLISH COURSE. of staff of the American forces in English has been added to the curric- Germany, Wwill be promoted to the ula of the Trade Union College pri- grade of brigadier general on the marily to aid active members of the American labor movement who find|retirement of Gen. Charles G. Treat March 26. : difficulty in expressing their thoughts Col. Hay commanded an Infantry either by way of speaking or Writing, | prigage in the 92d Division, and later, it was announced today by J. H. Rese, | as a major general, commanded the vice president of the college. The in- | 28th Division, organized from the struction will include the essential | Pennsylvania National Guard durin rules of grammar and syntax. the war, He was awarded the dis: The English course will be given by | tinguished service medal and received Dr. G. R Brigham. Classes will be|a number of decorations, including 1 the Leglon of Honor from the French where the body of the late pontift lies in state and is exposed to the venera- tion of the faithful. Meanwhile, the preparation for Lul:a of the conclusion of peace was the note he sent on August 1, 1917, to all the powers which was forwarded to President Wilson through England, there are no diplomatig relations be- tween the holy see and the United States. Benedict XV always main- tained that his note was the first s toward the present Washington con- ference on limitation of armament. Indeed, he went much further by sug- gesting the suppression of consecrip- tion as the only means to induce the European countries to disarm. bishop, appealed to della Chiesa in his behal ‘The archbishop heard their story with the greatest sympathy, but refused to yield. Then he handed them $40 as his donation to a subscription for the dancing master to tide him over until he could find other employment. Stood fer Justice and Right. Pope Benedict's efferts toward peace were summed up by Cardinal U uring the late war every effort was made to induce the Pope to side with one belligerent or an- other, but he went straight as an a: row. He made justice and right tri- umph over oppression. There was not one of President Wilson's fourteen points that was not included in the Pontiff's peace conditions.” ‘The Pope was deeply grieved by the confifet which resuited from efforts to obtain Ireland’s freedom. He was ap- to to intervene in behalf of the TIrish republican movement, but Archbishop Hayes, on returning from the Vatican in 1921, said that he was following the policy of neutrality and | President of Military Organization iscussed. impartiality. He condemned crime in W ey Ireland by either side. and repeatedly l‘“ ;‘:};:““‘me“"l °§1'_h; Alm:;- The alleged evil of subletting, under expressed the hope t violence there | ican ry Engineers, heid a €| which it is charged that apartments i Munitions building yesterduy, Lieut |.re rented at reasonable figures and Col. G. Youngberg was elected | president of the organization. Lieut.|then subletted at large increases, is C°l-h-,’énll’-;:;8§m‘“v; mv&"dik'.‘drzfi vice | pointed to by members of Congress R iee. nresants as a subject which the commission The following were elected to the|Should go into thoroughly. board of directors: Col. E. M. Mark. | Reports that several business houses ham of Detroit, Col. C. P. Leeds of | have beeén compelled to go out of Los Angeles, Col. E. A. Gibbs of Pitts- | business during the past vear because of alleged unwarrantable increases in rent have been brought to the at- the peace agreement which made Ire- ; burgh and Col. H. P. Rawson of New tention of Senator Ball. He said. lend a free state. Orleans. Agaiast Religious Comferemee, | =mm——————————————=———=——| however. that no specific cases had been reported to the committee and Maurice Gaither was installed as| president of Federal Employes’ Union { No. 71 at a meeting held at 1423 New | York avenue last night. Others in- stalled were Ella L. Crump, first vice Loulse Kemp, second vice Benjamin A. Anderson, financial secretary; Estelle M. Dean, assistant financial secretary; J. Arthur Henson, recording secretary; Ernest J. Greene, treasurer; Joseph N. Beaman, chapiain; Mrs. Mary E. Johnson, assistant chaplain: George Davis, sergeant-at-arms, and John H. Gross, chairman, board of directors. Miss Gertrude McNally, third- vice president of the NMational Federation of Federal Employes, conducted the installation. HEADS ARMY ENGINEERS. Lieut. Col. Youngberg Elected (Continued from First Page.) COURT ORDERS ARREST. Richard Storty Explains Failure to Pay Part of Alimony. ! explanation for this apparent in< activ He believed, he said, that a large field for good work lay in the commissfon pursuing investiga- tions such as it did in the case of the apartment house at 2400 16th street. Senator Gooding said he was in full accord with the proposal of Sen- ator Ball to have the committee call the commission before it and tell the board that it was the opinion of those senators that the commission was not fully enforcing the law, and d»mand an explanation. Senator Gooding added, however, that it may be pos- sible that the commission has not sufficient funds aggressively to pur. sue these investigations, but at any rate he believed the commission should be called upon for a state- ment of its inactivity in this line. personnel of the apostolic palac Apartments must be arranged inside of the Vatican to receive all the car- dinals who will assemble in Rome with their secretaries and servants. This will form a secluded precinct in which the members of the sacred col- lege will be walled in and the safety of their voluntary imprisonment will be guarded by the marshal of the conclave, who is responsible for the freedom and independence of the jprinces of the church Strictest Secrecy. ‘Their seclusion will be strict that communication with the outside will be possible only through a amall ' window equipped with what might be described as a revolving door similar to those used in hotels and large bulldings in America in the winter. Use of this will be restricted to the sending out of laundry and re- ceiving of food and medicine. ce the inals are in conclave, Dbesides many prayers and functions es- tablished by the constitution of the con- clave, they must go through two ballots a day until ose candidate receives more than two-thirds of the votes. Afte: each ballot, when no election takes place, ‘the bulletins are burned, and the smoke they produce is seen from tae square below coming out from a chim- ney top above the dome of the Sistine Ci Large crowds gather twice a day in the square of St. Peter, to watch for the smoke. When anding his ardent desir for establishing diplomatic relations with all countries, Benedict XV never pressed any such course with regard to America, as even the Catholic espiscopacy in the United States did not favor any such plan for fear that it might injure the situation of Catholicism, which it is felt has pros- pered under the complete freedom of American rule. When President Wilson went to Rome, in January, 1919, and decided to visit the Pope the necessary nego- tiations had to be carried through the American ecclesiastical college, there not being any accredited rep- resentative of the United States to the Vatican. It was arranged that the American President would go from the Quirinal palace, where he lived as guest of the king, to the American embassy and from there drive to the Vatican. Thomas Nelson Page, the American ambassador to Italy, accompanied Mr. Wilson as far as the entrance gate to the Vatican, but went no further, as he was ac- credited to a country which does not entertain any official relation with In a letter to Cardinal Logue, the Pope appealed to both English and Irish to abandon violence, and pro- posed that the Irish question be set- tled by a body selected by the whole Irish nation. When the Irish ques- tion was at last settled he expressed great satisfaction, and sent a mes- sage to the dail eireann rejoicing over ry of Congress, spoke on rela- tighehips with the American Library Agsociation. Mr. Hyde, the new presi- da@int, then took the chair and spoke f4r a few moments on the need for personal acquaintance as a basis for better library co-operation in Wash- ington. —_— WEAKENED BY EXPOSURE, held Tuesday nights at 8 o'clock at ¢ MRS. SHELDON EXPIRES SExhausted from lack of food and ex- ppsure, Mrs. Helen DuBose Sheldon of WWashington sought rellef last night at the house of a doctor on the out- skirts of Baltimore, but before she cquld be given food and restoratives, e died from what was supposed to be aZpeart attack brought on by a fam- condition and a nervous trouble ‘which she was suffering. it S:l:l!'don; ;l;lsl;ty-foug years old, 5 e ‘e of Istant Lu- Sheldon, jr., U. S. G aad B . S. Black Hawk in-Cuban waters the fleet, and until recently Mrs. don was ilving with her father at phor.ie, 1850 Kalorama. road. Eecording to information recelved Baltimore, Mrs. Sheldon had ten days ago to the Sheppard Enoch Pratt Hospital to undergo tment for her nerves. Thursday ht she rushed away from the at- temding nurse and, from her bedrag- | g2@1 and worn appearance, it is-be- i@Bed that she wandered about the c§@ntryside without food or proper clghing for twenty-four hours, until; lgas: night, when she appeared at the h@ne of Dr. Morris B. Green, Hartford s and Altoona avenue, Baltimore, . asked medical ald for a sprained e. ording to Dr. Green, he noticed fatigued condition and prepared 1854, but before she could eat she fell iaming to the floor and died a few utes afterward, despite the ap- tion of stimulants. The doctor sR that her condition indicated tEXt she had been wandering in the ds about the hospital for many rs, for her face and limbs were the Trade Union College, 1423 New York avenue. KLAN INITIATES 100 D. C. MEN IN WEIRD SETTING IN VIRGINIA With a blazing cross casting gro: tesque shadows across a many-acred plain near Chain bridge, Virginia, late 1ast night and the silhouetted ghostly forms of more than 500 hooded figures standing in solid phalanx, about 100 candidates were initiated into the Klan. ‘While the event had been heralded, no one knew or seemed to know when or where the mystic event | would be held. The Star was asked to send a reporter and photographer. They were met an automobile about 7:30 o'clock last night end whisked off in the direction of the Chain bridge, going by way of the Canal road. So secret was the pr cession that the driver of the m: chine was compelled to stop several times en route and ask an almost empty void further directions, which were whispered to him only on re- ceipt of whispered countersigns and passwords. Ordered to Leave Cars. Crossing Chain bridge, a dozen or more cars of many makes grouped themselves together and slowly drove along a small, muddy country road in the Old Dominion. After perhaps a mile or so, the assemblage, ever in- creasing, came upon some fifty or more parked automobiles. The men were ordered out of tneir cars, and, on foot, proceeded up a still muddier road about half a mile. Invisible Empire of the Ku KIux|the exception of & few i government, for exceptional meritori- ous service. and hoods were brought forward, the men quickly attiring themselves and dressing on the line. A huge fiery cross, consisting of what -seemed to be a perpetually burning symbol, was lighted and made the only light used in the ceremony. The press seats, or. nearer to the truth, “stands,” afforded the reporter a good view, but with tances, he ‘was kept out of hearing. The candidates wére then led for- ward, and, after the taking of several pictures by the photographer, they were placed at one end of the altar, forming the only group there not en- shrouded in the strange costumes of the order. On the altar a large Ameri- can flag. was draped, with an open Bible near. A large staffed flag was immediately back of the altar. Initintion Ceremony. The ceremony of Initiation then com- menced. Several of the officers of the order read the obligations, which were repeated by the candidates as in one voice. A prayer was made and then followed the taking of the obligation: which ended with the phrase, “To th (overnment of the United States of merica I pledge unqualified allegi- ance and will diligently strive to pro- tect and enforce its Constitution, state and municipal laws against any encroachment by any persons in the ‘whole world.” . ‘ ‘This last paragraph was repeated to the reporter while it was being sald. One of the shrouded figures the holy see. Ceremonies After Death. T king! French their sovereign. king is dead; long live the was the cry uttered by the nobility at the deathbed of With regar 'd to the Pope, the succession of the occupant of the chair of St. Peter does not take place so suddenly nor so me- chanically. After the Pope is dead, several gorgeous ceremonies must POPE BENEDICT DEAD AFTER VALIANT FIGHT (Continued from First Page.) guard, who was on duty near the en- trance to the Pontiff's chamber: Inside the spacious there was the most intense solemnit: as hour by hour the night with the condition of apparently becoming pro worse. Each visitor who bed in the pontifical received with pontiff's state. passed, his holinese gressively had been ber was uestions as to the ost of them simply signified with their hands that the condition of his holiness was carious, their solemn faces addition- ally ugnltylns to the gravity of the Ppontiff's case. gered all night before to gather from the l‘:ld out of the Va of the interested wa tion near the n the center, to see if Crowds Besiege Vatican. Outside the Vatican a crowd lin-. bronse gute leading from the square of St. Peter's, every one endeavoring reons going in in ng well o‘r'h l:l'.h';e;‘: liness was fari o tehers the huge took & the light | sagge could mats soon began to arrive, and a strict watch was being kept on th ‘Vlllcu dnhorl': Few we o approach the Poj partment be- side the unmu.':im ctru(nnot.hor -dignitaries, and only two newspaper men—the representatives of the Ste fani Agency and the Osservato: Romano—were permitted in the ante- fre F e Pope's nephew, the Ma Della Chiesa, who arose from bed yest: to visit hlLunfl: 're-'f [} o'cloek, and Cardi; rived 'ten minutes l“n.tlcrm Rouncement was Th pontift was dyln‘.‘ e Romtihat ‘ Mass Celebrated. Mgr. Migone celebrated mass in th cha‘nl _-d’:lnln[ the Pope's m?n n: 1:16 o'clock, the Pope listening through _the onn door while the celebrant administered communien. anros ST n s ot ot fi. luct e ape- SR a the Pope Benedict declined, in May, 1919, to authorize the Catholic Church to participate in a world conference of religlons, which had been proposed to him by & group of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. Cardinal Gasparri told the bishops: “Rather than a reunion of the Christian churches, the holy see aims at the unity of the church which, in the opinion of Rome, can only occur "by all returning to the Catholic Church. In December, 1920, the Vatican Is- sued a decree requesting the Catholic bishops to pay vigilant attention to such socleties the Young Men's Christian Association on the ground that they corrupted the faith of Cath- ic youths. The Pope urged the nights of Columbus to combat propaganda against the Catholic faith. Denounces Immodest Dress. The Pope took occasion on numer- ) view thoroughly on some political and s cial questions. Esrly in 1920, he sent a letter to an Italian bishop urging the &tlocllu pri !‘l. lt‘n 'nr}( m“l"x“. ently and energetically agains e characterised as the gerous doctrine of the socialist: He fepeatedly denounced immodesty in ‘women'’s dress and what he termed the indecency of fashion, On another oc- casion & circular was issued by his direction to diplomats accredited to the holy see asking them to add to the invitations to official receptions a note requesting women toavoid ex- cessively decolete gowns. Pope declared in an address to the sacred college that the world was sfiicted with- five great plagues, which he enumerated as the negation of authority, hatred among brathers, thirst ror.t&:unre, disgust for work and forgettulness of the su tural objects of life. These evils, he as- serted, could be overcome only by the ald of the gospel. . sulted from the separation of the church and state in that country was crowned by the canonization of Joan of Arc as a saint. 3 Commenting on these new relations, it was pointed out in many gquarters that during the years when Benedict XV had directed the policy of the church there had heen an increasing influence by the Vatican on the pub- lic opinion of the world. Approves Arms Conference. ‘His voice was raised in approval of the alms of the Washington conference on the limitation of armament, and in a letter to President Harding the Pope commended his_initiative in calling it. His efforts on behalf of war prisoners ‘were unremitting and he personally ap- pealed to the prelates of the church to promote amity among_the nations and deplored the unrest in Europe which had followed the war. He issued nu- merous appeals for the poor children of Sentral Europe and for the famine suf- forers of Russia, and through his ef- fortsa hug e fund was collected and dis- tributed to the children of Germany, ‘Austria, Poland, Hungary and Czecho- slovakia. He also made large contri- t | Dutions to funds for the relief of the Ruseians and Chinese and to the In- ternational Red Cross. The Pope's brother, Marquis John Anthony della Chiesa, died in Decem- ber, 1920. The Pope was reported in 1921 as having suffered two attacks of rheuma- tism, —On January 18, 1922, it was an- Hounced. he had an’ attack of bron- Zhial catarrh and symptoms of influenza, Which were not at first regarded as Serlon &, complications were feared. but, as he was then sixty-seven years ol BRIEFLY TOLD STORY . OF ARMS CONFERENCE that this matter could not be given consideration unless they had con- crete cases. When the measure, ex- tending the original rent law was passed business properties were ex- cluded from the provisions of the law. CLAIMS $10,000 FOR SLANDER. formerly a captain in the public health service, has flled suit damages for alleged slander. He charges that Dedman circulated alleged slander- ous statements concerning him. He is represented by Attorneys Foster Wood and A. Adams. ASKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE. Mrs. Laura Mason has filed suit in the District Supreme Court for an absolute divorce from Andrew Mason. They were married at Leesburg, Va., August 29, 1906, and have one child. { Misconduct is alleged, and the wite asks the court to enjoin her husband | from visiting her home and molesting her and the child. Attorney A. D, Smith appears for the wife. TAGORE AGAINST PACT. Warning ogainst the four-power Pacific treaty drafted by the wrwa- ment conference and similar pacts is being sounded in India by Sir Raban- dranath Tagore, poet and dramatist, and Nobel prize winner, according to the American Commission to Promote Self-Government in India. sgratched by briars and her clothes|” Flashlights partly flluminated the|duced & sax s Pope's T Bhie Ltallad fnoohersatin ot m e P el oo et dhe| duoe & asxophone AP e ynellow | in the pentiffs room they sl at 3:30 o'clock this Firm on Celibacy Law. : 2 though under great mental strain, | splashing ankle deep in red clay, there With everybody joining in |&nY IBKling of what was guing on. | when he sald affectionatel In & secret consistory in December| (mne star 1s publishing daily « summar- gates will meet this afternoan on ¢ doctor said.. Shortly after Mrs.|was a noticeable lack of grumbling, . " The mesting +then ;m o daylight broke Battistint who was attending hi: he declared that the Catholic Church | jged story of the developments of the arma- Shantung, and will have - before ~ ) Sfeldon's disappearance from tho hos: | specially for such a lare body of | to an end, and after one of ihe leaders | o, 0%, CAIGAL uld be'scen passia | ~What sre you doing here St nis|L%uld never sbollsh nor mitigate the | et cutremes 7 ohdlng It jah tey | them the auestions of tne sl ? X M % al, a search was instituted andimen. A short distance more aid they|announced that additional open-air|™ 2 7 Gclock it had been announced :"o}";m':'gdfl:c““’“:';o:fi' clorgy | Jon Treats of the Bistorie meeting.) offices In Shantung. It Is ex; ; pt up all night and day, but no ice of her was found. . DuBose was notified of his approached a large, open field, through the mist and darkness. Figures could be perceived standing in a large rectangle around what meetings would be held in the near future, the crowd dispersed. Mr. Poindexter, local klan leader, stated that about a hundred of the at the Vatican that the dying, and telegrams were papal nuncios to that Pope was sent to the eftect. ‘The newspaper Tem tha last clearly lnulllllb?: ."O’I'-d.l of the pontiff were a uest for a drink of e ‘water, of_ vhleh“‘h took but 2 few swallows. After had been asked by priests.in Czecho- ment had been based on that appeal. The far east committee today considered again the Hughes reso- that the Shantung raflroad ques. tion will be taken up eatly eV week. consideration of thY” e B d to b kind of Ita; an: hes Strict Wateh 3:30 o'clock he be- | ™MinC i ¢ diplomati ton providing for listing and Further m ely to more. e body med to be some kind of an altar. | ki t! Kept. an ntellighly and e _resumption of omatic re-| lution 1@ to be brought here, but no- further '?nea darkness was intense for a while, | and !g(n::ylud,.‘ -.;'a. ':u"i'i“. Kl ‘2-‘: Since early morning a crowd, which ....‘%.w.. of oXygen were to .ta the ' and| publication of all Chinese commit- naval limitation treaty n‘ -still fitneral arrangements have been|and, continuously, without any halt,!were local men. When the| was at first hrnf: composed of | the \ber. Prof. 50 ments, past and future. It i ex- awaliting Japanese -av‘!.ou ': Te- . men’ swarmed in, taking up their| number of pickets that had been men, had besn gathering | Cherudini found the pneumonia | to i on e | gard to the articls xalitiog to tors ides her husband, places In the long lines. out Defore Bt Peter's. Carr! and auto- | had attacked th ‘fi lung, leaving | Th .l&'.'l““g‘u-fi“. and Chinese dele opA. & 7 :° Mrs. Sheldon ¥ survived by two young childrens - AL s A . Afteg = delay- of some -time, robes’ of any * mobiles bearing car and diplo- h K wvery little hope for life.