Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1922, Page 2

24 * JOININ HONORII'S FIRST PRESIDENT D. A. R. and S. A. R. Cele- \ brate Birth Anniversary. I 1,000 Attend. Impressive patriotic ceremonies marked the eighth joint celebration of the 190th anniversary of the birth of George Washington by the Sons of | the Revolution of the District of Co-| lumbia, the District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution and the District of Columbia Society Sons of the American Revolution this morning in the auditorium of Central High School. Approximately 1.000 persons attended the exercises. One of the features of the ceremony was the presentation of a gold medal to Karl G. Pearson, a student a Eastern High School. who was adjudged the winner in an contest conducted by the iotio organizations on the subject, “The Expedition of George Rogers Clark. The medal was formally presented to the Eastern student by Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, acting president of the board of education. Marine Orchestra Plays. The program also included a read- ing from the papers of George Washington by Col. Frederick C. Bryan, past president of the District of Columbia Society Sons of the by Rev. Wil Baptist Church, w included prayer of George Washington. Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, chaplain of the Sons of the Revolution of the District of Columbia, gave the bene- diction. Music was furnished by the orchestra of the United States Ma- rine Band, under the direction of Capt. Willlam H. Santelmann. M Helen Howison sang the “Recession- accompanied by the orchestra,! and led the audience in the singing of “America.”” = “The Marsellaise” was sung by Lieut. Jean J. Labat. James M. Montgomery, president of the Sons of the Amer. ican Revolution, presided. Selden M. Ely, president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Society. Sons of the American Revolution, led the au- dience in the salute to the flag. Address of Dr. Thomas E. Green. The world is struggling now toward another turning point where either humanity, caught by the conscious- ness of a mighty vision, shall sweep onward into fresh achievement and wider happiness, or, clutched in the grip of catastrophe, shall go hurtling down into the abyss, declared Dr. Thomas Edward Green, director of the speaking service of the American Red Cross and former president of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution of Illinois, who delivered the prin- cipal address. We are calling for our great man,” he said. “We in America, who com- ing Jast and suffering the least in the mighty cataclysm that selfish- ness had wrought in the world, still find ourselves adrift upon the storm- tossed sea of confusion and uncer- tainty. It is my thought that when the times are right our great man will come—that when, as a people our minds are so eniightened. our conscience is so secure, our ideals and our purposes zre so clean and pure, that we can stand unflinching in the presence of the white light that gleams around the infinite and say: ‘We are ready in devotion, in rvice and sacrifice’; then the bell of destiny will strikeé, the man and the time will meet in the providence of God and this nation ‘of the peo- ple, by the people and for the peo- ple shall leap forward in that su- preme development that Washington saw in times of oid.” Paying a glowing tribuie to the first President, Dr. Green said that for a leader of a free people, seeking 1ib- erty of action and enunciating great and democratic principles of equality nd opportunity, “no man was ever orn apparently less suited to his duty than George Washington. “He was handicapped by family, by wealth, by religion and by the soclal institutions of which he was a part. He had no need of honor and distinc- tion, for they were all his. He had no need of wealth, for the broad acres of Virginia made him independent. He had little need of effort, for scores of slaves were at his bidding. He belong- od to a state church whose temporal head was the King of England and Whose fumdamental test was obedi- ence to the powers ordained of heaven. He was the last man, as we judge men, to be chosen to the position in which he rose to such supreme heights that he belongs not alone to us, but to all the world. Like Moses at the court of Egypt, he had been training for a work and for & mighty mission that he dreamed not of, and when the hour came and the times called he was ready for the work that destiny had 1aid upon him.” Guests om the Stage. Among the guests who occupied seats on the stage of the auditorium during _the exercises were Dr. an Mme. Bedrich Stepanek, Czechoslo- vakia; the ambassador from France and Mme. Jusserand, from Honduras and Mrs. Emilio C. Joubert of the Dominican republic, Senor Don J. E. Lefevre and daughter of the Panama legation, Senor_Dr. Don Octavio Beeche and |\ Mrs. Beeche of the Costa Rica lega- tion, Augusto Cochrane de Alencar ot the Brazilian legation, Gen. John J. Pershing, Brig. Gen. George Rich- ards, U. S. . C.; Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, U. S C.; Mr. and Mrs. Selden M. Ely; S. Rowe, director general, Pan-American Union: Col. Charles Keller, District Engineer Commissioner. Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambas- sador, and Lady Geddes, Capt. Axel F. Wallenberg and Mrs. Wallenberg of the Swedish legation, Mrs. Francis A. 8t. Clair, state regent, Daughters of the American Revolution; Rev. Dr. and | 1819. The post the | ¥ Miss | ‘general | POST TO PLACE WREATH. George Washington, No. 1, of Legion to Visit Mount Vernon. The mémbers of George Washing ton Post, No. 1, American Legion, will visit Mount Vernon this afternoon and place a wreath on the tomb of Washington. The delegation left at 1:30 o'clock and motored to Mount Vernon. Charles B. Hanford, com- mander of the post, headed the legion- naires. This post, which is the pioneer post of the American Legion, has annually made the pilgrimage to Mount Ver- mon since it was organized, Marca as originally named . Pershing Post, No. 1, but follow- ing the caucus at St. Louis in 1919, 1the name was changed to George | Washington Post, No. 1, as a Tesult of the decision that no post in the or- ganization should be named after a living person S0M0TENP " PLANS APPROVED Ge ington at Alexandria to Be Started Soon. ALEXANDRIA, Va. February 22.— Plans for the magnificent temple to |be erected here by the Masons of the | United States, as a memorial to { George Washington, were formally approved yesterday afterncon at the elfth annual meeting of the George shington Memorial Association. | The structure and surrounding {grounds will cost approximately $z.- {500,000. The temple is to be erected on’'a ridge in Washington Park, on jthe edge of this city, commanding a j splendid view of the capital, and is ito be so situated that it will be pass- jed by all who make the pilgrimage { from Washington to Mount Vernon, | the home of Washington. i _The association voted to have D. J. {Howell & Son of Alexandria imme- diately start borings and soundings in George Washington Park for the iproposed temple. This association has thirty acres at that place, which will {be the site of the temple. | It also was decided by the associa- Ition to procure a charter from the state corporation commission at once. Pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. The session of the assoclation will !end this afternoon. Early this after- noon the delegates made a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon, and in accordance with an _established custom placed a memorial wreath on Washington" | tomb and a wreath also was placed by Alexandria-Washington Lodge of Ma- sons, Washington being first master of the Alexandria Lodge. The delegates were accompanied by a number of local Masons, headed by Charles H. Callahan, local secretary of the association, who is the authol of “Washington, the Man and Maso; The structure, which will rank with the great Lincoln memorial will be erected by the Masons of the United States, the plan being to raise $1 per capita’ for every member of the fra- ternity throughout the country. The present officers of the associa- tion are: Louis A. Watres, Pennsyl- vania, president; directors, Melvin M. Johns W. L. Dan- ork; George L. Schoonober, Iowa. Walter L. Stockwell. North Dakota. Andrew L. Randell, Texas; Charles C. Homer, Maryland; George M. Napier, Georgia. Tomight the delegates attending the sessions of the association will be the guests of Alexandria-Wash- ington lLodge of Masons at its an- nual birthday celebration, which will be held in the Elks' lodgeroom. Among those scheduled to mak speeches are the following: James H. Price. grand master of Masons in Virginia; Louis A. Watres,.presi- dent of the association; Melvin M. Johnson, past grand aster of pler, past Massachusetts, and G. M. Ni grand master of Georgia. It has been decided to lay the cor- ner stone November 4 mnext, the an- niversary of the initiation of Amer- ica’s first President. It has developed at the meeting of the memorial asso- ciation that there is approximately. $700,000 cash on hand for the me- morial. _ Besides this, there are pledges for $800,000. More than 200 delegates from all sections of the country have been in attendance at the annual meeting of the association. The delegates last night attended a special communication of Alexandria- Washington Lodge of Masons, when the master Mason degree was con- ferred by the officers of the local lodge. The members of the city council and city officials and others yesterday afternoon were guests of the asso- ciation and viewed the model of the temple. All expressed themselves as highly pleased with the model. The architects were on hand, and prior to the viewing of the temple explained in detail the plans for the affair. Movement Started 13 Years Ago. The propused memorial, with its a | collection of Washington heirlooms and memorabilia, is to be the result lof a movement begun more than the minister tWelve ycars ago by the Masonic Gutierrez, [ lodge at Alexandria of which ‘Washington at one time was master. The lodge, now known as Alexandria- Washington Lodge, No. 22, A. F. and . -M., was Lodge No. 39 in Wash- ington’s day. Among its souvenirs of the first President is a letier In his own hand, written at Mount Vernon. Primarily, the building is to be a memorial to George Washington, the man and the Mason. The plan of its form was inspired by the great me- morial monuments built in_the an- cient days of Greece and Rome at harbor entrances and from whose summits burning flares pointed the way to incoming mariners. ‘The dimensions over all will be 160 feet In width by 230 feet in depth, ex- clusive of steps, terraces and ap- proaches. The height to the summit of the covered observation platform, Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. Logan Tucker, Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Miss Lucia E. Sullivan, Miss Kate D. Buckman, Karl G. Pearson, Bishop John W. Hamilton, Bishop Wil- liam F. McDowell, Dr. Marcus Benja- min and Mrs. Benjamin, Charles P. Light, Col. Frederick C. Bryan, Albert D. Spangler, Mrs. G. Wallace W. Han- ger, Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, William S. Parks, Henry W. Draper, Samuel Herrick, James M. Montgomery, presi- dent general, Society Sons of the Revo- lution, New York city; Lieut. and Mrs. Labat, Miss Helen Howisen, Philip Larner, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Larner, John P. Earnest and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Davis, Mr, and Mrs. Charles W, Holmes, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Borden, Dean and Miss G. N. Henning, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wilbur, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ferson, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Van ‘Vleck and Henry E. Kaluscuski. —_— TRAVELERS’ AID CANVASS. Mystery Man Features Campaign to Raise $10,000 Fund. The Travelers’ Aid Society has a reg- ular contributor toward its campalgn for $10,000 to provide for maintenance of the organization during the year. in the form of a mysterious stranger, who is evidently very much interested in the ‘work of the soclety at the Union sta- tion. About every twelve days the man appears near the Travelers’ Aid Booth and watches the proceedings of the so- Undoubtedly satisfied, he walks ‘were: G. Noble, Jones, §1; Mrs. Henry C. Walla Mr. and Mrs. Lester $2; Mrs. Joseph Worthington, Harriett S. Turner, $5; Mrs. J. XK. Warren, §5; Mrs. Hallie D. Elkins, w.:.h X‘Lr Barrett Browni $5; ington Terminal Company, 83; ‘Washington-! Ounmml. $35; Mrs. Perry .‘i‘;.“: o ¥ 2 trom which visitors may view for miles around the country where ‘Washington passed the greater part of his life, will be 200 feet. Rooms for Masomnie Order. In the center is to be an atrium, seventy by one hundred feet, to form a memorial hall in which will be set a statue of Washington. This hall, sixty-four feet in height, will rise, by a clerestory, above the surrounding portion of the building. Environing it will be a number of rooms dedi- cated to the use of Masonic interests, wherein every Masonic organization in_the country may have space. Rising above the memorial hall will be a museum room, forming the sec- ond story of the tower. To the mu- seum will be transferred some of the treasured possessions of the Alex- andria - Washington Masonic Lodge. Among these are Washington's old bedchamber clock. ‘On the death of the general Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick, master of the lodge and one of the attending physicians, cut the pendu- Ium cord and stopped the timepiece. Other relics include an old hburglass, the chair occupied by Washington worshipful master of the lodge, which was in- use for 122 years, and the of Washington, which the general approved. A knife presented to young George by his mother .shortly after his-elev- enth birthday, as a reward for sub- mmission to her will in giving up a coveted appointment to Annapolis, is another article to be placed in the collection. Washington, it is recerded, carried this token through life as a reminder of his mother’s command. FREIGHT RATE INQUIRY. Inquiry into the propriety of rail- road practices which permit cheaper freight rates onlglo.l = lpp:ld to ports for use on vessels qsq:n lgwed o coal over f}n: um':' ipDe :'mun:n for local consumption in seaboard cities was ordered yesterday by the Interstate Commerce Commis- The initial hearing was set for the commission's ofices ¥ Masonic Memorial to Wash- | T 4 2 2 >, T VIEWS OF PROPQS Association. ments of Commerce and Labor Reported Out. Carrying a total of $18,503,164 for supplemental estimates, the annual appropriation bill for the departments of Commerce and Labor was reported to the House today. This bill will be taken up for consideration in the House tomorrow. For the Department of Labor. the bill carries $6,826.920, which 18 $1.372 084.25 more than was appropriated for the current fiscal year and $1,227,712 less than proposed in the:original and supplemental estimates. The report points out that practically all of the increase is attributable to the ma- ternity act, under which it becom: necessary to appropriate for the fiscal year 1923 $1,240,000. The committee does not propose any salary increases in this bill, although there were a great many recom- mended, nor has it proposed any ad- ditional statutory positions. Owing to work growing out of the census bureau reverting to its permanent organization status on July 1 of this year, an increase of $100,000 is ap- propriated for printing and binding, to meet its permanent functions. Approves $304,900 Increase. A total increase of $742,020 was asked for the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and the commit. tee recommends $304,900. Represen ative Shreve of Pennsylvania, chair- man of the subcommittee in charge ill, in. making his report to said: 5 “During the period of recovery from domestic business depression and while competition continues & strong as at present among the ex- port nations for world markets, thi bureéau, through .ita .commergial a taches and trade commissioners, w be of inestimable value to the Amer- ican producer in finding foreign mar: kets for his wares and incidentally should be of material aid in provid- ing cargoes for idle American ton- nage. 2 : “Having ‘these main considerations in view, the committee proposes.addi- tional appropriations for the purpose of enlarging some of the existing staffs in certain foreign countries and eumbll‘hln‘ a number of new offices, and“also for externding the work of the bureau in the study of problems of production, distribution and marketing with respect to th more important import industries.’ $40,000 for Buream of Standards. The committee proposes to increase two of the regular appropriations of the bureau of standards by $10,000 , and recommends two new ap- propriations, each amounting to $10,- 000, making a total increase for the bureau of atandards of $40,000. ‘To meet & growing and pressing de- mand for data with respect to tex- tiles, paper, leather and rubber, it is proposed to appropriate $25,000, in- stead of the current appropriation of $15,000. Because the market for waste mo- lasges has dropped from $20 to §2 a ton, presenting a situation calling for early and careful study of the use to which this material may be put, a special estimate of $10,000 is recom- mended by the committee in addition to=the usual appropriation for sugar- testing_apparatus. . The bureau of standards has been preparing and selling standard sam- ples of various materials and has been aking investigations of radio-active substances, charging a fee for such investigation, The committee approvi two purposes, and the bureau esti- requested of $10,000 each for these two purposes and the bureau esti- mates that the revenue from these sources will exceed the appropriation. The committee recommends a de- crease of $765,632 for the bureau of immigration, the Department of Labor, !and proposes appropriations amount- ing to $138,000 for further important improvement work at Eilis Island. CERTAIN FEATURES OF BILL TO BE ELIMINATED CLARENDON, Vi February 22.— Features of the Arlington 'county { sanitary bil} now being considered by i the ate ' legislature, which were | found faulty by the Clarendon Citi- zens' Association .at-its special meet- ing Monday evening, will be stricken from the bill, according to an agrse- ment reached by members of a special committee of the association and rep- resentatives of the promoters of the measure at a mee{ing yesterday in the office of Engineer Howell in ‘Washingtan. i mnnfgr ‘Howell and Attorney Lyon, i representatives of the board of super- visors, agreed to strike from the bill ithat section ‘which gives the board power to grant a franchise for water and sewerage to any private firm or cor- poration. - :The _Claren: took a stand against this feature of the bill on the ground that'it did not want to be at the mercy of outside interests, which might result with this clause em- bodied in the bill. The clause which gives the board ar- bitrary power to refuse to build any water of sewer system for a given di trict if such district was considered too remote will also be stricken from th bill, it was decided. The¢ question ‘whether or not a community is too re- mote, it was decided, should be left to. special 5 elect CLAIM TIME EXTENDED. ‘Action was concluded by Congress yesterday on- the bill extending for one year-from February 28 the time for filing with _the government claims growing out of federal operation of railroads. 3 . - The measure also provides that the statute -of limitations against clalms. for which no sward has yet beenm made by’ the . Interstate Commefce for-s. year after the many OUSETOTAKE UP |BIG GEM ROBBERY S0.3300BILL| FAKED, IS CHARGE Appropriations for Depart- jMan Said to Have Been Hired the Department of Commerce for the ! fiscal year 1923, which is $916,104 —Alleging, police sald, that he was more than was appropriated for me{xmld $1,000 by Mrs. Sarah H. Robert- current fiscal year and $3,080,891.75 | 8on to stage the less than proposed in the original and | home, at Deal, last Saturday night, {in which she claimed to have been HE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, F GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC MEMORIA}.,&LEXANDRIA, VA. General view of the temple to be erected at George Washington Park, Alexandria, Va. by the George Washington Masomfe National Memorial by Society Woman Confesses. | By,the Associated Press. LONG BRANCH, N. J., February 22. ‘hold-up” in her robbed of a handbag containing $50,- 000 in jewels, John Balley, twenty, was arrested here today on a charge of conspiracy. Police authorities an- nounced they were sending to As- bury Park for a warrant for the ar- rest of Mra Robertson. The bag supposed to contain the Jewels, Balley said, was in reality filled with white tissue paper, and the “weapon,” which Mrs. Robertson’s i ts had described a andled automatic pistol equip- ped with a silencer,” was actu- ally a pipe case. The bag and its con- tents, together with the pipe case, were turned over to the local police. Bailey declared that he was ap- proached last November by a man whose name he ga who told him that Mrs. Robertson would give him $500 to take part in a fake hold-up, ostensibly to aid in & scheme for col- lecting burglary insurance. He re- fused. A week ago Saturday, he told the police, the offer was renewed and the price was increased to $1,000. He accepted and the fake hold-up followed. He was held without bail pending an investigation. Seized Diamond Sunburst. Mrs. Robertson told the police that she was called to the front door Sat- urday night while entertaining din- ner guests and there confronted by the “robber,” whose face was masked. The man leveled his revolver at her, she said, and ordered her to hold up her hands and keep silent. He tore a diamond sunburst from her throat, she asserted, and, with the weapon ssed against her body, forced her to return to the dining room. In the dining room her four guests were ordered to put up their hands and not to make an outcry. While the Intruder commanded his victims to turn over their valuables, Mrs. Robertson said she tried to con- ceal the handbag containing her jewels, which lay on a sideboard. The Trobber observed her, she told the po- lice, and snatchad it from her. Gather- ing up the loot that had beén placed on a table by the frightened guests, the intruder then backed out of the room and fled. STUDENTS TO PERFORM. ‘Washington College of Music An- nounces Concert Date. The twenty-eighth students’ con- cert of the Washington College of Music, Inc., will be held in the audi- torium of Central High School, March 2, at 8 pm. Among those Who will take part in the program are Miss Rose Kra- vitz, Hyman Zimmerman, Miss Meta Jaeger, Spencer Prentiss, Samuel Des- orff, §. F. Plckering, Norman Gold- . Mrs. Savona Greist, Miss Rena Greenberg, Miss Hazel Gibson and Benjamin Ratner. The college or- hestra, under the direction of C. E. several se- ma Christiana, will render lections. den committee | ot EBRUARY. 22, 1922. SULLIVAN STARTS WAR ON DAZZLING AUTO LIGHTS Issues Order the Prohibitory Reg- ulation Be Strictly Enforced. “Make the streets and roads safe,” was an instruction given the police of the several precincts today by Maj. Daniel Sullivan, chief of police. Maj. Sulllvan’s order points out the necessity for strict enforcement o the regulation against dazzling lights, in an effort to prevent accidents. Many flagrant violations of the law, especially on county roads, have been reported to the police from time to time. Complaint also has been made ! ol such violations of the Maryland law on the state roads leading in the direction of this city. In his bulletin to the police Maj. Sullivan explained the question as follows: g “A dazgling light is held in the courts to be just what the word im- plies, a light which dazzles and blinds one to the extent that the vision of othea drivers gnay be impaired. All persons driving through the lighted streets should have their dimmers on, but if they should be using a full light with a special deflecting lens do not make an arrest. “Courteously caution those whose lights are medium bad, and arrest only the flagrant violators of the anti-dazzling light regulation, who may be using lights which are blind- ing to the extent that accidents may be caused to approaching driver: There are so many of these serious violations of the regulation as to make it unnecessary and unwise to take action in technical violations or borderline cases. SAYSU.S.ISWILLIN T0 HELP BURDEN Other Peoples, However, Must Work Out Destinies, Mr. Coolidge Declares. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., February 22— Vice President Coolidge, delivering an address at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity today, praised the work of -y _— e DELEGATES DIVIDED ONRULESFORBAR Conference Meeting “Tomor- row to Find Views of Callege Requirements Differing. When the conference of Bar Av:So- ciation delegates meets here tomWr= row to consider the rccommendation of the American Bar Association tha" hereafter two years of college worke and three vears in a recognized law- school shall be required us a condi- tion of admission to the bar, there will be a division of opinion &s te the advisability of indorsing such & {move, ording to delegates who {had arrived here today. Between four and five hundred delegates. repre- senting the American Bar Assoc |tion, the state ber associations and local bar associations of the country, are expected to be present wh {Judge Clarence N. Goodwin of Ci cago calls the conferance to order. Pro Com Opinion. Many of the delegates are said to feel that the movement inaugurated by tre American Bar Association to elevate the standards of the legal profession, by making it a little mors difficult to become admitted to the ar, is worthy of support by all fac- tions. l Other delegates said that to require a college course in addition to the regular law school training would operate to prevent unf: of many to the bar, said, few men are fi neially in a position at the time th take up of law to enter a college On the other hand, ~the opinion that such move is necessar if the legal profession is to preserve its high standard of ethics. Legislation Is Presented. Legislation urged by the Amerfcan Bar Association to simplify court proceedings was presented to the Senate and House judiciary comm! tees yesterday by committees repre- senting the association. Among the measures proposed are bills which would vest in the Su- preme Court the power to make rules of practice on the law side of the courts, a power which that court now has, in causes arising on the equity side of the court: provide the pro- cedure for the removal of cases from state courts to federal courts; intro- jduce into the judicial system declar- rly admission because, they expressed the Washington conference on limi- tation of armaments and the prob- lems of the far east. The Vice Pres dent was accorded a degree of doc- tor of laws by the university. The Washington conference, the DIVORCE INCREASE LAID TO SIX FACTS (Continued from First Page.) Interior view, showing a statue of the first Presiden: {PRESIDENT GREETS HISTORIC BODY (Continued from First Page.) ditior. Some citizens of thls commu- nity have been far too eager to rent rooms to divorce seekers. “Some of these professjonal witnesses, as is natural in a small munity, number several lawyers among their acquaintances. With an eye to business, they have apparently suggested to these legal friends that they had an idle room or two, and if the latter have friends who might be looking for a domicile in Alexandria they would appreclate any customer coming their way. ““Third. The judge of the corpora- tion court, in which the vast majority of the divorce cases have been han- dled, should have noted {rregulari- ties and should have acted accord- ingly. “Fourth. Some attorneys, as indi- cated by the records, have unques- tionably shut their eyes to flagrant violations of the law in their en- deavor to win cases. Others have taken advantage of the loopholes in the law and of the attitude of the court, all of which have contributed to_the spread and growth of the evi “Fifth. That there may have been lowering of the standard of morals throughout the country as a result of the war probably has figured in quick marriages and Qquicker desires for freedom. “Sixth. Another important factor is the proximity of Alexandria to Wash- ington, D. C. The latter is a much larger city with a more or less cos- mopolitan population and with a di- vorce law that is especially stringent and by which it is extremely aiffi- cuit to obtain freedom. It {s natural that divorce seekers faced with the conditions in Washington would come Lere, only & few miles away, and either establish a genuine or ‘fake’ residence and apply to the courts for a divorce.” ‘This committeeman is positive that thess facts as enumerated by him will be borne out when the probe is concluded. Bxamination of those persons who have claimed to possess knowledge of evil conditions in connection with the divorce practice will be started tomorrow when the committee meets at 10 o'clock. J.R. Y. PRESIDENT. com- | tion. The stone is being cut at this {time, and Mr. Harvey has been | 2dvised that the stone ought to be ready for shipment to the National | Capital and placement in the monu-{ {ment this spring. ! Block of Petrified Wood. Secretiry Harvey reported that he | had been advised that the state stone | of Arizona would be a block of, the ifamous petrified forests, and -"that the block had been transferred as far | as the railroad at this time, and would be sent to Los Angeles for carving, etc, as that city afone in the west has tools of sufficient keenness to cut this tremendously hard substance. He reported that the propositions for state stones from the states of Idaho and New Mexico were in statu quo. President Andrew Jackson was the first President to preside over a meet- ing of the society, Secretary Harvey recalled to the membership. Sectetary Harvey, as representative | of the society, earlier in the morning attended the ceremonies at the base of the Washington Monument, depositing jthere a vreath in the name of the j Washington National Monument So- clety. At the meeting today Secretary Har- vey outlined the history of the so- ciety, which was organized in 1833, telling of the appointment by joint resolution of Congress of a commis- sion consisting of five senators, cishy representatives and three members of the Washington National Monument Society *“to make arrangements f the dedication of the Monument’ This resolution was approved May 13, 1884 ‘The following persons composed the commission: John Sherman, Justin S. Morrill, Willlam B. Allison, Thomas F. Bayard, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, William Dorsheimer, John Randolph Tucker, John . _Reagan, Patrick _Collins, Nathanial B. Eldridge, Henry H. Bing- ham, Joseph G. Cannon, James Laird, W. W. Corcoran, James C. Welling and Dr. Joseph M. Toner. Of these men Joseph G. Cannon is the only one living. The first five named persons were senators, the next eight representa- tives and the last three were mem- bers of the Washington National Monument Society. The society was organized in 1833, subsequently chartered by Congress in 1859, and continued by acts of Con- gress of August 1, 1876, and October 2, 1888, in “an advisory and co-operative capacity with the Secretary of War, in whose care and custody the monument is by law placed. Limited to Eightesn Members. ‘The membership is limited to eigh- teen. The President of the United States is ex-officio president of the soclety and the governors of the sev- eral states ex-officio vice presidents. The society, in effect, stands as an homnor guard for the shaft. Its mem- bership always has represented the various classes of society—the Army, thé Navy, the church, the legfslative, judicial.and executive branches of the government, the business world and the citisenship. The Washington National Monument Society -is the oldest organization in the District, aside from the Masonic; Fraternity, and perhaps one ér two other secret organizations. It has ‘had on its rolls men of great dis- tinction—Chief Justice John Marshall, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, Aldis B. ‘Browne, James Madison, Mr. Justice Cranch, Mr. Justice ~Lamar, T, Justice Strong and Mr. Justice Brown, Gens.Grant and Sherman, Prof. Henry, Prof.. Asaph Hall, ' Prof. W. W. Corcoran, Admiral Powell and Dewey, Sheplierd, Crosby 8. Noyes and many others. G " OPPOSE BONUS BILL. Builders’ - Exchanges Declars Bur- MEMPHIS, February 23.—Resolu- tions opposing the. payment at this time of s cash bonus: to able-bodied former. service men, contending such payment would not be compatible with public interest in view of the present heavy burden of taxation, but favor- ing the extenslon of liberal assistance to disabled veterans and the widows and orphans of soldiers, were before the National Association of Builders" Exchanges when it met today for the second day's session of its eleventh annual convention. WOULD RATIFY TREATY. ‘Ratification of ~ the extradition eaty between the United States and RBioa, snusry 21, was . Vice President declared, was called largely in response to a desire for the establishment of relations look- ing to permanent peace, a desire world wide. “Men had reached the conclusion,” he said, securing peace was by making the necessary sacrifices and performing the mnecessary service to_ remove some of the causes of war. the great purpose of America. was not merely the voice of one man, or one party, or one administration, but the true voice of America which proposed. at the opening session of the conference, the scrapping of thirty of its capital ships, aggregat ing nearly eight hundred .and fifty thousand tons, of which fifteen were new ships under construction, on which there had already been spent rearly three hundred and fifty miilion dollars, and that for a period of ten years the capital ships of this nation be limited to eighteen in number, of a désplacement of 500,000 tons.” Other Accomplishments. “It was the same voice which lim ited the' use of submarines and for- bade tie use of poison gas, which cir- cumeccibed the menace “of further fortificatious in the Pacific, secured justice for China and equal oppor- tunities of participation in her trade and development, and which finally | removed the menace of the English- Japanese treat: sanction of force, and proposed in its place the four-power treaty, which rests on the sanction of justice. e great strength of this treaty is its simplicity. It does not under- take to establish any artificial rela- tionship. It recognizes the natural relationship between nations. It does not make any new law, it acknowl- edges the binding force of an eternal law. It is an agreement to respect mutual rights, and whenever those rights are endangered to resort to mutual consultation. “Unto America there has been grant- ed possession of great power which carries with it great obligations. Our domestic burdens are great, but the resources with which they can be met are greater still. We did not sud- denly become a great people in 1917, or relinquished our greatness in 1918, The greatness was there, created through long years of endeavor. The occasion revealed its existence. The meaning of America is not to be found in a life without toil. Freedom is not only bought with a great price, it is maintained by unremitting effort. ““The successful conduct of our eco- nomic life is not easy, it cannot be made easy. The burdens of existence. the weight of civilization cannot be taken from the people. “*Thers is no way to establish a bet- ter relationship among the people of this nation save through each making great sacrifice. But nowhere does duty done and sacrifice made hold the promise of larger success. The final solution of these problems will not be found in the interposition of govern- ment ‘in all the affairs of the people, but_rather in following the wisdom of Washington, who refused to exer- cise authority over the people, that the people might exercise authority over themselves. It is not in the laying on of force, but in the development the public conscience, that sal lies. Ready to Share Burdens. “America stands ready to bear share of the burdens of the world, but it cannot live the life of other peoples, it cannot remove from them the necessity of working out their own destiny. “It recognises their independence and the right to establish their own form of government, but America will join no nation in destroying what it believes ought to be pre- served, or in profaning what it be- lieves ought to be held sacred. We are at peace with all peoples. We do not deny our duty to continue the making of sacrifices for the welfare of the world: It is not alone for their sake, but for our own sake that we should pursue that course. “We have adopted toward the world the policy of Washington, not of re- pression, not _of dictation, not of co- ercion, not of mperialism, but a pol- icy of co-operation, relieving dis- tress, of forbearance, of helpfulness, of sympathy, of forgiveness, a policy which s first of all American, but a policy, above all, of faith in the sanc- tion of the universal conscience of mankind. . That sanction is. eternal.” DUTY TO IMMIGRANTS IS THEME AT BANQUET institutions, ideals, health Hotel last night. to us Americans, espe- cially we ns, who are pledged t. the brotherhood of man, to prove to those who do come that the spirit of equal rights, privileges and opportu- nitles, which 8o many leave. their na- tive land to seek and of which we B e tmaus hai weod citizens.” the ‘make assoclate jus. ‘that one of the methods of | It is this | which appears to be in harmony with | It which relied on the | atory judgments, 4 form of practice reported to have worked advan- tageously in England and other coun- |iries; make offenses for which the penaity is a fine or imprisonment for {not more than tweive months a mis- demeanor instead of a felony, lamend the law 5o that a uniform practice would be introduced, by which cases would be taken from an Inferior court to a superior court by appeals, except in cases in state courts where cases can only be taken up on writs of error. The extension of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to make rules of practice on the law side aroused op- position from Senator Walsh. demo- crat, Montana, who stated that the suggestion had been before the com- mittee for nine or ten years. “Lawyers and judges ask (ongress to set them free in perfecting the ad- ministration of justice in America, declared Thomas W. Shelton of folk, who represented the association in behalf of the measure. “Though innocent, they have borne the brunt | of_criticism for one hundred years” Such a change would be highly beneficial. C. A. Severance, president of the American Bar Association, told the committees, and would not be harmful to the country lawyer, he added in _reply to an inquiry from Senator Sterling, republican, South Dakota. ~ The bar associations of forty-five of the forty-eight states "have indorsed the bill, he stated, and not only are the city and country lawyers in substantial unanimity in its favor, but a large number of or- ganizations have indorsed it. Many instances of confvsion arising {out of conflict of practices in federal |and state courts, growing out of the present law, were cited by Senator Kellogg, republican, Minnesota, who declared the practice now was “con- glomerate.” Announcing that he was supposed jto be “the evil genius’ standing in {the way of the passage of the bill, { Senator Walsh insisted that its ad- { vocates had not stated the objections to it. | The other bills were urged by a | committee on jurisprudence and law reform, consisting of Henry W. Taft, New York, chairman; T. J. O'Donnell of Denver. Samuel T. Douglas of De- troit, William Hunter of Representative Merrill Moores of {dianapolis, Nathan W. MacChesney of Chicago, George E. Beers of Haven, Conn.. and Edward A. Har: man of Washington, D. C. Meet With Mr. Daugherts. Attorney General Harry M. Daugh erty vesterday presided over an i portant meeting of the reception committee of the Bar Association, at which arrangements were made for the meeting of the delegates upon their arrival by subcommittees ap- pointed by the Attorney General The President and AMrs. Harding will receive the delegates and ladies accompanying them at the White House tomorrow afternoon, 4:30 o'clock. The final event of the conference will be the banquet at the Willard Friday evening, at which the presi- dent of the association will act as toastmaster. The following addresse will be made: “The American by Attorney General Daughert; Distinction Between a Profession by former Solicitor General m L. Frierson, and “The Obligation of the Profession to the Administration of Justice.” by United States Senator George Whar- ton Pepper. Invitations to the sessions of ‘he conference and to the banquet Friday evening_have been issued to the Dis- trict of Columbia Bar Association through President James B. Archer, and & large attendance from mem- bers .of thg local association is ex- pected. of Masons of the District; Col. H. L. Gilchrist of the chemical warfare service, Roger O'Donnell and Capt. George F. Unmacht. Capt. Unmacht told of the founding of the Sojourners’ Club, composed of officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. He was one of the pioneers of the movement, which was begun in Chicago about five years ago. and was the prime mover in forming a club here, which now has nearly 300 members. He said that movement has spread over the TUnited States. Included among the guests were Samuel V. Proudfit, Maj. Emile V. Cutrer, president of the Sojourners’ Club of Camp Meade; Albert H. Put ney, Walter M. Bastian, Louis Addi- son Dent, Conrad H. Syme, Julius 1. Peyser, Theodore D. Peyser, Milton Strasburger, Oscar MacCullen,' J. R. Pierce, Mr. Wang, C. W. Williams, J. H. Yates, R. H. Garrety and Mr. Mosely. oflleirl of ‘the National University Masonic Ciub are: Philip Herman, president; Edwin D. Detwiler, vic resident; Fred H. Woodis, secretary enry P. Thomas, treasurer; C. I Kephart, chaplain; Donald W. Fraser, marshal, and Willlam D. Haislip, heraid. Messrs. Detwiler, Woodis and Charles W. Hoover comprised the _ banquet committee. Members of the culb present weré . E. W. Austin, P. W. Aus- P. E. Elecan, J. P. Farm ner, G. H. Gerald, 1. Grudd, G. C. Hiatt, A. W. Hall, Guy B. Hardy. J. F. Hassin, G. L. Hughes, Lyle Hults, .R. S. Johnson, F. G. Johnscher, W. W. Keller, M. F. Landis, ghlin, H. G. Long, H. P. Price, H. . B, G. Rand, T.