Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1922, Page 2

REUNION DELAYED BY PBLICE FRICTION Frantic Fathers Here After Runaway Girls Kept Wait- ing Two Hours. Two frantic fathers who rushed to ‘Washington today from New York to get possession of their runaway daughters were forced to warm their heels for mere than two hours in an antechamber of thé house of deten- tion before securing permission to see them. Meanwhile, police officers and officials of the womsna's bureau, who had taken charge of the girls, literally burned the telephone wires— the police ordering the release of the runaways aml the policewomen turning deaf ears to all commands until their chief, Mre. Mina C. Van Winkle, gave .the word. Incidentally, this action, it is sald, strengthened persistent reports of existing friction Letween the woman's bureau and the police department. Girls Seeking Adventure. The girls in the story are Gwendolyn Gladys Pell, sixteen, and Jane Evans, fourteen, both honor students of a high school in Brooklyn, N. Y.. who bobbed their hair and garbed themselves in male sttire and started a proposed ex- tended hike of the southern states on Monday. The girls had but 335 be- tween them and a revolver and knlf:n{ao; protection. Two days on the brought them into \Washington with an appetite and & flattened Pocketbook ok. PoBcl‘okan in spirit, the girls went to the Union station and Miss Pell wired home to their fathers for money. As they walted patiently in the station Headquarters Detectives O'Brien and Livingston took them into custody at the request of their relatives. They were taken to the house of detention pending the arrival of their parents. Fathers Rush to City. At €:30 o'clock this morning Al- bert ‘W. Pell, treasurer of Lamont, Corliss & Co. and J. Harry Evans, dlso of Brooklyn, N. Y. fathers of the girls, alighted from the New York midnight express, which had just pulled into Washington, and hurried to the detective headquarters. Detective Cornwell, who was in charge of the bureau at the time, told the men that they could get their children at the house of detention. Greeted at the house of detention with a refusal by the policewomen to surrender or to even s2e the girls, the father appealed again to police offi- clals, who ordered their release. But the policewomen held their own. Sev- eral times the police telephoned the woman's bureau to turn the runaway: over to their fathers, but their or- ders were ignored. ‘About 9 o'clock, Lient. Van Winkle of the women's bureau reached the house of detention and permitted the anxious fathers to take their daugh- ters. Pained at Treatment. Both Mr. Pell and Mr. Evaus declar- ed they were not able to s2s why two anxious hours had been spent in 2n effort to get possession of the girls. Then feut. Van Winkle had them dressed In female attire, and fathers and ehildren went on their way. ~When I reach New York,” said Mr. Pell, “I shall write Senator Calder of ‘my- discourteous treatment and re- quest investigation. Lieut Van Winkle, told of Mr. Pell's determination to ask an investigation, said she hoped an investigation would ‘made. She added that she was in cxu.rge of the housa of detention and she tended to conduct its affairs as sh they should bs conducted. “T'm n% a sidestepper,” she sald. ~The children were here under my care and I would not let them leave before they were given female at- tire and something to eat.” = The fathers described ti girls' escapadé asia childish desire to see the world. i Commissioner Oyster arnnounced that he has asked Maj. Sullivan for « complete report on the controversy which arose this morning between the woman's bureau and officials of the police department over the release of the girls in the custody of their parents. CHILDREN GUARDED AGAINST CRIMES BY PLAYGROUNDS (Continued from First Page.) spite of the fact that tre latter num- ber 2,428, of whom 96, or 4 per cent, were before the court in & single year. It was pointed out by those who have made a thorough study of the local playground situation that in most of the outlying part of the Dis- trict of Columbia the conditions af- fecting child dellnquency are much more favorable than in the down- town districts. The large parks and open spaces afford much wholesome recreation, but do not entirely satisty the needs of the growing child, to meet which playgrounds have been added in some sections to a greater extent than in the more congested areas. The number is insufficlent. however, to serve the growing child population. The percentage of child delinquency in_the outlying sections ranges from 1.2 to 2.0 per cent. Least Troublesome Section. It has been found by study that the section of the city with the least delinquency is precinct No. 10. Of the total population of 20,858 children in the precinct, only 256, or 1.2 per cent, were before the Juvenile Court in a single year. This part of the <ity is bounded on the west by Rock Creek and Zoological parks and has ‘within its boundaries the United States Soldiers’ Home Park. Added to these park areas are five municipal playgrounds and two school play- grounds, under municipal supervision. The children of this community live under better conditions, the experts found, and have more adequate play facilities than do the children in any other section of the city. ‘The high dellnquency rate in the sections without playgrounds, accord- ing to those who are studying the situation, offer a challenge to the city which must be met, unless those who control the governmental pocket- | am ‘book awaken to the dangers and provide funds sufficient for enough play facilities. —_— WINS SHQRT-STORY PRIZE. NEW YORK, March 22.—The Soci- ‘ety of Arts and Sciences has award- ed its first prize of $500 for the best whort story of 1921 to Edison Mar- hall for his “Heart of Little Shi- Charles Tenney's “The Man Who 3}"&1 the Lilies” took the second ze of $250, and & prize of 500 was awarded to Wilbur Daniel le for the best stories of the ~ ‘The prize winners were announced at the society’s annual dinner. Ed- ‘ward J. Wheeler, editor of Current Opinfon, was toastmaster, and ad- chiefly eulogistic of O. Henry [< y Porter), were made by 8. 8. MoClure, Gertrude Atherton, Alex- ander Biack, Sophie Kerr Underwood nnflfll.)'on C. Seits of the New York ‘Wo Afr. Beits told -of O. Henry's eulx efforts, when the World pals $100 l.dqu 1 ‘lgsb:toflo‘ ‘which ek Beld by (e Worl, ha seid. DUt werq given to hij widow MAYOR AND GOVERNOR KISS MARY GARDEN, WHO WEEPS JOYFULLY By the Assoclated Press, PORTLAND, Ore., March 23.— Mary Garden, here at the head of the Chicago Grand Opera Com- pany, says Portland is the first city to which she ever had been welcomed with kisses from both the governor and the mayor. Upon arrival of Miss Gardw special a re train yesterday ception committee and thousands ®of other persons awaited her at the station. When Miss Garden ap- peared Mayor George L. Baker rushed forward and kissed her, Gov. Ben Olcott, who was next in line, looked a little doubtful as to just what course to pursue. “Go- on, governor, you're mext.” yelled the crowd and the governor did his_duty as he saw ‘t. Miss Garden straightway burst into tears, but soon explained that they were tears of joy st sv fine a reception. HEAR TEACHERS PAY RAISE APRIL 3 Capper Bill Before Senate District Committee on Salary Raises. Hearings on the Capper bill in«| creasing the salariés of the teachers in the District will begin April 3 be- fore the Senate District committee, Announcement of the plan for the hearings was made following a con- fprence at the Capitol today between Chairman Ball of the District com- mittee, Senator €apper, chairman of the joint committeé on schools, Dr. Ballou, superintendent of schools. Senator Capper today reiterated his interest in better salaries for public |y, school teachers in Washington. T do not think,” sald Senator Cap- fiel‘. “that the District Commissioners y any means vetoed the teachers’ salaries bili in their report to the Dis- trict committee in regard to that bill. The District Commissioners. it is true, pointed out that the salaries cf other District employes are low, and shot be increased. I have sympathy with that position, too, but to my mind it is of the great:s! importance at thi: time that the public school teschers in the District shall be adequately pald. Unless I am mistaken, the school teachers here are paid less ithan they are in similar cities. “The committee will call before it |3 officials of the schools and school teachers, It will also call upon the United States bureau of‘ education for such information as it may have |y in regard to the situation. The com- mittes will andeavor to obtain com- and | Prof. Muzzey's book. t TEACHER DEFENDS MIZZEY SHISTORY Answers Attack of Piney Branch Citizens—Cites "Wilson Text. Demands of the Piney Branch Citizens’ Assoclation for the with- drawal from use in the Washington high schools of Muzzey American History because of its alleged un- patriotic statements, is opposed by George J. Jones, head of the history department in the high schools, in' & letter today to Jesse C. Suter, chair- man of the' committee on education of the Federation of Citizens’ Assocla- tions. Mr. Jones' communication is designed to answer the criticisms of i1the book made before the Piney ‘ Branch Assoclation. i 1 ~ Strongly defending the ume of the history, Mr. Jones emphasized In his letter that it “is most patriotic from cover to cover, and declared that quotations read before the Piney Branch Association were taken from a_discarded edition of the text. The edition now in use, he said, differs materially from the old one because of the difference in viewpoint brought ut hy the war. f the Piney Branch Citizens® Asso- | clation is to strike Muszey's text from the list for the reasons given they will also have to take from the list the widely used text, ‘Division and Reunion, by former. Presidant Wood- row Wilson,” said Mr. Jones. Should Stndy Wilsom Tesxt. “Members of the Piney Branch Citl- zens' Association should ‘study Mr. Wilson's text from cover to cover. They will find it most patriotic, al- though they will also find other criti- cisms of government officials aimilar to the ones quoted and similar to quotations that may be taken from Quotations of this kind may be taken from every American history text ever written. “From rcading the statements made ofore the Piney Branch Citizens’ As- sociation, it appears that there was little understanding of the methods used In teaching American history in the high schools. It was assumed that the text mentioned is the only source of information, and that if a fact 18 not mentloned in the text the student must remain {gnorant of the 1d | fact The truth of the matter is that the American history course is a li- brary course, the text being the nu- 81cleus of the work. 'Students read dosens of histories written by the best authors, 50 that the points of view of many historians are presented in class by students who report on topics as- ed by the teachers. Topics and references may be found at the close of each chapter in Muzzey's Ameri- can History. “Muzzy's een used as aetext in the upper grades of the high schools of Wash- ington for about ten years. During ‘American History’ has plete data as to what is being done | 0811 "Yine no suggestion has ever by other American clties, particularly those similar in size and location to Washington, with regard to school teachers’ salaries Of course much come from teachers, students or parents questioning the patriotism of the book. On the other hand, many readers have commended its sound will depend upon what this investi-| smmericanism. During the period of gation reveals.” SENATEDYE PROBE | SEVERELY SCORED Manufacturer Declares Ev- erything Was Covered But . Principal Point. The Senate's investigation of the alleged dye and’ chemickl trust was scored by Herman A. Metz, New York chemical manufacturer and Iimpotter and former representative in Congress, today as having “covered about every- thing except the point of the inquiry, namely, the monopoly.” Mr. Metz, who was able only to begin his testimony before the committee had to adjourn, declared he was prepared to meet each charge that has been leveled agalnst him. Preliminary to other testimony which he said he would give, the witness began today to lay before | the committee the history of thej dyestuff and chemical industry for the forty years in which he has been en- gaged in it. He did this, he said, so that the record would show how, al- though he constantly had imported German dyes and chemicals, he had sought to promote an American in- dustry. Answers Accusations. By way of answering accusations that he was “German controlled,” Mr. Metz asserted that in his forty years of business experience he had yet to see the day when he was not his own 'boss. He related in this connection his actis itles ass what he called a “‘go-between" for the State Department and Count von Bernstorff, former German am- bassador, before the United States en- tered the war, in alding American dye consumers in getting the colors they needed. There was nothing to conceal, he said, and submitted let- ters and other documents which had passed between the parties men tioned. » Most of the German chemicals, which the British allowed to reach America after the early days of the ‘war, were handled through his con- cern, Metz declared. He said the British never had refused him a per- mit for the f:.c passage to Amerlica of the drugs and chemicals, even though certain dyemakers here raised the cry that he was representing Germans. Touching on the chemical founda- tion, Mets asserted that it had done nothing except “send out literature and abuse others” in the dye and chemical business. DISTRICT DAY LABORERS MAY GET SLIGHT PAY CUT Wage Board Believed to H-velfi'“" Recommended Reduction. Announcement Soon. The District Commissioners within a few days will decide whether the Wi of the 2,000 péer diemlaborers mechanics of the ¢ity governmen: should be reduced on April 1. Engineer Commissioner Keller sald today he has received the report of the wage board, composed of depart- ment heads and representatives of the employes, but that no decision has been reached. The general belief is that the board has recommended a slight percentage reduction in the pay of these workers. FINED $100 FOR ASSAULT. Judge BSays Man’s Action in Theater Might Have Caused Panic. Eugene Nally, ch: ed with assault upon Samuel Gaylord, Sunday last in the Empress Theater, was finel $100 by Judge Mt hon in Police Court today. In default of the fine a thirty- day jail sentence will be imposed. It was claimed that Nally's irc bad been aroused agains ylord be- cause heAbelhved him to be a “stool the -d the thi Judge McMahon in imposing the sen- tence declared that the at’ might have caused a panic in the theater, ::a ‘because of this fmposed a hcavy -~ ; the great war American history was made a required subject. This was a part of the Americanization move- ment. Practically every senfor in the high school is now making 2 thorough study of the history and the Institutions of his own country through this course in American his- tory. Professor Muzzey is one of the leading historians in this country and Is professor of American history in Columbia University. He is also = prominent leader in the American Historical Association. Learn of Heroes in Grades. “Students and chers allke were amazed at the statements made re- cently before the Piney Branch Citl- zens' Association. From the study of ‘American history in the grades high school students kpow the stories of Nathan Hale, Bunker HIill, Valley Forge, Gen. Stark, John Paul Jones. Marion, “Mad Anthony” Wayne and “Lighthorse’ Harry Lee and all the oth- crs mentioned in the assoclation’s re- port. This may be proved by reading the grade school . histories, Mace's American History and Beard & Bag- ley’s American Hiatory. “This work s done.in the grades where history is to a large extent the study of biography. In the high schools we look for causes and re- sults and emphasize the study of the economic, political and soctal devel- opment of this country. “It was 1ot many years ago when the major part of an American his- tory course was_ given over to tha study of wars and the colonial period of our history. This happily has been changed. Students now get most of their colonial history in the grades, which makes it possible for teacher: to take up the national period early in the course and to devote the last six weeks to discussions of the pres- ent-day problems of our government. The opinion is almost unanimous that it is better to give more time than was given in the past to the achieve- ments of this government in peace and to give less time to military campalgns. Students learn to love their country through understanding its Iideals and dts achlevements in peace as well as they learn to love their country by-studying its suffer- ing and successes in war. “In all the years that this text has been used it has never been suggest- ed that its discussions relative to Con- ss are ‘vicious and unjustified.’ 'he work of Congress naturally is an important subject for study in an American history courge. Should Kmow Imperfections. “washington high school students, perhaps more than students of any other city, understand\ the great roblems of Congress, and they study these problems with a sympathetic viewpoint. We all believe that our system of government is the best that has ever been devised, yet we also know that It is not perfect. If cor- ruption has existed in this govern- ment the students should know that fact. This knowledge will help ‘pre- vent corruption in the future, which will tend to make the government more perfect. Shall we adopt the German system of teaching the young that there are no impeffections? That method had much to do with plung- ing the world into the greatest war of history. “Quotations may be made from every American history text that has ever been written in which the de- partments of the government are criticized. Absolute silence on such does not indicate patriotism: means that the author fears to lwrlte what he knows o be true, Peo. ple who wish text books which deal mostly with military matters and which never make & critical state- ment may read the histories of Ger- many, which must pass government censure before going to the press. “In conclusion, I wish to state that I have searched in vain for one per- son in the school eystem familiar with our texts and courses in history who has been consulted by the chair- man of the education committee of the Piney Branch Citizens’ Associa- tion. The history department will be glad to give information relative to our aims_and- meth of teaching Listory. Conferences of this kind, we believe, would clear up many minun- derstandings.” CATHOLIC MEN MEET. Election of officers of St. Cyprian’ ‘branch of the National Council of Cath- oot tace might In.the st Cym ization 8 ol jon elect H ros, a director; Edward Hager mfi Jackson, Francis Francis Spriggs, business manager. An office for the business manager has been established at 315 7th street southeast. —— LIEUT. DILLON ASSIGNED. Lieut. Wallace M. Dillon, at the station, * pton ° roads, A “bu- air has been assigned to. Teau of aeronautios, 'ment. ¥ | 'Gillen, assistant directors, and | THE EVENING ‘STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1922 DISASTERIS SEEN Committee of Chamber of Commerce Tells What Re- jection Means. The foreign affalrs committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States foresees disastrous conse- quences to the country if the Senate rejects the treaties produced by the conference on limitation of armament. i- A report made today by the com- membership, carries a digest of the mittee’s view with regard to ratifica- The group of the treaties which chamber committee, represents a sin- mittee, sent out to the chamber's treaties and an expression of the com- tion. came out of the conference, says the cere effort to accomplish these ob- Jecta: Sincere Effort Made. “1. Advance the principles of confer- ence and discussion of international differences and facilitate the settle- ment of future differences by saner methods than those of war. “2, Provide an immediate reduction of armament by specific agreement 2nd stop competitive naval armament, thus lightening the burden of taxes which tend to stifie industry and op- press all peoples. “3, Point the way for treatment of the larger problems of land arma- ment.” ‘What Rejeet! Leads To. the committ “We are convinced, said, “a rejection would lead to these evil results: “A. Discredit representative gov- ernment for years and make our System a by-word and reproach as having proved impotent to negotiate international agreements even when the initiative has been taken by our own government. “B.- Renew the race for competitiv naval armament sad revive extra gant national expenditures and un- balanced. budgets. “C. Reintroduce chaos In commerce and industry; throw our slowly re- Viving agriculture back into the low price depression from which it is Just recovering; close down anew our industries and swell again the area of unemployment.” DAUGHERTY SAYS NO STRIKE VIOLENCE WILL BE ALLOWED (Continued from First Page.) day were distributing circulars, urg- ing their customers to buy anthracite now, to prepare for a threatened shortage, which a protracted strike ‘would cause. ‘While mine operators were reticent concerning this move, labor men im- mediately called it “propaganda to dispose of their large stocks, bought at peak prices.” The public would not be affected by a strike for at least two months, it was said, as re- serve stock piles sufficient for at least that period are now held at the mines and terminals. Gompers’ Ald Pledged. The nation-wide strike of antharcite and bituminous coal workers, set for April 1, will be prosecuted “with the fullest and most effective co-opera- tion of the American Federation of Labor,” it was announced here toda after a visit to mine officials of en- voys of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Gompers' delegates came here shortly before midnight, and, after a short conference with John L. Lewls, president of the United Mine ‘Workers of America, left early today for Washington. “The purpose of this conference,” a statement of the delegates said, “was to make possible the fullest and most effective co-operation with the United Mine Workers on the part of the American Federation of Labor and its affiliated departments and divistons. It was desired that there might be available for President Gompers the latest authentic {nfor: tion before the departure of Pre: dent Lewis for Cleveland.” The Washington envoys included James Lord, president of the mining department of the American Feder: tion of Labor; A. J. Berres, secretary of the metal trades department, and Chester M. Wright, director of pub- Ioity for the federation. . .With the ‘assurance of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor support, rep- resentatives of the anthracite division of the mine workers here today were optomistic to success In the general strike. They expressed con- fidence that should the strike becoms a long-drawn battle between the operators and miners, railroad mem- bers of the American Federation of Labor would come to r moral and financial aid through the Rall- road Miners’ Protectiv® Alllance. With these assurances, the miners of the wage arbitration committes of eight went into their final conference with the operators this noon, prior to their departure for Cleveland to com- plete strike arrangements for putting the strike into effect April 1. “LONG STEIKE PREDICTED. Little Hope of Settlement While Great Stocks Last. By the Associated Press. ; INDIANNAPOLIS, Ind.,, March 23— ‘Without hope apparently of develop- ments forestalling_ the coal strike set for April 1, officials of the United Mine Workers' of, -America declared that-the miners wars ready for & gen-| eral suspension of many weeks dur- e, B wosld continue: asserting that their fight oould continue indefinitely. .. While no FIREATYSLOST of the soclety horsewomen, preparing for the ecircus to be staged by officers of Fort Left to right: Miss Luellle Myers, Miss Myra Morgan, Miss Henrie(ta Hill and Miss Dorothy Taylor. |PROHIBITION “NAVY” MAY | EXTEND ITS ACTIVITIES | 12 MILES OUT TO SEA | The prohibition “navy,” if success- | ful in its firet operations along the | Florida coast, may extend its activi- | ties northward along the Atlantic seaboard, and the intrepid command- ers of its ships may venture as far out to sea as the twelve-mile customs limit, it was sald today by the pro- aibition and Treasury officials. who are gulding theis newest experiment in ary law enforcement. The war plans of the prohibition subchaser fleet, these officlals added, still are belng worked out by what might be termed the general staff, but thought is belng given to sugges- tions that by making the prohibition navy officers also customs officers the dry law ships might operate beyond the three-mile territorial limit and as far as the twelve-mile customs limit. The cost of the operation of the navy until June 30 may run as high a8 $200,000, high Treasury officials 8aid, adding that some estimates wen; that it would not cost that much. {length of the strike was made, it was indicated authoriatatively that the un- ion officials felt that any wage con-' ference with operators of the central competitive fleld was doubtful until the big coal stocks now on hand had been depleted. Operators here said that the stocks on hand would meet | the countries requirements for two| months and that meanwhile non-union | fields could supply almost half of the normal demands. While the strike in the soft coal flelds hinges on the situation in the central competitive fleld, which is the union’s basis for wages of all soft coal districts, the strik in Pennsylvania anthracite flelds may be ended before that in the soft coal fields for negati- ations are under way for & new an- thracite wage agreement. wage scale must be approved by a referendum of the members affected by it, and the cessation of the strike of- ficials here sald rested with the union’s policy committee. The opinion in un- jon circles was that the committee would end the strike whenever a wage scalle acceptable to the men had been negotlated. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 28.—A, decision as to the negotiations of single state wage agreements by the union coal miners was expected to be the most important question to be de- termined by the general policy com- mittee of the United Mine Workers of America at its meeting tomorrow in Cleveland. The single state agreement propos- al, however, was expected t> provoke a clash within the committee, bring- ing to the fore the factional flght be- tween International President John L. Lewis and Frank Farrington, presi- dent of the Illinois District Union. Opposition to the proposal has Leen declared by Mr. Lewis, and in turn Mr. Farrington has declared in favor of it. Some support of Mr. Farrington was regarded as possible from the of- ficials of the partly organized union district®, where the fight between the union and the open shop is keen. Besides _the separite agreement proposal, the committee may adopt a general program for the conduct of the strike, including decisions ot questions of finances, and distribution of the men who will Be left in the mines to protect the property while the strike is in progress. URGES RESPECT FOR LAW. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 23.— The fifth biennlal convention of Dis- trict 17, United Mine Workers of America, adjourned yesterday, and the 500 delegates returned to their homes with President C. Frank Keeney's message to “conduct your- selves in an orderly manner” in event of the general strike called for April 1. Calling upon the miners to “stay strictly within the law,” but also to your homes and your President Keeney assured heir success will be de- pendent largely upon absolute har- mony within the ranks and the strict- est of co-operation. Most important of the second day’s business transactions was the adop- tion of a district wage scale policy. The report of the committee in- corported the demands that “all new agreements be based upon & six-hour day and a flve-day week,” with pro- visions for time and one-half over time and double time on Sundays and legal holidays. The report futrther demanded a weekly pay basis and elimination of ‘the autoratic penalty clause protecting operators in case of strike. ENSIGN ORDERED HERE. Ensign_Charles T. Flannéry, Supply Corps, at the :meiz’mffi«';?.’. Newport, R. L, has been ordered to %hl:p::llyhtorl dutly lnl lghe Naval Supply 01 school of application, N De- partment. e B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30t0 1 o'clock |Declares Myer. FALL ADDRESSES L UMBER DEALERS Interior Depart- ment Is Deeply Concerned in Industry’s Development. Characterizing the Department of the Interior as “the home-making bu- reau,” Secretary of the Interior Fall today stated that the department is | “deeply concerned in such utflization and development of the lumber indus- ’ll"}' as will bring about the production and maintenance of the largest num- ber of.small homes,” In addressing delegates to the thirtieth annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association at the Willard Hotel. Secretary Fall emphasized the im- portance of “carefully considered ac- tion along this line,” in view of the fact brought out by the recent census that the number of rural homes is rapldly diminishing and the mass of vote: who have no “stake in the land,” pay no taxes and shift from Job to job—*"indifferent to the institu- tions of the country and to the stabil- ity of government"—is consequently growing. Explains Pending Measures. He pointed out that there are sev- eral measures befors Congress which are of peculiar interest to the lumber association, being modifications or expansions of existing laws for land roclamation. If approved by Con- gress they will extend the home- making operations of the Interior Department into many states tavin large areas suitable for agricultur: purposes, but as yet unused. The pri- mary purpose of these proposed laws, he sald, is to provide opportunities for country-minded, farm-trained ex- service men and other citizens to go- quire homes on the land. Dr. Wilson Compton, secretary-man- ager of the Natfonal Lumber Manu- facturers Association, outlined the plan of organization and purposes of the American Lumber Congress, which will meet in Chicago April 6 and 7, in an address before the convention this afternoon. Others scheduled to speak were O. E. Yeager, chairman of the trade relations committee; Alvin E. Dodd, manager of the distribution department, United States Chamber of Commerce; W. S Phippen traffic man- ager of the association; W. H. Schuette, chairman of the committee on revision of by-laws, and J. B. Montgomery, chairman of the arbi- tration committee. Received by President. The delegates were received b President Harding at the White Houl: early this afternoon, an ini - ception being staged. foFmal re Election of trustecs will take place at the closing session this followed by an expres: newly-elected trustees of their pref. erence for president of the organiz: tion for the ensuing year. J. W. Mc- Clure is the incumbent. Senator George Wharto! Pennsylvania, in addressing gu the annual banquet of the asso: last night, stated that those favor- able to the four-power pact belleve the pact to be “an expression of a new international state of mind.” He warned against sectionalism in this i::uréu'{). ;)therl gt’t‘: spoke were: Col. . C. Osborne, wa, Canadi Representative Joseph W, Fordn ! chigan. SIX-YEAR-TERM IDEA AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT (Continued from First Page.) platform plank did come u - Sussion In Congress, when . pescia- tion similar to that of Representative ‘Wood of Indiana was introduced and was seriously considered by a com- mittee of the House of Representa- tives. Mr. Wilson expressed himself in a long letter to Mitchell Palmer, then chairman of the democratic cau. cus. Mr. Wilson was against a change in the present system. He argued that four years was Sometimes too long for & man who had proved unable to fulfill the tasks assigned to him by the electorate, and four years was often too short for a President who had laid out a constructive program and was doing his job efficiently. He contended that the American people could be trusted to take care of the question through the processes of public opinion, and that if 1imita- tion were considered necessary, he belleved two terms were sufficlent for & Tnteresting sid n interesting sidelight on t! - tion, which has never been g?lbql?:;- ed, but which is curiously related to the new proposal, appeured when Gov. Cox of Ohlo" was writing his speech of acceptance of the demo- cratic nomination for.the presidency. His impulse was to include a public promise that if elected -he would pledge himself to a singls term. of his political friends advised ag: the move. They said it might he ccn. dered bad taste to make such a ;::duma:xt. when '::fl party platform no e a aration ¢ ey, Cox. kept his mi e ox s mind o; the last minute and phnntdpt.onl:a-:rl{ a paragraph on the single-term {s- sue o that it could be telog~aphed to the newspapers, and inch in the speech, which ha n_malled several days in advance. It was thought best by him fnally +o ex- clude the question from I acceptance, and lon pectatie ‘were de- veloped in the campalign, he would make & speech upon it Mr, rdin views oa a czingle term were discusaed during the cpm- palgn at Marion, and it lcoked for a time as it the republican and democratic candidates it be com- mitted to the proposal Since then nothing has been said about it, and ‘the_action by Representative Wcod of Indiana, is the first step taken by a “-lnlonber of the republican ty to :‘-Lmlu“outtor e (Copyright, iss) inst n of the n Pepper of at fon W. Fordney of dis- senators resolytion, b ference, rv:uW‘ “COME ON, LET’S GO!” That the Spirit Country. Needs Today, Says Mr. Hays. NEW YORK, March 23.—The coun- try needs a litle more “Come on, l8t's go!” spirit and a little less “thou shalt not. * . That is how Will Hays, new com- mander In chief of the motion picture industry and former Postmaster Gen- eral, summed .up the business situa- tion as he sees it. % “There are’ tremendous problems ehead of us,” he told the New York councll of the American Assoclation of Adyertising Agencies at its lunah~ eon, “but there is impending the greatést revival the world has ever seen.” | _— JUSTICE OFFICIALS " FORGED TO MOVE Lease - at - Vermont Avenue and K Street Expires June 30. Practical demonstration of the gov- ernmental need of office space is dis- closed by an announcement today that the Department of Justice, occupying 1110,000 square feet of floor space in & rented building at Vermont avenue and K street, must move on or before June 30, when the lease expires. ‘The present.rental- of the building is in the neighborhood of $36,000. Three times that sum, it is estimated, would not recompense the owner for space if the structure were to be turned into an office bullding. ‘This situation illustrates the need for House indorsement of the Senate amendment to the.independent offices propriations bill, which carries an appropriation of a million and a half dolla?s for the purchai which are located the seven tempo- rary bulldings between 18th and 21st stroets, north of Potomac Park, it was { pointed out today by authorities. This amendment is reported to have been agreed upon in conference. Cent §2,000,008. ‘The government erected the build- ings at a construction cost of more than $2,000,000. The 835,000 feet of floor space contained therein will be avallable for a decade or more. Use of the buildings during this time will effect a great saving and permit the Treasury to make appropriations for. erection of permanent departmental buildings in the future. But if the amendment fails—well, theré is now to be considered the need, not only for the replacement of the governmental buildings and of- fices located in the temporary build- ings, but also of the large Depart- ment of Justice staff of bureaus. In case the Senate amendment for the temporary buildings doesn't go through, Col. Sherrill, in charge of public buildings and grounds, will have an extra burden on his shoul- ders In deciding where to put the finance office of the Army, units of the Shipping Board. the Department of Commerce, the State Department and the Federal Trade Commission, with a number of others. Where the Department of Justice is golng is not decided. But it's on its way somewhere. . The only de- cided features are that the govern- mental plan of occupying office spac in just as few privately owned build- ings as possible must continue to be worked out and that, in keeping with this plan, the Department of Justice must get on its way before the first of the fiscal year. If space is found In government bulldings for the Department of Jus- tice, it will reduce the annual rental bill of the government to approxi- mately $365,000 per year. During the high peak of the war period this bijl ran to about $1,500,000. Steady reduc- | plan by placing all possible govern- ment auxiliaries under government roofs brought the sum down to $400,- 000 during the past few years. LODGE MARSHALS FORCES IN SENATE TO ADOPT TREATY (Continued from First Page.) in time to vote tomorrow. Senator Owen, who has been in Europe, was to land in New York today. Supplementary Treaty Next. Immediately following tbe vote on the ratification of the four-power pact Senator Lodge will ask the Sen- ate to vote on the supplementary treaty, which excludes from the op- eration of the four-power treaty the home land of Japan. He belleves that this vote can be had with little or no debate. Next will come the naval limitation treaty, Senator Lodge said today. It had been planned originally to take up the Chinese customs duty treaty, after the disposal of the four-power treaty and supplement, because of the desire to bring about an early a pointment of the members of an e | B7 ternational commission provided for in that treaty. But the desire to get the naval treaty acted upon has caused a change in the plan. Several days ago Benator Reed of Missouri, democrat, attacked the naval limita- tion treaty, and so far no detailed reply has been made to his speech. Senator Lodge will open the debate on the naval treaty when it is taken up, and will go at length into the rea- sons for the varlous provisions of that pact. r FINAL DEBATE OPENS. Administration Lines Hold Intact Against Irreconcilables. ‘What was expected to be the final forensic battle over the four-power Pacific treaty began in the Senate to- day, with the administration leaders holdifig their lines intact against the onslaughts of the irrecancilables. Another series of prepared addresses were delivered at the outset of the session, which began an hour earlier than usual to give an opportunity to all those who desired to speak. It was the expectation of the leaders that votes on several of the pending reser- vations would be taken before night. Colt Opens Debate. The debate was opened by Senator Colt, republican, e d, who favored ratification with the copmit- tee “no alliance” reservation, which was favored by Senator Brandegee, republican, Connscticut, after a con- ference With President Harding. Sen- ator Colt sald that in his opinion the treaty without the reservation would impose *“moral obligation” to use force. Contrasting Senator Colt’s construc- tion of the tréaty with that of others who favor ratification, Senator Cara- way, democrat, Arkansas, said the only possible conclusion was that no, one was certain just what the would “let"the United States in fi He recalled that Senator Spencer, re- puolican, .Missouri, . had called- the troaty an “alliance” and that another ro-treaty senitor, Willis, republican, Shlo. bad repifed that if he thought “-I-llllfiei he never oould sup- port Denying charges that democratic senators were pliying politics with the mn&, Senator Caraway pointed out that the 'y leader, Benator Une derwood of Alabama, sat on the Ame: ican delegation and was working for ratification.”. . - Yoom A statement .by Senator Caraway that Presidept Harding and most re- ”’!:‘:I‘ the Borah. S8 oon- ire & Senators tion along the lines of the economy.| Bash | Talen hes I BELIEVETINE RPE. TOEND HOSTITES Poincare; Curzon and Schan- zer Ask Greeks and Turks to Seek Peace. By the Assoclatéd Press. PARIS, March 23.—Interest in conference on near eastern affairs, in progress here, with the foreign min- isters of Great Britain, France and Italy as the principal conferees, i= centering, so far, in the efforts they have Initiated to bring about peace between the Greeks and Turkish na- tionalists in Asia Minor. Their first step was the sending yesterday of telegrams to Constantinople, Angora and Athens requesting an armistice between the two armies now facing each other, with 2 spring offensive by the Greeks threatening. Desultory fighting h: been going on between these Greek and Turkish forces since the Greek offensive was suspended last September. The Turke have made several fruitle: ttempts to recapture Aflon-Karahissar, and have engaged in continuous harassing operations. Military intelligence in possession of the allied foreign ministers indi cates that the Greek forces on the Asiatic mainland number about 185.- 000, of whom 100,000 are along the fighting lines, and the remainder en gaxed in supply, administrative and police work. Opposing them are about 90,000 Turks. Occupy Much Territory. The Greeks now occupy a territory more than twice the size of Switzer- langd, including the important cities of Smyrna, Mudania, Brusa and Ku- taia, as well as Eski-Shehr and Afion- Karahissar, key positions om the Berlin-Bagdad raliway. The present Greek line is about 160 miles west of Angora, the Tur- kish nationalist capital, he mili- tary experts comsider the Greek po- sitions strong. King Constantine’s. forces, which suffered 25,000 casual ties in the summer campaign againsi Angora, have been consolldated and reinforced by the calling out of fresh classes. The army is well s plied with French, English, German and Austrian artillery, machine guns nd rifiés, and has a transport serv- ice of 1,000 motor trucks and automo- biles, largely American and Englis! several thousand Missouri mules, large number of camel and ox trai and fifteen airplanes. The Turks are poorly clad but weil officered, drilled and disciplined, and are unrelenting fighters. They have no motor transport and only three airplanes, but are well equipped with horaes, camels and oxen. The troops live largely on the country and are able to subsist on the most meager of dietsc They are regarded by forelgn military observers as having effici- ent artillery and maching gun units. Their equipment is mostly English. German, French, Austrian and Rus- sian. The entire officer force ix Turkish. Belfeve Greek Morale Weakens. Premier Poincare, Lord Curzon and Signor Schanzer, the allied conferees here, who consider the time is pro- pitious for an armistice, are under- stood to base their judgment on-ad- victs which they consider imdicates a waning morale on the part of the Greek people. Protection of minorities in Asia Minor was the chief subject discussed this merning by the foreign ministers. Premier Poincare declared the treaty negof ed between France and the Turkish nationalists at Angora amply provided for the protection of the mi- nority population in the area of Ci licia, handed back to Turk over whl:h France had been given a man- aate. The ministers decided to ask Mar- shal Foch-and other of the allied mil- itary authorities to study a plan for the pacific evacuation of the Smyrna region, an operation which is depend- ent upon the acceptance by Greece and Turkey of the terms of the ar- mistice drawn up yesterday. —_— PRESS SEES HOPE. First Step to Taking Interest in Europe's Plight. LIVERPOOL, March 23 —The Liver- pool Daily Post and Mercury, cOmi- menting upon Secretary Hughes’ note to the allies asking that the United States be paid the costs of her army of occupation in Germany upon an equal footing with the allies, says: “The real importance of America’s request lies in the fact that it is the first step in a policy that eventually force her to take a vigilant and practical interest in the financial plight of Euro] “Another Washington conference on European debts seems now something more than a hopeful speculation.” BRITISH SUBMARINE LOST WITH ITS ENTIRE CREW the Associated Press. LONDON, March 26.—The British submarine H-42 has been lost, with all hands, in the Mediterranean, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Gibraltar today. She collided with & destroyer during maneuvers. = The British submarines of the “H" class were all built under the war emergency program, most of them in 1918-19. They are of the single hull “Holland” type, modified by the ad- miralty, 1643z to 171 feet long and 15% feet beam. They displace from 440 to 500 tons and are equipped with two sets of Diesel engines, giving & speed of 13 knots on the surface. ‘They carry four torpedo tubes. Their ordinary complement is twenty-two men. GET YEAR IN JAIL. Charles J. Nealson and Mack D. Cortes were sentenced to a “c;i in 1l each, after they had been ed n Police Court yesterday for larceny after trust. It was testified that the two defendants had - represénted themselves to be agents of the Em- ry Mills of New York city, and had gone to residents of this city obtaining orders for silk stock- ings at low prices. When the stock- ings failed to show up as stipulated in the order compiaints were mude to the assistant United States ai- Lorney. ‘The men were apprehended into court with six them.. They entered a plea. ity and smilingly faced the: court was told that charges could have the defendants. nst of not gul . The :r'L:J“ suditional been filed against ter, republican, Washington, hl“fi:';: rr::nullan. New Jerse: was unfounded and, Presldent Harding, long before the Boral resolution was had negotiated with Great %u:'hr the permanen t limitation _.B'-':mr ‘Bdge declared that when Senator Borah did not to_be ressing the Borah resolution he, Mr. introduced a similar measure. nator Caraway also clashed with nator Underwood when the, demo- Mmuc leader said Caraway wase ot correctly stating' facts. regarding a.anm Hughes' ' letter on the drafting of the treaty. 'Both sena- tors withdrew remarks which each had m«nfia “offensive.”