Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1922, Page 2

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO D.- C, DECEMBER 3, 19 D. C. SAFETY WEEK - PROVES ASUCGESS Valuable Lessons Learned During Campaign—Perma- nent Organization Formed. COMMITTEES CONTINUED Work of Preventing Traffic Acci- dents Will Be Pushed Vigorously. s 3 Safety week came to an end last night with the definite nssurance that the Ereat lessons it had taught would be perpetuated hers Ly the Washington Safety Couneil, an organization of promi- nent men and women pledged to make #he home ts and business houses of this city the safest in the nation. Charles M. Verrill, member of the Tnited States Employes’ Compensation Commission and chairman of the sta- gistical committee of the Washington Teafety committee, last might gave the following analysis of the accident ex- perience during the first six days of Safety week: There were two deaths, caused as fol- Sows: A woman seventy-four years of age, was struck by a street car while stepping from behind another car. Cor- oner's jury exonerated motorman. A gman thirty-cight vears of age over- Fome by gus in his own home. Six acci- ‘ental deaths per week was the average 1321, IO ere ‘were onls eight_serious Injur- tes caused as follows: Motor vehicles, five: street cars, one; industrial, one: r ot Dali, one. P A ainmie hild was seriously n- jured or killed during the first six days Many of the accidents, which have been reported from day to day. on care- ful investigation proved to be minor injuries. e “trustces and managers of the council have been called to meet at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, in their tem- porary headquarters. at’ 1ith and_ streets. Final details of incorporation will be completed and the organization Wil begin to function ‘immediately as one of Washington's most active civic bodies. Price to Keep Positio C. W. Price. one of the mafety experts in t Taan who “put acros ty week here, will continue as the council's executive Adviger and expert. He will be assisted by 2 prominent local man, who has not vet been selected. who at the end of a Tear likely will become the cits’s safety expert. Mr. Price had already signed 2 contract to give two weeks of his time to the New York safety council every month. He therefore will be unable to devote his entire attention to Washing- ton, but will remain here for the next two weeks and then spend a stipulated number of days in this city each month. At the same time a definite program of financial support has been mapped out, under the guidance of Albert E. . chairman of the finance commit- o city has been divided by Mr. Berry into sections, headed by the lead- ers of every line of business, 6o that cach prospective contributor will be ap- proached by a member of his own trade. The plan for permanent and con- tinuous education by the Washington Safety Council contemplates reach- jng every individual in the city at the same time during the vear. That it is quite possible to do this has been demonstrated by the unanimous Tesponse to Safety week. The mes- sage of “safety first’ has been in- <delibly written into the mind of every thinking persor and especially has it taken a prominent place in the Bchool child's curriculum. The benefit of this program in the school was demonstrated by the fact that not one child was seriously Injured in Wash- Ington during last week. Continuous Campaign. One of the big tasks of the safety council will be to see that safety les- ®ons remain an integral part of edu- cation in public, private and parochial schools. and it will take upon ftself the duty of making sure that every teacher is supplied with the literature and paraphernalia necessary for such important work. The next largest organization through which safety lessons can be guided for the benefit of individuals is the government departments. There will be continuous campalgning in every federal bureau. conducted by an_organization similar to the one built up under the guidance of Lieut. Col. C. 0. Sherrill. There will be meestings. publicity campaigns, mov- ng pictures and posters in connec- tion with the departmental drive. The departments will have their own safety committee. One of the dutles of this body will be to investi- gate all accidents occurring in the government bureaus, analyze the causes and suggest measures to the main body for the prevention of a like occurrence. constructive publicity campaign will comprise another Important 1ink in the Safet Council's chain of anti- accident drives. This will include well planned talks, speeches and a monthly publication completely an- alyzing accidents that have occurred during the preceding month. There .will be schools for auto- mobile drivers. The largest of these will be for guvernment employes, and the lessons taught will be calculated 10_reduce automobile accidents con- siderably. They will be taught by experts Whose long experience leaves no doubt as to their ability to give Washington some mighty interesting and Helpful hints about driving and the attention the mechanism of their cars needs. The Poster Drive. One of the interesting features of Safety week was the Intensive drive by means of posters. This will be continued as long as the public su; ports the Safety Council. Posters carefully devised and designed will be placarded at filling stations and garages. John E. Shoemaker, chair- man of the Safety week poster com- mittee, has offered whatever empty billboard spaces shall occur from time to _time. One of the vital policies of the ‘Washington Safety Council will arise from the deliberations of a commit- tee on traffic. This committee will be formed of “key men” in the com- munity, representing progressive thought and business, and their ob- Ject will be to study the fundament- als of the traffic situation. They will study the needs of the police de- partment in matters affecting traffic and will be expected to solve what- ever problems the city has in that re- spect. There will be a legal committee and a motlon picture committee. The present speakers’ committee will be perpetuated and the women's com- mittees. which did so much good dur- ing Safety week, will continue, their object being to get a Safeiy week Jesson to every mother in Washing- ton. The analysis of children's acci- dents will be brought to the attention of women's clubs throughout the city by this women's committee. ‘The trustees ‘of the Washington Safety Council are William F. Ham, John J. Boobar, Milton Fairchild, John Poole, Rudolph Jose, Frank W. Ballou, Charles A. Baker, Odell S. Smith, Francis R. Weller, W. Pearce Raynor, Jesse C. Suter, Arthur E. Seymour, Gen. Anton Stephan. The names of the managers who have signed the articles of incorpora- tion are as follows: Frank W. Bal- Jou, Joseph A. Burkhart, A. L. Bald- foremost and the win, J. Clinton Hiatt,"Odell 8. Smith, Harry M. Keyser, A. Seymour, Charles F. Roberts. Mrs. William Peugeot Bird, Mrs. Edgar T. Brown, ‘Willlam F. Ham, Mrs. H. M. Phillips, Gen. Anton_Stephan, S. R. Bowen, oeors: C. Shinn, Harry R. Carroll, Mra. Leilia G. La Varre, Miiton Fair- child, George-P. Mangan, Walter B. Patterson, Rudolph Jose. Francis R. Weller, Cuno H. Rudolph, C. Keller, James F. Oyster. [ PRESIDENT MINUTE SAFETY TALKS BY MAJ. SULLIVAN. « No. 8 Street cars are of great weight, therefore cannot always be stop- ped suddenly, and certainly can- not turn out to pass objects on the track. Drivers should always recognize the rights of street cars and remember: 1. At all cross streets the street car has the right of way over all other vehicles, except where traf- fic is being regulated by a police officer, no matter from which di- rection the vehicle approaches. 2. In passing a street car never pass to the left to save 2 minute’s time. It may mean an accident. These are provisions of the law and are meant to facilitate movement of traffic and prevent accidents. FIVE NATIONS HERE FOR AMITY PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) sentative of the United States. Mr. | Welles has been acting as commis- sioner for the President in connection with the proceedings looking to the withdrawal of the military govern- ment in Santo Domingo. As stated in the invitation of the United States government October 21 for the conference to convene in Washington, these subjects will be taken up: “The negotiation of a treaty or treaties to make effective those pro- visions of the treaties signed at ‘Washington on December 20, 1907, which experience has shown to be effective in maintaining friendly re- lations and co-operation among the Central American states. “Measures whereby, in view of the achievements accomplished with re- gard to the limitation of armaments by the powers participating in the conference at Washington in 1921, the Central American states may car- ry on this endeavor and set an ex- ample to the world and above all to the powers of this hemisphere by adopting effective measures for the | the Houxe of Representatives, Represcntative James R. Mann of i Senate attended. In the front row (c Hughes, President Harding d (acrows limitation of armaments in Central |a life-long friend of Representative M America. - “The working out of a plan for | setting up tribunals of inquiry when- ever any disputes or questions re- garding JAMES R. MANN'S BODY ON'WAY HOME Impressive Services Held in House to Honor Late Member. the proposed treaty or which cannot be settled by diplomatic means, shall unfortunate- iy arise between any two or more of the countries. “Any other questions countries represented at ference unanimously desire sider.” Origin of Conferemce Plan. The conference is the outgrowth of a meeting on board the U. S. S. Ta- coma in Fonseca bay, August 20, be- tween the presidents of Nicaragua. Honduras and Salvador. 1t was call- ed at the request of the Nicaraguan government in order to concert meas- ures looking to the establishment of which the the con- to con- i The body of the late Representative James R. Mann of Illinois, veteran of twenty-six vears of tireless serv ice In the Hous 1d warrior of many more peaceful relations betweenj_ jogiitive battle, was sent from B e Washington at 6:30 o'clock last night Th? "5'”1" thidcon ”"’ff w:;"f to his home in Chicago, where the ""m', “);“:1"‘ O e ar e |funeral will be held tomorrow. In pul's e "f"° o ‘;"g . " d‘;" the funeral pafty is an oflicial escort cral treaty of peace and friendshiPle ;. poth the House and Senate, |signed at TWashington December 20. e 1907, by the five republics of Central | COmPosed of members of thw HIAO! | i i delegation and colleagues whe have lAmerlca as being in force he"weyn;ber‘l\ losest to him in his work. them. It was further stipulated in| Official Washington paid its this agreement that the Guatemalan |tribute to the deccased legislator in and Costa Rican governments, would |ah unusually notable way by a sinple =9 but impressive service in th ouse likewise be asked to adhere thereto | ohambrn vesterday . The highest off- clals in all branches of the govern- {ment gave testimony by their pres- ence of the extreme respect in which Mr. Mann was held, while evidenty sadness on_the part of all employes labout the Capitol bore silent witness ito their sense of lo President Harding sat directly acress the House aisle from former | President Taft, now Chief Justic the United States, both of them close | friends of the dead republican leader. Sitting_far _back in the chamber,! |Unele Joe Cannon, long an intimate | {of Mr. Mann, let the tears run down{ his cheeks unchecked The only women at the cercmony, aside from those in the galleri were the widow and his faithful se retary, Mrs. Florence Donnelly, who had stood with him through the bet- ter part of his fighting days in the House. There was no eulogy by his colleagues, merely a sermon, in which his service was briefly recalled, by the Rev. James E. Freeman, rector of the Church of the Epiphany. After the benediction by the House land that a preliminary conference would be called in December to dis- cuss further measures looking té the well-being of Central America. The Guatemalan and Costa Rican governments, in answer to the in- vitation to adhers to the August 20 agreement, replied that they did not consider this necessary, as they re- gard the general treaty of peace and triendship as still in force and stated their intention to abide by its pro- visions. Information reached the State De- partment that it was the desire.of the powers to hold the conference in Washington in December. Invitations Issued. The department immediately issued invitations to such 2 conference by instructing the American legations at Guatemala City, San Balvador.| .., 0ji; “Rev. James Shera Mont- Tegucigalpa, Menagua and San -"’“!gomery, ‘members of the cabinet, Su- to extend to the presidents of these |preme Court, the Senate and House, countries the following Invitation: {the gl‘nln;natlgn;nrp:d;n&r:ho\;:::g; P - T of friends s The government of the United| jioniy and reverently by the open States has watched with attention the { casket. measures taken in August last by| At the bu;‘rial ‘.-erv!cr in (‘hifi:go to- ¢ morrow the honorary pallbearers the presidents of Nicaragua, Salvador i °be Jomeph @. Cannon, Judge and Honduras at the conference held on board the U. S. 8. Tacoma to effect more friendly and peaceful relations in Central America. The American government was gratified at the ac- tion of those countries in acknowl- edging the ¥alidity of the general treaty of peace and friendship signed at Washington on December 20, 1907, and at the action of the governments of - Costa Rica and Guatemala In definitely declaring that that treaty, in so far as they are concerned, is stHl in force. “The . government of the United States believes that a great step has been taken towards peace and stabil- Francis E. Baker, Judge K. M. Land's, Harry Pratt Judson, Frank I Moul- ton, Frank O. Lowden, Edwin W. Sims, Ira C. Copley, Robert McCurdy, L. M. Smith, George E. Marcy and Joseph H. Defrees. The active pallbearers will be George W. Miller, Gale Blocki, Roy O. West, Marquis Eaton, Donald De- frees, George W. Boling, Robert E. Donnelly and Arthur A. Anderson. —_— RUM SHIP “KIDNAPS” TWO DEPUTY SHERIFFS (Continued from First Page.) were waiting for her. Sheriff Nagle immediately announced he would pro- ceed with the case on the basis that the Assyria's captain had deliberate- 1y “shanghaied” the deputies. Liquor Weighted Down. The missing deputies were Larry Rooney and C. A. Nicholal, who went aboard with Undersheriff W. F. Fitz- simmons. They found the vrohlbl’lon nts already there, and the cus- :E:fll‘oflle&ru but, disregarding threats of arrest if any of the whisky were ty by these declarations of the five Central American states, and is fur- ther of the opinion that the peaceful and friendly relations and the pros- perity of these countries could still further be insured by a frank and friendly exchange of views and rec- ommendations, the results thereof to be embodied in a treaty for the per- ference to be held beginning Monday, | seized, Rooney and Nicholai had the December 4.” hatch covers removed and descended —_— into the hold. They discovered the liquor beneath tons o}; other freight, which it would take hours to remove. Meanwhile, according to Under- sherift Fitzsimmons, Allen E. Foster, attorney for the Cunard line, came aboard. He consulted with John A. Murphy, head of the federal agents’ detail, and then informed the deputies that the Assyria would sail in half an hour. Sherift’s Jurisdiction Denied. Since the liquor had been continu. ally in the custody of the customs, the sheriff had no jurisdiction, Foster and Murphy told Fitzsimmons. The "Calit. December 2 BAKERSFIELD, —Two persons were killed and a num- undersheriff disembarked. Rooney and Nicholai, under his orders, remained | below with the cargo. All this had delayed the Assyria for nearly an hour. Her passengers lined the rail, impatient, while hundreds who had gone to the pler to wish them Godspeed remained to learn the cause of the delay. On the minute set by Foster the vessel slipped her lines and floated away. The passengers lined the rail, cheering. Soon after- ward the faces of Rooney and Nicho- lai appeared among them, and then waved obedience when Undersheriff Fitzsimmons yelled “Stay with the Assyria! We'll got you!™ | Fitssimmons hastened to ‘the ma- rine division of the police department, told his story and the Manhattan took up the chase, manent regulation of their mutual interests and relations. the United States consequently takes pleasure in inviting the governments of Gua- dor and Costa Rica to send plenipo- tentiaries to Washington for a con- Number Also Injured When Cars ber injured when Santa Fe passenger train No. 22 from San Francisco, jumped the tracks about five miles out of this are believed to have been the cause. The engineer was killed. Charley Moley, mail clerk, also was reported killed. —_— i HUNTINGTON, W. Va., December ber of others wounded during a pistol Ohio railroad station here this after- noon. dead. Everett Saunders, his brother, was wounded seriously. Harry Porter, owner of a taxicab gompany, was ‘cut on the head and bac! Porter, it is charged, shot the Ssunders boys . and ~wounded “The government of temala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Salva- city at 5 o'clock this evening. Wet tracks ONE KILLED IN FIGHT. 2.—One man was killed and a num- and knife fight at the Chesapeake and l.O. M. Saunders, a taxicab driver, Bryant Campbell, a bystander, | upon the org where he noix were b pent many peaceful and 1 yesterday. The Prea center) e xeen (left right) w the nisle) Chief Justice Taft. ann. PROGRESSIVE BLOC RECEIVES PLEDGES AT PARLEYS HERE ued from Fi with only one or two dissenting votes. A _committee on_resolutions. head- ed by Frederick C. *, present resolutions which wWopted unanimous These reso! ex- pressed appreciation of the services of the progressive members of Con- igress who “have battled for the preservation of justice, ltherty and democracy:” congratuiated the country nization of th con sional progressive bloc; prais: work of the People’s Legislative ice in the interest of progre legislation, which it declared sulted in progressive senators and approximate- 1y one hundred progressive men the ery- of the House, and cal or the pointment of # non-partisan commit- tee to draft a program of legist tion and report it to anothe= of progressives to be held in W ington in the future. Woman Offers Resolution. The resolution calling for the re- lease of the “free speech” prisoners was offered by Mrs. Abby Scott Baker of Washington and New York. and was adopted without a dissenting vote. nator Norriz. in an address on “bringing control of sthe government into the hands of tige people” de- clared thatadequate primary laws, both national and state. and the abolition of the electoral college 80 as to bring about the direct election of the Presi- dent and Vice President would go far to attain this result. The framers of the Constitution, he sald, had been cautious in the extreme in the mat- ter of placing direct power in the hands of the people; they were map- DINg out a new course in those days. He called attention to the fact that the members of the House were the only federal officials to he directly elected by the people. Senators wera elected by state legislatures. and the President and Vice President by tha electoral college, while judges werc appointed for life. "Credits” was the subject of an ad- dress by Senator Brookhart of lowa, who attacked the federal reserve sys- tem as it is administered. He ®aid that it was dominated by the “non- partisan league of Wall street,” to which both democrats and republi- cans belong. The Wall street league, he said, inflates or deflates credits to suit its'own ends, and against the in terests of the producer, particularl the farmer. He suggested the Fed- eral Reserve oBard should be com- posed of three farmers, three labor- ers, two little business men and one big business man Representtive Frear of Wisconsin, paid high tribute to the work of Sen- ator La Follette over a long period of years in the interests of the people and progressive legielation. Mr. Frear insisted that Secretary Mellon is reputed to have a fortune of $300,000,000 from which he derives n income of $50,000 a day, and his salary from' the government is $12,- 000 a year. It was not unnatural, he sf1d, ‘that Mr. Mellon should be biased n favor of big business. PROGRESSIVES STRESS INTENT TO PUSH FIGHT FOR COMMON PEOPLE Pleading the cause of the farmers and the workers, the common people of the AND CABINET ATTEND LAST RITES FOR REPRESENTATIVE MANN. ~tor: den: Secretary Christ preme Court, diplomati n, Secretary Wallace, Second row (eenter), back of Secretary Wallace, is * | Shipsteaa of Minnesota, Senator-elect Wheeler of Montana, and former Rep- | resentative Keating of Colorado, who |acter as toastmaster. La Follette Called Leader. fhe meeting was mon-partisan, democrats and republicans alike tak- ing part and pledging themselves to | work in the interest of progressive ! legivation. An address v Samuel Untermycr, scoring Attorney General Daugherty and outlining a program of e to curb the “money in- terests,” w read after midnicht to the diners by Mr. Keating. Mr. Un- termyer had been compelled to léave in order to return to New York. Senator La Follette. characterized as “the undisputed leader of the pro- gressives of America” by Toastmas- ter Keating, received an ovation from the men and women present, all standing and applaudi amuel Untermyer. attacking the administration of justice under the present Attorney General, in vigorous manner the appointment of Mr. Daugherty to head the Depart- ment of Justice. ion | | the President may perform.” he said. “can counteract the harm he has done in making this appointment. He has struck x blow at the administra- tion of justice. from which it will not soon recover.” “If. «s 1 insist, the highest test of the efficiency of government is in the administration of justice, we have reached today the lowest possibl depths of humiliation to which any vears. I say this not without hesita- tion and in the most impersonal epirit The thought that a man of this char- acter. with whom political oppor- tunism is the dominant consideration, virtually has at this time the selec- tion of twenty-three federal district Judges, scattered throughout the country,-and that he is and is to be a potent factor in_reconstituting the greatest court in the world may well Bive us pause. Lists Charges in “Indictments.” “Briefly summarizing my indict- ment against the Attorney General, T would place his offenses of mal- {feasance somewhat in the following i order: “(1) He has made a virtual dead letter of the anti-trust law, at a time when it was more than ever neces- sary for it to be enforced. 2) The ‘war fraud cases’ of which we have heard so much by way of propaganda from the office of the Attorney General, have ended in a complete fizzle “(3) One of the first official acts of the Attorney General was to ap- point to the head of the important bureau of investigation, or detective ervice of the Department of Justice, where he still remainy, a man who had been denounced by a previous Attorney General of the United States in an official opinion to Presi- dent Taft as having debauched and corrupted the jury box by stuffing it with men who were known to be in favor of convicting defendants then about to be placed on trial. The men thus convicted were par- doned by the President on the evi- dence thus submitted. This unspeak- ably unfit appointment waymade after the facts of the official documents proving the charge had been brought 1o the attention of the Attorney Gen- eral by a number of distinguished men and against their protest. “(4) In every case in which a cor- poration charged with violation of criticized | “No amount of public service that, civilized country has sunk in recent e corps and mem| he Houne and Attorney General Daugherty, Secretary ncle Joe” Cannon of Illinols, opsright, Underwood & Undersood. EDUCATION WEEK DRIVE OPENS TODAY 'Special Drive Will District School Needs. Stress erican Education week. pro- claimed by President Harding for the primary purpose of arousing the jeountry to the fullest appreciation of } the value of an educatipn, the making e e e ettt it e et | funeral services for|to Europe again, and you mas be proud ! {of beiter citizens and ins { decper and more abiding interest in | the chiddren of the natlon, will be | ushered in today. Citizens of every Smuggler Chief, WhoSlew 14Men, Dies in Gun F ight By the Assccisted Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 2.— Martinado Villareal, chief of the old- est and most-feared band of emu glers on the Texas-Mexican border, w killed and part of his crew cap- tured in a running gun battle on the Mexican Friday night, according to aglispatch to Consul General Enrique D. Ruis in San Antonjo. Just before he died Villareal told Mexican river guards and customs officers that he had been operating for eighteen years and had kiiled fourteen customs guards in that period. Mexican guards forced the band into battle as they were crossing the river with horses laden with soap. In the battle three smugglers were captured in addition to Villaresal, and six smugglers escaped. None of the guards was wounded. AMERICA MUST GO TO EUROPE’S AID, SAYS CLEMENCEAU (Continued from First Page.) l tory of America’s entrance into the war and her part in making peace. He was Interrupted by a long wave of applause when he mentioned Wood- row Wilson and his “fourteen points,” on which he declared the peace was based. “What were these fourteen for?” he added. ‘“Pleadiugs set forth fore all human kind. Your Declara- tion of Independence said: *Equal rights, pursuit of happiness for every man, lib- erty’ That was beautiful for them to fight for in 17’ It came from America points that this armistice and treaty had at its front the fourteen points, which were nothing but the translation of the Dec- laration of Independence. Says Monree Doctrine Outgrown. “It seems to me some are very selfish. They say we will make our home com- fortable. We will build walls, we wiil not admit strangers, and we live there and be happy. You did not say that in '76. “There is a tale in an Arabian book of a genil in & bottle. and when it is out, you cannot make get in. Your case i3 just the other way. You are the genii in the bottle and do not want to come out. I call you, by the bottle." He reiterated that the Monroe doc- trine has been outgrown by ‘America, adding “sou have grown faster. allow me to say, than your {deals. You are 4 very complacent people.” America, he said, owed it to Europe to help enforce the terms of the Ver- sailles treaty, because she had had so iting & {1arge & hand in the making of fts terms and because its terms, particu- larly those referring to reparations | eity, town and hamlet ia the country |2nd disarmament, were being flouted vill give special and thoughtful at- ion 1o the subject of public edu- nd its shortcomingg. £ton zlong with other cities erve the week by again em- the congested conditions Civic ganizatione, school officials, teachers and pupils will take a prominent part in the District’s program. The min- isters, however, in their sermons to- day will make some £pecial plea from { the pulpit for the speedy relief of the conditions in the schools and thereby formaliy open the observance of the week. will oh phasizing and needs of its school system. | Parley Chief Event. Like last year the outstanding event of FEducation week in the nation's capital will be the conference be- tween the board of education and representatives of civic, trade and other organizations Tuesday night in the Franklin School.” It is the inten- tion of school authoritics to discuss at this meeting the estimates for the fiscal vear of 1924. the school build- ing program and legislation pending in Congress which is designed to im- prove the existing undesirable con- ditions Another feature of the week in Washington will be the formal dedi- cation of the new Kingsman School and the recently completed additions to other school buildings. The dedi- catory exercises, in most cases, will be in the form of housewarmings and receptions. Elaborate celebra- tions, however, have been arranged at some &f the school The Rhode Island enue Citizens' John Burroughs I'arent-Teacher As- socfation and the Langdon-John Bur- roughs Parent-Teacher Association, will hold a lebration tomer- row night at o'clock in the John Burroughs School, in celebra- tion of the completion of that school building. The principal speakers will |be Senator-elect Simecon D. Fess of |Ohio: Dr. Frank Ballou. superin- tendent of schools, and Selden M. Ely. supervising principal of the fifth divi- slon. A picture of John Burroughs will be presented to the schocl at these ceremonfes. The other schools at which dedi- catory exercises will be held and the time follows: John afternoon at 3:30 o'clock: Buchanan, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock; Mott, Tuesday afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock, the anti-trust law has_been undcr|with formal exercises at 5; Wheatley. the protecting wing of J. . Morgan | Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock: & Co. it has been imposeible to |Monroe, Thursday afternoon at § secure its prosecution.” o'clock; Kingsman, Friday afternoon The dinner, as the conference of 'at 2:15 o'clock, and the Deanwood, progressives earlier in the day, was, Friday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock given under the auspices of the|with formal exercises at 4. % United States, leaders in the progressive movement, asserting that they had “en- listed for the duration of the war,” promised to “restors the government to the hands of the people,” to make “Washington the seat of government in- stead of Wall street” at a dinner in the City Club last night. The dinner was attended by hundreds of progressive men and women from all parts of the country. At the speakers’ table were men who have taken a large part in the fight for progressive meas- ures in the last score of vears, including Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, Sena- tor Brookhart of Iowa, Samuel Unter- myer of New York, Senator-elect Frazler of North Dakota, Senator-elect People’s Legislative Service, of which Senator La Follette is chairma ‘At the conclusion Fredirick C. Hpwe conducted a campaign for contrébu- tions to the service, announcing that $50,000 would be required to keep up the work. Approximately $20,000 was pledged, Willlam Rawleigh of Free- port, 111, starting the ball with a con- tribution of $5,000. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, through W. N. Doakes, pledged $3,000; the Brother- hood of Firemen and Enginemen, through D. B. Robertson, and _the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- Malone of New York pledged $500. Buying Health for you and your kiddies That is what your Tuberculosis Association is trying to do by the sale of CHRISTMAS SEALS These seals are the main support of the Association’s work for underweight school children through nutrition clinics, free lunches for Open Air Schools, special service for the children of the Anti-tuberculosis schools and a summer camp. EVERY ONE WHO BUYS SEALS contributes to the pro- tection of life and safety of the children and adults of the Dis- trict of Columbia. ‘No Christmas package or letter is quite complete unless it carries your health message as expressed in these Christmas tokens. % This notice is.paid for by-the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, 923 H Street N.W, neerg, through Warren S. Stone, a180 | mental fact Dledged $3,000 each, and Dudley Field | mera s fact The purpose of American Educa- tion week, according to a statement issued last night by John J. Tigert, federa] commissioner of education, “is not to congratulate ourselves upon what has already been accomplished in education, but rather to bring home to the public what needs to be done in order to carry out the plans laid down by our forefathers for the education of all the people.” “American Education week clared Commissioner Tigert, “is the time for telling facts about American education. And some of the funda- s that need to be empha rst, that ‘all of the people’ are not being educated. On the con- trary, over 6.000.000 childrgn between the ages of five and eighteen, one- fourth of all in the country, are not in any school. Secondly, according to the United States census, about 5,000.- \000 adults, or one-sixth of the total population, are illiterate, while the draft indlcates that this figure is even larger. Thirdly, public schools are being closed for lack of teachers and of funds for carrying them on. “What is needed is funds and yet more funds for the education of all the people. If we believe in educ: tion_we must be willing to support it. Such support is a far more pendous task than it was in the days of Jefferson, and the failure to give such support is fraught with far more serious consequences to the future of this country. “The people of America, therefore, on this first Sunday of Americal Education week are asked to.conse- Jrate themselves anew to a ‘crusade against ignorance’; to the education of all the people in order that we bay grow in power and in knowledge, in human understanding and tolerance, as the primary conditions of continued national progress.” Today has been designated “For. God and Country day” of American Education week. Tomorrow will be ‘American Citizenship day”; Tuesday, atriotism day”; Wednesday, *‘School and Teacher day”; Thursday, “Ilkiteracy da; ¥riday, “Equality of O'prortum!y day,” and Saturday, “Physical Educa- tion' day.” Associdtion, in co-operation with the|using money borrowed in the United { i come. by Germany. Sees eed for Progress. Of the league of nations he said: “I do not believe in a society of na- tions as a way to tuppress war, at least now. When man has progressed more and more, I hope it will be. But 1 do not object to the best being at- tempted. to get even the least, which is sometimes worth counting. “That soclety of nations exists somewhere in Genoa. It has aiready done good. It pas done gomething in the case of Austria. “I say if you think fit to come, you You will be well received and we will work, French, British and Americane, together. That is my pro- gram. You know, small beginning: may have great endings. If you choose to get into the family of the soclety of nations, that is your busi- ness; but, under the situation, Idare say that you wiil be obliged to come some way or other and you had better take care that it won't be too late.” Declares France Will Pay. Turning to the subject of America’s post-war attitude, he said: “We made war together, but we didn’t sign the peace together.” As to the charges that France was States to further the alleged mili- taristic designs, he =aid France had used some of the money during the war for military purposes, but de- clared that since the war it had been used for reconstruction. Reports that France did not intend to pay were characterized as “a bad joke.” | “We are going to pay.” he said. Detailing_the devastation wrought in France by the Germans. and as: serting that a fifth of France's capi- tal wealth had been destroved, he declared France was in bad financial straits owing to Germany's failure to aton, tomorrow | pay her reparations bill. ‘Warns of Biot on History. Iie declared that unless America did come back to Europe future his- torians would put a blot on her h tory by saying her post-war action proved she regretted having gone into a war for ideals. I “Don’t pass the word that will be the condemnation of the best page in your history,” he urged. Referring to the presence of Am- bassador Child as an observer at the Lausanne conference on the eastera crisis, Clemenceau safd: “I can't tell you just what is an observer. He observes, and some- times he speaks. but that's America and it's all right.’ Wants America Back. He wished, however, to see America take am active hand In the settie- ment. s He =aid the league of nations. while far from perfect, had done mu:h gcod #nd that Europe would be glad to re- ceive America into, or rec:ive her back in Europe on any other terms she preferred. 7 ““You've got to come sooner or later. he concluded. “Take care that you do_not come too late. > The warmth - with which the Tiger's message was received was in marked contrast to the reception he got in the long parade through down- town St. Louis on his way to the Odeon. The crowds were large, but demon- strations were sporadic. This was due_ in part, perhaps, to the fact that the Tiger was so surrounded in his automobile Qy plain clothes men that many failed to recognize him. In Baltimore Monday. Lavish lice protection had been provided b’:fl.llle of the receipt by lo- cal authorities of letters threatening ! his life. But the nearest approach to hostility that developed was when a curious, fat urchin of thirteen slipped through the police lines and trudged beside Clemenceau's car, gazing at him. He had a bundle under his arm, but instead of 2 bomb it turned out to contain a pair of shoes. The plain clothes men shooed him away, however, as soon as his pres- ence was detected. Clemenceau left shortly before midnight on a special train for Baltimore. He was sched- uled to make a five-minute speech to members of the Soclety of Friends at Richmond, Ind., in the morning. He will arrive in Baltimore about % o’clock Monday morning. | side near Neuvo Laredo| | shall CITIZENS INDORSE PLAYGROUND BILL Federation Asked to Delay Action on Street Car Fare Ruling. The bill pending in Congress for the creation of a commission to work for the comprehensive development of the park and playground system of Washington was indorsed by the Federation of Citizens' Associations, meeting in the District building last night. Favorable action was taken after W. B. Todd, chairman of the federa- tion committee on highways, parks and waterwuys, had submitted a re- Dort, pointing out that there is no agency which deals primarily with lezislation for the extension of the park eystem. Under the terms of the bill the bogrd 10 be created would be known as the National Capital park { commission. The fedcration authorized the utili- ties committee, lieaded by Willlam McK. Clayton, to inquire into the rate of return now being earned by the Potomac Electric Power Company on its valuation. Mr. Clayton will re- port that information back to the federation to decide whether any changes in electric light rates should be sought at this time. Action on Fares Delayed. Mr. Clayton did not propose any further action on the decision of th Utilities Commission, in which it re- fused to reduce the rate of fare on Capital Traction lines at this time. He asked the delegates to wait until the January meeting to find out what the Columbia Heights Citizens' As- sociation does in the mcantime. He pointed out that the Columbia Heights" Association joined in the petition for & cut in fare. The delegates again became fu- volved in a lively and protracted de- bate over the admission of several new azsociations to the federation The membership committee, John A. Saul, chairman, recommended the admiesion of the Iowa Circle and the Thomas Circle associations. After Strong opposition from the delegates of the Mid-City Association, the fed- eration laid the lJowa Circle applica- tion on the table and referred the Thomas Circle case back to the com- mittee for further consideration. In connection with the Towa Circle case, Willlam Henry White suggested that postnonement of action would be de- sire .le, inasmuch as that association plaus to discuss again, at ite next meeting, the question of joining the federation. Boundary Lines Disputed. The opposition from Mid-City was based upon a dispute over bounds lines between it and the new organ- izations. Tne long-drawn-out debate promp:- ed A. E. Shoemaker to make & motion that the federation request the Dis- trict Commissioners to establish boundary lines for all of the citizens assoclations in the city. His motion did not receive a second. George A. Finch deciared that, in his opinion, the federation should Kkeep its hands off boundary disputes between member associations. Treasurer George W. Evans report- ed that eleven assorlations have made contributions. amounting to $198, to- ward the fund being raised to detray the expenses of the citizens' joint committee on fiscal relations in de- fending the District's claim to tha surplus city revenues that have ac- cumulated in the United States Treasury. ‘ommittees Appointed. Committees for the ensuing year appointed were: Law and legisiation—William Henr: White, chairman, and William ‘Torbert. George A. Finch, Edward I Colladay, Evan H. Tucker. George R. Wales, A. E. Shoemaker. A. R. Shep- herd. H. Speelman, Giibert L. Hall, E. 8. Hoge. Public utilities—William McK. Clay - ton. chairman. and William G. Hen- derson, W. B. Westlake, Lemuel Fugit, John T. Barber. L. L. Derrick. Warner Stutler, George M. Yeatman, W. S. Rhodes. Public health—Dr. B. T. Wooward. chairman, and Gus A. Schuldt, Prof. Mitchell Carro! Dr. W. P. Herbs:, Dr. R. W. McCullough, L. R. Wilson, M. J. Wiegand, T. E. Wheeler. Highways, parks and waterwa ‘Willlam Todd. chairman, and J. D. Smott, D. H. York, Dr. M. Shoe- maker. E. W. Turner, H. K. Bush- Brown, Dr. George C. Havenner, David D. Caldwell. 3 Education—Jesse C. Suter, chair- man, and Snowden Ashford, John S, Beach, A. Coulter Wells, Harry Wil- son, 5. Hubacher, Sheridan Ferree, £. J. Clarke, C. H. Mayers. Public celebrations—Daniel Edwards, chairman: H. §. Ridgely. Selden M. E 8. D. Grove, F. M. Cannon, George W. Evans. Franklin D. Jones, P. J_ Kelly. Membership—John A. Saui, chairman, and Thomas J. Donovan, C. V. Gilmore, C. F. Grove, J. L. Carr. Ray L. Smith, 3. ¥ Belfield, Raiph Sabin, H. F. Lowe. Charities and corrections—L. A. Si- mon, chairman. and Allan Davie, J. B. Hopkins, W. H. Richardson, W. J. Har- man. P. H. Sheriff, Z. L. Dalby. Police and fire—E. B Henderson, chairman, and Robert McMackin. Albert Schulteis, R. C. Wright, J. D. Ashford. H. J. Overman, A. H. Gregory, J. A Kiernan. —_— U. S. BACKS ALLIES IN HOLDING TURKS TO CAPITULATIONS (Continued from First Page.) stitute so that the capitulations may be gradually abandoned after a period of transition in which the Turks can bring their courts and legal practice to conform to the systems obtaining in the western countries. This was denial day at Lausanne. Nearly every delegation to the near east conference refuted some rumor | or report. most of the stories denied being contained in dispatches printed by Paris newspapers. ‘The Greeks denied that mutiny had broken out among their troops in western Thrace and that former Pre- mier Venizelos was about to leave Lausanne for Athens. The Bulgarians denied charges by the Greeks that they were co-oper- ating with the Turks in harassing the Greek army on the border of western Thrace. ‘The Eritish denied that disposition of the Mosul oil flelds in Mesopotamia iz or bas been under consideration ere. P iven the American delegation Join- ed in the chorus, issuing a written statement that there was no truth in the report, printed in Paris mews: papers. that Ambassador Child had eaid the conference would probably adjourn shortly. Former United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis left Lausanne today declaring he was convinced the Turk- ish oll question would be considered at the coming Brussels conference rather than in Lausanne. He will go to Belgium to look after the inter- ests of the American concessionaries ‘whom he represents. Mm. Tchitcherin. Rakovsky, Vorov- sky and all the lesser members of the bolshevik dedegation to the near east conference were guests &t luncheon today of Ismet Pasha and tbe entire Turkish delegation at the Palace hotel. _After the meal. which was quite elaborate, Tchitcherin and Ismet retired for a private conversation, which lasted several hours. The conference will take up the question of the control of the Turkish straits at 11 o'clock Monday morn- ing. At that time the Turks and Russlans,.who desire that the straits be placed absolutely under Turkish control, are expected to turn their combined heavy artillery against the inviting powers, which are stand- ing for neutralization of the water- ways.