Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1923, Page 4

* % ! PRESDENT SEORES | BY SHP BL PLEA Zxecutive’s Request for Ac- tion Proves Surprise to Members of Congress. REPUBLICANS JUBILANT Friends of Merchant Marine Leg- islation Hope Measure Will Be Passed. TEXT OF PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. (Continued from First Page.) cuperation not only in the coun- tries {mmedfately concerned, but throughout the world. This settlement between the Brurh government and the United Statés has the utmost significance. It Is a business settlement fully preserving the integrity of the obligations, and It represents the firet great step in the readjustment of the intergovernmental obliga- tions growing out of the war. Respectfully submitted, A. W. MELLON, chairman. CHARLES B. HUGHES. HERBERT HOOVER. REED SMOOT. THEODORE E. BURTON. Baxis “Falr and Just.” In its comments upon the ar- rangements negotlated the com- mission itself has said essentially everything necessary to commend the ‘agreement to your sanction. Note that the commission urges that the settlement i on a busis which “is fair and just to both governments.” and “will make a most important contribution to in- ternational stability.” More impor- tant still is the ‘ng observation Lihat “it is @ business settlement, fully preserving the integrity of the obligations, and it represents the first great step in the readjust- ment of the intergovernmental obligations growing out of the " in these observations 1 most rtily approve. he call of the world today is for CETILY Of agreements, the sanc- tity of covenants, the validity of contracts. Here is the first clear- ing of the war-clouded skies in a debt-burdened world, and the sin- cere commitment of one great na- tion to valida its financial pledges and discharge its obliga- tions i the highest sense of finan- clai honor. BY N. 0. MESSEN Prosident Harding sprang a surprise ipon the joint session of the House na today, when hie supplement- d his submission of the report of tne areign debt commission on the fund- g British «debt with an earnest peal action upon the merchant A 1t had been intimated from White quarters that the Pres lent would muke an appeal to Congre action upon this measure. in L when the bill appears to be anguishing in the Senate, by a letter written to some member of the Senate in a dramatic manner, he situation before the joint W the two houses. a8 lii< remarks on the British s a complete surprise to ot and representatives as- ubled. As he proceeded with hi wtul argument in favor of dispo- - merchant marine bill at . even in the recognlzed ondition of other impor- l zislation. republicans of the and Senate_indulged in pro- ynged applause. There was noticeu- Ule stlence on the democratie side. Asks Definite Action, esident Tlarding said that the pub & to continue the ap to the public treasury that the govern- with no prospect mate achievement. gre v -utive brauch of the and to the American some decisive action *he sald, “by pro- of impotence ally important public ques- | plead for a decision. If there able majority the bill should 4 majority is opposed decisive. Then, If Con- roviding the requested { alternative measu the executive wranch of the government may pro- wed s best it can to end the losses juidation and humiliation.” ent Harding then went on to + responsibility squarely upon I speak frankly.” he said the situation demands frank- \m trying to emphasize a re. wonsibility which cannot be met b one branch of the government alone.’ There was loud applause from the republican senators representa- | es at ihis declara Continuing, s Tresident said: s call for tonal expression. not mere ER. enat of the 1. ine Hous. s | or { the ting Ht Much Ciamor to Cancel. There is no purpose to report that your commission has driven a hard bargain with Great Britatn, or to do a less seemly (hing mn proclaiming a rare generosity ir. settiement. Amid widespread clumor for the cancellation of world war debts, as a fancied but fallacious contribution toward peac a clamor not limited to the lands of debtor nations, but insist- ent among many of our own peo- ple—the Brit ymmission came to make acknowledgment nf the debt, to put fresh stamp of appre val upon its validity and agre upon terms for its repayment. Tt was manifest from the begin- ninz that Great Britain could not undertake any program of payment which would conform to the limita- tions of time and interest rates which the commission had been au- thorized to grant. But here was a great nation acknowledging its ob- ligations and seeking terms in which it mi So your com- mission pri szotiate in a business wa cand just settlement. Such a settlement had to take into consideration the ap- proximatel, normal interest rates the commission sug- “by strong governments ov: m of vears.” with a tem- porary intere ate and suitable options adjusted to the tremendous problems of readjustment and re- cuperation. Your commissign went %o far as it believed the American sense of fair play would justify. Even t N the British debt com- mission did not feel justified by its nstructions to accept the proposal Only after submission to the Brir ish cabinet s th your commission bring it to you, recommendation £0 far as leg admit, proval. Of Vast Importance. A transaction of such vast im- portance naturally has attracted widespread attention and much of commendation. It is a very grati- fying thing to the press and public have uttered substantially unanimous approval. It means vastly more than the mere fund- ing and the ultimate discharge of the largest international loan ever contracted. It is a recommitment of the English-speaking world to the validity of contract; it is in effect a plight against war and war expenditures and rigid ad- herence to that production and re- trenchment which enhances bility precisely as it di obligation. It cannot be unseeniy to say i, and it is too important to be omitted, the failure of the British undertaking would have spread political and econ- omic_discouragement throughout the world and. general repudiation would have likely followed in its wake. But liere is kept faith—willingly kept, let it be recorded—and a covenant of peace no less effective than it would be I joint British and American op- position to war were expressly agreed upon. It is a covenant of peace and recuperation, of respect and co-oper- ation. It Is'a new element of finan- cial and ecoromic stabilization, when the world is sadly needing a reminder of the ways of peace. 1t is an e ample of ¢ncouragement and inspi tien, when the world is staggering in discouragement and bowed with tha sorrows of wars that were and fears of wars which human is praring may be avoided. ¥ ‘nigested P whe mner Te covernment bl M I 1§ defeat will be gress fails in proposal of epted, and 1 with the earnest that it be given, slative procedure will a cordial and prompt ap- in 1 am seeking now to influence « Senate's decision, but am appeal- \e for some decision. There Is time, abundant time. for decisive action upon both these tremendously im- portant questions. 1 have brought up ying bill because T can fol bossible contlict for right of . but it ought and can be avoided. is fime for essential debate of . and each carries its own appeal. is fit to be recorded a chapter kreat achievement, both will mark siznal triumph. th are insep- rably related to our good fortunes home and our high place in the world Friends of Bill Pleased. After the adiournment of the joint scasion. senators favorably disposed to the ‘merchant marine bill thought that the President had made a_ten- strifc in favor of that measuré. Their | view was that he had weakened the of the small group in the ate w are understood to be dee nined to .prevent a vote being!| d upon this bill. His declara- | hat the settlement of the mer- marine problem is not within Jle purview of the administra- but can be attained only | cipation of the legislativ v. was analyzed as being a strong- Lind of appeal toward discoun- nancimg suggested filibustering tac- ties nst_the bill in the Senate. tors friendly to the measure way from the joint session raged by the President's vigorous statement and themselves intent upon ir efforts to bring the bill vot the Senate before March in any event. they said, after the resident’s strong presentation >¢ the tion today, the responsibility for ilire to act upon this vital muasure legislation will be easily placed. AMERICAN FREIGHTER, DISABLED. SENDS S.0.S.| Winnebago Damaged and clared wing th Ca i Hopes for Approval. Ordinarily [ should be reluctant to wdd this question to @ congres- sional program which is already crowded. in view of the short period remaining of your session. But it is of such outstanding portance to us and to the world that I should be remiss If 1 did not invite your sanction even amid crowded endars and pending problems of great importance. And 1 hope you will be glad to approv If the debtor nation could decide to assume the great obligation, in two cabinet sessions, in the face enormous financial and economic difficulties, surely the deciding authority of the creditor nation will be ready to approve in a spirit appropriate to the great transac- tion and with prompiness which will convey befitting appreciation. I am not unmindful of the dispos tion to pledge the application of a i ticipated payments in giving sanc- | tion to the settlement. It is not | necessary to remind the Congress | that the uséof meneys secured in | { in Terrific Gales Is Between Ireland and Ushant. MARSEILLES. rican freiglter, wireless today that she had ibled by terrific gales while | on belween the south coast | il Ushaut. The vessel re.! ported by boen d + I yuested immediate assistane H e bign were st night to cas seabourd of the United ates by other ships on the Atlantic. The freizhter is owned by the Amer- an Transportation Company and has been used by the American reliet Aministration for nx food sup- fes to Russia wns. WOMEN TO BE GUESTS. Kiwanians Make Elaborate Plans | steamer ! the repayment of war loans has been pledged by the very grant of authori- ty to make the loans. The repeal of that commitment is always within the authority of the Congress i a repezl is deemed wisc, b best comport with the importance of such an international transaction 10 give a frank, exclusive and direct decision, uninvolved by any disposi- tion of the monevs which the fund- ing program ultimately will bring for Luncheon Tomorrow. 1o the federal Treasury. Ilaborate preparations have been for tho weekly meeting of- the ix Club at the Hotel Washington . when the luncheon will be in liment to the ladies of the organi- ion of the work done iring the Christinas season. No set speeches will be made, but veral impromptu addresses will be de- Ly various chairmen of the la- | mmittee. All vboosts” will be ded to them, and speclal prizes do- ied by Kiwanlans 1. Z. Blackistone and € chafer will also go_to the guests. Myer Davis® “iand will present a special musical pro- Ampie Time for Debate. Nor am 1 unmindful of the impor- tance ‘of pending legislation with which' any prolonged consideration of the debt settiement might come in_conflict. Knowing there is abundant time for ample debate, I would be recre- ant to my belief in the urgency of a decision of the merchant marine ill if T did not renew the request that it be brought to a final dis- position. T venture the allusion becauSe it has been threatened that the merchant marine act shall not be allowed o come to a vote, Today you have a debt settlement which 'is to bring the Treasury something more than a hundred and fifty millions a year, and we rightly appraise it a notable ac- complishment. On the other hand, the executive branch of the gov- ernment is charged with the oper- ation of government-owned ship- ping, which is losing the federal Treasury $50,000,000 a year. It Is as important to avoid losses as it is to secure funds on debts or from taxation sources. Asks Approval of Alternate. I bave Getailed the discouraging situation -with our shipping to Con- gress, and have SUgge what is Believed to be a remedy, not only to put an end to the losses, but to up- build an Amerfoan merchant marine to meet our cherished aspirations and made Kiwa no o MARSHALL IS WITNESS. Former Vice President to Testify for Rev. J. H. De Pue. Thomas R. Marshall, former Vice | P'resident of the United States, ap- ycared in Criminal Division 1 of the District Supreme Court today in re- ponse to a subpoena to testify as a Vitness in behalf of Rev. James H. e Pue, former assistant pastor of local Presbyterlan Church, charged th using the malls to defraud. Mr. \Marshall was on hand at the opening of court, and after a consultation with lustice Stafford was permitted to jave court until he should be needed THE ACTION DELAYED ON 3-CENT FARES { Absence of Quorum in Dis- trict Committee Results in Tabling Lampert Bill. The House District committee today failed to put its stamp of approval on the Lampert bill, which seeks to torce @ five-cent car fare in the District by prohibiting any street rallway com- pany from charging more than the fare specified in their charters, under which they secured a franchise to use the streets. Only seven members of the committee were present and when a point of no quorum was threatened the measure was automatically allow- ed to lie on the table. Those present, however, debated sroughly the “entire traffic situa- 1 in Washington. For more than two years the members of he com- mittée ha ken a deen Interest in {the traffic conditions, and particu- larly the street rallway sitaation WIIl Insixt on Vote. Representative Lampest and those supporting his bill daclarcl after the meeting that they would endeavor t, have nwore than a majoritv cf ths committee present at the next ses- sion when they woull insist upou a vote on the measure. Proponents of the bill, ft was sald, feel that the only way to bring rel e to the riding public is by vrohibitin fare in excess of & cents If they cannot secure that through the Lampert bill, it Is their Intention to move to abolish the Public Utilities Commission Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas told the committee that the Lampert bill will provide the only relief to the straphangers, and urged passage at thix session of Con- ess. Representative Underhill of replied that it is an ¥ to put through the before “adjournment. RATIFY PACT ON DEBT, ASSIST U. S. SHIPPING, IS PRESIDENT’S PLEA (Continued from First Page.) th bill House chamber by Senators Lodge of Massachusetts, Underwood of Alabama, Kendrick of Wyoming and New of In- diana, representing the Se and my Lepresentatives Mondell, Wyoming Fordney, Michigan; Burton, Ohlo; Gar- ! rett, Tenn., and Colller, Mississippi, representing the House. A few minutes previous, the mem of the Senate had marched in, led Senators Lodge and Underwood, and took their seats in the two front rows. Cabinet Members Prexent. Seated on the floor of the House were Sccretartes Hughes, Weeks, Mellon, I”vm\'pr Wallace Davis and PYost- master General Work. In the galleries were most of high officials of the governm leaders in national politic sented both parties. In lscat in the Presid gallery Brig Gen. und Mrs C. E. Sawyer, the ll’rtn’d&n(':’ gallery was comfortably filled with White House guests and the diplomatic gallery was filled, it i being the expectation in diplomatic circles that the guestion of forelgn debts would be discussed by Presi- dent Harding. | Owing to the fact that the Presi- dent’s intention to address Congress had not been announced in advance, {and owing to the storm, the galleries were much slower than usuai in be- {ing filled, but by the time that the | President walked into the House {there were few seats vacant, while the corridors on both the House floor and gallery floor were packed with those who could not gain admission. PENSION EXAMINER DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Lewis E. Rogers, well known as an examiner in the pension bureau, seventy-three years old, died Monday morning at Providence Hospital, after a short illness. The family home is jat 128 C strect northeast. Funeral services will be held at the chapel of the W. R. Speare Company, 1205 H street northwest, at 2:30 o'clock to- morrow afternoon. The interment will be in Congressional cemetery, and private. The active pallbearers will the was {be A. B. Frantz, George L. Dletz, E. | 3. Skidmore, Royal G. Best, W. L. Berry and Henry Marshall; honorary pallbearers, John H. Wood, Silas Kingaley, Edwin Evans, Capt. E. P. Hall, Norman Ives and Caius E. | Triplett. Mr. Rogers was a native of Cass county, Indiana. His people were famong the early pioneers of Indiana, coming from New Jersey. He wae read law under the late Judge man of Loganport, Ind. In 1576 he retired from the active practice of law and took up farming, which he followed for a time, then coming to this city as a special expert in the bureau of labor and as an examiner of pensions. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jennie Berryman Rogers, and three children, Elmer E. and Wil- lliam T. Rogers of this city and Mrs. | Leon M. McAllister of Great Falls, Mont. HOUSE MEMBER VERY ILL. LOS ANGELES, February 7.—The condition of Capt. H. Z. Osborne, rep- resentative for the tenth California district, who left Washington sev- eral weeks ago because of illness, was serious today. Attending physicians said he was “very weak.” Members of the family were at the bedside. He is seventy- five years old. native remedy. I am unwilling, the public is unwilling, to continue thes: appalling losses to the public Tre: sury, when we know we are operat ing with no prospect of relief or of ultimate achievement. Congress owes to itself, to the executive branch of the government and to the American_public some decisive ac- tion. .ere avoidance by prolonged debate is a mark of impotence on a vitally important public question. 1 plead for a decislon. If there is a favorable majority the bill should be enacted. I a majority is opposed, defeat will be decisive, Then, if Con- gress fails in providing tau request- cd alternative measure, the execu- tive branch of the government may proceed as best It can to end the Josses in liquidation and humiliation. Situation Demands Frankness, 1 speak frankly, because the situation demands 'frankness. 1 am trying to emphasize a responsi- bility which cannot be met by one branch of the government alone. Thero is call for congressional ex- pression, not mere avoidance. 1 am not seeking now to influence the Senate's decision, but I am ap- pealing for some decision. There s time, abundant time, for decisive action on both these tremendously important questions. 1 have brought up the shipping bill because I can foresee the pos- sible conflict for right of way, but it ought and can be avoided. There is time for essential debate of both, and each carries its own appeal. Either s fit to be recorded a chapter in great achievement, both testify. The defense may not put its witnesses until tomorrow, and Marshall will be notifled when his rn comes (o take the witnees stand. further our commerce abroad. In inviting your support T frankly urged that if Congress would not approve, that jt should submit some alter- will mark a signal triumph. Both are ingeparably related to our good fortunes at home and our high place in the world. EVENING STAR, WASHIN educated in Wabash College, and later | Maurice M. Winfield and D. D. Dyke- | | At the Bottom of the Ladder. J e Fort Myer to Get Forty Men From ‘Returning Troops Forty soldiers returning to the United States from long serv in Germany on the transport St. Mihlel, which arrived !at Savannah today, will be brought to this city for assignment to elther the 184 Cavalry or the 3d Field Artillery at Fort Myer, Va. Both organizations sre short of the regular quota, and It was decided fll the vacancies by such of the home-coming soldiers as have had “mounted experience and were will- ing to wccept the assignment to Fort Myer." | Radio correspondence hetween the ! War Department and Col. Bates, Sth In- | fantry, commanding the troops on the | St. Mihiel, showed that there were forty men aboard the transport who met the ! requirements. Orders were sent to_dis- tembark those soidiers at ew York city, where the transport is due Satur- | 4y, and send them to Fort Myer with- out ‘delay. Quarters are being prepared !for them at the Virginia post. -— WHISKY IN CUBAN ATTACHE'S HOME Police Withhold Arrest When Permit Is Shown as Truck Is Unloaded. { i A tried in the Traflic (ourt yesterday developed that all the in- toxicants that come into Washington ifor the Cuban legation do not reach that destination William M. Trabing. n ‘\r?m gave his address ©17 South {Binney strect, Baltimore, Md., was | convicted of operating an automobile i without a District of Columbia op- lerator's permit and carrying “dead license” tags. He was fined $15 each case. The evidence showed that Trabing. operating a big touring car, with P. A. Bonet, commercial attache of the Cuban legatior. had been arrested by DMiotor Cycle Policemen W. C. Lewis and Avon Shockey while In the auto mobile Monday afternoon in an alley back of 1734 P street northwest. When the car was searched it was found to contain fourteen cases of imported whisky consigned to the Cuban tion in this city. erator of the car charge of the fourteen cases of whisky. Mr. Bonet offered as authority for the possession of the whisky, the arresting officers say, a permit from the State Department authorizing “Bearer—P. A. Bonet” to bring whisky into the Dis- trict of Columbia for the use of the Cuban legation, no amount specified. | Allow Delivery of Liquor. { Under_those circumstances no ar- | rest of Mr. Bonet was made and the | whisky was delivered, the arresting ! officers say, to the apartment of Mr. Bone at 1734 P street—apartment American, Trabing was the op. . 56, where Mr. Bonet and his fam- | reside. However, that is not the Cuban legation, to which the whisky was consigned and for which the per- mit was issued authorizing the bring- ing of the intoxicant into the District of Columbia, the officers say, but as the whisky was In possession of a member of the diplomatic corps, the | officers, playing safe, made no effort to arrest Mr. Bonet and saw the four- teen cases of whisky delivered his apartment. The whisky had been brought over from Balitmore. Mr. Bonet had gone to Baltimore, and engaging Mr. Trab- ing and his car, had transported the whisky to the city. When the au- tomobile containing Mr. Trabing and Mr. Bonet drove into the alley back of 1734 I’ street, Motor Cycle Officers Lewis and Shockey say that their { suspicions were aroused. Lewis cov- ered one end of the alley and Shockey the other, and closing in on the ma- chine they asked the occupants what they were doing and what the car { contained. Mr. Honet took all respon- | sibility admitting that he had four- { teen cases of whisky in the car, dis- | playing the State Department permit authorizing the transportation of {whisky or intoxicants for the Cuban | legation. ! "He was permitted to take the whis- Ky into his apartment. Trabing was held pending an investigation, when it was found that he did not posses a District of Columbia permit to oper- ate an automobile in this jurisdiction. |Later investigation developed that the {license tags on the big touring car {did not belong to him but had been issued to his brother Charles A Trab- ing of 105 Phoenix building, Balti- more, Md., and were for a truck and not a passenger car. —_—— A single gramme of radium will glve out enough energy, before it is entirely dissipated, to raise 500 tons one mile high in the air. i iny lega- | and Bonet was in | into | RN ity May GTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, F Dawrotzp AT THE AGE EBRUARY 7, 1923. 1T O [ oF ToUR, STAGED HER FIRST SUCCEPS A" 1 BY MARK ETHRIDG Special Dispatch to The Star. SAVANNAH, Ga., February 7.—This v southern city, with its moss- hung trees and balmy clime, has cap- tured for the time New York's preroga- tive of welcoming home the troops and will play host Wednesday after- noon t. that remnant of the A. E. F that has composed “Die Wacht am | Rhine.” { Savannah one foot to patience with 1 1 figuratively the other in the receipt of radio St. Mihtel's arrival. Wallowing In the trough of wintry seas, head winds have hampered the progress of the big transport, and latest reports in- dicated that she will slip Into her | dock in the late afternoon. Pross Relics Into Service. | relics of history for her celebration. Two brass cannon, which George Washington presented to the Chat- ham Artillery shortly after the revo- }lutionary war, will bark their wel- come. Savannah has trepidations about the firing of these cannon. She does not know what will happen when the the first time in many years. A siren from a Spanish ship which Sampson’'s squadron captured, which now adorns the coast guard cutter Yamacraw, will ing at the same time as the signal for the other whistles and bells in the o “let loose.” Among the latter i ig Duke,” signal, which' clangs to Chatham county that there is a fire of propor- riot. Two Generals There, Major generals of the ATmy—David Shanks, commander of the 4th Area, representing the War Department, and W. S. infantry—are hers of Georgia, the official committee of Congress and state legislators galore all ready to give the “glad hand” to the Yanks. ordinarily, they have this time tracted little more than passing in- terest. What Savannah most wants | to see—and the authority for this fs | & cunning little flapper—are the re- | turning soldiers and particularly the wives. | "The woman on board the St. Mihiel have been the main topic of conversation YANKS FROM RHINE DOCK AT SAVANNAH (Continued from First Page.) among the wives and children of the soldiers. The cutter Yamacraw, with Gov. Hardwick of Georgia, & number of congressmen and Army _ officers aboard, left her dock at 9:16 ¢'clock to meet the St Mihlel at Quarantine. { "The officlal congressional sommit- tee of five senators and fiva repro- sentatives were not aboard. party’s train was scheduled t» arrivs at_10:15 this morning. Soon after the cutter sailel, the tug McCauley left with a party of newspaper men and camera men to greet the ship at Tybee. At the dock a formal reception will take place, followed by the debark- ation of the troops. Allowing the troopers time to re- gain their “land legs,” the entire complement will parade through Savanah, being reviewed by Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth, chief of the infantry branch of the Army, and { other officials. Barbecue Is Planned. A barbecue for the enlisted men will follow the parade, after which some 400 troopers assigned to Fort Screven _will entraln with their familles for the fort. For the other soldlers amusement at local theaters has been provided, the operators an- nouncing all men ‘In uniform will be their guests. Other entertainment | features of the evening are acheduled | to be arranged for the Fort Screven | sotdiers, who ‘will be brought baok to the city on a special train. At 2 o'clock tomorrow morning the St. Mihfel will sall for Charleston, 8.C.. where she will land morse troops, continuing on then to New York. A party from Washington, which arrived yesterday afternoon, were | guests last night at a banquet at the { Do Soto Hotel. The party includes several congressmen, other than the official congressional party, and heads of various veterans' organizations. At the close of the banquet a toast was proposed to “our President, the flag and the boys who return today.” Representative Upshaw of Georgia led the assemblage in singing the | national hymn, e e ‘The emerald improves in color en exposure to the light. shifts from | her im- | lous The city has pressed into service| powder blazes from their muzzles for | screech its hail to the St. Mihiel, act- | Savannah's distress | tions or that somebody has started a | Farnsworth, commander of | So are the Governor | Of importance in this community | at- | their wives, | IN WILD REJOICING LADY MAGBETHIN Savannah Impatient and Eager In Awaiting Arrival of Troops wherever women have today. What do the | they oute? Can they | are usual querics { Some Are Indignant. Reports to the Savannah people have it that there are seventy-thr | wives, twenty-one children | mothers-in-law aboard. Great indig- nation has been ressed that f of the soldiers refused to bring wives becay lars a day additional The flappers are to get a | Bailey, wif | exercised gathered here Jok like? Are cak English? dol- particularly peeck 4 anx- Ralph woman's prerogative an-hour before the train left Coblenz, breaking in on the plans of Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen to have the train de- part at ‘a specificd time, while she packed her clothing. Interested in Money End. Savannah is also more or less mildly interested in how the Yanks will like { the change in re to money. Be- cause the touris is_on. Toom are quoted here at from $5 to $10 a day. Many of the soldiers are report- ed to have bundles of marks. At the present rate of exchange it would take a wagon-load to rent a room in la local hotel Savannans on how the pect also are prospecting troopers will like dry America, 1f information which |is freely given visitors to Savannah correct, the soldiers, re than lik 1y, will be led to ask: “When does prohibition become effcctive This city, if you have a map handy, s not so distant from the Bahamis and ’[‘lermudu. those British isles which |are the bas of the rum-running fleets of the Atlantic Rum-Runners on Joh Revenue officers here rum-runners have exert caution to sec that there is no drought _at critical @ time in Savannah's history. The revenue raid- {ers took 1,100 quarts Monday night. It is not probabie that the troops will have much time to find these things out until the latter part of the week. A de and barbecue, with a theater party, scheduled for late today. y local post of the American Legion and a public en- tertainment at the auditorium are schedul for the evening. The maiority of th settie down at Fort S miles south-southeastward Savan- nah, for their tour of & much less fas- cinating duty than has been their re- cent experier . he others will re. turn on board the St. Mihiel and leave Thursday morning for Baltimore. (Copyright, 1822.) |Doctor Cleared In Suit Involving Mysterious Pin Justice Hoehling in Circuit Divi- sfon 2 today directed a verdict in favor of Dr. Willlam C. Gwynn of the Georgetown University Medical School and Hospltal, who was sued for $50,000 damages by Samuel ¥. Pollard, a chauffeur, for alleged malpractice. The doc- tor had performed an operation on the plaintift, May 4, 1919 and had placed a drain tube which wa held in position by a safety pin. More than two years after a safety pin was found in the body of Pol- lard near the location of the in- cision . and suit was brought against the surgeon. The evidence showed that the pin was outside when the patient Jeft the doctor's office, but there was nothing to show how it got into his body. The court held that the Jury could only speculate on how the pin became lodged in the anatomy of the patient and could only award damages on conjecture. which the law does not allow. Attorneys Albert . Esher and Henry E. Davis appeared for the plaintiff, while the physiclan was defended by Attorneys Simon, The Original Peacock Orchestra Plays Nightly After 9 for DANCING Petit Madrillon CHASTLETON HOTEL 16th at R Reservations, North 10000 that the d the utmost roopers ven, eighteen will ?{common faith nd three | cents | who of messages setting back the time of the | changing her mind, and married hilf- PLAN TO COMPLETE GREAT CATHEDRAL AT $10,000,000 COST (Continued from First Page.) gift of the late Mrs. Archibald D. Russell, in memory of her mother, Mrs. Percy R. Pyne. The Bethlehem Chapel, beneath the apse, is at pres- ent used for services. A considera- ble portion of the cholr already is in process of construction, largely through the gift of a Washington layman, whose name §s withheld, and the foundations of the entire siruc- ture, also in process of construction, will be completed within the coming year. The present value of the prop- erty, with its endowments and in- vestment funds, has been conserva- tively estimated more than $4,000,000, of which the largest single gift was $500,000 by the late John A. Kasson, one-time United States minister to Austria, Prominent Americans in Move. Behind the present national move- ment are to be numbered some of the best known Americans. Among those who are tuking an active part are the following members of the Ca- thecral Chapter. Charles C. Glover, chairman of the board of the Riggs National Bank, at whose home in 1593 a meeting was held which re- sulted In the charter of the Cathe- dral Foundation; Henry White, former American ambassador to France; Charles J. Bell, president of the American” Security and Trust Com- pany; James Parmele, trustee of the Carnégle Foundation Fund; Corcoran {Thom and Dr. Willlam H. Wilmer, Bishop Perry of Rhode Island, Bishop Rhinelander of Pennsylvania, Bishop Harding of Washington, president of the chapter; the Very Rev. G. C. ¥ Bratenahl, dean of the cathedral; tev. William L. DeVries, the chancel- lor; Rev. James E. Freeman, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, and Dr. William C. Rives. Subsequently there will be added to the list other bishops of the church, distinguished clergy- men and laymen and women from all the states. In presenting the plan for immediate construction, Dr. Freeman today, in behalf of the bishop and the chapter Imade tho following announcement: To Be National in Character. “This cathedral that it to erect in the capital makes an unusual and because it is national in character, There is no other city on this conti- nent where such a building can so fitly express the high ideals of our |nation as Washington. This is more than a diocesan building, and its in- terest is more than local. Here in Washington stands the great build- ings that have to do with the large concerns of federal administration, land here it is indispensable that great cathedral building should in- carnate and interpret those things that we hold and believe to be fund- amental to the perpetuity of the na- tion_itself. “Beyond the building of a must stand is proposed of the nation, unique appeal fact that it is the as the witness of our as a people. In the {very best sense it is to be a house | of prayer for all people. “Westminster Abbey” “No, ocuses of U. Britain s, n Great building tminster Abbey. This great literally the shrine of Great Britain. It is believed that the n: tional cathedral in Washington ulti mately must come to be to America what the abbey is to the English people. It ought to be the place o sepulture for the nation. It ought be a_ memorial to the men and women who so un stintingly gave themselves for the people of the world in the great war. It cught to furnish a place for great assemblies, national and interna- | tional, meeting in Washington upon great missions that relate o the vast interests of America and the peoples jof the world Vital Messages From Pulpit. “From fts pulpit. must issue mes sages that deal with the most vital concerns of our individual and porate life. This national cathedral is conceived to focus the highest ideals we hold a people. In all these respects we believe it must make its reasonable appeal to lovers of God and country. On its artistic | side it will be the greatest building of its kind in America and one the notable buildings of the world. 1€ a nation can be aroused to erect great memorials for its distinguisned dead then surely it must be appealed to by the claim of such a vast under- taking as this one, which permanent witness to those high hopes and ideals that constitute the security of the home, the state and the nation itsel In the erection of the sturcture Frohman, Ross and Little, architec with Cram and Ferguson as consult- ing architects, will curry out the original designs. CHURCH'S FAITH SAFE. cor- i Bishop Harding Alludes to Grant Controversy in Address. “1 am not concerned about the fu- {ture of the church’s faith,” declared Bishop Harding, in the ' course . of Anual address today at the open- RHODES CONSTRUCTIOI‘LC’OA’"“' Blackintone Buiioers simciinees 14th and H Sts. 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Here are a few of them: Black_Oxen, Atherton; Peradven ture, Keable; Homely Lilla, Her rick; Step on the Stalr, Green: Feathers Left Around, Well Lantern, Bailey. 607 13th Street N.W. (Between I* and G Sts, Also_ at Jane Bartlett’s great dead of our reat religious body, it | ing _of the convention of the dlocese of Washington, Although the bishop mentioned no names, he was refer ring to the controversy in New York between Dr. Grant and Bishop Man ning. “What does concern us is the im putation that the clergy do not reall, belfeve the things they teach” cor tinued Bishop Harding. “I resent this aspersion upon the good faith of ou: order. We must make it clear tha we give our full faith to the central doctrine of our religlon, the incar- nation. “Without this bellef we are no bet ter than a moral philosopher,” tl-« Bishop of Washington asserted. Ald for Conventions. Bishop Harding, sfter outlini some of his own work during tl. year and speaking briefly of the plun to carry forward the completion .f the cathedral, in which work the whole nation 'is to be enlisted, e pressed the bellef that all gener: conventions of the Episcopa! Chur would be held in this city when the cathedral is completed. Bishop Harding said that churches in the diocese should properly ventilated and not ove heatod. “Inattention to these matters perhaps responsible for inattention o the part of worshippers and dullnes on the part of preachers” he said He announced that St. Agaes Chapc has applied for permission to form a parish. WARNS AGAINST HASTE IN PRESIDENT HUNTING Senator Robinson, Democratic Leader, Would Move Slowly in Forwarding Candidates. ator Robinson of Arkansas, wiu 1s u candidate for the minority leader ship of the Senate and prominent in the BTOUD of political leaders in the demo cratic party, has {ssued a statemen counseling against haste in forward ing the ambitions of aspirants fo the democratic nomination for the preside He takes the ground that the platform to be framed b: the national convention will influence the selection of the nominee. The Statement says, in part: “It is neither practicable nor ds sirable at this time to attempt to anticipate the action of the next democratic convention in the selec tion of a presidential candidate. Wis dom and prudence require that per sonal considerations of every char acter be disregarded and only the interest of the country end the part considered. 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