Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1923, Page 4

EULOGIZES GENIUS ~ OF WASHINGTON Shortridge Points Out Part in Convention at Phil- adelphia. e AVERTED RUIN OF UNION Left Retirement at Mount Vernon to Launch Effort to Save Colonies. O addr eulogizing George Washington's character and military wenius, Senator Samuel M. Shortridge California declared today at the uinth joint memorial services of the Daughters of the American Revolu- ttion, the Nons of the American Revo- lution and the Sons of the Revolution Memorial Continental Hall, that the great American patriot rendered an inore valuable service to the cause of | liberty when he sat as presiding of- fleer at the convention in 1886 in Philadelphia than when he headed the revolutionary army. Colonies in Debt. Shortridge ated that in amiliar with the and military genius of ident, but every one does Senator every Ameri noble the i ot fully played by Washington in the following the revolutionary war. ‘It was then, the senator declared, that the newly formed Union of the thir- teen slonies faced ruin. They were debt and were engaged in bitter quarreling among themselves over petty jealousies F Washington had retived to his plan- tation at Mount Vernon, but seeing the threatened chaos of count hie culled together & meeting of esentatives of the thirteen and presided o formed in Philadelphia, There he out- ined the principles that were adopted and caustd this nation to and live. The representative Dled there, Senator Shortridge tinued, saww the wisdom of th leader, belicved in his integrity backed It ideax to the limt. It this service of Washington that ubled vur nation to become the le: ing power of the world, the ihat it occupies today Medals are Preseanted. ni the wddress meaals were aliss Mi m H. Selah and H. Matthew of the George hington University the Dis- trict Daughters of itevoluticn tor the Rela the U Mexico.” to Miss Hall, by tato for_tiie best easay at Yorktown Beiloting for the officers of the e sulng year of the Sons of the Ameri- van_Revolution ig being held at the La Fayette Hotel. At 1:30 o'clock ancheon: was served for the Sons of the Americs Revelution Mrs. Hardy Opens Meeting. Mre. Willi Hardy officer. mud the opening reading froin a paper of « ington given by George 1 president Sons of volution in - trict. The prayver of ieorge Wash vas offered at the invocation by Robert Johnson. D. D.. of St. Joh Episcopal Church. Following the i vocation wus the presentation ors symbolizing the portrayed in the g, with Frank don Webner & A. Haskin as tife Marine Band Plays. The Marine Band rendere ber of selections and the audience in Probably the most ture of the progr ‘horu. the air Banne Selden t r con- great w en- Foil pres AMiss the best _essay ed States With also presented Nebeker of Gunston Francis A. St Clair, District Daughteis. on “The Surrender on Delia Mis presiding M, Willard paint- Webner and Gor- drummers and John num mpressive fea. was th sembly he Star Spangled M. Ely, president of the District of Columbia Society of the | Sons of the American Revolution, led the mbly in repeating “The American’s Creed,” while Mrs. John M. Beaver led in the pledge of alle- Ziance to the flag. Miss _(Gertrude Lyons and Mrs. Logan Feland rendered vocal solos. Gold Medals Presented. It of the District of Colum. bia Dauziters of the American Revo. iution, Nirs. Francis A. St. Clair, for- mer stut gent, presented gold medals to Miss Miriam H. Selah and Miss Ettw H. Matthews of George n “niversity” for the best ons "of the United Mexico.” It of the Sons of the Revo- lution und the Sons of the American Revolution. Henry White Draper, his- torian « a gold medal < with On bel to Miss Delia Nebeker of Gunston 1 School for the best essay on “The Surrender at Yorl town." Benediction was pronounced by Rev. Henry Baptist Church, Samuel Herrick was marshal tie day and Mrs. Howard L. Hodg- kins was chairman of the reception committe POLAND SEEKS PEACE, DECLARES MINISTER Tells Student His Country Wages No War of Aggres- sion. Dr. Ladislas Wroblewski, minister from Poland, declared in an address at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service last night that his country wages no war of ag. sression, but longs for a durable peace. The minister stated that “he would cut a sorry figure who would try to persuade us to wage war for the vieasure of "qh!lng or for glory. The conditions which we are living, our social system and economic mne- cessities after the ravages of six vears of war, the possibility of men- | acing international complications threatening us in the case of war, everything in and around us com- bining to make us hate war and to long for a durable peace.” Dr. Wroblewski likewise took a fling at propagandists who are trying to make out that liberated Poland is a hot-bed of socialism. Dana Durand, chief of the near eastern division, Department of Commerce, declared it is the hope that the new Polish gov- ernment will get together on a sound financial program with a view to end- ing the depreciation of currency as a policy of stabilization. “In the meantime,” he said, “all Americans would do well to keep an eye on Poland, for political as well as eco- nomical reasons.” Despite the depreciation of its cur- rvency, Mr. Durand pointed out, Poland is making progress comparable with any other country and is buying more xoods from America today than be- fore the war, he said. The Rev. John B. Creeden, S. president of Georgetown University, who presided, stated that the object of the meeting was to open a series of. public lectures, so that the young men who intend to go into Poland might have a knowledge of its his- tory and politics. —— Ethel—Did you hear about Gladys? She has a position as detective in one of the big department stores. Clara—Well, I don’t envy her. Imag- ine being known as a plainclothes wom- realize the important pnrlj days Ten- i er the convention they | and | American | . | squar the latter society, presented | A Tupper of the First | of | |Little Known Facts Reveal THE EVENING § Wonders of Monument Shaft Building Beset With Many Difficulties. New Foundation Slipped In When Frame Was 150 Do you know that the great 300- ton pyramidion atop the Washington Mcnument holds 156 copper points four inches long to protect the shaft from lightning? 3 | Do you realise that after the monument was 150 feet in the air the entire founda- tion of stone was taken out, an en- | tire new founda tion of concrete slipped under, and then a great slab of concrete placed under all? Do you know that the right pyramid of pure! iluminum. the| “cap,” was perhaps the first piece of aluminum cast in this_country, and in 1884 the largest plece of this metal ever cast in any country? Those are facts | that very few people know, as they lify their to the mag- S ! ificant monument {1t whose base to- | day the auniversary of the birth of the man whom it commemorates was | observed. The residents of the District. e cially of the present generation, are so used to the Washington Monu- ment. that they seldom think of the interesting history of the shaft itself. of ite height, weigit and other dimen sions 26 Feet » true is this that only a lew persons have uny real knowledge of the structure itself. the greatest thing {of its kind in the world. 1t is the purrose of the present article to set forth some of the salient features in onection with the monument Tiae elevation of the ground on wiiich the Monument stands is twen- ty-six feet above low-tide water in e Potomae, according to siatis given in the “History of the W fington »nul Monument and Wash {Ington Nutional Monument Societ {compiled by Frederick L. Ha | secretary of the so and printed in 1903 by the government prin office. These and othe ti from the annuual eports of {Tn Lincoln Casey gineer ruction of Ahove Low lide. omaus Lee nume The Monvment is 355 feet 51y inchies wbove the floor, its height above m low water in the Potomac being 3 feet 3 inches is 596 feet 9.36 inches above the mean level of the Atlantic Hook, N. Y ocean at Sandy Size of Foundation. The original foundation was 80 squure at the base, covering sguare Teet, pyramidal in shape, ling steps 7 feet 8 inches below | ground. 15 feet 8 inch above ground. The present foundation is 126 feet § inches square, covering an area of square fiet, 36 feet 10 inches extending down to level 6 s below the pe nut level of inu the site on which the Mon- ument is located. he material used in enlarging the Ixmnmariun was Portiarn cement tmixture of one art cement, two parts sand, three parts pebbles, four “mr 8 broken stone) An 8-inch block, -molded June 25, 1879, and te: ‘ml October 17, 187 howed first crack {at pressure of 105,000 pounds; maximum pressure fracturing it 122,000 pounds The weight of the he earth upon it i The shaft is 50 Phigh: the base, 5 in | water 115 reet: shaft, | | foundation and | 36,912 tons. i feet 5% inches| feet 11; inches feet 51; inches | s of walls (entrance). | at top. 18 inches: top of| Ve-cights the width of base. | Faced With Marble. | The shaft would come to a point | at a height of two and two-thirds its | present altitude—that is, the Monu- | ment would be considerably more | than 1,000 feet tall if it had been | allowed to run to a point. H The shaft is faced with pure white | marb! from nearby Maryland | quarries. Tne backing is of rubble masonry ito a height of 150 feet; above, dressed | granite from New England quarries | to height of 452 feet; remainder, to | 500 feet, marble through and through. | The interior dimensions of the Monument are: First 150 feet, 2 feet square; then receding outward on | a slope for ten feet up to level 160 feet: well enlarges to 31 feet 6 | inches square. The weight of the first 150 feet, | the point where the work was re- | umed after years of delay, is 22,373 | tons; the weight of the remaining | iportion of the shaft to the top of the walls is 21,260 tons, Means of Ascent. Ascent in the shaft is by means of an iron stairway and electric elevato: Eight supporting iron columns ar arranged in concentric squares. The weight of the iron frame is 275 tons. | The stairway of iron consists of | short flights. strung along the north iand south sides of the well, connect- {ing with iron platforms 4 feet 8 inches lwide (to a height of 150 feet) and 7 {feet 10% inches wide, 20 feet apart fon a side. and extending along the | {east and west walls. There are fifty i flights and 900 steps. The pyramidion topping the shaft s 55 feet in vertical height, and con- i 8ists of 262 separate stones, contain- {ing 3.764 cubic feet of dressed stock. Covering slabs are 7 inches in thick- ness. resting upon _projections or spurs upon the marble ribs, which ribs are 12 in number, 2 on each side of the well, springing from the in- erior face of the walls at the height of 470 feet. The pyramidion weighs 300 tons, Capstone Weighs 3,300 Pound, | The capstone weighs 3,300 founds land is crowned by a small right pyramid of pure aluminum 5.6 inches iat its base, 8.9 inches high, weighing 100 ounces, and, as stated, was the largest plece of this metal ever cast in this country in 188 It is this aluminum “crown” that at some seasons of the year, with the sun just right, can be seen to flash like a mirror. It was cast by a chemist in Phila- delphia, and its reception in this city became an event. It was shown in the window of a prominent jewelry store on Pennsylvania avenue before being placed on the top of the Monu- ment, and people came from all over the city to see it. There are 9,613 stones in the shatt | above the 150-foot level. ! The total weight of the Monument, | as constructed, is 81,120 tons. Pressure on Soll Some 14,000 barrels of Portland ce- ment were used in the new foundation and shaft. The pressure of the masonry upon the underlying soil is declared to be “nowhere greater than 9 tons per square foot, and less than three tons per square foot near the outer edges of the foundation. The settlement since work was com- menced to December, 1844, was about four inches. The greatest difference was nearly a half inch, between the southeast and northwest corners, oc- curring during the introduction of the new foundation. One of the interesting, but_little known facts concerning the Monu- ment, is that the east and west walls have a “twist” in them. They were designed to run exactly east and west, but after they were started up it was_discovered that they were & bit “ofr." By some particularly “clever engi- chosen | oration being pronounced by POLTIES ARDUOLS, } ditions and strive to .do their part |P. F. Snyder, E. Feet in the Air. neering calculations and deft work, the walls were slowly twisted around a8 they arose, the stone being care- fully shaved off here and there, grad- ually making the walls come true at 150 feet. Abovo the 150-foot level the walls set exactly east and west! Inscriptions on Crown. The inscriptions on the four faces | of the aluminum point crowning the apex are seen only by the birds, but here they are: North face: ) “Joint Commission | at H Setting of Capstone Chester A. Arthur. W. Corcoran, chairman M. E. Bell. Edward Clark. John Newton. Act of August 2, West face: ‘Corner Stone Laid on Bed of Foundation, July 4, 1848 First Stone at Height of 152 Feet Laid August 7, 1880. Capstone Set December 6, 1884, South face: “Chief Engineer and Architect. Thomas Lincoln Casey, Colonel, Corps of Engineers Assistants: George W. Davis, Captain, 14th Infantry Bernard R, Green. civil engineer Master Mechanic, P. H. McLaughlin face: “Laus Deo.’ History of Shaft. A brief history of the shait ropriate. In 1783 it was ongre: “that an equestrian statue | of Gen. Washington be erected at| the plece where the residence of | Congress shall b established. Nothing was done about this. & in 1789 it w resolved that ol marble monument be erected in the apitol at Washington, and that the | family of en. Washington be re-| quested to permit his body to be d posited in it” Later the resolution | as o the statue was amended to pro- | vide that a “mausoleum of pyramidal | e base and | granite and marble in Tform, 100 fe square at t of a propor nate height should be erected instead “in the city of Wash- | ington.” » appropriation was made, | although in January, 1801, the House passed a bill appropriating $200,000. The matter slept until 1516. Plans were considered for a tomb in the foundations of thes Capitol, but th project failed. Then the statue | proposition came up again Rela- | tives refused to allow the body to be brought to Washington. Unvelled in 1860. The Washington statue was unveiled February 22. 1860. The Washington National Monument Soclety was organized at amass meet- | ing, September 28, 1833 John | Marshall, the great Chief Justice, was | (he first vresident. Interest | s aroused, designs for the monu- | ment_ secured. The corner stone w.;si laid June 4, 1848. There followed long ! vears of effort, sometimes intensely | disuppointing, sometimes hopeful. The | work of buf'ding went forward from | 1880. The monument was completed December 6. 1884, the capstone being | set i place at 2 p.m. The Washing- ton National Monument Society on_the 500-foot platform. The shaft cost $1,187,710.31. It was | dedicated on February 21, 1885, at 11| w.m.. with an elaborate ceéremony, the | Speaker Robert C. Winthrop of the House. w | | i 1 i 1876, is ap- | Jlved by SAYS COL. ROOSEVELT i Assistant Navy Secretary Tells “Little Congress” Some Ex- periences of Father, “The work which one who is inl politics has to do is much harder than is the work of the average busi- ness man” declared Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the | Navy, in an address at the fourth annual banquet of the “Little Con-| gress” in the Raleigh Hotel, last night. Mr. Roosevelt, touching upon both the serious and humorous sides of | political campaigning, related several | amusing experiences of his father | while he was running for President, | also several experiences of his own while he was electioneering for the republican party. In conclusion, he impressed upon members of the Little Congress the “blg influence” which they had, teli- ing them that they should study con- as influential citizens of the United States, Representative Fritz G. Lanham of Texas referred to numerous organiza- tions and issues of the day in a witty manner. Speaker Explains Objecta. Others to speak were: George E. Strong, the official speaker of the House of the “Little Congress,” who gave a brief outline of the working ! and objects of the organization; Wil- | liam Tyler Page. clerk of the House, | who dwelt at some length on the of- | ficial title of the members of the | “Little Congress,” who act as secre- ! taries to the members of the House of Representatives and who, accord- ing to their law-given titles, are only | clerks. { | | i i i He stated that he thought that they should be known as secretaries and urged them to strive to have that name glven them as a title. Lowell Fess, the toastmaster, deliv- ered a short address of welcome. The rest of the program included singing of Scotch songs by Warren H. Ken nedy, singing of several selections by Emmett Daly, dancing by “The Capitol Belles.” and_several Egyptian dances by Princess Rhumonje. Those on the banquet committee were. Kenneth Romney, chairman: J. Waterfleld, Victor Russell and Mars Lewls. The officers of the soclety are: George E. Strong, speake: David Linn, clerk, and Robert M. Nelson, sergeant-at-arms. —_— COUNT KAROLYI LOSES HIS HUNGARIAN ESTATES Court Orders Property of First and Only President Con- fiscated. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, February 22 The property in Hungary of Count Mi- chael Karolyl, Hungary’s first and last president, has been ordered con- fiscated by a decision handed down in the Budapest court. The trial of the case has been going on for two years. The court found Karolyi guilty of treason, the act having been com- mitted by Karolyi taking sides and fraternizing with the allies during the war and in forcing the late Em- peror Charles to abdicate. Under the sentence he will loge sev- eral castles and 60,000 acres of larsy, If he is not successful in appealin. | from the decision. Karolyi i livinz at Ragusa and is In preat poverty, Tt undersiood he is p.anning o emi- grate to-Canada and take up farming. | i | future. leral of the > { Monument 1 | 1daho {priate | first President to preside over a meet- ! proved May { ltam R, WASH GREAT MONUMENT LACKS 4 STONES Society in’ Custody of Shaft, at Brief: Session, Notes Western States’ Delay. Owing to the illness of several of- ficers, the ninetieth annual meeting of the Washington National Monu- ment Soclety, held at noon today, lacked a quorum and was immediately adjourned until a date in the near The short session was held at the home of Frederick Ls Harv, secretary, 2146 Florida avenue north- west. Before adjournment Secretary Har- vey read the roll of members who died during the past year. They were Dr. Francis M. Gunnell, surgeon gen- avy, retired, and Thomas Nelson Page. ‘Tribute to the lives and works of these men w President Harding is pres the society, by virtue of his office; Justice Van - Devanter is first .vice president: Charles C. Glover, second vice president; Theodore W. Noye treasurer, and Frederick L. Vi secretary. Governors of the ous states are ex-offi vice presidents. Secretary Harvey, in an interview with & representative of The Star to- day, pointed out that Iduho, Arizona, orth Dakota and New Mexico have not placed state siones in the shaft of the Washington Monument The South Dakota stone was placed in the st year, with appropriate Tdaho 15 exbe to e Shafs some slature. of ¥ ceremonies, and place its state stone in time this yea The s in seskion and ihe attorney general of thal state has orined Mr. Harvey that the gove is ex- pected to sign the act prov for t today 1 nor ding Arizona Is Active. Harvey said the state he has bee stone of Ar a block of the famous and that the block red to the railroads, | and was to be sent to Los Angeles | for carving. as that city alone had tools of sufficient keeness to cut this tremendously hard s The Governor of N taken up the matter that state with the Washingto ational ciety. but to date has heen done Harvey said i of the state wou winter providing for one for the Washington Monument. The fact that the sister state of South Dakota placed its stone in ceremonies, will { North Dakota stone Secretary advised that zona will be petrified forests, had been transfe officer Monum nothi i ped mat defini er. Mr islature an act this i placement of the ped g de could be reported | etary Harvey concerning the| stone from New Me Although | the matter was taken up with former Gov. McDonald at § 3 sages have been Mexico legislature on_several ocea| sions and a commission appointed | for the purpose of investigating the | matter, nothing has come of Corner Stone Laid in 1848, i The corner stone of the Washing- Monument was laid on July 4| 1845, State stones were placed rap- | Iy from then until 1885 H Of the states west of the Misst ppi river, only California amd th territory of Oregon had placed ¢ 1885, It has taken from t date to get placed the stone Wyoming, Montana. rado, Okizhoma and Mr. Harvey said, President Andrew Jackson was the te io the New | 0 ing of the Washington National Mon- ument Society The society was or- ganized in 1533. By joint resolution of Congress a commission was ap pointed. consisting of flve senators, eight representatives and three mem- bers of the Washington National Monument Society “to make arrange- ments for the dedication of the Mon- ument.” This resolution was ap- 1884, The following persons composed the commission: John Sherman, Justin . Morrill, William B. Allison. Thomas F. Bayard, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Wil- Dorsheimer, ~ John Randolph Tucker, John H, Reagan. Patrick Col- | lins, Nathaniel B. Eldridge, Henry H. i Bingham. Joseph G. Cannon, James | Laird. W. W_ Corcoran, James C. Welling and Dr. Joseph M. Toner. Of these men, Joseph G. Cannon is the only one living. Custody of Monumen The society was chartered by Con- gress in 1859, and continued by acts of Congress of August 1, IS8T October 2, 1888, in “an advisor: co-operative capacity with the Secre- tary of War,” in whose care and cus- today the Monument is by law placed. The membership is limited to eight- een. The President -of the United States iv e flicio president of society, and the governors of the sev- | eral states ex-officio vice presidents. The society. in effect, stands as an! honor guard for the shaft. Its mem- | has represented the various classes of society—the Army, the Navy, the church, the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the government. the business world and the citizenship. ! The Washington National Monument Soclety is the oldest organization in the District, aside from the Masonic fraternity. and perhaps one or two other secret organizations. It has had on its rolls men of great dis- tinction—Chief Justice John Marshall, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, Al dis B. Browne, James Madison, M Justice Cranch, Mr. Justice Mr. Justice Strong Brown, Gens. Grant and Sherman, Prof. Henry, Prof. Asaph Hall, Prof angley, W. W. Corcoran, Admirals Rogers, Powell and Dewey, Alexander . Shepherd, Crosby Noyes many others. DECLARES RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION IS NEAR Californian Tells Methodist Gath- | ering at Cleveland of Needed Radicalism. i By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February The sixth annual meeting of the council of cities of the Methodist Episcopal Church ends here tonight with the annual banquet, at which Glenn Frank, New York editor, will be the principal speaker. The annual luncheon of the Methodist Episcopal Soclal Service Federation was set for today. Today's speakers included Dr. M. Burns of Philadelphia and Rev. M lard I. Robinson of New York. Predictions that a religious revolu- tion is coming were made by J. Stitt Wilson, former mayor of Berkeley, Calif., at yesterday's sessions. Dec larations that the church needs radi- calism also were made by Mr. Wilson | and other speakers. “Nothing has surprised me more during the last twenty-five years than the lack of radicalism on the part of Iaboring men,” Mr. Wilson sald. “The time when mankind lived as an indi- vidual worker has passed; man has become caught in the mechanism of a civilization that is destroying itself. n the name of God we can challenge his grip of economic injustice on people. T believe we are on the verge of & greater religious revolution than the reformation.” ¥, 1 | sixteen horses. ‘ (1) An_ od * 1o George Washington, scribbled in pencil on the back of a broken pitcher by an unknown hand, iy regarded by Frederick L. Harvey, secretary of the Washington National Monument Society, as perhaps the finest thing of its kind in existence. Mr, Harvey said that during Wash- ington’s time Alexander Hamiiton, visiting Philadelphia, was attracted by a water pitcher, on the side of { Which was a medailion likeness of Washington #o good that he bought the pitcher and presented it to Wash- ington, | In after yeary the pitcher was broken, but the medallion was saved. | Thig piece of the pitcher was tacked | upon th Is of one of the rooms. | Years later, in a renovatoon of the | mansion, it'was taken down, and on | | (Rudyard Kipling Lad George Washington in mind wh known poemi. This fact is perfectly obv ¥ re-Toen,” by the famous Briton, whicl deals with Washington's troubles with buck-biting ‘actionalism during the troubles with the notorious Citizen Genet, minister fo the Unitedl States from the French revolutionary government. The verso s u sort of “tail-piece’ to the story.) wrote the following read “Brother If you cau keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting, too; If you can’ wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies Or, being hated, don't give way to hat; And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream—and not make dreams your master. 1f you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same: If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken. And stoop and build "em up with worn-out tool: the back was found written’ the fol- | lowing: Was| ngton, The Founder of Liberts, The friend of ma; History_and Tradition are e: for a parailel to his In the aunals of modern greatness, He stands alone, and the noblest “SPANISH QUEEN” FREED IN PROHIBITION CASE | Mrs. Elizabeth Hecht Acquitted by | Jury in Connection With Apartment House Raid. ' Mrs. Elizabeth Hecht, known as “The Spanish Queen,” charged with the sale and possession of whisky in violation of the national prohibition law, was tried by a jury yesterday in the United States branch of Police Court and acquitted. Assistant Dis. trict Attorney Frank J. Kelly con- ducted the case for the government, | while Alfred D. Smith represented the | { defendant. i Mrs. Hecht resides in apartment No. | 107 of the Tuxedo apartment, 143¢ T | street northwest. Her home was raid- {ed the night of January 5 on a search warrant alleging that she had made . sale of one quart of Scotch whisky | !to an agent of the government, who | paid $11 for the same. | “The raid developed, the officers said, twenty bottles of Scoteh whisky and | two botties of wine. The revenue of- ficers said that Mrs. Hecht secured | her supplies of whiskies from one of { the foreign legations or embassies. | "At the time of the raid a man giv- ling his name and State Department |identification card as Senor Don | | Joaquin Mendes, who claimed to be Woud cost $143 and |the Guatermalian minister. was found il ranjin Mrs. Hechts apartment. He indicating that | claimed to be the woman's husband turkey on four|a.d that the apartment was his home occasions. sh vegetables cost $§240 | and, as such, the place was not sub- nd milk and cr Lobsters | ject to raid, as he was a member of | necessitated an outlay but the | the diplomatic corps. Later investi- | President spent only shillings for|gation_by the police and the admis- | cake wion of Mrs. Hecht, the police say, it Pre-Volstead indulgence in liquor|developed that the apartment was is represented by payments totalling | that of Mrs. Hecht and that Mendes $170, of which $105 is for claret, $15| was not her husbal for porter and 5 shillings for cordial.| The place was raided by Licut Expenses for servant hire amounted | Davis, Sergt. McQuade, Bauer. Brodie to £154 and 11s, while the secretaries | of the police department and Special d aides drew remuneration in the| Revenue Agents Hertizg, Fowler and sum of £266 13s 4d. Carelessness on!M.s. Okm in vain, If you can make one heap of all your w And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at vour beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss ; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone. And 50 hold on when there is nothing in you. Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!™ ngs If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue. Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch: If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in i1, And—which more—you’ll be a Man, my son. e — HOUSE COST WASHINGTON $25,000 A YEAR AS EXECUTIVE Iy the Associated Fress ALBANY, N. Y., February itemized list, by which Georze Wa inzton accounted for his household | from May 24 to August 24, 1759, when the White House wus at New York, is contained in a collec- tion of Washington's papers owned by the state and held in the vault of the Education building at Albany. Washington, upon assuming the presidency, expressed his unwiiling- | ness to receive money from the public treasury in excess of actual expenses. With the upkeep cost of three months a_ basis, Washington's vearl usehold expenses amounted to 4.925 pounds and seven shillings, or about §25.000. The account never has been published, according to a statement issued by Secretary of State Hamilton today. only_$30. but ndles $85 to about §6 the Preside r expenses 1 for wear | the part of his attendants cost the| Presi for broken dishes afid| deputy marshals. police, detectives and $115 and tear on linen ! Murphy’s bondsmen joining in the hunt. Failure to find the convicted labor lead- {er, who was a former state representa- NET CAST FOR “BIG TIM.” |tive, muy mean cancellation of the $180,- 8 | 000 'bonds scheduled to cbtain his free- dom Espense List in Detail. Bondsmen Join Police in Hunt for | \-nm"":?"ipfieflgmf"fl;m?:‘gm'\‘iufiffiu: M oRe T g it detan | Sentenced Labor Leader. | eentence, a stay of the mandate order- cha s ashington, and £ > 5 ing his arrest was obtained, presumably covers the upkeep of his entire house- | CHICAGO, February 22.—Search fnrimgam;m o the Supreme Court, ai- hold, which included a secretary, " Murphy, labor leader, facing | though local officials have no word con- assistant _secretary, three maids, son sentence and '$30,000 | cerning_this action. The stay has ex- cighteen servants and a livery of | 50,000 Dearbornstreet | pired. Murphy's friends maintained that robbery, was begun in|he would make good his boast to give | night With United States himself up at the proper time. | station carnest mail The coal bill for the Tast three months \GION, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1923, —— DE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON SCRIBBLED ON BROKEN PITCHER names of ai uity lose their lustre in h presence. Born the Benefactor of Mankind, He united all the qualities necessary o an illustrious. career. Nature made him great, He made himseif virtuois, Called to the defense of his countrs he vindicated the rights of humanity and on the aitars of National Independence Iaid the foundation of a great Republic. Twice invested with Supreme Authorit Ly the unanimous voice of 8 Free peop He surpussed fo the Cabinet the &lories of the Feld. and v untarily resigniig the Sceptre and the Kword retired to the shades of private life. A spectacle o new and o subiime was regarded with the profound est admiration, and the name of Washington, shedding new lustre on Man kind, resounded to the remotest regions of the Eartn Dying, he bequeathed to posterit: the richness of his fame and built hix monument in the hearts of his country. /LEGION AND SCOUTS ATWASHINGTON'STOMB - Wreaths Taken to Mount Vernon Shrine and Simple Ceremonies Carried Out. The tomb of Washington at Vernon was not forgotten today George Washington Post t American Legion and the Boy Scouts of the District making pilgrima to the shrine. placing wreaths holding simple ceremonies Parker V. Walker, commander the post, led the legion men. wie journeyed to Mount Vernon morning. At the tomb a wreath and flowers were placed, and a tribute t Washington read. More than 600 Bo: Scouts as sembled early this morning, and with their own band at thelr head, cn trained for Mount Vernon. At the v marched to the tomb i mation. After placing a wreath, the scouts refull inspected Mount Vernon scout masters instructing the lads in the life and worth of the great merican Jacob Moun in th No. of th of Jones Post, American Legion, = composed yoemanettes, will hold a tea at o'clock this afternoon at the Colle Women's Club. PRESIDENT IS BUSY. ‘While government workers enjoyed the respite of a_holiday today it honor of George Washington, Presi- dent Harding. thelr chicf, kept at desk for the major part of the da:. seeking cabinet officers, a few se ators and other officials, on urgent business preparatory to concluding his labors, before departure on his southern trip early in March. Secretaries Mellon, Wallace and Hoover each spent some me with the Chief Executive. The Presider saw also Senator Frelinghuysen, re- publican, New Jersey; Senator Pep- per, republican, Pennsylvania, and Chairman Lasker of the Shipping Board. — e All roads lead to jail if You drive jus enough.—Appleton City Journal. T What Pre-War Fares Would Mean This Company is confronted with the prospect of being forced by Act of Congress to return to a 5-cent fare, with 6 tickets for 25 cents, the pre-war rate. It desires to call the attention of the public to the fact that under of fare, during 1922, it would have failed to earn operating expenses without the payment, too, of one cent for interest or in to stockholders. It is of importance to realize that since 1912: such a rate by $250,000 dividends The number of passengers carried by this company has increased 34.69, The average rate of fare has increased .....................6L79 Operating expenses have increased ....................... 193.0% This Company wishes to bring to the notice of the public also the fact that any discussion of its capitalization or of the capitalization of any other street railway company in the District has no bearing whatever upon the present fare situation. The values of both street railway companies have been found by the Public Utilities Commission, and existing rates of fare have been fixed by it on the - basis of those values. If this company is compelled to return to the 5-cent fare, with 6 t ickets for 25 cents, it will in turn be forced to put in effect a material reduction in the wages of employes, for the wages of conductors and motormen is by far the largest item in the operating cost of this or any other street railway, and it i the one item of importance over which the Company has any control whatsoever. Any considerable reduction in wages would be undertaken by this Company with the greatest reluctance, but it could not be avoided if such a drastic cut were made in our rate of fare. The Capital Traction Company.