Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1923, Page 12

THE EVE _—_— URGELL S ABANDIN LOOGNESS POLE Council of Churches Sees Peril to Civilization in .+ Growing Disorders. SENDS PLEA -TO HARDING Bacrificial Spirit Seen Effective in | Joining Hands With Other k Nations for Comity. Expressi drifting und mor: 15 fear that the world is toward war, economic ruin disaster “that may possi- by the eclipse of civilization for centuries,” the Federal Council ©f Churches of Christ in America to- Gay addressed a message 1o the 150,- 000 Protestant churches of thirty cOmmunions making up its member- cause Value of the Botanic Garden in Education Cited by Fess Emphasizing the value of the rare collection of plants, shrubs and trees from all over the world, some of which have been growing for more than one hundred years and which no amount of money could replace, Representative Simeon D, Fess of Ohio, eulogized the practical, aesth- etic and educational service of the Botanic Garden in a speech in the House. This discussion of the garden was provoked during debate over an item of $117,000 in the deficiency appro- priation bill for reconstruction of the main conservatory which has been declared unsafe. For the benefit of skeptical col- leagues, Representative Fess added to his remarks a list of the rare plant life that can be found in the Botanic Garden. Extract From Addres said, in parf There is not a spot in the city of Washington that is more significant from the standpoint of intrinsic value, and as a feature of beautifying the Capitol grounds than this garden. Tt. wase properly located near the Capitol, as a part of the Capitol grounds at the head of the Mall. With- ®hip urging them to call on the gov- ernment to adopt a policy of co- operation with forelgn nations and take. a large part in international problems The council's administrative mittee, in issuing the appeal on thel ndation of 4 com- the inte will ment orgunizatiol commis iational the whole e ation in Hurope, debts and armime tes that the United S | a definite protest against any | settlement of the near eastern ques- | Tion o1 basis of expediency or com- amercial advantage. and without some | @mends for tragic wrongs whick have resulted in the persecution and prac- tical destruction of the Armenian people and the confiscation of their Pproperty.” Would Make Concessions. | i insists that the ques- tion of debts be included for discus-{ sfon at the economic conterence iti Proposes, expressing the opinion that the United States ~hould declar | it did at the opening of the cor ence on the reduction of srmame 1h; dy to make « me nations, whateve conee il or othorwise may to bring about an | ordered fonal life urges that any further ence t problems 1ull power to its | 1 matters in which the | of humanity are at stake. and | hare with the allied powers | responsibility for reacning s based upon tightecusness and The message with othe conference is not appeal. “we be- t our government <hould co- and. if necessury, take the; ative in the appointment of an | 1ational commission which would { with the whoele subject of ¢ andorphan probiems in the : t 1 offer to whatever ¥ to estab- some place of anne says the Fear of Greater Disaster, The becn addres: Secrotary Hug s of which have sident Harding cop to Pr i <t politica distress and suering. a dis- ne life. increasing dis. | = and hatreds. all point | * * + Tie failure ! al efforts to sttlement tienge to th intr and tis caustitutes a direct ch Christian Chureh, = * W sl that the United = shoald a its full share of re- | sponsibility for bringing about an ef- fective scttlement of internati There are those who th ment has e from o pursue x policy of aloof- We do not thus understand th The ch nd must decl the pe ness, Thited States is céssful co-operative tude of aloofness cxpose poliey to the charge of timidity and inefféctiveness. ing an economic Statement expresses convic “that a sacrificial spirit on our pa would evoke a willingness in other nations alo to make the adjustments | that may be needed.” “Our plans for | reconstruction. il continue: include mot ofily economis re telling us that shment of normal ns.in_lSurope the of of our ow bound up of tl other nations of the we vod nazion s th an unselfish i e U. OF V. ALUMNI PROPOSE i i ANNUAL BANQUET HERE! | Following Its Custom ! Years, A of Many ciation to Meet in Washington. Following stand ¢ th he enstom of many the Washin iversity of v “lumni Association its annual banguet s to be held ot the Raequ Thursday evening at & o'clock. from the plans arranged upon, be as entertainin Jovial torether” those E: i b. § and | acr fellow al collere days and renew the university and her. welfare. cresting program of singing and eches has been planned by the quet will y I Walton | ntative Swag- | ire of Rich- neral alum- | M. Goodwin. | est ative 3 ormer Represe; et Shirley, Murray McG mond, president of the nk association: Shield picsident of the 1923 law class atf Viginia, and William M. Thornton, deun of the engineering school at the uRiversity. There are about 400 Virginia alum- rE in Washington. Already over 1201 have signified their intention to tend the dinner. Richard E. Shand seeretary, Maryland building, is d tributing’ the tickets. i F:i]RD PARLEY GOES OVER., 1 of | f, od ® nference Development “Twin Cities” Postporied. ' ETROIT, Webruary The con- ence between Henry Ford and h visers and a group of Minneapol crmen looking toward a develop. nint preject in the .twin cities. by tlle Ford Motor Company, has been pgstponed - indefinitely, it was an- neunced at the company’s office. due te the inability of the Minneapolis ..zai als to reach Detroit today. The | gldermen were delayed because af idte trains, und tclephoned from CHi- cdgo that thiey would be“unable to réach this city vesterday, the date x4t for the conferencc. s Mr. Ford could net devote time of the week. on ( t§ the subject during the remainder the meeting was put AuXer-tg.some. future date, - temphasi 11 have lon Py j George Washington sentative Hicks safd, “is due a tribute | of-appreciation.” ¥ - g bk in a very few weeks there will be flowers within thesc grounds repre- senting many climes. There is no other such collection of flowering trecs, not mere shrubs. but trees, the rarest in the world. In that garden, n expansion of the.Capitol grounds, Wwith ‘its historic and valuable bo- tanical specimens, are collected the valuable selections of rare ing plants. flowering shrubs and 1y fowering that can be found anywhere in the same e in the world. What single item of landscape gardening for the beautify- of th ional Capitol grounds wer value? weaith of this spot cannot placed by mere money. Tt rep- resents a hundred years of collection and growth of development. It seems 1o me you would go a long distance m order to find an_assemblage of hota richness, both - from the standpoint of economic and scientific values as are here in the Capitol Grounds, a collection that cannot be duplicated if once it is ever destroyed. “There are plants there over 100 vears old. They are planted. not in vots. but the ground. and many are surrounded by a protection ‘of cement. The 10ots necessarily have e oving them - PRAISES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION WORK i Representative Hicks Ap- proves George Washington Building. {PBAICE OF PROJECTORS in Structure Monument to Men and Women Who Sac- rificed for Country. Sees way in which the George Wash- Memorial Association is car- rying forward its plans for “a na- tional tribute from a grateful country dlant soldiers. sailors and through the erection here gathering place for na- mventions, ingernational con- 1l colleges and congresses diffusion of knowledge was »d by Representative Fred- Hicks of New York, in a speech the Congressional Record e the 1 in Hicks calls attention ge in he. expressed the hope . that there will be established “an institu- the gencral diffusion of and in his will he said, epresentative witich tion for knowiedsg by knowledge could be spread in a stematic way through my beloved rial.” epre- Called “Everlasting Me Speaking of the memorial sentative Hicks said: mbued with the purpose of ex- ng knowledge, it will be reared monument to everlosting memorial to the heroic men and women of the land whose e and sesvice il is our privi- 0 bonor and emulate. 1t will an enduring tribute to those chievements In the great war are written in eternal glory. 1t w perpetuate the deeds they wrough the exa les they gave to the ld—an abiding _inspiration to hose ollow after. Consecrated to patrl m it will link the past with the future. and in commemorat- ing the fame has been w the promise that the 1 were not taught in vain He quoted from letters and speeches three President—Taft, Wilson and Harding—each giving heartiest en- couragement to the work of the asso- i ciation Has Met All Requirements. Representative Hicks said that the Memorial Asso- mands required by the law in connec- tion with the construction of the corge Washington Memorial build- on the government land. plans of the building were ap- | d b; on May s, the Commissfon of Fine Arts 1914. Upon the opinion of he judge advocate general of the Army, Col. Sherrill authorized the George Washington Memorial Asso- ation to proceed with the necessa: arrangements for the laying of the corner stone on November 14, 1921. Tn a lciter to John W. Weeks, Sec retary of War, from the Attorney General on the construction of the law by the Department of Justice as relates to the George Washington Me- morial Association relative to the site for the building, “the rights of the association must now be determined altogether by the terms of the act of October 6, 1917.” which act provided that within two years after the con- clusien of the existing war the land referred to shall again' be reserved or_the erection of the George Wash- inzton Memorial Hall. ‘The joint res- olution ‘of Congress of March 3, 1921, states that this war ended on March 3, 1 and this brings the date with-! in which the building must ke com- menced to March 3, 1923, Permitted to Begin Work. Col. Sherrill, directed by the Secretary «f War. has granted the George Wash- ington Memorial Association permission 10 start work on the memorial building npon condition_that the work is started | before March 3, 1923, The amount in subscriptions in_the asury of the association is over $500,- | actual construction of said buliding shail not \be- undertaken until the sum of down in ihe vears of growth so | 1 that there | thought of a plan where- | patriotism—an | and at the same tinfe preserving them. Cat Down, Despite Protest. “Just west of these grounds, In a space now occupled by temporary * buildings, we saw valuable trees which had stood for years cut dowp, In spite of the specific promise made us from the floor of the House that they would not be disturbed. “Today the space is an open plot of ground, Ever since I have been in Congress agitation is on to aban- don the garden space. There, where trees planted by Lincoln, by Grant, Booth and Barrett and other his- toric characters, the cedar of Leb- anon from the Holy Land, the oak from the grave of Confuclus—all will meet a like fate of the others, “I do not object to the plan of ex- panding the garden. We went into that matter a year ago when we en- larged the area.Iam for that improve- | ment. Neither am I committed against ithe proposal of the Fine Arts Com- mission to ultimately develop a prop- er. arboratum. I am strongly in favor of such_movement in the capital. As to the Mount Hamilton expansion, [ am open to conviction. I am not prej- udiced against the proposal and am willing to go into the matter in de- tail. But I am uncompromisingly op- posed to the plan of destroying the inestimable value of the collection within the brick walls for no other resano than here given, that grow- ing trees, flowering and ornamental trees, rich in beauty and historic sig- nificance, plants and shrubs housed within glass structures, interferes with a plan to sufround the Capitol with monuments. Whether the monu- ments are properly placed I do not | say. T know that a_botanical col- 11ec will not mar the | be educational {conservatory lies mainjy in its col- cetion of plants, expressed in the I jout of the planting, showing their ! characterlstics, similar to thcir na- [tive habitat. ‘The growing. feedin !flowering and pruning are careful! planned and executed, since all plants are labeled as in their geographical distribution and economical value. “Each of these houses has, as near as can be arranged. a different ter- perature,corresponding to the tropi- cal and subtropical regions. Some of the plants are planted in the soil. Needs of soil to bring out a land- scape effect characteristic in tropical |regions require particular attention. |Some are placed in pots to be rear- ranged periodically. “The money e of these collec- ns could not very well be estimat- so0 many plants arg rare and oah- e of such size that no commer alue could be attached FIRST DAY NETS $6,234 IN Y. W. C. A. FUND DRIVE Mrs. Robert Lansing Presides at | { Meeting When Fourteen Teams | Submit Reports. he first day of the Y. W. €. A.| | budget week. which began yester- {day, yielded $6.234. This total was| brought in by the fourteen teams lof the home women's division. The {five teams composed of business| women, who began their soliciting | after working hours, have not vet| made their report. Mrs. Robert Lansing. chairman of the campaign executive committee, presided esterday’s tea in the | parlors of the I strect building. when | the captains and team workers met to report resul The staff team. composed of the Y. W. C. A. secre- | taries themselves, s the winner | yesterday, topping the next highest |team by more than $100, receiving the prize. a handsome toy monkey. which it will keep until another team beats its record. A series of teas will be given. each | afternoon during budget week. when | different women will act as nostesses | | and preside at the tea table. Mrs.| | George F. Warner was 'official host- | ess crday. assisted by Mrs. Al- fred” Fisher,” Mrs. E. B. Johns and Miss Mary Lothrop. Mrs. T. E. Brown, {Jr. poured tea and Eastern High {Girl ~ Reserves served - the guests. | Mrs. William 8. Culbertson is today's | hostess and Girl Reserves from Tech | | High school will help her. —_— ,TELLS OF TRAINING ALIENS, Americanization Classes Prepare | Them for Citizenship. Americanization classes established in the night public schools by the bureau of naturalization of the De- partment of Labor in co-operation | with school authoritles, so that aliens fecking citizenship may obtain the necessary cducational training, are | | provin® highly satisfactory, it was| poiated out in a radio lecture bro: cast last night through the naval T 0 station NAA, in Arlington, | “Since the inception of the service, { it was said, more than 1.500,000 can- didates for citizenship hav | Tected to the citizenship training | classes in the public schools; com- munities have been awakened to the | need of the classes and their economic value, and the co-operation thus af- forded - has resulted in greater ef- fciency and keener interest. —_— ¢ husband is a deceitful wretch Has your mealtime Aaoon many people have had that message from coffee or tea after the drug, caffeine, has CHECKS > LIST TO SEE WHETHER HE HAS MRDE ALL POSSIBLE DEDUCTIONS AGAINST INCOME TAX i | [ APTER ALL HE NEEDS THE MONEY EXACTLY AS MUCH AS , BAD IF THEY GOT SUSPICIOUS THE GOVERNMENT DOES EYE HADDENS TO FALL ON PARAGRAPH 26 - PENALTIES POR MAKING FALSE RETURNS ‘D. _C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY' -27, 1923. ’ WONDERS HOW ABOUT ADD- NG 3100 “TO THE DEDUCTIONS THE" INCOME TAX OFFICE WOULDNT EVER, FIND OUT Y OF COURSE IT WOULD BE AND STARTED T INVESTIGRTE N, THEY MIGHT HAVE WAYS OF KNOWING, OF COURSE , AND THEY COULD MAKE KiM DRO- DUCE HIS BOOKS AND — PORTRAIT OF A MAN 1C) Wheeler Syn. tnc. WEATHER. trict of Columbia—Cloudy partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; somewhat colder tonight: lowest tem- perature about freezin gentle to moderate northerly winds, becoming variable. Marylaind—Cloudy to partly tonight and tomorrow: colder tonight; moderate . becoming variable “loudy to partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; colder tonigl moderate_to fresh no: ¥ winds. West Virgiria=dMostly cloudy to- night and tomorrow: colder tonight. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—1 pm., 41; 8 p.m., 43; 12 midnight, 41; + am., 39; § ., 39; noon, 41. Barometer—4 midnigh m.. 29.86; noon Highcst tempe to cloudy mewhat northerly pm.. 9.9 29.85. ture, 43. occurred at 2 p.m. yesterday: lowest tempera- ture, 39, occurred at 8 a.m. ioday. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 55: lowest, 36. Condition of the Water. Temperature and_condition of the water at 8 am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 37; condition, clear. Weather in Various Cities. 30.06: 8 pm 4 4m., 29.57; s Stations. Avilene, T Albany Asbury. Atlantic City Baltimore Birmingham. Bismarck Boaton Buftalo Charleston Clondy Rain Rain Rain Clouds Louisvilie . Miami, Fl New Orleans New York Okla. Cit Omaiia Thiladeliia Ore 30.44 .80 Greenwich time. today ) Temperature. Weather. ~ 80 - Part cloudy Cloudy Tart cloudy Clear (8 am sta Horta « Hamilton, an Juan, 7al). Azores. Termuda . Do Porto Rico.. .. G 0 “What makes you think that?’ “Last night he pretended to believe when he knew I was lying to "—Boston Transcript t drink said Pay upl” free from any possibility to health. BEING HONEST |+ | | i 1 | The night was dark and windy,| ithe raindrops on me beat, the! jthunder raised a shindy, as I went| {down the street. My lonely way| pursuing, “I'ldwalk around,” I said “note what the boys are doing, and then go back to bed.” The night | was wild and juiceful, no stars were !in the dome: it was no errand usc- ful that took me from my home. A { vain and foolish longing had led me thus astray. to sec the people| thronging along the Great Whitc| { Way. And as [ passed an alley two| | highwaymen took toll; while one of them kept tally the other pinched | my roll. They smote me with a! spanner and knocked me cold and | | flat, and. in a brutal manner, they spoiled my Sunday hat. And when ! the twain skedaddled on brisk and lawless legs my brains seemed bad i 1y addled, like last year's storage! eggs. Yet I had sense remaining.| enough to see the truth, as, strug: gling, weeping, straining, I journcyed to my booth. [ sighed, while pour- | | ing cruses of ointment on my dome, | “I would not have thesc bruises hadl I but stayed at home. My nutty dippy yearning to roam the streets | «by night, and sec the white lights burning, has got me in this plight. chrcallcr I'll be wiser, T'll stay at !home and read the $hemoirs of the { kaiser. and then my head won't bleed.” (Copyright.) On the Street i WALT MASON. |BRITONS AND AMERICANS | TO CONFER ON RUBBER Repeal of the British rubber restri {tion act and measures to be taken for development of sources of a crude | tubber supply that will make the | United States independent of other countries. will be discussed at a con | ference of more than 200 representa- | tives of the automoiive industries of i | this country and government officials, beginning tomorrow at the.New Wil- |lard Hotel. Delegates to the confe | ence will be the guests of Harvey | Firestone of Akron. Ohi. | _Philip H. Lockhart of the India| | Rubber Manufacturers’ Association of | | Great Britain. who is also vice pre dent of the Federation of British In- dustries, will be one of the speaker Others who will address the confer- ence include Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Senator Medill McCormick of Tllinois. ‘Representative Begg, George H. ham. vice president of the Chandler Motor Car Company. | and Maj. G. P. Ahern. | British manufacturers are said to ! have expressed Vizorous opposition to tiee rubber restriction act, and are propared to a American manu- | facturers in seeking its repe Sl b Ahern, who was for sixteen years chief of the forestry service in | | the Philippines, will tell the confer- ence of facilities for growing crude rubber in the Pacific possessions of the United States. Secretavy of War Weeks will ad- dress the conference if he finds tim. i \ of harm Try Postum with' your meals TO CUT IT DOWN TO 350 #50, AND NEXT DAY TALKS A LOT ABOUT OUR DUTY OF But Freezing Spring is coming Thursday. That may not sound exactly right, Jbut from the weather bureau view- point it is exactly correct. Meterologists regard winter as be- Ing .composed of December, January and February, so tomorrow, being February 28, the last day of the month, it follows that Thursday is March 1. And March 1, whether it comes in like a lion or a lamb, is the begin- ning of spring, according to the weather bureau. “The first of March is really the first of spring In Washington,” said & local forecaster today. “Of course, from an astronomical standpoint, March 21 is the first day of spring. That 1s when ‘the sun crosses the equator,’ in popular language.” But from the observatory of the weather bureau—both here at head- DECIDES TO TACK 1T ON TO TRAVELING EXPENSES DECIDES T WOULD BE SAPER - ACCUSED OF VIOLATING | PADLOCK INJUNCTION | Chief Justice McCoy Hears Testi- mony Against Zach Wilson, Charged With Liquor Sale. Testimony was heard yesterday by Chief Justice McCoy in the alleged contempt procceding _against Zach ‘Wilson, color: of 1804 I, stre | northwest. charged with | violating a injunetion se- cured against him last month by the prohibition enforcement unit. = The | s¢ i8 the first of its kind th | jurisdiction. James L. Asher. prohibition agent, testified that after the injunction had been served on Wilson he purchased | a half pint of “cawn” from_ Wilson January 28 last. Attorneys Hawken and Havell and Harvey Given sought tq impeach the testimony of the pro- hibition agent by asking if he had not been fined in 1917 for illegal sale of liquor in Maryland. ~Asher denied that he had been fined $100 on th charge. Counsel sought to introdu HASTILY SCRATCHES OUT THE in BEING SQUARE GOVERNMENT WITH THE degr: —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. |\ Thursday First Day of Spring Weather Looms quarters and at the various stations throughout the country—the real first day of spring is March 1. This is in accordance with the popular idea, as most people lump off the scasons by round numbers, such as: December January and February, winter; March April and May, spring; June, July and August, summer, and September, Oc tober and November, autumn, 1 come as a soothing fact t, cople who 80 regard the sca d who persistently feel tha: is the real first day of th week, despite what the calendar s: that the United reau, for all pra purpo | squarely behind the belief. As if to get all ready for spring the elements will send the thermom- eter down to freezing here by tomor Tow morning, the local forecaster aid today. While clouds will pre probably there will be no temperatures ainly, for the highest yesterds lowest 39 deg: days. . the f a justice but because wuthenticated, ceept it s in progress late this Assistant United States Attorneys West and Hart ar appearing for the government the The . —— COURT CLOSES ‘NUISANCE’ Grants Padlock Injunction Against Man on Liquor Charge. hief Justice Mc purt is based on an injunction proceed ing brought In the name of the Unit States on the charge that Corrs maintaining public nuisance s for the <ale of int icating liquor. Corridon pleade Court, it is stated, November 13 last 1 selling liquor and was fined $100. It also claimed that he made sales Fei - uary 14 and 15. guilty in Poli Woodward & Lotheop Near 10th The Men’s Store F Near 10th 43rd Anniversary Sale *The New Styles in Felt Hats At the Very Low Price of "3.35 Crowns are a little higher this season, brims a trifle broader. Just a little more hat all around. I'he wide range of styles includes all the Spring shades. especially -prominent being Tan and Gray. Black and Brown also, if you wish. These hats in many instances are satin lined. The felt is of high-grade quality. You're sure to find your size in this comprehen- sive showing, and we'll be glad to advise what stvle you leok best in. Smart Spring Gloves -~ Special, $1.85 Tan Cape Gloves in light and dark shades, with black or celi-embroidered backs. All sizes. Comfortable Night Shirts $1 Splendid quality muslin, full cut, full length night shirts. V-neck style. Special at §1. Fine E:nglisll Broadcloth Shirts $3.35 White Broadcloth, with self stripes: expertly made shirts; soft cuffs for comfort. Sizes 14 to 16. Mew's HuEnishingy’Section, Fixst floor. weaves and Smart Silk lored: dozen color combin Tans a at Good-Looking Pajamas $1.95 from high - grade woven madras or soft cot- ton - crepe. V-neck style; guaranteed fast colors. Choose Silk Ties Two remarkable values Knitted ' Silk Ties, $J.55—Mancy diagonal stripes. Ties, $1.35—Hand-tai- s of rich designs and ations. nd Grays Spring’s Best Colors ""-fC' Two- Trousers atured in . Suits 36 Best dressed men will wear tan and gray thi Spring and wise men will appreciate tke value offered in these high-quality suits in all the varying shades of the two most favored tolors. The very low price for two-trousers suits of such quality will appeal to the man who de- $500,000 shall have been subscribed and paid_into the treasury of the George Washington_Memorial Association.: “To Mrs. Dimock, its president, ‘whose untiring zeal and generosity have been notent factors in the work thus far so splendidly accomplished, and to all who have been associated with her,” Repre- 000. This covers the provision that the had its effect upon neryes or di- gestion. Frequently the meséue comes - at night, when nerves won'’t quiet down and sleep won’t come, after" the dinner cup of'coffee. ‘There’s no unfriendly after- notice from that good cereal bev- erage, Postum. Postumdelights the taste, gives for a few days and let the whole family, the children included, share in its appetizing, invigorat- ing goodness. It will bring better nights and brighter mornings. Your grocer sells Postum in two forms: Instant Postum (in tins) pre- * pared ifistantly in thé cup by the‘addi- tion of boiling water. Postum Cereal (in es) for who_prefer to make the drink while the meal is being prepared; made by boiling fully twenty _ minutes. Postum ror#EaCTH " “There’s a Reason” / Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc., Batile Creek, Mich. sires undoubted val ue—genuine economy. You'll like the graceful, vigorous lines of these suits, the new, smart designs, and the bright Spring weaves. The young man will ..with” wide pleated belted, to his taste. are the conservati find the two-button model back, patch peckets, hali For the more mature man ve and semi-conservativ styles in two and three button. Worsteds —in a dozen of plaids, over-plaids, Cheviots Unfinished Worsteds Cassimeres the newest weaves—glen broken checks, the new reverse herringbones, stripes of any width— pin, pencil, chalk. Men's Clothes Section, Second floor.