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- JOIN SCHOOL BODY! FIVENEW MEMBERS Civic and Patriotic Organ-| izations Admitted to Association. Five civic and patriotic organiza- tions were admitted to in the newly formed District of Co- Jumbia Publlc School Assoclation at a meeting of the exccutive commit- tee in the office of the chairman. Capt. Jullus T. Peyser, 1512 H street, yesterday afternoon. The organiza- tions are: District of Columbia De- partment, American Legion, Watson B. Miller, dclegate; Bureau of Stand- ards Local No. 260, Federal Employe: Unlon, Victor L. Lowe, delegate, and Dr. M. G. Lloyd, alternate; Women's City Club, Miss Jerome Hull Bird, delegate; Northeast Washington Citizens’ Association, Starr Par- sons, delegate. and Roscoe Jenki alternate, and the Dr. District branch, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Mrs. Theresa A. Willlams, delegate. Fourteen of the sixteen members of the committee were present and the meeting was marked by enthuslasm and plans of progress. It was de- cided to hald a _meeting of the com- mittee the last Wednesday afternoon of each month. Creation of the office of vice chairmen for all the commit- tees was favorably acted upon. and, on recommendation of John 8. Beac chalrman of the school expansic committen, the sense of the executiv body was voted as follows with re ard to the duties of the committee: “That the committee shall have twelve members, one from each school atvision, who shall give conslderation to all questions affecting the exten- sfon of present school buildings or grounds, the abandonment of school buildings and the location and pur- chase of sites for new buildings. Preliminary reports were presented by the following committee chair- men: Mrs. W. T. Bannerman, tlonal methods and progres: Walter du Bois Brookins. school per- sonnel; Ira B. Nutter, legislation, and Mrs. Laura C. Williams, membership. 1924 PARTY WOES BESET PRESIDENT (Continued from First Page.) recognized by even his closest friends and advisers. Having advocated the world court, having eapproved the plans of Secretaries Hughes and Hoover to make a speaking cam- paign to arouse sentiment in favor of the plan, the President cannot now shelve the issue. Yet he faces the probability that the greatest part of the next s sion of the Congress will be de- voted to a bitter debate in which the President’s first forward-looking idea in a proper forelgn policy for this country will be clamorously as- salled by members of his own party and warmly supported by the demo- crats. The same senators who stir- red the nation to a revolt against the league of nations are getting into sction against the Harding world-court plan, and there no longer 1 any doubt of the havoc they can wreck once they are in full ary with = “kill” just ahead. Warfare tn Prospect. The opposing senators—all the former members of the “battalion of death,” with a number of hale and hearty recrults—will make the welkin ring all through the coming summer and fall so that they will be in perfect tune when tho Congress assembles in December. It is & cer- tainty that the fight upon the Hard- ing plan, carried on in his own party, will be prolonged so as to run through the primary periods of next spring, if not up to the very eve of the national convention ltself. The affect of this sort of fight upon the President's chances for renomination and re-election can easily be conjec- tured. Instead of a harmonious party standing together to face the membership | | common enemy, there is every indsea- | tion today that the ranks of the G. O. P. will be stirred with internecine warfare. This is not & partisan view of the outlook. It is the view of the republican leaders themselves and they are at their wits' end to find & way out of the strife and struggle whioh seems to be just ahead. When_senators of the school of “Jim"” Watson of Indiana, who everywhere known to be “&8 regulis as rain” when it comes to party af- fairs, warns the President that there are breakers in the near offing, re- publicans in general begin to sit up and take notice. e S ‘'ARCHBISHOP TIKHON’S TRIAL SET FOR APRIL 23 By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, April 14—The trial of Archbishop Tikhon, former head of the All-Russian Church, on charges similar to those on which Archbishop Zepliak, Mgr. Butchkavitch and other Catholi¢ prelates recently, were con- victed, has been definitely fixed to begin on April 23, Commissar of Jus- tice Kurski informed the Assoclated Press today. RADIO CHURCH FORMED. Service at Home to Save Going Out in ‘Weather. SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 14— ‘Instead of people going to church on Sunday or any other day, the church will be brought direct to the people by radio under a plan proposed by the Radlo Church of America, which was incorporated here today, under the laws of the state of California, and purports to be non-sectarian and non-denominational. Headquarters of the church iIs to be established in San Francisco. Branches will be established, according to the articles of incorporation, ~where- ever a radio broadcasting station is avallable. DIES OF PARALYSIS FROM AUTO ACCIDENT Thomas M. Dieuaide, New York Sun Correspondent, Expires From Panama City Injuries. Thomas M. Dieuaide, sixty-six years ©old, correspondent of the New York Sun, who made the trip with Secre- tary Denby and the congressional ty to southern waters on the ansport Henderson, died in Emer- cy Hospital last night from the result of injuries when > alysis, P g"wu struck by an automobile in Panama City. After the accident Mr. Dieuaide was oarried aboard the Henderson and while en route back to the United States developed paralysis of the throat. When the transport docked here yesterday he was rushed to_the hospital. His wife arrived from New York_yesterday and with their son, Dr. Francis Dieuaide, of Johns Hop- kins Hospital, was at his beside when | $115,000 j chase. {ALLIES STILL SEEK $1,000,000 HORSES DIE IN STABLE FIRE Sixty Burned When Blaze Sweeps Rancocas Stock Farm. BURLINGTON, N. J. April 14— Sixty stallions und brood mares, val- ued at approximately $1,000,000. were burned to death tonight in a fire that destroyed two stables on the Ran- cocas stock farm. owned by Harry I. Sinclair. Among the the thoroughbred Inchcape, whose animals destroyed American stallion purchase ¥ cus was ice The fire was discovered by one of the farm guards after it had galned considerable headway. The flames de- molished the central stables of the estate before apparatus could reach the scene and spread so rapidly that the only horse that could be saved from the stables was the stallion Pur- The horses destroved included those used for breeding purposes only SPEAKERS PRAISE MRS, JOHN A, LOGAN Memorial Services Held by, National Society, Dames of Loyal Legion. The National Soclety ‘of the Dames of the Loyal Legion wound up its two-day convention last night with memorial services for Mrs. John A. Logan, former president of the clety, who died on February exercises were held in the M. E. Church and were attended more than 200 members of the or- ganization and Mrs. Logan's friends. M. Jules Jusserand, French ambas- sador to the United States, pald a glowing tribute to Mrs. Logan. He spoke on “Mrs. Logan's Services to the World” and also tock occasion to emphasize the affection of the French people for the American soldiers who are buried in Flanders fields. Admiral Stockton's Tribute. Admiral Charles H. Stockton, com- mander of the District of Columbia Military Order of the Loyal Legion who talked on “Mrs. Logun's Vart In Civie Affairs,” aiso lauded her for her devout interest in the hospitals and civic betterment, and for her j philanthropic and charitable work He cited several instances of confer- ences he had with Mrs. Logan to lustrate her outstanding character, sympathies and good judgment Mrs. Charles Austin_Coolidge of Detroit, who succeeded Mrs. Logan as | president of the national soclety upon | her death, presided. lnvocation was by Rev. H. F. Randolph, pastor of the Foundry M. E. Church. A bugler from the United States Marine Band sounded taps. Opened on Friday. i The Dames of the Loval Legion is composed of the widows, wives and daughters of the members of ths Military Order of the Loyal Legion The convention, the twenty-fourth in the history of the national society, opened in Washington Friday morn- ing. It was marked this year by the absence of the customary soclal pro- gram out of respect to Mrs. Logan. Foundry by The BRITISH RUHR AID (Continued from First Page.) come nearer to restoring a united al- fed front, and, in my opinion, this| will come about very soon.” Meantime the French and Belgian governments have given instructions to M. Barthou and M. Delacroix, their respective chiefs on the reparation commission, to harmonize the French and Belglan reparation plans. Agree to Essential Details. These two plans agree to most finan- cial and essential details, which con- stitute the only phase of the subject taken up by the Franco-Belgian com- mission chiefs. Experts at the Qual d'Orsay, especially M. Saydoux, author of the French pian, are working on the matter, and the commission is ex- pected to have a unified plan ready in case of receipts of sudden proposals trom Germany. Only the financial side will be made definite. Premliers Poincars and Theunis agreed that a certain elasticity should prevail in the security program, as no one can foresee In what state Ger- many will ind herself when the mo- ment for negotiations comes. It is said that Premier Polncare believes opportunities may be given for dif- ferent measures from those contem- plated for security—for example, in case the present reich government should be replaced by a federal state, with Bavaria, the Rhineland and the other provinces being granted au- tonomy. ‘Will Deduct Occupation Cost. The main_differences between the French and Belgian points of view in regard to finances touches on the question of the long-term “C" bonds, which the French plan contemplates trading against interallied war debts, while the Belglans are desirous of a slightly greater part than the stipu- lated 8 per cent of the earlier reich payments. Whether the French are inclined to yleld on this point, how- ever, is & matter of some doubt. Immediate financial agreement, however, was agreed upon today. From the gross profits of the present exploitation France and Belgium will deduct. the costs of the occupation. The net receipts will then be turned over to the reparations commission for division among all four allies un- der the terms of the Spa agreement. CHASE MEXICAN BAND. Troops Seek Kidnapers of British Mining Engineer. MEXICO CITY, April 14.—The mili- tary commanders at Zacatecas and Durango have been ordered to dis- patch flylng columns of troops in pursuit of the bandit leader Juan Galindo, who is alleged to be respon- sible for the kidnaping of Oliver W. Krull, & mining engineer, from the Trinidad mine in Durango, near the Zacatecas border, according to a statement made by the foreign office today. Krull is described as a British- er, but the British legation here has no knowledge of & British subject of that name. A dispateh from El Paso, Tex. April 12 said that Mexican bandits forced Krull to accompany them after they had looted the mine house of provisions, and that ransom of an un- known sum had been demanded for his release. A searching party was| |STIRRING SCENES { president. WASHINGTON GIRLS AMONG PAGES FOR D. A. R. CONFERENCE| % Miss VIRGINIA CALDWELL EXPECTED BY D. A. R. (Continued from First Page.) the ambassadors from most of great European powers, Gen. Der: shing, high churchmen and some of | the foremost women in the country.| Among the more than 2,500 delegates| and alternates appointed to the con-| vention will women high in the| soctal, business and political life of every state in the Unlon. Formalities of Opening. tion when Arthur S, Witcomb the United States Marine Band| mounts the rostrum a nds “us- | sembly.” As the last notes of the| bugle die, the president general, Mrs. | Minor, will enter. surrounded by six pretty voung wirls. who will act as pages to the incumbent national offi- | cers during th igress. Immedi- ately after M inor has rupped the ussembly to o rs. Selden P. | Spencer, the chapl eral, will read several paragraphs from th Seriptures and ofier prayer for di-| vine guidance | The usual patriot in- | cldent to the opening of con- | £ress of the Daughters of the Amer- | ican Revolution will be strictly ob served, | Miss Anp- Wallace will | recite the “Si to the Flag” and Willlam will offer the “America; a by 1 Band, | a, the | the | he atten- of will begin uno H. Rudoiph, preside rd of Commissioners of V ton, will be the first speuker duced. Commissjo Rudolph will | welcome the visit on behalf of the D >t of Columbla, and pre- sent the delegates the freedom of the eity. Col. W. L Lincoln Adams, presi- dent general of the Sons of thel Revolution, will present the greets| of his society, and Mrs. Frank Mondell. national presi the Children of the Revolution, wil offer the felicitations of her suciety First Real Business, The first real business of the con-| vention will really start when Mrs. Minor delivers her annual address It is expected that,the incumbent| general will use that oc-| cagion to outline briefly the more im- portant tasks before the convention. She will be followed by Mrs. Liv-| ingston L« Hunter. chairman of the committee on credentials. Roll call | and a report of the standing rules | committee, by Mrs. Henry B. Jo chairman of the resolutions commit. tee, will complete the morning ses- sion. Monday afterncon will be largely taken up by reports of the na- tional officers: Mrs. Minor, the presi- dent general; Mrs. Spencer, the chap- latn general; Mrs. John Francis Yaw- ger, the recording_secretary general; Mrs. A. Marshall Elliott, correspond- ing secretary general; Mrs. G. Wal- lace W. Hanger, organizing secretary general; Miss Bmma T. Strider, regis- | trar general; Mrs. Livingston L. Hun- | ter, treasurer general; Miss Jeen | Winslow_Coltrane, historian general; | Miss Lilllan M. Wilson, reporter general; Mrs. Frank Dexter Ellison, Iibrarian general, and Mrs. George W. White, the curator general, Mrs. George W. White will report for the finance committee. Marine Band Concert. Tomorrow evening the Marine Band | will give a concert from 8 until 8:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe will offer invocation and Charles T. Tittmann will 8ing “Prayer,” a Lohen- | grin-Wagner selection, accompanied | by Miss Lucy Brickenstein. Secre- tary of State Hughes will be the first speaker of the evening. He will be followed in succession by Ambassador Jusserand, dean of the diplomatic corps hers, and Sir Auckland Geddes, ambassador from Great Britain. As s tribute to the two diplomats, the Marine Band will play “The Marseil- laise” and “God Save the King. Benediction will be offered by Bishop Hamilton. J"'{"l’l‘esdiy morning wil be devoted ex- clusively to the reports of committees and the same afternoon will be given over to & memorial service dedicated to the members of the soclety who dfed during the past year. Special tributes will be paid to Mrs, Mary 8 Lockwood, pen founder; Mrs, John W. Foster, honorary president general; Mrs. Helen M. Boynton, honorary vice president general, and Mrs. Sara T. Kinney, honorary vice president gen- eral. Tuesday evening will be occupied by a reception in Memorial Conti- nental Hall, at which the president general and other national officers will recelve. A dance and reception will be held at Rauscher's in honor of the pages by the Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter of this city. Wednesday morning and afternoon will be largely devoted to reports of committees and the big feature of the convention will start Wednesday evening, when the triennial nomination of national of- ficers is opened. Voting Early Thursday. oting will Dbegin almost im- mevdlttJy after the con is called to order Thursday mornin, It is ex- pected that the result will be an- nounced the same afternoon or even- ing. Each of the three avowed candi- dates has presented a complete ticket, with the exception of the seven vice resident generals and the three gonorary vice president generals, to be voted on simultaneously. Whichever candidate " wins, her ticket will go into office with h There is some ground for belief that the personnel of at least several of the tickets will be changed before intro- | In the | Thomas Miss TUCY BURLINGAME ynOERWOOD PNOTOS 1 support from forces already claim- ! by the other two candidates. Friday morning there will be a business session, in the afternoon a trip to Mount Vernon and in the aven- ing another business meeting, at| which Baron De Cartier, ambassador from Belgium, and Gen Persh will be the principal speakers. day afterncon the congress w journ, after installing the new cers of the Daughters of the Am can Revolution, D. A. R. NOTES. Mrs. Wallace W. Hanger, ca didate president general, Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, will be the guest of honor at a reception by the District of Columbia R. in the red room of the Ne -d tomorrw afternoon from 5 to 7 e D Wil Receiving Mrs. Hapger will be the ladies who have been annouuc- ed on her ti et, including Mrs. A. Edison of New Jerse: candidate for chaplain general; Mrs. Henry B. Joy of Michigan, for record- ing secretary general; Mrs. H. Eugene Chubbuck of Illinois, for_correspond- ing secretary general; Mrs. muel Elliott Perkins of Indiana, for or- ganizing secretary general; Miss Har- riet Perkins Marine of Marviand, for registrar general; Mrs. Robert F. Johnston of lowa, for treasurer gen- ral; Miss Florence S. Marcy Crofut { Connecticut, for hi fan general; Mrs. Edward Lansing Harris of Ohlo, for libarian general; Mrs. Will C. Barnes of Arizona, for curator gen- eral, and Mrs. I B. McFarland of Texas, for reporter general to the Smithsonian Institute. Col. Patterson, U. S. A, will in- troduce the guests to the state rexent, Mrs. William B. Hardy, who, In turn, will present them to the guest of honor. Those asked to assist are Mra. Cas- sius C. Cottle, Mrs, James T. Morris, Mrs. Edward’ P. Schoentgen, Mrs. Benjamin D. Heath, Miss Catharine Campbell, Mrs. Albert L. Calder, Mrs, Howard L. Hodgkins, Mrs. John Laid- law Buel, Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, Mrs. Willard T. Block and Mrs. Wil- ilam H. Reynolds, vice presidents gen- eral. National Society, D. A. R., and Mrs. John Francis Yawger, recording secre- tary general; Mrs. Selden P. Spencer, chaplain general; Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter, treasurer general; Mrs, A. Marshall Elllott, corresponding sec- retary general; Miss Emma T. Strider, registrar general; Miss Jenn W. Col- trane, historian general; Miss Lillian M. Wilson, reporter general to Smith- sonlan Institute; Mrs. Frank W. Elli- son, librarian ' general, and Mrs. George W. White, curator general of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Invitations have been issued to all state regents and thelr state delegations. Mrs. Katherine C. Brush-Bales has as her guest for the D. A. R. con- gress Miss Louise Grey Wadsworth, regent of the Tea Rock Chapter, D. A. R. of Massachusetts. Mrs. Brush-Bales is'a member of the Sarah Franklin Chapter, D. A. R., of Washington, and will entertain extensively in honor of Miss Wadsworth. i A luncheon was given on Wedne!-“ day to the State Officers Club, District | of Columbia, D. A. R, at the home | of Mrs. Catharine E. Nagle. Assist- | ing her as hostesses were with Mrs. | two papers were read, | Alten, APRIL 15 Charles O. Appleman, Mrs. James M. Webb, Mrs. James E. Mulcare, Mrs. Reginald Geare, Mrs. Mary C. Beach, Mrs. Amy Leeds, and Mrs. Fred Mat- teson. The Louisa Adams Chapter, Daugh- | ters of the American Revolution, held its April meeting last Tuesday at the residence of its regent, Mre. Room with Miss Belle Husted asy hostess. Following a short business meeting one on amuse- . by Mrs. Sarah on Alexander reconstruction ments in colonial day and the other Hamfiton and the perfod by Miss White. Mres. James A. Craig of Jacksonville state regent of Fldrida. National So- ciety, D. A. R. is at the Lee Hou: while visiting in Washing | The Evening and Sunday Star —Full Reports of the D. A, Convention, April 15 inclusive. Mailed—Postage Prep U. 8., 25c—Canada, dpc Foreign, 45 Leave subscriptions at Con tinental Hall, or Evening Star orf 11th and Pen avenue northwes: EXPECTS DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT ON TARIFF A. B. Rouse Interprets Wilson Let- ter to Mean League Will Be Side Issue. 5 the Associated Tress. CINCINNATI, April man Arthur B ch: of the democratic ¢ slonal campaign committee, is quoted by the Enquirer as saying that his fnterpretation of statements in for- mer President Woodrow Wilson's let- ter to him was that, while the league of natlons would be an important is- sue in the next national campalgn, it would be subordinated to the tariff question, Undoubtedly, Mr. Rouse said, the league of nations would be a subject for discussion s a campalgn_iwsue, but it would be of secondary impor- tance, with the high tar!ft schedules and consequent leading fssue. 14.—Congress ‘man Senator McKellar, democrat, of Ten- nessee, issued a statement last night approving the attitude of former President Wilson on the question of the United States’ adhesion to the Court of International Justice. “I approve of former President Wil- son’s statement that we should go into the Court of International Justice created by the league and go in with- out reservations,” sald the statement. “Such reservations as have been pro- posed are nothing more than attempts at political juggling. Evidently the purpose of these reservations is pure- Iy political. If adopted, their pro- ponents would then be able to say to| league advocates, ‘We stand with you,' and to the irreconcilables, ‘We re not against you.' In this way they would expect to catch them coming and going. The reservations consti- tute a very genuine article of politi- cal hypocrisy. LLOYD GEORGE TO SPEAK IN THIS CITY NEXT FALL Will Visit Canada as Well as United States—Speaking Tour to Begin in September. LONDON, April 15—According to the News of the World, former Pre- mier Lloyd George will visit the United States and Canada next Sep- tember, and deliver speeches In New York. Chicago, Washington, Montreal and Toronto. ~With the exoeption of Lord Balfour, Lloyd George will be the @rst of England's premidrs to ross the Atlantla Beware of Consumption it is usually not suspected for a long time and unless discovered early requires years to be checked, and is then hard to cure entirely, If you tire easily—or are losing weight—and have a per- sistent light cough or hoarseness—do not lose time. See a doctor or have yourself examined at the free Health Department Clinic 409 15th St. N.W., Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday at 24 o'clock. Friday evenings from 7:30-9 o’clock. To Prevent Consumption void house dust and impure or close air, day or night. et all the light and sunshine steurized Drink plenty of 14 ing food. 5.' plain, nouri le into your home. Ik and cream. None raw, et enough sleep by retiring early enough. Try to avoid worry. Be cheerful. Think kindly. mind acts on your body. TMe Bulletin i Your paid for by the Rouse of Kentucky,| gres- | high prices as tha| 1923—PART Unwarned Ships Like Germany (Continued from First Page.) the large frame house to which he has retired, Admiral S8ims reread that paragraph today, and nodded In affirmation. Officers Punished at Home. "1l read you what I have already written,” he sald, and began, “T stated in addresses in California that, bar- Llandovery Castle, 1'did not know of any case where a’German gub- boats of a torpedoed vessel; that the commanding officer and two -officers of the submarine that torpedoed the hospital ship in question were tried in’ Germany, after the war and punished; that the submarine com- manders generally acted in a humane manner and in some instances gave the boits of torpedoed vessels food and water, and 4 tow toward and ment out wireless signals, giving thelr positions. See my book, ‘The Vic- tory at Sea,’ pages 127 and 128. Referred to Commanders Alone. “It is well known that the German ,Kovrrnm-nl ordered submarine com manders to torpedo merchant ves- sels, without warning, and also hos- pital ships, if carrying troops. I did not discuss the orders of the German government. My remarks referred exclusively to the conduct of the submarine commanders in carrying out their orders. “I am speaking, ay one seaman seaman, as to you und speaking of another the conduct of Ger- man submarine captains, exceedingly able men and dangerd enemies They were carrying out the o of thefr wovernment. I'm not speak- ing of the German government. It s well known that it ordered mer- chant vessels 1o be sunk without warn- ing. xcept for the single case of the Liandovery Castle, I know of no instance of a German submarine car- TYINg out these orders with needless brutality. Let me read from my book.” The admiral shelves in his there. Some Captains Chivalrous. “Haven't got a copy of my own book,” he complained, hastened from the room and presently returned with a copy of “The Vic! Ty At Sea."” “You see, there is nothing new in this. here” (He begun to read again:) ~Each submarine behaved in different way_ from the others. The difference of course, representing the human element control, would deliver hig acks in | auceesyion, |lmmn' almost essly; wnother approsc task’ with the chntion.” tain - rstand, rose and scanned the library. 1t was not = would uty one we meanest traits ] while others—let be jus capable of a ¢ertain display erosity, and possib By studying the ,«n«h cor i | individual tralts of o mander we could often tell ft which one was operating at a glven time: and this Information was extremely ‘valuable in the game which we were engaged. ;i Recognized Rose's Methods. “Old Hans i< out again,” the o {in_the convoy room would ra: | “They were speaking of Hane Troms i the co nander of the [ ; this was I'the same submarine otficer who in the {fall of 1516 brought that boat (o } Newport, R, and torpedoed five or #iX ships off Nantucket. jnever saw Hans Rose face to fa. they had not the faintest ide; Wwhether he was fat or lean, whether h‘» was fa or dark; yet thev knew his military characteristics intimatel He became such a familiar Person - ality in the conv and his methods of operation were so individual, that Wwe came to have almost & certain liking for the old chap. Other U boat commanders would appear off tha hunting grounds and attack ships in more or 1288 easy goink fashion. Then and—bung hi and—bang hi—bang hi bang hi—torpedo after torped. would fly, four or five ships would {sink, and then this disturbing per ison would vanish unexpectedly & {he had arrived. Such un experience ¥ officers that e more at large. Acquired Respect for Him. “We acquired a certain respect for Hans because he was a brave man who would take chances which most of his compatriots would avoid; and {above all, because he played his |desperate ' game with & _ certain {decency, sometimes when he tor- | pedeed 2 ship. Rose would wait |around until all the lifeboats wore {filled; he would throw out & tow lina !glve 'the victims food and keep al the survivors together until rescucing destroyer appeared horizon, when he would let go and submerge.” The admiral laid aside the book and thought a minute. Then he said: “The Llandovery stle presents a different picture. You should read the Liepsic trials for an understand- ing of that. That was a hospital ship. At the trial it was brought out that the commander of the U-boat fol- lowed this ship for some time trying to discover whether she had troops aboard. Then he torpedoed her and cruised around among the lifeboats searching for evidence that she had |carried troops. Not finding any, he apparently lost his head and attempt- od to see that there would be no sur- vivors. One boat got away. Commander Never Found. “The submarine commander who aid that disappeared. He has never been found. Two of hls officers wera brought to trial in Germany and were found gullty because they had not resisted his orders. They were pun- ished, but not severely enough—dis- missed from the service and one wus sent to a fortress for four years, 1 belleve, “As 1 said, I have been speaking of the way in which the German na- val officers carried out the orders of their government. “But what about the German gov- érnment’s policy of sinking ships without warning? ermany could have won the war, hands down, if she had been willing to pay the price,” sald Admiral Sim; in & positive tone. “If they had de stroyed all the people in the boats, linformed the on the hant ships, fellows we could not fave replaced, they would have won. Not only would the allles have lost the trained seamen who were Killed, but many others would have refused to go to sea. As it was, there were men who survived after being tor- pedoed half a dozen times. Could Have Won That Way. “But the price—if the German gov- ernment _had given orders to slaugh- fer all the people in merchant ships torpedoed and if the or- (‘l:fi Y beon carried out, everybody in the world, doubtless, would have declared an_open season against all) s wherever found, but they G ave won that way. If the situation had been reversed, if we had been In the situation of the Ger- mans,” Admiral Sims paused and Tubbed his beard thoughtfully. “Well, of course, the allles never set out to er the world, Sadbut if we had been in such a situation and believed that losing the ar would mean that our country was to be dominated by Germany, I Pelleve that we, too, would have sunk ships without warning.” ven the Lusitanis, Admiral?” «“Well, now—if the United States could have pictured itself in the present situation of Germany, dis- armed and & part of its territory oo- cupled by alien troops—7 "We pretty nearly would have done as they did, even to the Lusitania, always remembering, of course, that I @o not believe the Germans ex- pected such a loss of life. Great Blow to Germans. “The disaster that occurred to the Lusitania was a great blow to the Germans. It was wholly unexpected ring the case of the hospital ship | marine commander had fired upon the | land. | ders | o Our men lanh!hnr hoat would suddenly appear. | slaughtered the seamen of those mer- { as the Germans| | | ! | | | | | | ADMIRAL SIM: jority would have said that after| being struck she would have floated for hours before sinking—that being close 1o land she would have been beached I have never belleved that Ger- | many bad any idea that the torpedo- ing of that vestel would have caused | #uch a 10ss. 80 many hundreds of peo- ple—even that it would have caused the 10ss of any lives at all.” I asked the admiral i he had ever sought in his book or elsewhere to define our motive in entering the war. England Would Have Capitulated. | . he replied. “But if we had not gone into the war England would | have to have asked for an armistic and undoubtedly one of the things the Germans would have demanded would have been the delivery of the British fleet, and this would have given Ger- many a naval force of such tre- mendous power that they could have dominated the world. | “People will say that British | never would nave surrendered their {fleet; that they would have rather seen’ it go down fighting, but they would have been given no oppor-| send it to the bottom that) ermany would have said, ‘Send | As the price of an armi- | ercd at| place i Not Serlous at First. i . Britain was approaching de- | t through starvation. They never | iave more than enough food in their { islands to keep them going more than @ few weeks, or, at the most, months. belfeve w into the war be- ared to stay out. It ical record that the war at all while after w The thing was dly conducted in Washington th xample, it v d adopted the | before I was n j did not approve. Admiral Sims’ attention was called to an editorfal in the Nation, a weekly published in New York. This was { printed beneath this theading: ral " Challenge to Our Press, | T lowed the brief dispatch co! | ce inz the admiral's remarks in i Ang e | No Challenge to Press. “I have not challenged the press,” |denfed the admiral. I do mot blame the newspapers. As far as I know | !'the newspape: printed the truth as| |they knew it. Their sources of in- | formation _were men who had| made the passages, letters from the | other side, and naval officers on this| | side. ¢ sacrifices a people ] ust make during war- is of an accurate knowledge o You have got to keep m: your own people to keep | them from the enemy. It would be extremely unpatrioti for a mnews- paper to tell the absolute truth about what is taking place during a war, {even if the newspaper could get the | absolute truth. You can't have a real 1 1 of the press during war, You at, | s months after | convoy system | fled that Washington e 1 8 fo propaganda moust of the | things told, I beli. were true, but | 1t was not all the truth. No| | army ever marched through an enemy | | coun without sume thieving, wit! i e violence, en without some | : on women, but these things {are not true of an entire army. They are just true enough to permit such | stories to be told. The purpose is| | obvious. | | Wanted to Terrify. ; “There = no doubt whatever that| | Germany did carry on war brutality. | She wanted to terrify civilian pop lations. That was a confessed part | lof their doctrine of war. They went as far as they dared without being | outlawed. They did not go as far as | they could have gone and it is per- fectly patent to me that if they had slaughtered the crews of merchant ships—they could not imprison them | —they could have won the war.” Admiral Sims picked up his book once more, thumbed the puges and| then began to read: “The mere fact that a number of U-ships were at sea, even if they did not succeed in sinking many sub- marines, forced the Germans to make a radical change in their submaripe ! tactics. A& they could no longer| bring to. board and loot merchant ships and sink them Inexpensively and without danger by the use of bombs they were obliged not only to use their preclous torpedoes, but also torpedo without warning. Thig was the only alternative except to| abandon the submarine campaign altogether. Truth Neglested, He Says. “Berlin accordingly instructed the submarine commanders not to ap- proach on the surface any merchant jor passenger vessel closely enough to get within range of its guns but to keep at a distance and shell it. Had the commanders always ob- served these instructions the suc- cess of the mystery ships in sinking submarines would “have ended then i and there, though the influence of their presence ontactics would have iremalned in force. Putting the book aside, the admiral resumed: “If they had started to sink with- out warning in 1916, Instead of 1917, the Germans would have won, buf ! | fortunately for us they made every ! | diplomatic and strategic mistake tha. was porsible, and they did it in the pride of intellect.” Aamiral Sims picked up a_handful of newly delivered. mail. Then he! ripped the cover off @ copy of Henry | Ford's Dearborn Independent. “s "e°"% "Tho Neglected Truth” ihe read froni its cover. Then he added, “Yes, sir, the truth’is neglected somewhat.' | housing com Sims Says U.S. Would Have Sunk FACE BIG PROBLEM INSHRINERS' MEALS Capacity of Washington Food Markets. Besides the question of housing the many thousands of visitors who wi be in Washington during the Shrine | convention in June the next most serfous problem facing those Ir charge is that of the food supply. How to house and feed probably 200,000 visitors during that period is giving the Shrine committee no little concern. The committee already s recelving information concerning these problems, of the most amazing character. Oyster Issues Statement. Commissioner James F. Oyster, ir the absence of Chairman Rudolph of the citizens' committee, commenting yesterday on the economic problen said: “It behooves every resldent Washington to lay In & supply staple foods to prepare for the er tertainment of visitors and friends and for family use after they are gone. “It is still mors necessary for the wholesale dealers to bring supplies for retailers 1o Washington durin the mext thirty days, for after that time we have reason to beileve the raflroads will be burdened with volume of passenger trafic that render the receipt of freight si men ncertain guantity Urges Early Planning. “Truck gardeners and farmers wt are contiguous to Washington us be urged to put in double the qua: tity of early vegetables, like radish es, lettuce, peas, beans and any oth early varisties that will be market uhla'at the end of May. “We are forewarned, and shou! inot neglect a day in taking care of the situation. I urge wholesalers especially to place orders for doubls the quantity of staples that we usually have during that period, and to see to it that they are delivered in Washington early in May. We cannot afford to have visitors come here and suffer an inconvenience ir the matter of food, nor can we afford to have them exparience difficulty finding a decent place to sleep. Evers house {n Washington which can offes a Spare TOom or two or three should be opened to the committee having this in charge, and that ought to be done at once. Of course, reverting to foods, we cannot stock up on that class of food which is perishable, hrt even in that situation advance o will help matters.” Expect No Milk Shortage. Some concern is felt over the m supply during that period. It is u: derstood t Washington is in 4 fairly good situation in that respec but if a shortage should occur, r course may be had to the canned ar. powdered milk on the market, ara the authorities look for no serious shortage in that respect. A few advance glimpses of t military and civic pageant which wi with the dance of the states, mar the close of Shrine week, have be given by Gen. Amos A. Fries, chalr uan of that committee. The genera says that t ageant itself, whi will be more than two miles long, ha desires to make, 8o far as is possible a surprise for the people. As has been said before, the first section wil be of a military and naval characte containing representatives of all the main units of both branches of the armed forces. The floats, with their accompanying costumed cohorts, will constitute the spectacular feature of the event, and will be twenty-five floats in number, led by the “Float of Welcome.™ Plan Historical Floats. One of the conspicuous floats wiil be that deplcting the Shrine’s hos- pitals for crippled children. Among the Masonic floats will be one repra- senting Washington, accompanied the Grand Lodge of Maryland, marc ing down the Avenue to lay the ner stone of the Capitol. Peary's dis €overy of the north pole is deplct, In another float, concelved by the pageant committee as a sple ample of devotion to duter Tor tri Is the purpose of this float. _In those sections of the pageant de voted to the early colonial days, American Iudfans, both mounted and afoot will be seen. The unfolding of the spectacular features of Shrine week 1S steadily going on. In the congress of the reas, which will take place Monday, Chairman Snyder ar nounces, instexd of Wednesday, evers person depicting characters on the Mayflower will 'be a member of family descendéd from those .earls and first pilgrims. Prices Are Reusonable. Lustances like these, It is calculates will give the public not only Sates: tainment and amusement, but an il luminated " understanding of some of the epoch-making events in Ameri can history Chairman Morey of the hotel an nittee, says that offers of rooms are coming in by hundreds every day. As a rule the prices ar. falr, but there are a few notable in stances in the lists from the suburbs, and small towns around Washingtos where prices are entirely too high and far beyond reason. No visito:s will be gent to these places, “We are ready to accept fair prices,” said Chairman Morey, “but we do not exgect these Shrine visitore to pay off second loans or mortgages on suburban property. BONAR LAW TO QuIT SOON IS BELIEF NOW Prime Minister Likely to Suggest Lord Curzon as Sucoessor. LONDON, April 15.—The politice correspondent of the Sunday Ob server says that Prime Minister Bonar Law will soon retire, and add: that the prime minister would have withdrawn at Easter if it had not been for the reversal in the by elections. “The prime minister,” continues the paper, “has not the physical vigo: required to grapple with Great Britain's present overwhelming bur- dens; any indefinite continuance in office would crush his strength. In any case present political conditions are_impossible for him, and he in- tends to go.” An unnamed former minister, in a leading article in the News of the World, makes a similar prediction regarding the prime minister. M says that Mr. Bonar Law upon ro- tirement will ask the king to intrust Lord Curson with the formation of a new cabinet. [ of the —that Star readers may kee the court program for the ni On the Six News-Making Days Week The Star Issues a 5:30 Edition‘ p reliably informed. It’s ready for you just as you go home—always featuring late financial news; sports finals—and giving ext day. {300,000 Visitors Will “Tax ’ ’ reported o have been organized to| bajloting actually begins, Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis search for the kidnaped man and | campaign both Mrs. Hanger and Mrs. another party was dllpl;chofl, ‘o, San | Cook hope to win some of Mrs. Story's Telephone Main. 992 Zegal Notice 923 H Street N.W. ego Krull's family & | votes,” and Mrs. Story, o other, . - of satety, S TEi 18 1d To Hove o e ade ofies ] by ‘them, I think, for this reason: If you had asked any naval officer or naval constructor what would have ‘when this veseel was tor- For Sale by Newsboys and News- dealers throughout the city the end came. Mr. DMNMYH':‘ ‘1‘:1“ gonne‘;:: avenus, low or! 2 ‘Where body will be sent todaks’