Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1923, Page 2

LEAGUE COUNCIL i TACKLES DISPUTES Program Interesting in View | of Issue in American Politics. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The-Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 102 PARIS, April 17.—The council of the league of nations meets today in 8-Year-Old Dies Vainly Seeking To Save Brother By the Associated Press W FORT SMITH, Ark., April 17— The heroism of cight-year-old Leonard Butcher, who sacrificed his own life in a vain effort to save hig younger brothar, Orville, six years old, from death beneath the wheels of an dnrushing Mis- souri Pacific freight train on a trastle near Mudrow, Okla., Satur- day, has been called to the atten- tion of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission at Pittsburgh, with a request that the case b given suit- able recognition. All available stories of the trag- edy agree that Leonard might Geneva. At a time when the dis- patches report that the league i& again tending to become an issue in | American politics it is interesting to | glanco at the program of this coun- | cil meeting, which offers a sort of| cross-section of the work which the | league, after four years of existence, | is now performing. i Hungary protests against the ex-| propriation by Rumania of a num-| ber of Hungarians in the territory ceded to Rumania and asks the| loague's intervention. Bulgarla al-| leges that the Greek authorities in western Thrace are persecuting the Bulgarian population and asks for the intervention of the league. Bulgaria also asks the league to assist in free- ing the country from the further presenc lied military control | which it now claims is The Lithuanian govern ment asks the councl authorization | to submit to an international court the legality of tho recent decision of the council of ambassadors fixing | the Pollsh-Lithuanian frontier. i a superflous Frontler Dispute Submitted. ! Czechoslovakia and Hungary have submitted their frontier dlspute to the council's arbitration and are ex- pecting a decision in a few days. Dr. Zimmermann. the league's commis- sioner in Austria, will report on the execution of measures which seem really to have saved that nate country from complete ruin. The report of the league's inquiry commission to Albanla will be con- sidered and the financial adviscr that Albania asks the league to appoint may be named. A new president will be eppointed to succeed Calonder aus head of the upper Silesian mixed commission. Various _appointments will be made to the mixed tribunals of Belgium and several former enemy states. Danzig Up Again. Questions concerning the administration of Danzig and th Saar basin will be constdered. Prep- arations will be made for choosing a Judge for the international court of Sustice to sweceed Ruy Barboza of zil, who @led recently. everal questions regarding arma- ment are on the program, the most tmportant being as to what action shall be taken in view of Secretary Hughes' letter declaring that the United States sympathizes with the aims of the St. Germain arms traffic control convention, but_cannot ratity the actual terms. The economic committge which has been preparing work fov the ocoming international conference on customs formalities will recorumend that the Irish Free| State be invited to attend. | After' Trafiic in Women. The commfttee on traffic in women | and children, on the recommendation of Grace Abbatt, chief of the chil- dren's bureaw of the United States Department off Labor, will suggest a| thorough investigation of the ut-luull extent and amethod of “this evil traffic. The internatiénal commission on aerial navigation, will ask the council to do whatever Is possible to per- susde states not sisnatory to ‘thej aviation conventitn to agree to the| system of lighting airplanes accepted | in the convention. The internatlonal | association for the promotion of child weltare will ask te be placed under the direction of the league. Finally the Finnish government is asking the council to refer to the internatioval court for an advlsory | opinion whether the question of con-| Qitions in eastern Karella, where Finland touches bolshevist Russia, i not a matter of internazional concers le { HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES For Wednesday. FIRST RACE—Makien two-year-olds, fllies; purse, $1,200; four fizkongs. = Remnant .. . 4Miss Fortune. ol‘d Pendant Black Art . e ! Normana Julis M...0 { Hasy Dawn . Humble {yrtle Bi\si; - MD"-‘: y‘Lu | Taisao v g Mo raay 1IN : Shinirg Light ..4. 116 Whitney & Thampaon | i JAudlep Form entry, e entry. §Salmon & Wilson entry. Parr entry. SECOND RACE—Maiden purse, $1.300; six furlongs. Warburton . 116 West Pittston Revenge 116 Rosa Yets ..._. Dem:john . 116 Swest and Pratty Ontario ... 118 Recoup ... Rhinegold 118 THIRD RACE—Claiming; three-year-olds wp; purse, $1,200; six furlongs. Star Realm *Tidings *John Morrill [l *iPietrus .. ] *i8un Turret .... Jewell V. D, aith W. *{Perhaps SHello Pardger. *tWrecker ... 8o It Goes >Whalebone . *8taunch *Water Girl . R 'u(ma:—': & Felicitous bt *Minute Maa Turbulent . +f0otvin & Rioe entry, entry. FOURTN RACE—The T year-old fillies; purse, $1,| <hree-yemr.olds. 110 3Cooper & Gmodaare ery purwe 111206 tBunquest rpe Kilmer entry. FIFTH RACE—Claiming: for three-year-olds and up; purse, $1,200; mile and » sixtoenth, *Jnoques Primo .. SIXTH RACE—Claiming; three-yosr-olds and 4p; purse. $1.200; mil d o furlong. e R et Qs peeratte *Miracle Man . 1056 e T sl et Miss Ruth Studdert, a society girl of Seattle, Wash., has dedicated her 1ife to the study of fish, all to help her native city. unfortu- | 1{ easily have saved his own life by outrunning the train to the end of the trestle, or jumping to the bot- tom of the small stream below, but that he preferred to save his little brother, who had stumbled in his frantic run for safety. Leonard died in a local hospital Saturday night. Orville died a few minutes after being struck by the train. TRUCE BEFORE WAR URGED N SANTIAGO Principles Laid Down by W. 1. Bryan Likely to Go Into Parley Results. BY By Cal CLAUDE to The Star and News. Copyright, 1 SANTIAGO, April 17.—The princi- ples laid down by William J. Bryan, | while secretary of state under Presi- |dent Wilson, through negotiations of treaties agreeing to the investigation and arbitration causes threatening hostilities appear to have a good | chance of buing Incorporated into the | results of the fifth pan-American con- terence. The detalls of the amendment offered {by Dr. Gondra of Paraguay are under conslderation mnd are reported to be jmeeting with favor. It is considered | probable that the amendment will be ceptable to the majority of the mem- bers of the armaments commission. Bryan's Treaties. In effect the Gondra amendment fol- lows the principles of the arbitration jand investigation worked out in the |Bryan treaties, which provided for a | truce lasting one year between na- | tions threatening re war, while a commission the lewed cau A further truce of om Tollow the report of the commission The Bryan treatles provided for four members, two sclected by cach of the nations threatening war, tnese four members selecting a filth. The Gondra amendment makes no provision for the selection of the proposed arbitration committee. Favor Permanent Body. Sentiment in the armaments commit- 0. PIKE. “hicago Daily Follows to decl [ ton appeats to favor the selection of a permanent arbitration committee or the working out of the details of the selection until occasion should arise. If the pro- posal should meet with the approval of the armament committee it that it will give the conference a loop- hole out of the delicate question of the reduction of armaments, inasmuch as all the American republics would have had the recommendations of the confer- ence submitted to them for approval, “Once the principal of investigation and .arbitration of breaks between American republics i agreed to, it is claimed that dt will be an effective force toward re- ducing the competition in armaments and practically eliminate the possibility ahat the republic will become involved An war. Costa Rican Proposal to Lose. It is reported that the Costa Rican proposal for the removal of the re- quirement as to membership on the governing board of the P’an-Ameri- can Union is due to be tabled at the next meeting of the political com- mittee. The commerce committee is work- ing on the last section of the re- port dealing with trade-marks, and it is considered quite probable that it will be accepted. Uruguay and Argentina, it is aseerted, are making a last stand against the efforts of the United States to get registration of trade-marks in each American re- public as a means of protecting its manufacturers. The original proposal fixed & fee of $10 in each nation where & trade-mark iv registered. An amendment _removes the limit, but it is not believed that any nation would attempt to make the fee ex- orbitant, Fees for trade-mark regis- trations’ by United States manufac- turers alone total many thousands of dollars. Churches Urge Action. A message urging definite action for limitation of armament through- out the western hemisphere was sent tcday by the Federal Council of Churches to President Edwards of the Pan-American conference, in session at Santiago, Chile, 'The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America,” said the cable- gram, “representing 125,000 Protes- tant evangelical churches, desires to express an carnest hope that the Pan- American conference may unite all nations of the American continent in effective measures for the fullest possible reduction of armament.” OPERA STAR TO SING HERE Cecil Arden on Pen Women’s Pro- gram Saturday; Composer Coming. Two musical features have been ar- ranged by Mrs. Dorothy De Muth Watson, national vice chairman of music_for the League of American Pen Women, for Saturday of this week. At the authors' breakfast at the Willara Hotel, Miss Cecil Arden of the Metropolitan Opera, will be the soloist. Miss Arden wili remain in Washington for the reception to be given Saturday evening by the na- tional executive board of the League of American Pen Women in honor of Mrs. Louis. N. Geldert, national president, at thé federation headquar- ters, 1734 N street northwes: The other musical feature wilj be Miss Fay Foster, American composer and musician, author of the war song “The Americans Come.” Miss Foster will come to Washington for the au- thors’ breakfast, and will also remain for the reception the same evening, when she will sing “The Lost Trail, one of her new compositions, the words of which were written by Mrs, Geldert. Miss Foster is a member of the Authors’ League of America, and has written more than seventy-ive songs. ! ' You don't have to wait unti ‘ tomorrow for today’s late news You'll get the right of it in The 5:30 Edition of . @he Foening Hai Everything that has taken place up to the time you are leaving for home will be found in “The 5:30"— financial news, sports news—and ALL the other news—including the courts’ calendar for tomorrow. For sale newsdealers newsboys and roughout the city s believed | IMMIERATIONHAY BE BIG 14 ISS Denunciation by Gary Seen as Opening Gun in Cam- paign Warfare. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Judge Elbert H. Gary's denuncia- ton of the prosent immigration law, which prevents European workmen from coming to American shores and relleving the labor shortage, 18 the opening gun in what may become a much more llve {ssue In the next twelve months in American politics than the “open shop” or the tariff. The advance in wages granted by the steel corporation, it Is generally agreed, was due in no small measure to the competitive search for Amerl- can labor. Mr. Gary's view that the Dbresent curb on immigration s “one of the worst things economically” the Unlted States has ever done is shared by many business men, and already the United States Chamber of Com- merce i» at work on & plan to permit a flexible system of selection so that able-bodied workmen may be admit- ted without allowing a flood of im- migration and the attendant evils which helped build up sentiment for the present law. Organized labor has been back of the policy of restricted Immigration for many years, arguing that pro- tection to “the American workman against the competition of the for- aigner was just as essential for labor as for capital, which by means of the tariff shuts out imports. European Labor Abundant. An abundance of European labor exists, and if permitted to enter would naturally enable American in- dustries to get all the labor needed without having to pay competitive prices as against each other. Many of America’'s industrial concerns have scouts aching the country with of- fers ot higher wages to men in other trades, This condition is naturally desirable from the viewpolnt of organized la- bor as wages tend to go upward. But the drive of the United States Chamber of Commerce is not to in- crease to any substantial extent the number of persons admitted to Amer- lica, but to exercise more care in the selection of the types eligible to en- ter, so that American industry will be ‘assured of & steady supply of for- teign workmen and so that the costs of production will not go 8o high as to damage the fabric of industry | itself for there can be a limit to high labor costs beyond which companies { will not find it profitable to operate on as large scale as at present. Pounibility of Inerease. The committee of the United States {Chamber of C(‘ommerce takes the |present law, which permits thres per jcent of the existing proportion of each {nationality already in the United | States, and would add a possible two per cent. The number of immigran ut prescnt admissible by the three per cent quota system is 357,803. By making it a total of five cent, the number would be only 238,536 more It is not assumed that even this num- ber would actually come as some of the so-called quota countries from northern and western Europe last year fell below thelr quotas Under the proposed plan there would be tests of the physical, mental and moral suitability of immigrants and that the standards should be made with due recognition of the kinds of immigrants most needed in America. If, for instance, there is a shortage of skilled workmen, every effort should be made to spread in- formation in those countries where {a desirable class of labor may be | obtainable. The chamber of commerc i insists of the best Interest of the country as a whole, not upon the benefits that may accrue to any group, manufac turers, farmers, laborers or others” as well as “upon consideration for the tinmigrant himself.” Secretary Davis of the Department of Labor {3 at work on a similar plan and hopes to make a definite recom- mendation for new legislation when Congress reconvencs. President Hard- ing will have to take a stand on the matter to get attention from Con- Bress, as the tendency in that body will naturally be to avoid a contro- versy with labor. The friends of the selective plan, however, think they will be able to demonstrate to or- ganized labor that the selective proc- €ss will help rather than hurt their cause and that opposition to it would be mistaken. The Harding adminis- tration could not afford politically to align itself against organized labor on the eve of a presidential electlon, though strenuous effor! are being made by republican business men to draw the President to their side of the age-old conflict. Immigration contains the ingredients of a great |political struggle, and Judge Gary's speech is the forerunner of what wiil be heard when the United State: Chamber of Commerce discusses the immigration problem at its annual meeting in New York three weeks from today. (Copyright, 1623.) WILL DISCUSS STADIUM. ‘The community affairs committee of the Washington Board of Trade o'clock in' the board rooms in The Star building. Chalrman Perry B. Turpin announced that at that time the committee would receive a report from a subcommittes, headed by Ethelbert Stewart, on the matter of erecting a stadium in this city. SENTENCED TO FROM REAR ADMIRAL F. W. EBERLE, Former superintendent of the Naval Acndemy, now chief of operation: NEW PERFECT GAS MASK ALLOWS| HAITT FUTURE ROSY REAR ADMIRAL R. E. COONTZ, ef of operations, promoted to Com. er-in-chief of the U. §. fleet. cl HIGH NAVAL OFFICERS WHOSE POSITIONS ARE CHANGED[Stepped On Gas Instead of Brake; Two in Hospital Pinned beneath a touring car which | overturned yesterday at 5th and M| streets northeast, when the driver made the mistake of pushing the gas pedal n- stead of the brake, Charles Jeffries, | colored, 1306 H street northeast, | driver of the car, and Rebecca John- | son, colored, same address, received | injuries which necessitated their 7e- | moval In & police patrol to Casualty ' Hospital. The car was badly dam- aged. The woman received deep lacera- tions to her left eye and Jeftries | emerged with a dislocated left elbow and a grave determination to study the difference between the accelerator and the brake pedal. According to Detective L. M. Wilson and Private Hospldor of the ninth precinct. who investigated the accident, the car was golng south on 5th street and turned west Into M street when the mistake happened. e T0 BE GIVEN TRIAL mamed commander-in-chief of 71400 and 250-Candlepower WEARER TO TALK, DANCE OR SLEEP that the policy of the government | should be based “upon consideration ' will meet Thursday afternoon at 4:15 | Dy the Associated Pre An “all-purpose” gas mask, im-| pervious to potsons of every kind and equipped with an attachment that permits ready conversation by tele- phone or other communicating de- vices, has been perfected by the Army chemical warfare servioe. Announcement of the invention, made today by the War Department, says the new mask has been thor- oughly tested by the Army and Navy | and hae been found to meet all con- ditions. | " A peace-time value of the mask is irecognized as an important consid- eration in connection with the in- vention and it has been-made 5o comfortable that men may keep it on for days, and even play base ball, dance or sleep without suffering whils wearing _it. | The satchel of the mask fits under | MOTHERS RE-ELECT MRS. RAFTER HEAD Capt. Julius Peyser Chosen Fifth Vice President by District Congress. Mrs. Giies Scolt Rafter was re- elected president of the District Con- gress of Mothers and Parent-Teach- ers’ Assocations at the annual meet- Ing of the congress today in the crystal room of the Hotel Ebbitt. Other officers were elected as follows: Mrs. Joseph M. Saunders, first vice | president; Mrs. Virginia White Speel, | second vice president; Mrs. J. H.! Newton, third vice president; Miss | Blanche Patterson, fourth vice presi- | dent: Capt. Jullus Peyser, fifth vice | president; Mrs. H. S. Parsons, record- | Ing secretary; Mrs. J. W. Byler, cor. | responding secretary, and Mrs. Z. B. Blackistone, treasurer. The election of Capt. Peyser to be an officer of the congress constitutes an innovation, Mrs. Rafter announced She sald she hoped in the future that more men would take an Interest in the Parent-Teachers’ organization. The entiro slate agreed upon by the | nominating committee received the unanimous indorsement of the dele- | gates to the congress, & unanimdus | ballot being cast by the secretary in each instance. Miss Louise C. Lippett of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin told the dele- gates this afternoon of her expe- rience at the university In connection with educational gymnastics, Mrs. Rafter urged the various Pa- rent-teachers bodies to send repre- sentatives to the convention in Knox- ville, Tenn., the latter part of this month of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers' Asso- clation SUES HOTEL COMPANY. George D. Ses today filed suit in the District Supreme Court against the Lincoln Hotel Corporation, Jerome C. Myers, former president of the com- pany, 'Leslie M. Show, former Secre- tary of the Treasury and now presi- dent of the corporation, and others to secure the delivery to him of $1,400 shares of the common stock of the company and for an accounting of $12,000 commlssions on the sale of preferred stock. The court {s asked to enjoin the transter of the stock. he controversy arises over the promoting and financing of the com- pany, which recently purchased a large tract of land at 12th and H streets northwest. Attorney William E. Richardson appears for the plain- . SIX TO TEN YEARS IN | | PENITENTIARY FOR AUTO DEATHS. Henry G. Brock, banker wuilty of mur d society man of Fhtiadelphia, was round|C. degree for killing three persons with his| Kelly, B. A. wtomobile March 3 last, in Philadelphia, ‘This photograph shows him (center), fm charge of a detective, en his way te the penitentiazy, after his . Ving the fortv-first annual sassion of the | | the left arm, giving a distinct ad- vantage over all other types by mak- ing it possible for the soldler or miner wearing it to crawl on his, stomach without being handicaped. It contains chemicals giving absolute protection against ammonia and carbon monoxide gas. both of which are encountered, often with deadly | results. by industrial workers, par- | ticularly in mines. | The speaking device of first impor- | tance from a military standpoint, in- cludes a dlaphragm set in the fronf of the mask which vibrates with the ybice | of the wearer in a way similar to| that of the disc in the transmitter| of a telephone, but to a much greater extent. “As this is very essential for the signal officers, the artillery and other branches of the Army and Navy, as well as for use with telephones and voice tubes onm, naval craft” the statement seys, “the new mask will soon be furnished to the Navy to equip its entire personnel.” ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 17 (Spe- cial).—One hundred and sixty dele- Bates are here today attending the annual state meeting of two organi- zatiol There are 100 from every section of the state at the gathering of the fourteenth annual session of | the Grand Council, Order of Frater- | nal Americans, which convened in the Young People’s building at 10 o'clock, and there are sixty delegates attend-{ | Royal Areanum, which assembled at | noon in the Elks' lodgeroom. Both | organizations will end their sessions | tomorrow afternoon with the nlernnn! of officers and the selection of a city for the next convention. Sessions of the Order of Fraternal Americans are being presided over by R. L. Mc- Clannan, state president. Kenneth W. Ogden, vice president ! of the chamber of commerce. made | an address of welcome on behalf of the city, in the absence of the mayor, Opening ' remarks were made by | James R. Mansfleld, state secretary, | and an address on behalf of Alexan- dria Council, No. 5, this city, was made by John H. Trimyer, state treasurer. The response to the wel coming address was made by James L. Wilmeth, on behalf of the Grand Council. Invocation was delivered by Rey. Ernest M. Delaney, and there were local selections by Mrs. Oliver, | Mrs. M. Davis and T. V. De Masters. | A pilgrimage to Mount Vernon was| made later in the day and a wreath placed on Washihgton's tomb. The delegates then visited Arlington na-| tional cemetery. At 6 o'clock this evening supper will be served and at 8 o'clock in the Young People's building, Charles H. Eerman, superintendent of the Na- tional Orphans' Home, Tifin, Ohio, will deliver an illustrated lecturs on that home, and there will bo music by the Junior Boys' Band of Wash- ington. Business session will be resumed tomorrow morning. The forty-first annual meeting of the Grand Council, Royal Arcanum, was welcomed by Kenneth W. Ogden. On behalt of Alexandria Council, No. 637, James Bayne of this city, grand orator, responded to the welcoming address. The delegates later made & pilgrimage to Mount Vernon and placed a wreath on Washington's tomb. Sessions are_being presided over by C. C. Page, Richmond, grand | regent, and Cortez V. Jones, Rich- mond, is grand secretary. Reports showing the progress of the order during the year were sub- mitted by J. R. Mansfleld. state sec- retary, and John H. Trumyer, state treasurer, at the meeting of the Fraternal Americans, Natlonal _oficers ~attending are George A. Davis Baltimore, national councilor; J. D. Tunison, New York. national ‘vice councilor; Charles H. Kernan, superintendent of the Na. tional Orphans’ Home, Tiffan, Ohio.; Thomas H. Walters, Philadelphia, member of national committee, and C. B. Webb, past national councilor, North Carolina. In connection with the construction of its new clubhouse being erected at the foot of King street, the Old Do- minion Boat Club, at a meeting held in the rooms of the chamber of com- merce last night, decided to build & whart eighty by fifty feet, with a landing for motorboats and a float for canoes and racing shells. The wharf will cost about $1.500. It was decided by the club to have & housewarming in its new clubhouse May 15, and a committee, composed of John M. Reed, George Hoy, Carl J. Mueller, D, G. Grillbortzer and E. E. Lawler, jr, was appointed to make the neces Ty arrangements. J. T. Preston, secretary of the club, announced that there are five of the original charter members living, the club being organized July 15, 1880. They will receive invitations to at- tend. Effective May 1, the membership dues were increased to $2 & month, Willlam R. Studds has sold to Jesse 0. Reid and wife a house and lot on the west side of Payne, between King and Cameron streets. Mrs. Stella Hershowlitz has sold to Everett L. Godfrey house and lot 20, block 23, section 4, Rosemont. CARRIERS ATTEND FUNERAL OF CHIEF Mailmen Massed at Door Church as Body is Car- ried Out. Practically the entire carrier force of the Washington city post office at- tended funeral services at 10:30 a.m. today for James C. Reagan, foreman of carriers, who died while at work Scturdls\ Headed by former Postmaster M. O. Chance, nearly 400 carrfers in uni- form, ving just come from their first mail delivery of the day, marched from the city post office to St Aloysius Church, North Capltol and I streets. After the services the carriers massed themselves on the front steps of the church, and the body of their late foreman was borne by six car- riers through the walting ranks of gray-clad men. The filllbelr'l‘l. all carriers, were J. McGrath, J. A. O'Neal, T. A. Lehmann, W. E. Berck- man and P. M. Kerrigan. Interment was at Mount Olivet cemetery, AR l of jco-operation with the Haftian govern- i terial SAYS GEN. RUSSELL Report on Year’s Observa- tion Lauds Efficiency of Marine Occupation. The opinfon that the future of Haitl never was brighter than at present is expressed by Brig. Gen. John H. Russell of the Marine Corps in 2 re- port to Secretary Hughes, submitted by him as American high commis- sioner in Haitl. He has been serving in that capacity since March, 1922. In his report, made public today by the State Department, Gen. Russell declares that “it s believed that a continuance of the present policy of ment, together with a maintenance of the sincere and earnest co-operation that has been given by it during the past eight months, can lead but to the development and progress of Haiti, the maintenance of peaceful conditions and the increased welfare and pros- perity of the Haitlan people.” Comments on Occupation. After reviewing events in_Haiti since his arrival there, Gen. Russell comments on the activities of the Marine Corps occupation force, and makes this observation: During the period covered by this report the efficlency of these forces has been maintained at a high stand- ard and in addition it has been indoc- trinated with the purposes for which we are in Halti and the necessity for the maintenance of the most cordial relations and co-operation in all deal- ings with the Haitlans The gendarmeris d' Haiti, according to the Teport, has been “‘most efficiently handled during the past year, and, as a result, it has been brought to a very high standard of excellence.” Both the public health and public works departments, Gen. Russell reports, have done excellint work, despite &, shortage of funds. Discussing the finances of the Haitian government, he says, steps have been taken to revise obsolets customs and internal tax laws. A law putting into effect a general ac- counting system also is planned. Gen. ~Russell devotes considerable space In his report to a discussion of Haiti's judiciary system, which, he de. clares, {s “sadly in need of renovation. n ' the lower tribunals, generally speaking,” his report continues, ‘the administration of justice is entirely un- satisfactory, and there is a general feel- ing that political, family and other in- terests have an undue weight. “The salaries given to judges are considered to be much too small and it is belleved that with a reduction in the number of officlals and a ma increase in the salaries the efficiency of the judiciary system will be Increased; but it will not be satis- factory until certain laws are passed changing slightly the methods of pro- | cedure. The framing of such laws is now receiving consideration by the Haitlan government. 'he present unsatisfactory condi- tion results from insufficient pay, no provision for retirement, lack of care- ful selection, and inadequate correc-i tive measures where necessary. The entire administration of justice should be placed outside of “politics and other improper {nfluences. “The judiclary system is a founda- tion stone of stable government, and when the Haitians have been taught to look with pride upon their courts and to respect them, much will have been done toward establishing perma- nent stabllity of government in Haiti I I given an streets northwest within a few weeks, 4 intersections the new lights will Lamps Figure in New Street Tests. The brightest electric street lamps over used in Washington will be experimental try-out on | Rhode Island avenue from 7th to 3th Warren B. Hadley, superintendent of lighting, announced today. This operation will be experimental both &3 to height of posts and the candlepower of the bulbs. The ob- servations made there will guide the electrical department in erecting new lights on the following thorough- fares: Pennsylvania avenue and M street from 17th to the Key bridge, 14th street from Thomas Circle northward and H street from 3d street north- west to 15th street northeast. Posts in Telescopic Form. The posts to be tried out on Rhode Island avenue will be made in tele- scope fashion, so that they may be ralsed to different heights and tests taken of the lighting effects thus pro- duced. At the intersection of 7th and Sth streets bulbs of 400 candle power will be used. Between corners 250-can- dle power lamps will be used. At present nearly all of the 10,000 elec- tric street lights are only 100 candle- power. Reflectors to Be Tried Out. In addition to the more powerful lamps, Mr. Hadley will try out the use of reflectors inside the globes to throw nearly all of the light rays toward the street. Only enough light will be permitted to radiate upward to retain the appearance of a circud lar_ball of illumination. The corner posts will be experi- mented with at heights ranging from twelve to fitteen feer and between | e | tested at from thireen to seveneen | feet above the street. Candlepower Being Increased. | There is a tendency in the electrical | department to increase the candle- | power of all new electric street light installations, which should prove of / great value, both in reducing acci-! dents and in discouraging the oper- | ations of footpads and hold-up men. | During the war period Congress did not grant appropriations for large installation of new lights, restricting the department to the maintenance of existing posts. In each of the last two appropriation acts, however, Con- gress has allowed $30,000 for new lights, and it is the hope of the Com- | missioners that the legislators will continue this policy until the {llum- ination of the streets of Washington are improved WINS VERDICT FOR ONE CENT| George F. Cook, a realty broker, was awarded a verdict for 1 cenmt damages against the Continental Trust Company in his suit to recover $25,000 damages for alleged dishonor of certain checks. Cook kept an ac- count in his own name and one as | trustee and by some misunderstanding certain checks were not pald by the | banking concern. Attorney John | Murphy appeared for the plaintiff, while the bank was represented by Attorneys Charles A. Douglas and J. V. Morgan. 1 K pBided here ever since. PRESIDENT NEETS G000 WL PARY Its Work Attests Friendship of America for France, Says Mr. Harding. The part played by America in res- toration of devastated areas of France was pointed to by President Harding today in a cablegram to Ambassador Herrick at Paris as attesting “the continuing affection of the American people for the splendid French na tion, which has ever been our trusted and prized friend." The cablegram was made public the White House coincident with s reception tendered by the Presiden: to nearly 200 women who will leave shortly for France as members of the good-will delegation. The delegation was presented by Miss Anne Morgan. Results Appreciated. “I have been much pleased to learn of the forthcoming visit of the good- will delegation under the auspices of the Amerjcan Committee for Devas- tated France,” said the cablegra “It has been to all Americans a cause of deep satisfaction that their efforts through the American committee have been productive of results so greatly appreciated by the French people 1 have followed as closely as circum stances have made possible all Ameri- can participation in the great task of restoration in the devastated areas. “With some knowledge of the en- thusiasm that has characterized the work of many thousands of our people in this behalf, I can quite frankly sav that those who have contributed to it have esteemed it a real privilege thus to attest the continuing affection of the American people for the splendid French natlon, which has ever been our trusted and prized friend. These £ood-will delegations represent tha sentiments and motives that have ar mated American participation in this work from the beginning and 1 am sure th&r visit will mark a further develop- mex of the long-established senti« ments uniting the two countries.” Sixty-Ome to Make Tri| The visit of the “good-will” deies gates to the President precedes thas departure of sixty-one of their num- ber for France from New York on Friday next aboard the steamer France. Others of the party, repre- senting New York city and Brooklyn, will sail in May. All of the delegates were chosen as representatives of their home cities in a series of good-will elections re- cently held. The delegation goes to France under the auspices of the American Committee for Devastated France, which is the sponsor also for the good-will elections. A busy program was arranged for the stay of the delegates in Washing- ton, who arrived at the Unfon sta- tion this morning. CABINET CONSIDERS RISE IN SUGAR PRICE The sugar price situation, whigh under investigation by three sepa- rate agencles of the government, was egain the subject of discussion today by President Harding and his cab- tnet. The report from the Tariff Com- mission as to the responsibility for tariff rates, which may have ad- vanced sugar prices, was mot at hand, although it was said to be approaching completion. The Department of Justice, which has been engaged in an investiga- tion to determine whether there have been any violations of law, submitted a report to the President, but its nature was not disclosed. WILLIAM METZ DIES. William Metz, for many years a resident of this city, died suddenly last Sunday. Funeral services will be held 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy A. Koonts, 323 F street north- cast. Interment will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr. Metz was born in German January 7, 1845, and came to Americ: When seventeen years old. 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