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A BISHOP 0. . TUTTLE CLAIMED BY DEATH, Oldest Episcopal Prelate to .'* Be Buried With Simple . BISHOP D. S. TUTTLE. By the Associated Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 15— Messages of condolence from the clergy and Inity in all pa the world ara neuring into the here of the Rt. Rev. D wtle, presid- ifig bishop of the Protestant ipiscopal Church of the Uni ) died yesterduy aftern iliness induced by avery denomina sympathy when One of the grea atn thnes, the deccased Tought a grim b quietly and peac anxious wate! tawily rts of reside o, Erip. Ministers of on expressed their t of his death. che of mod- hman end coming utter weeks of rembers of his Funeral to Be Simple. The funeral, at 2 pm. Friday Christ Ghurch Ca the the prelate will he simy wnce with the hishop's auch a funeral as might Aiven the humblest of his flock was all th b desired bod: lie in state for two lours before Yo sermc ritual of anly featu Numerous the Episco ome hem Tut will exb Many s figure infaceieqt the of the wan, but a patriot gree as well. He wa founder a president of the Missourl Sociely, Sons of the American Revolution, for twenty-nine years In about two weeks, memorial service for Bishop with dignitaries of the chu rendance, xpected to be the cathedral. Eulogies of the chu life will be delivered at this gervice With the aged prelate's passed system of awarding seniority the office of presiding bish of the United States, which B Tuttle held by seniority since righiest de uttl exp by fairs has been placed in control of a national council, with s elected bishop as head. Bishop F. Gailor ot Memphis, Tenn., heads the councii at present. Toll Cathedral Bells. Tollirg of the bells at Church Cathedral, the seat of the Missouri diocese of the church, Bishop Tuttle's diocese, was begun as soon as news of the churchman's dem. was received. Prayers for his recovery had been offered in tne cathedral dally and in all Episcopal churches in the diocese. Bishop Tuttle was_ born ham, N. Y., January 26, 153 the son of a blacksmith He received his elementary educa- Christ p Wind- He was tion in the rural schools about Wind- | ham. and pald his way through Co- lumbia University by tutoring. He wes graduated from the General Theological Seminary. New York. In Four vears later tha young diine A elected the first mission\ry hishop of Utah, Montana and Idahw Oonly twenty-nin vears old at the time, he had to walt one year b-fore liing consecrated. as an ecclesiastical law makes thirty years the minimum age for a bishop, or nearly twenty years the bishop carried on the work in the west. and was considered one of the great fig- ures in the pioneer life of that sec- tion. More than six feet tall, broad- shouldered, and with a resounding voice, ho was an example of stal- rt'Christianity In April, 1869, when fire threatened to destroy Helena, Mont.. there were ihree leaders who fought the flames, organized bucket brigades, held in check the lawless, and for five hours did heroio work. They were “Bitter oot Bill” & notorious desperado: ‘Gentle Joe.” prominent gambler, and Bishop Tuttle. 7 Bishop Tutfle was a well knbwn and beloved figure in St. Louis, and on his latter birthdays the entire city Jolned in congratulations to the aged churchman. Even in his declining vears the venerabls prelate preached every Christmas, Easter and Decora- ton day &t Christ Church Cathedral. A man of the greatest simplicity and kindness, it was not unusual to see the bishop stop and chat with a | tattered:garmented newsboy. His principal exercise was long watks and wood splitting, His ha- bitual gait would have taxed the powers of many a younger man. A coadjutor bishop to assist Bish op Tuttle in the Missouri diocese was clected in 1905, Bishop Tuttle mar- vied Miss Harriet M. Foote of Morris, N. Y.. in 1863, She died in 1901. They had two children. CHURCH HEAD PAYS TRIBUTE By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, April 18.—The Rt Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, Episcopal Bishop of Tennessce and president of the national council, advised here of Bishop Tuttle's death, sai “Bishop Tuttle's episcopate, extend- | ing through the long period cf ffty. six years. is the most picturesque and striking in the history of the American Episcopal Church, and Blshop Tuttie personally measured up to the dignity of and reverence due to this lengthy service. * * He was a true apostle, and the whole church has felt and responded to the power under God of his great and noble life.” MOURNED BY OLD FRIEND. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex, April 18 church has lost & leader and iost a friend whose place can never be filled,” declared the Rt. Rev. Alex- ander Charles Garrett of Dallas, suc- cessor to Bishop Tuttle, who dled at St. Louls yesterday. Bishop Garrett and Bishop Tuttle had been closely associated in church work for more than half a century, their friendship dating back from the carly seventies, when Bishop-Garrett was rector of a church in California. The two bishops had been in con- stant communication with each other, Bishop Garrett having received let- ters from Bishop Tuttle up until re- cently, when the latter became crit- ically il ishop Garrett “The is now the oldest 1#6ing bishop im the American episco- | elected a director of & national bank pate \ op | |Lauds Aviators i | i i i Who Made Flight Of 6,000 Miles ‘apt. Thonas G. Yanphier, who commanded the recent success- ful flight of six Army planes to Porto Rico and back to Bolling Fiold, Anacostia, agd the other officers of the exjmdition have each been commen:led by Secre- tary Weeks for thifir exceptional services! “Your exploit brings he to the United Statess Army, says the Secretary of Wpar, “as well to the air service. As an evi- denco of my high fregard for your aclievement. I arA directing that copy of this ¢pmmunication ba filed with your official record. The establishmeist of airways as- or THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, 'WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1923, . WEDDING OF PRINCESS YOLANDA TO COUNT CALVI DI BERGOLA. sists the progress of seronautics even as good highwavs aocceler- ated the growth of the automo- tive industry and you have the distinetion of belng one of the pioneers in mapping out the air- way to Porto Rifo and the Vir- gin Islands. This flight of air- planes over the West Indles has dicated the case of anirpfane nmunication with: distant pos- sessions of our country and dem- onstrated the possibility of main- toining an ae) 1 Line of defense over the Greater_ Antilles for the defense of the Panama canal. “The fact that %this flight of nearly 6.000 miles was completed on scheduled time is evidence of #ood flight organization aml is a tribute to your téchnical ability and mechanical knowledge which enabled you to comtinually keep your airplanes in excellent flying condltion. Constant diligence and high spirit were necessary to frequently perforn: such hazardous over water flying as this expedi- tion vequired T0 AWARD HONORS T0 COLORED CADETS High School Boys Will As- Bishop | forme is stated @} fessor of military seknce and tactics 1a"at | ions - ! Juliue 8. | death iment adjutant; X 2§ Henr Tnder an arrangement voted at the | battalion Episcopal general convention in 1919, | however, direction of the church's af- | i 3 i { 1 H { | Pl semble on Howard Ath- letic Field. offcers Wast Hig warded afte athletic | Le pre- secretary Untversity o the Sec- | of speciar | troops du 1gto be reises this ioward University The commissions will d by Emm special as Wa re arge g negro ental review presentatior event nged by Warrant Officer U. S. A, act!ng pro- will recede y mal has been ar Edward York the colered high schools Ofticers who will Teceive are: Dunbar High School— roll, lieutenant colonel; Miller. captain and regi- Norman Jackson, cap- tain_and supply offier: Thomas W. Boyde, major: Gorhwm Fletcher, first lieutenant and battalion adjutant; Taylor. first utenant and supply officer: Chauncey Larry, captain; Lowell C. W captain; Ja B. Walker, captain; Herbert Douglas, captain: Harry R dclifle, first lieu- t iieuten- fAirst lieu- commis l | i | Ldward H. Togo ). West, Eugene Montgomery, tenant; Walter M tenant: Jesse . ant; Ivane J. Garnett, first lieutenan Leonard Z. Johnson, second lieu- tenant: Howard M. Payne, second lieutenant; Oscar A. Lucas, econd lieutenant; William J. Davis, second lieutenant! Joseph L. Langhorne, second lieutenant, and Samuel V. Dyer, second utenant Armstrong High chool—Hlilliara Shamweil, major; William Marshal first lleutenant, battalion adjutan Harry Vass, first lieutenant, supply officer; E. Walker, ‘captain James 1 captain: Walter Ca captain: Jjoseph Wootton, cap- ; Gorham Juckson, captain} Mai Daniels, first lleutenant; John| 11, first lieutenant; James Vass, I lieutenant; George Corbin, first lieutenant; Clyde Hale, first lieuten- ant; Ralph Vaughn, first iieutenant; Sandy Levi, second lieutenant; Kermit 3ilbert, second lieutenant; Merrill Tomlin, second lieutenant:’ William Price, second lieutenant, and Robert Carter, second lieutenant ant; | I | HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES For Thursday FIRST.RACE—Claiming; for two-year-olds; purss, $1,200; four furlong: Kidnap _. 10 (A J. 1*Moen Drea: 105 | *Lady Aunt Jane . los .. 108 m SECOND RACE—The Lansdowne sty four-year.olds and up; purse, $1 about two miles. 144 | Roddost ... 181 | Air Tan 0000 Gold Foyle 159 | Rosehill Giri . spero 137 | tPatissiers . 1Bean & Buchanan estry, THIRD RACE~—Claiming: three.year. $1.900; five and & baif farierg 115 | Mabel X. Edinal le- . 137 T3 .t L1583 e 108 107 s 115 Pennon .. 1 FOURTH RACE—T! yosr-olds aad up; pErve Hildur 108 1 3 L 110 8 .oeoa.. DD & Wilson eatry. Audley Farm en. FIFTH RACE—The Everglades purse. $1,700; e et ohis sad Wb mile and Seventy Pars: Pastoral Bws !:m-’u. e - Dream of Allah. .. Faznnie Bean |11 108 Top Sergeant.. 1 SIXTH RACE—Olaiming: four. up parse, $1800; mile ehd & sizveenth "4 Irish Kise 120 | Maryland Bells. . Biff Bang Trevelyan ...... Crack o' Dawn. . 108 SEVENTH RACE—Claiming; fe | gad upi pume. $1200; mile i Freess enths. *Tingling ... 08 | . 1081 108 hit have | me. *Apprentios allowance olaimed, ‘Weather olear, track fe fast, Silence Gives Cansent. From the St. Louis Star. Blithers (sympathizing with Hen- peck)—But why did you propose to her? Henpeck—1I didn’t; she proposed to 183 Blithers—But vou could have re- fused her. Henpeck—I _couldn’t. “Will you marry me? Have you any objections So, whether ‘I sald “yes” or “no” she had me either way. Blithers—Well, you shouldn’t hav answered her! Henpeck—I &idn’t, 80 she said: “Si. lence Eives consent,” and that settled She said: e — No rent or taxes have to be paid for land in Lord Howe Island in the south Pacific. It has an area of only five miles and a population of 120. Mrs. Gertrude H. Tracy has been | i in Harrisburg, Pa, % it s0 humorously. The wes captain of c the three royal princesses ecta 1924 Auto Reciprocity Pledge Given by Maryland Governor “Gas Tax or Not,” D. C. Motorists Will Have Free Use of State Highways, Ritchie Tells C. of C. Marylund and the District united last night and wiped out the figura- tive and lacerations sustained in their fight over automobile tag reciprocity, when Gov. Albert C. Ritchie in a real, human, from-the- heart speech told members of the Washington Chamber of Commerce at the Willara Hotel that the prob- lems of the District were the problems of Maryland and their interests were tho same. Gov. Ritchie dug deep Into the human side of government and showed that government was just & group of humans selected to direct it. {He left with the members of the| chamber and thelr guests the sin- cere fmpression that Maryland was not the cold, unresponmive. inhuman slate to be fcared by all those who crossed her lines. Ho told his audience frankly that the sutomobile reciprocity mat was the Tift in the clouds in the relations 'n Maryland and the District, said that automobile reciprocity st come by January, gas ltax or no tux, Will Become Actuality. e day before next January, , ou will see it brought about.” i he said ther may be differ- ences as to the methods o be used in getting reciprocity, it was more im- portant for the people of the District to feel that Maryland was treating them right than is the particular method of bringing it _about Gov. Ritchie was the first p Ipant in @ serics of state nighis to be held by the Washington Chamber of Com- merce to bring about a better soclal and business good will between the people of the District and their neighbors. These are being arranged Ly Dresident Isaac Gans, and the suc- cess of last night's meeting convinced {{he ehaniber officinls that It was o:ai the of the moat important steps in history of the chamber in its strides {to keep the Capiial city high in the minds of the people of the states. The chamber last night passed a reso- lution, introduced by P. J. Haltigan ut the request of President Gans, author- lizing the president and the conven- tlons committee to take Such steps as they deem best in connection with bringing to Washington the national political conventions in 1924 Ask for Subscriptions. Robert N. Harper and Ross P. An- drews made & plea before the cham- ber for subscriptions to complete the fund for the Washington Auditorium now being erected. pointing out that it_was a sound which should be invested in by every person in Washington, having the posibili as it does of bringing to Washington annually more than $25,- 000000 worth of business. The Baltimore and Ohio Glee Club from the Monumental City entertain- ed during the evening, and when Gov. Ritchie was introduced sang ‘Mar: land, My Maryland." Frank Hogan. Washington attorney and member of the chamber, at the direction of President Gans, respond- ed to Gov. Ritchie's address, keeping the audience in an uproar by his ap- plicable anecdotes, and concluding with the serious statemeni to the governor that the Chamber of Com- merce would ever preserve in its rec- ords and cherish “the charming words and cheering expressions of your high ideals. Gov. Ritchie, “after his introduction by President Gans. quickiy took the hearts of his audlence when he went Ancerely into the problems of his state and this city. and before he had gone many minutes he had the as- semblage for his own. After expressing his great pleasure at_being able 1o come here In ao- ceptance of the invitation of the chamber, he said it was such because he had “indulged himself in the hope that such a meeting would in some measure result in bringing about a better good will, a greater cordiality and a warmer friendship between the men and women of the District and the men and women of Maryland. Mutual Problema. *I am close enough to Washington,” hie continued, “to be able to know that a great many of our problems are your problems and a great many of your problems are our problems. They are mutual, as to our dutles and jobs, in many respeots. It would be infinitely more tisfactory _and greater results would accrue if we would take greater interest in each other's tasks and jobs. There is every reason why we should do that. “We in Maryland have the one best road system in the whols country. It serves as avenues to get us closer together and keeps us so. But there is only one rift in the ciouds that I can find, and that is in the matter of automobile tag reciprocity between the District and Maryland. T am not here to make a speech. but to talk. I have the feeling that I am among friends. Thers Is no reason why anything should be concealed. As far as the system goes it is all except as it relates to tag reciprocity AL this remark the assemblage broke into prolonged laughter, and the governor continued: Question Has Two Sides. “] am glad to see that you treat 1 have seen a great many people when they did not con- ider 1% Suoh & humorous matter. The question has two sides and it is very ensy not to see the other fellow’s side in a matter that is personal. ~And when you get to the guestion of the automobile in these days you are ®getting pretty close to the personal side of & fellow. When & thing goes wrong_in that connection ihe matter is likely to assume pretty big propor- tion, as it has in this matter of reciprocity. oo have a tax_on automobiles and we have one. We all have our opinions on the point. But [ want you to believe me. I am afraid that reciprocity is at the point where we don’t believe the other fellow. Something to Be Dome. “It has gotten to the point where something ought to be done by those Wwith authority to do it. When I went into office I found & 1aw on the Mary- land statute bobks which absolutely prohibited reciprocity with the Dis- trict of Columbia. There was a period when reciprocity was wanted, but it could not be granted because of this law, but in 1922 authority was given to reciprocate under the gas-tax sys- tem. “If Congress passes that law whea it convenes it will come about pext business proposition | ! Januar | that . But the it’ will not that it doesn't, time has e is a possibility pass. In the event in my judgment the arrived when reciprocity must come, gas tax or no gas tax. “I believe, however, that the gas tax is the only fair way to bring It aboul. The Maryland two-cent gas tax proceeds are to go to reduce tho | bresent horsepower license, and by | January the present tax of 60 cents a hovsepower will be reduced to 25 cents or 24 cents. making the tax now charged of $13 on a car come Gown to about $6 T fecl that the passage of that law |bellef that means something. It i3 much better | than raising the law from license fees While I believe that the difference in Judgment on the technfeality of im- DOSINg & fee i fair. it is. I belleve, more important that the people of the District feel that Mars 1s treat- method of raising the revenue. Reeiprocily Assured. Some day Lefore next January.” lie redicted, “you will it brought Gov. Ritchie said that thers are many avenues for che development of g€ood will between the people of the District and the people of Marviand He pointed to the great suburhan belt around Washington, in Montgomery &nd Prince Georges counties. There are people thera who work in the District. Maryland furnishes your suburban seetion. many people Wwho work in Washington. The Montgom- ¥ county police force, he cited, doing good work, the effects of are felt by the people of Washington, pointing out that the time is not far back whers the county was a bed of gambling houses and othier bad ele- ments, which now have been run out. Then there is the pubiic school system, with a standard in Maryland that “we have every right to be proud of, and we are trying to live un to 100 per cent* He said that Maryland was doing everything on earth that can ha done, &0 that every boy and &irl in the state shall have an educa- tion every bit as good as in any pri- vate school in the country. Close Contact With D. C. “The park system of the Disirict, running up to the Marviand line. another reason that binds us close- Iy to the District in t contact The things vou do most intimately fn the District are the things we are I sted in in Maryland.” ernment, he said, has two the business glde and the hu- man_stde. “You business men asked.” he said, why government is not as economi- cal as private business. Government fsn't as efficient as private business Perhaps it ought to be. and one of the chief reasons it isn't is because there Is no continuity of office. A man goes into office. lle is eMcient and runs it well, but in three years another untrained man comes in. You couldn’t run any business efficiently with that sort of system Cam Always Disagree. “Then there is another When vou vote for a man for office you don't vote for him because of his ability, but because he agrees with you on the issues, is a good mixer and you like him. There is always a ground for disagreement. “How many business men here.” he went on, “could stand up, if every act he diq, if every decislon he made, was to be reviewed by the public? You commit errors of judgment and no one knows it, but when a public official commits an error of judg- ment every ons knows about it Gov. Ritchie then outlined the method of handling penal institutions in Maryland. There was a time, he pointed out. when a boy or girl who went wrong _carried that stigma through life. But that {s not so now. There were the shackles, close- cropped hair and stripes. These have all gone, and the work in the penal itutions has been placed under the department of education, where serious work is done to send those who have committed wrong back into society as good citizens devoid of the stigma which those of vears ago who committed wrongs carried. | i | | } “Last year the state tax of Maryland | was reduced from 36 cents to 30 cents. avy or diplomatic ing them right. than Is the particular| reason. | niforms covered with decorations. tors «who gathered, in front of the Qu | | But suppose the man In charge of taxes | did make a mistake or fall short. It | might cost you something, it might be {a few cents out of my pocket. But nothing has ppened to civilization; | sumething might have happened to your | pocket. i ‘But suppose government failed on | 1ts human side; boys and girls were not | looked_after, mchools were not properly |ran. Then you have struck a blow at humanity, and that Is serious. The hu- man side of government §s the important | bonds would pay in guaranteed in- side, and all should work together in that line. “I differ with President Harding in | politics, and worked against them there. But so far as the President works for | the - for the betterment of the na- |here next year was presented by P. and | g tions, then President | Washington is becomiug the most de- will | girable city in which national organ- | humanit tion. for uplift, | hetter living c | Harding is my sident, | work with and for him, no't | our differences may be in other | Invitation to Visit. | 1In econclusion Gov. Ritchle | those present to come to see h {expressed th e that visit co |pe arranged. He said sincerely {wanted to have all of them, asking, amid laughter, just for a little notice in_advance. Frank Hogan. in responding, sald he, too, deplored the fact that not al- | ways was the man best fitted for pub- |1ic office elected, but expressed the Maryland had made an exception. If it hadn't, he said, he didn't see how it could have elected a democratic governor in the last re- {publican landsiide. | He wald that he had heen glancing at the governor's countenance and the thoughit had come into his mind that what a tremendous help it was to jhave woman suffiage fa Maryiand | “Seriously,” he continued, “we rec- ognize that our District was carved out of your territory. Your Interests jand th Interests of your people ar |ours. eryth leads to co-ordi- |nate effort, { "“We shall ever preserve hives of the organiz {of your visit and cherish the ch {1ag words and cheeriug expre |of vour high ideals here tonight. At the suggestion of Mr. IHogan that “the chief executive and first | citizen of Maryland” be glven a rising vote of thanks, the audience rose. 1. Harper, in making a plea for subscriptions for the new auditoriurn for better schools and 1 atter what Iines.” invited m and 3 a record rm- ions ing of Princess Yolanda, eldest daughter of King Vietor Emmanuel of Italy, to Count C: Calvi di Bergol ceremony was performed i the Quirinal iu the prexence of a colorfal throng of 700 brilliantly mttired :-:::1 L‘-I‘I inc'at Be iry and all the men wore magnificent army, FPhotograph shows the wedding party wreeting In the party, left to right, are—King Victor Emmanuel, Queen Mother Margherita, Prince; 2 Ok 0] cess Yolanda, Count Carlo Calvi di Bergola, Queen Elena of Italy, | | 14 | place, and said that the Cbam ! author. | Boara of Trade, | { fand. traced the history of efforts to ! butld an auditorium here bac as far {@s 1873, when, he sald, an insugural {all held in & temporary shack in | Judiclary square, resulted fatally for {many peple, and pointed out that The | r editorially at that time had urged ) jn which American interests have not e erection here of a building where {#uch affairs could be held without the danger to health and life. No Place for Comvention Since that time, he said, organiza- tions had made cfforts to bring such a structure into reality, He pointed {out that conventions are lost to the {city because here is no proper place | to hold them. He said th ¢t not all the money for the auditorium was in Subseriptions now amount to 5,000 and $500,000 is necded. “Some people”” he sald, “have | criticised us. Some have said that the building would not be large {enough, others that it was too large. 1t is large enough to accommodate ithe many meetings that will coge here. It will aocommodate 6,000 | peopls in the auditorfum, 400 on the stage, has an_exhibit hall of 28.000 | square feet, has thirty-four rooms, jeleven of which will accommoaate {trom 25 to 450 people. It gives ail the facilities that any city would want. | Finished October 1. | “But it cannot be built without |the peoples’ money. But those who do not want it cannot stop it. It {will be finished about October 1. We don’t ask the people to contribute or give 1 cent. We just ask that you purchase eccuritfes that have a sound business backing. We are de- livering half of each subscription in | first mortgage bonds and the rest in icommnn stock. “We feel that we are entitled to your money as well as vour good cheer. There is going to be placed in the lobby a bronze tablet containing the names of those who subscribe to the building fund, together with the amounts. To subseribe o it is not ing more than a display of good zenship. Good cltizenship is not a matter of how plous you are nor how well you keep the laws. Good citi- zenship is negative uniess you do something for the community itself. “We have not pald a penny in com { missions out of the subscriptions; only a small amount for stenographic work jfrom time to time. | “When that tablet is erected you will know who are the live wires in the community."” $25.000,000 a Year. Ross P. Andrews. chairman of the finance committee of the auditorium, pointed out that hundreds of small towns throughout the country were { | | | {Legun proceedings looking to the ex- WIRE WORLD. on April 9. The weddin, Count di Bergolo wore the uniform of nal to catch a glimpse of the bride. subscribing to stocks fn business that erected plants in their towns in order to get them there. This project, he sald, will bring into the city $25.000.- 000 'a year, not one cent of wh comes out of the pockets or the sav ings of the people of the District. It is “just a sound business proposition, he said, He sald that he believed that the common stock would pay larger dividends than the first mortgage terest. There {sn't a single business in the city that will not profit by the erection of this building, he said. The resolution. relating to bringing national political ocnventions that Haltigan, and pointed out izations may hold ti ventfons, the one American desires to visit, and that the completion of the auditorium would give a commodious meeting ber of Commerce offers every _assistance possible to any movement looking toward securing the great conven- tions here next year Given to Commlttee. President Gans immedlately deliv- ered the resolution to M. A. Leese, chalrman of the conventions commit- tee of the organization. William_Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Representatives, recited the American’s Creed, of which he is the E. F." Colllday brought from the Washington of which he is presi- dent, and promised its aid and sup- port’in all movements for the benefit of the Capltal city. Letters of regret at being unable to be present at the celebration were rend from Representative John Philip Hill of Maryland, Daniel Willard, presi- dent of the Baltimore and Ohlo rail- read, and former Senator Blair Lee. Representative Linthicum of Mary- land was present on the rostrum. io- gether with President Clavton of the Maryland Socfety of the Tilstrict. A buffet supper was served SENATORS FEARFUL OF CHESTER GRANT r annual con- which every greetings diplomatic language. There have been disputes of a legal nature before always come out on the government here has not felt it was obliged to use its Army and Navy to protect American legal rights abroad. Usually the disputes have had seguels in which foreign governments have sought things from the American government and the power of retaliation can always be invoked without recourse to serious international conflict. In the recent controversy, for in- stance; over the monopolistic tendency of certain Dutch and British oll com- panies in shutting out American con- cerns, the United States government has taken a firm stand and has even top, but | pulsion of those companies from operations on American ofl territory unless reciprocity can be established and obstacles in the way of freedom of opportunity for American interests In other parts of the world are re- moved. No Special Privilege. The United States has never sought any speclal privilege in any part of the world, but only freedom of op- portunity. ‘There are oil-bearing lands in Central and South America, which is in a sense within the Amer- ican sphere of Influence. Should American interests fail to get their just due in ti near east and other regions under European political control, tho natural effect would be to establish a_preferential position on this and the South Amer- ican continent for those who seek concessions, not merely Americans, but the nationals of other countries which see to it that American citizens get a square deal and an open door. As the controversy develops and gets into the Senate, as it inevitably will, the whole matfer of oil exploi- tation throughout the world will be brought up for discussion. Senator La Follette refers to the ultimate shortage of ofl and the consequent rise to such heights as & dollar a gallon for gasoline. OIll, like coal, is becoming a fuel of paramount jmpor- tance throughout the world, and while it is too early to form a judgment as to the merits of the Chester contro- versy, the dispute §s bound to be thoroughly investigated and analyzed, not only by those who fear forelgn cntanglements, but by those who in- sist that American interests shall be given an even greater measure of protection in the future than in the past. BURSTING SHELLS MAKE MONUMENT GROUNDS APPEAR TO BE REAL BATTLEFIELD. Army, from Fort Washington. b } b SHRINERS’ RECIPROCITY. N. M. A. Renews Appeal to Mary- land to Grant Road Use. In view of the statement of Gov. Albert Ritchie of Maryland at a meet- ing of the Washington Chamber of FLOATING WEATHER - BUREAUS SOUGHT Commerce last night, in which he as- | serted his Interest in bringing about motoring reciprocity between the Dis- ! trict of Columbla and Maryland, the National Motorists' through its local organization today renewed its efforts to have Maryland grant reciprocity to District of C lumbia motorists during Shrine week, | in June. Raymond Beck, fleld secretary of the N. M. A, commenting upon Gov. Ritchie's public utterance on the reciprocity question, said that steps had been taken through the Automo- bile Club of Maryland, which is af- fillated with the N. M. A. looking to action by the governor and the attorney general to this end, if it be poesible to su interpret the Maryland law as to give the governor author- ity to issue a proclamation declaring reciprocity in effect during Shriue week. FIREMEN RESCUED FROM BLAZING PIT Thrilling Escape From Death Unseen by Crowd Watching $55,000 Fire at Grosner’s. Featured by a thrilling escape of two firemen from being literally toasted over a raging furnace, a fire of undetermined origin last night swept upward through the three sto- rles of the building occupled by Gros- | establishment, 1013 in ner's clothing D strcet northwest, leaving structures and their contents totaling approximately $56,000, in the unoffi-| clal estimate today of fire officials. The two men, whose rescue from a pit belching great tongues of flame was effected unwitnessed by the thou- sands of theatergoers and others who gathered on the Avenue, were A. C. Kefauver and A. J. Lipsky No. 1 engine company. Théy had low ered themselves, carrying a hose line, from the window of the third-story rooms of the Y. M. H. A. headquar- ters, at the corner of 1ith and Penn- ylvania avenue, to the tin roof of the Grosner butlding, when, without warning, the roof gave way plunged the 1wo men into a furiously blazing dumb-waiter shaft, which marked the vortex of t conflagra- tio: 2 Appeared Lowt. linging perilously to nearly pendicular sides of the caved-in surface by ciutching a hot ven- tilator pipe and bracing their feet ugainst the up-curled edge of the roof and shielding their faces from the leaping blaze by pulling their Lelmets over their eyes, the firemen appeared lost in the to Capt. O'Connor_and hi staring from the window above. The hose, which had slipped out of reach of the men, was shoved down again and the rescuers were rewarded to feel it grasped. Kefau- ver managed to hold on and was drawn up, but Lipsky, balancing him- seif blindly over the veritable fur- nace, could not reach it when it was shoved back toward him. Rescues Comrade. Kefauver then insisted on cll k through the window to Belp his comrade in distre He himself to be held by Capt. O'Connor and his men, and reaching downward to the flame-enveloped Lipsky, suc- ceeded in catching his fingers in a leather strip on the latter's coat- sleeve, and Anally in drawing him to safety. With that both men plunged again fnto their work as though they had not just been snatched from death. Fire Marshal Seib, on inspecting the damaged property today, estic mated that the loss to the Grosner building would amount to around $5.000 and to the contents from $40. 000 to $50,000. The building is own- ed by the Orme estats, and the con- tents by Grosner's, of which Gerald 0. Grosner is proprietor. The struc- ture occupled by the United Cigar stores and the Y. M. H. A. and owned by D. J. Kaufman was damaged by water, and on the third floor. by fire- men cutting three large holes through the nine-inch brick wall separating it from the burning premises. The building at 1011 D street, occupled by N. Sickle, novelty dealer, and owned by the Kibbey estate, was partially water-soaked. Three Alarms Turned. The fire was discovered about 9:45 pm. by M. Offenberg, secretary of the Y. M. H. A, who saw smoke curling from beneath the second- story floor of the association’s rooms. Golng to the third floor he saw the flames bursting through the roof of the adjoining bullding. He went to the floor below, where about fifty couples were dancing, advised them to file out quietly and then turned in an alarm at the corner box. Three alarms brought out sixteen engine companies and five truck companies, under command of Chief Engineer George Watson and Chief Nioholson. The great crowd which assembled was augmented by part of the au- dience from a nearby theater, who had come ouf for intermission. Au- tomobiles parked along the curb were shoved unceremoniously onto the sidewalk by firemen, Who were endeavoring to raise a ladder. Street car traffic on Pennsylvania avenue was tied up for about half an hour by hose lines, which later were lifted on bridges to allow the cars to pass. Automoblle traffic was detoured by police for several hours. - The house in Ajacclo where Napo- leon Bonaparte was born has been presented to the French natian by Prince Napoleon. Batile Fought in « per; i blaze mates ten feet Assoctation, | its | wake damage to this and adjoining both of | and | two | allowed | |U. S. Officials Would Extend | Observations to Sea, They Tell Scientists. | Plans to extend weather observa- tions to Shipping Board and Navy vessels were discusved by officials of the United States weather burea today’s session of the American G physical Union, meeting at the Ca negie Institution. Chief Marvin of the weather |reau and Maj. E. H. Bowie, cently returned from meteorologica | work aboard the French vessel . | ques Cartier, the “floating weathe bureau,” spoke enthusiastically |the extension of the observatior aboard ship. Hope to Get Ship The chief of the weath bu snid that he hoped to obtain the us. of the ice patrol off Newfoundland for a_“floating weather bureau” and Maj. Bowie, discussing his trip aboard the French vessel, declared that he had in mind the use of Shipping Board and Navy ships for such pur Dposes The work of the first bureau” shows great promise, Bowle said, declaring that he {0 see the Unitad States w bureau extend its field of operatio to the Atlantie ocean, and giv ¥ casts made upon the sea to all b by me 2 of as well as inf Furope daily of weather conc tions headed her way from this <id Wants U. 8. to Start. Rowie said that it w Letter for one natlon, such as t United States, to start the work weather observations afloat o1 large scale than to wait for oth nations to come in. The French, though th have four commercl; #hips on which such work would he possible. have no desire to monopolize the work, he said, and would onl too glad to see the Tnit make an intensiva beginning in work. Maj. Bowle sald that w such observations made at sea wouldl be possible to issue dal weather maps of the entire norther hemisphere There is now no doubt t loeical work ca be carri satisfactory manner tated. 2 who re “floatink Prot Prof. at meteor 1 on ahoar he vesse]l during His address was of meteorology of the uni speakers were Dr 1. H. Kimball, J. Humphreys and A. J Henry Henry was re-elected secretary of ' section Lant Sexxion Temorrow. The sections on ge istry and volcanology this morning. and this afternoon tt sections on smolory nd ocea ology are meeting Sessfons tomo row will end tha convention Representative | Pennsylvania advise: to get a 2 I public of whi {technical language, in jan address at_a ainn {unfon at the La | night. Other spe | Slos=on, Capt. F. {Navy Department [iones of the o {survey ana Prof. weather bureau. Did you know a lage” in the life of scientific men? ‘Well, there is, and Dr. Vernon Kel logg, perma retary of the N tional Rese d all at estar: ne session of the fourth of the American the Carnegle Tust ¥ streets. The me “The danger every has taken his | Kellogg explain made to t graphical held mectine ne in ne the course held by Hotel dangerou ant ¢ er meetin Geophysical Union, at 16th and ends tomorrow the 11f just after he degree.” T i s Councit If a young mnan telligence to ir a real research °r. the continued, the national research coun- ofl aims to help him over this “dar gerous age” when b “put upon his own" and must earn a living In devoting his energies to earn a living after leaving school such young man is very apt to be forced to “meglect true research wo Either he goes into some industria laboratory. of which there are 500 the United S:ates, Dr. Kellogg s=aid or he becomes an instructor in a co legre or university. It is to remedy this state of things Council to Help. d becor speaker found w work that the National Research has a fund of $1.425,000 to establ research fellowships, that promis oung_men of science may, be tide over their “dangerous age.” and lef free to devote themselves to sclence Give Scholarships. The council gives the men appoint ments, with a “stipend” ranging from $1,800 to §2.000 for bachelors. as high as $3.500 for married me; Thus_each man is made frea to de vote his whole time to research work The council is expecting to support at least 100 men in this fashion This is but one aim of the National Research Council. Others are com- pilation work, hway research and work on mental ratings of children The council, he said, is a perma nent but plastic body, which w move toward the industries or tc ward pure science as experience proves best. Dr. R. A. Millikan _explained the o:- ganization and work of the Interni- tional Research Council, and Chai: man Louls A. Bauer of the American Geophysical Union told of the aims of that bod; _ Mrs. Myrta MacFarquhar, an e plove of the Erie railroad’s mach shop at East Buffalo, has been chose manager of the shop base ball teu for the coming season. Burmese girls cannot enter 8o unless they wear ear DIugs. Potomac Park, But It Was Only Playing at War Exploding TNT bombs, the, rhyth- mic tat-tat of machine guns, the crackling of rifles and the pungent odor of burning powder thrilled sev- | eral thousand persons who vesterday afternoon witnessed a realistic mimic battle on the Monument grounds, staged by troops from Fort Wash- ington to demonstrate the proper method of infantry attack. The mock battle was the second of a series of military exhibitions ag- ranged by Brig. Gen. H. H. Band- holtz, commandant of the district of Washington. The demonstration showed a pla- toon attacking a semi-prepared de- fonsive position. It was opened with a drill by infantrymen, in charge of Maj. W. F. K. Hartigan. The Army band furnished the music. Position of Enemy. Two portable frame houses, a cam- ouflaged machine-gun nest and a long stretch of barbed wire entanglements, designated the position of the enemy. The attacking forces were under Lieut. Hilton E. Heineke. Lieut. S. Killeen commanded the defense. The attacking platoon was formed in two waves in the approach march formation in the vianity of the ten- nis court about 400 yards northeast of the base of the Monument. The front of the assault wave was cov- |ered Quring the advance by scouts { who proceeded the advance about 1oy yards. As the scouts crossed the road 1 yards to the northeast they were fired upon, and immediately took cover o | seek ‘the enemy. After estimating the | situation the platoun leader built up | the firing line with the assault section | and held out the support section for further developments. With the as- sault section in_ the firing line, th platoon leader, however, found ' that the strength was insufficient to ad- vance and directed the use of the sup port section to reinforce the firiu: { line. | Forces Go Forward. ‘With the support gection in th firing line the piatoon leader had sufl ficient fire superiority to advance his unit by fire and movement. Individ- uals were started forward and as the fire of the attackers increased larger groups were advanced, As the platoofi approached the as- saulting distance 160 bayonets were fixed, one man in a squad at a time fixing_his bayonet in order mot fo lose fire superiority. The assau | then took place, cach man ustng as sault fire, firing an aimed shot as h# advanced. When within fifty vards !the platoon leader led the charge The attacking forces drove the enemy from. the position and lefi « small group to_“mop up” the poi of resistance. The others were col- lected by the platoon leader and re- organized.