Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1923, Page 5

Coolidge World Court Advocacy ' Seen as Master Stroke of Policy Chautauqua Leader With Hand on Pulse of Nation Support Plea for ' BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WIL Expert observers of the trend of | Public opinion expect President Cool- | fdge to be inundated with popular: appeals for American adhesion to the world court. Both politicians who vor and who oppose the court look | for such a development. They be leve it is already in progress. They | think that if the contents of Mr. | Coolidge’s mail bag during the first| week of his presidency could be divulged, it would that he is| undergoing a heavy fire of petitions | tu carry out the political “last will find testament” of Warren G. Hard- in a show e | Shortly before starting for Alaska President Harding revealed to Mrs Thomas G. Winter, president of ‘the General Federation of Wome '\('lu\m'.) in_a letter read before its Atlanta convention, that during his two years in the White House he had never experienced so fervent or voluminous a_popular expression the coun- try's support of the world court pro posal. It far outstripped in siveness the demand for a me marine subsidy or a soldiers’ 1 Speeches Stressed A Whenever he discussed the world | court on his fateful farewell tour| Mr. Harding stressed this overwhelm- ing evidence of public sentiment. It supplied the chief inspiration for the late President’s persistent advocacy of | the court in the teeth of threatened | cleavage within the republican party. | Undoubtedly the same elements that | espoused the world court while Pres. | fdent Harding was alive favor it to- | day. They are composed largely, if | not’ exclusively, of the so-called church community and the women of the nation. Theyv include republi- cans and democrats, pro-leaguersand | anti-leaguers, Wilsonians and anti- Wilsonians. They are united by the common thought that, irrespective of partisan prejudices, ' the Harding- Hughes program for king the ‘nited States into the world court a safe and rational form of Ameri- can co-operation with the outside world. * They do mnot believe it will bri swift peace or complete happines a distracted and revolutionary Tope, but will be & welcome and p haps effective gesture from our op lent direction. The arguments of “certain republican leaders. which have | been promptly dinned into Calvin | Coolidge’s ears, that adherence to the | Harding-Hughes program means a| party split h not ressed the country at lar ! Alded by Hardingz's Death. There is plenty of evidence, indeed. that existing enthusiasm for the world court has been whetted by Warren G. Harding’s dramatic, | death-bed advocacy of it at San Francisco. It is certain that its more | fervent supporters. will bring vigor. eal. g s to Eu- | sional | discouragement Says People Will Harding Project. | ous pressure to bear on Mr. Harding's | political legatee to execute the court program. One of the official participants in the Harding state funeral at Washington was a man who is probably in closer touch with the hearts.and thoughts of the American people than any profes- olitician. He is Dr.” Paul M. Pearson of Swarthmore. Pa., president of the International Chautiuqua and Lyceum Assoclation. Mr. Harding, who was a great believer in the “chautau- qua spirit.” was honorary president of the association, and Pearson came to pay chautauqua’s tribute to Harding's memory Through the thousands of popular chautauquas now conducted in every section of the Union, the assoclation maintains constant contact with com- munity sentiment. There is no better barometer of what the average man and woman are thinking and talking about or what their political longings Gives Hix Impressions. Rejorts reach Dr. Pearson from Main street everywhere, with the accuracy with which news from a battle front arrives at a generalissimo’s headquar- He discussed with this writer at ington present-hour American 7t asx he has opportunity to and sense it without hesitation,” Tearson “that Calvin Coolidge will play the shrewdest ‘politics’ of his career by proclaiming his advocacy of the world court and his determination 1o bring about America’s entry. The politicians deceive themselves if they think enthusiasm for the court went to the grave with Warren Harding. It lives after him, and it will flare into a hot flame if Calvin Coolidge cares and dares to ignite it . “If he throws political exigencles to the winds, he will be surprised by the result. Every indication we can tis that the country yearns to re- act to the lead that President Hard- ing mave. The plain people are not concerned with the legalistic aspects »f the world court. They see in it a w - broad-gauge expres- sion n readiness to help get a disordered world back on its foet Was sentim. d a See Pollticlans’ Mistake. “It is true that millions of our pl re concerned just now bread-and-butter questions, but are in far more altruistic mood than the politiclans imagine. Amid the confusion. the disappointment and the in_which the nation is languishing, our altruism is per- haps the one thing that remains un- shattered and unshatterable “If Calvin Coolidge has the courage and the vision to appeal to it at the outset of his administration, he will se_the hopes of the people as if magic and inspire them with a great faith in him Certainly they will watch anxiously to see which course Coolidge will chart—the route mapped out by the people’s aspira- tions, as Harding saw it. or the direc- tion that runs parallel with the wishes of politicians chiefly concern- ed with self-perpetuation (Copsright, 1 peo- with they, Use of the President’s F lag : And History of Its Adoption The President’s flag, Been only upon extraordinary occ sions and gbecause its design is more recent adoption than our other | flags, probably esc recognition or arouses the curiosity of many do it, a bulletin of National Geographic Society. The President's flag now files over | & Washington hotel, which porarily the home of Executive, and it was displayed the President's automobile funeral procession of tha late dent Harding. The flag now consists of the dent’s seal in bronze, upon blue | background, with a large white st in each corner. The design of this | &cal may be seen in the floor of the entrance corridor of the White House and was used by at least one Presi- dent in his favorite stickpin. The custom governing the s of the President's flag and the history Bf its adoption are described in “Flags ©of the World.," a_compllation by Dr. | Gilbert Grosvenor and Licut. Com- | ider Byron McCandless, as follows: “When the President visits a vessel of the United States, the President's flag is broken at the main the moment he reaches the deck and is kept fiy s long as he is on beard Flag in Bow because it | the | who see savs is tem- the Chief| on| in Presi- Presi- a us of Barge. | “When the President is embarked | on a boat he usually s that h flag be displayed staff in the | is dire rom the | design how of his barge. When he passes in a boat fiving his flag. vessels of the Navy parade the full guard. four ruffles are given on the drum, four flourishes are sounded on the bugle, the National Anthem is played by the band. and off nd men salute “Previously there were two designs displaved on flags and on colors to be used in the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy. The Navy w an earlier date than that of the Army, and consisted of the coat-of-arms of the United States, as shown in the great seal. upon a blue ground. This happened to be al- most identical with the infantry col- The President’s colors were de- signed to he distinctive from the in- fantry colors, and consisted of a blue ground with a large crimson star, outlined heavily with white. Within S to be seen the coat-of- ms of the United States, and out- side the star within its angles were powdered small stars to the number of the states in the union “The double display of colors at the Grand Army review in 1915, caused considerable comment, and as a result the suggestion was made to the President that the Nav. & might fittingly be made distinc tive from the infantry colors by the addition of four stars—one corner, ‘“The flags of an admiral and a general bear four stars as a sign of command. “The President approved of the fdea, but directed that the coat-of- arms, as shown on the President's seal. be used upon the President's personal flag and colors.” flags and _—m—m—€—<—<—<——<€<———~—~—~—~Ae_— PAID LIFETO BRING PEACE TO COUNTRY Bartlett Pays Touching Trib- | ute in Exercises at Manchester. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MANCHESTER. N. H. August 10— THe supreme lesson of the death of | President Harding “is that the Ameri- | can people must make some effort to | prevent future wars.” John H. Bart- | lett, former governor of this state, now first assistant postmaster gen- eral, ‘declared in & memorial address | here today. | s the most seribus burden | “This w : on the mind of the President when he | Bartlett said., | breathed his last” Mr. ispeaking of the late President a martyr to a world's unrest Th first assistant postmaster gencral said, | in part: H Death of Lender, \ “One great heart has ceased to beat One supremely kind_and genial soul ‘no Jonger lives. The mind of aj master no longer responds, and national leader, the standard bearer of the republic. the general of our destinies, has in the twinkling of an leve been crushed to earth in death before our very eyes, at a time when with fortitude and persistence h was_fighting seemingly in unequa combat against the forces of carele and willful unrest, and relentle disloyalty tending toward revolution. “We would be remiss.indeed, if we did_not learn all the lessons which such.a sacrifice and martyrdom bring. 1 wish 1 might be able to make you feel to some extent that spark of per- sonal contact with President Hard- ing which has to thrilled and inspired my own life. President Harding's tremendous popularity at the time of his selection as Chief Executive final faded and failed to some extent be fore the lashings of a black and angry | gea of world-wide unrest. Through it all, however, he clung steadfastly to the pilot house of the ship of state, firmly gripping the wheel, untll at last, exhausted by the fury of the tempest, he fell, and his comrades are &OW, Weeping AL his bier, while those i whose conduct must have added to his burden stand silent in the face of the grave. chastened in gretful sorrow President Harding's supreme pur- pose as administrator of the American nation was to weld into a united friendship the enmities of peoples in conflicting groups, and to do this by the splendid warmth of his own genial kindness: to study the world and bring it to honest thinking by the force of his own sweet spirit: to <till the turbulent waters by the gen- tle wand of a Christ-like life. But in this during his life he at least par- tially failed, when at last the God of all permitted him to die that such a people might be shocked out of their unreasonableness, made serious and humble ag. nd turned from the error of tneir ways “President Harding h: therefore, 1 believe, accomplished by his death What for' two vears and five months he vainly assayed to do by his life and living words; namely, he has brought into calm reflection and sad ntemplation a great people, who were afflicted with political and social hysteria, caused by the war. It re- auired his death to accomplish what his words had failed to do. “1 am privileged to say from his own living 1ips that his own idea of the great service which he was called upon to render to his country during his administration was that of being a steadying force; to cause America first to be made firm on its own feet, | and then by influence aid in rational- izing an agitated world. I know, too, that he sadly lamented the slow prog- ess being made in this, and I am sure his soul is now joyed to know that his supreme sacrifice in death is accomplishing what his life failed to STUDENTS PLAN OUTING. The annual picnic and outing of the Woodrow Wilson Club of National University Law School will be held at the 16th street reservoir, 16th and Kennedy streets northwest, to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. C. B. McCullar i3 president of the ciub, M. J. Lane, vice president, and Ed- ward J. Orchard, secretary. Henry P. Thomas, R. D. Wise, E. R. Woodson, Mrs. Alfred Klein and Miss Virginia Teeters are in charge of arrangements. —_— Femininity has its own way of posting a simple, everyday letter, according to one keen observer. For instance, out of thirty women who | were watched at a street letter box in the residentlal section of a large city, twenty-one withdrew the letter before quite letting go of it to scan both sides of the envelope to be cer- tain the letter was securely sealed, properly addressed, stamped and to make sure nobody could look through the envelope to read the contentay in’ each | ’ ' THE EVENING STAR, WAS SHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, 'AUGUST - 10, 1923. DXERTVE OFE[Coolide Notd for aion, oy " e et President Will Go to White House Monday to Transact Official Business. Warning Sounded to Political Bucca- neers Who Plan to Shelve Him. Careful in Utterances. speech, that he was not averse to the league of nations. Friends of the league, remembering this speech, have hopes that he will reopen the subject, but this s unlikely. Mr. Coolidge is not apt to play with dan- geroux explosives. It would not be however, if he champloned rding’s world court idea. but on that question. as on others, nobody knows his attitude. Senator Watson of Indiana had a one-sided debate the other day on that subject In the presidential suite “What did the President say?” Mr. tson was asked Not cord.” said the senator, though he had been closeted with the silent President for an hour or more. alvin Coolidge is just naturally silent. His silence doés not Indicate a lack of interest, as a story told the writer by one of the President's old Vermont_friends the other day will prove. When Mr. Coolidge was Gov- ernor of Massachusetts this friend dropped In on him and invited him to the theater. Throughout the per- formance the governor gave no in- dication of pleasure. Thought He Wax Bo ot the impressic plained the friend, my mind I'd never invite him to the theater again. A week or so later i dropped in on him and he asked me what 1 was doing that evening. 1 told him I was just killing time “Well, then.! 1 Mr. Coolidge in his VNESSY. « entire political heen characterized by caution and article. thexe two qualities weemed to nexist him I reaching sane - fers of public importatice Wi ‘move slowiy Mr. e yonce hix mind v made Public may rest assured it up. On his return from the funeral of | Harding, President Coolidge | free to discuss political policles of his administra- must be patient He will not | | Washington life has vorarily President [last respects {Harding at Marion, Ohio. The President's headquarters at the New Willard Hote] were deserted {Only a clerk or two remained in the temporary executive offices there. It| 0" is expected that the executive offices | AT Will ‘be transferred to the White Wil feel House on Monday. President and Mrs. | issues and the “oolidge will not, however, ocupy the | . count White House proper for some time, | 0N but the countrs. The President is expected to return |with the new Executi £ Seci to Washington on his special trainihe hurried in making important deci- Tom Marion e rrow mo ;. wn words he will not hesltate to be “as Peace Throughout Americas. v as sclence, or as reactionars For the first time in a quarter of a | Progressive D aiie Calvin century, providing that the present[as the multiplication table. . negotiations between the United States | coolidge comes from g state where they and Mexico for a renewal of relations ush headlong into unnecessary fare brought to a successful conclu- e litical situations. Ision. this xovernment will be at peace | and unwise political situations is aiell i with all the nations of Latin America. [ Political buccaneers, who already are ' This was the informa- | planning to shelve Coolidge next A ftion imparted by for-lshould heed the warning of hi merly director of th, rerican | Arthur was sidetracked for Blaing [ n, in the course of sation | 1884, with the result that jWith "President Coolidie when he | land, a democrat, succeeded called to p; his respects yesterday | presidency Calvin oGRS v {afternoon.” The new President. there. | said, will not pick a quarrel ?fl“",‘m::: | fore, assuming that friendly relations | party pciates, but Calvin COS TR (et manner, ‘let’s o to the theater {between the United States and Mexico | has never been known to run awas again thought that show we saw lare established through fhe pending ja fight | tnejother MISHE wass VEry Koodiand negotiations looking to the Yt-l-n;;nl—! Stranger to Washington. tion of the Obregon government, will| o 4o article, in this series on not have to meet me of the prob- |, JCUEIEY ind characteristics of the lems in regard to South America |the carect B Sl ed his nomination which have distressed of his|pe (bVice presidency. It - predecessors, - rise to some to learn that g,T0 be sure. there remains Haiti and | ST b to the time of his nomina- S 0! 0, L 2 e b 2 e ace 0 e arding over which“the Lntted. Beatey pma g | ion, for” second place on the HaTer Protectorate of some sort and where | ioket had vialted e onington in th yet wholly satis ory, but these are | {1 1ne border states, he practically | not regarded as constituting problems | 0 S, Dot S dity that in three | of major importance far this | years' time was to hail him as the| government is concerned nation's chief. Appealx for Vermont. Washington newspaper corfesponce Mr. Barrett, who is a native ents flocked fo the W UEEE this new monter, sought to interest the 1020 O mational politics. Coolidge | ent in the formation of an organiza- | figure in BAPOMAL BT gome of | tion to rebuild and rejuvenate Ver. [listened to the reporiere . LRUG, o mont. industrially and agriculturally, | the persistent ones tried [0, S 5 | There are said to be 350,000 persons | Ut on public questions, Qui, WL loq | fermont and an equal number |usual care and adro the state who are native born | ¢ a' while the ery loaded query, and wh or of Vermont ancestry. The Pr seribes retired & h ll-"{"]y)rpw"v(vr\lll‘:l“l(" dent and Mrs. Coolidge both are notes. they had obtained precious 11~ tives of Vermont tle copy from the Mr. Barrett had planned to ask Mr. (tial v L Coolidge when he was Vice President Carefully Prepared Speeches. to be the honorary president of the | (yrefully prepared speeches charac- organization. which he likened 10 th | arized Mr Coolidge's stump utter- alumni_association of school or col | (%71 republican campaign lege. The Presid expressed a k nagers did not have occasion once interest in the suggested organiz MANBECES Cd him in the campatgy and will probably later-be ask Althoush some of the “irreconcilable Lenibins nameioiitetpian ‘huddered when he indicated, m one It is interesting to note, tion with the political hour, that it had been cxpected that | Senator Moses would support Hiram from all Johnson of California for the repub- | Tl lican nomination if the latter throws of the it b his hat into the ring, and it had been | with him unti! he has taken his bea suggested that Senator Moses would | his does not mean be the manager of the Johnson will not be paign, but the senator is for idge. was today again tem- without a Chief Executive. Coolidge was paying his to thk late President e wextion 1 will stay “‘mag more w | do not he was hored,” ssu nd 1 made up John Sl the let it be some pond- Ver. Pres: ion 4 to in connec- gossip of the the members will remain assurar of cabinet entually there xnations N one knows just when a cabinet eting will called. Th mary meeti ‘s of the Senator Lodge, who left Washington {are Tuesday a but it i for his home in Nahant vesterday, might | known whether it will be ady have been a near neighbor of the Presi- call u meeting of the cabinet in dent this summer. if accession of exccutive offices at the White Mr. Coolidge to the Presidency had oc- | House during the period that Mrs curred earlier in the year. The summer |Harding remains there. White House might have been establish- | _Geor Harvey, ambassador ed at Swampscott, the summer home |Great Britain, was in conferenc of Frank W. Stearns, to which Vice |the President late yesterday I President and Mrs. Coolidge had been l\"flnn just ”\:x~lf';r o vmrr:!:m ed before the death of President Marion to attend the services As it is there is ambassador discussed with the Presi- jthat President Coolidge will remain in |dent the proposed adherence of the Washington the rest of the summer. |United States to the world court, but The pressing problem is the threatened |declined later to disclose what ha strike in the anthracite coal min been sald either by the President or This is scheduled for September 1 himself it is believed that the President would | T rather be in Washington than away | from the seat of government if it should | He occur. It is possible that Mrs. Coolidge | to London about September 1. as may leave Washington to visit her |had originally planned to do mother in Vermont said he saw no reason to change that Senator Curtis of Kansas, the rte- Dlan publican whip of the Senate, was one of | 1 of President Coolidge's important callers. | dent about that He was with the President for half an | Harvey, addirg hour and discussed various matters, | SOmewWh B legislative and political. He declined | Maj to take the news paper correspondents | Medic into his confidence. Bhst Cabinet Meeting Uncertain. Pres For the time being tl He has attended the new President break in the cabinet. It is since he came to Washington as Vice that President Coolidge b President in 19 Lodge Returnx Home. the | to with after- for there The every probability said that he expected to ret nothing to the Presi- however.” said Mr. t conditions were have said tl Coupal of the Army Corps may be the personal an to President Coolidge. it is indicated. He accompanied the dent on his journey to Marion e will be no understood recetved " From_the AVENUE of NINTH® (at about) Yy off Tomorrow is, the last day of this fluence. S SR RS RS ETERREE L L SRR R ERRR S Y semi-annual sale. Until 2 p.m. you may have the choice of every shirt in stock, white or colored, at about one-fourth off. The Avenue at Ninth Closed All Day Friday Open Saturday until 2 P.M. ' l ATIO NALLY KNOWN STORF every issue. -y — if you don't object we'll it again.’ " President Coolidge’s modesty is in- herited from his father, Col. John Coolidge of Plymouth 'Notch, Vt When Calvin Coolidge was inaug- rated Vice President a dinner was given in Washington in his honor. His father was present and was in- troduced to the diners. Expecting to hear an interesting speech, they settled back in_their chairs, but Col. John stood up, bowed and smiled, and sat.down without saying a word. On the way out of the banquet hall ‘Col. John slipped over to the writer and Whispered: “Now, perhaps, you know why the Vice President does not do see ‘| much talking.” New Type to Politicx. The Coolidge type is new to politics. His philosophy never leads him to worky. “You have never been defeated for office,” said an admirer to him once in talking over his many political campaigns. ‘H\'!r, ‘fu\.«wnred Coolidge, in hi: mont twang, “but I've always prepared to be.” When Mr. Coolidge was chairman of the railroad committee of the legis- lature a newspaper man waylaid him, remarking: “I hear the railroad bill has gone into the ditch.” I _don't think Coolidge calmly Everybody else does.” “We've got to have a certain amount of hysteria,” was the unrufiled reply. A little later the bill in question was enacted. President € to any sec 1s quite a of half a Boston and Ver- been %0, drawled Mr. olidge does not belong societies and yet he * being a member dozen exclusive clubs in Washington. AMERICAN TANKER AGROUND. LONDON, Aug —A message to Lloyd's from Copenhagen sayvs that American tanker Pawnee is led Nidingen, Sweden. The sel's position is perilous —_—————— It is considered fashionable by the women of Laos to dve their finge nails @ deep vermilion by What It Prints Newspaper making is serious business if it aspires to the esteem of its community. Delivered by Star Carriers Direct to the Home 7 issues a week Phone Main 5000—Circulation Dept. Confidence is won with judicious conservatism—and destroyed by flippant sensationalism. The public wants a newspaper that it can rely upon—accepting its published reports at all times and under all circumstances with- out hesitation—because it knows they come from reliable sources. It wants a newspaper that is printed with so keen a concern for wholesomeness that it may safely fall into the hands of every mem- ber of the family—young or old—without fear of contaminating in- It wants a newspaper that is both progressive and aggressive — but which draws the line of strict censorship on wild rumors and un= substantiated reports. It wants a newspaper whose miscellany is chosen with care for its elevating character and clean entertainment—full of human interest —but respelting decency. It wants a newspaper that doesn’t suppress news—but which does expunge disgusting details. g Such a newspaper The Star—Daily and Sunday—strives to be in It is exceedingly proud of the confidence this unwaver- ing policy has earned for it in the National Capital. Reliability is the chief concern of the editors of The Star, and every possible precaution is taken to assure accuracy — so that if it is printed in The Star you are justified in believing it is true. If it is in The Star you can read it unblushingly. The Star is the Home Paper of the National Capital — welcomed at the fireside and depended upon for the real news. 1. 6.8.8.6.0.8.0.0.6008.6086088.0.8.8.08 \DIVORCE SUIT DISMISSED. Cobbler’s Counsel Cleared Way To White House, Says Coolidge By the Associnted Press Nollt inenoeved NORTHAMPTON, Mass.. August 10 —James Lucey of this city, cobbler and long-time friend of Calvin Cool- idge, has shown to friends a letter which he has received from the President. written at Washington and saying that “if it were not for you, I should not be here” The let- ter, in the President’s handwriting, was as follows : yourself Tei in re of age. Yours sincerely, “CALVIN COOLIDGE “Washington, D. C., August 6, 1923 “To James Lucey, Northampton, Mass. “Jim Lucy, who would rather be called a good shoemaker than the ; President’s cobbler, friend and phi " |fl.:‘£r’])h'!|' e el N he President since his college My Dear Mr. Lucy |davs at Amherst has known Lucey “Not often do I see or write | When Calvin Coolldge was a North to you, but if it were not for you, 1| ampton lawyer entering — politi should not be here. And I want to|Lucey was his firm supporter, and tell you how much I love you. Do Mr. Coolidge has sald that the cob- not work too hard Try. to enjoy |bler gave him much wise counsel SUE D. C. COMMISSIONERS your Wife of Frank A. Weiner Declared to Be Maryland Resident. Justice Bailey of the District Su- preme Court has dismissed a suit for a limited divorce brought by Mrs. | Lilllan F. Weiner against ¥rank A.| Weiner, ah employe of the telephone company. The husband., through ‘Attorney Leon Pretzfelder, pointed out that the wife Is a_resident of Maryland, where | she has lived for several years, and is not entitled to sue in the District courts Property Trustees Ask Tax Be De- clared Invalid. Declaring that the District Com- missioners are ignoring the declsion of the District Court of Appeals in the Knox case, which held that the Borland amendment did not apply to roadways in sparsely settled sections of the county and are attempting to collect an assessment for paving Rhode Island avenue northeast, Wil- liam C. Johnson, Edward J. Stell- wagen and Charles W. Richardson holding title as trustees to some « the property affected, have filed in the District Supreme Court for an injunction against the Commissioners The court is asked to declare the tax invalld and to quash the assesement suft The radiometer is so delicate an in- strument that it will measure the | amount of heat given off by # human | body at 200 fect distance To discourage pickpockets an in- |y ventor has patented a pocket which [‘involve an outlay is fast »d by a string run through evelets its ends fastening wita hooks —_— Various fees and consular stam of 1:600.000 ‘markes by German inventors seeking patents in the United States MO N XXX NN --60c a month 1 2.8.0.8.2.0.6.608806688¢0808088688888808888808880.88.8.