Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1923, Page 55

OTHING could be more un- fair than the charge made by rman preacher a few days ago In New York city on the eve of saillng for a visit to his 1ative land, that the American girl is at “the lowest ebb in her ry.” He declares that the girls “drink cock- tails, smoke clgareites. and altogeth- er their couduct is shocking™ Also, s “the men desplise then The American girl is & good sport. She likes good, wholesome, clean tun. 1t may be true thut mo’ne girls drink cocktails, but the few wha do cannot be set up us examples of the whole of American giridom. Under the constitutfonul laws of, this couniry aleoholic drinks are prohibited. The Taw is violated by some, but the per- centuge in so smell us 10 be almost negilgible, and theye i every reason o beileve that the stalute is gener- 1y respected and obeved. Law lorceuwnt agencies and welfure workers are doing their -utmost to Diream of Thrilling Romance Comes True OMANXCE, that perenizlly eclusive something, which beckops and ires every girl on to a future of rosy ppiness, plays gome queer (ricks in the game of destinies, often Lring- & disillusionment and discourage- sent when the gallant Sir Galahad iTns out to be just an ordinary man “who eats three meals & day, snores occasionally in his sleep and wipes i Tazor blades on the guest towels. The knight who comws a-riding und ies away his lady love to a land of romance und perpetual honeymoon is, o course, handsome. with eyes and BAir according to taste. The first ideal - suTe to be an Adonis of indescriba- o_charm and manliness When the first dream of a perfect [uitor acquires a punctare or two the deal sor:i of changes color, o to speak: He need not be & human ‘re- produltion of u collar advertisement 2t have sowe degree pf am- ndeney to earn a salary. r or two and the ideal hange. S0 long a8 he leeps his hair cut his appearance doesn't matter, e must have brains enough to make & good living. And 8o the ideal undergaes a process evolution from the handsome-lover age until Ie grgduates.into the class ©f good husbands. Here is one girl, however. whose Youthful dream of thrilling romance 2nd a handsome kuight tn_srmor has ¢ome true. She is Mrs. Herbert L Tangburn, formerly Miss' Jul 1an Cudden, whose home was in ne Virginia and Maryland umtfl iarriage nearly two Soung miss wae tall suitor must be taller. be proprotionate come from afar, Lrave, He did come from afar, for ivas in Idaho. The world war brouzht bim to one of the castern training c#mpa and the romance began. It astedgthrough the months-when he was_ gequitting himself handsomely at Chateau Thierry, Belleaw Wood. the \rgonne and St. Mihiel The wedding was set for late in 921, and as the time drew near plans had to be changed because the Lrave knight's business would not permit him to come east to claim his iride and have time for a -honey- 71000, t00. 0 early in Decembef the now Mre. Pangburn journed from Baltimore to Salt Lake City where the ceremony was performed, and er & honeymoon {n the golden west, thev settled down to house- Keeping in the little gold-mining town of Jarbidge, Nev. Gold was discovered In’this com- munity in 1911 and since then the population has grown to about 300. The town ia seventy miles from the o Also he must .broad. He must and he must Le home ! en- | {rescue even those few who {in the practice of this { the regulations, and the | not dlscournging. In many quurters it is not ce nice” for glrls to smoke cigarettes. { The fact remains, however, that many b very fine girls do smok the original smokers of Lof several centurics quick to take up the tobuc the women started fi ,t0 regard it as thel privilege. During the | buloful glunces have | &i DUK at a cigarette, * ¥ % x i overuse of tobacco is detri- | -ntal to health, and, therefore, it Men und soon been cast ot number of girls who smol | not immoral. | imnoral, | fender: then men are the worse of- | ! EASTERN GIRL FINDS ROMANCE IN WEST ! i 1 1] | { 4 9 : L MRS, HERBERT in Nevada mi NAMES FOR GIRLS And What They Mean RAH has a delightful meaning. one that any girl. even the mos democratic of American girls, be glad to own. It the He- brew form of the word ‘“princess. The motto for Sarah is “keep high ideals” and the emblem. oddly enough. is the fir tree Sarah has one of of all nicknames—Sally favored by southern Tnited States. a ost charming name much girls in Sarah also has some unusual forms In other countrie: In the far east the version used Zara. The old English used Sarrot and the Irish have three odd tions—Sovy, Sorchia. and Sardid French use Sara. without the “h” although, the late great tragedicnne of the French stage, Sarah Bernhardt, spelled the name in full. The original Sarah was one of t most famous women of Bible history. She was the wife of Abraham and at the age of ninety became the mother The nearest railroad point and the only transport {s by 'stage. The ‘“resi- | dences” are bullt of logs, chinked as | tight as possible, and lined with can- | vas to keep ‘out the biting winter ! winds. But the snows sift in, even | with these precautions, and it is quite the usual thing on winter mornings to find the floors decorated with little mounds of snow. , _The bride’s new bungalow con- jtained four rooms, with a curtain par- titfon run through ome of them fo dovise a bathroom, Red mahogan: i1he only fuel, and wood stoves tiie iunly heating plante. ilectric con- dults bring current from a plant many miles over the mountains. Jarbldge boasts a couple of good tor which supply the daily ne sities of food and dry goods, All roal whopping, however, has to be done by mall. There is one delica- tessen and candy store and a com- merclal club, the latter lending its auditorium one -night s week for . @ motion-picture show. The show is given under the auspices of the club ‘und is run on a non-profit basi: {3 sts so much, however, to obtamn #00d films and the popuiation is & smull that it is necessary to charge 0 cents admission to meet expens.s. Wednesday night is motion-pleture nigh if the mail stage gets in with the film—and nearly everybody goe An arrival from the cast would be -sure to know what the newest and (best productions were, so Mrs, Pang- burn was urged to make suggestions 45 to some good films to request. Pretty soon she was prevalled upon » take over the management of the ieater,” and she hus boen, serving that cavacity ever since. She has built un for her own information and ,Fuidance a veritable library on af- iirs in the camera world, keeping o5 tub on what has been, is being | d will be produced. Being manager nvolved & janitorship aleo, and for: ,come months Mrs. Pangburn did the | sweeping and cut wood for the stove —at a Walary of $5 per month. A regular janitor has been employed row, and the lady manager's services ire rendered gratis. = Singujarly enough the wild «hows dre the favorites, with sdies running a close second. et dramas take fairly well. but purely romantic film finds little :Mogt of the audlence which Elgle Ferguson and Wallace Reld “Peter Ibbetson” feit keenly dis- ippointed. Other fnteresf ¥ is | ' i | i west com- Wall also keep this east- | ~rn gir] busy and happy. or In-, tance. dthe mining. -.company’y ste- | cograper and booklkeeper was. “tricken with pneumonia and she was sked to help out in the cmergency. \ newgman was gent for and urgéd 0 com¥ as =oon &x possible.” He ar-| rived of the evening stage—and left | with the same Stage next morning. ! Offered the position permanently, Mrs. rangburn sccepted unde: protest and n the condition that she be allowed to adjust the work o her entire time wou d not have to be devoted to it. In short order she had it worked out to thre? days a week. In this job she Las to serve as court reporter in 1aims cases. Mys. Pangburn tells of the promise exacted from her husband that after they were married he would ace ompany her to church. Solemnly he ledged, and on her arrival in Jar- idge she found there was no church 't eny denomination. She found a Jouple of ladies, however, conducting « Sunday chool class of about fifteen twenty puplle.” She joined forces th these ladles and each Ley tesch the regular lesson in the nternational cousse of studies. { Dances, plenics and hikes are thel tavorite recreations. To walk four} niles over the mountain and cook | nreakfast a dellghtful pastime— | und a sure means of.creating a| healthy appetite for a morning meal. Mre. Pangburn and her husbhndl motored from Jar dge in June, making the trip In thirteen days. they are now visiting friends in this ofty, Alexandria_and Baltimore, and in September expect to motor home. In the British Isles one person in ‘welve indulges In betting. according o evidence recently given hefore a purllamentary investigating commit- Ree. { | triendship. {murder of Porter, and W. of lsaac. She Is reported to have lived more than 120 years. In spite ofits meaning. fow of royal birth have had the Sarah Sarah Jennings, wife Churchill, afterward Duk borough, was a royal favorite with Queen Anne of England, and greatly ffluenced the queen during the major portion of her reign. Sarah. the Duchess of Mariborough, was sad to have fulfilled the suggeéstion of her name by evidencing a strongly i perious nature combined with a b liant intellect ~ She was a lady Dbed-chamber to Anne while the lat was only a princess, and her powe over the roval girl, when made ques: increased with the intimacy of their Eventually, however, the Quchess made her dictatorial sugiges- tions so offensive to the queen that she was ordered from the circle of the ladies of Queen Anne's court and her place Wes quickly taken by Mrs. Masham. HIGHWAY TRAGEDY STIRS CUMBERLAND Coroner Holds Two Respon- sible for Death of Miner Riding Motor Cycle. women of John i of 1 Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., citement continued at today following the shooting, on Mount Savage road vesterday. when George Porter. union miner of Zihl- man. was killed and Frank Miller, unfon miner of Gilmore, was wounded while on their way to work at Sun- ide mine of the Mount Savage and corges Creek Coal Company, which | operates under a union agreement. “The coroner's jury held Harry Mar- tin, . assistant superintendent of the Cofisolidution Coal Company, for the 1. ‘Walbert, a stable Loss of the company, as an eccoessory. While the jury was hold- ing the inquest its prceedings were twice interrupted by Feports that a mob hud taken possession of the town and was bent on violence. Thomas Moore, whom the mob scught early in the evening. was also arrested ear! this morning on a similar charge. Both Moore and Steele, It is alleged, were in the parts ‘of guards that had been riding the Mount Savage road. Wulbert was driving the car from chich the shot was fired that killed Forter, and the testimony was that the_ sliot came from the rear left- hand seat of the car, which, accord- ing to meveral witnesses, Martin was occupying. Martin contends he was nGt in the car. but was. in a machine some distance behind. 'Heartless T hief Steals Trousers "of Men on Train By the Associated ELMIRA, N. August 25.— Several male passengerss in a sleeping car on a Lackawanna train, arriving herg fody from Buffalo awoke * to ““HF;: trousers missing. X hurried seurch revealed they hud been tak en_from the berths and placed in a ladies’ drawing room. A num- her of the passengers reported to the police here that they had been vobbed of money and valuablea indulge ation of sults are nsidered | nex Women were tobacco and | is | other weeds, and perhaps the modern girl Lias gone buck a little to the habits | | us well as the fashions of her ancestors were | girls of former o habit, once | on a different « tressing o note the increasc in the | ords in the business But it is| they are represented If it could be classed as | gip) Managing motion picture enterprise | would | varta- | ame, | of Marl- | e HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D‘ C AbGUS’I‘ 26, 1923—PART defended—nelther can it for men. only contrast Letween smoking b; |and by men is that the former indulge only nioderately, while the men make. (o a rellgion. 3 wiil not ulways smoke. The fad Gdie out as gradually as it has grown into modern girl customs, Thers no justification for making it the basis of a degradution of moras, American girls of toduy are marrying and making model mothers, just as the ears. Mothering is done le now from what it w me | was in generations past, but all sta- | own particulur, tistics and reports show that our girls axt half century | are not only quite as efficlent us thelr upon { own mothers and grandmothers, 5 and women who huve dared 10| muny respects more %0, but in An effort to prove that the girls of this country are st their “lowest ebh® | would be sure to fizzle. Thelr morals | are far above the avernge: they are in- telligent: they are makirg notuble rec- and_soctal world; n the most wkill- The American 1o highest pin- iine world—and she s ful ‘arts und profession: of todsy stands on | nacle In the femi Smoking for girls cannot be | there to stay. Girl Scout Notes outs at Camp Bradley recently realizeq thelr need of a new bugle, =0 decided to raise the funde themselves. They sct up & barber shop, which they called the “Cut-up Barber Shep.” One tent was set aside for the purpose. and any girl needing & hair cut received first atd at this unique shop for a very small sum Miss Lewls, one of the councilors. | was the “official cut-up” | Business thrived for an _entire morning, then. enough funds having been ralscd, the shop was closed nnd {hasn't been reopened since Another way in which the scouts have prove] that kil scout is thrifty™ (s as follows So much ;milk has b by the girls In the pi [that the hil) Ik far exceeded the lamount alawed, but as Girl outs know that miljt s one of the mont | healthtul &nd necess articles of L diet, they decided to keep on drinking | thefr AIT of it, but to ruise funds to pay for the oxtra smount required. [So they wet up a shoe-shining parlor, | where sho would be given a new |leave on “good look<" for the nominal sum of § cents a shine. Now there are no untidy chocs in camp. One of the recent visitors at Camp Bradley was Dr. Blanche Sterling of the public healih service. who has given most generously of her time and energy to the wcouts uring the entire summer. Every Washington =cout wh has been at camp has had & comnlete physical examination hy Dr. ling and she has urged that evers 1 who has been im camp longer than two weeks report to her for a fl rnation. This {s In order to note any-lmprovements in weight or general health acquired while at camp. The girle were delighted to Dr. Sterling their dinner and gave her a rousing cheer, Camp Bradley is now beginning its last eek for the present =e n. The Washington girle who w be In camp are: Knthleen Berry, Katherine Bovkin. Florence Bennett, Katherine Cissel. Mary Clssel, Indin Bell Coren | Malvina Bandel. Murlon Barrett. Mary Dickson, Elizabeth Deabricks. Rosxalle Dumbar. llelen Field. Ellzabeth Fran zonl, Alice Fow , Helan Humphri Florence Johneon. Lillian Lindquist Jean McQueen, Loretta Mansfleld, orwocd. Dorothy Aothhoudth, th Stanton, Josephine Stanton. nead. Helen Scheckells, Ioro Helen Wheeler. Char- Wheeler, Mildrad Yates. Alma Wolking, Emily May. Virginla Deaker, Stewart Newmyer. Nancy Hopkins, Arleine Spencer, Elizabeth Alexande Evelyn Dean and Ruth Shaughnes There are still several vacancies which rhould be filled by Warhington scouts. It is hoped they will not re- main unfilled very long. Reglster how at GIRl Scout headguerters—last chance to go to can Tt is expecied that s last | will be one of manv good times. One day. probably W¥ridey. the 31at, wiil be known as “Field day.,” when the girls wi ke part in activities of all sorts, They will be given the privilege of having their parents and | friends visit them at this time. It is alse hoped that Mrs. ayton, the District of Columbla commlis- «ioner, and several of the council members will be at camp. Mrs. George Hradley, for whom the camp i« named, will he one of the council | members attending. ALEXANDRIA. en consumed have gue week | | i ALEXANDRIA. Va.. August cial).--Alexandria Lodge. No. 1, Royal Order of Red Deer, initiated a large lase last night. With the new &pp atlons for membership just recelved it makes nezrly 100 new members re. ceived into this order during the past month. Under direction of Capt. J. F. Me {Intyre, a city mission was opened here [last Sunday at 122 South Falrfax street. At the Baraca Bible class of the {First Baptist Church ‘tdmorrow the subject for discussion will be “Barna bas, the Great Hearted.” There wil) be {a special musical program. The Baracas will €0 on a straw rid [and watermelon feast Tuesday eve ning to Fort Humphreys. The wuto ucks will leave from fn front of the at €:30 o'clock. Members of the {W. F. Watson Memorfal i Class and the T. E. L. C | to attend. . The congregation of “the. Methodist | Protestant Church will hold services | tomorrow in the Richmond Theater. i Their church is undergoing extensive | repairs. Arrangements have been made by the members of the Kiwanis Club to jattend the benefit base ball game on {Labor Day for the Alexandria Hos- {pital. The Kiwanians will be accom- ipunied by the Citizens' Band. {""A meeting of those interested in the formation of a branch of Uncle Sam's Voters will be held at 8 o'clock Tues- | day night in Odd Fellows' Hall. svangelist . A. Harter of Richmond, iVa, has pitched au gospel tent at i Aurora Hills, Arlington count: will begin services at that place to- morrow night. i Mrs. Elsie O. Potee dled yester: jat her home at Annandale, Falrfax icounty. Her funeral will take place at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from her late residence and burfal will be In Baltimor: | Miss Annle E. Windsor, fifteen years old, of this city, died yesterday in Philadelphia. The body was brought liere and taken to Demalne’s mortuary chapel from which her funeral wiil take place at 2 o'clock Monday after- noon. LIEUTENANT OF DIA DEAD IN NEW YORK! Cuellar One of Staunchest Sup- porters of Former Mexican Dictator. Ge S ' e | outstanding figures of the Mexican rev- |olution and & staunch supporter of Por- |firfo Diaz former president of the | scuthern republic, died in New York | Thursday, according to word received here. | ‘Gen. Cuellar was prominent in Mexi- can army and pelitical affairs for many cars. e was active in a number of impdrtant revolutionary battles, in one \which he iost an arm. The general is survived by a widow, formerly Miss Lilllan Petitpain, mem- ber of an old French famlily of Mata- moros. Gen. Cuellar was a resident of Mexi- co City, but he had been in New York for several months for medical treat- ment. t few weeks | 5 (Spe- | Philathea | s are invited | AND ARMY : ; ‘M. h. BY Afthough the success of the sum- ime# truining camps has kone far be- { yona the expectations of the War De- | partment authorlties, out of the vo- luminous reports which Will be filed ion the Natlonal Guard, R O. T. C. {and €. M. T. camps there will be two | outstanding criticisms which, if the cumps are to progress next year, { should be adopted in the admintstra- juen of the 192§ camps. Annual re- {ROTts of Gen. Pérshing, the Secretary of Waur and thé chiefs of hranchcs will officially{éhmmena the offorts of Loth the proféssiinal and citizen soi- {aiers, and consldetable attention will no uoubt %e devéted to the great shortage ef reglur officers and en- {listed meg &nd the lack of trulning i equipme £ i The ¥ "0 critisisms are: Mors reg- | ulurs mist be avallable for instruc- {tors; cltizen soldiers must maintain | their own camps, which Inciudes the administrative duties us well Though a number of res-rve officers were employed during the sunauer camps for both xdminfetcative ax well As fastructive purposes, there wis a serious shortage In this rcapect. Added to this the great shortage in the enllsted personnel of regulur organizations placed & lhnitation on the tralning activities, ani In som> places made it impossibin to stng demonstrations for instructionad par Dposes. The opinion hax been oxprossed by 2 number of the observers who vis- fted the camps that the ump com- manders should be more economlcal n the employment of the regular en- livted personnel on duty at the camps. | It s stated that in & great many in- Stznces members of the regular es- ablishment cted the tents und performed other similar dutles, so | thut when the citizen soldiers ar- rived In camp evervthing was ready for them. In certain quarters it is maintained that this duty and the Guty of breaking camp, policing their own quarters. etc.. ls a soldier’s duty as weil as drill. and that if the young men were instructed In this work they wouid evince greater {nterest in their cam The asslgnment of & regulur nen-com to a tent, it has been suggested, would make it possible fér the citlzen soldiers to prepare thelr own camp, as under the formers di- rection tents could be erected and the other dutles of the soidier could be imparted to them At the {nvitation of Brig. Gen. Bird W. Spencer, treusurer of the New Jerser State Rifle Aswociation, the infanfry rifie team, which is now in training_for the nation: matches at For: Ningara, N. Y., w requested to send u team to partici pute {n the thirtleth annual Sea ®irt interstate rifie tournament which will be held at Seagirt. N. J.. beginning August 27 and concluding on September The program In- cludes over fifty epecial matches in which both National Guard and reg- ulars w!ll be contestants As was the case last ¥ funds prevented the i T, lack of War ' Depart- this shoot. Twentv-one memhers of the iInfantry riflc team, however, bearing their own expenses. left Fort agura on August 24 via motor for Seagirt. which they expect to reach on the 26th. This action has the approval of the Wur Department. and cas done last vear. New York. Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Massachu- setts ‘and other eastern National Guard teams will In all probability send cither full teams or indlviduuls to the mutches. and it s belfeved that the Marine Corps will have a num- ber of entries. The Secretary of War has granted authority for the holding of a re- fresher course for feld officers and general officers at the Infantry !School. which will begin Instruction { October 8 and conclude December 15 Twelve infantry colonels are expect- led to attend the course. und it is be. jlieved that a few general ofcers ma. be included fn the clamss. Other clusses which are on the lschool roster at the Benning In- | stituticn sre the assembling of the advance cua on September 15 and the company officers class will start instruction on October 1. A re- fresher course is on the calendar to begin instruction October 6, while the Nattonal Gnard and reserve of- ficers' class will not start until Feb- ruary 25, 1924 It beleved that the detall of regular officers to the . 0. T. C. 0. R C., and National Guard. which takes ' conaiderable number. will cause the clusses at tha {«pproaching Infant=y School course 1to be Lelow those of lust vear. Last year there were elghty-four student officers who were glven Inatiuc:ion i the National Guard and reserv c but the attendance for t course, which starts February 23, 1s | estlmated to be about 11 i Two important subjects were brought up for discussion in the con- ference between Gen, Gordon, com- | mandant of the Infantry School, and Gen. Charles Farnsworth, Infantry, while the former Washington recently. One ie supply of tailor-made serge uniforma for the regulur troops sta- tloned ut the Infantry School while the other 1s the construction of jQuarters for the enlisted personnel {at the Benning post. |, Gen. Gordon expressed the beliet {that the woolen melton cloth, which {12 now worn by his command, is de- hat sectlon of the country, and he Is opeful that the War Department i will approve the supply of the serge | material, which will not only enuble !'his command to present a smarter appearance but will Le more com- fortable for the men. Gen. Gordon evinced great interest in plans for the construction of per- mament quarters for the housing of { the enlisted personnel. Extensive ef- forts will be made to include in the {budget estimates at least an appro- priation for the construction of a few bufldings. There are approximatel 3.300 men now belng housed in tent- age shelter. The housing question at Fort Benning has been a source of contention ever since the Infantry iSchool was established, snd it fs {hoped that Congress will see the urgent need of this construction und appropriate accordingly. At the invitation of Maj. Gen. George C. Rickards, chief of the militia bureau, Col. George 'Vidmer, acting chief of cavalry, made an in ction trip of cavalry organizi of the New York, Pennsylvani Ohlo and Massachusetts 1 Nutional Guard, from which he has | Just returned to Washington. ! Five Army ofMcers have been des- ignated to compete in the 1923 endur- ce ride, which will be held In and about Avon, Livingston county. N. Y. beglnning on October 15 and conciud- ing October 20. The totul distance will be approximately 300 miles. to {be covered at the rate of about sixty imiles per day for five consecutive | da regardiesy of &’Ihele annual endurance rides, ap- proved by the War Department, the lchief of the remount service, the chief of the bureau of animal in- dustry of the Department of Agri- jculture and the bLoard of sponsors under whose direction and manage- iment the rides are held, are designed | to sttmylate general Interest In the | breeding and use of good wuddle jhorses of g general utility type, pos- sessed of stamina and hardiness and at the same time having the necessary quallty to render them sultable for use in the mounted serv ice of the United States. The Army entrles who will compete in the ride are: Captsx H. D. Watkins, cavalry, Fort D. A. Ruesell, Wyo., will ride Norfoik Star, a regular thoroughbred horse on which he won not only the Colorado endurance ride Jast year but this vear also. Second honors in this ride were claimed by Lieut. Maxwell M. Corpen- ing, 18th Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.,, on the thoroughbdbred mare Ninty. Maj. Charles L. Scott, Quar- termaster Corps. will ride Pathfinder in the New York event. Both in 1921 and 1932 Maj. Scatt placed fourth. 1 ment from sending service teams to| ci@edly too heavy for the climate in | the weather.| ‘Much Maligned . .Ellis Island Is ' Praised for Once By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, August 25.—The immigration station at Ellis Is- land, which has recently been the target of numerous attacks. pruised today Ly Augusto Ttallan attorney general, who suiled for home after a two-month visit 1n this country. He said he had visited the fsland four times and commended the immigration wuthorities for the work there. “Methods employed are efficient and sanitary.” he said. NAVY NEWS MeINTYRE Maj. E. G. Cufum. remount service of the Quurternitster Corps, who. par- ticlpated In the 1921 ride, mounted on Vugrant. It {s expected that Maj. J. M, Walnwright, 3d Cav- alry, Fort Myer, Va., will be entered, and It {s contemplated that the 3d Cavalry, will enter & number of horses before the entries are closed. apt. Watkins on Norfolk Star and Lieut. Corpening on Nintu, according to horse experts who have been fol- lowing these endurance rides, will prove to be real contenders for first honors. It must be remembered that when the Colorado ride, which wi held from July 30 to August 4, the heat was & most prominent factor to be considered in surh a performance. The New York ride being held in Oc- tober will ellminate this feature. It alto must Le considered that in Colo- rado a number of steep climbs were Included In the prescribed course which will 10t be met in the coming endurance contest. Bealdes the Army enryies there wiil be a number of the Morgan horaes, which are already in training under the supervision of Mr. C. C, Stillman, | and. as usual, Mr. W. H. ‘Brown of Beriln, N, H.' will present a strong string of Arab - Six Arm starting the bullding program of river gunboats, large cruisers and submarines sought Ly the general board as imperatively needed for rounding out the Nuvy to conform to the treaty strength. Of this fund one buduet director suggested that $32.000.000 be ellminated which auto- ticwlly would prevent sturting work on any new ships. It is an In- teresting sidelight on the jssue to 11 that If there should be no construction authorized It would the first time aince 1850 that the " had no building program under For the first time in its history the Navy Dug submarine planes all ready for operation with the undersens craft of the fleet. Five of the “baby planes” officers riding a number of Army mounts will compete in various horse shows. the firat of | which will be hield at Rochester, N. Y. bullt by the Glen Muriin company of on September 3. The offlcers who! Cleveland, have arrived at Hampton Wil participate In the diffarent ex.|Roads and tests will be {naugurated in hibits are: Ma). the near future of operating them with o o p e t4val: | submarines fitted up for these axpe ice, @M. .5 May. Blokn Dosk caval |ments. They are of the “demo:intable Tyi Capt, AMBUL D, Thavew Caraley:|type” and when not in use will be P e b e T ulrs’ i utored below deck on the submarines ry; and Firat Lieut. 5.5, Jonew | SNy 836, Sxpected €3 firova oficonald e, e e cen ot Sia mar | erable vutue in scouting workk with the gar W. Taulbee, cavalr subfitpilae at West Polnt,N. Y. JIn a recent rujing of the judge advo- in the above list of Army cute genera holds that there I8 1o au- entries, { thority of law for employing Chinese Besides the Rochester show, this|servants on board naval veskels and string of Army thoroughbreds will|that th “nnot be 50 emplo; with. compete in exhibits at Syracuse, N. out specific authorjzation by Congr Brockton, Mass.; Springfleld, Mass. | However, he adds, thers fs no law and they ‘will wind up the tour at the |against the eniistment of Chinese for Boston falr on October 6. Although |ervice on board vessels of the Yangtse final decision has not vet been made, | Patron forc it ts contempluted to mend this Army( 10 another ruling it is held that contingent to participate in the Bryn Members of the Jleet Naval Reserve Mawr Horse Show which will be held o Inctive duty are rot entitled to from September 6 to 5. Ineluded 1 |RUTChase subsisience stores from the this repreentation of Army mounts:Quartermaster Corps of the Army un- will be a number of Gen. Perah- |4 Provizion of Army Regulation 1239, fng’s jumping horses und a number of | According to it itinerary submitted jthe Olympic prospects. The roughto the department, the adm!inistrative riding “squad from the 3rd United ' flagshlp, the cruiser Seattle, now in States Cavalry will wlso make the!Puget Sound ports, will arrive at San trip and will stage a number of thrill- | Francisco the last of the month snd fng exhibitions for which they ure|Wwill sail for the esst coast about Octo- noted throughout the smervice. i ber 17. i Included l | On receipt of the resolutions “mq,; Reports from the Boston naiy vard | were adopted by the Natlonal Councll |indicate that the obsolete batileshi jof the Reserve Officers' Assoclation | Virginia and New Jerser wlil leave {at their recent meeting In Indlan- th¢ yard under tow for the Virginis {apolis, Gen. Perahing in ucknowledk- |4 the jast of this week. Orders {ing the receipt of the resolutions!{rom tha depatment merr took the opportunity to express his|that they be in position appreciation of the constructive work | Hulteras “on Septemver 4, which the assoclation is doing. In a the air service bombing tests sched i i the with nimbus |letter under date of Augu 0 1o uled - to start tember o or & 1“7 have read with great interest Stand the tilp down, as the cost of Assoctation at its recent mesting at, Theve fs every indication that both | plenas ccent s Chinics the controversy that arose out of of my great personal intereot in nuithe ‘mupremacy” of airplane versus | be tnatrum | hing the Arms of the Colte] | experiments are being arranged for th Bershiticia iprevious Sulanmi oS e vt oL it he would have visited a large num-! D¢k when Lie was In San Francisco and on | 10 the effectiveness of aerfal bombs ber of ngagements on the eosst and |t obtain valuable statistical data train to Washington and after the |Altitudes. All of the bombing will ing War Department budget matters|®!1l be equipped with superchargers to inspect as many camps as possibie | CAFTYING heavy bombs. No attempt to be in Camp Devens. Mass. on|mental stage, but one of the ships i meteor_several hundred miles south- office from the second officer of the Hopes for a peaceful settlement of| Ie reports seeing about midnight naval estimates for next vear have 0T forts degrees above horizon { elght degreee« above horizon In the With & finish fight egainst the;dame rected at the same spot. The time be. pare condensed statements showlng it Secretury laid the Navy's cage befora | SUOFtY bLefore 1 maw it~ {talning the Navy at anythi@ even | Sy decorete cach side of her peri- {Maj. R. E. B. McKenney, secretary of {9000 thercafter as practicable. Worl L the Roncrve Ofticocs” ation. tie| 0D the old ships has been limited to fthe resolutions adopted by the ~a.!Attempting to put them into condition | tienal Council of the Reserve Officers’ | W&8 prohibitive. Tndtanepolls. transmitied t 40 | branches of the service are deter- Your Tatter of Fuly 25 3623 ror whioh {mined there shall be no repetition of 17 “1 wish to take this opportunity to|lle bombing tests with the ex-Ger- Lamnire "the Caanpctation “hesui xoq | WAn WATSRios two vears ugo over o Lo g ha i1 battleship. Al to n vge estont | Tt s mpecifically stated that the | eatabl ates o . , d{training the onlr borabardmert group i " e mound and efficient basis." | ;" (o Cnited States Army In the {called for him to spend about six:* : weeks fn the fleld d. o X lincrease the efficlency of the person- R nnich tme | Denial i¢ made that the bom- ber of camps. e was Infaemed. f|PArdMent was reopening the old con- President Harding's. serioma Hineos | troversy betwesn Army and Navy e learning that the President was {n a|8Eainet seacraft. g critical condition he cancelled a num-! It is atated further that it is hoped remalned with the Presldent to the |CONCerning the accuracy of varlous end. He accompanied the ,un"‘flzypn of aerial bombs from various obsequies was unable to again pick up his camp Inapections due to preas. | 6:000 feet. and some of the planes which are being considered {to enable them to operate from an Gen. Pershing. however, Is anxious|*!titude of from 15.000 to 20,000 feet e before they are conclude S|l be mude to use the 4.000-pound Wasnington Avguce 5100 G Jeft | bombs, which are stlll in the experi- August 24 und at « o will be munk with 2,000-pound bombe 5th er on the [y nteresting report of sighting a east of Nova Scotia has just been received by the naval hydrographic steamshlp Taxandrier, from his home In New York city. : : 5y e an extremely dietinct and brilltant the controversy between the Navy|meteor which he describes as follows: «nd the bureau of the budget over the | denisiven B i ot bearing 210 degrecs, travelng verti- - velopments of { cally, and finally disappearing about the week. ! bearing " und simultaneonsly ., ! burst. The light was 80 immense that budget’s auggested cut of §73,000.000 In | the horlzon was distinctly visible as prospect. Assistant Sceratary Roose- | tween appearunce und disippearance just what effect the proposed siash |l Wil estimate as one-und-a-half to would have, These statements have ! “As it was overca: economles, the original figures sub- | Skie ttle LRt by (he Separimens stand x| Aremed to me us the body was g “carry on’ mext v | what ~ seemed more convincing. I Tn hin two conterences with Presi- | thought I heard a sound Itke that of him, poiuting out the disastrous ef-! rTne engineering trophy fect such drastic slashing would have | o ‘the cubmarine cluss approximating treaty strengiu under| seope shears. Members of the en- the ‘handicap the bucset instructlons | gineering llke those of the | keneral aata: making them wsaworthy enough to The body appeared about thirty-five lighted Ly several searchlights d! velt instructed all bureaus to pre- two seconds. been completed. and. ave for minor | ‘As it was overcast, with nim }the minimum on which the Navy can | Prough the lower atmosphere dent Cooltage Tast meck i Presi ia heavy gun bullet paseing close by and the utter impossibili ¢ main- | gwarded to the S-15 and & would {mpose. bigger #hips, will sport an E and each Thix week the estimates will be re- | wi submitted to the director of thelcommander. Lleut. G. C. Dyer, will budget, and with them will go a{recelve u Tletter of commendation working chart of the statements pre- | from the Secretary. pared by the bureau chiefs. | The S-4 and O-6, both clder tvpes While naval officialy ure all set 1o | of underseas craft, stood second and make & finish Aight if necessary, and | third, while the R-13 made the great- will stand pat on their original esti- | est improvement in her score of en- here is un {mpression In-serv- | gineering over her performance of ice circles that ut the rehearing DI- |the previous yexr. rector Lord will in take up the| An enlisted man who hus been {ssue with an open mind. charged at any time within three It is potnted out that In his letter imonths prior to the expiration of his returning the estimutes for revision |term of enlistment or extended en downward the totid cut recommended |{listment st the direction of the Secre- and the items to be eliminated were | tary of the Navy shall be entitled to specified us “suggestions” and no flat | crealt for the full term of cnlistment instructions were given by the budget ; or extended enlistment in computing as originally reported. This leuves !the necessary time required for re- Ihe controversy open for further ne- |tirement from the Navy, according to gotlations, «und the department will a rullng just made by the judge advo- try to demonstrate the pressing need |cate general. % ‘Iur the appropriation requested, which | In & case bearing resignations from s only slightly larger than the lust o Just Liow fur the President wiil go In [rullng has been made: “The depart- supporting the Navy's demands fs not {ment may legally accent the vesigna- known, but. llke President Harding. |tlon of & man from the flect na<. he is known to stand firmly for an |serve for the purpofie of rend : {adequate Navy, and, it is believed In | him eligible to recelve conpensation gervice circles, will take a stand in | through the Veerune, Fiiees jo8 favor of the maintenanc {total disabillty Incurred Sl favor of the muintenance of thefotal dlgablIY e In the Navy. One phase of the controy : ¢ tofore untouched hax also be e tue Muey EEBeuy sod WS to the President's attention. Budget | ¢QUiDMARt o, be BIel B, TIT, Bl flgures show that a total wppropria- | *NErants fu AT SPTERT ot Brussels tion of $294,000,000 was made for-the | ternational balloon vere Gt ruscs Navy for the current vear, whereas |September 3 were shippeg from ou the actual amount made available | York Friduy. The two Tavs BHo by Congress last time reached a total | Lieute. . B. Lawrence i of $320.000.000. This difference was mude up by supplementary appro- T recelve a $10 prize, while their Reichelderfer, und the two enlisted men who constitute the handl'ng 24 lerew will sail on September 1. This priutions of $20.000,000 from the; <Re W ECE U T Oakste o the « es 2 ¢ = Pl s e pir e S 00.000 | Sear and attracts entrants from many lundulheln{ l['un\‘;rllrd rdor aswpican ISEIONN: struction work. Stripped of all cam- = . 4o oufiage, therefors, the actusl funds| Reperis rom Lakehurst W 1. tndi avaflable were only wbout $23,000,000 | & - 25 , 1 made wi... the shed trials and N D e PN ATDs o gty | fharies of the ZR-1, and plans ude first trial This year in ure being mude for the firs ; 2 " ifllght of the big alrship on Septem- flonar’” cmenciouren. - the enfimates | et 1. or Very shortly therdutter. de- first submitted totalled $365,000,000, |Pending on westner ©ontitions qnd approximately, the increase sought |the progress made [n &citing beb being principally for new construc- | “shipshupe.’ The formal chrietening tion believed urgently necessary and |Wwill not '~1!' R s for an additional 5,000 enlisted men, |definite declsion 3 ew of the expan- | stion that the ceremony The cut suggested by the budget of jbut & suggestion ony 373,000,000 would bring the annual | be Atagad "ot “,",',,h.[('.',fifi"‘[,,"’ ‘"i(rf appropriation down to $292,000,000, fgiven serjous consyiderarion. B e muking an actual reduction from'the | Denby, wife of the agy 4 Vamount belng spent this vear of ) Navy. is to be the sponsor. Advocutes $34,000,000. : of the lcnl,fnl as mx.i acene of u:e )t the funds sought this vear about | christening have excellent arguments n? 00,000 is to be used for contin-{supporting their clalm. Xo deciaton uing the work on the ships under | has been reached s to the name to construction, the rest of the cruisers|be given the Iqueen of the air” to Gf ihe Omaha clase. the two air-iicotace the ZI-T wnd suggestions for lune carriers and other ships; §u! fitting hame are & welcomed. 200.000 asked for is to be used fn ¥ Plans for the new Airship, now in ] ibe done from an altitude exereding | in | the fleet naval reserve the following w. | 'Social Secretary Important 'In Activities of White House {Constantly Growing Demands and Involved Procedure Make Office Vital Factor in Capital Affairs. (Continued from Third Page.) { vitation read “and far | eny w: enough to ma proud. A asenator or other high nitary had no compuuctio the b senting to the President, & veri not | boarding scheol of girls, or ¥ he ot wish to some letter from abroad brings up a | question which referred to State Départment, that is a bit luzy and did » aften- transferred his card and, all fps libers | A task quite out of the usual duty !privileges to some oné-elee. With the of sectctary iy the pleagunt one of |high oficlal's ;name neatly luni sccompanying the mistress of the! written” on the card un humb in White Héuse on her visits of mercy. | dividual unknown to faume wa< Miss Harlan frequently went with[to be presented to the President Mera. to the veterans' hos- his stead pltals in und near Washington, some- times uppeared ut buzanry und benes fite for her, and after Mra. Harding it 248 became 11, Miss Harlan occuplea the | M% Fration, Antia cad oiad White House Lox &t concerts, enter- # different color for each {taining women of the cabtnet or such|was placed In each invitation [other fguest as Mra. Harding wished |prevented swhtching from one recep the box would be turned oveT!+ion o another, but not to the trans = 5 . . cuys ' fer of the card, so the troulls wasx friends, when 1t was nearly always i 9 H Alled with those from the Judlclary or 0PIy half met. Not until the card fx music lovers, iPlaced in the hand of the alde To be prepared for wll these emer-|announces the guest will the “les In the way of costume {8 i . sl a ot In:anlflde"ublt matter, and whe :‘ f‘n ;:r the rather humorou: the country wakex up to its full duty Le found. the Whita 1Touse social wecretary wI!| ininvitation from the Whi be given a lurger salary. Not only | is command, so vlewed Trust she make the necessury &ppear ! but this docs not pply fo Ances with the mistress of the White | ceptio You may go. [ transfer’ vour Invitation « a House. om- | stay at liome, with no r at all Sometimes the Senute House are strengely absent whil number of guests taliles quite rectly With the number of invita So what is Intended as u s officlal sffalr is reduced to a House s 5 the t. it ehind { ix but n Soaght. me along a more wily Then ¢ a id misslon reception who » House o stute vou you rese: ma th ons slon. mats and high offcials room and watch her opyurlunh,&fl adding to the comfort of guests. make: no introductions, of cour: e for even the least formal mz:!:- e House alde is present to mer h the Whit ry must cope with “behind the line" Lonor to E and lue i a the room Kreat When a state dinner is to be giveh ek or a dinner with much importance the dlagram of the table is mude in the White House and the seating arranged with great care. One = ight bring on a political Lrawl instead of adding oil to the troubled waters were mot this feature given delicate constdera Then the table decora- {lons are to be discussed, and while po left to the ex- Stildiat 'fir'h Botanic Ger- hls lady and ot} serlenced men of the Botani = s snulag) ne and Propaguling Gardens whence | HrRMint. aates e Whlte House flowers come, each first lady of the land adds her individual touch to the arrangement. 4 g Mrs. Harding used more owers than had &ny other mistress of the mansion exeept In the earlier davs before the White House was restore lien state dinners wers gerved in iie east room or red t’l;’r |n;‘ '[::en hot infrequently evan the lufty ¢ ings were disguiged with truiling Yines which hid almost cvery vestige 5¢ wall and were banked about the Foom 0 as to Almeat lmpede progress while the table was arranged “(E‘h.:l" leant a sufficlent bare &pace on Which to set a plate. Photographs of such elabora'e decoration are yet 1{\ m\ll e ~vidence of the taste of some admin tstrations. Sk 5 S After the White House was re arored Mrs. Roomevelt used fewer mpatible with the statel z: of the colonial style of thejYou Gne 8o ‘Favored aa to be I {with such gistuvo | the mansion at that time will FEMeM=4genary thar oy { ber Archibald Roosevelt and his Al‘ e | Yourself the m oatored piayfellow, who aiways tni® o0 eniel i Cpecred the tabie after it was 1ald|pmuge arid o “the binet mem- ambassadors aldes, Suprem: Preaident pro tempore Speaker of the few others are there by un rule. They are thers to lend dignits nators and thelr wives and Rep! sentatives and their wives are seldo: chosen for the place of honor and s a winning card lost, Dut in volve upon there specially Ruests, for while the f the Senate House and on. i and A becomes here indi of high ranik mect and wit ana dom flow the room wis their lips, or should uches of Humor. Even in the most exalted place there touch of humor as when a cabinet members wife who jamiably wandered from guest to gues “behind the line,” explaining why Spouse was not there, was exclulm 4n u sudden Marine Band applicd plasters and lot water bot: then the band plaved o sits in the Llue room be polite to sit while stand to receive. It and found wanting, a chalr or sofa sit_dawn is sometimes heard of pause one's has been n if one upor would b by diplomats would never forgite hosts tries had Shoul eyed « or to sit I you dlgnity e use * social mecretary lecters of condo i apace v BY tie Associated Press. LEVELAND. Ohio. August Herbert Fitzpatrick of Huntington W. Vi, was named vice prest wunsel of the C rallroad. at a_ dlrectors meeting here yvesterday. More than $500,000 was uvpropriated for i provements authorized at the mee ing. e ate dinners, and seldom falled|ionce und crrange tor ione! aondo- for e eitionsiy carry away & few | LCh G ATTSN&e to send fower aweets, | Thelr heads bobbed {ust|iess it ia a diplomatic iatter, whei “beve the tatels board. and (o1d of | of course. It tucx throtgh thi Sa { the rming domestic life of ® | Department social buresu. estabilsh | Roosevelt family “behind the scens” | ed in the first invtunes &5 Sl i 15 ernational courtesies. Problems at Dinners. To hear of the dutles attendant The real program of state cere-|upon grewt occaions one might bt T ; 3 he life of the Whi monles adjusts Wself, the only M- 000, U e of the "Whits Hause culty being in the rapidly grow l"“‘;;rulnu;m.' tut e workins i pumber to be disposed of. so it IalHours Tcoistantls interruptea. u: nger than thove Rl {other or lesser entertainments that | SRECT Fax T e\,"r‘n.mve“ormu-’» have to be watched most do!?{ Alana jmuch, more diversificd, so muchi 3 r & Supreme Court|so thet those who know the insid :3?1::.:; '::\n\“tol'mr d‘l’nnor where | TRachinesy-of the o cial inst Bete L Y 4 v ‘ ow & White House mistress the guests are chosen from one body | ever cxisted without one, wxcept thus {s eamy to seat. It adjusts ftself ac-|before Miss Hagner received her ap |sions Ity of service, and it | POINtment, there were four ambussa- | cording to prior v ] at. | dors and ‘twenty-six ministers, eac oyalty is 1o be entertained that mat- |5ith ‘2 amill’ watte, mamh ome {ter is atscuased between the State|than nowadass when Jupan “alon. - | takes im, vo puges of tie dipl i Department and the master of cere- | [4es Ub 1y 0 pages ¢ the diplc; | mony of the royal suite . s much space New Year day reception at the Satown 4\\‘3: House opens the vtlicial son. |l every h of the g [and just as in the courts of Eurcp the growth of the country e unedict Is given to the mem: | So. Instewd of u White Hous. Ders ‘of 'the diplomatic cOTpE ws to:eCreturs and two wssister | thair form of procedure on state oc not @ Lilf dozen }lasions, so President Roosevelt l:_ar.: 5 o { such a circulur letter sent to mem 1 5% the corps. It left no doubt in 'h"HTZPATflch NAM ED mind of even the uewest envor of) i member of his staff as to what was ito be done, such information n-n-ri-'c & 0 vwE PRESIDENT | sarlly coming from the master of |We . | ceremonies of the State Department t The list of gueais for the severi | « receptions :8 com Toin the . = e e ot th-. Congressional bic !Succeeds H. T. Wickham. Who Re- ,Z:;a‘.‘ friat e White House. The signs After Fifty Years. o much-abused Inatitutions, - these j ! state furr tions, and even the most Road Prospering. astute White House soclal secretary . fact, nothing less than mobd rule— e { could stralghten them out. Years ago vitations were issued to the diplo iatic receptlon. the judlcial recep- {ticn, the Army and Navy reception. {the congressional reception und the reception for the people all at once. President McKintey instituted the custom of sending out the Invitations | for each event separstel and the} {plan was & good one. but not vet good | | enough. 1f one received an invitation for the one reception and preferred | to go to another, he did ®o. A the In- Fitzpatrick was for vears the st Virginla counsel. He suc Henry T. Wickham of Rich mond, who usked that he be relieved of the responsibilltfes. Mr. Wickham who has been identifled with the road for fifty years, will be retalned in an_advisory capacity, Yesterday appropriation for im provements is exclusive of the $37 000,600 prograra previously autho: ized. One of the improvements was the double trackage of the Chesa peake and Ohio XNorthern's line for the four or flve mlile« outside of Waverly, Ohio. Our property wonderful business of its histo J. Harahan, vresident, sa K. e loaded an of 54 coal cars dally in record for the road. [ndications our business will be even better August [REVENUE FREIGHTS GROW. Railroads in 31 Weeks Carry 28.- 980,341 Tons. CHICAGO, August 25 the couuntry for of from August 4 have handled loads of reverue freight | with 26.011,279 In the corresponding | Weeks” of 1820, the previous rec vear, according to a statement by the Rallway Age For N wee August 7 there till was a net surplns of 84,000 c the statement faid From January 1 to August 1, the rail rouds put into service 96.050 new frefght cars and 21 locomotives, with $6.716 cars and 1.172 locomotives on order for future delivery. PERSHING ON LAST LAP. WORCESTER, Mass. August Gen. John J. Pershing began the lus lup of & 14.000-mile trip which he has mad- since July 22 in Worcester date terd when he arrived from Tuap Devens ard boarded & train for Battie Creek. Mich. to inspect Camp Custer. He will o to Washinxton Monday and thencc to Foriress Mon- Toe, Va. to wilness bombing tests. the making. include a number of long fiights over the countr: with a pos- sible transcontinental trip this fall At present the Navy has but one mooring mast, the one at Lakehurst, but three othérs are under Construc- tion.und practically completed. Tt is possible that one will be statione at Chicago, another at Omaha or some point further west. and the third at San Diego, simplifylng the task of coast-to-coast fiying. The new Inusts are of the demountable type, which will make it possible to ship! und erect them in @ comparatively short &nace of time. 3 The Bureau of Navigation has in- structed all recruiting o@cnrn. ut the Tequest of the director. United States l\'al .ns' Bureau, that all recruits ! must be fully informed as to their privilege of applying for government nsurance. Many complaints have been received from men in mctive service that they have not been in- Yormed of their right to this in- surance. The notice calls uttention to the fact that officers und men en- tering the mctive service prior to March 3, 1926, have the privilege of wpplying for this insurunce within 120 duys of such entry und bLefore discharge or reslgnatio is doing the —The railroads the thir! Januar: 28,090,341 car as compared Plans for training many of the nuval reservists next vear xboard |crulsing vessa's of the fleet. If car- tled out, wils ebylate the necessty of ‘uning sote of the near-obaolete ! Vesseln employed this yeur. Consider- able criticiam has been voiced since the sinking of the Gopher. an unclent Junboat, durlng the cruise of the Great Lakes of Ohlo reservists, or the use by the Navy of this type of old_ship. With scores of destroyers out of commission, friendly critics an.n fhe reserves polnt out. better sh.s are available for the annual cruises than those In use this vear. One of the lilustrations cited is that of the Henley, & crunky destroyer never of any particular use in active service, which has recently been assigned to the New York Reserves. It is pointed out that there ure probably twenty more of the same “fivier type” o. destroyers that could be used for thir purpose. i !