Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1923, Page 2

‘g > Efimmnuw | HAS GDBLIN FETE Jorrow. of Inma{és Turned to | Happiness for Brief Play i in Old Barn. Probably the most -pathetic H.|~‘ l¢ween party In Washington last, t was staged In an ol barn ad- | igining Castle View, .the Florence ittenton Home, on Conduit road,' ere more than a score of unfortu- | ndte girl inmates tried to forget for | ajfew hours the sorrow that had en- | téred thefr lives. { EThey ha® as good a time as they tiuld‘ these glfls-—most of them be- téeen fourteen and twenty years of | aBe—each offe a Dicken’s novel In herself. There was comfettl There | was 1ip laughter. They dived for ap- ples and frolicked beneath the gold and black crepe paper trimmings of | the barn with jack-o-lanterns star- ing welrdly at them. | Bara Now Dining Room. old barn in which that strange party was held, is not a barn any longe: It has been converted into a dining room for thé girls in order to provide accommodations for the unfortunates. The main bullding is~crowded to capacity and additional facilities arc urgently needed. It is for th reason that 250 W ing- tdnians are canvassing the city to- day for subscr ions and pledges in the $200,000 paign for a new building for tl Heme. EUROPE AROUSED OVER SOVIET ARMY THREAT TO AID GERMAN REDS' i (Continued from First Page.) { The { { movements ke strength, with the possiBility terman right will overwhelm German left, and that Germany, with * without Anglo-American interven- | some kind of ar- t with France, thus leaving ly ixoluted, it is en- | Lle that the soviet feel that the time has t the ai th fascism gathering | that the | the | 1 tirely leade: come to In any case soviet _moves huve profoundly disturbed . western | Furope. Russign monarchist organ- | izations bLoth in Russia and abroad are gathering strength and plucking up hope. In Roman Dmowskl, once called “the Clemenceau of Poland,’ Toland has just ta n a premier who i« known as an exceedingly firm man, French and pro-Russian. but in- bly anti-bolshevist. The white n leader, Gen. Boulak Balak- 5, whose troops, folloving the treaty of Riga, were disarmed and in- terned by the Polish government, was racently recelyed by the president of g Polish _Republic, whom he for- mially thanked for having released s troops. Polish Press Aroused. i {The Folish press is' aroused, and ms to regard the situation as £fave. Secret meetings between the Létvian and Esthonian forelgn min- taters have ocgurred, presumably with aiview ‘to concerting the policiés of | these two couritries. ithuania’s attitude is still doubt- Finland is standing apart from Latvian-Esthonidn negotiations, but is participating fn negotiations with the Scandinavian Baltic states lobking toward formation of a Baltic 1egue under, B ices, with T oito, e BROY L o the Dol e peoplen.” - ows inally, there is a #trong probabil- 1t¥ that the Russian complication was offe of the principal subjects of con- varsation hetween Premier Poincare and President Masaryk. of Czecho- sibvakla during the latter's recent visit te: Paris, SEES VICTORY, FOR REDS. I!‘\lscovita ;pea.ker (;raau Com- munists of Sdxony. 0SCOW, November 1.—Leo Kame- neft, speaking at a communist meet- ing, said it was difficult to foretell victory for the German revolution, it that on the other hand there was no” reason for pessimism. The com- | munist party of Russia, he seid, sides ' whole-heartedly with the German revolution and is trying to help it planning to call on all revolutionaries 1oy follow the example of the Ger-| ful. ne. : ¥Over the head of Berlin,” Kame- ndff declared, “we greet the workers- peasants’ government in Saxony.” LAPORTE EXPLAINS U. S. HOSPITAL DEAL (Continued from First Page.) the public health service ami by Morse as well a5 by officers of the ‘American Legion. The inspection of the site lasted two hours, and Morse, at his own suggestion, came to Wash- ington on the same train with, La Porte. After arriving here La Porte said he sent for Surgeon General ming, who came with his staff, referred the matter to him. This Was about March 1, and the lease agreement was signed on March 8, the last day of the Wilson adminis- tration. Visited Other Sites. The witness sald he had visited other hospital sites, as he wanted to “check up” on the ‘work of the public health service as well as that of other bureaus under him. He told of friction between the public health | service and the war risk bureau, and said he was appointed to Iron out the Qifferences between them. The former assistant secretary said he could not recall many of the de- talls of the transactions, as three Years had elapsed and. moreover, hi had many other more (mportant mat- tors under consideration at the time, e was positive, however, that he had not changed the proposed purchase Price from $77,000 to $90,000. “It's a lie.” he declared. Senator Reed pressed his point, reading the testimony of Stratton that the change in price had been made by La Porte at the sugsestion of Morse. “I am sure that I ordered no such change,” the witness said. Had that letter guthorizing it been rewritten in his office, as suggested, La Porte said, it would have been on difterent paper and written wWith a Qifterent colored typewriter ribbon. —_— | TWO HOLD UP HOTEL. CLEVELAND, Oho, November 1.— Two unmasked bandits held up guests and s clerk in the lobby of the Hotel Huron, located in the downtown sec- tion, this morning, forced the clerk to hand over the night's receipts from the cash register, ordered the guests in the lobby to line up against a wall and robbed four.of the victims of a total of $240. . AL the cler! from the elevator boy and ordered him 10 take phssengers “to the ‘top floor :&ig’l The robbers then e Florence Crittenton ¢ THE WEATHER® District of Columbls, Delaware and Maryland—Fair and continued cool tonight, temperature near freezing: tomorrow increasingg-cloudiness and somewhat warmer, Becoming unset- tled by tomorrow night; gentle vari- able winds, _* Virginia—Falr .and_continued cool, with heavy frost fonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, warmer in north and west portions; fresh north- east winds. » West Virginia—Falr and continued cool tonight; tomorrow cloudy and warmer. . Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 56; 8,p.m., 42; 12 midnight, 37; 4 a.m.34; § 'am., 37} noon, 6. < Barometer—4.. p.m.,.30.11; 8 p.m., 30.17; 12 midnight, 30.24; S S 8 am. 30.38; noon, 30.41 Highest -temperature, 50, “occurred at 4 p.m. yesterday. : Lowest temperature, . 34, occurred at 7 am. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 62; lowest, 36. Conditiom of the Wat Temperature and condition of the water at 8 p.m.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 52; condition, clear. ‘Weather In Various Citfes. P Temperature. BStations. § Atlantic City 30.82 Cloudy Pt.cloudy Cl r Cloudy ioudy E loudy ear - Cloudy T Helena Pt.cloudy Clear EESER Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Okia, om Philadelphia Thoenix ... Pittsburgh. Portlaud, M Raleigh, 8. Lake City Bau Antosla, San Diego. 8. Franciseo I . EE e ear Pt.cloudy Cleur. Clear 2222 3 Cloudy Cloudy Clear, FOREIGN. (8 am.. Greeawich time, todg>. Stations— e Loudon, ¥ngland. Parls, Frauce.. Copenhagen, eather. t cloudy Part clondy Part cloudy (Fayal). Asores Termuda . . tear Part cloudy South Ameriea. For week endig October 20, 1923. Depart- Aver- Depart- Mean ore age ure temper-from precip- from ‘atare.normal. tation sormal. fora_and merthern 6t — 07 01 wheat area Southern wheat ares 54 —1 0.4 —0. POINCARE DEFINES ABSOLUTE LIMIT OF ECONOMIC PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) | premier’ said the victors had 'in the course of some months r the rmap of the world, resuacitated some nations and created others,and had Staced fromtlere o e \ “France, . S & ‘ckived nor m..é‘i“:y hrritorial dd- vantage in Eurode. She iy re- covered what betofged t what hpd been stolen* from But: she ‘Was. fold: ,'Keep. quigt:nil you mgree &m to remain t6o long pn the Rhine s will guzrantee you agafmst fresh aggression.’ It was added: ‘Have no fear; you shall be indempified for all the damage youshave suffered.’ She then signed with confidence'a with which she was tot..very. weil satisfied, but on which at’ leagt she counted as & minimum. "~ “Not many-mopths passed befor: the finest stones of the edifice crum- bled _to dust. the most keen in demanding the pros- ecution of the kaiser and his accom- plices forgot their Intentions and were astonished when we reminded them. Those who had insisted on a reduction of the duration of our oc- cupation and who had offered us guarantee pacts—which incidentally wore far. from sufficient—withdrew, gome of them failing to ratify the treaty in the making of which they had collaborated, and others repeat- ing that ‘their offer was dependent upon the definite attitude of the former.” “The more the war receded into the past the more the national interests resumed their intransigeance every- ‘where, each nation having a tendency" to see nothing but its own ills. We do not deny that to others, but with- out elaiming any favor or privilege, we belleve we have a right to security, because that affects the peace of the world, and a right to reparations, be- cause they had gbeen expressly prom. ised in the trealy itself in the name of justice.” Cites German Reasoning. The premier then dealt with Ger- many’s refusal to pay her obligations, counting on the idea that time would free her from them, would weaken the solidarity of the alll i vigilance to sleep and of resolution. “Long before we declded to the Ruhr and seize guarantees, , “the reich had systematicaliy or- ganized its bankruptcky.” If part of the population of Germany today was reduced to beggary and another part was opulent, It was because Germany ‘would 6 it s0, he declared. Ger- many, as a whole, was not impover- ished, he insisted, only the state and the middle classes, Germany herseif remaining wealthy. ‘Her immense resources,” the pre- mier continued, “have been scan- dalously cornered by the great indus- trialists and the big bankers, who re- fuse to give anything to the state, while the state makes no serious ef. fort to compel them to fulfill their duties as citizens. Out of this arises the apparent distress of the reic! He added that the peasantry and the !large landed proprietors also were flourishing. Premier Poincare repeated his dec- laration that France would hold her guarantee until wholly paid, and added: ““We are witnessing the final spasms of resistance.” The premlier described the resump- tion of work in the Ruhr as satisfac- tory, the tonnage of coal received increasing daily. “"We .are beginning to receive rec- ompense for our effort: he re- marked. BANKER I8 CONSIDERED. 8ir Robert XKindersley May Be Named by Britain. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 1.—Sir Robert Kindersley, director of the Bank of England, is being considered by the British government, as its represent- tive on the proposed committee of experts to deal with the German repa- ration question. Aecording to the foreign office there have been no discussions be- tween the American and British gov- ernments regarding . any _special American as & member of the com- .mission. "By _notes delivered to the French and: Belgian governments yesterday, the British ent puts into formal 2 announcement made mentl‘m‘m_’nfln that the s Clear o treaty Our ailies who were How Department of l.abozr Employes Fare Under’ Reclassification a Office of the Secretary: - Clerical, administrative and! figca! Custodial service Totals S Bureau of labor statistics Custodial service .... Totals. .. 2 Bureau of immigration Clerical, administrative and fiscal Custodial service . Sy Totals o Bureau of naturalization Clerical, administrative and fiscal Custodial service . 4 - ... Totals. .. Children’s bureau: Professional and scientific servic Subprofessional service ......, Clerical,'administrative and fiscal Custodial service .. AL Totals..".... 2 Women's buredu: ' Clerical, administrativé Custodial service o TODMIRS oo oo 0o . United States employment service Clerical, administrative and fiscal Custodial service . . Totals ., Ao Conciliation division: Clerical, administrative and fisca Grand totals for Department of La services : Professional and scientific service. ... Subprofessional service. .. Clerical, administrative and fiscal Custodial service Grand totals for Department Professional and scientific service. Clerical, administrative and fiscal servic: and. fiscal service: .. Per e TR over basic, plus bosus. salary. 1 servi 90 48 ' Average apprajeed salary “under reclassifiqgtion. 008 ¥ 882 salarg; " basle basic 1,618 * 623 77 oM 1 servic = alNbaN flbh 'ml' 140 1 servi 4 314 1,129 2,000 1,620 1454 2400 1937 1,573 1,653 800 1610 1,697 807 e olwd 146 7.1 400 17.3 nBen S&2 i service. .. 4 FS 1,637 3175 1200 1,575 910 29 165 80 00, 75 10.3 239 09 108 BT om oi88 ¥ 1 servhe —03 —17 -3 1 servic 25 bor, by 80 400 167 372 77 5.3 167 42 35 az 1 service of Labor: . {How Interstate Commerce Com. Employes Fare | Professional and_scientific service. . Subprofessional service Clerical, administrative and fiscal service . Custodial service Totals How Smithsonian Institution Professional and scientific service Subprofessional service Clerical, administrative and fiscal service. .. Custodial service Totals government cannot view with equ nimity the creation of sepafate states in Germany or the dismem- berment of that country. The notes declare that Great Britain cannot recognize an independent Rhineland republic, de facto or de jhre, because |such a ‘republic is contrary to the treaty of Versallles. Reasons Explained. British action In this respect is in | spired in the first place by the real- ization that the disintegration” of Germany would leave no central gov- ernment which could be held respan- sible under the Versailles treaty, ang in the second place, by the fact that recognition of the Rhineland repub- e would cause endless ent to the British government in the Cologne zone, where the British troops might become involved in the delicate task of keeping order among the contending German factions. While British troops are kept on the Rhine—and many voices here re- cently have advocated thelr with- drawal—the government is obliged to exercise every care to avold embar- rassing complications. It is argued in London that it might happen that the inhabitants of the Cologne dis trict would prefer to remain loyal to thegreich, even if a Rhineland repub- lic were established, and since much evidence has been f.rthcoming to prove that the Fremch government favors the creation of such a repub lic, this would brine the British gov. ernment into direct confict wt France at a time when, in view of the coming in of America tp another arations conference, it fs more than ever necessary that nothing ghould happen to disturb the already ome- hat _strained relations . between Great Britain;and France. * RECOGNITION IS DENIED: Britain Explains Action on Rhine Move to France. By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, November 1,— Bn*h government, through its am T, the Marquls of Crews, hag Segt Lwo communications to the French for- eign office, which were received there as in happy accord with the con- cilfatory spirit showm.py France in recent ‘IntefeQurse betwsen the two countries. The first note drew the French for- eign office’s attention to the juridictal consequences which _nmght ~ be en- tailed by the . separation™~ef Ger- many from certain provinces M that such provinces were not signatories of the treaty of Versailies, and so would not directly have assumed ob- ligations laid upon the reich by this treaty. It has been reported that -the note contained various statements, includ. ing criticism of certain measures taken by the French and Belgia in the zones of occupation, but it can be said that the note is limited to the above declaration, based on the treaty of Versailles. An identical communication was made to the Bel- glan government. The second note contained a pro- posal to the. French government to send _a joint British-French-Italian and Belgian invitation to the United States to be represented on the com- mittes of experts which will make ian economic investigation into Ger- many’s capacity for the payment of reparations and the meahs Germany possess to fulfill her obligations. The joint invitation will express thanks to the United States for its collaboration and beg. the government to appoint delegatées thropgh its observer on the reparation 'commis- sion. Thus it can be seen that th British note neither raises objections nor asks the French government to specify its intentions, as has been | reported trom London. Premier Poincare did not have time yesterday to draft replies, but ae apparently not the slightest differ- ence exists between the governments ion the two questions treated therein, {there is no doubt as to the. nature of the replies. ‘With respect to the separatist move- ment the French government's view {1s that no responsibility can be placed on it or the Belgian government, as both have adhered to the principle of letting the populatipns concerned act according to thelf own will. The French government is highly pleased at the participation of an Amierican delegate on the experts’ commission, but a semi-official statement issued tonight says it will probably de- mand_certain modifications, notably that the proposed investigation wiil have to do with Germany's capacity for payment, not in a general way, but on her capacity at the present moment, and France fully reserves the rights the reparation commission holds under the treaty of Versaille The Belgian government is expected to support the demand for these modifications, and perhaps also the Italian government will do likewise. PINCHOT ASKS PRISONER. Gov. Pinchot of Pennaylvania today sent to Chief Justice McCoy of th District Supreme Court a requisition for the returh to Butlér, Pa., -of Wil- ltam Russéli; thirty~eight years jold: Wwho is wanted on:a charge of lareeny. from the person.:-J6hn T. Hodges is named as #gent of -the state 1d take the prisoner back to:Pemnsylvanis Hodges, who is an offieer of the Bal- timore and Ohio Railroad Company, arrested Russell on tation plat: torm at Butler on .a charge of_pocket vicking. The accused sited $1,000 ~ash baill and then left He lv;u taken into custody here October o S embarrass- | 3| num street northwest; William 132 101 141 418 Employes Fare 47 436 317 19.5 2 131 957 ool 76 310 OBIECTS TO OATH NTHEATRRSUT | Robert S. Downs Disqualifies | as Juror in Trial of Knick- | erbocker Cases. 1 An unucual scens was presented in Circuit Division 1 today when Robért S. Downs,’ manager of the Washing- ton Hotel: and one of the members of the jufy panel in attendance be- fore Justive Siddons, objected to be sworn as A juror to try the four con- solidated 2ivil damage suits brought against the Knickerbocker Theater Company or the collapse of the roof of the thester January 28, 1922 The bailiff had presented the Bible to Mr. Downs, with the other eleven men whose names had escaped the ecrutiny of the lawyers on both sides and who Were supposed to be eligible for servicé and the clgrk was about to swear ihe jury whyn Mr. Downs oY g honor? Crandall _and others connected with the Knicker- bocker Theater Company and Frank L. Wagnet, who built the building. is one of my warmest personal friends. You would have to present an overweight of evidence to get me to return a verdict against them." Justice SiMdons referred the mat- tér to counsel and Attorney Cham- berlin of rounsel for the piaintiffs challenged: Mr. Downs for cause. It developed that Mr. Downs was the first of the panel to be examined by the lawyers and was not asked some of the questions which would have brought out his disqualification. The court grantedthe motion,rand Mr. Downs wa3s excused, after Attorney Wilton J. Lambert for the company d consented. The jury as completed includes Frank.J. Auth, 4812 Georgia avenue northwebt; Myron A. Cole, 1431 Perry place northwest; Willlam H. Gott- hardt, 1318:Mongpe street. northwest: Clement B: Hililard, 404 A street southedst; M.’ Carr Leffler, 30 Frank- |lin_street -mortheast; Charles H. Le Hew, 3527 mead ‘place northwest: Willam H.. LitHwew, 1104 O street southeast; Edward U. Nilison, 102 Var- No- lan, 133a Bates street northwest; Wil- linm H. Piummer, 3218 19th street northwest; John P. Marino, 16 Myr- tle street northeast, and John Z. Rohr, 27 I street northeast. Testimony will be commenced next Monday. 1: know Mr. TROLLEY AND BUS An application to Tun motor busses along the lins of every street rallway in the Distriet ‘was flled yesterday after- noon with tke Public Utilities Commis- sion by Col.: Arthur E. Randle, presi- dent of the Washington Helghts Traffic Company. - : In return for euch & t. Col. Ran- dle offered the Dmnetmm tax of 1 cent per passenger carried, which he said, would amount to $1,000,000 a year. 3 After filing the application Col. Randle displayed at the District building & cheak for 325,000, which he stated he would deposit in any na. jtional bank or trust company in | Washington if the permit is granted as a guaranty to carry out his plans within eight months. Letter- Follows. letter of application. follows: ‘On behal? of myself and my asso- clates, I hersliy offer to the District of Columbia 1 'cent _a _passenger, or $1,000,000 annually for a franchise to mo- torize with the most modern busses the routes of the street railroads of Wash- ington, without interfering with said railroads excspt by fair competition. “As soon as a permit, satisfactory to_me, is granted, I .will deposit $25,000 In any natfonal bank or trust company In_Washington you may name as a guaranty within eight {months to motorize the above-named izoutes and .give Washington better service than it has at'present.’- * WILL AID SEAL SALE. eountry to co- tional Tubeféulosis Association in the sale of Christmas seals this season. Postmasters are gaked. to allaw the use of their lobbles as far as possible in the- sale :of the little Christmas thele s, “Do I have to take thid oath, your | and in other ways to assist in] 1,642 1,753 1,080 1740 2,023 920 1916 2,380 3,044 1,200 1,665 683 1554 189 | Washifigton,-leaving the White House | to dedieate the ‘corner stone at {1ia the_corner. stane of the drat 13;000° SEE MASONS, AIDED BY PRESIDENT, « 5 LAY.CORNER STONE (Continued from First Page.) grand macter of every. grand-jusie- diction in the United States and sov- eral score of past grand masters, who eat-as members of the Grand- Lodse of Virginis, The lodge was conveied In dus. gormy on aplatform. bult | around tha er stoge, a huge gram- ' ite block./bearing’ the square and compasges of Freemasonry and’the ddte on’ the “nortH, ‘east, west and | south. It was shortly aftér 1 o'clock when the ‘end of the‘parade reached | Shooters.hlll and..the dedicatory. ser: ice began. = b ‘ Presldent CooHdgg, accompanled by Mrss Caolidge; | Chief - Justice | Taft and the President's secretery, Bascom Slemp, agrived a few. min- utes before. ' They. motored. .from about 1 o'clock. It had been intended oom, but inability:of the President to at- tend so éarly necesritated the delay. The President was the . firt.$o | ead the cement upon the etone. e-nsed ‘the ‘same ‘sfiver trowel that | George Washington, used . when he nited States -Capitol,” which “British troops” burned' in -theiiwar: of . 1812. £ 7 N Talk by Presient. ©. 7. i\ President’ Coolldgée ’made ¥no’ re- raarks*during ‘il patt ‘of the sérwice, . and he was followed immédiatelysby each”ot “the grand- mastefs of~ the states, who thus were given an op- portunity to take an actual part in the dedication. All of the pomp of the ritual of Freemasonry.attended the ceremony. Even the language used -during the ceremony was purely Masonic. The |presiding grand master entered at- tended by the full Grand Lodge. Two past grand masters bore the Holy Under - Reclassification n $3. $3.405 $3.424 2,19% 2212 803 2278 Reclassification $2,609 $3453 1454 1,599 1728 954 989 1289 AMERIGANS CHOSEN FORLIQUOR PARLEY Will Confer on Border Rum- Running With Canadians at Ottawa. 209z Un&er $2,405 1214 1,495 732 The American commission for:the prohibition conference in Ottawa, Canada, beginning November 2, . to take up the question of border smug- &liug, is being chosen, it was learned today. The conference, which will open the last week of this month with no time limit set for its duration, has been the subject of much - consideration within the last few days on the part of the American government. Headed by Judge McKenzle Moss, in_charge of the collection of the revenues and prohibition, it was un- ably include representatives of three government departments as follow: G. E. Baren, Department of Justice; Willlam R. Vallance, State Depart<| ment; J. P. Crawford of the Treasuty. and probably Judge, J. J; Britt; gen. eral counsel for the prohibition unit. Bureau Heads Canadians. The commiesion, it is understood, will confer with the Canadian repre. sentatives, to be headed by the Cana- dian minister of customs and excise, Jaocques Bureau. The American del | gation will probably leave Waching- jton the third week in November. While the problem of preventing smuggling of liquor into the United States from ‘Canada over the border will probably be 'the major subject under discussion, .it was understood | that there would also be taken up matters inctdent to the two-power treaty practically agreed to yesterday in London by Ambassador Harvey and Lord Curzon, the British foreign secretary. Information concerning the treaty = London so far reaching Washing- t8n has not revealed whether it iy also to be signed by a representative of the Dominion of Canada. It was thought in some circles here, how ever, that the composition of the dif- ferences achieved in the prohibition treaty would facilitate the progress of the negotiations in Ottawa In a general way. - —_— From Yesterday's 5:80 Edition of The Btar, BRUTALTY N ARy CHARGES UP AGAN Charges that Sergt. Willlam Cun- ningham < was .made the . vietim of - conspiracy, brutally assaulted,~and unjustly sentencedafter: court-mar-4 tial to Imprisonment at Leavenworth, becausg -of the part he took In in-. vestigating a 32,000,000: theft of Army material at Kelly ‘Field;.Tex., ;are to be investigated.a second time by the War Department. Secretary Weeks /sald he person- ally had read the papers in the case ot Sergt. Cunninghani, and belleved Cunningham was jusfly convicted. He 8dded, however, that the charges by. Willlam Keating, Secretary. orn:f.':. { Central, Committee of Public Opinfon, Brooklyn, N. Y., would be given atton tion by the judge advocate general ana the inspector general of the Army. Many of the allegations contained in the papers filed by Mr. Keating were made by Cunningham himselt about two.years ago, and at that time were investigated by four officials, each acting in a separate capacity and all coming to the conclusion that Cunningham had been justly conviet. ed_and .that his charges were not founded in fact. Washington Owned . .Site_ of Memorial Shooters Hill, in Alexandria, Va. the site "of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, was once the proper- ty of the first president of the United States. This land was proposed by Jefferson and Adams for the site of the Na- tional Capital, but Washington objected to the plan because he owned the property, ~The first President “was ‘the ‘Worshipful - Master of rAlexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22. This lodge owns the “tamous Willlams portrait of ‘Washington, by many consider- ed the most truthful of all the many portraits of him ‘extant. assistant secretary of the Treasury | derstood the commissfon would prob- | Bible and three other past grand | | masters carried before and behind it |the lesser lights of Masonry. ~ ° | With the working tools of their {offices the grand master, the grand { sonfor warden and the grand junior | warden tried the stone and found it ‘true, trusty and well laid"” Having {thus made it possible to continue | with the ceremony, the grand master |invited the visiting grand mastere to deposit within it some memorial | appropriate ‘of this generation, Thus | each state is represented by a token | within the stone. In addition a holy Bible and an American flag and | literature describing the origin and growth of -the natlonal Masonic memorial movement were deposited. By three distinct movements, be- tween each of which the grand honors were bestowed, the stone was then lowered into place by “operative” Ma- sons. The actual -consecration con- sisted of pouring the “corn of plenty, | the wine of joy and the oil of blessed- ness” upon the stone, which was done |in turn by the grand master, the !grand senfor warden and the grand | junior warden. A few minutes later the architect of the building examined the work, de- clared that the craft had performed its duty well, and the grand master formaliz pronounced the corner stone of American Free Masonry's greatest shrine laid “in due and ancfent form.” Day to Be Remembered. Long after those who helped to lay the corner stone on_ Shooters Hill here have passed on Alexandria will remember today as perhaps the Rreatest in its history. Schools were | closed and business houses drew their blinds, while the whole populace turned upon the streets to add their tribute to the man who once was such a famillar figure in its daily 1ife The sidewalks were black from curb to buildéng line with expectant s&pe tators, who heeded not chilling winds as they waited for more than an hour for the greatest pageant that has ever'stepped upon the' soil of old Vir- ginia to pass. It was the heart of Masonry pas: ing in review to heonor one of its most llustrious past masters, George | Washington, who presided over a! lodge in Alexandria long before the fraternity had even barely started toward its great achlevements of to- | day. A More than 20,000 men were in the 1né, of h, which started from King and Washington streets shortly before 11 o'clock, headed by a platoon | |of ‘mounted police, commanded by | Chjef Marshal Col. Kenneth W. Ogden. Trmedl; behind marched Persh- | Ing’s OwmeBand, from the Washington | barracks. The first division was oc-| cupjed by detachments of the numer. ous' units of the nation's armed| forces. In it were three companies| of infantry from Fort Washington, | !three companies of engineers from Fort Humphreys, with their own band; a -battalion of United States marines from Quantico, led by the fa- mous Quentico Band of 100 pieces: i three troops of ‘cavalry and two bat. teries of artillery from Fort Myer, led by the famous Fort Myer mounted cavalry band, and 500 sailors from | the cruises Richmond, the largest and | | fastest of=all armored cruisers in the | Navy. With the bluejackéts marched the United States Navy Bapd. It wan the greatest array of milifary and naval forces ever séen here. ™ Govermor in Parade. The citizens’ committee of’ Alex- andria, led by James R. Caton, jr., headed the second division. 1In itrode Mayor Willlam A. Smodt, Gov. E. Lee Trinkle and his entire staft and the municipal -government officers of Alexandria. Thelr silver swords flashing in the bright morning sun, the Knights Templar presented a never-to-be-for- gotten spectacle as they marched up - King - street in line formation. Row upon row, their white and black chapeaux in_sharp contrast to their black uniforms, they swung through cheer- ing throngs to the foot of the great memorial they helped to dedidhte to- day. The Templars occupied the en- tire third division, and brought with them half a score of-bands. They came.from every part of the United States, -miost conspicuously represent- éa being Maryland, Massachusett: Pennsylvania, N¢w York, New Jersey. Delaware, Tennéssee, Missouri and Michigan. S “Immediately behind _the knights came the blue lodge Masoms, com- pletely filling the fourthimnd ALy di- visions,,: It was. shid that euery one of the in the Upited’States wag:represented in’that great body, which (¥ the true hekrt of Freemasonry. Every mam wore his white apron, the bafige of a ason, and white gloves. There were: housands . .of thém here. not only. jfrom :the ;United '’ States, but-Canada and Cuba as well. In tite fifth divi- sion also marched the District of Co- lumbia and Virginia Masons, headed by the band of the Knights Templar commandery of Charlottesville, Va. Almas Band ‘Honored. Almas Temple Band ‘was accorded the honor of escorting the sixth di- vision, in which rode the imperial otentate ofithe Shrine. ‘It was the Bonor division of the parade, for in it were Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22; Frederioksburg Lodge, No. 4, and_Potomac Lodge, No. 5, the,latter of Washington. .It was over: Alex- andria-Washington Lodge that Wash- ington presided as master.. In the little room .in Fredericksburg, Va, where the Fredericksburg Lodge met.| he was “raised” a master Mason, and Potomat Lodge of Washington' had charge of the ceremonies of layin the corner: stone. of the first Unite States Capitol, at which Washington |' Alexandria - lodge; presided. . The the other two, marched bétween which acted as a gueyd of honor. Bringing up the last diviston were the grand officers, who conducted the | actual dedicatory services. First came the Grand Lodge of. Virginia and its guests, the grand masters of every, urisdiction in the United States. B ind them rode the Grand Command- ery officers, followed by thé past grand commanders. The grand high priest of Virginia, visiting . grand chapter miembers, grand chapter of- fice: past grand h priests and Grand Council officers rode next. The grand master of Virginla and eight automobiles. carrying -distinguished guests ended the procession. Additional Masonic ‘Memorial news| will be found on pages 4 —_— It is estimated that 93 per cent of. the -ooean-floor fs° entirely ésvold of plant lite, - e LS IClub, a singing organization {doomed for disappointment regarding | he said, 17,000.and more jurisdictionsy, | TALKS and TALES With and About CAPITAL’S GUESTS When the spooks fly low, And the goblins prance, And the witches ride On a broomstick lance— Well néver ‘mind the rest of it! Halloween came in on record time, remained its allotted period and made a graceful exit at midntght midst the | mirth and merriment of reveling thousands gathered at many of the city's hotels. Hardly had the Investment Bank- ! ers’ Association of America adjourn- ed its big convention at the New Wil- lard Hotel and the incoming delega- tions of Madter Masons, here for the George Washington memorial exer- | cises at Alexandria, been comfortably | quartered than the black cat and| pumpkin departments of the hostelry | were swooped down upon and in nhor[: order everything was in readiness for the annual dance of the Kallipolis Grotto, which was held 4n the large baliroom of the house, In close proximity and with equally attractive settingg many young folks sang, danced and made merry as guests of the Washington Interchapter, Council of the National Fraternity of | Delta Sigma Phi, while on the lower floors of the hotel hundreds of regu- lar patrons crowded around small tables in honor of the occasion. Next door, at the Hotel Washing- ton, another huge body of Masons, ! the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, kept | the office force busy earlier in the evening, and when they were taken care of this house, too, tidied up lt!' “rose” room for the Marylanders | trom | the University of Maryland, and for} more than six hours witches, gob- lins, spooks and weird music kept all in high spirits. Over at the Ebbitt House the “crystal” room was tastily decorated invellow and black to make more ap- propriate the occasion of the pretty dance_given by the Filipino Commu- | nity Center for its many friends and members, while up at the Hotel La Fayette the same care was taken by its’ management for the ball given by the Iota Chi Fraternity. The Ar- lington Hotel had as its Halloween guests about 100 members of the Mo- tion -Picture Exhibitors’ Association of Maryland, Virginia and the District | of Columbia, all of whom will prob- ably admit’ that spooks are still spooking. Never in the history of the great| Emplire state has an off-year elec- tion caused so much excitement and such a bitter fight as that which will be decided next Tuesday, when Gov. Al Smith will know whether or not he is to have a democratic lower house In the state legislature to aid | him during the remainder of his term. | Trat the popular offictal will be disappointed in 8o far as that phase ! of the election is concerned is the! firm conviction of .C. P. Tyrrell of | Syracuse, secretary-treasurer of the | Proprietary Association of America, composed of the drug and medicin manufacturers of the country, who is at the New Willard Hotel to attend an executive session of the body to- da: “New York's next assembly will be | stronger republican than it is at| present,” sald Mr. Tyrrell. “The up- state republicans are sticking to- gother, and despite Gov. Al's whirl- wind campaign through the section, the Tammany - backed official is| the lower house. Never have I seen | such a fight. In several of the larger | ities, too, the mayoralty contests have taken on proportions of a presi- dential fight, and in Syracuse, where it is almost a certainty that former Commissioner of Public Works George | Soherer, republican, will defeat the; democratic . incumbent, Mayor John | H. Walraith, the campaign has been thrilling.” - Asked about sentiment in his sec- tion over the national situation, Mr. Tyrrell said that President Coolidge, was most highly thought of by the! republicans of the state. “No, we will have no favorite son in the race.” smiled the drug officlal. “Tt fs a lit- tle too early for us to think about| Senator Jimmie Wadsworth, but some day, ah, some day.” And his face lit- erally beapted. “And moreover,” continued Mr | Tyrrell, “I find people in all sections of the country- immensely pieased | with the present occupant of th. ‘White House, and not all republicans | at that. It is generally felt_that he | is dependable and safe. I travel every state in the Union each yea: and consider myself competent t judge the way the wind blow Then, throwing out his chest, th New Yorker proudly told how his home town would become a_regular man’s size oity next year. “Yes, sir,” | “Syracuse has passed the 175,000 ‘mark in population, which entitles it to be classed as along with New York, Buffalo and Rochester. We will have our special charter and everything, so the first thing you want to do is to slip up that way and see how we've progressed. Despite extraordinary precautions taken by the government of - late, Amerlca is st criminally wastefui with its forest lands, and this from SECOND RACE_Justor Stesplochase; throe- :u..u.’- i purse, §3,000; two. 3 . Lawrenes..... 187 otch. Hory Dattas . 140 bow? Tacker 1Five d2-claimed for rider. RACE—YFor "ail ; .r‘r:o sz furlongs. . 138 ¥ o 100 TE RACE—Two-yeerolds; claiming; ; six furlongs. - 120 Yankee Princess. 110 Xixia .. SIXTH RACE—The Pimlico Autumn Handi- oup; three-vearolds; $5,000 added; ome mile 224 » quarter. yoar-olds and upward; ixteenth, o . 188 Ja line Julisn. 108 Transom D11z MOl Smican.n.. 108 Polly Ann... ;0] 107 tBun Thistle +Three pounds claimed for rider.~ “Apprentice sllowanos Webther cies MRS. STOKES ON STAND. Never Visited E. T. Wallace Missourl, She Testifies. NEW YORK, November 1.—Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes today took the witness stand in her own defense at the retrial of W. E. D. Stokes’ suit for divorce. She reviewed at considerable length her acqualntance with Edgar T. Wal- lace, named as the chief corespondent, and made a _denial of her husband's allegation. She denied she had ever visited Wallace at Bunceton, Mo., a8 had been alleged by Mr. StoKes. “In your visits to New York before your marriage were you always ac- companied by some ane”” asked her counsel, Samuel Untermyer. “Always chapgroned. o Chacolet . in has been at the Hotel La Fayette for several days. “Of course, drastic steps have been taken to preserve our timber in the last ten vears, yet there is much to be done to reach the efficlency neces- sary along thesc lines,” said Mr. Ni- cola with a sigh in his voice. “It i gratifying to note the interest now being displayed in reforestation proj- ects, and if such 1s continued accord ing to plans now being formed it is possible that much of the damag will be entirely offset.” It was learned from the Cleveland dealer that more and more lumber is being shipped to the United States from the Philippine Islands and that last year the Manilla Lumber- Com- pany, of which former Senator Fas- sett of New York is head, did a heavy business with this country. Mr. Nicola said further that his home town was going ahead in leaps and bounds: that building was on the gigantic order, and genernl most sat] “Cleveland people,” continued the Ohioan when the irresistible ques- tion was put, “are strongly in favor of President Coolidge being given ample opportunity to prove his worth. They, as well as all Ohio republicans, are highly gratified with the way he has fulfilled President Harding's policies, and I feel safe in saying that it is highly probable thmt state will indorse his nomination to succeed himself. Dropping into the Hotel Shoreham just in time to see a flock of invest- ment bankers make for waiting taxis to take them to the station, a tall, black-haired, sad-eyed man was en- countered in the writing room watch- ing the merriment. he usual bow and -exchange of greetings proved him to be Perry 1. Kennerly, a full-blooded Indlan of the Blackfoot tribe of Montana, there 0 keep an appointment with a noted awyer from_the west. Few are better known at the Indian ureau here than Mr. Kennerly, who is a graduate of the Carlisle School and a lawyer of no . mean abllity Reticent almost to the point of bash- fulness when asked for an opinion on conditions in Montana, the 108 per cent American looked out the window as he replied “Fairly good.” All was in readiness to draw him out on the political situation when the hotel orchestra cut loose with a weird-sounding tum-tum piece that must have caused the call of the blood, for suddenly a strange light came into the black eyes,. a slight shiver ran over' the splendid form, none. other than C. A. Nicola of Nicols, Stoneé & 'Myers, Cleveland, | Ohlo, wholesale lumber dealers. who and not knowing exactly whether hi carried a tomahawk the subject wa; dropped and we parted good friend; THE MIXER Saturday Banking Houfrs: 9:30 A.M. to 12 5:30 P.M. to 8 P.M Fo Observe the men whom you come in r One We lith contact. i Note the successes— ask them about their _savings habits. And the Failures— ask them, too. T hen---when yoy are convinced that a/sav- ings account is éessen- tial and count in our iently located to success, come in open a savings ac- onven- iavings department, and save regularly, as you will find all successful men are 4 doing. j coln National Bank