Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1923, Page 2

L NEW HIGH SCHOOLS MAY BE NECESSARY Ballou, However, Says Prop- er Expansion of Junior ' System Will Meet Need. Additional high schools similar to Central and new Eastern must be constructed eventually In the District of Columbla or the high school en- rollment will have to be accommo- dated in the junior high schools, Supt. ¥rank W. Ballou polnts out in the fourth section of his annual report, made public today. School officials, however, Dr. Bal- lou sald, hope that by the establish- ment of a system of junior high schools it will be unnecessary to erect another new high school in Washington for some years to come. “Since the junfor high schools ac- commodate both elementary and high school puplls,” declared the super- intendent, “they serve a double pur- pose In relleving congestion. Obvi- ously it will take several junior high schools to accommodate as many high school pupils as would be acommo- dated in one senior high school.” New Schools Needed. There is immediate need, Dr. Bal- lou emphasized, for new junfor high schools in Georgetown, in the vieinity of the Fillmore School; in the north- east, in the vicinity of the Taylor school; in the northwest, between Cleveland Park and Chevy Chase; in Mount Pleasant and near Rock creek and 20th street. The southwest junior high school could be provided by con- verting the Jefterson School into that type of buflding, Dr Ballou said, while the conversion of the Powell School into a junior high school meets needs in Mount Pleasant. “From 1020-21 through 1923 the net Increase in enrollment in the high £chools was 3,302 puplls, or an annual increase of 1,101 puplis. This is a striking indorsement of the program of secondary education of the Diatrict of Columbia,” the report said. “Taking the period from 1913-1914 through 1922-1923 as a whole, the net increase of the high schools of Washington is 5,015 pupils. making the average annual increase 501 Pyplls each year. To accommodat satisfactorily these pupils the equi lent of three high school buildings equal in size to the Eastern High School would have been necessary. Eastern Getting Crowded. “The new Eastern High School, with accommodations for 1,500 pupils, was opened on March 1, 1923. There were 1,260 puplls enrolled In the school. and transferred to the new building. It is confidently expected that the enrollment will approximate- Iy reach the capacity of the bullding during the school years of 1923-1924. “School bulldings in Washington continue to be inadequate in quan- tity and most of them unaatisfactory in quality to take care of the school vopulation,” the report continued. The annual increase in enrollemnt in elementary schools is at a greater rate during the past three years than it was during the preceding period. From 1913 to 1920, the average an- ual Increase was 786 pupils per year, whereas the average annual increase during the past three years was 870 puplls per year. The annual increase in enrollment of 870 pupils requires an increase of 2 classrooms. At the prevalling cost of $17,000 or $38,000 per classroom, the increased emroliment alone rep- resents, and requfres, an _annual ex- penditure of $400,000. The present congestion in the schools of Wash- ington is the result of not having met squarely these demands due to normal growth.” MRS. J. F. KIDWELL DIES. Mrs. Carrie Virginia Kidwell, a resi- dent of Washington all of her life, died at her home, 820 D street south- west, yesterday. Funeral services will ‘be conducted at the residence Friday at 2 o'clock. Interment will be_in the Congressional cemetery. She & survived by her husband, .James F. Kidwell, and five children. MORE POLICE DECLARED NEEDED FOR TRAFFIC (Continued from First Page.) but that some of them were not ob- served by the motorists and not en- forced by the police. Amomg the regu- lations which he cited as being con- stantly violated were: The white lines, designating pedestrian right of way at street intersections, and right of way for autotmobiles at corner: ‘Ures Restrictions on Motoris Additional restrictions on motor- 1sts to protect pedestrians were urged on the committee by Mr. Bennett. The pedestrian, he sald, was threatened with capital punishment {f he violated a traffic law, because he had no means of defense against a heavy automobile in the street. Senator Ball, at this point, asked the witness if the motorist was not threatened with the same type of an- wihilation If he violated a traffic law and came Into a collision with another car. The witness replied that he was speaking solely of the pedestrian and Lis use of the public streets. Preventable accidents, said Mr. Ben- nett, are caused by either incompe- tence or reckless driving. He urged that immedlate steps be takep to tliminate, ns far as possible, The two class: as users of the street. Proof Up to Driver. He gugested that in case of an acci- dent Th which a pedestrian and auto- mobile figured the burden of proof should rest on the motorist, and that, 17 found guilty, the license to operate the automobile’ be taken away for a period of not less than six months. On second and third offenses he advo- cated that not only should thie licenses be taken away, but that the car should in some manner be restricted from b ing licensed for any driver, At yesterday afternoon's session of the committee Thomas H, MacDonald, chief of the bureau of public roads of the Department of Agriculture, ex- ylained to the committee the relation ©f vehicles to the deterioration of the He fllustrated for the committee by means of photographs the impact force on the road when a heavy vehicle passes over it. He urged that overloading of trucks ve regulated to prevent those deterio- rations and that a 28,000-pound lond for any vehicle be the maximum In the District. Varies With Seasom. He gave the committee some in- teresting facts In regard. to road building, pointing out that with cer- tain materials used in the subgrad- ing of roads the strength of the road- way was materially different in the summer and winter. In the summer, he asserted, when the soll was dry, the roadway was thirty or forty times stronger than in the winter when the so0il was wet. In dealing with truck leggsiation, he told the committee that in his opinfon restricted routes sitould be mapped out in Washington so that heavy trucking would not be carried on in the residential section to the detriment of the paving. ‘W. Nu um demonstrated a device before the committee, which he sald was designated to pro- mote additiona] safety for motorists gnd D ans. | > road system. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGT Black, Mysterious, Mystical X Held to Span Science and Faith Lecturer Describes Unsolved Riddle of All Life. Says Pure Evolution Is in Discard as Explanation. Why do you tip your hat when vou meet & girl you know on the street? Answer this question and you will have told whence man is, and why you yourself are different from a Pollywog or a mudworm. You will have solved the mysterious X in the j problem, one end of which is sclence and the other end mysticism. Practically all American evolution- Ists recognize the existence of this of the bureau of American ethnology here, In a lecture before the Anthro- pological Soclety of Washington in the National Museum yesterday af- ternoon. This recognition. he holds, the doctrines of Darwin and Huxley, and Is the bridge upon which science and all veligions can meet in peace Reason for Tippinz Hat. You tip your hat to the girl you meet on the street, sald Herbort Spen- cer, greatest of Darwin's direct fol- lowers, as a symbol that you are not scared she will swat you over the head with a meat ax. originated when armored knights re- moved their helmets in the presence of friends to show that they trusted those around not to assassinate them. Then it grew into a sign of courtesy. But, says Dr. Swanton, what made the fdea come that transformed this act into a customary politeness be- tween ladles and gantlemen rather than a signal of fearlessness—for certainly vou don't think the girl is golng to split yvour brain in two as soon as she finds {t unprotected? There was some mysterlous influence at work, he holds, which evolution does not explatn. Here Is another problems—bridge the gap from pointed log to the Leviathan in terms of evolution. It reads, express ed mathematically, something like this: Leviathan—pointed log plus A (hollow pofnted log) plus B (three or four pointed logs hollowed and tied together) plus C (canoe or board boat) plus D (two or three board boats tied together) plus all the rest of the letters in the alphabet, each standing for some phase .n Uie: de- velopment of boats, plus the m stes ous mystical X, which represents every mew idea which distinguishes the great ocean liner from a pointed log. Whence came the ideas. D Swanton asks, which cannot be ex- plained purely in terms of accident? Men of pure sclence call it X, men of religion call it God, and it is re- sponsible for each stage In the orok:- ress of the human race {rom savag- ery. Two Evolutionary Schools. There are two schools, Dr. Swan- ton explained, each with some fol- lowers. One holds that all innov; GOLDEN RULE DINNER WINS SUPPORT HERE Princess Cantacuzene and Assist- ant Secretary Roosevelt Give Indorsements. of Dr. Swanton a Princess Julia Cantacuzene and Col. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secre- tary of the Navy, have added their indorsements of the international golden rule dinner to that of Presi- retary Weeks, Secretary “Davis and other* officials. In countries all over tne world on December 2 a simple meal, such as is gerved orphans under the care of the e Eaat Rellef, will be eaten. The dinner had its inception at a confer- ence in Geneva last September, when representatives of fourteen nations considered the plight of the orphans. wish to heartily indorse servance of international Golden Rule Sunday,” declared Mr. Roosevelt. “I am glad to add my word of in- dorsement to the many vou will get.” Qeclared Princess Cafitacuzene. —_— COOLIDGE ASSURES U. S. EMPLOYES PAY RATINGS WILL BE INVESTIGATED (Continued from First Page.) has no bearing in the case Cer- tain representatives of the persannel classification board had the temer- ity to state that if grade 9 seemed the loglcal classification for the auditing clerks every effart would be made to place them in grade 7 amd 8. Such arbitrary action would nullify the scope of the reclassifica- tion law. “Even If the present rate of pay is abnormally below the minimum, the fact of low pay range should not pre- clude the placing of employes in the indicated in the B ule. The only differance is that the employes' pay might have been minimum of grade 9 and no objection would have been made, hut when the range is from say $1,000 upward for the same work, the argument about economy creeps in endeavoring to jus- tity the injustice of placing in three grades the same work. “The intent of Congress when pass- ing the cuum;nmn act of 1923, was to classify work, some that Congress might kill the re classification bill by not appropriat. ing money to COVer increas:s as con- templated, simply is 1 very pior ex- cuse for placing empioves doing simi- lar, it not fdentlcal work n three rades, two of which do mot cover e 'duties performed. “As the matter now stands an im- aginary and arbitrary ‘subdivision into three grades. by what means nobody knows. will ployes in grades clerks are now 8§ and 9 These performing similar, if not identical. work, and nothing but & high filght of imagination could make such a subdivision inte the above grades. A logical conclu slon is that reclassification of work is not the aim, but that by loosely grouping clerks in separate grades with a flexibility not granted by the context of the alassification schedule, the total outlay will be approximately the same as under the present archaic system. “The law of the classification act of 1923 plainly says: One grade shall cover the same duties and those re- cetving less than the minimum shall be advanced to the minimum rate of the proper grade. Such an allocation as have been made in this particular instance in grades seven, elght and nine is unfair, unjust and unreason- able, No real excuse can be offered for the classification. “We further petition that the em- ployes_allocated to grades seven and eight be reallocated to grade nine, and that each one signing -this pro- test be cross-referenced In the files of the personnel classification board, 20 that this protest shall be the basis of an_ individual review from the present tentative ratings.” X, according to Dr. John R. Swanton | | constitutes a radical departure from | The custom | it a sign of courtesy? From where did dent Coolldge, Secretary Hughes, Sec- | the ob- | classification | scaled upward to approximately the; and the fear held by | ‘place the em-: | | | | | DR. JOHN R. SWANTON. tions are the result of subconsclous urge and the other that they are the result of conscious cholce or, in the terms of religion, will power. He claimed that it was becoming more and more difficult to hold with the first school, since the subconsclous self Is incapa of initiative, is plastie, lik C but cannot be hardened The present theory is, he | expluined, that the will, operating In a mysterious way, introduces new things and the subconsclous self transmits them to others. Thus language, it ‘was explained, s almost entirely a matter of the subconsciol since to explain it otherwise would be to grant that avages who have made no progress whatsoever In other lines have been able to build up intricate grammatical systems. The eclement of the new, Dr. Swan- ton said, has not been explained by blology. Practically the only effort in this direction, he explained, was made by Darwin himself, who said that the progress of life was due first to natural selection and, sec- ond, to “accidental variation.” What uses the uccidental varfation, Dr. Swanton asked, if it is not X itself? ‘Anthropology’s long search after X, Dr. Swanton said. justified the existence of the science, since by ving the eauation even partially it would be possible to tell why an- clent Greece was great, why Ger- many was great during the days of Goethe, why Italy was great in the days of the renaissance and pos- cibly to reproduce in any age th conditions that brought about this Ereatness No Unbroken Path. At any rate, It is demonstrated, he id, that there is no unbroken path backward anywhere. Every line of human endeavor and the construction of the hun n body itseif is broken by an infiaite number of X signs representing the places where a mys- t ous force has stepped into na- | ture. The meeting was attended b Washington's most prominent expo- nents of evolution. At the conclusion of Dr. wanton's ress Dr. TrumaniMichelson, presi- t of the society, asked Is there here cxplain X7 The room was VET BUREAU INQUIRY REPORT READY DEC. 15 (Continued from First Page.) who can \ silent. { rkers) who have glven their services free and without | any recognition by name. They hav served vigilantly, promptly and-faith- fully.” Addressing Gen. O'Ryan rectly, Senator Reed added: I desire also to give public recog- nition to the very remarkable ca- | pacity for organization which you | have displayed in this work. And I |cannot testify too highly to _the fairness and fearles with which ! you have performed rur task.” \ Fund Not Exbausted. Announcing that to date the com- | mittee had expended less than $15.000 | of the £20,000 appropriation which the | Senate voted to it, Senator Reed said | he thought th mittee “can fairly |claim that there was no waste of money on our part while we were in- ‘\'rsflflflfln).’ the waste of' public | funas.” Gen. D'Ryan, (the volunteer w n, in referring to a | charge that R.'C. Routson, am official |of the bureau, had withheld papers from the committee investigators told the committer that he believes Mr. Routsong had ng intention of ob- structing the work of the committee, | “although that was to some extent the result of his actions.” “I believe hig attitude.” Gen. O'Ryan | said, “was due solely to a misdirected zeal which was in furtherance of a belief that the morale of the bureau would best be served by a strict con- servation regarding public disclosure of bureau business.” Tax on Radio. — | To the Editor of The Star: One of old has said: “There place so strong but that an ass laden | With gold will break into it" To | paraphrase upon this. it may be said | that there ig no invention by man for the bénefit of soclety so great or in- | significant but that the government, whether it be national, state or mu- nicipal, will endeavor to levy a tax ypon it. I desire to express through your columns my resentment at,_the decree 0f Maj. Sullivan te the effect that radiophone fans be compelled to pay the sum of $2 for the privilege of stringing a wire from one pole to an- | other on the roof of their homes, usu- aily & atstance of approximately fitty cot. | A statement Is contained in the news columns of The Star for November 20 {to the effect that this action is not for ithe purpose of raising revenue for | Washington. What process of reason- ing can one use to come to any other logical conclusion? Is the electrical department of Washington doing this to serve the selfish interests of some insurance underwriters? The public is no doubt awaiting the day when the city health commissioner will hand down a simllar decree to the effect | that owners of homes must pay $2 for ithe privilege of stringing a clothes-. line from one fence to another, under the guise of determining to what ex- tent and In what manner the family washing is hung. The analogy 8 obviously a fair one. I do not object to spending two dol- lars additional on my radio set. Nel- !ther am I a chronic complainer with irespect to the rules and regulations under which the city must be govern- ed, but I submit that eve v liw-abid- ing radio set owner In Wasaington +has just cause for complaint against the principle involved in this recent ruling. 1 do not believe it is s.und at law and it is centainly most un- just, 1 invite constructiva criticlsm to this subject through your columns. —THOMAS HUDSON McKEE. —_— 40,000 GALLONS SEIZED. Raiders Get Record Amount of Hard Cider. BURLINGTON, Conn., November 21. —Prohibition agents yesterday seized 40,000 gallons of cider on the farm of Elliott Alderman and arrested Al- derman and his two sons, who are charged with violating the state pro- hibition law. The clder is described by the agents, as “hard.” They left 20,000 gallons of sweet cider. It is the largest seiz- ure.of the kind on record in the wtate. is no CHEERS FOR WILSON ATU.D. G: SESSIONS Pilgrimage to Home of For- mer President Is Planned. The south unquestionably has its heroes and revered men of the past, but if“the expression of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is rep- resentative of its hero worship of to- day, Woodrow Wilson {s among thos foremost in the hearts and minds of the southern people. The meeting: of the thirtieth annual convention of the United Daughters are turning Lmo love feasts for the former Presi- ent. Manifest last night, the feeling was again shown today, wher dur- ing the roll call of states some dele- gatos from the far end of the ball- room at the Willard, broke the rou- tine of roll call with the ery “Three icheers for Woodrow Wilson!" The cheers were glven long and loud, every delegate and page rising to her feet, their voluminous cheers gchoing and re-echoing through the large ballroom. The old rebel yell started by a group at one side of the room was heard above every other sound. Upon the completion of the roll calls an announcement was made by Mrs. Maud Howell Smith, chairman of the entertalnment committee, that although an invitation to Mr. Wilson to be present at one of the meetings had been declinéd because of the con dition of his health, an attempt was now being made to obtain permission for the Daughters to attend in a body a pllgrimage to his residence tomor- Tow afternoon, at which time the or- ganization was scheduled for a sight- seeing tour. Mrs. Smith announced that definite knowledge would be secured by o'clock this evening, and that she folt sure ‘that the Daughters would be permitted “to catch a peep of him.”" Following thlr announcement the membership again rose to their feet and cheered lustily. The morning’s session was opened by an invocation by Rev. Dr. Clovia Chappell of the Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South. Commit- tee reports were made by the follow ing: Credentials committee, by Mrs. Telfair Hodgson: program committee. by Mrs. Walten E. Hutton: rules and regulations, by Mrs. W. J. Gwynne, annual report of the president gen eral, Mrs. Livinston Rowe Schuyler, and the reports of the various general officers. Sculptor in Brief Address. A brief address was glven by Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of the Stone Moun- tain Confederate Memorial. Mr. Borg- lum stated that it was practically certaln that the head of Lee would be finished In basic outline upon the mountain by Lee's birthday, January 15. He declared that the work of the central figures, which included that of Lee, is now well' under way, and that the money for this group had been entirely raised by the residents of Atlanta. He urged upon the Daugh- ters the co-operation of its soclety, pointing out that the vision of the jundertaking had been born in their meetings. 1t was declared that Hollins N. Ran- dolph, president of the memorial asso- clation, and himself would call at the White House tomorrow to pay their respects to President Coolidge. Reception by Mrs, Coolidge, It was announced at todav's session that the delegation would be received at the east entrance of the White House at 3 o'clock this afternoon by Mrs. Coolidge, following which, at 4:15 o'clock, the memorial services wouid be held at the Willard. Tonight at § o'clock will be & reception given by the Southern Society of Washingto: The roll call of states today was a picturesque affair. Thirty-six states were represented, as well as a chapter from France. Each state responded to the call by presenting their flag and singing a southern or state &ong. Melodiex of ‘Dixle," ‘Swanee River,"” My Old Kentucky Home" and “Mary- 1and, My Maryland,” sung in delight- ful harmony, filled the room at vari- ous times. s Wanted for Auto Trip. Citizens owning autos are urged to donte their cars with drivers for use in taking delegates to the U. D. C. convention to Arlington and short tour of city Thursday afternoon. The committee does not want this feature of the visit to the city to fail and appeals to the civie pride of all_auto owners. Please have cars on Penn- sylvania avenue in front of the White House at 1 o'clock Thursday the committee beg: TRIP TO ANNAPOLIS. By the Associated Pre ANNAPOLIS, Md.. November Several hundred delegatex attending the thirtieth convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in ses- sion at Washinkton. made a pilgrim- age to Annapolis this afternoon and participated in ceremonies attendant upon presentation to the Naval Acad- emy of & handsome painting of Com- modore Matthew Fontaine Maury, noted oceanographer and naval man The portrait occupies a conspicuous place on the wall of Maury Hall, one of the academic buildings named aft- er the commodore. The painting is the work of Miss E. Sophonisba Hergesheimer of Nash- ville, Tenn., who was present at the unvelling. It shows Maury, in full uniform, with a world globe on a ta. ble near his feet. The painting is from a portrait in the Navy Depart- ment ‘Washington. Mrs, Leonora Rogers Schuyler of New York city, president general of the United Daughters, presided over the exercises, and presentation of the portrait was made by Mrs. Charles Phillips of the Atlanta, Ga., chapter, the donor. The acceptance was by Rear Admiral' Henry B. Wilson, su- perintendent of the Naval Academy who introduced Dr. Alphonzen Smith, head of the department of English af the academy, as the speaker. Prof. Smith, after expressing the gratitude of the academy for the gift, recount- £d events and incidents in the life of Maury that made him a great naval man. ‘WILSON GIVEN OVATION. A rousing ovation to former Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson was given last night by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the opening session at the New Willard, when W. Donald Lee, commander-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, while extolling great heroes of the south and martyred Presidents, de- clared Wilson to be “the greatest of them all.” The great the Daughters of the Confederacy, gathering, comprising friends, numbering about 2,000 in ail. rose like one body to their feet and cheered and applauded for several min- utet 5 The meeting which marked the opening session was of ‘an entertain- ment nature and not a business meet- ing. Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, presi- dent of the District of Columbia divi- slon, presided. Those participating in .the program of addresses included Edward F. Colladay, president of the Board of Trade, who acted in the c: pacity of official representative of the board of District Commissioners; Gen. W. B. Halderman of Kentucky, com- mander-in-chief of the Confederate Veterans; Mr. Lee and Represent. tive Tom Consnally of Texas, who spoke in the place of Col. John Tem- ple Graves, who is il and Mrs. An thony Wayne Cook, president gen- eral of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. ~All the speakers re- plied to Mrs. Hutton's welcoming ad- dress, and extolled the Daughters of the Confederacy and of former south- ern leader: Rt. Rev. James Henry Darlington, Episcopal bishop of Harrisburg, Pa., ave the invocation, and Rev. §ames H. Taylor of the Central Pre, byterian Church pronounced the benediction. ~Those contributing to the musieal ON, D. C, WEDNESDAY l } Rspn;cnts D.C.On ;| G. 0. P. Committee | l MRS. HARRY WARDMAN. PICK MRS. WARDMAN AS LEADER OF G. 0. P. Neational Compittee Members Choose Her as Member for District. Mrs. Harry Wardman was today appointed republican national com- mittee woman for the District of Co- lumbla. The announcement was made by Edward F. Colladay, the republican national committeeman for the Dis- triot, after a conference with the chairman of the republican national committee. Mrs. Wardman assisted particularly in the financlal work done by the women of the District of Columbia in the 1920 campalgn. She has at- tended most of the meetings of women held by the republican state committee at the Wardman Park Hotel, and is thus familfar with the purposes of the party organization. It is expected that in co-operation with other prominent republican women she will organize the women of the District for an eftective politi- cal campalgn. Mr. Wardman has been active in every campalgn for many years. He 18 treasurer of the Harding and Cool- idge Club _— SHOT IN RAID ON STILL. Sperial Dispateh to The Star. ST. MARYS CITY, Md., November 21 —Wilson Spicer, colored, was wounded in & battle between revenue officers from Washington, D. €.. and moon shiners on a farm near here vesterd He is believed to be the victim of a moonshiner's bullet A still with a capacity of 1,000 gal- ns, 200 gallons of whisky and about 10,000 gallons of mash, besifies large quantities of ingredients for manufac- ture of whisky, were seized and de- stroved features, besides the Marine Band Orchestra, under the leadership of F. A. Mueller, included Miss Lillian Chenoweth, Earl Carbauh, Miss Joseph- tne Houston and Miss Mildred Fleenor. U. D. C. NOTES Confederate flags adorned the Wil- lard Hotel today, both fnside and out. Oveér the Avenue entrance a large “U. D. C." was placed in elec- tric light bulbs. 1t Is rumored that a discussion of the merits or criticlsms of the Drink- water play, “Robert E. Lee,” Is like- Iy to be brought up. The disposition of the Lee chapel at Lexington, Va. also is due for discussion, it is said. Attractive leather-bound pamphlet; entitled “Washington the Beautiful, containing hundreds of photographs of the nation's capital, were dis- tributed yesterday to every delegate. A tea and luncheon will be given the Tennessee delegates Friday at the City Club by Col. Wade Cooper and Guil Barber, both native sons. During the convention a bronze medal of honor will be shown by Mrs. J. A. Rountree of Birmingham, Ala. copies of which will be distributed free to all world war veterans who are descendants of Confederate Vet- Southern Socies v ton will hold a reception for the vis- iting Daughters_tonight at the Willard. The Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Association has opened infor- mation headquarters in room 928 of the Willard to distribute literature and pic- tures among the visiting delegates. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. FIRST RACE—Claiming: purse, $1.300; for maiden two-year-olds; six and one-Balf fur. Leonard G. B dadn Also eligible:” Belle Artiste *Maitland Vultille ... Belle of Plymo SECOND BACE—Claiming; purse, $1,3 ages; six and one-half furlongs, Buddie Kean..... 113 Jolly ....... 108 Far Eus 1 SApex ‘Wood Lady..... SEager ... Keenan Curtis Thessaly ... Colando T 38 Buoddo £ Turbulent oo Valentis Jacques e 114 urse: purse, i 1 Fime L, Herding i Strut ss Lizzie. it L. Roman Giri. o 104 Marie Martin s 103 Ecgerness © 104 Best Beloved... . 104 Fly Confederate veterans themselves and | Shamrock . 109 ceen i FOURTH RACE—The Tip Top handicap; purse, $1,600; all ages; six farlongs. i Hephaistos 116 Hallabaloo CHlamplain 114 {Stanwix - by Dey 108 Weliinder it 10 Eo Buifimiors 4d 108 S il 1 108 Toracadale o re e 0% g{:m Stable entry. oo pounds clal Tor rider. FIFTH RACE—The Rosemont purse; $1,400; for, three-yearcids; ons mi seventy yards, ral Thatcher. 111 Forest Lore...... 101 9.'{'" 277108 Moonraker .01l 108 B 101 Wild Drake. Flintatone 108 purse, an e 117 King Albert 1 107 108 [ 107 107 13 07 NOVEMBER 21 First D. C. Volunteer Infantry Il ¢ PALDT Celebrates Anniversay Date U s BUURT DENlES v of Washing- | , 1923, Body Mustered Out 25 Years Ago With High Tribute. Leaders Recount Heroic Record of Veterans. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the mustering out of the 1st District ‘|of Columbia Infantry on November 120, 1898, was commemorated last night at Franklin Square Hotel by members of the organization which took such an important part in the war with Spain. Maj. Gen. George H. Harries, who commanded the regiment, | was honor guest of the occasion. “Assembly” was sounded shortly after 8 o'clock and the color bearers with the same war-torn flag carried throughout the Cuban campalgn, marched to the head of the regiment where they were saluted by all pre ent. Standing at ‘“parade rest prayer was offered by the regimental chaplain, Rev. George Fiske Dudley, who accompanied the District vol- ’IIHl“erH to Cuba, paying tribute for ‘degarlenl me‘mhtn of the regiment. i Captain F. S. Hodgson, acting as master o of ceremonies, introduced. Past National Commander-in-Chief D:’Lnlel V. Chisholm of the Spanish War Veterans and now chairman of the natinoal legislative committee of that organization, who pald tribute to his comrades who participated in that eventful campaign, recalling the days of “98 more vividly tonight than at any other time during that past twenty-five years. It was the only army,” he sald, “of any war that was comprised entirely of volunteers and it was the first’ war to unite the north, east, south and west.” Col. Harries Speaks Maj. Gen. Harries, the next speaker, was received with rousing cheers. He said he couldn’t measure his pride over that splendid body of men who left the National Capital and of his sat- isfaction with the rcgiment, which, in his estimation, was far better than ones cf the Regular Army at that time. He told of the high compli- ments which he has heard from time to time since that war paid by mem- bers of high command in the Regular Army. He told of how the first or- ders called for a battalion from the District, and after putting up a fight at the War Department he finally suc- ceeded in obtaining authority to or- ganize a regiment. Gen. Harries told of the establish- ment of the first camp in Virginia and of the intention to name it Camp Harries, but which later was changed to Camp Alger, and how gratified Me | was that the latter naume was select- ed. He reminded his men of the police duty at Tampa, Fla., and the hard task it was considered. It was here that the District Band joined the outfit, belng “the same band which moved the Spanfards to surrender and moved the District regiment to fight,” he continued. He told how he was invited on three difterent occasfons by Gen. Merritt to send the District regiment to Philippines, and ins orders to that effect, Gen. Merritt left it up to Col. Harrl It was the colonel’s fdea to keep the command in the 5th Army Corps, and if the regiment had been sent to the Philip- pines he would have heen accused of cheating his regiment out of the Cu- ban campalgn. Gen. John I Rogers, continued. Col. Harries, wanted to make an_artillery unit out of the D trict regiment, because he liked. th outfit, and when he couldn't get it. he didn’t tke any of the volunteer or- ganizations. Gen. Harries then told of his after landing, to Siboney, where he went in search of ammunition. It was while overseas during the world | war that he met an officer whom he | recognized. The officer informed him | that the lust time he saw Gen, Harries was on J 17, 1898, when he was | riding a ho with his flashing saber, leading the "gang” (meaning the 1st District of Columbla Infantry) on Cu- ban soil, and every man singing “The Star Spangled Banner” On the day of the surrender of the Spanish troops, Gen. Harries said, it was his first experience where men cheered at a surrender by a corps order. As a regiment you did not have a superior in the war with Spain, he said. You men w at the \‘lrious’ camps what the other outfits were made of and the splendid morale of | the District outfit r loss from disease in regiment at home and abroad than any regular or voluntee regiment there heing but twenty-two deaths| from disease. Knew Majority of Men. In closing ha told of the ltouch which he was able to keep! | with his regiment, which in the world war was practically impossible owing to the large command s | colonel of the regiment he was able to call the names of practically > | per cent of his men. He spoke of the pleasure of the past twenty-five | vears of comradeship and before feaving last night shook hands with each member. Theodore Tiller, past the National Press Club, spok which Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, w a captain in the 2d United States Cavalry and provost marshal gen- eral in Cuba, greeted his former comrades. ien. Brett, wh iworld war in the Regular Army, told of the arrival of the District men at Montauk Point, Long Island, and of the wonderful reception accorded as they marched up Pennsylvania avenue. He remarked how soon the people forget and neglect those who {fought for their countr: Past Natlonal Commander-in-Chief John Lewis Smith of the Spanish- American War Veterans, who served as a private in the war of 1898 and as & commis: World war, said everything that the other speakers had said regarding the Cuban campaign was entirely true and, in his opinion, the soldiers were the ‘best that ever went out of the District. He urged an annual reunion of the members of the rei- ment. Company C, of which he was a member, had the largest turnout last night. He concluded by stating that if it hadn't been for the Grand Army of the Republic instilling pa- triotism in the men there wouldnt have been the well filled ranks in 1898 and in the world war. Civil War Veteran Speaks. Gen. John Clem, who entered the ciyil war as a drummer boy, was the next speaker, making a brief speech of the valuable lessons taught by his organization following that war. Col. Charles R. Dick, former senator from Ohio, who commanded the Sth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, said that it was a great war from the standpoint of achlevements compared with the civil war and the world war. It was the unification of the north and south within a period of a few months, while another great achievement was the accomplishment in the face of the unpreparedness which existed at that time. He had five sons who par- ticipated in the world war. At this point in the meeting Col. C. Fred Cook Introduced Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding the District of Columbia National Guard at the pres- ent time, who had just come from a meeting of varfous civic and military organizations in the National Capital at' the National Guard Armory. Be- fore Gen. Stephan addressed the vet- erans Col. Cook moved that the or- ganization follow the action of the other bodies referred to and indorse the movement for a modern National Guard armory for this city. His mo. tion was unanimously carried. Gen. h n_spoke.of the part the %‘I‘I’(’Hfi gfi’n\l"@u 08 tn e world visit, the District, § close | president of after was There was small- | T also served in the | ned officer during the | MAJ. GEN. GEORGE H. HARRIES., war, first being a part of the 29th Division and later being transferred to the 41st Division. In the last war 2,200 men entered from the District Natfonal Guard, 700 coming home with commissions, which, he said, spoke well for the training they had received. He then outlined the new military policy of the War Depart- ment and of the nine corps areas which had been established. He urged support of the armory movement which was badly needed here. The United States Navy Band, under the directorship of Charles Benter, rendered musical selections through- out the evening. The anniversary concluded with a buffet luncheon. BRITAIN INSTRUCTS CREWE AND ENVOYS WILL MEET TODAY (Continued from Firs needs must be supplied first: Nor- mal reparations deliveries, army re- quirements railroad requirements and all requirements of the occupied territories The first three categories are not paid for and are charged to the reichs, payable at an unknown future date The fourth must pay a 40 per cent tax to the French. Industrialists v they finance private business if deprived of this income. No manu- factured goods are being exported because ocks of such goods, belong- ing to practically all Ruhr concerns, were formally requisitioned by French last fall as a pledge for pa ment of the coal ta: No concerns have b ble yet to pay the coal tax, even under compromise ar- rangement with the French. The French are disposing of some of these stocks, but slowly so as not to harm French i But even when such sed for e port, it is only ble by spe French license on payment of a ta which the Germans say is %o high that it will make sale of .the goods impossible, The French administra- tion ording to German assertions, 18 ruinous to econo ¢ production, the French seeing nly material wealth and not realizing that the greatest wealth of the Ruhr is care- fully planned adjustment of its parts. Coal Belng Imported. For instance. a union mine at Dortmund normally works exclu sively to supply a factory in the same enclosure. Now the French demand a fixed percentage of all coal pro- duced, and this is sent to France, while the union factory imports coal, from England to replace it. The same thing Krupp works. This, according to the Germans, in- creases the cost sufficiently to wipe out any margin of profit. Even if agreements were reached everywhere (which appears likely to atter of many weeks at least) ¥ ption of normal nds on the railroads, which at present are far from satis Ty. ndustrial resumption it will be necessary to start special service on secondary raflway lines, which is a complex . " The administration appears unwilling to inaugurate this service without assurance from the industrialists _that they - will have busi the new trains. But the industrialists are unwillingto promise business unless they can by sure th will receive raw materials' regularly. \us mutual lack of confidence is another factor delaying business. Some German business men are con- vinced that the French are deliber- ately delaying resumption of railroad service in order to starve out the in- dustrialists. It is a_ widespread suspicion—un- fortunately apparently supported much that is published in Paris—that the French intend by force perm ntly to hamper or partially kill the Ruhr fron manufacturing business, so as to prevent its competing with the Erench. Another fear {s that the Prench intend to exact impossible {conditions of ahe industrialists and then declare a default and confiscate Ruhr industrial properties on a large scale. Needless to say, the French are equally suspiclous of Stinnes and his assistants with equally good rea- s « cannot they are A double mystery descends over Ruhr conditions with today's report- ed resumption negotintions be- tween German industrialists and French authorities, between Otto Wolff and the French for re- newal of their previous agreement Many observers had felt that the dramatic break in the' Stinnes-French negotiations last week was mostly bluff and that both were eager to come to an agreement. This appar- {ently is true. CHURCHES BACK COURT, PRESIDENT IS TOLD (Continued from First Page.) clal Service, Tts Dangers and Oppor- tunitie: hefore the joint session of the synod and its women's section “We are marking tim like the halting pilgrims of old we have com- pasfed cur little mountain long enough.” he continued. “Let the Christian_chureh feel the call to a great service: let it become consumed with a passion for the reqognition of law and justice and univirsal peace let it flame forth with intelligent and well directed zeal in the interests of a world brotherhood, and it wlil lorify its Divine Master and set for- ward that day when His soverelgnty shall be acknowledged by the chil- dren of men/ Bishop Freeman said that too long has the volce of the church been silent when great issues that have to do with human happiness were at stake, He urged that the Christian church assume its full responsibility for offecting needed soclal reforms in child welfare, domestic relations, industry and other flelds affecting human happiness. “The calmest of our world states- men have uttered warning upon warning,” Bishop Freeman said, “and still we of America continue on our way of proud isolation and fancied \security. ‘Selfish etatésmanship ~ blunders . happening now at the ! | attending by | WALTON PETITION Deposed Oklahoma Governor Will Appeal to Highest Tribunal. By the Astociated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., November 21.—Application of J. C. Walton, de- posed governor, for a restraining or- der to set aside the verdict of a sen- ate impeachment court, by which he was removed from office, was di missed today by Judge John H. Cot- teral, in United States district court here. Walton announced an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The deposed executive sought retroactive injunction to set aside the action of the senate court and re- store him into office, on ground that he was denled the right of a fair trial, to which he was entitled under the federal Constitution. He charges that a majority of mem- bers of the court were Ku Klux Klansmen, who acted in furtherance of a conspiracy between the Klan and the state legislature to remove him from office. The action today is a rehearing of the former governor's application whith was denied by Judge Cotteral the day before the fmpeachment trial started three weeks ago. At that time Judge Cotteral ruled that his court had no jurisdiction. along its unchristlan way and aban dons the world beyond our own con- fines to a situation that grows more perilous with each succeeding hour. “Difference of mind we may have 28 to method, judgment we must exercise as to the conditions under which our ald shall be given, but to deny the principle of some form of a federation of great soverelgn pow- ers in the interests of harmony and good will means to Imperil our own security and ultimately to deprive us of both the privileges and oppor- tunities of leadership among the na- tions of the world. “A great moral lssued is presented to us of America today. It is social service expressed in world terms; social service that may approximata more nearly the {deals of Christ than anything that has gone before. Shall it be lost because it Is made the sport of selfishly ambitious poli- ticlans, lost because the Christian church is too timld to give its whole- hearted support to some plan, whether it be a court for the adjudication of international differences or a finely concelved association of nations in the councils of which angry and hot- tempered disputants shall find that which reconciles and restores har- mony? “The voice of a united church, un- trammeled by party or racial se: tional feelings, may do more now, this very critical time, in the interests of universal brotherhood than has been afforded it at any period in human_history. “Be it sald to our shame that many of the reforms that have been effected in our day have come into being without the church's aid,” he con- tinued. “If we would recover the influence that has largely passed from us, we must with fixity of conviction and unity of purpose, cost what it may. align ourselves with those who are seeking to make this world a better and fitter place in which to live,” he said. “The church must either do this or abdicate its place as a direct- ing and controlling factor in the vital concerns of men.” Prohibition Indifference. Bishop Freeman declared that as a great agency the church was con- spicuously supine and indifferent to the evils which the liquor trafic had brought upon this country. “No definiteness of purpose or unity |of action characterized the church's course,”" he sald. At length, for rea- sons other than those the church avowed, this blighting curse was ex- tirpated and for the first time in human history a great soverelgn power enacted a law prohibiting the manufacture and eale of intoxicant liquors. “True, there have been difficulties its_enforcement, even as there are widespread différences of opinion concerning the law itself. Notwithstanding all this, the law ex- sts and finds its authority in a con- stitutional amendment. “Here 18 a fleld of action worthy our best statesmanship and o finest generalship. While our fdeas and ideals of social service are tempting us into fields in Which the very mplexity of the situation calls for expert knowledge, fields in which we frequently blunder and tragic fail, here is one that affects eve fireside, ery man, woman _and child in the nation, yet we remaln strangely silent if not deliberately in different. “As a matter of fact, our very supineness may be justly taken as registering our attitude as favorable to those who flaunt our laws and make a travesty of so-called con- stituted authority. If the Christian church in its conception of social servi has no voice, no fixed con- viction on this vitally important question. it hardly behooves her to Snter other domains where neither her v nor her authority is acknowi- edged.” A reception to the visiting bishops and deputies is to be held at & o'clock this afternoon at the bishop's hous followed by a buffet supper in the St. Alban parish hall. Reports of the conference of exam- ining chaplains were received at the morning seesion of the synod at Epiphany parish hall. Resolutions on the death of the late Bishop Harding focese are being drawn up by al committee will be a mass meeting at 8 oclock tonight at the Church of the the interests of soclal Dean Charles N. Lathrop of The synod, at the afternoon ses&on vesterday, following the appeal mad- by Bishop Mann of Pittsburgh at the communion service opening the see- sfons in the morning, adopted resolu- tions urging the entry of the United States into the International Court of Justice. “This synod urges upon the Presi- dent and Senate that the United States become signatorys to the Per- manent Court of International Justice at The Hague, thereby throwing the moral support of this country to the side of the appeal to reason rather than the appewl to force In the set- tlement of international dlsputes.” Messages of sympathy were ordercd sent to the Greek orthodox bishops of Moscow and Constantinople, deprived of their positions by the soviet an: the national Turks. At the mass meeting held last night at the Church of the Epiphany, in the interest of religious education Bishon Willlam Cavell Brown of Virgih presiding, Rev. Willlam E. Gardn speaking on “The Youth Movement." sald that the church must mak: young men and women know they can think as freely hbout religion about radio. Young people today are tired of the belief that good times and religion will not mix, and that one must wear a long face to be good. The present “youth movement,” he said, is ifac- ing the equality of sex, the old segre.- Eation of the sexes in young people's organizations having passed out. He recommended the fostering of young people’s organizations by the chury “Religious Education A groes’ was discussed by Re S. Russell, archdeacon for colored work in the diocese of southern Vir- ginia and principal of the St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School, Law- renceville, Va.