Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1924, Page 11

OF OFFICERS IS HELDiLeadsHydrography et 2 BureauHeadVoting | Cashing Camp and Auxiliary Hold | Meetings on Friday BATEMAS Mrs. E. H. R. Davis Takes Post in Women's Section. A joint i William sens of Veter ng Aux held night stailation iary, | Cable advices from Monaco dis- | close that in voting to fill a va- ! cancy on the directing committee of the international hydrographic burcau, Rear Admiral A. P.. Niblack, | Ameritan Navy, fetired, was In the I lead with 45 of the 120 votes cast { by the twenty-one countries which | are members of the bureau. i | Night. . IS COMMANDER A majority, or 61 votes, is r: cuired to elect and a second bailo will he taken March 1. CIVIL WAR'S EFFECT of ns N i [Gaillard Hunt ’ Study Meeting Tells How Growth ON D. C. DESCRIBED at Washington i i | i | The winning plan of the American Award will through the press of the country to- morrow; January Peace cation of N the referendum" citizens in every community will have opportunity v of Delawvare, at a meet- ing held this week an Judge Gr comple th ments which nor's committee, is making, sai ‘referendur’ Award seems to me the firgt Pouce mobilization ever made try of public opinion for peace.” Award by Bok Committee. en for the Prevention of War orders 70,500 and 500 ballot boxes, the Busi- ness Women's Club_of Cleveland grders 1,000, a_post of the American Legion orders 260 and three Catholic priests order 2,500, The Cleveland Public Library orders 500 and the City Club of Cleveland 1,500 coples. Business Men to Vote, In Syracuse the chamber of com- merce will not only take the “ref- erendum” among its own members, but has arranged for luncheon meet- |ings to bp held by the Rotary, the Optimists, the Kiwanis Club, the Ex- change Club, the Zonta University Club, the Civic Forum, etc. The pastor of the First Presbyterian Church will broadcast the plan. As an example of the organization for the referendum in_the smaller be announced ‘With the publ- | plan will begin the in which millions of to cast their vote. in that state to referendum - arrange- Delaware, through its on the American 4 in this couf- y HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, JANUARY 6, 1924—PART 1. !OlNT INSTALLATION |dmerican ' Admiral WINNING PEACE PLAN IN $100,000 CONTEST TO BE OUT TOMORROW Referendum in W hich Millions of Citizens Will Vote, Begins Immediately After Publication of among the faculty but among the students, to the number of 700,000. One hundred thousand ministers, through- the action of the Foderal Councll of the Churches of Christ, wilk receive irom the federal council coples of the plan and a multiple Dballot. The Union of American. Hebrew Congregations has sent in orders from every large city in the coun- try. The National Catholic Welfare Council has presented the “referen- dum” to every one of its constituent bodies. Postmasters Ansisting. Some Interested postmasters through- out the country will reach com- munities that can be reached in no other way, cven, in some instances. taking the plans alonyg the rural de- livery routes. Some of the farmers' groups and the granges are sending out the plan and the ballot to each of their mem- bers. A letter received today from the Western Progressive Grange orders 5,000 ballots for that organi- zation. The co-operating apuncil which has been working with the American Peace Award since last summer con- sists of ninety national organizations. with & total membership of over fifty millions; but participation in the “referendum” I8 by no means limited to these organizations. The American Association for the Advancement of Sclence announced to }2.‘:‘.!7:..:2‘3.,:.';‘.‘.’,‘.‘:&"I.‘.’:L'.fielf‘le HEFLIN IS UNOPPOSED all kinds have arranged fo take the eterondum® among thels omployes and, in the case of the department stores, among their patrons also. Tho Reading railroad, through its presi- dent, Agnew T. Dice, announced to- day 'that the referendum would be conducted among 30,000 employes. Held Referendum Here. With the publication tomorrow of the text of the plan which won the American peace award, The Star will print a ballot in order that its read- ers may participate in the Informal popular referendum to be conducted throughout the United States during the remainder of January. “*Extensive plans have been made to have the “referendum” in Washing: ton as extensive and as representa- tive as possible by securing the co- operation of various organizations that in the aggregate reach every phase of the city's activities. Both the Chumber' of Commerce and the Board of Trade will conduct 2 referendum among their member- ship by sending to each member the text of the winning plan and a bal- lot. From the Federal Council of Churches has gone an appeal to every pastor of every falth in the district to call the attention of their congregations today to the fact that | Alabama Member Has Clear Field will be unopposed in the. democratic primaries The time for filing against him the January against him up to that time. hopeful democrats had canvassed the situation, thinking that possibly they | might throw but they found Mr. | contest with him. FOR SEAT IN SENATE | | the Senate fn Alabama to an_elaction is assured of re-el ate next Nov years. in Democratic Primaries—Equiv- alent to Election. Ao InNo —_— ankhead. | previousty serve a period of sixt The failu pear against Mr. maries leaves him foot [ an active Senator “Tpm” Heflin of Alabama for election us senator, in xpired had filed Several democratic primaries 2, and no one 2, He is stump sp: erats have, fees will one be in great their hats in the ring, akers the and undoubtedly 1 Heflin so. entranched that-they decided there |little or no hope of winning ir 3 As_the democratic nomination s cqaivd for no repuhll | the ghost of a chan (-—o%nnl.o tion to t mber for a term »f six Senator Heflin was ember, 1 unexpired term Mr. in the House over 20. to fill of the late Heflin had ny opponent to ap- Heflin in the pri loose to play part in the coming nations! of the mos demo his sery demand in ! number of hotly-contested st PEERLESS FURNITURE CO., 829 7th St. N.W. ALL THIS WEEK! as Nation's City Began. Outfit Your Dining Room Living Room or Bedroom Complete With Any of These Beautiful Suites Special at 3249£ the press will make public the win- | ning plan tomorrow and to urge the | individuals to give it careful consid- eration and then register an opinion | by ballot elther for or against it. ' Georgetown _ Unliversity, George | Washington, Howard and other uni- versities and colleges fn the district | will place & copy of the plan and a ballot in the hands of each member of the faculty and the student hody. The Federation of Women's Clubs has issued an appeal to every mem- ber to carefully comsider the pro- posed plan and send in a vote. The ! | National Press Club will conduct a ! | referendum among the Washington | correspondents and numerous other | clubs have thelr own referendums Pl e A A far-sighted California barber Las |invented a barber shop on wheels. Iy purpose s to give special service to | the tired business man who gets u; ington. D. C., asked for 100,000 copies, late for work. The “shop” consists of | the West Virginia State Federation |a motoreycle equipped with a “bath- | of Labor for another 100,000, the Min- (tub” and a tandem seat so adjusted { resota state federation is reaching |that the barber faces the patron and | the members in each local and many ‘shnveu him en route to his office. The | most_direct means of | balloting will be through the news- papers. Daily and weekly news- | pupers; large and small, will print the ballot With the text of the ‘plan or a digest of it. The circulation of the dallfes that have told the committee in charge of the Award that they will print the ballot with the plan, totals | 5,000,000 Country Editors Help. :ditors of 7,000 weekly papers, with {before the war, had never been to (@ combined circulation of 7,000,000 Washington and who, having no con- | have written to the Award that they nection with the government, had |will print the ballot with the plan. only interest in it, found [and thus “referendum’ into bound to o to Capi rur ymmunity. Besides the one reason E 400 maguzines with a alw culation of 000,000 w the ballot. number of citics official matter of the One of the communities, in Kane, Pa., the Pres- |byterfan minister called & meeting at | which twenty organizations were |represented. " They report that at ast 20 per cent of their voters are for- eign-born and they have made special rrangements to see to It that, their 500 foreign-speaking voters understand the provisions of the plan. In.one little town in Washington a drug store has undertaken to take the “referendum” for the whole com- munity. in Fredonia, N. Y., the inn- keeper will take the ‘referendum. A newspaper in Porto Rico will print the ballot and the plan. The cham- of commerce of Honolulu will the rendum.” Womews Clubs Get Ballots. Twelve thousand women's clubs, in every state of the directors of the ation of \Wom- and- the thayor is ap- recelve coples of the joint committee made up | nd ballot for each one of their o om each or- | members, a total of 1,500,000, with a the “referen- |lotter from the president of the gen- eration, Mre. Winter. hrough the ~American Council on ducation, arrangements have been made to have universities and col- leges take the “referendum” not only S the Award today that its council had authorized the secretary to conduct the “referendum” its 11,348 members. Referendum in Hotels. Thousands of hotels will give hoth their patrons and their employes an opportunity to vote by having ballot boxes on the hot desk or in the lobby. Over 700 libraries ha ders for. the “referendum, cases ordering as many copie: Two particula groups in the “referendum e the business | and trade organizations and the labor | unions. Chambers of commerce fn | 250 cities are ing the ‘refer- endum.” Their orde! for copies vary from 9,000 for the Boston chamber to fifty or sixty copies wmbers in the far west The Central Labor Council of Wash- city of Washington owed its ccesslon 1o real life to the fact that me, during the civil war, the center of interest to all peo- declared (afllard Hunt, in an address before the Washineton Study {at the Federation of Women’s Clubs | ; headquarters, 1784 N strect north- terda fany thousands of mong sent in or- in_some persons who, as 100,000 J. L. BATEMAN. Williams Baldwin; patri- . Howard tuki tal or to mation ait from imaking an eferendur pointing a D! anization dum.” The F of Cleve Cle operations ation, R. Shep- sumed. tin city Hunt was the ip.” \nd n- | Shepherd, he said, w ‘ less, forceful and uncongue nder Ladge was He forge head, and when h. ommander De- | his office W ington was mad h ander-in-Chief | continued, “For the first time th adopted | Capital of the nation was put in such luced in the | & position that it must become a pride nator Ball 11)"*" 'h nation sentative Lam- | Nicholus Murray ITORLNALIVE Tam | At oF Coramuts i sttty it e Lincoin's birthday | Aress the Washington Stydy at | District of Co- | Rauscher's next Thursday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Other addresses on government, in; ternational relations and other a fuirs, will be giv 4+ N street i a published Alexa to man who 3 tive to th . 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