Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1924, Page 7

e e e e e e} TELLS OF FLOWERS | INNORTHWEST U § Mrs. Charles D. Walcott Gives lllustrated Lecture at Home of Mrs. F. B. Noyes. Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, who for geveral past has campe throughout the great northwest with | her husband, the secretary of the | Smithgonian Institution, presented an illustrated lecture on the wild flowers | and picturesque scenic effects of her trips Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, 1239 Vermont avenue. e occasion was a meeting of the ! committee of the National Capital of | the National Garden Club of America, of which Mrs. Noves is chairman, and which is fostering interest in such | subjects in Washington. i Talk Wans Ilustrated. | Mrs. Walcott illustrated her talk with a series of stereopticon pictures, colored by herself. The artistic ef- fect of the pictures not only revealed delicate beauties to be found in the wild flower life of the northwest, but showed this life in its natural set- ting. The slides were sclentific evi- dence of a phase of nature in which the members of the Garden Club are seriously interested. Views were shown of the bell heather, which the speaker sald cov- red great spaces of the mountain- side. and In emergencies made a sweet-smelling bed, with fragrance | like new-mown hay, Frozen Flower Revived. Hardiness of the pearl flower was explained by Mrs. Walcott, who illus- trated by an example of an odd ex- perience when she had one specimen frozen solid by mistake. Thinking it was ruined, she was surprised to see, she sald, that when the ice melted the little flower came out “just as cheerful and fresh as ever.” Ponies were sald to have a pecu- liar sense of the poison existing in the lily zigedenas. She had seen them. with a strange and vet deft juggling of the food in their mouths, elect the poison from the £ood gra: Trees of the high mountainous al tudes were depicted as having many branches eliminated on the windward side of their trunks by the strong winds of these altitudes, while other trecs were shown to have grown along the ground for twenty feet or more. Beautiful Flowers Pictured. Among beautiful flowers plctured fn lovely colors, were the true blue mounain, forget - me - not, _firweed, vild pe: American elephantella, gentians, which closed up when the sun shone: columbine, azaleas. moss pink, amemone, clematis, Labrador tea, white lady slipper and yellow lady slipper. In addition to the d flowers, Mrs., Walcott showed views of majes- tic distances and mountain scenes of true grandeur. She took her audi- ence around beautiful Lake Louise, to North Ptarmigan Lake, through the Yoha valley, to Takakaw falls, Mt Assiniboine. Mt. Robson, Mt. Re- splendent and the Alexandria and Starburg glaciers. Mrs. Walcott was introduced by Dr, William H. Holmes, director of i Sellery of Art. Mrs. seasons EXPERTS BEGIN FINAL| REPARATION REPORT, Confidence in Agreement Felt in Paris as Are Being Prepared. Opinions By the Associated Press, PARIS, February 16—The com- mittees of experts who recently re- | turned from Berlin where they in- vestigated the reparation problem will begin the formulation of their} reports on Monday. Dr. Schacht.j president of the Reichsbank is still| to be heard regarding the details of the organization of the proposed gold bank. The members of the committees are now exchanging texts sctting forth their individual | opinions with a view to a final agree- ment. | Gen. Charles G. Dawes, chairman | of the t committee, is understood | to have handed M. Barthou, chairman of the reparation sommis: n, a docu- | ment containing bis summing up of the evidence heard by his committec, and the other experts will do 5o as soon as they can complete a draft of their conclusion. Confidence Felt. ald on good authority that ady have made known substance of their con- clusicns, result of which is a feeling of confidence in the success- ful termination of their task. optimism Is most evident in French official circles where the im- on from the little that is known | of what the investigation turned up in Berlin, is most excellent. High hopes are entertained that the allies are finally on the road to a definite gettlement of the reparations erman version of the con- clusions of the experts which fore- casts that they will demand that the Ruhr be handed back to German control along with the raflroad is scouted in French circles, although it is thought around reparations headquarters that the experts are likely to make a reference to the economic consequences of the occupa- tion. MARYLAND DRYS URGE RIGID ENFORCEMENT Appeal Is Made to President and Haynes in Absence of State Law. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, February 16.—Mary- land dry forces have issued an ap- peal to President Coolidge for more drastic enforcement of the Volstead ! ®ct In the state. Resolutions to this effect, address- ed to the President and to Roy A. Maynes, federal prohibition commis- sioner, were adopted at a meeting of the headquarters committee of the Maryland Antl-Saloon League. This, it was declared, is the answer of the dry forces to the action of the Maryland legislature in rejecting the statewide enforcement bill’ The resolutions request the Presi- gefit to select “an outstanding man who believes in the enforcement of the prohibition law,” to have charge oL enforcement in the state. WANTS PAINT PROBE. Engineering Eoundation Asks U. 8. for $45,000 for Purpose. Government ald for an investiga- ~tlon into the naturs and use of paint and varnish was urged in a statement by'a special committee of the En- gineering Foundation last night. The question of paint, the statement pointed out, is intimately bound up with the question of housing. Con- gress, it was declared, should place at the disposal of the forest products laboratory the sum of about $45,000 for research work. [night and eur jolic High). | tures. Usual Payments Of Current Tax . Urged by Blair Commissioner Blair of the bureau of interual revenue, advised tax- pavers in a statement last night to make their tax payments as usual, although the possibility exists that a reduction in the amount may be made effective by Congress on this year's payments, Collectors' offices will make re- funds, when such are necessary, without the formality of the tax- @ return, and if the In- 1 Is emploved in pay. ments the taxpayer will be informed of tie an ay deduct. ion of the X ure has tended 1o hold back payments, the commis- sioner said, and the usual early payments of January and February this year have dropped. USE DOUBLE STAGE INPAGEANT TODAY Four Performances Planned for “The Dreamer Awakes” at Poli’s Theater. | | Workmen were employed all of last today In construct- ing a double staze at Poli's Theater | for the initlal performance today of “The Dreamer Awakes,” a benefit by the Catholic Students' Mission cru- sade. The first performance will be- gin at 3 o'clock and the second will start at 8:15 o'clock tonight. Two similar performances are to be given next Sund The spe stage has constructed double ate entrances and a broad irway leading to the first stage, four feet below. The special construction was determined upon to provide a vivid portrayal of action on two continents simultaneously, as called for in the second and third episodes. Opens With Dance. The first episode opens with an ec- centric dance by the Royal Garden- ers (S lia's Academy). to the mu- sic of “Mlle. Modiste” of Herbert. The Royal Cooks (St. Cecllia’s Academy), dance to the same. The Royal Court .:ance (Holy Trinity High), follow: with music from “Nell Gwyn Suite The Royal Jesters (St demy), dance to “Amaryl “Louis 'XIV Suite” Th Scarf Dance” of Chaminade suppl the rhythm for the Columbines (St. Mary's Acodemy). The weird steps of the Gnomes (Holy #rinity High) are to the music of Gounod's “Funeral March of a Marlonette." In the second episode the Campus Group (Gonzaga College) performs to the tune of the “Dance Russe. The American Indians (Northeast Catholic High) make their appear- ance in Herbert’s “Dagger Dance” from “Natomah” plays. The Dance” from Tschalkowski's ker Suite” is the music for the! East Indian dance (Northeast The richly costumed orgetown Visi- fally s Court of Re ion) mak. far h” from far Suite. inster has further enriched his or- a_of fifteen pieces by bringing rom Philadelphia special chime he rendition of the bells in Wag- ‘s “March of the Knights' ifal” piayed at the entrs Concourse of Nations. ode three the Concourse of th tion J 's College and . Dominic’'s School) has for music| the ““Morris Dance” from “Henry VIIT Suite” German. For the Daisy | n (Academy of the Sacred Heart) | orning Mood” from “Peer Gynt! ite” music. The Maypolers | fAcademy of the Sacred Heart) hav. kers’ Dance” of “Nell Gwyn | Immaculate Con Japanese dan are a Nutcracker Suite," Parsifa Knights" march has plice agamn. In the fourth episode, the pageant | cla Il\r Fra Angelico choir (Im- enters to “Flower wker Suite” s for Religion's The brilliant toreh dance find harvest dance of Holy Cross Acader . as_music VIIT “Bare nson Trist, ‘O Lord, Most (Gounod) and’ th sty jounod) an alleluja " (Handel) SIuah al _arrangements have | been made by Sol Minster, who will i lead the orchestra. .. AGREEMENT ON MINE WAGE PACT FORECAST Illinois Operators Indicate * They Will Assent to Three- Year Contract. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., February 16. —Prospect of an agreement on a| three-year wage contract for bitu- | minous coal miners of the central competitive fleld early next week was bright tonight. Operators of Iilinois, who hitherto have been uncompro. mising, intimated they would fall in line. with the other operators, but that they would first demand the privilege of extending machine min- ing fn Illinots. This attitude was taken as the way so all operators mlg;l[“:;:lnli. Monday in offering to sign a three. year, instead of a two-year, contraot, as derr;lnndpd by th: miners, d n that event the Monda lkely will adjourn - early. be i miners may hold a separate confers ence and decide what they will an- swer. It was believed tonight that there will be no great objection on the miners’ part, in agreeing to the compromise, and it was the belief of representative operators that Presi- dent Lewis will not insist upon re. ferring back internal differences to the individual districts, and also will agree to the operators' request for extension of machine mining in Ilii- nois. With the term of years a; contract soon will be ready ?;:esdl.g:l:‘f However, the miners’ commit- tee is not authorized to accept the contract until a referendum vote of the half million members of the union has been taken, but there is no doubt | but that the membership will give an overwhelming majority to anything their scale committee approves. Adjl;u:{nm;n: ot hl'he conference, it was believed tonight, may come al Tuesday or Wednesday. beite FILM OFFICER TAKEN. NEW YORK, February 16—F. G. Quimby, sales manager for the Uni- versal - Picture Corporation, was held by Federal Commissioner Hitchcock as a fur]llvfl from justice from Los Angeles, where he was recently in- dicted by a grand jury charging trans- rtation of films of the Dempsey- rpo bout, in violation of the law. Arraigned on removal proceedings, Quimby demanded an examination pending a hearing, which was set for next Thursday. He was released on $2,000 bail. # 'WANTS STATES’ GAS | THE . HERTY, Who appenrs crusnde pagen Prima Donna Has Conference With | Morris Gest Prior to Sailing. \ TRIES TO AVOID REPORTERS Persuaded, Poses for One Photo- graph in Her Cabin. By the Associnted Press. NEW YORK, February 16.—Mme. Ganna Walska, singer, and ‘wite of Harold McCormick, spiled today on the Berengaria to appear, it was un- derstood, as “The Madonna™ in a pro- duction of “The Miracle” in Paris. | Mme. Walska declined to discuss | the report, but It was given credenc by the information that she had at- tended twenty-one performances of the current production here; her con- ference with Morris Gest. the prc ducer, in her cabin before departur and ‘the sailing aboard the Beren- saria_of Karl Vollmoeller, author of the play, and several assistants. The prima donna tried to avold re- porters and when they surrounded her she said nothing was to be to a previous fori annou that she was to give a Mozart pro- gram {n the Theater Champs Elysee: which Mr. McCormick purchased for her in Paris. When sistent M for prying private people, I once liked America very much she sald, u men, with all th things vou write and say, make m like it now much less. The new paper men have spoiled everything. in Europe th ct or behave as you do here, do not ask questions of or woman's | I ife. do not intrude. Here that is newspaper men m, the reporters became in- Walska lectured them o the private affairs of all the he declined to go above decks to 1modate a score of photog- but after much persuasion | d one photograph to be taken bin. permit in_her Mr. Cormick W and she explained, upc he was confined to th severe cold. She quest, he would j where she intend: M s not present request, that ir home by a also upon re- T in Europe | to remain a ye INQUIRY BEGUN HERE Attorney General of Louisiana Pro- poses Fellow Officials Meet Early Next Month. By the Associated Prees: W ORL] meeting of the e of the Nati: February 16—A cutive committee sociation of Attor- neys General Washington early next month as the first step in the unching of a nation-wide inquiry to gasoline production and costs ag suggested in a letter today from A. V. Coco, attorney general of Louisiana, and a member of the com- mittee, to O. S. Spillman, attorney general of Nebraska, president of the oruanization. The executive committee was a thorized at a_meeting in Chicago in October to determine what course ould be taken in the gasoline in- vestigation the point to be de- cided was whether the various stat, shouid handle the matter individually or together on a national scale. Mr.! Coco wlll suggest the latter course. | with the co-operation of the federal Attorney General and Department of Justice, If it can be obtained, he said. Since the association has taken up the gasoline question extensive inve tigations have been made by indi- viduals of the organization in their! respective States and the data they have compiled are expected to facil- itate the work {n Washington. REALTORS Insurance man, with established winhes to become nsnociated manager of ddress Box 345-H, Star office. SR Every worth-while achievement is the result of highly specialized effort. ‘We are specializing In busi- ness rroperties. We need business properties from $10,000 up. List With Us Today We render a conscientious service that is worthy of your consideration. ARNOLD & COMPANY 1416 Eye Street in The Star Building Large ell room, fourth floor — four windows. North and south ex- posure— $50.00 Room with ante room, Nos. 606 and 607. Sixth floor, 11th St. front— $50.00 1 epinode three of the MISS €A’ Henchmen HERINE GLOVER, the pageant villain. MISS JULIANA DOWNEY, vortray the role of “Mirth.” “She’s the Samme Mrs. Harding,” Verdict Of California Callers With Memorial | “Sit Down and Chat a While, Folks,” Is Late President’s Widow’s Invitation to Senator Shortridge and Party Visiting Flower-Filled Apartment. BY MAXINE DAVIS. “She's the same Mrs. Harding.” This was the coamment of a little group of California members of Con- gress, led by Senator Shortridze and accompanied by two lone newspaper women, who went to present to Mrs [Harding memorial resolutions for the late President from the Great Coun- il of California of the Improved Or- der of Red Men. Still with that air of camaraderie and hearty interest that character- fzed her when she was first lady of the land. Mrs. Harding door of her spaclous apartment at the Willard Hotel herself. Pathetle, Brave Figure. A pathetic, brave figure she was as she greeted the group cheerily and asked them to iake off their hats coats and hang them up, in a homey 1w Mrs. Harding is erect and perfectly groomed in her deep mourning, and tired lines in her face and throat which « not th a year ago are the only signs of strain. Her voice is hearty, her interest keen and her handelasp as firm as ever it was. The drawing room into which she JOHNSON DEMANDS PURGING OF PARTY Senator, in Speech at Decatur, Scores Coolidge for Keeping Denby in Cabinet. Br the Acsocinted Prows. DECATUR, I, February Senaor Hiram Johnson, candidate for the presidential nomi- nation, spoke befo: large audience here today. He agaln centered on the oil lease situation. insisting upon a nsing of the republican part 1tor John d Pres d®nt Coolid i rd to the p en of Se: nby in the cabi- net, declaring that the President need no_ further for the facts 1 the for the facts already there and e knows that rights of States citizens he public domain (Teap Dome) had been faudulently ferred. Apropos of w naing the o quatters from [ id: President conld send another ny of marines across the coun- and tarow the Sinclairs and Do s out of the e territory and restore it to the PRINCE AND B NEW YOR! Sric of Denmark formory M iled for E i, A group of rolativ and friends, including Prince Viadimir, the bride groom's father. and Prince Viggo, his brother, saw them depart. 16— republican marines number the RIDE SAIL. uar; and nadian S Franc rope today on the opened the | ot Dome | > 16—Prince | | [led her gue wus the usual hotel apartment de luxe, with its pom- pous blue and silver brocaded chairs and lounges. its frozen propriety of mahogan: and tables and bookshelves. But ‘someway it was a room that saught her vigorous personality. drawn out of thelr ood together in conver- The table was covered new periodicals, newspapers ponderous books. And surest of Mrs. Harding were the s with rs. Harding was know of flowers while she White Houve and the Executive Man- icn always contained a profusion of Here, In this long, dim room. were seven es of flowers—vases of roses and babv-breath, of gladiola and ferns. On the table was a mini- ature of Presidnet Harding, hung in its ve . and on the bookcase was an nal photograph of him in_golf clothes, While Senator Shortridge explained rrand and presented the hand- of President Harding. hung in with her chin high and ature ng stood {affairs which began in March, { which one may find SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY. 17,.1924—PART T. Career of Caraway, Who Forced Bureau ' Scandal to Head, One of Hard Struggle First Job Was Farm Boy, Eight Years Old, at $3 a Week. Fired From Section Gang for Pouring Hot Sand Down Manr’s Back. I With the appointment during the past week of & new director and assistant director for the bureau of | engraving and printing a state of 1922, when twenty-nine employes were dismissed by executive order and which has kept itself at the front as an interesting piece of news ever since, probably will return, gradually, to normal. .Onc of the prime movers in the| agitation which finully brought about a complete vindication of the dis- charged employes and a general clearing up of the whole muddled situation in the Bureau has been Senator Caraway, of Arkansus, author ! of a resolution demanding an inves- tigation of the dismissals, and who kept up a steady barrage of attack through scathing speeches in the Senate against those responsible for | the dismissal of the employes. Who s Caraway? The Congressional Directory, in luminous blog- raphies, and autoblographies, con- cerning many members of Congress, the secker looks in vain for informa. tion concerning Caraway. There he is listed simply a8 “T. H. Caraway, democrat, Jonesboro,” and while this does credit to the modesty of the senator from Arkansas, it fails to shed much light on his career. Had Seant Schoolins. As Senator Caraway himself put it, he “didn’t know a noun from an adverb" until he was of voting age. He Is the son of a Confederate veteran, a native of Tennessee, who was assassinated when Senator Caraway was a year old. After the war his parents had moved to Missouri, and there Senator Cara- way was born, near the Arkansas line, in 1871. After his father's death, Sen- ator Caraway and his mother were left with little or no money. His first job was at the age of eight years, when he was hired oulgto a farmer. to receive $3 a month. He lost the §ob “probably because he didn't carn that much” as he_says, whimsically, He continued to work as a farm helper, then as a_“cropper.” under the plan whereby he farmed a plece of land and divided the proceeds with the owner. He finally owned a mule and farmed for himself. Later still he took a job on a railroad as a section hand. He couldn't resist the her mouth firmly, but her eyes were red and misted When he concluded, however, she hanked him with her air of a | auecn, and then— “Sit down and cl \VON HOESCH RECEIVED | AS ENVOY TO PARIS 1 German Ambassador, Realizing ! Difficulties, Counts on French Good Will. t awhile, folk By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 16.—Dr. Leopold von Hoesch was formally recefved s the new rman ambassador to | F President Millerand today nce of treatles” was de- clared by President Milerand, in his remarks at the reception, to be the ! keystone of the solution of the difi-| culties surrounding the reparations problem. Dr nee by "Obsr ch, in an unusually { b f address, aid he fully realized ! the dificuitics of his t confident that, with Fre id him, he would be successful dent referred to the - had made new nch attitude 2 stated in four words—"th | of treaties He added: | “Behind this formula, which says it means. there are no ulterior potives. Conscious of the magnitude [of the interests at stake, as well as the solidarity of the pcople, the | vepresentatives of France are equally resolved not to abandon any of the rights they are charged with pro- tecting and to examine in a most conciltatery spirit all _solutions ad- vanced for guaranteeing them 1 nce. b . was profound- 1y pac s she had {shown, to make any required sacri- fice in defending the liberty of the world. fer most ardent desire,” he added, s to be forever henceforth spared such cruel trials.” von Hoe id this could F [ ob- MR. 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