Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1924, Page 2

ADOPT HIGH IDEALS, PUBLIC MEN URGED Lewis Cites Greatest Need to Nation in Speech Before Qldest Inhabitants. WARNS OF PITFALLS Declares Greece and Rome Fell When Past Was Forgotten. Stresses History's Value. Men in public life were advised loi pattern themselves after the out- standing figures in American history by Dr. William Mather Lewis, presi- dent of George Washington Univer- | sity, addressing the Association of | Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia at Union engine house today. Dr. Lewis was the principal speak- er on the program of patriotic ex- | ercises held by the association in ob- | servance of the birthd: nniversary | ©of the Futher of s Country. y‘ “Some one the repub- | Yican form of zovernment is still on trial,” Dr. Lewis declared not the form of nt on trial; it is those who administer it. Our government is successful and | will continue to be s esstul so long s there are men who pive themselve ) its administration with the idea ©of service; who gain their inspiration and their policy from the outstanding | figures of American history, and who | ippreciate’ the inexorable truth of Lowell's statement R **In vain we call all old nations fudge, And bend oun conscience to our deal: ing. The ten commandments will not budge, And stealing will continue stealing.” Nation’s Greatest Day. Tn_opening his address the speaker emphasized the value of utilizing past experiences in judging the fu- | ture In elaborating on this thought, | ke spoke follow “This is America’s i remembrance. Upon this oc ion the nation pauses in the engrossing oe- | cupations of the prescnt to pay tribute 10 the past and to th of the past whose ever-living force. “Patrick Henry uttered, no mere | Tlatitude in that statement known by very sehoolboy, ‘I have but one lamp 1y which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. 1 know no way of judging the future save by the past’ Fortunate is that nation which does not ignore its yes- 1erday The downtall of Greece and Ttome began when the people deserted | 1he ideals of the fathers You \\)\u. are mbers of the Oldest Inhab- itants’ Association are fortunate be- yond most of us in Your memorics ex- tending over each a considerable por- tion of the histc of this young na- and the community in which you live is fortunate in having the ienefit of the steadying influence of your experience and your ideals. Our vational life stretel back such a Jittle way that there is no excuse for being ignorant of its history. Not a| yew who are present today have a | personal recollection of Abraham Lincoln, and Abraham Lincoln as a Youth listened to the conversation of tho: who had fought under Gen. Washington. Cites Slogany of Past. “The lesson of our history- has! teen strangely overlooked by those | who today are involved in situations | which call for investigation and cen- | sure by our government.' Wash- | ington wrote in his copybook, ‘Labor | to keep alive in your breast that little spark of cclestial fire—con- And the success” of. his | showeqd that to him this | than @ copybook phrase. | lived by his statement, ‘Let | faith that right makes.might, that faith let us darc to do our duty as we understand it Grover | Cleveland main ned, “Party hon(:m,\'l edicney.’ and ‘A public | has said that governm at s | greatest day of | influence is an { { i future of the uni- | is the directing | An educational _institution which Lears the name of George Washington nnot be unmindful of its duty and its opportunity in developing a citi- ry, not only lert, but and an appre- v as citizens, pay sharp attention to eruits for the service Thix university mu to equip its graduates. * The ideals of the makers of our nation must be | ppreciated and assimilated. Iduea- on means nothing if it is one-sided. The educated crook is more danger- ous because of his education, i Urges Rededication. { “This day of remembrance should | be for us & rededication to the prin- ciples of Washington and to the dreams of Washington for a great na- tion leading the world in integrity and purpose.” The patriotic program began with an_invecation by Rev. Dr. Page Mil- | lurn, ] udience joined in recit- | ing “The American’s’ Creed” and_in%j simging “America,” led by the Co- | lumbian Quartet. Portions of Wash- | farcwell nddress were read - A King. gett Proctor read a poem, | shington's Ancestry.” The quar- sang and the meeting - closed | the =singing of “Auld Lang | Syne” A Juncheon was served in the | vigine house after the meeting. The following | “Washing- ton's g by John training of the state similarly W tet with i i i some genealogiv.s. 1 see : Novw claim. i all siuceriis. That Washington's ancesicy brings 3im the line of fendal kings— That royal blood was in his velus ngzesting wiwere he got his brains). Awl,” i some one mist rie the “mob,” s, Be took the job, niful etaim, the same, Tess, For this republic And we care not We always sha s num ne whipped John Bull ird < powerful; Oue thing we kiow And George the T He 1od the n i ted Tp o the belching cnumo A in the end gained vie Gnined everlasting libeiis i Some say. wchleved it ! But what's the diff'rence—so hie beut ? And when the din of battle ceased, Hix popalarits increased: then hecame first President which he always lonor lent; ght years, with dignity, he served— From right ‘and justice néver swerv potentute in histors s more beloved by He Wa And so. today. we Ao birih of him noble und great: | Anid if ki across the sen Battin on George's pedigree, He was rewarded for hix fun, For Goorg, (Wi’ 10 ane, A 5 T atat de i tue That king built than he knew. At the business meeting, which yreceded the patriotic exercises, K. | V. Mitchell presented to the associa- tion @ southern newspaper of civil war days printed on the back of a roll_of wall paper. It was a copy of The Daily Citizen of Vicksburg, Miss, of July 2, 1863. John B. Mc- Carthy, explained tfaz during the war néws print paper became scarce | in the southern states and papers! were forced to publish these fantas- tic issues on wall paper. Mr. Mitchell | was given a vote of thanks for the | donation. Thirteen New Membern On motion of Capt. George W. Iivans, it was voted to compile a scrap book of all old newspapers in the archives of the_ assoclation. { The copy of the Daily Citizen in- cluded @ column of < of the day | tukem from The ni Star. Dr. William Tind:ll _presented a clipping givlug a of the an than he. ebrate | ’ ut great figure ! I | ernment _will | meeting BARTON PAYNI. AMERICA AT TEST, SENATOR DECLARES Spencer Says Washington's Warn- ing Against Fancied Expediency Applicable Today. ASKS CONSTITUTION STUDYI Declares American People Funda- mentally Honest. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 22—George Washington's warning aainst “fan- pediency” is particul when applicd to the present Senator Spenc today old a Carnex Reealling Was troubled pos when the fate s in the 1 ce, he declured the first President ce at that time was as important as in the war. “It is true with nations as with in- dividuals,” Senator Spencer said, that when, because of fancicd egpe- a of action is taken, wrong in principle and thus dang ous in result, it ecarrics in its train shame upon those who yield and dis- aster to the cause it seeis to help.” The nation can feel assured of it future long the mass of the people are true to its principles. the Missouri senator declared, adding that “in the revolution there was traitor to 231,201 soldiers, and proportion is no greater today.” national of Mis Hall au- ington’s part volu Cot e onary of course one the Fundamentally Honest. “The heart and conscicnee und pa- riotism _of “the . American peopl cnator Spencer said, “on the farm, the shop, at the office, in the home in public oifiee, is fundamentally.hon ¢St and true; - Here and there, nd then; there is a betrayal of trust, but the instant outery of ation’and contempt as against an incredible wrong shows how little accustomed the American people are to such ‘treachery. Rathcr should w ard ourselves .that in the earnes ire (o promptly and severely and rightly punish the guilty w besmireh unjustly the innocent, The fact that such betraval is so rare is encouraging. - That it ocours at all is most deplorable, but we must remember with gratitude the ty and fidelity during all the nd now of men whom we have trusted with high offic Advisex Constitution Study. “Let us never ‘forget gur ¢ tion. to be redd by eve about about with read t words ighty-seven sente: all its amendment can in twenty minutes. The pro- amble is the best illustration of high governmental purpose expre beautiful and convincing ! that has ever been written pressing opposition to any move which would give Congress the pow- er to override the constitutional veto of legislation resting in the Supreme Court, Senator Spencer id this would permit “the overthrow in time »f temporary excitement of every right upon which the government has rested for 150 years. It is a testing time in this na- tion.” he aid. “We are ecither a onstitutio republic of frec people or the playthings of passing fancies that may prevail for an hour. but in that_hour, s, may destroy the foundation of justice and liberty.” D. C. WOMAN APPEALS TO CHINESE FOR AID Mrs. Florence Duff Says U. S. Legation Fails in Search for Missing Son. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Cable to The, PEKING, February Despairing | of aid through the American legation, waiting eighteen months in Florence Duft of Washing- ton, D. C.. appealed to the Chi- nese chief of police to search the local homes of the Teng clan in an effort to locate her missing son. The after vain, Mi foreign office reports that while ex- | perts have been working on the lesal | i phases of the case several important potnts are still unexplained data furnighed by the legation United States Minister Jacob Gould Schurman indicated that possibly the mother should start suit in the courts as the easiest solution of the dilemma. “A full report of the case was made to the legation when I arrived in China in 19 been mislaid and nothing done,” Mrs. Duff. States minister, in th Since 1 saw the United action has been r Vived toward cstablishing the legalic of my position. This, how notglocate my boy for me, and 1 tenfl to remain in China until 1 cover him, cven if the American gov- uot_help me " late N, P Chipman, who was the only delegate elected to Congres District of Columbia in 1871 and who | was also at one time secretary of the | District of Columbia. Capt. Yvans submitted the report of the finance committee for last year, which showed a total of 476 members now on the rolls. This was ) increase of thirteen members dur- ing the year. The following new members were = George E. Otterback, 6 Sth street northeast; James S, Kelley, 2141 I street: Joseph A. Daw, 9161 32d_street: Thomas P. Van Arsdale, 1757 Columbia road: John M. Folling, 3535 13th street, and John P. Earnest, 3718 Huntington street, Chevy Chase. The following members were re- ported s having died since the last James A. Watson, Charles B. Bailey, M. Eiseman, James B Burns, Anthony Gaegler and Danigel M. Goodacre., L President Theodore W, Noyes pre- sided. rly apt! i titution § I and | , but this has apparently | aid | ever, does THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONUMENT BODY ANNUAL MEETING Memorial Resolution Death of F. L. Harvey Adopted at Session. on | TASK LONG AND DIFFICULT | Society, Formed Ninety:One Years Ago, Toiled Many Decades to Complete Shaft. | The Wushington National Monument iSociety held its ninety-first annual jmeeting at 12:30 o'clock today at the | University Clyb. After the regular { business meeting Justice Willls Van ;bevnnger. first vice president, enter- tained' the members of the sotiety and a few guests at luncheon at the club. President Coolldze is ex-officio presi- {dent of the society. Other officers are jJustice Vad Devanter, first vice presi- jdent; Theddore W. Noyes, treasurer; :\\’illlum R. Harr, s of the various states pre nts, i Other members cott, Herbert P'utnam, David I Kee, Henry Whith, Robert T. Lincoln, {Val. Gen. William M. Black, Henry itabot Lodge. Itear Admiral Willard H. irrick H. Gilbert and Clarence O. Sherrill. ing today William R. rr, the present secretary of the siety, repe 6 last’ of Frederick L. Harvey, who jhad been connected with the soeiet {first as clerk a terward as member H cretury, since 1874, Mr, Har s the author of a comprehensive tory of the Washinzton Monument jand of the society, published in 1303, and an authority on all matters per- taining thereto. Pay Tribute to Deceased. The society adopted memorial reso lutions with respect to Mr. Harvey and also as to Rear Admiral Francis 1. ras Nelson Page and Al | Harding, members who hid 2icd since the last regular meet- : held by the society. Eariier in the rning Ir. F 3 eported to the ) its annual custom of placing reath at the base of the Wash- inzton Monument had becn obscrved. icty is the honor guard of Washington Monument, which s its % largely to the ef- forts of the v, Which was or- | kanized in 18 leading citizens of | this city for the purpose of erecting a great national mouument to the memory of Was the seat of th federal " Chief Justice John Marshall w lected the first president of the ety. It is noteworthy in this connect | that on December 23, 1799, the € zress of the United States adopted olution offered in the House of prescntatives by John Marshall that marble monument be by the United States in the Capitol, at ty of Washington, and the y hington be requeste to permit hody to be deposited under if, and that the monument b so0 designed as to commemorate the great events of his military and political life” idy «ppointed to carry and later the Ho passed other resolutions and uppointed other s for the same purpose, hut 13 uothing definite had t -complished $ i In September, 1533 ragraph iappeared in the National Intelligen- {cer. calling for a_public meeting of the citizens of Washinzton to tak. up the matrer and redéem the pledges of Congress. In response to this call a meeting of citizens w heald in the | aldermen’s chamber in the city hali, {on September 26. 1828, which result- ed in the organization of the Wash- {inston National Mdhument Soclety Funds for the monument were raised | by popular subscription. Progress was clow. and by 1838 only about ! $30.000 had been collected, this being Aud in_part to the fact that a limita- tion of each person’s gift to $1 | heen imposed by the society limitation wns removed in 1543 1847 th aregate of coliections and | accumulated interest $ST.060 into e { committe down bee Corner Stone corner stone of the Monument . under the Robert ( House of an ora- Th. ty. ker of the Representatives, delivering tion. The laying of of the Monument and the erection of the shaft were thereafter vigorously prosecuted, =o that by January, 18 the Monument wis 12 o ground, and by > refrint of feet On_February 22, | was incorporated by for the purpose Monum its 1 soeiety act of Consre of completing the arter viding that the President of the United States should be president ex officio of th sciety and the governors of the sov- eral states ex officio vice presidents. At its first imeeting thereafter Pre; it Buchanan presided. Renewed efforts were now the socicty to obtain popular sub- < to complete the Monumen thousands of dollars wer. but the civil war intervened aralyzed the movement for some At the annual meeting of the on February 1866, there was @ large attendance, Dri Andrew Johnson presiding. There after considerable sums were raised. Congress Comes to Ald. On August 2, 1876, Congre came 1o the aid of the society by passing an °t making _appropriations for the completion of the Monument, said act providing that uothing therein should be construed to prohibit the society from continuing its organization and soliciting subscriptions, and further providing that the construction of the onument should be under the direc- tion and supervision of 2 commission composed of the President of the United States, supervising architect of the Treasury Department, the chief of engineers of the United !States Army and the first vice pres- ident of the Washington National Monument Society, Eight vears thereafter the Monu- {ment was completed, the capstone [ beins put_in place on December 6, 1884, the Monument being dedicated on February 21, 1885 By an act of Congress passed October 2, {joint commission created by the act of August 2. 1876, was dissolved, but the soclety was continued. The Mon- ument cost $1,187,710. Of th {the society raised $300,000 by popular subscription. The Washington National Monu- ment Society is the oldest organiza. tion in the District, aside from the Masonic fraternity and perhaps one other secret organizations. It has had on its rolls men of great | distinetion—Chief Justice John Mar- ity iall, Chief Justice Melville W.' Ful- ler, Aldis B. Browne, James Madi- | Tamar. Nr. Justice Strong and. Mr. i Justice Brown, Gens. Grant and Sher- man, Prof. Henry, Prof. Asaph Hall, Prof, Langley, W. W. Corcoran, Admirals Rogers, Powell and Dewey, { Alexander R. Shepherd, Crosby S. oyes and many others. .- ! Japanese Prince Selected for Re- turn of 1820 Social Honor. TOKIO, February 4 (by malil to the Assoclated Press)—The imperial household has decided to return the visit of Prince Carol of Rumania, who . was the state guest of Japan in_1920. Prince Higashi Kuni, of the colluteral branches of the im- erfal family, who now is in Paris, B tbeen selected to visit Rumania early in April, rted the death on March | erected | the foundation | made by | dent § 1888, the | amount | Mr. Justice Cranch, Mr. Justice | |SURVEY OF RENTAL SITUATION HELD TO SHOW LAW NOT NEEDED IR. L. McKeever Presents Charts to Prove Supply of N Homes Near Normal—Denies Unfair ° The property owner's view of the | housing situation tn the Distriet, for- Il!fled by charts from government sta- tistics and other sworn-to evidence showing the condition in the National [Captta),” the first comprenensive vis- Iua\I survey laid before the subcom- imittoe of the House District com- jmittee . conducting hearings on the Ib:lmpnrl bill to extend indefinitely ‘lhr- life of the Rent Commission, was iPresented today by R. L. McKeever, until recently president of the Wash- ‘ington Association of Building Own- 1ers and Managers, Mr. McKeever started by thankinz the committee for the very consid- jerate manner in which it has treated those testifying, emphasizing the fact [lhA! 'we have the misfortune of being Wwithout a voice or vote in_the con- | trol of our own affairs, and have no \representative in Congress.” He re- viewed the spirit of the testimony of the rent commissioners. and said: Sees Comminsion Binsed. i “One gets the impression that their ves and honor might be at stake | instead of imerely their job: He quoted instances where he - feommisstol s admitted t [the facts™ and to *““fightiy for the tenants.” Then Mr. MeKeever asked: “Do you think that any prop- | {erty owner “ean socare an imparti jand esquitable decission from them |, After testifying for more than an: | hour, producinz charts showing that | ;Xh" iners e iu cost of housing has | been less thanu the increase in other costs of living, that the inerea in rents has not been out of proportic i1o the inerease in building costs, and | summarizing figures on the amount | of rent advertising, which showed | vacancies existing beyond the nnrmul‘ demand, Mr. McKeever urged his conclusions for the especial atten- tion of the committee as follows: | ¢ Wax Emergency Law. First, that the only reason or ex- ] 1 rent act w for the origin t 4 war-time emergency existed. he treaty of p with” Germany | has long ‘since been made and yet | the act is continued and is now about | to be extended or mad permanent. i rly shown by | Second, that it is « the vacancies in Washington today | {that no emergency exists which could in any Arrass or interfere tion of the federal gov- | ses uny other Kind | PEEENCY exist. { effectually nulli- | the solemin obligation imposed by ! bona fide leases. s made for {rentals based on the budget of operat- | | IDE expenses are immediutely nullified, | Mourth, that ation should be given th though the sub- | committec has held night sessions in | jorder to give the tenants a oppor- | (tunity to state their views, and that | this phase of the hearings has been given the wi city, less than one-tenth of 1 nt of the 80,080 Commission claims tken the trouble to | { hird, that th, shortaze ! d domiciles does exist in the what, if any, ef- ence of the Rent ion had toward overcoming the will of the | reen + larger supply of this class of domiciies? g | Declared Only Faiiative, | “Fifth, why wast> the government oy 'on something that oniy al | & and not a cur H a0 ver . Jaid stress on the | I fact that at the time of the last exten- | feion of the Ball fent law, follow request from a committer representing the Merchants and Manufacturers' Ae- o of the District. the Senate H recommended that business | included. “Hwever, it was not and it | that’ when i Ealn sug d thix {time that business prop and i hotels be included in the proposed ex- itension of rent control, as in this {Lampert " bill. " the Merchants and { Manufacturers’ Association adopts a ! resolution which it pointed ont !that while they favored this kind of { legislation during the war, ‘certainly | no “gooa purpose ean bly {served by such a control in normal times &uch s at present. | It ix also significant to nete that . {the Washingzton Board of Trade, a {MOSt conservative organization swith many hundreds of members, 90 per {eent of whom are tenants, has gone on record being opposed to any stension of the rent control act.” Denies Shortage Exints. Mr. MeKeever discussed at survey made by his {showing” the different classes Property for rent, the numb rooms und the rent charged, all de-| ned to show there ' was no ! rhortage of places to rent | Ho then quoted statistics froin the | building department of the District | which indicated how the housing| emergency is being overcome by an | cased supply of residences. From ; to February 1923 there ! built 239 apartment houses, | brick houses and frame | “which show he said, the housing problem is today re of by the natural law of i Commiss property be rluded,” he not a of of| {re hat aken ¢ ng exhibits presented by Mr., W ere five cnarts based on i compiled from classified ad- columns of The Evening and | ¥ Star, from January 1914 to Another chart is a deiineation of of living figures compiled I:_\’; the bureau of labor statistics, United ates Department of Labor. The first chart shows the number of | ines of advertising under the heading, { Houses for Rent.” Sees Move Toward Normaley. “You may note in 1914, 191 and 1917, the first three sears beins | { prior to our entrance into the war and | the last year being considered as such | | since the ¢ffect of the War was not ap- | parent in_the housing situation until 415 said Mr. McKeever, “indicutes ! that the average number of lines of ad | vertising for ‘Houses for Rent® was in { the neighborhood of 25,000. ! "During the emersency period which followed our entrance into the war this fell to 5.000 lines or I and the 'iines of advertising at the present | time stand at about 12,000 per month, i%o that in the “"Houses for Rent” we ! have covercd but 50 per cent of the ' {road which leads to normalcy. | RADIO | . What Is Your lit is no lorge: | “housing™ has iner Yo ere | for { 60312 ¥ Increases. Under “Houses for Sale,” he ex- plained that .in normal times, prior to the war, there was less than 20,- 000 lines of advertising of “Houses for Sale,” whereas for the past six months (figures for July, 1923, and January, 1924, compiled), they ex- ceed 70,000. “This would indicate sald Mr. McKeever, “in place of try- ing to rent houses. the owners are today trying to sell them. ly, If the houses produced abnormal- 1y’ large incomes %he policy of the owners would be to consider them as an investment yielding a good re-1cises on this, the 192d birthday anni- | turn.” Given Apartment Figures. He next called attention to a chart showing the lines of advertising on “Apartments for-Rent.” “In the time of .war there was in the neighborhood of 15,000 lines of advertising per month under this classification, and during the critical shortage of 1918 and 1919 this fell to approximately 5,000 lines. “For the past year, the figures for April, July, October ‘and January in dicate,” he said, “that the monthly ad- vertising was in excess of 30,000 lines, | or more than twice as much as was inserted in normal times. Certainly tiese real estate brokers and owners would not spend money for advertis- the dem the supply much larger than normal The next chart he described shows the lines of advertising from peop who wanted to rent houses and upa nts.In normal time this busimess amounted to less than 1,000 lines per month. but during the critical short- age of 1918 and 1919 about 6,000 lin a month were inserted, because pe ple could not obtain houses or apart- ments from the real estate brokers due to tie shortage. Sees More Space Avallable. “However, this shortage has been Erowing less acute” he said, “and we find that in January, 1924, there was 1,005 lines of this advertisizg which Indicates that we have ccturned to normal times a i r necessary for persons wanting t5 rent to advertise to secure the space they desire.’ The chart " based on covering rooms for rent in 1914, 1915, about “rooms years advertising showed that 1916 and 1917 there were 10.000 lines of advertising of for rent” and that in recent this has been over 20,000 so that there is no shortage of rooms at the present time. He exhibited another chart showing the Increase in the six items which enter into the cost of living as anal- ized and reported by the bureau of bor statistics. United States De- partment of Labor. “You may note from this chart,”” he pointed out that d far less than any of the items which enter into the cost of living. Doubtsx Tenants’ Figurex. “While tenants may testify their rent has fncreased 109 or more," or membe Commission may their observation “d 100 per cent o tenants nor the that per cent s of the Rent testify that from rents have Increas- more, neither the t “nor reat commissionérs are statisticians, and thefr-individual opinions should n be considered, in View of the statistics compiled by an Beney of the government. whose unction it is to obtain and living costs, which include submitted the bureau « release 1 the January 24,1424 teen cities whers s for these living cost ber, 1914 following cities rent had in- c in December, less than any of the other items which enter into the cost of livin Boston, M. nville: % ! i Dortlund,” Me: “San anc and Oakland, ¢ : Washinston, D. ¢. e ud T Citien the following d the lowest ne. of the statement prepared labor statistics, for rning papers of which showed nine- the per cent of in- six items enter into wre compared with inted. _cities housing increase of uny listed items: Balti- Y.; Cleveland, Norfolk, Va.: Tortland, Ore.: Savannah, Ga inee in fifteen of thess * rent has inereased any other item or less, hut auite evident that there is or reguliition _of * hausing, tierc or in Washingto re,” argued Mr. McKee w the other hand, in fitteen. of these niucteen cities furniture and furnishings have increased more than any of the listed items. so it ould appear that there is more need ) rvegulute furniiufe and furnish- nes. whieh s pra ally as much a part of the 8 the dwelling. than 16 ¢ or attempt to con trol the i Which has been m reasonable in its advances.” nineteen less than one, it is no need either cle- Pereentage of Increase. Mr. MeKeewer algo explained to the committee a chart showing the per- centage of increase in the six items which entér into cost of living for the nineteen cities where December, 1923, compared with 1914 by the bureuu of labor statistics. None of these nineteen cities, he d. shows housing as the highest item. With the possible exception of food, housing in cvery case has been the most reasonable in fts in- creases, in spite of the fact that the incre in construction costs and in labor rates has been notoriously hig he declared. 1lix of Rent Raise. mmittee heard Paul B. Birch, rk road, a strect car motor- man, who told how his fent had been incréased from $22.50 to $45.50 and that the Rent Commission had ordered it reduced to $35. He said the Rent Commission ought to Le continued, because “it is o godsend to the peo ple. What would have become of me without it?" He said his landlord had Wiready threatened that as soon as the Rent Commission went out of ex- istenc ut you go." Representative Blanton suggested that the subcommittee had heard many complaints of tenants and ought now to adopt & genecral polic. Tie stressed that his own resolution, to have a survey of the housing sit- uation made by the police depart- ment, ought to furnish the committee with valuable information. FANS! DX Record? The ¢ ‘When you pick up KFKX tonight will you know whether you have broken the long-distance record you made the night you got PWX? and Cuba; the call letters from Washington. before was compiled. | A complete, up-to-date Directory of. Broadcast- ing Stations to be published next Sunday in THE SUNDAY —will enable you to check up on yourself and your friends, and will settle once for all questions which | "‘mve caused many a dispute. STAR H ! The Directory will give the location of every Broadcasting Station in the United States, Canada and wave length of each | station, and the air line DISTANCE IN MILES No such Directory of Broadcasting Stations ever Every radio fan will want to | cut it out and keep it, together with the Supplementary Directories which will be published in The Star from Seador wned time to time, as new broadcasting stations are o tha fme | established. Certain- | nd wias not ‘soft’ and | + | said FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1924 0. AR HALL SCENE OF JOINT EXERCISES Senator Copeland, Principal Speaker, Praising Life of Washington. i Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of the Revolution and Daughters of the Ameri paying tribute to him who was “first {in war, first in peace and first in the ihearts of his countrymen” at exer- iversary of George W {Memorial Continental Hall, Samuel Herrick, president of the ISons of the American Revolution of ithe District of Columbia, in a brief |address declared: There is nothing Ithat e can suy or do that will add jone Lit of fame to George Washing- ton, but it is fitting that we should imeet and pay tribute to him.” Copeland Lauds Washington. | _Senator Royal §. Copeland of New | York, the principal speaker told the audience that George Washington was ithe first in war, and will forever be n the hearts of his countrymen, and “I want to think of him in’ con- nection with peace. Today. let- us the man who was first in peace.” pointed out that George Wash- £ton was w painstaking farmer and {us "<uch kept accurate accounts. He could tel lyou at any time just ex- |actly how his finances stood. Senator Copeland told how revolutionary war, George W did all in his power to bring about the ting co-operation, in government, en”the states, for thee benefit of “He never stopped advancing ments for a permanent union, leaders in cvery stat Copetana. Senator Copeland related the plaved by Georze Washingtony at tl constitutional _convention, aud how he worked during its sessions in order that the agreement might be reached by the many representatives attending. In referring to modern day gov- nmental and economic policies, enator Copeland advocated partici- pation in foreign affairs by the Unit- cd_States, “Because of the fact that certain lividuals do not wish to partic! in world affairs. is that any rea. 1 why we ~hould remain negative siied. He pointed out that the United States should be a leader of | nations.” He further advocated {ealling of an immediate economic ! world confarence. This he pointed to {as the most feasible means of bring- {ing about a state of permanent tran- | quiiity { Wilson Called Martyr. | o explained that at this conferenc { temporary policies could be and arrangements made turn, could be ndjusted as the o {sion’ would call for. and praised Woodrow ST to his count forever remain e minds of countrymen, i iSs - with © Washington in his «ffor ington at after the t i to t part s Wilson as mar and said | wi his Geors { peaee, | br. William M: tof Georme Washington (niv j was presented with an Americ 'S !for the first new building ef the uni- jversity. The presentation was mads { by Col. Frederick . in behalf fof the Districe + branc jof the of the American Kevo 1 lution dent Lewis said: 1 | eept the of our country | derp appreciation, and with hope that i it will inculcate in the minds of ep appreciation and H ntive to live up to orge Washington, and will pind them that they are the heirs those who have sacrificed them selves for thelr country.” University a Memorial. President Swmuel Herrick, in tell- ng of the policy of the Sons of the American Revoluti present med- vear, poin at it wa thing that the should nted the university. Tashington University fone of the greatest memorials | George Washington,” he said A medal was presented 1o Mis thran ves of {Nchool for the bes ibattle of Saratoga. < made by Col. M. C. A on behalf of the Sons tevoiution In the District of lumbia. A medal was presented b the Dauglifiers of the American Reve {Tution to Heber Allen Sotzin of the | George Washington for { the best essay on “Th. ansiip of Rutherford B. Hay The pres- {entation was made by M. Jules Jus- | serand, ambassador from France. ! inc ¥red Fast. the singin isc' by Gortrude wilt {i to 1 a4 a solu the ons, the 2 by "the three the Children of the siution; th to the Flag. .t and the singin Spangled RBanner” and by the audience, led by rine bBand. Invocation i was_ delive James Shera Montgomer. {of the .House of Repre while benediction was d Rev. William Curtis White, of the Distriet of Columbi: Sons of the American ien. George Ricl of the Sons of the Revelution in the District of Columbia, and Mrs. Wil- fam B. Hardy. state regent, Distriet of Columbia Daughters of the Ameri- can Revelution, were among those on the platform. Mrs. Hardy read sev- eral papers swhich had be { by Georse Washington. 1 ————— WASHINGTON’S 192 by Rev. chaplain ntatives (Continued from First | ge.) of exercises toda formal t the Washingten ! program i Monument 1 {of the shaft by various organiz ne. Memorial Continental Hall tonignt will be the scenc of another meeting celebra g Washington's ibirthds when the Wakefleld 1 rial Assoctation w gram of patriotic e Scoutx at Mount Vernon. A thousand Boy Scouts of Washing. ton, in the role of representatives of | the half-million scouts of the nation, left 12th and B strects at 9 o'clock for a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon, hold a patriotic service and place a wreath on the tomb of Washington. At noon the annual meeting of the Sons _of the American Revolution opened at the La ette Hotel in accordance with annual custom. the members going there direct from Me morizl Continental Hall. Oflicers for the ensuing year were to be chescn at_this session. s George Washington University will |lu7||or the memory of the man whos name It bears by holding the mid- | winter convocation at Meniorial Con- tinental Hall today at 3 o'clock. | “"fhe department of “Amcriconiza- { tion_of the Moynt Plaasaut Union of the District of Columbla W. <& T, U. will conduct exercises l-vl.n‘.;h! at the new Columbia Heights | Church, 1435 Park road. Music will be a feature of the program. ‘Members of George Vashington Post, No. 1, American Leglon, v Mount Vernon today and placed wreath on the tomb of Washington. Addresses at Temple. Congressional night was held by Congress Lodge, No. 37, F. A. A. M, {at the Masonic Temple. 1" Addresses were delivered by Rep- resentatives R. M. Elliott of Tndia Thomas B. McKeown of Oklahoma + Theodore on of Ohio, J. F. Ram- 1 kin of Mississippl and Frederick Bal iister of Massuchusetts and formc m‘rmnnulm d. W, Dunbar of Indiana. . 1 Revolution joined in | ington { the | Senator Cope- | al t for | with | the | “Mar- | n written'! i BIRTHDAY HONORED | . but | many wreaths were placed at the foot | to! Christian ; REPUTATIONS HANG INDAUGHERTY ROW Attorney General May Return Attacks of Accusers in 0Oil Probe. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Attorney General Daugherty will not retire without a fight, and perhaps be. fore he gets throtigh he will blast som of the reputations of the men attackin him, Unlike Secretary Denby of the Nav: ] Department. who withdrew withou { presenting his side of tne case m public h 12, the Attorney Ueners Insists that i¢ is his constitut priv v heard. And in ti view President Coolidge concurs, just as lie did in the case of Mr. Denwr. The Secretary of the Navy, howewes B Yiclded to the persuasive argumen l his friends that he ws embarrassin: the President and the republican patt: by remaining in the cabinet. Considerable resentment shown by the friends of the Attorn: General that Senator Lodge and Sena tor Pepper should be advocating a resignation without a hearing. The are gument of Messrs. Lodge and Pepmer, however, is that the Attorney Genersi by demanding an investigation and e hearing simply gives the democrats the opportunity ot keep the Teapot Dome |controversy on the front pages of tha i pers indefinitely and thus force 1 the republican party to the defensive eze 1o be | REV. DR. A. FREEMAN ANDERSON. |CALLED TO CHEVY CHASE. |Dr. Anderson Expected to Accept Baptist Pastorate. | Rev. Dr. A. Freeman Anderson | Who tendered his resignation recent. Iy as assistant wminister at Calvary Buptist Church, was last night_ten- red the p; orate of the ne Chase Baptist Church at CONgTe; tional meeting. It is expected Anderson will wecept the ¢ Dr. Anderson is closing a ten-year tant minister at Cal- and it stated to- prominent Raptist minister :cpts the call to the e wiil be a strong in- t communit $17,000,000 IN BILL FOR BETTER ROADS (Continued from Dr. Ix Keen Politician. Attorney ax eIf and knows that his nation would nop i the e eneral i en p roversy democrats rges. Mo confession of guil he insists he has done notlins wrong and that a hearing and inveeti- gation will prove he has been innocent. If the republican leaders could per- suade their democratic brethren to kcep quict after Mr. Daugherty re signs there might bs a political Yalue in Tis retirement. accorimg n jthe Attorney General's friends, but {the democrats have no intention of letting the pot Dome scandal slumber. intend kecp on talking about it from now until el tion duy, next November. It has be- come the paramount issue of the campaizn. Mr. Daugherty thinks, therefore, the time has come to turn on thoss Who have been accusing him wnd make a tight. 1f can prove he not Leen connected with the oil and if he shows that the s against him are baseless, he impaired ‘the democratic far as members of the pres- { ent administration are conzerned, for jneither Mr. Fall nor Mr. Denby’ are any longer responsible to tne Prosi- dent and arc not a part of the gcv- ernment in any sense. I new church fluence in onfirmation thinks it would be when control, $411.315 for harberry eradication, $572,360 for preventing | the spread’of moths and 6,350 for preventing the spread the Eu- {ropean corn borer. Provision is mad of delezates to th { testing conferenc land during 1921 The committee’s report with expenditure of federal funds for highway improvement brought out thiat sirice 1917 federal appropriations to the amouut of W bt been made States, of en paid to January 1 las that expenditures are during this fiscal year at ithe Tate 36,060,000« month, the | committee went on_the 1$72,437.160 would be av penditurc i@ the E i addition to carried in the bill, | $393.932 IN HIGHER PAY. appointment naleced- held in Eng- 4 in dealing | of Denby Cane Different. The President cussions that | republican lof calling ! Agriculture Department’s Share in ' iznation Reclassification Reported. jstrongly thit nobody should be con- 1t n total of $2 vdemned without u hearing. He felt wi 4 total of h Ry S5 3 Ll increases in pay for the Department | >t Wa¥ about Secrctary Deuby an of Agriculture during the fise would have p that the 1 starting July 1 nest, under re ter remain unt had presented hio ion, according to’ the report cace, though there was an awkwa 10 the House today by Representative i BesS in that situation arising fror ydney Anderson of Minnesc the fact that overnment counsel had the House appropriations comm idecided to attac validity of the This is over and u leases made by it with Mr. all, ney neral is accused in general way of being wixed pp in 1se controversy, though no “ct is charged against him to have purel 1 is no proof that he nowledge obtained sources. At any €. it iS said he 1ost by his tran and that th were relatively 0,000 ¢ part in the discus- have arisen inside the party about the wisdom for Mr. Daugherty’s res- s been judicial. He feels il are on tablished n Board of the Mareh 3. with the ! ppropria- Tnterior, appropr ready pus: s carried in the the allocati sonnel Cla the provisions { the basis « by the P { purauant to {classification act approved 19235, and in accordance practice adopted by the ions committee in the easury and Post Offic {tion hilis.which have the House ‘I'he restrietive provision regulating the expenditure of appropriations for personal service in the Distriet of Columbia as contained in the Int | Treasurs and Post Office unl hills previously reported, is recom- mended in the agricuitural bill. Field Service Covered. Nl = the lansuage appropriations for salarics also for personal This Anderson poin Lurcaus and offices of the be e positions herer the statutory Iso eovermd the employment of cer n persons in the field. In many of the appropriations for personal services recommended | in iis bill the amount recommended to appropriated for the fiscal vear is considerably greater than for rent fiscal year. This the fact that increased compensa- tion (the $230 bonus) was provided | {for the Department of Agriculture in nm and all rious bureaus and offices Secretary., In computing rates of compensation the classificution wct provided the existing should be the i Pl - employe w | recéiving mount wa I | smali. The fizht on the Attorney General began long before the ofl-lease irree- ularities were discovered. There has been a gencral suspicion on the part of the democruts that because of Mr. Daugherts’s previous wetivity in poli- tics "he wWwas not dnclined (o bhe us rougii on offenders and as vigorous in prosceutions as another Attorney Gen- witheut a political backgroun hi have beon, Sk democrats have sought an op- ty ket him out of office tack now has becom: they belfeve that hest interest to ¥ at the administration, foreins iinent members out so that the will lose confidence in fh republican party and turn to the Tats next autumn. Mr. Daugh- thinks the time has come to id his determination today t fzht to the Senatr which the ¥Presi well oppose, for everyhod accused has the right to a fair trial. n | making | provides jin the esentative xome of the departme fore spe seve inst = | | pertur hut 1 Eeneral to their serviees to tld N tep- necess out, in g Has Wheeler Correspondence. As for his principal accuser, ator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana democrat, Mr. Daugherty happens to have to the records of th Department of Justice under the dem- ocratic administration when Mr Wheeler was United States attorney in Montana and when there w om« interesting correspondence betweer the Department of Justice and Mr. Wheeler relative 1o the latter's a lleged failure to prosecute 1. W. W. Iwho had been accused of anti-wa | activity. Undoubtedly some of thes irecords will be exposed by Mr { Daugherty in an effort to prove that | prosecutions were not always fol- lowed up even by his accusers. ZURICH BANK’S HOME. Experts Locate New German Gold Note Institution. Associated Prss RLLIN, February —The Lokal or vays that the experts con <ion has decided upon Zurich ax { hendquarters for the proposed Ger- _— yman gold note bank, with capi al pariament has (supplied by Swiss, Dutch and British only one woman member, though ,bankers, in addition to German funds equal suffrage has been enj he bank will begin to function April that country for many Years. ., aceording to this newspape! THE EVENING STAR COUPON “THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT” By Frederic J. Haskin access ate of pay for tie {ecome within the r 1 {lishdd in the classification act. i Actual Increane Announced. The actual increase, therefore, un- | der the classification act is not the difference between the base pay for 11924 and the amount recommended for 1825, but the difference between the combined amount for 1 ay and bonus and the amount recam- mended for the fiscal year 1925 Tn almost every bureau the eficet of this as been that although there is an {apparent increase in u recommended appropriation for persenal services for 1925 compared with the appro- {priation made for the currint fiscal {ycar, an actual reduction has taken place. Prhe increase recommended bill ‘submitted to Ui to the reclassification $393,932. ' i in the House today Gue of salaries is The Norwegian Present this coupon and $1.00 at the Business Office of - The Evening Star and secure your copy of the book, a 5-color map of the United States, 28x22 inches, and a 32- page booklet containing the Constitution of -the United Statds. Mall Orders. 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