Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1924, Page 2

' 2 WASHINGTON TYPE HELD NEED TODAY Senator Swanson and Chief Justice Taft Address Wakefield Association. “We need men too homest to-be corrupted by the rich, too-sreat to bel voerced by the demagogue. We need men like George WasRington,” de- clared Senator Swanson;f Virginia, in an address at the celopration: of George Washington's birthday- anni- versary by the Wukefigid Nationaly Memorial Association, held at the Me-! morial Continental Hall Jas our public N modern cloth: rifd but they | washday He said it wa the foot ball lege her: declared Senator Swanson. | the captain of At be t youns man | for the service of his country “Womanhood should e attrac by noble hearts and aspirations rath than the ability to buy them zaudy tinsel,” he s is time the vugle call to ro ppeal- ing than the dinuer gone Urges Wakefield Shrine. “There should be a sacred shrine at , the birthplace of George ton.” he said letter of | Midie A that § ation e carried 1 of Wakes Washin the prese tinguishe L amons whom was A\inba Franes und Henry ¥ e daf- Taires Eritain, Tustice aft Washinzton as one of history thut could be ‘examine xaminer alw be the betts ach time.” He denied that ( Washington | s an Englishm: dvelared that he had the sreat characteristics of the glish race, which contributed to his 1His father was an Ameri- cas born here, he explained ref to @ visit to the Senate “in | Seere o War™ | f laughter from the wrind of ton made with broucht a round audi unted the op- nate to the Indian Washington waited Washington's resolution visit that ody again. He prajsed the mov toon the part of the Wakefiel morial As- ation fto preserve birthpluce Washingt Senator Fess Speaks. ator Fess of Ohio told ¢ fuience of Washington during the convention that drew up the United ites Constitution and of his rocog- abiliti Hamilton views gov- R the the in- ding the exs 1ol in nator on_ of bill in for the celebration of th rsary of Washington eight from now. cannot do anything better than make certain that the hallowed ground at Wakefield is not neglected. Tt is o shame and a disgrace that Washington's birthplace is not a and I will do all 1 the efforts of the associ tion a succ ," the senator asserted From the Sulgrave Institution came a telegram of congratulations to the | Waketicld S ion, which was formed last T to restore the neg- lected birthplace of the father of the nation. Wakefield is sixty-five miles ;i aWestmoreland “the scene of Wash- and_early childhood. arby contains ' the of many of the Washington ‘ntroduc an ington's birth Other Spenkers. John Barton Payne presided and declared that the _birthplace of George Washington was at present a | scone of desolation. William Tyler Page, clerk United Hous: of ives recited America’s_cre Representative “lifton A. Woodrum of Virginia | sang u number of songs, acompanied | by Mi: Christine Neilson Chindblom The Marine Band Orchestra, under the directi of Capt. Santelman fur- nished the music. The officers of the Wakefield tional Memorial Association are: Chairman, Mrs. Harry Lee Rust, sr. recording secr Mrs. David H. air; eorrespon secretary, Dr. Richard Washington; treasur Mr. tobert V. Fleming; executive commit- tee, Mrs. H. L. Rus sr.; Represent tive R. Walton 1 re, Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, M Ella Loraine Dorsey Marcus Benjamin, Dr. Thomas E. Green, Dr. Charles Moore, Dr. Thomas W. Page and Dr. F. B.j He: counsel, Minor & Rowland consulting architect, W. B. Wood. SESSION BEGUN HERE BY LAW INSTITUTE Na-} To Vi Classification, Simplification and | Application Program Be- fore:; Body. The Ame stitute wvened its cond annual meeting to- | day in Contincntal Memorial Hal with @ program looking to the clarifi cation and simplification of law and its closer application to social needs | before it Reports of Ros Pound. dean | the Harvard Law School, on a i statement of the law, and of a com- | mittee headed by Herbert £ Iadley, | chancellor of Washington University, | Missouri, on the defects in criminal | justice, were to cccupy the main at-} tention of the meeting. { A vast amount of speculation as to ! the contents and recommendations of | these reports has bLee oused. It is! expected that they will contain many | facts and conclusions of public in- | terest. The committe s worked { for more than a year ¢n the eriminal | question “and it will be the | outstanding subject of the lawyers. | Many judges and lawyers of na- | tional prominence, from every part | of the country, are here for the meet- ing. A public reception had been planned for them at the White House, but it was cancelled because the pe. riod of mourning for Woodrow Wil- son has not yet elapsed. The dele- gates, however, probably will be re- ceived informally by the President and Mrs. Coolidge late today. SENATOR GREENE CONTINUES TO GAIN| Physician Says Condition Is Better Than at Any Time Since Shooting. Law 1 con- i an i ‘ Steady improvement continued to- day in the condition of Senator Frank I. Greene of Vermont. “Senator Greene's condition is im- proved this morning, and it is more encouraging than at any other time, Dr. Thomas Linville said shortly be- fore noon. While the senator's temperature is slightly above narmal, it is no more than expected, Dr. Linville said. The nh.ue:‘:, Ia taking nourishment and the physician believes that the pa- ralysis of the'right.slde ix: clearing up. The wound is witifout Infectis {paign for George Washington fidentl ey S Sas Bisxhop Jumes E. Freemun, Rev. Dr. Charlexs Wood were elected Monum at itx annual sexaio ' lections were bring the membership of the socle Waexkington National Monument S Uppe Rev. Dr. Wood and Mr. Delano. FREE HAND GIVEN T0G.W.U. WORKERS Can Now Approach Any One in Drive for University Endowment Fund. the cam- CUni- versity’s million-dollar endowment fund from this date on, so that every one in Washington may be ap- proached, was reached at the report Itncheon of campaign workers at the New Willard Hotel. Hitherto the 600 workers have been confined to lists of persons, each rig- idly adhering to the list given him. But from now on any member of an team may approach any person whom he choses. Decision to throw open oliciting any contributed to the fund, and campaigner will he furnished with a complete list of sub- ribers to date. Speuks at Luncheon. President Vinson of the Reserve University, Cleveland. spoke at the luncheon today, setting forth the advantages of an urban university to a city, and congratulat- ing the workers in securing a half million_dollars to dute from the Na- tional Capital alone. President liam Mather Lewis of George Washington University told of the organization of the United States into ten alumni divisions, and person Western !3{he work being done in each to bring the endowment fund to the full mil- lion dollars desired. There will be another report lunch- con at 12:30 o'clock March 1, at the Willard Hotel. Announcement of a subseription of $1,000 from the Washington Hotel was made today. Great Rewsults Expected. The divisional organization outside of Washington has received much at- tention this week from the national campaign committee, and great re- sults are expected when the reports from the country are all in. Division 1 comptised New England, with Walter B. Grant of Boston as divisional chairman. This section has 231 George Washington Univer- | sity_alumni, with ninety-three living in large cities. Division 2 comprises Now York and New Jersey, with 598 alumni and for- mer students, of whom 468 are in larger cities. The New York city or- ganization has fixed a goal of $300,- V00 as its share in the fund, and con- expects to reach or surpass it. 1. Stewart McKnight of Minfieola, N. Y. is chairman. Division includes Delaware, Mary- land and Pennsylvania, with 493 alumni, of which 287 live in the larger ities. The Maryland section has had a meeting in Baltimore and reports fine_progress. Virginia and West Virginia are in- cluded in_division 4, with 354 alumni. Division 5 is composed of North Caro- lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala- bama, Mississippl and Tennessee, with a total of 216 alumni. Division 6 inciudes Ohio, Illinois, Indiana. Kentucky and Michigan, with 447 alumni. President Lewis will ad- dress the Chicago alumni at @ din- ner Monday night. The remaining state of the union are comprised in the remaining four divisions. Heports of active interest in the campaign come from ail the states, and returns are expected to be large. 1,400 MILES OF PIPE LINE TAKE TEAPOT OIL EAST Chicago Refineries Is Longest of Kind in World. By the Associated Press. EL MONT, Kan., February 23.—Tea- pot Dome, the Wyoming oil field leased to the Sinclair oll interests, now is conected with Kansas and the refineries around Chicago by a 1,400- mile pipe line, said to be one of the longest in the world. The main pump~ ing station on the new pipe line has Jjust been installed here. Eight hundred miles of piping con- nect the Teapot Dome fleld with the oil lines running to the refineries, according to David T. Hawkins, who supervised construction of the line. It is the longest ever laid in one stretch, The pipe passes unwavering- ly through farms, across streams, un- der highways and across a number of towns, It is laid in a trench three feet deep. Telegraph and telephone systerns are part of the equipment of the ling, eorge I nade 1o N1l v ety acts ax and the Prexident of the @ nited States ix prexident . 16€t to right: Bixhop Freeman, Mr. Hamllton. Lower, left to right: Ohio. | Hamilton, Frederic A. Delan members of the Washing yesterdny aftern nciex 1eft by d to eighteen, its stipulated “Bonor guard"” to the shaft f the society. CITY HEADS FAVOR PARK COMMISSION jfleturn Bill Creating Body to Senator Ball With Favor- ! able Report. The Commissioners today transmit- ted to Senator Ball a favorable re- port on a bill to create a National Capital Park Commission, to pro- vide for a comprehensive develop- ment of the park and playsrofwarsyss tems of the city. In view of the fact that the Creek and Potomac Parkway mission already is in existence i performing a lar part of the development work. it has been d cided to let this commission form the nucleus of the new body by merely changing its name and adding more members ix heing done at the aggestion of the budget bureau. which pointed out thzt ther is tendency against increasing the num- ber of governmental ymmissions As umended and indorsed by the Commissioners the proposed board {would be composed of the Secretar. of War, Secretary of the Treasur: the ~Secretary of Agriculture, the chairmen of the committees on public buildings and grounds of the Senate and House and the Engineer Com- missioner of the District. The officer in_charge of public huildings and grounds, now Col. C. O. Sherrill, is made executive and disbursing officer of the new commission. Absorbs Present Body. From and after the passage of this act” reads the bill, “the said c mission shall be known as the Na- {tional Capital Park Commission, hereinafter referred to as the ‘com- mission,” and it is hereby vested with and shall assume and exercise all the powers, obligations and functions conferred upon_ the said Rock creek and Jotomac Park commission by said act approved March 4, 1913, and all subscquent acts and court pros ceedings. In sending the measure to Senator Ball the Commissioners said they are heartily in favor of its enactment, and added: “ "e e e It is believed that the need for the acquisition of additional park and playground areas is urgent. Such areas must and will be provid- ed eventually, and it is in the in- terests of economy to make the nec- essary purchases while the land is unimproved. Moreover, some of the areas desired will be lost forever un- OLITICS Ruck com- and is Th RADIOING P! COSTS $10 MINUTE Broadcaster Says, Gestures Left Out, Price Isn't Worthwhile for Some. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, February 23.—Political campaigners who wished to reach a radio audience by way of broadcast- ing station WEAF will be charged the same amount for use of the air as are commercial firms—3$10 a minute—according to William E. Harkness, assistant vice president of the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company, in charge of the station. Since the company sells | Wyoming Field Connection With |broadeasting time in ten-minute lots, the cheapest rate for a political speech would be $100. 1 Mr. Harkness said, however, that some politicians would make a_ mis- take if they talked over the radio at all.. One spéaking into a microphone to an invisible audience, he pointed out, cannot cover up weak arguments by impressive gestures. Mixed-up sentences and faulty grammar, al- though they may not be noticed in a platform address, he said, go very badly by radio. Applications from politicians for broadcasting time may be received after the primaries and conventions, Mr. Harkness said, but he did not feel much time could be surrendered from the regular program for political pur- poses. “I don’t think the audience will care much for it,” he added. Spanish Troops Attacked. MADRID, February 23.—A com- munique from Melilla, Spanish Mo- rocco, says rebels attacked a convoy returning from Benitez and Tizziazza, killing three native soldiers and wounding. a Spanish. lientengnt and clahs aen, 2 i WASHINGTON, President Calvin Coolidge, in a radio address delivered last night from his study in the White House, paid an im- preseive tribute to George Washington and appealed to the millions who heard his voice to accept the responsibllities and continue the sacrifices necessary to make enduring the institutions s which Washington founded. While describing the part played by George Wushington in the founding of the American republic, he declared that he accomplished the results by “ac- crifices.” address, which was the second one made by Mr. Coolidge over the radio, was ai the invitation of th ternational Rotary Clubs, members of which recently asked the President to deliver an address yesterday on anni- versary of the founding of Rotarianism. Text of Speech. The speech, in full, follows: “Each vear the birthday of George Washington gains wider acceptance as being of more than national significance. He becomes mora and more a warld figure mighty influence reaching into a lands and recognized b ples. He is as truth. The zreat holds’ in history grows more clear as we are able to with all others who stamp upon the affairs kind. “This position began to b appre- ciated even before his death. When Talieyrand, foreign minister of Napoleon, reported that ou President was gone, he by his admiration to compose a culogy. In it he dwelt upon those moral qualities of Washington, which have become more and more appreciated, and upon his exalted character. In recommending that statue be raised to his memory n one of the great squares of Paris, he declared: “The man who, amid the deca- dence in modern ages. first dared 1o believe that Le could inspire degene nations with courage 10 rise 1o the level of republiczn virtues, Lived for all nations and fur all centuries. Hero for All Peoples. “Something of the spiritual pow- ar of Washington is realized when it s remembered that even from Talleyrand his passing inspired such & tribute, accompanied suggestion of 2 memoris first citizen of a count was at. that very time pre for what appeared (o be an immi- nent conflict with France. The character of Washington raised n_above national enmities him & hero that all peo- compeiied to honor. off lands peonle are obsers- day by taking thought of qualities that gave Washing- ton this foremost place among the truly great. They are drawn to this” man by his calm and clear judgment. by his abounding cour- age and by his unselfish devotion. Beyond that which was ever ac- corded to any other mortal, he holds rank as a soldier. a states- man and a patriot. Others may ] have excelled him in some of these quali but no one ever excelled him in this threefold greatness. | Yot Washington, the man, seems | to Stand above them all. After we have recounted all his victories, after we have examined his rec- ord in public office, after we have recalled that he refused to be made a King. we have not exhausted his greatness. We can best estimate him by not identifying him with some high place, but by thinking him as one of ourselves. When all detailed description fails, it is enough to say he was a great man. He had a supreme endowment of charucter. ldeals for World. “No one can think of without thinking of Washington. When we look back over the ourse of history before his day scems as though it had all 4 preparation for him and his When we consider events then we can see a steady growth and development of the ideals which he represented and the in stitutions which he founded, world wide in extent. The principles which he fought to establish have Lecome axioms of civilization. It might almost be said that the pros- ress which peoples have made is measured by the degree with which they have accepted the great policies which he represent- ed. “It is not possible to compress a great life into a single sentence. We look upon Washington us the esponent of the rights of man. We think of him as having estab- lished_the independence of Amer- ica. We associate his name with liberty and freedom. We say that he was a_great influence in the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. All these are cen- tered around the principle of self- government. But when we exam- ine the meaning of independence, of constitutional liberty and of self-government we do not find that they are simple rights which society can bestow upon us. They are very complex. They have to be earned. They bave to be paid for. They arise only from the dis- charge of our obligations one to another. Washington did not, could not, give anything to his countrymen. His greatness lies in the fact that he was successful in calling them to the performance of a higher duty. He showed them how to have a greater liberty by earning it. All that any society can do, all that any government can do, is to attempt to guarantee to the individual the social, eco- nomic and political rewards of his own effort and industry. The America which Washington found- ed does not mean we shall have everything done for us, but that we shail have every opportunity to do every thing for ourseives. This is liberty, but it is liberty only through the acceptance of re- sponsibility. Built on Sacrifice. “It cannot fail to be worth while to recall some of the activities of Washington and the men of his day. They were without inde- pendence. They went through the hardship of seven terrible years of war that it might be secured. They were without a national gov- ernment. They went through the toil and expense, the misgivings and sacrifices of years of palitical agitation that it ‘might finally be established. They were without industry, without commerce, with- out transportation and without shipping. But by their enterprise, their effort, their inventive genius and their courage,. these ware created. These efforts and their experiences ‘we should keep con- stantly -in mind. Before we com- plain too much about our hard- 8hips in these luxurions days, be- fore we lose faith in the ppwer of' the. people by relying on them- selves best to serve themselves, it is; well to consider the early be- ginnings of this republic. 2 TNo one needs to be told of the general success which has attend- edithe putting into effect of these principles, politically and socially. No. one claims that they have brought about, or are likely to bring’ about In the immediate fu- ture/ a .condition of perfection. Sel(-:o‘;slment does not purge us of alf _faults, but there are very féw'stadents of the affairs of mankind wha would deny that the theory upon syhich pur. institutions proceed gives the beat resuits that have ever been. given teo ‘&ny peo- ple. When there is a failure, it is not because the system has failed, but because we have failed. For the purpase of insuring liberty, mude merica w i I l 1 | cepting great responsibilities and mak- | In- | ! I Heads Patriotic Body Must Sacrifice for Rewards President, in Radio Address, Says W ash- ington’s Ideals Call Upon Nation. for Service and Responsibility. ment of sound lezis!s administration of justice, for the faithful ¢ tion of the laws, no institution have ever given greater promise or more worthy performance than those which are represented by the name of Washington. W have changed our Constitution and laws to meet changing conditions and a better appreciation of the broad requirements of humanity. We have extended and increased the direct power of the voter. But jthe central dea of self-government remains unchanged. “While we reatize that freedom of the individual mewn wonsibility for the individual; while we know that people do and must support th vernment, and that the govern- iavailable to state nt does not and cannot support the people, yet the protection of the individgal from the power now represented by organized numbers and consolidated wealth requires many activities on the part of the government which were not need- ed in_ the days of Washington. Many laws are necessary for this rurpose. both In the name of jus- tice and of humanity. Efforts in this direction are not for the pur- pose of un 'mining the independ- ence of the individual, but for the Purpose of maintaining for him an equal opportunity. They are made on the theory that each individual is entitled to live hix own life in his own way. free from every kind of tyranny and oppression. Goal Net Yet Reached. “We have not yet reached zoal of Washington's ideals. They are not vet fully understood: He was a practical man. He suffered from no delusions He knew that there was no power to establish a system under which existence could be supported without effort. “Those who now expect ansthing in that direction are certain to be disappointed. Ha held out no prom- ise of unearned rewards, either in small or large amounts, On the other hand, if no one ought to re- ceive gain except for service T dered, no onc ought to he requircd to render service except for rews able compensation. Equality and justice both require that there should e no profitcering and no exploitu- tion. Under the Constitutiof of the United States there is neither any peasantry nor any order of nobility Politically, econom! ly and socially, rvice and character are to reign, and service and character alone. “Such is the meaning of the life of George Wash gton, who came into being nearly 200 vears ago. e left the world stronger and better. He made life broader and sweeter. He accomplished these results by ac- copting BT responsibilities and making great sacrifices. 1f we are to maintain the nstitutions which he founded, if we are to improve what he created, we must be like- minded with him, we must inue to acecept responsibilitiex We must continue to make sacrifices. Under all the laws of God and man there is no other way. AENS BONUS IMPOSSIBLE UNDER 3 TAX PLANS, DECLARES MELLON the (Continued from First Page.) officers, upon re- quest of the governor, regardless whether the state imposes an income . as the law now requires for such inspection. Representative Longworth, repub- lican leader. continued optimistic that a definite break in the ranks of the seventeen republicans who voted for the Garner income rates had devel- } oped as a result of his new compro- mise offer, but hoth republican surgent and democratic spokesmen maintained they would hold to the Garner rates on a final vote on the in- | measure. Changes Are Attacked amendments yesterday drew fire from the republicans, Repre- sentative Mills, New York, charging that “this piecemeal destruction of the revenue bill is not only leading to complete distortion of the meas- ure, but to destruction of the income tax law itsel He charged the measure was being made an instru- ment® of politics, adding that “in- stead of bringing relief for the tax- payers it is going to harass them Representative Wingo, democrat, Arkansas, in _reply, denied that amendments thus far adopted had done more than bring relief to a greater number of taxpayers, and declared he would “rather be charged with political motives than personal interest in framing a revenue bill. The republican stand served to de- feat an amendment offered by Rep- resentative Moore, democrat, Vir- ginia, which would have opened per- sonal as well as corporation returns to state officers. It was lost, 122 to 4. Both Other Changes Aceepted. Additional changes in the measure were tentatively agreed upon at a meeting of some membe; of both parties of the ways and means com- mittee. These would increase the es- tato or inheritance tax and impose & gift tax. What rates will be propesed was not determined, although the schedule advanced recently by Repre- sentative Ramseyer, republican, Iow: to make the maximum rate on the es- tate tax 40 per cent, applying to the amount by which the net estate of a decedent exceeds $10,000,000, was fa~ vored by a number of those who con- ferred. Representative Longworth, the re- publican leader, who on Thursday ad- vanced a new compromise on the in- come rate schedules as a_ substitute for the democratic rates already vot- ed into the bill, declared last night he expected eight or nine of the sev- enteen republicans who supported the democratic plan to vote for the sub- stitute if an_opportunity is afforded when the bill is up for a final vote. The republican compromise fixes the maximum surtax rate at 37% per cent instead of the 44 per cent mow in the bill, and decresses the normal rate on incomes below $4,000 to 2 per cent, the rate now in the bill, but would make it 6 per cent above that amount. It would allow no in- creased exemptions. The amendment opening tax re- turns specified that they should be inspected only by the House ways jand means and Senate finance com- mittees and _special congressional committees. ‘It. wag adopted 158 to The amendment as ofiginally proposed by Representative Moore, demécrat, Virginia, would havé made the returns available to all congres- sional committees. It was changed on motion of Representative Tilson, Trepublican, Connecticut, by a vote of 148 to 139. & Previously the House rejected, 158 to 80, an amendment submitted b¥ Representative Frear' to make the tax -returns open to inspection by any one under the rules governing as|. o other public records. Representa- tive Garner and other democratic as well as republican leaders opposed this as not safeguarding sufficiently the tax records, although declaring it was preferable to no proyision for publicity on returns whatever, Rep- Tesentative Hawes, democraf, Mis- sourd, declared the amendmant would destroy the privaey.of: ome. 5 we are Ving a new amiont i-a the lgl;ltm} States, and, referring to the insurgents, added, “it 1s’ ruling’ the efforts of the seems that Wi aad ruliag JUDGE JOSIAH A. VAN ORSDEL. UDGE VAN RSDEL EADSS.ARIND.G | i | | | | i } Annual Luncheon and Pro- gram of Patriotic Exercises. Judge Josiah A. Van Orsdel elected president of Columbia Society of the Sons of the Americun Revolution, at the annual meeting of that organization in the La Hotel, yesterday The new president was escopted to his chair Ly Past Presidents William Parks. 8. M. Ely and John Paul Earnest. In ting the position of president Judge Van Orsdel said, in part: “I want to express a deep appr tion of your having ele d m to th high office of this patriotic or- ganization. s is a day of unrest and troubled conditions and it b comes the duty of every patriotic citizen to stand for the Constitution and the principles upon which this government is founded.” The ele n of officers and business ssiom followed the regulur annual luncheon of the in the hotel, which the me hurried to after attending a joint meeting of the local chapters of the Sons of the American volution. Sons of the Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution, in the Memorial Continental Hall. Other Ofcers Elected. Other officers _elected were presidents, Henry 1. Rryan, W Mather Lewis and Overton ford; treasurcr, sunu o tary, Kenneth S. Wales was the District of ibers Vice, “harles M. W. Drape i William Curtis White: members of the board of management, John Barker, Dr. Thomas J. W. Brown, Samuel Herrick, Dr. Mark F. Finley and Albert D. ngler, and delegates o attend th ming convention in sult Lake City, Utah, Dr. Mark F. Finlcy, Bliss N. Davis, William . Parks, Milo (. Sumner, J. McD. Stewart, John B. Torbert, Overton C. Luxford, Selden M. Samuel Her- rick, A.'G. Gore, John 5. Barker and D. Spangler. Several score members of the soclety received one or more votes for delegate. The twelve re- ceiving the highest, however, were elected. A resolution was adopted that a silver plate. with the instgnia of the society engraved on it. be sent to the George Washington University to be Iplacd on hte staff of the flag_ which was presented to William Mather Lewis, president of the universit rlier in the day, and which is to be placed on the first new building of the university. E Hits Communists |n U. §. A resolution was adopted to con- demn_the so-called “workmen's party in labor," which party, it was de- clared, made_up of communists working in the United States under that name, and are working for the purpose of overthrowing the govern- ment. In the resolutifn was a clause asking that the members of the i ciety renew their pledge to uphold the | government of the United States and to exercise all diligence in doing so. Copies of the resolution are to be sent fo the national organization. The resolution was introduced by Admiral G. W. Baird, N. S. Navy, retired The necrology of the members of the socie{w who died during the past vear was read by the historian, Henry W. Draper. A report on the progress of the so- ciety was read by the retiring presi- dent, Samuel Herrick, who thanked the society for the “honor” which had been bestowed upon him—in having chosen him as its president. Presentation of Colors. The exercises were opened by invo- cation, delivered by Chaplain White. This was followed by the bresentation of colors, led by Fred D. Owen. Other Teatures includ>d the reports of the officers for the past year. The regis- trar, Maj. O. C. Luxford, read a list of the transfers of members of the society to other societies and of the members received into the society from out-of-town societies during the year, Other papers read included a report of the treasurer, Kenneth S. Wales, and the auditors’ report, read by John Paul Earnest, chairman of the auditing committee. The reports were accepted and resolutions of thanks expressed by the society to those who made them. William H. Washington, a_visitor from Nashviile, Tenn., and a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in that eity made a brief talk of good will and admiration for the Washington Society. Following his brief address, a resolution, Including a message of good will_from the local society to- ward Mr. Washington an of which he is a member, mously adopted. BANDITS SHOOT MOTORMAN. LOUISVILLE, Ky, February 23. D. M. Chriswell, motorman on a one- man street car, was shot and probably fatally wounded late last night by one of a trio of bandits who attempted to rob him. The attempted hold-up was staged near the end of the car line, in the suburbs. The bandits escaped in an automobile. . £ historian, istrar, Rev Henry Shéadow Cast on Wall Resembles Profile Of First President The almost perfect silhouette of George Washington is shown on the wall of a corridor in the big granite building housing the State and War Departments. It is near the north end of the east corri- dor on the wecond floor and is made by the shadow of a public telephone box cast obliguely from an electric light in _the celling. Though most observers say it re- sembles Stuart’s _celebrated por- trait of Gen. Washington in its general outlines, a few consider it a profile likeness of the late Woodrow Wilson. It is & lttle - moce than life sisa S Election of Officers Follows! | GOD’S PROMISE WRITTEN IN ROCK* OF AGES,G.W.U. GRADUATES TOLD IDr. John C. Merriam, in Convocation Address, Says Record for Millions of Years Has Been One of Continual Progress. Despit: uiodera prophecies of doom for civilization, the Creator has left written upon the history of the ages up @ ;& promise of progress and hope with 1 the passing of the centuries, Dr. Join !l Merriam, president of the Carncgie Institution of Washington, told the {inid-year graduating class of George Washington University vesterday afternoon in Memorial Continen Hall. i “Though at times darkness seems lclose in about us.” Dr. Merriam said, delivering the convocation address on history and education, “vet the flame of life handed on from man to man is brighter with the pessing ages, and it makes more cle ihy which cach ome climbs further step. That is what the mes- sage of history scems 1o me.’ Meaning of History. At the outset Dr. Merriam defined his conception of the meaning of history. While some persons might think, he said, that “education tells us all about everything, 1 believe that it should rather tell us what everything is all about” The time of written history is but brief com- pared Lo that greater story that may he found written only in the ruins of lancient civilizations and upon the rdcks of the ages. T he xistence of man ix not lim- ited to the present pcological tim he continued ur own history reaches into earlier goological ages and merges with that of the cave ibear and thes uberltooth tiger. Man was present as a part of the living world in a period so remote that the range of time in modern history is only as a pin point compared With the long extended represented by these carlier T 'he earliest portion of the tory of man is found on the later pages of another and longer ory reau from the strata of the rocks— that magnificent series of inscribed leaves laid one upon another open wide for our convenient in: This record 1 do not hesi deseribe greatest origin pent of 1 me “There e chapters. A single author wrote all. His in: to authorship Jlished In the making of the record lay long unread. ter days It has hecor in truth a mine of xn[v-rm:xnogu“ Geologists who have mad most T n calculati as to of that first inseribed h Dr. Merriam said, insist that tween five hundred million and one thousand million years were required for its compilation, while the average estimate pla it even neare® one billion years Earliest Rocks Dextroyed. “And yet.”” the speaker continued, “when w reach the bottom of the phe we fih that the lowest or earliest record available is not the beginning. The earth is so apcient th rocks have been d fluctuating tides of that s upon which float the venerable the symbols, of our stability. now we havélittle hope of finding t feal beginning of the story. E “We begin now to ualize that background in space and time through which our world has grown and is moving. We know that, regardless of the philosophical view W may ve g4 g man's ultimate o e re’-‘rdm‘l‘wn» is behind us an kable stretch of time, a multitude ning wisdom his way to to s thy In these 1 the the tory be- almost through of dangers, and power, man found subjugation of the world. Doex Not Dextroy God. “Having turned for the mom that wider fieid of history in which science is thought by some to lay an Snfeeling hand upon affairs touching the relation of mam to his Maker. per- haps 1 may be permitted 1o express my clear conviction that science does not drive from the world of’thin or of life, or of humanity, that over- “hadowing _ power recognized as Creator or God. The man of science sces the universe as more wonderful ith each discovery No rational being can e feeling that, us knowledge the universe. in terms of space and power, become of increasing reverence. man’s position in it is more and more narrowly limited. Our period of habitation on the earth shrinks to relatively smail dimepsions, but the Flory of our part in it increases when We see the Creator renewing forever his creation, and opening the way for continuing growth into regions of clearer vision and larger service. «World Grows Like God' “The world has always demanded @ God that it could meet face to face. There can be no veil drawn between the people of any age and the vealed aspects of their Maker: no limits can be placed on the Creator's method of making Himsell known. The court of the ages which judges in these questions stands not upon form or creed. but pe the ances. time and the object although bases its jude- ments upon the value of the perform- nce in serving a_world which grows in the likeness of God in proportion to its opportunity to grow in the knowledge of His attributes. n our advance we have discarded the ancient method of change by rev- olution, punishment and destruction for that of evolution built upon con- tinuing_improvement and construc- tion. We are trying to put aside the idea of selfish struggle typical of the z early, reign of tooth and claw for the ! mutual Christian support which brinats about the highest common good un- der the rule of truth and law. Mensage of Histors. “In the end—I wish to state once more my faith in what seems to me the message of history concerning man and his future. Though at times darkness seems close in about us, yet the flame of life handed on from man to man is brighter with the passing ages, and it makes more clear the path by which each one climbs up a further step. So Tennyson's im- mortal lines float alwavs through my thoughts, in that— T held it troth with him who sings To one ciear harp with divers tanes That men may rist on stepping stones Of their dead selves 1o higher things. To you, as a graduating class, it may seem that my vision lets ‘me wander out £o far into the future | in a sense—it is your future into THE EVENING the path | which it moves. Do 1ot depend upow my eyes, but look yourselves whers I have tried to see, and you will Lring back more than T have found. The diplomas were presented te raduates by President William | Mather Lew Immediately after President Lewis had charged them With their duties of citizenship th. formal recessional began. The fol- lowing degrees were awarded upon the Dresgntation of candidates by the deans af their respective colleges Hachelor of arts—Herbert Abrazm #on, District of Columbia; Harry il Ahern, District of Columbiug ourtland Darke Baker, West Vires ginia; M. Gladys Barrow, Disirict of olumbia; ¥milie Bates Blic land; Mariana Miller Blic! |Henry George Bradley, | J¢shia Quintin Buzbee, Alabama; L t, 1917, University of Alabama M., 1920, Nationu) University; kert. District of Colum} Hummer, District of Co- lumbia; Al Joseph Kane, Pennsyle vania: LL B. 1523, Georgotown Uni- versity: Dorothy ' Devereaux Ladd, Maryland; Anne Theresa Lawrence, Virginia; Helen Faris Myers, District of Columbia; Julian Argones Ortega, Philip Mary Cromm Ruff, Penne Benjamin H. nde Aileen” Schubert, Distric Columbia; Richard Joseph Massachusetts; Humphr Walsh, Distriet of Columb Wolff, District arte ar cducation - M Ambrosi (with Blanche I t er Culien, Tilinois Smith Diermier. Mississippi: Elizabe P Kohl Draper (with distinetion). Dis trict _of Columbia: ° Epstein New York; Mae C, Gervals, Distriet o olumbia; Earle J ling Kesten, | New York: Annie Florence Maitland, District of Columbia: Margaret St Clair Patterson, Marviand; Elizabeth eina Rice, District of Columbiag Florence Hopkins Rogers (with dis- tinction), District of Columbia; Alice Lydia Shepard, District of Columbias Ruth Elizabeth Tuckey. District of Columbia: Suzanne Beairice Waters, District of Columbia. Bachelor of science in mechanic engineering—Ralph Herman Brauner District of Columbia dist n Mar- 1919, Behne Wa —Elizabeth laud. A. B. ph Carroil Universit Ohio, 1 ilege: James Ben 1 in Clark, 1913, University of Roberts Cupp, 1daho; Leth Do b, Kathleen Dugz= on Friedman, Grossman, Ken- 1922, George ty: Gregory 1916, College AL A, 1917, \lbert ~ Ficklin 1 , Uni- » Litzelman Columbia; John is; John Elmer Virginia: Milton ict of Columbia nee ington Belden. Hankin, of the { Harva i McClure, West Morton Periman, Di (with distinction Simith. 3 Washington U Jer Smyth, Connecticut, George. Washington Michael Joseph Sporrer. {Daniel _ Stryker, New York, Th. B, 1916, Yale University: Perry Watz- man. District of Columbiz, and Walter Erasmus Wiles, North er of laws—Emanuel Maurico Maryland. LL. B ge Washington University; liam Armstrong Hunter. ldah of _ Chicago, sorge Washington Uni- tolon Balley Turner, Arkan- 1 corge Wash- University Michigan; versity A.B. Li B. n Universit Master of arts—Mary Brown, Dis- trict of Columbia, 1815, George Washingten Unive: John Sake Gambs. A. B, rze Washing- ton University; Eiise Hatt, Indiana, A. B. 1822, Vassar Coliege; Virginia | Bullock-Willis. Alabama B.. 1921, George Washington University Master _of _science— Paul “George Russell, New York, A. B, 1916, George | Washington University; James Se- {Bola Vanick, Ohio. B. S, 1817, Case 1 of Applied Science. i r of science in chemi |otiver John Irish, District of Colum- b ¥ te University of lowa: Mildred Sweney Sherman, Dise trict_of Columbia, A 1919, Ober- [1in College Doctor ¢ rice Henry : George Washington University; Luginbill, South Carclina, B. 1810, Ohio State University, and A. M, 1917, University of South Carolini MEXICO TO DEPORT AMERICAN WRITER Chicago Tribune Correspondent Ac- cused of Misinterpretation of Political News. logophy— By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February ‘reders Wright, correspondent in Moxico City for the Chicago Tribune, has been ordered deported from Mexico by the Secretary of the Interior on charges of “persistent misinterpretation *of political news,” according to a special dispatch from him in today’'s edition. The charge was made, the dispatch states, after an investigation of an article in the Tribune on January & regarding the destruction of --ihe hacienda of Mrs. Rosalic Evans in the state of Pucbia. 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