Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1924, Page 14

AFTER A LONG VISIT TO PARIS AND THE BATTLEFIELDS. A. E. months.” Gen. John E. Hines was the first officer to greet him. hook on the war. RECEIVI ernoon held a reception at the ‘Washington. SIR ALFRED ROBBINS GUEST OF MASONS English Leader Entertained at House of Temple Din- ner Party. CO-OPERATION IS SOUGHT | Better Understanding With U. S. Organizations Urged. | Sir Alfred Robbins, president of the | hoard of general purposes of the | United Masonic Grand Lodge of Eng- land, of London, the guest of | honor at a d r last night at the| House of the Temple, given by Capt. | John H, Cowles, thirty-third degr sovereign grand commander, Supre: Council, Ancient and Accepted Scot- tish Rite of Freemasonry, - Southern Jurisdiction. Sir Alfred visiting | the United States as the representa- | tive of the Duke of Connaught, grand | master of Masons of England, for the purpose of promoting fraternal co- operation between the Masonic organ- izations of the English-speaking countries. On behalf of the quarter million Scottish Rite Masons of this jurisdic- tion, Capt. Cowles welcomed the dis- tinguished visitor, paying tribute to his services to Freemasonry, and as- suring him that Mas of the United States were oarnestly of co-operating with their Ma brethren across the sea jn adv the cause of world-wide amity and peace.: Sir Alfred.respon address in which he presented the fraternal greetings of the grand master of English Masons and de- | clared that the best interests of humanity would be se of friendly was is & among the na® tions that the Anglo-Saxo» tongue. Sir Alfred is the head of the gove= | erning body of the oldest Masonio Grand Lodge in the world, of which he is past grand warden. For thirty- six years he was the London corre- spoke and his services to journalism were recognized by King George seven yvears ago, when he was created a knight bachelor. Besides Sir Alfred Robbins and Lady Robbins, the guests last . eves ning included Chief Justice William L Taft, Mr. Justice and Mrs. Willis Van Devanter, S wood, thirty-third degree, g . Underwood, Senator and Mrs. T. H., Caraway, Secretary of Agriculture and Mre, Henry C. Wall Repre- sentatlve and Mrs. William A. Ayres. Representative James H. ferty, thirty-third degree, and Mrs. Madlafferty, Representative and Mrs. Samuel A. Kendall, Representative and Mrs. Clifton A. Woodrum, Rep- resentative and Mrs. Robert G. Sim- | mons, Representative _Arthur B. Rouse, Admiral George W. Baird, U. N., retired; Admiral and Mrs. L. Ii Gregory, Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Gen. and Mrs. Amos A. Fries, Gen. and Mrs. John A. Lejeune, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Gen. and Mrs. Charles McK. Salzman, Gen: Robert 1. Noble, Gen. George C. Rickards, Maj. 0. M. Baldinger, Charles F. Rob- erts, grand master of Masons, ‘and Mrs. Roberts, Simon Bube, G. H. P. i A. M, and Mrs. Bube, Dan ( Vaughan, grand master, R. and 8. M, und Mrs. Vaughan, Harzy | 1ay: Tracing the primitive trail of cre-horseshoes Merri; Instit fo! great lumbered S NAVAL ATTACHES OF VARIOUS LEGATIONS AND avy Department for the representative THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Gen. John . Pershing, leader of the during the war, back at his desk at the War Department yesterday after an absence of sever: Gen. Pershing gathered taterial for a Thato IMBASSIES. The new Secretary of the Na: of foreign navi W hen Dinosaurs and Elephants Roamed Great Forests Here. W D on am, ui shingtof resident of W3 n, I of t shingtor the Congressional Club afternoon documentary e or. Jol he ¢ 1 videnc: osaurs and eléphan through ri where Pennsyli: Natlo m: club’s of e illust rou bers. nal Capital no Dr. Merriam W regular meeti ono and in the h nia W se pre 1 lecture on h He of ves of nature's ining—th. s—for the inspection of its m carricd andience bs o strat; along the trail half on th natur extine pec ter taken fprimi rece out { heap mains n guided it of evolution. Reads evidence w © he "t mz m from tive written man jon own history his of m T by tl tone quoia for- avenue and the smoothly paved highways of the modem rve sent 1S it ourse ootprints on unfolded her a nillion ialy ges of Rocks. the speaker, acknowledged authorities ubject. submitted to his host- hand of sell—the footprints of now nmals, the fo of flowers and tree: nated and he leaves of long ago implements where ncient quarries, ngton. has the { stories of cities into ments, ornam of bhurden rewnants Lo o finally, spondent of the Birmingham NOwSs, i jth ail the story of tragedy the, Back through thes h of debris we go till their layers merge into the strata which fi may from “The record o the only ci written about some opinion. hea throu; river, skill er: the tell which have been carved. ity of ¢ hum tage nan h wor wh histo d w speaker said. of d tory, n tribes a past from w {left only piles ers one upon another. B its of dwellings, ebris told and those used of discarded bones o our h Washin a’ brief span ghout of the examined ' with future MacLaf- | check our sto: with_ma it, Some cil € hu ills gton ome worn broken the bones of beasts for food, and, beings food, man and goes of it | ation along its faintly marked path through hn rnegie be- terday that, onee | a at of ne up one of chipped them from ong Piney branch, all found | y back | imple- 'm the rocks valleys our civilization back Much has been fact, day the garbage the excavations and the fills and along the masterly investigators, There will be older and_broken' will | the guest the of the the the followed by those with diminishing remains of this type and with the wreckage of many aut “Then the common eviden means of transportation will th rapidly. For many makes of « there will be noted frequent chang of style and there will be seen great increase in the number of spare parts. The lower layers will con- [tain abundant remains of bottles and then the number will diminish rapid- nd so the future student will out our stery, no matter what ite about it today.” ancient quarry mentioned iam, where the early ¢ zens of W ington chipped their implements of war and trade from jthe gravel be of Piney branch. oc- | cupied art of the me slope upon {which the Congre onal Club now | stands. The speaker carried his andi- i o | an ence a few miles away from Wash- ington to the home of President Mon- Iroe, near Leeshurg, Va. | When the stone floor-of the porch was torn up recently, he_said, the reverse sides of the st were | found to contain abundant tracks of dinosaurs. “So that President Mon- roe was unconsciously walking upon the opposite side of some rocks upon which great dinosaurs had tramped ages and ages ago,” Dr. Merrjam said. PRESIDENT OPPOSES ALIEN PROPERTY USE Thinks Money Should Be Held In- tact, Rather Than as Stimu- lant to Trade. President Coolidge favors retention of alien property still held by the American government, so that it may be used to satisfy claims or be re- turned intact to its former owmers rather than its use to finance trade. Opposing the Dial bill, to use $150,- 000,000 of the liguid assets of the alien property to promotc exporta- tion of cotton to Germany, the Pres- ident is satisfied that credit is ample for the financing of foreign trade with Germany as well as with other countries. Any measure designed to promote trade with Germany and other Bu- ropean countries would receive the President’s approval, but he believes in illustrious potentate, and Mrs, Cary, grand eommander, Knights Templar, and Miss Reeve, Willlam Booth Price, thirty-third Maryland, and Mrs. Price, thirty-third degree, for the Supreme Council in District H. W. Witcover, thirty- third degree, secretary general, S. G. Wiliiam D. Hoove: Morey, of Col 1..G. in Georgia; iumbi; W dégree, Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Bligh the Blight, L Clarke, Mrs. t New Age Mrs. Reber Mystic Shrine, Reeve, iam S. Fishbaugh, Mr. John Poole, Reynold E. thirty-third degree, editor Magazine, ana K. G. L and Mrs G. liwood P. deputy M that with respect to alien property it should be retained intact, first to meet any claims of American gov- ernment, and second to be returnéd intact to its former owner: FLEET ENDS PRACTICE. LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 5—The United States battle fieet will leave Panama for southern California waters April 12, arriving here April 21, according to dispatches received from the'flagship California following completion last night of the fleet's p=month pre n winte aneu- s in the Caribl in by | SATURDAY, A FEATURE OF SALVATION ARMY WORK. But caring for the youngsters is only a part of the charitable work of the organization. The Army is appealing for $37.000 to “carry on” during the coming r in the District of Columbia. Curtis D. Wilbur, yesterday aft- who are stationed at the embassies and legations in National Photo \DESCRIBES PREHISTORIC RECORD HOUSE IMMIGRATION |GOMPERS NOT ILL, LEFT IN ROCKS OF WASHINGTON| ;Dr. John C. Merriam Takes Hearers Back to Days MEASURE TAKEN UP V}gomus Effort to Change Many Provisions Is Expected; Vote Next Week. | ! ! | | The Johnson immigration bill was taken up in the House today amid indications of vigorous efforts to change many “of its provisions. Al- though general debate on the meas- ure limited to ten hours under rules governing its consideration, the discussion of proposals for its amend- ment are expected fo delay a vote until-the latter part of next week. Virtual Bar to Japanese, The Johnson bill proposes an is im- { migration quota of 2 per.cent based ~|on the 1890 census, provides for ex- | amination abroad of aliens desiring to make their home in this_country |2na virtually would bar »anese from entry. ‘The 1890 quota basi. has been described by some of its | proponents as a mea of reducing | the number = of ~immigrants from | southern and central Europe and in- | creasing the proportion from the | northern and epstern sections of that continent, and has aroused consider- able opposition on the same grounds. The present law fixes the quota at 3 ln:-r cent on the basis of the 1910 census. Sabath Wants Further Study. [ Representative Sabath, democrat, | Ilinois, a member of the immigra- tion committee, who, disagrees with the proposals sponsored by Chairman Johnson, introduced a resolution yes- terday providing for extension until December 31, 1925, of the present law, which expires June 30, and a study of the problem meantime by a com- mission comprised of two senators, two representatives and three, mem- bers appointed by the President to represent industrial, labor and agTi- cultural interests. Social Service Supervisor Ad- dresses Associated Charities. An average of 175 cases a menth are handled by the social service de- partment of the Providence Hospital, of the department, told the Fifth District of Associated Charities, meet- ing at 816 I street northeast, yester- day afternoon. “The scope of work carried on is limited, due to the small force of the department,” she said. She sald the department, which was organized in January, 1919, for the purpose of looking after discharged service men, consisted of one regular nurse, one nurse in training, three volunteerssand a secretary and her- self, the supervisor. Mrs. Astashkin said that it was hoped to have a workshop at the hospital in the near future, where the work of occupational therapy can be carried on. She told briefly of how the department cares for children who are under weight and otherwise in ill health. The rest of the meeting was devoted to a discussion of wel- fare cases which had come to the attention of the board. Plans were discussed as to the best methods for handling each individual case. L. M. MeVearry presided at the Mmeshins: Mrs. Clara Ross Astashkin, supervisor | Washington Star Fhoto. Two witnesses who appeared b the Senate committee investigating the Department of Jastice vester- day. Above: William J. Burns, chief of bunrean of investigations. Below: J. E. Dyche, former war- den of the Atanta federal prison. Nutional Ihe SECRETARY REPORTS | “Husky Throat” Attack Blamed for Recent Collapse While Delivering Address. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 5—Samuel Gompers, aged president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, who was reported today to have been stricken with vertigo during an address be- fore the Conference Board of Phy cians in Industry, declared through | bis secretary last night that he had not been ili—that his throat had merely become husky and that he wanted to save his volce for a speech at Bethlehem, Pa., next Sunday. i Mr. Gompers was listed as principal speaker for a two-day session of the conference board designed to promote the reduction of preventable death: injuries and diseases in industry. Phy sicians in his audience at the Hotel Astor noticed that he appeared fa- tigued and ill as he arose to read his address. “Gentlemen,” he began, grasping at the table for support, “my own physi- cian has told me that I ought not to speak. Nevertheless, I intend to go on with this address. However, those at the speakers’ ta- ble insisted that Mr. Gompers should sit down. He permitted them to lead him to a chair and handed his address to his secretary to be read. The address of the veteran head of the A. F. or L. reccunted what had been accomplished to prolong the lives and insure the health of work- men since he, a union cigarmaker, helped abolish sweat shops and tene- ment cigar manufacture, and institute the first rules for shop sanitation in this city, sixty years ago. PROTESTS RENT BILL. Bar Association Takes Action at Special Meeting. The District of Columbia Bar Association at a special meeting yes: terday indorsed the report of its legislative committee, which recom- mended that the association protest against re-enactment of the Ball act creating the Rent Commission. The matter had been referred to {the ‘bar association some time ago and it placed the question in the hands of its legislative committee for investigation. When the committee reported against continuation of the rent board the association voted to accept the report. S SHAD BAKE MAY 24. Quantico to Be Scene of Annual Board of Trade Event. The annual sHad bake of the Wash- ington Board of Trade will be held May 24, at the United States marine base at Quantico, Va., it was an- noynced today. The committee in charge, headed by George Plitt, has chartefed the steamer Johns for the trip, and no limit will be placed on the number of tickets this year, as has been the case before. Tirere will be plenty of entertain- ment, both on the boat and at Quan- tico, an@ a base ball game between teams representing William and Mary Coligse alsi the | | ‘APRIL 5, 1924 RRESR AR I8 EHC8R W Eu & ki TN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE WHITE HOUSE WHITE. Painters are scrambling all over the historic mansion, for the spring housecleaning is taking place, and, above all things. the White Honse must live up to its name. Photo shows the scaffolding at the north entrance. onal I'h ANOTHER SURE SIGN OF SPRING IN WASHINGTON. When the youngsters are out in force. playing in the circles and the -playgrounds, spring is here to stay. This picture was snapped by The Star's camera man when he took a trip to Dupont Circle yesterday. Washington Star Phot STUDENTS GET LAW OBSERVANCE PLEA 200 From Institutions Throughout Country Here for Two-Day Session. Base of Operations for Scientific Expeditions Founded in Canal Zone Located on Barro Colorado, in Gatun Lake—Smith- | sonian Institution Aids Project—Dr. James Zetek to Be Resident Custodian. rican | erica "1 all accredited ral convenient Headquarters for American expe- ] place ditions studying jungle problems has i-‘f’\‘"n; : been set up through a Co-operative |for. § enterprise of American scientific so- cieties on Barro Colorado, a large istand in Gatun lake, Canal Zone. The Smithsonian Institution here was the prime mover in the establishment, and Dr. James Zetek, entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, long stationed in Washington, will be the resident custodian. The object is to provide a supply b from which expeditions can start and return, with a well equipped laboratory. where the collections can be arranged and identified in tropical surroundings, rather than shipped in an unorganized mass to Washington. importance of this station is shown by the fact that no less than six exploring expeditions from Wash- for a bo- The coun- | try around largely is virgin jungle particularly rich {n plant and animai ife. The Smithsonian been without a_tropical several vears, since the Chincona botanical station on _the| Island_of Bermuda, which served as a headquarters for a great man | peditions from Washington, wa lowed to lapse station for maintained at Naples, Italy, also had been given up, leaving the Gatun) property ' virtually the only ican scientific post outside the | tates. of the prime movers in the es tablishment of this station was Dr. A. | L. Hitcheack, t of the Depart- ington have entered the Central [ment of Agriculture, who has just re- American_jungles within the past |turned after an expedition through | year, and a number of others are |South and Central America. Only one planned soon. hington explorer now is in Cen- The station is a one-story screened |tral America, Paul C. Standley, asso- building, raised on concrete sup- |ciate curator of plants, who is in ports, situated in the midst of a|Costa Rica after two and half tropical forest on a hill a short dis- |months’ field work in Panama. Mr. tance from the landing place. A chan- work was interfered with nel has been cut through the tree xtent by the recent Cost: stumps in-the water surrounding the arthquake. He already has island, and piers are under construc- | collected more than 11,000 specimens, tion here and at Frigoles, the rail- [including a large number of rare road station on the mainland. The | rchids, which will be brought laboratory will serve as a camping | ston and classi U. S. OFFICES FISCAL |PLASTERERS’ STRIKE BILL BEFORE SENATE| LOOMS FOR DISTRICT | Befusal of Builders to Allow Bonuses, Cut in Hours or Raise Affects 400. to strengthen observar zenship is being work stude conference, a two-day Raleigh Hotel, attended by young men. and and univers country. e Institution has station for lease on the | the which opencd day at th about 200 from 1l parts of th tes received ‘oolidge at the White Ho Called under the Committee of One which held a' citizenship here several months ago in the int ests of law enforcement, the conf ence is headed Patrick Murp! Malin, student the Universit Pennsylvania, chairman, and committees - appointed for the deration of colleg as related to the cighteenth amendment and law enforcement will consist of students. Urges Work By Studemts. airman M: delivered an o the students tive program mpuses. Poling of N “The women ex- | al- | colleges werc Thousa conferenc: at cons e proble cl er The ¥ of Cath “genuin the outstand The oil inve exposed “a most inal _disregard principles of hon cials” Dr. Ryan of prohibition and Christian_duty, ellon_tax plan Ray Purdy of Princeton University led discussion of “The Situation in Colleges Today," declaring that juds- ing from the reports coming from the universities and colleges, it appeared | that “something must be done.” He dmonished the dalézmtes to go back from the conferomes Bcre and “start something. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, Wendell Berge of the University « Nebraska, and Mrs. Mabel Walker illebrandt, assistant attorney gen- eral in charge of prohibition enforce- ment, are the speakers this afternoon A 'banquet will be held at tl Raleigh Hotel tonight and there wi be three sessions of the conferenc tomorrow, all at the Raleigh Hotel, except for a public mass meeting to- morrow afternoon at 3:30 at Calvary Baptist will be ho and Se Virginia. The neld tomorrow ed of the country. ion, he said, h $399,000,000 Carried by Measure Chiefly Providing for Vet- erans’ Bureau. of public offi- 1 tho cbserv- laws as a moral He criticized the The Senate now has the appropriation | bill for the independent offices, which passed the House yesterday carrying ap- proximately $399,000,000, or $9%,000,000 less than for the current fiscal year. This measure includes $349,000,000 for | the Veterans' Bureau and $30,000,000 for the Shipping. Board. Amendments approved by the House included one by Representative Hull, re- publican, Towa, which would require the | Shipping Board and other government | agencies provided for in the bill to call for bids from navy yards for supplies and repalrs and to award them contracts | if their estimates were lower than pri- vate concerns. Another amendment approved, offered by Representative Carter, democrat, Oklahoma, would limit salaries of Ship- ping Board officials of $10,000 or more to one at not mors than $20,000 and four not to exceed $15,000 a year. By a vote of 196 to 170 the House kept in the bill an amendment adopted yes- terday, increasing the allotment for the Federal Trade Commission from $650,- 000 Lo $340,000. The possibility of a strike of nearly 400 plasterers here loomed larger to- day, when it became known that the Master Buflders and' Contractors’ As- sociation, at a meeting last night, voted to forbid their boss plasterers to lower working hours, increase wages or offer bonuses. The union of plasterers and ce- ment finishers here had demanded a wage increase of $2 a day, bringing their pay up to $14 a day. They also demanded that the working week be reduced from five and a half to five days. The workers had given their employers until noon today to decide, threatening to strike unless the de- mands were granted. At the union’s headquarters today it was said the men had been sum- moned to a meeting at 3 o'clock to- morrow afternoon, when the employ- ers’ refusal will be made known and a referendum on the question of a strike taken. Should the men vote to strike they probably will not re- port for work Monday morning. Invest ten minutes a da Star Want Ads. 1t will dends. 4 . ’ Workmen of a electric service company ging a trench for electric condulls unearthed remaius of a revolutio ary soldier. They were working ne: the site of Fort Greeme, where wome of the st fizhtins of the batde ‘of Long Island took piace, PN Brooklyn (N. Y.) while dic in reading pay D