Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1924, Page 2

" SUN, CHINA'S FIRST | PRESIDENT, DIES ‘370rk in l_:lhblilhing Republic ‘I Brought Him Title “Washing- ton of the Far East.” LIFE MENACED 20 YEARS Was Known Throughout World. ‘Was Christian. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, May 14.—Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of the South China government, is dead. Few, if any, statesmen, past or present, have known more ups and downs, more victories and defeats, more loyalty or more treachery, than Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the first provisional President of China, frequently called “the Father of the Republic” and often referred to as the “George ‘Washington of the far east.” The name of Dr. Sun first began to appear in newspapers of the western world back in the late elghties, when his vigorous pronouncements against his archenemies, the dynastic Man- chu emperors of China, attracted some slight attention. He was then living in the Hawaiian Islands with his widowed mother, who had mi- grated to Honolulu with her husband nt of a Christian mission, when t Sen was an_infant. Since when he essaved the many revolutions, his name has become almost as well known to the occident as it is to the 00.000,000 Chinese nationals on be- half of whom he spent a lifetime of unremitting hardship and constant danger. Mnde Preaident im 1911. Dr. Sun was twice named to the highest constitutional office in China, the first time in the fall of 1911, wren he was proclaimed the first provisional president of the Chinese Republic, and again in May, 1921, when he was elected president of all China. Preceding his first election the Chi- nese people, rising in their wrath against centuries of bad government under the monarchial Manchu and Dprevious dynasties, overthrew the ex- isting government and set up a re- public, naming as president Dr. Su who a understood neered the uprising. All of South Ch and most of the Yang-tse provinces were thus brought under a single banner emblazoned with the principles of republicanism. The strongest man in North China at that time was Yuan Shih-kal, governor of Chi-li Provin De- termined that the country should be united under one leader, Dr. Sun, after establishing what might be termed an experime Rovernment in the south, resigned in favor of Yuan Shih-kai. This marked the he- ginning of the end as far as Sun's |r}f-’|l|( republic was concerned, for While Yuan Shih-kai was strong enough to guide the ship of state he likewise had personal ambitions centered in new dynasty, asted constitutional free- . ses were in no temper to countenance monarchistic aspirs tions, whereupon th. soon over- turned the rule of Yuan g dened e and elected to have engi- Excapes to Japan, Meanwhile it had become impos- sible for Dr. Sun to remain in China. He made a sensational escape 6 Japan and settled down to gather to- gether the threads of his bast caues and await patfently the time when he would again be ready to act in the interest of the republic. ‘This opportunity eluded the late summer of 1921, when the hinese parliament, s tting at Can- ton, unanimously elected him presi- dept of the Chinese republic © months that ow vere troubled ones Inr“l)rr ;L‘:\Od :rf'l‘:l’ many attempts to bind the mass of loose and broken ends, the new presi dent began to realize that his uni- fication “schemes were not bearing fruit. and that his political influenes was | Ditted “in' “no ! degree against that of Ge agai at of Gen, Chiung- The final b leaders him until reak between these two lfaders came in May, 1922, Chen finally broke down What little re- sis < offe In;l’(‘dd Sun to flm'r:h(\n("flcnnlon ng _In dealing with the career of S Yat-Sen, it is essential to nn!r\' l?'lun'; practically all of his best work the overthrow of the Manchu em- Derors and the various revolutions Which followed was done when he was thousands of miles from China, Known Throughout ‘World. There are few parts of the 0 which he was a stranger. Whoms _ ever there were Chinese he had been always with the same mission, the same appeal—a Chinese republic. A small, auiet, stoop-shouldered man. With a thin, gravish mustache pointe ing upward at the ends, Dr. Sun mov- ed about the world holding his life in his hands every moment of the day and night. for it would have been worth $200.000 to any one who could nlant a knife between his shoulders. This reward, offered originally by the Manchu_government, was standing for nearly twenty years, While in New York, during 1911, Dr. Sun was dining in a prominent . club with a_number of international hankers. They were inclined fto minimize the accounts of his con- stant danger, whereupon Sun asked that they accompany him to one of the upper rooms, fronting on 5th avenue. There, standing in the dark, they were able to look out upon the street and distinguish three evil-look- ing Chinete skulking in the shadows. ‘When Sun left they disappeared. I‘l‘rhfll?s his narrowest escape was in Canton in 1835, One of his plots to dssassinate the Manchu officials and seize the city was betrayed, and a Tound-up of the leaders was set in mo- tion. Dr. Sun fled with a band of hos- tlle ‘soldiers at his heels. Suddenly & door opened and he was drawn inside. The door closed as mysteriously as it had opened, and the pursuers passed on. A friendly’servant in the house of & prominent mandarin had made the res- cue. Held Embassy Prisoner. Another time, while in London, he was kidnaped and held prisoner in the Chinese embassy. While awaiting a special steamer which was to take him 10 Peking and death by the ax, he man- uzed to get word to his friends on the outside. High officials of the British government obtained his release. He has made his way through China in every known form of disguise, and by every conceivable method of trans- portation. As a coolle laborer, & man- darin, a fisherman, a jinriksha runner, a soldier, a sailor and a student, he has flitted about the great Chinese nation, @lways hunted and hounded, even when Tte_occupied the high office of president. Dr. Sun, although few of his_associ- ates knew' it, was a Christian. He was born in Honolulu in 1862 and recéived his medical education in the Hongkong College. He was married quite early .in life and was the father of two children, « son and a daughter. Diocesan Body Meets Tonight. -The Diocesan Young Peoples' So- \giety of the Epicopal Church will hold its last meeting for the season wt the Chapel of the Nativity, 14th #nd A streets southeast, tonight at 8 o'clock. There will be a business eeting at which matters of con- h‘(dderlhle importance will be discus- sed. ; !This is a general meeting to which &1l young people of the Episcopal Church whether enrolled in a parish branch or not are invited. Members ,of the parish branches federated with the Diocesan Society are expected to Je present and to vote on the meas- ures which will be presented. At the conclusion of the business meeting e society will be entertained by ativity branch. |1aw KEYSTONE., DR. SUN YAT SEN. BRANDS AS FAKE PLEA FOR 2.75 BEER ‘Wayne B. Wheeler Assails Petition Protesting Against Modification as Work of Wets. 2.75 BEEFR Sale of Beverape Would Feed Evil Appetites. IS NO CURE A recent petition from the “Bootleg- gers' Union of America,” protesting modification of the Volstead act to permit sale of 2.75 per cent beer, was assalled today by Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, before the House judiciary committee, as & “sample of the lengths opposition goes to make people be- lleve that prohibition is a failur He branded thn petition as “fake.” Wheeler told the committee, which resumed heartags on bills proposing modification ~f the prohibition laws, that “there mever has been as deter- mined and widespread an effort by bootleggers of heer. rum runners, brewers ana their allies to discredit any policy of government as that used to break down the enforcement of prohibition. Benefit to Brewers. The Leer bill, if enacted. he assert- *d, would mean “maltiplied millions" to brewers, whose silence “is golden, cially ‘when others plead their causy Beer of 2.75 per cent is no cure for sspess, he declared, and to amend the law to permit the sale of this beverage “will f which is the cause of evil” He dicted the sale of beer wouid store the saloon or its counterpart.” and frustrate the purpose of prohibi- en if the law were enacted,” he ‘it could not legalize the sals of .75 per cent beer in three-fourths and more of the states where it 13 prohibited by state law. The appeal Is based upon appetite and supported by avarice. Americans will no: swap the Constitution for a mug of bee Shows Photographs. Wheeler displayed several photo- graphs which he describel as “an architectural rogue's gallery, show- ing how brewers, since prohibition, were intrenched behind. barbed-wire entanglements as high as the tep of a two-and-a-half story house, to kecp out officer: He declared “no rob- ber castle on the Rhine” was more completely fortified. “Brer is not too bulky to bootleg." he added, “and behind elaborate bar- ricades the brewery forces attempt to delay officers long enough to destroy the evidence.” BURSUM INTRODUCES NEW PENSION BILL Sponsors Modified Measure After Senate Upholds Veto of Original Proposal. Immediately after the Senate yes- terday, by a margin of one vote, sus- tained President Coolidge's veto of the Bursom pension bill Senator Bur- sum, Republican, New Mexico, re- introduced the measure, but with im- portant modifications. Among the changes was a reduction of $12 u month from the base pen- sion which was provided in the origi- nal bill, bringing the rate to $60 for veterans of all wars, except the world war, and an average reduction of $5 @ month in the rate proposed for widows of veterans. The bill was re- ferred to the pension committee, but it was the opinion among Senate leaders that insufficient time remain- ed in the present session for it to come to a vote by the regular parlia- mentary route. Senator Bursum was said to have met objections of several senators when_he provided in the amended bill for veterans of the Spanish- American and Indian wars to be placed on the same footing with other military pensioners. i In voting. 53 to 28, on the motion to override the presidential veto, the Senate broke away from all rocog- nizable party divisions, thirty-two Republicans and the two farmer- labor members joining with nineteen Democrats to re-enact the bill, while gixteen Democrats and twelve Re- publicans voted to sustain the veto. The vote follows: For overriding thé veto: Republicans — Brandegee, Brook- hart, Bursum, Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dale Elkine,’ Fernald, Fe: Frazier, Gooding, 'Hale, Howell, Johnson (California), Jomes (Wash- ington), Keyes, Ladd, McKinley, Mc- Lean, McNary, Moses, Norbeck, Norrls, Oddie, Phipps, Shortridge, Spencer, Stanfield, Watson, Willis—32, Democrats—Adams, Ashurst, Brous- sard. Copeland, Dill, Gerry, Hefiin, Jones, Kendrick, McKellar, Neely, Pittman, Ralston, Reed (Missourl), Robinson, Shields, Walsh (Massachu- setts), Walsh (Montana) and Wheeler —19. Farmer-Labor—Johnson and Ship- To sustain vets Republicans—Ball, Borah, Cameron, Edge. Ernst, Harreld, Pepper, Reed (Pennsylvania), Smoot, Sterling, Wadsworth, Weller—12. Democrats—Bayard, Bruce, Dial, Fletcher, Glass, Harrison, King, May- field, Owen, Ransdell, Sheppard, Sim- mons, Smith (South Carolina), Steph- ens, Swanson, Trammell—16." Total, 28 Paired were Lodge and Lenroot to override with Underwood to sustain and Edwards and Ferris to override with George to sustain. General pairs were held by Over- man with Warren and Stanley with Frost. Senator Ernst, in announcing his pair, explained he did not know how Senator Stanley would vote, so he voted to sustain. The stand of the Overman-Warren pair was not announced. Absent and position not announced were: Hayris, Caraway, Gréene, Mc- Cormick, Couzens and La Follette. )| Institu NATIONAL GALLERY PROJECT IS BACKED Speakérs at Ameriea; Federation of Arts Convention Stress Need Here. |WOULD BRING RARE GIFTS Dinner and Receptions on Program Today. The need of a great building in Washington for the National Gallery of Art was stressed today at the fif- teenth annual convention of the American Federation of Arts, at the New Willard Hotel. “The United States should recognize art as a factor of national life,” Miss Leila Mechlin, secretary, declared in her annual report, warning that this government “cannot afford to lag be- hind other nations.” Explaining the amendment bffered by Senator Lodge, adding $2,600,000 to the deficiency bill, to begin such a bullding here, which would not_ex- ceed $7,000,000 in total cost, Miss Mechlin deciared that the measure, in ¥, would be economical. “The ack of space here now,” she said stopping ar influx of gifts which, if received, would far exceed fhe value of the appropriation necessary to build such a structure.” ck of Space Hurts. Speaking on the same subject, Dr. s D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in welcom- ing the delegates, explained the gal- lery lities already available here, slared that the lack of adequate space was a “loss to the city and to the i vas gain for New . Louis and C expressed gratification that the federation was taking “an active part in the campaign for a gallery worthy of the nation.”” Dr. Waicott predicted that judging from several indications in art “a period of great promise is surely dawning.” Tells of Federation Work. In her report Miss Machlin outlined the work of the federation, the two principal features of which she said were activity for the national gallery the Venetian exhibition, which was a collection of American art transported to Venlice. This had been achieved, she sald through co-opera- tion of the Italian ambassador, Stat Department. Shipping Board, the Cor- coran G of Art and the Carnegie burgh. Th pictures hav received in Venice and now ™ ciation also sent out fifty 2 xhibitions with more than 200 engagements, Dlustrated lec- filled 190 engagements. Special American Magazine of Art were explained, and the secre- ed attention to a new publi- cation, “Art in Our Country,” a hand- book, which, she said, inventoried for the first time noteworthy American public works of art, such as build- Ings, sculptors, mural paintings and landscape architecture. Benefit for Future, In conclusion, the secretar: aid it not simply the work which the federation was doing today which made it worthy of interest and sup- port, but because the work would Bencfit “untold generations. ot only does the organization cultfvate a love of beauty,” she said, “and tend through this to enrich life, but it is endeavoring to build a spiritual fabric which will serve as a bulwark to turn back the downward tide of civilization.” The federation heard this morning the report of ity treasurer, Frederic Delano of this clty. Open discussion on problems of the federation in- clnded that on “ways and means” led by Cuthbert Lee, associate sec- retary, and traveling exhibitions, led by Francis C. Jones of New York, chairman of “the exhibition committee. Other problems for dis- custion were member extension, ed- ucational work. international rela- tionships and co-operation with the government. Dinner and Receptions. Speakers for this afternoon ciuded H. M. Kurtzworth, director of the Kansas City Art Institute; Miss Florence N. Levy, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art:; Miss Anna Curtis Chandler of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Robert Under- wood Johnson, permanent fecretary of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Receptions were scheduled for late this afternoon at the Phillipn Memo- rial Gallery, 1600 21st &treet; with Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. 2118 Massachusetts avenue, and with Mrs. Charles M. Ffoulke, 2011 Massa- chusetts avenue. There will be a dinner tonight at the Arts Club for those delegates epecially interested in school arts, Robert W. de Forest of New York, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who for many years has headed ' the federation. s presiding at all meetings. The convention will close tomorrow afternoon. MRS. HARRIS OUT ON BOND ON HUSBAND’S CHARGE Banker Refuses to Provide Bail After Woman Is Forced to Pass Night in Jail. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 14.—Mrs. Eleanor Elaine Lee Harris was arraigned in Tombs Court today on forgery charges preferred by her husband. Beverly D. Harris, first vice president of the National City Bank. Bail was fixed at $2,000 upon re- quest of counsel for Mrs. Harris the hearing was adjourned until Friday. Mrs. Harris' attorney said his client was without funds and that he was not _sure she could get bail at once. While Mrs. Harris, who spent the night in Jjail following her arrest in a hotel, was being arrainged, Magis- trate Obervager asked Harris it he in- tended to furnish a bail bond for her. iNol was the reply. e complaint set forth that March 5, 1924, a jury in the supreme court rendered a’verdict in favor of Harris annulling his marriage with Mrs. Harris. It stated that on April 30, 1924, she flled an afidavit in su- preme court seeking a new trial on the basis of a letter which Harris was alleged to have written to an- other woman while the trial of the annulment sult was in progress, in which Harris was supposed to have admitted that his charges against his wife were “wholly unjust and un- true.” Harris alleges that this letter was a forgery and that Mrs. Harris “uttered a forged document. A representative of the district at- torney's office told the court that the prosecution would produce a hand- writing expert who would testify that the handwriting in the ques. tioned letter was not that of Harris. He also sald that another handwrit- ing expert to whom Mrs. Harris had submitted the letter and who is sald to have declared it to be in Harrls' handwriting “had changed his mind and now considered the document a forgery. Mrs. Harris laughed and chatted with a policewoman during her ar- raignment. Coungel for Mrs. Harris later had bail reduced to $1,000, and she was released after a surety company had supplied a bond. Engineers Elect Bo:ner‘ 'W. N. Roeser was elected president of the Engineering Club of George ‘Washington University, &t a subper and smoker last night, L. M. Ham- mond was elected civil engineering vice president; W. H. Seaquist, m chaniocal engineering vice president V. L. Johanneson, electrical engi- neering vice president; F. R. Cald- well, secretary; G. K. Ludwig, treas- urer, and J. H. Winkler, to the exe- cutive committee. Prof. Miller, dean in- | FORD SEEKS DOCK LANDS Bids on Tract on Water Front at Duluth. DULUTH, Minn., May 14.—A defi- nite cash offer of $650,000 for 21.2 acres of bay-front land here, plus payment of $8,500 for accrued unpaid taxes, has been made by Henry Ford, Detroit manufacturer, in a move to obtain dock property at the head of the lakes, it was learned here last night. Credltors of the Maynard Coal Company of Columbus, Ohlo, owners of the Superlor Coal and Dock Com- pany, received the offer severnl weeks ago and met last Saturday in Colum- bus to consider it. The land has an assessed valuation of $307,875. RANNEY’S 81 BEST CHEVY CHASE CARD Home Club Golfer Leads Second Day’s Qualifying Round Among Moyning Starters. COURSE SOFT FROM RAIN Committee to Add Fifth Sixteen to Qualifiers. More than 100 golfers from all the clubs around Washington and a few from out of town went out today to play in the second day of the quali- fying round of the Chevy Chase Club's spring golf tournament. They played over a course soft from recent rains and with low-hanging clouds threat- ening rain at any time. A. E. Ranney of the Chevy Chase Club turned in the lowest score up to 1 o'clock with a card of 81. The next lowest score was an 88, made by Austin M. Porter of the Columbia Country Club, while C. R. Hough of the Congressional Club was next With 89, Other scores .turned in up to 1 o'clock follow: Clarence Hall, Chevy Chase, 90; Edgar J. Orme, Columbja, 91; 0.'J. De Moll, Columbia, 98; P. W. alfee, Washington, 98; W. R. Gar- rett, Bannockburn, 98; George B. Christian, jr., Columbia, 98; Sharpe, Congressional, 99; W. H. Standley, 99; C. H. Cutts, unattached, S. P! Thompson, Columbla, 101. The golf committee of the club noon today decided to add a fifth six- teen to the four sixteens previously announced. This decision permitted following players who qualified terday tg play in the added six- Hugh MacKenzie, Columbia, : H. 8. Pope, Indlan Spring, 93; P.S. idsdale, Chevy Chase, 94: Merle Thorpe, Chevy Chase, 94; W. P. Wood, Richmond, 94; S. H. Greene, Chevy Ch §5; Harry Wardman,” Colum- bia, 83 K. 'P. Porcher, Chevy Chase, 95. MILLER B. STEVINSON HEADED 114 YESTERDAY AT CHEVY CHASE CLUB Miller B. Stevinson, star of the Columbia Country Club and winner of the qualifying round in the Indian Spring tourney last week, led a fleld of 114 starters on the first day's play of the medal round in the Chevy Chase Club tourney yesterday. Com- ing back in 34 for a card of 17, after 2 mediocre out nine of 43, Stevinson led W. R. McCalium and C. J. Dunphy by two Strokes over the SogEy and £t course. Although the course was soft, conditions on the whole were good for low scoring, and Stevinson's mark of 71 will probably be broken today. ‘Among the stars who g0 out today are Roland R. MacKenzle of Columbf| winner of the Washington and I ipring tourneys: Albert R. Mac- Donald Woodward, Charles N. Agnew, jr.; Guy M. Standifer, Tom Moore and several other first sixteen men. Qunlifiers Segregated. The committee in charge of the tournament late yesterday segregated the thirty-two qualifiers into eights. Walter 1. Tuckerman, who had tied at 84 for last place in the first eight with R. T. Harrell of Agyle, winning a place in the first flight when Har- rell did not appear for the playoff. Tuckerman took his 84 by virtue of a d trous 10 on the eighth hole, where he got mixed up in two bunk- ers and lost a ball. Many of the play- ers had trouble with buried balls in the rough, which they could not lift, although they could drop on the fair- v without penalty. tevinson's card follows: Out— Par... 4 4 4 4 4 Stevioson.. 6 6 3 5535 Pllr"“....n‘ 4 4 4 4 4 Stevinson.. 3 4 3 o Cards of the qualifiers qualifiers yesterday follow: Cirst_eight—M. B. Stevinson, Col., 77: W Fcaitom. Wash:, 19 3. Dunghy. Col. Green, Chevy Chase, Col.. W. A Quigley. F. A . Appleman, Col.. . Criied” to nuslifs i1 & Tove, I e el W'k, Waod, . C! o Vi Merle Thorpe, Chevy Chase, 94 A Y Chevs Ohane. 95 Harry W 95: E. P. "OW(I‘I;I F:’_"] Chase. Ereene, ‘Chevy Chase, 95. ey Chase, 96 aj. o Sian. 08 L AL Maah Wamh STONE AID STARTS TO LAY LINES FOR RENT BOARD FIGHT (Continued from First Page.) clally know, we should be compelled to say that the law has ceased to erate, ox,'l'here. however, it is material to know the condition of Washington at different dates in the past. Ob- viously the facts should be accurately ascertained and carefully weighed, and this can be done ‘more con- veniently in the Supreme Court of the District than here. Justice Stafford, in connection with his ruling in the Bates Warren case, held last Friday that from the evi- dence at hand there was sufficient probability that the housing emer- Fency had passed to justity the court in granting a temporary injunction against the Rent Commission in the particular case. Justice Stafford, however, did not sign the order and yesterday the government intervened. At the Department of Justice it was understood that any action to be taken looking toward an investiga- tion of the real estate concerns men- tioned in the Ball report would be turned over to the office of*District Attorney Gordon. The office of the Attorney General, it was explained, ‘was handling_only the injunction suit. Senator Ball has indicated that his material would be turned over to the District attorney for such ac- tion as he saw fit. Senator Ball and District Attorney Gordon last week discussed the nature of the charges at length. —_— It mltt;rl‘h]lt". 'l!‘:(’l:nl'n‘rh:! 30 t—whether a situ 2 v'l:l.:—‘ ‘wart ad in The Star will reach the person who will fill your want. FIGHT TO GET VOTE ON D. C. PARK BILLS Members of House District Com- mittee Want Action Taken Monday. OTHER MEASURES IN WAY May Be Delayed by Workmen's Compensation. The need for earliest possible action by Congress to secure and preserve for the children of future generations desirable sites for parks and play- grounds in the National Capital was atreased at the meeting of the House District committee today. Representative Gibson, Vermont, chairman of a special subcommittee on park legislation, endeavored to get the committee to make the two measures —one for a commission to draft a comprehensive permanent park de- velopment program and the other for securing Klingle Valley, Piney Branch and Patterson tracts as links in the parkway system—made speclal order of business for action in the Hi the next District day, a week Monday. The question was raised that the Fitsgerald workmen's compensation bill had already been made the spe- clal order of business by the vote in the committee more than a week ago, which directed the acting chairman to ask the rules committee for a spe- cial rule making the Fitzgerald bill in order last Monday. May Take Up Park Bills. Practically the entire time of the committee was devoted to thrashing out the question of privileged status It was finally decided by a vote of eight to six, on a motion by Repre- sentative McLeod of Michigan, that if the rules committee does not re- port out a special rule on the Fitz- gerald bill the park bills will be the special order on the next District day. Throughout the discussion it was understood that the Gilbert bill for prevention and control of social dis- eawe is unfinished business to be dis- posed of whenever Representative Gilbert insists upon recognition. Representative Kunz of Illinois had the committee include the Lincoln na- tional hollday bill on the program of legislation following the park bil with the arrangement that the com- mittee should substitute the Senate bill Kepresentative Underhill of Mas- sachusetts argued that the park bills are of paramount interest to the Dis- trict_and of great interest to the peo- ple of the whole country. He said he has had it impressed upon him more and more daily, since he has been in Congress, how the people in his dis- trict and throughout the country are keenly intcrested in thelr Natlonal Canital. Representative Underhill empha- sized that open spaces are being built up and that it is of urgent need to act on these measures now because if there is a delay the desirable tracts will be lost forever. Preeedent Is Cited. Representative Underhill _argued that in the rent legislation a prece- dent was established for granting a particular measure priority on ac- count of the shortness of time be- tore Congress must act. He pointed out that if Congress does not act dur- Ing this session on the park bills very desirable tracts will be thrown open for real estate development. Representative Fitzgerald argued that the workmen's compensation bill, even though it might provoke lengthy debate in the House, should be con- sidered first becuse it is a measure of the utmost importance to the workers in the District of Columbfa. Representative Kunz of Illinols in- sisted that the park bill was of very great and urgent importance, and that if the Fitzgerald bill was al- lowed to come up there would not be any opportunity for other legis- lation of importance to the District at this session of Congress, and that, therefore, it would kill off all of the desirable measures on which the com- mittee has devoted considerable time. Representative Stalker of New York also emphasized his conviction, as a member of the subcommittee on parks, that this is one of the vital measures for development of the National Capital. Representative Gibson of Vermont called the attention of the committee to the fact that much desirable legis- lation is thwarted because there s too much talk. EPISCOPALIANS TABLE FIGHT OVER DOCTRINE Avoid Action on Resolutions to Drive Modernist Teachings From Church. By the Amociated Press. NEW YORK, May 14—Two reso- lutions, calling in effect for reafirma- tion of the declaration in the recent pastoral letter of the House of Bishops that “it was the purpose of the church not to explain but to pro- claim as a fact that the Jesus of history is none other than God and Savior,” were tabled today by unanimous vote at the convention of the New York diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church. One of the resolutions, introduced by the Rev. Philip K. Fauntleroy of Lake Mahopac, N. Y., demanded those in authority drive from the church all “false “doctrines and erroneous teachings, whergver and in whatso- ever quarters—high or low—these teachings may appear.” The rector moved to rescind the rules to allow debate on the motion and claimed the privilege of speaking on it for two minutes. Bishop Man- ning immediately put the motion to rescind the rules and it was defeated by a _large majority. When the Rev. Mr. Fauntleroy attempted to insist upon his right to speak, Bishop Man- ning said: “This gentleman is not in order. He will please take his seat.” Bishop Manning was presiding when the resolutions were tabled. There was no discussion. Avesd Comtroversy. The action of the convention fol- lowed a committee report which as- serted that it was not within the Pprovince of the convention to discuss the pastoral letter. The report ex- pressed the belief that discussion of the resolutions would revive in the church the morenist-fundamentalist controversy and “by resultant misun- derstandings might do great harm to the church. Rev. Dr..Percy Stickney Grant, a modernist, characterized the action as “an unfortunate delay of progress.” It such questions were to be passed over without discussion, he said, the diocesan convention might be con- sidered “a waste of time.” The superpatural birth of Jesus Christ, His bodily resurrection and His ascension to Heaven are “facts upon which Christianity stands or falls,” Bishop Manning insisted yes- terday in his address to the conven- tion. Assailing the impression given the “truth-seeking” young men _and women of today that the great facts and truths of the creed are unim- portant or unworthy of bellef, Bishop Manning said the clergy must teach the supreme truth of Jesus Christ. “If some of the young people have doubts,” he declared, “we shall help them by showing the full truth of the spel, not by offering them this in [«lnoui or weakened form The work of the church is to lift the thought of the time up to the level of her divine méssage, not down to the level of the thought of the time.” LANGLEY SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN JAIL Three Others Involved in Liquor Plot Given Same Terms in Atlanta. STILL AFFIRMS INNOCENCE House Member Out on Bond Pend- ing Appeal. By the Associated Press. COVINGTON, Ky., May 14.—Rep- resentative John W. Langley, Ken- tucky, was sentenced to two years' {mprisonment in the Atlanta peniten- tiary yesterday by Federal Judge A. M. J. Cochran, following his convie- tion on the charge of conspiracy in gonnection with & ‘whisky transaction n 1921. Likewise Milton' Lipschutz, Phila- delphia, convicted with Langiey, and Walter' Carey, «Canton, Ohio, and M. E. Huth, Alliance, Ohio, were sen- tenced to two years each in the same prison. Carey and Huth pleaded guilty during the trial. Judge Cochran pronounced sentence after overruling motions for a new trial filed by attorneys for Langley and Lipschutz. After sentence was pronounced it was announced that an appeal would be taken and Langley and Lipschutz were released on bond. Afirms His Inmocence. The attorneys for Carey and Huth were unable to be in court and Judge Cochran released the defendants on their present bond for ten s until their attorneys could appear. and Huth said they had no statements to make before the judge imposed sentence. Langley, however, read a statement in which he declared that he was innocent of the charge against him. He sald when he talked with Sam Collins, prohibition director for Kentucky, he had no other thought than to learn from a man whom he considered a friend what was or would be Collins’ attitude and action respecting shipments by truck of liquor to be lawfully withdrawn. After Collins made his position clear, Langley declared, he dismissed the matter from his mind and there- after had no relation of any kind with it. Attempt to Bribe. He sald he never heard of Morti- mer's attempt to bribe Collins and that he did not understand why Col- lins did not at once present the matter to the proper authorities. Attorney William Gray, Philadel- phia, pleaded for Lipschutz. He said Lipschutz was twenty-four years old and that he was employed by his father when he came out here three years ago. . Gray said Lipschutz for the last two years has been engaged in the real estate business in Philadelphia, that he is married and that when he left home his wife was an expectant mother. Judge Cochran in reply to Langley's statement declared he believed him to be guilty, and that “the thing that hurt most” was Langley's “attempt to corrupt Collins.” He praised Col- lins, saying he not only was efficient, but was honest. WHITE HOUSE DOOR GUARD IS REDUCED One Man to Have “Roving” As- signment Now, While Other Stays at Entrance. It has been decided to have only one policeman on duty to guard the front entrance to the White House, instead of two as has been the custom for many_ years. This reduction was brought about today by order of Sergt. Clarence Dalrymple, acting head or the White House police force. In ex- planation, the officer said that by utilizing only one man for the front of the White House, he can use the extra policeman to keep tourists and other visitors to the White House grounds moving more rapidly, and prevent those who drive into the grounds from parking along the roadway leading from the front gate to the executive office. In the future, omly cabinet officers, senators and representatives, and those known to have business in the executive office will be permitted to park in this lane. In answer to inquiries today re- garding the need for lessening the police protection at the front door of the White House, Col. C. O. Sher- rill, officer in charge of public build- ings and grounds, who now has no authority over the White House po- lice, said he had not been consulted about the change, and was at a loss to offer any good Peason for it. ROBERT H. RATHVON DIES AT HIS HOME ‘Was Member of Oldest Inhabitants’ Association and Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Robert H. Rathvon, seventy-two vears old,"a member of the Associa- tion of Oldest Inhabitants of the Dis- trict of Columbia and a resident of this_city for the last fifty years, died suddenly at his residence, 2803 North Capitol street, yesterday. Death was Que to heart disease. Funeral services will be held at his late residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Henry H. Ranck of the Grace Reformed Church will offi- ciate. Interment will be in the Glen- wood cemetery. Mr. Rathvon was born_ in Lancas- ter, Pa., February 12, 1852. He was a member of an ‘old Pennsylvania family. He received his early educa- tion in the city of his birth and w. later_graduated from the Frankl and Marshall College of that city. He came to this city and was em- ployed in the government printing office, where he worked until retired in_March, 1922, Besides being a member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, he was a member of local No. 4 of the International Brotherhood _of Bookbinders and also was a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He took much interest in the latter organization and was well known in the fraternity circles at many of the larger colleges and universities. He_is survived by his wife, Mrs, Ida D. Rathvon. and five children, Mra C. R. Brill, Karl L. Rathvo Mrs. E. J. Hough, Robert H. Rat von, jr, and’Miss' Helen Rathvon; a brother, Henry A. Rathvon of Mary ville, Wash., and four grandchildren. VIOLENT QUAKE TAKES 50 LIVES IN TURKEY By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 14—A violent earthquake is reported in the region of Erzerufl. Several vlilages have been destroyed, and about fifty lives lost. Erzerum, in eastern Asia Minor, just south of the Caucasus, was for years the principal city of Turkish Armenia and a highly important cen ter of trade, which recently has fered a considerable decline. The sur- rounding territory, a lofty table land, is fertile. The city has been Turkish since early in the sixteenth century. Erzerum figured prominently in the fighting in the European war. It was g‘nnlured by Grand Duke Nicholas ‘of ussia in his sensational campalign of 1916. Two years later, shortl: fore the end of the war, the recaptured It FOUR CONVICTS CAPTURED Five Others Who Escaped Prison Still at Large. MACALESTER, Okla, May 14— Four of the nine convicts who escaped from the Oklahoma peniten- tiary here yesterday had been round- ed up last night. Among those cap- tured were two life termers, serving for murder—WIill Talt and Arthur Henderson. The men fled through a tunnel leading from the stockade of the prison brickyard, Five prison em- vloyes were suspended for negligence. CONFEREES TACKLE BIGGER TAX ITEMS Two Score Senate Amendments to Be Considered, Few Being Difficult. REPORT LIEKELY IN WEEK Main Fight Expected to Center on Corporation Rates. The tax reduction bill was in the hands of Senate and Mouse conferees today for adjustment of differences, with the miost important provisions in dispute. About two score amendments made by the Senate to the bill as passed by the House must be considered. Most of these changes, however, dealt principally with the language of ad- ministrative provisions and presented little difficulty to the conferees, who planned to dispose of all of them be- fore taking up the controversial sec- tions. Members of both houses and both parties predicted speedy action, expressing hope that the conference reports would be ready within a week or ten days. Among the more important Senate amendments on which the prospects of a presidential veto of the bill are #aid to hinge are those providing for a substitute corporation tax, ilepos- ing a graduated levy on undistributed profits, full publicity of returas and substifution of the Simmons income tax schedule for the Longworth com- promise. There is little difference between the income rates, however, and the main fight is expected to center on the corporation tax. House Republican insurgents today voted 1o seek approval by the House of the Senate amendments providing for full publicity of tax returns and for a graduated tax on undistributed corporation profits. No Income Tax Preference. No preference was decided upon for the income rate schedules, Represen- tative Frear, Wisconsin, one of the leaders, pointing out that the rates approved by the Senate were almost identical to the Longworth compro- mise adopted by the House. Representative Garner, Texas, lead- er of the Democrats in the tax fight, however, has not_indicated a_stand for either of the Senate amend nts supported today by the insurgents, while House Republicans are known to be bitterly opposed to both, and President Ca{l!dwe has indicated op- position. It is considered likely that the pro- visions will be called up for a vote in the House. A solid Democratic line-up would be required to gain ap- proval. —_— POINCARE TO HAVE POST UNTIL FORMAL RETIREMENT IN JUNE (Continued from First Page.) statesmen .who appear to him most suitable to direct the new majority. Only in the case that the statesmen Submitted a program which appeared inacceptible, would the president in the words of the Petit Parisien “be led to take the grave resolution” of himself retiring. Tardieu to Retire. Andre Tardieu, following his feat for re-election, has decided retire altogether from public life, and his newspaper, the Echo-National, will cease to appear after tomorrow's issue, It has been reported that M. Tar- dieu® would” leave shortly for the United States, where he would go into business, but he declared today that he planned to go to Vittel, a small town in Vosges, for the sum- mer, and that if he went to the United States it would be later in the year. The lobbles of the Chamber of Dep- uties were animated today, numerous of the re-elected and newly elected deputies resorting to what was sup- posed to be the fountainhead of in- furmlv iom concerning the new: trend in_polities and the probable composi- tion of the new government. They only learned that the important lead. ers of the new majority were giying the Palais Bourbon a wide berth Herriot Rests Near Home, Edouard Herriot is restinj home city of Lyon. Eyreay i __younger and inexperienced deputies-elect were surprised that the heads of the victorious parties should take their success with such appar. ent indifference and were even in- clined to accuse them of negligence. Certain of the deputies, acquainted with the state of mind of the radi- cal party's leader, declare positively that M. Herriot is somewhat non- plused by the success of his party and doubtful as to the success of the Radical-Socialist coalition in the Chamber and would be glad to re- main away until some one else has been ¢hosen to make the first experi- ment in coalition government. Leon Blum, leader of the Socialists in the new Chamber of Deputies and thelr most prominent financigl au- thority, declared today that the re. sults of the parliamentary elections were sure to better the position of the franc, because “France will have just that much more credit throughe out the world by affirming herself more resolutely pacific and determin- ed to apply the reparation experts’ program.” “It wiil not be a sullen acceptance of the experts' report—an acceptance always ready to contest points and invoke dilatory processes—which can draw the world’s confidence to us,” he continued, “but a loyal acceptance based on a resolve to proceed im- mediately to realizing acts. Don't doubt but that the new chamber will give the acceptance. “I also have firm_ convictions that there exists in the German Reichstag a_majority favorable to putting the experts’ plan into operation. = The German Nationalists would commit the the worst possible error if they reckoned that the arrival of the new Radical-Socialist _ majority in our chamber would furnish them pretexts for opposing the experts' program and means_of escaping their obligations. The German social democracy will throw all its weight into the balance to bring about the Reichstag's ac- ceptance.” de- to FIGHT $1,543,000 TAX. Heirs of Mrs. Nettie F. McCormick Contest Inheritance Levy. CHICAGO, May 14.—Inheritance taxes approximating $1,643,000 are involved in a contest by heirs‘of Mrs. Nettle Fowler McCormick, widow of the inventor of the 'reaper. The amount is among the largest ever contested im.a tax case here. The question Involved is a law re- quiring living trustees to pay in- heritance taxes. SCHOOL ESTIMATES WILL BE REVIEWED Senate Subcommittee Will Take Up Matter at Hearing This Afternoon. AGAINST CRAMTON PLAKR D. C. Heads Favor 60-40 Fiscal Ratio. 1The estimates of the education will be gone over this afterncon by the Senate subcom mittee in charge of the District ap propriation bill. The subcommitted v - man Phibos, Tesumied hoarings st 2 o'clock this afternoon, with the Com- mlschmers and school officials present. ‘When the Commissioners testified before the subcommittee vesterday afternoon they took a stand against the Cramton amendment, which would discard lhq 60-40 ratio of maintaining the National Capital. The Cramton proposal is to substitute a lump sum ©0g $8,000,000 as the federal govern- ment's share, leaving the peopls of the District to make up whatever the balance of the appropriation bill may be. Although fiscal relations were ds- cussed yesterday, the subject was not completed and the city heads will ex- plain thetr position in more deta another executive gession this noon. Plea Made by District Audito It is understood that Maj. Dani J. Donovan, auditor, asked the v subcommitfee to restore an a: ment stricken from the bill House, providing that wh streets are paved out of the line tax fund the assessments co! lected from property owners for the work shall go back into the gaso- line tax aecount. Engineer Commissioner Bell urged liberal allowance for street paving and the subcommittee is said to have indicated its interest to the extent of agreeing to make a personal tour Fire Chief George Watson and Health Officer William C. Fowler will be among the witnesses heard today The fire chief, supported by Commis- sioner Ovster, will call attention to reductions made in essential fire de- partment items in the House. Senator Phipps of Colorado, chair man of the committee, hopes to con- clude the testimony with one or twn more hearings. Those who testified yesterday were Commissioners Ru- dolph, Oyster and Bell, Maj. W. H Holcombe and Maj. Donovan. “LIFE-SAVING COUPONS” TO BE SOLD TOMORROW board of Women to Aid Campaign for Re- lief of German Children. Posts Assigned. “Life-saving coupon: will be offered for sale tomorrow and Friday in stores, office buildings, theaters, restaurants, banks and other places for the benefit of starving children in Germany, according to arrangements made vesterday by women interested in the Jocal campaign of the Amer- ican committee for the relief of Ger- man children. . . The proceeds derived from the coupons, which will be in denomina- tions of 10 cents, 50 cents and $1, will be used in defraying the expense of supplying food to the American Friends (Quakers) service committee, which is in_charge of the feeding stations in Germany. Those who will participate in_ the sale and the places to which they will be assigned include: Mrx, J. Con- nell, Mrs. L. D. Clarke, Mrs. G, P. Leishaer, Mrs. Henry 1 Fred Philpitt, Dr. . M. F. Woodward, Brodsky, M Company; Mrs. s § A. C. Machler, Mrs. F. Granns, Kann's depar Mrs. Babette Krumke, Goldenbers” Mrs. E. J. Thompson. Mrs. R. Hel bach. Lansburgh Brothers; Miss L na Feathers, Washington lLoan and Trust Compa: . S, Jamieson Times-Herald building: Miss innie Kauftman, Government Hotels; Miss Mary Heyler, District National Bank: Miss Josephine Neuland, L'Aiglon Salon; Miss Barbara Wiegand, Le Paradis; Mrs. Willlam Daly Phelan, Continental Trust Company: Miss El- len Rugg, Citizens' Savings Bank Mrs. Freda _Sonneborne, Munsey bullding; Mrs. Ralph Stabler, Depart- mental Bank; Mrs. Albert’ Stabler Arligton Hotel; Mrs. Norman C. Sprague, Albee building; Mrs. E. C Stanton, Milis_building; Mrs. E. M Sutton, Mrs. Gretchen Thrum, M Marie Schmidt, Gallottis' Restau- rant; Mrs. E. J. Thompson, Mrs Anna Vierbuchen, Franklin National Bank; Mme. von Lowinski, Occldental Hotel; Mrs. Legare H. Obear, Citi- zens' Savings Bank, and Mrs. George Hyman, Metropolitan National Bank Margaret F. Eck is chairman of the life savings coupons committee and will have charge over all the booih< REV. DR. SIZ00 INSTALLED. Succeeds Dr. Radcliffe as Pastor of Presbyterian Church. Under_tHe auspices of the Presbr- tery of Washington. Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo was installed last night as the pastor of the New York Avenu¢ Presbyteriar®” Church. The vacancy at the church was caused by the re- tirement of Rev. Dr. Wallace Kad- cliffe. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood of Church of the Covenant read the in- stallation praver. Rev. Dr. John Brittan Clark, moderator of the Presbytcr presided. The invocation was given by Rev. Willlam A. Eisenberger, as- sistant_pastor of the church, Rev. , Dr. John C. Palmer of Washington Heights Presbyterian Church gave the charge to the pastor and Dr. Rad- cliffe gave the charge to the people. Rev. George W. Shelton, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, dc- livered the sermon, and Dr. Sizoo. who comes to this city from Somer ville, N. J., pronounced the bene- diction. Al et APPOINTED MANAGER. J. Arthur Jeffers Chosen Head of ‘Washington Red Cross. Appointment of J. Arthur Jeffers to be manager of the Washington Division, American Red Cross, wae announced today at national head- quarters of the organization. Mr Jeffers succeeds Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, who resigned March 1 01 account of i1l health, Mrs. Dougherty is at present in Paris, where she went to attend the meeting of the Internationa) Red Cross organization The Washington Division embraces almost half the total membership of the natlosal organization. The new manager has been active in Red Cross work since the begin- ning of the war. In Pueblo, Col. he handled all the Red Cross work for the soldiers as a volunteer. His suc- cess in this work led to requests for his full time services and We hecld important positions in the Red Cross in Philadelphia and New York before coming to Washington about twe years ago. S e Juice of the prickly pear mixed with other chemicals censtitutes & gasoline substitute for automabiles, which_has been invented by an OF ange Free State man, who named the motor spirit “springbok,” for the flee! antelope of that country, .