Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1924, Page 6

Mrs. Coolidge with the orators on the White House lawn, left to right—John M. Dallam of Philadelphia, winner of third homors; Dom Tyler of Los Angeles, this city, winn Huber of Leuisville, Ky. Had the experience of knowing how it feels to s Tyler, in the plame; Miss Newburn, about to enter, and John standing by. BRAZIL TRAILS U. S, AS COTTON PRODUCER Must Adopt Modern Agricultural Methods to Influence World Fabric Market. RELTABLE WORKMEN NEEDED Indians, Now Only Labor Source, Strike Often. BY CLAUDE 0. PIKE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924. BUENOS AIRES, June 7.— It will be many years before Brasil becomes @ competitor of the United States in cotton production, in the opimion of E. T. Tutt, an expert of the United States Department of Agriculture, who has contracted with Argentina to undertake to develop cotton pro- ®uction in Argentina. Mr. Tutt recently completed a sur- Vey of Brazil at the instance of the srgentina Department of Agriculture. ‘While agreeing that the soil is es- Decially adaptable and that cheap land and labor emabue Brazil to produce cotton more cheaply than other nations, he believed that the fNiteracy of the natives, primitive agricultural methods, and the aver- sion of Brazilian farmers in the cot- ,ton districts to adopt modern methods ‘mnd machinery, together with care- ‘dessness in planting, cultivation and §Picking, all are factors preventing Brazil from becoming an important world producer immediately. In the opinion of Mr. Tutt it will - require many years to instill in Bra- smilian cotton farmers and workers the necessity of improving grades to #neet the competition of other nations, of increasing acreage production and jalso of conducting an active cam- vaign to keep down the boll weevil and other insect pests common to tropical countries. Geed Laborers Soarce. i The Argentine government is giv- sng attention to cotton growing in jthe perthern provinces, seeking to in- iterest farmers in its possibilities and Jalso to attract colonists to those seo- -tions. The increase in acreage of (=otton in the past year indicates the groater attention ~shown, but the ilabor supply is held to be the chief prodlem to solve. At present Indlans are the only source of labor and they are uade- ‘pendable and generally antagonistic, usually striking at harvest time, making heavy military control neces- sary. It is generally accepted that such unstaple labor is derogatory to ex- tomsive sowings of new fields, hence the anxiety of the government to se- (cure colonists for these _districts. Seoman eslamists ars & Teported to be examining and stu e prospects northern Argentina, but & yntil several years' acciimatization. Japamese and Chinese workers are seomsidered by many to be the onty people to withstand the unhealthy jcondjtions of those districts. News ! has been received here that many of | the 10,000 German immigrants, which ! 1he Stinmes steamship line has co; iracted to bring to Argentina, are ex- 1 pected to settle in the cotton district. Not Too Timid. From the Besten Tramseript. your son Tom has brought “Well, she that. She started in right improve mother's e of and show the girls how to e INFLAMED JAPANESE THREATEN AMERICANS IN RAID ON DANCE (Continued from First Page.) Tokio today from Kobe. He intends to close the Tokio office, due to the business slump, unless unusual im- provement is noted. Entering the imperial hotel when the dance was at its height, the ronin took possession of the dance floor and made & number of bitter and profane anti- American speeches, which they punctuated by dances with naked swords drawn. Two American women fainted. Police Permit Affair. The police made no move to halt the demonstration, although, accord- ing to reliable information, they had known of the plans for it since 3 o'clock this afternoon. It is learned from authoritative Japanese sources friendly to America that tonight's demonstration is only part of a larger affair which has been planned with the intention of evicting all Amer- cans from the country. Members of the foreign community had gathered as usual for the Saturday night dance, a regular event in their social life. So far as the foreigners were con- cerned, the demonstration came with- out warning, the romins walking oato the dance ficor and starting speeches. They left the' dance room at ionce, not only be- cause of the menacing attitude of the ronins, but because the insulting char- acter of their language. The foreign men remained, and a threatened fight was averted only by the intervention of the Japanese guests, who as calmly as possible per- suaded the ronin to leave. After the intruders had gone. a spokesman for the Japanese guests addressed the Americans present, saying “that the demonstration had not been intended as an affront to the Americans, but was intended to shame the Japanese prosent, who were assoclating with Americans in ‘this time of national danger.’ * In addition to making the speeches, the ronin distributed handbills urg- ing a boycott of all American goods. Upbraiding the Japanese present, numbering about 150, the ronin ac- cused them of “associating with for- eigners in a frivolous amusement when their nation was insulted and in danger.” The handbills bore the signature, “Great Forward = Association” and read: “This is not a time for discus- sion, but a time for action. Now is the time for the young men of the empire to rise. “We demand deportation of all Americans. “We demaad boyeott of American motion pictures. “We demand boyoett of all Ameri- csn_goods. “We demand prohibition of the en- tryace of Americans into Japan and ablogating of all Japanese-American treaties. “We demand abolition of the evil of dancing, which is ruining our coun- i Japamese Leave Hotel After the demonstration all Japa- nese left the hotel. Jefterson Caffery, charge d'affaires of the American embassy, and sev- eral other members of the embassy staff were among witnesses of the affair. The Imperial Hotel is the nerve center of the community 50 far as Japanese and foreigners are con- cerned, which may be the reason for the staging of the demonstration there. ‘While the speeches of the ronmin echoed the sentiments on the hand- bills, they were couched in the pilot's meat. Dallam, who won the grand prize; Miss Ruth Newburn of of seeond prize; Mrs. Coolidge, George Chumos of Topeka, Kan., and Miss Eleanor Don Six of the e profound impression in official circles and the foreign community which up to now had not directly felt the effects of the undoubtedly rising bitterness toward America. CONCERN SHOWN HERE. most Officials Confident Japanese Gov- ernment Will Act in Case. While administration authorities here lacked official advices last nigh telling of the disorder in Tokio re. ported in press dispatches, they plain- ly showed concern over the general situation which has developed since the exclusion provision of the immi- gration act became a law. The conviction was found every- where that the Japanese government would take prompt and adequate measures to protect Americans from injury by lawless elements, and it was pointed out that the acts of these elements should in no sense be ac- cepted as reflecting the attitude of Tokio government authorities. In this connection it was recalled that Ambassador Hanihara in hand- ing to Secretary Hughes the protest of his government against the exclu- sion law, was instructed to express confidence that the communication | would be received by the American |government “in the same spirit of friendliness and candor” in which it | bad been made. | One official, who said he had wit- | nessed scenes of disorder in Tokio after the recent earthquake, gave it as his opinion that rufians had taken advantage of existing public indigna- | tion against the exclusion act in much the same way they did the situation resulting from the earthquake dis- aster. {GAS TAX INCREASES MILEAGE IMPORTANCE Owner Shonld Make Sure He Gets Full Capacity From His Auto. \ Are you getting a full return in mileage for the gasoline you put in vogr tank ere is a question which is daily assuming greater importance to every car owner, faced as he is by the ris- thirty-five states have passed laws levying a gasoline nales taX ranging from one to three cents a gallon. Massachusetts, New York, Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota, Towa, Kansas "and Wisconsin are other states which are at present consider- .ing such a tax. In Michigan, Gov. Groesbeck, who last session vetoed @ two-cent gasoline tax bill, has re- cently declared himself in favor of a “fair gasoline tax.” In view of these faets, it is of the utmost importance to you and to every motorist to assure yourself '-I:Ath ‘._mms l{ra fialfln‘ v\lue';!mhod of m " g3 - 1 mileage.” 27 the Gray “The practical way to consider your purchase of gas is to think that you are actually purchasing so much mileage. When you stop at a fuel station you fill the gus tank of your car with transportation. Into it fiows —not merely gas—but miles, travel, locomotion for your ear. “There is a definite number of miles in every gallon of gas for which you pay. If you must pay a tax om the sales price of gasoline, you cam at least avoid a “toll of folly” by get- ting from your car every mfle of travel possible. “There are many leaks in the fuel system other than in the gms tank. Excess welght often takes its toll of fuel, Poor lubrication, multiple cyl- inders, . dragging brake bands—in fact, are many thifigs which steal mileage from your car. Every day more and more drivers are realis- ing the futility and actwal less in driving all day loag in a heavy, un in tl most | wieldy car carry vuigar and insulting language. or ‘at the e, 2t e for ARmeRSIAERG. Jed. WASHIN testants on the green at Mount Vermom. Don Tyler, Ruth Newburn and John Dalla: GTON, D. C. Left to right—Eleanor Huber, Vall Barnes, George Chumos, WINNERS IN ORATORY CONTEST RETURN HOME, AMBITIONS FIRED)| TELL N. Y. INTERESTS Entertained by The Star Before Departing From District—Determined to Make Higher Edu- cation Reward of Achievements. Pired with a determination to make higher education the ultimate reward for their achievements, the three winners of the national ora- torical contest turned homeward last night to bask for & few fleeting months in the rosy memorjes of honors fairly won before gut to attain the goals the: academic halls. A professional career is thp ambi- tion of each. Don Tyler of Los Angeles, winner of the first prize, hopes to become & lawyer and already has one eye om a sematorial toga. Miss Ruth Newburn, the pretty Washington senior who captured second honors, hopes some day to be able to write as well as she can speak. John M. Dallam, 34, came out third best. wsnts to be & lawyer, too. Have Deminant Ambitions. To give themselves a start on thetr Caatants has determined to sater SOl lege next fall with the money they won. Tyler hopes to_matricuiate at Southern California _University, Mias Sty ably will kneok upon the learned gates of Pennsylvania for admission At loast, those are the domimant am- bitions of the young speakers at present. . All of the contestants, except Vall Barnes, who was obliged to return to New York, spent a busy twelve hours yesterday seeing the National Capital and visiting nearby places of his- toric interest as the guests of The Evening Star. And it was a tired but happy sextet that tumbled into their after the busiest day sincs their arrival in Washington. Visit Bowling Field. The day opened with a visit to Bolling' FNI‘“'.:N they mot omly saw Army avi dare the laws of gravity, but experiemced the unusual sensetion of belng photagTaphed from a_speeding airplane. t. Howard K. Ramey and e it doglr,zan gnota; dard snapped e ETO! ground, circled Washington, photo- graphing points of interest, and had the pictures developed and in the hands of the astonished young speak- ers within twenty minutes From Bolling Field the party, oc- cupying five limousines, went to the White House and were received by the President and Mrs. Coolidge. After being photographed with the Presi- dent and the First Lady, the pllgrima were entertained at luncheon in the cabinet room of the Willard Hotel and then departed for a tour of Arlington, Fort Myer, Alexandria, Mount Vernon and Rock Creek Park. Mount St. Alban, where Woodrow ‘Wilson rests, ":-; tl.‘l‘l.‘ m visited before day ded, dinner st the Wardman Park Hetel Discussed Modern Froblems ‘Whirling through the streets of Washington and over Virginia reads, the three winners chatted framkly about thelr views on_ vexatious modern problems and offered some rather encouraging explanations. In the first place little Miss Newburn most emphatically disapproves of girls smooking and when asked for her opinion of bobbed hair, naively called attention to the tact that bar never been “clipped. ninks. B that women should who | the positions of guard on his varsity team the last three years of his high school life. Last fall his team won the interscholastic championship and he proudly wears upon his watch chain the gold replica of a pigskin in token of the fact that he was a ‘“regular” on the squad that season. Hopes to Make Varsity. “If you hope to get ahead’ and stay ahead you must develop your body along ~with your brain” is Tyler's philosophy. “I bave six years of college lifo ahead of me, and I certainly hope I can make the varsity at Southern California after I have served my apprenticeship on the froshman team. There is a time for work and a time for play, and the man who stints himself on either will regret it in the end. Tyler does not smoke, but that is because he has always been an ath- lete, and at the training table tobacco is strictly prohibited in his part of the country. Neither does he drink; but _there, again, athletics have pre- vented him from cuitivating a taste for it He issa typical athlete, tall and muscular, but he is always ready with an answer to any question and his answers wre logical and forceful. Emtirety Opposite Type. John M. Dallam presents ap entire- 1y opposite type. He 1 bat prefers bridge, and filled time one summer teaching o to novices. Dallam loves argu. ment and 1s a born spesker. When Col C. Fred Cook of The Evening Star bade the contestants au revoir last night at the end of the dinner Dallam replied in a few well chosen words. That was one speech he had not prepared in advance, and it was well done. Just before parting, the six young orators at the dinner decided to form a club to be known as the annual ists. The idea of the organization iz that each of the contestants shail write each other a lettor on the anni- versary of the contest. _ Young Barnes is to be acquainted with the aim of the club and invited to be- come & member, thus com an of the seven youthful orators who astonished a lan audience in Memorial Continental Hall Friday evening by their ability a8 public speakers. Long Lost Mablets Found. What are believed to be some of the long lost tablets of Moses have been deciphered by Prof. Grimme of the University of Muenster, according to the Jewish Telegraph Agency in Vi- enna. The tablets are thought to be remnants of those containing the Ten |Commandments. The tablets were actually found by Flinders Petrie, the English _scholar, on the platean of Sersbit El Chadam, in the southwest- emn part of the peninsula of Siani. —_—————— New Danger From Matches. Owing to the growing vogue of radio and automobiles with the re- sultant increasing use of batteries, safety officials have issued warnings against lighting matches around a battery that is being charged. A bat- tery when being charged gives off hydrogen gas which, when mixing with the oxygen in the air, forms an explosive. An electric flash Rght should be used under such conditions t0 see the level of the electrolyte. A school for electric truek JUNE 8, 1924-PART L The first three prize winners viewing plane demonstration presented fo their special benefi air station. Left to right—Don Tyler, Miss Ruth Newburn, Joan Dallam and Capt. W. D. Ti the maval air station. CONVENTION VISITORS Inquiries of Prospective Guests Show What Places Are Most Important. WALL STREET COMES FIRST Woolworth Building, Coney Island and Zoo Next on List. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 7—The question, “What things peculiar to New York city most tease the curiosity of the person who mnever has been there?” has been answered in thousands of inquiries received from prospective visitors to the Democratic national convention. The answer is: First, Wall street and the stock exchanges; second, the Woolworth and Metropolitan sky- scrapers, and, third, Coney Island, the order representing the relative popu- larity. Curiously, those who profess the greatest interest in the stock ex- changes almost invariably add “and the scene of the Wall street bomb ex- plosion in front of J. P. Morgan's." Others, seeking assurance that they will be able to view the famous sky- line irom the dizzy towers atop the Woolworth and Metropolitan strue- tures, plaintively iaquire, “What has become of the Singer and the Flatiron buildings?” those architectural mar- vels of a generation ago that now squat in the shadows of rivals which scratch the sky much deeper. Zoo Ranks Fourth. Bronx zoo and_botanical gardens rank about fourth in popularity as metropolitan ‘wonders, with the Statue of Liberty and Tombs prison close competitors for fifth place. Then, in the order named, come the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Art Museum, the subway system and the under- river tubes, Greenwich Village, Brooklyn bridge, Eilis Island and “The Little Church Around the Cor- ner,” the Church of the Transfigura~ tion. It was noted by the convention bu- reaus which are mailing answers to all these queries that Chicago people, for instance, were interested above all in New York’s subways; that the stock exchanges were the first things town and village bankers wanted to see: that parents who will bring children_here with them invariably Wanted to know “will the zoo and the aquarium be open?” and that inhabi- fants of moderate-sized mid-western cities were most curious about the Teputed bohemianism of Greenwich Village. : Thousands of prospective visttors wrote, “Can We see the slums, and Chinatown and the Bowery?” or in- quired about the accessibility of Grant’s_tomb_on Riverside drive, the Navy Yard, historic Bowling Green on the Batfery, Central park with its miniature lake and mountain play- grounds, the great universities, the Bublic library, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Trinity and St. Paul's churches of pre-revolu- tionary days, the world's two biggest railroad terminals,"down through the Tong list of famous places and things, modern and historical, with which this city abounds. Looks For Rum. An inquirer with a facetious pen wrote Stanley J. Quinn, directing vice president of the local citizens' non-pi n national convention committee: “I have heard that the Island of Manhattan was purchased from an Indian chief for $24 worth of beads and rum. Will the beads or the rum be on exhibition™" Mr. Quinn replied that prob- ably won't,” but that else Miss Newburn dons gogxies and looks like a real aviatrix. with Don Tyler, at left, and Jol be; that the stoe kexchange gal- leries would be thrown open to visitors, the Woolworth and Metre politan _towers would be open Coney Island would be bally-hooin full blast and all the other attrac tions the city could boast would be made readily accesssible to sight- seers. NEW YORK ARRANGES TO FETE DELEGATES Gov. Smith Suggests Auto Trip Through Adirondack and Catskill Mountains. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. June 7.—Although New York city is the designated host | for thousands of persons who will come here for the Democratic na- tional convention, directors of ar- rangements have discovered that al- most every city, town and hamlet throughout this sector of the Atlantic seaboard is going to share the homor of_entertaining the visitors, It appears that the man-made won- ders of this metropolis, its temples of finance and art, its skyline and it slum: are not the only attractior that is luring people from the great open spaces to the convention. For many of the queries concern scenic splendors of this and nearby states, the historical spots to be found within a few hours' or a day's journey, the opportunities for ocean and river excursions, for trips to the noted summer resorts nearby, and to such easily accessible points of his- torical interest as Boston, Philadel- phia, Baltimore, Washington and scores of places in between. Extra Service Arranged. Raflroad and steamship companies, automobile clubs, historical societies and individuals have joined toward making it easy for those who wish to venture away from the convention seat Extra service on trains and boats is being arranged. Excursion rates are being drawn up. Pamphlets describing the historic and traditional spots of interest are being broadcast. Historical socicties are preparing to hold open-house for convention visitors at all the regularly estab- lished memorials that abound in the land of the thirteen original colonies. All the guides that can be mustered will be on duty to take tourists over {amous battlegrounds, into the cen- es-old cemeteries, through legis- Iative halls that once were. cragics of the government, and into the sati- quated structures’ made famous by association with famous people. Auto Tours Planned. At the suggestion of Gov. Smith, outing clubs have planned auto tours up the Hudson and through the Adi- rondacks and the Catskills of Wash ington Irving’s “Rlp Van Winkl The Lake Placid Club has joined this venture. The Tourists' Bureau of Montreal will seek to attract visitors 0 the beauties of the St. Lawrence and old Canada, ew. York City, not to be outdone by outsiders, is making extensive ar- rangements to show off its natural as well as its artificial splendors. Many of the great private estates which line the Hudson and dot Long Island will be thrown open to parties of convention visitors as an auxiliary to the scores of public parks, botani- cal and soological gardens and beach- es that always are open. Yaeht Trip Scheduled. At least one group of state dele- gates will have an ocean trip on a private yacht, a craft of speed and beauty that has dipped its prow in all the seven seas. The yacht is owned by a native of that particu- lar state, a farmer's son who came to the metropolis and made good. Tasty Sandwich Filling. Put three hard-bofled eggs and three sour or sweet pickles through the food chopper. Mix thoroughly, add two tablespoonfuls of peanut butter, and salt and pepper to taste. Then add prepared mustard and vine- gar to make of the comsistency to the | She is shows Dallam, at right. MOVIELAND BOASTS IT HAS HAPPY-WEDS Hollywood Paper- Finds Five Couples Who Have Been Married Happily Three Years. SCRAP IN RACING CAR SEEN | Police Help Solve Matrimonial Troubles. Hollywood and the d that the motion picture | people can’t make their married stufl stick. It's true that quite a number of the marriages among members of the colony, and between members of the colony and outsiders, have been flops, due to poor casting, but tha! part of the game, as any casti director will tell you. But to | there are not happily wedded couples | in Holiywood—that is ridiculous. | It is wrong, too, to motion picture folk enter lightly into the state of matrimony They have proved their sincerity. Many of them have tried and tried, again and again, and will just Keep on tryinz until the end. If that isn't proof that they are sincere, what would you? With so much sincerity there could not help but be happy married couples in Hollywood. A periodical devoted to interests of the pictures and the picture people completed i survey a few da; ago and announces the discovery five couples in the motion picture colony who had been married—to each other—for at least vears members of one sketch arc actors: in another the w » pictures and the husband practical end of the the third tho husband ie and the wife a sculptor. in the fourth the husband an actor and the wife a non-professional and in the fifth the husband an actor in the pictures and the wife a for- mer actress on the stage. Actreas Coos of Her Love. Of course there must be more— dozens more of happily married couples in the motion picture colony of Hollywood. The ink on the publication was hardly dry before Holiywood was rocked by a tremendous sensation— an automobile with a determined whitefaced man at the wheel had raced through the main street of Hollywood at appalling speed while a beautiful, struggling w held captive by the speed of the , had # appealed loudly and vainly for aid It was a thrilling episode, a great mystery. Police of Hollywood have stood for a great deal of late, including this baffled stuff, so they set out lo runm down the mystery. After a call at the home of John C. Howard, son’ of a millionaire salad dressing manu- facturer, and his wife, who was Ora Carew, motion picture star, before their marriage a little over a year ago, they announced that the m tery had been solved. Mr. and Mrs. Howard were out for a drive, the police reported, and Mr. Howard wanted to go one way and Mrs. Howard, the other. Mr. Howard won the argument about which way they were to go, but Mrs Howard had not admitted defeat when the racing car outdistanced pursuers. Newspaper reporters called at the Howard home to ask a few questions. “Why, I don't know what you are talking 'about,” cooed Mra Howard “There must b, some mistake. It assume that in could not have us—we are the happiest married couple in Holly- Janih