Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1924, Page 6

6 * ATTAGK ON HUGHE MADE BY DANELS Former Navy Secretary Dwells on “Humor” of ‘Scan- dals in Washington. Secretary Hughes' recent campaign speech in Cincinnati was made the particular target of an attack deliv- ered against the record of the pres- ent administration here last night by Josephus Daniels, who served #s Sec- retary of the Navy under Woodrow Wilson Mr. Daniels took as his text for a radio address the declaration of Mr. Hughes that “we not only have com- mon honesty in this country, we have a sense of humor.” This, said Mr. Daniels, shifted the Republican cam- DAign to a new strategic bas “The conspiracy of silence,” he con- tinued, “broke down everywhere ex- cept in the White House. Oh, I for- got, and in the Navy Department! It was converted into a deaf and dumb asylum until after election. The muzziing of Wilbur was not a new policy, however. Every responsible man in the Navy Department was muzzled at the Washington confer- ence, while the Secretary of State became ‘Secretary of the Navy, hauled down the American flag and handed over the sup of the sea to Britain, the supremacy of the air to ¥ nd the control of the Pacific Joke of Seandals. “The Secretary undertakes now to make a joke of a long series of scan- dals and rejoices that we have a sense of humor. It is a novel method | of campaigning. But Mr. Hughes is a past master at practicing it; not to speak of his ability to see a joke which did not exist in the income tax 1aw, which, as Governor of New York, he opposed; or his sense of humor because of his political associate | Newberry, whom he defended; or his ability to laugh up his sleeve at the trick of the famous proclamation that the only way to insure entrance by this country into the League of Na- tions was to elect Harding and Coolidge. “But the flowering of the sense of humor so much praised came when it ked out that the oil kings had ob- ned the whole of the 80,000 acres of the naval protroleum reserve. Fall Sinclair had a hilarious time at rs. The sense of humor was most appealed to when the end man of the performance transformed the $68.000 into ‘six or eight cows' Tight in the presence of the audience. Mellon as Distiller. “There has been no more delicate appeal to this vaunted sense of humor than the enforcement of pro- hibition. In private life Secretary Mellon was a boss distiller. In pub- life he has made a failure of prohibition enforcement, but when | Senator Couzens wanted to investi- gate Mellon, for the first time the White House became vocal. “You can imagine the hilarity be- hind closed doors when with a straight face Treasury officials as- sured President Harding that if the soldiers were given a compensation the Treasury would go broke, and shortly afterward snickered as they paraded a surplus. Don't you know Bascom Slemp and Edward B. Mec- Lean had a jolly time in Florida when they were Bracticing on giving horti- cultural names to their friends? They say official Washington laughed until their sides shook when they learned that ‘Apples’ was the code name for Fall. Could anything be funnier? “Our foreign policy, when we have had any, has been almost as sidesplit- ting as Sancho Panza’s travels. “In this emergency comes the dip- lomatic and witty Secretary of State, and expounds the only philosophy that gives his party a chance. It is: You cannot stupify the public con- cience by silence. You cannot sat- it by swear words. The people work hard and pay high prices. They have grievences. Do not answer, ex- plain or defend. Entertain and amuse them. Give them an apricot circus and excursions to Palm Beach. If you can induce them to laugh, they will forget their troubles and grin as they go to the polls.™ HEBREW ORDER TO HOLD INITIATION FOR PUBLIC B'nai Brith Issues Invitations to Masons, K. of C., Elks and Other Bodies. A public initiation is to be held by Argo Lodge, Independent Order of B'nai Brith, Sons of the Covenant, a Jewish order, October 22 in the audi- torium of Washington Hebrew Con- gregation. It will be the first time such a meeting has been held by the organization in the District to which the general public and members of the Masonic order, Knights of Colum- bus, Elks and other fraternal bodies have been invited. Rev. Dr. Abram Simon is to preside. H. A. Alexander, grand president of District No. 5, will be one of the leading speakers. A. Shefferman, president of Argo Lodge, has ap- pointed the following committee: General chairman, H. M. Goldstein; membership, J. A. Wilner; music and program, Julius Reis; reception and invitation, Dr. A. Simon; publicity, L. E. Spiegler; ritual, A Shefterman; entertainment, S. Herzog; speakers, S. Shapiro. Others on the committee are L. Simon, D. Wiener and W. Mazo. Spanish Treasure Revealed. After 30 years, George W. Hawkins of Setauket, Long Island, N. Y., has revealed the fact that he had dug up a number of Spanish gold coins, Year by year he disposed of them to numismatists at a premium, there being about 100 in all. He discovered the coins while digging holes for bean poles in 1894, Remnants of a canvas bag were found with them. The coins wert dated 1770. Bushes Blighting Trees. Large stands of white pine in the New England States are being blight- €d by pine rust th tasi spread from tree to tree through the medium of gooseberry and currant bushes. Some stands of timber are 46 per cent in- fected, it is said, and a move is on to eradicate the berry bushes, both wild and cultivated, in those vicinities where the blight is at its worst. Marquis’ Daughter in Trade. Mile. Pomposa, of the highest rank of conservative Spain, ' being the Marquis Villivasai, is the firs. woman of her “set” to enter trade in Spain. Her grandmather is the Marquesa de Salamanca, second cousin of impor- tance at the Spanish court. ———— New Zulu Prophet Found. Among the Zulus, a tribe of Kaf- firs of Africa, a new prophet has been found. He is called “Shema.” One of his first efforts has been to convert the time-old Zulu war dance into a religious ceremony and he is having pronounced success. —_— ‘Women in Idaho are not legally com- petent to act as jurors, according to a decision just rendered by the State Su- Prehistoric Relics Sought THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, . D. €, OCTOBER 12, 1924—PART 1. D. C. ARCHEOLOGISTS LEASE CAVES IN STONE-AGE HUNT in France W here Excava- tions Are.Now Being Made by Society Near Les Eyszies. Prehistoric caves near Les Byzfes, known to archaeologists as the pale- olithis. capital of France, rich in long buried relics of the stone age, are being excavated under the direction of the Archaeological Soclety of Washington, ‘which has. just secured a 10-year lease on the site. Announcement of the excavations, which are believed to comstitute the first organized examination of the grottos that already have contributed invaluable chapters to the modern world's knowledge of the stone age in Europe. was authorized by the Archaeological Society of Washington yvesterday. Under the lease granted the society by the French owners of the caves, half of the relics found in the caverns, which once were the abodes of now extinct races, are to be brought to Washington and deposited in the Na- tional Museum. The other half will be allotted to_the American School of Prehistoric Research, which is con- ducting the excavations. 1t is understood that specimens needed for study in France will be deposited with the appropriate mu- seums there. Caves Yielded Skelctons. | certain of the caverns | around Les Eyzies represent some of | the most outstanding chapters in the | chronology of the stone age in Europe. | Already { It was there that the caves of Cromag- | non yielded skeletons that have given its name to the Cromagnon race that| disappeared from the face of the earth | long azes back. A few miles' distant are the rock shelters of Laugerie Haute and Laugerie Basse, rich in strata of the Aurignacian, Solutrean | Magdalenian periods. There also are the famous Font-de- Gaume, Combrelles, la Mouthe and Eyzies, cavern abodes of early man covered with engravings and paintings THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia—Fair today and tomorro little change in temperature; mod- erate northwest and north winds. West Virginia—Fair today and to- morrow; little change in temperature. Record for 22 Hours. Thermometer—Midnight, 53; 49; a.m., 49; 8 a. noon, 71; 2 p.m., = ; 6 p.m., 68; 8 p.m., 60; 10 p.m., 5 Highest temperature, 75.8; lowest, 46.9. Relative humidity—8 a.m., 68 per cent; 2 p.m., 26 per cent; 8 p.m, 0 per cent. Rainfall (8 p.m. to 8 p.m.), none. Hours of sunshine, 11.4. Per cent of possible sunshine, 100. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 75; lowest, 52. ‘Weather in Various Cities. Temperatare.— Precip- Shax. M. station. Sat- Fri. Sat.Spm.tv urday. nlght. 8 gm. 8 pm. Asbeville, N. C. i3 Atlanta, Ga. Atlantic City, Baltimore, Md. Birmingham, Bismarck, N. Dal Boston, Mass, Buffalo, N. Y. Chicago, Til. Cincinnati, Obio. Cheyenne, Wyo. Cleveland, Ohio. Davenport, low Denver, Col Des Moiges, Detroit, Mich Dulutn. Minn. a2 282223202 BRER Jacksonville, Fls Kansas City, Mo. Little Bock, Arl Los Angel Lousville, Marquette, Mich. Memphis, ' Tenn. Miami, Mobile, Al New Orlea B8R BE LRI 3282 BRAE PR PR Z38 Pittsburgh. Pi Portland, Me.. Portland, Oreg. 8. lake City. St. Loais, Mo. st. Paul, Minn. Ssn Antonio, Te San Diego, Calif. S. Francisco, Cal e, N. Mex. Soringteld; TIL pringfeld. Il Ksburg, Mims..... 80 WaSH'GTON, D. G 16 ARy FALLS THREE STORIES AIBAILERTBRRIIAINBIINBAR Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 11.—Falling from a third-story window at the home of her parents, 2910 Linden avenue, and landing in a brick-paved court, Ruth Wyman, 3 years old, suf- fered only a broken leg and shock, according to physicians at the Mary- 1and General Hospital, where she was taken following the accident this afternoon. Guatemala Feels Shock. | SAN SALVADOR, October 11.—Ac- cording to reports from Guatemala, an earthquake of oonsiderable inten- sity occurred today at the capital Guatemala City, and in the southern departments. So far as could be ascertained, little damage was cause Make Your Wants Known —through a Star Classi- fied ad any you'll be sur- prised at the interest ynwinnmhlndd“ the responses receive —wbether!t’tferwme— thing to do, or some one to do it The Star is so uni- versally read that practically everybody will see your ad. That's why The Star prints MORE Classi- fied Ads every day than all the other papers here combined. “Around the Corner” Is a Star Branch Office. | took the of the distant paleolithic epoch; Made- leine, which has given its name to Magalenian, and Moustier, to the Mous- terian epoch of the old stone age, all carrying the prehistoric record back at least 50,000 years. The examinations of the past have produced amazing relics of those dim ages of the lonx ago, and now that a methodical examination sponsored by the Archeological Society of Washing- ton is to be undertaken, it Is con_ fidently expected by scientists here that discoveries probably eclipsing all that have zone before will be brought to light ’ In Charge of Excavating. The work in excavating the caves is being done under the personal di- rection of FProf. and Mrs. George Grant MacCurdy. who had previously done considerable research work in this reglon. The lcase taken by the Washington society resulted from a visit that was made to the ancient abodss by Prof. Mitchell Carroll, also of this city, *and students of the School of Prehistoric Research. At that time Prof. and Mrs. MacCurdy distinguished visitors over the workings and they saw enough already bared to their eyes to bring to them a realization of the rich relics of antiquity that must lie be- neath the dust of the ages. The finul conclusion of the 1 was made possible through the gen- erosity of Col. William Eric Fowler. one of the trustees of the Archeo- logical Society of Washington. It gives the society sole privilege of ex- cavation and contral of the find made in the caves. Arrangements were immediately entered into with Prof. and Mrs. MacCurdy and the work was begun without delay. Al- ready the excavators have reported discoveries of numerous prehistoric flint implements in addition to faunal remains. MOSCOW IN DOUBT ON BRITISH PACT Parliament Hardly Expected to Ratify—Fight Carried to Workmen. BY F. A. MACKENZIFE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News MOSCOW, October 11.—Little hope remains here that the Dritish Parlia- ment will confirm the treaty with Russia. The Communis however, regard the probable rejection not as the end but merely as the first skirmish in the battie for British co- operation. The fight will be carried from the British Parfiament to the British workmen. ‘There exists here opposition to the treat munists regard it as weapon for their enemiss. During the past fortnight criticism along this line, however, has practicall ceased. ter MacDonald personally are stead- ily increasing. His acceptance of an automobile and a big endowment fund is being dweit upon as proot of his surrender to plutocra current cartoon shows Mr. MacDon- ald in conversation with Judas, who grumbles that he received only 30 pieces of silver. “You only betrayed a dangerous Attacks upon Prime Minis- | CURIOUS EYES PEER AT BARBER SHOPS Mysterious Air Goes With Inspectors Seeking Sani- tary Violations. Mysterious eyes peered into barber. shop windows in all sections of the District last night. They were suspiclous Individuals who didn’t seem to want their locks trimmed, nor did they show any desire | for a clean-shaven Sunday face. But | they sauntered in and out of one shop after another. They passed up corner drug stores and ignored busy food establishments until their eyes rested on the famil- | iar barber’'s pole, and then they were alert on more. While the tonsorial artists clicked their scissors or guided razors deftly across the countenances of their cus- tomers, these curious men looked on intently. Then they would grow rest- less once more and move on, always in search of a barber shop sign. Occasionally they would pause and jot down a few notations as though they were trying to find the fastest barber in town. But if Sherlock Holmes had been around he would have deduced the truth in an instant. They were only sanitary inspectors from the Health Department, sent forth by Health Of- ficer Fowler to ascertain whether the arbers were complying with the regulations requiring the sterlization of instruments and the use of fresh towels for cach customer. one man; 1 betrayed millions,” the prime minister is made to reply. Leaders Are Disturbed. While partisans sneer, the leading administrators are seriously disturbed over the possibility of not obtaining a loan. Russia is faced by the pros- pect of a winter of great economic strain. While the government claims the crop shortage has been liquidated, returns from the country show a serious diminution in the ck sup- ply M. Svidesky, assistant commis- sar of agriculture, in a report on the stock decrease from 1913 to 1923 showed the following declines per 101 dessinates (270 acres): Horses de- clined from 23 to 17, cattle from 41 to 24, sheep and goats from 87 to 61 and pigs from 10 to 4. It is ticipated that Russia will, if the treaty with Great Britain is re- llec!ed. restrict British trade relations. | Several important British concessions now are being negotiated. Another British concessionaire has resolved to withdraw. The Cunard Steamship Company is following the example of the White Star Line, which lost £15, 000 in its Russian venture. The Cun |ard group's loss is estimated at double this sum. American Group Leaves. Much comment has been aroused here over the unusual circumstanc. {of the withdrawal of the American { Barnsdall group. This group, which |is allied with the Sinclair interests. secured a contract two years ago to work the | co-operative plan. Much of the ma- | chinery it brought over was imperfect | and the group had big labor disputes. Many of its engineers returned to much political | America in disgust, declaring it im- | Many Com- | possible to continue there. Finally | the company, without notifying the | Russian authorities, ordered its man- | ager to leave. ! "On the other hand, the correspond- ent hears good accounts of the prog- ress of Norwegian shipping com- | panies which are working jointly with the Russians out of Archangel. | " Russia's |ioan come. Every leader emphasizes, however, that the state can get along without it. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Lowest Prices and Easiest Terms in Town! Come to style head- quarters for your new and up-to-date Fall ap- parel; a small part down is all you need— the balance a little each week. ORIGINAL MODELS I Women's & Misses’ COATS, SUITS AND DRESSES Also New Arrivals in Men’s & Young Men’s SUITS—TOPCOATS Attractively Priced! Caucasian oil fields on the | I . FOLKS I Mrs. Marietta Minnegerods An- drews, widow of the distingulshed artist, Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, for many years president of the Corcoran School of Art, is one of the best known publicists in Washington, and has played many useful roles. Mrs. Andrews car- ried to a success- ful issue the heavy burden of raising Washing- ton’s quota of the ¢ Monticello endow- ¥ ment fund, and she is actively f ; affiliated with the plans to complete | the splendid | P Cathedral of &S i Peter and Panl, Mrs, Mo M. Andrew. oving worked unremittingly on plays, pageants and by other means to secure the needed funds. Mrs. Andrews was for several years a pupil of her husband in the Cor- | coran School of Art, and with his {advico she studied under the best masters here and abroad, with the idea of adopting a professional career. She was eminently sucoesaful, but she clected to follow that more feminine career represented in the home. Soon after gathering all kinds of honors in Paris and Munich, attracting the | attention of the late William N. Chase | of New York, thfough her apparent | gift for portrait painting, she mar- ricd Prof. Andrews, was for a time | his assistant instructor in the life | clusses ut the Corcoran School, and then definitely eliminated a1l from her life which would interfere with | her care of home and the two young- sters who had come to bless it. But, possessing indomitable energy and years were filled ith sketches for nursery verses, rhymes and playlets, all of which have since proved very useful in the many pageants and en- tertainments which Mrs. Andrews constantly devises for charity. Her splendid success with “The Cross Triumphant” will occur to every Washingtonian living here during the past five years. She has written many | other successful pageants, and is at present the president of the Associa- tion of Theater Arts and chairman of { the national committee on drama and pageantry under the auspices of the Protestant Church. Mrs. Andrews’ home and studio on Sixteenth near M | street is a well known center for | every sort of literary and artistic | activity. | Cubsny' Political Row Fatal. | HAVANA, October 11.—Two men | were killed during a quarrel at a political meeting today in Agramonte, {to La Prensa. | Cuba, including Camaguey, nine persons were killed and many | wounded in a political affray last | Sunday, the situation is reported as quiet. In all other parts of heile Kaye-Smith, the young En novelist, who has just married a clergyman, made her first essay as a | writer of fiction at the age of 14. Mi a pen as gifted as her brush, these | province of Matanzas, says a dispatch | where | FLORIDA RAIN L0 T0 EXGEED MILLION One of Worst Drenchings in History of State Ends, Leaving Ruin Behind. By the Associated Press. ORLANDO, Fla., October 11.—With the sun beginning to shine on this section for the first time in several days, central Florida from here to the cast coast today was recovering from one of the worst rainstorms In its history. ;- At Daytona, the center of the storm, the property damage was placed at more than a million dollars, accord- ing to a report. More than four feet of water continues to stand in the main streets of New Smyrna, accord- ing to another report received here. With water standing at 2 feet deep in some sections of Orlando, and with a total rainfall of almost a foot and a half during the last 72 hours, the continued downpour let up shortly before noon and allowed repair work to begin. Train sched- ules were re-established this after- noon, according to announcement of F. B. Langley of Lakeland, superin- tendent in charge of this section of the Atlantic Coast Line system. Low tides at Daytona and a slack in the rainfall there gave hope of opportunities for the high water to| recede. Water has done considerable damage to stores and street paving, it was said. Telephone connections to Daytona from Orlando continued paralyzed, | local offices said. Automobile traffic APARTMENTS 3945 Connecticut Ave. Corner Tilden Street One, two and three rooms, kitchen and bath; also bachelor apartment of two rooms and bath. See Manager on Premises or Rental Agents THOMAS J. FISHER & COMPANY, Inc. 738 15th St. CONTINENTAL BUSINESS LEADERS FILL LONDON.! Come to See. Wembly Exhibition and Look Out for Trade LONDON, October 11.—The hotel authorities declare that for the first time in many years, visitors to Lon- don from the continent have out- numbered Americans arriving here. Many of these continent guests are business men who bring their man- agers and secretaries with them and spend an hour or two daily on the telephones conversing with thelr business headquarters back home. These visits are believed to be due very largely to the laying of plans for trade expansion, now that the post-war problems are being amelforated, but they are also partly due to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly. As the exhibition draws to a close it appears to be attracting a type of visitor which has been little in " evidence heretofore. Observers state that fully 80 per cent of these visitors are industrial magnates taking a final look around for busi- ness opportunities, the bulk of them coming from Scandinavia or the neighboring continental countries. from Deland to Daytona was also at a standstill. Citrus groves on the Deland sec- tion were flooded and highways in- undated with automobilists still stranded. Mortgage Loans Made and Sold J. LEO KOLB Main 5027 023 N.Y. 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