Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1924, Page 17

R TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN Davis and Secretary of the Navy ARMISTICE DAY SERVICES AT MOUNT ST. ALBAN'S PEACE CROS: of the Fe Tr public appearance at his S street peace cross for the special service: DRIVER IS ACCUSED INJEWEL ROBBERY Gems Recovered and Chauf- feur Just Employed by Mrs. F.B. Moran Is Arrested. | Quick of the mystery of | the theft of jewelry, valued at $2,700, from the residence of Mrs. Francols Berger Moran, 2315 Massachusetts avenus, was accomplisthd by De- ngmann and | vesterday afternoon the robbery and three had the and the solution 1ectives <eorge Darnall Mrs. Moran shortly hours imes Sp discovered o'clock, after 3 later the detective: alleged thief in custod siolen jewelry recovered. Charles Philip Bovee, 1433 Rhode Island avenue, and chauffeur for Mrs. Moran the last four days, was arrested, and is al- Jeged to have accompanied the de- 1cctives to his room and pointed to 1he jewelry hidden in a straw hat Jie was charged with grand larceny, and will be arraigned in Police Court tomorrow It devel dier, had been of an automo a roomer ped that Boyce, former sol- rrested for the theft e several months ago and placed on probation, police say. Moran knew nothing of his past, Jiowever, when she learned from an | Jmplaggient agency that he wanted | s I‘(&*)" as chauffeur. Shows Skill at Work. did so well at his work that Mrs. Moran gave him mployment the next day. She ne in the house and the new r suggested that he would e.of it for her. His employer b told him she did not want sdre for the house, but made hat he was not to enter as said. ran discovered cen robbed B Fridy steaj was cha taki not him it yesterday of a diamond at $2.500, a D. A. R. pin her piece of jewelry, the aving overlooked about rth of other jewelry. ectives learned from Mrs. th employment of the ffeur and went in search Boyce, according to the de- had 2 key to the door of Chusetts avenue residence, Zhis employer had not sup- with one. iinis of the prisoner elicited n of his alleged arrest in veral months ago by De- Jett and Connors for an e theft committed in this of his being placed on pro- oyce told the detectives he Macon, Ga., and that he a resident of Boston since rge from the Army. Al R’ Needs Two Engineers. Hugh F. McQueeney, superintendent of janitors of the District public schools, appealed to employment bu- reaus today for two engineers to fill vacancies in colored schools Capt. Keeley Transferred. Capt. Jehn F. Keeley, Quarter- master Officers’ Reserve Corps, of this city, has been ordered to training duty at the general intermediate de- pot, this city. E THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. A O 5 WMWV u - : : ., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1924 SOLDIER IN ARLINGTON N Wilbur standing before the tomb home just one- year ago yesterday. s. PLANFOR SOLVING ATIONAL CEMETERY. Huston Thompson, chajrman mmission, recalled during his address that the late Woodrow Wilson made h One thousand persons gathered PROBLEMS OF WAR Dr. Freeman, in Radio Ad- dress, Sees Passions Re- strained Only by Religion. Asserting that the insularity of rations can no longer be maintained, as they are bound together by dis- soluble ties, Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, in an Armistice y m age radioed last night by station WCAP, called for the “settlement of conflicts at the board where passions are re- strained and calm judgment rules the decisions of men.” Ir peace can be superiority of arms, he said, it can be enforced by the ‘“dispassionate and equitable judgment of fair-minded Christian statesmen.” 5 “It is growing increasingly clear that it can be enforced in no other way,” he continued. America Not Isolated. \merica was once far removed from contacts with her neighbors in the elder world. This is no longer so. words, that ‘God has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the whole earth.’ The only hope in sight for the spr i of peace is to be found in a better and more Christian understanding of the and aims of those who rep- ent different tongues as well as different political systems “President Harding never said a truer word than th understanding alone tranquil world. Let bered by our people day that the gosp came through Him who sought io bring to mankind principles of liv- ing that are primary and funda- mental. A nation that refuses to reckon with these principles will play no part in effecting that for which ~ Armistice day stand: Nation Represents Power. “America has grown to such pro- portions that it is the wonder, and sometimes the envy, of the world. We represent power and resourceful- ness, and we, in our better moments, stand for the high purposes of Chris- tian ideals. If the prin les of Armistice day—yes, if indeed the principles for which our noble men. and women, too, laid down their lives—are to be maintained, let us see to it that we be not intoxicated with our own power or growing self- sufficiency, but that we hew to line: laid down by those who made and preserved us as a Nation. Cites Revulsion Against War. “It is reasonable to say that never before in the history of the world has there been a greater revulsion of feeling against war, or a more wide- spread determination to end it as a method of settling disputes, than in this present pregnant hour. The world may have a long way to travel be- fore this high ideal is fulfilled, but nevertheless it has seized the hearts and minds of men as with a passion, and the wisest statesmen in the world today repeatedly express the conviction that this happy consum- mation is devoutly to be wished. “Let us be clear about it, neither war, nor any other of the evils that afflict mankind can be removed un- less the regenerating influences of it be remem- on t of understanding enforced by | We are reminded of the ancient | of the orga religion change man’s nature and fill it with higher and nobler impulses. Evils will not yield to legislation, nor will they prove amenable to high- sounding resolves. It was saild of old that ‘righteousness exalteth a nation, and that ‘sin is a curse to any people.’ “Let us believe that more and more the world is coming to recognize the transcendence nad _ Supreme impor- tance of the idealz for which America stands. This Nation was brought into being by men who held to high Christian ideals. It has be pre- served through recurring crises by men of like conviction. We believe that today the motives that lie behind our course of action with reference to our own internal affairs as well as those that relate us to the world in general are noble and pure and Christian. | "~ “If, as we believe, we are dominated by Christian principles, the time is at hand not only to demonstrate them bere at home, but to disclose them in all our dealings with our neighbors throughout the world. p ‘Obviously, our first business is to set our own house in order, and to to it t we, as a people, ex- e consistency and fair play within our ewn confines; beyond this to dis. close like consistency, fair play and Christian judgment in dealing with peoples and races alien to us. let it be said with all afirmation, we shall do so according to our own !1raditions and standards, and without asking counsel from those whose ways and habits are foreign to our own.” Shoe Merchant Leaves $250,000. Max M. Rich, shee merchant, who died November 1, left an estate val- ued at nearly $250,000, according to the petition of his wife, Sallie Rich, and his son, Herbert J. Rich, for the probate of his will, the terms of which have been published. Mr. Rich owned real estate in Washington and New York and had personal property, stock and other securities. The ex- + ecutors are represented by Attorney Tobiiner & Graham. And, | President Coolidge, fter the President had placed a wreath upon the marble slab. National Photo. ation, adding flowers to the mas | I | gone Acting Secretary of War TRIBUTE FROM THE FRENCH. member of the French offering from the Union of Fa the Unknown Seldier. is headed by Marshal Petain. “Blue Devils.” plac e Wo The organization represented by THE PRE Mrs. Capt. R. K. Brunschwig, once a® e a bronze palm leaf, an nded of France, upon the tomb of apt. Brunschwig Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. PILGRIMS AT TOMB OF WILSON RENEW PLEDGE TO PEACE IDEALS Admirers Pay Tribute to Late President at St. Alban’s Resting Place—See W orld Turning to Policies He Voiced After World War. The same band of stanch admirers of Woodrow Wilson who made a pil- grimage to his home last Armistice day and heard him, falteringly, utter his last public words in_ support of those policies, made another pilgrim- age of tribute yesterday afternoon— this time to his final resting place |'on Mount St. Alban. Woodrow Wilson, the man, was not there to greet them as in da by, but to his spirit they DPledged themselves anew to cherish and hold fast those ideals for which the Commander-in-Chief of a, mili- tant demscracy sacrificed his health, and, finally, his life. Led by a 7-year-old lad, who sev- eral hours before Wilson's death car- ried a single blossom to the S street doorstep in fulfillment of a_wish to so honor the dying war President, the solemn leaders placed tenderly upon the tomb, with simple rites, an olive branch, upon which lay a lone calla lily. Then, stepping raomenta- rily aside, they watched a group of World War veterans lay a second floral tribute beside it. A prayer or two, a hymn, and the preliminary formal rite was done. But the deep sense of Sorrow soon gave way to a feeling of grim de- termination to “carry on,” as the men and women filed slowly out of the Bethlehem Chapel of the National Cathedral and took up their station again at the foot of the great Peace Cross to voice their heartfelt faith that all that Woodrow Wilson stood for some time will come true. The fervent pledge of fealty was Thompson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, in the words: “Today, oh, Spirit of Woodrow Wil- son, we who stand beside another cross salute you beyond the veil of eternity as you stand erect, supreme, before that glorious army of immor- tal youths, our known and unknown dead, who cheerfully surrendered their lives that the world might have enduring peace, and as you witness ene of those you left behind, raise our eyes and we survey your triumphant past: You fell, a martyr to the cross you bore.” The chapel ceremony operied with invocation by Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, fol- lowed by the reading of Scripture passages dear to the former Chief Executive. The olive branch, symbol of the peace that Woodrow Wilson strove to insure, was then laid at the base of the tomb by young Sam- uel White, son of Maj. and Mrs. Sam- uel A. White. The second floral piece, a wreath, was placed by a special committee of George Wash- ington Post, No. 1, American Legion, of which Mr. Wilson was an active member. Heading this committee was Percy B. McCoy, commander of the post, and others in_the party were Vice Commander Wallace C. Streator, Past Commander Howard S. Fisk and Color Bearers William F. Mahony and George/E. Pickett, 3d. The Columbian Male Quartet sang “Lead, Kindly Light” and the pre- liminary service ended with benedic- tion by Rev. Dr. James. H. Taylor, voiced on behalf of all by Huston | pastor of the Central Presbyterian exclaim as | | ! IDENTIAL PARTY EN ROUTE TO THE TOMB OF THE Ul loolidge, the President, Acting Secretary of War Davis, C. Bascom Slemp, the President’s secretary, and Secretary of the Nav GERMAN COMMANDER OF DIRIGIBLE JOINS THE RED CROSS. became a member of the Red Cri George W of the German emb: to the United States. GOLD STAR MOTHERS OF THE DISTRICT PLACE A WREATH ON TOMB. Mrs. George G. Seibold, president of the Washington chapter of blooms on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. National Photo. Church, which President Wilson at- tended. Upon the conclusion of the chapel front of the Peace Cross on the cathe- tribute the group reassembled in dral grounds, where Canon Walden Meyer offered the invocation. Canon Meyer and Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, the new canon, represented the cathedral at the outdoof service. Following the singing tet of “My Country, Mr. Thompson delivered his memorial address. Graphically the speaker pictured the scene a year ago in front of the Wilson home, when the fast failing war chief “hurled his last challenge at those whom he believed had re- sisted his efforts toward a per- manent world_peace, declaring that surely as God reigned the ideals for which we had fought would pre- vail.” Mr. Thompson recounted Mr. Wil- son’s famous “peace without victory” declaration heralding America’s en- trance into the world conflict, and asserted that this phase was pro- phetic. Now that the clouds of war have rolled away and men gee more clearly and we hear the utterances of the statesmen of Europe, if we could summon them to the witness stand and ask them what kind of a peace had evolved from this world con- flagration. they would almost in- variably answer, ‘A peace without victory.' These three words have be- come the yardstick by which nations at Geneva today determine their future actions. As this immortal phrase goes winging its way down the ages men will stop and ask what kind of a man was he th#t gave ut- terance to it,” the speaker stated. Mr. Thompson closed his address with an original sonnet to Wilson, composed in 1920. Benediction at the outdoor service was pronounced by Rev. Dr. Taylor. The committee in charge of the pil- grimage included Mr. H. E. C. Bryant, Mrs. Huston Thompson, Mrs. Stephen Bonsal, Mrs. Blair Banister, Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams, Oliver P. Newman and D, C. Hodgkin, 0ss when enrolled by CHRSTAS AL DEADLINESSUED Presents and Letters for For- eign Cities Should Be Started Soon. Christmas presen:s and letters for relatives and friends overseas must be on their way soon to reach their destination in time for opening on | Christmas day. Post Office Department officials to- day gave out a list of approximate | “dead-line” dates for Christmas mail posted in New York, explaining that | additional time should be allowed for | other parts of the countr For Australia, mail should be posted by November 14; Dutch East Indies and _Straits Settlements, November Philippines and China, November 23; New Zealand, November 28; Japan, December 5: Honolulu, December 10. To reach South and Central Amer- ica and the West Indies, mail should be posted as follows: Chile, Novem- ber and December 4; Barbadoes and Martinique, December 2; Brazil (Para), December Bolivia and Peru, December 4; Argentina, Drazil (Rio de Janeiro), Costa Rica and Uruguay, December 6; Nicaragua and Salvador, December 9; British Guiana, Columbia, Dutch Guiana, Ecuador, French Guiana and Trinidad, Decem- ber 10; Haiti (Cape Haiti), December 12; Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, |Guadeloupe, St. Thomas and St. Kitts, { December 13: Haiti (Port au Prince), December 15; Honduras, Grenada and Guatemala, December 16; Panama Canal Zone, Jamaica and Turks Island, December 17; Porto Rico, De- cember 18; Bermuda, December 20, and Cuba, December 21. For FEuropean and transatlantic countries, Christmas post will close as follows: Persia, November 19; Cy |press, Céylon, Liberia and South Africa, November 26: Aden, British India, Madeira, Palestine, Syria, De- cember 3; Egypt, Greece, Poland, Rumania, Russia and Turkey, Decem- ber Azores, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Finland, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Latav Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Jugoslavia, De: cember 10; Belgium, Denmark, Ger- many, Holland and Switzerland, De- cember 13; Irish Free State, Decem- ber 16; England, France, North Ire- land and Scotland, December 17. WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE. Mrs. W. P. Beckwith Charges Cruelty in Suit. Mrs. Gertrude M. Beckwith, who conducts a dressmaking establish- ment at 1401 Columbia road, has filed suit for a limited divorce from her husband, Willlam P. Beckwith, who works for the Royal Slicing Machine Company. The wife charges cruelty and says that her husband drinks to excess. On one occasion, she states, he took a steel rod from an army cot in their room and beat her over the head -until she was unconscious. At andther time he ordered her to pack the furniture preparatory to moving to another house and later telephoned to her that he had changed his mind and she could unpack. They were married in Baltimore February 8, 1911, and have four children. At- torneys Rudolph E. Yeatman and Austin E. Canfleld appear for the wife, LDIER. Left to right: James Healy | 881,397 of the secret service, Wilbur. National Photo. Dr, Hugo Eckener, in Washington. Miss Elizabeth Potter. . Steele, new commander of the ZR3; Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, Dr. Emil L. Baer, and Capt. Lehman. Others in the gronp are Capt. ecretary Dr. Eckener commanded the ZR-3 on its trip from Germany Nationsl Photo. 'DISTRICT FISCAL REPORTSSLED Census Bureau Shows Re- ceipts, $27,425,964; Ex- - penses, $24,145,039. Revenue of the fiscal or $§ of the government District of Columbia for year 1923, totaling 68 per capita, exceeded by $7, the total expenditures for th vear exclusive of expenditures for permanent improvements, and $3,280,- 925 more than the total expenditures including those for permanent im provements. Payments for expenses, interest an ys for the city government fc the fiscal vear ended June 30, 192 amounted to $24,145,039, or $55.18 per capita. Of this total $18,513,646 rep- resents expenses of operating th. general departments of the city gov- ernment; § the expenses of operating the public service enter- prises, such as water works, markets and similar enterpri $177,948 in- terest on debt, and $4,600,472 outlays for permanent improvements, in- cluding those for public service en- terprises. Announcirig these fizures today the Census Bureau said total payvments for the city in the fiscal year 19 were $23.83 and in 1918 were $14.783,151, a per capita of $54.47 and $35.57, respectively Public service enterprises operated by the city earned revenues repre- senting 3.9 per cent of the total revenue for 1923; 4.3 per cent for 1922, and 4.4 per cent for 1918. The net indebtedness (funded and floating debt less sinking fund as- sets) of the District of Columbia on June 30, 1923, was $162,319, or cents per capita. In 1922 the per capita debt was 36 cents, and in 1913 $9.40. The assessed valuation of property in Washington subject to ad valorem taxes for the city corporation for 1923 was $1,175,867,117; the amount of taxes levied was $12 40, or 100 per cent, and per capita levey was $28.26. EVERY E';TER A “SALE.” Miss Hawley Tells Ad Club Value of Correspondence. Every letter is a sales letter. It matters not whether you are tryin to sell merchandise or esteem, you are always sclling something and it depends on how a letter is written as to whether or not it will make the desired impression, Miss Laura Joy Hawey, a correspondence supervisor, told' the Washjngton Advertising Club at a lunchoen im the City Club esterday. nety per cent of the impression that a letter will make on the receiv- er depends on the opening sentence or paragraph,” continued Miss Haw ley. The importance of sending the d of letter best suited to who- ever Is to receive it also was emphu- sized. b Vocal solos were rendered at the luncheon by Arthur Lambdin and Mis Mary Langley, accompanied by S. P. Holland, while Miss Frances M. Hoyt gave a humorous monologue. J. O. Martin was chairman of the program committee. The entertainers were in- troduced by Miss M. L. Sitgreaves, a member of the committee. receipts the