Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1925, Page 12

FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE BRYAN FAMILY. Mrs. William Jen- ning: Bryan, insalided from a recent illness; her daughter, Mrs. Reginald Owen: Eer daughter. Mrs. William Meeker, and her daughter, Miss Ruth Mecker. From a photograph at the Bryan home, Marymount, Miami, Fla. Wide 'World Photos BOMBARDMENT FOR CABINET MEMBERS. big storm gave an opportunity for sport of the Labor Department left first, The picture was made just as the the Agricnlers Department. It was meeting day at the White House, and Washington's Secretary Weeks of the War Department (left) and Secretary Davis nd prepared_for a snowhall attack on the remaining Cahinet members. two were ready to fire a volley at the baby member. Secr. i PRIZE CAPE IN THE MUMMERS' PARADE. parade was won by the Klein Club, and the ca and 80 pages were required to* carry the expens The first prize for cape in Philadelphia's annual New Year pe was worn by David W. Crawford, It ve train. in six sections, Wide World Photos. etary Gore of Copyrix & Evwi MAILING BONUS CERTIFICATES TO VETERANS. These adjusted compensation papers to the number of 600,000 being made ready to leave the United #tates Veterans' Bureau, and representing a total amount of $750,000,000. This is the first shipment of certificates, and is in the charge of Maj. O. W. Clark, chief of the division in charge of the work. He is shown directing some of his clerks. NASHVILLE ART MUSEUM REPLICA OF PARTHENON. This beautiful new structure, following ancient Greek model, is of translucent concrete, and will serve as art center for Tennessee ci ir Esme Howard, British Am- National Photo It stands in Cen- Wide World Photos of $25.000 (on the left), accompanied by tennial Park, and promises to be BOTANITS BACK ARBORETUM BIL National Society Points Many Advantages to Education. to Declaring that a national arboretum is maintained by almost every civil- ized country except the United State the Botanical Society of America meeting here in connection with the National Association for the Advanc ment of has adopted a reso- lution indorsing the Pepper-Luce leg- islation now pending for the purcha of a site for an arboretum on Mount Hamilton The resolution proposed arboretun: value to botanical science, to nomic and to general public for the following reasons “(1) 1t will contain by living representatives of a great many kinds of trees and other plants for use in‘botanical investigation Will Edueate Public. will enable the non-bo- } become acqu plants ordinarily Science. declares tr the “will be of great erests side side tanical 7 with trees available w3y 1t citizens and not will illustrate the flora of other parts the and will make known visitors from other countr botanical resources of our try 4) Tty scape arch holder to establish plants by risor () Tt provide sanctuary where the rare local plants in danger of extinction througt inereasing density of population may be retained and protected “(6) 1t will provide permanent place for representative specimens of newly-introduced economic plants. “(7) It will provide valuable mate- rial for work by plant breeders. of to the coun- own 1l enable nurseymen. land- and the private land- ged in planting grounds the identity of thelr Will Decrease Losses. *“(8) It will supplement the National herbarfum, which might advantag: ously be housed at the arboretum continues the resolution. The herb rlum and arboretum together will make a very strong scientific and edu- catlonal unit, where botanists, com- mercial organizations, gardeners and private grower named and standardized nomic loss occurs each the sale of incorrectly lab “Washington is ideally located for a National arboretum, in a moderate climate, where unusually large number of both Northern and South ern plants may be grown together. The location at Washington the Department of Agriculture and the extensive development there of the economic investigation of plants also make this city particularly appro- priate for the location of a National arboretum. Such an arboretum would be a great aid to the scientific work of the Department of Agriculture. “A national arboretum is maintain- ed by almost every civilized country excadt the United States. This seems ts > an appropriate time to provide our country with the facilities enjoy- ed by other nations “For the reasons here stated Botanical Society of America urges Congress to make the necessary pro- vision for the proposed arboretum.” The Botanical Soclety of America, which unanimously indorses the ar- boretum project, is headed by Wil- llam Crocker, president, of Yonkers, N. Y, director of the Boyce-Thompson Ingtitute for Plant Research. Other the officers are: Secretary, L Fy Lewis, our own | one of the show places of the State. 'Houdini Performs | Tricks Advanced As Psychic Proof By the Associated Press. BOSTON, January 3.—Harry Hou- dini last night, on a public stage here, performed several tricks which he declared Mrs. Lerol G. Crandon, as “Marjorie,” had offered in proof of her psychic powers, for which the Scientific American had offered an award of $2,500. Hou- dini said that he had received a letter from Prof. William McDou- gall of Harvard, a fellow member - of the committee appointed by the magazine to examine Mrs. Cran- don’s ability, written to clear up the misunderstanding between them. He reiterated his contention that he could duplicate by trick- ery anything which Mrs. Crandon had done in her seances Neither Mrs. Crandon mor Prof. McDousall was present at the ex- hibition 'STAMP COLLECTORS TO HAVE CLUBHOUSE | Washington Philatelic Society Ar- ranges for Permanent Down- town Home. Washington’s stamp collectors are have a home of their own. Encouraged by recent additions to its membership and anticipating in- creasing local interest in stamp col- lecting, the Washington Philatelic So- ciety is planning to open a clubroom at 1338 G street, where the members may meet to talk over stamp col- tion, exchange stamps and hold auctions. Sufficient furniture has b collected to furnish the room for the regular meetings of the soclety. and the society will move soon into its new quarte ] A stamp exhibition will be held by | the society in the-Public Library dur- | ing the week of January 26. The re- | ception committee in charge of the | exhibition will include the entire membership of the society. | Arrangements have been made with the library management to inclose | the exhibits, appropriately labeled, in cases in which they can be readily inspected. Short talks will be given each night by members of the societ. During the coming season the so- | clety will begin a campaign of edu- cation to the general collector in pointing out frauds that are being foisted on the tyro and the detection of counterfeits by collectors. The 8O- clety will hold a special meeting Monday night in the mew clubroom, when steps will be taken to put the {room in shape for permanent oc- cupaney. The following committees have been appointed for- the exhibition; Arrangements, P. S. Wafren, M. G. | Skinner, J. F. Du Hamel, H. H. Marsh, I Crum,-R. T. Hungerford and C. H. Vaughn: publicity, J. F. Du Hamel, N. H. Sanborn, W. F. McKen- ney, F. §. Gichener, G. A Martin, Max Sanborn and W Plant; exhibits, W. Sahm, J. D. K. Smoog, W. H." Col- lins, A. N. Candell, J.-C. Wilson, W. H. Boatwright, V. Wiergang and J. T. Clemens. professor of Biolvgy, University of Virginia; treasurer, Irving W. Bailey »f Harvard University, and councilors, {Charles E. Allen, University of Wis- consin; Henry C. Cowles, University of Chicago; Benjamin M. Duggar, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louls: | William H. Robbins, University of Missouri; William R. Maxon, Smith- sonian_Institution; Herbert §. Jack- son, Purdue University; Albert F. Blakeslee, Carnegie Institution; Dun- can S. Johnson, Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, FAVOR LBERALITY NI SERVEE ‘Alcorn and McCoy Compare U. S. to Cities and States in Benefits to Workers. of the bill liberaliz- vice retirement act the Senate calendar a list of bills which the Republican steering committee has recommended for action at the | present on, Senator Stanfield of | Oregon, chairman of the Civil Serv- |ice committee, yesterday caus be published in the Congr Record statements prepared by ert H. Alcorn, chairman of the joint conference on retirement, and Joseph | B McCoy, actuary of the Treasury | Department, strongly supporting the | bind | Hoelds Unit In furthera ing the Civil now pending and included on in of d Statex Niggardly. The data laid before the Senate |indicates that the Federal Govern- ment is niggardly in its treatment of its superannuated emploves, as compared with municipalities and | various State governmen{ services. retirement annuity United States Govern- { ment to its civil servants under the {act of May 22, 1920, is $60 a month. The average annuit paid is $48 a | month, To obtain this, practically a jlifetime in the service must be spent. “In contrast with this, Chicago pays a maximum of $150 per month Philadelphia pays $100 a month; Bos [ton pays the annuity which the em-} |p|0)4 s accumulated contributions will purchase plus an equal contribu- tion by the city. “A higher maximum than is paid by the Federal Gu/arnment obtains in the State services of New York | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecti- | cut and Massachusetts. paid by the Provisions for Retirement. “In the United States service no provision whatever is made for vol- untary retirement, so that an em- ploye may serve 40 years or more and yet receive no retirement benefit, u less by that time he has reached the age of compulsory retirement. Th for railway postal clerks is 62 years; for mechanics, letter carriers and post office clerks is 65 vears; for clerical, subclerical, technical, professional and scientific positions, 70 vears. o’ contrast with this, in the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- nia and Massachusetts provision is made for optional retirement at €0 vears, and in Connecticut at 65 vears. “In the Chicago municipal service provision 1s made for optional retire- ment upon annuity at 55 vears, and in New York City, Philadelphia.and Boston the age is placed at 60. “No foreign country appears o re- quire .attainment of 70 years. before} permitting retirement. Sixty years has been widely adopted, while France has adopted 55 years for the 'active brarich.” Argentina goes as low as 50 years. “In the United States civil service the employes contribute 2% per cent of their salaries toward the retire- ment fund. In Connecticut and Maine the employe makes no contribution. In New York, New Jersey and Penn- sylvania the employe and the State pay each one-half. n Massachusetts the employe pays 5 per cent of salary, limited to $1,560. In New York City the employe and the city pay each one-half. In Philadelphia 2 per cent of salary is paid, with a limit of $4 per month. In Boston 4 per cent of salary is paid. Ia Chicago &e em- bassador, called on President C |“Disgrace to Service,’ olidge. 2 Weeks Says Of Material in Army Uniforms were “a disgrace worn of the & the body of s taken from station en route Weeks appropriations reported the to the House diers the N tional Capital when President Harding w the Ca to the for Marion, Ohio, Secretary testified before committee, which Army supply bill vesterday. “I do not think where those Army men came from but 1 was positively ashamed, said the War Secretary. “I looked across the street at the Marines and then turned and looked at our men. The Marines wore deep-blue uniforms. It was a most humiliat- ing thing. and it hurt the enlisted men of the Army Secretary Weeks the sale of Army rial. During the LIQUOR DELAY ROUSES DIPLOMATIC ANXIETY Foreign Supplies for New Year " Missing Somewhere in Chesapeake Bay. on streets 1 ever found out was explaining uniform mate- war, he said, Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 5.—Wash- ington diplomats of foreign lexa- tions. have been keeping the tele- graph wires and long-distance phones between hers and the Capital City busy for the past few days. For today is January 3, and as vet they have mot received their New Year liquor. Their liquor supply was due in Baltimore December 27, but today it Is somewhere in the Chesapeake Bay. Just where, no one knows. Aboard the Leyland liner Scythian, a British vessal, is the New Year sup- ply of rare beverages for the Eng- lish, French, Italian, Argentine, Bel- gian and Spznish legations. First the liquor was delayed for five days as the Scythlan fought her way across the Atlantic in a succes- sion of gales to Boston. Then came further delay due to storms off the coast between Boston and Cape Hen- ry. Now the snowstorm. Fourteen cases of champagne, 6 of port, 1 of sherry, 31 of gin, 44 of whisky, 9 of vermouth, 2 of claret and burgundy, 1 each of rum and brandy, 2 of cognac and 28 cases of assorted winessform the shipment. ‘Woman Robbed by Trick. Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, 1784 Columbia road, reported that an unidentified white man robbed her of $20 vester- day afternoon. He obtained the money, she stated, by operation of the envelope trick, valueless paper being placed’ in the envelope ' instead of money. . ploye contributes 4% per cent and the city 7% per cent. “In Denmark, Germany, Great Brit. ain and Norway no contribution is required from the employe. ““The Federal employes ask the pas- sage of Senate bill 3011 as amended. It provides for retirement, after 30 years of service, at a rate not to ex- ceed $100 a month. Optional or vol- untary retirement is for the first time provided for after not less than 30 years of service and attainment of the age of 63, with provision for such re- tirement of letter carriers, post office and railway postal clerks, mechanics and ‘laborers at 68 years. The con- tribution of the employes to the re- tirement fund is Increased from 2% per cent to 3% per cent.” there varieties of Jlor in Army uniforms “as there were in Joseph's coat.” and the point had been reached where the men “seriously objected to some of the shoddy rial they were wearing. “When a man who aontemplates enlisting comes along and sees the Marines in their ncat blue uni- form, and our men In their shoddy uniform, he is going into the Ma- rine Corps.” said Mr. Weeks. One member of the committee asked whether the materials could not have been used in civilian training camps and the R. O. T. C They abjected most of all” re- plied the Secretary. “The training amps of the National Guard were loudest in the protests against the cloth,” which he explained resulted from the war, when materials had to be obtained at once {YOUNG SOCIALISTS SEEK NEW MEMBERS Scope of League Work to Be En- larged, Leaders Vote in New York Session. were as many m . By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 3.—Members of the Young Peoples' Socialist League vesterday discussed plans for enlarging the scope of the league's work and a membership campaign at | thelr fourth annual convention here Arne J. Parker of Boston, acting na- jtional director of the organization, Lreported that there are 24 active jcircles in the United States, with a {membership of 1.000, in addition to several inactive circies. Mr. Parker announced that the | Vienna Union of Young Socialists, with which the league was affiliated, had been dissolved and that the {league now was identified with the Socialist Youth Internationale, with headquarters at Vienna. This body, in turn, Mr. Parker sald, is attache to the Social Labor Internationale. 90-Day Drive Planned. It was voted to conduct a member- ship drive for a period of 90 days, beginning February 1. 1 A proposed amendment to the con- stitution, which would have elimi- nated from membership in the league lany one who voluntarily joined or | contributed to any military organi- zation, was defeated by a vote of 27 to 22, Gertrude Weil Klein, editor of Free Youth; Algernon Lee, head of the Rand School and former leader of the Soctalists on the Board of Aldermen, and Roger Baldwin, executive sec- {retary of the American Civil Liber- ties Unjon, addressed the convention. “Let the older generation die out and be done with them,” Miss Klein declared. : By the time men and women reach maturity, she. argued, their minds are closed to propaganda involving a change. She proposed the organiz tion of children between the ages of 14 and 16. Miss Klein expressed disappoint- ment over the recent resignation of Albert Welssbord from the secretary- ship of the league to join the Com- munist party and said she expected him to return to) the organization. While the Jaw forbids the use of motor cars in Bermuda, there are now two motor vehicles, a light truck and a street sprinkler, both the prop- erty -of Hamilton City. % {bling the prquant WHITEMAN'S JAZZ GONGERT PLEASING Interesting Novelties Offered by Popular Musical Aggregation. Several unusual compositions were | given debut performunce in Wash- ington vesterday afternoon when | Paul Whiteman's famous chestra of jazz musicians gave loc lovers a second performance | seagon of “an experiment jazz,” at Poli's Theater. The most| striking was Leo Sowerby's - nata,” written in classical sonata| form adapted to the requirements of modern syncopation. In its man\'} suggestions of mechanical sounds of | everyday life as the whistle of steam | boats.' the rumbling of train wheels and other clang noises, the com- position invited comparison with | Arthur Honegger's Pacific 231." The Sowerby work, however, scemed at a first hearing, at any rate, to lack unity in convering any speclal effect Tt was certainiy interesting and seemed worthy of being placed in the group of ultra jazz works headed by George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in{ Blue, which was given a colorful performance vesterday. Tmpressionistic Novelties, Another impressionistic novelty was Ferdie Grofe's “Broadway at Night,” a tone poem of originality wnd much dramatic effect China- town was suggested in the new “Chi- nese Suite” b Rudolf Friml, long ecognized us a leading composer of light musical works, The suite show- ed extremely Americanized types of Oriental melodies, in no way resem- “Oriental Impres- sions” of Henry Eichheim, yet bring- ing memorizs of that suite to mind. Rimsky-Korsakoff Coq @'Or” was subjected to a “jazzation,” if one may coin a word to suggest the process used for many classical and semi- classical works to translate them into jazz terms. The jazzed version of Lieurance’s “Waters of Minnetonka" was glven also. Isham Jones' “Spain” was one of thie most fascinating of the shorter works and gave the xylo- phone many opportunities. Popular Hits Please. The audience, as a whole, seemed most interested in the group of seven popular “hits,” including Leo Fall's “O Joseph,” Berlin's “All Alone,” Friml's “Indian Love Call” and “Doo Wacka Doo,” Isham Jones' “I'll See You in My Dreams” and Vincent Rose's “Linger Awhile.” The last number was played with rémarkable solo banjo work by Michael Pinga- tore, who won enthusiastic bursts of applause even during the playing of the work. Two of the most interesting en- cores were solos by Harry Perella, the talented pianist, who was chosen to 'play Gershwin's part in the “Rhapsody In Blue” on tour. The encores were nna-Zucca's “Valse Brilltante” and “Coaxing the Piano,” by Zev Confrey. An amusing encore was a satire on the playing of “Pop Goes the Weasel” in “grandpa’s day.” The program opened with the usual contrast between early jazz and the latest development of Jjazz dance Lecture on “Reincarnation.” A special lecture on “Reincarna- tion,” will be given at the United Lodge of Theosophists, 1731 K street, northwest, Thursday at 8$:30 p.m. The usual Sunday talk will be given’this week at 8 pm, The subject is “The New Cycle” Opera Is Held Up To Give American Singer Applause By the Aseociated Pross NEW YORK, January 3.—An in- cident without preced in the annals of the Metropolitan Opera House occurred last night when an audience held up performar of “Falstaff " until a young Amer- ican, Lawrence Tibbett, who cently joined the company permitted to come before the tain alone to receive for his performance opera At the end of the second act in which Tibbett appeared with An- tonio Scotti, plaving Falstaff, both singers came before the curtain, but the audience made it p that it desired Tibbett alone. He was not sent out immediately and the applause of the audience held up the performance until his appear- ance after some minutes LT. COL. J. L. POWELL, LONG IN ARMY, DIES was cur- the applause Ford in the Veteran of Four Wars, Former Deputy Surgeon General, Had Notable Record. Lieut. Col. Junius L. Powell, U. S. Medical Corps, retired, a veteran of four wars and the possessor of a long and notable record, died at Walter Reed Hospital Thursday. Lieut. Col Powell was $0 years old and had been a resident of the District of Columbia for the last 15 years. Col. Towell first served tinctlon in the Confederate Subsequently he served Indian Wars and the Spanish can and World Wars and also Philippine insurrection. Born in Virginia, he was the de- scendant of an old and aristocratic family. Members of his family played a large part in helping mold tradi- tion of the Old Dominion Given Special Appointment. Col. Powell was graduated in medi- cine from the University of Virginia and Tater from the medical depart- ment of thé University of Maryland. Soon after his graduation he was ap- pointed an assistant surgeon in the U. S. Army, been made through a special act of Congress. During his long service he numerous and varied experiences. recelved decorations in the and Spanish-American Wars. Col. Powell reached the grade of deputy surgeon general, with the rank of lleutenant colonel, in 1908, just one month before he was placed on the retired list on account of age. Just prior to his retirement he had served at Fort Riley, Kan., and at various posts in Georgia and Ala- bama and, after his retirement in 1908, he was for a while stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. At _the outbreak of the World War he received an appointment as re- cruiting officer and served at Co- lumbus, Ohio. Col. Powell was a member of the Army and Navy Club here. He made his residence at the Dresden, 2226 Connecticut avenue. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Adele Grenet Powell, and a daughter, Miss Adele G. Powell. Funeral services will be conducted at St Patrick’s Catholic Church Monday morning at 10 o'clock. In- terment will be private, with mili- tary honors, in Arlington Cemetery. FEREM OIS Woman sculptors in the United States now number nearly 15,000, with d Arm in Amer1- in the had He the | the appointment having | Indian | Copsright, Underwood & Tnderw FRANCOSERMAN THRFF WARLODMS i 'Is Seen as Eventuality of Deadlock in Trade Treaty Negotiations. B the Associated Pre | BERLIN, Jan —A tariff wa between France and Germany is viev | ed as an early eventuality in conse- quence of the deadlock in the negotia- tions between French and German lelegations which have been g on in Paris for more than a month As there appears to be no prospect of a formal agreement before January 10, when the customs and other con- ditions imposed Germany by the Peace treaty automatic: expire, the | French delegates have proposed prelimi pact To this the Germans have agreed, provided such t | tional treaty shall not be based the existing trade restrictions, as they suspect that the French steel and textile inte would devote an additional period of customs im munity to a wholesale ur of products in the occupied areas The German-Belgian negotiations have also reached an impasse, owing it is said. to a demand on the part of the Belgian industrial and manu- facturing interests that certain Ge man products should be subjected to a differential tariff Official quarters deny that the Ger- man delegates are deliberately ‘dela Ing the negotiations in order to prc voke a tariff war in reprisal for the entente’s failure to evacuate the 1 Cologme area by the stipulated date of January 10 MOROCCAN UNREST HALTS KING’S TRIP OVER DESERT Albert of I;Igium Had Planned Auto Trip Through Sahara With Party of Frenchmen. ¥ are said to ading By the Associated Prese BRUSSELS, January 3.—One of the reasons why King Albert of the Belgians decided to postpone his pro- posed trip across the Desert of Sahara with a party of Frenchmen using automobiles with caterpillar tractors for the journey, was a re- port from the governor general of Algeria that there was a certain amount of unrest among the south- ern Moroccan tribes and that groups of rebels were prepared to attack automobile trains Yesterday word was received in Paris that there had been an attack De- cember 29 by the tribesmen on a French column about 20 miles from - Colomb-Bechard, in which three na- tive soldlers, including a chief, were killed and several wounded. On re- ceipt of this information Marshal Petain and Andre Citroen, the manu- facturer of the type of car which has successfully negotiated the sandy wastes of the Sahara, both of whom were to have accompanied King Al- bert, sent a telegram to the King urging him to postpone the voyage. { M. Citroen said he would not in- augurate the line to Timbuctoo until the region was pacified. Siege Is Extended. RIO DE JANEIRO, January 3.—The government has, extended until April 30 the state of siege in the federal district states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Mattot Grosso, Parana, Sants , Catherina and Rio Grande do Sul.