Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1925, Page 2

o » HIGH TRIBUTE PAID KELLOGG IN ADIEU ALL ALLEYS Brilliant Farewell Dinner At- tended by Britich Officials and Diplomats. Standard correcting any that may be found to exist In :“IH be ordered by Henlth o 8 2 | Fowler early in the Spring. 1:!‘:1}9“.)'\13n§'1“:m:rv;‘- e britliaht | The 1aw providing for the abandon- Qinner wa< =iy 3 6 it ng for the aband Pilgrims Club last night to Frank B. :;r»'«‘q:: 7:9‘1'1‘;’,:‘,‘, in _mlm\x? :‘\‘ ame Kellogg, w {e retiring as American en- ambassador to the Court of St. James, | 7N to take up the post of Secretary oflpiica Court to State In succession to Charles .| ficide of gilays Hughes <hould be The function was attended by the .o,y Prince of Wales. Winston Churchill the Earl of Balfour, a number of cabinet officers, the ambassadors of Belgium, Italy and Frar . un»ll scoTes of men prominent in the civie, com- mercial and military life of Creat Britain g 4 In proposing Mr. Kellogg's health, Mr. Churchill paid warm tribute to his character and abilities He de- clared that he had recently been in Paris with the American Ambassador, when he was engaged in protecting and furthering the Interests of his own country, and he could '\' lh“'l Cellogg “never loses touch wi ;\"‘: |:\VI"\'E;‘£“ i :: ."«“ 5 ‘* The bullding office has one inspector, Referring lightly to the frequent comings and goings of merican Am- bassadors, Mr. Churchill said that what differentiated the departure of Mr. Kellogg from the leave taking of his predecessors was the importance of the post he was going home to fill. Plenty of Wine on Menu. “What he thinks of us is more im- portant than what we think of him,” he | In the Health Department the sani- continued. “I hope, first of all, that Mr. | ¢ inspectors look after Kelloge will tell his fellow citizens that | that effect health more directly the British people are people of a true | structural defects. democracy —that any government of this | The street cleaning insanitary them Py the Ausocintod Press test cases now pending In determine what Congress intended abandoned for housing Meanwhile both Commissioner Oys- ter and Health OMcer Fowler are anx ious to keep sanitary conditions in li);‘lnué,\'s on as high a l*vel as pos- Various departments of the District governmert have certain functions to perform to keep the alleys In good ondition, but the task dcvolves prin- cipally upon the building inspector's oflice, the Health Department and the atreet cleaning division. Here Is how the burden is divided: Divislon of Work. his time to the board for the condemnation insanitary bulldings. While his duties rcquire him to observe such | structures wherever located, most of bis work Is In the alleys. He is con- stantly making tours of inspection where thry are needed. than A thoroush Inspection of all alleys &nd alley dwe'llngs with a view to conditions Ofmcer forcement {& awaiting the outeome of A. S. J. Atkinzon, who devotes all of directing the affairs of of | and ordering owners to make repairs conditions division s THE EVENING HEALTH OFFICERS TO INSPECT: IN WASHINGTON Fowler Announces Order for General Survey‘ to Be Made Early in Spring to Give Be‘st . to Homes. S by the plumbing inspector, the Water Department and the Fire De- partment. To Begin Survey in Spring. Dr. Fowler stated today that as soon as the Winter seascn is over he plans to concentrate his sanitary inspection force on a careful survey of all the alleys, with instructions |to serve notices on owners and oc- |cupants to correct wll insanitary con- | ditions found. | A similar intensive inspection of |alley dwellings was conducted by {the health officer during the months of October and November, with the following results: A total of 1,048 notices were served on owners and occupants to correet conditions affecting health, requir- ing that they be abated within a specified time. In cases defective was found and refe ing inspector for correction. In 269 instances structural defects were observed and referred to the bu..ding inspeetor for action. Referred to Condemnation Board. In 141 other cases conditiorfs were found which resulted in reference to the board for the condemnation of insanitary buildings, to order the necessary repairs made or have the buildings condemned. In six cases conditions constituting 1 fire menace were reported and re- ferred to the Fire Department for attention In 39 cases leaking water were reported and referred to Water Department for correction. In 10 of the alleys it was found advisagle to make report to the Street Cleaning Department. plumbing red to the plumb- pipes the STAR, WASHINGTON, BACKERS PLAN NEW CHILD LABOR FIGHT Refuse to Accept Verdict in 13 States as Final Word on Amendment. Plans were drawn up here today for a rencwed drive for ratification of the child labor amendment Officials of the Organizations As- sociated for Ratification of the Child Labor Amendment conferred on ways and means to secure reconsideration In the 13 States where there have| been adverse votas on the proposal. Mrs. A. C. Watkins of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, who presided at the meocting, later Issued a statement declaring the ad- vocates of the amendment were work- ing against a “monstrous campaign of organized misreprasentation.” She refused to recognize rejection of the amendment by one branch of a State legislature as rejection by the State. Further efforts will he made to ob- taln ratification of the child labor amendment by the Ohio legislature despite the adverse vote of one house, Representative Foster, Republican, Ohio, who sponsored the amendment in the House, today informed Presi- dent Coolidge. RELIEF TEAM NEARS NOME WITH SERUM FOR DIPHTHERIA VICTIMS (Cont ed from First Page.) might reach Nome bafore the dog teams now en route from Nenana. D. C, | Doan of Columbus In discussing mis- SEES J0B AT HOME FOR MISSIONARIES Layman ‘Stresses Need of Christianizing America Be- fore Foreign Lands. Demand that the practice of Chris-| tianity begin at home, in real earnest, be‘ore preachers for Christianity are sent abroad was made before the For- eign Missions convention today in the Washington Auditorium by Robert A. sions from the viewpoint of the lay man “Practicing Christianity at home fs more essential than preaching ft #broad,” he said. “Sending mission- aries to other lands is a crazy propo- sition unleas we admit that the toachings of Christ which they carry have never been literally lived by ery true Christfan layman must dedicate his life not to proclaiming that all the world are brothers, but by living In his nation as though he beliaves it. The program for for- eign missions is useless until Chris- tlan laymen rid themselves of race prejudice which often amounts to hatred.” Standing on Rights. “The world is drunk with desire for selfish power. It is also suffer- ing trom too much national sensitive- ness. Every nation is ‘touchy.’ All of us seem obsaesed with the deter- mination to stand on our right Nations of power are full of self-con- ceit. In the light of the sensitive temper and strain In which we find tha world today 1 ask vou in shame what Influence we may expect to ex- ert as laymen in the forelgn mission program of our church when our own Congress passes an Immigration law SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1925. MISSION CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS Surprising information on “how the other half Itves” new light on world progress, anecdotes, humorous Incldents, and gripping person ex- perlences, have come to light in every sion of the great missionary con- vention at the Washington Auditorfum. It is declared the convention has brought together the largest gather- ing of missionarie: uthors, clergy- men and lay workers who have ever met at any similar convention any- where in the world. “We hear a great deal in this country about ‘The Yellow Peril'" declared Rev. Dr. Herbert Welch, bishop of the Methodist Eplscopal district of Jupan and Korea. “But in Japan they talk of ‘The White Peril’ They have been oxploited by the white races until the ‘white peril' has become extremely real to them. They have seen the white races conquer the red race, the brown race and the black race, and feel sure that there Is now a definite movement on foot by the white people to subdue the yellow people of the world. “From the time of the discovery of Ameri and the discovery about the same time of an ocean passage to the Far East, exploitation of eastern people was carried on until he Russo- Japanese War. That was the first | successful step made by the Japanese to prevent the Joss of their territory, their trade and their civil right. “The waves of the seas formerly separated the continents. Now they link them together. I am not in favor of admitting great numbers of Japanese to the United States, but to prevent trouble in the future, there must be a closer bond of brotherhood between these two great nations. The tuture peace of the world depends on just that relationship.” Bishop Welch stated that the mis- sionary movement was growing steadily in Japan and Korea, and sur- | prised his hearers by adding that a| of | | 1 great many of the principles Christianity are now being embodied in the religions of the r Bast They are copying what they consider to be better than what they now have, but at the same time are holding to with the American Board In China cince 1307, pictured the work of “win- ning a province.” It Is a custom when a new business is started in China for the man at the head of it to call on all the other business men in that section and explain the pur- pose of the business. It is also a custom for the business men called upon to return the call at once, and see for themselves what is planned. In this way, Rev. Mr. Pye and his aides came in touch with everybody in the place, and explained as best thev could the medical, religious and social work to be undertaken. The “calling system” gave them a splendid start and established their standing in the community. Prof. T. Dwight Slean, M. D.. of the Peking Union Medical College stated that the medical mission must pave the way for the church. Highly trained doctors are a vital necessity, but they are almost useless, unless the best equipment Is sent with them to the foreign fields. Nevertheless, If the entire output of the medicai colleges and nurses’ training schools of the United States were brought to China they could touch but the outer fringe of her crying needs. Therefore an indigsnous body of doc- tors and nurses is the only solution for China's ever-increasing demand. Thesc must be trained in our mission schools. Rev. Dr. H. C. McDowell and Rev. Dr. C. E. Hurlburt gave graphic ac- counts of thelr work among the primitive peoples of Africa. Dr. Mc- Dowell spoke of going among the wild tribes of Angola and climbing | trees to gain a vantage point from which to speak to the natives. He has had many thrilling experiences among the barbarous tribes. Dr. Hurlburt was in Africa when | Theodore Roosevelt made his famous | expedition to that country. “I took Mr. Roosevelt to see one of the achools where African workers were being educated and the former President was greatly pleased with what he saw. NOTABLE WONEN ATIEND LUNCHEON Mrs. Coolidge Among 1,000 at Missionary Groups’ Function. More then 1,000 women, gathered at a luncheon under the wuspices of the Federation of Women's Foreign Mis- sion Boards of North America, heard reports of work at the front from the “forelgn ambassadors” which the subsidiary boards had sent to the four corners of the world. Among those thousand women was Mrs. Cal- vin Coolidge, who surprised the dele gates and guests by an appearance just as the program was opening. From all parts of the world one minute speakers told of the work being accomplished and of the plans for the future Among the mission women intro- duced by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody were Miss Alice Jones from Pal tine, Mrs, Samuel Zwemer from Ara- bia, Miss Jean Kenyon MacKenzle from West Africa: Mrs. Molvik frem Madagascar, Miss Nichols from Indla; Miss Jean Adams from Ching. and na- tives of the Orient, including Mies Mitsu Motoda, daughter of the Epis- copal Rishop of Tokio, and Miss Shu Chung Ting of the Chinese Y. W. C. A, Committee Leaders. Preceding the luncheon, Mrs. Wil- liam Fraser McDowell pronounced the invocation and Miss Kath Riggs. the harpist, plaved. Arrange- ments for receiving and seating the thousand notable guests had been made under the direction of tt Washingten Women's Committes One Hundred, of which Mrs W Darby acted as chairman and Mrx Willlam F. McDo 11, Mrs. Harvev S I would like to see vour finished 2 ;. Hentrtesr L B AL Although the need for it would not|made possible by our false assump- | their own faiths e oo e | 1rwin. Mrs. W Abernathy. Mrs country rests on popular will.” charged with the job of cleaning the alley roadways without relation to the houses. When the health their rounds, tain conditions In elucidating this point, Mr. Church- 1l made a jocular remark the American dry law. “We hope," he said, “that he will tell his fellow citizens that while we are subjects of an heredi- tary monarchy we nevertheless enjoy a certain amount of personal liberty.” The speaker then raised his menu card and glanced at it. First on the list was the name of & cocktall, opposite the soup was the name of a fine eherr: with the fish went sauterne; with the meat, red wine, and with the chicken course, champagne. After that there was port for toasts to the King and President and brandy to go with the coffee. Before he sat down Mr. Churchill spoke with obvious pride about the British navy and with manifest sin- cerity about the accomplishments of the Washington arms conference. His words here were, In part, a repetition of the speech he made a year ago in welcoming Mr. Kellogg. “We have entered upon a new naval situation,” he declared. “For the firat time we have willingly and _trustfully agreed to a condition of equality, so far as capital units of the battle fieets are concerned, with the United States. “The Washington agreement—that noble instrument names of Hughes and Balfour—not only guaranteed peace of the Pa- cifio Ocean for a definite period, but also rendered impossible the fateful and perilous rivalry in naval compe- tition between Great Britain and the United States. “1 don't underrate the greatness of the sacrifice of tradition or the im- mense change in public policy which this agreement involves o far as this country is concerned. There is no comparison between the positions of this crowded island, dependent for four-fifths of the food it eats on sup- plles from other parts of the globe, and the vast continent which Is self- contained in every respect. Sees No Irtsh Friction. “It was because at the Washing- ton conference there was fair and frank recognition of this fundamental fact that this memorable landmark in human progress was erected, and 1t will bs in the light of that recog- nition that every progress in the limi- tation of naval armaments can be most hopefully pursued.” Mr. Churchill hoped the retiring Ambassador would tell Americans that the British were a people who strictly fulfilled their obligations; that thelr word was a bond, whether attached to treaty or treasury obli- gations. Referring to the Irish treaty, he said that Ireland could never again he the cause of friction between Great Britain and the United States. It could not be expected that cen- turies of misunderstanding would dis- appear in a few parliamentary ses- slons, but he believed that in the future misunderstandings of that past would become an actual bond of harmony between the English- speaking nations. Would End War Causer. Bidding farewell to his London friends and assoclates, Mr. Kellogg apoks feelingly of the “spirit of frankness, toleration and understand- ing” with which the foreign office had met him in matters of diplomacy. He urged Britons and Americans to & better knowledge of each other in the realization of the “greatest hope for | the futurs relations of our coun- tries,” and volced satisfaction at the opportunity that had been his of be- coming intimately acquainted with the statesmen and peoples of Europe, their national aspirations and so#ial and economic conditions. The ambassador said he was most fmpressed with the necessity of re-| moving the causes of war, declaring: “There must be rehabilitated Ger- many, and safety and security for the other countries. There must be born a spirit that will make for peace, and that will permit these peoples to work out their destiny and their fu- ture, sceure and unafraid. “I realize that all the difficult problems have not been solved by the Dawes committee or the London and Paris conferences, but a long step has been taken. * * * There are other grave problems involving the coun- tries of Europe, but the same spirit of understanding and tolerance and the determination to surmount these diffi- culties will accomplish the result.’” While he did not wish to discuss the part played by the United States in what had been accompliehed last year, Mr. Kellogg reminded the gath- ering of the “sympathetic and help- ful attitude of President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes in the establish- ment of the Dawes committee and in the London conference.” He said that “there are many pri- vate American cltizens who today are playing an honorable part in the eie- cution of the plan” which he de- zcribed as arising from realization on the part of the people and statesmen of all parties that the time had come “when there must be a settlement, a rehabilitation of Germany and re- vival of industry. MURDER CASE END NEAR. Verdict in Trial of Dr. Edwards Expected by Tonight. RESSEMER, Ala, January 31.—A verdict in the case of Dr. George T. Edwards, on trial here on a charge of slaying his wife last December, is expected by tonight. Testimony was cancluded and two arguments heard yesterday. The final addresses to the jury will be delivered today and the given to the jury some time this afternoon, it is expected. ' concerning the ociated with the | inspectors make however, they find cer- that call for action INSURGENT QUSTER 0.K.D BY COOLIDGE President in Sympathy With Disciplinary Moves of Congress. President Coolidza is in entire sym- pathy with the policy of the Repub- lican leaders of the Senates and House to ignore insurgents by excluding them from the party councils in the future. He Is firm In his bellef that the management and control of the Republican party should be kept in the hands of thoss whose Repub- licanlem is unquestioned and who have given their pledge before the November elections to support the party and to assist in every way in carrying out their party’s policie The President’s stand on this ques- man for him, who explained that the President’s approval of party pline is not prompted by u feeling of hostility toward the insurgente, but with a view to having the party's pre-election pledges faithfully kept. The President was represented as feeling that the Republican party's duty to the Amrican peopls is to fol- low the course which the electorate of the Nation has every reason and right to expect would be followed when it. by its vote, placed the re- ponsibility of running the Govern- ment of the United States upon the Republican Waould Bar Obstructionists, Therefore, President Coolidge looks upon the policy to keep the party free from obstructionists and from Influences known to be contrary to Republican policies, as 2 response to |2 pledge made to the American peo- | Ple rather than an attempt to openly }ymnlfh those who are openly antago- nistic to the administration and to the | Republican leeadership in the Senate |and the House. He belteves, however, | that the question of party regularity |has been widely discussed already, would hardly be worth and that it while for him to now add anything further to this discussion. President Coolidge has let it be known to Republican leaders in Con- Kress that he does not approve of the | provision of the pendinz $38,000,000 rivers and harbors authorization bill [roquirinl completion of all authorized projects within five years. It is held by the Executive that such a provi- sion would tend to take away part of the control that he now exercises over the Government budget, and for that reason it should be strongly re- siated. Acting under the authority of a resolution recently adopted by Con- gress, President Coolidge has appoint- ed a commission to arrange a cele- bration in 1932 of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington. The commission will consist of Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook of Pennsyvl. vania, president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolu- | tlon; Mrs. Mary Sherman of Colo- rado, president of the General eration of Women's Clubs; Henry Ford, the automoblle manufacturer; Hanford MacNider of lowa, former commander of the American Legion: C. Bascom Slemp, | to the President; A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard Unlversity; Ed- gar B. Plper, Portland, Oreg.. pub- lisher, and Frank A. Munsey, New York publisher. President Coolidge yesterday signed the Smith-Hoch resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to conduct an investigation into the general freight rate structure to de- Velop whether agricultural produets |now bear an unfair portion of general rate charges. | MINER SLAYS WIFE ~ AND TWO CHILDREN Special Dispateh to The Star. After murdering his wife and two children last night Russell Martin, a miner of Midland, Md., tried to kill himself. He was overpowered by members of a posse who had followed him to a local poolroom, and is now in Jjail, suffering from gashes on the neck. Frank Gray, posseman, was cut on the hand in the struggle with Martin. At the home of the miner his wife was found bound to a chalr, her throat cut, and the bodies of their two children were found, cach with a slashed throat. One of the children was 4 vears old and the other 10 months old. Martin is 28. Walter Winters, a roomer at the Martin home, was awakened by a disturbance and left the place to sum- mon the police. Martin went to the poolroom after his crime and had snatehed a cheese knife from the lunch counter, when he was seized. " tion was made known by a spokes- | disci- | Fed- | retiring Secratary | CUMBERLAND, Md., January 31— closing law has been determined by the outcome of the test cases now in court the Health Department will continue to make periodical surveys of conditions in the alley: 1 SENATE IMPASSE AMUSES GALLERY Even Senators Laugh at In- ability to Get Action on Any Measure. With the conclusion of the long fight over the postal pay and rate bill the Senate worked itself late yvester- day into a legislative impasse, reach- ing the point where it even was un- able to add on a resolution to pro- vide reviewing stands for the inaugura- tion of President Coolidge. Objections, some more or less vehe- ment, rolls calls and speeches fol- lowed each othér in quick succession Senators joined the galleries in the amusement the situation afforded Chairman Borah of the foreign rela- tlons committee finally pointed the way out with a motion for an execu- tive session. Smoot Starts Impasse. With the passage of the postal bill Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, sought unanimous consent for imme- diate consideration of the Government reorganization bill. made and he moved Meantime, Senators Sterling, can, South Dakota, to take it up. Republi- and Swanson, 000,000 State aid good road bill. He | refused. On a record vote fused to consider the bill Smoot was pressing. Then it without a record vote, to take up the £o0d roads bill, after Senator Borah had objectéd to unanimous consent because he wanted to discuss it. Hia objaction wzs removed by as- surance of Senator Sterling that once the measure got preferred status it would be Jaid aside temporarily. marking that Congress was ever ready to take money out of the Treasury, but apparently unwilling to save the Government money, Senator Smeot upset this calculation by ob- jecting to the laying aside of the measure Chalrman Ball of the District of Columbia committee then asked unanimous consent to consider the inaugural resolution, but Senator Smoot then objected. Later Senator Watson, Repubiican, Indlana, pleaded with Senator Smoot to withdraw the ob- jection, explaining the purport of the resolution. “I don’t care, 1 object.” Senator Smoot, amid the floor and galleries, During the mix-up, Senator Harri- son, Democrat, Mississippi. pointed out that administration leaders had voted against taking up the reclass fication blil. recommended first by President Harding and later by Pre dent Colidge. He Included in his list of administration leaders, Senators | Brookhart of Iowa and Frazier of North Dakota. whereupon Senator Hdge, Republican. New Jersey, de- manded to know if he was proceeding classes.” After Senator Smoot had objected to the inauguration resolution, Sen- ator Harison brouzht more laughter by remarleing that another adminis- tration leader even was objecting to paving the way for the Inauguration of the Republican President the Senate re- enator insisted laughter from Teacih;rr',r Seeking | Divorce, Charges 9 Years’ Neglect Coat, Dress and Shoes, Sole Gifts, Partly Paid for by Spouse. | Mrs. Helen W. Coffren, a teacher in the public schools, today asked the | District Supreme Court for a limited divorce from Joseph T. Coffren, who conducts a billlard room at 2028 Fourteenth street. She charges cruelty and non-sup- port, and tells the court that during a married life of nine years her hu band has given her only one dress, one coat and a pair of shoes. These, she, asserts, were Christmas or birth- day presents, and bought on the installment plan, the husband neglect- ing to keep up the payments, so that she was required to meet the balance. When they were married in Balti- more March 7, 1916, the wife states, her husband suggested she continue to teach until the close of the school vear, when she would not have to work any more. He falled to keep the promise to support her, she says, and she had to resume teaching. There are no children. Attorneys Joseph A. Burkart, Harry I Quinn and Richmond B, Keech appear for the wife, the alley | Objection was | Democrat, Virginia, wanted the Utah | Senator to vield to take up the $75,-| voted, | Re- | be materially lessened by previous arrival of the small supply of serum being carried by the dog sledges. This supply of 300,000 units, according to medical authorities, would scarcely suffice for curative treatment of 40 serious cases of diphtheria, and would leave nothing for preventive use. If used for preventive work alone, | arcely 500 of the 1,000 Inhabltants of Nome could be immunized and (Ilenv only for a period of three weeks | Sent to President. | In addition to the appeal to the| Navy Department by Delegate Suth- erland, the proposal was sent to Pros-| ident Coolidge and to Secretary of the | Navy Curtis D. Wilbur in the follow- ing telegram: “Acting upon urgent pleas from ome, and from Nome citizens now in New York, the North American | Newspaper Alliance hereby offers to furnish bacteriologist, supplies and equipment at any point on the Paci fic coast upon 4% hours’ notice from the Government. We appeal for your assistance in obtaining Government | transportation In speediest p 1 manner for these additional ans of preventing a widespread epidemic. We especially request consideration of the feasibility of the dispatch of a cruiser carrying airplane and crew | from the Pacific Coust to the open waters Just south of Nunivak Island, | 300 miles south of Nome, from which | the alrplane could transport the | relief expedition which we propose to furnish “Lomen Brothers, leading business men of Nome, wired us toda the following results of a survey made vesterday by Dr. Curtis Welch, the only physician in Nome: ‘There are many more sore throat cases which without tests must be considered diphtherfa. Our danger lies not only in the lack of serum, but in lack of facilities for positive diagnosis in | non-typical and mild cases. We are hindered by not having laboratory facilities. Tells of “Carl Lomen, president of the Lo- men Trading Corporation of Nome, now in New York, this evening made ‘lhe following statement to the al | ance I implore the Government to act immediately on the suggestion of th alliance and not permit this ¢pidemic to ravage our community of a thou- sand inhabitants as the influénza epi- demic of 1918 unfortunately did when hundreds died.’ g ven airplane pick-up of the small amount of serum now en route by dog sledge will by no means save th- sit- uvation. Everything humanely possible should be done. 1 am making this ap- peal, not only in behalf of my thir- teen relatives in Nome, but in behalf of the 200 children there, who are, of course, especially susceptible to the | disease which the United States Pub lic Health Service investigation indi- cates is on the virulent type. Accord- ing to an official report to the North American Newspaper Alllance by the American Medical Association, the chances of death from diphtheria, without antitoxin treatment, are § to 10 times greater than with anti- toxin treatment. Even though the dog sleds should arrive within 10 days, which would be a remarkably quick trip, considering the possibility of Alaskan blizzards, there would | still be need in Nome for & large ad- ditlonal quantity of serum and lab- oratory equipment.’ “‘May we have immediate reply so| no valuable time, meaning lives, may be lost.”’ Feaxible Says Amundsen. Nunivak Island s about 2,500 miles | from San Francisco by direct line; lh.l sailing radius of a crulser Is about 3,500 miles. Capt. Roald Amundsen, the .Arctic explorer, who is now in New York making plans for his flight to the North Pole next Summer, said last night that in his opinion thé pro- | posal to reach Nome by warship and airplane was entirely feasible. “I have no record data as to the prevailing fce conditions in that re- glon,” he said, “but from what I know | of the western coast of Alaska at this time of the year, I am convinced that A cruiser or destroyer could get with- in fiying range of Nome.” Delegate Sutherland and Carl Lo- men agresd that the cruiser-alr- | plane expedition via Nunivak was a possibility. ditions. States and Canada GAME ROUTED BY SNOW. | Bear, Turkey and Red Fox Seek Food in Maryland Towns. Special Dispateh to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., January So severe has been the Winter far in the Cumberland Valley that bears and other wild game have been driven out of the mountains to within a short distance of towns. A huge black bear was seen yester- day by Pennsylvania Railroad men crossing the Potomac River a few miles below Willlamsport. = It was walking on the icc which had covered the river for the past few weeks. Bruin climbed up the bank on the Maryland side and heading toward Willlamsport, disappeared in the un- derbrush. A’ wild turky gobbler flew to the farm of Frank Wine, near the spot where the bear was secn, and began feeding with the other fowl. A rted fox, rare in this section now. was killed when it sought shelter at the farm of Walter Ruth, near Wil lamsport, during the blizzard. e thus | tablish It you need work, columns of The Star. read the want tion that we have a right to do as we please in our own country with- out due consideration of others.” Mrs. Charles Kirkland Rovs of New York city, an authority on womsn's missionary work, delivered an appeal for recognition of women, not mere- Iy because of their sex, but as es- sential parts of the organization sponsoring forelgn missions, In any reorganization which may take place in the future. Place o “The church at home and abroad.” she said. “must reckon with the| awakened womanhood of the The state has been in advance of the church in recognizing the changed | position, | Two facts underlie the conspicuous | success of woman's work. TFirst,| through long years of indefatigable effort, the women of the church have | Women. built up a system of communication from national board headquarters | down to the most remote individual| church. Ruthlessly to disrupt by any ! form of organization a system estab- | lished by such incalculable effort and | proved to be of such undeniable ef- | ficiency would be little short of mad- ness.’ | She sald the second secret of wom- | an’s success In the past was the psy- | chological fact that women respond 10 a definite financial responsibility and that they like to raise their own budget. They enjoy, she sald, a dual relationship to missions as church-| members and as members of the wom- | an's organization.” | Any missfonary program for the church which casts aside this wonder | | cfal responsibility of women is doom- | ed to fallure. | Motivation of “Fear.” | In his address Dr. Hugh T. Kerr of | Pittsburgh deprecated what he de- clared was the present day motlvation | “fear” in church support. “Fear,” he declared, “presses on all sides; racial fear; fear of a possible tide of color, eéconomical and indus- ! trial fear, fear lest the great surplus; of raw materfal in Asis and Africa | and the unlimited supply of cheap | labor may in time slow down the wheels of our own industrial .life, political and military fear, fear of arming millions of the East who can | ount hundreds to our units. Love of | Christ is the only adequate motive.” Welfare Work for I uals. Last night's session was devoted to consideration of welfare work touch- ing on Individuals On “AMedical Mission,” Dr. T. Dwight Sloan of the Peking Union Medical College declared the entire output of the medical and nursing schools of the United States would not begin to meet the medical needs of China alone. He urged quality against quantity | in personnsl as well as equipment sent for the hospitals, and predicted that eventually Isolated, poorly manned and poorly equipped hospitals would be closed, and work through co-operation of the varfous churches would be concentrated In the larger, better institutions. “Mission hospitals," he said, “are re- garded in the t as living symbols of the Christian message.” The aim, he added, should be to @x- modern medical systems manned by natives. Statistics on Foreign Missions. Facts and statistics on forelgn mis- sions were given by Dr. Arthur Jud- son Brown of New York, in his ad- dress yesterday afternoon. Dr. Brown, who is an authority on missions and the author of a number of books con- cerning théem, gave the following re- sume of the &cope of mission work in foreign lands: “There are now 28,000 Protestant foreign missionaries in non-Christian | lands, and 2,408,900 adult communi- cants, with an enrolled Christian community of 5,145,236 persons. In 36,610 Sunday schools there are 2,- 000,000 pupils, 703 hospitals and 1,234 dlspensaries, treating over 3,000,000 patients a year; a total of 245 or- phanages, 26 inatitutions for blind and deat mutes; 39 leper asylums, 21 homes for untained children of lepers and 21 rescue homes for fallen wom- en. The educational work Includes 109 colleges and universities, 2,114 boarding and high schools, 36,478 ele- mentary schools, 376 kindergartens, 30 medical colleges, 98 schools and classcs for nurses, 406 theological and Bible training schools, 209 industrial schools and 240 normal schools. ‘Totnl of 344,448,000 in Donations, “The Christian people of Europe and America gave last year, for the maintenance of these varied actlv- ities, $44,448,000. A movement so vast, representing such a great con- stituency of Intelligent people in Eu- rope and America, and recognized by the governments of the world as a force of the first magnitude, chal- lenges the attention of all thoughtful persons. Among the reasons he advanced for foreign missions were the command of Christ to His disciples to His go: pel to all men; because a true Chris- tlan experience should prompt Chris- tians to ssek the world’s embrace of Christianity; because all men need the gospel of Christianity; and be- cause “we have passed the age of provincialism and entered the age of cosmopolitanism.” Address by Mission Worker. The relationship between condi- tions in America and industries i China was illustrated in the addres of Miss Margaret E. Burton of New York, a forelgn mitsion worker, last night, who made a plea for educa- tional help to prepare young Dpeop! of the Orient to find a solution of the new industrial problems of Asla by H ( | measure | not | the | He Bishop Charles H. Brent of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of West- ern New York, who has just returned from the International Oplum Con- ference at Geneva, drew tremendous applause from the convention when he made a plea for the League of Na- tions. “While making an address re- cently 1 was amazed to find that only about % per cent of my audience had | the | that| ever read Bishop. “I they had the covenant,” said told them frankly no right to oppose which they had not any even read “I am convinced that the strongest | covenant of the ignorance and in- difterence,”” Bishop Brent added. ‘‘The covenant may not be perfect. It is perfect. But it is the greatest attempt ever made to bring about oppo ition to the league is due to | amity between the nations of the world. Until something better is pro- duced it is worthy of support of the entire civilized world “The World Court is the next best attempt ever made to bring about in- ternational brotherhood. The third great effort toward the same end is Geneva protocol. In this coun- try the church and state are separate They are separated but not divorced. They should not be divorced. It is over to take an active part In politi. Cltizens all over the land should write, telegraph or see in person their Renators and register their opinions on all great questions. It is sald that these letters are thrown into the wasteba<ket. They are not. They are studied very, very closel the { working system of distinctive finan- | bishop asserted Bishop Brent Is convinced that the only two things worth living for are a cloaer brotherhood between nations and church unity. He says both will take time, but both are coming. Dur- ing the last war he was a member of the American board of chaplains in Europe and came in very close contact with the American soldiers. But he insists that law, rather than war, must settle future international disputes. Prot. John Jesudason Cornelius, a native of India, who is now study- ing at Columbia University, charmed the convention with his address on “Movements Toward Christ in India.” He declared that in some sections of India there have been as many as 2,000 converts a week for 30 years. paid a remarkable tribute to Ghandi and his application of Christ's principle of overcoming evil by good, by soul fore He asserted that Ghandi's non-resistance policy had prevented untold bloodshed and chaos in_his native land. Prof. Cornelius gave some startling comparisons in denouncing war and its costs in lives and blood. “Let me use some figures to show the real cost of the World War,” he said. “The total cost of the war in money Is equivalent to the expenditure of $20,000 per hour for every hour since the birth of Christ! “And what of the cost in human lite? Let me take the sinking of the Lusitania, which so startled the en- tire world, as an example. To bring about the loss of as many were wiped out in the war it would be necessary to snik a Lusitania every day for 70 vears:” Rev. Dr. Willlam_Axling, stationed in Japan, recalled events just after the earthquake. One Japanese doctor came to his church and asked to do something to aid the sufferers. They turned the upper part of the church into an emergency hospital. In eight months the Japanese doctor treated 22,000 medical and surgical cases, and at the end of that tims dled from the strain. “Never during all that time dld we ever once stop to think of our difference in race or color,” concluded Dr. Axling. Rev. Watts O. Pye, a missionary laying foundations for a Christian order of society. Hair nets were used as a medium of illustration. “Women bob their hair in America and in China,” she sald, “ather wom- en, making hair ne arve. Child labor laws in America are declared unconstitutional and efforts failed to curtail child labor in China, where ~hildren as young as 5 years old work 14 hours a day for 10 cents. Hair Nets Made in China. “Comparatively few of the women who still use halr nets realize that the great center of the hair nct in- dustry is in the city of Chefoo, China. Yet only a short time ago a letter trom a friend in Chefoo contained this sentencc: ‘I don’t know what will happen to us if you women in America don’t stop cutting your hair. We are all losing our jobs. There were 18,000 women and girls in the hair net factories here two years and a halt ago and now there are only a few over 2,000. The worst of it is that thcy are going into the silk filatures, where conditions are bad enough for men, but unspeakable for women and children.’ " Other Speakers on Program. Among others who spoke yesterday were Mary E. Wooley of South Had- ley, M: Dr. T. Kagawa of Japan and Prof. Rufus Jones of Haverfard College, Pa. This atternoon addresses by Rev. Schell of New York and Rev. James Endicott of Toronto. The program tonight will be o them “The Church in the Mi Field” Rev. Dr. J. H. McLean of Chile, Rev. T. Bhaskar Hiwali of Bombay, Bishop St. Gecrge Tucker, recently of Japan, and Rev. Dr. Harris E. Kirk of Baltimorée will speak. program includes Dr William P. Dr. | with such | the duty of religious people the world | | | impression lives as| product,” he said to me. “I then took him to several homes which were the result of mission training. The occupants were living in a civilized way amid clean, attrac- tive and comfortable surroundings. ‘I like your finished product and believe you are doing a great work. Jason Noble Pierce, Mrs. Earle Wilflev Mrs. J. T. Huddle and Mrs. J. Claude Keiper as vice chairmen. The chair- men and vice chairmen of subsidiar: committees were as follows: Committee on hospitality and ushers —Mrs. E. C. Dinwiddie, Mrs. W. A Metz. Committes on registration Mr. Roosevelt observed enthusiasti- cally, at the conclusion of the tour.” | | Miss Margaret E. Burton of New| York graphically illustrated the in- terdependence of nations. “The wom- | en of China are seriously affected| American fad of halr-bob-| she humorously explained. | “The hair-net industry is being ruined [ visited recently the woman work ers have been reduced from 18.000 ] to 2,000, due to our present fashion, | Much distress has resulted from this | unemployment. | “Child exploitation exists an extent that it even reaches down into the cradle. Children 5 vears of age are worked in the factories for 12 and 14 hours a day. You can understand, then, why the ultimate outcome of child labor legislation in the United States Is being watched concern by child lovers | in China, for it will have tremendous | effect on future conditions there.” . T. Kagawa, a native Japanese | lonary ‘worker, made a lasting | on the conventfon. He | has worked a great deal in ths slums of Toklo. He has taken terest and organized several unions. |he was arrested and kept in prison |for 16 davs. He drew storms laughter when he said he liked the than the slums. He was glad to get away from the excitement attending his work and spent all his time read- ing the gospel of St. Mark. Dr. Kagawa often has more people aut- side his church than are able to| get in. “Ten years ago | divorces ‘out of every Today there are but 10 than the percentage commented. “I want to say that we do not like your exclusion act. But going to be no war. We the Pacific blue and not turn it red with blood. That great ocean stands for peace and even now in Japan we are disbanding some of our military forcées and in that way saving énormous sums of money. there were 40| That is lower in America,” Prof. Rufus M. Jones of Haverford Pa.. author of “Abundant Life" Religious Foundations,” made a plea for greater activity in meeting the | world’s changing conditions. People kave the dynamic force within to | revolutionize things if they will just glve it proper expression, he said. | WORK TO PROTECT { SURPLUS WORKERS (Continued from First Page.) fact, has been steadily reducing the force of employes of the Interior Department since he became head of the department, reorganizing the Bu- reaus of Reclamation and Pensions and being at presént engaged in a survey in another bureau of the de- partment. Put en Furleugh. The Interior Secretary said it has been his nractice that whenever sur- plus employeas are eliminated, they placed on furlough without pay. This means. he added, that whenever a vacancy occurs in the bureau from which they have been furloughed. diately will be recalled to duty. With a turnover of 21.3 per cent, with employes constantly being sep- arated from the service through resignation, death and from other causes, Mr. Work sald it was evident that ver.” few of the furloughed em- ployes lost their jobs permanentl One Burean Cat Half. “An illustration of this occurred in the reorganization of the Pension Bureau a year ago. There were 164 surplus employes furloughed from this bureau after a survey, in which much duplication of work and lost motion was eliminated. “Of these 164 persons furloughed, two-thirds are still in the Govern- ment service, most of them were re- instated in the Pension Bureau filling vacancles that occurred in the or- dinary turn-over of the bureau, others secured employment in other branches of the Government: of the jone-third permanently separated from the service the greater part of them were employes who had reached the retirement age and were retired on annuities. A similar situation exist- ed in the Bureau of Reclamation last year, when its force was reduced by 50 per cent and the surplus employes placed on furlough.” Before the reorganization of the Reclamation Bureau last year, ap- proximately 5,200 were on the pay roll of the bureau. A policy of retrench- ment resulted in reduction of the working force, chiefly in the fleld, to 2,600 employes, a 50 per cent cut. Geneva Pact May Win Prize. OSLO, Norway, January 31.—The and In one district of China which| Chairmen i Mrs a deep in-|denominational boards labor | the 31 For his exceptional activities | the United States included in the fe jail because it was 80 much quletertional Board. Mrs. Herbert {Jonn there is | the cabinet. will keep | and | are not actually discharged, but are| they are in reach, trained and imme-| information and badges—Mrs. W. M Terrell and Mrs. Sidney Jacobs. Com- mittee on decorations—Mrs. Charle= fchardson. Committee on music Mrs, James Shera Montgomery and Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler. Committ on pages—Mrs. James E. Gripp. Com- mitte on luncheons—Mrs. F. Fdx- ington and Mrs. C. O. Goodpasturs of hostess committees Harvey Irwin, Mrs. H. M Kendrick and Mrs. Wallace Rad- cliffe b Mrs. E. H. Silverthorn, president o the Federation of Women's Boards of to such| Foreign Missions of North America |openea the program with a shor® introduction concerning the work the federation Welcoming the guests in the name of Washington, Mrs Harvey S. Irwin representing the women's departmen of the Washington Federation o Churches, said she was unable. i proverbial fachion, to present the kes of the eity to the guests, for Wash- ington, the Capital of the Unite States, was their city as well as her Board Heads Spenk. Presidents of eight of the larger speaking f organizations in Canada and |eration were: Mrs. Thomas Niche of | =on of the Methodist Episcopal Board ! Mrs. Ernest Evans of the Congrezn- | Goodman of the Baptist Board, Miss rgaret | Hodge, women's department of the | Presbyterian Board. Mrs. 8. R. Kep ner of the United Lutheran RBoard Mrs. Luke Johnson of the Methodis' Ipiscopal Church South Board, Mrs. MacGillivra: Presbyterian Roard of Canada, and Miss Grace 100 marriages. | Lindlev. Among the distinguished guests he | were women from the embassies who came to welcome the representatives from their own countries. ladies of the wives of many Gov- arnment officials and women active in | Washington affairs. A partial list fol- |1ows: Mrs. Edward G. Sanford, Mrs |Frank W. Stearns, Mrs John W | Weeks, Mrs. Harlan F. Stone, Mrs. | Curtis D. Wilbur, Mrs. Theodore W I Noyes, Mrs. A. Birney, Miss Grace Burton, Mrs. Willlam Cabell Bruce, {Miss Elizaheth Bancroft Bli Mrx {David H. Rlair, Mrs. F. T.. Belin, Mrs, Theodore V. Boynton, Mrs. Eric Bux- ton, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs. J. W Cannon, Mrs, J. Harry Covington, Mrs, Henry Chilton, Miss Elizabeth Car- hart, Mrs. Hugh Cumming, Mrs. God- frey Chobot. Mrs. Albert A. Clemons, Mrs. E. A. Crump, Mrs. James J. Davis, Mrs. I Walter Drake, Mrs. Edward Safford, Mrs. Charles Druby, Mrs. Henry Dimock, Mrs. S. B. Elkins, Miss Eliza- beth Eastman, Mrs. E. C. Finney, Mrs. | Arthur Foote, Mrs. James Farmer, ],\lr!. Francis Fox, M Gibson Fahn- stock, Mrs. S. D. Fess, Mrs. Michael {B. Furse, Mrs. James E. Freeman, Mrs. Henry W. Fitch, Mrs, M. W. | Goddard. Mrs. Charles C. Glover, Mre. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Mrs. Gu D. Goff, Mr: Bishop Garland. Mrs. Charles Cheney Hyde, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Mrs. J. C. Hoiterilk, Mrs. J. J. Haney and Mrs. W. E. Humphrey Mrs. E. Lester Jones, Mrs. J. Wes- {ley Jones, Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes, Mrs. Rudolph Kauffmann, Mrs. Wil- | liam Fitch Kelley, Mrs. Noble C. King, Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. John A ! Lejeune, Mrs. Ralph W. Lee, Mrs Lamoreux. Miss Lucy Lepper, Miss Emily Matthews, Mrs. John C. Mer- {riam, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, Mrs Alexander Mackey-Smith, Mrs. John MeGowan, Mrs. George H. Moses, Mrs. John Nicolson, Mrs. Peter Norbeck. Mrs. J. R. O'Donnell, Mrs. Edwin T Pollock, Mrs. Georme R. Putnam, Mme, Panaretoff, Mrs. George Whar- ton Pepper, Mrs. Mason Patrick, Mrs. Nohle Pierce, Mrs. E. B. Parker. Mrs Percy Edward Quinn, Mrs William C. Rives, Mme. Roso, Mrsa. Wallace Radcliffe, Mrs. Selden T Spencer, Mrs. W. R. Smedberg, Mrs Morgan Sanders, Mrs. James E. Wat- son, Mrs Charles D. Walcott, Mrs. Henry W. Watson, Mrs. John Henry Young. As Mrs. Coolldge passed out of the assemblage, after waiting until the of the program with evident the audience rose and the direction of Mrs. Wheeler, “Publish Glad claes enjoyment, ang under Wayne B. Tiding HANDCAR IS HEARSE. Use Is Made Necessary by Snow in Pennsylvania. YORK, Pa, January 31.—With a Bible for a pillow in his cofin, an American Flag as a shroud and a rallroad handear for a hearse, William H. Keesey of Felton was buried yes- teraay. The Bible, as a pillow, and the Flag about the body were in compliancé with Keesey's request while he was {ll. The handcar was made necessary because of deep snow. The pall bearers were trackmen of the Western Maryland and Pennsyl- vania railroad. The mourners follow- ed the handcar, walking on the rail- road track. Norwegian Peace Society has recom- mended that the Nobel peace prize be awarded to the person who can claim the greatest credit for the Geneva protocol of security and disarmament adopted by the Leagus of Nations’ Assembly last Fall and now pending definite approval by the powers, [ . Unionr to Meet in Detroit. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 31— Detroit was awarded the biennial con- vention of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen and Enginemen by its executive board here yesterday. The convention will open June 1.