Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1925, Page 2

PANANAN INDIANS BARGE EXCESSES Marsh Translates Accusation Women Were Assaulted and Land Stolen. ated Press February day in By the Ass PANAMA man gove document signed by Indian chlefs peopla demy The Pana- public and made English various Tule, San Blas in which the San Blas d the right of independ- document translated 0. Marsh, American allegedly at of ynal Congri pr Pana yme 20 ent t drawn up was an the able request Tule the at It recent that the ns hy Panams considered attacks on h s ad their basis in charges c The Indians, is kill b charges ; settlers and cesses in the region dian women to dance $50 if the they refused; both b wer sold in dance halls 1 ot only were encouraged forced to buy The scribed as having become debaucher- and it declared that Indian women and younsg girls were viols It is alleged that the Panan f San Blas 7 iced of -extortlon, that ru whisky, powder, shot and shotguns were sold n stores established by him, cont to the s of Panama. the ngress docu- that the thorities permitted ex- by forcing In- and fining them anama r and an, but de- liquor dians dances are ernor n d 14 Charged Land Stolen. was ille- ies and tree It is charged that land gally taken by banana comy that rubber was stolen and the ruined. It is declared in the docu- ment that un ernational la the San Blas considercd part of the Pan under the constitution of Pa a ar- ticles in the Hay-Bunau Varilla treaty, the United States assumed the obligation to intervene at any time and any place in Panama to up- hold constitutional law and peace. “It appears to us,” says the docu- ment, “that America cannot, in equi- ty, assume the role of a protectorate over the Republic of Panama, regard our people and territ part of Panama and refuse people the same measure of & 1teed protec- tion and justice it accords other hu- man elements in the country.” te ry is ‘.u\ republie, our Villages Threatened. The document said the governor had threatened to attack and burn Indian villages | “Such statements coming from Pan- aman _officials,” declares the docu- ment,” can only be regarded as an open declaration of war. * * * We accept the challenge. The Panaman government has forfeited further just claim to sovereignty over our race and territory, and henceforth. the Tule Nation is hereby declared inde- pendent.” The document to the United States accept a protectorate over Tule. The British Minister at Panama has instructed H. A. Ford, consul at Colon, to leave for San F on the Uni States cruiser Cleveland to protect British interests in the trou- bled area. with a petition Government to ends EUROPEAN UNIONS MAY WELCOME REDS Reconciliation of Trade Bodies Based on Conditions Submit- ted to Russians. BY LEOPOLD ALETRINO. By Cahle to The Star and Chicago Daily News. AMSTERDAM, February 27.—It is likely that Amsterdam will soon wit- ness a solemn reconciliation between western European and Russian trade unions. At @ conference of the General Council of the International Federa- tion of Trade Unions held recently in the Dutch metropolis, the exeautlve committee of the federation was in- structed to admit the All-Russian Federation when the latter expressed the desire and to convene a confer- ence at Amsterdam to put this into | effect { It is pointed out, however, that such conference would hav chance for success only if the Russians ac- cepted the internal constitution nf‘ western European trade unions as the basis for their joining. In trade union circles here it feared that the in- fluence extremists are still exercising in the Russian labor movement will prevent the le Union Congres: from notifying Amsterdam that it is willing to join the federation. If the Russians join they might exercise considerable influence and drive the Left wing farther to the Left than the situation in western Furope justifies. Moderate elements of the labor movement, therefore, are averse to co-operating with the Rus- sians. They say their Russian com- rades would their position in order to sow discord within western European trade unions which the have already tried to do without suc- Meanwhile preparations already are under way to receive the Russian | prodigal son, but even the most op- | timistic anticipate that the forthcom- ing m ing will turbulent and rich in surprises. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) WOMAN AUTO VICTIM. a abuse be Believed to Have Suffered Skull Fracture When Hit. Mrs. Mary Barrett, 57, 822 Twenty- sixth street, suffered a probable frac- ture of the skull when she was knocked down by an automobile last night while crossing the street in front of her home Charles H. Minor, 2500 I street, operator of the machine, stopped and took Mrs. Barrett to Emergency Hos- pital, where physiclans expect her to recov. despite severe head and body injuries. Minor was held at the third precinet while police investigated cir- cumstances surrounding the collision. BRIG. GEN. MAUS HONORED Army Officer Awarded Silver Star for Gallantry in Action. Brig. Gen. Marion P. Maus, United Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., October is care of the American Security and, Trust Co., this city, has been award- cd a silver star citation by the War Department for gallantry in action against the Nez Perce Indians at Bear Paw Mountain, Mont.,, October 1, 187 Brig. Gen. Leroy Eltinge, assistant chief of staff, War Plans Division, has been’awarded a similar citation for gallantry at Santa Cruz, P. I, April 10, 1899, and Lieut. Charles L. Brockway of South Dakota, now liv- ing at 1418 W street, this city, a citatiop for gallantry in actionagain: insusgent forces in Luzon, P..L, April the | | | FIRST TROOPS HERE FOR INAUGURATION 15 Baby Tanks Arrive—33| Others to Follow—Artillery Starts for Capital. The first the military forces which will participate in the parade ncident to the inauguration of Pres- ident Coolidge and. Vice President Dawes rumbled into town this morn- ing, consisting of 15 of the new type baby tanks, part of the total of a battalion of 48 tanks. The advance portion proceeded to the park at Delaware avenue and C street southwest, where they will en- camp until after the inaugural cere- monies, when they will return to Camp Meade, Md., their headquarters. The two battalions of the 6th Field Artillery left Fort Hoyle, Md., early today and are coming over the road. This outfit is expected to arrive here Monday night, and probably will be stationed at Fort Myer until after the ¢eremonies. Others to Come March 4. Practically all of the other Army troops which will participate in the parade are from stations in and near Washington and will not report until the day of the parade. An engineer t llion will come from Fort Hum- phreys, Va.,, the G&56th Ailr Service squadron will come from Bolling Field and the 3d Cavalry and 16th FField Artillery will come from Fort Myer, The principal part of the seamen’s regiment, which will represent the Navy, will come from the Hampton Roads Naval Base, Va. Seven com- panies of seamen will arrive the morning of March 4 on the steamer Northland and two companies will be made up from seamen on duty at the navy yard and vessels at the yard. The 5th Regiment of Marines, 1,400 strong, and commanded by Col. J. F. MecGill, will come from the Quantico Marine Base by train the morning of the 4th. In addition to this outfit there will be 200 additional ‘Marines from ‘Quantico and 100 from the Marine Barracks and navy yard here, which will be statfoned as a special guard around the Capitol during the céremontes. COURT ORDERS TRIAL OF TEAPOT DOME CASE March 9 Fixed as Date for Gov- ernment’s Suit to Annul Mam- moth O0il Co.’s Lease. By the Associated Pres CHEYENNE, Wryo., February 27.— Trial of the Government's suit for annulment o fhte Teapot Dome na- val oil reserve lease held by the Mammoth Oil Co. will proceed on March 9 next, Judge T. Blake Ken- nedy of the United States District Court decided yesterday in overrul- ing the Government's petition for a continuance. LINER A GROUND FLOATED. LONDON, February 27.—A dispatch to Lloyds from Queenstown this aft- ernoon stated that the Canadian Pa- cific liner Mountlaurier, which went aground near Roches Point, Ireland, | this morning, had been refloated and that tugs from Queenstown were standing by. The liner was proceeding slowly to Queenstown after damaging her steer- ing gear yesterday Clark, Retiring, Feared Old Age On Congress Pay Floridan, Quitting House After Ten Terms, Is Lauded for Work. “Driven Back to Eden” was the burden of the swan song of Repre- sentative Frank Clark of Florida in the House yesterday. He had previously appeared before the House committee on public build- ings and grounds, of which he was chairman for seven years dur- ing the war, and presented a large portrait of him- self, which will hang in the com- mittee room. In addressing his colleagues in the House, Repre- sentative Clark declared that he is retiring from Congress after 10 consecutive terms with a realization that the pay of Represantative Ourk [ piio officlals is too meager to enable them to make proper provision for old age. Mr. Clark was applauded repeated- 1y as he recalled his House associates of former days, and declared that al- though he could have made many times what he has had he remained in private life, he had no regrets over dedicating his life to. public service. Declaring _he was going back to the “best State in the Union, he urged members of the House to visit the “land - of sunshine, fruit and flowers."” Both' Representative Longworth, the Republican leader, and Repre- sentative Garrett, the Democratic Jeader, made brief speeches praising Mr. Clark for his service in the House, The above photo xhows the Colller trophy (left) and the Mackay trophy which Secretary of War Weeks presented to the world fiyers today. Abby Rockefeller And Fiance Seek Bride Will Help With Housework, Knows How, Says Father. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 27 and bridegroom to be—Abby feller and David M. Milton, jr.—are hunting a modest apartment some- where near Park avenue and Sixtieth street, but not on the avenue itself, because rents are too expensive there for the granddaughter of the richest man in the world and her lawyer sweet- heart The couple are going to live within Milton'’s modest income. Abby will manage her own household, do part of her own housework and keep a budget. They will do without a car at first, but hope to have one later. And Abby will be well able to do all of that, her father, John D. Rocke- feller, jr., yesterday said through a spokesman, because he had trained his daughter and her brothers to know the value of money, so that they might “meet the problems life will present when they must act for themselves.” Given Dime a Week. While she was being envied as one of the richest youngsters in the world Miss Abby, aged 7, had exactly 10 cents a week which she might squan- der. Her total allowance was 30 cents, but she was taught to save 10 cents and put the other dime in the Sunday school collection plate. None of the Rookefeller children had more than $2 a week which they might call their own before they were 15; before and since that time they have been required to keep ac- counts of their expenditures by their father, who penalized or rewarded them by the accuracy of the accounts, which he always audited. Later Abby has had a larger allow- ance—but she was compelled to pro- vide her own clothes, entertainment and travel from it—and keep the ac- counts. So that now her father feels that she is self-reliant, “knows the value of money” and is able to as- Bume the responsibilities of a house- wife. A bride Rocke- e Ly, BARRETT RITES HELD IN ALEXANDRIA TODAY Citizens and Organizations Join in Last Tribute to Distinguished Virginia Woman. Funeral services for Dr, Kate Wal- ler Barrett, national president of the Florence Crittenton Mission and na- tionally known philanthropist and sociologist, were attended by repre- sentatives' of patriotic and welfare organizations and other persons of prominence in St. Paul's Episcopal Church at Alexandrfa, Va., this after- noon at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. Percy Foster Hall, rector, officiated. Inter- ment will be in the historic Aquia Church Cemetery at Widewater, Staf- ford County, Va., tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. A blanket of flowers was sent for the occasion by the American Legion Auxiliary of the Department of Virginia, and the casket was draped in the na- tional flag, the flags of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution. T)_xera ‘were representatives at the services from the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, a delega- tlon from the League of Women Voters of Richmond, Va., and also a- delegation from Ivakota Farm, in Fairfax County, Va., which was founded in connection with the Florence Crittenton Founda- tiog. Miss Bessle P. Taylor was present as a representative of William and Mary College, at which institution Dr. Barrett was made an honorary member of the national Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity. Throughout the services the bells of the churches in Alexandria tolled In tribute to the distinguishea Vir- ginian and nationally known woman. Honorary pallbearers were: Dr. Hugh McGuire, Gardner L. Boothe, Harry Beverly, C. S. Taylor Burke, Arthur Herbert, S. T. Petty, A. F. Humphreys, Edgar Warfleld, ir., and Chester A. Snow. Active pallbearers were chosen from members of the District Depart- ment of the American Legion and the Service Club. Regrets were sent by Gov. Trinkle of Virginia at not being able to at- tend the services. JLETTEA SALARY RAISES BLOCKED. House Fails to Consider Bill in Interest of Courts. The blil fathered by Chairman Graham of the House judiciary com- mittee to increase the salaries of of- ficers and employes of the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, United States Court of Claims and the United States Court of Claims Appeals, all in the District of Columbia, failed of consideration in the House today, when reached on the unanimous con- sent calendar. Huron Going to Dry Dock. By the Associated Press, MANILA, February 27.—The U. S, S, Huron, flagship of the American Asiatic fleet, damaged when she went aground Wednesday off the Island of Palawan, 200 miles southeast of Manila, arrived at Olongapo today. The vessel will be dry docked to- morrow to ascertain the extent of the damage. PR 1t pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are obtained through them. & | ing, Modest Apartment| BESTOWS TROPHIES ON WORLD FLYERS, Secretary Weeks Delivers Hero Mementos to Lieuts. Wade and Harding. Lieuts. Wade and Harding, Army Air Service, the only members of the group of Army fivers who made the record-breaking air flight around the world, now in this_city, were sum- moned to the War Department this afternoon to -recelve from the hands of Secretary Weeks Mackay trophy and the Collier trophy, awarded them and their associates | for their great achievements in aero- | nautics during the past year. The| ckay trophy s annually awarded | to aviators who stood above all others in aviation during the preceding vear, and the Collier trophy is awarded to aviators who made the longest over- water flight during the preceding | year. Awarded to Hero Fiyers. | Both of them were awarded to'the heroic Army flyers who ecircumnavi- gated the world last year. With the exception of Lieuts. Wade and Hard- | the members of that record- | breaking expedition are stationed in | California at present and consequent- | ly were unable to attend the lvre;»] entation ceremonies in this city. Secretary Weeks accepted the trophies from their donors and per- sonally presented one of them to Lieut. Wade and the other to Lieut. | Harding for themselves and their| associates and paid them a high tribute for their record-bredking achievement in the air circumnaviga- tion of the world Group of Officials Present. Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, staff of the Army, and Maj. Patrick, chief of the Army ice, attended the Secretary of War and the donors of the trophies were represented by the chief officials of the Postal Telegraph Co~&nd Collier's ALLIES Y SPURN NEW BERLIN PLEDGE Debate Holding Cologne Re- gardless of Guarantees by Germany. chiet of By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 27.—The now are discussing through diplo- matic channels whether it will be safe to evacuate the Cologne Bridge- head no matter what Germany may | promise to do with reference to the clauses of the treaty of Versailles, which the report of the allied mili- tary control mission alleges she has violated. | As the result of the feeling of sus- picion raised by the repeated viola- | tions of the disarmament clauses of | the treaty as reported by the mission, the evacuation of the area is re- garded in French circles as directly bound up with the security of France and Belgium in such a way that some | satisfactory guaraniees ought to be given in addition to assurances that specific violations will come to end. allles an Clause Is Flexible. The French theory that ~ontinued occupation of the district is author- | ized is based on the last paragraph of article 429 of the treaty. That paragraph is contained In section 3 of the article which provides for evacuating the Mainz and Kehl bridgeheads and the remaining occu- pied German territory at the expira tion of 15 vears. It says that “if at that date the guarantees against un- provoked aggression by Germany are not considered sufficient by the allied and associated governments, the evacuation of the occupying troops may be delayed to the extent re- garded as necessary for the purpose of obtaining the required guaran- tees.” This paragraph has been held in some quarters to apply particularly to the third section of the article, but the French jurists hold it is applica- ble to all three stages of the evacua- tion for which the article provides— first, the Cologne bridgehead; sec- ond, that at Coblenz, and third, the Mainz and Kehl bridgeheads. The “guarantees against unprovoked aggression by Germany,” to which that article refers cannot, in view of the violations of the disarmament clauses of the treaty and the spirit shown in Germany, be considered as sufficient, is the French view. Hence, until such guarantees are furnished, they argue, the allies are not only justified in remaining in Cologne, but are in duty bound to do so. The negotiations on this subject are still in the tentative stage, and it is expected there they will be the sub- ject of & talk between Premier Her- riot and Austen Chamberlain, the British foreign secretary, when the latter passes through Paris shortly on his way to Geneva, The allied war committee is com- pleting its work on the control mis- sion's report, so that Marshal Foch probably wiil be able to give the council of Ambassadors the military experts’.views of the findings in the report next Monday. Centennial Medal 0. K."d. The bill to authorize the Secretiry of the Treasury to prepare a medal with appropriate emblems and in- scriptions commemorative of the Norse American centennial to be held at Minnesota State fair grounds, was passed today by the House. The measure, which now goes to the Presi- dent, provides for the issuance of 40,000 medals without cost to the Government. Colder fonight, Rain on Sunday; March 4 in Doubt Forecaster Mitchell expects the mercury to descend even lower tonight than It did last night, when a minimum of 21 degrees was recorded, but a gradual rise in temperature is looked for to- morrow, followed by cloudine Rain may greet the church- goers Sunday, Mr. Mitchell be- lieves. What will happen three days later—Inauguration day—is still a matter of conjecture. The forecaster let it be known that he is not any too well pleased with the prospects for the first part of the week, anyway. He mays there s a general sham battle going on over the country between high and low pressure areas, and he regards this n extremely inappropriate disturbance to get launched just before March 4, the | @ Fgre | has been surveyed and it is believed | the C., FRIDAY, Asserts Red Cross Work Is U. S. Link With All Nations Judge Payne Recalls Help Of Organization in Japan Disaster. The American Red Cross is linked by its ties of mercy and human sympathy with the hearts of the nations of the world, and is a very real factor in diplo- | matic econtact with foreign nations by | the United States through the State De- partment of this Nation, according to John Barton Payne, its chairman. 4 Addressing the recent Women's Con- ference on Preparedness as Peace Insur- irman Payne told of the kind- | feeling aroused in Japan toward this | ation by the benefactions extended to | Japan after the earthquake disaster of 1922, notwithstanding the restrictions placed on Japanese immigration by Con- Judge Payne told the conference that when the Red Cross asked for $5,000 000 to aid Japan immediately after the disaster of 1922 more than $11,000,000 was raised to be applied to Jupane lief. After the major relief measure had been cessfuily undertaken. he sald, there about $3,000,000 left The Japanese government asked the Red Cross what it should do with this amount, and the Red Cross authorized | its expenditure. The money was used in construction of a_ great memorial hos- pital to the United States in Tokio. Many months after, auditors for the | Red Cross found there was still unex- pended a sum totaling $430,000 of the original $11,000,000 raised for Japan. rellef. A short time previously the Japa- nese exclusion act had been passed, caus- Ing, Judge Payne said, great feeling against this country. The Red Cross wired the authorities in Japan asking what to do with the unexpended bal- ance, offering it to Japan for relief pur poses. Forty days passed without an an- swer, and finally telegram came | through the State Department that Ja pan would be ed to use the money to construct an annex to the memorial hospital at Yokohama. TWO EXTRA STANDS ASKED OF COOLIDGE FOR INAUGLRATION FI su (Continued fr st Page.) about 3,000 persons and the only al- ternative to disappointing thousands of people from all over the country would be the erection of the addi- tional stands. The ground already | that in spots under consideration two or three thousand more spectators could be taken care of. David S. Barry, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, was another caller at White House today to discus: inaugural matters with the Presi- dent. He made arrangements for the seating of the party that is to at- tend the President and Vice Presi- dent Dawes in the big stand on the east front of the Capitol, from which Mr. Coolidge will deliver his fnan- gural address. Mr. Barry said that the list of those who will be in- cluded in the presidential party must be announced from the White House Frederick D. Owen, chairman of the court of honor committee of the Washington inaugural committee, en- tertained the members of his board | and some friends at the La Fayette Hotel last night. In an address of welcome Mr. Owen told how his com- mittee had first planned “a court of honor worthy of the inaugural oc- casion,” but, though keenly disap- | pointed, loyally complied with the wishes of the President that all such ceremonious decorations be dispensed with. Many Make Addresses. When it was agreed, however, that a small stand should be built along the site of the proposed court of honor, Mr. Owen's committee took over the work of planning it, and should any additional stand be con- structed these, too, will come under the authority of the committee. The affair was a social business meeting | of the committee and many of those assooiated in its work delivered short addresses. The members of the committee in- clude: Frederick D. Owen, chairman; David Lynn, vice chairman; Ross P. Andrews, vice chairman; Verne Sim- kins, secretary; Franklin Adams, Dr. Willlam W. 'Ayres, Paul Brockett, ‘Walter A. Brown, Frederick C. Bryan, Thomas Hastings, Dr. Mitchell Car- roll, Mortimer Clarke, Lieut. Comdr. Lewis Clephane, Willlam Knowles Cooper, Edwin L. Davis, Edward W. Donn, jr.; John P. Earnest, Charles E. Fairman, Charles H. Galliher, D. E Garges, Willlam Groat, Willlam F. Gude, Morris Hacker, W. B. Hadley, Arthur B. Heaton, Samuel Herrick, Edwin A. Hill, C. B. Hunt, Charles W. Holmes, George T. Kolb, Stephen E. Kramer, J. Jerome Lightfoot, John T. Loomis, O. C. Luxford, Earl G. Marsh, | H. 8. McAllister, James C. McGrew, J. B. McQueen, Robert Meyer, Willlam A. Miller, C. Powell Minnigerode, Charles Niehaus, William Partridge, John C. Proctor, Henry W. Samson, L. A. Simon, A. D. Spangler, Wash- ington Topham, George O. Totten, jr. Philip Walker, W. J. Waller, F. R. Wheater, Dr. W. D. Wirt and Waddy B. Wood Program is Issued. The sovenir program of the charity inaugural ball, to be held at the May- flower Hotel on the evening of March 4, was issued today and probabfy may be purchased in hotels and other places within a short time. Members of the young set of Washington so- clety will sell the program at the ball on the night the fete is held. Miss Natalie Hammond and a committee comprising one young woman from each of the several States have charge of this end of the work. The cover of the program has the words “Charity Inaugural Ball” em- bossed In gold. Below is a picture of the Capitol, superimposed upon a furled American flag. The first inside page is a_ photograph of President Coolidge. Vice President Dawes' pho- tograph occupies the next page, Which is followed on succeeding pages by brief biographies of the two execu- tives. Then come the list of patrons and patronesses, headed by President and Mrs. Coolidge. Several additional pages are devoted to an interesting history of “Inaugural Balls of the Old Order.” The next few pages are devoted to musical programs of each of the five orchestras that are to furnish both concert and dance music at the Mayflower on the night of the ball. The story of the plain inaugura- tion of George Washington and a brief description of the Nation's greatest memorials in Washington' are given prominent places in the booklet. One of the most intesesting photo- graphs in the program is of President Coolidge’s present cabinet in session. Below are the autographs of each of the cabinet members. A prophesy of what ‘Washington will look like In 1950, by Miss Harlean James; the names of dis- tinguished guests at the ball, the chari- ties participating in the proceeds of the ball and the names of the men and wom- en who first conceived the idea of the charity inaugural ball and worked to make it a success complete the program. e gt e o LD, A prominent merchant in a West- ern city has as his private secretary a young deaf and dumb woman, who is an expert in lip-reading. He dic- tates his letters in the ordinary way, except that he invariably faces the secretary, and her work is as satls factory as that of any other young woman in his office. | ststs TELEPAONE RULING 5 CONPROMISE Chesapeake and Potomac Granted Temporary In- junction on Rates. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md.,, February 27.—A compromise decision was rendered in | the United States Court here today in the fight of the Chesapeake and Poto- mac Telephone Co., to increase Mary- nd telephone rates, glving the com- pany slightly more than one-third of the additional revenue for which it asked and which the Public Service Commission refused. The court finds the existing rates are confiscatory and grants the tem- porary injunction prayed by the com- pany,” which sought to prevent the Public Service Commission from en- | forcing rates fixed by the commission Under this decision the commission will have to immediately call another telephone hearing and fix rates suffi- ciently higher than those effect now to give the company addi- tion nnual revenue of $35 The case was heard by Cireult Court Judge John C. Rose, District Judges Morris A. Soper and D. L: rence Groner OLYMPES PERL HOLLAND CABIET May Make Question of Ap- propriations for Games One of Confidence. in an 0,000 By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, Februar The cabinet, deeming that the celebration in Holland of the 1928 Olympic games, in accordance with a decision of the international Olympic committee, is a matter of national honor, may make the voting of the 1,000,000 florins necessary for the organization of the games a question of confidence The lower chamber of Parliament {is deadlocked over the credit demand- ed Ly the Dutch Olympic committee which insists that the funds must be forthcoming immediately. With the example of Belgium and France to gulde them, the Dutch committee in- that the next three years will have to be utilized to the utmost if the games are to be organized here. It is understood that even the cabi- net itself is divided, some ministers opposing the appropriation, on the grounds of economy. Should the pre- mier put the question on confidence the government might be brought @own on the first Olymplc hurdle. In the event the financial burden proves too graet for Holland, and should the Dutch Olympio committee request to be relleved of responsi- bility, Baron Plerre de Coubertin, president of the International Olym- pic committee, has already ruled that the United States would be the logical successor. MERGER BILL BLOCKED. Alabama Representative Refuses to Give Unanimous Consent. The Zihlman bill, which would re- move the restriction in law prohibit- ing street railway companies in the National Capital from merging, failed of passage in the House today on the unanimous consent calendar when objection was made by Representa- tive Huddl on, Democrat, of Ala- bama In hearings before the House Dis- | trict committee during the last five sessions of Congress it has been re- peatedly emphasized that some such legislation must be passed which will make possible a voluntary merger of the street railway companies before Congress can pass a compulsory mer- ger measure. EXPECTED TO GET PRESIDENT’S 0. K. (Continued from First Page.) committee, which is to submit rec- ommendations with a view to revi- sion of the rates at the next session. Payment of the retroactive salary increases would be authorized in an amendment to the pending deficiency appropriation bill, for which Repre- sentative Madden, Republican, Iili- nois, obtalned House approval yes- terday. Mgs. Cecil; Former CorneliaV anderbilt, Gives Birth to Son Wedding of Couple Last Year Was One of Lead- ing Social Events. By the Associated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C., February 27.— A son was born to Mrs. John F. A. Cecll, formerly Cornelia Vanderbilt, at ‘Biltmore House here early today. The child weighed 8% pounds. Phy- sicians reported the mother and boy doing well. Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, widow of George W. Vanderbilt, is with her daughter. Mr. Cecil, who was first sec- retary of the British embassy at Wash- ington at the time of his marriage last April, also it at the home. The name given the child is George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil. The first name is from Mrs. Cecil's father. | daily |1y planned Cabinet Member Speaks in Praise Of Oratory Test Secretary Davis Foresees Great Benefit in Discus- sing Constitution. T am glad to know that the Nation- wide oratorical contest, with the Con- stitution of the United States as the subject for the orations, is to be held | again this year. To my mind, noth- ing that we can do will prove bet- ter for the future of our country than to familiar- ize ourselves, young and old, with the -princi- ples and purposes embodied in that great govern- mental document. Our best patriot- fsm will always lie in loyalty to those fundamen- tals which the founders of the Republic set forth in the Constitution, and we can find true loyalty to those fundamentals only through knowledge In these ‘days of turmoll through- out the world we hear much of strange political doctrines and tan- gled schemes of government. New and weird efforts to alter the re- lations between people and their governments are put forward almost In such times as these it is not only wise, but it is vital to the future of our country that we hold fast to the carefully balanced scheme of government which the wise men who founded the Republic so patient- We must steadfastly and support those principles under law which underlie our em of government. Unless we we shall fall in our duty who gave their lives to true government by the our children and our children, to whom we ought to hand down that precious heritage intact. We may well heed the words of Lincoln: “As the patriots of '76 died to sup- port the Declaration of Independence, 50 to the support of the Constitution and laws let every American pledge his life, his property and his honor. Nothing that we can do to inculeate knowledge of the Constitution and reverence for its principles will be i1l done. JAMES J. DAVI Secretary of Labor. SECRETARY DAVIS. loyally liberty this, those establish people, and to children’s ORATOR IN ACTION A Tip From Hellas. BY RANDOLPH LEIGH, Director National Contest. _(These articles by the director of the National Oratorical Contest deal with the technique of oratory and are printed at this time on the theory that contestants, having gathered data for their orations, are ready fo put them into shape. An important feature of the articles will be excerpts from some of the finest examples of the art. Special emphasis is placed on the two central ideas of the contest— brevity and effectiveness.) It was not by accident that Alder- man began his recent oration on Wil- son with a reference to Pericles. Ora- tory itself, as a distinct art, began with that gifted Hellene. In his oration on the causes of Athenian greatness he gives in a few sentences stronger interpretation of Greek clvilization than can be found in as many chapters in any modern book on the subject Simple, yet luminous language: full of meaning, vet singing itself along. What could be more charming than his eulogy of tolerance—'not angry with a neighbor for following the bent of his own humor,” ete. “We are happy in a form of govern- ment which cannot envy the laws of | our neighbors—for it hath served as & model to others. but is original at Athens. And this form of govern- ment, as committed not to the few, but to the whole body of the people, is called a democracy. How differ- ent, soever, in a private capacity we all enjov the same general ity our laws are fitted to preserve; and superior honors just as we excel The public administration is not con- fined to a ~particular family, but is attainable only by merit. Poverty lis not a hindrance, since whoever is able to serve his country meets with no obstacle to preferment from his first obscurity. “The offices of through without obstructions one another; and live the mutual endearments of private life without suspicions; not angry with a neighbor for following the bent of his own humor, not putting on over his pleasure that counte- nance of discontent which pains, though it cannot punish. Thus in private life we converse without dif- fidence or damage, while we dare not on any account offend against the public, through the reverence we bear to the ma trates and the laws, chiefly to those enacted for re- dress of the injured. and to those unwritten, a breach of which is thought a disgrace. “Our laws have further provided for the mind most frequent intermis- sions of care by the appointment of public recreations and sacrifices throughout the year, elegantly per- formed with a peculiar pomp, the daily delight of which is a charm that puts melancholy to flight. The grandeur of this our Athens causeth the produce of the whole earth to be imported here, by which we reap a familiar enjoyment, not more of the elicacies of our own growth than those of other nations.” The following from Demosthenes pictures the end of the ‘golden age” of Pericles. It is a marvelous example of building up a climax along dual lines—carrying the sting in each sentence over into the last word, and at the same time making all the sen- tences lead up to the central thought (not personal but universal) that “freedom and independence have been annihilated. “But why do I censure him for this when, with calumny far more shock- ing, has he assailed me? He that charges me with Philippizing—O Heaven and Earth'—what would he not say? By Hercules and the gods! If one had honestly to inquire, dis- the state we go together in Henry was selected for the second name because of Mr. Ceeil's brother, Henry Cecil, and also in compliment to Henry Anderson of New York, counselor of the Vanderbilt estate, who was at Biltmore House for the natal event. ; The_marriage of the Hon. Mr. Cecil and Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt took place Tuesday, April 29, at Biltmore, the Vanderbilt estate in North Caro- lina, and was attended by representa- tives of society from Washington, New York and other Northern and Eastern cities, as well as by members of the British'embassy staff hers, Mr. Cecil having been attached to the embassy for a short time. ' Mrs. Vanderbilt, mother of Mrs. Cecll, sold her home on K street last Winter and purchased the home of former Attorney General and Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, at 2132 R street. Shortly after getting possession of the house Mrs. Vanderbilt returned to Biltmore, where she is building a smaller house for herself a few miles from Biltmore House, but on the Blit- more estate. carding all expressions of spite and falsity, who the persons really are, to whom the blame of what has hap- pened may by common consent fairly be thrown, it would be found that they are persons in the various states like Aeschines, not like me—persons who, while Philip's power was feeble and exceedingly small, and we were speedily warning and exhorting and glving salutary counsel, sacrificed general interests for the sake of self- ish lucre, deceiving and corrupting their respective countrymen, until they made them slaves. * * ¢ “But the day will not last me to re- count the names of all the traitors. All of these, O Athenlans, are men of the same politics In their own countries as this party among you— profiigates and parasites and mis- creants, who have each of them crip- pled their fatherlands; toasted away their liberty, first to Philip and last to Alexander; who measure happiness by their belly and all that is base, while freedom and independence, which the Greeks of olden time re- garded as the test and standard of well being, have been annihilated.” Y of | qual- | from | 7 VIADUCT ROADWAY BILL INTRODUCED Gasque Submits Measure to House for ”Aerial Lines” for Auto Traffic. Appointment of a commiasion t the routes, approaches and other tails to supplement a proposed aut moblle speedway and parking viadt to be erected over sever. principal streets in Washin der the direction of .Gen. George ethals, would be authorized 1_introdzed in the House by Representative Allard H of South Carolina, a member District committee. The bill w ferred to the District committer Efforts have been made during past few weeks to get n. Goethals and C. sor for the elevated roadway before a joint meeting of the and House District committee der that they might explaix project for relief from tra tion in the Capital before March 4 hearing held. ~ Consideration of more ur legislation for the District has pus aside consider R If time pe a w tion of the proje Would Name Commission. Mr. Gasque's bil President authorized commission of three them Gen, Goethals the Automobile Pa Commission, with power gate and determine the location of needed approa viaduct for automobiles 10 mlles of the streets of Wash | which s proposed. to be under the direction of Gen. Goe The commission wonld be requ report the result of nv to Congress First construction of | under the plans of C. engineer who proposes s | tion, would place the o | Pennsylvania avenue, from Third street to Fourteenth street; up Four teenth strest to K then west to Pennsylvania street and to Key Bridge eral spurs from the tery. The cost of t construction ef 10 m would be about $25,000,000, the approaches, about $2,500,000 speedway for througt parking levels would viaduct, whose lowest a littl thar strget harge would far’ parking would cover WARREN NOMINATION NOW BEFORE SENATE | If Extended Debate Develops Ac- | tion Will Be Deferred Until Special Session. w have persons. about constrt s ker street A specdwa more 1 would be favorable report ry committee the tion of Charles B. Warren o gan to be Attorney General mally submitted last night Senate. t went over under the r Republican leaders intend to press the nomination before the end of this mession, but should extended develop, final action will be until the special session of the Sen- ate called for March 4 SENATE TO TAKE UP UNOBJECTED BILLS Wiil Work Straight Through Without Dinner Recess Until Late Tonight. on nomina- Mich Under a unanimous consent | ment entered i the after it met today that body a short executiv o'clock this take up the calendar for eration of unobjected bills night session There will be no recess The Senate will work stral probably 11 k The business before the Senate day is the river and ha 1 thorizing projects and surve viding for the expenditure of $41,000,000 Chance of the enactment of a co- operative marketing bill in accordance with the recommendations President’s agricultural appeared dim today. Se favor the Capper-Haugen tive marketing bill said prefer to have no bill passed rat than the Dickenson bill which y the House vesterday, and was the Senate agricultural comm today. The Senate committee to: no action on the bill, but will h members of the President's agric tural conference in opposition to th Dickenson bill at a meeting tom row morning. to by Sena and afternoon co-opera hey woul SEXfON FOUND INSANE. { William M. Collins Will Be Sent to St. Elizabeth's Hospital ‘William M. Collins, 69-year-old sexton of a Georgetown church, who was cor victed December 2 of an attempted | sault on a 12-year-old girl in the Sund school room of tha church, to be insane today by a jur Division 2 before Chief Just He will be sent to St. Elizabeth's Hr pital. . Assistant United States Attorney Neu decker presented to the jury the testi- mony of Dr. D. Percy Hickling, Distric alienist, who declared Collins as th mind of a boy of 12 years; that he er tertained fanciful ideas of travel and could not conduct his own affairs. A niece of the accused said her uncle had acted queerly since the death of hie mother in 1919. Attorney Harry Whalen represented the prisoner. EMPL—OYES LOSE JOBS. T daty Bive: Decnped. Wiom “Tn- ternal Revenue Bureau Rolls. Twenty-five eraployes of the income tax unit, Internal Revenue have been notified of their dism from the service effective March Fifteen other persons in the same unit are to be reduced in grade and salary. In the field service of the bureau between 50 and 60 revenue agents will be dropped about the same date Reductfons in the entire bureau, both in Washington and in the field, within the past six months, under the policy of retrenchment of personnel, has amounted to about 200 personms, officials said.