Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1925, Page 4

1 PRESIDENT ENIOYS “ROXIE” CONGERT Other Notables in Big Audi- ence Find the Gang’s Show Excellent. Coolidge score or The Vies Tre of sonages and a 6,000 Washington radio fans last flesh the id s gang,” who ent M Dawes and si and dent more he nation’s prominent per- in the ambassadorial, sena- ranks, joined with torial other night in welcoming in the the ether, “Roxy and I turned the new Washington Auditorium into a radiance of syncopation for the benefit of the National Press Club. If the President ever had a more enjovable evening at a public enter- tainment it is not on record. He led often, and even bit laughed the cuttin’ up. atest ovation that auditorium and adjoining streets familiar greeting, rowd wer when Roxie, was given 10cked the herated the he appeared with “iHello, everybody esponded in uni impres. al rev when Coolldg Capitol initial tour and fol- With and box President ts in a tra, on “Hail to the Chief. the National Anthem these formalities over, the show in th table a la And what a pot pourri of entertainment it was—even pretentions tha Sunday night concerts which the serves to u 1s of radio fans through radio stations Studio Orch lowed with Girl Artist Plays. to the Presiden Stansbury lid alma and the er the nd with 1jon of Rhapsody an encore. After “Doctor Billy “Doug” Stansbu the srtion Weldorft stration voked a verit And when Ma wp her lips and whistied, “Listen to the Mosking Bird,” the Auditorium gain trembled from the synchronized ndits ;amby,” the vivacious little the “gang.” stepptd out usual radio role and did a ballet dance for the crowd. But she came baok. as the radio audience knows her, and sang a patter song and teamed up with “Doug” Stansbury in a duet Betsy Ayt sang “Sweethearts,” from “Mavtime’; a sextet put over Rurleigh's “Deep River,” Gladys Rice ang “My Hero,” from the “Chocolate Soldier”; Carolyn Andrews rendered Lo, Here the Gentle Lark,” Dr. Eu- gene Ormand lulled the with violin sclo and Yasa Bunchunk did the on his $30,000 pedigreed cello a chain of Te In tr “Rox had “Dou of Mr Co Amherst joined in girl in b tion to held “Lord mater. entire Julia ¢ the sroup of audience sterful difficult ass, a addi- art then almost spell- piano rendi- ‘Hungarian teens, ts, W Ham Axt), few others ented their inment, Rudy with a_demon- saxophone that pro- le storm of applause. garet McKe n enter of EANg" the cut 1 on his blond of her senses same Moulan Comedy Pleases. Frank Moulan, the musical comedy veteran, took the lion's share of the comedy honors. He not only threw ihe crowd into hysterics, but made the President laugh Murdered Her” and “Ap “Daddy Jim” Coombs, Robyn, Tavid Mendoza, the male quartet and others with the “gang” also shared honors in the entertainment. As the finale, “Roxie” had the entire “gang,” accompanied by the studio orchestra, sing an operatic burlesque on “Yes, We Have No Bananas,” which included arias from popu The curtain descended as familiar “Good-night, dreams, God bless you!” rear of the auditorium “Roxie” and > gang” will give more performances before re- to New York for the regular Sun, night broadcast—one at 2:36 o'elock this afternoon and the final at §:15 o'clock tonig’ “Roxie” and the entire “gang” went to the White House at 1 o'clock this afternoon, where they were received by the President and Mrs. Coolidge and congratulated for the stellar per- formance of last night, which pleased the Chief Executive and the first lady. pleasant echoed in the two turn AMARYLLIS EXHIBIT BEGINS TOMORROW Twelfth Annual Show at - Agri- culture Greenhouses Will Run During Entire Week. The twelfth annual amaryllis (Knight's star lily) show in the Department of Agriculture greenhouses, Fourteenth and B strests, will open at 9 o'clock tomor- row morning, to continue until 9 o'clock the followin, The show will be open daily from 9 am. to 9 pm., with attendants in charge to answer any questions regarding the culture of these bulbs There are more than 1,200 plants in the show this year, bearing more than 10,000 highly and vari-colored blooms Spme of the plants have 8 and 10 blooms to each stalk. There are also many new seedlings in the show, in bloom for the first time, including several excellent spec- ns of the famous white amarylli produced by the Department of Agri culture, the first pure white amaryllis bloom ever produced anywhere in the world. This free flower show is one of the big events of the year for flower srowers and those who love flowers. Hundreds of persons come each year from many States to see this display. Official approval” for opening the show tomorrow was given by Dr. W liam A. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, at the department, after a private opening for Dr. and Mrs. Taylor and other Government of- Ticials and their wives. Arrangements have been made for a record-breaking attendance tomorfow, ais literally hundreds of persons have for the last week been besieging the zreenhouses to know when the show would open. im. WITHDRAWS OFFER OF ARMY TRANSPORT Plans provide accommodations from Honolulu for members of Congress 10 witness the Army-Navy maneuver: in Hawailian waters have been aban- doned. Secretary Weelks said today he had loarned that members of the Senate and House military committees had other engagements and while un- doubtedly other members of Congress would have been glad to go, the policy of the department was to make its arrangements to accommodate those who have to deal at first hand with the problems involved. Maj. Gen. Hines, chief of staff of the Army and one of the umpires in the mancuvers, will go to Honolilu from the West coast on one of the ships of the Seel. to Army transport w York to of | She was called back for | | ried Dennistoun in | terday Kipling Prompted Sons of Roosevelt Poem Presented to Father Inspires Search for Elu- sive Sheep. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. March 7.—One of Kip- ing’s poems in & book presented to their father has inspired the expedi- tion which Theodore Roosevelt and his brother Kermit to undertake next Summer in search of the ovis poli, an elusive mountain sheep, which inhabits the roof of the world, the Pamir Plateau in Asta, 16.000 feet above the sea A friend revealed today that mit, in discussing the reason f dition, had displayed the gift a rned to the poem “The Feet \g Men,” which tells of an oath down the ovis poli on “the white roof tree.” The poem proceeds: 1t is thers tiat 1 am going, where the boulders and the suo With & trusty nimble tracker that 1 know: T have sworn an oath to keep it on the horns Ana ‘o8 rea"gods call me it and 1 must go Marco Polo saw the sheep on the Pamir Plateau in the thirteenth cen- nd its name comes from him. The sheep's horns are of great slze, with a wide open sweep GIVE TESTIMONY London Stirred by Specula-’ tion as Dennistoun Case Progresses. iy the Associated Press LONDON, March There was much speculation today as to whether the Dowager Countess Carnarvon would take the witness stand in the of Mrs. Dorothy Muriel Den- toun's suit against her former husband for money alleged to have been loaned to him prior to their divorce. The former countess mar- 1921 While the trial was adjourned yes- until next Tuesday, the societ woman’s suit against her former hus- band remained one of the main topics of conversation in London. The trial has attracted more attention than an similar case in recent years, possi- bly excepting the “Mr. A" black- mailing case of several weeks ago in which it was finaily developed ths the mysterious figure in that tr was none other than Sir Hari Six an Indian prince. Withliold Witnesses' Names. Just what witnesses will be called the defense when the Dennistoun trial is continued next week still is| a secret, as also is the answer which the former husband of the plaintift will make to her charge that during their morried life he encouraged her | to become the mistress of Sir John | Cowans, former British quartermaster | general, to further his own military ambitions. A story, which had been given wide | circulation in London, to the effect| that Lady Cowans, widow of Sir John, had sold his war medals after his death in 1921 to ward off poverty. was denied today by Lady Cowans, who wrote the newspapers a state- | ment that the medals were sold by | the executors of Sir John's estate and | not for her benefit PLANES WIN CLEAR VICTORY IN “FIGHT” WITH GROUND GUNS! (Continued from First Page.) across unattacked, Capt. Duncan, in accordance Wwith instructions, flew across the machine gun batteries at a lower altitude and eight .30-caliber | Browning machine guns attacked the target. The single hit found by i spectors when the target was examined proved to be that of a .30-caliber bul- let, though .50-caliber machine guns joined In the attack after it had got- ten under way. The shrapnel attacks on the targets were from two anti-alrcraft 3-inch guns, manned by men of the 6lst Anti-Aircraft Battalion. In all, they fired 39 times at the sleeve. In each bomber was a Coast Artillery officer, who plotted the bursts, and they re- ported on landing that 3 of the 39 shots were “estimated hits"—that is, they were close enough to have their scattering bursts strike a plane. In the evening, after most of the official party had returned to Wash- lington, anti-aircraft illumination de- vices failed to pick up any of the alrcraft flying in the darkness over- head until the machines had revealed their positions by dropping parachute flares, The problem behind this maneuver was that as soon as the bombers reached the position they desired to bomb they were to drop their flares, Five powerful searchlights were switched on the planes, but they were unable to find the aircraft, as they flew at altitudes of about 7,000 feet. During the gunnery tests a Curtiss “Jenny” airplane, piloted by Lieut. William J. McKiernan, jr., released a glider from 6,000 feet, which was to have been shot at from the ground. The wind, however, took the glider off to sea and observers never saw it, not even learning it had been swept away until they had waited half an hour for a plane to deliver it as a target. The demonstration yesterday was an outgrowth of a controversy that developed before the House aircraft investigating committee, which heard testimony of “utter contempt” held by war pilots for anti-aircraft fire. The statement also was made by a war pilot that he would “defy” a search- light to “hold a plane in its beam for a fraction of a second.” Refutation of this testimony, which was from many war pilots, was offered by Capt. Aaron Bradshaw, jr., of the office of chief of Coast Artillery, who told the committee that for every 608 anti- aircraft shots fired during the war a piane was brought down. The com- mittee had about made up its mind that anti-aircraft fire was of little value in warding off an enemy plane attack when the War Department in- vited it to see for itself. All the members could not attend yesterday, but Representative Patrick B. O'Sulli- van of Connecticut was designated to represent tie committee. Pitiful, Says Mitchell Brig. Gen. Willlam Mitchell, as- sistant chief of the Air Service. wit- nessed the demonstration from the batteries yesterday, and declared the exhibition was “pitiful.” To properly organize an attack against enemy aircraft, he said, there must be listen- ing posts and pursuit aviation. “These peopl- don't know anything about it. That's why it should be under one organized head. Any To Mountain Quest| | equipment { the Noatak River and attempt to find CODLIDGE GREETS NEW TOKI ENVOY Sends Message to Dinner Given Matsudaira by So- ciety in West. By the Associated Pres SAN FRANCISCO, March 7.—Presi- dent Coolidge jolned with a body of distinguished Californians gathered at the Fairmont Hotel here last night in welcoming Tsuneo Matsudairu, re- cently named Japanese Ambassador to the United States, in a telegram to Francis-P. Loomis, president of the Japan Society of America President Coolidge expressed satis- faction because of the happy selection of so distinguished a statesman as Mr. Matsudaira to represent his coun- try at Washington. The President's telegram to Mr. Loomis, which was read at the dinner, follows “It was particularly pleasing to leartt that the Japan Society was to give a banquet to Mr. Matsudaira the Ambassador of Japan, on his ar rival in San Franclsco. “Extends Greetings. “T wish you would express my cor- dial welcome to him und greetings to the society. Both the Ambassador and Mme. Matsudaira will be heartily welcomed to Washington by many nds who recall their stey here during the conference on limitation of armaments. In the view of these, Mr. Matsudalra's designation as Am- bassador can only be regarded as a testimony of the most friendly senti- ments of his government “Representing alike the traditions of the old Japan and the finest aspirations of the new, he is peculiarly qualified to interpret Japan and America to each other. I know that T express the feelilngs of you who will be first privileged to wel- come him when I indulge the confi- dent hope that his embassy will be marked by a continuance and rein- forcement of the unbroken friendship of the two countries.” noblest U WILL RESUME ALASKA OIL STUDY Party Leaves Seattle to Ex- plore Reserve No. 4—Work Another expedition Y to investigate Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, in Alaska, continuing the work done by Dr. Philip S. Smith and a party of geologists last Spring. has been sent to the northern territory, the In- terior Department announced toda: -Tho party in charge of Gerald Fitzgerald, topographer, with Walter R. Smith geologist, salled from Seattle 10 days ago for Seward From Seward the pa will go by w of the Alaska tailroad to Nenana, on the Tanana River. At Nenana they will abandon modern means of travel and take dog teams to follow the mail trail down the Tanana and Yukon Rivers as far as Kaltag and thence across country to nalakleet on Norton Sound Reach- ing the northern village of Kotzebue, | they will purchase supplies and to make the party self- supporting for four or five months nd then will strike northward up a pass across the Brooks range, which forms a watershed between the Noatak and the rivers flowing north into the Arctic Ocean, Will Establish Headquarters. sranted favorable weather and a trail in good condition, the party should be across the mountains, on| their northern slopes, early in May. | By that time dog-team travel will be difficult, so the party will probably establish temporary headquarters from which to conduct surveys of the adjacent region. As soon as the rivers are free from ice the party will abandon the sleds and begin ex- ploration by boat. The party expects to explore the unknown region between the head of | Pitmegea and Utukok rivers during | the Summer, connecting with the work done last year by Dr. Smith and his party and by W. T. Foran and O. Lee Wix. The work will probably last all Summer, and may run into the Fall. Mr. Fitzgerald will spend his third Summer in topographic exploration of the reserve, and is entirely familiar with the work already done and the conditions his party will encounter. How the party will get out of the| region after its work is completed in the late Summer or Fall rests en- tirely on the conditions encountered. PRESIDENT GREETS ADJUTANTS GENERAL States’ “Secretaries of War” As- sembled in Washington to Con- sider Militia Training. President Coolidge this afternoon received the adjutants general of the several States at the White House. These officers, Who are secretaries of war of their respective States so far as the State military forces are con- cerned, are in Washington for a five- day conference with the officials of the Militia Division of the War De- partment to thrash out details of maintaining the National Guard in its highest state of efficiency. The conference was divided this morning into committee sessions to consider and prepare reports on vari- ous phases of militia training mapped out for their consideration by oiticers of the Militia Division under the di- rection of Maj. Gen. Georg: C. Rick- ards. The entire day is given over to these committees, which will make reports at a general assembly of the officers to be held Monday morning. The committees are considering such problems as disposition of funds, the issuance of equipment, mobiiiza tion, on a call from the Federal Gov- ernment; strength of the National Guard on mobilization, State and corps area organization of the Na- tional Guard and general instruction of the officers and men. and that one-tenth of 1 per cent of all American planes that’ went over the lines were lost from the ground attack. After the exhibition of anti-aircraft fire, a number of planes which had flown to Langley Field from Wash- ington returned home, including Lieut. Maitland's ship. The trip down in the morning by his plane plane could get through a battery like that”” The general had testified before the House aircraft committee that only one in 30,000 anti-aircraft shots during the war were effective, was made in 55 minutes, but the return journey was lengthened to 1 hour and 40 minutes, owing to the strong head wind. The airline dis- tance i’ 135 miles. The above photograph xhows the comparixon in size to a man of the Iat- Uncle Sam's 4,000-pound aerial bombs. CAPITAL HAS ENJOYED CONTACT WITH FATHER OF PRESIDENT| | Col. Coolidge and Son Bear Remarkable Resem- blance—Former Is Busy Promoting Economic Betterment of Home Town in Vermont. BY ROBERT T. SMA ‘Seventy-nine years of age and not a gray hair in his head. The thatch is getting # little sparsc spots, but for all that he could easily pass as the brother, rather than the father, of the President the United States. Except for the coloring—the President being something of a red top—the resemblance betwecn father and son is most striking. Washing- ton has enjoyed studying Col. John C. Coolidge of Plymouth Notch close range during this inaugural pe- riod. In stature, in conformation, in fea- ture, the colonel and the Presidcnt are as Hke as two peas in a pod. The Coolidges come of a wiry race. The colonel, at 79, is as spry as most men 30 years his junior, and can do a day's work with the hest of them. The colonel appears to be a pledge that the President will live a long and use- ful life. Refuses to Talk. You don’t have to know Col Coolidge very long to understand where the President gets his silence. You can't inveigle the colonel into an extended conversation On Inauguration day some one said to him: “T would give worlds to know your innermost thoughts today as your son becomes President in his own right.” “Guess this is one of the days I don’t do much thinking,” came the dry reply. But, just the same, the colonel is beginning to like the reflected light which beats about him. He's not in “Who's Who" yet on his own account, but is mentioned in the President’s biography, and that suffices. At first the visitors to the Coolidge homestead up Plymouth way annoyed the colonel. But since coming to Washington he has told the White House circle that last Summer something like 50.000 Bosiarey Coolilge black | at | | tion for the town meett persons signed the the household Wai hington, however, to the colonel very its very nice visit at White . but every day he is away from the work is accumulating. The sap is due to run pretty soon now, and the old sap buckets in the garret have to be gone over and tightened up to harvest the sugar crop. Has Own Economy Program. Further the colonel midst of a great economy for the town of Plymouth. He has been auditing the books in prepars & this month, has been restless ever since f the inauguration, feeling that Plymouth needed him more than the N Let the after national finances. The colonel is cor tent to see that Plymouth gets the value of every public penny paid from the none-too-plethoric treasury here is one feature about Wash- ington. though, the colonel does lik and that is the presidential yacht Mayflower. It's a pretty long way reckoned in horse-and-buggy mile from Plymouth Netch to the sea, and the Plymouth folk, although the register in doesn’t mucl the ap- all to maple in the program and he the day ymi a tang of the salt water in the name | ocean-going craft. The Mayflower is the colonel's biggest boat. But some day he is going to stop off in New York and look up the Leviathan, he has heard so much about Col. Coolidge sat next 1o Mrs. Cool- idge during the ceremonies in the Senate chamber and later on the east front of the Capitol. But not once during the Dawes thunderstorm or the later calm was he seen to volun- teer & word. As an experienced hand himself, he nodded a cautious ap- proval of the manner in which Chief Justice Taft administered the oath of office. right, 1925, White House Economy Prize Plan Entails Trimming in Entertainment White House entertaining will stand the brunt of the Fresident's economy program 1f the plan suggested by Wil- liam B. Rockwell, head social clerk of the White House, which won the prize for the best suggestion to cut down the expenses of running the Executive Man- sion and offices Is adopted. The expense of handling the invita- tions for the various social functions held during the year at the White House, and the management of the functions themselves, can be considerably reduced without injuring their success, according to Mr. Rockwell's proposition. The de- tails of the winning plan have not been revealed. N. P. Webster, disbursing officer of the White House, who is looked to by President Coolidge to trim White House expenses to a point where they will set a shining example for the rest of the governmental agencies, said that Mr. Rockwell's suggestion appeared more practical than the 39 others received from employes of the White House, and Rockwell has been paid the $10 cash of- fered by Mr. Webster as an inducement to get practical suggestions for reduc- tions. '!r\lo Lffmjt. Mr. Webster will take it up with Secretary Sanders and Executive Secretary Forster, and, if it meets with their approval. the President's approval will be sought. Although President Coolidge has persistently been preaching a doc- trine of economy, it is not known whether he will approve having the social functions and other White House forms of entertainment pay the Dbill. It is suggested that prob- ably Mrs. Coolidge might have some- thing to say about this At any rate Mr. Webster has figured that the prize-winning suggestions will mean a saving of at least $1,500 annually, which is nearly $11,000 below the mark set by President Coolidge and which task has given the disbursing officer so much concern. He intimated that the principal saving from Mr. Rockwell's " plan would be effected by the removal of one of the clerks now engaged in assisting Mr. Rock- well in handling the White House social work S ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 (Spe- cial).—Ten shots, five fired by a policeman and five by a negro burglar discovered entering Wiel's drug store, 1503 King street, early today, were without effect except to arouse the neighborhood. The burglar escaped. J. T. Embrey, who lives next door to the store, saw the burglar entering through a rear window and called the police. The burglar, revolver in 1 abandoned his task, running into'an alley in the exchange of shots. B. A. Pomeroy, manager of the Old Dutch Market, 1004 King street, re- ported to police that earlier in the night his store had been entered. Nothing was missing in either case. A detainer has been entered in Raleigh, N. C. for Claude Thomas Geare, 28 years old, who is under arrest for “false pretense” and may be brought to Alexandria to face a charge of obtaining a diamond ring from R. C. Acton & Sons, jewelers, 606 King street, for which he s al- leged to have given a worthless check for $175, drawn on the National Savings Bank of Washington. He also is wanted by Washington authorities on a similar charge in- volving $750, police say. Geare is sald by police to be the son of the presi- dent of the Geare System of Interior Renovation, Baltimore. rested February 21 ham, Ala. Reece C. Bowton, superintendent of schools, will be re-elected by the State Board of Education, which is in session in Richmond today, accord- ing to reports received here. There is no opposition. Mr. Bowton was elected superintendent by city coun- cil in 1923 to succeed Capt. William H. Sweeney, who resigned. The new term will be for four years, beginning July 1. Luctan Williams, colored, has been adjuded Insane by a commission and will be sent to Petersburg. Funeral services were held. this afternoon for Jean Louise Lyles, in- fant daughter of Charles Lyles and Mrs. Esther Lyles, 719 Duke street. Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector of Grace Church, conducted the service. Mrs. Carrie Virginia Abendschein, 54 years old, wife‘of John Abend- schein, former resident of Alexan- dria, will be buried this afternoon from her late home, 2140 N street northwest, Washington. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery here. Another large crowd last night wit- nessed the play at the High School auditorium, “She Stoaps to Conquer,” by Oliver Goldsmith. The last per- formance will be given tonight at § o'clock. He was ar- in Birming- | -lat Before putting Mr. Rockwell's plan | PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR NEW CRUISERS, Two Will Be Laid Down About October 1—Subma- ! rines Also to Be Built. | Kecls will be 1aid down for the two lUght cruisers and two fleet subma- rines authorized by the Jast Congress about October 1, according to the Navy Department. One of the sub- marines will be built at the Ports- mouth, N. H. navr yard and the other at.the Mare Island, Calif., navy yard. One of the cruisers will be buflt at the New York navy yard and bids for the private truction | of the other one will be asked Engines for both the submarines and for six new river gunboats pro- vided for in the measure will be built by the New York navy yard, begin- ning about Ju'v 1, and the hulls of the gunboats will be constructed at the Asiatic station The following vard work in ernization of b not involve gun announced: Floric ton yard, the Flc }dm-ly availab'e; Arkan and Wyoming, Philadeiphia yard, Ar- s to he available about Septem- ; Texas and New York, Norfolk Texas (o be available 1 uction of the submarine te land is a 5 Puget Sound schedule of navy the authorized mod- ueships, which does | elevation, also was and Utah, Bos- la to be imme- var v fleet other t the modernization work will be re justed to meet at th rious yards 1.5, PLEA BRINGS ACTION BY MEXICO Special Mission Sent Probe Evans Land Case Controversy. conditions to MEXI00 representa loMce by the Americ {led to the sendir | mission of investigation to San Pedro {Coxtocan hacienda, in the state of | Puebla, to conduct an investigation {into the recent alleged illegal seiz- {ures of lande and irrigation waters j#nd the Mexican government has or- dered that personal guarantees be I given to Georze Camp, American ad- ministrator of the, hacienda | James R. Sheflield, the | Ambassador. made this | terday. adding that upon tion “of the Mexican Stuart Grummon. third |the American embassy {the commission. consisting |aEents of the Department | culture. as official | The Ambassador stated it the Mexican doing” everything to find grounds upon which lamicable settlement of the {controversy over the lands, 1T 7 ions made The foreign n Embassy h of a special com- American known ves- the invita- government cretary of accompanied of two of was his | govern- ,, personal belief | ment was an which Agri- | American observer. | Germany Passport Visas for Tourists Reduced in Price Sharp Decrease in Cost Announced—350 Cents Is Minimum. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March T nsulate general nounced regulations duction of passport commodate America enter Germany this This announcement stated that per- manent for an unlimited num- ber of entries into Germany and the respective return trips for a period of six months would be issued for $2. Visas good for a single trip into Germany and back with a four-week allowance, provided that into Germany is made through a Ger- man harbor, will cost A fee of $1 will be charged for visas &ood for two trips through Germany with a four-week allowance each time, provided that the first entrance into Germany and the second return both take place in a German harbor. The former fee for permanent visas was $10. PREDICTS DAWES WILL CHANGE MIND Senator Walsh Says All New { Arrivals in Senate at First Become Angry. The Germa vesterday & governing visa tourists fees to ac- who 50 cents. BY FREDERIC WIL Predictions that V President Dawes will eventually his mind about the iniquities of unlimited debate are made by the times called the best legal mind in | Congress—Senator Thomas Walsh Democrat of Montana. “All newcom- ers to the Senate,” said nator Walsh, in an interview with this writer, “come with ng views on the subject of discussional wasting. They seldom ir te long before their views under g0 They that un- mited debate has its pra ugh its privileges are ed nator Waish. e ago today, March powerful speech in t very issue now raised a President Dawes. It against the filibuster sy by,” Mr. Walsh said. "0 | by his physical prowess cat a vote, invite calamity |able and expose the Senate to the | well deserved contempt of mankind.” Senator Walsh strongly favored S rules fixing a time at which e on any subject could be closed. Comes With Timex. lected to the a Walsh, discussing inaugural ad- They AW WILE. change man some- time- are the revision. learn tical th | abu imes ht 1917, made Senate on_ th esh by Vic was directed stem, “whe| n may alone, de- unspeak years a Realization I “dlost ontinued Vice Pre dre: : train have and men ¢ = Senat dent lawyers, are They Judge selves been accustomed. before juries, to confine the re or strictly to the issues before the court. They are shock during their early davs in the Senate less {belonged to the 1la Mrs. | Evans, the Amer wife | British subject, could be | The developments of the night, he said, had opened the way! |for friendly representations by the| | embassy. ! Rosalie of reached last fort- | an af Property Goes After the a Evans at her hac {developed that to Sister. | assination of Mrs. | the property, valued $750.000 was willed to her sister, | Mrs. W. J. Pettus of San Francisco, who now resides in Washington not initiate diplomatic | sinee the inheritance tax had not bee | paid and the title had not been fc { mally passed to the American heir. The alleged breaking of a contract negotiations supervision an { the hacienda to investigate irrigation waters from sources on together with information | the emba to the effect that Mr {Camp himselt had been threatened with death and had narrowly escaped from ambushes of armed agrarians in the vicinity of the ranch, furnished grounds which, in the opinion of the {ambassador, made representations to | the Mexican government. permissable {and advisable. No statement has been issued from government sources relative to the latest developments in the so-called Evans case, but one is expected upon completion of the special commis- sion’ investigation. Press dispatches from Puebla con- | cerning conditions in the Huejotzingo district, in which the Evans hacienda is located, say that an armed band, followers of the former government of Jose Maria Sanchez, assailed the town of Huejotzingo, in an attempt to depose the municipal government. WOMAN NOT IN CAFITAL. reaching Husband Is United States Public Health Official in West. Mrs. W. J. Pettus is not a resident of Washington, as stated in the above dispatch. Her husband, Dr. Pettus, is a senior surgeon attached to the Pub- lic Health Service and is now in charge of the Marine Hospital in San Francisco. The fact that he is listed as a member of the Public Health Service, which has headquarters here, probably accounts for the mistake. DEMOCRATIC WOMEN PAY WILSON HONOR Members of the Women's National | Democratic Club made = pilgrimage this afternoon to Mount St. Alban and laid a wreath on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson, in Bethlehem Chapel of the National Cathedral. The floral tribute, consisting of vel- llow jonquils and magnolia leaves, tied with yellow and lavender satin ribbon, was laid on the new sarcoph- agus by, Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming. About 50 members of the club looked on silently’ during the brief and impressive ceremony. Following the tribute fo the late war President the Democratic women made a visit to the home of his widow,, on S street, where Mrs. Wil- son had arranged for a reception. Mrs. Wilson was re-elected honorary president of the club at the annual meeting yesterday. Arrangements for the pilgrimage today were made by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, president of the club, and Mrs. Huston Thompson, chairman of a special committee in charge. The sessions of the club will end tonight with a grand banquet at the Mayflower Hotei, at which Mrs. Ross, Roland Morris, Ambassador to Japan under President Wilson, and Mrs. Carroll Miller of Pittsburgh will be the prl ers. More than i relevancy. | when fstrikes enda last Summer, it | The | | attitude of the Washington State De- | of the town, don't often get to see big | pariment was that the embassy could | signed between Mr. Camp and the vil- | lage of Tianguismanalco, under whose | engineer was sent to | the ranch, | to - find that irrelevaney, is often the ruls Senators have been while they bezin to realize the desirability. and fre- quently the necessity. of prolonged discussion, even at the cost of what some of them as futile repetition “The general how much 1 United _States by skillful and | gandist preparation. 1 numerous where interests to grind have so shrewdly ‘educated’ the popular mind in advance that a given bill or project seemed destined |to win congressional approval almost without opposition worthy of the name. On occasions such as I have in mind, one or two Senators take |the trouble to study and inform themselves. They discovered that all But new in Congre n realizes in the public little gisia action Congress is comprehensive stances are with axes the country at large was led to believe. _These Senators, when the time comes, rise in their places and point out what they consider to be the iniquities or deficiencies of the measure proposed the action contemplated. Sometimes they consume a good deal of time in hammering home their points. Quite often their fervor and arguments produce what externally looks like an organized filibuster of ‘willful men.” In fact, it is only effort of conscientious men to do what earnestly strikes them as their duty.” Revenue Bill of 1922 Cited. Senator Walsh was asked to give a concrete example of a legitimate use of the right of unlimited congres- sional debate. “Well,” he replied, “the original revenue bill of 1922 is a case in point. Had not Congre: availed itself of the privilege of dis- cussing that measure in detail and at length a very different sort of law would have been enacted than that which was finally passed. The fate of the Mellon tax plan in 1924 is a more recent and an even more graph- ic example of the advantages of the and cussion. We ought not to forget the circumstances under which the fili- buster, as we now know it, really came into existence. The occasion was the monotonous force bill during the Harrison administration “It was introduced in the House by Henry Cabot Lodge, then a young Representative from Massachusett It was due entirely to the filibuster- ing tactics of Southern Democrats in the Senate that the Force bill was killed. Remembering the that saved the South from the horrors {of the ¥orce bill, I think Vice Presi- | dent Dawes may be very sure that Southern Democrats in the Senate would be found as ready today as they were 35 years ago to ODPOS {amended rules that rob them of the rights once so effectively invoked.” Senator Walsh recognizes that rule 22, which Mr. Dawes assails, has its Vices as well as its virtues. He seems to think that the rule might usefully be amended so as to require Senators to stick more closely than is the cus- tom to relevant discussion. The Sen- ate often docs this, Walsh contend: even' when it seems long-winded. He cites the recent endless debates over the Isle of Pines trealy us coming within that classification, declaring that almost every Senator who has spoken on that ancient subject has confined himself to legitimate phases of it. The result has been, Senator Walsh claims, a useful campaign of public education on a topic regarding which ignorance hitherto has been general. (Copyright, 1925.) Boy Missing Since Tuesday. Winfield Hamilton, 14, is reported missing from the home of his grand- mother, Livingston road, Oxon Hill, Md, He came to this city- Tuesday mbining to attend @ private school. He failed to appear in school and he also failed to return home. The mi ing boy has brown hair and blue eyes and wears glasses. ntrance | not | is not as rose-tinted as it seemed to| be on the surface of things and as| the | system of free and unrestricted dis-| strategy | WAR GAME CLIMAX . ONPACIFIC NEAR | : 109 Vessels at Height of Greatest Maneuvers Ever Held in Western Ocean. By the Associated Press ABOARD 1. 8 S. Sk MEXICAN WEST COA The clash of two great ing 109 United States i the climax of one tacular maneuvers held in the Pacific oceur within the next two day Interest has been exceedingly keen in the progress of the defensive Blue fleet toward the contact off the coast of Lower California. It will be the first time that fast scout cruis ers have been in action in the Pacific. It will be the greatest mobi ization ever witnessed in the Western ocean. ATTLE March OFF craft war in spec strategy ¢ sected of is scene of seen “Blue Fleet” Sweeping Up Coast. The Blue fleet is mak in scouting formatio line cruisers, the fastest battle craft afloat, a the coast speed twice that of the nvading Black fleet dread naughts and destrovers ving train of supply ships iy The role of the Black enacted by the battle izh specd Ame sweeping of conv a fleet is bei fleet of the Pacific. An extensive ation network is maintained by t. 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