Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1925, Page 17

DELEGATES TO PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON CAPITAL CITI THE EVENING STAR, VISIT PRESIDENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Architeets and city planners from the Latin American countries who have completed sessions in Washington, the idea behind the gathering being the beautification of the capital cities in the South. The delegates called at the White House yesterday afternoon and were photographed with the President and Mrs. Coolidge. THE FAMILY GOES TO CHURCH ON ¢ Mass., are the parents of 25 children, 13 of them now living NDAY MORNING. at home. leaving for church last Sunday morning. OWACRCLE CROUP HITS COUNGL PLAN #Un-American” in Principle, Non-Member of Citizen Federation Asserts. —— The Towa Circle Citizens’ Associa- flon last night adopted a resolution pttacking the Advisory City Council- plan as “un-American.” The resolu- lon, Introduced by Rev. H. K. Fuiton, &vas’ adopted by unanimous vote. {‘mnk M. Thompson is president of he organization. The association is not a member of the federation, The objections to the Advisory Council raised by the association gollow: “The membership of all the citizen fessociations of the District and all the bodies represented in the federation constitute but a small minority of our population. Such an adviso uncil would of the District. “The plan propos fo the constituent bodies the privilege ©f nominating the members of the council, places the electing power in the hands of the federation. This entirely ' suggests possibilities of ring rule and Tammany control and the worst forms pf corrupt city polities. “This plan, as presented and foster- ed by the Federation of Citizens’ Asso- clations, appears to be a step in the direction of a franchise for the Dis- trict. We are absolutely opposed to this, in view of the fact that a very large majority of the residents of the District hold their citizenship else #vhere, leaving so few actual residents to participate in the elections and therefore in political control. We much prefer to leave the administra- tion of the affairs of the District in the hands of our Commissioners, who enjoy the confidence of our entire population.” Arts Club Gives Program in Trib- ute to Shakespeare. In pursuance of an annual custom, the Arts Club of' Washington last Jight honored the memory of Shake- gpeare in the month of his birth, by # program, under the auspices of the dramatic committee,* which “attracted R large number of the members and their guests. Denis B. Connelt Effe(%: tively rendered the 'Seven Ages' #peech from “As You Iike It” and Marc Antony’s address from “Julius Caesar.” Mgurice Jarvis gave a yeading of the scene between Romeo and Friar Lawrence from “Romeo and Juliet.” Miss Virginia Hardy end Theodore Hardy enacted Scenés from “Hamlet.” Mrs. Lucy Dicker- son Marx, accompanied by Mrs. George Bowen, sang a number of the songs from Shakespeare's works, with brief explanatory comments up- on their musical settings. Miss Anne Ives read several of the sonnets and G. A. Lyon read a metric analysis of “Love’s Labours Lost” to ‘com- plete the program, which was ar- ranged and conducted by Mrs. Maud Fowell Smith, chairman of the dra- natic committee. therefore be unrepresentative | , while allowing | un-American in principle, and | ‘Explorers to Seek Lost Race of Men In Northern Africa By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 29.—A lost race of men and the flercest tribe known to exist will be sought in northern Africa by an expedition launched by Beloit College and led by A. W. Pond, graduate student of anthro- pology at the University of Chi- cago. With Maurice Reygasse, a French archaeologist, and accompanied by native troops from Algiers, Pond will leave the coast of Alglers in October. The party will penetrate the Sahara Desert to the regions of the Hoggar and Taureg tribes, making a trip of 3,000 miles. Ex. cavations will be made in the search for evidence of a lost race, supposed by anthropologists to entedate the Cro-Magnon man of France. FREES 353 CONVICTS; WILL PARDON MORE Woman Governor Tells Critics No Dying Mother Will Be Re- fused Her Son. By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex, April 29.—Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson issued a vigor- ously worded statement last night in answer to individuals, organizations and newspapers who have criticized her for undue liberality in the grant- ing of pardons and paroles. She asserted that since she as- sumed office on January 21 last she had issued 353 pardon proclamations, | being guided in each case, she said, by a sense of mercy and fairness. Certaln newspapers, she declared, had seized upon her liberal policy | as a “popular means to criticize.” public are never ment said. for issuing too few pardons, I am being criticized becaused they say I am issuing too many.” Many of the convicts pardoned were afflicted with incurable diseases and could live but a few months, he said. “I pardoned them so they could so home and die among friends.” = She served notice on her ecritics that “no dying mother shall ever plead in vain for a chance to see again the wayward, unfortunate son before death shall claim her into eternity,” when applications for fur- loughs are made for this reason. “Yes, I am going to continue it, no matter who kicks or howls,” the statement read. “Rave on, ye critics, if you think you can explain your actions to your God tisfled,” the state- Assigned to Chaplain Reserve. Rev. Daniel A. Poling, pastor of the Marble Colleglate Church, New York, sald to have the largest congregation of any church in the metropolis, has been appointed by the War Depart- ment a major_in the Chaplains’ Re- serve Corps. During the World War Dr. Poling served in France and Eng. Jand with the Young Men's Christian Aspociation. | “It seems that a certain part of the HONORS BARD’S MEMORY. “Gov. Neff was criticized | Mr. and Mrs. Maurice C. Noonan of Lawrence, The photograph shows the family Wide World Photo. PLANS NEW FIGT ON BORDER LA Labor Department Proposes Secret Service to Cope With Smuggling. Establishment of a_permanent in- telligence board in Washington to assist in combating smuggling across the Mexican and Canadian borders and the coast line of the United States has been suggested by Department of Labor officials and will probably be considered at the conference at El Paso May 15 between United States and Mexican officials. The proposed board, which would include in its membership representa- tives of the State, Justice, Treasury and Labor Departments, would col- lect and collate information availatle in this country, Mexico and Canada regarding the smuggling of aliens, liquor and narcotics into the United States. Success of the plan, in the view of Washington officials, would be largely dependent on the co-operation received from the Mexican nd Cana- dian governments. By combining in a single unit the efforts of the departmen:is in ass:m- bling information for use of *he vari- ous enforcement agents, officials Le- lieve that hitherto persistent “leaks” along the coast and borders can be stopped. Evidence and information regarding smugglers and their meth- ods could be gathered not only from border points, which now provide most of the information obtained, but trom many other sections of the country where the smugglers or thelr agents operate. Attorney General Sargent today an- nounced selection of A. W. Henderson of the prohibition division and Harvey Gamble, assistant United States at- torney at El Paso, Tex., to represent the Department of Justice at the El Paso conference. Secretary Davis designated Leo B. ) Russell, assistant commissioner gen- eral of immigration, as technical ad- viser to Assistant Secretary Henning, the Labor Department’s member of the delegation. SEVEN WIN SILVER STARS. Three Citations Are Awarded Late Maj. Gen. Wheaton. Maj. Gen. Loyd Wheaton, U. S. A., dédceased, has just been awarded three | silver star citations for gallantry in | action at Santo Tomas, at Guadalupe and at Zapote River, all in the Philip- pines, in 1899. They will be delivered is son, Clarence L. Wheaton of &o. milar silver star citations for gal- lantry-in action in the Philippines, in China and in Cuba have been issued to Brig. Gen. John B. McDonald, re- tired, at 1735 P street, this city; to Lieut. Col. Eugene J. Ely, finance de- partment of the office of the chief of staff, War Department; to Lieut. Col. Douglas McCaskey, United States Cavalry; to Brig. Gen. William Quin- ton, retired, San Francisco; to Maj. Gen. William Lassiter, at Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, and to Brig. Gen. Charles C. Hood, retired, New York City. National Photo. HIS AMERICAN VIS “the phantom Finn country, WASHINGTON, D. IT 1S NOW COMPLETE. who has broken many sprinting records in this s now ready to return to his homeland—he has seen Hollywood. ¢., WEDNESDAY, Mi-s Helen Montgomery, “drum ma- joress” of the Drury High School Band of North Adams, Mass., who twirled her baton today when the band serenaded President Coolidge. vo Nurmi (right), His manager, Hugo Quist, at left; Miss Thibeaudoux, a screen star, in the center. OLD STYLE MEETINGS OF CABINET; Copyright by Underwood & Underwood BEING DROPPED BY COOLIDGE President Adopting Methods of Conferences With In- dividual Members at Which Matters Concerning Respective Departments Are Taken Up. By Consolidated Press. President. Coolidge has virtually dis pensed with cabinet meetings as they were known in past administrations. Since inauguration particularly the sessions have not lasted an average of an hour and in many cases they have occupled much less time. The President’s method is to spend a few minutes in general discussion and then retire from the cabinet room to his adjacent office, there recelving in the order of their rank the individual members of the cabinet. Has Individual Conferences. The impression that Mr. Coolidge sits down and talks over major poli- cies with the whole cabinet has been gradually erased from the minds of the correspondents who have noted each week that the cabinet officers never come out in a group any more, but emerge singly. In effect the cab net meeting has been superseded by individual conferences. The late President Wilson tried prac- tically the same thing and went so far as to eliminate scheduled meetings, asking his cabinet Secretaries to see him only when they had matters to bring to_his attention. Editorial criti- cism of Mr. Wilson was bitter on the ground that he was not submitting to the judgment of his colleagues and that he was establishing_‘‘one-man government.” While Mr. Wilson de- fended the method as one that dis- patched public business, he reluctant- Iy yielded to public opinion and re- sumed the meetings, even submitting documents of importance to the cab- inet as a matter of form so as to stem the tide of criticism. Sometimes Develops Confusion. stood as well on the inside. Again and again the cabinet has under past administra- tions developed lengthy debate in which the cabinet officer who had a particular matter in charge had to run the gantlet of criticism and analysis made by his colleagues. Sometimes the debate was beneficial sometimes it developed even more confusion. Mr. Harding liked to lay matters before” the cabinet as a whole and listen to the debate. He was guided largely by the concensus of opinion of his cabinet, though he frequently took the advice of individual cabinet members and withheld topics from general discussion. Thus it is said that the Teapot Dome leases were never brought be- fore the cabinet meeting for general discussion or there would have been some discussion on the legality of the proposals. There is of course no provision in the Constitution which requires a President to submit his policies for consideration to his cabinet. In Eu- rope a cabinet shares jointly the re- sponsibility of the administration with the prime minister or premier. The government stands or falls as a unit on the acts of the administrative group. As Mr. Coolidge has developed it, the cabinet secretaries are exactly what they are supposed to be by statute, namely, administrative offi- cers at the head of their respective departments, responsible only to the President who appoints them and has the power to remove them. The Coolidge method means also more power to the individual cabinet member than under the old scheme. Whereas a cabinet officer who had a large policy in the making had to submit to the criticism of his col- leagues, the same cabinet official now merely has to gain the approval of the President in a personal confer- ence, the details of which are not dis- closed to other cabinet officers unless their departments are involved. Each cabinet officer—if he is per- suasive a2nd thoroughly familiar with his subject—is likely to receive the approval of the President, who hasn't the time to {nvestigate personally the detalls of a subject. Thus to all prac- tical purposes a cabinet officer in his own fleld now wields as much influence over governmental policy as if he were President himself. Appreciate Free Hand, ‘While some cabinet officers like the idea of general discussion, and would gladly share in the responsibility for decisions that affect the political and economic future of the country, there is no doubt that they appreciate the free hand they are being given by Mr. Coolidge in being permitted not only to run their own departments, but to proclaim important policies of their own initiative and without having to discuss them with other cabinet of- ficers who presumably cannot be as familiar as they are with the facts. (Copyright, 1925.) e [WILL WELCOME VISITORS. The practical side of the cabinet | | meeting idea has never been under- the outside as on| Public Invited to Day Sessions of Quinquennial Council. The public is invited to attend the day sessions of the quinquennial con- vention of the International Council of Women, to be held here from May 4 to 14 at the Washington Auditorium, Mrs. Glenn Swiggett, chairman of the local committees, annources. Tickets may be had at room A of the Wash- ington Hotel for $5. These registra- tion _tickets will provide admittance to the day sessions and also to the American Music evening, May 5, and to the pageant, May 9. $450,148 IN AWARDS. Decisions by German-American Mixed Claims Body. The German-American Mixed Claims Commission yesterday announced awards to Americans totaling $450,148. There were 67 awards, including the following: G. H. Hammond Co. of Chicago, $78,814; Ellen Ross of New York, $50,000; executors of the estate of Joseph M. Ilifelder of New York, $40,000; the Edward Maurer Co., Inc., of New York, $15,208; Louis Sather Brugulere of New York, $16,350,-and the executor of the estate of Josephine S. Bruguiere, $15,705. APRIL 29, 1925. FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORTUGUESE REVOLT. When this picture was taken the streets of Lis- bon were unsafe for pedestrians, and the rebel guards threatened to take a shot at the cameraman. The right wing reactionaries hoped for a dictatorship similar to Spain’s, but the revolt was put down by government troops. THE KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND IN SICILY. Prince George at Monreale, a little town not far from Palermo. o~ SEVENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TW! arter of Dallas, Tex.—as a lives—their 50 grandchildren cannol CULBERTSON MADE ENVOY 10 RUMANA Coolidge Fulfills Harding Promise in Naming Tariff Board Chairman to Post. The appointment of William S Culbertson of Kansas, vice chairman of the United States Tariff Com- mission, to be American Minister to Rumania, was formally announced at the White House yesterday. In mak- ing the appointment the President fulfilled a promise made to Mr. Cul- bertson by the late President Hard- ing, it was said at the White House. Mr. Culbertson had an understand- ing with President Harding, it was said, that he should be appointed to some post abroad when opportunity arose, and he several times con- fered with President Coolidge regard- ing the matter. Until this Spring, however, when a number of changes in the diplomatic service became necessary, no opportunity presented itself to carry out this plan. Tribute From Kellogg. When it became known last week that Mr. Culbertson would be selected for the Rumanian post, Secretary of State Kellogg, in a statement issued at the State Department, said: “If the President sees fit to appoint Mr. Culbertson, the Department of State would feel that a better man could not have been found for this particular post. During the past months our questions with Rumania have been primarily of an economic nature—funding of relief debts, the mining law, title to property, et cetera. “‘Mr. Culbertson is not only a law- ver and a student, but is a student along the line of economics as they affect political matters and would be admirably equipped, therefore, to handle these matters of such serious interest to the American Government. Follows Coolidge Policy. ‘‘The appointment would be along the lines which the President has con- sistently followed in selecting for his forelgn posts those who by training and temperament are peculiarly fitted.” Mr. Culbertson had much to do with the framing of the so-called elastic provisions of the Fordney- McCumber tariff law and has been a stanch supporter of this feature of the law. Under it the President is authorized to lower or raise tariff rates on articles coming into the United States after an Investigation by the Tariff Commission, but not to exceed G0 per cent of the rate fixed by law. e Assigned to Academy. Maj. Alexander M. Patch, jr., of the General Staff School, Fort Leaven- worth, Kan., has been temporarily at- tached to the 34th Infantry at Fort Eustis, Va., following which he will assume duty at the Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Va. —_—— Studying geography and writing books about it was the hobby of the late Lord Curzon. o) INS HAVE 50 GRANDCHILDREN. t tell them apart. Rhinoceros Amuck On Ship Creates Hour-Long Panic By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., April crew of the American steamer Wytheville felt all the thrill of close quarter encounter with big game when a burly rhinoceros smashed through his pen on the forward deck and caused a scram ble for the rigging while the ship was unloading here yvesterday. The lumbering brute, fresh from the African wilds and bound for a Philadelphia zoo, wrecked hatch covers and everything else that came in his path while he raged about the deck for more than an hour. Finally the ship's quartermaster, crawling out on & cargo boom, managed to drop a lasso around the rhino's meck and the boom then did the work of dragging him back to his pen. ENFORCED WORSHIP AT CAMPS DISCUSSED Army Chaplains Offered Cash for Chapels by Church Women's League. 29.—The By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 20.—The church, by donning the uniform and minis- tering to soldiers, does not mean that it approves of war, Col. John T. Ax- ton of Washington, D. C., chief of the Army chaplains, told a convention of 2nd Corps Area chaplains yesterday at Governor’s Island. The chaplain’s mis- sion was to place himself alongside the men to whom he wished to minister and to live the same life and suffer the sam hardships, Col. Axton said. Plans for compulsory religious serv- ices which are included in the Department’s announcement for the Citizens’ Milita Training Camps this Summer schedule calls for a Catholic, Jewish and Evangelical chaplain at each camp. Co-operation to obtain sufficient cap- ital to provide suitable places for wor- ship was offered by Mrs. Willlam Cod- man Sturgis, who headed a delegation of the Church Women's League for Patriotic Service. The Government makes no provi- slons for chapels, it was pointed out. GIVES CONCERT TONIGHT. ‘The last choral concert of the sea- son by the chorus of Mt. Vernon Place M. E. Church South will be held at the church tonight at 8:15, under di- rection of R. Dean Shure. Richard Lorleberg, cellist, will be the guest 501012! of the evening. ‘The program? entitled “An Evening ‘With the Masters of Oratorio,” in- cludes one number by the quartet, “Pligrims’ Chorus,” from “Tann- hauser” (Wagner), and these selec- tions by the chorus: “Thanks Be to God” (Mendelssohn), “Zion Awake" (Costa), “Happy and Blest” and “Lord, Thou Alone Art God,” both from “St. Paul” (Mendelssohn); “Celestial Con- cert” and “Round About the Starry ‘Throne.' both from “‘Samson" @Handel), Mrs. ike as the proverbial two peas in a pod—have only one great trouble in their were discuSsed. The | Copyright by P. & A. Photos King George, Queen Mary, Princess Victoria andl Wide World Photo. H. C. Hord and Mrs. M. C. Copsright by P. & A. Photos COMMONTY CHEST PROPOSHL REVVED 'Leaders in Charity Work De- | cide to Call General Con- ference on Matter. authorities problems in t will be call consider on _charity he District of Columbia 1 together shortly to the_advisabillity of estab lishing in Washington the munity chest” system of col funds to meet the budgetary needs of the various local welfare organi tions. Revival of the “chest” plan car about at a conference late yesterdas afternoon in Commissioner Rudolph’s office of 16 men and women promi nent in local charity work. At this meeting, which was called by the Commissioner, there was a forum discussion of the various argu ments which have been raised for and | against the idea, and progress along this line made in’ other cities was con sidered. General Meeting Planned. There wa no attempt decision on the matter at yesterday’s conference, but an agreement was made to call a general meeting of charity authorities and those promi nent in supporting local welfare work in the boardroom of the District Build ing at a later date with a view to ultimate conclusive action on the pro posal. The community chest plan would co-ordinate the fund-raising activities of all organizations performing local charity functions, with a view to elim inating the succession of ‘“drives, while adequately caring for every le gitimate welfare need of the District Those attending yesterday's con ference were: Clarence A. Aspinwall Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Fredericl® Brooke, Charles J. Columbus, Mrs. ‘Whitman S Joshua E d Jr Charles C. Glover, jr.; Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, Arthur, Hellen, John Ihlder Arthur C. Moses, George H. Myers, Newbold Noyes, Dr. John O'Grady Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan and Walter Ufford. to reach a FIRE COSTS $200. Fire of undetermined origin dam aged three sheds in rear of houses on Fourteenth between B and C streets northeast last night. The damage amounted to $200. A bed in a room of the home of Irene Vogler, 224 G street, caught fire yesterday afternoon. Slight damage resulted. Smoke was discovered in a vacant warehouse at 90 L street northeast early last night. Firemen extinguished a blaze in a pile of waste. The build ing was not damaged Col. Lindsey Transferred. Col. Julian R. Lindsey of the office of chief of staff, ‘War Department, has been assigned to the 1ith Cavalry at Fort Des Moines, Towa, and Col Willlam R. Smedberg, jr., also of the office of chief of staff, has been order- ed to San Francisco for duty with the Organized Reserves.