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WEATHER. (D, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fuir tonight; cloudiness, with showers a tomorrow increasing t night; not much change in temperature. Temperatures—Highes., 64, at 415 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 41, at 2 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,591. BURTONPROPOSES BAN ON AR GAS ATCENEVAPARLE Prohibition of Exportation‘ Asked in Article He Says America Favors. DELEGATES OF NATIONS EXPRESS APPROBATION Only Objections Based on Indus- trial Effect, Says American Representative at Geneva. By the Associated 86 GENEVA, May 7.—Condemnation of | the use of poison gas and prohibition | of its exportation for war purposes is Pproposed in a new article of the draft | convention offered by Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, heading the American delegation, at today’s| session of the international conference | for control of the traffic in arms. Mr. Burton said he expressed the desire of the American Government | and people that some such provision | regarding poison gas be adopted. He| said the subject had been brought to the attention of President Coolidge and that the President will approve a prohibition of the exportation of | poison gas for war purposes. He re- called that nine of the powers that signed the Washington treaty agreed to try to induce other powers to agree to measures forbidding the use of asphyxiating gases in warfare, but he | admitted that there are obstacles to! prohibiting the export of such gases. Condemned by Public. The article proposed by Mr. Burton declares that the use in war of poison- ous gases and liquids has been justly condemned by public opinion, and that | the prohibition of such use has been incorporated in treaties which have| been signed by a majority of the civi- lized powers. “The high contracting parties t { here- | fore agres absolutely to prohibit the|best that Anglo-Saxon civilization can do, export from their territory of any such | asphyxiating, poisonous or ' other | gases and all anajogous liquids in-| tended or designed for use in con- nection with the operations of war,” | the article says. i r. Burton also submitted an alter-{ native text, as follows: “To.the end of lessening the horrors | of war and ameliorating the suffer-| ings of humanity incident thereto, the | high contracting parties agree to con- | trol the traffic in poisonous gases by | prohibiting _the ~exporigtion of all asphyxiating, toxic or _deleterious gases and ail analogous Tiquids, ma- terials and devices manufactured and intended for use in warfare, under adequate penalties applicable in all places where such high contracting parties exercise jurisdiction or con-! trol.” The Burton proposal was re-| ferred to a committee of experts. Delegates Express Fayor. Before the Burton proposal was re- ferred to a committee of experts, dele- zates from France, Italy and China expressed themselves in favor of the Entered as second class matter post_office, Washington, D. C. \F oreign Conquest'of America ngrel Horde Is Feared By Mo {England’s “Gloomy BY REV. WM. It is, I believe, the conviction of writes his impolite. The average Englishman d The Mau to have a of St. Pau figured in tl questions ol Pprospects of morals of mother, who to own tha The adva apparent. American m and shaken an awful t understand, which they DEAN INGE. course,” she explained, Now, the mildest English upon that officer. There wo a question in Parlia tully detained in th Libe wus, naturally, the tall houses, American architecture seems buildings are, of course, somet! they have been made beautiful, rebuilt since my first visit 19 y boulevard in Paris. I lost my heart to the New Er pretty frame houses, each standing lovely avenues of elms on either tries to exp: i -dreary English suburb. among these miles of uncrowded. haj competence apparently within the re Joy at the sight were not spoiled by “one has n ment, and no m at port of entry. ears something; they are to me far ahead of European. hing quite new in the art of b side of the roadway. I can imagine no better place to live than he Fy . - LNt WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 4 WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1925—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. Dean,” the Very Rev. William Ralph Inge, Gives Impres- sions of This Country. . RALPH INGE. Dean of St. Paul's, London. Americans that the average English- man, after spending a month or less in your country, goes home and “Impressions of America, ignorant and usually The minority amazingly oes nothing of the kind. who do it have succumbed to u prosaic tempta- tion from an American or English editor suf- clently generous to overcome their natural reluc- tance to make fools of themselves. retania, off New York, was reported big bug on board, namely, the Dean I's. It is the first time that I have hat capacity. I do not know whether I was more overwhelmed at being informed by a high official that, as a special mark of honor, my baggage was not to be examined, or by the arrival on deck of about 30 reporters, who, hav- ing driven me into a corner. bombarded me with n every conceivable subject, from the f liberal theology to the comparative the moderry flapper and her grand- e early indiscretions I was compelled I had neither shared nor witnessed. ntage of being treated as a prince or an ambassador at the customhouse was soon 1 looked on unconcerned while poor illionaires had their boxes ransacked out and were then marched off to ribunal called the appralsers, who, 1 fined them smartly fof every article had bought in Europe. The American is as meek as Moses before his state officials. ing home some mangoes from the West Indies and that the customhouse officer took the finest | Will make it impossible to procure with the words, “I am going to keep these.” A lady told me that she was bring- | 0 remedy against the customhouse. RUMROW BLOCKED | COMPLETELY BY 60 GOAST GUARD SHIPS Officials Declare Flow of Liquor Is Stopped—Shore Clean-Up Starts. 13 PLANES AID FLEET; RESERVE BOATS READY Newspaper Observers Find Liquor Vessels Matched 2 for 1 by Chasers and Cutters. By the Associated: Press. NEW YORK, May 7.—On sea, on land and In the air, forces of prohi- | bition enforcement today continued their war of extermination against rum row and its satellites ashore. During the night the fleet operating | against rum runners had the added | task of battling against a 45-mile gale. | With the blockade of rum row said | by Federal agents to have been made | 100 per cent effective in less than two days, prohibition agencies in New York and surrounding counties have Initiated a clean-up which they say i Hquor ™ inland. Padlocks are rapldly mopping up liquor that seeped ashore man that ever breathed would have ralsed Acheron uld have been letters in the Times, possibly ore mangoes would have been unlaw- Bordeaux and Champagne, | The tall! ago, is quite as stately as the finest, ngland towns and villages, with their | said owners of such property should | in an unfenced grass plot, and the Nearly every house | not soulless copies of each other, like | ppy-looking homes, telling of a modest h of everybody. My feelings of pure | en Here, 1 sald to myself, is the and, thank Heaven, it is all; HUGE COUNTERFEIT CONSPIRACY BARED; 40 UNDER ARREST 1 Secret Service Operatives Close Down on Gang in Three States. By the Associated Press. proposal. Mr. Burton said the objections that he has heard to the plan are that/ prohibition of the export of poisonous | zases may give an industrial advan.| tage to some countries. He said the object of the conference should be to | establish a basis of equality between| countri that can manufacture gases| and those that cannot, because, he| said, some of these gases are needed | for_industrial purposes. i Russia’s absence from the League | of Nations again came into discus| sion today. The original draft of the | convention for the control of traffic in arms provided that it shall become effective when ratified by 12 powers, including Russia. the United States, France, Great Britaln, Italy, Belgium | and Japan. The convention proposed by Great Britain eliminates Russia from the re- quired signatory nations and the ques- tion was raised today that since Ru: sia refuses to participate In the confer ence she will not ratify the conven. | tion and therefore that the original draft should be changed in that re-! spect. Upon the contrary, it was sug- | zested that if Russia is not included in the agreement other nations may re- | fuse to sizn ft. | Action upon the problem was de-| ferred until the question of ratifying | the convention is r ched. M. Sosknowsi, delegate from Poland, £aid Mr. Burton's proposal would make war less but moved an! amendment pr the expor- | tation of bacteri “which, he said, was as inhuman poison g & The Hungarian delezation suggestes an amendment permitting the export | of “means of defense” against chem- fcal warfare. ' STEP IN DISARMAMENT. | Gas Ban Proposal in Line With| American Plan. By the Associated Press | The proposal for a prohibition upan | exportation of poison gases for war | use, made by Chairman Theodore B.| Burton of the American delegation to | the Geneva conference on traffic in| Rrms, carries a step further the pur- | poses of the treaty framed by the| Washington arms conference and rati- | fled by all of the five signatory gov. ernments except France. Article 5 of | Athat treaty reads: “The use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and all anal- ogous liquids, materials or devices, | having been justly condemned by the general opinion of the civilized world | and a prohibition of such use having been declared In treaties to which a majority of the civilized powers are partics, “The signatory powers, to the end that this prohibition shall be univer- sally accepted as a part of interna- tional law binding alike the conscience and practice of nations, declare their assent to such prohibition, agree to be bound thereby as between themselves and invite all other civilized nations to adhere thereto.” v, The United States, Great Britain, Italy and Japan have ratified this con- vention, but the ratification by France is awaited to make It effective. The anti-gas proposal originated “with the American delegation at the Washington conference, and is in line with the defense policy adopted after the armistice. Plans for reorganiza- tion of the Army on a peace basis, (Continued on Page £, Column 2J- One of the greatest conspiracies for counterfeiting Government securities ever discovered is declared by Secret Service officials here to be involved in the indictment. at Pittsburgh yester- day of eight men on counterfeiting charges. Betweert 40 and under- arrest in three States on charges of having manufactured and distributed fake war savings stamps and revenue strip stamps. Trial of the alleged leaders of the gang is to start in Chicago next week. Federal agents have captured fake stamps with a face value of $190,000 and agents in Chicago have seized | several of the counterfeiting outfits. Headquarters here has been advised that confessions have been obtained in 10 of 11 cases. Passed Through Friends. Officlals of the Secret Service said today the gang had built up a re- 1sourceful distributing organization by | which the stamps were passed along through friends of the gangsters and cashed at post offices. Most of the distributing was done through head- quarters In Cleveland and Pittsburgh. and Assistant Chief Murphyv of the Secret Service sald that those indict- ed yesterday were principally gang members, who formed the distributing end of the alleged conspiracy in Pitts: burgh. ; The Government's hunt began last November, at which time counterfeit savings stamps began appearing in several small Ohio and Pennsylvauif: towns. -The trails led first into Cleve- land, then to Pittsburgh and finally to Chicago. A survey of recent counterfeiting cases discloses that more than half of them have been run down through clues resulting from the sale of liquor, which was paid for in coun- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) 50 persons are| ORATORS ARRIVING IN CAPITAL FOR NATIONAL FINA Seek “Dummy Microphones” in Order to Avoid Stage Fright Tomorrow. Just a bit flushed with nervous an- ticipation, but confident, nevertheless, five of the youthful finalists in the national oratorical contest were com- fortably settled in the National Capi- tal today, eagerly awaiting the decid- ing hour at the Washington Audito- rium_tomorrow night. Miss Flora E. Longenecker of Ilion, Y.; Max N. Kroloff of Sioux City, and George Stansell of Chicago arrived in Washingten this morning. Eugene F. McElmeel of Los Angeles reached the city yesterday, and Miss Asenath Graves, the District’'s own representative, was already here, of course. Robert Sessions, the only representa- tive from the South, will arrive here from Birmingham, Ala., late this eve- ning, and Philip Glatfelter of Colum- bia, Pa., will complete the list of con- testants by motoring to Washington tomorrow, escorted by 75 enthusiastic supporters from his home town. Seven hundred persons from Pennsylvania alone will be here to root for him. Practice Before Micropliones. With the arrival of Miss Longe. ! necker today, it became certain that | bobbed hair versus long locks would again present an interesting study in the psychology of coiffeurs. Miss Longenecker's tressés are shown, while Miss Graves, the Washington finalist, takes pride in the long locks ' with | which Nature originally endowed her. They are the only girl orators in the contest. Only ‘one of the young speakers here from distant parts of the £oun-| try had faced radio and amplifying | microphones before, and one #f the first things the four contestants did this morning was to ask the Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Co. for permission to practice their orations through “dummy” broadcasting ap- paratus, so that they and the ominous (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) Gen. Patrick Arrives in Nashville After Night “Lost” in Inland Village By the Associated Press. SHVILLE, Tenn., May 7.— Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick. chief of the Army Air Service, “lost"” since 5 o'clock yesterday after- noon. flew safely into Nashville at 56 o'clock this morning. It had been the general's purpose to come from Memphis to this city without a stop, but darkness overtook his airplane at Eva, a small village without night telegraph facilities, where thé night was spent. Capt. St. Clair Streett accompanied the general as pilot. Gen. Patrick said no difficulty was experienced in landing at Eva and that the flight was resumed at dawn. Non-arrival of the Air- Service chief at Nashville last evening caused great anxiety. Cities along the route were on close watch for the missing plane. Flying time be- tween Memphis and Nashville is only two hours, It had been planned to send out searching parties today, as it was feared that the airplane had either met with an accident or n forced down in a Tenn wilder- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ing the night was that an airplane had been seen flying close to the treetops near Johnsonville, ‘When Maj. Gen. Patrick and his aide, Capt. St. Clair Streett, retyrn to Washington Saturday, they will be “‘disciplined” by junior officers of the service here for violation an ironbound rule of the flying game in not reporting their whereabouts immediately after being forced down in flight. Frequently an oM. cer must land while on a cross- country trip, and, thinking he can get in the air again, allows too much time to slip by during which his colleagues are rapldly approaching the stage of anxiety. When he does tul;n up he usually gets “bawled out.” In the case of Gen. Patrick. a message was sent to Nashville from Memphis when the plane took oft from the latter place and Lieut. V. J. Meloy, in charge of the flying field at Nashville, knew the jour- ney would be of only two hours’ duration. After three hours passed, | he knew something had happened | and sounded the alarm. before the blockade. One development expected to be { helpful in dry law enforcement was| e - The first thing that I saw in New York after the French Statue of | the Governiment of viotions 1eading rty, gazing wistfully in the direction of the Government of violations leading to the arrest of dry law offenders may one of the finest sights T have ever seen.|receive 25 per cent of the fine as a reward from the Governmentand may | n uilding, and | obtain a quarter of the proceeds from | But the new Fifth avenue, almost entlrely | the sale of the confiscated boats. Federal Judge John C. Knox, in clos- ing @ soft-drink stand for six months, be held equally guilty with the seller and possessor of liquor. 13 Planes Aid Fleet. Some Canadlan war veterans are all stirred up over the blockade. At a meeting in Victoria, B. C., speakers said that the big fleet operating against rum row was violating the Washington conference agreement for limitation of naval armament. More than 60 boats, large and small, are now patrolling rum row. Th fleet is directed by wireless from ‘Washington, and is alded by a detall of 13 airplanes. Reserve boats are ready to steam out to sea at a moment’s notice in cases of emergencies. The United States marshal here is to destroy 25, sailed from the Coast Guard base at Clifton, Staten Island, today, to join the rum blockade. In all, 24 chasers and nine cutters have sailed from Clifton since Tues- day. . 30 Rum Ships Seen. Two observers. for the New York Evening World took a seaplane trip over the scene of warfare, that news- per says today,-and observed ap- proximately: 30 liquor ships at anchor from 18 to 35 miles from shore. Each of the rum boats was under close scrutiny of two 75-footers of the Coast Guard, which circled closer and closer to the sides of their respective wards as the newspaper seaplane cir- cled overhead, the observers reported. On advice of the pilot, Arthur L. Caperton, the newspaper men had notified Coast Guard officials at the barge office in advance of their flight, to prevent the -possibility of being fired upon. “I have been shot at seéveral times by Coast Guard crews that assumed that I had no business over rum row because I was not flying a Gov- ernment plane,” the pilot said. Some of the Government boats ap- parently had not received word of (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) A st PLANES ARE READY FORPOLAR FLGHT Amundsen Believed on Verge of Starting—Communica- tion Difficuit. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 7.—Capt. Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, today was presumably on the verge of starting his attempt to reach the North Pole by airplane. Cable dispatches yesterday said the two planes of the expedition were preparing to leave Kings Bay, Spitz- bergen, for the northern part of the archipelago from which actual dash is to be made, but further word i lacking from the explorer’s base, from which communication is difficult be- cause of {ts remoteness. The Norwegian government steamer Farm, assigned to thé expedition, has reported her arrival off Amster- dam Island, lying to the northwest of West Spitzbergen. Amsterdam Is- land is directly north of Danes Island, which has previously been mentioned as the probable starting point for the fiight and which is roughly 680 miles from the pole. Snow Squalls Prevail. The message from the vessel said a northern wind was blowing and snow squalls prevailed, but the sea was smooth and the temperature about 8 degrees, Fahrenheit, above zero. Dispatches through Oslo, the Nor- wegian capital, stated that the Farm | &°! would go as far to the northwest as fce conditions permitted, while the Hobby, the other vessel attached to the expedition, would proceed sim- flarly to the northeast. Capt. Amundsen’s two planes are plloted by Lieut. Rfeser Larsen and Oscar Omdal, with Amundsen and Lincoln Ellswerth, American e and aviator, as adio P: Poge B ADVISORY COUNCIL ASKED FOR ADVICE 1 Suggestions of New Citizens’ Body Sought on Parks and District Budget. i i The newly formed Commissioners’ Advigory Council, which will hold its first conference with the city heads tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in the District Bullding, was called upon to- day from two sources for advice Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, direntor f the office of public bulldings and public parks of the District, for-| warded a letter to members of the council declaring he would be zlod to receive suggestions from them relat- ing to the parks and any Lnportant feature of park administration. At _the same time, the Commis- sioners, in a letter addressed to Jevve C. Su chairman ‘of the couneil, made their formal request for advice as to thé majn fedtures of the next District budget. Expects Valuable Aid. Col. Sherrill said today that he be. lieved the council, in addition to its advising the District Commissioners on District affairs, could be of very great assistance to his office also in the work of improving the public park and recreation system of the District. The members, he said, are in close touch with the civic develop- ment of the city and have first hand information on matters which the public biudings and parks office would like to have. Col. Sherrill indicated that he would be very glad to give full consideration to any advice the council members may present. The letter which he wrote to each member of the body follows; “I have noticed in the press your election as a member of the Advisory Coyncil of the District government on I'behalf of the -citizens' assoclations of | Washington. “In view of the fact that the op- eration of the parks is a matter of great moment to the public, T would be very glad to receive suggestions from the Advisory Council as to mat- ters relating to the parks, and any features on park administration that the council feels proper to bring to my attention will be given the most careful consideration.” Get Data on Budget. The letter to Mr. Suter from the Commissioners, signed by Commis- sioner Rudolph as president of the board, read as follows: “The Commissioners request the recommendations of the Citizens’ Advisory Council in regard to the total and general distribution of the es- timates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927. There is inclosed for convenient reference a tabulation of the appropriations for the present fiscal year and for the fiscal year {ending June 30, 1926. More detailed |information can be secured from the appropriation bills themselves and by informal discussions. “An examination of the table will show that many items are for the maintenance of activities for which no !increase has been proposed and which could not be decreased materially with- out detriment to the conduct of Dis- trict affairs. There are other items which provide for new constructions, betterments, purchases of land, de- velopment of parks, etc. These latter items are, to some extent at least, optional. It is belleved that the council can render the most valuable assistance this year by suggesting what major items of a progressive kind should be and can be included in the total which is deemed desirable, also what activ- itles should be enlarged and what de- creased. This very limited outline will be supplemented verbally when desired. Take Oath Tomorrow. ““The Commissieners wish to express their high appreciation of the patriotic and useful service in which the mem- bers of the council are embarking and to assure them of full co-operation and assistance at all times.” At its first conference with the city heads at the District Building tomor- row morning, the members of the council will take an oath of office, should such a course be decided upon. The council probably will also con- sider with the commissioners certain neral rules of procedure to govern it in handling questions referred to it. SPAIN SIGNS OPIUM PACT. i i i | 1 | | I | | I | Formally Ratifies’ Convention ‘- Adopted at Geneva. GENEVA, May 7 (A. P.—Spain yes- terday signed the opium convention recently_adopted | cerning his knowledge of traffic regu- FINED $50 FOR FAILING ON “FOUR-LETTER WORD” Driver Recognized “Go,” But hl Baffled by “‘Stop.”"—Judge's Words Are Cross. By the Associated Prese. DETROIT, May 7.—Judge Charles L. Bartlett, nemesis of the trafic law violator, believes he has found one reason for reckless motor-car driving. Joseph Spano appeared before him yesterday, charged with speeding. Judge Bartlett interrogated him con- lations, finally asking him to spell “gd.” After numerous attempts, Spano routined the two letters correctly. “Now spell ‘stop,’ " said the judge. This_four-letter word meaning to cease motion stumped Spano, who finally admitted defeat. ““That,” sald Judge Bartlett, “is the trouble with too many motorists to- day. They can: spell ‘g0’ but they can't spell ‘stop.’ " He fined Spano $50 and placed him on two years' probation. FRENGHHILLS LAID 10 EVASION OF TAX Representative Green Says Changes in System Must Be Effected. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, May 7.—Representative Wil- liam R. Green of Iowa, chairman of the House ways and means committee, has spent days in Paris attending the meetings of the American and In- ternational Cham- bers of Commerce and investigating France's financial situation. . During his stay in the French capital Mr. Green has had frequent interviews with distinguished Frenchmen and foreigners who are intimately conver- sant with France's financial and eco- non:llc “seléun::.m. WM. R. N. an Vednesday ey afternoon he had a long conversation with Finance Minister Caillaux. The conversations have been of a confidential character and Mr. Green does not feel at liberty to make them public, but he expressed his views of France's financial situa- tion today in the following special interview: Probes French Finances. “In view of the fact that the French sovernment. has made ng™proposals tending toward settlement Of the debt due from the French nation to our own, it has become important to ascertain the financial condition of France to its resources. My visit to Paris is for that purpose, although I am acting unofficially. “In a general way, France appears to bé fairly prosperous. There is practically no unémployment. Both tradé and manufacturing seems to be profitably engaged. Farmers are re- portéd. to be especially prosperous, in contrast wtih those in the United States. On the other hand, it must be remembered that the French are con- ducting business with an inflated cur- rency, and this apparent prosperity (Continued on Page 4, Column 2. “Uncle Joe” Is 89 “From Press to Home The every city bl tion is delive: as fast as th Yesterday’s TROTSKYRETURNS FROM LONG EXLE Moscow Public Apathetic. Few Greet Ex-War Minister, Slated for Minor Post. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, May T7.—Leon Trotsky, deposed Soviet war minister, returned to Moscow this morning from Suk- hum, ~Transcaucasia, after four months’ isolation, ready to accept any position the government may offer him. The former Red army leader, granted absolution from his political heresy on his promise to obey the dictates of the party and observe all the rules of strict Bolshevism, prob- ably will be offered the commisssriat of foreign trade, vacated by Leonid Krassin's apponitment as Ambassador to France. This post, Trotsky's friends hope, will help restore him to spme degrée of power by leading to a more re- sponsible placé in the cabinet. While Trotsky still has hopes of regaining his place in charge of the Red army, it is believed Gen. Frunze, who succeeded him- in the war min- istry, will be left in that poaition. Trotsky was accompanied from Transcaucasia by a few members of his personal staff and by his wife, who has been his sole counselor during his recent political vicissitudes. No Longer Popular Idol. Thers was no crowd to welcome the former minister of war and nothing in the nature of an official raception. Only a few railroad police and oflicials of the station, several of Trotsky's former secretaries, a few newspaper men and Trotsky's 17-year-old son were present when the train arrived. This apparent indifference is believed to reflect the attitude of the general public toward Trotsky. The people seem to care little about the future of the once powerful political figure. At first Trotsky appeared depressed and tired. but his face brightened when he saw the small group await- ing him, and he engaged in animated conversation ‘with those friends. Com- ments were made upon his aged ap- pearance. His hair is much gray than it was a year ago, and there are deep lines in his face, showing, his friends say, the great mental distress he has experienced since his demotion from leadership of the Red Army. Wife Talks for Him. Trotsky declined the invitation of American correspondents to talk and asked them to communicate with him | later at the Kremlin. However, his wife volunteered the information that, despite his tired appearance, he was in- excellent health and eager to re-| sume work. Trotsky proceeded from the station to the Kremlin, wheére he resumed a modest two-room apart- ment. His political status will prob- ably be announced at the meeting of the Soviet Federal Congress May 12. During his enforced stay in the Cau- casus the deposed war leader wrote a new book reiterating his political views. It is said to be a much less vigorous and bellicose volume than ‘Lessons of the 1917 Revolution,” which caused his political downfall. FLIGHT IS DELAYED. Los Angeles Will Start Return to United States Tomororw. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 7 (AP.).—The return flight of the United States Navy dirigible airship Los Angeles scheduled for todey,) was postponed until tomorro Years Old Today; Messages of Cheer Flood Home By the Associated Prese. DANVILLE, Ili, May 7.—Joseph G. Cannon, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, today passed the $9th milestone of his lite. The day was spent quietly with his family. Lieuts. Jack Harding, world fiyer, and Lowell Thomas, o- rian of the world flight, were guests of “Uncle Joe" for a short time this morning. The statesman expressed keen interest in aviation, recalling that he once had been ‘termed a “reckless spendthrift of the peo- ple’s money"” for aiding in the pas- sage of an appropriation to assist Prof. Langley in his airplane ex- periments. romp with his 4.year-old great- granddaughter, Lucretia Houghtel- ing. Later in the day a committee from old Battery A, Illinois Na- - tional Guard, presented a floral of- fering in remembrance of “Uncle Joe's” successful efforts in 1898 in having the Danville battery called for service in the Spanish-Ameri- . can War. Uncle Joe is an honorary member of Camp Egbert, United Spanish War Veterans. Mr. Cannon declined to discuss politics, hut declared he had great confidence in President Coolidge’s & . common sense.” Com- menting from the side lines on modern progress, he added: ““The world is moving forward so fast with new inventions for our comfort. and . copwenience that I find it hard gy pace.” i Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system covers lock and the regular e red to Washington homes e papers are pr.ated. Circulation, 101,233 TWO CENTS. WOMEN DESTROY PACIFIST TRACTS AT QUINQUENNIAL Make Bonfire of Pamphlets Advocating Total Disarmament. EXHIBITED IN BOOTH AROUSE LEADERS’ IRE Article by Mrs. Villard Among Those Repudiated by Coun- cil Heads. Literature advocating immediate total disarmament of all nations was collected last night from a booth 1y the exhibition hall of the Washingtoh Auditorium and burned by officers of the American Council of the inter- national Council of Women, now hold ing their quinquennial hare. Careful discrimination was made be- tween pamphlets advocating progres sive policies towards peace thro international co-operation, which the council frankly suppor:s, und those urging more sweeping methods of ending war, such as the cutting off of military and naval appropriations without regard for the actual prob- lems of national defense. National officers said today that the pamphlets were placed in distribution without their knowledge and that they ordered an investigation at once when some of the objectionable liter ature was brought to their atrention The literature destroved was publish ed by the Women's Peace Union, 244 Lexington avenue, New York. The status of this organization toward the National Council remained undefined this morning, but it is not 2 member of the international body. The exhibits are not official on the part of the International Counci!, although most of the societies main taining booths in the basement are member organizations. The exhibit is planned as a demonstration of woman's progress in industry, profes sions and welfare. Mrs. Villard Wrote One. ‘The pamphlets destroyed were as follow: An { ppeal for outlawing war by 2 constitutional amendment which would prohibit the eppropriation of money for purchasing erms or paying sol- diers. An article by Mrs. Henry Villard daughter of William Lloyd Garrison. murder ce. fonal move- ment for immediaie total disarma- men An articlé describing violénce and killing as always wrong, whether done under military orders or otherwise. This literature was retained: A publication of the World Peace Foundation containing a chart of the e of Nations and of the World Court of International Justice. An article by Lucia Ames Mead, al- legedly on the polity of the Interna tional Council to develop an inter- national mind on world issues. The League of Nations covenant, published by the Pro-League Inde- pendents of 17 East Forty-first street, New York. League Literature Saved. A list of publications issued by the League of Nations. published by the ‘World Peace Foundation. A pamphlet alleging certain perni- cious control of history teaching in the public schools and urging that this be given a more international aspect, written by Bessie L. Pierce of the University of Iowa. An article by Donald R. Taft of ad‘voca;‘lng] a fairer in v in school history text books dealing with the World War, and calling attention to misstate ments in the text books used by some nations. 3 _The discovery of the ‘“peace” ex- hibit yesterday revived for a time all the misunderstandings of the status of the International Council in respect to pacifist organizations, and the quick action of the American office was intended to squelch further charges at once. “Tolerance Essential.” Officers of the American Council ex plained today that the international organization places no restrictions whatever on the opinions of any of its members so long as these remain within the limits of decency and obe. dience to the laws of the various coun tries. In an organization built out of a great many member socleties in practically every country in the world it was explained, the utmost tolerance to_differences of opinion is essential. | Without question, the American |officers pointed out, & great majority of the members do not believe that immediate, complete disarmament of any nation or group of natiops is the best way to peace at present, but, on the other hand, some may think so sincerely, have 'logical arguments to back their beliefs, and are entitled to the discussion of these arguments, either on the floor of the council or anywhere else. Mrs. George Cadbury of England, a | Quaker and noted welfare worker, who is chairman of the international stand. ing committee on peace, explained that the International Council, as a body, inever could move faster toward peace than the majority of its member |nations were willing to go with it. | This fact alone, she said, prevents any radical stand on peace, since it would be almost suicidal for women from the Eastern European countries to advocate that theit countries give up all means of self-defense. when they were threatened on all their borders Defines Own Stand. | “I myself,” said Mrs. Cadbury, “heve been accused since I have been in Washington of being president of the International Union for Peace and Freedom, a European organization which has some extreme pacifists in its membership, as well as many con- structive workers to uproot the causes of war. The facts are that I once was a member of this organization, and voluntarily withdrew simply beca 1 could not reconcile the position with the office I held in the International Council, where. nations as well as in- dividuals must be considered. A wom- an who has sent two sons to the war since she belonged to a pacifist organi- zation can hardly be considered a dan- gerous pacifist.” Mrs. N. E. Harris, proxy president of the American Council, said t! (Continued on Page 5, Colump