Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1925, Page 12

12 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 19, 1925—PART 1. AV 1S TORN BY JAPANESE SSUE Teaching in Alien Schools‘ Precipitates Bitter Court Fight. Hawai the teaching pudlic Hawaii is torn with a fight over of Japanese in the schools. Carrol Binder, in to write of race problems n the Pa tells in the following article of the struggle to preserve American interests in Honolulu #:hools | { | i i | | | BY CARROL BINDER. D. he By ¢ to The Star a HONOLULLU and costly Japan long troversy over the here has been trans ferred e Territorial and Fed-| eral courts in this city to the Untted States Court of Appeals at San Fran clsco. A decision is hoped for before | September The issue tha Japanese arousing wides| the anti-Japanese. hards, lc people inspired Supreme Court decision in t ska German language case, hope to restrain the local authorities from regulating the schools here, which in some instances are violently pro Japanese and un-Amer But the territorfal officials are con fident that their school law is consti- | tutional 1 that this case not parallel to the Nebraska ca ere no Dt to suppress th t of Japane | but merely to see that su does not conflict with the te school system and ne American <ht July 18 has been tearing asunder community in yread_prejudice The Japa un- | hing is ta ¥rear Holds Law Valid. Walter L Hawaiian includ last two consul and the leading Japanese prove the luw and advise the language schools to obey it. The Hawaii Hochi, on the other hand, opposes the law, claiming that it is a violation of t treaty. American attorneys for t Intiffs have received $19,000 of the ,000 expended he last two vears and they sponsit for the heated controversy carried on | in every Japanese group in the terri-| tory. | Ten Chinese and nine Korean guage schools comply with the do 57 out of the Japanese sc but 13,069 pupils, of whom 98 cent are American citizens are in unlicensed schools defyi law, while only 5,785 pu licensed schools complyin law. The Japanese started the la schools in 1896 to fit the children to return to their homeland, and in ad dition preserve their ancestral culture and ideals. The schools were support- | ed by the parents of Japanese chil- | dren and assessments were made on all Japan cluding bachelors. The Japanese government was asked for a subvention, but did noj grant it The children at these schools semble at 7 o'clock in t and are released in ti American school: are too tired, frequ the lessons in ish American schools close the Japanese pupi sembled in the Japanese where they remain until dar their parents are employed. Former ¢ the territorial element lan nage | | morr attend t pupils th . to profit When for the re again the da because | Ameriea is Ignored. These Japanese schools pl phasis on the ethics and histo Japan and ignore American in: tions. The children are dazed by be- ing compelled to salute the Japane: flags in one school and th flag in another allens and frequ Amerlean institutions. Japanese pupils, by citizens, are gi cation in dual ¢itizenship. This is symbol a picture in a der which is used In the frontispiece showing the Japunese the island 0ols wer the pub territorial Legislature 1 law formulated as numero schools. The in that year passed jointly by the local Americans il apanese, licensing all the schools having teachers who speak, read and e ish, and wh with the ideals of d American history The spirit of the law was to regulate rather than pro- hibit hools, and time was allowed | for teachers to qualify themselves It obligated the teachers to U promote American citizenship were not to conduct an before or during the b E for the public schools. The time for school attendance during the year vas limited, and penalties were pro- | vided for violations of the law | | Measure Well Received. The measure was well received and most of the teachers qualified. A joint committee of Japan and Americans prepared textbooks adapted | to local us and supplanting the ese-made texts then prevalent, ited modern pedagogical methods by whic a « se could be completed in six vears. They recom-| mended barring children not complet in he first two vears in an American | school, thus conserving the health of | the children and givi them a start in English before attem, ng Japanese. Then a violent agitation ensued and s increased when a license fee of | per imposed to meet | > inspection tion of textbooks. T an addition: tors who and_ subs that the terr suppress the Japanes Henry B. Schwart the language schoc th luw works well so fz t been given a trial. He believes that good citizens are bei trained in the schools which are now open to pupils in the first and second srades by an edict of the school commissioners. The schools, supervisor says that | with the pu | ary { schools, | & | where the Americ treedom o merican | ha Rear Admiral William V. Pratt, Formerly commander of battleship division of the battle fleet, who has just been named commandant of the Naval War College here, ncgeeding Rear Admiral Clarence C. Williams. Admiral W ms will become com- mander-in-chief of the United States Asiatic fieet. ve been pronounced admirable by embers of the Japanese delegation to the congre: Relation: ing educ tain a gl including some of the lead tors of Japan. They con ary of English equivalents for Japanese words. This is useful to residents of Hawaii, nearly half of the population of which is Japanese The school authoriti cheerfully with language mpiy with the Nine hools now assemble in public build i 7 pse is taught like other foreign n the Hanolulu high school Schwartz says that the new be in general use and achers t Af™ they “are cided improvement over the previous exts. They put a new interest into the schools, making teaching easier Is more attentive. 5. by Chicago Daily News Co.) langus (Copyright. 192 CHICAGO HAS RECORD MEADOW PARK AREA 101.7 Square Acres Devoted to All Forms of Recreation, Is Best of Kind. CHICAGO, 18.—The clear, level g meadow if any park in the United States is the one in Washington Park here. It has an a of 101 square ac which nearly one-third of the total area of the park. The meadow is as level as engineer ing skill can make it and is covered th a velvet coat of grass. There is space for 2 irons, 5 than 1, 1 is all fields and courts. Here ( s multitudes find room to “stretch their legs.” The meadow surrounded by shade walks ple e drives, mipiature lake ind flower gardens. The famous “Bu; Club,” an institution unique to Ch go. meets at this spot. Men, wom and children of every descrintion in groups to listen to soap orators and demagogues delive ioned messages. It is a bl n right to absolute speech is unhampered on Park is the second of Chicago's parks, ranking Jackson, which has acres. More than spent i cost of the I 10 tennis courts, monds and two football fields jon to 45,000 square feet of playground, 25,000 square ading pools and 1,580 square teet of sand courts. ed level spe n end, known mately long. is Wa largest next_to i e s the 000 feet wide the northe: dow,” is appro: and’ 3,000 feet Argentine League Bill 0. K.'d. BUENOS AIRES, July 18 (#) foreign affairs committee of the C ber of Deputies has reported on President de Alvear's.bill and me: sages to Congress ting ratifica tion of Argentin adherence to the League of Nations. ’ The President introduced the mea: ure on June 6, 1923, and subsequently sent two messages to Congress urging action upon it. A he Polished diamonds se: Am- sterdam to this country in one month recently were s of the Institute on Pacific | s de- | 80 perfect football grid: | more SEES CASH BASIS FOR PHILIPPINES Gov. Wood Advises Legisla- ture to Relinquish Govern- ment Control of Utilities. By the Associated Pre MANILA, July 18.—Gov. Gen. Leon- ard Wood told the Philippine Legisla- |ture Thursday that the government | should transfer to private enterprise all railroads. mines and agricultural enterprises under its control. Another outstanding feature of his annual message was the possibility | the government going on a cash basis due to the increase in revenues in | 1924. Gov. Gen. Wood said the Filipinos are a generally happy and contented people, living under steadily improving conditions There have heen no serious dis turbances during the past year, but some local unrest “due, generally, to | the' action of misguided people lowing fanatical leaders,” with, in to come, occasional disturb. in ‘Moro ntagonism accentuated by their rapid ilipinization. / n Schools. said remarkable Progress of English | Gov. Gen. Wood progress has been made in_teaching | ish in the public schools, but if Inglish were to be properly taught, it uld be necessary to-have a much force of American teachers 1t we would create interest in econontic devel as we have in education, the progress of the Filipino would be greatly accelerated,” the svernor general said. He urged the maintenance of the line of demarca tion between executive and legislative branches of government The governor pointed out that the cost of maintaining the government last year was less than for the pre Vious vear and the revenues increased by $5.000,000 in favor of 1924, com by | pared with 1923. i Quezon for Tmmedite Freedom. Manuel Quezon, upon assuming the | duties of president of the Philippine aid: ““At the last general elec i was shown that the the Filipino people in their cause of | freedom is adamant, and no candldate | dared to oppose the cause of in dependence. “With the Washington administr tion and Gov. Gen. posed to immediate independence, not only was there not a single candidate who dared the outcome with a stand against immediate, absolute and com- | plete independence of our country, but on the contrary, they all view with each other in the vehemence of their adhesion to the sacred cause, giving | assurances to the people that they would fight in defense of the people’s rights. Whether a policy of co-operation with the governor will be adopted by the Legislature is undecided, but is being discussed Navy Plane Falls Into Sea. ial Dis to The AN DIEGO, Calif, naval airplane. piloted by Lieut. J. Connel navigation officer of Hawail flight expedition, and panion ship to that flown by John Rodgers, fell into the Afternoon during a. test flight bet an Diego and San Francisco, landing pontoons were smashed, the ships returned to San Diego. st 18.—A B the com July and of | fol- | egions, due to | aith of | Wood openly op- | COURT ACTS ON STRIKE. Tailoring Firm Blames Rival Union for Attacks on Employes. NEW YORK, July 18 (#).—Sidney }Hlllmun. president of the Amalgamat- 1ed Clothing Workers of America, was | ordered today to shovr cause Friday why the union should not be enjoined | from “continuing by force, violence and intimidation and threat” to inter- | fere with the operation of business of the International Tafloring Co., a | Chicago firm. The tafloring firm alleges the unio: which is not affiliated with the Ame: can Federation of Labor, was respon ible for more than a score of as- ults on its employes. The trouble | originated when the firm refused to | renew a working agreement with the union and instead made an agreement | with the United Garment Workers of | America, an organization affiliated | withthe American Federation of La- | bor. | TANNENBERG VICTORY | MONUMENT PLANNED | ‘Will Commemmorate Victory and | Will Surround Smaller One on Field. Correspondence of the Associated Press. KOENIGSBERG, June 29.—An im- | posing monument to commemorate |the Hindenburg victory at Tannenberg |15 to be erectad on the site of the bat- | tlefleld. It .will surround a smaller | monument dedicated to the memory of the old Hindenburg regiment which now marks the scene of the battle The plan for the new monument was selected in a contest and was pro- pos by two brother: Walter and Johannes Krueger. It will consist of an octagonal wall, 16 feet high and 625 feet in diameter, to encircle the present monument. Massive square towers 49 feet in height are to be placed at each of the eight corners A me which took part in the provided and the ground floors seven of the towers will be equipped 1s museums containing relics of the battle. The upper stories of the | towers are to be arranged as living quarters for nnenberg veterans, who will be caretakers and act as guides of the battlefield. | BUY FAMOUS COACH. Vehicle of Napoleon II Is Pur- chased for Berlin Zoo. | Correspondence of the Aseociated Press. BERLIN, June 29.—The mana ment of the Zoological Garden in Ber lin has recently purchased the gal: coach of little Napoleon II, the great Napoleon's only son, from the Castans Museum of Wax Works. The vehicle is still emblazoned with | the imperial French erown surmount- ing the date A.D. 1813. The ceach | takes its place in the “little caravan” at the zoo, a procession of youngsters |on the donkeys and camels and in coaches drawn by goats and ponies making hourly rounds of the zoologi | cal garden. | | Bladensburg Man, 95, Buried. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | BLADENSBURG, Md., July 1% The funeral of Frederick E. Lepp vears old, who died Tuesday in Maryland hospital, was held yesterday morning from his late home, the res} | dence of his sister, Mrs. Mary E Manning herself ‘more than 90 Burial was in Fort Lincoln Cemetery Mr. Lepper was born near London, England. He came here from Cleve | land in 1898. PRESERVE YOUR SIGHT Two Kinds of Invisible Bifocals $3.00 Sheil frames an toric lenses. 7 The above quality is offered by some jew- elers. OPTICAL BARGAINS Come in and we convinee you that perfeet Iinvisi| locals are the cheapest at the :ndw 4 Our exclusive Oy Eyes Examined by Registered Eyesight Specialists Excusive 1he Shah Opticians 81 2 Exceptional -Bargain Pleasant Springs Farm of 530 Acres iding or ldings are all an elght-room house with ning water, t rages, a lurge . Stable, corn house and granary, and impl ment shed, chicken houses with concrete repair, there is ath ‘and_run- alow. two g fors wnd ‘many outbuildings: fenced and eross-fenced with woven wire fencing: fhe finesi water from wells, springs and .There Is an orchard of 12 mostly of Stark Brothers’ trees of pears. cherries. peaches, plums, Rpricots, crabapples, blackberries. efe. "A'fine forest of maples. Black walnut Fum, poplar, beech, etc fand cordy of hardwood on the farm. Originally, " 200 acres were cleared, bui during the past three vears only about 35 meres have been under cultivation. “Call Mr. Garcia, Col. 16: 5800 16th St. N.W. White Shoes That Were $5.95 po $7-50— No Drops Used Optical Co. F St. 700 pairs only—of White Shoes ; Cor. 7th & K Sts. 414 9th St. N.W. 1914-16 Pa. Ave 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. Tan Two-Tone and other Crepe Rubber-sole Sports Shoes. Special $3.35 Mark Down that’ll go like greased lightning! Bet- ter get here early! Ina tle will be | | | | | rorial hall for each regiment ! Two, on Way to Capital, in IPINLEY FAVORS SENKTE REFORNS lllinois Senator Declares Self for Dawes Program in Speech. By the Associated Press. HANNIBAL, Mo, Dawes proposal for re ate rules was indorsed by Unite ates Senator Willlam B. McKin: »f Tllinois in an address here .befor the Southern Ilinois Editorial Asso ciation, aboard the steamer Alabar on the associution’s annual Missis <ippi River trip. The Senxtor { in favor” of the revisi { realized the difficult bringing i | tbout. Much important leglelmhm] | July 18.—Th | dision of Sen he said, was talked to death beg of k of a cloture rule in the Senate e gave as examples the private pen- sion and Muscle Shoals bills in last session of Congress. Disgussing the world court, Sena- tor McKinley reminded the editors that Elihu Root’s plan for a permi nent court at 1e Hague, proposed in 1920, had been adopted by all civ ilized jons with the e ption of he United States, Rus , Germany and a few others. | Of the three-billion dollars appro- | priated by the last Congress, he said, | mly 17 per t was for actual gov- arnment operution, while the remain ler was for maintenance of Army and Navy and to pay, directly or indirect- | y. for past w i GIRL TOURISTS HURT. Auto | the Accident. Pa., July 18 (P) and Miss Elva e severely injured | JEN oW Miss Alice Gritn Lewie of Detroit we near here today when their automo bile overtur They were found under their car by a_passing motorist who took th n to 4 hospital in Somer- | :t, Pa. Miss Gritman, the more seri- | ously hurt, was unconscious. She sustained a fractured arm and dislo- | ated hip and severe lacerations. | They were en route to Washington, D Two-thirds of the foreign-made shoes worn by women of Canada are rom_the United Stafes By Owner A bargain that will surprise vou. A new, well built bun- galow, 5 large rooms and bath, pantr; floored attic, full size cellar, gas and electricity; pipe less furnace: lot 66: more ground if wanted. ; $500 cash, $50 o month. I have another bungalow like it, corner lot 90x217. $4,750. Must be disposed at once. Call Hyattsviile 507. OVERWHELMING for us! All That Were $5.95 & $6.95 $}5; AHN'S do things on a BIG SCALE always! But here’s an event even At one swoop— EVERY $595 and $6.95 Look for this G-E Fan Girl in dealers’ windows. 1 A fan-cooled breakfast, a cool day of work, a cool Tuncheon hour, a cool eve- ning in the theatre. Everywhere—al- ways—G-E Fans—to bring in the breeze. Ten cool hours for amickel! No excuse for heat or discomfort when a nickel supplies a G-E breeze for ten cool hours. GENERALELECTRIC THERE IS A DEALER IN YCUR NEI(~BORH3J0D —PATRONIZE HIM! Wholesale Distributors oNAL ELECTRICAT, SuppPLy Co), 1328-1330 New York Ave.. ratress THE HOME ELECTRIC SHOP Phone Main 6549 for Free Demonstration (o) (=N Automotive Supplies Machinery Supplies Phone Main 6800 517 10th St. Away theygo/ ALLWHITE SHOES All That Were $10 to $12.50 equally important Sale—ALL our loveli est, most exclusive $10 to $12.50 White Shoes re- duced to $6.75! And others in Pastel colors, tans, blacks WHITE SHOE, and many other smart styles in all wanted materials and col- ors reduced to $3.75. But you've got to Hurry! (At Al Our Stores Except G Street) Short Lines Child’s Shoes At our 7th St. Store only. Short lines in many of our higher-priced shoes for small boys and gi three bargain groups. $1, $1.45, $1.95 rls—in “Gity Club Shop 1318 G St. and other smart materials. Fashion’s most recent crea- tions at almost HALF re cent prices! (At Our G Street, 7th St. and 9th St. Stores) Cor. 7th & K Sts. 414 9th St. N.W. 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. S.E.