Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1926, Page 1

» WEATHER. w Rain S. Weather Bureau F tonight. tome est grees 215 p.m. a.m. today. vesterday nw sthly changing to snow and colder, low. temperature tonight about 35 de- Tempe:aturs—Hizhest, lowest, Full rep vt on page 9. orecast.) rain, pos. 61 at 31 at 6 Mew York Stock Market Close¢ Today 20,882, Eru . office. ered_as second ¢ Washincton, s€ matter D.- C. ch WASHINGTON, D. C, £ NATIONWIDE HONOR PAID WASHINGTON ON 194TH BIRTHDAY Capital joins Rest of America in Tribute to Memory of First President. ADDRESS BY COOLIDGE TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT Various Patriotic and Civic Organ- izations Takine Part in Celebra- tion—Many Dances Scheduled. Al erica day he ington on his birth. Neithe Ar is hom memors o the 104th anniversa:y the passing of dec ades nor the phrases of slanderers have served to tarnish the brilliance of the genius that guided the stri gling safelv through th crucial vears, and today, wherever the Stars and Stripes wave, the name of George Washington hailed with devoted reverence. National Capital the wheels | o vernment were stilled for the day and only essential industries-and | business organizations were in opera tion. Memorial marked the opening of both hranches of Congress at noon and during the morni outstanding pairiolic meeinzs were held, at which were represented the patriotic, civie and zaniza- tions in the city Funizht i'esident (ool official coznizance of the day in an address before the convention of the department of superintendence here which will b> broadeasi. This after. noon he and Mrs. Coolidze will spend their time quietly at the White House with @ iew close friends. A score of dances and dinners will mark the close of celebration in many ho tels and private homes th ening. At Following custom of lon, Ing. the Washingion National ment Society placed a wreath base of the Washingio: this morning. and a number of pairi otic organizations held ilar cere monies hefore the eqi an statue in Washington Cirele. Although the skies were avercast, no Temen: weather developed to inerrupt thes services. The remainder of the progiam this afternoon and this evening will be {ndnors. Under the auspices of the District | Commissioners an official celebration | was held this morning mt Pott'e The. ater, mearly 100 civic, patrioti and social societies participlatine Hi Government officials, members of (¢ gress, members «of the plomatic corps and high officers of the Armn Navy and Marine (‘orps were mests of honor. The theater wi and prominent speakers enl life of Washington as the gener the Continental Army and as the President of the United States. The Sons of the American Revoln tion. Daughters of the Amer olution and Children nof 1 Revolution joined in patric this morning in Memoria! Continenta! Hall. Here, too, . <h. ington were recited and a number of hitherto unpublished papers and let- ters written by the President ware read. The (Government, dipio matic corps and the Army. Navy and | Marine Corps were prominently rep- resented at this meeting, ton Bingham Reads Address. Eenator RBingham o Connecticu read Washington's farewell address when the Senate convened session this noon, and sin cises were held in the Honse by Important legisiation Congress then continued consideration of its regular business. The chaplains re- ferred to the meaning of the day in the opaning prayers hoth in the Sen ate and the B nd it w hoped that an early r zht » taken s a further mark of 3 The Association of Oldest Inhabi tants, the Nationaj Capital's oldest patriotic organization. held its annual Washington birthday meting this morning. At noon the District of (‘o- | lumbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution held its annual | meeting for the election of officers and a luncheon. This meeting foi lowed the joint memorial service in | Memorial Continental Hall. i The Society of the Sons of the Revo- | lution in the District of Columbia placed a wreath at the hases of many patriotic statues, inciuding those in| memory of Rochambeau, John Paui. Jones, John Bar athaniel Greene, Lafayeite, Pulaski. von =ieuben. Ben. | jamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Rush, Edmund Burke Kosciusko and George Washington Many Visit Mount Vernon. Delegations from the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the District organi- | zation of Boy Scouts will visit Wash. ington’s home at Mount Vernon dur ing the day. George Washington| Post of the American Legion and the Boy Scouts of Alexandria also will go to Mount Vernon. In addition, the transportation companies have pre- pared to carrying a large crowd of other visitora to the historic estate of | the first President. Many persons at- tending the Natlonal Education Asso- | ciation meeting have arranged to! make the trip. George Washington T'niversity will hold exercises at 2014 H street at # o'clock tonight. Carmela Ponselle of the Metropoliian Opera Company will sing, and the National String Quartet, assisted by the Tuesday Evening Chorus, will participate in the program. The affair is to be under the auspices of the hoard of lady managers of George Washing- ton University Hospital. Stuart Wolcott Post has charge of the American Legion's official cele- bration, to be held in the Hall of Na- tions, .of the Washington Hotel, to- night. A most attractive and color- ful program has been arranged. It will include a_number of tableaux, depicting “The Spirit of '76,” “Colonial Soldiers” and “Miss Liberty.” The Golden Pheasant Orchestra will be garbed entirely in Colonial uniforms. is being services two s ze will take Wreath Laid Monume: i it at the Monumen w s crowded Pressed m e Helen Wills Wins Again. BEAULIEU, France, February 22 (#).—Helen Wills and Charles 8. Kipgsley of England today defeated Miss Elleen Bennett of England and H. M. B. Fisher of New Zealand in the finals of the Beaulieu mixed dou- bles, 6—4, 6—3, authorities to play WASHINGTON’S FOREIGN POLICY STILL STANDS, KELLOGG SAYS Tells University of Pennsylvania Students Principles of U. S. G - Isolation From Alien Nations. By the Assoria i Ceo rin ot rowe Press ADE LT Waskin Fehrnary admenit anen wiih for wis nzton’s hirthday Lversity of Penn ing to maintain The principle has tone of our foreign not mean isalat i 1o co-operate, as we hi with other nations HELD AS FREBLE YOUTH CONFESSES Three Capitol Heights Arson Charges Made Against Robert W. Carr, Jr. Srevial Dispatch 1o The Star. UPPER MARLBORO. Md., February Three warrants charging arson issued this morning against ‘. Carr. jr. handsome 17 pitol Heights, Md., boy, ested early yvesterday at scene of a fire he fessed start- and made a written confession ngerprints were taken and handwriting compared with of a note received by Sheriff Fink ince Georges County January 1 threatening to fire the public school institute a reign of terror nnless was discontinued mateh in the were Robert vear-old wh and war on bootlegzer The writing did apinion of some. confession in which he said he started the fire yvesterday morning which zed 2 hen coop and barn at the =~ of Mrs. John Nolan, who is in th Carolina e what he had done until he was preparing to retire, when he redressed himself and returned to the scene to help firemen and others extinguish the blaze not Tells of Firing Barn. came 1o tewn on a bus from Washington and got home after 12 a.m..” said the confession, which was signed at the Mariboro jail in the presence of (Constable Thomas Garrison and others. “1 went into the house, sat down to eat some- thing, and after being in the house about 15 minutes came out and went tn the corner of Franklin avenue. then went back home and sat down on a chair in the kitchen. T ing a small hox in the hencoop with a match. Went home and started to undress, then realized what I had done, went out and tried the fire, carrving water . Carr. Marlboro The warrants charge setting fire to the store Lagana, the home of E. Jones, be- sides the Nolan barn. None of the fires was serions. He will be given a hearing at 3 o'clock tdmorrow after- non before Police Justice Herbert J. foffat. Hyattsville. Robert Upper amuel Arrested After Watch. Carr was arrested at the scene of the Nolan fire while helping the fire- | men. Town Bailiff Mark Wood and Oscar W.-Poore, a_vigilant. had been watching him. following his return from Washington, and their E of his movements coincides with the written confession 'PORTS OF WHAMPOA AND CANTON CLOSED Cargoes of Five Nations Delayed. Violation of Treaties by Strik- ers Causes Action. Br the Assoriated Press HO! NG, February 22 —Effec- tive vesterday the commissioner of customs at Canton has closed the ports of Canton and Whampoa. No steam- |ers left here for Canton this morning except one, which is sailing to Sha- meen, the foreizn colony there, with provisions, under the protection of |the British ensign. As a result of the commissioner's action the cargoes of ships of five na- tlons are delayed. The customs commissioner’'s action was reported to the consular body at Canton this afternoon and was unani- mously indorsed. Passengers and car- o are not now admittable to Canton. Advices from Hongkeng yvesterday told of a strongly worded protest for- warded by the commissioner of cus- toms of Canton to the Canton govern- ment regarding alleged violation of treaties by the strike committee in seizing and selling cargo. The com- missioner threatened in this protest to stop shipments from Canton as well as the landing of import cargo. ernment Demand Measure “of its | the | The youth signed a | He said he did not | H. | came | out again and started a fire by light- | ta put out | S non-potitical activities for the :«lnm--.' ment of zeience, education,. commerce and Al other activities =0 important to moder ilization. It simply means that the United States, through Mg experience come 1o the con- clusion that or defensive al- ! lanees, politic military, are not | in Barmony with the principles of our avernment or in the interests of our rring to demands for extension al paternalism, the Secretary Government should not as siime to carry on the activities neces- | 3 for the prosperity and happiness | {of the people nor bevond what is ne- | for zood Government, to re rights and activities. The 70t he dependent perma- 1y upon the Govern raress and prosperity. ALUMINOM PROBE * DENAND REVSED Senate Group Considers Res- olution Asking Early Grand Jury Action. ; ’ A resolution providing for imm-dr: late grand jury proceedinzs against | }lho Aluminum Company of America | |on the ground that that company had violated a consent decree of the Fed eral conrt and antitrust laws pi ably will be introduced in the Senate, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Demo. cratic leader. sald today. { Such a resolution would be a suh-| stitute for the Walsh resolution pro. | [ viding for a further investigation by the Senate judiclary committee to de- | termine whether there was sround for congressional action authorizing | the emplovment of special Govern- | ment counsel outside the Department | of Justice to prosecute the Aluminum | Co. | ment for his p Thinks Course Best, “There are a number of Senators | ho feel that the better course of ac- | [tion is to proceed now against the | | Aluminum o America without | further investigation.” said Senator | | Robinson. He said that the record | presented tn the Senate by Senator | Walsh apparently shows that there | has been violation of the consent de-! ivroo against thi minum Co., ren- dered by a Fed onFt In Pennayl- vania®in 1912. and that the company has violated the anti-trust laws. i | The action proposed now would be | in large measure similar to that taken | {by the Congress regarding the prose- | cution of the cases against former ! Secretary Albert . Fall of the In-| terior Department. E. L. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair in connection Wllh: the Teapot Dome and California naval oil reserve leases. Senator Robinson said the resolu- | tion had not vet heen drafted and its form. therefore, had not been finally determined. It will be a joint reso- Iution. however, providing for action hy_both Houses. The President was given the au- thority to appoint the special coun sel in the oil cases, and undoubtedly would be given similar authority in | the aluminum company resolution, it was indicated. Cummins to Speak. . When the Senate met at noon today if 'was with the expectation that the | | Aluminum Co. of America would be under discussion during a great part of the day. Senator Cummins of | lowa, chairman of the judiciary com-| | mittee, who filed a minority report Thursday, urging the Senate was ex- | ceeding ~its' constitutional authority | |when it sought to continue the in-! | vestigations was to address the Senate. fie called attention in his minority re. | portdo the fact that the Department nf | Tustice itself had completed an invest- igation of the acts of the company | and had reached the conclusion that | proceedings against the company on | charges alleging violation of the con- sent degree could not be sustained | successfully. Senator Cummins holds that if the Senate is to so encroach upon the functions of the executive branch of the Government, the system | of Government itzelf will be upset. Senator Walsh of Montana, chief investigator bf the Teapot Dome case and acting now in the same capacity | with regard to the Aluminum Com.- | pany of America, is the only Senator who so far has addressed the Senate on the Aluminum Company case. A number of Senators in addition to Sen- ator Cummins, are expected to join in the debate, which may run for sev- | eral days before action is taken on the Walsh resolution, or on 2 substi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) PRIESTS FORCED '}0 GO. | Three More Prepared for Bepom-l tion From Mexico. MEXICO CITY, February 22 (#).— Two French priests and one Italian | priest were sent to Vera Cruz yes- terday for deportation. They were charged with violating the Mexican constitution, which forbids the func- tloning of foreign-born ministers. The officlals today made public the names of the 49 Catholic schools and convents which have been closed re- cently in and around Mexico City. Ten were In the capital and 39 in the suburbs. {Baker, Playing Part of Czar Nicholas, Brings Near-Riot as People Fear Return By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, February 22.—Extraordi- nary scenes were enacted at Lenin- grad over the week end, when crowds, alarmed by a report that Czar Nicho- las had ‘“returned,” rushed to the square before the Winter Palace and demanded that he be arrested. The clamor was calmed only when Communist police emerged from the palace and announced that.the “czar” was only Nicholas Evdakov, a baker, whosa extraordinary resemblance to the ‘late Emperor caused him to be chosen by the state flo& lcture reigning Romanoff in a new and anti- monarchical film. The plot is based on the 1905 revo- lution, and former generals, states- men, princesses, princes and members of the imperial court are playing the roles they once lived. For instance, there is a chamberlain who held that position under the Czar, a lady-in- waiting who server the Crarina and 36 former officers. Only one character is a professional actor, the others being recruited from the public. The role of Plehve, the Czar’s famous minister of the interior, who was assassinated, is played |by -one of Plehve's associates. Fhe ‘after ferry WITH SUNDAY MONDAY MORNING EDITION g FEBRUARY * 99 CHERRY TREE TRIMMING, PAGES. L Star. 1926—THIRTY-FOUR The Star’ every city bl tion is delive: as fast as th “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers lock and the reguiar edi- red to Washington homes e papers are printed, Saturda Sunday's 's Circulation, 102,107 Circulation, 110,917 [z L TWO CENTS. | COUNTESS, LS, WILL FACE COURT Admitted Under Bond, She Must Appear Before Fed- eral Judge Tomorrow. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK. February The Countess of Cathcart. after 12 days’ exclusion from the United States be. cause of her elopement with the Earl of Craven in 1922, was in New York today under a 10.day leave from the Department of Labor She was released unexpectedly from FEllis Tsland last night under a $300 personal bond. Temorrow in Federal Court here will be arguments on her habeas corpus proceedings seeking ad- mission over the ruling of the De partment of Labor that she he ex- cluded on grounds of “moral turpi- tude.” Thendore G. Risley, acting secretary of Labor, after ordering her release, left Washington for New York. The telegram authorizing the re lease sald: “Amend previous order ex- cluding Vera Cathcart to read—'Ex- cluding decision afirmed. but release temporarily for 10 days under her own personal bond—$500. Notify United States attorney at once of action taken.” The message arrived service had been discon- tinued, but Commissioner of Immi- gration Curran ordered special service provided. She came ashort at 1146 p.m. with three trunks. “I have heen praying for this for days,” she remarked. Reason for Action Unknown. Immigration officials expressed ig- orance of how the order came to be issued, especially so late at night. “You can search me why,” mald Com- missioner Curran. The countess said “I don't know a thing of how it came about. She was met at the pier by Mrs. Gordon Carr. a friend, who has visited her nearly every day since she a rived, February 10, at Ellix Island. They went to the Hotel Ambassador. The countess sald she wanted to thank American women for their sym- pathy. 22.. ant to see vour great buildings, the Woolworth and other skvscrap- ers,” she said. shortly before she landed at the Battery. It was too dark in the downtown section to see much the Woolworth tower, but the Fed- al Building, where she is to appear tomorrow, is Jjust across the street | from it. Arthur Garfield Hays of her counsel, will argue that her admission of elope- ment with the Earl of Craven does | not constitute admission of crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpl- tude under the laws of the United States, England, France or South Africa. 3 United States Attorney Emory R. Buckner has not indicated what argu- ‘ment he will advance for the Govern- ment's ease, but he wired to the De. partment of Labor for a specialist in immigration to come from Washing- ton. Tt develops that when she a-rived from England a bo-r‘?egf three immi- tion inspectors asked: EDia vou, while still married, have relations with the earl>” “I most certainly did.” she replied. THREE SENT BACK. Two English Women and Irish Woman Deported From Boston. ‘BOSTON, February 22 (#).—Selina Chippendale, an English girl, who had been detlln(‘!,d several h‘l‘e!kn at immigration headquarters here, was on h::‘wn)’ to England today. She was deported yesterday on the steam- ship Aurania. The girl was excluded from entry into the United States be- cause of admissions she made before a board of special inquiry involving moral turpitude. Miss Annie Thresher Rogers. an Englishwoman, and Mtss Delia Can- non, a native of Ireland, also were deported - on the Aurania. They were barred on the ground that they might become public charges. O E PLAY JAZZ IN CHURCH. Dance Hall Orchestra “Goes Big” at Los Angeles Services. 1LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 22 (#).—Jazz music played by a dance hall orchestra went over “big" when introduced as a part of the services at the Wilshire Congregational Church here last night. N The pastor, Dr. Frank Dyer, said that he wanted to show that much of the current mi s easily reconcil- able to awx *‘flu i shis X, sk e INUNS OUT OF CONVENT | ' FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS | Emerging From Institutions Closed i by Mexican Government Are Be- | wildered by New Environment. | | B the Assoriated Press ! | MEXICO CITY. February 22.—Some | | of the nuns from isolated convents | | closed by the government have ap- | | peared in the streets for the first time lin 40 years. They literally entered a | new world and appeared amazed and mystified at the changes thev saw. Never before had they seen automn biles or street cars, They appeared to be rather helpless They alsn were confused over the | |changes in the styvie of frocks and | bonnets during their 40 vears of se. clusion, and it was onlv with the as. sistance of layv friends that they were able to purchase wearing apparel TBURNED TO DEATH IN HOTEL BLAZE 26 Others Hurt in Fire in NewE York State Winter Resort. ! - Victims Waiters. | B the Associated Press. i | MIDDLETOWN. N. Y., February | | Seven hodies had heen recovered |at noon teday from the ruins of fchindler's Prairie House, a: Hur levville, which was swept by fire early | this morning. Because of the charred condition of the hodies, only two were | identified. They iwere walters em ploved at the hotel | Twenty-six others are in a hospital | at Monticello suffering from |l\}¥"‘[fl!‘ received in the fire. The Monticello Hospltai reported | that of the 26 persons taken thera several are belleved to he fatally burned. Doctors and nurses wera sent to Hurlevville from here shortly after the fire began and aided In re- | moving the injured to Monticello, | Property damage was estimated at $150,000. | It was reported that virtually no | one in the hotel escaped injuries. The structure, a threestory modern Win ter resort. burned 1o the ground with in an hour. Approximately 40 guests ware asleap In_the hotel when the fira broke out. The flames spread so ! rapldly that many were trapped in thelr roooms befora they could he | awakened. Many were forced to jump to the ground and suffered broken bones. PRESIDENT, BETTER, RETURNS TO OFFICE Spends Morning at Work—Calls Mellon In for Long Conference. Apparently greatly improved, Presi- dent Coolldge went to his office short- 1y before 9 o'clock this morning and remained until after the neon hour. He sald he was feeling_more like himself again. His spirits appeared to be good and his voice stronger. Tt was the Impression of those who saw him, however, that he is still a “Ht- tie under the weather,” but he an- nounced definitely he .would speak before the Department of Superin- tendence of the N. E. A. at the Audi- | torium tonight. As soon as the President arrived at his desk he sent for Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, with whom he con- ferred for more than an hour. The rest of his time was devoted to the disposal of papers that have accumu- lated during hig illness. Before enter. ing upon his tasks today the Presi- dent, accompanied hy Mrs. Coolidge, motored to the specialist who has been treating his sinus trouble for several years, received a brie{ treat- ment and sald afterward that he felt greatly relieyed. He underwent a similar treatment vesterday. The President was greatly bene- fited by the mild weather and warm sunshine yesterday. He did not at- tend church service, as is his custom, but ssveral times during the day he went to the south portico of the ‘White House and warmed himsgelf in the sun. Early in the afternodn he took a brief stroll about the grounds and later wal| about the downtown streets for 207cr 30 minutes. { than DAVEY € CENTER DEDICATED Means Associated o Girl, 16, Searching For Thrill, Jailed | -In Extortion Plot| Br the Amsociated Press CHICAGO, February search for a “thrill” by Helen Rrit 16-vear-old high school pupil. ended in the Juvenine Detention House today following an alleged attempt to extort $1.000 from George Givot, an actor, by threaten ing him with death. . “It was just for fun,” she told the police” after she had heen taken with a girl companion who subsequently was released. “Ex citement—we wanted a thrill, that's all. “'Of course, Ididn't expect to get the money, but I got a kick out of it. 1 have done it before and had a lot of fun." Givot was called to the telephone A t, ata theater where he is appearing. | A woman told him she wanted a SCHOOL MUST DRIVE JAZZ FROM NATION, TIGERTTELLSN.EA | Clash of Culture With Modern Mental Attitude Inevitable, Educators Here Say. WOMAN SCORE;;'ATHERS FOR INDIFFERENT VIEWS college education but that she had no money. She demanded $1.000. Police traced the call and arrested Miss Britt, HALLENGES ATTAGKSONRECORD Defends Own Work and | Again Demands Reorganiza- tion of U. S. Offices. Recognized in the House today on | & question of high personal privilege, | Representative Dav Democrat, of | Ohio brought his fight with Govern- BEFORE BIG THRONG Walsh Scores Intolerance in| Speech in New Jewish $400,000 Building. { by the employes | the real issue, which he says is “ter- | rific wasta in Before a gathering that filled capacity its spacious auditorfum. the Jewish Community Center, at Six- teenth and Q streets. was formally dedicated last night by leaders of the movement that has been crowned by the arection of the imposing $400.000 structure as the center of Jewish com- munity life in the Capital. At least 2.000 persons gathered in the auditorium and gymnasium of the to | Incidentally, new building. with hundreds unable to | gain admission to hear addresses flay ing religious and racial intolerance by Senator Walsh of Montana and Judge | Irving Lehman of the Court of Ap- peals. Amplifie rrieds the words of the speakers tn those gathered in the gymnastum Festivities incident to the dedication of the building will be continued at a | bhanquet tonight in the auditorium. At least 300 persons are expected to at- tend. and Morris Garfinkle, chairman of the banquet committes. said it | might not he possible to accommodate all who desire places at the tables. Flag Raised Yesterday. dedi flag-raising _exercises afternoon, at which Sabhath of Chicago officiated, marked the opening of the fi The with vesterd: and ! spicuous fact that these criticisms of | | me practically is tion ceremonies opened ' Representative | day | | membership drive for the center under | ment emploves and their defenders squarely before the attention of his colleagues. He declared that the at tacks on his personal record in Con- | gress made by Representative AMoore, Democrat of Virginia: by former Rep- resentative Stengle of New York and organization ignore the Gover the appalling lack of efficient service.” Mr. Davey voiced his conviction that racing from the House ent and | Office Building to the House chamber {like & hell hoy to answer a roil call does not constitute real service to his constituents. Mr. Davey challenged any fellow member to show hetter service to his district, emphasized that he spent all of his salary as & member of Congress for extra clerk hire and expenses ihat he opens up a epecial office for the home cities and gets in soma free ad- vertising for his own private business 9% a trea surgeon. He said people are “thinking in tarma of the cost of government as they have not thought hefora” and that “several zens, including soldlers, taxpayers | and others, have had personal experi- ence with the ineficiency of the Gov- ernment at Washington and cannot ived by any efforts to throw 1 their eyes’ Defends Record. “1 want to emphasize” Mr. said, “that anvthing which may bhe | =aid about my own racord would net ! | Justify the enormous and inexcusahie waste in the Government. It is a con- all ignore the real ue. “I have heen a member of Congress for something over five vears and have never made any claim of answering all the roll calls. the vast majority of which are merely calls to hear some one make a political peech of no con- the general chairmanship of Morris | sequence to Congress or to the roun ‘afritz. The bugle corps of Vincent R. Costello Post sisted in the flagraising exercises. enator Walsh declared in his ad- dress last night that the “struggle for religious liherty in this country seems to he unending." The spirit of persecution persis he gaid, “and from time to time flares up with a virulence that seems to transport us back considerably more a century, directed ‘mainly against the followers of the faith pro- fessed by the big-hearted people who erected this temple and those allied in religious affiliation with myself. “The most recent outburst would seem. waning, but more periectly than some of its prede- cessors, it may endure some time. Eventually it must give way before the good sense of the American peo- ple. is, it Lost Canadian Support. Senator Walsh declared the intoler- ant attitude of New England toward the people of Canada. almost exclu- sively French and Catholic, had cost the American colonies the support of Canada in the Revolution. Judge Lehman. who is president of the National Jewish Welfare Board, declared In his address that “we need fear no bigotry In this country.” as the “spirft of Washington ia not dead, and as long as America endures Washington's spirit will be the spirit | of America. and in Washington's own 3 " (Continued on Page 2, Column T LEAGUE REPORT HITS FRENCH ACTS IN SYRIA Recommends Another Council Expected to Accept Commission’s Findings. Br Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Chance. | American Leglon, as- | | | fice to more than 25.000 individuals in | | the fourteenth Ohin district. organized | try. 1 am inclined to think that member of Congress who answers all roll calls faithfully will have little time left to get important things done for his distriet. “On the other hand, I do Ia very positively to having giv distriet a most unusual type quantity of service. 1 do not helleve that there is another district in the country that has had hetter service, and I doubt if there are many that equal it “During a little more than five years 1 have given service through my of-. This in- cludes every one from the high school | boy who wants information for an es. | ‘say to the agent of an organization or the head of a great corporation. The people of my district knew from ac- | tual experience that their matters are i iell and promptly handled. 1 doubt if any member of the House handles as much mail unless it might be com mittee chairmen. Spends Salary on Office. “It might be |nteresting also to state that T spend all of my congres. | sional salary for extra clerk hire and expenses, and have never had a dollar of it for myself. It has cost me five or six hundred dollars a month out of my private income to handle my corigressional work, not counting cam paign expenses, My secretary makes regular trips through the district, at my expense, stopping at each of the important towns, and giving notice in the papers ahead of time that he will be there to meet the people and take care of their problems with the Gov- ernment. It is a significant fact that a majority of those who come to-me for help complain that they cannot get an answer to their letters or that they cannot get a decision from the Government, elther ves or no. “1 do take pride in the fact that I get things done for the people of my district who have continued to send me here. It strikes me that this is in finitely more important than answer- !ing meaningless roll calls and merely recording myself present. It would be easy to ascertain in my district he reputation which T hold for ROME, February ‘ondemna- tion of many details of France's ad- ministration of her Syrian mandate and recommendation that she be given another chance—this in substance is the finding of the mandates’ commis- sion of the League of Nations, which mow is ending {ts session in Rome. The finding will not be made public, | according to prevalent: opinion, but will league council, which undoubtedly will accept it. The commission had studied the report of M. De Jouvenel, French hfgh commissioner, whitewashing the French administration, and also the allegations by a Syrian committee here, chargidg indescribable barbar- itles, including the destruction with- out warning of whole villages on fiimsy pretexts. Many of these charges are admitted to be true, the French claiming that they wi done under the stress of be submitted secretly to the | | .| suppress ho-lflfi (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) GREEKS FEAR REBELLION. Seek Gen. Plastiras, Thought to Be in Jugoslavia, as Leader. | By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily New: VIENNA, February 22.—Greece has asked Jugoslavia If Gen. Plastiras is in Jugoslavia. Belgrade answered that the whereabouts of the general ‘were unknown. The Greeks think that Plastiras is preparing to cross the frontier to foment an uprising against the dictator, Gen. Pangalos. Recent ar- rests have not stopped the movement, which ig gaining strength, especially in Saleniki. Gen. Pangalos Is continuing to ar- rest leaders of the opposition and to newspapers. (Copyrish. 1826, % Chicago Daily News Co.) PRTREE rvice of his constituents in their | million American efti- | Davey | al ‘Former Gov. Lowden Says Rural Education Is Equipping Farms ‘With Unfit Types. Det day partiality for salacious hows b | citizenship, culture and tha hearts of elementary school child- ,ren of the was the fervent plea of United States Commiss; ! Education John J. Tigert before 6,000 | educators, charged with moulding the minds of the millons of pupils, who taxed the capacity of the Washington | Auditorium this morning at the open- |ing sesston of the fiftv.sixth annual |convention of the Department of | Superintendence, National Education | Assoctation | obv the educators that real invasion of culture” is imperative |in the first six grades of elementary echools, Mr. Tizert said “Illiteracy is such a ser that one hesitates to s could have an: i sampling of literary pabul swallowed b would lead one to literacy may have some and at least serves as a cination which renders to mental pollution. jazz characte country to his {mpress belief “‘a us tragedy szest that it virtue, but & the popular ow being in peopie that 1l compensation literary vac- one immune Outlines General Aims. Five general purposes of the ele- mentary schools were outlined by Mr. Tigert, whose address on ‘“What Is Elementary Education for?” sounded | the keynote of the convention. The first of these, he eaid, is health. The second, a better grasp of the three Rs upon which a broader superstrue- ture of formal education may be erected. The third. inculcating of good, practical, common sense and =kill in action. The fourth, character building. and the fifth. worthy citizen- hip |, American fathers wera fiaved as | “very remotely interested in the edu- | cation of their own children” by Miss { Mary McSkimmon, president of the National Education. the second speak er. Her subject was “Characteristics {of an Efficient Elementary School Principal.” | Lauding the Parent.Teacher Or- ganization as “one of the greatest as- cets in America today.” Miss McSkim- | mon said that when the school prinet- pal yvearns for contact he seems to be | in & world where fathers are no mors and “hegins to wonder if the entirs | population of his school are the chil- dren of widows." i Says Profession Suffers. ‘Our entire profession,” tinued, “is suffering today | those ‘who earn the money for the taxes by which education is main |tained are only very remotely inter ested in tha education of thir own |children, whosa entire future life de | pends in large measure on what we |are doing to those same children to- day. The principal must lsave the walls of his own profession and all its activities if he to get into touch | with those whose ignorance of the |aims and attitudes of education today is costing us so much Former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of linois, the third speaker, discussing Problems of Rural Life and Rural ducation.” deplored the decline of | the “little red schoolhouse on the hill."” { which he declared has “fallen into neglect” and usually found only “a ! melancholy memorial of better days.” Warning that niess educational facilities in rural 4 are speedily improved th: the “‘next generation will witness a farm population large! composed of the physically and me: tally unfit” was sounded by Mr, Lawden. | “Efficiency and culture shoula not | be antagonistic. they ara allies in our | educational scheme. Commissioner in continuing his she con because Tigert maintained apeech outiining the five principal ob- |jectives of an elementary education. | “The ‘impractical scholar' has too long heen a byword in the world {One of the greatest scholars fn a university I once attended tried to lcut a plank to make a shelf. He wantad to shorten it 2 feet and went | through two operations, cutting off 1 foot at each end. | Are Not Contrury. Good practical common sense and Kill {n action has sometimes been lost in scholarship. We are not inveighing |against learning, but are pointing out {that knowing much and doing well {are not contradictory | “Hicher living implies culture and also implies character. Character ed- | ueation certainly should be a funda | mental objective of the present-dav | elementary school. The horrible sta- | tisties of Increasing homicides, di- vorces and crime are shocking and !alarming thoughtful persons The | number of homicides in the United | States has trebled in the last 25 years. {In 20 vears we have had 170,000; of | these 34,000 have since died. 18,000 re etill in prison and 115,000 walk | our streets free and unmolested. In 11021 we had 32,544 burglaries. 49,460 | robberies and 10,000 murcers. | In England and Wales during the | same vear. 211 robberies were report- {ed to the police and less than 100 | murders. In all of France, thare were presented for trial about 3885 | killings and 47 robberfes. In 1870 in | the United States there was one di- ! vorce for every 18 marriages. Last | vear, there was one divorce for every | eight marriag The percentage of | crime now reported among boys and girls of high &chool age by reputable | authorities has become almost in- credible and I refuse to give any further currency to the statistics on | this and other shocking social condi- | tions. We have enough to know that there has been a werious breakdown in character and integrity. No doubt, most of us readily will admit that the social need of character instruc- tion is great. but the difficult prob- lem here is how to teach it. “The evolution of purpose in edu- cation Is traceable with tolerable In ancient times. when citi- zen: was the right of a fo ‘ontinued on Page 3, Col