Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1926, Page 7

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February Members | of the House of Lords are getting a {lot_of amusement out of the attempts | of Vice President Dawes to substitute | the gavel for good form in controtling | | the deliberations of the United States Senate. | The mombers of the most tradition | | bound and dignified cluh in England | frankly say it can’t be done. They ! {also say the Vice President. known| hetter to them in the rale of financier | | than statesman, was misguided in re- | cent specches and writiigs when he | said the Senate was the only great | | ligistative bod the world that has | | no rule for closing a debate. | English pariiamentarians point out | that the House of Lords victually has | no rules and seldom has felt the need { for them. It ix a body that acts with fout a quorum. When it passed th Trish Dhill with what the newspapers described as a very large attendance, Vvotes were cast by less than 100 of | the several hundred entitled to a voice. | | Compares Two Bodies. i A correspondent of the Assaciated | Press who for many vears was in the | 3 T 3 i ment be passed. he said, the country | \Wright ety I Waablnleny pihen the | Gould. have & right to vate on the|wrisht. presdent of the Horace S.| dze. Wolcott, Ves as, Till \eizhteenth amendment. and the result | Wy Co.. Richmond clothiers. His Lo i f such a vore should be abided by occupation was carpentry, hut police | artists in mak . and | Uneauivocally. 1 e had heen emnloved recently as| when the ¢ the | peaking an avowed dry. Dr hi watehman for a number of local [ finest gentlem: ‘America, | Richelson asesrted that he was not merchants ! tulks interestingly of almest as hm:"i""‘l’)‘" of the vate of the people. and = . | | e vote of the majority is azainst law of holding grandparenis | an experience in bbserving the Lords in action: Reform of the House of Lords is a part of the program of the Conserva- | tive party. but it is doubtful whether | to deal with the problem. The Con-: | = | servatives mean to reduce the nominal numbers of the House to a reasonable hody by some process of selection of | the fittest. The Liberal and Labor | | parties advocated reform of a different | | kind. which would reduce the powers | Z|of the upper house, and impalr the | " | hereditary Z [ sons of principle by which elder automatically succeed ! | their fathers. ' There is no demand from any quar- | ter for any Dawes reforms. The Lords | have no rule or debate, none for limiting the time of ! to order. Members would | there is no need for rules. { Propriety Governs. i | Custom #hd the sense of propriets of the Lords govern the proceedin ‘The recognized party leaders arrange | the order of debates and the lord | chancellor, who presides, recognizes | the peers who wish to spenk. But | { there is nothing to prevent noble lords ! | from getting upon their feet and smashing a program excent their pro- found respect for the traditions of the chamber. As a matter of rizht any péer can stand up and air his views on any subject at any time, Only recently Lord Birkenhead, the secretary of state for India, who might be lodked to for a good example be- ecause as lord chancellor he had been { presiding officer of the chamber, in {the course of a speech called Lord | Arnold an “imhecile Their lord- L &hips were horrified. but none attempt | ed to call Birkenhezd to order. There much buzzing about over the in- dent and some lords proposed that | the lord chancellor should make pri | vate representations to Birk but nofhinz happened so f: public knows. A century by | kenhead would have been ¢ | order by a-challenge to a duel. Women May be Admitted. The greatest difference between the | Lords and the American e is that the former customarily carries on its business without a quorum. There are todav 715 entitled to debate and vote lin the House of Lords. They would | clude the three eldest sons of the | King. and 2§ bishops of the Church of | England. Probably 20 women. peer esses in their own right, will be ad- ! mitted soon. It is only on rare and historic davs {that _half the, membershin of the | Lord's assembles. The last nccasion | was when in 1893 Gladstone's home |rule bill was defeated by a vote of | 413 to 41. This illustrates another ' | peculiarityv—that the Lords has a! | permanent majority of the Conserva- | ive party, which stands for aristo.| eracy and vested interes One hun- | | dred members is rated fair at- | tendance fol Many lords b chamber in thelr lives. | the great coal owners, banker and manufacturers, apn when legislation affecting the inter. | ests of their class is afoot H Bishops Seldom Vote. The bishops customarily voie only on measures regardinz the chu the morals of the communit | threat of a tax on betting 1o in | the revenue. if the chancellor of the | exchequer proposes it. may bring | | them out in foree. but not all on one | | side. i Almost as many of the lords ere- ated from the present generation have |come from hiz husiness from the | ranks of politicians. Most of these have no time. if they had taste, for | spending thelr afternoons at lezisla- tion, %o that the bulk of active lords consists of lav politicians and noblemen of leisure. And many of the latter class prefer their fox hunting and racing to the labors of govern- ment. teforms of the lards. from the view- point of the Conservative party, means selection of a membership to embrace only those of mobility Tikely to be in- terested in public affairs and intelli- | zent enough to zrapple with them. | Even these proposa! e dictated largely by fear that e day the Lahor party may shear the lords of the power to veto hills passed by the Commons, as in 1911 the Liheral party made it impossible for the peers to throw out a Commons hill more than three times. explain s, Equipped the new ue and L Street meet the requirements of and cold water. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. |Girl Who Stole Washington’s Clothes As He Bathed Got Six Months in Jail great temper and swore but did not habitually use By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. February 22.—George Washington drank in great modera- Westport, Conn., said at a_ patriotic symposium in the Church of St. Mark’s-in-the-Bouwerie. Washington, a member of the| ident’s family, defended | ¢ false teeth was made n from recent statements | i i ! Hughes, novelist was “pasty” and| his talk about hi mbling, | marved hy smallpox scars. drinking and swearing is rotten and without foundation,” he said. Drawing on family history. Mr. Washington made the followinz state. ments about Washington: profanity tion, imbibing wine very seldom be-| He “liked the women and liked 7} { cause it “disagreed with his diges-| dance.” . 1 tion.” William Lanfer Washington of| He was very athletic. a wrestler of parts and a sood broad jumper. He gambled for trifiing stakes, was customery in the soclety of His clothes girls as he b hed. and one of | were once stolen by two | C., |WILLIAM J. WALSH DIES; WAS NAVY YARD VETERAN Years—Fought in Spanish- American War. William J. Walsh, 68 as his KAMENDMENT TO VOTE ON OTHERS PRQPOSED, SLAIN AND ROBBED‘ Discovery in Richmond Store Made] Pastor Urges Plan for Beferéndum on Any Part of Constitution, Especially Dry Part. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., February 22| Dr. John Richelson. pastor of the [body of Woodson J. Wright, a nizht Kenmore Presbyterfan Church. from |watchma s found vesterday on the his pulpit last night proposed a_ twen- | second of a_clothing store on tieth amendment to the Constitution [West G treet, his head so battered | a8 @ solution to the prohibition prob- | lem. This amendment would provide for a national referendum as the need |d mizht arise on any amendment or any | portion of the Constitution Shonld such a twentieth amend- | 24 Hours After Victim Succumbs. ated Press. Febr By the As RICHMOND. Va., v 29 he was almost unrecognizable. An autopsy ind 1 24 hours. His pock f evervthing of valu © he was beaten to death whose motive was robbery. 1 thngs ed he had heen had been | nd police | was a hrother of Horace €. | by | Had Been in Federal Service for 30 years old, veteran of the Spanish-American War and employed at the Washington navy vard about 30 vears, died of heart disease at his residence, 613 H streec MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, '1926. southwest, yesterday. He was Tretired as a navy yard employe two years agp. Funeral services will be conducted at St. Dominic's Catholic Church Wed- nesday morning at 9:15 o'clock. In- terment will be in Mount Olivet Ceme- tery. Walsh is survived by Norris P. Walsh, U. S. A., sta: tioned in Seattle, Wash.; William M. and Joseph G. Walsh, both of this city: his daughter, Mrs. Mary C. Spicer, also of this city; thres brothers, Capt. Harry A. Walsh, M. G. Waish of Staunton, Va., and Stephen J. Walsh of Mount Rainier, Md., and a sister, three sons, | Miss Mary Rainfer. G. Walsh. also of Mount Bishgp Murray Doing Well. NEW YORK, February 22 (#). Right Rev. John Gardner Murray, pre- siding bishop of the Episcopal Church, who is ill with pneumonia in St. Luke’s Hospital, is ‘“resting comfort- ably, and his case is running a satis- factory course,” Dr. Samuel W. Lam- bert. his physician, =aid last night. Bishop Murray, who is also bishop of the diocese of Maryland, became ill recently during a Western tour. Twenty-Sixth Annual Statement December 31, 1925 Richmond, Virginia LIABILITIES: Atlantic Life Insurance Co. BEATEN AND ROBBED. Attacked by two unidentified white | men, heaten and robhed of $32, Fred- erick Holloway, 28 years old, of 803 Prince street. Alexandria, Va. was left on the sidewalk near the office of the wholesale market, Twelfth and B streets, last night about 9:30 o'clock. Holloway, veteran of the World War and contractor in the shipyard at Alexandria. was taken to Emer- gency Hospital, where he 1old police of the attack. method for closing | 34 speeches, none for calling a memhor‘ 4 ust across the street. Suites of 2 rooms—and larger $50 per month, gnd up. Rental office in Building 1415 K Street Rental MCKEEV ER+ 5] Agents the dry position what right have we | to insist on dry laws”" | Dr. Richelson said he would take his proposal up with Senator Wads worth immediately in an effort to en- | © list_his support. “This prohibition entangled with par with personalities that a fair sion of opinion cannot he The prohibition question should he voted on without entanglements with partisan politics or personalities.” Flo Leeds Ill. YORK. February 22 (@), vho arived from Florida four ago, was reported yesterday to b i1l in bed in her apartment. which leases under the name of Mrs Lincoln.-Mrs. Leeds. who wis men sue has heen so N Leeds. 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Reserve for investment fluctuation and building depreciation Funds held for protection of policyholders, in addition to the above: v Capital stock....................... $300,000.00 Surplus.......oo..oo L. 875,153.04 95,957 47 190,532 38 178,619 36 184,300 44 355,411 48 216,330 94 1,375,153 04 TOT: Lose %8 ©/8 % 8 9.8 ® Bl e e e aeie e aie s - ASSETS: ... $15,613,102.92 L.oans secured by first mortgages on real estate..............$10,245959 45 (The security for these mortgage loans is valued at $26,246,098.13) j Loans secured by pledge of bonds, stock or other collateral. Loans on company’s policies.............. ..., Notes of policyholders for extension of premiums............ Bonds at theirmarketvalue................................ Home ofhice building and other real estate atcost............ Cash in office, banks and trust companies, of which $236,967.79 iSeat mtereseiiia . S NUaER L L Interest and rents due, and earned but not due, on investments named-aboyes . il DA e e it Due from other companies for death losses on cliams reinsured Premiums or installments thereof (due, and earned butnotdue) Other assets........... 26,465 00 3,507,047 51 127,867 75 29,400 00 876,252 61 259.522 39 226,559 24,935 286,787 2,306 78 00 08 35 CE'RTIFICATE OF VIRGINIA BUREAU OF INSURANCE \'e have audited the books and records of the ATLANTIC LIFE INSURANC for the vear ending December 31. 1925, ‘'OMPANY. of Richmond, Virginia, and find that all items of income and dishursements have been properly ac- counted for, and have verified the Bonds, Mortgages and other Securities owned by the Company. The foregoing statement. in our opinion, represents the true condition of the Company at the close of bhusiness December 31, 1925, 5 T & (Signed €. O. EVANS, Chief Examiner Virginia Bureau of Insurance. \ _Five-Year Comparisons 3 For the Year For the Year S e e, 1915 1920 Premium income. . ... Ceeadin e s 9 1869,664.01 $ 2.505.559.50 207,151.07 413.497.4R8 Interest and other income. . Total income................. $ 1,076,815.08 Admitted assets December 31st.... 3.027,652.96 Insurance in force December 3lst.. 27,698,808.00 $ 2,919,056.98 7.226,458.34 76,590,213.00 For the Year 1925 $ 3,868,116.64 1,012,816.60 $ 488093324 15,613,102.92 127,023,484.00 A.O.SWINK Manager for District of Columbia and Virginia JOHN N. BUCK : : Agency Dilfector-—GOZ Southgn'! Building City Representatives _ A. C. RIDGEWAY A. L. KELEEY & SON, Clarendon, Va. H. E. DAMERON ‘e J. G. STONE ' } {