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4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 14. 1926—PART 1. FLORDA ‘30007 OVER EXPERTY Shoestring Speculators Find Stabilization of Develop- ment Has Set In. By the Consolidated Press. MIAMI, March 13.—"J €rstwhile prominent fizure in Ilorida realty transactions, tured forth the ©ther morning to seil for §10,000 a lot which he had bought the day before for $5,000 on a $100 down payment— and failed. ohn Binder, It was @ unique esperience for “John,” and confronted with almost certain loss of his $100, he began broadcasting lusty wails tv the gen eral effect that the bottom had dropped out of Ilorida estate. | And John wasn't far wrong. The hottom has dropped out so far as the shoestring spiculator is concerned. Roseate prospects for overnight riches m inconsiderable investments have aded so utterly that they cannot be Teflected even by Florida’s much press.agented sunshine. The “Itold-youso” chorus has taken up John's refrain with such effectually drown out, in gusto as Some quarters at least, the growing svmphony of the stec] riveters ham nd the cnrpe saw that now sl SeUSOD { raldinz 1 Passing of In the business ¢ the State the consensus s throughout | of opinion is Lave gone for that the “Loom' da r guod. The “good" is emphasized by practically all of the big developers in Florida, who welcome the passing of the speculation era. Some expect 2 temporary flurry in real estate, but all agree there will never be a re- occurrence of the hectic Summer days of 1925, when properties changed hands four and five times a day on “binder” payments. With the passing of the “binder * recruited largely from ranks of shoestring operators and transient real estate dealers who carry their off'ce about with them in the generousx {COUNGIL ELECTION {Nominations Will Close Tues- | day—Baker and Torbert Decline Places. Voteless Washington will witness its second election of a semi-officlal body to voice the wishes of the local | citizens before Congress und the Dis- Vtriet officials when on April 3 the Federation of Cltizens' Assoctations, acting as un electoral college for the | muny neighborhood vrsanizations, will elect six members to the Citizens' Ad- visory Councll. Two colored mem- bers of the council will be elected by | she Federation of Clvie Associations. _Interest has increased in the elec- ton of the rouncli, which in the iast vear won recognition by congession- al committews and the District Com- missioners, with the announcement that nominations will ciose Tuesday. With virtually all associutions hav- ing taken action on the matter, 18 names already have been proposed, among them the eight incumbents: Charles A. Baker, Wiliam 8. Torbert, ". 1. Swarnton, Ur. George C. Haven- Harry N. Stull and George R. es, who represent white assoclu- tions, and Dr. George H. Richardson and George T. Beason, representing the colored groups. Decline Nominations. Mr. Baker and Mr, Torbert have de- clined to accept renomination. Other nominges are: Frank L. Peck ' DRAWSATTENTION W. L. SWANTQ! Columbia Heights. HENDERSON, apitol. WILLIAM North ham, James G. Yaden, Proctor L. Dougherty, William «. Henderson, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell, Robert F°. Mancill, Dr. N. Shoemaker, Ernest N. Pullman, M. Cannon, Henry Morton Phillips, Fred 8. Walker, John A. Saul and Robert Strobel. Jesse C. Suter is president of the council by virtue of his being presi- dent of the Federation of Citizens’ As- soclations. His present term expires next November. Mr. Suter yesterday issued a call for support of the advisory council as it now stands, protesting against sug- pockets of thefr linen knickers, has gone a condition which last Summer treatened to undermine the true de- velopment of Florid: The price of property in many out- 1yfng sections all over the State has slumped and literally thousands of speculators are being treated to the not unusual experience of ‘holding the baz.” Frenzied buving at any price _has become cautious but in. cons'd rable buying at bargain prices Thovsands of building lots were staked out drring the boom period and the inevitable law of supply and demand is arain doing business at the old stand. Rents Are Rednced. With deflation in value of less de- sirable property has come a reduc- tion in rents. Living cests are not yet by any means normal, but the white- collar worker who has borne the brunt of the boom prices now may presume to hope. In fact, he can expect to enjoy a furnished apartment at Miami Beach this Summer for near $60 a month and in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Jacksonville and other more northern Florida cities he may do even better. The coming of Sum- mer always is accompanied by & slump in rents, but even the land- Jords admit that next Winter will see & material reduction in housing costs. Practically all of the big develop- ments throughout Florida are far 2hoad of their sales schedule. Miami Shores, north of Miami, is a full year in advance of its sales program. D. P. Davis of Tampa, one of the lead- ing developers of the west coast, has taken his more important properties temporarily off the market to give full mttention to his improvement pro- gram. Coral Gables, near Miami, now in its third year, has sold $35,000,000 worth of property, on which 26 per cent or more cash payment has been made, and $17,000,000, on which less | than 25 per cent cash has been re- ceived Big Construction Planned. George Merrick, developer of Coral ' Gables, bas announced and already has under way a Summer building | program that contemplates expendi- ture of millions. In Miami a survey of construction already begun and;: projected by rellable concerns or in- | dividuals reveals that 1928 bullding . will be near :5 per cent over last year's record mark. February bullding permits show 12 Florida cities represented among the 25 ranking Southern cities. In every | instance the Peninsula State cities : reported substantial gains over the corresponding period last year. Last month the southeastern section of the State asked permits in excess of $3,000,000 for hotel and apartment bulldings. George L. Pfelffer, chair-| man of the State hotel commission, predicts this type of construction will very rearly approach the record peak of 1923, Last vear TPlorida led all other States In railroad construction and the program for 1926 is even greater. With rail facilitles practically doubled by entry of the Seaboard Air Line into southern Florida, lerge shipping interests have announc 1! important additions to their < -vices Into Florida ports. The C1%s ine is build- ing two large freight and passenger ships, which will soon be added to its New York-Florida run. Reclamation to Start. Definite steps toward large-scale reclamation work In the Everglades are being taken this year. Important State dramnage projects are lending encouragement to farmers who seek 2 twelve-month growing season. Ship- ments of early vegetables have dou- bled anrd e developers are turn- ing tneir attention to the back coun- try, which they claim is as important a factor in Florida’s future as her climate, At Clewiston large interests are already developing an important sugar producing and refining project. Experiments in crude rubber growing are going forward, and even some cotton is being raised successfully. Throughout the State public utilities are working feverishly to meet mands for extension of service. Their programs provide, in most Instances, for urban populations nearly double those of Florida citles at present. Banks report some falling off in f@epo ts as the Winter season nears @ close, but surpluses and deposits #till are abnorma.ly large for the population served. Almost a score of mew banks have opened since Jan- vary 1. FENNING WILL SPEAK. o Address Police Sergeants on Im- portance of Their Work. Sergeants in the Metropolitan Po- lice Department will learn of their importance from Commissioner Fred- erick A. Fenning at a meeting in the board room of the District Building Friday. ‘The Commissioner is of the opinion that the police sergeants should have 4mpressed on them the significance of their work and asked Maj. Edwin B. . Flesse, superintendent of police, to call the meeting at which he plans to gestions for changes in its plan of or- ganization, which he characterized us either impracticable or designed to bring the dissolution of the council. He ‘was supported by Engineer Com- missioner Bell, who declared that the council had justified its existence and prophesied that it would develop a greater degree of efficiency and prac- tical service. Does Not Bind Citizens. “It should be clearly understood," Mr, Buter declared, “that the advisory council cannot in any way bind the icderation or any of its associations by any of its decisions. Each associa- tion and the federation is free to act on clvic projects independently of the council. That was provided in the draft of the council plan adopted by the federation and the District Com- missloners, “I'am not In favor of any of the proposals that have been made for changing the council plan, including those made by the Georgetown Citi- zens' Assoclation providing for el tion of council members by members of the various neighborhood associa. tions instead of by the delegates to the federation. Such an election would be tantamount to a general city election, which would not be carried out without the setting up of an elab- orate election machinery. Such a plan s right in theory, but it could not be effected here without the xreat cost. A law would have to be passed regulating such an election.” Citizens’ assoclations could not pro- vide the *rigid supervision” necessary to insure an honest election, he said, pointing to the strict rules which | govern the election by the federation. Decries Criticisms. Mr. Suter protested against the criticisms which have been made of the present council plan by the West End, Georgetown, Mid City and Du- pont Circle assoclations and declared all thelr objections to the present council could be explained to the satis- faction of impartial observers. characterized as “bosh” the charge of the Georgetown assoclation that the councll makes no written reports to the Federation. “The council plan specifically provides,” he said, “that the president of the council shall make reports every month of the actions of the council. This has been complied with. We have rot been able to pub- 1lish printed statements of our reasons for action on the many bills and projects because of lack of money in the federation treasury. “But, as was promised, the House GEORGE R. WALES, _Cathedral Heights. CHURCH IS OPENED | AGAIN AFTER RIOT Mexican Priest Apologizes Following Outbreak in Which Three Perished. By the Associated Press. TEPIC, NAYARIT. Mexico, March 13.—The Church of the Sacred Heart of Christ once more is open to Catholie worshipers in the village of Jalis- quello, near here, following a riot im which three officials were killed. The trouble was precipitated by an effort of state dignitaries to close the temple by order of the state and federal gov- ernment. A mob, frenzied by the action of Mayor Margarito Ronero, who sought to support the officials in thelr demand that the house of worship be closed. caused what is believed to be the first bloodshed as the result of the federal government's of churches. Brought to the attention of Gen. Matias Ramos, chief of military oper- ations in this state, the riot was quelled by several troops of soldiers but only after it had threatened to ge out of hand. As soon as calm had been restore’ bodles of the dead—including those o the mayor, Congressman Francisco Torres Maldonado, and a friend, An tonio Ortega—and the wounded, were gathered together. Ortega wase sald tc closing He | have been a saloonkeeper here. Late dispatches say the condition this state is “very grave' and the there are forceful manifestations by people of all classes against what they term the “persecution” of the church by the government. Particular attention has been paid to the effort to close the Sacret Heart of Christ at Jalisquello. Word has been dispatched to the palace of the governor of the state, in which ener- getlc protests are made against simi- lar efforts. An announcement mado here says District committee had 75 copies of | that complete order and a continu- the first legislative report of the|ance of peaceful worship in all the councll to the District ‘omm!ssion- ers published and r.ade available to | the government. the federation members,’ * Mr. temples of the state is assured by The priest who caused the disturbance at Jalisquello Suter added that he makes | asked pardon of the government and verbal reports of the action of the | was allowed to reopen the temple. council at each meeting of the feder- ation. He pofnted out that a change in the organization of the council could be made only with the sanc- tion of the District Commissioners, THOMAS G. LEWIS DIES. who fostered the original develop- |Retired Employe of Treasury Had ment of the bhody. Commissionor Sell yesterday reiter- ated his statement of last week that Lived Here 48 Years. Thomas G. Lewis, 74 years old, a the councll 1s doing good work, which | retired employe of the United States more than justifes its existence. | Treasury Department, where he The council has a good start and if | worked many years, died at his resi- supported will develop authentic spokesmen for wll Dis- trict residents, he declared. 2 POLICEMAN IS INJURED. Motor Cycle Hits Car While Pur- suing Speeder. While pursuing a speeding automo- | years bile on Connecticut avenue at Alber- into real|dence, 14 Seaton place, March 2. Funeral services were conducted Fri- day, March 5. Interment was in Fort Lincoln cemetery, with Masonic serv- ices at the grave. Mr. Lewls’ death was due to heart disease. Born in England, Mr. Lewis came to this country with his parents when he was 9 years old. He first lived in Ohlo, but came to Washington 48 ago. He had long been a mem- ber of Harmony Lodge, No. 17, F. A. marle street last night, Motorcycle | A, M. Policeman A. C. Swortzel of the Four- teenth princinct, crashed into another | Rest in 1880. automobile operated by Dr. John E. one son, Benton H. Lewis Cole, of 5122 Ninth street, which was | ter, Mrs. going in the same direction. Mr. Lewis was married to Miss Lena He leaves his widow, ; & daugh- G. Murr, and_two granddaughters, Mrs. De Viers The policeman was picked up and | Weeden and Miss Elizabeth Murr, taken to the home of Dr. James Kil- roy, police surgeon, on Woodley road near Connecticut avenue, where he was trated for bruises and shock. He later went home and is not in a seri. —_— PAPAL KNIGHTS TO COME. ous condition. The speeder escaped. | Will Be Seen in U, 8. in Full Re- —_— ANTI-POLICE DOG SHOT. Bites Officer, Trips Him, and Dies Igunominiously. An anti-police dog made his appear- ance in Washington last galia PFirst Time in June CHICAGO, March 13. (#).—For the first time a body of papal knights in full regaila will be seen in the United States during the international Eucharistic Congress here June 20-24. Among the orders of knights to be represented at the congress will be the night and | chevaliers of the Golden Spur, an met death within three minutes after | order instituted in early Christian the hostility to ice 3 445 ity police was mani 2 ‘While Policeman V. 8. Cannon of | Christ, instituted in 181! times and restored by Pope Pius X; member of the supreme order of Knights of m fourteenth precinct was quietly | the Holy Sepulchre; Knights of 8t. peacefully turning in at patrol box No. 31, at Nebraska and Massa- chusetts avenues, a large dog sneaked up behind him, bit him on the leg and tripped him when he en deav- ored to turn around. Cannon reached for his weapon and shot the dog through the head before further in- jury was inflicted on him. Sylvester and Knights of 8t. Gregory. JOHN L. LEWIS ILL. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 13 (#).—John L. Lewis, president of the He then | United Mine Workers of America, 18 went to Emergency Hospital and was | glightly ill at his home here from an treated by Dr. Trudeau. ‘The dog’s body was turned over to attack of influenza, Although the miners’ president has the pound for examination for rabies. | peen incapacitated for several days —— he now is convalescing, Ellls Searles, Blow-motion pictures are to be used | editor of 'the Mine Workers' Jourpal, it soclated Press. in'the teaching of gol t0ld the Asi ORGE C. HAVENNER, Anacostia. MRS. HARVEY W. WILEY, Kalorama, DR. D. N. SHOEMAKER, Takoma Park. FRED S. WALKER, Park View. FROM THESE CANDIDATES THE NEXT CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COUNCIL WILL FRANK HIRAM SNE Voteless League. MR! ERNEST N. PULLMAN, Manor Park. ROBERT 'ROBEL, South Washington. 11th IMPEACHMENT IN HISTORY OF U. S. FACES JUDGE ENGLISH Solemn Proceedings Seldom Take Place, and Most| (contnuea from First Page) Senators and Representatives Have to Brush Up on Method of Carrying Out Duties. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. For the eleventh time in the history of this Government there is the pros- pect of impeachment of a high Fed- eral official by the House of Repre- sentatives for “high crimes and mis- demeanors,” to be followed by trial by the Senate sitting as a court with each member under oath. This dramatic spectacle under the Capitol dome, as provided for in the Constitution, looms as a result of the action of the House judiclary com mittee in the case of George W. Eng- lish, of the eastern district of Illinois. It is amazingly to the credit of Federal officials that there have been relatively so few Iimpeachments in the history of the Government, and that out of 11 sensational proceed: ings only three resulted in removal from office. It is well nigh unbe- lieveable that there was no impeach- ment as a result of frauds or con- spiracies during the World War, when the most fiendish ingenuity was exercised to tempt our Federal officers. Last Was in 1913, There has been no impeachment since 1913, and the flight of time is well {llustrated by the fact that there are in Congress today comparatively few of those who participated in the impeachment of Judge Robert Arch- bald of the United States Commerce Court, who was removed from office. There are now only 71 out of 435 in the House and 19 out of 96 in the S;,';"“ who were in Congress at that time. So rarely has this function of Con- gress been exercised that whenever impeachment proceedings are im. minent, the parliamentarians of the House and Senate find it necessary to search carefully the proceedings of the past for precedents to guide the members in the very unpleasant task before them—for few men even with the legislative lore and Constitutional erudition of the parliamentarian can carry the full details of the proceed- ings in their minds. Under the Constitution the ‘‘House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment.” Upon t! Senate the Constitution confers the sole power of trying impeachments and the Senators sitting in this ca- pacity as the court are required by the Constitution to be on oath or af- firmation. The report of the House judiclary committee will be called up as privileged in the House. After a discussion of the repert, the question will be taken on the resolution of im- peachment. If adopted the following resolution will be presented: Resolution of Impeachment, “Resolved that a committee of —— be appointed to go to the Senate, and at the bar thereof, in the name of the House of Representatives, and of all the people of the United States, to impeach eGorge W. English, judge of the District Court of the United States, etc,, of high crimes and mis- demeanor, and to acquaint the Sen- ate that the House of Representatives will in due time exhibit particular articles of impeachment against him, and make good the same, and that the committes do demand that the Senate take order for the appearance of such George W. English to said Impeachment.” Speaker Longworth will then ap- nt the committes, which through ts spokesmen will announce to the Senate: “Mr. President, by order of the House of Rermenmuvu ‘we appear at the bar of the Senate, and in the name of the House of Representatives and of all the people of the United States,” repeating the resolution. Thereupon the Vice President says: “The Senate will take order in the premises.” Othor steps in the pro- cedure in past impeachment trials in- cluded the appointment of five man- agers by the Speaker to conduct the impeachment proceedings at the bar of the Senate. Special oaths are ad- ministered to the Vice President by the secretary of the eSnate or by the Chief Justice of the United States, After reading the articles of impeach- ment, on the day appointed by the Senate, the managers for the House retire. ‘The Senate then {ssues a summons for Judge English, who is given a certain number of days to re- ply to the summons. Provision is also made for the summoning of witnesses. The trial continues from day to day. At the conclusion of the trial the Sen- ate may deliberate in secret. The Sen- ate then proceeds to vote, article by article. The presiding officer an- nounces the result after the vote on each article. If the verdict s guilty, judgment is pronounced. Judgment goes to the extent of removal from office and disqualification for holding any Federal office. Blount First Impeached. The first impeachment was that of William Blount, a United States Sen- ator, in 1797. The proceedings of the Blount impeachment were set in mo- tion by a confidential message from the President of the United States. who transmitted a letter purporting to have been written by Willlam Blount, a Senator from Tennessee, to one James Carey, a United States in. terpreter to the Cherokee Natlon of Indians, for the purpose of seducing him from his duty and trust ‘in furtherance of certain unlawful de- sign.” The impeachment was dis- missed in 1799 by the Senate. In 1803, John Pickering, judge of the United States District Court for New Hampshire, was impeached for drunk- enness and the disregard of the terms of the statutes, the proceedings being set in motion by a message from the President. The committee report de- clared that Pickering had been guilty of “high misdemeanor in the exercise of his judicial functions.’” In final judgment Pickering was found guilty in all articles, and ordered removed from office, In 1804, Associate Justice Samuel Chase of the Supreme Court was im- peached for alleged misconduct. The court, however, failed to find the 3:;:-30 Justified and Chase was acquit- On December 8, 1826, charges were brought against James H. Peck, United States judge for the district of Missourl. The proceedings were set in motion by a memorial, alleging mis- conduct. Finding the evidence failed to justify the charge, the Senate voted Peck’s acquittal. In 1803 West H. Humphreys, United States judge for Tennessee, was impeached for failing to hold court in certain districts in Ten- nessee. The impeachment resulted in his removal from office. In 1843 the House of Representa- tives refused to 1 h President Tyler on charges preferred sentative John M. Botts It hu'.‘u {?&” a lorg trial ?obmn was acq January 14, 1876, former Secre- Sl lliam W. Belknap office. Belknap was acquil In 1908, Charles Swayne, the northern district of Florida, was impeached “of high crimes and mis- demeanors.” Swayne was acquitted. s are now taught to become technical vn’i;’nhl school in Londods JAMES G. YADEN, Petworth. F. M. CANNON, Washington Highlands. JOHN A. SAUL, Brightwood. PROHIBITION FIGHT STILL HAS CENTER OF CAPITAL STAGE said Senator McKellar. “So I say that the lMquor laws have had a dif-| ficult time."” i Sees Andrews Overruled. Senator McKellar said that when Secretary Mellon selected Gen. An- drews to have charge of prohibition enforcement he had thought it “good sign,” but that he had noticed lately Secretary Mellon was turning down the recommendations of Gen. Andrews. After declaring that ‘“those white people, who labor on farm or in fac- tory, the clerks in our stores, the small_merchants. all classes of peo- ple who work with their hands, men and women, have been greatly bene- fited,” Senator McKellar continued: “There is a class of our citizens that apparently prohibition is injur- ing. I say apparently, because this injury does not come from the pro- hibition law itgelf, but it comes from a very determined and willful effort on the part of the people ol this class to violate the law. They just seem determined to derive no benefit from prohibition. This class or element of our population are generally ac- cepted to the better class of peo- ple. Some call them the ‘moneved artistocracy.' I would not call them that. But it is certainly the wealth- jer class of our people. It is com- osed of those men and women who Ymva the money to buy liguors at high prices; men who have inherited wealth or have made large wealth and now have much leisure—men with lelsure enough to frequent city clubs, soclal clubs, country clubs, golf clubs; women whose lives are largely given over to entertaining and being entertained, many of whom e no real business in life except perhaps to succeed soclally. Fre- quently we speak of these people as the better classes of our people, but they constitute those who are more than any other class apparently openly and proudly violating the pro- hibition law. “Frequently the result of a law can- not be forecast. Before the national prohibition law came one would have supposed that this element of our pop- ulation of which I am now speaking would have been foremost in uphold- ing the law. Hits Women's Attitude. “Not only do we find men of this class violating the law, but women also. They give partles. They invite friends, serve cocktails or high balls, or put a little flask of liquor by each late, covered under a pretty paper. ‘hey buy the liquor from bootleggers. They know these men are violating the law when they purchase it. They Join in this violation. It is an awful thing to contemplate that these citi- zel constituting a very small pro- portion of the people of America, but at the same time a very influential and important part of the people of Amer- ica, would thus be willing to openly and flagrantly violate the law. “But their own violation of the law 18 not the worst feature of this situa- tion. The worst feature is that they are teaching their own sons and daughters to violate and hold in con- tempt this law and all other laws of uu_ru this small but '"fi'”::i‘: class of, our people could he prev: uj obey the law, th':i'o ‘would b.D:: further talk, in my opinion, about law enforcement. Many of these people are church "Notuloul ‘;:r{y m" v.‘:mby to a nner som e 3 griends Liquor was 1 gat on the right of my good hostess. She did naqt drink herself, She was a member of the church. Her husband had been successful. He had recently become rich. She had sons and daugh- ters. They all wanted to get along in the world and she confided in me that she thought it was wrong to serve liquor, but that unless she did she was not invited to the homes of the best people, and that unless she served |- beuple wines at her house the best PROCTOR L. DOUGHERTY, Chevy Chase. | | HARRY N. STULL, Stanton Park. to the works of his predecesso: Emile Faguet. professor of lite ture, critic and writer on historicu and economic subjeots. Meanwhile M. Clemenceau’s cavaiter treatment of the venerable institution { is putting it in an awkward positic HENRY MORTON Sixteenth Street High would not come, that her children could not g0 with the children und the people unless liquors were served. 4 travestg, what u misguide this is of re that in order to rise in_the one m become a law violator and a tion derider! What wiil become of a class of people, even though it may be called & moneyed aristocracy, which thus flagrantly teaches a ation of the law and inculcates into their chil- dren a disrespect for the established | Constitution and laws of the land? I| want to appeal to this element of our | people to put themselves right and te | uphold the Uonstitution and laws of | our blessed country.” | Edwards Makes Attack. | Attacking the attitude of the “drys” | enator Edwards in his | “Why be hypocritical in this mat- 't want modification or 3 A public state- a United States Senator last Thursday night that ‘you | can buy liquor under the dome of the Capitol any time you want it." Will America stand for this sort of thing without protest? “Are bootleggers to be allowed to | deliver intoxicating liquors to the | Halls of Congress without some cog- | nizance being taken of i honest and patriotic citizens? Congress of the Uni tinue its disgracefi policy of quiescer disregard of the safety its constituents, and be prepared to iake the consequences. “Hundreds, yea thousands, of mem- bers are being added daily to the rolls of the I. W. W.'s, the Communists, and the anarchists because of the filth and rottenness being engendered in our civic life by potsonous liquor and | illicit stills. The prohibition unit it- self, the instrumentality used by the Federal Government to enforce Vol- steadism, is reeking with corruption and crooked and criminal officials. “Let Mr. Mellon or Gen. Andrews ' or the United States Congress deny | this if they can.” i Discount Straw Votes. The Anti-Saloon League committee, | after its call on the President, put out | a statement belittling the significance of the rewspaper polls on prohibition and sawng they had mentioned them only inalentally to the President. The statemenc continued: “The friends prohibition, as a | class, will not take any part in these so-called votes and will not be seri-| ously concerned about nor disturbed by the results of the ‘hallot.” In effect, the new: whether so intended by papers or not, the straw vote is a part of the ‘wet’ agitation and | propaganda which being carried on in advance of the congressional elec- tions of this vear; it may be ignored by the drys and cannot be considered as an expression of the sentiments of the qualified voters or of the ma- Jority of the people. “If the Anti-Saloon League and the other temperance organizations had the large sums of money which the ‘wets’ have and were to put forth the effort which the ‘wets' are put- ting forth concerning this matter, and if they were willing to adopt irre- sponsible methods or to fall in with the irresponsible methods adopted by others, the straw vote would show a big ‘dry’ majority. ““The ‘wets’ may adopt such methods and may carry on their propaganda; the ‘drys’ will not be disturbed. The) will pursue the regular legal methods of ascertaining the views and the will | served in the case of M FRENCH ACADEMY 1S AGAIN IGNORED Clemenceau Makes No Show of Being Member on Title Page of New Book. By the Assoriated P PARIS. March 13 ceau's new hook on Demosthenes, which first appeared as o supplement to & weekly paper, has now come out in book form and one little point about it has not escaped notice. Il has not put “member of the French Academy” after his name on the title page. Most authors, soon as th have been ected one of the ) immortals” hasten to add this distin ~Gieorges Cleme tlon to their signatures, as iL car great weight in the country and gives them a higher value in the literar; market But the election of the “Tiger” to the French Academy in 1918 ceptional In every respect. The recog nized procedure is for every candi date to pay personal visits to the members and olicit their votes. If he is successful he is “‘received” hv the academy at a ceremonious mewiing at which he to review the life and work of his predecessor, to whose “armchair” he has been elected None of these traditions was ob Clemenceau | Instead of solicited by the self to be elected Visits to member tion he has ne work of th | editing the French . cefved,” | i« est movement foward having tha ceremony performed, and. ot course has never been meusured for that en and gold uniform or tried bi-corn head covering to whic nmortals” have the right. e has apparently never given u though PLAYWRITING CONTEST WILL CLOSE TOMORROW Annual Arts Club Competition tc Show Record Number of Manu- scripts Submitted. ie annual p the Arts Club morrow, and all the hands of the dramatic committec by 6 pm. The winning plays will he announced within the next few weeks and will be produced for the first time during the month of May by the club. For several years, this contes! among members of the club has created increasing interest. The number of plays submitted this yeur is larger than at any previous tim according to M d Howell Smith chairman of the dramatic committee and the originator of the jdea of the contest, The program committee of the club announces a number of promi nent speakers who will appear at the club hearing the lust two week: in Mareh, beginninz on Tuesday night, when the celebrated portrai painter, Wilford &. Conrow of New York, will be the guest of honor. Mr. Conrow, besides being an artist likewise the is and he will this subject on Tuesday His talk will be illustrated with : number of beautiful slides. Other speakers of this month will be G. A. Lyon on March 23, who will speak on “Some Landmarks of the Literature of American Politics” Mrs. Frederic E. Farrington or March 18, on “Plays I Saw in New York,™ and Dr. Willlam Boyd Car penter, on March 25, whose subject will be “Litera and Other Con tacts Between the Occident and the Orient.” PLAN MILITARY BALL. Order of World War Chapter to Hold Dance April 12. The District of Columbia Chapter o* the Military Order of the World War is planning a military ball to be held at the Mayflower Hotel the evening of April 1 Gen. Lloyd M. Brett has appointed committee onp arrangements as fo! Lieut. Col. George F. Unmacht chairman; Admiral T. J. Cowle, Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, Admiral Luther E. Gregory, Lieut. Comdr. Lewis P. Clephane, Lieut. Col. Robert P. Par- rott, Lieut, Col. Fred B. Ryons, Maj A. M. Dondero, Maj. A. Coulter Wells . Willlam L. Symons, Maj. Frede Patterson, Capt. Watson B. Miller, Capt. Edwin S. Bettlehelm, fr. Capt. Charles Demonet, Capt. Thomas J. Frailey, Capt. H. Turner Lewis and Capt. Paul J. McGahan. “Casey of the Coast Guard.” An invitational “preview" of the motion picture “Casey of the Coas! Guard” will be presented at Wardma Park Hotel Theater tonight, in honor of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon according to announcement. The showing will be under auspices of the Bureau of. Commercial Eco nomics, co-operating with the Ward man Park Hotel Theater. ince the adoption of probi a national policy of the fore and bition as of the people and will maintain and enforce the elghteenth amendment, the national prohibition code and the several State laws enacted both b people. “The main matters put before ti President today are not expedient t. The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical and fair—it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank MORRIS Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. “Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit’*