Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1926, Page 2

» THE EVENIN CAMPAIGN PRESSE FUR VUTELESS I] G_|Mfllly Other Notables Will V | 4 | Attitude of House Encourag ing to Cause of National Representation. enlisted and sympathetic judiciary com- Representa spot of Voteless W3 has lively in idaration of the That th hi's meeting commitiee on national the Disirict of ¢ Word was fortheom that the recen Ditional amendment yresentation had made impression the ndiciary tee. The committee. it W wae struck hy the terse. forceful and arguments which awere The nments S Jast night's meeting nformed. with wh ual atten tion. and pronenneed by conzressional old hands s an ever submitted te <hi of the Housze high representation o tumbia vings on the hring A deep commit hmitted . we listened The 1 Honse commities The hearinzs are now being com piled and printed. hut, owing 1o the indiciary committee’s unusual pres 3 b at this time, the matter of a has not yet been considerad repart Too Early to Forecast. o early to € the judiciary naturaliy 1t the nature report an our Theodore \W. Noves. the natinnal representatic commitiee. “Rut we have elieve that =ome membs apposed are now come wha were Ay side mress, is vhat " o ehain wecutive reazon to wha were on the fence and that an the fi are now That denotes substant ave justified in hopin John Joi Fdson. vice chairman of {he exacutive committee. expressed the hope that ways and means could be found to prese for favorable aetion bv the House of Representatives he fore adiournment of the present mes cinn of Congress. 1 have heen a resident of Washington for §4 years.” <aid the veteran hanker mever voted. | want to vote hefore 1 die. T helieve 1 will. 1 am not ready 1 think that sa unjust. unfair and un American a deal a® Washington now enffers at the hands of the Nation wiil b= permanently maintained Urges Public Campalgn. Mr. Edson strongly recommended that Washingtonians who helieve in natinnal representation loge no oppor- tunity tn convince their awn fellow itizens in the Distriet of the worthi nese nf the 156, Many of them.'™ caid Mr. Edson. ‘need education on that point. They are under the Ahence of fears and prajudices that have ne foundation in fact ot a single ohjeetion to national : ntation that cannot and satisfactorily met.” Last night's meeting, which was at tended by subeommittee chairmen and Cice chairmen representing the dif- ferent organized hodies of Washington mivic life. unanimously favored an in tensive nation-wide campaign, to be waged incessantly from now on. for nation representation To that end fhere wae animated discussion of the Cpews af war mecessary for much a crasade. William T. Galliher, chair man of the b the Federal- American Natioral ¥ who_heads the national iepresentation finance Lommittes, war authorized to ask indi {inal merahess of the executive com- Imittee and the ronstituent organiza tions for subs iptions 1o cover im- mediate financial needs Mr. Galliher expressed the opin {hat the money wonid he ‘speedily fortheoming. ‘¢wur cause is on the march.” he teld the meeting. “The time to advance It is now ress must no' he retarded hecause of lack of fund Eneouraging Jehn B. Dickman. subcommitiee on Jabor. and Mrs. Fllen Spencer v. chairman of the on women's activities. Mr. d that the Centrai Labor 1'nion f the Di. 1 of Columhia was heart and soul with the national represen 1ation moiement. later on it is the purpose of Mr. Dickman's commiites to approach the American Federation of Labor with a view to securing its powerful indorsement of the plan to relieve the plight of voteless Wash ington. Women Strongly Allied. Mre. Mussey said that me 40 women's organizations in the Dis triet of Columbia are allied with the movement to “give \Washington a square suffrage deal.” The women's <ubcommittee is in touch with many wvomen's national organizations like the League of Women Voters and the Federation »f Women's Clubs. It formerly an 1 p reporis came from chajrman of the co.aperation Dickman There | 'PRESIDENT GOING TO VIRGINIA FOR SESQUI-CENTENNIAL FETE ¢ the executive ! at the meet- | morrow—To Mark Anniversary of Independe Many persons from Washington. in- | fluding the President and Mrs. Cool- | idge, S ors wnd Representatives nd others high in official life in the Capital, are leaving here today tenight 1o he pre in burg, Va. tomorrow the cele ton of the sesquic il anniver- sary of (e first decisive step taken | by Vicginis looking toward the indc pendence of the Ame onies. 1t w vears row that the Virginia Ass . meeting in Willinmshurz. adopted & resolution di- recting its representatives in the Con tinental Congress to support A declara- | tion of independence from British con- | reported. | was | effective fore | project will | and 1 have | | sentative and | former secrerary to the President. | United | | 1 he fully | | [ | fon | Our prog- | | | with | Mus- | subcommittee | in- | President so desired. but it is thought {in nearby 3 plans have heen made to make t ohservance of Virginia's contribution 1o independence an im ressive and memorable oceasion, The town of Williamshuig, so famous Vieginie colonial history. | (o greet fts mAny guests avety. The hration it & of the most interest- ng and imposing Spectacies ever en- acted in the early Virzinia capital. OF course. the principal event will be the presence of the President and the Arst lady. and the address (o be de livered by the tive. the first he has made outsid Washington since | his speach in Chicago early lase De- | cember. | Trip Aboard Mayfower, Accompanied by s smsli party of friends, the President and Mrs. Cool- | ilze hoarded the yacht Mayfower shortly after noon 1o start their journey to the Virginia peninsula They will Jand at Yorktown. famed the spot where American independ. | ence hecame an actual fact when | Lord Cornwallie, commanding the Rritish forces. surrendered 1o George | Washington. There the distinguished | party will be met officials of the State, who will accompany them on the motor trip from Yorktown to Wil- | hamsburg. & distance of 12 miles. | Those who were invited to make | the trip ahoard the Mavflower are Senator and Mrs. Swanson apd ator Glass of Virginla, Senator A\lrs. Bingham of Connecticut, Re Mrs, Montague of Vir Sanders, secretary 1 ¢. Bascom Slemp and \nderson of Richmond fates nxent on the American Mexican Mived Claims Commission “'he Mayfower is scheduled to dock at Yorktown between 9 and 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The journey back o Weashington will he siarted by the President’s par(y betweeh 3 and 4 in the afternvon. \Washington could be reached early Sunday morning if the n and verett President ginia the ney W likely that he will prefer to . about the. bay and the lower Potomac during Sunday, arriving home Mon day morning Large Crowd Expected. This celebration has heen widely ad. vertined and great interest has heen manitested throughout the State and sections, with the result {hat there in every indication that Wil Jiamsburg will be packed with visitors. | 'According to the officlal program the exerciser will start on the site of the old House of Burgesses. at the east end of Duke of Gloucester street. | From there they will be shifted to the | area between the wings of the Sir} Christopher Wren Hall of the Collexe of William and Mary, noted as the oldest academic building in this coun- try. Duke of Gloucester sireet is rich in colonial history, having been the | scene of much pomp and pu;un(r_\.‘ The business houses and other build ings on this quaint thoroughfare will | be decorated S 1 The presidential party will be met | at the entrance to the college campus by an academic procession, consisting of facuity and students, and will then | march to the rear of the main building | of the college, where he will deliver | his address. | One of the features incident to the | celebration will be the tolling of the | hell of Old Bruton Church which will ! Ving as it did 130 years ago, when it | announced to colonial Willlamsburg | | that the Virginia convention had taken | its Arst definite steps toward inde pendence. The college and other town | bella will join in thia part of the ex-| ercises. Special Edition of Paper. Another interesting feature will he { the printing of a special edition of i planned to hring the matter hefore | the federation at its approaching nual convention in Atlartic City. Subcommittee chairmen dealing with conventions, speakers, publicity, radio, campaigns in the States and co.opera- tion with other organizations all ten- dered reports 1o last night's gather ing, indicating that the national rep an- | | tinental resentation current is flowing stronglv | and vigerously in all nseful directions Jesse . Suter reported that next week's Washington convention «f the Netional Retail Coal Merchants' Asso. ciation has agsigned 10 minuies on its hanquet program to United States Tariff Commiseioner Henry H. Glassie for an address entitled Washington.” School Prizes to Be Offered. At the suggestion of Gideon Lyon, on print publicity and radio, it is plan- ned ta offer a serles of competitive prizes in the schools of Washington for essays or orations on the subject nf national representation. The con A “Americanize | chairman of the subcommittee | test will he organized on the generai | lines of the Constitution contests recently held by of the United States The meeting was attended by John Joy Edson, A. F. Sevmour, Charles A. Raker. Gaorge K. H. Rrown. John RB. 1. Dougherty, W, Anna K. Hendley. Ellen Spencer Mus Noves Judge Mary Nannette B. Panul. Grah, Leftwich Sinclair. Mre. " Speel. Miss Florence F. Stiles, Jease (- Suter, Washingion Topham, Frederic William Wile, Guilferd . Jameson. “Taxatlon Withent Representation i« Tyranny” has become the official slogan of the national representation campaign. Between now and the time Congress reassembles for ihe 1926-27 the schools Dic 7. [¢] Proctor Mrs, man. Gallihel A. Lyon, e Powel session the executive committee plans | in this sesquicentennial vear to make the slogan ring across the republic. $1,000 AWAITS UNCLAIMED MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 14 (). — At the district attorney’s office here is $1.000 that no one claims, The 10 £100 bills are spurned by two men in position to claim ownership. But the responsibility involved causes hesitation. The money was found in a adjoining the har of Mike howski. In the same drawer Henninz, State prohibition agent. found a bottle of liquor. Alex Kela haba, bartender. said he had never scen the llquor or the monex chowski said the liquor was not his and he had no idea where the $1,000 came from. room o A Bowerman, George | Mra ‘ginla White | Fvan H. Tucker and | “arl | oratorical | the Gazetie, which_famous old news paper on May 17, 1776, told the colon. ists of the aciion of the Virginia con- vention. The \irginia resolutions were pro- posed by Thomas Nelson, and were the result of the combined authorship of Patrlck Henry, Edmund Pendelton and Meriwether Smith. They were hampioned in the conventlon hy Pat- rick Henry and other patriots. It was Richard Henry Lee. one of | rginia’s representatives in the Con- | Congress, following instrue- tions latd down by the resolutions of | the Virginia convention, who proposed | to the Continental Congress the reso. | lutions of independence. Some author jties contend that inasmuch as I resolution was adopted finally on July | the peopie of the United States <hould celeirate that day as Inde- pendence day. in of July 4. The important incidents of early R ————— Today in Congr Senate. Efforts will be renewed today to call up the migratory bird bill for action In the Senaie. Immigration committes held meeting to discuss the alien sea- men's bill Judiciary committee held another cesslon to zo over billa proposed o tighten the enforcement of the dry law. Agriculture committee continued hearings on bill to reg iate im- poriation of milk and House. House today took up for col - jon the bill for Smokey Moun- era and Shenandoah National tain Parks, House continues consideration of cultural relief legisiation. Veterans committee approves recommendations of subcommittee for tightening up conirel over gnardians by Veterans' Bureau. Subcommittee of appropriations committee in executive seasion on second deficlency appropriation bill. Naval affaire committee contin- nex hearing on line personnel. Gibson subcommittee of House District committee continues its in- vestigation of Commissioner Fen- ning and the xeneral administra- tion of the municipal government in caucus room of House Office: Building at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Interstate commerce committee continues hearing on coal legisla- tion. Flections committee in executive session on Walters-Balley contested election case. Ways and means committee in executive session on miscellaneous matters. Public lands committes in exe tive o on committee calendar. Tahor «)mmittee continues he ing to - -eate a division of safet in the Lubor Department. Immigration committee continues hearing on deportation relating to seamen. E .,nlnpn-m { Byrd {100k A prominent | gressional | are t Williamsburg To- we Vote, American history will be elaborated upon by those who will make ad- dresses. Also there will be a resume o the various episodes in the Colonles up to the actual adopt of Lieation of Independence by | the Continental Congress, | Other States® Actions, | There will be mention made of the | of the Mecklenburg inde- e vesolutions. 1t was in May that patriots of this connty of lina met and adopted reso. zing independence. These o the Continental re shelved at the orth Carolina dele. inadvisable to bring 1Erexs at that time, followed M \usetts in with # new form of govern i the King of England New ilsmpshire followed Mussu- iater during that and all the while other colonies evinced a willingness to coneur in any dectsive fon that the Congress might adopt s the best and most effective means of bringing about | dependence and wlete freedom from British rule However, despite all these 1 ations of eagerness for (reedon v desive for independence it 1 i through the vention, o bring ahont ement 11 s expected that the gover these original thirteen present fn Williamshurg particiy i the Virginta time because the tek though' It hem hefore the Then y, lifes and hained Virginia an actual e re of tex will he tomorrow to ceremonies, Goy whose ancestors PArt in the Siate's will bhe among those history who will sp Senators Swanson and Ring ham, and presentative Montague are going a¢ members of a joint com commission, other members of the commission Representatives McSweeney of Ohio: Mills of New York: Tucker of | Virginia: Temple of Tennessee, and House | Stubbs of Massachusetts Wuw-l Store Hours, 9 to 6, | with Fstablished G__STAR. WA WAN JURY- UNABLE 0 REACH DECISION Gordon to See Sargent About Fourth Trial—Bail Will Be Sought. The third trial of Ziang Sun Wan, Chinese student. charged with murder of Hen Sen Wu, unde tary at the Chinese Kducational Mis sion, ended fn a disngreement of the ey at 10 ck last night. ‘The prisoner was remanded to jail to await another trial. He appeared much cuexifallen at the failure of the J to reach a verdict. Attorney Wilton J. Lambert gave notice of his intention to make A formal application for the release of Wan on bail pending a decision by United States Attorney Peyton Gor don us to the future o Government in the matter Attorney Lambert went to ew York last night and couid ne e reached today to learn just when will make the formal application of pre is expected to confer Attorney Gieneral Sargent about bringing the Wan caxe before & fourth jury. The case has established A rec ord in the local criminal courts al ready, #x no homicide case has before been tried three times. The most anthentic report of how the jurors stood last nizht gives the defense & and the prosecution 3 votes The result of the second trial last January was 10 to 2 wequiital. No Accurate report is ohtainable, as it is understood the members of the jurs made an agreement not to divulge the 1t of thefr halloting wdon “Everlastingly Disagreed.” Refore legving the conrthouse yer- terday afterncon_ Justice Hoehling called the jurors ¥nto court and in- quived if they had reached an agree- ment. Emile Alhrecht, the foreman announc: We are utterly and ever- lantingly disagreed. Fach side is con- 1909 Street Charge Accounts Solicited Worth-While Hosiery Values Full-Fashioned Chiffon Hose 1= . Reantiful sheer qual ity, full-fashioned and all the wanted color with mercerized gart tope. A real value at this special price. Chiffon Hose ‘12 Pr, Full fashioned and silk all the wav to the tap. 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Differing from the action of the House. the M Fadden ased by the Senate yvesterday aft on and is ready to go 1o As it went thr measnre ments, which were assailed in the hanking ate flod the unit It han! further branch banking by members | of the Federal reserve svstem The amendments were stricken out { o Bl WawG 2 provisions ion bill was completed at the Capl- | both national and State hank members | and of the hranches of thei This ¢ the hatt that ma slon. threat, were i Japsed when the last 60 10 1 Sfpons. wonld pl & W at— .50 e ) althoneh 1926, widely in some hranch banking ikh the 1o carried the Hull committee and was contended they Juntry into half branch and half | closing the king hy inserted pe 1o t o tem por reserve within the home cities in & ously approved by the House and the | iing branch banking Battle Is Expected. is expected in conferen hange le ixsue | ready maneuvering has heen hegu Sec- | cuch a compromise. with prospects . srtions of the bill may ment that the Navy wiil do “Itx full | \iain e rewritten. | The bill passed the Se In the higheat atate of eMcidncy and | e record vote after two dave discun:| ion ate offered than opposit amendment more opoxed. 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