Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1926, Page 50

2 THE With EVENING 'milny Morning Edfllou; WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company | Supreme 110n s BRGae O St and Pennsy New York Office: 110 East Chicago Oftice’ Tower Bu European Office: 14 Recent St.. London, England. The Fvening Star. with the Sunday morn ine edition, is ‘delive the Sty cens per month 45 cents per month: Sunday onl: er ‘month. Orders may elephone Main 5000. ¢ carrier at the end of each month. darly onlv Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. faryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday 1 vr..$9.00: 1 mo Daily’ only 1 yr.. $6.00: 1 mo. Sunday only . $3.00: 1 mo. All Other States and Canada. aily and Sunday.1yr. $12.00: 1 mo. S1.00 aily nly ] vrl SRO00T ] mo. unday only [iyrl $4.00:1mol 35e Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Pross titled to the use for repunh credited to it ¢ this paper and also the local news published herein. Al yights of publicat! of special dispatches herein are also reserved. 1 all 1 patches t otherwise crod- ited in Retirement Legislation. Next Wednesday the conferees on the civil service retirement legislation Wil meet for further discussion and it is hoped that they will then agree upon a form of bill which will be sure | at this session and proper measure of wernment annuitants The latest reports from the confer ence indicate a disposition to adopt the higher standard of maximum an that provided by the Senate bill, $1.200, instead of the $1,000 of the House bill. It has been sure has been applied by the admin- istration in favor of the lower an- nuity, on the ground of the need of economy in Government expenditures. This consideration, however, should not govern in the decision. This is not a matter for ordinary Gov. ernment expense. These people who are to be benefited by the increase of the maximum annuity are to be con- sidered apart from all questions of economy. They have been retire from the Government service afte many vears of faithful performance of duty at small pay, retired against their will and wish and forced to a cept the pittance of pension granted by the original act which established the retirement system. In almost every case the amount allowed as an annuity was smaller than that which was needed for actual sustenance. Re- tirement was a hardship, a penalty, a punishment for continued service and the advance of years. It was never contemplated by the proponents of civil retirement that the elder employes of the Government should suffer penalties and privations upon final separation from the service. There was a dual purpose -in this en- actment, to make proper provision for the superannuated employes and to permit a relief of the Government service from the incubus of those who had been rendered comparatively in- afficient by the advance of age. There was no thought to impose a distressing hardship upon those whom it became necessary or whom it wuas desirable to relieve from active duty. In the of finu! pas which will yield justice to the ¢ framing of the bill the maximum of | $720 wao ertablished. That has been found to be wholly inadequate to meet the requirements of those who are sep- arated from the service. Experience has shown that the average of retired pay or annuity set up by the original act is too low. Only the plea that budgetary considerations call for the lower figure is made in justification of the fixing of the maximum now at $1,000 Equity demands the higher figure, that of the Senate bill. There is a possibility that if the conferees cannot agree this legisla- tlon may fail at the present, session. Such a happening would be lament a It would delay for many months the relief of the people who are wholly dependent upon their an- nuities and who are suffering now from insufficient income. 1t would probably shorten the lives of some of | them. They have been given hope by the proceedings of the past few months in the framing of this legis- lation to its present ®point. Failure of the conference would dash that hope tragically. — e Should investigators persist in throwing things at one another it may be necessary to insist that they sub- mit to being handcuffed. This might check the impressive force of gesture, but it would in no wise interfere with logical discourse or the flow of ora- tory. Excluding a publication from the malls is now regarded as a method of giving it an unfair commercial ad- vantage over its competitor: - e “Back-Seat" Driving. Ever since automobiles first made their appearance in this country there have been arguments between the married female of the species and the male. These argumests have fre. quently waxed warm and long and have concerned such things as the stripping of gears, the ability to drive a car and other little matters having to do with automobile ownership. Now comes an argument, in this year of 1926, which does nothing but add a new cause for divorce in the sovereign State of California. 2 Claude H. Hartman of San Fran- clsco decided that he needed an auto- moblle, not only for business reasons, but to take him and his affectionate wife on little trips over the week end. Naturally wishig to share his new- found pleasure of driving with his “better half,” he made the decision that so many men live to regret; he " would teach her how to drive. This story may well end with that paragraph, but unfortunately there is more to tell. Mrs. Hartman became exceedingly efficlent; in fact, she be- came so efficient even while riding on the back seat, in directing her husband’s evel move. Such advice as “slow down, there is a child ahead,” or “watch out a STAR |drive s R lgzs!uulomulrlle driver will aver that—and He sued for .. .Editor | divorce, glving the reason that his The “ourt of California has just | ruled that the reason is good and that | Mr. Hartman is entitled to a divorce W by carrier within 0 cents be sent by mail or Tiection 15 wiade by | | ter the nerves of a person who is Sest understoed that pres: | that she hlslfiled.‘ faster, T am late for the party now, |second,” were part of every attempt | of Mr. Hartman to pilot the car. This soon became unbearable—any | the inevitable followed. wife was a “bdck-sent” drviver. { from such a wife. | though such a ! be held valid in other States, it should give all “"back-seat” motor car opera- 1 tors something to think about. there is anything more likely to shat- |actually driving, it is constant advize |and admonitions from the occupants of the other seats in the car, and the | chances of accident are increased by | every occurrence of this kind. Let the | driver do the driving: if he is a poor | one, grin and bear it, and if he is a good one, thank your lucky stars that | you do not have to worry over the in- | tricacies of present-day traffic. —— = | The Congressional Record. Some day Congress will be com- | pelled to wrestle finally with the prob- lem of the Congressional Record, which is at present a veritable com- mon carrier of political, sociological, near-literary and miscellaneous mat- ter, regardless of origin. | Originally this publication was de- | signed to be a report of the proceed- | ings of the two houses of Congress, a | public journal of the debates, printed | for the convenience of members for | purposes of easy reference and as a | safeguard against misunderstanding of happenings in the two branches of the national legislature. It was placed on sale to the public for gen- eral information for the benefit of | those who wished more detailed re- ports of the congressional proceedings than the newspapers could possibly f print. From time to time the “leave to print” privilege has been extended until now any member of either house { can secure the publication in the Rec- lord of almost anything that takes his tancy, and for which he wishes to se- cure the privilege of cheap printing {in quantity apd free mailing under rank. Sometimes these matters are rinted in the major portion of the | Record as if they were part of the | regular proceedings, though they may have been read only by title. Again |they are included in the “Appendix,” | which often comprises the greater per- centage of the issue. Occasionally this matter comes up for consideration in one house or the other, but inasmuch as all members are beneficiaries of the privilege there is little urgent disposition to curtail it and 1t grows from session to session and from Congress to Congress. The other day a letter written by certain Democratic members of the New York delegation to Senator Wads- worth In satirical rejoinder to his pro- nunciamento on the prohibition ques- tion was printed in this manner and subsequently the propriety of such a publication was debated. The matter has not been determined. A motion to expunge may be made and carried. in which case only the “permanent” Record would be affected. Meanwhile the current issue has gone forth with this insert, which thereby becomes available for easy distribution. Probably many members of Con- gress would like to see the privilege abolished altogether and the Record confined strictly to the proceedings, confined even to the matters actually spoken or read in full in the two houses. They would like to see speeches printed on the day following their utterance and not “held for re- | vision” for days and sometimes for weeks. They would like to see per- mission to “extend remarks’ denied | to all without exception. If they had their way the Record would be a true transcript, a dependable journal of Congress and not, as it is now, a tan- talizing album of miscellany. ——o— A reconciliation such as has been suggested, between Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit, may be possible. It would Involve a very considerable sacrifice of night club publicity. e Florida was, in the imagination of Ponce de Leon, the site of the Fountain of Youth. Tt is now regarded by real- tors as the location of the inexhaust- ible purse of Prince Fortunatus. ————————— In order to study European condi- tions it is less important for Ameri- cans to go to Europe than for Euro- peans to come to America. vt The Senate rules bring to attention (he need of a parliamentary syatem which will prevent unruliness. —————— New York's Perennial Row. It just seems as though the mayor of Greater New York and the con- | troller of that big town, whoever they | may be, s:mply cannot get along. . Al | most the entire time of Mayor Hylan's | eight years in office he and Controller Craig were at loggerheads. The feud | became so acute that they never spoke to one another except on the most of- | fictal occasions and in a most official | way. Their remarks about each other were pungent and pointed. With the departure of Hylan from the mayor- alty and Craig from the controllership there was hope that the new incum- Dbents of those offices would be more congenial. For a few months after the advent of Mayor Walker and Con- troller Berry it really looked as though their"minds went along together” and that an era of good feeling between these two important offices had come. But no, that is not to be. The factors controller, whatever the personality, is a checker. These two officers are come from a peculiar specific cause. Controller Berry complains that Mayor Walker is tardy in his attendance at the meetings of the board. There has |been an exchange of letters between for this curly” or “will- you please ' them, politely acrimonious. The-mayor or “why don't you shift into anse may not of disagreement in the situation are fundamental. _The mayor, regardiess of individuality, is a spender, and the members of the board of estimate and appointment, which determines on the municipal budget, and it is quile in the nature of things that they should be in disaccord. The present breach has THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, has indulged in newspaper statements. The controller cites one of them in his latest note to the mavor and indulges in satirical reference to the mayor's “lifelong record of punctuality.” It this were only. a dispute as to hours of meetings and attendance It could be easily settied without publicity. But with each side going into print with documents and interviews, it i evi- dent to the taxpayers of New York that the perennial row is on 'again, and there fs thus prospect of some lively times during the next three and a half years of the present combina- tion. ——————— The Blues in Par; , The Richmond Light Infantry Blues are back from Paris and report a good time had by all. The Blues saw the I'rench metropolis and it is certaln that Paris saw something when the Blues paraded. The Governor's Foot Guards of Connecticut, boon confpan- fons and sartorial complements of the Blues, were there also, and any one who has seen either or both corps can safely say that Paris got a double eye- ful. The Connecticut units are right splendid, but the Blues nre Washing ton's nelghbors and the District's peo- ple feel a sectional pride in their ap pearance. From 1917 on for several years P saw plenty of khakiclad, tin-hatted Americans, plcturesque, efficent, but as to gurb necessarily colorless. Now she knows that over here we are not color-blind, and when put our minds to 1t we can design and vurn fostal military costumes which compare favorably in impressive mag nificence with anything since the body guard of Marcus Antonius. And of these the dark blue, white, gold, silver and towering rippling plumes of the Blues stand in the forefront. Paris has seen many a chromatic military spectacle since the days of Louis XIV and on through the Second Empire and the Republic. The French have never been prone to allow their soldiery to be mistaken for ash col- lectors or telephone trouble-shooters. Even the members of their forestry service and their milltary postal sery- ice have worn clothes that would have delighted a lieutenant general in other armies. But it is doubtful if the his toric city on the Seine ever got more Kick out of a parade. Everybody be- ing out on’'the boulevard, the crypt in the Hotel des Invalides was empty, and it will never be known whether the sarcophagus of Napoleon I, who had one of the keenest of penchants for bedecking his “children,” jiggled a little with envy, we. out ———— First Congregational Church. Sympathy is felt throughout the community for the members of the First Congregational Church of this city in their present predicament. That place of worship, a venerable bullding. has been declared unsafe for continued use and they must meet for Sunday morning services in one of the theaters and elsewhere for other pur- poses. This situation is likely to con- tinue for some time because it would appear that the old church is not sus- ceptible of repair and in-any event Is soon to be razed to make wav. for a larger. better and more siftable 2di- fice. The hardship of the congrega- tion ix the greater because the fund for the reconstruction has mot vet D. C, JUNE 13 EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT RE V. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Washington. The Spiritual in Architecture. Man has ever employed forms and symbols as the expressions of hix ideals und nspirations. From the most remote perfod down to the latest hour he has endeavored through the medium of imperishable materials to create great bulldings, monuments and memorials as the witnesses of his highest hopes. The most endur- ing huildingg in the world are those that still remain to tell the story of man's deep and unchanging relikious emotions. By these anclent monu: ments we are able to understand more clearly the genfug as well as the qual- ity of man's spifitual ideals. Our present generaticn has wit- nessed a vast improvemeAt in ecclesfastical architecture. It has also witnessed a widespread revival of in- terest in the erection of great monu- mental churches and cathedrals both here and abroad. Within very recent vears Trurg and Liverpool, in Eng- land, and New Vork and Washington, In America, have undertaken vast proj. ects that engage the genius of mas. ter architects and call for great e: penditures of money. In refinement of design these buildings will compare fa- vorably with, if not surpass, the great structures produced centuries ago. It is obvious that these undertakings not only give expression to the genius of architects and artisans, but they also serve to indicate the unfailing yearning for that which expresses the deeper and finer aspirations of man's spiritual nature. Given, as our age is, to the greatest and most stuben dous undertakings representative of our commercial and mechanical genius, it is a sumgestive fact that keepingace with these are the mani- festations of man’s spiritual designs been provided and the change to tem porary quarters instead of being merely while the new work was under way. This church i= an institution of many activities. It has a wide field of usefulness and an exceptionally co-operative spirit animates the con- gregation. It requires a large “plant” for its varled services and meetings and in the present situation it finds itself serlously handicapped. This mis- fortune, however, i calculated to stim- ulate rather than depress and it may be the means of effecting a speedier consummation of the cherished plan of a new church buflding, in all re- spects worthy and a credit to Wash- ington. -t Some of the war veterans needed a guardian. It may develop that some of the investigators are entitled to similar consideration. o Jowa is apparently intent on assert- ing hereelf as a political influence quite on a par with Ohio or Indfana. - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Merry Million. A million dollars used to be A fortune high in fame. Just now it is, folks a|l agree, A white chip in the game. When to the few luck brings a sum That- leaves all others broke, This thing called “money” must be- come A universal joke! Defining a Palicy. “Are you a wet or a’dry “I'm a dry,” answered Senator Bor- ghum. “Out my way the wets are so prosperots that you can say what you choose against them without much gear that they will grow politically peevis! Strength. Who battles for the right Needs strength and will. He who prevents a fight 1s stronger still. Jud Tunkins says the best part of a Summer vacation is the way it makes him appreciate his home and his reg- ular friends. , Graduation. “What became of all the tin cans you collected?” “I saved 'em up and -built myself & filvver,” answered Plodding Pete, “so's I could quit trampin’ and be. come & touriat.” p Round or Flat. “It's love that make the world go ‘round,” Said a philosopher profound; And disappointed love Is that Which seems to make the world go flat, H “Good advice,” said Uncle Eben, “is bread cast on de waters, but flattery is marked 'C. O. D" . 5 and purposes. Practical and utilita- rlan as”this period Is, It is compelled Lo recogiize the indispensableness of that which adequnately expresses the deeper and- finer ‘things of man's wpivituad nature. It ‘may be truly sdid that those who design and carry tos completion these great temples are’ themakers in stone of a na- tion's ideals. While buildings erected fol secular:purposes may become ob- solete and useless, these more perma- nent structures will continue through the centuries to tell to succeeding generations that our present age was not lacking in religious fervor or spiritual aspiration Beauty is an exsential and indis- pensable element in life and the form it takes bears immediately and vitaliy. upon the things of character. 1t s a poor maxim that declares that utility alone must determine the form and tashion of that which we build. That which is useful may be made beautiful, and that- whic is beautiful may be made useful. Frederic Harrison maintained that Phidias was as sacred as the Iliad of Homes, the Glotto's Tower in Flor- ence was as preclous as the Paradaiso of Dante, and the Abbey of England as immortal as the Hamlet of Shakespeare. To his fancy these monumental structures embodied the finest sentiment and genius of the generations that produced them. We of America, have moved so fast and our development has been so un- paraileled and our prosperity so great that sometimes we are prone to dis- count those things that express in permanent and enduring form the finer sentiments that un- derlie and enrich our life. In our soberer and more serious mo- ments we come to realize that senti- ment and the expression in beautiful forms of the soul’s aspirations have their distinct place and value as well as their intlmate relation to the prac- tical concerns of our everyday life. We have not grown So crass in our thinking as to dlsregard or under- value that which is beautiful in fqrm and color. It would he diflicult to appraise the worth of those things that give expression to our love of the beautiful and spiritual. However we may define it. we have the clear conviction that there is an essential relatign between the things that rep- resenf our religious sentiment and the practical concerns that have to do with our everyday life. There is a growing conviction that we must more and more address ou selves to those Interests and concerns that have to do with the things of sentiment and religion. No genius is too great, no material too rich, no outlay 100 lavish to give interpreta- tion to man's religlous convictions and aspirations. We dare not build our great cities solely with a view to their practical uses nor dare we to think only in terms of utility. One great sacred bullding may do more to lift the vision and lend inspiration to A generation—yes, and to guarantee its higher development—than all our temples of commerce and vast indus- trial institutions, TO LESSEN COURT CONGESTION BY FREDERIC J. HASKI. Continued pressure upon the Fed: eral courts of the United States of new business and greater volumes of business has prompted Congress to make a renewed effort to cut down the work of the Federal judiciary. The latest effort in this direction is the passage of a law to give wider jurisdiction in naturalization hear- ings to the commissioners of natural- ization, and thereby relieve the courts of a large part of their work in this respect. About 150 000 aliens are being nat- uralized each year, and the appear- ance of these new citizens In court. with their witnesses, occupies a large amount of the time of Ferderal judges Congress did not want to make nat- uralization easier or to eliminate the careful examination, under oath, of the new citizens and their witnesses, but it found that something had to be done {0 relieve the courts. 50 a law has been enacted glving to com- missioners of naturalization, appoint- ed by Federul judges, the authority to perform all of the functions of the Judce except the final administration of the oath of citizenship. The judge, of course, retains the right of ques- tioning witresses in any case where the applicant or the commissioner is not satisfied with the hearings held by the commissioner. Tax Appeals Court. Another recent effort to relieve the courts of the litigation which has been plling up upon them has been the permanent establishment of the Board of Tax Appeals, a board which amounts to a court of 16 members. sitting individually or collectively in Washington or in the field, to hear appeals from taxpavers on rulings of the United States Bureau of Internal venue regarding taxes. B hoard has been temporarily functioning for some time, but the permanent appointments of 16 mem- hers for 12-year terms were scnt to the Senate by President Coolidge just prior to June 1. when the law pro- Vided for organization of the perma nent board. Some political considera- tions temporarily delayed confirma- tion of the appointees. and there has been an interval with sfon. !ee‘:'l;:ll! all of the tax appeals might have gone into Federal courts if l“}:'e!ro wer:no Board of Tax Appeals, ce of the lempur:ry holl;d s vs something of what the courts ;:{(:‘:sheen facing. More than 16,000 appeajs have been filed and not more than one-fourth of them decided. pend- ing the establishment of the perma- nent board. Many. if not all, of these appeals would otherwise have gone into the courts. . Fewer Laws Might Help Situation. v members of Congress who are sul-\ll\'sl:‘uiz to reduce the activities of the Government have objected to the cre- ation of new Jurisdictions to relieve the courts, because they claim 9.0”\: ing is saved except in name. They contend, in other words, that divert- ing court cases o a board, of tax ap peals or assigning court duties to commissioners of naturalization does not lessen the amount of work done or expense involved, but merely cre- ates new officials who do the work of Federal judges, although they are not called judges. There is a growing sen- timent in and out of Congress which holds that the Federal Government {s doing too many things, and that the way to have less llllgflfl‘on in Federal Ct have fewer laws. Ln;:'l"lo!bt:;lt‘? the heaviest increase of business in the Federal courts has been the trial of cases arising under the prohibition amendment and lhev Volstead act, and this flood of nevn. business has prompted a great many suggestions for relieving -the courts of the added burden. The most radi- cal departure suggested has been that by United States Attorney Buckner of New York City, who favors trying prohibition cases without & jury. This plan would be such a radical depar- ture from one of the fundamental American practices that it is doubtful Whether Congress would adopt it, even if there were no question as to its constitutionality. Mr. Buckner testified recently before a Senate com- mittee that it would take many more Federal courts and a vastly increased force of agents and attorneys to en- force the prohibition laws fully in 4 York alone. Neer. Buckner's testimony in this re- spect was disagreed with by Federal attorneys from some other districts, who declared they are enforcing pro- hibition with the present number of courts. This question is part of the eternal wet and dry dispute to some extent, but no one questions that the prohibition acts have increased the work of the Federal courts, and the number of United States district and circuit courts has heen materially in- creased in the past five years, and there are bills constantly pending in Congress to create more districts and T eier e erice William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who in his official capacity ix the senfor judicial officer of the United States and is closely in touch with the volume of work of all the Federal courts, is a powerful advocate of every practical step which can be devised to reduce the amount of litigation in the | Federal courts. He favored the new plan for increasing the authority of commissioners of naturalization, and has for some vears been studving every suggestion toward simplifying court procedure and lessening the volume of cases. .Justice Taft, like most lawyers of long experience, Views with some alarm any tendency to overcrowd the courts or to lessen their prestige, their thoroughness and their accuracy. The American characteristic refer- red to by Abraham Lincoln when he said that his early experlence in ploneer Illinois taught him that his tellow citizens were “a very litigious people” is evident whenever new courts are created or new laws adopt- | ed which can lead to controversy. American individuals and corporations ! have rushed into the new Board of Tax Appeals by the thousands with appeals from decisions of the collec tors of internal revenue, with same enthusiasm that the ploneers of Lincoln's days on the circuit rushed into court to settle fence lines and the ownership of a hog. Lincoin de- clared the first duty of a lawyer to be to discourage litigation, but he found many townsfolk and countryfolk who would rather spend more money and “have the law” on their opponents than settle a dispute cheaply and quickly out of court. Constitutional Safeguards. The Constitution of the States carefully safeguards the rights of citizens to have their liberties and their property protected by the courts, and in the last analysis there is an appeal to the courts provided from the | decisions of practically all alministra- tive officials of the Government. Thus | none of the Federal commissions or boards has final authority. Decisions of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, the ¥Federal Trade Commission, the Board of Tax Ap- peals and many other bodies may in most instances be taken to court, but the commissions and boards settle a great many things so clearly on the | side of justice that appeals are mot taken. It is, however, extremely difficult under our form of Government to re- duce the work of the courts by any process except to pass fewer laws and repeal old laws that become obsolete. The distribution of the work done by the courts to subordinate officials does serve to keep down the actual number of judges, even if it increases the number of subordinate officials employed in judicial operations. This procedure also keeps down the costs of litigation to a considerable extent. THINK IT OVER Give Them a Rest. By William Mather Lewis. President George Washington University ‘We have homes for the aged, pen- sions for veterans, sanitaria for those ‘who are overworked. We provide our faithful old fire horses with green pastures and make soft beds for de- crepit house pets. To most of our superannuated friends we are thought- ful and considerate. And still most of us are brazenly working to death some overworked phrases. The dictionary is full of bright, new substitutes eager to get into action. Let us be duly appreciative and grant a long, long holiday to the follow- ing: ' Pep Booster In conference Selling an idea T'll give you-a ring I get you Go to it Atta boy Put it across If these particular standbys are not among those present in your over- worked vocabulary, listen to yourself talk some day and check down on the desk pad your favorite formula—and then dismiss it. You will thus not only recogyize service, but delight your friends. (Covyright. 1926.) s e They Have Cause. From the Lynchburg News. Do Polish proof readers ever strike for shorter words and more vowels? ——or—s- the Parthenon of | the | 1926—PART 2. | Capital Sidelights To memorialize grateful appreciation of the long and effective years of service by the late Willlam Atkinson Jonew, for 28 years Representative in ngress from the first Virginia dis- trict, in behalf of the Philippine Is- lands, a beautiful mausoleum is being completed in 8t. John's Churchyard at ‘Warsaw, Va., under an appropriation made by the Philippine Iegis and the unveiling ceremony .is sched- uled for June 20, The resident commissioners from | the Philippines and visiting Filipinos pay frequent visits to the final resting | place of their legislative champion and |keep his grave adorned with floral remembrances. | The mausoleum was bufit in Spain, | then taken apart and shipped to this | country and is now being permanently erected under supervision of the Bu- |reau of Insular Affairs of the War | Department. The sculptor is Don Mariano Benllirue of Madrid. | Mr. Jones was a member of the | Insular Affairs Committee from its |inception and author of the organic act of the Philippine Islands, He came of distinguished American stock. His great-grandfather, Joseph Jones, wus a general in the Revolutionary War {and an intimate and trusted friend of lLafayette. Thomas Jones, the son of Joseph, married Mary Lee, the daugh ter of Richard Lee, long & member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Westmoreland County, and first cousin of the famous Hichard Henry | Lee. And from this marriage was | born Thomas Jones, the second, who | married Anne Seymour Trowbridge of | Plattsburg, N. Y., who were father jand mother of "William Atkinson Jones. Within a few miles of Mr. Jones' home were horn Washington, Madison |#nd Monroe. Light Horse Harry lLee of Revolutionary renown: Richard | Henry Lee. the mover of the Declara- | tion of Independence and the rival of Henry an the orator of the Revolu- tlon: Francis Lightfobt Lee, the | signer of that document; Charles Lee, | Attorne, General in Washington's cabinet; Arthur Lee. the negotiator | of the Treaty of 1778 of the United { fyates with France, and later Robert [ B Lee. ranked by many ax the fo | ary captai > et nilitary_captain of the Engli Mr. Jones died in the city of W ington, April 16, 1918. When the sad message ~was 'carried across the | Pacific that thelr friend and benefac- |tor was dead. there was universal | Brief and mourning in the Isiands. n_the morning of April 19 there assembled at the office of the Presi. ent of the Philippine Senate officials of the government and distinguished representatives of the most prominent elements of Philippine life. At this meeting several resolutions were adopt- ed, among them that memorial exer. cises of a national character he held and that instructions be cabled to the resident commissioners in Washing. ton to secure permission from the amily of the deceased and take the necessary steps for the construction, At the expense of the Filipino people ,r{’ 4 mausoleum upon the grave of | Mr. Jones as a modest token of ap- preciation from a grateful people ook o The first decisive victo e ry of | American Army in the War ot e | Revolution, at Moores Creek Rattle. | ground, Pender County, N. (. on February | ander Liington, put to fligh | Torles under Gen. McLeod, fad thers, by saved North Carolina to the cause | of American independence, has just been officially recognized and com- memorated by Congress in the pas. sage of legisiation to establish a na. | tional military park on the battlefield The National Society of the Daugh. ters of the American Revolution spon. sored this legislation, emphasisin that the victory at Moores Creek was one of the chief factors leading to | the ultimate decision of the cojon | to pass the Halifax resolutions of in | dependence and freedom from English | rule, 0 powerful in effect on the sub. sequent Federal . pendinice: Declaration of Inde- [ callake, in his history | can Revolution, states, *T | §f Lexington in New England.” With. n 10 days 10,000 militia were ready to withstand the enemy, so that Clin. ton on his arrival decided not to land A provincial congress was forthwith ll:mlembled' and nstructions were sent {to the North Carolina delegates in the Continental Congress empowering | them to concur in | et declaring inde- of the Ameri- i *xxx “Leat we forget”—the sesquic nlal of two great Poles, Koscruasin e Pulaskl, noble in rank as in character Who 150 years ago came to our shores, unasked, and whose lives were des. tined to be forever linked with the 8reat struggle for American liberty. ofepresentative Anthony J. Griffin o vew York tells us briefly about | “They came to offer their serv [soldiers t0 Gen. Washingion: Thers names were Thaddeus Koaciuszko and Casimir Pulaski—names that will live to;.o‘;:‘n—e anAmfricun history. n Kosciuszko arrived, the Dec- laration of Independence had ot beca promulgated. This splendid, far-eeing Polish patriot had not the inspiration of that immortal document to give his noble impulses definite encourage- ment, as had Lafayette. All that he knew and all that he cared was that & noble people wore making a valiant fight for freedom against the greatest power in the known world, ‘ount Casimir Pulaski came After a splendid carees of mll:lt:ll;’ service for his own oppressed country he came 10 Gen. Washington with & letter of introduction from that in. comparable diplomat and statesman Benjamin Franklin, and offered his sword to the cause of liberty in the New World. He disinguished himself at the Battle of Brandywine and ren- dered invaluable ald to the American cause, untll stricken down by mortal wounds in the assault on Savannah, Ga., on October 9, 1779. His death oc- curred two days later ahd plunged the American Army in the profoundest grief. The fame of Pulaski’s legion is one of the most cherished memories of the American Revolution. His name is enshrined in the Parthenon of the world's heroes and, in the hearts of every American for all time to come, there shall vibrate the tenderest chords of“rnponuh'e gratitude. ‘Thaddeus Kosciuszko came with a name already glorious in his native land. He received a colonel's commis- slon in the Continental Army on Oc- tober 18, 1776, and from thence on- ward his wisdom and courage played an important part in the great con- fiict. He was the engineer officer under Gen. Gates at Saratoga and planned the American defenses at emis Heights. He laid out the for- tifications at West Point on the Hud- son River—a thorn in the side of Brit- ish strategy which forever after kept the North invulnerable. “He survived the struggle. e lived to see Amerigan independence achieved and the 13 Colonies attain an envied place among the nations of the world. “Fifteen yeara after the battle of Yorktown Kosciuszko paid another visit to America. His friendship for the young Nation his humanity and valor had befriended, was to receive another test. Upon his return to Fu- rope in 1798 he accepted a mission from Congress to take up the Ameri- Makes the Fish La %«.uu with the government of Fromi the Baltimore Evening Sun. ‘Well, well, the more expensive the tackle the more it must amuse the fishy ce, and it was largely due to his skill, diplomacy and unquestionable integrity that the pending conflict be- tween the two nations was brought to an -d” 1 scandals {to be the victim of a conspiracy to MEN AND BY ROBERT The death of Lawrence O. at Blmira, N. Y., on Thursd the passing of another member of the famous Roosevelt tennis cabinet. When he crossed rackets with the Rough Rider of those days Mr. Mur- ray was Assistant Secretary of (om- merce and Lahor. for it was hefore these two departments had been sep arated. He was the type of strenu- ous young man the colonel admired and, although his position in the Gov- ernment was not an exalted one, he ranked high at the White House. Gifford Pinchot, Government for- ester at the time: Jules Jusserand, French Ambassador; “Jimmie” Gar- | field, commissioner of corporations, were among other members of the “cabinet,” which changed slightly from time to time as necessity arose to make up a doubles set. ‘‘Archie” Rutt, military aide to Col. Roosevelt and afterward to President Taft, was not only a member of the “cabinet,” but a sort of general manager of it, seeing always that his chief had a game when he wanted one. Col. Roosevelt was the only tennis- playing President ever in the White House. Presidents before him, like McKinley, Cleveland and Harrison, were hardly of the tennisplaying type. lollowing the strenuous col- onel, President Taft hadn't, as he often said, “either the figure or the flair” for {ennis, and devoted himself instead to golf. Woodrow Wilson also was a devotee of the links and not of the court. President Harding in his younger days had been quite a tennis shark, but by the time he | reached the White House he had shelved the racket and the net in | favor of the niblick and the putter. | No man ever got keener pleasure out of golf than Mr. Harding. When he was on the links official cares fell | from his shoulders like a cloak as he gave every ounce in him to the game. With Mr. Harding the line of| athletic Presidents seems to have terminated for the time being at least. | Mr. Coolidge has tried a number of | athletic stunts recommended to him He has tried riding a real horse and also took a course of sprouts on the electric steed presented to him by ad- mirers, but now relegated to the dust heap. He liked neither. The Presi- dent loves to walk. That is why he is going to the seclusion of the moun. | tains thix Summer. The surf has no| lure for him. Neither has golf nor tennis nor fishing. Mr. Coolidge is| the true conservative. Mr. Murray had dropped almost completely out of the life of Washing ton the last few vears. He had not {lar of the American Jacke AFFAIRS T. SMALL. been in the best of healihand had spent much time abroad in ‘search of benefit. It had been one of his life's ambitions to follow the trail of his old chief in the White House through the jungles of Africa and he accom- plished the trip something more than a vear ago. Always a bachelor, Mry Murray wandered at will. When recently one of the Roosevelt Memorial Association medals _was awarded to Admiral Willlam S. §ima, retired, it was reported that the ad miral, at the time a commander, had heen & member of the Roosevelt tennis cabinet. The admiral has written some of his friends in Washington that this was a mistake. He says his relations with President Roosavelt al-! ways were of a strictly official and formal character. Perhaps the Sims of those days was too mich of a seadog to care for tennis. In any event he was warmly admired by Mr. Roosevelt, who hroke all naval tradi- tions by ‘placing the commander in charge of a full-blown battleship. No officer of less rank than a captain had held such a command before, . Officers of the ['nited States Army appear to have become “ucclimatized last to the English type of uni- Even the petty officers and privates seem reconciled. and certain present w nattler appearance thas i, any Ume In Army history enl Pershing long has been an advorute of the English type of roll collar tense s opposed to the stff stunding col- other genernl was quickly won &lish type once he had ope in command of 1w American forces, hut made no rece mendations on the subject that | time. The English styvle has advantage, howey than appearance about the neck. The on! type of American uniform jacket At %0 tightly that an officer could scames. Iy carry a handkerchief on one of the excuses for a pocket. In the Bt ish tunic the pockets are bellows fairs, capable of carrving ratiops for a week, many rounds of ammunition and various and sundry other articles, The new tunics, in short, are usefr well as ornamental and that is w the Army officers are beginning t like them. The Navy several vears ago adop: e the double-breasted, roll « r nie of the British navy. And now Wash. ington has hecome so enamored of this type of uniform that all the Caplta City cope have appeared in them. The costumes of the cops are like that of the Army. except the color i hlue instead of elive drah. e s the mare . (Cangrizht 1996 1 Fifty Years Ago In The Star The national Republican convention of 50 vears ago met at Cincinnati on . the 14th of June, Blaine and the ,’, > On' (he eve 2 : of the convention Nomination. 3 (0 "GNt Maine was the leading candidate for the nomination to succeed Grant. The brought up against him. however, had caused some feeling that he had lost his chance and encouraged his rivale for the nomination. The Star of June 5, 1876, says: “The partisans of some of the preai- dentfal candidates are rushing in to administer on Blaine's effects on the supposition that the Mulligan wreck- | ers have effectually scuttied his politi- cal craft. The names of Conkling, Bristow, Washburne, Morton, Ha etc., are shouted in turn for the place of administrator. But the Blaine men scout the idea that his prospects have | been materfally injured by the Mulli- gan treachery and some of them even express the conviction that it will real- Iy give him strength by showing him break him down. It is noticed. too, that several papers not especially friendly to Blaine foresee that he ma; be persecuted into public sympathy The Buffalo Express says. ‘“They have stopped lying about Bristow and turned their whole attention to Blaine.’ The Indianapolis Journal argues that ‘One or two Mulligans, if there are such in reserve, judiciously used between now and the lith of June, will be almost certain to make Mr. Blaine the man of Cincinnatl.’ The Troy (N. Y.) Whig thinks ‘It is rather too early for the New York Times to whistle Blaine down the wind. He has not vet been proved guilty of doing any discreditable act, while his assail- ants have been gullty of acts meaner This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. Today's cat tale is divided into three parts, the first concerning Jack Spratt and the catbird, the second treating {of Spratt and the gladiclus bed. and |the third, Jack Spratt and Betty's | pup: Jack held an extensive conversation with the catbird, as he crouched on the walk. and it poised un the fence rail, hurling epithets directly into his white whiskers, A catbird is a rakishlooking fel low, with a long bill, and a sort of | buccaneer cap on his head. He pos- | sesses one of the most disagreeable squawks among birds. a ery which does, it must he admitted, somewhat resemble the cat's meow. but js, in the main, a slander upon the clear treble of the feline tribe The particular cathird of our tale deliberately called Jack Spratt name: swaying on the fence. evinz the in an impudent manner Jack crept forward. hut finally crouched down, as if realizing that the bird would never allow him to get within 6 feet of it Ya-a-al" creaked the bird. ack Spratt looked around sympathy from his admirer: glared at the feathered imi ok eowed Spratt. croaked the cathird. a!” cried the cat. * * ok ox The story of | a crowded m at if for nd then tor. “Na-a-a-aaa v a cat can walk on tel and never touch a single plece of bric-a-brac has been told often, but perhaps no one hass ever related before how a member of the soft-footed family may wend his way through a crowded gladiolus hed without touching a leaf. Yet this was the feat achieved by Jack Spratt, who performed it with than petty larceny.’” The Pittsburgh Gazette says: ‘“The persecution of Blaine is being carried to a most in- decent limit. A man named Mulligan shows his entire untrustworthiness b; offering to use piifered private letters. The Philadelphia Press maintains tha Blaine ‘deserves credit for being the first public man in America to defy the storm of defamation against our political leaders. which has set in ever since the demoralized Democratic party, by an accident, gained a major- ity in the House.’ The Troy (N. Y. Times says: ‘A witness named Mulli- gan has been discovered, out of whom the inquisitors hope to get some in- formation. It is evident that he is filled with hatred of Mr. Blaine and strains the truth to the utmost, even if he does not commit flat perjury, in the hope of injuring that gentleman.” ““This is the tenor of the views of a large number of papers scattered throughout the country. On the other band, the New York City papers quite generally express the opinion that Mr. Blaine's chances have been destroyed by the Mulligan revelations. It re. mains to be seen whether they or the outside papers quoted from represent most near the public sentiment of the count * * % On the same day, June 5, 1876, Mr. Blaine arose in his place in the House — of Representatives and Blaine’s made the most noted speech of his career in Speech. 0 ional explanation and defense. Denying the power of the House to compel the production of his private papers, he declared his purpose to reserve nothing. Holding up & package of letters, he exclaimed: “Thank God, | am not ashamed to show them.” He thereupon proceeded to read the letters. A dramatic scene ensued as Mr. Blaine asserted that the chalrman of the judiclary commit- tee had received a dispatch that com- pletely exonerated him from the charge against him and had sup- pressed it. The Star the next day, June 6, 1576, said: “Of course, the general topic of dis- cusston today Is the astounding man- ner in which Mr. Blaine has once more turned apparent defeat into vic- tory. The question now comes up as to whether the forty-four million peo- ple he addressed yesterday will be wrought upon as successfully as was the immediate audlence yesterday, un- der the spell of his personal magnet: ism, resonant voice and thrilling, dra- matic effect of the successful points made. The opinion of veteran politi- clans {s that his speech will be yet more effective with the country than it was.in the House; that it establishes for him that quality of leadership which the public has not seen for years and that while refuting the charges against him it incidentally makes an adroit appeal to the union sentiment of the country, which *will help him amazingly. It is pretty evi- dent, however, whether it affects all this or note that his apeech. secvea 1o nonchalance, as if it had heen no more than a simple stroll through a wide plain on a Sunday afternoon. Although the arrangement of fous small beds, with grass paths between and a grassy circle in the center, had been named Spratt Circle, in his honor, Jack was not allowed to spend much time in their vicinity. Naturally enough. being a cat, he anted to do nothing =0 much as walk through those beds, or recline his striped length beneath the waving leaves of the growing flowers. This day he was feeling in a par- ticularly frisky moed, so he lost no time in pointing his white nose in the direction of Spratt Circle. “Hey, get out of there! came the warning. But it was delivered too late. ~Arching his long tail, ringed by circles of black, Jack made a dash forward. Along one grassy path he sped, then | stopped squarely in the center of his circle. 1le bowed up his hack, looked, wildly around, seemed to wiike up his mind. Quick as a flash, he marched holdly into a bed. Onlookers held their breath, trembling for the fate of the somewhat brittle gladiolus stalks, but Jack Spratt stalked straight onward. Truth compels us to record the fac that he did not stir a single swerd- shaped leaf. And when he - got through, he furned around, and eyed us, much as if to say, “Who's going to hurt vour old bed any =y * ook ox Betty is the Boston terrfer next door. ‘The stork brought her two pup- pies, and it was only the past week that she had breught them out to en- joy the light of day. Jack lifted his ears widely at the sight of the pups attempting to walk in the grass. The little fellows stum- bled and feil in their first stroll in the sunshine. Betty was not satisfied, evidently, with the progress of one of her chil- dren. Leaping upon it, she staggered it to the ground with'a blow of her paw, rolled it over, and pushed it up again. The pup squeaked with pain. The mother then put her paw squarely over the puppy's mouth. , Every time it cried out, she would re- peat the performance. Jack Spratt finally got tired of watching the dog show, and turned his back upon it, after a hearty stretch, which took In every muscle in_his fur-clad bod: “Dogs _bore me,” he meowed. If any one doubts that Jack actually said this, all we can say is that we have spent much time learning lan- guage, and are quite sure we inter- pret his “meow” correctly in this in- stance. ’ show that the time has not me from his adversarles to administer upon hig effects. He has life enough in hing quite evidently to be able to make his will at least and say who shall be his heir," it