Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1926, Page 2

Report of Education Bureau _ Committee Recommends Stricter Requirements. Extension of the course of the nor- mal schools in the District of Colum- bia from two to three years: Imposi- tion of rigid entrance reguirements for applicants to the schools and pro- yision whereby grade teachers of ‘spe | cial excellence or with peculisr qualifi- ms may be brought into the ‘Washington school lyltem lrom ouv.~ side of the city are re committee of lhe Unned smu u- reau of Education in a report to the Board of Education today, following u -urny o{ th- mmn-l nmh o( llu Mhur J chln \\’ l. Dec-nhtulh end L. R. Alderman, all of the educa- tion bureau, has just concluded its ‘work. The, findings are “based upo! ful eu.rnlnnllon lnd study of th. Dllv trict of Columbia and other normal schools,” and are approved by Com missioner of Kducation John Tigert. Would Raise Requirements. Among the committeé recommenda- tions are the followins: That only graduates of the District of Columbla high schools who rank in the upper half of their class for the last two years of high school bé eligible for admission. Only high school students who can pass a strict physical examination should be admitted That the course of the normal .schools be extended to three years, the increase in time being used to strengthen those portions of the cur- riculum which serve to provide ‘the prospective teacher with educational and cultural background. That for the present the District of Columbia. normal schools confine their work to the preparation of teachers In the kindergarten and elementary school grades through grade 6, and that in prepaxing teachers kinder- garten and primary grades be consid- ered a unit—in other words, that all klndauuun z-cheu be given -some m and all; vrlmnrv 'her's lona klndflnr!en training. Graded System Urged. ‘That a graded system of supervised observation and practice teaching be made part of the teacher training in both normal schools, That critic teachers, both in.the practice school .and the rfluhr school system, be required to have special training for their work as eritic teachers; that teachers in the lar sch em who act as critic teachers be given extra com- , pensation, and that their connection ~with the normal schools be somewhat closer than ot present, and that this connection be more fully recognized by listing them as members of the normal -chnv,;l stafl. That at least one supervisor of practice teaching, with as good gen-~ eral training as the best trained members of the normal school fac- ulty, be provided for each of the normal schools. That the libraries of both nmormal schools should be reconditioned so they will contain up-to-date books and periodicals in sufficient number and variety to constitute libraries, suitable and standard for normal schools of the size and. character of * those of the District of, nlumbl.. Would Go "Outslde The committee found thu "uu terfous effects of taking a large *proportion of grade teachers from the District of Columbia ~normal schools may be greatly mitigated by securing at least 50 per cent sf tha ncipals and other superviso: entary and high schools or the District and of normal school faculties employed edch year from outside the District school system.” Recommendation was also made that & way be provided whereby grade teachers of speclal excellence or with culiar qualifications may be brought into the Dlurlct of Columbla system from outside. Th. committee also urged that for he immediate future the District columbln provide a number of sch arships of an amount equal to the tuition and laboratory charges in local colleges and universities for graduates of District high schools who contem- plate preparing themselves. as juni ‘or senior high school teachers. T number of scholarships so provided should equal approximately one-half the number of new junior and senlor high school teachers employed an- nually. Recommendation was made that all new appointees to teaching positions in the normal schools of Washington should have received the master’s de- FIRST PLANE HERE IN SESQUI SERVICE Fokker, Maklna Initial Trip, Arrives With Nine Pas- sengers and Mail. The Sesquicentennial air servics, which is to operate daily for .pas- sengers and mail between. Phila- delphia and Washington, was inaugu- rated today with the arrival at th field at the south end of the Highway Bridge of .the three-engined Fokker monoplane with nine persons and sev- eral hundred pounds of mail. The large ship of the type used in the Byrd Polar flight landed at the n:u 8t 12:50 o'clock and was greeted y poatal s and representatives ol the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co., which will operate the route during the Mumnunnlu. A mail truck was backed up to the plane and the hundreds of letters piled aboard. They were rushed to the city post office, and all haste will be made to get their delivery this n. TROO! Postmaster Willlam Mooney, Assist- and Postmaster Haycock and Sapt. of Malls Schooley greeted the ship and its ”‘]‘f. ‘Those aboard ' were Anthony G. Fokker, the designer and buflder of the plane: Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Mitten, Mr. and Mrs, Wal- ter Chapman, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Mlllflyrd and Pilota Alton Parker and iwin Music. The plane left Philadelphia at 11:14 o'clock ut-r h.vlu been christened the Kendrick, It is painted silver and green and the large wing is of & gold color. The plane is scheduled to depart for Philadelphia at 3 o'clock afternoon with several thousand letts that have accumulated here. The same passengers will make th. return mp. CAILLAUX DEMANDS DEBT SETTLEMENT |*a: By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 6.—Finance Minister Calllaux today told the Chamber of Dopmlu that France must. settle her foreign debts in order to secure sta- bilization of the franc, which has long been slumping steadily. The_ fina | first appearande befo of Deputies since the ereation of the tenth Briand ministry, was extremely discreet with reference to the ques- tion of French debts. He justified his caution by referring to the ‘“impor- tance of the negotiations mow under way. SEARLOL Y FENNING TO RETIRE, PRESIDENT INDICATES; SUCCESSOR SOUGHT (Continued from First Page.) the puluon of assistant chief clerk. United States disbursing pension Ill'lt\'. In the same yerr he hegan the prao- tice of law, determining to specialize in lunaey cases. He informed the judges of the District Supreme Court nnd officials of St. Elizabeth's Hospi- tal that he would be willing to act as committee f:rn;'n'nu‘lly ':.nevml potcll; rsons. ng in s _pract] almost without interruption for other duties, Mr, Fenning built up a n clientele and, aceorging to court records, his income to dnto amounted to mors than §100,000. He became dlreewr of - th- W ington Loan and Trust d Ja was elected to the a(rnwnu of tl have had at least 30 semester | \, buocessful teaching experience. was also urged that no attempt bhe made for the time being to prv:-n lun!or or senior high school teachers br special teachers In either of the District normal schoois. Urge Personal Rating. Admission to the normal schools, /' the committee found, should be based in part on the reting made on a per- sonal characteristic score.card to b- undwn.t.zhonmnbonnfuum 'l‘hh ad and i§ h.\'nly to success or failure in teach- n{li‘h school ‘graduates who do not | rank in the upper half of the class, { but who meet other requirements, should be admitted .if they submit to an examination and attain or exceed the standard score of a standardized achievement or standardized -intelli- « gence test. The committee urged that the Dis- trict of Columbia provide teacher training facilities for all the gradu- ates of its high schools who are resi- dents of the District, without restric- tion as to place of employment, pro vided they meet the “sug, quirements for adrission 'to the nor- ml-l hovl-. st the Mg‘luan ol the W,:lmnnon Board ucation, which on January 8 ulud the Bureau of ¥ducation to i & survey of the two normal uhovh hers, The summary nn! fo the Board of Bducation to“y . be_su) 3 tduuodnponlu m the and other considerations to the conclusions reached and present- ‘also comparisons and information E’Mfi to th. normal szhools main- ‘to_the Dlnrh:L les comparable Tigert suggested tha | wmun various aspect the | land st EFFECT OF STRIKE' ON SUBWAY SMALL; " SERVICE CONTINUES (Continued from First Page.) reports of a subway ehu:kmdob! strike agents. They were kept in an upfo‘r of laughter by accounts of alleged *‘green: ness”" on the part of aubstitutes wh they were told, were stopping trains at the wrong places, trying to start with air brakes on, and makjng other similar errors. It was sald that one train. was almost reported “lost” when a new motorman had trouble with the emergency cord and was un- able to move his train for 10 minutes while between two stations. New Men on Trains. One striker reported that In a check of 11 trains he found that .10 were operated by new men and the olllr by o former employe of the I. R. T., ter mr'cnd commissioner of plant and structures, who was in- trusted with municipal pians for meet- ing the situation, announced that the only congestion was caused by re- turlzlng vacationists and not by the sirike, He said thll ‘it had been found unnecesary to use a fleet of emergency ferry boats from 129th street to Cort- street, and that.extra brought to the downtown section been returned to thelr vegilap rins. u.ol 1 o | ’”b:cu l readiness out own, n for emergency m ’gt no eondltlon that couls fl' y had mn.nlb”d e The Jerome avenue &ar rag of the I. R, T. in the Bronx were boln[ used to house workers brought from out of town. Flooring was laid over lhn tracks and cots were put in Large supplies of food were’ stored IMn and puuntlon- made ror serving Guards p-trouod outside andiit was planned to meet all the men's needs without having them go- ento m — | streets. It was anounced: duflu the' !lorn- ing at the strikers’ meeting that George Duna, Viee' chairthan of Local No. 1 of the Brotherhood of Inter. ‘borough . Employes, which includes motormen and _switchmen on the Second.-and Third avenue elevated lines, had B rs, It was said that a. grou; of his' fellow employes had -::&-5 to the new union with Dunn, but fhe number of the secessionists. was not siven. 1,000 Reported on Strike. The strike, called. for higher w. went into effect at midnight. strikers’ newly formed union, the Consolidated Railway Work: of Greater New York, claims a ber- ship of 704 of the 762 motormen and res | switchmen of "ll:h Interborough Rapid attorney for the Joseph Gawler & Sons, Inc,, undertaking establishment; attorney for the Medical Soelety of the District of Columbia; a director of the Laurel Sanitarium, at Laurel, Md., and for a time was en in collect. hu delinquent lewunu r the Waghs ington Gas.Light C Worked Wfih White, For a number of years he and Dr. William A. Whlu. intendent of ?oti' Eub -mul o! m‘".n"«"fl'x?n: nt but u: trust notes, in conneotion with which ve a joint Bank account, the business is not lucrative. of a scien- tific book entitled, * it _of Nervous and Ment contribution to this ehnmr on ' other papers on the legal of insanity and medical l\lfl»rudonu to law and medical pub- Durin‘ the war Mr. Fenning served as captain and major in the Quarter- master Corps from June 28, 1917, to March 15, 1919, and he now holds the rank of colonel in the Reserve Corps. He is a nmiember vl the Wasl 0! of Trade, of which he seryed u diractor l’rvm xm to 1920; & mem- ber of the Board of Medical Super- visors of the District; trustee of Ame {can University; mbr of the b::ll!l" lun Bar Associatios Mt in 1". u\d 1911, and a Wou{f"um Soctty; member of }J’l“ b ‘l’(lod.lad' of the Bar Amdonn(uu ot Colum- o of the Sons mflmyinlflt th!h ter of L, G. Hine, o 0, A n ugh! £ n | and expenses. Transit Co. clared their forres had increased to 1,000 through the addition of other mployes. Interborough officials. brought - 400 motormen from Boston, Philad and Chicago to hk- he places of the strikers. . A special train left Chicago for thi ty, wnh some recruits and wlth udluoul men walting to be picked up at cities on the way. The Interborough el igher Seale Demanded, The strikers, who bolted trom the iy Brotherhood of Interborough Eim- vlfln-. the company union, to form the new organization, demand a flat rate of §1 per hour for motormen an 75 'eents an hour for switchmen, ap-' proximately a 20 per cent increase. All men work seven days i the week. lowmon are "Eqm from’ §38.64 to n 445, lwltch uul to $94.16 t the company is luylnl”!l Jper hour duties. are to e yards to runs, and The _awitchmen' bring the trains from: ‘the starting points on take them back to_the the runs, 0’CONNOR “BRIBE” TESTIMONY GIVEN TO U. S. ATTORNEY __(Continued from First Page.) ager for n&fl. ‘woman ors and $10 for llu men on the lblorv thu the men were the more valnable. “The .witness. estimated that - “the Republican’ organigation,” which sup- ported Vare, has tely 15,000 paid_watchers in Philedeiphia ator ‘Pepper’a mnl-thfi paid asked Senator Goft, Republican, West Virginia. ‘T would say to a very considerable extent,” the ‘witness returned. Spent $24,505, He Says. Walnut said his organization col- lected $28,327.81 and expended $24,- 505.06. He had heard that some of those had g‘on: to the Keystone State primary nds. “To what organization aid they contribute?”’ King asked. T'd say peunlly the contributions Awent to the Val n." ‘ou- give nn concrete evidence ‘on ch ‘We can pursue the lnqulry" i “No, I don't think 1 could.” ) - As to contributions of . liquor in- terests, Walnyt said he M not ex- ‘amined records. “Are t):u- the men who run ‘speak- easies’ and’ such *ml" asked Sen- ator (M “Yes, but in '.hh case it was partic- ularly the grain alcohol people in Philadelphia.” ‘When Walnut was excused, Morin's name again was called, but he fafled to_respond. Senator King -xvhind that he had recejved from Morin yes- terday saying he h.d be.n called home | t! by iliness in his family. “1 {mi Ll.lll him & telling -him- to here wanted to King added. telegram Y, A8 wWe Hllll)enlelw Appearing before the committes at his own request, Representative Hill, Republican, Maryland, head m said $5 was paid for, . | friends. finish up_ this “‘matter,” |t / Ray lssued a statement dn-crlbins his , conference Saturday with Gen. Andrews and, in discussing it with mwmpor men, said that while he was working under Mr. Baird he got the facts-“‘on four or five. big alcohol conspiracy cases.’ “8ince T luel.u administrator they have been unable to get. permits,” he maid. “It I- lntmfllnz to lnet-uhu on what after I'm .m m-fl that ‘fi'm bave been made “to have me thrown put of here and to force mé to give those people permits,” adding, “and there were men back of it big enough to° have breakfast with the Presjdent of the United States.” Ray also touched upon the assertion in his Washington statement, issued when his resignation was announced, that the th . amendment was “the biggest swindle that was ever perpetrated in this country. connection his statement yesterday asked “If the Sixty-ninth Congress of P. the United States is a dry one, what now, T should say not. that money." BSenator Goff and Mr. Stayton got We will save will hapen when we_have a wet one?” and continued: "W'l.'l $29,000,000 of the taxpayers’ money is appropriated to enforce a law that’ they believe canmot be en- forced it is a swindle.” ng that. criticism of his ad- ‘come from one source into a discussion whether the Vol- |* stead act could be amended without violating the Constitution. The rginia Senator said the Constitution still stood and that in it was wrapped up the wisdom of but \it has & hideous wart on Au non." Stayton retol “You want lntnxlccunl wines and s fl do not drink, flllnk the Cout“ullon has bheen violated in the home of fts “What 1 want is the amendment of the Volstead act to permit the manu- facture and sale of nnn-l-mnullnl liguors, as provided for under section 29, under certain cases.” - He referred to the section which permits the manufacture of ciders :ml fruit juices “non-intoxicating in fac If you ‘repeal the eighteenth amendment there will be no control olw!ho liquor. traffic,” Benator Goff sald, “‘Oh, ves, in 42 States,” Mr. Stay. ton returned, “But not so far .as the Federal Government is concerned,” Goft re- turned. o I want to ol .Ylflcmn and back te the time ashington, and get | from that of Wayne B. theler." retorted Mr. Stayton. DRY LEAGUE SCORED. “jof mwm-on-.m’ Wets Claim. —: T AT ment y decl that “happe! during the session o! Con, !I\.lg closed reveal that League has eit over that body' which it has hereto- fore claimed or that it opposes any legislation sponsored. by Gen. un- coln C. Andm-, mhlbnkm dir vr. reports, tinued th- mumnnt, “‘Gen. Andnvu is thinking seriously of udtnlnc his pon The failure of Congress he Goft bill, to “Dut uotl" lnw the prohibition laws, undoubtedly was a great disappointment to him. “Gen. Andrews certainly has cause believe ' either that the ‘Anti-Saloon League has deliberately withheld the co-operation which he needs to get bills through Co or um t ’'s control of the votes of & gfiroxlnutely 383 Representatives Senators is a myth. Congress te- 3 passed. That did not pass probably indicates’ tha from the liquor interests in his litical campaigns. Mr. Hill the committes that he had made many speeches for the As- soclation = Against the Prohibition Amendment, including eight in Cali- fornis, but only his expenses. had been paid. He received $26 for an article on American Review, he said,.and $75 for another writien for Current His- tor; dia ndt fnl like Mumln’ thn “he said,. “In the case of ti . 1 divided that between my thm daughters so they might start sav. ings. accounts.” Refused Liquor Cases. nnplyln; to Sdmar Goff, Mr. Hill sald he would not meccept money for making . speeches on any sul ing re Congress. He owever; il (h"’wu s matter of a; 0 tho lln of. 'oltlhu to on without amwy vfll rohibition in the North|,, 5 e the drys cannot boast of even a bare majority in the 'Senate ‘and the House. Association Anlnlt the hibition Amendment regrets Andnw- is thinking of givi rn 8o long as we have \ws upon the statute books, he is the sort of man who should be in charge of their administration. Dur. his tenure of office the citizens of this country have been able to feel that the head of the Drehm:::uor msonnel at least has been acts by honesty and sincerity of purpose. Be- lleving, as we do,: that the United tates will eventually repudiate and nhumlon prohibition, we have at all times advocated 'a fair test of the The Volstead act betrays it. | Bo the prohibi able to t.ndl- the job, and also in- formed Gen. Andrews “‘that the gang in Pittsburgh wasn't letting any grass grow under its feet.” “Gen. Andrews knows that I will its to 40 breweries in and I will not"grant a it to & big alcohol eoncern of tsburgh, Chicago and New York unul 1am compelled to do so.” Ray sald, lu-l‘dytobnnwuflo( this rb any day it suits the m lnd believe I'll have the respect of ith whom my duties have put no ln 'ouch. This position is M suited for a rich man or a o am_neither.” ‘Without mentioning any, name, Ray sald’ “There has been much smoke sur- rounding st least one assistant United States district attorney here.” He.sald prohibition violators “openly bout that their case was nolle prossed be- cause this same assistant United States at ‘was thefr lawyer.” Ray said: * wets need take no consolation from my argument,” de- claring “It doesn’t matter whether old conditions are better or worse than vr-.m conditions: the same old gang brewers, distillers, corrupt office and politic] nsible. w\m amounting to §14, lm, l . Donovan’s report con 'other sources of Tevenue derived by .the (Dist: during that fiscal year are as follows: ':IX‘?,II “l;n'n‘nn':h personal vrvpofly. 2,057 . X on earnifigs of public service corpora- tions, banks, associations, ete., 80,711.32; miscellaneous reve- nue, MI\I, including special as- sémsments, licenses, fees, fines,, etc., '2 585,986.58. “This made the total revenue col- lectionk of the District for the fiscal year 1926 $22,537,48168. To this amount is.added a cash -credit of $331;108.67 derived from unexpended balances of lapsed appropriations and the contribution by the United States to the District Columbia’ of $9,000,000. - These several items made the total nnm endll of the Dis- triet of Colui he fiscal year ‘ending, June IO. “2(. fl!.“l 590.; H. Total Was §31,839,412.63. " “The '-Ofil Obllndonl of the Dis- presented by n: R year charge against the District of ;lu m. this amount being the_deficit on Ju 1926, in the foni | cagh fund; the District is required to raise 80 a8 to be dble to operate on & cash-paying basis by July 1, 192 “The District; appropriation act for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1926. totaled $31,82 7, from which is de- ducted items chargeable to the fund amounting to Sl 220,920 ‘u items chargeable to the gasoline tax fund amounting to uum ln.vlnc the amoutit to be paid from of the Un Volstead law, Gen. Andrews hae been | $2° giving it such a test, and has honeat! friod to entorce ir. " “Whether the Goff bill fafled ol on mocount of Analum snmity to’ Gen. ‘weakness in cun- grese time alone will tell. od | TAX RATE OF $1.80 IS FIXED TO RAISE Interjor Department appro act for 1926; $67.935 as the nmn:lu tfm‘um 976, utmfln - Ing. S as priation from District rev. enues in .m. ance with the plan permanent lntm of N‘hwmq':"ml'l.)l! .62 !nlu SUM OF 3135752,909 [T of approximately $41,395.000, cents added to _the tax rate 'flfil | THRONS DEFYRAIN TO HEAR PRESIDENT Plea for Renewal of‘épflfiai 1 . ?\' SESQUI1S DROPPED Sunday Opening Brings With- drawal of Support by United States Church. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 6. — The Presbyterian Church, through Dr. Lewis Béymour Mudge, its stated clerk, today notified Mayor Kendrick that the denomination has withdrawn its support from the Sesquicentennial Exposition because of the policy of keeping the exhibition open .on Sun- day. Dr. Mudge resigned from various committees, withdrew resolutions that the Presbyterian General -Assembly adopted in May lauding the exposition for its then declared policy of Sabbath | observance, and severed all relations of an official character between the Pres- byterian Church of the United States of America and the Sesquicentennial Exposition. The church also abandoned partici- pation in a tropical exhibit.on the exposition grounds, and aiso the de- nomination exhibit which was about to be opened in the Witherspoon Bulwng in the central part of the e tetter notitying the mayor of the action. will be sent to the officials of the #ynods and. presbyteries throughout the United States, an of- ficlal announcement stated to the 10,000 Presbyterian ministers and to the officials of the church in foreign lands. - “Had Waited Patiently.” Dr. Mudge in his letter said that he had “waited patiently upon the progress of recent events in the hope that wiser counsels would prevail and that the directors of the: exposition would recede from their action in authorizing a wide-open Sunday at the exposition in violation of thelaws of God and the laws of the State. This _apparently the directors of the exposition do not intend to do.” After listing the activities from which the church was withdrawing, the letter continued: “The Presby- terian. Church, in the persons of its founders, took a part second to no other religious group in the events leading up to and issuing from the Declaration of Independence, It has rejoiced, therefore, in' giving the ‘whole-hearted support of its great ‘constituency to -the furtherance of the. purposes embodied in the Sesqui- centennial Exposition. “We, therefore, withdraw its sup- port with great reluctance and deep regret, and only because our con- solence will not permit us to support & projeet which is now being conduct- ed in a way which is both un-Chris- tian and un-American.”’ ——— NEW CHINESE CABINET HOLDS FIRST SESSION |szco By the Associsted Press. PEKING, July §.—The new Chinese cabinet held its first formal meeting Tsal-Ting-kan was, acting foreign minister. choice apparently lay between Tsal or Dr. W, W. Yen, who re- cently resigned as premier. One of these two, it was felt, would be more lnuly than any one else to be availa- ble command the confidence of fml‘lufl and wield influence with' the powers represented at the Chinese customs conference. Admiral week 23 a delegate to the nuunuu as director of mari- time customs’ has been handed back to him, it is reported, with the re. quest that he continue to fumction. T SUBRESS 5538 55‘388- EEE 388 G E‘g i .82 BY PRESBYTERlANS‘ greeti mart Ideals of 1776 Made to Crowd. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July ¢~~Loyalty- to American institutions . and he ispiritual and moral forces which brought . them into existence was / urged by President Coolldge yesterday in speaking at exercises of the na- tion-wide _significance which marked the 150th anniversary of the Mmon of the Declaration of In Coming from Washington with Ilr- Coolidge and an official party, the President spoke in the huge llunidml Stadium on the grounds of the Sesqui- centepnial Exposition and then visited Independence Hall and other points of Thistoric interest. Turning for a few minutes, late in the day, from the places associated with the birth of the Nation, he traversed the new suspension bridge | across the Delaware River, nnnecml Philadelphla and Camde J., at ceremonies at the Jersey end o \ho structure planted a maple tree from, / his native State of Vermont. Officials of .the State and city accorded him #n official reception. Thousands Acclahm Him. ‘Tens of thousands acclalmed the Chief Executive throughout the da Rair, which began lightly before his arrival..and increased to a. steady downpatir before his departure, Tailed to halt the enthusiasm of the ovation. Although drenched, the crowds which lined the streets remained for hours to glimpse the. President and shout a ng. They were held in restraint by United States soldiers, sallors and well as National Guards- different buildings, doffed his tall hat in response to the greetings. At noon he stood bareheaded upder a canopy | for 40 minutes in delivering his ad- dress at the Stadium while misty rain was driven into his fage by a sharp, cold east wind. Holding up the Declaration of In- dependence as a great spiritual docu- ment, " the President declared at the stadium that its principles were the result of the ren;ious teachings of .the preceding period and asserted that “if we are to maintain the great heritage which has been bequeathed to us we must be like-minded as the fathers who created it.” Must Cultivate Spiritual Side. “We must cultivate the spiritual leadership which they “We must keep replenished. that they may glow with a more compelling flame, the altar fires before which they worshiped.” Applause, which greeted his speech | from time to time, was emphatic when Mr. Coolidge urged law observance, saying that “of course, the Gavern- ment can help to sustain ideals and can create institutions through which ideals can be the better observed, but their source by their very mature is in the people,” and that “it is not the enactment but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation. “In my opinton,” he said, “very Iit. tle of just criticism can attach to the theories-and principles of our institu: tions. There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes. We do need a better understanding and comprehen- sion of them and a better knowledge of the muna.uon. of government in ral.” Y Di'hen to Exposition. Arriving at 11 o'clock, -ccomplnhd by Attorney General Sena- tor Ernst of Kentucky: hls * friend, . Frank W. Stearns of Boston, as well as Secretary Evere{t Sanders and his military and naval aides, Mr. Coolidge was driven for 4 miles along Bi street and the exposition grounds ta' the stadium. The 1st Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, an organization which has escorted every President who has| visited Philadelphia since the time of George Washington, acted as his ess cort, while a battery of fleld pieces roared out the 21.gun national salute, Army airplanes soared overhead. During his speech a commercial plane roared so low over the stadium and the presidential platform that motor drowned out the President’ words, and he was forced to stop for minute until the plane had disap- peared over the stadium. FATHER WHO KILLED TWO SONS IS FREED' Dcuc;im Say D. A. Freemax Stabbed Pair When They Attacked Him. r Daniel A. Freeman, colored, 49 years old, who fatally wounded his two sons, Clifton and Raymond, dure ing an attack they made on him at his residence, 265 Seventeenth street southeast, on June 20, today was f exonerated in the death this morning of Clifton Freeman, who had been under care at Gallinger Hospital. A statement issued at the office of the district attorney said that the exoneration given the father by a cor- oner’s jury following an {nquest into the death of Raymond an, who died two days after the h.mny cmr rel, would apply in the second Testimony adduced at the hwm-d was t6 the effect that the two sons’ had gone to the home of their father arunk and bad attacked hiny, ing him and throwing a lamp at bim. He stalibed them with & lnl(l. evis dence showed. 4 Detectives Keck and Thom who conducted the police Invm tion, were of the aleon the fathen wounded his sons self-defense. l:lmu ‘was 27, years old and Raymond l.’:lmnn appeared stronger yesterday ‘| morning and asked to be taken homas but phnie.hnl. knowing his confl- tion critieal, d “fllnlfic He died —— RDBBEBS GET SZUM — imn!om;umm