Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1926, Page 4

THE %‘_— CHINA AND POWERS ATBREAKING POINT U. S. May Be Involved With Others After Report on Extraterritoriality. ~ BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. China's relation with the foreign powers, including the United States, are once again at the breaking point. Critical developments are impending. They are not likely to be postponed very long after th> approaching publi- oation of the international report on extraterritoriality in China. The report, to be issued simul- taneously in Washington and the capitals of other signatory nations, strongly disapproves China's desire for abolition of hatred foreign judi- clary rights within her territory. In effect, she is informed that her chronically chaotic condition and end- less internal warfare makes it fm- possible for the powers to abandon their own courts of justice in China. The reports hold out the prospect that if certain recommended reforms can be enforced by Chine se authorities, the day when extraterritoriality can safely be surrendered will be ma- terially hastened. Meantime the pow- ers assert their determination to pro- tect their nationals in courts admin- tstered by their own judges and con- sular officers throughout the revolu- tlofi-racked republic. Results Likely to Be Grave. Tha effect of this blow to China's aspirations for international “equality” can hardly fail to be serious. The government at Peking has already abrogated the treaties with Japan and Belgium, under which those powers enjoy extraterritorial and other spe- clal rights in China. Secretary Kel- logg considers that the American treaty with China, dating back to 1844 and renewed In successive 10- year perlods, with a present expira- tion date of 1934, cannot be abro- gated without the United States’ con- sent. The British government takes the same view with regard to its pact with China. But it is freely acknowl- edgzed that If China decldes, despite diplomatic niceties and covenants, to tear up her treaties with the powers, nothing short of armed force can pre- vent her from doing so. That means war. It would call for the dispatch of an International expedition to China comparable to the sanguinary campaign that brought the Boxer re- bellion of 1900 to an end. Twenty-six years ago, when Ameri- can soldiers ~ and sallors _stormed Peking in comradeship with Europsan and Japanese troops, there was a China which the powers could punish and bring to terms. Today there is no such China. In its stead thereare half a dozen Chinas. A so-called cen tral government conducted by a “Re- gency Cabinet,” headed by Wellington Koo, is in_nominal power in North China, at Peking, but its authority n fact hardly extends beyofid the ancient city’'s own limits. South China is ruled by a government a Canton, which is as independent of Pekinz's authority as Washington i independent of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Menaced by Soviet. In the great province of Manchuria Marshal Chang-Tso-Lin 18 In auto- cratic control, though constantly menaced by Soviet Russ'a. In Mon golia, another vast Chinese domain, Soviet Russia dominates affars through a bolshevist regime controlled from Moscow. In other provinces, north, east and west of Peking. rival Chinese war lords are hattling one another for power, with fortunes which fluctuate from day to day. In other words, Ch'na is a hopeless “mess.” Peking is the sham capl- tal of a shadow government which exists only in name. There is no president of the republic, except the one who is a refugee in a foreign set tlement far from the Peking White House. The powers, Including the United States, continue formal diplo- matic relations with Wellington Koo's “regency cabinet,” but Minister Mac- Murray and the rest of the Peking diplomatic corps are aware of the complete futility of any demands, pro tests, representations or requests sub mitted in the corps' nams When Secretary Kellogg directs Mr. MacMurray to subm.t an Ameri can ‘“note” to the Chinese foreign office, the minister knows that It i a gesture, pure and simple, without the remotest possibility of effective action. America has a determined purpose in malntaining regular rela tlons with even the vestige of a co hesive China. Our policy is consist- ently almed at saving China from dis- memberment and disintegration. Report Is Voluminous. The extra-territoritorially report, which may prove to be the spark that will Ignite International gun- owder in China, is a voluminous ocument autographed by the emis- saries of 13 foreign governments, These include the nine nations that signed the “Nine-Power Treaty” at the Washington conference in 1922— the United States. Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and China her- self—and four other states, viz, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Den- mark. Silas H. Strawn of Chicago is the slgnatory for the United States One ot the 13 originally signed and bulky copies of the report has lain on Sec- retary Kellogg's desk for several weeks, having been brought to Wash- ington by Mr. Strawn on his return from China in October. It was stipu- lated that the text should be made public simultaneously In all 13 cap- ftals at an agreed period. That date is tmminent. Mr. Strawn is expected in Washington for another confer- ence with President Coolidge and Becretary Kellogg within a few days. The report will probably be given out then or shortlv thereafter. In a speech at Chicago last week Mr. Strawn narrated the efforts of the International extra-territorial and customs-tariff commissioners to arrive at a just solution of China’s fudictal and tariff questions. He left no doubt that for the present the powers do not and cannot dream of relinquishing long-standing measures of self-protection in China. Tariff Control An Issue. As to Chinese demands for self- oontrol of tariff revenues, which is bdministered by the powers because it is largely pledged as security egainst China's foreign indebtedness, Mr. Strawn sald: “There is no Chinese or group of Chinese, however strong and well in- tentioned they might be, who could withstand the importunities of their friends or resist the bayonets of the war lords if the customs funds were taken from the control of the foreign fnspector general and placed in the hands of Chinese officials.” Reganding Chinese insistence upon abandonment of extra-territoriality, Mr. Strawn observed: “China’s grievances embrace four neral propositions grouped under go head of ‘unequal treaties.’ These are (1) foreign concessions and set- tlements, (2) cusioms, (3) customs service and (4) extraterritoriality. “The Chinese poliiicians desire to have all these special privileges re- troceded to China. Thelr retrocession is a political question of which our | national representation; W. Darr, attorney and active in civic work of the Capi Upper, left to right: Gen. Anton Stephan, President of City Club; Edwin C. Brandenburg, citizens’ committee on irs. Anna E. Hendley, honorary president Susan B. Anthony Foundation. Lower, left to right: Edward F, McGrady, legislative r presentative of American Federation of Labor; Charles John J. Deviny, assistant director Bureau of Engraving (Continued from Ffvst Page.) denied the privilege of franchise, be- cause of its silence on the subject, our only relief from this siluation Is hrough a constitutional amendment. Year after year appeals have been made to the Senate and House to sub- mit to the States an amendment to ‘he Constitution which would piace us upon an equal footing with the citizens of the State. The commitec on the District of 'Columbla of the Unlted States Senate, after a tull and complete hearing, filed a favorsble ceport upon the joint resolution which Is now pending in Congress with reference to this amendment. At the last session of Congress a full and complete hearing was had by the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives, but no action as yet has been taken by that committee. “In view of this infolerable condi- tion. the voteless people of the Capital appea! to the citizens of the States to assist in securing the passage of the vesolution now pending in Congress by urging their Congressmen to sup- port it, that there may no longer be any place in this Nation where there shall be taxation without representa- tion.” Belleves Silence Oversight. At the outset Mr. Brandenburg said that when the subject of ex- tending_the franchise to the citizens of the Natlonal Capital is discussed the question naturally suggests it- selt as to why the Constitution is silent on the subject. He said the members of the Continental Con- gress were disgruntled at the action of certain starving militiamen who marched to Philadelphia and sur- rounded the State House with a de- mand that the Government give them their pay, long In arrears. This incident, he said. evidently was the inception of the idea that the Capi- tal, wherever located, should be a place over which the Government wogld exercise exclusive jurisdiction. “Accordingly,” he went on, “sec- tion 8 of article 1 of the Constitution gives to Congress the power to exer- cise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the district selected for the seat of government. We do not belleve that the silence of the Constitution upon the right of fran- chise for the District indicates the purpose on the part of the framers that we shou'd have less rights than the allens within our- borders, but, n the contrary, we strongly belleve it was a mere oversight on their part. Amendment Is Needed. “The only method by which this right of franchise can be secured is through a constitutional amendment. 1t is not our purpose to seek any change in the form of the local gov- srnment, or in the absolute control and dominion of Congress over the Capital, but simply that there shall be removed the anomaly of being citizens for the purposes of paying taxes and sending our sons to war, and not citizens for the purpose of voting upon the laws to ra‘se such taxes or in participating in the councils of the Nation with refer- ence to such wars. “We ask that this right be granted to us in order that our status may be ralsed from the category of an alien or mental incompetent, who are denied the right to vote. No one can advance any sound reason why we should not have the right to vote for electors for | President and Vice President or rep- resentation in Congress, so that we shall no longer be placed in the status of the Colonies at the time of their irevolt from the mother country be- cause of taxation without representa- fon.” ¢ Mr Brandenburg then cited the following sallent facts: That the District of Columbia, on ———eeeee extra-territorfal commission declined to take jurisdiction. We hold that it was not within the scope of the Washington conference resolution constituting the commission. The for- eigners and, 1 believe, all thoughtful Chinese residing in the foreign con- cessions and settlements will vigor- ously oppose any retrocession because they kndw that those concesions and settlements, if returned to the Chinese, would rapidly disintegrate and be de- stroyed.” The gravity of impending events will be understood when it is realized that abolition of extra-territoriality s the Alpha and Omega of “young China's”” demand for independence of foreign control—the goal of goals. Un- til the goal is reached, unrest will st; danger to foreign lives and property will continue and increase, and the peril of Far Eastern war will be ever present. International compli- cations, in which the United States would be involved up to the hil, would be certain. They would also be immeasurable. Before they were composed, the map of Asia would be redrawn in an inevitable trail of (Covyright. 1986 [ and Printing, who spoke as “a private citizen” of the Capital. WASHINGTON LEADERS APPEAL ON RADIO FOR NATIONAL VOTE | the basts of 1920 Federal census, had a population of 437,571, which was greater than any one of seven States, evada, 77,047; Wyoming, ; Delaware, 223,008; Arizona, 313273; Vermont, 352,421; New Mexico, 360247, and Idaho, 841,826. The same census shows that we were within 8,000 of New Hampshire, which had a population of 443,083, and within 12,000 of Utah with a population of 449,446 That the report of the commission- er of internal revenue for the year 1924 shows that District residents pald to the United States Federal taxes amounting to $27,542,527. The to tal amount thus contributed is great- er than that paid by any one of 30 States and 2 Territories. The amount thus paid exceeds the combined pay- ments for similar taxes of 11 States, namely—Arizona, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Me: North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. Enlistments Here High. That in the World War the volun- tary enlistments in the military serv- ices from the District exceeded those in any one ot seven States. The pro- portion which the voluntary enlist- ments bore to the total numter cf en- listments and inductions Into service by registration was greater for this District than for every State of the Union except Rhode Island, Oregcn. Washington, California and Maine, and more than one-third greater than the percentage for the country as a whole. That in the case of each of the Lib: erty loans the subscriptions from Dis- trict citizens were far in excess of the quota and the per capita subscription generally wus far in excess of all sections of tne country, except that in which New York is situated. ‘After summarizing these arguments, Mr. Brandenourg declared: “President Coolidge, in the recent election, urged the people of the coun- try as a patriotic duty to avail them- selves of the right to vote and to cast their ballots for Senators and Repre- sentatives. If it is an evidence of pa- triotism for the people of the State to vote, why should we of the District of Columbia be required to remain as silent spectators of our fellow citizens marching to the polls on election day? Are we mnot as intelligent and equally qualified? No answer can be found for this discrimination.” Mrs. ‘Hendley Speaks. Mrs. Hendley, in her address as- serted that “King George 111 of Eng- land, If he were alive today, would laugh at the Nation that revolted from his tyrannical government, but still exacts from half a milllon of its citizens the same unreaspnable and humiliating adherence.” Declaring that this denial of partici- pation in Government is becoming more unbearable as new generations come of age, Mrs. Hendley continued: “These young men and women can- not always understand this denial of thelr rights, and they refuse to accept the outgrown provision of the Federal Constitution as sufficient reason for such denial. They cannot understand why a native-born American citizen, who filled the highest office in the gift of the Nation for eight years with signal ability and distinction, should lose his right to vote for succeeding Presidents because he elected to make his home in the Capital City for the rest of his life. I refer to the great ‘War Pres.dent, Woodrow Wilson.” Young Folks Would Vote. Mrs. Hendley declared a child with 500 guardians is likely to be totally neglected or killed with kindness. But we are no longer of the capacity of a child that we should be treated as a child. We have reached our ma- jority, and the thousands of young men and young women becoming of age every year want to take a place with the young men and women of Maryland, Virginia and other States. Th.s humiliation of being classed with paupers, criminals and the insane is most frritating to their young minds. “Then, too,” Mrs. Hendley contin- ued,” the 35000 for:ign-born resi- dents of the Capitl City cannot un- derstand why, when they have be- come naturalized as American citi- zens, they are not allowed to vote for the President of their adopted coun- try. “It is because of these increasing perplexitites that we are insisting upon the adjustment of this old con- dition to meet the temper of the new age. We ask only that we be put upon the same footing with the resi- dents of the capitals of the other re- publics of the world—Mexico, South America, Europe and Asia.” Recalls Women’s Fight. In another part of her address Mrs. Hendley told her audience that ‘“‘we who form the half million disfran- chised citizens of the District of Co- lumbia are not all here by choice, but by a stern arbitrament of fate, and we believe that we are just as capable of intelligently voting as the other groups in the various States. And we are resolved to knock at the door of the citadel of power until the shackles are broken and we, too, can go_forth free.” Mrs. Hendley gave a word of en- she reminded them that the full use of the ballot has been acquired gradu- ally and called for sacrifices all through the ages before it became a common possession. She recalled that the women of America labored more than 70 years to achieve the right to vote. ““We have within our souls the con- viction that some time—it may be, as the poet says, ‘in_God's own time'— we shall be free, shall share with the rest of true America the crown of ab- solute freedom and full citizenship,” Mrs. Hendley concluded. Native Has Never Voted. Mr. Deviny, a lifelong Washing- tonian, stressed the point that for- eign-born citizens obtain the right to vote by taking out citizenship pa- pers and settling in one of the States, while a native-born American cannot vote if he happens to make his home in the National Capital. “As a typical Washingtonian 1 have never voted in my life,” said Mr. Deviny. “In all these years while I have been denied the rights of suffrage, thousands upon thousands of aliens have come to our shores and through the operation of our laws have been given the full rights of citizenship enjoyed by persons living in the States. While these former aliens are thus proudly conducting themselves as American citizens, ap- proximately 500,000 residents of the District of Columbia are denied political rights of any character, and in so far as citizenship is concerned are classed with imbeciles, criminals and the Insane.” After recounting the various obli- gations Washingtonians fulfill to the Nation, such as payment of taxes and the sending of its sons to war, with- out a voice in the national legislature, Mr. Deviny continued: ““We residents of the District of Columbia in an effort to free our- selves of the shackles which render inarticulate our aspirations as citi- zens, propose an amendment to the Constitution which ultimately will vermit us representation in the na- tional Congress, enable us to vote for President and Vice President of the United States, and to have the full status of a citizen in the Federal courts. Seek Voice in Affairs. ““We appreciate the substantial and the vital concern of the Nation in the conduct of the affairs of the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE —By— Paul Stark Seeley, C. S. B. of Portland, Oregon Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Massachusetts.. At The Washingt Scientist, in Boston, on Auditorium 19th and E Sts. NW. Tuesday, November 16, at 8 P.M.’ Under the joint auspices of the four Churches of Christ, Scientist, of Washington, D. C. No Collection All Welcome National Capital and the right of the people of the States to be assured that the business of the Federal Gov- ernment will be transacted amid suit- able surroundings and without re- strictions that might be imposed by purely local municipal interests. ““We do not suggest a change in the local government of the District of Columbia. But inasmuch as the Congress of the United ‘Staies has entire contrul for every purpose of government, national and local, we desire to be represented in that body, so that through our represencatives in the House of Representatives and in the Senate we ma fluence the thought and the action of the representatives of all of the peo- ple of the country and thereby give expression to our wishes in all mat- ters that concern us as citizens. “We Washinstonlans are imbued with an exalted sense of civic pride. We are deeply interested in the city itself and the thousonds of home own- ers among us, together with other citizens, are ever responsive to those opportunities for service. which may | be calculated to assure the future of the National Capita; as a pleasant place of residence and a suitable seat of the national Government.” Makes Direct Appeal. Mr. Deviny pointed out that when the original 10 miles square was ceded to the Federal Government for the seat of Government few people resided within its borders, and he voiced the opinion that if the area had been pop- ulated then, as it is now, by approxi- mately a half million persons they ‘would not have consented to the sur- render of their political rights, or to political divorcement from citizens of the States and from the nation.” In conclusion, Mr. Deviny declared: “Therefore, we Washingtonians, make this direct appeal, to you who are enjoying the full rights and bene- fits of citizenship recognized through- out the world as typically American expressions of a free people. We a: that you assist us to obtain the right to take our place with one hundred and ten million other Americans in voicing our needs, our ideals and as- pirations in the great legislative bodles of the national Congress. We urge that you invite the attention of your representatives in Corigress and the Senators of your State to the un- American plight of the citizens of Washington and request their serious and favorable consideration of our prayer for relief.” Dr. Darr’s Argument. Mr. Darr told the gathering that in appealing for representation the people of the District are asking, not for a favor, but for a privilege exercised by all other Americans. Like the other speakers on the program, Mr. Darr emphasized that the Dis- trict plea for a representation in Congress and in the electoral college could be granted without disturbing the present form of local government and without changing the exclusive jurisdiction which Congress exercises over the Capital City. Do Not Ask Statehood. “We do not ask to be made a State, nor do we ask to be allowed to exer- cisa the privileges guaranteed to the States by the Constitution, except in 80 far as they relate to national rep- resentation,” sald Mr. Darr, “The District of Columbia today is said to have a population of more than 500, 000. Assuming that three-fifths of this number are men and women o voting age, deduct from this 300,000 approximately 60,000 Government em- nloyes and residents engaged in pri- vate business who are privileged to reiurn to the State from which they came for the purpose of exercising the privilege of franchise and we have, thereore, in the District of. Co- lumbia 240,000' men and women of voting age and are as American citi- .zens taxpayers all, whether they are broperty owners or not, contributing to every expense and every lability of the Federal Government, lending | services to the country in time of war and many of them are today mourn- ing the loss of a son, or brother, or husband who made the supreme sac- rifice in the interest of humanity at their country’s call. These are the privileges, these are the rights, these are the responsibilities we take as citizens. These are the responsibili- couragement to Washingtonians when | tis we meet without a murmur, with- | out a protest. “It has been said that we are a Territory and the citizens of Terri- tories are not permitted to vote for President and members of Congress, but are permitted representation in the lower House of Congress through a delegate without a vote,” Mr. Darr continued. “We are not a Territory. We are simply and plainly the Dis: trict of Columbia, and in all legisla- tive actlons where it is necessary to refer to the States and Territories it has been held that to include the Dis- trict_of Columbia the act must say the States, Territories and the Dis- trict of Columbia.” Wants Washingtonians Named. Mr. Darr sald that in all his travels outside of Washington he has never met a man or woman who would undertake to deny that the people of the District should have representa- tion. “I cannot be made to believe,” he went on, “that the framers of the Con- stitution ever intended that the resi- dents of the District of Columbia, the seat of the Federal Government, should be compelled or required t: forego that great privilege that is dear to the heart of every true American, the privilege of casting his vote in a national election.” Mr. Darr said the principal offices iIn the District of Columbia are filled by appointment by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and in this connection he made a plea for the selection of bona-fidle Washingtonians for these offices. The_only class of people in the United States who should be dis- ranchised, Mr. Darr said, are men who have been convicted of felony, and even such men should be restored to citizenship “as soon as they show sorrow and contrition for the crime committed.” . In conclusion Mr. Darr said the peo- ple of the District are especially en- titled to =ational representation for the reason ‘that we are locally gov- erned by th. National Legislature, and that by representation in the House, Senate and electoral college we will have in a great measure indirect local be able to in- | SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 14, 1926—PART 1. self-government without disturbing in one fota the present form of our local government.’” Labor Leader Speaks. Mr. McGrady laid emphasis on the point that while the various States and the Federal Government are ap- propriating millions of dollars annu ally to Americanize and naturalize | aliens so that they may become intel ligent voters, “this same Govern: ment denies one-half million Ameri- cans, right in the heart of the Na . the right of suffrage.” “TLoyal citizens and offi country spend much time and energy | endeavoring to impress upon the peo- ple the necess of national enthusi- | asm and interest in the political affairs | of the nation, and the duty of citizens | to vote,” said Mr. McGrad; hey realize the Government can only b truly democratic when its | Have a keen, lively interest in the| election and activities of their law. | makers. In denying the citizens of the District of Columbia the right of franchise, their interest and enthusi- asm in national political affairs are | naturally deadened and they become. apathetic and stagnant in regard to the affairs of their Government. This is an unhealthy state for 500,000 cit- izens of a democratic country. “If taxation without representation is tyranny, wha' do you think of our plight when I tel. you that in 1926 the District of Columbia_paid_into the Federal Government $27,065,805.07 in taxes. This is more money than was paid by 23 States and 2 Territories. Need Help of Voters. Later in his address Mr. McGrady decared that, unfortunately, ‘‘we alone, are not in a position to correct this great injustice.” i ““And, therefore,” he continued, “we are appealing to you, our fellow Amer- icans who are listening, to give us your aid. Americans have been ever generous in responding to every. call that is based on justice and you are now being asked in the name of jus- tice to help he good people of the District of Columbia in obtaining the right of rep-esentation in their own Congress You can ald us very mate- rially. So we are earnestly asking you to write to your Senators and to your Congressmen, requesting them to cast their votes in favor of our proposed amendment that will Amer- icanize 500,001 Americans living in the District of Columbia.” Stephan Extends Greetings. In closipg the program, Gen. Stephan briefly summarized the ap- peal by extending friendly greetings from the District of Columbia to the invisible audience, which he addressed | as our “comrades in peace, war and | the pursuit of happiness.” He asked | that they “‘consider this cause as just, in_the interest of humanity.” John B. Daniel of the Radio Corpo- ration of America, announcer for the evening, presented the subject matter of the program prior to introducing Gen. Stephan, in part, as follows: “For three-quarters of a century the citizens of the District of Colum bia have been waging a continuo fight for rights f suffrage. The privi lege to vote is extended to all citizens and immigrants who become_eligible. The people of Washington have no political status whatever, but as citi- zens of the United States are called upon to meet every obligation re- quired of citizens in the 48 States. With their destinies controlled by others and without a voice in either local or national affairs, they are in much the same position as the “man without a couniry. Few people in the States understand these condi- tions.” The committes from the City Club in charge of the program included Gen. Stephan, Rudolph Jose, Henry Stringer, Percy McCoy and H. J. Odenthal, executive secretary of the club, who was in charge of promotion of the enterprise. MISSIONARIES TO GET SHORTER TROPICS “TOUR” Presbyterians Cut Siamese Duty From Six to Four Years to Pro- tect Ministers’ Health. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, November 13.—In- ability of white men and women to combat the climate of Siam has com- pelled the Presbyterian Board of’ For- eign Missions to make a drastic cut in the term of service for missionaries to that country. Hitherto they were ex- pected to serve six full years without a break, and under the new rule, an- nounced from headauarters, the term is reduced to four years. The board's action provides “a furlough of nine months after a term of four years, or of 12 months after a term of four years and nine months Health records of the Siam mission indicates that 156 missionaries were obliged to return to the United States on account of health in the five-year period from 1920 to 1925. The tropic climate of Siam is debilitating to Eu- ropeans. The Standard Ol Co. gives a furlough after two and a_half years of service, and various other foreign firms in the tropics have similar fur- lough provisions. Since a shorter term of service, three years, was put into: force in the West African mission of the Presbyterian board, that mission has had as good a health record as any other. Deaths lieported. The following deaths have been report fo the Health Department within the past Sonhie Bondareft. 64. 3727 9th st. Elizabeth B, Beach. 19, 1331 Quincy st. Catherine McDonald. 56.” 2728 10th wt ne 1. Helen Sawver. 81, George Washington University Hospital. . ‘auling Stoll. 60; Casualty Hospital. gora Sullivan, 06, Georsetown University 08D tal piafarearetta L. Nailor. 87. 1052 Argonne {iraton M. Rowell. 02,110 C at. g Walter Cunningham, 3, Georgs Washing- ton, University Hospital. Syivester Goines, 3% 6 Freemans ajley. Hanna E. Pearson. 87, 1913 17th 8t. Mary Davia. 56. 807 9th st. n.e. Mary Botts. 31. 1822 LeDrojt ct. Rev. Joseph 'S. Shaw. 74, 2566 Nichols ave. 8. Mabei Jones. 33. Freedmen's Hosnital. William Franklin. 46, 654 Acker st. ne. tod 24 The terms of Morris Plan <G> For each $50 or! fractionborrowed you agree to de- foflt 31 per week in an Account, the ds of which may be used to cancel e Deporis ue. its may be made on a weekly, semi- monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. to borrow. $1,000 $5,000 $100.00 $10,000 $200.00 Loans are simple and practical and fair—it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank Loans are ed within c’?"‘ or two after filing g tions. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may w for any of from 3 80 12 months. $10.00 $20.00 MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W, *Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit" _F ‘amous Prelate Dead | old. BISHOP HOBAN DIES; AIDED MINE PEAGE Member of Red Cross Execu- tive Committee Was Noted for Work in Strike. octa SCRANTON, Pa., November 13.— Bishop M. J. Hoban of the Scranton Catholic dlocese died shortly befora 9 o'clock tontght of pneumonia. He had been ill since Sunday. Earlier in the night priests and nuns had 1 at his dside and offered prs hen physicians said he recover. Bishiop Hoban was He had been bishop of the Scranton diocese for 30 years, coming here BISHOP M. J. HOBAN. LAPLATA AID FUND CLIMBS T0 82,105 Additional Contributions for Relief of Storm-Stricken Town Announced. With the receipt by the Star yester- day afternoon of aditional contribu- tions totaling more than $100, the La Plata Fund passed the $2,000 marl¢ and continued to furnish a practical opportunity to those who destre to in the work of rehabilitation in storm-stricken area. The Washington Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, District of Co- lumbia, voted $100 for relief Irid night, and the amount was made pay able immediately through Rev. J. V.| Buckley, chaplain of the chapter, who | ed the scene of the storm yester The fund stands now at $2,106.42 and contributions are acknowledged as follow: Previously acknowledged R. E. Berey ........ James T. Kenyon .. Emma K. .... CHCGRLE p Mrs. Frances Barlow . Anna J. Murphy $2,002.92 10.00 | 10.07 1.00 1.00 2.00 | 5.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1ea0 5.00 2.00 Virginia A. Bradsha Mrs. Howard Clayton Sherman Helen Louis Miss Marie J. Bradshaw . J. E. H. . Coaley Bros. . A. Helper . J. 8. A A. Friend ... C. M. Mrs. Georg George Cross, employes . Farnshaw jr., and his BOK BUILDING NATURAL BIRD PARK IN FLORIDA One Artificial Lake Already Com- pleted and Another One Is Planned. By the Associated Press. LAKE WALES, Fla., November 13 —A natural park, where wild life and plants of Florida will be preserved, is being built near here by Edward W. Bok. journalist and author, who main. tains a Winter home in the suburbs of this city. One artificial lake already has been constructed and a second one is planned. These lakes will harbor the flock of flamingoes which Mr. Bok imported from South America, as well as a number of nightingales imported from England. Both birds were na- tive of Florida. The park, covering 26 acres, will be known as Mountain Lake Bird Preser- vation. Mr. Bok has made plans for the erection on the top of the mountain of a carilon that will contaln 67 bells. Safe From Collisions. From the Boston Herald. Elevators may have trouble but to- day they are about the only vehicles from Ashle where the formerly was pasto Right Rev. Michael John Hoban, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Scranton, Pa., gained wide prominence because of his activities in behalf of the miners in the anthracite coal regions, by whom he was regarded as a welfare as well as a spirftual leader. His interest in the miners was second only to that in his church and diocese and his relations with the coal workers were such that his In fluence had a beneficial effect upon the lives of people of many faiths, Blshop Hovan iy was called upon by the miners for advice and aid in their dispute with the ope and several times he was cre bringing the two sides t amicable a nent, gener able to the miners of the miners in the bishop w that even at times when they did not agree with his s <tions ‘they ac- cepted them, knowing that he was acting not only for their interests, but for the general good of their depend- ents. Bishop H n was an active worker with citizens of the anthra- cite region to rid Scranton and other places of the mine cave-in menace, During the World War Bishop Ho- ban appealed to the people of his dlo- cese to give all possible assistance to the Government and he encouraged his priests to ald the men in_servies. As a result of his appeals the Scranton st in the Unlted its quota of Cath- service and for commended by aily States to_contribut Born at Waterloo, N. Y. Bishop_Hoban was born at Water- N. Y., June 6. 1853, the son of rick and Bridget Hannigan Hoban. When a_boy his parents moved to Wayne County, I'a., where the future bishop received early education, t the age of 14 he was sent to St. Francis Xavier Colleg ew York, and after a year there he went to Holy Cross College, where he studied for taree yeais. Concluding his college course ai Fordham, he entered St. Charles’ Seminary at Philadelphia, and then was sent to the American Col- lege at Rome, where he completed his theological course in 1850 and was ordained to the priesthood May 23 of t year by Cardinal Monaco La a. . Returning to the United States, he s churches in Pennsyl- ania for In March, 1896, he was consecrated by Cardinal Sa- tolli_as titular bishop of Alalis and appointed coadjutor bishop of Scrane ton with right of succession. He be- came head of the diocese on the death of Bishop O'Hara in 1899, Bishop Hoban was a trustee of sev- eral hospitals and other Institutions and was a member of the executi committee of the Red Cross. Ie was a close personal friend of the late Theodore Roosevelt and had & wide acquaintance among prominent men of the country. Bm.eportcd. The following births have heen reports {o the Health Department within the Dast 2 Ernest V. and Robert and Th h 16 ep W. Swisher, boy. # Yeatman, el o S, s, s KR RiF Aot Do by Cornfield. :;lrl. \ima and Mar boy. Ge 1 Houston I Robert o 1ten. "I;uy. ary Ward, boy. Mildred Anderson, boy. 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