Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1926, Page 4

REPORTED UNITED Agreement Announced, but Auxiliary Member Says . “There’ll Never Be Peace.” “A very desirable agreement” be- tween the Washington Department of the American Legion Women's Aux-| iliaty and the District American Leglon posts was reported to have heen reached vesterday afternoon at the - conclusion of an all-day closed- door session at the Willard Hotel. This was announced by Albert J. Ward, national committeeman of the Dapartment of New York and chair- man of the committee appointed by Natfonal Comdr. Howard W. Savage, at the Philadelphia convention of the Legion, to investigate the bredch in the auxiliary ranks here which result ed in the withdrawal of the local posts’ ~upport of the women's hody. “Work townrd the return of the auxiliary to its official standing will be carried right through now, and announcement of the complete suc- ss of those efforts will be made shortly; that is all 1 can say now.” declared Mr. Ward. He would not de- fine, however, the day’s action which constituted in his opinion a * de- sirable agreement.” Silent On Split. When asked by a reporter for The Star whether the two opposing fac- {ing | (Continued_trom First Page) learned afterward that they had gone contrary to it. None of them was aware that a similar charge wus pend- ing against Fall and Harry Sinclair as o result of the lease which Fall guve Sinclafir on the Teapot Dome (Wyoming), naval reserve, and re- ceipt of that knowledge did not re- assure them. The delay In reaching a verdict re- sulted from two men standing out stubbornly for conviction. One of the two i a professional man and dur- the selection of the jury had shown that his education was con aplcuously superior to that of the others. The other dlssenter wus 8 bank clerk who is studying law. He finally was persuaded that sufficlent doubt existed to justify a vote of ac- quittal, whereupon the professjonal man gave in rather than be the cause {of a hung jury. Eight for Acquittal at First. Before voting, however, they en- gaged in a general discussion for ahout five minutes, which disclosed that a large majority favored acquit- tal. When the slips were taken from the hat on the first vote, it was found that elght were for acquittal, two for conviction and two had cast blank batlots. The foreman explained that a not voted hecause he desired to de impartially. Another juror ex- plained that he refrained from voting because he was still uncertain. Thi ballot was taken at 3:10 p.m., minutes after they had retired Discussion was then resumed and continued for 50 minutes, with those favoring acquittal doing virtually all the talking and concentrating their arguments on the doubtful juror. At 4 p.m. a second ballot was taken, re- 20 tions of the women had become re united or whether one side had been dropped entirely, permitting the reconciliation with the Legion to in- “lude only one group, Mr. Ward re- plied, “Now you are asking leading questions. Isn't it enough for me to say that a desirable settlement has been reached?” Pressed further on the question of the split between the women, Mr. Ward said he would “neither affirm or deny that part of it None of the auxiliary members or Legion men who attended the con- ference would comment upon the day’s work, but referred all questions . Ward. Indications were, how- ever, that the session had been a stormy one. When adjournment was declared @ woman was Weeping mner- vously, while others denounced her heatedly. Still another of the de- parting women remarked that “there’ll never be peace,” but no explanations were forthcoming and Mr. Ward in- sisted that “excellent co-operation has Leen shown by everybody and the meeting has been a great success.” Divided For a Year. The auxiliary has been split into two factions for more than a year, six posts forming one side and the remaining__three _constituting the other. When the situation be- came acute during the Summer the local department of the Legion adopted resolutions at its convention withdrawing its support of the aux- iliarles. During the Philadelphia con- venton Paul G. McGahan of this city requested the national meeting to cancel the charter of the women's body. National Comdr. Savage, how- ever, appointed a committee to meet here with representatives 8f all sides tg Investigate the differences. With A\ir. ‘Ward as chairman of that com- ‘mittee were James H. McGinnis of the Department of West Virginia and J. Leo Collins of the Dipartment of Pennsylvania. Gen. Amos A, Fries, distriet com- mander of the District of Columbia Department, spoke briefly at the meet- ing yesterday, declaring that he heartily favored women's auxillaries. He expressed the hope that a recon- ciliation would be effected. He did not remain through the day, how- ever. Seimioon L TEN PAN-AMERICAN PILOTS READY FOR .HOP-OFF TOMORROW (Continued from First Page) the project, holding that the mission will provide the means of fostering good will and showing the enormous possibilities of commercidl aviation. The Executive said the flight was designed to promote amity between this country and the Republics of Central and South America and to show some of these Southern coun- tries just what benefits can be de- rived from aerial communication. Local interest in the personuel centers about Maj. Herbert A. Dar- gue and Capt. Ira C. Baker, two offi- cers who have been on duty here for several years and were relieved from their posts in the Munitions Building to undertake the flight. Maj. Dargue was chief of the war plans | section of the office of the chief of Air Corps, and Capt. Eaker was as- sistant executive officer of the corps. Advices received last night also in- dicated that Maj. Dargue, who com- ! mands the five-plane formation, will! bring the planes to rest at Brown ville, Tex.. tomorrow night and not attempt to make Tampico the first day, aithough it is only a 500-mile jump. Thi < considered virtuaily certai r that the five ! Liberty inverted engines could receive | their final * ican flight test before crossin border into un-| known territos In the event u is mecessary ut an engine shift, is minor replacement | Brownsville, or even | for that matter, the| necessary parts could be rushed from ! Kelly Field to the border town by ! air in three hours and t tentative schedule adopted could be adhered to. | “Old Reliable” A 90 per for suc Praised. cent of the responsibility ess of the flight is born by the englnes, Army airmen here point out with pride that the “old reliable” once more is being sent out to bring r pwn to the Army which is re- | ponsible for its design, construction and reficement. The Liberty cylinder, 400 horsepower | nas flown around the world four planes from New York to A nd returned from Antonio to and Washing 1on; the T-2 on its famous non-stop transcontinental flight; the Y¥-2 on its record-breaking endurance record: the vlangs that mgde the frat filght “around the riln of the United States; the plane that established an endurance record for refueling in flight and finally the hundreds of Army aircraft in regular service ope ations day in and day out The five planes will be christened the. New York., San Francisco. De- roit, St. Louis and San Antonio 1 the {wives of the principal pilots to jnorrow morning befors they are sent M on their miss Through the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, which last night staged nquet in their honor, te Kellogg xent a mes. sage wishing the flyers good luck. Templar Band to Play. A concert by the Orient Com- sk sulting in a vote of nine for acquittal, two for conviction and the foreman «till not voting. The doubtful man had gone over and the foreman had indicated sufficiently that he intended to vote for acquittal, For the next three hours, with coats off and sleeves rolled up, they sweated and strained and hammered the table with thelr fists. A distinct faction ap- peared. Several of the young clerks and mechanics drew together on a complete group that was strenuously for acquittal and collectively hostile toward the attitude of the profes- sional man who was standing out for conviction. “You cant tell me old man Do- heny is a crook,” one of them de- clared. “T'll stay here till hell freezes before T'll vote to send that old man to the pen. Didn't these Navy men £o and ask him to bid on this con- tract $100,000 Loan Debated. “Didn't you hear him say he didn’t Gt ith they persuaded him? Don't you remember how Admiral Robison testified that when he first put it up to him Doheny didn’t want {t, ana Robison persuaded him that it was his patriotic duty to bid “But how can you get away that $100,0002" protested the dissen- % think it was a loan between friends,” the other retorted. “We know Fall and Doheny had been friends for 40 vears. Doheny if millionaire. Wt wouldn’'t he len< $100,000 to an old friend if he needed 1t?" ‘“wPhat's all very well,” said the dis- senter, “but why did he loan it the Wway he dld—sending the money fin cash by his son? That’s not the way Joans are made between business men. ve all know that.” W el ®ald another. “You've got to remember that Fall was going down there to New Mexico to buy ranch and 1 think he figured the greenbacks would make a bigger im- pression on those New Mexicans than a check. You take a rancher out ir that part of the country and real money looks good to him. ~It's harder to refuse than a check. I believe that’s why he wanted the cash. “How do you explain Doheny’s act in tedring the signature off Fall's note?” persisted the professional man, “I believe what he said about it was the reply. ‘‘He was always trav. eling around and he thought he migh* get killed in & wreck and he didn't Want his heirs to call on Fall for the money. Mrs. Doheny testified to that and she certainly isn't the kind of a lady that would perjure herself. It struck me that it was pretty decent of Doheny to think of that.” Knottier Question Still. But the two men holding out for conviction had an even knottier ques tion to raise. They wanted to know why Fall lied about the source from which he obtained the money and persuaded Edward L. McLean to join in the lie. “It Wi Jjuror. much for that. a vellow streak a foot wide if hadn't tried to protect his old fri after all Doheny had done for him. One of the older men advanced an- other point in favor of acquittal. “I don’t see how there could have been any conspiracy between Fall and Do henv, with so many filngers in the ple,” he declared. ““That's the way another of the older men. a white lie,” replied another you can't blame Fall very He~would have ha h nd “My mind | was made up as soon as Denby came | on the stand and said he signed the contracts, knowing all about them. Tt would be different if Fall had had the whole say about the reserves, and could have told Doheny ito go in and take what he wanted. But Denby had to sign those contracts; they' would not have been legal if he had not. The “vellow peril” theory advanced by the defense—the contention that the first contract with Doheny re- sulted from secret information that the Japanese navy was mobilizing for ttack on this country, thus ne- cessitating immediate construction of fuel ofl tanks at Pearl Harbor, Hawail —recelved scant attention in the jury room. The circumstances that the leases were made in secret was laid not to ) but to the wishes of the Navy Department for secrecy. Most of the jurors felt that Fall was less to Blame for the lease than the Navy Department. Impressed By New. Fall's name entered the délibcra tions far less than that of Doheny. However, the- jurors were impressec by the fact that a member of Presi- ent Coolid cabinet, Postmaster General Harry New, avj ~ter witness for him, i been honore s by the people of New Mexico. ‘One thing which has impressed | them was Mrs. Doheny's description of how she and Doheny were walking Wp Fifth Avenue, New York, when her hushand mentioned that his old friend Pall was in financial dificulty and that he had offered to lend him £100,000. The picture appealed to the jurors. Commenting upon it in the Jury room, one of them said: “You could just see that dear old | couple strolling up Fifth avenue, looking at the shop windows and talking to each other, and him bring- fng up the subject that’ M Fall needed $100,000 to buy a ranch, and thut he wanted to let him have it for lold times' sake.” Discusston and argument of the which been described until 7 pan., when the me in_to get the jury order for dinner. While the tabl be- mandery, No. 5, of the Knights Templar Band of the District of Co- Jumbfa, under direction of Capt Will J. Stannard, director of th United States Army Band, will be a | feature of WMAL'S Tues- ey night. S program ing laid and the food brought in the jurors were removed o another room. It was while waiting there to be called to dinner that they indulged in the singing which provoked Sena- ter Heflin's wrathful comment in the Senate Thursday. Deliberations at 1 see it, too.” sald || THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO LEGION AND WOMEN ™Sk story oF acqurrraw DEMOCRATIC HEADS PUBLIC OWNERSHIP | AIR RAGE RULiva INSIDE STORY OF ACQUITTAL this time had been postponed until after dinner. They were resumed at 9 p.m. It was obvious to all of them by 11 o'clock that night that agree- mt during the evening was out of the Juestion, and from then 12:30 aum. they were going severally to bed. Deliberations Resumed. and wearily they took up the sto wh’ch had grown so nauseatingly miiar and stale to all of them. The group of young clerks and mechanics s surly. T don't give a damn. I intend to Christmas or no Christmas,” one of them deflantly announced. The bank clerk was 1ying across the bed saying nothing. The professional man was pacing the floor at one side of the room, virtually ostracized. The ycuth on the bed sat up. say that I have a reasonable doubt in my mind, and 1 suppose that under the judge's instruction I would be justified n voting not guilt; No sooner were the words spoken than the professional man walked over to a corner and, without a word, started packing his clothes. The oth- ers looked at him and then at each other. “All those voting not guilty will stand,” the foreman announced. Ten arose, and the professional man, who was already on his feet, stood where he was. A wild whoop went up and half a dozen jurors jumped to the task of packing their grips, while the foreman knocked on the door, sum- moening the bafliff to tell him that a verdict had been reached. Some one turned on the phonograph and played “The Anvil Chorus.” Why Case Failed. Edmund Burke swrites something about centuries of political struggle by the Anglo-Saxon race having been directed toward a single end of get. hing 12 honest men into a jury hox The foregoing In a case of singular Imiportance to the Natlon shows what occurs after they get there. The case had failed, in the opinion of a majority of the jurors, because there was no positive, first-hand evi- dence that the transfer of $100,000 was a bribe. “How can such a charge ever he proved except by corroborating eir- cumstances?” T inquired of the juror. “That's just it," he affirmed. ~"“We didn't see how it could, either.” ARMISTICE DECLARED IN SUNDAY LAW FIGHT New Jersey Town Is Promised Normal Sabbath After Recent Strict Enforcement. By the Associated Pro IRVINGTON, N. J., December 18. —An armistice of negotiation. rather than of negotiation, portends on Jer- sey’s blue law front. With the announcement of Irving- ton's Ministerial Association that no steps will be taken tomorrow to con- tinue the Sunday closing of motion picture houses, business men here and in the Oranges hoped for normal Sabbath sales without interference from the recently resuscitated ghost of an. 1854 ordinance penalizing most commercial activities. The minister's spokesmen held they had pointed the way by recent closing and that it now was up to the city authorities. Managers of the affected movie houses, who last Sunday forced the arrest of nearly 100 violators of the old edict, an- nounced their shows wouid be given as before the upheaval. And various magistrates let it be known that they were in favor of the 1854 statute, at least to the extent of refusing to issue warrants on the Sabbath. 8o the good burgers of this section expect a temporary return to what had become normaley. . SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at_and_Sailings From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. George Washington—Bremen Brestdent. ‘Monroe—Marsetiie. | - Bergeusfignd—Bergen "0l Gult of Mexico—Port Antoni Glen Aster—Antwerp.. ... .. Margaret Dollar—San ‘Pedro Scotland Maru—Immingham Gulf Queen—Port Arthur. DUE TODAY. Liverpool outhampton olmg Luna—Huiti DUE MONDAY. ' Araguaya—Bermuda . Manuel Arnus—Cadiz | DUE TUESDAY. | Berlin—Bremen .. | Olympic—Southampton | Amer i Trader—London . | Orizal Havana .. | Essequibo—Vaiparaiso | Metapun—Barrios . . | Martinique—Kingston DUE WEDNESDAY | Oscar 11—Copenhagen .. . Drottingholm—Gothenbury Paris—Havre . » Munamar—Nassan Poreidon—Cnracao DUE THURSDAY. President Rooseveli—Bremen Nerissa—St. John's. . . Maracaibo—Maracaibo Tivive Santa Marta. . Fort Victoria—Bermuda. DUE FRIDAY. Nordam—Rotterdam DUE SATURDAY. Arablo—Antwerp ........ Mexico—Progreso bttt B DEGOODme [t omria s - yryot=g OUTGOING STEAMERS. g SAILING TUESDA oquelle—C: s Sabank—Fore 'Sy qnd Senes Wextmen ¢ Robert E. Siin Matéo— B rios SAILING Noon 5:00 P.M. Nogn 11:00 A M Noon WEDNESDAY "10:00 11:00 o 01 ogn M. M Bollvar—Carthgens .- 1:00 BN Santa Marta—Santa Marta.. . . Noon Andrea ¥ abach—Cristobal, 6:00 P M Fort St. George—Hamilt 10:00 A M Aragunya—iamilton 10:00 A'M Cuthbert—Para . M u Thiery—<Cris SAILING THURSDAY American Shipper—London. . 4:00P.M Tt LA oo 300 B Grean'PrincesCapetow ; ania Lulste Valparaiso. io—Progreso r..‘.\ma-n?‘ ana ‘and Cristobal. " P MonroeCrirtobal - Santos Aies 80 Thomas.. SAILING FRIDAY Winnekahda—London ‘eendahi—Rotterdam Samland—ALtwerp Carenco—Piraeus Beliapiine—Rotterd: Coamo—San Juan . . Barbara—santo Dominko.. . N A A N 0 P. P. n A . A P stris—Buenos Aires Greta——Santo Doyineo.. . Elna E—Santo Domingo. Astrea—Port Au Prin: racaibo ... ... 0 oria—Hamilton.. .. AILING SATURDAY. Metapan—Barrios . s Calamarss—Limon "."."07 111 Nerigsa John's until | Breakfast was finished at 8 am. | stay here until there is an acquittal, | decided yesterday at a conference to “Well, boys,” he said, “I guess I|Smith, but some questioned the wis- l jtion of the primary with a desire tol ; 10 0PPOSE SMITH, Minority Conference Is Held. Blease Moves to Air Pep- per Expenditures. By the Associated Press. Democratic leaders in the Senate resist any attempt Frank L. on the Smith of Tilinois the oath as a Senator. The conference was reported as developing no sentiment among the Democrats for the seating of Mr. part of o take dom of denying him the right present his credentials, Several Senators were designated to look up the law and precedents for use it Mr. Smith accepted the ap- pointment and the case was pre- sented to the Senate. Conference Not Binding. The leaders made it plain that the conference was not binding on any members, who were free to follow their own convictions. In the meantime, yesterday, Senator Blease, Democrat, South Carolina, asked the Senate to obtain a partial report from the Reed investigating committee covering the primary cam- puign expenditures of Senator Pepper, Republican, Pennsylvania. Apparent: ly referring to moves against seating Willlam 8. Vare, who defented Pepper in the Pennsylvania primarfes, and Mr. Smith, Blease saild he could not “yee the difference between letting a man In who spent a lot of money and keeping another out who spent maybe more money." Text of Resolution. Senator Blease said he wished an investigation which probably would reach “both sides of the House.” The text of the resolution follows: “Resolved, That the Reed Investiga- tion committee be, and is hereby, re- quested to file with the Senate a par- tial report on the Pennsylvania pri- mary election expenditures of Senator Pepper, the amount spent and sources from which it came, how expended, and so forth.” Consideration of the resolution went over until this week. SMITH KEEPS SILENT. to Home Expecting to Sigued Appointment. CHICAGO, December 18 (#).—Col. Frapk L. Smith, Senator-designate from Illinofs to succeed the late Sena- tor W. B. McKinley, left Chicago to- night- for his home at Dwight after two days of shopping and conferences, without making any clearer his status in respect to his unaccepted appoint- ment. He indicated a desire to receive his signed appointment before making any statement, and expected to find it on his desk when he got home. The beliet grew among his friends that in view of formidable opposition in the Senate to his seating, he may rot say definitely in the near future whether he will accept the appointment offered to him several days ago by Gov. Len Small. He may not even go to Wash- ington to present his credentials. friends believe, until he goes next March to begin the term to which he was-elected in November. He made no comment tonight on a decision of Democratic Senate lead- ers to resist any attempt by him to take the oath of office. They.oppose his seating because of evidence that he accepted large contributions from utilities executives for his primary senatorinl campalgn last April, while he headed the State Commerce Com- mission regulating public utilities, DAWES LAYS SLUSH 70 DIRECT PRIMARY IN NEW YORK SPEECH (Continued from First Page.) Returns Find seems to be to disorganize their party and fight its policies. Congress, there- fore, tends to lose the power of con- structive action. The primary system of nomination, lessening the depend- ence of candidates for nomination upon thelr party record and relation to their party organization, adds con- stantly to the number in Congress of those wearing the party label who fight thelr party's policies. They are alded by rules in the Senate, which extend the power of minority obstruc- tion far beyond anything intended by the Constitution “Largely because of the primaries, therefore, we are threatened with a regime of the bloc system In Congress, from which, if it is not arrested, we are in danger of a breakdown in par- liamentary efficiency, which today fis such an outstanding characteristic in the . government of European coun- tries; a situation so acute there as to have resulted in the abandonment, at least' temporarily, of parliamentary government in Poland, Belgium, Ttaly and Spain.” “As recent political events are im- pressing upon the public conscience a better knowledge of the evils of the primary system, we hear protest against its abolition,” the Vice Pres ident said. “It is intimated that those who desire to see the primary system largely abolished do so because it takes less money to buy a convention than to buy off a majority of those voting in the primary. Raps “Low Grade Arguments.” “It would be just as logical for one to charge those who favor the reten- see the whole electorate corrupted in- stead of the smaller number which comprises a convention. There is, of course, no real merit attached to either contention, but it illustrates the low grade of argument to which we may expect to listen in connection with primary reform.” Willlam C. Sproul, former Governor of Pennsylvania, who also spoke at the dinner, said that while he la- mented the conditions which had led to the heavy expenditures in the re- cent senatorial elections in Pennsyl- vania, he thought, that Senator-elect Vare should be seated in the United States Senate, “I feel,” sald Mr. Sproul, “that to deny Senator-elect Vare the seat to which he had been lawfully elected by { the people of a great sovereign State would be a revolutionary attack upon the constitutional rights of the States which would be dangerous in the ex- treme."” Mr, Sproul said that he and Mr. Vare have not been “‘political friends’ for several years, and that he opposed Vare's clection, but he felt he should come. to the defense of Vare's rights and the “rights of our State in the present emergency, for the issues in- volved are greater than any indi- vidual, any faction or any party.” In introducing the Vice President Charles M. Schwab sald: “If Gen. Dawes could be character- ized in one word, it is that he is a great salesman. He sold the idea of a budget to the Government. He sold the theory of the Dawes plan. And now he is occupied trying to sel] to the American people the importancé of the economy of time in the United States D. C, DECEMBER 19, 1926—PART 1. RUSSIANS HERE CELEBRATING FEAST OF ST. NICHOLAS TODAY Exiles Marking Anniversary of Nation’s Stately Patron Saint. But Day Has No Association with Christmas for Religious Sect. One small group of Washingtonians will celebrate the feast of good old St. Nicholas today instead of Decem- ber 25. To the members of this group the mixture of St. Nicholas, Santa Claus and Christmas is fantastic aad out- landish. They are the little gathering of Russlan exiles here who meet each Sabbath at the Church of St. Alex- ander, 1204 I street, and worship ac- cording to the colorful rites of the old Russian church. The feast day of St. Nicholas, the anniversary of his death, falls on De- cember 6. Therefore it will be ob- served today for they cling still to the old calendar which is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar and which has been given up by all other com- munions of the orthodox church. Later on they will have their Christ- mas and their Santa Claus, or Father Frost, but he will have nothing to do with St. Nicholas and the emigres can't quite understand how the two have been mixed up so badly. For to them St. Nlcholas s a very digni- fled figure, indeed, the patron saint of Russia, a great theologian and miracle worker, and by no means the sort of a man who would climb down chim- neys to fill little stockings one night of the year and then retire to the North Pole for the rest of the year. The fantasy proved particularly puzzling to Mme. Rimsky-Korsakov, niece of the great Russian com- poser Tchalkowski, when she came here to live with her daughter and her daughter’s children at 4520 Stanford street, Chevy Chase. There were two little grandsons, George and Basil, who kept pestering grandma with accounts of the sleds, candy and toys St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus, was going to bring them on December 25. Customs Confusing. “But what do you mean, children?” she asked rather sadly. “I do not un- derstand. December 25 is the Ameri- can Christmas, is it not? .What has that to do with Santa Claus or St. icholas “I thought, perhaps I was becomin| confused in my mind as 1 grew older, she said, “I couldn’t make anything of it."” But slawly the light began to dawn on Mme. Rimsky-Korsakov. She found that George and Basil in some incomprehensible way had mixed up St. Nicholas with the Russian fairy, Father Frost, and that this Father Frost had a curlous habit of reward- ing little boys who were very good for & month or so before Christmas with all sorts of wonderful things. “But it all seems so strange to me yet she said. “St. Nicholas and Father Frost—Santa Claus and Christmas.” jeorge and Basil, it is needless to say, do not see anything funny about it and they hope grandma will have the idea very clear In her head be- fore next Saturday. She. however, cannot be quite con- vinced that it is entirely proper to make a clown out of the old bishop of Myra, St. holas, even With all the beautiful legendry of yuletide to take out of it any suspicion of lack respect. Ot\\'hzn she was a little girl she learned of a quite different St. Nich- olas—and she learned about him on the knees of Tchaikowskl, who spent a great deal of his time with her parents in a great Russian country house, where he composed some of his most memorable work. The one thing, she says, which was closest to Tehaikowski's heart was the beauty and legendry of the old Russian church—and after that came nature. He reveled in both and from both de- rived his inspiration. Sought to Tell Real Story. So when she learned of the peculiar ideas of her grandchildren she set herself to correct them by translating from her Russlan church books the story of the real St. Nicholas who. making allowance for the fact that he was a flesh and blood individual, might not have made such a bad anta Claus after all. S bishop of Myra in Asia Minor was true to the type of the “fighting parson” In_Mme. Rimsky-Korsakov's Picture of him—an impulsive, rather Berimonlous theologlan but a most generous, kindly and lovable man e performed many miracles and once, indeed, emerged rom his bish- opric into the light of very well au- thenticated _history when, at_ the Councll of Nicea when the Nicene creed was adopted, he became so Vio- fent at old Arian who denied the doc- trine of the Trinity that he punched im in the face. it put Nicholas in bad light with the Emperor Constantine, who pre- tided at the Councll, and he lost his bishopric temporarily. But he got it back again and for the rest of his life fought most bitterly against all heretics who were rich and powerful and protected them with equal energy when they were thrown from their high places and were poor and help- less. Once Played Santa Claus Once, indeed. he actually played the part of Santa Claus. There was a Pertain rich man of his dlocese with three daughters. The poor fellow had & run of bad luck and lost his fortune. This got him in dead wrong with the girls, for it condemned them to be old Maids. They had their hearts set on three desirable fellows as husbands, but with his money gone their father could no longer raise the necessary wries. o e infortunate man stood it until he was a wreck. Then, just to satiefy the girls, he decided to stage a hold- up. The bishop heard about the plan by some means or other and deter- mined to save the soul of his poor parishioner. On three successive nights he sneaked up to the window of the man's house and threw in a bag of gold. The third night the beneficlary, as suspicious of Santa Claus as any modern 4-year-old, lay in wait and caught the bishop at this business. St. Nicholas, caught bare- handed in ‘his holiness, had an em- parrassing time making explanations. He once raised a sailor from the dead, stopped a storm on the Mediter- Tanean and on another occasion he snatched from the: hands of the ex- ccutioner the sword with which he was about to clip of the heads of three of his parishioners—greatly to the satisfaction of the condemned. List of Miracles Long. The MUst of Nicholas' miracles is long and impressive, and every now and then, as Mme. Rimsky-Korsakov reads his record, there crops out some- thing which is not a miracle at all, but the act of a great and good if somewhat impulsive man. Nicholas is the heavenly protector of all the Russias, and the day of his death will be fittingly observed Sum- day—and let others keep their whis- kered Santa Claus who drops down chimneys. The good bishop fell asleep and went to heaven !'n the year 342 A.D. For a long time thereafter his bones . exuded holy ojl of zreat noteney ia I {of the Commissioners, in addition to | St. Nicholas saving the lives of the three citizens of Myra. From an old Russian manuscript in the Congres- sional Libi healing the sick. A few years later some Itallan merchants stole these bones from Myra and took them to Italy. The day of their transfer, May 22, also 1s observed solemnly in the Russian church. How did the great and good Nicho- las come to be saint of children? asks Mme. Rimsky-Korsakov. She belleves the explanation lies in the early ecclesiastical paintings which show him surrounded with peo- ple. In these the saint is pictured as a glant man and ordinary individ- uals as very small—a bit of symbol- ism which western Europe falled to appreciate. It was thought that the pictures represented the saint sur- rounded by children. So they made Santa Claus out of | him, and George and Basil expect— at least they did a year or 8o ago, but they may have become highly skeptical since—that he will come down the chimney of the big Chevy Chase house a week from tomorraw night. = Mme. Rimsky-Korsakov herself has seen the ruins of his old bishopric of Myra lodged on the Mediterranean clifts like an eagle’s nest. She has heard about him from Tchaikowski— and it is safe to say that any little girl who learned about a saint from Tchalkowski would find it hard in .later life to substitute another pic- ture. She has very intimate recollections of the great composer whose opera, “Pique Dame,” was presented here two weeks ago. Concerning his method of work, for instance. He would rise early, write for a time and then take a 5 or 6 mile walk in the country regardiess of the weather. Then he would come hom, eat dinner, write again for a time and then take another 5 or 6 mile walk. Then he would return and work until late writing letters to his numerous correspondents all over the world. He was one of the most voluminous of letter writers. But he was unamle to do creative work without renewing his intimate touch with nature twice a day. And he belleved most fervently in St. Nicholas—not Santa Claus. S o it “HOME RULE” BILL FOR D. C. OFFERED IN HOUSE BY REID (Continued from First Page.) lives in the Northwest, and it is more than vrobable that the Commissioner at large would be a resident of that section, which would give the North- west two Commissiopers and make it necessary for them to secure the con- currence of only one of .the other Commissioners to give them a ma- Jority of the board on any question. “The present Commissioners have repeatedly stated to committees of Congress that the number of depart- ments under each of them is so large and the burden of work upon them is so great that they are not familiar with the operations of the various branches of the District Government and have to depend almost entirely upon their subordinates for informa- tion concerning municipal affairs. The addition of two Commissioners should enable the board to redistribute the present assignment of departments so that the Commissioner responsible for each may actually direct the opera- tions of that department, instead of relying wholly upon an inferior execu- tive. Senate Confirmgation Eliminated. ““The bill continues the present sys- tem of appointment by the President, but vests their appointment exclu- sively in him without requiring con- firmation of their nominations by the Senate, under the authority given in the Constitution. The President, therefore, will be solely responsible for the selection of suitable personnel on the board. “The present term of four years for the Commissioners is continued. “The matter of suffrage, both local and national, is still a matter for fur- ther consideration by the people of the District and by Congress, and this bill does not in any way affect a final determination of that question, Should Congress by legislation at a future date grant suffrage to the District, the Board of Commissioners provided for in this bill would then be elected by the people instead of being appointed by the President. “The gelection of an engineer com- missioner from the Army Corps of Engineers is abolished, and the qual- ifications of the board of-five com- missioners is left entirely to the dis- cretion of the President, but it is more than probable that the President would deem it advisable to have one of the Commissioners an engineer skilled in the sclence of munlicipal administra- tlon. The suggestion has been made that an ideal selection of Commission- ers would be to have one civil engi- neer, one lawyer, one medical man, one banker or financier, and one man with general business experience. | mittee, in replying yesterday to a re- However, this matter {s laft to the good judgment of the President, as it is not believed he should be restricted to any particular class of individuals. Must Be Residents. ‘“The only qualifications prescribed for the Commissioners are in section 3, that they ‘shall be of good moral character and shall have been bona fide residents of the District of Co- lumbia’ for three years before their appointment. The present require- mfn!dlhnl th:)‘ shall not have main- ned a voting residence el V] is abelished. M “In regard to removal from office the provision in section 2, that the Commissioners may be removed dur- ing their term of office by the Presi- dent in his discretion, section 8 fur. ther provides that if any Commis- sloner during his term of office shall be gullty of any palpable omission of duty, or shall be guilty of willful and corrupt oppression, malfeasance or partiality, where no special provision shall have been made for the punish- ment thereof, he shall be fined not to exceed $10,000, and shall be re- moved froi Mice. The action against sush Com joner .would be prose- cuted on i@formation or indletment, aad he wolld be'wiyen a trial in the PN IS OPPLSED Municipal Street Car Man- agement Disfavored by Utilities Commission. 1 The Public Utilities Commission is not favorably disposed to Government ownership of the street railway lines, Chairman Bell informed Senator Capper, chairman of the District com- cent letter in which the Senator in- quired whether the commission had any data on that subject. Senator Capper had stated in his letter that he was not committed to Government ownership, but wanted to study any data the commission might have as to the financial structure that would be necessary under such con- trol. The reply of Col. Bell follows: “An informal computation has been made by assistants to the commission to study the capital set up of the two street rallway companies and the elec- tric light company, and this has been extended to include the result which might follow if it were possible to lend the credit of the city to those private enterprises. The resuits would be the same if the companies were governmentally owned, assum- ing, of course, first, that the operation would be equally efficient under the Government and that the market quo- tations of stocks and bonds represent their present fair value. “You will understand. I am sure, that the commission is in nowise fa- vorably idsposed to Government own- ership and that the two assumptions noted above are not necessarily taken by the commission as having been proven correct.” g NEBRASKANS T0 AID WATERLOO, BELGIUM Mayor of American Village of Same Name Will Pass Hat in Answer to Plea. By the Associated Prés WATERLOO, Nel December 18.— ‘Waterloo may signify defeat and dis- aster, but to this American village of 400 souls it means progress and help- fulness and the hat is to be passed in rsponse to the plea for aid received Thursday by village officials from the mayor of the war-stricken town of Waterloo, Belgium, famous as the seat of Napoleon's defeat. Mayor Otto Wilson received a letter from the mayor of Belgian Waterloo, in which he asked for money “to per- mit us to restore our city hall to : condition befitting the name of Water- 100.” The letter promised that “a stone would be placed upon the facade of the new city hall recalling to pa: ers:by your name and your generous donation.” “We doubt the legality of making an appropriation for this worthy litt! town from the village fund,” Mayor Wilson said, “but we can and wil’ pass the hat. I am certain all goor Waterloo citizens will donate. We are a happy and prosperous village and we should try to help the town for which this place is named. — Supreme Court of the District to de- termine his guilt or innocence. “Section 4 is the heart of the bill, and gives to the Commissioners, in addition to the ‘powers and duties which they now have, 111 powers and duties, which are specifically enumer- o WILL BE STUDIED Reconsideration of -Change in Schneider Cup Contests to Come Up in ®aris. A special meeting of the Federatw Aeronautique Internationale, world governing body for aircraft perform ances, will be held in Paris January . to reconsider the decision made at Rome a few weeks ago to hold the Schnelder international seaplane race every two years instead of annually, Porter Adams, president of the Na tional Aeronautic Association, was in- formed in a cablegram from the French capital yesterday afternoon. The agreement to abolish the annual contest, which is the only outstanding international event for high-speed air- craft, was made over the protests of the American delegates at Rome, and just a few days before Italy defeated the United States for the trophy at Hampton Roads, Va., November 13. This meant that the next race would be held in 1928, The regulations speci fled that the nation winning the con- test three times over a five-year period would retain permanent possession of the trophy, and unless the newly adopted regulations \ere amended to read “three times in five race years,” the United States would be deprived of its chances to keep the award with one more victory, as it previously had won twice. While no officlal protest was lodged against the new ruling, a wave of in- dignation swept over aergmautical cir cles against its execution, principally on the grouwi that it would destroy competition. %he proposal was made by the British delegates, who ad- vanced it in the interest of more time for the nations to bulld the high speed ships. Arguing against this stand were those who emphasized that the Italians, in seven months, bulit three monoplanes, one of which shat tered all existing records for speed. Immediately after the Italian vic tory Secretary of the Navy Wilbur would not commit himself on future plans to regain the trophy perma. nently. This would entail the design and construction of three new racing planes, and the selection of a team of pilots to go abroad and fly in the con test. As far as could be learned last night, any announcement that migh be made by the Navy on a future rac ing policy would be contingent upon the results of reconsideration given to the regulation at the Paris meeting. V. DINDY FINDS FAULT WITH FOREIGN ARTISTS Says Paris Is Deluged With Alien Talent and Criticizes Lack in Modern Training. PARIS, November 27 (Correspond- ence).—The foremost French composer, Vincent Dindy, has given his name and support to start a campaign against foreign artists in Paris. He allows his opinion to be expressed that there are too many foreign artists here—singers, musicians, _orchestra sonductors-—outnumbering French in- deed by 10-to 1. “We are literally submerged by toreign artists,” he declares, “and they bring us nothing new or interesting. Oh, they're not without talent—most of them—but they are na.more tal- ented than French artists who can't afford the expense of concert giving, which for foreigners means only a small outlay on account of our depre- clated currency. It is easy for forelgn artists to come to Paris, hire a hall, pay for publicity and have - their talent consecrated by the French capi- tal, and then return home satisfied with a bundle of newspaper cuttings relating the measure of success they obtained.” ated, but which are defined in broad, general terms, and the determination of the method of procedure in every instance is left largely to the good Judgment and discretion of the Com- missioners. Many Powers Granted. A number of the powers and duties which are deflned in this section in general terms have already been spe- ciffeally granted by Congress and in| order that the courts may not con- strue that the specific powers or duties were intended to be taken away the sectlon says that ‘nothing herein con- tained shall be construed to abrogate or repeal any existing powers and duties which "the present Board of Commissioners now have.' The section further provides that all acts of the board shall be subject to repeal or modification by Congress and that nothing in the bill shall be construed to deprive Congress of its power of legislation over the District in as ample a manner as if the law were not enacted. Congress thereby retains full control over the District finally, and does not attempt to abdicate its legis- lative power, which, of course, it could not do. The bill is simply a delegation of certain powers to the Commission- ers, subject to check by Congress. “Further statements will be issued later explaining the intent, purpose and effect of each of the 111 powers gmmed to the Commissioners by this “The bill is not offered with any idea that it is perfect or that it will meet with unanimous approval. It should be very carefully considered and thoroughly gone -into by a sub- committee of the District committee, which should invite the views and opinions of the people of the District and the District officials. “It is earnestly hoped that it may contribute something toward solving the very important, as well as ex- tremely complicated and difficult prob- lem that confronts Congress in deal- ing with its responsibility for the National Capital, which should be, as Dindy, speaking more generally, declared that artists of today are too impatient to wait for school or con- servatory in order to appear before the public, with the result that they display inadequate technique and artistic polish. The younger genera- tion practices less, he contends, and therefore its playing falls short of that of its elders. i LOTON HORTON DIES; HEADED BIG MILK FIRM Chairman of Board of National Dairy Products Corporation Be- gan as Wagon Driver. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 18.—Loton Horton, 72, president of the Sheffiell Farms Co., died Wednesday afternoon at Nice, France, after a brief iliness of pneumonia, according to a cable re- ceived here from the American con sul at. Nice. In his teens Mr. Horton worked in New York as a milk wagon driver. He brought about the consolidation in 1902 of several large milk dealers into the Sheffleld Farms Co., of which he was elected president. The company branched out into the condensed and evaporated milk busi- ness, cheese making and the manufac ture of ice cream. Through the Na- tional Dairy Products Corporation, of which Mr. Horton was chairman of the board, he was interested in several milk and ice cream companies with branches all over the country. He was married three times and had four sons by his first marriage. 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