Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1927, Page 4

4 AIMEE WINDS UP REVIVAL TONIGHT People Gather at Noon for Afternoon Meeting—Final to Be Held in Evening. Aimee Semple McPherson will wave 2 “good-by” to Washington tonight as| the curtain rings down on the most spectacular religious revival the, Capital has w sed in years. ! Before taking the train late tonight | for New York City, “to rout the devil in his own home town,” as one of hpr' jzn managers put it, the apostle | Temple will face two more As early as gathering uditorium to them last camp of Angi responsive audiences. persons W h.ngton denied noon 1« about the V! be sure of seats nignt. From a materlal as well as a spiritual viewpoint, the success of Mrs. McPherson's Washington invasion has been sweeping. almost from the start Tellers in a jocal bank were busy this afterncon counting the contents of a huge sack into which the offerings of thousands of followers had been poured. In the opinion of the local committee, there will be no deficit Goes for Auto Ride. \ding even Rev. Harry L. Colller, faithful sponsor of the Washington compaign, Mrs. McPherson slipped quietly from her headquarters early 10 for an automobile ride through the parks, intending later, perhaps, to gee the § But it w arters that » call of a typical Spring day, would » her to forego the stale air of the Capitol chambers. During the first two days of her ‘Washington revival the personality of the woman evangelist has drawn more 100 persons to the Auditorium. Of these, Mr. Collier estimates at least 1,600 might be classed as “converts,” though none has signed on the dotted line. The si the crowds, plained, has Mrs McPh Washington with but one regret. is the in- ility to stage 2 real “altar call” since there is no space between the gtage of the Auditorium and the first 1 the orchestra. “We teful for the splendid c d interest shown in Mr: Pherson’s campaign,” said Mr lter today. ‘Washington has taken her into its heart.” Many Turned Away. “Sister” Aimee ever returns to ington to tell the sequel to the of her life, she either will have to find a larger hall or else preach under the vastness of God’s own dome. Hundreds of persons, one estimate being as high as 5,000 stormed the Auditorium _doors in vain last night If 1o a while 7,000 her the noisest received in the Capital. For Mrs. Mc- Pherson believes if people can applaud at a base ball game they can go ahead and do likewise in a church.They did it without further encouragement. When she was ready to start her “mesage” last night, Mrs. McPherson asked: “Shall it be ‘The Second Coming of the Lord’ or ‘The Story of My Life’ "? She asked the audience to show their preference by raising their hands. Mrs. McPherson of Los Angeles was an easy vietor. Washington appeared somewhat cool toward the evangelist on her first two appearances here, compared with the fervent receptions accorded her elsewhere. By degrees it warmed ap to her, and in the afternoon and again last night she had come into her There was no mistaking the jasm she aroused at each assembly. Shakes Hands With Many. In marked contrast to her earlier meetings here, the crowds swarmed the stage last night, unwilling to leave until the evangelist had shaken the hands of hundreds. She shakes hands well, with a firm and hearty clasp and a word for each individual. But even “Sister” Aimee was un- equal to the strenuous task yester- day afternoon. She had to give up finally and make a dash with her publicity director for a waiting auto- mobile and policeman outside. One woman was knocked down in the religious zeal of the penitents and the flowerpots that decorated the stage were scattered in the crush. Since the recent events at Los Angeles, Mrs. McPherson has told the story of her life in many cities, and while some chapters were “de- leted” by the evangelist, she told the story as well as she could under the circumstances. The effect of this story upon the audience was pronounced. When she came to the death of her first hus- band, Robert Semple, and her early struggles as an unknown evangelist, many women sobbed. The chapter dealing with her second marriage to Harold McPherson, ending in "a divorce four years later, was ommitted. Hits Evolution Theory. She told of her early childhood on n farm, told of how as a hool pupil a study of the of evolution had almost de- stroyed her faith in the Bible stories tavght her as a child. Then she met Robert Semple, edeemed” and married her and took her to China to Win souls for God. There the husband diec voung widow, who came a mother. > later, Mrs. MecPherson into a vivid description of * of Babel” in telling of alled the “greatest attempt rejiglous presecution in the history the world.” “A modern Tower of Bable” “with a weak foundation, was #un by the devil through state ments made by a misguided woman, 1 bless her. Stone by stone the d, until it pierced T n the world. Thank men built it. God heard * this tower that man built and » came down to see about it, just as He did in the Bible. Says Tower Was Crashed. “He confused everybody's ton vbody's gue til not ono of the accusers could P Then God finger and an-built tower, the dastardly charges st an innocent woman ¢Pherson won ner nudience point in her story when s talking about her Angeles P deseri e had made of radio poss she been interested in Carmel by- , when she was supposed to n kidnaped, that the evan- s last night ermon yesterday afternoon list spoke of ““The March of and inte -d this with the story of the “Rose of Sharon” and the “Lilies of the Valley.” Skating on stilts is part of the performance given by a professional at 8t. Moritz, Switzerland, this Winter. A blind man in New York uses ~{ tions “{abroad by citizens of this country, a To Address Trade Body E. H. H President of the Ne change, who will speak before the Washington Board of Trade in spe- cial sesslon tonight at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. He will answer charges of financial im- perialism levied against this country. BOARD OF TRADE Head to Address Business Men Tonight. E. H. H. Simmons, president of the New York Stock Exchange and a recognized authority on financial mat- ters, tonight will address the Wash- ington Board of Trade, in speclal ses. sion, at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, on “The Myth nf" American Financial Imperialism | Due to the charges that have been | made against the United States Dy | European and Latin American na- , growing out of investments hel well as out of the international debt | *| situation, the statement by Mr. Sim-| mons, made as the official representa- | tive of the New York Exchange, is held to be of unusual importance. Mr. Simmons will trace the financial movements during and following the great war which placed economic con- trol of the world with the United States, and will discuss present inter- national finances, denying that there is financial aggression on the part of this Nation. Members of the District Bankers' Association have been invited to join in the session, and more than 1,100 business and financial leaders of the city are expected to attend. Bdwin C. Graham, president of the Board of Trade, will preside, and How- ard Moran, president of the bankers’ association, will be an honor guest. — CANTONESE ENTER HANGCHOW AS SUN TROOPS FALL BACK (Continued from First Page.) tion. It was reported that the south- ern offensive was being opposed in the conferences by Yang Yu-Ting, eivil governor of Kiangsu, the province in which Shanghal is located. LEAGUE GETS CHINESE NOTE. Secretary Asks If It Should” Be Cir- culated to Powers. GENEVA, February 17 (#).—Pek- ing's communication demanding with- drawal of the British troops en route to Shanghal reached the secretariat of the League of Nations today. Acknowl- edging its receipt, the secretary-gen- eral, Sir Eric Drummond, wrote to Chu Chao-Hsin, Chinese delegate, in- quiring whether his government wished the document circulated among the members of the League. Chu was silent on_ this point in his communi- cation. He left for Rome after for- warding the note. The Chinese question does not ap- pear on the agenda for the March session of the League Council, as no nation has requested its insertion, but any member has the right to inaugu- rate a discussion. LONDON IGNORES CHEN'S NOTE. Appeal to League by Chinese at Geneva Rated Low. LONDON, February 17 (®).—The advance of the Cantonese toward Hangchow in a supposed attempt to capture Shanghai was regarded in un- officlal quarters today as possibly hav- ing something to do with the suspen- sion of the negotiations concerning the British concession in Hankow. These negotiations were conducted by the Cantonese foreign minister, Eu- geno Chen, and the British representa- tive, Owen O'Malley. Word from Hankow concerning the negotiations has been delayed. Note Sent to League. The Chinese note to the secretary general of the League of Nations, de- manding withdrawal of the British order to send troops to China and in- sisting that the Chinese forces were capable of maintaining order in Shang- hai, does not attract much notice in the press. It is generally assumed that the British government does not ch great importance to it. 3 ain, the for- creiary, answering questions in the House of Commons vesterday. stated that Great Britain had fully explained her policy to the League | nd the government was unable to sec how the League could assist in settling the present difficulties in | China. | Chu Not Peking Envoy. He added that the government had | not attempted to communicate with | *hu Chao-Hsin, who forwarded the note. So far as he was aware, Chu was not authorized to represent any | government exercising authority for | the whole of China. | When Chu lust September made an | “extraordinary outburst against the British government,” the foreign sec- retary said, he inquired as to his tus, and was informed by the Peking government that Chu was not acting on its instruotions. The British government is awaiting advices from Minister Lampson in Peking before making another move. | Reports from Eritish diplomatic of- | ficials confirm that Sun Chuan-Fang | as suffered n severe reverse at the | the Cantonese south .of ai. Observers here were mot surprised at the news, as the Can- tonese were expected to make a suc- | cessful thrust toward Shanghal as soon as they consolidated their forces. | to three black lambs and a year ago gave birth to twins. Half of the 300,000 employed in TOHEAR SHMONS New York Stock Exchange| | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, THURSDAY, FEBR PARENT-TEACHERS OBSERVE FOUNDING National Organization Was Formed in Capital 30 Years Ago Today. Parent-teacher circles of the Nation- | al Capital this week are observing the anniversary of the founding 30 years ago today in this city of the National | Congress of Parents and Teachers, an organization which has grown in three decades from a mere handful to a membership of more than 1,000,000 | persons. With the original aim of securing | better conditions in the home and of “carrying mother love and mother | thought into all that touches child- hood in home, school, churéh or State,” the congress was chartered here by a group of women led by the late Mrs. Theodore W. Birney and Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. Expansion Was Rapid. . The organizers, both men and women, were persons of affalrs, rep- nting the philanthrople, religious. and_political interests of the ion. They realized that while mothers have ever determined the character of young children, they have failed, lacking guidance and co-opera- tion, to exert the influence upon the race which might be possible were conditions beyond the home brought under at least partial control. The organization expanded rapldly. Branches were organized in many States and a magazine was establish- ed. Prominent men, including Theo- dore Roosevelt, accepted places on the advisory council, and within a decade the National Congress of Mothers had become a powerful influence. Movement Was Popular. From the first it was the policy of the congress to reach in a helpful way the two social institutions exer- cising the most direct influence upon young children—the home and the | present school. The movement proved popu- ar, and in order that it might be di- rected more effectively a special de- partment in charge of this work was created within the congress, and In 1908 the name of the organization was changed to the National Congress of Mothers und Parent-Teacher Associa- o tions. Eight yvears after lh('h(oundinx oor‘( the original congress there was " g&niu‘dgin ‘Washington the District of Columbla Congress of Parent- Teacher Associations. The local body will celebrate its twenty-second birth- day next Monday. According to a journal just issued by the National Education Association, more than a million lovers of children are now banded together in the Na- tional Congress of Parents and Teach- ers, and “‘the possibilities of the move- ment are almost limitless as the wider vision spreads.” Aids Education at Many Points. “This vast movement,” the journal states, “aids education at many points. Tt emphasizes the worth of the human factor. It sets the child in the midst of our enterprises as the loftiest ob- ject of our effort. It magnifies parent- hood. It elevates the teacher. These values are fundamental.” The movement also is valuable, it is asserted, in developing the home as a place for rearing children, in making a large contribution to the improve- ment of schools and in creating gen- erally a better community. A formal celebration of the thirtieth birthday anniversary of the National Congress was held Tuesday afternoon at the Willard Hotel, at which time tributes were paid to the memory of Mrs. Birney. In an account of that meeting in yesterday's Star it was indicated, through an unfortunate mis- understanding, that Mrs. Birney was still alive. The Star regrets this error. $37,000,000 BILL FOR D. C. MAY PASS IN SENATE TODAY (Continued from First Page.) ting has not been prompt enough; it has not been efficient enough; the business has grown to such an extent that they feel that the present in- cumbent as general counsel has not been able to cover the legal, technical part and at the same time administer the affairs of the office. Therefore, they proposed to demoté the present general counsel and put in his place another man selected by the Com- missioners. “Our committee is of opinion that to demote a man does not bring about efficient service; that to get the talent the District should have it is neces- sary to pay the compensation named by the Senate committee—$7,500 a vear. The Senate committee is not particularly concerned whether the general counsel is named by the Presi- dent or named by the Commissioners. ‘What we are after is effective ad- ministration of affairs in the legal department.” Jones Scores Counsel. Senator Wesley Jones of Washing- ton, a member of the District sub- committee, declared: “I am going to say frankly that the general impres- sion I have gotten for a good long while is that the corporation counsel of this District is absolutely incompe- tent to discharge the duties of his office, and the committee were trying to get rid of that state of affairs. If the Commissioners would not do it we thought we ought to make this provision here.” Senator Howell of Nebraska wanted to know if the committes had given any reason why the Commissioners would not do it. Answering this in- quiry, Senator Phipps said: “It I may answer the Senator—it will take only a moment—the fact is that in their expressions to us their evident purpose was to demote the corporation counsel and re- tain him at a salary of $5,200 a year, and we do not believe that that is good administration.” Bruce Denounces Tactics. Senator Bruce of Maryland took the position that if the corporation coun. | sel is not qualified for the office, it should be left to the Commissioners dismiss him. He declared it is a feeble and insufficient” reason for o change in law to say that it is in- tended to legislate some individual into office or out of office. Later in the debate Senator Jones of Washington declared he dld not say the incumbent was Incompetent, but said “I do know that the general report, from what has been sald to me by a great many people, is that he is not altogether fitted for the office.” Senator Copeland pointed out that there are two new Commissioners in office now, and that there is likely to be a third new Commissioner soon, and that this new board probably wili make the change suggested. Delays Muscle shonll—Action‘ The Senate agricultural committee today agreed to withhold action {n the McNary resolution creating a joint Muscle Shoals commission to devise BUILDING UP ALIBI FOR BEN RUDNER Witnesses Give Testimony to Aid Man on Trial in Met- lett Case. By the Assoclated Press. CANTO! Ohlo, February 17.— Testimony intended to establish an alibi was introduced by the defense today in the trial of Ben Rudner, Massillon, Ohio merchant, charged with the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton editor last July. Several witnesses related details of Rudner’s activities on specific dates when the State alileged he had given evidence of complicity in a conspiracy that culminated in the newspaper- man'’s death. Edward P. Rudner, brother of the defendant, testified it was he who ac- companied Rudner to the police sta- tion following an automobile accident a few nights before the killing. The prosecution had produced a witness who swore previously that Rudner was accompanied by a man who re- sembled Patrick McDermott, convict- ed of the actual slaying and now serving a life term in the Ohio Peni- tentiary. The State contends Rudner hired McDermott and Louls Mazer to do the shooting. Mazer is awaiting trial. Herman Rubin, brother-inlaw of Rudner, Joseph Hock, a Massillon merchant and William F. Sheedy, a railroad conductor, testified as to the defendant’s whereabouts on_ July 8 and 9, the days when Steve Kascholk, the prosecution’s ace witness, testi- fied that Rudner and McDermott con- ferred in regard to the Kkilling. All declared there had been no meeting with McDermott. The State kept up a ruaning attack on their stories, several times de- claring they varied in minor detalls from similar accounts given in Mc- Dermott’s trial. REAR ADMIRAL WILEY ADDRESSES SOCIETY Sponsors of Navy Hold Annual Luncheon—Flag Adopted by Group. Rear Admiral Henry Wiley of the General Board, United States Navy, addressed the convention delegates of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy at the annual luncheon at the Willard Hotel today. Mrs. Cur tis W. Wilbur, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, was the honor guest. The Society of Sponsors is composed of women throughout the United States who have christened naval ves sels. The membership numbers nearly 400. -More than 50 members of the society attended the convention at the ‘Willard Hotel, which opened yesterday and closed today. . Mrs. Russell Langdon, wife of Col. Langdon, stationed at New York Uni- versity, is the president of the organi- zation. Mrs. Frederick Hicks and Mrs. Hugh McAllester North are the two vice presidents. ‘The Sponsors’ Society presented the deserving son of a naval officer with a year's education at a Naval Acad- emy preparatory school. The name of the student or naval officer is not re- vealed. An_organization flag was adopted and displayed for the first time at the meeting yesterday. CHARGES DETROIT JITNEY ORDINANCE IS UNFAIR Brief Filed in Supreme Court Al- leges Comstitution Is Violated. By the Associated Press. ‘The Red Star Motor Drivers’ Asso- clation and others, contesting the va- lidity of the Detroit ordinance regu- lating the operation of jitneys upon the city streets, filed in the Supreme com;hbeoday 2 brief in opposition to the tion of the city to dismiss their appeal. : ‘They asserted that the controversy was not the right of the municipality to regulate the use of its streets, as argued by the city, but whether the ordinance was discriminatory. In prohibiting the operation of jit- neys on certain streets, while permit- ting motor busses to operate on the same streets, they said, the ordinance clearly diseriminated against the jit- zxez[’n and violated the Federal Consti- ution. FRANK ALLEN IS HONORED. Is Elected President of Allied Printing Trades Council. Frank Allen, member of Pressmen’s Union No. 1, was elected president of the Allied Printing Trades Council at the annual election of officers held in Typographical Temple last night. Other officers are: Vice president, H. F. Oehler, Bookbinders’ Union No. 4; secretary-treasurer and delegate to the Maryland-District Federation of La- bor, Charles M. Flanagan, Columbia Typographical Union; delegate to the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce, President Allen. A committee headed by Martin Ol- mem was appointed to inaugurate a campaign for more extensive use of the union label of the Allled Printing Trades Counctl. PARKING CHANGE FAVORED Eldridge to Make Proposal for 18th Street in Rush Hours. Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge an- nounced his intention today of sub- mitting to the District Trafic Coun- cil for consideration a proposal to lib- eralige parking restrictions on Eight- eenth street during the morning and afternoon rush hours. Parking s now prohibited on both sides of Eighteenth street during the rush hours. Mr. Eidridge contem- plates restricting parking on one side only at alternate periods, how- ever. Parking would be permitted on the east side in the morning when the traffic flow downtown is on the west side, and on the west side in the afternoon when traffic moves north on the east side. Congregation to Celebrate The Congregation Talmud Torah is planning & banquet to celebrate the thirty-sixth anniversary of the found- ing of hte First Orthodox Synagogue in South Washington. A committee, headed by Harry Katz, will meet Monday to set a date for the dinner and make arrangements. The congregation was organized by 18 Hebrews of South Washington, and in the 86 years of its existence | & policy for disposition of the proper- A ewe in Ireland recently gave birth | ty until Chairman Deneen of the for- mer commission, was permitted to explain to the Senate the report of his commission mwnf acoept. infes’ leas. roller skates s he iaps his way about | Great Britain's clvic service receive | ance of the power compa - the city, not more than $15 a week, ing proposal. e has grown to a membership of about 500. The synagogue is at 467 E street southwes! e m.flhlsl in building and loan socleties in Great Britain have dou- bled in number in the past 10 years. s UARY 17, 1927, REVIVAL OF ART OF ANCIENTS IS SEEN IN DISPLAY OF MONKS Benedictine Congregation in Danube Val- ley Has Exquisite Handicraft Exhibit Here. ated in vhe valley of the upper Danube, Signs of a revival of the ancient art of Egypt and Greece are manifesting themselves in the exquisite handicraft of the monks of the Benedictine arch- abbacy of Beuron, examples of whi are now on exhibition at the May- flower Hotel, under the supervision of Right Rev. Raphael Walzer, archabbot of the Beuronese: congregations, and Father Suitbest Kraemer, abbey Or- ganist and goldsmigh. It remained for the venerable Pater Desiderius Lenz, nitor of the Beuron style, to r the lost canons of Byzantine design, and to translate and reconstruct these cen- turles-old architectural laws into the modern geometrical style of so-called dynamic symmetry. Father Lenz brought his discovertes from tho gay ateliers of Paris to the comparative seclusion of Beuron, where now, in his ninety-sixth year, and though blind and deaf, he can pass his feeble hands over the fruits of his pious labors. Beuron, famed not only for its art school of ecclesiastical music, is situ- in the feothills of the Swabiap Alps near Stuttgart. Originally founded in 777, the Bepedictine archabbaity now governs 13 Buropean monaster . The Benedictine Congregation of Beuron includes internationalfy known scholars, architects, painteys, musi- clans, sculptors, bronze and precious metal workers and lapidariess, me of whose creations are now on vies The collection of secular motives in- corporates bronze, ivory and marblé plaques, ivory medallions, gilded, sil vered and enameled fonts, ivory and ‘wooden statuettes, ecclasiastical sig- net rings and illuminated parch- ments. The gems of the exhibit are a golden chalice, wrought with cloisonne and filigres and Inlaid with precious tones, and several miniature repro uctions of the famous statue at 1Bewron, the Mother of Life. Futher Kraemer is a leader in the schola cantorum of the abbey, where he plays the organ to accompany the Giregorian chants, and is a master of tite wello. CITY PLANNING MEET MAY BE HELD HERE National Conference Inivted bylliulnu Policy Is to Carry Out American Civic Association Board. The executive board of the Ameri- can Civie Association met today at the Cosmos Club and discussed plans for the future. Frederic A. Delano pre- sided. It was announced that the National Conference on City Planning has been nvited to hold its annual meeting here n May. The association also is spon- soring a lecture on the Country Club District of Kansas City by J. C. Nich- J1s, the creator of this development, at the Cosmos Club tomorrow afternoon. Among those expected to attend th meeting today were: Dr. John C. Me rlam, Washington; Warren H. Ma ning, Cambridge, Mass.; Dr. John X Gries, Washington; Mrs. E. C. T. Mil- ler, Cleveland: T. P. Linn, Columbu: Miss H. Marie Dermitt, Pittsburg! judge and Mrs. Edward W. Biddle Philadelphia; Lorado Taft, Chicago; J. H. McFarland, Harrisburg; Fred- erick Law Olmsted, Brookline, Mass.; Miss Harlean James, and Mrs. Albert ee Thurman. It was announced that the directors of the Federated Societies on Planning and Parks will hold a dinner at the Cosmos Club tonight, at which Mr. Delano will preside. HO00VER WILL PRESIDE WHEN MISS BOOTH TALKS Lecture at Auditorium by Salvation Army Leader Next Tues- day Night. Secretary of Commerce Hoover will preside next Tuesday night when Evangeline Booth, !cader of the Salv: tion Army in the United States, deliv- ers her interpretative Jecture, “Dressed in_Rags,” at the Auditorium. Prayer will be offered’by Rev. Jason Noble Pierce and benediction by Rev. W. S. Abernethy. The stage and light- ing effects will be under the direction of Col. E. J. Parker of New York. Music will be furnished by the Marine Band, the Salvation Army male chorus and Samson Hodges, organist. Admigsion is free, but all who plan to attend are advised by Ernest R. Holz, staff captain of the Salvation Army in Washington, to secure re- served seats in advance. e A motion picture camera to take pictures on the bottom of the sea is to be tried out at the Tortugas. Japan's crop of peppermint ofl last year weighed more than 2,500,000 pounds. GEN. HINES SPEAKS TO BLIND VETERANS 'WHEN NEWS WAS BORNE ON THE WIND NEws to our colonial forefathers was entrusted to a lusty voiced ci People’s Wishes for Its De- fenders, He Says. The policy of the Veterans’ Bureau Is to assist and carry out lezislation to the fullest extent of the desires of the A.merican people, Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the bureau, said t day it: addressing the Blind Veterans' Nationial Chapter, Disabled American Vetera.ns, in semi-annual conference at the La Fayette Hotel. Gen, Hines expressed the belief that all expenditures for the real benefit of the disabled veterans always will be indorsdd without argument by the Veterans’ Bureau, Bureau of the Budget. Controller General and Con- gress. Reasonable doubt over a vet- eran’s (lisability status should be re- soived in favor of the veteran claim- ant, he isaid, urging that all of the 445 blind veterans listed in the bureau should e members of the Blind Vet- erans’ National Chapter. John B. Clinnin, national com- mander, Disabled American Veterans, addressad the gathering briefly on the humanen ess and efficiency of the work of Gen. .Hines for adequate hospitali- zation far the disabied veterans. Capt. 'Thomas Kirby, national leg- islative ¢hairman, outlined the legis- lative program of the organization. The confirrence will adjourn this aft- ernoon, ifollowing a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, The biind veterans were received at the White House by President Cool- idge following theéir meeting at the Fayette Hotel “LAME DUCKS” HONORED. Press Club Will Entertain for Them This Evening. The National Press Club will hold a “lame duck” night this evening in honor of 'various members of the House and Senate who will not return after March 4. The entertainment will be a good- natured fatewell, Among the guests will be Senators James Wadsworth of New York, John M. Harreld of Okla- homa, Richard P. Ernst of Kentueky, Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin and Representatives James M. Magee of Kansas and Tincher of Kansas, who did not seek: re-election. Following the precedent of the Press Club in affairs of this nature, report- ers in their “working” capacity will be barred. S S Japan produced last year 875,000 pounds of menthol, so popular in inhalers and:cough dro, zen, the Town Crier. Through the streets he went, bell in hand ringing attention to his message, that the news of the day might be heard by, all the settlers. THEN NEws WAs BORNE on the wind! Today a network of wires covering the country and cables that conquer the wide spaces of the sea carry the day’s news—in The Assoriated Jress dispatches. Hundreds of newspapers transcribe them into interesting columns for millions of readers. Read them in T — SHEDBYG.AR, 200 Veterans Present at Af-| fair of Department of Potomac. rallied ’round the flag | again last night and launched another | victorious attack on devasting . { when the Department of the Potomac, } |Grand Army of the Republic, held its | fifty-ninth annual banquet and recep tion at the Raleigh Hotel. Their ranks cut down from 2,000 few years ago to a scant 200 at pres ent, the few Union veterans of the Clvil War who attended the affair, with 200 guests, including their son: and members of the Women's Reliel Corps, their auxiliary organiz: displayed little of the melancholy and a great deal of the enthusiasm their campaign days. Their speake declared that as long as the American | flag lives they shall live, for, as they | contended, it was through them th: the flag of the Republic were pr served. Urges Higher Pension. presentative John M. Robsion of | K declaring | that he believed every veteran of the | Civil W hould be provided with a_$100 pension, and their widows with $50-a-month compensation. _“You are one of the greatest bene- dictions of the Nation teday,” Rep- resentative Robsion said; “while your ranks are thinning, you are still one of the greatest living upholders of the Nation’s ideals Representative Henry R. Rath- bone of Illinois, spoke on his two bills now pending in Congress which call for the establishment of a na- tional memorial at Ford's Theate: in which President Lincoln was fa;tal)l‘y f‘po!,hund for the restoration of the Tenth street house in which he died. Officers to Be Installed. Mr. Rathbone pointed out that the Government owns both buildings and that through the passage of another of his bills last year, the Oldneyd collection was purchased by the Government. Indorsement of the two proposed memorials by civic and patriotic organizations have already been received, he said. Mr. Rath- bone recalled that his father was a guest of President and Mrs. Lincoln in the theater box at the time of the assassination. He and Representative W. I Swope, who also spoke, as- sured the veterans that every effort is being made in Congress to pro. vide them with adequate compensa- tion in their declining years. Dr. Charles V. 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