Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1927, Page 4

MOFFATT TUNNEL 10 OPEN EMPIRE, Great Divide Hinterland to Be Tapped by New Ave- nue in Rockies. Friday evening President Coolidge, seated in the White House, touched a button. Shortly thereafter there was an ex- | plosion unaer James Peak, Colo. 'he pressing of that button ‘ashington meant the completion of | the Moffatt Tunnel under the Great | Divide, and the Atlantic and Paclfic Coasts were brought about 175 miles | nearer. Unusuai precautions were taken by the telegraph company over | whose lines the spark traveled to in- sure the success of the ceremony. \When the flash reached a point 1,200 | foet back ot the last barrier of rock | 1hat marks the east portal of the | tunnel, it rang a bell. Simultaneous- ly, a tunnel ariller closed an electric switeh and an instant later the big boom under the Rockies was heard. Bill Gives Virginia Battery Cove Tract Of About 47 Acres “No man's” land in Alexandria, which has been without police supervision for years and which was described to Congress as a place for bootleggers and illicit stills, s about to be ceded to the State of Virginia. The measure providing for this has passed both the Senate and House and their | conterence report has been adopted by both Houses, so that the meas- ure {s now awaiting only the President's signature. The House took final action Friday night. This measure cedes to the State of Virginia the Battery Cove tract of land, comprising about 47 acres, which was made by dredging op- crations during the war. The Su- preme Court decided that this land was part of the District of Co- lumbia, and in consequence of that decision it has been without police protection. EVANGELINE BOOTH Work Still Incomplete. The ceremony, however, by no | nieans indicates the completion of the | work. In fact, the real work is yet to come, for the first tunnel to be | completed will not be the railroad | tunnel, but a water tunnel approxi- ¥ 6 miles long which will carry | milions of gallons of water from the | west slope of the Rockies to supply | en The laying of the rails will | come later. ! The Moffatt Tunnel when completed, will be a bore 6 long and 16 by 24 feet. About 650 men e emploved in building the tunnel. | To help motorists over the mountain, automobl will be hauled through in flat cars. Boomed Chesapeake Beach. The promoter of the tunnel was David Moffatt, who was the original | promoter of Chesapeake Beach, Md., | and the Chesapeake Beach Rallroad. Later he went into mining near Lead- ville, Colo., and planned the Denver it Lake Railroad. He spent mil-| 7s on this road, which became one | of the great scenic lines of the coun- | try, but was unable to get an outlet 10 the west. His efforts to secure the tunnel, bitterly opposed by financial interests, were futile, and he died penniless. The Moffatt Tunnel will cost about | $12,000,000. It is a public enterprise, suthorized by the Colorado Legisla- ture. The completed tunnel will be leased to various railroads, and two lines already have surveved their con- pections to the Moffatt road. Opens Up Empire. The present terminus of this road is at Craig, Colo., from which point the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad plans an extension on almost a direct line to Salt Lake City. Three or four transcontinental lines will be able to use the tunnel. The effect of the tunnel will be to | open up what is virtually an inland empire behind the Great Divide, which hitherto has languished for want of transportation. The country is¢rich in grazing and farming land and in minerals. This territory is greater than all of France. JUNIOR CLUBS WIN PRAISE IN- CONCERT Program Given at Wilson Normal School Cordially Received by Audience. entirely | 9 miles | Children organized as the Federated Junior Clubs of the District took part in an excellent program of music Friday night at the Wilson Normal School, it being the second annual concert given by these clubs. More than 100 children took part. Miss Esther Linkins, president of the local federation, made a short address and led the mass singing. A unique feature of the concert was the series of tableaux showing famous composers in their youth. There was Bach playing a gavotte for his family, presented by Edward Dawson and the Friday Evening Junior Club, Mrs. George Gravatt, leader; Mozart was given real life by Ted Crum. With Neitie Sadle in the role of his sister, “Mozart” gave a plano duet before Marie Theresa and her court, com- posed of the members of the Young mposers’ Club, Karl Holer, leader. Kitty Reese was a slim young Beetho- ven playing his famous Scotch piece for his friends—members of the dence Club, Helen Miller, leader. Berg was a quaint little figure as Franz Schubert, who entertained hi: friends with a scherzo, the friends being the B Sharp Club, Mrs. G. F. Willlams and Caroline Bender, lead- ers. And last, was a scene of Mac Dowell, the American composer, listen to a pupil play his “Water Lily." pupil, Martha Louise Little. rrett Fuchs was the composer and o “pupil” was presented by the tissimo Club, Mabel F. Mulliken, * by Thelma Callahan, pre the Vipivoce Club, Miss atelius, director. The dolls were enacted by Mary Beth Henuinger, Dixie Marx, William Carter, Lee Bailey, Jean Garland, Lurlyne Pettus and Barbara Budd. Wilhelmina Gude read the prologue. Herbert Fuchs sang Nevin's “Little Boy Bi with accompaniment by Marie Hudson. Later he was “guest sols with the vouthful symphony orchestra known us Friendship Hous Toy mphony, Carrie Brightwell, conductor, and Mrs. R. L. Nordness at the piano. Tiny Mabel Beavers did a Russiar folk dance. The entire group of Allegro Music Club of Neighborhood House sang Harriet Ware's ‘“Mam- my's Song” under the direction of Mrs. J. M. Stoddard. Chopin's Military Polonaise was well performed by a trio at one piano, the trio being Ruth Gilbert, Reba Wil' and Weltha Woolhiser of the Clavi- arco Club, Mrs. Willlams and Miss Bender, directors. Barrett Fuchs, baritone, sang d"” and Burchell's He was pre- sented by Beatrice Seymour Goodwin The Eustern High School Glee Club, M. Loulse Wood, director, Mrs. Frank Byram at the plano, sang a group of songs from “An Indian Legend” by Bliss. Evelyn Scott, young Washington violinist played MacDowell's “To a ‘Wild Rose” and Gardner's “From the Cranebraks DIVORCES OLD HUSBAND. Wife of Bank President Names Three Co-respondents. WEST PLAINS, Mo., February 19 (®).—Charging that her husband, aged 71, had been going to dances with other women, and naming three of their home townspeople as co-re- TOSPEAKTUESDAY Evening Lecture, “In Rags,” at Auditorium, Part of Elaborate Program. commander of in the United is completing lecture_at the Tuesday Evangeline Booth, the Salvation Army States for 22 years, plans today for her Washington Auditorium night. The lecture, “In Rags,” will be pre- sented with an elaborate program and Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover Will be the presiding officer. A half-heur concert by the United States Marine Band will precede the lecture program, which begins 15 o'clock, and Miss Booth’s add will be augmented by music of the Staff Band and male chorus of New York headquarters of the Salvation Army. Special lighting effects have been arranged for manipulation during Miss Booth's talk, and solos of her own composition will be sung by Walter Mabee, brigadier of the Salvation Army. ‘Wears Tattered Dress. In her address, Miss Booth portrays the type of person that is being aided throughout the world by the Salva- tion Army. The customary neat blue costume of the Salvation Army's women workers will be replaced by a tattered dress and ragged shawl dur- ing the lecture. Tuesday's lecture will be the third public address by Miss Booth since her recovery from a year's illness six months ago. Because of her physical condition, the commander will take part in no public demonstrations ex- cept the lecture during her stay in Washington. She was to have vis- ited the Tomb of the Unknown Sol- dier at Arlington yesterday morning to lay upon the shrine the floral tribute of the Salvation Army, but weather conditions forced a cancela- tion of that feature, along with all other proposed demonstrations. Clergymen to Assist. Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Plerce, pas- tor of the First Congregational Church, will recite the prayer at the opening of the program Tuesday night, and Rev. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, will pronounce the benediction. Sec- retary Hoover will be presented as chairman by Lieut. Col. William A. Meclntyre, Southern territorial com- mander. Reservations have been made by members of the cabinet and of both houses of Congress, the city Commis- sions and other District officials; members of the foreign legations, and Army, Navy and Marine Corps offi- cers. ~ Mrs. Coolidge will be repre- sented by Miss Mary Randolph, her private secretary. OKLAHOMA INDIANS ARE ON “WARPATH” Fight Bill Banning Use of Peyote for Religious Cere- monies. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Febru- ary 19.—Oklahoma Indians are on the “war path.” Peyote, the sacred herb that is the foundation of their native religious ceremonies, is at stake. The war, however, is markedly in contrast with the primitive methods used a half century ago. Technical experts, legal representatives and elo- quent orators have supplanted the am- bush and the massacre. ‘The Indians say the issue is peyote versus Christianity. ‘White proponents of the bill that would prohibit the use of the herb in Oklahoma say the only question involved is the physical effect on its users. Peyote, a small bean imported from Mexico, is the sacrament used In cere- monials of the native American church, founded a number of years ago to perpetuate the aboriginal re- ligious rites of the Indians. Alfred Wilson of Weatherford, Okla., a Cheyenne Indian, is president of the church. He says it is administered under the regulations of the church, and that each communicant takes four beans at a ceremony. Wilson denies that the bean, which s chewed and swallowed, has any permanent patho- logical effect. State Senator A. E. Darnell of Clin- ton, author of the anti-peyote bill, says the bean has an exhilarating effect on the user, causing him to “see heaven.” The after-effect, he asserts, is stupefaction, during which the subject may be easily persuaded to part with his possessions. e e WETS DECLINE DEBATE WITH DRYS AT OMAHA Stayton Cites Pussyfoot Johnson in Giving Reason for Re- fusing Invitation. The wets as represented by the As- sociation Against the Prohibition Amendment have refused to meet the drys as represented by the Antl-Sa- loon League in a joint debate at Omaha, Nebr., February 26. Declining yesterday the debate in- vitation extended by F. H. High, Nebraska Anti-Saloon League super- intendent, W. H. Stayton, national chairman of the association, said: ““The Anti-Saloon League has never repudiated the public statement of Pussyfoot Johnson to the effect that he used the lie, the bribe and the drink to advance the prohibition Mrs. Mary E. Tunnell, 62, vesterday was awarded a divorce from Joseph Tunnell, president of the Peo- ple’s Bank of Mountain View, Mo. She elss wm allmony of §5,000. cause. Nelther I nor any official of the Association Against the Prohibi- tion Amendment will have any rela- tions with an organization which stands for such practices.” THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ‘The will be Teased - . shows the location of the tunnel beneath James to vari Iroads by the Colorado Tunnel Fikifle connoction it emtr ol ony Cralf, Colo, to its main lino at Wamsutter, Wyo. more than one hundred MOFFAT 58 7] Com "f‘géflfioao |o:~vlr | DISTRICT C., FEBRUARY Pocific 628 Miles """“'l A14 #940) TUNNEL L S %K | 20, 1927T—PART 1. rorenie ) » Dl m-Qn g 1 - i Ny R Buena Viste k, which is more than 9,000 feet above the sea at its base. The tunnel, when completed, ion and two lines already have survived their cunllllmtlonn :‘}'n the Moffat road. miles, and the The Unio D. & R. G, over what will be known as the Dotsero cut-off, from Dotsero, Colo., to McCoy, Colo., on the Moffat line. The present western terminus of the Moffat road is at Craig, from which point the Denver ; Salt Lake plans an extension almost on a direct line to Salt Lake City. EVANGELINE BOOTH. CARD PARTY TO AID STRICKEN MISSIONS Benefit February 28 Planned for Former Capital Priest in India. For the relief of a former noted ‘Washington priest of the Holy Cross Order, Rev. John B. Delaunay, who is now doing missionary work in Bengal, India, ang whose missions are in dis- tress on account of severe floods, many leaders of Washington society and of the diplomatic corps are fostering a card party and dance to be given Feb- ruary 28 at the Washington Hotel. Father Delaunay was one of the foremost pulpit orators of the archdio- cese and a widely known theological writer at the time of his departure from Holy Cross College, Brookland, for Bengal, in 1922. He left to devote the rest of his life to the Bengal mis- sions. Mrs. Joseph P. Cullen, chairman of the executive committee, is being as- sisted by Mrs. Chester McGuire, Mrs. John Morriss, Mrs. John Roddy, Mrs. Joseph Stanley, Mrs. 8. A. Gatti, Mrs. H. L. Offutt, Mrs. William Ahern, Mrs. Charles Cassidy, Mrs. A. E. Donnelly, Mrs. Thomas Finnin, Mrs. Anna Bron- son, Mrs. Edwin P. Hinkel, Mrs. M. P, Doran and Mrs. George Mullin, Among the patrons and patronesses of the event are the fcllowing: Lady Isabella Howard, Senora de Padilla, Senator and Mrs. James Couzens, Sen- ator and Mrs. Arthur Gould, Senator Arthur R. Robinson, Senator David I. ‘Walsh, Senator James E. Watson, Senator Andrew E. HicKey, Senator Nicholas Sinnott, Maj. and Mrs. Mark Guering, Capt. William Galvin, Capt. Charles Rilley, Mrs. William Ahern, Mrs. Milton Ails Mrs. A. Auth, Mrs. James H. Baden, Mrs. Pauline V. Beyer, Mrs. Harry Blicksler, Mrs. S. Bowling, Mrs. £ D. Bronson, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Mrs. Philip Brown, Mrs. William Brown, Mrs. Thomas P. Brown, Mrs. Eva Blum, Miss May Berberich, Mrs. John Cammack, Mrs. Thomas Cannon, Mrs. Thomas Cant- well, Mrs. Thomas H. Carter, Mrs. Charles Cassldy, Mra, James E. Colll- flower, Mrs. Joseph P. Cullen, Miss Margaret Cullen, Dr. A. J. Carrico, Mrs. Charles Casassa, Mrs. John F. Clssel, Miss Clare Dillon, Mrs. David Dunnigan, Mrs. Francis Dunnigan, Mrs. Walter Dunnigan. Mrs. J. J. Earley, Mrs. Nellie Fealy, Mrs. T. F. Finnin, Dr. James Flynn, Mrs. Martha Ford, Mrs. Joseph Gatti, Mrs. L. P. Gatti, Mrs. S. A. Gatti, Mrs. George E. Hamilton, Mrs. John Hauber, Mrs. F. J. Hayes, Mrs. Wil- llam A. Hettinger, Mrs. Edward Hinkel, Dr. R. T, Holden, Miss Minnie Holland, Miss Agnes M. Holland, Mrs. P. F. Hannan, Mrs. W. P. Irvin, Mrs, George Horning, Miss A. V. Lally, Mrs. Minnie McFadden, Mrs, Chester McGuire, Mrs. George Mattingly, Miss Adele May, Mrs. George May, Mrs. F. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Montavon, Mrs. John Morris, Mrs. G. Mullin, Mrs. C. J. Murphy, Mrs. Mary Mur- phy, Mrs. James O'Donpell, Mrs. W. J. O'Donnell, Mrs. Hilleary Offutt, Mrs, F. J. O'Hara, Mrs. James O'Shea, Mrs. Louis A:. Pdayne, Mts: J.° Erls Powell, Mrs. E. J. Quinn, Mrs. Michael J. Ready, Mrs. John Rocca, Miss Elizabeth = Scotf, Mrs. George P. Scriven, Miss Rose Shea, Mrs. Law- rence Siaughter, Mrs. Joseph Stanley, Mrs. South Trimble, Mrs. Joseph P. Tumulty, Mrs. J. Raymond White, Dr, Albert Zahm, Charles Bagan, Willlam Leahy, Elmer Murphy, Fred Murphy, Dr. J. L. B. Murray, Dr. Charles Neill, Dr. W. F. O'Donnell, Ernest Thode and Oscar Webb. e Lord in Air Taxi Busines: CHILLINGHAM, England, Febru- ary 19 (P).—Lord Ossulton, heir to the Earl of Tankerville, has converted his paternal estate into a base for his air taxi business. His lordship owns a Moth light airplane with which he pilots passen- gers anywhere at the rate of about 26 cents a’ mile. L ) OLD DISTRICT BLUE LAW STILL Lankford Rest Bill Agitation Brings Re- vival of Ancient Restrictions In- herited From Maryland. Agitation over the Lankford Sunday rest bill has brought to light the fact that the District of Columbia already has a Sabbath observance law on the statute books, Rev. Willard Allen Col- cord, a Baptist writer and author, who has investigated the subject historical- ly, points out in a statement prepared for The Star. This law, inherited from Maryland in 1801 with the formation of the Dis- trict, has never been repealed by act act of Congress, Mr. Colcord states, but it has been declared “obsolete and inoperative” by the District Court of Appeals. It provides: “That no person what- soever shall work or do any bodily labor on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday, and that no person having children, servants or slaves shall command or wittingly or un- wittingly suffer any of them to do any manner of work or labor on the Lord’s day (works of necessity and charity al- ways excepted), nor shall suffer or permit any children, servants or slaves to profane the Lord's day by gaming, fishing, fowling, hunting or unlawful pastimes or recreations, and that every person transgressing this act, and being thereof convicted by the oath of one sufficient witness, or confession of the party before the Po- lice Court, shall forfeit 200 pounds of tobacco, to be levied and applied as aforesaid.” This old law was enacted in Mary- land in 1723. The District fell heir to it when, 78 years later, the laws of Maryland were incorporated in those of the newly formed District of Columbia. Was Revived in 1907. The law was not invoked for more than a century and had virtually been forgotten until in 1907, it was dusted off and used in an effort to bring one Charles Robinson to justice for haul- ing a load of dirt along Massachusetts avenue on Sunday. The offender, Mr. Colcord recalls, was arraigned before Judge Mul- lowny of the Police Court, who at once decided that the law was ob- solete and inoperative. Appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals of the District. The dicision of this court, as rendered January 21, 1908, was that “such laws were the outgrowth of the system of religious intolerance that prevailed in many of the colonies. They pr ibed religious and not civil duties.” In concluding its decision the court said, “It was admitted at bar that no former attempt had ever been made to enforce the statute in question, though it has been on the statute books of the District of Columbia more than a hundred years. * * It is proper to regard the statute be- fore us not only as obsolete, but as repealed by implication in such es- sential parts as an advance and en- lightened civilization justifies with due regard for the personal llberties of the citizen * * * The judgment of the Police Court is affirmed.” According to Mr. Colcord, the first Sunday law of which history has preserved a copy was that of Con- stantine fn 321 A. D., under whom the Christian Church and the Roman Empire were first united. “‘Out of this union,” Mr. Colcord asserts, “grew all the religious estab- lishments, religious laws and religious bigotry, intolerance, oppression and persecution that disgraced KEurope during the long dark night of the Dark Ages. Brought Old-World Ideas. “The early emigrants to America brought with them old-world ideas, and hence we find the settlers at Jamestown, only three years after their landing, enacting the following law in 1610: ‘‘ ‘Every man and woman shall re- pair in the morning to the divine service and sermons preached upon the Sabbath day, and in the afternoon to divine service, and catechising, upon pain for the first fault to lose their provision and the allowance for the whole week following; for the second, to lose the said allowance and also to be whipt; and for the third to suffer death.” “This was America's first Sunday law, and it carried with it not only whipping for both men and women, but the death penalty. There is no record of the death penalty of this law ever having been put Into execution, but, so far as the law it- self was concerned, there was nothing to prevent it. ‘“With one notable exception only, the early settlers of New England likewise brought over with them these same ideas. Each of the New England oolonies, save one, had its ecclesiastical establishment and its compulsory Sunday laws. Roger ‘Willlams alone, a Baptist minister of Salem, Mass., declared that a ®nion of church and state was unchrian, and that there should be ‘soul lib- erty,’ as he called it, granted to every individual in every commonwealth formed by men. “A few years later this sentiment found expression in the Natlonal Constitution in the words; ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an es- tablishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.’” for . CHEER FOR PATIENTS. Entertainment at Naval Hospital Tomorrow Night. Cheer will be brought to patients at the Naval Hospital tomorrow night by an entertainment program presented under the auspices of the American Leglon and the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars, Those participating in the program will be Miss Elsle Jorss, sopran Blue Bird Orchestra, under the dire tion of Louis Muggs; Paul Bleyden's Duet; Buck Wolz in “A Musical Fairy Tale,” and the Griffith Varlety Enter- iners. mRetreshmems will be furnished by employes of the Veterans’ Bureau. Charles Kohen, chairman of the hos- pital welfare committee of both organ- izations, will be in charge of the pro- gram. o TRAIN WRECK PLOT SEEN. Pennsy Switch Found Wedged With Piece of Coupling. COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., February 19 .(#).—A rusty, broken piece of coupling knuckle, found wedged into a frog switch here today caused Penn- sylvania Rallroad detectives to belleve that the wreck of 26 freight cars here last night was the result of a plot to wreck the Pennsylvania Specfal, No. 2, crack train from Chicago to New York. Like Calfskin Wraps. BERLIN, February 19 (#).—Spotted calfskin sports coats, which origi- nally made their appearance in the French Riviera, have made a hit with fashionable German frauleins for morning_wear. Since good furs are rare and expensive, calfskin wraps are being adopted with acclaim as a substitute, Natural white skins pro- fusedly blotched with black or brown are most popular. —_— Ice harvesting on the Misasissippl River at Keokuk, Towa, once a major industry, is extinct. SNAKE BILL WITHDRAWN. Measure Providing Bounty Rattles House in Texas. L AUSTIN, Tex., February 19 (#).— Rattlesnake rattles so rattled the House of the Texas Legislature today that a bill was withdrawn for adjust- ments. Representative J. H. Boggs intro- duced a measure for a bounty of $1 for each snake killed, upon presenta- tion of the rattles as corpus dellcti. An amendment was offered to require the head with the rattles. Boggs fought the amendment, saying he wouldn't touch a rattler's head for $100. Another declared that unless the head was produced as evidence, every parlor vase in the State would be emp- tied of rattles and cashed in. The clatter ceased with withdrawal of the bill for the present. Upper: Dr. Hubert C. Herring of pactounts o the . Comregstivisl ment of e 'ony urch of the United States. Lower: Dr. Albert H. Putney of American University. DISTRICT OPENS AUTO TAG BIDS TOMORROW One Offer Only Received, But Others Are Anticipated From Many Manufacturers, Bids for furnishing the District the remaining quota of its 1927 automobile identification tags will be opened to- morrow by M. C. Hargrove, District purchasing agent. Specifications were mailed to more than a dozen license plate manufac- turers last week, but thus far only one bid has been recelved. Mr. Hargrove expects & number of others, however, as tag manufacturers all over the country have made inquiries concern- ing the contract for 41,800 pairs of tags. No time will be lost in awarding the contract, Mr. Hargrove said yester- day. It is the desire of District offi- clals to procure the additional supply of tags as soon as possible, and for this reason the bidder who promises the quickest dellvery probably will get the award in preference to the low bidder. ‘The District license bureau will is- sue no more of the 1927 tags it has on hand until delivery is made on the new contract. The Commissioners, therefore, will be forced to again ex- tend the time limit for the use of the 1926 tags, which under present orders expires March 1. Harry C. Grove, Inc. are now open for business in their New Home— 523 11th 2 Doors South of F St. N.W. Main 2067 New and complete stocks are ready in Radio Phonographs -ndl(uhk: War Obligations Of Eight Southern States Are Cited By the Assoclated Pres DANVILLE, Va., February 19. Inasmuch as the United States is seeking payment of World War debts, it s incumbent on eight Southern States to make good their obligations incurred during the war between the States. This is the sub- stance of a statement addressed to the United States Congress by a firm of Scottish solicitors, a copy of which was received here from Scotland. A statement announced that an- other effort is to be made to col- lect on bonds issued by the elght States during the war between the States, and which totaled $75,200,- 000 exclusive of interest. The bonds were issued by Alabama, Arkan- sas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippl, North Carolina angd MEXIAN QUESTION 10 B DISBSSED Public Mass Meeting Will Be Held Tomorrow Evening in Auditorium. A public mass meeting will be held at the Auditorium tomorrow evening for discussion of the present Mexican situation in an effort to reach a be ter understanding of the political, r ligious and economic aims of the Calles regime. The meeting follows a meeting with similar aims arranged recently by the Knights of Columbus. Among the speakers will be Dr. Hubert C. Herring of Boston, secre. tary of the soclal relations depart- ment of the Congregational Church of the United States; Harry E. Wool- ever, representing the M Church; Dr. Albert H. Putne tor of the School of Political § of American University, and Bishop James Cannon of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Made Extended Visit. Dr. Herring has returned recently from an extended visit to Mex where he made a close study ‘of th political, religious and economle aims | Pris I | bllity of my awaiting of the Calles regime. Mr. Woolever is a deep student of international affa He will devote part of his time to explaining the posi- tion of Methodist bishops who have had missionaries in Mexico covering the past eight years. Dr. Putney, a former official of the State Department, is a recognized authority on international affairs | his comments on the Latin American situation have been quoted wide Will Be Solos. Bishop Cannon has been prominent in misslonary work in Mexico during the past eight years, having acted as bishop of his denomination in its con- ferences there. He has written ex- tensively on mission work in Mexico, the attitude of the government towards Protestant missions and its intentions In the present reform movement: There be baritone solos by Harry Angelico, accompanied on the plano by Mrs. Angelico. The Audi- torium will open at 7 p.m. . PHI KAPPA PSI ALUMNI OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY Fraternity Members Here Hold Dinner to Celebrate Seventy- Fifth Year of Organization. In common with similar groups in various sections of the country the Washington Alumni Association of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity last night observed the seventy-fifth an- niversary of the founding of the fra- ternity. The local celebration took the form of a dinner gathering at the Carlton Hotel attended by about 50 members of the fraterni and addressed by prominent speakers, including John W. Davis, former Democratic candi- date for President. Mr. Davis spoke on “Fraternalism, and his address, which was along fra- ternal lines, paid tribute to the his- tory of Phi Kappa Psi and the ideals for which it stands. Judge Ernest H. van Fossan was the toastmaster. Other speakers in- cluded Senator James Watson of Indiana, Bernard Wyckoff and Charles H. Lefevre. During the course of the dinner a committee appeared from the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and extended the congratulations of their order to Phi Kappa Psi. The visiting delega- tion comprised Maj. George V. Trip- lett and Dr. James J. Tigert, United States commissioner of education and national president of Phi Delta Theta. FAMILY TOURS ON SLED. Parents and Five Children Travel 400 Miles Over Snow. BOYLESTON Ind., February 19 (#).—A 2,260-mile journey by bob sled, train and automobile from Red Cros: Saskatchewan, Canada, to this tow was completed last night by Mr. and Mrs. Ross Barnhard and their five NEW REPRIMANDS CHIGAGOP. 0. CHEF Alleged Political Activity of Postmaster Lueder Brings Official Action. By the Associated Press. Postmaster General New yesterday sent a letter to Postmaster Arthur C. Lueder of Chicago, reprimanding hin for political activity in a recent cam paign. Complaint had been made to the Postmaster General that Lueder had violated the rules of the Post Office Department by fssuing a circular and causing newspaper articles to be print- ed showing strong partfsan state- ments “which in thelr terms must bo construed as politically offensive.” The departmental announcement did not say what campaign was in ques tion, Offense Termed Grave. “It is true that you have not signed Y your official as postmaster,” Mr. 2 letter to Lueder said, “but the text nd the references to you on its titls page are certainly meant to convey to the reader the idea that it emanates from the postmaster at (‘hicago. “It is Impossible for me to overlook the gravity of this offense. No in stance of politi curred in the been in office wh clearly justified ce of the orders prohibiting han your conduct in the case under sideration. ‘While there is mno intention ot sire on the part of the department to interfere with a postmaster’s right to exerclse all the privileges that go with citizenship, it is perfectly a parent that partisan ac fail to result in ann department as is so clearly Indicated in this case. The Post Office Depart ment cannot with propriety engage in partisan affairs and must disclaim the act of any of its officers or em ployes that may give it the appear ance of having done so. al Service Involved.” “In this instance, by lengthy and 1 statements which you, as post er at Chicago, appear to have hed to the people of that eity you have involved the postal service and have clearly gone beyond not only the limits of the rules, but the clear limits of propriety. “The immediate approach of the primary elections precludes the possi longer for « reply to my letter asking for an ex planation, if any you have, of these publications. Therefore, to my regret, it becomes my duty to remind thi: for the guidance of its officers and employes.” LUEDER SEES EXON Says He Can Prove He Is Not Guilty of Misconduct. CHICAGO, February 19 (#).—In formed by the Associated Press of the reprimand on the from Post- master General Ne Arthur . Lueder, Chicago postmaster, declared today that he is sure he will be able to “exonerate himseif both in tie eyes of Mr. New and the public.” “If a letter of criticism is on the way to me it must be based on com plaints in connection with my recent statement declining an opportunity to enter the Republican race for nomi- nation for ma of Chicago,” Mr. Lueder said. know from what fi;“m: ter such complaints would emu ate. In refusing to run, Luecder termed Thompson a traitor to the Republican party and asserted that “Big Bill's" protestations of sympathy for the ( mans during the World War were in sincere, Supported Robertson, In the statement issued December 20 last, Lueder advocated the candi dacy of Dr. John Dill Robertson, in dependent mayorality ndidate, but since then ha: aimed by the C Thomp- Son's opponent, as a_supporter. Mr. New, in his letter of censure, told the postmaster that “the imme diate approach of the primary elec tions precludes the possibility of my awaiting longer for a reply to my let children. The first 400 miles of the Jjourney was made by sled from Red Cross to Regina. There the sled was sold and the trip continued by rail to St. Paul. From St. Paul to Boyles- ton a small touring car carried the family. ter asking for an explanation.” Lueder had not received M reprimand tonight, but said ti he was “‘confident that when I reply the stmaster General will find me not gui of conduct unbecoming a post office official —— SILVER COINS PASS THROUGH SAND CRUSHER By the CAPE MAY, N. J., February 10.- idd's “buried treasure” is still safe wherever it is cached. A lot of sand dlggers here becan: excited today when it was reportet that a chest full of silver coins dated 1686 had been found at Cape May Point. The coins wers discovered when they came through a crusher at the plant of the Cape May Sand Company. three miles from where the sand was dredged. Some other material found in the sand was believed to be bits of copper bands that bound the supposed chest. Officers of the sand compeny cou firmed the findings of the coins, but sald that none of them carried a date further back than 1887, About $10 in coins was found. It was recalled that the place where they were dug up was near an old excursion steam boat landing. and it is believed the Iy s lost by luckless excursion sts. The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical and fair—it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank to borrow. For each $50 or} fractionborrowed you a’ree to de- t $1 per week n an Account, the s of which may be used to cancel the note when Loans are pass~ ed within a day or two after filing 7 tions. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may be given }:ro nng m %0 12 months. 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