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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1928.7 * 7 PRESDENTLALDE FOR GRANGETALK Speech to Convention Brings‘ Favorable Comment on Executive’s Views. Reports of a highly favorable nature | were received today by President Cool- idge regarding the address he delivered last night before the national Grange convention at the Washington Audi- torium, in which he reiterated his op- position to price fixing and placing the Government in business and in Wwhich | he so strongly advocated co-operative marketing as the most promising so- lution of the farmers’ problem. Judging from the general comment ! upon this address the impression gtven{ by the President was that his position : in the matter of farm relief legislatoin | 1s just about the same as it has been throughout his administration, and that his recommendations to Congress on this | subject this Winter, will depart very little from what he has advised in the | past. May Reflect Message. What the President had to say on the ; subject to his audience last night has | been accepted by many as consmutlngi virtually what he will say in the farm- | relief section of the annual message he | is now preparing to submit to Congress when it convenes next month. The President commented that he sometimes wonders if gatherings of farmers are not a little tired of hearing discussions of farm relief. This terse remark was accepted as meaning that he believes that the! farmers -want some definite assistance | from the National Government and not academic discussion of the subject anc more promises. The National Grange, addressed oy | the President last night, is the oldest of the farm organizations, and it was lauded by the President for itz con- structive work. It has opposed the equalization fee principle of the Mc- Nary- Haugen bill, but has urged the so- called dcbenture plan whereby exporters of agricultural products would be given certificates that could be used in pay- ment of import duties. 5,000 Hear Speech. ‘There were more than 5,000 persons, most of them delegates to the Grange convention, assembled in the Auditorium to hear the President discuss the farm situation. The address was probably heard by millions of others through the medium of the Nation-wide radio hook- up. Although the President said he did not want to again set forth his views on the agricultural problems, he, nevertheless, reviewed the situation in an interesting manner. In doing so he held out a promising future for the American farmer and at the same time pointed to trails he thought should be pursued in better conditions as well as showing pitfalls he thought should be_avoided. ‘The President gave assurance that assistance necessary to render the co- operative effort more effective through @ board supplied with funds to demon- strate its soundness in its experimental stage could be looked for from the National Government. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Hamilton—Norfolk DUE TODAY. -Puerto Colombl: a—Southampton. DUE TOMORROW. Calamares—Port Limon Nionw" Amsterdam—Fotisrdam. Nove erdam—Rotie: : Arsts G enon e November DUE MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19. Adriatic—Liv ] atic—Liverpoo -November 10 Boliva: ‘Berenx: November 4 November 10 iovem| 5 mo—Santo . e San Juane oo, Laconia—Liverpoo! New York—Hamburg. Port Victoria—Bermuda Mayaro—Trinidad .... * DUE TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 20. Ebro—Valparuiso .... ...October 31 Manaqui—Puerto_Colom November -8 Olympic_Southampton .. Pan-America—Buenos Aires. Republic—Bremerhaven Siboney—_Havona Tivives Santingo Minnckahda—London DUE WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. Munamer—Havena ............N . Thuringia—Hamburs Novemper 7 DUE THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22. De Grasse—i K ‘Denis—Para H‘»Vl’»er Nerissa—8t. John's Tachira—La Guavra Mzhpndn—xlnnl%n rmuda—Bermuds . " November 70 “Maraies de Comiilias—Barcelona . October 22 DUE FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23. Maurstania—Southempton . ....November 17 Piesident Harding —Bremerhaven.November 14 Mayaro—Trinidad ..............November 8 DUE SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 24. Columbus—Bremerhaven . ..November 15 OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. SEOW. Alesia—Azores. Palermo and Alexandria_ Rotterdam—Plymouth, Boulogne and Rot- terdem. Aibert Ballin—Cherbourg. Southampton and Hambure. ambure. Conte Grande—Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar. Southern Cross—Rio de Janeiro. Santos. Montevideo and Buenos Alres. San Juan—San Juan California—Havana. Cristobal and San Fran- cisco. George Washington—Plymouth. Cherbourg and Bremerhaven. “Toloa—Havana. Cristobal and Port Limon. Orizaha—Havana. Minnetonka—Cherhourg and London. Cedric—Cobh and Liverpool. Niajestic—Cherbourg and Southampton. Nova Scotia—St. Thomas. St. Croix. St. Kitts and Trinidad. Drottningholm—Gothenbure. Silvia-st. John's and Halifax rmu n, rrigs Manaqui—Santiazo. Kingston and Puerto bia ~Puerto Castilla. Aswistar—Cartagena. Comayazua—Puerto Cortes. Do:othy--Santo Domingo. Ise—Santo Domingo. Jacob Christiensen—Santos. Tartar Prince—Capetown. SAILING MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19. Madison—Norfolk SAILING TUESDAY Providence—Lisbon, Naples, e jord — Christiansand. agen. SAILING WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21 Beengaria-—Cherbours and Southampton. Americu—Plymcuth. Cherbourg and Bremier- )z vei, Santa Marta—Kingston, Cristobal, Carta- gena. Puerto Colombia'and Santa Marta. ¥ort Victoria—Bermuda. Carabobo—San Juan, La Guayra, Puerto Cibello, Curacao and Maracaibo. SAILING THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22. American Shipper—London. Coamo—San Juan Dresden—Codh, ~ Cherbourg and Bremer- n Haiti—St. Thomas. Monterey —Havana, Progreso and Vera Cruz President Van Buren—World cruise. SAILING FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23. Ausustus—Genoa and Naples. Oiympic—Cherbourg and Southampton. Astrea—Inagua and Cape Hait! Calypso—La Guayra. Puerto cao and Maracaibo. SAILING SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 24. NOVEMBER 20, Palermo Oslo and and Nicuw Amsterdam—Plymouth, Boulogne and and Rotterdam New York—Cherbours, Hambure. o 2 h Southampton Porce—San Occar 11—Ci uan. ristianss en. Diottningholm--Guthenburg. es—Havana, Cristobal and Santiago. Kingston, Puerto Castilla and Belize. Havana ic—-Cokl and Liverpool. kahda - London and Boulogne. i ! domain of the Middle West, and it did ! President Coolidge's ~ address last night before the meeting of the Na- i tional Grange follows: “Ladies and gentlemen: “The last half century has seen many organizations formed in the name of agriculture, usually to relieve some local or national distress. When conditions have improved, the organization has dis- appeared. But the National Grange. having a much broader basis, has con- tinued without interruption a long and useful existence. The main reason for this has been the sound foundation on which it stands. It has not devoted its { efforts to the treatment of local and temporary symptoms, but with a wider and more penetrating view it has| sought to eradicate causes. It has been | interested in securing prosperity, im-| proving living conditions and encourag- ing education; but primarily it has stood for the development of the men. women and children of the farm in intelligence, character and moral worth. Realizing that these are the most im- portant products of life in the open| country, it has never failed to place upon them its main emphasis. Grange Shows Growth. “Based on this need, which goes on | like in prosperity and adversity, while | other organizations were commitiing their life and their reputation to the promotion of panaceas for the relief | ot all the flls of the farm, some of| which have been tried, some rejected | and some proven a delusion, the Grange has continued to hold a sound and con- servative position and to grow steadily in influence and in the public estima- tion. It has been an inspiring example to the other successful farm organiza- tions now in existence. When Iits activities began the farm was isolated, highways were bad, education facilities were poor. labor-saving machinery on the land and in the home was scarce, social life was almost entirely lacking. The Grange has steadily given its sup- port to the movement for. better roads and better schools, to developing agri- cultural colleges and experiment sta- tions, organizing the national and State departments of agriculture, and to the general improvement of life in the farm home. It is entitled to great credit for the vast improvements which the last | |50 years have witnessed. “In_its early days the influence of the National Government upon agri- culture was indirect and remote. It | had the sale of the public lands, through which it opened up the argicultural something to encourage land and water transportation in those areas. But it was not until the agricultural colleges and experiment stations were estab- lished in 1862 that the Federal Govern- ! ment began directly and specifically on 1 i i a considerable scale to contribute to the encouragement and improvement of agriculture. The Department of Agriculture with a seat in the cabinet, began on a very modest scale. It is now made up of many bureaus, employ- ing about 22,700 persons, having agents in all parts of this country and some abroad, giving special attention to the culture of everything that grows on the land and to all kinds of domestic animals, promoting education, super- vising production, _transportation and marketing, building roads, protecting health, regulating grain exchanges and packing industries and expending about $155,000,000. All of this has been of such a quiet and unobtrusive growth and development that many of our people, even though they aré engaged in farming, are almost unaware of its existence. This opinion is so prevalent that it is often asserted the National Government is not doing much for agriculture. As a matter of fact, this money outlay represents only a small | part of what the United States really | does for the farmer. | Overproduction Is Blamed. “In common with every other busi- ness activity, this country has seen periods of prosperity and periods of de- pression in_agriculture. Your organi- TEXT OF COOLIDGE SPEECH manent tariffl measure of 1922. The passage of these laws at once restored | |the sheep industry and kept the great | dairy industry in a prosperous condi- |tion. In framing both these measures the advice of the representatives of the farm organizations was not’only sought. but the rates of duty on agricultural products were fixed in accordance with their recommendations. Of course. if the country adopts the policy of pro- tection it has to be applied not only to the things the individual sells, but to the things he buys. This general rule, however, was almost completely sus- pended in the case of agriculture. Prac- tically everything that the farmer raises is well protected. Practically evervthing he buys for the purpose of engaging in the business of farming comes in free of duty. “Of course food and clothing pay a duty because they are made of raw farm products, but they are not pe- culiar to the business ot farming like barbed wire, cotton gins, binding twine. threshing machines, mowing machines, lows and harrows. It is true that there is a duty of $1.12)- on a ton of pig iron, but there is a duty of $14 a ton on wheat and $240 a ton on butter. “It has been asserted that if we re- moved our duties on imports, foreign manufacturers would sell more goods in this country, which would en- able them to purchase more of our ag- ricultural products. About 65 per cent of our importations now come in free of duty. We afford tne largest tree market in the world, with the possible exception of Great Britain. Between 15 and 20 per cent of the balance are farm products which arz protected. Tariff Removal Unsound. “‘Suppose we removed the tariff on some of the balance, It is assumed in that case that foreign countries would send in imports. If that were donc, our own factories would close and our people would be out of employment. Such a result has never helped, but al- ways injured agriculture. If this did not occur, it would mean that our wages and profits must be reduced to meet foreign competition, in which case there would be no imports and, according to the argument, no additional sales of farm produce abroad. We should only have distress and living conditions much below what they are now in our industries. This has rever benefited agriculture. Whether these results oc- curred in whole or in part, instead of being benefited agriculture would be | injured by losing some of the best of its | important domestic market. “In addition to this, it does not fol-| low at all that if foreigners secured money by selling commodities in our market they would spend it here in cor- | responding purchases. They would buy where they can buy the cheapest. We know that there are other countries which have low-priced land and low- priced labor, which makes it possible to raise grain and cattle cheaper than we can, If additional purchases were made, every economic principle com- pels us to suppose they would be made in those regions. “Another agency that was brought into action to assist agriculture at this juncture was the War Finance Corpo- ration. It carried financial help di- rectly to agriculture, arranging financ- ing for approximately 1,000,000 bales of cotton and going to the relief of the live-stock industry. At one time its loans reached nearly $300,000,000. The revival of agriculture is told in the complete liquidation of these loans with almost no loss. This action saved our animal industry. Another method of relief was the Agriculutural Credit Cor- poration, formed to furnish capital for diversification in the North Dakota re- glon. It has been doing much to re- stock that locality with cattle, sheep and hogs with a most beneficial effect. Loan Rates Are Lowered. “To furnish long-time credit for rais- ing and marketing crops and live stock, the Government advanced $60,000.000 to supply the capital for 12 intermedi- ate credit banks. These were especially adapted to the needs of co-operative marketing associations. Their total re- November 15 | zation has had experience with at least | giscounts and advances up to_last Oc- two eras of great distress. Following |toher amounted to over $458,000,000 the Civil War there was a rapid settle- | made at reasonable rates, which have ment of the great prairie States, result- |also tended to make rates generally ing so large an increase of farm |reasonable for agriculture. The real es- products that they could find no satis- | tate mortgage requirements of agricul- factory market, notwithstanding the (ture have been’ provided for by the vast growth of our industrial activities | Federal and joint stock land banks. at the same time. Both, however, were | which have made more than 450,000 operating on a falling market, which |loans on farm lands, aggregating more culminated in the distress and the panic | than $1,900,000,000. These are made at of the early nineties. As is always the |rates lower than the farmers of any 5 Cabello, Cura- d, Oslo and Copen- | Pori case in time of distress, those who were afflicted were not always discrim- 3 inating in their attacks and criticisms. These were particularly prevalent against the railroads, the packing houses, the grain trades and the banks, and finally upon the United States cur- |rency. During this period the country twice turned the two great political parties out of office, sometimes voting to reduce the tariff and sometimes vot- ing to raise it. We can see now that the fundamental difficulty was over- production, complicated by unsound money. The United States Govern- ment was trying to fix the price of sil- ver by law, which, of course, was bound to fail. “This period ended in the last years of the century, when a sound currency law was enacted and our great indus- trial development began under the stim- ulation of the protective tariff of the 7|the period of the introduction on a large scale of farm machinery, substi- tuting horsepower, steam power and gasoline power, and later some electric power, for man power, greatly increas- | inz the productivity of the individual on the farm. Scientific knowledge was also applied to both the raising of crops and live stock, but. our industrial de- mand was so large that farm prices steadily increased until at the time of the World War their index price was far above the index price of other com- modities. Farmers’ War Work Lauded. “With the high prices and unlimited demand of the war period, we all know what happened. A great artificial in- flation took place in all kinds of prop- erty. The prices of farm products and farm land, in common with all other prices and rates of wages, reached a very high level. The farmer was called on in the name of patriotism to en- large his production, and the spirit in which he responded was a determining element in winning the war and s ving the allied nations from starvation. “But this was followed by the drastic horizontal deflation which occurred in 1920. The loss which this brought to those who owned farm products and farm lands was stupendous. The suf- fering was enormous. This has some- times been charged to the efforts made by the Government, beginning in the Fall of 1919, to reduce the mounting cost of living. I think it is apparent now that it was bound to come in any event. During the seasons of 191 and 1920 the inhabitants of Europe began to raise their own food and distant colonial supplies which had accumu- lated through lack of shipping were brought in. The needs of our own markets, left bare by the war, for the raw materials of the farm had become supplied. Deflation was bound to oc- cur, as it always does, after the in- flation of a war period. But its occur- rence was none the less filled with dis- tress. The artificial prices had stimu- lated overproduction. The final result was disaster, as the final result is always disaster in the viclous circle of an artificially high price and increased production. In the end overproduction occurs, which brings the artificial price down with a crash to the ruin of all concerned. Farmers' Views Sought. “It was this condition of agriculture with which the country has had to deal since 1920. We had more ready money than any one else, so that the products of other countries were headed for our shores. In the Winter of 1921 our im- ports of wheat from Canada represent- ed 40,000,000 bushels. Enormous im- ports of wool and other farm produects were taking place. To meet this con- izim«m the emergeney {anfl act, passed especially for the benshit of agriculture, was enacted, followed up by the per- other coutnry enjoy on any extended scale. It furnishes capital at a price | lower than it can be secured for in-| dustry. “Because of the large sums available at these banks, other .money-lending institutions have been obliged to reduce their rates to about the same point. Without the benefit of this law, farm loans would probably range nearly 3 per cent above what they now are. The main reason for these low rates is be- | cause the Federal Government made the bonds of these banks free from all taxation. The direct benefit which ac- crues to the borrowers from these bagks, because all national, State and local taxes are thus remitted on their bor- rowings, is probably not less than $500,- 000,000 a vear. When it is considered that the same benefits extned only in a somewhat less degree to those who bor- row from other sources, the advantage to agriculture derived from our Federal farm loan system reaches a stupendous sum. It is a benefit the like of which no government anywhere on earth ever before bestowed upon an industry. ° “Your organization has seen the | growth and development of the co- operative association. ~The National Government first undertook to assist this movement by the passage of the Capper-Volstead act, and it has more recently passed another important law setting up a division of co-operative marketing in the Department of Agri- culture equipped with men and money to stimulate and develop this method of disposing of farm produce. The grain exchanges and the packing industries have been brought under Government supervision and control. About $4,000,- 000 has recently been added to the ap- propriation for agricultural research. Cotton standards have been adopted. Agriculture has been protected from poor seed. An investigation is under way to find new uses for cotton. Au- thorization has been granted for licens- ing agricultural warehouses. Tax Reduction Effected. “A farmer has been put on the Fed eral Reserve Board, a former master ol the National Grange has been placed 1 the Tariff Board, and finally there have been four sweeping reductions in Fed- eral taxation, which I am told by the Department of Agriculture practically relieve the farmers from paying taxes to the Federal Government. “The work of the Department of Agriculture has been strengthened and expanded. A noteworthy development, in addition to the scientific and re- search work upon which it is continual- ly diligent insbehalf of the farmer, 2s' well as in behalf of the consumer, is the establishment of a comprehensive radio service through which a vast amount of vital market information and other helpful facts is now carried to millions of farmers daily through the medium of stations in all parts of the country. At the same time the market news service has been extended until the leased wires now cover nearly 8,000 miles and reaci from coast to coast. “The difterent things the National Government is doing to aid agriculture is a most impressive list. “Wwith this asistance the great agri- cultural d#oression has been gradually | ' | | | of farm products had dropped to 69. In | October of this year it had risen to 90. The live-stock industry is especially prosperous, but grain prices are not so encouraging. Yields per acre for this season were about 3 per cent above average for the last 10 years, while the acreage of crops harvested was the largest of record. This gives a very definite assurance of an increased gross income for agriculture as a whole. “It is apparent that the farmer has { become very well schooled in the art of production. But further advances wiil be made through the use of improved relieved. In 1921 the purchasing power | hot | machinery. and of improved breeds of | stock, more scientific cultivation and the elimination of all wasteful methods which will reduce the cost and increas> the quality of production. The farmer who can proceed in these directions on a solid foundation with every as: surance of success. Marketing Lesson Is Needed. “The lesson which has not yet been so well learned is that of marketing. One of the greatest handicaps of agri- culture is temporary overproduction. The world is hungry to gonsume all that the farmer ever raises. His diffi- culty arises from attempting to sell at the wrong time or the wrong place. The most_successful method of meet- ing this difficulty has been through co- operative associations. They have en- abled agriculture in a large way to take better advantage of all the agencies of distribution—the bankers, the carriers, the commission merchants, the packers and the millers. This is a movement to unify all the agencies of production, distribution and consumption, so that they can function as a co-ordinated whole which will sell at the right place and at the right time. A fine example of this is the grape exchange recently established in California. ¥ “This movement toward co-operative marketing is still in its infancy. It has sometimes failed through lack of man- agement, but it is sound in theory, and when conducted in a businesslike way offers the most promising solution to the great marketing problem. It avoids any attempt at price fixing or pul the Government into business, both of which would be fatal to the independ- ence of the farmer and in the end would bring disaster. It likewise avoids the hazardous proposal of a subsidy, which the American people would never be willing to pay for any length of time. It rests on the sound merchan- dising principle of taking the product and disposing of it in the most ad- vantageous way that shrewd and orderly marketing affords. Such further as- sistance as is necessary to render this effort more effective through setting up a board for its administration, supplied with sufficient funds to demonstrate its soundness in its experimental stage, may well be provided by the National Government. “My own views on farm relief have been so many times set out in my mes- sages to the Congress that I do not care to dwell upon them on this oc- casion. Sometimes I wonder if gather- ings of farmers are not a little tired of hearing discussions of farm relief. Farm Strength Is in Home. “The great strength of the farm in our national life lies in the farm home. It has been the prime source from which have sprung the ability and the charac- ter of the Nation. Those who suggest that the farmer is in danger of being reduced to a state of peasantry entirzly disregard the inherent independence and resourcefulness that is bred in life in the open. That spirit does not de- pend upon the possession of a large amount_of property or income or the price of agricultural products. I was born and raised in such surroundings, and on this subject I know whereof 1 speak. The danger of the development of the peasant spirit in this coun'ry lies in our crowded tenements, which shelter the dependent wage earners of our great centers of population. Under present conditions that menace also is disappearing. From that danger our| farm population is the most remote. “Every one knows that agriculture was prostrated by the inevitable resuit of a cruel and remorseless deflation. All the property of the country suffer2d at the same time, but agriculture was slowest in recovering ‘and in many re- spects was least able to help itself. The Government of the United States wants to see the condition of the farmer con- tinue to improve. It is very encourag- ing to know that it is far better than the ‘condition of the farmer in any other country. The profound interest of the Government is demonstrated Ly the fact that it is doing more for th: agriculture of the Nation than any other government does or ever did. But_we are still far from perfection. Much remains to be done. But as w2 consider the progress that has com° during the life of the National Grangs we have every reason to expect that further improvement will be still more rapidly made, to the end that life on t;mh farm may be broader, fuller, and richer.” D. C. SINGER ENTERS FINALS OF AUDITION Miss Hazel C. Arth‘Auured of Award in National Radis Vocalist Contest. Miss Hazel C. Arth, 2904 Thirteenth sireet, has won her way into the finals of the national radio audition of the Atwater Kent Foundation by defeating a large group of vocalists in the North- eastern district, composed of the North Atlantic and New England States. Announcement of Miss Arth’s victory in the contest semi-finals was made today by the foundation. She is thus assured of one of the 'foundation awards, totaling $17,500 in cash and conservatory _scholarships, 10 such prizes being offered for the 10 finalists. Miss Arth for several years was soloist of the choir of the Sacred Heart | programs of Washington radio stations. She and George Beuchler, WRC an- nouncer, were winners of the local radio audition. The latter flew to New York today to compete in the semi-finals for male singers. s ki JAMES M. BYROAD HELD ON BOND IN LIQUOR CASE James Melvin Byroad, 300 block of West Bradley lane, charged with illegal sale, possession and transporta- tion of liquor, was placed under $1,000 bond for his appearance in Police Court following a hearing before United States Cz:jmmmloner Needham C. Turnage today. Prohibition Agent B. N. Quinn claims e ordered some liquor from Byroads | over the telephone yesterday and ac- cuses the man of accepting $30 after having delivered a gallon of whisky to him in an apartment near Sixteentn and U streets. The agent says he then searched Byroad's car and found 10 more gallons in it. | According to police, Byroad has been | serving a clientele among prominent ‘Washingtonians and prohibition au- thorities claim they have a list of his customers. Byroad denies all charges against | him. Marriage, Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the OGNS B Huches. 4 arles . lughes., , and Ka Smithy, 32 both of Baitimore: Rev. Wil James W. Cotton, 23, AR ¥ G n;; ?l.nd Helen J. Railey, . Gaghan, 20, and Leola V. Con- . 28 and Viola Wilson, 19; est €. Smith. AT o A, Anderson, 22, Rev. Jason N. Pierce. W, Trumbo, ‘23, and Lillian V. AR ) g ace Bok hoti of Predericksbure, Va.: Rev. Honty W. hr;::m{lpi‘m' ite "o % o Bt wor: vd efl ke Rev. James ober ond, 26, Cleveland. Ohio. d Fern Bullock, 25. Pleasant Grnvex., 0""!.!:“ Re‘,\ Jfl}l;mhcw. de’rzll. d Ethel ohn H. Canaday. 24. . Ad- kins. 16. both of Mxhur;.“Vn.:l fie\",‘l‘& M%’;‘wnmtr{; Moffatt. 22. d M omas L. Moffatt. 22, {Lehemeek, Mot 23 and Mrsere {,.John J. Parker, and Helen E. Booth, 124 Rev. L H. Schaefer. James M. Washington. jr.. 24, and Edna {_ Wills. 22: Rev. J. M. King. Franklin Barnes. 13, A Golitiew, William 8. Sorz. 26, both of Richmonc sol, Rev. Emmit Woo Rev. Erne Myron and Francis Fleet. N t L. nd Viva A. Vel ev. Andrew R. Bk tting | Shrine and often has appeared on the | and Margaret R. || Bladen. 24. and Ruth L. || Both of JHyaitivilie: Rev. Johi HAVENNER REVEALS PERSONNEL PLANS To Name Chairmen and Com- mittees of Citizens’ Federa- tion Next Week. Appointment of the chairmen and i personnel of the standing committecs of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions will be made next week, it was definitely announced today by Dr. rge C. Havenne! g;:n.sol the organization November 3. Since his election, Dr. Havenner said he has given serious thought to the committee appointments and to a study ualifications of the delegates H‘ig |§xhee(eqderauon with a view to assign- | ing ivie work in which they interested. The task difficult, he declared. | gates of some 0! Considerable { fest in the ran | ship as ‘m(cnfls o will select for bl greatest concern appears to plleuln tll;ls & hairmanship of the public utilities and fiscal relations committees, becnuse( }?n the prominence of these subjects at the present tume. ~William McK. Clayton has headed the public utilities com- mittee for a numbe! is not likely to be o efforts of several deleg: ssignment. Ch;))‘:e Blflsmxr:‘nner has not indicated v] he will make a shift in the :l:::itl‘ir!;;n of the fiscal relations l.‘Dm; Imittee, but he has announced that changes could be expected in the per- sonnel of virtually all standing com- mittees. f organized citizen- kasir?nen gDr. Havenncrt mmittees. The usted, despite the ates to get thit CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. ss 1923, Georgetown Law SC wifi‘nhold a reunion with dinner, at Bannockburn Club, Glen Echo, D{id:. 7 o'clock. Prominent speakers listed. Automobiles will leave Poli’s Theater at 6:15 o'clock to furnish transportation for class members. Capitol Lodge, No. 3, Shepherds of Bethlehem, wi night at Odd Fellows' Hall. The Ergatocrats’ Club will meet, & o'clock, at 817 Thirteenth street Robinson will give a free lecture on “Litcrature and Economics.” Matthews Dawson will speak of “Hov to Choose # Congenial Companion. 8:15 o‘clock, at 2 meeting of the Leaguc for the Larger Life, 1706 L street. The Curley Club will give a leap vear dance, 9 o'clock, at the Raleigh Hotel. Proceeds for benefit of Arch- bishop Curley’s scholarship fund. A benefit card party for Beauregard Chapter, United Daughters of the Con- federacy, will b> given. 8:30 o'clock, in Confederate Memorial Home, Vermont avenue. Ohio Giris’ Club will give a dance, ¢ o'clock, at the Arlington Hotel. ‘The Biological Society of Washington will meet, 8 o’'clock, in assembly hal' of the Cosmos Club. M. W. Stirling, chief of bureau of American Ethnology. :mdlecture on “By Airplane to Pigm: and.” The Ohio Girls Ciub will hold a dance at the Arlington Hotel at 9 o'clock tonight. Phi Alpha Fraternity. Epsilon Chap- ter, will have a dance, 8 o'clock, at th> Hamilton Hotel. FUTURE. The American Association of Uni- versity Women invites all college women and their friends on a walk tomorrew starting from Cabin John Bridge at hool, John Run will be explored. (each one bring some) at the Stone shack. near Sycamore Island station after the walk. Fillmore Parent-Teacher Assoclation will meet Monday, 8 p.m., in Fillmore School. Election of officers. A benefit card party will be held in the Sacred Heart Parish Hall, Sixteenth street and Park road, Monday, 8:30 p.m. Miss Marie McDonald in charge. ‘The Red Triangle Outing Club wil! meet tomorrow at the end of Mount Rainier car line at 3 pm. Hike will follow the District line to Takoma Park. ‘The Wanderlusters’ hike tomorrow will start from Chain Bridge station at 2:45 p.m. Flamingo Loss Feared. HAVANA (#).—Fear is expressed that the flamingoes of Cuba will be extinct within a few years unless governmental protection is provided them. r, who became pres- | . | practical farming problems of modern r of years, and hc | ill have a card party to- | 13_2‘ GRANCE NENBERS ATHOUNTVERNDN 1Ritualistic Order Also Hold-| ing Session—Business Meet- ing on Monday. | Ty | Taking time from business. the 7,000 | | members of the National Grange at- | tending the sixty-second annual ses- | sion of the order here devoted today to ritualistic ceremonies, a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon to honor the memory of George Washington as the foremost farmer of his day and sightseeing trips | to points in and near the Capital. { The seventh-degree members of the | order attended the annual convention | |of the Assembly of Demeter” in the Auditorium this morning. This is the most formal of all the Grange cere- monies. The ritual is built around the agricultural mythology of the ancient | Greeks and the philosophy-represented in the Greek goddess of agriculture, Demeter, translated into the higher times. Charles M. Gardner ~f Springfield, Mass., worthy high priest, presided at the ceremony. The Assembly of Deme- ter consists of State masters and other high officers of the order. It studies each year questions regarding the ritualistic side of the Grange work. Going to Mount Vernon. Several thousand delega‘es and mem- bers of the Grange have arranged to make the pilgrimage to ‘Mount Vernon this afternoon, some going on the steam- boat Charles Macalester, some in busses and others in private cars. The ceremonies at Mount Vernon are in charge of Mount Vernon Grange, No. 751, composed of farmers who re- side on portions of the property once | comprising the estate of George Wash- ington. Harvey Clapp son of former Senator Clapp of Minnesota, is sched- | uled to deliver the address of welcome, to which Louis J. Taber, national mas- ter of the Grange, will respond. _ The Grangers regard George Wash- ington as the symbol of the dignity and importance of the agricultural in- dustry. At the conclusion of ‘the formal ceremonies on the terrace in front of the Mount Vernon mansion a tour of the estate will be made by the Grangers, ending with the placing of | a wreath on the tomb of Washington. Policy on Legislation. Study by committees of the various resolutions that have been introduced during the first week of the convention paratory to the pusiness sessions wbich will commence Monday morning. Tne Grange's policy on all matters of ie3.s- lation will be placed Lefore the con- vention for approval some (ime before the closing session Friday. Among the resolutions which have been referred to committees are: Pro- hibition enforcement, tariff revision po! icy, a demand that the Republican part enact into law its Kansas City conven- tion platform plank on farm relief, a reafirmation of the Grange's export debenture plan of farm relief, a pro- posal that provision be made for radio facilities available to all political parties at minimum cost, to avoid possible un- due favoritism in future campaigns, and a proposal that the Federal reclamation and irrigation service be moved from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture. MRS, WILLEBRANDT ORDER IS DENIED Dry Administrator Says He Alone Is Responsible for Might Club Raids. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.—A state- ment headed “Poor Mrs. Willebrandt™ has been issued by Prohibition Admin- istrator Maurice Campbell in denying she ever ordered or directed raids on New York night clubs. “Once and for all,” he said, “let me say that no raids in New York were ever ordered or directed by Mrs. Wille- brandt nor anyone other than myself.” He said the drive against night clubs was started by him more than a year ago when he realized their “terrible hangouts for crooks and criminals, that patrons were constantly being robbed and assaulted, that vice and immoral- ity were rampant” and th:it he felt obligated to rid the city of them. Mrs, Willebrandt, he said, knew noth- ing ot this and was not consulted in the matter. He said while at times he had used agents from Washington who were unknown along Broadway they were all regular employes of the Prohibition Department and had no connection with the Department of Justice, in which Mrs. Willebrandt is will continue over the week end, pre- newed Wesley Heights which ment here secure, an social asset. i ek saCH i coionitg in every home erected in employed. The Garden Spot of Washington re- that makes pl makes invest- d residence a ler-control. menace.” He asserted they were “the | who value exclusiveness and appre- ciate the protection provided in Mil- 2:45 pm. The tow path and Cabin| Supper | You must be impressed with the dignity of type and the diversity of désign which characterizes the homes. White House, of its disfiguri Relieved of monotony and with the picturesque setting of nature's own painting creating a perfect picture— But ten ggotor minutes from the and conveniences of town: with none ments—a home in Wesley Heights offers the ideal in location, environ- ment and investment. We invite you to inspect the homes completed or nearing completion at any time suiting your convenience—day or evening, including Sunday. Or, one of our representatives will be glad to take you on a tour of inspection of Wesley i Heights. | Mo tor out Massachusetts Avenue, Heights. W. C. & A. N. Miller Ouwners and Developers 1119 Seventeenth Street | crossing Wisconsin Avenue, turning left into Cathedral Avenue, which will take you directly into Wesley STATEHOSPITAL HEADS TRAL SLOW Testimony Not Expected to Be Completed in Raleigh Until Next Week. ! By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C.. November 17— | Testimony dealing with the operation of the State Hospital in defense of Dr. Albert Anderson, superintendent. on trial on charges of malfeasance in office, was continued today in Wake County Superior Court. While indications had pointed earlier in the week to the cul- mination of the hearing before today, court attaches doubt if testimony would be concluded until early next week. The high spot of yesterday’s testimony came when Dr. Anderson again took the stand and changed his story regarding use of State gasoline on automobile s of a personal nature. In the previ- day’s testimony he had told the court he had used State gasoline on | some few private trips. Yesterday he declared that he had kept accounts and deducted from his gasoline allowance when the trips were of private nature. He said he did not recall the trips he | made for the State that ran his mileage up to more than 1,000 miles a month, except one to Wilson, N. C. Touching on fines that he is alleged to have exacted of those violating rules on the premises, he said that he had imposed these: for the enforcement of peace and order. and did not benefit personally by them. | Mrs. Hugh Scone, a defense witness, | testified that when she saw Mrs. Lillie F. Nelson, patient, who was found dead on January 4, 1918, she was fully clothed. Previous testimony had indi- cated that she was without clothing and that the strong room was very cold. D. C. MAN IS ELECTED. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 17 (4. —E. C. Mahan of Nashville, Tenn., was re-elected president of the Naiion- | al Coal Association at the conclusion | of fie organization's eleventh annual convention here yesterday. Other officers are: W. H. Cunning- ham, Huntington, W. Va.; T. S. Love, Pittsburgh; J. B. Pauley, Chicago, and P. J. Quely, Wyoming, vice presidents; C.-E. Bookus, New York, treasurer, and Harry L. Gandy. Washington, D. C. | executive secretary. ‘ ‘A\ resolution reaffirming its opposi- t] on to any legislation tending to single i the coal industry for regulatory action was adopted. easing appeal to those with all the utilities 2 ng and disturbing ele- wEURIE & Decatur 610 S This home cantains 6 fine rooms—3 are bedrooms—a tiled bath— an open fireplace, double rear porches, a Colonial mantel. hardwood floors_throughout, and a large basement with laundry tubs. Completely equipped kitchen—hot water heating system, auto- matic hot-water heater and beautifully designed interior wood and decoration complete this marvelous dwelling. Of course, it is ideally located on an attractively landscaped lot. ) wor) Home Maintenance COSTS LESS in BURL EITH People who live in Burleith know that the upkeep on these charmi ng six-room homes is nominal; and they have told their friends. This is one of the reasons that so many of these homes have been sold. Scientific and lasting construction, and qual- ity plumbing and heating installation have pro- duced a home that can maintenance cost. Said one man who worries are gone forever Easy terms make it be run at a minimum ‘Coal bill lives here, in Burleith. possible for any de- pendable person to own one of these most modernly equipped residences. $10,750 3603 R Street N.W. tion. Splendid bus service gets yoi less than 15 minutes. Take a B Today. SHANNON - & LUCHS INC. A Members of the Operative Buildery' Asso. of the D. C., This Sample Home is always open for inspec- u downtown in URLEITH Bus