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THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTO D. €, JUNE 9 1929—PART T.° FARM RELIEF BILL HANGS IN BALANCE Debenture Plan Vote Holds Fate of Le\gislation as Storm Brews. (Continued From First Page.) slana, Wagner of New York, King of Utah and Walsh of Massachusetts. Both Senators Walsh and King said last night that they were opposed not only to the debenture clause, but also to the | whole bill, and that, therefore, ‘hey might vote against, the conference re- | port in the hope of killing the bill They said, however. they had not finally decided how they would vote, | realizing that a vote against the con- | ference report might be construed as a Yote for the debenture clause. If these | two votes go against the conference re- port it makes the path of the bill all | the more difficult, from the administra- tion point of view. It is believed that | Senators Wagner and Ransdell will | support the conference report. i Schall Reported Changed. | Tt had been reported that Senator Bchall of Minnesota, Republican, w voted for the debenture plan, was pre- pared to support the conference report But last night he said he would vote against the report on the theory that the Senate was entitled to have thel House go on record on the debenture plan. He said he believed 8 out of 10| members of the Minnesota delegation in the House would vote for the d benture clause if it came to a vote in that body. There have been various reports that | other Senators had shifted their posi- | tions on the debenture plan and would vote for the conference report, but they lacked confirmation. The Florida Legislature recently adopted a resolu- tlon declaring against the debenture clause and urging both Senators Fletch- er and Trammel to support the bill without the debenture plan. Should they follow the recommendations of the Democratic State Legislature, it would affect the vote materially. A caucus of the Senate Democrats has been called by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, for to- morrow morning. It is said_that the purpose is to line up the Democrats firmly in favor of the debenture. Cer- tainly it is to discuss the farm bill situ- ation and course the Democrats should pursue. Recess to Be Considered. It also is to consider the matter of 8 recess of the Congress during the Summer months, and the legisiative program. Some of the Democrats ‘do | not wish debenture made a party issue. If the Senate can adopt the farm bill_conference report, it was said last night that a recess might be taken at the end of another week or 10 days, lasting until September. The program | would include the final passage of the | census and reapportionment bill, now | in conference, some action on the pro- posal to suspend the national origins clause of the immigration act and an agreement looking _to a vote on the | tariff bill in the Fall. Many of the| Senators are anxious to get away for a recess this Summer, while the finance committee works on the tariff hearings and the tariff bill. There is grave doubt, however, that such a long Tecess will materialize, even if the program of legislation outlined is carried out. The conference report on the farm bill was brought up for consideration in the Senate yesterday by Senator McNary, chairman, of the committee on agriculture, who askéd for early approval of the report Committee Procedure Bared. Senator McNary was questioned by ®upporters of the debenture clause, | seeking to ‘learn what had been the procedure in the conference commit- tee. The chairman insisted that the Senate conferees had done their best | to heve the debenture clause agreed | to, but had been unable to prevail upon the House conferees. He said they had sought in every way to have an ‘agreement, for a vote in the House on the debenture plan, He denied that the President or any of his representa- tives had interfered in the conference | negotiations. He denied, also, in an- swer to questions that any Senator had agreed to eliminate the debenture clause because of promises of the President that the Senator would then be given consideration when it came to naming the Federal farm board provided in the bill. Senator Norris of Nebraska, Republi- can, supporting the debenture plan, a member of the conference commitiee, insisted that the question now was whether the House had a right to de- | mand the = debenture clause be stricken out of the bill without first | taking a direct vote on the debenture | clause in the Houss. He said he would not. insist upon the debenture plan | further if the House should vote it down directly. He charged that the | House was avoiding a direct vote by | asserting that the Senate had no con- stitutional right to initiate debenture legislation. Norris Declines Comment, Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, Dem- ocrat, asked Senator Norris whether President Hoover had supported the House in its refusal to vote on de- benture. “L think T can place the responsi- bility for the action,” said Senator Norris, “but I won't discuss that.” | Chairman McNary told the Senate | that if the Senate conferees had con- | tinued to insist that the House take a vyote on the debenture plan all farm | legislation might have been blocked for this special session of Congress. A majority of the Senate conferces agreed that it was useless to persist | in this demand,” he said. STUDY WHEAT CROP FORECAST. By the Assc Farm leaders in Congress received | with considerable interest vesterday the ferecast, of the Department of Agricul- ture that the Winter wheat crop, on the basis of June 1 indications, showed | & probable production of 622,148,000 bushels—more than 43,000,000 bushels increase over last year. In view of the general concensus that the farmer's difficulties cannot be sur- | mounted without an orderly disposition of the surplus, the news that a further expansion of the already substantial ex- cess of wheat appears to be in store was regarded by many members of Con- | Bress a ing to focus attention upon | the cour cral furm board would pursue in the event one is authorized in the farm relief legislation now ap- | Proachin, ctment | Some 1t that if the Senate would act { v to complete passage of the bill and the farm board be set up promptly, there would be a psycho- logical tendency towards increasing Prices in spite of the large additional surplus forecast, but all of them were agreed such possible results most de- pended on the willingness of the board %o put the provisions of the farm bill quickly into operation. EMPRINGHAM SUES WI'FE. Former Episcopal Temperance So-| ciety Officer Asks Divorce. RENO, Nev. June 8 (#)—James Empringham, former superintendent of the Episcopal Church ‘Temperance Society, filed suit for divorce today | thotisands of blossoms | Florida Host Plants Cannot Be‘ | formance FLOWER SHOW ENDS WITH GUP AWARD Thousands of Blossoms Will| Be Distributed Among Hos- pitals of District. ‘The joint annual exhibitions of the American _Horticultural Society and the American Peony Society at the W dard closed last night, and the today are in the hands of the local chapter of the National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild for distribution in Washington | hositals. | The ballroom was thronged with a steady stream of visitors all day yes- terday, especially with classes ~ of | school children, accompanied by their teachers, Star Cup Is Presented. The Evening Star cup was presented at noon to Dr. C. A. MaGoon, repre- | senting the Hyatisville Garden Club, | winner of the city and suburban gar- den clubs' competitive exhibits. The | presentation was made by Frank B.| Noyes, president of The Evening Star | Co... The Hyattsville gardeners will re- | tain possession for one year, when the | cup again will be competed for. It will become the permanent property of the first club which wins it three times, The Hyattsville Garden Club virtual- | ly was assured of winning the cup when it received first award in the | competitive bird bath planting exhibit, which counted 75 points. The Chevy Chase (Md.) Garden Club was second | with 64 points and the Lyon Park (Va.) Garden Club third with 49. Others rated as follows: Woodridge, 42 Montgomery Suburban, 27; Ta- koma Park, 24; Georgetown, 23; Bat- tery Park. 14; Glebewood, Md., 6; Rock- ville, 5; Burleith, 3, Merit Certificates Are Awarded. Two additional certificates of merit were awarded by the American Horti- cultural Society yesterday to Gude Bros. Co. for & display of palms and ferns and to A. Gude Sons Co. for a display of gladiolii and_delphinium. An American Peony Society certifi- cate of merit was awarded for an un- named white seedling entered by the American Rose & Plant Co. Mrs. A. H. Vestal, wife of Representative Vestal of Illinois; presented a bouquet of these seedlings to Mrs. the White House, No entry was made this year for the | $1,000 award offered for a new yellow peony. Officials of the society ex- plained that the true yellow blossom is extremely difficult to obtain. Hoover at | FIGHT ON FRUIT FLY BARS RESHIPMENTS| Reconsigned to States of South and West. By the Associated Press. | Extension of the Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine to prevent reshipment of | Florida host fruits and_vegetables into | Southern and Western States and Porto Rico from the Northeast, was placed in effect vesterday by the Department of Agriculture, The new regulation affecting only those States in which direct shipment from Florida is already prohibited is also intended to furnish the basis for the prompt handling of any infestations which may later be discovered in other States. No restriction was placed by the order on any shipment of products originating outside of Florida, as this is the only State definitely known to have fruit fly infestation The States to which reshipment is now prohibited are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklzhoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington The order also will prohibit reship- ment from the Northeast of host fruits and vegetables produced in the “pro- tective zones” immediately surrounding infested zones. The new regulation actually is a quarantine order affecting the whole United States, making it pos- sible for the Department of Agriculture immediately to apply the most stringent control of shipments to any area in which the fruit fly may be discovered. |BELGIAN MAIDENS LURE BACHELORS WITH FOOD Annual Interest Is Served to Males in Mat- | Luncheon rimony. ECAUSSINES, Belgium () —Getting a husband has been put on a paying basis in this little fown, where the matrimonial luncheon does a flourish- ing_business The maiden members now are in the throes of preparation for the annual party to which they invite all the eligi- ble bachelors of the town and any from foreign parts that they can find After drinking a cup of coffee and eating cakes baked by fond fair hands the g ntleman guesis are invited to take part in the dancing, the musical per- and even walk to the ruin: of an_ancient castle in company with any they might select from the party The ~matrimonial luncheon was founded in 1906 when the girls began to realize that enough proposing wasn't sgainst’ Ethel Empringham on _the grounds of desertion. Empringham :'fi:”" custody of a minor child, James, done. The purpose was to spur to fur- ther efforts the recalcitrant bachelors |EDUCATION BOARD | needed. The | pointed out, GARDEN - CUP GIVEN WINNER , president of The Evening Star Co. Evening Star Cup to Dr. C. A. Magoon of the Hyattsville Garden Club at the| American Horticultural Society Show at the Willard Hotel yvesterday. Left to right: Mr. Noyes and Dr. Magoon. Be- low: Mrs. A. H. Vestal, wife of Repre- sental Vestal of Illinois, holding Mrs. Hoover's bouguet of peonies. —Star Staff Photos. DECLINES PART IN STUDY OF BUDGET ‘lelihu;rdi'f";r;m F;hl Page.) officials reduced the fuel, light power item by $5,000. Compilation Held Problematical. Maj. Wilmarth explained last night and | that the compilation of fuel estimates are of necessity problematical, since it | 1s impossible for officials to determin in advance just how much fuel will b length and severity Winter weather, and the number of | dark days necessitating the lighting of school classrooms during class hours, are factors governing the amount of fuel and electricity needed. Hence, he the amount of money needed for this item is bound to be guesswork, based on the averages of preceding ‘years. The school system officers, he said, calculate carefully when they preparc fuel estimates and when those items are forwarded to the Commissioners they represent thoughtful study on the part of the persons involved in the ad- ministration of the schools’ fuel allot- ments. The cutting of $5,000 from this item by the Budget Bureau was re- garded with serious apprehansion and, Maj. Wilmarth explained, the school officers undertook to practice the strict- est economy in regard to fuel and light. Despite this program, he said, when the state of emergency was outlined to the Commissioners last Wednesday, no funds for the purchase of needed fuel were available. The allowance of the deficiency by the Commissioners per- mitted the schools to obligate the Gov+ ernment for an amount not to exceed $5,000. Direct Action Is Urged. This is the sort of information which the superintendent of schools is ex- pected to give the Commissioners dur- ing their consideration of the school estimates during the next three da; The Board of Education’s Instructions to Dr. Ballou to refrain from advising in possible cutting of the board's esti- mates is in direct line with the recent agitation to have the Commissioners adopt a “hands off” policy with respect to_school estimates. The board has contended consistently that its estimates should be transmit- ted by the Commissioners unchanged | to the Budget Bureau, but with such recommendations as the Commission- ers may wish to make in view of other District government department needs. It is not known at present what sum | the Commisstoners propose to set as the total school budget for 1931, but they tentatively have decided to seek a total appropriation of $48,000,000 for the Dis- trict. This amount was advised by Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer for the District, as a sum which can be supported by the existing tax rate and us of the surplus revenue to the credit of the District in the Federal Treasury. In his summary of the de- partmental estimates prior to suggest- g $48.000,000 as a logical total budget, Maj. Donovan pointed out that the Commissioners are required by section 215 of the budget and accounting act to revise all departmental estimates before | submitting them to the Budget Bureau Almost Third of Total. The estimates submitted early last month by the Board of Education total $13,724,500. Using $51,073,000 as the | total District revenue, the school boar: seeks approximately three and a quar- ter million dollars less than one-third of the total revenue, which proportion of the District funds, it has contended, should be allowed public schools. While no indication of the total to be ulowed the schols has been forthcom- ng, the Commissioners announced tefinitely on May 30 that they intended ) give the schools more careful con- deration than ever before. It was in upport of this decision that they in- iled the Board of Education o go over the school estimates in detail with them. Of 1,945 motion pictures censored in presenting The | of | GENSUS T0 CHECK ALLDISTRIBUTORS Plan Will Provide Reliable Estimate of Marketing for All Merchandise. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. When President Hoover during the next few days affixes his signature 1o | the 1930 census bill, about to be agreed | upon by both houses of Congress, it will contain one important provision | for which he is more or less directly | I responsible. It is the clausé calling | | for a “census of distribution” of all| | and sundry goods. wares, articles, prod- | |uce and merchandise that enter into | the domestic commerce of the United | States. No Nation-wide census of the | sort has ever been taken before. Since | {1790, when Uncle Sam's official nose- counting system was inaugurated, the Government has always enumerated the number of growers and producers of | commodities. Through the population | figures, the grand total of consumers, |viz, the inhabitants of the country ! is made known. But it never occurred | to anybody before to tabulate the exact ‘aggn‘:n" number of ‘“distributors the grand army of middlemen Wwho | function between the grower and pro- | ducer and the consumer. That is now |to be done. Mr. Hoover, while Secre- |tary of Commerce, evoived the idea | that some day it should be undertaken ! To Include Domestic Trade. ‘The handlers of the American do- mestic trade amounting to 60 or 70 billion dollars a year are the ones whom it is intended in 1930 to include in the | “census of distribution.” The country | at large doesn't always realize that our domestic business dwarfs our much bet- | ter advertised foreign trade into reki- tive insignificance, American exports amount to a_mere 10 billion dollars a | year, or something like one-sixth of the { foreign volume. What Uncle Sam now i means to find out is just how many | butchers and bakers, clothiers and | grocers, purveyors and peddiers there are in the United States, and in every | corner of it, both wholesale and retail. !St_mnge it may seem in this age of | high-pressure commercial ~efficiency, there is no reliable source of knowledge lwhate\'er on this important score. President Hoover, while at the head of the Department’ of Commerce for {more than seven years, had constant {occasion to observe the desirability of | such information and the handicap | under which cur whole economic system | suffers through the lack of it. One of |the business branches which took the | keenest interest in bringing about a | “census of distribution” is the advertis- ling world. Heretofore advertising i agencies and newspapers specializing in | national advertising have had more or less to guess at the distributing situa- | tion in any given community or area of |the Union. They have never been in | position to say to a manufacturer that !in such and such a region there are 50 and 50 many dealers in a particular article of goods. This is, of course, & | factor in trade expansion almost as important as the buying power of any district. Usetul in Emergencies. During the one or two crises in the | | coal industry during the Hoover secre- | taryship of commerce it was borne in | | upon the Californian how exceedingly useful it would have been, on some | emergency occasion, to know without delay how many retail coal dealers | there were within a given radius. The | | development of the chain-store idea, | which was an accompaniment of the | years in which Mr. Hoover conducted | the Commerce Department, is another thing which made him realize the value of an authentic census of retailers in | all lines. In this connection, this writer | has just been informed in a competent | Washington quarter that the chain | store has not caused the ravages among retail distributors which the general | public popularly suppo: The over-| whelming bulk of American retail busi- | ness is declared still to be in the hands | of independent shopkeepers, who appear {to be holding their own against the | restless advance of the chains. | | __No objection was raised in either the | House or the Senate to the proposal to | make & “census of distribution” when | | the field force of 100,000 census-takers clear for action in 1930. When their work is done we shall know for the first | time exactly how many dealers, large or small, there are in any and every | hamlet, town, city and county in the | land. In 1927 a partial census of this | sort was made in a few of the principal cities. This next year will be widened | | to take in the whole country. The “census of distribution” becomes the newest and fifth grand division of | the decennial census. which at first— | 139 years ago—was little more than a simple count of the population by family groups and by sex and color. Now it covers in detail the following general | subjects: (1) Population, including oc- cupation; (2) agriculture, including irri- | gation and drainage; (3)' manufactures; (4) mines, quarries, and oil and gas wells, and (5) distribution. (Copyright, 1920.) AUTHORIZE INQUIRY ' OF COMMUNICATIONS :Semte Wil?é; VI’nvt; Control of | Telegraph, Telephone, Cable and Radio Firms. By the Associated Press. Investigation by the Senate inter- | state commerce committee of relation- | ships between telephone, telegraph, | |cable and radio communications was authorized in a resolution adopted yes- | terday by the Senate. | The resolution, which was sponsored by Chairman Couzens, directed the committee to investigate the whole | communication field, including trans- | mission of power, and to inquire into | the ownership and control of corpora- tions, as well as their trade practices, | contracts and stock ownership, engaged in_the communications business The committee has been holding | hearings on the Couzens bill to creatc | a new Federal communications com- | mission to regulate all forms of com- munications. ~Adoption of the resolu- tion gives it required authority to go | into all phases of the situation and | summon additional witnesses. Complaints about the telephone situ- | ation on the Pacific Coast were recently | drawn to the attention of the commit- | tee by Senator Dill, Democrat. of Wash- | inglon, who suggested appointment of a subcommiitee to go there for an in- vestigation. No action has been taken however. COLOMBIA OFFICERS OUT. | Public Forces Several Resignations | Over Bogota Mayor's Ousting. | BOGOTA, Colombia, June 8 (#).— ' The minister of war and public works and also the governor and chief of po- lice resigned this afternoon on the de- mand of citizens irate over the dismis- sal of Mayor Luis Augusto Cuervo. Removal from office of the mayor led to demonstrations yesterday in the | streets with almost complete stoppage o | industry and_boycotting of municipa enterprises. One student was killed las( night. when mounted police broke a gathering of 30,000 persons assembled in protest Committees of various civic organiza- tions called on the president today and gave as their opinion that other serious consequences might result unleds the ' and its success was s0 signal that the the Straits Settlements last year, 154 demands for resignation of officials were organization has been continued. were banned, pot granted. [ | exercises, | the class histo | Dahlgren | Tribute Planned | | Commission Official to Be | Luncheon Guest. MAJ. CAREY 150 WILL RECEIVE DEGREES AT G. U. 130th Annual COmmence-: ment Program Is Opened With Senior Exercises. H. BROWN. Featured by senior class exercises at | the college and Law School, Georgetown University last night opened its 130th| annual commencement program, that| culminates tomorrow afternoon when degrees will be conferred on approxi- | mately 450 graduates. | While hundreds of friends and alumni crowded Gaston Hall for the college ex- ercises, others met at the Law School, where Dean George E. Hamilton, a Georgetown graduate 58 years ago, be- stowed awards on honor men of the two senior classes Class Gives School Plagme. | A feature of the Law School program was_the presentation of the class gift to the school, a plaque upon which will be engraved each year the name of the prize debate winner, The name of Rob. ert_Granville Burke of Buffalo, N. Y., is the first to appear on the plaque. | The presentation was made on be- half of the seniors by Donald Andrew Rock, president of the afternoon cla: and was accepted on behalf of the | school by Dean Hamilton. Three prizes | for the best essays submitted on legal | ethics, awarded annually by Mr. Hamil- | ton to members of the senior class, were | presented to Donald L. Stumpf, with a | mark of 98 per cent: Joseph Patrick, with 96 per cent, and Julius Sherman, with 95 per cent. The prizes were volumes of Beveridge's “Life of John Marshall.” Another prize, offered by Delta Chi Fraternity to the member of the gradu- ating class who attained the highest scholastic average during his entire course at the Law School. was awarded to Mr. Stumpf. Raymond Sparks is president of the Georgetown chapter of the fraternity. Otto Joseph Saur, president of the morning senior class, presided at the the bachelor's oration being delivered by William Francis Illig and the valedictory by Donald Leonard Stumpf. Others on the program were Robert Emmet Jones, class history, and Thomas Henry Sisk and Francis Joseph Sullivan, class prophecies. Weather Puts Class Indoors. Inclement weather compelled the col- lege seniors to abandon their program planned for the quadrangle outdoors, and seek shelter in Gaston Hall. Following Georgetown traditions, James P. Quinn, jr., delivered the Co- honguroton oration. which takes its name from the “River of Swans.” plied by the Indians to the Potomac in the days when Georgetown was founded Paul A. McDonough gave the class salutatory, Francis 1. McGarraghy the class ode and William H. Powell. jr. The program included a one-act pla egular Order,” writ- ten by Richard K. Charlesworth, retir- ing president of the yard, and staged by members of the Mask and Bauble Club. The cast included George H O'Connor. Ernest L. Duhaime, John F. Clarke, John J. Donovan, Thomas J. McDevitt, Paul A. Miller, Charles L. Gleason, Edward J. McGuire, Samuel | J. Colman, Warren E. Grant and Daniel D. Friary,"all members of the senior class e baccalaureate sermon will be preached to the graduating class in Chapel this morning at 10 o'clock by Right Rev. John M. McNa- mara, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore. Dedication of the new $1,000,000 Medi- | cal-Dental School Building and the lay- ing of its corner stone will feature the program this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Dr. John A. Foote, dean of the medical school, and Dr. Willlam N. Cogan, dean of tie dental school, will be the princi- | pal speakers. President W. Coleman | Nevils and Rev. Walter G. Summers, | regent of both schools, will officiate at | the corner stone laying and the apostolic | delezate, Most Aev. Peitro Fumasoni- | Blondi, will bless the stone. | The president’s reception at 8:30 o'clock in the evening and the Glee | Club concert in the quadrangle will close today's program. | Do YouBathe ap- | LEADERS T0 HONOR MAL. CAREY BROWN Retiring Park and Planning l Civic bodies, trade organizations and prominent citizens of the National Capital will join Tuesday, June 18, to give a testimonial luncheon for.Maj. Carey H. Brown, U. S. A, who is leay- ing the post of assistant director and engineer for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to go to Fort | Leavenworth, Kans, to enter the School of Engineering. Maj. Brown, who, during his tour of service with the National Capital Park | and Planning Commission, has been ac- | tive not only in the plans for beautifi- | cation and development of the Capital | as a garden city, but a leader in other ! civic movements in Washington, will | leave the city the latter part of the month. He is ending his second tour of duty here, having served first as an assistant engineer commissioner and later in the post which he now is leaving. Many to Attend Luncheon. High Army officers, the District Com- missioners, the personnel of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, representatives of the various organizations which are sponsoring the luncheon and many active private citi- zens have signified their intention of attending the luncheon. The luncheon will be held at the | United States Chamber_of Commerce. | Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com- mandant of the District National Guard and president of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association, heads the committee which is laying plans for the dinner. Other members of the com- mittee are: E. J. Murphy, president of the Board of Trade; Charles W. Darr, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Robert V. Fleming, president of the | District Bankers' Association: Ben T. | Webster, president of the Washington Real Estate Board; E. M. Wallace, president of the Washington Automo- | tive ‘Trade Association:” George M.| Whitwell, president of the Rotary Club; | Edgar Morris, president of the Kiwanis Club; Frank Birgfeld, president of the Clvitan Club; Dr. J. Rozier Riggs,| president of the Cosmopolitan Club; | Herbert Nevin, president of the Opti- | mists' Club; Robert L. McKeever, presi- | | dent of the Lions’ Club; Dr. E. M. Elli- son. president of the Round Table; | william W. Wheeler, president of the Thirteen Club; Mrs. Marie Moore For- vest, president of the Quota Club; Mrs. Esther Gude, president of the Zonta Club; Mrs. Harrlet Hawley Locher, president of the Soroptomists’ Club; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of | | the Federation of Citizens' Associations; Monroe Warren, president of the Oper- ative Builders' Assoclation; Dorsey W. Hyde, executive secretary of the Cham- ber of Commerce; Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary of the Board of | | Trade; Lanier P. McLachlen, Harry K. | Boss and Edwin S. Hege, | Gift to Be Presented Brown. | | The committee, in addition to making | all the arrangements for the luncheon, will select a_suitable gift to be pre- sented Maj. Brown as a_token of the | esteem in which he is held by the citi- zenry of the National Capital. 'MAORI RACE GAINS " STRENGTH READILY | ’ WELLINGTON, New Zealand (#).— The native Maori race of New Zealand, unlike North American Indian tribe: is increasing steadily in numbers. In- cluding 7350 half-castes. they now | | number approximately 64,000, compared with 53,000 in 1916 and 50,300 in 1906, according to government statistical re- | turns The manner in which the Maoris are | adapting themselves to European civ- ilization is remarkable. Four Maoris are members of Parliament. There have | been Maori ministers of the crown, and several knighthoods have been con- ferred on them. They have produced medical practitioners and lawyers. Many | of their chiefs possess oratory of a high order. | " But. like all Polynesians, they are! | subject to tuberculosis. So it is consid- | | ered fortunate that the young men are | | taking more kindly to farming, motor driving and outdoor occupations than | to_office_work. | Graduation Presents Here Large assortment bar pins, scarf pins, also complete line of standard watches. Shop at the friendly store— youre always greeted with & -smile—with no obligation to buy. Charge Accounts Invited M. Waurtzburger Co. 742 Ninth St. N.W. Specializing in Perfect Diamonds For Impaired Vision ] =—Consult an E}'e Ph:ysicia'l For years he has special- ized in this one thing and his method of examination is such as to detect the slightest defect and advise the proper corrective, {_WE DO NOT SPRESCRISE’ GLASSES n”l MAKE THEM EDMOND; == O PTICIAN—= 915 Fifteenth Street WASHINGTON Established 1899 Convenient Branches MAIN OFFICE-6% & C.Sts. S.W. CAMP MEIGS-5% & Fla. Ave.N.E. 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