Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1929, Page 5

| IDONALD DINNER INSIMPLE SETTING Premier’s Entertainment at White House Outshines Visit of Belgian Royalty. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. ‘The entertainment of the prime min- ister of Great Britain, the Right Hon. James ‘Ramsay Macdonald, and his daughter in the White House last night, with the President and Mrs. Hoover as hosts, created far greater excitement in the political and social world than did the visit just after the close of the World War of the King and Queen of the Belgians or the Prince of Wales. It | was the first time a prime minister of Great Britain had been entertained in the White House, and his friendly mis- sion to this country gave added interest. The White House, in readiness for its great event, showed a marked sim- plicity with less floral display than in former administrations and elsewhere was the suggestion of the taste of the new Mistress of the mansion. Reads Portrait Inscription. The prime minister read in the in- scription placed under the full length of the portrait of George Washington, which Mrs. Hoover has had hung in the east room. “This is the portrait cut from its frame by Dolly Madison dur-; ing the invasion of the British,” with- out the quiver of an eyelid. The Marine Band Orchestra was stationed in the marble foyer, and after the guests had assembled in the blue room, the President and Mrs. Hoover followed their usual custom of greeting, after which the President and Lady Isabella Howard, Mrs. Hoover and the Vice President, Sir Esme Howard and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, the prime minister and Mrs. Stimson, the Secretary of State and Miss Ishbel Mac- donald entered the state dining room. State Dining Room Showed California Influence. The narrow table was built in horse- shoe shape, the host and hostess sitting opposite the center of the bend and be- tween them the handsome gold plaque with gay pink roses and pink snapdrag- ons adding color. At intervals about the table were vases of flowers and very much in evidence was the gold consoles with the giant bunches of large and glossy_grapes from California, the na- tive State of the President and Mrs. Hoover. These decorations of the din- ing table are characteristic of the present hosts at the Executive Mansion and in keeping with the expression of the admiration for their State is the picture of the mountains of California, which is hung over the mantel in th state dining room. a loan from the Na- tional Gallery. The gold service of the President’s house was used with the service plates of the Woodrow Wilson administration and conspicuous at each place were large golden soup spoons, showing the return of the soup plate replacing the more recent boullion cup. The handsome side tables, held by large handsomely carved spread-eagles of mahogany, bore the cut glass finger bowls, the coat-of-arms of the United States cut in the bottom and a rose geranium leaf in each bowl. In the west window to the south end of the room stood a radio, although the Ma- rine Band orchestra played from its usual place in the corridor. The ar- rangement of the flowers in the other rooms was somewhat different from more recent administrations, there being a predominance of foliage rather than flowers. In the red room clusters of pink roses and white cosmos were on the mantel and in the windows tall palms and dainty ferns. The blue room had its customary white roses mingled with white cosmos blossoms, which were in blue vases on the man- tel, and the round space before the south windows was filled with palms and ferns. In the green room there were similar clusters of white roses and cosmos to the flowers in the red room. The east room shows many changes, the portraits of the first President, George Washington, and Mrs. Washing- ton having been moved there from the red room. The mantels in this room had no added decorations, but in the tall vases before the east window were deep red roses and ferns. Mr. Louis Richard: a harpsichord recital in the east room following the dinner. Guests Seated at . State Dining Table. The list of guests were the Vice Presi- dent, Mr. Charles Curtis, and his sister, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann; the Ambas- sador of Great Britain and Lady Isa-| bella Howard, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson, the Minister of Can- | ada and Mrs. Massey, the Minister of | the Irish Free State, Mr. Michael Mnc-i White; Mr. Justice James B. McRey- Lord Arnold, Sir Robert Van ‘Mr. Robert L. Craigie, Mr. Tom the Secretary of the Treasury,! Mr. Mellon; the Secretary of War and Mrs. Good, the Attorney General and Mrs. Mitchell, the Postmaster General and Mrs. Brown, the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Adams, the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Wilbur, the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Hyde, the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Lamont, the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Davis, Senator and Mrs. Willam E. Borah, Senator Joseph T. inson, Senator and Mrs. James E. Watson, Senator Frederick Hale, Senator George H. Moses, Representative Stephen G. Porter, Representative John Q. Tilson, the chief of naval operations, Admiral Charles F. Hughes, and Mrs. Hughes; the chief of staff, United States Army, Gen. Charles P. Summerall, and Mrs. Summerall; former Secretary of State and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, former Secretary of State and Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg, former Postmaster General and Mrs. Harry S. New, former Secretary of Agricuiture and Mrs. William M. Jardine, the Undersecretary of State and Mrs. Joseph P. Cotton, the Undersecre- tary of the Treasury and Mrs. Ogden L. Miils, the solicitor general, Mr. Charles Evans Hughes, jr.; the Secretary to the President and Mrs. Walter H. Newton, former Attorney General, Mr. George W. Wickersham, now chairman of the President’s commission for the study of crime; the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. William R. Castle, jr.; the Assistant Secretary of War and Mis. Patrick J. Hurley, the Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy, M- = Jahncke; the Assistant Secretary . Commerce and Mrs. Julius Klein; the chief of the In- dian division of the Interior Depart- ment_and Mrs. Charles J. Rhoads, for- mer United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James and Mrs. Alanson B. ‘Houghton, former United States Am- bassador to the Court of St. James and | | { i s of California gave | | Washington. 16.W. L. TO HONOR BRITISH PREMIER Distinguished Audience Will Witness Bestowal of De- gree Tomorrow. Members of the diplomatic corps, the cabinet,, the Supreme Court and Con- gress will attend the Fall convocation of the George Washington University tomorrow morning, when the Right Hon. James Ramsay Macdonald, prime from the university the honorary de- gree of dgctor of laws. The ceremonies will take place in Memorial Continental Hall. Eighty-three degrees will be con- ferred in course upon graduates of varfous schools of the university. Promptly at 11 o'clock the academic procession will enter the hall, the grad- uates marching first, followed by the faculties of the university, the deans, members of the board of trustees, the President of the University, Prime Min- ister Macdonald and Secretary of State Stimson. Ts the prim meinister and his party come on the platform the British national anthem will be played. Rev. Dr. Joseph Richard Sizoo of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church will offer the invocation. The president of the university will then proceed to the conferring of degrees. Dr. Willlam Allen Wilbur, provost of the university. will introduce the deans, who will pre- sent candidates for degrees in the fol- lowing orders: Dean Charles E. Hill for Columbian College, Dean William Cabel Van Vieck for the Law School, Dean John R. Lapham for the School of En- ginereing, Dean Willlam Carl Ruediger for the School of Education, Dean Louis F. Bradley for the School of Pharmacy, Dean George N. Henning for the Grad- uate School of Letters and Sciences. Following the conferring of degrees, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of the university, will give a brief address. After Dr. Marvin's charge to the grad- uates the conferring of the honorary degree upon Prime Minister Macdonald will take place. Rev. Augustus Tabor Murray will pro- nounce the benediction. The exercises will close with the playing of the na- tional anthem. The audience will remain standing in | place until the academic procession has left the hall. U. S. LABOR GROUP GREETED BY CANADA Federation Session in Toronto Re- ceives Fraternal Welcome From Comrades Beyond the Border. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, Ontario, October 8 (#).— Representatives of _organized labor bodies all over the United States, as- sembling today with fraternal repre- sentatives of the Canadian and British labor movements, opened the forty- ninth annual convention of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor. Two brief ses- sions enabled the formalities of organi- zation, of committee appointments, and | the acceptance of annual reports to be | g0t out of the way of the protracted business sessions that will follow. William Green, president of the fed- eration, brought most of his big audi- ence to its feet when he digressed in the course of response to the welcom- ing speeches made the convention by Toronto City and Canadian federal and srovincial officials to mention the Wash- ington visit of Ramsay Macdonald, British premier. The labor spokesman said he represented the unanimous sen- timent of labor organizations in “wish- ing Premier Macdonald Godspeed on his mission,” which he declared to have the purpose of “‘establishing instrumen- :alities of peace,” and bring about “free- dom from war and human waste that labor has always opposed.” The applause which followed gave | the gathering its most animated mo- ment of the day. In accordance with settled custom of federation gatherings, the full report of its executive body, dealing with all the problems of the labor world, and the issues of policy In its field, was read in summary to the delegates, and then sectionally, divided amorg its com- mittees for fuller consideration. Two full stops of a day in a con- vention procedure have been arranged— one for Wednesday of this week, when delegates will pe the guests of the On- tario provincial government in a visit to Niagara Falls, and the other (ne week later, when Premier Mncdonald is sched- uled to visit Toronto on his return from STORE OWNER FINED $50, FOR VIOLATING LABOR LAW | Convicted of Denying Woman Em- ploye Time to Procure Lunch ‘While on Duty. Joseph C. Picard, owner of & mil- linery store in the 600 block of North Capitol street, was convicted of a sec- ond-offense violation of the law in regard to the employment of women and sentenced to pay $50 by Police Judge Robert E. Maitingly at Police Court. The judge imposed the mini- mum fine on the map, ni"i’n[ that he ;vu not wholly in sympathy with this aw. Three Government employes testified that Picard had employed Marian Rutherford from 7:30 o'clock in the minister of Great Britain, will receive by | riment. TRAVELS 5,000 MILES WITHOUT AUTO TAGS Illinois Car Owner Is Seized in Washington and Told to Get License Plates. After traveling 5,000 miles without li- cense utphm on his car, Earl G. Srown- ing Savanna, ois, was arrested while passing through Washington last night, locked up and haled into traffic court y. B ing said that before leaving his home town, early in September, he ap- plied for “tags” for his car, but left on his trip before the plates arrived. He sald that he went from St. Louis to Los Angeles and back across the southern part of the country. He was arrested only twice prior to his entry into this city, and was turned loose both times. ‘The man had nothing to show that the car belonged to him. No registra- ion card, no driver’s permit or bill of sale. The case being a most unusual one,T raffic Judge Given first was at a loss to decide what to do with the man. He later decided to hold him and his car and give Browning an oppor- tunity to get his “tags” from his home State. The judge sald that he could either do this or apply for Washington license plates and a local driver's per- mit and take the car out of the city in _this way. Policeman L. T. Johnson of the traffic bureau arrested the man at Sixth and P streets last night. BRITAIN FOLLOWS SHEARER INQUIRY English Press Scoffs at ““Secret Document” as “Musty Joke.” By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 8.—Owing to the coincidence with Anglo-American naval conversations, the revelations of the investigation of the activities of Willlam B. Shearer, allegedly in the interests of American shipbuilders, have been fol- lowed in England with tne closest in- terest because of the bearing on the general naval situation. Correspondents in Washington of British newspapers have reported the investigation fully, naturally including the alleged secret ‘document purporting to have been sent by Sir Willlam Wise- man to David Lloyd George, former premier. ‘This aspect of the inquiry has aroused no serious attention, how- ever, and Mr. Lloyd George has not thought it necessary to make the slight- est public allusion to it. Apart from the fact that Sir William immegdiately repudiated the document, it already was a rather musty joke and the whole episode was treated by the British press as a mere subject for mer- The alleged document was said to have had its genesis in New York. The weekly New Statesman in com- menting on the affair said: “As a matter of fact, Wiseman gives the docu- ment a dignity it does not deserve when he describes it as a forgery. It is not a forgery, but a ‘jeu d'esprit’ written 10 years ago as a satire upon Lord Northcliffe and other forms of British propaganda during the war and was chiefly amusing because of its use of dozens of familiar names. “There was no mystery about its authorship and character, but it was treated gravely by such papers as the Gaelic-American and it played its part in the reasoning of Irish and German feelings.” CROP STABILIZATION POSITION IS DEFINED Farm Board Chairman Advocates Division Into Two Classes in Letter to McNary. Byxlhe Associated Press. n_a letter defining the ition of the Farm Board on crop smmnmm today, Chairman Legge said stabilizs tion should be divided into two classes: That conducted by co-operatives under ordinary conditions and that conducted by the board under extraordinary cir- cumstances. ‘The letter, written to Chairman Mc- Nary of the Senate agriculture commit- tee, continued that in the emergency situation the Government would stand losses, if they occurred. Legge said the letter was written be- cause a reading of the testimony .be- fore the committee last week disclosed the *subject of stabilization is not very clearly expressed” by the board mem- bers who discussed it, because ques- tions and answers were so disconnected. The Farm Board chairman declared his communication could be accepted as the position of the board as a whole. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL LIFE ELEMENTS, TOPIC - Biological Proce Discussed " by London Ecientist and Future Results Outlined. That life will eventually be resolved into its several chemical and physical processes seems more and more certain. All biological processes are falling into caterogies in one of these other sci- ences. The modern conception of life, as stated by Prof. F. G. Donnon in “Scientia” and reviewed in “Nature” (London), is as follows: “He points out that physiological ob- morning until 6 o'clock at night without glving the woman any lunch time. Picard denied this, saying that his rec- ords showed that Miss Rutherford had been employed from 8 o'clock until 5 o'clock, with an hour off for lunch on September 19, the date that the viola- tion was alleged to have taken place. e BARRISTERS’ CLUB MEETS. Norman B. Frost Elected President of Young Lawyers. The Barristers Club, composed of the unger members of the District bar, held its annual meeting at the Cosmos Club last evening. ter hearing the reports of Harry A, Grant on the enter- tainment committee and of F. Regis Noel on legal ald committee, the club elected officers for the coming year. Mrs. John W. Davis, the chief of the European division of the State Depart- ment, Mr. J. Theodore Marriner; Mr. and Mrs. Julius Barnes, Mr. Edward F. McGrady and Capt.” Allan Buchanan and Col. Campbell B. Hodges, naval and military aides to the President. TREATED FOR FACE INJURY Young Woman Accuses Marine as Her Assailant. Lillian Anderson. 23 years old, of 707 Sixth street, was treated at Emergency Hospital last night for lacerations about the face, inflicted, she told police, by & marine with whom she had had an ar- gument near Union Station. ‘The young woman furnished police of No. 6 precinct the name of her alleged assailant, saying she would swear out & warrant for him later, She was dis- charged after treatment at the hospital, where she was taken by a passing mo- Norman B. Frost was chosen presi- dent to succeed Thomas G. Walsh. Other officers elected were: Edmund L. servation has shown much of the free- dom and spontneity of life to be more apparent than real. The living being neither destroys nor creates energy; it obeys the physical law of the conserva- tion ollen:rn. ltfl;r is a lving thing a magical source of free energy or spon- taneous action; its life and activity are ruled and controlled by the amount of free energy in its immediate environ- ment, and it lives and acts by virtue of this. That is to say, it obeys the so- called second law of thermodynamics. Yet there is more than this in life. The unit of living” matter, the cell, builds up & whole which is greater than its parts. Whether the understanding of the specific finalistic manifestations of this whole will be explained on present- day hypo! or may demand the hypothesis of some new form of energy, the understanding will ultimately con- sist in something that permits of exact ‘measurement and of precise expression in mathematical form, even though for the latter pu: a new form of math- ematics may have to'be invented.” Jones, vice lent; Lowry N. Coe, secretary; Clifford P. Grant, treasurer. The names of James C. Wilkes, Jerome F. Barnard and George E. Hamilton, 3:‘.‘ u::re added to the executive com- JURIST IS KILLED. Iowan Dies on Way to Review of Parade. DES MOINES, Iowa, October 8 (#).— Judge Herman Z. Zeuch of the Pok County District Court was killed here late y when he fell through a panel of a glass canopy over -the en- trance to Register and Tribune Building. Judge Zeuch and Gov. John Ham- mill were to occupy c on the ean- opy to review an parade, - ARMY-NAVY GAME HOPE HAS GONE GLIMMERING By the Associated Press. Hopes that Secretaries Good an Adams held of bringing West Point and Annapolis together in a post-season foot ball game this year have failed of fruition. Good said he and Adams had dis- 'ndents of over the eligibility of foot ball players. Even should an agreement be reached soon, he said, it would be im- mlmwthmwpuy N-z use of ‘& post-season wit Stanford University on the Coast and » full schedule. MISS MACDONALD 10 “HEAR” SOUTH Music Arranged for Prime Minister’s Daughter at the "Library of Congress. By the Associated Press, Ishbel, daughter of the Prime Min- ister Macdonald of Great Britain, to-| day turned to Southern music for new slant on American culture. She accepted an invitation ‘to go to the Library of Congress, where a pro- gram of Southern negro and Kentucky folk songs had been arranged. Mrs. Hoover, Lady Isabella Howard, wife of the British Ambassador, and Miss Ishbel made up the official party to the concert, to which about 500 persons had been invited. Expresses Beauty. At a press conference today, Miss Macdonald saild she had never seen anything so beautiful as the State din- ner at the White House. She was especially enthusiastic over the Dolly l{ndlxon gold and mirrored center plece. “I have never seen anything like it before,” she said. “It was beaiitiful.” She told reporters she had been per- mitted to arrange today's program as she liked and that she certainly wished to go to the Children’s Bureau and that she also wanted to view the art collec- tion of Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, if time permitted. No log in mountain nook, but =a luncheon table in a secluded club corner has been selected to serve Miss Mac- donald tomorrow at a noon forum of iiiternational friendship. Yet plans have been made to accord her the same freedom of expression on the subject closest to her heart that her famous father enjoyed at the mountain camp of President Hoover in Virginia. * High-Rank Hostesses. She will be guest of the two highest- ranking women officials of the United States Department of Labor, Miss Grace Abbot of the Children’s Bureau and Miss Mary Anderson of the Women's Bureau. Her greatest interest is the welfare of laboring women and the education of childre Her luncheon with the Labor Dephrtment women is the one engagement she has accepted outside those which naturally arose from her father's program. To give her a real opportunity to get first-hand information on social welfare i work in America, the guest list has been made very small, permitting the ques- tion and answer method of table conver- sation. It is limited to women of high official position, conversant with eondi- tions in England as well as in America, and able to meet Miss Macdonald on her own ground in frank and friendly dis- cussion. No speeches are to be made. The Scotch girl's activities today were calculated to round out a rather com- plete cross-section of American life as background for her querles tomorrow. She had an engagement to have lunch- eon with her father at the Canadian legation. This presented an opportunity to chat with two of America's Congress- women, Representatives Ruth Bryan gwekn of Florida and Ruth Pratt of New ork. ‘The luncheon list numbered 42, many of them specialists in reflecting varied phases of economic, political and social conditions here. The reception to follow the dinner at the British embassy to- night was planned to permit Miss Mac- donald to meet face to face a large num- ber of representative Washingtonians. Visits Children’s Clinic. Ishbel slipped away from the pomp and ceremony of official doings yester- day to spend more than an hour at a model school and clinic for children. Dropping her role of official visitor to assume that of investigator in the work she holds dear—the educational phase of social service—she left the White House shortly after luncheon, accom- panied only by one of the secretaries of the President’s wife d an aide. The prime minister's daughter had an engagement for tea at Woodley, the home of Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, wife of the Secretary of State, and after that the state dinner at the White House. She had not had one free mo- ment during the morning after return ing from the President’s camp with Mrs, Hoover, for it had been filled with a visit to Congress and luncheon in the Executive Mansion. i At the school, the Washington Child Research Center, Dr. Louise Stanley, director of the Home Economics Bureau of the Agriculture Department, met the speclal guests and ushered them into a room in which about 25 children play every day, while highly trained psy- chologists and teachers study from their actions the most propitious aids in training children to develop with “free opportunity”—as the director explained, ‘5;‘ use the play materjals set before | them. \ ! Taught to Say “Mother.” A 16-month-old girl adopted by Dr. Stanley was among the children the visitors found playing in a yard at the back of the building. The group was busy as bees playing in a specially con- structed pergola and on a long pile, :le!nl on a chute, choosing their own ys. Upstairs Miss Macdonald found a psychologist giving a 3-year-old boy a mental test. “Say ‘mamma,’” the psychologist di- rected. Miss Macdonald smiled widely as the boy answered: “I don't. I've been taught at home to say ‘mother.’” PARLEY INVITATIONS INDICATE SUBMARINES WILL BE DISCARDED (Continued From First Page.) Lapointe is in London now atendin the conference on dominions legisl: tion, which opened today. DISLIKES SUBMARINE CLAUSE. Italy Views Craft Necessary for Nation ‘With Long Coast Lines, ROME, October 8 (#).—An accord between England and America on naval affairs will be greeted in Italy by “ad- hesion and with reserves,” the influen- tial newspaper, Giornale D'Italia, said lay. It adds that although Italy desires peace and limitation of armaments, she will have something to say about submarines. ‘The newspaper considers submarines & defensive arm necessary for nations like Italy, which have a long coast line to guard and insufficient finances to protect it with many costly surface vessels. ‘Tevere, Rome daily, in an editorial today purported to see the welding of an Anglo-Saxon hegem in the Hoover-Macdonald conversations. in imperialism, “ a elements sapping the very basis of our Mediterranean conception of life,” the paper sald Europe did not heed this, but Mr. Macdonald was aware of it and so had made a final effort to avert d|® shock and conmc\mm his own gov- ernment, ““Therefore,” the paper said, “behold this new Anglo-Saxon system which wishes to become the center of the political universe. “Non-Anglo-Saxon powers must now mt.e tl themselves to becoming obedient sal tes in this new universe. * * * of tentat axis,’ 40 Youths Marry Women Between 30 And 50 in Britain By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 8.—A large number of marriages between youths and women of mature years is one of the oddities in the registrar’s review for 1928, which was published yesterday. A score of men aged 20 marries women of 30, and a like number of men of 22 married women be- "I,;!hlz 40 u'nd Ml years ormlle'- most popular marrying age appears to be 23. The number of divorces last year, 4,018, was the highest on reco: FIVE-POWER NAVAL ATTENDANCE HELD FOREGONE SURETY (Continued From First Page.) is understood, the scope of the agree- ments which have already been reached by the British and American govern- ments in regard to naval limitation. Dispatches from London assert that the invitation lists' all categories of naval vessels which are to be conside: at the conference. They say, too, ’that there is expressed a willingness on the rt of Britain and America to discuss formally and through diplomatic channels with the other nations measures to aid in preparation for the conference. Mr, Macdonald’s frank statement, made in the Senate~of the United States yesterday, that parity between his country and this in the matter of naval strength had been fully agreed to, continued today to be a matter in which members of the Senate are par- ticularly interested. Indeed, the whole address of the British premier was the subject of favorable comment at the Capitol. Acceptances Predicted. From Paris/have come reports that acceptance of the British invitation to attend the projected naval conference will be forthcoming. Italy, also, is expected to agree to the conference, and it has been known all along, it is sald, that Japan would accept. The detalls of the invitation. it is understood, were discussed with the terms of the Anglo-American accord | on naval limitation as it affected the two nations, at the conversations be- tween President Hoover and Mr. Mac- | donald at the President's mountain camp in Virginia. The final draft hav- ing been approved, word was cabled to London, and the invitations then issued. So far there has been issued only a brief statement by the President and Mr. Macdonald regarding their conver- sations. It is possible that a further and longer statement may be issued before Mr. Macdonald leaves Wash- ington. ‘There is not the slightest doubt that both the President and Mr. Macdcnald have been well satisfied with the results of these conversations and with the personal contact brought about by Mr. Macdonald’s visit to Washington and | the White House. Mr. Macdonald be- lleves that all possibility of misunder- standing between Britain and America have now been averted. He sees an advantage, not only to the two na- ticns, but to the whole world, in the establishment of even friendlier rela- tions than have existed in the past. Guesses Are Hazarded. Many guesses have been hazarded regarding the topics which were dis- cussed by the British premier and the President at the latter's camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is under- stood that the conversations covered a There were some subjects " among them the entry of the United States into the League of Nations, the World Court, the Ameri- can protective tariff and the war debts. But there was still left a long list of subjects in which both nations are greatly interested, in addition to naval limitation, including the failure to date to renew the expired arbitration treaty between the two nations, shipment of liquor from British possessions to America, trade rivalry, and possibly the question’ of the freedom of the seas. Because of his visit to President Hoover’s camp, the stay of the prime minister in this country has been lack- ing in ceremonial affairs, except for official calls, until last night, when Mr. Macdonald and Miss Macdonald were the guests of honor at a dinner given in the White House by President and Mre. Hoover, attended by a large num- ber of America’s most important offi- clals and distinguished citizens. Dinner at Embassy. ‘Tonight the second large formal din- ner in honor of the British party will be given by Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, and Lady Howard at the British embassy. The American highest in official rank who will attend this dinner is Secretary Stimson of the State Department, for long established custom in the diplomatic corps fixes that matter. ~Tomorrow night, Mr. Macdonald is to attend a dinner given by Mr. Stimson at Woodley, his home. This will be a stag dinner, owing to the fact that Mrs. Stimson has not been in good health, Mr. and Miss Macdonald were guests at luncheon today of the Canadian Minister, Vincent Massey, and Mrs. Massey. FRENCH HEALTH LAW AROUSES OPPOSITION Reform in Many Interior Depart- ments Declared to Be Necessary. ‘There is general dissatisfaction in France with the measures taken by the local authorities for the protection of public health, and there is a proposal before the chamber, writes the Paris correspondent of the London Sunday Observer, to alter the law on the sub- Jject. Those who visit France and stay only in Paris or one of the three or four big towns, or else in the watering places of the coast and’ the interior, have little opportunity of observing how very baskward France still is in these respects. ‘There are whole departments where there is not a single town or village with a drainage system, or any kind of municipal organization for the disposal of refuse, and the polution of rivers is universal and unchecked. The trouble appears to be that the whole matter is left in the hands of the maire, and the maire—especially in a rural commune —Iif often either entirely ignorant on the subject, or else hesitates to enforce upon his electors the adoption of sani- tary measures which would be cor sidered to interference"that he would chance of becomtnf. yet there is a minister of hygiene and & special committee in the chamber, and also in the Senate, to look after these matters. ave litt] maire again. And — ROOSEVELT TAKES OFFICE. Inaugural Ceremonies Are Held for New Porto Rico Governor. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, October 8 (#)—An inaugural ball and reception in the Municipal Theater last night ended the first day in Porto Rico of Gov. Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt/ Yesterday afternoon, following upon the inaugural ceremonies carried out in the morning despite a heavy rail which curtailed some of the program, mmfl or attended horse races at the Hipodromo and awarded the “Roosevelt Cup” to the winner of the 1lsature race, be such an ul neceslll%| ' WDONALD SPEECH ERASES U.S. DOUBT Premier’s Plea for Co-ogera- tion in Peace Cause Strikes Home in Senate. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ‘The applause of the United States Senate for the declarations made by Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald still is ringing in the ears of officlal Wash- ington. A ‘To say that the speech of the British Prime minister was a sensation is to put it mildly. Not since the memorable days when President Wilson addressed the Senate in the middle of the war on the foundations of peace has there been a scene of greater significance in world affairs. If there had been any doubts that Great Britain means to stop the race for competitive armament, it was erased by Mr, Macdonald’s pledge given unre- servedly. His plea for personal contact between governments, and his insistence that a “public psychology” be created so that problems of peace and armament could be solved successfully, was like a breath of fresh air. Frankness Strikes Home. ‘The voice of liberalism has been stilled more or less in the last few years, ( particularly with the discussion of a big navy, more cruisers and a higher ele- vation of guns. Mr. Macdonald’s frank- ness struck home and the Senate ap- plauded because they believed the prime minister of Great Britain spoke not merely for himself but for & friendly people. He knew that he must at the outset dismiss any idea of an alllance, but that he must speak only of under- standings and co-operation in the cause of peace. He sensed exactly the spirit of the American Congress when he pointedly remarked that the British at- titude toward America today *“is the free, open, intellectually and spiritually attracted co-operation of friends.” Mr. Macdonald’s speech before the Senate was indeed a triumph of per- sonal diplomacy. His tribute to M. Briand of France and the late Gustav Stresemann of Germany was no less tactful than his careful use of words in referring to the future relations of the United States and Great Britain. For a long time to come the “vords of Prime Minister Macdonald will re- main in the minds of the United States Senate. It will allay the activities of those groups which might be expected to oppose ratification of the naval agreement. If there is a weakness at all in the position of the prime minister it is the thought suggested here and there on this side of the Atlantic that the British Labor government and M Macdonald may be politically ove thrown at any time. To offset this, British_officials here declare that the entire British nation is a unit on the policy of better reations, with the United States and a naval agreement and that before Mr. Macdonald left England former Prime Minister Bald- win united in pledging co-operation and ratification of any policy agreed | |upon between Mr. Macdonald and Mr. Hoover. Understanding Long Sought. For generations, British statesmen have tried to bring about a real under- standing with the United States. Failure to settle the Irish question kept a constant conflict between Washington and London. The creation of the Irish | Free State noticeably has diminished | anti-British agitation in the United States. Indeed, the reception given Mr. Macdonald in New York and Wash- |ington would not have been possible 15 years ago. The steady pressure of liberal elements throughout the world, j with the vision of British statesmen in | the war period, made possible the solu- } tion of the Irish question, but nobody | realized that the fruits of that settle- ment would be as quickly recognized in the development of a better under- sanding between the two English-speak- ing nations The problem now is how to trans- jlate British-American leadership in | world affairs into something practical ithat will not be misund-.stood as an ialliance or a balance of power. The forthcoming naval conference in London will have as its greatest task the im- planting into the minds of French and Italian and Japanese statesmen the idea that it is a world accord and not merely an understanding between two nations with big navies which is going to bring about the first important sequel to the anti-war treaties, namely a re- duction of armament to a point con- ! sistent with domestic safety. (Covyright. 1929 STONES ARE PLACED FOR BRIDGE EAGLES Landing of 30-Ton Pieces on Co* lumbia Island Classed as Engineering Feat. An_interesting engineering feat has just been accomplished in conjunction with the construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac! River with the putting into place of two 30-tone pleces of stone as capstones on the pylons on Columbia Island. Giant eagles will be carved out of these 30- ton pieces of stone, Maj. J. C. Mehaffey, assistant executive officer of the Arling- ton Memorial Bridge Commission, ex- plained today. C. P. Jennewein of New York has been chosen as the sculptor to produce the models for the eagles. A contract will be let in a short time to one of the firms that specializes in such work to translate the model into the stone. ‘The stormy weather of the past week delayed somewhat the putting into place of the 30-ton pieces of stone, but one piece was hoisted into position Friday and the other on Saturday. ‘While preparations are going forward to beautify the Virginia end of the bridge and link up a connecting high- way with the boulevard to Mount Ver- non, activity on the Washington side is becoming more‘ m'lrkedi' Abaut zoh(‘:n loads of granite from New Hampshire have now arrived in Washington and the material is being stored, temporarily, at Twenty-sixth and B streets. This granite will go into the water gate and parkway approach that will form the magnificent Washington terminus of the beautiful span. 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The federation will determine the date and place of the next convention during the present session. - PREMIER DECLINES MORNING WORKOUT Joins President and “Medi- cine Ball Cabinet” After Exercise Period. Premier Macdonald did not accept President Hoover's invitation to join him and the other members of the medicine ball cabinet in their play in the rear grounds of the White House this morn- ing. The President and his little band went through their morning game re- gardless. They had finished and were seated in the little nook beneath the magnolia trees near the steps of the south portico, finishing their coffee and toast, when the prime minister and his daughter appeared at the foot of the steps. 1t 15 understood that the latter had looked on at the antics of the Presi- dent and his friends while engaged in thelr game from the upper porch of the rear portico. They were presented to the athletes by the President and chatted for a few moments before a stroll about the rear grounds while awalling breakfast. Real Friendship Develops. ‘The President retired to his room and changed his attire and a few min- utes after 8 o'clock the President and Mrs. Hoover and their distinguished house guests were enjoying the morning meal. The ,prime minister and the President sat and chatted as they smoked for a half hour or so after breakfast, and then the President ex- cused himself and went to his desk in the executive office and the prime minister to the sitting room of his suite on the second floor. By prearrange- ment they are not likely to confer to any great extent during the remainder of “today. It is plainly evident when these two men are together that during the short while they have been with each other they have developéd a real friendship jand act as if they had known each other for many years. When the prime minister arose after a pleasant sleep upon the huge bed formerly used by Abraham Lincoln, and ich_measures 9 feet long and 6 feet wide, Mr. Macdonald sent for his per- isax?nll valet brought to this country by | him. Return to Embassy. ‘The latter shaved Mr. Macdonald. much to the disappointment of one of the White House doormen, who has shaved numerous Presidents and who is said to have been looking forward to the honor of shaving the prime min- er. suite adjoining that of her father, did not bring a maid but one was furnished her at the White House. The prime minister and his daughter. with their luggage. departed from the White House shortly after 10 o'clock | this morning to return. to the British embassy, where they will be guests until :h:y leave Washington Thursday morn- ng. The President and the Prime Min- ister have gone through the formalities of saying farewell for the time being when they parted earlier in the morn- ing, therefore Mr. Hoover did not leave his work to see his visitors to the door when they departed. Mrs. Hoover, with her usual hospitality, not only accom- panied the guests to the door, but escorted them out upon the front portico and waved a fond farewell as their au- tomobile drove away. Miss Ishbel, however, returned to the ‘White House for Mrs. Hoover an hour later to accompany her and Lady Isa- bella Howard to & musicale at the Con- gressional Library. EDUCATIONAL. Weel ICLE_SCHOOL Boarding—6th Successful Year _Day. “Girls from Kindergarten through High School’ (Little_Boys to 8th Grade). = Know that your child is correctly sraded and ade- quately taught. or school time and monesy are wasted. Certificated Teachers, Music, French, Dance. School Cuisine. Mrs. Sim: Day children can_come eariy and remain il dark, getting hot luncheon. 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In his first public statement on the Virginia gubernatorial campaign since the regular Democratic and anti-Smith Democrat-Republican candidates took the field, Bishop James Cannon, jr., chairman of the Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, today said the issue at stake was: “Shall the men who not only be- trayed the cause of prohibition in the last election for the sake of a partisan victory, but who also denounced, slan- dered and villified as ‘traitors,’ ‘bigots’ and ‘hypocrits’ those men and women who had put moral convictions above party regularity—shall these men now, unrepentent and unashamed, be re- warded for such despicable conduct by electing them to positions where they may exultingly proclaim their vindica- tion and again, in 1932, betray the cause of prohibition if political expe- diency demands it?” Criticizes Candidate Pollard. Opposing Dr. John Garland Pollard as “the nominee of the Smith-Raskob State Democratic organization,” Can- non asked, “Can anti-Smith Democrats vote for such men with any regard for : consistency or personal self-respect?” “I cannot,” he answered. Bishop Cannon would not discuss re- ports that he would take the stump. He plans to disclose later whether today's statement is preparatory to such a step or is intended to take the place of a series of campaign speeches. The statement bristled with denunci- ation of “Raskobian liberalism.” He denied that in taking his position he became a Republican. “I still remain an independent Dem- ocrat,” he asserted, wear the wringing-wet collar of Ras- kobian liberalism and calling upon my fellow Democrats to rescue the Demo- cratic party from the inevitable disin- tegration and destruction which must follow the continuance of the present leadership.” Urges Election of Brown. Cannon called for the election of Dr. Willlam Mosely Brown, the anti-Smitl Democrat-Republican nominee, recall- ing that he had “rendered exceedingly eflective personal and platform service™” during the last presidential campaign against the Democratic nominee. He said Brown was a “convinced advocate of prohibition” and “a g mixer” with a “practical outlook on life.” Cannon’s 5.000-word statement dealt at length with the 1928 political cam- paign. Describing John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee, as “a Roman Catholic, Knight of Columbus and a chamberlain of the Pope’s household.” Cannon said he had “deliberately insulted the Prot- estant ministers of the South, especfally naming the Methodists, by declaring they would be muzzled in the expression of ‘their opposition to Smith by the threat that prominent church members would withhold their contributions if they did not keep silen Punishment Enough. TRENTON. N. J. 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