Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1931, Page 5

BSHOPURGES .S - TO FOSTER PACE Freeman, in Speech at Wilson Tomb, Cites War Presi- dent’s Efforts. Standing before the tomb of Woodrow ‘Wilson, in Bethlehem Chapel of the ‘Washington Cathedral, the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing- ton, yesterday called upon the United States to do its part in bringing peace and order out of the present chaotic state of the world. Bishop Freeman spoke in the Ar- mistice day service sponsored by the ‘Washingtda Woodrow Wilson Armistice Day Committee. The service w. at- temded by relatives and friends of the war-time President, including his ‘widow. Bishop Freeman said, in part “The late President Wilson did not claim infallibility of judgment as his own and yet as we reflect today upon his brilliant career, with its excelling qualities of intellect, we see in him tne certain evidences of rare statesmanship that gives him permanent place among the good and the great “With clear vision he saw the grow- ing need of ties that must bind nation to nation in a great confederation. He envisioned a new world order where the arbitrament of arms should give place to calm and quiet counsel. He seemed to see on the horizon a new day where, in truth, the Prince of Peace should be universally regnant in the hearts of men. He strove, when physically im- paired, strove even when the chilling hand of death was upon his brow, for that which his comprehending vision believed was for the lasting good of all mankind. Did Not Heed His Call. “We did not heed his call and he went to his death declaring, ‘I would rather go down to defeat today for a cause that will ultimately triumph, than to triumph today in a cause that will ultimately know defeat’ Thus we deal with our chosen leaders. They rarely command us in life, we come to appraise their worth only when the events of the passing years confirm their judgment and crown their lives with the diadem of immortality. Amer- ica pauses again today to consider what her place is in the sisterhood of na- tions. As we stand here in this sacred lace we ;lo not propose a panacea for he ills of a distraught and distracted world. This is a question for highly conscientious and far-seeing statesmen to determine. It is ours to affirm that, a condition confronts us that is frre- sistibly drawing us, ever against our will, into the council chamber where world affairs are being determined. “Our very economic and 4ndustrial flls we cannot cure, of and by our- selves. The world has grown too small, its fellowships too intimate, its contacts too close for us to think in terms of proud isolation. We cannot, even if we would, have either our misfortunes or our prosperity to ourselves. The vir- tues and the vices of a people in one place today become the virtues and the vices of other and more remote peoples tomorrow. No nation liveth to_itself. The misfortunes and disasters of Berlin, Paris, London and Tokio have their re- percussions in our life, and our values rise cr fall with the markets of the world. It is becoming increasingly evi- dent now that better standards of judg- ment and practice are being demanded today, and that America must, if she would fulfill what her most far-seeing statesmen have desired, take her full part in bringing order and peace out of the present world chacs. World @eace is as much our concern as that of the European powers. ‘“‘America for Americans” may be a popular political slogan, but in a world such as ours is today we cannot abdicate our responsi- bility by prosecuting with selfish zeal our own devices, and living independ- ently and apart from our neighbors. Excess of Nationalism Perilous. THE EVENING Armistice Ball Winners LD BILL and his two pals of Armistice day jubilee ball last are shown above depicted by ( O well, 2017 Massachusetts avenue. BETTER 'OLE COSTUMES WIN FIRST AWARD. “Better 'Ole” fame were adjudged the most striking and original portrayals at the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ night at Washington Auditorium. They left to right) Willlam Mann, 2324 Tracy place; Heywood Newbold, 2339 Massachusetts avenue, and John Cas- —Underwood Photo. By the Associated Press. (&) November 12.—When you do such things as read this news- but tiny fragments of split seconds. ‘These tiny fragments were measured by Frank K. Moss, research engineer in the lighting laboratory at Nela Park here He found them to range in size from seven to fifteen hundredths of a second. As you read a printed line your eye moves and stops at short in- tervals. While the eye is in motion it “picks up” the reading matter, but the connection with the brain is shut off. While the eye moves until it has “picked up” all it can hold, or, in other words, until you “get an eye full,” the connection to the brain is broken. Measured by Eye. ‘You are blind, Moss discovered, about three-tenths of a second at a time. The eye eccurately measures this in- terval, and, he said, if you don't pick up what you have read in that length of time you probably would be unable to_read. In conducting this experiment Moss used an accurately timed rotating dise, painted white on a white background and pierced in the center with two parallel slits. How the vision lagged behind the actual position of the par- allel slits in relation to the horizontal was made known by the subject through signals. Moss made 150,000 measurements on “An excess of nationalism in interna- tional affairs is as perilous to our in- stitutions as an excess of selfish in- dividualism in the more intimate con- cerns of our communal life. That God has made of one blood all nations to dwell together on the face of thc whole earth was declared of old, and the dic- tum of the great Master is: “Thou shalt love thy nelghbor as thyself.” His dream of a universal brotherhood still awalts its consummation, “Let us be reminded on this ann; versary that the Great War shattere forever many of the selfish schemes and devices that men had set up for their own advantage. Thrones have been sir- rendered and scepters fallen before a new order that still proceeds with irre- sistible force and power. America reckons not with these symbols of au- thority and proud distinction; hers, we believe, is the better way, but she still has much to learn and much to endure. “Hers is a responsibility and an op- portunity today that she dare not re- fuse to recognize. A new world is in the making; what shall be our con- tribution to it? Can we, with our un- matched skill rehabilitate our house- hold while the world about us lies stagnant and impoverished? Have we no concern about those beyond our secure confines, no sense of responsi- bility for the dire ills that oppress #nd destroy the happiness and peace ©of other peoples? Shall we secure to ourselves by incomparable and im- pregnable system of defense the herit- age that is ours, and in our fanciea security heed not the distress of other nations? “Such vain conclusions are out of consonance with the tendencies and drifts of life today. We are in the midst of a mighty world upheaval, and it may be that, under God, and by His divine leading, we are to be the way-preparer for those who can no Jonger find the paths that lead to hap- piness and contentment. The world's order must be restored, its peace must be secured, let us with courage to the task, with renewed zeal, freshened en- thusiasm and Christian faith.” ECONOMY NOT TO STOP NAVY’S OLYMPIC PLANS Cadidates for Athletic Events in this one subject, using varied intensi- ties of light. They were part of his efforts to determine how much light our eyes need for comfort while at work. He estimates that they need about 1. times as much as they get in customary office lighting, which averages strength that of an eight-candiepower lamp.on a sheet of paper held a foot Intensities and Effects. In the higher intensities of lighting, Moss found, the worst eyes receive the greatest increase in benefit, and the best eyes the smallest. Likewise the slowest workers receive the greatest benefit from great brilliancies, and the most rapid, the smallest. paper you are stone blind during all| in | TESTS REVEAL EVER YBODY BLIND IN FLUTTERS DURING READING Brain Connections Broken for Fragments of Second as Vision Sweeps Printed Lines and Accurately Measures Lost Spaces. | Another peculiar phenomenon of the | eye, Moss discovered. is that it increases in accuracy and rapidity of action after a day of hard work. He found, moreover, that it is an ex- | tremely accurate measuring instrument, able, at a distance of 14 inches, to de- tect a difference in length of four one- thousandths of an inch. INEW LIGHTING SYSTEM ILLUMINATES MONUMENT Entire Shaft Bathed in Rays Final Step in Air Safety Pro- gram Is Taken. The Washington Monument was il- luminated for the first time last night by the newly installed floodlights around its base. While minor adjustments may be necessary, the actual turning on of the {lluminating system marks the final step in installation, which followed nu- merous ‘tests to determine the best equipment. ‘The sides of the shaft are illumined by the floodlights; searchlights focus on the tip, making the entire monument visible to aviators, who have com- plained that the unlighted monument was a hazard to flying. The lights were turned on at dusk last night at the order of Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, as a feature of Armis- | tice day. The Monument is to be light- ed permanently, Col. Grant said. MERCATOR GLOBE IN U, S. iFirst Sphere of World to Show America Is in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA (N.AN.A.) —The globe that first put America on the map is owned by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach of Philadelphia. Intended as a gift for the Emporer Charles V, it is almost 400 years old and was made by the famous geographer and map maker Mercator. | | Complete With Tubes Easy Payments on Light Bills HEAR STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. ITHOUSANDS REVEL AT VETERANS' FETE Auditorium Packed With Hi- larious Throng for Armi- stice Day Event. ‘Washington turned back the hands of its clock 13 years last night and re-enacted, with all the abandonment of the Paris boulevards, the rampant ;ggrslt of that first Armistice day in Like the recent city-wide Halloween carnival, the successful triumph scored by the Armistice Day Ball and Jubilee, which packed thousands into the Washington Auditorium for five hours of hilarious celebration, assured its repetition in years to come. Today the officers of the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars, sponsor of the colorful event, were counting beaucoup francs, ex- changed from thousands of American dollars, for the relief of disabled and destitute ex-service men and their families. From Gen. John J. Pershing, the commander in chief of the Ameri- can forces during the World War, to the humblest “buck private, this first Armistice day celebration of its kind in Washington, proved & hit from be- ginning to end. 10,000 Throng Auditorium. Approximately 10,000 people, with scarcely elbow room, were in the big Auditorium by 9 o'clock. Throughout the evening a steady stream of hu- manity passed in and out the doors, impossible to estimate the actual num- ber who joined in this care-free ob- servance. After the crowds began gradually to melt, the concessons did a land-office business, but during the midst of the hilarity it was almost impossible to spend even a franc. The appearance of Gen. Pershing, who was given @ hearty ovation, started the ball of events rolling. Gen Per- shing, the honor guest of the evening, and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams. Con- spicuous among the notables who at- tended by the hundreds was Washing- ton's newly appointed superintendent of police, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glass- ford, director general oi the jubilee, and Representative Royal C. Johnson, grand marshal. A spectacular feature was the arrivi f Harold D. DeCoe, commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who was piloted from Pittsburgh in an airplane by a war-time ace, Judge Walter B. Wanamakes of Akron, Ohio. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley, however, made the individual hit of the night. ‘The Court of Injustice, presided over by Justice Peyton Gordon, was trying in vain to hold its session and fine dis- tinguished guests distinguished prin- cipally by their dignity of bearing in the midst of the hilarity. A gendarme appeared dragging Secre- tary Hurley before the court. “You are charged with conduct be- coming to an officer,” Justice Gordon declared in pronouncing sentence. ‘Wkereupon the Secretary of War, in the manner of an Oklahoma cowboy, turned to the microphone and gave volce to a wild “Ya-hoo.” It brought down the house. The first prize was awarded to three veterans who impersonated Old Bill and his pals in “The Better 'Ole,” William Mann, Heywood Newbold and John Cas- well. H. L. Shale, a blackfaced dough- boy from Fort Washington, won the prize for the most comical costume. Another winner was E. Stayton Ely. who appeared as the “American Tour- ist.” Mrs, Laura V. Dann was instru- mental in obtaining the donation of prizes by local business firms. Judges of the evening were Lieut. Col. J. O. Mauborgne, L. M. Leiserning, Felix Mahony, Miss Ann Peebles and J. Milnor Dorey. Golden Is Chairman. Nathan D. Golden, junior vice com- mander, Veterans of Foreign Wars, was chairman of the jubilee and Maj. James W. Boyer was director of publicity. During one lull when the stage was partially cleared, members of the United States Marine Band appeared, and accompanied Miss Beverley O'Brien, who sang the “Marseillals,” ‘and Miss | Betty Grace Tucker, Spangled Banner.’ ‘The jubilee last night climaxed an all-day program in Washington de- voted to the observance of Armistice day. in “The Star Just one of many rec- ord-breaking values in the complete line of Douglas $5 shoes Genuine Scotch grain exford. Texas Oak soles with a result that it was practically | was in the box of Secretary of the Navy | THURSDAY, ELABORATE RITES | MARK ARMISTICE | Two Flags Are Presented in Maryland and Arlington Unveils Tablet. Presentation of two flags and dedica- | tion of a memorial featured Armistice !day celebrations in netrby Maryland |and Virginia. | _The memorial, bearing the names of !those from Arlington County killed in the World War, was dedicated at Clar- endon. Both flags were presented in Prince Georges County, one, an Ameri- can flag, which survived gunfire, was ‘pr!scnk'd to the county; the other, a ‘suu flag, being given the R. O. T. C. unit of the University of Maryland. |~ Patriotic exercises in schools were | held throughout Maryland and Vir- ginia during the day. FLAG 1S RETURNED. | P | Banner Carried in War Is Given to Prince Georges County. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. Novem- ber 12.—A battle-scarred American flag that was carried through several over- | seas offensives was presented to the | Prince Georges County Commissioners | vesterday and will be encased in the | court house. At Armistice day ceremionies in the Circuit Court room the flag was given to the county by Harry O. Harvey of Bladensburg, an A. E. F. veteran, who | carried it overseas. | The flag was originally given to the | Prince Georges troops by the local high | school as they left Marlboro. Miss Mae | Mulligan, who made the presentation at that time, received the flag from | Harvey yesterday. I | 1t was then turned over to the com | missioners with an address by State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer, himself an overseas veteran. Commissioner Walter M. Grimes, president of the | board, accepted the flag. Others speaking were Judge T. Van Clagett, president of the town com- | missioners of Marlboro; C. J. Banner | of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Kenneth McRea of the Hyattsville American Legion Post. J. P. Garrity, another overseas vet- eran, acted as bugler and sounded “Taps.” A concert was given by the National Training School band prior to the exercises. TABLET IS UNVEILED. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., November 12.—A tablet, on which appeared the names of | the Arlington County soldiers who lost their lives in the World War, was un- veiled here yesterday before a crowd of more than 2,000 people. The ceremony was the largest Armistioe day affair in the history of the county, The tablet was unveiled by Katherine Bruce, 13-year-old daughter of the late Robert J. Bruce, whose name appears on_the tablet. Following the unveiling, Clyde Lan- ham, State vice commander of the De- partment of Virginia, American Legion, made a brief address and then intro- duced Representative Howard W. Smith. Representative Smith declared that he “had no word to express the venera- tion and affection we all must feel for those who by their courage and sxcrifice brought a glorgous conclusion to the greatest and co$jliest of all the mighty conflicts.” The exercises were opened with sing- ing to music by the Fort Myer Band. The invocation was by the Rev. Perry L. Mitchell, pastor of the Clarendon Bap- tist Church. Two solos were sung by William Shanahan, and the Washington- Lee High School Cadet Corps Band played the closing number. REPAIR PARTS Furnaces and Boilers Fries, Beall & Sharp l 734 10th St. N.W. Y EMBER 12, 193L “Picture” Hat Changes Hands GA " GIVES BERRYMAN HIS BIG SOMBRERO. Garner abgut Capitol Hill for the past two years and has been frequently depicted in the cartoons of Clifford K. an, cartoonist of The Star, THE famous 10-gallon sombrero that had marked Representative John N. today was presented by the Democr: , who is regarded as the person most likely to sit in the Speaker's chair when the House organizes, to the cartoonist as a token of esteem. Mr. Berryman is under the hat. —Star Staff Photo. RAILROAD RECAPTURE FIGHT UP.TO COURT Richmond, Fredericksburg & Pos tomac Seeks to- Retain Profits. 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The raflroad, in its application to | BRTIH WARSHP 10 ARRVE TODAY H. M. S. Delhi Open_ to Visit- ors Tomorrow and Saturday. Soctal Plans Laid. ‘The cruiser H. M. S. Delhi, flag- ship of Vice Admiral Sir Vernon H. 8. Haggard, commander-in-chief of the America and West Indies station, British Navy, is scheduled to reach the Washington Navy Yard at 4 o'clock this afternoon. She is coming here from Hamilton. Bermuda. and will re- main until November 18. The British embassy has announced that the ship will be open to visitors tomorrow and Saturday from 2:30 to 5:30 o'clock; on Sunday from 3:30 to 5:30, and on Monday from 2:30 to 5:30. The cruiser will leave Wednes- day for Hampton Roads, Va. to stay two days before returning to Bermuda. An claborate round of social activiti has been arranged fcr the Delhi's crew The vice’ admiral will make a call late today on the command-nt of the Wash- ington Navy Yard, Real Admiral Henry V. Butler, U. S. N, and later will be a dinner guest of the British Ambassador. Tomorrcw he will call on Secretary Stimson, later paying visits to Secre- taries Hurley and Adams. Vice Admiral Haggard and the officers of the Delhi will be guests at the Navy- Notre Dame foot ball game at Balfi- more Saturday. Tuesday morning Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador, will take the vice admiral to call en President Hoover at the White House. RESTRICTS AIR CORPS (Rares War Department Halts Flyers Ap- pearing at Celebrations. Slashing of funds for operation of the Army Air Corps' will prevent the pres- ence of Army aviation units at celebra- tions, airport dedications and similar af- fairs'during the rest of the current fis- cal year, the War Department has an- Fhe Jimitea e number of fiying hours available to Air Corps officers for the last half 6f this year makes it neces- sary that the time be confined to quited military training, it was an- nounced. 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