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The Mystery in the Lansing Case.
No surprise will be caused by the retirement from the Cabinet
of Secretary Lansing, although the circumstances attendant upon
that long expected eveat may well awaken something more than
surprise.
That there was discord between the President and the Secretary
of State was a matter of common notoriety at the Paris conference,
and a subject freely discussed since, but it was left to the President's
arwn letters to show that reasons still unstated added to the estrange
ment between the two.
It is customary in cases of this sort for wise observers to look
back of the published correspondence for the true reasons for the
breaking of the ties between a President and one of his official family.
As a rule the written langdtage is employed io conerai thought, and
to gloss over any personal feelings. When reasons arc set forth
they are usually those which redound most to the credit of him who
offers them. But in this instance the motives assigned by the
President for dissatisfaction "With the Secretary of State will impress
most people as utterly inadequate.
In the first letter of the scries furnished to the press the Presi
dent inquires of the Secretary whether "during my illness you have
frequently called the heads of the executive departments into con
ference?" Upon the Secretary's affirmative answer Mr. Lansing's
resignation was asked lor. In th? earlier letter the President had
said that "under our constitutional law and practice no one but the
President has the right to summon the heads of the executive depart
ments into conference."
But. in fact, the Constitution makes no reference to the Cabinet
which as a body exists entirely without constitutional sanction. Mr.
Lansing violated no constitutional principle. If he had, rebuke for
that act would come curiously from the first President who ven
tured to transfer the seat of the executive government beyond the
Atlantic. President Wilson has never hesitated to establish new
precedents for the country's good, and has been generally applauded
lor liis actions. t
That the President should have been in ignorance of these irf
formal gatherings of liis Cabinet is surprising to those who have
been best informed as to the conduct of matters at the White House
during his illness. His secretary and his physician were frequent
attendants upon the meetings, and were entrusted with the responsi
bility of conveying to him information as to the character of the
<li-cussion and as to certain conclusions reached. In at least two
instances it lias been generally believed that action was taken by
difect order of the President and in accordance with the views of
the Cabinet as thus reported to him.
It i- apparent that grave embarrassment is likely to be caused
other members of the Cabinet by the severity o? the rebuke admin
istered to Secretary Lansing. That gentleman has said that he called
ihese outlawed meetings after conference with other members of the
Cabinet. Naturally they will feel in honor' bound to share with him
the odium of having thus offended the President Secretary Lane
has already manfully stated his equal share in the responsibility. It
is reported furthermore that at least one other member of the
Cabinet not orti y attended the meetings called by Mr. Lansing, but
procured the calling of one himself.
That there should be complete harmony between the president
of the L'nited States and the Secretary of State is at all times most
desirable. During the grave international complications of the last
year, which still beset us, the necessity for this harmony has been
more than ever vital. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing, both
men of high ability and untarnished patriotism, lia\e been at odds on
many issues of international importance It ?as and is best that
this situation should be ended. ?
V\ r think, however, tfiat it was unfortunate that in ending the
situation the President should have assumed the tone toward his
Secretary that he did. In his action taken "so far as it related to the
holding 01 unofficial Cabinet uneetings Secretary Lasting was un
doubtedly animated by purposes 01 the highest patriotism. If the
President was not more ill than those about him have let the country
know he must have been cognizant of these meetings, and indeed
there is much evidence to indicate that he was. To ba.-e the* dis
missal of an official so eminent and highly respected as Holjcrt
Lansing has been, upon the unsupportahle pica that he had usurped
executive authority is likely to set the people wondering what were
the real reasons for the act.
Dying to Live Again?But How?
The women suffragists and the third party prohibitionists of the
country have been in national and State conference sessions during
. the past few days, triumphing in the success of the causes they have
fought for, and discussing wjiat shall become of their organizations.
Coming at a time when other party funerals are intimated "as near
r.nd when new parties arc struggling into being the coincidence of
these two conferences of a mortuary sort is doublv interesting.
Mr. Hays' appeal in behalf of the Republican National Committee
that "The women' decide to join one or the other of the historic
parties as they personally incline by conviction or tradition, and that
they abstain from the reported officially approved policy of shifting
?their strength en masse to a League of Women Voters voting after
the group fashion, is a natural plea. Mr. Cummings of the Demo
cratic National Committee no doubt would say, "Amen." But these
are parlous times for the thumpers of t?ie parfy drums and clangcry
of the party cymbals.
The women got their victory by union, hardly won, patiently
built up and strategically exercised They see issues affecting
women and children coming before State and national legislatures,
where all the wisdom they have acquired as politicians can be best
utilized by "group action." Why, they? ma/ naturally argue, turn
themselves and their causes over to parties, bi-sex in make-up? Ther
know that fights lie ahead. Why turn to an alliance with com
batants who never conceded anything to women until forced 1o?
As for the partisan Prohibitionists it is a peculiar phenomenon
that nearly two generations of struggle to get Federal law of a
sumptuary kind and involving disintegration of the States' rights
doctrine in 'quarters where it was once strongest, have made them
akin in many of their beliefs to the other class groups that champion
State ccsntrol of industry, commerce and transportation. So that
they ay now actually talking of calling themselves the "Federal"
party. Jefferson and Jackson between them buried early that aggre
gation of conservative aristocrats known as the "Federalists." Now
it bobs up again, but not serenely, and emerges from the "ranks of
middle class radicals with Mr. Bryan as the patron philosopher of
the movement on its political theory side. .
It's a splendid civic spirit that leads the employes to volunteer
thtir services to keep the District night schools op?n, but it reflects
little credit upon Congress*that they arc obliged to do it.
An association bat been formed in) Germany to pray for the?
former Kaiser, presumably in the belief better late than never.
The politicians expect the silent vote to be quite a factor m the
national election, but they don't list the women jn it
New York City
By O. O. Mclntyre
New York. F?b. 14.?Wall Street,
now' the Onanclal. puUe of the
civilized world, is perhapa Uie beet
known street In New York. N#?*\
comen Broadway, that long. Ions;
road to Albany; With He many at
tractions. Then Ktfth iffoue, once
the synonym for social aja?atige, now
one of the most fascinatine; shop
ping centers In the realms of*com
merce.
But a street little' heard of and
yet one of the most Interesting* ??
Barclay street, often styled Pater
noster Row. from the peculiar na
ture of the business that for almost
a ctntury has gradually been c?n
it eri ? s; there and radiatine; thence
all over the Kngltsh speaking- world.
The three blocks from Broadway
to Greenwich street have become
the headquarter** of publishing; and
church goods trade and au such draw
supplies and patrons not only from
20.000.00? or the faith within the
United States, but from 200.000.0e0
of their brethren scattered through
out the universe. Books from Bar
clay street are used and read in
every quarter of the globe.
Fate seemed to foreordain an ec
clesiastical atmosphere for this
highway from its Inception. It was
named after the Uev. Henry Barclay.
who***became rector of Trinity Church
in the Xsinity's early ministers- It
is an oddly quiet street.
The workmen seem imbued with
a religious atmosphere. They dress
in a sedate manner. They do not
stand around during the lunch hour
?smoking cigarettes. Many of them
stroll over to Broadway to enjter
?some church for prayer.
Nearly all of them are men with
?families and live in the quiet sec
tions of St.it.'ti Island.
Listening in at a Broadway cafe
where a typical Broadway crowd
congregates:
"l^et's be decent tonight for a
change!"
"That fruy ?would take a dead fly
from a Mind spider."
"All right?strike me if you want
to."
"Don't you think chocolates
broaden ojie?"
"Orear^ievin?H there's May and
her husband is in off the road and
off the reservation."
"That hat check girl will cot get
a nittkle of in y money, the fresh
thing."
O.pelund Townsend is New York's
most erudite hotel keeper. He is a
student of . words?words lone*,
short, tongue tripping and ancient.
For many years he has been one of
the foremost students of etymology.
that branch of philology which
treat? of the origin and derivation
of words.
Whenever an argument comes up
In learned circles about the deriva
tion of a word. Mr. Townsend lb
consulted. In a down town newspa
per shop the other day the corres
pondent at Wins ted. t'nnn. ?where
all the fake stories come from?
had sent in a weird account of a
crawfish attacking a do? and drag
ging it under the water.
It wan a chance for a typical fun
ny first paire Winsted story.
The re-write man wanted some
?dope about a crawfish so instead of
j g"ing to the reference library he
called up Mr. Townsend.
"What." he says, "is the deriva
tion of the word eraw-nsii?"
Likv? a flash Mr. Townsend rattled
off: "Crawfish or crayfish from the
French ere ? is. modern ere visse or
'sand-blind' from samblind. that is
" semi-blind."
"Could a craw-fish see and attack
,a dog?"
"No," was the reply. f
"?iosh." said the reporter; you
educated guys ar<? always spoiling
; good stories.'*
Fred C. K**11y was for nome years
a reporter in Cleveland and later a
? Washington correspondent. It Is
?said that he knows more public men
?intimately than any man in Ameri
ca. He is a friend >>f presidents,
! governors, financiers, boothlacks
and stre?t ear conductors. ||e has
1 studied human nature from every
! anule.
l?arely is it diplomacy to suggest
the readinir of a certain book, but
I bellore that his latest hook "Hu
man Nature in Business" is the
most absorbing volume that has
been published in the last decade.
He lias taken the most common
place things of everyday life and
j lifted them into the realms of true
' romance. One finds from a perusal
j of his book, that rain In the early
forenoon hurts bo-siness; but rain
| in the afternoon has a tendency to
help business.
Kelly has discovered why the busi?
| est corners in America are the busi
| est.' And the deductions are so
| simple that you winder why you
have not thought of it before. He
! knows how many people out of a
'given crowd will stop in at a candy
store. He knows why the hotel
[clerk will tell you that you may
.have a*room at S o'clock that night
| when there isn't a sign of a vacancy
? on i tu, racks.
He ha? discovered that two hun
fdred and thirty men out of every
thousand must have their hats size
6 7-8 but only one man In a thou
sand wears size 6 1-2.
COAL OR ??? KAISER.
Bettor The" Washington Herald :
On page 1 of The Washington
Herald of February 7 appears an
article entitled "Demands for War
Criminals Criticised In Allied Na
tions." In this article KeneVlvI
ani, former prime minister of
France, states that Americas fail
ure to ratify the Versailles treaty
and Kngland's troubles in Ireland
and Kgypt prevent the allies from
bringing military pressure upon
<?ermany. He then suggests a sub
stitute demand for further supplies
of coal as reparation for t.ermany's
no nco mpl lance with the treaty
paragraph stipulating the surren
der of the criminals.
Such a scheme would involve
some nice appraisal work. I won
der ?T Kene Vivian! has arrived at
a fair price for the Kaiser. He
ought to be worth several train
loads of good coal. France t would
benefit much more by burning the
coal than by burning the Kaiser.
They rnight be able to swap Von
Hindenburg for a Westphalia mine/
while the crown prince would prob
ably bring a sh,rt ton fot "run of
mine" coal.
Kene Vlvlani's article seems to
invite suggestions. 1 would there
fore suggest that a commission be
immediately appointed to determine
the .calorific value of the big Huns
wanted In Paris, and that negotia
tions be opened with Germany for
the purpose of exchanging war
criminals for thefr equivalent heat
units in coal, coke, or other desir
able fuels
C. C. G??G?????.
Clarendon. Va.
^ JUST JOKING. *
Bob: "tteientlsts claim- that In
S.00O.O0O ?eais ?hen? will be no
.more rain." I
K<|: "Then In ?.???.??? rear* I
miaht i-nllsi In another A.' E. ?.*
?Mona Sector.
?SCH.vOL DAYS'
By DWIG
J?S&&?
>.
(?.?&tne s?ufir??
li?
'Round the Town
Jaunting With
Capt. J. Walter Mitchell
Odd how mini > father?* a goo<
joke can acquire in a short time
instancing the case of Arthu
, Miller, general office man of th?
| Washington bureau of the late Net
jVork Herald.
; On t'.e night that Krank A. Mun
se y announced that the Herald was
, to he consolidated with the Sun,
Miller, who had held a place in th?s
? offlce for thirty-two yearn, ?aid:
"I m a - Hfraia when 1 took this
Ijob that it would not be pernia?
?nent."
Within three days after Miller
; made the remark at least half a
j do/.?-? other old Herald employes
?claimed credit for the joke, and ?ev
ie ral of t!i?-m were given credit for
?it in New York newspapers.
? ?p ? ma a discussion of the white
(paper shortage situation in the Sen
?ate. Senator Nelson, of Minnesota.
?roa?? up and said he thought it
,would he a line plan to abolish all
I th?* sporting pages In the country?
?Whereupon several sporting editors
came back at itisi with the asser- I
tion that the Congressional Record!
land not their sheets should be abol- ,
lished.
"I certainly don't see any use for
? the sportine pages," Nelson later j
explained. "| never read them, and
1 think there are a lot of other folks
Just like n.c. I take no Interest in
atanrli ? never have seen a prlz<
fight, nor .? professional bast-hall
?game, and 1 wouldn't go across the
street to witness a horse race.
"Th<e trouble with sport is that it
;has become commercialized. Now,
?if baseball were played by amateurs
and big salarie-, were not paid th?
! players. I'd be strongly in favor of
lit* but I tlo,n't think there is any:
?sport in watching men play for
money."
It must not be taken from these j
few remarks, however, that the
? Senator Is opposed to all sports. In j
fact, there is one at which he is a'
master and which he thoroughly In- I
dorsed for those seeking; a mild
form of sport. That Is chewing1
good flat terbacker. Nelson prob- ?
ably is the best Judge of plug-cut j
In the entire Senate.
Keeling that the state of hie ?
health required that he walk more i
often and bend over a great deal1
more, Kepresentative Pat Kelly, of
Michigan, went out and bought
himself one of those automobiles
for which his State is famous. An
hour later, while trying- to run a
traffic signal on Pennsylvania ave-;
nue he rammed another car half
way up into a shade tree.
An Irish cop rushed over from
ihe traffic signal and. pulling out
a pencil and a notebook. inQuired:
"What's yer name?"
"Kelly." the Kepresentative re- j
plied.
The cop*s face brightened.
"Yer first nalme?*? he, continued.
"Pat." Kelly went on.
Without a word, the cop folded I
up itis notebook. Jammed it into his ?
pocket and approaching the man l
who was trying tb coax his mechan- !
leal coiighdrop down out of the ?
tree, demanded:
"Why the div'l did you back into'
that gintleman?"
(.?rod. \c?h for Veterans.
WAYNK W. i'Olll.KMa, examiner!
with the House Committee on Pen- !
sinus, writes me that through the ;
efforts of Congressman SAM U. '<
SKIjIjS. chairman, the committee !
h;is adopted an amendment to the I
Sells Spanish War Pension bill, i
which*'provides $12 per month fori
veterans of the Spanish wars who
have reached the age of 62 years ,
aad served nliictv days; $18 for $8 j
years; $24 for 72. aad $30 for 75. ;
The Sells bill will c?me up for ac- !
tlon In the House sometime this '
monti,
M?me t.eoruin r-M..?M>nh>.
Congressman WILL, D. UPSHAW j
of iieorgia has gained a reputation
as a raconteur. In the cloak room ?
of the House he was relating stories I
of the Southern negro. He said:
"A goo?, colored man giving his ?
experience In a class meett/ig ?le- :
Ilvered himself of this?
'? 'Bred'i-tn, nhe.i Ah wus ? boy Ata
took cr hatchet an' went inter de
woodsk When Ah found a tree dat
wuJ! straight an big an' solid, ah ?
didn't tech dat tree, but when Ah
foun' one leant*-' a^ little an' holler'
Inside, Ah soon had Mm down. So j
when de debbll gets after Christians ,
he ?loan tech dem dat am straight .
an' true, but dem as leans';, little
?an* am holler am suah good pfekjn' j
fer him, an* dey makes de Urea ob |
hell blase like a shanty on fire
A UNE 0' CHEER
EACH DAY O' THE YEAR
Bj Jota Kradrlek Basgi.
??? It VaUHIUa.
(Copyright. 1S.O. by The McCrure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Whoe'er you are. whate'er your
line
If you shall need ? \'alentine,
I'll ?erve if it shall chance to be
Thut you've the Soul of Sympathy.
? Heart thut beat? responsive to
The ?ufferer In need of you,
And ?lw?ys do the best you c?n
To serve and cheer your fellow
man
!
?e BIBLE
[Translated out of tho or!? na<
i Longues and from the edition
(knoVn aa "Our Mothers' Bible."
The ?re??? Book of Mooes, Calle?
EX O DC S.
CHAPTKR XXXlX-Contiimed.
3 And they did beat the gold into
thin platea, and cut it into wires, to
work It in the blue, and In the purple, ;
and in the scarlet, and in fine linen.
with cunning work. *
4 They made shoulderpleces for It.
to couple it together: by the two c<]ge* ?
was It coupled together.
."> And the curious girdle of hi?
ephod. that was upon It. was of th?
same, according to the work thereof.
of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen; as the Lord
commanded Moses.
6 | And they wrought onyx stones
inclosed In ouches of gold, graven, m
signets are graven, with the names o,
the children of Israel.
7 And bo put them on the atiorrtiV I ?
! of the cphod. that they should i*j
stones for a memorial to the chiMron
! of Israel, as the Ix>rd commanded
Moses.
! I r And he made the breastplate "f
'tinning work, like the work of the
cphod: of gold. blue, and purple, and
i scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 It was foursquare; they made the
' breastplate double: a span was iho
length thereof, and a span the breadth
thereof, beim: doubled.
10 And they" set in it four rows or
?tones: the first row was a saiUius,
a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was tilt
first row.
11 And the second row. an emerald,
a saptmlre. and a diamond.
12 And the third row. a ligure, an
agate, and an amethyst.
? And the fourth row. ? beryl, an
on\ x, and a jasper: they were inclosed
In ouches of gold in their inclosinus.
M And the stones were accordine
to the names of the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their names, like
the engravings of a signet, every one
? ?ih ht* name, according to the tweK*
tribes.
1*> Ai*J they made upon the breast
plate chains at the ends, of wrenthen
work of pure gold.
16 And they made two ouches or
gold, and two gold rings, and put the
two rings in the two ends df the,
breastplate.
17 Ana1 they put the two wreathen
chains of gold in the two rings on the
ends of the breastplate.
18 And the two ends of the two ;
wfeathen chains they fastened in ine
two ouches, and put them on the
shoulderpieeea of the ephod, before it.
19 And th*y made two rings of gold.
?nd put them on the two ends of Um
breastplate, upon the border of it.
which was on the side of the ephod
Inward.
? And they* made two other golden
rirgs, and put them on the two sides
of the ephod underneath, toward the
forepart of it, over against the other
coupling thereof, above the curious
girdle of the ephod.
21 And they did bind the breast
plate by hia rings unto the rings of
the ephod with a lace of blue, that
it might be above the curious girdle
of the ephod, and that the breastplate
might not be loosed from the ephod;
as the Isord commanded Moses1.
-'_ f And he made the robe of the
ephod of woven work, all of blu?.
.-". And there was a hole fn the midst
of the robe, as the hole of an haber?
?eon. with a band round about the
hole, that It should not rend.
i'i And they made upon the hems of
the robe pomegranates of blue, and
m?enle, and scarlet, and twined linen.
? a ?%?* ?~?-*?*? bells of pure gold,
?ni put the bells between the pome
-M.i . e ncm of thc* rob?',
round about between the pomegran
ates;
2* A bell and a pomegranate, a be 11
and a pomegranate, round about the
hem of the robe to minister In; aa the
Isord commended Moses.
fi 1 And they ' made coats of nne
linen of woven worlt for Aaron, aaja
for his sons.
J
tTo Be Continued.)
Folks and Things
Around Washington
Labcrt St. Clair.
=>
There Is an old saving around
Washington that the Census Bureau
always "plays in hard luck. The
truth of ^he saying ha? been ?imply
pQOved in the count of foiks In the
country just closed.
Instancing this, up in Ma-ine the
snow was so deep that the enum- |
erators could not get into the lum
ber camps to count the workers, in
the Northwest they got into Um
camps and such big snows ftrll t'?at .
they could not get out. In the ;
South it rained so hard that the
counters had to sretvr hip boots and
divers* suits to get around, and. nat
urally, they We it- d?lit > eU AM in
the far West the counting was held
up terrfuly by folks *who Could not
decide whether they belonged But
there, where they spent their win
ters, or in the Middle West where
they earned their livings.
1 iinmrraliir? Hate IteeM J ?? 1 ?J
?? ?*<.?? Fast.??
The activities of certain expert
marksmen wrfo did not cire to an
swer enumerators" <|u?Mions also
have been productive of a ?rood deal
of grief. Kvery now and then,
upon becoming het up over some
pointed question such as "Where
were you born?" rantankerous indi
viduals have reached behind kitchen
doors for old muxJile-loading pro
tectors and told the enumerators to
"git" and git fast. Official records
show that enumerators u ni versa U*?
have upheld the dignity of the gov
ernment by leaving and not enlac
ing in disgraceful argument with
the owners of the shotgun?.
There is a law. of course, uhi. h
? rot cet s enumerators from assault.
But it has proved of little benefit
o? ing to the fact that laws usually
hang around the court house down
town while shotguns most frequently
show up in the suburbs.
Not all of the persons who cause
trouble for the bureau actually
draw weapons on enumerators, how
over. There was the mayor of a
large Kastern city who absolutely
declined to answer questions. A
smart enumerator went to the
mayor's wife and got the informa
tion. Another man. on the advice
of his attorney, who happened to
be in his client's house when the
enumerator called, declined to an
swer question* until Hie enumerator
removed his hat. This case wss ??n
pealed to Washington and the bu
reau upheld the householder. A re
ligious sect out West insisted that
they were children of God and that
their only home was in Heaven
and that record stands. One enum
erator actually d'sappcared and the
bureau had an awful time locating
hi" books.
It cost more this year to take the
census, per head, than it did In for
mer years. Enumerators were paid
4 cents a head. They used to do it
for 3 cents. A few were paid $*?
a day. In the remote rural districts,
and every now and then one would
finish his work.
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.
?The followini; Wasliinyton'ans
ha.'.' registered at ' New York
hotels:
R. \V. Unire. Dr. V. Ht-ndrlcksnn.
Arlington: Miss A. \V. Digg??. Mrs
O. F. Stengel. Martha Washington:
J. F. Hall. ?. ?'. r.sggarhy. Alrasar:
C A. l.lndsav. Aberdeen: \V. K
Martin. Park Avenue; I, B. P. l'ai
mer. Hreslln: ?1. ImliiTr J. Collins,
w. A. Hall. Herald Square: H.
nianton. Hermitage; D. 1. Mausen.
Grand: E. D. Mc?arry. Navarre; F.
E. 1'arker. We"tnt--ton
????? Ri;PRE8EXTATlVES:
Woodward and l-olhrop. <i. C.
|.oi<|? toy*, traveling goods, 334
Fourth avenue; Mayer and ?"om
pany. l.eon Tobriner. dry goods and
cloaks, suits and millinery. Cum
berland.
The]
In the Limelight
By Gt^rge Perry Morris.
he leaders ?nd subordinate, of the
expedition of the Oriental Institut? of
Chicago I'nlvrrsity ars on the around.
wHJi Cairo. Egrpt. aa a place of rea
i'esvous. ?nd ?her soon ?rill bacia die
sine. Naturally, Prof. J??ne? Henrv
l'ieasted l. |n eaara?. British and
trench authorltiea h?v* bam mat
kind. In du? tin? th* explorer? wllU
move on t? the Tlcro. Euphrates Val
ley, and Bather spoil for their own
university st the ?ame time that they
add to the world'? knowledte af Um
? ?syrlaa ?nd Babylonien cl vu nations
They have had a more cordial welcome
in Cairo than the British special com
inissinii. headed by Lord Mllner. which
Is returning? home without any suc
? ess of * ?ubatantlal son. but pre
pared to 1?? Downing Street know
that the Egyptian of INO is quite a ;
different beine from the one that Lord j
? 'rcmer knew. Cotton may be "?iHnir.
? he native residents, as well as for? |
< ?trn ?peculators, fabulously rich, but
revolt ?till abides.
Chsrles Upson Clark, who lecture?
authoritatively on Rumania and ad
jacent territory before the National
ideographic Society thi? week, i? the
M>n of#a Journallet who served for
m?ny years under Uodkln. of the New
York Evening Post in the 4lay* when
it had a fighting corps of editor? ?nd
?as constantly out for blood, seeking
what sinner in Washington. New York
or the couDtrty at large It might de
vour. The ?on went to Tale, made a
brilli?nt record as a linguist in the
elsssics and as a ?cudent of art and lit
erature, snd he has proved during the
wir ?nd the po?t-war period one of
?he best-informed and most useful' of
the American investigator? and work,
ft? in Europe.
What Congress Did
Yesterday
L
Senator Townsend. Republican.
Michigan. scored the Senate for
what he termed time wasting
methods "that had angered and di??
grunted the country."
Commerce Committee met in ex
ecutive session.
Hearing on food roads wan held
by the Committee on Poslofllces and
Font Roudn.
Senator Walsh. Republican. M**s
?chusett?. announced that petitions
were pouring in on him from hia
State urging Congress to investi
gate the proposed ?ale of German
ships, and give full publicity to the
fact ?.
Itili introduced by Senator Knute
Nelson to repeal the act making
apptopriations to supply urgent de
flciencies in appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June 30. 1920.
Senator McKellar asserted that
the Catted States Shipping Board
had no authority to sell the for
mer German .-hips, and had power
only to hofld and operate them.
Senator Tat Hurr s ..?. Mississippi,
scored the present "demotion" sys
tem of the army, and asserted that
this with inadequate pay wan de
stroying the morale of the service.
R.ll by Isaater Fletcher was sub
mitted as amendment to the army
? eorgan:salion bill.
Senator Lodge submitted an
amendment to the second delicien*y
bill, providing $3.000,000 for the?
premeivation and completion of ves
sels now ? the docks of govern-,
ment shipyards.
Met at noon ar.d adjourne 1 at
5 15
I'nanimously passed the agrfcul
tuial appropriation bill calling for
. xpendituies of $30.Os?,000 in Wash
Jagtest and einewhere in the United
States during the coming fi.-? al
resti
V. ??<1 down a motion to re-com
mi t the bill to the appropriations
. ??mmitts-e by 243 to 113.
K? prejwntative Adolph J. Sabath
Illinois, introduced a joint resolution
dirc.-ting the Shipping Board noi
to s? ll the former German ships for
wlw< h bids hav. been advertised.
Kepresentative George If. Tink
ham. Massachusetts, introduced a
resolution to investigate the fixing
of a ma ? i mum price of 17 and 1?
cesti pn Louisiana sugar.
Representative William K. Mason.
Illinois introduced a resolution di
recting the Koreign Affair? Com
mune to investigate the alleged
violation of the Constitution of the
Culled States by Secretary Lansing
and ?"to ascertain if it will have to
be repaired or a new one adopted."
It was ref#rred to the House Com
mittee on Koreign Affairs
For two hours before adjourn
ment the House denated the bill
to extend the court at the I'mied
States Military Academy from three
to four years.
Representative Kdward E. Browne.
Wisconsin, introduced a joint reso
lution requiring Attorney General
Calmer to appeal to the D. S. Su
preme Court a decision by a l'ed
era! Districi <"ourt involxing about
$4)3?.*#?.*? worth of oil lands
awarded to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company.
An agreement was reached by the
Senate and House conferees on the
hi?l to establish toning regulations
in limiting the height, sixe and area
of buildings in the District of Colum
bia. It is expected to be reported to
the floors of both Houses Monday
Appropriations committee met In *x
ecutive session to consider sundry
Civil bill.
Naval affairs committee took up
the naval appropriations bill.
Military affairs committee conducted
a hearing on the proposed purchase
of additional land for G?11 Bliss,
Texas.
Mines and mining commit! <-r con
tinued Its hearings on the mineral
relief bill.
The agibile lands committee dis
posed of a number of small bills
which have been pending.
Representative jVred V. Sanders,
laoulsiana. introduced a bill to au
thorise the Secretary of War to turn
over to the Interior Department, free
of charge, surplus automobiles for
the ut^e of heads of educational sys
tems of the several State*.
Representative Allen T. Treadway.
Massachusetts, introduced a bill to
issue 32.000.00?.OOO in 25*-year 4 %
per cent "bonds for veterans of the
world war." for the relief of desti
tute ox-service men and their fami
lies to be distributed as recommend
ed by local posts of the American
Legion.
Representative John M. Rose, of
the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Dis
trict, followed In the footsteps of
his colleague. Representative
Strong, by introducimi bills to pro
vide the various counties and Incor
porated towns of his District with
German war tro,-hiea. ?
On request of former President
William H. Taft, through the Secre
tary of the Treasury, a bill was In
troduced providing the sum of
?G..000 to prepare the Lincoln Me
morial grounds for dedication of
the monument ?a early a? next au
tumn.
Sens te Agricultural Committee
yesterday ordered a favcrab e ie
poit on the Kenyon-Ken1ri<k bill
to regulate the meat-pa* kin?: In
dustry.
The Weather
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siau?r.ir sa? asesa mai ?sta?, tasseasl
kr rata la eastr sssrassg. eat? war. I*
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T.4?So Ohio. 14 ?2 1? ?.an
Vlrkabur?. Mia.- 46 44 42 ?.??
Sons or Irish Freedom, meeting, 6?
E street nortl?*.-?.t. s p. m.
Richard J. Harden Camp, No. 1 G.
s (?. V "atataa" memorial service?.
Kort Myer. Va . 2:3? p. m.
Junior Haken snd Wunderluetcrs'
hike, starting from Ri ventale. MU..
SI?"? p. m.
? Y. W. C A . vesper services. 1323 r
street northwest. 4:3* p. m
Y. W c. A . tes, U33 FSatreet nonn
west. 5>* p. m.
Women's city Club. tea. 22 Jacksr.n
t place northwest. 3 to 7 p. m ?
Calvert Club, tee, IT Dupont Circle
? ??? ? ? m. ^
Ckareh ? ? ?? ?
Church of Life and Joy. adarvas br
I Dr. F. J. Lukena. 1M4 ? atre?, nortn
west. 11 ? a. m.
First Spiritualist Church, address
??by ZaiUa Brown Kates, ElghUi ana ?
rtreels northwest. 8 p. m.
Laker I alea ? v?ala.
; Columbia Typographical liuon. No.
l?l. Indorsement ot candidates tor In
ternational ortices, Typographical
Temple. 2:>i p. m.
Kle,'tri'Sl Workers. No. St. meetlns.
1.1*4 Pennsylvanie avenue northwest, t
?p. m.
Masteal Eveata.
t Fourth concert diplomatique. Bon? 1.
? i- nor. and Eleanor Brock, coprano,
l'oli s Theater. 2>? p. m.
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Naval Orders
I itmdr. Ho?.rd 11. J. Ren?????IBM Coei*
maud G. S. K. Hu? tinosa, to I. a. s. \|r.
I sell la command
Row. Rest?t R-r. ivi c. s s Nasark:
: 10 rosa. f. ?. G. s. H. lek. iTmc 171 asd sa
'board .Uro ooeimsd.
Meat, l'omdr. r'red T. Berry?Pet. rota,
anand De.lm.er PI?. EtghleeB. t*. S. ?.??G ?
nsss. Mar. b 1."?. B?K lo ?-??.. r. o. V ?.
K. Ma<l^i?li .sd io ...mmaBd ?tirs ??????4.
4 Ka?. Mrrritt A. Riltlar?r? Del. C. s. s^
laraaa: to I . H. S. Tsrbell. *
> l.ieui. 1*1 Harold !.. (balleaser Del. B.
'S.. Mare Islaad. Cal to C. K M. Rl.-l?
! 1.1.B.1
j I.ieul 1 ..o?dr Uleasiorr r. CUrk ? Del.
N.v.l Medical iVhool W..h H I . to dut?
a? as Aeat. to BSBltar? KiujiBrrr IlrtHlblli
of Ha?ti.
Ueat. Cotadr. Edward H. Coasor ? Det.
roeiB.a? t. M. R. C?ew: tu t. s S. SI??
I cl.ir ia eoaaai.ad.
I l.irul Jawr. H. I'orae 1B-I 1 s S M
?Cook: te t S. K. Barlrr aa Krsjor tagioerr
?????tt
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enck: to eoaa. f. o. t. R. S. keesasqua
iTtkf SSI aad is eoa.an.ajd whe? .-obibimI
Ur.l Marti. ?rUres? Del. ISS A.m.
iW.rd: te 1 iss. t. ?. ?. a. s Prrnt.l .ad
? ?n board ?Bea cotBaaad.
Army Orders
Capt. Albert P. EekeeU. air errrlee. 1.
relieved froan fnnlier treatmrBt s: l'sil?d
RlStr. Amy Geaeesl Hoopllal No 2.- aMt
M.Heary. Md.. I? .ll.ehed to io? tori?
??cwd Isfsstr.v aad will pmreed I? CasiS
1 pi.?. New York, aad report f .r dat.? ?ilk
last regiwest.
MaJ. Rirkard * wjelswrtghl U'iiiit??"
1er Corps, epos the teeipoear? rlaatBi "f th' .
reanouat depot. ? >?.. Meade Md ? 11 p' *
??red lo Camp \*v. Va., aad r?'porl !?? I *
ooeiB.asdla? offleer of the ??nioiist drp-n
tar re. 1 for don
Plert Urn. H.rr? E. Ilatar <Jaii?i?ru.??
ter Corp.. epos tee teMporar? ??????? of t? ?
ma.oe.1 deem. Camp Meade. Md.. ?G? I*?"
reed to C.stp Trart?. Tr? aad rrpTI is
lieraoa le the eewaamedlas officer M ih? re
iDoiJBl depot tliereat for dut?.
Capt. B.aiu.1 ?. UeodBi.B. gu.n?r..a?t?r
Con?. I? rellerrd fmui Ili? prr??st aaauja
tne.i .al dotier at C.aip BeBslas ??_?"
will proceed to Camp ??east. III. ?ad rep"-'
i.. sad.tast to tke ?l.istoB .?.p???.?!.?.
Rlxtk DtvUtoB.
Rhnbrrt4?rrirk ? "THe Laat of tke Cr?
ladis?.." . a
Natloeal??tale Perseae? Is "Rsered ?sd
Protese Leve."
Poli'.?TVsda Bar. la "The Rise rusa?
Rel?~O? "Kr-rr little ThlB?."
Ix????. Pstaee ? WalWcr Bekl la "DseMe
CraadaU-? Metrepolilaa ? Pasllse Prederi k
la "The Pali??? Caer "
Moore'a atolto ? Katherlse Ma.IBw.id Is
"Ike Turala? Polsi."
Crsadall'a ? BUseke ?weei I. "PUkil.?
Moore'? C.???e?^"Hu?klekeerr PtsB " k
ll?re'a Rtrand? Rr.prcl.k4? t.? l'mn
??????. CekaBibto?Msn Piekfotd t. "Polir?
?an. "iill.li ..?de.illr .ad ?act.re..
lT.ad.ir. k.lckerlxieker?Paulis? Prederlck
I? "Th. PslMer taer."
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