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PROBERS AIR
PROPAGANDA IN
ILS. PUBLICATIONS
Political Intent of Articles in
School Life Denied by
Dr. Claxton.
EDITORIALS FAVORING
COVENANT ARE FOUND
William Barnes. Jr.. Heard on
Book His Firm Published.
Propaganda carried in government
publications in support of the league
of nations plan and in support of Gov.
Cox. the democratic nominee, was inquired
into today by the Senate committee
investigating campaign expenditures.
Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner
of education, was called
upon to testify regarding certain editorials
and articles which appeared in
publications issued under the bureau
of education, of which he is chief. An
editorial appearing in the September
1 issue of School Life, which comments
favorably upon the attitude of
Gov. Cox toward educational matters,
was called to his attention by Senator
Kenyon, chairman of the committee.
Denies Political Intent.
Dr. Claxton assured the committee
that there was no intention on the part
of the editor of School Life or on his
own part to Indulge in partisan propaganda
He said that for the last two
years School Life had been issued by
the bureau for the purpose of giving
school officers and teachers inrormation
regarding educational matters In all
parts of the world and for the promotion
of desirable tendencies in educational
matters.
He called attention to the shortage
of teachers which has existed in this
country, to the high cost of living
and to the meager salaries paid teachers.
The witness said that the bureau
, had undertaken to make a nation-wide
campaign to obtain better conditions
for teachers, and that part of this campaign
was to put before laymen the
opinions of leaders on educational matters.
Matter Impartial.
He pointed out that In the issue of
July 1. 1920. extracts from the republican
platform on education were
published in School Life; that in the
issue of August 15 extracts from both:
republican and democratic platforms
relating to educational matters were
published and also letters received
from Senator Harding and Gov. CoolIdge
and from Gov. Cox and Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
Senator Kenyon said that apparently
Schpol -Life had been impartial,
since If prlafed the statements Of all
the candidates up to the September 1
issue. In that Issue. Irr seub the I
editorial comment was confined exclusively
to the democratic nominee
for President, praising his stand.
It was brought out in the testimony
that School Life Is issued twice a
month, with a circulation of 40,090.
Witness Bays It Was Mistake.
Dr. Claxton told the committee that
the editorial in question, in his opinion.
should not have been published
since It commented only on the views
of the candidate of one party. Its
publication, he said, was a mistake.
He testified that he had, when he saw
the copy, ordered that it be held up.
but that it then was too late, as it
already had been printed. He said
that he had asked the editor about it
and that he had disavowed any attempt
at partisan politics.
The publication of School Service,
which was originally started by the
Creel bureau as an air in the war,
' was also Inquired into by the committee.
Dr. Claxton said it had been
turned over to the Department of the
Interior with an allotment of about
$75,000 from the war emergency fund
given the President by Congress, some
time after the armistice was signed.
This publication, he said, had a circulation
of about 050.000. going to all
the school teachers and school officials
throughout the country. Its
publication was discontinued in May
1?1?.
Keayea Telle of Rdltorlale.
Senator Kenyon called attention to
the fact that In a report of the committee
on printing it was pointed out
that many articles in favor of the
league of nations were published in
School Service, and that none in opposition
to the league were published,
and that an attempt had been made
openly to convert the school teachers
of the nation to the league plan. The
senator had before him copies of various
issues of School Service, ail advocating
the league.
Dr. Claxton testified that the allotment
for School Service was made to
the Secretary of the Interior by the
President; that the editorial staff.of
School Service was continued as before.
and that the direction of the
publication was put under Herbert
Kaufman, then an assistant to the
Secretary of the Interior, and that its
offices were in the Interior building.
whn? his office was in the Pension
building.
He said he thought Dr. Bagly was
the editor. None of the articles, he
eaM on the leae-ue of nations had
been passed upon by Dr. Claxton.
Senator Kenyon also Inquired regarding
propaganda contained in other
government publications, including
the Qrea- Lakes Bulletin, but Dr.
Claxton said he had no knowledge
about it.
Senator Reed called the attention of
the witness to the fact that Congress
did not make any specific appropriation
for the publication of School
Service, since it was paid for out of
the hundred million dollars given the
President for war purposes.
"I just wanted to exonerate Congress
from any part in this proceeding."
said Senator Reed.
Finanrtng of Barnes* Book.
Complete investigation of the
financing of the book. "Republicanism
in 1920," published by the Albanv
<N T ) Journal, was ordered today by
the committee.
William Barnes, jr., head of the
eompany, was formally directed to
produce the subscription lists for the
book, although he contended that the
venture was a purely private commercial
transaction and not proper
matter for investigation by the committee.
Mr. Barnes agreed to telegraph his
' office for the data required and said
he hoped the matter could he furnished
to the committee by Saturday.
The agreement to investigate subscription
lists for the book was
reached by the committee at a conference
which Pta?s4?4 the hearing.
Senator Edge oftmm Jersey said it
had been uoaaJSSMMty decided that
the publics tin w<j ^r??obliean propaganda"
and STlbtfld be Investigated
on that account- Mr. Barnes had testi,
fled that none of yie funds derived
from the tran sa cAsTVad gone to th<
republican national r.mmlttee.
Before the committee ruling was ap4
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G. O. P. MUST 7
VOTES TO Gl
California Senatot Po
Independent ?
People oj
BY X. O. MESSENGER. R
SAX FRANCISCO, September 22.?If ^
the republicans are gratified in tbeir ti
hope to get a seat in the United States f'
[Senate in the <jefeat of Senator Vhe- ?
I lan, democrat, from this state, it will w
; be because a sufficient number of tl
I voters now friendly to Senator Phe- ri
lan's re-election are weaned away by .
the demand that it will be the part of |11
wisdom to assist in giving a prospec- r
tive republican President a republican
Senate. t
The word is passing around among v
republicans in this state as in several f
I others where there are close senatorial
contests of the importance of ii
i electing a republican senator. In fact, d
the efforts of republican managers a
will be concentrated upon this object e
in California, assuming that the recon- d
filiation of the progressives and old- h
l-ine republicans presages a landslide Is
for the Harding electoral ticket. s
If it is Asked why there should be s
such uneasiness over the senatorship
in the face of the confidently expected
republican landslide on the presidential
ticket, the answer is that local e
conditions warrant concern. Califor- li
nia is very adept at splitting tickets a
and there is no state in the Union 1<
where can be found such an independ- tl
ent spirit among voters as here. tl
Party Ties Held Loosely. Sl
In no otlier state are party ties held ,,
so loosely and of such little account _
when considered along with other isHARDING
SAYS IRISH I
RULE QUESTION
is jpir
Problem Is "Not a Question C
for Official America," He
Declares.
By the Acsociited Ftess. B;
MARION, Ohio, September 23.?Declaring
the Irish problem is "not a aj
question for' official America," Senator P
Harding said in a statement today ai
that in his opinion the movement for ct
Irish independence would be, under b<
the league of nations, a subject entirely
"internal or domestic." ol
i MARION, Ohio. September 23.? ?
! Without referring directly to demo- ,
cratic promises to bring the Irish y'
question to the attention of the ?I
league, the republican nominee said
that America already had "meddled
abroad excessively without tnvita- *1
tion," and asserted that official consideratlon
by this government was
quite another thing from an expres- J.
sion of sympathy.
Text ot Statement. p
The statement, in which the senator
discussed the Irish question di- P'
; reotly for the first time since his c]
nomination, follows: ?
"There are two phases of the socalled
Irish question in America. In- E
dividual sentiment is one thing, and
it is recognized that there is a wide- L
spread sympathy here for the cause
of Irish autonomy. We voted an ex- u
pression of that sympathy in the Sen- f
ate at the time the peace delegates 11
were conferring in Paris.
"Official consideration is quite an- g
other thing. It is not a question for a
official America- America nas aireauy
meddled abroad excessively without
invitation.
Is "lntrnut" g,
"I have said, as I truly believe, that j?I
under the provisions of the league bJ
of nations the Irish question is in-' o
ternal or domestic, and I recall dis- w
tinctly that at the hearings before
the Senate foreign relations com- p'
mlttee the American advocates of eI
Irish independence bitterly opposed J)'
the league as proposed because it "!
not only closed the door to Ireland, 01
but committed us to the use of force .
to maintain territorial integrity as ,
it exists today."
To set at rest reports that he might ??
soap resign his place in the Senate, f*
Senator Harding today reiterated that
he had no intention of retiring at
least as long as a democratic gov- B
ernor remains in power in this state.
The present state executive. Gov. Cox.
who would make an appointment to j.
fill any vacancy, retires from the po- '
sition early in January and will be sue- "
needed by a governor to be elected in w
November. w
Must Go Hand In Hand.
A universal realization that material
and human progress must go hand in 0
hand was asserted by Senator Hard- c;
ing today to be necessary if the na- ?
tion is to attain an ideal state of so- 11
cial welfare. a
Speaking to a gathering composed of c
republicans from Crawford county,
Ohio, and of representatives of the Jjj
Ohio Dental Association, the repub- b
lican presidential nominee declared f
that neither social reformers nor in- ''
dustrial chieftains should view the "
problem of social betterment strictly "
from their own standpoint.
Most Awaken Conscience. a
"We must awaken the conscience of ji
the Ignorant and the misguided," he f,
said, "to the fact that the best social e
welfare worker in the world is the 1
man or woman who does an honest r
day's work. We must awaken their f(
conscience to recognize that Ameri- [,
can business is not a monster, but an a
expression of God-given impulse to j
create and the savior and the guardj
ian of our happiness, our homes and rl
, of equal opportunity for ail in Ameri- tl
ca Whatever we do for honest humane ,,
business, we do in the name of the h
social welfare. p
"But it is equally true that we ij
must awaken the conscience of i
American business to new interest in C1
the welfare of American human be- ji
inga. h
"It is not enough for America that s
her business and commerce shall be w
honest; they must also be humane, u
Men. women and children of America t(
are not commodities. American business
cannot flourish nor the material b
prosperity of America be built upon
a Arm foundation until, by protection g
of health, by education, by the pres- r
ervation of wholesome American t!
| motherhood and vigorous and happy F
' American childhood, we insure the t
welfare of our human resources. v
"We cannot have the fullness of n
America until all of us turn again ii
to love of toil and love of production.
' to respect for honest organization of o
' effort and to a willingness to put all \
' our shoulders to the wheel. But we c
' cannot have all that love, and all that f,
' respect, and all that willingness until 1
throughout the organization of our a
Industry and commerce there runs the o
* flow of love of man." h
A
?
AKE PHELAJS
<T HIS SEA 1
pular at Home and
Spirit Sways
c State.
lies, personal or of principles, as ir
alifornia. This is especially true ol
fie element of voters which constiiited
the old progressive and regulai
t publican factions. The democrat;
1_ _ 1 J X , t * K.. * thov
ave ntMU lugtfiuer ueiiri,
re in a fearful minority comparec
ith the aggregate of the old line
he progressive and the independent
epublicans.
When Senator Phelan was eleetei
i 1914 he received 279,89(5 votes. Th<
epublicans were split between regu
irs and progressives, the total of th<
wo factions aggregating over 500.001
otes, but, being divided, were inef
ectual as against Phelan.
If they combine now it would seen
aevitable that the republican candi
ate for senator, Samuel Shortridge
hould win. The republican manager!
ount upon combining them. The
emocratic managers hope that feud:
etween the progressives and regu
irs may be reopened on the senator
hip, and create a breach by whicl
enator Phelan could slip through.
Result Up to Johnson.
The result will depend upon whethr
Hiram Johnson holds his people ir
ne for the senatorial ticket as wel
s the presidential ticket and th?
: ad era convince the rank and flit
hat it is vitally important to com*
irough with a full slate and nc
cratches.
Senator Phelan's personal populary
is tremendous in this state. He i!
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AliRAl MADE
FRENCH PRESIDENT
BY ASSEMBLY VOTE
v .
,'hnsen hv 695 Out of 892.
and Is Proclaimed as
Eleventh Executive.
f the Associated Press.
VERSAILLES, September 23.?Alexidre
Millerand was today elected
resident of France by the national
ssembly in session here. He suCseds
Paul Deschanel, who resigned
;cause of ill health.
M. Millerand received 695 votes out
' a total of 692.
The complete vote was: Alexandre
illerarid, 695: Gustave Delory <snalist
deputy from Lille, Department
l Nord), 69; scattering, 30; blapk,
"the balloting was finished somehat
more speedily than had been
cpected, being concluded at 8:56 p.m.
At 4:57 o'clock M. Millerand was
-oclaimed by Leon Bourgeois, preding
officer of the senate and ctiairan
of the assembly, as the eleventh
resident of France.
The national assembly, which cornrises
the members of the senate and
raraber of deputies, met at 2 o'clock
lis afternoon, in the historic palace in
ersailles to elect a successor to Paul
'eschanel, as President of France.
The assembly was called to order by
eon Bourgeois, president of the senate.
Premier Millerand, whose election tc
le presidency had been forecast by the
ction of the parliamentary caucus yessrday,
when he received an overwhelmlg
preponderance of the votes cast, was
iven a great ovation as he entered the
ssembly hall a moment after the sesion
had begun.
Voting for the presidency started
fter only a brief interval, at 2:10 p.m
PARIS, September 23.?Leon Bour
sots and Raold Peret, presidents, relectively,
of the senate and chamber,
sclined to permit their names to come
ifore yesterday's joint caucus and nc
ther candidates were brought forrard.
Immediate inauguration of the new
resident was decided upon by gov nment
officials. This was considered
scessary for the reason that the repub3
for two days has been without an
ficial head.
M. Deschanel's resignation was formliy
accepted on Tuesday, and in the
iterim government responsibilities were
irried by the cabinet. It is expected
le personnel of the new ministry will
i announced tomorrow.
Brian d May Be Premier,
y Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1920.
PARIS, France, September 23.?Witt
L Millerand's election to the presidency
le indications are that Arlstide Briand
ill be the next premier and that he
ill continue Millerand's policies.
Alexandre Millerand has long beer
ne of the foremost figures in the politial
life of France, his entry into parlia
lent dating back to 1885, and his cablet
experience to 1889, when he becarm
member of the Waldeck-Rousseat
abinet
His early affiliations were with the
adical socialists, and he always haj
een keenly interested in labor questions
nd has fathered numerous measures
or the betterment of the working world
otably the old age pension act, whict
ecame operative in 1905.
It was M. Millerand's services to his
ountry during the great war, however
s minister of war in the Viviani cabnet.
and his notable conduct of France's
oreign policy as the successor of Clemnceau
in the premiership after "Th<
"iger's" retirement last January, thai
aised him into pre-eminent eligibility
or the presidency, compelled his reuc.tant
consent to quit the premiershir
nd stand as a candidate to succeed
'resident Deschanel.
M. Millerand was born in Paris Febuary
1Q? 1859, and was'educated foi
he bar. His first ministerial posl
-as as minister of commerce, but hf
as served in several other cabinet
ositions. notably as minister of pubc
works in the Briand ministry ol
90,9. minister of war in the Poincare
abinet of 1912 and as minister of wai
i the Viviani ministry, to which posl
e was appointed in August, 1914
hortly after the outbreak of the
rorld war. He held the war ministry
ntii the Viviani cabinet resigned Oc5ber
29. 1915.
While the peace with Germany waf
eing made President Moincare, ir
Inrol. 1 G 1 Q nnnnintoJ A* ten 3
iaiv.iii aiijiuiuicu i*i. jxiueritnti
overpor of Alsace-Lorraine, France'f
egained provinces, and he served ai
his post until, at the request of M
'oincare in January last, lie acceptec
he task of forming a new cabinet, ir
rhich he took the premiership .anc
linistry of foreign affairs, succeedrig
Olemenceau.
When President Deschanel assumec
fhce in the following month, Premiei
fillerand. as is customary on the acession
of a new chief executive, ofered
the resignation of his ministry
'his the president refused to accept
nd asked M. Millerand to remain ir
ffice. The premier consented and
as since held the premiership.
JOHNSON TO FIGHT
FOR A NEW PLAN IN
PICKINGMIDATE
Senator Has Not Forgotten
, Happenings at Chicago He
Did Not Like.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
' SACRAMRNTfl f.lif Ront?mh?r
23.?Senaor Hiram W. Johnson may
be out stumping for the Harding1
Coolidge ticket, but he has not for1
gotten what happened at the repubs
lican national convention in Chicago
9 last June, and Just as soon as this
. campaign is over the California senator
means to lead the tight for a re,
vision of the methods by which oan.
didates for the presidency-are chosen.
Hiram Johnson has the notion that
* the people ought to have something
? to do with the nomination for the
5 presidency, so that the public shall I
. not be confronted with a choice be.
tween inferior men. He thinks that
, the primary system is both logical
and democratic. And, while he is
expressing no opinion about the persons
nominated in the last conven
tions of the big political parties, he
i is inclined to the belief that the pub1
lie would not be much worse off, and
s perhaps better off, if they tried the
> primary system instead of the coni
vention method.
Might Tell Story.
The California senator might tell
, an interesting story about what took
' place at Chicago, if he were disposed
to do so. He could, for instance, reveal
the absolute pledge given him
1... 1 -.1 . --U -
i'j lililci icaucio a. L Lilt; LylLlld^U cunvention,
that when the rest was
taken on Saturday afternoon it was
with the understanding that an opportunity
would be given for all concerned
to agree upon a man that the
progressive wing of the republican
prty could support wholeheartedly.
But, except in so far as you might
emphasize the point now and then,
the controversies of the last convention
will not be revived. Senator
Johnson's aim is to get a law passed
by Congress that will establish presidential
preference primaries as some1
tiling more substantial than they are
today.
The spectacle of both parties nominating
men who hardly figured in the
primaries, while the expressed wishes
of the people in several states were
completely disregarded, will leave
Johnson in the background for his appeal.
And when he goes campaigning
for Harding in Oregon, Washington,
Montana and in the eastern states he
will take occasion to call by name
some of the individuals who were
elected in the primaries and failed to
carry out their instructions at the
republican national convention.
Public men have tried before to
bring about the choice of presidential
candidates by direct vote of the
people, but have failed. Woodrow
[Wilson gave a pledge in his first message
to Congress that he would try
to secure the end of the convention
system. Indeed, It was hla belief that
| the question of one or two terras
could be best handled by the people fn
a presidential preference primary
! rather than at national conventions.
I His suggestion was that conventions
! should meet merely to ratify the
[choice of the people in^lhe primaries
i and to write the party platform. Nothing
came of the plan, as the congressional
committees before whom an attempt
was made to frame legislation
insisted that such a law would be unconstitutional,
as the Constitution
II gives the several states the right to
: [determine the methods by which their
I preferences shall be expressed.
Senator Johnson, however, will not
let the academic objection of constt'
tutional difficulties dissuade him. The
usual answer that a constitutional
amendment is needed brings no relief,
?! for it takes a generation to get a con'
! stitutional amendment adopted.
| Sizes I'p California.
, Mr. Johnson has sized up the Cali!
fornia sentiment very accurately when
he decides to tackle at once the ques,
tion of choosing the presidential
nominee. There is no reticence among
! the people in discussing Harding and
. | Cox.
While the McAdoo democrats are
. working tooth and nail for Cox and
i while the Johnson republicans are be.
ing urged by their leader to support
the republican standard bearer ber
cause of his expressed opposition to
. the league of nations, fundamentally
I there is disappointment over the se.
lections made at Chicago and San
, PranciBCO. No more opportune time
could have been chosen to make an
. issue against the convention system,
, and Hiram Johnson proposes to start
[ right in when he gets back to Washj
ington in December.
I Northern California presents a perplexing
situation politically. San
Prandaeo leans toward Harding. It
1b normally a strong democratic cen
ter. The region in the vicinity of Sacramento
shows more friendliness to
i Cox and they talk of carrying California
for Cox.
J Indeed, much more optimism about:
1 Cox's chances in California is to be
s found in Sacramento, where he made
a splendid impression when he spoke
last week, than anywhere else in the
i state.
Of course, Sacramento has wet in.
clinations, and many of the wets are
. planning to support Gov. Cox.
. The league of nations has been
i stanchly defended by the Sacramento
Union and vigorously opposed by the
, Sacramento Bee. So opinion may at
, least be divided on th*t question. The
, majority of the San Francisco news.
papers, however, cover northern Cali'
fornia, but the southern end of the
' state is this time stronger for the
league of nations than the north. So
anything may happen in California
in the next few weeks, though if the
' election were held tomorrow the state
would go for Harding.
| (Copyright, 1920 )
! ASStSTANT ENGINEER
COMMISSIONER ASKED
i
j Third Aid for Col. Kutz Needed to
Carry Out Municipal Building
Program.
Request has been made to the War
Department for the assignment of an
additional Army officer to assist En,
gineer Commissioner Kutz in the
, supervision of the engineer departI
ment of the District government.
, Although there are two assistant
engineer Commissioners, Maj. F. S.
Besson and Maj. Cary H. Brown, at
j the District building now. it has not
i been unusual in former years for the
1 War Department to detail three offi.
cers from the Engineer Corps to serve
as assistant engineer Commission|
ers.
It is understood that the chief rea.
son back of the request for another
. assistant at this time is the fact that
the large municipal building program
t for which Congress made appropriai
tions this year has placed a heavy
I burden upon Assistant Engineer Com.
missioner Brown.
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DEDICATE SHRINE
10 HEROES OF U. S.
Catholics From All Over
Country Watch Cardinal
I' Corner Stone.
y
The Coi xtion stone of the $5,000,000
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
on the Catholic University
orniihrfo whirVi ic in ho fh p larerost
Catholic church edifice in the western
hemisphere and one of the greatest
basilicas in the world, is being
laid this afternoon by Cardinal Gibbons,
assisted by Cardinal O'Conneli.
in the presence of more than 50,000
people.
This vast gathering has come from
every state in the Union and from
many foreign countries, and includes
most of the archbishops and bishops
of the United States, hundreds ol
priests, representatives of famous
American and European shrines of
the Blessed Virgin, superiors of many
religious orders and prominent laymen.
Gift of Catholics.
The shrine is the gift of the Catholics
of the United States as a thanksgiving
offering for the restoration of
peace, and is to be dedicated'to the
memory of soldiers and sailors who
perished in the world war. This
shrine is to be to the Catholics of the
country in a religious way what the
Capitol is to them in a civic way.
Official Washington and the diplomatic
circle is well represented
among the 400 special guests who are
occupying seats on a grandstand facing
the decorated rostrum from which
Bishop Shahan. rector of the Catholic
University, and Bishop John T. McNlcholas
of Duluth will make addresses.
Conspicuous among the guests are
several score officers and representatives
of the various American regiments
which served at the front and
of American vessels which were in
European waters during the war.
Delegations from all of the important
patriotic organizations and from all
the Catholic universities and colleges
in this country are also present.
Has Sent Papal Benediction.
Bishop Shahan announced that Pope
ocucuibi * aau ocui mc papal ucucdiction
to all those participating' in
the service today and that the Pope
is making a gift, the first of its kind
ever to come to America, of a full
life-size mosaic copy of Murillo's "Immaculate
Conception," which will be
made in the famous mosaic workshop
of the Vatican and will be placed
when the shrine is completed.
The Knights of Columbus of Washington
and Baltimore are serving as
a guard of honor for Cardinals Gibbons
and O'Connell and the Catholic
hierarchy. The visiting organizations
of women are being cared for by representatives
of local Catholic women's
organizations under the leadership
of delegates from the Christ
Child Society?Mrs. W. S. Benspn. wife
of Admiral Benson, president of the
United States Shipping Board; Mrs.
Hannis Taylor, wire or the former
United States ambassador to Spain;
Miss Mildred Merrick, president of the
society, and Miss Sarah Maher.
Today's News
in Paragraphs
President decides to take part in campaign.
Page 2
D. C. rent board adopts new form of
lease for houses and apartments which
force landlords to make all repairs.
Page 2
School enrollment over 2,000 greater
than last year. Page 2
Charles Evans. Jr., new amateur golf
champion, shows strokes on Chevy
Chase course. Page 2
Drys heckle Harding and Cox. Page 3
Catholic hierarchy session ends. Page 4
Cox uninjured as his special train leaves
the rails. Page 5
Prance sees end of red peril in Italy.
Page 7
Red Cross to give Miss Mabel Boardman
rousing reception at Union station to"
night. Page ft
Maryland special session ends. Page 10
Tumulty charges Harding by quoting
Taft and Hoover. Page 12
Teachers needed for replacement.
Page 12
Aviators get commissions. Page 13
Civic bodies urge school additions to
cost niillions. Page 14
Nome, Alaska, west of Hawaii. Page 16
D. C. outdone by Portland, Ore., and
Little Rock, Ark., in percentage of
concrete streets. Page 16
Cost of U. S. government so far this
year is $15,000,000 daily. Page 17
D. C. Supreme Court faces increased
docket cases. Page 17
Kin may secure pension money. Page 18
Cotton manufacturers condemn federal
tax system. Page 19
Banks show increase in deposits.
Page 22
Urge war on finance gossip. Page 30
PAY TOO HIGH, I
SO UNION MAN '
GIVES UP JOB
There is a man in Washington who
has resigned his position because he
believes he is being paid more than |
the organization can afford.
He is Van A. Zabn, secretarytreasurer
of Federal Employes'
Union, No. 2, who today announced
his resignation from the union position
to He-enter government service.
"I do not believe that local No. 2
in the future can afford to pay the /
salary that I am now receiving," Mr. j.
Zahn wrote B. W. Payne, president j
of the union, in tendering his resig- I n
nation. "On the other hand, I can- |a
not afford to work for less.""
Mr. Zahn has been secretary- "
treasurer of the big local union for r
the past three years. He was for- p
merly employed in the Post Office
, Department, and will return to that
office.
JAPANTOKDBY
IN im TOKYO i
CITIZENDEGLARES
Dr. Yamaguchi Predicts This i
Change at Session Here of j
World Drys. J
"A dry Nippon in ten years" was a
the prediction made by Dr. Minosuke 1
Yamaguchi of Tokyo, Japan, who told
nearly 500 delegates to the fifteenth
international congress against alco- |
holism .today facts regarding the
progress made in the temperance
movement in that country.
Through the efforts of the Women's
Christian Temperance IJnion and
its emissaries in Japan, the Japanese
people have awakened to the
fact that national prohibition is one
ui une uig iui wa.ru moveineniB oi tne
times. Dr. Yarnaguchi said.
"Since 1884. when the Women's
Christian Temperance Union launched
its campaign in Japan." Dr. Yamaguchi
said, "there has been< a movement,
growing stronger each year, l
to completely wipe out the drink evil
in my country.
"Twenty-two years ago the National '
Temperance League of Japan was n
formed. Today there are more than !f
100 societies in the league, in every
part of the country."
Although the Japanese have been d
"wedded to sake." a national drink,
for more than 2,500 years, the speaker f
declared that adoption of prohibition
in the United States had overturned B
sentiment in his native country and f
that hundreds of scientists and e
scholars were active prohibition work- T
ers.
Movement in Britain. 6
The prohibition movement in Great f
Britain, both during and after the b
war, was discussed in a paper byTheodore
Neild of Leominster, Eng- E
land. Mr. Neild recounted the war _
difficulties of Great Britain and de- J
scribed "the rise and fall of prohibi- f
tion sentiment," saying that it re- n
sembled much the rising and falling j
of the tide. f
At some points in the fight against t
open sale of liquor in England, he f
said, the flry workers appeared cer- f
tain of victory. But with the signing a
of the armistice, there appeared a j
lessening of desire by the government c
to take up the question.
He told the congress, however, that j
dry workers were not discouraged and ),
expected to continue their fight to ul- c
timate victory. s
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, superintendent |a
of the International Reform Bureau, ^
announced this morning that at the e
close of this afternoon's session of the
congress. the prohibition "motor f,
team" of the bureau will hold a street r
meeting at 17th street and New York p
avenue. _ , . _
Speakers will be Rpv. Dr. Robert Watson
of New York, Dr. Crafts and
Prof John A Nlcholls of Boston. Mu
! sic will be furnished by Capt. David
Reid and George Ackerly.
Watkins Creates Stir.
Yesterday afternoon's session, which
had been proceeding without extraordinary
enthusiasm on the part of the majority
of delegates, was revived with a
jolt when Aaron S. Watkins. prohibition
candidate for President, announced
that if either the republican or democratic
candidates would pledge his unqualified
support to the prohibition pro- .
gram he would willingly withdraw from
the race.
"I ask only two things of the other
candidates," Mr. Watkins said. "Whenever
any one of them pledges himself
to support the eighteenth amendment
and enforce the Volstead act, if elected,
and to use all of his power and influence
to retain them as a part of the
nation's law, I will agree to ask our
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life1
DYNAMITE FOUND
ON TMFORIII
3oliceman Puts Out Burning
Fuse Attached to
Deadly Bomb.
NEW YORK. S^ntftinber 23 fbv- the ,
associated Press).?While investigaors
were still seeking to solve the
nystery of the Wall street explosion
week ago, police headquarters enounced
a package containing dyna- '
[lite had been found today on the
ilatform of the Reed avenue elevated
tation in Brooklyn.
The bureau of combustibles at police
leadquarters announced that the dynanite
package was a bomb with fuse attached
and burning - when a patrolman
bund it and "put it out." Detectives
ook the bomb to bureau headquarters
n Manhattan.
After one sreek of investigation of
he explosion that spread death and
error in Wall street last Thursday
iffieiais today still groped for light
hat might lead them to a solution of
he mystery.
Literally scores of clues, stories and
onjecturea have been sifted by operatives
of the Department of Jusice
and local authorities without rsult.
Despite the varied stories, however,
Villfam J. Flynn, chief of the Departnent
of Justice agents, was as posi- .
ive as ever today that the tragedy
ras the result of a prearranged plot
>f anarchists. He characterized as
plain bunk" renewed stories that it
ras accidental, and predicted that
hose responsible for the disaster
could ultimately be brought to jusice.
"It was a criminal outrage," he
leclared. "We are positive of that,
.nd we are going ahead on that
heory."
OEMMRATSSTART
'MATCH PRESIDENT'
DRIVE FOR SSOaOOO
ty the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 23.?George
VhUe. chairman of the democratic
lationai committee, announced here
oday that the committee would raise
, $500,000 national "match-the-Presient"
campaign fund.
Mr. White said that a thousand
riends of the league of nations would
>e asked to follow the example of
'resident Wilson and subscribe $500
ach to assure the success of the Coxtoosevelt
ticket and the league itelf.
?
Mr. White also said that newspapers
avoring the league of nations would J
>e asked to aid in formation of the !
league thousand club," to be com- I
iosed of contributors to the fund. j
"Less than $130,000 collected by its i
irovided a contrast before the Senate
ommittee investigating campaign
und contributions yesterday, with !
nillions in the hands of the repubicans,"
said Mr. White. "Since the !
ate of the league and the peace of ;
he world depends on the success of
lox and Roosevelt, I intend to call >
or a thousand friends of the league !
ill over the country to match the j
resident's subscription of $500. re- I
ently made in the same cause. !
"This will provide a special fund of j
500,000 to put the truth about the '
sague before every voter. State and |
ounty chairmen will be asked to as- 1
ist, and we feel hopeful that there I
re at least a thousand men in the I <
Inited States who will give us $500 j
ach for the league. i
"This plan will provide the means1"
or a heavy assault against misrep- '
esentation in the interest of mere (
artisanship."
j(
a r -wvrw f ? I
Man Who daw
Lincoln Shot Is
Dead, Aged 77 t
I ! li
HKMSTEAD. !V. V.. September p
23,?John W. Hutchinson, ?rv?<T-wvrn,
who wu in Ford's I |J
Theater, Washington, the night
President I,lncoln was shot, and j >'
one of a party of Army ofllcers a
who tiled to capture the asaas- a
sis, is dead at his home here. a
Hutchinson served as a lieu- ''
tenant of federal cavalry In the t
civil war. u
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IAPAN TO ASK U.S.
FOR A COMMISSION
TO SKIISSUES
Failing, Tokio Government
Plans to Begin Lawsuits
ki i/dinurma.
By the Associated Prena.
TOKIO, September 23.?The Washington
government will be asked to
appoint a commission to effect a solution
of Japanese-American protelems,
and in the event of the passage
yf the California anti-Japanese legislation
the Japanese government will
arrange for a lawsuit against the
!lalifornia legislature on the ground
that the bill is unconstitutional and a
violation of the treaty rights of the
Japanese, according to the leading
newspapers today.
The newspapers say the above program
was defined at meetings of the
:abinet and the diplomatic advisory
counci 1.
?jt
By the Associated Press.
Reports in the Japanese newspapers
that the Japanese cabinet and
idvisory council had decided to ask
the United States to appoint a commission
to effect a solution of Japin
?so-American problems created surprise
at the State Department, where
efforts to efTect an understanding by
diplomatic means are still being made.
It was stated today that no official
information had been received indicating
that Japan had decided to take
the question out of the hands of its
ambassador, Kijuro Shidehara, who
recently was given authority by his
government to conduct formal negotiations
with the State Department
on the various questions which before
that time had been discussed
only informally.
Take l'p Saghalien.
The conversations now under way
between the Japanese ambassador on
the one hand and department officials
and Roland S. Morris. American ambassador
to Japan, on the other, have
to do with the Japanese occupation
Df Saghalien Island as well as the
anti-Japanese legislation to be voted
on in California in November.
It has been made clear that the
State Department has no intention of
attempting to influence the result in
California. It was said that should
the legislation be adopted an understanding
with the Japanese government
on the result of it might be obtained
in two ways; one by a treaty
modifying action taken by a state or
by action in the United States courts.
To invoke the first method is said
to be no part of the plan of the State
Department. The second method is
believed to have been suggested in
the conversations and may have been
the basis of the reported decision of
the Japanese government to resort to
tke courts to determine the constitutionality
of such legislation.
BOARD 10 FIX PAY
Of ELEVATOR CIS
Decision Reached to Revise
Wages of Woman Workers
in District.
The District minimum wage boar it
decided today to fix the pay of women
employed as elevator operators, maids
and charwomen in office buildings,
banks, theaters and similar institutions.
Decision to revise the wages of these
woman workers was reached by the
board after surveys by its agents. Out
of 357 women for whom data were obtained,
the agents found that onethird
receive less than J7 per week,
one-half less than $9 per week and
nine-tenths less than |12 per week.
xae um siep win oe 10 can meeilngs
of the employers and employes
to choose delegates to present their
respective sides of the question. The
first meeting of the board to hear employes
will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday.
September 30. The board then
wrill name a group represent, the
public.
As in the former wage cases, these
three groups of delegates will meet
and decide on a scale to be recommended
to the board. The board later
will hold a public hearing on the
wages recommended, after which the
board will fix the scale.
This is the fifth group of woman
workers for whom the board has undertaken
to fix a minimum wage.
Minimum rates of pay are now in effect
for women in printing and publishing
houses, mercantile establishments
and hotels and restaurants.
Discussing the present working
conditions of woman elevator operators.
maids and charwomen in ofIce
buildings, banks and theaters, the
ooard stated today:
"Most of these women worked less
than full time. This was particularly
true of the office building cleaners
who made up 73 per cent of the
women included in this study. Of
these cleaners 37 per cent worked less
than twenty-four hours per week and
16 per cent less than thirty-six hours
per week, and only 12 per cent fortytwo
hours or over.
"Obviously, the short work day accounts,
in a measure, for the low
wages paid, but not to any appreciable
extent. The hourly rates of pay
ire also low.
"Even if these women could obtain
mplovment elsewhere at similar
rates 'to make up their full working
lay. they would still be earning less
- -? ?-kli?UeJ ku
nan a living wage
previous conferences. Furthermore,
he. work must be done at hours when
>ther people are through working"
rURK STRIFE BRINGS ON
DECLINE OF SULTAN
livil War in Constantinople Predicted
as Result of Political
Turmoil.
CONSTANTINOPLE. September 20
by the Associated Press).?Damaof
"erid Pasha remains grand vizier, but
ncally the Turks are excited over the
olitical situation and those attemptng
to oust Da mad Ferid are predict ng
civil war in Constantinople.
The sultan's position is so difficult
t is asserted he is failing physically
nd mentally.
Daniad Ferid's organs, the Peyam
nd Sabash, have abandoned him and
re supporting Mustapha Sabri Efendi,
the retiring Sheik-ul-Islam. who
old the sultan that the total dissoluion
of Turkey would come by winter
nless he wan put at the head of tha
overnmenL
t
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