Evening star. [volume], October 11, 1922, Page 2, Image 2

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FAVORS ENLARGING
OF BOTANICGARDEN
Langley to Push Bill to Buy
Much Adjacent Land.
Backed by Fernald.
EIGHT BLOCKS INVOLVED j
Purchase Would Aid Carrying Out i;
of Plan for Parkway Sur- j!
rounding Capitol.
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"With a view to enlarging the National
Botanic Garden on its present
site, to relieve the existing shortage
of storage space and stables for the
public works of the District, and to
further the scheme for beaut'.fication .
and park development of the area j
south of the Capitol to the river. Rep- j
resentative John W. Langley of Ken- j
tucky, chairman of the House com- |
mittee on public buildings and
grounds, announced today that when
Congress reassembles he will introduce
a bill to acquire about a dozen
city squares.
Viiaii wi?i |
George W. Hess of the Botanic Gar- (
den were in conference yesterday
with Commissioners Rudolph and j
Keller, ami today they accompanied j
District Surveyor Dent on a tour of ! ,
inspection of the tracts that Chair- J .
man Langley believes the government
- should acquire. The District surveyor j
will at once have a survey made and
a blueprint prepared showing the
property it is proposed to add to the
Botanic Garden.
Fit* la With Plun.
The bill will be prepared by Chairman
Lang'.ey. who has the support of j
Senator Fernald of Maine, chairman ;
of the Senate committee on public j
buildings and ground**. Chairman j
Langley points out that the govern- j
ment already owns much of the land j
in that section and that now is the ;
time when the adjoining land can j
be acquired at the best prices, so as j
to square up the entire tract and
make a worthwhile development that
will fit in with tne Fine Arts Commission
plans for developing a parkwav
"iii.iriv siirround.r.ii the t'api- t
tni wit'.i :i broad < ?-ntr ! tvvnue from |
the river to the Soldiers' Home :
grounds. This south-of-the-Capitol !
development has as > been reconi- j
mended by Eliiott Woods, architect ,
of the Capitol, in a report called for i
by Congress.
The uangiey b* 11 will provide for i
acquiring about eight city blocks ly- 1
ing within the bend made by twelve !
parcels of land along the site of the j
old James Creek canal recently turned j
over to the Botanic Garden by Con- j
gross, thus allowing the improvement
- of a sizable tract all in one piece in.
stead of a narrow strip along the old
canal site. The lar d to be secured is
bounded or. the east by South Capitol
street, on the west by 1st street, on
the north by L> street and on th"
south by M street?all in the south- <
west section. This will take in five ;
blocks west of Half street and three ,
east of Halt* street.
Favored by Many. |
The blue print to be prepared by 1
the District surveyor will show Con- '
gross just what land is government *
owned and what is privately owned j
in this section, with the exact area of : <
each plot. '
Chairman I.angley explained today J
that after conference with a number of
prominent members of the Senate and 1
House, and with government officials. h?- '
has been convinced that this is one of (
the most necessary pub.ic improvements
considered for the Capital city, 1
and one that has the strong support of j1
the public buildings commission. He
pointed out that t-.e District Commlsel
oners are much interested in the proposed
development not only because it
will clean up the most unsightly section 1
of the city, allowing extensive park development.
but be< ause it will also afford
the public works department increased
storage and work space, where
they are now crowd d in narrow sections
between cobbled roads, and where
they are virtually "squatters."
I.nnd Is Suitable.
Emphasis was placed by Chairman
Langley and Director Hess on the
fact that the land in the section
south of the Capitol now supports
seme of the finest truck gardens in
the District, and is ideal for use by
the Botanic Garden and for a nurs- j
ery.
Both Chairman Langley of the !
nuuae cuimiiiuct' auu oeuuiur rti - j
nald of the Senate committee ex- i
pressed confidence that early and I
favorable action will be taken by .
both branches of Congress upon this I
proposal, which they estimate will j
really save the government a great j
deal of money, besides removing an j
eyesore which manv members of Congress
have repeatedly criticized.
Mails Speeded Up
By A ir Deliveries,j
Says P.O.Official]
By the Associated Press. j
DETROIT, Mich.. October 11.?More j
than 12,000 pounds of flrst-ciass mail j
jj is delivered ^ j
?!?meet here. The |
point view of
1 the department,
he added, "is that
the people are enHZNDER80N.
titled to and
should be Riven
full advantage of additional speed In
the matter of handling mail matter."
Mr. Henderson explained that the
air mail service at the present consists
of a relay advance of mall from
New York, across the continent, and
vice versa, none being taken for a
complete trip across the continent.
Mr. Henderson further explained
that "to get from the airplane all
that It may offer in the shape of '
postal service It will be necessary to ,
fly at night.".
"With this thought in mind," he !
continued, "we have for the past four
months conducted an extensive series
of experiments and study. Our experiments
and study have reached ,
the stage where it is, I think, safe to [
conclude that It is entirely possible
to fly at night. Wo expect within a .
few weeks to light, as an experiment,
our Chicago field, and I predict that
within six or eight months we will be
able to fly from Chicago to Cheyenne
at night.
"If we are successful in this it will <
mean that we will be able to make a <
transcontinental flight from New 1
York to San Francisco In one con- I
tlnuous movement, flying from New j
York to Chicago In the daytime, Chi- j
cago to Cheyenne at night and from '
Cheyenne to Frisco during the early
part of the second day. We should be
able to establish and maintain a
schedule of from twenty-eight to
thirty hours between New York and i
San Francisco if this night-flying ex- i
periment proves out." f
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PLANS NATIONAL SHRINE.
D. A. H. Convention Asks U. S.
to Buy "Monticello."'
Special Dispatch to Tlie fitar.
PURCELL.VILLE, Va.f October 11.?
One of the important matters brought
before the state convention of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
which convened at Yorktowrt* >
Va.t today, was the renewal of the
effort to have the United States government
purchase historic Monticello,
Virginia country place of Thomas
Jefferson, and convert it into a national
shrine, such as the home of
Washington at Mount Vernon.
In recent years numerous movements
have been inaugurated to buy
Monticello by popular subscription
ana inakv 01 * na.ienal si?rj;te. and
the movement of the Colonial Dames
nnd the Daughters of the American ;
Revolution was among them, but!
they all came to naught. This home, i
which is one of the most interesting*
spots in America, has been owned for i
rears by Jefferson M. Devy of New J
fork.
FOREIGN VEIEiS
TO VISIT ARLINGTON
i
European Heroes Will Placej
Bronge Wreath on Grave ;
of Unknown.
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION
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President to Greet Delegation on
Way to Legion Convention.
Forty European world war veterans
were expected to arrive at Union sta- j
tii t. i:-"D o'clock this afternoon on j
a special train from New York, where !
they arrived yesterday, en route to
New Orleans, to attend the third intwrnatlonQl
of f hf? Inter
allied Veterans' Federation. |
The visit to this city is for the
purpose of placing a bronze wreath
on the tomb of the unknown Soldier
at Arlington, which ceremony will be
performed following a reception in the
President's room at L'nion station.
Watson B. Miller, commander of
the American Legion here, will greet
the representatives of the world war
veteran organizations of England.
France, Belgium, Italy. Rumania.
Czechoslovakia and Serbia as they
alight from the train. Representatives
of the War and Navy departments
and the Marine Corps will
greet the vlsitorrs at the brief reception.
Going to Arlington.
With cavalry escort the visitors
will proeeeo immediately to Arlington
to pay their homage to the shrine
of the unknown dead. Upon their
return from Arlington, the visiting
veterans will be tak?.*n to the Racquet
Club. v. here they will be the guests
*t dinner of the District department
>f the American Legion.
President Harding will receive the
ielogatcs at the White House at 9
>*clock tonight, as the visitors have
to leave at 10 o'clock for New Oreans.
The trip will be made on the
special train.
Col. H. Nelson Jackson, vice comnaiuler
of the American Legion and
chairman of its delegation to the
S'ew Orleans conference, i9 accompanying
the foreign war veterans,
rhe French delegation includes
,'harles Bertrand. member of the
chamber of deputies, who is "president
yf the Veterans' Federation.
Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of police.
has directed that a detail of
notor cycle policemen accompany the
visitors and local delegation from
Union station to the north end of
Highway bridge.
Colorbearers will carry the colors
of the visitors, and the flags will
be unfurled at the ceremonies at Arlington.
MET BY LEGION CHIEFS.
Veterans Given Warm Welcome on
Arrival in New York.
By the' Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 11.?Decorated
war heroes of seven European countries
arrived here today on the steamship
La Lorraine, en route to New Orleans,
to attend the convention of the Interallied
Veterans' Federation, beginning
next Saturday.
American Legion officials met their
ship, her masts dressed with flags, at
quarantine and escorted the \*isitors to
the Battery, where they were greeted
Kt- Poor Uilor.. T? T
*j j ?v?? .?n 'iimi 11uoi j x . uuiivi?, i4hii"
mander of the Atlantic fleet, and MaJ.
Gen. C. S. Hale, commander of the 2d
Corp< Ar.'a.
Jolliest of all the group was a hero
totally blind, Capt. William Appleby,
officer in Lord French's "contemptlbles."
He lost his sight In the second
battle of Ypre?. His pretty nineteen-year-old
daughter, Olga, his constant
companion, and his "eyes" for
several years, accompanied him.
Last Sunday afternoon aboard the
ship her devotion was rewarded by
the head of the delegation, Charles
Bertrand of France, president of the
lnf??raiiied Veterans' Federation, who
pinned upon her the decoration of
merit of the National Union of Combatants.
Capt. Appleby said he was more
appreciative of the honor given his
daughter than of all the medals that
have been bestowed upon him.
With the war heroes came RentMai.
official painter of the French
ministry of war, whose patriotic
"America" is now on an exhibition
tour in this country.
Marcel Heroud, member of the
municipal council of Paris and a
war veteran as well, brought a gold
medal, which the city of Paris sends
to the city of New Orleans.
TO DISCUSS BEER ISSUE.
Veterans Determined to Take Action
on Prohibition.
MEW ORLEANS. La.. October 11.?
Light wine and beer will In all probability
be made an issue before the
fourth national convention of the
American Lesion, which opens here
October 16, to continue until the 20th.
This was the gist of information
reaching the Associated Press last
nisht from sources In close touch
with the eonvention. I
I Criticism of Sawyer.
It is conoeded generally that political
Issues' will be made sharper at
this convention than at any previous
session of the veterans' organisation.
Criticism of Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer,
personal physician to the Frealilent
and acting as co-ordinator of
the activities of the Veterans' Bureau
In its hospitalisation work for the
benefit of wounded veterans, Is generally
expected. Gen. Sawyer's attitude
has been Sharply criticised by
national officials of the legion.
0LC0TT. POISONED. BETTED.
NEW YORK. October 11.?Chauncey
Dlcott, singing- comedian, who returned
from Europe, suffering from
ptomaine poisoning, will soon be entirely
well. Dr. John A. Stlllmell. his
physician, said today. He said Olcott's
indisposition resulted from eating ahellIsh
In Paris recently.
SPEEDEE FINED $25.
Lawrence Hall, colored, charged
with the second offense of speeding,
vas tried in the Police Court today
tnd fined $25 by Judge Mattlngly.
POLITICAL REFORM
VETERANS UNITE
Urge Independent Voters to
Back Principles of
"Freedom."
FOES OF SHIP SUBSIDY
Tariff Also Assailed by Residue of
"Young Scratchers" of 1879 and
Mugwumps of 1884.
Veterans of political reform cam
paigns dating back to 879, have organized,
not with the intention of forming
any new party, or bloc, but to use the
balarvce-of-power, or independent vote
to elect representatives of their principles
of "freedom."
They have issued an "appeal for freedom,"
the flr3t three signers of which,
R. R. Bowker, Arthur W. Mllbury and
George Haven Putnam, arc survivors of
the New York committee of the "Young
Scratchers" of 1879, and other signatures
are those of leaders of the mugwump
movement in 1884, and later. As
a basis for their appeal they say:
"We recall that our ancestors In the
mother country wrested Magna Charta
from the king; that our forefathers by
the Declaration of Independence, and
through the revolution, won our liberty
and thus helped our ally. France, to
free herself from tyranny: that our
fathers fought the war for the t'nion in
defense of human freedom, and that our
brothers in the world war laid down
their lives in the great hope to make
the world safe for a free democracy,
and to win freedom for the peoples
then our enemies. We recognize that
during the war liberty at home was
v- sarily curtailed, but we lament
is the restrictions of freedom due to
w.? r have not been remedied in time of
peace."
Claim True Americanism.
Expressing the belief that "large
numbers of our fellow citizens in
all parties are of like, mind." they1
state their principles "as representa- j
tive ot' true Americanism" as follows:
"Freedom of thought, speech, press
and person, so far as such freedom
is not misused to violate the rights
of others or to Incite to violence;
the open door for war prisoners,
whom this country alone has held In
durance since the war. and the removal
in time of peace of all restrictions
incident to war.
4 Freedom of every citizen to serve
his country in governmental positions.
through a well and honestly
administered merit system, without
distinction of party except in policydetermining
posts, with permanent
tenure for those who do their work
well and prompt removal of those
who do not; and retirement insurance ]
after years of proven service.
Freedom of I.abor.
"Freedom of labor, in union or In 1
open shops, protected against tyranny
without or within, and the right to
cease work, without intimidation or
violence, and with due regard to
the public welfare and to private
rights, in protest against wages or
working conditions inarieniiate fnr
right living.
"Freedom of trade from tariff and
other legislative interference, which,
by increasing prices under cover of
protecting industries, makes the rich
richer and the poor poorer, which
checks the export sale of our farm
and factory products in the markets
of the world by burdening imports
and thus preventing the exchange of
what we can produce to best advantage
for what other nations can best
produce for us, and which deny to
our ships the cargoes without which
they must lie useless in our ports.
"Freedom of shipping from governmental
complications which prevent
competition with other nations, and
in turn overload the American taxpayer
with subsidies which rob Peter
and enrich Paul; and the reform of
our coastwise navigation laws, which
now maroon homebound Americans
in our island possessions and limit
their return passage exclusively to
American ships.
Self-Rule for Dependencies.
"Freedom of our dependencies as soo.;
as enlightened and prudent self-government
can be reasonably assured, with
I provision for safeguarding their independence
that their inhabitants may rejoice
in the liberty which our forefathers
won for us."
The appeal for freedom emphasizes
the importance of letters of inquiry by
individual voteis addressed to candidates
of all parties. Action in the present
congressional campaign is urged,
and especially as serving notice to political
parties with reference to the more
important national election in 1924. The
appeal is made to all voters of all parties
and all classes in behalf of a "free
democracy and & true republic."
GOLDENEAlEKNIGHTS
10 BOOST MEMBERSHIP
Nation-Wide Movement Launched
at Convention Here?Election
Tomorrow.
A plan for nation-wide extension
of the fra ernal and benevolent order
Knights of the Golden Eagle was
launched at today's session of the
three-day convention of the order being
held at the Ebbitt Hotel.
Rev. John R. Boardman and Joseph
Rhelnhart, jr., of Newark, N. J., national
organizers of the order, proposed
a nation-wide canvass for mem
bers, and urged expansion of the order.
Their plan was taken under consideration
by the Supreme Castle. The
nlan has already' been Indorsed by the
New Jersey Grand Castle and is ex- j
pected to be approved by the Supreme
Castle, meeting in Washington this
week.
The en ire membership of the Supreme
Castle, numbering nearly 100.
will visit the President at the White
House at noon tomorow, it was announced
today. Election of officers
will be held tomorrow. Supreme Second
Guardsman W. C. Baus of Antioch
Castle, Philadelphia, was presented
with a traveling bag today by
members of the Pennsylvania delegation.
Referendum on Orphanage.
The question of establishment of a
national home and orphanage has
been referred by the Supreme Council
of the order to a referendum of the
entire organization. If approved, details
of the plan will be completed at
next year's session.
Twelve members were admitted to
the Supreme Castle at .yesterday's
session. They are: A. J. Wheelbarger,
Ohio; Linford Foulke, Ira B. Bixter
and John E. Dormer. Pennsylvania;
G. A. P. Rhelnhart, W. B. Reed, John
T. Spellman, C. O. Clevlnger and Fred
onuun, juaryiana; KODert J. trow,
Delaware; James D. Dwyer, Maine,
and Bert Predmore, Connecticut.
Supreme Chief George R. Gregory
appointed a committee to outline a
method of celebration for the fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of the
order next February.
FINED FOR INTOXICATION.
Frank Dlggs and Oliver Jackson,
both colored, who served In the
United States Navy overseas and who
had been honorably discharged, were
in Police Court today charged with
Intoxication. They pal A 11 nee of fit
each.
OPENING OF I
A'l'l jy
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The new KinKNinan School, at 141
delated. The flrnt time official* plant
coal la rauwiDK a postponement of the
to the cellar window*.
TWO "JINXES" HALT'
0PENING0FSCH00L
Lack of Chairs and Desks
Followed by Discovery
Road Is Missing.
The new Klngrman School, at 14th
and E streets northeast has been
"Jlnxed" or else, it was constructed
under an unlucky star. Twice the
opening of school has been postponed.
I and now school officials are sitting'
back and waiting for something else
to develop to prevent the doors of the
school being formally thrown open to ,
the children.
It was originally planned to open I
the new building at the beginning of
the present school year. But when
the authorities went to inspect the
school preparatory to its opening the .
desks and chairs were missing.
"Railroad strike, furniture shipments
delayed." was the answer given toil
th^ anxious inquiries of the officials. ,
Second Setback in Pinna.
Disappointed the officials went bark i
to their desks to await the arrival
(of the furniture. It oaine last week
j and the work of Installing it was !
t progressing nicely and the nuthoriI
ties proudly announced that the i
| building would be opened sometime <
this week. <
Then came the second setback in ?<
their plans. 1]
Trucks from the government fuel |i
yards carrying big loads of coal were | :
sent to school yesterday. Upon i \
arriving, the drivers discovered that '
the building is located on a knoll with i
no roadway entrance. The big ]
j trucks* would not negotiate the muddy 1
ascent on the side.
Appeal Made for Road.
The drivers promptly returned to
the fuel yards with the school's coal
supply, and the District officials were
requested to cut a roadway to the i
building.
As the building because of dampness
due to its recent construction
must be heated and dried out before
opening, school officials proph?*?y
another week's delay in throwing
open the school, while the District
government authorities have a roadway
cut to Its cellar window. x
"PAY." SAYS BEAUTY
IN CANDLER CASE
(Continued from First Page.)
posal and otherwise "acted as any
gentleman would."
Missed Daughter'* Love.
After she had returned to her home
in New Orleans, a correspondence
developed, she continued. The capitalist
told her "how his daughter before
her marriage had always met
him at the door and placed her
arms around his neck, but that now
it was 'Hello, father.' as she passed j (
him to embrace her husband." I
Herself lonely and susceptible to
the idea of a union based not upon
love, but upon a "companionship
ideal." their ideas grew gradually
together, she said. The Louisiana
woman took a trip to Switzerland, and
on her return Candler met her at the
pier in New York, she said.
"Those rugged elements of his
character, which enabled him to rise
from a Comparatively low station in
life to the heights of financial stand- '
lng attracted and fascinated me. i
Hart by I.ark of Faith. 1
"While he did not have a background
of generations of courtly refinement.
he possessed all the elements
of a gentleman. He was, I
thought, the ideal type?kind, consid- 1
erate and solicitous of my welfare.
'The most outstanding ruin of the
debacle which confronts me today,"
she continued after a pause, "is that
the strong, masterful, personality is .
plastic, molded Into shape by the
wills of others. At heart, I believe
him to yearn for the Utopia we had
planned, but he was overcome by the
desires of others. And the worst of
all is his lack of faith in me.
_ I.eft nn Orphan.
'That he could be made to believe
In the face of my proof the slander- <
ous statements of dastardly slanderers;
that I should be condemned-with
out a hearing?these things havs
seared Into my soul. And from thta
wound has risen the determination
that the honored name of my ancestors
shall not be blackened without
defense, even though only a .
woman is here to bear the sword."
Left an orphan in New Orleans,,
i where she was born, Mrs. De Bou- c
! chel attended the Holy Cross and t
the Ursuline convents there. Later
she finished her education at Notre
Dame in Canada. She then returned c
to New Orleans as a reigning beauty, s
Suspicions of Your Men. >
After a marriage, which ended un- *
happily, she became convinced that ^
the young man la incapable of "fidelity
to his marriage vows," she said,
adding that she became a "man a
hater" until her engagement to Mr. t.
Candler occurred. p
Cntll she has conferred with her s
attorney, Harry Gamble, whom she ti
expected to arrive during the day,
Mrs. De Bouchel said, she would be
unable to say definitely what court v
action, if any, would be taken. . S
Mr. Candler's only reply to her
published statements was Issued g
through his attorneys, after he was s<
said to have left Atlanta yesterday. r<
He asserted that confidential lnfor- p
matlon given hlu by friends had
made a marriage' with Mra De Bouchel
Impossible and that be would
not disclose the names of his in- I
form ants. X
^EW SCHOOL BUILI
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^ " - ' L.
:h and E street* northcBNt, the fornu
ned to open the school found it with
opening. To get coal to the buildlni
Says V. S. Can't
In Barring Un
Dr. Tupper Reports
Conditions in
Many Lands.
I
Urges Protection for
Those Admitted
to Country.
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No law can be too drastic in bar- |
ring undesirable immigrants from the \
United States, according to Rev. '
Henry Allen Tupper, pastor of the !
First Baptist Church of this city, ,
who today made a formal report to
Secretary of Labor Davis upon an !
inspection made by him in Turkey. |
Syria, Palestine, Egypt and other j
sections of central Europe. '
Dr. Tupper had been deputized a
special argent of immigration, and his j
"-? ? nuivou vunsuitifa more man \
throe months. He believes that to '
secure a more careful examination j
of immigrants applying: for pass- i
ports to America it would be wise to i
employ an able physician for physical.
mental and moral examination of
every applicant at the port of departure
for America. If practicable,
itn expert immigration agent representing
this nation at ports of departure
would be of great benefit. Dr.
Tupper reported. He called attention
to the necessity of a humanitarian
spirit toward immigrants admitted to
this country.
Protection In Irgrd.
"After immigrants have entered our I
country," Dr. Tupper reported, "there
Bhould he devised some method by :
which they can be protected from ;
commercial sharks, and. if feasible, j
some plan should be adopted by which :
aliens are encouraged immediately to !
prepare for useful aod influential j
American citizenship. While it is I
well known that our government can
not play the part of a charitable institution.
it is and always has been i
actuated by humanitarian principles; j
and I feel assured that If our gov- '
C-2 Starts Bach
Hoping to Cut
No gales First Stop
on Dirigible's
Schedule.
Same Crew in Air |
Cruise That Left
Langley Field.
TUCSON, Aria., October 11 The
Army dirigible C-2, two hours abend
at nrbednle, pawfd over Tnraon this
mom Ins at 5i30 o'clock with motors ,
ronrlng smoothly. The blimp flew ,
low over the city and turned south-. i
rrard toward Noflalca, the flrat stopping
place on the transcontinental
night.
3y the Associated Preaa.
ROSSFIELD, Arcadia, Calif., Octo- 1
ser 11.?The Army dirigible C-2.
LOWER-GRADE PUPILS
FOUND POOR SPELLERS 1
*' . . .
Seventh and Eighth Grade Chil- ]
dren Exceed New York j'
Average in Tests. j
Can Washington school children 1
ipell? j
Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent ,
>f schools, wanted to know, and. In- 1
itructed Supervising Principals Rob- '
irt L. Haycock and J. C. Bruce to And J
>ut- By using Dr. Leonard P. Ayres'
pelling scales to measure the com- "
isratlve ability of pupils In spelling,
rhtch are used In school systems all
ver the country, these supervisors
earned that:
The eighth and seventh grade pupils
xceeded the standards, but the -sixth
nd fifth grade pupils fell far short of
w- ?? - '
tie Biauiuuua in witter ClllCS. A CO in- I
iarative table of the results of the
pelllng tests In New York and Wash- ,
ngton shows the following results: 1
8th 7th 6th Sth
grade grade grade . grade
Psablogton oehoole.. .80.9 82.1 67.1 47.4
lew York achoola ... 88.6 81.1 70 48.8
The table shows that the upper I
Tade children in the Washington j
chools excelled slightly the New York |
esults, while our fifth and sixth grade
upile fell a little below the children.
The south has the fewest foreigntorn
fanners of any section of the
Jnited State*
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DR. HENRY ALLEN TIPPER.
ernment would present an appeal to
the American people along the lines
suggested In my report there would
be a hearty co-operation with those
who have charge of this important
matter."
Dr. Tupper's report consists of more
than 3.000 words. He stated that he
found the service and personnel of
the representatives of the United
States in the countries visited by him
most excellent in every respect.
Lands Admiral Bristol.
He stated that by their courtesy. Intelligence.
responsiveness to the (
needs of their fields and morally to ,
the ideals of their government, they ,
have made a profound impression
upon the people of the near cast, and ,
have added honor and glory to our ,
flag. He personally complimented the |
efficiency of Admiral Bristol. U. S. N..
high commissioner of the United
States to Constantinople, as well as !
of members of the consulate In the
countries Inspected during his visit.
Dr. Tupper proposes to submit later
to the President a bound copy of his
report for his own personal information.
From West
; Time 10 Hours
MA J. H. A. STRAP SS.
which recently flew here from Langlev
Field, Newport News. Va., started
on its return transcontinental flight
at 8:40 o'clock last night. The return
flight will be made by way of
Ell Paso and San Antonio, Tex., and
Belleville. Illinois, and with the same
crew that accompanied the airship
west.
The big blimp, which had planned to
start eastward Monday night, but
was delayed one day by last-minute
needs in overhauling, "made a good
start," according to officers at Ross
Field.
Hopes to Cat Time.
Maj. H. A. Strauss, commander of c
the C-2. said he hoped to make the re- '
turn flight in at least ten hours less '
than was required on the trip west, t
which was made in sixty-six hours
and ten minutes actual flying time, s
although nine days elapsed between
the departure from Langley Field and
the arrival at Ross Field September
23.
The first scheduled stop is at No- gales
Arlx.. at 11 o'clock tomorrow J
norntng. The route taken will cover
about 8,200 miles, but Maj. Strauss
aid he believed the flight between
;he two fields eventually might be
nade in a straight line, thus cutting i
he distance to 2,600 miles, with airships
of larger carrying capacity,
nnaer flight range, better eauinment r
'or gasoline, crew, passengers and t
freight and designed for higher altl- t
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TALK OF ALLIANCE
BEFORE RED CROSS
(Continued from First Pigo.)
first aid offered her alone with our
fraternal sympathy."
Sees Rmb for Chapters.
He said that the American Red Cross
would accomplish a great thing in the
Held of pan-Americanism if it would
promote the organ (ration of Red Cross
societies In all the countries of the
western hemisphere where such insituations
do not exist at present.
"Isolation." he said. "Is for the
American mind a word that applies
only to international politic*. The
United States, as Judge Payne very
ably remarked two days ago. may
stand alone and apart in so far as
concerns intervention in the affairs of
other nations and other contlnet*. But
as soon as disaster falls upon any
people as the result of war or on account
of any dreadful calamity, the
American spirit of charity is always
quick in responding to the anguished
call of the distressed. This is the
diplomacy of humanity. This diplomacy
does not create any 'entangling
alliances' and is only apt to tic your
nation to all other nations with tne
pleasing, smooth ties of friendship
and gratitude."
Reviews Growth of JsbIoii.
Arthur W. Dunn, national director
of the Junior American Red Cross,
reviewed the growth of that organization
and told of the spread of the
movement to other countries. He
urged that immediate steps be taken
to cement the friendship of the children
of the Americas.
Mrs. Bolivar J. Lloyd, representing
Ecuador, favored the affiliation of
l*atin America in a pan-American
ftr?ronl?o?<?n t, A r, r, I A * V. r> .
the Ecuadorian Society, which now
Is affiliated with the Geneva Red
Cross, would in all probability enter
heartily into any concrete constructive
program.
The following message from the
secretary of the Honduran legation
was read:
"In behalf of the school children
of Honduras I feel safe in assuring
you of their whole-hearted co-operation
In this most worthy cause promoted
by the Red Cross of America."
The delegates were welcomed by
Dr. L. S. Rowe. director-general of
the F'an-American Union. He said
that In a sense the meeting today is
a step toward that great gathering
of the Red Cross societies of the
American continent to be held at
Caracas, Venezuela, next year. There
Is real Inspiration, he said, in the
thought of the periodical coming together
of the peoples of the Americas
in order to exchange views and to
plan concerted action for the relief
of suffering and the betterment of
conditions of life.
Many Addresses Made.
The civilian home service conference
was presided over by Edward
A. Woods of Pittsburgh, and addresses
were delivered by Rev. B. D.
Dagwell, Fueblo, Colo.; Harry L. Hopkins,
southern division American
Red Cross, and Mrs. Caroline Curtis
Brown. London, England.
Papers were read at the public
health nursing conference by Mrs.
Malcolm Smith. Allegan county,
Mich.; Rev. Edward C. Fellows, Bellows
Falls, Vt, and Dr. C. Howard
Wltmer, Lancaster, Pa.
Director Clara D. Noyes of the American
Red Cross nursing service, presided
at the conference on home
hygiene and care of sick, at which
addresses were made by Mrs. H. M.
Blynd. Birmingham. Ala.; Mrs. Lillian
Lambert Amsterdam. N. Y.; Miss
Frederlka Farley, New York, and Mrs.
Isabelle W. Baker, this city.
The general session of the convention
opened today at 2 o'clock. An
address was delivered by Augustus K.
Oliver of Pittsburgh, and it was fol
iowea oy discussions or tne community
:hest. whether the "roll call" date
should be changed and miscellaneous i
subjects.
Dr. Thomas E. Green, secretary of
the convention, is to speak this after- :
noon. and reports of committees will
be heard.
Tonight at 7:30 o'clock there will be
another general meeting, preceded by
a concert by the United States Navy
Band. Chief Justice Taft will preside
and addresses are scheduled to be delivered
by Col. C. It. Forbes, director
of the Veterans' Bureau: Col. Albert A.
Sprague, Solicitor General James M.
Beck and Mrs. August Belmont.
Dr. Livingston Farrand. president
of Cornell University, told those at
the meeting last night that the essence
of vitality in the American
Red Cross was its activity and not
quiescence. It must not, however, he
Etdded, become a great charities society.
At the same time, he declared
that the organisation should continue
sl peace-time work, referring to the
problems raised by floods, fire and
juier disasters. It also, he said.
:ould do more toward lessening Infant
mortality and preventing diseases
like tuberculosis.
Wilbert E. Longfellow gave a
lemonstratlon of Red Cross methods
>f first aid and life-saving.
Announcement was made by Chairman
Payne at the convention that
'.he American Red Cross has cabled
>rders to all of its nurses now on
luty In Vienna. Budapest. Paris and
Constantinople to hasten to Athens
'or service In the relief operations.
Piss Joint Appeal.
Chairman Payne also said that
while there would be a Joint appeal
'or funds for the Red Cross and
fear East Relief, control of the I
'unds Is to be vested generally in the
Fled Cross. It will take the "entire
esponslblllty of dealing with the
lituatlon In Europe?that Is. in
Jreece and on the islands and at
Constantinople." he said
"I have been advised by the Sec etary
of State." Chairman Payne
vent on, "that the refugees have
>een driven onto the European side
10 that the emergency exists in Eu ope
and not In Smyrna.
"The Near East Relief has a large
ask In dealing with orphans. I
hink It has something like 100.000
irphans. which forms for It a definite
ind permanent task. But If there Is
in emergency?that Is. If there are
>eople In Smyrna or any other point
n Asia Minor who require emergency
ittentlon?It will be given by the
fear East Relief."
The Red Crose is sending a comnlssion
to Greece, which will have
iomplete charge of Its activities in
hat part of the world, the chairman
lIso announced. The personnel of
he commission or the program was
lot disclosed.
TESTIMONY INTRODUCED
AGAINST BANKER'S WIFE
letail Merchant and Negro Walter
Witness for Plaintiff in Kar- i
riage Annulment.
Ij the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 11.?A retail
r.erchant and a negro waiter, both
rom Memphis. Tenn., were the first
wo witnesses called by counsel for
leverly D. Harris, former vice presilent
of the National City Bank, In
tls annulment proceedings against >
lis wife In municipal court today. j
Eugene R. Avery said he conducted
. photographic supply shop In Memihis
and that between 1910 and 1912
111 Rayner, a local gambler, occupied
wo floors above Avery's shop with
. woman named Ella Lee and that
he was now Mrs. Beverly D. Harris,
isked how he was so sure. Mr. Avery
aid that on Thursday last he called
n Mrs. Harris at the Biltmore Hotel,
irhere she Is living, and that when
ie told her who he was she said: |
Oh, then you are the kodak man."
Sam Campbell, negro waiter, testiied
that on May 6 last he served
ireakfast to Mrs. Harris and an undentlfled
man at the Hotel Chlsca In
femphls. He Identified a breakfast
heck, signed "B. D. Harris," as the
ne he had presented to her then.
Counsel for Mr. Harris pointed out
hat the whole proceedings hinged on
rhether Mrs. Harris was formerly
Ilia Lee. She has denied, under oath f
hat she was formerly Ella Lee. <
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PREMIER TO FACE
NEAREASTCRITICS
Announcement He Will Reply
Saturday Produces
Surprise.
SPECULATION IS STIRRED
Dissolution of Parliament and
General Election Are ' '
Discussed.
By the AKnociated Press. I
LONDON, October 31.?Prime Min- ^
ister Lloyd George has announced his
intention of replying publicly at Manchester
on Saturday to the torrent
of condemnatory criticism recently
aimed at the near eastern policy of
the government.
This sudden announcement has
taken the press by surprise and
brought getieral interest in the domestic
political situation to a keener
focus than ever. It also coincides
with increased definitene:-* in the
rumors of an early breakup of the
present coalition.
The impro*ed outlook in the near
east may have opened some inner
sources of information enabling the
political writers to speak v ith greater
certainty than heretofore; at any
rate, today's morning papers have th?
appearance of those usually accompanying
the last days of a moribund
UUIVIU allU HiC C4I i) UlBa^iUU'i .
of parliament.
RMlfnitton Not Hxpfftrd. f t
Necessarily a general election is
commonly discussed as a matter of
more or less certainty. The opinion
of the majority of the political experts.
however, is that Mr. Lloyd
George has no Intention of resigning. ?
nad that he will put up a big fight *
on behalf of the coalition, in which
he will have the support of Austen
Chamberlain In the latter's forthcoming
speech at Birmingham.
At the same time there are sobih
who confidently refer to dissolution
of parliament and a general election
in a manner implying knowledge that
the premier has already decided on
this course.
Speculation is very busy over tl^e
probable result of an appeal to the
country. The conservatives are
credited in some Quarters with ability
to secure a larger number of seats
in the house of commons than any
othtlr party, though not enough to
outvote a possible combination of the
liberals and laborites there?and such
a combination is one of the many
matters of conjecture.
Grow lag Strength of Labor.
Elsewhere the growing strength of
labor is emphasized and the labor
leaders themselves speak as though
they were confident in sweeping the
polls and taking office. It does not
n h a that th * lib
erals, whether Asqulthian or Georgian.
would be able to rally enough
undivided support to bring them into
power. *
One important result of the crisis,
according to two or three of the
papers, is that Sir Robert Home,
chancellor of the exchequer, has postponed
his trip to the United States
and that the debt-refunding mission
will not be undertaken by another,
being held up until Sir Robert feels
free to go.
NEW Y0RK~FI6HT
GROWING BITTER
irAKlimiA^ fpnm Cipet r?n T., \
tion&bly will receive a wonderful majority.
He will invade the upstate
counties to try to win votes away
from his opponent in the industrial
towns and communities.
As one of the plain people, he says
he will travel in the d*y coach on the
regular trains and by automobile.
Gov. Miller does not disdain to use a
special Pullman sleeper attached to
the regular trains.
The democratic platform, which
will be expatiated upon by Candidate
Smith, is one of the "widest open'
manifestos of political and legislative
objectives ever spread before eastern
voters. It is for municipal ownership
frf utilities, wines and beers, removal
of censorship of motion picture
plays and in places is almost
near-socialist.
Two Parties Divided.
The republican platform has none
of those features, leaving prohibition
to stand as a closed incident. But I
appeals for economy In public expenditures.
various reforms of a
business nature and is in line with
the solid safe and sound record of
the Miller administration and legislature.
I am trying to point out to
you how the two parties are dividing
and in what terms they will ask the
suffrage of the voters It is evident '
that the thinking voters are to be
put to a test to decide beween the
claims and counter charges of the
torshlp and fVee the screen."
Oetttac Farther Apart.
Tou oan see how the two platforms
tnd candidates will get farther and
farther apart as the campaign goes
>n. and how the classes are likely to
llvide. The republican ticket will
Iraw from one school of thought, the
lemocratlc from another. In the big
;tty. In the Industrial communities,
:he democrats will put out their
>leas. In the country. In the quiet
tomes of the small towns, the repubtcans
will advance theirs.
But. of course, we don't want to
:ake everything too seriously -and
nust allow a margin for politics!
mncombe and balderdash. But. makng
all due allowances, the fact Is
hat the aampatgn in New York will
te worthy of the attention of every
houghtful man and woman as a conrplcuous
teat case of a struggle of
ionfllctlng political Ideals In thts
jountry.
ALBANIA DEFIES DISORDERS.
NEW YORK. October 11?The Al>anian
government has cabled the Al- '
>anlan vice consul here. C. A. Tashko.
hat absolute law and order reign
hroughout the country, and that retorts
of disturbed conditions are with>ut
foundation.
I
two c&noiaates. ana inai ma campaign
will present a strong appeal to
the Independent voter?. At that, there
will be scores of thousands of voters
who will mark a ballot for "Al"
Smith, because it Is Smith and never
five a thought to anything else.
Everybody la watching the course
>f Mr. Hearat. who lost out at the
Syracuse convention, to see whether
tie will oppose Mr. Smith. His morning
paper devotes two and a half
columns to a report of Gov. Miller s
ipeech at Utlca last night, prominently
displayed. In which the republican
candidate soored Mr. Smith,
rhe editorial page carried an attack
>n Gov. Miller for the state law and
commission for the censoring of
moving pictures. The democratic
platform called for repeal of the
notion picture censorship law and
10-called Lurk laws repressing freelom
of opinion, of speech and of pubicatlon.
The editorial says: "Gov.
Miller can't quite get hold of the f
cress. It Is specifically mentioned for
protection in the Constitution. The
press is safe. The schools have been
taved. The democratic platform proposes
to repeal motion picture cen