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Chairman of Fine Arts Commission Gives
Illustrated Lecture Under Auspices of
Arlington County Federation.
Special Dispatch t 6 The Star.
CHERRTDALE, Va., January 24. —
A great, continuous park from Great
Falls to Alexandria was pictured by
Charles Moore, chairman of the Com
mission of Kne Arts, In the course of
an illustrated lecture on “Washing
ton and Park Extension Plans,” de
livered hero last night at the school
auditorium, under auspices of the
Arlington County Civic Federation.
A large audience of citizens from
all sections of the county crowded
the auditorium. Clarence R. Aphalt
president of the civic federation. In
troduced the speaker, and at the
close of his address, thanked him in
the name of the association.
“Is the conception too fine, too
grand?" asked Mr. Moore. “It Is In
deed the finest and grandest concep
tion we can contemplate today. If
it were not the American people
would have none of It. Tomorrow
something finer and grander may oc
cur. Then the American people will
demand that finer and grander thing.
They arc determined to make their
capital the finest city Imaginable.
Having so determined, who is going
to stop them?”
Appeal* to Civic Pride.
Chairman Moore made a personal
appeal to the pride of the residents
of Arlington county, declaring that
while they are no longer under the
jurisdiction of Congress, nevertheless
they are bound to the federal city by
ties stronger than, legislative enact
ments.
“Can you proud Virginians as you
arc tolerate being the backyard of
Washington?” asked the lecturer.
"Ought you not rather to aspire to
be the front garden?"
Mr. Moore discussed at length the
proposed plans for the Arlington me
morial bridge, the various approaches
to the new Key bridge, declaring that
the future of Arlington county is
linked up with Washington, and that
the "outer park system” is not so
chimerical as it might seem.
The speaker said at the outset that
his remarks had no official sanction,
and were to bo accepted only In so far
as they might be approved hereafter
by competent study made on the
ground. He outlined the original
I ceding of territory to the federal
government, and the steps whereby
the Virginia portion across the Po
tomac voted itself back Into the Vir
ginia commonwealth In 1846.
From that day to the present,
Chairman Moore said, the act of re
trocession has been acquiesced in,
although from time to time doubts
as to Us constitutionality have been
expressed in highest constitutional
quarters.
Discussion of Boundaries,
“The practical matter now is as to
the boundaries of the District, in
view of the dredging going on In the
Potomac by means of which work
large areas of solid land are being
created adjacent to the \ irginia
shore," he continued. “This new
made land is District of Columbia,
since the District line goes to high
water mark on the Virginia shore
Mr. Moore then declared that “the
Potomac river, as it flows through the
National Capital, may flow through
a continuous park from Great Falls
to Alexandria.“ He asserted that
there should be a broad.’ tree-lined,
well parked boulevard all the way to
Mount Vernon, and that there should
be another boulevard from the Key
bridge to the driveway in front of
Arlington national cemetery, and
thence by a straight line to the High
way bridge, completing the circuit.
“Something drastic should be done
to provide access to all that beautiful
country back of Fort Myer," Mr.
Moore said. The time has come, he
continued, to plan far beyond the
boundaries of the District that George
Washington laid out.
gkonU Plan Outer Parks.
“We must begin to plan for outer
parks, such as Boston enjoys and
Chicago is creating, such as are the
crown and pride of London and Paris
and Berlin and Vienna —large forest
areas for recreation and health.” he
said. The lecturer spoke against the
proposition to .sell Camp Humphrey,
and Instanced the “chicken houses
that deface, degrade and belittle the
entrance to Mount Vernon, all because
no control was kept over the property
opposite the gates," he said. Mr.
Moore continued:
"The Key bridge terminus in
Rosslyn needs Intelligent study. The
first proposition was to build a> loop
for the CapltaJ Traction Company and
two separate terminal stations all on
the restricted government reserva
tion. That reservation Is none too
large for a fine and dignified bridge
head. The three trolley lines should
unite In one terminal station built
on their own property and having
adequate facilities for the accom
modation of the public. It should be
like the public service station In
Newark, N. J. Washington will con
tain a million people within the life
time of our children, and no provision
PROF. L. A. CLINTON DEAD.
Former Expert in Farm Bureau Ex
pires In Detroit.
Prof. Louis A. Clinton, formerly
connected with the farm bureau work
of the Department of Agriculture, and
well known In this city, formerly
residing at 1311 Decatur etreet north
west, died In Detroit, Mich., Sunday
last, friends In Washington have been
advised. He had left his home in
New Brunswick. N. J., where he was
connected with the faculty of Rutgers’
College for the past four years, to
visit his old homo in Grand Rapids,
Mich., and was takfn 111 on the train
en route. , For seven weeks he had
been In the Harper Hospital in De
troit and hla friends had thought
that he was improving and would
recover, but he suffered a relapse and
died Sunday.
Prof. Clinton was an authority In
his specialty as an agricultural ex
pert and had written a number of
books on the subject. Among the
leading men of the Department of
Agriculture and among those con
nected with the state agricultural
colleges and experimental farms he
was well known. Prof. Clinton is
survived by his wife and three
daughters, Mrs. M. A. Wadhams.
Hartford, Conn.; Mrs. William Word.
Detroit, and Miss ’ Olive Clinton of
New Brunswick, N. J.
GIRLS FETE OFRCIALS.
Board of Education Guests of
-f Graduating Class.
School officials and members of the
board of education were the guests
of the girls In the graduating class
of the domestic science department at
the Smallwood-Bowen vocational
schools at a luncheon at the school
yesterday. After the luncheon the vis
itors Inspected the vocational train
ing olasses-
Among the guests were Superin
tendent of Schools Frank W Ballou,
Assistant Superintendent Stephen E.
Kramer, Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins
and Mr*. Raymond B. Morgan, mem
bers of the school board; William F.
Smith, Brlnclpal of> the Smallwood-
Bowen Sehoql; Miss M. V. O’Nell of
the domestic art department of the
public schools; Miss Emma S. Jacobs,
director of domestic science, and Isaac
Gans, president of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce.
Growth of the Girl Scout organiza
tion In membership from 67,000 to
53,000 In the last year is reported by
Mrs. Frederick Bday, chairman of tne
.national field committee..
THE EVfiNING STAB, WASHINGTON. I). C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1923
we may make today will be adequate
for them. We should at least provide
for present needs.
Why -glop at Rosslya, He Asks.
“And when speaking-of the exten
sion of the Capital Traction Company
•lines, why should they have a stub
end in Rosslyn? Why should they not
use the abandoned right of way and
tracks along the highway In front of
Arlington and return byway of the
Highway bridge? That would give the
territory about Rosslyn quick and ade
quate service to the center of Wash
ington. I have known the Capital
Traction Company and Its predecessor
for more than thirty years. It is one
of the best managed and most efficient
street railways In this country.
Through good management It makes
money for its stockholders. I never
knew it to balk at performing public
service, and for some years probably
the suggested extension would not be
profitable. But it would be highly
advantageous to Arlington county.
"Th® government road leading from
the southeast corner of Arlington to
the Highway bridge Is dangerous, ex
pensive and in appearance highly dls
creditable. its tortuous course re
sembles nothing so much as a snake
in pain. it should be straightened,
widened and boulevarded. with four
driveways, two fftr heavy traffic and
two for lighter vehicles. The boule
vards in Germantown. Philadelphia and
those leading out of New York Into
Westchester county should be taken
as examples of treatment.
j Memorial Bridge la Limelight.
“The Memorial bridge, for which
Congress has ordered plans to be pre
pared. is once more in the limelight of
controversy. The plan of 1901 for the
improvement of Washington located the
£ on a , line drawn from the Lln
coln Memorial to the Mansion House at
»\ rl l? et ° n Tif‘ lncoln was to be related
f® * h ® soldier dead. On that axis a
location was fixed for a worthy tne
nrZ l V» t 0 R , obert E Lee. a name hon
ored throughout this broad land. That
Kh ?, ul , d be as dignified as the
dLs?«riT h a 1S K to ‘yptty. as fine tu
i , as * ls character was fine, as
ample in its dimensions as was his
f a r nd« 'fY, 1 ' Located on the ancestral
fnk h£ f n h 8 ch V dren ’ u should forever
n *L De . with the great
i that gave birn renown. All
Han of ms. arC PrOVld * d for ln the
“The bridge as now located by the
will^accoJ^r 1 ! 0^41 br,dße commission
w I £ cc ®™P ,ißb niore than this. It
S' 1 ' tbe « rea t connection between
totomac Park and the system of parks
th! e po nm«t IO " £ th « Virginia bank of
the Potomac river from Great Falls to
Alexandria, a series of parks In ex-
H th^wM 3017 Bbr P assl, ig any series
in the wide world. Is not such an
ideal worth striving for— worth sacri
obtain? Whether" the bridge
matter fn a ,h raW : ° r nDt ls ft minor
was nroviH»H h x, P,an ° f 1901 a draw
?„‘tf- P X®' r j ded • More than half of Chi
ca.go cross drawbridges every dav of
road to e u« and S bfcag ® * 8 -*Von y the
merciaj ocity 0 city «
Tt-sOIr Conditions.
lt i 8 true that the river
traffic here, as elsewhere, has dwin
way traffic i » nlfl - canc «’ the rail
traffic has grown to enormous
gateway to the west it is the gate
way to the south, both for railway and
for motor traffic. This requires good
rd dS to r^eth^ P ° to^ ac to R ‘chmond
abd . to tbe Shenandoah valley, and
farmerna mean Prosperity for the
a ea ? y ac< r ess to the home
builder. As for the railways, the
time cannot be far distant when the
wm S K« rUnnl, ? g across the Potomac
J'i 1 . 1 be required to use electrici.ty.for
rf.mhfa tra i® rsll> » tb© District of Co
lumbia. The smoke nuisance is be-
S's I ?l nSf intolerable and needless.
That requirement would have been
™ ad ® /ears ago had it not
been for the fact that the. railways
were then making Improvements far
In advance of the needs of that day
For the same reason. Long bridge
was replaced by two bridges designed
for economy and not at all for
beauty. But those bridges were built
while as yet Potomac Park was made
up of mud and rank grasses, with a
few willows to hold the soil. The
bridges cannot last for many years
longer and when rebuilt they will
no longer disfigure the landscape, but
will bo well designed and construct
ed of permanent materials.
Reason for Abandoning Site.
“The criticism has been made in
Congress that the construction of a
huge, ugly powerhouse at the Wash
ington end of those bridges at an
expense of some 1700,000 to the gov
ernment has been stopped for esthetic
reasons. The fact is that the con
tractors were forced to abandon that
site because they could get founda
tions only at a cost that would have
Involved them In financial loss But
for that failure on the part of the
engineers w© should have today a
monstrous, ugly powerhouse as the
greeting of every person approach
ing Washington from the south. Is
it strange that the people of the
nation protested against such a need
less desecration of their Capital
city?”
RITES FOR MRS. DUNCAN.
s_
Funeral Services This Afternoon for
Prominent Woman Resident.
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia
Denison Duncan, wife of Rev. George
S. Duncan, who died Monday, will be
held this afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the family residence. 2900 7th street
northeast. Rev. Dr. Henry E. Brun
dage, pastor of Ecklngton Presby
terian Church will officiate. The In
terment will be in Rock Creek ceme
tery.
Mrs. Duncan was the daughter of
the late Edwin Booth, who was a
prominent publisher of Cincinnati,
Ohio. She came to Washington in
1895 with her husband, then pastor of
the Ecklngton Presbyterian Church.
She was active In church work, and
donated a chapel to the church some
years ago. She was closely identi
fied with the expansion work of the
Y. W. C. A. and was a member of the
Art and Archaeology League and
Archaeologists Society, and many
philanthropic organizational She
Is survived by her husband, who is a
member of the faculty of the Ameri
can University of this city.
WILL REPORT TO BOARD.
John A. Petty to Outline National
Realty Committee Proceedings.
John A. Petty, executive secretary
of the Washington Real Estate Board,
will give an account of the proceed
ings at the midwinter session of the
executive committee of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards,
just ended at Jacksonville, Fla., at
the meeting tomorrow night of the
local board In the grillroom of ’Ward
man Park Hotel.
Mr. Petty will tell of the part played
by Washington realtors at the meet
ing and of certain phases of reorgani
zation accomplished by the national
association. He is the first of the
local delegates to return from the
convention.
Motion pictures depleting the ad
vantaged of home-owning will be
shown, under the direction of the en
tertainment committee, headed by ,H.
G. Kennedy. A buffet supper will be
served.
Charles S. Rhreve, president .of the
Real Estate Board, will preside.
A Nevada young woman who had
been' forbidden by a jealous suitor to
go to a dance with a rival had the
jealous swain arrested and lodged
in a cell, and then wont to the danoe
with) the other fellow, (
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HARDING MAY NOT
WISHjHLECTION
Discouraged by Lack of
Party Team
work.
FEELS CRITICS ARE UNFAIR
State of Wife's Health and Fate of
Ship Subsidy Hay Be De
termining: Factors.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE.
Republican leaders who enjoy
President Harding’s confidence be
lieve be might refuse renomlnatlon
in 1924 If the decision had to be made
today. They aro persuaded he at
least is tossed between conflicting
emotions as to whether he ought to
run for President a second time or
not. Everything depopds upon the
course of events during the com
paratively Immediate future. Mrs.
Harding’s health is an important fac
tor. The fate of the ship subsidy is
another. The attitude of the Senate
toward the administration’s conduct
of foreign affairs is still a third con
sideration.
No one believes that Warren G.
Harding, in any set of conditions, is
enthusiastic about another term in
the Whit© House. His friends de
pict him as on© of th© most disil
lusioned of men. He has made no
secret of that in hla private and even
in some of his public contacts. On
the first anniversary of his presi
dency he said he felt like a man who
had been burdened with the cares of
the office for ten years Instead of one.
His hair Is even whiter this winter
than when he made that confession a
year ago; his political and personal
worries are immeasurably more on
erous.
Cat by Criticism.
Mr. Harding feels keenly that on the
whole his critics. Inside and outside of
the republican party, have been “un
fair.” To the common charge that the
President’s troubles are mainly of his
own making—a reference to his re
fusal to Indulge in big-stick leader
ship—the rejoinder Is offered that Mr.
Harding was elected on a platform
that called for executive non-inter
ference with Congresa There are
eminent Americans who demanded a
break with "Wilsonian exardom,” and
who. having obtained it under War
ren G. Harding, now are In full cry at
his heels on that account. That Is a
species of the unjust attacks of which,
his friends claim, the President has
been the victim.
The thorn that pricks most In the
Harding flesh Is disloyalty within hie
own party. With a nominal repub
lican majority of twenty In the Sen
ate of the dying Sixty-seventh Con
gress. Mr. Harding Is often as help
less as If It were a democratic ma
jority of those dlmensiona He sees
himself faced by a Senate contain
ing "men wearing the uniform of
republicans," as a prominent national
leader describes them to this writer,
but who are devoid of any sense of
party loyalty.
Couhuu mn Example.
James Couzens, Newberry's succes
sor In the Senate, Is a case in point,
and one of the newest cases. Mr.
Couzens came to Washington the ap
pointee of a republican governor, to
fill a regular republican senatorial
seat No one expected him supinely
to wear the O. O. P. organization
collar. But neither did the Presi
dent’s supporters expect, for Instance,
that Senator Couzens would let weeks
claps© without paying his respects to
the official leader of his party. He
may not have done so yet.
He had not up to a fortnight ago.
Then Senator Couzens announced he
was against the ship subsidy, and
refused, when labored with by re
publican leaders, to acknowledge any
obligation to support it merely be
cause It was a major administration
project. In the Senate cloakroom
Mr. Couzens hobnobs with Senator
Brookhart, sworn foe of the admin
istration. These observations do not
directly reflect White House senti
ment. They rather Illuminate the
view of Mr. Harding's political lieu
tenants. They are stressed as typ
ical of the conditions which are sour
ing the President’s political outlook.
The state of affairs will be even
worse, from Mr. Harding's standpoint,
when the Sixty-eighth Congress comes
Into office. That body, from the ad
ministration’s standpoint, with its
merely paper republican majority, is
expected to be balkiness personified.
The White House contemplates Its
arrival with very mixed emotions.
Elect ions Disappointment.
No analysis of the President’s state
of mind would be complete without
allusion to his disappointment over
the Noverpber elections. Many Os his
Intimates are convinced he looked
upon.them as a “repudiation" of the
Harding administration. Local causes
in many states to the contrary not
withstanding. it has not been easy to
convince the President that the result
was anything but a reversal of the
stupendous Harding vote of confi
dent* in 192(T
If Mr. Harding signals during 1923
that be is ready to accept renomlna-
Plea for International Peace
Sounded by Japanese Premier
| An appeal for the people of Japan
to stand solidly behind their govern
ment In its desire to promote Inter
national peace was'sounded in the
diet at Toklo yesterday by Premier
Kato, whose address was made public
here by the Japanese. embassy. The
embassy also released a speech deliv
ered before the same body by Count
Uchlda, the foreign minister.
Premier Kato pointed with pride to
the fact that Japan enjoys peace,
while most of the other powerful na
tions of the world are torn by Inter
nal and external strife. He referred
to improved conditions in the far
east, to. the naval limitation treaty,
and declared the Japanese govern
ment was doing all It could to help
restore peace to those sections of the
world which are still locked In dis
astrous wars,
Stresses Washington Naval Part.
Count Uchlda confined his address
largely to the Washington naval pact,
and called attention to the fact that
Japan has already taken steps to put
Us provisions Into effect. Great Brit
ain and the United States also hav
ing ratified the treaty. France alone
has failed to attach the signatures
that put It in force.
The extract of Premier Kato’s
speech follows:
“Gentlemen, I deem It an honor a e
prime minister to lay before you a
general statement of the government
policies at this occasion, this being
my first opportunity since the organi
zation of the cabinet at Imperial com
mand. Allow me to begin with the
consideration of our foreign relations.
It is a matter for congratulation that
our relations with other countries are
steadily growing in cordiality, and
this country—with due regard to its
position and responsibilities in th©
world —Is acting in concert with the
other powers with a view to estab
lishing lasting peace.
Eorsye’* Troubles Far Front Settled.
“The political situation In Europe Is
as yet unfortunately far from being
settled, but in the far east affairs
have recently Improved. Conditions
In Russia have shown a gradual im
provement and In far eastern Russia
the political situation has tended like
wise toward stabilization. According
ly, we have withdrawn our troops
from Siberia and north Manchuria,
completing withdrawal by the end of
October last. This marks the termi
nation of our expedition to Siberia
which was undertaken August, 1918.
in co-operation with the allied and
associated powers. If Is. much re
gretted that during the existence of
the Far Eastern Republic our ef
forts at Dairen and Changchung tor
the resumption of commercial rela
tions with that country resulted in no
agreement.
“With regard to .China, a detailed
Shantung treaty concluded at Wash
ington was recently signed, and the
agreement for putting Into effect the
so-called Shantung question, the set
tlement of which was so long pro
tracted, has thus fortunately been
concluded. I do not doubt that this
termination of a difficult question be
tween the two countries will add
greatly In an improvement in their
relations, but it Is a matter for deep
regret that the political situation In
China Is lacking in stability, and it Is
tlon. In accord with time-honored tra
dition, It will be due to a realization
on his part that any other course
amounts to confession of his admin
istration’s failure. The President Is
not temperamentally a "scrapper.”
But his admirers are sure that he
would not shirk a conflict once ho
was aroused to understand that the
country thought he was running
away from a light.
More than one member of the
cabinet who senses the unpopularity
of the administration favors going
down battling In 1924 with flags
flylngy rather than surrender of the
ship without a struggle. That kind
of counsel, there is reason to believe.
Is reaching Mr. Harding amid his
heartsearching. Whether It Is Im
pressing him Is not so certain.
Eyes oa Johnson.
Administration leaders are watch
ing the maneuvers of Hiram Johnson
with an eagle eye. The California
senator's hope of becoming the heir
to a Harding debacle—cither volun
tary or forced—ls notorious. Organi
zation republicans gaze with respect
ful Interest upon Johnson’s rather suc
cessful feat of carrying political water
on both shoulders—progressive of pro
gressives when the radical “going” is
g«od, especially In his natlye west,
and a standpatter of stand patters
while tariff bills and ship subsidies
are up, or trains to be missed when
votes to expel old guard senators are
imminent.
Republican managers see a silver lin
ing to what they acknowledge Isa John
son cloud of no mean size. They know
Robert M. La Follette dislikes and mis
trusts the Californian and probably
would mobilize the farm-labor forces of
the northwest to Johnson's undoing at
election time. If he should happen to
be the republican standard bearer.
All these things aro talked about
and thought about In the presidential
circle these drab daya Mr. Harding
has been deeply distressed by his
wife’s long illness. It may be he will
feel the necessity of nursing her back
to health, perhaps over a period of
years, may Impel him to think his
duty, after March 4, 1925, is to her,
instead of to a party that has not
surfeited him with devotion. An an
nouncement along these lines may
become a piece of political history
some sunny day,
(Copjrrifht, 1821.)
I tli* earnest hope of the Japanese
government that China will at the
I earliest possible moment and through
the efforts of her own people achieve
! tranquillity and find the road to
I healthy progress.
•'»r»l Armament Limitation.
“Regarding the treaty for the limi
tation of naval armament, signed at
the Washington conference, the
t United States, Great Britain and
Japan have taken steps toward their
ratification. Acting in harmonv with
those countries and out of respect
for the spirit of the treaty. Japan
has proceeded towards putting Its
provisions into effect, thus demon
strating her sincerity of purpose.
"The surplus revenue yielded as a
result of the limitation of armaments
and by administrative financial re
adjustments will all be devoted to
measures more in keeping with the
times. Thus there will be an increase
in the share which the state treasury
bears of expenses of compulsory edu
cation. and also an increase of allot
ment for the extension of higher
educational institutions. There will
also be an increase in expenditures
for riparian and barber worka for the
encouragement of industries, and for
increasing pensions and allowances
of bereaved families within the limits
I of national revenues, and where such
increases are unavoidable. In the
light of the financial conditions now
prevailing, It has been deemed wise
to advance the dates for the redemp
tion of the national debt."
Accentuating Friendship.
Count Uchlda. after speaking of the
visit of the Prince of Wales last
spring and of “our crown prince to
the British Isles in the previous
year,” as accentuating the traditional
friendship that has so long existed
between our countries,” spoke. In
part, as follows:
“Our government, mindful of Ja
pan's position as the preceding na
tion of the orient and one of the
world’s principal powers, should not
only have constant regard for the
country’s rights and prosperity, but
should be guided also by a desire to
contribute toward a constructive pol
icy of international peace, which is
the highest post-war mission of the
nations. On the one hand, it is our
duty to co-operate with Great Britain,
the United State*. Prance, Italy and
other friendly nations, so as to en
hance our prestige, confirm our posi
tion, accelerate economic expansion,
win our people abroad, thereby pro
moting their welfare and happiness.
On the other hand, it is our duty to
put forth our best efforts toward the
stabilization of human affairs.
Emphasises Policy of Peace.
“The Washington conference gave
emphatic testimony to the fact that
the policy of the powers is one of
peace. The government places the
greatest Importance upon this con
ference, not only because of concrete
results, but because It lessens bur
dens and dissipates any anxiety that
existed among people and because of
Its achievement in developing under
standing and friendship among na
tions. The most notable Is our rela
tionship with Great Britain and t'ne
United States which through the'con
ference has been put upon a still
closer and surer foundation. In view
of these achievements the government
considered it best suiting the inter
ests of the country to see that the
various treaties. and resolutions
signed at the conference were speed
ily put Into force and no time was
lost in taking necessary measures for
effecting the ratifications which took
place in August last year. Both Great
Britain and the United States have
likewise taken steps to ratify these
agreements and It now remains only
for France and Italy to do the same.
I am confident these powers will take
similar action in the interest of world
peace.
Discusses Ruhr Selsnrr.
“The nations of Europe are
troubled with many difficult ques
tions. Recently France. In co-opera
tion with Belgium, has deemed It
proper to take certain action In the
Ruhr district of Germany. This ac
tion may lead to a grave situation
and the Japanese government, con
stantly mindful of the importance of
peace'. Is paying close attention to
the development.
"Toward Russia Japan has always
followed the fundamental policy of
non-interference In international and
political affairs. We hope that as
soon as the political conditions in
that qpuntry are stabilized we may be
able to settle various questions,
maintaining accord so far as possible
with the other nations concerned.
"The earnest hope of the govern
ment Is that conditions, both In Eu
ropean Russia and Siberia, will soon
be stabilized and that Russia will
properly appreciate Its responsibility
for the unfortunate affair of Nlko
laievsk and change the attitude it
has hitherto maintained, so that the
opening of commercial .Intercourse
may thereby be hastened.
“As regards China, it has been our
fundamental policy, as repeatedly
declared, strictly to avoid interfer
ence and observe impartiality to
ward the Internal affairs- of that
country, and to help in the awaken
ing and uplifting of the Chinese
people. The government is firmly
convinced that it Is to the beet in
terests of Japan to maintain this
policy." ‘
Much is heard today of the large
sums spent by woman on cosmetics.
Thirty-five years ago American women
were spending comparatively. little
on pglnt and powder, but they-were
spending $8,000,000 a year on bustles, I
according to the figures compiled by
a statistician of that day. |
QUANTICO COCAINE
AND WOUND
Red Cross Bag Hanging in
Bathhouse Contains Hid
den Narcotic.
POSSIBLY FROM BRAZIL
Probe at Barracks Following Party
Fatal to Two, Soon to Be
Ecported.
Discovery of a quantity of cocaine
and corn whisky In the marine bar
racks at Quantlco during an investi
gation Into the deaths Sunday of ttco
enlisted men was reported yesterday
to Maj. Gen. John A. Dejeune, in com
mand of the Marine Cotips, by Brig.
Gen. Smedley Butler, coqur.andant at
Quantico, who came to Washington
to confer personally with Marine
Corps officials concerning conditions
at the post.
Several capsules containing the co
caine were found hidden in a Red
Cross bag suspended in a bathhouse
at the post. Ownership of the bag is
not known. Effects of the marines,
bed clothing, portions of the walls
and floors of the buildings and every
conceivable place which might serve
as a bidding place for narcotics or
liquor were examined.
The thirty-six-hour probe resulted
from the deaths of Sergt. F. J. Malloy
and Private James S. Harnett, both of
whom. It Is believed, attended a
"party” staged by about a dozen
marines Saturday night. Autop
sies performed on the bodies disclosed
that death resulted from wood alcohol
poisoning, considerable quantity of
corn liquor is said to have been con
sumed.
Five to Face Coart-Mart UR*
Five marines who are now under
treatment in the hospital at Quantico
for liquor poisoning, will face courts
martial when they recuperate. Gen.
[ Butler declared. The trials may lead
to the naming of persons responsible
I for bringing the liquor and drug Into
| the federal reservation. Federal
I agents already are conducting a thor
ough investigation in Quantico and
vicinity with a view 1 to running down
a band of bootleggers thought to
have been doing a flourishing busi
ness with service men.
The capsules of cocaine were con
tained in a bottle, which bore a label
printed in Portuguese, which officials
believe the narcotic was brought to
Quantico by a detachment of marines
which returned last week from Rio
Janeiro. Brazil, where it had attended
the world exposition. This clue
is being examined with the expecta
tion of placing blame.
Every man at the post has under
gone a physical examination since
Sunday's tragedy. Xo additional
cases of liquor poisoning were dis
covered:
Gen. Butler will make a report in
writing to Gen. Lejeune.
BARE MINE VIOLATIONS
OF CHILD LABOR LAWS
Department of Labor Investigators
Report Children Working and
Conditions Insanitary.
' Studies mads in typical mining
areas, both bituminous and anthra
cite. show wholesale violation of the
child labor laws, maintenance of
squalid and insanitary conditions and
illiteracy ot working children, the
children’s bureau of the Department
of Labor announced last night in a
radio message.
Many coal camps are literally in the
wild, the bureau said. "Sometimes
the mountainsides and narrow val
leys do not offer much space for build
ings and the houses are crowded close
together, but with as little sanitation
as If the nearest neighbor was a mile
away.
"Drainage empties into the valley
streajn, and from this stream comes
drinking water, and. sometimes, ty
phoid fever. The schools in the camps
are often of rural type—one room, one
teacher, offering only five or six ele
mentary grades.”
The report adds that In one anthra
cite mining town out of every 1.000
babies born 187 died during the first
year of life. Half the boys, thirteen
to sixteen years of age. had left
school and gone to work in the min
ing industry', the report added. Even
the fourteen-year-age minimum of
the state of Pennsylvania was being
violated and hundreds of boys were
being employed In the coal-mining in
dustry” before they reached that age.
WHY did we sell our
400 used cars dur
ing 1922?
WHY arc the pur
chasers of these
cars satisfied?
THE answer lies in
“integrity.”
THIS integrity is back
of our certified
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“The Triangle of Increasing Values”
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Over ninety homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and
under construction. Wooded villa sites, lots and finished
homes of brick and tile, with lots from 50 to 115 feet
front; or if desired, we will build your home in the same
substantial manner that has characterized our work since
1899. Park Office, 32d and Cathedral Ave. (Woodley Rd.).
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Woodward Building, 15th and H Sts. Main 6935
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