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ARCHITECTS PAY TRIBUTE TO MILLS Monument at Grave Is Dedi cated—Roosevelt Let ter Read. Tribute to the memory of Robert Mills, first Federal architect, was paid at. Congressional Cemetery yesterday when a monument, erected at his grave by a group of architects, was dedicated In the presence of Mills’ descendants and many Interested architects and admirers of his work. A message from President Roose velt. lauding Mr. Mills' work, was read. "Every visitor who comes to Wash ington.” wrote the President in a mes sage to Edwin B. Morris of the Monu ment Committee, "is impressed with the classic beauty of the Treasury, the Patent Office and the Land Office, notable among the structures designed by Mills. "Of all the monuments in our Na tional Capital, the one outstanding in silent, solemn grandeur is that which Mills designed and which the Nation erected in memory of Washington. None but a very great genius could have evolved in his mind such a lofty conception of the greatness of a man end of a great Nation’s love for that mau. i am irui> giau uiuii tribute is to be paid to Mills’ memory.” The message was read by Francis P. Sullivan, who presided. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. Robert Mills Evans of this city, great granddaughter of Mr. Miles. Other members of the family present in cluded a great-grandson, Robert Mills Dimitry’, of Brooklyn, N. Y., with his wife, and a great-great grandson, Richard X. Evans, of this city. A letter of appreciation was read from Mills' surviving grandson, Thomas Dabney Dimitry, of New Or leans, unable, on account of age, to be present. Rear Admiral Christian Joy Peo ples, director of procurement for the Government. was the principal speaker. He praised the work of Mills, declaring he was an “inspira tion and example” to his successors. Louis A. Simon, supervising archi tect of the Treasury's Procurement Division, said Mills' work “breathes the spirit of all that is universal and permanent in beauty, undimmed by the passing of years.” David Rankin Barbee, author and historian, reviewed the life and works of Mills comprehensively, declaring his buildings here "express the maj esty, the dignity and the beauty of cur country.” The grave of Mills had remained unmarked by monument for more than 80 years. The memorial was de signed by P. G. Golden and Harry Cunningham. -m — Memorial Dav J (Continued From First Page.) In devoting their lives to the prin ciple for which they fought.” Declaring that some of the greatest dangers come "from within our own borders,” Roper said: “These dangers require the most careful and patriotic consideration and study by all of our citizens. Dur ing the past three years we have been fighting the forces of economic de pression and social disintegration. We are conquering these forces with the same American spirit of patrio tism with which these men we honor today fought their battles.” “Evidently we have not given suffi cient thought to the causes behind the desire of nations for power and expansion. There has been a definite trend toward nationalism and self containment in all parts of the world. • * * Properly established and wisely guided international trade should lead to peaceful relations among nations. "If modem civilization is not to be endangered by another destructive catastrophe, there must be an unre mitting attempt to inculcate among peoples and among nations a t -ader understanding of these economic rela tionships, which, if not properly guided, may become causes of inter national conflict.” Yaden Presides. The Arlington services opened with the call to order by John M. Kline, 89-year-old commander of the De partment of the Potomac, Grand-Army of the Republic, which sponsored the services. James G. Yaden, president of the G. A. R. Memorial Day Corp„ presided. The invocation was given by Rev. William M. La- Roche- depart ment chaplain. United Spanish War Veterans. Harlan Wood, American Legion, recited Lincoln's Gettysburg address, and Louis R. Inwood, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Gen. Logan’s Me morial day orders. Miss Dorothy Red dish sang, with accompaniments by the Marine Band. The day recalled the shortening roster of veterans of 1861-65. The 2.128.948 men of the Union Army dwindled to approximately 10,000, ac cording to latest returns. Of a max imum Confederate Army of some 900, 000, there are approximately 9.000 left, according to an estimate by Gen. Harry Rene Lee of Nashville, Tenn. Senator George of Georgia yesterday placed a spray of poppies on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson, World War Pres ident, in the National Cathedral. The poppies were sent by Miss Miona Michael of Athens, Ga. Senator George was accompanied by Repre sentatives Brown and Castellow of Georgia. Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming, whose father served three and a half years with the Union forces in the Civil War, paid tribute to both the living and dead warriors of that struggle at memorial exercises at Bat tle Ground National Cemetery in Brightwood. The Wyoming Senator compared foreign dictatorships with the Gov ernment of this country, emphasizing that it is the primary duty of every American citizen to preserve the ideals for which the United States Gov ernment stands. William McK. Clayton, a pioneer of the Brightwood section, spoke of the interest in the annual celebration, which was conducted by the Bright wood Citizens' Association in co-oper ation with the G. A. R. He recalled that nearly every one of the 40 sol diers killed in the Battle of Port Stevens are buried near where they fell in Battle Ground Cemetery. Other persons and organizations who participated included the Navy School of Music Band, Maj. John Deavy, Mrs. Marie C. Deal, R. J. P. McElroy, John Clagett Proctor, vice chairman of the committee; Senior Comdr. Kline of the Department of the Potomac, Rev. William L. Mayo, Talbot O. Pulizzi, who read Lincoln’# Gettysburg address; children of the Brightwood School, led by Mrs Angus Lamond, Jr.; Rev. Robert Simmons and the 16th Brigade of the Army. > First Federal Architect Honored In this group, attending the dedication at Congressional Cemetery yesterday of a monu ment to the memory of Robert Mills, first Federal architect, are, left to right: Louise A. Simon, supervising architect, Treasury Department; David R. Barbee, historian; Mrs. Robert Mills Evans, great granddaughter of the crrchitect, and Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples, director of the Procurement Division of the Treasury. Qrave of Quentin Roosevelt Gallant Hero Rests ’Neath Simple Stone in Impressive Solitude. with flowers, hunters were following their dogs along the edge of the woods nearby. Black stacks in the field were j the harvest of beans and in the dis | tance a gleaner was picking up a few' stray pods for her evening meal. And so the fallen Eagle of the Air rests among the simple peasants, where the inspiration of Joan of Arc wras born. Impressive Solitude. There, where he so gallantly took off to the mystic and glorious realms of Valhalla, he may spread his spirit wings and fly again the thrilling, thunderous course of his last patrol. Or in perfect freedom, he may follow, from the tranquil, sequestered vale of Chamery, the beckoning beam of a tiny star in the ceilingless vault above him, outsoaring "The Shadow of our Night.” 'Mid solitude so impressive, with traditions so heroic, what legends and sagas may not spring up to im mortalize the winged knight of the i air, who heard the call of Roland’s horn and. answering, matched his life with Bayard's fame: "Sans Peur Et Sans Reproche!” Perhaps in the centuries to come, if the war clouds again gather o'er the Marne and Meuse, the peasant, toiling in his field at dusk, may hear the whir of a phantom propeller, cross himself, and murmur, "It is he, the American Aiglon, whose hangar is marked by the lone white cross at Chamery. He fights again for France!” We left our flowers with a prayer, a tear, a last salute, and turned back toward the red roofs of Chamery, w’here we mused a while by the | memorial fountain on which is in ! scribed: J "Only Those Who Are Fit to Live 1 Are Not Afraid to Die.” PLANTER WHO SHOT JUDGE GIVES UP Bruce Taken to Unan nounced Jail in Mississippi for Safety. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH. Miss., May 30.—The Smith County sheriff's office an nounced tonight that Frank Bruce, 60-year-old planter sought in con nection with the shooting of Circuit Judge Edgar M. Lane, had surrendered ■ and was en route to an unannounced I jail for "safekeeping.” Deputy Sheriff Bob Parker, a mem ber of the posse which has been trail ing Bruce since Judge Lane was wounded last night, said Bruce was in the custody of Sheriff J. M. Martin. Judge Lane. 54, militant South Mississippi jurist, received a charge of buckshot in his left leg and groin as he left the court house. He ac cused Bruce, saying the man had made threats against his life. Earlier tonight before Bruce was taken into custody, District Attorney Homer Currie said feeling against him was •’'pretty' high” and added that "it would not be safe to put him in jail here.” Two Sons Slain. The judge said the man was em bittered by the slaying of his two sons—Bondy and Otho Bruce—within the last year. Otho was killed by Judge Lane's brother, C. W. Lane, in self-defense. Bondy Bruce was killed in an election day fight and the elder Bruce was wounded. Though Homer Keys was arrested— and later exonerated—in connection with the election day slaying, Judge Lane said Frank Bruce accused him of being responsible. Currie said he was standing about 200 yards from Judge Lane when the judge was shot. THREE D. C. BOYS WIN Choate School Prizes Given Ferris, Miles and Totten. Three Washington boys were among the prize winners at the annual com mencement of the Choate School, Wallingford, Conn., it was announced yesterday by the school. They are Benjamin G. Ferris, jr., son of Maj. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Ferris, for excellence in science; Nel son Miles, son of Col. and Mrs. Sher man Miles, excellence in history, and George Oakley Totten, 3d, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Oakley Totten, jr., for improvement through effort in the lower form. * Nominates Republican Head of Tariff Group, Who Backs His Policies. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, Republican chairman of the Tariff Commission, who has approved the New Deal re ciprocal tariff program, was nomi nated for reappointment yesterday by President Roosevelt. Washington immediately watched for any signs of possible opposition among Republic an Senators, who r recently opposed with vigor a s u g g e s tion by O'B r i e n that their party in clude a plank in dorsing the Roosevelt admin-' lstration's meth bds of tariff - making. Senator Cool Idge (Democrat, of M a s s a chu setts), previously _ had voiced strong R ** °Bri*"' oojecuona 10 me reappointment on the ground O’Brien and other mem bers of the commission were responsi ble for lowering duties on manufac tured articles to the detriment of New England. At Mr. Roosevelt’s re quest, however, he withdrew his oppo sition Friday. Appointed by Hoover. O’Brien, appointed originally by President Hoover and since reap pointed by Mr. Roosevelt, proposed a few months ago that the Republican party approve the system of bargain ing with other nations for mutual advantages through the reduction of tariffs. “Experience has shown,” he said, “that to frame an old-fashioned tariff bill, and let the rest of the world take it or leave it, is no longer an adequate answer. Such tariff-making wrecked the administrations of two recent Re publican Presidents. Hoover and Taft, besides subjecting the business of the country to interminable delays and un certainties. all of which reacted on the party in power.” Proposed G. O. P. Plank. He proposed a Republican platform plank saying that “if we are to have tariff trading, or tariff bartering, it must be a responsibility lodged in the executive department, or in the head ship of the Nation, and not subjected to the town-meeting methods of huge legislative bodies.” O'Brien said that he, “a Republican, . k DR.PERGLER MADE LAW SCHOOL DEAN Will Take Over Post Left Va cant by Death of Dr. Hay den Johnson. Dr. Charles Pergler. first Czechoslo vak diplomatic representative to the United States, has been appointed dean of the National University Law School, it was announced yesterday by the Board of Trus tees. Dr. Pergler, who has been dean of the University's School of Eco nomics and Gov ernment since 1926, will take over the law school post left vacant by the re cent dei.th of Dr. Hayden Johnson. «e ,has bef" Dr. Perrier, closely associated with the law school as director of graduate studies and professor of constitutional law and jurisprudence Active in Legal Circles. The new dean for years has beer active in legal circles as a lecture: and writer. Dr. Pergler is author o1 “Judicial Interpretation of Interna tional Law in the United States," a work that has been highly com mended. Dr. Theodore Baty, legal adviser to the Japanese foreign of fice and leading British authority or international law, said, in discussing the book: “The clearness and sin cerity with which the author treat) his theme and the easy grasp whicfc he has of its intricacies (especially in the confused field of the relation between international and constitu tional law) ought to render this book small as it is. a pocket classic of inter national law.” The work also has been highly com mended in the Columbia Law Review and the Kentucky Law Journal. In recent years Dr. Pergler has de voted much time and study to prob lems of constitutional law and gov ernment generally. His recent ad dress on “Constitutionality of Legis lation Here and Elsewhere” was re printed in the Congressional Record at the instance of Senator Logan oi Kentucky, and is still in demand by lawyers and bar associations through out the country Practiced Law in Iowa. Other works by Dr. Pergler in clude “The American Constitutional System,” “America in the Struggle for Czechoslovakian Independence" and “Towards the National State,” as well as numerous essays, articles and public addresses on problems of gov ernment. Dr. Pergler practiced law for yean in Iowa, and has had a long career in public life. He was Czechoslovakia’! first Minister to Japan, and at one time a member of the Czechoslovakia Chamber of Deputies and a member of its committee on foreign affairs. Dr. Pergler, who lives at 45 Drum mond avenue, Chevy Chase, said hie appointment would not interfere with his courses this Summer on Federal administration and international law. COLORED DOCTORS AID TUBERCULOSIS DRIVE Two Nurses to Assist in Work Due to Start at Once, Dr. W. C. White Announces. Two colored physicians and two colored nurses, who recently com pleted a course of training at the Henry Phipps Institute, in Philadel phia. will aid in the District's drive against tuberculosis, according to an announcement yesterday by Dr. Wil liam Charles White, president of the Tuberculosis Association. The group, working as two units, includes Thomas A. Williston and Miss Mabel E. Johnson, nurse, and Dr. Wilder Montgomery and Misf Wendella H. Conover, nurse. Thej are to begin work at once undei direction of Dr. George C. Ruhland District health officer, and their work will be financed by the Tuberculosii Association. The studies at the Phipps Insti tute Included X-ray instruction, as sisting in chest operations, the stud] of tubercular families in the home ant an extensive course in diagnostic measures. appointed to the commission by a Re publican President,” waa ‘‘going to thi convention in the hope of being al lowed to speak before the Platform Committee” and was “going to dc everything X can to push this plan.’ > Reception and Dance Will Be Held at Mayflower Saturday. Graduates of George Washington University will be honored Saturday at a reception and dance to be given by the General Alumni Association at the Mayflower Hotel, incident to the 115th commencement exercises. Cloyd Heclc Marvin, president of the university, and Mrs. Marvin will be in the receiving line, in company with Charles S. Baker, alumni as sociation head, and Mrs. Baker; Pro vost William C. Ruedlger and Mrs. Ruediger and Paul Moats, president of the senior class. The annual meeting of the Alumni Association will be at the hotel at 8 p.m. The George Washington Law Association will hold its annual meet ing and election of officers at 7:30 p.m., joining with the alumni group later. Grand March at Midnight. Dancing will start at 10 o'clock. At midnight the grand march of the seniors will take place, followed by a dance in which only the seniors and their escorts will join. During the evening, the Glee Club will pre sent a program of songs. To dis tinguish them as the honor guests, the seniors will wear gardenias. Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Washington Cathedral. Rev. Dr. Ze Barney Phil lips, rector of the Church of the Epi phany and chaplain of the Senate, will deliver the baccalaureate ser mon. Rev. Dr. Preeland Peter, chan cellor of the Cathedral, will conduct the services. The lesson will be read by the president of the university. Music will be furnished by the men’s section of the Glee Club, under the direction of Dr. Robert H. Harmon. On the following Monday afternoon President and Mrs. Marvin will re ceive the graduates and their par ents from 4 until 7 o'clock at the Washington Club. order to Initiate. Honor graduates of the Law School will be initiated into membership in the George Washington Chapter of the Order of the Coif, legal honor society, at the annual banquet Mon day night at the Racquet Club. John Foster Dulles of the law class of 1912 will be the honor guest and speaker. Dulles was counsel to the American commission to negotiate peace in 1918-19 and served as a member of the Reparations Commis sion and Supreme Economic Coun cil in 1919. Class night exercises will be held Tuesday in the University Yard, at which time awards for scholastic excellence and for leadership in stu dent activities will be presented. Other features of the program will be the valedictory and salutatory ad dresses, the passing on of the senior mantle and the presentation of the class gift to the university. After wards there will be dancing in Stock ton Hall. The commencement ceremonies will take place Wednesday night, June 10, in Constitution Hall. The academic procession will enter the hall promptly at 8 o’clock, led by the university marshal. Dean Elmer Louis Kayser. In the procession will be the presi dent, trustees, deans, members of the faculty and graduates. Candidates for degrees will be presented by the deans. President Marvin will award the de grees and present to each graduate his diploma. Adds Beauty to Opera June O’Dea, wearing a "magazine* dress, is shown arriving at Forest Park, St. Louts, for rehearsal at the opening of the municipal outdoor opera June 5. Miss O’Dea is the wife of Vernon Gomez, Yankee pitcher. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. CENTERS ARRANGE SDMI PROGRAM Weekly Festivals at Na tional Sylvan Theater to Begin June 16. The Community Center Department ha* completed Its plans for an ex tended Summer season at many cen ters and at the National Sylvan The ater, where each Tuesday night be ginning June 16 one of the popular 8ummer festivals will be staged with the co-operation of the Office of Na tional Capital Parks. The Rambling Theater will offer weekly programs in j the city's parks, beginning in early July. A meeting of recreation agencies’ Executive Committee for the Fourth of held by Mrs. Peeples on Friday morn ing. The program will be announced in the near future. There will- be a meeting of the executive committee for the Fourth of July celebration at the Harrington Hotel tomorrow at 12:30 o'clock, with Melvin Sharpe presiding. Mrs. Peeples will hold a meeting of the Community Secretaries Discussion Group Thursday at 10 o'clock at the Franklin Administration Building. Among the events to be held in community centers this week are two performances of "Stop Thief,” by the I Washington Players, at Roosevelt j Tuesday and Wednesday nights and ' the performance by the Players’ Club ! of "The Haunted House" Friday night at 8:30 o'clock at Wilson Teachers College. The annual play of the Troupers of East Washington Community Cen ter in Eastern High School is June 9, in honor of the faculty and gradu ating class of Eastern High School. The play, "The Nut Farm," will be i directed by Arthur Rhodes 10 OPEN JUNE 6 Prize Banners to Be Award ed Winning Patrols at End of Event. District of Columbia, Man-land and Virginia Boy Scouts now are putting finishing touches on their scouting equipment preparatory to the Dis trict's Council Camporee, June 6 and 7, at Camp Goodwill in Rock Creek Park. Scouts will not compete against each other in this camping meet, it was pointed out, but against a possible high score of 760 points. Prize ban ners will be awarded winning patrols. Camporee headquarters will be opened Saturday at 1 p.m. All patrols must be registered by 3 o’clock, with the first Inspection beginning at 4 o’clock. Cooking inspection, to cover both preparing and cooking, will be at 5 o'clock. Retreat ceremonies will be at 7:30 p.m., followed by council campfire an hour later, and taps at 10 p.m. The Sunday program will begin at 6:30 a m., with religious ceremonies at 9 a m. Final inspection will be at 10 a m. Maj. J. S. Hawley will be camporee director: Yule Fisher, assistant direc tor; Thomas A. King, chief judge; Capt. Dudley N. Carpenter. U. S. N., Medical Corps, retired, health officer; Edward Kelly, National Capital Parks representative; Rock Kirkham. camp fire director; John Bayless, registrar, and Percy Smith, police representa tive. Celebrate Golden Wedding. Congratulations from members of their family in America. Canada and Australia were received by Mr. and Mrs. William Holloway of Minstead, England, on their golden wedding day. / AWAIT SECOND RUN Hattie B. Wins Commodore %« Cup in 11-Mile Sail From Indian Head. Ep<elal Dispatch to The Star. QUANTICO, Va., May 30 —Forty five yachts, including both power and sailing craft, are at rendezvous here tonight for the second annual race and dinner of the Potomac River Sail ing Association. The 40-year-old Hattie B, auxiliary sailing sloop, won the Commodore Cup. given by Commodore Jack Marsh of the sailing association, in the 11-mile sailing race here today from Indian Head, Md., to Quantico. The Hattie B was sailed by Adrian Gilbert. I This afternoon's race, constituting part of the trip to Quantico, was the first event of a program including a - dinner tonight and a triangular race off Quantico tomorrow morning. Lady Avon Second. 1 The Lady Avon, skippered by Judge T. E. Edrington, came in second in this afternoon's race to win the Nash Marine Prize, while the Sassy, one of the famous 16-foot comet class sloops, skippered by D. Verner Smyths, came in third to capture the Judge Edrington Trophy. While at the United States Marine Base, the Washington yachtsmen are the guests of Maj. Gen. Charles H. Lyman, commanding officer. He was represented tonight at the dinner by Lieut. Comdr. Paul J. Halloran, U. S. N. The dinner was marked by the - award of trophies run in this after noon's sailing race from Indian Head. Quarters for the men yachtsmen are being provided by the commanding officer of this post in the barracks. Ten Others in Race. Other boats in the order in which they crossed the finish line in this afternoon's beat to windward, and their respective skippers, follow; Serena, R. Clyde Cruit; Squinx, Oliver Griswold; Sandpiper, Ted De Boer; Cygnet, Harry Humfeld; Gwen, Dr. A. J. Pagan; Peter Pan, R. A Young: Tangier. Charles B. Degges; « Tern, Richard Miller; Louise, War rent Mitchell, and Dusky Duck, Mar vin Foley. Commodore Thomas E. Keane of the Capital Yacht Club towed the Comet fleet to Indian Head in the power cruiser Martha, while Robert Newman towed the remaining sailing i craft without power. Tomorrow- morning's races, sched uled to start at 10 o'clock, will in clude Class A and B handicap boats, s and the comet class which will sail its own race. Prominent among the boats repre- * senting the Corinthian Yacht Club here tonight is the Fifty-Fifty, owned and skippered by Edward Baltz, com modore of that club. BY MAJ. E. L. DYER. BOUT 15 miles northeast of Chateau Thierry, white crosses, row on row, mark the Ameri can Cemetery of Fere-en Tardenois. Several miles farther on, past the ruins of an ancient castle, is the little village of Chamery, so small it is seldom found on maps. It was there we asked the pretty girl— perhaps her name was Madelon—who serves drinks at the only cafe, where the tiny plot that we sought might be found. She pointed across green rolling fields, toward dark woods ! beyond. S And so we walked among poppies i and blue gentians, crossed a winding rivulet, and ascended a gently rising knoll. From this eminence, looking towards the forest, w'e could see the object of our pilgrimage, a solitary grave, a bit of white marble on the green bosom of France, under the dome of the gray sky. Simple Tombstone. A low white fence incloses the little plot where the hero sleeps. A stone I cross and simple tombstone mark i this as sacred ground. The inscrip tion on the stone is as follows: Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt Escadrille 95 Tom be Glorieusement En Combat Aerien Le 14 Juillet 1918 Pour Le Droit Et La Liberte “He Has Outsoared the Shadow of Our Night.” There is also inscribed the shield of the United States, combined with wings symbolic of aviation and In addition, the Croix de Guerre, the | silent tribute, but eloquent of the | inexpressible gratitude of France. While we were decorating the grave FOLLOW IT DAILY IN STARTING MONDAYI BAIN 28 Of THE *katy 'ROAREO THROW THE NIGHT ^ ■ s City, its crew unaware that they were hay- L TENSE DRAMA Of LIFE AND DEATH. HUDDLED ON \ ORM, KIRKRATRIEK, THE RANSOM INTERMEDIARY \ WARED URSEHEL, KEPT WATCH FOR TWO FIRES U9HAL PAYMENT Of THE St 700,000 RANSOM, The Complete Episode of the Sensational | URSCHEL KIDNAPING! 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