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WOODROW WILSON The Peace That Wilson Lost -By William Allen White ff«r« »• the tenth installment of William Allan White’s fasci nating story of the life of Woodrow Wilson. The eleventh installment will appear exclu sively in The Washington Times next Monday. Woodrow Wilson lost the peace because it could not have been won; not the peace he visioned. Humanity was not ready for it. We Americans like to think that we were ready for it. In the sense that we were not bitten by the dogs of old nationalist enmities and sus picions, this is true. But we had our jingoes as well as did Europe. And our jingoes preferred the peace of the militarist to the peace of the conference table. So we joined the jingoes of Eu rope. The common people of the world were ready highly to aspire with Wilson. But they were nob wise enough to choose leaders of his kind. Europe had scores of lead ers. But Europe listened less patiently to these gentle leaders than they gave ear to Wilson. When it came to the surrender of their an eient prejudices the peoples of Europe responded to their intriguing leaders, even as Americans responded to their irreconcilables. This must be said always in the defense of President Wil son's apparent failure in the struggle for a peace based upon reason rather than upon force. His peace im plied more good will in the heart of the white race than 2,000 years of Christian philosophy had been able to put there. Lacked Comrader. Yet, when that is said in extenuation of President Wilson’s temporary futility, we must not withhold the fact that he might have at tained much more of his ideal if he himself had been able to exercise the very good will and comradery which the world lacked and which in all conscience he should have had. In Europe he followed grudgingly the advice of Colonel House, and wrote a letter inviting the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate to dine at the White House on his return and hear his expo sition of the treaty and the covenent; chiefly the cove nent. A majority of the committee was Republican. Faced Conflict. When the Senate Foreign Re lations Committee left the White House in June, 1919, after see ing the ¥jilson treaty, the Pres ident knew that he was facing the conflict of his life. He wrote Colonel House a rather formal letter to tell him that the meeting had turned out as the President had feared and ex pected it would; perhaps even as he secretly hoped it would; such was his lust for battling when it was once unleashed. Always in the Senate from the beginning to the end, a majority -—not always the Constitutional two-thirds, but always a work ing majority—existed for the League of Nations with certain mild reservations suggested by those who held the middle ground. This majority was made up of Wilsonian Democrats and Republicans who believed in the ideals of peace which the President had expounded during the war. But the President made it plain in midsummer of 1919 that he would accept no amendments or reservations to the covenant of the League of Nations. Last Big Blunder. That was the President’s last great blunder. On his part he felt bound in honor to his asso ciates around the conference table at Paris to bring America into the league without reserva tions. Possibly—though maybe even that inference is unfair— he had his pride in sending back the covenant of the League of Nations as he and they had agreed upon it. Whatever was his motive, his experience should have taught him to distrust his combative instincts- He was not in form to go into the arena with the beasts at Ephesus. He had been suffering from a pro gressive decay of his spiritual strength—probably the reflex oi a physical weakness which wai approaching rapidly. The firs' surrender of his idealism wher he consented to the Japanese occupation of Siberia causec some loss of his quick sense ol justice. His surrender to the politician: Os the National Committee and-o ((Continued on Page 9, Column International News Service has the exclusive rights to use for republtcat-on. in any form, of an news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper. It is also exclusively cn ' titled to use for republication all the local or undated news P u *>- lished herein, as well as all special dispatches. D. A. R. HEAD ASSAILS PACIFISTS Traffic Code Has Heavy Fines GIRL GOES ON TRIAL IN SLAYING OF TWO BABIES VERDICT 15 EXPECTED TODAY If Elizabeth King's Confession Is Ruled Out She Will Go Free ( ROCKVILLE,. Md., April 20. Toying with a handkerchief and composedly watching, the twelve men who will this afternoon de cide what her punishment .shall be for snfothering her two newly born babies to death in the attic of her home at Woodmont, nine teen-year-old Elizabeth M. King today is being tried on a charge of first-degree murder in the Cir cuit Court here. Having obtained a jury in less than forty minutes, the trial of the young girl is progressing rap idly and a verdict is expected late this afternoon. The entire case, it is admitted by both counsel for the prosecution and defense, hinges on whether or not Judges Robert B. Peter and Glenn H. Worthington, who are sitting at the trial, rule that the incriminating confession of the young girl is admissable evidence. All Hinges On Confession. If the court admits the confession which briefly recites that Miss King deliberately smothered the two babies to death by holding a blanket over their heads, the jury can do nothing but hold her guilty of murder in the first degree. If the court refuses to admit the confession, the jury must find Miss King “not guilty” because Doctors William T. Pratt and George. E. Lewis, who examined the bodies of the dead babies, today admitted on the stand that they could not tell whether the babiei were born dead or “put-out of the way” after they were born. Former State's Attorney Thomas L. Dawson and Stedman Prescott, counsel for the young girl, will argu£ vigorously this afternoon against the admissibility of the confession. They will contend that in a case where corpus delicti is necessary a confession must be barred. Cousin Takes Stand. The first to take the stand at the trial this morning was Alfred Gray, a first cousin of the King girl. The boy said that he found the body of one of the babies in the attic. The officers who arrested the girl testified that after young Gray had found the first baby’s bexly they went to the attic and un covered the second and arrested the girl as she came home from Wash ington late that night. Albert M. Bouic, who has assumed State’s Attorney Garrett’s position pending charges against the latter, is prosecuting the case against Miss King for the Government. Five Missing in “Gas” Blast MELBOURNE. ustralia, April 20.—Five persons were missing to day and fifty buildings damaged by an explosion believed caused bv stored gasoline. Police with diffi culty checked attempts at looting. THE WEATHER Official Weather Bureau Report Fair tonight and tomor row ; cooler tonight; deminis ing north and northeast winds. Temperature yester day, highest, 82; lowest, 53. Radio News, Page 12. Puzzle, Page 11. WASHHBM3TMES NO. 13,219 Whether Hen “Lays” or “Les" Settled By Coolidge Which is correct: A hen lays or a hen lies? President Coolidge settled this question of grammar while serv ing in the Massachusetts legis lature with the following terse observation. “Up Northampton way we don’t pay so much attention to the English as we do to deter-* mining, when we hear a hen cackle whether she is laying or lying.” John M. Woods, of Boston, who served in the legislature with the President, brought the story to Washington today re lating it after a twenty minutes’ “reunion” at the White House. Woods also recalled that his first glimpse of the Capital was sixty-two years ago when, as a private in a Union infantry regi’Tpnt his outfit pitched camp ine grounds surrounding the Washington monument. fEELFRWS IMPORTANT POINT Judge Rules Out Testimony on Oil Permits Not Pending in January, 1923 By KENNETH CLARK. International News Service. GREAT FALLS. Mont., April 20. —The defense in the trial of Senator K. Wheeler of Montana, on charges of misuse of office, scored an im portant victory today in a ruling handed down by Federal Judge Frank S. Dietrich. Upholding a motion by Senator Walch. chief defense counsel, the court barred the prosecution from introducing evidence or testimony relating to Government oil permits that wore not actually' pending be fore the Interior Department In January. 1923, the time when Wheeler’s indictment charged he illegally received a fee to appear (Continued on Page 2, Column 5J English Rum Running Venture Fails By DAVID M. CHURCH, International Newt Service. LONDON, April 20. —England’s rum-running baronet has fallen on to lean days and the hundreds of stockholders who answered his display advertisements in London newspapers and invested in the liquor-running business are likely to get no returns as the result of America’s dry fleet, according to a Daily Mail story today. The Mail said Sir Broderick Hart-- well, who recently went to the United States to manage the dis posal of his seventh .and largest shipment of liquor, has cabled back that the venture was a failure. "Visit disclosed appalling situ ation. Over 30,000 ‘yards’ (?) seized in small vessels. Balance of goods transferred. Three schoon ers at present safe but cannot reach or communicate. Few thou sand unloaded, but resulting funds have been paid out for chartering vessels. No funds available unless three schooners land their goods which is at present impossible ow ing to intensive campaign, “I am returning as soon as pos sible. Communicate to the invest ors with my deepest regrets.” Accordiag to the Daily Mail, 800 persons invested in this rum run ning venture. Miss Hartwell, daughter of the baronet, who is in charge of her father’s London office, had an anxious and nervous time today as the result of the Daily Mail story. She received a number of callers, among them a number of investors who wanted to know what chance they have for recov ering their money. The daughter remained courteous Entered m necond-ctam matter at Foetoffice at Washington, D. C. ARRESTED IT WIFE'S BIER John Nolan Returns to D. C. to Attend Funeral—Pleads Guilty to Theft While John Nolan sat in his cell awaiting arraignment on charges of housebreaking and grand larceny today, his wife, Josephine he was arrested yesterday, was lowered into her grave, a victim of rheumatism. Taken .from the bier of his wife, Nolan was brought to Washing ton from his home at 125 Poplar street, Clarendon, Va., by Head quarters Detective C. P. Cox, who claims that Nolan stole from Mrs. Henry Harriman a fur coat valued at $250. Nolan Leaves Town. Following the alleged theft, Nolan ia said to have left his twenty-year old wife with friends in Clarendon and disappeared from Washington. It has been ascertained that he went to Lawrence, Mass., where he is said to have remained while Washington police were running down clues on the case Detective Cox found the coat ’n the possession of a man in South east Washington, and, unable to locate Nolan, waited until word was received that Nolan had been noti fied of his wife’s death and was hurrying home to attend the funeral Friends and relatives of the couple, deep in their grief over the untimely demise of Mrs. Nolan, were astounded when officers de scended on the house. At the same time Nolan’s mother suffered se (Continued on Page 2. Column 3.) but uncommunicative. Hartwell returned to London this afternoon. Fie said: “The cable which 1 sent after investigating the situation in Amer ica gave an accurate description of the situation. I am communi cating through direct letter to ail of my contributors, it is very re grettable that the whiskey nas been seized, but that is a fact and there is nothing more I can say at present.” The word "yards” in the cable message was said to refer to cases of whiskey. TWO FOOD PAGES In this edition, certified by the Good Housekeeping Institute, provide Washington housewives with many favorite recipes and a directory of pure food products. All housewives are eligible to participate in The Times Recipe Contest in which many prizes are offered. Send in your best recipes today. WASHINGTON, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1925. NEW FINES IN TRAFFIC CODE Eldridge Approves Schedule Which Fixes Penalties in Hands of D. C. Judges A. fine of from $1 to S3OO or imprisonment of not more than ten js the general penalty! provitbek r the new code for vio lations "traffic regulations, ex cepting reckless driving, driving while intoxicated, leaving accident after colliding and use of a smoke screen. These minimum and maximum penalties were approved today by M. 0. Eldridge, director of traffic, who is authorized in the recent traffic act passed by Congress to | prescribe “reasonable penalties’’ for violations. Up to Judges. “These penalties will leave much discretion with the judges of ihe Police Court,” Director Eldridge said. “If they feel the enforcement of the law necessitates drastic fines or imprisonment, they c.in Impose severe fines or, imprison ment. It is up to them.” The penalty regulation will af fect, among other things, overtime parking, horns, brakes, headlights, and scores of other minor regula tions in the new code. Definite penalties for other viola tions are provided in the Traffic Act as follows: Speeding—Greater than twenty two miles an hour: First offense, $5 to $25: second offense, $25 to $100; third offense, SIOO to SSOO, imprisonment for thirty days to one year and revocation of op erator’s permit. Reckless driving—First offense, $25 to SIOO, or ten to thirty days; second offense, SIOO to SI,OOO or thirty days to one year, and revo cation of operator’s permit. Leaving after colliding and fail ing to make identity known: After hitting individual—First, SIOO to SSOO, sixty days to six months, and revocation of operator's permit; second, SSOO to SI,OOO, six months to one year, and permit revoked. After hitting a vehicle —First, not more than SSOO, not more than six months, permit revoked; second, not .more than SI,OOO, one year in jail, and permit revoked. Driving while under influence of liquor or drugs—first, SIOO to SSOO, sixty days to six months, and per mit revoked: second, S2OO to SI,OOO, six months to one year, and permit revoked. Driving during period permit is revoked—sloo to SSOO, thirty days to one year. Failure of garage owner to notify police of car in his garage, which bears evidence of having been in accident or pierced with bullets, within twenty-four hours— s2s to SIOO. Using or having smoke screen— one to five years. Snow in Minnesota DULUTH, Minn., April 20. —This | city and surrounding territory to day was blanketed by four and one-half inches of snow. Tempera tures registered 32 degrees above early today. Pablished Week-days -■ wH F I f fl BL MF fl !■ ■■ c Sit , I / Wf * kTIMEw STAFF. .Perry Doing and Helen Loin Hamblin, dressed in colonial cos tume, presented this floral tribute to Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, at opsu£r session today of the organization's annual convention. Bbj Slayer, >at PI ay, Expects Death Chair By International News Service. POTTSVILLE, Pa., April 20. —A week from today, William Cavalier, fifteen-year-old slayer of his aged grandmother, will jhear Judge R. H. Koch sentence him to the electric chair. But the youngest murderer ever to be convicted’in the first degree in Pennsylvania is unmoved by this nearness of death. In the detention home of the' county jail, here William is toe occupied in playing, reading and bead work to think of his fate. So he chatters about his handi craft, the summer, baseball and de tective stories. “Say, what makes the beads stay in that way?” he asked as the woman teaching him the craft deftly twisted a pattern to com pletion. It wasn’t a stupid inquiry; just the natural Inquisitiveness of a boy learning a new game. Then he fingered the design with his enormous hands —hands larger that, those of many men —and studied it closely. Expects “Mie Juice.” "Yes. I guess I'll get the juice,” he answered unconcernedly whe.'i reminded he had been refused a new trial, and the supreme pen alty would be demanded for his crime. Quickly he went back to asking questions about the bead work. Then, once he stopped to attempt an explanation of the murder in answer to an inquiry, ”1 was sitting on the porch that day,” he began. “I had the rifle across my lap. I wasn’t doing anything, just thinking. * Then I felt queer—the way I often felt before. £ saw red, and I —well, after that He is an intelligent-looking boy, unusually large for his age. He is qolck to grasp an idea and never omits a “thanks” when something is done for him. He plays con tentedly with the other children in the home and has been termed an ideal prisoner by the warden. Riddled Aged Woman. Aside from his relatives and jail attaches there 's little sympathy for him here. His youthfulness is pitied, but the brutality of the mur der is still remembered. William killed Mrs. Catherine Civalier, his seventy-year-old grand mother last September, after first gagging her and tying her hands, court evidence showed. . Then he poured shot after shot from a rifle into her body—perhaps a dozen bullets the exact number is uncertain. He locked the doo? of the room, told his folks his grandmother had gone away, and escaped detectives for a few days. the body was found, he tried to fix responsibility for the crime on other members of the house, it was shown during the trial. The motive was alleged to be robbery, for he tore away SIOB the aged woman had in her clothes. He was found guilty in January, but pending a motion for a pew trial, sentence was never passed. This will come next Monday. The governor will set the date for ex ecution. Further Fight Expected But that will not be the end. because his counsel will appeal the case to the Supreme Court immedi ately after the boy Is sentenced. If this falls, the board of pardons will THREE CENTS D. A R. Head Is Given Floral Tribute Children In Colonial Costume Make Presen k tation To Mrs.. Cook. be asked for a commutation from death to life sentence. Insanity is to be the argument in •the long legal battle that is planned. Doctor J. B. Rogers, of Pottsville, and alienists declared young Cavalier to be insane. Although his counsel rarely bothers him with plans, William is aware of the anticipated fight for his life. Perhaps that is why he is so sanguine; so unafraid. “I guess they’ll fight this case till I’m an old man,” he grinned. DEAD AMID SAND DUNES, MAN PROVES MYSTERY NORFOLK, Va., April 20.—Iden tity of a well-groomed young man, whose body was found on the dunes near the shore at Virginia Beach by a picnic party Sunday had not been established today. Princess Anne -county authorities announced. The young man, apparently about twenty-five, with refined handsome features, curly brown reddish hair, tastefully dressed and weighing about 165 pounds, is believed to. have committed suicide, it is said. A .45 calibre pistil, with one empty chamber lay on the ground by the body. Every possible mark of iden tification had been taken from the clothing. A small amount of money was found in the pockets. 23 Kurd Rebels Hanged CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20. Twenty-three Kurdestan rebels were hanged today in the district of Dlebekir by Turkish federal troops. D. A. R. CONVENTION EDITIONS of THE WASHINGTON TIMES covering the entire convention from April 20-27, in clusive, giving in detail complete accounts of all ac tivities of the convention by means of both news and pictures, will be mailed to any part of the United States or Canada — 15 CENTS Fill in the blank below and mail it direct to the Cir culation Department of The Washington Times, 1315 H St. N. W., or hand it to our representative at Con tinental Hall, South Basement. NAMES STREET NO. P. 0. AND STATE HOME! EDITION DEMANDS DEFENSE i FORDS. IDEAL Mr». Anthony Wayne Cook h Loudly Cheered by 5,000 As Congress Opens A stirring defense of the Ameri can home, American citizenry, and particularly American woman hood, by Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president general of the Daughters of the American Revo lution, marked the opening today of the thirty-fourth continental congress of, the society in the Washington Auditorium. While an audience of more than 5,000 delegates, alternates, and their friends, representing every State in the Union, applauded loudly throughout her speech, Mrs. Cook declared that it is the duty of Americans to maintain and develop the high type of citizenship inherited from our forefathers. Rich Giving to Charity. . •The world knows that we,are a nation of great numbers and hardy and free, and we haven ways maintained ourselves as---a truly respectable people. These qualities we inherit from our fore fathers. It is our duty and the duty of the organizations of which we are proud members, and of every other society founded for the maintenance and development of the highest citizenship, to use every effort to maintain these qualities,” she declared. "Daughters of the American Revolution, we are a God-fearing, home-loving citizenry. The excep tions to this are so exceedingly small in number that they only appear great in being so conspicu ous. Never, perhaps, have the successful men and women of this country so fully demonstrated their general sense of responsibility for the betterment of the social condi tions, never has there been such a general practice on the part of the rich men and women of this coun try to give money they have ac cumulated to purposes that will benefit those less fortunate. In deed the giving of vast wealth to public purposes has come to be the accepted order, and it is only in cases where it is not done that It is considered cause for comment.” Must Be Defended. "Never before have the people of America lived under such benefic ent circumstances and with so great promise of the future for themselves and the coming genera tion.” Continuing, Mrs. Cook said: “We American are a peace lov ing people, whose history is one of avoiding warfare until forced into it. Unfortunately though there is at present too great a tendency among many of our people to have America lead the world in readiness to pro mote peace by disarmament, with out the consideration of the neces sary provisions for our security and defense* "However, well-intentioned this country may be, either upon its own accord or as a member of an international body organized for the prevention of conflict, it cannot pre-