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
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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.
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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
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.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.
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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-